"-","A disposition of property for the benefit of some person orpersons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefitof a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife,or the act of granting it."
"------","One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly calledcells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues andorgans, are composed."
"-ABLY","A suffix composed of -able and the adverbial suffix -ly; as,favorably."
"-ANA","A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote acollection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus,Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsonianaof Johnson, etc."
"-ANCE","A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as,assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy."
"-ANCY","A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea ofquality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy."
"-ANT","A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant,covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. -ent."
"-ARCH","A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler)."
"-ATION","A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to theverbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings ofstate, and that which results from the action. Many of these nounshave verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many arederived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many areformed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as,civilization, demoralization."
"-BLAST","A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biologicalterms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast, epiblast,mesoblast, etc."
"-DERM","A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical terms,and signifying skin, integument, covering; as, blastoderm, ectoderm,etc."
"-DOM","A suffix denoting:(a) Jurisdiction or property and jurisdiction, dominion, as inkingdom earldom.(b) State, condition, or quality of being, as in wisdom, freedom."
"-ED","The termination of the past participle of regular, or weak,verbs; also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns; as,pigmented; talented."
"-EE","A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passivesignification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of anaction, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right isconferred; as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It iscorrelative to -or, the agent or doer."
"-EN","An adjectival suffix, meaning made of; as in golden, leaden,wooden."
"-ENCE","A noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality; also, thatwhich relates to the action or state; as in emergence, diffidence,diligence, influence, difference, excellence. See -ance."
"-ENCY","A noun suffix having much the same meaning as -ence, but morecommonly signifying the quality or state; as, emergency, efficiency.See -ancy."
"-ENT","An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent,excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See -ant."
"-ER","."
"-ESCENT","A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be; as, adolescent,effervescent, etc."
"-ESQUE","A suffix of certain words from the French, Italian, andSpanish. It denotes manner or style; like; as, arabesque, after themanner of the Arabs."
"-ESS","A suffix used to form feminine nouns; as, actress, deaconess,songstress."
"-EST","A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives andadverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest."
"-ET","A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket,facet, floweret, latchet."
"-FEROUS","A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as,auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle."
"-FUL","A suffix signifying full of, abounding with; as, boastful,harmful, woeful."
"-FY","A suffix signifying to make, to form into, etc.; as, acetify,amplify, dandify, Frenchify, etc."
"-GENOUS","A suffix signifying producing, yielding; as, alkaligenous;endogenous."
"-GEROUS","A suffix signifying bearing, producing; as, calcigerous;dentigerous."
"-GRAM","A suffix indicating something drawn or written, a drawing,writing; -- as, monogram, telegram, chronogram."
"-GRAPH","A suffix signifying something written, a writing; also, awriter; as autograph, crystograph, telegraph, photograph."
"-GRAPHY","A suffix denoting the art of writing or describing; also, thewriting or description itself; a treatise; as, calligraphy,biography, geography."
"-GRAVE","A final syllable signifying a ruler, as in landgrave, margrave.See Margrave."
"-HEAD","A variant of -hood."
"-HOOD","A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character,totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood.Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form -head."
"-IBLE",". See -able."
"-IC","A suffix, denoting that the element indicated enters intocertain compounds with its highest valence, or with a valencerelatively higher than in compounds where the name of the elementends in -ous; as, ferric, sulphuric. It is also used in the generalsense of pertaining to; as, hydric, sodic, calcic."
"-ICS",". A suffix used in forming the names of certain sciences,systems, etc., as acoustics, mathematics, dynamics, statistics,politics, athletics."
"-IDE","A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or negative,element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide, sulphide,chloride. (b) A compound which is an anhydride; as, glycolide,phthalide. (c) Any one of a series of derivatives; as, indogenide,glucoside, etc."
"-IN","A suffix. See the Note under -ine."
"-INE","A suffix, indicating that those substances of whose names it isa part are basic, and alkaloidal in their nature."
"-ING","A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing,playing."
"-ION","A noun suffix denoting act, process, result of an act or aprocess, thing acted upon, state, or condition; as, revolution, theact or process of revolving; construction, the act or process ofconstructing; a thing constructed; dominion, territory ruled over;subjection, state of being subject; dejection; abstraction."
"-ISE",". See -ize."
"-ISH","A suffix used to from adjectives from nouns and fromadjectives. It denotes relation, resemblance, similarity, andsometimes has a diminutive force; as, selfish, boyish, brutish;whitish, somewhat white."
"-ISM","A suffix indicating an act, a process, the result of an act ora process, a state; also, a characteristic (as a theory, doctrine,idiom, etc.); as, baptism, galvanism, organism, hypnotism, socialism,sensualism, Anglicism."
"-IST","A noun suffix denoting an agent, or doer, one who practices, abeliever in; as, theorist, one who theorizes; socialist, one whoholds to socialism; sensualist, one given to sensuality."
"-ITE","A suffix used to denote the salts formed from those acids whosenames end in -ous; as, sulphite, from sulphurous; nitrite, fromnitrous acid, etc."
"-ITIS","A suffix used in medical terms to denote an inflammatorydisease of; as, arthritis; bronchitis, phrenitis."
"-IVE","An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of thenature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive,corrective, diminutive."
"-IZE","A verb suffix signifying to make, to do, to practice; asapologize, baptize, theorize, tyrannize."
"-KIN","A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin."
"-LESS","A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of,not having; as witless, childless, fatherless."
"-LET","A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet,armlet."
"-LING","A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatoryforce; as in duck-ling, dosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling,underling."
"-LOGY","A combining form denoting a discourse, treatise, doctrine,theory, science; as, theology, geology, biology, mineralogy."
"-LY","A suffix forming adjectives and adverbs, and denoting likenessor resemblance."
"-MANCY","A combining form denoting divination; as, aleuromancy,chiromancy, necromancy, etc."
"-MENT","A suffix denoting that which does a thing; an act or process;the result of an act or process; state or condition; as, aliment,that which nourishes, ornament, increment; fragment, piece broken,segment; abridgment, act of abridging, imprisonment, movement,adjournment; amazement, state of being amazed, astonishment."
"-MERE","A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere,epimere."
"-METER","A suffix denoting that by which anything is measured; as,barometer, chronometer, dynamometer."
"-METRY","A suffix denoting the art, process, or science, of measuring;as, acidmetry, chlorometry, chronometry."
"-MO","A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to thenumerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by foldinga sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It istaken from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo,sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the number and nearits top, is often used for -mo; as, 16\u00b0, 18\u00b0, etc."
"-MORPHOUS","A combining form denoting form, shape; as, isomorphous."
"-NESS","A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of quality orstate; as, goodness, greatness."
"-OCK","A suffix used to form diminutives; as, bullock, hillock."
"-OID","A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in theform of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid."
"-OL","A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which itappears belongs to the series of alcohols or hydroxyl derivatives, ascarbinol, glycerol, etc."
"-OMA","A suffix used in medical terms to denote a morbid condition ofsome part, usually some kind of tumor; as in fibroma, glaucoma."
"-ONE","A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which itappears, is a ketone; as, acetone."
"-ORY","A noun suffix denoting that which pertains to, or serves for;as in ambulatory, that which serves for walking; consistory, factory,etc."
"-OSE","A suffix indicating that the substance to the name of wich itis affixed is a member of the carbohydrate group; as in cellulose,sucrose, dextrose, etc."
"-OUR","See -or."
"-OUS","A suffix denoting that the element indicated by the namebearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination-ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric,sulphuric, etc."
"-PLASTIC","A combining form signifying developing, forming, growing; as,heteroplastic, monoplastic, polyplastic."
"-PLASTY","A combining form denoting the act or process of forming,development, growth; as, autoplasty, perineoplasty."
"-POD","A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as,decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal havingleaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod."
"-PODA","A New Latin plural combining form or suffix from Gr. foot; as,hexapoda, myriapoda. See -pod."
"-RIC","A suffix signifying dominion, jurisdiction; as, bishopric, thedistrict over which a bishop exercises authority."
"-S","The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads,elfs, sides, accounts."
"-SCOPE","A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing(with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope,telescope, altoscope, anemoscope."
"-SHIP","A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art;as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship,horsemanship."
"-SOME","A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) thebody; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc."
"-STER","A suffix denoting the agent (originally a woman), especially aperson who does something with skill or as an occupation; as inspinster (originally, a woman who spins), songster, baxter (=bakester), youngster."
"-TYPE","A combining form signifying impressed form; stamp; print; type;typical form; representative; as in stereotype phototype, ferrotype,monotype."
"-URET","A suffix with the same meaning as -ide. See -ide. [Obs.]"
"-WARDS","See -ward."
"-WAYS","A suffix formed from way by the addition of the adverbial -s(see -wards). It is often used interchangeably with wise; as, endwaysor endwise; noways or nowise, etc."
"-YL","A suffix used as a characteristic termination of chemicalradicals; as in ethyl, carbonyl, hydroxyl, etc."
"A","The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets.The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as alsothe small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter,etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed fromthe Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the firstletter (Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was aconsonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not anelement of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to representtheir vowel Alpha with the \u00e4 sound, the Phoenician alphabet having novowel symbols. This letter, in English, is used for several differentvowel sounds. See Guide to pronunciation, \u00a7\u00a7 43-74. The regular longa, as in fate, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has takenthe place of what, till about the early part of the 17th century, wasa sound of the quality of \u00e4 (as in far)."
"A CHEVAL","Astride; with a part on each side; -- used specif. indesignating the position of an army with the wings separated by someline of demarcation, as a river or road."
"A FORTIORI","With stronger reason."
"A MENSA ET THORO","A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond,but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife.Abbott."
"A POSTERIORI","Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derivespropositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizationsfrom facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causesfrom effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning."
"A PRIORI","Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deducesconsequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or whichinfers effects from causes previously known; deductive ordeductively. The reverse of a posteriori."
"A-","A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from varioussources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms ofAS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep,aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble,etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd\u00fcne off the dun orhill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving anintensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as inarise, abide, ago. (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from the AS.inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-),which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as inaware. (5) French \u00e0 (L. ad to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab,abs, from, as in avert. (7) Greek insep. prefix a without, orprivative, not, as in abyss, atheist; akin to E. un-."
"A-GOOD","In earnest; heartily. [Obs.] 'I made her weep agood.' Shak."
"A-MORNINGS","In the morning; every morning. [Obs.]And have such pleasant walks into the woods A-mornings. J. Fletcher."
"A-SEA","On the sea; at sea; toward the sea."
"A-TIPTOE","On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.We all feel a-tiptoe with hope and confidence. F. Harrison."
"AAM","A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in differentcities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36\u00bd, atHamburg 38\u00bc. [Written also Aum and Awm.]"
"AARD-VARK","An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhatresembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrowsin the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with itslong, slimy tongue."
"AARD-WOLF","A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa,resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles."
"AB","The fifth month of the Jewish year according to theecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation,coinciding nearly with August. W. Smith."
"AB-","A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away, separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A-(6)."
"ABACA","The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. SeeManila hemp under Manila."
"ABACINATE","To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes. [R.]"
"ABACINATION","The act of abacinating. [R.]"
"ABACISCUS","One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; anabaculus."
"ABACIST","One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator."
"ABACK","Backward against the mast;-said of the sails when pressed bythe wind. Totten. To be taken aback. (a) To be driven backwardagainst the mast; -- said of the sails, also of the ship when thesails are thus driven. (b) To be suddenly checked, baffled, ordiscomfited. Dickens."
"ABACTINAL","Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in aradiate animal; -- opposed to actinal. 'The aboral or abactinalarea.' L. Agassiz."
"ABACTION","Stealing cattle on a large scale. [Obs.]"
"ABACTOR","One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds ordroves. [Obs.]"
"ABACULUS","A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of variouscolors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.Fairholt."
"ABADA","The rhinoceros. [Obs.] Purchas."
"ABAFT","Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse. Abaftthe beam. See under Beam."
"ABAISANCE","Obeisance. [Obs.] Jonson."
"ABAISER","Ivory black or animal charcoal. Weale."
"ABAIST","Abashed; confounded; discomfited. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ABALIENATE","To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate."
"ABALIENATION","The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement. [Obs.]"
"ABALONE","A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is linedwith mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear.Several large species are found on the coast of California, clingingclosely to the rocks."
"ABANDON","To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured persongives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by apolicy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insuredagainst."
"ABANDONEDLY","Unrestrainedly."
"ABANDONEE","One to whom anything is legally abandoned."
"ABANDONER","One who abandons. Beau. & Fl."
"ABANDONMENT","The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of whatmay remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a perilinsured against."
"ABANDUM","Anything forfeited or confiscated."
"ABANET","See Abnet."
"ABANGA","A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds ofwhich are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest."
"ABARTICULATION","Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits offree motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe."
"ABASED","Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of thewings turned downward towards the point of the shield."
"ABASEDLY","Abjectly; downcastly."
"ABASEMENT","The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state ofbeing abased or humbled; humiliation."
"ABASER","He who, or that which, abases."
"ABASH","To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, asby exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, orinferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit.Abashed, the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is. Milton.He was a man whom no check could abash. Macaulay."
"ABASHEDLY","In an abashed manner."
"ABASHMENT","The state of being abashed; confusion from shame."
"ABASIA","Inability to co\u00f6rdinate muscular actions properly in walking. -- A*ba'sic (#), a."
"ABATABLE","Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance."
"ABATE","(a) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with;as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ. (b) (Eng. Law) To diminish;to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or inproportion, upon a deficiency of assets. To abate a tax, to remit iteither wholly or in part."
"ABATEMENT","A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon."
"ABATER","One who, or that which, abates."
"ABATISED","Provided with an abatis."
"ABATOR","(a) One who abates a nuisance. (b) A person who, without right,enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before theheir or devisee. Blackstone."
"ABATTOIR","A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc."
"ABATURE","Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passingthrough them. Crabb."
"ABATVOIX","The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum."
"ABAWED","Astonished; abashed. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ABAY","Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay. [Obs.]"
"ABB","Among weaves, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool forthe abb."
"ABB WOOL","See Abb."
"ABBA","Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, andEthiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishopsto the patriarch."
"ABBACY","The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot."
"ABBATIAL","Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights."
"ABBATICAL","Abbatial. [Obs.]"
"ABBE","The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of anabbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every onevested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress."
"ABBESS","A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent ofnuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots haveover the monks. See Abbey."
"ABBOTSHIP","The state or office of an abbot."
"ABBREVIATE","To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction."
"ABBREVIATED","Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate."
"ABBREVIATION","One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing itrespectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers. Moore."
"ABBREVIATORY","Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging."
"ABDAL","A religious devotee or dervish in Persia."
"ABDERIAN","Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment."
"ABDERITE","An inhabitant of Abdera, in Thrace. The Abderite, Democritus,the Laughing Philosopher."
"ABDEST","Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- aMohammedan rite. Heyse."
"ABDICABLE","Capable of being abdicated."
"ABDICANT","Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of.Monks abdicant of their orders. Whitlock."
"ABDICATE","To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child;to disown; to disinherit."
"ABDICATION","The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office,dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciationof sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power,authority."
"ABDICATIVE","Causing, or implying, abdication. [R.] Bailey."
"ABDICATOR","One who abdicates."
"ABDITIVE","Having the quality of hiding. [R.] Bailey."
"ABDITORY","A place for hiding or preserving articles of value. Cowell."
"ABDOMEN","The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and thepelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by theperitoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. Inman, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and thecommencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelviccavity."
"ABDOMINAL","Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as,abdominal fishes. Abdominal ring (Anat.), a fancied ringlike openingon each side of the abdomen, external and superior to the pubes; --called also inguinal ring."
"ABDOMINALES","A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, andmany marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behindthe pectorals."
"ABDOMINALIA","A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages."
"ABDOMINOSCOPY","Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease."
"ABDOMINOTHORACIC","Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest."
"ABDOMINOUS","Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinesefan. Cowper."
"ABDUCE","To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a differentpart. [Obs.]If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will notduplicate. Sir T. Browne."
"ABDUCTION","The movement which separates a limb or other part from theaxis, or middle line, of the body."
"ABDUCTOR","A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the medianline of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eyeoutward."
"ABEAM","On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle withthe ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side."
"ABEARANCE","Behavior. [Obs.] Blackstone."
"ABEARING","Behavior. [Obs.] Sir. T. More."
"ABECEDARIAN","Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet;alphabetic; hence, rudimentary. Abecedarian psalms, hymns, etc.,compositions in which (like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinctportions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet.Hook."
"ABECEDARY","A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything. [R.]Fuller."
"ABEGGE","Same as Aby. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ABELE","The white polar (Populus alba).Six abeles i' the churchyard grow. Mrs. Browning."
"ABELMOSK","An evergreen shrub (Hibiscus -- formerly Abelmoschus-moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whosemusky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimescalled musk mallow."
"ABER-DE-VINE","The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green andyellow finch, related to the goldfinch."
"ABERR","To wander; to stray. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"ABERRANT","See Aberr.]"
"ABERRATE","To go astray; to diverge. [R.]Their own defective and aberrating vision. De Quincey."
"ABERRATION","A small periodical change of position in the stars and otherheavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of lightand the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when theobserver's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and dairy ordiurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting whengreatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''.Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and themotion of the planet relative to the earth."
"ABERRATIONAL","Characterized by aberration."
"ABERUNCATE","To weed out. [Obs.] Bailey."
"ABERUNCATOR","A weeding machine."
"ABET","To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commissionof an offense."
"ABETMENT","The act of abetting; as, an abetment of treason, crime, etc."
"ABETTAL","Abetment. [R.]"
"ABEVACUATION","A partial evacuation. Mayne."
"ABEYANCE","Expectancy; condition of being undetermined."
"ABEYANCY","Abeyance. [R.] Hawthorne."
"ABEYANT","Being in a state of abeyance."
"ABGEORDNETENHAUS","See Legislature, Austria, Prussia."
"ABHAL","The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies."
"ABHOMINABLE","Abominable."
"ABHOMINAL","Inhuman. [Obs.] Fuller."
"ABHOR","To protest against; to reject solemnly. [Obs.]I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. Shak."
"ABHORRENCE","Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike."
"ABHORRENCY","Abhorrence. [Obs.] Locke."
"ABHORRENTLY","With abhorrence."
"ABHORRER","One who abhors. Hume."
"ABHORRIBLE","Detestable. [R.]"
"ABIB","The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year,corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivitythis month was called Nisan. Kitto."
"ABIDANCE","The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with).The Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of Palestine.Fuller.A judicious abidance by rules. Helps."
"ABIDE","To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.Dearly I abide that boast so vain. Milton."
"ABIDING","Continuing; lasting."
"ABIDINGLY","Permanently. Carlyle."
"ABIES","A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsamfir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred tothis genus."
"ABIETENE","A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nutpine (Pinus sabiniana) of California."
"ABIETIC","Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abieticacid, called also sylvic acid. Watts."
"ABIETINIC","Of or pertaining to abietin; as, abietinic acid."
"ABIETITE","A substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of thecommon silver fir of Europe (Abies pectinata). Eng. Cyc."
"ABIGAIL","A lady's waiting-maid. Pepys.Her abigail reported that Mrs. Gutheridge had a set of night curlsfor sleeping in. Leslie."
"ABILIMENT","Habiliment. [Obs.]"
"ABILITY","The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whetherphysical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity;skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill,resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent.Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined tosend relief unto the brethren. Acts xi. 29.Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning bystudy. Bacon.The public men of England, with much of a peculiar kind of ability.Macaulay."
"ABIOGENESIS","The supposed origination of living organisms from lifelessmatter; such genesis as does not involve the action of livingparents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny, and opposedto biogenesis.I shall call the . . . doctrine that living matter may be produced bynot living matter, the hypothesis of abiogenesis. Huxley, 1870."
"ABIOGENETIC","Of or pertaining to abiogenesis. Ab`i*o*ge*net'ic*al*ly, adv."
"ABIOGENIST","One who believes that life can be produced independently ofantecedent. Huxley."
"ABIOGENOUS","Produced by spontaneous generation."
"ABIOGENY","Same as Abiogenesis."
"ABIOLOGICAL","Pertaining to the study of inanimate things."
"ABIRRITANT","A medicine that diminishes irritation."
"ABIRRITATE","To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate."
"ABIRRITATION","A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation;debility; want of strength; asthenia."
"ABIRRITATIVE","Characterized by abirritation or debility."
"ABIT","3d sing. pres. of Abide. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ABJECT","To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; todebase. [Obs.] Donne."
"ABJECTEDNESS","A very abject or low condition; abjectness. [R.] Boyle."
"ABJECTLY","Meanly; servilely."
"ABJECTNESS","The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.Grew."
"ABJUDGE","To take away by judicial decision. [R.]"
"ABJUDICATE","To reject by judicial sentence; also, to abjudge. [Obs.] Ash."
"ABJUDICATION","Rejection by judicial sentence. [R.] Knowles."
"ABJUGATE","To unyoke. [Obs.] Bailey."
"ABJUNCTIVE","Exceptional. [R.]It is this power which leads on from the accidental and abjunctive tothe universal. I. Taylor."
"ABJURATORY","Containing abjuration."
"ABJURE","To renounce on oath. Bp. Burnet."
"ABJUREMENT","Renunciation. [R.]"
"ABJURER","One who abjures."
"ABLACTATE","To wean. [R.] Bailey."
"ABLACTATION","The process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting byapproach."
"ABLAQUEATE","To lay bare, as the roots of a tree. [Obs.] Bailey."
"ABLAQUEATION","The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to exposethem to the air and water. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"ABLASTEMIC","Non-germinal."
"ABLATION","Extirpation. Dunglison."
"ABLATITIOUS","Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force. Sir J. Herschel."
"ABLATIVE","Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some otherlanguages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal,separation, or taking away."
"ABLAUT","The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicatinga corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation;as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung. Earle."
"ABLE","Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able toinherit or devise property."
"ABLE-BODIED","Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.'Able-bodied vagrant.' Froude.-- A`ble-bod'ied*ness, n.."
"ABLE-MINDED","Having much intellectual power.-- A`ble-mind'ed*ness, n."
"ABLEGATE","To send abroad. [Obs.] Bailey."
"ABLEGATION","The act of sending abroad. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"ABLENESS","Ability of body or mind; force; vigor. [Obs. or R.]"
"ABLEPSY","Blindness. [R.] Urquhart."
"ABLER","comp. of Able.-- A'blest, a.,"
"ABLIGATE","To tie up so as to hinder from. [Obs.]"
"ABLIGURITION","Prodigal expense for food. [Obs.] Bailey."
"ABLINS","Perhaps. [Scot.]"
"ABLOOM","In or into bloom; in a blooming state. Masson."
"ABLUDE","To be unlike; to differ. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"ABLUENT","Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.-- n. (Med.)"
"ABLUSH","Blushing; ruddy."
"ABLUTION","A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash thepriest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then,as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunkby the priest."
"ABLUTIONARY","Pertaining to ablution."
"ABLUVION","That which is washed off. [R.] Dwight."
"ABLY","In an able manner; with great ability; as, ably done, planned,said."
"ABNEGATE","To deny and reject; to abjure. Sir E. Sandys. Farrar."
"ABNEGATION","a denial; a renunciation.With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they mayretain the friendship of the court. Knox."
"ABNEGATIVE","Denying; renouncing; negative. [R.] Clarke."
"ABNEGATOR","One who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything. [R.]"
"ABNET","The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer."
"ABNODATE","To clear (tress) from knots. [R.] Blount."
"ABNODATION","The act of cutting away the knots of trees. [R.] Crabb."
"ABNORMAL","Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type;anomalous; irregular. 'That deviating from the type; anomalous;irregular. ' Froude."
"ABNORMALLY","In an abnormal manner; irregularly. Darwin."
"ABNORMITY","Departure from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity.'An abnormity . . . like a calf born with two heads.' Mrs. Whitney."
"ABNORMOUS","Abnormal; irregular. Hallam.A character of a more abnormous cast than his equally suspectedcoadjutor. State Trials."
"ABOARD","On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or withina railway car."
"ABODANCE","An omen; a portending. [Obs.]"
"ABODE","of Abide."
"ABODEMENT","A foreboding; an omen. [Obs.] 'Abodements must not now affrightus.' Shak."
"ABODING","A foreboding. [Obs.]"
"ABOLISHABLE","Capable of being abolished."
"ABOLISHER","One who abolishes."
"ABOLISHMENT","The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. Hooker."
"ABOLITION","The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; anannulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition ofslavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees,ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc."
"ABOLITIONISM","The principles or measures of abolitionists. Wilberforce."
"ABOLITIONIST","A person who favors the abolition of any institution,especially negro slavery."
"ABOLITIONIZE","To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. [R.] Bartlett."
"ABOMA","A large South American serpent (Boa aboma)."
"ABOMINABLENESS","The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley."
"ABOMINABLY","In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably."
"ABOMINATE","To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, asif with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety."
"ABOON","and adv. Above. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]Aboon the pass of Bally-Brough. Sir W. Scott.The ceiling fair that rose aboon. J. R. Drake."
"ABORAL","Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth."
"ABORD","Manner of approaching or accosting; address. Chesterfield."
"ABORIGINALITY","The quality of being aboriginal. Westm. Rev."
"ABORIGINALLY","Primarily."
"ABORSEMENT","Abortment; abortion. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"ABORSIVE","Abortive. [Obs.] Fuller."
"ABORT","To become checked in normal development, so as either to remainrudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile."
"ABORTED","Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normaldevelopment at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches.The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their maturestate. Owen."
"ABORTICIDE","The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide."
"ABORTIFACIENT","Producing miscarriage.-- n."
"ABORTION","Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains animperfect formation or is absorbed."
"ABORTIONAL","Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive. Carlyle."
"ABORTIONIST","One who procures abortion or miscarriage."
"ABORTIVE","Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, anabortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc."
"ABORTIVELY","In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly."
"ABORTIVENESS","The quality of being abortive."
"ABORTMENT","Abortion. [Obs.]"
"ABOUGHT","of Aby. [Obs.]"
"ABOUT","On the point or verge of; going; in act of.Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14."
"ABOUT-SLEDGE","The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale."
"ABOVE-CITED","Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing."
"ABOVEBOARD","Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick,concealment, or deception. 'Fair and aboveboard.' Burke."
"ABOVEDECK","On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice. Smart."
"ABOVESAID","Mentioned or recited before."
"ABOX","Braced aback."
"ABRA","A narrow pass or defile; a break in a mesa; the mouth of aca\u00f1on. [Southwestern U. S.]"
"ABRACADABRA","A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in thefigure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. Atpresent the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something withoutmeaning; jargon."
"ABRADANT","A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass,etc."
"ABRADE","To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, toabrade rocks. Lyell."
"ABRAHAMIC","Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamiccovenant."
"ABRAID","To awake; to arouse; to stir or start up; also, to shout out.[Obs.] Chaucer."
"ABRANCHIAL","Abranchiate."
"ABRANCHIATA","A group of annelids, so called because the species composing ithave no special organs of respiration."
"ABRANCHIATE","Without gills."
"ABRASE","Rubbed smooth. [Obs.] 'An abrase table.' B. Jonson."
"ABRASION","A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under theform of small shreds. Dunglison."
"ABRASIVE","Producing abrasion. Ure."
"ABRAXAS","A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among theancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved."
"ABRAY","See Abraid. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ABREACTION","See Catharsis, below."
"ABREAST","Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with thevessel's beam; -- with of."
"ABREGGE","See Abridge. [Obs.]"
"ABRENOUNCE","To renounce. [Obs.] 'They abrenounce and cast them off.'Latimer."
"ABRENUNCIATION","Absolute renunciation or repudiation. [Obs.]An abrenunciation of that truth which he so long had professed, andstill believed. Fuller."
"ABREPTION","A snatching away. [Obs.]"
"ABREUVOIR","The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled withmortar. Gwilt."
"ABRICOCK","See Apricot. [Obs.]"
"ABRIDGER","One who abridges."
"ABROACH","To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.[Obs.] Chaucer."
"ABROGABLE","Capable of being abrogated."
"ABROGATE","Abrogated; abolished. [Obs.] Latimer."
"ABROGATION","The act of abrogating; repeal by authority. Hume."
"ABROGATIVE","Tending or designed to abrogate; as, an abrogative law."
"ABROGATOR","One who repeals by authority."
"ABROOD","In the act of brooding. [Obs.] Abp. Sancroft."
"ABROOK","To brook; to endure. [Obs.] Shak."
"ABRUPT","Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray."
"ABRUPTION","A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.Woodward."
"ABSCESS","A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organof the body, the result of a morbid process. Cold abscess, an abscessof slow formation, unattended with the pain and heat characteristicof ordinary abscesses, and lasting for years without exhibiting anytendency towards healing; a chronic abscess."
"ABSCESSION","A separating; removal; also, an abscess. [Obs.] Gauden.Barrough."
"ABSCIND","To cut off. [R.] 'Two syllables . . . abscinded from the rest.'Johnson."
"ABSCISION","See Abscission."
"ABSCISS","See Abscissa."
"ABSCISSA","One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of acurve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal co\u00f6rdinate axes."
"ABSCISSION","A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to saya thing stops abruptly: thus, 'He is a man of so much honor andcandor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more.'"
"ABSCOND","To hide; to conceal. [Obs.] Bentley."
"ABSCONDENCE","Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding. [R.] Phillips."
"ABSCONDER","One who absconds."
"ABSENT-MINDED","Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.-- Ab`sent-mind'ed*ness, n.-- Ab`sent-mind'ed*ly, adv."
"ABSENTANEOUS","Pertaining to absence. [Obs.]"
"ABSENTATION","The act of absenting one's self. Sir W. Hamilton."
"ABSENTEE","One who absents himself from his country, office, post, orduty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country ordistrict than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irishabsentee. Macaulay."
"ABSENTEEISM","The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice ofabsenting one's self from the country or district where one's estateis situated."
"ABSENTER","One who absents one's self."
"ABSENTLY","In an absent or abstracted manner."
"ABSENTMENT","The state of being absent; withdrawal. [R.] Barrow."
"ABSENTNESS","The quality of being absent-minded. H. Miller."
"ABSEY-BOOK","An A-B-C book; a primer. [Obs.] Shak."
"ABSINTHATE","A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positiveradical."
"ABSINTHIAL","Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian."
"ABSINTHIAN","Of the nature of wormwood. 'Absinthian bitterness.' T.Randolph."
"ABSINTHIATE","To impregnate with wormwood."
"ABSINTHIATED","Impregnated with wormwood; as, absinthiated wine."
"ABSINTHIC","Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it."
"ABSINTHIN","The bitter principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium). Watts."
"ABSINTHISM","The condition of being poisoned by the excessive use ofabsinth."
"ABSINTHIUM","The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitterplant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood."
"ABSIS","See Apsis."
"ABSIST","To stand apart from; top leave off; to desist. [Obs.] Raleigh."
"ABSISTENCE","A standing aloof. [Obs.]"
"ABSOLUTE","Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol."
"ABSOLUTELY","In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly;positively."
"ABSOLUTENESS","The quality of being absolute; independence of everythingextraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality;positiveness."
"ABSOLUTION","An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accusedperson innocent. [Obs.]"
"ABSOLUTISM","Doctrine of absolute decrees. Ash."
"ABSOLUTIST","One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition orconcept of the absolute. Sir. W. Hamilton."
"ABSOLUTISTIC","Pertaining to absolutism; absolutist."
"ABSOLUTORY","Serving to absolve; absolving. 'An absolutory sentence.'Ayliffe."
"ABSOLVABLE","That may be absolved."
"ABSOLVATORY","Conferring absolution; absolutory."
"ABSOLVENT","Absolving. [R.] Carlyle."
"ABSOLVER","One who absolves. Macaulay."
"ABSONANT","Discordant; contrary; -- opposed to consonant. 'Absonant tonature.' Quarles."
"ABSONOUS","Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous. [Obs.] 'Absonous to ourreason.' Glanvill."
"ABSORBABILITY","The state or quality of being absorbable. Graham (Chemistry)."
"ABSORBABLE","Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up. Kerr."
"ABSORBEDLY","In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged."
"ABSORBENCY","Absorptiveness."
"ABSORBENT","Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive. Absorbent ground (Paint.), aground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or watercolors, by which the oil is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted tothe colors."
"ABSORBER","One who, or that which, absorbs."
"ABSORBING","Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit.-- Ab*sorb'ing, adv."
"ABSORBITION","Absorption. [Obs.]"
"ABSORPT","Absorbed. [Arcahic.] 'Absorpt in care.' Pope."
"ABSORPTION","An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as,the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc."
"ABSORPTIVE","Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe. E.Darwin."
"ABSORPTIVENESS","The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power."
"ABSORPTIVITY","Absorptiveness."
"ABSQUATULATE","To take one's self off; to decamp. [A jocular word. U. S.]"
"ABSQUE HOC",". Etym: [L., without this.] (Law) The technical words of denialused in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated."
"ABSTAIN","To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily,and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; --with from.Not a few abstained from voting. Macaulay.Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt Shak."
"ABSTAINER","One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use ofintoxicating liquors."
"ABSTEMIOUSNESS","The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in theuse of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree ofabstinence than temperance."
"ABSTENTION","The act of abstaining; a holding aloof. Jer. Taylor."
"ABSTENTIOUS","Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. Farrar."
"ABSTERGE","To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, topurge. [R.] Quincy."
"ABSTERGENT","Serving to cleanse, detergent."
"ABSTERSE","To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"ABSTERSION","Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.The task of ablution and abstersion being performed. Sir W. Scott."
"ABSTERSIVE","Cleansing; purging. Bacon."
"ABSTERSIVENESS","The quality of being abstersive. Fuller."
"ABSTINENCY","Abstinence. [R.]"
"ABSTINENT","Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence ofappetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. Beau. & Fl."
"ABSTINENTLY","With abstinence."
"ABSTORTED","Wrested away. [Obs.] Bailey."
"ABSTRACT","To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of asubstance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this senseextract is now more generally used."
"ABSTRACTEDLY","In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind."
"ABSTRACTEDNESS","The state of being abstracted; abstract character."
"ABSTRACTER","One who abstracts, or makes an abstract."
"ABSTRACTION","The act process of leaving out of consideration one or moreproperties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis.Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or thecolor of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act iscalled abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness,virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects."
"ABSTRACTIONAL","Pertaining to abstraction."
"ABSTRACTIONIST","An idealist. Emerson."
"ABSTRACTITIOUS","Obtained from plants by distillation. [Obs.] Crabb."
"ABSTRACTIVE","Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature. 'Theabstractive faculty.' I. Taylor."
"ABSTRACTIVELY","In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself. Feltham."
"ABSTRACTIVENESS","The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property."
"ABSTRACTLY","In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; byitself; as, matter abstractly considered."
"ABSTRACTNESS","The quality of being abstract. 'The abstractness of the ideas.'Locke."
"ABSTRINGE","To unbind. [Obs.] Bailey."
"ABSTRUDE","To thrust away. [Obs.] Johnson."
"ABSTRUSELY","In an abstruse manner."
"ABSTRUSENESS","The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension.Boyle."
"ABSTRUSION","The act of thrusting away. [R.] Ogilvie."
"ABSTRUSITY","Abstruseness; that which is abstruse. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"ABSUME","To consume gradually; to waste away. [Obs.] Boyle."
"ABSUMPTION","Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"ABSURD","Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposedto manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of commonsense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, anabsurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream.This proffer is absurd and reasonless. Shak.'This phrase absurd to call a villain great. Pope.p. 9"
"ABSURDLY","In an absurd manner."
"ABSURDNESS","Absurdity. [R.]"
"ABUNA","The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church."
"ABUNDANCE","An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty;profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictlyapplicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number.It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath beenshed with small benefit to the Christian state. Raleigh."
"ABUNDANT","Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed byin, rarely by with. 'Abundant in goodness and truth.' Exod. xxxiv. 6.Abundant number (Math.), a number, the sum of whose aliquot partsexceeds the number itself. Thus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, the aliquot parts of12, make the number 16. This is opposed to a deficient number, as 14,whose aliquot parts are 1, 2, 7, the sum of which is 10; and to aperfect number, which is equal to the sum of its aliquot parts, as 6,whose aliquot parts are 1, 2., 3."
"ABUNDANTLY","In a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in largemeasure."
"ABURST","In a bursting condition."
"ABUSABLE","That may be abused."
"ABUSAGE","Abuse. [Obs.] Whately (1634)."
"ABUSEFUL","Full of abuse; abusive. [R.] 'Abuseful names.' Bp. Barlow."
"ABUSER","One who abuses [in the various senses of the verb]."
"ABUSION","Evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception;cheat. Chaucer."
"ABUSIVELY","In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language."
"ABUSIVENESS","The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violenceto the person.Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness,filthiness, abusiveness. Herbert."
"ABUT","To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet;-- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road."
"ABUTILON","A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in thetorrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indianmallow."
"ABUTTAL","The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; aheadland. Spelman."
"ABUTTER","One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of acontiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river."
"ABUZZ","In a buzz; buzzing. [Colloq.] Dickens."
"ABYSM","An abyss; a gulf. 'The abysm of hell.' Shak."
"ABYSMAL","Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending;profound.Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that astronomy doesof space. Carlyle."
"ABYSMALLY","To a fathomless depth; profoundly. 'Abysmally ignorant.' G.Eliot."
"ABYSS","The center of an escutcheon."
"ABYSSAL","Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable. Abyssalzone (Phys. Geog.), one of the belts or zones into which Sir E.Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in describing its plants,animals, etc. It is the one furthest from the shore, embracing allbeyond one hundred fathoms deep. Hence, abyssal animals, plants, etc."
"ABYSSINIAN","Of or pertaining to Abyssinia. Abyssinian gold, an alloy of90.74 parts of copper and 8.33 parts of zink. Ure."
"ACACIA","A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors,as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals."
"ACADEME","An academy. [Poetic] Shak."
"ACADEMIAL","Academic. [R.]"
"ACADEMIAN","A member of an academy, university, or college."
"ACADEMICALLY","In an academical manner."
"ACADEMICALS","The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges anduniversities."
"ACADEMISM","The doctrines of the Academic philosophy. [Obs.] Baxter."
"ACADIAN","Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia. 'Acadian farmers.'Longfellow.-- n."
"ACAJOU","One of the Acaleph\u00e6."
"ACALEPHAE","A group of Coelenterata, including the Medus\u00e6 or jellyfishes,and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess.Sometimes called sea nettles."
"ACALEPHOID","Belonging to or resembling the Acaleph\u00e6 or jellyfishes."
"ACANTH","Same as Acanthus."
"ACANTHA","A prickle."
"ACANTHACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of whichthe acanthus is the type."
"ACANTHINE","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus."
"ACANTHOCARPOUS","Having the fruit covered with spines."
"ACANTHOCEPHALA","A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed withrecurved spines."
"ACANTHOCEPHALOUS","Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala."
"ACANTHOPHOROUS","Spine-bearing. Gray."
"ACANTHOPODIOUS","Having spinous petioles."
"ACANTHOPTERI","A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. SeeAcanthopterygii."
"ACANTHOPTEROUS","Spiny-winged."
"ACANTHOPTERYGIAN","Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as theperch.-- n."
"ACANTHOPTERYGII","An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal,ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch."
"ACANTHOPTERYGIOUS","Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned."
"ACANTHUS","A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south ofEurope, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech."
"ACAPSULAR","Having no capsule."
"ACARDIAC","Without a heart; as, an acardiac fetus."
"ACARIDAN","One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks."
"ACARINA","The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Manyspecies are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange."
"ACARINE","Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases."
"ACAROID","Shaped like or resembling a mite."
"ACARPELLOUS","Having no carpels."
"ACARPOUS","Not producing fruit; unfruitful."
"ACARUS","A genus including many species of small mites."
"ACATALECTIC","Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse.-- n."
"ACATALEPSY","Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancientSkeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts tocertainty, but only to probability."
"ACATALEPTIC","Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible."
"ACATER","See Caterer. [Obs.]"
"ACATES","See Cates. [Obs.]"
"ACAUDATE","Tailless."
"ACAULESCENT","Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed inthe ground. Gray."
"ACAULINE","Same as Acaulescent."
"ACCADIAN","Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia beforethe Assyrian conquest.-- Ac*ca'di*an, n., Ac'cad, n. Sayce."
"ACCEDENCE","The act of acceding."
"ACCEDER","One who accedes."
"ACCELERANDO","Gradually accelerating the movement."
"ACCELERATION","The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated;increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward theearth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation.A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement,contains within itself a principle of acceleration. I. Taylor.(Astr. & Physics.) Acceleration of the moon, the increase of themoon's mean motion in its orbit, in consequence of which its periodof revolution is now shorter than in ancient times.-- Acceleration and retardation of the tides. See Priming of thetides, under Priming.-- Diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars, the amount by whichtheir apparent diurnal motion exceeds that of the sun, in consequenceof which they daily come to the meridian of any place about threeminutes fifty-six seconds of solar time earlier than on the daypreceding.-- Acceleration of the planets, the increasing velocity of theirmotion, in proceeding from the apogee to the perigee of their orbits."
"ACCELERATIVE","Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening. Reid."
"ACCELERATOR","One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as,accelerator nerves."
"ACCELERATORY","Accelerative."
"ACCELEROGRAPH","An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns,etc."
"ACCELEROMETER","An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder."
"ACCEND","To set on fire; to kindle. [Obs.] Fotherby."
"ACCENDIBILITY","Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed;inflammability."
"ACCENDIBLE","Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable.Ure."
"ACCENSION","The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.Locke."
"ACCENSOR","One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers."
"ACCENT","Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse."
"ACCENTLESS","Without accent."
"ACCENTOR","One who sings the leading part; the director or leader. [Obs.]"
"ACCENTUABLE","Capable of being accented."
"ACCENTUAL","Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent."
"ACCENTUALITY","The quality of being accentual."
"ACCENTUALLY","In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent."
"ACCENTUATION","Act of accentuating; applications of accent. Specifically(Eccles. Mus.),"
"ACCEPT","To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept abill of exchange. Bouvier."
"ACCEPTABILITY","The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. 'Acceptabilityof repentance.' Jer. Taylor."
"ACCEPTABLE","Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received withpleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as,an acceptable present, one acceptable to us."
"ACCEPTABLENESS","The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorablyreceived; acceptability."
"ACCEPTABLY","In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or givesatisfaction."
"ACCEPTANCE","An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which bindsthe person in law."
"ACCEPTANCY","Acceptance. [R.]Here's a proof of gift, But here's no proof, sir, of acceptancy. Mrs.Browning."
"ACCEPTANT","Accepting; receiving."
"ACCEPTEDLY","In a accepted manner; admittedly."
"ACCEPTER","An acceptor."
"ACCEPTILATION","Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation withoutpayment; free remission."
"ACCEPTION","Acceptation; the received meaning. [Obs.]Here the word 'baron' is not to be taken in that restrictive sense towhich the modern acception hath confined it. Fuller.Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism; partiality. [Obs.]Wyclif."
"ACCEPTOR","One who accepts; specifically (Law & Com.),"
"ACCESSARILY","In the manner of an accessary."
"ACCESSARINESS","The state of being accessary."
"ACCESSARY","Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp.,uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. SeeAccessory.To both their deaths thou shalt be accessary. Shak.Amongst many secondary and accessary causes that support monarchy,these are not of least reckoning. Milton."
"ACCESSIBILITY","The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach;receptibility. Langhorne."
"ACCESSIBLY","In an accessible manner."
"ACCESSION","The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit orparoxysm."
"ACCESSIONAL","Pertaining to accession; additional. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"ACCESSIVE","Additional."
"ACCESSORIAL","Of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency,accessorial guilt."
"ACCESSORILY","In the manner of an accessory; auxiliary."
"ACCESSORINESS","The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately."
"ACCESSORY","Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way;additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal;contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, whenof persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot;accessory sounds in music."
"ACCIACCATURA","A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it isprefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalentto the short appoggiatura."
"ACCIDENT","A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, asgender, number, case."
"ACCIDENTAL","Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling oncertain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightnessand other parts are cast into a deep shadow."
"ACCIDENTALISM","Accidental character or effect. Ruskin."
"ACCIDENTALITY","The quality of being accidental; accidentalness. [R.]Coleridge."
"ACCIDENTALLY","In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance;unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially."
"ACCIDENTALNESS","The quality of being accidental; casualness."
"ACCIDIE","Sloth; torpor. [Obs.] 'The sin of accidie.' Chaucer."
"ACCIPENSER","See Acipenser."
"ACCIPIENT","A receiver. [R.] Bailey"
"ACCIPITER","A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores."
"ACCIPITRAL","Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike.Lowell."
"ACCIPITRES","The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hookedbill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families,represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls."
"ACCIPITRINE","Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike."
"ACCISMUS","Affected refusal; coyness."
"ACCITE","To cite; to summon. [Obs.]Our heralds now accited all that were Endamaged by the Elians.Chapman."
"ACCLAIM","To shout applause."
"ACCLAIMER","One who acclaims."
"ACCLAMATION","A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of peopleexpressing joy. Acclamation medals are those on which laudatoryacclamations are recorded. Elmes."
"ACCLAMATORY","Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation."
"ACCLIMATABLE","Capable of being acclimated."
"ACCLIMATATION","Acclimatization."
"ACCLIMATE","To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize. J. H.Newman."
"ACCLIMATEMENT","Acclimation. [R.]"
"ACCLIMATION","The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, orhabituated to a new climate; acclimatization."
"ACCLIMATIZABLE","Capable of being acclimatized."
"ACCLIMATIZATION","The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a newclimate, or the state of being so inured. Darwin."
"ACCLIMATIZE","To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which isnatural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strangeclimate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants."
"ACCLIMATURE","The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated. [R.]Caldwell."
"ACCLIVE","Acclivous. [Obs.]"
"ACCLIVITOUS","Acclivous. I. Taylor."
"ACCLIVITY","A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill,considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending;an upward slope; ascent."
"ACCLIVOUS","Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous."
"ACCLOY","To fill to satiety; to stuff full; to clog; to overload; toburden. See Cloy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ACCOAST","To lie or sail along the coast or side of; to accost. [Obs.]Whether high towering or accosting low. Spenser."
"ACCOIL","To coil together. Ham. Nav. Encyc."
"ACCOLADE","A brace used to join two or more staves."
"ACCOMBINATION","A combining together. [R.]"
"ACCOMMODABLE","That may be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree. [R.] I.Watts."
"ACCOMMODABLENESS","The quality or condition of being accommodable. [R.] Todd."
"ACCOMMODATE","To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted. [R.] Boyle."
"ACCOMMODATELY","Suitably; fitly. [R.]"
"ACCOMMODATENESS","Fitness. [R.]"
"ACCOMMODATING","Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; asan accommodating man, spirit, arrangement."
"ACCOMMODATOR","He who, or that which, accommodates. Warburton."
"ACCOMPANABLE","Sociable. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"ACCOMPANIER","He who, or that which, accompanies. Lamb."
"ACCOMPANIMENT","That which accompanies; something that attends as acircumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to theprincipal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.Specifically: (Mus.)"
"ACCOMPANIST","The performer in music who takes the accompanying part. Busby."
"ACCOMPANY","To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition."
"ACCOMPLETIVE","Tending to accomplish. [R.]"
"ACCOMPLICE","An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in anoffense, whether a principal or an accessory. 'And thou, the cursedaccomplice of his treason.' Johnson."
"ACCOMPLICESHIP","The state of being an accomplice. [R.] Sir H. Taylor."
"ACCOMPLICITY","The act or state of being an accomplice. [R.]"
"ACCOMPLISHABLE","Capable of being accomplished; practicable. Carlyle."
"ACCOMPLISHER","One who accomplishes."
"ACCOMPT","See Account."
"ACCOMPTABLE","See Accountable."
"ACCOMPTANT","See Accountant."
"ACCORD","An agreement between parties in controversy, by whichsatisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed,bars a suit. Blackstone. With one accord, with unanimity.They rushed with one accord into the theater. Acts xix. 29."
"ACCORDANCE","Agreement; harmony; conformity. 'In strict accordance with thelaw.' Macaulay."
"ACCORDANCY","Accordance. [R.] Paley."
"ACCORDANT","Agreeing; consonant; harmonious; corresponding; conformable; --followed by with or to.Strictly accordant with true morality. Darwin.And now his voice accordant to the string. Coldsmith."
"ACCORDANTLY","In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followedby with or to."
"ACCORDER","One who accords, assents, or concedes. [R.]"
"ACCORDING","Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. 'This accordingvoice of national wisdom.' Burke. 'Mind and soul according well.'Tennyson.According to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay.Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Sprat."
"ACCORDION","A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones aregenerated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds."
"ACCORDIONIST","A player on the accordion."
"ACCORDMENT","Agreement; reconcilement. [Obs.] Gower."
"ACCORPORATE","To unite; to attach; to incorporate. [Obs.] Milton."
"ACCOST","To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.] 'The shores which to thesea accost.' Spenser."
"ACCOSTABLE","Approachable; affable. [R.] Hawthorne."
"ACCOSTED","Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side."
"ACCOUCHEMENT","Delivery in childbed"
"ACCOUCHEUR","A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; anobstetrician."
"ACCOUCHEUSE","A midwife. [Recent] Dunglison."
"ACCOUNT BOOK","A book in which accounts are kept. Swift."
"ACCOUNTABILITY","The state of being accountable; liability to be called on torender an account; accountableness. 'The awful idea ofaccountability.' R. Hall."
"ACCOUNTABLENESS","The quality or state of being accountable; accountability."
"ACCOUNTABLY","In an accountable manner."
"ACCOUNTANCY","The art or employment of an accountant."
"ACCOUNTANT","Accountable. [Obs.] Shak."
"ACCOUNTANTSHIP","The office or employment of an accountant."
"ACCOUPLE","To join; to couple. [R.]The Englishmen accoupled themselves with the Frenchmen. Hall."
"ACCOURAGE","To encourage. [Obs.]"
"ACCOURT","To treat courteously; to court. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ACCREDITATION","The act of accrediting; as, letters of accreditation."
"ACCREMENTITIAL","Pertaining to accremention."
"ACCREMENTITION","The process of generation by development of blastema, orfission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect likethe individual from which it proceeds."
"ACCRESCENCE","Continuous growth; an accretion. [R.]The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of ageneral, never contradicted hearsy. Coleridge."
"ACCRESCENT","Growing larger after flowering. Gray."
"ACCRETE","To make adhere; to add. Earle."
"ACCRETIVE","Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.Glanvill."
"ACCRIMINATE","To accuse of a crime. [Obs.] -- Ac*crim`i*na'tion, n. [Obs.]"
"ACCROACHMENT","An encroachment; usurpation. [Obs.] Bailey."
"ACCRUAL","Accrument. [R.]"
"ACCRUE","Something that accrues; advantage accruing. [Obs.]"
"ACCRUER","The act of accruing; accretion; as, title by accruer."
"ACCRUMENT","The process of accruing, or that which has accrued; increase.Jer. Taylor."
"ACCUBATION","The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by theancients at meals."
"ACCUMB","To recline, as at table. [Obs.] Bailey."
"ACCUMBENCY","The state of being accumbent or reclining. [R.]"
"ACCUMBENT","Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against anotherleaf. Gray.Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle.Eaton."
"ACCUMBER","To encumber. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ACCUMULATE","To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together;to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money."
"ACCUMULATION","The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.Accumulation of energy or power, the storing of energy by means ofweights lifted or masses put in motion; electricity stored.-- An accumulation of degrees (Eng. Univ.), the taking of severaltogether, or at smaller intervals than usual or than is allowed bythe rules."
"ACCUMULATIVE","Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass;cumulative; additional.-- Ac*cu'mu*la*tive*ly, adv.-- Ac*cu'mu*la*tive*ness, n."
"ACCUMULATOR","An apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored,such as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulicelevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating theenergy of electrical charges, etc."
"ACCURACY","The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, thisexemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or toa rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, thevalue of testimony depends on its accuracy.The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think, to judge, andto reason, with precision and accuracy. Reid.The accuracy with which the piston fits the sides. Lardner."
"ACCURATELY","In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error ordefect."
"ACCURATENESS","The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness;nicety; precision."
"ACCURSE","To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; tocurse; to execrate; to anathematize.And the city shall be accursed. Josh. vi. 17.Thro' you, my life will be accurst. Tennyson."
"ACCUSABLE","Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime orfault; blamable; -- with of."
"ACCUSAL","Accusation. [R.] Byron."
"ACCUSANT","An accuser. Bp. Hall."
"ACCUSATIVAL","Pertaining to the accusative case."
"ACCUSATIVE","Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greeknouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action orinfluence of a transitive verb terminates, or the immediate object ofmotion or tendency to, expressed by a preposition. It corresponds tothe objective case in English."
"ACCUSATORIAL","Accusatory."
"ACCUSATORIALLY","By way accusation."
"ACCUSATORY","Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatorylibel. Grote."
"ACCUSE","Accusation. [Obs.] Shak."
"ACCUSED","Charged with offense; as, an accused person."
"ACCUSEMENT","Accusation. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ACCUSER","One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault."
"ACCUSINGLY","In an accusing manner."
"ACCUSTOM","To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to.I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in littlethings, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater. Adventurer."
"ACCUSTOMABLE","Habitual; customary; wonted. 'Accustomable goodness.' Latimer."
"ACCUSTOMABLY","According to custom; ordinarily; customarily. Latimer."
"ACCUSTOMANCE","Custom; habitual use. [Obs.] Boyle."
"ACCUSTOMARILY","Customarily. [Obs.]"
"ACCUSTOMARY","Usual; customary. [Archaic] Featley."
"ACCUSTOMEDNESS","Habituation.Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart. Bp. Pearce."
"ACELDAMA","The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem,purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master,and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed.The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immensetracts into one universal aceldama. De Quincey."
"ACENTRIC","Not centered; without a center."
"ACEPHAL","One of the Acephala."
"ACEPHALA","That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalveshells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have noevident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda,and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca."
"ACEPHALAN","Same as Acephal."
"ACEPHALIST","One who acknowledges no head or superior. Dr. Gauden."
"ACEPHALOCYST","A larval entozo\u00f6n in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle,or hy datid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of manand the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head orvisible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages ofcertain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin."
"ACEPHALOCYSTIC","Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts."
"ACEPHALOUS","Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks."
"ACEQUIA","A canal or trench for irrigating land. [Sp. Amer.]"
"ACERATE","A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base."
"ACERB","Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharpand harsh."
"ACERBATE","To sour; to imbitter; to irritate."
"ACERBIC","Sour or severe."
"ACERBITUDE","Sourness and harshness. [Obs.] Bailey."
"ACERIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple; as, aceric acid.Ure."
"ACEROUS","Same as Acerose."
"ACERVAL","Pertaining to a heap. [Obs.]"
"ACERVATE","To heap up. [Obs.]"
"ACERVATION","A heaping up; accumulation. [R.] Johnson."
"ACERVATIVE","Heaped up; tending to heap up."
"ACERVOSE","Full of heaps. [R.] Bailey."
"ACERVULINE","Resembling little heaps."
"ACESCENT","Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.Faraday."
"ACETABLE","An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint. [Obs.] Holland."
"ACETABULAR","Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform."
"ACETABULIFERA","The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnishedwith cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus;the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda."
"ACETABULIFEROUS","Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, ascuttlefish, etc."
"ACETABULIFORM","Shaped like a shallow; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliformcalyx. Gray."
"ACETABULUM","A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about oneeighth of a pint, etc."
"ACETAL","A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidationof alcohol under the influence of platinum black."
"ACETALDEHYDE","Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde."
"ACETAMIDE","A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of anequivalent of hydrogen by acetyl."
"ACETANILIDE","A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain;-- called also antifebrine."
"ACETARIOUS","Used in salads; as, acetarious plants."
"ACETARY","An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear. Grew."
"ACETATE","A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base orpositive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash."
"ACETATED","Combined with acetic acid."
"ACETIFICATION","The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting,or of becoming converted, into vinegar."
"ACETIFIER","An apparatus for hastening acetification. Knight."
"ACETIFY","To convert into acid or vinegar."
"ACETIMETER","An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid invinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid."
"ACETIMETRY","The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, orthe proportion of acetic acid contained in it. Ure."
"ACETIN","A combination of acetic acid with glycerin. Brande & C."
"ACETIZE","To acetify. [R.]"
"ACETOL","Methyl ketol; also, any of various homologues of the same."
"ACETOMETER","Same as Acetimeter. Brande & C."
"ACETONE","A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six ofhydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by thedistillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillationof citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime."
"ACETONIC","Of or pertaining to acetone; as, acetonic bodies."
"ACETONURIA","Excess of acetone in the urine, as in starvation or diabetes."
"ACETOPHENONE","A crystalline ketone, CH3COC6H5, which may be obtained by thedry distillation of a mixture of the calcium salts of acetic andbenzoic acids. It is used as a hypnotic under the name of hypnone."
"ACETOSE","Sour like vinegar; acetous."
"ACETOSITY","The quality of being acetous; sourness."
"ACETYL","A complex, hypothetical radical, composed of two parts ofcarbon to three of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Its hydroxide isacetic acid."
"ACETYLENE","A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion oftwo atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas,with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as anilluminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action ofwater on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant. Watts."
"ACHARNEMENT","Savage fierceness; ferocity."
"ACHATE","An agate. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"ACHATINA","A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm partsof America and Africa."
"ACHATOUR","Purveyor; acater. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ACHE","Continued pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, orspasmodic pain. 'Such an ache in my bones.' Shak."
"ACHEAN","See Ach\u00e6an, Achaian."
"ACHENIAL","Pertaining to an achene."
"ACHERON","A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, theinfernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it wassupposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Shak."
"ACHERONTIC","Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy;moribund."
"ACHIEVABLE","Capable of being achieved. Barrow."
"ACHIEVANCE","Achievement. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot."
"ACHIEVEMENT","An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to thefuneral shield commonly called hatchment. Cussans."
"ACHIEVER","One who achieves; a winner."
"ACHILLEAN","Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible."
"ACHILOUS","Without a lip."
"ACHING","That aches; continuously painful. See Ache.-- Ach'ing*ly, adv.The aching heart, the aching head. Longfellow."
"ACHIOTE","Seeds of the annotto tree; also, the coloring matter, annotto."
"ACHLAMYDATE","Not possessing a mantle; -- said of certain gastropods."
"ACHLAMYDEOUS","Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla."
"ACHOLIA","Deficiency or want of bile."
"ACHOLOUS","Lacking bile."
"ACHROMATIC","Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it intoits primary colors."
"ACHROMATICALLY","In an achromatic manner."
"ACHROMATICITY","Achromatism."
"ACHROMATIN","Tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes. W. Flemming."
"ACHROMATISM","The state or quality of being achromatic; as, the achromatismof a lens; achromaticity. Nichol."
"ACHROMATIZATION","The act or process of achromatizing."
"ACHROMATIZE","To deprive of color; to make achromatic."
"ACHROMATOPSY","Color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; Daltonism."
"ACHROMATOUS","Lacking, or deficient in, color; as, achromatous blood."
"ACHROMIC","Free from color; colorless; as, in Physiol. Chem., the achromicpoint of a starch solution acted upon by an amylolytic enzyme is thepoint at which it fails to give any color with iodine."
"ACHRONIC","See Acronyc."
"ACHROOUS","Colorless; achromatic."
"ACHYLOUS","Without chyle."
"ACHYMOUS","Without chyme."
"ACICULA","One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of someanimals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal."
"ACICULAR","Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leavesor crystals; also, having sharp points like needless. A*cic'u*lar*ly,adv."
"ACICULIFORM","Needle-shaped; acicular."
"ACICULITE","Needle ore. Brande & C."
"ACID","One of a class of compounds, generally but not alwaysdistinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddeningof vegetable blue or violet colors. They are also characterized bythe power of destroying the distinctive properties of alkalies orbases, combining with them to form salts, at the same time losingtheir own peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united witha more negative element or radical, either alone, or more generallywith oxygen, and take their names from this negative element orradical. Those which contain no oxygen are sometimes called hydracidsin distinction from the others which are called oxygen acids oroxacids."
"ACID PROCESS","That variety of either the Bessemer or the open-hearth processin which the converter or hearth is lined with acid, that is, highlysiliceous, material. Opposed to basic process."
"ACIDIC","Containing a high percentage of silica; -- opposed to basic. anacidic solution."
"ACIDIFEROUS","Containing or yielding an acid."
"ACIDIFIABLE","Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid."
"ACIDIFIC","Producing acidity; converting into an acid. Dana."
"ACIDIFICATION","The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid."
"ACIDIFIER","A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary toproduce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc."
"ACIDIMETER","An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids. Ure."
"ACIDIMETRY","The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by achemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or thefact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weightof reagent is required.-- Ac`id*i*met'ric*al, a."
"ACIDITY","The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to thetaste; as, the acidity of lemon juice."
"ACIDLY","Sourly; tartly."
"ACIDNESS","Acidity; sourness."
"ACIDULATE","To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.Arbuthnot."
"ACIDULENT","Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous. 'With anxious,acidulent face.' Carlyle."
"ACIDULOUS","Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture. E.Burke. Acidulous mineral waters, such as contain carbonic anhydride."
"ACIERAGE","The process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as astereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaicelectricity; steeling."
"ACIFORM","Shaped like a needle."
"ACINACEOUS","Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them."
"ACINACES","A short sword or saber."
"ACINACIFORM","Scimeter-shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf."
"ACINESIA","Same as Akinesia."
"ACINETAE","A group of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage arestationary. See Suctoria."
"ACINETIFORM","Resembling the Acinet\u00e6."
"ACINIFORM","Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as,acinose or acinous glands. Kirwan."
"ACINUS","One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose orcompound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recessesin the lobules of a racemose gland. Quain."
"ACIPENSER","A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having thebody armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of thehead. See Sturgeon."
"ACIURGY","Operative surgery."
"ACKNOWLEDGEDLY","Confessedly."
"ACKNOWLEDGER","One who acknowledges."
"ACLINIC","Without inclination or dipping; -- said the magnetic needlebalances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is alsotermed the magnetic equator. Prof. August."
"ACME","The crisis or height of a disease."
"ACNE","A pustular affection of the skin, due to changes in thesebaceous glands."
"ACNODAL","Pertaining to acnodes."
"ACNODE","An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose co\u00f6rdinatessatisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered asbelonging to the curve."
"ACOCK","In a cocked or turned up fashion."
"ACOLD","Cold. [Obs.] 'Poor Tom's acold.' Shak."
"ACOLOGIC","Pertaining to acology."
"ACOLOGY","Materia medica; the science of remedies."
"ACOLOTHIST","See Acolythist."
"ACOLYCTINE","An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained fromAconitum lycoctonum. Eng. Cyc."
"ACOLYTE","One who has received the highest of the four minor orders inthe Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water andthe lights at the Mass."
"ACOLYTH","Same as Acolyte."
"ACOLYTHIST","An acolyte. [Obs.]"
"ACONITAL","Of the nature of aconite."
"ACONITE","The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant ofthe genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which arepoisonous."
"ACONITIA","Same as Aconitine."
"ACONITIC","Of or pertaining to aconite."
"ACONITINE","An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite."
"ACONITUM","The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.Strong As aconitum or rash gunpowder. Shak."
"ACONTIA","Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells(cnid\u00e6), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actini\u00e6when irritated."
"ACONTIAS","Anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus ofreptiles closely allied to the lizards."
"ACOPIC","Relieving weariness; restorative."
"ACORN","A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle abovethe vane, on the mast-head."
"ACORN CUP","The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed."
"ACORN-SHELL","One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus.See Barnacle."
"ACOSMISM","A denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God."
"ACOSMIST","One who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universeas distinct from God. G. H. Lewes."
"ACOTYLEDON","A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and allflowerless plants."
"ACOTYLEDONOUS","Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plantswhich have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc."
"ACOUCHY","A small species of agouti (Dasyprocta acouchy)."
"ACOUMETER","An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense ofhearing. Itard."
"ACOUMETRY","The measuring of the power or extent of hearing."
"ACOUSTIC","Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, orthe science of sounds; auditory. Acoustic duct, the auditory duct, orexternal passage of the ear.-- Acoustic telegraph, a telegraph making audible signals; atelephone.-- Acoustic vessels, brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell,used in ancient theaters to propel the voices of the actors, so as torender them audible to a great distance."
"ACOUSTICAL","Of or pertaining to acoustics."
"ACOUSTICALLY","In relation to sound or to hearing. Tyndall."
"ACOUSTICIAN","One versed in acoustics. Tyndall."
"ACOUSTICS","The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, andlaws.Acoustics, then, or the science of sound, is a very considerablebranch of physics. Sir J. Herschel."
"ACQUAINT","Acquainted. [Obs.]"
"ACQUAINTABLE","Easy to be acquainted with; affable. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"ACQUAINTANCESHIP","A state of being acquainted; acquaintance. Southey."
"ACQUAINTANT","An acquaintance. [R.] Swift."
"ACQUAINTED","Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, underAcquaint, v. t."
"ACQUAINTEDNESS","State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance. [R.] Boyle."
"ACQUEST","Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than byinheritance. Bouvier."
"ACQUIESCENCY","The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence."
"ACQUIESCENT","Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit;assentive; as, an acquiescent policy."
"ACQUIESCENTLY","In an acquiescent manner."
"ACQUIET","To quiet. [Obs.]Acquiet his mind from stirring you against your own peace. Sir A.Sherley."
"ACQUIRABILITY","The quality of being acquirable; attainableness. [R.] Paley."
"ACQUIRABLE","Capable of being acquired."
"ACQUIRE","To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own;as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step. Barrow.Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor,acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law.Blackstone."
"ACQUIREMENT","The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.'Rules for the acquirement of a taste.' Addison.His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by manyexcellent endowments of nature. Hayward."
"ACQUIRER","A person who acquires."
"ACQUIRY","Acquirement. [Obs.] Barrow."
"ACQUISITE","Acquired. [Obs.] Burton."
"ACQUISITIVELY","In the way of acquisition."
"ACQUISITIVENESS","The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire ofacquiring and possessing. Combe."
"ACQUISITOR","One who acquires."
"ACQUIST","Acquisition; gain. Milton."
"ACQUIT","Acquitted; set free; rid of. [Archaic] Shak."
"ACQUITMENT","Acquittal. [Obs.] Milton."
"ACQUITTAL","A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense,by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court. Bouvier."
"ACQUITTANCE","To acquit. [Obs.] Shak."
"ACQUITTER","One who acquits or releases."
"ACRANIA","Partial or total absence of the skull."
"ACRANIAL","Wanting a skull."
"ACRASPEDA","A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes;the Discophora."
"ACREABLE","Of an acre; per acre; as, the acreable produce."
"ACREAGE","Acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country."
"ACRED","Possessing acres or landed property; -- used in composition;as, large-acred men."
"ACRID","The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness;acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech."
"ACRIDLY","In an acid manner."
"ACRIMONIOUSLY","In an acrimonious manner."
"ACRIMONIOUSNESS","The quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony."
"ACRIMONY","Undecided character of a disease. [Obs.]"
"ACRITA","The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system hasbeen observed."
"ACRITAN","Of or pertaining to the Acrita.-- n. An individual of the Acrita."
"ACRITE","Acritan. Owen."
"ACRITICAL","Having no crisis; giving no indications of a crisis; as,acritical symptoms, an acritical abscess."
"ACRITOCHROMACY","Color blindness; achromatopsy."
"ACRITUDE","Acridity; pungency joined with heat. [Obs.]"
"ACRITY","Sharpness; keenness. [Obs.]"
"ACROATIC","Same as Acroamatic."
"ACROBAT","One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daringgymnastic feats."
"ACROBATIC","Pertaining to an acrobat.-- Ac`ro*bat'ic*al*ly, adv."
"ACROBATISM","Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting."
"ACROCEPHALIC","Characterized by a high skull."
"ACROCEPHALY","Loftiness of skull."
"ACROCERAUNIAN","Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of 'thunder-smitten' peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia. Shelley."
"ACRODACTYLUM","The upper surface of the toes, individually."
"ACRODONT","One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united tothe top of the alveolar ridge.-- a. Of or pertaining to the acrodonts."
"ACROGEN","A plant of the highest class of cryptograms, including theferns, etc. See Cryptogamia. The Age of Acrogens (Geol.), the age ofcoal plants, or the carboniferous era."
"ACROGENOUS","Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenousplant."
"ACROLEIN","A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by thedehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutralfats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating. Watts."
"ACROLITH","A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk beinggenerally of wood. Elmes."
"ACROMEGALY","Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face."
"ACROMIAL","Of or pertaining to the acromion. Dunglison."
"ACROMION","The outer extremity of the shoulder blade."
"ACROMONOGRAMMATIC","Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with whichthe preceding verse ends."
"ACRONYCALLY","In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, andvise vers\u00e2."
"ACRONYCTOUS","Acronycal."
"ACROOK","Crookedly. [R.] Udall."
"ACROPETAL","Developing from below towards the apex, or from thecircumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certaininflorescence."
"ACROPHONY","The use of a picture symbol of an object to representphonetically the initial sound of the name of the object."
"ACROPODIUM","The entire upper surface of the foot."
"ACROPOLIS","The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially,the citadel of Athens."
"ACROPOLITAN","Pertaining to an acropolis."
"ACROSPIRE","The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate;the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form."
"ACROSPORE","A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructificationin fungi."
"ACROSPOROUS","Having acrospores."
"ACROSS","From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a directionopposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.Dryden. To come across, to come upon or meet incidentally. Freeman.-- To go across the country, to go by a direct course across aregion without following the roads."
"ACROSTIC","Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics."
"ACROSTICALLY","After the manner of an acrostic."
"ACROTARSIUM","The instep or front of the tarsus."
"ACROTELEUTIC","The end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to besung by the people, by way of a response."
"ACROTER","Same as Acroterium."
"ACROTERIAL","Pertaining to an acroterium; as, ornaments. P. Cyc."
"ACROTIC","Pertaining to or affecting the surface."
"ACROTISM","Lack or defect of pulsation."
"ACROTOMOUS","Having a cleavage parallel with the base."
"ACRYLIC","Of or containing acryl, the hypothetical radical of whichacrolein is the hydride; as, acrylic acid."
"ACTABLE","Capable of being acted. Tennyson."
"ACTINAL","Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains themouth. L. Agassiz."
"ACTINARIA","A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simpletentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense,applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether formingcorals or not."
"ACTINIC","Of or pertaining to actinism; as, actinic rays."
"ACTINIFORM","Having a radiated form, like a sea anemone."
"ACTINISM","The property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar orelectric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as inphotography."
"ACTINIUM","A supposed metal, said by Phipson to be contained in commercialzinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds are darkened byexposure to light."
"ACTINO-CHEMISTRY","Chemistry in its relations to actinism. Draper."
"ACTINOGRAM","A record made by the actinograph."
"ACTINOGRAPH","An instrument for measuring and recording the variations in theactinic or chemical force of rays of light. Nichol."
"ACTINOID","Having the form of rays; radiated, as an actinia."
"ACTINOLITE","A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually infibrous or columnar masses."
"ACTINOLITIC","Of the nature of, or containing, actinolite."
"ACTINOLOGY","The science which treats of rays of light, especially of theactinic or chemical rays."
"ACTINOMERE","One of the radial segments composing the body of one of theCoelenterata."
"ACTINOMETRIC","Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solarrays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic."
"ACTINOMYCOSIS","A chronic infectious disease of cattle and man due to thepresence of Actinomyces bovis. It causes local suppurating tumors,esp. about the jaw. Called also lumpy jaw or big jaw. --Ac`ti*no*my*cot'ic (#), a."
"ACTINOPHONE","An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of theactinic, or ultraviolet, rays."
"ACTINOPHONIC","Pertaining to, or causing the production of, sound by means ofthe actinic, or ultraviolet, rays; as, actinophonic phenomena."
"ACTINOPHOROUS","Having straight projecting spines."
"ACTINOSOME","The entire body of a coelenterate."
"ACTINOST","(Anat.) One of the bones at the base of a paired fin of a fish."
"ACTINOSTOME","The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal."
"ACTINOTROCHA","A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms,having a circle of ciliated tentacles."
"ACTINOZOA","A group of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa Ctenophora.The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example."
"ACTINOZOAL","Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa."
"ACTINULA","A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having astellate form."
"ACTION","Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of agun."
"ACTIONABLE","That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, tocall a man a thief is actionable."
"ACTIONABLY","In an actionable manner."
"ACTIONLESS","Void of action."
"ACTIVATE","To make active. [Obs.]"
"ACTIVELY","In an active signification; as, a word used actively."
"ACTIVENESS","The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion;activity."
"ACTIVITY","The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility;vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasingvariety of human activities. 'The activity of toil.' Palfrey."
"ACTLESS","Without action or spirit. [R.]"
"ACTON","A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacketplated with mail. [Spelled also hacqueton.] [Obs.] Halliwell. Sir W.Scott."
"ACTUAL","Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated,receipts. [Cant]The accounts of revenues supplied . . . were not real receipts: not,in financial language, 'actuals,' but only Egyptian budget estimates.Fortnightly Review."
"ACTUALIST","One who deals with or considers actually existing facts andconditions, rather than fancies or theories; -- opposed to idealist.J. Grote."
"ACTUALITY","The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God'snature. South."
"ACTUALIZATION","A making actual or really existent. [R.] Emerson."
"ACTUALIZE","To make actual; to realize in action. [R.] Coleridge."
"ACTUALNESS","Quality of being actual; actuality."
"ACTUARIAL","Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of anannuity."
"ACTUARY","A registar or clerk; -- used originally in courts of civil lawjurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk or registar generally."
"ACTUATE","Put in action; actuated. [Obs.] South."
"ACTUATION","A bringing into action; movement. Bp. Pearson."
"ACTUATOR","One who actuates, or puts into action. [R.] Melville."
"ACTUOSE","Very active. [Obs.]"
"ACTUOSITY","Abundant activity. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"ACTURE","Action. [Obs.] Shak."
"ACTURIENCE","Tendency or impulse to act. [R.]Acturience, or desire of action, in one form or another, whether asrestlessness, ennui, dissatisfaction, or the imagination of somethingdesirable. J. Grote."
"ACUATE","To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken. [Obs.] '[To] acuatethe blood.' Harvey."
"ACUATION","Act of sharpening. [R.]"
"ACUITION","The act of sharpening. [Obs.]"
"ACUITY","Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc."
"ACULEATE","Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle."
"ACULEATED","Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate."
"ACULEIFORM","Like a prickle."
"ACULEOLATE","Having small prickles or sharp points. Gray."
"ACULEOUS","Aculeate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"ACULEUS","A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.Lindley."
"ACUMEN","Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind;the faculty of nice discrimination. Selden."
"ACUMINATE","Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc."
"ACUMINATION","A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.Bp. Pearson."
"ACUMINOSE","Terminating in a flat, narrow end. Lindley."
"ACUMINOUS","Characterized by acumen; keen. Highmore."
"ACUPRESSURE","A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds orsurgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle,the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneoussurface. Simpson."
"ACUPUNCTURATION","See Acupuncture."
"ACUPUNCTURE","Pricking with a needle; a needle prick. Specifically (Med.):"
"ACUSTUMAUNCE","See Accustomance. [Obs.]"
"ACUTANGULAR","Acute-angled."
"ACUTE","Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and comingspeedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.Acute angle (Geom.), an angle less than a right angle."
"ACUTE-ANGLED","Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a trianglewith every one of its angles less than a right angle."
"ACUTELY","In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination."
"ACUTENESS","Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis."
"ACUTIFOLIATE","Having sharp-pointed leaves."
"ACUTILOBATE","Having acute lobes, as some leaves."
"ACUTORSION","The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage."
"ACYCLIC","Not cyclic; not disposed in cycles or whorls; as: (a) (Bot.)"
"ACYL","An acid radical, as acetyl, malonyl, or benzoyl."
"AD CAPTANDUM","A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts tocatch or win popular favor."
"AD HOMINEM","` phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to theprinciples, interests, or passions of a man."
"AD INFINITUM","Without limit; endlessly."
"AD INTERIM","Meanwhile; temporary."
"AD LIBITUM",". At one's pleasure; as one wishes."
"AD VALOREM","A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at acertain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number;as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent."
"AD-","As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-,ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the wordto which ad- is prefixed. It remains unchanged before vowels, andbefore d, h, j, m, v. Examples: adduce, adhere, adjacent, admit,advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear, etc. Itbecomes ac- before qu, as in acquiesce."
"ADACT","To compel; to drive. [Obs.] Fotherby."
"ADAGE","An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; aproverb.Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,' Like the poor cat i' theadage. Shak."
"ADAGIAL","Pertaining to an adage; proverbial. 'Adagial verse.' Barrow."
"ADAGIO","Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio,adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow."
"ADAM","'Original sin;' human frailty.And whipped the offending Adam out of him. Shak.Adam's ale, water. [Coll.] -- Adam's apple."
"ADAMANTEAN","Of adamant; hard as adamant. Milton."
"ADAMANTINE","Like the diamond in hardness or luster."
"ADAMBULACRAL","Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of thestarfish."
"ADAMITE","One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate thestate of Adam, discarded the use of dress in their assemblies."
"ADANCE","Dancing. Lowell."
"ADANGLE","Dangling. Browning."
"ADANSONIA","A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are twospecies, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India,and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia.Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and awide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantlyacid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the nativesfor making ropes and cloth. D. C. Eaton."
"ADAPT","Fitted; suited. [Obs.] Swift."
"ADAPTABLE","Capable of being adapted."
"ADAPTATIVE","Adaptive. Stubbs."
"ADAPTEDNESS","The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; specialfitness."
"ADAPTER","A connecting tube; an adopter."
"ADAPTION","Adaptation. Cheyne."
"ADAPTIVE","Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized byadaptation; capable of adapting. Coleridge.-- A*dapt'ive*ly, adv."
"ADAPTIVENESS","The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt."
"ADAPTLY","In a suitable manner. [R.] Prior."
"ADAPTNESS","Adaptedness. [R.]"
"ADAPTORIAL","Adaptive. [R.]"
"ADAR","The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and thesixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March."
"ADARCE","A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds inGalatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansingthe skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy. Dana."
"ADATIS","A fine cotton cloth of India."
"ADAUNT","To daunt; to subdue; to mitigate. [Obs.] Skelton."
"ADAW","To subdue; to daunt. [Obs.]The sight whereof did greatly him adaw. Spenser."
"ADAYS","By day, or every day; in the daytime. [Obs.] Fielding."
"ADDABLE","Addible."
"ADDAX","One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, or Oryx,nasomaculatus)."
"ADDEEM","To award; to adjudge. [Obs.] 'Unto him they did addeem theprise.' Spenser."
"ADDENDUM","A thing to be added; an appendix or addition. Addendum circle(Mech.), the circle which may be described around a circular spurwheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth.Rankine."
"ADDER","One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for addingnumbers."
"ADDER FLY","A dragon fly."
"ADDERWORT","The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta)."
"ADDIBILITY","The quantity of being addible; capability of addition. Locke."
"ADDIBLE","Capable of being added. 'Addible numbers.' Locke."
"ADDICE","See Adze. [Obs.] Moxon."
"ADDICT","Addicted; devoted. [Obs.]"
"ADDICTEDNESS","The quality or state of being addicted; attachment."
"ADDICTION","The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. 'Hisaddiction was to courses vain.' Shak."
"ADDITAMENT","An addition, or a thing added. Fuller.My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were anadditament of a later age. Coleridge."
"ADDITION","That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers."
"ADDITIONAL","Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition."
"ADDITIONALLY","By way of addition."
"ADDITIONARY","Additional. [R.] Herbert."
"ADDITITIOUS","Additive. [R.] Sir J. Herschel."
"ADDITIVE","Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive."
"ADDITORY","Tending to add; making some addition. [R.] Arbuthnot."
"ADDLE","Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, aseggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.Dryden."
"ADDLE-PATEDNESS","Stupidity."
"ADDLINGS","Earnings. [Prov. Eng.] Wright."
"ADDOOM","To adjudge. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ADDORSED","Set or turned back to back."
"ADDRESS","To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent orfactor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore. Toaddress one's self to. (a) To prepare one's self for; to apply one'sself to. (b) To direct one's speech or discourse to."
"ADDRESSEE","One to whom anything is addressed."
"ADDRESSION","The act of addressing or directing one's course. [Rare & Obs.]Chapman."
"ADDUCE","To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, orconsideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. Macaulay.Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration.De Quincey."
"ADDUCENT","Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word appliedto those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another.Opposed to abducent."
"ADDUCER","One who adduces."
"ADDUCIBLE","Capable of being adduced.Proofs innumerable, and in every imaginable manner diversified, areadducible. I. Taylor."
"ADDUCT","To draw towards a common center or a middle line. Huxley."
"ADDUCTION","The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards itsaxis]; -- opposed to abduction. Dunglison."
"ADDUCTIVE","Adducing, or bringing towards or to something."
"ADDUCTOR","A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward themiddle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; --opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eyetoward the nose.In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of theshell are called adductor muscles. Verrill."
"ADDULCE","To sweeten; to soothe. [Obs.] Bacon."
"ADEEM","To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by someother gift."
"ADELANTADILLO","A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes."
"ADELANTADO","A governor of a province; a commander. Prescott."
"ADELASTER","A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowersbotanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to itsproper genus."
"ADELING","Same as Atheling."
"ADELOCODONIC","Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike formand do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic."
"ADELOPOD","An animal having feet that are not apparent."
"ADELPHIA","A 'brotherhood,' or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- usedin composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc."
"ADELPHOUS","Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens;as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous.Gray."
"ADEMPT","Takes away. [Obs.]Without any sinister suspicion of anything being added or adempt.Latimn."
"ADEMPTION","The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, orthe like. Bouvier."
"ADEN ULCER","A disease endemic in various parts of tropical Asia, due to aspecific micro\u00f6rganism which produces chronic ulcers on the limbs. Itis often fatal. Called also Cochin China ulcer, Persian ulcer,tropical ulcer, etc."
"ADENIFORM","Shaped like a gland; adenoid. Dunglison."
"ADENITIS","Glandular inflammation. Dunglison."
"ADENOGRAPHIC","Pertaining to adenography."
"ADENOGRAPHY","That part of anatomy which describes the glands."
"ADENOLOGICAL","Pertaining to adenology."
"ADENOLOGY","The part of physiology that treats of the glands."
"ADENOMA","A benign tumor of a glandlike structure; morbid enlargement ofa gland. -- Ad`e*nom'a*tous, a."
"ADENOPATHY","Disease of a gland."
"ADENOPHOROUS","Producing glands."
"ADENOPHYLLOUS","Having glands on the leaves."
"ADENOSCLEROSIS","The hardening of a gland."
"ADENOSE","Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous."
"ADENOTOMIC","Pertaining to adenotomy."
"ADENOTOMY","Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands."
"ADENOUS","Same as Adenose."
"ADEPS","Animal fat; lard."
"ADEPT","One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as,adepts in philosophy."
"ADEPTION","An obtaining; attainment. [Obs.]In the wit and policy of the capitain consisteth the chief adeptionof the victory. Grafton."
"ADEPTIST","A skilled alchemist. [Obs.]"
"ADEPTNESS","The quality of being adept; skill."
"ADEQUACY","The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, orsufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacyof supply to the expenditure."
"ADEQUATE","Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent;fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequatedefinition.Ireland had no adequate champion. De Quincey."
"ADEQUATELY","In an adequate manner."
"ADEQUATENESS","The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency;adequacy."
"ADEQUATION","The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; anequivalent. [Obs.] Bp. Barlow."
"ADESMY","The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usuallyentire."
"ADESSENARIAN","One who held the real presence of Christ's body in theeucharist, but not by transubstantiation."
"ADFECTED","See Affected, 5."
"ADFILIATED","See Affiliated. [Obs.]"
"ADFILIATION","See Affiliation. [Obs.]"
"ADFLUXION","See Affluxion."
"ADHAMANT","Clinging, as by hooks."
"ADHERENT","Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyxwith ovary, or stamens with petals."
"ADHERENTLY","In an adherent manner."
"ADHERER","One who adheres; an adherent."
"ADHESION","The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. SeeCohesion."
"ADHESIVELY","In an adhesive manner."
"ADHESIVENESS","Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and topromote social intercourse."
"ADHIBITION","The act of adhibiting; application; use. Whitaker."
"ADHORT","To exhort; to advise. [Obs.] Feltham."
"ADHORTATION","Advice; exhortation. [Obs.] Peacham."
"ADHORTATORY","Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory. [Obs.]Potter."
"ADIABATIC","Not giving out or receiving heat.-- Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly, adv. Adiabatic line or curve, a curveexhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when itexpands without either receiving or giving out heat. Rankine."
"ADIACTINIC","Not transmitting the actinic rays."
"ADIANTUM","A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair.Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort."
"ADIAPHORISM","Religious indifference."
"ADIAPHORIST","One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held someopinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, whichLuther condemned as sinful or heretical. Murdock."
"ADIAPHORISTIC","Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice.Shipley."
"ADIAPHORITE","Same as Adiaphorist."
"ADIAPHOROUS","Incapable of doing either harm or good, as some medicines.Dunglison."
"ADIAPHORY","Indifference. [Obs.]"
"ADIATHERMIC","Not pervious to heat."
"ADIEU","Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting."
"ADIGHT","To set in order; to array; to attire; to deck, to dress. [Obs.]"
"ADIOS","Adieu; farewell; good-by; -- chiefly used among Spanish-speaking people."
"ADIPESCENT","Becoming fatty."
"ADIPIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; --applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitricacid."
"ADIPOCERATE","To convert adipocere."
"ADIPOCERATION","The act or process of changing into adipocere."
"ADIPOCERE","A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color,into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes areconverted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places.It is a result of fatty degeneration."
"ADIPOCERIFORM","Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, anadipoceriform tumor."
"ADIPOCEROUS","Like adipocere."
"ADIPOGENOUS","Producing fat."
"ADIPOLYSIS","The digestion of fats."
"ADIPOLYTIC","Hydrolyzing fats; converting neutral fats into glycerin andfree fatty acids, esp. by the action of an enzyme; as, adipolyticaction."
"ADIPOMA","A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor. --Ad`i*pom'a*tous, a."
"ADIPOSE","Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty. Adipose fin (Zo\u00f6l.), asoft boneless fin.-- Adipose tissue (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which forms orcontains fat."
"ADIPOUS","Fatty; adipose. [R.]"
"ADIPSOUS","Quenching thirst, as certain fruits."
"ADIPSY","Absence of thirst."
"ADJACENT","Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on;as, a field adjacent to the highway. 'The adjacent forest.' B.Jonson. Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle."
"ADJACENTLY","So as to be adjacent."
"ADJECT","To add or annex; to join. Leland."
"ADJECTION","The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added. [R.] B.Jonson."
"ADJECTIONAL","Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed. [R.]Earle."
"ADJECTITIOUS","Added; additional. Parkhurst."
"ADJECTIVAL","Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the natureof an adjective; adjective. W. Taylor (1797)"
"ADJECTIVALLY","As, or in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively."
"ADJECTIVE","A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a qualityof the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit ordefine it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct fromsomething else. Thus, in phrase, 'a wise ruler,' wise is theadjective, expressing a property of ruler."
"ADJECTIVELY","In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively."
"ADJOIN","To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contactwith; to attach; to append.Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note.Watts."
"ADJOINANT","Contiguous. [Obs.] Carew."
"ADJOINING","Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room. 'Theadjoining fane.' Dryden.Upon the hills adjoining to the city. Shak."
"ADJOINT","An adjunct; a helper. [Obs.]"
"ADJOURN","To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; topostpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of themeeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting;to adjourn a debate.It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives toa further time. Barrow.'Tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court till further day.Shak."
"ADJOURNAL","Adjournment; postponement. [R.] 'An adjournal of the Diet.' SirW. Scott."
"ADJUDGER","One who adjudges."
"ADJUDGMENT","The act of adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication. Sir W.Temple."
"ADJUDICATE","To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle byjudicial decree."
"ADJUDICATION","The decision upon the question whether the debtor is abankrupt. Abbott."
"ADJUDICATIVE","Adjudicating."
"ADJUDICATOR","One who adjudicates."
"ADJUDICATURE","Adjudication."
"ADJUGATE","To yoke to. [Obs.]"
"ADJUMENT","Help; support; also, a helper. [Obs.] Waterhouse."
"ADJUNCT","Conjoined; attending; consequent.Though that my death were adjunct to my act. Shak.Adjunct notes (Mus.), short notes between those essential to theharmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes."
"ADJUNCTION","The act of joining; the thing joined or added."
"ADJUNCTIVE","Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct."
"ADJUNCTIVELY","In an adjunctive manner."
"ADJUNCTLY","By way of addition or adjunct; in connection with."
"ADJURATORY","Containing an adjuration."
"ADJURE","To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, orunder the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn orimpressive manner; to entreat earnestly.Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man beforethe Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho. Josh. vi.26.The high priest . . . said . . . I adjure thee by the living God,that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ. Matt. xxvi. 63.The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable anopportunity of securing their liberties. Marshall."
"ADJURER","One who adjures."
"ADJUSTABLE","Capable of being adjusted."
"ADJUSTAGE","Adjustment. [R.]"
"ADJUSTER","One who, or that which, adjusts."
"ADJUSTIVE","Tending to adjust. [R.]"
"ADJUSTMENT","Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflictingclaims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, andmarshaling. Bispham."
"ADJUTAGE","Same as Ajutage."
"ADJUTANT","A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, orcommanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details ofregimental and garrison duty. Adjutant general (a) (Mil.), theprincipal staff officer of an army, through whom the commandinggeneral receives communications and issues military orders. In the U.S. army he is brigadier general. (b) (Among the Jesuits), one of aselect number of fathers, who resided with the general of the order,each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care."
"ADJUTATOR","A corruption of Agitator."
"ADJUTE","To add. [Obs.]"
"ADJUTOR","A helper or assistant. [Archaic] Drayton."
"ADJUTORY","Serving to help or assist; helping. [Obs.]"
"ADJUTRIX","A female helper or assistant. [R.]"
"ADJUVANT","Helping; helpful; assisting. [R.] 'Adjuvant causes.' Howell."
"ADLEGATION","A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire ofjoining their own ministers with those of the emperor in publictreaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.Encyc. Brit."
"ADLOCUTION","See Allocution. [Obs.]"
"ADMARGINATE","To write in the margin. [R.] Coleridge."
"ADMAXILLARY","Near to the maxilla or jawbone."
"ADMEASURE","To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment;as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture. Blackstone."
"ADMEASURER","One who admeasures."
"ADMENSURATION","Same as Admeasurement."
"ADMINICLE","Corroborative or explanatory proof."
"ADMINICULAR","Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory; as,adminicular evidence. H. Spencer."
"ADMINICULARY","Adminicular."
"ADMINISTER","To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, orwhose will fails of an executor."
"ADMINISTERIAL","Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part ofgovernment."
"ADMINISTRABLE","Capable of being administered; as, an administrable law."
"ADMINISTRANT","Executive; acting; managing affairs.-- n."
"ADMINISTRATE","To administer. [R.] Milman."
"ADMINISTRATIVE","Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as, anadministrative body, ability, or energy.-- Ad*min'is*tra`tive*ly, adv."
"ADMINISTRATOR","A man who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or ofa testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the rightof administration has been committed by competent authority."
"ADMINISTRATORSHIP","The position or office of an administrator."
"ADMINISTRATRIX","A woman who administers; esp., one who administers the estateof an intestate, or to whom letters of administration have beengranted; a female administrator."
"ADMIRABILITY","Admirableness. [R.] Johnson."
"ADMIRABLENESS","The quality of being admirable; wonderful excellence."
"ADMIRABLY","In an admirable manner."
"ADMIRAL","A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America.The larva feeds on nettles. Admiral shell (Zo\u00f6l.), the popular nameof an ornamental cone shell (Conus admiralis). Lord High Admiral, agreat officer of state, who (when this rare dignity is conferred) isat the head of the naval administration of Great Britain."
"ADMIRALSHIP","The office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill ofan admiral."
"ADMIRANCE","Admiration. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ADMIRATIVE","Relating to or expressing admiration or wonder. [R.] Earle."
"ADMIRE","To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; --sometimes with at.To wonder at Pharaoh, and even admire at myself. Fuller."
"ADMIRER","One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly. Cowper."
"ADMIRING","Expressing admiration; as, an admiring glance.-- Ad*mir'ing*ly, adv. Shak."
"ADMISSIBILITY","The quality of being admissible; admissibleness; as, theadmissibility of evidence."
"ADMISSIBLE","Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that maybe allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardlyadmissible.-- Ad*mis'si*ble*ness, n.-- Ad*mis'si*bly, adv."
"ADMISSION","Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, anddistinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposesprior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without suchinquiry."
"ADMISSIVE","Implying an admission; tending to admit. [R.] Lamb."
"ADMISSORY","Pertaining to admission."
"ADMITTABLE","Admissible. Sir T. Browne."
"ADMITTANCE","The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. Bouvier."
"ADMITTATUR","The certificate of admission given in some American colleges."
"ADMITTER","One who admits."
"ADMIX","To mingle with something else; to mix. [R.]"
"ADMIXTION","A mingling of different things; admixture. Glanvill."
"ADMONISHER","One who admonishes."
"ADMONISHMENT","Admonition. [R.] Shak."
"ADMONITION","Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault orerror; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution orwarning."
"ADMONITIONER","Admonisher. [Obs.]"
"ADMONITIVE","Admonitory. [R.] Barrow.-- Ad*mon'i*tive*ly, adv."
"ADMONITOR","Admonisher; monitor.Conscience is at most times a very faithful and prudent admonitor.Shenstone."
"ADMONITORIAL","Admonitory. [R.] 'An admonitorial tone.' Dickens."
"ADMONITORY","That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, anadmonitory glance.-- Ad*mon'i*to*ri*ly,, adv."
"ADMONITRIX","A female admonitor."
"ADMORTIZATION","The reducing or lands or tenements to mortmain. See Mortmain."
"ADMOVE","To move or conduct to or toward. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"ADNASCENT","Growing to or on something else. 'An adnascent plant.' Evelyn."
"ADNATE","Grown to congenitally."
"ADNATION","The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or setsof organs."
"ADNOMINAL","Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun. Gibbs.-- Ad*nom'i*nal*ly, adv."
"ADNOUN","An adjective, or attribute. [R.] Coleridge."
"ADNUBILATED","Clouded; obscured. [R.]"
"ADOBE","An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective,as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico."
"ADOLESCENCE","The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood;youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generallyconsidered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one.Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals."
"ADOLESCENCY","The quality of being adolescent; youthfulness."
"ADOLESCENT","Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong, Detain theiradolescent charge too long. Cowper."
"ADONAI","A Hebrew name for God, usually translated in the Old Testamentby the word 'Lord'."
"ADONEAN","Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic. 'Fair Adonean Venus.' Faber."
"ADONIC","Relating to Adonis, famed for his beauty.-- n."
"ADONIS","A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in thechase by a wild boar."
"ADONIST","One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated'Jehovah' are really the vowel points of the word 'Adonai.' SeeJehovist."
"ADONIZE","To beautify; to dandify.I employed three good hours at least in adjusting and adonozingmyself. Smollett."
"ADOPTABLE","Capable of being adopted."
"ADOPTED","Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son,citizen, country, word.-- A*dopt'ed*ly, adv."
"ADOPTER","A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each other, one ofwhich admits the neck of a retort, and the other is joined to anotherreceiver. It is used in distillations, to give more space to elasticvapors, to increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unitetwo vessels whose openings have different diameters. [Written alsoadapter.]"
"ADOPTIONIST","One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of Godnot by nature but by adoption."
"ADOPTIOUS","Adopted. [Obs.]"
"ADOPTIVE","Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted toadopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language.-- A*dopt'ive*ly, adv."
"ADORABILITY","Adorableness."
"ADORABLENESS","The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration. Johnson."
"ADORABLY","In an adorable manner."
"ADORE","To adorn. [Obs.]Congealed little drops which do the morn adore. Spenser."
"ADOREMENT","The act of adoring; adoration. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"ADORER","One who adores; a worshiper; one who admires or loves greatly;an ardent admirer. 'An adorer of truth.' Clarendon.I profess myself her adorer, not her friend. Shak."
"ADORINGLY","With adoration."
"ADORN","To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off toadvantage; to render pleasing or attractive.As a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. Isa. lxi. 10.At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned thevenerable place. Goldsmith."
"ADORNATION","Adornment. [Obs.]"
"ADORNER","He who, or that which, adorns; a beautifier."
"ADORNINGLY","By adorning; decoratively."
"ADORNMENT","An adorning; an ornament; a decoration."
"ADOSCULATION","Impregnation by external contact, without intromission."
"ADOWN","From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or onthe ground. [Archaic] 'Thrice did she sink adown.' Spenser."
"ADPRESS","See Appressed.-- Ad*pressed',, a."
"ADRAD","Put in dread; afraid. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ADRAGANT","Gum tragacanth. Brande & C."
"ADREAD","To dread. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"ADREAMED","Visited by a dream; -- used in the phrase, To be adreamed, todream. [Obs.]"
"ADRENAL","Suprarenal."
"ADRIAN","Pertaining to the Adriatic Sea; as, Adrian billows."
"ADRIATIC","Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part ofwhich is known as the Gulf of Venice."
"ADRIFT","Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy ofwind and waves. Also fig.So on the sea shall be set adrift. Dryden.Were from their daily labor turned adrift. Wordsworth."
"ADRIP","In a dripping state; as, leaves all adrip. D. G. Mitchell."
"ADROGATE","To adopt (a person who is his own master)."
"ADROGATION","A kind of adoption in ancient Rome. See Arrogation."
"ADROIT","Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of themental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding dangeror escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- appliedto persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply.'Adroit in the application of the telescope and quadrant.' Horsley.'He was adroit in intrigue.' Macaulay."
"ADROITLY","In an adroit manner."
"ADROITNESS","The quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity.Adroitness was as requisite as courage. Motley."
"ADRY","In a dry or thirsty condition. 'A man that is adry.' Burton."
"ADSCITITIOUS","Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious.'Adscititious evidence.' Bowring.-- Ad`sci*ti'tious*ly, adv."
"ADSCRIPT","Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudalserfs."
"ADSCRIPTIVE","Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferablewith it. Brougham."
"ADSIGNIFICATION","Additional signification. [R.] Tooke."
"ADSIGNIFY","To denote additionally. [R.] Tooke."
"ADSTRICT","See Astrict, and Astriction."
"ADSTRICTORY","See Astrictory."
"ADSTRINGENT","See Astringent."
"ADSUKI BEAN","A cultivated variety of the Asiatic gram, now introduced intothe United States."
"ADULARIA","A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, ororthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; --called by lapidaries moonstone."
"ADULATE","To flatter in a servile way. Byron."
"ADULATION","Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited.Think'st thou the fiery fever will go out With titles blown fromadulation Shak."
"ADULATOR","A servile or hypocritical flatterer. Carlyle."
"ADULATORY","Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising;flattering; as, an adulatory address.A mere rant of adulatory freedom. Burke."
"ADULATRESS","A woman who flatters with servility."
"ADULT","Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength;matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age."
"ADULTER","To commit adultery; to pollute. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"ADULTERANT","That which is used to adulterate anything.-- a. Adulterating; as, adulterant agents and processes."
"ADULTERATE","To commit adultery. [Obs.]"
"ADULTERATOR","One who adulterates or corrupts. [R.] Cudworth."
"ADULTERER","A man who violates his religious covenant. Jer. ix. 2."
"ADULTERESS","A woman who violates her religious engagements. James iv. 4."
"ADULTERINE","Proceeding from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious;without the support of law; illegal.When any particular class of artificers or traders thought proper toact as a corporation without a charter, such were called adulterineguilds. Adam Smith."
"ADULTERIZE","To commit adultery. Milton."
"ADULTEROUSLY","In an adulterous manner."
"ADULTERY","The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery."
"ADULTNESS","The state of being adult."
"ADUMBRANT","Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth."
"ADUMBRATION","The shadow or outlines of a figure."
"ADUMBRATIVE","Faintly representing; typical. Carlyle."
"ADUNATION","A uniting; union. Jer. Taylor."
"ADUNCITY","Curvature inwards; hookedness.The aduncity of the beaks of hawks. Pope."
"ADUNCOUS","Curved inwards; hooked."
"ADURE","To burn up. [Obs.] Bacon."
"ADUROL","Either of two compounds, a chlorine derivative and brominederivative, of hydroquinone, used as developers."
"ADUST","Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in theblood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy."
"ADUSTED","Burnt; adust. [Obs.] Howell."
"ADUSTIBLE","That may be burnt. [Obs.]"
"ADUSTION","Cauterization. Buchanan."
"ADVANCE","Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced;as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of anarmy; advance payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs,advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance ofthe time of publication."
"ADVANCEMENT","Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of afuture distribution."
"ADVANCING EDGE","The front edge (in direction of motion) of a supportingsurface; -- contr. with following edge, which is the rear edge."
"ADVANCING SURFACE","The first of two or more surfaces arranged in tandem; -- contr.with following surface, which is the rear surface."
"ADVANCIVE","Tending to advance. [R.]"
"ADVANTAGE","To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; toprofit.The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and averseness to complywith the court designs, advantaged his adversaries against him.Fuller.What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and losehimself, or be cast away Luke ix. 25.To advantage one's self of, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]"
"ADVANTAGEABLE","Advantageous. [Obs.]"
"ADVANTAGEOUS","Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable;useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade isadvantageous to a nation.Advabtageous comparison with any other country. Prescott.You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how swift andadvantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes. Chesterfield."
"ADVANTAGEOUSLY","Profitably; with advantage."
"ADVANTAGEOUSNESS","Profitableness."
"ADVENE","To accede, or come (to); to be added to something or become apart of it, though not essential. [R.]Where no act of the will advenes as a coefficient. Coleridge."
"ADVENIENT","Coming from outward causes; superadded. [Obs.]"
"ADVENT","The period including the four Sundays before Christmas. AdventSunday (Eccl.), the first Sunday in the season of Advent, beingalways the nearest Sunday to the feast of St. Andrew (Now. 30).Shipley."
"ADVENTIST","One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who lookfor the proximate personal coming of Christ; -- called also SecondAdventists. Schaff-Herzog Encyc."
"ADVENTITIOUS","Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds orroots."
"ADVENTIVE","Adventitious. Gray."
"ADVENTUAL","Relating to the season of advent. Sanderson."
"ADVENTURE","To try the chance; to take the risk.I would adventure for such merchandise. Shak."
"ADVENTUREFUL","Given to adventure."
"ADVENTURESOME","Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome.-- Ad*ven'ture*some*ness, n."
"ADVENTURESS","A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position byequivocal means."
"ADVENTUROUSLY","In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly."
"ADVENTUROUSNESS","The quality or state of being adventurous; daring;venturesomeness."
"ADVERB","A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle,adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writeswell; paper extremely white."
"ADVERBIAL","Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as,an adverbial phrase or form."
"ADVERBIALITY","The quality of being adverbial. Earle."
"ADVERBIALIZE","To give the force or form of an adverb to."
"ADVERBIALLY","In the manner of an adverb."
"ADVERSARIA","A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; acommonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.These parchments are supposed to have been St. Paul's adversaria. Bp.Bull."
"ADVERSARIOUS","Hostile. [R.] Southey."
"ADVERSARY","One who is turned against another or others with a design tooppose"
"ADVERSATIVE","Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, anadversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversativeforce.-- Ad*ver'sa*tive*ly, adv."
"ADVERSE","To oppose; to resist. [Obs.] Gower."
"ADVERSELY","In an adverse manner; inimically; unfortunately; contrariwise."
"ADVERSENESS","The quality or state of being adverse; opposition."
"ADVERSION","A turning towards; attention. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"ADVERT","To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed ornotice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.I may again advert to the distinction. Owen."
"ADVERTENT","Attentive; heedful; regardful. Sir M. Hale.-- Ad*vert'ent*ly, adv."
"ADVERTISE","To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to makeknown; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject ofinformation; as, to advertise a man of his loss. [Archaic]I will advertise thee what this people shall do. Num. xxiv. 14."
"ADVERTISER","One who, or that which, advertises."
"ADVICE","Counseling to perform a specific illegal act. Wharton. Adviceboat, a vessel employed to carry dispatches or to reconnoiter; adispatch boat.-- To take advice. (a) To accept advice. (b) To consult with anotheror others."
"ADVISABILITY","The quality of being advisable; advisableness."
"ADVISABLE-NESS","The quality of being advisable or expedient; expediency;advisability."
"ADVISABLY","With advice; wisely."
"ADVISEDNESS","Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution."
"ADVISER","One who advises."
"ADVISERSHIP","The office of an adviser. [R.]"
"ADVISO","Advice; counsel; suggestion; also, a dispatch or advice boat.[Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"ADVISORY","Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisorycouncil; their opinion is merely advisory.The General Association has a general advisory superintendence overall the ministers and churches. Trumbull."
"ADVOCACY","The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating;intercession."
"ADVOCATE","To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunalor the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.To advocate the cause of thy client. Bp. Sanderson (1624).This is the only thing distinct and sensible, that has beenadvocated. Burke.Eminent orators were engaged to advocate his cause. Mitford."
"ADVOCATESHIP","Office or duty of an advocate."
"ADVOCATION","The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to thesupreme court. Bell."
"ADVOCATORY","Of or pertaining to an advocate. [R.]"
"ADVOKE","To summon; to call. [Obs.]Queen Katharine had privately prevailed with the pope to advoke thecause to Rome. Fuller."
"ADVOLUTION","A rolling toward something. [R.]"
"ADVOUTRER","An adulterer. [Obs.]"
"ADVOUTRESS","An adulteress. [Obs.] Bacon."
"ADVOWEE","One who has an advowson. Cowell."
"ADVOWSON","The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in thechurch. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) orprotector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or presentto it.]"
"ADVOYER","See Avoyer. [Obs.]"
"ADWARD","Award. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ADYNAMIA","Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever.Dunglison."
"ADYNAMIC","Pertaining to, or characterized by, debility of the vitalpowers; weak."
"ADYNAMY","Adynamia. [R.] Morin."
"ADYTUM","The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whenceoracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum."
"ADZ","To cut with an adz. [R.] Carlyle."
"AE","A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxonwriters. It answers to the Gr. \u00e6 was generally replaced by a, thelong e or ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostlysuperseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination,the reader will therefore search under the letter E."
"AECIDIUM","A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts orBrands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants."
"AEDILE","A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence ofpublic buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer."
"AEDILESHIP","The office of an \u00e6dile. T. Arnold."
"AEGEAN","Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea,east of Greece. See Archipelago."
"AEGICRANIA","Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture,representing rams' heads or skulls."
"AEGILOPS","An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye."
"AEGIS","A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to theshield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; aprotection."
"AEGOPHONY","Same as Egophony."
"AEGROTAT","A medical certificate that a student is ill."
"AENEID","The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is \u00c6neas."
"AENEOUS","Colored like bronze."
"AEOLIC","\u00c6olian, 1; as, the \u00c6olic dialect; the \u00c6olic mode."
"AEOLOTROPIC","Exhibiting differences of quality or property in differentdirections; not isotropic. Sir W. Thomson."
"AEOLOTROPY","Difference of quality or property in different directions."
"AEOLUS","The god of the winds."
"AEON","A period of immeasurable duration; also, an emanation of theDeity. See Eon."
"AEONIAN","Eternal; everlasting. '\u00c6onian hills.' Tennyson."
"AEPYORNIS","A gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar."
"AERATE","To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (theblood) by respiration; to arterialize. A\u00ebrated bread, bread raised bycharging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gasin the dough by fermentation."
"AERATION","A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air inrespiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration;arterialization."
"AERATOR","That which supplies with air; esp. an apparatus used forcharging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water."
"AERIAL SICKNESS","A sickness felt by a\u00ebronauts due to high speed of flights andrapidity in changing altitudes, combining some symptoms of mountainsickness and some of seasickness."
"AERIALITY","The state of being a\u00ebrial; [R.] De Quincey."
"AERIALLY","Like, or from, the air; in an a\u00ebrial manner. 'A murmur hearda\u00ebrially.' Tennyson."
"AERIE","The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also abrood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence orresting place perched like an eagle's nest."
"AERIFEROUS","Conveying or containing air; air-bearing; as, the windpipe isan a\u00ebriferous tube."
"AERIFORM","Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid;gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal."
"AERO-","The combining form of the Greek word meaning air."
"AEROBIC","Growing or thriving only in the presence of oxygen; also,pertaining to, or induced by, a\u00ebrobies; as, a\u00ebrobic fermentation. --A`\u00ebr*o'bic*al*ly (#), adv."
"AEROBIES","Micro\u00f6rganisms which live in contact with the air and needoxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on thesurface of putrefactive fluids."
"AEROBIOTIC","Related to, or of the nature of, a\u00ebrobies; as, a\u00ebrobioticplants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen."
"AEROBOAT","A form of hydro-a\u00ebroplane; a flying boat."
"AEROBUS","An a\u00ebroplane or airship designed to carry passengers."
"AEROCLUB","A club or association of persons interested in a\u00ebronautics."
"AEROCURVE","A modification of the a\u00ebroplane, having curved surfaces, theadvantages of which were first demonstrated by Lilienthal."
"AEROCYST","One of the air cells of algals."
"AERODONETICS","The science of gliding and soaring flight."
"AERODYNAMIC","Pertaining to the force of air in motion."
"AERODYNAMICS","The science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodiesunder the action of force, and of their mechanical effects."
"AEROFOIL","A plane or arched surface for sustaining bodies by its movementthrough the air; a spread wing, as of a bird."
"AEROGNOSY","The science which treats of the properties of the air, and ofthe part it plays in nature. Craig."
"AEROGRAPHER","One versed in a\u00ebography: an a\u00ebrologist."
"AEROGRAPHY","A description of the air or atmosphere; a\u00ebrology."
"AEROGUN","A cannon capable of being trained at very high angles for useagainst aircraft."
"AEROHYDRODYNAMIC","Acting by the force of air and water; as, an a\u00ebrohydrodynamicwheel."
"AEROLITE","A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth fromdistant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone."
"AEROLITH","Same as A."
"AEROLITHOLOGY","The science of a\u00ebrolites."
"AEROLITIC","Of or pertaining to a\u00ebrolites; meteoric; as, a\u00ebrolitic iron.Booth."
"AEROLOGIST","One versed in a\u00ebrology."
"AEROLOGY","That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere."
"AEROMANCY","Divination from the state of the air or from atmosphericsubstances; also, forecasting changes in the weather."
"AEROMECHANIC","A mechanic or mechanician expert in the art and practice ofa\u00ebronautics."
"AEROMECHANICS","The science of equilibrium and motion of air or an a\u00ebriformfluid, including a\u00ebrodynamics and a\u00ebrostatics."
"AEROMETER","An instrument for ascertaining the weight or density of air andgases."
"AEROMETRIC","Of or pertaining to a\u00ebrometry; as, a\u00ebrometric investigations."
"AEROMETRY","The science of measuring the air, including the doctrine of itspressure, elasticity, rarefaction, and condensation; pneumatics."
"AERONAT","A dirigible balloon."
"AERONAUT","An a\u00ebrial navigator; a balloonist."
"AERONAUTICS","The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as bymeans of a balloon; a\u00ebrial navigation; ballooning."
"AERONEF","A power-driven, heavier-than-air flying machine."
"AEROPHYTE","A plant growing entirely in the air, and receiving itsnourishment from it; an air plant or epiphyte."
"AEROPLANE","A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying,which floats in the air only when propelled through it."
"AEROPLANIST","One who flies in an a\u00ebroplane."
"AEROSCOPE","An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria,etc., suspended in the air."
"AEROSCOPY","The observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere."
"AEROSE","Of the nature of, or like, copper; brassy. [R.]"
"AEROSIDERITE","A mass of meteoric iron."
"AEROSPHERE","The atmosphere. [R.]"
"AEROSTATICS","The science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids,or that of bodies sustained in them. Hence it includes a\u00ebronautics."
"AEROTAXIS","The positive or negative stimulus exerted by oxygen on a\u00ebrobicand ana\u00ebrobic bacteria. -- A`\u00ebr*o*tac'tic (#), a."
"AEROTHERAPENTICS","Treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases."
"AEROYACHT","A form of hydro-a\u00ebroplane; a flying boat."
"AERUGINOUS","Of the nature or color of verdigris, or the rust of copper."
"AERUGO","The rust of any metal, esp. of brass or copper; verdigris."
"AERY","An aerie."
"AESCULAPIAN","Pertaining to \u00c6sculapius or to the healing art; medical;medicinal."
"AESCULAPIUS","The god of medicine. Hence, a physician."
"AESCULIN","Same as Esculin."
"AESIR","In the old Norse mythology, the gods Odin, Thor, Loki, Balder,Frigg, and the others. Their home was called Asgard."
"AESTHESIA","Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite ofan\u00e6sthesia."
"AESTHESIS","Sensuous perception. [R.] Ruskin."
"AESTHESODIC","Conveying sensory or afferent impulses; -- said of nerves."
"AESTHETE","One who makes much or overmuch of \u00e6sthetics. [Recent]"
"AESTHETICAN","One versed in \u00e6sthetics."
"AESTHETICISM","The doctrine of \u00e6sthetics; \u00e6sthetic principles; devotion to thebeautiful in nature and art. Lowell."
"AESTHO-PHYSIOLOGY","The science of sensation in relation to nervous action. H.Spenser."
"AESTIVAL","Of or belonging to the summer; as, \u00e6stival diseases. [Speltalso estival.]"
"AESTIVATE","To pass the summer in a state of torpor. [Spelt also estivate.]"
"AESTIVATION","The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness ofsummer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation."
"AESTUARY","See Estuary."
"AESTUOUS","Glowing; agitated, as with heat."
"AETHEOGAMOUS","Propagated in an unusual way; cryptogamous."
"AETHER","See Ether."
"AETHIOPS MINERAL","Same as Ethiops mineral. [Obs.]"
"AETHOGEN","A compound of nitrogen and boro"
"AETHRIOSCOPE","An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer.It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by differentconditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded."
"AETIOLOGICAL","Pertaining to \u00e6tiology; assigning a cause.-- \u00c6`ti*o*log'ic*al*ly, adv."
"AETITES","See Eaglestone."
"AFAR","At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used withfrom preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I sawhim afar off.The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar. Beattie."
"AFEARD","Afraid. [Obs.]Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises. Shak."
"AFER","The southwest wind. Milton."
"AFFABILITY","The quality of being affable; readiness to converse;courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisantbehavior.Affability is of a wonderful efficacy or power in procuring love.Elyot"
"AFFABLENESS","Affability."
"AFFABLY","In an affable manner; courteously."
"AFFABROUS","Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made. [R.]Bailey."
"AFFAIR","An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to becalled a battle."
"AFFAMISH","To afflict with, or perish from, hunger. [Obs.] Spenser."
"AFFAMISHMENT","Starvation. Bp. Hall."
"AFFATUATE","To infatuate. [Obs.] Milton."
"AFFEAR","To frighten. [Obs.] Spenser."
"AFFECT","Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition. [Obs.]Shak."
"AFFECTATIONIST","One who exhibits affectation. [R.] Fitzed. Hall."
"AFFECTED","Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknownquantity; adfected; as, an affected equation."
"AFFECTEDNESS","Affectation."
"AFFECTER","One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after.'Affecters of wit.' Abp. Secker."
"AFFECTIBILITY","The quality or state of being affectible. [R.]"
"AFFECTIBLE","That may be affected. [R.]Lay aside the absolute, and, by union with the creaturely, becomeaffectible. Coleridge."
"AFFECTINGLY","In an affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions."
"AFFECTION","Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.Dunglison."
"AFFECTIONAL","Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses;an affectional nature."
"AFFECTIONATED","Disposed; inclined. [Obs.]Affectionated to the people. Holinshed."
"AFFECTIONATELY","With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly."
"AFFECTIONATENESS","The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection."
"AFFECTIVELY","In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally."
"AFFECTUOUS","Full of passion or emotion; earnest. [Obs.] --Af*fec'tu*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] Fabyan."
"AFFEER","To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, toa certain and reasonable sum.Amercements . . . were affeered by the judges. Blackstone."
"AFFEERMENT","The act of affeering. Blackstone."
"AFFERENT","Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed toefferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which conveysensations from the external organs to the brain."
"AFFETTUOSO","With feeling."
"AFFIANCER","One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons."
"AFFIANT","One who makes an affidavit. [U. S.] Burrill."
"AFFICHE","A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; aposter; a placard."
"AFFIDAVIT","A sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signedand made upon oath before an authorized magistrate. Bouvier. Burrill."
"AFFILE","To polish. [Obs.]"
"AFFILIABLE","Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with inorigin."
"AFFILIATE","To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as,they affiliate with no party."
"AFFILIATION","The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignmentof a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation."
"AFFINAL","Related by marriage; from the same source."
"AFFINE","To refine. [Obs.] Holland."
"AFFINED","Joined in affinity or by any tie. [Obs.] 'All affined and kin.'Shak."
"AFFINITATIVE","Of the nature of affinity.-- Af*fin'i*ta*tive*ly, adv."
"AFFINITIVE","Closely connected, as by affinity."
"AFFINITY","That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance,between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them toform chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity orattraction."
"AFFIRM","to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, broughtbefore an appelate court for review."
"AFFIRMABLE","Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followedby of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man."
"AFFIRMANT","One who affirms of taking an oath."
"AFFIRMATION","A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, bypersons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declarationis in law equivalent to an oath. Bouvier."
"AFFIRMATIVE","Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition."
"AFFIRMATIVELY","In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of aquestion; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively."
"AFFIRMATORY","Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative. Massey."
"AFFIRMER","One who affirms."
"AFFIX","That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more lettersor syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix."
"AFFIXION","Affixture. [Obs.] T. Adams."
"AFFIXTURE","The act of affixing, or the state of being affixed; attachment."
"AFFLATION","A blowing or breathing on; inspiration."
"AFFLICT","Afflicted. [Obs.] Becon."
"AFFLICTEDNESS","The state of being afflicted; affliction. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"AFFLICTER","One who afflicts."
"AFFLICTING","Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflictingevent.-- Af*flict'ing*ly, adv."
"AFFLICTIONLESS","Free from affliction."
"AFFLICTIVE","Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief;distressing. 'Jove's afflictive hand.' Pope.Spreads slow disease, and darts afflictive pain. Prior."
"AFFLICTIVELY","In an afflictive manner."
"AFFLUENCY","Affluence. [Obs.] Addison."
"AFFLUENT","A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; atributary stream."
"AFFLUENTLY","Abundantly; copiously."
"AFFLUENTNESS","Great plenty. [R.]"
"AFFLUX","A flowing towards; that which flows to; as, an afflux of bloodto the head."
"AFFLUXION","The act of flowing towards; afflux. Sir T. Browne."
"AFFODILL","Asphodel. [Obs.]"
"AFFORCE","To re\u00ebnforce; to strengthen. Hallam."
"AFFORCIAMENT","See Afforcement. [Obs.]"
"AFFORDABLE","That may be afforded."
"AFFORDMENT","Anything given as a help; bestowal. [Obs.]"
"AFFOREST","To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country."
"AFFORESTATION","The act of converting into forest or woodland. Blackstone."
"AFFORMATIVE","An affix."
"AFFRANCHISE","To make free; to enfranchise. Johnson."
"AFFRANCHISEMENT","The act of making free; enfranchisement. [R.]"
"AFFRAP","To strike, or strike down. [Obs.] Spenser."
"AFFRAY","The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to theterror of others. Blackstone."
"AFFRAYER","One engaged in an affray."
"AFFRAYMENT","Affray. [Obs.] Spenser."
"AFFREIGHT","To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight."
"AFFREIGHTER","One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods."
"AFFREIGHTMENT","The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, orsome part of it, to convey cargo."
"AFFRET","A furious onset or attack. [Obs.] Spenser."
"AFFRICATE","A combination of a stop, or explosive, with an immediatelyfollowing fricative or spirant of corresponding organic position, aspf in german Pfeffer, pepper, z (= ts) in German Zeit, time."
"AFFRICTION","The act of rubbing against. [Obs.]"
"AFFRIENDED","Made friends; reconciled. [Obs.] 'Deadly foes . . .affriended.' Spenser."
"AFFRIGHT","To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.Dreams affright our souls. Shak.A drear and dying sound Affrights the flamens at their servicequaint. Milton."
"AFFRIGHTEDLY","With fright. Drayton."
"AFFRIGHTEN","To frighten. [Archaic] 'Fit tales . . . to affrighten babes.'Southey."
"AFFRIGHTER","One who frightens. [Archaic]"
"AFFRIGHTFUL","Terrifying; frightful.-- Af*fright'ful*ly, adv. [Archaic]Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth."
"AFFRIGHTMENT","Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm.[Archaic]Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child's mind with terror andaffrightment. Locke."
"AFFRONTE","Face to face, or front to front; facing."
"AFFRONTEDLY","Shamelessly. [Obs.] Bacon."
"AFFRONTEE","One who receives an affront. Lytton."
"AFFRONTER","One who affronts, or insults to the face."
"AFFRONTINGLY","In an affronting manner."
"AFFRONTIVE","Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive.How affrontive it is to despise mercy. South."
"AFFRONTIVENESS","The quality that gives an affront or offense. [R.] Bailey."
"AFFUSE","To pour out or upon. [R.]I first affused water upon the compressed beans. Boyle."
"AFFUSION","The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as waterupon a child in baptism. Specifically: (Med)"
"AFFY","To trust or confide. [Obs.] Shak."
"AFGHAN","Of or pertaining to Afghanistan."
"AFIRE","On fire."
"AFLAME","Inflames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze. G. Eliot."
"AFLAT","Level with the ground; flat. [Obs.] Bacon."
"AFLAUNT","In a flaunting state or position. Copley."
"AFLICKER","In a flickering state."
"AFLOW","Flowing.Their founts aflow with tears. R. Browning."
"AFLUSH","In a flushed or blushing state."
"AFLUTTER","In a flutter; agitated."
"AFOAM","In a foaming state; as, the sea is all afoam."
"AFORE","In the fore part of a vessel."
"AFORECITED","Named or quoted before."
"AFOREGOING","Going before; foregoing."
"AFOREHAND","Beforehand; in anticipation. [Archaic or Dial.]She is come aforehand to anoint my body. Mark xiv. 8."
"AFOREMENTIONED","Previously mentioned; before-mentioned. Addison."
"AFORENAMED","Named before. Peacham."
"AFORESAID","Said before, or in a preceding part; already described oridentified."
"AFORETHOUGHT","Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as,malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder. Bouvier."
"AFORETIME","In time past; formerly. 'He prayed . . . as he did aforetime.'Dan. vi. 10."
"AFOUL","In collision; entangled. Totten. To run afoul of, to runagainst or come into collision with, especially so as to becomeentangled or to cause injury."
"AFRAID","Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.[Afraid comes after the noun it limits.] 'Back they recoiled,afraid.' Milton."
"AFREET","Same as Afrit."
"AFRESH","Anew; again; once more; newly.They crucify . . . the Son of God afresh. Heb. vi. 6."
"AFRIC","African.-- n."
"AFRICAN","Of or pertaining to Africa. African hemp, a fiber prerared fromthe leaves of the Sanseviera Guineensis, a plant found in Africa andIndia.-- African marigold, a tropical American plant (Tagetes erecta).-- African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by OldfieldiaAfricana, used in ship building. African violet African-American, aUnited States citizen of African descent."
"AFRICANDER","One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a'colored' mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a nativeborn of European settlers."
"AFRICANISM","A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa orAfricans. 'The knotty Africanisms . . . of the fathers.' Milton."
"AFRICANIZE","To place under the domination of Africans or negroes. [Amer.]Bartlett."
"AFRONT","In front; face to face.-- prep. In front of. Shak."
"AFT","Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft."
"AFTER","To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in therear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway."
"AFTER DAMP","An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire dampin mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid."
"AFTER-DINNER","The time just after dinner. 'An after-dinner's sleep.' Shak.[Obs.] -- a."
"AFTER-EATAGE","Aftergrass."
"AFTER-GLOW","A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset."
"AFTER-IMAGE","The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina ofthe eye after the cause has been removed; also extended toimpressions left of tones, smells, etc."
"AFTER-MENTIONED","Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in awriting)."
"AFTER-NOTE","One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of themeasure, taking their time from the preceding note."
"AFTER-SAILS","The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between themainmast and mizzenmast. Totten."
"AFTER-WIT","Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use. 'After-wit comes too late when the mischief is done.' L'Estrange."
"AFTER-WITTED","Characterized by afterwit; slow-witted. Tyndale."
"AFTERBIRTH","The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected,and which come away after delivery."
"AFTERCAST","A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything donetoo late. Gower."
"AFTERCLAP","An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeablehappening after an affair is supposed to be at an end. Spenser."
"AFTERCROP","A second crop or harvest in the same year. Mortimer."
"AFTEREYE","To look after. [Poetic] Shak."
"AFTERGAME","A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient. Wotton.Aftergame at Irish, an ancient game very nearly resemblingbackgammon. Beau. & Fl."
"AFTERGRASS","The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown;aftermath."
"AFTERGROWTH","A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development. J. S.Mill."
"AFTERGUARD","The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of theship, to attend the after-sails. Totten."
"AFTERINGS","The last milk drawn in milking; strokings. [Obs.] Grose."
"AFTERMATH","A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop ofhay in the same season; rowen. Holland."
"AFTERMOST","Nearest the stern; most aft."
"AFTERNOON","The part of the day which follows noon, between noon andevening."
"AFTERPAINS","The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling theafterbirth."
"AFTERPIECE","The heel of a rudder."
"AFTERSENSATION","A sensation or sense impression following the removal of astimulus producing a primary sensation, and reproducing the primarysensation in positive, negative, or complementary form. Theaftersensation may be continuous with the primary sensation or followit after an interval."
"AFTERSHAFT","The hypoptilum."
"AFTERTASTE","A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking."
"AFTERTHOUGHT","Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought orexpedient."
"AFTERWISE","Wise after the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late."
"AFTMOST","Nearest the stern."
"AFTWARD","Toward the stern."
"AGAIN","Against; also, towards (in order to meet). [Obs.]Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer."
"AGAINBUY","To redeem. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"AGAINSAY","To gainsay. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"AGAINSTAND","To withstand. [Obs.]"
"AGAINWARD","Back again. [Obs.]"
"AGAL-AGAL","Same as Agar-agar."
"AGALACTOUS","Lacking milk to suckle with."
"AGALMATOLITE","A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowishcolor, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figurestone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite."
"AGAMA","A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetablesubstances; also, one of these lizards."
"AGAMI","A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to thecranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the gold-breastedtrumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter."
"AGAMICALLY","In an agamic manner."
"AGAMIST","An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage. Foxe."
"AGAMOGENESIS","Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes:asexual reproduction."
"AGAMOGENETIC","Reproducing or produced without sexual union.-- Ag`a*mo*ge*net'ic*al*ly, adv.All known agamogenetic processes end in a complete return to theprimitive stock. Huxley."
"AGAMOUS","Having no visible sexual organs; asexual. In Bot.,cryptogamous."
"AGANGLIONIC","Without ganglia."
"AGAPE","Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention.Dazzles the crowd and sets them all agape. Milton."
"AGAR-AGAR","A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies;Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides)."
"AGARIC","A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which thecommon mushroom is an example."
"AGASP","In a state of gasping. Coleridge."
"AGAST","See Aghast."
"AGASTRIC","Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as thetapeworm."
"AGATE","On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.[Obs.] Cotgrave."
"AGATIFEROUS","Containing or producing agates. Craig."
"AGATINE","Pertaining to, or like, agate."
"AGATIZE","To convert into agate; to make resemble agate. Dana."
"AGATY","Of the nature of agate, or containing agate."
"AGAVE","A genus of plants (order Amaryllidace\u00e6) of which the chiefspecies is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly calledAloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, inattaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem,sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice isthe pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strongthread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood hasmany uses."
"AGAZED","Gazing with astonishment; amazed. [Obs.]The whole army stood agazed on him. Shak."
"AGE","To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grewfat as he aged.They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age for all that.Holland.I am aging; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a light-colored,hair here and there. Landor."
"AGEDLY","In the manner of an aged person."
"AGEDNESS","The quality of being aged; oldness.Custom without truth is but agedness of error. Milton."
"AGELESS","Without old age limits of duration; as, fountains of agelessyouth."
"AGEN","See Again. [Obs.]"
"AGEND","See Agendum. [Obs.]"
"AGENESIC","Characterized by sterility; infecund."
"AGENESIS","Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly oforganization."
"AGENNESIS","Impotence; sterility."
"AGENT","Actingpatient, or sustaining, action. [Archaic] 'The bodyagent.' Bacon."
"AGENTIAL","Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency. Fitzed. Hall."
"AGENTSHIP","Agency. Beau. & Fl."
"AGERATUM","A genus of plants, one species of which (A. Mexicanum) haslavender-blue flowers in dense clusters."
"AGGENERATION","The act of producing in addition. [Obs.] T. Stanley."
"AGGER","An earthwork; a mound; a raised work. [Obs.] Hearne."
"AGGERATE","To heap up. [Obs.] Foxe."
"AGGERATION","A heaping up; accumulation; as, aggerations of sand. [R.]"
"AGGEROSE","In heaps; full of heaps."
"AGGEST","To heap up. [Obs.]The violence of the waters aggested the earth. Fuller."
"AGGLOMERATE","To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass oranything like a mass.Where he builds the agglomerated pile. Cowper."
"AGGLOMERATIVE","Having a tendency to gather together, or to make collections.Taylor is eminently discursive, accumulative, and (to use one of hisown words) agglomerative. Coleridge."
"AGGLUTINANT","Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion.-- n."
"AGGLUTINATE","To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscoussubstance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances."
"AGGLUTINATION","Combination in which root words are united with little or nochange of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2."
"AGGLUTINATIVE","Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or acompound.In agglutinative languages the union of words may be compared tomechanical compounds, in inflective languages to chemical compounds.R. Morris.Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds.The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinativelanguages. R. Morris.Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots.Max M\u00fcller."
"AGGRACE","To favor; to grace. [Obs.] 'That knight so much aggraced.'Spenser."
"AGGRADE","To bring, or tend to bring, to a uniform grade, or slope, byaddition of material; as, streams aggrade their beds by depositingsediment."
"AGGRANDIZABLE","Capable of being aggrandized."
"AGGRANDIZATION","Aggrandizement. [Obs.] Waterhouse."
"AGGRANDIZE","To increase or become great. [Obs.]Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize. J. Hall."
"AGGRANDIZEMENT","The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized orexalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement;as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family."
"AGGRANDIZER","One who aggrandizes, or makes great."
"AGGRATE","To please. [Obs.]Each one sought his lady to aggrate. Spenser."
"AGGRAVATINGLY","In an aggravating manner."
"AGGRAVATIVE","Tending to aggravate. Ag*gres'sive*ly, adv.-- Ag*gres'sive*ness, n.No aggressive movement was made. Macaulay."
"AGGREGATELY","Collectively; in mass."
"AGGREGATION","The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated;collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; anaggregate."
"AGGREGATOR","One who aggregates."
"AGGREGE","To make heavy; to aggravate. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AGGRESS","To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin aquarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on."
"AGGRESSION","The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury,or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack;assault; as, a war of aggression. 'Aggressions of power.'  Hallam"
"AGGRESSIVE","Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression;making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war,person, nation. -- Ag*gres'sive*ly, adv. -- Ag*gres'sive*ness, n."
"AGGRESSOR","The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he whobegins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.The insolence of the aggressor is usually proportioned to thetameness of the sufferer. Ames."
"AGGRIEVANCE","Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance. [Archaic]"
"AGGRIEVE","To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress orinjure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used inthe passive TO be aggrieved.Aggrieved by oppression and extortion. Macaulay."
"AGGROUP","To bring together in a group; to group. Dryden."
"AGGROUPMENT","Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping."
"AGHAST","See Agast, v. t. [Obs.]"
"AGIBLE","Possible to be done; practicable. [Obs.] 'Fit for agiblethings.' Sir A. Sherley."
"AGILE","Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or readyto move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.Shaking it with agile hand. Cowper."
"AGILELY","In an agile manner; nimbly."
"AGILENESS","Agility; nimbleness. [R.]"
"AGIO","The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it isgiven in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount onforeign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio."
"AGIOTAGE","Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers ofspeculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds.Vanity and agiotage are to a Parisian the oxygen and hydrogen oflife. Landor."
"AGIST","To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; -- usedoriginally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, andcollecting the money for the same. Blackstone."
"AGISTATOR","See Agister."
"AGITABLE","Capable of being agitated, or easily moved. [R.]"
"AGITATEDLY","In an agitated manner."
"AGITATIVE","Tending to agitate."
"AGITATO","Sung or played in a restless, hurried, and spasmodic manner."
"AGITATOR","One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time,to look after their interests; -- called also adjutators. Clarendon."
"AGLEAM","Gleaming; as, faces agleam. Lowell."
"AGLEY","Aside; askew. [Scotch] Burns."
"AGLIMMER","In a glimmering state. Hawthorne."
"AGLITTER","Clittering; in a glitter."
"AGLOSSAL","Without tongue; tongueless."
"AGLOW","In a glow; glowing; as, cheeks aglow; the landscape all aglow."
"AGLUTITION","Inability to swallow."
"AGMINAL","Pertaining to an army marching, or to a train. [R.]"
"AGNATE","A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively throughmales."
"AGNATIC","Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors. 'Theagnatic succession.' Blackstone."
"AGNATION","Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished fromcognation. Bouvier."
"AGNITION","Acknowledgment. [Obs.] Grafton."
"AGNIZE","To recognize; to acknowledge. [Archaic]I do agnize a natural and prompt alacrity. Shak."
"AGNOIOLOGY","The doctrine concerning those things of which we arenecessarily ignorant."
"AGNOMINATE","To name. [Obs.]"
"AGNOSTIC","Professing ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to orinvolving agnosticism.-- Ag*nos'tic*al*ly, adv."
"AGNOSTICISM","That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nordenies. Specifically: (Theol.)"
"AGNUS","Agnus Dei."
"AGNUS CASTUS","A species of Vitex (V. agnus castus); the chaste tree. Loudon.And wreaths of agnus castus others bore. Dryden."
"AGNUS SCYTHICUS","The Scythian lamb, a kind of woolly-skinned rootstock. SeeBarometz."
"AGO","Past; gone by; since; as, ten years ago; gone long ago."
"AGOG","In eager desire; eager; astir.All agog to dash through thick and thin. Cowper."
"AGOING","In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing."
"AGON","A contest for a prize at the public games."
"AGONE","Ago. [Archaic. & Poet.]Three days agone I fell sick. 1 Sam. xxx. 13."
"AGONIC","Not forming an angle. Agonic line (Physics), an imaginary lineon the earth's surface passing through those places where themagnetic needle points to the true north; the line of no magneticvariation. There is one such line in the Western hemisphere, andanother in the Eastern hemisphere."
"AGONISM","Contention for a prize; a contest. [Obs.] Blount."
"AGONIST","One who contends for the prize in public games. [R.]"
"AGONISTICALLY","In an agonistic manner."
"AGONISTICS","The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games."
"AGONIZE","To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; totorture.He agonized his mother by his behavior. Thackeray."
"AGONIZINGLY","With extreme anguish or desperate struggles."
"AGONOTHETE","An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece."
"AGONOTHETIC","Pertaining to the office of an agonothete."
"AGOOD","In earnest; heartily. [Obs.] 'I made her weep agood.'  Shak."
"AGORA","An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially themarket place, in an ancient Greek city."
"AGOUARA","The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in thetropical parts of America."
"AGOUTA","A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied tothe moles, found only in Hayti."
"AGRACE","See Aggrace. [Obs.]"
"AGRAMMATIST","A illiterate person. [Obs.] Bailey."
"AGRAPHIA","The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by writtensigns. It is one form of aphasia."
"AGRAPHIC","Characterized by agraphia."
"AGRAPPES","Hooks and eyes for armor, etc. Fairholt."
"AGRARIAN","Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields."
"AGRARIANISM","An equal or equitable division of landed property; theprinciples or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land."
"AGRARIANIZE","To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles ofagrarianism."
"AGREE","To correspond in gender, number, case, or person."
"AGREEINGLY","In an agreeing manner (to); correspondingly; agreeably. [Obs.]"
"AGREEMENT","Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender,number, case, or person."
"AGREER","One who agrees."
"AGRESTIC","Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city;rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth. 'Agrestic behavior.' Gregory."
"AGRESTICAL","Agrestic. [Obs.]"
"AGRICOLATION","Agriculture. [Obs.] Bailey."
"AGRICOLIST","A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist. Dodsley."
"AGRICULTOR","An agriculturist; a farmer. [R.]"
"AGRICULTURAL","Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in,tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages,etc.-- Ag`ri*cul'tur*al*ly, adv. Agricultural ant (Zo\u00f6l.), a species ofant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. Theremarkable species (Myrmica barbata) found in Texas clears circularareas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known as ant rice."
"AGRICULTURALIST","An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)"
"AGRICULTURE","The art or science of cultivating the ground, including theharvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock;tillage; husbandry; farming."
"AGRICULTURISM","Agriculture. [R.]"
"AGRICULTURIST","One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman.The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist may be a meretheorist. Crabb."
"AGRIEF","In grief; amiss. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AGRIN","In the act of grinning. 'His visage all agrin.' Tennyson."
"AGRIOLOGIST","One versed or engaged in agriology."
"AGRIOLOGY","Description or comparative study of the customs of savage oruncivilized tribes."
"AGRISE","To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AGROM","A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the EastIndies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves."
"AGRONOMICS","The science of the distribution and management of land."
"AGRONOMIST","One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy."
"AGRONOMY","The management of land; rural economy; agriculture."
"AGROPE","In the act of groping. Mrs. Browning."
"AGROSTIS","A genus of grasses, including species called in common languagebent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuablepasture grasses."
"AGROSTOGRAPHY","A description of the grasses."
"AGROSTOLOGIST","One skilled in agrostology."
"AGROSTOLOGY","That part of botany which treats of the grasses."
"AGROTECHNY","That branch of agriculture dealing with the methods ofconversion of agricultural products into manufactured articles;agricultural technology."
"AGROUND","On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a shipwhen its bottom lodges on the ground. Totten."
"AGROUPMENT","See Aggroupment."
"AGRYPNOTIC","Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, asstrong tea or coffee."
"AGUE","An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits."
"AGUILT","To be guilty of; to offend; to sin against; to wrong. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"AGUISE","Dress. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"AGUSH","In a gushing state. Hawthorne."
"AGYNOUS","Without female organs; male."
"AH","An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint,entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according tothe manner of utterance."
"AHA","An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph,mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise."
"AHEAP","In a heap; huddled together. Hood."
"AHEIGHT","Aloft; on high. [Obs.] 'Look up aheight.' Shak."
"AHEM","An exclamation to call one's attention; hem."
"AHEY","Hey; ho."
"AHIGH","On high. [Obs.] Shak."
"AHOLD","Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold. [Obs.] Shak."
"AHORSEBACK","On horseback.Two suspicious fellows ahorseback. Smollet."
"AHOY","A term used in hailing; as, 'Ship ahoy.'"
"AHRIMAN","The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Princeof Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light."
"AHU","The Asiatic gazelle."
"AHULL","With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied toships in a storm. See Hull, n."
"AHUNGERED","Pinched with hunger; very hungry. C. Bront\u00e9."
"AI","The three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) of South America.See Sloth."
"AID","To support, either by furnishing strength or means inco\u00f6peration to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; tohelp; to assist.You speedy helpers . . . Appear and aid me in this enterprise. Shak."
"AID-DE-CAMP","An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also toassist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements."
"AID-MAJOR","The adjutant of a regiment."
"AIDANCE","Aid. [R.]Aidance 'gainst the enemy. Shak."
"AIDANT","Helping; helpful; supplying aid. Shak."
"AIDER","One who, or that which, aids."
"AIDFUL","Helpful. [Archaic.] Bp. Hall."
"AIDLESS","Helpless; without aid. Milton."
"AIEL","See Ayle. [Obs.]"
"AIGLET","Same as Aglet."
"AIGRE","Sour. [Obs.] Shak."
"AIGREMORE","Charcoal prepared for making powder."
"AIGULET","See Aglet. Spenser."
"AIL","To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental;to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasinessor affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man I knownot what ails him.What aileth thee, Hagar Gen. xxi. 17."
"AILANTHUS","Same as Ailantus."
"AILANTUS","A genus of beautiful trees, natives of the East Indies. Thetree imperfectly di"
"AILERON","A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of achurch."
"AILETTE","A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders ofknights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet. Fairholt."
"AILMENT","Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not appliedordinarily to acute diseases. 'Little ailments.' Landsdowne."
"AILUROIDEA","A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, andhyenas."
"AIM","To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object; todirect, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against anobject; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (atsomething); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice)."
"AIMER","One who aims, directs, or points."
"AIMLESS","Without aim or purpose; as, an aimless life.-- Aim'less*ly, adv.-- Aim'less*ness, n."
"AINO","One of a peculiar race inhabiting Yesso, the Kooril Islandsetc., in the northern part of the empire of Japan, by some supposedto have been the progenitors of the Japanese. The Ainos are stout andshort, with hairy bodies."
"AIR","An artificial or affected manner; show of pride or vanity;haughtiness; as, it is said of a person, he puts on airs. Thackeray."
"AIR BED","A sack or matters inflated with air, and used as a bed."
"AIR BLADDER","An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in thevisceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as thelungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain atubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus."
"AIR BRAKE","A railway brake operated by condensed air. Knight."
"AIR BRUSH","A kind of atomizer for applying liquid coloring matter in aspray by compressed air."
"AIR CELL","A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only."
"AIR COCK","A faucet to allow escape of air."
"AIR COOLING","In gasoline-engine motor vehicles, the cooling of the cylinderby increasing its radiating surface by means of ribs or radiators,and placing it so that it is exposed to a current of air. Cf. Watercooling. -- Air'-cooled`, a."
"AIR DRILL","A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; apneumatic drill. Knight."
"AIR ENGINE","An engine driven by heated or by compressed air. Knight."
"AIR GAP","An air-filled gap in a magnetic or electric circuit; specif.,in a dynamo or motor, the space between the field-magnet poles andthe armature; clearance."
"AIR GAS","See under Gas."
"AIR GUN","A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air isused to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into areservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and iscontrolled by a valve actuated by the trigger."
"AIR HOLE","A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole."
"AIR JACKET","A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can befilled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming."
"AIR LEVEL","Spirit level. See Level."
"AIR LINE","A path through the air made easy for a\u00ebrial navigation bysteady winds."
"AIR PIPE","A pipe for the passage of air; esp. a ventilating pipe."
"AIR PLANT","A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; ana\u00ebrophyte."
"AIR POISE","A"
"AIR PUMP","A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closedspace; also, a pump to condense air of force in into a closed space."
"AIR SAC","One of the spaces in different parts. of the bodies of birds,which are filled with air and connected with the air passages of thelungs; an air cell."
"AIR SHAFT","A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into amine or a tunnel."
"AIR STOVE","A stove for heating a current of air which is directed againstits surface by means of pipes, and then distributed through abuilding."
"AIR VESSEL","A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; asthe air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of apump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vesselsof insects are called trache\u00e6, of plants spiral vessels."
"AIR-BUILT","Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as,an air-built castle."
"AIR-DRAWN","Drawn in air; imaginary.This is the air-drawn dagger. Shak."
"AIR-SLACKED","Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slackedlime."
"AIR-TIGHT","So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tightcylinder."
"AIRCRAFT","Any device, as a balloon, a\u00ebroplane, etc., for floating in, orflying through, the air."
"AIRILY","In an airy manner; lightly; gaily; jauntily; fippantly."
"AIRLESS","Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, orcommunication with the open air."
"AIRLIKE","Resembling air."
"AIRLING","A thoughtless, gay person. [Obs.] 'Slight airlings.' B. Jonson."
"AIRMAN","A man who ascends or flies in an aircraft; a flying machinepilot."
"AIRMANSHIP","Art, skill, or ability in the practice of a\u00ebrial navigation."
"AIROL","A grayish green antiseptic powder, consisting of a basic iodideand gallate of bismuth, sometimes used in place of iodoform. [ATrademark]"
"AIROMETER","A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and openbelow, and has its open end plunged into water."
"AIRSICK","Affected with a\u00ebrial sickness. -- Air'sick`ness, n."
"AIRWOMAN","A woman who ascends or flies in an aircraft."
"AIRY","Having the light and a\u00ebrial tints true to nature. Elmes."
"AISLED","Furnished with an aisle or aisles."
"AISLESS","Without an aisle."
"AIT","An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.The ait where the osiers grew. R. Hodges (1649).Among green aits and meadows. Dickens."
"AITCH","The letter h or H."
"AITCHBONE","The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding thisbone. [Spelt also edgebone.]"
"AITIOLOGY","See \u00c6tiology."
"AJAR","Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar."
"AJAVA","See Ajouan."
"AJOG","On the jog."
"AJUTAGE","A tube through which is water is discharged; an efflux tube;as, the ajutage of a fountain."
"AKE","See Ache."
"AKENE","Same as Achene."
"AKETON","See Acton."
"AKIMBO","With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turnedoutward. 'With one arm akimbo.' Irving."
"AKINESIA","Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement. Foster."
"AKINESIC","Pertaining to akinesia."
"AKNEE","On the knee. [R.] Southey."
"AKNOW","Earlier form of Acknow. [Obs.] To be aknow, to acknowledge; toconfess. [Obs.]"
"AL","All. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AL SEGNO","A direction for the performer to return and recommence from thesign"
"AL-","All; wholly; completely; as, almighty,almost. (b) Etym: [L.ad.]"
"AL-PHITOMANCY","Divination by means of barley meal. Knowles."
"ALA","A winglike organ, or part."
"ALABAMA PERIOD","A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary ageexcept the lignitic."
"ALABASTRIAN","Alabastrine."
"ALABASTRINE","Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs."
"ALABASTRUM","A flower bud. Gray."
"ALACK","An exclamation expressive of sorrow. [Archaic. or Poet.] Shak."
"ALACKADAY","An exclamation expressing sorrow."
"ALACRIFY","To rouse to action; to inspirit."
"ALACRIOUS","Brisk; joyously active; lively.'T were well if we were a little more alacrious. Hammond."
"ALACRIOUSLY","With alacrity; briskly."
"ALACRIOUSNESS","Alacrity. [Obs.] Hammond."
"ALACRITY","A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyousactivity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced withalacrity to meet the enemy.I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind that I was wontto have. Shak."
"ALADINIST","One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans."
"ALALIA","Inability to utter articulate sounds, due either to paralysisof the larynx or to that form of aphasia, called motor, or ataxis,aphasia, due to loss of control of the muscles of speech."
"ALAMIRE","The lowest note but one in Guido Aretino's scale of music."
"ALAMODALITY","The quality of being \u00e0 la mode; conformity to the mode orfashion; fashionableness. [R.] Southey."
"ALAMODE","According to the fashion or prevailing mode. 'Alamode beefshops.' Macaulay."
"ALAMORT","To the death; mortally."
"ALAN","A wolfhound. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ALAND","On land; to the land; ashore. 'Cast aland.' Sir P. Sidney."
"ALANINE","A white crystalline base, C3H7NO2, derived from aldehydeammonia."
"ALANTIN","See Inulin."
"ALAR","Axillary; in the fork or axil. Gray."
"ALARMABLE","Easily alarmed or disturbed."
"ALARMED","Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger;agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty.The white pavilions rose and fell On the alarmed air. Longfellow."
"ALARMEDLY","In an alarmed manner."
"ALARMING","Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehensionof danger; as, an alarming crisis or report.-- A*larm'ing*ly, adv."
"ALARMIST","One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needlessalarms. Macaulay."
"ALARUM","See Alarm. [Now Poetic]"
"ALARY","Of or pertaining to wings; also, wing-shaped.The alary system of insects. Wollaston."
"ALAS","An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension ofevil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas theday, like alack a day, or alas the white."
"ALATE","Lately; of late. [Archaic]There hath been alate such tales spread abroad. Latimer."
"ALATION","The state of being winged."
"ALAUNT","See Alan. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ALB","A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an envelopingthe person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holyorders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least byclerics, in daily life."
"ALB SUNDAY","The first Sunday after Easter Sunday, properly Albless Sunday,because in the early church those who had been baptized on Easter evelaid aside on the following Saturday their white albs which had beenput on after baptism."
"ALBACORE","See Albicore."
"ALBAN","A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether."
"ALBANIAN","Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey.-- n."
"ALBATA","A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks,teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver,under German."
"ALBATROSS","A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there areseveral species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from theland. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere."
"ALBEDO","Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the lightreflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light fallingupon that surface."
"ALBEIT","Even though; although; notwithstanding. Chaucer.Albeit so masked, Madam, I love the truth. Tennyson."
"ALBERT WARE","A soft ornamental terra-cotta pottery, sold in the biscuitstate for decorating."
"ALBERTITE","A bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the countyof A."
"ALBERTYPE","A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced bymeans of a photographic negative."
"ALBESCENCE","The act of becoming white; whitishness."
"ALBESCENT","Becoming white or whitish; moderately white."
"ALBICANT","Growing or becoming white."
"ALBICATION","The process of becoming white, or developing white patches, orstreaks."
"ALBICORE","A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family,esp. Orcynus alalonga. One species (Orcynus thynnus), common in theMediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horsemackerel; the tunny. [Written also albacore.]"
"ALBIFICATION","The act or process of making white. [Obs.]"
"ALBIGENSIAN","Of or pertaining to the Albigenses."
"ALBINESS","A female albino. Holmes."
"ALBINISM","The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism;leucopathy."
"ALBINISTIC","Affected with albinism."
"ALBINO","A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by somedefect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin,hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has askin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deepred pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the loweranimals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitishcondition from the absence of chlorophyll. Amer. Cyc."
"ALBINOISM","The state or condition of being an albino; albinism."
"ALBINOTIC","Affected with albinism."
"ALBION","An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry.In that nook-shotten isle of Albion. Shak."
"ALBITE","A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization,and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a commonconstituent of granite and of various igneous rocks. See Feldspar."
"ALBOLITH","A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consistingchiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also albolite."
"ALBORAK","The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said tohave been carried up to heaven; a white mule."
"ALBUGINEOUS","Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of anegg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., whichare perfectly white."
"ALBUGO","Same as Leucoma."
"ALBUM","A white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list ofnames, etc."
"ALBUM GRAECUM","Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air.It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine."
"ALBUMEN","Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seedin many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the flourypart in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds,the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc."
"ALBUMENIZE","To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with analbuminous solution; as, to albuminize paper."
"ALBUMIN","A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief andcharacteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum ofblood, and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid,also in many plants. It is soluble in water is coagulated by heat adby certain chemical reagents. Acid albumin, a modification of albuminproduced by the action of dilute acids. It is not coagulated by heat.-- Alkali albumin, albumin as modified by the action of alkalinesubstances; -- called also albuminate."
"ALBUMINATE","A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin,and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed bythe union of albumin with another substance."
"ALBUMINIFEROUS","Supplying albumen."
"ALBUMINIMETER","An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of albumen in aliquid."
"ALBUMININ","The substance of the cells which inclose the white of birds'eggs."
"ALBUMINIPAROUS","Producing albumin."
"ALBUMINOID","Resembling albumin.-- n."
"ALBUMINOIDAL","Of the nature of an albuminoid."
"ALBUMINOSE","A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action ofnatural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone."
"ALBUMINOSIS","A morbid condition due to excessive increase of albuminouselements in the blood."
"ALBUMINURIA","A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine."
"ALBUMOSE","A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by diluteacids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in combination, asantialbumose, hemialbumose."
"ALBURN","The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarlysilvery color which are used in making artificial pearls."
"ALBURNOUS","Of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as, alburnoussubstances."
"ALBURNUM","The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark andthe hard wood or duramen; sapwood."
"ALBYN","Scotland; esp. the Highlands of Scotland. T. Cambell."
"ALCADE","Same as Alcaid."
"ALCAHEST","Same as Alkahest."
"ALCAIC","Pertaining to Alc\u00e6us, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b.c.-- n. A kind of verse, so called from Alc\u00e6us. One variety consistsof five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, andtwo dactyls."
"ALCALDE","A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc.Prescott."
"ALCALDIA","The jurisdiction or office of an alcalde; also, the building orchamber in which he conducts the business of his office."
"ALCALIMETER","See Alkalimeter."
"ALCANNA","An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna isobtained."
"ALCARRAZA","A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids byevaporation from the exterior surface."
"ALCAYDE","Same as Alcaid."
"ALCAZAR","A fortress; also, a royal palace. Prescott."
"ALCEDO","A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher(Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon."
"ALCHEMICALLY","In the manner of alchemy."
"ALCHEMIST","One who practices alchemy.You are alchemist; make gold. Shak."
"ALCHEMISTRY","Alchemy. [Obs.]"
"ALCHEMIZE","To change by alchemy; to transmute. Lovelace."
"ALCHEMY","See Alchemic, Alchemist, Alchemistic, Alchemy."
"ALCO","A small South American dog, domesticated by the aborigines."
"ALCOHOL","A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol inconstitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certainorganic radicals; as, the radical ethyl forms common or ethyl alcohol(C2H5OH); methyl forms methyl alcohol (CH3.OH) or wood spirit; amylforms amyl alcohol (C5H11.OH) or fusel oil, etc."
"ALCOHOLATE","A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which thelatter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization.Graham."
"ALCOHOLATURE","An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants. New Eng.Dict."
"ALCOHOLIC","Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities;derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as,alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor."
"ALCOHOLISM","A diseased condition of the system, brought about by thecontinued use of alcoholic liquors."
"ALCOHOLIZE","An instrument for determining the strength of spirits, with ascale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol,either by weight or volume. It is usually a form of hydrometer with aspecial scale."
"ALCOHOLOMETRY","The process or method of ascertaining the proportion of purealcohol which spirituous liquors contain."
"ALCORAN","The Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form).[Spelt also Alcoran.]"
"ALCORANIC","Of or pertaining to the Koran."
"ALCORANIST","One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting alltraditions."
"ALCORNOQUE","The bark of several trees, esp. of Bowdichia virgilioides ofBrazil, used as a remedy for consumption; of Byrsonima crassifolia,used in tanning; of Alchornea latifolia, used medicinally; or ofQuercus ilex, the cork tree."
"ALCOVE","A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into alarger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recessin a library."
"ALCYON","See Halcyon."
"ALCYONACEA","A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is thetype. See Illust. under Alcyonaria."
"ALCYONARIA","One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea,Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea."
"ALCYONES","The kingfishers."
"ALCYONIC","Of or pertaining to the Alcyonaria."
"ALCYONIUM","A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resemblingflowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used forcertain species of sponges."
"ALCYONOID","Like or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.-- n."
"ALDAY","Continually. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ALDEBARAN","A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye ofTaurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called theHyades.Now when Aldebaran was mounted high Above the shiny Cassiopeia'schair. Spenser."
"ALDEHYDE","A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained fromalcohol by certain of oxidation."
"ALDEHYDIC","Of or pertaining to aldehyde; as, aldehydic acid. Miller."
"ALDER","A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to thegenus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers andtanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs orsmall trees. Black alder. (a) A European shrub (Rhamnus frangula);Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly (Ilexverticillata), bearing red berries."
"ALDER-LIEFEST","Most beloved. [Obs.] Shak."
"ALDERMANCY","The office of an alderman."
"ALDERMANIC","Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristicof an alderman."
"ALDERMANLIKE","Like or suited to an alderman."
"ALDERMANLY","Pertaining to, or like, an alderman."
"ALDERMANSHIP","The condition, position, or office of an alderman. Fabyan."
"ALDERN","Made of alder."
"ALDERNEY","One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the ChannelIslands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often calledJersey cattle. See Jersey, 3."
"ALDINE","An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) whichproceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, ofVenice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the signof the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied tocertain elegant editions of English works."
"ALDOL","A colorless liquid, C4H8O2, obtained by condensation of twomolecules of acetaldehyde: CH3CHO + CH3CHO = H3CH(OH)CH2CO; also, anyof various derivatives of this. The same reaction has been applied,under the name of aldol condensation, to the production of manycompounds."
"ALE SILVER","A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers ofale within the city."
"ALE-KNIGHT","A pot companion. [Obs.]"
"ALEAK","In a leaking condition."
"ALEATORY","Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatorycontract. Bouvier."
"ALEBENCH","A bench in or before an alehouse. Bunyan."
"ALEBERRY","A beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, andsops of bread.Their aleberries, caudles, possets. Beau. & Fl."
"ALECITHAL","Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which havelittle or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm. Balfour."
"ALECONNER","Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale andbeer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London toinspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is asinecure. [Also called aletaster.] [Eng.]"
"ALECOST","The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoringale."
"ALECTORIDES","A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants."
"ALECTOROMACHY","Cockfighting."
"ALECTOROMANCY","See Alectryomancy."
"ALECTRYOMACHY","Cockfighting."
"ALECTRYOMANCY","Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on theletters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the orderin which the grains were eaten. Amer. Cyc."
"ALEE","On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; theopposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed closeto the lee side. Hard alee, or Luff alee, an order to put the helm tothe lee side."
"ALEGAR","Sour ale; vinegar made of ale. Cecil."
"ALEGER","Gay; cheerful; sprightly. [Obs.] Bacon."
"ALEGGE","To allay or alleviate; to lighten. [Obs.]That shall alegge this bitter blast. Spenser."
"ALEHOOF","Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma)."
"ALEHOUSE","A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house.Macaulay."
"ALEM","The imperial standard of the Turkish Empire."
"ALEMANNIC","Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike Germantribes."
"ALEMBIC","An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made ofglass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and wormstill.Used also metaphorically. The alembic of a great poet's imagination.Brimley."
"ALEMBROTH","The salt of wisdom of the alchemists, a double salt composed ofthe chlorides of ammonium and mercury. It was formerly used as astimulant. Brande & C."
"ALENCON LACE","See under Lace."
"ALENGTH","At full length; lenghtwise. Chaucer."
"ALEPIDOTE","Not having scales.-- n."
"ALEPOLE","A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse. [Obs.]"
"ALEPPO GRASS","One of the cultivated forms of Andropogon Halepensis (syn.Sorghum Halepense). See Andropogon, below."
"ALERT","An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack;also, a bugle sound to give warning. 'We have had an alert.' Farrow.On the alert, on the lookout or watch against attack or danger; readyto act."
"ALERTLY","In an alert manner; nimbly."
"ALERTNESS","The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness;nimbleness; activity."
"ALESTAKE","A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse,as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, abunch of leaves, or a 'bush.' [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ALETASTER","See Aleconner. [Eng.]"
"ALETHIOLOGY","The science which treats of the nature of truth and evidence.Sir W. Hamilton."
"ALETHOSCOPE","An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as topresent them in their natural proportions and relations."
"ALEUROMANCY","Divination by means of flour. Encyc. Brit."
"ALEUROMETER","An instrument for determining the expansive properties, orquality, of gluten in flour. Knight."
"ALEURONAT","Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flourin preparing bread for diabetic persons."
"ALEURONE","An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains ('proteingranules') in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be amodification of protoplasm."
"ALEURONIC","Having the nature of aleurone. D. C. Eaton."
"ALEVIN","Young fish; fry."
"ALEW","Halloo. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ALEWIFE","A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay."
"ALEXANDRINE","Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian. Bancroft."
"ALEXIA","Alexipharmic. [Obs.]"
"ALEXIPHARMIC","An antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison."
"ALEXIPYRETIC","Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile.-- n."
"ALEXITERIC","A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, andthe effects of poison in general. Brande & C."
"ALFALFA","The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California,Texas, etc."
"ALFENIDE","An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver."
"ALFERES","An ensign; a standard bearer. [Obs.] J. Fletcher."
"ALFET","A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plungedhis forearm as a test of innocence or guilt."
"ALFILARIA","The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California."
"ALFIONE","An edible marine fish of California (Rhacochilus toxotes)."
"ALFORJA","A saddlebag. [Sp. Amer.]"
"ALFRESCO","In the open-air. Smollett."
"ALGA","A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plantswhich includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse,sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water conferv\u00e6, etc."
"ALGAL","Pertaining to, or like, alg\u00e6."
"ALGAROBA","A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which isa compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerlyused in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic."
"ALGAROVILLA","The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a SouthAmerican tree (Inga Marth\u00e6). It is valuable for tanning leather, andas a dye."
"ALGAZEL","The true gazelle."
"ALGEBRA","That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations andproperties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It isapplicable to those relations that are true of every kind ofmagnitude."
"ALGEBRAICALLY","By algebraic process."
"ALGEBRAIST","One versed in algebra."
"ALGEBRAIZE","To perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form."
"ALGERIAN","Of or pertaining to Algeria.-- n."
"ALGERINE","Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria."
"ALGID","Cold; chilly. Bailey. Algid cholera (Med.), Asiatic cholera."
"ALGIDITY","Chilliness; coldness; especially (Med.),"
"ALGIDNESS","Algidity. [Obs.]"
"ALGIFIC","Producing cold."
"ALGIN","A nitrogenous substance resembling gelatin, obtained fromcertain alg\u00e6."
"ALGOID","Of the nature of, or resembling, an alga."
"ALGOL","A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus,remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness."
"ALGOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to algology; as, algological specimens."
"ALGOLOGIST","One learned about alg\u00e6; a student of algology."
"ALGOLOGY","The study or science of alg\u00e6 or seaweeds."
"ALGOMETER","An instrument for measuring sensations of pain due to pressure.It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against theskin. -- Al*gom'e*try (#), n. -- Al`go*met'ric (#), *met'ric*al (#),a. --Al`go*met'ric*al*ly, adv."
"ALGONKIAN","The Algonkian period or era, or system or group of systems."
"ALGONQUIAN","Pertaining to or designating the most extensive of thelinguistic families of North American Indians, their territoryformerly including practically all of Canada east of the 115thmeridian and south of Hudson's Bay and the part of the United Stateseast of the Mississippi and north of Tennessee and Virginia, with theexception of the territory occupied by the northern Iroquoian tribes.There are nearly 100,000 Indians of the Algonquian tribes, of whichthe strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees,Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet. -- n."
"ALGOR","Cold; chilliness."
"ALGOUS","Of or pertaining to the alg\u00e6, or seaweeds; abounding with, orlike, seaweed."
"ALGUAZIL","An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; aconstable. Prescott."
"ALGUM","Same as Almug (and etymologically preferable). 2 Chron. ii. 8."
"ALHAMBRA","The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada."
"ALHENNA","See Henna."
"ALIBI","The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for acrime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place whenthe alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove analibi."
"ALIBILITY","Quality of being alible."
"ALIBLE","Nutritive; nourishing."
"ALICANT","A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have beenmade near Alicant, in Spain. J. Fletcher."
"ALIDADE","The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant orastrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degreescut off on the arc of the instrument Whewell."
"ALIEN","To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property orownership. [R.] 'It the son alien lands.' Sir M. Hale.The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . . . themarriage. Clarendon."
"ALIENABILITY","Capability of being alienated. 'The alienability of thedomain.' Burke."
"ALIENABLE","Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another;as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state."
"ALIENATE","Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.O alienate from God. Milton."
"ALIENATION","A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property toanother."
"ALIENATOR","One who alienates."
"ALIENE","To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, toaliene an estate."
"ALIENEE","One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed toalienor.It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone."
"ALIENIST","One who treats diseases of the mind. Ed. Rev."
"ALIENOR","One who alienates or transfers property to another. Blackstone."
"ALIFE","On my life; dearly. [Obs.] 'I love that sport alife.' Beau. &Fl."
"ALIFEROUS","Having wings, winged; aligerous. [R.]"
"ALIFORM","Wing-shaped; winglike."
"ALIGEROUS","Having wings; winged. [R.]"
"ALIGHT","Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. 'The lamps were alight.'Dickens."
"ALIGN","To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bringinto line; to aline."
"ALIGNMENT","The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction fromthe grades or profile."
"ALIKE","Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.[Now used only predicatively.]The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Ps. cxxxix. 12."
"ALIKE-MINDED","Like-minded. [Obs.]"
"ALIMENTAL","Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishingthe materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap."
"ALIMENTALLY","So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. SirT. Browne."
"ALIMENTARINESS","The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality. [R.]"
"ALIMENTARY","Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition;nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances. Alimentary canal,the entire channel, extending from the mouth to the anus, by whichaliments are conveyed through the body, and the useless partsejected."
"ALIMENTIVENESS","The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. [Chiefly inPhrenol.]"
"ALIMONIOUS","Affording food; nourishing. [R.] 'Alimonious humors.' Harvey."
"ALIMONY","An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate orincome for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation fromhim, or during a suit for the same. Wharton. Burrill."
"ALINASAL","Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage."
"ALINE","To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align.Evelyn."
"ALINEATION","See Allineation."
"ALINEMENT","Same as Alignment."
"ALINER","One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them intoline. Evelyn."
"ALIOTH","A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl inthe Dipper."
"ALIPED","Wing-footed, as the bat.-- n."
"ALIPHATIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, fat; fatty; -- applied tocompounds having an openc-hain structure. The aliphatic compoundsthus include not only the fatty acids and other derivatives of theparaffin hydrocarbons, but also unsaturated compounds, as theethylene and acetylene series."
"ALIQUANT","An aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which does notdivide it without leaving a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquant part of16. Opposed to aliquot."
"ALIQUOT","An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which willdivide it without a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15.Opposed to aliquant."
"ALISEPTAL","Relating to expansions of the nasal septum."
"ALISH","Like ale; as, an alish taste."
"ALISPHENOID","The alisphenoid bone."
"ALITRUNK","The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings areattached; the thorax. Kirby."
"ALITURGICAL","Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered.Shipley."
"ALIUNDE","From another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde;evidence aliunde."
"ALIZARI","The madder of the Levant. Brande & C."
"ALIZARIN","A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and nowproduced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds."
"ALKAHEST","The fabled 'universal solvent' of the alchemists; a menstruumcapable of dissolving all bodies.-- Al`ka*hes'tic, a."
"ALKALAMIDE","One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia inwhich a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and anotherpart by acid, atoms or radicals."
"ALKALESCENT","Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline."
"ALKALI","One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammoma,and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility inalcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap,neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown severalvegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue. Fixedalkalies, potash and soda.-- Vegetable alkalies. Same as Alkaloids.-- Volatile alkali, ammonia, so called in distinction from the fixedalkalies."
"ALKALI FLAT","A sterile plain, containing an excess of alkali, at the bottomof an undrained basin in an arid region; a playa."
"ALKALI SOIL","Any one of various soils found in arid and semiarid regions,containing an unusual amount of soluble mineral salts whicheffloresce in the form of a powder or crust (usually white) in dryweather following rains or irrigation. The basis of these salts ismainly soda with a smaller amount of potash, and usually a littlelime and  magnesia. Two main classes of alkali are commonlydistinguished: black alkali, which may be any alkaline carbonate, butwhich practically consists of sodium carbonate (sal soda), which ishighly corrosive and destructive to vegetation; and white alkali,characterized by the presence of sodium sulphate (Glauber's salt),which is less injurious to vegetation. Black alkali is so calledbecause water containing it dissolves humus, forming a dark-coloredsolution which, when it collects in puddles and evaporates, producescharacteristic black spots."
"ALKALI WASTE","Waste material from the manufacture of alkali; specif., sodawaste."
"ALKALIFIABLE","Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali."
"ALKALIFY","To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to."
"ALKALIMETER","An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or thequantity of alkali in a mixture."
"ALKALIMETRY","The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, orthe quantity present in alkaline mixtures."
"ALKALINE","Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having theproperties of an alkali. Alkaline earths, certain substances, aslime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of thequalities of alkalies.-- Alkaline metals, potassium, sodium, c\u00e6sium, lithium, rubidium.-- Alkaline reaction, a reaction indicating alkalinity, as by theaction on limits, turmeric, etc."
"ALKALINITY","The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property.Thomson."
"ALKALIOUS","Alkaline. [Obs.]"
"ALKALIZATE","Alkaline. [Obs.] Boyle."
"ALKALIZATION","The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; aconferring of alkaline qualities."
"ALKALIZE","To render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkalito."
"ALKALOID","An organic base, especially one of a class of substancesoccurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies ofanimals."
"ALKANET","A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria,which gives a fine deep red color."
"ALKARGEN","Same as Cacodylic acid."
"ALKARSIN","A spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor,and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called alsoCadel's fuming liquid."
"ALKAZAR","See Alcazar."
"ALKEKENGI","An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalisalkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size ofa cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also calledwinter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato. D. C. Eaton."
"ALKERMES","A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving itsname from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient."
"ALKORAN","The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran."
"ALKORANIC","Same as Alcoranic."
"ALKORANIST","Same as Alcoranist."
"ALL","The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing;everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality;everything or every person; as, our all is at stake.Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. Shak.All that thou seest is mine. Gen. xxxi. 43."
"ALL FOURS","All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of aperson. To be, go, or run, on all fours (Fig.), to be on the samefooting; to correspond (with) exactly; to be alike in all thecircumstances to be considered. 'This example is on all fours withthe other.' 'No simile can go on all fours.' Macaulay."
"ALL HAIL","All health; -- a phrase of salutation or welcome."
"ALL-A-MORT","See Alamort."
"ALL-HAIL","To salute; to greet. [Poet.]Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from the king,who all-hailed me 'Thane of Cawdor.' Shak."
"ALL-POSSESSED","Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild.[Colloq.]"
"ALLA BREVE","With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung fasterlike four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the timesignature by"
"ALLAH","The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and theMohammedans generally."
"ALLANITE","A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usuallyblack in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form andcomposition."
"ALLANTOIC","Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois. Allantoic acid.(Chem.) See Allantoin."
"ALLANTOIDEA","The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops anallantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals."
"ALLANTOIN","A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in theallantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acidand amniotic acid."
"ALLATRATE","To bark as a dog. [Obs.] Stubbes."
"ALLAY","To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. 'When the rageallays.' Shak."
"ALLAYER","One who, or that which, allays."
"ALLAYMENT","An allaying; that which allays; mitigation. [Obs.]The like allayment could I give my grief. Shak."
"ALLECRET","A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. bythe Swiss. Fairholt."
"ALLECT","To allure; to entice. [Obs.]"
"ALLECTATION","Enticement; allurement. [Obs.] Bailey."
"ALLECTIVE","Alluring. [Obs.]"
"ALLEDGE","See Allege. [Obs.]"
"ALLEGATION","A statement by a party of what he undertakes to prove, --usually applied to each separate averment; the charge or matterundertaken to be proved."
"ALLEGE","To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble. [Obs.]Wyclif."
"ALLEGEABLE","Capable of being alleged or affirmed.The most authentic examples allegeable in the case. South."
"ALLEGEANCE","Allegation. [Obs.]"
"ALLEGEMENT","Allegation. [Obs.]With many complaints and allegements. Bp. Sanderson."
"ALLEGER","One who affirms or declares."
"ALLEGGE","See Alegge and Allay. [Obs.]"
"ALLEGIANT","Loyal. Shak."
"ALLEGORIST","One who allegorizes; a writer of allegory. Hume."
"ALLEGORIZATION","The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in anallegorical sense."
"ALLEGORIZE","To use allegory. Holland."
"ALLEGORIZER","One who allegorizes, or turns things into allegory; anallegorist."
"ALLEGORY","A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notiondirectly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured."
"ALLEGRESSE","Joy; gladsomeness."
"ALLEGRETTO","Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro.-- n."
"ALLEGRO","Brisk, lively.-- n."
"ALLELOMORPH","One of the pure unit characters commonly existing singly or inpairs in the germ cells of Mendelian hybrids, and exhibited invarying proportion among the organisms themselves. Allelomorphs whichunder certain circumstances are themselves compound are calledhypallelomorphs. See Mendel's law. -- Al*le`lo*mor'phic (#), a."
"ALLEMANDE","A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in thereign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, likethose of Bach and Handel."
"ALLEMANNIC","See Alemannic."
"ALLENARLY","Solely; only. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"ALLER","Same as Alder, of all. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ALLERION","Am eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings. Burke."
"ALLEVIATIVE","Tending to alleviate.-- n."
"ALLEVIATOR","One who, or that which, alleviaties."
"ALLEVIATORY","Alleviative. Carlyle."
"ALLEY","Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than theexit, so as to give the appearance of length."
"ALLEYED","Furnished with alleys; forming an alley. 'An alleyed walk.' SirW. Scott."
"ALLEYWAY","An alley."
"ALLFOURS","A game at cards, called 'High, Low, Jack, and the Game.'"
"ALLHALLOND","Allhallows. [Obs.] Shak."
"ALLHALLOW","The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween."
"ALLHALLOW EVE","The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween."
"ALLHALLOWMAS","The feast of All Saints."
"ALLHALLOWN","Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] 'Allhallownsummer.' Shak. (i. e., late summer; 'Indian Summer')."
"ALLHALLOWTIDE","The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st."
"ALLHEAL","A name popularly given to the officinal valerian, and to someother plants."
"ALLIABLE","Able to enter into alliance."
"ALLIACEOUS","Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks,etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions."
"ALLIANCE","To connect by alliance; to ally. [Obs.]"
"ALLIANT","An ally; a confederate. [Obs. & R.] Sir H. Wotton."
"ALLICIENCY","Attractive power; attractiveness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"ALLICIENT","That attracts; attracting.-- n."
"ALLIED","United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally."
"ALLIGATE","To tie; to unite by some tie.Instincts alligated to their nature. Sir M. Hale."
"ALLIGATION","A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning thecompounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients ofdifferent qualities or values."
"ALLIGATOR","A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiarto America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile,and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw,which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of thesouthern United States, there are allied species in South America."
"ALLIGATOR WRENCH","A kind of pipe wrench having a flaring jaw with teeth on oneside."
"ALLIGNMENT","See Alignment."
"ALLINEATE","To align. [R.] Herschel."
"ALLISION","The act of dashing against, or striking upon.The boisterous allision of the sea. Woodward."
"ALLITERAL","Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration."
"ALLITERATE","To employ or place so as to make alliteration. Skeat."
"ALLITERATION","The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two ormore words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals;as in the following lines: -Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. Milton.Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. Tennyson."
"ALLITERATIVE","Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as,alliterative poetry.-- Al*lit'er*a*tive*ly, adv.-- Al*lit'er*a*tive*ness, n."
"ALLITERATOR","One who alliterates."
"ALLIUM","A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive,etc."
"ALLMOUTH","The angler."
"ALLNESS","Totality; completeness. [R.]The allness of God, including his absolute spirituality, supremacy,and eternity. R. Turnbull."
"ALLNIGHT","Light, fuel, or food for the whole night. [Obs.] Bacon."
"ALLOCATUR","'Allowed.' The word allocatur expresses the allowance of aproceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicialofficer."
"ALLOCHROIC","Changeable in color."
"ALLOCHROITE","See Garnet."
"ALLOCHROOUS","Changing color."
"ALLOD","See Allodium."
"ALLODIAL","Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; heldindependent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodiallands; allodial system. Blackstone."
"ALLODIALISM","The allodial system."
"ALLODIALIST","One who holds allodial land."
"ALLODIALLY","By allodial tenure."
"ALLODIARY","One who holds an allodium."
"ALLODIUM","Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of theowner; real estate held in absolute independence, without beingsubject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It isthus opposed to feud. Blackstone. Bouvier."
"ALLOGAMOUS","Characterized by allogamy."
"ALLOGAMY","Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from anotherof the same species; cross-fertilization."
"ALLOGENEOUS","Different in nature or kind. [R.]"
"ALLOGRAPH","A writing or signature made by some person other than any ofthe parties thereto; -- opposed to autograph."
"ALLOMERISM","Variability in chemical constitution without variation incrystalline form."
"ALLOMEROUS","Characterized by allomerism."
"ALLOMORPHIC","Of or pertaining to allomorphism."
"ALLOMORPHISM","The property which constitutes an allomorph; the changeinvolved in becoming an allomorph."
"ALLONGE","A thrust or pass; a lunge."
"ALLONYMOUS","Published under the name of some one other than the author."
"ALLOO","To incite dogs by a call; to halloo. [Obs.]"
"ALLOPATH","An allopathist. Ed. Rev."
"ALLOPATHIC","Of or pertaining to allopathy."
"ALLOPATHICALLY","In a manner conformable to allopathy; by allopathic methods."
"ALLOPATHIST","One who practices allopathy; one who professes allopathy."
"ALLOPATHY","That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease bythe use of remedies which produce effects different from thoseproduced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented byHahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed tohomeopathy."
"ALLOQUY","A speaking to another; an address. [Obs.]"
"ALLOTHEISM","The worship of strange gods. Jer. Taylor."
"ALLOTMENT","The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particularthing to a particular person. Cottage allotment, an allotment of asmall portion of land to a country laborer for garden cultivation.[Eng.]"
"ALLOTRIOPHAGY","A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food."
"ALLOTROPHIC","Of or pertaining to allotropism.-- Al`lo*trop'ic*al*ly, adv. Allotropic state, the severalconditions which occur in a case of allotropism."
"ALLOTROPICITY","Allotropic property or nature."
"ALLOTROPIZE","To change in physical properties but not in substance. [R.]"
"ALLOTTABLE","Capable of being allotted."
"ALLOTTEE","One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment ismade."
"ALLOTTER","One who allots."
"ALLOTTERY","Allotment. [Obs.] Shak."
"ALLOW","To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.Allowing still for the different ways of making it. Addison.To allow of, to permit; to admit. Shak."
"ALLOWABLENESS","The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness;exemption from prohibition or impropriety. South."
"ALLOWABLY","In an allowable manner."
"ALLOWANCE","A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, differentin different countries, such as tare and tret."
"ALLOWEDLY","By allowance; admittedly. Shenstone."
"ALLOXAN","An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddishcolor, readily soluble in water or alcohol."
"ALLOXANATE","A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positiveradical."
"ALLOXANIC","Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained bythe action of soluble alkalies on alloxan."
"ALLOXANTIN","A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and verydilute nitric acid."
"ALLOY","To form a metallic compound.Gold and iron alloy with ease. Ure."
"ALLOY STEEL","Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metalalloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten,or vanadium."
"ALLOYAGE","The act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination oralloy."
"ALLSPICE","The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the WestIndies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic;Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavorof cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name isalso given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice(Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called alsospicebush, spicewood, and feverbush."
"ALLTHING","Altogether. [Obs.] Shak."
"ALLUDE","To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to havereference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; --followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction.These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garmentsas were then in use. Hooker."
"ALLUMETTE","A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc."
"ALLUMINOR","An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner. [Obs.]Cowell."
"ALLURANCE","Allurement. [R.]"
"ALLURE","To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by theoffer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by somethingflattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract.With promised joys allured them on. Falconer.The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven Allured his eye. Milton."
"ALLURER","One who, or that which, allures."
"ALLURING","That allures; attracting; charming; tempting.-- Al*lur'ing*ly, adv.-- Al*lur'ing*ness, n."
"ALLUSIVELY","Figuratively [Obs.]; by way of allusion; by implication,suggestion, or insinuation."
"ALLUSIVENESS","The quality of being allusive."
"ALLUSORY","Allusive. [R.] Warburton."
"ALLUVIAL","Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relatingto the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place anddeposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations,deposits."
"ALLUVION","An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank bythe flowing of water. See Accretion."
"ALLUVIOUS","Alluvial. [R.] Johnson."
"ALLUVIUM","Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter,made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanentlysubmerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. Lyell."
"ALLWHERE","Everywhere. [Archaic]"
"ALLWORK","Domestic or other work of all kinds; as, a maid of allwork,that is, a general servant."
"ALLY","See Alley, a marble or taw."
"ALLYL","An organic radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlicand mustard."
"ALLYLENE","A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene;propine. CH3.C.CH"
"ALMA MATER","A college or seminary where one is educated."
"ALMAGEST","The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which containsnearly all that is known of the astronomical observations andtheories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similarworks."
"ALMAGRA","A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. Itis the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red itis used for polishing glass and silver."
"ALMANAC","A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, towhich astronomical data and various statistics are often added, suchas the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses,hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts,etc. Nautical almanac, an almanac, or year book, containingastronomical calculations (lunar, stellar, etc.), and otherinformation useful to mariners."
"ALMANDINE","The common red variety of garnet."
"ALMENDRON","The lofty Brazil-nut tree."
"ALMERY","See Ambry. [Obs.]"
"ALMESSE","See Alms. [Obs.]"
"ALMIGHTILY","With almighty power."
"ALMIGHTINESS","Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might. Jer.Taylor."
"ALMNER","An almoner. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ALMOND","One of the tonsils. Almond oil, fixed oil expressed from sweetor bitter almonds.-- Oil of bitter almonds, a poisonous volatile oil obtained frombitter almonds by maceration and distillation; benzoic aldehyde.-- Imitation oil of bitter almonds, nitrobenzene.-- Almond tree (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond.-- Almond willow (Bot.), a willow which has leaves that are of alight green on both sides; almond-leaved willow (Salix amygdalina).Shenstone."
"ALMOND FURNACE","A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal fromcinders and other foreign matter. Chambers."
"ALMONDINE","See Almandine"
"ALMONER","One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religioushouses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another,as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc."
"ALMONERSHIP","The office of an almoner."
"ALMONRY","The place where an almoner resides, or where alms aredistributed."
"ALMOSE","Alms. [Obs.] Cheke."
"ALMOST","Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Acts xxvi. 28.Almost never, scarcely ever.-- Almost nothing, scarcely anything."
"ALMRY","See Almonry. [Obs.]"
"ALMS","Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money,food, or clothing; a gift of charity.A devout man . . . which gave much alms to the people. Acts x. 2.Alms are but the vehicles of prayer. Dryden.Tenure by free alms. See Frankalmoign. Blackstone."
"ALMSDEED","An act of charity. Acts ix. 36."
"ALMSFOLK","Persons supported by alms; almsmen. [Archaic] Holinshed."
"ALMSGIVER","A giver of alms."
"ALMSGIVING","The giving of alms."
"ALMSHOUSE","A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse."
"ALMUCANTAR","A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circleor parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantarhave the same altitude. See Almacantar. [Archaic] Almucanter staff,an ancient instrument, having an arc of fifteen degrees, formerlyused at sea to take observations of the sun's amplitude at the timeof its rising or setting, to find the variation of the compass."
"ALMUCE","Same as Amice, a hood or cape."
"ALMUDE","A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal theLisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallonsU. S. measure. In Turkey the 'almud' is about 1.4 gallons."
"ALNAGE","Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for suchmeasurement."
"ALNAGER","A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England,whose duty was to inspect act measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it aseal."
"ALOE","The wood of the agalloch. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"ALOES WOOD","See Agalloch."
"ALOETIC","Consisting chiefly of aloes; of the nature of aloes."
"ALOFT","In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards orrigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven."
"ALOGIAN","One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and theApocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos. Shipley."
"ALOGY","Unreasonableness; absurdity. [Obs.]"
"ALOIN","A bitter purgative principle in aloes."
"ALOMANCY","Divination by means of salt. [Spelt also halomancy.] Morin."
"ALONE","Solely; simply; exclusively."
"ALONELY","Only; merely; singly. [Obs.]This said spirit was not given alonely unto him, but unto all hisheirs and posterity. Latimer."
"ALONENESS","A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness. [R.]Bp. Montagu."
"ALONG","By the length of, as distinguished from across. 'Along thelowly lands.' Dryden.The kine . . . went along the highway. 1 Sam. vi. 12."
"ALONGSHORE","Along the shore or coast."
"ALONGSHOREMAN","See Longshoreman."
"ALONGSIDE","Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as,bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree."
"ALONGST","Along. [Obs.]"
"ALOOF","Same as Alewife."
"ALOOFNESS","State of being aloof. Rogers (1642).The . . . aloofness of his dim forest life. Thoreau."
"ALOPECIST","A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness."
"ALOSE","To praise. [Obs.]"
"ALOUATTE","One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America.See Howler, 2."
"ALOUD","With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice. Isa. lviii. 1."
"ALOW","Below; in a lower part. 'Aloft, and then alow.' Dryden."
"ALP","A bullfinch. Rom. of R."
"ALPACA","An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair,supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama."
"ALPEN","Of or pertaining to the Alps. [R.] 'The Alpen snow.' J.Fletcher."
"ALPENGLOW","A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits ofmountains; specif., a reillumination sometimes observed after thesummits have passed into shadow, supposed to be due to a curvingdownward (refraction) of the light rays from the west resulting fromthe cooling of the air."
"ALPENSTOCK","A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps.Cheever."
"ALPESTRINE","Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrinediseases, etc."
"ALPHA","The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, andhence used to denote the beginning.In am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and thelast. Rev. xxii. 13."
"ALPHA PAPER","A sensitized paper for obtaining positives by artificial light.It is coated with gelatin containing silver bromide and chloride.[Eng.]"
"ALPHA RAYS","Rays of relatively low penetrating power emitted by radium andother radioactive substances, and shown to consist of positivelycharged particles (perhaps particles of helium) having enormousvelocities but small masses. They are slightly deflected by a strongmagnetic or electric field."
"ALPHABET","To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrangealphabetically. [R.]"
"ALPHABETARIAN","A learner of the alphabet; an abecedarian. Abp. Sancroft."
"ALPHABETICALLY","In an alphabetic manner; in the customary order of the letters."
"ALPHABETICS","The science of representing spoken sounds by letters."
"ALPHABETISM","The expression of spoken sounds by an alphabet. Encyc. Brit."
"ALPHOL","A crystalline derivative of salicylic acid, used as anantiseptic and antirheumatic."
"ALPHONSINE","Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252-1284). Alphonsine tables, astronomical tables prepared under thepatronage of Alphonso the Wise. Whewell."
"ALPIGENE","Growing in Alpine regions."
"ALPINIST","A climber of the Alps."
"ALQUIFOU","A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters togive a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore."
"ALREADY","Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future;by this time; previously. 'Joseph was in Egypt already.' Exod. i. 5.I say unto you, that Elias is come already. Matt. xvii. 12."
"ALSATIAN","Pertaining to Alsatia."
"ALSIKE","A species of clover with pinkish or white flowers; Trifoliumhybridum."
"ALT","The higher part of the scale. See Alto. To be in alt, to be inan exalted state of mind."
"ALTARPIECE","The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar;reredos."
"ALTARWISE","In the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of achurch with its ends towards the north and south. Shipley."
"ALTAZIMUTH","An instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously."
"ALTER","To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as,the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.'The law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.' Dan. vi. 8."
"ALTERABILITY","The quality of being alterable; alterableness."
"ALTERABLE","Capable of being altered.Our condition in this world is mutable and uncertain, alterable by athousand accidents. Rogers."
"ALTERABLENESS","The quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability."
"ALTERABLY","In an alterable manner."
"ALTERANT","Altering; gradually changing. Bacon."
"ALTERATIVE","Causing ateration. Specifically:"
"ALTERCATE","The contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; towrangle."
"ALTERCATION","Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat oranger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. 'Stormy altercations.'Macaulay."
"ALTERCATIVE","Characterized by wrangling; scolding. [R.] Fielding."
"ALTERITY","The state or quality of being other; a being otherwise. [R.]For outness is but the feeling of otherness (alterity) renderedintuitive, or alterity visually represented. Coleridge."
"ALTERN","Acting by turns; alternate. Milton. Altern base (Trig.), asecond side made base, in distinction from a side previously regardedas base."
"ALTERNACY","Alternateness; alternation. [R.] Mitford."
"ALTERNANT","Composed of alternate layers, as some rocks."
"ALTERNAT","A usage, among diplomats, of rotation in precedence amongrepresentatives of equal rank, sometimes determined by lot and atother times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing oftreaties and conventions between nations."
"ALTERNATE","Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of thestem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. Gray.Alternate alligation. See Alligation.-- Alternate angles (Geom.), the internal and angles made by twolines with a third, on opposite sides of it. It the parallels AB, CD,are cut by the line EF, the angles AGH, GHD, as also the angles BGHand GHC, are called alternate angles.-- Alternate generation. (Biol.) See under Generation."
"ALTERNATELY","By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term iscompared with antecedent, and consequent."
"ALTERNATENESS","The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns."
"ALTERNATING CURRENT","A current which periodically changes or reverses its directionof flow."
"ALTERNATION","Permutation."
"ALTERNATIVELY","In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of oneout of two things."
"ALTERNATIVENESS","The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choicebetween two."
"ALTERNATOR","An electric generator or dynamo for producing alternatingcurrents."
"ALTERNITY","Succession by turns; alternation. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"ALTHEINE","Asparagine."
"ALTHING","The national assembly or parliament of Iceland. See Thing, n.,8."
"ALTHO","Although. [Reformed spelling] Alt'horn`, n. Etym: [Alt + horn.](Mus.)"
"ALTHORN","An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively inmilitary music, often replacing the French horn. Grove."
"ALTHOUGH","Grant all this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding;though.Although all shall be offended, yet will no I. Mark xiv. 29."
"ALTILOQUENCE","Lofty speech; pompous language. [R.] Bailey."
"ALTILOQUENT","High-sounding; pompous in speech. [R.] Bailey."
"ALTIMETER","An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant,etc. Knight."
"ALTIMETRY","The art of measuring altitudes, or heights."
"ALTINCAR","See Tincal."
"ALTISCOPE","An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person tosee an object in spite of intervening objects."
"ALTISONANT","High-sounding; lofty or pompous. Skelton."
"ALTISONOUS","Altisonant."
"ALTISSIMO","The part or notes situated above F in alt."
"ALTITUDE","The elevation of a point, or star, or other celestial object,above the horizon, measured by the arc of a vertical circleintercepted between such point and the horizon. It is either true orapparent; true when measured from the rational or real horizon,apparent when from the sensible or apparent horizon."
"ALTITUDINAL","Of or pertaining to height; as, altitudinal measurements."
"ALTITUDINARIAN","Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc. [R.] Coleridge."
"ALTIVOLANT","Flying high. [Obs.] Blount."
"ALTO","Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor,voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices,between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifiesthe tenor."
"ALTO-CUMULUS","A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or grayishglobular cloudlets with shaded  portions, often grouped in flocks orrows."
"ALTO-RELIEVO","Alto-rilievo."
"ALTO-RILIEVO","High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project morethan half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or inalto-rilievo."
"ALTO-STRATUS","A cloud formation similar to cirro-stratus, but heavier and ata lower level."
"ALTOMETER","A theodolite. Knight."
"ALTRICAL","Like the articles."
"ALTRICES","Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young arehatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to requirethe care of their parents for some time; -- opposed to pr\u00e6coces."
"ALTRUISM","Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to theinterests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism orselfishness. [Recent] J. S. Mill."
"ALTRUIST","One imbued with altruism; -- opposed to egoist."
"ALTRUISTIC","Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to Ant:egoistic or Ant: selfish. Bain.-- Al`tru*is'tic*al*ly, adv."
"ALUDEL","One of the pear-shaped pots open at both ends, and so formed asto be fitted together, the neck of one into the bottom of another insuccession; -- used in the process of sublimation. Ure."
"ALULA","A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard."
"ALULAR","Pertaining to the alula."
"ALUM","A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element(esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four moleculesof water of crystallization."
"ALUM ROOT","A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifragefamily, whose root has astringent properties."
"ALUM STONE","A subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite."
"ALUMEN","Alum."
"ALUMINA","One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium andthree of oxygen, Al2O3."
"ALUMINATE","A compound formed from the hydrate of aluminium by thesubstitution of a metal for the hydrogen."
"ALUMINATED","Combined with alumina."
"ALUMINE","Alumina. Davy."
"ALUMINIC","Of or containing aluminium; as, aluminic phosphate."
"ALUMINIFEROUS","Containing alum."
"ALUMINIFORM","pertaining the form of alumina."
"ALUMINIUM","The metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but with abluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, andfor its lightness, pertaining a specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomicweight 27.08. Symbol Al. Aluminium bronze or gold, a pale gold-colored alloy of aluminium and copper, used for journal bearings,etc."
"ALUMINIZE","To treat impregnate with alum; to alum."
"ALUMINOGRAPHY","Art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminiumplates, after the manner of ordinary lithography. --A*lu`mi*no*graph'ic (#), a."
"ALUMINOUS","Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminousminerals, aluminous solution."
"ALUMINUM","See Aluminium."
"ALUMISH","Somewhat like alum."
"ALUMNA","A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college."
"ALUMNUS","A pupil; especially, a graduate of a college or other seminaryof learning."
"ALUNITE","Alum stone."
"ALUNOGEN","A white fibrous mineral frequently found on the walls of minesand quarries, chiefly hydrous sulphate of alumina; -- also calledfeather alum, and hair salt."
"ALURE","A walk or passage; -- applied to passages of various kinds.The sides of every street were covered with fresh alures of marble.T. Warton."
"ALUTATION","The tanning or dressing of leather. [Obs.] Blount."
"ALVEARY","The hollow of the external ear. Quincy."
"ALVEATED","Formed or vaulted like a beehive."
"ALVEOLAR","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells,sacs, or sockets. Alveolar processes, the processes of the maxillarybones, containing the sockets of the teeth."
"ALVEOLARY","Alveolar. [R.]"
"ALVEOLATE","Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb."
"ALVEOLE","Same as Alveolus."
"ALVEOLIFORM","Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, orcavities."
"ALVEOLUS","A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil"
"ALVEUS","The channel of a river. Weate."
"ALVINE","Of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines;as, alvine discharges; alvine concretions."
"ALWAY","Always. [Archaic or Poetic]I would not live alway. Job vii. 16."
"ALYSSUM","A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum (A.maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers."
"AM","The first person singular of the verb be, in the indicativemode, present tense. See Be.God said unto Moses, I am that am. Exod. iii. 14."
"AMABILITY","Lovableness. Jer. Taylor."
"AMACRATIC","Amasthenic. Sir J. Herschel."
"AMADAVAT","The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estreldaamandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olivebrown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also redwaxbill. [Written also amaduvad and avadavat.]"
"AMADOU","A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletusand Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It hasbeen employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is astinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strongsolution of niter. Ure."
"AMAIN","To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc."
"AMALGAM","A native compound of mercury and silver."
"AMALGAMA","Same as Amalgam.They divided this their amalgama into a number of incoherentrepublics. Burke."
"AMALGAMATE","Coalesced; united; combined."
"AMALGAMATIVE","Characterized by amalgamation."
"AMALGAMATOR","One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machinefor separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing themin contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam."
"AMALGAMIZE","To amalgamate. [R.]"
"AMANITA","A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricace\u00e6,characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. Thespecies resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken forthem. Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita,or fly agaric; and A. phalloides is the death cup."
"AMANITINE","The poisonous principle of some fungi."
"AMANUENSIS","A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, orto copy what another has written."
"AMARACUS","A fragrant flower. Tennyson."
"AMARANT","Amaranth, 1. [Obs.] Milton."
"AMARANTACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of whichthe amaranth is the type."
"AMARANTH","A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of manyspecies, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers."
"AMARANTHINE","Same as Amaranth."
"AMARINE","A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil ofbitter almonds."
"AMARITUDE","Bitterness. [R.]"
"AMASS","To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of;to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass wordsor phrases.The life Homer has been written by amassing all the traditions andhints the writers could meet with. Pope."
"AMASSABLE","Capable of being amassed."
"AMASSER","One who amasses."
"AMASSETTE","An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors onthe stone in the process of grinding."
"AMASSMENT","An amassing; a heap collected; a large quantity or numberbrought together; an accumulation.An amassment of imaginary conceptions. Glanvill."
"AMASTHENIC","Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certainkind of lens; amacratic."
"AMATE","To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt. [Obs. or Archaic]The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greaterthan was true. Milton."
"AMATEUR","A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science asto music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, fromtaste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally."
"AMATEURISH","In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like thework of an amateur.-- Am`a*teur'ish*ly, adv.-- Am`a*teur'ish*ness, n."
"AMATEURISM","The practice, habit, or work of an amateur."
"AMATEURSHIP","The quality or character of an amateur."
"AMATIVE","Full of love; amatory."
"AMATIVENESS","The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity tolove. Combe."
"AMATORIAL","Of or pertaining to a lover or to love making; amatory; as,amatorial verses."
"AMATORIALLY","In an amatorial manner."
"AMATORIAN","Amatory. [R.] Johnson."
"AMATORIOUS","Amatory. [Obs.] 'Amatorious poem.' Milton."
"AMATORY","Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as,amatory potions."
"AMAUROSIS","A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the opticnerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- calledalso gutta serena, the 'drop serene' of Milton."
"AMAUROTIC","Affected with amaurosis; having the characteristics ofamaurosis."
"AMAZE","To be astounded. [Archaic] B. Taylor."
"AMAZEDLY","In amazement; with confusion or astonishment. Shak."
"AMAZEDNESS","The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise,or wonder. Bp. Hall."
"AMAZEFUL","Full of amazement. [R.]"
"AMAZING","Causing amazement; very wonderful; as, amazing grace.-- A*maz'ing*ly, adv."
"AMAZON","A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genusChrysotis Amazon ant (Zo\u00f6l.), a species of ant (Polyergus rufescens),of Europe and America. They seize by conquest the larv\u00e6 and nymphsother species and make slaves of them in their own nests."
"AMAZONIAN","A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color."
"AMBAGES","A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding;quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.After many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy is.Burton."
"AMBAGINOUS","Ambagious. [R.]"
"AMBAGIOUS","Circumlocutory; circuitous. [R.]"
"AMBAGITORY","Ambagious. [R.]"
"AMBASSADORIAL","Of or pertaining to an ambassador. H. Walpole."
"AMBASSADORSHIP","The state, office, or functions of an ambassador."
"AMBASSADRESS","A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador. Prescott."
"AMBASSAGE","Same as Embassage. [Obs. or R.] Luke xiv. 32."
"AMBASSY","See Embassy, the usual spelling. Helps."
"AMBER","A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as afossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore inmany places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipemouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. Byfriction, it becomes strongly electric."
"AMBER FISH","A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis.)"
"AMBER ROOM","A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, whichwas richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber.  Theamber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second WorldWar and has, as of 1997, never been recovered.  The room is beingrecreated from old photographs by Russian artisans. PJC"
"AMBER SEED","Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet,brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like thatof musk; musk seed. Chambers."
"AMBER TREE","A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves,which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor."
"AMBERGREASE","See Ambergris."
"AMBERGRIS","A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in theIndian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbidsecretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physetermacrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin.In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and oftenvariegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixtyto two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is whollyvolatilized as a white vapor at 212\u00ba Fahrenheit, and is highly valuedin perfumery. Dana."
"AMBES-AS","Ambs-ace. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AMBIDEXTER","Using both hands with equal ease. Smollett."
"AMBIDEXTERITY","A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict."
"AMBIDEXTRAL","Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-handside. Earle."
"AMBIDEXTROUSLY","In an ambidextrous manner; cunningly."
"AMBIDEXTROUSNESS","The quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity."
"AMBIENT","Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing. 'Ambientair.' Milton. 'Ambient clouds.' Pope."
"AMBIGENOUS","Of two kinds. (Bot.)"
"AMBIGU","An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at thesame time."
"AMBIGUITY","The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness oruncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language,arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocalword or expression.No shadow of ambiguity can rest upon the course to be pursued. I.Taylor.The words are of single signification, without any ambiguity. South."
"AMBIGUOUS","Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect tosignification; capable of being understood in either of two or morepossible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguousexpression.What have been thy answers What but dark, Ambiguous, and with doublesense deluding Milton."
"AMBIGUOUSLY","In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning."
"AMBIGUOUSNESS","Ambiguity."
"AMBILEVOUS","Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; -- opposed to ambidexter.[R.] Sir T. Browne."
"AMBILOQUY","Doubtful or ambiguous language. [Obs.] Bailey."
"AMBIPAROUS","Characterized by containing the rudiments of both flowers andleaves; -- applied to a bud."
"AMBIT","Circuit or compass.His great parts did not live within a small ambit. Milward."
"AMBITION","To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. [R.]Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains withXerxes for his daughter in marriage. Trumbull."
"AMBITIONIST","One excessively ambitious. [R.]"
"AMBITIONLESS","Devoid of ambition. Pollok."
"AMBITIOUSLY","In an ambitious manner."
"AMBITIOUSNESS","The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness."
"AMBITUS","A canvassing for votes."
"AMBLER","A horse or a person that ambles."
"AMBLINGLY","With an ambling gait."
"AMBLOTIC","Tending to cause abortion."
"AMBLYGON","An obtuse-angled figure, esp. and obtuse-angled triangle.[Obs.]"
"AMBLYGONAL","Obtuse-angled. [Obs.] Hutton."
"AMBLYOPIC","Of or pertaining to amblyopy. Quain."
"AMBLYPODA","A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in theTertiary formation of the United States."
"AMBO","A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christianchurches. Gwilt."
"AMBON","Same as Ambo."
"AMBOYNA BUTTON","A chronic contagious affection of the skin, prevalent in thetropics."
"AMBOYNA PINE","The resiniferous tree Agathis Dammara, of the Moluccas."
"AMBOYNA WOOD","A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It isobtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc."
"AMBREATE","A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base orpositive radical."
"AMBREIC","Of or pertaining to ambrein; -- said of a certain acid producedby digesting ambrein in nitric acid."
"AMBREIN","A fragrant substance which is the chief constituent ofambergris."
"AMBRITE","A fossil resin occurring in large masses in New Zealand."
"AMBROSE","A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3. Turner."
"AMBROSIA BEETLE","A bark beetle that feeds on ambrosia."
"AMBROSIAC","Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious. [R.]'Ambrosiacodors.' B. Jonson."
"AMBROSIALLY","After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully. 'Smeltambrosially.' Tennyson."
"AMBROSIAN","Ambrosial. [R.] . Jonson."
"AMBROSIN","An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing thefigure of St. Ambrose on horseback."
"AMBROTYPE","A picture taken on a place of prepared glass, in which thelights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by adark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass."
"AMBS-ACE","Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck;anything of no account or value."
"AMBULACRAL","Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacralossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms."
"AMBULACRIFORM","Having the form of ambulacra."
"AMBULANT","Walking; moving from place to place. Gayton."
"AMBULATE","To walk; to move about. [R.] Southey."
"AMBULATION","The act of walking. Sir T. Browne."
"AMBULATIVE","Walking. [R.]"
"AMBULATORIAL","Ambulatory; fitted for walking. Verrill."
"AMBULATORY","Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable;as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of thetestator."
"AMBURRY","Same as Anbury."
"AMBUSCADE","The body of troops lying in ambush."
"AMBUSCADO","Ambuscade. [Obs.] Shak."
"AMBUSCADOED","Posted in ambush; ambuscaded. [Obs.]"
"AMBUSH","To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; tolurk.Nor saw the snake that ambushed for his prey. Trumbull."
"AMBUSHER","One lying in ambush."
"AMBUSHMENT","An ambush. [Obs.] 2 Chron. xiii. 13."
"AMBUSTION","A burn or scald. Blount."
"AMEBEAN","See Am."
"AMEL","Enamel. [Obs.] Boyle."
"AMELCORN","A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- calledalso French rice."
"AMELIORABLE","Capable of being ameliorated."
"AMELIORATE","To make better; to improve; to meliorate.In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition.Macaulay."
"AMELIORATION","The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated;making or becoming better; improvement; melioration. 'Amelioration ofhuman affairs.' J. S. Mill."
"AMELIORATIVE","Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement;as, ameliorative remedies, efforts."
"AMELIORATOR","One who ameliorates."
"AMEN","An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So beit. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief.When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, verily.It is used as a noun, to demote: (a) concurrence in belief, or in astatement; assent; (b) the final word or act; (c) Christ as being onewho is true and faithful.And let all the people say, Amen. Ps. cvi. 48.Amen, amen, I say to thee, except a man be born again, he can not seethe kingdom of God. John ii. 3. Rhemish Trans.To say amen to, to approve warmly; to concur in heartily oremphatically; to ratify; as, I say Amen to all."
"AMENABILITY","The quality of being amenable; amenableness. Coleridge."
"AMENABLE","Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [Obs.]Jacob."
"AMENABLENESS","The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answercharges; answerableness."
"AMENABLY","In an amenable manner."
"AMENAGE","To manage. [Obs.] Spenser."
"AMENANCE","Behavior; bearing. [Obs.] Spenser."
"AMEND","To change or modify in any way for the better; as,(a) by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous,faulty, and the like;(b) by supplying deficiencies;(c) by substituting something else in the place of what is removed;to rectify.Mar not the thing that can not be amended. Shak.An instant emergency, granting no possibility for revision, oropening for amended thought. De Quincey.We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to aNorman. Sir W. Scott.To amend a bill, to make some change in the details or provisions ofa bill or measure while on its passage, professedly for itsimprovement."
"AMENDABLE","Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error.-- A*mend'a*ble*ness, n."
"AMENDATORY","Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory. Bancroft."
"AMENDE","A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation.Amende honorable(#). (Old French Law) A species of infamouspunishment in which the offender, being led into court with a ropeabout his neck, and a lighted torch in his hand, begged pardon of hisGod, the court, etc. In popular language, the phrase now denotes apublic apology or recantation, and reparation to an injured party,for improper language or treatment."
"AMENDER","One who amends."
"AMENDFUL","Much improving. [Obs.]"
"AMENDMENT","Correction of an error in a writ or process."
"AMENDS","Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation. [Nowconst. with sing. verb.] 'An honorable amends.' Addison.Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends. Shak."
"AMENITY","The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respectto situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness;civility; suavity; gentleness.A sweetness and amenity of temper. Buckle.This climate has not seduced by its amenities. W. Howitt."
"AMENORRHOEA","Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge."
"AMENORRHOEAL","Pertaining to amenorrhoea."
"AMENT","A species of inflorescence; a catkin.The globular ament of a buttonwood. Coues."
"AMENTIA","Imbecility; total want of understanding."
"AMENTIFEROUS","Bearing catkins. Balfour."
"AMENTIFORM","Shaped like a catkin."
"AMENTUM","Same as Ament."
"AMENUSE","To lessen. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AMERCEABLE","Liable to be amerced."
"AMERCEMENT","The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court;also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in thatthe latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribedby statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, theact or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.] Blackstone."
"AMERCER","One who amerces."
"AMERCIAMENT","Same as Amercement. Mozley & W."
"AMERICAN","A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginalinhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born inAmerica, and especially to the citizens of the United States.The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism.Washington."
"AMERICAN PLAN","In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and boardby the day, week, or other convenient period; -- contrasted withEuropean plan."
"AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION","A secret organization in the United States, formed in Iowa in1887, ostensibly for the protection of American institutions bykeeping Roman Catholics out of public office. Abbrev. commonly to A.P .A."
"AMERICANIZATION","The process of Americanizing."
"AMERICANIZE","To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs,ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics."
"AMES-ACE","Same as Ambs-ace."
"AMESS","Amice, a hood or cape. See 2d Amice."
"AMETABOLA","A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis.[Written also Ametabolia.]"
"AMETABOLIAN","Of or pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis."
"AMETHODIST","One without method; a quack. [Obs.]"
"AMETHYST","A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violetcolor, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone.Oriental amethyst, the violet-blue variety of transparentcrystallized corundum or sapphire."
"AMETROPIA","Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye.-- Am`e*trop'ic, a."
"AMHARIC","Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, theAmharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic.-- n."
"AMIA","A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined toNorth America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie,and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin."
"AMIABILITY","The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness ofdisposition.Every excellency is a degree of amiability. Jer. Taylor."
"AMIABLENESS","The quality of being amiable; amiability."
"AMIABLY","In an amiable manner."
"AMIANTH","See Amianthus. [Poetic]"
"AMIANTHIFORM","Resembling amianthus in form."
"AMIANTHOID","Resembling amianthus."
"AMIANTHUS","Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus."
"AMIC","Related to, or derived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix;as, amic acid; phosphamic acid. Amic acid (Chem.), one of a class ofnitrogenized acids somewhat resembling amides."
"AMICABILITY","The quality of being amicable; friendliness; amicableness. Ash."
"AMICABLE","Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; afterthe manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, orarrangement.That which was most remarkable in this contest was . . . the amicablemanner in which it was managed. Prideoux.Amicable action (Law.), an action commenced and prosecuted byamicable consent of the parties, for the purpose of obtaining adecision of the court on some matter of law involved in it. Bouvier.Burrill.-- Amicable numbers (Math.), two numbers, each of which is equal tothe sum of all the aliquot parts of the other."
"AMICABLENESS","The quality of being amicable; amicability."
"AMICABLY","In an amicable manner."
"AMICE","A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but nowabout the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Churchwhile saying Mass."
"AMID","See Amidst."
"AMIDE","A compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid elementor radical. It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or morehydrogen atoms have been replaced by an acid atom or radical. Acidamide, a neutral compound formed by the substitution of the amidogroup for hydroxyl in an acid."
"AMIDIN","Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, likehorn. It is soluble in cold water."
"AMIDO","Containing, or derived from, amidogen. Amido acid, an acid inwhich a portion of the nonacid hydrogen has been replaced by theamido group. The amido acids are both basic and acid.-- Amido group, amidogen, NH2."
"AMIDOGEN","A compound radical, NH2, not yet obtained in a separate state,which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one ofits hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the amido group,and in composition represented by the form amido."
"AMIDOL","A salt of a diamino phenol, C6H3(OH)(NH2)2, used as adeveloper."
"AMIDSHIPS","In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, andsometimes also her breadth. Totten."
"AMIGO","A friend; -- a Spanish term applied in the Philippine Islandsto friendly natives."
"AMINE","One of a class of strongly basic substances derived fromammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atomor radical."
"AMINOL","A colorless liquid prepared from herring brine and containingamines, used as a local antiseptic."
"AMIOID","Like or pertaining to the Amioidei.-- n."
"AMIOIDEI","An order of ganoid fishes of which Amis is type. See Bowfin andGanoidei."
"AMIR","Same as Ameer."
"AMISH","The Amish Mennonites."
"AMISS","Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.What error drives our eyes and ears amiss Shak.Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3.To take (an act, thing) amiss, to impute a wrong motive to (an act orthing); to take offense at' to take unkindly; as, you must not takethese questions amiss."
"AMISSIBILITY","The quality of being amissible; possibility of being lost. [R.]Notions of popular rights and the amissibility of sovereign power formisconduct were alternately broached by the two great religiousparties of Europe. Hallam."
"AMISSIBLE","Liable to be lost. [R.]"
"AMISSION","Deprivation; loss. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"AMIT","To lose. [Obs.]A lodestone fired doth presently amit its proper virtue. Sir T.Browne."
"AMITOSIS","Cell division in which there is first a simple cleavage of thenucleus without change in its structure (such as the formation ofchromosomes), followed by the division of the cytoplasm; direct celldivision; -- opposed to mitosis. It is not the usual mode ofdivision, and is believed by many to occur chiefly in highlyspecialized cells which are incapable of long-continuedmultiplication, in transitory structures, and in those in earlystages of degeneration."
"AMITOTIC","Of or pertaining to amitosis; karyostenotic; -- opposed tomitotic."
"AMITY","Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies,or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty ofamity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories.To live on terms of amity with vice. Cowper."
"AMMA","An abbes or spiritual mother."
"AMMETER","A contraction of amperometer or amp\u00e8remeter."
"AMMIRAL","An obsolete form of admiral. 'The mast of some great ammiral.'Milton."
"AMMITE","O\u00f6lite or roestone; -- written also hammite. [Obs.]"
"AMMONAL","An explosive consisting of a mixture of powdered aluminium andnitrate of ammonium."
"AMMONIA","A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with apungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spiritsof hartshorn."
"AMMONIACAL FERMENTATION","Any fermentation process by which ammonia is formed, as that bywhich urea is converted into ammonium carbonate when urine is exposedto the air."
"AMMONIATED","Combined or impregnated with ammonia."
"AMMONIC","Of or pertaining to ammonia."
"AMMONITE","A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There aremany genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical formshaving existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedinglynumerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of thesepta very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Alsocalled serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis."
"AMMONITIFEROUS","Containing fossil ammonites."
"AMMONITOIDEA","An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant inMesozoic rocks. See Ammonite."
"AMMONIUM","A compound radical, NH4, having the chemical relations of astrongly basic element like the alkali metals."
"AMMUNITION","To provide with ammunition."
"AMNESIA","Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease,in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place ofthose he wishes to employ. Quian."
"AMNESIC","Of or pertaining to amnesia. 'Amnesic or co\u00f6rdinate defects.'Quian."
"AMNESTIC","Causing loss of memory."
"AMNESTY","To grant amnesty to."
"AMNICOLIST","One who lives near a river. [Obs.] Bailey."
"AMNIGENOUS","Born or bred in, of, or near a river. [Obs.] Bailey."
"AMNION","A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, andreptiles."
"AMNIOS","Same as Amnion."
"AMNIOTA","That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic lifethe envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds,and the mammals."
"AMNIOTIC","Of or pertaining to the amnion; characterized by an amnion; as,the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac. Amniotic acid. (Chem.) [R.] SeeAllantoin."
"AMOEBA","A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing manychanges of form at will. See Rhizopoda."
"AMOEBAEUM","A poem in which persons are represented at speakingalternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil."
"AMOEBEA","That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba andsimilar forms."
"AMOEBEAN","Alternately answering."
"AMOEBIAN","One of the Amoebea."
"AMOEBOUS","Like an amoeba in structure."
"AMOLE","Any detergent plant, or the part of it used as a detergent, asthe roots of Agave Americana, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, etc. [Sp.Amer. & Mex.]"
"AMOLITION","Removal; a putting away. [Obs.] Bp. Ward (1673)."
"AMOMUM","A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bearcardamoms, and grains of paradise."
"AMONESTE","To admonish. [Obs.]"
"AMONTILLADO","A dry kind of cherry, of a light color. Simmonds."
"AMORETTE","An amoret. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"AMORIST","A lover; a gallant. [R.] Milton.It was the custom for an amorist to impress the name of his mistressin the dust, or upon the damp earth, with letters fixed upon hisshoe. Southey."
"AMOROSA","A wanton woman; a courtesan. Sir T. Herbert."
"AMOROSITY","The quality of being amorous; lovingness. [R.] Galt."
"AMOROSO","A lover; a man enamored."
"AMOROUSLY","In an amorous manner; fondly."
"AMOROUSNESS","The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love;lovingness."
"AMORPHA","A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purpleflowers; false or bastard indigo. Longfellow."
"AMORPHISM","A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being withoutcrystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal,etc."
"AMORPHOZOA","Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as thesponges."
"AMORPHOZOIC","Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa."
"AMORPHY","Shapelessness. [Obs.] Swift."
"AMORT","As if dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed. Shak."
"AMORTIZABLE","Capable of being cleared off, as a debt."
"AMORTIZATION","The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, whichwas considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or inmortmain."
"AMORTIZE","To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation.See Mortmain."
"AMORTIZEMENT","Same as Amortization."
"AMOTUS","Elevated, -- as a toe, when raised so high that the tip doesnot touch the ground."
"AMOUNT","To signify; to amount to. [Obs.]"
"AMOUR PROPRE","Self-love; self-esteem."
"AMOVABILITY","Liability to be removed or dismissed from office. [R.] T.Jefferson."
"AMOVABLE","Removable."
"AMOVE","To dismiss from an office or station."
"AMPELITE","An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to killinsects, etc., on vines; -- applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceousalum schist."
"AMPELOPSIS","A genus formerly including the Virginia creeper."
"AMPERAGE","The strength of a current of electricity carried by a conductoror generated by a machine, measured in amp\u00e8res."
"AMPERE FOOT","A unit, employed in calculating fall of pressure indistributing mains, equivalent to a current of one amp\u00e8re flowingthrough one foot of conductor."
"AMPERE TURN","A unit equal to the product of one complete convolution (of acoiled conductor) into one amp\u00e8re of current; thus, a conductorhaving five convolutions and carrying a current of half an amp\u00e8re issaid to have 2\u00bd amp\u00e8re turns. The magnetizing effect of a coil isproportional to the number of its amp\u00e8re turns."
"AMPERSAND","A word used to describe the character Halliwell."
"AMPHI-","A prefix in words of Greek origin, signifying both, of bothkinds, on both sides, about, around."
"AMPHIARTHRODIAL","Characterized by amphiarthrosis."
"AMPHIARTHROSIS","A form of articulation in which the bones are connected byintervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis."
"AMPHIASTER","The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division,consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle ofrodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle."
"AMPHIBIA","One of the classes of vertebrates."
"AMPHIBIAL","Amphibian. [R.]"
"AMPHIBIAN","Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles."
"AMPHIBIOLOGICAL","Pertaining to amphibiology."
"AMPHIBIOLOGY","A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of naturalhistory which treats of the Amphibia."
"AMPHIBIOTICA","A division of insects having aquatic larv\u00e6."
"AMPHIBIOUSLY","Like an amphibious being."
"AMPHIBIUM","An amphibian."
"AMPHIBLASTIC","Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with completesegmentation."
"AMPHIBOLE","A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color andin composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive,generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies fromwhite to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesiumand calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varietiesare tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the lastname being also used as a general term for the whole species).Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite,diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See Hornblende."
"AMPHIBOLOGICAL","Of doubtful meaning; ambiguous. 'Amphibological expressions.'Jer. Taylor.-- Am*phib`o*log'ic*al*ly, adv."
"AMPHIBOLOGY","A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of twointerpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs fromequivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term."
"AMPHIBOLOUS","Capable of two meanings.An amphibolous sentence is one that is capable of two meanings, notfrom the double sense of any of the words, but from its admitting ofa double construction; e. g., 'The duke yet lives that Henry shalldepose.' Whately."
"AMPHIBOLY","Ambiguous discourse; amphibology.If it oracle contrary to our interest or humor, we will create anamphiboly, a double meaning where there is none. Whitlock."
"AMPHIBRACH","A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first andlast short (as, h. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes theplace of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet''ic."
"AMPHICHROIC","Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in thecolor test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red."
"AMPHICOME","A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences,anciently used in divination. [Obs.] Encyc. Brit."
"AMPHICTYONIC","Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council;as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body. W. Smith."
"AMPHICTYONS","Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to acongress or council. They considered both political and religiousmatters."
"AMPHICTYONY","A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebratedconfederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was tomaintain the common interests of Greece."
"AMPHID","A salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and abase, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, ortellurides, as distinguished from a haloid compound. [R.] Berzelius."
"AMPHIDISC","A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheelat each end; -- found in freshwater sponges."
"AMPHIDROMICAL","Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- socalled because the friends of the parents carried the child aroundthe hearth and then named it."
"AMPHIGAMOUS","Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexualorgans; -- a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order ofplants."
"AMPHIGEAN","Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polarzones inclusive."
"AMPHIGEN","An element that in combination produces amphid salt; -- appliedby Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium. [R.]"
"AMPHIGENE","Leucite."
"AMPHIGENESIS","Sexual generation; amphigony."
"AMPHIGENOUS","Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens."
"AMPHIGONIC","Pertaining to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation.[R.]"
"AMPHIGONOUS","Relating to both parents. [R.]"
"AMPHIGONY","Sexual propagation. [R.]"
"AMPHIGORIC","Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory."
"AMPHIGORY","A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which onfurther attention proves to be meaningless. [Written alsoamphigouri.]"
"AMPHIMACER","A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the otherslong, as in cast. Andrews."
"AMPHINEURA","A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry ofthe organs and the arrangement of the nerves."
"AMPHIOXUS","A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or threeinches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet.Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and mostgeneralized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull,vertebr\u00e6, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania,Leptocardia, etc."
"AMPHIPNEUST","One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills atthe same time, as the proteus and siren."
"AMPHIPOD","One of the Amphipoda."
"AMPHIPODA","A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabitingboth fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally,and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, butthe posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beachflea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca."
"AMPHIPODOUS","Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda."
"AMPHIPROSTYLE","Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at thesides.-- n."
"AMPHIRHINA","A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasalsac is double."
"AMPHISBAENA","A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs,and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head ateach, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix."
"AMPHISBAENOID","Like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus Amphisb\u00e6na."
"AMPHISTOMOUS","Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by meansof which they adhere."
"AMPHISTYLIC","Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch andthe cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull."
"AMPHITHEATRAL","Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater."
"AMPHITHEATRICALLY","In the form or manner of an amphitheater."
"AMPHITROCHA","A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventralcircle of special cilia."
"AMPHIUMA","A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States,having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and twopersistent gill openings; the Congo snake."
"AMPHOPEPTONE","A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone andantipeptone."
"AMPHORA","Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at thebottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc."
"AMPHORAL","Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora."
"AMPHORIC","Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled,and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an emptydecanter; as, amphoric respiration or resonance."
"AMPHOTERIC","Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline;neutral. [R.] Smart."
"AMPLE","Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious;roomy; widely extended.All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humbleknees. Spenser."
"AMPLECTANT","Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils. Gray."
"AMPLENESS","The state or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness;completeness."
"AMPLEXATION","An embrace. [Obs.]An humble amplexation of those sacred feet. Bp. Hall."
"AMPLEXICAUL","Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves. Gray."
"AMPLIATE","To enlarge. [R.]To maintain and ampliate the external possessions of your empire.Udall."
"AMPLIATION","A postponement of the decision of a cause, for furtherconsideration or re-argument."
"AMPLIATIVE","Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already knownor received.'All bodies possess power of attraction' is an ampliative judgment;because we can think of bodies without thinking of attraction as oneof their immediate primary attribute. Abp. W. Thomson."
"AMPLIFICATE","To amplify. [Obs.] Bailey."
"AMPLIFICATION","The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity ofdescription, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect;diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all theparticulars of a subject.Exaggeration is a species of amplification. Brande & C.I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in whatmanner defects have been supplied. Sir J. Davies."
"AMPLIFICATIVE","Amplificatory."
"AMPLIFICATORY","Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative. Morell."
"AMPLIFIER","One who or that which amplifies."
"AMPLIFY","To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously byadding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but muchamplified by our English translator. Dryden."
"AMPLITUDE","The horizontal line which measures the distance to which aprojectile is thrown; the range."
"AMPLY","In an ample manner."
"AMPUL","Same as Ampulla, 2."
"AMPULLA","A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out likea jug."
"AMPULLACEOUS","Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.Kirby. Ampullaceous sac (Zo\u00f6l.), one of the peculiar cavities in thetissues of sponges, containing the zooidal cells."
"AMPULLIFORM","Flask-shaped; dilated."
"AMPUTATE","To cut off (a limb or projecting part (of the body). Wiseman."
"AMPUTATION","The act amputating; esp. the operation of cutting of a limb orprojecting part of the body."
"AMPUTATOR","One who amputates."
"AMPYX","A woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the fronthair."
"AMRITA","Immorality; also, the nectar conferring immortality.-- a. Ambrosial; immortal."
"AMT","An administrative territorial division in Denmark and Norway."
"AMUCK","In a frenzied and reckless. To run amuck, to rush out in astate of frenzy, as the Malays sometimes do under the influence of'bhang,' and attack every one that comes in the way; to assailrecklessly and indiscriminately.Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt atall I meet. Pope."
"AMULET","An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic,etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, suchas diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic formsor characters."
"AMULETIC","Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm."
"AMURCOUS","Full off dregs; foul. [R.] Knowles."
"AMUSABLE","Capable of being amused."
"AMUSE","To muse; to mediate. [Obs.]"
"AMUSER","One who amuses."
"AMUSETTE","A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel."
"AMUSING","Giving amusement; diverting; as, an amusing story.-- A*mus'ing*ly, adv."
"AMUSIVE","Having power to amuse or entertain the mind; fitted to excitemirth. [R.] -- A*mu'sive*ly, adv.-- A*mu'sive*ness, n."
"AMVIS","An explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate, a derivative ofnitrobenzene, chlorated napthalene, and wood meal."
"AMY","A friend. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AMYELOUS","Wanting the spinal cord."
"AMYGDALACEOUS","Akin to, or derived from, the almond."
"AMYGDALATE","Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds."
"AMYGDALIC","Of or pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin; as,amygdalic acid."
"AMYGDALIFEROUS","Almond-bearing."
"AMYGDALIN","A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white,crystalline substance."
"AMYGDALINE","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds."
"AMYGDALOID","A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities,occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of differentminerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When theimbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it isporous, like lava."
"AMYL","A hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found inamyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc."
"AMYL ALCOHOL","Any of eight isomeric liquid compounds, C5H11OH; ordinarily, amixture of two of these forming a colorless liquid with a peculiarcough-exciting odor and burning taste, the chief constituent of fuseloil. It is used as a source of amyl compounds, such as amyl acetate,amyl nitrite, etc."
"AMYL NITRITE","A yellowish oily volatile liquid, C5H11NO2, used in medicine asa heart stimulant and a vasodilator. The inhalation of its vaporinstantly produces flushing of the face."
"AMYLACEOUS","Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy."
"AMYLATE","A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atomor radical."
"AMYLENE","One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of theethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonlycalled amylene is a mixture of different members of the group."
"AMYLIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl; as, amylic ether. Amylicalcohol (Chem.), one of the series of alcohols, a transparent,colorless liquid, having a peculiar odor. It is the hydroxide ofamyl.-- Amylic fermentation (Chem.), a process of fermentation in starchor sugar in which amylic alcohol is produced. Gregory."
"AMYLOBACTER","A micro\u00f6rganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops invegetable tissue during putrefaction. Sternberg."
"AMYLOGEN","That part of the starch granule or granulose which is solublein water."
"AMYLOGENESIS","The formation of starch."
"AMYLOID","The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration."
"AMYLOLYSIS","The conversion of starch into soluble products, as dextrins andsugar, esp. by the action of enzymes. -- Am`y*lo*lyt'ic (#), a."
"AMYLOLYTIC","Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin andsugar; as, an amylolytic ferment. Foster."
"AMYLOMETER","Instrument for determining the amount of starch in a substance."
"AMYLOPLASTIC","Starch-forming; amylogenic."
"AMYLOPSIN","The diastase of the pancreatic juice."
"AMYLOSE","One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as,starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc."
"AMYOUS","Wanting in muscle; without flesh."
"AMYSS","Same as Amice, a hood or cape."
"AN","This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called theindefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular numberonly, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. Insuch expressions as 'twice an hour,' 'once an age,' a shilling anounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalentto each, every."
"ANA","Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or,contracted, aa), ., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces.An apothecary with a . . . long bill of anas. Dryden."
"ANA-","A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward,throughout, backward, back, again, anew."
"ANABAPTISM","The doctrine of the Anabaptists."
"ANABAPTIST","A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding thatrebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy."
"ANABAPTISTRY","The doctrine, system, or practice, of Anabaptists. [R.]Thus died this imaginary king; and Anabaptistry was suppressed inMunster. Pagitt."
"ANABAPTIZE","To rebaptize; to rechristen; also, to rename. [R.] Whitlock."
"ANABAS","A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living longout of water, and of making their way on land for considerabledistances, and for climbing trees; the climbing fishes."
"ANABASIS","The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.[Obs.]"
"ANABATIC","Pertaining to anabasis; as, an anabatic fever. [Obs.]"
"ANABOLIC","Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes,more or less constructive in their nature."
"ANABOLISM","The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished fromkatabolism."
"ANABRANCH","A branch of a river that re\u00ebnters, or anastomoses with, themain stream; also, less properly, a branch which loses itself insandy soil. [Australia]"
"ANACAMPTIC","Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo)."
"ANACAMPTICALLY","By reflection; as, echoes are sound produced anacamptically.Hutton."
"ANACAMPTICS","A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, asthe cod."
"ANACANTHOUS","Spineless, as certain fishes."
"ANACARDIACEOUS","Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants ofwhich the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are wellknown examples."
"ANACARDIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardicacid."
"ANACARDIUM","A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew."
"ANACATHARTIC","Producing vomiting or expectoration.-- n."
"ANACHARIS","A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharidace\u00e6),native to America. Transferred to England it became an obstruction tonavigation. Called also waterweed and water thyme."
"ANACHORISM","An error in regard to the place of an event or a thing; areferring something to a wrong place. [R.]"
"ANACHRONISM","A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error inchronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other,esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification ofchronological relation."
"ANACHRONISTIC","Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism. T. Warton."
"ANACHRONIZE","To refer to, or put into, a wrong time. [R.] Lowell."
"ANACHRONOUS","Containing an anachronism; anachronistic.-- An*ach'ro*nous*ly, adv."
"ANACLASTIC","Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as,anaclastic curves."
"ANACLASTICS","That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; --commonly called dioptrics. Encyc. Brit."
"ANACOENOSIS","A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponentsfor their opinion on the point in debate. Walker."
"ANACOLUTHIC","Lacking grammatical sequence.-- An`a*co*lu'thic*al*ly, adv."
"ANACOLUTHON","A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; aninstance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latterpart does not syntactically correspond with the first part."
"ANACONDA","A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectesmurinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and smallmammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Pythontigris) of Ceylon."
"ANACREONTIC","Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, theGreek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial. De Quincey."
"ANACROTIC","Pertaining to anachronism."
"ANACROTISM","A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in asphygmographic tracing."
"ANACRUSIS","A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properlybeginning with an accented syllable."
"ANADEM","A garland or fillet; a chaplet or wreath. Drayton. Tennyson."
"ANADIPLOSIS","A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in asentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunctidea; as, 'He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes --misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent.'"
"ANADROM","A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers."
"ANADROMOUS","Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, forbreeding, as the salmon, shad, etc."
"ANAEMIA","A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in qualityor in quantity."
"ANAEMIC","Of or pertaining to an\u00e6mia."
"ANAEROBIC","Relating to, or like, ana\u00ebrobies; ara\u00ebrobiotic."
"ANAEROBIES","Micro\u00f6rganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed byit. Sternberg."
"ANAEROBIOTIC","Related to, or of the nature of, ana\u00ebrobies."
"ANAESTHESIA","Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; astate of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by theinhalation or application of an an\u00e6sthetic."
"ANAESTHESIS","See An\u00e6sthesia."
"ANAESTHETIC","That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform,ether, etc."
"ANAESTHETIZATION","The process of an\u00e6sthetizing; also, the condition of thenervous system induced by an\u00e6sthetics."
"ANAESTHETIZE","To render insensible by an an\u00e6sthetic. Encyc. Brit."
"ANAGLYPH","Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in lowrelief, as a cameo."
"ANAGLYPHIC","Work chased or embossed relief."
"ANAGLYPTIC","Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in lowrelief."
"ANAGLYPTICS","The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc."
"ANAGLYPTOGRAPH","An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossedobject, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed. Brande & C."
"ANAGLYPTOGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to anaglyptography; as, analyptographicengraving."
"ANAGLYPTOGRAPHY","The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to givethe subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representingcoins, bas-reliefs, etc."
"ANAGNORISIS","The unfolding or d\u00e9nouement. [R.] De Quincey."
"ANAGOGE","Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest ofthe Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of thesaints in heaven; an anagogical explication.-- An`a*gog'ic*al*ly, adv."
"ANAGOGICS","Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures. L.Addison."
"ANAGOGY","Same as Anagoge."
"ANAGRAM","Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in itsusual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another bythe transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus;William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) maybe turned into I moyl in law."
"ANAGRAMMATISM","The act or practice of making anagrams. Camden."
"ANAGRAMMATIST","A maker anagrams."
"ANAGRAMMATIZE","To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form ananagram. Cudworth."
"ANAGRAPH","An inventory; a record. [Obs.] Knowles."
"ANAL","Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus; as, the anal fin orglands."
"ANALCIME","A white or flesh-red mineral, of the zeolite, occurring inisometric crystals. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity;hence its name."
"ANALCITE","Analcime."
"ANALECTIC","Relating to analects; made up of selections; as, an analecticmagazine."
"ANALEMMA","An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of themeridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in theeast or west point of the horizon."
"ANALEPTIC","Restorative; giving strength after disease.-- n."
"ANALGESIA","Absence of sensibility to pain. Quain."
"ANALLAGMATIC","Not changed in form by inversion. Anallagmatic curves, a classof curves of the fourth degree which have certain peculiar relationsto circles; -- sometimes called bicircular quartics.-- Anallagmatic surfaces, a certain class of surfaces of the fourthdegree."
"ANALLANTOIC","Without, or not developing, an allantois."
"ANALLANTOIDEA","The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed.It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms."
"ANALOGAL","Analogous. [Obs.] Donne."
"ANALOGIC","Of or belonging to analogy. Geo. Eliot."
"ANALOGICALLY","In an analogical sense; in accordance with analogy; by way ofsimilitude.A prince is analogically styled a pilot, being to the state as apilot is to the vessel. Berkeley."
"ANALOGICALNESS","Quality of being analogical."
"ANALOGISM","an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument.Johnson."
"ANALOGIST","One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy. Cheyne."
"ANALOGIZE","To employ, or reason by, analogy."
"ANALOGON","Analogue."
"ANALOGOUS","Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing someresemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey.Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to naturaldeath. J. H. Newman.nalogous pole (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which becomespositively electrified when heated."
"ANALOGUE","A word in one language corresponding with one in another; ananalogous term; as, the Latin 'pater' is the analogue of the English'father.'"
"ANALOGY","A relation or correspondence in function, between organs orparts which are decidedly different."
"ANALYSIS","The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes,into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) whatelements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. Theformer is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis."
"ANALYST","One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraicalgeometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis."
"ANALYTICALLY","In an analytical manner."
"ANALYTICS","The science of analysis."
"ANALYZABLE","That may be analyzed."
"ANALYZATION","The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts;analysis."
"ANALYZE","To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into itselements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose ofan examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as toascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, toanalyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; toanalyze an action to ascertain its morality.No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain.Darwin."
"ANALYZER","The part of a polariscope which receives the light afterpolarization, and exhibits its properties."
"ANAMESE","Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia.-- n."
"ANAMNESIS","A recalling to mind; recollection."
"ANAMNESTIC","Aiding the memory; as, anamnestic remedies."
"ANAMNIOTIC","Without, or not developing, an amnion."
"ANAMORPHISM","A gradual progression from one type to another, generallyascending. Huxley."
"ANAMORPHOSCOPE","An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted byanamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of acylindrical mirror."
"ANAMORPHOSIS","A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of animage on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certainpoint, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron,appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image."
"ANAMORPHOSY","Same as Anamorphosis."
"ANAN","An expression equivalent to What did you say Sir Eh [Obs.]Shak."
"ANANAS","The pineapple (Ananassa sativa)."
"ANANDROUS","Destitute of stamen"
"ANANGULAR","Containing no angle. [R.]"
"ANANTHEROUS","Destitute of anthers. Gray."
"ANANTHOUS","Destitute of flowers; flowerless."
"ANAPEST","A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first twoshort, or unaccented, the last long, or accented; the reverse of thedactyl. In Latin d, and in English in-ter-vene, are examples ofanapests."
"ANAPESTIC","Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, ananapestic meter, foot, verse.-- n."
"ANAPESTICAL","Anapestic."
"ANAPHORA","A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two ormore successive clauses."
"ANAPHRODISIA","Absence of sexual appetite."
"ANAPHRODISIAC","Same as Antaphrodisiac. Dunglison."
"ANAPHRODITIC","Produced without concourse of sexes."
"ANAPLASTIC","Of or pertaining to anaplasty."
"ANAPLASTY","The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normalshape by the use of healthy tissue."
"ANAPLEROTIC","Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.-- n."
"ANAPNOGRAPH","A form of spirometer."
"ANAPNOIC","Relating to respiration."
"ANAPODEICTIC","Not apodeictic; undemonstrable. [R.]"
"ANAPOPHYSIS","An accessory process in many lumbar vertebr\u00e6."
"ANAPTOTIC","Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay;as, anaptotic languages."
"ANAPTYCHUS","One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, asthe ammonites."
"ANARCH","The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. Milton.Imperial anarchs doubling human woes. Byron."
"ANARCHAL","Lawless; anarchical. [R.]We are in the habit of calling those bodies of men anarchal which arein a state of effervescence. Landor."
"ANARCHISM","The doctrine or practice of anarchists."
"ANARCHIST","An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrowof civil government."
"ANARCHIZE","To reduce to anarchy."
"ANARTHROPODA","One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are nojointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to Arthropoda."
"ANARTHROPODOUS","Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda."
"ANARTHROUS","Used without the article; as, an anarthrous substantive."
"ANAS","A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certainspecies of fresh-water ducks."
"ANASARCA","Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion ofserum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale,inelastic swelling of the skin."
"ANASARCOUS","Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.Wiseman."
"ANASEISMIC","Moving up and down; -- said of earthquake shocks."
"ANASTALTIC","Styptic. [Obs.] Coxe."
"ANASTATE","One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, byconstructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm;-- opposed to katastate. Foster."
"ANASTATIC","Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from charactersin relief on zinc plates."
"ANASTIGMATIC","Not astigmatic; --said esp. of a lens system which consists ofa converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and oppositeastigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free fromastigmatism."
"ANASTOMOSE","To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as thearteries and veins.The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels.I. Taylor."
"ANASTOMOSIS","The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between twoor more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication betweenarteries or veins."
"ANASTOMOTIC","Of or pertaining to anastomosis."
"ANASTROPHE","An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed thehills, for, the hills echoed."
"ANATHEMA","Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema.-- A*nath`e*mat'ic*al*ly, adv."
"ANATHEMATISM","Anathematization. [Obs.]We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronouncedagainst the Jewish Hellenists. J. Taylor."
"ANATHEMATIZATION","The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed;imprecation. Barrow."
"ANATHEMATIZE","To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemnpublicly as something accursed. Milton."
"ANATHEMATIZER","One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond."
"ANATIFA","An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having afleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia."
"ANATIFER","Same as Anatifa."
"ANATIFEROUS","Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatif\u00e6, under the absurd notionof their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle."
"ANATINE","Of or pertaining to the ducks; ducklike."
"ANATOCISM","Compound interest. [R.] Bouvier."
"ANATOMICALLY","In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection."
"ANATOMIST","One who is skilled in the art of anatomy, or dissection."
"ANATOMIZATION","The act of anatomizing."
"ANATOMIZER","A dissector."
"ANATREPTIC","Overthrowing; defeating; -- applied to Plato's refutativedialogues. Enfield."
"ANATRON","Having the ovule inverted at an early period in itsdevelopment, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposedto orthotropous. Gray."
"ANATTO","Same as Annotto."
"ANCE","A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as,assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy."
"ANCESTOR","An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal isregarded as the ancestor of the horse."
"ANCESTORIAL","Ancestral. Grote."
"ANCESTORIALLY","With regard to ancestors."
"ANCESTRAL","Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestoror ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. 'Ancestral trees.' Hemans."
"ANCESTRESS","A female ancestor."
"ANCHOR","An emblem of hope."
"ANCHOR LIGHT","The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor. Internationalrules of the road require vessels at anchor to carry from sunset tosunrise a single white light forward if under 150 feet in length, andif longer, two such lights, one near the stern and one forward."
"ANCHOR SHOT","A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space."
"ANCHOR SPACE","In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 inches by 3\u00bd,lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line.Object balls in an anchor space are treated as in balk."
"ANCHOR WATCH","A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at nightwhen a vessel is at anchor."
"ANCHORABLE","Fit for anchorage."
"ANCHORAGE","Abode of an anchoret."
"ANCHORATE","Anchor-shaped."
"ANCHORED","Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of ananchor; as, an anchored cross. [Sometimes spelt ancred.]"
"ANCHORESS","A female anchoret.And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt. Wordsworth."
"ANCHORETISH","Hermitlike."
"ANCHORETISM","The practice or mode of life of an anchoret."
"ANCHORITE","Same as Anchoret."
"ANCHORITESS","An anchoress. [R.]"
"ANCHORLESS","Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled."
"ANCHOVY","A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herringfamily (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in theMediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also appliedto several allied species."
"ANCHOVY PEAR","A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled;also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit."
"ANCHUSIN","A resinoid coloring matter obtained from alkanet root."
"ANCHYLOSE","To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite orconsolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into one.[Spelt also ankylose.] Owen."
"ANCHYLOTIC","Of or pertaining to anchylosis."
"ANCIENT","Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns."
"ANCIENTNESS","The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from oldtimes."
"ANCILE","The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen fromheaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome."
"ANCILLARY","Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary.The Convocation of York seems to have been always considered asinferior, and even ancillary, to the greater province. Hallam."
"ANCILLARY ADMINISTRATION","An administration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary orprincipal administration of an estate."
"ANCILLE","A maidservant; a handmaid. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ANCISTROID","Hook-shaped."
"ANCLE","See Ankle."
"ANCOME","A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow.[Obs.] Boucher."
"ANCON","The olecranon, or the elbow. Ancon sheep (Zo\u00f6l.), a breed ofsheep with short crooked legs and long back. It originated inMassachusetts in 1791; -- called also the otter breed."
"ANCONEUS","A muscle of the elbow and forearm."
"ANCONOID","Elbowlike; anconal."
"ANCONY","A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar inthe middle, but unwrought at the ends."
"ANDABATISM","Doubt; uncertainty. [Obs.] Shelford."
"ANDALUSITE","A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombicprisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It wasfirst discovered in Andalusia, Spain."
"ANDANTE","Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker thanlarghetto, and slower than allegretto.-- n."
"ANDANTINO","Rather quicker than andante; between that allegretto."
"ANDARAC","Red orpiment. Coxe."
"ANDEAN","Pertaining to the Andes."
"ANDESINE","A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes."
"ANDESITE","An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially ofa triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene."
"ANDINE","Andean; as, Andine flora."
"ANDIRON","A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, onebeing placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons."
"ANDRANATOMY","The dissection of a human body, especially of a male;androtomy. Coxe."
"ANDROCEPHALOUS","Having a human head (upon an animal's body), as the Egyptiansphinx."
"ANDROECIUM","The stamens of a flower taken collectively."
"ANDROGYNE","An androgynous plant. Whewell."
"ANDROID","Resembling a man."
"ANDROMEDA","A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythicalAndromeda."
"ANDRON","The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lowerpart of the house."
"ANDROPETALOUS","Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, asdouble flowers, like the garden ranunculus. Brande."
"ANDROPHAGI","Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi. [R.]"
"ANDROPHAGOUS","Anthropophagous."
"ANDROPHORE","A support or column on which stamens are raised. Gray."
"ANDROPOGON","A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearlyall parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and thebeard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States. The principalsubgenus is Sorghum, including  A. sorghum and A. halepensis, fromwhich have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass,the Aleppo grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet.Several East Indian species, as A. nardus and A. schonanthus, yieldfragrant oils, used in perfumery."
"ANDROSPHINX","A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body ofa lion."
"ANDROSPORE","A spore of some alg\u00e6, which has male functions."
"ANDROTOMOUS","Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts."
"ANDROTOMY","Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zo\u00f6tomy;anthropotomy. [R.]"
"ANDROUS","A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens;staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with manystamens."
"ANEAR","Near. [R.] 'It did not come anear.' Coleridge.The measure of misery anear us. I. Taylor."
"ANEATH","Beneath. [Scot.]"
"ANECDOTAGE","Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.All history, therefore, being built partly, and some of italtogether, upon anecdotage, must be a tissue of lies. De Quincey."
"ANECDOTAL","Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotalconversation."
"ANECDOTE","Unpublished narratives. Burke."
"ANECDOTIST","One who relates or collects anecdotes."
"ANELACE","Same as Anlace."
"ANELECTRIC","Not becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed toidioelectric.-- n."
"ANELECTRODE","The positive pole of a voltaic battery."
"ANELECTROTONUS","The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in theregion of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a currentof electricity through it. Foster."
"ANEMOGRAM","A record made by an anemograph."
"ANEMOGRAPH","An instrument for measuring and recording the direction andforce of the wind. Knight."
"ANEMOGRAPHIC","Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography."
"ANEMOLOGY","The science of the wind."
"ANEMOMETER","An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind;a wind gauge."
"ANEMOMETROGRAPH","An anemograph. Knight."
"ANEMOMETRY","The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of thewind."
"ANEMONE","A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family;windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens."
"ANEMONIC","An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from,the anemone, or from anemonin."
"ANEMONIN","An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained fromsome species of anemone."
"ANEMONY","See Anemone. Sandys."
"ANEMORPHILOUS","Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants inwhich the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized. Lubbock."
"ANEMOSCOPE","An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a windvane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consistingof a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index withpointers to show the changes of the wind."
"ANEMOSIS","A condition in the wood of some trees in which the rings areseparated, as some suppose, by the action of high winds upon thetrunk; wind shake."
"ANENTEROUS","Destitute of a stomach or an intestine. Owen."
"ANEROID","Containing no liquid; -- said of kind of barometer. Aneroidbarometer, a barometer the action of which depends on the varyingpressure of the atmosphere upon the elastic top of a metallic box(shaped like a watch) from which the air has been exhausted. An indexshows the variation of pressure."
"ANES","Once. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"ANET","The herb dill, or dillseed."
"ANETHOL","A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel,etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also anisecamphor. Watts."
"ANETIC","Soothing."
"ANEURISM","A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising fromthe preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery.[Written also aneurysm.]"
"ANEURISMAL","Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor;aneurismal diathesis. [Written also aneurysmal.]"
"ANEW","Over again; another time; in a new form; afresh; as, to armanew; to create anew. Dryden."
"ANFRACTUOSE","Anfractuous; as, anfractuose anthers."
"ANFRACTUOSITY","A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating theconvolutions of the brain."
"ANFRACTUOUS","Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as,the anfractuous spires of a born.-- An*frac'tu*ous*ness, n."
"ANFRACTURE","A mazy winding."
"ANGARIATION","Exaction of forced service; compulsion. [Obs.] Speed."
"ANGEL","An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of thearchangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s. Amer. Cyc."
"ANGEL FISH","See under Angel."
"ANGELAGE","Existence or state of angels."
"ANGELET","A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel.Eng. Cyc."
"ANGELHOOD","The state of being an angel; angelic nature. Mrs. Browning."
"ANGELIC","Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether.Angelic acid, an acid obtained from angelica and some other plants."
"ANGELICALLY","Like an angel."
"ANGELICALNESS","The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human."
"ANGELIFY","To make like an angel; to angelize. [Obs.] Farindon (1647)."
"ANGELIZE","To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic.It ought not to be our object to angelize, nor to brutalize, but tohumanize man. W. Taylor."
"ANGELLIKE","Resembling an angel."
"ANGELOLATRY","Worship paid to angels."
"ANGELOLOGY","A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard toangels.The same mythology commanded the general consent; the sameangelology, demonology. Milman."
"ANGELOPHANY","The actual appearance of an angel to man."
"ANGERLY","Angrily. [Obs. or Poetic]Why, how now, Hecate! you look angerly. Shak."
"ANGEVINE","Of or pertaining to Anjou in France.-- n. A native of Anjou."
"ANGIENCHYMA","Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels,dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels."
"ANGINA","Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as thequinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tendsto produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. Anginapectoris, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense ofsuffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest;-- called also breast pang, spasm of the chest."
"ANGIO-","A prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usuallyrelating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, orcovered by, a vessel."
"ANGIOGRAPHY","A description of blood vessels and lymphatics."
"ANGIOLOGY","That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels andlymphatics."
"ANGIOMA","A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels."
"ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS","Producing one seed only in a seed pod."
"ANGIONEUROSIS","Any disorder of the vasomotor system; neurosis of a bloodvessel. --An`gi*o*neu*rot'ic (#), a."
"ANGIOPATHY","Disease of the vessels, esp. the blood vessels."
"ANGIOSCOPE","An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animalsand plants. Morin."
"ANGIOSPERM","A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp."
"ANGIOSPERMATOUS","Same as Angiospermous."
"ANGIOSPERMOUS","Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp."
"ANGIOSPOROUS","Having spores contained in cells or thec\u00e6, as in the case ofsome fungi."
"ANGIOSTOMOUS","With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods."
"ANGIOTOMY","Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body.Dunglison."
"ANGLE","A name given to four of the twelve astrological 'houses.'[Obs.] Chaucer."
"ANGLE OF ENTRY","The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of ana\u00ebrocurve) and the line of motion; -- contrasted with angle of trail,which is the angle between the tangent to the following edge and theline of motion."
"ANGLE OF INCIDENCE","The angle between the chord of an a\u00ebrocurve and the relativedirection of the undisturbed air current."
"ANGLED","Having an angle or angles; -- used in compounds; as, right-angled, many-angled, etc.The thrice three-angled beechnut shell. Bp. Hall."
"ANGLEMETER","An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists tomeasure the dip of strata."
"ANGLER","A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having alarge, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiarappendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes withinreach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish,allmouth, monkfish, etc."
"ANGLES","An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, whichcame to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Anglesprobably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits ofSchleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc."
"ANGLESITE","A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowishtransparent, prismatic crystals."
"ANGLEWISE","In an angular manner; angularly."
"ANGLEWORM","A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglersfor bait. See Earthworm."
"ANGLIAN","Of or pertaining to the Angles.-- n."
"ANGLIC","Anglian."
"ANGLICE","In English; in the English manner; as, Livorno, AngliceLeghorn."
"ANGLICIFY","To anglicize. [R.]"
"ANGLICITY","The state or quality of being English."
"ANGLICIZATION","The act of anglicizing, or making English in character."
"ANGLICIZE","To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable tothe English idiom, or to English analogies."
"ANGLIFY","To convert into English; to anglicize. Franklin. Darwin."
"ANGLING","The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod andline. Walton."
"ANGLO-","A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and,or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German,Anglo-Irish. Anglo-American, . Of or pertaining to the English andAmericans, or to the descendants of Englishmen in America.-- n. A descendant from English ancestors born in America, or theUnited States. Anglo-Danish, a. Of or pertaining to the English andDanes, or to the Danes who settled in England. Anglo-Indian, a. Of orpertaining to the English in India, or to the English and East Indianpeoples or languages.-- n. One of the Anglo-Indian race born or resident in the EastIndies. Anglo-Norman, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Normans,or to the Normans who settled in England.-- n. One of the English Normans, or the Normans who conqueredEngland. Anglo-Saxon. See Anglo-Saxon in the Vocabulary."
"ANGLO-CATHOLIC","Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the EnglishReformation; Anglican; -- sometimes restricted to the ritualistic orHigh Church section of the Church of England."
"ANGLO-CATHOLICISM","The belief of those in the Church of England who accept manydoctrines and practices which they maintain were those of theprimitive, or true, Catholic Church, of which they consider theChurch of England to be the lineal descendant."
"ANGLO-SAXON","The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or theEnglish people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.It is quite correct to call \u00c6thelstan 'King of the Anglo-Saxons,' butto call this or that subject of \u00c6thelstan 'an Anglo-Saxon' is simplynonsense. E. A. Freeman."
"ANGLO-SAXONDOM","The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the UnitedStates, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race."
"ANGLOMANIA","A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs,institutions, etc."
"ANGLOMANIAC","One affected with Anglomania."
"ANGLOPHOBIA","Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English.-- An'glo*phobe, n."
"ANGOLA","A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat."
"ANGOLA PEA","A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kindof pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called alsopigeon pea and Congo pea."
"ANGOR","Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upperpart of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression."
"ANGORA","A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name toa goat, a cat, etc. Angora cat (Zo\u00f6l.), a variety of the domestic catwith very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color.Called also Angola cat. See Cat.-- Angora goat (Zo\u00f6l.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared forits long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture."
"ANGOSTURA BARK","An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a SouthAmerican of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or officinalis). U. S.Disp."
"ANGOUMOIS MOTH","A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive towheat and other grain. The larva eats out the inferior of the grain,leaving only the shell."
"ANGRILY","In an angry manner; under the influence of anger."
"ANGRINESS","The quality of being angry, or of being inclined to anger.Such an angriness of humor that we take fire at everything. WholeDuty of Man."
"ANGUIFORM","Snake-shaped."
"ANGUILLIFORM","Eel-shaped."
"ANGUINE","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent. 'Theanguine or snakelike reptiles.' Owen."
"ANGUINEAL","Anguineous."
"ANGUINEOUS","Snakelike."
"ANGUISH","Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and forcruel bondage. Ex. vi. 9.Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child. Jer. iv. 31."
"ANGULAR","A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles,and fishes."
"ANGULARITY","The quality or state of being angular; angularness."
"ANGULARLY","In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners. B. Jonson."
"ANGULARNESS","The quality of being angular."
"ANGULATE","To make angular."
"ANGULATION","A making angular; angular formation. Huxley."
"ANGULO-DENTATE","Angularly toothed, as certain leaves."
"ANGULOMETER","An instrument for measuring external angles."
"ANGULOSE","Angulous. [R.]"
"ANGULOSITY","A state of being angulous or angular. [Obs.]"
"ANGULOUS","Angular; having corners; hooked. [R.]Held together by hooks and angulous involutions. Glanvill."
"ANGUST","Narrow; strait. [Obs.]"
"ANGUSTATE","Narrowed."
"ANGUSTATION","The act or making narrow; a straitening or contacting. Wiseman."
"ANGUSTICLAVE","A narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side ofthe tunic as a sign of rank."
"ANGUSTURA BARK","See Angostura bark."
"ANGWANTIBO","A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. Ithas only a rudimentary tail."
"ANHANG","To hang. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ANHARMONIC","Not harmonic. The anharmonic function or ratio of four pointsabcd on a straight line is the quantity (ac/ad):(bc/bd), where thesegments are to regarded as plus or minus, according to the order ofthe letters."
"ANHELATION","Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma. Glanvill."
"ANHELE","To pant; to be breathlessly anxious or eager (for). [Obs.]They anhele . . . for the fruit of our convocation. Latimer."
"ANHELOSE","Anhelous; panting. [R.]"
"ANHELOUS","Short of breath; panting."
"ANHIMA","A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi(Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi."
"ANHINGA","An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga);the darter, or snakebird."
"ANHISTOUS","Without definite structure; as, an anhistous membrane."
"ANHUNGERED","Ahungered; longing. [Archaic]"
"ANHYDRIDE","An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capableof forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- socalled because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction ofwater."
"ANHYDRITE","A mineral of a white a slightly bluish color, usually massive.It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in notcontaining water (whence the name)."
"ANHYDROUS","Destitute of water; as, anhydrous salts or acids."
"ANIGH","Nigh. [Archaic]"
"ANIL","A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the originalsources of indigo; also, the indigo dye."
"ANILE","Old-womanish; imbecile. 'Anile ideas.' Walpole."
"ANILENESS","Anility. [R.]"
"ANILIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; -- applied toan acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo. [R.]"
"ANILIDE","One of a class of compounds which may be regarded as amides inwhich more or less of the hydrogen has been replaced by phenyl."
"ANILINE","An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may beregarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced bythe radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originallyobtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufacturedfrom coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliantdyes are made."
"ANILINISM","A disease due to inhaling the poisonous fumes present in themanufacture of aniline."
"ANILITY","The state of being and old woman; old-womanishness; dotage.'Marks of anility.' Sterne."
"ANIMADVERSAL","The faculty of perceiving; a percipient. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"ANIMADVERSIVE","Having the power of perceiving; percipient. [Archaic] Glanvill.I do not mean there is a certain number of ideas glaring and shiningto the animadversive faculty. Coleridge."
"ANIMADVERTER","One who animadverts; a censurer; also [Obs.], a chastiser."
"ANIMAL","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules. 'Animalcularlife.' Tyndall."
"ANIMALCULE","An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. SeeInfusoria."
"ANIMALCULISM","The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological andpathological by means of animalcules."
"ANIMALCULUM","An animalcule."
"ANIMALISH","Like an animal."
"ANIMALISM","The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal lifewithout intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality."
"ANIMALITY","Animal existence or nature. Locke."
"ANIMALLY","Physically. G. Eliot."
"ANIMALNESS","Animality. [R.]"
"ANIMASTIC","Pertaining to mind or spirit; spiritual."
"ANIMATE","Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.The admirable structure of animate bodies. Bentley."
"ANIMATED","Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicatinganimation; lively; vigorous. 'Animated sounds.' Pope. 'Animatedbust.' Gray. 'Animated descriptions.' Lewis."
"ANIMATEDLY","With animation."
"ANIMATER","One who animates. De Quincey."
"ANIMATING","Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing.'Animating cries.' Pope.-- An'i*ma`ting*ly, adv."
"ANIMATIVE","Having the power of giving life or spirit. Johnson."
"ANIMATOR","One who, or that which, animates; an animater. Sir T. Browne."
"ANIME","Of a different tincture from the animal itself; -- said of theeyes of a rapacious animal. Brande & C."
"ANIMIST","One who maintains the doctrine of animism."
"ANIMISTIC","Of or pertaining to animism. Huxley. Tylor."
"ANIMOSENESS","Vehemence of temper. [Obs.]"
"ANIMUS","Animating spirit; intention; temper. nimus furandi Etym: [L.](Law), intention of stealing."
"ANION","An electro-negative element, or the element which, in electro-chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; -- opposed tocation. Faraday."
"ANISE","An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally inEgypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative andaromatic seeds."
"ANISEED","The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it. 'Oilof aniseed.' Brande & C."
"ANISETTE","A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. DeColange."
"ANISIC","Of or derived from anise; as, anisic acid; anisic alcohol."
"ANISOCORIA","Inequality of the pupils of the eye."
"ANISODACTYLOUS","Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and onebackward, as in most passerine birds."
"ANISOL","Methyl phenyl ether, C6H5OCH3, got by distilling anisic acid orby the action of methide on potassium phenolate."
"ANISOMERIC","Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the sameproportions."
"ANISOMEROUS","Having the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals andsix stamens."
"ANISOMETRIC","Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystalswith three unequal axes. Dana."
"ANISOMETROPIA","Unequal refractive power in the two eyes."
"ANISOPETALOUS","Having unequal petals."
"ANISOPHYLLOUS","Having unequal leaves."
"ANISOPLEURA","A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiralshells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed."
"ANISOPODA","A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, isintermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda."
"ANISOSPORE","A sexual spore in which the sexes differ in size; -- opposed toisospore."
"ANISOSTEMONOUS","Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number fromthe petals."
"ANISOSTHENIC","Of unequal strength."
"ANISOTROPOUS","Anisotropic."
"ANITO","In Guam and the Philippines, an idol, fetich, or spirit."
"ANKER","A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutchanker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the oldwine gallons, or 8"
"ANKERITE","A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron."
"ANKH","A tau cross with a loop at the top, used as an attribute orsacred emblem, symbolizing generation or enduring life. Called alsocrux ansata."
"ANKLE","The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus.Ankle bone, the bone of the ankle; the astragalus."
"ANKLED","Having ankles; -- used in composition; as, well-ankled. Beau. &Fl."
"ANKLET","An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring."
"ANKUS","An elephant goad with a sharp spike and hook, resembling ashort-handled boat hook. [India] Kipling."
"ANKYLOSE","Same as Anchylose."
"ANKYLOSIS","Same as Anchylosis."
"ANKYLOSTOMIASIS","A disease due to the presence of the parasites Agchylostomaduodenale, Uncinaria (subgenus Necator) americana, or alliednematodes, in the small intestine. When present in large numbers theyproduce a severe an\u00e6mia by sucking the blood from the intestinalwalls.  Called also miner's an\u00e6mia, tunnel disease, brickmaker'san\u00e6mia, Egyptian chlorosis."
"ANLACE","A broad dagger formerly worn at the girdle. [Written alsoanelace.]"
"ANLAUT","An initial sound, as of a word or syllable."
"ANNA","An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, orabout 2"
"ANNAL","See Annals."
"ANNALIST","A writer of annals.The monks . . . were the only annalists in those ages. Hume."
"ANNALISTIC","Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dryannalistic style.'A stiff annalistic method.' Sir G. C. Lewis."
"ANNALIZE","To record in annals. Sheldon."
"ANNALS","The record of a single event or item. 'In deathless annal.'Young."
"ANNEALER","One who, or that which, anneals."
"ANNECTENT","Connecting; annexing. Owen."
"ANNELIDA","A division of the Articulata, having the body formed ofnumerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. Theprincipal subdivisions are the Ch\u00e6topoda, including the Oligoch\u00e6ta orearthworms and Polych\u00e6ta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea orleeches. See Ch\u00e6topoda."
"ANNELIDOUS","Of the nature of an annelid."
"ANNELLATA","See Annelida."
"ANNELOID","An animal resembling an annelid."
"ANNEX","To join; to be united. Tooke."
"ANNEXATIONIST","One who favors annexation."
"ANNEXER","One who annexes."
"ANNEXION","Annexation. [R.] Shak."
"ANNEXIONIST","An annexationist. [R.]"
"ANNEXMENT","The act of annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage. [R.]Shak."
"ANNIHILABLE","Capable of being annihilated."
"ANNIHILATE","Anhilated. [Archaic] Swift."
"ANNIHILATIONIST","One who believes that eternal punishment consists inannihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist."
"ANNIHILATIVE","Serving to annihilate; destructive."
"ANNIHILATOR","One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator."
"ANNIHILATORY","Annihilative."
"ANNIVERSARILY","Annually. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"ANNIVERSARY","Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as,an anniversary feast. Anniversary day (R. C. Ch.). See Anniversary,n., 2.-- Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annualmeetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston andNew York. [Eastern U. S.]"
"ANNIVERSE","Anniversary. [Obs.] Dryden."
"ANNO DOMINI","In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887."
"ANNODATED","Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S. Cussans."
"ANNOMINATE","To name. [R.]"
"ANNOTATE","To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works ofBacon."
"ANNOTATION","A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually inthe plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or apassage."
"ANNOTATIONIST","An annotator. [R.]"
"ANNOTATIVE","Characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation."
"ANNOTATOR","A writer of annotations; a commentator."
"ANNOTATORY","Pertaining to an annotator; containing annotations. [R.]"
"ANNOTINE","A bird one year old, or that has once molted."
"ANNOTINOUS","A year old; in Yearly growths."
"ANNOUNCEMENT","The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces;proclamation; publication."
"ANNOUNCER","One who announces."
"ANNOY","A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what onedislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy.Worse than Tantalus' is her annoy. Shak."
"ANNOYER","One who, or that which, annoys."
"ANNOYFUL","Annoying. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ANNOYING","That annoys; molesting; vexatious.-- An*noy'ing*ly, adv."
"ANNOYOUS","Troublesome; annoying. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ANNUAL","A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, saiddaily for a year or on the anniversary day."
"ANNUALIST","One who writes for, or who edits, an annual. [R.]"
"ANNUALLY","Yearly; year by year."
"ANNUARY","Annual. [Obs.] -- n."
"ANNUELER","A priest employed in saying annuals, or anniversary Masses.[Obs.] Chaucer."
"ANNUENT","Nodding; as, annuent muscles (used in nodding)."
"ANNUITANT","One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity. Lamb."
"ANNUITY","A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given numberof years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance."
"ANNULARITY","Annular condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula. J.Rogers."
"ANNULARRY","In an annular manner."
"ANNULARY","Having the form of a ring; annular. Ray."
"ANNULATA","A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida,including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma,leeches, etc. See Annelida."
"ANNULATE","One of the Annulata."
"ANNULATION","A circular or ringlike formation; a ring or belt. Nicholson."
"ANNULET","A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used byitself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated,under the Doric capital."
"ANNULLABLE","That may be Annulled."
"ANNULLER","One who annuls. [R.]"
"ANNULMENT","The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation."
"ANNULOID","Of or pertaining to the Annuloida."
"ANNULOIDA","A division of the Articulata, including the annelids and alliedgroups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms.[Written also Annuloidea.]"
"ANNULOSA","A division of the Invertebrata, nearly equivalent to theArticulata. It includes the Arthoropoda and Anarthropoda. By somezo\u00f6logists it is applied to the former only."
"ANNULOSAN","One of the Annulosa."
"ANNULOSE","Of or pertaining to the Annulosa."
"ANNULUS","Ring-shaped structures or markings, found in, or upon, variousanimals."
"ANNUMERATE","To add on; to count in. [Obs.] Wollaston."
"ANNUMERATION","Addition to a former number. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"ANNUNCIABLE","That may be announced or declared; declarable. [R.]"
"ANNUNCIATE","To announce."
"ANNUNCIATION LILY","The common white lily (Lilium candidum). So called because itis usually introduced by painters in pictures of the Annunciation."
"ANNUNCIATIVE","Pertaining to annunciation; announcing. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"ANNUNCIATORY","Pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known. [R.]"
"ANOA","A small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to thebuffalo, but having long nearly straight horns."
"ANODE","The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly theelectrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way tothe other pole; -- opposed to cathode."
"ANODON","A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having to teeth at the hinge.[Written also Anodonta.]"
"ANODYNE","Serving to assuage pain; soothing.The anodyne draught of oblivion. Burke."
"ANODYNOUS","Anodyne."
"ANOIL","The anoint with oil. [Obs.] Holinshed."
"ANOINT","Anointed. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ANOINTER","One who anoints."
"ANOINTMENT","The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, anointment. Milton."
"ANOLIS","A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanid\u00e6. Theytake the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and inAmerica are often called chameleons."
"ANOMAL","Anything anomalous. [R.]"
"ANOMALIPED","One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more orless united to the outer and inner ones."
"ANOMALISM","An anomaly; a deviation from rule. Hooker."
"ANOMALISTICALLY","With irregularity."
"ANOMALOFLOROUS","Having anomalous flowers."
"ANOMALOUS","Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal;irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding."
"ANOMALOUSLY","In an anomalous manner."
"ANOMALOUSNESS","Quality of being anomalous."
"ANOMALY","Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specifictype."
"ANOMIA","A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called fromtheir unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated forattachment."
"ANOMOPHYLLOUS","Having leaves irregularly placed."
"ANOMURAN","One of the Anomura."
"ANOMY","Disregard or violation of law. [R.] Glanvill."
"ANONA","A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural orderAnonace\u00e6, including the soursop."
"ANONACEOUS","Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop,custard apple, etc."
"ANONYMITY","The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness; also,that which anonymous. [R.]He rigorously insisted upon the rights of anonymity. Carlyle."
"ANONYMOUS","Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown /or unavowedauthorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet orletter."
"ANONYMOUSLY","In an anonymous manner; without a name. Swift."
"ANONYMOUSNESS","The state or quality of being anonymous. Coleridge."
"ANOPHELES","A genus of mosquitoes which are secondary hosts of the malariaparasites, and whose bite is the usual, if not the only, means ofinfecting human beings with malaria. Several species are found in theUnited States. They may be distinguished from the ordinary mosquitoesof the genus Culex by the long slender palpi, nearly equaling thebeak in length, while those of the female Culex are very short. Theyalso assume different positions when resting, Culex usually holdingthe body parallel to the surface on which it rests and keeping thehead and beak bent at an angle, while Anopheles holds the body at anangle with the surface and the head and beak in line with it. Unlessthey become themselves infected by previously biting a subjectaffected with malaria, the insects cannot transmit the disease."
"ANOPHYTE","A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usuallyan upward growth and distinct leaves."
"ANOPLA","One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina."
"ANOPLURA","A group of insects which includes the lice."
"ANORMAL","Not according to rule; abnormal. [Obs.]"
"ANORN","To adorn. [Obs.] Bp. Watson."
"ANORTHIC","Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals."
"ANORTHITE","A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in smallglassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is alime feldspar. See Feldspar."
"ANORTHOCLASE","A feldspar closely related to orthoclase, but triclinic. It ischiefly a silicate of sodium, potassium, and aluminium. Sp. gr., 2.57-- 2.60."
"ANORTHOPIA","Distorted vision, in which straight lines appear bent."
"ANORTHOSCOPE","An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures bymeans of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures arepainted."
"ANORTHOSITE","A granular igneous rock composed almost exclusively of a soda-lime feldspar, usually labradorite."
"ANOSMIA","Loss of the sense of smell."
"ANOTHER-GAINES","Of another kind. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"ANOTHER-GATES","Of another sort. [Obs.] 'Another-gates adventure.' Hudibras."
"ANOTHER-GUESS","Of another sort. [Archaic]It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot."
"ANOTTA","See Annotto."
"ANOURA","See Anura."
"ANOUROUS","See Anurous."
"ANSA","A name given to either of the projecting ends of Saturn's ring."
"ANSATED","Having a handle. Johnson."
"ANSERATED","Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions,etc.; as, an anserated cross."
"ANSERES","A Linn\u00e6an order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbedfeet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order wereincluded the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc."
"ANSERIFORMES","A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closelyallied forms."
"ANSERINE","Pertaining to the Anseres."
"ANSEROUS","Resembling a goose; silly; simple. Sydney Smith."
"ANSWER","A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; aconfutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsivedeclaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is theusual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill.Bouvier."
"ANSWERABLENESS","The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, orcorrespondent."
"ANSWERABLY","In an answerable manner; in due proportion or correspondence;suitably."
"ANSWERER","One who answers."
"ANSWERLESS","Having no answer, or impossible to be answered. Byron."
"ANT","A hymenopterous insect of the Linn\u00e6an genus Formica, which isnow made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire."
"ANT BIRD","See Ant bird, under Ant, n."
"ANT COW","Any aphid from which ants obtain honeydew."
"ANT EGG","One of the small white egg-shaped pup\u00e6 or cocoons of the ant,often seen in or about ant-hills, and popularly supposed to be eggs."
"ANT-","See Anti-, prefix."
"ANT-BEAR","An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), livingon ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga."
"ANT-CATTLE","Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for thesake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips."
"ANT-EATER","One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feedupon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna."
"ANT-HILL","A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming theirnests."
"ANT-LION","A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand apitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species isMyrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius."
"ANTA","A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at itstermination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital andbase."
"ANTACID","A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent.-- a."
"ANTACRID","Corrective of acrimony of the humors."
"ANTAEAN","Pertaining to Ant\u00e6us, a giant athlete slain by Hercules."
"ANTAGONISM","Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things orprinciples."
"ANTAGONIST","A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor,which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extendsit."
"ANTAGONIZE","To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract."
"ANTAGONY","Contest; opposition; antagonism. [Obs.]Antagony that is between Christ and Belial. Milton."
"ANTALGIC","Alleviating pain.-- n."
"ANTALKALINE","Of power to counteract alkalies."
"ANTAMBULACRAL","Away from the ambulacral region."
"ANTANAGOGE","A figure which consists in answering the charge of anadversary, by a counter charge."
"ANTAPHRODISIAC","Capable of blunting the venereal appetite.-- n."
"ANTAPHRODITIC","An antaphroditic medicine."
"ANTAPOPLECTIC","Good against apoplexy.-- n."
"ANTARCHISM","Opposition to government in general. [R.]"
"ANTARCHIST","One who opposes all government. [R.]"
"ANTARCTIC","Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to thesouthern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to acircle, distant from the pole 23\u00ba 28min. Thus we say the antarcticpole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc."
"ANTARES","The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion'sHeart."
"ANTARTHRITIC","A remedy against gout."
"ANTASTHMATIC","Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma.-- n."
"ANTE","Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante)the game begins."
"ANTE MORTEM","Before death; -- generally used adjectivelly; as, an ante-mortem statement; ante-mortem examination."
"ANTE-","A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. anti, Goth. and-,anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf. Answer,Along), G. ant-, ent- (in comp.). The Latin ante is generally used inthe sense of before, in regard to position, order, or time, and theGr. opposite, or in the place of."
"ANTEACT","A preceding act."
"ANTEAL","Being before, or in front. [R.] J. Fleming."
"ANTECEDANEOUS","Antecedent; preceding in time. 'Capable of antecedaneousproof.' Barrow."
"ANTECEDE","To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass. Sir M.Hale."
"ANTECEDENCE","An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation."
"ANTECEDENCY","The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.Fothherby."
"ANTECEDENT","The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct,course, history. J. H. Newman.If the troops . . . prove worthy of their antecedents, the victory issurely ours. Gen. G. McClellan."
"ANTECEDENTLY","Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as,antecedently to conversion. Barrow."
"ANTECHAPEL","The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel.Shipley."
"ANTECIANS","See Ant."
"ANTECOMMUNION","A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for thecommunion, which precedes the consecration of the elements."
"ANTECURSOR","A forerunner; a precursor. [Obs.]"
"ANTEDILUVIAL","Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time."
"ANTEDILUVIAN","Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time;hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle.-- n."
"ANTEFACT","Something done before another act. [Obs.]"
"ANTEFLEXION","A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in suchmanner that its axis is bent upon itself. T. G. Thomas."
"ANTELOPE","One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between thedeer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. Thereare many species in Africa and Asia.The antelope and wolf both fierce and fell. Spenser."
"ANTELUCAN","Held or being before light; -- a word applied to assemblies ofChristians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in themorning. 'Antelucan worship.' De Quincey."
"ANTEMERIDIAN","Being before noon; in or pertaining to the forenoon. (Abbrev.a. m.)"
"ANTEMETIC","Tending to check vomiting.-- n."
"ANTEMOSAIC","Being before the time of Moses."
"ANTEMUNDANE","Being or occurring before the creation of the world. Young."
"ANTEMURAL","An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in frontgateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance."
"ANTENATAL","Before birth. Shelley."
"ANTENICENE","Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the firstcouncil of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith."
"ANTENNA","A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to theheads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, andusually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and insome species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near thebasal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and alsofeelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads ofother arthropods and of annelids."
"ANTENNAL","Belonging to the antenn\u00e6. Owen."
"ANTENNIFEROUS","Bearing or having antenn\u00e6."
"ANTENNIFORM","Shaped like antenn\u00e6."
"ANTENNULE","A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antenn\u00e6 orfeelers of Crustacea."
"ANTENUMBER","A number that precedes another. [R.] Bacon."
"ANTENUPTIAL","Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement. Kent."
"ANTEORBITAL","Same as Antorbital."
"ANTEPASCHAL","Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter."
"ANTEPAST","A foretaste.Antepasts of joy and comforts. Jer. Taylor."
"ANTEPENDIUM","The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth;the frontal. Smollett."
"ANTEPENULTIMATE","Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two.-- n."
"ANTEPHIALTIC","Good against nightmare.-- n."
"ANTEPILEPTIC","Good against epilepsy.-- n."
"ANTEPONE","To put before; to prefer. [Obs.] Bailey."
"ANTEPORT","An outer port, gate, or door."
"ANTEPORTICO","An outer porch or vestibule."
"ANTEPOSITION","The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules,ought to follow it."
"ANTEPRANDIAL","Preceding dinner."
"ANTEPREDICAMENT","A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments andcategories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers."
"ANTERIORITY","The state of being anterior or preceding in time or insituation; priority. Pope."
"ANTERIORLY","In an anterior manner; before."
"ANTERO-","A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior,front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side."
"ANTEROOM","A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waitingroom."
"ANTESTATURE","A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks ofearth."
"ANTESTOMACH","A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds. Ray."
"ANTETEMPLE","The portico, or narthex in an ancient temple or church."
"ANTEVERSION","A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such mannerthat its whole axis is directed further forward than usual."
"ANTEVERT","To displace by anteversion."
"ANTHELION","A halo opposite the sun, consisting of a colored ring or ringsaround the shadow of the spectator's own head, as projected on acloud or on an opposite fog bank."
"ANTHELIX","Same as Antihelix."
"ANTHELMINTIC","Good against intestinal worms.-- An anthelmintic remedy. [Written also anthelminthic.]"
"ANTHEM","To celebrate with anthems. [Poet.]Sweet birds antheming the morn. Keats."
"ANTHEMION","A floral ornament. See Palmette."
"ANTHEMIS","Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants."
"ANTHEMWISE","Alternately. [Obs.] Bacon."
"ANTHER","That part of the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizingdust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of theovary.-- An'ther*al, a."
"ANTHERIDIUM","The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of acell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- calledalso spermary.-- An`ther*id'i*al, a."
"ANTHERIFORM","Shaped like an anther; anther-shaped."
"ANTHEROGENOUS","Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower."
"ANTHEROID","Resembling an anther."
"ANTHESIS","The period or state of full expansion in a flower. Gray."
"ANTHOBIAN","A beetle which feeds on flowers."
"ANTHOBRANCHIA","A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills forma wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. SeeNudibranchiata, and Doris."
"ANTHOCARPOUS","Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to thepericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, andthe pineapple."
"ANTHOCYANIN","Same as Anthokyan."
"ANTHODIUM","The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many floretsare gathered into a involucrate head."
"ANTHOGRAPHY","A description of flowers."
"ANTHOID","Resembling a flower; flowerlike."
"ANTHOKYAN","The blue coloring matter of certain flowers. Same as Cyanin."
"ANTHOLITE","A fossil plant, like a petrified flower."
"ANTHOLOGICAL","Pertaining to anthology; consisting of beautiful extracts fromdifferent authors, especially the poets.He published a geographical and anthological description of allempires and kingdoms . . . in this terrestrial globe. Wood."
"ANTHOLOGIST","One who compiles an anthology."
"ANTHOLOGY","A service book containing a selection of pieces for thefestival services."
"ANTHOMANIA","A extravagant fondness for flowers. [R.]"
"ANTHOPHAGOUS","Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects."
"ANTHOPHILOUS","Lit., fond of flowers; hence, feeding upon, or living among,flowers."
"ANTHOPHORE","The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx andcorolla, as in the Pink family. Gray."
"ANTHOPHOROUS","Flower bearing; supporting the flower."
"ANTHOPHYLLITE","A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clovebrown color.-- An`tho*phyl*lit'ic, a."
"ANTHORISM","A description or definition contrary to that which is given bythe adverse party. [R.]"
"ANTHOTAXY","The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of therelative position of flowers; inflorescence."
"ANTHOZOA","The class of the Coelenterata which includes the corals and seaanemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria,Actinaria, and Madreporaria."
"ANTHOZOAN","Pertaining to the Anthozoa.-- n."
"ANTHOZOIC","Of or pertaining to the Anthozoa."
"ANTHRACENE","A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompaniesnaphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Itschief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. [Written alsoanthracin.]"
"ANTHRACENE OIL","A heavy green oil (partially solidifying on cooling), whichdistills over from coal tar at a temperature above 270\u00ba. It is theprincipal source of anthracene."
"ANTHRACIC","Of or relating to anthrax; as, anthracic blood."
"ANTHRACIFEROUS","Yielding anthracite; as, anthraciferous strata."
"ANTHRACITE","A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster,differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, inconsequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. Thepurer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glancecoal and blind coal."
"ANTHRACITIC","Of, pertaining to, or like, anthracite; as, anthraciticformations."
"ANTHRACNOSE","Any one of several fungus diseases, caused by parasitic speciesof the series Melanconiales, attacking the bean, grape, melon,cotton, and other plants. In the case of the grape, brown concavespots are formed on the stem and fruit, and the disease is calledbird's-eye rot."
"ANTHRACOID","Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, ananthracoid microbe."
"ANTHRACOMANCY","Divination by inspecting a burning coal."
"ANTHRACOMETER","An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in amixture."
"ANTHRACOMETRIC","Of or pertaining to an anthracometer."
"ANTHRACONITE","A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell whenrubbed; -- called also stinkstone and swinestone."
"ANTHRACOSIS","A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to theinhalation of coal dust; -- called also collier's lung and miner'sphthisis."
"ANTHRAQUINONE","A hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellowneedles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene."
"ANTHRAX","A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis),resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]"
"ANTHRAX VACCINE","A fluid vaccine obtained by growing a bacterium (Bacteriumanthracis) in beef broth. It is used to immunize animals, esp.cattle."
"ANTHRENUS","A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larvalstate, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common'museum pest' is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulari\u00e6. Thelarv\u00e6 are commonly confounded with moths."
"ANTHROPIDAE","The group that includes man only."
"ANTHROPOCENTRIC","Assuming man as the center or ultimate end; -- applied totheories of the universe or of any part of it, as the solar system.Draper."
"ANTHROPOGENIC","Of or pertaining to anthropogeny."
"ANTHROPOGENY","The science or study of human generation, or the origin anddevelopment of man."
"ANTHROPOGEOGRAPHY","The science of the human species as to geographicaldistribution and environment. Broadly, it includes industrial,commercial, and political geography, and that part of ethnology whichdeals with distribution and physical environment. --An`thro*po*ge*og'ra*pher (#), n. -- An`thro*po*ge`o*graph'ic*al (#),a."
"ANTHROPOGLOT","An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as theparrot."
"ANTHROPOGRAPHY","That branch of anthropology which treats of the actualdistribution of the human race in its different divisions, asdistinguished by physical character, language, institutions, andcustoms, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treatshistorically of the origin and filiation of races and nations. P.Cyc."
"ANTHROPOID","Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as theourang or gorilla.-- n."
"ANTHROPOIDAL","Anthropoid."
"ANTHROPOIDEA","The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, andman."
"ANTHROPOLATRY","Man worship."
"ANTHROPOLITE","A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it."
"ANTHROPOLOGIST","One who is versed in anthropology."
"ANTHROPOMANCY","Divination by the entrails of human being."
"ANTHROPOMETRY","Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings,especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations,etc. Dunglison."
"ANTHROPOMORPHA","The manlike, or anthropoid, apes."
"ANTHROPOMORPHIC","Of or pertaining to anthromorphism. Hadley.-- An`thro*po*mor'phic*al*ly, adv."
"ANTHROPOMORPHIST","One who attributes the human form or other human attributes tothe Deity or to anything not human."
"ANTHROPOMORPHITE","One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deityor to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect ofancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc.Tillotson."
"ANTHROPOMORPHITIC","to anthropomorphism. Kitto."
"ANTHROPOMORPHITISM","Anthropomorphism. Wordsworth."
"ANTHROPOMORPHIZE","To attribute a human form or personality to.You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing.Lowell."
"ANTHROPOMORPHOLOGY","The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings."
"ANTHROPOMORPHOSIS","Transformation into the form of a human being."
"ANTHROPOMORPHOUS","Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, ananthromorphous plant. 'Anthromorphous apes.' Darwin."
"ANTHROPOPATHITE","One who ascribes human feelings to deity."
"ANTHROPOPHAGI","Man eaters; cannibals. Shak."
"ANTHROPOPHAGINIAN","One who east human flesh. [Ludicrous] Shak."
"ANTHROPOPHAGITE","A cannibal. W. Taylor."
"ANTHROPOPHAGOUS","Feeding on human flesh; cannibal."
"ANTHROPOPHAGY","The eating of human flesh; cannibalism."
"ANTHROPOPHUISM","Human nature. [R.] Gladstone."
"ANTHROPOSCOPY","The art of discovering or judging of a man's character,passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features. [R.]"
"ANTHROPOSOPHY","Knowledge of the nature of man; hence, human wisdom."
"ANTHROPOTOMICAL","Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies."
"ANTHROPOTOMIST","One who is versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy."
"ANTHROPOTOMY","The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy. Owen."
"ANTHYPNOTIC","See Antihypnotic."
"ANTHYPOCHONDRIAC","See Antihypochondriac."
"ANTHYSTERIC","See Antihysteric."
"ANTI","A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, orin place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It isoften shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic."
"ANTI-AMERICAN","Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to thegenius of American institutions. Marshall."
"ANTI-FEDERALIST","One of party opposed to a federative government; -- appliedparticularly to the party which opposed the adoption of theconstitution of the United States. Pickering."
"ANTI-GALLICAN","Opposed to what is Gallic or French."
"ANTI-IMPERIALISM","Opposition to imperialism; -- applied specif., in the UnitedStates, after the Spanish-American war (1898), to the attitude orprinciples of those opposing territorial expansion; in England, ofthose, often called Little Englanders, opposing the extension of theempire and the closer relation of its parts, esp. in matters ofcommerce and imperial defense. -- An`ti-im*pe'ri*al*ist, n. -- An`ti-im*pe`ri*al*is'tic (#), a."
"ANTI-SEMITISM","Opposition to, or hatred of, Semites, esp. Jews. -- An`ti-Sem'ite (#), n. -- An`ti-Sem*it'ic (#), a."
"ANTI-TRADE","A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to thetrade wind."
"ANTIAE","The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of somebirds; the frontal points."
"ANTIALBUMID","A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion.It is convertible into antipeptone."
"ANTIALBUMOSE","See Albumose."
"ANTIAPHRODISIAC","Same as Antaphrodisiac."
"ANTIAPOPLECTIC","Same as Antapoplectic."
"ANTIAR","A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of onespecies of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria)."
"ANTIARIN","A poisonous principle obtained from antiar. Watts."
"ANTIASTHMATIC","Same as Antasthmatic."
"ANTIATTRITION","Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compoundlubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, withsome greasy material; antifriction grease."
"ANTIBACCHIUS","A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the lastshort."
"ANTIBILLOUS","Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relievebiliousness."
"ANTIBODY","Any of various bodies or substances in the blood which act inantagonism to harmful foreign bodies, as toxins or the bacteriaproducing the toxins. Normal blood serum apparently containsvariousantibodies, and the introduction of toxins or of foreign cellsalso results in the development of their specific antibodies."
"ANTIBRACHIAL","Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm."
"ANTIBRACHIUM","That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus;the forearm."
"ANTIBROMIC","An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer."
"ANTIBUBONIC","Good or used against bubonic plague; as, antibubonic serum,obtained from immunized horses; antibubonic vaccine, a sterilizedbouillon culture of the plague bacillus; antibubonic measures."
"ANTIBURGHER","One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improperto take the Burgess oath."
"ANTIC","'Lords of antic fame.' Phaer."
"ANTIC-MASK","An antimask. B. Jonson."
"ANTICATARRHAL","Efficacious against catarrh.-- n."
"ANTICATHODE","The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it thecathode rays impinge."
"ANTICAUSODIC","Same as Anticausotic."
"ANTICAUSOTIC","Good against an inflammatory fever.-- n."
"ANTICHAMBER","See Antechamber."
"ANTICHLOR","Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used inremoving the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs afterbleaching."
"ANTICHRIST","A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist,person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming."
"ANTICHRISTIAN","Opposed to the Christian religion."
"ANTICHRISTIANLY","In an antichristian manner."
"ANTICHRONICAL","Deviating from the proper order of time.-- An`ti*chron'ic*al*ly, adv."
"ANTICHRONISM","Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism. [R.]Selden."
"ANTICHTHON","Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres. Whewell."
"ANTICIPANT","Anticipating; expectant; -- with of.Wakening guilt, anticipant of hell. Southey."
"ANTICIPATION","The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or duringthe chord preceding, forming a momentary discord."
"ANTICIPATIVE","Anticipating, or containing anticipation. 'Anticipative of thefeast to come.' Cary.-- An*tic'i*pa*tive*ly, adv."
"ANTICIPATOR","One who anticipates."
"ANTICIPATORY","Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation. Owen.Here is an anticipatory glance of what was to be. J. C. Shairp."
"ANTICIVIC","Opposed to citizenship."
"ANTICIVISM","Opposition to the body politic of citizens. [Obs.] Carlyle."
"ANTICLASTIC","Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinallyin one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as thesurface of a saddle."
"ANTICLIMAX","A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less importantand striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces aridiculous effect. Example:Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war,Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl ANTICLINALAn`ti*cli'nal, a. Etym: [Pref. anti- + Gr."
"ANTICLINAL","The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in oppositedirections."
"ANTICLINE","A structure of bedded rocks in which the beds on both sides ofan axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an anticlinal."
"ANTICLINORIUM","The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting froma geanticlinal."
"ANTICLY","Oddly; grotesquely."
"ANTICNESS","The quality of being antic. Ford."
"ANTICOHERER","A device, one form of which consists of a scratched deposit ofsilver on glass, used in connection with the receiving apparatus forreading wireless signals. The electric waves falling on thiscontrivance increase its resistance several times. The anticoherercan be used in conjunction with a telephone."
"ANTICONSTITUTIONAL","Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional."
"ANTICONTAGIOUS","Opposing or destroying contagion."
"ANTICONVULSIVE","Good against convulsions. J. Floyer."
"ANTICOR","A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, justopposite the heart."
"ANTICOUS","Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrseanthers of the water lily."
"ANTICYCLONE","A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regardsdirection of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, tothat of a cyclone.-- An`ti*cy*clon'ic, a.-- An`ti*cy*clon'ic*al*ly, adv."
"ANTIDIPHTHERITIC","Destructive to, or hindering the growth of, diphtheria bacilli.-- n."
"ANTIDOTAL","Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract theeffects of poison. Sir T. Browne.-- An'ti*do`tal*ly, adv."
"ANTIDOTARY","Antidotal.-- n. Antidote; also, a book of antidotes."
"ANTIDOTICAL","Serving as an antidote.-- An`ti*dot'ic*al*ly, adv."
"ANTIDROMOUS","Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on astem."
"ANTIDYSENTERIC","Good against dysentery.-- n."
"ANTIEMETIC","Same as Antemetic."
"ANTIEPHIALTIC","Same as Antephialtic."
"ANTIEPILEPTIC","Same as Antepileptic."
"ANTIFEBRILE","Febrifuge."
"ANTIFEBRINE","Acetanilide."
"ANTIFRICTION","Something to lessea. Tending to lessen friction."
"ANTIGALASTIC","Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk."
"ANTIGRAPH","A copy or transcript."
"ANTIGUGGLER","A crooked tube of metal, to be introduced into the neck of abottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment orcausing a gurgling noise."
"ANTIHELIX","The curved elevation of the cartilage of the ear, within or infront of the helix. See Ear."
"ANTIHEMORRHAGIC","Tending to stop hemorrhage.-- n."
"ANTIHYDROPHOBIC","Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia.-- n."
"ANTIHYDROPIC","Good against dropsy.-- n."
"ANTIHYPNOTIC","Tending to prevent sleep.-- n."
"ANTIHYPOCHONDRIAC","Counteractive of hypochondria.-- n."
"ANTIHYSTERIC","Counteracting hysteria.-- n."
"ANTIICTERIC","Good against jaundice.-- n."
"ANTILEGOMENA","Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time notuniversally received, but which are now considered canonical. Theseare the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, thesecond Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, andthe Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena."
"ANTILIBRATION","A balancing; equipoise. [R.] De Quincey."
"ANTILITHIC","Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or todestroy them when formed.-- n."
"ANTILOGARITHM","The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has beensometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a givenlogarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a givenlogarithmic sine.-- An`ti*log`a*rith'mic, a."
"ANTILOGOUS","Of the contrary name or character; -- opposed to analogous.Antilogous pole (Eccl.), that pole of a crystal which becomesnegatively electrified when heated."
"ANTILOGY","A contradiction between any words or passages in an author. SirW. Hamilton."
"ANTILOIMIC","A remedy against the plague. Brande & C."
"ANTILOPINE","Of or relating to the antelope."
"ANTILOQUIST","A contradicter. [Obs.]"
"ANTILOQUY","Contradiction. [Obs.]"
"ANTILYSSIC","Antihydrophobic."
"ANTIMACASSAR","A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., toprevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from thehair."
"ANTIMAGISTRICAL","Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates. [Obs.]South."
"ANTIMALARIAL","Good against malaria."
"ANTIMASK","A secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts ofa serious mask. [Written also anue.] Bacon."
"ANTIMASON","One opposed to Freemasonry.-- An`ti*ma*son'ic, a."
"ANTIMASONRY","Opposition to Freemasonry."
"ANTIMEPHITIC","Good against mephitic or deletplwious gases.-- n."
"ANTIMERE","One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; oneof any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants."
"ANTIMETABOLE","A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated intransposed order."
"ANTIMETATHESIS","An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverseorder."
"ANTIMETER","A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles.[Obs.]"
"ANTIMONARCHIST","An enemy to monarchial government."
"ANTIMONATE","A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical.[Written also antimoniate.]"
"ANTIMONIAL","Of or pertaining to antimony.-- n. (Med.)"
"ANTIMONIATED","Combined or prepared with antimony; as, antimoniated tartar."
"ANTIMONIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of thosecompounds of antimony in which this element has its highestequivalence; as, antimonic acid."
"ANTIMONIOUS","Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of thosecompounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence nextlower than the highest; as, antimonious acid."
"ANTIMONITE","A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical."
"ANTIMONIURETED","Combined with or containing antimony; as, antimoniuretedhydrogen. [Written also antimoniuretted.]"
"ANTIMONSOON","The upper, contrary-moving current of the atmosphere over amonsoon."
"ANTIMONY","An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearanceand physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging tothe class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb."
"ANTINATIONAL","Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a nationalgovernment."
"ANTINEPHRITIC","Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys.-- n."
"ANTINOMIAN","Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrinethat the moral law is obligatory."
"ANTINOMIANISM","The tenets or practice of Antinomians. South."
"ANTINOMIST","An Antinomian. [R.] Bp. Sanderson."
"ANTINOMY","A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; --in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from theattempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributeswhich are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts ofexperience."
"ANTIODONTALGIC","Efficacious in curing toothache.-- n."
"ANTIORGASTIC","Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative."
"ANTIPAPAL","Opposed to the pope or to popery. Milton."
"ANTIPARALLEL","Running in a contrary direction. Hammond."
"ANTIPARALLELS","Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respectopposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes."
"ANTIPARALYTIC","Good against paralysis.-- n."
"ANTIPARALYTICAL","Antiparalytic."
"ANTIPASCH","The Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday."
"ANTIPATHIC","Belonging to antipathy; opposite; contrary; allopathic."
"ANTIPATHIST","One who has an antipathy. [R.] 'Antipathist of light.'Coleridge."
"ANTIPATHIZE","To feel or show antipathy. [R.]"
"ANTIPATHOUS","Having a natural contrariety; adverse; antipathetic. [Obs.]Beau. & Fl."
"ANTIPEPTONE","A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing fromhemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action ofpancreatic juice."
"ANTIPERIODIC","A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return ofperiodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittentfevers."
"ANTIPERISTALTIC","Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to aninverted action of the intestinal tube."
"ANTIPERISTASIS","Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength;resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of anopposite principle or quality."
"ANTIPERISTATIC","Pertaining to antiperistasis."
"ANTIPETALOUS","Standing before a petal, as a stamen."
"ANTIPHARMIC","Antidotal; alexipharmic."
"ANTIPHLOGISTIAN","An opposer of the theory of phlogiston."
"ANTIPHLOGISTIC","Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston."
"ANTIPHONAL","Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sungalternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs. Wheatly.-- An*tiph'o*nal*ly, adv."
"ANTIPHONARY","A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in whichthe antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, arecontained."
"ANTIPHONE","The response which one side of the choir makes to the other ina chant; alternate chanting or signing."
"ANTIPHONER","A book of antiphons. Chaucer."
"ANTIPHONIC","Antiphonal."
"ANTIPHRASIS","The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning;as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance."
"ANTIPHTHISIC","Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption.-- n."
"ANTIPHYSICAL","Contrary to nature; unnatural."
"ANTIPLASTIC","Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation."
"ANTIPODAGRIC","Good against gout.-- n."
"ANTIPODE","One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite.In tale or history your beggar is ever the just antipode to yourking. Lamb."
"ANTIPODEAN","Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world;antipodal."
"ANTIPOLE","The opposite pole; anything diametrically opposed. Geo. Eliot."
"ANTIPOPE","One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to thepope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided atAvignon during the Great Schism."
"ANTIPSORIC","Of use in curing the itch.-- n."
"ANTIPTOSIS","The putting of one case for another."
"ANTIPYIC","Checking or preventing suppuration.-- n."
"ANTIPYRESIS","The condition or state of being free from fever."
"ANTIPYRETIC","Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.-- n."
"ANTIPYRINE","An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abatingfever."
"ANTIPYROTIC","Good against burns or pyrosis.-- n."
"ANTIQUARIAN","Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarianliterature."
"ANTIQUARIANISM","Character of an antiquary; study or love of antiquities.Warburton."
"ANTIQUARIANIZE","To act the part of an antiquary. [Colloq.]"
"ANTIQUARY","Pertaining to antiquity. [R.] 'Instructed by the antiquarytimes.' Shak."
"ANTIQUATE","To make old, or obsolete; to make antique; to make old in sucha degree as to put out of use; hence, to make void, or abrogate.Christianity might reasonably introduce new laws, and antiquate orabrogate old one. Sir M. Hale."
"ANTIQUATED","Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned;as, an antiquated law. 'Antiquated words.' Dryden.Old Janet, for so he understood his antiquated attendant wasdenominated. Sir W. Scott."
"ANTIQUATEDNESS","Quality of being antiquated."
"ANTIQUATENESS","Antiquatedness. [Obs.]"
"ANTIQUATION","The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated.Beaumont."
"ANTIQUE","In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, arelic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, theremains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases.Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques. Byron."
"ANTIQUELY","In an antique manner."
"ANTIQUENESS","The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient originand workmanship.We may discover something venerable in the antiqueness of the work.Addison."
"ANTIQUIST","An antiquary; a collector of antiques. [R.] Pinkerton."
"ANTIQUITARIAN","An admirer of antiquity."
"ANTIRACHITIC","Good against the rickets."
"ANTIRENTER","One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons fromthe settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York.-- An`ti*rent'ism, n."
"ANTISABBATARIAN","One of a sect which opposes the observance of the ChristianSabbath."
"ANTISACERDOTAL","Hostile to priests or the priesthood. Waterland."
"ANTISCORBUTIC","Counteracting scurvy.-- n."
"ANTISCORBUTICAL","Antiscorbutic."
"ANTISCRIPTURAL","Opposed to, or not in accordance with, the Holy Scriptures."
"ANTISEPALOUS","Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf."
"ANTISEPSIS","Prevention of sepsis by excluding or destroying microorganisms."
"ANTISEPTIC","A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, ordestroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt,carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona."
"ANTISEPTICALLY","By means of antiseptics."
"ANTISIALAGOGUE","Checking the flow of saliva."
"ANTISLAVERY","Opposed to slavery.-- n."
"ANTISOCIAL","Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse tosociety, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles."
"ANTISOCIALIST","One opposed to the doctrines and practices of socialists orsocialism."
"ANTISOLAR","Opposite to the sun; -- said of the point in the heavens 180distant from the sun."
"ANTISPASMODIC","Good against spasms.-- n."
"ANTISPAST","A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and thesecond and third long."
"ANTISPASTIC","An antispastic agent."
"ANTISPLENETIC","Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen.-- n."
"ANTISTROPHIC","Of or pertaining to an antistrophe."
"ANTISTROPHON","An argument retorted on an opponent. Milton."
"ANTISTRUMATIC","Antistrumous.-- n."
"ANTISTRUMOUS","Good against scrofulous disorders. Johnson. Wiseman."
"ANTISYPHILITIC","Efficacious against syphilis.-- n."
"ANTITHEISM","The doctrine of antitheists.-- An`ti*the*is'tic, a."
"ANTITHEIST","A disbeliever in the existence of God."
"ANTITHESIS","An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring inthe same sentence; as, 'The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robshimself.' 'He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed atthe Queen.'"
"ANTITHET","An antithetic or contrasted statement. Bacon."
"ANTITHETICALLY","By way antithesis."
"ANTITRAGUS","A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha ofthe external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear."
"ANTITROCHANTER","An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which thegreat trochanter of the femur plays."
"ANTITYPAL","Antitypical. [R.]"
"ANTITYPE","That of which the type pattern or representation; that which isrepresented by the type or symbol."
"ANTITYPICAL","Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type.-- An`ti*typ'ic*al*ly, adv."
"ANTITYPOUS","Resisting blows; hard. [Obs.] Cudworth."
"ANTITYPY","Opposition or resistance of matter to force. [R.] Sir W.Hamilton."
"ANTIVACCINATION","Opposition to vaccination. London Times."
"ANTIVACCINATIONIST","An antivaccinist."
"ANTIVACCINIST","One opposed to vaccination."
"ANTIVARIOLOUS","Preventing the contagion of smallpox."
"ANTIVENEREAL","Good against venereal poison; antisyphilitic."
"ANTIVENIN","The serum of blood rendered antitoxic to a venom by repeatedinjections of small doses of the venom."
"ANTIVIVISECTION","Opposition to vivisection."
"ANTIVIVISECTIONIST","One opposed to vivisection"
"ANTIZYMIC","Preventing fermentation."
"ANTIZYMOTIC","Preventing fermentation or decomposition.-- n."
"ANTLER","The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervineanimal, as of a stag.Huge stags with sixteen antlers. Macaulay."
"ANTLERED","Furnished with antlers.The antlered stag. Cowper."
"ANTLIA","The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. SeeLepidoptera."
"ANTONOMASIA","The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, orthe like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when hismajesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say,the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead ofan appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminentorator a Cicero."
"ANTONOMASTIC","Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia.-- An`to*no*mas'tic*al*ly, adv."
"ANTONOMASY","Antonomasia."
"ANTONYM","A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as acorrelative of synonym. [R.] C. J. Smith."
"ANTORBITAL","Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of theorbit.-- n."
"ANTORGASTIC","See Antiorgastic."
"ANTOZONE","A compound formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, butnow known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparentlyantagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen."
"ANTRAL","Relating to an antrum."
"ANTRE","A cavern. [Obs.] Shak."
"ANTRORSE","Forward or upward in direction. Gray."
"ANTROVERT","To bend forward. [R.] Owen."
"ANTRUM","A cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus. Huxley."
"ANTRUSTION","A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in theirenterprises."
"ANUBIS","An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits,represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox."
"ANURA","One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence ofa tail, as the frogs and toads. [Written also anoura.]"
"ANUROUS","Destitute of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [Also writtenanourous.]"
"ANURY","Nonsecretion or defective secretion of urine; ischury."
"ANUS","The posterior opening of the alimentary canal, through whichthe excrements are expelled."
"ANVIL","the incus. See Incus. To be on the anvil, to be in a state ofdiscussion, formation, or preparation, as when a scheme or measure isforming, but not matured. Swift."
"ANXIETUDE","The state of being anxious; anxiety. [R.]"
"ANXIETY","A state of restlessness and agitation, often with generalindisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at theepigastrium. Dunglison."
"ANXIOUSLY","In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously."
"ANXIOUSNESS","The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety."
"ANY","To any extent; in any degree; at all.You are not to go loose any longer. Shak.Before you go any farther. Steele."
"ANYHOW","In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event.Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple selforiginatederror. J. H. Newman.Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely allied. E. A.Freeman."
"ANYONE","One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody."
"ANYTHING","In any measure; anywise; at all.Mine old good will and hearty affection towards you is not . . .anything at all quailed. Robynson (More's Utopia)."
"ANYTHINGARIAN","One who holds to no particular creed or dogma."
"ANYWHERE","In any place. Udall."
"ANYWHITHER","To or towards any place. [Archaic] De Foe."
"ANYWISE","In any wise or way; at all. 'Anywise essential.' Burke."
"AONIAN","Pertaining to Aonia, Boeotia, or to the Muses, who weresupposed to dwell there. Aonian fount, the fountain of Aganippe, atthe foot of Mount Helicon, not far from Thebes, and sacred to theMuses."
"AORIST","A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action ascompleted in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, whollyindeterminate."
"AORISTIC","Indefinite; pertaining to the aorist tense."
"AORTA","The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to allparts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterialsystem."
"AORTIC","Of or pertaining to the aorta."
"AORTITIS","Inflammation of the aorta."
"AOUDAD","An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus)having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, thechamois of the Old Testament."
"APACE","With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily.His dewy locks did drop with brine apace. Spenser.A visible triumph of the gospel drawapace. I. Taylor."
"APACHES","A group of nomadic North American Indians including severaltribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc."
"APAGOGE","An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing theimpossibility or absurdity of the contrary."
"APAID","Paid; pleased. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"APAIR","To impair or become impaired; to injure. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"APALACHIAN","See Appalachian."
"APANAGE","Same as Appanage."
"APANTHROPY","An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude."
"APAREJO","A kind of pack saddle used in the American military service andamong the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay,moss, or the like."
"APARITHMESIS","Enumeration of parts or particulars."
"APARTMENT HOUSE","A building comprising a number of suites designed for separatehousekeeping tenements, but having conveniences, such as heat, light,elevator service, etc., furnished in common; -- often distinguishedin the United States from a flat house."
"APARTNESS","The quality of standing apart."
"APASTRON","That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller staris farthest from its primary."
"APATHETICALLY","In an apathetic manner."
"APATHIST","One who is destitute of feeling."
"APATHISTICAL","Apathetic; une motional. [R.]"
"APATHY","Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement;dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied tothe mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference,incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertionby pleasure, pain, or passion. 'The apathy of despair.' Macaulay.A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . toleave events to take their own course. Prescott.According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passionsby the ascendency of reason. Fleming."
"APATITE","Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sidedprisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent."
"APAUME","See Appaum."
"APE","A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiad\u00e6, having teethof the same number and form as in man, having teeth of the samenumber and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheekpouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates,and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. Thehigher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often calledanthropoid apes or man apes."
"APEAK","In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable hasbeen sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the ship isthem said to be hove apeak. [Spelt also apeek.]"
"APEHOOD","The state of being an ape."
"APELLOUS","Destitute of skin. Brande & C."
"APENNINE","Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain ofmountains extending through Italy."
"APEPSY","Defective digestion, indigestion. Coxe."
"APER","One who apes."
"APERCU","A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation soobtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative ratherthan analytic."
"APEREA","The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea)."
"APERIENT","Gently opening the bowels; laxative.-- n."
"APERITIVE","Serving to open; aperient. Harvey."
"APERT","Open; ev [Archaic] Fotherby."
"APERTION","The act of opening; an opening; an aperture. [Archaic] Wiseman."
"APERTLY","Openly; clearly. [Archaic]"
"APERTNESS","Openness; frankness. [Archaic]"
"APERTURE","The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of atelescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inchaperture."
"APETALOUS","Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther]."
"APETALOUSNESS","The state of being apetalous."
"APEX","The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface. [U.S.] Apex ofthe earth's motion (Astron.), that point of the heavens toward whichthe earth is moving in its orbit."
"APHAERESIS","Same as Apheresis."
"APHAKIA","An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of thecrystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is theuse of powerful convex lenses. Dunglison."
"APHAKIAL","Pertaining to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes."
"APHANIPTERA","A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. SeeFlea."
"APHANIPTEROUS","Of or pertaining to the Aphaniptera."
"APHANITE","A very compact, dark-colored"
"APHANITIC","Resembling aphanite; having a very fine-grained structure."
"APHASIC","Pertaining to, or affected by, aphasia; speechless."
"APHELION","That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distantfrom the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion."
"APHELIOTROPIC","Turning away from the sun; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin."
"APHELIOTROPISM","The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certainplants."
"APHEMIA","Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power ofwriting; -- a disorder of cerebral origin."
"APHERESIS","The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of aword; e. g., cute for acute."
"APHESIS","The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of aword; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire.New Eng. Dict."
"APHETIC","Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginningof a word; as, an aphetic word or form.-- A*phet'ic*al*ly, adv. New Eng. Dict."
"APHETISM","An aphetized form of a word. New Eng. Dict."
"APHETIZE","To shorten by aphesis.These words . . . have been aphetized. New Eng. Dict."
"APHID","One of the genus Aphis; an aphidian."
"APHIDES","See Aphis."
"APHIDIAN","Of or pertaining to the family Aphid\u00e6.-- n."
"APHIDIVOROUS","Devouring aphides; aphidophagous."
"APHIDOPHAGOUS","Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of thefamily Coccinellid\u00e6."
"APHILANTHROPY","Want of love to mankind; -- the opposite of philanthropy. Coxe."
"APHIS","A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and familyAphid\u00e6, including numerous species known as plant lice and greenflies."
"APHIS LION","The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feedsvoraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larv\u00e6 of theladybugs (Coccinella)."
"APHLOGISTIC","Flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire iskept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame."
"APHORISM","A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; asharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than topractical matters.The first aphorism of Hippocrates is, 'Life is short, and the art islong.' Fleming."
"APHORISMER","A dealer in aphorisms. [Used in derogation or contempt.]Milton."
"APHORIST","A writer or utterer of aphorisms."
"APHORISTICALLY","In the form or manner of aphorisms; pithily."
"APHORIZE","To make aphorisms."
"APHOTIC","Without light."
"APHOTIC REGION","A depth of water so great that only those organisms can existthat do not assimilate."
"APHRITE","See under Calcite."
"APHRODISIAC","That which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) excites tovenery."
"APHRODISIAN","Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. 'Aphrodisian dames' [that is,courtesans]. C. Reade."
"APHRODITE","The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of theRomans."
"APHRODITIC","Venereal. [R.] Dunglison."
"APHTHAE","Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on thelips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonlycharacteristic of thrush."
"APHTHOID","Of the nature of aphth\u00e6; resembling thrush."
"APHTHONG","A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling aword, but in the pronunciation having no sound.-- Aph*thon'gal, a."
"APHTHOUS","Pertaining to, or caused by, aphth\u00e6; characterized by apht\u00e6;as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever."
"APHYLLOUS","Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceousplants, etc."
"APIACEOUS","Umbelliferous."
"APIAN","Belonging to bees."
"APIARIAN","Of or relating to bees."
"APIARIST","One who keeps an apiary."
"APIARY","A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; abeehouse."
"APICAL","At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit. Gray."
"APICES","See Apex."
"APICIAN","Belonging to Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure; hence appliedto whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery.H. Rogers."
"APICULAR","Situated at, or near, the apex; apical."
"APICULTURE","Rearing of bees for their honey and wax."
"APIECE","Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share ofeach; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece. 'Fined . . . athousand pounds apiece.' Hume."
"APIECES","In pieces or to pieces. [Obs.] 'Being torn apieces.' Shak."
"APIKED","Trimmed. [Obs.]Full fresh and new here gear apiked was. Chaucer."
"APIOL","An oily liquid derived from parsley."
"APIOLOGIST","A student of bees. [R.] Emerson."
"APIOLOGY","The scientific or systematic study of honey bees."
"APIS","A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including thecommon honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. SeeHoneybee."
"APISH","Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servilemanner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected;trifling.The apish gallantry of a fantastic boy. Sir W. Scott."
"APISHLY","In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly."
"APISHNESS","The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery."
"APITPAT","With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat. Congreve."
"APLACENTAL","Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta."
"APLACENTATA","Mammals which have no placenta."
"APLACOPHORA","A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or coveredwith slender spines or set\u00e6, but is without shelly plates."
"APLANATIC","Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combinedas to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens. Aplanatic focusof a lens (Opt.), the point or focus from which rays diverging passthe lens without spherical aberration. In certain forms of lensesthere are two such foci; and it is by taking advantage of this factthat the best aplanatic object glasses of microscopes areconstructed."
"APLANATISM","Freedom from spherical aberration."
"APLANOGAMETE","A nonmotile gamete, found in certain lower alg\u00e6."
"APLASIA","Incomplete or faulty development."
"APLASTIC","Not plastic or easily molded."
"APLOMB","Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession."
"APLOTOMY","Simple incision. Dunglison."
"APLUSTRE","An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usuallyspreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. Audsley."
"APLYSIA","A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; thesea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purpleliquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. inAppendix."
"APNEUMATIC","Devoid of air; free from air; as, an apneumatic lung; also,effected by or with exclusion of air; as, an apneumatic operation."
"APNEUMONA","An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratoryorgans are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes."
"APO","A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from,away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off),apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous."
"APOCALYPSE","Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to theRevelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a propheticrevelation. Apocolyptic number, the number 666, mentioned in Rev.xiii. 18. It has been variously interpreted."
"APOCALYPTICALLY","By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner."
"APOCARPOUS","Either entirely of partially separate, as the carpels of acompound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous. Lindley."
"APOCHROMATIC","Free from chromatic and spherical aberration; -- said esp. of alens in which rays of three or more colors are brought to the samefocus, the degree of achromatism thus obtained being more completethan where two rays only are thus focused, as in the ordinaryachromatic objective. --Ap`o*chro'ma*tism (#), n."
"APOCODEINE","An alkaloid, , prepared from codeine. In its effects itresembles apomorphine."
"APOCOPATE","To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the lastletter, syllable, or part of a word."
"APOCOPATION","Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated."
"APOCOPE","A cutting off; abscission."
"APOCRUSTIC","Astringent and repellent.-- n."
"APOCRYPHALIST","One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha. [R.]"
"APOCRYPHALLY","In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably."
"APOCRYPHALNESS","The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness ofcredit or genuineness."
"APOCYNIN","A bitter principle obtained from the dogbane (Apocynumcannabinum)."
"APODAN","Apodal."
"APODEME","One of the processes of the shell which project inwards andunite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea."
"APODICTIC","Same as Apodeictic."
"APODIXIS","Full demonstration."
"APODOSIS","The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence,expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis orclause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, 'Though heslay me, yet will I trust in him,' the former clause is the protasis,and the latter the apodosis."
"APODOUS","Apodal; apod."
"APODYTERIUM","The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra,where one stripped; a dressing room."
"APOGAIC","Apogean."
"APOGAMIC","Relating to apogamy."
"APOGAMY","The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule oro\u00f6spore. De Bary."
"APOGEAL","Apogean."
"APOGEAN","Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, whichoccur when the moon has passed her apogee."
"APOGEE","That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatestdistance from the earth."
"APOGEOTROPIC","Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin."
"APOGEOTROPISM","The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts."
"APOGRAPH","A copy or transcript. Blount."
"APOHYAL","Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone."
"APOISE","Balanced."
"APOLAR","Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly tocertain nerve cells."
"APOLAUSTIC","Devoted to enjoyment."
"APOLLINARIAN","In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games."
"APOLLINARIS WATER","An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a tablebeverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn."
"APOLLO","A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of lightand day (the 'sun god'), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, andmusic, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace andbeauty; -- called also Ph\u00e9bus. The Apollo Belvedere, a celebratedstatue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace atRome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame."
"APOLLYON","The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel ofthe bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon."
"APOLOGER","A teller of apologues. [Obs.]"
"APOLOGETICALLY","By way of apology."
"APOLOGETICS","That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, andsets forth the evidence of their divine authority."
"APOLOGIST","One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defenseof a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues indefense of Christianity."
"APOLOGIZE","To defend. [Obs.]The Christians . . . were apologized by Plinie. Dr. G. Benson."
"APOLOGIZER","One who makes an apology; an apologist."
"APOLOGUE","A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to conveysome moral truth; a moral fable."
"APOLOGY","To offer an apology. [Obs.]For which he can not well apology. J. Webster."
"APOMECOMETER","An instrument for measuring the height of objects. Knight."
"APOMECOMETRY","The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off. [Obs. orR.]"
"APONEUROSIS","Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasci\u00e6 whichcover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles.They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. SeeFascia."
"APONEUROTIC","Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis."
"APONEUROTOMY","Dissection of aponeuroses."
"APOPEMPTIC","Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplecticsongs or hymns."
"APOPHASIS","A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice ofa favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effectdesired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., JuliusC\u00e6sar, iii. 2.]"
"APOPHLEGMATIC","Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouthor nostrils.-- n."
"APOPHLEGMATISM","The action of apophlegmatics."
"APOPHLEGMATIZANT","An apophlegmatic. [Obs.]"
"APOPHTHEGM","See Apothegm."
"APOPHYGE","The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of theshaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; --called also the scape. Parker."
"APOPHYLLITE","A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in squareprisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Itis a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium."
"APOPHYSIS","A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone."
"APOPLECTIC","One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy."
"APOPLEX","Apoplexy. [Obs.] Dryden."
"APOPLEXED","Affected with apoplexy. [Obs.] Shak."
"APOPLEXY","Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, andvoluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain."
"APORETICAL","Doubting; skeptical. [Obs.] Cudworth."
"APORIA","A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss whatcourse to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc."
"APOROSA","A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposedto Perforata."
"APOROSE","Without pores."
"APORT","On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm."
"APOSEMATIC","Having or designating conspicuous or warning colors orstructures indicative of special means of defense against enemies, asin the skunk."
"APOSIOPESIS","A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, asif unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, 'I declareto you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here.'"
"APOSITIC","Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger."
"APOSTASY","An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a totaldesertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp.,the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy fromChristianity."
"APOSTATE","One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces hisclerical profession."
"APOSTATIC","Apostatical. [R.]"
"APOSTATICAL","Apostate.An heretical and apostatical church. Bp. Hall."
"APOSTATIZE","To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; toforsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the partyto which one has previously adhered.He apostatized from his old faith in facts, took to believing inCarlyle."
"APOSTEMATE","To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus. Wiseman."
"APOSTEMATION","The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration.[Written corruptly imposthumation.] Wiseman."
"APOSTEMATOUS","Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme."
"APOSTEME","An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter. [Writtencorruptly imposthume.]"
"APOSTLE","A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to thesuperior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals inthe admiralty courts. Wharton. Burrill. Apostles' creed, a creed ofunknown origin, which was formerly ascribed to the apostles. Itcertainly dates back to the beginning of the sixth century, and someassert that it can be found in the writings of Ambrose in the fourthcentury.-- Apostle spoon (Antiq.), a spoon of silver, with the handleterminating in the figure of an apostle. One or more were offered bysponsors at baptism as a present to the godchild. B. Jonson."
"APOSTLESHIP","The office or dignity of an apostle."
"APOSTOLIC","A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various timesprofessed to imitate the practice of the apostles."
"APOSTOLIC DELEGATE","The diplomatic agent of the pope highest in grade, superior toa nuncio."
"APOSTOLICALLY","In an apostolic manner."
"APOSTOLICALNESS","Apostolicity. Dr. H. More."
"APOSTROPHE","A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenlybreaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses,in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as,Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of'Paradise Lost.'"
"APOSTROPHIC","Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical."
"APOSTROPHIZE","To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe."
"APOSTUME","See Aposteme. [Obs.]"
"APOTACTITE","One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitationof the first believers, renounced all their possessions."
"APOTELESM","The calculation and explanation of a nativity. [Obs.] Bailey."
"APOTHECARY","One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinalpurposes."
"APOTHECIUM","The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses ofvarious shapes."
"APOTHEGMATIST","A collector or maker of apothegms. Pope."
"APOTHEGMATIZE","To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings."
"APOTHEM","The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of aregular polygon."
"APOTHEOSIZE","To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; todeify; to glorify."
"APOTOME","The difference between two quantities commensurable only inpower, as between sq. root2 and 1, or between the diagonal and sideof a square."
"APOZEM","A decoction or infusion. [Obs.] Wiseman."
"APOZEMICAL","Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction. [Obs.] J. Whitaker."
"APPAIR","To impair; to grow worse. [Obs.]"
"APPALACHIAN","Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States,commonly called the Allegheny mountains."
"APPALL","Terror; dismay. [Poet.] Cowper."
"APPALLING","Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident.-- Ap*pall'ing*ly, adv."
"APPALLMENT","Depression occasioned by terror; dismay. [Obs.] Bacon."
"APPANAGIST","A prince to whom an appanage has been granted."
"APPARAILLYNG","Preparation. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"APPARATUS","A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function;as, the respiratory apparatus."
"APPAREL","The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors,guns, etc."
"APPARENCE","Appearance. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"APPARENT","An heir apparent. [Obs.]I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown. Shak."
"APPARENTNESS","Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness.[R.] Sherwood."
"APPARITION","The first appearance of a star or other luminary after havingbeen invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation. Circle ofperpetual apparition. See under Circle."
"APPARITIONAL","Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral. 'Anapparitional soul.' Tylor."
"APPARITOR","A messenger or officer who serves the process of anecclesiastical court. Bouvier."
"APPAUME","A hand open and extended so as to show the palm."
"APPAY","To pay; to satisfy or appease. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"APPEACH","To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; toreproach. [Obs.]And oft of error did himself appeach. Spenser."
"APPEACHER","An accuser. [Obs.] Raleigh."
"APPEACHMENT","Accusation. [Obs.]"
"APPEAL","To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to asuperior judge or court for the purpose of re\u00ebxamination of fordecision. Tomlins.I appeal unto C\u00e6sar. Acts xxv. 11."
"APPEALANT","An appellant. [Obs.] Shak."
"APPEALER","One who makes an appeal."
"APPEALING","That appeals; imploring.-- Ap*peal'*ing*ly, adv.-- Ap*peal'ing*ness, n."
"APPEAR","Appearance. [Obs.] J. Fletcher."
"APPEARANCE","The coming into court of either of the parties; the beingpresent in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in anaction, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formalentry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding bywhich a party proceeded against places himself before the court, andsubmits to its jurisdiction. Burrill. Bouvier. Daniell. To put in anappearance, to be present; to appear in person.-- To save appearances, to preserve a fair outward show."
"APPEARER","One who appears. Sir T. Browne."
"APPEARINGLY","Apparently. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"APPEASABLE","Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable.-- Ap*peas'a*ble*ness, n."
"APPEASE","To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; tostill; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease thetumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst."
"APPEASEMENT","The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased;pacification. Hayward."
"APPEASER","One who appeases; a pacifier."
"APPEASIVE","Tending to appease."
"APPEL","A tap or stamp of the foot as a warning of intent to attack; --called also attack."
"APPELLABLE","Appealable."
"APPELLANCY","Capability of appeal."
"APPELLANT","Relating to an appeal; appellate. 'An appellant jurisdiction.'Hallam. Party appellant (Law), the party who appeals; appellant; --opposed to respondent, or appellee. Tomlins."
"APPELLATE","Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals. 'Appellatejurisdiction.' Blackstone. 'Appellate judges.' Burke. Appelate court,a court having cognizance of appeals."
"APPELLATIVE","Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class."
"APPELLATIVELY","After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to expresswhole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes usedappellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man."
"APPELLATIVENESS","The quality of being appellative. Fuller."
"APPELLATORY","Containing an appeal.An appellatory libel ought to contain the name of the partyappellant. Ayliffe."
"APPENAGE","See Appanage."
"APPENDAGE","A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ orlimb, esp. of the articulates.Antenn\u00e6 and other appendages used for feeling. Carpenter."
"APPENDAGED","Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage."
"APPENDANCE","Something appendant."
"APPENDANT","Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for aconsiderable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging toanother inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, anadvowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common offishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house. Wharton. Coke."
"APPENDICAL","Of or like an appendix."
"APPENDICATE","To append. [Obs.]"
"APPENDICATION","An appendage. [Obs.]"
"APPENDICITIS","Inflammation of the vermiform appendix."
"APPENDICLE","A small appendage."
"APPENDICULAR","Relating to an appendicle; appendiculate. [R.]"
"APPENDICULARIA","A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like atadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larv\u00e6 of otherTunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. SeeIllustration in Appendix."
"APPENDICULATA","An order of annelids; the Polych\u00e6ta."
"APPENDICULATE","Having small appendages; forming an appendage. Appendiculateleaf, a small appended leaf. Withering."
"APPENDIX VERMIFORMIS","The vermiform appendix."
"APPENSION","The act of appending. [Obs.]"
"APPERCEIVE","To perceive; to comprehend. Chaucer."
"APPERCEPTION","The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in itsown states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes,intensified or energetic perception. Leibnitz. Reid.This feeling has been called by philosophers the apperception orconsciousness of our own existence. Sir W. Hamilton."
"APPERIL","Peril. [Obs.] Shak."
"APPERTAIN","To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, orcustom; to relate.Things appertaining to this life. Hooker.Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5."
"APPERTAINMENT","That which appertains to a person; an appurtenance. [Obs. orR.] Shak."
"APPERTINENT","Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written appurtenant.]Coleridge."
"APPETE","To seek for; to desire. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"APPETENCE","A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite;appetency."
"APPETENT","Desiring; eagerly desirous. [R.]Appetent after glory and renown. Sir G. Buck."
"APPETIBILITY","The quality of being desirable. Bramhall."
"APPETIBLE","Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.Bramhall."
"APPETITION","Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something. Holland."
"APPETITIVE","Having the quality of desiring gratification; as, appetitivepower or faculty. Sir M. Hale."
"APPETIZE","To make hungry; to whet the appetite of. Sir W. Scott."
"APPETIZER","Something which creates or whets an appetite."
"APPETIZING","Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food.The appearance of the wild ducks is very appetizing. Sir W. Scott."
"APPIAN","Of or pertaining to Appius. Appian Way, the great paved highwayfrom ancient Rome trough Capua to Brundisium, now Brindisi,constructed partly by Appius Claudius, about 312 b. c."
"APPLAUD","To express approbation loudly or significantly."
"APPLAUDER","One who applauds."
"APPLAUSABLE","Worthy pf applause; praiseworthy. [Obs.]"
"APPLAUSE","The act of applauding; approbation and praise publiclyexpressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet,acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.The brave man seeks not popular applause. Dryden."
"APPLAUSIVE","Expressing applause; approbative.-- Ap*plau'sive*ly, adv."
"APPLE","Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the baseof the fruit; an apple tree."
"APPLE PIE","A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice andsugar. Apple-pie bed, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are sodoubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any onefrom getting at his length between them. Halliwell, Conybeare.-- Apple-pie order, perfect order or arrangement. [Colloq.]Halliwell."
"APPLE-FACED","Having a round, broad face, like an apple. 'Apple-facedchildren.' Dickens."
"APPLE-JACK","Apple brandy. [U.S.]"
"APPLE-JOHN","A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; --called also Johnapple. Shak."
"APPLE-SQUIRE","A pimp; a kept gallant. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"APPLIABLE","Applicable; also, compliant. [Obs.] Howell."
"APPLICABILITY","The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied."
"APPLICABLE","Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; havingrelevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case underconsideration.-- Ap'pli*ca*ble*ness, n.-- Ap'pli*ca*bly, adv."
"APPLICANCY","The quality or state of being applicable. [R.]"
"APPLICANT","One who apples for something; one who makes request; apetitioner.The applicant for a cup of water. Plumtre.The court require the applicant to appear in person. Z. Swift."
"APPLICATE","Applied or put to some use.Those applicate sciences which extend the power of man over theelements. I. Taylor.Applicate number (Math.), one which applied to some concrete case.-- Applicate ordinate, right line applied at right angles to theaxis of any conic section, and bounded by the curve."
"APPLICATIVE","Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory;practical. Bramhall.-- Ap'pli*ca*tive*ly, adv."
"APPLICATORILY","By way of application."
"APPLICATORY","Having the property of applying; applicative; practical.-- n."
"APPLIEDLY","By application. [R.]"
"APPLIER","He who, or that which, applies."
"APPLIMENT","Application. [Obs.] Marston"
"APPLIQUE","Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of anothercolor or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, appliqu\u00e9lace; appliqu\u00e9 work."
"APPLOT","To divide into plots or parts; to apportion. Milton."
"APPLOTMENT","Apportionment."
"APPOGGIATURA","A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing thetime it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note onedegree above or below the principal note unless it be of the sameharmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in theillustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony."
"APPOINT","To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a newdisposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; --said of an estate already conveyed. Burrill. Kent. To appoint one'sself, to resolve. [Obs.] Crowley."
"APPOINTABLE","Capable of being appointed or constituted."
"APPOINTEE","A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed.Kent. Wharton."
"APPOINTER","One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment. Kent."
"APPOINTIVE","Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office. [R.]"
"APPOINTMENT","The exercise of the power of designating (under a 'power ofappointment') a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property;also, the instrument by which the designation is made."
"APPOINTOR","The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2."
"APPORTER","A bringer in; an importer. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale."
"APPORTION","To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide anddistribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportionundivided rights; to apportion time among various employments."
"APPORTIONATENESS","The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [Obs. & R.]"
"APPORTIONER","One who apportions."
"APPORTIONMENT","The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions orshares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to eachproprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property. A.Hamilton."
"APPOSABLE","Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as thethumb to the fingers of the hand."
"APPOSE","To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See Pose.To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly. Tyndale."
"APPOSED","Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of abird's beak."
"APPOSER","An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly,in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited thesheriffs' accounts."
"APPOSITE","Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat;-- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case.-- Ap'po*site*ly, adv.-- Ap'po*site*ness, n."
"APPOSITION","The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case,without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, theorator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first.Growth by apposition (Physiol.), a mode of growth characteristic ofnon vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood istransformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganizedsubstance."
"APPOSITIONAL","Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.Ellicott."
"APPOSITIVE","Of or relating to apposition; in apposition.-- n."
"APPRAISABLE","Capable of being appraised."
"APPRAISAL","A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement."
"APPRAISEMENT","The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser;estimation of worth."
"APPRAISER","One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn toestimate and fix the value of goods or estates."
"APPRECATION","Earnest prayer; devout wish. [Obs.]A solemn apprecation of good success. Bp. Hall."
"APPRECATORY","Praying or wishing good. [Obs.]'Apprecatory benedictions.' Bp.Hall."
"APPRECIABLE","Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to beestimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity.-- Ap*pre'ci*a*bly, adv."
"APPRECIANT","Appreciative. [R.]"
"APPRECIATE","To rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.] J. Morse."
"APPRECIATINGLY","In an appreciating manner; with appreciation."
"APPRECIATIVE","Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception;as, an appreciative audience.-- Ap*pre'ci*a*tive*ly, adv."
"APPRECIATIVENESS","The quality of being appreciative; quick recognition ofexcellence."
"APPRECIATOR","One who appreciates."
"APPRECIATORY","Showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatorycommendation.-- Ap*pre'ci*a*to*ri*ly, adv."
"APPREHENDER","One who apprehends."
"APPREHENSIBIITY","The quality of being apprehensible. [R.] De Quincey."
"APPREHENSIBLE","Capable of being apprehended or conceived. 'Apprehensible byfaith.' Bp. Hall.-- Ap`*pre*hen'si*bly, adv."
"APPREHENSIVELY","In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger."
"APPREHENSIVENESS","The quality or state of being apprehensive."
"APPRENTICE","A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years'standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant. [Obs.]Blackstone."
"APPRENTICEAGE","Apprenticeship. [Obs.]"
"APPRENTICEHOOD","Apprenticeship. [Obs.]"
"APPRENTICESHIP","Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its wholelength, as against a stem, Gray."
"APPRISE","To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed byof; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; heapprised the commander of what he had done."
"APPRIZAL","See Appraisal."
"APPRIZE","To appraise; to value; to appreciate."
"APPRIZEMENT","Appraisement."
"APPRIZER","A creditor for whom an appraisal is made. Sir W. Scott."
"APPROACH","To take approaches to."
"APPROACHABILITY","The quality of being approachable; approachableness."
"APPROACHABLE","Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachablevirtue."
"APPROACHABLENESS","The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility."
"APPROACHER","One who approaches."
"APPROACHING","The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree intoanother, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also,inarching and grafting by approach."
"APPROACHLESS","Impossible to be approached."
"APPROACHMENT","Approach. [Archaic] Holland."
"APPROBATE","Approved. [Obs.] Elyot."
"APPROBATIVE","Approving, or implying approbation. Milner."
"APPROBATIVENESS","Love of approbation."
"APPROBATOR","One who approves. [R.]"
"APPROBATORY","Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory. Sheldon."
"APPROMT","To quicken; to prompt. [Obs.]To appromt our invention. Bacon."
"APPROPINQUATE","To approach. [Archaic] Ld. Lytton."
"APPROPINQUATION","A drawing nigh; approach. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"APPROPINQUITY","Nearness; propinquity. [R.] J. Gregory."
"APPROPRE","To appropriate. [Obs.] Fuller."
"APPROPRIABLE","Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, orassigned exclusively to a particular use. Sir T. Browne."
"APPROPRIAMENT","What is peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification.[Obs.]If you can neglect Your own appropriaments. Ford."
"APPROPRIATE","Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belongingpeculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.In its strict and appropriate meaning. Porteus.Appropriate acts of divine worship. Stillingfleet.It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express ourideas. Locke."
"APPROPRIATELY","In an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly."
"APPROPRIATENESS","The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness.Froude."
"APPROPRIATIVE","Appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; as, anappropriative act.-- Ap*pro'pri*a*tive*ness, n."
"APPROPRIATOR","A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice;also, an impropriator."
"APPROVABLE","Worthy of being approved; meritorious.-- Ap*prov'a*ble*ness, n."
"APPROVAL","Approbation; sanction.A censor . . . without whose approval nTemple."
"APPROVANCE","Approval. [Archaic] Thomson."
"APPROVE","To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; said esp. ofwaste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor."
"APPROVEDLY","So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner."
"APPROVEMENT","a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason orfelony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a givingevidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term isno longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turningking's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in theUnited States. Burrill. Bouvier."
"APPROVER","One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1stApprovement, 2."
"APPROVING","Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile.-- Ap*prov'ing*ly, adv."
"APPROXIMATE","To draw; to approach."
"APPROXIMATELY","With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly."
"APPROXIMATIVE","Approaching; approximate.-- Ap*prox'i*ma*tive*ly, adv.-- Ap*prox'i*ma*tive*ness, n."
"APPROXIMATOR","One who, or that which, approximates."
"APPUI","A support or supporter; a stay; a prop. [Obs.]If a be to climb trees that are of any great height, there would bestays and appuies set to it. Holland.Point d'appui. Etym: [F., a point of support.] (Mil.) (a) A givenpoint or body, upon which troops are formed, or by which are marchedin line or column. (b) An advantageous defensive support, as acastle, morass, wood, declivity, etc."
"APPULSE","The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to themeridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to astar, or of a star to the meridian."
"APPULSION","A driving or striking against; an appulse."
"APPULSIVE","Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of theplanets. P. Cyc."
"APPULSIVELY","By appulsion."
"APPURTENANCE","That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage;an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; incommon parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to anotherthing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right ofway, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, anouthouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In astrict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land.Tomlins. Bouvier. Burrill.Globes . . . provided as appurtenances to astronomy. Bacon.The structure of the eye, and of its appurtenances. Reid."
"APPURTENANT","Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory;incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings.Blackstone. Common appurtenatn. (Law) See under Common, n."
"APRICATE","To bask in the sun. Boyle."
"APRICATION","Basking in the sun. [R.]"
"APRICOT","A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, anddelicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linn\u00e6us) whichbears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced throughoutthe temperate zone."
"APRIORISM","An a priori principle."
"APRIORITY","The quality of being innate in the mind, or prior toexperience; a priori reasoning."
"APROCTA","A group of Turbellaria in which there is no anal aperture."
"APROCTOUS","Without an anal office."
"APRON MAN","A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic. [Obs.]Shak."
"APRON STRING","The string of an apron. To be tied to a wife's or mother'sapron strings, to be unduly controlled by a wife or mother.He was so made that he could not submit to be tied to the apronstrings even of the best of wives. Macaulay."
"APRONED","Wearing an apron.A cobbler aproned, and a parson gowned. Pope."
"APRONFUL","The quality an apron can hold."
"APRONLESS","Without an apron."
"APSIDAL","Of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit."
"APSIDES","See Apsis."
"APSIS","One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite,which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body,corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to theapogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higherapsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, theline of apsides."
"APT","To fit; to suit; to adapt. [Obs.] ' To apt their places.' B.Jonson.That our speech be apted to edification. Jer. Taylor."
"APTABLE","Capable of being adapted. [Obs.] Sherwood."
"APTATE","To make fit. [Obs.] Bailey"
"APTERA","Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linn\u00e6n order ofinsects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders,centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in severaldistinct classes and orders."
"APTERAL","Apterous."
"APTERAN","One of the Aptera."
"APTERIA","Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. SeePteryli\u00e6."
"APTEROUS","Destitute of wings; apteral; as, apterous insects."
"APTERYGES","An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx."
"APTERYX","A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with onlyshort rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; thekiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country.Five species are known."
"APTITUDINAL","Suitable; fit. [Obs.]"
"APTLY","In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently;appropriately; readily."
"APTOTE","A noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun."
"APTOTIC","Pertaining to, or characterized by, aptotes; uninflected; as,aptotic languages."
"APTYCHUS","A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammoniteshells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula."
"APUS","A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod."
"APYRETIC","Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an intermissionof fever. Dunglison."
"APYREXIAL","Relating to apyrexy. 'Apyrexial period.' Brande & C."
"APYROUS","Incombustible; capable of sustaining a strong heat withoutalteration of form or properties."
"AQUA","Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry,in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed.Aqua ammoni\u00e6, the aqueous solution of ammonia; liquid ammonia; oftencalled aqua ammonia.-- Aqua marine, or Aqua marina. Same as Aquamarine.-- Aqua regia. Etym: [L., royal water] (Chem.), a very corrosivefuming yellow liquid consisting of nitric and hydrochloric acids. Ithas the power of dissolving gold, the 'royal' metal.-- Aqua Tofana, a fluid containing arsenic, and used for secretpoisoning, made by an Italian woman named Tofana, in the middle ofthe 17th century, who is said to have poisoned more than 600 persons.Francis.-- Aqua vit\u00e6 Etym: [L., water of life. Cf. Eau de vie, Usquebaugh],a name given to brandy and some other ardent spirits. Shak."
"AQUA FORTIS","Nitric acid. [Archaic]"
"AQUAMARINE","A transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. SeeBeryl."
"AQUAPUNCTURE","The introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief ofpain."
"AQUARELLE","A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also,the mode of painting in such colors."
"AQUARELLIST","A painter in thin transparent water colors."
"AQUARIAN","One of a sect of Christian in the primitive church who usedwater instead of wine in the Lord's Supper."
"AQUARIUM","An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glasssides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants arekept."
"AQUATIC","Pertaining to water growing in water; living in, swimming in,or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls."
"AQUATICAL","Aquatic. [R.]"
"AQUATILE","Inhabiting the water. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"AQUEDUCT","A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channelconnecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain."
"AQUEITY","Wateriness. [Obs.]"
"AQUEOUSNESS","Wateriness."
"AQUIFEROUS","Consisting or conveying water or a watery fluid; as, aquiferousvessels; the aquiferous system."
"AQUIFORM","Having the form of water."
"AQUILA","A genus of eagles."
"AQUILATED","Adorned with eagles' heads."
"AQUILON","The north wind. [Obs.] Shak."
"AQUIPAROUS","Secreting water; -- applied to certain glands. Dunglison."
"AQUITANIAN","Of or pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony."
"AQUOSE","Watery; aqueous. [R.] Bailey."
"AQUOSITY","The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness. Huxley.Very little water or aquosity is found in their belly. Holland."
"AR","Ere; before. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ARA","The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of theScorpion."
"ARAB","One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria,Northern Africa, etc. Street Arab, a homeless vagabond in the streetsof a city, particularly and outcast boy or girl. Tylor.The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are shivering in dampdoorways. Lond. Sat. Rev."
"ARABA","A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and oftencovered. [Oriental]"
"ARABESQUE","A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved inlow relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits,foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real orimaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together."
"ARABESQUED","Ornamented in the style of arabesques."
"ARABIAN","Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants. Arabian bird,the phenix. Shak."
"ARABIC","Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians. Arabic numerals orfigures, the nine digits, 1, 2, 3, etc., and the cipher 0.-- Gum arabic. See under Gum."
"ARABICAL","Relating to Arabia; Arabic.-- A*rab'ic*al*ly, adv."
"ARABIN","A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gumarabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance."
"ARABINOSE","A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum byboiling it with dilute sulphuric acid."
"ARABISM","An Arabic idiom peculiarly of language. Stuart."
"ARABIST","One well versed in the Arabic language or literature; also,formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery."
"ARABLE","Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to landwhich has been plowed or tilled."
"ARABY","The country of Arabia. [Archaic & Poetic]"
"ARACANESE","Of or pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah.-- n. sing. & pl."
"ARACARI","A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied tothe toucans. There are several species."
"ARACE","To tear up by the roots; to draw away. [Obs.] Wyatt."
"ARACEOUS","Of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus Arumis the type."
"ARACHNID","An arachnidan. Huxley."
"ARACHNIDA","One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix."
"ARACHNIDAN","One of the Arachnida."
"ARACHNIDIUM","The glandular organ in which the material for the web ofspiders is secreted."
"ARACHNITIS","Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane."
"ARACHNOID","Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord,between the dura mater and pia mater."
"ARACHNOIDAL","Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid."
"ARACHNOIDEA","Same as Arachnida."
"ARACHNOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to arachnology."
"ARACHNOLOGIST","One who is versed in, or studies, arachnology."
"ARACHNOLOGY","The department of zo\u00f6logy which treats of spiders and otherArachnida."
"ARAEOMETER","See Areometer."
"ARAEOSTYLE","See Intercolumniation."
"ARAEOSYSTYLE","See Intercolumniation."
"ARAGONESE","Of or pertaining to Aragon, in Spain, or to its inhabitants.-- n. sing. & pl."
"ARAGONITE","A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate oflime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of itsphysical characters."
"ARAGUATO","A South American monkey, the ursine howler (Mycetes ursinus).See Howler, n., 2."
"ARAISE","To raise. [Obs.] Shak."
"ARAK","Same as Arrack."
"ARAMAIC","Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language,or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aram\u00e6an; -- specificallyapplied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages,including Syriac and Chaldee.-- n."
"ARAMAISM","An idiom of the Aramaic."
"ARANEIDAN","Of or pertaining to the Araneina or spiders.-- n."
"ARANEIFORM","Having the form of a spider. Kirby."
"ARANEINA","The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders."
"ARANEOSE","Of the aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid."
"ARANEOUS","Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, thearaneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid. Derham."
"ARANGO","A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported fromBombay for use in the African slave trade. McCulloch."
"ARAPAIMA","A large fresh-water food fish of South America."
"ARARA","The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossusaterrimus)."
"ARATION","Plowing; tillage. [R.]Lands are said to be in a state of aration when they are undertillage. Brande."
"ARATORY","Contributing to tillage."
"ARAUCARIA","A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species areconfined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differfrom those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces intwo or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. Theseeds are edible."
"ARAUCARIAN","Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliestconifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian. Dana."
"ARBITER","To act as arbiter between. [Obs.]"
"ARBITRABLE","Capable of being decided by arbitration; determinable.[Archaic] Bp. Hall."
"ARBITRAGE","A traffic in bills of exchange (see Arbitration of Exchange);also, a traffic in stocks which bear differing values at the sametime in different markets."
"ARBITRAL","Of or relating to an arbiter or an arbitration. [R.]"
"ARBITRARILY","In an arbitrary manner; by will only; despotically; absolutely."
"ARBITRARINESS","The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny. Bp.Hall."
"ARBITRARIOUS","Arbitrary; despotic. [Obs.] -- Ar`bi*tra'*ri*ous*ly, adv.[Obs.]"
"ARBITRATION","The hearing and determination of a cause between parties incontroversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties."
"ARBITRATRIX","A female who arbitrates or judges."
"ARBITRESS","A female arbiter; an arbitratrix. Milton."
"ARBLAST","A crossbow. See Arbalest."
"ARBOR","A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines,branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower. Sir P.Sidney."
"ARBOR DIANAE","A precipitation of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form."
"ARBOR VINE","A species of bindweed."
"ARBOR VITAE","An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. TheAmerican species is the T. occidentalis."
"ARBORARY","Of or pertaining to trees; arboreal."
"ARBORATOR","One who plants or who prunes trees. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"ARBORED","Furnished with an arbor; lined with trees. 'An arboreal walk.'Pollok."
"ARBORESCENCE","The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree inminerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form;as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver."
"ARBORESCENT","Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; havingcrystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.'Arborescent hollyhocks.' Evelyn."
"ARBORET","A small tree or shrub. [Obs.] Spenser.Among thick-woven arborets, and flowers Imbordered on each bank.Milton."
"ARBORETUM","A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs iscultivated for scientific or educational purposes."
"ARBORICAL","Relating to trees. [Obs.]"
"ARBORICOLE","Tree-inhabiting; -- said of certain birds."
"ARBORICULTURAL","Pertaining to arboriculture. Loudon."
"ARBORICULTURE","The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or forornamental purposes."
"ARBORICULTURIST","One who cultivates trees."
"ARBORIFORM","Treelike in shape."
"ARBORIST","One who makes trees his study, or who is versed in theknowledge of trees. Howell."
"ARBORIZATION","The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals orfossils; a dendrite."
"ARBORIZED","Having a treelike appearance. 'An arborized or moss agate.'Wright."
"ARBOROUS","Formed by trees. [Obs.]From under shady, arborous roof. Milton."
"ARBUSCLE","A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; atreelike shrub. Bradley."
"ARBUSCULAR","Of or pertaining to a dwarf tree; shrublike. Da Costa."
"ARBUSTIVE","Containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs.Bartram."
"ARC","A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of anellipse."
"ARC LIGHT","The light of an arc lamp."
"ARCADED","Furnished with an arcade."
"ARCADIA","Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as,Arcadian simplicity or scenery."
"ARCANE","Hidden; secret. [Obs.] 'The arcane part of divine wisdom.'Berkeley."
"ARCANUM","A secret remedy; an elixir. Dunglison."
"ARCBOUTANT","A flying buttress. Gwilt."
"ARCH","Any part of a curved line."
"ARCH BRICK","A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch."
"ARCH STONE","A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir."
"ARCH-","A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend."
"ARCHAEAN","Ancient; pertaining to the earliest period in geologicalhistory."
"ARCHAEOGRAPHY","A description of, or a treatise on, antiquity or antiquities."
"ARCHAEOLITHIC","Of or pertaining to the earliest Stone age; -- applied to aprehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic age."
"ARCHAEOLOGIAN","An arch\u00e6ologist."
"ARCHAEOLOGIST","One versed in arch\u00e6ology; an antiquary. Wright."
"ARCHAEOLOGY","The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoricantiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of anearly epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, writtenmanuscripts, etc."
"ARCHAEOPTERYX","A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having along tapering tail of many vertebr\u00e6 with feathers along each side,and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics."
"ARCHAEOSTOMATOUS","Applied to a gastrula when the blastorope does not entirely up."
"ARCHAEOZOIC","Like or belonging to the earliest forms of animal life."
"ARCHAIC","Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated;obsolescent."
"ARCHAICAL","Archaic. [R.] -- Ar*cha'ic*al*ly, adv."
"ARCHAISTIC","Like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to anarchaism."
"ARCHAIZE","To make appear archaic or antique. Mahaffy."
"ARCHANGEL","A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelicaarchangelica, Lamium album, etc.)."
"ARCHANGELIC","Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, orresembling, an archangel. Milton."
"ARCHBISHOP","A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (oftencalled a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of thesuffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopalauthority in his own diocese."
"ARCHBISHOPRIC","The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see orprovince over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority."
"ARCHBUTLER","A chief butler; -- an officer of the German empire."
"ARCHCHAMBERLAIN","A chief chamberlain; -- an officer of the old German empire,whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in England."
"ARCHCHANCELLOR","A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, whopresided over the secretaries of the court."
"ARCHCHEMIC","Of supreme chemical powers. [R.] 'The archchemic sun.' Milton."
"ARCHDEACON","In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below abishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though withindependent authority. Blackstone."
"ARCHDEACONRY","The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. SeeBenefice.Every diocese is divided into archdeaconries. Blackstone."
"ARCHDEACONSHIP","The office of an archdeacon."
"ARCHDIOCESE","The diocese of an archbishop."
"ARCHDUCAL","Of or pertaining to an archduke or archduchy."
"ARCHDUCHESS","The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperialfamily of Austria. See Archduke."
"ARCHDUCHY","The territory of an archduke or archduchess. Ash."
"ARCHDUKE","A prince of the imperial family of Austria."
"ARCHDUKEDOM","An archduchy."
"ARCHEBIOSIS","To origination of living matter from non-living. SeeAbiogenesis. Bastian."
"ARCHED","Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an archeddoor."
"ARCHEGONIAL","Relating to the archegonium."
"ARCHEGONIUM","The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamicplants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants."
"ARCHEGONY","Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis."
"ARCHELOGY","The science of, or a treatise on, first principles. Fleming."
"ARCHENCEPHALA","The division that includes man alone. R. Owen."
"ARCHENEMY","A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary ofmankind. Milton."
"ARCHENTERIC","Relating to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination."
"ARCHENTERON","The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of agastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination."
"ARCHER","A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow."
"ARCHER FISH","A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- socalled from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey.The name is also applied to Ch\u00e6todon rostratus."
"ARCHERESS","A female archer. Markham."
"ARCHERSHIP","The art or skill of an archer."
"ARCHES","pl. of Arch, n. Court of arches, or Arches Court (Eng. Law),the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof thejudge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean ofthe Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St.Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. Mozley & W."
"ARCHETYPAL","Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real orideal) or pattern; original. 'One archetypal mind.' Gudworth."
"ARCHETYPALLY","With reference to the archetype; originally. 'Partsarchetypally distinct.' Dana."
"ARCHETYPE","The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted."
"ARCHETYPICAL","Relating to an archetype; archetypal."
"ARCHEUS","The vital principle or force which (according to theParacelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of livingbeings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers.[Obs.] Johnson."
"ARCHI-","A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect, archiepiscopal.In Biol. and Anat. it usually means primitive, original, ancestral;as, archipterygium, the primitive fin or wing."
"ARCHIANNELIDA","A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segmentsor distinct ventral nerve ganglions."
"ARCHIATER","Chief physician; -- a term applied, on the continent of Europe,to the first or body physician of princes and to the first physicianof some cities. P. Cyc."
"ARCHIBALD WHEEL","A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, esp.adapted for artillery carriages and motor cars."
"ARCHIBLASTULA","A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a c"
"ARCHICAL","Chief; primary; primordial. [Obs.] Cudworth."
"ARCHIDIACONAL","Of or pertaining to an archdeacon.This offense is liable to be censured in an archidiaconal visitation.Johnson."
"ARCHIEPISCOPAL","Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is anarchiepiscopal see."
"ARCHIEPISCOPALITY","The station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy.Fuller."
"ARCHIEPISCOPATE","The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric."
"ARCHIEREY","The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans,archbishops, and bishops. Pinkerton."
"ARCHILOCHIAN","Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as,Archilochian meter."
"ARCHIMEDEAN","Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher;constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedeandrill, propeller, etc. Archimedean screw, or Archimedes' screw, aninstrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raisingwater, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the formof a screw. When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and thelower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, thewater is raised to the upper end. Francis."
"ARCHIMEDES","An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of thesubcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw."
"ARCHING","Hogging; -- opposed to sagging."
"ARCHIPELAGIC","Of or pertaining to an archipelago."
"ARCHIPTERYGIUM","The primitive form of fin, like that of Ceratodus."
"ARCHITECTIVE","Used in building; proper for building. Derham."
"ARCHITECTONICS","The science of architecture."
"ARCHITECTOR","An architect. [Obs.] North."
"ARCHITECTRESS","A female architect."
"ARCHITECTURAL","Of or pertaining to the art of building; conformed to the rulesof architecture.-- Ar`chi*tec'tur*al*ly, adv."
"ARCHITEUTHIS","A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, foundesp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand."
"ARCHITRAVED","Furnished with an architrave. Cowper."
"ARCHIVAL","Pertaining to, or contained in, archives or records. Tooke."
"ARCHIVE","The place in which public records or historic documents arekept.Our words . . . . become records in God's court, and are laid up inhis archives as witnesses. Gov. of Tongue."
"ARCHIVIST","A keeper of archives or records. [R.]"
"ARCHIVOLT","A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, havingthe bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings witha unison."
"ARCHLY","In an arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness;slyly; waggishly.Archly the maiden smiled. Longfellow."
"ARCHMARSHAL","The grand marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that tothe Elector of Saxony."
"ARCHNESS","The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free frommalice; waggishness. Goldsmith."
"ARCHON","One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, bypre\u00ebminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates.-- Ar*chon'tic, a."
"ARCHONSHIP","The office of an archon. Mitford."
"ARCHONTATE","An archon's term of office. Gibbon."
"ARCHONTS","The group including man alone."
"ARCHOPLASM","The substance from which attraction spheres develop in mitoticcell division, and of which they consist."
"ARCHPRELATE","An archbishop or other chief prelate."
"ARCHPRESBYTER","Same as Archpriest."
"ARCHPRESBYTERY","The absolute dominion of presbytery. Milton."
"ARCHPRIEST","A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean."
"ARCHPRIMATE","The chief primate. Milton."
"ARCHTRAITOR","A chief or transcendent traitor. I. Watts."
"ARCHTREASURER","A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of theGerman empire."
"ARCHWAY","A way or passage under an arch."
"ARCHWIFE","A big, masculine wife. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ARCHWISE","Arch-shaped."
"ARCHY","Arched; as, archy brows."
"ARCIFORM","Having the form of an arch; curved."
"ARCOGRAPH","An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of acentral point; a cyclograph."
"ARCTATION","Constriction or contraction of some natural passage, as inconstipation from inflammation."
"ARCTIC","Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellationcalled the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle,region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature."
"ARCTISCA","A group of Arachnida. See Illust. in Appendix."
"ARCTOGEAL","Of or pertaining to arctic lands; as, the arctogeal fauna."
"ARCTOIDEA","A group of the Carnivora, that includes the bears, weasels,etc."
"ARCTURUS","A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellationBo\u00f6tes."
"ARCUAL","Of or pertaining to an arc. Arcual measure of an angle (Math.),that in which the unit angle has its measuring arc equal to theradius of the circle."
"ARCUATELY","In the form of a bow."
"ARCUATION","A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground,and covering the small shoots with earth; layering. Chambers."
"ARCUBALIST","A crossbow. Fosbroke."
"ARCUBALISTER","A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist. Camden."
"ARCUBUS","See Arquebus. [Obs.]"
"ARDASSINE","A very fine sort of Persian silk."
"ARDENTLY","In an ardent manner; eagerly; with warmth; affectionately;passionately."
"ARDENTNESS","Ardency. [R.]"
"ARDOIS SYSTEM","A widely used system of electric night signals in which aseries of double electric lamps (white and red) is arrangedvertically on a mast, and operated from a keyboard below."
"ARDOR","Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim. [Thus used by Milton.]"
"ARDUOUSLY","In an arduous manner; with difficulty or laboriousness."
"ARDUOUSNESS","The quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution."
"ARDUROUS","Burning; ardent. [R.]Lo! further on, Where flames the arduous Spirit of Isidore. Cary."
"ARE","The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be;but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are,and is, all come from the root as."
"AREA","The superficial contents of any figure; the surface includedwithin any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a squareor a triangle."
"AREAL","Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areasor spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves)."
"AREAR","To raise; to set up; to stir up. [Obs.]"
"ARECA","A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut,or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the PiperBetle and lime."
"AREEK","In a reeking condition. Swift."
"AREFACTION","The act of drying, or the state of growing dry.The arefaction of the earth. Sir M. Hale."
"AREFY","To dry, or make dry. Bacon."
"ARENA","The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which thegladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so calledbecause it was covered with sand."
"ARENACEOUS","Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand;easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone."
"ARENARIOUS","Sandy; as, arenarious soil."
"ARENATION","A sand bath; application of hot sand to the body. Dunglison."
"ARENDATOR","In some provinces of Russia, one who farms the rents orrevenues."
"ARENICOLITE","An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks. Dana."
"ARENILITIC","Of or pertaining to sandstone; as, arenilitic mountains.Kirwan."
"ARENOSE","Sandy; full of sand. Johnson."
"ARENULOUS","Full of fine sand; like sand. [Obs.]"
"AREOLA","The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle orpustule."
"AREOLAR","Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices orareol\u00e6. reolar tissue (Anat.), a form of fibrous connective tissue inwhich the fibers are loosely arranged with numerous spaces, orareol\u00e6, between them."
"AREOLE","Same as Areola."
"AREOLET","A small inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on thewings of insects, circumscribed by the veins."
"AREOMETER","An instrument for measuring the specific gravity of fluids; aform hydrometer."
"AREOMETRY","The art or process of measuring the specific gravity of fluids."
"AREOPAGIST","See Areopagite."
"AREOPAGITE","A member of the Areopagus. Acts xvii. 34."
"AREOPAGITIC","Pertaining to the Areopagus. Mitford."
"AREOPAGUS","The highest judicial court at Athens. Its sessions were held onMars' Hill. Hence, any high court or tribunal"
"AREOSTYLE","See Intercolumniation, and Ar\u00e6ostyle."
"AREOSYSTYLE","See Intercolumniation, and Ar\u00e6osystyle."
"ARERE","See Arear. [Obs.] Ellis."
"AREST","A support for the spear when couched for the attack. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"ARET","To reckon; to ascribe; to impute. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ARETAICS","The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtueand happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with eudemonics.J. Grote."
"ARETE","An acute and rugged crest of a mountain range or a subsidiaryridge between two mountain gorges."
"ARETOLOGY","That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, itsnature, and the means of attaining to it."
"AREW","In a row. [Obs.] 'All her teeth arew.' Spenser."
"ARGAL","Crude tartar. See Argol."
"ARGALA","The adjutant bird."
"ARGAND LAMP","A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney whichallow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame. Argandburner, a burner for an Argand lamp, or a gas burner in which theprinciple of that lamp is applied."
"ARGAS","A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. Thefamous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that ofCentral America, called talaje by the natives, is A. Talaje."
"ARGEAN","Pertaining to the ship Argo. See Argo."
"ARGENT","Whiteness; anything that is white.The polished argent of her breast. Tennyson."
"ARGENTAL","Of or pertaining to silver; resembling, containing, or combinedwith, silver."
"ARGENTALIUM","A (patented) alloy of aluminium and silver, with a density ofabout 2.9."
"ARGENTAN","An alloy of nicked with copper and zinc; German silver."
"ARGENTATE","Silvery white. Gray."
"ARGENTATION","A coating or overlaying with silver. [R.] Johnson."
"ARGENTIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, silver; -- said ofcertain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowestproportion; as, argentic chloride."
"ARGENTIFEROUS","Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore orveins."
"ARGENTINE","A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having asilvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellarstructure."
"ARGENTITE","Sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silverglance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectilelike lead."
"ARGENTOUS","Of, pertaining to, or containing, silver; -- said of certainsilver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than inargentic compounds; as, argentous chloride."
"ARGENTRY","Silver plate or vessels. [Obs.]Bowls of frosted argentry. Howell."
"ARGIL","Clay, or potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina. SeeClay."
"ARGILLACEOUS","Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil orclay; clayey. Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containingmuch clay.-- Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone.-- Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite."
"ARGILLIFEROUS","Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with argil.Kirwan."
"ARGILLITE","Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluishor blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc.-- Ar`gil*lit'ic, a."
"ARGILLO-AREENACEOUS","Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil."
"ARGILLO-CALCAREOUS","Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth."
"ARGILLO-FERRUGINOUS","Containing clay and iron."
"ARGILLOUS","Argillaceous; clayey. Sir T. Browne."
"ARGIVE","Of or performance to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece.-- n."
"ARGO","The name of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-fourcompanions to Colchis, in quest of the Golden Fleece."
"ARGOAN","Pertaining to the ship Argo."
"ARGOILE","Potter's clay. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ARGOL","Crude tartar; an acidulous salt from which cream of tartar isprepared. It exists in the juice of grapes, and is deposited fromwines on the sides of the casks. Ure."
"ARGOLIC","Pertaining to Argolis, a district in the Peloponnesus."
"ARGON","A substance regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphereand remarkable for its chemical inertness. Rayleigh and Ramsay."
"ARGONAUT","A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta."
"ARGONAUTA","A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called paper nautilus orpaper sailor."
"ARGONAUTIC","Of or pertaining to the Argonauts."
"ARGOSY","A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.Where your argosies with portly sail . . . Do overpeer the pettytraffickers. Shak."
"ARGOT","A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves,tramps, and vagabonds; flash."
"ARGUABLE","Capable of being argued; admitting of debate."
"ARGUER","One who argues; a reasoner; a disputant."
"ARGULUS","A genus of copepod Crustacea, parasitic of fishes; a fishlouse. See Branchiura."
"ARGUMENT","The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as,the altitude is the argument of the refraction."
"ARGUMENTABLE","Admitting of argument. [R.] Chalmers."
"ARGUMENTAL","Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative."
"ARGUMENTIZE","To argue or discuss. [Obs.] Wood."
"ARGUS","A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes,who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to thepeacock's tail."
"ARGUS SHELL","A species of shell (Cypr\u00e6a argus), beautifully variegated withspots resembling those in a peacock's tail."
"ARGUS-EYED","Extremely observant; watchful; sharp-sighted."
"ARGUTATION","Caviling; subtle disputation. [Obs.]"
"ARGUTELY","In a subtle; shrewdly."
"ARGUTENESS","Acuteness. Dryden."
"ARIA","An air or song; a melody; a tune."
"ARIAN","See Aryan."
"ARIANISM","The doctrines of the Arians."
"ARIANIZE","To admit or accept the tenets of the Arians; to become anArian."
"ARICINE","An alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark."
"ARID","Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. 'An aridwaste.' Thomson."
"ARIDNESS","Aridity; dryness."
"ARIES","A battering-ram."
"ARIETATE","To butt, as a ram. [Obs.]"
"ARIETATION","A short aria, or air. 'A military ariette.' Sir W. Scott."
"ARIGHT","Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake orcrime; as, to worship God aright."
"ARILLODE","A false aril; an aril originating from the micropyle instead offrom the funicle or chalaza of the ovule. The mace of the nutmeg isan arillode."
"ARIMAN","See Ahriman."
"ARIOLATION","A soothsaying; a foretelling. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"ARIOSE","Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony.Mendelssohn wants the ariose beauty of Handel; vocal melody is nothis forte; the interest of his airs harmonic. Foreign Quart. Rev."
"ARIOSO","In the smooth and melodious style of an air; ariose."
"ARISE","Rising. [Obs.] Drayton."
"ARIST","of Arise, for ariseth. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ARISTA","An awn. Gray."
"ARISTARCH","A severe critic. Knowles."
"ARISTARCHIAN","Severely critical."
"ARISTARCHY","Severely criticism."
"ARISTATE","Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat;awned. Gray."
"ARISTOLOGY","The science of dining. Quart. Rev."
"ARISTOPHANIC","Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet."
"ARISTOTELIAN","Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher(384-322 b. c.).-- n."
"ARISTOTELIANISM","The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripateticphilosophy."
"ARISTOTELIC","Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy. 'Aristotelicusage.' Sir W. Hamilton."
"ARISTOTYPE","Orig., a printing-out process using paper coated with silverchloride in gelatin; now, any such process using silver salts ineither collodion or gelatin; also, a print so made."
"ARISTULATE","Pertaining a short beard or awn. Gray."
"ARITHMANCY","Divination by means of numbers."
"ARITHMETICAL","Of or pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules ormethod of arithmetic. Arithmetical complement of a logarithm. SeeLogarithm.-- Arithmetical mean. See Mean.-- Arithmetical progression. See Progression.-- Arithmetical proportion. See Proportion."
"ARITHMETICALLY","Conformably to the principles or methods of arithmetic."
"ARITHMETICIAN","One skilled in arithmetic."
"ARITHMOMANCY","Arithmancy."
"ARITHMOMETER","A calculating machine."
"ARK","The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, whichsupported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied themost sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tablesof stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of theCovenant."
"ARK SHELL","A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and itsallies."
"ARKITE","Belonging to the ark. [R.] Faber."
"ARKOSE","A sandstone derived from the disintegration of granite orgneiss, and characterized by feldspar fragments. -- Ar*kos'ic (#), a."
"ARLES","An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain.[Scot.] Arles penny, earnest money given to servants. Kersey."
"ARM","To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack orresistance; to take arms. ' 'Tis time to arm.' Shak."
"ARM-GRET","Great as a man's arm. [Obs.]A wreath of gold, arm-gret. Chaucer."
"ARMADA","A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanishfleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558."
"ARMADO","Armada. [Obs.]"
"ARMAMENT","All the cannon and small arms collectively, with theirequipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification."
"ARMAMENTARY","An armory; a magazine or arsenal. [R.]"
"ARMATURE","A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet,or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receiveand apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, itserves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force."
"ARMCHAIR","A chair with arms to support the elbows or forearms. Tennyson."
"ARMED","Having horns, beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds ofprey. Armed at all points (Blazoning), completely incased in armor,sometimes described as armed cap-\u00e0-pie. Cussans.-- Armed en flute. (Naut.) See under Flute.-- Armed magnet, a magnet provided with an armature.-- Armed neutrality. See under Neutrality."
"ARMENIAN","Of or pertaining to Armenia. Armenian bole, a soft clayey earthof a bright red color found in Armenia, Tuscany, etc.-- Armenian stone. (a) The commercial name of lapis lazuli. (b)Emery."
"ARMET","A kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries."
"ARMFUL","As much as the arm can hold."
"ARMGAUNT","With gaunt or slender legs. 'An armgaunt steed.' Shak."
"ARMIFEROUS","Bearing arms or weapons. [R.]"
"ARMIGER","Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who borehis shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next indegree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term isnow superseded by esquire. Jacob."
"ARMIGEROUS","Bearing arms. [R.]They belonged to the armigerous part of the population, and wereentitled to write themselves Esquire. De Quincey."
"ARMILLA","A ring of hair or feathers on the legs."
"ARMILLARY","Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting ofrings or circles. Armillary sphere, an ancient astronomical machinecomposed of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere,designed to represent the positions of the important circles of thecelestial sphere. Nichol."
"ARMING","A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of asounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom.Totten."
"ARMINIAN","Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to theirdoctrines. See note under Arminian, n."
"ARMINIANISM","The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians."
"ARMIPOTENCE","Power in arms. [R.] Johnson."
"ARMIPOTENT","Powerful in arms; mighty in battle.The temple stood of Mars armipotent. Dryden."
"ARMISTICE","A cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; atemporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce."
"ARMONIAC","Ammoniac. [Obs.]"
"ARMOR-BEARER","One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger. Judg.ix. 54."
"ARMOR-PLATED","Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war;steel-clad.This day will be launched . . . the first armor-plated steam frigatein the possession of Great Britain. Times (Dec. 29, 1860)."
"ARMORED","Clad with armor."
"ARMORED CRUISER","A man-of-war carrying a large coal supply, and more or lessprotected from the enemy's shot by iron or steel armor. There is nodistinct and accepted classification distinguishing armored andprotected cruisers from each other, except that the first have moreor heavier armor than the second."
"ARMORIAL","Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of afamily.Figures with armorial signs of race and birth. Wordsworth.Armorial bearings. See Arms, 4."
"ARMORICAN","A native of Armorica."
"ARMORIST","One skilled in coat armor or heraldry. Cussans."
"ARMORY","A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical.Simmonds."
"ARMPIT","The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; theaxilla."
"ARMRACK","A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms."
"ARMS","Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike orassault another with; an aggressive weapon. Cowell. Blackstone."
"ARMY ORGANIZATION","The system by which a country raises, classifies, arranges, andequips its armed land forces. The usual divisions are: (1) A regularor active army, in which soldiers serve continuously with the colorsand live in barracks or cantonments when not in the field; (2) thereserves of this army, in which the soldiers, while remainingconstantly subject to a call to the colors, live at their homes,being summoned more or less frequently to report for instruction,drill, or maneuvers; and (3) one or more classes of soldiersorganized largely for territorial defense, living at home and havingonly occasional periods of drill and instraction, who are variouslycalled home reserves (as in the table below), second, third, etc.,line of defense (the regular army and its reserves ordinarilyconstituting the first line of defense), territorial forces, or thelike. In countries where conscription prevails a soldier is supposedto serve a given number of years.  He is usually enrolled first inthe regular army, then passes to its reserve, then into the homereserves, to serve until he reaches the age limit. It for any reasonhe is not enrolled in the regular army, he may begin his service inthe army reserves or even the home reserves, but then serves the fullnumber of years or up to the age limit. In equipment the organizationof the army is into the three great arms of infantry, cavalry, andartillery, together with more or less numerous other branches, suchas engineers, medical corps, etc., besides the staff organizationssuch as those of the pay and subsistence departments."
"ARMY WORM","The wild buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger thanthe domestic buffalo and having enormous horns."
"ARNATTO","See Annotto."
"ARNICA","A genus of plants; also, the most important species (Arnicamontana), native of the mountains of Europe, used in medicine as anarcotic and stimulant."
"ARNICIN","An active principle of Arnica montana. It is a bitter resin."
"ARNICINE","An alkaloid obtained from the arnica plant."
"ARNOTTO","Same as Annotto."
"AROINT","Stand off, or begone. [Obs.]Aroint thee, witch, the rump-fed ronyon cries. Shak."
"AROLLA","The stone pine (Pinus Cembra)."
"AROMA","Pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; odoriferous; as, aromatic balsam. Aromatic compound (Chem.),one of a large class of organic substances, as the oils of bitteralmonds, wintergreen, and turpentine, the balsams, camphors, etc.,many of which have an aromatic odor. They include many of the mostimportant of the carbon compounds and may all be derived from thebenzene group, C6H6. The term is extended also to many of theirderivatives.-- Aromatic vinegar. See under Vinegar."
"AROMATIC","A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell,and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon spices."
"AROMATIZATION","The act of impregnating or secting with aroma."
"AROMATIZE","To impregnate with aroma; to render aromatic; to give a spicyscent or taste to; to perfume. Bacon."
"AROMATIZER","One who, or that which, aromatizes or renders aromatic. Evelyn."
"AROMATOUS","Aromatic. [Obs.] Caxton."
"AROPH","A barbarous word used by the old chemists to designate variousmedical remedies. [Obs.]"
"AROSE","The past or preterit tense of Arise."
"AROUSAL","The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused.Whatever has associated itself with the arousal and activity of ourbetter nature. Hare."
"AROUSE","To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put inmotion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one fromsleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse His brother, mightysovereign on the host. Cowper.No suspicion was aroused. Merivale."
"AROW","In a row, line, or rank; successively; in order. Shak.And twenty, rank in rank, they rode arow. Dryden."
"AROYNT","See Aroint."
"ARPEGGIO","The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, asin playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played."
"ARPENTATOR","The Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land surveyor.[R.]"
"ARPINE","An arpent. [Obs.] Webster (1623)."
"ARQUATED","Shaped like a bow; arcuate; curved. [R.]"
"ARQUEBUSIER","A soldier armed with an arquebus.Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appearto have been called arquebusiers. E. Lodge."
"ARQUIFOUX","Same as Alquifou."
"ARRACH","See Orach."
"ARRACK","A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardentspirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice,molasses, and palm wine of the cocoanut tree or the date palm, etc."
"ARRAGONITE","See Aragonite."
"ARRAIGN","To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer tothe matter charged in an indictment or complaint. Blackstone."
"ARRAIGNER","One who arraigns. Coleridge."
"ARRAIGNMENT","The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the actof calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to anindictment or complaint."
"ARRANGER","One who arranges. Burke."
"ARRANT","Notoriously or pre\u00ebminently bad; thorough or downright, in abad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward.I discover an arrant laziness in my soul. Fuller."
"ARRANTLY","Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently;shamefully. L'Estrange."
"ARRAS","Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen orhangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.Stateliest couches, with rich arras spread. Cowper.Behind the arras I'll convey myself. Shak."
"ARRASENE","A material of wool or silk used for working the figures inembroidery."
"ARRASTRE","A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containingfree gold."
"ARRAUGHT","Obtained; seized. Spenser."
"ARRAY","To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is,to call them man by man. Blackstone. To array a panel, to set forthin order the men that are impaneled. Cowell. Tomlins."
"ARRAYER","One who arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to anofficer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them dulyaccoutered."
"ARREAR","To or in the rear; behind; backwards. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ARREARAGE","That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part;arrears.The old arrearages . . . being defrayed. Howell."
"ARRECT","To impute. [Obs.] Sir T. More."
"ARRECTARY","An upright beam. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"ARRENOTOKOUS","Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps andbees."
"ARRENTATION","A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in aforest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent."
"ARREPTION","The act of taking away. [Obs.] 'This arreption was sudden.' Bp.Hall."
"ARREPTITIOUS","Snatched away; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad;crack-brained. [Obs.]Odd, arreptitious, frantic extravagances. Howell."
"ARREST","To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrestone for debt, or for a crime."
"ARRESTATION","Arrest. [R.]The arrestation of the English resident in France was decreed by theNational Convention. H. M. Williams."
"ARRESTEE","The person in whose hands is the property attached byarrestment."
"ARRESTER","The person at whose suit an arrestment is made. [Also writtenarrestor.]"
"ARRESTING","Striking; attracting attention; impressive.This most solemn and arresting occurrence. J. H. Newman."
"ARRESTIVE","Tending to arrest. McCosh."
"ARRESTMENT","The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., aprocess by which money or movables in the possession of a third partyare attached."
"ARRET","Same as Aret. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ARRHA","Money or other valuable thing given to evidence a contract; apledge or earnest."
"ARRHAPHOSTIC","Seamless. [R.]"
"ARRHYTMY","Want of rhythm. [R.]"
"ARRIDE","To please; to gratify. [Archaic] B. Jonson.Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solaceme are thy repositories of moldering learning. Lamb."
"ARRIERE","'That which is behind'; the rear; -- chiefly used as anadjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate. Arriere fee,Arriere fief, a fee or fief dependent on a superior fee, or a feeheld of a feudatory.-- Arriere vassal, the vassal of a vassal."
"ARRIERE-BAN","A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only theirimmediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to takethe field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to becalled to arms, as in ancient France."
"ARRIS","The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meetingeach other, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly to theedges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate theflutings in a Doric column. P. Cyc. Arris fillet, a triangular pieceof wood used to raise the slates of a roof against a chimney or wall,to throw off the rain. Gwilt.-- Arris gutter, a gutter of a V form fixed to the eaves of abuilding. Gwilt."
"ARRISH","The stubble of wheat or grass; a stubble field; eddish. [Eng.][Written also arish, ersh, etc.]The moment we entered the stubble or arrish. Blackw. Mag."
"ARRISWISE","Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise."
"ARRIVANCE","Arrival. [Obs.] Shak."
"ARRIVE","Arrival. [Obs.] Chaucer.How should I joy of thy arrive to hear! Drayton."
"ARRIVER","One who arrives."
"ARROGANCE","The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in anoverbearing manner; that species of pride which consists inexorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or whichexalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree;proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption;presumption.I hate not you for her proud arrogance. Shak."
"ARROGANCY","Arrogance. Shak."
"ARROGANTLY","In an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self-importance."
"ARROGANTNESS","Arrogance. [R.]"
"ARROGATE","To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, orpresumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baselesspretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion overkings.He arrogated to himself the right of deciding dogmatically what wasorthodox doctrine. Macaulay."
"ARROGATION","Adoption of a person of full age."
"ARROGATIVE","Making undue claims and pretension; prone to arrogance. [R.]Dr. H. More."
"ARRONDISSEMENT","A subdivision of a department. [France]"
"ARROSE","To drench; to besprinkle; to moisten. [Obs.]The blissful dew of heaven does arrose you. Two N. Kins."
"ARROSION","A gnawing. [Obs.] Bailey."
"ARROW","A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usuallyfeathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow. Broad arrow. (a) Anarrow with a broad head. (b) A mark placed upon British ordnance andgovernment stores, which bears a rude resemblance to a broadarrowhead."
"ARROW GRASS","An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and otherspecies) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads."
"ARROWHEAD","An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. S. sagittifolia,-- named from the shape of the leaves."
"ARROWHEADED","Shaped like the head of an arow; cuneiform. Arrowheadedcharacters, characters the elements of which consist of strokesresembling arrowheads, nailheads, or wedges; -- hence called alsonail-headed, wedge-formed, cuneiform, or cuneatic characters; theoldest written characters used in the country about the Tigris andEuphrates, and subsequently in Persia, and abounding among the ruinsof Persepolis, Nineveh, and Babylon. See Cuneiform."
"ARROWROOT","A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea,now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians usedthe roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows."
"ARROWWOOD","A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets;-- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots."
"ARROWWORM","A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at thesurface of the sea. See Sagitta."
"ARSCHIN","See Arshine."
"ARSE","The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; thefundament; the bottom."
"ARSENAL","A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufactureand storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land ornaval service."
"ARSENATE","A salt of arsenic acid."
"ARSENIATE","See Arsenate. [R.]"
"ARSENIC","One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal inits physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking withthe nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray color and brilliant luster,though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at356\u00ba Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combinedwith silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment andrealgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is thetrue arsenticum of the ancients. The element and its compounds areactive poisons. Specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. Atomic weight.Symbol As."
"ARSENICAL","Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenicalvapor; arsenical wall papers. Arsenical silver, an ore of silvercontaining arsenic."
"ARSENICATE","To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic."
"ARSENICISM","A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic."
"ARSENIDE","A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element orradical; -- formerly called arseniuret."
"ARSENIFEROUS","Containing or producing arsenic."
"ARSENIOUS","Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic, when having anequivalence next lower than the highest; as, arsenious acid."
"ARSENITE","A salt formed by the union of arsenious acid with a base."
"ARSENIURET","See Arsenide."
"ARSENIURETED","Combined with arsenic; -- said some elementary substances orradicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen. [Also spelt arseniuretted.]"
"ARSENOPYRITE","A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containingarsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites andmispickel."
"ARSESMART","Smartweed; water pepper. Dr. Prior."
"ARSHINE","A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches."
"ARSINE","A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless andexceedingly poisonous gas, having and odor like garlic; arseniuretedhydrogen."
"ARSIS","The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which itis raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar; -- opposed to thesis. Moore."
"ARSMETRIKE","Arithmetic. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ARSON","The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse ofanother man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious andvoluntary firing of a building or ship. Wharton."
"ART","The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, ofthe substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the pluralare, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending ofthe second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn orpoetical style."
"ART UNION","An association for promoting art (esp. the arts of design), andgiving encouragement to artists."
"ARTEMIA","A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines;the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp."
"ARTEMISIA","A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort,southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or commonwormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of theRocky Mountain region."
"ARTERIAC","Of or pertaining to the windpipe."
"ARTERIALIZATION","The process of converting venous blood into arterial bloodduring its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed andcarbonic acid evolved; -- called also a\u00ebration and hematosis."
"ARTERIALIZE","To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood byexposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial."
"ARTERIOGRAPHY","A systematic description of the arteries."
"ARTERIOLE","A small artery."
"ARTERIOLOGY","That part of anatomy which treats of arteries."
"ARTERIOSCLEROSIS","Abnormal thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries,esp. of the intima, occurring mostly in old age. --Ar*te`ri*o*scle*rot'ic (#), a."
"ARTERIOTOMY","The opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting."
"ARTERITIS","Inflammation of an artery or arteries. Dunglison."
"ARTERY","One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous orarterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscularwalls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries."
"ARTESIAN","Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), inFrance. Artesian wells, wells made by boring into the earth till theinstrument reaches water, which, from internal pressure, flowsspontaneously like a fountain. They are usually of small diameter andoften of great depth."
"ARTFULLY","In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully;dexterously; craftily."
"ARTFULNESS","The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft."
"ARTHEN","Same as Earthen. [Obs.] 'An arthen pot.' Holland."
"ARTHRITIS","Any inflammation of the joints, particularly the gout."
"ARTHROCHONDRITIS","Chondritis of a joint."
"ARTHRODERM","The external covering of an Arthropod."
"ARTHRODESIS","Surgical fixation of joints."
"ARTHRODIA","A form of diarthrodial articulation in which the articularsurfaces are nearly flat, so that they form only an imperfect balland socket."
"ARTHRODYNIA","An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, notdependent upon structural disease."
"ARTHRODYNIC","Pertaining to arthrodynia, or pain in the joints; rheumatic."
"ARTHROGASTRA","A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated,including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi."
"ARTHROGRAPHY","The description of joints."
"ARTHROLOGY","That part of anatomy which treats of joints."
"ARTHROMERE","One of the body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca.Packard."
"ARTHROPATHY","Any disease of the joints."
"ARTHROPLEURA","The side or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere."
"ARTHROPOD","One of the Arthropoda."
"ARTHROPODA","A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that havejointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, andCrustacea.-- Ar*throp'o*dal, a."
"ARTHROPOMATA","One of the orders of Branchiopoda. See Branchiopoda."
"ARTHROSIS","Articulation."
"ARTHROSPORE","A bacterial resting cell, -- formerly considered a spore, butnow known to occur even in endosporous bacteria. -- Ar`thro*spor'ic(#), Ar*thros'po*rous (#), a."
"ARTHROSTRACA","One of the larger divisions of Crustacea, so called because thethorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes theAmphipoda and Isopoda."
"ARTHROTOME","A strong scalpel used in the dissection of joints."
"ARTHROZOIC","Of or pertaining to the Articulata; articulate."
"ARTHURIAN","Of or pertaining to King Arthur or his knights.  J. R. Symonds."
"ARTIAD","Even; not odd; -- said of elementary substances and of radicalsthe valence of which is divisible by two without a remainder."
"ARTICLE","One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limitor define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinitearticle, the the definite article."
"ARTICLED","Bound by articles; apprenticed; as, an articled clerk."
"ARTICULAR","Of or pertaining to the joints; as, an articular disease; anarticular process."
"ARTICULARLY","In an articular or an articulate manner."
"ARTICULATE","An animal of the subkingdom Articulata."
"ARTICULATENESS","Quality of being articulate."
"ARTICULATION","A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton."
"ARTICULATIVE","Of or pertaining to articulation. Bush."
"ARTICULATOR","One who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciatesdistinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) Aninstrument to cure stammering."
"ARTICULUS","A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of anarthropod appendage."
"ARTIFACT","A product of human workmanship; -- applied esp. to the simplerproducts of aboriginal art as distinguished from natural objects."
"ARTIFICER","A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also,one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a militarylaboratory."
"ARTIFICIALITY","The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which isartificial."
"ARTIFICIALIZE","To render artificial."
"ARTIFICIALNESS","The quality of being artificial."
"ARTIFICIOUS","Artificial. [Obs.] Johnson."
"ARTILIZE","To make resemble. [Obs.]If I was a philosopher, says Montaigne, I would naturalize artinstead of artilizing nature. Bolingbroke."
"ARTILLERIST","A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; anartilleryman."
"ARTILLERY WHEEL","A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, usedon gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7 felloes; hence, awheel of similar construction for use on automobiles, etc."
"ARTILLERYMAN","A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun infiring."
"ARTIODACTYLA","One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functionaltoes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of eachfoot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical andpaired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla."
"ARTIODACTYLE","One of the Artiodactyla."
"ARTIODACTYLOUS","Even-toed."
"ARTISTE","One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment,as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook."
"ARTLESSLY","In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile;unaffectedly. Pope."
"ARTLESSNESS","The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile;simplicity; sincerity."
"ARTLY","With art or skill. [Obs.]"
"ARTOTYPE","A kind of autotype."
"ARTOTYRITE","One of a sect in the primitive church, who celebrated theLord's Supper with bread and cheese, alleging that the firstoblations of men not only of the fruit of the earth, but of theirflocks. [Gen. iv. 3, 4.]"
"ARTOW","A contraction of art thou. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ARTSMAN","A man skilled in an art or in arts. [Obs.] Bacon."
"ARUM","A genus of plants found in central Europe and about theMediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. Thecuckoopint of the English is an example.Our common arums the lords and ladies of village children. Lubbock."
"ARUNDELIAN","Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelianmarbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundelin 1624."
"ARUNDIFEROUS","Producing reeds or canes."
"ARUNDINACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane."
"ARUNDINEOUS","Abounding with reeds; reedy."
"ARUSPEX","One of the class of diviners among the Etruscans and Romans,who foretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victimsoffered on the altars of the gods."
"ARUSPICE","A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex. [Written alsoharuspice.]"
"ARUSPICY","Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slainsacrifice."
"ARVAL","A funeral feast. [North of Eng.] Grose."
"ARVICOLE","A mouse of the genus Arvicola; the meadow mouse. There are manyspecies."
"ARYAN","Of or pertaining to the people called Aryans; Indo-European;Indo-Germanic; as, the Aryan stock, the Aryan languages."
"ARYANIZE","To make Aryan (a language, or in language). K. Johnston."
"ARYTENOID","Ladle-shaped; -- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx,and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. Thecartilages are attached to the cricoid cartilage and connected withthe vocal cords."
"AS","An ace. [Obs.] Chaucer. Ambes-as, double aces."
"ASA","An ancient name of a gum."
"ASAPHUS","A genus of trilobites found in the Lower Silurian formation.See Illust. in Append."
"ASARABACCA","An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europ\u00e6um), the leaves androots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used incephalic snuffs."
"ASARONE","A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from theAsarum Europ\u00e6um; -- called also camphor of asarum."
"ASBESTIC","Of, pertaining to, or resembling asbestus; inconsumable;asbestine."
"ASBESTIFORM","Having the form or structure of asbestus."
"ASBESTINE","Of or pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature;incombustible; asbestic."
"ASBESTOUS","Asbestic."
"ASBOLIN","A peculiar acrid and bitter oil, obtained from wood soot."
"ASCARIASIS","A disease, usually accompanied by colicky pains and diarrhea,caused by the presence of ascarids in the gastrointestinal canal."
"ASCARID","A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascarislumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine and alliedspecies found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to thepinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons."
"ASCEND","To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to goup the top of; as, to ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, athrone."
"ASCENDABLE","Capable of being ascended."
"ASCENDANT","The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises abovethe horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have acommanding influence on a person's life and fortune."
"ASCENDENCY","Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.An undisputed ascendency. Macaulay.Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. Watts."
"ASCENDIBLE","Capable of being ascended; climbable."
"ASCENDING","Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite.-- As*cend'ing*ly, adv. Ascending latitude (Astron.), the increasinglatitude of a planet. Ferguson.-- Ascending line (Geneol.), the line of relationship tracedbackward or through one's ancestors. One's father and mother,grandfather and grandmother, etc., are in the line direct ascending.-- Ascending node having, that node of the moon or a planet whereinit passes the ecliptic to proceed northward. It is also called thenorthern node. Herschel.-- Ascending series. (Math.) (a) A series arranged according to theascending powers of a quantity. (b) A series in which each term isgreater than the preceding.-- Ascending signs, signs east of the meridian."
"ASCENSIONAL","Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive;tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon. Ascensionaldifference (Astron.), the difference between oblique and rightascension; -- used chiefly as expressing the difference between thetime of the rising or setting of a body and six o'clock, or six hoursfrom its meridian passage."
"ASCENSIVE","Augmentative; intensive. Ellicott."
"ASCERTAINABLE","That may be ascertained.-- As`cer*tain'a*ble*ness, n.-- As`cer*tain'a*bly, adv."
"ASCERTAINER","One who ascertains."
"ASCERTAINMENT","The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding outby investigation; discovery.The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke."
"ASCETIC","Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.The stern ascetic rigor of the Temple discipline. Sir W. Scott."
"ASCETICISM","The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics."
"ASCHAM","A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and otherimplements of archery."
"ASCI","See Ascus."
"ASCIAN","One of the Ascii."
"ASCIDIAN","One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of theTunicata. Also as an adj."
"ASCIDIARIUM","The structure which unites together the ascidiozooids in acompound ascidian."
"ASCIDIFORM","Shaped like an ascidian."
"ASCIDIOIDEA","A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. Thegroup includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlikestructure within the oral aperture. The integument is usuallyleathery in texture. See Illustration in Appendix."
"ASCIDIOZOOID","One of the individual members of a compound ascidian. SeeAscidioidea."
"ASCIDIUM","A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of aplant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderliketraps of the bladderwort (Utricularia)."
"ASCIGEROUS","Having asci. Loudon."
"ASCITES","A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen;dropsy of the peritoneum. Dunglison."
"ASCITITIOUS","Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious;additional; assumed.Homer has been reckoned an ascititious name. Pope."
"ASCLEPIAD","A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias,consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and aniambus."
"ASCLEPIADACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweedfamily."
"ASCLEPIAS","A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and someother species having medicinal properties. Asclepias butterfly(Zo\u00f6l.), a large, handsome, red and black butterfly (DanaisArchippus), found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of thegenus Asclepias."
"ASCOCARP","In ascomycetous fungi, the spherical, discoid, or cup-shapedbody within which the asci are collected, and which constitutes themature fructification. The different forms are known in mycologyunder distinct names. Called also spore fruit."
"ASCOCOCCUS","A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions,occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is inclosed in a hyalinecapsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci."
"ASCOMYCETES","A large class of higher fungi distinguished by septate hyph\u00e6,and by having their spores formed in asci, or spore sacs. Itcomprises many orders, among which are the yeasts, molds, mildews,truffles, morels, etc. -- As`co*my*ce'tous (#), a."
"ASCOSPORE","One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi.[See Illust. of Ascus.]"
"ASCRIBABLE","Capable of being ascribed; attributable."
"ASCRIPT","See Adscript. [Obs.]"
"ASCRIPTION","The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also,that which is ascribed."
"ASCUS","A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed theseedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certainfungi."
"ASEMIA","Loss of power to express, or to understand, symbols or signs ofthought."
"ASEPSIS","State of being aseptic; the methods or processes ofasepticizing."
"ASEPTIC","Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.-- n."
"ASEXUAL","Having no distinct; without sexual action; as, asexualreproduction. See Fission and Gemmation."
"ASEXUALIZATION","The act or process of sterilizing an animal or human being, asby vasectomy."
"ASEXUALLY","In an asexual manner; without sexual agency."
"ASH","A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnateleaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as theEuropean ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana).Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash (Rhus venenata)are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the true ashesin their foliage.-- Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain."
"ASH WEDNESDAY","The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the RomanCatholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads ofpenitents."
"ASH-COLORED","Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray."
"ASH-FIRE","A low fire used in chemical operations."
"ASHAME","To shame. [R.] Barrow."
"ASHAMED","Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or aconviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety. 'Iam ashamed to beg.' Wyclif.All that forsake thee shall be ashamed. Jer. xvii. 13.I began to be ashamed of sitting idle. Johnson.Enough to make us ashamed of our species. Macaulay.An ashamed person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of thosepresent. Darwin."
"ASHAMEDLY","Bashfully. [R.]"
"ASHANTEE","A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa."
"ASHEN","Of or pertaining to the ash tree. 'Ashen poles.' Dryden."
"ASHINE","Shining; radiant."
"ASHORE","On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to theshore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimesopposed to aboard or afloat.Here shall I die ashore. Shak.I must fetch his necessaries ashore. Shak."
"ASHTORETH","The principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, as Baal wasthe principal male divinity. W. Smith."
"ASHWEED","Goutweed."
"ASIAN","Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic. 'Asian princes.' Jer.Taylor.-- n."
"ASIARCH","One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia,who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites.Milner."
"ASIATIC","Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants.-- n."
"ASIATICISM","Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics."
"ASIDE","Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayerwhich the other players are not supposed to hear."
"ASILUS","A genus of large and voracious two-winged flies, including thebee killer and robber fly."
"ASININE","Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, asstupidity and obstinacy. 'Asinine nature.' B. Jonson. 'Asininefeast.' Milton."
"ASININITY","The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined withobstinacy."
"ASIPHONATE","Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of manybivalve shells.-- n."
"ASITIA","Want of appetite; loathing of food."
"ASK","A water newt. [Scot. & North of Eng.]"
"ASKANCE","To turn aside. [Poet.]O, how are they wrapped in with infamies That from their own misdeedsaskance their eyes! Shak."
"ASKER","One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer. Shak."
"ASKEW","Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimesindicating scorn, or contempt, or entry. Spenser."
"ASLAKE","To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.[Archaic] Chaucer."
"ASLANT","Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.[The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. Dryden."
"ASLOPE","Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction;sloping. 'Set them not upright, but aslope.' Bacon."
"ASLUG","Sluggishly. [Obs.] Fotherby."
"ASMEAR","Smeared over. Dickens."
"ASMONEAN","Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which theMaccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty. [Writtenalso Asmon\u00e6an.]"
"ASOAK","Soaking."
"ASOMATOUS","Without a material body; incorporeal. Todd."
"ASONANT","Not sounding or sounded. [R.] C. C. Felton."
"ASP","Same as Aspen. 'Trembling poplar or asp.' Martyn."
"ASPARAGINE","A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O,found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It isbelieved to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughoutthe plant; -- called also altheine."
"ASPARAGINOUS","Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; havingshoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables."
"ASPARAGUS","A genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural orderLiliace\u00e6, and having erect much branched stems, and very slenderbranchlets which are sometimes mistaken for leaves. Asparagusracemosus is a shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers.Specifically: The Asparagus officinalis, a species cultivated ingardens."
"ASPARTIC","Pertaining to, or derived, asparagine; as, aspartic acid."
"ASPECT","The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another,or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them andmeeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon eachother or upon the earth. Milton."
"ASPECT RATIO","The ratio of the long to the short side of an a\u00ebroplane,a\u00ebrocurve, or wing."
"ASPECTABLE","Capable of being; visible. 'The aspectable world.' Ray.'Aspectable stars.' Mrs. Browning."
"ASPECTANT","Facing each other."
"ASPECTED","Having an aspect. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"ASPECTION","The act of viewing; a look. [Obs.]"
"ASPEN","Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspenwood.Nor aspen leaves confess the gentlest breeze. Gay."
"ASPER","Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. [Archaic] 'Anasper sound.' Bacon."
"ASPERATE","To make rough or uneven.The asperated part of its surface. Boyle."
"ASPERATION","The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough. Bailey."
"ASPERGES","See Wateringpot shell."
"ASPERGILLIFORM","Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliformstigma. Gray."
"ASPERMATOUS","Aspermous."
"ASPERMOUS","Destitute of seeds; aspermatous."
"ASPERNE","To spurn; to despise. [Obs.] Sir T. More."
"ASPEROUS","Rough; uneven. Boyle."
"ASPERSED","Having an indefinite number of small charges scattered orstrewed over the surface. Cussans."
"ASPERSER","One who asperses; especially, one who vilifies another."
"ASPERSIVE","Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous.-- As*pers'ive*ly, adv."
"ASPERSOIR","An aspergill."
"ASPHALT","To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphaltedstreets."
"ASPHALTE","Asphaltic mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2."
"ASPHALTIC","Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt;bituminous. 'Asphaltic pool.' 'Asphaltic slime.' Milton."
"ASPHALTITE","Asphaltic."
"ASPHALTUS","See Asphalt."
"ASPHODEL","A general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. Theasphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which arecultivated for the beauty of their flowers."
"ASPHYCTIC","Pertaining to asphyxia."
"ASPHYXIAL","Of or relating to asphyxia; as, asphyxial phenomena."
"ASPHYXIATE","To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate."
"ASPHYXIATION","The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia."
"ASPIC","A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), whichproduces a volatile oil. See Spike."
"ASPIDOBRANCHIA","A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including theabalone shells and keyhole limpets."
"ASPIRANT","Aspiring."
"ASPIRATE","To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as,we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or aliquid consonant."
"ASPIRATOR","An apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certainliquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means ofsuction."
"ASPIRATORY","Of or pertaining to breathing; suited to the inhaling of air"
"ASPIRE","To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to. [Obs.]That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds. Shak."
"ASPIREMENT","Aspiration. [Obs.]"
"ASPIRER","One who aspires."
"ASPIRIN","A white crystalline compound of acetyl and salicylic acid usedas a drug for the salicylic acid liberated from it in the intestines."
"ASPIRING","That aspires; as, an Aspiring mind.-- As*pir'ing*ly, adv.-- As*pir'ing*ness, n."
"ASPISH","Pertaining to, or like, an asp."
"ASPORTATION","The felonious removal of goods from the place where they weredeposited."
"ASPRAWL","Sprawling."
"ASQUAT","Squatting."
"ASQUINT","With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line ofvision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to lookasquint."
"ASS","A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than thehorse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame ordomestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become thetype of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wildasses which are swift-footed."
"ASSAFOETIDA","Same as Asafetida."
"ASSAI","A direction equivalent to very; as, adagio assai, very slow."
"ASSAILABLE","Capable of being assailed."
"ASSAILANT","Assailing; attacking. Milton."
"ASSAILER","One who assails."
"ASSAILMENT","The act or power of assailing; attack; assault. [R.]His most frequent assailment was the headache. Johnson."
"ASSAMAR","The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellowcolor, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like,are roasted till they turn brown."
"ASSAMESE","Of or pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or toits inhabitants.-- n. sing. & pl."
"ASSART","The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thusdestroying the tickets or coverts of a forest. Spelman. Cowell."
"ASSASSIN","One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secretassault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared fordefense."
"ASSASSINATION","The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence."
"ASSASSINATOR","An assassin."
"ASSASSINOUS","Murderous. Milton."
"ASSASTION","Roasting. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"ASSAULT","An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force orviolence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another,accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person,as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or bystriking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, itis a battery. Blackstone. Wharton.Practically, however, the word assault is used to include thebattery. Mozley & W."
"ASSAULTABLE","Capable of being assaulted."
"ASSAULTER","One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant. E. Hall."
"ASSAY","The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of aparticular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination ofthe proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin."
"ASSAY POUND","A small standard weight used in assaying bullion, etc.,sometimes equaling 0.5 gram, but varying with the assayer."
"ASSAY TON","A weight of 29.166 + grams used in assaying, for convenience.Since it bears the same relation to the milligram that a ton of 2000avoirdupois pounds does to the troy ounce, the weight in milligramsof precious metal obtained from an assay ton of ore gives directlythe number of ounces to the ton."
"ASSAYABLE","That may be assayed."
"ASSAYER","One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores orcompounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of anyparticular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver."
"ASSAYING","The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examiningmetals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal."
"ASSE","A small foxlike animal (Vulpes cama) of South Africa, valuedfor its fur."
"ASSECURATION","Assurance; certainty. [Obs.]"
"ASSECURE","To make sure or safe; to assure. [Obs.] Hooker."
"ASSECUTION","An obtaining or acquiring. [Obs.] Ayliffe."
"ASSEGAI","Same as Assagai."
"ASSEMBLE","To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together;to convene; to congregate.Thither he assembled all his train. Milton.All the men of Israel assembled themselves. 1 Kings viii. 2."
"ASSEMBLER","One who assembles a number of individuals; also, one of anumber assembled."
"ASSEMBLY","A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troopsto assemble."
"ASSEMBLYMAN","A member of an assembly, especially of the lower branch of astate legislature."
"ASSENT","To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement,acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.Who informed the governor . . . And the Jews also assented, sayingthat these things were so. Acts xxiv. 9.The princess assented to all that was suggested. Macaulay."
"ASSENTATION","Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical orpretended concurrence.Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much asindiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust. Ld.Chesterfield."
"ASSENTATOR","An obsequious; a flatterer. [R.]"
"ASSENTATORY","Flattering; obsequious. [Obs.] -- As*sent'a*to*ri*ly, adv.[Obs.]"
"ASSENTER","One who assents."
"ASSENTIENT","Assenting."
"ASSENTING","Giving or implying assent.-- As*sent'ing*ly, adv."
"ASSENTIVE","Giving assent; of the nature of assent; complying.-- As*sent'ive*ness, n."
"ASSENTMENT","Assent; agreement. [Obs.]"
"ASSERTER","One who asserts; one who avers pr maintains; an assertor.The inflexible asserter of the rights of the church. Milman."
"ASSERTIVE","Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.In a confident and assertive form. Glanvill.As*sert'ive*ly, adv.-- As*sert'ive*ness, n."
"ASSERTOR","One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates aclaim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender;an asserter.The assertors of liberty said not a word. Macaulay.Faithful assertor of thy country's cause. Prior."
"ASSERTORIAL","Asserting that a thing is; -- opposed to problematical andapodeictical."
"ASSERTORY","Affirming; maintaining.Arguments . . . assertory, not probatory. Jer. Taylor.An assertory, not a promissory, declaration. Bentham.A proposition is assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual.Sir W. Hamilton."
"ASSESSABLE","Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property."
"ASSESSEE","One who is assessed."
"ASSESSION","A sitting beside or near."
"ASSESSORIAL","Of or pertaining to an assessor, or to a court of assessors.Coxe."
"ASSESSORSHIP","The office or function of an assessor."
"ASSET","Any article or separable part of one's assets."
"ASSEVER","See Asseverate. [Archaic]"
"ASSEVERATE","To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity."
"ASSEVERATION","The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positiveaffirmation or assertion; solemn declaration.Another abuse of the tongue I might add, -- vehement asseverationsupon slight and trivial occasions. Ray."
"ASSEVERATIVE","Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively."
"ASSEVERATORY","Asseverative."
"ASSIBILATE","To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant. J. Peile."
"ASSIBILATION","Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch."
"ASSIDEAN","One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews,and supported the Asmoneans."
"ASSIDENT","Usually attending a disease, but not always; as, assidentsigns, or symptoms."
"ASSIDUATE","Unremitting; assiduous. [Obs.] 'Assiduate labor.' Fabyan."
"ASSIEGE","To besiege. [Obs.] 'Assieged castles.' Spenser."
"ASSIENTIST","A shareholder of the Assiento company; one of the parties tothe Assiento contract. Bancroft."
"ASSIENTO","A contract or convention between Spain and other powers forfurnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp.the contract made with Great Britain in 1713."
"ASSIGN","To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, andvest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit ofcreditors. To assign dower, to set out by metes and bounds thewidow's share or portion in an estate. Kent."
"ASSIGNABILITY","The quality of being assignable."
"ASSIGNABLE","Capable of being assigned, allotted, specified, or designated;as, an assignable note or bill; an assignable reason; an assignablequantity."
"ASSIGNAT","One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by therevolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on thesecurity of the lands of the church and of nobles which had beenappropriated by the state."
"ASSIGNEE","In England, the persons appointed, under a commission ofbankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of hiscreditors."
"ASSIGNER","One who assigns, appoints, allots, or apportions."
"ASSIGNOR","An assigner; a person who assigns or transfers an interest; as,the assignor of a debt or other chose in action."
"ASSIMILABILITY","The quality of being assimilable. [R.] Coleridge."
"ASSIMILABLE","That may be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriatedand incorporated."
"ASSIMILATION","The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substanceof the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether inplants or animals.Not conversing the body, not repairing it by assimilation, butpreserving it by ventilation. Sir T. Browne."
"ASSIMILATIVE","Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilatesor causes assimilation; as, an assimilative process or substance."
"ASSIMILATORY","Tending to assimilate, or produce assimilation; as,assimilatory organs."
"ASSIMULATION","Assimilation. [Obs.] Bacon."
"ASSINEGO","See Asinego."
"ASSISH","Resembling an ass; asinine; stupid or obstinate.Such . . . appear to be of the assich kind . . . Udall."
"ASSIST","To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time ofdistress; to help; to aid; to succor.Assist me, knight. I am undone! Shak."
"ASSISTANT","Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistantsurgeon. [U.S.]"
"ASSISTANTLY","In a manner to give aid. [R.]"
"ASSISTER","An assistant; a helper."
"ASSISTFUL","Helpful."
"ASSISTIVE","Lending aid, helping."
"ASSISTLESS","Without aid or help. [R.] Pope."
"ASSISTOR","A assister."
"ASSITHMENT","See Assythment. [Obs.]"
"ASSIZER","An officer who has the care or inspection of weights andmeasures, etc."
"ASSIZOR","A juror."
"ASSOBER","To make or keep sober. [Obs.] Gower."
"ASSOCIABILITY","The quality of being associable, or capable of association;associableness. 'The associability of feelings.' H. Spencer."
"ASSOCIABLE","Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; -- said oforgans, nerves, muscles, etc.The stomach, the most associable of all the organs of the animalbody. Med. Rep."
"ASSOCIABLENESS","Associability."
"ASSOCIATE","Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such asoccur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions. E.Darwin."
"ASSOCIATED","Joined as a companion; brought into association; accompanying;combined. Associated movements (Physiol.), consensual movements whichaccompany voluntary efforts without our consciousness. Dunglison."
"ASSOCIATESHIP","The state of an associate, as in Academy or an office."
"ASSOCIATIONISM","The doctrine or theory held by associationists."
"ASSOCIATIONIST","One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soulby the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill."
"ASSOCIATIVE","Having the quality of associating; tending or leading toassociation; as, the associative faculty. Hugh Miller."
"ASSOCIATOR","An associate; a confederate or partner in any scheme.How Pennsylvania's air agrees with Quakers, And Carolina's withassociators. Dryden."
"ASSOIL","To soil; to stain. [Obs. or Poet.] Beau. & Fl.Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield. Wordsworth."
"ASSOILMENT","Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution;acquittal."
"ASSONANCE","A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last accented voweland those which follow it in one word correspond in sound with thevowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words areunlike in sound; as, calamo and platano, baby and chary.The assonance is peculiar to the Spaniard. Hallam."
"ASSONANT","Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance;not consonant."
"ASSONANTAL","Assonant."
"ASSONATE","To correspond in sound."
"ASSORT","To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fallinto a class or place. Mitford."
"ASSORTED","Selected; culled."
"ASSOT","To besot; to befool; to beguile; to infatuate. [Obs.]Some ecstasy assotted had his sense. Spenser."
"ASSUAGE","To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, orlessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion ortumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. Addison.To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man Burke.The fount at which the panting mind assuages Her thirst of knowledge.Byron."
"ASSUAGEMENT","Mitigation; abatement."
"ASSUAGER","One who, or that which, assuages."
"ASSUASIVE","Mitigating; tranquilizing; soothing. [R.]Music her soft assuasive voice applies. Pope."
"ASSUBJUGATE","To bring into subjection. [Obs.] Shak."
"ASSUEFACTION","The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed;habituation. [Obs.]Custom and studies efform the soul like wax, and by assuefactionintroduce a nature. Jer. Taylor."
"ASSUETUDE","Accustomedness; habit; habitual use.Assuetude of things hurtful doth make them lose their force to hurt.Bacon."
"ASSUMABLE","That may be assumed."
"ASSUMABLY","By way of assumption."
"ASSUME","To undertake, as by a promise. Burrill."
"ASSUMEDLY","By assumption."
"ASSUMENT","A patch; an addition; a piece put on. [Obs.] John Lewis (1731)."
"ASSUMER","One who assumes, arrogates, pretends, or supposes. W. D.Whitney."
"ASSUMING","Pretentious; taking much upon one's self; presumptuous. Burke."
"ASSUMPT","To take up; to elevate; to assume. [Obs.] Sheldon."
"ASSUMPTION","The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism."
"ASSUMPTIVE","Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized byassumption; making unwarranted claims.-- As*sump'tive*ly, adv. Assumptive arms (Her.), originally, armswhich a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit;now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College. PercySmith."
"ASSURANCE","Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance ofproperty; a conveyance; a deed."
"ASSURE","To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay aspecified sum at death. See Insure."
"ASSURED","Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting;bold to excess."
"ASSUREDLY","Certainly; indubitably. 'The siege assuredly I'll raise.' Shak."
"ASSUREDNESS","The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence."
"ASSURGENCY","Act of rising.The . . . assurgency of the spirit through the body. Coleridge."
"ASSURGENT","Ascending; (Bot.)"
"ASSURING","That assures; tending to assure; giving confidence.-- As*sur'ing*ly, adv."
"ASSWAGE","See Assuage."
"ASSYRIAN","Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants.-- n. A native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria."
"ASSYRIOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to Assyriology; as, Assyriological studies."
"ASSYRIOLOGIST","One versed in Assyriology; a student of Assyrian arch\u00e6ology."
"ASSYRIOLOGY","The science or study of the antiquities, language, etc., ofancient Assyria."
"ASSYTHMENT","Indemnification for injury; satisfaction. [Chiefly in Scotslaw]"
"ASTACUS","A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-waterlobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. SeeCrawfish."
"ASTARBOARD","Over to the starboard side; -- said of the tiller."
"ASTART","Same as Astert. [Obs.]"
"ASTARTE","A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of Americaand Europe."
"ASTATE","Estate; state. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ASTATIC","Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definiteposition or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, whenrendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a givendirection. Astatic pair (Magnetism), a pair of magnetic needles somounted as to be nearly or quite astatic, as in some galvanometers."
"ASTATICALLY","In an astatic manner."
"ASTATICISM","The state of being astatic."
"ASTATIZE","To render astatic."
"ASTATKI","A thick liquid residuum obtained in the distillation of Russianpetroleum, much used as fuel."
"ASTAY","An anchor is said to be astay, in heaving it, an acute angle isformed between the cable and the surface of the water."
"ASTEISM","Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deridinganother."
"ASTEL","An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads ina mine."
"ASTER","A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish flowers;starwort; Michaelmas daisy."
"ASTERIAS","A genus of echinoderms."
"ASTERIATED","Radiated, with diverging rays; as, asteriated sapphire."
"ASTERIDIAN","Of or pertaining to the Asterioidea.-- n."
"ASTERION","The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures."
"ASTERISCUS","The smaller of the two otoliths found in the inner ear of manyfishes."
"ASTERISK","The figure of a star, thus,"
"ASTERISM","An optical property of some crystals which exhibit a star-shaped by reflected light, as star sapphire, or by transmitted light,as some mica."
"ASTERNAL","Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum."
"ASTEROID","A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whoseorbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called alsoplanetoids and minor planets."
"ASTEROIDAL","Of or pertaining to an asteroid, or to the asteroids."
"ASTEROLEPIS","A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feetlong, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone. Hugh Miller."
"ASTEROPE","One of the Pleiades; -- called also Sterope."
"ASTEROPHYLLITE","A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America,now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites."
"ASTERT","To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ASTHENIC","Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak;debilitating."
"ASTHENOPIA","Weakness of sight. Quain.-- As`the*nop'ic, a."
"ASTHMA","A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to aspasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals,accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in thechest, a cough, and expectoration."
"ASTHMA PAPER","Paper impregnated with saltpeter. The fumes from the burningpaper are often inhaled as an alleviative by asthmatics."
"ASTHMATIC","A person affected with asthma."
"ASTIGMATIC","Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmaticeyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses."
"ASTIGMATISM","A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which therays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point,thus causing imperfect images or indistictness of vision."
"ASTIPULATE","To assent. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"ASTIPULATION","Stipulation; agreement. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"ASTIR","Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed."
"ASTONIED","Stunned; astonished. See Astony. [Archaic]And I astonied fell and could not pray. Mrs. Browning."
"ASTONISHEDLY","In an astonished manner. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"ASTONISHING","Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, anastonishing event."
"ASTONY","To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay. [Archaic]The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladius upon the side of hishead, that he reeled astonied. Sir P. Sidney.This sodeyn cas this man astonied so, That reed he wex, abayst, andal quaking. Chaucer."
"ASTOOP","In a stooping or inclined position. Gay."
"ASTOUND","Stunned; astounded; astonished. [Archaic] Spenser.Thus Ellen, dizzy and astound. As sudden ruin yawned around. Sir W.Scott."
"ASTOUNDING","Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astoundingforce, statement, or fact.-- As*tound'ing*ly, adv."
"ASTOUNDMENT","Amazement. Coleridge."
"ASTRACHAN","See Astrakhan."
"ASTRADDLE","In a straddling position; astride; bestriding; as, to sitastraddle a horse."
"ASTRAEAN","Pertaining to the genus Astr\u00e6a or the family Astr\u00e6id\u00e6.-- n."
"ASTRAGAL","A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half tothree quarters of a circle."
"ASTRAGALAR","Of or pertaining to the astragalus."
"ASTRAGALOID","Resembling the astragalus in form."
"ASTRAGALOMANCY","Divination by means of small bones or dice."
"ASTRAGALUS","The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus whicharticulates with the tibia at the ankle."
"ASTRAKHAN","Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; madeof an Astrakhan skin.-- n."
"ASTRAL","Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry;starlike.Shines only with an astral luster. I. Taylor.Some astral forms I must invoke by prayer. Dryden.Astral lamp, an Argand lamp so constructed that no shadow is castupon the table by the flattened ring-shaped reservoir in which theoil is contained.-- Astral spirits, spirits formerly supposed to live in the heavenlybodies or the a\u00ebrial regions, and represented in the Middle Ages asfallen angels, spirits of the dead, or spirits originating in fire."
"ASTRAND","Stranded. Sir W. Scott."
"ASTRAY","Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense;wandering; as, to lead one astray.Ye were as sheep going astray. 1 Pet. ii. 25."
"ASTRICT","To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. SeeAstriction, 4. Burrill."
"ASTRICTION","An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands groundat a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. Bell."
"ASTRICTIVE","Binding; astringent.-- n."
"ASTRICTORY","Astrictive. [R.]"
"ASTRIDE","With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with thelegs stretched wide apart; astraddle.Placed astride upon the bars of the palisade. Sir W. Scott.Glasses with horn bows sat astride on his nose. Longfellow."
"ASTRIFEROUS","Bearing stars. [R.] Blount."
"ASTRINGENCY","The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting theparts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substanceswhich causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringencyof tannin."
"ASTRINGENT","A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in thesoft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.External astringents are called styptics. Dunglison."
"ASTRINGENTLY","In an astringent manner."
"ASTRINGER","A falconer who keeps a goschawk. [Obs.] Shak. Cowell. [Writtenalso austringer.]"
"ASTRO-","The combining form of the Greek word 'a`stron, meaning star."
"ASTROGENY","The creation or evolution of the stars or the heavens. H.Spencer."
"ASTROGNOSY","The science or knowledge of the stars, esp. the fixed stars.Bouvier."
"ASTROGONY","Same as Astrogeny.-- As`*tro*gon'ic, a."
"ASTROGRAPHY","The art of describing or delineating the stars; a descriptionor mapping of the heavens."
"ASTROITE","A radiated stone or fossil; star-stone. [Obs.] [Written alsoastrite and astrion.]"
"ASTROLABE","An instrument for observing or showing the positions of thestars. It is now disused."
"ASTROLATER","A worshiper of the stars. Morley."
"ASTROLATRY","The worship of the stars."
"ASTROLITHOLOGY","The science of a\u00ebrolites."
"ASTROLOGIAN","An astrologer. [Obs.]"
"ASTROLOGIZE","To apply astrology to; to study or practice astrology."
"ASTROLOGY","In its etymological signification, the science of the stars;among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the artof judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and offoretelling events by their position and aspects."
"ASTROMANTIC","Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars;astrologic. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"ASTROMETEOROLOGY","The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, andstars, and the weather.-- As`*tro*me`te*or`o*log'ic*al, a.-- As`tro*me`te*or*ol'o*gist, n."
"ASTROMETER","An instrument for comparing the relative amount of the light ofstars."
"ASTROMETRY","The art of making measurements among the stars, or ofdetermining their relative magnitudes."
"ASTRONOMIAN","An astrologer. [Obs.]"
"ASTRONOMIC","Astronomical."
"ASTRONOMICAL","Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methodsor principles of astronomy.-- As`tro*nom'ic*al*ly, adv. Astronomical clock. See under Clock.-- Astronomical day. See under Day.-- Astronomical fractions, Astronomical numbers. See underSexagesimal."
"ASTRONOMIZE","To study or to talk astronomy. [R.]They astronomized in caves. Sir T. Browne."
"ASTROPHEL","See Astrofel. [Obs.]"
"ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY","The application of photography to the delineation of the sun,moon, and stars."
"ASTROPHOTOMETER","A photometer for measuring the brightness of stars."
"ASTROPHOTOMETRY","The determination of the brightness of stars, and also of thesun, moon, and planets. --As`tro*pho`to*met'ric*al (#), a."
"ASTROPHYSICAL","Pertaining to the physics of astronomical science."
"ASTROPHYSICS","The science treating of the physical characteristics of thestars and other heavenly bodies, their chemical constitution, light,heat, atmospheres, etc."
"ASTROPHYTON","A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched."
"ASTROSCOPE","An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whosesurface the constellations were delineated."
"ASTROSCOPY","Observation of the stars. [Obs.]"
"ASTROTHEOLOGY","Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestialbodies. Derham."
"ASTRUCTIVE","Building up; constructive; -- opposed to destructive. [Obs.]"
"ASTUCIOUS","Subtle; cunning; astute. [R.] Sir W. Scott.-- As*tu'cious*ly, adv. [R.]"
"ASTUCITY","Craftiness; astuteness. [R.] Carlyle."
"ASTUN","To stun. [Obs.] 'Breathless and astunned.' Somerville."
"ASTURIAN","Of or pertaining to Asturias in Spain.-- n."
"ASTUTE","Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty."
"ASTYLAR","Without columns or pilasters. Weale."
"ASTYLLEN","A small dam to prevent free passage of water in an adit orlevel."
"ASUNDER","Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two;separately; into or in different pieces or places.I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder. Zech. xi. 10.As wide asunder as pole and pole. Froude."
"ASURA","An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants."
"ASWAIL","The sloth bear (Melursus labiatus) of India."
"ASWEVE","To stupefy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ASWING","In a state of swinging."
"ASWOON","In a swoon. Chaucer."
"ASWOONED","In a swoon."
"ASYMMETRAL","Incommensurable; also, unsymmetrical. [Obs.] D. H. More."
"ASYMMETROUS","Asymmetrical. [Obs.] Barrow."
"ASYMMETRY","Incommensurability. [Obs.] Barrow."
"ASYMPTOTE","A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignabledistance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet it.Asymptotes may be straight lines or curves. A rectilinear asymptotemay be conceived as a tangent to the curve at an infinite distance."
"ASYNARTETE","Disconnected; not fitted or adjusted.-- A*syn'ar*tet'ic, a. Asynartete verse (Pros.), a verse of twomembers, having different rhythms; as when the first consists ofiambuses and the second of trochees."
"ASYNCHRONOUS","Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; --opposed tosynchronous."
"ASYNDETIC","Characterized by the use of asyndeton; not connected byconjunctions.-- As`yn*det'ic*al*ly, adv."
"ASYNDETON","A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, Iconquered. It stands opposed to polysyndeton."
"ASYSTOLE","A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart."
"ASYSTOLISM","The state or symptoms characteristic of asystole."
"AT","Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence,nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninthhour; at the house; to aim at a mark. It is less definite than in oron; at the house may be in or near the house. From this originalimport are derived all the various uses of at. It expresses: -"
"ATABAL","A kettledrum; a kind of tabor, used by the Moors. Croly."
"ATACAMITE","An oxychloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismaticcrystals."
"ATAFTER","After. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ATAGHAN","See Yataghan."
"ATAKE","To overtake. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ATAMAN","A hetman, or chief of the Cossacks."
"ATAMASCO LILY","See under Lily."
"ATAVIC","Pertaining to a remote ancestor, or to atavism."
"ATAXIC","Characterized by ataxy, that is, (a) by great irregularity offunctions or symptoms, or (b) by a want of coordinating power inmovements. Ataxic fever, malignant typhus fever. Pinel."
"ATAZIR","The influence of a star upon other stars or upon men. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"ATE","the preterit of Eat."
"ATECHNIC","Without technical or artistic knowledge.Difficult to convey to the atechnic reader. Etching & Engr."
"ATELES","A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and havingthe thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita."
"ATELIER","A workshop; a studio."
"ATELLAN","Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellanplays; farcical; ribald.-- n."
"ATHALAMOUS","Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as thethallus of certain lichens."
"ATHAMAUNT","Adamant. [Obs.]Written in the table of athamaunt. Chaucer."
"ATHANASIAN","Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4thcentury. Athanasian creed, a formulary, confession, or exposition offaith, formerly supposed to have been drawn up by Athanasius; butthis opinion is now rejected, and the composition is ascribed by someto Hilary, bishop of Arles (5th century). It is a summary of what wascalled the orthodox faith."
"ATHANOR","A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was soconstructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat. Chambers."
"ATHECATA","A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or notinclosed in a capsule. See Tubularian."
"ATHEIZE","To render atheistic or godless. [R.]They endeavored to atheize one another. Berkeley."
"ATHELING","An Anglo-Saxon prince or nobleman; esp., the heir apparent or aprince of the royal family. [Written also Adeling and \u00c6theling.]"
"ATHENIAN","Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece.-- n. A native or citizen of Athens."
"ATHEOLOGICAL","Opposed to theology; atheistic. Bp. Montagu."
"ATHEOLOGY","Antagonism to theology. Swift."
"ATHERINE","A small marine fish of the family Atherinid\u00e6, having a silverystripe along the sides. The European species (Atherina presbyter) isused as food. The American species (Menidia notata) is calledsilversides and sand smelt. See Silversides."
"ATHERMANCY","Inability to transmit radiant; impermeability to heat. Tyndall."
"ATHERMANOUS","Not transmitting heat; -- opposed to diathermanous."
"ATHERMOUS","Athermanous."
"ATHEROID","Shaped like an ear of grain."
"ATHEROMATOUS","Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma. Wiseman."
"ATHETIZE","To set aside or reject as spurious, as by marking with anobelus."
"ATHETOSIS","A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the fingersand toes."
"ATHINK","To repent; to displease; to disgust. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ATHLETE","One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancientGreece or Rome."
"ATHLETICISM","The practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism."
"ATHLETICS","The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sportsof athletes."
"ATHLETISM","The state or practice of an athlete; the characteristics of anathlete."
"ATHREPSIA","Profound debility of children due to lack of food and tounhygienic surroundings. --A*threp'tic (#), a."
"ATHWART","Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwartour course. Athwart hawse, across the stem of another vessel, whetherin contact or at a small distance.-- Athwart ships, across the ship from side to side, or in thatdirection; -- opposed to fore and aft."
"ATIMY","Public disgrace or stigma; infamy; loss of civil rights.Mitford."
"ATLANTA","A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming atthe surface in mid ocean. See Heteropod."
"ATLANTES","Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support anentablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides. Oxf. Gloss."
"ATLANTIDES","The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughtersof Atlas."
"ATLAS","The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately withthe skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name."
"ATLAS POWDER","A blasting powder or dynamite composed of nitroglycerin, woodfiber, sodium nitrate, and magnesium carbonate."
"ATMIATRY","Treatment of disease by vapors or gases, as by inhalation."
"ATMIDOMETER","An instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, orsnow. Brande & C."
"ATMO","The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physicalmeasurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under whichthe barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0\u00baCentigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris.Sir W. Thomson."
"ATMOLOGIST","One who is versed in atmology."
"ATMOLOGY","That branch of science which treats of the laws and phenomenaof aqueous vapor. Whewell."
"ATMOLYSIS","The act or process of separating mingled gases of unequaldiffusibility by transmission through porous substances."
"ATMOLYZATION","Separation by atmolysis."
"ATMOLYZE","To subject to atmolysis; to separate by atmolysis."
"ATMOLYZER","An apparatus for effecting atmolysis."
"ATMOMETER","An instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation from amoist surface; an evaporometer. Huxley."
"ATMOSPHERICALLY","In relation to the atmosphere."
"ATMOSPHEROLOGY","The science or a treatise on the atmosphere."
"ATOKOUS","Producing only asexual individuals, as the eggs of certainannelids."
"ATOLE","A porridge or gruel of maize meal and water, milk, or the like.[Sp. Amer.]"
"ATOLL","A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef,partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; alagoon island."
"ATOM","The smallest particle of matter that can enter intocombination; one of the elementary constituents of a molecule."
"ATOMICALLY","In an atomic manner; in accordance with the atomic philosophy."
"ATOMICIAN","An atomist. [R.]"
"ATOMICISM","Atomism. [Obs.]"
"ATOMICITY","Degree of atomic attraction; equivalence; valence; also (alater use) the number of atoms in an elementary molecule. SeeValence."
"ATOMISM","The doctrine of atoms. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic."
"ATOMIST","One who holds to the atomic philosophy or theory. Locke."
"ATOMISTIC","Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism. [R.]It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confoundsynthesis with synartesis. Coleridge."
"ATOMIZATION","The reduction of fluids into fine spray."
"ATOMIZE","To reduce to atoms, or to fine spray.The liquids in the form of spray are said to be pulverized,nebulized, or atomized. Dunglison."
"ATOMIZER","One who, or that which, atomizes; esp., an instrument forreducing a liquid to spray for disinfecting, cooling, or perfuming."
"ATOMOLOGY","The doctrine of atoms. Cudworth."
"ATOMY","An atom; a mite; a pigmy."
"ATONABLE","Admitting an atonement; capable of being atoned for; expiable."
"ATONER","One who makes atonement."
"ATONES","Etym: [See At one.] [Obs.]Down he fell atones as a stone. Chaucer."
"ATONIC","Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy; as, an atonicdisease."
"ATONY","Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ,especially of such as are contractile."
"ATOP","On or at the top. Milton."
"ATRABILARIAN","A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac. I.Disraeli."
"ATRABILIAR","Melancholy; atrabilious."
"ATRABILIOUS","Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary. Dunglision.A hard-faced, atrabilious, earnest-eyed race. Lowell.He was constitutionally atrabilious and scornful. Froude."
"ATRAMENTACEOUS","Black, like ink; inky; atramental. [Obs.] Derham."
"ATRAMENTARIOUS","Like ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas,green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as being used in making ink."
"ATREDE","To surpass in council. [Obs.]Men may the olde atrenne, but hat atrede. Chaucer."
"ATRENNE","To outrun. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ATRESIA","Absence or closure of a natural passage or channel of the body;imperforation."
"ATRIAL","Of or pertaining to an atrium."
"ATRIUM","The main part of either auricle of the heart as distinct fromthe auricular appendix. Also, the whole articular portion of theheart."
"ATROCHA","A kind of ch\u00e6topod larva in which no circles of cilia aredeveloped."
"ATROPHIC","Relating to atrophy."
"ATROPHIED","Affected with atrophy, as a tissue or organ; arrested indevelopment at a very early stage; rudimentary."
"ATROPHY","A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk orslow emaciation of the body or of any part. Milton."
"ATROPIA","Same as Atropine."
"ATROPINE","A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from theAtropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium,or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupilof the eye. Called also daturine."
"ATROPISM","A condition of the system produced by long use of belladonna."
"ATROPOUS","Not inverted; orthotropous."
"ATROUS","Coal-black; very black."
"ATRYPA","A extinct genus of Branchiopoda, very common in Silurianlimestones."
"ATTABAL","See Atabal."
"ATTACCA","Attack at once; -- a direction at the end of a movement to showthat the next is to follow immediately, without any pause."
"ATTACH","An attachment. [Obs.] Pope."
"ATTACHABLE","Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ orprecept."
"ATTACHE","One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suiteor staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy."
"ATTACK","To make an onset or attack."
"ATTACKABLE","Capable of being attacked."
"ATTACKER","One who attacks."
"ATTAGHAN","See Yataghan."
"ATTAIN","Attainment. [Obs.]"
"ATTAINABILITY","The quality of being attainable; attainbleness."
"ATTAINABLENESS","The quality of being attainable; attainability."
"ATTAINT","To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial forgiving a false verdict. [Obs.]Upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by men of his owncondition. Blackstone."
"ATTAINTMENT","Attainder; attainture; conviction."
"ATTAINTURE","Attainder; disgrace."
"ATTAL","Same as Attle."
"ATTAMINATE","To corrupt; to defile; to contaminate. [Obs.] Blount."
"ATTAR","A fragrant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrantessential oil obtained from the petals of roses. [Also written ottoand ottar.]"
"ATTASK","To take to task; to blame. Shak."
"ATTASTE","To taste or cause to taste. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ATTE","At the. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ATTEMPERAMENT","A tempering, or mixing in due proportion."
"ATTEMPERANCE","Temperance; attemperament. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ATTEMPERATE","Tempered; proportioned; properly adapted.Hope must be . . . attemperate to the promise. Hammond."
"ATTEMPERATION","The act of attempering or regulating. [Archaic] Bacon."
"ATTEMPERLY","Temperately. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ATTEMPERMENT","Attemperament."
"ATTEMPT","To make an attempt; -- with upon. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"ATTEMPTABLE","Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked. Shak."
"ATTEMPTIVE","Disposed to attempt; adventurous. [Obs.] Daniel."
"ATTENDANCY","The quality of attending or accompanying; attendance; anattendant. [Obs.]"
"ATTENDANT","Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widowattendant to the heir. Cowell. Attendant keys (Mus.), the keys orscales most nearly related to, or having most in common with, theprincipal key; those, namely, of its fifth above, or dominant, itsfifth below (fourth above), or subdominant, and its relative minor ormajor."
"ATTENDEMENT","Intent. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ATTENDER","One who, or that which, attends."
"ATTENDMENT","An attendant circumstance. [Obs.]The uncomfortable attendments of hell. Sir T. Browne."
"ATTENT","Attentive; heedful. [Archaic]Let thine ears be attent unto the prayer. 2 Chron. vi. 40."
"ATTENTLY","Attentively. [Obs.] Barrow."
"ATTENUANT","Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense andviscid; diluent.-- n. (Med.)"
"ATTENUATE","To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.The attention attenuates as its sphere contracts. Coleridge."
"ATTER","Poison; venom; corrupt matter from a sore. [Obs.] Holland."
"ATTERRATE","To fill up with alluvial earth. [Obs.] Ray."
"ATTERRATION","The act of filling up with earth, or of forming land withalluvial earth. [Obs.]"
"ATTEST","Witness; testimony; attestation. [R.]The attest of eyes and ears. Shak."
"ATTESTATION","The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or officialdeclaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. Thetruth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the properofficer. The subscription of a name to a writing as a witness, is anattestation."
"ATTESTATIVE","Of the nature of attestation."
"ATTESTIVE","Attesting; furnishing evidence."
"ATTIC","Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, itsprincipal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic ofthe Athenians; classical; refined. Attic base (Arch.), a peculiarform of molded base for a column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius,applied under the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and 'RomanDoric' orders, and imitated by the architects of the Renaissance.-- Attic faith, inviolable faith.-- Attic purity, special purity of language.-- Attic salt, Attic wit, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar to theAthenians.-- Attic story. See Attic, n.-- Attic style, a style pure and elegant."
"ATTICAL","Attic. [Obs.] Hammond."
"ATTICIZE","To conform or make conformable to the language, customs, etc.,of Attica."
"ATTIGUOUS","Touching; bordering; contiguous. [Obs.] -- At*tig'u*ous*ness,n. [Obs.]"
"ATTINGE","To touch lightly. [Obs.] Coles."
"ATTIRE","To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant orsplendid garments.Finely attired in a robe of white. Shak.With the linen miter shall he be attired. Lev. xvi. 4."
"ATTIRED","Provided with antlers, as a stag."
"ATTIREMENT","Attire; adornment."
"ATTIRER","One who attires."
"ATTITUDE","The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue."
"ATTITUDINAL","Relating to attitude."
"ATTITUDINARIAN","One who attitudinizes; a posture maker."
"ATTITUDINARIANISM","A practicing of attitudes; posture making."
"ATTITUDINIZE","To assume affected attitudes; to strike an attitude; to pose.Maria, who is the most picturesque figure, was put to attitudinize atthe harp. Hannah More."
"ATTITUDINIZER","One who practices attitudes."
"ATTLE","Rubbish or refuse consisting of broken rock containing littleor no ore. Weale."
"ATTOLLENT","Lifting up; raising; as, an attollent muscle. Derham."
"ATTONCE","At once; together. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ATTONE","See At one. [Obs.]"
"ATTORN","To turn, or transfer homage and service, from one lord toanother. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, uponthe alienation of the estate. Blackstone."
"ATTORNEY","To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy. [Obs.] Shak."
"ATTORNEY-GENERAL","The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in alllitigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advisethis supreme executive whenever required. Wharton."
"ATTORNEYISM","The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys."
"ATTORNEYSHIP","The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another.Shak."
"ATTORNMENT","The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which heconsents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord orsuperior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreementof a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as hislandlord. Burrill. Blackstone."
"ATTRACT","Attraction. [Obs.] Hudibras."
"ATTRACTABILITY","The quality or fact of being attractable. Sir W. Jones."
"ATTRACTABLE","Capable of being attracted; subject to attraction.-- At*tract'a*ble*ness, n."
"ATTRACTER","One who, or that which, attracts."
"ATTRACTILE","Having power to attract."
"ATTRACTING","That attracts.-- At*tract'ing*ly, adv."
"ATTRACTION","An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything toitself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies orultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to producetheir cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation."
"ATTRACTIVE","That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.Speaks nothing but attractives and invitation. South."
"ATTRACTIVITY","The quality or degree of attractive power."
"ATTRACTOR","One who, or that which, attracts. Sir T. Browne"
"ATTRAHENT","Attracting; drawing; attractive."
"ATTRAP","To entrap; to insnare. [Obs.] Grafton."
"ATTRECTATION","Frequent handling or touching. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"ATTRIBUTABLE","Capable of being attributed; ascribable; imputable.Errors . . . attributable to carelessness. J. D. Hooker."
"ATTRIBUTE","To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to);to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consideras belonging (to).We attribute nothing to God that hath any repugnancy or contradictionin it. Abp. Tillotson.The merit of service is seldom attributed to the true and exactperformer. Shak."
"ATTRIBUTIVE","Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning anattribute; of the nature of an attribute."
"ATTRIBUTIVELY","In an attributive manner."
"ATTRITE","Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grieffor sin; -- opposed to contrite."
"ATTRITION","Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelingsof shame. See Contrition. Wallis."
"ATTRITUS","Matter pulverized by attrition."
"ATTRY","Poisonous; malignant; malicious. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ATWAIN","In twain; asunder. [Obs. or Poetic] 'Cuts atwain the knots.'Tennyson."
"ATWEEN","Between. [Archaic] Spenser. Tennyson."
"ATWIRL","Twisted; distorted; awry. [R.] Halliwell."
"ATWITE","To speak reproachfully of; to twit; to upbraid. [Obs.]"
"ATWIXT","Betwixt. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ATWO","In two; in twain; asunder. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AU FAIT","Expert; skillful; well instructed."
"AU FOND","At bottom; fundamentally; essentially."
"AU GRATIN","With a crust made by browning in the oven; as, spaghetti may beserved au gratin."
"AU REVOIR","Good-by until we meet again."
"AUBADE","An open air concert in the morning, as distinguished from anevening serenade; also, a pianoforte composition suggestive ofmorning. Grove.The crowing cock . . . Sang his aubade with lusty voice and clear.Longfellow."
"AUBAINE","Succession to the goods of a stranger not naturalized. Littr\u00e9.Droit d'aubaine (, the right, formerly possessed by the king ofFrance, to all the personal property of which an alien diedpossessed. It was abolished in 1819. Bouvier."
"AUBE","An alb. [Obs.] Fuller."
"AUBERGE","An inn. Beau. & Fl."
"AUBIN","A broken gait of a horse, between an amble and a gallop; --commonly called a Canterbury gallop."
"AUCHENIUM","The part of the neck nearest the back."
"AUCTARY","That which is superadded; augmentation. [Obs.] Baxter."
"AUCTION","To sell by auction."
"AUCTION BRIDGE","A variety of the game of bridge in which the players, beginningwith the dealer, bid for the privilege of naming the trump andplaying with the dummy for that deal, there being heavy penalties fora player's failure to make good his bid. The score value of eachtrick more than six taken by the successful bidder is as follows:when the trump is spades, 2; clubs, 6; diamonds, 7; hearts, 8; royalspades (lilies), 9; and when the deal is played with no trump, 10."
"AUCTION PITCH","A game of cards in which the players bid for the privilege ofdetermining or 'pitching' the trump suit.  R. F. Foster."
"AUCTIONARY","Of or pertaining to an auction or an auctioneer. [R.]With auctionary hammer in thy hand. Dryden."
"AUCTIONEER","A person who sells by auction; a person whose business it is todispose of goods or lands by public sale to the highest or bestbidder."
"AUCUPATION","Birdcatching; fowling. [Obs.] Blount."
"AUDACIOUSLY","In an audacious manner; with excess of boldness; impudently."
"AUDACIOUSNESS","The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity."
"AUDIBILITY","The quality of being audible; power of being heard; audiblecapacity."
"AUDIBLE","Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actuallyheard; as, an audible voice or whisper."
"AUDIBLENESS","The quality of being audible."
"AUDIBLY","So as to be heard."
"AUDIENT","Listening; paying attention; as, audient souls. Mrs. Browning."
"AUDILE","One whose thoughts take the form of mental sounds or ofinternal discourse rather than of visual or motor images."
"AUDIOMETER","An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged andrecorded on a scale."
"AUDIPHONE","An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound tothe auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or lessdistinctly; a dentiphone."
"AUDIT","To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts; as, to auditthe accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit dependingin court."
"AUDITA QUERELA","A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment isrecovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequentlyaccrued which could not have been availed of to prevent suchjudgment. Wharton."
"AUDITION","The act of hearing or listening; hearing.Audition may be active or passive; hence the difference betweenlistening and simple hearing. Dunglison."
"AUDITIVE","Of or pertaining to hearing; auditory. [R.] Cotgrave."
"AUDITORIAL","Auditory. [R.]"
"AUDITORIUM","The part of a church, theater, or other public building,assigned to the audience."
"AUDITORSHIP","The office or function of auditor."
"AUDITORY","Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs ofhearing; as, the auditory nerve. See Ear. Auditory canal (Anat.), thetube from the auditory meatus or opening of the ear to the tympanicmembrane."
"AUDITRESS","A female hearer. Milton."
"AUDITUAL","Auditory. [R.] Coleridge."
"AUF","A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; adeformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf. [Obs.] Drayton."
"AUFKLARUNG","A philosophic movement of the 18th century characterized by alively questioning of authority, keen interest in matters of politicsand general culture, and an emphasis on empirical method in science.It received its impetus from the unsystematic but vigorous skepticismof Pierre Bayle, the physical doctrines of Newton, and theepistemological theories of Locke, in the preceding century. Itschief center was in France, where it gave rise to the skepticism ofVoltaire , the naturalism of Rousseau, the sensationalism ofCondillac, and the publication of the 'Encyclopedia' by D'Alembertand Diderot. In Germany, Lessing, Mendelssohn, and Herder wererepresentative thinkers, while the political doctrines of the leadersof the American Revolution and the speculations of Benjamin Franklinand Thomas Paine represented the movement in America."
"AUGEAN","Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stablecontained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Herculescleansed it in a single day."
"AUGET","A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery,or place where the slow match is applied. Knight."
"AUGHT","Anything; any part. [Also written ought.]There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken.Josh. xxi. 45But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. Addison."
"AUGITE","A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color,occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead ofthe general term pyroxene."
"AUGITIC","Pertaining to, or like, augite; containing augite as aprincipal constituent; as, augitic rocks."
"AUGMENT","To add an augment to."
"AUGMENTABLE","Capable of augmentation. Walsh."
"AUGMENTATION","A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark ofhonor. Cussans."
"AUGMENTATIVE","Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressingaugmentation.-- Aug*ment'a*tive*ly, adv."
"AUGMENTER","One who, or that which, augments or increases anything."
"AUGRIM","See Algorism. [Obs.] Chaucer. Augrim stones, pebbles formerlyused in numeration.-- Noumbres of Augrim, Arabic numerals. Chaucer."
"AUGUR","An official diviner who foretold events by the singing,chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omensderived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds,or unusual occurrences."
"AUGURAL","Of or pertaining to augurs or to augury; betokening; ominous;significant; as, an augural staff; augural books. 'Portents augural.'Cowper."
"AUGURATE","To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict. [Obs.] C.Middleton."
"AUGURATION","The practice of augury."
"AUGURER","An augur. [Obs.] Shak."
"AUGURIAL","Relating to augurs or to augury. Sir T. Browne."
"AUGURIST","An augur. [R.]"
"AUGURIZE","To augur. [Obs.] Blount."
"AUGUROUS","Full of augury; foreboding. [Obs.] 'Augurous hearts.' Chapman."
"AUGURSHIP","The office, or period of office, of an augur. Bacon."
"AUGUST","Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; havingan aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; havingexalted birth, character, state, or authority. 'Forms august.' Pope.'August in visage.' Dryden. 'To shed that august blood.' Macaulay.So beautiful and so august a spectacle. Burke.To mingle with a body so august. Byron."
"AUGUSTAN","A member of one of the religious orders called after St.Augustine; an Austin friar."
"AUGUSTINIAN","Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in NorthernAfrica (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines. Augustinian canons,an order of monks once popular in England and Ireland; -- called alsoregular canons of St. Austin, and black canons.-- Augustinian hermits or Austin friars, an order of friarsestablished in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was introduced into theUnited States from Ireland in 1790.-- Augustinian nuns, an order of nuns following the rule of St.Augustine.-- Augustinian rule, a rule for religious communities based upon the109th letter of St. Augustine, and adopted by the Augustinian orders."
"AUGUSTLY","In an august manner."
"AUGUSTNESS","The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur;magnificence."
"AUK","A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of thefamily Alcid\u00e6. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (or Plautus)impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda. See Puffin, Guillemot,and Murre."
"AUKWARD","See Awkward. [Obs.]"
"AULARIAN","Relating to a hall."
"AULD","Old; as, Auld Reekie (old smoky), i. e., Edinburgh. [Scot. &Prov. Eng.]"
"AULD LANG SYNE","A Scottish phrase used in recalling recollections of times longsince past. 'The days of auld lang syne.'"
"AULETIC","Of or pertaining to a pipe (flute) or piper. [R.] Ash."
"AULIC","Pertaining to a royal court.Ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities. Landor.Aulic council (Hist.), a supreme court of the old German empire;properly the supreme court of the emperor. It ceased at the death ofeach emperor, and was renewed by his successor. It became extinctwhen the German empire was dissolved, in 1806. The term is nowapplied to a council of the war department of the Austrian empire,and the members of different provincial chanceries of that empire arecalled aulic councilors. P. Cyc."
"AULN","An ell. [Obs.] See Aune."
"AUM","Same as Aam."
"AUMAIL","To figure or variegate. [Obs.] Spenser."
"AUMBRY","Same as Ambry."
"AUMERY","A form of Ambry, a closet; but confused with Almonry, as if aplace for alms."
"AUNCEL","A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerlyused in England. Halliwell."
"AUNCETRY","Ancestry. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AUNE","A French cloth measure, of different parts of the country (atParis, 0.95 of an English ell); -- now superseded by the meter."
"AUNTER","Adventure; hap. [Obs.] In aunters, perchance."
"AUNTROUS","Adventurous. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AURA","The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air,rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitorysymptom of epilepsy or hysterics. Electric ~, a supposed electricfluid, emanating from an electrified body, and forming a masssurrounding it, called the electric atmosphere. See Atmosphere, 2."
"AURAL","Of or pertaining to the air, or to an aura."
"AURANTIACEOUS","Pertaining to, or resembling, the Aurantiace\u00e6, an order ofplants (formerly considered natural), of which the orange is thetype."
"AURATE","A combination of auric acid with a base; as, aurate orpotassium."
"AURATED","Combined with auric acid."
"AUREATE","Golden; gilded. Skelton."
"AURELIAN","Of or pertaining to the aurelia."
"AURIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; -- said of thosecompounds of gold in which this element has its higher valence; as,auric oxide; auric chloride."
"AURICHALCEOUS","Brass-colored."
"AURICHALCITE","A hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green orblue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass onreduction."
"AURICLE","An angular or ear-shaped lobe."
"AURICLED","Having ear-shaped appendages or lobes; auriculate; as, auricledleaves."
"AURICULAR","Pertaining to the auricles of the heart. Auricular finger, thelittle finger; so called because it can be readily introduced intothe ear passage."
"AURICULARIA","A kind of holothurian larva, with soft, blunt appendages. SeeIllustration in Appendix."
"AURICULARLY","In an auricular manner."
"AURICULARS","A circle of feathers surrounding the opening of the ear ofbirds."
"AURIFEROUS","Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold.Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays. Thomson.~= pyrites, iron pyrites (iron disulphide), containing some golddisseminated through it."
"AURIFLAMME","See Oriflamme."
"AURIFORM","Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped."
"AURIGA","The Charioteer, or Wagoner, a constellation in the northernhemisphere, situated between Perseus and Gemini. It contains thebright star Capella."
"AURIGAL","Of or pertaining to a chariot. [R.]"
"AURIGATION","The act of driving a chariot or a carriage. [R.] De Quincey."
"AURIGRAPHY","The art of writing with or in gold."
"AURILAVE","An instrument for cleansing the ear, consisting of a smallpiece of sponge on an ivory or bone handle."
"AURIN","A red coloring matter derived from phenol; -- called also, incommerce, yellow coralin."
"AURIPHRYGIATE","Embroidered or decorated with gold. [R.] Southey."
"AURIPIGMENT","See Orpiment. [Obs.]"
"AURISCALP","An earpick."
"AURISCOPE","An instrument for examining the condition of the ear."
"AURISCOPY","Examination of the ear by the aid of the auriscope."
"AURIST","One skilled in treating and curing disorders of the ear."
"AURITED","Having lobes like the ear; auriculate."
"AURIVOROUS","Gold-devouring. [R.] H. Walpole."
"AUROCEPHALOUS","Having a gold-colored head."
"AUROCHLORIDE","The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride ofanother metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate."
"AUROCHS","The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europ\u00e6us), once widelydistributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in theLithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct fromthe Urus of C\u00e6sar, with which it has often been confused."
"AUROCYANIDE","A double cyanide of gold and some other metal or radical; --called also cyanaurate."
"AURORA","The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess ofthe morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, ina chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew."
"AURORAL","Belonging to, or resembling, the aurora (the dawn or thenorthern lights); rosy.Her cheeks suffused with an auroral blush. Longfellow."
"AUROUS","Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; -- said of thosecompounds of gold in which this element has its lower valence; as,aurous oxide."
"AURUM","Gold. Aurum fulminans (See Fulminate.-- Aurum mosaicum (See Mosaic."
"AUSCULT","To auscultate."
"AUSCULTATE","To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation."
"AUSCULTATION","An examination by listening either directly with the ear(immediate auscultation) applied to parts of the body, as theabdomen; or with the stethoscope (mediate ~), in order to distinguishsounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease."
"AUSCULTATOR","One who practices auscultation."
"AUSCULTATORY","Of or pertaining to auscultation. Dunglison."
"AUSONIAN","Italian. Milton."
"AUSPICATE","Auspicious. [Obs.] Holland."
"AUSPICIAL","Of or pertaining to auspices; auspicious. [R.]"
"AUSTER","The south wind. Pope."
"AUSTERELY","Severely; rigidly; sternly.A doctrine austerely logical. Macaulay."
"AUSTIN","Augustinian; as, Austin friars."
"AUSTRAL","Southern; lying or being in the south; as, austral land;austral ocean. Austral signs (Astron.), the last six signs of thezodiac, or those south of the equator."
"AUSTRALASIAN","Of or pertaining to Australasia; as, Australasian regions.-- n."
"AUSTRALIAN","Of or pertaining to Australia.-- n."
"AUSTRALIAN BALLOT","A system of balloting or voting in public elections, originallyused in South Australia, in which there is such an arrangement forpolling votes that secrecy is compulsorily maintained, and the ballotused is an official ballot printed and distributed by the government."
"AUSTRALIZE","To tend toward the south pole, as a magnet. [Obs.]They [magnets] do septentrionate at one extreme, and australize atanother. Sir T. Browne."
"AUSTRIAN","Of or pertaining to Austria, or to its inhabitants.-- n."
"AUSTRINE","Southern; southerly; austral. [Obs.] Bailey."
"AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN","Of or pertaining to the monarchy composed of Austria andHungary."
"AUSTROMANCY","Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of thewinds."
"AUSZUG","See Army organization, Switzerland."
"AUTARCHY","Self-sufficiency. [Obs.] Milton."
"AUTHENTIC","Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested."
"AUTHENTICAL","Authentic. [Archaic]"
"AUTHENTICALLY","In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuineauthority."
"AUTHENTICALNESS","The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [R.] Barrow."
"AUTHENTICLY","Authentically."
"AUTHENTICNESS","The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [R.] Hammond."
"AUTHENTICS","A collection of the Novels or New Constitutions of Justinian,by an anonymous author; -- so called on account of its authencity.Bouvier."
"AUTHORESS","A female author. Glover."
"AUTHORIAL","Of or pertaining to an author. 'The authorial Hare."
"AUTHORISM","Authoriship. [R.]"
"AUTHORIZABLE","Capable of being authorized. Hammond."
"AUTHORIZATION","The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment byauthority; sanction or warrant.The authorization of laws. Motley.A special authorization from the chief. Merivale."
"AUTHORIZED",", to rely for authority. [Obs.]Authorizing himself, for the most part, upon other histories. Sir P.Sidney."
"AUTHORIZER","One who authorizes."
"AUTHORLESS","Without an author; without authority; anonymous."
"AUTHORLY","Authorial. [R.] Cowper."
"AUTHOTYPE","A type or block containing a facsimile of an autograph. Knight."
"AUTO-","A combining form, with the meaning of self, one's self, one'sown, itself, its own."
"AUTO-DE-FE","Same as Auto-da-f\u00e9."
"AUTO-INFECTION","Poisoning caused by a virus that originates and develops in theorganism itself."
"AUTO-INOCULATION","Inoculation of a person with virus from his own body."
"AUTO-INTOXICATION","Poisoning, or the state of being poisoned, from toxicsubstances produced within the body; autotox\u00e6mia."
"AUTOBIOGRAPHER","One who writers his own life or biography."
"AUTOBIOGRAPHIST","One who writes his own life; an autobiographer. [R.]"
"AUTOBIOGRAPHY","A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's lifewritten by one's self."
"AUTOCATALYSIS","Self-catalysis; catalysis of a substance by one of its ownproducts, as of silver oxide by the silver formed by reduction of asmall portion of it. -- Au`to*cat`a*lyt'ic (#), a."
"AUTOCEPHALOUS","Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchaljurisdiction, as certain Greek churches."
"AUTOCHRONOGRAPH","An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printingof time. Knight."
"AUTOCHTHON","Aboriginal; indigenous; native."
"AUTOCHTHONISM","The state of being autochthonal."
"AUTOCHTHONY","An aboriginal or autochthonous condition."
"AUTOCLASTIC","Broken in place; -- said of rocks having a broken or brecciatedstructure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciatedmaterials brought from a distance."
"AUTOCLAVE","A kind of French stewpan with a steamtight lid. Knight."
"AUTOCOHERER","A self-restoring coherer, as a microphonic detector."
"AUTOCRACY","The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctivepowers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vitalprinciple. [In this sense, written also autocrasy.] Dunglison."
"AUTOCRAT","Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute;holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.-- Au`to*crat'ic*al*ly, adv."
"AUTOCRATOR","An autocrat. [Archaic]"
"AUTOCRATORICAL","Pertaining to an autocrator; absolute. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson."
"AUTOCRATRIX","A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; -- a titlegiven to the empresses of Russia."
"AUTOCRATSHIP","The office or dignity of an autocrat."
"AUTODIDACT","One who is self-taught; an automath."
"AUTODYNAMIC","Supplying its own power; -- applied to an instrument of thenature of a water-ram."
"AUTOECIOUS","Passing through all its stages on one host, as certainparasitic fungi; -- contrasted with heterocious."
"AUTOECISM","Quality of being autocious."
"AUTOFECUNDATION","Self-impregnation. Darwin."
"AUTOGAMOUS","Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized."
"AUTOGAMY","Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived fromthe same blossom as the pistil acted upon."
"AUTOGENEAL","Self-produced; autogenous."
"AUTOGENESIS","Spontaneous generation."
"AUTOGENETIC","Relating to autogenesis; self-generated."
"AUTOGENETIC DRAINAGE","A system of natural drainage developed by the constituentstreams through headwater erosion."
"AUTOGENETIC TOPOGRAPHY","A system of land forms produced by the free action of rain andstreams on rocks of uniform texture."
"AUTOGENOUS","Self-generated; produced independently."
"AUTOGENOUSLY","In an autogenous manner; spontaneously."
"AUTOGRAPH","That which is written with one's own hand; an originalmanuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting."
"AUTOGRAPHAL","Autographic. [Obs.]"
"AUTOHARP","A zitherlike musical instrument, provided with dampers which,when depressed, deaden some strings, leaving free others that form achord."
"AUTOHYPNOTIC","Pert. to autohypnotism; self-hypnotizing. -- n."
"AUTOHYPNOTISM","Hypnotism of one's self by concentration of the attention onsome object or idea."
"AUTOKINESIS","Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internalcause."
"AUTOKINETIC","Self-moving; moving automatically."
"AUTOKINETIC SYSTEM","In fire-alarm telegraphy, a system so arranged that when onealarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from anotherpoint, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has beendisposed of."
"AUTOLATRY","Self-worship. Farrar."
"AUTOMATH","One who is self-taught. [R.] Young."
"AUTOMATICALLY","In an automatic manner."
"AUTOMATISM","The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) Atheory as to the activity of matter."
"AUTOMATOUS","Automatic. [Obs.] 'Automatous organs.' Sir T. Browne."
"AUTOMIXTE SYSTEM","A system (devised by Henri Pieper, a Belgian) of drivingautomobiles employing a gasoline engine and an auxiliary reversibledynamo. When there is an excess of power the dynamo is driven by theengine so as to charge a small storage battery; when there is adeficiency of power the dynamo reverses and acts as an auxiliarymotor. Sometimes called Pieper system. -- Automixte car, etc."
"AUTOMOBILE","An automobile vehicle or mechanism; esp., a self-propelledvehicle suitable for use on a street or roadway. Automobiles areusually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatileinflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.),steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motorvaries from about 4 to 50 H. P. for ordinary vehicles, ranging fromthe run-about to the touring car, up to as high as 200 H. P. forspecially built racing cars. Automobiles are also commonly, andgenerally in British usage, called motor cars."
"AUTOMOBILISM","The use of automobiles, or the practices, methods, or the like,of those who use them. -- Au`to*mo'bil*ist, n."
"AUTOMORPHIC","Patterned after one's self.The conception which any one frames of another's mind is more or lessafter the pattern of his own mind, -- is automorphic. H. Spenser."
"AUTOMORPHISM","Automorphic characterization. H. Spenser."
"AUTONOMASY","The use of a word of common or general signification for thename of a particular thing; as, 'He has gone to town,' for, 'He hasgone to London.'"
"AUTONOMIC","Having the power of self-government; autonomous. Hickok."
"AUTONOMIST","One who advocates autonomy."
"AUTONOMOUS","Having independent existence or laws."
"AUTONOMY","The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man'spower, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this,according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof ofliberty. Fleming."
"AUTOPATHIC","Dependent upon, or due or relating to, the structure andcharacteristics of the diseased organism; endopathic; as, anautopathic disease; an autopathic theory of diseases."
"AUTOPHAGI","Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food assoon as hatched."
"AUTOPHAGY","The feeding of the body upon itself, as in fasting; nutritionby consumption of one's own tissues."
"AUTOPHOBY","Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical. [R.] Hare."
"AUTOPHONY","An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone ofthe observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close tothe patient's chest. Dunglison."
"AUTOPLASTIC","Of or pertaining to autoplasty."
"AUTOPLASTY","The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a pieceof healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply thedeficiency caused by disease or wounds."
"AUTOPNEUMATIC","Acting or moving automatically by means of compressed air."
"AUTOPSORIN","That which is given under the doctrine of administering apatient's own virus."
"AUTOPSY","Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining thecause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination."
"AUTOPTICALLY","By means of ocular view, or one's own observation. Sir T.Browne."
"AUTOSTABILITY","Automatic stability; also, inherent stability. An a\u00ebroplane isinherently stable if it keeps in steady poise by virtue of its shapeand proportions alone; it is automatically stable if it keeps insteady poise by means of self-operative mechanism."
"AUTOSTYLIC","Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium,as in the skulls of the Amphibia."
"AUTOSUGGESTION","Self-suggestion as distinguished from suggestion coming fromanother, esp. in hypnotism. Autosuggestion is characteristic ofcertain mental conditions in which expectant belief tends to producedisturbance of function of one or more organs."
"AUTOTHEIST","One given to self-worship. [R.]"
"AUTOTOXIC","Pertaining to, or causing, autotox\u00e6mia."
"AUTOTOXICATION","Same as Auto-intoxication."
"AUTOTRANSFORMER","A transformer in which part of the primary winding is used as asecondary winding, or vice versa; -- called also a compensator orbalancing coil."
"AUTOTROPHIC","Capable of self-nourishment; -- said of all plants in whichphotosynthetic activity takes place, as opposed to parasitism orsaprophytism."
"AUTOTROPISM","The tendency of plant organs to grow in a straight line whenuninfluenced by external stimuli."
"AUTOTYPOGRAPHY","A process resembling 'nature printing,' by which drawingsexecuted on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from whichthe printing is done as from copperplate."
"AUTOTYPY","The art or process of making autotypes."
"AUTUNITE","A lemon-yellow phosphate of uranium and calcium occurring intabular crystals with basal cleavage, and in micalike scales. H., 2-2.5. Sp. gr., 3.05-3.19."
"AUXANOMETER","An instrument to measure the growth of plants. Goodale."
"AUXESIS","A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for theproper word; amplification; hyperbole."
"AUXETIC","Pertaining to, or containing, auxesis; amplifying."
"AUXETOPHONE","A pneumatic reproducer for a phonograph, controlled by therecording stylus on the principle of the relay. It produces muchclearer and louder tones than does the ordinary vibrating diskreproducer."
"AUXILIAR","Auxiliary. [Archaic]The auxiliar troops and Trojan hosts appear. Pope."
"AUXILIARLY","By way of help. Harris."
"AUXILIARY","Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary;as auxiliary troops. Auxiliary scales (Mus.), the scales of relativeor attendant keys. See under Attendant, a.-- Auxiliary verbs (Gram.). See Auxiliary, n., 3."
"AUXILIATORY","Auxiliary; helping. [Obs.]"
"AUXOMETER","An instrument for measuring the magnifying power of a lens orsystem of lenses."
"AVA","Same as Kava. Johnston."
"AVADAVAT","Same as Amadavat."
"AVAIL","To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to havestrength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as,the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat thesuit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to checkthe disease. 'What signs avail ' Milton.Words avail very little with me, young man. Sir W. Scott."
"AVAILABLY","In an available manner; profitably; advantageously;efficaciously."
"AVAILMENT","Profit; advantage. [Obs.]"
"AVALE","To descend; to fall; to dismount. [Obs.]And from their sweaty courses did avale. Spenser."
"AVANT","The front of an army. [Obs.] See Van."
"AVANT-COURIER","A person dispatched before another person or company, to givenotice of his or their approach."
"AVANT-GUARD","The van or advanced body of an army. See Vanguard."
"AVARICIOUS","Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous ofaccumulating property."
"AVAROUS","Avaricious. [Obs.]"
"AVAST","Cease; stop; stay. 'Avast heaving.' Totten."
"AVATAR","The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a manor an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu."
"AVAUNCE","To advance; to profit. Chaucer."
"AVAUNT","Begone; depart; -- a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalentto the phrase 'Get thee gone.'"
"AVAUNTOUR","A boaster. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AVEL","To pull away. [Obs.]Yet are not these parts avelled. Sir T. Browne."
"AVELLANE","In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross."
"AVENA","A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa);the oat grasses."
"AVENACEOUS","Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses."
"AVENAGE","A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu ofrent. Jacob."
"AVENALIN","A crystalline globulin, contained in oat kernels, very similarin composition to excelsin, but different in reactions andcrystalline form."
"AVENER","An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provideoats for the horses. [Obs.]"
"AVENGE","To take vengeance. Levit. xix. 18."
"AVENGEANCE","Vengeance. [Obs.]"
"AVENGEFUL","Vengeful. [Obs.] Spenser."
"AVENGEMENT","The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.[R.] Milton."
"AVENGERESS","A female avenger. [Obs.] Spenser."
"AVENIOUS","Being without veins or nerves, as the leaves of certain plants."
"AVENOR","See Avener. [Obs.]"
"AVENS","A plant of the genus Geum, esp. Geum urbanum, or herb bennet."
"AVENTAIL","The movable front to a helmet; the ventail."
"AVENTINE","Pertaining to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on whichRome stood. Bryant."
"AVENTRE","To thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear. [Obs.] Spenser."
"AVENTURE","A mischance causing a person's death without felony, as bydrowning, or falling into the fire."
"AVENTURINE","A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout withscales of yellow mica. ~= feldspar, a variety of oligoclase withinternal firelike reflections due to the presence of minute crystals,probably of hematite; sunstone."
"AVER","A work horse, or working ox. [Obs. or Dial. Eng.]"
"AVERAGE","That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by thework beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc."
"AVERCORN","A reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses bytheir tenants or farmers. Kennet."
"AVERMENT","A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer tojustify or prove what is alleged."
"AVERPENNY","Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average."
"AVERROISM","The tenets of the Averroists."
"AVERROIST","One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who appeared inItaly before the restoration of learning; so denominated fromAverroes, or Averrhoes, a celebrated Arabian philosopher. He held thedoctrine of monopsychism."
"AVERRUNCATOR","An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or ablade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod."
"AVERSATION","A turning from with dislike; aversion. [Obs.or Archaic]Some men have a natural aversation to some vices or virtues, and anatural affection to others. Jer. Taylor."
"AVERSE","To turn away. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"AVERSENESS","The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness."
"AVERT","To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object;to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how canthe danger be averted 'To avert his ire.' Milton.When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant andcontrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church.Bacon.Till ardent prayer averts the public woe. Prior."
"AVERTED","Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended;unpropitious.Who scornful pass it with averted eye. Keble."
"AVERTER","One who, or that which, averts."
"AVERTIBLE","Capable of being averted; preventable."
"AVERTIMENT","Advertisement. [Obs.]"
"AVES","The class of Vertebrata that includes the birds."
"AVESTA","The Zoroastrian scriptures. See Zend-Avesta."
"AVESTAN","Of or pertaining to the Avesta or the language of the Avesta. --n."
"AVIADO","One who works a mine with means provided by another. [Sp. Amer.& Southwestern U. S.]"
"AVIAN","Of or instrument to birds."
"AVIARY","A house, inclosure, large cage, or other place, for keepingbirds confined; a bird house.Lincolnshire may be termed the aviary of England. Fuller."
"AVIATE","To fly, or navigate the air, in an a\u00ebroplane or heavier-than-air flying machine. [Colloq.]"
"AVIATION","The art or science of flying."
"AVIATOR","A woman aviator."
"AVICULA","A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied tothe pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed resemblance of thetypical species to a bird."
"AVICULAR","Of or pertaining to a bird or to birds."
"AVICULARIA","See prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, oftenhaving the shape of a bird's bill."
"AVICULTURE","Rearing and care of birds."
"AVID","Longing eagerly for; eager; greedy. 'Avid of gold, yet greedierof renown.' Southey."
"AVIDIOUS","Avid."
"AVIDIOUSLY","Eagerly; greedily."
"AVIDITY","Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire;as, to eat with avidity.His books were received and read with avidity. Milward."
"AVIE","Emulously. [Obs.]"
"AVIETTE","A heavier-than-air flying machine in which the motive power isfurnished solely by the aviator."
"AVIFAUNA","The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region."
"AVIGATO","See Avocado."
"AVIGNON BERRY","The fruit of the Rhamnus infectorius, eand of other species ofthe same genus; -- so called from the city of Avignon, in France. Itis used by dyers and painters for coloring yellow. Called also Frenchberry."
"AVILE","To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate. [Obs.]Want makes us know the price of what we avile. B. Jonson."
"AVIS","Advice; opinion; deliberation. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AVISE","To consider; to reflect. [Obs.]"
"AVISEFUL","Watchful; circumspect. [Obs.]With sharp, aviseful eye. Spenser."
"AVISELY","Advisedly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AVISEMENT","Advisement; observation; deliberation. [Obs.]"
"AVISION","Vision. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AVOCADO","The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropicalAmerica. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- calledalso avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter."
"AVOCAT","An advocate."
"AVOCATE","To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to anothertribunal. [Obs. or Archaic]One who avocateth his mind from other occupations. Barrow.He, at last, . . . avocated the cause to Rome. Robertson."
"AVOCATION","Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usualemployment; vocation.There are professions, among the men, no more favorable to thesestudies than the common avocations of women. Richardson.In a few hours, above thirty thousand men left his standard, andreturned to their ordinary avocations. Macaulay.An irregularity and instability of purpose, which makes them choosethe wandering avocations of a shepherd, rather than the more fixedpursuits of agriculture. Buckle."
"AVOCATIVE","Calling off. [Obs.]"
"AVOID","To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, theplaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid itby stating new matter. Blackstone."
"AVOIDLESS","Unavoidable; inevitable."
"AVOKE","To call from or back again. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet."
"AVOLATE","To fly away; to escape; to exhale. [Obs.]"
"AVOLATION","The act of flying; flight; evaporation. [Obs.]"
"AVOSET","Same as Avocet."
"AVOUCH","Evidence; declaration. [Obs.]The sensible and true avouch Of mine own eyes. Shak."
"AVOUCHABLE","Capable of being avouched."
"AVOUCHER","One who avouches."
"AVOUCHMENT","The act of avouching; positive declaration. [Obs.] Milton."
"AVOUTRER","See Advoutrer. [Obs.]"
"AVOUTRIE","Adultery. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AVOW","To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry.Blackstone."
"AVOWABLE","Capable of being avowed, or openly acknowledged, withconfidence. Donne."
"AVOWAL","An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal ofsuch principles. Hume."
"AVOWANT","The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods,and justifies the taking. Cowell."
"AVOWED","Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted.-- A*vow'ed*ly (, adv."
"AVOWEE","The person who has a right to present to a benefice; thepatron; an advowee. See Advowson."
"AVOWER","One who avows or asserts."
"AVOWTRY","Adultery. See Advoutry."
"AVOYER","A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton ofSwitzerland. [Obs.]"
"AVULSE","To pluck or pull off. Shenstone."
"AVULSION","The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one manto that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a suddenchange in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of oneman is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property inthe part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner.Wharton. Burrill."
"AVUNCULAR","Of or pertaining to an uncle.In these rare instances, the law of pedigree, whether direct oravuncular, gives way. I. Taylor."
"AWAIT","A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AWAKE","To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep;and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction ordeath.The national spirit again awoke. Freeman.Awake to righteousness, and sin not. 1 Cor. xv. 34."
"AWAKEN","To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.[He] is dispatched Already to awaken whom thou nam'st. Cowper.Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. Tillotson."
"AWAKENER","One who, or that which, awakens."
"AWAKENING","Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousinginto activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakeningdiscourse; the awakening dawn.-- A*wak'en*ing*ly, adv."
"AWAKENMENT","An awakening. [R.]"
"AWANTING","Missing; wanting. [Prov. Scot. & Eng.] Sir W. Hamilton."
"AWARD","To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign orapportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; toadjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.To review The wrongful sentence, and award a new. Dryden."
"AWARDER","One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicialdetermination; a judge."
"AWARN","To warn. [Obs.] Spenser."
"AWASH","Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip ofshore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface ofthe water, so that the waves break over it."
"AWAY-GOING","Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe untilafter its expiration; -- said of crops. Wharton."
"AWAYWARD","Turned away; away. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AWE","To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; tocontrol by inspiring dread.That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. Shak.His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders.Macaulay."
"AWE-STRICKEN","Awe-struck."
"AWE-STRUCK","Struck with awe. Milton."
"AWEARIED","Wearied. [Poetic]"
"AWEARY","Weary. [Poetic] 'I begin to be aweary of thee.' Shak."
"AWEATHER","On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction fromwhich the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather ! Totten."
"AWEIGH","Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly;atrip; -- said of the anchor. Totten."
"AWELESS","See Awless."
"AWESOMENESS","The quality of being awesome."
"AWHAPE","To confound; to terrify; to amaze. [Obs.] Spenser."
"AWHILE","For a while; for some time; for a short time."
"AWING","On the wing; flying; fluttering. Wallace."
"AWK","Perversely; in the wrong way. L'Estrange."
"AWKWARD SQUAD","A squad of inapt recruits assembled for special drill."
"AWL","A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather orwood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade isdifferently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the bradawl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc."
"AWL-SHAPED","Subulate. See Subulate. Gray."
"AWLESSNESS","The quality of being awless."
"AWLWORT","A plant (Subularia aquatica), with awl-shaped leaves."
"AWM","See Aam."
"AWN","The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or anysimilar bristlelike appendage; arista. Gray."
"AWNED","Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded.Gray."
"AWNINGED","Furnished with an awning."
"AWNLESS","Without awns or beard."
"AWNY","Having awns; bearded."
"AWORK","At work; in action. 'Set awork.' Shak."
"AWORKING","At work; in action. [Archaic or Colloq.] Spenser."
"AWRONG","Wrongly. Ford."
"AWSOME","Same as Awesome."
"AX","To ask; to inquire or inquire of."
"AXAL","[See Axial.] [R.]"
"AXIAL","Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; orto the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones. Axialline (Magnetism), the line taken by the magnetic force in passingfrom one pole of a horseshoe magnet to the other. Faraday."
"AXIALLY","In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial(magnetic) line."
"AXIL","The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of abranch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which itsprings. Gray."
"AXILE","Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies inthe axis of a seed. Gray."
"AXILLA","The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm andshoulder."
"AXILLAR","Axillary."
"AXILLARY","Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland,artery, nerve."
"AXINITE","A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found inglassy, brown crystals with acute edges."
"AXINOMANCY","A species of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet."
"AXIOM","A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whosetruth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstrationcan make it plainer; a proposition which it is necessary to take forgranted; as, 'The whole is greater than a part;' 'A thing can not, atthe same time, be and not be.'"
"AXIOMATICALLY","By the use of axioms; in the form of an axiom."
"AXIS","The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, whereit is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name)."
"AXLE GUARD","The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which anaxle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; --also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England."
"AXLED","Having an axle; -- used in composition.Merlin's agate-axled car. T. Warton."
"AXMAN","One who wields an ax."
"AXMINSTER","An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for itsthick and soft pile; -- so called from Axminster, Eng."
"AXOLOTL","An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevatedlakes of Mexico; the siredon."
"AXSTONE","A variety of jade. It is used by some savages, particularly thenatives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets."
"AXTREE","Axle or axletree. [Obs.] Drayton."
"AXUNGE","Fat; grease; esp. the fat of pigs or geese; usually (Pharm.),lard prepared for medical use."
"AY","Ah! alas! 'Ay me! I fondly dream `Had ye been there.'' Milton."
"AYAH","A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid. [India]"
"AYE","An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, 'Tocall for the ayes and noes;' 'The ayes have it.'"
"AYE-AYE","A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found inMadagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its longfingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth."
"AYEGREEN","The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum). Halliwell."
"AYENWARD","Backward. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"AYLE","A grandfather. [Obs.] Writ of Ayle, an ancient English writwhich lay against a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant ofland of which his grandfather died seized."
"AYME","The utterance of the ejaculation 'Ay me !' [Obs.] See Ay,interj. 'Aymees and hearty heigh-hoes.' J. Fletcher."
"AYOND","Beyond. [North of Eng.]"
"AYONT","Beyond. [Scot.]"
"AYRSHIRE","One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland.Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk."
"AYUNTAMIENTO","In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body ofmagistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen."
"AZALEA","A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China orof North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinctfrom Rhododendron."
"AZAROLE","The Neapolitan medlar (Crat\u00e6gus azarolus), a shrub of southernEurope; also, its fruit."
"AZEDARACH","A handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in thesouthern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride ofChina, and Bead tree."
"AZIMUTHAL","Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.Azimuthal error of a transit instrument, its deviation in azimuthfrom the plane of the meridian."
"AZO-","A combining form of azote;(a) Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined,as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.(b) Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atomnitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene,azobenzoic, etc. These compounds furnish many artificial dyes. SeeDiazo-."
"AZOBENZENE","A substance (C6H5.N2.C6H5) derived from nitrobenzene, formingorange red crystals which are easily fusible."
"AZOGUE","Lit.: Quicksilver; hence: pl. (Mining)"
"AZOIC","Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animallife; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there wasno animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. rocks. Azoic age (Geol.),the age preceding the existence of animal life, or anterior to thepaleozoic tome. Azoic is also used as a noun, age being understood.See Arch\u00e6an, and Eozoic."
"AZOLE","Any of a large class of compounds characterized by a five-membered ring which contains an atom of nitrogen and at least oneother noncarbon atom (nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur). The prefixes furo-,thio, and pyrro-are used to distinguish three subclasses of azoles,which may be regarded as derived respectively from furfuran,thiophene, and pyrrol by replacement of the CH group by nitrogen; as,furo-monazole. Names exactly analogous to those for the azines arealso used; as, oxazole, diazole, etc."
"AZOLEIC","Pertaining to an acid produced by treating oleic with nitricacid. [R.]"
"AZONIC","Confined to no zone or region; not local."
"AZORIAN","Of or pertaining to the Azores.-- n."
"AZOTE","Same as Nitrogen. [R.]"
"AZOTED","Nitrogenized; nitrogenous."
"AZOTIC","Pertaining to azote, or nitrogen; formed or consisting ofazote; nitric; as, azotic gas; azotic acid. [R.] Carpenter."
"AZOTITE","A salt formed by the combination of azotous, or nitrous, acidwith a base; a nitrite. [R.]"
"AZOTIZE","To impregnate with azote, or nitrogen; to nitrogenize."
"AZOTOMETER","An apparatus for measuring or determining the proportion ofnitrogen; a nitrometer."
"AZOTOUS",": Nitrous; as, azotous acid. [R.]"
"AZOTURIA","Excess of urea or other nitrogenous substances in the urine."
"AZTEC","Of or relating to one of the early races in Mexico thatinhabited the great plateau of that country at the time of theSpanish conquest in 1519.-- n."
"AZURE","Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky;cerulean; also, cloudless. Azure stone (Min.), the lapis lazuli;also, the lazulite."
"AZURED","Of an azure color; sky-blue. 'The azured harebell.' Shak."
"AZUREOUS","Of a fine blue color; azure."
"AZURINE","Azure."
"AZURITE","Blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite."
"AZURN","Azure. [Obs.]Thick set with agate, and the azurn sheen Of turkis blue, and emeraldgreen. Milton."
"AZYGOUS","Odd; having no fellow; not one of a pair; single; as, theazygous muscle of the uvula."
"AZYMIC","Azymous."
"AZYMITE","One who administered the Eucharist with unleavened bread; -- aname of reproach given by those of the Greek church to the Latins."
"AZYMOUS","Unleavened; unfermented. 'Azymous bread.' Dunglison."
"B","is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide toPronunciation, \u00a7\u00a7 196,220.) It is etymologically related to p , v , f, w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organicaffinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bearand Lat. pear; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It.gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem,Gr.ptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), ofSemitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual change from thecapital B."
"BA","To kiss. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BAA","To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep.He treble baas for help, but none can get. Sir P. Sidney."
"BAAING","The bleating of a sheep. Marryat."
"BAAL","The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitishnations."
"BAALISM","Worship of Baal; idolatry."
"BAB","Lit., gate; -- a title given to the founder of Babism, andtaken from that of Bab-ud-Din, assumed by him."
"BABA","A kind of plum cake."
"BABBITT","To line with Babbitt metal."
"BABBITT METAL","A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts oftin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimonyand one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction."
"BABBLEMENT","Babble. Hawthorne."
"BABBLER","A name given to any one of family (Timalin\u00e6) of thrushlikebirds, having a chattering note."
"BABBLERY","Babble. [Obs.] Sir T. More"
"BABEHOOD","Babyhood. [R.] Udall."
"BABERY","Finery of a kind to please a child. [Obs.] 'Painted babery.'Sir P. Sidney."
"BABILLARD","The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also babblingwarbler."
"BABINGTONITE","A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxenein angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron,manganese, and lime."
"BABISH","Like a babe; a childish; babyish. [R.] 'Babish imbecility.'Drayton.-- Bab'ish*ly, adv.-- Bab'ish*ness, n. [R.]"
"BABISM","The doctrine of a modern religious sect, which originated inPersia in 1843, being a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish andParsee elements."
"BABIST","A believer in Babism."
"BABLAH","The ring of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia;neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeingdrab."
"BABOON","One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus andPapio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and largecanine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities onthe buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, andDrill an ape."
"BABOONERY","Baboonish behavior. Marryat."
"BABOONISH","Like a baboon."
"BABY","An infant or young child of either sex; a babe."
"BABY FARM","A place where the nourishment and care of babies are offeredfor hire."
"BABY FARMER","One who keeps a baby farm."
"BABY FARMING","The business of keeping a baby farm."
"BABY JUMPER","A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young childmay be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor."
"BABYHOOD","The state or period of infancy."
"BABYHOUSE","A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture. Swift."
"BABYISH","Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.-- Ba'by*ish*ly, adv.-- Ba'by*ish*ness, n."
"BABYLONIAN","Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or tothe ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean."
"BABYLONISH","See Babyroussa."
"BABYSHIP","The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant."
"BACCALAUREATE","Pertaining to a bachelor of arts. Baccalaureate sermon, in someAmerican colleges, a sermon delivered as a farewell discourse to agraduating class."
"BACCATE","Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits. Gray."
"BACCHANAL","The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia."
"BACCHANALIA","A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus."
"BACCHANALIAN","Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to orgiven to reveling and drunkenness.Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. Cowper."
"BACCHANALIANISM","The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry."
"BACCHANT","Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling;carousing. Byron."
"BACCHANTIC","Bacchanalian."
"BACCHIUS","A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones;according to some, two long and a short."
"BACCHUS","The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele."
"BACCIFEROUS","Producing berries. ' Bacciferous trees.' Ray."
"BACCIFORM","Having the form of a berry."
"BACCIVOROUS","Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds."
"BACE","See Base. [Obs.] Spenser."
"BACHELOR","A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis)of the southern United States."
"BACHELORDOM","The state of bachelorhood; the whole body of bachelors."
"BACHELORHOOD","The state or condition of being a bachelor; bachelorship."
"BACHELORISM","Bachelorhood; also, a manner or peculiarity belonging tobachelors. W. Irving."
"BACHELORSHIP","The state of being a bachelor."
"BACHELRY","The body of young aspirants for knighthood. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BACILLAR","Shaped like a rod or staff."
"BACILLARIAE","See Diatom."
"BACILLARY","Of or pertaining to little rods; rod-shaped."
"BACILLIFORM","Rod-shaped."
"BACILLUS","A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetableorganism."
"BACK","The keel and keelson of a ship."
"BACK DOOR","A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way.Atterbury."
"BACK STAIRS","Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from thefront stairs; hence, a private or indirect way."
"BACK-FIRE","To have or experience a back fire or back fires; -- said of aninternal-combustion engine."
"BACKARACK","See Bacharach."
"BACKARE","Same as Baccare."
"BACKBAND","The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up theshafts of a carriage."
"BACKBITE","To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly orspitefully (as absent person); to slander or speak evil of (oneabsent). Spenser."
"BACKBITER","One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor."
"BACKBITING","Secret slander; detraction.Backbiting, and bearing of false witness. Piers Plowman."
"BACKBOND","An instrument which, in conjunction with another making anabsolute disposition, constitutes a trust."
"BACKBONED","Vertebrate."
"BACKCAST","Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure inan effort or enterprise; a reverse. [Scot.]"
"BACKDOOR","Acting from behind and in concealment; as backdoor intrigues."
"BACKDOWN","A receding or giving up; a complete surrender. [Colloq.]"
"BACKED","Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype orstereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad- backed; hump-backed."
"BACKER","One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs aperson or thing in a contest."
"BACKFALL","A fall or throw on the back in wrestling."
"BACKFRIEND","A secret enemy. [Obs.] South."
"BACKGAMMON","A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a 'board'marked off into twenty-four spaces called 'points'. Each player hasfifteen pieces, or 'men', the movements of which from point to pointare determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables. Backgammonboard , a board for playing backgammon, often made in the form of tworectangular trays hinged together, each tray containing two 'tables'."
"BACKGROUND","The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait orgroup of figures."
"BACKHAND","A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of theletters is from left to right."
"BACKHANDEDNESS","State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or indirectmethods."
"BACKHANDER","A backhanded blow."
"BACKHEEL","A method of tripping by getting the leg back of the opponent'sheel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back;a throw made in this way. -- v. t."
"BACKHOUSE","A building behind the main building. Specifically: A privy; anecessary."
"BACKING","The preparation of the back of a book with glue, etc., beforeputting on the cover."
"BACKJOINT","A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slabor other filling."
"BACKLASH","The distance through which one part of connected machinery, asa wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connectedparts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, thejarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery byirregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion."
"BACKLESS","Without a back."
"BACKLOG","A large stick of wood, forming the of a fire on the hearth.[U.S.]There was first a backlog, from fifteen to four and twenty inches indiameter and five feet long, imbedded in the ashes. S. G. Goodrich."
"BACKS","Among leather dealers, the thickest and stoutest tanned hides."
"BACKSAW","A saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is stiffened by an addedmetallic back."
"BACKSET","To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken upin the spring. [Western U.S.]"
"BACKSETTLER","One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.The English backsettlers of Leinster and Munster. Macaulay."
"BACKSIDE","The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal."
"BACKSIGHT","The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged positionwhen the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; asight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf.Foresight, n., 3."
"BACKSLIDE","To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually thefaith and practice of a religion that has been professed."
"BACKSLIDER","One who backslides."
"BACKSLIDING","Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord. Jer. iii. 14."
"BACKSTAFF","An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of theheavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; --so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed."
"BACKSTAY","A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of aship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting themast. [ Often used in the plural.]"
"BACKSTER","A backer. [Obs.]"
"BACKSTITCH","A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the laststitch, and bringing it out in front of the end."
"BACKSTRESS","A female baker. [Obs.]"
"BACKWARD","The state behind or past. [Obs.]In the dark backward and abysm of time. Shak."
"BACKWARDATION","The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, withthe consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; --also, the premium so paid. See Contango. Biddle."
"BACKWARDNESS","The state of being backward."
"BACKWASH","To clean the oil from (wood) after combing."
"BACKWOODS","The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers."
"BACKWOODSMAN","A men living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements,especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of theUnited States. Fisher Ames."
"BACKWORM","A disease of hawks. See Filanders. Wright."
"BACON","The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, theflesh of a pig salted or fresh. Bacon beetle (Zo\u00f6l.), a beetle(Dermestes lardarius) which, especially in the larval state, feedsupon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes.-- To save one's bacon, to save one's self or property from harm orless. [Colloq.]"
"BACONIAN","Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy.Baconian method, the inductive method. See Induction."
"BACTERIA","See Bacterium."
"BACTERIAL","Of or pertaining to bacteria."
"BACTERICIDAL","Destructive of bacteria."
"BACTERICIDE","Same as Germicide."
"BACTERIN","A bacterial vaccine."
"BACTERIOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to bacteriology; as, bacteriological studies."
"BACTERIOLOGIST","One skilled in bacteriology."
"BACTERIOLOGY","The science relating to bacteria."
"BACTERIOSCOPIC","Relating to bacterioscopy; as, a bacterioscopic examination."
"BACTERIOSCOPIST","One skilled in bacterioscopic examinations."
"BACTERIOSCOPY","The application of a knowledge of bacteria for their detectionand identification, as in the examination of polluted water."
"BACTERIUM","A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Alg\u00e6,usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found inputrefying organic infusions. Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll,and are the smallest of microscopic organisms. They are very widelydiffused in nature, and multiply with marvelous rapidity, both byfission and by spores. Certain species are active agents infermentation, while others appear to be the cause of certaininfectious diseases. See Bacillus."
"BACTRIAN","Of or pertaining to Bactria in Asia.-- n."
"BACULE","See Bascule."
"BACULINE","Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod."
"BACULITE","A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil inthe Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite."
"BACULOMETRY","Measurement of distance or altitude by a staff or staffs."
"BAD","of Bid. Bade. [Obs.] Dryden."
"BAD LANDS","Barren regions, especially in the western United States, wherehorizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded intofantastic forms, and much intersected by canons, and where lack ofwood, water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing thecountry, whence the name, first given by the Canadian French,Mauvaises Terres (bad lands)."
"BADAUD","A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonderor astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler."
"BADDER","compar. of Bad, a. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BADDERLOCKS","A large black seaweed (Alaria esculenta) sometimes eaten inEurope; -- also called murlins, honeyware, and henware."
"BADDISH","Somewhat bad; inferior. Jeffrey."
"BADE","A form of the pat tense of Bid."
"BADGE","A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a windowor the representation of one."
"BADGELESS","Having no badge. Bp. Hall."
"BADGER","An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; ahawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who boughtgrain in one place and sold it in another. [Now dialectic, Eng.]"
"BADGER GAME","The method of blackmailing by decoying a person into acompromising situation and extorting money by threats of exposure.[Cant]"
"BADGER STATE","Wisconsin; -- a nickname."
"BADGER-LEGGED","Having legs of unequal length, as the badger was thought tohave. Shak."
"BADIAGA","A fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common in the north ofEurope, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks ofbruises."
"BADIAN","An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illiciumanisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise."
"BADIGEON","A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdustand glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood orstone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface."
"BADINAGE","Playful raillery; banter. 'He . . . indulged himself only in anelegant badinage.' Warburton."
"BADLY","In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly;unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably;seriously."
"BADNESS","The state of being bad."
"BAENOMERE","One of the somites (arthromeres) that make up the thorax ofArthropods. Packard."
"BAENOPOD","One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods."
"BAENOSOME","The thorax of Arthropods. Packard."
"BAETULUS","A meteorite, or similar rude stone artificially shaped, heldsacred or worshiped as of divine origin."
"BAFF","A blow; a stroke. [Scot.] H. Miller."
"BAFFLE","A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture. [R.] 'Abaffle to philosophy.' South."
"BAFFLEMENT","The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled;frustration; check."
"BAFFLER","One who, or that which, baffles."
"BAFFLING","Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, bafflingcurrents, winds, tasks.-- Bafflingly, adv.-- Bafflingness, n."
"BAFFY","A short wooden club having a deeply concave face, seldom used."
"BAFT","Same as Bafta."
"BAFTA","A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India.Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export."
"BAG","A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary tocarry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag ofcoffee. Bag and baggage, all that belongs to one.-- To give one the bag, to disappoint him. [Obs.] Bunyan."
"BAG NET","A bag-shaped net for catching fish."
"BAGASSE","Sugar cane, as it"
"BAGGAGE MASTER","One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upona line of public travel. [U.S.]"
"BAGGAGER","One who takes care of baggage; a camp follower. [Obs.] Sir W.Raleigh."
"BAGGALA","A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in IndianOcean."
"BAGGILY","In a loose, baggy way."
"BAGGING","Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a chopping stroke.[Eng.]"
"BAGGY","Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag;flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks."
"BAGMAN","A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders formanufacturers and tradesmen. Thackeray."
"BAGPIPE","A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands ofScotland."
"BAGPIPER","One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper. Shak."
"BAGREEF","The lower reef of fore and aft sails; also, the upper reef oftopsails. Ham. Nav. Encyc."
"BAGUE","The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaftor clustered column into two or more parts."
"BAGWIG","A wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back ofthe head in a bag."
"BAGWORM","One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in thelarval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection.One species (Platoeceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. SeeBasket worm."
"BAH","An exclamation expressive of extreme contempt.Twenty-five years ago the vile ejaculation, Bah! was utterly unknownto the English public. De Quincey."
"BAHAI","A member of the sect of the Babis consisting of the adherentsof Baha (Mirza Husain Ali, entitled 'Baha 'u 'llah,' or, 'theSplendor of God'), the elder half brother of Mirza Yahya of Nur, whosucceeded the Bab as the head of the Babists. Baha in 1863 declaredhimself the supreme prophet of the sect, and became its recognizedhead. There are upwards of 20,000 Bahais in the United States."
"BAHAISM","The religious tenets or practices of the Bahais."
"BAHAR","A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varyingconsiderably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625pounds."
"BAIGNE","To soak or drench. [Obs.]"
"BAIGNOIRE","A box of the lowest tier in a theater.  Du Maurier."
"BAIL","A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat. [Obs.]The bail of a canoe . . . made of a human skull. Capt. Cook."
"BAILEE","The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has atemporary possession and a qualified property in them, for thepurposes of the trust. Blackstone."
"BAILER","See Bailor."
"BAILIE","An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded tothat of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman."
"BAILIFF","A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines,summon juries, etc."
"BAILIFFWICK","See Bailiwick. [Obs.]"
"BAILIWICK","The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; thelimits of a bailiff's authority."
"BAILMENT","The action of bailing a person accused.Bailment . . . is the saving or delivery of a man out of prisonbefore he hath satisfied the law. Dalton."
"BAILOR","One who delivers goods or money to another in trust."
"BAILPIECE","A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance orbail bond."
"BAIN","A bath; a bagnio. [Obs.] Holland."
"BAIN-MARIE","A vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel may beheated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming orpreparing food or pharmaceutical preparations."
"BAIRAM","The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held atthe close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy daysafter the fast."
"BAIRN","A child. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]Has he not well provided for the bairn ! Beau. & Fl."
"BAISEMAINS","Respects; compliments. [Obs.]"
"BAIT","To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment ofone's self or one's beasts, on a journey.Evil news rides post, while good news baits. Milton.My lord's coach conveyed me to Bury, and thence baiting aEvelyn."
"BAITER","One who baits; a tormentor."
"BAIZE","A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plaincolors.A new black baize waistcoat lined with silk. Pepys."
"BAJOCCO","A small cooper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worthabout a cent and a half."
"BAKE","The process, or result, of baking."
"BAKEHOUSE","A house for baking; a bakery."
"BAKEN","p. p. of Bake. [Obs. or. Archaic]"
"BAKER-LEGGED","Having legs that bend inward at the knees."
"BAKINGLY","In a hot or baking manner."
"BAKISTRE","A baker. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BALAAM","A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out anewspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's assspeaking. Numb. xxii. 30. [Cant] Balaam basket or box (Print.), thereceptacle for rejected articles. Blackw. Mag."
"BALACHONG","A condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, pounded up withsalt and spices, and then dried. It is much esteemed in China."
"BALAENOIDEA","A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and allother whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen."
"BALANCE","A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (inthe Vocabulary)."
"BALANCE WHEEL","A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engineor machine; a fly wheel."
"BALANCEABLE","Such as can be balanced."
"BALANCEMENT","The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; evenadjustment of forces. [R.] Darwin."
"BALANCER","In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing."
"BALANCEREEF","The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship."
"BALANIFEROUS","Bearing or producing acorns."
"BALANITE","A fossil balanoid shell."
"BALANOGLOSSUS","A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria."
"BALANOID","Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles havingshells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle."
"BALAS RUBY","A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining toorange. See Spinel."
"BALATA","A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa)."
"BALAUSTINE","The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum). The bark of the root,the rind of the fruit, and the flowers are used medicinally."
"BALAYEUSE","A protecting ruffle or frill, as of silk or lace, sewed closeto the lower edge of a skirt on the inside."
"BALBUTIES","The defect of stammering; also, a kind of incompletepronunciation."
"BALCON","A balcony. [Obs.] Pepys."
"BALCONIED","Having balconies."
"BALCONY","A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usuallyresting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, abalcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places ofamusement; as, the balcony in a theater."
"BALD","Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat."
"BALD EAGLE","The white-headed eagle (Hali\u00e6etus leucocephalus) of America.The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on thehead."
"BALD-FACED","Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag."
"BALDACHIN","A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported bycolumns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from thewall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in St.Peter's."
"BALDER","The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace;the son of Odin and Freya. [Written also Baldur.]"
"BALDERDASH","To mix or adulterate, as liquors.The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even mix it withpigeon's dung and quicklime. Smollett."
"BALDHEAD","A white-headed variety of pigeon."
"BALDHEADED","Having a bald head."
"BALDLY","Nakedly; without reserve; inelegantly."
"BALDNESS","The state or condition of being bald; as, baldness of the head;baldness of style.This gives to their syntax a peculiar character of simplicity andbaldness. W. D. Whitney."
"BALDPATE","The American widgeon (Anas Americana)."
"BALDRIB","A piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destituteof fat. [Eng.] Southey."
"BALDRIC","A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over oneshoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; lessproperly, any belt. [Also spelt bawdrick.]A radiant baldric o'er his shoulder tied Sustained the sword thatglittered at his side. Pope."
"BALDWIN","A kind of reddish, moderately acid, winter apple. [U.S.]"
"BALE","A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded forstorage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw Bale of dice, apair of dice. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"BALEARIC","Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc.,in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia. Balearic crane.(Zo\u00f6l.) See Crane."
"BALEEN","Plates or blades of 'whalebone,' from two to twelve feet long,and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Bal\u00e6noidea) areattached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelikesieve by which the food is retained in the mouth."
"BALEFIRE","A signal fire; an alarm fire.Sweet Teviot! on thy silver tide The glaring balefires blaze no more.Sir W. Scott."
"BALEFULLY","In a baleful manner; perniciously."
"BALEFULNESS","The quality or state of being baleful."
"BALISAUR","A badgerlike animal of India (Arcionyx collaris)."
"BALISTER","A crossbow. [Obs.] Blount."
"BALISTOID","Like a fish of the genus Balistes; of the family Balistid\u00e6. SeeFilefish."
"BALISTRARIA","A narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows mightbe discharged."
"BALIZE","A pole or a frame raised as a sea beacon or a landmark."
"BALK","One of the beams connecting the successive supports of atrestle bridge or bateau bridge."
"BALKER","One who, or that which balks."
"BALKINGLY","In manner to balk or frustrate."
"BALKISH","Uneven; ridgy. [R.] Holinshed."
"BALKY","Apt to balk; as, a balky horse."
"BALL","A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled withcombustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or toproduce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball."
"BALL-FLOWER","An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, thepetals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollowmolding."
"BALLAD","A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation orsinging; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental orromantic poem in short stanzas."
"BALLAD MONGER","A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaster. Shak."
"BALLADE","A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English,in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight orten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the wholepoem with an envoy."
"BALLADER","A writer of ballads."
"BALLADRY","Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads. 'Base balladryis so beloved.' Drayton."
"BALLARAG","To bully; to threaten. [Low] T. Warton."
"BALLAST","Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold tosink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing."
"BALLASTAGE","A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port orharbor."
"BALLASTING","That which is used for steadying anything; ballast."
"BALLATRY","See Balladry. [Obs.] Milton."
"BALLET","A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus,-- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers."
"BALLISTA","An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used forhurling large missiles."
"BALLISTER","A crossbow. [Obs.]"
"BALLISTICS","The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of anengine. Whewell."
"BALLISTITE","A smokeless powder containing equal parts of solublenitrocellulose and nitroglycerin."
"BALLIUM","See Bailey."
"BALLOON","A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St.Paul's, in London. [R.]"
"BALLOON FISH","A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having thepower of distending its body by taking air or water into itsdilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish."
"BALLOONED","Swelled out like a balloon."
"BALLOONER","One who goes up in a balloon; an a\u00ebronaut."
"BALLOONING","The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as byfictitious sales. [U.S.]"
"BALLOONING SPIDER","A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads ofsilk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft."
"BALLOONIST","An a\u00ebronaut."
"BALLOONRY","The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; a\u00ebronautics."
"BALLOT","To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate."
"BALLOTADE","A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straightline, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only theshoes of his hind feet, without jerking out."
"BALLOTAGE","In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive firstballot to decide between two or several candidates."
"BALLOTATION","Voting by ballot. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton."
"BALLOTER","One who votes by ballot."
"BALLOTIN","An officer who has charge of a ballot box. [Obs.] Harrington."
"BALLOW","A cudgel. [Obs.] Shak."
"BALLPROOF","Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms."
"BALLROOM","A room for balls or dancing."
"BALM","An aromatic plant of the genus Melissa."
"BALMIFY","To render balmy. [Obs.] Cheyne."
"BALMILY","In a balmy manner. Coleridge."
"BALNEAL","Of or pertaining to a bath. Howell."
"BALNEARY","A bathing room. Sir T. Browne."
"BALNEATION","The act of bathing. [R.]"
"BALNEATORY","Belonging to a bath. [Obs.]"
"BALNEOGRAPHY","A description of baths."
"BALNEOLOGY","A treatise on baths; the science of bathing."
"BALNEOTHERAPY","The treatment of disease by baths."
"BALOPTICON","See Projector, below."
"BALOTADE","See Ballotade."
"BALSA","A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of SouthAmerica."
"BALSAM","To treat or anoint with balsam; to relieve, as with balsam; torender balsamic."
"BALSAMATION","Having the qualities of balsam; containing, or resembling,balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative."
"BALSAMIFEROUS","Producing balsam."
"BALSAMINE","The Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam."
"BALSAMOUS","Having the quality of balsam; containing balsam. 'A balsamoussubstance.' Sterne."
"BALTER","To stick together.[Obs.] Holland."
"BALTIC","Of or pertaining to the sea which separates Norway and Swedenfrom Jutland, Denmark, and Germany; situated on the Baltic Sea."
"BALUSTER","A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an openparapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase,or the eaves of a building."
"BALUSTERED","Having balusters.  Dryden."
"BALUSTRADE","A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an openparapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase,or the eaves of a building."
"BAM","An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. Garrick.To relieve the tediumbams. Prof. Wilson."
"BAMBINO","A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the infantChrist wrapped in swaddling clothes."
"BAMBOCCIADE","A representation of a grotesque scene from common or rusticlife."
"BAMBOO","A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing intropical countries."
"BAMBOOZLE","To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; tohoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] Addison.What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you J. H. Newman."
"BAMBOOZLER","A swindler; one who deceives by trickery. [Colloq.] Arbuthnot."
"BAN","A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's)vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thusassembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, themost effective part of the population liable to military duty and notin the standing army."
"BANAL","Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite."
"BANALITY","Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace,in speech.The highest things were thus brought down to the banalities ofdiscourse. J. Morley."
"BANANA","A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musasapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa."
"BANANA SOLUTION","A solution used as a vehicle in applying bronze pigments. Inaddition to acetote, benzine, and a little pyroxylin, it containsamyl acetate, which gives it the odor of bananas."
"BANAT","The territory governed by a ban."
"BANCAL","An ornamental covering, as of carpet or leather, for a bench orform."
"BANCO","A bank, especially that of Venice."
"BAND","Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of aclerical, legal, or academic dress."
"BAND FISH","A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish."
"BANDAGE","To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage theeyes."
"BANDALA","A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of theabaca (Musa textilis)."
"BANDBOX","A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical,for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps,bonnets, etc."
"BANDEAU","A narrow band or fillet; a part of a head-dress.Around the edge of this cap was a stiff bandeau of leather. Sir W.Scott."
"BANDER","One banded with others. [R.]"
"BANDERILLA","A barbed dart carrying a banderole which the banderillerothrusts into the neck or shoulder of the bull in a bullfight."
"BANDERILLERO","One who thrusts in the banderillas in bullfighting.  W. D.Howells."
"BANDING PLANE","A plane used for cutting out grooves and inlaying strings andbands in straight and circular work."
"BANDIT","An outlaw; a brigand.No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. Milton."
"BANDLE","An Irish measure of two feet in length."
"BANDLET","Same as Bandelet."
"BANDMASTER","The conductor of a musical band."
"BANDOG","A mastiff or other large and fierce dog, usually kept chainedor tied up.The keeper entered leading his bandog, a large bloodhound, tied in aleam, or band, from which he takes his name. Sir W. Scott."
"BANDOLINE","A glutinous pomatum for the fair."
"BANDON","Disposal; control; license. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"BANDORE","A musical stringed instrument, similar in form to a guitar; apandore."
"BANDROL","Same as Banderole."
"BANDY","A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks."
"BANDY-LEGGED","Having crooked legs."
"BANE","To be the bane of; to ruin. [Obs.] Fuller."
"BANEBERRY","A genus (Act\u00e6a) of plants, of the order Ranunculace\u00e6, native inthe north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous."
"BANEFUL","Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious;noxious; pernicious. 'Baneful hemlock.' Garth. 'Baneful wrath.'Chapman.-- Bane'ful*ly, adv. --Bane'ful*ness, n."
"BANEWORT","Deadly nightshade."
"BANG","To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows;as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on thepiano."
"BANGING","Huge; great in size. [Colloq.] Forby."
"BANGLE","To waste by little and little; to fritter away. [Obs.]"
"BANIAN","The Indian fig. See Banyan. Banian days (Naut.), days in whichthe sailors have no flesh meat served out to them. This use seems tobe borrowed from the Banians or Banya race, who eat no flesh."
"BANISHER","One who banishes."
"BANISHMENT","The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.He secured himself by the banishment of his enemies. Johnson.Round the wide world in banishment we roam. Dryden."
"BANISTER","A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like theguitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and isplayed with the fingers and hands."
"BANJO","A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like theguitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and isplayed with the fingers and hands."
"BANJORINE","A kind of banjo, with a short neck, tuned a fourth higher thanthe common banjo; -- popularly so called."
"BANK","A sort of table used by printers."
"BANK BOOK","A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bankenters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with thebank."
"BANK DISCOUNT","A sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal(face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until itbecomes due."
"BANK SWALLOW","See under 1st Bank, n."
"BANK-SIDED","Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed to wall-sided."
"BANKABLE","Receivable at a bank."
"BANKERESS","A female banker. Thackeray."
"BANKING","The business of a bank or of a banker. Banking house, anestablishment or office in which, or a firm by whom, banking is done."
"BANKRUPT","A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other actstending to defraud his creditors. Blackstone."
"BANKSIDE","The slope of a bank, especially of the bank of a steam."
"BANLIEUE","The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits,of a town or city. Brande & C."
"BANNERED","Decorated with a banner or banners 'bannered host.' Milton."
"BANNEROL","A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral processionand set over the tomb. See Banderole."
"BANNITION","The act of expulsion.[Obs.] Abp. Laud."
"BANNOCK","A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish, commonlymade of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, orgriddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of England.Jamieson. Bannock fluke, the turbot. [Scot.]"
"BANNS","Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in a church, or otherplace prescribed by law, in order that any person may object, if heknows of just cause why the marriage should not take place."
"BANQUET","To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; tofeast.Just in time to banquet The illustrious company assembled there.Coleridge."
"BANQUETTE","A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of aparapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy."
"BANSTICKLE","A small fish, the three-spined stickleback."
"BANTAM","A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probablybrought from Bantam, a district of Java."
"BANTAM WORK","Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware."
"BANTENG","The wild ox of Java (Bibos Banteng)."
"BANTER","The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.Part banter, part affection. Tennyson."
"BANTERER","One who banters or rallies."
"BANTINGISM","A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containingmuch farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called fromWilliam Banting of London."
"BANTLING","A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous ordepreciatory.]In what out of the way corners genius produces her bantlings. W.Irving."
"BANTU","A member of one of the great family of Negroid tribes occupyingequatorial and southern Africa. These tribes include, as importantdivisions, the Kafirs, Damaras, Bechuanas, and many tribes whosenames begin with Aba-, Ama-, Ba-, Ma-, Wa-, variants of the Bantuplural personal prefix Aba-, as in Ba-ntu, or Aba-ntu, itself acombination of this prefix with the syllable -ntu, a person. --Ban'tu, a."
"BANXRING","An East Indian insectivorous mammal of the genus Tupaia."
"BANYAN","A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called theIndian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground,which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be thetree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands ofmen."
"BANZAI","Lit., May you live ten thousand years; -- used in salutation ofthe emperor and as a battle cry. [Japan]"
"BAOBAB","A gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata), also naturalizedin India. See Adansonia."
"BAPHOMET","An idol or symbolical figure which the Templars were accused ofusing in their mysterious rites."
"BAPTISM","The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, asa sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into thevisible church of Christ. This is performed by immersion, sprinkling,or pouring."
"BAPTISMAL","Pertaining to baptism; as, baptismal vows. Baptismal name, theChristian name, which is given at baptism."
"BAPTISMALLY","In a baptismal manner."
"BAPTISTIC","Of or for baptism; baptismal."
"BAPTISTICAL","Baptistic. [R.]"
"BAPTIZABLE","Capable of being baptized; fit to be baptized. Baxter."
"BAPTIZATION","Baptism. [Obs.]Their baptizations were null. Jer. Taylor."
"BAPTIZEMENT","The act of baptizing.[R.]"
"BAPTIZER","One who baptizes."
"BAR","An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifthpart of the field."
"BAR IRON","See under Iron."
"BARACA","An international, interdenominational organization of Bibleclasses of young men; -- so named in allusion to the Hebrew wordBerachah (Meaning blessing) occurring in 2 Chron. xx. 26 and 1 Chron.xii."
"BARAD","The pressure of one dyne per square centimeter; -- used as aunit of pressure."
"BARATHEA","A soft fabric with a kind of basket weave and a diaperedpattern."
"BARB","Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which markthe opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses andcattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed andswollen. [Written also barbel and barble.]"
"BARBACAN","See Barbican."
"BARBACANAGE","See Barbicanage."
"BARBADIAN","Of or pertaining to Barbados.-- n."
"BARBARA","The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent thevarious forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose threepropositions are universal affirmatives. Whately."
"BARBARESQUE","Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture. DeQuincey."
"BARBARIAN","Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude;uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations."
"BARBARITY","The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization."
"BARBARIZE","To make barbarous.The hideous changes which have barbarized France. Burke."
"BARBAROUSLY","In a barbarous manner."
"BARBAROUSNESS","The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism."
"BARBARY","The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to theAtlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind ofpigeon. Barbary ape (Zo\u00f6l.), an ape (Macacus innus) of north Africaand Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It isvery commonly trained by showmen."
"BARBASTEL","A European bat (Barbastellus communis), with hairy lips."
"BARBATE","Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs."
"BARBATED","Having barbed points.A dart uncommonly barbated. T. Warton."
"BARBED","Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded( which is the proper form.) Sir W. Raleigh."
"BARBEL","A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished."
"BARBELLATE","Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point. Gray."
"BARBELLULATE","Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs."
"BARBER","One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and tocut and dress the hair of his patrons. Barber's itch. See under Itch."
"BARBER FISH","See Surgeon fish."
"BARBERMONGER","A fop. [Obs.]"
"BARBERRY","A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and inneglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblongred berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemedefficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp.the bark of the root. [Also spelt berberry.]"
"BARBETTE","A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on whichguns are mounted to fire over the parapet. En barbette, In barbette,said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of aparapet, and not through embrasures.-- Barbette gun, or Barbette battery, a single gun, or a number ofguns, mounted in barbette, or partially protected by a parapet orturret.-- Barbette carriage, a gun carriage which elevates gunssufficiently to be in barbette. [See Illust. of Casemate.]"
"BARBICEL","One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules offeathers."
"BARBIERS","A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabarcoast; -- considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronicform."
"BARBIGEROUS","Having a beard; bearded; hairy."
"BARBITON","An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre."
"BARBITURIC ACID","A white, crystalline substance,"
"BARBLE","See Barbel."
"BARBOTINE","A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief."
"BARBRE","Barbarian. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BARBULE","One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather,by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather."
"BARCON","A vessel for freight; -- used in Mediterranean."
"BARD","Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms."
"BARDED","Wearing rich caparisons.Fifteen hundred men . . . barded and richly trapped. Stow."
"BARDIC","Of or pertaining to bards, or their poetry. 'The bardic lays ofancient Greece.' G. P. Marsh."
"BARDIGLIO","An Italian marble of which the principal varieties occur in theneighborhood of Carrara and in Corsica. It commonly shows a dark grayor bluish ground traversed by veins."
"BARDISH","Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards. 'Bardishimpostures.' Selden."
"BARDISM","The system of bards; the learning and maxims of bards."
"BARDLING","An inferior bard. J. Cunningham."
"BARDSHIP","The state of being a bard."
"BARE","That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate,which is exposed to the weather."
"BAREBACK","On the bare back of a horse, without using a saddle; as, toride bareback."
"BAREBACKED","Having the back uncovered; as, a barebacked horse."
"BAREBONE","A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin.Shak."
"BAREFACEDLY","Openly; shamelessly. Locke."
"BAREFACEDNESS","The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance;audaciousness."
"BAREFOOT","With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings."
"BAREFOOTED","Having the feet bare."
"BAREGE","A gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted,silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted."
"BAREHANDED","Having bare hands."
"BARELEGGED","Having the legs bare."
"BARENECKED","Having the neck bare."
"BARENESS","The state of being bare."
"BARESARK","A Berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armor, orshirt of mail. Hence, adverbially: Without shirt of mail or armor."
"BARFISH","Same as Calico bass."
"BARFUL","Full of obstructions. [Obs.] Shak."
"BARGAIN","To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange ofproperty or services; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargainwith a farmer for a cow.So worthless peasants bargain for their wives. Shak."
"BARGAINEE","The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, theproperty sold. Blackstone."
"BARGAINER","One who makes a bargain; -- sometimes in the sense ofbargainor."
"BARGAINOR","One who makes a bargain, or contracts with another; esp., onewho sells, or contracts to sell, property to another. Blackstone."
"BARGEBOARD","A vergeboard."
"BARGECOURSE","A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principalrafters, in buildings where there is a gable. Gwilt."
"BARGEE","A bargeman. [Eng.]"
"BARGEMAN","The man who manages a barge, or one of the crew of a barge."
"BARGEMASTTER","The proprietor or manager of a barge, or one of the crew of abarge."
"BARGER","The manager of a barge. [Obs.]"
"BARGHEST","A goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune.[Also written barguest.]"
"BARIA","Baryta."
"BARIC","Of or pertaining to barium; as, baric oxide."
"BARILLA","A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda ismade, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes."
"BARILLET","A little cask, or something resembling one. Smart."
"BARITE","Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent,colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also ingranular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble. It hasa high specific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar. It isa common mineral in metallic veins."
"BARITONE","See Barytone."
"BARIUM","One of the elements, belonging to the alkaline earth group; ametal having a silver-white color, and melting at a very hightemperature. It is difficult to obtain the pure metal, from thefacility with which it becomes oxidized in the air. Atomic weight,137. Symbol, Ba. Its oxide called baryta. [Rarely written barytum.]"
"BARK","The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similarsound made by some other animals."
"BARK BEETLE","A small beetle of many species (family Scolytid\u00e6), which in thelarval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing greatdamage."
"BARK LOUSE","An insect of the family Coccid\u00e6, which infests the bark oftrees and vines."
"BARKANTINE","Same as Barkentine."
"BARKBOUND","Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close."
"BARKEEPER","One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors."
"BARKEN","Made of bark. [Poetic] Whittier."
"BARKENTINE","A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, andthe others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine, barkantine,etc.] See Illust. in Append."
"BARKER","The spotted redshank."
"BARKERY","A tanhouse."
"BARKLESS","Destitute of bark."
"BARKY","Covered with, or containing, bark. 'The barky fingers of theelm.' Shak."
"BARLEY","A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, usedfor food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, andwhisky. Barley bird (Zo\u00f6l.), the siskin.-- Barley sugar, sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly with adecoction of barley) and candied.-- Barley water, a decoction of barley, used in medicine, as anutritive and demulcent."
"BARLEY-BREE","Liquor made from barley; strong ale. [Humorous] [Scot.] Burns."
"BARM","Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting,and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast. Shak."
"BARMAID","A girl or woman who attends the customers of a bar, as in atavern or beershop.A bouncing barmaid. W. Irving."
"BARMASTER","Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of thebarmote. [Eng.]"
"BARMCLOTH","Apron. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BARMECIDAL","Unreal; illusory. 'A sort of Barmecidal feast.' Hood."
"BARMECIDE","One who proffers some illusory advantage or benefit. Also usedas an adj.: Barmecidal. 'A Barmecide feast.' Dickens."
"BARMOTE","A court held in Derbyshire, in England, for decidingcontroversies between miners. Blount."
"BARMY","Full of barm or froth; in a ferment. 'Barmy beer.' Dryden."
"BARN","A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, andother productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barnis often used for stables. Barn owl (Zo\u00f6l.), an owl of Europe andAmerica (Aluco flammeus, or Strix flammea), which frequents barns andother buildings.-- Barn swallow (Zo\u00f6l.), the common American swallow (Hirundohorreorum), which attaches its nest of mud to the beams and raftersof barns."
"BARNABITE","A member of a religious order, named from St. Barnabas."
"BARNACLE","Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber,ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies),and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). SeeCirripedia, and Goose barnacle. Barnacle eater (Zo\u00f6l.), the orangefilefish.-- Barnacle scale (Zo\u00f6l.), a bark louse (Ceroplastescirripediformis) of the orange and quince trees in Florida. Thefemale scale curiously resembles a sessile barnacle in form."
"BARNBURNER","A member of the radical section of the Democratic party in NewYork, about the middle of the 19th century, which was hostile toextension of slavery, public debts, corporate privileges, etc., andsupported Van Buren against Cass for president in 1848; --opposed toHunker. [Political Cant, U. S.]"
"BARNSTORMER","An itinerant theatrical player who plays in barns when atheatre is lacking; hence, an inferior actor, or one who plays in thecountry away from the larger cities. --Barn'storm`ing, n. [TheatricalCant]"
"BARNYARD","A yard belonging to a barn."
"BAROCCO","See Baroque."
"BAROCYCLONOMETER","An aneroid barometer for use with accompanying graphic diagramsand printed directions designed to aid mariners to interpret theindications of the barometer so as to determine the existence of aviolent storm at a distance of several hundred miles."
"BAROGRAM","A tracing, usually made by the barograph, showing graphicallythe variations of atmospheric pressure for a given time."
"BAROGRAPH","An instrument for recording automatically the variations ofatmospheric pressure."
"BAROKO","A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition is auniversal affirmative, and the other two are particular negative."
"BAROLOGY","The science of weight or gravity."
"BAROMACROMETER","An instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of anewborn infant."
"BAROMETER","An instrument for determining the weight or pressure of theatmosphere, and hence for judging of the probable changes of weather,or for ascertaining the height of any ascent."
"BAROMETRICALLY","By means of a barometer, or according to barometricobservations."
"BAROMETROGRAPH","A form of barometer so constructed as to inscribe of itselfupon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric pressure."
"BAROMETRY","The art or process of making barometrical measurements."
"BAROMETZ","The woolly-skinned rhizoma or rootstock of a fern (Dicksoniabarometz), which, when specially prepared and inverted, somewhatresembles a lamb; -- called also Scythian lamb."
"BARON","A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife. [R.] Cowell.Baron of beef, two sirloins not cut asunder at the backbone.-- Barons of the Cinque Ports, formerly members of the House ofCommons, elected by the seven Cinque Ports, two for each port.-- Baron of the exchequer, the judges of the Court of Exchequer, oneof the three ancient courts of England, now abolished."
"BARONESS","A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title inher own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts."
"BARONET","A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above aknight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those ofthe Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. Thebaronets are commoners."
"BARONETCY","The rank or patent of a baronet."
"BARONG","A kind of cutting weapon with a thick back and thin razorlikeedge, used by the Moros of the Philippine Islands."
"BARONIAL","Pertaining to a baron or a barony. 'Baronial tenure.' Hallam."
"BAROQUE","In bad taste; grotesque; odd."
"BAROSCOPE","Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of theatmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquidholding in suspension some substance which rises and falls withatmospheric changes."
"BAROTHERMOGRAPH","An instrument for recording both pressure and temperature, asof the atmosphere."
"BAROUCHE","A four-wheeled carriage, with a falling top, a seat on theoutside for the driver, and two double seats on the inside arrangedso that the sitters on the front seat face those on the back seat."
"BAROUCHET","A kind of light barouche."
"BARPOST","A post sunk in the ground to receive the bars closing a passageinto a field."
"BARQUE","Same as 3d Bark, n."
"BARRACAN","A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; -- still used forouter garments in the Levant."
"BARRACK","A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonlyin the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usuallyapplied to a permanent structure or set of buildings.He lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches andthatched with straw. Gibbon."
"BARRACLADE","A home-made woolen blanket without nap. [Local, New York]Bartlett."
"BARRACOON","A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quarteredtemporarily. Du Chaillu."
"BARRAGE","An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or watercourse to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile."
"BARRANCA","A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse. [Texas & N.Mex.]"
"BARRAS","A resin, called also galipot."
"BARRATOR","One guilty of barratry."
"BARRATROUS","Tainter with, or constituting, barratry.-- Bar'ra*trous*ly, adv. Kent."
"BARRATRY","The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels.[Also spelt barretry.] Coke. Blackstone."
"BARRED OWL","A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum); -- so called from thetransverse bars of a dark brown color on the breast."
"BARREL","The hollow basal part of a feather. Barrel bulk (Com.), ameasure equal to five cubic feet, used in estimating capacity, as ofa vessel for freight.-- Barrel drain (Arch.), a drain in the form of a cylindrical tube.-- Barrel of a boiler, the cylindrical part of a boiler, containingthe flues.-- Barrel of the ear (Anat.), the tympanum, or tympanic cavity.-- Barrel organ, an instrument for producing music by the action ofa revolving cylinder.-- Barrel vault. See under Vault."
"BARREL PROCESS","A process of extracting gold or silver by treating the ore in arevolving barrel, or drum, with mercury, chlorine, cyanide solution,or other reagent."
"BARREN","Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but nottimber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarilysterile, and are often fertile. [Amer.] J. Pickering."
"BARRENLY","Unfruitfully; unproductively."
"BARRENNESS","The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.A total barrenness of invention. Dryden."
"BARRENWORT","An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum),having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific."
"BARRET","A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers; -- called also barretcap. Also, the flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics."
"BARRETTER","A thermal cymoscope which operates by increased resistance whensubjected to the influence of electric waves. The original formconsisted of an extremely fine platinum wire loop attached toterminals and inclosed in a small glass or silver bulb. In a latervariety, called the liquid barretter, wire is replace by a column ofliquid in a very fine capillary tube."
"BARRICADE","A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades,wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of anenemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block anenemy's access."
"BARRICADER","One who constructs barricades."
"BARRICADO","See Barricade. Shak."
"BARRIER","A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in apassage in order to stop an enemy."
"BARRIGUDO","A large, dark-colored, South American monkey, of the genusLagothrix, having a long prehensile tail."
"BARRINGOUT","The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against aschoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools. Swift."
"BARRIO","In Spain and countries colonized by Spain, a village, ward, ordistrict outside a town or city to whose jurisdiction it belongs."
"BARRISTER","Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, andundertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from anattorney or solicitor. See Attorney. [Eng.]"
"BARROOM","A room containing a bar or counter at which liquors are sold."
"BARROW","A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain."
"BARROWIST","A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders ofIndependency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executedfor nonconformity in 1953."
"BARRULET","A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width."
"BARRULY","Traversed by barrulets or small bars; -- said of the field."
"BARRY",", Divided into bars; -- said of the field."
"BARSE","The common perch. See 1st Bass. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"BARTENDER","A barkeeper."
"BARTER","To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another,in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid forthe commodities transferred; to truck."
"BARTERER","One who barters."
"BARTERY","Barter. [Obs.] Camden."
"BARTH","A place of shelter for cattle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"BARTHOLOMEW TIDE","Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th. Shak."
"BARTIZAN","A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usuallyprojecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway."
"BARTLETT","A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated inEngland about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchr\u00e9tien. It wasbrought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, ofDorchester, Massachusetts."
"BARTRAM","See Bertram. Johnson."
"BARWAY","A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take outof the posts."
"BARWISE","Horizontally."
"BARWOOD","A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angolaand the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also forramrods, violin bows and turner's work."
"BARYCENTRIC","Of or pertaining to the center of gravity. See Barycentriccalculus, under Calculus."
"BARYPHONY","Difficulty of speech."
"BARYSPHERE","The heavy interior portion of the earth, within thelithosphere."
"BARYTA","An oxide of barium (or barytum); a heavy earth with a specificgravity above 4."
"BARYTES","Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. SeeBarite."
"BARYTIC","Of or pertaining to baryta."
"BARYTO-CALCITE","A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive orcrystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium andcalcium."
"BARYTUM","The metal barium. See Barium. [R.]"
"BAS-RELIEF","Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less thanhalf of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo."
"BASAL","Relating to, or forming, the base. Basal cleavage. See underCleavage.-- Basal plane (Crystallog.), one parallel to the lateral orhorizontal axis."
"BASAL-NERVED","Having the nerves radiating from the base; -- said of leaves."
"BASALT","A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinicfeldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated."
"BASALTIC","Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; asbasaltic lava."
"BASALTIFORM","In the form of basalt; columnar."
"BASALTOID","Formed like basalt; basaltiform."
"BASAN","Same as Basil, a sheepskin."
"BASANITE","Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flintyslate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test thepurity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color lefton the stone when rubbed by the metal."
"BASBLEU","A bluestocking; a literary woman. [Somewhat derisive]"
"BASCINET","A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor.[Written also basinet, bassinet, basnet.]"
"BASCULE","In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, inwhich one end rises as the other falls. Bascule bridge, acounterpoise or balanced drawbridge, which is opened by sinking thecounterpoise and thus lifting the footway into the air."
"BASE","Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held byservices not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is calledbase, or low, and the tenant, a base tenant. Base fee, formerly, anestate held at the will of the lord; now, a qualified fee. See noteunder Fee, n., 4.-- Base metal. See under Metal."
"BASE VIOL","See Bass viol."
"BASE-BURNER","A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopperor chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed."
"BASE-COURT","An inferior court of law, not of record."
"BASEBOARD","A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a roomand touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; --also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard."
"BASED","Wearing, or protected by, bases. [Obs.] 'Based in lawnyvelvet.' E. Hall."
"BASELARD","A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century.[Written also baslard.] Fairholt."
"BASELESS","Without a base; having no foundation or support. 'The baselessfabric of this vision.' Shak."
"BASEMENT","The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a partof that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base,n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively.Basement membrane (Anat.), a delicate membrane composed of a singlelayer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon which, in manyorgans, the epithelioid cells are disposed."
"BASENESS","The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness.I once did hold it a baseness to write fair. Shak."
"BASENET","See Bascinet. [Obs.]"
"BASH","To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out ofcountenance. [Obs.]His countenance was bold and bashed not. Spenser."
"BASHAW","A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of theMississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat."
"BASHFULLY","In a bashful manner."
"BASHFULNESS","The quality of being bashful."
"BASHI-BAZOUK","A soldier belonging to the irregular troops of the Turkisharmy."
"BASHLESS","Shameless; unblushing. [Obs.] Spenser."
"BASHYLE","See Basyle."
"BASI-","A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words,to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base;as, basibranchials, the most ventral of the cartilages or bones ofthe branchial arches; basicranial, situated at the base of thecranium; basifacial, basitemporal, etc."
"BASIC","Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively lowpercentage of silica, as basalt. Basic salt (Chem.), a salt formedfrom a base or hydroxide by the partial replacement of its hydrogenby a negative or acid element or radical."
"BASIC PROCESS","A Bessemer or open-hearth steel-making process in which alining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions ofbasic material are made to the molten charge during treatment.Opposed to acid process, above. Called also Thomas process."
"BASIC SLAG","A by-product from the manufacture of steel by the basicprocess, used as a fertilizer. It is rich in lime and contains 14 to20 per cent of phosphoric acid. Called also Thomas slag, phosphaticslag, and odorless phosphate."
"BASIC STEEL","Steel produced by the basic process."
"BASICERITE","The second joint of the antenn\u00e6 of crustaceans."
"BASIDIOMYCETES","A large subdivision of fungi co\u00f6rdinate with the Ascomycetes,characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embracesthose fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools,etc."
"BASIDIOSPORE","A spore borne by a basidium.-- Ba*sid`i*o*spor'ous (, a."
"BASIDIUM","A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, whichbears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, ofwhich the common mushroom is an example."
"BASIFIER","That which converts into a salifiable base."
"BASIFUGAL","Tending or proceeding away from the base; as, a basifugalgrowth."
"BASIFY","To convert into a salifiable base."
"BASIGYNIUM","The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as thepassion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore."
"BASIHYAL","Noting two small bones, forming the body of the inverted hyoidarch."
"BASIHYOID","The central tongue bone."
"BASIL","The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as aplane, is ground. Grier."
"BASILIC","Basilica."
"BASILICA","Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartmentprovided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblieswere held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used forthis purpose."
"BASILICAN","Of, relating to, or resembling, a basilica; basilical.There can be no doubt that the first churches in Constantinople werein the basilican form. Milman."
"BASILICOK","The basilisk. [Obs.] Chaucer"
"BASILICON","An ointment composed of wax, pitch, resin, and olive oil, lard,or other fatty substance."
"BASILISK","A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the familyIguanid\u00e6."
"BASIN","An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where thestrata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especiallyapplied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields."
"BASINED","Inclosed in a basin. 'Basined rivers.' Young."
"BASINET","Same as Bascinet."
"BASIOCCIPITAL","Of or pertaining to the bone in the base of the cranium,frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but usuallydistinct in the young.-- n."
"BASION","The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of theskull."
"BASIPODITE","The basal joint of the legs of Crustacea."
"BASIPTERYGIUM","A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of somefishes. It develops into the metapterygium.-- Ba*sip`ter*yg'i*al (, a."
"BASIPTERYGOID","Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone."
"BASISOLUTE","Prolonged at the base, as certain leaves."
"BASISPHENOID","The basisphenoid bone."
"BASK","To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave. Goldsmith."
"BASKET","The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. [Improperly soused.] Gwilt."
"BASKET BALL","A game, usually played indoors, in which two parties of playerscontest with each other to toss a large inflated ball into oppositegoals resembling baskets."
"BASKETFUL","As much as a basket will contain."
"BASKETRY","The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively."
"BASKING SHARK","One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), socalled from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or boneshark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and growsto a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species."
"BASNET","Same as Bascinet."
"BASOMMATOPHORA","A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of thetentacles, including the common pond snails."
"BASON","A basin. [Obs. or Special form]"
"BASQUE","Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language."
"BASQUISH","Pertaining to the country, people, or language of Biscay;Basque [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"BASS","; pl. Bass, and sometimes Basses. Etym: [A corruption ofbarse.] (Zo\u00f6l.)"
"BASS DRUM","The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads,and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a."
"BASS HORN","A modification of the bassoon, much deeper in tone."
"BASS VIOL","A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playingbass. See 3d Bass, n., and Violoncello."
"BASS-RELIEF","Some as Bas-relief."
"BASSET","A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have beeninvented at Venice.Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget Your piquet parties,and your dear basset. Rowe."
"BASSET HORN","An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, butof much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves."
"BASSET HOUND","A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used asan earth dog."
"BASSETING","The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of astratum at the surface."
"BASSETTO","A tenor or small bass viol."
"BASSOCK","A hassock. See 2d Bass, 2."
"BASSOON","A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished withholes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes.It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc."
"BASSOONIST","A performer on the bassoon. Busby."
"BASSORIN","A constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as also ofgum tragacanth and some gum resins. It is one of the amyloses. Ure."
"BASSWOOD","The bass (Tilia) or its wood; especially, T. Americana. SeeBass, the lime tree.All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished verysmoothly. Longfellow."
"BASTA","Enough; stop. Shak."
"BASTARD","Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the fulltitle page of a book. Bastard ashlar (Arch.), stones for ashlar work,roughly squared at the quarry.-- Bastard file, a file intermediate between the coarsest and thesecond cut.-- Bastard type (Print.), type having the face of a larger or asmaller size than the body; e.g., a nonpareil face on a brevier body.-- Bastard wing (Zo\u00f6l.), three to five quill feathers on a smalljoint corresponding to the thumb in some mam malia; the alula."
"BASTARDISM","The state of being a bastard; bastardy."
"BASTARDLY","Bastardlike; baseborn; spuripous; corrupt. [Obs.] -- adv."
"BASTE","To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as onmeat in roasting."
"BASTINADE","See Bastinado, n."
"BASTINADO","To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of thefeet."
"BASTION","A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of afortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and soconstructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacentcurtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Twoadjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flankof one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between theflanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detachedbastion. See Ravelin."
"BASTIONED","Furnished with a bastion; having bastions."
"BASTO","The ace of clubs in qua Pope."
"BASTON","See Baton."
"BASUTOS","A warlike South African people of the Bantu stock, divided intomany tribes, subject to the English. They formerly practicedcannibalism, but have now adopted many European customs."
"BASYLE","A positive or nonacid constituent of compound, eitherelementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element."
"BASYLOUS","Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electro-positive; basic; -- opposed to chlorous. Graham."
"BAT","Shale or bituminous shale. Kirwan."
"BAT PRINTING","A mode of printing on glazed ware."
"BATABLE","Disputable. [Obs.]"
"BATAILLED","Embattled. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BATARDEAU","A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluicegate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides ofthe wall."
"BATAVIAN","Of or pertaining to (a) the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe;or to (b) as, a Batavian legion. Batavian Republic, the name given toHolland by the French after its conquest in 1795."
"BATE","Strife; contention. [Obs.] Shak."
"BATEAU","A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadianlakes and rivers. [Written also, but less properly, batteau.] Bateaubridge, a floating bridge supported by bateaux."
"BATED","Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.Macaulay."
"BATEFUL","Exciting contention; contentious. [Obs.] 'It did batefulquestion frame. ' Sidney."
"BATELESS","Not to be abated. [Obs.] Shak."
"BATEMENT","Abatement; diminution. Moxon. Batement light (Arch.), a windowor one division of a window having vertical sides, but with the sillnot horizontal, as where it follows the rake of a staircase."
"BATFISH","A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthevespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of theAtlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish orsting ray (Myliobatis Californicus.)"
"BATFOWLER","One who practices or finds sport in batfowling."
"BATFOWLING","A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or otherlight, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds,flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise."
"BATFUL","Rich; fertile. [Obs.] 'Batful valleys.' Drayton."
"BATH","A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through whichheat is applied to a body."
"BATHE","The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usualbathe. Edin. Rev."
"BATHER","One who bathes."
"BATHETIC","Having the character of bathos. [R.]"
"BATHING","Act of taking a bath or baths. Bathing machine, a small room onwheels, to be driven into the water, for the convenience of bathers,who undress and dress therein."
"BATHMISM","See Vital force."
"BATHOMETER","An instrument for measuring depths, esp. one for takingsoundings without a sounding line."
"BATHORSE","A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign."
"BATHOS","A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing orspeech; anticlimax."
"BATHYBIUS","A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found inmud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposedthat it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of theocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not oforganic, origin."
"BATHYGRAPHIC","Descriptive of the ocean depth; as, a bathygraphic chart."
"BATHYMETRY","The art or science of sounding, or measuring depths in the sea."
"BATING","With the exception of; excepting.We have little reason to think that they bring many ideas with them,bating some faint ideas of hunger and thirst. Locke."
"BATISTE","Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also tocloth of similar texture made of cotton."
"BATLET","A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called alsobatler, batling staff, batting staff. Shak."
"BATMAN","A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality;in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only afourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17 pounds.Simmonds."
"BATOIDEI","The division of fishes which includes the rays and skates."
"BATON","An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark ofbastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister;-- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister."
"BATOON","See Baton, and Baston."
"BATRACHIA","The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and toads; theAnura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as equivalent toAmphibia."
"BATRACHIAN","Pertaining to the Batrachia.-- n."
"BATRACHOID","Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachid\u00e6, afamily of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonousdorsal spines."
"BATRACHOMYOMACHY","The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on theIliad, of uncertain authorship."
"BATRACHOPHAGOUS","Feeding on frogs. Quart. Rev."
"BATSMAN","The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc."
"BATTA","Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officerserving in India. Whitworth."
"BATTABLE","Capable of culti [Obs.] Burton."
"BATTAILANT","Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike. Spenser.-- n."
"BATTAILOUS","Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike. [Obs.]'In battailous aspect.' Milton."
"BATTALION","A regiment, or two or more companies of a regiment, esp. whenassembled for drill or battle."
"BATTEL","A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel,under Wager."
"BATTEN","To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one'sself. Dryden.The pampered monarch lay battening in ease. Garth.Skeptics, with a taste for carrion, who batten on the hideous factsin history, -- persecutions, inquisitions. Emerson."
"BATTENING","Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall."
"BATTER","To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardlyand spread it outwardly."
"BATTERER","One who, or that which, batters."
"BATTERING TRAIN","A train of artillery for siege operations."
"BATTERING-RAM","1. (Mil.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down thewalls of besieged places."
"BATTERY","The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful,angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person orclothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him."
"BATTLE","Fertile. See Battel, a. [Obs.]"
"BATTLE RANGE","The range within which the fire of small arms is verydestructive. With the magazine rifle, this is six hundred yards."
"BATTLE SHIP","An armor-plated man-of-war built of steel and heavily armed,generally having from ten thousand to fifteen thousand tonsdisplacement, and intended to be fit to meet the heaviest ships inline of battle."
"BATTLED","Embattled. [Poetic] Tennyson."
"BATTLEDOOR","A child's hornbook. [Obs.] Halliwell."
"BATTLEMENTED","Having battlements.A battlemented portal. Sir W. Scott."
"BATTOLOGIST","One who battologizes."
"BATTOLOGIZE","To keep repeating needlessly; to iterate. Sir T. Herbert."
"BATTOLOGY","A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing. Milton."
"BATTON","See Batten, and Baton."
"BATTURE","An elevated river bed or sea bed."
"BATTUTA","The measuring of time by beating."
"BATTY","Belonging to, or resembling, a bat. 'Batty wings.' Shak."
"BATULE","A springboard in a circus or gymnasium; -- called also batuleboard."
"BATZ","A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly currentin some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about fourcents."
"BAUBEE","Same as Bawbee."
"BAUBLING",", a. See Bawbling. [Obs.]"
"BAUDEKIN","The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages,the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- madeoriginally at Bagdad. [Spelt also baudkin, baudkyn, bawdekin, andbaldakin.] Nares."
"BAUDRICK","A belt. See Baldric."
"BAUME","Designating or conforming to either of the scales used by theFrench chemist Antoine Baum\u00e9 in the graduation of his hydrometers; ofor relating to Baum\u00e9's scales or hydrometers. There are two Baum\u00e9hydrometers. One, which is used with liquids heavier than water,sinks to 0\u00ba in pure water, and to 15\u00ba in a 15 per cent salt solution;the other, for liquids lighter than water, sinks to 0\u00ba in a 10 percent salt solution and to 10\u00ba in pure water. In both cases thegraduation, based on the distance between these fundamental points,is continued along the stem as far as desired. Since all the degreeson a Baum\u00e9 scale are thus equal in length, while those on a specific-gravity scale grow smaller as the density increases, there is nosimple relation between degrees B\u00e9. and Sp. gr. However, readings onBaum\u00e9s scale may be approximately reduced to specific gravities bythe following formul\u00e6 (x in each case being the reading on Baum\u00e9'sscale) : (a) for liquids heavier than water, sp. gr. = 144 \u00f7 (144 -x);(b) for liquids lighter than water, sp. gr. = 144 \u00f7 (134 + x)."
"BAUNSCHEIDTISM","A form of acupuncture, followed by the rubbing of the part witha stimulating fluid."
"BAVARDAGE","Much talking; prattle; chatter.  Byron."
"BAVARIAN","Of or pertaining to Bavaria.-- n."
"BAVAROY","A kind of cloak or surtout. [Obs.] Johnson.Let the looped bavaroy the fop embrace. Gay."
"BAVIAN","A baboon."
"BAWBEE","A halfpenny. [Spelt also baubee.] [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]"
"BAWBLE","A trinket. See Bauble."
"BAWBLING","Insignificant; contemptible. [Obs.]"
"BAWCOCK","A fine fellow; -- a term of endearment. [Obs.] 'How now, mybawcock ' Shak."
"BAWD","A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures womenfor a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person; --usually applied to a woman."
"BAWDILY","Obscenely; lewdly."
"BAWDINESS","Obscenity; lewdness."
"BAWDRICK","A belt. See Baldric."
"BAWDYHOUSE","A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel."
"BAWHORSE","Same as Bathorse."
"BAWL","To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker ortown-crier does. Swift."
"BAWLER","One who bawls."
"BAWREL","A kind of hawk. [Obs.] Halliwell."
"BAXTER","A baker; originally, a female baker. [Old Eng. & Scotch]"
"BAY","Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to thecolor of horses. Bay cat (Zo\u00f6l.), a wild cat of Africa and the EastIndies (Felis aurata).-- Bay lynx (Zo\u00f6l.), the common American lynx (Felis, or Lynx,rufa)."
"BAY ICE","See under Ice."
"BAY LEAF","See under 3d Bay."
"BAY RUM","A fragrant liquid, used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes."
"BAY SALT","Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation inshallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystallinesalt of commerce. Bacon. Ure."
"BAY STATE","Massachusetts, which had been called the Colony ofMassachusetts Bay; -- a nickname."
"BAY TREE","A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis)."
"BAY WINDOW","A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projectingoutward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, orsemicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window."
"BAY YARN","Woolen yarn. [Prov. Eng.] Wright."
"BAY-ANTLER","The second tine of a stag's horn. See under Antler."
"BAYA","The East Indian weaver bird (Ploceus Philippinus)."
"BAYADERE","A female dancer in the East Indies. [Written also bajadere.]"
"BAYAMO","A violent thunder squall occurring on the south coast of Cuba,esp. near Bayamo. The gusts, called bayamo winds, are modified foehnwinds."
"BAYARD","Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in thephrase blind bayard, an old blind horse.Blind bayard moves the mill. Philips."
"BAYARDLY","Blind; stupid. [Obs.] 'A formal and bayardly round of duties.'Goodman."
"BAYBOLT","A bolt with a barbed shank."
"BAYED","Having a bay or bays. 'The large bayed barn.' Drayton."
"BAYEUX TAPESTRY","A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long,covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William theConqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town museum ofBayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th century, and isattributed by tradition to Matilda, the Conqueror's wife."
"BAYMAN","In the United States navy, a sick-bay nurse; -- now officiallydesignated as hospital apprentice."
"BAYONET","A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle ofa musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means ofoffense and defense."
"BAYOU","An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a largeriver, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movementexcept from tide and wind. [Southern U. S.]A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly northeastward intoa swamp of huge cypresses. G. W. Cable."
"BAYOU STATE","Mississippi; -- a nickname, from its numerous bayous."
"BDELLOIDEA","The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. SeeHirudinea."
"BDELLOMETER","A cupping glass to which are attached a scarificator and anexhausting syringe. Dunglison."
"BDELLOMORPHA","An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms(Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams."
"BE","A prefix, originally the same word as by; joined with verbs, itserves: (a) To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir. (b) Torender an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall upon);bespeak (to speak for). (c) To make the action of a verb particularor definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around)."
"BE-ALL","The whole; all that is to be. [Poetic] Shak."
"BEACH","To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; tostrand; as, to beach a ship."
"BEACH COMBER","A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. See Comber.[Amer.]"
"BEACHY","Having a beach or beaches; formed by a beach or beaches;shingly.The beachy girdle of the ocean. Shak."
"BEACONAGE","Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon; also, beacons,collectively."
"BEACONLESS","Having no beacon."
"BEAD","To ornament with beads or beading."
"BEADING","Molding in imitation of beads."
"BEADLERY","Office or jurisdiction of a beadle."
"BEADLESHIP","The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle. A. Wood."
"BEADROLL","A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certainnumber of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of achaplet; hence, a catalogue in general.On Fame's eternal beadroll worthy to be field. Spenser.It is quite startling, on going over the beadroll of Englishworthies, to find how few are directly represented in the male line.Quart. Rev."
"BEADSNAKE","A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius),banded with yellow, red, and black."
"BEADWORK","Ornamental work in beads."
"BEAK","1. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a hornysheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the foodand habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification ofbirds. (b) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles. (c) Thelong projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and otherinvertebrates, as in the Hemiptera. (d) The upper or projecting partof the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve. (e) The prolongation ofcertain univalve shells containing the canal."
"BEAKED","Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate.Beaked whale (Zo\u00f6l.), a cetacean of the genus Hyperoodon; thebottlehead whale."
"BEAKHEAD","An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a headwith a beak. Parker."
"BEAKIRON","A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach theinterior surface of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil."
"BEAL","A small inflammatory tumor; a pustule. [Prov. Eng.]"
"BEAM","A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a centralaxis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which itreceives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; --called also working beam or walking beam."
"BEAM TREE","A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple."
"BEAMBIRD","A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa gricola), so calledbecause it often nests on a beam in a building."
"BEAMED","Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag.Tost his beamed frontlet to the sky. Sir W. Scott."
"BEAMFUL","Beamy; radiant."
"BEAMILY","In a beaming manner."
"BEAMINESS","The state of being beamy."
"BEAMING","Emitting beams; radiant."
"BEAMINGLY","In a beaming manner; radiantly."
"BEAMLET","A small beam of light."
"BEAN","A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chieflyof the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs."
"BEAN CAPER","A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshyleaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genusZygophyllum."
"BEAN TREFOIL","A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves(Anagyris foetida)."
"BEAR","A bier. [Obs.] Spenser."
"BEAR STATE","Arkansas; -- a nickname, from the many bears once inhabitingits forests."
"BEAR-TRAP DAM","A kind of movable dam, in one form consisting of two leavesresting against each other at the top when raised and folding downone over the other when lowered, for deepening shallow parts in ariver."
"BEARABLE","Capable of being borne or endured; tolerable.-- Bear'a*bly, adv."
"BEARBERRY","A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi),having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berriesof which bears are said to be fond."
"BEARBIND","The bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)."
"BEARD","Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard ofgrain."
"BEARDED","Having a beard. 'Bearded fellow.' Shak. 'Bearded grain.'Dryden. Bearded vulture, Bearded eagle. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Lammergeir.-- Bearded tortoise. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Matamata."
"BEARDIE","The bearded loach (Nemachilus barbatus) of Europe. [Scot.]"
"BEARDLESSNESS","The state or quality of being destitute of beard."
"BEARER","One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for thepayment of money; as, pay to bearer."
"BEARHERD","A man who tends a bear."
"BEARHOUND","A hound for baiting or hunting bears. Car"
"BEARING","Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms --commonly in the pl.A carriage covered with armorial bearings. Thackeray."
"BEARING CLOTH","A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to bebaptized. Shak."
"BEARING REIN","A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keepthe horse's head up; -- called in the United States a checkrein."
"BEARING RING","In a balloon, the braced wooden ring attached to the suspensionropes at the bottom, functionally analogous to the keel of a ship."
"BEARISH","Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear intemper or manners. Harris."
"BEARISHNESS","Behavior like that of a bear."
"BEARN","See Bairn. [Obs.]"
"BEARSKIN","A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus maculatus),often used as an ornament."
"BEARWARD","A keeper of bears. See Bearherd. [R.] Shak."
"BEASTHOOD","State or nature of a beast."
"BEASTINGS","See Biestings."
"BEASTLIHEAD","Beastliness. [Obs.] Spenser."
"BEASTLIKE","Like a beast."
"BEASTLINESS","The state or quality of being beastly."
"BEAT","To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat ofdrum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beatthe general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley,etc. To beat down, to haggle with (any one) to secure a lower price;to force down. [Colloq.] -- To beat into, to teach or instill, byrepetition.-- To beat off, to repel or drive back.-- To beat out, to extend by hammering.-- To beat out of a thing, to cause to relinquish it, or give it up.'Nor can anything beat their posterity out of it to this day.' South.-- To beat the dust. (Man.) (a) To take in too little ground withthe fore legs, as a horse. (b) To perform curvets too precipitatelyor too low.-- To beat the hoof, to walk; to go on foot.-- To beat the wing, to flutter; to move with fluttering agitation.-- To beat time, to measure or regulate time in music by the motionof the hand or foot.-- To beat up, to attack suddenly; to alarm or disturb; as, to beatup an enemy's quarters."
"BEATH","To bathe; also, to dry or heat, as unseasoned wood. [Obs.]Spenser."
"BEATIFICATE","To beatify. [Obs.] Fuller."
"BEATIFICATION","The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp.,in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaringthat a deceased person is one of 'the blessed,' or has attained thesecond degree of sanctity, -- usually a stage in the process ofcanonization. 'The beatification of his spirit.' Jer. Taylor."
"BEATIFY","To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, thata deceased person is one of 'the blessed' and is to be reverenced assuch, though not canonized."
"BEATING","Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n."
"BEATITUDE","Beatification. Milman."
"BEAU IDEAL","A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical,formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, andblemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard ormodel."
"BEAU MONDE","The fashionable world; people of fashion and gayety. Prior."
"BEAUCATCHER","A small flat curl worn on the temple by women. [Humorous]"
"BEAUFET","A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.;a buffet.A beaufet . . . filled with gold and silver vessels. Prescott."
"BEAUFIN","See Biffin. Wright."
"BEAUISH","Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine. 'Abeauish young spark.' Byrom."
"BEAUMONTAGUE","A cement used in making joints, filling cracks, etc.  For iron,the principal constituents are iron borings and sal ammoniac; forwood, white lead or litharge, whiting, and linseed oil."
"BEAUSEANT","The black and white standard of the Knights Templars."
"BEAUSHIP","The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau. [Jocular]Dryden."
"BEAUTEOUS","Full of beauty; beautiful; very handsome. [Mostly poetic] --Beau'te*ous*ly, adv. --"
"BEAUTIED","Beautiful; embellished. [Poetic] Shak."
"BEAUTIFIER","One who, or that which, beautifies or makes beautiful."
"BEAUTIFUL","Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to thesight or the mind.A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is more beautifulthan a parallelogram. Lord Kames."
"BEAUTIFY","To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; todeck; to grace; to embellish.The arts that beautify and polish life. Burke."
"BEAUTILESS","Destitute of beauty. Hammond."
"BEAUX","pl. of Beau."
"BEAUXITE","See Bauxite."
"BEAVER","An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor."
"BEAVER STATE","Oregon; -- a nickname."
"BEAVERED","Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat. 'His beavered brow.'Pope."
"BEAVERTEEN","A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn afterdyeing. Simmonds."
"BEBEERU","A tropical South American tree (Nectandra Rodioi), the bark ofwhich yields the alkaloid bebeerine, and the wood of which is knownas green heart."
"BEBLEED","To make bloody; to stain with blood. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BEBLOT","To blot; to stain. Chaucer."
"BEBLUBBER","To make swollen and disfigured or sullied by weeping; as, hereyes or cheeks were beblubbered."
"BEBUNG","A tremolo effect, such as that produced on the piano byvibratory repetition of a note with sustained use of the pedal."
"BECAME","of Become."
"BECARD","A South American bird of the flycatcher family. (Tityrainquisetor)."
"BECCABUNGA","See Brooklime."
"BECCAFICO","A small bird. (Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by theItalians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn, when it has fedon figs, grapes, etc."
"BECHAMEL","A rich, white sauce, prepared with butter and cream."
"BECHANCE","By chance; by accident. [Obs.] Grafton."
"BECHARM","To charm; to captivate."
"BECHE DE MER","The trepang."
"BECHIC","Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough. Thomas.-- n."
"BECHUANAS","A division of the Bantus, dwelling between the Orange andZambezi rivers, supposed to be the most ancient Bantu population ofSouth Africa. They are divided into totemic clans; they areintelligent and progressive."
"BECK","See Beak. [Obs.] Spenser."
"BECKER","A European fish (Pagellus centrodontus); the sea bream orbraise."
"BECKET","A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope"
"BECKON","To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motionof the hand.His distant friends, he beckons near. Dryden.It beckons you to go away with it. Shak."
"BECLAP","To catch; to grasp; to insnare. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BECLIP","To embrace; to surround. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"BECLOUD","To cause obscurity or dimness to; to dim; to cloud.If thou becloud the sunshine of thine eye. Quarles."
"BECOME","To suit or be suitable to; to be congruous with; to befit; toaccord with, in character or circumstances; to be worthy of, orproper for; to cause to appear well; -- said of persons and things.It becomes me so to speak of so excellent a poet. Dryden.I have known persons so anxious to have their dress become them, asto convert it, at length, into their proper self, and thus actuallyto become the dress. Coleridge."
"BECOMED","Proper; decorous. [Obs.]And gave him what becomed love I might. Shak."
"BECOMING","Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.A low and becoming tone. Thackeray."
"BECOMINGLY","In a becoming manner."
"BECOMINGNESS","The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity;fitness.The becomingness of human nature. Grew."
"BECQUEREL RAYS","Radiations first observed by the French physicist HenriBecquerel, in working with uranium and its compounds. They consist ofa mixture of alpha, beta, and gamma rays."
"BECRIPPLE","To make a cripple of; to cripple; to lame. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"BECUNA","A fish of the Mediterranean (Sphyr\u00e6na spet). See Barracuda."
"BECURL","To curl; to adorn with curls."
"BED","A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, abed of coal, iron, etc."
"BED ROCK","The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig."
"BED STEPS","Steps for mounting a bed of unusual height."
"BEDABBLE","To dabble; to sprinkle or wet. Shak."
"BEDAFF","To make a daff or fool of. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BEDAGAT","The sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah. Malcom."
"BEDAGGLE","To daggle."
"BEDASH","To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; tobespatter. 'Trees bedashed with rain.' Shak."
"BEDAUB","To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty.Bedaub foul designs with a fair varnish. Barrow."
"BEDAZZLE","To dazzle or make dim by a strong light. 'Bedazzled with thesun.' Shak."
"BEDBUG","A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (CimexLectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. SeeIllustration in Appendix."
"BEDCHAIR","A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support themwhile sitting up in bed."
"BEDCHAMBER","A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in. Shak. Lordsof the bedchamber, eight officers of the royal household, all ofnoble families, who wait in turn a week each. [Eng.] -- Ladies of thebedchamber, eight ladies, all titled, holding a similar officialposition in the royal household, during the reign of a queen. [Eng.]"
"BEDCLOTHES","Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak."
"BEDCORD","A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support thebed."
"BEDDED","Provided with a bed; as, double-bedded room; placed or arrangedin a bed or beds."
"BEDDING","The state or position of beds and layers."
"BEDE","To pray; also, to offer; to proffer. [Obs.] R. of Gloucester.Chaucer."
"BEDECK","To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.Bedecked with boughs, flowers, and garlands. Pennant."
"BEDEHOUSE",",n.Same as Beadhouse."
"BEDELRY","Beadleship. [Obs.] Blount."
"BEDEN","The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex (Capra Nubiana). It is probablythe wild goat of the Bible."
"BEDESMAN","Same as Beadsman. [Obs.]"
"BEDEVILMENT","The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatioustrouble. [Colloq.]"
"BEDEW","To moisten with dew, or as with dew. 'Falling tears his facebedew.' Dryden."
"BEDEWER","One who, or that which, bedews."
"BEDEWY","Moist with dew; dewy. [Obs.]Night with her bedewy wings. A. Brewer."
"BEDFELLOW","One who lies with another in the same bed; a person who sharesone's couch."
"BEDGOWN","A nightgown."
"BEDIGHT","To bedeck; to array or equip; to adorn. [Archaic] Milton."
"BEDIM","To make dim; to obscure or darken. Shak."
"BEDIZEN","To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste.Remnants of tapestried hangings, . . . and shreds of pictures withwhich he had bedizened his tatters. Sir W. Scott."
"BEDIZENMENT","That which bedizens; the act of dressing, or the state of beingdressed, tawdrily."
"BEDKEY","An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead."
"BEDLAM","Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse. 'The bedlam, brainsickduchess.' Shak."
"BEDLAMITE","An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman. 'Raving bedlamites.'Beattie."
"BEDMAKER","One who makes beds."
"BEDOTE","To cause to dote; to deceive. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BEDOUIN","One of the nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are scatteredover Arabia, Syria, and northern Africa, esp. in the deserts.-- Bed'ou*in*ism (, n."
"BEDPHERE","See Bedfere. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"BEDQUILT","A quilt for a bed; a coverlet."
"BEDRABBLE","To befoul with rain and mud; to drabble."
"BEDRAGGLE","To draggle; to soil, as garments which, in walking, aresuffered to drag in dust, mud, etc. Swift."
"BEDRENCH","To drench; to saturate with moisture; to soak. Shak."
"BEDRIBBLE","To dribble upon."
"BEDRIZZLE","To drizzle upon."
"BEDROP","To sprinkle, as with drops.The yellow carp, in scales bedropped with gold. Pope."
"BEDRUG","To drug abundantly or excessively."
"BEDSIDE","The side of a bed."
"BEDSITE","A recess in a room for a bed.Of the three bedrooms, two have fireplaces, and all are of fair size,with windows and bedsite well placed. Quart. Rev."
"BEDSORE","A sore on the back or hips caused by lying for a long time inbed."
"BEDSPREAD","A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet. [U. S.]"
"BEDSTAFF","'A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, tohold the clothes from slipping on either side.' Johnson.Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. B. Jonson.Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves. Brome."
"BEDSTEAD","A framework for supporting a bed."
"BEDSTOCK","The front or the back part of the frame of a bedstead. [Obs. orDial. Eng.]"
"BEDSTRAW","A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorledleaves, and small white flowers. Our Lady's bedstraw, which hasyellow flowers, is Galium verum.-- White bedstraw is G. mollugo."
"BEDSWERVER","One who swerves from and is unfaithful to the marriage vow.[Poetic] Shak."
"BEDTICK","A tick or bag made of cloth, used for inclosing the materialsof a bed."
"BEDTIME","The time to go to bed. Shak."
"BEDUCK","To duck; to put the head under water; to immerse. 'Deep himselfbeducked.' Spenser."
"BEDUIN","See Bedouin."
"BEDUNG","To cover with dung, as for manuring; to bedaub or defile,literally or figuratively. Bp. Hall."
"BEDUST","To sprinkle, soil, or cover with dust. Sherwood."
"BEDWARD","Towards bed."
"BEDWARF","To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.Donne."
"BEDYE","To dye or stain.Briton fields with Sarazin blood bedyed. Spenser."
"BEE","p. p. of Be; -- used for been. [Obs.] Spenser."
"BEE LARKSPUR","(Bot.) See Larkspur."
"BEE LINE","The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a beeto its hive when loaded with honey; an air line. 'A bee line for thebrig.' Kane."
"BEEBREAD","A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells ofhoneycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which iscollected by bees as food for their young."
"BEECH","A tree of the genus Fagus."
"BEECH TREE","The beech."
"BEECHEN","Consisting, or made, of the wood or bark of the beech;belonging to the beech. 'Plain beechen vessels.' Dryden."
"BEECHNUT","The nut of the beech tree."
"BEECHY","Of or relating to beeches."
"BEEF","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef. Beef tea, essence ofbeef, or strong beef broth."
"BEEF-WITTED","Stupid; dull. Shak."
"BEEFEATER","An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larv\u00aff botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Twospecies are known."
"BEEFSTEAK","A steak of beef; a slice of beef broiled or suitable forbroiling."
"BEEFWOOD","An Australian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used forcabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales,and Banksia compar of Queensland."
"BEEFY","Having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef;fleshy."
"BEEHIVE","A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively."
"BEEHOUSE","A house for bees; an apiary."
"BEELD","Same as Beild. Fairfax."
"BEELZEBUB","The title of a heathen deity to whom the Jews ascribed thesovereignty of the evil spirits; hence, the Devil or a devil. SeeBaal."
"BEEM","A trumpet. [Obs.]"
"BEEMASTER","One who keeps bees."
"BEEN","The past participle of Be. In old authors it is also the pr.tense plural of Be. See 1st Bee.Assembled been a senate grave and stout. Fairfax."
"BEEREGAR","Sour beer. [Obs.]"
"BEERHOUSE","A house where malt liquors are sold; an alehouse."
"BEERINESS","Beery condition."
"BEERY","Of or resembling beer; affected by beer; maudlin."
"BEESTINGS","Same as Biestings."
"BEESWAX","The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells areconstructed."
"BEESWING","The second crust formed in port and some other wines after longkeeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar, supposed toresemble the wing of a bee."
"BEET","A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edibleroot the first year and seed the second year."
"BEET RADISH","Same as Beetrave."
"BEETLE","Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, theouter pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they arefolded up. See Coleoptera. Beetle mite (Zo\u00f6l.), one of many speciesof mites, of the family Oribatid\u00e6, parasitic on beetles.-- Black beetle, the common large black cockroach (Blattaorientalis)."
"BEETLE BROW","An overhanging brow."
"BEETLE-BROWED","Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen."
"BEETLE-HEADED","Dull; stupid. Shak."
"BEETLEHEAD","The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica).See Plover."
"BEETLESTOCK","The handle of a beetle."
"BEETRAVE","The common beet (Beta vulgaris)."
"BEEVE","A beef; a beef creature.They would knock down the first beeve they met with. W. Irving."
"BEEVES","; plural of Beef, the animal."
"BEFALL","To happen to.I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may befall me.Shak."
"BEFIT","To be suitable to; to suit; to become.That name best befits thee. Milton."
"BEFITTING","Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting."
"BEFITTINGLY","In a befitting manner; suitably."
"BEFLATTER","To flatter excessively."
"BEFLOWER","To besprinkle or scatter over with, or as with, flowers.Hobbes."
"BEFOREHAND","In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.Rich and much beforehand. Bacon."
"BEFORETIME","Formerly; aforetime.[They] dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. 2 Kings xiii. 5."
"BEFORTUNE","To befall. [Poetic]I wish all good befortune you. Shak."
"BEFRIEND","To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, orcountenance.By the darkness befriended. Longfellow."
"BEFRIENDMENT","Act of befriending. [R.]"
"BEFRILL","To furnish or deck with a frill."
"BEFRINGE","To furnish with a fringe; to form a fringe upon; to adorn aswith fringe. Fuller."
"BEFUDDLE","To becloud and confuse, as with liquor."
"BEG","A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East;a bey."
"BEGA","See Bigha."
"BEGEM","To adorn with gems, or as with gems.Begemmed with dewdrops. Sir W. Scott.Those lonely realms bright garden isles begem. Shelley."
"BEGETTER","One who begets; a father."
"BEGGABLE","Capable of being begged."
"BEGGARHOOD","The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars."
"BEGGARISM","Beggary. [R.]"
"BEGGARLINESS","The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness."
"BEGGARLY","In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of abeggar."
"BEGGARY","Beggarly. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"BEGGESTERE","A beggar. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BEGILD","To gild. B. Jonson."
"BEGIN","Beginning. [Poetic & Obs.] Spenser."
"BEGINNER","One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young orinexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro.A sermon of a new beginner. Swift."
"BEGIRDLE","To surround as with a girdle."
"BEGIRT","To encompass; to begird. Milton."
"BEGLERBEG","The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, next indignity to the grand vizier."
"BEGNAW","To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul. Shak."
"BEGOD","To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify. [Obs.] 'Begoddedsaints.' South."
"BEGOHM","A unit of resistance equal to one billion ohms, or one thousandmegohms."
"BEGONE","Go away; depart; get you gone."
"BEGONIA","A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species ofwhich are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors."
"BEGORE","To besmear with gore."
"BEGOT","imp. & p. p. of Beget."
"BEGOTTEN","p. p. of Beget."
"BEGRAVE","To bury; also, to engrave. [Obs.] Gower."
"BEGREASE","To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter."
"BEGRIME","To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in.Books falling to pieces and begrimed with dust. Macaulay."
"BEGRIMER","One who, or that which, begrimes."
"BEGRUDGE","To grudge; to envy the possession of."
"BEGUILEMENT","The act of beguiling, or the state of being beguiled."
"BEGUILER","One who, or that which, beguiles."
"BEGUILING","Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting.-- Be*guil'ing*ly, adv."
"BEGUIN","See Beghard."
"BEGUINAGE","A collection of small houses surrounded by a wall and occupiedby a community of Beguines."
"BEGUINE","A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitableassociations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whosemembers live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows."
"BEGUM","In the East Indies, a princess or lady of high rank. Malcom."
"BEGUN","of Begin."
"BEHALF","Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support;defense; vindication.In behalf of his mistress's beauty. Sir P. Sidney.Against whom he had contracted some prejudice in behalf of hisnation. Clarendon.In behalf of, in the interest of.-- On behalf of, on account of; on the part of."
"BEHAPPEN","To happen to. [Obs.]"
"BEHAVE","To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behavewell or ill."
"BEHAVIOR","Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conductingone's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimateobjects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of themagnetic needle.A gentleman that is very singular in his behavior. Steele.To be upon one's good behavior, To be put upon one's good behavior,to be in a state of trial, in which something important depends onpropriety of conduct.-- During good behavior, while (or so long as) one conducts one'sself with integrity and fidelity or with propriety."
"BEHEAD","To sever the head from; to take off the head of."
"BEHEADAL",",n.Beheading. [Modern]"
"BEHELD","imp. & p. p. of Behold."
"BEHEMOTH","An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl. 15-24."
"BEHEST","To vow. [Obs.] Paston."
"BEHETE","See Behight. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BEHIGHT","A vow; a promise. [Obs.] Surrey."
"BEHIND","The backside; the rump. [Low]"
"BEHITHER","On this side of. [Obs.]Two miles behither Clifden. Evelyn."
"BEHOLD","To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard withthe eyes.When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Num. xxi. 9.Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John.i. 29."
"BEHOLDEN","Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.But being so beholden to the Prince. Tennyson."
"BEHOLDER","One who beholds; a spectator."
"BEHOLDING","Obliged; beholden. [Obs.]I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father. Robynson(More's Utopia).So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister'schildren. Fuller."
"BEHOLDINGNESS",", The state of being obliged or beholden. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"BEHOOF","Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use.No mean recompense it brings To your behoof. Milton."
"BEHOOVABLE","Supplying need; profitable; advantageous. [Obs.] Udall."
"BEHOOVE","To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, withrespect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly usedimpersonally.And thus it behooved Christ to suffer. Luke xxiv. 46.[Also written behove.]"
"BEHOOVEFUL","Advantageous; useful; profitable. [Archaic] -- Be*hoove'ful*ly,adv.-- Be*hoove'ful*ness, n. [Archaic]"
"BEHOVE",", and derivatives. See Behoove, & c."
"BEHOVELY","Useful, or usefully. [Obs.]"
"BEHOWL","To howl at. [Obs.]The wolf behowls the moon. Shak."
"BEIGE","Debeige."
"BEILD","A place of shelter; protection; refuge. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.][Also written bield and beeld.]The random beild o' clod or stane. Burns."
"BEING","Existing."
"BEJADE","To jade or tire. [Obs.] Milton."
"BEJAPE","To jape; to laugh at; to deceive. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BEJAUNDICE","To infect with jaundice."
"BEJEWEL","To ornament with a jewel or with jewels; to spangle. 'Bejeweledhands.' Thackeray."
"BEJUCO","Any climbing woody vine of the tropics with the habit of aliane; in the Philippines, esp. any of various species of Calamus,the cane or rattan palm."
"BEJUMBLE","To jumble together."
"BEKAH","Half a shekel."
"BEKNAVE","To call knave. [Obs.] Pope."
"BEKNOW","To confess; to acknowledge. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BEL","The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as Baal.See Baal. Baruch vi. 41."
"BEL-ACCOYLE","A kind or favorable reception or salutation. [Obs.]"
"BEL-ESPRIT","A fine genius, or man of wit. 'A man of letters and a belesprit.' W. Irving."
"BELAM","To beat or bang. [Prov. & Low, Eng.] Todd."
"BELAMY","Good friend; dear friend. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BELATE","To retard or make too late. Davenant."
"BELATED","Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night;benighted. 'Some belated peasant.' Milton.-- Be*lat'ed*ness, n. Milton."
"BELAUD","To laud or praise greatly."
"BELAY","To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it rounda pin, cleat, or kevel. Totten."
"BELAYING PIN","A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, roundwhich ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed."
"BELCHER","One who, or that which, belches."
"BELEAGUER","To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege;to blockade.The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. Longfellow."
"BELEAGUERER","One who beleaguers."
"BELEAVE","To leave or to be left. [Obs.] May."
"BELECTURE","To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently."
"BELEE","To place under the lee, or unfavorably to the wind. Shak."
"BELEMNITE","A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lowerextremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it isordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chamberedcone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicateconcave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of acephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family.The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceousages.-- Bel*em*nit'ic, a."
"BELEPER","To infect with leprosy. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"BELFRY","A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack anddefense."
"BELGARD","A sweet or loving look. [Obs.] Spenser."
"BELGIAN","Of or pertaining to Belgium.-- n."
"BELGIAN BLOCK","A nearly cubical block of some tough stone, esp. granite, usedas a material for street pavements. Its usual diameter is 5 to 7inches."
"BELGRAVIAN","Belonging to Belgravia (a fashionable quarter of London, aroundPimlico), or to fashionable life; aristocratic."
"BELIAL","An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; thepersonification of evil.What concord hath Christ with Belia 2 Cor. vi. 15.A son (or man) of Belial, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depravedperson. 1 Sam. ii. 12."
"BELIBEL","To libel or traduce; to calumniate. Fuller."
"BELIEF","A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith.No man can attain [to] belief by the bare contemplation of heaven andearth. Hooker."
"BELIEFFUL","Having belief or faith."
"BELIEVABLE","Capable of being believed; credible.-- Be*liev'a*ble*ness, n.-- Be*liev`a*bil'i*ty (, n."
"BELIEVE","To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority ortestimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidencefurnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or bycircumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept astrue; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe aperson, a statement, or a doctrine.Our conqueror (whom I now Of force believe almighty). Milton.King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets Acts xxvi.Often followed by a dependent clause. I believe that Jesus Christ isthe Son of God. Acts viii. 37."
"BELIEVER","One who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as arevelation from God; a Christian; -- in a more restricted sense, onewho receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvationunfolded in the gospel.Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. Book of Com.Prayer."
"BELIEVING","That believes; having belief.-- Be*liev'ing*ly, adv."
"BELIGHT","To illuminate. [Obs.] Cowley."
"BELIKE","It is likely or probably; perhaps. [Obs. or Archaic] --Be*like'ly, adv.Belike, boy, then you are in love. Shak."
"BELIME","To besmear or insnare with birdlime."
"BELITTLE","To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in adepreciatory or contemptuous way. T. Jefferson."
"BELIVE","Forthwith; speedily; quickly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BELK","To vomit. [Obs.]"
"BELL","That part of the capital of a column included between theabacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearlycylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital."
"BELL ANIMALCULE","An infusorian of the family Vorticellid\u00e6, common in fresh-waterponds."
"BELL BEARER","A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum),remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax."
"BELL CRANK","A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a rightangle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used inbell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles ofrooms, etc., and also in machinery."
"BELL JAR","A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closedat the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top forlifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with theair pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust fromarticles exposed to view."
"BELL METAL","A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three partsof copper to one of tin; -- used for making bells. Bell metal ore, asulphide of tin, copper, and iron; the mineral stannite."
"BELL PEPPER","A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is thered pepper of the gardens."
"BELL PROCESS","The process of washing molten pig iron by adding iron oxide,proposed by I. Lowthian Bell of England about 1875."
"BELL SYSTEM OF CONTROL","See Cloche."
"BELL-FACED","Having the striking surface convex; -- said of hammers."
"BELL-MOUTHED","Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun. Byron."
"BELL-SHAPED","Having the shape of a widemouthed bell; campanulate."
"BELLARMINE","A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood ofCologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded face or masksupposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the RomanCatholic Counter Reformation, following the Reformation; -- calledalso graybeard, longbeard."
"BELLE","A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsomelady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady."
"BELLE-LETTRIST","One versed in belleslettres."
"BELLED","Hung with a bell or bells."
"BELLEEK WARE","A porcelainlike kind of decorative pottery with a high gloss,which is sometimes iridescent. A very fine kind is made at Belleek inIreland."
"BELLEROPHON","A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to theHeteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age."
"BELLES-LETTRES","Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhatvaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste arepredominant."
"BELLFLOWER","A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell-shaped flowers."
"BELLIBONE","A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid.[Obs.] Spenser."
"BELLICOSE","Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein. W. Irving."
"BELLICOSELY","In a bellicose manner."
"BELLICOUS","Bellicose. [Obs.]"
"BELLIED",", a. Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition;as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied."
"BELLIGERENT","A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a personengaged in warfare."
"BELLIGERENTLY","In a belligerent manner; hostilely."
"BELLING","A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time. Johnson."
"BELLIPOTENT","Mighty in war; armipotent. [R.] Blount."
"BELLMAN","A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anythingin the streets. Formerly, also, a night watchman who called thehours. Milton."
"BELLON","Lead colic."
"BELLONA","The goddess of war."
"BELLOW","To emit with a loud voice; to shout; -- used with out. 'Wouldbellow out a laugh.' Dryden."
"BELLOWER","One who, or that which, bellows."
"BELLOWS","An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternateexpansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws inair through a valve and expels it through a tube for variouspurposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipesof an organ with wind. Bellows camera, in photography, a form ofcamera, which can be drawn out like an accordion or bellows.-- Hydrostatic bellows. See Hydrostatic.-- A pair of bellows, the ordinary household instrument for blowingfires, consisting of two nearly heart-shaped boards with handles,connected by leather, and having a valve and tube."
"BELLOWS FISH","A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a longtubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also trumpetfish, and snipe fish."
"BELLUINE","Pertaining to, or like, a beast; brutal. [R.]Animal and belluine life. Atterbury."
"BELLWORT","A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shapedflowers."
"BELLY","The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part ofwhich is the back. Belly doublet, a doublet of the 16th century,hanging down so as to cover the belly. Shak.-- Belly fretting, the chafing of a horse's belly with a girth.Johnson.-- Belly timber, food. [Ludicrous] Prior.-- Belly worm, a worm that breeds or lives in the belly (stomach orintestines). Johnson."
"BELLY-GOD","One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; aglutton; an epicure."
"BELLY-PINCHED","Pinched with hunger; starved. 'The belly-pinched wolf.' Shak."
"BELLYACHE","Pain in the bowels; colic."
"BELLYBAND","A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail."
"BELLYBOUND","Costive; constipated."
"BELLYCHEAT","An apron or covering for the front of the person. [Obs.] Beau.& Fl."
"BELLYCHEER","Good cheer; viands. [Obs.] 'Bellycheer and banquets.' Rowlands.'Loaves and bellycheer.' Milton."
"BELLYFUL","As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance;more than enough. Lloyd.King James told his son that he would have his bellyful ofparliamentary impeachments. Johnson."
"BELOCK","To lock, or fasten as with a lock. [Obs.] Shak."
"BELOMANCY","A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of markedarrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrowsdrawn being supposed to foreshow the future. Encyc. Brit."
"BELONG","To be deserved by. [Obs.]More evils belong us than happen to us. B. Jonson."
"BELONITE","Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimesobserved in glassy volcanic rocks."
"BELOVE","To love. [Obs.] Wodroephe."
"BELOVED","Greatly loved; dear to the heart.Antony, so well beloved of C\u00e6sar. Shak.This is my beloved Son. Matt. iii. 17."
"BELOWT","To treat as a lout; to talk abusively to. [Obs.] Camden."
"BELSIRE","A grandfather, or ancestor. 'His great belsire Brute.' [Obs.]Drayton."
"BELSWAGGER","A lewd man; also, a bully. [Obs.] Dryden."
"BELT","Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termeda belt."
"BELTED","See Beltane."
"BELTING","The material of which belts for machinery are made; also,belts, taken collectively."
"BELUGA","A cetacean allied to the dolphins."
"BELUTE","To bespatter, as with mud. [R.] Sterne."
"BELVEDERE","A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open,constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect."
"BELZEBUTH","A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Brazil."
"BEMA","A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. Mitford."
"BEMAD","To make mad. [Obs.] Fuller."
"BEMANGLE","To mangle; to tear asunder. [R.] Beaumont."
"BEMASK","To mask; to conceal."
"BEMASTER","To master thoroughly."
"BEMAUL","To maul or beat severely; to bruise. 'In order to bemaulYorick.' Sterne."
"BEMAZE","To bewilder.Intellects bemazed in endless doubt. Cowper."
"BEMEAN","To make mean; to lower. C. Reade."
"BEMEET","To meet. [Obs.]Our very loving sister, well bemet. Shak."
"BEMETE","To mete. [Obs.] Shak."
"BEMINGLE","To mingle; to mix."
"BEMIRE","To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil bypassing through mud or dirt.Bemired and benighted in the dog. Burke."
"BEMIST","To envelop in mist. [Obs.]"
"BEMOAN","To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; tolament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.Implores their pity, and his pain bemoans. Dryden."
"BEMOANER","One who bemoans."
"BEMOCK","To mock; to ridicule.Bemock the modest moon. Shak."
"BEMOIL","To soil or encumber with mire and dirt. [Obs.] Shak."
"BEMOL","The sign [Obs.]"
"BEMONSTER","To make monstrous or like a monster. [Obs.] Shak."
"BEMOURN","To mourn over. Wyclif."
"BEMUDDLE","To muddle; to stupefy or bewilder; to confuse."
"BEMUFFLE","To cover as with a muffler; to wrap up.Bemuffled with the externals of religion. Sterne."
"BEMUSE","To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.A parson much bemused in beer. Pope."
"BEN","Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the innerapartment. [Scot.]"
"BENAME","To promise; to name. [Obs.]"
"BENCH","To sit on a seat of justice. [R.] Shak."
"BENCH MARK","Any permanent mark to which other levels may be referred.Specif. : A horizontal mark at the water's edge with reference towhich the height of tides and floods may be measured."
"BENCH WARRANT","A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against aperson guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; -- socalled in distinction from a justice's warrant."
"BENCHER","One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court."
"BEND","To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard orstay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor. Totten. To bend thebrow, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or in anger; to scowl; tofrown. Camden."
"BENDABLE","Capable of being bent."
"BENDING","The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.[Obs.] Chaucer."
"BENDLET","A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend."
"BENDWISE","Diagonally."
"BENDY","Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield orits charge. Cussans."
"BENE","See Benne."
"BENE PLACITO","At pleasure; ad libitum."
"BENEAPED","See Neaped."
"BENEDICITE","A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word)which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church ofEngland. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapterof Daniel."
"BENEDICT","Having mild and salubrious qualities. [Obs.] Bacon."
"BENEDICTINE","Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet."
"BENEDICTION","The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give thebenediction."
"BENEDICTIONAL","A book of benedictions."
"BENEDICTIONARY","A collected series of benedictions.The benedictionary of Bishop Athelwold. G. Gurton's Needle."
"BENEDICTIVE","Tending to bless. Gauden."
"BENEDICTORY","Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer.Thackeray."
"BENEDICTUS","The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i.68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version."
"BENEDIGHT","Blessed. [R.] Longfellow."
"BENEFACTOR","One who confers a benefit or benefits. Bacon."
"BENEFACTRESS","A woman who confers a benefit.His benefactress blushes at the deed. Cowper."
"BENEFIC","Favorable; beneficent. Milton."
"BENEFICE","An estate in lands; a fief."
"BENEFICED","Possessed of a benefice o 'Beneficed clergymen.' Burke."
"BENEFICELESS","Having no benefice. 'Beneficeless precisians.' Sheldon."
"BENEFICENCE","The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, orcharity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.And whose beneficence no charge exhausts. Cowper."
"BENEFICENT",", a. Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness andcharity; characterized by beneficence.The beneficent fruits of Christianity. Prescott."
"BENEFICENTIAL","Relating to beneficence."
"BENEFICENTLY","In a beneficent manner; with beneficence."
"BENEFICIAL","Receiving, or entitled to have or receive, advantage, use, orbenefit; as, the beneficial owner of an estate. Kent."
"BENEFICIALLY","In a beneficial or advantageous manner; profitably; helpfully."
"BENEFICIALNESS","The quality of being beneficial; profitableness."
"BENEFICIATE","To reduce (ores).-- Ben`e*fi`ci*a'tion (n."
"BENEFICIENT","Beneficent. [Obs.]"
"BENEFIT","Natural advantaged; endowments; accomplishments. [R.] 'Thebenefits of your own country.' Shak. Benefit of clergy. (Law) Seeunder Clergy."
"BENEFIT SOCIETY","A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as amongtradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in sickness, oldage, and for the expenses of burial. Usually called friendly societyin Great Britain."
"BENEFITER","One who confers a benefit; -- also, one who receives a benefit."
"BENEME","To deprive (of), or take away (from). [Obs.]"
"BENEMPT","of Bename."
"BENET","To catch in a net; to insnare. Shak."
"BENEVOLENT","Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting loveto mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness;disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable.-- Be*nev'o*lent*ly, adv."
"BENEVOLOUS","Kind; benevolent. [Obs.] T. Puller."
"BENGAL","The language spoken in Bengal."
"BENGALESE","Of or pertaining to Bengal.-- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Bengal."
"BENGOLA","A Bengal light."
"BENIGHTMENT","The condition of being benighted."
"BENIGNANCY","Benignant quality; kindliness."
"BENIGNANT","Kind; gracious; favorable.-- Be*nig'nant*ly, adv."
"BENIGNLY","In a benign manner."
"BENIM","To take away. [Obs.]Ire . . . benimeth the man fro God. Chaucer."
"BENISON","Blessing; beatitude; benediction. Shak.More precious than the benison of friends. Talfourd."
"BENITIER","A holy-water stoup. Shipley."
"BENJAMIN","See Benzoin."
"BENJAMITE","A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin. Judg.iii. 15."
"BENNE","The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum),originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oilis expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In thesouthern United States the seeds are used in candy."
"BENNET","The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herbbennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock,valerian, etc."
"BENSHEE","See Banshee."
"BENT","imp. & p. p. of Bend."
"BENT GRASS","Same as Bent, a kind of grass."
"BENTHAL","Relating to the deepest zone or region of the ocean."
"BENTHAMIC","Of or pertaining to Bentham or Benthamism."
"BENTHAMISM","That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by JeremyBentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated anddetermined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility topleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives whichinfluence human desires and actions, and that these are thesufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions."
"BENTHAMITE","One who believes in Benthamism."
"BENTHOS","The bottom of the sea, esp. of the deep oceans; hence (Bot. &Zo\u00f6l.), the fauna and flora of the sea bottom; -- opposed toplankton."
"BENTING TIME","The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peasare ripe.Bare benting times . . . may come. Dryden."
"BENUMB","To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; tostupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.The creeping death benumbed her senses first. Dryden."
"BENUMBED","Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed bodyand mind.-- Be*numbed'ness, n."
"BENUMBMENT","Act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor. Kirby."
"BENZAL","A transparent crystalline substance,"
"BENZAMIDE","A transparent crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.NH2, obtained bythe action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by severalother reactions with benzoyl compounds."
"BENZENE","A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in thenaphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from whichit is separated by fractional distillation. The name is sometimesapplied also to the impure commercial product or benzole, and also,but rarely, to a similar mixed product of petroleum. Benzene nucleus,Benzene ring (Chem.), a closed chain or ring, consisting of sixcarbon atoms, each with one hydrogen atom attached, regarded as thetype from which the aromatic compounds are derived. This ring formulais provisionally accepted as representing the probable constitutionof the benzene molecule, C6H6, and as the type on which itsderivatives are formed."
"BENZILE","A yellowish crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.CO.C6H5, formed frombenzoin by the action of oxidizing agents, and consisting of adoubled benzoyl radical."
"BENZOATE","A salt formed by the union of benzoic acid with any salifiablebase."
"BENZOIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin. Benzoic acid, orflowers of benzoin, a peculiar vegetable acid, C6H5.CO2H, obtainedfrom benzoin, and some other balsams, by sublimation or decoction. Itis also found in the urine of infants and herbivorous animals. Itcrystallizes in the form of white, satiny flakes; its odor isaromatic; its taste is pungent, and somewhat acidulous.-- Benzoic aldehyde, oil of bitter almonds; the aldehyde, C6H5.CHO,intermediate in composition between benzoic or benzyl alcohol, andbenzoic acid. It is a thin colorless liquid."
"BENZOIN","The spicebush (Lindera benzoin). Flowers of benzoin, benzoicacid. See under Benzoic."
"BENZOINATED","Containing or impregnated with benzoin; as, benzoinated lard."
"BENZOLINE","A white crystalline powder used as an intestinal antiseptic;beta-naphthol benzoate."
"BENZOSOL","Guaiacol benzoate, used as an intestinal antiseptic and as asubstitute for creosote in phthisis. It is a colorless crystallinepewder."
"BENZOYL","A compound radical, C6H5.CO; the base of benzoic acid, of theoil of bitter almonds, and of an extensive series of compounds.[Formerly written also benzule.]"
"BENZYL","A compound radical, C6H5.CH2, related to toluene and benzoicacid; -- commonly used adjectively."
"BEPAINT","To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint.Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek. Shak."
"BEPELT","To pelt roundly."
"BEPINCH","To pinch, or mark with pinches. Chapman."
"BEPLASTER","To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub.Beplastered with rouge. Goldsmith."
"BEPLUMED","Decked with feathers."
"BEPOMMEL","To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail orcriticise in conversation, or in writing. Thackeray."
"BEPOWDER","To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder."
"BEPRAISE","To praise greatly or extravagantly. Goldsmith."
"BEPROSE","To reduce to prose. [R.] 'To beprose all rhyme.' Mallet."
"BEPUFFED","Puffed; praised. Carlyle."
"BEPURPLE","To tinge or dye with a purple color."
"BEQUEATHABLE","Capable of being bequeathed."
"BEQUEATHAL","The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest. Fuller."
"BEQUEATHMENT","The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; abequest."
"BEQUEST","To bequeath, or leave as a legacy. [Obs.] 'All I have tobequest.' Gascoigne."
"BEQUETHEN","old p. p. of Bequeath. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BEQUOTE","To quote constantly or with great frequency."
"BERAIN","To rain upon; to wet with rain. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BERATE","To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. Holland. Motley."
"BERATTLE","To make rattle; to scold vociferously; to cry down. [Obs.]Shak."
"BERAY","TO make foul; to soil; to defile. [Obs.] Milton."
"BERBE","An African genet (Genetta pardina). See Genet."
"BERBER","A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but oftenclassed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole ofNorth Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, andwho still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles.Also, the language spoken by this people."
"BERBERINE","An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from theroot of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants."
"BERBERRY","See Barberry."
"BERCEUSE","A vocal or instrumental composition of a soft tranquilcharacter, having a lulling effect; a cradle song."
"BERDASH",",n.A kind of neckcloth. [Obs.]A treatise against the cravat and berdash. Steele."
"BERE",", v. t. Etym: [Cf. OIcel. berja to strike.] To pierce. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"BEREAVEMENT","The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of arelative by death."
"BEREAVER","One who bereaves."
"BEREFT","of Bereave."
"BERETTA","Same as Berretta."
"BERG","A large mass or hill, as of ice.Glittering bergs of ice. Tennyson."
"BERGANDER","A European duck (Anas tadorna). See Sheldrake."
"BERGERET","A pastoral song. [Obs.]"
"BERGH","A hill. [Obs.]"
"BERGMASTER","See Barmaster."
"BERGMEAL","(Min.) An earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It iscomposed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden issometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times ofscarcity. This name is also given to a white powdery variety ofcalcite."
"BERGMOTE","See Barmote."
"BERGOMASK","A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo,in Italy, once noted for their clownishness."
"BERGSCHRUND","The crevasse or series of crevasses, usually deep and oftenbroad, frequently occurring near the head of a mountain glacier,about where the n\u00e9v\u00e9 field joins the valley portion of the glacier."
"BERGSTOCK","A long pole with a spike at the end, used in climbingmountains; an alpenstock."
"BERGYLT","The Norway haddock. See Rosefish."
"BERHYME","To mention in rhyme or verse; to rhyme about."
"BERIBERI","An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multipleinflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great musculardebility, a painful rigidity of the limbs, and cachexy."
"BERIME","To berhyme."
"BERING SEA CONTROVERSY","A controversy (1886 --93) between Great Britain and the UnitedStates as to the right of Canadians not licensed by the United Statesto carry on seal fishing in the Bering Sea, over which the UnitedStates claimed jurisdiction as a mare clausum. A court ofarbitration, meeting in Paris in 1893, decided against the claim ofthe United States, but established regulations for the preservationof the fur seal."
"BERKELEIAN",",a.Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism;as, Berkeleian philosophy.-- Berke'ley*ism, n."
"BERLIN","A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and theditch."
"BERMUDA GRASS","A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in theSouthern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is nowwide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and inBermuda, devil grass."
"BERMUDA LILY","The large white lily (Lilium longiflorum eximium, syn. L.Harrisii) which is extensively cultivated in Bermuda."
"BERNA FLY","A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which laysits eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where thelarv\u00e6 do great injury."
"BERNACLE","See Barnacle."
"BERNARDINE","Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to theCistercian monks.-- n."
"BERNESE","Pertaining to the city o -- n. sing. & pl."
"BERNICLE","A bernicle goose. [Written also barnacle.] Bernicle goose(Zo\u00f6l.), a goose (Branta leucopsis), of Arctic Europe and America. Itwas formerly believed that it hatched from the cirripeds of the sea(Lepas), which were, therefore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, orAnatifers. The name is also applied to other related species. SeeAnatifa and Cirripedia."
"BERNOUSE","Some as Burnoose."
"BEROB","To rob; to plunder. [Obs.]"
"BEROE","A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to theCtenophora."
"BERRETTA","A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman CatholicChurch. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clericsis black, except that a bishop's is lined with green. [Also speltberetta, biretta, etc.]"
"BERRIED","Furnished with berries; consisting of a berry; baccate; as, aberried shrub."
"BERRY","A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, havingseeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry."
"BERRYING","A seeking for or gathering of berries, esp. of such as growwild."
"BERSEEM","An Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum) extensivelycultivated as a forage plant and soil-renewing crop in the alkalinesoils of the Nile valley, and now introduced into the southwesternUnited States. It is more succulent than other clovers or thanalfalfa. Called also Egyptian clover."
"BERSTLE","See Bristle. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BERTHA","A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies."
"BERTHAGE","A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor."
"BERTHIERITE","A double sulphide of antimony and iron, of a dark steel-graycolor."
"BERTHING","The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.Smyth."
"BERTILLON SYSTEM","A system for the identification of persons by a physicaldescription based upon anthropometric measurements, notes ofmarkings, deformities, color, impression of thumb lines, etc."
"BERTRAM","Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum)."
"BERYCOID","Of or pertaining to the Berycid\u00e6, a family of marine fishes."
"BERYL","A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of muchbeauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluishgreen color, but also yellow, pink, and white. It is a silicate ofaluminium and glucinum (beryllium). The aquamarine is a transparent,sea-green variety used as a gem. The emerald is another varietyhighly prized in jewelry, and distinguished by its deep color, whichis probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium."
"BERYLLINE","Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green color."
"BERYLLIUM","A metallic element found in the beryl. See Glucinum."
"BERYLLOID","A solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid; -- socalled because the planes of this form occur on crystals of beryl."
"BES-ANTLER","Same as Bez-antler."
"BESAINT","To make a saint of."
"BESANT","See Bezant."
"BESCORN","To treat with scorn. 'Then was he bescorned.' Chaucer."
"BESCRATCH","To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches."
"BESCRAWL","To cover with scrawls; to scribble over. Milton."
"BESCREEN","To cover with a screen, or as with a screen; to shelter; toconceal. Shak."
"BESCRIBBLE","To scribble over. 'Bescribbled with impertinences.' Milton."
"BESEE","To see; to look; to mind. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"BESEECH","Solicitation; supplication. [Obs. or Poetic] Shak."
"BESEECHER","One who beseeches."
"BESEECHING","Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look.-- Be*seech'ing*ly, adv.-- Be*seech'ing*ness, n."
"BESEECHMENT","The act of beseeching or entreating earnestly. [R.] Goodwin."
"BESEEK","To beseech. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BESEEM","Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one)to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, orworthy of; to become; to befit.A duty well beseeming the preachers. Clarendon.What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to GodHocker."
"BESEEMING","Becoming; suitable. [Archaic] -- Be*seem'ing*ly, adv.-- Be*seem'ing*ness, n."
"BESEEMLY","Fit; suitable; becoming. [Archaic]In beseemly order sitten there. Shenstone."
"BESETMENT","The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, thatwhich besets one, as a sin. 'Fearing a besetment.' Kane."
"BESETTER","One who, or that which, besets."
"BESETTING","Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as,a besetting sin."
"BESHINE","To shine upon; to ullumine."
"BESHOW","A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacificcoast; -- called also candlefish."
"BESHREW","To curse; to execrate.Beshrew me, but I love her heartily. Shak."
"BESHROUD","To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to screen."
"BESHUT","To shut up or out. [Obs.]"
"BESIDES","Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to;other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside.Besides your cheer, you shall have sport. Shak."
"BESIEGE","To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose ofcompelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset.Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost. Shak."
"BESIEGEMENT","The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged. Golding."
"BESIEGER","One who besieges; -- opposed to the besieged."
"BESIEGING","That besieges; laying siege to.-- Be*sie'ging*ly, adv."
"BESIT","To suit; to fit; to become. [Obs.]"
"BESLABBER","To beslobber."
"BESLAVE","To enslave. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"BESLAVER","To defile with slaver; to beslobber."
"BESLIME","To daub with slime; to soil. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"BESLOBBER","To slobber on; to smear with spittle running from the mouth.Also Fig.: as, to beslobber with praise."
"BESLUBBER","To beslobber."
"BESMEAR","To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; tosoil.Besmeared with precious balm. Spenser."
"BESMEARER","One that besmears."
"BESMIRCH","To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor;to sully. Shak."
"BESMUT","To blacken with smut; to foul with soot."
"BESNUFF","To befoul with snuff. Young."
"BESOGNE","A worthless fellow; a bezonian. [Obs.]"
"BESOM","A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweepsaway or destroys. [Archaic or Fig.]I will sweep it with the besom of destruction. Isa. xiv. 23.The housemaid with her besom. W. Irving."
"BESOMER","One who uses a besom. [Archaic]"
"BESORT","To assort or be congruous with; to fit, or become. [Obs.]Such men as may besort your age. Shak."
"BESOT","To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; toinfatuate.Fools besotted with their crimes. Hudibras."
"BESOTTED","Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized bydrunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied. 'Besotted devotion.'Sir W. Scott.-- Be*sot'ted*ly, adv.-- Be*sot'ted*ness, n. Milton."
"BESOTTINGLY","In a besotting manner."
"BESOUGHT","of Beseech."
"BESPANGLE","To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with somethingbrilliant or glittering.The grass . . . is all bespangled with dewdrops. Cowper."
"BESPAWL","To daub, soil, or make foul with spawl or spittle. [Obs.]Milton."
"BESPEAK","To speak. [Obs.] Milton."
"BESPEAKER","One who bespeaks."
"BESPECKLE","To mark with speckles or spots. Milton."
"BESPEW","To soil or daub with spew; to vomit on."
"BESPICE","To season with spice, or with some spicy drug. Shak."
"BESPIRT","Same as Bespurt."
"BESPIT","To daub or soil with spittle. Johnson."
"BESPOKE","imp. & p. p. of Bespeak."
"BESPOT","To mark with spots, or as with spots."
"BESPREAD","To spread or cover over.The carpet which bespread His rich pavilion's floor. Glover."
"BESPRENT","Sprinkled over; strewed.His face besprent with liquid crystal shines. Shenstone.The floor with tassels of fir was besprent. Longfellow."
"BESPRINKLE","To sprinkle over; to scatter over.The bed besprinkles, and bedews the ground. Dryden."
"BESPRINKLER","One who, or that which, besprinkles."
"BESPRINKLING","The act of sprinkling anything; a sprinkling over."
"BESPURT","To spurt on or over; to asperse. [Obs.] Milton."
"BESSEMER STEEL","Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion ofthe carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through theagency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; --so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventorof the process."
"BEST","Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing,or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of ourability. At best, in the utmost degree or extent applicable to thecase; under the most favorable circumstances; as, life is at bestvery short.-- For best, finally. [Obs.] 'Those constitutions . . . are nowestablished for best, and not to be mended.' Milton.-- To get the best of, to gain an advantage over, whether fairly orunfairly.-- To make the best of. (a) To improve to the utmost; to use ordispose of to the greatest advantage. 'Let there be freedom to carrytheir commodities where they can make the best of them.' Bacon. (b)To reduce to the least possible inconvenience; as, to make the bestof ill fortune or a bad bargain."
"BESTAD","Beset; put in peril. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BESTAIN","To stain."
"BESTAR","To sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to decorate with, or aswith, stars; to bestud. 'Bestarred with anemones.' W. Black."
"BESTIAL","A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kindsof bestial. [Scot.]"
"BESTIALIZE","To make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize.The process of bestializing humanity. Hare."
"BESTIALLY","In a bestial manner."
"BESTIARY","A treatise on beasts; esp., one of the moralizing orallegorical beast tales written in the Middle Ages."
"BESTICK","To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark byinfixing points or spots here and there; to pierce.Truth shall retire Bestuck with slanderous darts. Milton."
"BESTILL","To make still."
"BESTIR","To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life andvigor; -- usually with the reciprocal pronoun.You have so bestirred your valor. Shak.Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Milton."
"BESTORM","To storm. Young."
"BESTOWAL","The act of bestowing; disposal."
"BESTOWER","One that bestows."
"BESTRADDLE","To bestride."
"BESTRAUGHT","Out of one's senses; distracted; mad. [Obs.] Shak."
"BESTREAK","To streak."
"BESTREW","To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle. [Spelt also bestrow.]Milton."
"BESTRODE","imp. & p. p. of Bestride."
"BESTROWN","p. p. of Bestrew."
"BESTUCK","imp. & p. p. Bestick."
"BESTUD","To set or adorn, as with studs or bosses; to set thickly; tostud; as, to bestud with stars. Milton."
"BESWIKE","To lure; to cheat. [Obs.] Gower."
"BET","That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties,upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act ofgiving such a pledge; a wager. 'Having made his bets.' Goldsmith."
"BETA","The second letter of the Greek alphabet, B, b. See B, and cf.etymology of Alphabet. Beta (B, b) is used variously for classifying,as:(a) (Astron.) To designate some bright star, usually the secondbrightest, of a constellation, as, b Aurig\u00e6.(b) (Chem.) To distinguish one of two or more isomers; also, toindicate the position of substituting atoms or groups in certaincompounds; as, b-naphthol. With acids, it commonly indicates that thesubstituent is in union with the carbon atom next to that to whichthe carboxyl group is attached."
"BETA RAYS","Penetrating rays readily deflected by a magnetic or electricfield, emitted by radioactive substances, as radium. They consist ofnegatively charged particles or electrons, apparently the same inkind as those of the cathode rays, but having much higher velocities(about 35,000 to 180,000 miles per second)."
"BETAINE","A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and alsooccurring naturally in beetroot molasses and its residues, from whichit is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called alsolycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste."
"BETAUGHT","Delivered; committed in trust. [Obs.]"
"BETE","To better; to mend. See Beete. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BETE NOIRE","Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear."
"BETEELA","An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc.[Obs.]"
"BETEL","A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which arechewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by theinhabitants of the East Indies. I is a woody climber with ovatemanynerved leaves."
"BETEL NUT","The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East withbetel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime."
"BETELGUESE","A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder ofOrion. [Written also Betelgeux and Betelgeuse.]"
"BETHABARA WOOD","A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree isunknown, but it is thought to be East Indian."
"BETHINK","To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection,reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generallyfollowed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before thesubject of thought.I have bethought me of another fault. Shak.The rest . . . may . . . bethink themselves, and recover. Milton.We bethink a means to break it off. Shak."
"BETHLEHEM","In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a churchedifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made. Audsley."
"BETHOUGHT","imp. & p. p. of Bethink."
"BETHRALL","To reduce to thralldom; to inthrall. [Obs.] Spenser."
"BETHUMB","To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books. Poe."
"BETHUMP","To beat or thump soundly. Shak."
"BETIDE","To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide thewanderer.What will betide the few Milton."
"BETITLE","To furnish with a title or titles; to entitle. [Obs.] Carlyle."
"BETON","The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after theFrench fashion."
"BETONGUE","To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult."
"BETONY","A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.)."
"BETOOK","of Betake."
"BETORN","Torn in pieces; tattered."
"BETOSS","To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss. 'Mybetossed soul.' Shak."
"BETRAYAL","The act or the result of betraying."
"BETRAYER","One who, or that which, betrays."
"BETRAYMENT","Betrayal. [R.] Udall."
"BETRIM","To set in order; to adorn; to deck, to embellish; to trim.Shak."
"BETROTHAL","The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutualpromise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between thepersons betrothed; betrothment; affiance. 'The feast of betrothal.'Longfellow."
"BETROTHMENT","The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed;betrothal."
"BETRUST","To trust or intrust. [Obs.]"
"BETRUSTMENT","The act of intrusting, or the thing intrusted. [Obs.] Chipman."
"BETSO","A small brass Venetian coin. [Obs.]"
"BETTER","To become better; to improve. Carlyle."
"BETTERMENT","An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mererepairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. [U. S.] Bouvier."
"BETTERMOST","Best. [R.] 'The bettermost classes.' Brougham."
"BETTONG","A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus Bettongia;the jerboa kangaroo."
"BETTOR","One who bets; a better. Addison."
"BETTY","A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open. [Written alsobettee.]The powerful betty, or the artful picklock. Arbuthnot."
"BETULIN","A substance of a resinous nature, obtained from the outer barkof the common European birch (Betula alba), or from the tar preparedtherefrom; -- called also birch camphor. Watts."
"BETUMBLE","To throw into disorder; to tumble. [R.]From her betumbled couch she starteth. Shak."
"BETUTOR","To tutor; to instruct. Coleridge."
"BETWEEN","Intermediate time or space; interval. [Poetic & R.] Shak."
"BEURRE","A beurr\u00e9 (or buttery) pear, one with the meas, Beurr\u00e9 d'Anjou;Beurr\u00e9 Clairgeau."
"BEVEL","To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of."
"BEVEL GEAR","A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie indifferent planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to thesurfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where theaxes of the wheels would meet."
"BEVELMENT","The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equallyinclined to the including faces or adjacent planes."
"BEVER","A light repast between meals; a lunch. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"BEVILE","A chief broken or opening like a carpenter's bevel. Encyc.Brit."
"BEWAIL","To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wailover.Hath widowed and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour bewail theinjury. Shak."
"BEWAILABLE","Such as may, or ought to, be bewailed; lamentable."
"BEWAILER","One who bewails or laments."
"BEWAILING","Wailing over; lamenting.-- Be*wail'ing*ly, adv."
"BEWAILMENT","The act of bewailing."
"BEWAKE","To keep watch over; to keep awake. [Obs.] Gower."
"BEWARE","To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for. [Obs.] 'Priest,beware your beard.' Shak.To wish them beware the son. Milton."
"BEWASH","To drench or souse with water. 'Let the maids bewash the men.'Herrick."
"BEWEEP","To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. 'His timelessdeath beweeping.' Drayton."
"BEWET","To wet or moisten. Gay."
"BEWIG","To cover (the head) with a wig. Hawthorne."
"BEWILDER","To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plainpath; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confusegreatly.Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. Addison."
"BEWILDERED","Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind."
"BEWILDEREDNESS","The state of being bewildered; bewilderment. [R.]"
"BEWILDERING","Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewilderingdifficulties.-- Be*wil'der*ing*ly, adv."
"BEWINTER","To make wintry. [Obs.]"
"BEWIT","A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to ahawk's legs."
"BEWITCHEDNESS","The state of being bewitched. Gauden."
"BEWITCHER","One who bewitches."
"BEWITCHERY","The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm;fascination.There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South."
"BEWITCHING","Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating;charming.-- Be*witch'ing*ly, adv.-- Be*witch'ing*ness, n."
"BEWRAP","To wrap up; to cover. Fairfax."
"BEWRAY","To soil. See Beray."
"BEWRAYER","One who, or that which, bewrays; a revealer. [Obs. or Archaic]Addison."
"BEWRAYMENT","Betrayal. [R.]"
"BEWRECK","To wreck. [Obs.]"
"BEWREKE","To wreak; to avenge. [Obs.] Ld. Berners."
"BEWROUGHT","Embroidered. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"BEY","A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions;also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey ofTunis."
"BEYLIC","The territory ruled by a bey."
"BEYOND","Further away; at a distance; yonder.Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing. Spenser."
"BEZ-ANTLER","The second branch of a stag's horn."
"BEZANT","A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin calledbezant. Burke."
"BEZEL","The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object,as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set."
"BEZIQUE","A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in thehand, when declared, score points."
"BEZOAR","A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certainruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvianllama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and acertain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence:Any antidote or panacea."
"BEZOARDIC","Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar.-- n."
"BEZONIAN","A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar.Great men oft die by vile bezonians. Shak."
"BEZPOPOVTSY","A Russian sect. See Raskolnik."
"BEZZLE","To plunder; to waste in riot. [Obs.]"
"BHANG","An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves andseed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked inthe East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh."
"BHUNDER","An Indian monkey (Macacus Rhesus), protected by the Hindoos assacred. See Rhesus."
"BIACID","Having two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negativeatoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of bases. See Diacid."
"BIACUMINATE","Having points in two directions."
"BIANGULAR","Having two angles or corners."
"BIANGULOUS","Biangular. [R.]"
"BIANNUAL","Occurring twice a year; half-yearly; semiannual."
"BIANTHERIFEROUS","Having two anthers."
"BIARTICULATE","Having, or consisting of, tow joints."
"BIAS","In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, tocut cloth bias."
"BIAURICULATE","Having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, andreptiles."
"BIB","An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; -- calledalso pout and whiting pout."
"BIBACIOUS","Addicted to drinking."
"BIBACITY","The practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling. Blount."
"BIBASIC","Having to hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by positive orbasic atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of acids. See Dibasic."
"BIBB","A bibcock. See Bib, n., 3."
"BIBBER","One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; atippler; -- chiefly used in composition; as, winebibber."
"BIBBLE-BABBLE","Idle talk; babble. Shak."
"BIBBS","Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast tp supportthe trestletrees."
"BIBCOCK","A cock or faucet having a bent down nozzle. Knight."
"BIBELOT","A small decorative object without practical utility."
"BIBIRINE","See Bebeerine."
"BIBITORY","Of or pertaining to drinking or tippling."
"BIBLE","A book with an authoritative exposition of some topic,respected by many experts on the field. Bible Society, an associationfor securing the multiplication and wide distribution of the Bible.-- Douay Bible. See Douay Bible.-- Geneva Bible. See under Geneva."
"BIBLER","A great drinker; a tippler. [Written also bibbler andbibbeler.]"
"BIBLICAL","Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible; as, biblicallearning; biblical authority."
"BIBLICALITY","The quality of being biblical; a biblical subject. [R.]"
"BIBLICALLY","According to the Bible."
"BIBLICISM","Learning or literature relating to the Bible. [R.]"
"BIBLICIST","One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible; a demonstrator ofreligious truth by the Scriptures."
"BIBLIOGRAPH","Bibliographer."
"BIBLIOGRAPHER","One who writes, or is versed in, bibliography."
"BIBLIOGRAPHY","A history or description of books and manuscripts, with noticesof the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc."
"BIBLIOLATRY","Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholicdivine Coleridge. F. W. Newman."
"BIBLIOLOGICAL","Relating to bibliology."
"BIBLIOMANCY","A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages ofScripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerningfuture events."
"BIBLIOMANIA","A mania for acquiring books."
"BIBLIOMANIAC","One who has a mania for books.-- a."
"BIBLIOMANIACAL","Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac."
"BIBLIOPEGIC","Relating to the binding of books. [R.]"
"BIBLIOPEGIST","A bookbinder."
"BIBLIOPEGISTIC","Pertaining to the art of binding books. [R.] Dibdin."
"BIBLIOPEGY","The art of binding books. [R.]"
"BIBLIOPHILE","A lover of books."
"BIBLIOPHILISM","Love of books."
"BIBLIOPHILIST","A lover of books."
"BIBLIOPHOBIA","A dread of books. [R.]"
"BIBLIOPOLE","One who sells books."
"BIBLIOPOLISM","The trade or business of selling books."
"BIBLIOPOLIST","Same as Bibliopole."
"BIBLIOPOLISTIC","Of or pertaining to bibliopolism. Dibdin."
"BIBLIOTHEC","A librarian."
"BIBLIOTHECA","A library."
"BIBLIOTHECAL","Belonging to a library. Byrom."
"BIBLIOTHECARY","A librarian. [Obs.] Evelin."
"BIBLIOTHEKE","A library. [Obs.] Bale."
"BIBRACTEATE","Furnished with, or having, two bracts."
"BIBULOUSLY","In a bibulous manner; with profuse imbibition or absorption. DeQuincey."
"BICALCARATE","Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird."
"BICAMERAL","Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislativebranches. Bentham."
"BICAPSULAR","Having two capsules; as, a bicapsular pericarp."
"BICARBONATE","A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid isreplaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportionof the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in thenormal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes calledsupercarbonate."
"BICARINATE","Having two keel-like projections, as the upper palea ofgrasses."
"BICAUDAL","Having, or terminating in, two tails."
"BICAUDATE","Two-tailed; bicaudal."
"BICCHED","Pecked; pitted; notched. [Obs.] Chaucer. Bicched bones, pecked,or notched, bones; dice."
"BICENTENARY","Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as,a bicentenary celebration.-- n."
"BICENTENNIAL","The two hundredth year or anniversary, or its celebration."
"BICEPHALOUS","Having two heads."
"BICEPS","A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularlyto a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh."
"BICHIR","A remarkable ganoid fish (Polypterus bichir) found in the Nileand other African rivers. See Brachioganoidei."
"BICHLORIDE","A compound consisting of two atoms of chlorine with one or moreatoms of another element; -- called also dichloride. Bichloride ofmercury, mercuric chloride; -- sometimes called corrosive sublimate."
"BICHO","See Jigger."
"BICHROMATE","A salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the otheringredients; as, potassium bichromate; -- called also dichromate."
"BICHROMATIZE","To combine or treat with a bichromate, esp. with bichromate ofpotassium; as, bichromatized gelatine."
"BICIPITAL","Dividing into two parts at one extremity; having two heads ortwo supports; as, a bicipital tree."
"BICIPITOUS","Having two heads; bicipital. 'Bicipitous serpents.' Sir T.Browne."
"BICKER","A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub.[Prov. Eng.]"
"BICKERER","One who bickers."
"BICKERMENT","Contention. [Obs.] Spenser."
"BICKERN","An anvil ending in a beak or point (orig. in two beaks); also,the beak or horn itself."
"BICOLLIGATE","Having the anterior toes connected by a basal web."
"BICONCAVE","Concave on both sides; as, biconcave vertebr\u00e6."
"BICONJUGATE","Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice. Gray."
"BICONVEX","Convex on both sides; as, a biconvex lens."
"BICORPORAL","Having two bodies."
"BICORPORATE","Double-bodied, as a lion having one head and two bodies."
"BICOSTATE","Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as a leaf."
"BICRENATE","Twice crenated, as in the case of leaves whose crenatures arethemselves crenate."
"BICRESCENTIC","Having the form of a double crescent."
"BICRURAL","Having two legs. Hooker."
"BICUSPID","One of the two double-pointed teeth which intervene between thecanines (cuspids) and the molars, on each side of each jaw. SeeTooth, n."
"BICYANIDE","See Dicyanide."
"BICYCLE","A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It hasa saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranksor levers."
"BICYCLER","One who rides a bicycle."
"BICYCLIC","Relating to bicycles."
"BICYCLING","The use of a bicycle; the act or practice of riding a bicycle."
"BICYCLISM","The art of riding a bicycle."
"BICYCLIST","A bicycler."
"BICYCULAR","Relating to bicycling."
"BID","imp. & p. p. of Bid."
"BIDALE","An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house,and there to contribute in charity for his relief. [Prov. Eng.]"
"BIDDABLE","Obedient; docile. [Scot.]"
"BIDDEN","of Bid."
"BIDDER","One who bids or offers a price. Burke."
"BIDDERY WARE","A kind of metallic ware made in India. The material is acomposition of zinc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold andsilver are inlaid or damascened. [Spelt also bidry, bidree, bedery,beder.]"
"BIDDING PRAYER","The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before thesermon."
"BIDDY","A name used in calling a hen or chicken. Shak."
"BIDENT","An instrument or weapon with two prongs."
"BIDENTAL","Having two teeth. Swift."
"BIDENTATE","Having two teeth or two toothlike processes; two-toothed."
"BIDIGITATE","Having two fingers or fingerlike projections."
"BIDING","Residence; habitation. Rowe."
"BIELD","A shelter. Same as Beild. [Scot.]"
"BIELID","See Andromede."
"BIENNIAL","Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants whichform roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second."
"BIENNIALLY","Once in two years."
"BIER","A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.Knight."
"BIERBALK","A church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals.[Obs.] Homilies."
"BIFACIAL","Having the opposite surfaces alike."
"BIFARIOUS","Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sidesof a branch; in two vertical rows."
"BIFARIOUSLY","In a bifarious manner."
"BIFEROUS","Bearing fruit twice a year."
"BIFID","Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle; opening witha cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins."
"BIFIDATE","See Bifid."
"BIFILAR","Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilarsuspension; a bifilar balance. Bifilar micrometer (often called abifilar), an instrument form measuring minute distances or angles bymeans of two very minute threads (usually spider lines), one ofwhich, at least, is movable; -- more commonly called a filarmicrometer."
"BIFLABELLATE","Flabellate on both sides."
"BIFLAGELLATE","Having two long, narrow, whiplike appendages."
"BIFOCAL","Having two foci, as some spectacle lenses."
"BIFOLD","Twofold; double; of two kinds, degrees, etc. Shak."
"BIFOLIATE","Having two leaves; two-leaved."
"BIFOLIOLATE","Having two leaflets, as some compound leaves."
"BIFORATE","Having two perforations."
"BIFORINE","An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain plants ofthe order Arace\u00e6. It has an opening at each end through whichraphides, generated inside, are discharged."
"BIFORKED","Bifurcate."
"BIFORM","Having two forms, bodies, or shapes. Croxall."
"BIFORMED","Having two forms. Johnson."
"BIFORMITY","A double form."
"BIFORN","Before. [Obs.]"
"BIFOROUS","See Biforate."
"BIFRONTED","Having two fronts. 'Bifronted Janus.' Massinger."
"BIFURCATE","To divide into two branches."
"BIFURCATION","A forking, or division into two branches."
"BIFURCOUS","See Bifurcate, a. [R.] Coles."
"BIG","Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind.'Bear interchanges in local use, now with barley, now with bigg.' NewEnglish Dict."
"BIG BEND STATE","Tennessee; -- a nickname."
"BIG-BELLIED","Having a great belly; as, a big-bellied man or flagon; advancedin pregnancy."
"BIG-WIGGED","characterized by pomposity of manner. [Eng.]"
"BIGA","A two-horse chariot."
"BIGAM","A bigamist. [Obs.]"
"BIGAMIST","One who is guilty of bigamy. Ayliffe."
"BIGAMOUS","Guilty of bigamy; involving bigamy; as, a bigamous marriage."
"BIGAMY","The offense of marrying one person when already legally marriedto another. Wharton."
"BIGEMINATE","Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end ofeach division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompoundleaf."
"BIGENTIAL","Including two tribes or races of men."
"BIGEYE","A fish of the genus Priacanthus, remarkable for the large sizeof the eye."
"BIGG","See Big, n. & v."
"BIGGEN","To make or become big; to enlarge. [Obs. or Dial.] Steele."
"BIGGER",", compar. of Big."
"BIGGEST",", superl. of Big."
"BIGGIN","A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head.An old woman's biggin for a nightcap. Massinger."
"BIGHA","A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre toan acre."
"BIGHORN","The Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis or Caprovis montana)."
"BIGHT","A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin."
"BIGLANDULAR","Having two glands, as a plant."
"BIGLY","In a tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily; violently.He brawleth bigly. Robynson (More's Utopia. )"
"BIGNESS","The state or quality of being big; largeness; size; bulk."
"BIGNONIA","A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs,having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B.capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. Thetrumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus."
"BIGNONIACEOUS","Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of whichthe trumpet flower is an example."
"BIGOT","Bigoted. [Obs.]In a country more bigot than ours. Dryden."
"BIGOTED","Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinionpractice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, andilliberal toward the opinions of others. 'Bigoted to strife.' Byron."
"BIGOTEDLY","In the manner of a bigot."
"BIGWIG","A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society. [Jocose]In our youth we have heard him spoken of by the bigwigs with extremecondescension. Dickens."
"BIHYDROGURET","A compound of two atoms of hydrogen with some other substance.[Obs.]"
"BIJOU","A trinket; a jewel; -- a word applied to anything small and ofelegant workmanship."
"BIJOUTRY","Small articles of virtu, as jewelry, trinkets, etc."
"BIJUGATE","Having two pairs, as of leaflets."
"BIJUGOUS","Bijugate."
"BIKE","A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm. [Scot.] Sir W.Scott."
"BIKH","The East Indian name of a virulent poison extracted fromAconitum ferox or other species of aconite: also, the plant itself."
"BILABIATE","Having two lips, as the corols of certain flowers."
"BILACINIATE","Doubly fringed."
"BILALO","A two-masted passenger boat or small vessel, used in the bay ofManila."
"BILAND","A byland. [Obs.] Holland."
"BILANDER","A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting,or for use in canals, as in Holland.Why choose we, then, like bilanders to creep Along the coast, andland in view to keep Dryden."
"BILATERAL","Of or pertaining to the two sides of a central area or organ,or of a central axis; as, bilateral symmetry in animals, where thereis a similarity of parts on the right and left sides of the body."
"BILATERALITY","State of being bilateral."
"BILBERRY","The European whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); also, itsedible bluish black fruit.There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. Shak."
"BILBO","A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock atthe end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on boardof ships.Methought I lay Worse than the mutines in the bilboes. Shak."
"BILBOQUET","The toy called cup and ball."
"BILCOCK","The European water rail."
"BILDSTEIN","Same as Agalmatolite."
"BILE","A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline inreaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, whereit aids in the digestive process. Its characteristic constituents arethe bile salts, and coloring matters."
"BILECTION","That portion of a group of moldings which projects beyond thegeneral surface of a panel; a bolection."
"BILESTONE","A gallstone, or biliary calculus. See Biliary. E. Darwin."
"BILGE","That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and mostnearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground."
"BILGY","Having the smell of bilge water."
"BILIARY","Relating or belonging to bile; conveying bile; as, biliaryacids; biliary ducts. Biliary calculus (Med.), a gallstone, or aconcretion formed in the gall bladder or its duct."
"BILIATION","The production and excretion of bile."
"BILIFEROUS","Generating bile."
"BILIFUSCIN","A brownish green pigment found in human gallstones and in oldbile. It is a derivative of bilirubin."
"BILIMENT","A woman's ornament; habiliment. [Obs.]"
"BILIN","A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtainedfrom bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of amixture of the sodium salts of the bile acids."
"BILINEAR","Of, pertaining to, or included by, two lines; as, bilinearco\u00f6rdinates."
"BILINGUAL","Containing, or consisting of, two languages; expressed in twolanguages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary.-- Bi*lin'gual*ly, adv."
"BILINGUALISM","Quality of being bilingual.The bilingualism of King's English. Earle."
"BILINGUAR","See Bilingual."
"BILINGUIST","One versed in two languages."
"BILINGUOUS","Having two tongues, or speaking two languages. [Obs.]"
"BILIOUSNESS","The state of being bilious."
"BILIPRASIN","A dark green pigment found in small quantity in humangallstones."
"BILIRUBIN","A reddish yellow pigment present in human bile, and in thatfrom carnivorous and herbivorous animals; the normal biliary pigment."
"BILITERAL","Consisting of two letters; as, a biliteral root of a Sanskritverb. Sir W. Jones.-- n."
"BILITERALISM","The property or state of being biliteral."
"BILIVERDIN","A green pigment present in the bile, formed from bilirubin byoxidation."
"BILK","To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, bynonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slipto; as, to bilk a creditor. Thackeray."
"BILL","A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.Milton."
"BILL BOOK","A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills,bills of exchange, etc., thus showing all that he issues andreceives."
"BILL BROKER","One who negotiates the discount of bills."
"BILLABONG","In Australia, a blind channel leading out from a river; --sometimes called an anabranch. This is the sense of the word as usedin the Public Works Department; but the term has also been locallyapplied to mere back-waters forming stagnant pools and to certainwater channels arising from a source."
"BILLAGE","and v. t. & i. Same as Bilge."
"BILLARD","An English fish, allied to the cod; the coalfish. [Written alsobillet and billit.]"
"BILLBOARD","A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed onthe bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of theanchor to rest on. Totten."
"BILLED","Furnished with, or having, a bill, as a bird; -- used incomposition; as, broad-billed."
"BILLET","To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: Toquarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses.Billeted in so antiquated a mansion. W. Irving."
"BILLET-DOUX","A love letter or note.A lover chanting out a billet-doux. Spectator."
"BILLETHEAD","A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat,around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off."
"BILLFISH","A name applied to several distinct fishes: (a) The garfish(Tylosurus, or Belone, longirostris) and allied species. (b) Thesaury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus). (c)The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to theswordfish; the spearfish. (d) The American fresh-water garpike(Lepidosteus osseus)."
"BILLHEAD","A printed form, used by merchants in making out bills orrendering accounts."
"BILLHOOK","A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruninghedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called ahand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter."
"BILLIARD","Of or pertaining to the game of billiards. 'Smooth as is abilliard ball.' B. Jonson."
"BILLIARDS","A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangulartable, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel hisball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) twoother balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with whichthe table sometimes is furnished."
"BILLING","Caressing; kissing."
"BILLION","According to the French and American method of numeration, athousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method,a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration."
"BILLMAN","One who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked ax. 'A billmanof the guard.' Savile."
"BILLON","An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copperor other base metal, used in coinage."
"BILLOT","Bullion in the bar or mass."
"BILLOW","To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate.'The billowing snow.' Prior."
"BILLOWY","Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into largewaves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.And whitening down the many-tinctured stream, Descends the billowyfoam. Thomson."
"BILLY","A slubbing or roving machine."
"BILLY GOAT","A male goat. [Colloq.]"
"BILLYBOY","A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel. [Eng.]"
"BILOBATE","Divided into two lobes or segments."
"BILOBED","Bilobate."
"BILOCATION","Double location; the state or power of being in two places atthe same instant; -- a miraculous power attributed to some of thesaints. Tylor."
"BILOCULAR","Divided into two cells or compartments; as, a bilocularpericarp. Gray."
"BILSTED","See Sweet gum."
"BILTONG","Lean meat cut into strips and sun-dried. H. R. Haggard."
"BIMACULATE","Having, or marked with, two spots."
"BIMANA","Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man asa special order of Mammalia."
"BIMANOUS","Having two hands; two-handed."
"BIMARGINATE","Having a double margin, as certain shells."
"BIMASTISM","The condition of having two mamm\u00e6 or teats."
"BIMEDIAL","Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurableonly in power (as the side and diagonal of a square)."
"BIMEMBRAL","Having two members; as, a bimembral sentence. J. W. Gibbs."
"BIMENSAL","See Bimonthly, a. [Obs. or R.]"
"BIMESTRIAL","Continuing two months. [R.]"
"BIMETALLIC","Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (asgold and silver) for a system of coins or currency."
"BIMETALLISM","The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in thecurrency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in opposition tomonometallism."
"BIMETALLIST","An advocate of bimetallism."
"BIMOLECULAR","Pertaining to, or formed from, two molecules; as, a bimolecularreaction (a reaction between two molecules)."
"BIMONTHLY","Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthlyvisits; bimonthly publications.-- n."
"BIMUSCULAR","Having two adductor muscles, as a bivalve mollusk."
"BIN","A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle forany commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin."
"BINAL","Twofold; double. [R.] 'Binal revenge, all this.' Ford."
"BINARSENIATE","A salt having two equivalents of arsenic acid to one of thebase. Graham."
"BINARY","Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterizedby two (things). Binary arithmetic, that in which numbers areexpressed according to the binary scale, or in which two figuresonly, 0 and 1, are used, in lieu of ten; the cipher multiplyingeverything by two, as in common arithmetic by ten. Thus, 1 is one; 10is two; 11 is three; 100 is four, etc. Davies & Peck.-- Binary compound (Chem.), a compound of two elements, or of anelement and a compound performing the function of an element, or oftwo compounds performing the function of elements.-- Binary logarithms, a system of logarithms devised by Euler forfacilitating musical calculations, in which 1 is logarithm of 2,instead of 10, as in the common logarithms, and the modulus 1.442695instead of .43429448.-- Binary measure (Mus.), measure divisible by two or four; commontime.-- Binary nomenclature (Nat. Hist.), nomenclature in which the namesdesignate both genus and species.-- Binary scale (Arith.), a uniform scale of notation whose ratio istwo.-- Binary star (Astron.), a double star whose members have arevolution round their common center of gravity.-- Binary theory (Chem.), the theory that all chemical compoundsconsist of two constituents of opposite and unlike qualities."
"BINATE","Double; growing in pairs or couples. Gray."
"BINAURAL","Of or pertaining to, or used by, both ears."
"BINBASHI","A major in the Turkish army."
"BIND","Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron. Kirwan."
"BINDERY","A place where books, or other articles, are bound; abookbinder's establishment."
"BINDHEIMITE","An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alterationof other ores, as from jamesonite."
"BINDING","That binds; obligatory. Binding beam (Arch.), the main timberin double flooring.-- Binding joist (Arch.), the secondary timber in double-framedflooring."
"BINDING POST","A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus forconvenience in making connections."
"BINDING SCREW","A set screw used to bind parts together, esp. one for making aconnection in an electrical circuit."
"BINDINGLY","So as to bind."
"BINDINGNESS","The condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality.Coleridge."
"BINDWEED","A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed (C.Sepium); lesser bindweed (C. arvensis); the white, the blue, theSyrian, bindweed. The black bryony, or Tamus, is called blackbindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed.The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings. Tennyson."
"BINE","The winding or twining stem of a hop vine or other climbingplant."
"BINERVATE","Two-nerved; -- applied to leaves which have two longitudinalribs or nerves."
"BING","A heap or pile; as, a bing of wood. 'Potato bings.' Burns. 'Abing of corn.' Surrey. [Obs. or Dial. Eng. & Scot.]"
"BINIODIDE","Same as Diiodide."
"BINK","A bench. [North of Eng. & Scot.]"
"BINNACLE","A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compassof a ship, and a light to show it at night. Totten."
"BINNY","A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile,and much esteemed for food."
"BINOCLE","A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as toenable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double-barreled field glass or an opera glass."
"BINOCULAR","A binocular glass, whether opera glass, telescope, ormicroscope."
"BINOCULARLY","In a binocular manner."
"BINOCULATE","Having two eyes."
"BINOMIAL","An expression consisting of two terms connected by the signplus (+) or minus (-); as, a+b, or 7-3."
"BINOMINAL","Of or pertaining to two names; binomial."
"BINOMINOUS","Binominal. [Obs.]"
"BINOTONOUS","Consisting of two notes; as, a binotonous cry."
"BINOUS","Same as Binate."
"BINOXALATE","A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of thebase; an acid oxalate."
"BINOXIDE","Same as Dioxide."
"BINTURONG","A small Asiatic civet of the genus Arctilis."
"BINUCLEOLATE","Having two nucleoli."
"BIOBLAST","Same as Bioplast."
"BIOCELLATE","Having two ocelli (eyelike spots); -- said of a wing, etc."
"BIOCHEMISTRY","The chemistry of living organisms; the chemistry of theprocesses incidental to, and characteristic of, life."
"BIODYNAMICS","The doctrine of vital forces or energy."
"BIOGEN","Bioplasm."
"BIOGENETIC","Pertaining to biogenesis."
"BIOGENIST","A believer in the theory of biogenesis."
"BIOGEOGRAPHY","The branch of biology which deals with the geographicaldistribution of animals and plants. It includes both zo\u00f6geography andphytogeography. -- Bi`o*ge`o*graph'ic (#), a. --Bi`o*ge`o*graph'ic*al*ly (#), adv."
"BIOGNOSIS","The investigation of life."
"BIOGRAPH","An animated picture machine for screen projection; acinematograph."
"BIOGRAPHER","One who writes an account or history of the life of aparticular person; a writer of lives, as Plutarch."
"BIOGRAPHIZE","To write a history of the life of. Southey."
"BIOGRAPHY","Of or relating to biology.-- Bi`o*log'ic*al*ly, adv."
"BIOLOGIST","A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology."
"BIOLOGY","The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats ofliving matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the studyof living tissue. It has to do with the origin, structure,development, function, and distribution of animals and plants."
"BIOLYSIS","The destruction of life."
"BIOLYTIC","Relating to the destruction of life."
"BIOMAGNETIC","Relating to biomagnetism."
"BIOMAGNETISM","Animal magnetism."
"BIOMETRY","Measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration ofhuman life."
"BION","The physiological individual, characterized by definiteness andindependence of function, in distinction from the morphologicalindividual or morphon."
"BIONOMY","Physiology. [R.] Dunglison."
"BIOPHOTOPHONE","An instrument combining a cinematograph and a phonograph sothat the moving figures on the screen are accompanied by theappropriate sounds."
"BIOPLASM","A name suggested by Dr. Beale for the germinal matter supposedto be essential to the functions of all living beings; the materialthrough which every form of life manifests itself; unalteredprotoplasm."
"BIOPLASMIC","Pertaining to, or consisting of, bioplasm."
"BIOPLAST","A tiny mass of bioplasm, in itself a living unit and havingformative power, as a living white blood corpuscle; bioblast."
"BIOPLASTIC","Bioplasmic."
"BIORGAN","A physiological organ; a living organ; an organ endowed withfunction; -- distinguished from idorgan."
"BIOSCOPE","A view of life; that which gives such a view."
"BIOSTATICS","The physical phenomena of organized bodies, in opposition totheir organic or vital phenomena."
"BIOSTATISTICS","Vital statistics."
"BIOTAXY","The classification of living organisms according to theirstructural character; taxonomy."
"BIOTIC","Relating to life; as, the biotic principle."
"BIOTITE","Mica containing iron and magnesia, generally of a black or darkgreen color; -- a common constituent of crystalline rocks. See Mica."
"BIPALMATE","Palmately branched, with the branches again palmated."
"BIPARIETAL","Of or pertaining to the diameter of the cranium, from oneparietal fossa to the other."
"BIPAROUS","Bringing forth two at a birth."
"BIPARTIBLE","Capable of being divided into two parts."
"BIPARTIENT","Dividing into two parts.-- n."
"BIPARTILE","Divisible into two parts."
"BIPARTITION","The act of dividing into two parts, or of making twocorrespondent parts, or the state of being so divided."
"BIPED","A two-footed animal, as man."
"BIPELTATE","Having a shell or covering like a double shield."
"BIPENNIS","An ax with an edge or blade on each side of the handle."
"BIPETALOUS","Having two petals."
"BIPINNARIA","The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free-swimming stage."
"BIPINNATIFID","Doubly pinnatifid."
"BIPLANE","An a\u00ebroplane with two main supporting surfaces one above theother."
"BIPLICATE","Twice folded together. Henslow."
"BIPLICITY","The state of being twice folded; reduplication. [R.] Bailey."
"BIPOLAR","Doubly polar; having two poles; as, a bipolar cell orcorpuscle."
"BIPOLARITY","Bipolar quality."
"BIPRISM","A prism whose refracting angle is very nearly 180 degrees."
"BIPUNCTATE","Having two punctures, or spots."
"BIPUNCTUAL","Having two points."
"BIPUPILLATE","Having an eyelike spot on the wing, with two dots within it ofa different color, as in some butterflies."
"BIPYRAMIDAL","Consisting of two pyramids placed base to base; having apyramid at each of the extremities of a prism, as in quartz crystals."
"BIQUADRATE","The fourth power, or the square of the square. Thus 4x4=16, thesquare of 4, and 16x16=256, the biquadrate of 4."
"BIQUADRATIC","Of or pertaining to the biquadrate, or fourth power.Biquadratic equation (Alg.), an equation of the fourth degree, or anequation in some term of which the unknown quantity is raised to thefourth power.-- Biquadratic root of a number, the square root of the square rootof that number. Thus the square root of 81 is 9, and the square rootof 9 is 3, which is the biquadratic root of 81. Hutton."
"BIQUINTILE","An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each otherby twice the fifth part of a great circle -- that is, twice 72degrees."
"BIRAMOUS","Having, or consisting of, two branches."
"BIRCH","Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen."
"BIRCHEN","Of or relating to birch.He passed where Newark's stately tower Looks out from Yarrow'sbirchen bower. Sir W. Scott."
"BIRD","A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. SeeAves."
"BIRD CHERRY","A shrub (Prunus Padus ) found in Northern and Central Europe.It bears small black cherries."
"BIRD OF PARADISE","The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradiseaand allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands.The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkabletail feathers."
"BIRD PEPPER","A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small,conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all redpeppers."
"BIRD-EYED","Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes."
"BIRD-WITTED","Flighty; passing rapidly from one subject to another; nothaving the faculty of attention. Bacon."
"BIRDBOLT","A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.Hence: Anything which smites without penetrating. Shak."
"BIRDCATCHER","One whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler."
"BIRDCATCHING","The art, act, or occupation or catching birds or wild fowls."
"BIRDER","A birdcatcher."
"BIRDIE","A pretty or dear little bird; -- a pet name. Tennyson."
"BIRDIKIN","A young bird. Thackeray."
"BIRDING","Birdcatching or fowling. Shak. Birding piece, a fowling piece.Shak."
"BIRDLET","A little bird; a nestling."
"BIRDLIKE","Resembling a bird."
"BIRDLIME","An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of themiddle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it.When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birdswhich may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares.Not birdlime or Idean pitch produce A more tenacious mass of clammyjuice. Dryden."
"BIRDLING","A little bird; a nestling."
"BIRDMAN","A fowler or birdcatcher."
"BIRDSEED","Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feedingcaged birds."
"BIRDWOMAN","An airwoman; an aviatress. [Colloq.]"
"BIRECTANGULAR","Containing or having two right angles; as, a birectangularspherical triangle."
"BIREME","An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars."
"BIRETTA","Same as Berretta."
"BIRGANDER","See Bergander."
"BIRK","A birch tree. [Prov. Eng.] 'The silver birk.' Tennyson."
"BIRKEN","To whip with a birch or rod. [Obs.]"
"BIRKIE","A lively or mettlesome fellow. [Jocular, Scot.] Burns."
"BIRL","To revolve or cause to revolve; to spin. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"BIRLAW","A law made by husbandmen respecting rural affairs; a rustic orlocal law or by-law. [Written also byrlaw, birlie, birley.]"
"BIRR","To make, or move with, a whirring noise, as of wheels inmotion."
"BIRRUS","A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in theMiddle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders orover the head."
"BIRSE","A bristle or bristles. [Scot.]"
"BIRT","A fish of the turbot kind; the brill. [Written also burt, bret,or brut.] [Prov. Eng.]"
"BIRTH","See Berth. [Obs.] De Foe."
"BIRTHDAY","Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as,birthday gifts or festivities."
"BIRTHDOM","The land of one's birth; one's inheritance. [R.] Shak."
"BIRTHING","Anything added to raise the sides of a ship. Bailey."
"BIRTHLESS","Of mean extraction. [R.] Sir W. Scott."
"BIRTHMARK","Some peculiar mark or blemish on the body at birth.Most part of this noble lineage carried upon their body for a naturalbirthmark, . . . a snake. Sir T. North."
"BIRTHNIGHT","The night in which a person is born; the anniversary of thatnight in succeeding years.The angelic song in Bethlehem field, On thy birthnight, that sungthee Savior born. Milton."
"BIRTHPLACE","The town, city, or country, where a person is born; place oforigin or birth, in its more general sense. 'The birthplace ofvalor.' Burns."
"BIRTHRIGHT","Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person isentitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir,or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights orinheritance of the first born.Lest there be any . . . profane person, as Esau, who for one morselof meat sold his birthright. Heb. xii. 16."
"BIRTHROOT","An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringentrootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties."
"BIRTHWORT","A genus of herbs and shrubs (Aristolochia), reputed to havemedicinal properties."
"BIS","Twice; -- a word showing that something is, or is to be,repeated; as a passage of music, or an item in accounts."
"BISA ANTELOPE","See Oryx."
"BISACCATE","Having two little bags, sacs, or pouches."
"BISCAYAN","Of or pertaining to Biscay in Spain.-- n."
"BISCOTIN","A confection made of flour, sugar, marmalade, and eggs; a sweetbiscuit."
"BISCUIT","A species of white, unglazed porcelain, in which vases,figures, and groups are formed in miniature. Meat biscuit, analimentary preparation consisting of matters extracted from meat byboiling, or of meat ground fine and combined with flour, so as toform biscuits."
"BISCUTATE","Resembling two bucklers placed side by side."
"BISE","A cold north wind which prevails on the northern coasts of theMediterranean and in Switzerland, etc.; -- nearly the same as themistral."
"BISECT","To divide into two equal parts."
"BISECTION","Division into two parts, esp. two equal parts."
"BISECTOR","One who, or that which, bisects; esp. (Geom.) a straight linewhich bisects an angle."
"BISECTRIX","The line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of abiaxial crystal."
"BISEGMENT","One of tow equal parts of a line, or other magnitude."
"BISEPTATE","With two partitions or septa. Gray."
"BISERRATE","Doubly serrate, or having the serratures serrate, as in someleaves."
"BISEXOUS","Bisexual. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"BISEXUAL","Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens andpistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes."
"BISEXUOUS","Bisexual."
"BISEYE","of Besee. [Obs.] Chaucer. Evil biseye, ill looking. [Obs.]"
"BISH","Same as Bikh."
"BISHOP","To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, toreceive formally to favor."
"BISHOP SLEEVE","A wide sleeve, once worn by women."
"BISHOP-STOOL","A bishop's seat or see."
"BISHOPDOM","Jurisdiction of a bishop; episcopate. 'Divine right ofbishopdom.' Milton."
"BISHOPLIKE","Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop. Fulke."
"BISHOPLY","Bishoplike; episcopal. [Obs.]"
"BISHOPRIC","A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort. Longfellow."
"BISIE","To busy; to employ. [Obs.]"
"BISILICATE","A salt of metasilicic acid; -- so called because the ratio ofthe oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one.The bisilicates include many of the most common and importantminerals."
"BISK","Soup or broth made by boiling several sorts of flesh together.King."
"BISMER","The fifteen-spined (Gasterosteus spinachia)."
"BISMILLAH","An adjuration or exclamation common among the Mohammedans.[Written also Bizmillah.]"
"BISMITE","Bismuth trioxide, or bismuth ocher."
"BISMUTH","One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color,crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, andrather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when brokenacross. It melts at 507\u00ba Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of acandle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of someminerals. Specific gravity 9.8. Atomic weight 207.5. Symbol Bi."
"BISMUTHAL","Containing bismuth."
"BISMUTHIC","Of or pertaining to bismuth; containing bismuth, when thiselement has its higher valence; as, bismuthic oxide."
"BISMUTHIFEROUS","Containing bismuth."
"BISMUTHOUS","Of, or containing, bismuth, when this element has its lowervalence."
"BISMUTHYL","Hydrous carbonate of bismuth, an earthy mineral of a dull whiteor yellowish color. [Written also bismuthite.]"
"BISPINOSE","Having two spines."
"BISQUE","Unglazed white porcelain."
"BISSELL TRUCK","A truck for railroad rolling stock, consisting of two ordinaryaxle boxes sliding in guides attached to a triangular frame; --called also pony truck."
"BISSEXTILE","Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to themonth of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every fouryears is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. morethan the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppressthe bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisibleby 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisibleby 400."
"BISSON","Purblind; blinding. [Obs.] 'Bisson rheum.' Shak."
"BISTIPULED","Having two stipules."
"BISTORT","An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta;snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent."
"BISTOURY","A surgical instrument consisting of a slender knife, eitherstraight or curved, generally used by introducing it beneath the partto be divided, and cutting towards the surface."
"BISTRE","See Bister."
"BISULCATE","Cloven; said of a foot or hoof."
"BISULCOUS","Bisulcate. Sir T. Browne."
"BISULPHATE","A sulphate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid isreplaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportionof the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in thenormal sulphates; an acid sulphate."
"BISULPHIDE","A sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; adisulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; -- less frequently calledbisulphuret."
"BISULPHITE","A salt of sulphurous acid in which the base replaces but halfthe hydrogen of the acid; an acid sulphite."
"BISULPHURET","See Bisulphide."
"BIT","To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of."
"BITAKE","To commend; to commit. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BITANGENT","Possessing the property of touching at two points.-- n."
"BITARTRATE","A salt of tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half theacid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream of tartar."
"BITE","A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion ofthe frisket, or something else, intervening between the type andpaper."
"BITERNATE","Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets.-- Bi*ter'nate*ly, adv. Gray."
"BITHEISM","Belief in the existence of two gods; dualism."
"BITING","That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic. 'A bitingaffliction.' 'A biting jest.' Shak."
"BITING IN","The process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, bymeans of an acid. See Etch. G. Francis."
"BITINGLY","In a biting manner."
"BITLESS","Not having a bit or bridle."
"BITSTOCK","A stock or handle for holding and rotating a bit; a brace."
"BITT","See Bitts."
"BITTACLE","A binnacle. [Obs.]"
"BITTEN","of Bite."
"BITTER","AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts. Bitter end, thatpart of a cable which is abaft the bitts, and so within board, whenthe ship rides at anchor."
"BITTER SPAR","A common name of dolomite; -- so called because it containsmagnesia, the soluble salts of which are bitter. See Dolomite."
"BITTERBUMP","the butterbump or bittern."
"BITTERFUL","Full of bitterness. [Obs.]"
"BITTERING","A bitter compound used in adulterating beer; bittern."
"BITTERISH","Somewhat bitter. Goldsmith."
"BITTERLING","A roachlike European fish (Rhodima amarus)."
"BITTERLY","In a bitter manner."
"BITTERN","A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, ofvarious species."
"BITTERNUT","The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts arebitter."
"BITTERROOT","A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but withfleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho,Montana, etc. It gives the name to the Bitter Root mountains andriver. The Indians call both the plant and the river Sp\u00e6t'lum."
"BITTERS","A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, orroot is steeped."
"BITTERSWEET","Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet witha bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful."
"BITTERWEED","A species of Ambrosia (A. artemisi\u00e6folia); Roman worm wood.Gray."
"BITTERWOOD","A West Indian tree (Picr\u00e6na excelsa) from the wood of which thebitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained."
"BITTERWORT","The yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), which has a very bittertaste."
"BITTOCK","A small bit of anything, of indefinite size or quantity; ashort distance. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"BITTS","A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the forepart of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides atanchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying (belayingbitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, orwindlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc."
"BITUME","Bitumen. [Poetic] May."
"BITUMED","Smeared with bitumen. [R.] 'The hatches caulked and bitumed.'Shak."
"BITUMEN PROCESS","Any process in which  advantage is taken of the fact thatprepared bitumen is rendered insoluble by exposure to light, as inphotolithography."
"BITUMINATE","To treat or impregnate with bitumen; to cement with bitumen.'Bituminated walls of Babylon.' Feltham."
"BITUMINIFEROUS","Producing bitumen. Kirwan."
"BITUMINIZATION","The process of bituminizing. Mantell."
"BITUMINIZE","To prepare, treat, impregnate, or coat with bitumen."
"BITUMINOUS","Having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen;containing bitumen.Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed. Milton.Bituminous coal, a kind of coal which yields, when heated, aconsiderable amount of volatile bituminous matter. It burns with ayellow smoky flame.-- Bituminous limestone, a mineral of a brown or black color,emitting an unpleasant smell when rubbed. That of Dalmatia is socharged with bitumen that it may be cut like soap.-- Bituminous shale, an argillaceous shale impregnated with bitumen,often accompanying coal."
"BIURET","A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, C2O2N3H5, formedby heating urea. It is intermediate between urea and cyanuric acid."
"BIVALENCY","The quality of being bivalent."
"BIVALENT","Equivalent in combining or displacing power to two atoms ofhydrogen; dyad."
"BIVALVE","A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates orvalves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which isusually strengthened by prominences called teeth. The shell is closedby the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the innersurface, as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the oyster. SeeMollusca."
"BIVALVED","Having two valves, as the oyster and some seed pods; bivalve."
"BIVALVOUS","Bivalvular."
"BIVALVULAR","Having two valves."
"BIVAULTED","Having two vaults or arches."
"BIVECTOR","A term made up of the two parts"
"BIVENTRAL","(Anat.) Having two bellies or protuberances; as, a biventral,or digastric, muscle, or the biventral lobe of the cerebellum."
"BIVIAL","Of or relating to the bivium."
"BIVIOUS","Having, or leading, two ways.Bivious theorems and Janus-faced doctrines. Sir T. Browne."
"BIVIUM","One side of an echinoderm, including a pair of ambulacra, indistinction from the opposite side (trivium), which includes threeambulacra."
"BIWEEKLY","Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly.-- n."
"BIWREYE","To bewray; to reveal. [Obs.]"
"BIZANTINE","See Byzantine."
"BIZARRE","Odd in manner or appearance; fantastic; whimsical; extravagant;grotesque. C. Kingsley."
"BIZET","The upper faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond, whichprojects from the setting and occupies the zone between the girdleand the table. See Brilliant, n."
"BLAB","To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; topublish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion. Udall.And yonder a vile physician blabbing The case of his patient.Tennyson."
"BLABBER","A tattler; a telltale."
"BLACK","Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produceblackness."
"BLACK ART","The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy;conjuration; magic."
"BLACK DEATH","A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenthcentury."
"BLACK FLAGS","An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that hadbeen driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion,but later increased by bands of pirates and adventurers. It took aprominent part in fighting the French during their hostilities withAnam, 1873-85."
"BLACK FRIAR","A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant andpreaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine."
"BLACK FRIDAY","Any Friday on which a public disaster has occurred, as: InEngland, December 6, 1745, when the news of the landing of thePretender reached London, or May 11, 1866,  when a financial paniccommenced. In the United States, September 24, 1869, and September18, 1873, on which financial panics began."
"BLACK HAMBURG","A sweet and juicy variety of European grape, of a dark purplishblack color, much grown under glass in northern latitudes."
"BLACK HAND","A Spanish anarchistic society, many of the members of whichwere imprisoned in 1883."
"BLACK HOLE","A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up orguardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole)in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrustby the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and inwhich 123 of the prisoners died before morning from lack of air.A discipline of unlimited autocracy, upheld by rods, and ferules, andthe black hole. H. Spencer."
"BLACK LEAD","Plumbago; graphite.It leaves a blackish mark somewhat likelead. See Graphite."
"BLACK LETTER","The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early Englishmanuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed.It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type."
"BLACK MONK","A Benedictine monk."
"BLACK PUDDING","A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened withmeal.And fat black puddings, -- proper food, For warriors that delight inblood. Hudibras."
"BLACK SALTS","Crude potash. De Colange."
"BLACK SPANISH","One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domesticfowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright red comband wattles, and white face. They are remarkable as egg layers."
"BLACK VOMIT","A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance sodischarged; -- one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow fever."
"BLACK-A-VISED","Dark-visaged; swart."
"BLACK-BROWED","Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening;forbidding. Shak. Dryden."
"BLACK-EYED","Having black eyes. Dryden."
"BLACK-FACED","Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect."
"BLACK-HEARTED","Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad."
"BLACK-JACK","A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende."
"BLACK-MOUTHED","Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous."
"BLACKAMOOR","A negro or negress. Shak."
"BLACKBAND","An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerablecarbonaceous matter; -- valuable as an iron ore."
"BLACKBERRY","The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, theplant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of England; R.villosus and R. Canadensis are the high blackberry and low blackberryof the United States. There are also other kinds."
"BLACKBIRD","In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing birdwith a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to severalbirds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agel\u00e6usphoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle,etc. See Redwing."
"BLACKBIRDER","A slave ship; a slaver. [Colloq.]  F. T. Bullen."
"BLACKBOARD","A broad board painted black, or any black surface on whichwriting, drawing, or the working of mathematical problems can be donewith chalk or crayons. It is much used in schools."
"BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER","A beautiful warbler of the United States (DendroicaBlackburni\u00e6). The male is strongly marked with orange, yellow, andblack on the head and neck, and has an orange-yellow breast."
"BLACKCAP","An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiledcustard."
"BLACKCOAT","A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimescalled a redcoat or a bluecoat."
"BLACKCOCK","The male of the European black grouse (Tetrao tetrix, Linn.); -- so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heathgrouse."
"BLACKEN","To grow black or dark."
"BLACKENER","One who blackens."
"BLACKFEET","A tribe of North American Indians formerly inhabiting thecountry from the upper Missouri River to the Saskatchewan, but nowmuch reduced in numbers."
"BLACKFIN","See Bluefin."
"BLACKFISH","A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of severalspecies. The most common is G. melas. Also sometimes applied to otherwhales of larger size."
"BLACKFOOT","Of or pertaining to the Blackfeet; as, a Blackfoot Indian.-- n."
"BLACKGUARD","To revile or abuse in scurrilous language. Southey."
"BLACKGUARDISM","The conduct or language of a blackguard; rufflanism."
"BLACKGUARDLY","In the manner of or resembling a blackguard; abusive;scurrilous; ruffianly."
"BLACKHEAD","The scaup duck."
"BLACKHEART","A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark-colored skin."
"BLACKISH","Somewhat black."
"BLACKLEAD","To coat or to polish with black lead."
"BLACKLIST","To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, orpunishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolventor untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutualprotection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. SeeBlack list, under Black, a.If you blacklist us, we will boycott you. John Swinton."
"BLACKLY","In a black manner; darkly, in color; gloomily; threateningly;atrociously. 'Deeds so blackly grim and horrid.' Feltham."
"BLACKMAIL","Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the lowest coin, aopposed to 'white rent', which paid in silver. To levy blackmail, toextort money by threats, as of injury to one's reputation."
"BLACKMAILER","One who extorts, or endeavors to extort, money, by blackmailing."
"BLACKMAILING","The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears ofinjury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation."
"BLACKMOOR","See Blackamoor."
"BLACKNESS","The quality or state of being black; black color; atrociousnessor enormity in wickedness.They're darker now than blackness. Donne."
"BLACKPOLL","A warbler of the United States (Dendroica striata)."
"BLACKROOT","See Colicroot."
"BLACKSALTER","One who,makes crude potash, or black salts."
"BLACKSMITH","A fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis, or Heliastes,punctipinnis), of a blackish color."
"BLACKTAIL","A fish; the ruff or pope."
"BLACKWATER STATE","Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the waterof its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in thesoil."
"BLACKWOOD","A name given to several dark-colored timbers. The East Indianblack wood is from the tree Dalbergia latifolia. Balfour."
"BLACKWORK","Work wrought by blacksmiths; -- so called in distinction fromthat wrought by whitesmiths. Knight."
"BLADDER","A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of somefluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- appliedespecially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or whentaken out and inflated with air."
"BLADDERWORT","A genus (Utricularia) of aquatic or marshy plants, whichusually bear numerous vesicles in the divisions of the leaves. Theseserve as traps for minute animals. See Ascidium."
"BLADDERY","Having bladders; also, resembling a bladder."
"BLADE","The principal rafters of a roof. Weale."
"BLADEBONE","The scapula. See Blade, 4."
"BLADED","Composed of long and narrow plates, shaped like the blade of aknife."
"BLADEFISH","A long, thin, marine fish of Europe (Trichiurus lepturus); theribbon fish."
"BLADESMITH","A sword cutler. [Obs.]"
"BLADY","Consisting of blades. [R.] 'Blady grass.' Drayton."
"BLAE","Dark blue or bluish gray; lead-colored. [Scot.]"
"BLAEBERRY","The bilberry. [North of Eng. & Scot.]"
"BLAGUE","Mendacious boasting; falcefood; humbug."
"BLAIN","A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, againstthe windpipe, and stopping the breath."
"BLAMABLE","Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible;censurable; blameworthy.-- Blam'a*ble*ness, n.-- Blam'a*bly (, adv."
"BLAMELESS","Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; --sometimes followed by of.A bishop then must be blameless. 1 Tim. iii. 2.Blameless still of arts that polish to deprave. Mallet.We will be blameless of this thine oath. Josh. ii. 17."
"BLAMELESSLY","In a blameless manner."
"BLAMELESSNESS","The quality or state of being blameless; innocence."
"BLAMER","One who blames. Wyclif."
"BLAMEWORTHY","Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible.-- Blame'wor`thi*ness, n."
"BLANCARD","A kind of linen cloth made in Normandy, the thread of which ispartly blanches before it is woven."
"BLANCH","To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves ofplants, by earthing them up or tying them together."
"BLANCH HOLDING","A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent(silver) or otherwise."
"BLANCHARD LATHE","A kind of wood-turning lathe for making noncircular andirregular forms, as felloes, gun stocks, lasts, spokes, etc., after agiven pattern. The pattern and work rotate on parallel spindles inthe same direction with the same speed, and the work is shaped by arapidly rotating cutter whose position is varied by the patternacting as a cam upon a follower wheel traversing slowly along thepattern."
"BLANCHER","One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; esp., one whoanneals and cleanses money; also, a chemical preparation for thispurpose."
"BLANCHIMETER","An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride oflime and potash; a chlorometer. Ure."
"BLANCMANGE","A preparation for desserts, etc., made from isinglass, seamoss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, withmild, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold."
"BLANCMANGER","A sort of fricassee with white sauce, variously made of capon,fish, etc. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BLANDATION","Flattery. [Obs.]"
"BLANDILOQUENCE","Mild, flattering speech."
"BLANDISE","To blandish any one. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BLANDISHER","One who uses blandishments."
"BLANDISHMENT","The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affectionor kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artfulcaresses; cajolery; allurement.Cowering low with blandishment. Milton.Attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments. Macaulay."
"BLANDLY","In a bland manner; mildly; suavely."
"BLANDNESS","The state or quality of being bland."
"BLANK","A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by afurther operation, as a coin, screw, nuts."
"BLANKET","A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan tomake it soft and elastic."
"BLANKET CLAUSE","A clause, as in a blanket mortgage or policy, that includes agroup or class of things, rather than a number mentioned individuallyand having the burden, loss, or the like, apportioned among them."
"BLANKET STITCH","A buttonhole stitch worked wide apart on the edge of material,as blankets, too thick to hem."
"BLANKETING","One that covers a group or class of things or propertiesinstead of one or more things mentioned individually, as where amortgage secures various debts as a group, or subjects a group orclass of different pieces of property to one general lien."
"BLANKNESS","The state of being blank."
"BLANQUETTE","A white fricassee."
"BLANQUILLO","A large fish of Florida and the W. Indies (Caulolatiluschrysops). It is red, marked with yellow."
"BLARE","To sound loudly and somewhat harshly. 'The trumpet blared.'Tennyson."
"BLARNEY","Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [Colloq.] Blarney stone, astone in Blarney castle, Ireland, said to make those who kiss itproficient in the use of blarney."
"BLASE","Having the sensibilities deadened by excess or frequency ofenjoyment; sated or surfeited with pleasure; used up."
"BLASPHEME","To utter blasphemy.He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath neverforgiveness. Mark iii. 29."
"BLASPHEMER","One who blasphemes.And each blasphemer quite escape the rod, Because the insult's not onman, but God Pope."
"BLASPHEMOUS","Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anythingimpiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous person; containingblasphemy; as, a blasphemous book; a blasphemous caricature.'Blasphemous publications.' Porteus.Nor from the Holy One of Heaven Refrained his tongue blasphemous.Milton."
"BLASPHEMOUSLY","In a blasphemous manner."
"BLAST LAMP","A lamp provided with some arrangement for intensifyingcombustion by means of a blast."
"BLAST PIPE","The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe deliveringsteam or air, when so constructed as to cause a blast."
"BLASTEMA","The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; theprimitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it grows."
"BLASTEMAL","Relating to the blastema; rudimentary."
"BLASTEMATIC","Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal."
"BLASTER","One who, or that which, blasts or destroys."
"BLASTIDE","A small, clear space in the segments of the ovum, the precursorof the nucleus."
"BLASTMENT","A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause.[Obs.] Shak."
"BLASTOCARPOUS","Germinating inside the pericarp, as the mangrove. Brande & C."
"BLASTOCOELE","The cavity of the blastosphere, or segmentation cavity."
"BLASTOCYST","The germinal vesicle."
"BLASTODERM","The germinal membrane in an ovum, from which the embryo isdeveloped."
"BLASTOGENESIS","Multiplication or increase by gemmation or budding."
"BLASTOID","One of the Blastoidea."
"BLASTOIDEA","One of the divisions of Crinoidea found fossil in paleozoicrocks; pentremites. They are so named on account of their budlikeform."
"BLASTOMERE","One of the segments first formed by the division of the ovum.Balfour."
"BLASTOPHORE","That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted intospermatoblasts, but carries them."
"BLASTOPORE","The pore or opening leading into the cavity of invagination, orarchenteron."
"BLASTOSPHERE","The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of theblastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum."
"BLASTOSTYLE","In certain hydroids, an imperfect zooid, whose special functionis to produce medusoid buds. See Hydroidea, and Athecata."
"BLASTULA","That stage in the development of the ovum in which the outercells of the morula become more defined and form the blastoderm."
"BLASTULE","Same as Blastula."
"BLAT","To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat; to make a senselessnoise; to talk inconsiderately. [Low]"
"BLATANCY","Blatant quality."
"BLATANT","Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring;disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly. 'Harsh andblatant tone.' R. H. Dana.A monster, which the blatant beast men call. Spenser.Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like thebray of the trumpet. W. Irving."
"BLATANTLY","In a blatant manner."
"BLATHER","To talk foolishly, or nonsensically.  G. Eliot."
"BLATHERSKITE","A blustering, talkative fellow. [Local slang, U. S.] Barllett."
"BLATTER","To prate; to babble; to rail; to make a senseless noise; topatter. [Archaic] 'The rain blattered.' Jeffrey.They procured . . . preachers to blatter against me, . . . so thatthey had place and time to belie me shamefully. Latimer."
"BLATTERATION","Blattering."
"BLATTERER","One who blatters; a babbler; a noisy, blustering boaster."
"BLATTERING","Senseless babble or boasting."
"BLATTEROON","A senseless babbler or boaster. [Obs.] 'I hate suchblatteroons.' Howell."
"BLAUBOK","The blue buck. See Blue buck, under Blue."
"BLAY","A fish. See Bleak, n."
"BLAZE","A white spot on the forehead of a horse."
"BLAZER","One who spreads reports or blazes matters abroad. 'Blazers ofcrime.' Spenser."
"BLAZING","Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches. SirW. Scott. Blazing star. (a) A comet. [Obs.] (b) A brilliant center ofattraction. (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, toCham\u00e6lirium luteum of the Lily family; Liatris squarrosa; and Aletrisfarinosa, called also colicroot and star grass."
"BLAZON","To describe in proper terms (the figures of heraldic devices);also, to delineate (armorial bearings); to emblazon.The coat of , arms, which I am not herald enough to blazon intoEnglish. Addison."
"BLAZONER","One who gives publicity, proclaims, or blazons; esp., one whoblazons coats of arms; a herald. Burke."
"BLAZONMENT","The act or blazoning; blazoning; emblazonment."
"BLEA","The part of a tree which lies immediately under the bark; thealburnum or sapwood."
"BLEABERRY","See Blaeberry."
"BLEACH","To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from;to blanch; to whiten.The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the bodies to bebleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, ofchlorine, or of sulphurous acid. Ure.Immortal liberty, whose look sublime Hath bleached the tyrant's cheekin every varying clime. Smollett."
"BLEACHED","Whitened; make white.Let their bleached bones, and blood's unbleaching stain, Long markthe battlefield with hideous awe. Byron."
"BLEACHER","One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, bybleaching."
"BLEACHERY","A place or an establishment where bleaching is done."
"BLEACHING","The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains;esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents. Ure.Bleaching powder, a powder for bleaching, consisting of chloride oflime, or some other chemical or chemicals."
"BLEAK","A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the familyCyprinid\u00e6; the blay. [Written also blick.]"
"BLEAKY","Bleak. [Obs.] Dryden."
"BLEAR","To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur,as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception);to blind; to hoodwink.That tickling rheums Should ever tease the lungs and blear the sight.Cowper.To blear the eye of, to deceive; to impose upon. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BLEARED","Dimmed, as by a watery humor; affected with rheum.-- Blear'ed*ness (, n.Dardanian wives, With bleared visages, come forth to view The issueof the exploit. Shak."
"BLEAREYE","A disease of the eyelids, consisting in chronic inflammation ofthe margins, with a gummy secretion of sebaceous matter. Dunglison."
"BLEAREYEDNESS","The state of being blear-eyed."
"BLEARY","Somewhat blear."
"BLEAT","To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry likea sheep or calf.Then suddenly was heard along the main, To low the ox, to bleat thewoolly train. PopeThe ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baas, will never answer acalf when he bleats. Shak."
"BLEATER","One who bleats; a sheep.In cold, stiff soils the bleaters oft complain Of gouty ails. Dyer."
"BLEATING","Crying as a sheep does.Then came the shepherd back with his bleating flocks from theseaside. Longfellow."
"BLEB","A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; ablister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc.Arsenic abounds with air blebs. Kirwan."
"BLEBBY","Containing blebs, or characterized by blebs; as, blebby glass."
"BLED","imp. & p. p. of Bleed."
"BLEE","Complexion; color; hue; likeness; form. [Archaic]For him which is so bright of blee. Lament. of Mary Magd.That boy has a strong blee of his father. Forby."
"BLEEDING","Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also,expressing anguish or compassion."
"BLEMISH","Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral;anything; that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which isotherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation.He shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of thefirst year without blemish. Lev. xiv. 10.The reliefs of an envious man are those little blemishes andimperfections that discover themselves in an illustrious character.Spectator."
"BLEMISHLESS","Without blemish; spotless.A life in all so blemishless. Feltham."
"BLEMISHMENT","The state of being blemished; blemish; disgrace; damage;impairment.For dread of blame and honor's blemishment. Spenser."
"BLENCH","A looking aside or askance. [Obs.]These blenches gave my heart another youth. Shak."
"BLENCH HOLDING","See Blanch holding."
"BLEND","To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shadeinsensibly into each other, as colors.There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with ourconviviality. Irving."
"BLENDER","One who, or that which, blends; an instrument, as a brush, usedin blending."
"BLENDING","The method of laying on different tints so that they may mingletogether while wet, and shade into each other insensibly. Weale."
"BLENDOUS","Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, blende."
"BLENDWATER","A distemper incident to cattle, in which their livers areaffected. Crabb."
"BLENHEIM SPANIEL","A small variety of spaniel, kept as a pet."
"BLENK","To blink; to shine; to look. [Obs.]"
"BLENNOGENOUS","Generating mucus."
"BLENNY","A marine fish of the genus Blennius or family Blenniid\u00e6; -- socalled from its coating of mucus. The species are numerous."
"BLENT","Mingled; mixed; blended; also, polluted; stained.Rider and horse, friend, foe, in one red burial blent. Byron."
"BLEPHARITIS","Inflammation of the eyelids. -- Bleph`a*rit'ic (#), a."
"BLESBOK","A South African antelope (Alcelaphus albifrons), having a largewhite spot on the forehead."
"BLESSED","Beatified."
"BLESSED THISTLE","See under Thistle."
"BLESSEDLY","Happily; fortunately; joyfully.We shall blessedly meet again never to depart. Sir P. Sidney."
"BLESSEDNESS","The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss;heavenly joys; the favor of God.The assurance of a future blessedness. Tillotson.Single blessedness, the unmarried state. 'Grows, lives, and dies insingle blessedness.' Shak."
"BLESSER","One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing."
"BLESSING","A gift. [A Hebraism] Gen. xxxiii. 11."
"BLEST","Blessed. 'This patriarch blest.' Milton.White these blest sounds my ravished ear assail. Trumbull."
"BLET","A form of decay in fruit which is overripe."
"BLETONISM","The supposed faculty of perceiving subterraneous springs andcurrents by sensation; -- so called from one Bleton, of France."
"BLETTING","A form of decay seen in fleshy, overripe fruit. Lindley."
"BLEW","of Blow."
"BLEYME","An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole andthe bone. [Obs.]"
"BLEYNTE","of Blench. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BLICKEY","A tin dinner pail. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett."
"BLIGHT","To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine neverblights."
"BLIGHTING","Causing blight."
"BLIGHTINGLY","So as to cause blight."
"BLIN","To stop; to cease; to desist. [Obs.] Spenser."
"BLIND","Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds;blind flowers. Blind alley, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac.-- Blind axle, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion.Knight.-- Blind beetle, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp.at night.-- Blind cat (Zo\u00f6l.), a species of catfish (Gronias nigrolabris),nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania.-- Blind coal, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal.Simmonds.-- Blind door, Blind window, an imitation of a door or window,without an opening for passage or light. See Blank door or window,under Blank, a.-- Blind level (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has avertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. Knight.-- Blind nettle (Bot.), dead nettle. See Dead nettle, under Dead.-- Blind shell (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one thatdoes not explode.-- Blind side, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak orunguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed tosee danger. Swift.-- Blind snake (Zo\u00f6l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of thefamily Typhlopid\u00e6, with rudimentary eyes.-- Blind spot (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where theoptic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light.-- Blind tooling, in bookbinding and leather work, the indentedimpression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also blanktooling, and blind blocking.-- Blind wall, a wall without an opening; a blank wall."
"BLIND READER","A post-office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscureaddresses."
"BLINDAGE","A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach,formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework."
"BLINDER","One of the leather screens on a bridle, to hinder a horse fromseeing objects at the side; a blinker."
"BLINDFISH","A small fish (Amblyopsis spel\u00e6us) destitute of eyes, found inthe waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Related fishes fromother caves take the same name."
"BLINDFOLD","To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing.And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face. Lukexxii. 64."
"BLINDING","Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or ofunderstanding; obscuring; as, blinding tears; blinding snow."
"BLINDLY","Without sight, discernment, or understanding; without thought,investigation, knowledge, or purpose of one's own.By his imperious mistress blindly led. Dryden."
"BLINDNESS","State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively.Darwin. Color blindness, inability to distinguish certain color. SeeDaltonism."
"BLINDSTORY","The triforium as opposed to the clearstory."
"BLINDWORM","A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard (Anguisfragilis), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; theslowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder.Newts and blindworms do no wrong. Shak."
"BLINK","The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by thereflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink."
"BLINK BEER","Beer kept unbroached until it is sharp. Crabb."
"BLINK-EYED","Habitually winking. Marlowe."
"BLINKER","A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes form glare, etc."
"BLIRT","A gust of wind and rain. Ham. Nav. Encyc."
"BLISS","Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree ofhappiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy.An then at last our bliss Full and perfect is. Milton."
"BLISSFUL","Full of, characterized by, or causing, joy and felicity; happyin the highest degree. 'Blissful solitude.' Milton.-- Bliss'ful*ly, adv.-- Bliss'ful*ness, n."
"BLISSLESS","Destitute of bliss. Sir P. Sidney."
"BLISSOM","To be lustful; to be lascivious. [Obs.]"
"BLISTER","To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blisterform on.Let my tongue blister. Shak."
"BLISTERY","Full of blisters. Hooker."
"BLITE","A genus of herbs (Blitum) with a fleshy calyx. Blitum capitatumis the strawberry blite."
"BLITHE","Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithespirit.The blithe sounds of festal music. Prescott.A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Milton."
"BLITHEFUL","Gay; full of gayety; joyous."
"BLITHELY","In a blithe manner."
"BLITHENESS","The state of being blithe. Chaucer."
"BLITHESOME","Cheery; gay; merry.The blithesome sounds of wassail gay. Sir W. Scott.-- Blithe'some*ly, adv.-- Blithe'some*ness, n."
"BLIVE","Quickly; forthwith. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BLIZZARD","A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fineand blinding snow; a furious blast. [U. S.]"
"BLOAT","To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue;to puff out; to swell. Arbuthnot."
"BLOATED","Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presenceof water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also,puffed up with pride; pompous."
"BLOATEDNESS","The state of being bloated."
"BLOATER","The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and halfdried; -- called also bloat herring."
"BLOB","A small fresh-water fish (Uranidea Richardsoni); the miller'sthumb."
"BLOBBER","A bubble; blubber. [Low] T. Carew. Blobber lip, a thick,protruding lip.His blobber lips and beetle brows commend. Dryden."
"BLOBBER-LIPPED","Having thick lips. 'A blobber-lipped shell.' Grew."
"BLOCAGE","The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry."
"BLOCK","The perch on which a bird of prey is kept."
"BLOCK BOOK","A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movabletypes."
"BLOCK CHAIN","A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connectedby thin side links pivoted to the ends of the blocks, used withsprocket wheels to transmit power, as in a bicycle."
"BLOCK SIGNAL","One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide themovement of trains in a block system. The signal is often so coupledwith a switch that act of opening or closing the switch operates thesignal also."
"BLOCK SYSTEM","A system by which the track is divided into short sections, asof three or four miles, and trains are so run by the guidance ofelectric, or combined electric and pneumatic, signals that no trainenters a section or block until the preceding train has left it, asin absolute blocking, or that a train may be allowed to followanother into a block as long as it proceeds with excessive caution,as in permissive blocking."
"BLOCK TIN","See under Tin."
"BLOCKADER","A vessel employed in blockading."
"BLOCKAGE","The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up."
"BLOCKHEAD","A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumberin his head. Pope."
"BLOCKHEADED","Stupid; dull."
"BLOCKHEADISM","That which characterizes a blockhead; stupidity. Carlyle."
"BLOCKHOUSE","An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for militarydefense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upperstory projecting over the lower, or so placed upon it as to have itssides make an angle wit the sides of the lower story, thus enablingthe defenders to fire downward, and in all directions; -- formerlymuch used in America and Germany."
"BLOCKING COURSE","The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice."
"BLOCKISH","Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull.'Blockish Ajax.' Shak.-- Block'ish*ly, adv.-- Block'ish*ness, n."
"BLOCKLIKE","Like a block; stupid."
"BLOEDITE","A hydrous sulphate of magnesium and sodium."
"BLOMARY","See Bloomery."
"BLOND METAL","A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, usedfor making tools."
"BLONDE","A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, nowsometimes dyed; -- called also blond lace."
"BLONDNESS","The state of being blond. G. Eliot."
"BLOOD","Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purityof breed."
"BLOOD VESSEL","Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, asan artery or vein."
"BLOOD-BOLTERED","Having the hair matted with clotted blood. [Obs. & R.]The blood-boltered Banquo smiles upon me. Shak."
"BLOOD-SHOTTEN","Bloodshot. [Obs.]"
"BLOODBIRD","An Australian honeysucker (Myzomela sanguineolata); -- socalled from the bright red color of the male bird."
"BLOODED","Having pure blood, or a large admixture or pure blood; ofapproved breed; of the best stock."
"BLOODFLOWER","A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, namedH\u00e6manthus, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of H. toxicarius isused by the Hottentots to poison their arrows."
"BLOODGUILTY","Guilty of murder or bloodshed. 'A bloodguilty life.' Fairfax.-- Blood'guilt`i*ness (, n.-- Blood'guilt`less, a."
"BLOODHOUND","A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, andpendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employedto recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, andfor tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runawayslaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purposeand go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a varietyof the mastiff."
"BLOODILY","In a bloody manner; cruelly; with a disposition to shed blood."
"BLOODLET","bleed; to let blood. Arbuthnot."
"BLOODLETTER","One who, or that which, lets blood; a phlebotomist."
"BLOODLETTING","The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by openinga vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied tovenesection."
"BLOODROOT","A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap,and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called alsopuccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint.It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as astimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria."
"BLOODSHED","The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act ofshedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder."
"BLOODSHEDDER","One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer."
"BLOODSHEDDING","Bloodshed. Shak."
"BLOODSHOT","Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vesselsturgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated.His eyes were bloodshot, . . . and his hair disheveled. Dickens."
"BLOODSTICK","A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, and used tostrike the fleam into the vein. Youatt."
"BLOODSTROKE","Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion inthe brain. Dunglison."
"BLOODSUCKER","Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudomedicinalis), and related species."
"BLOODTHIRSTY","Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous.-- Blood'thirst`i*ness (n."
"BLOODULF","The European bullfinch."
"BLOODWOOD","A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood."
"BLOODWORT","A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name isapplied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to anextensive order of plants (H\u00e6modorace\u00e6), the roots of many species ofwhich contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing."
"BLOODY","To stain with blood. Overbury."
"BLOODY FLUX","The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge fromthe bowels has a mixture of blood. Arbuthnot."
"BLOODY HAND","A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now thedistinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom."
"BLOODY SWEAT","A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, calledsweating sickness, formerly prevalent in England and other countries."
"BLOODY-MINDED","Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty. Dryden."
"BLOODYBONES","A terrible bugbear."
"BLOOM","A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as,the rose-red cobalt bloom."
"BLOOMARY","See Bloomery."
"BLOOMERY","A furnace and forge in which wrought iron in the form of bloomsis made directly from the ore, or (more rarely) from cast iron."
"BLOOMING","The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron."
"BLOOMINGLY","In a blooming manner."
"BLOOMINGNESS","A blooming condition."
"BLOOMLESS","Without bloom or flowers. Shelley."
"BLOOTH","Bloom; a blossoming. [Prov. Eng.]All that blooth means heavy autumn work for him and his hands. T.Hardy."
"BLORE","The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast. [Obs.]A most tempestuous blore. Chapman."
"BLOSMY","Blossomy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BLOSSOMLESS","Without blossoms."
"BLOSSOMY","Full of blossoms; flowery."
"BLOT","To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily."
"BLOTCH","A large pustule, or a coarse eruption.Foul scurf and blotches him defile. Thomson."
"BLOTCHED","Marked or covered with blotches.To give their blotched and blistered bodies ease. Drayton."
"BLOTCHY","Having blotches."
"BLOTE","To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat.[Obs.]"
"BLOTLESS","Without blot."
"BLOTTER","A wastebook, in which entries of transactions are made as theytake place."
"BLOTTESQUE","Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted;wanting in delineation. Ruskin."
"BLOTTING PAPER","A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorbsuperfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus preventblots."
"BLOUSE","A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, wornespecially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of anymaterial, as the undress uniform coat of the United States army."
"BLOW","To flower; to blossom; to bloom.How blows the citron grove. Milton."
"BLOW VALVE","See Snifting valve."
"BLOW-OFF","as, a blow-off cock or pipe."
"BLOW-OUT","The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by ablast of steam."
"BLOWBALL","The downy seed head of a dandelion, which children delight toblow away. B. Jonson."
"BLOWER","A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal platetemporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b)A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air bypressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating abuilding or shaft, cleansing gram, etc."
"BLOWFLY","Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs oryoung larv\u00e6 (called flyblows and maggots) upon meat or other animalproducts."
"BLOWGUN","A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long, throughwhich an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by the force ofthe breath. It is a weapon much used by certain Indians of Americaand the West Indies; -- called also blowpipe, and blowtube. SeeSumpitan."
"BLOWHOLE","An air hole in a casting."
"BLOWN","Opened; in blossom or having blossomed, as a flower. Shak."
"BLOWPOINT","A child's game. [Obs.]"
"BLOWSE","See Blowze."
"BLOWTH","A blossoming; a bloom. [Obs. or Archaic] 'In the blowth andbud.' Sir W. Raleigh."
"BLOWTUBE","A long wrought iron tube, on the end of which the workmangathers a quantity of 'metal' (melted glass), and through which heblows to expand or shape it; -- called also blowing tube, andblowpipe."
"BLOWY","Windy; as, blowy weather; a blowy upland."
"BLOWZE","A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench. [Obs.] Shak."
"BLOWZED","Having high color from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced;blowzy; disordered.Huge women blowzed with health and wind. Tennyson."
"BLOWZY","Coarse and ruddy-faced; fat and ruddy; high colored; frowzy."
"BLUB","To swell; to puff out, as with weeping. [Obs.]"
"BLUBBER","A large sea nettle or medusa."
"BLUBBERED","Swollen; turgid; as, a blubbered lip. Spenser."
"BLUBBERING","The act of weeping noisily.He spake well save that his blubbering interrupted him. Winthrop."
"BLUCHER","A kind of half boot, named from the Prussian general Bl\u00fccher.Thackeray."
"BLUDGEON","A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier thatthe other, used as an offensive weapon."
"BLUE","Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy. [Colloq.] Berlinblue, Prussian blue.-- Mineral blue. See under Mineral.-- Prussian blue. See under Prussian."
"BLUE GRASS","A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems,valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass. Kentucky blue grass, aspecies of grass (Poa pratensis) which has running rootstocks andspreads rapidly. It is valuable as a pasture grass, as it enduresboth winter and drought better than other kinds, and is verynutritious."
"BLUE HEN STATE","The State of Delaware; -- a popular sobriquet. It is said,though the story lacks proof, to have taken its origin from theinsistence of a Delaware Revolutionary captain, named Caldwell, thatno cock could be truly game unless the mother was a blue hen, whenceBlue Hen's Chickens came to be a nickname for the people of Delaware."
"BLUE JAY","The common jay of the United States (Cyanocitta, or Cyanura,cristata). The predominant color is bright blue."
"BLUE-EYE","The blue-cheeked honeysucker of Australia."
"BLUE-EYED","Having blue eyes."
"BLUE-EYED GRASS","a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers ofa delicate blue color."
"BLUE-GRASS STATE","The Sate of Kentucky; -- a nickname alluding to the blue-grassregion, where fine horses are bred."
"BLUE-JOHN","A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used forornamental purposes."
"BLUE-SKYLAW","A law enacted to provide for the regulation and supervision ofinvestment companies in order to protect the public against companiesthat do not intend to do a fair and honest business and that offerinvestments that do not promise a fair return; -- so called becausethe promises made by some investment companies are as boundless oralluring as the blue sky, or, perhaps, because designed to clear awaythe clouds and fogs from the simple investor's horizon. [Colloq.]"
"BLUE-VEINED","Having blue veins or blue streaks."
"BLUEBEARD","The hero of a medi\u00e6val French nursery legend, who, leavinghome, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in hiscastle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his formerwives.-- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden toinvestigate.The Bluebeard chamber of his mind, into which no eye but his own mustlook. Carlyle."
"BLUEBERRY","The berry of several species of Vaccinium, and ericaceousgenus, differing from the American huckleberries in containingnumerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The commonest speciesare V. Pennsylvanicum and V. vacillans. V. corymbosum is the tallblueberry."
"BLUEBILL","A duck of the genus Fuligula. Two American species (F. marilaand F. affinis) are common. See Scaup duck."
"BLUEBIRD","A small song bird (Sialia sialis), very common in the UnitedStates, and, in the north, one of the earliest to arrive in spring.The male is blue, with the breast reddish. It is related to theEuropean robin. Pairy bluebird (Zo\u00f6l.), a brilliant Indian or EastIndian bird of the genus Irena, of several species."
"BLUEBOTTLE","A plant (Centaurea cyanus) which grows in grain fields. Itreceives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers."
"BLUEBREAST","A small European bird; the blue-throated warbler."
"BLUECOAT","One dressed in blue, as a soldier, a sailor, a beadle, etc."
"BLUEFIN","A species of whitefish (Coregonus nigripinnis) found in LakeMichigan."
"BLUEGOWN","One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars,in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were distributedcertain alms, including a blue gown; a beadsman."
"BLUELY","With a blue color. Swift."
"BLUENESS","The quality of being blue; a blue color. Boyle."
"BLUENOSE","A nickname for a Nova Scotian."
"BLUEPOLL","A kind of salmon (Salmo Cambricus) found in Wales."
"BLUEPRINT","See under Print."
"BLUESTOCKING","The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana)."
"BLUESTOCKINGISM","The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.[Colloq.]"
"BLUETHROAT","A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia (Cyanecula Suecica),related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin andblue-throated warbler."
"BLUETS","A name given to several different species of plants having blueflowers, as the Houstonia coerulea, the Centaurea cyanus orbluebottle, and the Vaccinium angustifolium."
"BLUEWING","The blue-winged teal. See Teal."
"BLUEY",",a.Bluish. Southey."
"BLUFF","To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on hishand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own handalthough it may be of less value. [U. S.]"
"BLUFF-BOWED","Built with the stem nearly straight up and down."
"BLUFF-HEADED","Built with the stem nearly straight up and down."
"BLUFFER","One who bluffs."
"BLUFFNESS","The quality or state of being bluff."
"BLUISH","Somewhat blue; as, bluish veins. 'Bluish mists.' Dryden.-- Blu'ish*ly, adv.-- Blu'ish*ness, n."
"BLUNDERER","One who is apt to blunder."
"BLUNDERHEAD","A stupid, blundering fellow."
"BLUNDERING","Characterized by blunders."
"BLUNDERINGLY","In a blundering manner."
"BLUNGE","To amalgamate and blend; to beat up or mix in water, as clay."
"BLUNGER","A wooden blade with a cross handle, used for mi Tomlinson."
"BLUNGING","The process of mixing clay in potteries with a blunger.Tomlinson."
"BLUNT-WITTED","Dull; stupid.Blunt-witted lord, ignoble in demeanor! Shak."
"BLUNTISH","Somewhat blunt.-- Blunt'ish*ness, n."
"BLUNTLY","In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; withoutdelicacy, or the usual forms of civility.Sometimes after bluntly giving his opinions, he would quietly layhimself asleep until the end of their deliberations. Jeffrey."
"BLURRY","Full of blurs; blurred."
"BLURT","To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately;to ejaculate; -- commonly with out.Others . . . can not hold, but blurt out, those words which afterwardthey forced to eat. Hakewill.To blurt at, to speak contemptuously of. [Obs.] Shak."
"BLUSHER","One that blushes."
"BLUSHET","A modest girl. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"BLUSHFUL","Full of blushes.While from his ardent look the turning Spring Averts her blushfulface. Thomson."
"BLUSHING","Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate colorlike some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate.The dappled pink and blushing rose. Prior."
"BLUSHINGLY","In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes; as, to answer orconfess blushingly."
"BLUSHLESS","Free from blushes; incapable of blushing; shameless; impudent.Vice now, secure, her blushless front shall raise. Dodsley."
"BLUSHY","Like a blush; having the color of a blush; rosy. [R.] 'A blushycolor.' Harvey."
"BLUSTER","To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering;to bully.He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable blasphemy. Sir T.More.As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfectobedience to his commands. Fuller."
"BLUSTERER","One who, or that which, blusters; a noisy swaggerer."
"BLUSTERINGLY","In a blustering manner."
"BLUSTEROUS","Inclined to bluster; given to blustering; blustering. Motley."
"BLUSTROUS","Blusterous. Shak."
"BO","An exclamation used to startle or frighten. [Spelt also boh andboo.]"
"BO TREE","The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing atAnurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under whichGautama is said to have received the heavenly light and so to havebecome Buddha.The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists (Ficus religiosa), which isplanted close to every temple, and attracts almost as much venerationas the status of the god himself. . . . It differs from the banyan(Ficus Indica) by sending down no roots from its branches. Tennent."
"BOA","A genus of large American serpents, including the boaconstrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and thechevalier boa of Peru (B. eques)."
"BOA CONSTRICTOR","A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimestwenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix."
"BOANERGES","Any declamatory and vociferous preacher or orator."
"BOAR","The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog."
"BOARD","The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enterupon the theatrical profession."
"BOARDABLE","That can be boarded, as a ship."
"BOARDER","One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy's ship.Totten."
"BOARDING","The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or afriendly purpose.Both slain at one time, as they attempted the boarding of a frigate.Sir F. Drake."
"BOARISH","Swinish; brutal; cruel.In his anointed flesh stick boarish fangs. Shak."
"BOAST","To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. Weale."
"BOASTANCE","Boasting. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BOASTER","One who boasts; a braggart."
"BOASTFUL","Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting;vainglorious; self-praising.-- Boast'ful*ly, adv.-- Boast'ful*ness, n."
"BOASTING","The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking;ostentatious display.When boasting ends, then dignity begins. Young."
"BOASTINGLY","Boastfully; with boasting. 'He boastingly tells you.' Burke."
"BOASTIVE","Presumptuous. [R.]"
"BOASTLESS","Without boasting or ostentation."
"BOAT","To go or row in a boat.I boated over, ran my craft aground. Tennyson."
"BOAT BUG","An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; -- socalled from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of alittle boat. Called also boat fly, boat insect, boatman, and waterboatman."
"BOAT-SHAPED","See Cymbiform."
"BOAT-TAIL","A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in theSouthern United States."
"BOATAGE","Conveyance by boat; also, a charge for such conveyance."
"BOATFUL","The quantity or amount that fills a boat."
"BOATHOUSE","A house for sheltering boats.Half the latticed boathouse hides. Wordsworth."
"BOATION","A crying out; a roaring; a bellowing; reverberation. [Obs.]The guns were heard . . . about a hundred Italian miles, in longboations. Derham."
"BOATMAN","A boat bug. See Boat bug."
"BOATMANSHIP","The art of managing a boat."
"BOATSMAN","A boatman. [Archaic]"
"BOATSWAIN","An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors,anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons thecrew, and performs other duties."
"BOATWOMAN","A woman who manages a boat."
"BOB","A working beam."
"BOB WIG","A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtailwig. Spectator."
"BOB-CHERRY","A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to bobagainst the mouth, is to be caught with the teeth."
"BOBAC","The Poland marmot (Arctomys bobac)."
"BOBANCE","A boasting. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BOBBER","One who, or that which, bobs."
"BOBBERY","A squabble; a tumult; a noisy disturbance; as, to raise abobbery. [Low] Halliwell."
"BOBBIN","A fine cord or narrow braid."
"BOBBINET","A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not byhand. [Sometimes written bobbin net.]The English machine-made net isnow confined to point net, warp net, and bobbin net, so called fromthe peculiar construction of the machines by which they are produced.Tomlinsom."
"BOBBINWORK","Work woven with bobbins."
"BOBBISH","Hearty; in good spirits. [Low, Eng.] Dickens."
"BOBBY","A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, whoremodeled the police force. See Peeler. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens."
"BOBFLY","The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly."
"BOBOLINK","An American singing bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The male isblack and white; the female is brown; -- called also, ricebird,reedbird, and Boblincoln.The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. W. Irving."
"BOBSTAY","A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward tothe stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl."
"BOBTAIL","An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail. Rag, tag, andbobtail, the rabble."
"BOBTAILED","Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, abobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat."
"BOBWHITE","The common qua(Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus); -- so calledfrom its note."
"BOCAL","A cylindrical glass vessel, with a large and short neck."
"BOCARDO","A form of syllogism of which the first and third propositionsare particular negatives, and the middle term a universalaffirmative.Baroko and Bocardo have been stumbling blocks to the logicians.Bowen."
"BOCASINE","A sort of fine buckram."
"BOCCA","The round hole in the furnace of a glass manufactory throughwhich the fused glass is taken out. Craig."
"BOCE","A European fish (Box vulgaris), having a compressed body andbright colors; -- called also box, and bogue."
"BOCK BEER","A strong beer, originally made in Bavaria. [Also written buckbeer.]"
"BOCKELET","A kind of long-winged hawk; -- called also bockerel, andbockeret. [Obs.]"
"BOCKEY","A bowl or vessel made from a gourd. [Local, New York] Bartlett."
"BOCKING","A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to covercarpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England,where it was first made."
"BOCKLAND","See Bookland."
"BOD VEAL","Veal too immature to be suitable for food."
"BODDICE","See Bodick."
"BODE","To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; toportend to presage; to foreshow.A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. Goldsmith.Good onset bodes good end. Spenser."
"BODEFUL","Portentous; ominous. Carlyle."
"BODEMENT","An omen; a prognostic. [Obs.]This foolish, dreaming, superstitious girl Makes all these bodements.Shak."
"BODGE","A botch; a patch. [Dial.] Whitlock."
"BODIAN","A large food fish (Diagramma lineatum), native of the EastIndies."
"BODICED","Wearing a bodice. Thackeray."
"BODIED","Having a body; -- usually in composition; as, able-bodied.A doe . . . not altogether so fat, but very good flesh and goodbodied. Hakluyt."
"BODILINESS","Corporeality. Minsheu."
"BODING","Foreshowing; presaging; ominous.-- Bod'ing*ly, adv."
"BODKIN","An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point,for making holes by piercing; a"
"BODLE","A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny.Sir W. Scott."
"BODLEIAN","Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, or to the celebratedlibrary at Oxford, founded by him in the sixteenth century."
"BODOCK","The Osage orange. [Southwestern U.S.]"
"BODRAGE","A raid. [Obs.]"
"BODY","The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which thesize is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body."
"BOEOTIAN","Of or pertaining to Boeotia; hence, stupid; dull; obtuse.-- n."
"BOER","A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent."
"BOES","Behoves or behooves. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BOG","To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sinkand stick, as in mud and mire.At another time, he was bogged up to the middle in the slough ofLochend. Sir W. Scott."
"BOGBERRY","The small cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccus), which grows in boggyplaces."
"BOGEY","A goblin; a bugbear. See Bogy."
"BOGGARD","A bogey. [Local, Eng.]"
"BOGGLE","To embarrass with difficulties; to make a bungle or botch of.[Local, U. S.]"
"BOGGLER","One who boggles."
"BOGGLISH","Doubtful; skittish. [Obs.]"
"BOGGY","Consisting of, or containing, a bog or bogs; of the nature of abog; swampy; as, boggy land."
"BOGIE","A four-wheeled truck, having a certain amount of play around avertical axis, used to support in part a locomotive on a railwaytrack."
"BOGIE ENGINE","A switching engine the running gear and driving gear of whichare on a bogie, or truck."
"BOGLE","A goblin; a specter; a frightful phantom; a bogy; a bugbear.[Written also boggle.]"
"BOGSUCKER","The American woodcock; -- so called from its feeding among thebogs."
"BOGTROTTER","One who lives in a boggy country; -- applied in derision to thelowest class of Irish. Halliwell."
"BOGTROTTING","Living among bogs."
"BOGUE","To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward; -- saidonly of inferior craft."
"BOGUS","Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally appliedto counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit.[Colloq. U. S.]"
"BOGWOOD","The wood of trees, esp. of oaks, dug up from peat bogs. It isof a shining black or ebony color, and is largely used for makingornaments."
"BOGY","A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear. 'Death's heads and bogies.'J. H. Newman. [Written also bogey.]There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing bogy in thehistory of savages. C. Kingsley."
"BOHEA","Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under Tea."
"BOHEMIANISM","The characteristic conduct or methods of a Bohemian. [Modern]"
"BOHUN UPAS","See Upas."
"BOIAR","See Boyar."
"BOIL","Act or state of boiling. [Colloq.]"
"BOILARY","See Boilery."
"BOILED","Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of aboiling liquid; as, boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled clothes."
"BOILER","A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron platesriveted together, or a composite structure variously formed, in whichsteam is generated for driving engines, or for heating, cooking, orother purposes."
"BOILERY","A place and apparatus for boiling, as for evaporating brine insalt making."
"BOILING","Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; intumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swellingwith heat, ardor, or passion. Boiling point, the temperature at whicha fluid is converted into vapor, with the phenomena of ebullition.This is different for different liquids, and for the same liquidunder different pressures. For water, at the level of the sea,barometer 30 in., it is 212 \u00ba Fahrenheit; for alcohol, 172.96\u00ba; forether, 94.8\u00ba; for mercury, about 675\u00ba. The boiling point of water islowered one degree Fahrenheit for about 550 feet of ascent above thelevel of the sea.-- Boiling spring, a spring which gives out very hot water, or waterand steam, often ejecting it with much force; a geyser.-- To be at the boiling point, to be very angry.-- To keep the pot boiling, to keep going on actively, as in certaingames. [Colloq.]"
"BOILINGLY","With boiling or ebullition.And lakes of bitumen rise boiling higher. Byron."
"BOIS DURCI","A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdustfrom hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed."
"BOIST","A box. [Obs.]"
"BOISTEROUSLY","In a boisterous manner."
"BOISTEROUSNESS","The state or quality of being boisterous; turbulence; disorder;tumultuousness."
"BOISTOUS","Rough or rude; coarse; strong; violent; boisterous; noisy.[Obs.] Chaucer.-- Bois'tous*ly, adv.-- Bois'tous*ness, n. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BOJANUS ORGAN","A glandular organ of bivalve mollusca, serving in part as akidney."
"BOKADAM","See Cerberus."
"BOKE","To poke; to thrust. [Obs. or Dial.]"
"BOLAR","Of or pertaining to bole or clay; partaking of the nature andqualities of bole; clayey."
"BOLAS","A kind of missile weapon consisting of one, two, or more ballsof stone, iron, or other material, attached to the ends of a leathercord; -- used by the Gauchos of South America, and others, forhurling at and entangling an animal."
"BOLD","To make bold or daring. [Obs.] Shak."
"BOLD EAGLE","an Australian eagle (Aquila audax), which destroys lambs andeven the kangaroo.-- To make bold, to take liberties or the liberty; to venture."
"BOLD-FACED","Having a conspicuous or heavy face."
"BOLDEN","To make bold; to encourage; to embolden.Ready speakers, being boldened with their present abilities to saymore, . . . use less help of diligence and study. Ascham."
"BOLDLY","In a bold manner."
"BOLDNESS","The state or quality of being bold."
"BOLE","The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean. Tennyson."
"BOLECTION","A projecting molding round a panel. Same as Bilection. Gwilt."
"BOLERO","A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it."
"BOLETE","any fungus of the family Boletaceae.[WordNet 1.5]"
"BOLETIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, the Boletus. Boletic acid, anacid obtained from the Boletus fomentarius, variety pseudo-igniarius.Same as Fumaric acid."
"BOLETUS","A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or capcomposed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, andothers very poisonous."
"BOLIDE","A kind of meteor; a bolis."
"BOLIS","A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train oflight or sparks; esp. one which explodes."
"BOLIVIAN","Of or pertaining to Bolivia.-- n."
"BOLL","To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. Ex. ix. 31."
"BOLLANDISTS","The Jesuit editors of the 'Acta Sanctorum', or Lives of theSaints; -- named from John Bolland, who began the work."
"BOLLARD","An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used inveering or fastening ropes. Bollard timber (Naut.), a timber, alsocalled a knighthead, rising just within the stem in a ship, on eitherside of the bowsprit, to secure its end."
"BOLLEN","See Boln, a."
"BOLLING","A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard."
"BOLLWORM","The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours thebolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage tothe crops."
"BOLN","To swell; to puff. Holland."
"BOLO","A kind of large knife resembling a machete. [Phil. Islands]"
"BOLOGNESE","Of or pertaining to Bologna.-- n."
"BOLOGNIAN","Bolognese. Bolognian stone. See Bologna stone, under Bologna."
"BOLOMETER","An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant heat,especially in different parts of the spectrum; -- called also actinicbalance, thermic balance. S. P. Langley."
"BOLSA","An exchange for the transaction of business. [Sp. Amer. & Phil.Islands]"
"BOLSTER","A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle."
"BOLSTERER","A supporter."
"BOLT","To refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to whichone has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part."
"BOLTEL","See Boultel."
"BOLTER","One who bolts; esp.: (a) A horse which starts suddenly aside.(b) A man who breaks away from his party."
"BOLTHEAD","A long, straightnecked, glass vessel for chemicaldistillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver."
"BOLTING","A darting away; a starting off or aside."
"BOLTONITE","A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found inBolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging tothe chrysolite family."
"BOLTROPE","A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail."
"BOLTSPRIT","See Bowsprit."
"BOLTY","An edible fish of the Nile (genus Chromis). [Written alsobulti.]"
"BOLUS","A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill."
"BOM","A large American serpent, so called from the sound it makes."
"BOMB","A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars.See Shell."
"BOMBACE","Cotton; padding. [Obs.]"
"BOMBARD","A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones andother ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.They planted in divers places twelve great bombards, wherewith theythrew huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city,might break down the houses. Knolles."
"BOMBARDMAN","One who carried liquor or beer in a can or bombard. [Obs.]They . . . made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for acountry lady. B. Jonson."
"BOMBARDMENT","An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hotshot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a townor fortified place."
"BOMBASINE","Same as Bombazine."
"BOMBAST","High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent;bombastic.[He] evades them with a bombast circumstance,Horribly stuffed with epithets of war. Shak.Nor a tall metaphor in bombast way. Cowley."
"BOMBASTRY","Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language;fustian.Bombastry and buffoonery, by nature lofty and light, soar highest ofall. Swift."
"BOMBAX","A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a treeof the genus Bombax."
"BOMBAZINE","A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, andthe weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourninggarments. [Sometimes spelt bombasin, and bombasine.] Tomlinson."
"BOMBIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, the silkworm; as, bombic acid."
"BOMBILATE","To hum; to buzz. [R.]"
"BOMBILATION","A humming sound; a booming.To . . . silence the bombilation of guns. Sir T. Browne."
"BOMBINATE","To hum; to boom."
"BOMBINATION","A humming or buzzing."
"BOMBOLO","A thin spheroidal glass retort or flask, used in thesublimation of camphor. [Written also bumbelo, and bumbolo.]"
"BOMBPROOF","Secure against the explosive force of bombs.-- n."
"BOMBSHELL","A bomb. See Bomb, n."
"BOMBYCID","Like or pertaining to the genus Bombyx, or the familyBombycid\u00e6."
"BOMBYLIOUS","Buzzing, like a bumblebee; as, the bombylious noise of thehorse fly. [Obs.] Derham."
"BOMBYX","A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. SeeSilkworm."
"BON","Good; valid as security for something."
"BON SILENE","A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink."
"BON TON","The height of the fashion; fashionable society."
"BON VIVANT","A good fellow; a jovial companion; a free liver."
"BON-ACCORD","Good will; good fellowship; agreement. [Scot.]"
"BONA FIDE","In or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or really;actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bonafide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction."
"BONA FIDES","Good faith; honesty; freedom from fraud or deception."
"BONA PERITURA","Perishable goods. Bouvier."
"BONA ROBA","A showy wanton; a courtesan. Shak"
"BONAIR","Gentle; courteous; complaisant; yielding. [Obs.]"
"BONANZA","In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence,anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income. [Colloq.U. S.]"
"BONAPARTEAN","Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family."
"BONAPARTISM","The policy of Bonaparte or of the Bonapartes."
"BONAPARTIST","One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of theBonapartes."
"BONBON","Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty."
"BONBONNIERE","A small fancy box or dish for bonbons."
"BONCE","A boy's game played with large marbles."
"BONCHRETIEN","A name given to several kinds of pears. See Bartlett."
"BONCILATE","A substance composed of ground bone, mineral matters, etc.,hardened by pressure, and used for making billiard balls, boxes, etc."
"BOND","The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint.'This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.' Acts xxvi."
"BOND SERVANT","A slave; one who is bound to service without wages.If thy brother . . . be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shaltnot compel him to serve as a bond servant: but as an hired servant.Lev. xxv. 39, 40."
"BOND SERVICE","The condition of a bond servant; sevice without wages; slavery.Their children . . . upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice. 1 Kings ix. 21."
"BONDAGE","Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanestservices for the owner."
"BONDAGER","A field worker, esp. a woman who works in the field. [Scot.]"
"BONDAR","A small quadruped of Bengal (Paradoxurus bondar), allied to thegenet; -- called also musk cat."
"BONDED","Placed under, or covered by, a bond, as for the payment ofduties, or for conformity to coertain regulations. Bonded goods,goods placed in a bonded warehouse; goods, for the duties on whichbonds are given at the customhouse.-- Bonded warehouse, a warehouse in which goods on which the dutiesare unpaid are stored under bond and in the joint custody of theimporter, or his agent, and the customs officers."
"BONDER","A bonding stone or brick; a bondstone."
"BONDHOLDER","A person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporationfor the payment of money at a certain time."
"BONDMAID","A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, asdistinguished from a hired servant."
"BONDMAN","A villain, or tenant in villenage."
"BONDSLAVE","A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and libertyare subjected to the authority of a master."
"BONDSMAN","A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another."
"BONDSTONE","A stone running through a wall from one face to another, tobind it together; a binding stone."
"BONDSWOMAN","See Bondwoman."
"BONDUC","See Nicker tree."
"BONDWOMAN","A woman who is a slave, or in bondage.He who was of the bondwoman. Gal. iv. 23."
"BONE","The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrateanimals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcicphosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone."
"BONEACHE","Pain in the bones. Shak."
"BONEBLACK","See Bone black, under Bone, n."
"BONEDOG","The spiny dogfish."
"BONEFISH","See Ladyfish."
"BONELESS","Without bones. 'Boneless gums.' Shak."
"BONESET","A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort (Eupatorium perfoliatum).Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic."
"BONESETTER","One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied toone, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones.-- Bone'set*ting, n."
"BONESHAW","Sciatica. [Obs.]"
"BONETTA","See Bonito. Sir T. Herbert."
"BONFIRE","A large fire built in the open air, as an expression of publicjoy and exultation, or for amusement.Full soon by bonfire and by bell, We learnt our liege was passingwell. Gay."
"BONGO","Either of two large antelopes (Bo\u00f6cercus eurycercus of WestAfrica, and B. isaaci of East Africa) of a reddish or chestnut-browncolor with narrow white stripes on the body. Their flesh isespecially esteemed as food."
"BONGRACE","A projecting bonnet or shade to protect the complexion; also, awide-brimmed hat. [Obs.]"
"BONIBELL","See Bonnibel. [Obs.] Spenser."
"BONIFACE","An innkeeper."
"BONIFORM","Sensitive or responsive to moral excellence. Dr. H. More."
"BONIFY","To convert into, or make, good.To bonify evils, or tincture them with good. Cudworth."
"BONINESS","The condition or quality of being bony."
"BONITARY","Beneficial, as opposed to statutory or civil; as, bonitarydominion of land."
"BONMOT","A witty repartee; a jest."
"BONNAZ","A kind of embroidery made with a complicated sewing machine,said to have been originally invented by a Frenchman of the name ofBonnaz. The work is done either in freehand or by following aperforated design."
"BONNE","(F., prop. good woman.) A female servant charged with the careof a young child."
"BONNE BOUCHE","A delicious morsel or mouthful; a tidbit."
"BONNET","An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib orforesail in moderate winds. Hakluyt."
"BONNET ROUGE","The red cap adopted by the extremists in the French Revolution,which became a sign of patriotism at that epoch; hence, arevolutionist; a Red Republican."
"BONNETED","Protected by a bonnet. See Bonnet, 4 (a)."
"BONNETLESS","Without a bonnet."
"BONNIBEL","A handsome girl. [Obs.]"
"BONNIE","See Bonny, a."
"BONNILASS","A 'bonny lass'; a beautiful girl. [Obs.] Spenser."
"BONNILY","Gayly; handsomely."
"BONNINESS","The quality of being bonny; gayety [R.]"
"BONNY","A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, notcommunicating with a vein."
"BONNYCLABBER","Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimescalled simply clabber. B. Jonson."
"BONSPIEL","A cur [Scot.]"
"BONTEBOK","The pied antelope of South Africa (Alcelaphus pygarga). Itsface and rump are white. Called also nunni."
"BONUS","A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilegegranted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter.Bouvier."
"BONZE","A Buddhist or Fohist priest, monk, or nun."
"BOOBY","Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid."
"BOOBYISH","Stupid; dull."
"BOODH","Same as Buddha. Malcom."
"BOODHISM","Same as Buddhism."
"BOODHIST","Same as Buddhist."
"BOOHOE","To bawl; to cry loudly. [Low] Bartlett."
"BOOHOO","The sailfish; -- called also woohoo."
"BOOK-LEARNED","Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books. [Often ina disparaging sense.]Whate'er these book-learned blockheads say, Solon's the veriest foolin all the play. Dryden."
"BOOKBINDER","One whose occupation is to bind books."
"BOOKBINDERY","A bookbinder's shop; a place or establishment for bindingbooks."
"BOOKBINDING","The art, process, or business of binding books."
"BOOKCASE","A case with shelves for holding books, esp. one with glazeddoors."
"BOOKCRAFT","Authorship; literary skill."
"BOOKER","One who enters accounts or names, etc., in a book; abookkeeper."
"BOOKFUL","As much as will fill a book; a book full. Shak.-- a."
"BOOKING CLERK","A clerk who registers passengers, baggage, etc., forconveyance, as by railway or steamship, or who sells passage ticketsat a booking office."
"BOOKKEEPER","One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping thebooks and accounts in an office."
"BOOKKEEPING","The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in aregular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to eachother, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art ofkeeping accounts. The books commonly used are a daybook, cashbook,journal, and ledger. See Daybook, Cashbook, Journal, and Ledger.Bookkeeping by single entry, the method of keeping books by carryingthe record of each transaction to the debit or credit of a singleaccount.-- Bookkeeping by double entry, a mode of bookkeeping in which twoentries of every transaction are carried to the ledger, one to theDr., or left hand, side of one account, and the other to the Cr., orright hand, side of a corresponding account, in order thaItalianmethod."
"BOOKLESS","Without books; unlearned. Shenstone."
"BOOKLET","A little book. T. Arnold."
"BOOKMAKER","A betting man who 'makes a book.' See To make a book, underBook, n."
"BOOKMAN","A studious man; a scholar. Shak."
"BOOKMARK","Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particularpage or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; abookplate."
"BOOKMATE","A schoolfellow; an associate in study."
"BOOKMONGER","A dealer in books."
"BOOKPLATE","A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or itsposition in a library."
"BOOKSELLER","One who sells books."
"BOOKSELLING","The employment of selling books."
"BOOKSHELF","A shelf to hold books."
"BOOKSHOP","A bookseller's shop. [Eng.]"
"BOOKSTALL","A stall or stand where books are sold."
"BOOKSTORE","A store where books are kept for sale; -- called in England abookseller's shop."
"BOOKWORM","Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books.Many species are known."
"BOOKY","Bookish."
"BOOLY","A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wanderingfrom place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk,like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed forthe shelter of cattle or their keepers. [Obs.] [Written also boley,bolye, bouillie.] Spenser."
"BOOM","A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending thebottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sailboom, etc."
"BOOMDAS","A small African hyracoid mammal (Dendrohyrax arboreus)resembling the daman."
"BOOMER","A North American rodent, so named because it is said to make abooming noise. See Sewellel."
"BOOMERANG","A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australiaand in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hardwood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to threeinches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrownfrom the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes veryremarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and themanner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a longdistance, then curving upward to a considerable height, and finallytaking a retrograde direction, so as to fall near the place fromwhich it was thrown, or even far in the rear of it."
"BOOMING","The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violentrushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollowsound; as, the booming of bitterns. Howitt."
"BOOMKIN","Same as Bumkin."
"BOOMORAH","A small West African chevrotain (Hy\u00e6moschus aquaticus),resembling the musk deer."
"BOOMSLANGE","A large South African tree snake (Bucephalus Capensis).Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs."
"BOON","The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber asrefuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching."
"BOORISH","Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly.-- Boor'ish*ly, adv.-- Boor'ish*ness, n.Which is in truth a gross and boorish opinion. Milton."
"BOORT","See Bort."
"BOOSE","A stall or a crib for an ox, cow, or other animal. [Prov. Eng.]Halliwell."
"BOOSER","A toper; a guzzler. See Boozer."
"BOOST","To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb);to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in makingadvancement. [Colloq. U. S.]"
"BOOSTER","An instrument for regulating the electro-motive force in analternating-current circuit; -- so called because used to 'boost', orraise, the pressure in the circuit."
"BOOT","The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passesthrough a roof. Boot catcher, the person at an inn whose business itwas to pull off boots and clean them. [Obs.] Swift.-- Boot closer, one who, or that which, sews the uppers of boots.-- Boot crimp, a frame or device used by bootmakers for drawing andshaping the body of a boot.-- Boot hook, a hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots.-- Boots and saddles (Cavalry Tactics), the trumpet call which isthe first signal for mounted drill.-- Sly boots. See Slyboots, in the Vocabulary."
"BOOTBLACK","One who blacks boots."
"BOOTED","Having an undivided, horny, bootlike covering; -- said of thetarsus of some birds."
"BOOTEE","A half boot or short boot."
"BOOTHALE","To forage for booty; to plunder. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"BOOTHY","See Bothy."
"BOOTING","Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. [Obs.] Sir. J.Harrington."
"BOOTJACK","A device for pulling off boots."
"BOOTLESS","Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage orsuccess. Chaucer.I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers. Shak.-- Boot'less*ly, adv.-- Boot'less*ness, n."
"BOOTLICK","A toady. [Low, U. S.] Bartlett."
"BOOTMAKER","One who makes boots.-- Boot'mak`ing, n."
"BOOTS","A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks theboots and shoes."
"BOOTTOPPING","The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near thesurface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, asa temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc.,have been scraped off."
"BOOTTREE","An instrument to stretch and widen the leg of a boot,consisting of two pieces, together shaped like a leg, between which,when put into the boot, a wedge is driven.The pretty boots trimly stretched on boottrees. Thackeray."
"BOOTY","That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery,especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage. Milton.To play booty, to play dishonestly, with an intent to lose; to allowone's adversary to win at cards at first, in order to induce him tocontinue playing and victimize him afterwards. [Obs.] L'Estrange."
"BOOZE","To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; totipple. [Written also bouse, and boose.] Landor.This is better than boozing in public houses. H. R. Haweis."
"BOOZER","One who boozes; a toper; a guzzler of alcoholic liquors; abouser."
"BOOZY","A little intoxicated; fuddled; stupid with liquor; bousy.[Colloq.] C. Kingsley."
"BOPEEP","The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so asto startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out anddrawing suddenly back, as if frightened.I for sorrow sung, That such a king should play bopeep, And go thefools among. Shak."
"BORABLE","Capable of being bored. [R.]"
"BORACHTE","A large leather bottle for liquors, etc., made of the skin of agoat or other animal. Hence: A drunkard. [Obs.]You're an absolute borachio. Congreve."
"BORACIC","Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron;boric; as, boracic acid."
"BORACITE","A mineral of a white or gray color occurring massive and inisometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate withmagnesium chloride."
"BORACOUS","Relating to, or obtained from, borax; containing borax."
"BORAGE","A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis),which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic."
"BORAGEWORT","Plant of the Borage family."
"BORAGINACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants(Boraginace\u00e6) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice,and many pestiferous plants."
"BORAGINEOUS","Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous."
"BORAMEZ","See Barometz."
"BORATE","A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base orpositive radical."
"BORAX","A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste,used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors onporcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineralsprings, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany.It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent toEurope under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborateof sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O. Borax bead. (Chem.) See Bead, n., 3."
"BORBORYGM","A rumbling or gurgling noise produced by wind in the bowels.Dunglison."
"BORD","The face of coal parallel to the natural fissures."
"BORD SERVICE","Service due from a bordar; bordage."
"BORDAGE","The base or servile tenure by which a bordar held his cottage."
"BORDAR","A villein who rendered menial service for his cottage; acottier.The cottar, the bordar, and the laborer were bound to aid in the workof the home farm. J. R. Green."
"BORDEAUX","Pertaining to Bordeaux in the south of France.-- n."
"BORDEAUX MIXTURE","A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water.The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.;water, 35 -- 50 gallons."
"BORDELAIS","Of or pertaining to Bordeaux, in France, or to the districtaround Bordeaux."
"BORDELLER","A keeper or a frequenter of a brothel. [Obs.] Gower."
"BORDEREAU","A note or memorandum, esp. one containing an enumeration ofdocuments."
"BORDERER","One who dwells on a border, or at the extreme part or confinesof a country, region, or tract of land; one who dwells near to aplace or region.Borderers of the Caspian. Dyer."
"BORDLAND","Either land held by a bordar, or the land which a lord kept forthe maintenance of his board, or table. Spelman."
"BORDLODE","The service formerly required of a tenant, to carry timber fromthe woods to the lord's house. Bailey. Mozley & W."
"BORDMAN","A bordar; a tenant in bordage."
"BORDURE","A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding thefield. It is usually plain, but may be charged."
"BORE","To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air; Crabb."
"BOREAL","Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as, aboreal bird; a boreal blast.So from their own clear north in radiant streams, Bright over Europebursts the boreal morn. Thomson."
"BOREAS","The north wind; -- usually a personification."
"BORECOLE","A brassicaceous plant of many varieties, cultivated for itsleaves, which are not formed into a compact head like the cabbage,but are loose, and are generally curled or wrinkled; kale."
"BOREE","Same as Bourr\u00c9\\'82. [Obs.] Swift."
"BOREL","See Borrel."
"BORELE","The smaller two-horned rhinoceros of South Africa (Atelodusbicornis)."
"BORIC","Of, pertaining to, or containing, boron. Boric acid, a whitecrystalline substance B(OH)3, easily obtained from its salts, andoccurring in solution in the hot lagoons of Tuscany."
"BORIDE","A binary compound of boron with a more positive or basicelement or radical; -- formerly called boruret."
"BORING","The chips or fragments made by boring. Boring bar, a revolvingor stationary bar, carrying one or more cutting tools for dressinground holes.-- Boring tool (Metal Working), a cutting tool placed in a cutterhead to dress round holes. Knight."
"BORNE","Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See Bear, v. t."
"BORNEOL","A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinarycamphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said tooccur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanopscamphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European orAmerican commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called alsoBorneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol."
"BORNITE","A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur;-- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to thecolors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface."
"BOROFLUORIDE","A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positiveelement, or radical; -- called also fluoboride, and formerlyfluoborate."
"BOROGLYCERIDE","A compound of boric acid and glycerin, used as an antiseptic."
"BORON","A nonmetallic element occurring abundantly in borax. It isreduced with difficulty to the free state, when it can be obtained inseveral different forms; viz., as a substance of a deep olive color,in a semimetallic form, and in colorless quadratic crystals similarto the diamond in hardness and other properties. It occurs in naturealso in boracite, datolite, tourmaline, and some other minerals.Atomic weight 10.9. Symbol B."
"BOROSILICATE","A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the naturalminerals tourmaline, datolite, etc."
"BOROUGH-ENGLISH","A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands andtenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, ifthe owner have no issue, to the youngest brother. Blackstone."
"BOROUGHHEAD","See Headborough. [Obs.]"
"BOROUGHHOLDER","A headborough; a borsholder."
"BOROUGHMASTER","The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough."
"BOROUGHMONGER","One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs."
"BORRACHO","See Borachio. [Obs.]"
"BORREL","Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BORROW","To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination inorder to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when thefigure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of theminuend."
"BORROWER","One who borrows.Neither a borrower nor a lender be. Shak."
"BORSHOLDER","The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough);the headborough; a parish constable. Spelman."
"BORT","Imperfectly crystallized or coarse diamonds, or fragments madein cutting good diamonds which are reduced to powder and used inlapidary work."
"BORURET","A boride. [Obs.]"
"BORWE","Pledge; borrow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BOS","A genus of ruminant quadrupeds, including the wild and domesticcattle, distinguished by a stout body, hollow horns, and a large foldof skin hanging from the neck."
"BOSA","A drink, used in the East. See Boza."
"BOSCAGE","Food or sustenance for cattle, obtained from bushes and trees;also, a tax on wood."
"BOSH","Figure; outline; show. [Obs.]"
"BOSHBOK","A kind of antelope. See Bush buck."
"BOSHVARK","The bush hog. See under Bush, a thicket."
"BOSJESMAN","; pl. Bosjesmans. [D. boschjesman.]"
"BOSK","A thicket; a small wood. 'Through bosk and dell.' Sir W. Scott."
"BOSKAGE","Same as Boscage.Thridding the somber boskage of the wood. Tennyson."
"BOSKINESS","Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky."
"BOSOMED","Having, or resembling, bosom; kept in the bosom; hidden."
"BOSOMY","Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows."
"BOSON","See Boatswain. [Obs.] Dryden."
"BOSPORIAN","Of or pertaining to the Thracian or the Cimmerian Bosporus.The Alans forced the Bosporian kings to pay them tribute andexterminated the Taurians. Tooke."
"BOSPORUS","A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas;as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait ofConstantinople, between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmora; theCimmerian Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Sea of Azof. [Writtenalso Bosphorus.]"
"BOSQUET","See Bosket."
"BOSS","A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs ofceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations."
"BOSSAGE","A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to beafterward carved into shape. Gwilt."
"BOSSED","Embossed; also, bossy."
"BOSSET","A rudimental antler of a young male of the red deer."
"BOSSISM","The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses. [Slang,U. S.]"
"BOSSY","Ornamented with bosses; studded."
"BOSTON","A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs offifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston,Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the Frencharmy in America during the Revolutionary war."
"BOSTRYX","A form of cymose inflorescence with all the flowers on one sideof the rachis, usually causing it to curl; -- called also a uniparoushelicoid cyme."
"BOSWELLIAN","Relating to, or characteristic of, Boswell, the biographer ofDr. Johnson."
"BOSWELLISM","The style of Boswell."
"BOT","See Bots."
"BOTANIST","One skilled in botany; one versed in the knowledge of plants."
"BOTANIZE","To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to studyplants."
"BOTANIZER","One who botanizes."
"BOTANOLOGER","A botanist. [Obs.]"
"BOTANOLOGY","The science of botany. [Obs.] Bailey."
"BOTANOMANCY","An ancient species of divination by means of plants, esp. sageand fig leaves."
"BOTANY BAY","A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convictsettlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found onits shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770."
"BOTARGO","A sort of cake or sausage, made of the salted roes of themullet, much used on the coast of the Mediterranean as an incentiveto drink."
"BOTCHEDLY","In a clumsy manner."
"BOTCHER","A young salmon; a grilse."
"BOTCHERLY","Bungling; awkward. [R.]"
"BOTCHERY","A botching, or that which is done by botching; clumsy orcareless workmanship."
"BOTCHY","Marked with botches; full of botches; poorly done. 'This botchybusiness.' Bp. Watson."
"BOTELESS","Unavailing; in vain. See Bootless."
"BOTFLY","A dipterous insect of the family (Estrid\u00e6, of many differentspecies, some of which are particularly troublesome to domesticanimals, as the horse, ox, and sheep, on which they deposit theireggs. A common species is one of the botflies of the horse(Gastrophilus equi), the larv\u00e6 of which (bots) are taken into thestomach of the animal, where they live several months and passthrough their larval states. In tropical America one speciessometimes lives under the human skin, and another in the stomach. SeeGadfly."
"BOTH","The one and the other; the two; the pair, without exception ofeither."
"BOTH-HANDS","A factotum. [R.]He is his master's both-hands, I assure you. B. Jonson."
"BOTHER","To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother."
"BOTHERATION","The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause oftrouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation. [Colloq.]"
"BOTHERER","One who bothers."
"BOTHERSOME","Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity;troublesome."
"BOTHIE","Same as Bothy. [Scot.]"
"BOTHRENCHYMA","Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen inmany kinds of wood."
"BOTOCUDOS","A Brazilian tribe of Indians, noted for their use of poisons; -- also called Aymbor\u00e9s."
"BOTRYOGEN","A hydrous sulphate of iron of a deep red color. It often occursin botryoidal form."
"BOTRYOLITE","A variety of datolite, usually having a botryoidal structure."
"BOTS","The larv\u00e6 of several species of botfly, especially those larv\u00b7hich infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and aresupposed to be the cause of various ailments. [Written also botts.]"
"BOTTLE","To put into bottles; to inclose in, or as in, a bottle orbottles; to keep or restrain as in a bottle; as, to bottle wine orporter; to bottle up one's wrath."
"BOTTLE GREEN","A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass.-- Bot'tle-green`, a."
"BOTTLE-NECK FRAME","An inswept frame. [Colloq.]"
"BOTTLE-NOSED","Having the nose bottleshaped, or large at the end. Dickens."
"BOTTLEHEAD","A cetacean allied to the grampus; -- called also bottle-nosedwhale."
"BOTTLER","One who bottles wine, beer, soda water, etc."
"BOTTLESCREW","A corkscrew. Swift."
"BOTTLING","The act or the process of putting anything into bottles (asbeer, mineral water, etc.) and corking the bottles."
"BOTTOM","The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, thevessel itself; a ship.My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. Shak.Not to sell the teas, but to return them to London in the samebottoms in which they were shipped. Bancroft.Full bottom, a hull of such shape as permits carrying a large amountof merchandise."
"BOTTOM FERMENTATION","A slow alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cellscollect at the bottom of the fermenting liquid. It takes place at atemperature of 4\u00ba - 10\u00ba C. (39\u00ba - 50\u00baF.). It is used in making lagerbeer and wines of low alcohol content but fine bouquet."
"BOTTOMED","Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom;grounded; -- mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed; well-bottomed."
"BOTTOMLESS","Without a bottom; hence, fathomless; baseless; as, a bottomlessabyss. 'Bottomless speculations.' Burke."
"BOTTOMRY","A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of aship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship(and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment ofmoney advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates hervoyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, thelender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is toreceive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated,although it may, and usually does, exceed the legal rate of interest.See Hypothecation."
"BOTTS","See Bots."
"BOTULIFORM","Having the shape of a sausage. Henslow."
"BOUCHE","Same as Bush, a lining."
"BOUCHEES","Small patties."
"BOUCHERIZE","To impregnate with a preservative solution of copper sulphate,as timber, railroad ties, etc."
"BOUD","A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc. [Obs.]Tusser., n. Etym: [F., fr. bouder to pout, be sulky.]"
"BOUDOIR","A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, towhich a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends;a lady's (or sometimes a gentleman's) private room. Cowper."
"BOUFFE","Comic opera. See Opera Bouffe."
"BOUGAINVILLAEA","A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginace\u00e6, from tropicalSouth America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts."
"BOUGE","To stave in; to bilge. [Obs.] Holland."
"BOUGET","A charge representing a leather vessel for carrying water; --also called water bouget."
"BOUGHT","imp. & p. p. of Buy."
"BOUGHTEN","Purchased; not obtained or produced at home. Coleridge."
"BOUGHTY","Bending. [Obs.] Sherwood."
"BOUGIE","A long, flexible instrument, that is"
"BOUGIE DECIMALE","A photometric standard used in France, having the value of onetwentieth of the Violle platinum standard, or slightly less than aBritish standard candle. Called also decimal candle."
"BOUILLI","Boiled or stewed meat; beef boiled with vegetables in waterfrom which its gravy is to be made; beef from which bouillon or souphas been made."
"BOUILLON","An excrescence on a horse's frush or frog."
"BOUL","A curved handle. Sir W. Scott."
"BOULANGERITE","A mineral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usuallyin plumose masses, also compact. It is sulphide of antimony and lead."
"BOULANGISM","The spirit or principles of a French political movementidentified with Gen. Georges Boulanger (d. 1891), whose militarismand advocacy of revenge on Germany attracted to him a miscellaneousparty of monarchists and Republican malcontents. -- Bou*lan'gist (#),n."
"BOULDER","Same as Bowlder."
"BOULDERY","Characterized by bowlders."
"BOULEVARDIER","A frequenter of a city boulevard, esp. in Paris.  F. Harrison."
"BOULEVERSEMENT","Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down."
"BOULT","Corrupted form Bolt."
"BOULTER","A long, stout fishing line to which many hooks are attached."
"BOUN","Ready; prepared; destined; tending. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BOUNCE","A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus)."
"BOUNCINGLY","With a bounce."
"BOUND","The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of anyobject or space; that which limits or restrains, or within whichsomething is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary.He hath compassed the waters with bounds. Job xxvi. 10.On earth's remotest bounds. Campbell.And mete the bounds of hate and love. Tennyson.To keep within bounds, not to exceed or pass beyond assigned limits;to act with propriety or discretion."
"BOUNDARY","That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks abound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real orimaginary limit.But still his native country lies Beyond the boundaries of the skies.N. Cotton.That bright and tranquil stream, the boundary of Louth and Meath.Macaulay.Sensation and reflection are the boundaries of our thoughts. Locke."
"BOUNDER","One who, or that which, limits; a boundary. Sir T. Herbert."
"BOUNDING","Moving with a bound or bounds.The bounding pulse, the languid limb. Montgomery."
"BOUNDLESS","Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. 'Theboundless sky.' Bryant. 'The boundless ocean.' Dryden. 'Boundlessrapacity.' 'Boundless prospect of gain.' Macaulay."
"BOUNTEOUS","Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generouslyliberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as,bounteous production.But O, thou bounteous Giver of all good. Cowper.-- Boun'te*ous*ly, adv.-- Boun'te*ous*ness, n."
"BOUNTIFUL","Goodness; generosity. [Obs.] Spenser."
"BOUQUETIN","The ibex."
"BOUR","A chamber or a cottage. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BOURBON WHISKY","See under Whisky."
"BOURBONISM","The principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon;obstinate conservatism."
"BOURBONIST","One who adheres to the house of Bourbon; a legitimist."
"BOURD","A jest. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BOURDER","A jester. [Obs.]"
"BOURDON","A pilgrim's staff."
"BOURGEOIS","A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type."
"BOURGEOISIE","The French middle class, particularly such as are concerned in,or dependent on, trade."
"BOURGEON","To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch.Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow. Sir W. Scott."
"BOURI","A mullet (Mugil capito) found in the rivers of Southern Europeand in Africa."
"BOURNLESS","Without a bourn or limit."
"BOURNONITE","A mineral of a steel-gray to black color and metallic luster,occurring crystallized, often in twin crystals shaped like cogwheels(wheel ore), also massive. It is a sulphide of antimony, lead, andcopper."
"BOURNOUS","See Burnoose."
"BOURREE","An old French dance tune in common time."
"BOURSE","An exchange, or place where merchants, bankers, etc., meet forbusiness at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of Paris."
"BOUSE","To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. See Booze."
"BOUSER","A toper; a boozer."
"BOUSTROPHEDON","An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one linefrom left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields areplowed), as in early Greek and Hittite."
"BOUSTROPHEDONIC","Relating to the boustrophedon mode of writing."
"BOUSTROPHIC","Boustrophedonic."
"BOUSY","Drunken; sotted; boozy.In his cups the bousy poet songs. Dryden."
"BOUTADE","An outbreak; a caprice; a whim. [Obs.]"
"BOUTEFEU","An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels. [Obs.]Animated by . . . John \u00e0 Chamber, a very boutefeu, . . . they enteredinto open rebellion. Bacon."
"BOUTONNIERE","A bouquet worn in a buttonhole."
"BOUTS-RIMES","Words that rhyme, proposed as the ends of verses, to be filledout by the ingenuity of the person to whom they are offered."
"BOVATE","An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; anancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usuallyestimated at fifteen acres."
"BOVEY COAL","A kind of mineral coal, or brown lignite, burning with a weakflame, and generally a disagreeable odor; -- found at Bovey Tracey,Devonshire, England. It is of geological age of the o\u00f6lite, and notof the true coal era."
"BOVID","Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genusBos is the type."
"BOVIFORM","Resembling an ox in form; ox-shaped. [R.]"
"BOVINE","of or pertaining to the genus Bos; relating to, or resembling,the ox or cow; oxlike; as, the bovine genus; a bovine antelope."
"BOW","An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in tokenof reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, abow of deep humility."
"BOW HAND","The hand that holds the bow, i. e., the left hand.Surely he shoots wide on the bow hand. Spenser."
"BOW NET","."
"BOW OAR","."
"BOW-BELLS","The bells of Bow Church in London; cockneydom.People born within the sound of Bow-bells are usually calledcockneys. Murray's Handbook of London."
"BOW-LEGGED","Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward. Johnson."
"BOW-PEN","Bow-compasses carrying a drawing pen. See Bow-compass."
"BOW-PENCIL","Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil."
"BOW-SAW","A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame."
"BOWABLE","Capable of being bowed or bent; flexible; easily influenced;yielding. [Obs.]"
"BOWBELL","One born within hearing distance of Bow-bells; a cockney.Halliwell."
"BOWBENT","Bent, like a bow. Milton."
"BOWDLERIZE","To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the partsconsidered offensive."
"BOWEL","Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, thebowels of the earth.His soldiers . . . cried out amain, And rushed into the bowels of thebattle. Shak."
"BOWELED","Having bowels; hollow. 'The boweled cavern.' Thomson."
"BOWELLESS","Without pity. Sir T. Browne."
"BOWENITE","A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. Itis of a light green color and resembles jade."
"BOWER","An anchor carried at the bow of a ship."
"BOWER BIRD","An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus or holosericeus),allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers orplayhouses of twigs and decorates them with brightcolored objects;the satin bird."
"BOWER-BARFF PROCESS","A certain process for producing upon articles of iron or steelan adherent coating of the magnetic oxide of iron (which is notliable to corrosion by air, moisture, or ordinary acids). This isaccomplished by producing, by oxidation at about 1600\u00ba F. in a closedspace, a coating containing more or less of the ferric oxide (Fe2O3)and the subsequent change of this in a reduced atmosphere to themagnetic oxide (Fe2O4)."
"BOWERY","Shading, like a bower; full of bowers.A bowery maze that shades the purple streams. Trumbull."
"BOWESS","Same as Bower. [Obs.]"
"BOWFIN","A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh watersof the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, anddogfish."
"BOWGE","To swell out. See Bouge. [Obs.]"
"BOWGRACE","A frame or fender of rope or junk, laid out at the sides orbows of a vessel to secure it from injury by floating ice."
"BOWHEAD","The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Bal\u00e6na mysticetus). SeeBaleen, and Whale."
"BOWIE KNIFE","A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long,and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, andformerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States.It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, byextension, any large sheath knife."
"BOWINGLY","In a bending manner."
"BOWKNOT","A knot in which a portion of the string is drawn through in theform of a loop or bow, so as to be readily untied."
"BOWL","An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biasedballs on a level plat of greensward.Like an uninstructed bowler, . . . who thinks to attain the jack bydelivering his bowl straightforward upon it. Sir W. Scott."
"BOWLDERY","Characterized by bowlders."
"BOWLEG","A crooked leg. Jer. Taylor."
"BOWLER","One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or anyother game."
"BOWLESS","Destitute of a bow."
"BOWLINE","A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicularedge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, andused to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when theship is closehauled. Bowline bridles, the ropes by which the bowlineis fastened to the leech of the sail.-- Bowline knot. See Illust. under Knot.-- On a bowline, close-hauled or sailing close to the wind; -- saidof a ship."
"BOWLING","The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ballat cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins. Bowling alley, a coveredplace for playing at bowls or tenpins.-- Bowling green, a level piece of greensward or smooth ground forbowling, as the small park in lower Broadway, New York, where theDutch of New Amsterdam played this game."
"BOWLS","See Bowl, a ball, a game."
"BOWMAN","A man who uses a bow; an archer.The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen.Jer. iv. 29.Bowman's root. (Bot.) See Indian physic, under Indian."
"BOWNE","To make ready; to prepare; to dress. [Obs.]We will all bowne ourselves for the banquet. Sir W. Scott."
"BOWSE","To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, i.e., to pull all together."
"BOWSHOT","The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow."
"BOWSPRIT","A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship orother vessel, to carry sail forward."
"BOWSSEN","To drench; to soak; especially, to immerse (in water believedto have curative properties). [Obs.]There were many bowssening places, for curing of mad men. . . . Ifthere appeared small amendment he was bowssened again and again.Carew."
"BOWSTRING","To strangle with a bowstring."
"BOWTEL","See Boultel."
"BOWWOW","An onomatopoetic name for a dog or its bark.-- a."
"BOX","A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world.The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which,the dwaft box (B.suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens.The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, isextensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematicalinstrument makers, etc. Box elder, the ash-leaved maple (Negundoaceroides), of North America.-- Box holly, the butcher's broom (Russus aculeatus).-- Box thorn, a shrub (Lycium barbarum).-- Box tree, the tree variety of the common box."
"BOX KITE","A kite, invented by Lawrence Hargrave, of Sydney, Australia,which consist of two light rectangular boxes, or cells open on twosides, and fastened together horizontally. Called also Hargrave, orcellular, kite."
"BOX TAIL","In a flying machine, a tail or rudder, usually fixed,resembling a box kite."
"BOX-IRON","A hollow smoothing iron containing a heater within."
"BOXBERRY","The wintergreern. (Gaultheria procumbens). [Local, U.S.]"
"BOXEN","Made of boxwood; pertaining to, or resembling, the box (Buxus).[R.]The faded hue of sapless boxen leaves. Dryden."
"BOXER","One who packs boxes."
"BOXFISH","The trunkfish."
"BOXHAUL","To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short roundon her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the headyards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind). Totten."
"BOXHAULING","A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul."
"BOXING","The external case of thin material used to bring any member toa required form."
"BOXING DAY","The first week day after Christmas, a legal holiday on whichChristmas boxes are given to postmen, errand boys, employees, etc.The night of this day is boxing night. [Eng.]"
"BOXKEEPER","An attendant at a theater who has charge of the boxes."
"BOXTHORN","A plant of the genus Lycium, esp. Lycium barbarum."
"BOXWOOD","The wood of the box (Buxus)."
"BOY","A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, ason.My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee. Sir W. Scott."
"BOY SCOUT","Orig., a member of the 'Boy Scouts,' an organization of boysfounded in 1908, by Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell, to promote goodcitizenship by creating in them a spirit of civic duty and ofusefulness to others, by stimulating their interest in wholesomemental, moral, industrial, and physical activities, etc. Hence, amember of any of the other similar organizations, which are nowworldwide. In 'The Boy Scouts of America' the local councils aregenerally under a scout commissioner, under whose supervision arescout masters, each in charge of a troop of two or more patrols ofeight scouts each, who are of three classes, tenderfoot, second-classscout, and first-class scout."
"BOYAU","A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication fromone siegework to another, to a magazine, etc."
"BOYCOTT","To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or otherperson), to withhold social or business relations from him, and todeter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott."
"BOYCOTTER","A participant in boycotting."
"BOYCOTTISM","Methods of boycotters."
"BOYDEKIN","A dagger; a bodkin. [Obs.]"
"BOYER","A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end. Sir W. Raleigh."
"BOYHOOD","The state of being a boy; the time during which one is a boy.Hood."
"BOYISH","Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy;childish; trifling; puerile.A boyish, odd conceit. Baillie."
"BOYISHLY","In a boyish manner; like a boy."
"BOYISHNESS","The manners or behavior of a boy."
"BOYISM","See under Law."
"BOZA","An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, madefrom millet seed and various astringent substances; also, anintoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water.[Written also bosa, bozah, bouza.]"
"BRABANTINE","Pertaining to Brabant, an ancient province of the Netherlands."
"BRABBLE","To clamor; to contest noisily. [R.]"
"BRABBLEMENT","A brabble. [R.] Holland."
"BRABBLER","A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy fellow; a wrangler. [R] Shak."
"BRACCATE","Furnished with feathers which conceal the feet."
"BRACE","A piece of material used to transmit, or change the directionof, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss,which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as atie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of thestructure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is adiagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell."
"BRACH","A bitch of the hound kind. Shak."
"BRACHELYTRA","A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles."
"BRACHIA","See Brachium."
"BRACHIAL","Pertaining or belonging to the arm; as, the brachial artery;the brachial nerve."
"BRACHIATA","A division of the Crinoidea, including those furnished withlong jointed arms. See Crinoidea."
"BRACHIATE","Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal,and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple andlilac."
"BRACHIOGANOID","One of the Brachioganoidei."
"BRACHIOGANOIDEI","An order of ganoid fishes of which the bichir of Africa is aliving example. See Crossopterygii."
"BRACHIOLARIA","(Zo\u00f6l.) A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes,having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands ofvibrating cilia."
"BRACHIOPOD","One of the Brachiopoda, or its shell."
"BRACHIOPODA","A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell,often attached by a fleshy peduncle."
"BRACHIUM","The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between theshoulder and the elbow."
"BRACHMAN","See Brahman. [Obs.]"
"BRACHYCATALECTIC","A verse wanting two syllables at its termination."
"BRACHYCERAL","Having short antenn\u00e6, as certain insects."
"BRACHYDIAGONAL","Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.Brachydiagonal axis, the shorter lateral axis of an orthorhombiccrystal."
"BRACHYDOME","A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. See Dome."
"BRACHYGRAPHER","A writer in short hand; a stenographer.He asked the brachygrapher whether he wrote the notes of the sermon.Gayton."
"BRACHYGRAPHY","Stenograhy. B. Jonson."
"BRACHYLOGY","Conciseness of expression; brevity."
"BRACHYPINACOID","A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both tothe vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis."
"BRACHYPTERA","A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles."
"BRACHYPTERES","A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins."
"BRACHYPTEROUS","Having short wings."
"BRACHYSTOCHRONE","A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, anddescending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another givenpoint in a shorter time than it could by any other path. This curveof quickest descent, as it is sometimes called, is, in a vacuum, thesame as the cycloid."
"BRACHYTYPOUS","Of a short form."
"BRACHYURA","A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs,characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneaththe large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, andIllustration in Appendix."
"BRACHYURAN","One of the Brachyura."
"BRACING","Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, abracing north wind."
"BRACK","An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack orbreach; a flaw.Stain or brack in her sweet reputation. J. Fletcher."
"BRACKEN","A brake or fern. Sir W. Scott."
"BRACKET","An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from awall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, adecorative feature seeming to discharge such an office."
"BRACKETING","A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively."
"BRACKISH","Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil.Springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be.Byron."
"BRACKISHNESS","The quality or state of being brackish, or somewhat salt."
"BRACKY","Brackish. Drayton."
"BRACTEA","A bract."
"BRACTEAL","Having the nature or appearance of a bract."
"BRACTEATE","Having a bract or bracts."
"BRACTED","Furnished with bracts."
"BRACTEOLATE","Furnished with bracteoles or bractlets."
"BRACTEOLE","Same as Bractlet."
"BRACTLESS","Destitute of bracts."
"BRACTLET","A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on amain stalk that support several flowers. Gray."
"BRAD","A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the topon one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flatcircular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishingnail, with a countersunk head."
"BRAD AWL","A straight awl with chisel edge, used to make holes for brads,etc. Weale."
"BRADOON","Same as Bridoon."
"BRAE","A hillside; a slope; a bank; a hill. [Scot.] Burns."
"BRAG","To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self,in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talkboastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one'sexploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends todo.Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance,not of ornament. Shak."
"BRAGGARDISM","Boastfulness; act of bragging. Shak."
"BRAGGART","A boaster.O, I could play the woman with mine eyes, And braggart with mytongue. Shak."
"BRAGGER","One who brags; a boaster."
"BRAGGET","A liquor made of ale and honey fermented, with spices, etc.[Obs.] B. Jonson."
"BRAGGINGLY","Boastingly."
"BRAGLESS","Without bragging. [R.] Shak."
"BRAGLY","In a manner to be bragged of; finely; proudly. [Obs.] Spenser."
"BRAHMA","The One First Cause; also, one of the triad of Hindoo gods. Thetriad consists of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, andSiva, the Destroyer."
"BRAHMANESS","A Brahmani."
"BRAHMANI","Any Brahman woman. [Written also Brahmanee.]"
"BRAHMIN-ICAL","Of or pertaining to the Brahmans or to their doctrines andworship."
"BRAHMO-SOMAJ","A modern reforming theistic sect among the Hindos. [Writtenalso Brahma-samaj.]"
"BRAHMOISM","The religious system of Brahmo-somaj. Balfour."
"BRAID","To start; to awake. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BRAIL","A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing."
"BRAILLE","A system of printing or writing for the blind in which thecharacters are represented by tangible points or dots. It wasinvented by Louis Braille, a French teacher of the blind."
"BRAIN","The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervoussystem, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosedin the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It issimply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developedfrom three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with thecentral canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become thecentral cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally andbecome the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain."
"BRAINED","Supplied with brains.If th' other two be brained like us. Shak."
"BRAINISH","Hot-headed; furious. [R.] Shak."
"BRAINLESS","Without understanding; silly; thougthless; witless.-- Brain'less*ness, n."
"BRAINPAN","The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium."
"BRAINSICK","Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.-- Brain'sick*ness, n."
"BRAINSICKLY","In a brainsick manner."
"BRAINY","Having an active or vigorous mind. [Colloq.]"
"BRAISE","To stew or broil in a covered kettle or pan.A braising kettle has a deep cover which holds coals; consequentlythe cooking is done from above, as well as below. Mrs. Henderson."
"BRAISER","A kettle or pan for braising."
"BRAIT","A rough diamond."
"BRAIZE","See Braise."
"BRAKE","of Break. [Arhaic] Tennyson."
"BRAKEMAN","A man in charge of a brake or brakes."
"BRAKY","Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns;rough; thorny.In the woods and braky glens. W. Browne."
"BRAMA","See Brahma."
"BRAMAH PRESS","A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramahof London. See under Hydrostatic."
"BRAMBLE","Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry andblackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub.The thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. Shak."
"BRAMBLE BUSH","The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together.He jumped into a bramble bush And scratched out both his eyes. MotherGoose."
"BRAMBLE NET","A net to catch birds."
"BRAMBLED","Overgrown with brambles.Forlorn she sits upon the brambled floor. T. Warton."
"BRAMBLING","The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); --called also bramble finch and bramble."
"BRAMBLY","Pertaining to, resembling, or full of, brambles. 'In bramblywildernesses.' Tennyson."
"BRAME","Sharp passion; vexation. [Obs.]Heart-burning brame. Spenser."
"BRAN","The European carrion crow."
"BRAN-NEW","See Brand-new."
"BRANCARD","A litter on which a person may be carried. [Obs.] Coigrave."
"BRANCH","A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from aprincipal limb or bough of a tree or other plant."
"BRANCH PILOT","A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House,England, for special navigation."
"BRANCHER","A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and take to thebranches."
"BRANCHERY","A system of branches."
"BRANCHIA","A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained inwater, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have."
"BRANCHIAL","Of or pertaining to branchi\u00e6 or gills. Branchial arches, thebony or cartilaginous arches which support the gills on each side ofthe throat of fishes and amphibians. See Illustration in Appendix.-- Branchial clefts, the openings between the branchial archesthrough which water passes."
"BRANCHIATE","Furnished with branchi\u00e6; as, branchiate segments."
"BRANCHIFEROUS","Having gills; branchiate; as, branchiferous gastropods."
"BRANCHINESS","Fullness of branches."
"BRANCHING","Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in abranch or branches.Shaded with branching palm. Milton."
"BRANCHIOGASTROPODA","Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchi\u00e6, including theProsobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata."
"BRANCHIOMERISM","The state of being made up of branchiate segments. R.Wiedersheim."
"BRANCHIOPOD","One of the Branchiopoda."
"BRANCHIOPODA","An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet ofbranchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills.It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia,and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also calledPhyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in abroader sense."
"BRANCHIOSTEGAL","Pertaining to the membrane covering the gills of fishes.-- n. (Anat.)"
"BRANCHIOSTEGE","The branchiostegal membrane. See Illustration in Appendix."
"BRANCHIOSTEGOUS","Branchiostegal."
"BRANCHIOSTOMA","The lancelet. See Amphioxus."
"BRANCHIURA","A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, includingspecies parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice (Argulus)."
"BRANCHLESS","Destitude of branches or shoots; without any valuable product;barren; naked."
"BRANCHLET","A little branch; a twig."
"BRANCHY","Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting ofbranches.Beneath thy branchy bowers of thickest gloom. J. Scott."
"BRAND","Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants.The brands are of many species and several genera of the orderPuccini\u00e6i."
"BRAND GOOSE","A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called inAmerica brant. See Brant."
"BRAND SPORE","One of several spores growing in a series or chain, andproduced by one of the fungi called brand."
"BRAND-NEW","Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge."
"BRANDENBURG","A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only afrog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broadhorizontal stripe."
"BRANDIED","Mingled with brandy; made stronger by the addition of brandy;flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied peaches."
"BRANDING IRON","An iron to brand with."
"BRANDISH","A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc. 'Brandishes of thefan.' Tailer."
"BRANDISHER","One who brandishes."
"BRANDLE","To shake; to totter. [Obs.]"
"BRANDY","A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is alsogiven to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the UnitedStates to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe,it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain. Brandy fruit,fruit preserved in brandy and sugar."
"BRANDYWINE","Brandy. [Obs.] Wiseman."
"BRANGLE","A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. [R.]A brangle between him and his neighbor. Swift."
"BRANGLEMENT","Wrangle; brangle. [Obs.]"
"BRANGLER","A quarrelsome person."
"BRANGLING","A quarrel. [R.] Whitlock."
"BRANK","Buckwheat. [Local, Eng.] Halliwell."
"BRANKURSINE","Bear's-breech, or Acanthus."
"BRANLIN","A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has transverseblack bands, as if burned by a gridiron."
"BRANNY","Having the appearance of bran; consisting of or containingbran. Wiseman."
"BRANSLE","A brawl or dance. [Obs.] Spenser."
"BRANT","A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brentand brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species."
"BRANT-FOX","A kind of fox found in Sweden (Vulpes alopex), smaller than thecommon fox (V. vulgaris), but probably a variety of it."
"BRANTAIL","The European redstart; -- so called from the red color of itstail."
"BRANULAR","Relating to the brain; cerebral. I. Taylor."
"BRASEN","Same as Brazen."
"BRASH","Hasty in temper; impetuous. Grose."
"BRASHY","An artificer who works in brass. Franklin."
"BRASQUE","A paste made by mixing powdered charcoal, coal, or coke withclay, molasses, tar, or other suitable substance. It is used forlining hearths, crucibles, etc. Called also steep."
"BRASS","A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass.A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter isgenerally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, andBearing."
"BRASS-VISAGED","Impudent; bold."
"BRASSAGE","A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- nowcalled seigniorage."
"BRASSART","Armor for the arm; -- generally used for the whole arm from theshoulder to the wrist, and consisting, in the 15th and 16thcenturies, of many parts."
"BRASSE","A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling aperch."
"BRASSETS","See Brassart."
"BRASSICA","A genus of plants embracing several species ad varietiesdiffering much in appearance and qualities: such as the commoncabbage (B. oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip(B. campestris); the common turnip (B. rapa); the rape of coleseed(B. napus), etc."
"BRASSICACEOUS","Related to, or resembling, the cabbage, or plants of theCabbage family."
"BRASSIERE","A form of woman's underwaist stiffened with whalebones, or thelike, and worn to support the breasts."
"BRASSINESS","The state, conditions, or quality of being brassy. [Colloq.]"
"BRAST","To burst. [Obs.]And both his y\u00ebn braste out of his face. Chaucer.Dreadfull furies which their chains have brast. Spenser."
"BRAT","A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime."
"BRATSCHE","The tenor viola, or viola."
"BRATTISHING","Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet."
"BRAUNITE","A native oxide of manganese, of dark brownish black color. Itwas named from a Mr. Braun of Gotha."
"BRAVADE","Bravado. [Obs.] Fanshawe."
"BRAVADO","Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.In spite of our host's bravado. Irving."
"BRAVENESS","The quality of state or being brave."
"BRAVING","A bravado; a boast.With so proud a strain Of threats and bravings. Chapman."
"BRAVINGLY","In a defiant manner."
"BRAVO","A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; aprofessional assassin or murderer.Safe from detection, seize the unwary prey. And stab, like bravoes,all who come this way. Churchill."
"BRAVURA","A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to showthe range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical forceand skill of a performer; virtuoso music. Aria di bravura ( Etym:[It.], a florid air demanding brilliant execution."
"BRAWL","A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult;as, a drunken brawl.His sports were hindered by the brawls. Shak."
"BRAWLER","One that brawls; wrangler. Common brawler (Law), one whodisturbs a neighborhood by brawling (and is therefore indictable atcommon law as a nuisance). Wharton."
"BRAWLINGLY","In a brawling manner."
"BRAWNED","Brawny; strong; muscular. [Obs.] Spenser."
"BRAWNER","A boor killed for the table."
"BRAWNINESS","The quality or state of being brawny."
"BRAWNY","Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong. 'Brawnylimbs.' W. Irving."
"BRAY","To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, . . . yet will not hisfoolishness depart from him. Prov. xxvii. 22."
"BRAYER","An implement for braying and spreading ink in hand printing."
"BRAYING","Making a harsh noise; blaring. 'Braying trumpets.' Shak."
"BRAZE","To cover or ornament with brass. Chapman."
"BRAZEN","To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen thematter through.Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she wasresolved to be a good deal more circumspect. W. Black."
"BRAZEN-BROWED","Shamelessly impudent. Sir T. Browne."
"BRAZENFACE","An impudent of shameless person. 'Well said, brazenface; holdit out.' Shak."
"BRAZENFACED","Impudent; shameless."
"BRAZENLY","In a bold, impudent manner."
"BRAZENNESS","The quality or state of being brazen. Johnson."
"BRAZIER","Same as Brasier."
"BRAZIL NUT","An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa;the cream nut."
"BRAZILETTO","See Brazil wood."
"BRAZILIAN","Of or pertaining to Brasil.-- n."
"BRAZILIN","A substance contained in both Brazil wood and Sapan wood, fromwhich it is extracted as a yellow crystalline substance which iswhite when pure. It is colored intensely red by alkalies. [Writtenalso brezilin.]"
"BREACH","A hernia; a rupture."
"BREACHY","Apt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly; as,breachy cattle."
"BREAD","To spread. [Obs.] Ray."
"BREADBASKET","The stomach. [Humorous] S. Foote."
"BREADCORN","Corn of grain of which bread is made, as wheat, rye, etc."
"BREADED","Braided [Obs.] Spenser."
"BREADEN","Made of bread. [R.]"
"BREADFRUIT","The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large,lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used formany purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree."
"BREADLESS","Without bread; destitude of food.Plump peers and breadless bards alike are dull. P. Whitehead."
"BREADROOT","The root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta), found nearthe Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds infarinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food."
"BREADSTUFF","Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made."
"BREADTHLESS","Without breadth."
"BREADTHWAYS","Breadthwise. Whewell."
"BREADTHWISE","In the direction of the breadth."
"BREADWINNER","The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of thefamily; one who works for his living. H. Spencer."
"BREAK","See Commutator."
"BREAK-CIRCUIT","A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit."
"BREAK-UP","Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts ormembers; as, a break-up of an assembly or dinner party; a break-up ofthe government."
"BREAKABLE","Capable of being broken."
"BREAKAWAY","A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially atthe smell or the sight of water); a stampede."
"BREAKBONE FEVER","See Dengue."
"BREAKER","A small water cask. Totten."
"BREAKFAST","To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal inthe day.First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast. Prior."
"BREAKMAN","See Brakeman."
"BREAKNECK","Producing danger of a broken neck; as, breakneck speed."
"BREAKWATER","Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouthof a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection fromtheir violence."
"BREAM","A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis,little valued as food. Several species are known."
"BREAST","To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully;as, to breast the storm or waves.The court breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer.Wirt.To breast up a hedge, to cut the face of it on one side so as to laybare the principal upright stems of the plants."
"BREAST-DEEP","Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast.See him breast-deep in earth, and famish him. Shak."
"BREAST-HIGH","High as the breast."
"BREASTBAND","A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of canvas,or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the manwho heaves the lead in sounding."
"BREASTBEAM","The front transverse beam of a locomotive."
"BREASTBONE","The bone of the breast; the sternum."
"BREASTED","Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying words,in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a single-breastedcoat.The close minister is buttoned up, and the brave officer open-breasted, on these occasions. Spectator."
"BREASTFAST","A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf,or to another vessel."
"BREASTHEIGHT","The interior slope of a fortification, against which thegarnison lean in firing."
"BREASTHOOK","A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed acrossthe stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows oneach side. Totten."
"BREASTING","The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closelyadapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of itscircumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it hasspent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel."
"BREASTKNOT","A pin worn of the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; abrooch."
"BREASTPIN","A pin worn on the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; abrooch."
"BREASTPLATE","A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the frontof the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, aspan square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engravedthe names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod."
"BREASTRAIL","The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of abalcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc."
"BREASTROPE","See Breastband."
"BREASTSUMMER","A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, andsupporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a longlintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows. [Writtenalso brestsummer and bressummer.]"
"BREASTWHEEL","A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither sohigh as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, butgenerally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept incontact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boardspartly by impulse, partly by its weight."
"BREASTWORK","A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, ofearth or other material."
"BREATHABLE","Such as can be breathed."
"BREATHABLENESS","State of being breathable."
"BREATHE","To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.The same sound may be pronounces either breathed, voiced, orwhispered. H. Sweet.Breathed elements, being already voiceless, remain unchanged"
"BREATHFUL","Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant. [Obs.]"
"BREATHING","A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Roughbreathing, Smooth breathing, below. Breathing place. (a) A pause.'That c\u00e6sura, or breathing place, in the midst of the verse.' Sir P.Sidney. (b) A vent.-- Breathing time, pause; relaxation. Bp. Hall.-- Breathing while, time sufficient for drawing breath; a shorttime. Shak.-- Rough breathing (spiritus asper) (. See 2d Asper, n.-- Smooth breathing (spiritus lenis), a mark (') indicating theabsence of the sound of h, as in 'ie`nai (ienai)."
"BREATHLESSLY","In a breathless manner."
"BREATHLESSNESS","The state of being breathless or out of breath."
"BRECCIA","A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineralor of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonlypresenting a variety of colors. Bone breccia, a breccia containingbones, usually fragmentary.-- Coin breccia, a breccia containing coins."
"BRECCIATED","Consisting of angular fragments cemented together; resemblingbreccia in appearance.The brecciated appearance of many specimens [of meteorites]. H. A.Newton."
"BRED","imp. & p. p. of Breed. Bred out, degenerated. 'The strain ofman's bred out into baboon and monkey.' Shak.-- Bred to arms. See under Arms.-- Well bred. (a) Of a good family; having a good pedigree. 'Agentleman well bred and of good name.' Shak. [Obs., except as appliedto domestic animals.] (b) Well brought up, as shown in having goodmanners; cultivated; refined; polite."
"BREDE","A braid. [R.]Half lapped in glowing gauze and golden brede. Tennyson."
"BREECH","The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which iscalled the throat."
"BREECH ACTION","The breech mechanism in breech-loading small arms and certainspecial guns, as automatic and machine guns; --used frequently inreferring to the method by which the movable barrels of breech-loading shotguns are locked, unlocked, or rotated to loadingposition."
"BREECH SIGHT","A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye,in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim."
"BREECH-LOADING","Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle."
"BREECHBLOCK","The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loadingfirearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It iswithdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again beforethe gun is fired."
"BREECHCLOTH","A cloth worn around the breech."
"BREECHING","A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and securedto ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun whenit is discharged."
"BREECHLOADER","A firearm which receives its load at the breech.For cavalry, the revolver and breechloader will supersede the saber.Rep. Sec. War (1860)."
"BREEDBATE","One who breeds or originates quarrels. [Obs.] 'No telltale norno breedbate.' Shak."
"BREEDING","A fly of various species, of the family Tabanid\u00e6, noted forbuzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; --called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to differentspecies of botflies. [Written also breese and brize.]"
"BREEZE","Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning ofbricks."
"BREEZELESS","Motionless; destitute of breezes.A stagnant, breezeless air becalms my soul. Shenstone."
"BREEZINESS","State of being breezy."
"BREGMA","The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures ofthe skull."
"BREGMATIC","Pertaining to the bregma."
"BREHON","An ancient Irish or Scotch judge. Brehon laws, the ancientIrish laws, -- unwritten, like the common law of England. They wereabolished by statute of Edward III."
"BRELAN CARRE","In French games, a double pair royal."
"BRELAN FAVORI","In French games, a pair royal composed of 2 cards in the handand the card turned."
"BRELOQUE","A seal or charm for a watch chain. 'His chains and breloques.'Thackeray."
"BREME","To burn. [Obs.] Chaucer.Consuming fire brent his shearing house or stall. W. Browne."
"BREN","Bran. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BRENNAGE","A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran,which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds."
"BRENNINGLY","Burningly; ardently. [Obs.]"
"BRENT","of Bren. Burnt. [Obs.]"
"BREQUET CHAIN","A watch-guard."
"BRERE","A brier. [Archaic] Chaucer."
"BREST","for Bursteth. [Obs.]"
"BRESTE","To burst. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BRESTSUMMER","See Breastsummer."
"BRET","See Birt."
"BRETFUL","Brimful. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BRETHREN","pl. of Brother."
"BRETON","Of or relating to Brittany, or Bretagne, in France.-- n."
"BRETT","Same as Britzska."
"BRETTICE","The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls ofcoal mines. See Brattice."
"BRETWALDA","The official title applied to that one of the Anglo-Saxonchieftains who was chosen by the other chiefs to lead them in theirwarfare against the British tribes. Brande & C."
"BRETZEL","See Pretzel."
"BREVE","A note or character of time, equivalent to two semibreves orfour minims. When dotted, it is equal to three semibreves. It wasformerly of a square figure (as thus: Moore."
"BREVET","A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for whichhe receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer."
"BREVETCY","The rank or condition of a brevet officer."
"BREVIATE","To abbreviate. [Obs.]"
"BREVIATURE","An abbreviature; an abbreviation. [Obs.] Johnson."
"BREVIER","A size of type between bourgeous and minion."
"BREVILOQUENCE","A brief and pertinent mode of speaking. [R.]"
"BREVIPED","Having short legs.-- n."
"BREVIPEN","A brevipennate bird."
"BREVIPENNATE","Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing totheir short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu."
"BREW","The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon."
"BREWAGE","Malt liquor; drink brewed. 'Some well-spiced brewage.' Milton.A rich brewage, made of the best Spanish wine. Macaulay."
"BREWER","One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors."
"BREWERY","A brewhouse; the building and apparatus where brewing iscarried on."
"BREWHOUSE","A house or building appropriated to brewing; a brewery."
"BREWING","A gathering or forming of a storm or squall, indicated bythick, dark clouds."
"BREWSTERITE","A rare zeolitic mineral occurring in white monoclinic crystalswith pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, baryta, andstrontia."
"BREZILIN","See Brazilin."
"BRIAR","Same as Brier."
"BRIAREAN","Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to havea hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed."
"BRIBABLE","Capable of being bribed.A more bribable class of electors. S. Edwards."
"BRIBELESS","Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes.From thence to heaven's bribeless hall. Sir W. Raleigh."
"BRIBERY","Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art,considered collectively. A piece of bric-a-brac, any curious orantique article of virtu, as a piece of antiquated furniture or metalwork, or an odd knickknack."
"BRICKBAT","A piece or fragment of a brick. See Bat, 4. Bacon."
"BRICKFIELDER","Orig., at Sydney, a cold and violent south or southwest wind,rising suddenly, and regularly preceded by a hot wind from the north;-- now usually called southerly buster. It blew across theBrickfields, formerly so called, a district of Sydney, and carriedclouds of dust into the city."
"BRICKKILN","A kiln, or furnace, in which bricks are baked or burnt; or apile of green bricks, laid loose, with arches underneath to receivethe wood or fuel for burning them."
"BRICKLAYER","One whose pccupation is to build with bricks. Bricklayer'sitch. See under Itch."
"BRICKLAYING","The art of building with bricks, or of uniting them by cementor mortar into various forms; the act or occupation of laying bricks."
"BRICKLE","Brittle; easily broken. [Obs. or Prov.] Spenser.As stubborn steel excels the brickle glass. Turbervile."
"BRICKLENESS","Brittleness. [Obs.]"
"BRICKMAKER","One whose occupation is to make bricks.-- Brick'mak*ing, n."
"BRICKY","Full of bricks; formed of bricks; resembling bricks or brickdust. [R.] Spenser."
"BRICKYARD","A place where bricks are made, especially an inclosed place."
"BRICOLE","A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag andmaneuver guns where horses can not be used."
"BRID","A bird. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BRIDAL","Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial; as, bridalornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber."
"BRIDALTY","Celebration of the nuptial feast. [Obs.] 'In honor of thisbridalty.' B. Jonson."
"BRIDE","To make a bride of. [Obs.]"
"BRIDE-ALE","A rustic wedding feast; a bridal. See Ale.The man that 's bid to bride-ale, if he ha' cake, And drink enough,he need not fear his stake. B. Jonson."
"BRIDEBED","The marriage bed. [Poetic]"
"BRIDECAKE","Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guestsat a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding."
"BRIDECHAMBER","The nuptial appartment. Matt. ix. 15."
"BRIDEGROOM","A man newly married, or just about to be married."
"BRIDEKNOT","A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a weddingfavor. [Obs.]"
"BRIDESMAID","A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding."
"BRIDESMAN","A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at theirmarriage; the 'best man.' Sir W. Scott."
"BRIDESTAKE","A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding todance round.Divide the broad bridecake Round about the bridestake. B. Jonson."
"BRIDEWELL","A house of correction for the confinement of disorderlypersons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's(or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penalworkhouse."
"BRIDGE","The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of aviolin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit theirvibrations to the body of the instrument."
"BRIDGEBOARD","A notched board to which the treads and risers of the steps ofwooden stairs are fastened."
"BRIDGEHEAD","A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearestthe enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge,and prevent the enemy from crossing; a t\u00eate-de-pont."
"BRIDGELESS","Having no bridge; not bridged."
"BRIDGEPOT","The adjustable socket, or step, of a millstone spindle. Knight."
"BRIDGETREE","The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in agrinding mill. Knight."
"BRIDGEY","Full of bridges. [R.] Sherwood."
"BRIDLE","The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in placethe timbler, sear, etc."
"BRIDLE IRON","A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in astirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearingcan be had; -- called also stirrup and hanger."
"BRIDLER","One who bridles; one who restrains and governs, as with abridle. Milton."
"BRIDOON","The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which actsindependently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used inconnection with a curb bit, which has its own rein. Campbell."
"BRIE CHEESE","A kind of soft French cream cheese; -- so called from thedistrict in France where it is made; --called also fromage de Brie."
"BRIEF","An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made outfor the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word isapplied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument.It was not without some reference to it that I perused many a brief.Sir J. Stephen."
"BRIEFLESS","Having no brief; without clients; as, a briefless barrister."
"BRIEFLY","Concisely; in few words."
"BRIEFNESS","The quality of being brief; brevity; conciseness in discourseor writing."
"BRIERED","Set with briers. Chatterton."
"BRIERY","Full of briers; thorny."
"BRIG","A bridge. [Scot.] Burns."
"BRIGADE","A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, ormixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of abrigadier general."
"BRIGADIER GENERAL","An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a majorgeneral. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by ashortening of his title, simple a brigadier."
"BRIGANDAGE","Life and practice of brigands; highway robbery; plunder."
"BRIGANDINE","A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates,sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed tolinen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages. [Writtenalso brigantine.] Jer. xlvi. 4.Then put on all thy gorgeous arms, thy helmet, And brigandine ofbrass. Milton."
"BRIGANDISH","Like a brigand or freebooter; robberlike."
"BRIGANDISM","Brigandage."
"BRIGGE","A bridge. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BRIGHT","See Brite, v. i."
"BRIGHT-HARNESSED","Having glittering armor. [Poetic] Milton."
"BRIGHTEN","To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or gloomy;to clear up; to become bright or cheerful.And night shall brighten into day. N. Cotton.And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commencesere world be past. Goldsmith."
"BRIGHTNESS","An affection of the kidneys, usually inflammatory in character,and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in theurine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized,differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensityand course of the morbid process."
"BRIGHTSOME","Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant. [R.] Marlowe."
"BRIGOSE","Contentious; quarrelsome. [Obs.] Puller."
"BRIGUE","A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel.[Obs.] Chesterfield."
"BRIKE","A breach; ruin; downfall; peril. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BRILL","A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed inEngland for food; -- called also bret, pearl, prill. See Bret."
"BRILLANTE","In a gay, showy, and sparkling style."
"BRILLIANCE","Brilliancy. Tennyson."
"BRILLIANCY","The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; greatbrighness, whether in a literal or figurative sense.With many readers brilliancy of style passes for affluence ofthought. Longfellow."
"BRILLIANT","The small size of type used in England printing."
"BRILLIANTLY","In a brilliant manner."
"BRILLIANTNESS","Brilliancy; splendor; glitter."
"BRILLS","The hair on the eyelids of a horse. Bailey."
"BRIM","To be full to the brim. 'The brimming stream.' Milton. To brimover (literally or figuratively), to be so full that some of thecontents flows over the brim; as, cup brimming over with wine; a manbrimming over with fun."
"BRIMFUL","Full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow. 'Herbrimful eyes.' Dryden."
"BRIMLESS","Having no brim; as, brimless caps."
"BRIMMER","A brimful bowl; a bumper."
"BRIMMING","Full to the brim; overflowing."
"BRIMSTONE","Sulphur; See Sulphur."
"BRIMSTONY","Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous. B. Jonson."
"BRIN","One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are largerand longer, and are called panaches. Knight."
"BRINDED","Of a gray or tawny color with streaks of darker hue; streaked;brindled. 'Three brinded cows,' Dryden. 'The brinded cat.' Shak."
"BRINDLE","Brindled."
"BRINDLED","Having dark streaks or spots on a gray or tawny ground;brinded. 'With a brindled lion played.' Churchill."
"BRINGER","One who brings.Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office.Shak.Bringer in, one who, or that which, introduces."
"BRININESS","The state or quality of being briny; saltness; brinishness."
"BRINISH","Like brine; somewhat salt; saltish. 'Brinish tears.' Shak."
"BRINISHNESS","State or quality of being brinish."
"BRINJAREE","A rough-haired East Indian variety of the greyhound."
"BRINK","The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of aprecipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border;as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig. 'The brink of vice.' Bp. Porteus.'The brink of ruin.' Burke.The plashy brink of weedy lake. Bryant."
"BRINY","Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of thenature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood."
"BRIOLETTE","An oval or pearshaped diamond having its entire surface cut intriangular facets."
"BRIONY","See Bryony. Tennyson."
"BRISK","To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, orcause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up."
"BRISKET","That part of the breast of an animal which extends from thefore legs back beneath the ribs; also applied to the fore part of ahorse, from the shoulders to the bottom of the chest."
"BRISKLY","In a brisk manner; nimbly."
"BRISKNESS","Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety; vivacity;effervescence."
"BRISTLE","A stiff, sharp, roundish hair. Gray."
"BRISTLE-POINTED","Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves."
"BRISTLE-SHAPED","Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf."
"BRISTLETAIL","An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging tothe Thysanura."
"BRISTLINESS","The quality or state of having bristles."
"BRISTLY","THick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles;rough.The leaves of the black mulberry are somewhat bristly. Bacon."
"BRISTOL","A seaport city in the west of England. Bristol board, a kind offine pasteboard, made with a smooth but usually unglazed surface.-- Bristol brick, a brick of siliceous matter used for polishingcultery; -- originally manufactured at Bristol.-- Bristol stone, rock crystal, or brilliant crystals of quartz,found in the mountain limestone near Bristol, and used in makingornaments, vases, etc. When polished, it is called Bristol diamond."
"BRISURE","Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from thegeneral direction."
"BRITANNIA","A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. Itsomewhat resembles silver, and isused for table ware. Called alsoBritannia metal."
"BRITANNIC","Of or pertaining to Great Britain; British; as, her BritannicMajesty."
"BRITICISM","A word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Great Britain; any mannerof using a word or words that is peculiar to Great Britain."
"BRITISH","Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; --sometimes restrict to the original inhabitants. British gum, abrownish substance, very soluble in cold water, formed by heating drystarch at a temperature of about 600\u00b0 Fahr. It corresponds, in itsproperties, to dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a substitute forgum in stiffering goods.-- British lion, the national emblem of Great Britain.-- British seas, the four seas which surround Great Britain."
"BRITISHER","An Englishman; a subject or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp.one in the British military or naval service. [Now used jocosely]"
"BRITON","British. [Obs.] Spenser.-- n."
"BRITTLE","Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece Of fine-cut crystal. Cotton.Brittle silver ore, the mineral stephanite."
"BRITTLE STAR","Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea."
"BRITTLELY","In a brittle manner. Sherwood."
"BRITTLENESS","Aptness to break; fragility."
"BRITZSKA","A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to givespace for reclining at night, when used on a journey."
"BRIZE","The breeze fly. See Breeze. Shak."
"BROACH","A broad chisel for stonecutting."
"BROAD","Characterized by breadth. See Breadth."
"BROAD CHURCH","A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons whoclaim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship,intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, orevangelical, party. The term has been applied to otherbodies of menholding liberal or comprehensive views of Christian doctrine andfellowship.Side by side with these various shades of High and Low Church,another party of a different character has always existed in theChurch of England. It is called by different names: Moderate,Catholic, or Broad Church, by its friends; Latitudinarian orIndifferent, by its enemies. Its distinctive character is the desireof comprehension. Its watch words are charity and toleration.Conybeare."
"BROAD GAUGE","A wider distance between the rails than the 'standard' gauge offour feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge."
"BROAD SEAL","The great seal of England; the public seal of a country orstate."
"BROAD-BRIMMED","Having a broad brim.A broad-brimmed flat silver plate. Tatler."
"BROAD-HORNED","Having horns spreading widely."
"BROADBILL","A wild duck (Aythya, or Fuligula, marila), which appears inlarge numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. SeeScaup duck."
"BROADCAST","A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the handin sowing."
"BROADCLOTH","A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually ofdouble width (i.e., a yard and a half); -- so called in distinctionfrom woolens three quarters of a yard wide."
"BROADEN","To grow broad; to become broader or wider.The broadening sun appears. Wordsworth."
"BROADISH","Rather broad; moderately broad."
"BROADLEAF","A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which isused for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called thealmond tree, from the shape of its fruit."
"BROADLY","In a broad manner."
"BROADMOUTH","One of the Eurylaimid\u00e6, a family of East Indian passerinebirds."
"BROADNESS","The condition or quality of being broad; breadth; coarseness;grossness."
"BROADPIECE","An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, as a Carolusor Jacobus."
"BROADSEAL","To stamp with the broad seal; to make sure; to guarantee orwarrant. [Obs.]Thy presence broadseals our delights for pure. B. Jonson."
"BROADSIDE","The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to thequarter."
"BROADSPREAD","Widespread."
"BROADSPREADING","Spreading widely."
"BROADSWORD","A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott."
"BROADWISE","Breadthwise. [Archaic]"
"BROB","A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end ofan abutting timber to prevent its slipping."
"BROBDINGNAGIAN","Colossal' of extraordinary height; gigantic.-- n."
"BROCADE","Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamentedwith raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffsthus wrought and enriched.A gala suit of faded brocade. W. Irving."
"BROCAGE","See Brokkerage."
"BROCARD","An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule,in law, ethics, or metaphysics.The legal brocard, 'Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus,' is a rule notmore applicable to other witness than to consciousness. Sir W.Hamilton."
"BROCATELLO","Same as Brocatel."
"BROCCOLI","A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of manyvarieties, resembling the cauliflower. The 'curd,' or flowering head,is the part used for food."
"BROCHANTITE","A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-greencrystals."
"BROCHE","Woven with a figure; as, broch\u00e9 goods."
"BROCHETTE","A small spit or skewer."
"BROCHURE","A printed and stitched book containing only a few leaves; apamphlet."
"BROCK","A badger.Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock. B. Jonson."
"BROCKET","A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock."
"BROCKISH","Beastly; brutal. [Obs.] Bale."
"BRODEKIN","A buskin or half-boot. [Written also brodequin.] [Obs.]"
"BROG","A pointed instrument, as a joiner's awl, a brad awl, a needle,or a small ship stick."
"BROGAN","A stout, coarse shoe; a brogue."
"BROGGLE","To sniggle, or fish with a brog. [Prov. Eng.] Wright."
"BROGUES","Breeches. [Obs.] Shenstone."
"BROID","To braid. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BROIDER","To embroider. [Archaic]They shall make a broidered coat. Ex. xxviii. 4."
"BROIDERER","One who embroiders. [Archaic]"
"BROIDERY","Embroidery. [Archaic]The golden broidery tender Milkah wove. Tickell."
"BROIL","A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention;discord, either between individuals or in the state.I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human naturewhich will which will cause innumerable broils, place men in whatsituation you please. Burke."
"BROILER","One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisyquarrels.What doth he but turn broiler, . . . make new libels against thechurch Hammond."
"BROILING","Excessively hot; as, a broiling sun.-- n."
"BROKAGE","See Brokerage."
"BROKE","imp. & p. p. of Break."
"BROKEN BREAST","Abscess of the mammary gland."
"BROKEN WIND","The heaves."
"BROKEN-BACKED","Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; --said of a ship. Totten."
"BROKEN-BELLIED","Having a ruptured belly. [R.]"
"BROKEN-HEARTED","Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.She left her husband almost broken-hearted. Macaulay."
"BROKEN-WINDED","Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse."
"BROKENLY","In a broken, interrupted manner; in a broken state; in brokenlanguage.The pagans worship God . . . as it were brokenly and by piecemeal.Cudworth."
"BROKER","An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as amiddleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensationcommonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of thesubject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in thenames of those who employ him, and not in his own. Story."
"BROKERLY","Mean; servile. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"BROKERY","The business of a broker. [Obs.]And with extorting, cozening, forfeiting, And tricks belonging untobrokery. Marlowe."
"BROKING","Of or pertaining to a broker or brokers, or to brokerage.[Obs.]Redeem from broking pawn the blemished crown. Shak."
"BROMA","Aliment; food. Dunglison."
"BROMAL","An oily, colorless fluid, CBr"
"BROMALIN","A colorless or white crystalline compound, (CH2)6N4C2H5Br, usedas a sedative in epilepsy."
"BROMANIL","A substance analogous to chloranil but containing bromine inplace of chlorine."
"BROMATE","A salt of bromic acid."
"BROMATOLOGIST","One versed in the science of foods."
"BROMATOLOGY","The science of aliments. Dunglison."
"BROME","See Bromine."
"BROME GRASS","A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chessor cheat."
"BROMELIACEOUS","Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostlyepiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia andBillbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is alsoof this family."
"BROMIC","Of, pertaining to, or containing, bromine; -- said of thosecompounds of bromine in which this element has a valence of five, orthe next to its highest; as, bromic acid."
"BROMIDE","A compound of bromine with a positive radical."
"BROMIDIOM","A conventional comment or saying, such as those characteristicof bromides. [Slang]"
"BROMINATE","See Bromate, v. t."
"BROMINE","One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities tochlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deepreddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownishvapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found inminute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occursalso in the mineral bromyrite."
"BROMISM","A diseased condition produced by the excessive use of bromineor one of its compounds. It is characterized by mental dullness andmuscular weakness."
"BROMIZE","To prepare or treat with bromine; as, to bromize a silveredplate."
"BROMLIFE","A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witheriteand strontianite; -- called also alstonite."
"BROMOFORM","A colorless liquid, CHBr3, having an agreeable odor andsweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromineand caustic potash upon wood spirit, alcohol, or acetone, as also bycertain other reactions. In composition it is the same as chloroform,with the substitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat similarto chloroform in its effects. Watts."
"BROMOGELATIN","Designating or pertaining to, a process of preparing dry plateswith an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin."
"BROMOIODISM","Poisoning induced by large doses of bromine and iodine or oftheir compounds."
"BROMOIODIZED","Treated with bromides and iodides."
"BROMOL","A crystalline substance (chemically, tribromophenol,C6H2Br3OH), used as an antiseptic and disinfectant."
"BROMPICRIN","A pungent colorless explosive liquid, CNO2Br3, analogous to andresembling chlorpicrin. [Spelt also brompikrin.]"
"BROMURET","See Bromide. [Obs.]"
"BROMYRITE","Silver bromide, a rare mineral; -- called also bromargyrite."
"BRONCHI","See Bronchus."
"BRONCHIA","The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of thetrachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi. Dunglison."
"BRONCHIAL","Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs.Bronchial arteries, branches of the descending aorta, accompanyingthe bronchia in all their ramifications.-- Bronchial cells, the air cells terminating the bronchia.-- Bronchial glands, glands whose functions are unknown, seatedalong the bronchia.-- Bronchial membrane, the mucous membrane lining the bronchia.-- Bronchial tube, the bronchi, or the bronchia."
"BRONCHIC","Bronchial."
"BRONCHIOLE","A minute bronchial tube."
"BRONCHITIC","Of or pertaining to bronchitis; as, bronchitic inflammation."
"BRONCHITIS","Inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or anypart of them."
"BRONCHO","A native or a Mexican horse of small size. [Western U.S.]"
"BRONCHO-PNEUMONIA","Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia."
"BRONCHOCELE","See Goiter."
"BRONCHOPHONY","A modification of the voice sounds, by which they areintensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation ofthe chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease."
"BRONCHOTOME","An instrument for cutting into the bronchial tubes."
"BRONCHOTOMY","An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including theoperations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy."
"BRONCHUS","One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one ofthe two primary divisions."
"BRONCO","Same as Broncho."
"BROND","A sword. [Obs.]"
"BRONTOGRAPH","An a\u00ebrolite. [R.]"
"BRONTOLOGY","A treatise upon thunder."
"BRONTOMETER","An instrument for noting or recording phenomena attendant onthunderstorms."
"BRONTOSAURUS","A genus of American jurassic dinosaurs. A length of sixty feetis believed to have been attained by these reptiles."
"BRONTOTHERIUM","A genus of large extinct mammals from the miocene strata ofwestern North America. They were allied to the rhinoceros, but theskull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in front of the orbits, andthe fore feet were four-toed. See Illustration in Appendix."
"BRONTOZOUM","An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toedfootprints in Mesozoic sandstone."
"BRONZE STEEL","A hard tough alloy of tin, copper, and iron, which can be usedfor guns."
"BRONZEWING","An Australian pigeon of the genus Phaps, of several species; --so called from its bronze plumage."
"BRONZINE","A metal so prepared as to have the appearance of bronze.-- a."
"BRONZIST","One who makes, imitates, collects, or deals in, bronzes."
"BRONZITE","A variety of enstatite, often having a bronzelike luster. It isa silicate of magnesia and iron, of the pyroxene family."
"BRONZY","Like bronze."
"BROOCH","A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an Indiapainting."
"BROOD","Heavy waste in tin and copper ores. To sit on brood, to ponder.[Poetic] Shak."
"BROODY","Inclined to brood. Ray."
"BROOK","A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks ofwater. Deut. viii. 7.Empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters.Shak."
"BROOK MINT","See Water mint."
"BROOKITE","A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical withrutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in theorthorhombic system."
"BROOKLET","A small brook."
"BROOKLIME","A plant (Veronica Beccabunga), with flowers, usually blue, inaxillary racemes. The American species is V. Americana. [Formerlywritten broklempe or broklympe.]"
"BROOKSIDE","The bank of a brook."
"BROOKWEED","A small white-flowered herb (Samolus Valerandi) found usuallyin wet places; water pimpernel."
"BROOM","A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep withwhen bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe,which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches,mintue leaves, and large yellow flowers.No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom. Wordsworth."
"BROOM CORN","A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize,rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on apanicle with long branches, of which brooms are made."
"BROOM RAPE","A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia.They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, andspiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, asfurze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes appliedto other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand A.Ludovicianum."
"BROOMSTAFF","A broomstick. [Obs.] Shak."
"BROOMSTICK","A stick used as a handle of a broom."
"BROOMY","Of or pertaining to broom; overgrowing with broom; resemblingbroom or a broom.If land grow mossy or broomy. Mortimer."
"BROSE","Pottage made by pouring some boiling liquid on meal (esp.oatmeal), and stirring it. It is called beef brose, water brose,etc., according to the name of the liquid (beef broth, hot water,etc.) used. [Scot.]"
"BROTEL","Brittle. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BROTELNESS","Brittleness. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BROTH","Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, asbarley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup.I am sure by your unprejudiced discourses that you love broth betterthan soup. Addison."
"BROTHEL","A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented byprostitutes; a bawdyhouse."
"BROTHELER","One who frequents brothels."
"BROTHELRY","Lewdness; obscenity; a brothel. B. Jonson."
"BROTHER","To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admitto a brotherhood. Sir W. Scott."
"BROTHER GERMAN","A brother by both the father's and mother's side, incontradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only.Bouvier."
"BROTHER-IN-LAW","The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband ofone's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister."
"BROTHERLINESS","The state or quality of being brotherly."
"BROTHERLY","Of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers;becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love."
"BROUDED","Braided; broidered. [Obs.]Alle his clothes brouded up and down. Chaucer."
"BROUGHAM","A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, andthe fore wheels so arranged as to turn short."
"BROW","To bound to limit; to be at, or form, the edge of. [R.]Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts That brow this bottomglade. Milton."
"BROWBEAT","To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or witharrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert byimpudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeatwitnesses.My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. W. Irving."
"BROWBEATING","The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with sternlooks, suspercilious manners, or confident assertions.The imperious browbeating and scorn of great men. L'Estrange."
"BROWBOUND","Crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem. Shak."
"BROWDYNG","Embroidery. [Obs.]Of goldsmithrye, of browdying, and of steel. Chaucer."
"BROWED","Having (such) a brow; -- used in composition; as, dark-browed,stern-browed."
"BROWLESS","Without shame. L. Addison."
"BROWN","Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red oryellow.Cheeks brown as the oak leaves. Longfellow.Brown Bess, the old regulation flintlock smoothbore musket, withbronzed barrel, formerly used in the British army.-- Brown bread (a) Dark colored bread; esp. a kind made of unboltedwheat flour, sometimes called in the United States Graham bread. 'Hewould mouth with a beggar though she smelt brown bread and garlic.'Shak. (b) Dark colored bread made of rye meal and Indian meal, or ofwheat and rye or Indian; rye and Indian bread. [U.S.] -- Brown coal,wood coal. See Lignite.-- Brown hematite or Brown iron ore (Min.), the hydrous iron oxide,limonite, which has a brown streak. See Limonite.-- Brown holland. See under Holland.-- Brown paper, dark colored paper, esp. coarse wrapping paper, madeof unbleached materials.-- Brown spar (Min.), a ferruginous variety of dolomite, in partidentical with ankerite.-- Brown stone. See Brownstone.-- Brown stout, a strong kind of proter or malt liquor.-- Brown study, a state of mental abstraction or serious reverie. W.Irving."
"BROWN BILL","A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill.Many time, but for a sallet, my brainpan had been cleft with a brownbill. Shak."
"BROWN RACE","The Malay or Polynesian race; -- loosely so called."
"BROWN THRUSH","A common American singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus), allied tothe mocking bird; -- also called brown thrasher."
"BROWNBACK","The dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. See Dowitcher."
"BROWNIAN","Pertaining to Dr. Robert Brown, who first demonstrated (about1827) the commonness of the motion described below. Brownianmovement, the peculiar, rapid, vibratory movement exhibited by themicroscopic particles of substances when suspended in water or otherfluids."
"BROWNIE","An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often toperform important services around the house by night, such asthrashing, churning, sweeping. [Scot.]"
"BROWNING","A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and thepreparation for the finishing coat of plaster."
"BROWNISH","Somewhat brown."
"BROWNISM","The views or teachings of Robert Brown of the Brownists.Milton."
"BROWNIST","A follower of Robert Brown, of England, in the 16th century,who taught that every church is complete and independent in itselfwhen organized, and consists of members meeting in one place, havingfull power to elect and depose its officers."
"BROWNNESS","The quality or state of being brown.Now like I brown (O lovely brown thy hair); Only in brownness beautydwelleth there. Drayton."
"BROWNSTONE","A dark variety of sandstone, much used for building purposes."
"BROWNWORT","A species of figwort or Scrophularia (S. vernalis), and otherspecies of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuouscoarse flowers."
"BROWNY","Brown or, somewhat brown. 'Browny locks.' Shak."
"BROWPOST","A beam that goes across a building."
"BROWSE","The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for thefood of cattle and other animals; green food. Spenser.Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed, On browse, and corn,and flowery meadows feed. Dryden."
"BROWSER","An animal that browses."
"BROWSEWOOD","Srubs and bushes upon which animals browse."
"BROWSING","Browse; also, a place abounding with shrubs where animals maybrowse.Browsings for the deer. Howell."
"BROWSPOT","A rounded organ between the eyes of the frog; the interoculargland."
"BRUANG","The Malayan sun bear."
"BRUCINE","A poweful vegetable alkaloid, found, associated withstrychnine, in the seeds of different species of Strychnos,especially in the Nux vomica. It is less powerful than strychnine.Called also brucia and brucina."
"BRUCKELED","Wet and dirty; begrimed. [Obs. or Dial.] Herrick."
"BRUH","The rhesus monkey. See Rhesus."
"BRUIN","A bear; -- so called in popular tales and fables."
"BRUISE","To fight with the fists; to box.Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom. Thackeray."
"BRUISEWORT","A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, thesoapwort, and the comfrey."
"BRUIT","An abnormal sound of several kinds, heard on auscultation."
"BRUMAIRE","The second month of the calendar adopted by the first Frenchrepublic. It began thirty days after the autumnal equinox. SeeVendemiaire."
"BRUMAL","Of or pertaining to winter. 'The brumal solstice.' Sir T.Browne."
"BRUME","Mist; fog; vapors. 'The drifting brume.' Longfellow."
"BRUMMAGEM","Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. [Slang] 'TheseBrummagem gentry.' Lady D. Hardy."
"BRUMOUS","Foggy; misty."
"BRUN","Same as Brun, a brook. [Scot.]"
"BRUNETTE","A girl or woman with a somewhat brown or dark complexion.-- a."
"BRUNION","A nectarine."
"BRUNONIAN","Pertaining to, or invented by, Brown; -- a term applied to asystem of medicine promulgated in the 18th century by John Brown, ofScotland, the fundamental doctrine of which was, that life is a stateof excitation produced by the normal action of external agents uponthe body, and that disease consists in excess or deficiency ofexcitation."
"BRUNSWICK BLACK","See Japan black."
"BRUNSWICK GREEN","An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, acarbonate of copper similarly employed."
"BRUSH","A tuft of hair on the mandibles."
"BRUSH TURKEY","A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (TalegallaLathami) of the family Megapodid\u00e6. Also applied to several alliedspecies of New Guinea."
"BRUSHER","One who, or that which, brushes."
"BRUSHINESS","The quality of resembling a brush; brushlike condition;shagginess. Dr. H. More."
"BRUSHITE","A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acidphosphate of calcium."
"BRUSHY","Resembling a brush; shaggy; rough."
"BRUSK","Same as Brusque."
"BRUSQUE","Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; hluff; as, a brusqueman; a brusque style."
"BRUSQUENESS","Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness;blutness. Brit. Quar."
"BRUSSELS","A city of Belgium, giving its name to a kind of carpet, a kindof lace, etc. Brussels carpet, a kind of carpet made of worsted yarnfixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread. The worsted, whichalone shows on the upper surface in drawn up in loops to form thepattern.-- Brussels ground, a name given to the handmade ground of realBrussels lace. It is very costly because of the extreme fineness ofthe threads.-- Brussels lace, an expensive kind of lace of several varieties,originally made in Brussels; as, Brussels point, Brussels ground,Brussels wire ground.-- Brussels net, an imitation of Brussels ground, made by machinery.-- Brussels point. See Point lace.-- Brussels sprouts (Bot.), a plant of the Cabbage family, whichproduces, in the axils of the upright stem, numerous small greenheads, or 'sprouts,' each a cabbage in miniature, of one or twoinches in diameter; the thousand-headed cabbage.-- Brussels wire ground, a ground for lace, made of silk, withmeshes partly straight and partly arched."
"BRUSTLE","A bristle. [Obs. or Prov.] Chaucer."
"BRUT","To browse. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"BRUTA","See Edentata."
"BRUTALISM","Brutish quality; brutality."
"BRUTALIZATION","The act or process of making brutal; state of being brutalized."
"BRUTALIZE","To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman."
"BRUTALLY","In a brutal manner; cruelly."
"BRUTE","To report; to bruit. [Obs.]"
"BRUTELY","In a rude or violent manner."
"BRUTIFY","To make like a brute; to make senseless, stupid, or unfeeling;to brutalize.Any man not quite brutified and void of sense. Barrow."
"BRUTING","Browsing. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"BRUTISH","Pertaining to, or resembling, a brute or brutes; of a cruel,gross, and stupid nature; coarse; unfeeling; unintelligent.O, let all provocation Take every brutish shape it can devise. LeighHunt.Man may . . . render himself brutish, but it is in vain that he wouldseek to take the rank and density of the brute. I. Taylor."
"BRUTISM","The nature or characteristic qualities or actions of a brute;extreme stupidity, or beastly vulgarity."
"BRYOLOGICAL","Relating to bryology; as, bryological studies."
"BRYOLOGIST","One versed in bryology."
"BRYOLOGY","That part of botany which relates to mosses."
"BRYONIN","A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony(Bryonia alba and B. dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored,substance, and is emetic and cathartic."
"BRYONY","The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genusBryonia. The root of B. alba (rough or white bryony) and of B. dioicais a strong, irritating cathartic. Black bryony, a plant (Tamuscommunis) so named from its dark glossy leaves and black root; blackbindweed."
"BRYOPHYTA","See Cryptogamia."
"BRYOZOA","A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which bybudding form compound colonies; -- called also Polyzoa."
"BRYOZOAN","Of or pertaining to the Bryozoa.-- n."
"BRYOZOUM","An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there maybe two or more kinds in a single colony. The zooecia usually have awreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a well developed stomachand intestinal canal; but these parts are lacking in the other zooids(Avicularia, Ooecia, etc.)."
"BUANSUAH","The wild dog of northern India (Cuon prim\u00e6vus), supposed bysome to be an ancestral species of the domestic dog."
"BUAT","A lantern; also, the moon. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"BUB","Strong malt liquor. [Cant] Prior."
"BUBALE","A large antelope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt and the Desertof Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible."
"BUBALINE","Resembling a buffalo. Bubaline antelope (Zo\u00f6l.), the bubale."
"BUBBLE SHELL","A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera,belonging to the Tectibranchiata."
"BUBBLER","To cheat; to deceive.She has bubbled him out of his youth. Addison.The great Locke, who was seldom outwitted by false sounds, wasnevertheless bubbled here. Sterne."
"BUBBLING JOCK","The male wild turkey, the gobbler; -- so called in allusion toits notes."
"BUBBLY","Abounding in bubbles; bubbling. Nash."
"BUBBY","A woman's breast. [Low]"
"BUBO","An inflammation, with enlargement, of a limphatic gland, esp.in the groin, as in syphilis."
"BUBONIC","Of or pertaining to a bubo or buboes; characterized by buboes."
"BUBONOCELE","An inguinal hernia; esp. that incomplete variety in which thehernial pouch descends only as far as the groin, forming a swellingthere like a bubo."
"BUBUKLE","A red pimple. [R.] Shak."
"BUCCAL","Of or pertaining to the mouth or cheeks."
"BUCCAN","A wooden frame or grid for roasting, smoking, or drying meatover fire."
"BUCCANEER","A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especiallyto the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniardsin America in the 17th and 18th centuries. [Written also bucanier.]"
"BUCCANEERISH","Like a buccaneer; piratical."
"BUCCINAL","Shaped or sounding like a trumpet; trumpetlike."
"BUCCINATOR","A muscle of the cheek; -- so called from its use in blowingwind instruments."
"BUCCINOID","Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the Buccinid\u00e6,a family of marine univalve shells. See Whelk, and Prosobranchiata."
"BUCCINUM","A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic seas.It includes the common whelk (B. undatum)."
"BUCENTAUR","The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony ofespousing the Adriatic."
"BUCEPHALUS","The celebrated war horse of Alexander the Great."
"BUCEROS","A genus of large perching birds; the hornbills."
"BUCHOLZITE","Same as Fibrolite."
"BUCHU","A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that aredotted with oil dlands; also, the leaves themselves, which are usedin medicine for diseases of the urinary organs, etc. Several speciesfurnish the leaves."
"BUCK","To break up or pulverize, as ores."
"BUCK BEAN","A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggyplaces, having racems of white or reddish flowers and intenselybitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; -- calledalso bog bean."
"BUCK FEVER","Intense excitement at the sight of deer or other game, such asoften unnerves a novice in hunting. [Colloq.]"
"BUCK-BASKET","A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash. Shak."
"BUCK-EYED","Having bad or speckled eyes. 'A buck-eyed horse.' James White."
"BUCKBOARD","A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frameresting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placedtransversely upon it; -- called also buck wagon."
"BUCKER","A horse or mule that bucks."
"BUCKET","One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into whichthe water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of apaddle wheel."
"BUCKET SHOP","An office or a place where facilities are given for bettingsmall sums on current prices of stocks, petroleum, etc. [Slang, U.S.]"
"BUCKETY","Paste used by weavers to dress their webs. Buchanan."
"BUCKEYE","A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the samegenus (\u00c6sculus) as the horse chestnut. The Ohio buckeye, or Fetidbuckeye, is \u00c6sculus glabra.-- Red buckeye is \u00c6. Pavia.-- Small buckeye is \u00c6. paviflora.-- Sweet buckeye, or Yellow buckeye, is \u00c6. flava."
"BUCKHOUND","A hound for hunting deer. Master of the buckhounds, an officerin the royal household. [Eng.]"
"BUCKIE","A large spiral marine shell, esp. the common whelk. SeeBuccinum. [Scot.] Deil's buckie, a perverse, refractory youngster.[Slang]"
"BUCKISH","Dandified; foppish."
"BUCKLER","A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, orthe circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from enteringwhen the vessel pitches. Blind buckler (Naut.), a solid buckler.-- Buckler mustard (Bot.), a genus of plants (Biscutella) with smallbright yellow flowers. The seed vessel on bursting resembles twobucklers or shields.-- Buckler thorn, a plant with seed vessels shaped like a buckler.See Christ's thorn.-- Riding buckler (Naut.), a buckler with a hole for the passage ofa cable."
"BUCKLER-HEADED","Having a head like a buckler."
"BUCKLING","Wavy; curling, as hair. Latham."
"BUCKRA","A white man; -- a term used by negroes of the African coast,West Indies, etc."
"BUCKRAM","A plant. See Ramson. Dr. Prior."
"BUCKSHOT","A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in huntingdeer and large game."
"BUCKSKIN","Breeches made of buckskin.I have alluded to his buckskin. Thackeray."
"BUCKSTALL","A toil or net to take deer."
"BUCKTHORN","A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches ofsome species terminate in long spines or thorns. See Rhamnus. Seabuckthorn, a plant of the genus Hippopha\u00eb."
"BUCKTOOTH","Any tooth that juts out.When he laughed, two white buckteeth protruded. Thackeray."
"BUCKWHEAT","A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, theseed of which is used for food."
"BUCOLIC","Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd;pastoral; rustic."
"BUCOLICAL","Bucolic."
"BUCRANIUM","A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned withwreaths, etc."
"BUD","A small protuberance on the stem or branches of a plant,containing the rudiments of future leaves, flowers, or stems; anundeveloped branch or flower."
"BUDDHA","The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, andwisdom, or a deified religious teacher of the Buddhists, esp. GautamaSiddartha or Sakya Sinha (or Muni), the founder of Buddhism."
"BUDDHISM","The religion based upon the doctrine originally taught by theHindoo sage Gautama Siddartha, surnamed Buddha, 'the awakened orenlightened,' in the sixth century b.c., and adopted as a religion bythe greater part of the inhabitants of Central and Eastern Asia andthe Indian Islands. Buddha's teaching is believed to have beenatheistic; yet it was characterized by elevated humanity andmorality. It presents release from existence (a beatificenfranchisement, Nirv\u00e2na) as the greatest good. Buddhists believe intransmigration of souls through all phases and forms of life. Theirnumber was estimated in 1881 at 470,000,000."
"BUDDHIST","One who accepts the teachings of Buddhism."
"BUDDHISTIC","Same as Buddhist, a."
"BUDDING","A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism orcell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal orvegetable organism, the bud thus formed sometimes remaining attachedto the parent stalk or cell, at other times becoming free; gemmation.See Hydroidea."
"BUDDLE","An apparatus, especially an inclined trough or vat, in whichstamped ore is concentrated by subjecting it to the action of rynningwater so as to wash out the lighter and less valuable portions."
"BUDE BURNER","A burner consisting of two or more concentric Argand burners(the inner rising above the outer) and a central tube by which oxygengas or common air is supplied."
"BUDE LIGHT","A light in which high illuminating power is obtained byintroducing a jet of oxygen gas or of common air into the center of aflame fed with coal gas or with oil."
"BUDGE","To move off; to stir; to walk away.I'll not budge an inch, boy. Shak.The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge From rascals worsethan they. Shak."
"BUDGENESS","Sternness; severity. [Obs.]A Sara for goodness, a great Bellona for budgeness. Stanyhurst."
"BUDGER","One who budges. Shak."
"BUDGEROW","A large and commodious, but generally cumbrous and sluggishboat, used for journeys on the Ganges."
"BUDGY","Consisting of fur. [Obs.]"
"BUDLET","A little bud springing from a parent bud.We have a criterion to distinguish one bud from another, or theparent bud from the numerous budlets which are its offspring. E.Darwin."
"BUFF","The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. SeeBuffy coat, under Buffy, a."
"BUFFA","The comic actress in an opera.-- a."
"BUFFALO","A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. bubalus), originallyfrom India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of theeastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox,and is fond of marshy places and rivers."
"BUFFEL DUCK","A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, orbutterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous elongatedfeathers, and thus appears large. Called also bufflehead."
"BUFFERHEAD","The head of a buffer, which recieves the concussion, inrailroad carriages."
"BUFFET","To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper."
"BUFFETER","One who buffets; a boxer. Jonson."
"BUFFIN","A sort of coarse stuff; as, buffin gowns. [Obs.]"
"BUFFING APPARATUS","See Buffer, 1."
"BUFFLE","The buffalo. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert."
"BUFFLE-HEADED","Having a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid; blundering.[Obs.]So fell this buffle-headed giant. Gayton."
"BUFFLEHEAD","The buffel duck. See Buffel duck."
"BUFFO","The comic actor in an opera."
"BUFFOON","A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks,antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; amerry-andrew."
"BUFFOONERY","The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculouspranks, vulgar tricks and postures.Nor that it will ever constitute a wit to conclude a tart piece ofbuffoonery with a 'What makes you blush' Spectator."
"BUFFOONISH","Like a buffoon; consisting in low jests or gestures. Blair."
"BUFFOONISM","The practices of a buffoon; buffoonery."
"BUFFOONLY","Low; vulgar. [R.]Apish tricks and buffoonly discourse. Goodman."
"BUFFY","Resembling, or characterized by, buff. Buffy coat, thecoagulated plasma of blood when the red corpuscles have so settledout that the coagulum appears nearly colorless. This is common indiseased conditions where the corpuscles run together more rapidlyand in denser masses than usual. Huxley."
"BUFO","A genus of Amphibia including various species of toads."
"BUFONITE","An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified teeth andpalatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts (thickteeth), whose remains occur in the o\u00f6lite and chalk formations;toadstone; -- so named from a notion that it was originally formed inthe head of a toad."
"BUG","A general name applied to various insects belonging to theHemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc."
"BUGBANE","A perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculace\u00e6 andgenus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species."
"BUGBEAR","Same as Bugaboo.-- a."
"BUGFISH","The menhaden. [U.S.]"
"BUGGERY","Unnatural sexual intercourse; sodomy."
"BUGGINESS","The state of being infested with bugs."
"BUGGY","Infested or abounding with bugs."
"BUGLE","A sort of wild ox; a buffalo. E. Phillips."
"BUGLED","Ornamented with bugles."
"BUGLER","One who plays on a bugle."
"BUGLEWEED","A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. L.Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and issometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage."
"BUGLOSS","A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A.officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue. Small wild bugloss,the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis.-- Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium."
"BUGWORT","Bugbane."
"BUHLBUHL","See Bulbul."
"BUHRSTONE","A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones. [Written alsoburrstone.]"
"BUILD","Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, thebuild of a ship."
"BUILDER","One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as acarpenter, a shipwright, or a mason.In the practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between thearchitect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. Eng.Cyc."
"BUILT","Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship.[Obs.] Dryden."
"BUKE MUSLIN","See Book muslin."
"BUKSHISH","See Backsheesh."
"BULAU","An East Indian insectivorous mammal (Gymnura Rafflesii),somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog."
"BULB","A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or belowthe ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of acluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, astem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differsfrom a corm in not being solid."
"BULBACEOUS","Bulbous. Jonson."
"BULBAR","Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertainingto the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbarparalysis."
"BULBED","Having a bulb; round-headed."
"BULBEL","A separable bulb formed on some flowering plants."
"BULBIFEROUS","Producing bulbs."
"BULBIL","A small or secondary bulb; hence, now almost exclusively: Ana\u00ebrial bulb or deciduous bud, produced in the leaf axils, as in thetiger lily, or relpacing the flowers, as in some onions, and capable,when separated, of propagating the plant; -- called also bulblet andbrood bud."
"BULBLET","A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb, or on somea\u00ebrial part of a plant, as in the axils of leaves in the tiger lily,or replacing the flowers in some kinds of onion."
"BULBO-TUBER","A corm."
"BULBOSE","Bulbous."
"BULBOUS","Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs;bulblike in shape or structure."
"BULBUL","The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is alsoapplied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the familyTimaliid\u00e6. The green bulbuls belong to the Chloropsis and alliedgenera. [Written also buhlbuhl.]"
"BULBULE","A small bulb; a bulblet."
"BULCHIN","A little bull."
"BULGE","The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2. Bulge ways. (Naut.) SeeBilge ways."
"BULGER","A driver or a brassy with a convex face."
"BULGY","Bulged; bulging; bending, or tending to bend, outward.[Colloq.]"
"BULIMUS","A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, oftenof large size. The species are numerous ingabundant in tropicalAmerica."
"BULK","The cargo of a vessel when stowed."
"BULKER","A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, inorder to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them."
"BULKHEAD","A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the samedeck."
"BULKINESS","Greatness in bulk; size."
"BULKY","Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick;massive; as, bulky volumes.A bulky digest of the revenue laws. Hawthorne."
"BULL","The male of any species of cattle (Bovid\u00e6); hence, the male ofany large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale."
"BULL BRIER","A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jerseyto the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceousrootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of bread, and bythe negroes as an ingredient in making beer; -- called also bamboobrier and China brier."
"BULL TERRIER","A breed of dogs obtained by crossing the bulldog and theterrier."
"BULL-NECKED","Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull. Sir W.Scott."
"BULL-ROARER","A contrivance consisting of a slat of wood tied to the end of athong or string, with which the slat is whirled so as to cause anintermittent roaring noise. It is used as a toy, and among some racesin certain religious rites."
"BULLA","A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing atransparent watery fluid."
"BULLANTIC","Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls. Fry. Bullantic letters,Gothic letters used in papal bulls."
"BULLARY","A collection of papal bulls."
"BULLATE","Appearing as if blistered; inflated; puckered. Bullate leaf(Bot.), a leaf, the membranous part of which rises between the veinspuckered elevations convex on one side and concave on the other."
"BULLBEGGAR","Something used or suggested to produce terror, as in childrenor persons of weak mind; a bugbear.And being an ill-looked fellow, he has a pension from the churchwardens for being bullbeggar to all the forward children in theparish. Mountfort (1691)."
"BULLCOMBER","A scaraboid beetle; esp. the Typh\u00e6us vulgaris of Europe."
"BULLDOG","A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacityof grip; -- so named, probably, from being formerly employed inbaiting bulls."
"BULLDOZE","To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation orviolence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, inLouisiana. [Slang, U.S.]"
"BULLDOZER","One who bulldozes. [Slang]"
"BULLED","Swollen. [Obs.]"
"BULLEN-BULLEN","The lyre bird."
"BULLEN-NAIL","A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered."
"BULLET-PROOF","Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. Bullet tree. SeeBully tree.-- Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree."
"BULLFACED","Having a large face."
"BULLFEAST","See Bullfight. [Obs.]"
"BULLFINCH","A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera,especially the P. vulgaris or rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied tothe grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red."
"BULLFROG","A very large species of frog (Rana Catesbiana), found in NorthAmerica; -- so named from its loud bellowing in spring."
"BULLHEAD","A small black water insect. E. Phillips. Bullhead whiting(Zo\u00f6l.), the kingfish of Florida (Menticirrus alburnus)."
"BULLHEADED","Having a head like that of a bull. Fig.: Headstrong; obstinate;dogged."
"BULLIONIST","An advocate for a metallic currency, or a paper currency alwaysconvertible into gold."
"BULLIRAG","To intimidate by bullying; to rally contemptuously; to badger.[Low]"
"BULLISH","Partaking of the nature of a bull, or a blunder.Let me inform you, a toothless satire is as improper as a toothedsleek stone, and as bullish. Milton."
"BULLIST","A writer or drawer up of papal bulls. [R.] Harmar."
"BULLITION","The action of boiling; boiling. [Obs.] See Ebullition. Bacon."
"BULLOCK","To bully. [Obs.]She shan't think to bullock and domineer over me. Foote."
"BULLON","A West Indian fish (Scarus Croicensis)."
"BULLPOUT","See Bullhead, 1 (b)."
"BULLWEED","Knapweed. Prior."
"BULLWORT","See Bishop's-weed."
"BULLY","To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggeringdemeanor; to act the part of a bully toward.For the last fortnight there have been prodigious shoals ofvolunteers gone over to bully the French, upon hearing the peace wasjust signing. Tatler."
"BULLY TREE","The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotace\u00e6,as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of themyield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha."
"BULLYRAG","Same as Bullirag."
"BULLYROCK","A bully. [Slang Obs.] Shak."
"BULRUSH","A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water."
"BULSE","A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc.[India] Macaulay."
"BULTEL","A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran. [Obs.]"
"BULTI","Same as Bolty."
"BULTONG","Biltong."
"BULTOW","A trawl; a boulter; the mod"
"BULWARK","A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork."
"BUM","The buttock. [Low] Shak."
"BUMBAILIFF","See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a."
"BUMBARD","See Bombard. [Obs.]"
"BUMBARGE","See Bumboat. Carlyle."
"BUMBAST","See Bombast. [Obs.]"
"BUMBELO","A glass used in subliming camphor. [Spelled also bombolo andbumbolo.]"
"BUMBLE","The bittern. [Local, Eng.]"
"BUMBLEBEE","A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; --so named from its sound."
"BUMBLEPUPPY","The old game of nineholes."
"BUMBOAT","A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., forsale, to vessels lying in port or off shore."
"BUMKIN","A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bowof a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) Onrfrom each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called bracebumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extendthe mizzen. [Written also boomkin.]"
"BUMMALO","A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as arelish; -- called also Bombay duck."
"BUMMER","An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means ofsupport; a dissipated sponger. [Slang, U.S.]"
"BUMMERY","See Bottomery. [Obs.]There was a scivener of Wapping brought to hearing for relief againsta bummery bond. R. North."
"BUMP","To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; tothump; as, to bump the head against a wall."
"BUMPKIN","An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout.'Bashful country bumpkins.' W. Irving."
"BUMPTIOUS","Self-conceited; forward; pushing. [Colloq.] Halliwell."
"BUMPTIOUSNESS","Conceitedness. [Colloq.]"
"BUNCH","A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from acontinuous vein. Page."
"BUNCH GRASS","A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. InCalifornia, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kindsof Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is agood bunch grass."
"BUNCH-BACKED","Having a bunch on the back; crooked. 'Bunch-backed toad.' Shak."
"BUNCHBERRY","The dwarf cornel (Cornus Canadensis), which bears a densecluster of bright red, edible berries."
"BUNCHINESS","The quality or condition of being bunchy; knobbiness."
"BUNCHY","Yielding irregularly; sometimes rich, sometimes poor; as, abunchy mine. Page."
"BUND","League; confederacy; esp. the confederation of German states."
"BUNDER","A boat or raft used in the East Indies in the landing ofpassengers and goods."
"BUNDES-VERSAMMLUNG","See Legislature, Switzerland."
"BUNDESRATH","The federal council of the German Empire. In the Bundesrath andthe Reichstag are vested the legislative functions. The federalcouncil of Switzerland is also so called."
"BUNDLE","A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope,into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loosepackage; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of oldclothes.The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strengthcould bend. Goldsmith.Bundle pillar (Arch.), a column or pier, with others of smalldimensions attached to it. Weale."
"BUNDOBUST","System; discipline. [India]"
"BUNG","To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; toclose; -- with up. To bung up, to use up, as by bruising or overexertion; to exhaust or incapacitate for action. [Low]He had bunged up his mouth that he should not have spoken these threeyears. Shelton (Trans. Don Quixote)."
"BUNGALOW","A thatched or tiled house or cottage, of a single story,usually surrounded by a veranda. [India]"
"BUNGARUM","A venomous snake of India, of the genus Bungarus, allied to thecobras, but without a hood."
"BUNGHOLE","See Bung, n., 2. Shak."
"BUNGLE","To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner."
"BUNGLER","A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles.If to be a dunce or a bungler in any profession be shameful, how muchmore ignominious and infamous to a scholar to be such! Barrow."
"BUNGLING","Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. Swift.They make but bungling work. Dryden."
"BUNGLINGLY","Clumsily; awkwardly."
"BUNGO","A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a kindof boat used in the Southern United States. Bartlett."
"BUNION","Same as Bunyon."
"BUNK","To go to bed in a bunk; -- sometimes with in. [Colloq. U.S.]Bartlett."
"BUNKO","A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by asham lottery. [Written also bunco.] Bunko steerer, a person employedas a decoy in bunko. [Slang, U.S.]"
"BUNKUM","See Buncombe."
"BUNN","See Bun."
"BUNNIAN","See Bunyon."
"BUNNY","A great collection of ore without any vein coming into it orgoing out from it."
"BUNSEN CELL","A zinc-carbon cell in which the zinc (amalgamated) issurrounded by dilute sulphuric acid, and the carbon by nitric acid ora chromic acid mixture, the two plates being separated by a porouscup."
"BUNT","A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals,filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand."
"BUNTER","A woman who picks up rags in the streets; hence, a low, vulgarwoman. [Cant]Her . . . daughters, like bunters in stuff gowns. Goldsmith."
"BUNTING","A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related tothe finches and sparrows (family Fringillid\u00e6)."
"BUNTLINE","One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used tohaul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in. Totten."
"BUOY","A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark achannel or to point out the position of something beneath the water,as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc. Anchor buoy, a buoy attached to, ormarking the position of, an anchor.-- Bell buoy, a large buoy on which a bell is mounted, to be rung bythe motion of the waves.-- Breeches buoy. See under Breeches.-- Cable buoy, an empty cask employed to buoy up the cable in rockyanchorage.-- Can buoy, a hollow buoy made of sheet or boiler iron, usuallyconical or pear-shaped.-- Life buoy, a float intended to support persons who have falleninto the water, until a boat can be dispatched to save them.-- Nut or Nun buoy, a buoy large in the middle, and tapering nearlyto a point at each end.-- To stream the buoy, to let the anchor buoy fall by the ship'sside into the water, before letting go the anchor.-- Whistling buoy, a buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown by theaction of the waves."
"BUOYAGE","Buoys, taken collectively; a series of buoys, as for theguidance of vessels into or out of port; the providing of buoys."
"BUOYANCE","Buoyancy. [R.]"
"BUOYANCY","The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid,which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight ofa floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced.Such are buoyancies or displacements of the different classes of hermajesty's ships. Eng. Cyc."
"BUPRESTIDAN","One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and alliedgenera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larv\u00e6 are usuallybores in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive totrees."
"BUR FISH","A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the UnitedStates (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power ofdistending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnutbur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish."
"BUR MARIGOLD","See Beggar's ticks."
"BURBOLT","A birdbolt. [Obs.] Ford."
"BURBOT","A fresh-water fish of the genus Lota, having on the nose twovery small barbels, and a larger one on the chin. [Written alsoburbolt.]"
"BURDELAIS","A sort of grape. Jonson."
"BURDEN","The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream oftin."
"BURDENER","One who loads; a oppressor."
"BURDENOUS","Burdensome. [Obs.] 'Burdenous taxations.' Shak."
"BURDENSOME","Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue;oppressive.The debt immense of endless gratitude So burdensome. Milton."
"BURDOCK","A genus of coarse biennial herbs (Lappa), bearing small burswhich adhere tenaciously to clothes, or to the fur or wool ofanimals."
"BURDON","A pilgrim's staff. [Written also burden.] Rom. of R."
"BUREAUCRAT","An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrowand arbitrary routine. C. Kingsley."
"BUREAUCRATIST","An advocate for , or supporter of, bureaucracy."
"BUREL","Same as Borrel."
"BURETTE","An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid orfor measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged.It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnishedwith a small aperture and stopcock."
"BURGAGE","A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or otherlord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by servicesrelating to trade or handicraft. Burrill."
"BURGALL","A small marine fish; -- also called cunner."
"BURGAMOT","See Bergamot."
"BURGANET","See Burgonet."
"BURGEE","A swallow-tailed flag; a distinguishing pen"
"BURGEOIS","See 1st Bourgeous."
"BURGEON","To bud. See Bourgeon."
"BURGESS-SHIP","The state of privilege of a burgess. South."
"BURGGRAVE","Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress orcastle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domainattached."
"BURGH","A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland.See Borough."
"BURGHAL","Belonging of a burgh."
"BURGHBOTE","A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles orwalls for the defense of a city or town."
"BURGHBRECH","The offense of violating the pledge given by every inhabitantof a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace. Burrill."
"BURGHER","A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, whichasserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgessesprofess 'the true religion professed within the realm'), the oppositeparty being called antiburghers."
"BURGHERMASTER","See Burgomaster."
"BURGHERSHIP","The state or privileges of a burgher."
"BURGHMASTER","An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries forthe workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster. [Eng.]"
"BURGHMOTE","A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court heldthree times yearly."
"BURGLAR","One guilty of the crime of burglary. Burglar alarm, a devicefor giving alarm if a door or window is opened from without."
"BURGLARER","A burglar. [Obs.]"
"BURGLARIOUS","Pertaining to burglary; constituting the crime of burglary.To come down a chimney is held a burglarious entry. Blackstone."
"BURGLARIOUSLY","With an intent to commit burglary; in the manner of a burglar.Blackstone."
"BURGLARY","Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in thenighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether thefelonious purpose be accomplished or not. Wharton. Burrill."
"BURGOMASTER","An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), common inarctic regions."
"BURGONET","A kind of helmet. [Written also burganet.] Shak."
"BURGOO","A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen.[Written also burgout.]"
"BURGRASS","Grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand, and having bursfor fruit."
"BURGRAVE","See Burggrave."
"BURH","See Burg. [Obs.]"
"BURIER","One who, or that which, buries.Till the buriers have buried it. Ezek. xxxix. 15.And darkness be the burier of the dead. Shak."
"BURINIST","One who works with the burin. For. Quart. Rev."
"BURION","The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Carpodacusfrontalis); -- called also crimson-fronted bullfinch. [Written alsoburrion.]"
"BURKISM","The practice of killing persons for the purpose of sellingtheir bodies for dissection."
"BURL","To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loosethreads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth. Burling iron, a peculiarkind of nippers or tweezers used in burling woolen cloth."
"BURLAP","A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also,a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc. [Writtenalso burlaps.]"
"BURLER","One who burls or dresses cloth."
"BURLESQUE","Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images,or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it,as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular;ironical.It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs bestin heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary, or in doggerel, likethat of Hudibras. Addison."
"BURLESQUER","One who burlesques."
"BURLETTA","A comic operetta; a music farce. Byron."
"BURLINESS","Quality of being burly."
"BURMAN","A member of the Burman family, one of the four great familiesBurmah; also, sometimes, any inhabitant of Burmah; a Burmese.-- a."
"BURMESE","Of or pertaining to Burmah, or its inhabitants.-- n. sing. & pl."
"BURN","To apply a cautery to; to cauterize."
"BURNABLE","Combustible. Cotgrave."
"BURNED","See Burnt."
"BURNET","A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially,P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet. Burnet moth (Zo\u00f6l.), inEngland, a handsome moth (Zyg\u00e6na filipendula), with crimson spots onthe wings.-- Burnet saxifrage. (Bot.) See Saxifrage.-- Canadian burnet, a marsh plant (Poterium Canadensis).-- Great burnet, Wild burnet, Poterium (or Sanguisorba) oficinalis."
"BURNETTIZE","To subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation ina solution of chloride of zinc, to prevent decay; -- a processinvented by Sir William Burnett."
"BURNIE","A small brook. [Scot.] Burns."
"BURNIEBEE","The ladybird. [Prov. Eng.]"
"BURNING","The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to theeffect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessivelyheated. Burning fluid, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighterpetroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), butesp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol.-- Burning glass, a conxex lens of considerable size, used forproducing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus.-- Burning house (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores arecalcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. Weale.-- Burning mirror, a concave mirror, or a combination of planemirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass."
"BURNISH","To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish;specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth;as, to burnish brass or paper.The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare From far, and seemedto thaw the freezing air. Dryden.Now the village windows blaze, Burnished by the setting sun.Cunningham.Burnishing machine, a machine for smoothing and polishing bycompression, as in making paper collars."
"BURNSTICKLE","A stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)."
"BURNT","Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as withfire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun. Burnt ear, ablack, powdery fungus which destroys grain. See Smut.-- Burnt offering, something offered and burnt on an altar, as anatonement for sin; a sacrifice. The offerings of the Jews were aclean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a sheep; or some vegetablesubstance, as bread, or ears of wheat or barley. Called also burntsacrifice. [2 Sam. xxiv. 22.]"
"BURR","A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trillingthe extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue;rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, orTweedside, burr."
"BURR MILLSTONE","See Buhrstone."
"BURREL","A sort of pear, called also the red butter pear, from itssmooth, delicious, soft pulp."
"BURREL FLY","The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis). See Gadfly."
"BURREL SHOT","A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc.,fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency. [R.]"
"BURRING MACHINE","A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and othersubstances."
"BURRO","A donkey. [Southern U.S.]"
"BURROCK","A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gapswhere fish traps are placed. Knight."
"BURROW","A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse."
"BURROWER","One who, or that which, burrows; an animal that makes a holeunder ground and lives in it."
"BURRSTONE","See Buhrstone."
"BURRY","Abounding in burs, or containing burs; resembling burs; as,burry wool."
"BURSA","Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovialsacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposedbetween tendons and bony prominences."
"BURSAL","Of or pertaining to a bursa or to burs\u00e6."
"BURSARSHIP","The office of a bursar."
"BURSCH","A youth; especially, a student in a german university."
"BURSCHENSCHAFT","In Germany, any of various associations of university studentsformed (the original one at Jena in 1815) to support liberal ideas,or the organization formed by the affiliation of the local bodies.The organization was suppressed by the government in 1819, but wassecretly revived, and is now openly maintained as a socialorganization, the restrictive laws having been repealed prior to1849. -- Bur'schen*schaft`ler (#), -schaf`ter (#), n."
"BURSE","An ornamental case of hold the corporal when not in use.Shipley."
"BURSICULATE","Bursiform."
"BURSIFORM","Shaped like a purse."
"BURSITIS","Inflammation of a bursa."
"BURSTEN","p. p. of Burst, v. i. [Obs.]"
"BURSTER","One that bursts."
"BURSTWORT","A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cureof hernia or rupture."
"BURT","See Birt. [Prov. Eng.]"
"BURTHEN","See Burden. [Archaic]"
"BURTON","A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys,the weight being suspended of a hook block in the bight of therunning part."
"BURY","The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place."
"BUS","An omnibus. [Colloq.]"
"BUSBY","A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is offur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment,hanging from the top over the right shoulder."
"BUSCON","One who searches for ores; a prospector. [U.S.]"
"BUSH","The tail, or brush, of a fox. To beat about the bush, toapproach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directlyto it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting.-- Bush bean (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires nosupport (Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus). See Bean, 1.-- Bush buck, or Bush goat (Zo\u00f6l.), a beautiful South Africanantelope (Tragelaphus sylvaticus); -- so called because found mainlyin wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species.-- Bush cat (Zo\u00f6l.), the serval. See Serval.-- Bush chat (Zo\u00f6l.), a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the Thrushfamily.-- Bush dog. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Potto.-- Bush hammer. See Bushhammer in the Vocabulary.-- Bush harrow (Agric.) See under Harrow.-- Bush hog (Zo\u00f6l.), a South African wild hog (PotamochoerusAfricanus); -- called also bush pig, and water hog.-- Bush master (Zo\u00f6l.), a venomous snake (Lachesis mutus) of Guinea;-- called also surucucu.-- Bush pea (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.-- Bush shrike (Zo\u00f6l.), a bird of the genus Thamnophilus, and alliedgenera; -- called also batarg. Many species inhabit tropical America.-- Bush tit (Zo\u00f6l.), a small bird of the genus Psaltriparus, alliedto the titmouse. P. minimus inhabits California."
"BUSHBOY","See Bushman."
"BUSHELAGE","A duty payable on commodities by the bushel. [Eng.]"
"BUSHELMAN","A tailor's assistant for repairing garments; -- called alsobusheler. [Local, U.S.]"
"BUSHET","A small bush."
"BUSHFIGHTER","One accustomed to bushfighting. Parkman."
"BUSHFIGHTING","Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, orthickets."
"BUSHHAMMER","A hammer with a head formed of a bundle of square bars, withpyramidal points, arranged in rows, or a solid head with a face cutinto a number of rows of such points; -- used for dressing stone."
"BUSHIDO","The unwritten code of moral principles regulating the actionsof the Japanese knighthood, or Samurai; the chivalry of Japan."
"BUSHINESS","The condition or quality of being bushy."
"BUSHING","A bush or lining; -- sometimes called . See 4th Bush."
"BUSHLESS","Free from bushes; bare.O'er the long backs of the bushless downs. Tennyson."
"BUSHMAN","One of a race of South African nomads, living principally inthe deserts, and not classified as allied in race or language to anyother people."
"BUSHRANGER","One who roams, or hides, among the bushes; especially, inAustralia, an escaped criminal living in the bush."
"BUSILY","In a busy manner."
"BUSINESS","The position, distribution, and order of persons and propertieson the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager inrehearsal."
"BUSINESSLIKE","In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by rightmethods."
"BUSK","A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or othermaterial, worn in the front of a corset.Her long slit sleeves, stiff busk, puff verdingall, Is all that makesher thus angelical. Marston."
"BUSKED","Wearing a busk. Pollok."
"BUSKY","See Bosky, and 1st Bush, n. Shak."
"BUSS","A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack. Shak."
"BUSTARD","A bird of the genus Otis."
"BUSTER","Something huge; a roistering blade; also, a spree. [Slang,U.S.] Bartlett."
"BUSTLE","To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to causeagitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.And leave the world for me to bustle in. Shak."
"BUSTLER","An active, stirring person."
"BUSTLING","Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confusedactivity; as, a bustling crowd. 'A bustling wharf.' Hawthorne."
"BUSTO","A bust; a statue.With some antick bustoes in the niches. Ashmole."
"BUSY","To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; tooccupy; as, to busy one's self with books.Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign quarrels. Shak."
"BUSYBODY","One who officiously concerns himself with the affairs ofothers; a meddling person.And not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking thingswhich they ought not. 1 Tim. v. 13."
"BUT","The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; --opposed to ben, the inner room. [Scot.]"
"BUT-THORN","The common European starfish (Asterias rubens)."
"BUTANE","An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, orparaffin, series."
"BUTCHERLINESS","Butchery quality."
"BUTCHERLY","Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman;fell. 'The victim of a butcherly murder.' D. Webster.What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, This deadly quarrel dailydoth beget! Shak."
"BUTLER","An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whoseprincipal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.;the head servant in a large house.The butler and the baker of the king of Egypt. Gen. xl. 5.Your wine locked up, your butler strolled abroad. Pope."
"BUTLERAGE","A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported intoEngland by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to theking's butler for the king. Blackstone."
"BUTLERSHIP","The office of a butler."
"BUTMENT","A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joinsit to the upright pier."
"BUTT","To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with thehead.Two harmless lambs are butting one the other. Sir H. Wotton."
"BUTT HINGE","See 1st Butt, 10."
"BUTT JOINT","A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united comesquarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8."
"BUTT SHAFT","An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow. [Alsobut shaft.] Shak."
"BUTT WELD","See Butt weld, under Butt."
"BUTTE","A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from thegeneral level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiarelevations in the Rocky Mountain region.The creek . . . passes by two remarkable buttes of red conglomerate.Ruxton."
"BUTTER","One who, or that which, butts."
"BUTTER-FINGERED","Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery;careless."
"BUTTER-SCOTCH","A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. [Colloq.]Dickens."
"BUTTERBALL","The buffel duck."
"BUTTERBIRD","The rice bunting or bobolink; -- so called in the island ofJamaica."
"BUTTERBUMP","The European bittern. Johnson."
"BUTTERBUR","A broad-leaved plant (Petasites vulgaris) of the Compositefamily, said to have been used in England for wrapping up pats ofbutter."
"BUTTERCUP","A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R.bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower,golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare."
"BUTTERFISH","A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to theirslippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of theAtlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, therock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand."
"BUTTERFLY","A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera."
"BUTTERINE","A substance prepared from animal fat with some otheringredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter.The manufacturers ship large quantities of oleomargarine to England,Holland, and other countries, to be manufactured into butter, whichis sold as butterine or suine. Johnson's Cyc."
"BUTTERIS","A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in ahandle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It isoperated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs ofhorses."
"BUTTERMAN","A man who makes or sells butter."
"BUTTERMILK","The milk that remains after the butter is separated from thecream."
"BUTTERNUT","An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, andits edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter.Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut."
"BUTTERWEED","An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Seneciolobatus)."
"BUTTERWEIGHT","Over weight. Swift."
"BUTTERWORT","A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves whichsecrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to whichinsects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects aredigested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the NorthTemperate zone."
"BUTTERY","Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter."
"BUTTING","An abuttal; a boundary.Without buttings or boundings on any side. Bp. Beveridge."
"BUTTING JOINT","A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of oneor both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as thejoints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; --sometimes called abutting joint."
"BUTTOCK","The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern. Mar. Dict."
"BUTTON","To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will notbutton."
"BUTTONBALL","See Buttonwood."
"BUTTONBUSH","A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum."
"BUTTONHOLE","The hole or loop in which a button is caught."
"BUTTONMOLD","A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into abutton by covering it with cloth. [Written also buttonmould.] Fossilbuttonmolds, joints of encrinites. See Encrinite."
"BUTTONS","A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on hislivry. [Colloq.] Dickens."
"BUTTONWEED","The name of several plants of the genera Spermacoce and Diodia,of the Madder family."
"BUTTONWOOD","The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a largetree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called alsobuttonball tree, and, in some parts of the United States, sycamore.The California buttonwood is P. racemosa."
"BUTTONY","Ornamented with a large number of buttons. 'The buttony boy.'Thackeray. 'My coat so blue and buttony.' W. S. Gilbert."
"BUTTRESS","A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust ofan arch, or for ornament and symmetry."
"BUTTWELD","To unite by a butt weld."
"BUTTY","One who mines by contract, at so much per ton of coal or ore."
"BUTYL","A compound radical, regarded as butane, less one atom ofhydrogen."
"BUTYLAMINE","A colorless liquid base, C4H9NH2, of which there are fourisomeric varieties."
"BUTYLENE","Any one of three metameric hydrocarbons, C4H8, of the ethyleneseries. They are gaseous or easily liquefiable."
"BUTYRACEOUS","Having the qualities of butter; resembling butter."
"BUTYRATE","A salt of butyric acid."
"BUTYRIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, butter. Butyric acid,C3H7.CO2H, an acid found in butter; an oily, limpid fluid, having thesmell of rancid butter, and an acrid taste, with a sweetishaftertaste, like that of ether. There are two metameric butyricacids, called in distinction the normal- and iso-butyric acid. Thenormal butyric acid is the one common in rancid butter."
"BUTYRIN","A butyrate of glycerin; a fat contained in small quantity inmilk, which helps to give to butter its peculiar flavor."
"BUTYROMETER","An instrument for determining the amount of fatty matter orbutter contained in a sample of milk."
"BUTYRONE","A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate."
"BUTYROUS","Butyraceous."
"BUTYRYL","The radical (C4H7O) of butyric acid."
"BUXEOUS","Belonging to the box tree."
"BUXINE","An alkaloid obtained from the Buxus sempervirens, or common boxtree. It is identical with bebeerine; -- called also buxina."
"BUY","To negotiate or treat about a purchase.I will buy with you, sell with you. Shak."
"BUYER","One who buys; a purchaser."
"BUZ","See Buzz. [Obs.]"
"BUZZ","To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like thatmade by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; tospeak with a low, humming voice.Like a wasp is buzzed, and stung him. Longfellow.However these disturbers of our peace Buzz in the people's ears.Shak."
"BUZZARD","A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteoand related genera."
"BUZZARDET","A hawk resembling the buzzard, but with legs relatively longer."
"BUZZER","One who, or that which, buzzes; a whisperer; a talebearer.And wants not buzzers to infect his ear With pestilent speeches ofhis father's death. Shak."
"BUZZINGLY","In a buzzing manner; with a buzzing sound."
"BUZZSAW","A circular saw; -- so called from the buzzing it makes whenrunning at full speed."
"BY","Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, givingthe meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, orcollateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line,by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used incomposition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc."
"BY-BIDDER","One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer orowner, for the purpose of running up the price of articles. [U.S.]"
"BY-CORNER","A private corner.Britain being a by-corner, out of the road of the world. Fuller."
"BY-DEPENDENCE","An appendage; that which depends on something else, or isdistinct from the main dependence; an accessory. Shak."
"BY-DRINKING","A drinking between meals. [Obs.]"
"BY-ELECTION","An election held by itself, not at the time of a generalelection."
"BY-END","Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.[Written also bye-end.]'Profit or some other by-end.' L'Estrange."
"BY-INTEREST","Self-interest; private advantage. Atterbury."
"BY-LANE","A private lane, or one opening out of the usual road."
"BY-NAME","A nickname. Camden."
"BY-PASS","A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divertcirculation from the usual course."
"BY-PASSAGE","A passage different from the usual one; a byway."
"BY-PAST","Past; gone by. 'By-past perils.' Shak."
"BY-PLACE","A retired or private place."
"BY-PRODUCT","A secondary or additional product; something produced, as inthe course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product."
"BY-RESPECT","Private end or view; by-interest. [Obs.] Dryden."
"BY-ROOM","A private room or apartment. 'Stand in some by-room' Shak."
"BY-SPEECH","An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to thepoint. 'To quote by-speeches.' Hooker."
"BY-SPELL","A proverb. [Obs.]"
"BY-STREET","A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way orcross street.He seeks by-streets, and saves the expensive coach. Gay."
"BY-STROKE","An accidental or a slyly given stroke."
"BY-TURNING","An obscure road; a way turning from the main road. Sir P.Sidney."
"BY-VIEW","A private or selfish view; self-interested aim or purpose.No by-views of his own shall mislead him. Atterbury."
"BY-WALK","secluded or private walk.He moves afterward in by-walks. Dryden."
"BY-WASH","The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert theflow of water."
"BY-WIPE","A secret or side stroke, as of raillery or sarcasm. Milton."
"BYARD","A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men whodrag sledges in coal mines."
"BYE","A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye. T. Hughes.By the bye, in passing; by way of digression; apropos to the matterin hand. [Written also by the by.]"
"BYGONE","Past; gone by. 'Bygone fooleries.' Shak"
"BYLAND","A peninsula. [Obs.]"
"BYLANDER","See Bilander.[Obs.]"
"BYNAME","To give a nickname to. Camden."
"BYPATH","A private path; an obscure way; indirect means.God known, my son, By what bypaths, and indirect crooked ways, I metthis crown. Shak."
"BYPLAY","Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while themain action proceeds."
"BYRE","A cow house. [N. of Eng.& Scot.]"
"BYROAD","A private or obscure road. 'Through slippery byroads' Swift."
"BYRONIC","Pertaining to, or in the style of, Lord Byron.With despair and Byronic misanthropy. Thackeray"
"BYSMOTTERED","Bespotted with mud or dirt. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"BYSS","See Byssus, n., 1."
"BYSSACEOUS","Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibers or threads, as some verydelicate filamentous alg\u00e6."
"BYSSIFEROUS","Bearing a byssus or tuft."
"BYSSIN","See Byssus, n., 1."
"BYSSINE","Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance. Coles."
"BYSSOID","Byssaceous."
"BYSSOLITE","An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende."
"BYSSUS","A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove ofthe foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalvemollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselvesto rocks, etc."
"BYSTANDER","One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern withthe business transacting.He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them.Palfrey."
"BYWAY","A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside fromthe main one. ' Take no byways.' Herbert."
"BYWORK","Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondarybusiness."
"BYZANTIAN","See Byzantine."
"BYZANTINE","Of or pertaining to Byzantium.-- n."
"C","(a) The keynote of the normal or 'natural' scale, which hasneither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note ofthe relative minor scale of the same (b) C after the clef is the markof common time, in which each measure is a semibreve (four fourths orcrotchets); for alla breve time it is written (c) The 'C clef,' amodification of the letter C, placed on any line of the staff, abowsthat line to be middle C."
"CA IRA","The refrain of a famous song of the French Revolution."
"CAABA","The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which allMohammedans must pray. [Written also kaaba.]"
"CAADA","A small ca\u00f1on; a narrow valley or glen; also, but lessfrequently, an open valley. [Local, Western U. S.]"
"CAAS","Case. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CAATINGA","A forest composed of stunted trees and thorny bushes, found inareas of small rainfall in Brazil."
"CAB","A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37)pints. W. H. Ward. 2 Kings vi. 25."
"CABAL","To unite in a small party to promote private views andinterests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.Caballing still against it with the great. Dryden."
"CABALIST","One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewishtraditions. 'Studious cabalists.' Swift."
"CABALISTICALLY","In a cabalistic manner."
"CABALIZE","To use cabalistic language. [R] Dr. H. More."
"CABALLER","One who cabals.A close caballer and tongue-valiant lord. Dryden."
"CABALLERIA","An ancient Spanish land tenure similar to the English knight'sfee; hence, in Spain and countries settled by the Spanish, a landmeasure of varying size. In Cuba it is about 33 acres; in Porto Rico,about 194 acres; in the Southwestern United States, about 108 acres."
"CABALLERO","A knight or cavalier; hence, a gentleman."
"CABALLINE","Of or pertaining to a horse.-- n."
"CABALLO","A horse. [Sp. Amer.]"
"CABARET","A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed. [Obs. as anEnglish word.]"
"CABAS","A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; Hence, a lady's flatworkbasket, reticule, or hand bag; -- often written caba. C. Bront\u00e9."
"CABASSOU","A speciec of armadillo of the genus Xenurus (X. unicinctus andX. hispidus); the tatouay. [Written also Kabassou.]"
"CABBAGE","To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettucecabbage. Johnson."
"CABBLER","One who works at cabbling."
"CABBLING","The process of breaking up the flat masses into which wroughtiron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be reheated andwrought into bar iron."
"CABER","A pole or beam used in Scottish games for tossing as a trial ofstrength."
"CABEZON","A California fish (Hemilepidotus spinosus), allied to thesculpin."
"CABIAI","The capybara. See Capybara."
"CABIN","To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave. Shak."
"CABINET","Suitable for a cabinet; small.He [Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking cabinet edition of Goethe. For.Quar. Rev."
"CABINETMAKER","One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choicearticles of household furniture, as tables, bedsteads, bureaus, etc."
"CABINETMAKING","The art or occupation of making the finer articles of householdfurniture."
"CABINETWORK","The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniturerequiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture."
"CABIREAN",",n.One of the Cabiri."
"CABIRI","Certain deities originally worshiped with mystical rites by thePelasgians in Lemnos and Samothrace and afterwards throughout Greece;-- also called sons of Heph\u00e6stus (or Vulcan), as being masters of theart of working metals. [Written also Cabeiri.] Liddell & Scott."
"CABIRIAN","Same as Cabiric."
"CABIRIC","Of or pertaining to the Cabiri, or to their mystical worship.[Written also Cabiritic.]"
"CABLE","A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex,rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; --called also cable molding. Bower cable, the cable belonging to thebower anchor.-- Cable road, a railway on which the cars are moved by acontinuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor.-- Cable's length, the length of a ship's cable. Cables in themerchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more; butas a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenthof a nautical mile).-- Cable tier. (a) That part of a vessel where the cables arestowed. (b) A coil of a cable.-- Sheet cable, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor.-- Stream cable, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, tomoor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas.-- Submarine cable. See Telegraph.-- To pay out the cable, To veer out the cable, to slacken it, thatit may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawsehole.-- To serve the cable, to bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., toprevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et.-- To slip the cable, to let go the end on board and let it all runout and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor.Hence, in sailor's use, to die."
"CABLED","Adorned with cabling."
"CABLEGRAM","A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable."
"CABLELAID","Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twistedtogether to form a cable."
"CABLET","A little cable less than ten inches in circumference."
"CABLING","The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilasterwith reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollowsof the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of theheight of the shaft."
"CABMAN","The driver of a cab."
"CABOB","To roast, as a cabob. Sir. T. Herbert."
"CABOCHED","Showing the full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of thehead of a beast in armorial bearing. [Written also caboshed.]"
"CABOCHON","A stone of convex form, highly polished, but not faceted; also,the style of cutting itself. Such stones are said to be cut encabochon."
"CABOODLE","The whole collection; the entire quantity or number; -- usuallyin the phrase the whole caboodle. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett."
"CABOOSE","A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly calledthe galley."
"CABOTAGE","Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage."
"CABREE","The pronghorn antelope. [Also written cabrit, cabret.]"
"CABRERITE","An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt,and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera, Spain."
"CABRILLA","A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genusSerranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coastof California, etc. In California, some of them are also called rockbass and kelp salmon."
"CABRIOLE","A curvet; a leap. See Capriole.The cabrioles which his charger exhibited. Sir W. Scott."
"CABRIOLET","A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top."
"CABRIT","Same as Cabr\u00e9e."
"CABURN","A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seizetackles, etc."
"CACAINE","The essential principle of cacao; -- now called theobromine."
"CACAJAO","A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (or Brachyurus)melanocephala). [Written also cacajo.]"
"CACAO","A small evergreen tree (Theobroma Cacao) of South America andthe West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seedsabout the size of an almond, from which cocoa, chocolate, and bromaare prepared."
"CACHALOT","The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top ofits head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, afterdeath, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance calledspermaceti. See Sperm whale."
"CACHE","A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing andpreserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry. Kane."
"CACHEPOT","An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal,paper, etc."
"CACHET","A seal, as of a letter. Lettre de cachet Etym: [F.], a sealedletter, especially a letter or missive emanating from the sovereign;-- much used in France before the Revolution as an arbitrary order ofimprisonment."
"CACHINNATION","Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hystericalor maniacal affections.Hideous grimaces . . . attended this unusual cachinnation. Sir W.Scott."
"CACHINNATORY","Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter.Cachinnatory buzzes of approval. Carlyle."
"CACHIRI","A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of themanioc, and resembling perry. Dunglison."
"CACHOLONG","An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also,a similar variety of opal."
"CACHOU","A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of thebreath."
"CACHUCHA","An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembing the bolero.[Sometimes in English spelled cachuca (.]The orchestra plays the cachucha. Logfellow."
"CACHUNDE","A pastil or troche, composed of various aromatic and otheringredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as astomachic and antispasmodic."
"CACIQUE","See Cazique."
"CACK","To ease the body by stool; to go to stool. Pope."
"CACKEREL","The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish consideredpoisonous by the ancients. See Mendole."
"CACKLING","The broken noise of a goose or a hen."
"CACODEMON","The nightmare. Dunaglison."
"CACODOXICAL","Heretical."
"CACODOXY","Erroneous doctrine; heresy; heterodoxy. [R.]Heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy. R. Turnbull."
"CACODYL","Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid, As2(CH3)4,spontaneously inflammable and possessing an intensely disagreeableodor. It is the type of a series of compounds analogous to thenitrogen compounds called hydrazines. [Written also cacodyle, andkakodyl.]"
"CACODYLIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, cacodyl. Cacodylic acid, awhite, crystalline, deliquescent substance, (CH3)2AsO.OH, obtained bythe oxidation of cacodyl, and having the properties of an exceedinglystable acid; -- also called alkargen."
"CACOETHES","A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer."
"CACOGASTRIC","Troubled with bad digestion. [R.] Carlyle."
"CACOGRAPHIC","Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly writtenor spelled."
"CACOGRAPHY","Incorrect or bad writing or spelling. Walpole."
"CACOLET","A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back orpack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainousdistricts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of anarmy."
"CACOLOGY","Bad speaking; bad choice or use of words. Buchanan."
"CACOON","One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entadascandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc."
"CACOPHONY","An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to theconcurrence of harsh letters or syllables. 'Cacophonies of allkinds.' Pope."
"CACOSTOMIA","Diseased or gangrenous condition of the mouth."
"CACOTECHNY","A corruption or corrupt state of art. [R.]"
"CACTACEOUS","Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which theprickly pear is a common example."
"CACTUS","Any plant of the order Cactac\u00e6, as the prickly pear and thenight-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stemsand branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostlynatives of the warmer parts of America. Cactus wren (Zo\u00f6l.), anAmerican wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of several species."
"CACUMINAL","Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied tocertain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters."
"CACUMINATE","To make sharp or pointed. [Obs.]"
"CADASTRAL","Of or pertaining to landed property. Cadastral survey, orCadastral map, a survey, map, or plan on a large scale (Usuallytopographical map, which exaggerates the dimensions of houses and thebreadth of roads and streams, for the sake of distinctness. Brande &C."
"CADAVER","A dead human body; a corpse."
"CADAVERIC","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changesproduced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity. Dunglison.Cadaveric alkaloid, an alkaloid generated by the processes ofdecomposition in dead animal bodies, and thought by some to be thecause of the poisonous effects produced by the bodies. See Ptomaine."
"CADBAIT","See Caddice."
"CADDIS","A kind of worsted lace or ribbon. 'Caddises, cambrics, lawns.'Shak."
"CADDISH","Like a cad; lowbred and presuming."
"CADDOW","A jackdaw. [Prov. Eng.]"
"CADDY","A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in."
"CADE","Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon."
"CADENCE","See Cadency."
"CADENCY","Descent of related families; distinction between the members ofa family according to their ages. Marks of cadency (Her.), bearingsindicating the position of the bearer as older or younger son, or asa descendant of an older or younger son. See Difference (Her.)."
"CADENE","A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant.McElrath."
"CADENT","Falling. [R.] 'Cadent tears.' Shak."
"CADENZA","A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of apiece, commonly just before the final cadence."
"CADER","See Cadre."
"CADETSHIP","The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get acadetship."
"CADGE","A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale."
"CADGER","One who carries hawks on a cadge."
"CADGY","Cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking; also,wanton. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]"
"CADI","An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usuallythe judge of a town or village."
"CADILESKER","A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originallybecause his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who arenow tried only by their own officers."
"CADILLAC","A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly forcooking. Johnson."
"CADIS","A kind of coarse serge."
"CADMEAN","Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, whowas said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters ofthe alphabet -- Cadmean letters. Cadmean victory, a victory thatdamages the victors as much as the vanquished; probably referring tothe battle in which the soldiers who sprang from the dragon's teethsown by Cadmus slew each other."
"CADMIA","An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces wherezinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine."
"CADMIAN","See Cadmean."
"CADMIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cadmium; as, cadmicsulphide."
"CADMIUM","A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring insome zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable.Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore.Cadmium yellow, a compound of cadmium and sulphur, of an intenseyellow color, used as a pigment."
"CADRANS","An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which theangles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing."
"CADRE","The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to beformed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [Written alsocader.]"
"CADUCARY","Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation."
"CADUCEAN","Of or belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand."
"CADUCEUS","The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messengerof the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olivewood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it,and two wings at the top."
"CADUCIBRANCHIATE","With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which thegills do not remain in adult life."
"CADUCITY","Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility. [R.][A] jumble of youth and caducity. Chesterfield."
"CADUCOUS","Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, orthe gills of a tadpole."
"CADUKE","Perishable; frail; transitory. [Obs.] Hickes.The caduke pleasures of his world. Bp. Fisher."
"CADY","See Cadie."
"CAECA","See C\u00e6cum."
"CAECIAS","A wind from the northeast. Milton."
"CAECILIAN","A limbless amphibian belonging to the order C\u00e6cili\u00e6 orOphimorpha. See Ophiomorpha. [Written also coecilian.]"
"CAELATURA","Art of producing metal decorative work other than statuary, asreliefs, intaglios, engraving, chasing, etc."
"CAEN STONE","A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen,France."
"CAENOZOIC","See Cenozoic."
"CAESAR","A Roman emperor, as being the successor of Augustus C\u00e6sar.Hence, a kaiser, or emperor of Germany, or any emperor or powerfulruler. See Kaiser, Kesar.Malborough anticipated the day when he would be servilely flatteredand courted by C\u00e6sar on one side and by Louis the Great on the other.Macaulay."
"CAESARISM","A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercisedby a single person, to whom, as C\u00e6sar or emperor, it has beencommitted by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or supportof such a system of government."
"CAESIOUS","Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture ofgray. Lindley."
"CAESIUM","A rare alkaline metal found in mineral water; -- so called fromthe two characteristic blue lines in its spectrum. It was the firstelement discovered by spectrum analysis, and is the most stronglybasic and electro-positive substance known. Symbol Cs. Atomic weight132.6."
"CAESPITOSE","Same as Cespitose."
"CAESURA","A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a footand commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in themiddle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the c\u00e6sural accentrests, or which is used as a foot."
"CAESURAL","Of or pertaining to a c\u00e6sura. C\u00e6sural pause, a pause made at ac\u00e6sura."
"CAFE","A coffeehouse; a restaurant; also, a room in a hotel orrestaurant where coffee and liquors are served."
"CAFETERIA","A restaurant or caf\u00e9 at which the patrons serve themselves withfood kept at a counter, taking the food to small tables to eat. [U.S.]"
"CAFFEIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, coffee. Caffeic acid, an acidobtained from coffee tannin, as a yellow crystalline substance,C9H8O4."
"CAFFEINE","A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, obtained fromcoffee. It is identical with the alkaloid theine from tea leaves, andwith guaranine from guarana."
"CAFFETANNIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, the tannin of coffee.Caffetannic acid, a variety of tannin obtained from coffee berries,regarded as a glucoside."
"CAFFILA","See Cafila."
"CAFFRE","See Kaffir."
"CAFTAN","A garment worn throughout the Levant, consisting of a long gownwith sleeves reaching below the hands. It is generally fastened by abelt or sash."
"CAG","See Keg. [Obs.]"
"CAGE","An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; asthe cage of a staircase. Gwilt."
"CAGED","Confined in, or as in, a cage; like a cage or prison. 'Thecaged cloister.' Shak."
"CAGELING","A bird confined in a cage; esp. a young bird. [Poetic]Tennyson."
"CAGIT","A king of parrot, of a beautiful green color, found in thePhilippine Islands."
"CAGMAG","A tough old goose; hence, coarse, bad food of any kind. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell."
"CAGOT","One of a race inhabiting the valleys of the Pyrenees, who until1793 were political and social outcasts (Christian Pariahs). They aresupposed to be a remnant of the Visigoths."
"CAHENSLYISM","A plan proposed to the Pope in 1891 by P. P. Cahensly, a memberof the German parliament, to divide the foreign-born population ofthe United States, for ecclesiastical purposes, according to Europeannationalities, and to appoint bishops and priests of like race andspeaking the same language as the majority of the members of adiocese or congregation. This plan was successfully opposed by theAmerican party in the Church."
"CAHINCA ROOT","The root of an American shrub (Chiococca racemosa), found asfar north as Florida Keys, from which cahincic acid is obtained;also, the root of the South American Chiococca anguifuga, acelebrated antidote for snake poison."
"CAHINCIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, cahinca, the native name of aspecies of Brazilian Chiococca, perhaps C. recemosa; as, cahincicacid."
"CAHOOT","Partnership; as to go in cahoot with a person. [Slang,southwestern U. S.] Bartlett."
"CAIMACAM","The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey."
"CAIMAN","See Cayman."
"CAINOZOIC","(Geol.) See Cenozic."
"CAIQUE","A light skiff or rowboat used on the Bosporus; also, aLevantine vessel of larger size."
"CAIRD","A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar. [Prov. Eng.]"
"CAIRNGORMSTONE","A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, orcrystallized quartz, found esp, in the mountain of Cairngorm, inScotland."
"CAISSON","A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits. Pneumatic caisson(Engin.), a caisson, closed at the top but open at the bottom, andresting upon the ground under water. The pressure of air forced intothe caisson keeps the water out. Men and materials are admitted tothe interior through an air lock. See Lock."
"CAISSON DISEASE","A disease frequently induced by remaining for some time in anatmosphere of high pressure, as in caissons, diving bells, etc. It ischaracterized by neuralgic pains and paralytic symptoms. It isvariously explained, most probably as due to congestion of internalorgans with subsequent stasis of the blood."
"CAITIFF","A captive; a prisoner. [Obs.]Avarice doth tyrannize over her caitiff and slave. Holland."
"CAJEPUT","See Cajuput."
"CAJOLE","To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.I am not about to cajole or flatter you into a reception of my views.F. W. Robertson."
"CAJOLEMENT","The act of cajoling; the state of being cajoled; cajolery.Coleridge."
"CAJOLER","A flatterer; a wheedler."
"CAJOLERY","A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery.'Infamous cajoleries.' Evelyn."
"CAJUN","In Louisiana, a person reputed to be Acadian French descent."
"CAJUPUT","A highly stimulating volatile infammable oil, distilled fromthe leaves of an East Indian tree (Melaleuca cajuputi, etc.) It isgreenish in color and has a camphoraceous odor and pungent taste."
"CAJUPUTENE","A colorlees or greenish oil extracted from cajuput."
"CAKE","To form into a cake, or mass."
"CAKING COAL","See Coal."
"CAL","Wolfram, an ore of tungsten. Simmonds."
"CALABAR","A district on the west coast of Africa. Calabar bean, The of aclimbing legumious plant (Physostigma venenosum), a native oftropical Africa. It is highly poisonous. It is used to producecontraction of the pupil of the eye; also in tetanus, neuralgia, andrheumatic diseases; -- called also ordeal bean, being used by thenegroes in trials for witchcraft."
"CALABARINE","An alkaloid resembing physostigmine and occurring with it inthe calabar bean."
"CALABOOSE","A prison; a jail. [Local, U. S.]"
"CALABOZO","A jail. See Calaboose."
"CALADE","A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse ismade to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches."
"CALADIUM","A genus of aroideous plants, of which some species arecultivated for their immense leaves (which are often curiouslyblotched with white and red), and others (in Polynesia) for food."
"CALAITE","A mineral. See Turquoise."
"CALAMANCO","A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked. 'a gaycalamanco waistcoat.' Tatler."
"CALAMANDER WOOD","A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is aspecies of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros qusesita. Calledalso Coromandel wood."
"CALAMBAC","A fragrant wood; agalloch."
"CALAMBOUR","A species of agalloch, or aloes wood, of a dusky or mottledcolor, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac;-- used by cabinetmakers."
"CALAMIFEROUS","Producing reeds; reedy."
"CALAMINE","A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc."
"CALAMINT","A genus of perennial plants (Calamintha) of the Mint family,esp. the C. Nepela and C. Acinos, which are called also basil thyme."
"CALAMIST","One who plays upon a reed or pipe. [Obs.] Blount."
"CALAMISTRATE","To curl or friz, as the hair. [Obs.] Cotgrave."
"CALAMISTRATION","The act or process of curling the hair. [Obs.] burton."
"CALAMISTRUM","A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs ofcertain spiders (Ciniflonid\u00e6), used to curl certain fibers in theconstruction of their webs."
"CALAMITE","A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general formof plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rushfamily) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having thestem more or less woody within. See Acrogen, and Asterophyllite."
"CALAMUS","The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes thecommon rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood."
"CALANDO","(Mus.) Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness."
"CALAVERAS SKULL","A human skull reported, by Prof. J. D. Whitney, as found in1886 in a Tertiary auriferous gravel deposit, lying below a bed ofblack lava, in Calaveras County, California. It is regarded as verydoubtful whether the skull really belonged to the deposit in which itwas found. If it did, it indicates an unprecedented antiquity forhuman beings of an advanced type."
"CALAVERITE","A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; atelluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California."
"CALC-SINTER","See under Calcite."
"CALC-SPAR","Same as Calcite."
"CALC-TUFA","See under Calcite."
"CALCANEAL","Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries."
"CALCANEUM","One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the greatbone of the heel; -- called also fibulare."
"CALCAR","A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for thecalcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit. Ure."
"CALCAREO-ARGILLACEOUS","consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceousearths."
"CALCAREO-BITUMINOUS","Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen. Lyell."
"CALCAREO-SILICEOUS","Consisting of, or containing calcareous and siliceous earths."
"CALCAREOUS","Partaking of the nature ofcalcite or calcium carbonate;consisting of, or containg, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime.Clcareous spar. See as Calcite."
"CALCAREOUSNESS","Quality of being calcareous."
"CALCARIFEROUS","Lime-yielding; calciferous"
"CALCARINE","Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain."
"CALCAVELLA","A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district ofCarcavelhos. [Written also Calcavellos or Carcavelhos.]"
"CALCEATED","Fitted with, or wearing, shoes. Johnson."
"CALCED","Wearing shoes; calceated; -- in distintion from discalced orbarefooted; as the calced Carmelites."
"CALCEDON","A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones."
"CALCEIFORM","Shaped like a plipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper;calceolate."
"CALCEOLARIA","A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plant, biought fromSouth America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, oftenspotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name."
"CALCEOLATE","Slipper-ahaped. See Calceiform."
"CALCES","See Calx."
"CALCIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, calcium or lime."
"CALCIFEROUS","Bearing producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime.Calciferouse epoch (Geol.), and epoch in the American lower Siluriansystem, immediately succeeding the Cambrian period. The name alludesto the peculiar mixture of calcareous and siliceous characteristicsin many of the beds. See the Diagram under Grology."
"CALCIFIC","Calciferous. Specifically: (Zo\u00f6l.) of or pertaining to hteportion of the which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles.Huxley."
"CALCIFICATION","The process of chenge into a stony or calcareous substance bythe deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of boneand teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue."
"CALCIFIED","Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts;calcareous."
"CALCIFORM","In the form of chalk or lime."
"CALCIFY","To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion ofsalts of lime."
"CALCIGENOUS","Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance onbeing oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc."
"CALCIGEROUS","Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cellsof the teeth."
"CALCIMINE","A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering ofa room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zincwhite, and water. [Also spelt kalsomine.]"
"CALCIMINER","One who calcimines."
"CALCINABLE","That may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil."
"CALCINATE","To calcine. [R.]"
"CALCINATION","The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or renderingit friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of somevolatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonateof calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime."
"CALCINATORY","A vessel used in calcination."
"CALCINE","To be convereted into a powder or friable substance, or into acalx, by the action of heat. 'Calcining without fusion' Newton."
"CALCINER","One who, or that which, calcines."
"CALCISPONGIAE","An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. SeePorifera."
"CALCITE","Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral inits crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. Itincludes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-sparand calcareous spar."
"CALCITRANT","Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory."
"CALCITRATE","To kick."
"CALCITRATION","Act of kicking."
"CALCIUM","An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygenforms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable.It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight40. Symbol Ca."
"CALCIVOROUS","Eroding, or eating into, limestone."
"CALCOGRAPHER","One who practices calcography."
"CALCOGRAPHY","The art of drawing with chalk."
"CALCULABLE","That may be calculated or ascertained by calculation."
"CALCULARY","Of or pertaining to calculi."
"CALCULATE","To make a calculation; to forecast caonsequences; to estimate;to compute.The strong passions, whether good or bad, never calculate. F. W.Robertson."
"CALCULATING","The act or process of making mathematical computations or ofestimating results."
"CALCULATIVE","Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation.Long habits of calculative dealings. Burke."
"CALCULATOR","One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers theforce and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate ofthe effects.Ambition is no exact calculator. Burke."
"CALCULATORY","Belonging to calculation. Sherwood."
"CALCULE","Reckoning; computation. [Obs.] Howell."
"CALCULI","See Calculus."
"CALCULUS","Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but mostfrequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passagesconnected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc."
"CALDRON","A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Writtenalso cauldron.] 'Caldrons of boiling oil.' Prescott."
"CALECHE","See Calash."
"CALEDONIA","The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry."
"CALEDONIAN","Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch.-- n."
"CALEDONITE","A hydrous sulphate of copper and lead, found in some parts ofCaledonia or Scotland."
"CALEFACIENT","Making warm; heating. [R.]"
"CALEFACTIVE","See Calefactory. [R.]"
"CALEFACTOR","A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, as a stove, etc."
"CALEFACTORY","Making hot; producing or communicating heat."
"CALEFY","To make warm or hot."
"CALEMBOUR","A pun."
"CALENDAR","A tabular statement of the dates of feasts, offices, saints'days, etc., esp. of those which are liable to change yearly accordingto the varying date of Easter."
"CALENDARIAL","Of or pertaining to the calendar or a calendar."
"CALENDARY","Calendarial. [Obs.]"
"CALENDER","To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth andglossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper, etc. Ure."
"CALENDOGRAPHER","One who makes calendars. [R.]"
"CALENDRER","A person who calenders cloth; a calender."
"CALENDS","The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar.[Written also kalends.] The Greek calends, a time that will nevercome, as the Greeks had no calends."
"CALENDULA","A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, Calendulaofficinalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom onthe calends of every month, whence the name."
"CALENDULIN","A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from themarigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin."
"CALENTURE","A name formerly given to various fevers occuring in tropics;esp. to a form of furious delirium accompanied by fever, amongsailors, which sometimes led the affected person to imagine the seato be a green field, and to throw himself into it."
"CALESCENCE","Growing warmth; increasing heat."
"CALF","The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee. Calf's-footjelly, jelly made from the feet of calves. The gelatinous matter ofthe feet is extracted by boiling, and is flavored with sugar,essences, etc."
"CALFSKIN","The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin."
"CALI","The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu. [Writtenalso Kali.]"
"CALIBRATE","To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also,more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of thevarious standards or graduated instruments."
"CALIBRATION","The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of athermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees;also, more generally, the determination of the true value of thespaces in any graduated instrument."
"CALICE","See Chalice."
"CALICO","Made of, or having the apperance of, calico; -- often appliedto an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of acolor strikingly different from its main color. [Colloq. U. S.]"
"CALICOBACK","Relating to, or resembling, a cup; also improperly used forcalycular, calyculate."
"CALID","Hot; burning; ardent. [Obs.] Bailey."
"CALIDITY","Heat. [Obs.]"
"CALIDUCT","A pipe or duct used to convey hot air or steam.Subterranean caliducts have been introduced. Evelyn."
"CALIFORNIA JACK","A game at cards, a modification of seven-up, or all fours."
"CALIFORNIAN","Of or pertaining to California.-- n."
"CALIGATION","Dimness; cloudiness. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"CALIGINOSITY","Darkness. [R.] G. Eliot."
"CALIGINOUS","Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure. [R.] Blount.The caliginous regions of the air. Hallywell.-- Ca*lig'i*nous*ly, adv.-- Ca*lig'i*nous*ness, n."
"CALIGO","Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on thecornea; also, the speck itself."
"CALIGRAPHIC","See Calligraphic."
"CALIGRAPHY","See Caligraphy."
"CALIN","An alloy of lead and tin, of which the Chinese make teacanisters."
"CALIPASH","A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. Itcontains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge,much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle."
"CALIPEE","A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. Itcontains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color,much esteemed as a delicacy. Thackeray."
"CALIPERS","An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers orcompasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thicknessof bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts,shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called alsocaliper compasses, or caliber compasses. Caliper square, adraughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar andadjustable jaw or jaws. Knight.-- Vernier calipers. See Vernier."
"CALIPH","Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of Mohammedboth as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans ofTurkey, [Writting also calif.]"
"CALIPHATE","The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of thecaliphs."
"CALIPPIC","Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer. Calippicperiod, a period of seventy-six years, proposed by Calippus, as animprovement on the Metonic cycle, since the 6940 days of the Metoniccycle exceeded 19 years by about a quarter of a day, and exceeded 235lunations by something more."
"CALISAYA BARK","A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the CinchonaCalisaya, and other closely related species."
"CALISTHENEUM","A gymnasium; esp. one for light physical exercise by women andchildren."
"CALISTHENIC","Of or pertaining to calisthenics."
"CALISTHENICS","The science, art, or practice of healthful exercise of the bodyand limbs, to promote strength and gracefulness; light gymnastics."
"CALIVER","An early form of hand gun, variety of the arquebus; originallya gun having a regular size of bore. [Obs.] Shak."
"CALIX","A cup. See Calyx."
"CALK","To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red orblack chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines,so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which itis laid or held. [Writting also calque]"
"CALKIN","A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1."
"CALKING","The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or offurnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing. Calkingiron, a tool like a chisel, used in calking ships, tightening seamsin ironwork, etc.Their left hand does the calking iron guide. Dryden."
"CALL","An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as itspastor."
"CALLA","A genus of plants, of the order Arace\u00e6."
"CALLAT","Same as Callet. [Obs.]A callat of boundless tongue. Shak."
"CALLE","A kind of head covering; a caul. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CALLER","One who calls."
"CALLET","A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip. [Obs.] [Written alsocallat.]"
"CALLID","Characterized by cunning or shrewdness; crafty. [R.]"
"CALLIDITY","Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness. [R.]Her eagly-eyed callidity. C. Smart."
"CALLIGRAPHER","One skilled in calligraphy; a good penman."
"CALLIGRAPHIST","A calligrapher"
"CALLIGRAPHY","Fair or elegant penmanship."
"CALLIOPE","The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; motherof Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses."
"CALLIOPSIS","A popular name given to a few species of the genus Careopsis,especially to C. tinctoria of Arkansas."
"CALLIPASH","See Calipash."
"CALLIPEE","See Calipee."
"CALLIPERS","See Calipers."
"CALLISECTION","Painless vivisection; -- opposed to sentisection. B. G. Wilder."
"CALLITHUMP","A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tinhorus, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; acharivari. [U. S.]"
"CALLITHUMPIAN","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump. [U. S.]"
"CALLOSAN","Of the callosum."
"CALLOSE","Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots."
"CALLOSITY","A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening andthickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result ofcontinued pressure or friction."
"CALLOSUM","The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebralhemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus."
"CALLOT","A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte. B. Jonson."
"CALLOW","A kind of duck. See Old squaw."
"CALLUS","The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exudedat the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous inconsistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unitesthe fragments into a single piece."
"CALM","Freodom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation orabeence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds orwaves; tranquility; stilness; quiet; serenity.The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Mark. iv. 39.A calm before a storm is commonly a peace of a man's own making.South."
"CALMER","One who, or that which, makes calm."
"CALMLY","In a calm manner.The gentle stream which calmly flows. Denham."
"CALMNESS","The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity;self-repose.The gentle calmness of the flood. Denham.Hes calmness was the repose of conscious power. E. Everett."
"CALMUCKS","; sing. Calmuck. A branch of the Mongolian race inbabitingparts of the Russian and Chinese empires; also (sing.), the languageof the Calmucks. [Written also Kalmucks.]"
"CALMY","Tranquil; peaceful; calm. [Poet.] 'A still and calmy day'Spenser."
"CALOMEL","Mild chloride of mercury, Hg"
"CALORESCENCE","The conversion of obscure radiant heat info kight; thetransmutation of rays of heat into others of higher refrangibility.Tyndall."
"CALORIC","The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena ofheat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used inscientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term forheat.Caloric expands all bodies. Henry."
"CALORICITY","A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heatnesessary to life, that is, the animal heat."
"CALORIDUCT","A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct."
"CALORIE","The unit of heat according to the Frensc standard; the amountof heat requires to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes,one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0Foot pound."
"CALORIFACIENT","See Calorificient."
"CALORIFERE","An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially bymeans of hot water circulating in tubes."
"CALORIFIANT","See Calorificient."
"CALORIFIC","Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating. Calorificrays, the invisible, heating rays which emanate from the sum, andburning and heated bodies."
"CALORIFICATION","Production of heat, esp. animal heat."
"CALORIFICIENT","Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; -- appliedto foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed togive rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation."
"CALORIMETER","An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained inbodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, asfriction, chemical combination, combustion, etc."
"CALORIMETRIC","Of or pertaining to process of using the calorimeter.Satisfactory calorimetric results. Nichol."
"CALORIMETRY","Measurement of the quantities of heat in bodies."
"CALORIMOTOR","A voltaic battery, having a large surface of plate, andproducing powerful heating effects."
"CALORISATOR","An apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice inorder to aid the diffusion."
"CALOTYPE","A method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitizedwith iodide of silver; -- also called Talbotype, from the inventor,Mr. Fox. Talbot."
"CALOYER","A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse ofthe rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos."
"CALQUE","See 2d Calk, v. t."
"CALUMBA","The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculuspalmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bittertaste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also colombo,columbo, and calombo.] American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis,also called American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine asbitter tonic in place of calumba."
"CALUMBIN","A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substancefrom the calumba root. [Written also colombin, and columbin]"
"CALUMET","A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smokingtobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube isa long reed often ornamented with feathers.Smoked the calumet, the Peace pipe, As a signal to the nations.Lowgfellow."
"CALUMNIATE","To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or ofsomething disreputable; to slander; to libel.Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate allgodly men's doings. Strype.Syn.-- To asperse; slander; defame; vilify; traduce; belie; bespatter;blacken; libel. See Asperse."
"CALUMNIATION","False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and falserepresentation of the words or actions of another, with a view toinjure his good name.The calumniation of her principal counselors. Bacon."
"CALUMNIATOR","One who calumniates."
"CALUMNIATORY","Containing calumny; slanderous. Montagu."
"CALUMNIOUS","Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injuriousto reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports.Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. Shak."
"CALUMNY","False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made orreported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation;slander; detraction. 'Infamouse calumnies.' Motley.Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escapecalumny. Shak."
"CALVARIA","The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of thedomelike upper portion."
"CALVARY","A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called crosscalvary."
"CALVER","To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered; as, grayling'sflesh will calver. Catton."
"CALVESSNOUT","Snapdragon."
"CALVINISM","The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a Frenchtheologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or ofthe so-called calvinistic churches."
"CALVINIST","A follower of Calvin; a believer in Calvinism."
"CALVINIZE","To convert to Calvinism."
"CALVISH","Like a calf; stupid. Sheldon."
"CALX","Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- appliedto a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the Frenchbotanist Candolle."
"CALYCIFORM","Having the form or appearance of a calyx."
"CALYCLE","A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on theoutside."
"CALYCLED","Calyculate."
"CALYCOZOA","A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type. The bodyis cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. Anaboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided intofour large compartments. See Lucernarida."
"CALYCULAR","Pertaining to, or resembling, the bracts of a calycle."
"CALYMENE","A genus of trilobites characteristic of the Silurian age."
"CALYON","Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc. Haliwell."
"CALYPSO","A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flowervariegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wetlocalities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypsoborealis is the only orchid which reaches 68\u00ba N."
"CALYPTRA","A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form andposition, covering each of the small flaskike capsules which containthe spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body."
"CALYPTRIFORM","Having the form a calyptra, or extinguisher."
"CALYX","The covering of a flower. See Flower."
"CALZOONS","Drawers. [Obs.]"
"CAM","Crooked. [Obs.]"
"CAMAIEU","Painting in shades of one color; monochrome. Mollett."
"CAMAIL","A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the bascinet or otherheadpiece."
"CAMARADERIE","Comradeship and loyalty."
"CAMARASAURUS","A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having largecavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebr\u00e6."
"CAMASS","A blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) ofnorthwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for food bythe Indians. [Written also camas, cammas, and quamash.]"
"CAMBER","An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has ahigh camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck)."
"CAMBERKEELED","Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; --said of a ship."
"CAMBIAL","Belonging to exchanges in commerce; of exchange. [R.]"
"CAMBIST","A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills ofexchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange."
"CAMBISTRY","The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc."
"CAMBIUM","A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood properand inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place inthe cambium, which is very soft."
"CAMBLET","See Camlet."
"CAMBOGE","See Gamboge."
"CAMBOOSE","See Caboose."
"CAMBRASINE","A kind of linen cloth made in Egypt, and so named from itsresemblance to cambric."
"CAMBREL","See Gambrel, n., 2. Wright."
"CAMBRIA","The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets."
"CAMBRIAN","Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales."
"CAMBRIC","A Welshman."
"CAME","imp. of Come."
"CAMEL","A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdensand for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a longtime without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at theextremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on thecallous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one bunch on theback, while the Bactrian camel (C. Bactrianus) has two. The llama,alpaca, and vicu\u00f1a, of South America, belong to a related genus(Auchenia)."
"CAMELEON","See Chaceleon. [Obs.]"
"CAMELLIA","An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves andshowy flowers. Camelia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, andC. Sassanqua and C. Oleifera are grown in China for the oil which ispressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genusunder the name of Camellia Thea."
"CAMELOPARD","An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe."
"CAMELOT","See Camelet. [Obs.]"
"CAMELRY","Troops that are mounted on camels."
"CAMELSHAIR","Of camel's hair. Camel's-hair pencil, a small brush used bypainters in water colors, made of camel's hair or similar materials.-- Camel's-hair shawl. A name often given to a cashmere shawl. SeeCashmere shawl under Cashmere."
"CAMEO","A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewelfor personal adornment, or like."
"CAMERA","A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: Thecamera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Cameraobscura. Bellows camera. See under Bellows.-- In camera (Law), in a judge's chamber, that is, privately; as, ajudge hears testimony which is not fit for the open court in camera.-- Panoramic, or Pantascopic, camera, a photographic camera in whichthe lens and sensitized plate revolve so as to expose adjacent partsof the plate successively to the light, which reaches it through anarrow vertical slit; -- used in photographing broad landscapes.Abney."
"CAMERA LUCIDA","An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, oran arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an externalobject or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, asof paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. Itis generally used with the microscope."
"CAMERA OBSCURA","An apparatus in which the image of an external object orobjects is, by means of lenses. thrown upon a sensitized plate orsurface placed at the back or an extensible darkened box or chambervariously modifled; -- commonly called simply the camera."
"CAMERADE","See Comrade, [Obs.]"
"CAMERALISTIC","Of or pertaining to finance and public revenue."
"CAMERALISTICS","The science of finance or public revenue."
"CAMERATION","A vaulting or arching over. [R.]"
"CAMERLINGO","The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over thepope's household. He has at times possessed great power. [Writtenalso camerlengo and camarlengo.]"
"CAMERONIAN","A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter ofthe time of Charies II.Cameron and others refused to accept the 'indulgence' offered thePresbyterian clergy, insisted on the Solemn league and Covenant, andin 1680 declared Charles II deposed for tyranny, breach of faith,etc. Cameron was killed at the battle of Airdmoss, but his followersbecame a denomination (afterwards called Reformed Presbyterians) whorefused to recognize laws or institutions which they believedcontrary to the kingdom of Christ, but who now avail themselves ofpolitical rights."
"CAMIS","A light, loose dress or robe. [Also written camus.] [Obs.]All in a camis light of purple silk. Spenser."
"CAMISARD","One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled againstLouis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; -- so calledfrom the peasant's smock (camise) which they wore."
"CAMISATED","Dressed with a shirt over the other garments."
"CAMLET","A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly ofgoat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton. [Sometimes writtencamelot and camblet.]"
"CAMLETED","Wavy or undulating like camlet; veined. Sir T. Herbert."
"CAMMAS","See Camass."
"CAMMOCK","A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; --called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also calledcammock."
"CAMONFLET","A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of anenemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of theminers. Farrow."
"CAMORRA","A secret organization formed at Naples, Italy, early in the19th century, and used partly for political ends and partly forpracticing extortion, violence, etc. -- Ca*mor'rist (#), n."
"CAMOUSED","Depressed; flattened. [Obs.]Though my nose be cammoused. B. Jonson"
"CAMOUSLY","Awry. [Obs.] Skelton."
"CAMP","A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables arestored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie.[Prov. Eng.]"
"CAMPAGNA","An open level tract of country; especially 'Campagna di Roma.'The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome."
"CAMPAGNOL","A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, whichoften does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on rootsand seeds."
"CAMPAIGN","A connected series of military operations forming a distinctstage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field.Wilhelm."
"CAMPAIGNER","One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an oldsoldier; a veteran."
"CAMPANA","A church bell."
"CAMPANED","Furnished with, or bearing, campanes, or bells."
"CAMPANERO","The bellbird of South America. See Bellbird."
"CAMPANES","Bells. [R.]"
"CAMPANIA","Open country. Sir W. Temple."
"CAMPANIFORM","Bell-shaped."
"CAMPANILE","A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church.Many of the campaniles od Italy are lofty and magnificent atructures.Swift."
"CAMPANILIFORM","Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform."
"CAMPANOLOGIST","One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer."
"CAMPANOLOGY","The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art."
"CAMPANULA","A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often ofgreat beauty; -- also called bellflower."
"CAMPANULACEOUS","Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants(Camponulace\u00e6) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes theCanterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass."
"CAMPANULARIAN","A hydroid of the family ampanularid\u00e6, characterized by havingthe polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothec\u00e6."
"CAMPANULATE","Bell-shaped."
"CAMPBELLITE","A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples ofChrist. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname.See Christian, 3."
"CAMPEACHY WOOD","Logwood."
"CAMPER","One who lodges temporarily in a hut or camp."
"CAMPFIGHT","A duel; the decision of a case by a duel."
"CAMPHENE","One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor,regarded as modified terpenes."
"CAMPHINE","Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and asa common solvent in varnishes."
"CAMPHIRE","An old spelling of Camphor."
"CAMPHOGEN","See Cymene."
"CAMPHOL","See Borneol."
"CAMPHOR","To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate. [R.] Tatler."
"CAMPHORACEOUS","Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor. Dunglison."
"CAMPHORATE","To impregnate or treat with camphor."
"CAMPHORIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, camphor. Camphoric acid, awhite crystallizable substance, C10H16O4, obtained from the oxidationof camphor."
"CAMPHRETIC","Pertaining to, or derived from camphor. [R.]"
"CAMPING","A game of football. [Prov. Eng.]"
"CAMPION","A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearingberries regarded as poisonous. Bladder campion, a plant of the Pinkfamily (Cucubalus Behen or Silene inflata), having a much inflatedcalyx. See Behen.-- Rose campion, a garden plant (Lychnis coronaria) with handsomecrimsome crimson flowers."
"CAMPUS","The principal grounds of a college or school, between thebuildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus."
"CAMPYLOSPERMOUS","Having seeds grooved lengthwise on the inner face, as in sweetcicely."
"CAMPYLOTROPOUS","Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down uponthemselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together."
"CAMUS","See Camis. [Obs.]"
"CAMWOOD","See Barwood."
"CAN","an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used inold poetry."
"CAN BUOY","See under Buoy, n."
"CAN HOOK","A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at eachend, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves."
"CANAANITE","A zealot. 'Simon the Canaanite.' Matt. x. 4."
"CANAANITISH","Of or pertaining to Canaan or the Canaanites."
"CANADA","A British province in North America, giving its name to variousplants and animals. Canada balsam. See under Balsam.-- Canada goose. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Whisky Jack.-- Canada lynx. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Lynx.-- Canada porcupine (Zo\u00f6l.) See Porcupine, and Urson.-- Canada rice (Bot.) See under Rick.-- Canada robin (Zo\u00f6l.), the cedar bird."
"CANADIAN","Of or pertaining to Canada.-- n."
"CANAKIN","A little can or cup. 'And let me the canakin clink.' Shak."
"CANAL","A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircularcanals of the ear. Canal boat, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one ofpeculiar shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on thetowpath beside the canal. Canal lock. See Lock."
"CANAL COAL","See Cannel coal."
"CANALICULUS","A minute canal."
"CANALIZATION","Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals. [R.]"
"CANAPE CONFIDENT","A sofa having a seat at each end at right angles to the mainseats."
"CANARD","An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricatedsensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in thenewspapers to hoax the public."
"CANARESE","Pertaining to Canara, a district of British India."
"CANARY BIRD","To perform the canary dance; to move nimbly; to caper. [Obs.]But to jig of a tune at the tongue's end, canary to it with yourfeet. Shak.Ca*na'ry bird`. (Zo\u00f6l.)"
"CANASTER","A kind of tobacco for smoking, made of the dried leaves,coarsely broken; -- so called from the rush baskets in which it ispacked in South America. McElrath."
"CANCAN","A rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous orextravagant postures and gestures."
"CANCEL","To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type. Canceledfigures (Print), figures cast with a line across the face., as foruse in arithmetics."
"CANCELIER","To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk. [Obs.] Nares.He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced To cancelier.Massinger."
"CANCELLAREAN","Cancellarean. [R.]"
"CANCELLATE","Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediateparenchyma, as the leaves of certain plant; latticelike."
"CANCELLATED","Open or spongy, as some porous bones."
"CANCELLATION","The operation of striking out common factora, in both thedividend and divisor."
"CANCELLI","The interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic poroustissue of certain parts of the bones, esp. in their articularextremities."
"CANCELLOUS","Having a spongy or porous stracture; made up of cancelli;cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many bones."
"CANCER","A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most commonshore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonahcrab, etc. See Crab."
"CANCERATE","To grow into a canser; to become cancerous. Boyle."
"CANCERATION","The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into acancer."
"CANCERITE","Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer;affected with cancer. 'Cancerous vices.' G. Eliot.-- Can'cer*ous*ly, adv.-- Can'cer*ous*ness, n."
"CANCEROUS","Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer;affected with cancer. 'cancerous vices' G. Eliot.[1913 Webster]"
"CANCRINE","Having the qualities of a crab; crablike."
"CANCRINITE","A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive,generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda,and carbon dioxide."
"CANCROID","Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of thefamilies of crabs, including the genus Cancer."
"CAND","Fluor spar. See Kand."
"CANDENT","Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat. 'A candent vessel.'Boyle."
"CANDEROS","An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from whichsmall ornaments and toys are sometimes made."
"CANDESCENCE","See Inclandescence."
"CANDESCENT","Glowing; luminous; incandescent."
"CANDICANT","Growing white. [Obs.]"
"CANDIDACY","The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate;candidateship."
"CANDIDATE","One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as asuitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office,privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; acandidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors."
"CANDIDATESHIP","Candidacy."
"CANDIDATING","The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, thepreaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement. [Cant, U. S.]"
"CANDIDATURE","Candidacy."
"CANDIDLY","In a candid manner."
"CANDIDNESS","The quality of being candid."
"CANDIFY","To make or become white, or candied. [R.]"
"CANDIOT","Of or pertaining to Candia; Cretary."
"CANDITE","A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, inCeylon."
"CANDLE COAL","See Cannel coal."
"CANDLE FOOT","The illumination produced by a British standard candle at adistance of one foot; --used as a unit of illumination."
"CANDLE METER","The illumination given by a standard candle at a distance ofone meter; -- used as a unit of illumination, except in GreatBritain."
"CANDLE POWER","Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned interms of the light of a standard candle."
"CANDLEBERRY TREE","A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common inNorth America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenishwhite wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- alsocalled bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry."
"CANDLEHOLDER","One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assistsanother, but is otherwise not of importance. Shak."
"CANDLELIGHT","The light of a candle.Never went by candlelight to bed. Dryden."
"CANDLEMAS","The second day of February, on which is celebrated the feast ofthe Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the candlesfor the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day."
"CANDLESTICK","An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle."
"CANDLEWASTER","One who consumes candles by being up late for study ordissipation.A bookworm, a candlewaster. B. Jonson."
"CANDOCK","A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of ofEquisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum)."
"CANDROY","A machine for spreading out cotton cloths to prepare them forprinting."
"CANDY","A more or less solid article of confectionery made by boilingsugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing,molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored orcolored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc."
"CANDYTUFT","An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in gardens. Thename was originally given to the I. umbellata, first, discovered inthe island of Candia."
"CANEBRAKE","A thicket of canes. Ellicott."
"CANED","Filled with white flakes; mothery; -- said vinegar whencontaining mother. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"CANELLA","A genus of trees of the order Canellace\u00e6, growing in the WestIndies."
"CANESCENT","Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white."
"CANGUE","A very broad and heavy wooden collar which certain offenders inChina are compelled to wear as a punishment."
"CANICULAR","Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.Canicular days, the dog days, See Dog days.-- Canicular year, the Egyptian year, computed from one heliacalrising of the Dog Star to another."
"CANICULE","Canicula. Addison."
"CANINAL","See Canine, a."
"CANINE","Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side theincisors. Canine appetite, a morbidly voracious appetite; bulimia.-- Canine letter, the letter r. See R.-- Canine madness, hydrophobia.-- Canine toth, a toth situated between the incisor and bicuspidteeth, so called because well developen in dogs; usually, the thirdtooth from the front on each side of each jaw; an eyetooth, or thecorresponding tooth in the lower jaw."
"CANIS","A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family Canid\u00e6, includingthe dogs and wolves. Canis major Etym: [L., larger dog], aconstellation to the southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the DogStar.-- Canis minor Etym: [L., smaller dog], a constellation to the eastof Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first magnitude."
"CANISTER","A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead oriron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; --called also canister shot,"
"CANKER","A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and falloff."
"CANKER BLOOM","The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose."
"CANKER BLOSSOM","That which blasts a blossom as a canker does. [Obs.]O me! you juggler! you canker blossom! You thief of Love! Shak."
"CANKER FLY","A fly that preys on fruit."
"CANKER RASH","A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putridsore throat."
"CANKER-BIT","Eaten out by canker, or as by canker. [Obs.]"
"CANKEREDLY","Fretfully; spitefully."
"CANKEROUS","Affecting like a canker. 'Canrerous shackles.' Thomson.Misdeem it not a cankerous change. Wordsworth."
"CANKERWORM","The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are veryinjurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirelydestroying, the foliage. Other similar larv\u00e6 are also calledcankerworms."
"CANNA","A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet.See Cane, 4."
"CANNABENE","A colorless oil obtained from hemp dy distillation, andpossessing its intoxicating properties."
"CANNABIN","A pisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, varietyIndica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin."
"CANNABINE","Pertaining to hemp; hempen. [R.]"
"CANNABIS","A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricace\u00e6;hemp. Cannabis Indica (, the Indian hemp, a powerful narcotic, nowconsidered a variety of the common hemp."
"CANNEL COAL","A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard andsolid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellowflame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles."
"CANNELE","A style of interweaving giving to fabrics a channeled or flutedeffect; also, a fabric woven so as to have this effect; a rep."
"CANNELURE","A groove in any cylinder; specif., a groove around the cylinderof an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, oraround the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistanceoffered to the rifling. Also, a groove around the base of acartridge, where the extractor takes hold. --Can'ne*lured (#), a."
"CANNERY","A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., iscarried on. [U. S.]"
"CANNIBAL","A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devoursits own kind. Darwin."
"CANNIBALISM","The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence;Murderous cruelty; barbarity. Berke."
"CANNIBALLY","In the manner of cannibal. 'An he had been cannibally given.'Shak."
"CANNIKIN","A small can or drinking vessel."
"CANNILY","In a canny manner. [N. of Eng. & Scot.]"
"CANNINESS","Caution; crafty management. [N. of Eng. & Scot.]"
"CANNON","A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, onwhich it may, however, revolve independently."
"CANNON BONE","See Canon Bone."
"CANNONADE","To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot."
"CANNONED","Furnished with cannon. [Poetic] 'Gilbralter's cannoned steep.'M. Arnold."
"CANNONERING","The use of cannon. Burke."
"CANNONRY","Cannon, collectively; artillery.The ringing of bells and roaring of cannonry proclaimed his coursethrough the country. W. Irving."
"CANNOT","Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two."
"CANNULA","A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for variouspurposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usuallyassociated with a trocar. [Written also canula.]"
"CANNULAR","Having the form of a tube; tubular. [Written also canular.]"
"CANNULATED","Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length forwire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle. [Written alsocanulated.]"
"CANOE","To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe."
"CANOEING","The act or art of using a canoe."
"CANOEIST","A canoeman."
"CANOEMAN","One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe.Cabins and clearing greeted the eye of the passing canoeman. Parkman."
"CANON","A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a counciland confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation,code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority.Various canons which were made in councils held in the second centry.Hock."
"CANON BIT","That part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth."
"CANON BONE","The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the foreand hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to themiddle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse."
"CANONESS","A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter. Regularcanoness, one bound by the poverty, and observing a strict rule oflife.-- Secular canoness, one allowed to hold private property, and boundonly by vows of chastity and obedience so long as she chose to remainin the chapter."
"CANONICALLY","; according to the canons."
"CANONICALNESS","The quality of being canonical; canonicity. Bp. Burnet."
"CANONICALS","The dress prescribed by canon to be worn by a clergyman whenoficiating. Sometimes, any distinctive professional dress. Fullcanonicals, the complete costume of an officiating clergyman orecclesiastic."
"CANONICATE","The office of a canon; a canonry."
"CANONICITY","The state or quality of being canonical; agreement with thecanon."
"CANONIST","A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge andpractice of ecclesiastical law. South."
"CANONISTIC","Of or pertaining to a canonist. 'This canonistic exposition.'Milton."
"CANONIZATION","The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by whichthe name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) ofsaints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.Canonization of saints was not known to the Christian church titltoward the middle of the tenth century. Hoock."
"CANONIZE","To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogueof saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized."
"CANONRY","A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; aright to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; thedignity or emoluments of a canon."
"CANONSHIP","Of pertaining to Canopus in egypt; as, the Canopic vases, usedin embalming."
"CANOPUS","A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellationArgo."
"CANOPY","To cover with, or as with, a canopy. 'A bank with ivycanopied.' Milton."
"CANOROUS","Melodious; musical. 'Birds that are most canorous.' Sir T.Browne.A long, lound, and canorous peal of laughter. De Quincey."
"CANOROUSNESS","The quality of being musical.He chooses his language for its rich canorousness. Lowell."
"CANSTICK","Candlestick. [Obs.] Shak."
"CANT","A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. Knight."
"CANT HOOK","A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end; -- usedfor canting or turning over heavy logs, etc. [U. S.] Bartlett."
"CANTAB","A Cantabrigian. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott."
"CANTABILE","In a melodious, flowing style; in a singing style, as opposedto bravura, recitativo, or parlando."
"CANTABRIAN","Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain."
"CANTABRIGIAN","A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduateof the university of Cambridge, England."
"CANTALEVER","A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like."
"CANTALOUPE","A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, ayellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color. [Written alsocantaleup.]"
"CANTANKEROUS","Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [Colloq.] --Can*tan'ker*ous*ly, adv.-- Can*tan'ker*ous*ness, n.The cantankerous old maiden aunt. Theckeray."
"CANTATA","A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses,solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner;originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of bothrecitative and melody."
"CANTATION","A singing. [Obs.] Blount."
"CANTATORY","Caontaining cant or affectation; whining; singing. [R.]"
"CANTATRICE","A female professional singer."
"CANTEL","See Cantle."
"CANTER","To move in a canter."
"CANTHARIDAL","Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as,cantharidal plaster."
"CANTHARIDES","See cantharis."
"CANTHARIDIN","The active principe of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, avolatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms."
"CANTHARIS","A beetle (Lytta, or Cantharis, vesicatoria), having anelongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseousodor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- alsocalled Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the samepurpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. Theplural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine."
"CANTHOPLASTY","The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has beendestroyed by injury or disease."
"CANTHUS","The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each sideof the eye."
"CANTICLE","The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of theOld Testament."
"CANTICOY","A social gathering; usually, one for dancing."
"CANTILE","Same as Cantle, v. t."
"CANTILENA","See Cantabile."
"CANTILEVER","Same as Cantalever."
"CANTILLATE","To chant; to recite with musical tones. M. Stuart."
"CANTILLATION","A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations."
"CANTINE","See Canteen."
"CANTING","Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical orreligious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; acanting tone. - Cant'ing*ly, adv.-- Cant'ing*ness, n. Canting arms, Canting heraldry (Her.), bearingsin the nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. Thus,the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian IV. (NicholasBreakspeare) bore a broken spear."
"CANTINIERE","A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandi\u00e8re."
"CANTION","A song or verses. [Obs.] Spenser."
"CANTLE","To cut in pieces; to cut out from. [Obs.] [Written alsocantile.]"
"CANTLET","A piece; a fragment; a corner. Dryden."
"CANTO","The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music;anciently the tenor, now the soprano. Canto fermo ( Etym: [It.](Mus.), the plain ecclesiastical chant in cathedral service; theplain song."
"CANTON","A song or canto [Obs.]Write loyal cantons of contemned love. Shak."
"CANTON CRAPE","A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture andwavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings,etc.; -- called also Oriental crape. De Colange."
"CANTON FLANNEL","See Cotton flannel."
"CANTONAL","Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of acanton."
"CANTONED","Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a crosson a shield, and also of the shield itself."
"CANTONIZE","To divide into cantons or small districts."
"CANTONMENT","A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to abody of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest foran army; quarters."
"CANTOON","A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satinysurface on the other."
"CANTOR","A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor.The cantor of the church intones the Te Deum. Milman."
"CANTORAL","Of or belonging to a cantor. Cantoral staff, the official staffor baton of a cantor or precentor, with which time is marked for thesingers."
"CANTORIS","Of or pertaining to a cantor; as, the cantoris side of a choir;a cantoris stall. Shipley."
"CANTY","Cheerful; sprightly; lively; merry. 'The canty dame.'Wordsworth [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]Contented with little, and canty with mair. Burns."
"CANUCK","See Cannula, Cannular, and Cannulated."
"CANVAS","Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth;as, a canvas tent."
"CANVASBACK","A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for thedelicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn;particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named fromthe markings of the plumage on its back."
"CANVASS","To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing adistrict; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvassfor a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; -- commonlyfollowed by for."
"CANVASSER","One who canvasses."
"CANY","Of or pertaining to cane or canes; abounding with canes.Milton."
"CANYON","The English form of the Spanish word Ca\u00f1on."
"CANZONET","A short song, in one or more parts."
"CAOUTCHIN","An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained bythe destructive distillation of caoutchouc."
"CAOUTCHOUC","A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milkysap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. theeuphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, andAfrica. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readlyaffected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used,especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and inmanufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first broughtfrom India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks)and gum elastic. See Vulcanization. Mineral caoutchouc. See underMineral."
"CAOUTCHOUCIN","See Caoutchin."
"CAP","The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the billto the nape of the neck."
"CAPABLENESS","The quality or state of being capable; capability;adequateness; competency."
"CAPACIFY","To quality. [R.]The benefice he is capacified and designed for. Barrow."
"CAPACIOUSLY","In a capacious manner or degree; comprehensively."
"CAPACIOUSNESS","The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir abay, the mind, etc."
"CAPACITATE","To render capable; to enable; to qualify.By thih instruction we may be capaciated to observe those errors.Dryden."
"CAPACITY","Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence, character,etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, formarrying, for making contracts, will, etc.; legal power or right;competency. Capacity for heat, the power of absorbing heat.Substances differ in the amount of heat requisite to raise them agiven number of thermometric degrees, and this difference is themeasure of, or depends upon, whzt is called their capacity for heat.See Specific heat, under Heat."
"CAPAPE","See Cap-a-pie. Shak."
"CAPAPIE","From head to foot; at all points. 'He was armed cap-a-pie.'Prescott."
"CAPARRO","A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), withprehensile tail."
"CAPCASE","A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest.A capcase for your linen and your plate. Beau. & Fl."
"CAPE","A piece or point of land, extending beyind the adjacent coastinto the sea or a lake; a promonotory; a headland. Cape buffalo(Zo\u00f6l.) a large and powerful buffalo of South Africa (BubalusCaffer). It is said to be the most dangerous wild beast of Africa.See Buffalo, 2.-- Cape jasmine, Cape jassamine. See Jasmine.-- Cape pigeon (Zo\u00f6l.), a petrel (Daptium Capense) common off theCape of Good Hope. It is about the size of a pigeon.-- Cape wine, wine made in South Africa [Eng.] -- The Cape, the Capeof Good Hope, in the general sense of southern extremity of Africa.Also used of Cape Horn, and, in New England, of Cape Cod."
"CAPEL","A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornlende) in the wallsof tin and copper lodes."
"CAPELAN","See Capelin."
"CAPELIN","A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the familySalmonid\u00e6, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland,Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod. [Writtenalso capelan and caplin.]"
"CAPELINE","A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stumpof an amputated limb."
"CAPELLA","A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga."
"CAPELLANE","The curate of a chapel; a chaplain. [Obs.] Fuller."
"CAPELLE","The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church."
"CAPELLET","A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heelof the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying dowm."
"CAPELLMEISTER","The musical director in royal or ducal chapel; a choirmaster.[Written also kepellmeister.]"
"CAPER","To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; toskip; to spring; to prance; to dance.He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth. Shak."
"CAPERBERRY","See Capper, a plant, 2."
"CAPERCLAW","To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; toabuse. [Obs.] Birch."
"CAPERER","One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances.The nimble capperer on the cord. Dryden."
"CAPFUL","As much as will fill a cap. A capful of wind (Naut.), a lightpuff of wind."
"CAPIAS","A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body ofthe person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writof capias."
"CAPIBARA","See Capybara."
"CAPILLACEOUS","Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. SeeCapillary."
"CAPILLAMENT","A filament. [R.]"
"CAPILLARINESS","The quality of being capillary."
"CAPILLARITY","The peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid, where itis in contact with a solid (as in a capillary tube), is elevated ordepressed; capillary attraction."
"CAPILLARY","A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallestblood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for thesmallest lymphatic and biliary vessels."
"CAPILLATION","A capillary blood vessel. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"CAPILLATURE","A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair. Clarke."
"CAPILLIFORM","In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs."
"CAPILLOSE","Having much hair; hairy. [R.]"
"CAPISTRATE","Hooded; cowled."
"CAPITAL","The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. Itconsists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), andnecking. See these terms, and Column."
"CAPITALIST","One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or moneyinvested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed inbusiness.The expenditure of the capitalist. Burke."
"CAPITALIZATION","The act or process of capitalizing."
"CAPITALNESS","The quality of being capital; preeminence. [R.]"
"CAPITATE","Having the flowers gathered into a head."
"CAPITATIM","Of so much per head; as, a capitatim tax; a capitatim grant."
"CAPITE","See under Tenant."
"CAPITELLATE","Having a very small knoblike termination, or collected intominute capitula."
"CAPITIBRANCHIATA","A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or nearthe head. See Tubicola."
"CAPITOL","Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome. 'Capitolian Jove.'Macaulay. Capitoline games (Antiq.), annual games instituted at Romeby Camillus, in honor of Jupter Capitolinus, on account of thepreservation of the Capitol from the Gauls; when reinstituted byDomitian, arter a period of neglect, they were held every fifth year."
"CAPITULA","See Capitulum."
"CAPITULAR","Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.From the pope to the member of the capitular body. Milman."
"CAPITULARLY","In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter. Sterne."
"CAPITULARY","Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular. 'Capitularyacts.' Warton."
"CAPITULATE","To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certainconditions. [R.]"
"CAPITULATOR","One who capitulates."
"CAPITULE","A summary. [Obs.]"
"CAPITULUM","A knobike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a boneor cartilage."
"CAPIVI","A balsam of the Spanish West Indies. See Copaiba."
"CAPLE","See Capel."
"CAPLIN","See Capelin."
"CAPNOMANCY","Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke."
"CAPNOMOR","A limpid, colorless oil with a peculiar odor, obtained frombeech tar. Watts."
"CAPO TASTO","A sort of bar or movable nut, attached to the finger board of aguitar or other  fretted instrument for the purpose of raisinguniformly the pitch of all the strings."
"CAPOC","A sort of cotton so short and fine thet it can not be spun,used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc."
"CAPOCH","A hood; especialy, the hood attached to the gown of a monk."
"CAPON","A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded toimprove his flesh for the table. Shak.The merry thought of a capon. W. Irving."
"CAPONET","A young capon. [R.] Chapman."
"CAPONIERE","A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from theenemy, or to serve as a covered passageway."
"CAPONIZE","To castrate, as a fowl."
"CAPORAL","One who directs work; an overseer. [Sp. Amer.]"
"CAPOT","A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It countsfor forty points. Hoyle."
"CAPOTE","A long cloak or overcoat, especially one with a hood."
"CAPOUCH","Same as Capoch."
"CAPPADINE","A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk hasbeen reeled off, used for shag."
"CAPPAPER","See cap, n., also Paper, n."
"CAPPEAK","The front piece of a cap; -- now more commonly called visor."
"CAPPELINE","A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stumpof an amputated limb."
"CAPPELLA","See A cappella."
"CAPPING PLANE","A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails."
"CAPRA","A genus of ruminants, including the common goat."
"CAPRATE","A salt of capric acid."
"CAPREOLATE","Having a tendril or tendrils."
"CAPREOLINE","Of or pertaining to the roebuck."
"CAPRI","Wine produced on the island of Capri, commonly a light, dry,white wine."
"CAPRIC","Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives. Capricacid, C9H9.CO2H, Caprylic acid, C7H15.CO2H, and Caproic acid,C5H11.CO2H, are fatty acids occurring in small quantities in butter,cocoanut oil, etc., united with glycerin; they are colorless oils, orwhite crystalline solids, of an unpleasant odor like that of goats orsweat."
"CAPRICCIO","A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from thetheme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice."
"CAPRICE","See Capriccio."
"CAPRICIOUS","Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly;freakish; whimsical; changeable. 'Capricious poet.' Shak. 'Capricioushumor.' Hugh Miller.A capricious partiality to the Romish practices. Hallam."
"CAPRICORN","The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at thewinter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.The sun was entered into Capricorn. Dryden."
"CAPRID","Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat,or genus Capra, is the type."
"CAPRIFICATION","The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branchesof the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects."
"CAPRIFOLE","The woodbine or honeysuckle. Spenser."
"CAPRIFOLIACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Honeysuckle family ofplants (Caprifoliac\u00e6."
"CAPRIFORM","Having the form of a goat."
"CAPRIGENOUS","Of the goat kind."
"CAPRINE","Of or pertaining to a goat; as, caprine gambols."
"CAPRIOLE","A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, withoutadvancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at theheight of the leap."
"CAPRIPED","Having feet like those of a goat."
"CAPROATE","A salt of caproic acid."
"CAPROIC","See under Capric."
"CAPRYLATE","A salt of caprylic acid."
"CAPRYLIC","See under Capric."
"CAPSAICIN","A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicumannuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity."
"CAPSHEAF","The top sheaf of a stack of grain: (fig.) the crowning orfinishing part of a thing."
"CAPSICIN","A red liquid or soft resin extracted from various species ofcapsicum."
"CAPSICINE","A valatile alkaloid extracted from Capsicum annuum or fromcapsicin."
"CAPSICUM","A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dryberries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, bitingtaste, and when ground form the red of Cayenne pepper of commerce."
"CAPSIZE","To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.But what if carrying sail capsize the boat Byron."
"CAPSQUARE","A metal covering plate which passes over the trunnions of acannon, and holds it in place."
"CAPSTAN","A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an uprightspindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars orlevers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving orraising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a ropeor cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steampower or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushingon the end of a lever fixed in its socket. [Sometimes spelt Capstern,but improperly.] Capstan bar, one of the long bars or levers by whichthe capstan is worked; a handspike..-- To pawl the capstan, to drop the pawls so that they will catch inthe notches of the pawl ring, and prevent the capstan from turningback.-- To rig the capstan, to prepare the for use, by putting the barsin the sockets.-- To surge the capstan, to slack the tension of the rope or cablewound around it."
"CAPSTONE","A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus; -- so called from itssupposed resemblance to a cap."
"CAPSULE","a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts orcarpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of thepoppy, the flax, the lily, etc."
"CAPSULITIS","Inflammation of a capsule, as that of the crystalline lens."
"CAPSULOTOMY","The incision of a capsule, esp. of that of the crystallinelens, as in a cataract operation."
"CAPTAIN","To act as captain of; to lead. [R.]Men who captained or accompanied the exodus from existing forms.Lowell."
"CAPTAINCY","The rank, post, or commission of a captain. Washington.Captaincy general, the office, power, teritory, or jurisdiction of acaptain general; as, the captaincy general of La Habana (Cuba and itsislands)."
"CAPTAINRY","Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship.[Obs.]"
"CAPTATION","A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; acaptivating quality; an attraction. [Obs.]Without any of those dresses, or popular captations, which some menuse in their speeches. Eikon Basilike."
"CAPTION","That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment,etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it taken,found, or executed. Bouvier. Wharton."
"CAPTIOUSLY","In a captious manner."
"CAPTIOUSNESS","Captious disposition or manner."
"CAPTIVATE","Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed.Women have been captivate ere now. Shak."
"CAPTIVATING","Having power to captivate or cham; fascinating; as, captivatingsmiles.-- Cap'tiva`ting*ly, adv."
"CAPTIVATION","The act of captivating. [R.]The captivation of our understanding. Bp. Hall."
"CAPTIVE","To take prisoner; to capture.Their inhabitans slaughtered and captived. Burke."
"CAPTOR","One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize."
"CAPTURE","To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, orstratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.Her heart is like some fortress that has been captured. W. Ivring."
"CAPUCCIO","A capoch or hood. [Obs.] Spenser."
"CAPUCHED","Cover with, or as with, a hood. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"CAPUCHIN","A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 byMatteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl orcapoch of St. Francis.A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. Sir W. Scott."
"CAPUCINE","See Capuchin, 3."
"CAPULET","Same as Capellet."
"CAPULIN","The Mexican chery (Prunus Capollin)."
"CAPUT","The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum."
"CAPYBARA","A large South American rodent (Hydroch\u00e6rus capybara) Living onthe margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent,being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhatresembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called alsocabiai and water hog."
"CAR","The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or theDipper.The Pleiads, Hyads, and the Northern Car. Dryden."
"CAR MILE","A mile traveled by a single car, taken as a unit ofcomputation, as in computing the average travel of each car of asystem during a given period."
"CAR WHEEL","A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck."
"CARABAO","The water buffalo. [Phil. Islands]"
"CARABID","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carbus or familyCarabid\u00e6.-- n."
"CARABINE","A carbine."
"CARABINEER","A carbineer."
"CARABOID","Like, or pertaining to the genus Carabus."
"CARABUS","A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. Theydevour many injurious insects."
"CARAC","See Carack."
"CARACAL","A lynx (Felis, or Lynx, caracal.) It is a native of Africa andAsia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long blackhairs."
"CARACARA","A south American bird of several species and genera, resemblingboth the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers,and are also called carrion buzzards."
"CARACK","A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards andPortuguese in the East India trade; a galleon. [Spelt also carrack.]The bigger whale like some huge carrack law. Waller."
"CARACOLE","A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or theleft."
"CARACOLY","An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferiorquality of jewerly is made."
"CARACUL","Var. of Karakul, a kind of fur."
"CARAFE","A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; -- called alsocroft."
"CARAMBOLA","An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicyfruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry."
"CARAMEL","Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained byheating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloringspirits, gravies, etc."
"CARANGOID","Belonging to the Carangid\u00e6, a family of fishes allied to themackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilotfish."
"CARANX","A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including theyellow or goldon mackerel."
"CARAPACE","The thick shell or sheild which cover the back of the tortoise,or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals."
"CARAPATO","A south American tick of the genus Amblyamma. There are severalspecies, very troublesome to man and beast."
"CARAPAX","See Carapace."
"CARAVANEER","The leader or driver of the camels in caravan."
"CARAVANSARY","A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, beinga large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court. [Writtenalso caravanserai and caravansera.]"
"CARAVEL","A name given to several kinds of vessels.(a) The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broadbows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbuscommanded three caravels on his great voyage.(b) A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.(c) A small fishing boat used on the French coast.(d) A Turkish man-of-war."
"CARAWAY","A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seedshave an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used incookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative."
"CARBAMIC","Pertaining to an acid so called. Carbamic acid (Chem.), anamido acid, NH2.CO2H, not existing in the free state, but occurringas a salt of ammonium in commercial ammonium carbonate; -- calledalso amido formic acid."
"CARBAMIDE","The technical name for urea."
"CARBAMINE","An isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical. The carbamines areliquids, usually colorless, and of unendurable odor."
"CARBANIL","A mobile liquid, CO.N.C6H5, of pungent odor. It is the phenylsalt of isocyanic acid."
"CARBAZOL","A white crystallized substance, C12H8NH, derived from anilineand other amines."
"CARBAZOTATE","A salt of carbazotic or picric acid; a picrate."
"CARBAZOTIC","Containing, or derived from, carbon and nitrogen. Carbazoticacid (Chem.), picric acid. See under Picric."
"CARBIDE","A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical,in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termedcarburet."
"CARBIMIDE","The technical name for isocyanic acid. See under Isocyanic."
"CARBINE","A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mountedsoldiers or cavalry."
"CARBINEER","A soldier armed with a carbine."
"CARBINOL","Methyl alcohol, CH3OH; -- also, by extension, any one in thehomologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol isthe type."
"CARBOHYDRATE","One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, andgums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms,united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but withthe two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose,C6H12O6."
"CARBOHYDRIDE","A hydrocarbon."
"CARBOLIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tarand other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, andphenol). See Phenol."
"CARBOLIZE","To apply carbonic acid to; to wash or treat with carbolic acid."
"CARBON","An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which ispresent in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. itis combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, andenters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state itconstitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring inmonometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification isgraphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs inhexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbondioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, accordingto the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it formsvarious compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite.Carbon compounds, Compounds of carbon (Chem.), those compoundsconsisting largely of carbon, commonly produced by animals andplants, and hence called organic compounds, though their synthesismay be effected in many cases in the laboratory.The formation of the compounds of carbon is not dependent upon thelife process. I. Remsen-Carbon dioxide, Carbon monoxide. (Chem.) See under Carbonic.-- Carbon light (Elec.), an extremely brilliant electric lightproduced by passing a galvanic current through two carbon points keptconstantly with their apexes neary in contact.-- Carbon point (Elec.), a small cylinder or bit of gas carbon movedforward by clockwork so that, as it is burned away by the electriccurrent, it shall contantly maintain its proper relation to theopposing point.-- Carbon tissue, paper coated with gelatine and pigment, used inthe autotype process of photography. Abney.-- Gas carbon, a compact variety of carbon obtained as anincrustation on the interior of gas retorts, and used for themanufacture of the carbon rods of pencils for the voltaic, arc, andfor the plates of voltaic batteries, etc."
"CARBON PROCESS","A printing process depending on the effect of light onbichromatized gelatin. Paper coated with a mixture of the gelatin anda pigment is called carbon paper or carbon tissue. This is exposedunder a negative and the film is transferred from the paper to someother support and developed by washing (the unexposed portions beingdissolved away). If the process stops here it is called singletransfer; if the image is afterward transferred in order to give anunreversed print, the method is called double transfer."
"CARBON STEEL","Steel deriving its qualities from carbon chiefly, without thepresence of other alloying elements; --opposed to alloy steel."
"CARBON TRANSMITTER","A telephone transmitter in which a carbon contact is used."
"CARBONACEOUS","Pertaining to, containing, or composed of, carbon."
"CARBONADO","A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used fordiamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarelydistinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact toporous."
"CARBONARISM","The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari."
"CARBONARO","A member of a secret political association in Italy, organizedin the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose ofchanging the government into a republic."
"CARBONATATION","The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas.Knight."
"CARBONATE","A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of leadore, etc."
"CARBONATED","Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid."
"CARBONE","To broil. [Obs.] 'We had a calf's head carboned'. Pepys."
"CARBONIC","Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonicoxide. Carbonic acid (Chem.), an acid H2CO3, not existing separately,which, combined with positive or basic atoms or radicals, formscarbonates. On common language the term is very generally applied toa compound of carbon and oxygen, CO2, more correctly called carbondioxide. It is a colorless, heavy, irrespirable gas, extinguishingflame, and when breathed destroys life. It can be reduced to a liquidand solid form by intense pressure. It is produced in thefermentation of liquors, and by the combustion and decomposition oforganic substances, or other substances containing carbon. It isformed in the explosion of fire damp in mines, and is hance calledafter damp; it is also know as choke damp, and mephilic air. Waterwill absorb its own volume of it, and more than this under pressure,and in this state becomes the common soda water of the shops, and thecarbonated water of natural springs. Combined with lime itconstitutes limestone, or common marble and chalk. Plants imbibe itfor their nutrition and growth, the carbon being retained and theoxygen given out.-- Carbonic oxide (Chem.), a colorless gas, CO, of a light odor,called more correctly carbon monoxide. It is almost the onlydefinitely known compound in which carbon seems to be divalent. It isa product of the incomplete combustion of carbon, and is an abundantconstituent of water gas. It is fatal to animal life, extinguishescombustion, and burns with a pale blue flame, forming carbon dioxide."
"CARBONIDE","A carbide. [R.]"
"CARBONIFEROUS","Producing or containing carbon or coal. Carboniferous age(Geol.), the age immediately following the Devonian, or Age offishes, and characterized by the vegatation which formed the coalbeds. This age embraces three periods, the Subcarboniferous, theCarboniferous, and Permian. See Age of acrogens, under Acrogen.-- Carboniferous formation (Geol.), the series of rocks (includingsandstones, shales, limestones, and conglomerates, with beds of coal)which make up the strata of the Carboniferous age or period. See theDiagram under Geology."
"CARBONITE","An explosive consisting essentially of nitroglycerin, woodmeal, and some nitrate, as that of sodium."
"CARBONIZATION","The act or process of carbonizing."
"CARBONOMETER","An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbonwhich is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by itsaction on limewater or by other means."
"CARBONYL","The radical (CO)'\\'b7, occuring, always combined, in manycompounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride,etc."
"CARBORUNDUM","A beautiful crystalline compound, SiC, consisting of carbon andsilicon in combination; carbon silicide. It is made by heating carbonand sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article isdark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and is used asan abrasive."
"CARBOSTYRIL","A white crystalline substance, C9H6N.OH, of acid propertiesderived from one of the amido cinnamic acids."
"CARBOXIDE","A compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some elementor radical; as, potassium carboxide. Potassium carboxide, a grayishexplosive crystalline compound, C6O6K, obtained by passing carbonmonoxide over heated potassium."
"CARBOXYL","The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential andcharacteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (asformic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called alsooxatyl."
"CARBOY","A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass,inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonlyfor carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc."
"CARBUNCLE","A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet)called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held upto the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color ofburning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire,though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet."
"CARBUNCULAR","Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red;inflamed."
"CARBUNCULATION","The blasting of the young buds of trees or plants, by excessiveheat or caold. Harris."
"CARBURET","A carbide. See Carbide [Archaic]"
"CARBURETANT","Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases."
"CARBURETED","Combined with carbon in the manner of a carburet or carbide."
"CARBURETOR","An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passedthrough or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer orincrease illuminating power. [Written also carburettor.]"
"CARBURIZATION","The act, process, or result of carburizing."
"CARBURIZE","To combine wtih carbon or a carbon compound; -- said esp. of aprocess for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power oncombustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of valatilehydrocarbons."
"CARCAJOU","The wolverence; -- also applied, but erroneously, to the Canadalynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene."
"CARCANET","A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar. [Also written carkenetand carcant.] Shak."
"CARCASE","See Carcass."
"CARCASS","A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrownfrom a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc.A discharge of carcasses and bombshells. W. Iving."
"CARCAVELHOS","A sweet wine. See Calcavella."
"CARCEL LAMP","A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which asuperbundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork."
"CARCELAGE","Prison fees. [Obs.]"
"CARCERAL","Belonging a prison. [R.] Foxe."
"CARCINOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to carcinology."
"CARCINOLOGY","The depertment of zo\u00f6logy which treats of the Crustacea(lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology andcrustaceology."
"CARCINOMA","A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to anindolent tumor. See Cancer. Dunglison."
"CARCINOMATOUS","Of or pertaining to carcinoma."
"CARCINOSYS","The affection of the system with cancer."
"CARD","A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads,making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard."
"CARDAMINE","A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady's-smock,cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc."
"CARDAMOM","A plant which prduces cardamoms, esp. Elettaria Cardamomum andseveral of Amommum."
"CARDBOARD","A stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for makingcards, etc., often having a polished surface."
"CARDCASE","A case for visiting cards."
"CARDECU","A quarter of a crown. [Obs.]The bunch of them were not worth a cardecu. Sir W. Scott."
"CARDER","One who, or that which cards wool flax, etc. Shak."
"CARDIAC","Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiacarteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach."
"CARDIACAL","Cardiac."
"CARDIACLE","A pain about the heart. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CARDIAGRAPH","See Cardiograph."
"CARDIGAN JACKET","A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves."
"CARDINAL","Of fundamental importance; pre\u00ebminet; superior; chief;principal.The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. Sir T. Browne.Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. Drayton.But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye. Shak.Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in distinctionfrom first, second, third, etc., which are called ordinal numbers.-- Cardinal points (a) (Geol.) The four principal points of thecompass, or intersections of the horizon with the meridian and theprime vertical circle, north, south east, and west. (b) (Astrol.) Therising and setting of the sun, the zenith and nadir.-- Cardinal signs (Astron.) Aries, Lidra, Cancer, and Capricorn.-- Cardinal teeth (Zo\u00f6l.), the central teeth of bivalve shell. SeeBivalve.-- Cardinal veins (Anat.), the veins in vertebrate embryos, whichrun each side of the vertebral column and returm the blood to theheart. They remain through life in some fishes.-- Cardinal virtues, pre\u00ebminent virtues; among the ancients,prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude.-- Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points duenorth, south, east, or west."
"CARDINALATE","The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal."
"CARDINALIZE","To exalt to the office of a cardinal. Sheldon."
"CARDINALSHIP","The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal"
"CARDIOGRAM","The curve or tracing made by a cardiograph."
"CARDIOGRAPH","An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest,will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity ofthe heart's movements."
"CARDIOGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph."
"CARDIOID","An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart."
"CARDIOINHIBITORY","Checking or arresting the heart's action."
"CARDIOLGY","The science which treats of the heart and its functions."
"CARDIOMETRY","Measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation."
"CARDIOSCLEROSIS","Induration of the heart, caused by development of fibroustissue in the cardiac muscle."
"CARDIOSPHYGMOGRAPH","A combination of cardiograph and shygmograph."
"CARDITIS","Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart.See Endocardris and Pericarditis. Dunglison."
"CARDOL","A yellow oil liquid, extracted from the shell of the cashewnut."
"CARDOON","A large herbaceos plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to theartichoke; -- used in cookery and as a sald."
"CARE","To be anxious or solictous; to be concerned; to have regard orinterest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of measure.I would not care a pin, if the other three were in. Shak.Master, carest thou not that we perish Mark. iv. 38.To care for. (a) To have under watchful attention; to take care of.(b) To have regard or affection for; to like or love.He cared not for the affection of the house. Tennyson."
"CARE-TUNED","Weary; mournful.  Shak."
"CAREEN","To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on oneside, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairsbelow the water line; to case to be off the keel."
"CAREER","The fight of a hawk."
"CAREFULLY","In a careful manner."
"CAREFULNESS","Quality or state of being careful."
"CARELESSLY","In a careless manner."
"CARELESSNESS","The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness;negligenece; inattention."
"CARENE","A fast of forty days on bread and water. [Obs.]"
"CARESS","An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; anembracing, or touching, with tenderness.Wooed her with his soft caresses. Langfellow.He exerted himself to win by indulgence and caresses the hearts ofall who were under his command. Macaulay."
"CARESSINGLY","In caressing manner."
"CARET","A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate thatsomething is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, whichbelongs in the place marked by the caret."
"CARETUNED","Weary; mournful. Shak."
"CAREWORN","Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face."
"CAREX","A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceousplants of the order Cypreace\u00e6; the sedges."
"CARF","pret. of Carve. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CARGASON","A cargo. [Obs.]"
"CARGO","The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods,merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load;freight.Cargoes of food or clothing. E. Everett."
"CARGOOSE","A species of grebe (Podiceps crisratus); the crested grebe."
"CARIAMA","A large, long-legged South American bird (Dicholophuscristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc. See Seriema."
"CARIB","A native of the Caribbee islands or the coaste of the Caribbeansea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of SouthAmerica, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West Indiaislands."
"CARIBBEE","A Carib."
"CARIBE","A south American fresh water fish of the genus Serrasalmo ofmany species, remakable for its voracity. When numerous they attackman or beast, often with fatal results."
"CARIBOU","The American reindeer, especially the common or woodlandspecies (Rangifer Caribou). Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren.-- Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou) of thenorthern forests of America."
"CARICATURE","To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculousexaggeration; to burlesque.He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterlyhand. Lord Lyttelton."
"CARICATURIST","One who caricatures."
"CARICOUS","Of the shape of a fig; as, a caricous tumor. Graig."
"CARIES","Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates andis carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in whichit dies in masses."
"CARILLON","A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or byfinger keys."
"CARINA","A keel.(a) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals,commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification.(b) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat."
"CARINARIA","A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy,bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills."
"CARINATAE","A grand division of birds, including all existing flying birds;-- So called from the carina or keel on the breastbone."
"CARIOPSIS","See Caryopsis."
"CARIOSITY","Caries."
"CARIOUS","Affected with caries; decaying; as, a carious tooth."
"CARK","A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry. [Archaic.]His heavy head, devoid of careful cark. Spenser.Fling cark and care aside. Motherwell.Ereedom from the cares of money and the cark of fashion. R. D.Blackmore."
"CARKANET","A carcanet. Southey."
"CARKING","Distressing; worrying; perplexing; corroding; as, carkingcares."
"CARL","A kind of food. See citation, below.Caring or carl are gray steeped in water and fried the next day inbutter or fat. They are eaten on the second Sunday before Easter,formerly called Carl Sunday. Robinson's Whitby Glossary (1875)."
"CARLIN","An old woman. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]"
"CARLINE THISTLE","A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (C. vulgaris), found inEurope and Asia."
"CARLINGS","Same as Carl, 3. Carling Sunday, a Sunday in Lent when carlsare eaten. In some parts of England, Passion Sunday. See Carl, 4."
"CARLIST","A parisan of Charles X. Of France, or of Dod Carlos of Spain."
"CARLOCK","A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of thesturgeon, and used in clarifying wine."
"CARLOT","A churl; a boor; a peasant or countryman. [Obs.] Shak."
"CARLOVINGIAN","Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; as,the Carlovingian race of kings."
"CARMAN","A man whose employment is to drive, or to convey goods in, acar or car."
"CARMELITE","A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of MountCarmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfthcentury; a White Friar."
"CARMINATED","Of, relating to, or mixed with, carmine; as, carminated lake.Tomlinson."
"CARMINATIVE","Expelling wind from the body; warning; antispasmodic.'Carmenative hot seeds.' Dunglison."
"CARMINE","The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as apurple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acidproperties; -- hence called also carminic acid. Carmine red (Chem.),a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance,and probably allied to the phthale\u00efns."
"CARMINIC","Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine. Carminic acid.Same as Carmine, 3."
"CARMOT","The matter of which the philosopher's stone was believed to becomposed."
"CARNAL-MINDED","Worldly-minded."
"CARNAL-MINDEDNESS","Grossness of mind."
"CARNALISM","The state of being carnal; carnality; sensualism. [R.]"
"CARNALIST","A sensualist. Burton."
"CARNALITY","The state of being carnal; fleshly lust, or the indulgence oflust; grossness of mind.Because of the carnality of their hearts. Tillotson."
"CARNALIZE","To make carnal; to debase to carnality.A sensual and carnalized spirit. John Scott."
"CARNALLITE","A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes foundassociated with deposits of rock salt."
"CARNALLY","According to the flesh, to the world, or to human nature; in amanner to gratify animal appetites and lusts; sensually.For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded islife and peace. Rom. viii. 6."
"CARNARY","A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as arepository for human bones disintered from their original burialplaces; a charnel house."
"CARNASSIAL","Adapted to eating flesh.-- n."
"CARNATE","Invested with, or embodied in, flesh."
"CARNATION","Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part ofit is represented in full color; the flesh tints.The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations. Fairholt."
"CARNATIONED","Having a flesh color."
"CARNAUBA","The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm."
"CARNELIAN","A variety of chalcedony, of a clear, deep red, flesh red, orreddish white color. It is moderately hard, capable of a good polish,and often used for seals."
"CARNEOUS","Consisting of, or like, flesh; carnous; fleshy. 'Carneousfibers.' Ray."
"CARNEY","A disease of horses, on which the mouth is so furred that theafflicted animal can not eat."
"CARNIC","Of or pertaining to flesh; specif. (Physiol. Chem.),"
"CARNIFEX","The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of thelowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman."
"CARNIFICATION","The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substanceresembling flesh."
"CARNIFY","To form flesh; to become like flesh. Sir M. Hale."
"CARNIN","A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract ofmeat, and related to xanthin."
"CARNIVORA","An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear,seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh,though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teethare large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jawspowerful."
"CARNIVORACITY","Greediness of appetite for flesh. [Sportive.] Pope."
"CARNIVORE","One of the Carnivora."
"CARNIVOROUS","Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animalswhich naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) toplants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substanceswhich destroy animal tissue, as caustics."
"CARNOSITY","A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungousgrowth. Wiseman."
"CAROB","An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in thecountries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; --called also carob tree."
"CAROCHE","A kind of pleasure carriage; a coach. [Obs.]To mount two-wheeled caroches. Butler."
"CAROCHED","Placed in a caroche. [Obs.]Beggary rides caroched. Massenger."
"CAROIGNE","Dead body; carrion. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CAROL","To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble.And carol of love's high praise. Spenser.The gray linnets carol from the hill. Beattie."
"CAROLIN","A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also,a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars."
"CAROLINA PINK","See Pinkboot."
"CAROLINE","A coin. See Carline."
"CAROLING","A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols. Coleridge.Such heavenly notes and carolings. Spenser."
"CAROLINIAN","A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina."
"CAROLITIC","Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches."
"CAROLUS","An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-threeshillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I.Told down the crowns and Caroluses. Macawlay."
"CAROM","A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contactwith two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more ballswith the player's ball. In England it is called cannon."
"CAROMEL","See Caramel."
"CAROTEEL","A tierce or cask for dried fruits, etc., usually about 700 lbs.Simmonds."
"CAROTIC","Carotid; as, the carotic arteries."
"CAROTID","One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood isconveyed from the aorta to the head."
"CAROTIN","A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from thecarrot."
"CAROTTE","A cylindrical roll of tobacco; as, a carotte of perique."
"CAROUSAL","A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse.The swains were preparing for a carousal. Sterne."
"CAROUSE","To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take in a carousal;to engage in drunken revels.He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. Shak."
"CAROUSER","One who carouses; a reveler."
"CAROUSING","That carouses; relating to a carouse."
"CAROUSINGLY","In the manner of a carouser."
"CARP","A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Severalother species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. SeeCruclan carp."
"CARPAL","Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist.-- n."
"CARPALE","One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of theseries articulating with the metacarpals."
"CARPATHIAN","Of or pertaining to a range of mountains in Austro-Hungary,called the Carpathians, which partially inclose Hungary on the north,east, and south."
"CARPELLARY","Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels."
"CARPENTER","An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder ofhouses, ships, etc."
"CARPENTERING","The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of workingintimber; carpentry."
"CARPER","One who carps; a caviler. Shak."
"CARPET","To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; tofurnish with a carpet or carpets.Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. E. Everett."
"CARPETBAG","A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originallymade of carpet."
"CARPETBAGGER","An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seekingprivate gain or political advancement in the southern part of theUnited States after the Civil War (1865). [U. S.]"
"CARPETING","1. The act of covering with carpets."
"CARPETLESS","Without a carpet."
"CARPETWAY","A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field.Ray."
"CARPHOLOGY","See Flaccillation."
"CARPING","Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.-- Carp'ing*ly, adv."
"CARPINTERO","A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted forits habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. Theacorns become infested by insect larv\u00e6, which, when grown, areextracted for food by the bird."
"CARPOGENIC","Productive of fruit, or causing fruit to be developed."
"CARPOLITE","A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed."
"CARPOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to carpology."
"CARPOLOGIST","One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology."
"CARPOLOGY","That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seedsand fruit."
"CARPOPHAGOUS","Living on fruits; fruit-consuming."
"CARPOPHORE","A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between thecarpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants."
"CARPOPHYLL","A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of afruit; a carpel."
"CARPOPHYTE","A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result offertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc."
"CARPOSPORE","A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red alg\u00e6.-- Car`po*spor'ic (, a."
"CARPUS","The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, orantibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eightshort bones disposed in two rows."
"CARRACK","See Carack."
"CARRANCHA","The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); -- so called inimitation of its notes."
"CARRAWAY","See Caraway."
"CARREL","See Quarrel, an arrow."
"CARRIABLE","Capable of being carried."
"CARRIAGEABLE","Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages. [R.]Ruskin."
"CARRIBOO","See Caribou."
"CARRICK","A carack. See Carack. Carrick bend (Naut.), a kind of knot,used for bending together hawsers or other ropes.-- Carrick bitts (Naut.), the bitts which support the windlass.Totten."
"CARRIER","That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece whichcommunicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; alathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.(c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge toa position from which it can be thrust into the barrel. Carrierpigeon (Zo\u00f6l.), a variety of the domestic pigeon used to conveyletters from a distant point to to its home.-- Carrier shell (Zo\u00f6l.), a univalve shell of the genus Phorus; --so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to itsown shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it.-- Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a."
"CARRION","Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding oncarrion.A prey for carrion kites. Shak.Carrion beetle (Zo\u00f6l.), any beetle that feeds habitually on deadanimals; -- also called sexton beetle and burying beetle. There aremany kinds, belonging mostly to the family Silphid\u00e6.-- Carrion buzzard (Zo\u00f6l.), a South American bird of several speciesand genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and Polyborus), which act asscavengers. See Caracara.-- Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone) whichfeeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds."
"CARROL","See 4th Carol."
"CARROM","See Carom."
"CARROMATA","In the Philippines, a light, two-wheeled, boxlike vehicleusually drawn by a single native pony and used to convey passengerswithin city limits or for traveling. It is the common publiccarriage."
"CARRON OIL","A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an applicationto burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works inScotland."
"CARRONADE","A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw alarge projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose ofbreaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at,as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on itscarriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side."
"CARROT","An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of manyvarieties."
"CARROTY","Like a carrot in color or in taste; -- an epithet given toreddish yellow hair, etc."
"CARROW","A strolling gamester. [Ireland] Spenser."
"CARRY","To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as ahare. Johnson. To carry on, to behave in a wild, rude, or rompingmanner. [Colloq.]"
"CARRYALL","A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for fouror more persons, usually drawn by one horse."
"CARRYING","The act or business of transporting from one place to another.Carrying place, a carry; a portage.-- Carrying trade, the business of transporting goods, etc., fromone place or country to another by water or land; freighting.We are rivals with them in . . . the carrying trade. Jay."
"CARRYK","A carack. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CARRYTALE","A talebearer. [R.] Shak."
"CARSE","Low, fertile land; a river valley. [Scot.] Jomieson."
"CART","To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter."
"CARTBOTE","Wood to which a tenant is entitled for making and repairingcarts and other instruments of husbandry."
"CARTE BLANCHE","A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom,given to another person, with permission to superscribe whatconditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimitedauthority."
"CARTE QUARTE","A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of thehand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary'sright breast."
"CARTEL","An agreement between belligerents for the exchange ofprisoners. Wilhelm."
"CARTESIAN","Of or pertaining to the French philosopher Ren\u00e9 Descartes, orhis philosophy.The Cartesion argument for reality of matter. Sir W. Hamilton.Cartesian co\u00f6rdinates (Geom), distance of a point from lines orplanes; -- used in a system of representing geometric quantities,invented by Descartes.-- Cartesian devil, a small hollow glass figure, used in connectionwith a jar of water having an elastic top, to illustrate the effectof the compression or expansion of air in changing the specificgravity of bodies.-- Cartesion oval (Geom.), a curve such that, for any point of thecurve mr + m'r' = c, where r and r' are the distances of the pointfrom the two foci and m, m' and c are constant; -- used by Descartes."
"CARTESIANISM","The philosophy of Descartes."
"CARTHAGINIAN","Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa.-- n."
"CARTHAMIN","A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamustinctorius."
"CARTHUSIAN","A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded atChartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086."
"CARTILAGE","A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle."
"CARTILAGINEOUS","See Cartilaginous. Ray."
"CARTILAGINIFICATION","The act or process of forming cartilage. Wright."
"CARTILAGINOUS","Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bonescontaining little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, asthe sturgeon and the sharks."
"CARTIST","In Spain and Portugal, one who supports the constitution."
"CARTMAN","One who drives or uses a cart; a teamster; a carter."
"CARTOGRAM","A map showing geographically, by shades or curves, statisticsof various kinds; a statistical map."
"CARTOGRAPHER","One who make charts or maps."
"CARTOGRAPHICALLY","By cartography."
"CARTOGRAPHY","The act business of forming chart's or maps."
"CARTOMANCY","The act of telling fortunes with cards."
"CARTON","Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box. Cartonpierre (, a species of papier-mach\u00e9, imitating stone or bronzesculpture. Knight."
"CARTOONIST","One skilled in drawing cartoons."
"CARTOUCH","An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the nameof a sovereign."
"CARTRIDGE","A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held togetherby, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or othermaterial. Ball cartridge, a cartridge containing a projectile.-- Blank cartrige, a cartridge without a projectile, -- Center-firecartridge, a cartridge in which the fulminate occupies an axialposition usually in the center of the base of the capsule, instead ofbeing contained in its rim. In the Prussian needle gun the fulminateis applied to the middle of the base of the bullet. Rim-firecartridge, a cartridge in which the fulminate is contained in a rimsurrounding its base.-- Cartridge bag, a bag of woolen cloth, to hold a charge for acannon.-- Cartridge belt, a belt having pocket for cartridges.-- Cartridge box, a case, usually of leather, attached to a belt orstrap, for holding cartridges.-- Cartridge paper. (a) A thick stout paper for inclosingcartridges. (b) A rough tinted paper used for covering walls, andalso for making drawings upon."
"CARTULARY","Defn:"
"CARTWAY","A way or road for carts."
"CARTWRIGHT","An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker."
"CARUCAGE","A tax on every plow or plowland."
"CARUCATE","A plowland; as much land as one team can plow in a year and aday; -- by some said to be about 100 acres. Burrill."
"CARUS","Coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy."
"CARVACROL","A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste anddisagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (Carum carui)."
"CARVE","A carucate. [Obs.] Burrill."
"CARVELBUILT","Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lappingas in a clinker-built vessel."
"CARVEN","Wrought by carving; ornamented by carvings; carved. [Poetic]A carven bowl well wrought of beechen tree. Bp. Hall.The carven cedarn doors. Tennyson.A screen of carven ivory. Mrs. Browning."
"CARVENE","An oily substance, C10H16, extracted from oil caraway."
"CARVIST","A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on thehand; a hawk in its first year. Booth."
"CARVOL","One of a species of aromatic oils, resembling carvacrol."
"CARYATID","(Arch.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, inthe place of a column or pilaster."
"CARYATIDES","Caryatids."
"CARYOPHYLLIN","A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted fromcloves, polymeric with common camphor."
"CARYOPHYLLOUS","Caryophyllaceous."
"CARYOPSIS","A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranouspericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed areincorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat,barley, etc."
"CASA","A house or mansion. [Sp. Amer. & Phil. Islands]"
"CASAL","Of or pertaining to case; as, a casal ending."
"CASCABEL","The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually aknob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In oldwriters it included all in rear of the base ring."
"CASCADE","A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; awaterfall less than a cataract.The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade. Longjellow.Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. Cawper."
"CASCADE METHOD","A method of attaining successively lower temperatures byutilizing the cooling effect of the expansion of one gas incondensing another less easily liquefiable, and so on."
"CASCADE SYSTEM","A system or method of connecting and operating two inductionmotors so that the primary circuit of one is connected to thesecondary circuit of the other, the primary circuit of the latterbeing connected to the source of supply; also, a system of electrictraction in which motors so connected are employed. The cascadesystem is also called tandem, or concatenated, system; the connectiona cascade, tandem, or concatenated, connection, or a concatenation;and the control of the motors so obtained a tandem, or concatenation,control. In the cascade system of traction the cascade connection isused for starting and for low speeds up to half speed. For full speedthe short-circuited motor is cut loose from the other motor and iseither left idle or (commonly) connected direct to the line."
"CASCALHO","A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in whichthe Brazilian diamond is usually found."
"CASCARA BUCKTHORN","The buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshiana) of the Pacific coast of theUnited States, which yields cascara sagrada."
"CASCARA SAGRADA","Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (RhamnusPurshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative."
"CASCARILLA","A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also,its aromatic bark. Cascarilla bark (or Cascarila) (Med.), the bark ofCroton Eleutheria. It has an aromatic odor and a warm, spicy, bittertaste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It is used as a gentletonic, and sometimes, for the sake of its fragrance, mixed withsmoking tobacco, when it is said to occasion vertigo andintoxication."
"CASCARILLIN","A white, crystallizable, bitter substance extracted from oil ofcascarilla."
"CASCARON","Lit., an eggshell; hence, an eggshell filled with confetti tobe thrown during balls, carnivals, etc. [Western U. S.]"
"CASE","A shallow tray divided into compartments or 'boxes' for holdingtype."
"CASE SHOT","A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case orcanister."
"CASE SYSTEM","The system of teaching law in which the instruction isprimarily a historical and inductive study of leading or selectedcases, with or without the use of textbooks for reference andcollateral reading."
"CASEATION","A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass."
"CASEHARDENING","The act or process of converting the surface of iron intosteel. Ure."
"CASEIC","OF or pertaining to cheese; as, caseic acid."
"CASEIN","A proteid substance present in both the animal and thevegetable kingdom. In the animal kindom it is chiefly found in milk,and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in thevegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds ofleguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin.[Written also caseine.]"
"CASEMATE","A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may beplaced, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being usedas a magazine, or for quartering troops."
"CASEMATED","Furnished with, protected by, or built like, a casemate.Campbell."
"CASEMENT","A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side ofthe frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.A casement of the great chamber window. Shak."
"CASEMENTED","Having a casement or casements."
"CASEOSE","A soluble product (proteose) formed in the gastric andpancreatic digestion of casein and caseinogen."
"CASEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualitiesof cheese; cheesy. Caseous degeneration, a morbid process, inscrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products ofinflammation are converted into a cheesy substance which is neitherabsorbed nor organized."
"CASERN","A lodging for soldiers in garrison towns, usually near therampart; barracks. Bescherelle."
"CASEUM","Same as Casein."
"CASEWORM","A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice."
"CASH","A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paidout; a money box. [Obs.]This bank is properly a general cash, where every man lodges hismoney. Sir W. Temple.\u00a320,000 are known to be in her cash. Sir R. Winwood."
"CASH RAILWAY","A form of cash carrier in which a small carrier or car travelsupon a kind of track."
"CASH REGISTER","A device for recording the amount of cash received, usuallyhaving an automatic adding machine and a money drawer and exhibitingthe amount of the sale."
"CASHBOOK","A book in which is kept a register of money received or paidout."
"CASHEW","A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which thesumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized inall tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at theextremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three incheslong. Casbew nut, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, whichis edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell byroasting the nut."
"CASHIER","One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who hascharge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of abank or a mercantile company."
"CASHIERER","One who rejects, discards, or dismisses; as, a cashierer ofmonarchs. [R.] Burke."
"CASHMERETTE","A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface likecashmere."
"CASHOO","See Catechu."
"CASINGS","Dried dung of cattle used as fuel. [Prov. Eng.] Waterland."
"CASK","To put into a cask."
"CASKET","A gasket. See Gasket."
"CASQUE","A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without avizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.His casque overshadowed with brilliant plumes. Prescott."
"CASS","To render useless or void; to annul; to reject; to send away.[Obs.] Sir W. Raleing."
"CASSADA","See Cassava."
"CASSAREEP","A condiment made from the sap of the bitter cassava (Manihotutilissima) deprived of its poisonous qualities, concentrated byboiling, and flavored with aromatics. See Pepper pot."
"CASSATE","To render void or useless; to vacate or annul. [Obs.]"
"CASSATION","The act of annulling.A general cassation of their constitutions. Motley.Court of cassation, the highest court of appeal in France, which haspower to quash (Casser) or reverse the decisions of the inferiorcourts."
"CASSAVA","A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, withfleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc."
"CASSAVA WOOD","A West Indian tree (Turpinia occidentalis) of the familyStaphyleace\u00e6."
"CASSE PAPER","Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream."
"CASSE-TETE","A small war club, esp. of savages; -- so called because of itssupposed use in crushing the skull."
"CASSEROLE","A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain."
"CASSETTE","Same as Seggar."
"CASSIA","A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of manyspecies, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves ofseveral species furnish the senna used in medicine."
"CASSICAN","An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlingsand orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspendednest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to thepiping crow, an Australian bird."
"CASSIDEOUS","Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite."
"CASSIMERE","A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments.[Written also kerseymere.]"
"CASSINETTE","A cloth with a cotton wart, and a woof of very fine wool, orwool and silk."
"CASSINIAN OVALS","See under Oval."
"CASSINO","A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually fortwenty-one points. Great cassino, the ten of diamonds.-- Little cassino, the two of spades."
"CASSIOBERRY","The fruit of the Viburnum obovatum, a shrub which grows fromVirginia to Florida."
"CASSIOPEIA","A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated betweenCapheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, afabuolous king of Ethiopia. Cassiopeia's Chair, a group of six stars,in Cassiopeia, somewhat resembling a chair."
"CASSITERITE","Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring intetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantineluster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentricfibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolledfragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallictin. See Black tin, under Black."
"CASSIUS","A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of somecompounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in paintingand staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color.Commonly called Purple of Cassius."
"CASSOCK","A garment resembling a long frock coat worn by the clergy ofcertain churches when officiating, and by others as the usually outergarment."
"CASSOCKED","Clothed with a cassock."
"CASSOLETTE","a box, or vase with a perforated cover to emit perfumes."
"CASSONADE","Raw sugar; sugar not refined. Mc Elrath."
"CASSOWARY","A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies.It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with akind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlappingeach other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wingwhich are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs withgreat rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc."
"CAST","To stereotype or electrotype."
"CAST IRON","Highly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blastfurnace; -- used for making castings, and for conversion into wroughtiron and steel. It can not be welded or forged, is brittle, andsometimes very hard. Besides carbon, it contains sulphur, phosphorus,silica, etc."
"CAST STEEL","See Cast steel, under Steel."
"CAST-IRON","Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy;unyielding."
"CAST-OFF","Cast or laid aside; as, cast-off clothes."
"CASTALIAN","Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain ofinspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses. Milton."
"CASTANEA","A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnutand chinquapin."
"CASTANET","See Castanets."
"CASTANETS","Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped likespoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middlefinger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment totheir dance and guitars."
"CASTAWAY","Of no value; rejected; useless."
"CASTELLAN","A goveror or warden of a castle."
"CASTELLANY","The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdictionappertaining to a castle."
"CASTELLATION","The act of making into a castle."
"CASTIGATOR","One who castigates or corrects."
"CASTIGATORY","Punitive in order to amendment; corrective."
"CASTILE SOAP","A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with oliveand soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap."
"CASTILLAN","Of or pertaining to Castile, in Spain."
"CASTLE","To move the castle to the square next to king, and then theking around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purposeof covering the king."
"CASTLE-GUARD","A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance ofa castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it;castle-ward."
"CASTLEBUILDER","Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionaryschemes.-- Cas'tle*build`ing, n."
"CASTLED","Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a castledheight or crag."
"CASTLERY","The government of a castle. Blount."
"CASTLET","A small castle. Leland."
"CASTLEWARD","Same as Castleguard."
"CASTLING","That which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.Sir T. Browne."
"CASTOR","A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver."
"CASTOR AND POLLUX","See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint."
"CASTOR BEAN","The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, orPalma Christi.)"
"CASTOR OIL","A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds ofthe Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil isinodorus and insipid. Castor-oil plant. Same as Palma Christi."
"CASTOREUM","A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong,penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and externalgenitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as anantispasmodic, and by perfumers."
"CASTORIN","A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum."
"CASTRAMETATION","The art or act of encamping; the making or laying out of acamp."
"CASTRATION","The act of castrating."
"CASTRATO","A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voicefor singing; an artificial, or male, soprano. Swift."
"CASTREL","See Kestrel."
"CASTRENSIAL","Belonging to a camp. Sir T. Browne."
"CASTRENSIAN","Castrensial. [R.]"
"CASUAL","One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which hedoes not belong; a vagrant."
"CASUALISM","The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance."
"CASUALIST","One who believes in casualism."
"CASUALLY","Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance;occasionally."
"CASUALNESS","The quality of being casual."
"CASUALTY","Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, ordesertion. Casualty ward, A ward in a hospital devoted to thetreatment of injuries received by accident."
"CASUARINA","A genus of leafles trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets ofa rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them arelarge, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, calledbeefwood from its color."
"CASUIST","One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.The judment of any casuist or learned divine concerning the state ofa man's soul, is not sufficient to give him confidence. South."
"CASUS","An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination ofcircumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under Accident.Casus belli, an event or combination of events which is a cause war,or may be alleged as a justification of war.-- Casus fortuitus, an accident against which due prudence could nothave provided. See Act of God, under Act.-- Casus omissus, a case not provided for by the statute."
"CAT","An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. Thedomestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus)is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the namewild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus) See Wildcat, and Tiger cat."
"CAT-EYED","Having eyes like a cat; hence, able to see in the dark."
"CAT-HARPIN","See Cat-harping."
"CAT-HARPING","One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in theshrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards."
"CAT-HOLE","One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, throughwhich hawsers may be passed."
"CAT-RIGGED","Rigged like a catboat."
"CAT-SALT","A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern orleach brine."
"CAT-SILVER","Mica. [Archaic]"
"CAT-TAIL","A tall rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing in marshes, withlong, glat leaves, and having its flowers in a close cylindricalspike at the top of the stem. The leaves are frequently used forseating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin."
"CATA","The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as aprefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposedto, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes dropsthe final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath,as in cathartic, catholic."
"CATABAPTIST","One who opposes baptism, especially of infants. [Obs.] Featley."
"CATABASION","A vault under altar of a Greek church."
"CATABIOTIC","Aee under Force."
"CATACAUSTIC","Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curveformed by reflection. See Caustic, a. Nichol."
"CATACHRESIS","A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or bywhich a word is wrested from its true signification; as, 'To takearms against a sea of troubles. ' Shak. 'Her voice was but the shadowof a sound.' Young."
"CATACLASM","A breaking asunder; disruption."
"CATACLYSM","Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changesof the earth's surface."
"CATACLYSMIST","One who believes that the most important geological phenomenahave been produced by cataclysms."
"CATACOMB","A cave, grotto, or subterraneous place of large extent used forthe burial of the dead; -- commonly in the plural."
"CATACOUSTIC","That part of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds orechoes See Acoustics. Hutton."
"CATACROTIC","Designating, pertaining to, or characterized by, that form ofpulse tracing, or sphygmogram, in which the descending portion of thecurve is marked by secondary elevations due to two or more expansionsof the artery in the same beat. -- Ca*tac'rotism (#), n."
"CATADICROTISM","Quality or state of being catacrotic. -- Cat`a*di*crot'ic (#),a."
"CATADIOPTRICS","The science which treats of catadioptric phenomena, or of theused of catadioptric instruments."
"CATADROME","A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights."
"CATADROMOUS","Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachisthan the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching inferns, and opposed to anadromous."
"CATAFALCO","See Catafalque."
"CATAFALQUE","A temporary structure sometimes used in the funeral solemnitiesof eminent persons, for the public exhibition of the remains, ortheir conveyance to the place of burial."
"CATAGMATIC","Having the quality of consolidating broken bones."
"CATAIAN","A native of Cathay or China; a foreigner; -- formerly a term ofreproach. Shak."
"CATALAN","Of or pertaining to Catalonia.-- n."
"CATALECTIC","Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfectfoot; as, a catalectic verse."
"CATALEPTIC","Pertaining to, or resembling, catalepsy; affected withcatalepsy; as, a cataleptic fit."
"CATALLACTA","A division of Protozoa, of which Magosph\u00e6ra is the type. Theyexist both in a myxopod state, with branched pseudopodia, and in theform of ciliated bodies united in free, spherical colonies."
"CATALLACTICS","The science of exchanges, a branch of political economy."
"CATALOG","Catalogue."
"CATALOGIZE","To insert in a catalogue; to register; to catalogue. [R.]Coles."
"CATALOGUE","A list or enumeration of names, or articles arrangedmethodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of thestudents of a college, or of books, or of the stars. Card catalogue,a catalogue, as of books, having each item entered on a separatecard, and the cards arranged in cases by subjects, or authors, oralphabetically.-- Catalogue raisonn\u00e9 Etym: [F.], a catalogue of books, etc.,classed according to their subjects. Syn.-- List; roll; index; schedule; enumeration; inventory. See List."
"CATALOGUER","A maker of catalogues; esp. one skilled in the making ofcatalogues."
"CATALPA","A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the bestknow species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental NorthAmerican tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods,and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indianbean."
"CATALYTIC","Relating to, or causing, catalysis. 'The catalytic power is illunderstood.' Ure. Catalytic force, that form of chemical energyformerly supposed to determine catalysis."
"CATAMENIA","The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses."
"CATAMENIAL","Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges."
"CATAMITE","A boy kept for unnatural purposes."
"CATAMOUNT","The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States,to the lynx."
"CATANADROMOUS","Ascending and descending fresh streams from and to the sea, asthe salmon; anadromous. [R.]"
"CATAPASM","A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkleon ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc. Dunglison."
"CATAPELTIC","Of or pertaining to a catapult."
"CATAPETALOUS","Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to theirbases, as in the mallow."
"CATAPHONIC","Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic."
"CATAPHONICS","That branch of acoustics which treats of reflested sounds;catacoustics."
"CATAPHRACT","Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for thehorse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some easternnations."
"CATAPHRACTED","Covered with a cataphract, or armor of plates, scales, etc.; orwith that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony plates, hard,callous skin, etc."
"CATAPHRACTIC","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cataphract."
"CATAPHYSICAL","Unnatural; contrary to nature. [R.]Some artists . . . have given to Sir Walter Scott a pile of foreheadwhich is unpleassing and cataphysical. De Quincey."
"CATAPLASM","A soft and moist substance applied externally to some part ofthe body; a poultice. Dunglison."
"CATAPLEXY","A morbid condition caused by an overwhelming shock or extremefear and marked by rigidity of the muscles. -- Cat`a*plec'tic (#), a."
"CATAPUCE","Spurge. [Obs.]"
"CATAPULT","An engine somewhat resembling a massive crossbow, used by theancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc."
"CATARACT","An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its capsule, whichprevents the passage of the rays of light and impairs or destroys thesight."
"CATARACTOUS","Of the nature of a cataract in the eye; affected with cataract."
"CATARRH","An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in whichthere are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity andquality of mucus secreted; as catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of thebladder."
"CATARRHAL","Pertaining to, produced by, or attending, catarrh; of thenature of catarrh."
"CATARRHINE","One of the Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including theOld World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together andturned downward. See Monkey."
"CATARRHOUS","Catarrhal. [R.]"
"CATASTALTIC","Checking evacutions through astringent or styptic qualities."
"CATASTASIS","That part of a speech, usually the exordium, in which theorator sets forth the subject matter to be discussed."
"CATASTERISM","A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars.The catasterisms of Eratosthenes. Whewell."
"CATASTROPHE","A violent and widely extended change in the surface of theearth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected byinternal causes. Whewell."
"CATASTROPHIC","Of a pertaining to a catastrophe. B. Powell."
"CATASTROPHISM","The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crusthave been caused by the sudden action of violent physical causes; --opposed to the doctrine of uniformism."
"CATASTROPHIST","One who holds the theory or catastrophism."
"CATAWBAS","; sing. Catawba. (Ethnol.) An appalachian tribe of Indianswhich originally inhabited the regions near the Catawba river and thehead waters of the Santee."
"CATBIRD","An American bird (Galeoscoptes Carolinensis), allied to themocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of otherbirds, but less perfectly. Its note resembles at times the mewing ofa cat."
"CATBOAT","A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward aspossible, carring a sail extended by a graff and long boom. SeeIllustration in Appendix."
"CATCALL","A sound like the cry of a cat, such as is made in playhouses toexpress dissatisfaction with a play; also, a small shrill instrumentfor making such a noise.Upon the rising of the curtain. I was very much surprised with thegreat consort of catcalls which was exhibited. Addison."
"CATCH","Passing opportunities seized; snatches.It has been writ by catches with many intervals. Locke."
"CATCH CROP","Any crop grown between the rows of another crop or intermediatebetween two crops in ordinary rotation in point of time. -- Catch'-crop`ping, n."
"CATCH TITLE","A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, etc."
"CATCH-BASIN","A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutterdischarges into a sewer, to oatch bulky matters which would not passreadly throught the sewer. Knight."
"CATCH-MEADOW","meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the sideof hill."
"CATCHABLE","Capable of being caught. [R.]"
"CATCHDRAIN","A dich or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surfacewater; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surpluswater."
"CATCHER","The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball."
"CATCHFLY","A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts,covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. Thespecies of Silene are examples of the catchfly."
"CATCHING","The act of seizing or taking hold of Catching bargain (Law), abargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of hisexpectancy at an inadequate price. Bouvier."
"CATCHMENT","A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collectedinto a reservoir."
"CATCHPENNY","Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from theignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show.-- n."
"CATCHPOLL","A bailiff's assistant."
"CATCHWATER","A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain."
"CATCHWEED","See Cleavers."
"CATCHWEIGHT","Without any additional weight; without being handicapped; as,to ride catchweight."
"CATCHWORD","The first word of any page of a book after the first, insertedat the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for theassistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing."
"CATCHWORK","A work or artificial watercourse for throwing water on landsthat lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain."
"CATE","Food. [Obs.] See Cates."
"CATECHETICALLY","In a catechetical manner; by question and answer."
"CATECHETICS","The science or practice of instructing by questions andanswers."
"CATECHIN","One of the tannic acids, extracted from catechu as a white,crystaline substance; -- called also catechuic acid, and catechuin."
"CATECHISATION","The act of catechising."
"CATECHISER","One who catechises."
"CATECHISMAL","Of or pertaining to a catechism, having the form of questionsand answers; catechical."
"CATECHIST","One who instructs by question and answer, especially inreligions matters."
"CATECHIZE","See Catechise."
"CATECHU","A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction andevaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growingin India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, andis used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the namesterra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc. Ure. Dunglison."
"CATECHUIC","Of or pertaining to catechu or its derivatives. See catechin."
"CATECHUMEN","One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrinesof Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officiallyrecognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary toadmission to full membership in the church."
"CATECHUMENATE","The state or condition of a catechumen or the time during whichone is a catechumen."
"CATECHUMENICAL","Of or pertaining to catechumens; as, catechumenicalinstructions."
"CATECHUMENIST","A catechumen. Bp. Morton."
"CATEGOREMATIC","Capable of being employed by itself as a term; -- said of aword."
"CATEGORICALLY","Absolutely; directly; expressly; positively; as, to affirmcategorically."
"CATEGORICALNESS","The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute. A.Marvell."
"CATEGORIST","One who inserts in a category or list; one who classifies.Emerson."
"CATEGORIZE","To insert in a category or list; to class; to catalogue."
"CATEGORY","One of the highest classes to which the objects of knowledge orthought can be reduced, and by which they can be arranged in asystem; an ultimate or undecomposable conception; a predicament.The categories or predicaments -- the former a Greek word, the latterits literal translation in the Latin language -- were intended byAristotle and his followers as an enumeration of all things capableof being named; an enumeration by the summa genera i.e., the mostextensive classes into which things could be distributed. J. S. Mill."
"CATEL","Property; -- often used by Chaucer in contrast with rent, orincome.'For loss of catel may recovered be, But loss of tyme shendeth us,'quod he. Chaucer."
"CATELECTRODE","The negative electrode or pole of a voltaic battery. Faraday."
"CATELECTROTONIC","Relating to, or characterized by, catelectrotonus."
"CATELECTROTONUS","The condition of increased irritability of a nerve in theregion of the cathode or negative electrode, on the passage of acurrent of electricity through it."
"CATENA","A chain or series of things connected with each other.I have . . . in no case sought to construct those caten\u00e6 of games,which it seems now the fashion of commentators to link together. C.J. Ellicott."
"CATENARY","The curve formed by a rope or chain of uniform density andperfect flexibility, hanging freely between two points of suspension,not in the same vertical line."
"CATENATE","To connect, in a series of links or ties; to chain. E. Darwin."
"CATENATION","Connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regularor connected series. See Concatenation. Sir T. Browne."
"CATENULATE","Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of indentations whenarranged like the links of a chain, as on shells, etc."
"CATER","A provider; a purveyor; a caterer. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CATER-CORNERED","Diagonal. [Colloq.]"
"CATER-COUSIN","A remote relation. See Quater-cousin. Shak."
"CATERAN","A Highland robber: a kind of irregular soldier. [Scot.] Sir W.Scott."
"CATERER","One who caters.The little fowls in the air have God for Their provider and caterer.Shelton."
"CATERESS","A woman who caters. Milton."
"CATERPILLAR","The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect;sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, asthe sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The truecaterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs ofabdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy,others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulentvegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularlycalled worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm,silkworm."
"CATERWAUL","To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensivenoise. Coleridge."
"CATERWAULING","The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like thecry of cats. Shak."
"CATERY","The place where provisions are deposited. [Obs.]"
"CATES","Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food;delicacies; dainties. Shak.Cates for which Apicius could not pay. Shurchill.Choicest cates and the fiagon's best spilth. R. Browning."
"CATFALL","A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead. Totten."
"CATFISH","A name given in the United States to various species ofsiluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat(Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stonecat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), etc. This name isalso sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See Bullhrad."
"CATHARINE WHEEL","See catherine wheel."
"CATHARIST","One aiming at or pretending to a greater purity of like thanothers about him; -- applied to persons of various sects. SeeAlbigenses."
"CATHARSIS","A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of themouth, bowels, etc."
"CATHARTIC","A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; apurgative of moderate activity."
"CATHARTIN","The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucosidewith the properties of a weak acid; -- called also cathartic acid,and cathartina."
"CATHAY","China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have beenintroduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar namefor North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.)Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. Tennyson."
"CATHEAD","A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, towhich the anchor is hoisted and secured."
"CATHEDRA","The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person inhigh authority. Ex cathedra Etym: [L., from the chair], in theexercise of one's office; with authority.The Vatican Council declares that the Pope, is infallible 'when hespeaks ex cathedra.' Addis & Arnold's Cath. Dict."
"CATHEDRAL","The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it thebishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne."
"CATHEDRALIC","Cathedral. [R.]"
"CATHEDRATED","Relating to the chair or office of a teacher. [Obs.]"
"CATHERETIC","A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and otherexcrescences. Dunglison."
"CATHERINE WHEEL","Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window."
"CATHETER","The name of various instruments for passing along mucouscanals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be introduced intothe bladder through the urethra to draw off the urine. Eustachiancatheter. See under Eustachian.-- Prostatic catheter, one adapted for passing an enlarged prostate."
"CATHETERIZE","To operate on with a catheter. Dunglison."
"CATHETOMETER","An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differencesof height; esp. of the differences in the height of the uppersurfaces of two columns of mercury or other fluid, or of the samecolumn at different times. It consists of a telescopic levelingapparatus (d), which slides up or down a perpendicular metallicstandard very finely graduated (bb). The telescope is raised ordepressed in order to sight the objects or surfaces, and thedifferences in vertical height are thus shown on the graduatedstandard. [Written also kathetometer.]"
"CATHETUS","One line or radius falling perpendicularly on another; as, thecatheti of a right-angled triangle, that is, the two sides thatinclude the right angle. Barlow."
"CATHODE","The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric currentleaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at whichthe electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the negativepole; -- opposed to anode. Faraday. Cathode ray (Phys.), a kind ofray generated at the cathode in a vacuum tube, by the electricaldischarge."
"CATHODIC","A term applied to the centrifugal, or efferent course of thenervous infuence. Marshall Hall."
"CATHOLICAL","Catholic. [Obs.]"
"CATHOLICIZE","To make or to become catholic or Roman Catholic."
"CATHOLICLY","In a catholic manner; generally; universally. Sir L. Cary."
"CATHOLICNESS","The quality of being catholic; universality; catholicity."
"CATHOLICON","A remedy for all diseases; a panacea."
"CATHOLICOS","The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides atEtchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, andconsecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, andPersia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, andSis."
"CATILINARIAN","Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator; resemblingCatiline's conspiracy."
"CATION","An electro-positive substance, which in electro-decompositionis evolved at the cathode; -- opposed to anion. Faraday."
"CATKIN","An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slenderaxis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in thewillow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut,oak, hickory, etc.-- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. ofAment."
"CATLIKE","Like a cat; stealthily; noiselessly."
"CATLING","A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife. [Spelt alsocatlin.] Crobb."
"CATLINITE","A red clay from the Upper Missouri region, used by the Indiansfor their pipes."
"CATO-CATHARTIC","A remedy that purges by alvine discharges."
"CATONIAN","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the stern old Roman, Cato theCensor; severe; inflexible."
"CATOPRON","See Catopter."
"CATOPTRICS","That part of optics which explants the properties and phenomenaof reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected frommirrors or polished bodies; --- formerly caled anacamptics."
"CATOPTROMANCY","A species of divination, which was perforned by letting down amirror into water, for a sick person to look at his face in it. Ifhis countenance appeared distorted and ghastly, it was an ill omen;if fresh and healthy, it was favorable."
"CATPIPE","See Catcall."
"CATSKILL PERIOD","The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. Therocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill mountains,and extend south and west under the Carboniferous formation. See theDiagram under Geology."
"CATSO","A base fellow; a rogue; a cheat. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"CATSTICK","A stick or club employed in the game of ball called cat ortipcat. Massinger."
"CATSTITCH","To fold and sew down the edge of with a coarse zigzag stitch."
"CATSUP","Same as Catchup, and Ketchup."
"CATTISH","Catlike; feline Drummond."
"CATTLE","Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including alldomestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, andswine. Belted cattle, Black cattle. See under Belted, Black.-- Cattle guard, a trench under a railroad track and alongside acrossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to prevent cattlefrom getting upon the track.-- cattle louse (Zo\u00f6l.), any species of louse infecting cattle.There are several species. The H\u00e6matatopinus eurysternus and H.vituli are common species which suck blood; Trichodectes scalariseats the hair.-- Cattle plague, the rinderpest; called also Russian cattle plague.-- Cattle range, or Cattle run, an open space through which cattlemay run or range. [U. S.] Bartlett.-- Cattle show, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes forthe encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually accompanied with theexhibition of other agricultural and domestic products and ofimplements."
"CATTY","An East Indian Weight of 11/3 pounds."
"CAUCUS","A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of personsbelonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or toselect delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regardingmeasures of party policy; a political primary meeting.This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in thegarret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. JohnAdams's Diary [Feb. , 1763]."
"CAUDA GALLI","A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristicof the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda galli grit. Gauda galliepoch (Geol.), an epoch at the begining of the Devonian age ineastern America, so named from the characteristic gritty sandstonemarked with impressions of cauda galli. See the Diagram underGeology."
"CAUDAD","Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part."
"CAUDAL","Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-likeappendage.The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes. Darwin.Caudal fin (Zo\u00f6l.), the terminal fin (or 'tail') of a fish."
"CAUDATA","See Urodela."
"CAUDEX","The sterm of a tree., esp. a sterm without a branch, as of apalm or a tree fern; also, the pernnial rootstock of an herbaceousplant."
"CAUDLE","A kind of warm drink for sick persons, being a mixture of winewith eggs, bread, sugar, and spices."
"CAUF","A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water. Philips."
"CAUFLE","A gung of slaves. Same as Coffle."
"CAUGHT","f Catch."
"CAUL","The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or lessof the intestines in mammals; the great omentum See Omentum.The caul serves for warming of the lower belly. Ray."
"CAULESCENT","Having a leafy stem."
"CAULICLE","A short caulis or stem, esp. the rudimentary stem seen in theembryo of seed; -- otherwise called a radicle."
"CAULICULUS","In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising outof the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to suportthe volutes. See Illust. of Corinthian order, under Corinthian."
"CAULIFLOWER","An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage of which thecluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable."
"CAULIFORM","Having the form of a caulis."
"CAULINE","Growing immediately on a caulis; of or pertaining to a caulis."
"CAULIS","An herbaceous or woody stem which bears leaves, and may bearflowers."
"CAULK","See Calk."
"CAULOCARPOUS","Having stems which bear flowers and fruit year after year, asmost trees and shrubs."
"CAULOME","A stem structure or stem axis of a plant, viewed as a whole. --Cau*lom'ic (#), a."
"CAUMA","Great heat, as of the body in fever."
"CAUPONIZE","To sell wine or victuals. [Obs.] Warburfon."
"CAUSABLE","Capable of being caused."
"CAUSAL","Relating to a cause or causes; inplying or containing a causeor causes; expressing a cause; causative.Causal propositions are where two propositions are joined by causalwords. Watts."
"CAUSALITY","The faculty of tracing effects to their causes. G. Combe."
"CAUSALLY","According to the order or series of causes; by tracing effectsto causes."
"CAUSATION","The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effectis produced.The kind of causation by which vision is produced. Whewell.Law of universal causation, the theoretical or asserted law thatevery event or phenomenon results from, or is the sequel of, someprevious event or phenomenon, which being present, the other iscertain to take place."
"CAUSATIONIST","One who believes in the law of universal causation."
"CAUSATIVE","A word which expresses or suggests a cause."
"CAUSATIVELY","In a causative manner."
"CAUSATOR","One who causes. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"CAUSE","A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a partyendeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case;ground of action."
"CAUSEFUL","Having a cause. [Obs.]"
"CAUSELESS","1. Self-originating; uncreated."
"CAUSELESSNESS","The state of being causeless."
"CAUSER","One who or that which causes."
"CAUSERIE","Informal talk or discussion, as about literary matters; lightconversation; chat."
"CAUSEUSE","A kind of sofa for two person. A t\u00eate-a-t\u00eate."
"CAUSIDICAL","Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defense ofsuits."
"CAUSTIC","A caustic curve or caustic surface."
"CAUSTICALLY","In a caustic manner."
"CAUSTICNESS","The quality of being caustic; causticity."
"CAUTER","A hot iron for searing or cauterizing. Minsheu."
"CAUTERANT","A cauterizing substance."
"CAUTERISM","The use or application of a caustic; cautery. Ferrand."
"CAUTERIZATION","The act of searing some morbid part by the application of acautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application."
"CAUTERY","A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, orby application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroyanimal tissue."
"CAUTION","To give notice of danger to; to warn; to exhort [one] to takeheed.You cautioned me against their charms. Swift."
"CAUTIONARY BLOCK","A block in which two or more trains are permitted to travel,under restrictions imposed by a caution card or the like."
"CAUTIONER","A surety or sponsor."
"CAUTIONRY","Suretyship."
"CAUTIOUS","Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of actswith a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect;wary; watchful; as, a cautious general.Cautious feeling for another's pain. Byron.Be swift to hear; but cautious of your tongue. Watts."
"CAUTIOUSLY","In a cautious manner."
"CAUTIOUSNESS","The quality of being cautious."
"CAVALCADE","A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous marchof horsemen by way of parade.He brought back war-worn cavalcade to the city. Prescott."
"CAVALIER","A work of more that ordinary heigh, rising from the levelground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts."
"CAVALIERISH","Somewhat like a cavalier."
"CAVALIERISM","The practice or principles of cavaliers. Sir. W. Scott."
"CAVALIERLY","In a supercilious, disdainful, or haughty manner; arroganty.Junius."
"CAVALIERNESS","A disdanful manner."
"CAVALLY","A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast (Caranx hippos): --called also horse crevall\u00e9."
"CAVALRY","That part of military force which serves on horseback."
"CAVALRYMAN","One of a body of cavalry."
"CAVATINA","Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a songwithout a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously andvaguely used."
"CAVE","To make hollow; to scoop out. [Obs.]The mouldred earth cav'd the banke. Spenser."
"CAVEAT","A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to doa certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveatentered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or thetaking out of letters of administration, etc. Bouvier."
"CAVEATING","Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to theother."
"CAVEATOR","One who enters a caveat."
"CAVENDISH","Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs orcakes. Cut cavendish, the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking."
"CAVERN","A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave."
"CAVERNULOUS","Full of little cavities; as, cavernulous metal. Black."
"CAVETTO","A concave molding; -- used chiefly in classical architecture.See Illust. of Calumn."
"CAVICORN","Having hollow horns."
"CAVICORNIA","A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on abony process of the front, as the ox."
"CAVIL","To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find faultwithout good reason.You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract.Shak."
"CAVILING","Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. SeeCaptious.His depreciatory and caviling criticism. Lewis."
"CAVILINGLY","In a caviling manner."
"CAVILLATION","Frivolous or sophistical objection. [Obs.] Hooker."
"CAVIN","A hollow way, adapted to cover troops, and facilitate theiraproach to a place. Farrow."
"CAVITARY","Containing a body cavity; as, the cavitary or nematoid worms."
"CAVO-RELIEVO","Cavo-rilievo."
"CAVO-RILIEVO","Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made forthe purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surfacearound."
"CAVORT","To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider.[Local slang U. S.]"
"CAVY","A rodent of the genera cavia and Dolichotis, as the guinea pig(Cavia cabaya). Cavies are natives of South America. Water cavy(Zo\u00f6l.), The capybara."
"CAW","To cry like a crow, rook, or raven.Rising and cawing at the gun's report. Shak."
"CAWK","An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar. [Alsowritten cauk.]"
"CAWKER","See Calker."
"CAWKY","Of or pertaining to cawk; like cawk."
"CAXON","A kind of wig. [Obs.] Lamb."
"CAXTON","Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer.Hansard."
"CAY","See Key, a ledge."
"CAYENNE","Cayenne pepper. Cayenne pepper. (a) (Bot.) A species ofcapsicum (C. frutescens) with small and intensely pungent fruit. (b)A very pungent spice made by drying and grinding the fruits or seedsof several species of the genus Capsicum, esp. C. annuum and C.Frutescens; -- Called also red pepper. It is used chiefly as acondiment."
"CAYMAN","The south America alligator. See Alligator. [Sometimes writtencaiman.]"
"CAYO","A small island or ledge of rock in the water; a key. [Sp. Am.]"
"CAYUGAS","; sing Cayuga. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inbabitingwestern New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the FiveNations."
"CAYUSE","An Indian pony. [Northw. U. S.]"
"CC IRA","The refrain of a famous song of the French Revolution."
"CEASE","To put a stop to; to bring to an end.But he, her fears to cease Sent down the meek-eyed peace. Milton.Cease, then, this impious rage. Milton"
"CEASELESS","Without pause or end; incessant."
"CECIDOMYIA","A genus of small dipterous files, including several veryinjurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly."
"CECITY","Blindness. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"CECUTIENCY","Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness. [R.] Sir T.Browne."
"CEDAR","The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable forits durability and fragrant odor."
"CEDARED","Covered, or furnished with, cedars."
"CEDARN","Of or pertaining to the cedar or its wood. [R.]"
"CEDE","To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede afortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights.Jay."
"CEDILLA","A mark placed under the letter c [thus, \u00e7], to show that it isto be sounded like s, as in fa\u00e7ade."
"CEDRAT","Properly the citron, a variety of Citrus medica, with largefruits, not acid, and having a high perfume."
"CEDRENE","A rich aromatic oil, C15H24, extracted from oil of red cedar,and regarded as a polymeric terpene; also any one of a class ofsimilar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper,etc., of which cedrene proper is the type. [Written also cedren.]"
"CEDRINE","Of or pertaining to cedar or the cedar tree."
"CEDRIRET","Same as Coerulignone."
"CEDRY","Of the nature of cedar. [R.]"
"CEDULE","A scroll; a writing; a schedule. [Obs.]"
"CEDUOUS","Fit to be felled. [Obs.] Eyelyn."
"CEILING","The inner planking of a vessel. Camp ceiling. See under Camp.-- Ceiling boards, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with."
"CEINT","A girdle. [Obs.]"
"CEINTURE","A cincture, girdle, or belt; -- chiefly used in English as adressmaking term."
"CELADON","A pale sea-green color; also, porcelain or fine pottery of thistint."
"CELEBRANT","One who performs a public religious rite; -- appliedparticularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church,as distinguished from his assistants."
"CELEBRATED","Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned.Celebrated for the politeness of his manners. Macaulay."
"CELEBRATION","The act, process, or time of celebrating.His memory deserving a particular celebration. Clarendok.Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass Cath. Dict.To hasten the celebration of their marriage. Sir P. Sidney."
"CELEBRATOR","One who celebrates; a praiser. Boyle."
"CELEBRIOUS","Famous. [Obs.] Speed."
"CELERIAC","Turnip-rooted celery, a from of celery with a large globularroot, which is used for food."
"CELERITY","Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose wholeemployment is to watch its flight. Johnson."
"CELERY","A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which theblanched leafstalks are used as a salad."
"CELESTIALIZE","To make celestial. [R.]"
"CELESTIALLY","In a celestial manner."
"CELESTIFY","To make like heaven. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"CELIAC","See Coellac."
"CELIBACY","The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of abachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. 'The celibacy of theclergy.' Hallom."
"CELIBATE","Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state."
"CELIBATIST","One who lives unmarried. [R.]"
"CELIDOGRAPHY","A description of apparent spots on the disk of the sun, or onplanets."
"CELL","A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, forholding the exciting fluid of a battery."
"CELLA","The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, asdistinguished from the open porticoes."
"CELLAR","A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surfaceof the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept."
"CELLARER","A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who hascharge of procuring and keeping the provisions."
"CELLARET","A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine orliquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in asideboard, and usually lined with metal."
"CELLARIST","Same as Cellarer."
"CELLED","Containing a cell or cells."
"CELLEPORE","A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells,belonging to the Bryozoa."
"CELLIFEROUS","Bearing or producing cells."
"CELLO","A contraction for Violoncello."
"CELLULAR","Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cellor cells. Cellular plants, Cellular cryptogams (Bot.), thoseflowerless plants which have no ducts or fiber in their tissue, asmosses, fungi, lichens, and alg\u00e6.-- Cellular theory, or Cell theory (Biol.), a theory, according towhich the essential element of every tissue, either vegetable oranimal, is a cell; the whole series of cells having been formed fromthe development of the germ cell and by differentiation convertedinto tissues and organs which, both in plants ans animals, are to beconsidered as a mass of minute cells communicating with each other.-- Cellular tissue. (a) (Anat.) See conjunctive tissue underConjunctive. (b) (Bot.) Tissue composed entirely of parenchyma, andhaving no woody fiber or ducts. cellular telephone, a portable radio-telephone transmitting and receiving the radio-telephonic signalsfrom one of a group of transmitter-receiver stations so arranged thatthey provide adequate signal contact for such telephones over acertain geographical area. The area within which one transmitter mayservice such portable telephones is called its 'cell."
"CELLULATED","Cellular. Caldwell."
"CELLULE","A small cell."
"CELLULIFEROUS","Bearing or producing little cells."
"CELLULITIS","An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. ofthat lying immediately beneath the skin."
"CELLULOID","A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, andwhen pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variouslycolored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. Itis used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, ascombs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originaly called xylonite."
"CELLULOSE","Consisting of, or containing, cells."
"CELOTOMY","The act or operation of cutting, to relieve the structure instrangulated hernia. [Frequently written kelotomy.]"
"CELSITURE","Height; altitude. [Obs.]"
"CELSIUS","The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from AndersCelsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as thecentigrade thermometer or scale."
"CELT","One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited agreat part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants atthe present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, andthe northern shores of France. [Written also Kelt. The letter C waspronounced hard in Celtic languages.]"
"CELTIBERIAN","Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spainlying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants theCeltiberi (Celts of the river Iberus).-- n."
"CELTIC","Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes,literature, tongue. [Written also Keltic.]"
"CELTICISM","A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language. Warton."
"CELTICIZE","To render Celtic; to assimilate to the Celts."
"CELTIUM","A supposed new element of the rare-earth group, accompanyinglutecium and scandium in the gadolinite earths. Symbol, Ct (noperiod)."
"CEMBALO","An old mname for the harpsichord."
"CEMENT","The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; --called also cementum. Hydraulic cement. See under Hydraulic."
"CEMENT STEEL","Steel produced by cementation; blister steel."
"CEMENTAL","Of or pertaining to cement, as of a tooth; as, cemental tubes.R. Owen."
"CEMENTATION","A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with thepowder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree notsufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body beingchanged by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steelby cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain bycementation with sand."
"CEMENTATORY","Having the quality of cementating or uniting firmly."
"CEMENTER","A person or thing that cements."
"CEMENTITIOUS","Of the nature of cement. [R.] Forsyth."
"CEMETERIAL","Of or pertaining to a cemetery. 'Cemeterial cells.' [R.] Sir T.Browne."
"CEMETERY","A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; agraveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis."
"CENANTHY","The absence or suppression of the essential organs (stamens andpistil) in a flower."
"CENATION","Meal-taking; dining or supping. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"CENATORY","Of or pertaining to dinner or supper. [R.]The Romans washed, were anointed, and wore a cenatory garment. Sir T.Browne."
"CENOBITE","One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or acommunity, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives insolitude. Gibbon."
"CENOBITISM","The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of acenobite. Milman."
"CENOGAMY","The state of a communty which permits promiseuous sexualintercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicingcommunism."
"CENOTAPH","An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who isburied elsewhere. Dryden.A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey. Macaulay."
"CENOTAPHY","A cenotaph. [R.]Lord Cobham honored him with a cenotaphy. Macaulay."
"CENOZOIC","Belonging to the most recent division of geological time,including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Ageof man. [Written also c\u00e6nozoic, cainozoic, kainozoic.] See Geology."
"CENSE","To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices.The Salii sing and cense his altars round. Dryden."
"CENSER","A vessel for perfumes; esp. one in which incense is burned."
"CENSOR","One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of thenumber and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office ofinspector of morals and conduct."
"CENSORIAN","Censorial. [R.] Bacon."
"CENSORSHIP","The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship.Holland.The press was not indeed at that moment under a general censorship.Macaulay."
"CENSUAL","Relating to, or containing, a census.He caused the whole realm to be described in a censual roll. Sir R.Baker."
"CENSURABLE","Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, acensurable person, or censurable conduct.-- Cen'sur*a*bleness, n.-- Cen'sur*a*bly, adv."
"CENSURE","To judge. [Obs.] Shak."
"CENSURER","One who censures. Sha."
"CENSUS","A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, forthe purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in fiveyears."
"CENTAGE","Rate by the hundred; percentage."
"CENTAL","A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in manyparts of the United States a Hundredweight."
"CENTARE","A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one squaremeter, or about 1"
"CENTAUR","A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse."
"CENTAUREA","A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles andincluding the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and thestar thistle (C. Calcitrapa)."
"CENTAUROMACHY","A fight in which centaurs take part, -- a common theme forrelief sculpture, as in the Parthenon metopes."
"CENTAURY","A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usuallygiven to the Eryther\u00e6a Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata ofEurope, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even tothe unrelated Centaurea."
"CENTENARIAN","Of or relating to a hundred years.-- n."
"CENTENNIAL","The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; acentenary. [U. S.]"
"CENTENNIAL STATE","Colorado; -- a nickname alluding to the fact that it wasadmitted to the Union in the centennial year, 1876."
"CENTENNIALLY","Once in a hundred years."
"CENTER","A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault orarch are supported in position util the work becomes self-supporting."
"CENTERFIRE CARTRIDGE","See under Cartridge."
"CENTERING","Same as Center, n., 6. [Written also centring.]"
"CENTESIMAL","Hundredth.-- n."
"CENTESIMATION","The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in everyhundred, as in cases of mutiny."
"CENTESIMO","A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime."
"CENTESM","Hundredth."
"CENTIARE","See centare."
"CENTICIPITOUS","Hundred-headed."
"CENTIFIDOUS","Divided into a hundred parts."
"CENTIFOLIOUS","Having a hundred leaves."
"CENTIGRADE","Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundreddivisions or equal parts. Spesifically: of or pertaining thecentigrade thermometer; as, 10\u00b0 centigrade (or 10\u00b0 C.). Centigradethermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0 at the pointindicating the freezing state of water, and the distance between thatand the point indicating the boiling state of water divided into onehundred degrees. It is called also the Celsius thermometer, fromAnders Celsius, the originator of this scale."
"CENTILOQUY","A work divided into a hundred parts. [R.] Burton."
"CENTIME","The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin andmoney of account."
"CENTINEL","Sentinel. [Obs.] Sackville."
"CENTINODY","A weed with a sterm of many joints (Illecebrum verticillatum);also, the Polygonum aviculare or knotgrass."
"CENTIPED","A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomouskinds of the order Chilopoda, found in tropical climates. they aremany-jointed, and have a great number of feet. [Written alsocentipede ("
"CENTISTERE","The hundredth part of a stere, equal to .353 cubic feet."
"CENTNER","A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then intosmaller parts."
"CENTO","A literary or a musical composition formed by selections fromdifferent authors disposed in a new order."
"CENTONISM","The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing acento or centos."
"CENTRAL","Relating to the center; situated in or near the center ormiddle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near thecenter; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points.Central force (Math.), a force acting upon a body towards or awayfrom a fixed or movable center.-- Center sun (Astron.), a name given to a hypothetical body aboutwhich M\u00e4dler supposed the solar system together with all the stars inthe Milky Way, to be revolving. A point near Alcyone in the Pleiadeswas supposed to possess characteristics of the position of such abody."
"CENTRALITY","The state of being central; tendency towards a center.Meantime there is a great centrality, a centripetence equal to thecentrifugence. R. W. Emerson."
"CENTRALIZATION","The act or process of centralizing, or the state of beingcentralized; the act or process of combining or reducing severalparts into a whole; as, the centralization of power in the generalgovernment; the centralization of commerce in a city."
"CENTRALIZE","To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about acenter; to bring into one system, or under one control.[To] centralize the power of government. Bancroft."
"CENTRALLY","In a central manner or situation."
"CENTRE","See Center."
"CENTRICITY","The state or quality of being centric; centricalness."
"CENTRIFUGAL","A centrifugal machine."
"CENTRIFUGAL FILTER","A filter, as for sugar, in which a cylinder with a porous orforaminous periphery is rapidly rotated so as to drive off liquid bycentrifugal action."
"CENTRIFUGENCE","The property or quality of being centrifugal. R. W. Emerson."
"CENTRING","See Centring."
"CENTRIPETENCE","Centripetency."
"CENTRIPETENCY","Tendency toward the center."
"CENTRISCOID","Allied to, or resembling, the genus Centriscus, of which thebellows fish is an example."
"CENTROBARIC","Relating to the center of gravity, or to the process of findingit. Centrobaric method (Math.), a process invented for the purpose ofmeasuring the area or the volume generated by the rotation of a lineor surface about a fixed axis, depending upon the principle thatevery figure formed by the revolution of a line or surface about suchan axis has for measure the product of the line or surface by thelength of the path of its center of gravity; -- sometimes calledtheorem of Pappus, also, incorrectly, Guldinus's properties. SeeBarycentric calculus, under Calculus."
"CENTRODE","In two figures having relative motion, one of the two curveswhich are the loci of the instantaneous center."
"CENTROID","The center of mass, inertia, or gravity of a body or system ofbodies."
"CENTROLECITHAL","Having the food yolk placed at the center of the ovum,segmentation being either regular or unequal. Balfour."
"CENTROLINEAD","An instrument for drawing lines through a point, or linesconverging to a center."
"CENTROLINEAL","Converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meetin a point or center."
"CENTROSOME","A peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. It isregarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery ofcell division is organized."
"CENTROSPHERE","The nucleus or central part of the earth, forming most of itsmass; -- disting. from lithosphere, hydrosphere, etc."
"CENTROSTALTIC","A term applied to the action of nerve force in the spinalcenter. Marshall Hall."
"CENTRUM","The body, or axis, of a vertebra. See Vertebra."
"CENTRY","See Sentry. [Obs.] Gray."
"CENTUMVIR","One of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civilsuits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and metusually in four sections."
"CENTUMVIRAL","Of or pertaining to the centumviri, or to a centumvir."
"CENTUMVIRATE","The office of a centumvir, or of the centumviri."
"CENTUPLE","Hundredfold."
"CENTUPLICATE","To make a hundredfold; to repeat a hundred times. [R.] Howell."
"CENTURIAL","Of or pertaining to a century; as, a centurial sermon. [R.]"
"CENTURIATE","Pertaining to, or divided into, centuries or hundreds. [R.]Holland."
"CENTURION","A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Romanarmy; a captain of a century.A centurion of the hand called the Italian band. Acts x. 1."
"CEORL","A freeman of the lowest class; one not a thane or of theservile classes; a churl."
"CEPACEOUS","Of the nature of an onion, as in odor; alliaceous."
"CEPEVOROUS","Feeding upon onions. [R.] Sterling."
"CEPHALAD","Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body;opposed to caudad."
"CEPHALALGIC","Relating to, or affected with, headache.-- n."
"CEPHALANTHIUM","Same as Anthodium."
"CEPHALASPIS","A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstoneor Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broadshield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points."
"CEPHALATA","A large division of Mollusca, including all except thebivalves; -- so called because the head is distinctly developed. SeeIllustration in Appendix."
"CEPHALATE","Having a head."
"CEPHALIC","Of or pertaining to the head. See the Note under Anterior.Cephalic index (Anat.), the ratio of the breadth of the cranium tothe length, which is taken as the standard, and equal to 100; thebreadth index.-- Cephalic vein, a large vein running from the back of the headalond the arm; -- so named because the ancients used to open it fordisorders of the head. Dunglison."
"CEPHALISM","Form or development of the skull; as, the races of man differgreatly in cephalism."
"CEPHALITIS","Same as Phrenitis."
"CEPHALIZATION","Domination of the head in animal life as expressed in thephysical structure; localization of important organs or parts in ornear the head, in animal development. Dana."
"CEPHALOCERCAL","Relating to the long axis of the body."
"CEPHALOID","Shaped like the head. Craing."
"CEPHALOLOGY","The science which treats of the head."
"CEPHALOMERE","One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head ofarthropods. Packard."
"CEPHALOMETER","An instrument measuring the dimensions of the head of a fetusduring delivery."
"CEPHALOMETRY","The measurement of the heads of living persons. --Ceph`a*lo*met'ric (#),a."
"CEPHALON","The head."
"CEPHALOPHORA","The cephalata."
"CEPHALOPODA","The highest class of Mollusca."
"CEPHALOPTERA","One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris),known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of SouthCarolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormoussize, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing morethan a ton."
"CEPHALOSOME","The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods.Packard."
"CEPHALOSTYLE","The anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in thebase of cartilaginous crania."
"CEPHALOTHORAX","The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higherCrustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax."
"CEPHALOTOME","An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitatedelivery."
"CEPHALOTOMY","Craniotomy; -- usually applied to bisection of the fetal headwith a saw."
"CEPHALOTRIBE","An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy."
"CEPHALOTRIPSY","The act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in thewomb in order to effect delivery."
"CEPHALOTROCHA","A kind of annelid larva with a circle of cilia around the head."
"CEPHALOUS","Having a head; -- applied chiefly to the Cephalata, a divisionof mollusks."
"CEPHEUS","(Astron.) A northern constellation near the pole. Its head,which is in the Milky Way, is marked by a triangle formed by threestars of the fourth magnitude. See Cassiopeia."
"CERACEOUS","Having the texture and color of new wax; like wax; waxy."
"CERAGO","Beebread."
"CERAMIC","Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of makingearthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings."
"CERAMICS","Work formed of clay in whole or in part, and baked; as, vases,urns, etc. Knight."
"CERARGYRITE","Native silver chloride, a mineral of a white to pale yellow orgray color, darkening on exposure to the light. It may be cut by aknife, like lead or horn (hence called horn silver)."
"CERASIN","A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum;-- called also meta-arabinic acid."
"CERASTES","A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale overeach eye; the horned viper."
"CERATE","An unctuous preparation for external application, of aconsistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster,so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but doesnot melt when applied to the skin."
"CERATED","Covered with wax."
"CERATINE","Sophistical."
"CERATOBRANCHIA","A group of nudibranchiate Mollusca having on the backpapilliform or branched organs serving as gills."
"CERATOBRANCHIAL","Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epibranchial ina branchial arch.-- n."
"CERATODUS","A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known asMesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have beendiscovered in Australian rivers. They have lungs so well developedthat they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia theyare called salmon and baramunda. See Dipnoi, and Archipterygium."
"CERATOHYAL","Pertaining to the bone, or carts, large, below the epihyal inthe hyoid arch.-- n."
"CERATOSAURUS","A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the EuropeanMegalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and theskull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. SeeIllustration in Appendix."
"CERATOSPONGIAE","An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of hornyfibers. It includes all the commercial sponges."
"CERAUNICS","That branch of physics which treats of heat and electricity. R.Park."
"CERAUNOSCOPE","An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries toimitate thunder and lightning. T. Moore."
"CERBEREAN","Of or pertaining to, or resembling, Cerberus. [Written alsoCerberian.]With wide Cerberean mouth. Milton."
"CERBERUS","A monster, in the shape, of a three-headed dog, guarding theentrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian orguardian, esp. if surly."
"CERCAL","Of or pertaining to the tail."
"CERCARIA","The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of atadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage."
"CERCARIAN","Of, like, or pertaining to, the Cercari\u00e6.-- n."
"CERCOPOD","One of the jointed antenniform appendage of the posteriorsomites of cartain insects. Packard."
"CERCUS","See Cercopod."
"CERE","The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey,parrots, and some other birds. See Beak."
"CEREAL","Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for theiredible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds orgrain."
"CEREALIA","Public festivals in honor of Ceres."
"CEREALIN","A nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtainedfrom bran, and possessing the power of converting starch intodextrin, sugar, and lactic acid. Watts."
"CEREBEL","The cerebellum. Derham."
"CEREBELLUM","The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above themedulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. SeeBrain."
"CEREBRAL","Of or pertaining to the cerebrum. Cerebral apoplexy. See underApoplexy."
"CEREBRALISM","The doctrine or theory that psychical phenomena are functionsor products of the brain only."
"CEREBRALIST","One who accepts cerebralism."
"CEREBRATE","To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action."
"CEREBRATION","Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious."
"CEREBRIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the brain. Cerebric acid(Physiol. Chem.), a name formerly sometimes given to cerebrin."
"CEREBRICITY","Brain power. [R.]"
"CEREBRIFORM","Like the brain in form or substance."
"CEREBRIFUGAL","Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to thespinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugalimpressions) outwards."
"CEREBRIN","A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brainand nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertainwhether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of thedecomposition of some more complex substance."
"CEREBRIPETAL","Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord tothe brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) fromthe exterior inwards."
"CEREBRITIS","Inflammation of the cerebrum."
"CEREBRO-SPINAL","Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting ofthe brain and spinal cord. Cerebro-spinal fluid (Physiol.), a serousfluid secreted by the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.-- Cerebro-spinal meningitis, Cerebro-spinal fever (Med.), adangerous epidemic, and endemic, febrile disease, characterized byinflammation of the membranes of the brain and spinal cord, givingrise to severe headaches, tenderness of the back of the neck,paralysis of the ocular muscles, etc. It is sometimes marked by acutaneous eruption, when it is often called spotted fever. It is notcontagious."
"CEREBROID","Resembling, or analogous to, the cerebrum or brain."
"CEREBROLOGY","The science which treats of the cerebrum or brain."
"CEREBROPATHY","A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring inthose whose brains have been unduly taxed; -- called also brain fag."
"CEREBROSCOPY","Examination of the brain for the diagnosis of diseas; esp., theact or process of diagnosticating the condition of the brain byexamination of the interior of the eye (as with an ophthalmoscope).Buck."
"CEREBROSE","A sugarlike body obtained by the decomposition of thenitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain."
"CEREBRUM","The anterior, and in man the larger, division of the brain; theseat of the reasoning faculties and the will. See Brain."
"CERECLOTH","A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy orglutinous matter.Linen, besmeared with gums, in manner of cerecloth. Bacon."
"CEREMONIALISM","Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony."
"CEREMONIALLY","According to rites and ceremonies; as, a person ceremoniallyunclean."
"CEREMONIALNESS","Quality of being ceremonial."
"CEREMONIOUSLY","In a ceremonious way."
"CEREMONIOUSNESS","The quality, or practice, of being ceremonious."
"CEREOUS","Waxen; like wax. [Obs.] Gayton."
"CERES","The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn andtillage."
"CERESIN","A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, andused as a substitute for beeswax."
"CEREUS","A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives ofAmerica, from California to Chili."
"CEREVIS","A small visorless cap, worn by members of German student corps.It is made in the corps colors, and usually bears the insignia of thecorps."
"CERIA","Cerium oxide, CeO2, a white infusible substance constitutingabout one per cent of the material of the common incandescent mantle."
"CERIAL","Same as Cerial. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CERIFEROUS","Producing wax."
"CERIN","A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork;sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble inalcohol. Watts."
"CERINTHIAN","One of an ancient religious sect, so called fron Cerinthus, aJew, who attempted to unite the doctrines of Christ with the opinionsof the Jews and Gnostics. Hook."
"CERIPH","One of the fine lines of a letter, esp. one of the fine crossstrokes at the top and bottom of letters. [Spelt also seriph.]Savage."
"CERISE","Cherry-colored; a light bright red; --- applied to textilefabrics, especially silk."
"CERITE","A gastropod shell belonging to the family Cerithi\u00efd\u00e6; -- socalled from its hornlike form."
"CERIUM","A rare metallic element, occurring in the minerals cerite,allanite, monazite, etc. Symbol Ce. Atomic weight 141.5. It resemblesiron in color and luster, but is soft, and both malleable andductile. It tarnishes readily in the air."
"CERNUOUS","Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; -- said ofa bud, flower, fruit, or the capsule of a moss."
"CERO","A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genusScomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and lesscommonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the commoncero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, orking, cero (S. regalis)."
"CEROGRAPH","A writing on wax. Knight."
"CEROGRAPHIST","One who practices cerography."
"CEROLITE","A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine,occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color."
"CEROMA","That part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers andwrestlers anointed themselves."
"CEROMANCY","Divination by dropping melted wax in water."
"CEROON","A bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound withhide; as, a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc."
"CEROPLASTIC","The art of modeling in wax."
"CEROSIN","A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, andcrystallizing in delicate white lamin\u00e6."
"CEROTE","See Cerate."
"CEROTENE","A white waxy solid obtained from Chinese wax, and by thedistillation of cerotin."
"CEROTIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as,cerotic acid or alcohol."
"CEROTIN","A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinesewax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; -- calledalso cerotic alcohol, ceryl alcohol."
"CEROTYPE","A printing process of engraving on a surface of wax spread on asteel plate, for electrotyping."
"CERRIAL","Of or pertaining to the cerris.Chaplets green of cerrial oak. Dryden."
"CERRIS","A species of oak (Quercus cerris) native in the Orient andsouthern Europe; -- called also bitter oak and Turkey oak."
"CERTAIN","Certainly. [Obs.] Milton."
"CERTAINLY","Without doubt or question; unquestionably."
"CERTAINNESS","Certainty."
"CERTAINTY","Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty,certainly."
"CERTES","Certainly; in truth; verily. [Archaic]Certes it great pity was to see Him his nobility so foul deface.Spenser."
"CERTIFICATION","The act of certifying."
"CERTIFIER","One who certifies or assures."
"CERTIORARI","A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call upthe records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending,in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, orthat errors and irreguarities may be corrected. It is obtained uponcomplaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can nothave an impartial trial in the inferior court."
"CERTITUDE","Freedom from doubt; assurance; certainty. J. H. Newman."
"CERULE","Blue; cerulean. [Obs.] Dyer."
"CERULEAN","Sky-colored; blue; azure. Cowper.Blue, blue, as if that sky let fallA flower from its cerulean wall. Bryant."
"CERULEIN","A fast dyestuff, C20H8O6, made by heating gallein with strongsulphuric acid. It dyes mordanted fabrics green."
"CERULEOUS","Cerulean. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"CERULESCENT","Tending to cerulean; light bluish."
"CERULEUM","A greenish blue pigment prepared in various ways, consistingessentially of cobalt stannate. Unlike other cobalt blues, it doesnot change color by gaslight."
"CERULIFIC","Producing a blue or sky color. [R.]"
"CERUMEN","The yellow, waxlike secretion from the glands of the externalear; the earwax."
"CERUMINOUS","Pertaining to, or secreting, cerumen; as, the ceruminousglands."
"CERUSE","The native carbonate of lead."
"CERUSED","Washed with a preparation of white lead; as, cerused face.Beau. & Fl."
"CERVANTITE","See under Antimony."
"CERVELAT","An ancient wind instrument, resembling the bassoon in tone."
"CERVICAL","Of or pertaining to the neck; as, the cervical vertebr\u00e6."
"CERVICIDE","The act of killing deer; deer-slaying. [R.]"
"CERVINE","Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family Cervid\u00e6."
"CERVIX","The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of thewomb. See Illust. of Bird."
"CERVUS","A genus of ruminants, including the red deer and other alliedspecies."
"CERYL","A radical, C27H55 supposed to exist in several compoundsobtained from Chinese wax, beeswax, etc."
"CESARISM","See C\u00e6sarism."
"CESPITINE","An oil obtained by distillation of peat, and containing variousmembers of the pyridine series."
"CESPITITIOUS","Same as Cespitious. [R.] Gough."
"CESPITOSE","Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from onerootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots. [Written alsoc\u00e6spitose.]"
"CESPITOUS","Pertaining to, consisting, of resembling, turf; turfy.A cespitous or turfy plant has many stems from the same root, usuallyforming a close, thick carpet of matting. Martyn."
"CESS","To rate; to tax; to assess. Spenser."
"CESSANT","Inactive; dormant [Obs.] W. Montagu."
"CESSATION","A ceasing of discontinuance, as of action, whether termporaryor final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war.The temporary cessation of the papal iniquities. Motley.The day was yearly observed for a festival by cessation from labor.Sir J. Hayward.Cessation of arms (Mil.), an armistice, or truce, agreed to by thecommanders of armies, to give time for a capitulation, or for otherpurposes."
"CESSAVIT","A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant hasfor two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure."
"CESSER","a neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, fortwo years."
"CESSIBLE","Giving way; yielding. [Obs.] -- Ces`si*bil'i*ty, n. [Obs.] SirK. Digby."
"CESSION","The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting anotherwithout a proper dispensation."
"CESSIONARY","Having surrendered the effects; as, a cessionary bankrupt.Martin."
"CESSMENT","An assessment or tax. [Obs.] Johnson."
"CESSOR","One who neglects, for two years, to perform the service bywhich he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ ofcessavit. See Cessavit. Cowell."
"CESSPIPE","A pipe for carrying off waste water, etc., from a sink orcesspool. Knight."
"CESSPOOL","A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, tocollect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; anyreceptace of filth. [Written also sesspool.]"
"CEST","A woman's girdle; a cestus. [R.] Collins."
"CESTODE","Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea.-- n."
"CESTOID","Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea.-- n."
"CESTOIDEA","A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which thetapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, andusually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints orsegments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and femalereproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. SeeTapeworm. [Written also Cestoda.]"
"CESTOLDEAN","One of the Cestoidea."
"CESTRACIONT","A shark of the genus Cestracion, and of related genera. Theposterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushingshellfish. Most of the species are extinct. The Port Jackson sharkand a similar one found in California are living examples."
"CESTUS","A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gavethe wearer the power of exciting love."
"CESURA","See C\u00e6sura."
"CESURAL","See C\u00e6sural."
"CETACEA","An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinarymammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living youngwhich they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed topaddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two livingsuborders: (a) The Mysticete or whalebone whales, having no trueteeth after birth, but with a series of plates of whalebone [seeBaleen.] hanging down from the upper jaw on each side, thus making astrainer, through which they receive the small animals upon whichthey feed. (b) The Denticete, including the dolphins and sperm whale,which have teeth. Another suborder (Zeuglodontia) is extinct. TheSirenia were formerly included in the Cetacea, but are now made aseparate order."
"CETACEAN","One of the Cetacea."
"CETACEOUS","Of or pertaining to the Cetacea."
"CETE","One of the Cetacea, or collectively, the Cetacea."
"CETENE","An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtainedfrom spermaceti."
"CETERACH","A species of fern with fronds (Asplenium Ceterach)."
"CETEWALE","Same as Zedoary. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CETIC","Of or pertaining to a whale."
"CETIN","A white, waxy substance, forming the essential part ofspermaceti."
"CETOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to cetology."
"CETOLOGIST","One versed in cetology."
"CETOLOGY","The description or natural history of cetaceous animals."
"CETRARIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, the lichen, Iceland moss(Cetaria Islandica). Cetraric acid. See Cetrarin."
"CETRARIN","A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss(Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among whichis cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter substance."
"CETYL","A radical, C16H33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in aseries of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derivedfrom spermaceti."
"CETYLIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti. Cetylic alcohol(Chem.), a white, waxy, crystalline solid, obtained from spermaceti,and regarded as homologous with ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; -- called also cetyl alcohol."
"CEYLANITE","A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is alsocalled pleonaste. [Written also ceylonite.]"
"CEYLONESE","Of or pertaining to Ceylon.-- n. sing. & pl."
"CHA","Tea; -- the Chinese (Mandarin) name, used generally in earlyworks of travel, and now for a kind of rolled tea used in CentralAsia."
"CHAB","The red-bellied wood pecker (Melanerpes Carolinus)."
"CHABLIS","A white wine made near Chablis, a town in France."
"CHACE","See 3d Chase, n., 3."
"CHACHALACA","The texan guan (Ortalis vetula). [written also chiacalaca.]"
"CHACMA","A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); --called also ursine baboon."
"CHACONNE","An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like thePassacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers asthemes for variations."
"CHAD","See Shad. [Obs.]"
"CHAETETES","A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurianlimestones."
"CHAETIFEROUS","Bearing set\u00e6."
"CHAETODONT","A marine fish of the family Ch\u00e6todontid\u00e6. The ch\u00e6todonts havebroad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors."
"CHAETOGNATH","Of or pertaining to the Ch\u00e6tognatha."
"CHAETOGNATHA","An order of free-swimming marine worms, of which the genusSagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each sideof the head."
"CHAETOPOD","Pertaining to the Ch\u00e6topoda.-- n."
"CHAETOPODA","A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by thepresence of lateral set\u00e6, or spines, on most or all of the segments.They are divided into two principal groups: Oligoch\u00e6ta, including theearthworms and allied forms, and Polych\u00e6ta, including most of themarine species."
"CHAETOTAXY","The arrangement of bristles on an insect."
"CHAFE","To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear byfriction.Made its great boughs chafe together. Longfellow.The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores. Shak."
"CHAFER","A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied toother species; as, the rose chafer."
"CHAFERY","An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated beforebeing wrought into bars."
"CHAFEWEED","The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing."
"CHAFF","The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend eachflower in the heads of many Composit\u00e6, as the sunflower. Gray. Chaffcutter, a machine for cutting, up straw, etc., into 'chaff' for theuse of cattle."
"CHAFFER","One who chaffs."
"CHAFFERER","One who chaffers; a bargainer."
"CHAFFERN","A vessel for heating water. [Obs.] Johnson."
"CHAFFERY","Traffic; bargaining. [Obs.] Spenser."
"CHAFFINCH","A bird of Europe (Fringilla coelebs), having a variety of verysweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copperfinch."
"CHAFFING","The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule;raillery; banter."
"CHAFFLESS","Without chaff."
"CHAFING","The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing.Chafing dish, a dish or vessel for cooking on the table, or forkeeping food warm, either by coals, by a lamp, or by hot water; aportable grate for coals.-- Chafing gear (Naut.), any material used to protect sails,rigging, or the like, at points where they are exposed to friction."
"CHAGREEN","See Shagreen."
"CHAGRES FEVER","A form of malarial fever occurring along the Chagres River,Panama."
"CHAGRIN","Vexation; mortification.I must own that I felt rather vexation and chagrin than hope andsatisfaction. Richard Porson.Hear me, and touch Belinda with chagrin. Pope."
"CHAIN","An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuringland."
"CHAIN PUMP","A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum orwheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised.The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube throughwhich the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point ofdischarge."
"CHAIN STITCH","A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms achain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, asdistinguished from the lock stitch. See Stitch."
"CHAIN TIE","A tie consisting of a series of connected iron bars or rods."
"CHAINLESS","Having no chain; not restrained or fettered. 'The chainlessmind.' Byron."
"CHAINLET","A small chain. Sir W. Scott."
"CHAINWORK","Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitchwork."
"CHAIRMANSHIP","The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body."
"CHAISE","a carriage in general. Cowper."
"CHAJA","The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea, or Chauna,chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called alsochauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often domesticated and is usefulin guarding other poultry. See Kamichi."
"CHAK","To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid therestraint of the bridle."
"CHALAZA","The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats coherewith each other and the nucleus."
"CHALAZAL","Of or pertaining to the chalaza."
"CHALAZE","Same as Chalaza."
"CHALAZIFEROUS","Having or bearing chalazas."
"CHALAZION","A small circumscribed tumor of the eyelid caused by retentionof secretion, and by inflammation of the Melbomian glands."
"CHALAZOGAMY","A process of fecundation in which the pollen tube penetrates tothe embryosac through the tissue of the chalaza, instead of enteringthrough the micropyle. It was originally discovered by Treub inCasuarina, and has since been found to occur regularly in thefamilies Betulace\u00e6 and Juglandace\u00e6. Partial chalazogamy is found inUlmus, the tube here penetrating the nucleus midway between thechalaza and micropyle. --Chal`a*zo*gam'ic (#), a."
"CHALCANTHITE","Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue."
"CHALCEDONIC","Of or pertaining to chalcedony."
"CHALCEDONY","A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, havingusually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. [Written alsocalcedony.]"
"CHALCHIHUITL","The Mexican name for turquoise. See Turquoise."
"CHALCID FLY","One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects (Chalcidid\u00e6.Many are gallflies, others are parasitic on insects."
"CHALCIDIAN","One of a tropical family of snakelike lizards (Chalcid\u00e6),having four small or rudimentary legs."
"CHALCOCITE","Native copper sulphide, called also copper glance, and vitreouscopper; a mineral of a black color and metallic luster. [Formerlywritten chalcosine.]"
"CHALCOGRAPHY","The act or art of engraving on copper or brass, especially ofengraving for printing."
"CHALCOPYRITE","Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of opper,containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and intetragonal crystals of a bright brass yellow color."
"CHALDAIC","Of or pertaining to Chaldes.-- n."
"CHALDAISM","An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect."
"CHALDEAN","Of or pertaining to Chaldea.-- n.(a) A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.(b) A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Easternnations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivatedby the Chaldeans.(c) Nestorian."
"CHALDEE","Of or pertaining to Chaldea.-- n."
"CHALDRON","An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up,or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle.Now used exlusively for coal and coke."
"CHALICE","A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of theLord's Supper."
"CHALICED","Having a calyx or cup; cupshaped. 'Chaliced flowers.' Shak."
"CHALK","A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowishwhite color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the samecomposition as common limestone."
"CHALKCUTTER","A man who digs chalk."
"CHALKINESS","The state of being chalky."
"CHALKSTONE","A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium,found in and about the small joints, in the external ear, and inother situations, in those affected with gout; a tophus."
"CHALKY","Consisting of, or resembling, chalk; containing chalk; as, achalky cliff; a chalky taste."
"CHALLENGE","The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent oftheir game."
"CHALLENGEABLE","That may be challenged."
"CHALLENGER","One who challenges."
"CHALLIS","A soft and delicate woolen, or woolen and silk, fabric, forladies' dresses. [Written also chally.]"
"CHALON","A bed blanket. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CHALYBEATE","Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as,chalybeate springs."
"CHALYBEOUS","Steel blue; of the color of tempered steel."
"CHALYBITE","Native iron carbonate; -- usually called siderite."
"CHAM","To chew. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Sir T. More."
"CHAMADE","A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.They beat the chamade, and sent us carte blanche. Addison."
"CHAMAL","The Angora goat. See Angora goat, under Angora."
"CHAMBER","Apartments in a lodging house. 'A bachelor's life in chambers.'Thackeray."
"CHAMBERED","Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; achambered gun."
"CHAMBERING","Lewdness. [Obs.] Rom. xiii. 13."
"CHAMBERLAINSHIP","Office if a chamberlain."
"CHAMBERTIN","A red wine from Chambertin near Dijon, in Burgundy."
"CHAMBRANLE","An ornamental bordering or framelike decoration around thesides and top of a door, window, or fireplace. The top piece iscalled the traverse and the side pieces the ascendants."
"CHAMBRAY","A gingham woven in plain colors with linen finish."
"CHAMBREL","Same as Gambrel."
"CHAMECK","A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbsrudimentary and without a nail."
"CHAMELEON","A lizardlike reptile of the genus Cham\u00e6leo, of several species,found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with finegranmulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is muchcompressed laterally, giving it a high back."
"CHAMELEONIZE","To change into various colors. [R.]"
"CHAMFER","The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formedby two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc."
"CHAMFRET","A small gutter; a furrow; a groove."
"CHAMFRON","The frontlet, or head armor, of a horse. [Written alsochampfrain and chamfrain.]"
"CHAMISAL","A California rosaceous shrub (Adenostoma fasciculatum) whichoften forms an impenetrable chaparral."
"CHAMLET","See Camlet. [Obs.]"
"CHAMOIS","A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on theloftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. Itpossesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase."
"CHAMOMILE","See Camomile."
"CHAMP","To bite or chew impatiently.They began . . . irefully to champ upon the bit. Hooker."
"CHAMPAGNE","A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the provinceof Champagne, in France."
"CHAMPAIGN","A flat, open country.Fair champaign, with less rivers interveined. Milton.Through Apline vale or champaign wide. Wordsworth."
"CHAMPER","One who champs, or bites."
"CHAMPERTOR","One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the rightof suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in order to obtain ashare of the gain."
"CHAMPERTY","The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishingmoney or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concerntherein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive, inthe event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance withthe addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. SeeMaintenance."
"CHAMPIGNON","An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris). Fairy ringchampignon, the Marasmius oreades, which has a strong flavor but isedible."
"CHAMPIONNESS","A female champion. Fairfax."
"CHAMPIONSHIP","State of being champion; leadership; supremancy."
"CHAMPLAIN PERIOD","A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following theGlacial period; -- so named from beds near Lake Champlain."
"CHAMPLEVE","Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to beenameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kindof enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filledwith enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also, designating theprocess  of making such enamel work. --n."
"CHAMSIN","See Kamsin."
"CHANCE","Probability."
"CHANCE-MEDLEY","The kiling of another in self-defense upon a sudden andunpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley."
"CHANCEABLE","Fortuitous; casual. [Obs.]"
"CHANCEABLY","By chance. [Obs.]"
"CHANCEFUL","Hazardous. [Obs.] Spenser."
"CHANCELLERY","Chancellorship. [Obs.] Gower."
"CHANCELLOR","A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in theUnited States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction."
"CHANCELLORSHIP","The office of a chancellor; the time during which one ischancellor."
"CHANCRE","A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion oftrue syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; -- calledalso hard chancre, indurated chancre, and Hunterian chancre. Softchancre. A chancroid. See Chancroid."
"CHANCROID","A venereal sore, resembling a chancre in its seat and someexternal characters, but differing from it in being the startingpoint of a purely local process and never of a systemic disease; --called also soft chancre."
"CHANCROUS","Of the nature of a chancre; having chancre."
"CHANDELIER","A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to coverpioneers. [Obs.]"
"CHANDLERLY","Like a chandler; in a petty way. [Obs.] Milton."
"CHANDLERY","Commodities sold by a chandler."
"CHANDOO","An extract or preparation of opium, used in China and India forsmoking. Balfour."
"CHANDRY","Chandlery. [Obs.] 'Torches from the chandry.' B. Jonson."
"CHANFRIN","The fore part of a horse's head."
"CHANGE","A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; abuilding appropriated for mercantile transactions. [Colloq. forExchange.]"
"CHANGE GEAR","A gear by means of which the speed of machinery or of a vehiclemay be changed while that of the propelling engine or motor remainsconstant; -- called also change-speed gear."
"CHANGE KEY","A key adapted to open only one of a set of locks; --distinguished from a master key."
"CHANGEABILITY","Changeableness."
"CHANGEABLENESS","The quality of being changeable; fickleness; inconstancy;mutability."
"CHANGEABLY","In a changeable manner."
"CHANGEFUL","Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain. Pope.His course had been changeful. Motley.-- Change'ful*ly, adv.-- Change'ful*ness, n."
"CHANGELESS","That can not be changed; constant; as, a changeless purpose.-- Change'less*ness, n."
"CHANK","The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of severalspecies of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. Turbinellapyrum. Called also chank chell."
"CHANNEL","A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, theBritish Channel."
"CHANSON","A song. Shak."
"CHANSON DE GESTE","Any Old French epic poem having for its subject events orexploits of early French history, real or legendary, and writtenoriginally in assonant verse of ten or twelve syllables. The mostfamous one is the Chanson de Roland."
"CHANSONNETTE","A little song.These pretty little chansonnettes that he sung. Black."
"CHANT","To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tunecalled a chant."
"CHANTANT","Composed in a melodious and singing style."
"CHANTER","The hedge sparrow."
"CHANTERELLE","A name for several species of mushroom, of which one(Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous."
"CHANTEY","A sailor's song."
"CHANTICLEER","A cock, so called from the clearness or loundness of his voicein crowing."
"CHANTING","Singing, esp. as a chant is sung. Chanting falcon (Zo\u00f6l.), anAfrican falcon (Melierax canorus or musicus). The male has the habit,remarkable in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she isincubating."
"CHANTOR","A chanter."
"CHANTRESS","A female chanter or singer. Milton."
"CHAOMANCY","Divination by means of apperances in the air."
"CHAOTIC","Resembling chaos; confused."
"CHAOTICALLY","In a chaotic manner."
"CHAP","To bargain; to buy. [Obs.]"
"CHAPARAJOS","Overalls of sheepskin or leather, usually open at the back,worn, esp. by cowboys, to protect the legs from thorny bushes, as inthe chaparral; -- called also chapareras or colloq. chaps. [Sp.Amer.]"
"CHAPARERAS","Same as Chaparajos. [Sp. Amer.]"
"CHAPBOOK","Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers.Hence, any small book; a toy book."
"CHAPEAU","A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance. Chapeau bras ( Etym: [F.chapeau hat + bras arm], a hat so made that it can be compressed andcarried under the arm without injury. Such hats were particularlyworn on dress occasions by gentlemen in the 18th century. A chapeaubras is now worn in the United States army by general and staffofficers."
"CHAPED","Furnished with a chape or chapes. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CHAPEL","To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn ormake a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the sametack on which she had been sailing."
"CHAPELESS","Without a chape."
"CHAPELLANY","A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinateecclesiastical foundation."
"CHAPELRY","The territorial disrict legally assigned to a chapel."
"CHAPERON","To attend in public places as a guide and protector; tomatronize.Fortunately Lady Bell Finley, whom I had promised to chaperon, sentto excuse herself. Hannah More."
"CHAPERONAGE","Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protectionafforded by a chaperon."
"CHAPFALLEN","Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, -- an indication ofhumiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See Chopfallen."
"CHAPITER","A capital [Obs.] See Chapital. Ex. xxxvi. 38."
"CHAPLAINCY","The office, position, or station of a chaplain. Swift."
"CHAPLESS","Having no lower jaw; hence, fleshless. [R.] 'Yellow, chaplessskulls.' Shak."
"CHAPLET","A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc."
"CHAPPY","Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open."
"CHAPS","The jaws, or the fleshy parts about them. See Chap. 'Open yourchaps again.' Shak."
"CHAPTREL","An impost. [Obs.]"
"CHAR","A car; a chariot. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CHAR-A-BANC","A long, light, open vehicle, with benches or seats runninglengthwise."
"CHARA","A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems andwhorled branches. They flourish in wet places."
"CHARACT","A distinctive mark; a character; a letter or sign. [Obs.] SeeCharacter.In all his dressings, characts, titles, forms. Shak."
"CHARACTERISM","A distinction of character; a characteristic. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"CHARACTERISTIC","Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showingthe character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person orthing; peculiar; distinctive.Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay."
"CHARACTERISTICAL","Characteristic."
"CHARACTERISTICALLY","In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes."
"CHARACTERIZATION","The act or process of characterizing."
"CHARACTERLESS","Destitute of any distinguishing quality; without character orforce."
"CHARADE","A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two ormore significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as theword itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions orrepresentations."
"CHARBOCLE","Carbuncle. [Written also Charboncle.] [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CHARBON","A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of thecorner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has becomeobliterated."
"CHARCOAL","Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawingimplement. Animal charcoal, a fine charcoal prepared by calciningbones in a closed vessel; -- used as a filtering agent in sugarrefining, and as an absorbent and disinfectant.-- Charcoal blacks, the black pigment, consisting of burnt ivory,bone, cock, peach stones, and other substances.-- Charcoal drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with charcoal. SeeCharcoal, 2. Until within a few years this material has been usedalmost exclusively for preliminary outline, etc., but at present manyfinished drawings are made with it.-- Charcoal point, a carbon pencil prepared for use un an electriclight apparatus.-- Mineral charcoal, a term applied to silky fibrous layers ofcharcoal, interlaminated in beds of ordinary bituminous coal; --known to miners as mother of coal."
"CHARE","A narrow street. [Prov. Eng.]"
"CHARGE","To assume as a bearing; as, he charges three roses or; to addto or represent on; as, he charges his shield with three roses or."
"CHARGEABLENESS","The quality of being chargeable or expensive. [Obs.]Whitelocke."
"CHARGEABLY","At great cost; expensively. [Obs.]"
"CHARGEANT","Burdensome; troublesome. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CHARGEFUL","Costly; expensive. [Obs.]The fineness of the gold and chargeful fashion. Shak."
"CHARGEHOUSE","A schoolhouse. [Obs.]"
"CHARGELESS","Free from, or with little, charge."
"CHARGEOUS","Burdensome. [Obs.]I was chargeous to no man. Wyclif, (2 Cor. xi. 9)."
"CHARGESHIP","The office of a charg\u00e9 d'affaires."
"CHARILY","In a chary manner; carefully; cautiously; frugally."
"CHARINESS","The quality of being chary."
"CHARIOT","A two-wheeled car or vehicle for war, racing, stateprocessions, etc.First moved the chariots, after whom the foot. Cowper."
"CHARIOTEE","A light, covered, four-wheeled pleasure carriage with twoseats."
"CHARIOTEER","A constellation. See Auriga, and Wagones."
"CHARISM","A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreignlanguages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the earlyChristians."
"CHARISMATIC","Of or pertaining to a charism."
"CHARITABLENESS","The quality of being charitable; the exercise of charity."
"CHARITABLY","In a charitable manner."
"CHARITY","Defn:Now abideth faith, hope, charity, three; but the greatest of these ischarity. 1. Cor. xiii. 13.They, at least, are little to be envied, in whose hearts the greatcharities . . . lie dead. Ruskin.With malice towards none, with charity for all. Lincoln."
"CHARIVARI","A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tinhorns, etc., designed to annoy and insult."
"CHARK","Charcoal; a cinder. [Obs.] DeFoe."
"CHARLATAN","One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantablepretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank."
"CHARLATANISM","Charlatanry."
"CHARLATANRY","Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism."
"CHARLOCK","A cruciferous plant (Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers;wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called alsochardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock. Jointed charlock, Whitecharlock, a troublesome weed (Raphanus Raphanistrum) with straw-colored, whitish, or purplish flowers, and jointed pods: wild radish."
"CHARLOTTE","A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices ofbread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked. CharlotteRusse (, or Charlotte \u00e0 la russe Etym: [F., lit., Russian charlotte](Cookery), a dish composed of custard or whipped cream, inclosed insponge cake."
"CHARMEL","A fruitful field.Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and charmel shall be esteemedas a forest. Isa. xxix. 17 (Douay version)."
"CHARMERESS","An enchantress. Chaucer."
"CHARMFUL","Abounding with charms. 'His charmful lyre.' Cowley."
"CHARMING","Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting;fascinating; attractive.How charming is divine philosophy. Milton."
"CHARMLESS","Destitute of charms. Swift."
"CHARNEL","Containing the bodies of the dead. 'Charnel vaults.' Milton.Charnel house, a tomb, vault, cemetery, or other place where thebones of the dead are deposited; originally, a place for the bonesthrown up when digging new graves in old burial grounds."
"CHARON","The son of Erebus and Nox, whose office it was to ferry thesouls of the dead over the Styx, a river of the infernal regions.Shak."
"CHARPIE","Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; --used for surgical dressings."
"CHARQUI","Jerked beef; beef cut into long strips and dried in the windand sun. Darwin."
"CHARR","See 1st Char."
"CHARRAS","The gum resin of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Same asChurrus. Balfour."
"CHARRE","See Charge, n., 17."
"CHARRY","Pertaining to charcoal, or partaking of its qualities."
"CHART","To lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart acoast."
"CHARTACEOUS","Resembling paper or parchment; of paper-like texture; papery."
"CHARTE","The constitution, or fundamental law, of the French monarchy,as established on the restoration of Louis XVIII., in 1814."
"CHARTER","The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or thecontract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a shipis offered for sale or charter. See Charter party, below. Charterland (O. Eng. Law), land held by charter, or in socage; bookland.-- Charter member, one of the original members of a society orcorporation, esp. one named in a charter, or taking part in the firstproceedings under it.-- Charter party Etym: [F. chartre partie, or charte partie, adivided charter; from the practice of cutting the instrument ofcontract in two, and giving one part to each of the contractors](Com.), a mercantile lease of a vessel; a specific contract by whichthe owners of a vessel let the entire vessel, or some principal partof the vessel, to another person, to be used by the latter intransportation for his own account, either under their charge or his.-- People's Charter (Eng. Hist.), the document which embodied thedemands made by the Chartists, so called, upon the English governmentin 1838."
"CHARTERER","One who charters; esp. one who hires a ship for a voyage."
"CHARTERHOUSE","A well known public school and charitable foundation in thebuilding once used as a Carthusian monastery (Chartreuse) in London."
"CHARTERIST","Same as Chartist."
"CHARTISM","The principles of a political party in England (1838-48), whichcontended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annualparliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, asset forth in a document called the People's Charter."
"CHARTIST","A supporter or partisan of chartism. [Eng.]"
"CHARTLESS","Same as Cartographer, Cartographic, Cartography, etc."
"CHARTOMANCY","Divination by written paper or by cards."
"CHARTOMETER","An instrument for measuring charts or maps."
"CHARTREUX","A Carthusian."
"CHARTULARY","See Cartulary."
"CHARWOMAN","A woman hired for odd work or for single days."
"CHARY","Careful; wary; cautious; not rash, reckless, or spendthrift;saving; frugal.His rising reputation made him more chary of his fame. Jeffrey."
"CHARYBDIS","A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla onthe Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla."
"CHASABLE","Capable of being chased; fit for hunting. Gower."
"CHASE","To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor.[Colloq.]"
"CHASER","Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser.See under Bow, Stern."
"CHASIBLE","See Chasuble."
"CHASING","The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, apiece of ornamental work produced in this way."
"CHASMED","Having gaps or a chasm. [R.]"
"CHASMY","Of or pertaining to a chasm; abounding in chasms. Carlyle.They cross the chasmy torrent's foam-lit bed. Wordsworth."
"CHASSE","A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left."
"CHASSE-CAFE","See Chasse, n., above."
"CHASSE-MAREE","A French coasting lugger."
"CHASSELAS","A white grape, esteemed for the table."
"CHASSEPOT","A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needlegun."
"CHASSEUR","One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained forrapid movements."
"CHASSIS","A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which thecarriage of a barbette or casemate gum moves backward and forward.[See Gun carriage.]"
"CHAST","to chasten. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CHASTELY","In a chaste manner; with purity."
"CHASTENED","Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down. Sir. W.Scott.Of such a finished chastened purity. Tennyson."
"CHASTENER","One who chastens."
"CHASTENESS","Freedom from all that is meretricious, gaundy, or affected; as,chasteness of design."
"CHASTISABLE","Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable. Sherwood."
"CHASTISEMENT","The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment andcorrection; discipline; punishment.Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars, On equal terms to give himchastesement! Shak.I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31."
"CHASTISER","One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector. Jer. Taylor.The chastiser of the rich. Burke."
"CHASTITY","Chasteness."
"CHASUBLE","The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass,consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, backpiece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over theshoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front anupright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ'ssufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle.[Written also chasible, and chesible.]"
"CHAT","To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse withoutform or ceremony; to gossip. Shak.To chat a while on their adventures. Dryden."
"CHATELAINE","An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, andhaving a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets,etc. Also used adjectively; as, a chatelaine chain."
"CHATELET","A little castle."
"CHATELLANY","Same as Castellany."
"CHATI","A small South American species of tiger cat (Felis mitis)."
"CHATOYANT","Having a changeable, varying luster, or color, like that of achangeable silk, or oa a cat's eye in the dark."
"CHATOYMENT","Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors.Cleaceland."
"CHATTEL","Any item of movable or immovable property except the freehold,or the things which are parcel of it. It is a more extensive termthan goods or effects."
"CHATTELISM","The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being achattel."
"CHATTER","To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly.Begin his witless note apace to chatter. Spenser."
"CHATTERATION","The act or habit of chattering. [Colloq.]"
"CHATTERER","A bird of the family Ampelid\u00e6 -- so called from its monotonousnote. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arcticregions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a morecommon species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird."
"CHATTERING","The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of makinginarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collisionof the teeth; chatter."
"CHATTINESS","The quality of being chatty, or of talking easily andpleasantly."
"CHATTY","Given to light, familiar talk; talkative. Lady M. W. Montagu."
"CHATWOOD","Little sticks; twigs for burning; fuel. Johnson."
"CHAUD-MEDLEY","The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, andwhile under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray. Burrill."
"CHAUDRON","See Chawdron. [Obs.]"
"CHAUFFER","A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box ofsheet iron, with a grate at the bottem, and an open top."
"CHAUFFEUR","Brigands in bands, who, about 1793, pillaged, burned, andkilled in parts of France; -- so called because they used to burn thefeet of their victims to extort money."
"CHAUFFEUSE","A woman chauffeur."
"CHAULDRON","See Chawdron. [Obs.]"
"CHAUN","A gap. [Obs.] Colgrave."
"CHAUNT","See Chant."
"CHAUNTERIE","See Chantry. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CHAUS","a lynxlike animal of Asia and Africa (Lynx Lybicus)."
"CHAUSSES","The garment for the legs and feet and for the body below thewaist, worn in Europe throughout the Middle Ages; applied also to thearmor for the same parts, when fixible, as of chain mail."
"CHAUSSURE","A foot covering of any kind."
"CHAUTAUQUA SYSTEM OF EDUCATION","The system of home study established in connection with thesummer schools assembled at Chautauqua, N. Y., by the MethodistEpiscopal bishop, J. H. Vincent."
"CHAUVINISM","Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsoletecause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism.-- Chau'vin*ist, n.-- Chau`vin*is'tic (, a."
"CHAVENDER","The chub. Walton."
"CHAW","The jaw. [Obs.] Spenser. Chaw bacon, a rustic; a bumpkin; alout. (Law) -- Chaw tooth, a grinder. (Law)"
"CHAWDRON","Entrails. [Obs.] [Written also chaudron, chauldron.] Shak."
"CHAY ROOT","The root of the Oldenlandia umbellata, native in India, whichyieds a durable red dyestuff. [Written also choy root.]"
"CHAZY EPOCH","An epoch at the close of the Canadian period of the AmericanLower Silurian system; -- so named from a township in Clinton Co.,New York. See the Diagram under Geology."
"CHEAP","A bargain; a purchase; cheapness. [Obs.]The sack that thou hast drunk me would have bought me lights as goodcheap at the dearest chandler's in Europe. Shak."
"CHEAPEN","To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; todepreciate. Pope.My proffered love has cheapened me. Dryden."
"CHEAPENER","One who cheapens."
"CHEAPLY","At a small price; at a low value; in a common or inferiormanner."
"CHEAPNESS","Lowness in price, considering the usual price, or real value."
"CHEAR","See Cheer."
"CHEAT","A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; --called also chess. See Chess."
"CHEATABLE","Capable of being cheated."
"CHEATABLENESS","Capability of being cheated."
"CHEBACCO","A narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundlandfisheries; -- called also pinkstern and chebec. Bartlett."
"CHEBEC","See Chebacco."
"CHECK","A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such amenace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it wereany other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced issaid to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move."
"CHECKER","One who checks."
"CHECKERBERRY","A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen(Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)."
"CHECKERBOARD","A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used forplaying checkers or draughts."
"CHECKERS","A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by twopersons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which aremoved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players haslost all his men, or can not move them."
"CHECKLESS","That can not be checked or restrained."
"CHECKMATE","To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape inimpossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in checkfrom which there is no escape."
"CHECKROLL","A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll."
"CHECKSTRING","A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signalto the driver."
"CHECKWORK","Anything made so as to form alternate squares lke those of acheckerboard."
"CHECKY","Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; --said of the field or of an armorial bearing. [Written also checquy,cheguy.]"
"CHEDDAR","Of or pertaining to, or made at, Cheddar, in England; as,Cheddar cheese."
"CHEEK","Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work,which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as,the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc."
"CHEEKED","Having a cheek; -- used in composition. 'Rose-cheeked Adonis.'Shak."
"CHEEKY","a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold. [Slang.]"
"CHEEP","To chirp, as a young bird."
"CHEERER","One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. 'Thou cheererof our days.' Wotton. 'Prime cheerer, light.' Thomson."
"CHEERFUL","Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery;contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.To entertain a cheerful disposition. Shak.The cheerful birds of sundry kind Do chant sweet music. Spenser.A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. Macaulay.This general applause and cheerful shout. Shak."
"CHEERFULLY","In a cheerful manner, gladly."
"CHEERFULNESS","Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity."
"CHEERILY","In a cheery manner."
"CHEERINESS","The state of being cheery."
"CHEERINGLY","In a manner to cheer or encourage."
"CHEERISNESS","Cheerfulness. [Obs.]There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set offwith cheerishness. Milton."
"CHEERLESS","Without joy, gladness, or comfort.-- Cheer'less*ly, adv.-- Cheer'less*ness, n.My cheerful day is turned to cheerles night. Spenser."
"CHEERLY","Gay; cheerful. [Obs.] Shak."
"CHEERRY","Cheerful; lively; gay; bright; pleasant; as, a cheery person.His cheery little study, where the sunshine glimmered so pleasantly.Hawthorne."
"CHEESE CLOTH","A thin, loosewoven cotton cloth, such as is used in pressingcheese curds."
"CHEESELEP","A bag in which rennet is kept."
"CHEESEMONGER","One who deals incheese. B. Jonson."
"CHEESEPARING","A thin portion of the rind of a cheese.-- a."
"CHEESINESS","The quality of being cheesy."
"CHEESY","Having the nature, qualities, taste, form, consistency, orappearance of cheese."
"CHEETAH","A species of leopard (Cyn\u00e6lurus jubatus) tamed and used forhunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is C. laneus.[Written also chetah.]"
"CHEF","Same as Chief."
"CHEILOPLASTY","The process of forming an artificial tip or part of a lip, byusing for the purpose a piece of healthy tissue taken from someneighboring part."
"CHEILOPODA","See Ch."
"CHEIROPTER","One of the Cheiroptera."
"CHEIROPTERA","An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes ofeach of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so thatthey can be used like wings in flying. See Bat."
"CHEIROPTEROUS","Belonging to the Cheiroptera, or Bat family."
"CHEIROPTERYGIUM","The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates."
"CHEIROSOPHY","The art of reading character as it is delineated in the hand.-- Chei*ros'o*phist (, n."
"CHEIROTHERIUM","A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprintsrudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to havebeen made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix."
"CHEKELATOUN","See Ciclatoun. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CHEKMAK","A turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold threadinterwoven."
"CHELA","The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida."
"CHELATE","Same as Cheliferous."
"CHELERYTHRINE","Am alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine, and namedfrom the red color of its salts, It is a coloriess crystallinesubstance, and acts as an acrid narcotic poison. It is identical withsanguinarine."
"CHELICERA","One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by apincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They arehomologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with themandibles of insects."
"CHELIDON","The hollow at the flexure of the arm."
"CHELIDONIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the celandine. Cheidonicacid, a weak acid extracted fron the celandine (Chelidonium majus),as a white crystalline substance."
"CHELIDONIUS","A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow.-- anciently worn as a medicinal charm."
"CHELIFER","See Book scorpion, under Book."
"CHELIFEROUS","Having cheliform claws, like a crab."
"CHELIFORM","Having a movable joint or finger closing againts a precedingjoint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be ised forgrasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike."
"CHELONE","A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the orderScrophulariacea\u00e6., natives of North America; -- called alsosnakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc."
"CHELONIA","An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles,perculiar in having a part of the vertebr\u00e6, ribs, and sternum unitedwith the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws arecovered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix."
"CHELONIAN","Of or pertaining to animals of the tortoise kind.-- n."
"CHELURA","A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into andsometimes destroy timber."
"CHELY","A claw. See Chela. [Obs.]"
"CHEMIC","A solution of chloride of line."
"CHEMICAL","Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by theforces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes ofchemistry; as, chemical changes; chemical comnbinations. Chemicalattraction or affinity. See under Attraction."
"CHEMICALLY","According to chemical principles; by chemical process oroperation."
"CHEMIGLYPHIC","Engraved by a voltaic battary."
"CHEMIGRAPHY","Any mechanical engraving process depending upon chemicalaction; specif., a process of zinc etching not employing photography.-- Chem`i*graph'ic (#), a."
"CHEMILOON","A garment for women, consisting of chemise and drawers unitedin one. [U. S.]"
"CHEMISETTE","An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck,shoulders, and breast."
"CHEMISM","The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substancewhereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction;affinity; -- sometimes used as a general expression for chemicalactivity or relationship."
"CHEMIST","A person versed in chemistry or given to chemicalinvestigation; an analyst; a maker or seller of chemicals or drugs."
"CHEMITYPE","One of a number of processes by which an impression from anengraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on anordinary printing press."
"CHEMOLYSIS","A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organicsubstance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agentsalone. Thudichum."
"CHEMOSIS","Inflammatory swelling of the conjunctival tissue surroundingthe cornea. --Che*mot'ic (#), a."
"CHEMOSMOSIS","Chemical action taking place through an intervening membrane."
"CHEMOSMOTIC","Pertaining to, or produced by, chemosmosis. [R.]"
"CHEMOSYNTHESIS","Synthesis of organic compounds by energy derived from chemicalchanges or reactions. Chemosynthesis of carbohydrates occurs in thenitrite bacteria through the oxidation of ammonia to nitrous acid,and in the nitrate bacteria through the conversion of nitrous intonitric acid. -- Chem`o*syn*thet'ic (#), a."
"CHEMUNG PERIOD","A subdivision in the upper part of the Devonian system inAmerica, so named from the Chemung River, along which the rocks arewell developed. It includes the Portage and Chemung groups or epochs.See the Diagram under Geology."
"CHENG","A chinese reed instrument, with tubes, blown by the mouth."
"CHENILLE","Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimimg of ladies'dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of chenillerugs."
"CHENOMORPHAE","An order of birds, including the swans, ducks, geese,flamingoes and screamers."
"CHEPSTER","The European starling. [Local, Eng.]"
"CHEQUE","See Check."
"CHEQUER","Same as Checker."
"CHEQUING","A coin. See Sequin. Shak."
"CHEQUY","Same as Checky."
"CHERIF","See Cherif."
"CHERISHER","One who cherishes.The cherisher of my flesh and blood. Shak."
"CHERISHMENT","Encouragement; comfort. [Obs.]Rich bounty and dear cherishment. Spenser."
"CHERMES","See Kermes."
"CHEROGRIL","See Cony."
"CHEROKEES","An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the regionabout the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostlysettled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the mostcivilized of the Indian Tribes."
"CHEROOT","A kind of cigar, originally brought from Mania, in thePhilippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulteratedtabacco."
"CHERRY","A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes theplum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; (a) The common gardencherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties arecultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau,blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke(corrupted from M\u00e9doc in France). (b) The wild cherry; as, prunusserotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana(choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P.avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry)."
"CHERSONESE","A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, butunited to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, theCimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea."
"CHERT","An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dullcolor."
"CHERTY","Like chert; containing chert; flinty."
"CHERUB","Of or pertaining to cherubs; angelic. 'The cherubic host.'Milton."
"CHERUBIM","The Hebrew plural of Cherub.. Cf. Seraphim."
"CHERUBIN","Cherubic; angelic. [Obs.] Shak."
"CHERUP","To make a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to chirp. See Chirrup.'Cheruping birds.' Drayton."
"CHERVIL","A plant (Anthriscus cerefolium) with pinnately divided aromaticleaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups andsalads."
"CHES","pret. of Chese. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CHESE","To choose [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CHESIBLE","See Chasuble."
"CHESLIP","The wood louse. [Prov. Eng.]"
"CHESS","A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with twodifferently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player hasa king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, andeight pawns."
"CHESS-APPLE","The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis)."
"CHESSBOARD","The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows ofalternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. SeeCheckerboard."
"CHESSEL","The wooden mold in which cheese is pressed. Simmonds."
"CHESSES","The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweledtogether, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge. Wilhelm.A singular, chess, is sometimes used. 'Each chess consists of threeplanks.' Farrow."
"CHESSIL","Gravel or pebbles. Halliwell."
"CHESSMAN","A piece used in the game of chess."
"CHESSOM","Mellow earth; mold. [Obs.] Bacon."
"CHESSTREE","A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel,to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail."
"CHESSY COPPER","The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy,near Lyons; called also chessylite."
"CHEST","A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., aretransported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains."
"CHEST FOUNDER","A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and forelegs of a horse, affecting motion and respiration."
"CHESTED","Having (such) a chest; -- in composition; as, broad-chested;narrow-chested."
"CHESTERLITE","A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county ofChester, Pennsylvania."
"CHESTEYN","The chestnut tree. [Obs.]Wilwe, elm, plane, assch, box, chesteyn. Chaucer."
"CHESTNUT","The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesce) of Europe andAmerica. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur."
"CHETAH","See Cheetah."
"CHETVERT","A measure of grain equal to 0.7218 of an imperial quarter, or5.95 Winchester bushels. [Russia]"
"CHEVACHIE","See Chivachie. [Obs.]"
"CHEVAGE","See Chiefage. [Obs.]"
"CHEVAL","A horse; hence, a support or frame. Cheval glass, a mirrorswinging in a frame, and large enough to reflect the full leghtfigure."
"CHEVAL-DE-FRISE","A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointedspikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage,stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc.Obstructions of chain, boom, and cheval-de-frise. W. Irving."
"CHEVAUX","See Cheval."
"CHEVE","To come to an issue; to turn out; to succed; as, to cheve wellin a enterprise. [Prov. or Obs.] Holland."
"CHEVELURE","A hairlike envelope.The nucleus and chevelure of nebulous star. Sir. W. Hershel."
"CHEVEN","A river fish; the chub. Sir T. Browne."
"CHEVENTEIN","A variant of Chieftain. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CHEVERIL","Soft leather made of kid skin. Fig.: Used as a symbol offlexibility. [Obs.]Here's wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ellbroad. Shak."
"CHEVERLIIZE","To make as pliable as kid leather. [Obs.] Br. Montagu."
"CHEVET","The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round orpolygonal part."
"CHEVRETTE","A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages."
"CHEVRON","One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broadbands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexterand sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center."
"CHEVRONED","Having a chevron; decorated with an ornamental figure of azigzag from.[A garment] whose nether parts, with their bases, were of watchetcloth of silver, chevroned all over with lace. B. Jonson."
"CHEVRONEL","A bearing like a chevron, but of only half its width."
"CHEVRONWISE","In the manner of a chevron; as, the field may be dividedchevronwise."
"CHEVROTAIN","A small ruminant of the family Tragulid\u00e6 a allied to the muskdeer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil."
"CHEVY","See Chivy, v. t. [Slang, Eng.]One poor fellow was chevied about among the casks in the storm forten minutes. London Times."
"CHEW","To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; toruminate; to meditate.old politicians chew wisdom past. Pope."
"CHEWER","One who chews."
"CHEWET","A kind of meat pie. [Obs.]"
"CHEWINK","An american bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch family,so called from its note; -- called also towhee bunting and groundrobin."
"CHEYENNES","A warlike tribe of indians, related to the blackfeet, formerlyinhabiting the region of Wyoming, but now mostly on reservations inthe Indian Territory. They are noted for their horsemanship."
"CHIAN","Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the \u00c6gean Sea. Chianearth, a dense, compact kind of earth, from Chios, used anciently asan astringent and a cosmetic.-- Chian turpentine, a fragrant, almost transparent turpentine,obtained from the Pistacia Terebinthus."
"CHIAROSCURIST","A painter who cares for and studies light and shade rather thancolor."
"CHIASMUS","An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated orsubsequently referred to in a sentence; thus,If e'er to bless thy sons My voice or hands deny, These hands letuseful skill forsake, This voice in silence die. Dwight."
"CHIASTOLITE","A variety of andalusite; -- called also macle. The tesselatedapperance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical arrangement ofimpurities in the crystal."
"CHIBBAL","See Cibol."
"CHIC","Good form; style. [Slang]"
"CHICA","A red coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica, usedby some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin."
"CHICALOTE","A Mexican prickly poppy (Argemone platyceras), which hasmigrated into California."
"CHICANE","The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attentionfrom the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied tolegal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry. Prior.To shuffle from them by chicane. Burke.To cut short this, I propound it fairly to your own canscience.Berkeley."
"CHICANER","One who uses chicanery. Locke."
"CHICANERY","Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure thetruth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.Irritated by perpetual chicanery. Hallam."
"CHICCORY","See Chicory."
"CHICH","The chick-pea."
"CHICHA","See Chica."
"CHICHEVACHE","A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives,and which was therefore in very lean condition."
"CHICK","To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate. Chalmers."
"CHICK-PEA","A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, andthe sounth of Europe; the chick; the dwarf pea; the gram."
"CHICKABIDDY","A chicken; a fowl; also, a trivial term of endearment for achild."
"CHICKADEE","A small bird, the blackcap titmouse (Parus atricapillus), ofNorth America; -- named from its note."
"CHICKAREE","The American red squirrel (Sciurus Hudsonius); -- so calledfrom its cry."
"CHICKASAWS","A trible of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian)allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part ofAlabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory."
"CHICKEN POX","A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only;varicella."
"CHICKEN-BREASTED","Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvatureof the vertebral column."
"CHICKEN-HEARTED","Timid; fearful; cowardly. Bunyan."
"CHICKLING","A small chick or chicken."
"CHICKWEED","The name of several caryophyllaseous weeds, especiallyStellaria media, the seeds and flower buds of which are a favoritefood of small birds."
"CHICKY","A chicken; -- used as a diminutive or pet name, especially incalling fowls."
"CHICORY","A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with brightblue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; alsocultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive.See Endive."
"CHIDE","A continuous noise or murmur.The chide of streams. Thomson."
"CHIDER","One who chides or quarrels. Shak."
"CHIDERESS","She who chides. [Obs.]"
"CHIDESTER","A female scold. [Obs.]"
"CHIDINGLY","In a chiding or reproving manner."
"CHIEF","The upper third part of the field. It is supposed to becomposed of the dexter, sinister, and middle chiefs. In chief. (a) Atthe head; as, a commander in chief. (b) (Eng. Law) From the king, orsovereign; as, tenure in chief, tenure directly from the king."
"CHIEF BARON","The presiding judge of the court of exchequer."
"CHIEF HARE","A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of theRocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony,American pika, and little chief hare."
"CHIEF JUSTICE","The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. LordChief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's BenchDivision of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officerof the realm is the Lord High Chancellor.-- Chief Justice of the United States, the presiding judge of theSupreme Court, and Highest judicial officer of the republic."
"CHIEF-JUSTICESHIP","The office of chief justice.Jay selected the chief-justiceship as most in accordance with histastes. The Century."
"CHIEFAGE","A tribute by the head; a capitation tax. [Written also chevageand chivage.] [Obs.]"
"CHIEFEST","First or foremost; chief; principal. [Archaic] 'Our chiefestcourtier.' Shak.The chiefest among ten thousand. Canticles v. 10."
"CHIEFLESS","Without a chief or leader."
"CHIEFRIE","A small rent paid to the lord paramount. [Obs.] Swift."
"CHIEFTAIN","A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop,army, or clan."
"CHIERTE","Love; tender regard. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CHIEVANCE","An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is exported asdiscount. [Obs.] Bacon."
"CHIEVE","See Cheve, v. i. [Obs.]"
"CHIFF-CHAFF","A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); -- calledalso chip-chap, and pettychaps."
"CHIFFON","Any merely ornamental adjunct of a woman's dress, as a bunch ofribbon, lace, etc."
"CHIGNON","A knot, boss, or mass of hair, natural or artificial, worn by awoman at the back of the head.A curl that had strayed from her chignon. H. James."
"CHIH FU","An official administering a prefecture of China; a prefect,supervising the civil business of the hsiens or districts comprisedin his fu (which see)."
"CHIH HSIEN","An official having charge of a hsien, or administrativedistrict, in China; a district magistrate, responsible for good orderin his hsien (which see), and having jurisdiction in its civil andcriminal cases."
"CHIH TAI","A Chinese governor general; a tsung tu (which see)."
"CHILBLAIN","A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposureof the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, andsometimes ulceration."
"CHILD","To give birth; to produce young.This queen Genissa childing died. Warner.It chanced within two days they childed both. Latimer."
"CHILD STUDY","A scientific study of children, undertaken for the purpose ofdiscovering the laws of development of the body and the mind frombirth to manhood."
"CHILDBEARING","The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition.Milton. Addison."
"CHILDBED","The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor;parturition."
"CHILDBIRTH","The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. Jer. Taylor."
"CHILDCROWING","The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of thelaryngeal muscles; false croup."
"CHILDE","A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son,until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as,Childe Roland."
"CHILDED","Furnished with a child. [Obs.]"
"CHILDERMAS DAY","A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival incommemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- calledalso Holy Innocent's Day."
"CHILDING","Bearing Children; (Fig.) productive; fruitful. [R.] Shak."
"CHILDISHLY","In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak orfoolish manner."
"CHILDISHNESS","The state or quality of being childish; simplicity;harmlessness; weakness of intellect."
"CHILDLESSNESS","The state of being childless."
"CHILDLIKE","Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becominga child; meek; submissive; dutiful. 'Childlike obedience.' Hooker."
"CHILDLY","Having tthe character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, toa child. Gower."
"CHILDNESS","The manner characteristic of a child. [Obs.] 'Varyingchildness.' Shak."
"CHILDREN","pl. of Child."
"CHILDSHIP","The state or relation of being a child."
"CHILEAN","Of or pertaining to Chile."
"CHILEAN PINE","Same as Monkey-puzzle."
"CHILI","A kind of red pepper. See Capsicum [Written also chilli andchile.]"
"CHILIAD","A thousand; the aggregate of a thousand things; especially, aperiod of a thousand years.The world, then in the seventh chiliad, will be assumed up unto God.Sir. T. More."
"CHILIAGON","A plane figure of a thousand angles and sides. Barlow."
"CHILIAHEDRON","A figure bounded by a thousand plane surfaces [Spelt alsochilia\u00ebdron.]"
"CHILIAN","Of or pertaining to Chili.-- n."
"CHILIARCHY","A body consisting of a thousand men. Mitford."
"CHILIAST","One who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign onearth a thousand years; a milllenarian."
"CHILIASTIC","Millenarian. 'The obstruction offered by the chiliasticerrors.' J. A. Alexander."
"CHILL","A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body,pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling ofthe body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of someconstitutional disturbance, as of a fever."
"CHILLED","Having that cloudiness or dimness of surface that is called'blooming.'"
"CHILLI","See Chili."
"CHILLING","Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant;as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner.-- Chill'ing'ly, adv."
"CHILLNESS","Coolness; coldness; a chill.Death is the chillness that precedes the dawn. Longfellow."
"CHILLY","Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering;causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering."
"CHILOGNATH","A myriapod of the order Chilognatha."
"CHILOGNATHA","One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They havenumerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs,which are attached ventrallly, near together."
"CHILOMA","The tumid upper lip of certain mammals, as of a camel."
"CHILOPOD","A myriapod of the order Chilopoda."
"CHILOPODA","One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. Theyhave a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to eachsegment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs convertedinto poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, and somespecies grow to the length of a foot."
"CHILOSTOMATOUS","Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma."
"CHILTERN HUNDREDS","A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire,England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. Asmembers of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out theyaccept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats."
"CHIMAERA","A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the orderHolocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished withappendages, and the tail terminates in a point."
"CHIMAEROID","Related to, or like, the chim\u00e6ra."
"CHIMANGO","A south American carrion buzzard (Milvago chimango). SeeCaracara."
"CHIMB","The edge of a cask, etc; a chine. See Chine, n., 3. [Writtenalso hime.]"
"CHIME","See Chine, n., 3."
"CHIMER","One who chimes."
"CHIMERA","A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having thehead of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. 'Direchimeras and enchanted isles.' Milton."
"CHIMERE","The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves areusually attached. Hook."
"CHIMERIC","Chimerical."
"CHIMERICAL","Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainlyconceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except inthought; as, chimerical projects."
"CHIMERICALLY","Wildy; vainly; fancifully."
"CHIMINAGE","A toll for passage through a forest. [Obs.] Cowell."
"CHIMNEY","A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward ina vein. Raymond. Chimney board, a board or screen used to close afireplace; a fireboard.-- Chimney cap, a device to improve the draught of a chimney, bypresenting an exit aperture always to leeward.-- Chimney corner, the space between the sides of the fireplace andthe fire; hence, the fireside.-- Chimney hook, a hook for holding pats and kettles over a fire, --Chimney money, hearth money, a duty formerly paid in England for eachchimney.-- Chimney pot (Arch.), a cylinder of earthenware or sheet metalplaced at the top of a chimney which rises above the roof.-- Chimney swallow. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) An American swift (Ch\u00e6turepelasgica) which lives in chimneys. (b) In England, the commonswallow (Hirundo rustica).-- Chimney sweep, Chimney sweeper, one who cleans chimneys of soot;esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off the soot."
"CHIMNEY-BREAST","The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in whichit is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of abuilding only."
"CHIMNEY-PIECE","A decorative construction around the opning of a fireplace."
"CHIMPANZEE","An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or Troglodytesniger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, thanany other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four feet high."
"CHIN","The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches ofthe lower jaw bone, in birds."
"CHIN COUGH","Whooping cough."
"CHINALDINE","See Quinaldine."
"CHINAMAN","A native of China; a Chinese."
"CHINCAPIN","See Chinquapin."
"CHINCH","The bedbug (Cimex lectularius)."
"CHINCHA","A south American rodent of the genus Lagotis."
"CHINCHE","Parsimonious; niggardly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CHINCHERIE","Penuriousness. [Obs.]By cause of his skarsete and chincherie. Caucer."
"CHINCHILLA","A small rodent (Chinchilla lanigera), of the size of a largesquirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of apearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili."
"CHINE","A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chinein the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep.[Prov. Eng.] 'The cottage in a chine.' J. Ingelow."
"CHINESE","Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China. Chinese paper.See India paper, under India.-- Chinese wax, a snowy-wgite, waxlike substance brought from China.It is the bleached secretion of certain insects of the family Coccid\u00e6especially Coccus Sinensis."
"CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT","Any of several acts forbidding the immigration of Chineselaborers into the United States, originally from 1882 to 1892 by actof May 6, 1882, then from 1892 to 1902 by act May 5, 1892. By act ofApril 29, 1902, all existing legislation on the subject was re\u00ebnactedand continued, and made applicable to the insular possessions of theUnited States."
"CHINK","A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length thanbreadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out thedewy morning star. Macaulay."
"CHINKY","Full of chinks or fissures; gaping; opening in narrow clefts.Dryden."
"CHINNED","Having a chin; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, short-chinned."
"CHINOIDINE","See Quinodine."
"CHINOISERIE","Chinese conduct, art, decoration, or the like; also, a specimenof Chinese manners, art, decoration, etc."
"CHINOLINE","See Quinoline."
"CHINONE","See Quinone."
"CHINOOK","One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in thestate of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls.Chinooks also called Flathead Indians."
"CHINOOK STATE","Washington -- a nickname. See Chinook, n."
"CHINQUAPIN","A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) ofNorth America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut.Also, its small, sweet, edible nat. [Written also chincapin andchinkapin.] Chinquapin oak, a small shrubby oak (Quercus prinoides)of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns.-- Western Chinquapin, an evergreen shrub or tree (Castanopeschrysophylla) of the Pacific coast. In California it is a shrub; inOregon a tree 30 to 125 feet high."
"CHINSE","To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , thepoint of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly. Chinsingiron, a light calking iron."
"CHINTZ","Cotton cloth, printed with flowers and other devices, in anumber of different colors, and often glazed. Swift."
"CHIOPPINE","Same as Chopine, n."
"CHIP","To break or fly off in small pieces."
"CHIPMUNK","A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes calledthe striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, ground squirrel, hackee. Thecommon species of the United States is the Tamias striatus. [Writtenalso chipmonk, chipmuck, and chipmuk.]"
"CHIPPENDALE","Designating furniture designed, or like that designed, byThomas Chippendale, an English cabinetmaker of the 18th century.Chippendale furniture was generally of simple but graceful outlinewith delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in thesolid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on. Inthe more elaborate pieces three types are recognized: FrenchChippendale, having much detail, like Louis Quatorze and LouisQuinze; Chinese Chippendale, marked by latticework and pagodalikepediments; and Gothic Chippendale, attempting to adapt medievaldetails. The forms, as of the cabriole and chairbacks, often resembleQueen Anne. In chairs, the seat is widened at the front, and the backtoward the top widened and bent backward, except in ChineseChippendale, in which the backs are usually rectangular. --Chip'pen*dal*ism (#), n."
"CHIPPER","To chirp or chirrup. [ Prov. Eng.] Forby."
"CHIPPEWAYS","A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern andweastern shores of Lake Superior; -- called also Objibways."
"CHIPPING BIRD","The chippy."
"CHIPPING SQUIRREL","See Chipmunk."
"CHIPPY","Abounding in, or resembling, chips; dry and tasteless."
"CHIPS","A ship's carpenter. [Cant.]"
"CHIRAGRA","Gout in the hand."
"CHIRAGRICAL","Having the gout in the hand, or subject to that disease. Sir.T. Browne."
"CHIRETTA","A plant (Agathotes Chirayta) found in Northern India, havingmedicinal properties to the gentian, and esteemed as a tonic andfebrifuge."
"CHIRK","To cheer; to enliven; as, to chirk one up. [Colloq. New Eng. ]"
"CHIRM","To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird. [Obs.] Huloet."
"CHIROGNOMY","The art of judging character by the shape and apperance of thehand."
"CHIROGRAPHER","Of or pertaining to chirography."
"CHIROGYMNAST","A mechanocal contrivance for exercesing the fingers of apianist."
"CHIROLOGICAL","Relating to chirology."
"CHIROLOGIST","One who communicates thoughts by signs made with the hands andfingers."
"CHIROLOGY","The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or ofcommunicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; asubstitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with thedeaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy."
"CHIROMANCER","One who practices chiromancy. Dryden."
"CHIROMANCY","The art or practice of foretelling events, or of telling thefortunes or the disposition of persons by inspecting the hand;palmistry."
"CHIROMONIC","Relating to chironomy."
"CHIRONOMY","The art of moving the hands in oratory or in pantomime; gesture[Obs.]"
"CHIROPLAST","An instrument to guid the hands and fingers of pupils inplaying on the piano, etc."
"CHIROPODIST","One who treats diseases of the hands and feet; especially, onewho removes corns and bunions."
"CHIROPODY","The art of treating diseases of the hands and feet."
"CHIROSOPHIST","A fortune teller."
"CHIRP","To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets."
"CHIRPER","One who chirps, or is cheerful."
"CHIRPING","Cheering; enlivening.He takes his chirping pint, he cracks his jokes. Pope."
"CHIRPINGLY","In a chirping manner."
"CHIRRE","To coo, as a pigeon. [Obs.]"
"CHIRRUP","To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup."
"CHIRRUPY","Cheerful; joyous; chatty."
"CHIRURGEON","A surgeon. [Obs.]"
"CHIRURGEONLY","Surgically. [Obs.] Shak."
"CHIRURGERY","Surgery. [Obs.]"
"CHISEL","A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used indressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; --usually driven by a mallet or hammer. Cold chisel. See under Cold, a."
"CHISLEU","The ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering toa part of November with a part of December."
"CHISLEY","Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said ofa soil. Gardner."
"CHIT","To shoot out; to sprout.I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrownforth. Mortimer."
"CHITCHAT","Familiar or trifling talk; prattle."
"CHITIN","A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part ofthe outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various otherinvertebrates; entomolin."
"CHITINIZATION","The process of becoming chitinous."
"CHITINOUS","Having the nature of chitin; consisting of, or containing,chitin."
"CHITON","One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed ofeight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora."
"CHITTERLING","The frill to the breast of a shirt, which when ironed outresembled the small entrails. See Chitterlings. [Obs.] Gascoigne."
"CHITTERLINGS","The smaller intestines of swine, etc., fried for food."
"CHITTRA","The axis deer of India."
"CHIVACHIE","A cavalry raid; hence, a military expedition. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CHIVALRIC","Relating to chivalry; knightly; chivalrous."
"CHIVALROUS","Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike; heroic;gallant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous.In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise. Spenser."
"CHIVALROUSLY","In a chivalrous manner; gallantly; magnanimously."
"CHIVALRY","A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by thecondition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or ofperforming some noble or military service to his lord."
"CHIVE","A filament of a stamen. [Obs.]"
"CHIVY","To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens."
"CHLAMYDATE","Having a mantle; -- applied to certain gastropods."
"CHLAMYPHORE","A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus, and C.retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shellor coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine."
"CHLAMYS","A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks;a kind of cloak."
"CHLOASMA","A cutaneous affection characterized by yellow or yellowishbrown pigmented spots."
"CHLORAL","A colorless oily liquid, CCl3.CHO, of a pungent odor and harshtaste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethylalcohol."
"CHLORALAMIDE","A compound of chloral and formic amide used to produce sleep."
"CHLORALISM","A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive useof chloral."
"CHLORALUM","An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as anantiseptic and disinfectant."
"CHLORANIL","A yellow crystalline substance, C6Cl4.O2, regarded as aderivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certainbenzene derivatives, as aniline."
"CHLORATE","A salt of chloric acid; as, chlorate of potassium."
"CHLORAURATE","See Aurochloride."
"CHLORHYDRIC","Same as Hydrochloric."
"CHLORHYDRIN","One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasicalcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorinefor one or more hydroxyl groups."
"CHLORIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine; -- said of thosecompounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of five, orthe next to its highest; as, chloric acid, HClO3. Chloric ether(Chem.), ethylene dichloride. See Dutch liquid, under Dutch."
"CHLORIDATE","To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chlorideof silver, for the purposes of photography. R. Hunt."
"CHLORIDE","A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical;as, chloride of sodium (common salt). Chloride of ammonium, salammoniac.-- Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white substance,CaOClcalcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous.-- Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate."
"CHLORIDIC","Of or pertaining to a chloride; containing a chloride."
"CHLORIDIZE","See Chloridate."
"CHLORIMETRY","See Chlorometry."
"CHLORINATE","To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine."
"CHLORINATION","The act or process of subjecting anything to the action ofchlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold byexposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas."
"CHLORINE","One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as agreenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of anintensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous.It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being commonsalt. It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent.Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4. Chlorine family, the elementsfluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, called the halogens, andclassed together from their common peculiariries."
"CHLORIODIC","Compounded of chlorine and iodine; containing chlorine andiodine."
"CHLORIODINE","A compound of chlorine and iodine. [R.]"
"CHLORITE","The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color andmicaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates ofalumina, iron, and magnesia. Chlorite slate, a schistose or slatyrock consisting of alumina, iron, and magnesia."
"CHLORITIC","Pertaining to, or containing, chlorite; as, chloritic sand."
"CHLORMETHANE","A colorless gas, CH3Cl, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to aliquid; -- called also methyl chloride."
"CHLORO-","A prefix denoting that chlorine is an ingredient in thesubstance named."
"CHLOROCRUORIN","A green substance, supposed to be the cause of the green colorof the blood in some species of worms. Ray Lankester."
"CHLORODYNE","A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indianhemp, etc."
"CHLOROFORM","A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor anda sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and analkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and isextensively used to produce an\u00e6sthesia in surgical operations; alsoexternally, to alleviate pain."
"CHLOROLEUCITE","Same as Chloroplastid."
"CHLOROMETER","An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power ofchloride of lime."
"CHLOROMETRY","The process of testing the bleaching power of any combinationof chlorine."
"CHLOROPAL","A massive mineral, greenish in color, and opal-like inappearance. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of iron."
"CHLOROPEPTIC","Of or pertaining to an acid more generally called pepsin-hydrochloric acid."
"CHLOROPHANE","A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautifulemerald green light."
"CHLOROPHYLL","Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in thecells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, towhich they owe their green color, and through which all ordinaryassimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granuleshave been found in the tissues of the lower animals. [Written alsochlorophyl.]"
"CHLOROPLAST","A plastid containing chlorophyll, developed only in cellsexposed to the light. Chloroplasts are minute flattened granules,usually occurring in great numbers in the cytoplasm near the cellwall, and consist of a colorless ground substance saturated withchlorophyll pigments. Under light of varying intensity they exhibitphototactic movements. In animals chloroplasts occur only in certainlow forms."
"CHLOROPLASTID","A granule of chlorophyll; -- also called chloroleucite."
"CHLOROPLATINIC","See Platinichloric."
"CHLOROSIS","The green sickness; an an\u00e6mic disease of young women,characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin,weakness, palpitation, etc."
"CHLOROTIC","Pertaining to, or affected by, chlorosis."
"CHLOROUS","Pertaining to, or resembling, the electro-negative character ofchlorine; hence, electro-negative; -- opposed to basylous or zincous.[Obs.]"
"CHLORPICRIN","A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor,obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine.[Written also chloropikrin.]"
"CHLORURET","A chloride. [Obs.]"
"CHOAK","See Choke."
"CHOANOID","Funnel-shaped; -- applied particularly to a hollow muscleattached to the ball of the eye in many reptiles and mammals."
"CHOCARD","The chough."
"CHOCK","To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, tochock a wheel or cask."
"CHOCK-FULL","Quite full; choke-full."
"CHOCKABLOCK","Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought closetogether, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting."
"CHOCTAWS","; sing. Choctaw. (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians(Southern Appalachian), in early times noted for their pursuit ofagriculture, and for living at peace with the white settlers. Theyare now one of the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory."
"CHODE","the old imp. of chide. See Chide."
"CHOGSET","See Cunner."
"CHOICEFUL","Making choices; fickle. [Obs.]His choiceful sense with every change doth fit. Spenser."
"CHOICENESS","The quality of being of particular value or worth; nicely;excellence."
"CHOIR","The chancel. Choir organ (Mus.), one of the three or fivedistinct organs included in the full organ, each separable from therest, but all controlled by one performer; a portion of the fullorgan, complete in itself, and more practicable for ordinary serviceand in the accompanying of the vocal choir.-- Choir screen, Choir wall (Arch.), a screen or low wall separatingthe choir from the aisles.-- Choir service, the service of singing performed by the choir. T.Warton."
"CHOKE DAMP","See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic."
"CHOKE-FULL","Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full."
"CHOKE-STRAP","A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of thecollar, to keep the collar in place."
"CHOKEBERRY","The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an Americanshrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub."
"CHOKEBORE","To provide with a chokebore."
"CHOKECHERRY","The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (PrunusVirginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit."
"CHOKEDAR","A watchman; an officer of customs or police. [India]"
"CHOKING COIL","A coil of small resistance and large inductance, used in analternating-current circuit to impede or throttle the current, or tochange its phase; --called also reactance coil or reactor, theseterms being now preferred in engineering usage."
"CHOLAEMAA","A disease characterized by severe nervous symptoms, dependentupon the presence of the constituents of the bile in the blood."
"CHOLAGOGUE","Promoting the discharge of bile from the system.-- n."
"CHOLATE","A salt of cholic acid; as, sodium cholate."
"CHOLECYSTIS","The gall bladder."
"CHOLECYSTOTOMY","The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as forthe removal of a gallstone."
"CHOLEDOLOGY","A treatise on the bile and bilary organs. Dunglison."
"CHOLEIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, bile; as, choleic acid."
"CHOLERA","One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinaltract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonlycalled Asiatic cholera. Asiatic cholera, a malignant and rapidlyfatal disease, originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in themore filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or specificpoison may have been carried. It is characterized by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps, pinched expression, andlividity, rapidly passing into a state of collapse, followed bydeath, or by a stage of reaction of fever.-- Cholera bacillus. See Comma bacillus.-- Cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants, causedby hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and especially fatal in largecities.-- Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and purging,with gripings and cramps, usually caused by imprudence in diet or bygastrointestinal disturbance.-- Chicken cholera. See under Chicken.-- Hog cholera. See under Hog.-- Sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiaticcholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely becomingepidemic."
"CHOLERAIC","Relating to, or resulting from, or resembling, cholera."
"CHOLERICLY","In a choleric manner; angrily."
"CHOLERIFORM","Resembling cholera."
"CHOLEROID","Choleriform."
"CHOLESTERIC","Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; as, cholestericacid. Ure."
"CHOLESTERIN","A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless,found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially innerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones."
"CHOLINE","See Neurine."
"CHOLOCHROME","See Bilirubin."
"CHOLOPHAEIN","See Bilirubin."
"CHOLTRY","A Hindoo caravansary."
"CHOMAGE","Stoppage; cessation (of labor)."
"CHOMP","To chew loudly and greedily; to champ. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Halliwell."
"CHONDRIFICATION","Formation of, or conversion into, cartilage."
"CHONDRIFY","To convert, or be converted, into cartilage."
"CHONDRIGEN","The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling inwater into a gelatinous body called chondrin."
"CHONDRIGENOUS","Affording chondrin."
"CHONDRIN","A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless andodorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued actionof boiling water. It is similar to gelatin, and is a large ingredientof commercial gelatin."
"CHONDRITE","A meteoric stone characterized by the presence of chondrules."
"CHONDRITIC","Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structurecharacteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites."
"CHONDRITIS","An inflammation of cartilage."
"CHONDRO-","A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular cartilage,cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous skull of thelower vertebrates and of embryos."
"CHONDRODITE","A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color,often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone."
"CHONDROGANOIDEA","An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; -- socalled on account of their cartilaginous skeleton."
"CHONDROGEN","Same as Chondrigen."
"CHONDROGENESIS","The development of cartilage."
"CHONDROID","Resembling cartilage."
"CHONDROLOGY","The science which treats of cartilages. Dunglison."
"CHONDROMA","A cartilaginous tumor or growth."
"CHONDROMETER","A steelyard for weighting grain."
"CHONDROPTERYGIAN","Having a cartilaginous skeleton.-- n."
"CHONDROPTERYGII","A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins andskeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians(sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter. [Written alsoChondropterygia.]"
"CHONDROSTEI","An order of fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so namedbecause the skeleton is cartilaginous."
"CHONDROTOMY","The dissection of cartilages."
"CHONDRULE","A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatiteor chrysolite, found imdedded more or less aboundantly in the mass ofmany meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites."
"CHOOSER","One who chooses; one who has the power or right of choosing; anelector. Burke."
"CHOP","To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about."
"CHOP-LOGIC","One who bandies words or is very argunentative. [Jocular] Shak."
"CHOPBOAT","A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods toand from vessels. [China] S. W. Williams."
"CHOPCHURCH","An exchanger or an exchange of benefices. [Cant]"
"CHOPFALLEN","Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence, crestfallen;dejected; dispirited;downcast. See Chapfallen."
"CHOPHOUSE","A house where chops, etc., are sold; an eating house.The freedom of a chophouse. W. Irving."
"CHOPIN","A liquid measure formerly used in France and Great Britain,varying from half a pint to a wine quart."
"CHOPINE","A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some casesraised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more. [Variously speltchioppine, chopin, etc.]Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by thealtitude of a chopine. Shak."
"CHOPNESS","A kind of spade. [Eng.]"
"CHOPPER","One who, or that which, chops."
"CHOPPING","Stout or plump; large. [Obs.] Fenton."
"CHOPPY","Rough, with short, tumultuous waves; as, a choppy sea."
"CHOPSTICK","One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by theChinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth."
"CHORAGIC","Of or pertaining to a choragus. Choragic monument, a buildingor column built by a victorious choragus for the reception andexhibition of the tripod which he received as a prize. Those ofLysicrates and Thrasyllus are still to be seen at Athens."
"CHORAGUS","A chorus leader; esp. one who provided at his own expense andunder his own supervision one of the choruses for the musicalcontents at Athens."
"CHORAL","Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, oradapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony. Choral service, a serviceof song."
"CHORALIST","A singer or composer of chorals."
"CHORALLY","In the manner of a chorus; adapted to be sung by a choir; inharmony."
"CHORD","A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing moreor less perfect harmony, as, the common chord."
"CHORDA","A cord. Chorda dorsalis (. Etym: [NL., lit., cord of the back.](Anat.) See Notochord."
"CHORDAL","Of or pertaining to a chord."
"CHORDATA","A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebratatogether with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervouscord."
"CHORDEE","A painful erection of the penis, usually with downwardcurvature, occurring in gonorrhea."
"CHORE","A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of ahousehold or farm, either within or without doors. [U. S.]"
"CHOREA","St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsivetwitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs."
"CHOREE","See Choreus."
"CHOREGRAPHY","The art of representing dancing by signs, as music isrepresented by notes. Craig."
"CHOREIC","Of the nature of, or pertaining to, chorea; convulsive."
"CHOREPISCOPAL","Pertaining to a chorepiscopus or his change or authority."
"CHOREPISCOPUS","A 'country' or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancientchurch by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in arural district."
"CHORIAMB","Same as Choriambus."
"CHORIAMBIC","Pertaining to a choriamb.-- n."
"CHORIAMBUS","A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first andlast are long, and the other short (- ~ ~ -); that is, a choreus, ortrochee, and an iambus united."
"CHORIC","Of or pertaining to a chorus.I remember a choric ode in the Hecuba. Coleridge."
"CHORION","The outer membrane of seeds of plants."
"CHORISIS","The separation of a leaf or floral organ into two more parts."
"CHORIST","A singer in a choir; a chorister. [R.]"
"CHORISTIC","Choric; choral. [R.]"
"CHOROGRAPH","An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying,etc."
"CHOROGRAPHICAL","Pertaining to chorography.-- Cho`ro*graph'ic*al*ly, adv."
"CHOROGRAPHY","the mapping or description of a region or district.The chorography of their provinces. Sir T. Browne."
"CHOROID","resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of theventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball.-- n."
"CHOROIDAL","Pertaining to the choroid coat."
"CHOROLOGY","The science which treats of the laws of distribution of livingorganisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude,locality, etc.Its distribution or chorology. Huxley."
"CHOROMETRY","The art of surveying a region or district."
"CHORTLE","A word coined by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson), andusually explained as a combination of chuckle and snort. [Humorous]"
"CHORUS","A band of singers and dancers.The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers.Dryden."
"CHOSE","A thing; personal property. Chose in action, a thing of whichone has not possession or actual enjoyment, but only a right to it,or a right to demand it by action at law, and which does not exist atthe time in specie; a personal right to a thing not reduced topossession, but recoverable by suit at law; as a right to recovermoney due on a contract, or damages for a tort, which can not beenforced against a reluctant party without suit.-- Chose in possession, a thing in possession, as distinguished froma thing in action.-- Chose local, a thing annexed to a place, as a mill.-- Chose transitory, a thing which is movable. Cowell. Blount."
"CHOSEN","Selected from a number; picked out; choice.Seven hundred chosen men left-handed. Judg. xx. 16."
"CHOUAN","One of the royalist insurgents in western France (Brittany,etc.), during and after the French revolution."
"CHOUGH","A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It isof a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; --also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard, Cornish chough, red-leggedcrow. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the Alpinechough. Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with redfeet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow."
"CHOUICHA","The salmon of the Columbia River or California. See Quinnat."
"CHOUKA","The Indian four-horned antelope; the chikara."
"CHOULE","See Jowl. Sir W. Scott."
"CHOULTRY","See Choltry."
"CHOUSE","To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, tochouse one out of his money. [Colloq.]The undertaker of the afore-cited poesy hath choused your highness.Landor."
"CHOUT","An assessment equal to a fourth part of the revenue. [India] J.Mill."
"CHOW","A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or thechief city of such a district; -- often part of the name of a city,as in Foochow."
"CHOWCHOW","Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed; as,chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together)."
"CHOWDER","A dish made of fresh fish or clams, biscuit, onions, etc.,stewed together."
"CHOWRY","A whisk to keep off files, used in the East Indies. Malcom."
"CHOWTER","To grumble or mutter like a froward child. [Obs.] E. Phillips."
"CHOY ROOT","See Chay root."
"CHREMATISTICS","The science of wealth; the science, or a branch of the science,of political economy."
"CHREOTECHNICS","The science of the useful arts, esp. agriculture, manufactures,and commerce. [R.]"
"CHRESTOMATHIC","Teaching what is useful. 'A chrestomathic school.' Southey."
"CHRESTOMATHY","A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used inacquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy."
"CHRISMAL","Of or pertaining to or used in chrism."
"CHRISMATION","The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil.Chrismation or cross-signing with ointment, was used in baptism. Jer.Taylor."
"CHRISMATORY","A cruet or vessel in which chrism is kept."
"CHRIST","The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It issynonymous with the Hebrew Messiah."
"CHRISTCROSS-ROW","The alphabet; -- formerly so called, either from the crossusually set before it, or from a superstitious custom, sometimespracticed, of writing it in the form of a cross, by way of a charm.From infant conning of the Christcross-row. Wordsworth."
"CHRISTIAN ERA","The era in use in all Christian countries, which was intendedto commence with the birth of Christ. The era as now established wasfirst used by Dionysius Exiguus (died about 540), who placed thebirth of Christ on the 25th of December in the year of Rome 754,which year he counted as 1 a. d. This date for Christ's birth is nowgenerally thought to be about four years too late."
"CHRISTIAN SCIENCE","A system of healing disease of mind and body which teaches thatall cause and effect is mental, and that sin, sickness, and deathwill be destroyed by a full understanding of the Divine Principle ofJesus' teaching and healing. The system was founded by Rev. MaryBaker Glover Eddy, of Concord, N. H., in 1866, and bases its teachingon the Scriptures as understood by its adherents."
"CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST","A believer in Christian Science; one who practices itsteachings."
"CHRISTIAN SENECA","Joseph Hall (1574 -- 1656), Bishop of Norwich, a divine eminentas a moralist."
"CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM","Any theory or system that aims to combine the teachings ofChrist with the teachings of socialism in their applications to life;Christianized socialism; esp., the principles of this natureadvocated by F. D. Maurice, Charles Kingsley, and others in Englandabout 1850. -- Christian socialist."
"CHRISTIANIZATION","The act or process of converting or being converted to a trueChristianity."
"CHRISTIANIZE","To adopt the character or belief of a Christian; to becomeChristian.The pagans began to Christianize. Latham."
"CHRISTIANLIKE","Becoming to a Christian.A virtuous and a Christianlike conclusion. Shak."
"CHRISTIANLY","In a manner becoming the principles of the Christian religion.Sufferings . . . patiently and Christianly borne. Sharp."
"CHRISTIANNESS","Consonance with the doctrines of Christianity. [Obs.] Hammond."
"CHRISTLESS","Without faith in Christ; unchristian. Tennyson."
"CHRISTLIKE","Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc.-- Christ'like`ness, n."
"CHRISTLY","Christlike. H. Bushnell."
"CHRISTMAS","An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States alegal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated bya particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings,and hospitality. Christmas box. (a) A box in which presents aredeposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given toyoung people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift.-- Christmas carol, a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas.-- Christmas day. Same as Christmas.-- Christmas eve, the evening before Christmas.-- Christmas fern (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern (Aspidiumacrostichoides), which is much used for decoration in winter.-- Christmas flower, Christmas rose, the black hellebore, apoisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europeoften produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter.-- Christmas tree, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to bedecorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated on Christmaseve."
"CHRISTMASTIDE","The season of Christmas."
"CHRISTOCENTRIC","Making Christ the center, about whom all things are grouped, asin religion or history; tending toward Christ, as the central objectof thought or emotion. J. W. Chadwick."
"CHRISTOLOGY","A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treatsof the personality, attributes, or life of Christ."
"CHRISTOM","See Chrisom. [Obs.] Shak."
"CHRISTOPHANY","An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after thecrucifixion."
"CHROMASCOPE","An instrument for showing the optical effects of color."
"CHROMATE","A salt of chromic acid."
"CHROMATIC","Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones)of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale."
"CHROMATICAL","Chromatic. [Obs.]"
"CHROMATICALLY","In a chromatic manner."
"CHROMATICS","The science of colors; that part of optics which treats of theproperties of colors."
"CHROMATIN","Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes."
"CHROMATISM","The state of being colored, as in the case of images formed bya lens."
"CHROMATOGENOUS","Producing color."
"CHROMATOGRAPHY","A treatise on colors"
"CHROMATOLOGY","A treatise on colors."
"CHROMATOPHORE","A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment andcapable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of colorin the translucent skin of such animals as possess them. They arehighly developed and numerous in the cephalopods."
"CHROMATOSCOPE","A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotateeccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, insteadof a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of the stars."
"CHROMATOSPHERE","A chromosphere. [R.]"
"CHROMATROPE","An instrument for exhibiting certain chromatic effects of light(depending upon the persistence of vision and mixture of colors) bymeans of rapidly rotating disks variously colored."
"CHROMATYPE","A colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitivewith potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium."
"CHROME","Same as Chromium. Chrome alum (Chem.), a dark violet substance,(SO4)3Cr2.K2SO4.24H2O, analogous to, and crystallizing like, commonalum. It is regarded as a double sulphate of chromium and potassium.-- Chrome green (a) The green oxide of chromium, Cr2O3, used inenamel painting, and glass staining. (b) A pigment made by mixingchrome yellow with Prussian blue.-- Chrome red, a beautiful red pigment originally prepared from thebasic chromate of lead, but now made from red oxide of lead.-- Chrome yellow, a brilliant yellow pigment, PbCrO4, used bypainters."
"CHROME STEEL","Same as Chromium steel, under Steel."
"CHROMIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, chromium; -- said of thecompounds of chromium in which it has its higher valence. Chromicacid, an acid, H2CrO4, analogous to sulphuric acid, not readilyobtained in the free state, but forming well known salts, many ofwhich are colored pigments, as chrome yellow, chrome red, etc.-- Chromic anhydride, a brilliant red crystalline substance, CrO3,regarded as the anhydride of chromic acid. It is one of the mostpowerful oxidizers known."
"CHROMID","One of the Chromid\u00e6, a family of fresh-water fishes abundant inthe tropical parts of America and Africa. Some are valuable foodfishes, as the bulti of the Nile."
"CHROMIDROSIS","Secretion of abnormally colored perspiration."
"CHROMISM","Same as Chromatism."
"CHROMITE","A black submetallic mineral consisting of oxide of chromium andiron; -- called also chromic iron."
"CHROMIUM","A comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in themineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it isa hard, brittle, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty. Itschief commercial importance is for its compounds, as potassiumchromate, lead chromate, etc., which are brilliantly colored and areused dyeing and calico printing. Called also chrome."
"CHROMO","A chromolithograph."
"CHROMOBLAST","An embryonic cell which develops into a pigment cell."
"CHROMOGEN","Vegetable coloring matter other than green; chromule."
"CHROMOGENIC","Containing, or capable of forming, chromogen; as, chromogenicbacteria."
"CHROMOGRAPH","An apparatus by which a number of copies of written matter,maps, plans, etc., can be made; -- called also hectograph."
"CHROMOLEUCITE","A chromoplastid."
"CHROMOLITHOGRAPH","A picture printed in tints and colors by repeated impressionsfrom a series of stones prepared by the lithographic process."
"CHROMOLITHOGRAPHER","One who is engaged in chromolithography."
"CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC","Pertaining to, or made by, chromolithography."
"CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY","Lithography adapted to printing in inks of various colors."
"CHROMOPHANE","A general name for the several coloring matters, red, green,yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of theretina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light;distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina."
"CHROMOPHORE","Any chemical group or residue (as NO"
"CHROMOPHOTOGRAPH","A picture made by any of the processes for reproducingphotographs in colors. --Chro`mo*pho`to*graph'ic (#), a."
"CHROMOPHOTOGRAPHY","The art of producing photographs in colors."
"CHROMOPHOTOLITHOGRAPH","A photolithograph printed in colors."
"CHROMOPLASTID","A protoplasmic granule of some other color than green; -- alsocalled chromoleucite."
"CHROMOSOME","One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of thenucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant ofWeismann."
"CHROMOSPHERE","An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally ofincandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping thephotosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrownup into enormous tongues of flame."
"CHROMOSPHERIC","Of or pertaining to the chromosphere."
"CHROMOUS","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chromium, when this elementhas a valence lower than that in chromic compounds. Chromous acid, abluish gray powder, CrO.OH, of weak acid properties and regard as anacid."
"CHROMULE","A general name for coloring matter of plants other thanchlorophyll, especially that of petals."
"CHRONICAL","Chronic.Partly on a chronical, and partly on a topical method. J. A.Alexander."
"CHRONICLE","The two canonical books of the Old Testament in whichimmediately follow 2 Kings."
"CHRONICLER","A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order oftime; an historian.Such an honest chronicler as Griffith. Shak."
"CHRONIQUE","A chronicle. L. Addison."
"CHRONOGRAM","Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one."
"CHRONOGRAMMATIST","A writer of chronograms."
"CHRONOGRAPHER","One who writes a chronography; a chronologer. Tooke."
"CHRONOGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to a chronograph."
"CHRONOGRAPHY","A description or record of past time; history. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"CHRONOLOGER","Same as Chronologist."
"CHRONOLOGY","The science which treats of measuring time by regular divisionsor periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their properdates.If history without chronology is dark and confused, chronologywithout history is dry and insipid. A. Holmes."
"CHRONOMETER","A metronome. Box chronometer. See under Box.-- Pocket chronometer, a chronometer in the form of a large watch.-- To rate a chronometer. See Rate, v. t."
"CHRONOMETRY","The art of measuring time; the measuring of time by periods ordivisions."
"CHRONOPHER","An instrument signaling the correct time to distant points byelectricity."
"CHRONOPHOTOGRAPH","One of a set of photographs of a moving object, taken for thepurpose of recording and exhibiting successive phases of the motion.--Chron`o*pho*tog'ra*phy, n."
"CHRONOSCOPE","An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used indetermining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-livedluminous phenomena, etc."
"CHRYSALID","Pertaining to a chrysalis; resembling a chrysalis."
"CHRYSALIS","The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, fromwhich the perfect insect emerges. See Pupa, and Aurelia (a)."
"CHRYSANILINE","A yellow substance obtained as a by-product in the manufactureof rosaniline. It dyes silk a fine golden-yellow color."
"CHRYSANTHEMUM","A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of manyspecies including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annualand perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy."
"CHRYSAROBIN","A bitter, yellow substance forming the essential constituent ofGoa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid proper; hence formerlycalled also chrysphanic acid."
"CHRYSAURIN","An orange-colored dyestuff, of artificial production."
"CHRYSELEPHANTINE","Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory."
"CHRYSENE","One of the higher aromatic hydrocarbons of coal tar, allied tonapthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance,C18H12, of strong blue fluorescence, but generally colored yellow byimpurities."
"CHRYSOBERYL","A mineral, found in crystals, of a yellow to green or browncolor, and consisting of aluminia and glucina. It is very hard, andis often used as a gem."
"CHRYSOCHLORE","A South African mole of the genus Chrysochloris; the goldenmole, the fur of which reflects brilliant metallic hues of green andgold."
"CHRYSOCOLLA","A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring massive, of a blue orgreenish blue color."
"CHRYSOGEN","A yellow crystalline substance extracted from crude anthracene."
"CHRYSOIDINE","An artificial, yellow, crystalline dye, C6H5N2.C6H3(NH2)2.Also, one of a group of dyestuffs resembling chryso\u00efdine proper."
"CHRYSOLITE","A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a yellowto green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks; -- calledalso olivine and peridot. Sometimes used as a gem. The name was alsoearly used for yellow varieties of tourmaline and topaz."
"CHRYSOLOGY","That branch of political economy which relates to theproduction of wealth."
"CHRYSOPA","A genus of neuropterous insects. See Lacewing."
"CHRYSOPHANE","A glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter, yellow,crystalline powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid on decomposition."
"CHRYSOPHANIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, or resembling, chrysophane.Chrysophanic acid (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance extractedfrom rhubarb, yellow dock, sienna, chrysarobin, etc., and shown to bea derivative of an anthracene. It is used in the treatment of skindiseases; -- called also rhein, rheic acid, rhubarbarin, etc."
"CHRYSOPRASE","An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It hasa dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry."
"CHRYSOPRASUS","See Chrysoprase. Rev. xxi. 20."
"CHRYSOSPERM","The seed of gold; a means of creating gold. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"CHTHONIAN","Designating, or pertaining to, gods or spirits of theunderworld; esp., relating to the underworld gods of the Greeks,whose worship is widely considered as more primitive in form thanthat of the Olympian gods. The characteristics of chthonian worshipare propitiatory and magical rites and generalized or euphemisticnames of the deities, which are supposed to have been primarilyghosts."
"CHTHONIC","Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, chthonic religions.[The] chthonic character of the wife of Zeus. Max M\u00fcller."
"CHUB","A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinid\u00e6 or Carp family.The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. InAmerica the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, ofthe genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally toseveral very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc. Chubmackerel (Zo\u00f6l.), a species of mackerel (Scomber colias) in someyears found in abundance on the Atlantic coast, but absent in others;-- called also bull mackerel, thimble-eye, and big-eye mackerel.-- Chub sucker (Zo\u00f6l.), a fresh-water fish of the United States(Erimyzon sucetta); -- called also creekfish."
"CHUB-FACED","Having a plump, short face."
"CHUBBED","Chubby. [R.] H. Brooke."
"CHUBBEDNESS","The state of being chubby."
"CHUBBY","Like a chub; plump, short, and thick. 'Chubby faces.' I.Taylor."
"CHUCK","To call, as a hen her chickens. Dryden."
"CHUCKLE","A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction,exultation, or derision."
"CHUCKLEHEAD","A person with a large head; a numskull; a dunce. [Low] Knowles."
"CHUCKLEHEADED","Having a large head; thickheaded; dull; stupid. Smart."
"CHUD","To champ; to bite. [Obs.] A. Stafford."
"CHUET","Minced meat. [Obs.] Bacon."
"CHUFA","A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers,native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; theearth almond."
"CHUFF","A coarse or stupid fellow. Shak."
"CHUFFILY","Clownishly; surlily."
"CHUFFINESS","The quality of being chuffy."
"CHULAN","The fragrant flowers of the Chloranthus inconspicuus, used inChina for perfuming tea."
"CHUM","A roommate, especially in a college or university; an old andintimate friend."
"CHUMP","A short, thick, heavy piece of wood. Morton. Chump end, thethick end; as, the chump end of a joint of meat. Dickens."
"CHUNAM","Quicklime; also, plaster or mortar. [India] Whitworth."
"CHUNK","A short, thick piece of anything. [Colloq. U. S. & Prov. Eng.]"
"CHUNKY","Short and thick. [U. S.] Kane."
"CHUPATTY","A kind of griddlecake of unleavened bread, used among thenatives of India. [Anglo-Indian]"
"CHURCH","To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with inpublicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from thedangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women."
"CHURCH MODES","The modes or scales used in ancient church music. SeeGregorian."
"CHURCH-ALE","A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of thededication of a church), at which much ale was used. Wright. Nares."
"CHURCH-BENCH","A seat in the porch of a church. Shak."
"CHURCH-HAW","Churchyard. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CHURCHDOM","The institution, government, or authority of a church. [R.] Bp.Pearson."
"CHURCHGOER","One who attends church."
"CHURCHISM","Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some churchorganization; sectarianism."
"CHURCHLESS","Without a church. T. Fuller."
"CHURCHLIKE","Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman.Shak."
"CHURCHLINESS","Regard for the church."
"CHURCHLY","Pertaining to, or suitable for, the church; ecclesiastical."
"CHURCHMANLY","Pertaining to, or becoming, a churchman. Milman."
"CHURCHMANSHIP","The state or quality of being a churchman; attachment to thechurch."
"CHURCHSHIP","State of being a church. South."
"CHURCHWARDENSHIP","The office of a churchwarden."
"CHURCHY","Relating to a church; unduly fond of church forms. [Colloq.]"
"CHURCHYARD","The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; acemetery.Like graves in the holy churchyard. Shak."
"CHURL","Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] Ford."
"CHURLISHLY","In a churlish manner."
"CHURLISHNESS","Rudeness of manners or temper; lack of kindness or courtesy."
"CHURLY","Rude; churlish; violent. Longfellow."
"CHURN","A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, orotherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order toseparete the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter."
"CHURR","A vibrant or whirring noise such as that made by some insects,as the cockchafer, or by some birds, as the nightjar, the partridge,etc."
"CHURRUS","A powerfully narcotic and intoxicating gum resin which exudesfrom the flower heads, seeds, etc., of Indian hemp."
"CHURRWORM","An insect that turns about nimbly; the mole cricket; -- calledalso fan cricket. Johnson."
"CHUSE","See Choose. [Obs.]"
"CHUTE","A warm or spicy condiment or pickle made in India, compoundedof various vegetable substances, sweets, acids, etc."
"CHYLACEOUS","Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle."
"CHYLAQUEOUS","Consisting of chyle much diluted with water; -- said of aliquid which forms the circulating fluid of some inferior animals."
"CHYLE","A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in astate of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme bythe action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals,and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct."
"CHYLIFACTION","The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animalbodies; chylification, -- a digestive process."
"CHYLIFACTIVE","Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to formchyle."
"CHYLIFEROUS","[Chyle + -ferous: cf. F. chylif\u00e8re.] (Physiol.) Transmitting orconveying chyle; as, chyliferous vessels."
"CHYLIFIC","Chylifactive."
"CHYLIFICATION","The formation of chyle. See Chylifaction."
"CHYLIFICATORY","Chylifactive."
"CHYLIFY","To make chyle of; to be converted into chyle."
"CHYLOPOETIC","Concerned in the formation of chyle; as, the chylopoeticorgans."
"CHYLOUS","Consisting of, or similar to, chyle."
"CHYLURIA","A morbid condition in which the urine contains chyle or fattymatter, giving it a milky appearance."
"CHYME","The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestinesjust after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in theintestines into chyle and excrement. See Chyle."
"CHYMIFEROUS","Bearing or containing chyme."
"CHYMIFICATION","The conversion of food into chyme by the digestive action ofgastric juice."
"CHYMIFY","To form into chyme."
"CHYMOUS","Of or pertaining to chyme."
"CHYOMETER","An instrument for measuring liquids. It consists of a pistonmoving in a tube in which is contained the liquid, the quantityexpelled being indicated by the graduation upon the piston rod."
"CI-DEVANT","Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a cidevant governor."
"CIBARIOUS","Pertaining to food; edible. Johnson."
"CIBATION","The process or operation of feeding the contents of thecrucilbe with fresh material. B. Jonson."
"CIBOL","A perennial alliaceous plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimescalled Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery."
"CIBORIUM","A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns,covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar."
"CICADA","Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterousinsects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill soundby pecular organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of apair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A notedAmerican species (C. septendecim) is called the seventeen yearlocust. Another common species is the dogday cicada."
"CICALA","A cicada. See Cicada. 'At eve a dry cicala sung.' Tennison."
"CICATRICE","A cicatrix."
"CICATRICIAL","Relating to, or having the character of, a cicatrix. Dunglison."
"CICATRICLE","The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the point in theyolk of an egg at which development begins."
"CICATRISIVE","Tending to promote the formation of a cicatrix; good forhealing of a wound."
"CICATRIX","The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuityand completes the process of healing in the latter, and whichsubsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar."
"CICATRIZANT","A medicine or application that promotes the healing of a soreor wound, or the formation of a cicatrix."
"CICATRIZATION","The process of forming a cicatrix, or the state of beingcicatrized."
"CICATRIZE","To heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in woundedor ulcerated flesh. Wiseman."
"CICATROSE","Full of scars. Craig."
"CICELY","Any one of several umbelliferous plants, of the genera Myrrhis,Osmorrhiza, etc."
"CICERO","Pica type; -- so called by French printers."
"CICERONE","One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide.Every glib and loquacious hireling who shows strangers about theirpicture galleries, palaces, and ruins, is termed by them [theItalians] a cicerone, or a Cicero. Trench."
"CICERONIAN","Resembling Cicero in style or action; eloquent."
"CICERONIANISM","Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero; aCiceronian phrase or expression. 'Great study in Ciceronianism, thechief abuse of Oxford.' Sir P. Sidney."
"CICH-PEA","The chick-pea. Holland."
"CICHORACEOUS","Belonging to, or resembling, a suborder of composite plants ofwhich the chicory (Cichorium) is the type."
"CICISBEISM","The state or conduct of a cicisbeo."
"CICLATOUN","A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages.[Obs.] [Written also checklaton, chekelatoun.]His robe was of ciclatoun, That coste many a Jane. Chaucer."
"CICURATE","To tame. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"CICURATION","The act of taming. [Obs.] Ray."
"CICUTA","a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the waterhemlock or cowbane is best known."
"CICUTOXIN","The active principle of the water hemlock (Cicuta) extracted asa poisonous gummy substance."
"CIDER","The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, formaking vinegar, and for other purposes."
"CIDERIST","A maker of cider. [Obs.] Mortimer."
"CIDERKIN","A kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace inwater.Ciderkin is made for common drinking, and supplies the place of smallbeer. Mortimer."
"CIERGE","A wax candle used in religous rites."
"CIGAR","A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking. Cigar fish (Zo\u00f6l.),a fish (Decapterus punctatus), allied to the mackerel, found on thecoast of the Gulf of Mexico."
"CIGARETTE","A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper forsmoking."
"CILIA","The eyelashes."
"CILIARY","Pertaining to the cilia, or eyelashes. Also applied to specialparts of the eye itself; as, the ciliary processes of the choroidcoat; the ciliary muscle, etc."
"CILIATA","One of the orders of Infusoria, characterized by having cilia.In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in others theyform a band around the mouth."
"CILICE","A kind of haircloth undergarment. Southey."
"CILICIAN","Of or pertaining to Cilicia in Asia Minor.-- n."
"CILICIOUS","Made, or consisting, of hair. [Obs.]A Cilicious or sackcloth habit. Sir T. Browne."
"CILIOGRADE","Moving by means of cilia, or cilialike organs; as, theciliograde Medus\u00e6."
"CILIUM","See Cilia."
"CILL","See Sill., n. a foundation."
"CILLOSIS","A spasmodic trembling of the upper eyelid."
"CIMA","A kind of molding. See Cyma."
"CIMAR","See Simar."
"CIMBAL","A kind of confectionery or cake. [Obs.] Nares."
"CIMBIA","A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if tostrengthen it. [Written also cimia.]"
"CIMBRIAN","Of or pertaining to the Cimbri.-- n."
"CIMBRIC","Pertaining to the Cimbri, an ancient tribe inhabiting NorthernGermany.-- n."
"CIMELIARCH","A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; achurchwarden. [Obs.] Bailey."
"CIMETER","See Scimiter."
"CIMEX","A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the bestknown example. See Bedbug."
"CIMIA","See Cimbia."
"CIMISS","The bedbug. [Obs.] Wright."
"CIMOLITE","A soft, earthy, clayey mineral, of whitish or grayish color."
"CINCHONA","A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru andadjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producinga medicinal bark of great value."
"CINCHONACEOUS","Allied or pertaining to cinchona, or to the plants that produceit."
"CINCHONIC","Belonging to, or obtained from, cinchona. Mayne."
"CINCHONIDINE","One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in redcinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with abitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; --sometimes called also cinchonidia."
"CINCHONINE","One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with andresembling cinchonidine; -- called also cinchonia."
"CINCHONISM","A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use ofquinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc."
"CINCHONIZE","To produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or withcinchona."
"CINCINNATI EPOCH","An epoch at the close of the American lower Silurian system.The rocks are well developed near Cincinnati, Ohio. The groupincludes the Hudson River and Lorraine shales of New york."
"CINCINNUS","A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arisealternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called alsoscorpioid cyme. --Cin*cin'nal (#), a."
"CINCTURE","The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at theextremity of the shaft of a column."
"CINCTURED","Having or wearing a cincture or gridle."
"CINDERY","Resembling, or composed of, cinders; full of cinders."
"CINEFACTION","Cineration; reduction to ashes. [Obs.]"
"CINEMATICS","See Kinematics."
"CINEMATOGRAPH","A machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope features,for projecting on a screen a series of pictures, moved rapidly (25 to50 a second) and intermittently before an objective lens, andproducing by persistence of vision the illusion of continuous motion;a moving-picture machine; also, any of several other machines ordevices producing moving pictorial effects. Other common names forthe cinematograph are animatograph, biograph, bioscope, electrograph,electroscope, kinematograph, kinetoscope, veriscope, vitagraph,vitascope, zo\u00f6gyroscope, zo\u00f6praxiscope, etc."
"CINEMATOGRAPHER","One who exhibits moving pictures or who takes chronophotographsby the cinematograph. -- Cin`e*mat`o*graph'ic (#), a. --Cin`e*mat`o*graph'ic*al*ly (#), adv."
"CINEMOGRAPH","An integrating anemometer."
"CINERACEOUS","Like ashes; ash-colored; cinerous."
"CINERARIA","A Linn\u00e6an genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly fromSouth Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament."
"CINERARY","Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes. Cinerary urns, vesselsused by the ancients to preserve the ashes of the dead when burned."
"CINERATION","The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction."
"CINEREOUS","Like ashes; ash-colored; grayish."
"CINERESCENT","Somewhat cinereous; of a color somewhat resembling that of woodashes."
"CINERITIOUS","Like ashes; having the color of ashes, -- as the corticalsubstance of the brain."
"CINERULENT","Full of ashes. [Obs.]"
"CINGALESE","A native or natives of Ceylon descended from its primitiveinhabitants; also (sing.),"
"CINGLE","A girth. [R.] See Surcingle."
"CINNABAR","Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals,and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine."
"CINNABARINE","Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar,or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand."
"CINNAMENE","Styrene (which was formerly called cinnamene because obtainedfrom cinnamic acid). See Styrene."
"CINNAMIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, cinnamon. Cinnamic acid(Chem.), a white, crystalline, odorless substance.C6H5.C2H2C2H2.CO2H, formerly obtained from storax and oil ofcinnamon, now made from certain benzene derivatives in largequantities, and used for the artificial production of indigo."
"CINNAMOMIC","See Cinnamic."
"CINNAMONE","A yellow crystalline substance, (C6H5.C2H2)2CO, the ketone ofcinnamic acid."
"CINNAMYL","The hypothetical radical, (C6H5.C2H2)2C, of cinnamic compounds.[Formerly written also cinnamule.]"
"CINNOLINE","A nitrogenous organic base, C8H6N2, analogous to quinoline,obtained from certain complex diazo compounds."
"CINQUE","Five; the number five in dice or cards."
"CINQUE PORTS","Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were ancientlyaccorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich;afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and someminor places. Baron of the Cinque Ports. See under Baron."
"CINQUE-PACE","A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which wereregulated by the number five. [Obs.] Nares. Shak."
"CINQUE-SPOTTED","Five-spotted. [R.] Shak."
"CINQUECENTO","The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art orliterature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style."
"CINQUEFOIL","The name of several different species of the genus Potentilla;-- also called five-finger, because of the resemblance of its leavesto the fingers of the hand."
"CINTER","See Center."
"CINURA","The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and allied forms;the bristletails. See Bristletail, and Lepisma."
"CION","See Scion.The cion overruleth the stock; and the stock is but passive, andgiveth aliment, but no motion, to the graft. Bacon."
"CIPHER","A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing,but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases itsvalue tenfold."
"CIPHERER","One who ciphers."
"CIPHERHOOD","Nothingness. [R.] Goodwin."
"CIPOLIN","A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones.It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc."
"CIPPUS","A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having aninscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as forindicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchralinscriptions, etc. Gwilt."
"CIRC","An amphitheatrical circle for sports; a circus. [R.] T. Warton."
"CIRCAR","A district, or part of a province. See Sircar. [India]"
"CIRCASSIAN","Of or pertaining to Circassia, in Asia.-- n."
"CIRCEAN","Having the characteristics of Circe, daughter of Sol andPerseis, a mythological enchantress, who first charmed her victimsand then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing, but noxious;as, a Circean draught."
"CIRCINAL","Circinate."
"CIRCINATE","Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- aterm used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns. Gray."
"CIRCLE","An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of whichconsists of an entire circle."
"CIRCLED","Having the form of a circle; round. 'Monthly changes in hercircled orb.' Shak."
"CIRCLER","A mean or inferior poet, perhaps from his habit of wanderingaround as a stroller; an itinerant poet. Also, a name given to thecyclic poets. See under Cyclic, a. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"CIRCOCELE","See Cirsocele."
"CIRCUIT","To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate. [Obs.] J.Philips."
"CIRCUITEER","A circuiter. Pope."
"CIRCUITER","One who travels a circuit, as a circuit judge. [R.] R.Whitlock."
"CIRCUITION","The act of going round; circumlocution. [R.]"
"CIRCUITOUS","Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, acircuitous road; a circuitous manner of accompalishing an end.-- Cir*cu'i*tous*ly, adv.-- Cir*cu'i*tous*ness, n."
"CIRCUITY","A going round in a circle; a course not direct; a roundaboutway of proceeding."
"CIRCULABLE","That may be circulated."
"CIRCULARITY","The quality or state of being circular; a circular form."
"CIRCULARLY","In a circular manner."
"CIRCULARY","Circular; illogical. [Obs. & .] 'Cross and circulary speeches.'Hooker."
"CIRCULATE","To cause to pass from place to place, or from person to person;to spread; as, to circulate a report; to circulate bills of credit.Circulating pump. See under Pump."
"CIRCULATION","The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, bywhich it is brought into close relations with almost every livingelementary constituent. Also, the movement of the sap in the vesselsand tissues of plants."
"CIRCULATIVE","Promoting circulation; circulating. [R.] Coleridge."
"CIRCULATOR","One who, or that which, circulates."
"CIRCULATORIOUS","Travelling from house to house or from town to town; itinerant.[Obs.] 'Circulatorious jugglers.' Barrow."
"CIRCULATORY","Subserving the purposes of circulation; as, circulatory organs;of or pertaining to the organs of circulation; as, circulatorydiseases."
"CIRCULET","A circlet. [Obs.] Spenser."
"CIRCULINE","Proceeding in a circle; circular. [Obs.] 'With motioncirculine'. Dr. H. More."
"CIRCUM-","A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words,and signifying around or about."
"CIRCUMAGITATE","To agitate on all sides. Jer. Taylor."
"CIRCUMAMBAGE","A roundabout or indirect course; indirectness. [Obs.] S.Richardson."
"CIRCUMAMBIENCY","The act of surrounding or encompassing. Sir T. Browne."
"CIRCUMAMBIENT","Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing.'The circumambient heaven.' J. Armstrong."
"CIRCUMAMBULATE","To walk round about.-- Cir`cum*am`bu*la'tion, n."
"CIRCUMBENDIBUS","A roundabout or indirect way. [Jocular] Goldsmith."
"CIRCUMCENTER","The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle."
"CIRCUMCISE","To purify spiritually."
"CIRCUMCISER","One who performs circumcision. Milton."
"CIRCUMCLUSION","Act of inclosing on all sides. [R.]"
"CIRCUMCURSATION","The act of running about; also, rambling language. [Obs.]Barrow."
"CIRCUMDENUDATION","Denudation around or in the neighborhood of an object. Hills ofcircumdenudation, hills which have been produced by surface erosion;the elevations which have been left, after denudation of a mass ofhigh ground. Jukes."
"CIRCUMDUCE","To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducingevidence. Sir W. Scott."
"CIRCUMDUCT","To contravene; to nullify; as, to circumduct acts ofjudicature. [Obs.] Ayliffe."
"CIRCUMDUCTION","The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as todescribe a concial surface."
"CIRCUMESOPHAGAL","Surrounding the esophagus; -- in Zool. said of the nervecommissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks."
"CIRCUMESOPHAGEAL","Circumesophagal."
"CIRCUMFER","To bear or carry round. [Obs.] Bacon."
"CIRCUMFERENCE","To include in a circular space; to bound. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"CIRCUMFERENTIAL","Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling;circuitous. Parkhurst."
"CIRCUMFERENTIALLY","So as to surround or encircle."
"CIRCUMFLANT","Blowing around. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"CIRCUMFLECTION","See Circumflexion."
"CIRCUMFLEX","To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. Walker."
"CIRCUMFLUENCE","A flowing round on all sides; an inclosing with a fluid."
"CIRCUMFULGENT","Shining around or about."
"CIRCUMFUSE","To pour round; to spread round.His army circumfused on either wing. Milton."
"CIRCUMFUSILE","Capable of being poured or spread round. 'Circumfusile gold.'Pope."
"CIRCUMFUSION","The act of pouring or spreading round; the state of beingspread round. Swift."
"CIRCUMGESTATION","The act or process of carrying about. [Obs.]Circumgestation of the eucharist to be adored. Jer. Taylor."
"CIRCUMGYRATE","To roll or turn round; to cause to perform a rotary or circularmotion. Ray."
"CIRCUMGYRATION","The act of turning, rolling, or whirling round.A certain turbulent and irregular circumgyration. Holland."
"CIRCUMGYRATORY","Moving in a circle; turning round. Hawthorne."
"CIRCUMGYRE","To circumgyrate. [Obs.]"
"CIRCUMINCESSION","The reciprocal existence in each other of the three persons ofthe Trinity."
"CIRCUMJACENCE","Condition of being circumjacent, or of bordering ou every side."
"CIRCUMJACENT","Lying round; borderong on every side. T. Fuller."
"CIRCUMJOVIAL","One of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter. [Obs.]Derham."
"CIRCUMLITTORAL","Adjointing the shore."
"CIRCUMLOCUTION","The use of many words to express an idea that might beexpressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrese.the plain Billingagate way of calling names . . . would saveabundance of time lost by circumlocution. Swift.Circumlocution office, a term of riducle for a governmental officewhere business is delayed by passing through the hands of differentofficials."
"CIRCUMLOCUTIONAL","Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic;circuitous."
"CIRCUMLOCUTORY","Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic. Shenstone.The officials set to work in regular circumlocutory order. Chambers'sJournal."
"CIRCUMMERIDIAN","About, or near, the meridian."
"CIRCUMMURE","To encompass with a wall. Shak."
"CIRCUMNAVIGABLE","Capable of being sailed round. Ray."
"CIRCUMNAVIGATE","To sail completely round.Having circumnavigated the whole earth. T. Fuller."
"CIRCUMNAVIGATION","The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round. Arbuthnot."
"CIRCUMNAVIGATOR","One who sails round. W. Guthrie."
"CIRCUMNUTATE","To pass through the stages of circumnutation."
"CIRCUMNUTATION","The successive bowing or bending in different directions of thegrowing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbingplants."
"CIRCUMPOLAR","About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around thepole without setting; as, circumpolar stars."
"CIRCUMPOSITION","The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state ofbeing so placed. Evelyn."
"CIRCUMROTATE","To rotate about. [R.]"
"CIRCUMROTATION","The act of rolling or revolving round, as a wheel;circumvolution; the state of being whirled round. J. Gregory."
"CIRCUMSCISSILE","Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around(a capsule or pod). See Illust. of Pyxidium."
"CIRCUMSCRIBABLE","Capable of being circumscribed."
"CIRCUMSCRIBE","To draw a line around si as to touch at certain points withoutcutting. See Inscribe, 5."
"CIRCUMSCRIBER","One who, or that which, circumscribes."
"CIRCUMSCRIPTIBLE","Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds."
"CIRCUMSCRIPTIVE","Circumscribing or tending to circumscribe; marcing the limitsor form of."
"CIRCUMSCRIPTIVELY","In a limited manner."
"CIRCUMSCRIPTLY","In a literal, limited, or narrow manner. [R.] Milton."
"CIRCUMSPECT","Attentive to all the circustances of a case or the probableconsequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary."
"CIRCUMSPECTION","Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case;caution; watchfulness.With silent circumspection, unespied. Milton."
"CIRCUMSPECTIVE","Looking around everi way; cautious; careful of consequences;watchful of danger. 'Circumspective eyes.' Pope."
"CIRCUMSPECTIVELY","Circumspectly."
"CIRCUMSPECTLY","In a circumspect manner; cautiously; warily."
"CIRCUMSPECTNESS","Vigilance un guarding against evil from every quarter; caution.[Travel] forces circumspectness on those abroad, who at home arenursed in security. Sir H. Wotton."
"CIRCUMSTANCE","Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property;situation; surroundings.When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemiesto innovations. Addison.Not a circumstance, of no account. [Colloq.] -- Under thecircumstances, taking all things into consideration."
"CIRCUMSTANT","Standing or placed around; surrounding. [R.] 'Circumstantbodies.' Sir K. Digby."
"CIRCUMSTANTIABLE","Capable of being circumstantiated. [Obs.] Jer Taylor."
"CIRCUMSTANTIAL","Something incidental to the main subject, but of lessimportance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as,the circumstantials of religion. Addison."
"CIRCUMSTANTIALITY","The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial;particularity or minuteness of detail. 'I will endeavor to describewith sufficient circumstantiality.' De Quincey."
"CIRCUMTERRANEOUS","Being or dwelling around the earth. 'Circumterraneous demouns.'H. Hallywell."
"CIRCUMUNDULATE","To flow round, as waves. [R.]"
"CIRCUMVALLATE","To surround with a rampart or wall. Johnson."
"CIRCUMVECTION","The act of carrying anything around, or the state of being socarried."
"CIRCUMVENT","To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; todecieve; to delude; to get around.I circumvented whom I could not gain. Dryden."
"CIRCUMVENTION","The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud;deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.A school in which he learns sly circumvention. Cowper."
"CIRCUMVENTIVE","Tending to circumvent; deceiving by artifices; deluding."
"CIRCUMVENTOR","One who circumvents; one who gains his purpose by cunning."
"CIRCUMVEST","To cover round, as woth a garment; to invest. [Obs.]Circumvested with much prejudice. Sir H. Wotton."
"CIRCUMVOLANT","Flying around.The circumvolant troubles of humanity. G. Macdonald."
"CIRCUMVOLATION","The act of flying round. [R.]"
"CIRCUMVOLVE","To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circularmotion. Herrick."
"CIRCUS","A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats ofwood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and dividedlengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track orcourse was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and publicshows."
"CIRL BUNTING","A European bunting (Emberiza cirlus)."
"CIRRATE","Having cirri along the margin of a part or organ."
"CIRRHIFEROUS","See Cirriferous."
"CIRRHOSE","Same as Cirrose."
"CIRRHOSIS","A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller insize and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimesapplied to similar changes in other organs, caused by increase in thefibrous framework and decrease in the proper substance of the organ."
"CIRRHOTIC","Pertaining to, caused by, or affected with, cirrhosis; as,cirrhotic degeneration; a cirrhotic liver."
"CIRRHOUS","See Cirrose."
"CIRRHUS","Same as Cirrus."
"CIRRI","See Cirrus."
"CIRRIFEROUS","Bearing cirri, as many plants and animals."
"CIRRIFORM","Formed like a cirrus or tendril; -- said of appendages of bothanimals and plants."
"CIRRIGEROUS","Having curled locks of hair; supporting cirri, or hairlikeappendages."
"CIRRIGRADE","Moving or moved by cirri, or hairlike appendages."
"CIRRIPED","One of the Cirripedia."
"CIRRIPEDIA","An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, theyhave a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the openingof the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, lookinglike a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa."
"CIRRO-CUMULUS","See under Cloud."
"CIRRO-STRATUS","See under Cloud."
"CIRROBRANCHIATA","A division of Mollusca having slender, cirriform appendagesnear the mouth; the Scaphopoda."
"CIRROSTOMI","The lowest group of vertebrates; -- so called from the cirriaround the mouth; the Leptocardia. See Amphioxus."
"CIRROUS","Cirrose."
"CIRRUS","A tendril or clasper."
"CIRSOCELE","The varicose dilatation of the spermatic vein."
"CIRSOID","Varicose. Cirsoid aneurism, a disease of an artery in which itbecomes dilated and elongated, like a varicose vein."
"CIRSOTOMY","Any operation for the removal of varices by incision.Dunglison."
"CIS-","A Latin preposition, sometimes used as a prefix in Englishwords, and signifying on this side."
"CISALPINE","On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is,on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine."
"CISATLANTIC","On this side of the Atlantic Ocean; -- used of the eastern orthe western side, according to the standpoint of the writer. Story."
"CISCO","The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of theGreat Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, arelated species of Lake Michigan."
"CISELURE","The process of chasing on metals; also, the work thus chased.Weale."
"CISLEITHAN","On the Austrian side of the river Leitha; Austrian."
"CISMONTANE","On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane."
"CISPADANE","On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome; thatis, on the south side."
"CISSOID","A curve invented by Diocles, for the purpose of solving twocelebrated problems of the higher geometry; viz., to trisect a planeangle, and to construct two geometrical means between two givenstraight lines."
"CIST","A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round oroval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover,and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cineraryurn. See Illustration in Appendix."
"CISTED","Inclosed in a cyst. See Cysted."
"CISTERCIAN","A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order,established in 1098 at C\u00eeteaux, in France, by Robert, abbot ofMolesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule ofSt. Benedict in all its rigor.-- a."
"CISTIC","See Cystic."
"CIT","A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; -- usedcontemptuously. 'Insulted as a cit'. JohnsonWhich past endurance sting the tender cit. Emerson."
"CITABLE","Capable of being cited."
"CITADEL","A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city andfortifications, and intended as a final point of defense. Syn. -Stronghold. See Fortress."
"CITATION","A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove apoint in law."
"CITATOR","One who cites. [R]"
"CITATORY","Having the power or form of a citation; as, letters citatory."
"CITE","To notify of a proceeding in court. Abbot"
"CITER","One who cites."
"CITESS","A city woman [R.]"
"CITHARA","An ancient instrument resembling the harp."
"CITHARISTIC","Pertaining, or adapted, to the cithara."
"CITHERN","See Cittern."
"CITICISM","The manners of a cit or citizen."
"CITIFIED","Aping, or having, the manners of a city."
"CITIGRADAE","A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula andthe wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture theirprey by rapidly running and jumping. See Wolf spider."
"CITIGRADE","Pertaining to the Citigrad\u00e6.-- n."
"CITINER","One who is born or bred in a city; a citizen. [Obs.] Champan."
"CITIZENESS","A female citizen. [R.]"
"CITIZENSHIP","The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen."
"CITOLE","A musical instrument; a kind of dulcimer. [Obs.]"
"CITRACONIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or having certain characteristicsof, citric and aconitic acids. Citraconic acid (Chem.), a white,crystalline, deliquescent substance, C3H4(CO2H)2, obtained bydistillation of citric acid. It is a compound of the ethylene series."
"CITRANGE","A citrous fruit produced by a cross between the sweet orangeand the trifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata). It is more acid andhas a more pronounced aroma than the orange; the tree is hardier.There are several varieties."
"CITRATE","A salt of citric acid."
"CITRIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon; as,citric acid. Citric acid (Chem.), an organic acid, C3H4OH.(CO2H)3,extracted from lemons, currants, gooseberies, etc., as a whitecrystalline substance, having a pleasant sour taste."
"CITRINATION","The process by which anything becomes of the color of a lemon;esp., in alchemy, the state of perfection in the philosopher's stoneindicated by its assuming a deep yellow color. Thynne."
"CITRINE","Like a citron or lemon; of a lemon color; greenish yellow.Citrine ointment (Med.), a yellowish mercurial ointment, theunquentum hydrargyri nitratis."
"CITRON","A fruit resembling a lemon, but larger, and pleasantlyaromatic. The thick rind, when candied, is the citron of commerce."
"CITRUS","A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc.,originally natives of southern Asia."
"CITTERN","An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire andplayed with a quill or plectrum. [Written also cithern.] Shak."
"CITTERN-HEAD","Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a citternusually ended with a carved head. Marsion"
"CITY","Of or pertaining to a city. Shak. City council. See underCouncil.-- City court, The municipal court of a city. [U. S.] -- City ward,a watchman, or the collective watchmen, of a city. [Obs.] Fairfax."
"CIVE","Same as Chive."
"CIVET","The animal that produces civet (Viverra civetta); -- calledalso civet cat. It is carnivorous, from two to three feet long, andof a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots onthe body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. Thename is also applied to other species."
"CIVIC","Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating toman as a member of society, or to civil affairs. Civic crown (Rom.Antiq.), a crown or garland of oak leaves and acorns, bestowed on asoldier who had saved the life of a citizen in battle."
"CIVICISM","The principle of civil government."
"CIVICS","The science of civil government."
"CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION","In the United States, a commission appointed by the President,consisting of three members, not more than two of whom may beadherents of the same party, which has the control, throughexaminations, of appointments and promotions in the classified civilservice. It was created by act of Jan, 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403)."
"CIVIL SERVICE REFORM","The substitution of business principles and methods forpolitical methods in the conduct of the civil service. esp. the meritsystem instead of the spoils system in making appointments to office."
"CIVILIST","A civilian. [R.] Warbur"
"CIVILIZABLE","Capable of being civilized."
"CIVILIZATION","Rendering a criminal process civil. [Obs.]"
"CIVILIZED","Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts,learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated.Sale of conscience and duty in open market is not reconcilable withthe present state of civilized society. J. Quincy."
"CIVILIZER","One who, or that which, civilizes or tends to civilize."
"CIVILY","In a civil manner; as regards civil rights and privileges;politely; courteously; in a well bred manner."
"CIVISM","State of citizenship. [R.] Dyer."
"CIZAR","To clip with scissors. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"CIZARS","Scissors. [Obs.] Swift."
"CIZE","Bulk; largeness. [Obs.] See Size."
"CLABBER","Milk curdled so as to become thick."
"CLACHAN","A small village containing a church. [Scot.] Sir W. ScottSitting at the clachon alehouse. R. L. Stevenson."
"CLAD","To clothe. [Obs.] Holland."
"CLADOCERA","An order of the Entomostraca."
"CLADOPHYLL","A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliageof the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax(Myrsiphillum)."
"CLAGGY","Adhesive; -- said of a roof in a mine to which coal clings."
"CLAIK","See Clake."
"CLAIM","To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to havea claim.We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came byhis authority. Locke."
"CLAIMABLE","Capable of being claimed."
"CLAIMANT","One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer."
"CLAIMER","One who claims; a claimant."
"CLAIMLESS","Having no claim."
"CLAIR-OBSCUR","See Chiaroscuro."
"CLAIRAUDIENCE","Act of hearing, or the ability to hear, sounds not normallyaudible; -- usually claimed as a special faculty of spiritualisticmediums, or the like."
"CLAIRAUDIENT","Pertaining to, or characterized by, clairaudience."
"CLAIRE","A small inclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters."
"CLAIRVOYANCE","A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state,of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normalcondition."
"CLAIRVOYANT","Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in amesmeric state which are not present to the senses."
"CLAM","A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that areedible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam(Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima),and other species of the United States. The name is said to have beengiven originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand,where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at yourpleasure. Capt. John Smith (1616).Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a coclke; it liethunder the sand. Wood (1634)."
"CLAMANT","Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorousky. 'Clamant children.'Thomson."
"CLAMATION","The act of crying out. Sir T. Browne."
"CLAMATORES","A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles arebut little developed, so that they lack the power of singing."
"CLAMATORIAL","Like or pertaining to the Clamatores."
"CLAMBAKE","The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, betweenlayers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such anoccasion."
"CLAMBER","To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also usedfiguratively.The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. Tennyson."
"CLAMJAMPHRIE","Low, worthless people; the rabble. [Scot.] Jamieson."
"CLAMMILY","In a clammy manner. 'Oozing so clammily.' Hood."
"CLAMMINESS","State of being clammy or viscous."
"CLAMMY","Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft andsticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a coldperspiration."
"CLAMOR","To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain;to make importunate demands.The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. Shak."
"CLAMORER","One who clamors."
"CLAMOROUS","Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling ordemanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud;turbulent. 'My young ones were clamorous for a morning's excursion.'Southey.-- Clam'or*ous*ly, adv.-- Clam'or*ous*ness, n."
"CLAMP","A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used tosustuan the ends of beams."
"CLAMPER","An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot orshoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper. Kane."
"CLAN-NA-GAEL","A secret society of Irish Fenians founded in Philadelphia in1881."
"CLANCULAR","Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed. [Obs.]Not close and clancular, but frank and open. Barrow."
"CLANCULARLY","privately; secretly. [Obs.]"
"CLANDESTINE","Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usuallyfor an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, aclandestine marriage. Locke."
"CLANDESTINITY","Privacy or secrecy. [R.]"
"CLANG","To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound.The fierce Caretes . . . clanged their sounding arms. Prior."
"CLANGOR","A sharp, harsh, ringing sound. Dryden."
"CLANGOROUS","Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound."
"CLANGOUS","Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound. [Obs.]"
"CLANJAMFRIE","Same as Clamjamphrie. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"CLANK","A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallicor other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or lessresounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound thanclink.But not in chains to pine, His spirit withered with tyeur clank.Byron."
"CLANKLESS","Without a clank. Byreon."
"CLANNISH","Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan;disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by thetraditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan.-- Clan'nish*ly, adv.-- Clan'nish*ness, n."
"CLANSHIP","A state of being united togheter as in a clan; an associationunder a chieftain."
"CLANSMAN","One belonging to the same clan with another."
"CLAP","The nether part of the beak of a hawk. Clap dish. See Clackdish, under Clack, n.-- Clap net, a net for taking birds, made to close or clap together."
"CLAPBOARD","To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of ahouse. [U. S.] Bartlett."
"CLAPE","A bird; the flicker."
"CLAPPER","A rabbit burrow. [Obs.]"
"CLAPS","Variant of Clasp [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CLAPTRAP","Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gainingapplause; deceptive; unreal."
"CLAQUE","A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatricalexhibition."
"CLAQUEUR","One of the claque employed to applaud at a theater."
"CLARE","A nun of the order of St.Clare."
"CLARE-OBSCURE","See Chiaroscuro."
"CLARENCE","A close four-wheeled carriage, with one seat inside, and a seatfor the driver."
"CLARENDON","A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made inall sizes."
"CLARET","The name firat given in England to the red wines of M"
"CLARIBELLA","A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ."
"CLARICHORD","A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; --called also manichord and clavichord."
"CLARIGATE","To declare war with certain ceremonies. [Obs.] Holland."
"CLARINET","A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fullertone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leadinginstrument in a military band."
"CLARINO","A reed stop in an organ."
"CLARION","A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle. E.Everett."
"CLARIONET","See Clarinet."
"CLARISONUS","Having a clear sound. [Obs.] Ash."
"CLARITUDE","Clearness; splendor. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"CLARITY","Clearness; brightness; splendor.Floods, in whose more than crystal clarity, Innumerable virgin gracesrow. Beaumont."
"CLARO-OBSCURO","See Chiaroscuro."
"CLARRE","Wine with a mixture of honey and species. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CLART","To daub, smear, or spread, as with mud, etc. [Prov. Eng.]Halliwell."
"CLARTY","Sticky and foul; muddy; filthy; dirty. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"CLARY","To make a loud or shrill noise. [Obs.] Golding."
"CLASH","To strike noisily against or together."
"CLASH GEAR","A change-speed gear in which the gears are changed by slidingendwise."
"CLASHINGLY","With clashing."
"CLASPERED","Furnished with tendrils."
"CLASS","One of the sections into which a church or congregation isdivided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader. Classof a curve (Math.), the kind of a curve as expressed by the number oftangents that can be drawn from any point to the curve. A circle isof the second class.-- Class meeting (Methodist Church), a meeting of a class under thecharge of a class leader, for counsel and relegious instruction."
"CLASS DAY","In American colleges and universities, a day of thecommencement season on which the senior class celebrates thecompletion of its course by exercises conducted by the members, suchas the reading of the class histories and poem, the delivery of theclass oration, the planting of the class ivy, etc."
"CLASSIBLE","Capable of being classed."
"CLASSICALIST","One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art.Ruskin."
"CLASSICISM","A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley."
"CLASSICIST","One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics."
"CLASSIFIABLE","Capable of being classified."
"CLASSIFIC","Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification."
"CLASSIFICATION","The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution intogroups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some commonrelations or affinities. Artificial classification. (Science) Seeunder Artifitial."
"CLASSIFICATORY","Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification. 'Aclassificatory system.' Earle."
"CLASSIFIER","One who classifies."
"CLASSIFY","To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system;to arrnge in sets according to some method founded on commonproperties or characters."
"CLASSIS","An ecclesiastical body or judicat"
"CLASSMATE","One who is in the same class with another, as at school orcollege."
"CLASTIC","Fragmental; made up of brokas, sandstone is a clastic rock."
"CLATCH","To daub or smear, as with lime; to make or finish in a slipshodway. [Scot.]"
"CLATHRATE","Shaped like a lattice; cancellate. Gray."
"CLATTER","To make a rattling noise with.You clatter still your brazen kettle. Swift."
"CLATTERER","One who clatters."
"CLATTERINGLY","With clattering."
"CLAUDE LORRAINE GLASS","A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as atoy for viewing the reflected landscape."
"CLAUDENT","Shutting; confining; drawing together; as, a claudent muscle.[R.] Jonson"
"CLAUDICANT","Limping. [R.]"
"CLAUDICATION","A halting or limping. [R.] Tatler."
"CLAUSE","A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containinga subject and its predicate."
"CLAUSTRAL","Cloistral. Ayliffe"
"CLAUSTRUM","A thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemiphere of thebrain of man.-- Claus'tral, a."
"CLAUSULAR","Consisting of, or having, clauses. Smart."
"CLAUSURE","The act of shutting up or confining; confinement. [R.] Geddes."
"CLAVE","imp. of Cleave. [Obs.]"
"CLAVECIN","The harpsichord."
"CLAVEL","See Clevis."
"CLAVELLATE","See Clavate."
"CLAVELLATED","Said of potash, probably in reference to its having beenobtained from billets of wood by burning. [Obs.]"
"CLAVER","See Clover. Holland."
"CLAVICHORD","A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte.See Clarichord."
"CLAVICLE","The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, orshoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. Inman each clavicle is shaped like the letter"
"CLAVICORN","Having club-shaped antenn\u00e6. See Antenn\u00e6 -- n."
"CLAVICORNES","A group of beetles having club-shaped antenn\u00e6."
"CLAVICULAR","Of or pertaining to the clavicle."
"CLAVIER","The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium."
"CLAVIFORM","Club-shaped; clavate. Craig."
"CLAVIGER","One who carries the keys of any place."
"CLAVIGEROUS","Bearing a club or a key."
"CLAVIS","A key; a glossary."
"CLAVUS","A callous growth, esp. one the foot; a corn."
"CLAVY","A mantelpiece."
"CLAW","A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the baseof petals of the pink. Gray. Claw hammer, a hammer with one end ofthe metallic head cleft for use in extracting nails, etc.-- Claw hammer coat, a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern.[Slang] -- Claw sickness, foot rot, a disease affecting sheep."
"CLAWBACK","A flatterer or sycophant. [Obs.] 'Take heed of theseclawbacks.' Latimer."
"CLAWED","Furnished with claws. N. Grew."
"CLAWLESS","Destitute of claws."
"CLAY","Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles ofthe human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.I also am formed out of the clay. Job xxxiii. 6.The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shallcover. Byron.Bowlder clay. See under Bowlder.-- Brick clay, the common clay, containing some iron, and thereforeturning red when burned.-- Clay cold, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate.-- Clay ironstone, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide orcarbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand.-- Clay marl, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay.-- Clay mill, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug mill.-- Clay pit, a pit where clay is dug.-- Clay slate (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite.-- Fatty clays, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemicalcompounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as halloysite, bole, etc.-- Fire clay , a variety of clay, entirely free from lime, iron, oran alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for fire brick.-- Porcelain clay, a very pure variety, formed directly from thedecomposition of feldspar, and often called kaolin.-- Potter's clay, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron."
"CLAY-BRAINED","Stupid. [Obs.] Shak."
"CLAYES","Wattles, or hurdles, made with stakes interwoven with osiers,to cover lodgments. [Obs.]"
"CLAYEY","Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay;like clay."
"CLAYISH","Partaking of the nature of clay, or containing particles of it."
"CLAYMORE","A large two-handed sword used formerly by the ScottishHighlanders."
"CLAYTONIA","An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; --sometimes called spring beauty."
"CLEAN","Free from ceremonial defilement."
"CLEAN-CUT","See Clear-cut."
"CLEAN-LIMBED","With well-proportioned, unblemished limbs; as, a clean-limbedyoung fellow. Dickens."
"CLEAN-TIMBERED","Well-propotioned; symmetrical. [Poetic] Shak."
"CLEANER","One who, or that which, cleans."
"CLEANLILY","In a cleanly manner."
"CLEANLINESS","State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress.Cleanliness from head to heel. Swift."
"CLEANSABLE","Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood."
"CLEANSE","To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection,guilt, etc.; to clean.If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ his soncleanseth us from all sin. 1 John i. 7.Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased, And with some sweetoblivious antidote Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuffWhich weighs upon the heart Shak."
"CLEANSER","One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent. Arbuthnot."
"CLEAR","Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; thedistance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the spacebetween walls; as, a room ten feet square in the clear."
"CLEAR-HEADED","Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent.'He was laborious and clear-headed.' Macaulay.-- Clear'-head`ed*ness, n."
"CLEAR-SEEING","Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clearunderstanding."
"CLEAR-SHINING","Shining brightly. Shak."
"CLEAR-SIGHTED","Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason"
"CLEAR-SIGHTEDNESS","Acute discernment."
"CLEARAGE","The act of reforming anything; clearance. [R.]"
"CLEARANCE","The distance by which one object clears another, as thedistance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a strokein a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of acogwell tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel withwhich it engages. Clearance space (Steam engine), the space inclosedin one end of the cylinder, between the valve or valves and thepiston, at the beginning of a stroke; waste room. It includes thespace caused by the piston's clearance and the space in ports,passageways, etc. Its volume is often expressed as a certainproportion of the volume swept by the piston in a single stroke."
"CLEARCOLE","A priming of size mixed with whiting or white lead, used inhouse painting, etc.; also, a size upon which gold leaf is applied ingilding."
"CLEAREDNESS","The quality of being cleared.Imputed by his friends to the clearedness, by his foes to thesearedness, of his conscience. T. Fuller."
"CLEARER","A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used bysailmakers, is finished."
"CLEARLY","In a clear manner."
"CLEARNESS","The quality or state of being clear."
"CLEARSTARCH","To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping withthe hands; as, to clearstarch muslin."
"CLEARSTARCHER","One who clearstarches."
"CLEARWING","A lepidop terous insect with partially transparent wings, ofthe family \u00c6geriad\u00e6, of which the currant and peach-tree borers areexamples."
"CLEAT","A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to somethingin order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc."
"CLEAVABLE","Capable of cleaving or being divided."
"CLEAVAGE","The quality possessed by many crystallized substances ofsplitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which thecohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smoothsurfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained bycleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting."
"CLEAVE","To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies;as, the ground cleaves by frost.The Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst. Zech. xiv. 4."
"CLEAVELANDITE","A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure."
"CLEAVER","One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher'sinstrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces."
"CLEAVERS","A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set withhooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with;-- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc."
"CLECHE","Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of thecolor of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the firstbearing remains visible; -- said of any heraldic bearing. CompareVoided."
"CLECHY","See Cl\u00e9ch\u00e9."
"CLEDGE","The upper stratum of fuller's earth."
"CLEDGY","Stiff, stubborn, clayey, or tenacious; as, a cledgy soil.Halliwell."
"CLEE","A claw. [Holland."
"CLEEK","To seize; clutch; snatch; catch; pluck."
"CLEF","A character used in musical notation to determine the positionand pitch of the scale as represented on the staff."
"CLEFT","from Cleave."
"CLEFT-FOOTED","Having a cloven foot."
"CLEFTGRAFT","To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion.Mortimer."
"CLEG","A small breeze or horsefly. [North of Eng. & Scot.] Jamieson."
"CLEM","To starve; to famish. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"CLEMATIS","A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers,having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- calledalso virgin's bower."
"CLEMENCE","Clemency. [Obs.] Spenser."
"CLEMENT","Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate. Shak.-- Clem'ent*ly, adv."
"CLEMENTINE","Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St.Clement of Rome and thespurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and hiscompilations of canon law."
"CLENCH","See Clinch."
"CLEPE","To call, or name. [Obs.]That other son was cleped Cambalo. Chaucer."
"CLEPSINE","A genus of freshwater leeches, furnished with a proboscis. Theyfeed upon mollusks and worms."
"CLEPSYDRA","A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by thegraduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture.See Illust. in Appendix."
"CLEPTOMANIA","See Kleptomania."
"CLERESTORY","Same as Clearstory."
"CLERGEON","A chorister boy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CLERGIAL","Learned; erudite; clercial. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CLERGICAL","Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical; clerkily; learned.[Obs.] Milton."
"CLERGYABLE","Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy; as, aclergyable felony. Blackstone."
"CLERGYMAN","An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to peach thegospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restrictedto a minister of the Established Church."
"CLERIC","A clerk, a clergyman. [R.] Bp. Horsley."
"CLERICALISM","An excessive devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order;undue influence of the clergy; sacerdotalism."
"CLERICITY","The state of being a clergyman."
"CLERK-ALE","A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk. [Eng.] T. Warton."
"CLERKLESS","Unlearned. [Obs.] E. Waterhouse."
"CLERKLIKE","Scholarlike. [Obs.] Shak."
"CLERKLINESS","Scholarship. [Obs.]"
"CLERKLY","Of or pertaining to a clerk. Cranmer."
"CLERKSHIP","State, quality, or business of a clerk."
"CLEROMANCY","A divination by throwing dice or casting lots."
"CLERONOMY","Inheritance; heritage."
"CLERSTORY","See Clearstory."
"CLEVERISH","Somewhat clever. [R.]"
"CLEVERLY","In a clever manner.Never was man so clever absurd. C. Smart."
"CLEVERNESS","The quality of being clever; skill; dexterity; adroitness."
"CLEVIS","A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the twoends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of aplow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.;-- called also clavel, clevy."
"CLEW","To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets,clew lines, etc.; esp. to draw up the clews of a square sail to theyard. To clew down (Naut.), to force (a yard) down by hauling on theclew lines.-- To clew up (Naut.), to draw (a sail) up to the yard, as forfurling."
"CLICHE","A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, orlettering, in relief. Clich\u00e9 casting, a mode of obtaining animpression from a die or woodcut, or the like, by striking itsuddenly upon metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid;also, the casting so obtained."
"CLICK","To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises),as by gentle striking; to tick.The varnished clock that clicked behind the door. Goldsmith."
"CLICK BEETLE","See Elater."
"CLICKER","One who as has charge of the work of a companionship."
"CLICKY","Resembling a click; abounding in clicks. 'Their strange clickylanguage.' The Century."
"CLIDASTES","A genus of exinct marine reptiles, allied to the Mosasaurus.See Illust. in Appendix."
"CLIENCY","State of being a client."
"CLIENT","A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man ofdistinction and influence, who was called his patron."
"CLIENTAL","Of or pertaining to a client.A dependent and cliental relation. Burke.I sat down in the cliental chair. Dickens."
"CLIENTED","Supplied with clients. [R.]The least cliented pettifiggers. R. Carew."
"CLIENTELAGE","See Clientele, n., 2."
"CLIENTSHIP","Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of apatron. Dryden."
"CLIFF","A high, steep rock; a precipice. Cliff swallow (Zo\u00f6l.), a NorthAmerican swallow (Petrochelidon lunifrons), which builds its nestagainst cliffs; the eaves swallow."
"CLIFF LIMESTONE","A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west,presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed tobe of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partlyDevonian."
"CLIFFY","Having cliffs; broken; craggy."
"CLIFT","A cliff. [Obs.]That gainst the craggy clifts did loudly roar. Spenser."
"CLIFTED","Broken; fissured.Climb the Andeclifted side. Grainger."
"CLIMACTER","See Climacteric, n."
"CLIMACTERIC","Relating to a climacteric; critical."
"CLIMACTERICAL","See Climacteric. Evelyn."
"CLIMACTIC","Of or pertaining to a climax; forming, or of the nature of, aclimax, or ascending series."
"CLIMATAL","Climatic. Dunglison."
"CLIMATARCHIC","Presiding over, or regulating, climates."
"CLIMATE","One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, intowhich the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole wasdivided, according to the successive increase of the length of themidsummer day."
"CLIMATIC","Of or pertaining to a climate; depending on, or limited by, aclimate."
"CLIMATICAL","Climatic."
"CLIMATIZE","To acclimate or become acclimated."
"CLIMATOGRAPHY","A description of climates."
"CLIMATOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to climatology."
"CLIMATOLOGIST","One versed in, or who studies, climatology."
"CLIMATOLOGY","The science which treats of climates and investigates theirphenomena and causes. Brande & C."
"CLIMATURE","A climate. [Obs.] Shak."
"CLIMAX","A figure of which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are soarranged that each sicceeding one rise'Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience, and experiencehope' -- a happy climax. J. D. Forbes."
"CLIMB","To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or byattaching itself by tendrills, rootlets, etc., to a support orupright surface."
"CLIMBABLE","Capable of being climbed."
"CLIMBER","One who, or that which, climbs:(a) (Bot.) A plant that climbs.(b) (Zo\u00f6l.) A bird that climbs, as a woodpecker or a parrot."
"CLIMBING","p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb. Climbing fern. See under Fern.-- Climbing perch. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Anabas, and Labyrinthici."
"CLIME","A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See Climate.Turn we to sutvey, Where rougher climes a nobler race display.Goldsmith."
"CLINANTHIUM","The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- alsocalled clinium."
"CLINCH","To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp oneanother."
"CLINCHER-BUILT","See Clinker-built."
"CLING","To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially bytwining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to itssupport; -- usually followed by to or together.And what hath life for thee That thou shouldst cling to it thus Mrs.Hemans."
"CLINGSTONE","Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in somekinds of peaches.-- n."
"CLINGY","Apt to cling; adhesive. [R.]"
"CLINIC","One who receives baptism on a sick bed. [Obs.] Hook."
"CLINICALLY","In a clinical manner."
"CLINIQUE","A clinic."
"CLINIUM","See Clinanthium."
"CLINK","To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as bystriking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.And let me the canakin clink. Shak."
"CLINKANT","See Clnquant."
"CLINKER-BUILT","Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the loweredge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it likeclapboards on a house. See Lapstreak."
"CLINKSTONE","An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar instructure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite."
"CLINODIAGONAL","That diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal whichmakes an oblique angle witch the vertical axis. See Crystallization.-- a."
"CLINODOME","See under Dome."
"CLINOGRAPHIC","Pertaining to that mode of projection in drawing in which therays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane ofprojection."
"CLINOID","Like a bed; -- applied to several processes on the inner sideof the sphenoid bone."
"CLINOMETER","An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr theslope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level. Dana."
"CLINOMETRY","That art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata."
"CLINOPINACOID","The plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which isparallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal)axes."
"CLINORHOMBIC","Possessing the qualities of a prism, obliquely inclined to arhombic base; monoclinic."
"CLINOSTAT","An apparatus consisting of a slowly revolving disk, usuallyregulated by  clockwork, by means of wich the action of externalagents, as light and gravity, on growing plants may be regulated oreliminated."
"CLINQUANT","Glittering; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery. [Obs.]Shak."
"CLIO","The Muse who presided over history."
"CLIONE","A genus of naked pteropods. One species (Clione papilonacea),abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a part of the food of theGreenland whale. It is sometimes incorrectly called Clio."
"CLIP","To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind. Dryden."
"CLIPPER","A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing.-- Clip'per-built` (, a."
"CLIQUE","A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests orfor the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in abad sense."
"CLIQUISH","Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques;exclusive in spirit.-- Cli'*quish*ness, n."
"CLIQUISM","The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques."
"CLITELLUS","A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adultearthworm, consisting of several united segments modified forreproductive purposes."
"CLITORIS","A small organ at the upper part of the vulva, homologous to thepenis in the male."
"CLIVERS","See Cleavers."
"CLIVITY","Inclination; ascent or descent; a gradient. [R.]"
"CLOACA","The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, andgenerative canals discharge in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and manyfishes."
"CLOACAL","Of or pertaining to a cloaca."
"CLOAK","To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. Spenser."
"CLOAKEDLY","In a concealed manner."
"CLOAKROOM","A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks,overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time."
"CLOCHE","An apparatus used in controlling certain kinds of a\u00ebroplanes,and consisting principally of a steering column mounted with auniversal joint at the base, which is bellshaped and has attached toit the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevatorplanes, and the like."
"CLOCK","To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking."
"CLOCKLIKE","Like a clock or like clockwork; mechanical.Their services are clocklike, to be set Blackward and vorward attheir lord's command. B. Jonson."
"CLOCKWISE","Like the motion of the hands of a clock; -- said of thatdirection of a rotation about an axis, or about a point in a plane,which is ordinarily reckoned negative."
"CLOCKWORK","The machinery of a clock, or machinary resembling that of aclock; machinery which produced regularity of movement."
"CLOD","To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; toclot; as, clodded gore. See Clot.Clodded in lumps of clay. G. Fletcher."
"CLODDISH","Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish. Hawthorne.-- Clod'dish*ness, n."
"CLODDY","Consisting of clods; full of clods."
"CLODHOPPER","A rude, rustic fellow."
"CLODHOPPING","Boorish; rude. C. Bront\u00e9."
"CLODPATE","A blockhead; a dolt."
"CLODPATED","Stupid; dull; doltish."
"CLODPOLL","A stupid fellow; a dolt. [Written also clodpole.] Shak."
"CLOFF","Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in ageneral sense, of small deductions from the original weight. [Writtenalso clough.] McCulloch."
"CLOGGINESS","The state of being clogged."
"CLOGGING","Anything which clogs. Dr. H. More."
"CLOGGY","Clogging, or having power to clog."
"CLOISONNE","Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lineswhich divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kindof metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champlev\u00e9enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive theenamel. S. Wells Williams."
"CLOISTER","To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world;to immure.None among them are throught worthy to be styled religious personsbut those that cloister themselves up in a monastery. Sharp."
"CLOISTERAL","Cloistral. [Obs.] I. Walton."
"CLOISTERER","One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse."
"CLOISTRAL","Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse.[Written also cloisteral.]Best become a cloistral exercise. Daniel."
"CLOISTRESS","A nun. [R.] Shak."
"CLOKE","See Cloak. [Obs.]"
"CLOMP","See Clamp."
"CLONG","imp. of Cling. [Obs.]"
"CLONIC","Having an irregular, convulsive motion. Dunglison. Clonicspasm. (Med.) See under Spasm."
"CLONUS","A series of muscular contractions due to sudden stretching ofthe muscle, -- a sign of certain neuropathies."
"CLOOM","To close with glutinous matter. [Obs.] Mortimer."
"CLOOP","The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.'The cloop of a cork wrenched from a bottle.' Thackeray."
"CLOOTIE","A little hoof."
"CLOSE","The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, eventhough it is not inclosed. Bouvier."
"CLOSE-BANDED","Closely united."
"CLOSE-BARRED","Firmly barred or closed."
"CLOSE-BODIED","Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe."
"CLOSE-FIGHTS","Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of avessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy'sboarders; -- called also close quarters. [Obs.]"
"CLOSE-STOOL","A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick andinfirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tightcover."
"CLOSE-TONGUED","Closemouthed; silent. 'Close-tongued treason.' Shak."
"CLOSEFISTED","Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. 'Closefisted contractors.'Hawthorne."
"CLOSEHANDED","Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.-- Close'hand`ed*ness, n."
"CLOSEHAULED","Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the directionfrom which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel."
"CLOSEMOUTHED","Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative."
"CLOSEN","To make close. [R.]"
"CLOSENESS","The state of being close.Half stifled by the closeness of the room. Swift.We rise not against the piercing judgment of Augustus, nor theextreme caution or closeness of Tiberius. Bacon.An affectation of closeness and covetousness. Addison."
"CLOSER","The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size thanthe others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. Gwilt."
"CLOSEREEFED","Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail."
"CLOSH","A disease in the feet of cattle; laminitis. Crabb."
"CLOSURE","A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediatevote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar ineffect to the previous question. It was first introduced into theBritish House of Commons in 1882. The French word cl\u00f4ture wasoriginally applied to this proceeding."
"CLOT","A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulatedmass, as of blood; a coagulum. 'Clots of pory gore.' Addison.Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach. Bacon."
"CLOTE","The common burdock; the clotbur. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"CLOTHE","To wear clothes. [Poetic]Care no more to clothe eat. Shak."
"CLOTHESHORSE","A frame to hang clothes on."
"CLOTHESLINE","A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry."
"CLOTHESPIN","A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used forfastening clothes on a line."
"CLOTHESPRESS","A receptacle for clothes."
"CLOTHING","See Card clothing, under 3d Card."
"CLOTHRED","Clottered. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CLOTPOLL","See Clodpoll. [Obs.] Shak."
"CLOTTED","Composed of clots or clods; having the quality or form of aclot; sticky; slimy; foul. 'The clotted glebe.' J. Philips.When lust . . . Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soulgrows clotted by contagion. Milton."
"CLOTTER","To concrete into lumps; to clot. [Obs.] 'Clottered blood.'Chapman."
"CLOTTY","Full of clots, or clods. 'Clotty matter.' Harvey."
"CLOTURE","See Closure, 5."
"CLOTWEED","Cocklebur."
"CLOUD","To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often usedwith up.Worthies, away! The scene begins to cloud. Shak."
"CLOUD-BUILT","Built of, or in, the clouds; airy; unsubstantial; imaginary.Cowper.So vanished my cloud-built palace. Goldsmith."
"CLOUD-BURST","A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had beenprecipitated at once."
"CLOUD-CAPPED","Having clouds resting on the top or head; reaching to theclouds; as, cloud-capped mountains."
"CLOUD-COMPELLER","Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus. [Poetic.] Pope."
"CLOUDAGE","Mass of clouds; cloudiness. [R.]A scudding cloudage of shapes. Coleridge."
"CLOUDBERRY","A species of raspberry (Rubus Cham\u00e6merous) growing in thenorthern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit."
"CLOUDILY","In a cloudy manner; darkly; obscurely. Dryden."
"CLOUDINESS","The state of being cloudy."
"CLOUDLAND","Dreamland."
"CLOUDLESS","Without a cloud; clear; bright.A cloudless winter sky. Bankroft.-- Cloud'less*ly, adv.-- Cloud'less*ness, n."
"CLOUDLET","A little cloud. R. Browning.Eve's first star through fleecy cloudlet peeping. Coleridge."
"CLOUGH","An allowance in weighing. See Cloff."
"CLOUTERLY","Clumsy; awkward. [Obs.]Rough-hewn, cloutery verses. E. Phillips."
"CLOVE","imp. of Cleave. Cleft. Spenser. Clove hitch (Naut.) See underHitch.-- Clove hook (Naut.), an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping,used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; -- called alsoclip hook. Knight."
"CLOVEN","from Cleave, v. t. To show the cloven foot or hoof, to reveal adevilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstandingdisguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolicallyas having cloven hoofs."
"CLOVER","A plant of differend species of the genus Trifolium; as thecommon red clover, T. pratense, the white, T. repens, and the hare'sfoot, T. arvense. Clover weevil (Zo\u00f6l.) a small weevil (Apionapricans), that destroys the seeds of clover.-- Clover worm (Zo\u00f6l.), the larva of a small moth (Asopia costalis),often very destructive to clover hay.-- In clover, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. [Colloq.] -- Sweet clover. See Meliot."
"CLOVERED","Covered with growing clover.Flocks thick nibbling through the clovered vale. Thomson."
"CLOWE-GILOFRE","Spice clove. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CLOWN","To act as a clown; -- with it [Obs.]Beclowns it properly indeed. B. Jonson."
"CLOWNAGE","Behavior or manners of a clown; clownery. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"CLOWNERY","Clownishness. L'Estrange."
"CLOWNISH","Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown;ungainly; awkward. 'Clownish hands.' Spenser. 'Clownish mimic.'Prior.-- Clown'ish*ly, adv."
"CLOWNISHNESS","The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior.That plainness which the alamode people call clownishness. Locke."
"CLOYLESS","That does not cloy. Shak."
"CLOYMENT","Satiety. [Obs.] Shak."
"CLUB","Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoilor clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure."
"CLUB-RUSH","A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species ofthe genus Scirpus. See Bulrush."
"CLUB-SHAPED","Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antenn\u00e6 of certaininsects."
"CLUBBABLE","Suitable for membership in a club; sociable. [Humorous.] G. W.Curtis."
"CLUBBED","Shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club. Skelton."
"CLUBBIST","A member of a club; a frequenter of clubs. [R.] Burke."
"CLUBFISTED","Having a large fist. Howell."
"CLUBFOOT","A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usuallycongenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes."
"CLUBFOOTED","Having a clubfoot."
"CLUBHAND","A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such ahand."
"CLUBHAUL","To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon asthe wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to thewind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the othertack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency."
"CLUBHOUSE","A house occupied by a club."
"CLUBROOM","The apartment in which a club meets. Addison."
"CLUCK","To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen. Ray."
"CLUCKING","The noise or call of a brooding hen."
"CLUE","A ball of thread; a thread or other means of guidance. Same asClew.You have wound a goodly clue. Shak.This clue once found unravels all the rest. Pope.Serve as clues to guide us into further knowledge. Locke."
"CLUM","Silence; hush. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CLUMBER","A kind of field spaniel, with short legs and stout body, which,unlike other spaniels, hunts silently."
"CLUMP","To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group.Blackmore."
"CLUMPER","To form into clumps or masses. [Obs.]Vapors . . . clumpered in balls of clouds. Dr. H. More."
"CLUMPS","A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enablingthe questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected bytwo persons who answer the questions; -- so called because theplayers take sides in two 'clumps' or groups, the 'clump' whichguesses the word winning the game."
"CLUMPY","Composed of clumps; massive; shapeless. Leigh Hunt."
"CLUMSILY","In a clumsy manner; awkwardly; as, to walk clumsily."
"CLUMSINESS","The quality of being clusy.The drudging part of life is chiefly owing to clumsiness andignorance. Collier."
"CLUNCH","."
"CLUNG","imp. & p. p. of Cling."
"CLUNIAC","A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine Order, foundedin 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France.-- Also used as a."
"CLUNIACENSIAN","Cluniac."
"CLUPEOID","Of or pertaining to the Herring family."
"CLUSTER","To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unitein a cluster or clusters.His sunny hair Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's. Tennyson.The princes of the country clustering together. Foxe."
"CLUSTERINGLY","In clusters."
"CLUSTERY","Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters. Johnson."
"CLUTCH","The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; --often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall intothe clutches of an adversary.I must have . . . little care of myself, if I ever more come near theclutches of such a giant. Bp. Stillingfleet."
"CLUTTER","To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things indisorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to clutter aroom."
"CLYDESDALE","One of a breed of heavy draft horses originally fromClydesdale, Scotland. They are about sixteen hands high and usuallybrown or bay."
"CLYDESDALE TERRIER","One of a breed of small silky-haired terriers related to, butsmaller than, the Skye terrier, having smaller and perfectly erectears."
"CLYPEASTROID","Like or related to the genus Clupeaster; -- applied to a groupof flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side."
"CLYPEATE","Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate."
"CLYPEIFORM","Shield-shaped; clypeate."
"CLYPEUS","The frontal plate of the head of an insect."
"CLYSMIAN","Connected with, or related to, the deluge, or to a cataclysm;as, clysmian changes. Smart."
"CLYSMIC","Washing; cleansing."
"CLYSTER","A liquid injected into the lower intestines by means of asyringe; an injection; an enema. Clyster pipe, a tube or pipe usedfor injections."
"CLYTIE KNOT","In hair dressing, a loose, low coil at the back of the head,like the knot on the head of the bust of Clytie by G. F. Watts."
"CNEMIAL","Pertaining to the shin bone. Cnemial crest, a crestlikeprominence on the proximal end of the tibia of birds and somereptiles."
"CNIDA","One of the peculiar stinging, cells found in Coelenterata; anematocyst; a lasso cell."
"CNIDARIA","A comprehensive group equivalent to the true Coelenterata,i.e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence ofstinging cells (cnidae) in the tissues. See Coelenterata."
"CNIDOBLAST","One of the cells which, in the Coelenterata, develop intocnid\u00e6."
"CNIDOCIL","The fine filiform process of a cnidoblast."
"CO-","A form of the prefix com-, signifying with, together, inconjunction, joint. It is used before vowels and some consonants. SeeCom-."
"CO-ALLY","A joint ally. Kent."
"CO-ASSESSOR","A joint assessor."
"CO-LEGATEE","A joint legatee."
"CO-LESSEE","A partner in a lease taen."
"CO-LESSOR","A partner in giving a lease."
"CO-MATE","A companion. Shak."
"CO-MEDDLE","To mix; to mingle, to temper. [Obs.] Shak."
"CO-REGENT","A joint regent or ruler."
"CO-RELATION","Corresponding relation."
"CO-RELIGIONIST","One of the same religion with another."
"CO-RESPONDENT","One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceedingjointly with another."
"CO-SUFFERER","One who suffers with another. Wycherley."
"CO-UNE","To combine or unite. [Obs.] 'Co-uned together.' Feltham."
"CO-UNITE","To unite. [Obs.]"
"COACERVATE","Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped. [R.] Bacon."
"COACERVATION","A heaping together. [R.] Bacon."
"COACH","A cabin on the after part of the quarterdeck, usually occupiedby the captain. [Written also couch.] [Obs.]The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach. Pepys."
"COACHBOX","The seat of a coachman."
"COACHDOG","One of a breed of dogs trained to accompany carriages; theDalmatian dog."
"COACHEE","A coachman [Slang]"
"COACHER","one of the side at the bat posted near first or third base todirect a base runner."
"COACHFELLOW","One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach; hence (Fig.),a comrade. Shak."
"COACHMAN","A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); -- calledalso charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of thedorsal fin."
"COACHMANSHIP","Skill in driving a coach."
"COACHWHIP SNAKE","A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States(Masticophis flagelliformis)."
"COACT","To force; to compel; to drive. [Obs.]The faith and service of Christ ought to be voluntary and notcoacted. Foxe."
"COACTION","Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling. Sojth."
"COACTIVELY","In a coactive manner."
"COACTIVITY","Unity of action."
"COADAPTATION","Mutual adaption. R. Owen."
"COADAPTED","Adapted one to another; as, coadapted pulp and tooth. R. Owen."
"COADJUMENT","Mutual help; co\u00f6peration. [R.] Johnson."
"COADJUST","To adjust by mutual adaptations. R. Owen."
"COADJUSTMENT","Mutual adjustment."
"COADJUTANT","Mutually assisting or operating; helping. J. Philips."
"COADJUTING","Mutually assisting. [Obs.] Drayton."
"COADJUTIVE","Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant. Feltham."
"COADJUTOR","The assistant of a bishop or of a priest holding a benefice."
"COADJUTORSHIP","The state or office of a coadjutor; joint assistance. Pope."
"COADJUVANCY","Joint help; co\u00f6peration. Sir T. Browne."
"COADJUVANT","Co\u00f6perating."
"COADUNATE","United at the base, as contiguous lobes of a leaf."
"COADUNATION","Union, as in one body or mass; unity. Jer. Taylor.The coadunation of all the civilized provinces. Coleridge."
"COADUNITION","Coadunation. [R.] Sir M. Hale."
"COADVENTURE","An adventure in which two or more persons are partakers."
"COADVENTURER","A fellow adventurer."
"COAFFOREST","To convert into, or add to, a forest. Howell."
"COAG","See Coak, a kind of tenon."
"COAGENCY","Agency in common; joint agency or agent. Coleridge."
"COAGENT","An associate in an act; a coworker. Drayton."
"COAGMENT","To join together. [Obs.] Glanvill."
"COAGMENTATION","The act of joining, or the state of being joined, together;union. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"COAGULABILITY","The quality of being coagulable; capacity of being coagulated.Ure."
"COAGULABLE","Capable of being coagulated. Boyle."
"COAGULANT","That which produces coagulation."
"COAGULATE","Coagulated. [Obs.] Shak."
"COAGULATED","Changed into, or contained in, a coagulum or a curdlike mass;curdled. Coagulated proteid (Physiol. Chem.), one of a class ofbodies formed in the coagulation of a albuminous substance by heat,acids, or other agents."
"COAGULATIVE","Having the power to cause coagulation; as, a coagulative agent.Boyle."
"COAGULATOR","That which causes coagulation. Hixley."
"COAGULATORY","Serving to coagulate; produced by coagulation; as, coagulatoryeffects. Boyle."
"COAGULUM","The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation ofalbuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of bloot."
"COAITA","The native name of certain South American monkeys of the genusAteles, esp. A. paniscus. The black-faced coaita is Ateles ater. SeeIllustration in Appendix."
"COAK","See Coke, n."
"COAL","A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dugfrom beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting,like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and oftenaffording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter."
"COAL TAR","A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation ofbituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used formaking printer's ink, black varnish, etc. It is a complex mixturefrom which many substances have been obtained, especiallyhydrocarbons of the benzene or aromatic series."
"COAL WORKS","A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raisingthe coal."
"COAL-BLACK","As black as coal; jet black; very black. Dryden."
"COAL-METER","A licensed or official coal measurer in London. See Meter.Simmonds."
"COAL-WHIPPER","One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship. [Eng.] Dickens."
"COALERY","See Colliery."
"COALESCENCE","The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the actof uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of beingunited; union; concretion."
"COALESCENT","Growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion ofsimilar parts; uniting."
"COALGOOSE","The cormorant; -- so called from its black color."
"COALITE","To unite or coalesce. [Obs.]Let them continue to coalite. Bolingbroke."
"COALITIONER","A coalitionist."
"COALITIONIST","One who joins or promotes a coalition; one who advocatescoalition."
"COALMOUSE","A small species of titmouse, with a black head; the coletit."
"COALSACK","Any one of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black,owing to the nearly complete absence of stars; esp., the large spacenear the Southern Cross sometimes called the Black Magellanic Cloud."
"COALY","Pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of thenature of coal."
"COAMINGS","Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, orother opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp.the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from thetransverse head ledges. [Written also combings.]"
"COANNEX","To annex with something else."
"COAPTATION","The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of abroken bone or dislocated joint."
"COARCTATE","Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insectshaving the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.Coarctate pupa (Zo\u00f6l.), a pupa closely covered by the old larvalskin, as in most Diptera."
"COARCTATION","A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice."
"COARSE-GRAINED","Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting inrefinement."
"COARSELY","In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly;meanly."
"COARSEN","To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character. [R.]Graham."
"COARSENESS","The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; melegance;vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, orlanguage. 'The coarseness of the sackcloth.' Dr. H. More.Pardon the coarseness of the illustration. L'Estrange.A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings. Burke."
"COARTICULATION","The unoin or articulation of bones to form a joint."
"COAST","To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice.[Local, U. S.]"
"COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY","A bureau of the United States government charged with thetopographic and hydrographic survey of the coast and the execution ofbelts of primary triangulation and lines of precise leveling in theinterior. It now belongs to the Department of Commerce and Labor."
"COASTAL","Of or pertaining to a cast."
"COASTING","Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along acoast. Coasting trade, trade carried on by water between neighboringports of the same country, as distinguished fron foreign trade ortrade involving long voyages.-- Coasting vessel, a vessel employed in coasting; a coaster."
"COATEE","A coat with short flaps."
"COATI","A mammal of tropical America of the genus Nasua, allied to theraccoon, but with a longer body, tail, and nose."
"COATLESS","Not wearing a coat; also, not possessing a coat."
"COAX","To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, orfondling; to wheedle; to soothe."
"COAXATION","The act of croaking. [R] Dr. H. More."
"COAXER","One who coaxes."
"COAXINGLY","In a coaxing manner; by coaxing."
"COB","A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head."
"COBAEA","A genus of climbing plants, native of Mexico and South America.C. scandens is a consrvatory climber with large bell-shaped flowers."
"COBALT","A tough, lustrous, reddish white metal of the iron group, noteasily fusible, and somewhat magnetic. Atomic weight 59.1. Symbol Co."
"COBALTIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- saidespecially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher valence; as,cobaltic oxide. Luteo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive seriesof complex yellow compounds of ammonia and cobaltic salts.-- Roseo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of complexred compounds of cobalt and ammonia. Modifications of these are thepurpureo-cobaltic compounds."
"COBALTIFEROUS","Containing cobalt."
"COBALTOUS","Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- saidesp. of cobalt compounds in which the metal has its lower valence.Cobaltous chloride, a crystalline compound, CoCl2, of a pale rosecolor when hydrous, blue when dehydrated. Its solution is used for asympathetic ink, the writing being nearly colorless when dried in theair, owing to absorbed moisture, and becoming bright blue whenwarmed."
"COBBING","Haughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2. [Obs.] Withals (1608)."
"COBBLE","A fishing boat. See Coble."
"COBBLESTONE","A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; asmall boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes."
"COBELLIGERENT","Carryng on war in conjunction with another power."
"COBIA","An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the crabeater;-- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish."
"COBIRON","An andiron with a knob at the top. Bacon."
"COBISHOP","A joint or coadjutant bishop. Ayliffe."
"COBLE","A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudderextending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originallyused on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England."
"COBNUT","A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut."
"COBOOSE","See Caboose."
"COBOURG","A thin worsted fabric for women's dresses."
"COBRA","See Copra."
"COBRA DE CAPELLO","The hooded snake (Naia tripudians), a highly venomous serpentinhabiting India."
"COBSTONE","Cobblestone. [Prov. Eng.]"
"COBSWAN","A large swan. B. Jonson."
"COBWALL","A wall made of clay mixed with straw."
"COBWEB","The European spotted flycatcher. Cobweb lawn, a fine linen,mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. Beck. Draper'sDict.Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. Beau. & Fl.Cobweb micrometer, a micrometer in which threads of cobwed aresubstituted for wires."
"COBWEBBED","Abounding in cobwebs. 'The cobwebbed cottage.' Young."
"COBWEBBY","Abounding in cobwebs, or any fine web; resembling a cobweb."
"COBWORK","Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the endsdovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marinework, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, acobwork dock or breakwater."
"COCA","The dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon Coca).In med., called Erythroxylon."
"COCAINE","A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves ofcoca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkablefor producing local insensibility to pain."
"COCAINISM","A morbid condition produced by the habitual and excessive useof cocaine. -- Co*ca'in*ist, n."
"COCAINIZE","To treat or an\u00e6sthetize with cocaine. -- Co*ca`in*i*za'tion(#), n."
"COCCIFEROUS","Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as, cocciferroustrees or plants."
"COCCINELLA","A genus of small beetles of many species. They and their larv\u00a6eed on aphids or plant lice, and hence are of great benefit to man.Also called ladybirds and ladybugs."
"COCCOBACTERIUM","One of the round variety of bacteria, a vegetable organism,generally less than a thousandth of a millimeter in diameter."
"COCCOLITE","A granular variety of pyroxene, green or white in color."
"COCCOLITH","One of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable,often abundant in deep-sea mud."
"COCCOSPHERE","A small, rounded, marine organism, capable of braking up intococcoliths."
"COCCOSTEUS","An extinct genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the broadplates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles."
"COCCULUS INDICUS","The fruit or berry of the Anamirta Cocculus, a climbing plantof the East Indies. It is a poisonous narcotic and stimulant."
"COCCUS","One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit."
"COCCYGEAL","Of or pertaining to the coccyx; as, the coccygeal vertebr\u00e6.Coccygeal glands (Zo\u00f6l.) , glands situated at the base of the tail ofbirds. They secrete the oil with which the plumage is dressed."
"COCCYGEOUS","Coccygeal. [R.]"
"COCCYX","The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man andtailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebr\u00e6 more or lessconsolidated."
"COCHIN FOWL","A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from CochinChina (Anam)."
"COCHINEAL","A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of theCoccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., andfound on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera."
"COCHINEAL FIG","A plant of Central and Southern Anerica, of the Cactus familly,extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, whichlives on it."
"COCHLEA","An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which iselongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear."
"COCHLEAR","Of or pertaining to the cochlea."
"COCHLEARE","A spoonful. Dungleson."
"COCHLEARIFORM","Spoon-shaped."
"COCHLEARY","Same as Cochleate."
"COCK","To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing. Addison."
"COCK-A-HOOP","Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially."
"COCK-BRAINED","Giddy; rash. Milton."
"COCK-PADDLE","See Lumpfish. [Scot.]"
"COCK-PADLE","See Lumpfish. [Scot.]"
"COCKADE","A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, andgenerally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military ornaval service, or party allegiance, and in England as a part of thelivery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military ornaval officer.Seduced by military liveries and cockades. Burke."
"COCKADED","Wearing a cockade. Young."
"COCKALEEKIE","A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned,and boiled with leeks and prunes."
"COCKAMAROO","The Russian variety of bagatelle."
"COCKATEEL","An Australian parrot (Calopsitta Nov\u00e6-Hollandi\u00e6); -- so calledfrom its note."
"COCKATOO","A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuin\u00e6, havinga short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with acrest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are severalgenera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, orCacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. Thepalm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus.Cock'a*trice, n. Etym: [OF. cocatrice crocodile, F. cocatrix,cocatrice. The word is a corruption from the same source as E.crocodile, but was confused with cock the bird, F. coq, whence arosethe fable that the animal was produced from a cock's egg. SeeCrocodile.]"
"COCKBILL","To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, tocockbill the yards as a sign of mourning. To cockbill the anchor, tosuspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. SeeAcockbill."
"COCKBOAT","A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore."
"COCKCHAFER","A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and alliedgenera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle."
"COCKER","Th treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; topamper.Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid. Ecclesiasticus xxx.9.Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. J. Ingelow."
"COCKER SPANIEL","One of a breed of small or medium-sized spaniels kept forhunting or retrieving game or for household pets. They usually weighfrom eighteen to twenty-eight pounds. They have the head of fairlength, with square muzzle, the ears long and set low, the legs shortor of medium length, and the coat fine and silky, wavy but not curly.Various colors are bred, as black, liver, red, black and white, blackand tan, etc."
"COCKEREL","A young cock."
"COCKET","Pert; saucy. [Obs.] Halliwell."
"COCKEYE","A squinting eye. Forby."
"COCKFIGHT","A match or contest of gamecocks."
"COCKFIGHTING","The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight."
"COCKHEAD","The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forminga pivot on which the stone is balanced."
"COCKIELEEKIE","Same as Cockaleekie."
"COCKING","Cockfighting. Ben Jonson."
"COCKLE","A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium,especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied tosimilar shells of other genera."
"COCKLEBUR","A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; oneof several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur."
"COCKLED","Inclosed in a shell.The tender horns of cockled snails. Shak."
"COCKLER","One who takes and sells cockles."
"COCKLOFT","An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building.Dryden. Swift."
"COCKMASTER","One who breeds gamecocks. L'Estrange."
"COCKMATCH","A cockfight."
"COCKNEY","Of or relating to, or like, cockneys."
"COCKNEYDOM","The region or home of cockneys; cockneys, collectively.Thackeray."
"COCKNEYFY","To form with the manners or character of a cockney. [Colloq.]"
"COCKNEYISH","Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys."
"COCKNEYISM","The charasteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney."
"COCKROACH","An orthopterus insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera."
"COCKSCOMB","A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated forits broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes calledgarden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the RhinanthusCrista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli."
"COCKSHEAD","(Bot.) A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having smallspiny-crested pods."
"COCKSHUT","A kind of net to catch woodcock. [Obs.] Nares. Cockshut time orlight, evening twilight; nightfall; -- so called in allusion to thetome at which the cockshut used to be spread. [Obs.] Shak. B. Jonson."
"COCKSPUR","A variety of Crat\u00e6gus, or hawthorn (C. Crus-galli), havinglong, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn."
"COCKSWAIN","The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of aboat and its crew."
"COCKTAIL","A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or onesixteenth impure blood in his veins. Darwin."
"COCKUP","A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Latescalcarifer); -- also called begti."
"COCKWEED","Peppergrass. Johnson."
"COCKY","Pert. [Slang]"
"COCOA","A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, andused in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa orcocoa shells. Cocoa shells, the husks which separate from the cacaoseeds in preparing them for use."
"COCOANUT","The large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. It yields anagreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as foodand in making oil."
"COCOONERY","A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and formingcocoons."
"COCTIBLE","Capable of being cooked. Blount."
"COCTILE","Made by baking, or exposing to heat, as a brick."
"COCUS WOOD","A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musicalinstruments."
"COD","An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), Taken in immensenumbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It isespecially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. Itis salted and dried in large quantities."
"COD LIVER","The liver of the common cod and allied species. Cod-liver oil,an oil obtained fron the liver of the codfish, and used extensivelyin medicine as a means of supplying the body with fat in cases ofmalnutrition."
"CODA","A few measures added beyond the natural termination of acomposition."
"CODDER","A gatherer of cods or peas. [Obs. or Prov.] Johnson."
"CODDING","Lustful. [Obs.] Shak."
"CODDYMODDY","A gull in the plumage of its first year."
"CODEFENDANT","A joint defendant. Blackstone."
"CODEINE","One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance,C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, butmuch feebler in its action; -- called also codeia."
"CODETTA","A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming partof either; a short coda."
"CODFISH","A kind of fish. Same as Cod."
"CODICAL","Ralating to a codex, or a code."
"CODICIL","A clause added to a will."
"CODICILLARY","Of the nature of a codicil."
"CODIFICATION","The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code."
"CODIFIER","One who codifies."
"CODIFY","To reduce to a code, as laws."
"CODILLA","The coarse tow of flax and hemp. McElrath."
"CODILLE","A term at omber, signifying that the game is won. Pope."
"CODIST","A codifier; a maker of codes. [R.]"
"CODLE","See Coddle."
"CODLING","A young cod; also, a hake."
"CODPIECE","A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly madevery conspicuous. Shak. Fosbroke."
"COECILIAN","See C\u00e6cilian."
"COEDUCATION","An educating together, as of persons of different sexes orraces. Co*ed`u*ca'tion*al (, a."
"COEFFICACY","Joint efficacy."
"COEFFICIENCY","Joint efficiency; co\u00f6peration. Glanvill."
"COEFFICIENT","Co\u00f6perating; acting together to produce an effect.Co`ef*fi'cient*ly, adv."
"COEHORN","A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles,and light enough to be carried short distances by two men."
"COELACANTH","Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes."
"COELECTRON","See Electron."
"COELENTERATE","Belonging to the Coelentra.-- n."
"COELIA","A cavity."
"COELODONT","Having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards.-- n."
"COELOSPERMOUS","Hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the seedlike carpelsincurved at the ends, as in coriander seed."
"COELUM","See Body cavity, under Body."
"COEMPTION","The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity. [R.]Bacon."
"COENDOO","The Brazilian porcupine (Cercolades, or Sphingurus,prehensiles), remarkable for its prehensile tail."
"COENESTHESIS","Common sensation or general sensibility, as distinguished fromthe special sensations which are located in, or ascribed to, separateorgans, as the eye and ear. It is supposed to depend on theganglionic system."
"COENOBITE","See Cenobite."
"COENOECIUM","The common tissue which unites the various zooids of abryozoan."
"COENOGAMY","The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexualintercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes orcommunistic societies. [Written also cenogamy.]"
"COENOSARC","The common soft tissue which unites the polyps of a compoundhydroid. See Hydroidea."
"COENURUS","The larval stage of a tapeworm (T\u00e6nia coenurus) which formsbladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal diseaseknown as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid."
"COEQUAL","Being on an equality in rank or power.-- n."
"COEQUALITY","The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power."
"COEQUALLY","With coequality."
"COERCIBLE","Capable of being coerced.-- Co*er'ci*ble*ness, n."
"COERCION","The application to another of either physical or moral force.When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the actproduced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced.When the force is moral, then the act, though voidable, is imputableto the party doing it, unless he be so paralyzed by terror as to actconvulsively. At the same time coercion is not negatived by the factof submission under force. 'Coactus volui' (I consented undercompulsion) is the condition of mind which, when there is volitionforced by coercion, annuls the result of such coercion. Wharton."
"COERCITIVE","Coercive. 'Coercitive power in laws.' Jer. Taylor."
"COERCIVE","Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.-- Co*er'cive*ly, adv.-- Co*er'cive*ness, n.Coercive power can only influence us to outward practice. Bp.Warburton.Coercive or Coercitive force (Magnetism), the power or force which iniron or steel produces a slowness or difficulty in impartingmagnetism to it, and also interposes an obstacle to the return of abar to its natural state when active magnetism has ceased. It plainlydepends on the molecular constitution of the metal. Nichol.The power of resisting magnetization or demagnization is sometimescalled coercive force. S. Thompson."
"COERULIGNONE","A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in thepurification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complexquinone derivative of diphenyl; -- called also cedriret."
"COESSENTIAL","Partaking of the same essence.-- Co`es*sen'tial*ly, adv.We bless and magnify that coessential Spirit, eternally proceedingfrom both [The Father and the Son]. Hooker."
"COESSENTIALITY","Participation of the same essence. Johnson."
"COESTABLISHMENT","Joint establishment. Bp. Watson."
"COESTATE","Joint estate. Smolett."
"COETANEAN","A personcoetaneous with another; a contemporary. [R.]A . . . coetanean of the late earl of SouthamptoAubrey."
"COETANEOUS","Of the same age; beginning to exist at the same time;contemporaneous.-- Co`e*ta'ne*ous*ly, adv.And all [members of the body] are coetaneous. Bentley."
"COETERNAL","Equally eternal.-- Co`e*ter'nal*ly, adv.Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first born! Or of the Eternalcoeternal beam. Milton."
"COETERNITY","Existence from eternity equally with another eternal being;equal eternity."
"COEVAL","Of the same age; existing during the same period of time,especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with.Silence! coeval with eternity! Pope.Oaks coeval spread a mournful shade. Cowper."
"COEVOUS","Coeaval [Obs.] South."
"COEXECUTOR","A joint executor."
"COEXECUTRIX","A joint executrix."
"COEXIST","To exist at the same time; -- sometimes followed by with.Of substances no one has any clear idea, farther than of certainsimple ideas coexisting together. Locke.So much purity and integrity . . . coexisting with so much decay andso many infirmities. Warburton."
"COEXISTENCE","Existence at the same time with another; -- contemporaryexistence.Without the help, or so much as the coexistence, of any condition.Jer. Taylor."
"COEXISTENT","Existing at the same time with another.-- n."
"COEXISTING","Coexistent. Locke."
"COEXTEND","To extend through the same space or time with another; toextend to the same degree.According to which the least body may be coextended with thegreatest. Boyle.Has your English language one single word that is coextended throughall these significations Bentley."
"COEXTENSION","The act of extending equally, or the state of being equallyextended."
"COEXTENSIVE","Equally extensive; having as, consciousness and knowledge arecoextensive. Sir W. Hamilton.-- Co`ex*ten'sive*ly, adv.-- Co`ex*ten'sive*ness, n."
"COFFEEHOUSE","A house of entertainment, where guests are supplied with coffeeand other refreshments, and where men meet for conversation.The coffeehouse must not be dismissed with a cursory mention. Itmight indeed, at that time, have been not improperly called a mostimportant political institution . . . The coffeehouses were the chieforgans through which the public opinion of the metropolis venteditself . . . Every man of the upper or middle class went daily to hiscoffeehouse to learn the news and discuss it. Every coffeehouse hadone or more orators, to whose eloquence the crowd listened withadmiration, and who soon became what the journalists of our own timehave been called -- a fourth estate of the realm. Macaulay."
"COFFEEMAN","One who keeps a coffeehouse. Addison."
"COFFEEPOT","A covered pot im which coffee is prepared,"
"COFFEEROOM","A public room where coffee and other refreshments may beobtained."
"COFFER","A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, orportico; a caisson."
"COFFERDAM","A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, fromwhich the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) andpermit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc."
"COFFERER","One who keeps treasures in a coffer. [R.]"
"COFFERWORK","Rubblework faced with stone. Knight."
"COFFIN","The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet,in which is the coffin bone. Coffin bone, the foot bone of the horseand allied animals, inclosed within the hoof, and corresponding tothe third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals.-- Coffin joint, the joint next above the coffin bone."
"COFFINLESS","Having no coffin."
"COFFLE","A gang of negro slaves being driven to market."
"COG","To deceive; to cheat; to play false; to lie; to wheedle; tocajole.For guineas in other men's breeches, Your gamesters will palm andwill cog. Swift."
"COGENCY","The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction;conclusiveness; force.An antecedent argument of extreme cogency. J. H. Newman."
"COGENIAL","Congenial. [Obs.]"
"COGENTLY","In a cogent manner; forcibly; convincigly; conclusively. Locke."
"COGGER","A flatterer or deceiver; a sharper."
"COGGERY","Trick; deception. Bp. Watson."
"COGGLE","A small fishing boat. Ham. Nav. Encyc."
"COGITABILITY","The quality of being cogitable; conceivableness."
"COGITABLE","Capable of being brought before the mind as a throught or idea;conceivable; thinkable.Creation is cogitable by us only as a putting forth of divine power.Sir W. Hamilton."
"COGITABUND","Full of thought; thoughtful. [R.] Leigh Hunt."
"COGITATE","To engage in continuous thought; to think.He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by impression orrecordation, cogitateth and considereth, and he that employeth thefaculty of his fancy also cogitateth. Bacon."
"COGITATION","The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation. 'Fixedin cogitation deep.' Milton."
"COGMAN","A dealer in cogware or coarse cloth. [Obs.] Wright."
"COGNAC","A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac."
"COGNATE","One who is related to another on the female side. Wharton."
"COGNATENESS","The state of being cognate."
"COGNATI","Relatives by the mother's side. Wharton."
"COGNATION","That tie of consanguinity which exists between personsdescended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation."
"COGNATUS","A person cinnected through cognation."
"COGNITIVE","Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitivepower. South."
"COGNIZABLY","In a cognizable manner."
"COGNIZANT","Having cognizance or knowledge. (of)."
"COGNIZE","To know or perceive; to recognize.The reasoning faculty can deal with no facts until they are cognizedby it. H. Spencer."
"COGNIZEE","One to whom a fine of land was ackowledged. Blackstone."
"COGNIZOR","One who ackowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in afine; the defendant. Blackstone."
"COGNOMEN","A surname."
"COGNOMINAL","Of or pertaining to a cognomen; of the nature of a surname."
"COGNOMINATION","A cognomen or surname. [R.] Jer. Taylor."
"COGNOSCENCE","Cognizance. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"COGNOSCENTE","A conoisseur. Mason."
"COGNOSCIBILITY","The quality of being cognoscible. Cudworth."
"COGNOSCITIVE","Having the power of knowing. [Obs.] 'An innate cognoscitivepower.' Cudworth."
"COGNOVIT","An instrument in writting whereby a defendant in an actionacknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just. Mozley & W."
"COGON","A tall, coarse grass (Imperata arundinacea) of the PhilippineIslands and adjacent countries, used for thatching."
"COGUARDIAN","A joint guardian."
"COGUE","A small wooden vessel; a pail. [Scot.] Jamieson."
"COGWARE","A coarse, narrow cloth, like frieze, used by the lower classesin the sixteenth century. Halliwell."
"COGWHEEL","A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. ofGearing."
"COHABITANT","One who dwells with another, or in the same place or country.No small number of the Danes became peaceable cohabitants with theSaxons in England. Sir W. Raleigh."
"COHABITATION","The living together of a man and woman in supposed sexualrelationship.That the duty of cohabitation is released by the cruelty of one ofthe parties is admitted. Lord Stowell."
"COHABITER","A cohabitant. Hobbes."
"COHEIR","A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitledto an inheritance."
"COHEIRESS","A female heir who inherits with other heiresses; a jointheiress."
"COHEIRSHIP","The state of being a coheir."
"COHERALD","A joint herald."
"COHERENTLY","In a coherent manner."
"COHERER","Any device in which an imperfectly conducting contact betweenpieces of metal or other conductors loosely resting against eachother is materially improved in conductivity by the influence ofHertzian waves; -- so called by Sir O. J. Lodge in 1894 on theassumption that the impact of the electic waves caused the looselyconnected parts to cohere, or weld together, a condition easilydestroyed by tapping. A common form of coherer as used in wirelesstelegraphy consists of a tube containing filings (usually a pinch ofnickel and silver filings in equal parts) between terminal wires orplugs (called conductor plugs)."
"COHESIBILITY","The state of being cohesible. Good."
"COHESIBLE","Capable of cohesion."
"COHESION","That from of attraction by which the particles of a body areunited throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; -- distinguishedfrom adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces.Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion, which, beingincreased, turns a fluid into a solid. Arbuthnot."
"COHIBIT","To restrain. [Obs.] Bailey."
"COHIBITION","Hindrance; restraint. [Obs.]"
"COHOBATE","To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon thematter remaining in the vessel. Arbuthnot."
"COHOBATION","The process of cohobating. Grew."
"COHORN","See Coehorn."
"COHORT","A body of about five or six hundred soldiers; the tenth part ofa legion."
"COHOSH","A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whoseroostock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The nameis sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa, and to twospecies of Act\u00e6a, plants of the Crowfoot family."
"COIF","A cap. Specifically: (a) A close-fitting cap covering the sidesof the head, like a small hood without a cape. (b) An officialheaddress, such as that worn by certain judges in England. [Writtingalso quoif.]From point and saucy ermine down To the plain coif and russet gown.H. Brocke.The judges, . . . althout they are not of the first magnitude, norneed be of the degree of the coif, yet are they considerable. Bacon."
"COIFED","Wearing a coif."
"COIFFEUR","A hairdresser."
"COIFFURE","A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair. Addison."
"COIGN","A var. spelling of Coin, Quoin, a corner, wedge; -- chieflyused in the phrase coign of vantage, a position advantageous foraction or observation."
"COIGNE","A quoin.See you yound coigne of the Capitol yon corner stone Shak."
"COIL","To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; towind; -- often with about or around.You can see his flery serpents . . . Coiting, playing in the water.Longfellow."
"COILON","A testicle. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"COIN","To manufacture counterfeit money.They cannot touch me for coining. Shak."
"COINCIDENCY","Coincidence. [R.]"
"COINCIDENT","Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous;concurrent; -- followed by with.Christianity teaches nothing but what is perfectly suitable to, andcoincident with, the ruling principles of a virtuous and well-inclined man. South."
"COINCIDENTAL","Coincident."
"COINCIDENTLY","With coincidence."
"COINCIDER","One who coincides with another in an opinion."
"COINDICATION","One of several signs or sumptoms indicating the same fact; as,a coindication of disease."
"COINHABITANT","One who dwells with another, or with others. 'Coinhabitants ofthe same element.' Dr. H. More."
"COINHERE","To inhere or exist together, as in one substance. Sir W.Hamilton."
"COINHERITANCE","Joint inheritance."
"COINHERITOR","A coheir."
"COINITIAL","Having a common beginning."
"COINQUINATE","Topollute. [Obs.] Skelton."
"COINQUINATION","Defilement. [Obs.]"
"COINSTANTANEOUS","Happening at the same instant. C. Darwin."
"COINSURANCE","Insurance jointly with another or others; specif., that systemof fire insurance in which the insurer is treated as insuring himselfto the extent of that part of the risk not covered by his policy, sothat any loss is apportioned between him and the insurance company onthe principle of average, as in marine insurance or between otherinsurers."
"COINTENSE","Equal in intensity or degree; as, the relations between 6 and12, and 8 and 16, are cointense. H. Spencer."
"COINTENSION","The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied torelations; as, 3 : 6 and 6 : 12 are relations of cointension.Cointension . . . is chosen indicate the equality of relations inrespect of the contrast between their terms. H. Spencer."
"COIT","A quoit. [Obs.] Carew."
"COITION","A coming together; sexual intercourse; copulation. Grew."
"COJOIN","To join; to conjoin. [R.] Shak."
"COJUROR","One who swears to another's credibility. W. Wotton."
"COKE","Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, orother volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or bydistillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where [Written alsocoak.] Gas coke, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguishedfrom that made in ovens."
"COKENAY","A cockney. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"COKERNUT","The cocoanut."
"COKES","A simpleton; a gull; a dupe. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"COKEWOLD","Cuckold. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"COL","A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains;the pass over such a ridge."
"COLA","L. pl. of Colon."
"COLABORER","One who labors with another; an associate in labor."
"COLANDER","A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes forstraining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer ofwickerwork, perfprated metal, or the like."
"COLATION","The act or process of straining or filtering. [R.]"
"COLATITUDE","The complement of the latitude, or the difference between anylatitude and ninety degrees."
"COLATURE","The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer. [R.]"
"COLBERTINE","A kind of lace. [Obs.]Pinners edged with colbertine. Swift.Difference rose between Mechlin, the queen of lace, and colbertine.Young."
"COLCHICINE","A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from theColchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowishamorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; -- called alsocolchicia."
"COLCHICUM","A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe,including the meadow saffron."
"COLCOTHAR","Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used inpolishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also crocus Martis."
"COLD","Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8. Cold abscess. See underAbscess.-- Cold blast See under Blast, n., 2. Cold blood. See under Blood,n., 8.-- Cold chill, an ague fit. Wright.-- Cold chisel, a chisel of peculiar strength and hardness, forcutting cold metal. Weale.-- Cold cream. See under Cream.-- Cold slaw. See Cole slaw.-- In cold blood, without excitement or passion; deliberately.He was slain in cold blood after thefight was over. Sir W. Scott.To give one the cold shoulder, to treat one with neglect."
"COLD WAVE","In the terminology of the United States Weather Bureau, anunusual fall in temperature, to or below the freezing point,exceeding 16\u00ba in twenty-four hours or 20\u00ba in thirty-six hours,independent of the diurnal range."
"COLD-HEARTED","Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent.-- Cold'-heart`ed*ness, n."
"COLD-SHORT","Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron."
"COLD-SHUT","Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of aforging or casting.-- n."
"COLDFINCH","A British wagtail."
"COLDISH","Somewhat cold; cool; chilly."
"COLDLY","In a cold manner; without warmth, animation, or feeling; withindifference; calmly.Withdraw unto some private place, And reason coldly of yourgrievances. Shak."
"COLDNESS","The state or quality of being cold."
"COLE","A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of B.oleracea called rape and coleseed."
"COLEGOOSE","See Coalgoose."
"COLEMANITE","A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless orwhite crystals, also massive, in Southern California."
"COLEMOUSE","See Coletit."
"COLEOPTER","One of the Coleoptera."
"COLEOPTERA","An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra)hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair,which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others whennot in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles andmaxill\u00e6) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known asbeetles and weevils."
"COLEOPTERAN","One of the order of Coleoptera."
"COLEOPTERIST","One versed in the study of the Coleoptera."
"COLEORHIZA","A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle.Gray."
"COLEPERCH","A kind of small black perch."
"COLERA","Bile; choler. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"COLERIDGIAN","Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or to his poetry ormetaphysics."
"COLESEED","The common rape or cole."
"COLESLAW","A salad made of sliced cabbage."
"COLESTAFF","See Colstaff."
"COLEUS","A plant of several species of the Mint family, cultivated forits bright-colored or variegated leaves."
"COLFOX","A crafty fox. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"COLIC","A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm,obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera. Hepaticcolic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone fromthe liver or gall bladder through the bile duct.-- Intestinal colic, or Ordinary colic, pain due to distention ofthe intestines by gas.-- Lead colic, Painter's colic, a violent form of intestinal colic,associated with obstinate constipation, produced by chronic leadpoisoning.-- Renal colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of acalculus from the kidney through the ureter.-- Wind colic. See Intestinal colic, above."
"COLICAL","Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, colic. Swift."
"COLICKY","Pertaining to, or troubled with, colic; as, a colicky disorder."
"COLICROOT","A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leavesall radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike(Aletris farinosa and A. aurea). Called sometimes star grass,blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root."
"COLIN","The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied toother related species. See Bobwhite."
"COLISEUM","The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in theworld. [Written also Colosseum.]"
"COLITIS","An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucousmembrane; colonitis."
"COLL","To embrace. [Obs.] 'They coll and kiss him.' Latimer."
"COLLABORATEUR","See Collaborator."
"COLLABORATION","The act ofworking together; united labor."
"COLLABORATOR","An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientificlabor."
"COLLAGEN","The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendonsor sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin orglue."
"COLLAGENOUS","Containing or resembling collagen."
"COLLAPSE","Extreme depression or sudden failing o"
"COLLAPSION","Collapse. [R.] Johnson."
"COLLAR","The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant andits stem. Gray."
"COLLAR BONE","The clavicle."
"COLLARDS","Young cabbage, used as 'greens'; esp. a kind cultivated forthat purpose; colewort. [Colloq. Souther U. S.]"
"COLLARED","Wearing a collar; -- said of a man or beast used as a bearingwhen a collar is represented as worn around the neck or loins."
"COLLATABLE","Capable of being collated. Coleridge."
"COLLATE","To present and institute in a benefice, when the personpresenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to."
"COLLATERAL","Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the sameline or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal."
"COLLATERALNESS","The state of being collateral."
"COLLATION","The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding."
"COLLATIONER","One who examines the sheets of a book that has just beenprinted, to ascertain whether they are correctly printed, paged, etc.[Eng.]"
"COLLATITIOUS","Brought together; contributed; done by contributions. [Obs.]Bailey."
"COLLATIVE","Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which thebishop and the patron are the same person."
"COLLATOR","One who collates to a benefice."
"COLLAUD","To join in praising. [Obs.] Howell."
"COLLEAGUE","A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical officeor employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures."
"COLLEAGUESHIP","Partnership in office. Milton."
"COLLECT","A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day,occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.The noble poem on the massacres of Piedmont is strictly a collect inverse. Macaulay."
"COLLECTANEA","Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes ofinstruction; miscellany; anthology."
"COLLECTEDLY","Composedly; coolly."
"COLLECTEDNESS","A collected state of the mind; self-possession."
"COLLECTIBLE","Capable of being collected."
"COLLECTIONAL","Of or pertaining to collecting.The first twenty-five [years] must have been wasted for collectionalpurposes. H. A. Merewether."
"COLLECTIVE","Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by asingular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army,juri, etc."
"COLLECTIVELY","In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate;unitedly."
"COLLECTIVENESS","A state of union; mass."
"COLLECTIVISM","The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by societycollectively or as a whole; communism. W. G. Summer."
"COLLECTIVIST","An advocate of collectivism.-- a."
"COLLECTOR","An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receivecustoms, duties, taxes, or toll.A great part of this is now embezzled . . . by collectors, and otherofficers. Sir W. Temple."
"COLLECTORATE","The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship."
"COLLECTORSHIP","The office of a collector of customs or of taxes."
"COLLEEN","A girl; a maiden. [Anglo-Irish]"
"COLLEGATARY","A joint legatee."
"COLLEGIAL","Collegiate. [R.]"
"COLLEGIAN","A member of a college, particularly of a literary institutionso called; a student in a college."
"COLLEGIATE","Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; acollegiate society. Johnson. Collegiate church. (a) A church which,although not a bishop's seat, resembles a cathedral in having acollege, or chapter of canons (and, in the Church of England, adean), as Westminster Abbey. (b) An association of churches,possessing common revenues and administered under the joint pastorateof several ministers; as, the Reformed (Dutch) Collegiate Church ofNew York."
"COLLEMBOLA","The division of Thysanura which includes Podura, and alliedforms."
"COLLENCHYMA","A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the anglesand (usually) elongated."
"COLLET","A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as,the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem,for holding a drill."
"COLLETERIAL","Of or pertaining to the colleterium of insects. R. Owen."
"COLLETERIUM","An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite theejected ova."
"COLLETIC","Agglutinant.-- n."
"COLLEY","See Collie."
"COLLIDE","To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision;to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided.Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide, theyrecoil, they oscillate. Tyndall.No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding. Carlyle."
"COLLIDINE","One of a class of organic bases, C8H11N, usually pungent oilyliquids, belonging to the pyridine series, and obtained from boneoil, coal tar, naphtha, and certain alkaloids."
"COLLIE","The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the rough-hairedand smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence, displayedespecially in caring for flocks. [Written also colly, colley.]"
"COLLIED","Darkened. See Colly, v. t."
"COLLIFLOWER","See Cauliflower."
"COLLIGATE","To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a singleproposition.He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful .. . phenomena. Tundall."
"COLLIGATION","That process by which a number of isolated facts are broughtunder one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as whenKepler discovered that the various observed positions of the planetMars were points in an ellipse. 'The colligation of facts.' Whewell.Colligation is not always induction, but induction is alwayscolligation. J. S. Mill."
"COLLIMATE","To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bringinto the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to renderparallel, as rays of light."
"COLLIMATION","The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of thesights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into itsproper position relative to the other parts of the instrument. Errorof collimation, the deviation of the line collimation of anastronomical instrument from the position it ought to have withrespect to the axis of motion of the instrument.-- Line of collimation, the axial line of the telescope of anastronomical or geodetic instrument, or the line which passes throughthe optical center of the object glass and the intersection of thecross wires at its focus."
"COLLIMATOR","A telescope arranged and used to determine errors ofcollimation, both vertical and horizontal. Nichol."
"COLLIN","A very pure form of gelatin."
"COLLINE","A small hill or mount. [Obs.]And watered park, full of fine collines and ponds. Evelyn."
"COLLINEATION","The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixedobject. [R.] Johnson."
"COLLING","An embrace; dalliance. [Obs.] Halliwell."
"COLLINGLY","With embraces. [Obs.] Gascoigne."
"COLLINGUAL","Having, or pertaining to, the same language."
"COLLIQUABLE","Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid. [Obs.] Harvey."
"COLLIQUAMENT","The first rudiments of an embryo in generation. Dr. H. More."
"COLLIQUATE","To change from solid to fluid; to make or become liquid; tomelt. [Obs.]The ore of it is colliquated by the violence of the fire. Boyle.[Ice] will colliquate in water or warm oil. Sir T. Browne."
"COLLIQUATION","A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of theanimal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or morepassages. [Obs.]"
"COLLIQUATIVE","Causing rapid waste or exhaustion; melting; as, collequativesweats."
"COLLIQUEFACTION","A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into onemass by fusion.The incorporation of metals by simple colliquefaction. Bacon."
"COLLISH","A tool to polish the edge of a sole. Knight."
"COLLISIVE","Colliding; clashing. [Obs.]"
"COLLITIGANT","Disputing or wrangling. [Obs.] -- n."
"COLLOCATE","Set; placed. [Obs.] Bacon."
"COLLOCATION","The act of placing; the state of being placed with somethingelse; disposition in place; arrangement.The choice and collocation of words. Sir W. Jones."
"COLLOCUTION","A speaking or conversing together; conference; mutualdiscourse. Bailey."
"COLLOCUTOR","One of the speakers in a dialogue. Derham."
"COLLODION","A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ethercontaining a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive,and is used by surgeons as a containing for wounds; but its chiefapplication is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography.Collodion process (Photog.), a process in which a film of sensitizedcollodion is used in preparing the plate for taking a picture.-- Styptic collodion, collodion containing an astringent, as tannin."
"COLLODIONIZE","To prepare or treat with collodion. R. Hunt."
"COLLODIOTYPE","A picture obtained by the collodion process; a melanotype orambrotype."
"COLLODIUM","See Collodion."
"COLLOGUE","To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse,especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief. [Archaic orColloq.]Pray go in; and, sister, salve the matter, Collogue with her again,and all shall be well. Greene.He had been colloguing with my wife. Thackeray."
"COLLOID","Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylikeappearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors."
"COLLOIDAL","Pertaining to, or of the nature of, colloids."
"COLLOIDALITY","The state or quality of being colloidal."
"COLLOPED","Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops.With that red, gaunt, and colloped neck astrain. R. Browning."
"COLLOQUIAL","Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common andfamiliar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal;as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style.-- Col*lo'qui*al*ly, adv.His [Johnson's] colloquial talents were, indeed, of the highestorder. Macaulay."
"COLLOQUIALISM","A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse orwriting."
"COLLOQUIALIZE","To make colloquial and familiar; as, to colloquialize one'sstyle of writing."
"COLLOQUIST","A speaker in a colloquy or dialogue. Malone."
"COLLOTYPE","A photomechanical print made directly from a hardened film ofgelatin or other colloid; also, the process of making such prints.According to one method, the film is sensitized with potassiumdichromate and exposed to light under a reversed negative. After thedichromate has been washed out, the film is soaked in glycerin andwater. As this treatment causes swelling in those parts of the filmwhich have been acted on by light, a plate results from whichimpressions can be taken with prepared ink. The albertype, phototype,and heliotype are collotypes."
"COLLOW","Soot; smut. See 1st Colly. [Obs.]"
"COLLUCTANCY","A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance;opposition of nature. [Obs.]"
"COLLUCTATION","A struggling; a contention. [Obs.]Colluctation with old hags and hobgoblins. Dr. H. More."
"COLLUDE","To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to playinto each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.If they let things take their course, they will be represented ascolluding with sedition. Burke."
"COLLUDER","One who conspires in a fraud."
"COLLUM","A neck or cervix. Dunglison."
"COLLUSION","An agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person ofhis rights, by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden bylaw. Bouvier. Abbott."
"COLLUSORY","Collusive."
"COLLUTORY","A medicated wash for the mouth."
"COLLY","The black grime or soot of coal. [Obs.] Burton."
"COLLYBIST","A money changer. [Obs.]In the face of these guilty collybists. Bp. Hall."
"COLLYRIUM","An application to the eye, usually an eyewater."
"COLOBOMA","A defect or malformation; esp., a fissure of the iris supposedto be a persistent embryonic cleft."
"COLOCOLO","A South American wild cat (Felis colocolo), of the size of theocelot."
"COLOCYNTH","The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber(Citrullus, or Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to thewatermelon; coloquintida. It comes in white balls, is intenselybitter, and a powerful cathartic. Called also bitter apple, bittercucumber, bitter gourd."
"COLOCYNTHIN","The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow,crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside."
"COLOGNE","A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromaticoils, used in the toilet; -- called also cologne water and eau decologne."
"COLOGNE EARTH","An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable thanmineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal."
"COLOMBIER","A large size of paper for drawings. See under Paper."
"COLOMBIN","See Calumbin."
"COLOMBO","See Calumba."
"COLON","That part of the large intestines which extends from the c\u00e6cumto the rectum."
"COLONEL","The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next abovea lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general."
"COLONELCY","The office, rank, or commission of a colonel."
"COLONELSHIP","Colonelcy. Swift."
"COLONER","A colonist. [Obs.] Holland"
"COLONIAL","Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic,wars."
"COLONICAL","Of or pertaining to husbandmen. [Obs.]"
"COLONIST","A member or inhabitant of a colony."
"COLONITIS","See Colitis."
"COLONIZATION","Tha act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; theformation of a colony or colonies.The wide continent of America invited colonization. Bancroft."
"COLONIZATIONIST","A friend to colonization, esp. (U. S. Hist) to the colonizationof Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the UnitedStates."
"COLONIZE","To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people withcolonists; to migrate to and settle in. Bacon.They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants. Howell."
"COLONIZER","One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist. Bancroft."
"COLONNADE","A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals withall the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc."
"COLONY","A number of animals or plants living or growing together,beyond their usual range."
"COLOPHANY","See Colophony."
"COLOPHENE","A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation ofcolophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Calledalso diterebene."
"COLOPHON","An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place anddate of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on thelast page of a book.The colophon, or final description, fell into disuse, and . . . thetitle page had become the principal direct means of identifying thebook. De Morgan.The book was uninjured from title page to colophon. Sir W. Scott."
"COLOPHONITE","A coarsely granular variety of garnet."
"COLOPHONY","Rosin."
"COLOQUINTIDA","See Colocynth. Shak."
"COLOR","An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave tothe plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially,thus removing the cause from the jury to the court. Blackstone."
"COLOR SERGEANT","See under Sergeant."
"COLOR-BLIND","Affected with color blindness. See Color blindness, underColor, n."
"COLORABLE","Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice.'Colorable pretense for infidility.' Bp. Stillingfleet.-- Col'or*a*ble*ness, n.-- Col'or*a*bly, adv.Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk ofhuman justice. Hooker."
"COLORADO BEETLE","A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with tenlongitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards fromits original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to thepotato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potatobeetle."
"COLORADO GROUP","A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western NorthAmerica, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouriregion."
"COLORADOITE","Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found inColorado."
"COLORATE","Colored. [Obs.] Ray."
"COLORATION","The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored. Bacon.The females . . . resemble each other in their general type ofcoloration. Darwin."
"COLORATURE","Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, orrapid passages."
"COLORED","Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroesor persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people."
"COLORIFIC","Capable of communicating color or tint to other bodies."
"COLORIMETER","An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything,especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid."
"COLORIMETRY","The quantitative determination of the depth of color of asubstance."
"COLORIST","One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; oneto whom coloring is of prime importance.Titian, Paul Veronese, Van Dyck, and the rest of the good colorists.Dryden."
"COLORMAN","A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds."
"COLOSSAL","Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic."
"COLOSSEAN","Colossal. [R.]"
"COLOSSEUM","The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome. [Also written Coliseum.]"
"COLOTOMY","An operation for opening the colon"
"COLOUR","See Color."
"COLP","See Collop."
"COLPORTAGE","The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., bycolporteurs."
"COLPORTER","Same as Colporteur."
"COLPORTEUR","A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling anddistributing religious tracts and books."
"COLSTAFF","A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons ontheir shoulders."
"COLT","To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously orwantonly. [Obs.]They shook off their bridles and began to colt. Spenser."
"COLT PISTOL","A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable magazinein the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil extracts andejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads ready for another shot.Called also Browning, and Colt-Browning, pistol."
"COLT REVOLVER","A revolver made according to a system using a patentedrevolving cylinder, holding six cartridges, patented by Samuel Colt,an American inventor, in 1835. With various modifications, it has formany years been the standard for the United States army."
"COLTER","A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut thesward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard. [Written alsocoulter.]"
"COLTISH","Like a colt; wanton; frisky.He was all coltish, full of ragery. Chaucer.-- Colt'ish*ly, adv.-- Colt'ish*ness, n."
"COLTSFOOT","A perennial herb (Tussilago Farfara), whose leaves androotstock are sometimes employed in medicine. Butterbur coltsfoot(Bot.), a European plant (Petasites vulgaris)."
"COLUBER","A genus of harmless serpents."
"COLUBRINE","like or related to snakes of the genus Coluber."
"COLUGO","A peculiar East Indian mammal (Galleopithecus volans), havingalong the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelikemembrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like theflying squirrel; -- called also flying lemur."
"COLUMBA","See Calumba."
"COLUMBAE","An order of birds, including the pigeons."
"COLUMBARY","A dovecote; a pigeon house. Sir T. Browne."
"COLUMBATE","A salt of columbic acid; a niobate. See Columbium."
"COLUMBATZ FLY","See Buffalo fly, under Buffalo."
"COLUMBELLA","A genus of univale shells, abundant in tropical seas. Somespecies, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money."
"COLUMBIA","America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given inhonor of Columbus, the discoverer. Dr. T. Dwight."
"COLUMBIAD","A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed forthrowing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high anglesof elevation."
"COLUMBIAN","Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America."
"COLUMBIC","Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic.Columbic acid (Chem.), a weak acid derived from columbic or niobicoxide, Nb2O5; -- called also niobic acid."
"COLUMBIER","See Colombier."
"COLUMBIFEROUS","Producing or containing columbium."
"COLUMBIN","A white, crystalline, bitter substance. See Calumbin."
"COLUMBINE","Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored. 'Columbineinnocency.' Bacon."
"COLUMBITE","A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and highspecific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron andmanganese, containing tantalate of iron; -- first found in NewEngland."
"COLUMBIUM","A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a varietyof the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably atHaddam. Atomic weight 94.2. Symbol Cb or Nb. Now more commonly calledniobium."
"COLUMBO","See Calumba."
"COLUMBUS DAY","The 12th day of October, on which day in 1492 ChristopherColumbus discovered America, landing on one of the Bahama Islands(probably the one now commonly called Watling Island), and naming it'San Salvador'; -- called also Discovery Day. This day is made alegal holiday in many States of The United States."
"COLUMELLA","A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columnella,or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella ofthe ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanicmembrane with the internal ear."
"COLUMELLIFORM","Shaped like a little column, or columella."
"COLUMN","A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for aroof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usuallycomposed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order."
"COLUMNAR","Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; likethe shaft of a column. Columnar epithelium (Anat.), epithelium inwhich the cells are priismatic in form, and set upright on thesurface they cover.-- Columnar structure (Geol.), a structure consisting of more orless regular columns, usually six-sided, but sometimes with eight ormore sides. The columns are often fractured transversely, with a cupjoint, showing a concave surface above. This structure ischaracteristic of certain igneous rocks, as basalt, and is due tocontraction in cooling."
"COLUMNARITY","The state or quality of being columnar."
"COLUMNATED","Having columns; as, columnated temples."
"COLUMNED","Having columns.Troas and Ilion's columned citadel. Tennyson."
"COLUMNIATION","The employment or arrangement of columns in a structure. Gwilt."
"COLURE","One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in thepoles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctialpoints, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the otherintersects the equator at the distance of 90\u00ba from the former, and iscalled the solstitial colure.Thrice the equinoctial line He circled; four times crossed the car ofnight From pole to pole, traversing each colure. Milton."
"COLY","Any bird of the genus Colius and allied genera. They inhabitAfrica."
"COLZA","A variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), cultivated for itsseeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricatingpurposes; summer rape."
"COM-","A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with,together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com-before b, m, p, and sometimes f, and by assimilation becomes col-before l, cor- before r, and con- before any consonant except b, h,l, m, p, r, and w. Before a vowel com- becomes co-; also before h, w,and sometimes before other consonants."
"COMA","A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult orimpossible to rouse a person. See Carus."
"COMANCHES","A warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the Shoshone family ofIndians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of the UnitedStates; -- called also Paducahs. They are noted for plundering andcruelty."
"COMART","A covenant. [Obs.] Shak."
"COMATE","Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy."
"COMATOSE","Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as,comatose sleep; comatose fever."
"COMATOUS","Comatose."
"COMATULA","A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When youngthey are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and clingto seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also featherstars."
"COMATULID","Any crinoid of the genus Antedon or allied genera."
"COMB","To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smoothand straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. Seeunder Combing.Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright. Shak."
"COMB-SHAPED","Pectinate."
"COMBAT","To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.To combat with a blind man I disdain. Milton.After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for thechoice of masters. Gibbon."
"COMBATABLE","Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatablefoes, evils, or arguments."
"COMBATANT","Contending; disposed to contend. B. Jonson."
"COMBATER","One who combats. Sherwood."
"COMBATIVE","("
"COMBATIVENESS","A cranial development supposed to indicate a combativedisposition."
"COMBATTANT","In the position of fighting; -- said of two lions set face toface, each rampant."
"COMBBROACH","A tooth of a wool comb. [Written also combrouch.]"
"COMBE","See Comb."
"COMBER","To cumber. [Obs.] Spenser."
"COMBINABLE","Capable of combinding; consistent with. [R.] M. Arnold.-- Com*bin'a*ble*ness, n."
"COMBINATE","United; joined; betrothed. [R.]"
"COMBINATION","The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by whichsubstances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight toform distinct compounds."
"COMBINE","In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two ormore cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the cardplayed. Combining weight (Chem.), that proportional weight, usuallyreferred to hydrogen as a standard, and for each element fixed andexact, by which an element unites with another to form a distinctcompound. The combining weights either are identical with, or aremultiples or multiples of, the atomic weight. See Atomic weight,under Atomic, a."
"COMBINED","United closely; confederated; chemically united."
"COMBINEDLY","; jointly."
"COMBINER","One who, or that which, combines."
"COMBING","See Coamings. Combing machine (Textile Manuf.), a machine forcombing wool, flax, cotton, etc., and separating the longer and morevaluable fiber from the shorter. See also Carding machine, underCarding."
"COMBLESS","Without a comb or crest; as, a combless ceck."
"COMBOLOIO","A Mohammedan rosary, consisting of ninety-nine beads. Byron."
"COMBUST","So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, asthe moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half fromthe sun. [Obs.]Planets that are oft combust. Milton."
"COMBUSTIBILITY","The quality of being combustible."
"COMBUSTIBLE","A substance that may bee set on fire, or which is liable totake fire and burn.All such combustibles as are cheap enough for common use go under thename of fuel. Ure."
"COMBUSTIBLENESS","Combustibility."
"COMBUSTION","The combination of a combustible with a supporter ofcombustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat.Combustion results is common cases from the mutual chemical actionand reaction of the combustible and the oxygen of the atmosphere,whereby a new compound is formed. Ure.Supporter of combustion (Chem.), a gas as oxygen, the combination ofwhich with a combustible, as coal, constitutes combustion."
"COMBUSTIOUS","Inflammable. [Obs.] Shak."
"COME","To carry through; to succeed in; as, you can't come any trickshere. [Slang] To come it, to succeed in a trick of any sort. [Slang]"
"COME-ALONG","A gripping device, as for stretching wire, etc., consisting oftwo jaws so attached to a ring that they are closed by pulling on thering."
"COME-OUTER","One who comes out or withdraws from a religious or otherorganization; a radical reformer. [Colloq. U. S.]"
"COMEDIENNE","A women who plays in comedy."
"COMEDIETTA","A dramatic sketch; a brief comedy."
"COMEDO","A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., whichon pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retainedoily secretion, with a black head (dirt)."
"COMEDOWN","A downfall; an humillation. [Colloq.]"
"COMEDY","A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright andamusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the mannersof society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play inwhich mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; --opposed to tragedy.With all the vivacity if comedy. Macaulay.Are come to play a pleasant comedy. Shak."
"COMELILY","In a suitable or becoming manner. [R.] Sherwood."
"COMELINESS","The quality or state of being comely.Comeliness is a disposing fair Of things and actions in fit time andplace. Sir J. Davies.Strength, comeliness of shape, or amplest merit. Milton.Comeliness signifies something less forcible than beauty, lesselegant than grace, and less light than prettiness. Johnson."
"COMELY","In a becoming manner. Ascham."
"COMER","One who comes, or who has come; one who has arrived, and ispresent. All comers, all who come, or offer, to take part in amatter, especially in a contest or controversy. 'To prove it againstall comers.' Bp. Stillingfleet."
"COMES","The answer to the theme (dux) in a fugue."
"COMESSATION","A reveling; a rioting. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"COMESTIBLE","Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent.Some herbs are most comestible. Sir T. Elyot."
"COMET","A member of the solar system which usually moves in anelongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion,and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. Acomet commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, orcoma, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequentlywanting. See Illustration in Appendix."
"COMETARIUM","An instrument, intended to represent the revolution of a cometround the sun. Hutton."
"COMETARY","Pertaining to, or resembling, a comet. Cheyne."
"COMETHER","Matter; affair."
"COMETIC","Relating to a comet."
"COMETOGRAPHER","One who describes or writes about comets."
"COMETOGRAPHY","A description of, or a treatise concerning, comets."
"COMETOLOGY","The department of astronomy relating to comets."
"COMFIT","A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preservedwith sugar and dried; a confection."
"COMFITURE","See Comfit, n."
"COMFORT","Unlawful support, countenance, or encouragement; as, to giveaid and comfort to the enemy."
"COMFORTABLE","A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; acomfort. [U. S.]"
"COMFORTABLENESS","State of being comfortable or comforting manner.Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Is. xl. 2."
"COMFORTABLY","In a comfortable or comforting manner."
"COMFORTER","The Holy Spirit, -- reffering to his office of comfortingbelievers.But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will sendin my name, he shall teach you all things. John xiv. 26."
"COMFORTLESS","Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless.Comfortless through turanny or might. Spenser."
"COMFORTMENT","Act or process of administering comfort. [Obs.]The gentle comfortment and entertainment of the said embassador.Hakluyt."
"COMFORTRESS","A woman who comforts.To be your comfortress, and to preserve you. B. Jonson."
"COMFREY","A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of thegenus Symphytum."
"COMIC","A comedian. [Obs.] Steele."
"COMICALITY","The quality of being comical; something comical."
"COMICRY","The power of exciting mirth; comicalness. [R.] H. Giles."
"COMITIA","A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers orpassing laws."
"COMITIAL","Relating to the comitia, or popular assembles of the Romans forelecting officers and passing laws. Middleton."
"COMITIVA","A body of followers; -- applied to the lawless or brigand bandsin Italy and Sicily."
"COMITY","Mildness and suavity of manners; courtesy between equals;friendly equals; friendly civility; as, comity of manners; the comityof States. Comity of nations (International Law), the courtesy bywhich nations recognize within their own territory, or in theircourts, the peculiar institutions of another nation or the rights andprivileges acquired by its citizens in their own land. By someauthorities private international law rests on this comity, but thebetter opinion is that it is part of the common law of the land, andhence is obligatory as law."
"COMMA","A small interval (the difference beyween a major and minor halfstep), seldom used except by tuners. Comma bacillus (Physiol.), avariety of bacillus shaped like a comma, found in the intestines ofpatients suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having aspecial relation to the disease; -- called also cholera bacillus.-- Comma butterfly (Zo\u00f6l.), an American butterfly (Grapta comma),having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings."
"COMMANDABLE","Capable of being commanded."
"COMMANDANT","A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body ofmen; as, the commandant of a navy-yard."
"COMMANDATORY","Mandatory; as, commandatory authority. [Obs.]"
"COMMANDEER","To compel to perform military service; to seize for militarypurposes; -- orig. used of the Boers."
"COMMANDER","An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with alieutenant colonel in the army."
"COMMANDERSHIP","The office of a commander."
"COMMANDINGLY","In a commanding manner."
"COMMANDMENT","One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelitesat Mount Sinai."
"COMMANDO","In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes,an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers."
"COMMANDRESS","A woman invested with authority to command. Hooker."
"COMMANDRY","See Commandery."
"COMMARK","The frontier of a country; confines. [Obs.] Shelton."
"COMMATERIAL","Consisting of the same material. [Obs.] Bacon."
"COMMATIC","Having short clauses or sentences; brief; concise."
"COMMATISM","Conciseness in writing. Bp. Horsley."
"COMMEASURABLE","Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional.She being now removed by death, a commeasurable grief took as fullpossession of him as joy had one. I. Walton."
"COMMEASURE","To be commensurate with; to equal. Tennyson."
"COMMEMORABLE","Worthy to be commemorated."
"COMMEMORATE","To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; tocelebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event,by some act of respect of affection, intended to preserve theremembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferingsand dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper;to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance ofthe Fourth of July.We are called upon to commemorate a revolution. Atterbury."
"COMMEMORATIVE","Tending or intended to commemorate. 'A sacrifice commemorativeof Christ's offering up his body for us.' Hammond.An inscription commemorative of his victory. Sir G. C. Lewis."
"COMMEMORATOR","One who commemorates."
"COMMEMORATORY","Serving to commemorate; commomerative. Bp. Hooper."
"COMMENCE","To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.Many a wooer doth commence his suit. Shak."
"COMMEND","Compliments; greetings. [Obs.]Hearty commends and much endeared love to you. Howell."
"COMMENDABLE","Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy.Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only comely butcommendable. Bacon.-- Com*mend'a*ble*ness, n.-- Com*mend'a*bly, adv."
"COMMENDAM","A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually abishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A livingso held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolishedby law in 1836.There was [formerly] some sense for commendams. Selden.Partnership in commendam. See under Partnership."
"COMMENDATARY","One who holds a living in commendam."
"COMMENDATION","A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting.[Obs.]Hark you, Margaret; No princely commendations to my king Shak."
"COMMENDATOR","One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary.Chalmers."
"COMMENDATORY","A commendation; eulogy. [R.] 'Commendatories to our affection.'Sharp."
"COMMENDER","One who commends or praises."
"COMMENSAL","An animal, not truly parasitic, which lives in with, or on,another, partaking usually of the same food. Both species may bebenefited by the association."
"COMMENSALISM","The act of eating together; table fellowship."
"COMMENSALITY","Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the sametable. [Obs.] 'Promiscuous commensality.' Sir T. Browne."
"COMMENSATION","Commensality. [Obs.]Daniel . . . declined pagan commensation. Sir T. Browne."
"COMMENSURABILITY","The quality of being commersurable. Sir T. Browne."
"COMMENSURABLE","Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured bythe same number, quantity, or measure.-- Com*men'su*ra*ble*ness, n. Commensurable numbers or quantities(Math.), those that can be exactly expressed by some common unit;thus a foot and yard are commensurable, since both can be expressedin terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36 inches.-- Numbers, or Quantities, commensurable in power, those whosesquares are commensurable."
"COMMENSURABLY","In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable."
"COMMENSURATENESS","The state or quality of being commensurate. Foster."
"COMMENSURATION","The act of commensurating; the state of being commensurate.All fitness lies in a particular commensuration, or proportion of onething to another. South."
"COMMENT","To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, towrite notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate hismeaning, or to explain particular passages; to write annotations; --often followed by on or upon.A physician to comment on your malady. Shak.Critics . . . proceed to comment on him. Dryden.I must translate and comment. Pope."
"COMMENTATE","To write comments or notes upon; to make comments. [R.]Commentate upon it, and return it enriched. Lamb."
"COMMENTATOR","One who writes a commentary or comments; an expositor; anannotator.The commentator's professed object is to explain, to enforce, toillustrate doctrines claimed as true. Whewell."
"COMMENTATORIAL","Pertaining to the making of commentaries. Whewell."
"COMMENTATORSHIP","The office or occupation of a commentator."
"COMMENTER","One who makes or writes comments; a commentator; an annotator."
"COMMENTITIOUS","Fictitious or imaginary; unreal; as, a commentitious system ofreligion. [Obs.] Warburton."
"COMMERCE DESTROYER","A very fast, unarmored, lightly armed vessel designed tocapture or destroy merchant vessels of an enemy. Not being intendedto fight, they may be improvised from fast passenger steamers."
"COMMERCIAL","Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied withcommerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercialrelations. 'Princely commercial houses.' Macaulay. Commercialcollege, a school for giving instruction in commercial knowledge andbusiness.-- Commercial law. See under Law.-- Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper, usuallyabout 5 by 7\u00bd or 8 inches.-- Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course ofbusiness. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes, bankcheks, etc.-- Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who travelsfrom town to town to solicit orders."
"COMMERCIALISM","The commercial spirit or method. C. Kingsley."
"COMMERCIALLY","In a commercial manner."
"COMMIGRATE","To migrate together. [R.]"
"COMMIGRATION","Migration together. [R.] Woodward."
"COMMINATORY","Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms. B.Jonson."
"COMMINGLE","To mingle together; to mix in one mass, or intimately; toblend. Bacon."
"COMMINGLER","One that commingles; specif., a device for noiseless heating ofwater by steam, in a vessel filled with a porous mass, as of pebbles."
"COMMINUTE","To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; topulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones;to comminute food with the teeth. Pennant. Comminuted fracture. Seeunder Fracture."
"COMMINUTION","Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces. Dunglison."
"COMMISERABLE","Pitiable. [Obs.] Bacon."
"COMMISERATE","To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.Then must we those, who groan, beneath the weight Of age, disease, orwant, commiserate. Denham.We should commiserate our mutual ignorance. Locke."
"COMMISERATION","The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, ordistresses of another; pity; compassion.And pluck commiseration of his state From brassy bosoms and roughhearts of flint. Shak."
"COMMISERATIVE","Feeling or expressing commiseration. Todd."
"COMMISERATOR","One who pities."
"COMMISSARIAL","Of or pertaining to a commissary."
"COMMISSARY","An officer on the bishop, who exercises ecclesiasticaljurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residenceof the bishop. Ayliffe."
"COMMISSARYSHIP","The office or employment of a commissary. Ayliffe."
"COMMISSIONAIRE","Of pertaining to, or conferring, a commission; conferred by acommission or warrant. [R.]Delegate or commissionary authority. Bp. Hall."
"COMMISSIONATE","To commission [Obs.]"
"COMMISSIONSHIP","The office of commissioner. Sir W. Scott."
"COMMISSIVE","Relating to commission; of the nature of, or involving,commission. [R.]"
"COMMISSURAL","Of or pertaining to a commissure."
"COMMISSURE","The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in theparsnip, caraway, etc."
"COMMIT","To sin; esp., to be incontinent. [Obs.]Commit not with man's sworn spouse. Shak."
"COMMITTABLE","Capable of being committed."
"COMMITTAL","The act of commiting, or the state of being committed;commitment."
"COMMITTEE","One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter orbussiness is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court,or by any collective body of men acting together. Commitee of thewhole [house], a committee, embracing all the members present, intowhich a legislative or deliberative body sometimes resolves itself,for the purpose of considering a particular measure under theoperation of different rules from those governing the generallegislative proceedings. The committee of the whole has its ownchairman, and reports its action in the form of recommendations.-- Standing committee. See under Standing."
"COMMITTEEMAN","A member of a committee."
"COMMITTIBLE","Capable of being committed; liable to be committed. [R.] Sir T.Browne."
"COMMIX","To mix or mingle together; to blend.The commixed impressions of all the colors do stir up and beget asensation of white. Sir I. Newton.To commix With winds that sailors rail at. Shak."
"COMMIXION","Commixture. Shak."
"COMMIXTION","Commixture; mingling. [R.]An exact commixtion of the ingredients. Boyle."
"COMMODATE","A gratuitous loan."
"COMMODIOUS","Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities;serviceable; spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable; as, acommodious house. 'A commodious drab.' Shak. 'Commodious gold.' Pope.The haven was not commodious to winter in. Acts. xxvii. 12."
"COMMODIOUSLY","In a commodious manner.To pass commodiously this life. Milton."
"COMMODIOUSNESS","State of being commodious; suitableness for its purpose;convience; roominess.Of cities, the greatness and riches increase according to thecommodiousness of their situation. Sir W. Temple.The commodiousness of the harbor. Johnson."
"COMMODORE","An officer who ranks next above a captain; sometimes, bycourtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodorecorresponds with that of brigadier general in the army."
"COMMON","The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in commoneither with the owner or with other persons; -- so called from thecommunity of interest which arises between the claimant of the rightand the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and othercommoners entitled to the same right. Common appendant, a rightbelonging to the owners or occupiers of arable land to put commonablebeasts upon the waste land in the manor where they dwell.-- Common appurtenant, a similar right applying to lands in othermanors, or extending to other beasts, besides those which aregenerally commonable, as hogs.-- Common because of vicinage or neighborhood, the right of theinhabitants of each of two townships, lying contiguous to each other,which have usually intercommoned with one another, to let theirbeasts stray into the other's fields.-- Common in gross or at large, a common annexed to a man's person,being granted to him and his heirs by deed; or it may be claimed byprescriptive right, as by a parson of a church or other corporationsole. Blackstone.-- Common of estovers, the right of taking wood from another'sestate.-- Common of pasture, the right of feeding beasts on the land ofanother. Burill.-- Common of piscary, the right of fishing in waters belonging toanother.-- Common of turbary, the right of digging turf upon the ground ofanother."
"COMMON SENSE","See Common sense, under Sense."
"COMMONAGE","The right of pasturing on a common; the right of using anythingin common with others.The claim of comonage . . . in most of the forests. Burke."
"COMMONISH","Somewhat common; commonplace; vulgar."
"COMMONITION","Advice; warning; instruction. [Obs.] Bailey."
"COMMONITIVE","Monitory. [Obs.]Only commemorative and commonitive. Bp. Hall."
"COMMONITORY","Calling to mind; giving admonition. [Obs.] Foxe."
"COMMONPLACE","Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, orobservation."
"COMMONPLACENESS","The quality of being commonplace; commonness."
"COMMONTY","A common; a piece of land in which two or more persons have acommon right. Bell."
"COMMONWEAL","Commonwealth.Such a prince, So kind a father of the commonweal. Shak."
"COMMONWEALTH","Specifically, the form of government established on the deathof Charles I., in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell and hisson Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659."
"COMMORANCE","See Commorancy."
"COMMORANCY","A dwelling or ordinary residence in a place; habitation.Commorancy consists in usually lying there. Blackstone."
"COMMORANT","Ordinarily residing; inhabiting.All freeholders within the precinct . . . and all persons commoranttherein. Blackstone."
"COMMORATION","The act of staying or residing in a place. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"COMMORIENT","Dying together or at the same time. [R.] Sir G. Buck."
"COMMORSE","Remorse. [Obs.] 'With sad commorse.' Daniel."
"COMMOTE","To commove; to disturb; to stir up. [R.]Society being more or less commoted and made uncomfortable.Hawthorne."
"COMMUNAL","Pertaining to a commune."
"COMMUNALISM","A French theory of government which holds that commune shouldbe a kind of independent state, and the national government aconfederation of such states, having only limited powers. It isadvocated by advanced French republicans; but it should not beconfounded with communism."
"COMMUNALIST","An advocate of communalism."
"COMMUNALISTIC","Pertaining to communalism."
"COMMUNE","Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation betweenfriends.For days of happy commune dead. Tennyson."
"COMMUNICABILITY","The quality of being communicable; capability of beingimparted."
"COMMUNICANT","Communicating. [R.] Coleridge."
"COMMUNICATION","A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is apartner in his sentiments, and says we, instead of I or you. Beattie."
"COMMUNICATIVE","Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others.Determine, for the future, to be less communicative. Swift."
"COMMUNICATIVENESS","The quality of being communicative. Norris."
"COMMUNICATOR","One who communicates. Boyle."
"COMMUNICATORY","Imparting knowledge or information.Canonical and communicatory letters. Barrow."
"COMMUNISM","A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life;specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition ofinequalities in the possession of property, as by distributing allwealth equally to all, or by holding all wealth in common for theequal use and advantage of all."
"COMMUNISTIC","Living or having their nests in common, as certain birds."
"COMMUTABILITY","The quality of being commutable."
"COMMUTABLE","Capable of being commuted or interchanged.The predicate and subject are not commutable. Whately."
"COMMUTABLENESS","The quality of being commutable; interchangeableness."
"COMMUTATION","The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power ofthe State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishmentor imprisonment.Suits are allowable in the spiritual courts for money agreed to begiven as a commutation for penance. Blackstone."
"COMMUTATION TICKET","A ticket for transportation at a reduced rate in considerationof some special circumstance, as increase of travel; specif., aticket for a certain number of, or for daily, trips betweenneighboring places at a reduced rate, such as are commonly used bythose doing business in a city and living in a suburb. Commutationtickets are excepted from the prohibition against special ratescontained in the Interstate Commerce Act of Feb. 4, 1887 (24 Stat.379), and in 145 U. S. 263 it was held that party tickets were alsoexcepted as being 'obviously within the commuting principle.'"
"COMMUTATIVE","Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal.-- Com*mut'a*tive'ly, adv.Rich traders, from their success, are presumed . . . to havecultivated an habitual regard to commutative justice. Burke."
"COMMUTATOR","A piece of apparatus used for reversing the direction of anelectrical current; an attachment to certain electrical machines, bymeans of which alternating currents are made to be continuous or tohave the same direction."
"COMMUTE","To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of,as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or asingle thing for an aggregate; hence; to lessen; to diminish; as, tocommute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; tocommute tithes; to commute charges for fares.The sounds water and fire, being once annexed to those two elements,it was certainly more natural to call beings participating of thefirst 'watery', and the last 'fiery', than to commute the terms, andcall them by the reverse. J. HarrisThe utmost that could be obtained was that her sentence should becommuted from burning to beheading. Macaulay."
"COMMUTER","One who commutes; especially, one who commutes in traveling."
"COMMUTUAL","Mutual; reciprocal; united. [R.]There, with commutual zeal, we both had strove. Pope."
"COMOSE","Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of milkweed.Gray."
"COMPACT","An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.The law of nations depends on mutual compacts, treaties, leagues,etc. Blackstone.Wedlock is described as the indissoluble compact. Macaulay.The federal constitution has been styled a compact between the Statesby which it was ratified. Wharton."
"COMPACTED","Compact; pressed close; concentrated; firmly united."
"COMPACTEDLY","In a compact manner."
"COMPACTEDNESS","A state of being compact."
"COMPACTER","One who makes a compact."
"COMPACTIBLE","That may be compacted."
"COMPACTION","The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.[Obs.] Bacon."
"COMPACTLY","In a compact manner; with close union of parts; densely;tersely."
"COMPACTNESS","The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts;density."
"COMPACTURE","Close union or connection of parts; manner of joining;construction. [Obs.] 'With comely compass and compacture strong.'Spenser."
"COMPAGES","A system or structure of many parts united.A regular compages of pipes and vessels. Ray."
"COMPAGINATE","To unite or hold together; as, the side pieces compaginate theframe. [Obs.] W. Montagu."
"COMPAGINATION","Union of parts; structure. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"COMPANABLE","Companionable; sociable. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"COMPANATOR","Same as Impanator."
"COMPANIABLE","Companionable; sociable. [Obs.] Bacon."
"COMPANIONABLE","Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable;sociable. 'Each companionable guest.' Mallett. 'Companionable wit.'Clarendon.-- Com*pan'ion*a*ble*ness, n.-- Com*pan'ion*a*bly, adv."
"COMPANIONLESS","Without a companion."
"COMPANIONSHIP","Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping companywith any one. Shak.He never seemed to avail himself of my sympathy other than by merecompanionship. W. Irwing"
"COMPANY","A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of acaptain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men."
"COMPARABLE","Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.There is no blessing of life comparable to the enjoyment of adiscreet and virtuous friend. Addison.-- Com'pa*ra*ble*ness, n.-- Com'pa*ra*bly, adv."
"COMPARATE","One of two things compared together."
"COMPARATION","A making ready; provision. [Obs.]"
"COMPARATIVE","Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree ofthe quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degreeis formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as,brighter, more bright, or less bright. Comparative sciences, thosewhich are based on a comprehensive comparison of the range of objectsor facts in any branch or department, and which aim to study out andtreat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation pervading them;as, comparative anatomy, comparative physiology, comparativephilology."
"COMPARATIVELY","According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; notpositively or absolutely.With but comparatively few exceptions. Prescott."
"COMPARATOR","An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measuredwith a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine forcomparing standards of length."
"COMPARE","To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to statepositive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectivesof one syllable are compared by affixing '-er' and '-est' to thepositive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than onesyllable are usually compared by prefixing 'more' and 'most', or'less' and 'least', to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful,most beautiful."
"COMPARER","One who compares."
"COMPARISON","The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which theadjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality orquantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison."
"COMPART","To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions. [R.]The crystal surface is comparted all In niches verged with rubies.Glover."
"COMPARTITION","The act of dividing into parts or compartments; division; also,a division or compartment. [Obs.]Their temples . . . needed no compartitions. Sir H. Wotton."
"COMPARTMENT","One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided bywater-tight bulkheads."
"COMPARTNER","See Copartner. [Obs.]"
"COMPASS","The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice orinstument.You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass.Shak."
"COMPASSABLE","Capable of being compassed or accomplished. Burke."
"COMPASSED","Rounded; arched. [Obs.]She came . . . into the compassed window. Shak."
"COMPASSES","An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc.,consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs,usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move."
"COMPASSING","Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers."
"COMPASSION","Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrowexcited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity;commiseration.Womanly igenuity set to work by womanly compassion. Macaulay."
"COMPASSIONABLE","Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable. [R.] Barrow."
"COMPASSIONATE","To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathizewith.Compassionates my pains, and pities me. Addison."
"COMPASSIONATELY","In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon."
"COMPASSIONATENESS","The quality or state of being compassionate."
"COMPASSLESS","Having no compass. Knowles."
"COMPATERNITY","The relation of a godfather to a person. [Obs.]The relation of gossipred or compaternity by the cannon law is aspiritual affinity. Sir J. Da"
"COMPATIBILITY","The quality or power of being compatible or congruous;congruity; as, a compatibility of tempers; a compatibility ofproperties."
"COMPATIBLE","Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; notrepugnant; -- usually followed by with.Our poets have joined together such qualities as are by nature themost compatible. Broome."
"COMPATIBLENESS","Compatibility; consistency; fitness; agreement."
"COMPATIBLY","In a compatible manner."
"COMPATIENT","Suffering or enduring together. [Obs.] Sir G. Buck."
"COMPATRIOT","One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling.The distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by theircompatriots in America. Palfrey."
"COMPATRIOTISM","The condition of being compatriots."
"COMPEAR","To appear in court personally or by attorney. [Scot]"
"COMPEER","An equal, as in rank, age, prowess, etc.; a companion; acomrade; a mate.And him thus answer 'd soon his bold compeer. Milton."
"COMPEL","To make one yield or submit. 'If she can not entreat, I can notcompel.' Shak."
"COMPELLABLE","Capable of being compelled or constrained. Blackstone."
"COMPELLABLY","By compulsion."
"COMPELLATION","Style of address or salutation; an appellation. 'Metaphoricalcompellations.' Milton.He useth this endearing compellation, 'My little children.' Bp.Beveridge.The peculiar compellation of the kings in France is by 'Sire,' whichis nothing else but father. Sir W. Temple."
"COMPELLATIVE","The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative."
"COMPELLATORY","Serving to compel; compulsory. [R.]"
"COMPELLER","One who compels or constrains."
"COMPEND","A compendium; an epitome; a summary.A compend and recapitulation of the Mosaical law. Bp. Burnet."
"COMPENDIARIOUS","Short; compendious. [Obs.] Bailey."
"COMPENDIATE","To sum or collect together. [Obs.] Bp. King."
"COMPENDIOUS","Containing the substance oe general principles of a subject orwork in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.More compendious and exeditious ways. Woodward.Three things be required in the oration of a man having authority --that it be compendious, sententious, and delectable. Sir T. Elyot."
"COMPENDIOUSLY","In a compendious manner.Compendiously exressed by the word chaos. Bentley."
"COMPENDIOUSNESS","The state or quality of being compendious."
"COMPENDIUM","A brief compilation or composition, containing the principalheads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; anabridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary.A short system or compendium of a sience. I. Watts."
"COMPENSATE","To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for;as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation."
"COMPENSATIVE","Affording compensation."
"COMPENSATOR","An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vesselsto neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle."
"COMPENSATORY","Serving for compensation; making amends. Jer. Taylor."
"COMPENSE","To compensate. [Obs.] Bacon."
"COMPERENDINATE","To delay. Bailey."
"COMPESCE","To hold in check; to restrain. [R.] Carlyle."
"COMPETE","To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing,position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend inrivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete withone another.The rival statesmen, with eyes fixed on America, were all the whilecompeting for European alliances. Bancroft."
"COMPETENTLY","In a competent manner; adequately; suitably."
"COMPETIBLE","Compatible; suitable; consistent. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale."
"COMPETITION","The act of seeking, or endevearing to gain, what another isendeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the sameobjects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as forapprobation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engagedin the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by forbefore the object sought, and with before the person or thingcompeted with.Competition to the crown there is none, nor can be. Bacon.A portrait, with which one of Titian's could not come incompetititon. Dryden.There is no competition but for the second place. Dryden.Where competition does not act at all there is complete monopoly. A.T. Hadley."
"COMPETITIVE","Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition;competitory; as, a competitive examination."
"COMPETITORY","Acting in competition; competing; rival."
"COMPETITRESS","A woman who competes."
"COMPETITRIX","A competitress."
"COMPILATOR","Compiler. [Obs.]"
"COMPILEMENT","Compilation. [R.]"
"COMPILER","One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation."
"COMPINGE","To compress; to shut up. [Obs.] Burton."
"COMPLACENT","Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; acomplacent smile.They look up with a sort of complacent awe . . . to kings. Burke."
"COMPLACENTIAL","Marked by, or causing, complacence. [Obs.] 'Complacentiallove.' Baxter."
"COMPLACENTLY","In a complacent manner."
"COMPLAIN","To lament; to bewail. [Obs.]They might the grievance inwardly complain. Daniel.By chaste Lucrece's soul that late complain'd Her wrongs to us. Shak."
"COMPLAINABLE","That may be complained of. [R.] Feltham."
"COMPLAINER","One who complains or laments; one who finds fault; a murmurer.Beattie.Speechless complainer, I will learn thy thought. Shak."
"COMPLAINT","A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presentedto the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crimecommitted (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information;accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity."
"COMPLAINTFUL","Full of complaint. [Obs.]"
"COMPLAISANCE","Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with thewishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please;courtesy; civility.These [ladies] . . . are by the just complaisance and gallantry ofour nation the most powerful part of our people. Addison.They strive with their own hearts and keep them down, In complaisanceto all the fools in town. Young."
"COMPLAISANT","Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, acomplaisant gentleman.There are to whom my satire seems too bold: Scarce to wise Petercomplaisant enough. Pope."
"COMPLANAR","See Coplanar."
"COMPLANATE","Flattened to a level surface. [R.]"
"COMPLECTED","Complexioned. [Low, New Eng.]"
"COMPLEMENT","A second quantity added to a given quantity to make equal to athird given quantity."
"COMPLEMENTARY","Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.Complementary colors. See under Color.-- Complementary angles (Math.), two angles whose sum is 90\u00b0."
"COMPLETE","Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to thetypical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil."
"COMPLETELY","In a complete manner; fully."
"COMPLETEMENT","Act of completing or perfecting; completion. [Obs.] Dryden."
"COMPLETENESS","The state of being complete."
"COMPLETIVE","Making complete. [R.] J. Harris."
"COMPLETORY","Serving to fulfill.Completory of ancient presignifications. Barrow."
"COMPLEX","Assemblage of related things; colletion; complication.This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the wholecomplex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel.South.Complex of lines (Geom.), all the possible straight lines in spacebeing considered, the entire system of lines which satisfy a singlerelation constitute a complex; as, all the lines which meet a givencurve make up a complex. The lines which satisfy two relationsconstitute a congruency of lines; as, the entire system of lines,each one of which meets two given surfaces, is a congruency."
"COMPLEXED","Complex, complicated. [Obs.] 'Complexed significations.' Sir T.Browne."
"COMPLEXEDNESS","The quality or state of being complex or involved;complication.The complexedness of these moral ideas. Locke."
"COMPLEXIONAL","Of or pertaining to constitutional complexion.A moral rather than a complexional timidity. Burke."
"COMPLEXIONALLY","Constitutionally. [R.]Though corruptible, not complexionally vicious. Burke."
"COMPLEXIONARY","Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it. Jer.Taylor."
"COMPLEXIONED","Having (such) a complexion; -- used in composition; as, a dark-complexioned or a ruddy-complexioned person.A flower is the best-complexioned grass, as a pearl is the best-colored clay. Fuller."
"COMPLEXLY","In a complex manner; not simply."
"COMPLEXNESS","The state of being complex; complexity. A. Smith."
"COMPLEXUS","A complex; an aggregate of parts; a complication."
"COMPLIABLE","Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant.Another compliable mind. Milton.The Jews . . . had made their religion compliable, and accemodated totheir passions. Jortin."
"COMPLIANCY","Compliance; disposition to yield to others. Goldsmith."
"COMPLIANT","Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive. 'The compliant boughs.'Milton."
"COMPLIANTLY","In a compliant manner."
"COMPLICACY","A state of being complicate or intricate. Mitford."
"COMPLICANT","Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles."
"COMPLICATE","Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold runninglengthwise."
"COMPLICATELY","In a complex manner."
"COMPLICATENESS","Complexity. Sir M. Hale."
"COMPLICATION","A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances orconditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but notnecessarily connected with it."
"COMPLICE","An accomplice. [Obs.]To quell the rebels and their complices. Shak."
"COMPLICITY","The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt."
"COMPLIER","One who complies, yields, or obeys; one of an easy, yieldytemper. Swift."
"COMPLIMENT","An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard,confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech orattention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one's compliments to afriend.Tedious waste of time, to sit and hear So many hollow compliments andlies. Milton.Many a compliment politely penned. Cowper.To make one a compliment, to show one respect; to praise one in aflattering way.Locke.-- To make one's compliments to, to offer formal courtesias to.-- To stand on compliment, to treat with ceremony."
"COMPLIMENTAL","Complimentary. [Obs.]Languages . . . grow rich and abundant in complimental phrases, andsuch froth. Sir H. Wotton.-- Com`pli*men'tal*ly, adv. [Obs.] Boyle.-- Com`pli*men'tal*ness, n. [Obs.] Hammond."
"COMPLIMENTARY","Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, orcontaining, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentaryticket. 'Complimentary addresses.' Prescott."
"COMPLIMENTATIVE","Complimentary. [R.] Boswell."
"COMPLIMENTER","One who compliments; one given to complimenting; a flatterer."
"COMPLOT","A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; aconspiracy.I know their complot is to have my life. Shak."
"COMPLOTMENT","A plotting together. [R.]"
"COMPLOTTER","One joined in a plot. Dryden."
"COMPLUTENSIAN","Of or pertaining to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares) a citynear Madrid; as, the Complutensian Bible."
"COMPLUVIUM","A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling,through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern."
"COMPLY","To infold; to embrace. [Obs.]Seemed to comply, Cloudlike, the daintie deitie. Herrick."
"COMPO","Short for Composition; -- used, esp. in England, colloq. invarious trade applications; as :(a) A mortar made of sand and cement.(b) A carver's mixture of resin, whiting, and glue, used  instead ofplaster of Paris for ornamenting walls and cornices.(c) A composition for billiard balls.(d) A preparation of which printer's rollers are made.(e) A preparation used in currying leather.(f) Composition paid by a debtor."
"COMPONE","To compose; to settle; to arrange. [Obs.]A good pretense for componing peace. Strype."
"COMPONENT","Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting;constituent.The component parts of natural bodies. Sir I. Newton."
"COMPORT","Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. [Obs.]I knew them well, and marked their rude comport. Dryden."
"COMPORTABLE","Suitable; consistent. [Obs.] 'Some comportable method.' Wotton."
"COMPORTANCE","Behavior; comport. [Obs.]Goodly comportance each to other bear. Spenser."
"COMPORTATION","A bringing together. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson."
"COMPORTMENT","Manner of acting; behavior; bearing.A graceful comportment of their bodies. Cowley.Her serious and devout comportment. Addison."
"COMPOS-MENTIS","One who is compos mentis. [Colloq.]"
"COMPOSE","To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing;to set (type)."
"COMPOSED","Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self-possessed.The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate, Composed his posture, andhis look sedate. Pope.-- Com*pos'ed*ly (, adv.-- Com*pos'ed*ness, n."
"COMPOSITAE","A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowersarranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthersunited in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples."
"COMPOSITE","Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionicorder grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or theItalic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italianwriters of the sixteenth century. See Capital."
"COMPOSITION","The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, bysome form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, thesum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment.Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. Hallam.Cleared by composition with their creditors. Blackstone."
"COMPOSITIVE","Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.[R.]"
"COMPOSITOR","One who sets type and arranges it for use."
"COMPOSITOUS","Belonging to the Composit\u00e6; composite. [R.] Darwin."
"COMPOSSIBLE","Able to exist with another thing; consistent. [R.]Chillingworth."
"COMPOST","A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of varioussubstances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughlymingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap.And do not spread the compost on the weeds To make them ranker. Shak."
"COMPOSTURE","Manure; compost. [Obs.] Shak."
"COMPOTATION","The act of drinking or tippling together. [R.]The fashion of compotation. Sir W. Scott."
"COMPOTATOR","One who drinks with another. [R.] Pope."
"COMPOTE","A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserveits form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears.Littr"
"COMPOTIER","A dish for holding compotes, fruit, etc."
"COMPOUND","In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house,outbuildings, etc."
"COMPOUND CONTROL","A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of arudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in differentdirections, of a single lever, etc."
"COMPOUNDABLE","That may be compounded."
"COMPOUNDER","A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, oncondition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security ofthe civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm."
"COMPRADOR","A kind of steward or agent. [China] S. W. Williams"
"COMPRECATION","A praying together. [Obs.] Bp. Wilkins."
"COMPREHENSIBILITY","The quality or state of being comprehensible; capability ofbeing understood."
"COMPREHENSIBLENESS","The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility."
"COMPREHENSION","The complement of attributes which make up the notion signifiedby a general term."
"COMPREHENSIVE","Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of severaldiverse groups."
"COMPREHENSIVELY","In a comprehensive manner; with great extent of scope."
"COMPREHENSIVENESS","The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope.Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins.Addison."
"COMPREHENSOR","One who comprehends; one who has attained to a full knowledge.[Obs.]When I shall have dispatched this weary pilgrimage, and from atraveler shall come to be a comprehensor, farewell faith and welcomevision. Bp. Hall."
"COMPRESS","A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to coverthe dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, tomake due pressure on any part."
"COMPRESSED","Flattened lengthwise. Compessed air engine, an engine operatedby the elastic force of compressed air."
"COMPRESSED YEAST","A cake yeast made by filtering the cells from the liquid inwhich they are grown, subjecting to heavy pressure, and mixing withstarch or flour."
"COMPRESSIBILITY","The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as,the compressibility of elastic fluids."
"COMPRESSIBLE","Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrowercompass, as an elastic or spongy substance."
"COMPRESSIBLENESS","The quality of being compressible; compressibility."
"COMPRESSION","The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.'Compression of thought.' Johnson."
"COMPRESSION PROJECTILE","A projectile constructed so as to take the grooves of a rifleby means of a soft copper band firmly attached near its base or,formerly, by means of an envelope of soft metal. In small arms themodern projectile, having a soft core and harder jacket, is subjectedto compression throughout the entire cylindrical part."
"COMPRESSIVE","Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, acompressive force."
"COMPRESSOR","Anything which serves to compress; as:(a) (Anat.) A muscle that compresses certain parts.(b) (Surg.) An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., thefemoral artery) or other part.(c) An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates anobject to be examined with the microscope; -- called alsocompressorium.(d) (Mach.) A machine for compressing gases; especially, an aircompressor."
"COMPRESSURE","Compression."
"COMPRINT","To print surreptitiously a work belonging to another. E.Phillips."
"COMPRISAL","The act of comprising or comprehending; a compendium orepitome.A comprisal . . . and sum of all wickedness. Barrow."
"COMPRISE","To comprehend; to include.Comprise much matter in few words. Hocker.Friendship does two souls in one comprise. Roscommon."
"COMPROBATE","To agree; to concur. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot."
"COMPROMISER","One who compromises."
"COMPROMISSORIAL","Relating to compromise. [R.] Chalmers."
"COMPROVINCIAL","Belonging to, or associated in, the same province. [Obs.] -- n."
"COMPSOGNATHUS","A genus of Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation, andremarkable for having several birdlike features."
"COMPT","Account; reckoning; computation. [Obs.] Shak."
"COMPTE RENDU","A report of an officer or agent."
"COMPTER","A counter. [Obs.] Shak."
"COMPTIBLE","Accountable; responsible; sensitive. [Obs.]I am very comptible even to the least sinister usage. Shak."
"COMPTLY","Neatly. [Obs.] Sherwood."
"COMPTOGRAPH","A machine for adding numbers and making a printed record of thesum."
"COMPTOMETER","A calculating machine; an arithmometer."
"COMPTROL","See Control."
"COMPTROLER","A controller; a public officer whose duty it is to examinecertify accounts."
"COMPULSATIVE","Compulsatory. [R.] Shak."
"COMPULSATIVELY","By compulsion. [R.]"
"COMPULSATORY","Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraininig;resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion. [R.]To recover of us, by strong hand And terms compulsatory, thoseforesaid lands. Shak."
"COMPULSION","The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the actof driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint;subjection to force.If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man areason upon compulsion. Shak.With what complusion and laborious flight We sunk thus low. Milton."
"COMPULSIVE","Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.Religion is . . . inconsistent with all compulsive motives. Sharp."
"COMPULSIVELY","By compulsion; by force."
"COMPULSORILY","; by force or constraint."
"COMPUNCT","Affected with compunction; conscience-stricken. [Obs.]"
"COMPUNCTIONLESS","Without compunction."
"COMPUNCTIOUS","Of the nature of compunction; caused by conscience; attendedwith, or causing, compunction.That no compunctious vistings of nature Shake my fell purpose. Shak."
"COMPUNCTIOUSLY","With compunction."
"COMPUNCTIVE","Sensitive in respect of wrongdoing; conscientious. [Obs.] Jer.Taylor."
"COMPURGATION","The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man'sveracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. SeePurgation; also Wager of law, under Wager."
"COMPURGATOR","One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocenceof another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.All they who know me . . . will say they have reason in this matterto be my compurgators. Chillingworth."
"COMPURGATORIAL","Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation. 'Theircompurgatorial oath.' Milman."
"COMPUTABLE","Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned.Not easily computable by arithmetic. Sir M. Hale."
"COMPUTE","To determine calculation; to reckon; to count.Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. Milton.What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.Burns."
"COMPUTER","One who computes."
"COMPUTIST","A computer."
"COMRADE","A mate, companion, or associate.And turned my flying comrades to the charge. J. Baillie.I abjure all roofs, and choose . . . To be a comrade with the wolfand owl. Shak."
"COMRADERY","The spirit of comradeship; comradeship. [R.]'Certainly', said Dunham, with the comradery of the smoker. W. D.Howells."
"COMRADESHIP","The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship."
"COMROGUE","A fellow rogue. [Obs.]"
"COMTISM","Positivism; the positive philosophy. See Positivism."
"COMTIST","A disciple of Comte; a positivist."
"CON","Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negativeside; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it.See Pro."
"CONACRE","To underlet a proportion of, for a single crop; -- said of afarm. [Ireland]"
"CONARIUM","The pineal gland."
"CONATION","The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind,whether muscular or psychical.Of conation, in other words, of desire and will. J. S. Mill."
"CONATIVE","Of or pertaining to conation.This division of mind into the three great classes of the cognitivefaculties, the feelings, . . . and the exertive or conative powers, .. . was first promulgated by Kant. Sir W. Hamilton."
"CONATUS","A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; anattempt; an effort.What conatus could give prickles to the porcupine or hedgehog, or tothe sheep its fleece Paley."
"CONCATENATE","To link together; to unite in a series or chain, as thingsdepending on one another.This all things friendly will concatenate. Dr. H. More"
"CONCATENATION","A series of links united; a series or order of things dependingon each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.The stoics affirmed a fatal, unchangeable concatenation of causes,reaching even to the illicit acts of man's will. South.A concatenation of explosions. W. Irving."
"CONCAUSE","A joint cause. Fotherby."
"CONCAVATION","The act of making concave."
"CONCAVE","A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll."
"CONCAVED","Bowed in the form of an arch; -- called also arched."
"CONCAVENESS","Hollowness; concavity."
"CONCAVITY","A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state ofbeing concave."
"CONCAVO-CONCAVE","Concave or hollow on both sides; double concave."
"CONCAVO-CONVEX","Specifically, having such a combination of concave and convexsides as makes the focal axis the shortest line between them. SeeIllust. under Lens."
"CONCAVOUS","Concave. Abp. potter.-- Con*ca'vous*ly, adv."
"CONCEAL","To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover orkeep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledgeof.It is the glory of God to conceal a thing. Prov. xxv. 2.Declare ye among the nations, . . . publish and conceal not. Jer. 1.2.He which finds him shall deserve our thanks, . . . He that concealshim, death. Shak."
"CONCEALABLE","Capable of being concealed."
"CONCEALED","Hidden; kept from sight; secreted.-- Con*ceal'ed*ly (, adv.-- Con*ceal'ed*ness, n. Concealed weapons (Law), dangerous weaponsso carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealedfrom sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute."
"CONCEALER","One who conceals."
"CONCEALMENT","Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice oughtto be made known. Wharton."
"CONCEDE","To yield or make concession.I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayedconcession at our feet. Burke."
"CONCEIT","To conceive; to imagine. [Archaic]The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, are therebly rendered asinactive . . . as if they really were so. South.One of two bad ways you must conceit me, Either a coward or aflatterer. Shak."
"CONCEITEDNESS","The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity. Addison."
"CONCEITLESS","Without wit; stupid. [Obs.]Think'st thou I am so shallow, so conceitless. To be seduced by thyflattery Shak."
"CONCEIVABLE","Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood. 'Anyconceivable weight.' Bp. Wilkins.It is not conceivable that it should be indeed that very person whoseshape and voice it assumed. Atterbury.-- Con*ceiv'a*ble*ness, n.-- Con*ceiv'a*bly, adv."
"CONCEIVER","One who conceives."
"CONCELEBRATE","To celebrate together. [Obs.] Holland."
"CONCENT","To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a commoncenter; to have a common center.God, in whom all perfections concenter. Bp. Beveridge."
"CONCENTRATE","To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as,population tends to concentrate in cities."
"CONCENTRATION","The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducingthe valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water."
"CONCENTRATIVE","Serving or tending to concentrate; characterized byconcentration.A discrimination is only possible by a concentrative act, or act ofattention. Sir W. Hamilton."
"CONCENTRATIVENESS","The faculty or propensity which has to do with concentratingthe intellectual the intellectual powers. Combe."
"CONCENTRATOR","An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, byexposing it to intermittent puffs of air. Knight."
"CONCENTRIC","That which has a common center with something else.Its pecular relations to its concentrics. Coleridge."
"CONCENTRICALLY","In a concentric manner."
"CONCENTRICITY","The state of being concentric."
"CONCENTUAL","Possesing harmony; accordant. [R.] Warton."
"CONCEPT","An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.The words conception, concept, notion, should be limited to thethought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, thethought suggested by a general term. Sir W. Hamilton."
"CONCEPTIBILITY","The quality of being conceivable; conceivableness. Cudworth."
"CONCEPTIBLE","Capable of being conceived; conceivable. Sir M. Hale."
"CONCEPTIONAL","Pertaining to conception."
"CONCEPTIONALIST","A conceptualist."
"CONCEPTIOUS","Apt to conceive; fruitful. [Obs.] Shak."
"CONCEPTIVE","Capable of conceiving. Sir T. Browne"
"CONCEPTUAL","Pertaining to conception."
"CONCEPTUALISM","A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that themind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions ofindividual or single objects. Stewart."
"CONCEPTUALIST","One who maintains the theory of conceptualism. Stewart."
"CONCERN","To be of importance. [Obs.]Which to deny concerns more than avails. Shak."
"CONCERNED","Disturbed; troubled; solicitous; as, to be much concerned forthe safety of a friend."
"CONCERNEDLY","In a concerned manner; solicitously; sympathetically."
"CONCERNING","Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; asregards.I have accepted thee concerning this thing. Gen. xix. 21.The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. Num. x. 29."
"CONCERT","To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert with Talbot. Bp.Burnet"
"CONCERT OF THE POWERS","An agreement or understanding between the chief Europeanpowers, the United States, and Japan in 1900 to take only jointaction in the Chinese aspect of the Eastern Question."
"CONCERTANTE","A concert for two or more principal instruments, withorchestral accompaniment. Also adjectively; as, concertante parts."
"CONCERTATION","Strife; contention. [Obs.] Bailey."
"CONCERTATIVE","Contentious; quarrelsome. [Obs.] Bailey."
"CONCERTED","Mutually contrived or planned; agreed on; as, concertedschemes, signals. Concerted piece (Mus.), a composition in parts forseveral voices or instrument, as a trio, a quartet, etc."
"CONCERTINA","A small musical imstrument on the principle of the accordion.It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on theinside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the twohexagonal heads."
"CONCERTINO","A piece for one or more solo instruments with orchestra; --more concise than the concerto."
"CONCERTION","Act of concerting; adjustment. [R.] Young."
"CONCERTMEISTER","The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra;the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master."
"CONCERTO","A composition (usually in symphonic form with three movements)in which one instrument (or two or three) stands out in bold reliefagainst the orchestra, or accompaniment, so as to display itsqualities or the performer's skill."
"CONCESSION","The beneficiary of a concession or grant."
"CONCESSIONARY","Of or pertaining to a concession. -- n.; pl. -ries."
"CONCESSIONIST","One who favors concession."
"CONCESSIVE","Implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction. Lowth."
"CONCESSIVELY","By way of concession."
"CONCESSORY","Conceding; permissive."
"CONCETTISM","The use of concetti or affected conceits. [R.] C. Kingsley."
"CONCETTO","Affected wit; a conceit. Chesterfield."
"CONCH","A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to thoseof the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the largepink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs areof the genus Cassis. See Cameo."
"CONCHA","The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entireapse."
"CONCHAL","Pertaining to the concha, or external ear; as, the conchalcartilage."
"CONCHIFER","One of the Conchifera."
"CONCHIFERA","That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; theLamellibranchiata. See Mollusca."
"CONCHIFEROUS","Producing or having shells."
"CONCHIFORM","Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped."
"CONCHININE","See Quinidine."
"CONCHITE","A fossil or petrified conch or shell."
"CONCHITIC","Composed of shells; containing many shells."
"CONCHO-SPIRAL","A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells.Agassiz."
"CONCHOID","A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greekgeometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting anangle and duplicating the cube."
"CONCHOIDAL","Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of abivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced byfracture."
"CONCHOLOGICAL","Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology."
"CONCHOLOGIST","One who studies, or is versed in, conchology."
"CONCHOLOGY","The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form;malacology."
"CONCHOMETER","An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of theirspire."
"CONCHOMETRY","The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry."
"CONCHYLIOMETRY","Same as Conchometry."
"CONCHYLIOUS","Conchylaceous."
"CONCIATOR","The person who weighs and proportions the materials to be madeinto glass, and who works and tempers them."
"CONCIERGE","One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; adoorkeeper; a janitor, male or female."
"CONCILIABLE","A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiasticalnature. [Obs.] Bacon."
"CONCILIABULE","An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable. Milman."
"CONCILIATE","To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain thegood will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate;to appease.The rapacity of his father's administration had excited suchuniversal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate thenation. Hallam."
"CONCILIATION","The act or process of conciliating; the state of beingconciliated.The house has gone further; it has declared conciliation admissibleprevious to any submission on the part of America. Burke."
"CONCILIATIVE","Conciliatory. Coleridge."
"CONCILIATOR","One who conciliates."
"CONCILIATORY","Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse to theconciliatory policy. Prescott."
"CONCINNATE","To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear. [Obs.] Holland."
"CONCINNITY","Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts;elegance; -- used chiefly of style of discourse. [R.]An exact concinnity and eveness of fancy. Howell."
"CONCINNOUS","Characterized by concinnity; neat; elegant. [R.]The most concinnous and most rotund of proffessors, M. Heyne. DeQuiency."
"CONCIONATE","To preach. [Obs.] Lithgow."
"CONCIONATOR","A common councilman. [Obs.]"
"CONCIONATORY","Of or pertaining to preaching or public addresses. [Obs.]Howell."
"CONCISE","Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted;-- used of style in writing or speaking.The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhatto be understood. B. Jonson.Where the author is . . . too brief and concise, amplify a little. I.Watts."
"CONCISELY","In a concise manner; briefly."
"CONCISENESS","The quality of being concise."
"CONCISION","A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction. South."
"CONCITATION","The act of stirring up, exciting, or agitating. [Obs.] 'Theconcitation of humors.' Sir T. Browne."
"CONCITE","To excite or stir up. [Obs.] Cotgrave."
"CONCLAMATION","An outcry or shout of many together. [R.]Before his funeral conclamation. May (Lucan)."
"CONCLAVIST","One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal inthe conclave."
"CONCLUDENCY","Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion. [Obs.] Sir M.Hale."
"CONCLUDENT","Bringing to a close; decisive; conclusive. [Obs.]Arguments highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. Sir M.Hale."
"CONCLUDER","One who concludes."
"CONCLUDINGLY","Conclusively. [R.] Digby."
"CONCLUSIBLE","Demonstrable; determinable. [Obs.] Hammond."
"CONCLUSION","The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessaryconsequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositionscalled premises. See Syllogism.He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him theconclusion. Addison."
"CONCLUSIVE","Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing;putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, aconclusion or decision.Secret reasons . . . equally conclusive for us as they were for them.Rogers.Conclusive evidence (Law), that of which, from its nature, the lawallows no contradiction or explanation.-- Conclusive presumption (Law), an inference which the law makes soperemptorily that it will not allow it to be overthrown by anycontrary proof, however strong."
"CONCLUSIVELY","In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively. Burke."
"CONCLUSIVENESS","The quality of being conclusive; decisiveness."
"CONCLUSORY","Conclusive. [R.]"
"CONCOCTER","One who concocts."
"CONCOCTION","Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to anormal condition. [Obs.]"
"CONCOCTIVE","Having the power of digesting or ripening; digestive.Hence the concoctive powers, with various art, Subdue the cruderaliments to chyle. J. Armstrong."
"CONCOLOR","Of the same color; of uniform color. [R.] 'Concolor animals.'Sir T. Browne."
"CONCOLOROUS","Of the same color throughout."
"CONCOMITANT","Accompanying; conjoined; attending.It has pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, as alsoto several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure. Locke."
"CONCOMITANTLY","In company with others; unitedly; concurrently. Bp. pearson."
"CONCORD","Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person,or case."
"CONCORD BUGGY","A kind of buggy having a body with low sides, and side springs."
"CONCORDABLE","Capable of according; agreeing; harmonious."
"CONCORDANCE","Concord; agreement. [Obs.] Aschlam."
"CONCORDANCY","Agreement. W. Montagu."
"CONCORDANT","Agreeing; correspondent; harmonious; consonant.Were every one employed in points concordant to their natures,professions, and arts, commonwealths would rise up of themselves. SirT. Browne"
"CONCORDANTLY","In a concordant manner."
"CONCORDIST","The compiler of a concordance."
"CONCORPORATE","To unite in one mass or body; to incorporate. [Archaic.] Jer.Taylor."
"CONCORPORATION","Union of things in one mass or body. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"CONCREATE","To create at the same time.If God did concreate grace with Adam. Jer. Taylor."
"CONCREMATION","The act of burning different things together. [Obs.]"
"CONCREMENT","A growing together; the collection or mass formed byconcretion, or natural union. [Obs.]The concrement of a pebble or flint. Sir M. Hale"
"CONCRESCENCE","Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition ofparticles. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh."
"CONCRESCIBLE","Capable of being changed from a liquid to a solid state. [Obs.]They formed a . . . fixed concrescible oil. Fourcroy (Trans. )."
"CONCRESCIVE","Growing together, or into union; uniting. [R.] Eclec. Rev."
"CONCRETE","A term designating both a quality and the subject in which itexists; a concrete term.The concretes 'father' and 'son' have, or might have, the abstracts'paternity' and 'filiety'. J. S. Mill."
"CONCRETELY","In a concrete manner."
"CONCRETENESS","The quality of being concrete."
"CONCRETION","A rounded mass or nodule produced by an aggregation of thematerial around a center; as, the calcareous concretions common inbeds of clay."
"CONCRETIONAL","Concretionary."
"CONCRETIONARY","Pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation;producing or containing concretions."
"CONCRETIVE","Promoting concretion. Sir T. Browne."
"CONCRETIVELY","In a concrete manner."
"CONCRETURE","A mass formed by concretion. [Obs.] Johnson."
"CONCREW","To grow together. [Obs.] Spenser."
"CONCRIMINATION","A joint accusation."
"CONCUBINACY","The practice of concubinage. [Obs.] Strype."
"CONCUBINAGE","A plea, in which it is alleged that the woman suing for dowerwas not lawfully married to the man in whose lands she seeks to beendowed, but that she was his concubine."
"CONCUBINAL","Of or pertaining to concubinage."
"CONCUBINARIAN","Concubinary.The married and concubinarian, as well as looser clergy. Milman."
"CONCUBINARY","Relating to concubinage; living in concubinage."
"CONCUBINATE","Concubinage. [Obs.] Johnson."
"CONCULCATE","To tread or trample under foot. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu --Con`cul*ca'tion (, n. [Obs.]"
"CONCUPISCENCE","Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion.Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness. Horne."
"CONCUPISCENT","Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious.Johnson."
"CONCUPISCENTIAL","Relating to concupiscence. [Obs.] Johnson."
"CONCUPISCENTIOUS","Concupiscent. [Obs.]"
"CONCUPISCIBLENESS","The state of being concupiscible. [Obs.]"
"CONCUPY","Concupiscence."
"CONCURRENCY","Concurrence."
"CONCURRENT","Meeting in one point."
"CONCURRENTLY","With concurrence; unitedly."
"CONCURRENTNESS","The state or quality of being concurrent; concurrence."
"CONCURRING","Agreeing. Concurring figure (Geom.), one which, being laid onanother, exactly meets every part of it, or one which correspondendswith another in all its parts."
"CONCUSS","To force (a person) to do something, or give up something, byintimidation; to coerce. Wharton."
"CONCUSSATION","A violent shock or agitation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"CONCUSSION","A condition of lowered functional activity, without visiblestructural change, produced in an organ by a shock, as by fall orblow; as, a concussion of the brain."
"CONCUSSIVE","Having the power or quality of shaking or agitating. Johnson."
"COND","To con, as a ship."
"CONDEMN","To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminentdomain."
"CONDEMNABLE","Worthy of condemnation; blamable; culpable."
"CONDEMNATORY","Condemning; containing or imposing condemnation or censure; as,a condemnatory sentence or decree."
"CONDEMNER","One who condemns or censures."
"CONDENSABILITY","Capability of being condensed."
"CONDENSABLE","Capable of being condensed; as, vapor is condensable."
"CONDENSATE","Made dense; condensed.Water . . . thickened or condensate. Peacham."
"CONDENSATION","The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature orincrease of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to thecondition of a liquid or steam to water."
"CONDENSATIVE","Having the property of condensing."
"CONDENSE","To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure;as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water.Condensed milk, milk reduced to the consistence of very thick creamby evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation andtransportation.-- Condensing engine, a steam engine in which the steam is condensedafter having exerted its force on the piston."
"CONDENSER","An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile productsof distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling."
"CONDENSIBLE","Capable of being condensed; as, a gas condensible to a liquidby cold."
"CONDER","One who watches shoals of fish; a balker. See Balker."
"CONDESCEND","Condescension. [Obs.]"
"CONDESCENDINGLY","In a condescending manner. Atterbury."
"CONDESCENSION","The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank ordignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors.It forbids pride . . . and commands humility, modesty, andcondescension to others. Tillotson.Such a dignity and condescension . . . as are suitable to a superiornature. Addison."
"CONDESCENT","An act of condescension. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"CONDIGNITY","Merit, acguired by works, which can claim reward on the scoreof general benevolence.Such a worthiness of condignity, and proper merit of the heavenlyglory, cannot be found in any the best, most perfect, and excellentof created beings. Bp. Bull."
"CONDIGNLY","According to merit."
"CONDIGNNESS","Agreeableness to deserts; suitableness."
"CONDIMENT","Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify thetaste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard;seasoning.As for radish and the like, they are for condiments, and not fornourishment. Bacon."
"CONDISCIPLE","A schoolfellow; a fellow-student. [R.]"
"CONDITE","Preserved; pickled. [Obs.] Burton."
"CONDITION","A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its objectto suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principalobligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify adevise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event,which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrenceof which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of anobligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend. Blount.Tomlins. Bouvier. Wharton. Equation of condition. (Math.) See underEquation.-- On or Upon condition (that), used for if in introducingconditional sentences. 'Upon condition thou wilt swear to pay himtribute . . . thou shalt be placed as viceroy under him.' Shak.-- Conditions of sale, the terms on which it is proposed to sellproperty by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressingthese terms."
"CONDITIONAL","Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word,mode, or tense.A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of onecategorical proposition on another. Whately.The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . usedsynonymously. J. S. Mill."
"CONDITIONALITY","The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation bycertain terms."
"CONDITIONALLY","In a conditional manner; subject to a condition or conditions;not absolutely or positively. Shak."
"CONDITIONATE","Conditional. [Obs.]Barak's answer is faithful, though conditionate. Bp. Hall."
"CONDITIONLY","Conditionally. [Obs.]"
"CONDITORY","A repository for holding things; a hinding place."
"CONDOG","To concur; to agree. [Burlesque]"
"CONDOLATORY","Expressing condolence. Smart."
"CONDOLE","To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; --followed by with.Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole withyou. Sir W. Temple."
"CONDOLENCE","Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.Their congratulations and their condolences. Steele.A special mission of condolence. Macaulay."
"CONDOLER","One who condoles."
"CONDONATION","Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of hiswife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, asadultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not berepeated. Bouvier. Wharton."
"CONDONE","To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for aviolation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or thewife."
"CONDOR","A very large bird of the Vulture family (Sarcorhamphusgryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes."
"CONDOTTIERE","A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenthcenturies, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to anyparty in any contest."
"CONDUCE","To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable ordesirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward.He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happinessof both. Macaulay.The reasons you allege do more conduce To the hot passion ofdistemper'd blood. Shak."
"CONDUCENT","Conducive; tending.Conducent to the good success of this business. Abp. Laud."
"CONDUCIBILITY","The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness. Bp.Wilkins."
"CONDUCIBLE","Conducive; tending; contributing. Bacon.All his laws are in themselves conducible to the temporal interest ofthem that observe them. Bentley."
"CONDUCIBLENESS","Quality of being conducible."
"CONDUCIBLY","In a manner to promote. [R.]"
"CONDUCIVE","Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.However conducive to the good or our country. Addison."
"CONDUCIVENESS","The quality of conducing."
"CONDUCT","To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat,light, electricity, etc."
"CONDUCTANCE","Conducting power; -- the reciprocal of resistance. A suggestedunit is the mho, the reciprocal of the ohm."
"CONDUCTIBLE","Capable of being conducted."
"CONDUCTION","Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also,conductivity.[The] communication [of heat] from one body to another when they arein contact, or through a homogenous body from particle to particle,constitutes conduction. Amer. Cyc."
"CONDUCTIVE","Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductivetissue of a pistil.The ovarian walls . . . are seen to be distinctly conductive. Goodale(Gray's Bot. )."
"CONDUCTIVITY","The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving andtransmitting, as, the conductivity of a nerve. Thermal conductivity(Physics), the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unitarea of plate whose thickness is unity, when its opposite facesdiffer in temperature by one degree. J. D. Everett.-- Thermometic conductivity (Physics), the thermal conductivity whenthe unit of heat employed is the heat required to raise unit volumeof the substance one degree."
"CONDUCTOR","The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus."
"CONDUCTORY","Having the property of conducting. [R.]"
"CONDUCTRESS","A woman who leads or directs; a directress."
"CONDUIT","A system of electric traction, esp. for light railways, inwhich the actuating current passes along a wire or rail laid in anunderground conduit, from which the current is 'picked up' by a plowor other device fixed to the car or electric locomotive.  HenceConduit railway."
"CONDUPLICATE","Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face beingwithin; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or \u00e6stivation."
"CONDUPLICATION","A doubling together or folding; a duplication. [R.]"
"CONDURANGO","See Cundurango."
"CONDURRITE","A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, fromthe Condurra mine in Cornwall, England."
"CONDYLAR","Of or pertaining to a condyle. Condylar foramen (Anat.), aformen in front of each condyle of the occipital bone; -- sometimescalled the anterior condylar foramen when a second, or posterior,foramen is present behind the condyle, as often happens in man."
"CONDYLE","A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of abone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied alsoto a concave articular surface."
"CONDYLOID","Shaped like or pertaining to a condyle."
"CONDYLOPOD","An arthropod."
"CONE","A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having avertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by astraight line always passing through that vertical point; a solidhaving a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex."
"CONE CLUTCH","A friction clutch with conical bearing surfaces."
"CONE PULLEY","A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more partsor steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape."
"CONE-IN-CONE","Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of manyconcentric cones closely packed together; -- said of a kind ofstructure sometimes observed in sedimentary rocks."
"CONE-NOSE","A large hemipterous insect of the family Reduviid\u00e6, often foundin houses, esp. in the southern and western United States. It bitesseverely, and is one of the species called kissing bugs. It is alsocalled big bedbug."
"CONEFLOWER","Any plant of the genus Rudbeckia; -- so called from the cone-shaped disk of the flower head. Also, any plant of the related generaRatibida and Brauneria, the latter usually known as purpleconeflower."
"CONEINE","See Conine."
"CONEY","A rabbit. See Cony."
"CONFAB","Familiar talk or conversation. [Colloq.]"
"CONFABULATE","To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no.Cowper."
"CONFABULATION","Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.Friends' confabulations are comfortable at all times, as fire inwinter. Burton."
"CONFABULATORY","Of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue.Weever."
"CONFALON","One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents."
"CONFARREATION","A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering ofbread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least tenwitnesses."
"CONFATED","Fated or decreed with something else. [R.] A. Tucker."
"CONFECT","A comfit; a confection. [Obs.]At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses andcaraway confects. Harvey."
"CONFECTION","A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance orsubstances with sugar, sirup, or honey."
"CONFECTIONARY","A confectioner. [Obs.]He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. 1Sam. viii. 13."
"CONFECTIONER","A highly refined sugar in impalpable powder, esp. suited toconfectioners' uses."
"CONFECTORY","Pertaining to the art of making sweetmeats. [Obs.] Beaumont."
"CONFECTURE","Same as Confiture. [Obs.]"
"CONFEDER","To confederate. [Obs.] Sir T. North."
"CONFEDERACY","A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act,or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See Conspiracy."
"CONFEDERATE","Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven SouthernStates of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establishan independent nation styled the Confederate States of America; as,the Confederate congress; Confederate money."
"CONFEDERATER","A confederate."
"CONFEDERATIVE","Of or pertaining to a confederation."
"CONFEDERATOR","A confederate. Grafton."
"CONFER","To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate.Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered. Acts xxv.12.You shall hear us confer of this. Shak."
"CONFERENCE","A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested withauthority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters."
"CONFERENTIAL","Relating to conference. [R.] Clarke."
"CONFERRABLE","Capable of being conferred."
"CONFERREE","Same as Conferee."
"CONFERRER","Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, ofcontiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oakacorn."
"CONFERVA","Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae.The word is frequently used in a wider sense."
"CONFERVACEOUS","Belonging to the confervae."
"CONFERVOID","Like, or related to, the confervae. Loudon."
"CONFERVOUS","Pertaining to confervae; consisting of, or resembling, theconfervae.Yon exiguous pool's confervous scum. O. W. Holmes."
"CONFESSANT","One who confesses to a priest. [Obs.] Bacon."
"CONFESSARY","One who makes a confession. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"CONFESSEDLY","By confession; without denial. [Written also confessly.]"
"CONFESSER","One who makes a confession."
"CONFESSION","The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order toobtain sacramental absolution.Auricular confession . . . or the private and special confession ofsins to a priest for the purpose of obtaining his absolution. Hallam."
"CONFESSIONAL","The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits tohear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat forthe priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who isoutside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by himor heard by others."
"CONFESSIONALISM","An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assentto any particular formula of the Christian faith. Shaff."
"CONFESSIONALIST","A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession. [R.] Boucher"
"CONFESSIONARY","A confessional. [Obs.] Johnson."
"CONFESSIONIST","One professing a certain faith. Bp. Montagu."
"CONFESSORSHIP","The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.Our duty to contend even to confessorship. J. H. Newman."
"CONFESTLY","See Cofessedly."
"CONFETTI","Bonbons; sweetmeats; confections; also, plaster or paperimitations of, or substitutes for, bonbons, often used by carnivalrevelers, at weddings, etc."
"CONFIDE","To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usuallyfollowed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers.By thy command I rise or fall, In thy protection I confide. Byron.Judge before friendships, then confide till death. Young."
"CONFIDENT","See Confidant. South. Dryden."
"CONFIDENTIALLY","In confidence; in reliance on secrecy."
"CONFIDENTLY","With confidence; with strong assurance; positively."
"CONFIDENTNESS","The quality of being confident."
"CONFIDER","One who confides."
"CONFIDING","That confides; trustful; unsuspicious.-- Con*fid'ing*ly, adv.-- Con*fid'ing*ness, n."
"CONFIGURATE","To take form or position, as the parts of a complex structure;to agree with a pattern.Known by the name of uniformity; Where pyramids to pyramids relateAnd the whole fabric doth configurate. Jordan."
"CONFIGURATION","Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of thehoroscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at anytime.They [astrologers] undertook . . . to determine the course of a man'scharacter and life from the configuration of the stars at the momentof his birth. Whewell."
"CONFIGURE","To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape.Bentley."
"CONFINABLE","Capable of being confined, restricted, or limited.Not confinable to any limits. Bp. Hall."
"CONFINE","To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; toshut up; to inclose; to keep close.Now let not nature's hand Keep the wild flood confined! let orderdie! Shak.He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery ofrhyme. Dryden.To be confined, to be in childbed."
"CONFINELESS","Without limitation or end; boundless. Shak."
"CONFINER","One who, or that which, limits or restrains."
"CONFINITY","Community of limits; contiguity. [R.] Bailey."
"CONFIRM","To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3.Those which are thus confirmed are thereby supposed to be fit foradmission to the sacrament. Hammond."
"CONFIRMABLE","That may be confirmed."
"CONFIRMANCE","Confirmation. [Obs.]"
"CONFIRMATION","A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted,through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the fullprivileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the EpiscopalChurch, etc.This ordinance is called confirmation, because they who duly receiveit are confirmed or strengthened for the fulfillment of theirChristian duties, by the grace therein bestowed upon them. Hook."
"CONFIRMATIVE","Tending confirm or establish. Sherwood.-- Con*firm'a*tive*ly, adv."
"CONFIRMATOR","One who, or that which, confirms; a confirmer. Sir T. Browne."
"CONFIRMATORY","Serving to confirm; corroborative.A fact confirmatory of the conclusion. I. Taylor."
"CONFIRMEDLY","With confirmation."
"CONFIRMEDNESS","A fixed state."
"CONFIRMEE","One to whom anuthing is confirmed."
"CONFIRMER","One who, or that which, confirms, establishes, or ratifies; onewho corroborates. Shak."
"CONFIRMINGLY","In a confirming manner."
"CONFISCABLE","Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture."
"CONFISCATE","Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use;forfeited.Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. Shak."
"CONFISCATION","The act or process of taking property or condemning it to betaken, as forfeited to the public use.The confiscations following a subdued rebellion. Hallam."
"CONFISCATOR","One who confiscates. Burke."
"CONFISCATORY","Effecting confiscation; characterized by confiscations.'Confiscatory and exterminatory periods.' Burke."
"CONFIT","Same as Comfit. [Obs.]"
"CONFITENT","One who confesses his sins and faults. [Obs.]"
"CONFITEOR","A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made."
"CONFITURE","The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity;adaptation; suitableness. Sir J. Reynolds.If congeniality of tastes could have made a marriage happy, thatunion should have been thrice blessed. Motley."
"CONFIX","To fix; to fasten. [Obs.]  Shak."
"CONFIXURE","Act of fastening. [Obs.]"
"CONFLAGRANT","Burning together in a common flame. [R.] 'The conflagrantmass.'  Milton."
"CONFLAGRATION","A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; ageneral burning."
"CONFLATE","To blow together; to bring together; to collect;  to fusetogether; to join or weld; to consolidate."
"CONFLATION","A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or ofmany fires in a foundry. [R.]  Bacon."
"CONFLICTING","Being in conflict or collision, or in opposition; contending;contradictory; incompatible; contrary; opposing."
"CONFLICTIVE","Tending to conflict; conflicting.  Sir W. Hamilton."
"CONFLUXIBILITY","The  tendency of fluids to run together. [R.] Boyle."
"CONFLUXIBLE","Inclined to flow or run together. --Con*flux'i*ble*ness, n."
"CONFOCAL","Having the same foci; as, confocal quadrics."
"CONFORM","Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.  Bacon."
"CONFORMABLENESS","The quality of being conformable; conformability."
"CONFORMABLY","With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably."
"CONFORMANCE","Conformity. [R.]  Marston."
"CONFORMATE","Having the same form. [R.]"
"CONFORMATOR","An apparatus for taking the conformation of anything, as of thehead for fitting a hat, or, in craniometry, finding the largesthorizontal area of the head."
"CONFORMER","One who conforms; one who complies with established forms ordoctrines."
"CONFORMIST","One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to theChurch of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguishedfrom a dissenter or nonconformist."
"CONFORTATION","The act of strengthening. [Obs.]  Bacon."
"CONFOUNDEDLY","Extremely; odiously; detestably. [Colloq.] 'Confoundedly sick.'Goldsmith."
"CONFOUNDEDNESS","The state of being confounded."
"CONFOUNDER","One who confounds."
"CONFRACT","Broken in pieces; severed. [Obs.]"
"CONFRAGOSE","Broken; uneven. [Obs.] 'Confragose cataracts.'  Evelyn."
"CONFRATERNITY","A society or body of men united for some purpose, or in someprofession; a brotherhood."
"CONFRERE","Fellow member of a fraternity; intimate associate."
"CONFRICATION","A rubbing together; friction. [Obs.] Bacon."
"CONFRIER","A confr\u00e8re. [Obs.]  Weever."
"CONFRONTATION","Act of confronting.  H. Swinburne."
"CONFRONTE","Same as Affront\u00e9."
"CONFRONTER","One who confronts."
"CONFRONTING","dealing with (a person or problem) directly; taking the bull bythe horns.Syn. -- braving, coping with, grappling, tackling.[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]"
"CONFRONTMENT","The act of confronting; the state of being face to face."
"CONFUCIAN","Of, or relating to, Confucius, the great Chinese philosopherand teacher. -- n."
"CONFUCIANISM","The political morality taught by Confucius and his disciples,which forms the basis of the Chinese jurisprudence and education. Itcan hardly be called a religion, as it does not inculcate the worshipof any god.  S. W. Williams."
"CONFUCIANIST","A follower of Confucius; a Confucian.  S. W. Williams."
"CONFUS","Confused, disturbed. [Obs.]  Chaucer."
"CONFUSABILITY","Capability of being confused."
"CONFUSABLE","Capable of being confused."
"CONFUSE","Mixed; confounded. [Obs.] Baret."
"CONFUSEDLY","In a confused manner."
"CONFUSEDNESS","A state of confusion.  Norris."
"CONFUSELY","Confusedly; obscurely. [Obs.]"
"CONFUSIVE","Confusing; having a tendency to confusion.  Bp. Hall."
"CONFUTABLE","That may be confuted."
"CONFUTANT","One who undertakes to confute.  Milton."
"CONFUTATION","The act or process of confuting; refutation.  'For theedification of some and the confutation of others.'  Bp. Horne."
"CONFUTATIVE","Adapted or designed to confute.  Bp. Warburton"
"CONFUTE","To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove orshow to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence."
"CONFUTEMENT","Confutation. [Obs.]  Milton."
"CONFUTER","One who confutes or disproves."
"CONG","An abbreviation of Congius."
"CONGE","To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow orcourtesy."
"CONGEABLE","Permissible; done lawfully; as, entry congeable."
"CONGEAL","To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; tobecome solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to bechilled."
"CONGEALABLE","Capable of being congealed. --Con*geal'a*ble*ness, n."
"CONGEALEDNESS","The state of being congealed.  Dr. H.More."
"CONGEE","See Cong\u00e9, Conge. [Obs.]"
"CONGENER","A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied innature, character, or action."
"CONGENERACY","Similarity of origin; affinity. [Obs.]  Dr. H. More."
"CONGENEROUS","Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerousdiseases. [Obs.]  Sir T. Browne."
"CONGENIALITY","The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity;adaptation; suitableness.  Sir J. Reynolds."
"CONGENIALIZE","To make congenial. [R.]"
"CONGENIALLY","In a congenial manner; as, congenially married or employed."
"CONGENIALNESS","Congeniality."
"CONGENIOUS","Congeneric. [Obs.]"
"CONGENITAL","Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one frombirth; born with one; connate; constitutinal; natural; as, acongenital deformity. See Connate."
"CONGENITALLY","In a congenital manner."
"CONGENITE","Congenital; connate; inborn. See Congenital. [Obs.]Many conclusions, of moral and intellectual truths, seem . . . to becongenite with us. Sir M. Hale."
"CONGER","The conger eel; -- called also congeree. Conger sea (Zo\u00f6l.),the sea eel; a large species of eel (Conger vulgaris), whichsometimes grows to the length of ten feet."
"CONGERIES","A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; anaggregation."
"CONGEST","To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. thecapillaries) of an organ or part."
"CONGESTED","Crowded together. Gray."
"CONGESTION","Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., inany locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); localhyperas, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of thelungs."
"CONGESTIVE","Pertaining to, indicating, or attended with, congestion in somepart of the body; as, a congestive fever."
"CONGIARY","A present, as of corn, wine, or oil, made by a Roman emperor tothe soldiers or the people; -- so called because measured to each ina congius. Addison."
"CONGIUS","A liquid measure containing about three quarts."
"CONGLACIATE","To turn to ice; to freeze. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"CONGLACIATION","The act or process of changing into ice, or the state of beingconverted to ice; a freezing; congelation; also, a frost. Bacon."
"CONGLOBATE","Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, theconglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers."
"CONGLOBE","To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass.Then founded, then conglobed Like things to like. Milton."
"CONGLOBULATE","To gather into a small round mass."
"CONGLOMERATE","Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerateflowers. Gray."
"CONGLOMERATION","The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of beingthus collected; collection; accumulation; that which isconglomerated; a mixed mass. Bacon."
"CONGLUTIN","A variety of vegetable casein, resembling legumin, and found inalmonds, rye, wheat, etc."
"CONGLUTINANT","Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere;promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of theparts."
"CONGLUTINATE","Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance."
"CONGLUTINATION","A gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacioussubstance; junction; union.Conglutination of parts separated by a wound. Arbuthnot."
"CONGLUTINATIVE","Conglutinant."
"CONGO GROUP","A group of artificial dyes with an affinity for vegetablefibers, so that no mordant is required. Most of them are azocompounds derived from benzidine or tolidine. Called also benzidinedyes."
"CONGO RED","An artificial red dye from which the Congo group received itsname. It is also widely used either in aqueous solution or as testpaper (Congo paper) for the detection of free acid, which turns itblue."
"CONGO SNAKE","An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found inthe southern United States. See Amphiuma."
"CONGRATULANT","Rejoicing together; congratulatory.With like joy Congratulant approached him. Milton."
"CONGRATULATE","To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on accountof some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.It is the king's most sweet pleasure and affection to congratulatethe princess at her pavilion. Shak.To congratulate one's self, to rejoice; to feel satisfaction; toconsider one's self happy or fortunate."
"CONGRATULATION","The act of congratulating; an expression of sympatheticpleasure.With infinite congratulations for our safe arrival. Dr. J. Scott."
"CONGRATULATOR","One who offers congratulation. Milton."
"CONGRATULATORY","Expressive of sympathetic joy; as, a congratulatory letter."
"CONGREE","To agree. [bs.] Shak."
"CONGREET","To salute mutually. [Obs.]"
"CONGREGATE","Collected; compact; close. [R.] Bacon."
"CONGREGATION","The whole body of the Jewish people; -- called alsoCongregation of the Lord.It is a sin offering for the congregation. Lev. iv. 21."
"CONGREGATIONALIST","One who belongs to a Congregational church or society; one whoholds to Congregationalism."
"CONGRESSION","A coming or bringing together, as in a public meeting, in adispute, in the act of comparing, or in sexual intercourse. [R.] Jer.Taylor."
"CONGRESSIONAL","Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress ofthe United States; as, congressional debates.Congressional and official labor. E. Everett.Congressional District, one of the divisions into which a State isperiodically divided (according to population), each of which isentitled to elect a Representative to the Congress of the UnitedStates."
"CONGRESSIVE","Encountering, or coming together. Sir T. Browne."
"CONGRESSMAN","A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of theHouse of Representatives."
"CONGREVE ROCKET","See under Rocket."
"CONGRUE","To agree; to be suitable. [Obs.] Shak."
"CONGRUENCE","Suitableness of one thing to another; agreement; consistency.Holland."
"CONGRUENCY","Congruence. Congruency of lines. (Geom.) See Complex of lines,under Complex, n."
"CONGRUENT","Possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding.The congruent and harmonious fitting of parts in a sentence. B.Jonson.Congruent figures (Geom.), concurring figures."
"CONGRUISM","See Congruity."
"CONGRUITY","Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over one another."
"CONGRUOUS","Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious;correspondent; consistent.Not congruous to the nature of epic poetry. Blair.It is no ways congruous that God should be always frightening meninto an acknowledgment of the truth. Atterbury."
"CONGRUOUSLY","In a congruous manner."
"CONHYDRINE","A vegetable alkaloid found with conine in the poison hemlock(Conium maculatum). It is a white crystalline substance, C8H17NO,easily convertible into conine."
"CONIA","Same as Conine."
"CONIC","A conic section."
"CONICALITY","Conicalness."
"CONICALLY","In the form of a cone."
"CONICALNESS","State or quality of being conical."
"CONICO-","A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as,conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico-hemispherical; conico-subulate."
"CONICOID","Same as Conoidal."
"CONIDIUM","A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi,and often containing zo\u00f6spores."
"CONIFER","A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae,which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew."
"CONIFERIN","A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferoustrees as a white crystalline substance."
"CONIFORM","Cone-shaped; conical."
"CONIINE","See Conine."
"CONIMENE","Same as Olibene."
"CONINE","A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in thehemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N,of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as aderivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. Itoccasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called alsoconiine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2."
"CONIROSTER","One of the Conirostres."
"CONIROSTRAL","Belonging to the Conirostres."
"CONIROSTRES","A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strongconical bill, as the finches."
"CONISOR","See Cognizor."
"CONISTRA","Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among theGreeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinklingthe wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of theorchestra of the Greek theater."
"CONITE","A magnesian variety of dolomite."
"CONIUM","A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferousplants, bearing ribbed fruit ('seeds') and decompound leaves."
"CONJECT","To throw together, or to throw. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu."
"CONJECTOR","One who guesses or conjectures. [Obs.]A great conjector at other men by their writings. Milton."
"CONJECTURABLE","Capable of being conjectured or guessed."
"CONJECTURAL","Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at;undetermined; doubtful.And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me. Shak.A slight expense of conjectural analogy. Hugh Miller.Who or what such editor may be, must remain conjectural. Carlyle."
"CONJECTURALIST","A conjecturer. [R.] Month. rev."
"CONJECTURALLY","That which depends upon guess; guesswork. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"CONJECTURE","An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptiveevidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjectureby a real study of nature. Whewell.Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. Milton."
"CONJECTURER","One who conjectures. Hobbes."
"CONJOIN","To join together; to unite.The English army, that divided was Into two parties, is now conjoinedin one. Shak.If either of you know any inward impediment why you should not beconjoined. Shak.Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knowsalready. Locke."
"CONJOINED","Joined together or touching."
"CONJOINT","United; connected; associated. 'Influence conjoint.' Glover.Conjoint degrees (Mus.), two notes which follow each otherimmediately in the order of the scale, as ut and re. Johnson.Conjoint tetrachords (Mus.), two tetrachords or fourths, where thesame note is the highest of one and the lowest of the other; -- alsowritten conjunct."
"CONJOINTLY","In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together. Sir T.Browne."
"CONJOINTNESS","The qquality of being conjoint."
"CONJUBILANT","Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together. [R.] Neale."
"CONJUGAL","Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriagestate or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial. 'Conjugalaffection.' Milton."
"CONJUGALITY","The conjugal state; sexual intercourse. [R.] Milton."
"CONJUGALLY","In a conjugal manner; matrimonially; connubially."
"CONJUGATE","In single pairs; coupled."
"CONJUGATION","A kind of sexual union; -- applied to a blending of thecontents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and loweranimals, by which new spores or germs are developed."
"CONJUGATIONAL","relating to conjugation. Ellis."
"CONJUGIAL","Conjugal. [R.] Swedenborg."
"CONJUGIUM","The marriage tie."
"CONJUNCT","Same as Conjoined."
"CONJUNCTION","The meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degreeof the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or ofJupiter and Saturn. See the Note under Aspect, n., 6."
"CONJUNCTIONAL","Relating to a conjunction."
"CONJUNCTIVA","The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of theball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctivalmembrance."
"CONJUNCTIVAL","Of or pertaining to the conjunctiva."
"CONJUNCTIVELY","In conjunction or union; together. Sir T. Browne."
"CONJUNCTIVENESS","The state or quality of being conjunctive. Johnson."
"CONJUNCTIVITIS","Inflammation of the conjunctiva."
"CONJUNCTLY","In union; conjointly; unitedly; together. Sir W. Hamilton."
"CONJURATOR","One who swears or is sworn with others; one bound by oath withothers; a compurgator. Burrill."
"CONJURE","To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; toimplore earnestly; to adjure.I conjure you, let him know, Whate'er was done against him, Cato didit. Addison."
"CONJUREMENT","Serious injunction; solemn demand or entreaty. [Obs.] Milton."
"CONJURER","One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in asolemn manner."
"CONJUROR","One bound by a common cath with others. [Obs.]"
"CONJURY","The practice of magic; enchantment. Motley."
"CONN","See Con, to direct a ship."
"CONNASCENT","Born together; produced at the same time. Craig."
"CONNATE","Congenitally united; growing from one base, or united at theirbases; united into one body; as, connate leaves or athers. SeeIllust. of Connate-perfoliate."
"CONNATE-PERFOLIATE","Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broadfoliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; --applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset."
"CONNATION","Connection by birth; natural union. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"CONNATURALITY","Participation of the same nature; natural union or connection.[R.]A congruity and connaturality between them. Sir M. Hale."
"CONNATURALIZE","To bring to the same nature as something else; to adapt. [Obs.]Dr. J. Scott."
"CONNATURALLY","By the act of nature; originally; from birth. Sir M. Hale."
"CONNATURALNESS","Participation of the same nature; natural union. I. Walton."
"CONNATURE","Participation in a common nature or character. [R.]Connature was defined as likeness in kind between either two changesin consciousness, or two states of consciousness. H. Spencer."
"CONNECT","To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, oneline of railroad connects with another; one argument connect withanother."
"CONNECTEDLY","In a connected manner."
"CONNECTIVE","Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.Connection tissue (Anat.) See Conjunctive tissue, under Conjunctive."
"CONNECTIVELY","In connjunction; jointly."
"CONNECTOR","One who, or that which, connects; as:(a) A flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes inpneumatic experiments.(b) A device for holding two parts of an electrical conductor incontact."
"CONNER","A marine European fish (Crenilabrus melops); also, the relatedAmerican cunner. See Cunner."
"CONNEX","To connect. Sir M. Hale."
"CONNEXION","Connection. See Connection."
"CONNEXIVE","See Connective."
"CONNING TOWER","The shotproof pilot house of a war vessel."
"CONNIVANCE","Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actualparticipation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or opposeit."
"CONNIVE","To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see. [R. &Obs.] 'Divorces were not connived only, but with eye open allowed.'Milton."
"CONNIVENCY","Connivance. [Obs.]"
"CONNIVENT","Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet;converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower,wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc."
"CONNIVER","One who connives."
"CONNOISSEUR","One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; acritical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts.The connoisseur is 'one who knows,' as opposed to the dilettant, whoonly 'thinks he knows.' Fairholt."
"CONNOISSEURSHIP","State of being a connoisseur."
"CONNOTATE","To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional;to include; to imply. Hammond."
"CONNOTATION","The act of connoting; a making known or designating somethingadditional; implication of something more than is asserted."
"CONNOTATIVE","Implying an attribute. See Connote. Connotative term, one whichdenotes a subject and implies an attribute. J. S. Mill."
"CONNOTATIVELY","In a connotative manner; expressing connotation."
"CONNOTE","To imply as an attribute.The word 'white' denotes all white things, as snow, paper, the foamof the sea, etc., and ipmlies, or as it was termed by the schoolmen,connotes, the attribute 'whiteness.' J. S. Mill."
"CONNUBIAL","Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state; conjugal;nuptial.Nor Eve the rites Mysterious of connubial love refused. Milton.Kind, connubial tenderness. Goldsmith."
"CONNUBIALITY","The quality of being connubial; something characteristics ofthe conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness.Some connubialities which had begun to pass between Mr. and Mrs. B.Dickens."
"CONNUMERATION","A reckoning together. [R.] Porson."
"CONNUSANCE","See Cognizance. [Obs.]"
"CONNUSANT","See Cognizant. [Obs.]"
"CONNUSOR","See Cognizor. [Obs.]"
"CONNUTRITIOUS","Nutritious by force of habit; -- said of certain kinds of food.[Obs.] Crabb."
"CONNY","Brave; fine; canny. [Prov. Eng.] Grose."
"CONODONT","A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially incarboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be theteeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws ofannelids."
"CONOID",", Resembling a cone; conoidal."
"CONOIDAL","Nearly, but not exactly, conical. Lindley."
"CONOMINEE","One nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee.Kirby."
"CONQUADRATE","To bring into a square. [R.] Ash."
"CONQUASSATE","To shake; to agitate. [Obs.] Harvey.-- Con`quas*sa'tion, n. [Obs.]"
"CONQUER","To gain the victory; to overcome; to prevail.He went forth conquering and to conquer. Rev. vi. 2.The champions resolved to conquer or to die. Waller."
"CONQUERABLE","Capable of being conquered or subdued. South.-- Con'quer*a*ble*ness, n."
"CONQUERESS","A woman who conquers. Fairfax."
"CONQUEROR","One who conquers. The Conqueror (Eng. Hist.). William theNorman (1027-1067) who invaded England, defeated Harold in the battleof Hastings, and was crowned king, in 1066."
"CONQUEST","The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance;acquisition. Blackstone."
"CONQUIAN","A game for two, played with 40 cards, in which each playertries to form three or four of a kind or sequences."
"CONSANGUINEAL","Of the same blood; related by birth. Sir T. Browne."
"CONSANGUINED","Of kin blood; related. [R.] Johnson."
"CONSANGUINEOUS","Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the sameparent or ancestor. Shak."
"CONSANGUINITY","The relation of person by blood, is distinction from affinityor relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, linealconsanguinity; collateral consanguinity.Invoking aid by the ties of consanguinity. Prescott."
"CONSARCINATION","A patching together; patchwork. [Obs.] Bailey."
"CONSCIENCED","Having a conscience. [R.] 'Soft-conscienced men.' Shak."
"CONSCIENCELESS","Without conscience; indifferent to conscience; unscrupulous.Conscienceless and wicked patrons. Hookre."
"CONSCIENT","Conscious. [R.] Bacon."
"CONSCIENTIOUSLY","In a conscientious manner; as a matter of conscience; hence;faithfully; accurately; completely."
"CONSCIENTIOUSNESS","The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to thedictates of conscience."
"CONSCIONABLE","Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just.Let my debtors have conscionable satisfaction. Sir H. Wotton."
"CONSCIONABLENESS","The quality of being conscionable; reasonableness. Johnson."
"CONSCIONABLY","Reasonably; justly."
"CONSCIOUSLY","In a conscious manner; with knowledge of one's own mentaloperations or actions."
"CONSCRIBE","To enroll; to enlist. [Obs.] E. Hall."
"CONSCRIPT","Enrolled; written; registered. Conscript fathers (Rom. Antiq.),the senators of ancient Rome. When certain new senators were firstenrolled with the 'fathers' the body was called Patres et Conscripti;afterward all were called Patres conscripti."
"CONSCRIPTION","Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration."
"CONSECRATE","Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.They were assembled in that consecrate place. Bacon."
"CONSECRATER","Consecrator."
"CONSECRATION","The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of beingconsecrated; dedication.Until the days of your consecration be at an end. Lev. viii. 33.Consecration makes not a place sacred, but only solemny declares itso. South."
"CONSECRATOR","One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which aperson or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes. [Writtenalso consecrater.]"
"CONSECRATORY","Of or pertaining to the act of consecration; dedicatory.The consecratory prayer. Bp. Burnet."
"CONSECTANEOUS","Following as a matter of course. Blount."
"CONSECTARY","Following by consequence; consequent; deducible. [R.]'Consectary impieties.' Sir T. Browne."
"CONSECUTE","To follow closely; to endeavor to overtake; to pursue. [Obs.]Bp. Burnet."
"CONSECUTIVE","Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallelprogressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutivefifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden. Consecutivechords (Mus.), chords of the same kind suceeding one another withoutinterruption."
"CONSECUTIVELY","In a consecutive manner; by way of sequence; successively."
"CONSECUTIVENESS","The state or quality of being consecutive."
"CONSENSION","Agreement; accord. Bentley."
"CONSENSUAL","Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or moreparties."
"CONSENSUS","Agreement; accord; consent.That traditional consensus of society which we call public opinion.Tylor."
"CONSENT","To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit. [Obs.]Interpreters . . . will not consent it to be a true story. Milton."
"CONSENTANEITY","Mutual agreement. [R.]"
"CONSENTANEOUS","Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious;concurrent.A good law and consentaneous to reason. Howell.-- Con`sen*ta'ne*ous*ly, adv.-- Con`sen*ta'ne*ous*ness, n."
"CONSENTANT","Consenting. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CONSENTER","One who consents."
"CONSENTIENT","Agreeing in mind; accordant.The consentient judgment of the church. Bp. Pearson."
"CONSENTINGLY","With consent; in a compliant manner. Jer. Taylor."
"CONSEQUENCE","A proposition collected from the agreement of other previouspropositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument;inference."
"CONSEQUENCING","Drawing inference. [R.] Milton."
"CONSEQUENT","Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, aproposition consequent to other propositions. Consequent points,Consequent poles (Magnetism), a number of poles distributed undercertain conditions, along the axis of a magnetized steel bar, whichregularly has but the two poles at the extremities."
"CONSEQUENTIALNESS","The quality of being consequential."
"CONSEQUENTLY","By consequence; by natural or logical sequence or connection."
"CONSERTION","Junction; adaptation [R.]Consertion of design, how exquisite. Young."
"CONSERVABLE","Capable of being preserved from decay or injury."
"CONSERVANCY","Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use.[An act was] passed in 1866, for vesting in the Conservators of theRiver Thames the conservancy of the Thames and Isis. Mozley & W."
"CONSERVANT","Having the power or quality of conservation."
"CONSERVATION","The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (ofa thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism. Hallam.A state without the means of some change is without the means of itsconservation. Burke.Conservation of areas (Astron.), the principle that the radius vectordrawn from a planet to the sun sweeps over equal areas in equaltimes.-- Conservation of energy, or Conservation of force (Mech.), theprinciple that the total energy of any material system is a quantitywhich can neither be increased nor diminished by any action betweenthe parts of the system, though it may be transformed into any of theforms of which energy is susceptible. Clerk Maxwell."
"CONSERVATIONAL","Tending to conserve; preservative."
"CONSERVATISM","The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established;opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of aconservative."
"CONSERVATIVE","A member of the Conservative party."
"CONSERVATIVENESS","The quality of being conservative."
"CONSERVATOIRE","A public place of instruction in any special branch, esp. musicand the arts. [See Conservatory, 3]."
"CONSERVATORY","Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury."
"CONSERVATRIX","A woman who preserves from loss, injury, etc."
"CONSERVE","A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetablesubstances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection."
"CONSERVER","One who conserves."
"CONSIDERABLENESS","Worthiness of consideration; dignity; value; size; amount."
"CONSIDERABLY","In a manner or to a degree not trifling or unimportant;greatly; much.The breeds . . . differ considerably from each other. Darwin."
"CONSIDERANCE","Act of considering; consideration. [Obs.] Shak."
"CONSIDERATION","The cause which moves a contracting party to enter into anagreement; the material cause of a contract; the price of astripulation; compensation; equivalent. Bouvier."
"CONSIDERATIVE","Considerate; careful; thoughtful. [Archaic]I love to be considerative. B. Jonson."
"CONSIDERATOR","One who considers. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"CONSIDERER","One who considers; a man of reflection; a thinker. Milton."
"CONSIDERINGLY","With consideration or deliberation."
"CONSIGN","To send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise) to an agentor correspondent in another place, to be cared for or sold, or forthe use of such correspondent; as, to cosign a cargo or a ship; toset apart."
"CONSIGNATARY","A consignee. [Obs.] Jenkins."
"CONSIGNATORY","One of several that jointly sign a written instrument, as atreaty. Fallows."
"CONSIGNATURE","Joint signature. [R.] Colgrave."
"CONSIGNEE","The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; afactor; -- correlative to consignor.Consigner and consignee are used by merchants to express generallythe shipper of merchandise, and the person to whom it is addressed,by bill of lading or otherwise. De Colange."
"CONSIGNER","One who consigns. See Consignor."
"CONSIGNIFICANT","Having joint or equal signification; synonymous. [R.] Spelman."
"CONSIGNIFICATION","Joint signification. [R.]"
"CONSIGNIFICATIVE","Consignificant; jointly significate. [R.]"
"CONSIGNIFY","To signify or denote in combination with something else.The cipher . . . only serves to connote and consignify, and to changethe value or the figures. Horne Tooke."
"CONSIGNMENT","The act of consigning or sending property to an agent orcorrespondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc."
"CONSIGNOR","One who consigns something to another; -- opposed to consignee.[Written also consigner.]"
"CONSILIENCE","Act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence.The consilience of inductions takes place when one class of factscoincides with an induction obtained from another different class.Whewell."
"CONSISTENTLY","In a consistent manner."
"CONSISTORIAL","Of or pertaining to a consistory. 'Consistorial laws.' Hooker.'Consistorial courts.' Bp. Hoadley."
"CONSISTORIAN","Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous termof 17th century controversy.You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you callPresbyterians. Milton."
"CONSISTORY","The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before hischancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.Hook."
"CONSOCIATE","An associate; an accomplice. [Archaic] 'Wicked consociates.'Bp. Hall."
"CONSOCIATIONAL","Of or pertaining to a consociation. [U.S.]"
"CONSOL","A consolidated annuity (see Consols); -- chiefly in combinationor attributively."
"CONSOLABLE","Capable of receiving consolation."
"CONSOLATE","To console; to comfort. [Obs.] Shak."
"CONSOLATION","The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevationof misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; thatwhich consoles or comforts the spirit.Against such cruelties With inward consolations recompensed. Milton.Are the consolations of God small with thee Job xv. 11."
"CONSOLATO DEL MARE","A collection of maritime laws of disputed origin, supposed tohave been first published at Barcelona early in the 14th century. Ithas formed the basis of most of the subsequent collections ofmaritime laws. Kent. Bouvier."
"CONSOLATOR","One who consoles or comforts. Johnson."
"CONSOLATORY","Of a consoling or comforting nature.The punishment of tyrants is a noble and awful act of justice; and ithas with truth been said to be consolatory to the human mind. Burke."
"CONSOLE","To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief andraise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.And empty heads console with empty sound. Pope.I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ hasbeen attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and itstriumph has been complete. P. Henry."
"CONSOLER","One who gives consolation."
"CONSOLIDANT","Serving to unite or consolidate; having the quality ofconsolidating or making firm."
"CONSOLIDATE","Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated. [R.]A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawnsand sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate. Elyot."
"CONSOLIDATED","Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus.Consolidated plants are evidently adapted and designed for very dryregions; in such only they are found. Gray.The Consolidated Fund, a British fund formed by consolidating (in1787) three public funds (the Aggregate Fund, the General Fund, andthe South Sea Fund). In 1816, the larger part of the revenues ofGreat Britian and Ireland was assigned to what has been known as theConsolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, out of which are paid theinterest of the national debt, the salaries of the civil list, etc."
"CONSOLIDATION","To organic cohesion of different circled in a flower; adnation."
"CONSOLIDATIVE","Tending or having power to consolidate; healing."
"CONSOLING","Adapted to console or comfort; cheering; as, this is consolingnews."
"CONSOLS","The leading British funded government security."
"CONSOMME","A clear soup or bouillion boiled down so as to be very rich."
"CONSONANT","harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant tones, consonantchords."
"CONSONANTAL",","
"CONSONANTIZE","To change into, or use as, a consonant. 'The vowel isconsonantized, that is, made closer in position.' Peile."
"CONSONANTLY","In a consonant, consistent, or congruous manner; agreeably."
"CONSONANTNESS","The quality or condition of being consonant, agreeable, orconsistent."
"CONSONOUS","Agreeing in sound; symphonious."
"CONSOPIATION","The act of sleeping, or of lulling, to sleep. [Obs.] Pope."
"CONSOPITE","Lulled to sleep. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"CONSORT","A ship keeping company with another."
"CONSORTABLE","Suitable for association or companionship. [Obs.] Sir H.Wotton."
"CONSORTION","Fellowship; association; companionship. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"CONSORTSHIP","The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership. Hammond."
"CONSOUND","A name applied loosely to several plants of different genera,esp. the comfrey."
"CONSPECIFIC","Of the same species."
"CONSPECTUITY","The faculty of seeing; sight; eye."
"CONSPECTUS","A general sketch or outline of a subject; a synopsis; anepitome."
"CONSPERSION","The act of sprinkling. [Obs.]The conspersion washing the doorposts. Jer. Taylor."
"CONSPICUITY","The state or quality of being clear or bright; brightness;conspicuosness. [R.] Chapman."
"CONSPIRACY","An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds, by whichtwo or more persons confederate to do an unlawful act, or to useunlawful to do an act which is lawful; confederacy."
"CONSPIRANT","Engaging in a plot to commit a crime; conspiring. [Obs.] Shak."
"CONSPIRATION","Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose; conspiracy.[R.]As soon as it was day, certain Jews made a conspiration. Udall.In our natural body every part has a nacassary sympathy with everyother, and all together form, by their harmonious onspiration, ahealthy whole. Sir W. Hamilton."
"CONSPIRATOR","One who engages in a conspiracy; a plotter. 2 Sam. xv. 31."
"CONSPIRE","To plot; to plan; to combine for.Angry clouds conspire your overthrow. Bp. Hall."
"CONSPIRER","One who conspires; a conspirator."
"CONSPIRINGLY","In the manner of a conspirator; by conspiracy. Milton."
"CONSPISSATION","A making thick or viscous; thickness; inspissation. [R.] Dr. H.More."
"CONSPURCATE","To pollute; to defile. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"CONSPURCATION","This act of defiling; defilement; pollution. Bp. Hall."
"CONSTABLE","An officer of the peace having power as a conservator of thepublic peace, and bound to exeute the warrants of judicial offiers.Bouvier."
"CONSTABLESHIP","The office or functions of a constable."
"CONSTABLESS","The wife of a constable. [Obs.]"
"CONSTABLEWICK","The district to which a constable's power is limited. [Obs.]Sir M. Hale."
"CONSTABULARY","Of or pertaining to constables; consisting of constables."
"CONSTABULATORY","A constabulary. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet."
"CONSTANT","Remaining unchanged or invariable, as a quantity, forc, law,etc."
"CONSTANTIA","A superior wine, white and red, from Constantia, in CapeColony."
"CONSTANTLY","With constancy; steadily; continually; perseveringly; withoutcessation; uniformly.But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Acts. xii. 15."
"CONSTAT","A certificate showing what appears upon record touching amatter in question."
"CONSTATE","To ascertain; to verify; to establish; to prove. F. P. Cobbe."
"CONSTELLATE","To join luster; to shine with united radiance, or one generallight. [R.]The several things which engage our affections . . . shine forth andconstellate in God. Boule."
"CONSTERNATION","Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, andincapacitates for refletion; terror, combined with amaxement; dismay.The chiefs around, In silence wrapped, in onsternation downed. Attendthe stern reply. Pope."
"CONSTIPATE","To render costive; to cause constipation in."
"CONSTITUENCY","A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in arepresentative district."
"CONSTITUENT","A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney infact. Burrill."
"CONSTITUTE","An established law. [Obs.] T. Preston."
"CONSTITUTER","One who constitutes or appoints."
"CONSTITUTIONAL","A walk or other exercise taken for one's health orconstitution. [Colloq.] Thackeray.The men trudged diurnal constitutionals along the different roads.Compton Reade."
"CONSTITUTIONALISM","The theory, principles, or authority of constitutionalgovernment; attachment or adherene to a constitution orconstitutional government. Carlyle."
"CONSTITUTIONALIST","One who advocates a constitutional form of government; aconstitutionalist."
"CONSTITUTIONIST","One who adheres to the constitution of the country.Bolingbroke."
"CONSTITUTIVELY","In a constitutive manner."
"CONSTRAINABLE","Capable of being constrained; liable to constraint, or torestraint. Hooker."
"CONSTRAINED","Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as,a constrained manner; a constrained tone."
"CONSTRAINEDLY","By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner. Hooker."
"CONSTRAINER","One who constrains."
"CONSTRAINT","The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained;that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion;restraint; necessity.Long imprisonment and hard constraint. Spenser.Not by constraint, but bDryden."
"CONSTRAINTIVE","Constraining; compulsory. [R.] 'Any constraintive vow.' R.Carew."
"CONSTRICT","To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; tocramp; to contract or ause to shrink.Such things as constrict the fibers. Arbuthnot.Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their contractionconstrict. Todd & Bowman."
"CONSTRICTED","Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain placesor parts than in others."
"CONSTRICTIVE","Serving or tending to bind or constrict."
"CONSTRICTOR","A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or whichcompresses an organ; a sphincter."
"CONSTRINGE","To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; toconstrict; to cause to shrink. [R.]Strong liquors . . . intoxicate, constringe, harden the fibers, andcoagulate the fluids. Arbuthnot."
"CONSTRINGENT","Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing.Thomson."
"CONSTRUCT","Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, orinference. Construct form or state (Heb. Gram.), that of a noun usedbefore another which has the genitive relation to it."
"CONSTRUCTER","One who, or that which, constructs or frames."
"CONSTRUCTION","The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence;syntactical arrangement.Some particles . . . in certain constructions have the sense of awhole sentence contained in them. Locke."
"CONSTRUCTIONAL","Pertaining to, or deduced from, construction or interpretation."
"CONSTRUCTIONIST","One who puts a certain construction upon some writing orinstrument, as the Constitutions of the United States; as, a strictconstructionist; a broad constructionist."
"CONSTRUCTIVELY","In a constructive manner; by construction or inference.A neutral must have notice of a blockade, either actually by a formalinformation, or constructively by notice to his government. Kent."
"CONSTRUCTIVENESS","The faculty which enables one to construct, as in mechanical,artistic, or literary matters."
"CONSTRUCTOR","A constructer."
"CONSTRUCTURE","That which is constructed or formed; an edifice; a fabric.[Obs.]"
"CONSTUPRATE","To ravish; to debauch. Burton."
"CONSTUPRATION","The act of ravishing; violation; defilement. Bp. Hall."
"CONSUBSTANTIAL","Of the same kind or nature; having the same substance oressence; coessential.Christ Jesus . . . coeternal and consubstantial with the Father andwith the Holy Ghost. Foxe."
"CONSUBSTANTIALISM","The doctrine of consubstantiation."
"CONSUBSTANTIALIST","One who believes in consubstantiation. Barrow."
"CONSUBSTANTIALITY","Participation of the same nature; coexistence in the samesubstance. 'His [the Son's] . . . consubstantiality with the Father.'Hammend."
"CONSUBSTANTIALLY","In a consubstantial manner; with identity of substance ornature."
"CONSUBSTANTIATE","To cause to unite, or to regard as united, in one commonsubstance or nature. [R.]His soul must be consubstantiated with reason. Jer. Taylor."
"CONSUBSTANTIATION","The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with thebread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation; --opposed to transubstantiation."
"CONSUETUDE","Custom, habit; usage. [R.]To observe this consuetude or law. Barnes."
"CONSUETUDINAL","According to custom; customary; usual. [R.]"
"CONSUETUDINARY","Customary."
"CONSUL","One of the two chief magistrates of the republic."
"CONSULAGE","A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of theirconnerce by means of a consul in a foreign place."
"CONSULAR","Of or pertaining to a consul; performing the duties of aconsul; as, consular power; consular dignity; consular officers."
"CONSULARY","Consular. [Obs.] Holland."
"CONSULT","To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take consel; todeliberate together; to confer.Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. Shak.All the laws of England have been made by the kings England,consulting with the nobility and commons. Hobbes."
"CONSULTARY","Formed by consultation; resulting from conference. Consultaryresponse (Law), the opinion of a court on a special case. Wharton."
"CONSULTATIVE","Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right ofconference. 'A consultative . . . power.' Abp. Bramhall."
"CONSULTATORY","Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory. Bancroft."
"CONSULTER","One who consults, or asks counsel or information."
"CONSULTING","That consults. Consulting physician (Med.), a physician whoconsults with the attending practitioner regarding any case ofdisease."
"CONSULTIVE","Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate;consultative.He that remains in the grace of God sins not by any deliberative,consultive, knowing act. Jer. Taylor."
"CONSUMABLE","Capable of being consumed; that may be destroyed, dissipated,wasted, or spent. 'Consumable commodities.' Locke."
"CONSUME","To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire;to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.If he were putting to my house the brand That shall consume it. Shak.Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth norrust doth consume. Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver. ).Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. Ex. xxxii. 10."
"CONSUMEDLY","Excessively. [Low]He's so consumedly pround of it. Thackeray."
"CONSUMER","One who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food."
"CONSUMINGLY","In a consuming manner."
"CONSUMMATE","Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality;complete; perfect. 'A man of perfect and consummate virtue.' Addison.The little band held the post with consummate tenacity. Motley"
"CONSUMMATELY","In a consummate manner; completely. T. Warton."
"CONSUMMATION","The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated;completed; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the worldor of life).'Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. Shak.From its original to its consummation. Addison.Quiet consummation have, And renownShak.Consummation of marrige, completion of the connubial relation byactual cohabition."
"CONSUMMATIVE","Serving to consummate; completing. 'The final, the consummativeprocedure of philosophy.' Sir W. Hamilton."
"CONSUMPTION","A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form ofwasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough,spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- calledalso pulmonary consumption. Consumption of the bowels (Med.),inflammation and ulceration of the intestines from tuberculardisease."
"CONSUMPTIVE","Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. Dryden."
"CONSUMPTIVELY","In a way tending to or indication consumption. Beddoes."
"CONSUMPTIVENESS","A state of being consumptive, or a tendency to a consumption."
"CONTABESCENT","Wasting away gradually. Darwin. - Con*ta*bes'cence, n."
"CONTACT","The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at thepoint of meeting have a common direction."
"CONTACTION","Act of touching. [Obs.]"
"CONTAGION","The transmission of a disease from one person to another, bydirect or indirect contact."
"CONTAGIONED","Affected by contagion."
"CONTAGIONIST","One who believes in the contagious character of certaindiseases, as of yellow fever."
"CONTAGIOUS","Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation;catching; as, a contagious disease."
"CONTAGIOUS DISEASE","A disease communicable by contact with a patient suffering fromit, or with some secretion of, or object touched by, such a patient.Most such diseases have already been proved to be germ diseases, andtheir communicability depends on the transmission of the livinggerms.  Many germ diseases are not contagious, some special method oftransmission or inoculation of the germs being required."
"CONTAGIOUSLY","In a contagious manner."
"CONTAGIOUSNESS","Quality of being contagious."
"CONTAGIUM","Contagion; contagious matter. 'Contagium of measles.' Tyndall."
"CONTAIN","To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.But if they can not contain, let them marry. 1 Cor. vii. 9."
"CONTAINABLE","Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle."
"CONTAINANT","A container."
"CONTAINER","One who, or that which, contains."
"CONTAINMENT","That which is contained; the extent; the substance. [Obs.]The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller."
"CONTAMINABLE","Capable of being contaminated."
"CONTAMINATE","To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; totaint; to pollute; to defile.Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes Shak.I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtuecontaminated. Goldsmith."
"CONTAMINATION","The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement;taint; also, that which contaminates."
"CONTAMITIVE","Tending or liable to contaminate."
"CONTANGO","The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to beallowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the nextfortnightly settlement day. [Eng.]"
"CONTE","A short narrative or tale, esp. one dealing with surprising ormarvelous events."
"CONTECTION","A covering. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"CONTEK","Contumely; reproach. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"CONTEMN","To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; toreject with disdain; to despise; to scorn.Thy pompous delicacies I contemn. Milton.One who contemned divine and human laws. Dryden."
"CONTEMNER","One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. 'Contemners of thegods.' South."
"CONTEMNINGLY","Contemptuously. [R.]"
"CONTEMPER","To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; tosoften. [Obs.]The antidotes . . . have allayed its bitterness and contempered itsmalignancy. Johnson."
"CONTEMPERATE","To temper; to moderate. [Obs.]Moisten and contemperate the air. Sir T. Browne."
"CONTEMPERATURE","The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture;temperature. [Obs.]The different contemperature of the elements. SDouth."
"CONTEMPLANCE","Contemplation. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CONTEMPLANT","Given to contemplation; meditative. [R.] Coleridge."
"CONTEMPLATE","To consider or think studiously; to ponder; to reflect; tomuse; to meditate.So many hours must I contemplate. Shak."
"CONTEMPLATIST","A contemplator. [R.] I. Taylor."
"CONTEMPLATIVE","A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation,rather than to active works of charity."
"CONTEMPLATIVELY","With contemplation; in a contemplative manner."
"CONTEMPLATIVENESS","The state of being contemplative; thoughtfulness."
"CONTEMPLATOR","One who contemplates. Sir T. Browne."
"CONTEMPORANEITY","The state of being contemporaneous.The lines of contemporaneity in the o\u00f6litic system. J. Philips."
"CONTEMPORANEOUS","Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary.The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides,and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school ofArabic philosophy. Milman- Con*tem`po*ra'ne*ous*ness, n."
"CONTEMPORANEOUSLY","At the same time with some other event."
"CONTEMPORARINESS","Existence at the same time; contemporaneousness. Howell."
"CONTEMPORARY","One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch andChaucer were contemporaries."
"CONTEMPT","Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court ofjustice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly,contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of acourt, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect dueto its authority."
"CONTEMPTIBILITY","The quality of being contemptible; contemptibleness. Speed."
"CONTEMPTIBLENESS","The state or quality of being contemptible, or of beingdespised."
"CONTEMPTIBLY","In a contemptible manner."
"CONTEMPTUOUS","Manifecting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful;haughty; insolent; disdainful.A proud, contemptious behavior. Hammond.Savage invectiveand contemptuous sarcasm. Macaulay.Rome . . . entertained the most contemptuous opinion of the Jews.Atterbury."
"CONTEMPTUOUSLY","In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully.The apostles and most eminent Christians were poor, and usedcontemptuously. Jer. Taylor."
"CONTEMPTUOUSNESS","Disposition to or manifestion of contempt; insolence;haughtiness."
"CONTEND","To struggle for; to contest. [R.]Carthage shall contend the world with Rome.Dryden."
"CONTENDENT","n antagonist; a contestant. [Obs.]In all notable changes and revolutions the contendents have beenstill made a prey to the third party. L'Estrange."
"CONTENDER","One who contends; a contestant."
"CONTENDRESS","A female contestant. [R.]"
"CONTENEMENT","That which is held together with another thing; that which isconnected with a tenetment, or thing holden, as a certin quantity ofland a Burrill."
"CONTENT","Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited bythat which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied;contented; at rest.Having food rainment, let us be therewith content. 1 Tim. vi. 8."
"CONTENTATION","Content; satisfaction. [Obs.] Bacon."
"CONTENTED","Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing.-- Con*tent'ed*ly, adv.-- Con*tent'ed*ness, n."
"CONTENTFUL","Full of content. [Obs.] Barrow."
"CONTENTIOUS","Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decidecontroversy. Contentious jurisdiction (Eng. Eccl. Law), jurisdictionover matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction tovoluntary jurisdiction, or that exercised upon matters not opposed orcontroverted."
"CONTENTLESS","Discontented; dissatisfied. [R.] Shak."
"CONTENTLY","In a contented manner. [Obs.]"
"CONTENTS","See Content, n."
"CONTERMINABLE","Having the same bounds; terminating at the same time or place;conterminous.Love and life not conterminable. Sir H. Wotton."
"CONTERMINAL","Conterminous."
"CONTERMINANT","Having the same limits; ending at the same time; conterminous.Lamb."
"CONTERMINATE","Having the same bounds; conterminous. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"CONTERMINOUS","Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon; contiguous.This conformed so many of them as were conterminous to the coloniesand garrisons, to the Roman laws. Sir M. Hale."
"CONTESSERATION","An assemblage; a collection; harmonious union. [Obs.]That person of his [George Herbert], which afforded so unusual acontesseration of elegancies. Oley."
"CONTEST","To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; todispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert. Tocontest an election. (Polit.) (a) To strive to be elected. (b) Todispute the declared result of an election."
"CONTESTABLE","Capable of being contested; debatable."
"CONTESTANT","One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one whoclaims that which has been awarded to another."
"CONTESTINGLY","In a contending manner."
"CONTEX","To context. [Obs.] Boyle."
"CONTEXT","Knit or woven together; close; firm. [Obs.]The coats, without, are context and callous. Derham."
"CONTEXTURAL","Pertaining to contexture or arrangement of parts; producingcontexture; interwoven. Dr. John Smith (1666)."
"CONTEXTURE","The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing;a weaving together of parts; structural character of a thing; system;constitution; texture.That wonderful contexture of all created beings. Dryden.He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy thandainty. Sir H. Wotton."
"CONTEXTURED","Formed into texture; woven together; arranged; composed. [R.]Carlyle."
"CONTICENT","Silent. [R.] 'The guests sit conticent.' Thackeray."
"CONTIGUATE","Contiguous; touching. [Obs.] Holland."
"CONTIGUITY","The state of being contiguous; intimate association; nearness;proximity.The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes. T. Warton."
"CONTIGUOUS","In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring;adjoining.The two halves of the paper did not appear fully divided . . . butseemed contiguous at one of their angles. Sir I. Newton.Sees no contiguous palace rear its head. Goldsmith.Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle."
"CONTINENTAL","Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, inthe time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money.The army before Boston was designated as the Continental army, incontradistinction to that under General Gage, which was called the'Ministerial army.' W. Irving.Continental Congress. See under Congress.-- Continental system (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain orderedby Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21, 1806; the object beingto strike a blow at the maritime and commercial supremacy of GreatBritain, by cutting her off from all intercourse with the continentof Europe."
"CONTINENTAL DRIVE","A transmission arrangement in which the longitudinal crankshaft drives the rear wheels through a clutch, change-speed gear,countershaft, and two parallel side chains, in order."
"CONTINENTAL GLACIER","A broad ice sheet resting on a plain or plateau and spreadingoutward from a central n\u00e9v\u00e9, or region of accumulation."
"CONTINENTAL PRONUNCIATION","A method of pronouncing Latin and Greek in which the vowelshave their more familiar Continental values, as in German andItalian, the consonants being pronounced mostly as in English. Thestricter form of this method of pronouncing Latin approaches theRoman, the modified form the English, pronunciation. The Continentalmethod of Greek pronunciation is often called Erasmian."
"CONTINENTAL SYSTEM","The system of commercial blockade aiming to exclude Englandfrom commerce with the Continent instituted by the Berlin decree,which Napoleon I. issued from Berlin Nov. 21, 1806, declaring theBritish Isles to be in a state of blockade, and British subjects,property, and merchandise subject to capture, and excluding Britishships from all parts of Europe under French dominion. The retaliatorymeasures of England were followed by the Milan decree, issued byNapoleon from Milan Dec. 17, 1807, imposing further restrictions, anddeclaring every ship going to or from a port of England or hercolonies to be lawful prize."
"CONTINENTLY","In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately."
"CONTINGENCE","See Contingency."
"CONTINGENCY","A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which,when happening, some particular title may be affected."
"CONTINGENT","Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur;as, a contingent estate.If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if heattains, the age of twenty-one. Blackstone."
"CONTINGENTLY","In a contingent manner; without design or foresight;accidentally."
"CONTINGENTNESS","The state of being contingent; fortuitousness."
"CONTINUABLE","Capable of being continued [R.]"
"CONTINUANT","Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound.-- n."
"CONTINUATIVE","A term or expression denoting continuance. [R.]To these may be added continuatives; as, Rome remains to this day;which includes, at least, two propositions, viz., Rome was, and Romeis. I. Watts."
"CONTINUATOR","One who, or that which, continues; esp., one who continues aseries or a work; a continuer. Sir T. Browne."
"CONTINUED","Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion ofenergy, etc.; extended; protacted; uninterrupted; also, resumed afterinterruption; extending through a succession of issues, session,etc.; as, a continued story. 'Continued woe.' Jenyns. 'Continuedsuccession.' Locke. Continued bass (Mus.), a bass continued throughan entire piece of music, while the other parts of the harmony areindicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as thorough bass orfigured bass; basso continuo. [It.] -- Continued fever (Med.), afever which presents no interruption in its course.-- Continued fraction (Math.), a fraction whose numerator is 1, andwhose denominator is a whole number plus a fraction whose numeratoris 1 and whose denominator is a whole number, plus a fraction, and soon.-- Continued proportion (Math.), a proportion composed of two ormore equal ratios, in which the consequent of each preceding ratio isthe same with the antecedent of the folowing one; as, 4 : 8 : 8 : 16:: 16 : 32."
"CONTINUEDLY","Continuously."
"CONTINUER","One who continues; one who has the power of perseverance orpersistence. 'Indulgent continuers in sin.' Hammond.I would my horse had the speed of your tongue, and so good acontinuer. Shak."
"CONTINUITY","the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection orsuccession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity offibers. Grew.The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity ofglittering objects. Dryden.Law of continuity (Math. & Physics), the principle that nothingpasses from one state to another without passing through all theintermediate states.-- Solution of continuity. (Math.) See under Solution."
"CONTINUO","Basso continuo, or continued bass."
"CONTINUOUS","Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; notjoined or articulated. Continuous brake (Railroad), a brake which isattached to each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all thecars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the engine.-- Continuous impost. See Impost."
"CONTINUOUSLY","In a continuous maner; without interruption.-- Con*tin'u*ous*ness, n."
"CONTLINE","The space between the strands on the outside of a rope. Knight."
"CONTORSION","See Contortion."
"CONTORT","To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort;to wrest.The vertebral arteries are variously contorted. Ray.Kant contorted the term category from the proper meaning ofattributed. Sir W. Hamilton."
"CONTORTION","A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortionof the muscles of the face. Swift.All the contortions of the sibyl, without the inspiration. Burke."
"CONTORTIONIST","One who makes or practices contortions."
"CONTORTIVE","Expressing contortion."
"CONTORTUPLICATE","Plaited lengthwise and twisted in addition, as the bud of themorning-glory. Gray."
"CONTOUR","The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of worksof fortification. Contour feathers (Zo\u00f6l.), those feathers that formthe general covering of a bird.-- Contour of ground (Surv.), the outline of the surface of groundwith respect to its undulation, etc.-- Contour line (Topographical Suv.), the line in which a horizontalplane intersects a portion of ground, or the corresponding line in amap or chart."
"CONTOURNE","Turned in a direction which is not the usual one; -- said of ananimal turned to the sinister which is usually turned to the dexter,or the like."
"CONTOURNIATED","Having furrowed edges, as if turned in a lathe."
"CONTRA","A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary,in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition ofmany English words. Cf. Counter, adv. & pref."
"CONTRABAND","Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as,contraband goods, or trade.The contraband will always keep pace, in some measure, with the fairtrade. Burke."
"CONTRABANDISM","Traffic in contraband gods; smuggling."
"CONTRABANDIST","One who traffic illegaly; a smuggler."
"CONTRABASS",", n. (Mus.) Double bass; -- applied to any instrument of thesame deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabassophicleide; the cotrabass tuba or bombardon."
"CONTRABASSO","The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone."
"CONTRACT","To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing twoor more vowels or syllables to one."
"CONTRACT TABLET","A clay tablet on which was inscribed a contract, for safekeeping.  Such tablets were inclosed in an outer case (often calledthe envelope), on which was inscribed a duplicate of the inscriptionon the inclosed tablet."
"CONTRACTEDNESS","The state of being contracted; narrowness; meannes;selfishness."
"CONTRACTIBILITY","Capability of being contracted; quality of being contractible;as, the contractibiliy and dilatability of air. Arbuthnot."
"CONTRACTIBLE","Capable of contraction.Small air bladders distable and contractible. Arbuthnot."
"CONTRACTIBLENESS","Contractibility."
"CONTRACTILE","tending to contract; having the power or property ofcontracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as,the contractile tissues.The heart's contractile force. H. Brooke.Each cilium seems to be composed of contractile substance. Hixley.Contractile vacuole (Zo\u00f6l.), a pulsating cavity in the interior of aprotozoan, supposed to be excretory in function. There may be one,two, or more."
"CONTRACTILITY","The power possessed by the fibers of living muscle ofcontracting or shortening."
"CONTRACTION","The process of shortening an operation."
"CONTRACTIVE","Tending to contract; having the property or power or power ofcontracting."
"CONTRACTOR","One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one whocovenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contractsto perform work on a rather large scale, at a certain price or rate,as in building houses or making a railroad."
"CONTRACTURE","A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles,generally of the flexor muscles."
"CONTRADANCE","A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or inopposite lines."
"CONTRADICT","To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the contraryof, something.They . . . spake against those things which were spoken by Paul,contradicting and blaspheming. Acts xiii. 45."
"CONTRADICTABLE","Capable of being contradicting."
"CONTRADICTER","one who contradicts. Swift."
"CONTRADICTIONAL","Contradictory; inconsistent; opposing. [R.] Milton."
"CONTRADICTIVE","Contradictory; inconsistent.-- Con`tra*dict'ive*ly, adv.."
"CONTRADICTOR","A contradicter."
"CONTRADICTORILY","In a contradictory manner. Sharp."
"CONTRADICTORINESS","The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency.J. Whitaker."
"CONTRADICTORY","propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each otherboth in quality and quantity."
"CONTRADISTINCT","Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin."
"CONTRADISTINCTION","Distinction by contrast.That there are such things as sins of infirmity in contradistinctionto those of presumption is not to be questioned. South."
"CONTRADISTINCTIVE","having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing bycontrast.-- Con`tra*dis*tinc'tive, n."
"CONTRADISTINGUISH","To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished.Locke."
"CONTRAFAGETTO","The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon."
"CONTRAFISSURE","A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that whichreceived the blow, or at some distance from it. Coxe."
"CONTRAHENT","Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties.[Obs.] Mede."
"CONTRAINDICANT","Something, as a symptom, indicating that the usual mode oftreatment is not to be followed. Burke."
"CONTRAINDICATE","To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment contraryto that which the general tenor of the case would seem to require.Contraindicating symptoms must be observed. Harvey."
"CONTRAINDICATION","An indication or symptom which forbids the method of treatmentusual in such cases."
"CONTRALTO","Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music calledcontralto; as, a contralto voice."
"CONTRAMURE","An outer wall. [Obs.] Chambers."
"CONTRANATURAL","Opposed to or against nature; unnatural. [R.] Bp. Rust."
"CONTRAPLEX","Pertaining to the sending of two messages in oppositedirections at the same time."
"CONTRAPOSITION","A so-called immediate inference which consists in denying theoriginal subject of the contradictory predicate; e.g.: Every S is P;therefore, no Not-P is S."
"CONTRAPTION","A contrivance; a new-fangled device; -- used scornfully.[Colloq. or Dial.] -- Con*trap'tious (#), a."
"CONTRAPUNTAL","Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint."
"CONTRAPUNTIST","One skilled in counterpoint. L. Mason."
"CONTRAREMONSTRANT","One who remonstrates in opposition or answer to a remonstraint.[R.]They did the synod wrong to make this distinction ofcontraremonstrants and remonstrants. Hales."
"CONTRARIANT","Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory.[R.]The struggles of contrariant factions. Coleridge."
"CONTRARIANTLY","Contrarily. [Obs.]"
"CONTRARIES","Propositions which directly and destructively contradict eachother, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truthof the other.If two universals differ in quality, they are contraries; as, everyvine is a tree; no vine is a tree. These can never be both truetogether; but they may be both false. I. Watts."
"CONTRARILY","(adv. In a contrary manner; in opposition; on the other side;in opposite ways."
"CONTRARINESS","state or quality of being contrary; opposition; inconsistency;contrariety; perverseness; obstinancy."
"CONTRARIOUS","Showing contrariety; repugnant; perverse. [Archaic] Milton.She flew contrarious in the face of God. Mrs. Browning."
"CONTRARIOUSLY","Contrarily; oppositely. Shak."
"CONTRAROTATION","Circular motion in a direction contrary to some other circularmotion."
"CONTRARY","Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other;as, contrary propositions. Contrary motion (Mus.), the progression ofparts in opposite directions, one ascending, the other descending."
"CONTRAST","To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, oropposition of qualities.The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely with thedivisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars. Lyell."
"CONTRASTIMULANT","Counteracting the effects of stimulants; relating to a courseof medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants.-- n. (Med.)"
"CONTRATE","Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, insteadof radiating from it. [R.] Contrate wheel. See Crown wheel."
"CONTRATENOR","Counter tenor; contralto."
"CONTRAVALLATION","A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, tosecure themselves and check sallies of the besieged."
"CONTRAVENER","One who contravenes."
"CONTRAVENTION","The act of contravening; opposition; obstruction;transgression; violation.Warrants in contravention of the acts of Parliament. Macaulay.In contravention of all his marriage stipulations. Motley."
"CONTRAVERSION","A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe. Congreve."
"CONTRAYERVA","A species of Dorstenia (D. Contrayerva), a South Americanplant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as agentle stimulant and tonic."
"CONTRECOUP","A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury, in apart or region opposite to that at which the blow is received, oftencausing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected."
"CONTRETEMPS","An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune orembarassing; a hitch.In this unhappy contretemps. De Quincey."
"CONTRIBUTABLE","Capable of being contributed."
"CONTRIBUTE","To give or grant i common with others; to give to a commonstock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give(money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to contribute foodor fuel for the poor.England contributes much more than any other of the allies. Addison."
"CONTRIBUTION","An irregular and arbitrary imposition or tax leved on thepeople of a town or country.These sums, . . . and the forced contributions paid by lucklesspeasants, enabled him to keep his straggling troops together. Motley."
"CONTRIBUTION PLAN","A plan of distributing surplus by giving to each policy theexcess of premiums and interest earned thereon over the expenses ofmanagement, cost of insurance, and the policy value at the date ofcomputation. This excess is called the contribution of the policy."
"CONTRIBUTIONAL","Pertaining to, or furnishing, a contribution."
"CONTRIBUTIVE","Contributing, or tending to contribute. Fuller."
"CONTRIBUTOR","One who, or that which, contributes; specifically, one whowrites articles for a newspaper or magazine."
"CONTRIBUTORY","Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the sameend; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to somecommon stock; contributive. Milton.Bonfires of contributory wood. Chapman.Contributory negligence (Law), negligence by an injured party, whichcombines with the negligence of the injurer in producing the injury,and which bars recovery when it is the proximate cause of the injury.Wharton."
"CONTRIST","To make sad. [Obs.]To deject and contrist myself. Sterne."
"CONTRISTATE","To make sorrowful. [Obs.] Bacon."
"CONTRITE","A contrite person. Hooker."
"CONTRITENESS","Deep sorrow and penitence for sin; contrition."
"CONTRITURATE","To triturate; to pulverize. [R.]"
"CONTRIVABLE","Capable of being contrived, planned, invented, or devised.A perpetual motion may seem easily contrivable. Bp. Wilkins."
"CONTRIVE","To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; todesign; to plan.What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of the universethan infinite wisdom. Tillotson.neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life.Hawthorne."
"CONTRIVEMENT","Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan. [Obs.]Consider the admirable contrivement and artifice of this greatfabric. Glanvill.Active to meet their contrivements. Sir G. Buck."
"CONTRIVER","One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas. Swift."
"CONTROLLABILITY","Capability of being controlled; controllableness."
"CONTROLLABLE","Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenableto command.Passion is the drunkeness of the mind, and, therefore, . . . notalways controllable by reason. South."
"CONTROLLABLENESS","Capability of being controlled."
"CONTROLLER","An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controllingthe running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to dropinto hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged."
"CONTROLLERSHIP","The office of a controller."
"CONTROVERSARY","Controversial. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"CONTROVERSE","Controversy. [Obs.] Spenser."
"CONTROVERSER","A disputant. [Obs.]"
"CONTROVERSIAL","Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious;polemical; as, controversial divinity.Whole libraries of controversial books. Macaulay."
"CONTROVERSIALIST","One who carries on a controversy; a disputant.He [Johnson] was both intellectually and morally of the stuff ofwhich controversialists are made. Macaulay."
"CONTROVERSIALLY","In a controversial manner."
"CONTROVERSION","Act of controverting; controversy. [Obs.] Hooker."
"CONTROVERSOR","A controverser. [Obs.]"
"CONTROVERT","To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose byreasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; todebate.Some controverted points had decided according to the sense of thebest jurists. Macaulay."
"CONTROVERTER","One who controverts; a controversial writer; acontroversialist.Some controverters in divinity are like swaggerers in a tavern. B.Jonson."
"CONTROVERTIBLE","Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting ofquestion.-- Con`tro*ver'ti*bly, adv."
"CONTROVERTIST","One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.How unfriendly is the controvertist to the discernment of the critic!Campbell."
"CONTUMACIOUS","Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court.Blackstone."
"CONTUMACY","A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons,or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in courtwhen legally summoned."
"CONTUMELY","Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornfulinsolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act orspeech; disgrace.The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely. Shak.Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely. Burke."
"CONTUSION","A bruise; an injury attended with more or less disorganizationof the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of blood beneath the skin,but without apparent wound."
"CONURE","An American parrakeet of the genus Conurus. Many species areknown. See Parrakeet."
"CONUS","A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell. See Cone,n., 4."
"CONUSABLE","Cognizable; liable to be tried or judged. [Obs.] Bp. Barlow."
"CONUSANT","See Cognizant."
"CONUSOR","See Cognizor."
"CONVALESCE","To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness orweakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce."
"CONVALESCED","Convalescent. [R.]He found the queen somewhat convalesced. J. Knox."
"CONVALESCENT","One recovering from sickness."
"CONVALESCENTLY","In the manner of a convalescent; with increasing strength orvigor."
"CONVALLAMARIN","A white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as aglucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley (ConvallariaMajalis). Its taste is first bitter, then sweet."
"CONVALLARIA","The lily of the valley."
"CONVALLARIN","A white, crystalline glucoside, of an irritating taste,extracted from the convallaria or lily of the valley."
"CONVECTION","A process of transfer or transmission, as of heat orelectricity, by means of currents in liquids or gases, resulting fromchanges of temperature and other causes.Liquids are generally heated by convection -- when heat is appliedfrom bellow. Nichol."
"CONVECTIVE","Caused or accomplished by convection; as, a convectivedischarge of electricity. Faraday."
"CONVECTIVELY","In a convective manner. Hare."
"CONVELLENT","Tending to tear or pull up. [Obs.]The ends of the fragment . . . will not yield to the convellentforce. Todd & Bowman."
"CONVENABLE","Capable of being convened or assembled."
"CONVENANCE","That which is suitable, agreeable, or convenient.And they missed Their wonted convenance, cheerly hid the loss.Emerson."
"CONVENIENTLY","In a convenient manner, form, or situation; without difficulty."
"CONVENT","To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.[Obs.] Shak."
"CONVENTICAL","Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. 'Conventical wages.'Sterne. Conventical prior. See Prior."
"CONVENTICLER","One who supports or frequents conventicles. Dryden."
"CONVENTICLING","Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle. [Obs.]Conventicling schools . . . set up and taught secretly by fanatics.South."
"CONVENTION","An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or estates of therealm, held without the king's writ, -- as the assembly whichrestored Charles II. to the throne, and that which declared thethrone to be abdicated by James II.Our gratitude is due . . . to the Long Parliament, to the Convention,and to William of Orange. Macaulay."
"CONVENTIONALISM","The principles or practice of conventionalizing. SeeConventionalize, v. t."
"CONVENTIONALITY","The state of being conventional; adherence to socialformalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use;one of the customary usages of social life."
"CONVENTIONALIZE","To make designs in art, according to conventional principles.Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2."
"CONVENTIONALLY","In a conventional manner."
"CONVENTIONARY","Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as,conventionary tenants. [Obs.] R. Carew."
"CONVENTIONER","One who belongs to a convention or assembly."
"CONVENTIONIST","One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract."
"CONVENTUAL","Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic. 'A conventual garb.'Macaulay. Conventual church, a church attached or belonging to aconvent or monastery. Wordsworth."
"CONVERGE","To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together;as, lines converge.The mountains converge into a single ridge. Jefferson."
"CONVERGENT","tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other;converging.As many rays of light, as conveniently can be let in, and madeconvergent. Boyle.The vast dome of its cathedral . . . directing its convergent curvesto heaven. Hallam."
"CONVERGING","Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as,converging lines. Whewell. Converging rays(Opt.), rays of light,which, proceeding from different points of an object, tend toward asingle point.-- Converging series (Math.), a series in which if an indefinitelygreat number of terms be taken, their sum will become indefinitelynear in value to a fixed quantity, which is called the sum of theseries; -- opposed to a diverging series."
"CONVERSABLE","Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable;free in discourse.While young, humane, conversable, and kind. Cowper."
"CONVERSABLENESS","The quality of being conversable; disposition to converse;sociability."
"CONVERSABLY","In a conversable manner."
"CONVERSANCE","The state or quality of being conversant; habit of familiarity;familiar acquaintance; intimacy. [R.]"
"CONVERSANCY","Conversance [R.]"
"CONVERSANT","One who converses with another; a convenser. [R.]"
"CONVERSANTLY","In a familiar manner."
"CONVERSATIONAL","Pertaining to conversation; in the manner of one conversing;as, a conversational style. Thackeray."
"CONVERSATIONALIST","A conversationist."
"CONVERSATIONED","Acquainted with manners and deportment; behaved. [Obs.]Till she be better conversationed, . . . I'll keep As far from her asthe gallows. Beau. & Fl."
"CONVERSATIONISM","A word or phrase used in conversation; a colloqualism."
"CONVERSATIONIST","One who converses much, or who excels in conversation. Byron."
"CONVERSATIVE","Relating to intercourse with men; social; -- opposed tocontemplative.She chose . . . to endue him with the conversative qualities ofyouth. Sir H. Wotton."
"CONVERSAZIONE","A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly onliterary or scientific subjects. Gray.These conversazioni [at Florence] resemble our card assemblies. A.Drummond."
"CONVERSE",", a. Etym: [L. conversus, p.p. of convertere. See Convert.]Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, aconverse proposition."
"CONVERSELY","In a converse manner; with change of order or relation;reciprocally. J. S. Mill."
"CONVERSER","One who engages in conversation."
"CONVERSIBLE","Capable of being converted or reversed. Hammond."
"CONVERSION","An appropriation of, and dealing with the property of anotheras if it were one's own, without right; as, the conversion of ahorse.Or bring my action of conversion And trover for my goods. Hudibras."
"CONVERT","To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was thesubject of the first becomes the predicate of the second."
"CONVERTEND","Any proposition which is subject to the process of conversion;-- so called in its relation to itself as converted, after whichprocess it is termed the conversae. See Converse, n. (Logic)."
"CONVERTER","A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten castiron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of airforced through the liquid metal."
"CONVERTIBILITY","The condition or quality of being convertible; capability ofbeing exchanged; convertibleness.The mutual convertibility of land into money, and of money into land.Burke."
"CONVERTIBLENESS","The state of being convertible; convertibility."
"CONVERTIBLY","In a convertible manner."
"CONVERTITE","A convert. [Obs.] Shak."
"CONVEX","Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularlyprotuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved linewhen viewed from without, in opposition to concave.Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convexsurface. Whewell.Double convex, convex on both sides; convexo-convex."
"CONVEXED","Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form. Sir T. Browne."
"CONVEXEDLY","In a convex form; convexly. Sir T. Browne."
"CONVEXEDNESS","Convexity."
"CONVEXITY","The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convexbody; roundness.A smooth, uniform convexity and rotundity of a globe. Bentley."
"CONVEXLY","In a convex form; as, a body convexly shaped."
"CONVEXNESS","The state of being convex; convexity."
"CONVEXO-CONCAVE","Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves of theconvex and concave sides may be alike or may be different. SeeMeniscus."
"CONVEXO-CONVEX","Convex on botConvex, a."
"CONVEXO-PLANE","Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano-convex."
"CONVEY","To play the thief; to steal. [Cant]But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat uponSimplicius. Marston."
"CONVEYABLE","Capable of being conveyed or transferred. Burke."
"CONVEYANCE","The act by which the title to property, esp. real estate, istransferred; transfer of ownership; an instrument in writing (as adeed or mortgage), by which the title to property is conveyed fromone person to another.[He] found the conveyances in law to be so firm, that in justice hemust decree the land to the earl. Clarendon."
"CONVEYANCER","One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, asdeeds, mortgages, leases, etc. Burrill."
"CONVEYANCING","The business of a conveyancer; the act or business of drawingdeeds, leases, or other writings, for transferring the title toproperty from one person to another."
"CONVEYOR","A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp.,one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turningin a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck runningalong a rope."
"CONVICIATE","To utter reproaches; to raise a clamor; to rail. [Obs.]To conviciate instead of accusing. Laud."
"CONVICINITY","Immediate vicinity; neighborhood.The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes. T. Warton."
"CONVICIOUS","Expressing reproach; abusive; railing; taunting. [Obs.]'Convicious words.' Queen Elizabeth (1559)."
"CONVICT","Proved or found guilty; convicted. [Obs.] Shak.Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. Milton."
"CONVICTIBLE","Capable of being convicted. [R.] Ash."
"CONVICTION","A judgment of condemnation entered by a court havingjurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state ofbeing found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal.Conviction may accrue two ways. Blackstone."
"CONVICTISM","The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penalsettlements. 'The evils of convictism.' W. Howitt."
"CONVICTIVE","Convincing. [R.]The best and most convictive argument. Glanwill.-- Con*vict'ive*ly, adv.-- Con*vict'ive*ness, n."
"CONVINCEMENT","Act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction.[R.]The fear of a convincement. Milton."
"CONVINCER","One who, or that which, convinces; one who wins over by proof."
"CONVINCINGLY","in a convincing manner; in a manner to compel assent."
"CONVINCINGNESS","The power of convincing, or the quality of being convincing."
"CONVIVAL","pertaining to a feast or to festivity; convivial. [Obs.] 'Aconvival dish.' Sir T. Browne."
"CONVIVE","To feast together; to be convivial. [Obs.] 'There, in the full,convive we.' Shak."
"CONVIVIAL","Of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating anddrinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay; jovial.Which feasts convivial meetings we did name. Denham."
"CONVIVIALIST","A person of convivial habits."
"CONVIVIALITY","The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; aconvivial spirit or humor; festivity."
"CONVIVIALLY","In a convivial manner."
"CONVOCATE","To convoke; to call together. [Obs.] May (Lucan)."
"CONVOCATION","An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consulton ecclesiastical affairs."
"CONVOCATIONAL","Of or pertaining to a convocation."
"CONVOCATIONIST","An advocate or defender of convocation."
"CONVOKE","To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons.There remained no resource but the dreadful one of convoking aparliament. palfrey."
"CONVOLUTE","Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of theleaves of plants in \u00e6stivation."
"CONVOLUTION","An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, theconvolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain."
"CONVOLVE","To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another.Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro convolved.Milton."
"CONVOLVULACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of whichthe bindweed and the morning-glory are common examples."
"CONVOLVULIN","A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceousplant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass ofpowerful purgative properties."
"CONVOLVULUS","A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, includingthe common bindweed (C. arwensis), and formerly the morning-glory,but this is now transferred to the genus Ipom\u00e6a.The luster of the long convolvuluses That coiled around the statelystems. Tennyson."
"CONVOY","To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attendfor protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.I know ye skillful to convoy The total freight of hope and joy.Emerson."
"CONVULSION","An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of themuscular parts of an animal body."
"CONVULSIONAL","Pertaining to, or having, convulsions; convulsionary. [R.]Lamb."
"CONVULSIONARY","Pertaining to convulsion; convulsive. 'Convulsionarystruggles.' Sir W. Scott."
"CONVULSIONIST","One who has convulsions; esp., one of a body of fanatics inFrance, early in the eighteenth century, who went into convulsionsunder the influence of religious emotion; as, the Convulsionists ofSt. M\u00e9dard."
"CONVULSIVE","Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms;characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to throw off anirregular, convulsive disease. Burke."
"CONVULSIVELY","in a convulsive manner."
"CONY-CATCH","To deceive; to cheat; to trick. [Obs.]Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in the thisbusiness. Shak."
"CONY-CATCHER","A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver. [Obs.] Minsheu."
"CONYLENE","An oily substance, C8H14, obtained from several derivatives ofconine."
"CONYRINE","A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative ofpyridine), obtained from conine."
"COO","A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes asa call or signal. [Written also cooie.]"
"COOK","To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. or R.]Constant cuckoos cook on every side. The Silkworms (1599)."
"COOKBOOK","A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book.[U.S.]'Just How': a key to the cookbooks. Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney."
"COOKEE","A female cook. [R.]"
"COOKERY","See Cooky."
"COOKMAID","A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists thecook."
"COOKROOM","A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship.Sir W. Raleigh."
"COOKSHOP","An eating house. 'A subterranean cookshop.' Macaulay."
"COOKY","A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds."
"COOL","A moderate state of cold; coolness; -- said of the temperatureof the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool ofthe morning or evening."
"COOL-HEADED","Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion.-- Cool'-head`ed*ness, n."
"COOLER","That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.if acid things were used only as coolers, they would not be so properin this case. Arbuthnot."
"COOLIE","Same as Cooly."
"COOLING","Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. 'The coolingbrook.' Goldsmith. Cooling card, something that dashes hopes. [Obs.]-- Cooling time (Law), such a lapse of time as ought, taking all thecircumstances of the case in view, to produce a subsiding of passionpreviously provoked. Wharton."
"COOLISH","Somewhat cool.The nights began to grow a little coolish. Goldsmith."
"COOLLY","Coolish; cool. [Obs.] Spenser."
"COOLUNG","The great gray crane of India (Grus cinerea). [Also writtencoolen and cullum.]"
"COOM","Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comesfrom axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven. Phillips.Bailey."
"COOMB","A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. [Written alsocomb.]"
"COON","A raccoon. See Raccoon."
"COONCAN","A game of cards derived from conquian, played by two or moreplayers with one or two full packs of cards."
"COONTIE","A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamiaintegrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared."
"COOP","To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrowcompass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in.The Trojans coopet within their walls so long. Dryden.The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding upwithin narrow bounds. Locke."
"COOPEE","See Coupe. [Obs.] Johnson."
"COOPER","One who makes barrels, hogsheads, casks, etc."
"COOPERANT","Operating together; as, co\u00f6perant forces."
"COOPERATE","To act or operate jointly with another or others; to concur inaction, effort, or effect.Whate'er co\u00f6perates to the common mirth. Crashaw."
"COOPERATION","The association of a number of persons for their benefit."
"COOPERATIVE","Operating jointly to the same end. Co\u00f6perative society, asociety established on the principle of a joint-stock association,for the production of commodities, or their purchase and distributionfor consumption, or for the borrowing and lending of capital amongits members.-- Co\u00f6perative store, a store established by a co\u00f6perative society,where the members make their purchases and share in the profits orlosses."
"COOPERATOR","One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end.'Co\u00f6perators with the truth.' Boyle."
"COOPERING","Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks,etc.; the business of a cooper."
"COOPERY","Relating to a cooper; coopered. [Obs.]Coopery vessels made of wood. Holland."
"COOPT","To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.]Each of the hundred was to co\u00f6pt three others. Jowett (Thysyd. )."
"COOPTATE","To choose; to elect; to co\u00f6pt. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"COOPTATION","The act of choosing; selection; choice. [Obs.]The first election and co\u00f6ptation of a friend. Howell."
"COORDAIN","To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another."
"COORDINANCE","Joint ordinance."
"COORDINATE","Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or manyco\u00f6rdinate powers presiding over each country. Law.Conjunctions joint sentences and co\u00f6rdinate terms. Rev. R. Morris.Co\u00f6rdinate adjectives, adjectives disconnected as regards aneanother, but referring equally to the same subject.-- Co\u00f6rdinate conjunctions, conjunctions joining independentpropositions. Rev. R. Morris."
"COORDINATELY","In a co\u00f6rdinate manner."
"COORDINATENESS","The state of being co\u00f6rdinate; equality of rank or authority."
"COORDINATIVE","Expressing co\u00f6rdination. J. W. Gibbs."
"COOTFOOT","The pharalope; -- so called because its toes are like thecoot's."
"COOTHAY","A striped satin made in India. McElrath."
"COP","same as Merlon."
"COP-ROSE","The red, or corn, poppy. [Written also cup-rose.]"
"COPAL","A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees ofZanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum,T. verrocosum, and Hymen\u00e6a Courbaril), and dug from earth whereforests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. Ur"
"COPALM","The yellowish, fragrant balsam yielded by the sweet gum; also,the tree itself."
"COPARCENARY","Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right ofsucession to an inheritance."
"COPARCENER","One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance.All the coparceners together make but one heir, and have but oneestate among them. blackstone."
"COPARCENY","An equal share of an inheritance."
"COPART","To share. [Obs.]For, of all miserias, I hold that chief Wretched to be, when nonecoparts our grief. Webster (1661)."
"COPARTMENT","A compartment. [Obs.] T. Warton."
"COPARTNER","One who is jointly concerned with one or more persons inbusiness, etc.; a partner; an associate; a partaker; a sharer.the associates and copartners of our loss. Milton."
"COPARTNERY","the state of being copartners in any undertaking. [R.]"
"COPATAIN","Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top. [Obs.]A copatain hat made on a Flemish block. Gascoigne."
"COPATRIOT","A joint patriot."
"COPE","The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold.Knight. De Colange."
"COPE-CHISEL","A narrow chisel adapted for cutting a groove. Knight."
"COPECK","A Russian copper coin. See Kopeck."
"COPED","Clad in a cope."
"COPELATA","See Larvalla."
"COPEMAN","A chapman; a dealer; a merchant. [Obs.]He would have sold his part of paradise For ready money, had he met acopeman. B. Jonson."
"COPENHAGEN","A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs."
"COPEPOD","Of or pertaining to the Copepoda.-- n."
"COPEPODA","An order of Entomastraca, including many minute Crustacea, bothfreshwater and marine."
"COPERNICAN","Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth (b. 1473, d.1543), who taught the world the solar system now received, called theCopernican system."
"COPESMATE","An associate or companion; a friend; a partner. [Obs.]Misshapen time, copesmate of ugly Night. Shak."
"COPESTONE","A stone for coping. See Coping."
"COPING","The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often withsloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping. Gwill."
"COPIOUS","Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful.Kindly pours its copious treasures forth. Thomson.Hail, Son of God, Savior of men! thy name Shall be the copious matterof my song. Milton."
"COPIOUSLY","In a copious manner."
"COPIOUSNESS","The state or quality of being copious; abudance; plenty; also,diffuseness in style.To imitatethe copiousness of Homer. Dryden."
"COPIST","A copier. [Obs.] 'A copist after nature.' Shaftesbury."
"COPLANAR","Situated in one plane."
"COPLAND","A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle. [Obs.]"
"COPORTION","Equal share. [Obs.]Myself will bear . . . coportion of your pack. Spenser."
"COPPED","Rising to a point or head; conical; pointed; crested. Wiseman."
"COPPEL","See Cupel."
"COPPER","the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers."
"COPPER WORKS","A place where copper is wrought or manufactured. Woodward."
"COPPER-BOTTOMED","Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or othervessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship."
"COPPER-FACED","Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type."
"COPPER-FASTENED","Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, acopper-fastened ship."
"COPPER-NICKEL","Nicolite."
"COPPER-NOSE","A red nose. Shak."
"COPPERAS","Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystallinesubstance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeingblack, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale bythe oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate."
"COPPERHEAD","A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closelyallied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called alsocopper-belly, and red viper."
"COPPERISH","Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper;as, a copperish taste."
"COPPERSMITH","One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; aworker in copper."
"COPPERY","Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; likecopper."
"COPPICE","A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut atcertain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse.The rate of coppice lands will fall, upon the discovery of coalmines. Locke."
"COPPIN","A cop of thread."
"COPPLE","Something rising in a conical shape; specifically, a hillrising to a point.A low cape, and upon it a copple not very high. Hakluyt."
"COPPLE DUST","Cupel dust. [Obs.]Powder of steel, or copple dust. Bacon."
"COPPLE-CROWN","A created or high-topped crown or head. 'Like the copple-crownthe lapwing has.' T. Randolph.-- Cop'ple-crowned`, a."
"COPPLED","Rising to a point; conical; copped. [Obs.] Woodward."
"COPPLESTONE","A cobblestone. [Obs.]"
"COPPS","See Copse. [Obs.]"
"COPRA","The dried meat of the cocoanut, from which cocoanut oil isexpressed. [Written also cobra, copperah, coppra.]"
"COPROLITE","A piece of petrified dung; a fossil excrement."
"COPROLITIC","Containing, pertaining to, or of the nature of, coprolites."
"COPROPHAGAN","A kind of beetle which feeds upon dung."
"COPROPHAGOUS","Feeding upon dung, as certain insects."
"COPS","The connecting crook of a harrow. [Prov. Eng.]"
"COPSE","A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice.Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. Goldsmith."
"COPSEWOOD","Brushwood; coppice. Macaulay."
"COPSY","Characterized by copses. 'Copsy villages.' 'Copsy banks.' J.Dyer."
"COPTIC","Of or pertaining to the Copts.-- n."
"COPTIC CHURCH","The native church of Egypt or church of Alexandria, which ingeneral organization and doctrines resembles the Roman CatholicChurch, except that it holds to the Monophysitic doctrine which wascondemned (a. d. 451) by the council of Chalcedon, and allows itspriests to marry. The 'pope and patriarch' has jurisdiction over theAbyssinian Church. Since the 7th century the Coptic Church has beenso isolated from modifying influences that in many respects it is themost ancient monument of primitive Christian rites and ceremonies.But centuries of subjection to Moslem rule have weakened and degradedit."
"COPULA","The word which unites the subject and predicate."
"COPULATE","Joining subject and predicate; copulative. F. A. March."
"COPULATIVE","Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulativeconjunction like 'and'."
"COPULATIVELY","In a copulative manner."
"COPULATORY","Used in sexual union; as, the copulatory organs of insects."
"COPY","Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, theprinters are calling for more copy."
"COPYER","See Copier."
"COPYGRAPH","A contrivance for producing manifold copies of a writing ordrawing."
"COPYHOLDER","One possessed of land in copyhold."
"COPYING","From Copy, v. Copying ink. See under Ink.-- Copying paper, thin unsized paper used for taking copies ofletters, etc., in a copying press.-- Copying press, a machine for taking by pressure, an exact copy ofletters, etc., written in copying ink."
"COPYIST","A copier; a transcriber; an imitator; a plagiarist."
"COPYRIGHT","The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to printand publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all otherpersons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays,and musical compositions, as well as in books."
"COQUE","A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc."
"COQUELICOT","The wild poppy, or red corn rose."
"COQUET","To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; totreat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive anddisappoint.You are coquetting a maid of honor. Swift."
"COQUETRY","Attempts to attract admoration, notice, or love, for the meregratification of vanity; trifling in love. 'Little affectations ofcoquetry.' Addison."
"COQUETTE","A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with veryelegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustrationunder Spangle, v. t."
"COQUETTISH","Practicing or exhibiting coquetry; alluring; enticing.A pretty, coquettish housemaid. W. Irving."
"COQUETTISHLY","In a coquettish manner."
"COQUILLA NUT","The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius.)."
"COQUIMBITE","A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron; whitecopperas; -- so called because found in the province of Coquimbo,Chili."
"COQUINA","A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells andcorals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbedsand for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida."
"COR","A Hebrew measure of capacity; a homer. [Written also core.]"
"COR-","A prefix signifying with, together, etc. See Com-."
"CORA","The Arabian gazelle (Gazella Arabica), found from persia toNorth Africa."
"CORACLE","A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather oroilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used byfisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boatused in Thibet and in Egypt."
"CORACOID","Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds,reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of thescapula in most mammals."
"CORAGE","See Courage [Obs.]To Canterbury with full devout corage. Chaucer."
"CORAH","Plain; undyed; -- applied to Indian silk. -- n."
"CORAL","The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a fewHydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa."
"CORAL FISH","Any bright-colored fish of the genera Ch\u00e6todon, Pomacentrus,Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals."
"CORAL-RAG","Same as Corallian."
"CORALED","Having coral; covered with coral."
"CORALLACEOUS","Like coral, or partaking of its qualities."
"CORALLIAN","A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of themiddle division of the o\u00f6lite; -- called also coral-rag."
"CORALLIFEROUS","Containing or producing coral."
"CORALLIFORM","resembling coral in form."
"CORALLIGENA","Same as Anthozoa."
"CORALLIGENOUS","producing coral; coraligerous; coralliferous. Humble."
"CORALLIGEROUS","Producing coral; coraliferous."
"CORALLIN","A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly ofrosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic. Redcorallin, a red dyestuff which is obtained by treating aurin orrosolic acid with ammonia; -- called also p\u00e6onin.-- Yellow corallin. See Aurin."
"CORALLINE","Composed of corallines; as, coralline limestone."
"CORALLINITE","A fossil coralline."
"CORALLITE","A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral."
"CORALLOID","Having the form of coral; branching like coral."
"CORALLOIDAL","resembling coral; coralloid. Sir T. browne."
"CORALLUM","The coral or skeleton of a zo\u00f6phyte, whether calcareous ofhorny, simple or compound. See Coral."
"CORALWORT","A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; -- calledalso toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root."
"CORANACH","A lamentation for the dead; a dirge. [Written also coranich,corrinoch, coronach, cronach, etc.] [Scot.]"
"CORB","An ornament in a building; a corbel."
"CORBE","Crooked. [Obs.] 'Corbe shoulder.' Spenser."
"CORBEIL","A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel. [Obs.]"
"CORBEL","A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving thespring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothicarchitecture."
"CORBEL-TABLE","A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling betweenthem; also, less properly used to include the stringcourse on them."
"CORBIESTEP","One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished inplace of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep."
"CORCHORUS","The common name of the kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, ayellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashionedgardens."
"CORD","Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon ora nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal."
"CORDAGE","Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope orcord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes."
"CORDAL","Same as Cordelle."
"CORDATE","Heart-shaped; as, a cordate leaf."
"CORDATELY","In a cordate form."
"CORDED","Bound about, or wound, with cords."
"CORDELIER","A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knottedcord worn by all Franciscans."
"CORDELING","Twisting."
"CORDELLE","A twisted cord; a tassel. Halliwell."
"CORDIAL","Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a peppermintcordial."
"CORDIALIZE","To grow cordial; to feel or express cordiality. [R.]"
"CORDIALLY","In a cordial manner. Dr. H. More."
"CORDIALNESS","Cordiality. Cotgrave."
"CORDIERITE","See Iolite."
"CORDIFORM","Heart-shaped. Gray."
"CORDILLERA","A mountain ridge or chain."
"CORDINER","A cordwainer. [Obs.]"
"CORDITE","A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, andmineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. Inmaking it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition ofacetone and pressed out into cords  (of various diameters) resemblingbrown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containingless nitroglycerin than the original is known  as cordite M. D."
"CORDON","The coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face ofthe wall a few inches."
"CORDONNET","Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used fortassels, fringes, etc. McElrath."
"CORDOVAN","Same as Cordwain. in England the name is applied to leathermade from horsehide."
"CORDUROY","Trousers or breeches of corduroy. Corduroy road, a roadwayformed of logs laid side by side across it, as in marshy places; --so called from its rough or ribbed surface, resembling corduroy.[U.S.]"
"CORDWAIN","A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskintanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished,colored, gilded, or the like.Buskins he wore of costliest cordwain. Spenser."
"CORDWAINER","A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker.[Archaic.]"
"CORDY","Of, or like, cord; having cords or cordlike parts."
"CORE","A body of individuals; an assemblage. [Obs.]He was in a core of people. Bacon."
"CORE LOSS","Energy wasted by hysteresis or eddy currents in the core of anarmature, transformer, etc."
"COREOPSIS","A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. C. tinctoria,of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has beenused in dyeing."
"COREPLASTY","A plastic operation on the pupil, as for forming an artificialpupil. -- Cor`e*plas'tic (-plas'tik), a."
"CORER","That which cores; an instrument for coring fruit; as, an applecorer."
"CORF","A native or inhabitant of Corfu, an island in the MediterraneanSea."
"CORIACEOUS","Stiff, like leather or parchment."
"CORIANDER","An umbelliferous plant, the Coriandrum sativum, the fruit orseeds of which have a strong smell and a spicy taste, and in medicineare considered as stomachic and carminative."
"CORIDINE","A colorless or yellowish oil, C10H15N, of a leathery odor,occuring in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded asan organic base, homologous with pyridine. Also, one of a series ofmetameric compounds of which coridine is a type. [Written alsocorindine.]"
"CORINDON","See Corrundum."
"CORINNE","The common gazelle (Gazella dorcas). See Gazelle. [Written alsokorin.]"
"CORINTHIAC","Pertaining to Corinth."
"CORINTHIAN","Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture,invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans.This is the lightest and most ornamental of the three orders used bythe Greeks. Parker."
"CORIVAL","A rival; a corrival."
"CORK FOSSIL","A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork."
"CORKAGE","The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and takingcare of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest."
"CORKED","having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; as, a bottleof wine is corked."
"CORKINESS","The quality of being corky."
"CORKING PIN","A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman'sheaddress to a cork mold. [Obs.] Swift."
"CORKSCREW","An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corksfrom bottles. Corkscrew starts, a spiral staircase around a solidnewel."
"CORKWING","A fish; the goldsinny."
"CORKWOOD","The tree producing the aligator apple. (3)"
"CORM","A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb."
"CORMOGENY","The embryological history of groups or families of individuals."
"CORMOPHYLOGENY","The phylogeny of groups or families of individuals. Haeckel."
"CORMORANT","Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sacunder the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, andhave become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, andhence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese. [Written also corvorant.]"
"CORMORAUT","Ravenous; voracious.Cormorant, devouring time. Shak."
"CORMUS","See Corm."
"CORN","A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toees,by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.Welkome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes Unplagued with corns,will have a bout with you. Shak."
"CORNAGE","Anancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to givenotice of an invasion by blowing a horn."
"CORNAMUTE","A cornemuse. [Obs.]"
"CORNBIND","A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis,Polygonum Convolvulus. [Prov. Eng.]"
"CORNCOB","The cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow.[U.S.]"
"CORNCRAKE","A bird (Crex crex or C. pratensis) which frequents grainfields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also corn bird."
"CORNCRIB","A crib for storing corn."
"CORNDODGER","A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a coveringof husks or paper, and baked under the embers. [U.S.] Bartlett."
"CORNEA","The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which coversthe iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye."
"CORNEAL","Pertaining to the cornea."
"CORNEL","The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European shrub withclusters of small, greenish flowers, followed by very acid but edibledrupes resembling cherries."
"CORNELIAN","Same as Carnelian."
"CORNEMUSE","A wind instrument nearly identical with the bagpipe. Drayton."
"CORNEOCALCAREOUS","Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, as someshells and corals."
"CORNEOUS","Of a texture resembling horn; horny; hard. Sir T. Browne."
"CORNERCAP","The chief ornament. [Obs.]Thou makest the triumviry the cornercap of society. Shak."
"CORNERED","1 Having corners or angles."
"CORNERWISE","With the corner in front; diagonally; not square."
"CORNET","See Coronet, 2."
"CORNET-A-PISTON","A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished withvalves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet."
"CORNETCY","The commission or rank of a cornet."
"CORNETER","One who blows a cornet."
"CORNEULE","One of the corneas of a compound eye in the invertebrates.Carpenter."
"CORNFIELD","A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, afield of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indiancorn."
"CORNFLOOR","A thrashing floor. Hos. ix. 1."
"CORNFLOWER","A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing ingrainfields."
"CORNIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, the dogwood (Cornusflorida)."
"CORNICE","Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection whichcrowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the corniceof an order, pedestal, door, window, or house. Gwilt. Cornice ring,the ring on a cannon next behind the muzzle ring."
"CORNICED","Having a cornice."
"CORNICLE","A little horn. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"CORNICULAR","A secretary or clerk. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CORNICULATE","Having processes resembling small horns."
"CORNICULUM","A small hornlike part or process."
"CORNIFEROUS","Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age.(Seethe Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been socalled from the numerous seams of hornstone which characterize thelater part of the period, as developed in the State of New York."
"CORNIFIC","Producing horns; forming horn."
"CORNIFICATION","Conversion into, or formation of, horn; a becoming like horn."
"CORNIFIED","Converted into horn; horny."
"CORNIFORM","Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped."
"CORNIGEROUS","Horned; having horns; as, cornigerous animals. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"CORNIPLUME","A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds."
"CORNISH","Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England. Cornish chough. SeeChough.-- Cornish engine, a single-acting pumping engine, used in mines, inCornwall and elsewhere, and for water works. A heavy pump rod orplunger, raised by the steam, forces up the water by its weight, indescending."
"CORNIST","A performer on the cornet or horn."
"CORNLOFT","A loft for corn; a granary."
"CORNMUSE","A cornemuse."
"CORNO DI BASSETTO","A tenor clarinet; -- called also basset horn, and sometimesconfounded with the English horn, which is a tenor oboe."
"CORNO INGLESE","A reed instrument, related to the oboe, but deeper in pitch;the English horn."
"CORNOPEAN","An obsolete name for the cornet-\u00e0-piston."
"CORNSHELLER","A machine that separates the kernels of corn from the cob."
"CORNSHUCK","The husk covering an ear of Indian corn. [Colloq. U.S.]"
"CORNSTALK","A stalk of Indian corn."
"CORNSTARCH","Starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used forpuddings, etc."
"CORNU","A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn."
"CORNU AMMONIS","A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name foran ammonite."
"CORNUCOPIA","A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling thecornucopia in form."
"CORNUTE","To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold. [Obs.]Burton."
"CORNUTO","A man that wears the horns; a cuckold. [R.] Shak."
"CORNUTOR","A cuckold maker. [R.] Jordan."
"CORNY","Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.Up stood the cornu reed. Milton."
"COROCORE","A kind of boat of various forms, used in the IndianArchipelago."
"CORODY","An allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey orother religious house for the sustenance of such of the king'sservants as he may designate to receive it. [Written also corrody.]"
"COROL","A corolla."
"COROLLA","The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds theorgans of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, calledpetals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness ofits texture and the gayness of its colors. See the Note underBlossom."
"COROLLACEOUS","Pertaining to, or resembling, a corolla; having the form ortexture of a corolla."
"COROLLARY","Having a corolla or corollas; like a corolla."
"COROLLET","A floret in an aggregate flower. [Obs.] Martyn."
"COROLLINE","Of or pertaining to a corolla."
"COROMANDEL","The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay ofBengal. Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola.-- Coromandel wood, Calamander wood."
"CORONA","The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side ofwhich is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. SeeIllust. of Column."
"CORONACH","See Coranach."
"CORONAL","Of or pertaining to the shell of a sea urchin. Coronal suture(Anat.), a suture extending across the skull between the parietal andfrontal bones; the frontoparietal suture."
"CORONAMEN","The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet."
"CORONARY","Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, thecoronary arteries and veins of the heart."
"CORONARY BONE","The small pastern bone of the horse and allied animals."
"CORONARY CUSHION","A cushionlike band of vascular tissue at the upper border ofthe wall of the hoof of the horse and allied animals. It takes animportant part in the secretion of the horny walls."
"CORONEL","A colonel. [Obs.] Spenser."
"CORONER","An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire,with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden ormysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the bodyand at the place where the death occurred. [In England formerly alsowritten and pronounced crowner.]"
"CORONET","The upper part of a horse's hoof, where the horn terminates inskin. James White."
"CORONETED","Wearing, or entitled to wear, a coronet; of noble birth orrank."
"CORONIFORM","Having the form of a crown or coronet; resembling a crown."
"CORONILLA","A genus of plants related to the clover, having their flowersarranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets."
"CORONIUM","The principal gaseous substance forming the solar corona,characterized by a green line in the coronal spectrum."
"CORONOID","Resembling the beak of a crow; as, the coronoid process of thejaw, or of the ulna."
"CORONULE","A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds.See Pappus. Martyn."
"COROUN","Crown. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CORPORACE","See Corporas."
"CORPORAL","A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the UnitedStates army he is the lowest noncomissioned officer in a company ofinfantry. He places and relieves sentinels. Corporal's guard, adetachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty,etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of persons.-- Lance corporal, an assistant corporal on private's pay. Farrow.-- Ship's corporal (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the masterat arms in his various duties."
"CORPORALLY","In or with the body; bodily; as, to be corporally present.Sharp."
"CORPORALSHIP","A corporal's office."
"CORPORAS","The corporal, or communion cloth. [Obs.] Fuller."
"CORPORATE","To incorporate. [Obs.] Stow."
"CORPORATION","A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law toact as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity ofsuccession; a society having the capacity of transacting business asan individual."
"CORPORATOR","A member of a corporation, esp. one of the original members."
"CORPORATURE","The state of being embodied; bodily existence. [Obs.] Dr. H.More."
"CORPOREAL","Having a body; consisting of, or pertaining to, a material bodyor substance; material; -- opposed to spiritual or immaterial.His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almostspiritual. Milton.Corporeal property, such as may be seen and handled (as opposed toincorporeal, which can not be seen or handled, and exists only incontemplation). Mozley & W."
"CORPOREALISM","Materialism. Cudworth."
"CORPOREALIST","One who denies the reality of spiritual existences; amaterialist.Some corporealists pretended . . . to make a world without a God. Bp.Berkeley."
"CORPOREALITY","The state of being corporeal; corporeal existence."
"CORPOREALLY","In the body; in a bodily form or manner."
"CORPOREALNESS","Corporeality; corporeity."
"CORPOREITY","The state of having a body; the state of being corporeal;materiality.The one attributed corporeity to God. Bp. Stillingfleet.Those who deny light to be matter, do not therefore deny itscorporeity. Coleridge."
"CORPORIFY","To embody; to form into a body. [Obs.] Boyle."
"CORPOSANT","St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint."
"CORPS","The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office isendowed. [Obs.]The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a corps.Bacon.Army corps, or (French) Corps d'arm\u00e9e (k, a body containing two ormore divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army initself.-- Corps de logis (ke l Etym: [F., body of the house], the principalmass of a building, considered apart from its wings.-- Corps diplomatique (k Etym: [F., diplomatic body], the body ofministers or envoys accredited to a government."
"CORPULENTLY","In a corpulent manner."
"CORPUS","A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.Corpus callosum (k; pl. Corpora callosa (-s Etym: [NL., callous body](Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebralhemispheries. See Brain.-- Corpus Christi (kr Etym: [L., body of Christ] (R. C. Ch.), afestival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday afterTrinity Sunday.-- Corpus Christi cloth. Same as Pyx cloth, under Pyx.-- Corpus delicti (d Etym: [L., the body of the crime] (Law), thesubstantial and fundamental fact of the comission of a crime; theproofs essential to establish a crime.-- Corpus luteum (l; pl. Corpora lutea (-. Etym: [NL., luteous body](Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Grafianfollicle in the mammalian ovary.-- Corpus striatum (str; pl. Corpora striata (-t. Etym: [NL.,striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricleof the brain."
"CORPUSCLE","A protoplasmic animal cell; esp., such as float free, likeblood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are imbedded in anintercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilagecorpuscles. See Blood.Virchow showed that the corpuscles of bone are homologous with thoseof connective tissue. Quain's Anat.Red blood corpuscles (Physiol.), in man, yellowish, biconcave,circular discs varying from 1/3500 to 1/3200 of an inch in diameterand about 1/12400 of an inch thick. They are composed of a colorlessstroma filled in with semifluid h\u00e6moglobin and other matters. In mostmammals the red corpuscles are circular, but in the camels, birds,reptiles, and the lower vertebrates generally, they are oval, andsometimes more or less spherical in form. In Amphioxus, and mostinvertebrates, the blood corpuscles are all white or colorless.-- White blood corpuscles (Physiol.), rounded, slightly flattened,nucleated cells, mainly protoplasmic in composition, and possessed ofcontractile power. In man, the average size is about 1/2500 of aninch, and they are present in blood in much smaller numbers than thered corpuscles."
"CORPUSCULAR","Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles.Corpuscular philosophy, that which attempts to account for thephenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest, position, etc., ofthe minute particles of matter.-- Corpuscular theory (Opt.), the theory enunciated by Sir IsaacNewton, that light consists in the emission and rapid progression ofminute particles or corpuscles. The theory is now generally rejected,and supplanted by the undulatory theory."
"CORPUSCULARIAN","Corpuscular. [Obs.]"
"CORPUSCULE","A corpuscle. [Obs.]"
"CORPUSCULOUS","Corpuscular. Tyndall."
"CORRADE","To erode, as the bed of a stream. See Corrosion."
"CORRADIAL","Radiating to or from the same point. [R.] Coleridge."
"CORRADIATE","To converge to one point or focus, as light or rays."
"CORRADIATION","A conjunction or concentration of rays in one point. Bacom"
"CORRAL","A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, byemigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of securityfor horses, cattle, etc."
"CORRASION","The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water,principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream,but also by the solvent action of the water."
"CORRASIVE","Corrosive. [Obs.]Corrasive sores which eat into the flesh. Holland."
"CORRECT","Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth,rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; nnot faulty orimperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views.Always use the most correct editions. Felton."
"CORRECTIFY","To correct. [Obs.]When your worship's plassed to correctify a lady. Beau & Fl."
"CORRECTIONAL","Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction;as, a correctional institution."
"CORRECTIONER","One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction. [Obs.]Shak."
"CORRECTLY","In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault orerror."
"CORRECTNESS","The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness ofopinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writingor speaking; the correctness of a text or copy."
"CORRECTOR","One who, or that which, corrects; as, a corrector of abuses; acorrector of the press; an alkali is a corrector of acids."
"CORRECTORY","Containing or making correction; corrective."
"CORRECTRESS","A woman who corrects."
"CORREGIDOR","The chief magistrate of a Spanish town."
"CORREI","A hollow in the side of a hill, where game usually lies. 'Fleetfoot on the correi.' Sir W. Scott."
"CORRELATABLE","Such as can be correlated; as, correlatable phenomena."
"CORRELATE","To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related.Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice. Tylor."
"CORRELATION","Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism ofrelation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving placeto, one another, under certain conditions; as, the correlation offorces, or of zymotic diseases. Correlation of energy, the relationto one another of different forms of energy; -- usually having somereference to the principle of conservation of energy. SeeConservation of energy, under Conservation.-- Correlation of forces, the relation between the forces whichmatter, endowed with various forms of energy, may exert."
"CORRELATIVE","Having or indicating a reciprocal relation.Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and citizen, arecorrelative terms. Hume."
"CORRELATIVELY","In a correlative relation."
"CORRELATIVENESS","Quality of being correlative."
"CORRELIGIONIST","A co-religion"
"CORREPTION","Chiding; reproof; reproach. [Obs.]Angry, passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than toamend. Hammond."
"CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL","A school that teaches by correspondence, the instruction beingbased on printed instruction sheets and the recitation papers writtenby the student in answer to the questions or requirements of thesesheets. In the broadest sense of the term correspondence school maybe used to include any educational institution or department forinstruction by correspondence, as in a university or othereducational bodies, but the term is commonly applied to variouseducational institutions organized on a commercial basis, some ofwhich offer a large variety of courses in general and technicalsubjects, conducted by specialists."
"CORRESPONDENCY","Same as Correspondence, 3.The correspondencies of types and antitypes . . . may be veryreasonable confirmations. S. Clarke."
"CORRESPONDENT","Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable;in accord or agreement; obedient; willing.Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law. Hooker.As fast the correspondent passions rise. Thomson.I will be correspondent to command. Shak."
"CORRESPONDENTLY","In a a corresponding manner; conformably; suitably."
"CORRESPONDINGLY","In a corresponding manner; conformably."
"CORRESPONSIVE","Corresponding; conformable; adapted. Shak.-- Cor`re*spon'sive*ly, adv."
"CORRIDOR","A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of ahouse."
"CORRIDOR TRAIN","A train whose coaches are connected so as to have through itsentire length a continuous corridor, into which the compartmentsopen. [Eng.]"
"CORRIE","Same as Correi. [Scot.] Geikie."
"CORRIGENDUM","A fault or error to be corrected."
"CORRIGENT","A substance added to a medicine to mollify or modify itsaction. Dunglison."
"CORRIGIBILITY","Quality of being corrigible; capability of being corrected;corrigibleness."
"CORRIGIBLENESS","The state or quality of being corrigible; corrigibility."
"CORRIVAL","A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival; also, a companion. [R.]Shak."
"CORRIVALRY","Corivalry. [R.]"
"CORRIVALSHIP","Corivalry. [R.]By the corrivalship of Shager his false friend. Sir T. Herbert."
"CORRIVATE","To cause to flow together, as water drawn from several streams.[Obs.] Burton."
"CORRIVATION","The flowing of different streams into one. [Obs.] Burton."
"CORROBORANT","Strengthening; supporting; corroborating. Bacon.-- n."
"CORROBORATE","Corroborated. [Obs.] Bacon."
"CORROBORATIVE","Tending to strengthen of confirm."
"CORROBORATORY","Tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts."
"CORROBORY","See Corroboree."
"CORRODE","To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion. Corrodinglead, lead sufficiently pure to be used in making white lead by aprocess of corroding."
"CORRODENT","Corrosive. [R.] Bp. King."
"CORRODIATE","To eat away by degrees; to corrode. [Obs.] Sandys."
"CORRODIBILITY","The qualityof being corrodible. [R.] Johnson."
"CORRODIBLE","Capable of being corroded; corrosible. Sir T. Browne."
"CORROSIBILITY","Corrodibility. 'Corrosibility . . . answers corrosiveness.'Boyle."
"CORROSIBLE","Corrodible. Bailey."
"CORROSIBLENESS","The quality or state of being corrosible. Bailey."
"CORROSION","The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process ofcorrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion.Corrosion is a particular species of dissolution of bodies, either byan acid or a saline menstruum. John Quincy."
"CORROVAL","A dark brown substance of vegetable origin, allied to curare,and used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison."
"CORROVALINE","A poisonous alkaloid extracted from corroval, and characterizedby its immediate action in paralyzing the heart."
"CORRUGANT","Having the power of contracting into wrinkles. Johnson."
"CORRUGATE","Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges andfurrows."
"CORRUGATION","The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternateridges and grooves."
"CORRUGATOR","A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead intowrinkles."
"CORRUGENT","Drawing together; contracting; -- said of the corrugator.[Obs.]"
"CORRUMP","To corrupt. See Corrupt. [Obs.] Chauser."
"CORRUMPABLE","Corruptible. [Obs.]"
"CORRUPTER","One who corrupts; one who vitiates or taints; as, a corrupterof morals."
"CORRUPTFUL","Tending to corrupt; full of corruption. [Obs.] 'Corruptfulbribes.' Spenser."
"CORRUPTIBILITY","The quality of being corruptible; the possibility or liabilityof being corrupted; corruptibleness. Burke."
"CORRUPTIBLE","That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic] 1Cor. xv. 53."
"CORRUPTINGLY","In a manner that corrupts."
"CORRUPTIONIST","One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. Sydney Smith."
"CORRUPTIVE","Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to producecorruption.It should be endued with some corruptive quality for so speedy adissolution of the meat. Ray."
"CORRUPTLESS","Not susceptible of corruption or decay; incorruptible. Dryden."
"CORRUPTLY","In a corrupt manner; by means of corruption or corruptinginfluences; wronfully."
"CORRUPTNESS","The quality of being corrupt."
"CORRUPTRESS","A woman who corrupts.Thou studied old corruptress. Beau & Fl."
"CORSAC","The corsak."
"CORSAGE","The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as. a low corsage."
"CORSAK","A small foxlike mammal (Cynalopex corsac), found in CentralAsia. [Written also corsac.]"
"CORSELET","The thorax of an insect."
"CORSEPRESENT","An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body.Blackstone."
"CORSET","To inclose in corsets."
"CORSLET","A corselet. [Obs.] Hakluyt."
"CORSNED","The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in theeating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If thesuspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if itstuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt.Burril."
"CORTEGE","A train of attendants; a procession."
"CORTES","The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, andrepresentatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, insome measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain."
"CORTES GERAES","See Legislature, Portugal."
"CORTEX","Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark."
"CORTICAL","Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling barkor rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance ofthe kidney."
"CORTICIFER","One of the Gorgoniacea; -- so called because the fleshy partsurrounds a solid axis, like a bark."
"CORTICIFEROUS","Having a barklike c"
"CORTICIFORM","Resembling, or having the form of, bark or rind."
"CORTICINE","A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground corkand caoutchouc or India rubber."
"CORTICOSE","Abounding in bark; resembling bark; barky."
"CORTICOUS","Relating to, or resembling, bark; corticose."
"CORTILE","An open internal courtyard inclosed by the walls of a largedwelling house or other large and stately building."
"CORUNDUM","The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state,including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the orientalruby, or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst, or purple sapphire; andadamantine spar, the hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substancefound native, next to the diamond."
"CORUSCANT","Glittering in flashes; flashing. Howell."
"CORUSCATE","To glitter in flashes; to flash."
"CORVE","See Corf."
"CORVEE","An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair ofroads, for the lord or sovereign."
"CORVEN","p. p. of Carve. Chaucer."
"CORVETTO","A curvet. Peacham."
"CORVINE","Of or pertaining to the crow; crowlike."
"CORVORANT","See Cormorant."
"CORYBANT","One of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia. The rites of theCorybants were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc."
"CORYBANTIASM","A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantasticvisions and want of sleep. Dunglison."
"CORYBANTIC","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Corybantes or theirrites; frantic; frenzied; as, a corybantic dance."
"CORYMBED","Corymbose."
"CORYMBIFEROUS","Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit."
"CORYMBOSE","Consisting of corymbs, or resembling them in form. [Writtenalso corymbous.]"
"CORYMBOSELY","In corymbs."
"CORYPHAENOID","Belonging to, or like, the genus Coryph\u00e6na. See Dolphin."
"CORYPHEE","A ballet dancer."
"CORYPHENE","A fish of the genus Coryph\u00e6na. See Dolphin. (2)"
"CORYPHEUS","The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence,the chief or leader of a party or interest.That noted corypheus [Dr. John Owen] of the Independent faction.South."
"CORYPHODON","A genus of extinct mammals from the eocene tertiary of Europeand America. Its species varied in size between the tapir andrhinoceros, and were allied to those animals, but had short,plantigrade, five-toed feet, like the elephant."
"CORYPHODONT","Pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Coryphodon."
"CORYZA","Nasal catarrh."
"COSCINOMANCY","Divination by means of a suspended sieve."
"COSCOROBA","A large, white, South American duck, of the genus Cascoroba,resembling a swan."
"COSECANT","The secant of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. ofFunctions."
"COSEN","See Cozen."
"COSENAGE","See Cozenage."
"COSENING","Anything done deceitfully, and which could not be properlydesignated by any special name, whether belonging to contracts ornot. Burrill."
"COSENTIENT","Perceiving together."
"COSEY","See Cozy. Dickens."
"COSHER","To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat atthe expense of. See Coshering."
"COSHERER","One who coshers."
"COSHERING","A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him tolodging and food at his tenant's house. Burrill.Sometimes he contrived, in deflance of the law, to live by coshering,that is to say, by quartering himself on the old tentants of hisfamily, who, wretched as was their own condition, could not refuse aportion of their pittance to one whom they still regarded as theirrightful lord. Macaulay."
"COSIER","A tailor who botches his work. [Obs.] Shak."
"COSIGNIFICATIVE","Having the same signification. Cockerham."
"COSIGNITARY","Signing some important public document with another or withothers; as, a treaty violated by one of the cosignitary powers."
"COSILY","See Cozily."
"COSINE","The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. ofFunctions."
"COSMETIC","Any external application intended to beautify and improve thecomplexion."
"COSMICALLY","Belonging to cosmogony. B. Powell. Gladstone."
"COSMOGONIST","One who treats of the origin of the universe; one versed incosmogony."
"COSMOGONY","The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account ofsuch creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogoniesof Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato.The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled philosophers ofall ages. Goldsmith."
"COSMOGRAPHER","One who describes the world or universe, including the heavensand the earth.The name of this island is nowhere found among the old and ancientcosmographers. Robynson (More's Utopia)."
"COSMOGRAPHICALLY","In a cosmographic manner; in accordance with cosmography."
"COSMOGRAPHY","A description of the world or of the universe; or the sciencewhich teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or thefigure, disposition, and relation of all its parts."
"COSMOLABE","An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used formeasuring the angles between heavenly bodies; -- called alsopantacosm."
"COSMOLATRY","Worship paid to the world. Cudworth."
"COSMOLINE","A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation ofpetroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stifferconsistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; akind of petroleum jelly."
"COSMOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to cosmology."
"COSMOLOGIST","One who describes the universe; one skilled in cosmology."
"COSMOLOGY","The science of the world or universe; or a treatise relating tothe structure and parts of the system of creation, the elements ofbodies, the modifications of material things, the laws of motion, andthe order and course of nature."
"COSMOMETRY","The art of measuring the world or the universe. Blount."
"COSMOPLASTIC","Pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation ofthe world independently of God; world-forming. 'Cosmoplastic andhylozoic atheisms.' Gudworth."
"COSMOPOLITANISM","The quality of being cosmopolitan; cosmopolitism."
"COSMOPOLITE","See Cosmopolitan."
"COSMOPOLITICAL","Having the character of a cosmopolite. [R.] Hackluyt."
"COSMOPOLITISM","The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard ofnational or local peculiarities and prejudices."
"COSMORAMA","An exhibition in which a series of views in various parts ofthe world is seen reflected by mirrors through a series of lenses,with such illumination, etc., as will make the views most closelyrepresent reality."
"COSMORAMIC","Of or pertaining to a cosmorama."
"COSMOSPHERE","An apparattus for showing the position of the earth, at anygiven time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollowglass globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, andwithin which is a terrestrial globe."
"COSMOTHEISM","Same as Pantheism. [R.]"
"COSMOTHETIC","Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of thephysical or external world. Cosmothetic idealists (Metaph.), thosewho assume, without attempting to prove, the reality of externalobjects as corresponding to, and being the ground of, the ideas ofwhich only the mind has direct cognizance.The cosmothetic idealists . . . deny that mind is immediatelyconscious of matter. Sir W. Hamilton."
"COSOVEREIGN","A joint sovereign."
"COSS","A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half totwo English miles. Whitworth."
"COSSACK","One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen,inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishingvaluable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those ofLittle Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions."
"COSSACK POST","An outpost consisting of four men, forming one of a single lineof posts substituted for the more formal line of sentinels and lineof pickets."
"COSSAS","Plain India muslin, of various qualities and widths."
"COSSET","A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, ingeneral."
"COSSETTE","One of the small chips or slices into which beets are cut insugar making."
"COST","See Cottise."
"COSTA","A rib of an animal or a human being."
"COSTAGE","Expense; cost. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"COSTAL","Pertaining to the ribs or the sides of the body; as, costalnerves."
"COSTAL-NERVED","Having the nerves spring from the midrib."
"COSTARDMONGER","A costermonger."
"COSTEAN","To search after lodes. See Costeaning."
"COSTEANING","The process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. Itconsist in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to thesolid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across thedirection of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veinsbetween the two pits."
"COSTELLATE","Finely ribbed or costated."
"COSTER","One who hawks about fruit, green vegetables, fish, etc."
"COSTERMONGER","An apple seller; a hawker of, or dealer in, any kind of fruitor vegetables; a fruiterer. [Written also costardmonger.]"
"COSTIFEROUS","Rib-bearing, as the dorsal vertebr\u00e6."
"COSTIVELY","In a costive manner."
"COSTLESS","Costing nothing."
"COSTLEWE","Costly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"COSTLINESS","The quality of being costy; expensiveness; sumptuousness."
"COSTMARY","A garden plant (Chrysanthemum Balsamita) having a strongbalsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herband salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also alecost."
"COSTON LIGHTS","Signals made by burning lights of different colors and used byvessels at sea, and in the life-saving service; -- named after theirinventor."
"COSTOTOME","An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open thethoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections. Knight."
"COSTREL","A bottle of leather, earthenware, or wood, having ears by whichit was suspended at the side. [Archaic]A youth, that, following with a costrel, bore The means of goodlywelcome, flesh and wine. Tennyson."
"COSTUMER","One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancyballs, etc."
"COSUPREME","A partaker of supremacy; one jointly supreme. Shak."
"COSURETY","One who is surety with another."
"COSY","See Cozy."
"COT","A small, rudely-formed boat. Bell cot. (Arch.) See under Bell."
"COTANGENT","The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust.of Functions."
"COTARNINE","A white, crystalline substance, C12H13NO3, obtained as aproduct of the decomposition of narcotine. It has weak basicproperties, and is usually regarded as an alkaloid."
"COTE","To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and getbefore; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.] Drayton.We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming. Shak."
"COTEMPORANEOUS","Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous.-- Co*tem`po*ra'ne*ous*ly, adv.-- Co*tem`po*ra'ne*ous*ness, n."
"COTEMPORARY","Living or being at the same time; contemporary."
"COTENANT","A tenant in common, or a joint tenant."
"COTERIE","A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social,literary, or other purposes; a clique. 'The queen of your coterie.'Thackeray."
"COTERMINOUS","Bordering; conterminous; -- followed by with."
"COTGARE","Refuse wool. [Obs. or Prov.]"
"COTHURN","A buskin anciently used by tragic actors on the stage; hence,tragedy in general.The moment had arrived when it was thought that the mask and thecothurn might be assumed with effect. Motley."
"COTHURNUS","Same as Cothurn."
"COTICULAR","Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones."
"COTIDAL","Marking an equality in the tides; having high tide at the sametime. Cotidal lines (Phys. Geog.), lines on a map passing throughplaces that have high tide at the same time."
"COTINGA","A bird of the family Cotingid\u00e6, including numerous bright-colored South American species; -- called also chatterers."
"COTISE","See Cottise."
"COTISED","See Cottised."
"COTLAND","Land appendant to a cot or cottage, or held by a cottager orcotter."
"COTQUEANITY","The condition, character, or conduct of a cotquean. [Obs.] B.Jonson."
"COTRUSTEE","A joint trustee."
"COTSWOLD","An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswoldhills, in Gloucestershire, England. Cotswold sheep, a long-wooledbreed of sheep, formerly common in the counties of Gloucester,Hereford, and Worcester, Eng.; -- so called from the Cotswold Hills.The breed is now chiefly amalgamated with others."
"COTTA","A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and lessfull than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimesnone."
"COTTAGE","A small house; a cot; a hut."
"COTTAGED","Set or covered with cottages.Even humble Harting's cottaged vale. Collins."
"COTTAGELY","Cottagelike; suitable for a cottage; rustic. [Obs.] Jer.Taylor."
"COTTAGER","One who lives on the common, without paying any rent, or havingland of his own."
"COTTER","To fasten with a cotter."
"COTTIER","In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a smallcottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in thework of the landlord's farm. [Written also cottar and cotter.]"
"COTTISE","A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area orone quarter the area of the bend. When a single cottise is used aloneit is often called a cost. See also Couple-close."
"COTTISED","Set between two cottises, -- said of a bend; or between twobarrulets, -- said of a bar or fess."
"COTTOID","Like a fish of the genus Cottus.-- n."
"COTTOLENE","A product from cottonseed, used as lard."
"COTTON BATTING","Cotton prepared in sheets or rolls for quilting, upholstering,and similar purposes."
"COTTON STATE","Alabama; -- a nickname."
"COTTONADE","A somewhat stoun and thick fabric of cotton."
"COTTONARY","Relating to, or composed of, cotton; cottony. [Obs.]Cottomary and woolly pillows. Sir T. Browne."
"COTTONOUS","Resembling cotton. [R.] Evelyn."
"COTTONSEED MEAL","A meal made from hulled cotton seeds after the oil has beenexpressed."
"COTTONSEED OIL","A fixed, semidrying oil extracted from cottonseed. It is paleyellow when pure (sp. gr., .92-.93). and is extensively used in soapmaking, in cookery, and as an adulterant of other oils."
"COTTONTAIL","The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus); -- also calledMolly cottontail."
"COTTONWEED","See Cudweed."
"COTTONWOOD","An American tree of the genus Populus or polar, having theseeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the P. moniliferaand P. angustifolia of the Western United States."
"COTTREL","A trammel, or hook to support a pot over a fire. Knight."
"COTYLEDON","One of the patches of villi found in some forms of placenta."
"COTYLEDONAL","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cotyledon."
"COTYLEDONARY","Having a cotyledon; tufted; as, the cotyledonary placenta ofthe cow."
"COTYLEDONOUS","Of or pertaining to a cotyledon or cotyledons; having a seedlobe."
"COTYLIFORM","Shaped like a cotyle or a cup."
"COTYLIGEROUS","Having cotyles."
"COUCAL","A large, Old World, ground cuckoo of the genus Centropus, ofseveral species."
"COUCH","To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wireclotch mold to a felt blanket, for further drying."
"COUCH GRASS","See Quitch grass."
"COUCHANCY","State of lying down for repose. [R.]"
"COUCHANT","Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes theposture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; -- said of alion or other beast. Couchant and levant (Law), rising up and lyingdown; -- said of beasts, and indicating that they have been longenough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down and rise upto feed, -- such time being held to include a day and night at theleast. Blackstone."
"COUCHED","Same as Couch."
"COUCHEE","A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereignor great prince. [Obs.] Dryden.The duke's levees and couchees were so crowded that the antechamberswere full. Bp. Burnet."
"COUCHER","One who couches paper."
"COUCHING","The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens incataract."
"COUCHLESS","Having no couch or bed."
"COUDEE","A measure of length; the distance from the elbow to the end ofthe middle finger; a cubit."
"COUGAR","An American feline quadruped (Felis concolor), resembling theAfrican panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, withoutspots; hence writers often called it the American lion. Called alsopuma, panther, mountain lion, and catamount. See Puma."
"COUGH","To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from thelungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner."
"COUGHER","One who coughs."
"COUHAGE","See Cowhage."
"COULD","Was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible.Used as an auxiliary, in the past tense or in the conditionalpresent."
"COULEE","A stream; (Geol.)"
"COULOIR","A dredging machine for excavating canals, etc."
"COULOMB","The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It isthe quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the currentproduced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuithaving a resistance of one ohm, or the quantitty transferred by oneamp\u00e8re in one second. Formerly called weber."
"COULOMB METER","Any instrument by which electricity can be measured incoulombs."
"COULTER","Same as Colter."
"COULTERNEB","The puffin."
"COULURE","A disease affecting grapes, esp. in California, manifested bythe premature dropping of the fruit."
"COUMARIC","Relating to, derived from, or like, the Dipterix odorata, atree of Guiana. Coumaric acid (Chem.), one of a series of aromaticacids, related to cinnamic acid, the most important of which is awhite crystalline substance, HO.C6H4.C2H2.CO2H, obtained from thetonka bean, sweet clover, etc., and also produced artifically."
"COUMARIN","The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix(formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarinproper, which is a white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used inflavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially."
"COUMAROU","The tree (Dipteryx odorata) which bears the tonka bean; also,the bean itself."
"COUNCILIST","One who belong to a council; one who gives an opinion. [Obs.]I will in three months be an expert counsilist. Milton."
"COUNCILMAN","A member of a council, especially of the common council of acity; a councilor."
"COUNCILOR","A member of a council. [Written also councillor.]"
"COUNSELORSHIP","The function and rank or office of a counselor. Bacon."
"COUNT","To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.Burrill."
"COUNT-WHEEL","The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes."
"COUNTABLE","Capable of being numbered."
"COUNTENANCER","One who countenances, favors, or supports."
"COUNTER","A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as,counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a."
"COUNTER BRACE","The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel."
"COUNTER TENOR","One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and thetreble; high tenor. Counter-tenor clef (Mus.), the C clef when placedon the third line; -- also called alto clef."
"COUNTER WEIGHT","A counterpoise."
"COUNTER-COMPONY","See Compony."
"COUNTER-COUCHANT","Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said ofanimals borne in a coat of arms."
"COUNTER-COURANT","Running in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in acoast of arms."
"COUNTER-PALY","Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece iscut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged.Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned paly ofsix per fess counterchanged argent and azure."
"COUNTER-ROLL","A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as acheck upon another officer's roll. Burrill."
"COUNTER-SALIENT","Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast ofarms."
"COUNTERACT","To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, bycontrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect ofmedicines; to counteract good advice."
"COUNTERACTION","Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.[They] do not . . . overcome the counteraction of a false principleor of stubborn partiality. Johnson."
"COUNTERACTIVE","Tending to counteract."
"COUNTERACTIVELY","By counteraction."
"COUNTERBALANCE","To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract thepower or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.The remaining air was not able to counterbalance the mercurialcylinder. Boyle.The cstudy of mind is necessary to counterbalance and correct theinfluence of the study of nature. Sir W. Hamilton."
"COUNTERBORE","To form a counterbore in, by boring, turning, or drilling; toenlarge, as a hole, by means of a counterbore."
"COUNTERBRACE","To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards,i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another."
"COUNTERBUFF","To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop bya blow or impulse in front. Dryden."
"COUNTERCAST","A trick; a delusive contrivance. [Obs.] Spenser."
"COUNTERCASTER","A caster of accounts; a reckoner; a bookkeeper; -- usedconteptuously."
"COUNTERCHANGE","Exchange; reciprocation."
"COUNTERCHANGED","Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field isdivided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged,that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, andthat on the or side will be azure."
"COUNTERCHARGE","An opposing charge."
"COUNTERCHARM","To destroy the effect of a charm upon."
"COUNTERCHECK","To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a returncheck."
"COUNTERCLAIM","A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him."
"COUNTERCURRENT","Running in an opposite direction."
"COUNTERDRAW","To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil onoiled paper, or other transparent substance."
"COUNTERFAISANCE","See Counterfesance. [Obs.]"
"COUNTERFEITLY","By forgery; falsely."
"COUNTERFESANCE","The act of forging; forgery. [Obs.] [Written alsocounterfaisance.]"
"COUNTERFLEURY","Counterflory."
"COUNTERFLORY","Adorned with flowers (usually fleurs-de-lis) so divided thatthe tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; -- said ofany ordinary."
"COUNTERFORCE","An opposing force."
"COUNTERFORT","A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall."
"COUNTERGAGE","An adjustable gage, with double points for transferringmeasurements from one timber to another, as the breadth of a mortiseto the place where the tenon is to be made. Knight."
"COUNTERGLOW","An exceedingly faint roundish or somewhat oblong nebulous lightnear the ecliptic and opposite the sun, best seen during Septemberand October, when in the constellations Sagittarius and Pisces. Itscause is not yet understood. Called also Gegenschein."
"COUNTERGUARD","A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of twolines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protectingthem from a breaching fire."
"COUNTERIRRITATE","To produce counter irritation in; to treat with one morbidprocess for the purpose of curing another."
"COUNTERJUMPER","A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemtuously. [Slang]"
"COUNTERMAN","A man who attends at the counter of a shop to sell goods.[Eng.]"
"COUNTERMAND","A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command.Have you no countermand for Claudio yet, But he must die to-morrowShak."
"COUNTERMANDABLE","Capable of being countermanded; revocable. Bacon."
"COUNTERMARCH","To march back, or to march in reversed order.The two armies marched and countermarched, drew near and receded.Macaulay."
"COUNTERMARK","An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that haveoutgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age."
"COUNTERMINE","An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy themining of an enemy."
"COUNTERMOVE","To move in a contrary direction to."
"COUNTERMURE","A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breachedor destroyed. [R.] Cf. Contramure. Knolles."
"COUNTERNATURAL","Contrary to nature. [R.] Harvey."
"COUNTERPANE","A coverlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven insquares or figures.On which a tissue counterpane was cast. Drayton."
"COUNTERPART","One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate."
"COUNTERPASSANT","Passant in opposite directions; -- said of two animals."
"COUNTERPLEAD","To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny."
"COUNTERPLOT","To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt tofrustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem.Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counterplotted.De Quinsey."
"COUNTERPOINT","An opposite point [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys."
"COUNTERPOLE","The exact opposite.The German prose offers the counterpole to the French style. DeQuincey."
"COUNTERPONDERATE","TO equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate."
"COUNTERPROVE","To take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse, by taking animpression directly from the face of an original. See Counter proof,under Counter."
"COUNTERROLMENT","A counter account. See Control. [Obs.] Bacon."
"COUNTERSCALE","Counterbalance; balance, as of one scale against another.[Obs.] Howell."
"COUNTERSCARF","The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, thewhole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as,the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp."
"COUNTERSEAL","To seal or ratify with another or others. Shak."
"COUNTERSECURE","To give additional security to or for. Burke."
"COUNTERSHAFT","An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from aline shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine."
"COUNTERSIGN","To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing);hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal orsuperior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing."
"COUNTERSTAND","Resistance; opposition; a stand against.Making counterstand to Robert Guiscard. Longfellow."
"COUNTERSTEP","A contrary method of procedure; opposite course of action."
"COUNTERSTOCK","See Counterfoil."
"COUNTERSTROKE","A stroke or blow in return. Spenser."
"COUNTERSWAY","A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.[Obs.]A countersway of restraint, curbing their wild exorbitance. Milton."
"COUNTERTERM","A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to,another; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, 'foe' is thecounterterm of 'friend'. C. J. Smith."
"COUNTERTIME","The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and themeasure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the badtemper of the horse."
"COUNTERTRIPPANT","Trippant in opposite directions. See Trippant."
"COUNTERTRIPPING","Same as Countertrippant."
"COUNTERTURN","The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation,the action is embroiled in new difficulties. Dryden."
"COUNTERVAIL","To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart orovercome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; tocounterbalance; to compensate.Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will hardlycountervail the inconveniences that go allong with it. L'Estrange."
"COUNTERVALLATION","See Contravallation."
"COUNTERVOTE","To vote in opposition ti; to balance or overcome by viting; tooutvote. Dr. J. Scott."
"COUNTERWAIT","To wait or watch for; to be on guard against. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"COUNTERWEIGH","To weigh against; to counterbalance."
"COUNTERWHEEL","To cause to wheel or turn in an opposite direction."
"COUNTERWORK","To work in oppositeion to; to counteract.That counterworksh folly and caprice. Pope."
"COUNTESS","The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count inthe Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignityin her own right. See the Note under Count."
"COUNTLESS","Incapable of being counted; not ascertainable; innumerable."
"COUNTOR","An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for hisclient, that is, orally pleaded his cause. [Obs.] Burrill."
"COUNTRE-","Same as prefix Counter-. [Obs.]"
"COUNTREPLETE","To counterplead. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"COUNTRETAILLE","A counter tally; correspondence (in sound). [Obs.] At thecountretaille, in return. Chaucer."
"COUNTRIFIED","Having the appearance and manners of a rustic; rude.As being one who took no pride, And was a deal too countrified.Lloyd."
"COUNTRIFY","To give a rural appearance to; to cause to appear rustic. Lamb."
"COUNTRY","The rock through which a vein runs. Conclusion to the country.See under Conclusion.-- To put, or throw, one's self upon the country, to appeal to one'sconstituents; to stand trial before a jury."
"COUNTRY BANK","A national bank not in a reserve city. [Colloq., U. S.]"
"COUNTRY CLUB","A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city ortown and devoted mainly to outdoor sports."
"COUNTRY COUSIN","A relative from the country visiting the city and unfamiliarwith city manners and sights."
"COUNTRY SEAT","A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement fromthe city."
"COUNTRY-BASE","Same as Prison base."
"COUNTRY-DANCE","See Contradance.He had introduced the English country-dance to the knowledge of theDutch ladies. Macualay."
"COUNTRYSIDE","A particular rural district; a country neighborhood. [Eng.] W.Black. Blackmore."
"COUNTRYWOMAN","A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to thecity; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with anothernative or inhabitant. Shak."
"COUP","A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a termused in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force. Coupde grace (ke gr Etym: [F.], the stroke of mercy with which anexecutioner ends by death the sufferings of the condemned; hence, adecisive, finishing stroke.-- Coup de main (ke m Etym: [F.] (Mil.), a sudden and unexpectedmovement or attack.-- Coup de soleil (k Etym: [F.] (Med.), a sunstroke. See Sunstroke.-- Coup d'\u00e9tat (k Etym: [F.] (Politics), a sudden, decisive exerciseof power whereby the existing government is subverted without theconsent of the people; an unexpected measure of state, more or lessviolent; a stroke of policy.-- Coup d'oeil (k. Etym: [F.] (a) A single view; a rapid glance ofthe eye; a comprehensive view of a scene; as much as can be seen atone view. (b) The general effect of a picture. (c) (Mil.) The facultyor the act of comprehending at a glance the weakness or strength of amilitary position, of a certain arrangement of troops, the mostadvantageous position for a battlefield, etc."
"COUPABLE","Culpable. [Obs.]"
"COUPE-GORGE","Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troopsoccupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces. Farrow."
"COUPED","Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- usedespecially for the head or limb of an animal. See Erased."
"COUPEE","A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent, and raisedfrom the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made.Chambers."
"COUPLE","See Couple-close."
"COUPLE-BEGGAR","One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other.Swift."
"COUPLE-CLOSE","A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of itssurface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of achevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between twocouple-closes or chevron cottised."
"COUPLEMENT","Union; combination; a coupling; a pair. [Obs.] Shak.And forth together rode, a goodly couplement. Spenser."
"COUPLER","One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, orshackle, to connect cars. Coupler of an organ, a contrivance by whichany two or more of the ranks of keys, or keys and pedals, areconnected so as to act together when the organ is played."
"COUPLET","Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines ofverse that rhyme with each other.A sudden couplet rushes on your mind. Crabbe."
"COUPLING","A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connectadjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects theends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; ashaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts. Box coupling,Chain coupling. See under Box, Chain.-- Coupling box, a coupling shaped like a journal box, for clampingtogether the ends of two shafts, so that they may revolve together.-- Coupling pin, a pin or bolt used in coupling or joining togetherrailroad cars, etc."
"COUPON","A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom oftransferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term ofyears, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when theinterest is due; an interest warrant."
"COUPSTICK","A stick or switch used among some American Indians in making orcounting a coup."
"COUPURE","A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by thebesieged. Wilhelm."
"COURAGE","To inspire with courage. [Obs.]Paul writeth unto Timothy . . . to courage him. Tyndale."
"COURAGEOUS","Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold.With this victory, the women became most courageous and proud, andthe men waxed . . . fearful and desperate. Stow."
"COURAGEOUSLY","In a courageous manner."
"COURAGEOUSNESS","The quality of being courageous; courage."
"COURANT","Represented as running; -- said of a beast borne in a coat ofarms."
"COURANTO","A sprightly dance; a coranto; a courant."
"COURAP","A skin disease, common in India, in which there is perpetualitching and eruption, esp. of the groin, breast, armpits, and face."
"COURB","Curved; rounded. [Obs.]Her neck is short, her shoulders courb. Gower."
"COURBARIL","See Anim\u00e9, n."
"COURCHE","A square piece of linen used formerly by women instead of acap; a kerchief. [Scot.] [Written also curch.] Jamieson."
"COURLAN","A South American bird, of the genus Aramus, allied to therails."
"COURSE","A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same heightthroughout the face or faces of a building. Gwilt."
"COURSER","A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkablefor its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied torunning birds of the Ostrich family."
"COURSEY","A space in the galley; a part of the hatches. Ham. Nav. Encyc."
"COURSING","The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sightinstead of by scent.In coursing of a deer, or hart, with greyhounds. Bacon"
"COURT TENNIS","See under Tennis."
"COURT-BARON","An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor,and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse."
"COURT-CRAFT","The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts."
"COURT-CUPBOARD","A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and otherarticles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. [Obs.]A way with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to theplate. Shak."
"COURT-LEET","A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred,lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. Blackstone."
"COURT-MARTIAL","A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trialof one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against militaryor naval law."
"COURT-PLASTER","Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one sidewith some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass andglycerin."
"COURTBRED","Bred, or educated, at court; polished; courtly."
"COURTELLE","a wool-like fabric.[WordNet 1.5]"
"COURTEOUS","Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or exxpressive of,courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred;polite; affable; complaisant.A patient and courteous bearing. Prescott.His behavior toward his people is grave and courteous. Fuller."
"COURTEOUSLY","In a courteous manner."
"COURTEOUSNESS","The quality of being courteous; politeness; courtesy."
"COURTEPY","A short coat of coarse cloth. [Obs.]Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. Chaucer."
"COURTER","One who courts; one who plays the lover, or who solicits inmarriage; one who flatters and cajoles. Sherwood."
"COURTESAN","A woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; aharlot.Lasciviously decked like a courtesan. Sir H. Wotton."
"COURTESANSHIP","Harlotry."
"COURTESY","An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women,consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, withbending of the kness. [Written also curtsy.]The lady drops a courtesy in token of obedience, and the ceremonyproceeds as usual. Golgsmith."
"COURTIERY","The manners of a courtier; courtliness. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"COURTLIKE","After the manner of a court; elegant; polite; courtly."
"COURTLINESS","The quality of being courtly; elegance or dignity of manners."
"COURTLING","A sycophantic courtier. B. Jonson."
"COURTLY","In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.They can produce nothing so courtly writ. Dryden"
"COURTYARD","A court or inclosure attached to a house."
"COUSCOUS","A kind of food used by the natives of Western Africa, made ofmillet flour with flesh, and leaves of the baobab; -- called alsolalo."
"COUSCOUSOU","A favorite dish in Barbary. See Couscous."
"COUSIN","Allied; akin. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"COUSIN-GERMAN","A first cousin. See Note under Cousin, 1."
"COUSINAGE","Relationship; kinship. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"COUSINHOOD","The state or condition of a cousin; also, the collective bodyof cousins; kinsfolk."
"COUSINLY","Like or becoming a cousin."
"COUSINRY","A body or collection of cousins; the whole number of personswho stand in the relation of cousins to a given person or persons."
"COUSINSHIP","The relationship of cousins; state of being cousins;cousinhood. G. Eliot."
"COUTEAU","A knife; a dagger."
"COUTH","Could; was able; knew or known; understood. [Obs.]Above all other one Daniel He loveth, for he couth well Divine, thatnone other couth; To him were all thing couth, As he had it of God'sgrace. Gower."
"COUVADE","A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a womangives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill.The world-wide custom of the couvade, where at childbirth the husbandundergoes medical treatment, in many cases being put to bed for days.Tylor."
"COUVEUSE","An incubator for sickly infants, esp. those prematurely born."
"COVARIANT","A function involving the coefficients and the variables of aquantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed thesame function of the new variables and coefficients shall be equal tothe old function multiplied by a factor. An invariant is a likefunction involving only the coefficients of the quantic."
"COVE","To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in theform of a cove.The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded intodomes and coved roofs. H. Swinburne.Coved ceiling, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail isconstructed in a cove.-- Coved vault, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a centralpoint, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault."
"COVENABLE","Fit; proper; suitable. [Obs.] 'A covenable day.' Wyclif (Markvi. 21)."
"COVENABLY","Fitly; suitably. [Obs.] 'Well and covenably.' Chaucer."
"COVENANT","An agreement made by the Scottish Parliament in 1638, and bythe English Parliament in 1643, to preserve the reformed religion inScotland, and to extirpate popery and prelacy; -- usually called the'Solemn League and Covenant.'He [Wharton] was born in the days of the Covenant, and was the heirof a covenanted house. Macualay."
"COVENANTEE","The person in whose favor a covenant is made."
"COVENANTER","One who subscribed and defended the 'Solemn League andCovenant.' See Covenant."
"COVENANTING","Belonging to a covenant. Specifically, belonging to the ScotchCovenanters.Be they covenanting traitors, Or the brood of false Argyle Aytoun."
"COVENANTOR","The party who makes a covenant. Burrill."
"COVENOUS","See Covinous, and Covin."
"COVENT","A convent or monastery. [Obs.] Bale. Covent Garden, a largesquare in London, so called because originally it was the garden of amonastery."
"COVENTRY","A town in the county of Warwick, England. To send to Coventry,to exclude from society; to shut out from social intercourse, as forungentlemanly conduct.-- Coventry blue, blue thread of a superior dye, made at Coventry,England, and used for embroidery."
"COVER","The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game;covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover."
"COVER CROP","A catch crop planted, esp. in orchards. as a protection to thesoil in winter, as well as for the benefit of the soil when plowedunder in spring."
"COVER-POINT","The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports'point.'"
"COVER-SHAME","Something used to conceal infamy. [Obs.] Dryden."
"COVERAGE","The aggregate of risks covered by the terms of a contract ofinsurance."
"COVERCHIEF","A covering for the head. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"COVERCLE","A small cover; a lid. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"COVERED","Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden. Coveredway (Fort.), a corridor or banquette along the top of thecounterscarp and covered by an embankment whose slope forms theglacis. It gives the garrisonn an open line of communication aroundthe works, and a standing place beyond the ditch. See Illust. ofRavelin."
"COVERER","One who, or that which, covers."
"COVERING","Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, awrapper, clothing, etc.Noah removed the covering of the ark. Gen. viii. 13.They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have nocovering in the cold. Job. xxiv. 7.A covering over the well's mouth. 2 Sam. xvii. 19."
"COVERLET","The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture.Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arrascoverlets. Spenser."
"COVERLID","A coverlet.All the coverlid was clocth of gold. Tennyson."
"COVERSED SINE","The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. SeeIllust. of Functions."
"COVERSIDE","A region of country having covers; a hunting country."
"COVERT","Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, amarried woman who is considered as being under the protection andcontrol of her husband. Covert way, (Fort.) See Covered way, underCovered."
"COVERT BARON","Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill."
"COVERTLY","Secretly; in private; insidiously."
"COVERTNESS","Secrecy; privacy. [R.]"
"COVERTURE","The condition of a woman during marriage, because she isconsidered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of herhusband, and therefore called a feme covert, or femme couverte."
"COVET","To have or indulge inordinate desire.Which [money] while some coveted after, they have erred from thefaith. 1 Tim. vi. 10."
"COVETABLE","That may be coveted; desirable."
"COVETER","One who covets."
"COVETISE","Avarice. [Obs.] Spenser."
"COVETIVENESS","Acquisitiveness."
"COVETOUSLY","In a covetous manner."
"COVEY","To brood; to incubate. [Obs.][Tortoises] covey a whole year before they hatch. Holland."
"COVIN","A collusive agreement between two or more persons to prejudicea third."
"COVINOUS","Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest."
"COW","A chimney cap; a cowl"
"COW PARSLEY","An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ch\u00e6rophyllum (C. temulumand C. sylvestre)."
"COW PARSNIP","A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (H.sphondylium in England, and H. lanatum in America)."
"COW TREE","A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) ofSouth America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid,resembling milk."
"COW-PILOT","A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the WestIndies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra."
"COWAGE","See Cowhage."
"COWALKER","A phantasmic or 'astral' body deemed to be separable from thephysical body and capable of acting independently; a doppelg\u00e4nger."
"COWAN","One who works as a mason without having served a regularapprenticeship. [Scot.]"
"COWARD","Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs;-- said of a lion."
"COWARDICE","Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity;pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit.The cowardice of doing wrong. Milton.Moderation was despised as cowardice. Macualay."
"COWARDIE","Cowardice. [Obs.]"
"COWARDISH","Cowardly. [Obs.] ' A base and a cowardish mind.' Robynson(More's Utopia)."
"COWARDIZE","To render cowardly. [Obs.]God . . . cowardizeth . . . insolent spirits. Bp. Hall."
"COWARDLINESS","Cowardice."
"COWARDLY","In the manner of a coward. Spenser."
"COWARDSHIP","Cowardice. [Obs.] Shak."
"COWBANE","A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa;in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida.See Water hemlock."
"COWBERRY","A species of Vaccinium (V. Vitis-id), which bears acid redberries which are sometimes used in cookery; -- locally calledmountain cranberry."
"COWBIRD","The cow blackbird (Molothrus ater), an American starling. Likethe European cuckoo, it builds no nest, but lays its eggs in thenests of other birds; -- so called because frequently associated withcattle."
"COWBLAKES","Dried cow dung used as fuel.[Prov. Eng.] Simmonds."
"COWCATCHER","A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in frontof a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions ona railway, as cattle; the pilot. [U.S.]"
"COWDIE","See Kauri."
"COWER","To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, toquail; to sink through fear.Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire. Dryden.Like falcons, cowering on the nest. Goldsmith."
"COWHAGE","A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna, having crookedpods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causingintolerable itching. The spicul\u00e6 are sometimes used in medicine as amechanical vermifuge. [Written also couhage, cowage, and cowitch.]"
"COWHEARTED","Cowardly.The Lady Powis . . . patted him with her fan, and called him acowhearted fellow. R. North."
"COWHERD","One whose occupation is to tend cows."
"COWHIDE","To flog with a cowhide."
"COWISH","Timorous; fearful; cowardly. [R.] Shak."
"COWITCH","See Cowhage."
"COWL","A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyanceof water. Johnson."
"COWLED","Wearing a cowl; hooded; as, a cowled monk. 'That cowledchurchman.' Emerson."
"COWLEECH","One who heals disease of cows; a cow doctor."
"COWLEECHING","Healing the distemper of cows."
"COWLICK","A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead),as if licked by a cow."
"COWLIKE","Resembling a cow.With cowlike udders and with oxlike eyes. Pope."
"COWLSTAFF","A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between twopersons. Suckling."
"COWORKER","One who works with another; a co"
"COWPEA","The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genusDolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated inthe southern part of the United States."
"COWPOCK","See Cowpox. Dunglison."
"COWPOX","A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, whencommunicated to the human system, as by vaccination, protects fromthe smallpox; vaccinia; -- called also kinepox, cowpock, andkinepock. Dunglison."
"COWQUAKE","A genus of plants (Briza); quaking grass."
"COWRIE","Same as Kauri."
"COWSLIPPED","Adorned with cowslips. 'Cowslipped lawns.' Keats."
"COWWEED","Same as Cow parsley."
"COWWHEAT","A weed of the genus Melampyrum, with black seeds, found onEuropean wheatfields."
"COX","A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull. [Obs.]Go; you're a brainless cox, a toy, a fop. Beau. & Fl."
"COXA","The first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean."
"COXCOMB","A name given to several plants of different genera, butparticularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same asCockscomb."
"COXCOMBICAL","Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like a coxcomb; foppish;conceited.-- Cox*comb'ic*al*ly, adv.Studded all over in coxcombical fashion with little brass nails. W.Irving."
"COXCOMBLY","like a coxcomb. [Obs.] 'You coxcombly ass, you!' Beau & Fl."
"COXCOMBRY","The manners of a coxcomb; foppishness."
"COXCOMICAL","Coxcombical. [R.]"
"COXCOMICALLY","Conceitedly. [R.]"
"COXSWAIN","See Cockswain."
"COYISH","Somewhat coy or reserved. Warner."
"COYLY","In a coy manner; with reserve."
"COYNESS","The quality of being coy; feigned oWhen the kind nymph would coyness feign, And hides but to be foundagain. Dryden."
"COYOTE","A carnivorous animal (Canis latrans), allied to the dog, foundin the western part of North America; -- called also prairie wolf.Its voice is a snapping bark, followed by a prolonged, shrill howl."
"COYOTE STATE","South Dakota; -- a nickname."
"COYOTILLO","A low rhamnaceous shrub (Karwinskia humboldtiana) of thesouthwestern United States and Mexico. Its berries are said to bepoisonous to the coyote."
"COYPU","A South American rodent (Myopotamus coypus), allied to thebeaver. It produces a valuable fur called nutria. [Written alsocoypou.]"
"COYSTREL","Same as Coistril."
"COZ","A contraction of cousin. Shak."
"COZEN","To cheat; to defrand; to beguile; to deceive, usually by smallarts, or in a pitiful way.He had cozened the world by fine phrases. Macualay.Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters. Locke.Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him, and exposehim to public mirth for having been cozened. Clarendon."
"COZENAGE","The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud. Shak."
"COZENER","One who cheats or defrauds."
"COZIER","See Cosier."
"COZILY","Snugly; comfortably."
"COZINESS","The state or quality of being cozy."
"COZY","Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar. [Eng.]"
"CRAB","One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, andusually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell orcarapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body."
"CRAB TREE","See under Crab."
"CRAB-YAWS","A disease in the West Indies. It is a kind of ulcer on thesoles of the feet, with very hard edges. See Yaws. Dunglison."
"CRABBER","One who catches crabs."
"CRABBING","The foghting of hawks with each other."
"CRABBISH","Somewhat sour or cross.The wips of the most crabbish Satyristes. Decker."
"CRABBY","Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing. 'Persius is crabby, becauseancient.' Marston."
"CRABER","The water rat. Walton."
"CRABFACED","Having a sour, disagreeable countenance. Beau & Fl."
"CRABSIDLE","To move sidewise, as a crab. [Jocular]. Southey."
"CRABSTICK","A stick, cane, or cudgel, made of the wood of the carb tree."
"CRACHE","To scratch. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CRACK","Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.[Colloq.]One of our crack speakers in the Commons. Dickens."
"CRACK-BRAINED","Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. Pope."
"CRACKAJACK","Of marked ability or excellence. [Slang]"
"CRACKER","The pintail duck."
"CRACKER STATE","Georgia; -- a nickname. See Cracker, n. 5."
"CRACKLE","To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises,rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thornscrackle.The unknown ice that crackles underneath them. Dryden."
"CRACKLED","Covered with minute cracks in the glaze; -- said of some kindsof porcelain and fine earthenware."
"CRACKLEWARE","See Crackle, n., 3."
"CRACKLING","Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting."
"CRACKNEL","A hard brittle cake or biscuit. Spenser."
"CRACKSMAN","A burglar. [Slang]"
"CRACOVIAN","Of or pertaining to Cracow in Poland."
"CRACOVIENNE","A lively Polish dance, in 2-4 time."
"CRACOWES","Long-toed boots or shoes formerly worn in many parts of Europe;-- so called from Cracow, in Poland, where they were first worn inthe fourteenth century. Fairholt."
"CRADLE","An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain,with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed toreceive the grain, and to lay it eventlyin a swath."
"CRADLELAND","Land or region where one was cradled; hence, land of origin."
"CRADLING","Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to passa narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped."
"CRAFT","A vessel; vessels of any kind; -- generally used in acollective sense.The evolutions of the numerous tiny craft moving over the lake. Prof.Wilson.Small crafts, small vessels, as sloops, schooners, ets."
"CRAFTER","a creator of great skill in the manual arts.Syn. -- craftsman.[WordNet 1.5]"
"CRAFTILY","With craft; artfully; cunningly."
"CRAFTINESS","Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning;artifice; stratagem.He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Job. v. 13."
"CRAFTLESS","Without craft or cunning.Helpless, craftless, and innocent people. Jer. Taylor."
"CRAFTSMAN","One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; amechanic."
"CRAFTSMANSHIP","The work of a craftsman."
"CRAFTSMASTER","One skilled in his craft or trade; one of superior cunning.In cunning persuasion his craftsmaster. Holland."
"CRAG","A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of theTertiary age."
"CRAGGED","Full of crags, or steep, brokenInto its cragged rents descend. J. Baillie."
"CRAGGEDNESS","The quality or state of being cragged; cragginess."
"CRAGGINESS","The state of being craggy."
"CRAGGY","Full of crags; rugged with projecting points of rocks; as, thecraggy side of a mountain. 'The craggy ledge.' Tennyson."
"CRAGSMAN","One accustomed to climb rocks or crags; esp., one who makes abusiness of climbing the cliffs overhanging the sea to get the eggsof sea birds or the birds themselves."
"CRAIE","See Crare. [Obs.]"
"CRAIG FLOUNDER","The pole flounder."
"CRAIL","A creel or osier basket."
"CRAKE","A boast. See Crack, n. [Obs.] Spenser."
"CRAKEBERRY","See Crowberry."
"CRAKER","One who boasts; a braggart. [Obs.] Old Play."
"CRAM","A warp having more than two threads passing through each dentor split of the reed."
"CRAMMER","One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for anexxamination, or a pupil who is thus prepared. Dickens."
"CRAMP","A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to holdtogether blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron."
"CRAMP IRON","See Cramp, n., 2."
"CRAMPET","A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard. [Writtenalso crampit and crampette.]"
"CRAMPFISH","The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives anelectric shock. See Electric fish, and Torpedo."
"CRAMPIT","See Crampet."
"CRAMPON","An a"
"CRAMPONEE","Having a cramp or square piece at the end; -- said of a crossso furnished."
"CRAMPY","A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel.[Scot.] H. Miller."
"CRANBERRY","A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also, theplant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or Oxycoccus.) Thehigh cranberry or cranberry tree is a species of Viburnum (V.Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marshcranberry to distinguish it."
"CRANCH","See Craunch."
"CRANDALL","A kind of hammer having a head formed of a group of pointedsteel bars, used for dressing ashlar, etc. -- v. t."
"CRANE","A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of variousspecies, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck."
"CRANG","See Krang."
"CRANIA","A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fanciedresemblance to the cranium or skull."
"CRANIAL","Of or pertaining to the cranium."
"CRANIOCLASM","The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast orcraniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery. Dunglison."
"CRANIOCLAST","An instrument for crushing the head of a fetus, to facilitatedelivery in difficult eases."
"CRANIOFACIAL","Of or pertaining to the cranium and face; as, the craniofacialangle."
"CRANIOGNOMY","The science of the form and characteristics of the skull. [R.]"
"CRANIOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to craniology."
"CRANIOLOGIST","One proficient in craniology; a phrenologist."
"CRANIOLOGY","The department of science (as of ethnology or arch\u00e6ology) whichdeals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., ofskulls; the study of skulls."
"CRANIOMETER","An instrument for measuring the size of skulls."
"CRANIOMETRY","The art or act of measuring skulls."
"CRANIOSCOPIST","One skilled in, or who practices, cranioscopy.It was found of equal dimension in a literary man whose skull puzziedthe cranioscopists. Coleridge."
"CRANIOSCOPY","Scientific examination of the cranium."
"CRANIOTA","A comprehensive division of the Vertebrata, including all thosethat have a skull."
"CRANIOTOMY","The operation of opening the fetal head, in order to effectdelivery."
"CRANIUM","The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull,either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain;the brain case or brainpan. See Skull."
"CRANK","A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at rightangles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to orreceived from it; also used to change circular into reciprocatingmotion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank."
"CRANKBIRD","A small European woodpecker (Picus minor)."
"CRANKED","Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked axle."
"CRANKINESS","Crankness. Lowell."
"CRANKLE","To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.Old Veg's stream . . . drew her humid train aslope, Crankling herbanks. J. Philips."
"CRANKNESS","Liability to be overset; -- said of a ship or other vessel."
"CRANNIED","Having crannies, chinks, or fissures; as, a crannied wall.Tennyson."
"CRANNY","A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc."
"CRANTARA","The fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands ofScotland."
"CRANTS","A garland carried before the bier of a maiden. [Obs.]Yet here she is allowed her virgin crants, Her maaiden strewments.Shak."
"CRAP","In the game of craps, a first throw of the dice in which thetotal is two, three, or twelve, in which case the caster loses."
"CRAP SHOOTING","Same as Craps."
"CRAPAUD","A toad. [Obs.]"
"CRAPAUDINE","Turning on pivots at the top and bottom; -- said of a door."
"CRAPE","A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted onthe mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also forthe dress of some clergymen.A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. Pope.Crape myrtle (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub (Lagerstr\u00f6mia Indica)from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States.Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavycrisped petals.-- Oriental crape. See Canton crape."
"CRAPEFISH","Salted codfish hardened by pressure. Kane."
"CRAPNEL","A hook or drag; a grapnel."
"CRAPPIE","A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus Pomoxys, found in therivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. Thereare several species. [Written also croppie.]"
"CRAPPLE","A claw. [Obs.]"
"CRAPS","A gambling game with dice. [Local, U.S.]"
"CRAPULENCE","The sickness occasioned by intemperance; surfeit. Bailey."
"CRAPY","Resembling crape."
"CRARE","A slow unwieldy trading vessel. [Obs.] [Written also crayer,cray, and craie.] Shak."
"CRASE","To break in pieces; to crack. [Obs.] 'The pot was crased.'Chaucer."
"CRASH","To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise andviolence. [R.]He shakt his head, and crasht his teeth for ire. Fairfax."
"CRASHING","The noise of many things falling and breaking at once.There shall be . . . a great crashing from the hills. Zeph. i. 10."
"CRASIS","A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution;temperament."
"CRASPEDOTA","The hydroid or naked-eyed medus\u00e6. See Hydroidea."
"CRASPEDOTE","Of or pertaining to the Craspedota."
"CRASS","Cross; thick; dense; coarse; not elaborated or refined. 'Crassand fumid exhalations.' Sir. T. Browne. 'Crass ignorance' Cudworth."
"CRASSIMENT","See Crassament."
"CRASSITUDE","Crossness; coarseness; thickness; density. Bacon."
"CRASSNESS","Grossness. [Obs.] Glanvill."
"CRASTINATION","Procrastination; a putting off till to-morrow. [Obs.]"
"CRATAEGUS","A genus of small, hardy trees, including the hawthorn, muchused for ornamental purposes."
"CRATCH","A manger or open frame for hay; a crib; a rack. [Obs.]Begin from first where He encradled was, In simple cratch, wrapt in awad of hay. Spenser.Cratch cradle, a representation of the figure of the cratch, madeupon the fingers with a string; cat's cradle; -- called also scratchcradle."
"CRATE","To pack in a crate or case for transportation; as, to crate asewing machine; to crate peaches."
"CRATER","The pit left by the explosion of a mine."
"CRATERIFORM","Having the form of a shallow bowl; -- said of a corolla."
"CRATEROUS","Pertaining to, or resembling, a crater. [R.] R. Browning."
"CRAUNCH","To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; tocrunch. Swift."
"CRAVAT","A neckcloth; a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, wornby men about the neck.While his wig was combed and his cravat tied. Macualay."
"CRAVATTED","Wearing a cravat.The young men faultlessly appointed, handsomely cravatted. Thackeray."
"CRAVE","To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, acraving appetite.Once one may crave for love. Suckling."
"CRAVEN","Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless. 'His craven heart.' Shak.The poor craven bridegroom said never a word. Sir. W. Scott.In craven fear of the sarcasm of Dorset. Macualay."
"CRAVER","One who craves or begs."
"CRAVING","Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching.A succession of cravings and satiety. L'Estrange.-- Crav'ing*ly, adv.-- Crav'ing*ness, n."
"CRAW","Any crustacean of the family Astacid\u00e6, resembling the lobster,but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed verydelicate food both in Europe and America. The North American speciesare numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blindcrawfish of the Mamoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The commonEuropean species is Astacus fluviatilis."
"CRAWFORD","A Crawford peach; a well-known freestone peach, wich yellowflesh, first raised by Mr. William Crawford, of New Jersey."
"CRAWL","The act or motion of crawling;"
"CRAWL STROKE","A racing stroke, in which the swimmer, lying flat on the waterwith face submerged, takes alternate overhand arm strokes whilemoving his legs up and down alternately from the knee."
"CRAWLER","One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile."
"CRAWLY","Creepy. [Colloq.]"
"CRAYFISH","See Crawfish."
"CRAYON","A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light. Crayonboard, cardboard with a surface prepared for crayon drawing.-- Crayon drawing, the act or art of drawing with crayons; a drawingmade with crayons."
"CRAZEDNESS","A broken state; decrepitude; an impaired state of theintellect."
"CRAZILY","In a crazy manner."
"CREABLE","Capable of being created. [Obs.] I. Watts."
"CREAGHT","A drove or herd. [Obs.] Haliwell."
"CREAK","To make a prolonged sharp grating or ssqueaking sound, as bythe friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. Dryden.Doors upon their hinges creaked. Tennyson."
"CREAKING","A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such asound.Start not at the creaking of the door. Longfellow."
"CREAM","To form or become covered with cream; to become thick likecream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff orformal; to mantle.There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like astanding pool. Shak."
"CREAM LAID","See under Laid."
"CREAM-COLORED","Of the color of cream; light yellow. 'Cream-colored horses.'Hazlitt."
"CREAM-FACED","White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the naturalcomplexion.Thou cream-faced loon. Shak."
"CREAM-FRUIT","A plant of Sierra Leone which yields a wholesome, creamy juice."
"CREAM-SLICE","A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling creamor ice cream."
"CREAM-WHITE","As white as cream."
"CREAMCAKE","A kind of cake filled with custard made of cream, eggs, etc."
"CREAMINESS","The quality of being creamy."
"CREAMY","Full of, or containing, cream; resembling cream, in nature,appearance, or taste; creamlike; unctuous. 'Creamy bowis.' Collins.'Lines of creamy spray.' Tennyson. 'Your creamy words but cozen.'Beau & Fl."
"CREANCE","A fine, small line, fastened to a hawk's leash, when it isfirst lured."
"CREANT","Creative; formative. [R.] Mrs. Browning."
"CREASE","See Creese. Tennison."
"CREASER","A tool for making the band impression distinct on the back.Knight."
"CREASING","A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall."
"CREASOTE","See Creosote."
"CREASY","Full of creases. Tennyson."
"CREAT","An usher to a riding master."
"CREATABLE","That may be created."
"CREATE","Created; composed; begotte. [Obs.]Hearts create of duty and zeal. Shak."
"CREATIC","Relating to, or produced by, flesh or animal food; as, creaticnausea. [Written also kreatic.]"
"CREATIN","A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance found abundantly inmuscle tissue. [Written also kreatine.]"
"CREATININ","A white, crystalline, nitrogenous body closely related tocreatin but more basic in its properties, formed from the latter bythe action of acids, and occurring naturally in muscle tissue and inurine. [Written also kretinine.]"
"CREATIONAL","Of or pertaining to creation."
"CREATIONISM","The doctrine that a soul is specially created for each humanbeing as soon as it is formed in the womb; -- opposed totraducianism."
"CREATIVE","Having the power to create; exerting the act of creation.'Creative talent.' W. Irving.The creative force exists in the germ. Whewell."
"CREATIVENESS","The qualiyu of being creative."
"CREATOR","One who creates, produces, or constitutes. Specifically, theSupreme Being.To sin's rebuke and my Creater's praise. Shak.The poets and artists of Greece, who are at the same time itsprophets, the creators of its divinities, and the revealers of itstheological beliefs. Caird."
"CREATORSHIP","State or condition of a creator."
"CREATRESS","She who creates. Spenser."
"CREATRIX","A creatress. [R.]"
"CREATURAL","Belonging to a creature; having the qualities of a creature.[R.]"
"CREATURELESS","Without created beings; alone.God was alone And creatureless at first. Donne."
"CREATURELY","Creatural; characteristic of a creature. [R.] 'Creaturelyfaculties.' Cheyne."
"CREATURESHIP","The condition of being a creature."
"CREATURIZE","To make like a creature; to degrade [Obs.]Degrade and creaturize that mundane soul. Cudworth."
"CREAZE","The tin ore which collects in the central part of the washingpit or buddle."
"CREBRICOSTATE","Marked with closely set ribs or ridges."
"CREBRISULCATE","Marked with closely set transverse furrows."
"CREBRITUDE","Frequency. [Obs.] Bailey."
"CREBROUS","Frequent; numerous. [Obs.] Goodwin."
"CRECHE","A public nursery, where the young children of poor women arecared for during the day, while their mothers are at work."
"CREDENCE","The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, onwhich the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated."
"CREDENDUM","A thing to be believed; an article of faith; -- distinguishedfrom agendum, a practical duty.The great articles and credenda of Christianity. South."
"CREDENTIAL","Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting.Their credential letters on both sides. Camden."
"CREDIBILITY","The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, thecredibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses."
"CREDIBLE","Capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief;entiled to confidence; trustworthy.Things are made credible either by the known condition and quality ofthe utterer or by the manifest likelihood of truth in themselves.Hooker.A very diligent and observing person, and likewise very sober andcredible. Dampier."
"CREDIBLENESS","The quality or state of being credible; worthness of belief;credibility. [R.] Boyle."
"CREDIBLY","In a manner inducing belief; as, I have been credibly informedof the event."
"CREDIT","Trust given or received; expectation of future playment forproperty transferred, or of fulfillment or promises given; mercantilereputation entitling one to be trusted; -- applied to individuals,corporations, communities, or nations; as, to buy goods on credit.Credit is nothing but the expectation of money, within some limitedtime. Locke."
"CREDIT FONCIER","A company licensed for the purpose of carrying outimprovements, by means of loans and advances upon real securities. ]"
"CREDIT MOBILIER","A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, orfor the construction of public works, by means of loans on personalestate, after the manner of the cr\u00e9dit foncier on real estate. Inpractice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed."
"CREDITABLENESS","The quality of being creditable."
"CREDITABLY","In a creditable manner; reputably; with credit."
"CREDITOR","A female creditor."
"CREDO","The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church.He repeated Aves and Credos. Macualay."
"CREDULITY","Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slightevidence.That implict credulity is the mark of a feeble mind will not bedisputed. Sir W. Hamilton."
"CREDULOUSLY","With credulity."
"CREDULOUSNESS","Readiness to believe on slight evidence; credulity.Beyond all credulity is the credulousness of atheists. S. Clarke."
"CREED","To believe; to credit. [Obs.]That part which is so creeded by the people. Milton."
"CREEDLESS","Without a creed. Carlyle."
"CREEKFISH","The chub sucker."
"CREEKS","A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including theMuskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. Theyformerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama."
"CREEKY","Containing, or abounding in, creeks; characterized by creeks;like a creek; winding. 'The creeky shore.' Spenser."
"CREEL","A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-offbobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule."
"CREEP","A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by thepressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradualmovement of mining ground."
"CREEPER","A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground,or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsisquinquefolia)."
"CREEPIE","A low stool. [Scot.]"
"CREEPINESS","An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on the skin.She felt a curious, uneasy creepiness. Mrs. Alexander."
"CREEPING CHARLIE","The stonecrop (Sedum acre)."
"CREEPINGLY","by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously;cunningly.How slily and creepingly did he address himself to our first parents.South."
"CREEPY","Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused byinsects creeping on the skin. [Colloq.]One's whole blood grew curdling and creepy. R. Browning."
"CREES","An Algonquin tribe of Indians, inhabiting a large part ofBritish America east of the Rocky Mountains and south of Hudson'sBay."
"CREESE","A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having aserpentine blade. [Written also crease and kris.]From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. Julian Hawthorne."
"CREMAILLERE","An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment."
"CREMASTER","A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle."
"CREMASTERIC","Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery."
"CREMATE","To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, eitherdirectly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, tocremate a corpse, instead of burying it."
"CREMATION","A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead.Without cremation . . . of their bodies. Sir T. Browne."
"CREMATIONIST","One who advocates the practice of cremation."
"CREMATOR","One who, or that which, cremmates or consumes to ashes."
"CREMATORY","Pertaining to, or employed in, cremation."
"CREME","Cream; -- a term used esp. in cookery, names of liqueurs, etc."
"CREMOCARP","The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrott, parsnip, and the like,consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis."
"CREMONA","A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona, in Italy."
"CREMOR","Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum."
"CREMOSIN","See Crimson. [Obs.]"
"CREMS","See Krems."
"CRENATION","A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf."
"CRENATURE","A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that iscrenate; -- called also crenelle."
"CRENEL","See Crenelle."
"CRENELATION","The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; anindentation or an embrasure. [Written also crenellation.]"
"CRENELLED","Same as Crenate."
"CREOLE","One born of European parents in the American colonies of Franceor Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. aperson of French or Spanish descent, who is a native inhabitant ofLouisiana, or one of the States adjoining, bordering on the Gulf ofof Mexico."
"CREOLE STATE","Louisiana; -- a nickname. See Creole, n. & a."
"CREOSOL","A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid,homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gumguaiacum. [Written also creasol.]"
"CREOSOTE","Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smokytaste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown byimpurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols andtheir ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar,especially that of beechwood."
"CREOSOTE BUSH","A shrub (Covillea mexicana) found in desert regions fromColorado to California and southward through Mexico. It has yellowflowers and very resinous foliage with a strong odor of creosote."
"CREPE","Same as Crape."
"CREPITANT","Having a crackling sound; crackling; rattling. Crepitant rale(Med.), a peculiar crackling sound audible with inspiration inpneumonia and other lung disease."
"CREPITATE","To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosionsor sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap."
"CREPON","A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool andsilk."
"CREPT","imp. & p. p. of Creep."
"CREPUSCULINE","Crepuscular. [Obs.] Sprat."
"CRESCENCE","Increase; enlargement. [Obs.]And toward the moon's attractive crescence bend. H. Brooke."
"CRESCENDO","With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with graduallyincreasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for theperformance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the wordon the score."
"CRESCENT","The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward,when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency todistinguish a second son and his descendants."
"CRESCENTIC","Crescent-shaped. 'Crescentic lobes.' R. Owen."
"CRESCENTWISE","In the form of a crescent; like a crescent. Tennyson."
"CRESCIVE","Increasing; growing. [R.]Unseen, yet crescive in his faculty. Shak."
"CRESOL","Any one of three metameric substances, CH3.C6H4.OH, homologouswith and resembling phenol. They are obtained from coal tar and woodtar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids."
"CRESORCIN","Same as Isorcin."
"CRESS","A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaveshave a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad andantiscorbutic."
"CRESSELLE","A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, inthe Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy Week, orthe last week of Lent."
"CRESSET","A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring theinside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. Knight."
"CRESSY","Abounding in cresses.The cressy islets white in flower. Tennyson."
"CREST","A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, orseparately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is arelic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4."
"CRESTED","Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head. 'The crestedbird.' Dryden."
"CRESTING","An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof."
"CRESTLESS","Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth. 'Crestlessyeomen.' Shak."
"CRESYLIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc. Cresylicacid. (Chem.) See Cresol."
"CRETACEOUS","Having the qualities of chalk;abounding with chalk; chalky; as,cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk. Cretaceous acid, an oldname for carbonic acid.-- Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of variouskinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in theCretaceous period; -- called also the chalk formation. See theDiagram under Geology.-- Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of theMesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was deposited."
"CRETACEOUSLY","In a chalky manner; as chalk."
"CRETAN","Pertaining to Crete, or Candia.-- n."
"CRETE","A Cretan"
"CRETIAN","See Cretan."
"CRETIC","A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two longones (-Bentley."
"CRETICISM","Falsehood; lying; cretism."
"CRETIN","One afflicted with cretinism."
"CRETINISM","A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied byphysical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent incertain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps."
"CRETINOUS","Having the characteristics of a cretin. 'Cretinousstupefaction.' Ruskin."
"CRETISM","A Cretan practice; iying; a falsehood."
"CRETOSE","Chalky; cretaceous. [Obs.] Ash."
"CREUTZER","(kroitn. See Kreutzer."
"CREUX","Used in English only in the expression en creux. Thus,engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by sinking orhollowing out the design."
"CREVET","A crucible or melting pot; a cruset. Crabb."
"CREVICE","A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or theseparation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.The mouse, Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked, Or from thecrevice peered about. Tennyson."
"CREVICED","Having a crevice or crevices; as, a creviced structure forstoring ears of corn.Trickling through the creviced rock. J. Cunningham."
"CREVIS","The crawfish. [Prov. Eng.]"
"CREW","The Manx shearwater."
"CREWEL","Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery."
"CREWELWORK","Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material,such as linen."
"CREWET","See Cruet."
"CRIB","A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or forsupporting a roof, or for lining a shaft."
"CRIB-BITING","Same as Cribbing, 4."
"CRIBBAGE","A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which thereis a crib. (See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety ofchances.A man's fancy would be summed up in cribbage. John Hall.Cribbage board, a board with holes and pegs, used by cribbage playersto score their game."
"CRIBBING","A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, toprevent caving, percolation of water, etc."
"CRIBBLE","To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift."
"CRIBELLUM","A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (Ciniflonid\u00e6),used for spinning a special kind of silk."
"CRIBRATE","Cribriform."
"CRIBRATION","The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs fromthe coarser by sifting."
"CRIBRIFORM","Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with hokes;as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress.Cribriform cells (Bot.), those which have here and there oblique ortransverse sieve plates, or places perforated with many holes."
"CRIBROSE","Perforated like a sieve; cribriform."
"CRIC","The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a lamp.Knight."
"CRICK","The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.]Johnson."
"CRICKET","An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera.The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basalparts of the veins of the front wings."
"CRICKETER","One who plays at cricket."
"CRICOID","Resembling a ring; -- said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx,and the adjoining parts."
"CRICOTHYROID","Of or pertaining both to the cricoid and the thyroidcartilages."
"CRIED","imp. & p. p. of Cry."
"CRIER","One who cries; one who makes proclamation. Specifically, anofficer who proclams the orders or directions of a court, or whogives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a town-crier.He openeth his mouth like a crier. Ecclus. xx. 15."
"CRIMEFUL","Criminal; wicked; contrary to law, right, or dury. [Obs.] Shak."
"CRIMELESS","Free from crime; innocent. Shak."
"CRIMINAL","One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is foundguilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon."
"CRIMINALIST","One versed in criminal law. [R.]"
"CRIMINALITY","The quality or state of being criminal; that which constitutesa crime; guiltiness; guilt.This is by no means the only criterion of criminality. Blackstone."
"CRIMINALLY","In violation of law; wickedly."
"CRIMINALNESS","Criminality. [R.]"
"CRIMINATION","The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint.The criminations and recriminations of the adverse parties. Macaulay."
"CRIMINATIVE","Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory. R. North."
"CRIMINATORY","Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing; as, acriminatory conscience."
"CRIMINOLOGY","A treatise on crime or the criminal population.-- Crim`i*nol'o*gist (-j, n."
"CRIMINOUS","Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked;heinous. [Obs.] Holland.-- Crim'i*nous*ly, adv..-- Crim'i*nous*ness,n. [Obs.]"
"CRIMOSIN","See Crimson."
"CRIMP","To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh ofa fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate,etc. Crimping house, a low lodging house, into which men are decoyedand plied with drink, to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors orsoldiers.-- Crimping iron. (a) An iron instrument for crimping and curlingthe hair. (b) A crimping machine.-- Crimping machine, a machine with fluted rollers or with dies, forcrimping ruffles leather, iron, etc.-- Crimping pin, an instrument for crimping or puckering the borderof a lady's cap."
"CRIMPAGE","The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp forshipping or enlisting men."
"CRIMPER","One who, or that which, crimps; as: (a) A curved board or frameover which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the requiredshape. (b) A device for giving hair a wavy apperance. (c) A machinefor crimping or ruffling textile fabrics."
"CRIMPLE","To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl. [R.]Wiseman."
"CRIMPY","Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool ofthe Saxony sheep."
"CRIMSON","A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.Theugh jour be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; thoughthey be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Is. i. 18.A maid jet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty. Shak."
"CRINAL","Of or pertaining to the hair. [R.] Blount."
"CRINATED","Having hair; hairy."
"CRINATORY","Crinitory. Craig."
"CRINCUM","A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey. [Colloq.] Hudibras."
"CRINCUM-CRANCUM","A twist; a whimsey or whim. [Colloq.]"
"CRINED","Having the hair of a different tincture from the rest of thebody; as, a charge crined of a red tincture."
"CRINGE","To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend orcrouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in adegrading manner; to fawn.When they were come up to the place where the lions were, the boysthat went before were glad to cringe behind, for they were afraid ofthe lions. Bunyan.Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou Once fawned and cringed, andservilely adored Heaven's awful monarch Milton.Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing. Arbuthnot."
"CRINGELING","One who cringes meanly; a fawner."
"CRINGER","One who cringes."
"CRINGINGLY","In a cringing manner."
"CRINGLE","An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached tothe edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. Thecringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc."
"CRINICULTURAL","Relating to the growth of hair. [R.]"
"CRINIGEROUS","Bearing hair; hairy. [R.]"
"CRINITAL","Same as Crinite,"
"CRINITE","Bearded or tufted with hairs. Gray."
"CRINITORY","Of or relating to hair; as, a crinitory covering. T. Hook."
"CRINKLE","To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold intoinequalites or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.The houscrinkled to and fro. Chaucer.Her face all bowsy, Comely crinkled, Wondrously wrinkled. Skelton.The flames through all the casements pushing forth, Like red-notdevils crinkled into snakes. Mrs. Browning."
"CRINKLED","Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag.'The crinkled lightning.' Lowell."
"CRINKLY","Having crinkles; wavy; wrinkly."
"CRINOID","Crinoidal.-- n."
"CRINOIDAL","Of pertaining to crinoids; consisting of, or containing,crinoids."
"CRINOIDEA","A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinctfamilies and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of thefossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointedstem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula."
"CRINOIDEAN","One of the Crinoidea."
"CRINOSE","Hairy. [R.]"
"CRINOSITY","Hairiness. [R.]"
"CRINUM","A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidace,cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty."
"CRIOSPHINX","A sphinx with the head of a ram."
"CRIPPLE","One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or neverhad, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who ispartially disabled.I am a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, thereader must determine. Dryden."
"CRIPPLED","Lamed; lame; disabled; impeded. 'The crippled crone.'Longfellow."
"CRIPPLENESS","Lameness. [R.] Johnson."
"CRIPPLER","A wooden tool used in graining leather. Knight."
"CRIPPLING","Spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of abuilding."
"CRIPPLY","Lame; disabled; in a crippled condition. [R.] Mrs. Trollope."
"CRISIS","That change in a disease which indicates whether the result isto be recovery or death; sometimes, also, a striking change ofsymptoms attended by an outward manifestation, as by an eruption orsweat.Till some safe crisis authorize their skill. Dryden."
"CRISP","To undulate or ripple. Cf. Crisp, v. t.To watch the crisping ripples on the beach. Tennuson."
"CRISPATURE","The state of being crispate."
"CRISPER","One who, or that which, crisps or curls; an instrument formaking little curls in the nap of cloth, as in chinchilla."
"CRISPLY","In a crisp manner."
"CRISPNESS","The state or quality of being crisp."
"CRISSCROSS","To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was crisscrossedwith red marks."
"CRISSCROSS-ROW","See Christcross-row."
"CRISSUM","That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacalopening; the under tail coverts."
"CRISTATE","Crested."
"CRITERION","A standard of judging; any approved or established rule ortest, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are tried informing a correct judgment respecting them.Of the diseases of the mind there is no criterion. Donne.Inferences founded on such enduring criteria. Sir G. C. Lewis."
"CRITH","The unit for estimating the weight of a"
"CRITHOMANCY","A kind of divination by means of the dough of the cakes offeredin the ancient sacrifices, and the meal strewed over the victims."
"CRITIC","Of or pertaining to critics or criticism; critical. [Obs.]'Critic learning.' Pope."
"CRITICAL","Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis, turning point, orspecially important juncture; important as regards consequences;hence, of doubtful issue; attended with risk; dangerous; as, thecritical stage of a fever; a critical situation.Our circumstances are indeed critical. Burke.The small moment, the exact point, the critical minute, on whichevery good work so much depends. South.Critical angle (Optics), that angle of incidence of a luminous ray atwhich it is wholly reflected, and no portion of it transmitted. Thesine of this angle is the reciprocal of the refractive index of themedium.-- Critical philosophy, the metaphysical system of Kant; -- socalled from his most important work, the 'Critique of Pure Reason.' -- Critical point (Physics), a certain temperature, different fordifferent gases, but always the same for each gas, regarded as thelimit above which no amount of pressure can produce condensation to aliquid."
"CRITICASTER","A contemptible or vicious critic.The rancorous and reptile crew of poeticules, who decompose intocriticasters. Swinburne."
"CRITICISABLE","Capable of being criticised."
"CRITICISER","One who criticises; a critic."
"CRITIQUE","To criticise or pass judgment upon. [Obs.] Pope."
"CRIZZEL","A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds itstransparency. [Written also crizzeling and crizzle.]"
"CROAK","To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; toforebode; as, to croak disaster.The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance ofDuncan. Shak.Two ravens now began to croak Their nuptial song. Wordsworth."
"CROATIAN","Of or pertaining to Croatia.-- n."
"CROCEIN","A name given to any one of several yellow or scarlet dyestuffsof artificial production and complex structure. In general they arediazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol."
"CROCEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or like, saffron; deep reddish yellow. [R.]"
"CROCETIN","A dyestuff, obtained from the Chinese croicin, which produces abrilliant yellow."
"CROCHE","A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler."
"CROCHET","A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, withworsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively.Crochet hook, Crochet needle, a small hook, or a hooked needle (oftenof bone), used in crochet work."
"CROCIARY","One who carries the cross before an archbishop. [Obs.]"
"CROCIDOLITE","A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. Itis related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron andsoda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which thefibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellowbrown tiger-eye of the jewelers."
"CROCK","The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on potsand kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter whichrubs off from cloth."
"CROCKER","A potter. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"CROCKERY","Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially thecoarser kinds."
"CROCKET","An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage,projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc."
"CROCKETED","Ornamented with crockets."
"CROCKETING","Ornamentation with crockets. Ruskin."
"CROCKY","Smutty."
"CROCODILE","A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species.They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit thelarge rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in thesand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is thatof the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C.Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longerjaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of otherrelated genera, as the gavial and the alligator."
"CROCODILIA","An order of reptiles including the crocodiles, gavials,alligators, and many extinct kinds."
"CROCODILIAN","Like, or pertaining to, the crocodile; characteristic of thecrocodile.-- n."
"CROCODILITY","A caption or sophistical mode of arguing. [R.]"
"CROCOISITE","Same as Crocoite."
"CROCOITE","Lead chromate occuring in crystals of a bright hyacinth redcolor; -- called also red lead ore."
"CROCONATE","A salt formed by the union of croconic acid with a base."
"CROCOSE","A white crystalline sugar, metameric with glucose, obtainedfrom the coloring matter of saffron. [Written also crokose.]"
"CROCUS","A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms risingseparately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest ofspring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, andblossoms in the autumn."
"CROESUS","A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c., andwas renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for avery rich man; as, he is veritable Croesus."
"CROFT","A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house; a small farm.A few small crofts of stone-encumbered ground. Wordsworth."
"CROFTER","One who rents and tills a small farm or helding; as, thecrofters of Scotland."
"CROFTING","Exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process ofbleaching."
"CROFTLAND","Land of superior quality, on which successive crops are raised.[Scot.] Jamieson."
"CROFTON SYSTEM","A system of prison discipline employing for consecutive periodscellular confinement, associated imprisonment under the mark system,restraint intermediate between imprisonment and freedom, andliberation on ticket of leave."
"CROIS","See Cross, n. [Obs.]"
"CROISSANTE","Terminated with crescent; -- said of a cross the ends of whichare so terminated."
"CROKER","A cultivator of saffron; a dealer in saffron. [Obs.] Holinshed."
"CROMA","A quaver. [Obs.]"
"CROMLECH","A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large onessupported in a horizontal position upon others. They are foundchiefly in countris inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of aperiod anterior to the introduction of Christianity into thesecountries."
"CROMORNA","A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of toneresembling that of the oboe. [Corruptly written cromona.]"
"CRONEL","The iron head of a tilting spear."
"CRONET","The coronet of a horse."
"CRONIAN","Saturnian; -- applied to the North Polar Sea. [R.] Milton."
"CRONSTEDTITE","A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, andcrystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; -- sonamed from the Swedish mineralogist Cronstedt."
"CROOK","A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc.,to change its pitch or key."
"CROOKBACK","A crooked back; one who has a crooked or deformed back; ahunchback."
"CROOKBILL","A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable forhaving the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right."
"CROOKEDLY","In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untowardmanner."
"CROOKEDNESS","The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity ofbody or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness."
"CROOKEN","To make crooked. [Obs.]"
"CROOKES SPACE","The dark space within the negative-pole glow at the cathode ofa vacuum tube, observed only when the pressure is low enough to givea striated discharge; -- called also Crookes layer."
"CROOKES TUBE","A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very highdegree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- socalled from W. Crookes who introduced it."
"CROOKNECK","Either of two varieties of squash, distinguished by theirtapering, recurved necks. The summer crookneck is botanically avariety of the pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) and matures early in theseason. It is pale yellow in color, with warty excrescences. Thewinter crookneck belongs to a distinct species (C. moschata) and issmooth and often striped. [U. S.]"
"CROP","A projecting ornament in carved stone. Specifically, a finial.[Obs.]"
"CROP-EAR","A person or animal whose ears are cropped."
"CROP-EARED","Having the ears cropped."
"CROP-TAILED","Having the tail cropped."
"CROPFUL","Having a full crop or belly; satiated. Milton."
"CROPPER","A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron,or for facing cloth."
"CROPSICK","Sick from excess in eating or drinking. [Obs.] 'Cropsickdrunkards.' Tate.-- Crop'sick`ness, n. [Obs.] Whitlock."
"CROQUANTE","A brittle cake or other crisp pastry."
"CROQUET","In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, afterputting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball withthe mallet."
"CROQUETTE","A ball of minced meat, fowl, rice, or other ingredients, highlyseasoned, and fried."
"CRORE","Ten millions; as, a crore of rupees (which is nearly$5,000,000). [East Indies] Malcolm."
"CROSIER","The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, beingthe symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God."
"CROSIERED","Bearing a crosier."
"CROSLET","See Crosslet."
"CROSS","A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted bu a cross,set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross;Charing Cross in London.Dun-Edin's Cross, a pillared stone, Rose on a turret octagon. Sir W.Scott."
"CROSS-ARMED","With arms crossed."
"CROSS-BANDED","A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into thesurfase of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that thegrain of it is contrary to the general surface."
"CROSS-BEARER","A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primateon solemn occasions."
"CROSS-BIRTH","Any preternatural labor, in whiche the boly of the child liesacross the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunkis the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus."
"CROSS-BUN","A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten onGood Friday."
"CROSS-BUTTOCK","A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to hisopponent, places his left leg across both legs of his opponent, andpulls him forward over his hip; hence, an unexpected defeat orrepulse."
"CROSS-CROSSLET","A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to fromthree small crosses."
"CROSS-DAYS","The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension."
"CROSS-EXAMINATION","The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the partyagainst whom he has been called and examined. See Examination."
"CROSS-EXAMINE","To examine or question, as a witness who has been called andexamined by the opposite party. 'The opportunity to cross-examine thewitnesses.' Kent."
"CROSS-EXAMINER","One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination."
"CROSS-EYE","See Strabismus."
"CROSS-EYED","Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting."
"CROSS-FERTILIZE","To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with thepollen from another individual of the  same species."
"CROSS-GARNET","A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other straphorizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross."
"CROSS-PAWL","Same as Cross-spale."
"CROSS-PURPOSE","A conversational game, in which questions and answers are madeso as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. Pepys. To be atcross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter to one anotherwithout intending it; -- said of persons."
"CROSS-QUESTION","To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning."
"CROSS-READING","The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across thepage, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrouscombination of ideas."
"CROSS-SPRINGER","One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the cornersin a diagonal direction."
"CROSS-STITCH","A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs,the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other. 'Tent and cross-stitch.' Sir W. Scott.-- Cross'-stitch`, v. t. & i."
"CROSS-STONE","See Harmotome, and Staurotide."
"CROSS-TAIL","A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of abackaction or side-lever engine."
"CROSS-TIE","A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding themin place."
"CROSS-TINING","A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges.Crabb."
"CROSS-VAULTING","Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simplevaults."
"CROSS-WEEK","Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions."
"CROSSBAR","A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as theiron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor toinsure its turning fluke down. Russell. Crossbar shot, a projectilewhich folds into a sphere for loading, but on leaving the gun expandsto a cross with a quarter ball at the end of each arm; -- used innaval actions for cutting the enemy's rigging."
"CROSSBEAK","Same as Crossbill."
"CROSSBEAM","A girder."
"CROSSBILL","A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit,against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in thatsuit. Bouvier."
"CROSSBITE","A deeption; a cheat. [Obs.]"
"CROSSBONES","A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of askeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and servingas a symbol of death.Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrios emblems ofmortality. Hawthorne."
"CROSSBOW","A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bowcrosswise on a stock."
"CROSSBOWER","A crossbowman.[Obs.]"
"CROSSBOWMAN","One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest."
"CROSSBRED","Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel."
"CROSSCUT",", v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect."
"CROSSE","The implement with which the ball is thrown and caught in thegame of lacrosse."
"CROSSFISH","A starfish."
"CROSSFLOW","To flow across, or in a contrary direction. 'His crossflowingcourse.' Milton."
"CROSSHATCH","To shade by means of crosshatching."
"CROSSHATCHING","In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that crossone another at an angle."
"CROSSHEAD","A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a blockattached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiecerunning between parallel slides, which receives motion from thepiston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, whichis hinged to the crosshead."
"CROSSJACK","The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast."
"CROSSLEGGED","Having the legs crossed."
"CROSSLET","A crucible. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CROSSLY","Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; withill humor."
"CROSSNESS","The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness;ill humor."
"CROSSOPTERYGIAN","Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii.-- n."
"CROSSOPTERYGII","An order of ganoid fishes including among living species thebichir (Polypterus). See Brachioganoidei."
"CROSSPATCH","An ill-natured person. [Colloq.] 'Crosspatch, draw the latch.'Mother Goose."
"CROSSPIECE","A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts."
"CROSSROAD","A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting oravoiding the main road."
"CROSSRUFF","The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit,and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw."
"CROSSTREES","Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the uppershrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support asemicircular platform called the 'top.'"
"CROSSWAY","See Crossroad."
"CROSSWISE","In the form of a cross; across; transversely. Longfellow."
"CROSSWORT","A name given to several inconspicuous plants having leaves inwhorls of four, as species of Crucianella, Valantia, etc."
"CROTALARIA","A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox."
"CROTALINE","Resembling, or pertaining to, the Crotalidae, or Rattlesnakefamily."
"CROTALO","A Turkish musical instrument."
"CROTALUM","A kind of castanet used by the Corybantes."
"CROTALUS","A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes."
"CROTAPHITE","The temple or temporal fossa. Also used adjectively."
"CROTAPHITIC","Pertaining to the temple; temporal."
"CROTCH","A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms forsupporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane andcrutch. Totten."
"CROTCH CHAIN","A form of tackle for loading a log sideways on a sled, skidway,etc."
"CROTCHET","A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of asemibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; aquarter note."
"CROTCHETED","Marked or measured by crotchets; having musical notation.Harmar (1587)."
"CROTCHETINESS","The state or character of being crotchety, or whimsical.This belief in rightness is a kind of conscientiousness, and when itdegenerates it becomes crotchetiness. J. Grote."
"CROTCHETY","Given to crotchets; subject to whims; as, a crotchety man."
"CROTON","A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropicalcountries. Croton oil (Med.), a viscid, acrid, brownish yellow oilobtained from the seeds of Croton Tiglium, a small tree of the EastIndies. It is a most powerful drastic cathartic, and is usedexternally as a pustulant."
"CROTON BUG","A small, active, winged species of cockroach (EctobiaGermanica), the water bug. It is common aboard ships, and in housesin cities, esp. in those with hot-water pipes."
"CROTONIC","Of or pertaining to, or derived from, a plant of the genusCroton, or from croton oil. Crotonic acid (Chem.), a whitecrystalline organic acid, C3H5.CO2H, of the ethylene, or acrylic acidseries. It was so named because formerly supposed to exist in crotonoil. Also, any acid metameric with crotonic acid proper."
"CROTONINE","A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it withwater and magnesia, since found to be merely a magnesia soap of theoil. Watts."
"CROTONYLENE","A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, producedartificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of theacetylene series, and analogous to crotonic acid."
"CROTTLES","A name given to various lichens gathered for dyeing. [Scot.]"
"CROUCHED","Marked with the sign of the cross. [Obs.] Crouched friar. SeeCrutched friar, under Crutched."
"CROUD","See Crowd, a violin."
"CROUKE","A crock; a jar. [Obs.] Chauser."
"CROUP","The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especiallyof a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle.So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddlebefore her he sprung. Sir W. Scott."
"CROUPADE","A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward hisbelly."
"CROUPAL","Croupy."
"CROUPER","See Crupper."
"CROUPOUS","Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with theformation of a deposit or membrance like that found in membranouscroup; as, croupous laryngitis. Croupous pneumonia, pneumoniaattended with deposition of fibrinous matter in the air vesicles ofthe lungs; ordinary acute pneumonia."
"CROUPY","Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as,a croupy cough."
"CROUSE","Brisk; lively; bold; self-complacent. [Scot.] Burns."
"CROUSTADE","Bread baked in a mold, and scooped out, to serve minces upon.Bishop."
"CROUT","See Sourkrout."
"CROUTON","Bread cut in various forms, and fried lightly in butter or oil,to garnish hashes, etc."
"CROW","A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strongconical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croakingnote. See Caw."
"CROW-QUILL","A quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a quill."
"CROW-SILK","A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus,Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing)."
"CROW-TRODDEN","Marked with crow's-feet, or wrinkles, about the eyes. [Poetic]Do I look as if I were crow-trodden Beau. & FL."
"CROWBAR","A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever."
"CROWBERRY","A heathlike plant of the genus Empetrum, and its fruit, ablack, scarcely edible berry; -- also called crakeberry."
"CROWD","An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind ofviolin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow.[Written also croud, crowth, cruth, and crwth.]A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd a little. B. Jonson."
"CROWDER","One who plays on a crowd; a fiddler. [Obs.] 'Some blindcrowder.' Sir P. Sidney."
"CROWDY","A thick gruel of oatmeal and milk or water; food of theporridge kind. [Scot.]"
"CROWFLOWER","A kind of campion; according to Gerarde, the Lychnis Flos-cuculi."
"CROWFOOT","The genus Ranunculus, of many species; some are common weeds,others are flowering plants of considerable beauty."
"CROWKEEPER","A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow.[Obs.]Scaring the ladies like a crowkeeper. Shak."
"CROWN","p. p. of Crow. [Obs.]"
"CROWN COLONY","A colony of the British Empire not having an electivemagistracy or a parliament, but governed by a chief magistrate(called Governor) appointed by the Crown, with executive councilorsnominated by him and not elected by the people."
"CROWN OFFICE","The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench,commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizanceof all criminal cases. Burrill."
"CROWN SIDE","See Crown office."
"CROWN WHEEL","A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; --called also a contrate wheel or face wheel."
"CROWN-IMPERIAL","A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lilyfamily, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves."
"CROWN-POST","Same as King-post."
"CROWN-SAW","A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on the endor edge, and operated by a rotative motion."
"CROWNER","A coroner. [Prov. Eng. or Scot.]"
"CROWNLAND","In Austria-Hungary, one of the provinces, or largestadministrative divisions of the monarchy; as, the crownland of LowerAustria."
"CROWNLESS","Without a crown."
"CROWNLET","A coronet. [Poetic] Sir W. Scott."
"CROWNWORK","A work consisting of two or more bastioned fronts, with theiroutworks, covering an enceinte, a bridgehead, etc., and connected bywings with the main work or the river bank."
"CROWS","A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; --also called Upsarokas."
"CROWSTEP","See Corriestep."
"CROWSTONE","The top stone of the gable end of a house. Halliwell."
"CROWTH","An ancient musical instrument. See 4th Crowd."
"CROYDON","A kind of carriage like a gig, orig. of wicker-work."
"CROYLSTONE","Crystallized cawk, in which the crystals are small."
"CROYS","See Cross, n. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CROZE","A cooper's tool for making the grooves for the heads of casks,etc.; also, the groove itself."
"CROZIER","See Crosier."
"CROZIERED","Crosiered."
"CRUCIAN CARP","A kind of European carp (Carasius vulgaris), inferior to thecommon carp; -- called also German carp."
"CRUCIATE","Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross;cruciform."
"CRUCIATION","The act of torturing; torture; torment. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"CRUCIBLE STEEL","Cast steel made by fusing in crucibles crude or scrap steel,wrought iron, and other ingredients and fluxes."
"CRUCIFER","Any plant of the order Crucifer\u00e6."
"CRUCIFEROUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants which havefour petals arranged like the arms of a cross, as the mustard,radish, turnip, etc."
"CRUCIFIER","One who crucifies; one who subjects himself or another to apainful trial."
"CRUCIFORM","Cross-shaped; (Bot.) having four parts arranged in the form ofa cross."
"CRUCIGEROUS","Bearing the cross; marked with the figure of a cross. Sir. T.Browne."
"CRUD","See Curd. [Obs.]"
"CRUDDLE","To curdle. [Obs.]See how thy blood cruddles at this. Bea"
"CRUDE","Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as acombination of colors, or any design or work of art."
"CRUDELY","In a crude, immature manner."
"CRUDENESS","A crude, undigested, or unprepared state; rawness; unripeness;immatureness; unfitness for a destined use or purpose; as, thecrudeness of iron ore; crudeness of theories or plans."
"CRUDLE","See Cruddle."
"CRUDY","Coagulated. [Obs.]His cruel wounds with crudy blood congealed. Spenser."
"CRUEL","See Crewel."
"CRUELNESS","Cruelty. [Obs.] Spenser."
"CRUELS","Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck."
"CRUENTATE","Smeared with blood. [Obs.] Glanwill."
"CRUENTOUS","Bloody; cruentate. [Obs.]"
"CRUET","A vessel used to hold wine, oil, or water for the service ofthe altar. Cruet stand, a frame for holding cruets; a caster."
"CRUISE","See Cruse, a small bottle."
"CRUISER","One who, or a vessel that, cruises; -- usually an armed vessel."
"CRUIVE","A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon; also, a hovel.[Scot.]"
"CRULL","Curly; curled. [Obs.]"
"CRULLER","A kind of sweet cake cut in strips and curled or twisted, andfried crisp in boiling fat. [Also written kruller.]"
"CRUMB","To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, tocrumb bread. [Written also crum.]"
"CRUMBCLOTH","A cloth to be laid under a dining table to receive fallingfragments, and keep the carpet or floor clean. [Written alsocrumcloth.]"
"CRUMBLE","To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints, And crumble all thysinews. Milton."
"CRUMBLY","EAsily crumbled; friable; brittle. 'The crumbly soil.'Hawthorne."
"CRUMENAL","A purse. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"CRUMMABLE","Capable of being crumbed or broken into small pieces."
"CRUMPET","A kind of large. thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, andcooked on a griddle or spider."
"CRUMPLE","To draw or press into wrinkles or folds to crush together; torumple; as, to crumple paper.They crumpled it into all shapes, and diligently scanned everywrinkle that could be made. Addison."
"CRUMPY","Brittle; crisp. Wright."
"CRUNCH","To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; tocraunch; as, to crunch a biscuit."
"CRUNODAL","Possessing, or characterized by, a crunode; -- used of curves."
"CRUNODE","A point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch. SeeDouble point, under Double, a."
"CRUOR","The coloring matter of the blood; the clotted portion ofcoagulated blood, containing the coloring matter; gore."
"CRUORIN","The coloring matter of the blood in the living animal;h\u00e6moglobin."
"CRUP","Short; brittle; as, crup cake. Todd."
"CRUPPER","To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to cruppera horse."
"CRURA","See Crus."
"CRURAL","Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the partscalled crura; as, the crural arteries; crural arch; crural canal;crural ring."
"CRUSADE","To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headedmanner. 'Cease crusading against sense.' M. Green."
"CRUSADER","One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages.Azure-eyed and golden-haired, Forth the young crusaders fared.Longfellow."
"CRUSADING","Of or pertaining to a crusade; as, a crusading spirit."
"CRUSADO","An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents. [Writtenalso cruade.] Shak."
"CRUSET","A goldsmith's crucible or melting pot."
"CRUSH","To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smallercompass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily."
"CRUSHER","One who, or that which, crushes. Crusher gauge, an instrumentfor measuring the explosive force of gunpowder, etc., by its effectin compressing a piece of metal."
"CRUSHING","That crushes; overwhelming. 'The blow must be quick andcrushing.' Macualay."
"CRUST","The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universallysupposed to inclose a molten interior."
"CRUSTACEA","One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters andcrabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they arecovered."
"CRUSTACEAN","Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous.-- n."
"CRUSTACEOLOGICAL","Pertaining to crustaceology."
"CRUSTACEOLOGIST","One versed in crustaceology; a crustalogist."
"CRUSTACEOLOGY","That branch of Zo\u00f6logy which treats of the Crustacea;malacostracology; carcinology."
"CRUSTACEOUS","Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean."
"CRUSTACEOUSNESS","The state or quality of being crustaceous or having a crustlikeshell."
"CRUSTAL","Relating to a crust."
"CRUSTALOGICAL","Pertaining to crustalogy."
"CRUSTALOGIST","One versed in crustalogy."
"CRUSTALOGY","Crustaceology."
"CRUSTATED","Covered with a crust; as, crustated basalt."
"CRUSTATION","An adherent crust; an incrustation. Pepys."
"CRUSTED","Incrusted; covered with, or containing, crust; as, old, crustedport wine."
"CRUSTIFIC","Producing or forming a crust or skin. [R.]"
"CRUSTILY","In a crusty or surly manner; morosely."
"CRUSTY","Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kindat heart; snappish; peevish; surly.Thou crusty batch of nature, what's the news Shak."
"CRUT","The rough, shaggy part of oak bark."
"CRUTCH","To support on crutches; to prop up. [R.]Two fools that crutch their feeble sense on verse. Dryden."
"CRUTCHED","Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched. Crutched friar(Eccl.), one of a religious order, so called because its members borethe sign of the cross on their staves and habits; -- called alsocrossed friar and crouched friar."
"CRUTH","See 4th Crowd."
"CRUX","Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain. Dr.Sheridan.The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists. Strauss."
"CRUX ANSATA","A cross in the shape of the ankh."
"CRUZADO","A coin. See Crusado."
"CRWTH","See 4th Crowd."
"CRYAL","The heron [Obs.] Ainsworth."
"CRYER","The female of the hawk; a falcon-gentil."
"CRYING","Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous;as, a crying evil.Too much fondness for meditative retirement is not the crying sin ofour modern Christianity. I. Taylor."
"CRYOHYDRATE","A substance, as salt, ammonium chloride, etc., whichcrystallizes with water of crystallization only at low temperatures,or below the freezing point of water. F. Guthrie."
"CRYOLITE","A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in whitecleavable masses; -- used as a source of soda and alumina."
"CRYOMETER","A thermometer for the measurement of low temperatures, esp.such an instrument containing alcohol or some other liquid of a lowerfreezing point than mercury."
"CRYOPHORUS","An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by itsown evaporation. The ordinary form consist of two glass bulbs,connected by a tube of the same material, and containing only aquantity of water and its vapor, devoid of air. The water is in oneof the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32\u00ba Fahr."
"CRYPT","A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as, thecryps of Lieberk."
"CRYPTAL","Of or pertaining to crypts."
"CRYPTICALLY","Secretly; occultly."
"CRYPTIDINE","One of the quinoline bases, obtained from coal tar as an oilyliquid, C11H11N; also, any one of several substances metameric with,and resembling, cryptidine proper."
"CRYPTOBRANCHIATE","Having concealed or rudimentary gills."
"CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE","Indistinctly crystalline; -- applied to rocks and minerals,whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles arevisible, even under the microscope."
"CRYPTOGAM","A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia. Henslow."
"CRYPTOGAMIA","The series or division of flowerless plants, or those neverhaving true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of variouskinds."
"CRYPTOGAMIST","One skilled in cryptogamic botany."
"CRYPTOGRAM","A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph."
"CRYPTOGRAPH","Cipher; something written in cipher. 'Decipherers ofcryptograph.' J. Earle."
"CRYPTOGRAPHAL","Pertaining to cryptography; cryptographical. Boyle."
"CRYPTOGRAPHER","One who writes in cipher, or secret characters."
"CRYPTOGRAPHIST","Same as Cryptographer."
"CRYPTOGRAPHY","The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secretcharacters, or cipher."
"CRYPTOLOGY","Secret or enigmatical language. Johnson."
"CRYPTONYM","A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to theinitiated."
"CRYPTOPINE","A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantitiesfrom opium."
"CRYPTURI","An order of flying, dromTinamou."
"CRYSTAL","The regular form which a substance tends to assume insolidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It isbounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each speciesof crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization."
"CRYSTALLIN","See Gobulin."
"CRYSTALLITE","A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanicrocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline andnot referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step inthe crystallization process. According to their form crystallites arecalled trichites, belonites, globulites, etc."
"CRYSTALLIZABLE","Capable of being crystallized; that may be formed intocrystals."
"CRYSTALLIZATION","The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumesthe form and sructure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized."
"CRYSTALLIZE","To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form."
"CRYSTALLOGENY","The science which pertains to the production of crystals."
"CRYSTALLOGRAPHER","One who describes crystals, or the manner of their formation;one versed in crystallography."
"CRYSTALLOGRAPHICALLY","In the manner of crystallography."
"CRYSTALLOID","Crystal-like; transparent like crystal."
"CRYSTALLOMANCY","Divination by means of a crystal or other transparent body,especially a beryl."
"CRYSTALLOMETRY","The art of measuring crystals."
"CRYSTALLURGY","Crystallizaton."
"CTENOCYST","An organ of the Ctenophora, supposed to be sensory."
"CTENOID","A ctenoidean."
"CTENOIDEAN","Relating to the Ctenoidei.-- n."
"CTENOIDEI","A group of fishes, established by Agassiz, characterized byhaving scales with a pectinated margin, as in the perch. The group isnow generally regarded as artificial."
"CTENOPHORA","A class of Coelenterata, commonly ellipsoidal in shape,swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. The separatepaddles somewhat resemble combs."
"CTENOPHORE","(Zo\u00f6l.) One of the Ctenophora."
"CTENOSTOMATA","A suborder of Bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristlesbelow the tentacles."
"CUB","To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons.'Cubb'd in a cabin.' Dryden."
"CUBAN","Of or pertaining to Cuba or its inhabitants.-- n."
"CUBATION","The act of lying down; a reclining. [Obs.]"
"CUBATORY","Lying down; recumbent. [R.]"
"CUBATURE","The process of determining the solid or cubic contents of abody."
"CUBBRIDGE-HEAD","A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship."
"CUBDRAWN","Sucked by cubs. [R.]This night, wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch. Shak."
"CUBE","A regular solid body, with six equal square sides."
"CUBEB","The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; inmed., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but nowcultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit ismuch used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative."
"CUBEBIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, cubebs; as, cubebic acid (asoft olive-green resin extracted from cubebs)."
"CUBHOOD","The state of being a cub. [Jocose] 'From cubhood to old age.'W. B. Dawkins."
"CUBIC","A curve of the third degree. Circular cubic. See underCircular."
"CUBICALLY","In a cubical method."
"CUBICALNESS","The quality of being cubical."
"CUBICLE","A loding room; esp., a sleeping place partitioned off from alarge dormitory."
"CUBICULAR","Belonging to a chamber or bedroom. [Obs.] Howell."
"CUBIFORM","Of the form of a cube."
"CUBILE","The lowest course of stones in a building."
"CUBILOSE","A mucilagenous secretion of certain birds found as thecharacteristic ingredient of edible bird's-nests."
"CUBISM","A movement or phase in post-impressionism (which see, below). -- Cu'bist (#), n."
"CUBIT","The forearm; the ulna, a bone of the arm extending from elbowto wrist. [Obs.]"
"CUBITAL","A sleeve covering the arm from the elbow to the hand. Crabb."
"CUBITED","Having the measure of a cubit."
"CUBLESS","Having no cubs. Byron."
"CUBO-OCTAHEDRAL","Presenting a combination of a cube and an octahedron."
"CUBO-OCTAHEDRON","A combination of a cube and octahedron, esp. one in which theoctahedral faces meet at the middle of the cubic edges."
"CUBOID","Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot.-- n. (Anat.)"
"CUBOIDAL","Cuboid."
"CUCA","See Coca."
"CUCKING STOOL","A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and alsodishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front oftheir doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes tobe taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a castigatory, atumbrel, and a trebuchet; and often, but not so correctly, a duckingstool. Sir. W. Scott."
"CUCKOLD","To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or byher becoming an adulteress. Shak."
"CUCKOLDIZE","To cuckold. Dryden."
"CUCKOLDLY","Having the qualities of a cuckold; mean-spirited; sneaking.Shak."
"CUCKOLDOM","The state of a cuckold; cuckolds, collectively. Addison."
"CUCKOLDRY","The state of being a cuckold; the practice of making cuckolds."
"CUCKOO","A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several alliedgenera, of many species."
"CUCKOOBUD","A species of Ranunculus (R. bulbosus); -- called alsobutterflower, buttercup, kingcup, goldcup. Shak."
"CUCKOOFLOWER","A species of Cardamine (C. pratensis), or lady's smock. Itsleaves are used in salads. Also, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi)."
"CUCKOOPINT","A plant of the genus Arum (A. maculatum); the European wake-robin."
"CUCQUEAN","A woman whose husband is unfaithful to her. [Obs.]"
"CUCUJO","The fire beetle of Mexico and the West Indies."
"CUCULLUS","A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's hood, ascertain concave and arched sepals or petals."
"CUCULOID","Like or belonging to the cuckoos (Cuculid\u00e6)."
"CUCUMBER","A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of thegenus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which iseaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits ofseveral other genera. See below. Bitter cucumber (Bot.), theCitrullus or Cucumis Colocynthis. SeeColocynth.-- Cucumber beetle. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) A small, black flea-beetle(Crepidodera cucumeris), which destroys the leaves of cucumber,squash, and melon vines. (b) The squash beetle.-- Cucumber tree.(a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genusMagnolia (M. acuminata), so called from a slight resemblance of itsyoung fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant (AverrhoaBilimbi) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi.-- Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited gherkin(Cucumis Anguria).-- Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus) remarkable for itslong, curiously-shaped fruit.-- Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium) whose small ovalfruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds andjuice with considerable force through the opening thus made. SeeElaterium.-- Star cucumber,a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus) with pricklyfruit."
"CUCUMIFORM","Having the form of a cucumber; having the form of a cylindertapered and rounded at the ends, and either straight or curved."
"CUCUMIS","A genus of plants including the cucumber, melon, and same kindsof gourds."
"CUCURBITACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants of whichthe cucumber, melon, and gourd are common examples."
"CUCURBITIVE","Having the shape of a gourd seed; -- said of certain smallworms."
"CUDBEAR","A lichen (Lecanora tartarea), from which the powder isobtained."
"CUDDEN","The coalfish. See 3d Cuddy."
"CUDDLE","ToShe cuddles low beneath the brake; Nor would she stay, nor dares shefly. Prior."
"CUDDY","A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling uprailroad ties, etc. Knight."
"CUDGEL","A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, andwielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon.He getteth him a grievous crabtree cudgel and . . . falls to ratingof them as if they were dogs. Bunyan.Cudgel play, a fight or sportive contest with cudgels.-- To cross the cudgels, to forbear or give up the contest; -- aphrase borrowed from the practice of cudgel players, who lay onecudgel over another when the contest is ended.-- To take up cudgels for, to engage in a contest in behalf of (someone or something)."
"CUDGELER","One who beats with a cudgel. [Written also cudgeller.]"
"CUDWEED","A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves,primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to manyplants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed."
"CUE","To form into a cue; to braid; to twist."
"CUERPO","The body. In cuerpo, without full dress, so that the shape ofthe Body is exposed; hence, naked or uncovered.Exposed in cuerpo to their rage. Hudibras."
"CUESTA","A sloping plain, esp. one with the upper end at the crest of acliff; a hill or ridge with one face steep and the opposite facegently sloping. [Southwestern U. S.]"
"CUFF","To fight; to scuffle; to box.While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport. Dryden."
"CUFFY","A name for a negro. [Slang]"
"CUFIC","Of or pertaining to the older characters of the Arabiclanguage. [Written also Kufic.]"
"CUI BONO","Lit., for whose benefit; incorrectly understood, it came to beused in the sense, of what good or use; and hence, (what) purpose;object; specif., the ultimate object of life."
"CUINAGE","The stamping of pigs of tin, by the proper officer, with thearms of the duchy of Cornwall."
"CUIR BOUILLI","In decorative art, boiled leather, fitted by the process toreceive impressed patterns, like those produced by chasing metal, andto retain the impression permanently."
"CUIRASS","An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a cuirass."
"CUIRASSED","Having a covering of bony plates, resembling a cuirass;- saidof certain fishes."
"CUIRASSIER","A soldier armed with a cuirass. Milton."
"CUISH","Defensive armor for the thighs. [ Written also cuisse, andquish.]"
"CUL-DE-SAC","a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exitbut to the front."
"CULASSE","The lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond."
"CULDEE","One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts ofScotland, Ireland, and Wales.The pure Culdees Were Albyn's earliest priests of God. Campbell."
"CULERAGE","See Culrage."
"CULEX","A genus of dipterous insects, including the gnat and mosquito."
"CULICID","Like or pertaining to the Mosquito family (Culicid\u00e6). -- n."
"CULICIFORM","Gnat-shaped."
"CULINARILY","In the manner of a kitchen; in connection with a kitchen orcooking."
"CULINARY","Relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used inkitchens; as, a culinary vessel; the culinary art."
"CULL","To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather orcollect; as, to cuil flowers.From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls.Dryden.Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. Tennyson."
"CULLENDER","A strainer. See Colander."
"CULLER","One who piks or chooses; esp., an inspector who select waressuitable for market."
"CULLET","Broken glass for remelting."
"CULLIBILITY","Gullibility. [R.] Swift."
"CULLIBLE","Easily deceived; gullible."
"CULLING","Anything separated or selected from a mass."
"CULLION","A mean wretch; a base fellow; a poltroon; a scullion. 'Away,base cullions.' Shak."
"CULLIONLY","Mean; base. Shak."
"CULLIS","A strong broth of meat, strained and made clear for invalids;also, a savory jelly. [Obs.]When I am exellent at caudles And cullises . . . you shall be welcometo me. Beau. & Fl."
"CULLY","A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe;a gull.I have learned that . . . I am not the first cully whom she haspassed upon for a countess. Addison."
"CULLYISM","The state of being a cully.Less frequent instances of eminent cullyism. Spectator."
"CULM","The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo),jointed and usually hollow."
"CULMEN","The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill."
"CULMIFEROUS","Having jointed stems or culms."
"CULMINAL","Pertaining to a culmen."
"CULMINANT","Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence,predominant. [R.]"
"CULMINATE","Growing upward, as distinguished from a laterral growth; --applied to the growth of corals. Dana."
"CULPA","Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit,fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect ofintellect, dolus to defect of heart. Wharton."
"CULPABILITY","The state of being culpable."
"CULPATORY","Expressing blame; censuring; reprehensory; inculpating.Adjectives . . . commonly used by Latian authors in a culpatorysense. Walpole."
"CULPE","Blameworthiness. [Obs.]Banished out of the realme . . . without culpe. E. Hall."
"CULPON","A shered; a fragment; a strip of wood. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CULRAGE","Smartweed (Polygonum Hydropiper)."
"CULTCH","Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oystergrounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of theoyster. [Also written cutch.]"
"CULTER","A colter. See Colter."
"CULTIROSTRAL","Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like aknife, as the heron, stork, etc."
"CULTIROSTRES","A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc."
"CULTIVABLE","Capable of being cultivated or tilled. Todd."
"CULTIVATABLE","Cultivable."
"CULTIVATOR","Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as thebeak of certain birds."
"CULTRIFORM","Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate."
"CULTRIVOROUS","Devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives;-- applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow,knives with impunity. Dunglison."
"CULTURABLE","Capable of, or fit for, being cultivated; capable or becomingcultured. London Spectator."
"CULTURAL","Of or pertaining to culture."
"CULTURE","To cultivate; to educate.They came . . . into places well inhabited and cultured. Usher."
"CULTURE FEATURES","The artificial features of a district as distinguished from thenatural."
"CULTURE MYTH","A myth accounting for the discovery of arts and sciences or theadvent of a higher civilization, as in the Prometheus myth."
"CULTURELESS","Having no culture."
"CULTUS","Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship;state of religious development. Cf.Cult, 2."
"CULTUS COD","See Cod, and Buffalo cod, under Buffalo."
"CULVER","A dove. 'Culver in the falcon's fist.' Spenser."
"CULVERHOUSE","A dovecote."
"CULVERIN","A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder withserpent-shaped handles.Trump, and drum, and roaring culverin. Mac"
"CULVERKEY","The root of a handsome erect herb (Leptandra, syn. Veronica,Virginica) common in most moist woods of North America , used as anactive cathartic and emetic; also, the plant itself."
"CULVERT","A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road,railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge."
"CULVERTAIL","Dovetail."
"CULVERTAILED","United or fastened by a dovetailed joint."
"CUMACEA","An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size."
"CUMBENT","Lying down; recumbent. J. Dyer."
"CUMBER","To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to beburdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining anobject, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble.Why asks he what avails him not in fight, And would but cumber andretard his flight Dryden.Martha was cumbered about much serving. Luke x. 40.Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground Luke xiii. 7.The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, . .. but cumbers the memory. Locke."
"CUMBRANCE","Encumbrance. [Obs.]Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbrance,if not snare. Milton."
"CUMBRIAN","Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocksfound there. Cumbrian system (Geol.), the slate or graywacke systemof rocks, now included in the Cambrian or Silurian system; -- socalled because most prominent at Cumberland."
"CUMENE","A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C6H5.C3H7, obtained by thedistillation of cuminic acid; -- called also cumol."
"CUMFREY","See Comfrey."
"CUMIC","See Cuming."
"CUMIDINE","A strong, liquid, organic base, C3H7.C6H4.NH2, homologous withaniline."
"CUMIN","A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel(Cuminum Cyminum), cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish,warm taste, with an aromatic flavor, and are used like those of aniseand caraway. [Written also cummin.]Rank-smelling rue, and cumin good for eyes. Spenser.Black cumin (Bot.), a plant (Nigella sativa) with pungent seeds, usedby the Afghans, etc."
"CUMINIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, cumin, or from oil of caraway;as, cuminic acid. Cuminic acid (Chem.), white crystalline substance,C3H7.C6H4.CO2H, obtained from oil of caraway."
"CUMINIL","A substance, analogous to benzil, obtained from oil of caraway."
"CUMINOL","A liquid, C3H7.C6H4.CHO, obtained from oil of caraway; --called also cuminic aldehyde."
"CUMMERBUND","A sash for the waist; a girdle. [India]"
"CUMMIN","Same as Cumin.Ye pay tithe of mint, and cummin. Matt. xxiii. 23."
"CUMQUAT","See Kumquat."
"CUMSHAW","A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on shipswhich entered the port of Canton. S. Wells Williams."
"CUMU-CIRRO-STRATUS","Nimbus, or rain cloud. See Nimbus, and Cloud."
"CUMULATE","To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; toaccumulate.Shoals of shells, bedded and cumulated heap upon heap. Woodward."
"CUMULATION","The act of heaping together; a heap. See Accumulation."
"CUMULATIST","One who accumulates; one who collects. [R.]"
"CUMULOSE","Full of heaps."
"CUMULOSTRATUS","A form of cloud. See Cloud."
"CUMULUS","One of the four principal forms of clouds. SeeCloud."
"CUN","To con (a ship). [Obs.]"
"CUNABULA","The extant copies of the first or earliest printed books, or ofsuch as were printed in the 15th century."
"CUNCTATION","Delay; procrastination. [R.] Carlyle."
"CUNCTATIVE","Slow; tardy; dilatory; causing delay."
"CUNCTATOR","One who delays or lingers. [R.]"
"CUNCTIPOTENT","All-powerful; omnipotent. [R] 'God cunctipotent.' Neale (Trans.Rhythm of St. Bernard)."
"CUND","To con (a ship). [Obs.]"
"CUNDURANGO","The bark of a South American vine (Gonolobus Condurango) of theMilkweed family. It has been supposed, but erroneously, to be a curefor cancer. [Written also condurango.]"
"CUNEAL","Relating to a wedge; wedge-shaped."
"CUNEATIC","Cuneiform. 'Cuneatic decipherment.' Sayce."
"CUNETTE","A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette."
"CUNNINGLY","In a cunning manner; with cunning."
"CUNNINGMAN","A fortune teller; one who pretends to reveal mysteries. [Obs.]Hudibras."
"CUNNINGNESS","Quality of being cunning; craft."
"CUP","Repeated potations; social or exessive indulgence inintoxicating drinks; revelry.Thence from cups to civil broils. Milton."
"CUP SHAKE","A shake or fissure between the annual rings of a tree, foundoftenest near the roots."
"CUP-GALL","A kind of oak-leaf gall. See Gall."
"CUP-MOSS","A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia."
"CUP-ROSE","Red poppy. See Cop-rose."
"CUPBEARER","One of the attendants of a prince or noble, permanently chargedwith the performance of this office for his master. 'I was the king'scupbearer.' Neh. i. 11."
"CUPBOARD","To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard. [R.] Shak."
"CUPEL","A shallow porus cup, used in refining precious metals, commonlymade of bone ashes (phosphate of lime). [Written also coppel.] Cupeldust, powder used in purifying metals."
"CUPELLATION","The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in acupel."
"CUPFUL","As much as a cup will hold."
"CUPID","The god of love, son of Venus; usually represented as a naked,winged boy with bow and arrow.Pretty dimpled boys, like smiling cupids. Shak."
"CUPOLA","A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also,a celing having the same form. When on a large scale it is usuallycalled dome."
"CUPPER","One who performs the operation of cupping."
"CUPPING","The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of theperson by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, asimilar operation for drawing pus from an abscess. Cupping glass, aglass cup in which a partial vacuum is produced by heat, in theprocess of cupping.-- Dry cupping, the application of a cupping instrument withoutscarification, to draw blood to the surface, produce counterirritation, etc.-- Wet cupping, the operation of drawing blood by the application ofa cupping instrument after scarification."
"CUPREOUS","Consisting of copper or resembling copper; coppery."
"CUPRIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper;-- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is presentin its lowest proportion."
"CUPRIFEROUS","Containing copper; as, cupriferous silver."
"CUPRITE","The red oxide of copper; red copper; an important ore ofcopper, occurring massive and in isometric crystals."
"CUPROID","(Crystalloq.) A solid related to a tetrahedron, and containedunder twelve equal triangles."
"CUPROUS","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper;-- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is presentin its highest proportion."
"CUPRUM","Copper."
"CUPULATE","Having or bearing cupeles; cupuliferous."
"CUPULE","A cuplet or little cup, as the acorn; the husk or bur of thefilbert, chestnut, etc."
"CUPULIFEROUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants ot whichthe oak and the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing a smooth,solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur; bearing, or furnishedwith, a cupule."
"CURABILITY","The state of being curable; curableness."
"CURABLE","Capable of being cured; admitting remedy. 'Curable diseases.'Harvey.-- Cur'a*ble*ness, n.-- Cur`a*bly, adv."
"CURACY","The office or employment of a curate."
"CURARINE","A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from theStrychnos toxifera. It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts."
"CURARIZE","To poison with curare."
"CURASSOW","A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax,etc., of the family Cracid\u00e6."
"CURAT","A cuirass or breastplate. [Obs.] Spenser."
"CURATE","One who has the cure souls; originally, any clergyman, but nowusually limited to one who assist a rector or vicar Hook.All this the good old man performed alone, He spared no pains, forcurate he had none. Dryden."
"CURATESHIP","A curacy."
"CURATION","Cure; healing. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CURATIVE","Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending tocure. Arbuthnot."
"CURATORSHIP","The office of a curator."
"CURB","To bend; to crouch; to cringe. [Obs.]Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, Yea, curb and woo for leave todo him good. Shak."
"CURB ROOF","A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of twoparts which have unequal inclination; a gambrel roof."
"CURBLESS","Having no curb or restraint."
"CURBSTONE","A stone Curbstone broker.See under Broker."
"CURCH","See Courche."
"CURCULIO","One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera;-- called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs.Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, thecorn, grain, and rice weevils, etc."
"CURCULIONIDOUS","Pertaining to the Curculionide\u00e6, or weevil tribe."
"CURCUMA","A genus of plants of the order Scitamine\u00e6, including theturmeric plant (Curcuma longa). Curcuma paper. (Chem.) See Turmericpaper, under Turmeric."
"CURCUMIN","The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extractedas an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4, with a greenfluorescence."
"CURD","To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; tocurdle.Does it curd thy blood To say I am thy mother Shak."
"CURDINESS","The state of being curdy."
"CURDLESS","Destitute of curd."
"CURDY","Like curd; full of curd; coagulated. 'A curdy mass.' Arbuthnot."
"CURE","A curate; a pardon."
"CUREALL","A remedy for all diseases, o"
"CURELESS","Incapable of cure; incurable.With patience undergo A cureless ill, since fate will have it so.Dryden."
"CURETTE","A scoop or ring with either a blunt or a cutting edge, forremoving substances from the walls of a cavity, as from the eye, ear,or womb."
"CURIA","The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; hisresidence or his household. Burrill."
"CURIAL","Of or pertaining to the papal curia; as, the curial etiquetteof the Vatican. -- n."
"CURIALISM","The wiew or doctrins of the ultramontane party in the LatinChurch. Gladstone."
"CURIALIST","One who belongs to the ultramontane party in the Latin Church.Shipley."
"CURIALITY","The privileges, prerogatives, or retinue of a court. [Obs.]Bacon."
"CURIET","A cuirass. [Obs.] Spenser."
"CURING","p. a. & vb. n. of Cure. Curing house, a building in whichanything is cured; especially, in the West Indies, a building inwhich sugar is drained and dried."
"CURIO","Any curiosity or article of virtu.The busy world, which does not hunt poets as collectors hunt forcurios. F. Harrison."
"CURIOLOGIC","Pertaining to a rude kind of hieroglyphics, in which a thing isrepresented by its picture instead of by a symbol."
"CURIOSO","A virtuoso."
"CURIOUSLY","In a curious manner."
"CURL","To shape (the brim) into a curve."
"CURLED","Having curls; curly; sinuous; wavy; as, curled maple (maplehaving fibers which take a sinnuous course). Curled hair (Com.), thehair of the manes and tails of horses, prepared for upholsterypurposes. McElrath."
"CURLEDNESS","State of being curled; curliness."
"CURLEW","A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long,slender, curved bill."
"CURLINESS","State of being curly."
"CURLINGLY","With a curl, or curls."
"CURLY","Curling or tending to curl; having curls; full of ripples;crinkled."
"CURLYCUE","Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen onpaper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper.[Sometimes written carlicue.] [ Colloq. U.S.] To cut a curlycue, tomake a flourish; to cut a caper.I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a curlycue with my rightfoot. McClintock."
"CURMUDGEON","An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.A gray-headed curmudgeon of a negro. W. Irving."
"CURMUDGEONLY","Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonlyfellow."
"CURMURRING","Murmuring; grumbling; -- sometimes applied to the rumblingproduced by a slight attack of the gripes. [Scot.] Burns."
"CURR","To coo. [Scot.]The owlets hoot, the owlets curr. Wordsworth."
"CURRANT","A shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genusalso including the gooseberry); esp., the Ribes rubrum. Blackcurrant,a shrub or bush (Ribes nigrum and R. floridum) and its black,strong-flavored, tonic fruit.-- Cherry currant, a variety of the red currant, having a strong,symmetrical bush and a very large berry.-- Currant borer (Zo\u00f6l.), the larva of an insect that bores into thepith and kills currant bushes; specif., the larvae of a smallclearwing moth (\u00c6geria tipuliformis) and a longicorn beetle(Psenocerus supernotatus).-- Currant worm (Zo\u00f6l.), an insect larva which eats the leaves orfruit of the currant. The most injurious are the currant sawfly(Nematus ventricosus), introduced from Europe, and the spanworm(Eufitchia ribearia). The fruit worms are the larva of a fly (EpochraCanadensis), and a spanworm (Eupithecia).-- Flowering currant, Missouri currant, a species of Ribes (R.aureum), having showy yellow flowers."
"CURRENTLY","In a current manner; generally; commonly; as, it is currentlybelieved."
"CURRIE","See 2d & 3d Curry."
"CURRIER","One who curries and dresses leather, after it is tanned."
"CURRISH","Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of acur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, alsomalicious; malignant; brutal.Thy currish spirit Governed a wolf. Shak.Some currish plot, -- some trick. Lockhart.-- Cur'rish*ly, adv.-- Cur'rish*ness, n."
"CURRY","A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper,ginger, and other strong spices."
"CURRYCOMB","A kind of card or comb having rows of metallic teeth orserrated ridges, used in curryng a horse."
"CURSE","To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny withimprecations; to swear.Then began he to curse and to swear. Matt. xxi. 74.His spirits hear me, And yet I need must curse. Shak."
"CURSED","Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable; abominable.Let us fly this cursed place. Milton.This cursed quarrel be no more renewed. Dryden."
"CURSEDLY","In a cursed manner; miserably; in a manner to be detested;enormously. [Low]"
"CURSER","One who curses."
"CURSHIP","The state of being a cur; one who is currish. [Jocose]How durst he, I say, oppose thy curship! Hudibras."
"CURSITATING","Moving about slightly. [R.] H. Bushnell."
"CURSITOR","An officer in the Court of Chancery, whose business is to makeout original writs."
"CURSIVE","Running; flowing. Cursive hand,a running handwriting."
"CURSOR","Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slidesbackward and forward upon another part."
"CURSORARY","Cursory; hasty. [Obs.]With a cursorary eye o'erglanced the articles. Shak."
"CURSORILY","In a running or hasty manner; carelessly."
"CURSORINESS","The quality of being cursory; superficial performance; as,cursoriness of view."
"CURST","imp. & p.p. of Curse."
"CURSTFULLY","Peevishly; vexatiously; detestably. [Obs.] 'Curstfully mad.'Marston."
"CURSTNESS","Peevishness; malignity; frowardness; crabbedness; surliness.[Obs.] Shak."
"CURT","Characterized by exessive brevity; short; rudely concise; as,curt limits; a curt answer.The curt, yet comprehensive reply. W. Irving."
"CURTAIL","To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; toabridge; to diminish; to reduce.I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. Shak.Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled.Macualay."
"CURTAIL DOG","A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person notqualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tailcut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tailis necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not fit for sporting.Hope is a curtail dog in some affairs. Shak."
"CURTAILER","One who curtails."
"CURTAILMENT","The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. Bancroft."
"CURTAIN","That part of the rampart and parapet which is between twobastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion."
"CURTAL","Curt; brief; laconic.Essays and curtal aphorisms. Milton.Curtal dog. See Curtail dog."
"CURTAL FRIAR","A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery. Sir W.Scott."
"CURTANA","The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at theircoronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; --also called the sword of Edward the Confessor."
"CURTATE","Shortened or reduced; -- said of the distance of a planet fromthe sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or thedistance from the sun or earth to that point where a perpendicular,let fall from the planet upon the plane of the ecliptic, meets theecliptic. Curtate cycloid. (Math.) See Cycloid."
"CURTATION","The interval by which the curtate distance of a planet is lessthan the true distance."
"CURTEIN","Same as Curtana."
"CURTES","Courteous. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"CURTESY","the life estate which a husband has in the lands of hisdeceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has hadissue by her, born alive, and capable of inheriting the lands. Mozley& W."
"CURTILAGE","A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within thefence surrounding a dwelling house. Burrill."
"CURTLY","In a curt manner."
"CURTNESS","The quality of bing curt."
"CURTSY","Same as Courtesy, an act of respect."
"CURULE","Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Romanmagistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring,the right to sit in the curule chair; hence, official."
"CURURO","A Chilian burrowing rodent of the genus Spalacopus."
"CURVATION","The act of bending or crooking."
"CURVATIVE","Having the margins only a little curved; -- said of leaves.Henslow."
"CURVATURE","The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical curve, or thetendency at any point to depart from a tangent drawn to the curve atthat point. Aberrancy of curvature (Geom.), the deviation of a curvefrom a curcular form. -Absolute curvature. See under Absolute.-- Angle of curvature (Geom.), one that expresses the amount ofcurvature of a curve.-- Chord of curvature. See under Chord.-- Circle of curvature. See Osculating circle of a curve, underCircle.-- Curvature of the spine (Med.), an abnormal curving of the spine,especially in a lateral direction.-- Radius of curvature, the radius of the circle of curvature, orosculatory circle, at any point of a curve."
"CURVE","Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curvesurface."
"CURVEDNESS","The state of being curved."
"CURVET","A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legsat once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raiseshis hind legs, so that all his legs are in the air at once."
"CURVICAUDATE","Having a curved or crooked tail."
"CURVICOSTATE","Having bent ribs."
"CURVIDENTATE","Having curved teeth."
"CURVIFORM","Having a curved form."
"CURVILINEAD","An instrument for drawing curved lines."
"CURVILINEARITY","The state of being curvilinear or of being bounded by curvedlines."
"CURVILINEARLY","In a curvilinear manner."
"CURVINERVED","Having the ribs or the veins of the leaves curved; -- calledalso curvinervate and curve-veined."
"CURVIROSTRAL","Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill."
"CURVIROSTRES","A group of passerine birds, including the creepers andnuthatches."
"CURVISERIAL","Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem."
"CURVITY","The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form;crookedness. Holder."
"CURVOGRAPH","An arcograph."
"CUSCUS","A soft grass (Pennisetum typhoideum) found in all tropicalregions, used as food for men and cattle in Central Africa."
"CUSCUS OIL","Same as Vetiver oil."
"CUSHAT","The ringdove or wood pigeon.Scarce with cushat's homely song can vie. Sir W. Scott."
"CUSHEWBIRD","The galeated curassow. See Curassow."
"CUSHION TIRE","A thick solid-rubber tire, as for a bicycle, with a hollowgroove running lengthwise on the inside."
"CUSHIONET","A little cushion."
"CUSHIONLESS","Hot furnished with a cushion.Rows of long, cushionless benches, supplying the place of pews.Hawthorne."
"CUSHIONY","Like a cushion; soft; pliable.A flat and cushiony noce. Dickens."
"CUSHITE","A descendant of Cush, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah."
"CUSK","A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to thecod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- calledalso tusk and torsk."
"CUSKIN","A kind of drinking cup. [Obs.]"
"CUSP","A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or froman inner curve of tracery."
"CUSPATED","Ending in a point."
"CUSPID","One of the canine teeth; -- so called from having but one pointor cusp on the crown. See Tooth."
"CUSPIDAL","Ending in a point."
"CUSPIDATE","To make pointed or sharp."
"CUSPIDOR","Any ornamental vessel used as a spittoon; hence, to avoid thecommon term, a spittoon of any sort."
"CUSPIS","A point; a sharp end."
"CUSSEDNESS","Disposition to willful wrongdoing; malignity; perversity;cantankerousness; obstinacy. [Slang or Colloq., U. S.]"
"CUSTARD","A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.Custard apple (Bot.), a low tree or shrub of tropical America,including several species of Anona (A. squamosa, reticulata, etc.),having a roundish or ovate fruit the size of a small orange,containing a soft, yellowish, edible pulp.-- Custard coffin, pastry, or crust, which covers or coffins acustard [Obs.] Shak."
"CUSTODE","See Custodian."
"CUSTODIAL","Relating to custody or guardianship."
"CUSTODIAN","One who has care or custody, as of some public building; akeeper or superintendent."
"CUSTODIANSHIP","Office or duty of a custodian."
"CUSTODIER","A custodian. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"CUSTOM","Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, andresting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, andPrescription."
"CUSTOMABLENESS","Quality of being customable; conformity to custom. [Obs.]"
"CUSTOMABLY","Usually. [Obs.] Milton."
"CUSTOMARILY","In a customary manner; habitually."
"CUSTOMARINESS","Quality of being customary."
"CUSTOMARY","Holding or held by custom; as, customary tenants; customaryservice or estate."
"CUSTOMHOUSE","The building where customs and duties are paid, and wherevessels are entered or cleared. Customhouse broker, an agent who actsfor merchants in the business of entering and clearing goods andvessels."
"CUSTOS","A keeper; a custodian; a superintendent. [Obs.] Custosrotulorum (r Etym: [LL., keeper of the rolls] (Eng. Law), theprincipal justice of the peace in a county, who is also keeper of therolls and records of the sessions of the peace."
"CUSTREL","An armor-bearer to a knight. [Obs.]"
"CUSTUMARY","See Customary. [Obs.]"
"CUTANEOUS","Of pertaining to the skin; existing on, or affecting, the skin;as, a cutaneous disease; cutaneous absorption; cutaneous respiration."
"CUTAWAY","Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded orcut away. Cutaway coat, a coat whose skirts are cut away in front soas not to meet at the bottom."
"CUTCH","See Catechu."
"CUTCHERY","A hindoo hall of justice. Malcom."
"CUTE","Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning. [Colloq.]"
"CUTENESS","Acuteness; cunning. [Colloq.]"
"CUTGRASS","A grass with leaves having edges furnished with very minutehooked prickles, which form a cutting edge; one or more species ofLeersia."
"CUTICLE","The scarfskin or epidermis. See Skin."
"CUTICULAR","Pertaining to the cuticle, or external coat of the skin;epidermal."
"CUTIN","The substance which, added to the material of a cell wall,makes it waterproof, as in cork."
"CUTINIZATION","The conversion of cell walls into a material which repelswater, as in cork."
"CUTINIZE","To change into cutin."
"CUTIS","See Dermis."
"CUTLASS","A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax.Cutlass fish, (Zo\u00f6l.), a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish (Trichiruslepturus) of the southern United States and West Indies; -- calledalso saber fish, silver eel, and, improperly, swordfish."
"CUTLER","One who makes or deals in cutlery, or knives and other cuttinginstruments."
"CUTLET","A piece of meat, especially of veal or mutton, cut forbroiling."
"CUTLING","The art of making edged tools or cutlery. [Obs.] Milton."
"CUTOSE","A variety of cellulose, occuring as a fine transparent membranecovering the aerial organs of plants, and forming an essentialingredient of cork; by oxidation it passes to suberic acid."
"CUTPURSE","One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or theircontents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string totheir girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocketTo have an open ear, a quick eye, and a nimble hand, is necessary fora cutpurse. Shak."
"CUTTHROAT","One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin."
"CUTTINGLY","In a cutting manner."
"CUTTLE","A knife. [Obs.] Bale."
"CUTTLE BONE","The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes,as for making polishing powder, etc."
"CUTTOO PLATE","A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away fromthe axle."
"CUTTY","Short; as, a cutty knife; a cutty sark. [Scot.]"
"CUTWAL","The chief police officer of a large city. [East Indies]"
"CUTWATER","A sea bird of the Atlantic (Rhynchops nigra); -- called alsoblack skimmer, scissorsbill, and razorbill. See Skimmer."
"CUTWORK","An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliestform of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, fromwhich the manufacture of lace was developed."
"CUTWORM","A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage,corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees andeat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves inthe earth. The common cutworms are the larv\u00e6 of various species ofAgrotis and related genera of noctuid moths."
"CUVETTE","A cunette. 3. (Spectrometry) (Analytical chemistry)"
"CYAMELIDE","A white amorphous substance, regarded as a polymericmodification of isocyanic acid."
"CYAMELLONE","A complex derivative of cyanogen, regarded as an acid, andknown chiefly in its salts; -- called also hydromellonic acid."
"CYANATE","A salt of cyanic acid. Ammonium cyanate (Chem.), a remarkablewhite crystalline substance, NH4.O.CN, which passes, on standing, tothe organic compound, urea, CO.(NH)2."
"CYANAURATE","See Aurocyanide."
"CYANEAN","Having an azure color. Pennant."
"CYANIDE","A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element orradical."
"CYANIN","The blue coloring matter of flowers; -- called also anthokyanand anthocyanin."
"CYANINE","One of a series of artificial blue or red dyes obtained fromquinoline and lepidine and used in calico printing."
"CYANITE","A mineral occuring in thin-bladed crystals and crystallineaggregates, of a sky-blue color. It is a silicate of aluminium.[Written also kyanite.]"
"CYANOGEN","A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds;obtained by heating ammonium oxalate, mercuric cyanide, etc. It isobtained in combination, forming an alkaline cyanide when nitrogen ora nitrogenous compound is strongly ignited with carbon and soda orpotash. It conducts itself like a member of the halogen group ofelements, and shows a tendency to form complex compounds. The name isalso applied to the univalent radical, CN (the half molecule ofcyanogen proper), which was one of the first compound radicalsrecognized."
"CYANOMETER","An instrument for measuring degress of blueness."
"CYANOPATHY","A disease in which the body is colored blue in its surface,arising usually from a malformation of the heart, which causes animperfect arterialization of the blood; blue jaundice."
"CYANOPHYLL","A blue coloring matter supposed by some to be one of thecomponent parts ofchlorophyll."
"CYANOSED","Rendered blue, as the surface of the body, from cyanosis ordeficient a"
"CYANOSIS","A condition in which, from insufficient aCyanopathy."
"CYANOSITE","Native sulphate of copper. Cf. Blue vitriol, under Blue."
"CYANOTIC","Relating to cyanosis; affected with cyanosis; as, a cyanoticpatient; having the hue caused by cyanosis; as, a cyanitic skin."
"CYANOTYPE","A photographic picture obtained by the use of a cyanide."
"CYANURATE","A salt of cyanuric acid."
"CYANURET","A cyanide. [Obs.]"
"CYANURIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, cyanic and uric acids."
"CYANURIC ACID","an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acidor urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanicacid. It is a white crystalline substance, odorless and almosttasteless; -- called also tricarbimide."
"CYATHIFORM","In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top."
"CYATHOLITH","A kind of coccolith, which in shape resembles a minute cupwidened at the top, and varies in size from"
"CYATHOPHYLLOID","Like, or pertaining to, the family Cyathophyllid\u00e6."
"CYCAD","Any plant of the natural order Cycadece\u00e6, as the sago palm,etc."
"CYCADACEOUS","Pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants like thepalms, but having exogenous wood. The sago palm is an example."
"CYCAS","A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palmsand the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes avaluable kind of sago."
"CYCLAMEN","A genus of plants of the Primrose family, having depressedrounded corms, and pretty nodding flowers with the petals so reflexedas to point upwards, whence it is called rabbit's ears. It is alsocalled sow bread, because hogs are said to eat the corms."
"CYCLAMIN","A white amorphous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extractedfrom the corm of Cyclamen Europ\u00e6um."
"CYCLAS","A long gown or surcoat (cut off in front), worn in the MiddleAges. It was sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold. Also, arich stuff from which the gown was made."
"CYCLE","One entire round in a circle or a spire; as, a cycle or set ofleaves. Gray."
"CYCLIDE","A surface of the fourth degree, having certain specialrelations to spherical surfaces. The tore or anchor ring is one ofthe cyclides."
"CYCLING","The act, art, or practice, of riding a cycle, esp. a bicycle ortricycle."
"CYCLIST","A cycler."
"CYCLO-","A combining form meaning circular, of a circle or wheel."
"CYCLOBRANCHIATE","Having the gills around the margin of the body, as certainlimpets."
"CYCLOGANOID","Of or pertaining to the Cycloganoidei."
"CYCLOGANOIDEI","An order of ganoid fishes, having cycloid scales. The bowfin(Amia calva) is a living example."
"CYCLOGRAPH","See Arcograph."
"CYCLOID","A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when thecircle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the sameplane."
"CYCLOIDAL","Pertaining to, or resembling, a cycloid; as, the cycloidalspace is the space contained between a cycloid and its base.Cycloidal engine. See Geometric lathe."
"CYCLOIDEI","An order of fishes, formerly proposed by Agassiz, for thosewith thin, smooth scales, destitute of marginal spines, as theherring and salmon. The group is now regarded as artificial."
"CYCLOIDIAN","Same as 2d and 3d Cycloid."
"CYCLOMETER","A contrivance for recording the revolutions of a wheel, as of abicycle."
"CYCLOMETRY","The art of measuring circles."
"CYCLONE","A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by highwinds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. Thiscenter moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty milesan hour."
"CYCLONIC","Pertaining to a cyclone."
"CYCLONOSCOPE","An apparatus to assist in locating the center of a cyclone."
"CYCLOP","See Note under Cyclops, 1."
"CYCLOPEAN","Pertaining to the Cyclops; characteristic of the Cyclops; huge;gigantic; vast and rough; massive; as, Cyclopean labors; Cyclopeanarchitecture."
"CYCLOPEDIC","Belonging to the circle of the sciences, or to a cyclopedia; ofthe nature of a cyclopedia; hence, of great range, extent, or amount;as, a man of cyclopedic knowledge."
"CYCLOPEDIST","A maker of, or writer for, a cyclopedia."
"CYCLOPIC","Pertaining to the Cyclops; Cyclopean."
"CYCLOPS","One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, havingbut one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabledto inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, underMt. Etna."
"CYCLORAMA","A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that thespectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things innature. The realistic effect is increased by putting, in the spacebetween the spectator and the picture, things adapted to the scenerepresented, and in some places only parts of these objects, thecompletion of them being carried out pictorially."
"CYCLOSCOPE","A machine for measuring at any moment velocity of rotation, asof a wheel of a steam engine. Knight."
"CYCLOSIS","The circulation or movement of protoplasmic granules within aliving vegetable cell."
"CYCLOSTOMATA","Defn:"
"CYCLOSTOME","A division of Bryozoa, in which the cells have circularapertures."
"CYCLOSTOMI","A glass of fishes having a suckerlike mouth, without jaws, asthe lamprey; the Marsipobranchii."
"CYCLOSTYLAR","Relating to a structure composed of a circular range ofcolumns, without a core or building within. Weale."
"CYCLOSTYLE","A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing ordrawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a smallwheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thusconverting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred with an inkedroller."
"CYDER","See Cider. [Archaic]"
"CYDONIN","A peculiar mucilaginous substance extracted from the seeds ofthe quince (Cydonia vulgaris), and regarded as a variety of amylose."
"CYGNET","A young swan. Shak."
"CYGNUS","A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, orfollowing, Lyra; the Swan."
"CYLINDRACEOUS","Cylindrical, or approaching a cylindrical form."
"CYLINDRICALLY","In the manner or shape of a cylinder; so as to be cylindrical."
"CYLINDRICITY","The quality or condition of being cylindrical."
"CYLINDRIFORM","Having the form of a cylinder."
"CYLINDROID","A certain surface of the third degree, described by a movingstraight line; -- used to illustrate the motions of a rigid body andalso the forces acting on the body."
"CYLINDROMETRIC","Belonging to a scale used in measuring cylinders."
"CYMA","A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which iswavelike in form."
"CYMAR","A sight covering; a scarf. See Simar.Her body shaded with a light cymar. Dryden."
"CYMATIUM","A capping or crowning molding in classic architecture."
"CYMBALIST","A performer upon cymbals."
"CYMBIFORM","Shaped like a boat; (Bot.) elongated and having the uppersurface decidedly concave, as the glumes of many grasses."
"CYMBIUM","A genus of marine univalve shells; the gondola."
"CYME","A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal ordeterminate type, differing from a corymb chiefly in the order of theopening of the blossoms."
"CYMENE","A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, CH3.C6H4.C3H7, ofpleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol,camphor, etc.; -- called also paracymene, and formerly camphogen."
"CYMENOL","See Carvacrol."
"CYMIDINE","A liquid organic base, C10H13.NH2, derived from cymene."
"CYMIFEROUS","Producing cymes."
"CYMOGENE","A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold and pressure fromthe first products of the distillation of petroleum; -- used forproducing low temperatures."
"CYMOGRAPH","To trace or copy with a cymograph."
"CYMOID","Having the form of a cyme."
"CYMOMETER","An instrument for exhibiting and measuring wave motion; specif.(Elec.),"
"CYMOPHANE","See Chrysoberyl."
"CYMOPHANOUS","Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant."
"CYMOSCOPE","Any device for detecting the presence of electric waves. Theinfluence of electric waves on the resistance of a particular kind ofelectric circuit, on the magnetization of steel, on the polarizationof an electrolytic cell, or on the electric condition of a vacuum hasbeen applied in the various cymoscopes."
"CYMRIC","Welsh.-- n."
"CYMRY","A collective term for the Welsh race; -- so called bythemselves . [Written also Cymri, Cwmry, Kymry, etc.]"
"CYMULE","A small cyme, or one of very few flowers."
"CYNANCHE","Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended withinflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing."
"CYNANTHROPY","A kind of madness in which men fancy themselves changed intodogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal."
"CYNARCTOMACHY","Bear baiting with a dog. Hudibras."
"CYNARRHODIUM","A fruit like that of the rose, consisting of a cup formed ofthe calyx tube and receptacle, and containing achenes."
"CYNEGETICS","The art of hunting with dogs."
"CYNICALLY","In a cynical manner."
"CYNICALNESS","The quality of being cynical."
"CYNICISM","The doctrine of the Cynics; the quality of being cynical; themental state, opnions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose andcontemptuous views and opinions."
"CYNOIDEA","A division of Carnivora, including the dogs, wolves, and foxes."
"CYNOREXIA","A voracious appetite, like that of a starved dog."
"CYNOSURAL","Of or pertaining to a cynosure."
"CYON","See Cion, and Scion."
"CYPERACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large family of plants ofwhich the sedge is the type."
"CYPERUS","A large genus of plants belonging to the Sedge family, andincluding the species called galingale, several bulrushes, and theEgyptian papyrus."
"CYPHER","See Cipher."
"CYPHONAUTES","The free-swimming, bivalve larva of certain Bryozoa."
"CYPHONISM","A punishment sometimes used by the ancients, consisting in thebesmearing of the criminal with honey, and exposing him to insects.It is still in use among some Oriental nations."
"CYPRAEA","A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See Cowrie."
"CYPRES","A rule for construing written instruments so as to conform asnearly to the intention of the parties as is consistent with law.Mozley & W."
"CYPRESS","A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus. The species aremostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its durability."
"CYPRINE","Of or pertaining to the cypress."
"CYPRINODONT","One of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including thekillifishes or minnows. See Minnow."
"CYPRINOID","Like the carp (Cyprinus).-- n."
"CYPRIOT","A native or inhabitant of Cyprus."
"CYPRIPEDIUM","A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper."
"CYPRIS","A genus of small, bivalve, freshwater Crustacea, belonging tothe Ostracoda; also, a member of this genus."
"CYPRUS","A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to,crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common,and used for mourning. [Obs.]Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus black as e'er was crow. Shak."
"CYPRUSLAWN","Same as Cyprus. Milton."
"CYPSELA","A one-seeded, one-called, indehiscent fruit; an achene with thecalyx tube adherent."
"CYPSELIFORM","Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselid\u00e6.)"
"CYRENAIC","Pertaining to Cyrenaica, an ancient country of northern Africa,and to Cyrene, its principal city; also, to a school of philosophyfounded by Aristippus, a native of Cyrene.-- n."
"CYRENIAN","Pertaining to Cyrene, in Africa; Cyrenaic."
"CYRIOLOGIC","Relating to capital letters."
"CYRTOSTYLE","A circular projecting portion."
"CYST","One of the bladders or air vessels of certain alg\u00e6, as of thegreat kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds (Fuci) of our shores.D. C. Eaton."
"CYSTED","Inclosed in a cyst."
"CYSTIC","Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, orcontained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder. Cysticduct, the duct from the gall bladder which unites with the hepatic toform the common bile duct.-- Cystic worm (Zo\u00f6l.), a larval tape worm, as the cysticercus andechinococcus."
"CYSTICULE","An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes. Owen."
"CYSTID","One of the Cystidea."
"CYSTIDEA","An order of Crinoidea, mostly fossils of the Paleozoic rocks.They were usually roundish or egg-shaped, and often unsymmetrical;some were sessile, others had short stems."
"CYSTIDEAN","One of the Cystidea."
"CYSTINE","A white crystalline substance, C3H7NSO2, containing sulphur,occuring as a constituent of certain rare urinary calculi, andoccasionally found as a sediment in urine."
"CYSTIS","A cyst. See Cyst."
"CYSTITIS","Inflammation of the bladder."
"CYSTOCARP","A minute vesicle in a red seaweed, which contains thereproductive spores."
"CYSTOCELE","Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes; vesical hernia."
"CYSTOIDEA","Same as Cystidea."
"CYSTOLITH","A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of aplant."
"CYSTOLITHIC","Relating to stone in the bladder."
"CYSTOPLAST","A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a redblood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth."
"CYSTOSE","Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery."
"CYSTOTOME","A knife or instrument used in cystotomy."
"CYSTOTOMY","The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation ofcutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus."
"CYTHEREAN","Pertaining to the goddess Venus."
"CYTOBLAST","The nucleus of a cell; the germinal or active spot of acellule, through or in which cell development takes place."
"CYTOBLASTEMA","See Protoplasm."
"CYTOCOCCUS","The nucleus of the cytula or parent cell. H\u00e6ckel."
"CYTODE","A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest formof independent life differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei arepresent."
"CYTOGENESIS","Development of cells in animal and vegetable organisms. SeeGemmation, Budding, Karyokinesis; also Cell development, under Cell."
"CYTOGENOUS","Producing cells; -- applied esp. to lymphatic, or adenoid,tissue."
"CYTOGENY","Cell production or development; cytogenesis."
"CYTOID","Cell-like; -- applied to the corpuscles of lymph, blood, chyle,etc."
"CYTOPLASM","The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from thekaryoplasma, or substance of the nucleus.-- Cy`to*plas'mic (-pl, a."
"CYTULA","The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, from the development ofwhich the child or other organism is formed. H\u00e6ckel."
"CZAR","A king; a chief; the title of the emperor of Russia. [Writtenalso tzar.]"
"CZAREVNA","The title of the wife of the czarowitz."
"CZARINA","The title of the empress of Russia."
"CZARINIAN","Of or pertaining to the czar or the czarina; czarish."
"CZARISH","Of or pertaining to the czar."
"CZAROWITZ","The title of the eldest son of the czar of Russia."
"CZECHIC","Of or pertaining to the Czechs. 'One Czechic realm.' TheNation."
"CZECHS","The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations,numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemiaand Moravia."
"D","The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (thatin C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (thatin A minor), or of the key tone in the relative minor of F."
"D VALVE","A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide."
"DAB","A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.]One excels at a plan or the titlepage, another works away at the bodyof the book, and the therd is a dab at an index. Goldsmith."
"DABB","A large, spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found inEgypt, Arabia, and Palestine; -- called also dhobb, and dhabb."
"DABBER","That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used byprinters, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plateswith ink."
"DABBLE","To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; tomoisten; to wet. 'Bright hair dabbled in blood.' Shak."
"DABBLINGLY","In a dabbling manner."
"DABCHICK","A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes,remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick,dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, andpied-billed grebe."
"DABOIA","A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica)."
"DABSTER","One who is skilled; a master of his business; a proficient; anadept. [Colloq.]"
"DACAPO","From the beginning; a direction to return to, and end with, thefirst strain; -- indicated by the letters D. C. Also, the strain sorepeated."
"DACE","A small European cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus orLeuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare."
"DACHSHUND","One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and longbody; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired."
"DACIAN","Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians.-- n."
"DACOIT","One of a class of robbers, in India, who act in gangs."
"DACOITY","The practice of gang robbery in India; robbery committed bydacoits."
"DACOTAHS","Same as Dacotas. Longfellow."
"DACTYL","A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followedby two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L.t\u00ebgm\u00een\u00ea, E. mer'ciful; -- so called from the similarity of itsarrangement to that of the joints of a finger. [Written alsodactyle.]"
"DACTYLAR","Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of aninsect crustacean."
"DACTYLET","A dactyl. [Obs.]"
"DACTYLIC","Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as,dactylic verses."
"DACTYLIOGLYPHY","The art or process of gem engraving."
"DACTYLIOMANCY","Divination by means of finger rings."
"DACTYLIST","A writer of dactylic verse."
"DACTYLITIS","An inflammatory affection of the fingers. Gross."
"DACTYLOLOGY","The art of communicating ideas by certain movements andpositions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by thedeaf and dumb."
"DACTYLOMANCY","Dactylio mancy. [R.] Am. Cyc."
"DACTYLONOMY","The art of numbering or counting by the fingers."
"DACTYLOPTEROUS","Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially orentirely free, as in the gurnards."
"DACTYLOTHECA","The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds."
"DACTYLOZOOID","A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or evenvermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora."
"DAD","Father; -- a word sometimes used by children.I was never so bethumped withwords, Since I first called my brother'sfather dad. Shak."
"DADDLE","To toddle; to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man;hence, to do anything slowly or feebly."
"DADDOCK","The rotten body of a tree. [Prov. Eng.] Wright."
"DADDY","Diminutive of Dad. Dryden."
"DADDY LONGLEGS","An arachnidan of the genus Phalangium, and allied genera,having a small body and four pairs of long legs; -- called alsoharvestman, carter, and grandfather longlegs."
"DADE","To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child whilehe toddles. [Obs.]Little children when they learn to go By painful mothers daded to andfro. Drayton."
"DAEDALOUS","Having a variously cut or incised margin; -- said of leaves."
"DAFF","To cast aside; to put off; to doff. [Obs.]Canst thou so daff me Thou hast killed my child. Shak."
"DAFTNESS","The quality of being daft."
"DAG","The unbrunched antler of a young deer."
"DAG-TAILED","Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks. 'Dag-tailed sheep.' Bp. Hall."
"DAGGER","A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [|]. It is thesecond in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; --called also obelisk. Dagger moth (Zo\u00f6l.), any moth of the genusApatalea. The larv\u00e6 are often destructive to the foliage of fruittrees, etc.-- Dagger of lath, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the oldMoralities. Shak.-- Double dagger, a mark of reference [||] which comes next in orderafter the dagger.-- To look, or speak, daggers, to look or speak fiercely orreproachfully."
"DAGGES","An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introducedabout a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans. [Obs.]Halliwell."
"DAGGLE","To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; tomoisten.The warrior's very plume, I say, Was daggled by the dashing spray.Sir W. Scott."
"DAGGLE-TAIL","A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail."
"DAGLOCK","A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock."
"DAGO","A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension,Portuguese or Italian) descent. [U. S.]"
"DAGOBA","A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or someBuddhist saint. [East Indies]"
"DAGON","The national god of the Philistines, represented with the faceand hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish. W. Smith.This day a solemn feast the people hold To Dagon, their sea idol.Milton.They brought it into the house of Dagon. 1 Sam. v. 2."
"DAGSWAIN","Acoarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool.'Under coverlets made of dagswain.' Holinshed."
"DAGUERREOTYPE","One who takes daguerreotypes."
"DAGUERREOTYPY","The art or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre."
"DAHABEAH","A nile boat"
"DAHLIA","A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of theorder Composit\u00e6; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerousvarieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differin color."
"DAHLIN","A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called alsoinulin. See Inulin."
"DAHOON","An evergreen shrub or small tree (Ilex cassine) of the southernUnited States, bearing red drupes and having soft, white, close-grained wood; -- called also dahoon holly."
"DAILINESS","Daily occurence. [R.]"
"DAILY","Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as,daily labor; a daily bulletin.Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. vi. 11.Bunyan has told us . . . that in New England his dream was the dailysubject of the conversation of thousands. Macaulay."
"DAIMIO","The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.daimyoThe daimios, or territorial nobles, resided in Yedo and were dividedinto four classes. Am. Cyc."
"DAINT","Something of exquisite taste; a dainty. [Obs.] -- a."
"DAINTIFY","To render dainty, delicate, or fastidious. 'Daintifiedemotion.' Sat. rev."
"DAINTILY","In a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously;deliciously; prettily."
"DAINTINESS","The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance;delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.The daintiness and niceness of our captains Hakluyt.More notorious for the daintiness of the provision . . . than for themassiveness of the dish. Hakewill.The duke exeeded in the daintiness of his leg and foot, and the earlin the fine shape of his hands, Sir H. Wotton."
"DAINTREL","Adelicacy. [Obs.] Halliwell."
"DAIRA","Any of several valuable estates of the Egyptian khedive or hisfamily. The most important are the Da'i*ra Sa'ni*eh, or Sa'ni*yeh,and the Da'i*ra Khas'sa, administered by the khedive's Europeanbondholders, and known collectively as the Daira, or the Dairaestates."
"DAIRYING","The business of conducting a dairy."
"DAIRYMAID","A female servant whose business is the care of the dairy."
"DAIRYMAN","A man who keeps or takes care of a dairy."
"DAIRYWOMAN","A woman who attends to a dairy."
"DAISIED","Full of daisies; adorned with daisies. 'The daisied green.'Langhorne.The grass all deep and daisied. G. Eliot."
"DAK","Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- speltalso dawk, and dauk. [India] Dak boat, a mail boat. Percy Smith.-- Dak bungalow, a traveler's rest-house at the and of a dak stage.-- To travel by dak, to travel by relays of palanquines or othercarriage, as fast as the post along a road."
"DAKER HEN","The corncrake or land rail."
"DAKOTA GROUP","A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation inWestern North America; -- so named from the region where the stratawere first studied."
"DAKOTAS","An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes,mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part,called Sioux. [Written also Dacotahs.]"
"DAL","Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus. [East Indies]"
"DAL SEGNO","A direction to go back to the sign Segno."
"DALESMAN","One living in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to theinhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc.Macaulay."
"DALF","imp. of Delve. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DALLES","A rapid, esp. one where the channel is narrowed between rockwalls. [Northwestern U. S. & Canada]"
"DALLIER","One Who fondles; a trifler; as, dalliers with pleasant words.Asham."
"DALLOP","A tuft or clump. [Obs.] Tusser."
"DALLY","To delay unnecessarily; to while away.Dallying off the time with often skirmishes. Knolles."
"DALMANIA","A genus of trilobites, of many species, common in the UpperSilurian and Devonian rocks."
"DALMANITES","Same as Dalmania."
"DALMATIAN","Of or pertaining to Dalmatia. Dalmatian dog (Zo\u00f6l.), a carriagedog, shaped like a pointer, and having black or bluish spots on awhite ground; the coach dog."
"DALTONIAN","One afflicted with color blindness."
"DALTONISM","Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red;color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from thechemist Dalton, who had this infirmity. Nichol."
"DAM","A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of thehearth of a blast furnace. Dam plate (Blast Furnace), an iron platein front of the dam, to strengthen it."
"DAMAGE","The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injurysustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party,for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another."
"DAMAGE FEASANT","Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle. Blackstone."
"DAMAN","A small herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax. The speciesfound in Palestine and Syria is Hyrax Syriacus; that of NorthernAfrica is H. Brucei; -- called also ashkoko, dassy, and rock rabbit.See Cony, and Hyrax."
"DAMAR","See Dammar."
"DAMARA","A native of Damaraland, German Southwest Africa. The Damarasinclude an important and warlike Bantu tribe, and the Hill Damaras,who are Hottentots and mixed breeds hostile to the Bantus."
"DAMASCENE","Of or relating to Damascus."
"DAMASCUS","A city of Syria. Damascus blade, a sword or scimiter, madechiefly at Damascus, having a variegated appearance of watering, andproverbial for excellence.-- Damascus iron, or Damascus twist, metal formed of thin bars orwires of iron and steel elaborately twisted and welded together; usedfor making gun barrels, etc., of high quality, in which the surface,when polished and acted upon by acid, has a damasc appearance.-- Damascus steel. See Damask steel, under Damask, a."
"DAMASCUS STEEL","See Damask steel, under Damask."
"DAMASK","To decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed toDamascus; particularly: (a) with flowers and rich designs, as silk;(b) with inlaid lines of gold, etc., or with a peculiar marking or'water,' as metal. See Damaskeen.Mingled metal damasked o'er with gold. DrydeOn the soft, downy bank, damasked with flowers. Milton."
"DAMASKIN","A sword of Damask steel.No old Toledo blades or damaskins. Howell"
"DAMASSE","Woven like damask.-- n."
"DAMASSIN","A kind of modified damask or blocade."
"DAMBONITE","A white crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an Africancaotchouc."
"DAMBOSE","A crystalline vari ety of fruit sugar obtained from dambonite."
"DAMEWORT","A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for itsfragrance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called alsorocket and dame's violet. Loudon."
"DAMIANA","A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac."
"DAMIANIST","A follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6thcentury, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the HolyTrinity."
"DAMMARA","A large tree of the order Conifer\u00e6, indigenous to the EastIndies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis. There are severalspecies."
"DAMN","To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign toperdition; to curse."
"DAMNABILITY","The quality of being damnable; damnableness. Sir T. More."
"DAMNABLENESS","The state or quality of deserving damnation; execrableness.The damnableness of this most execrable impiety. Prynne."
"DAMNATION","Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, orthe punishment itself.How can ye escape the damnation of hell Matt. xxiii. 33.Wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation. Shak."
"DAMNATORY","Doo 'Damnatory invectives.' Hallam."
"DAMNIFIC","Procuring or causing loss; mischievous; injurious."
"DAMNIFICATION","That which causes damage or loss."
"DAMNIFY","To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to imparir. [R.]This work will ask as many more officials to make expurgations andexpunctions, that the commonwealth of learning be not damnified.Milton."
"DAMNING","That damns; damnable; as, damning evidence of guilt."
"DAMNINGNESS","Tendency to bring damnation. 'The damningness of them [sins].'Hammond."
"DAMNUM","Harm; detriment, either to character or property."
"DAMOURITE","A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water."
"DAMP","A gaseous prodact, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.Choke damp, a damp consisting principally of carboniCarbonic acid,under Carbonic.-- Damp sheet, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air currentsand prevent accumulation of gas.-- Fire damp, a damp consisting chiefly of light carburetedhydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when mixed withatmospheric air and brought into contact with flame."
"DAMP OFF","To decay and perish through excessive moisture."
"DAMPEN","To become damp; to deaden. Byron."
"DAMPER","That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate inthe flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check orregulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte,to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to checksome action at a particular time.Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any damper at the modestlittle festivities. W. Black."
"DAMPISH","Moderately damp or moist.-- Damp'ish*ly, adv.-- Damp'ish*ness, n."
"DAMPNE","To damn. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DAMPNESS","Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness."
"DAMSEL","An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hoppe"
"DAMSON","A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety ofthe Prunus domestica; -- called also damask plum."
"DAN","A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir. [Obs.]Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright The pure wellhead of poetry diddwell. Spenser.What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land. Thomson."
"DANAIDE","A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outertapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually toboth shells, but sometimes only to one."
"DANAITE","A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite."
"DANALITE","A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of areddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, andglicinum, containing sulphur."
"DANBURITE","A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It isnear the topaz in form. Dana."
"DANCE","To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up anddown; to dandle.To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind. Shak.Thy grandsire loved thee well; Many a time he danced thee on hisknee. Shak.To dance attendance, to come and go obsequiously; to be or remain inwaiting, at the beck and call of another, with a view to please orgain favor.A man of his place, and so near our favor, To dance attendance ontheir lordships' pleasure. Shak."
"DANCER","One who dances or who practices dancing. The merry dancers,beams of the northern lights when they rise and fall alternatelywithout any considerable change of length. See Aurora borealis, underAurora."
"DANCERESS","A female dancer. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"DANCETTE","Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancett\u00e9 hasonly three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon."
"DANCING","from Dance. Dancing girl, one of the women in the East Indieswhose profession is to dance in the temples, or for the amusement ofspectators. There are various classes of dancing girls.-- Dancing master, a teacher of dancing.-- Dancing school, a school or place where dancing is taught."
"DANCY","Same as Dancett\u00e9."
"DANDELION","A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum (T. officinale,formerly called T. Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearinglarge, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves."
"DANDER","To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently. [Prov. Eng.]Halliwell."
"DANDI","A boatman; an oarsman. [India]"
"DANDIE","One of a breed of small terriers; -- called also DandieDinmont."
"DANDIFIED","Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy;buckish."
"DANDIFY","To cause to resemble a dandy; to make dandyish."
"DANDLER","One who dandles or fondles."
"DANDRIFF","See Dandruff. Swift."
"DANDRUFF","A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small orparticles. [Written also dandriff.]"
"DANDY","A bantam fowl."
"DANDYISH","Like a dandy."
"DANDYISM","The manners and dress of a dandy; foppishness. Byron."
"DANDYLING","A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop."
"DANE","A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark. Great Dane.(Zo\u00f6l.) See Danish dog, under Danish."
"DANEWORT","A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarfelder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, andDane's-blood."
"DANG","imp. of Ding. [Obs.]"
"DANGER","To endanger. [Obs.] Shak."
"DANGERFUL","Full of danger; dangerous. [Obs.] -- Dan'ger*ful*ly, adv.[Obs.] Udall."
"DANGERLESS","Free from danger. [R.]"
"DANGLE","To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion.he'd rather on a gibbet dangle Than miss his dear delight, towrangle. Hudibras.From her lifted hand Dangled a length of ribbon. Tennyson.To dangle about or after, to hang upon importunately; to court thefavor of; to beset.The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle after them, arewell inclined to pull down the present establishment. Swift."
"DANGLEBERRY","A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub(Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. Thebush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England toKentucky, and southward."
"DANGLER","One who dangles about or after others, especially after women;a trifler. ' Danglers at toilets.' Burke."
"DANIEL","A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness ofjudgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge.A Daniel come to judgment. Shak."
"DANISH","Belonging to the Danes, or to their language or country.-- n."
"DANITE","One of a secret association of Mormons, bound by an oath toobey the heads of the church in all things. [U. S.]"
"DANK","Damp; moist; humid; wet.Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire. Milton.Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground. Trench."
"DANKISH","Somewhat dank.-- Dank'ish*ness, n.In a dark and dankish vault at home. Shak."
"DANNEBROG","The ancient battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures ofcross and crown. Order of Dannebrog, an ancient Danish order ofknighthood."
"DANSEUSE","a professional female dancer; a woman who dances at a publicexhibition as in a ballet."
"DANSK","Danish. [Obs.]"
"DANSKER","A Dane. [Obs.]Inquire me first what Danskers are in Paris. Shak."
"DANTEAN","Relatingto, emanating from or resembling, the poet Dante or hiswritings."
"DANTESQUE","Dantelike; Dantean. Earle."
"DANUBIAN","Pertainingto, or bordering on, the river Danube."
"DAP","To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water.To catch a club by dapping with a grasshoper. Walton."
"DAPATICAL","Sumptuous in cheer. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DAPHNE","A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and withfragrant blossoms."
"DAPHNETIN","A colorless crystalline substance, C9H6O4, extracted fromdaphnin."
"DAPHNIA","A genus of the genus Daphnia."
"DAPHNOMANCY","Divination by means of the laurel."
"DAPIFER","One who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, theofficial title of the grand master or steward of the king's or anobleman's household."
"DAPPER","Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress orappearance; lively.He wondered how so many provinces could be held in subjection by sucha dapper little man. Milton.The dapper ditties that I wont devise. Spenser.Sharp-nosed, dapper steam yachts. Julian Hawthorne."
"DAPPERLING","A dwarf; a dandiprat. [r.]"
"DAPPLE","One of the spots on a dappled animal.He has . . . as many eyes on his body as my gray mare hath dapples.Sir P. Sidney."
"DARBIES","Manacles; handcuffs. [Cant]Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies. Sir W. Scott."
"DARBY","A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothingceilings, etc."
"DARBYITE","One of the Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; -- socalled from John N. Darby, one of the leaders of the Brethren."
"DARDANIAN","Trojan."
"DARE","To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to bebold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. Shak.Why then did not the ministers use their new law Bacause they durstnot, because they could not. Macaulay.Who dared to sully her sweet love with suspicion. Thackeray.The tie of party was stronger than the tie of blood, because apartisan was more ready to dare without asking why. Jowett (Thu"
"DARE-DEVIL","A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devilexcitement.A humorous dare-devil -- the very man To suit my prpose. Ld. Lytton."
"DARE-DEVILTRY","Reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil."
"DAREFUL","Full af daring or of defiance; adveturous. [R.] Shak."
"DARER","One who dares or defies."
"DARING","Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act."
"DARK","A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or thelike; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.The lights may serve for a repose to the darks, and the darks to thelights. Dryden."
"DARKEN","To grow or darker."
"DARKENER","One who, or that which, darkens."
"DARKENING","Twilight; gloaming. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Wright."
"DARKFUL","Full of darkness. [Obs.]"
"DARKISH","Somewhat dark; dusky."
"DARKLE","To grow dark; to show indistinctly. Thackeray."
"DARKLING","In the dark. [Poetic]So, out went the candle, and we were left darkling. Shak.As the wakeful bird Sings darkling. Milton."
"DARKSOME","Dark; gloomy; obscure; shaded; cheerless. [Poetic]He brought him through a darksome narrow pass To a broad gate, allbuilt of beaten gold. Spenser."
"DARKY","A negro. [Sleng]"
"DARLING","One dearly beloved; a favorite.And can do naught but wail her darling's loss. Shak."
"DARLINGTONIA","A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a singlespecies. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, andfrequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of theleaves."
"DARN","To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn orthread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockins.Swift.Darning last. See under Last.-- Darning needle. (a) A long, strong needle for mending holes orrents, especially in stockings. (b) (Zo\u00f6l.) Any species of dragonfly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. Theseflies are harmless and without stings."
"DARNEL","Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum(bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous.Other species, as Lolium perenne (rye grass or ray grass), and itsvariety L. Italicum (Italian rye grass), are highly esteemed forpasture and for making hay."
"DARNER","One who mends by darning."
"DAROO","The Egyptian sycamore (Ficus Sycamorus). See Sycamore."
"DARR","The European black tern."
"DARREIN","Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance."
"DART","A fish; the dace. See Dace. Dart sac (Zo\u00f6l.), a sac connectedwith the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart,or arrowlike structure."
"DARTARS","A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs."
"DARTER","The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so calledbecause it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. SeeSnakebird."
"DARTINGLY","Like a dart; rapidly."
"DARTLE","To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: --frequentative of dart.My star that dartles the red and the blue. R. Browning."
"DARTOIC","Of or pertaining to the dartos."
"DARTOID","Like the dartos; dartoic; as, dartoid tissue."
"DARTOS","A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneaththe skin of the scrotum."
"DARTROUS","Relating to, or partaking of the nature of, the disease calledtetter; herpetic. Dartroud diathesis, A morbid condition of thesystem predisposing to the development of certain skin deseases, suchas eczema, psoriasis, and pityriasis. Also called rheumic diathesis,and hipretism. Piffard."
"DARWINIAN","Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of themanner and cause of the supposed development of living things fromcertain original forms or elements."
"DARWINIANISM","Darwinism."
"DARWINISM","The theory or doctrines put forth by Darwin. See above. Huxley."
"DASE","See Daze. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DASEWE","To become dim-sighted; to become dazed or dazzled. [Obs.]Chauscer."
"DASH","To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strikeviolently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.[He] dashed through thick and thin. Dryden.On each hand the gushing waters play, And down the rough cascade alldashing fall. Thomson."
"DASHEEN","A tropical aroid (of the genus Caladium, syn. Colocasia) havingan edible farinaceous root. It is related to the taro and to thetanier, but is much superior to it in quality and is as easily cookedas the potato. It is a staple food plant of the tropics, beingprepared like potatoes, and has been introduced into the SouthernUnited States."
"DASHING","Bold; spirited; showy.The dashing and daring spirit is preferable to the listless. T.Campbell."
"DASHINGLY","Conspicuously; showily. [Colloq.]A dashingly dressed gentleman. Hawthorne."
"DASHISM","The character of making ostentatious or blustering parade orshow. [R. & Colloq.]He must fight a duel before his claim to . . . dashism can beuniversally allowed. V. Knox."
"DASHPOT","A pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as inthe valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock."
"DASHY","Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable;showy. [Colloq.]"
"DASTARD","One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; apoltroon.You are all recreants and dashtards, and delight to live in slaveryto the nobility. Shak."
"DASTARDIZE","To make cowardly; to intimidate; to dispirit; as, to dastardizemy courage. Dryden."
"DASTARDLINESS","The quality of being dastardly; cowardice; base fear."
"DASTARDLY","Meanly timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage."
"DASTARDNESS","Dastardliness."
"DASTARDY","Base timidity; cowardliness."
"DASWE","See Dasewe [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DASYMETER","An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of athin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then inan atmosphere of known density."
"DASYPAEDAL","Dasyp\u00e6dic."
"DASYPAEDES","Those birds whose young are covered with down when hatched."
"DASYPAEDIC","Pertaining to the Dasyp\u00e6des; ptilop\u00e6dic."
"DASYURE","A carnivorous marsupial quadruped of Australia, belonging tothe genus Dasyurus. There are several species."
"DASYURINE","Pertaining to, or like, the dasyures."
"DATA","See Datum."
"DATABLE","That may be dated; having a known or ascertainable date.'Datable almost to a year.' The Century."
"DATARIA","Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate officefrom which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo,such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the worddatum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place ofgranting the gift or favor)."
"DATARY","An officer in the pope's court, having charge of the Dataria."
"DATE","The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself."
"DATE LINE","The hypothetical line on the surface of the earth fixed byinternational or general agreement as a boundary on one side of whichthe same day shall have a different name and date in the calendarfrom its name and date on the other side."
"DATELESS","Without date; having no fixed time."
"DATER","One who dates."
"DATISCIN","A white crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp(Datisca cannabina)."
"DATIVE","Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object,and is generally indicated in English by to or for with theobjective."
"DATIVELY","As a gift. [R.]"
"DATOLITE","A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenishcrystals. [Written also datholite.]"
"DATUM","The quantities or relations which are assumed to be given inany problem. Datum line (Surv.), the horizontal or base line, fromwhich the heights of points are reckoned or measured, as in the planof a railway, etc."
"DATURA","A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowersand a four-celled, capsular fruit."
"DATURINE","Atropine; -- called also daturia and daturina."
"DAUB","To smear; to play the flatterer.His conscience . . . will not daub nor flatter. South."
"DAUBER","A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inkingplates; a dabber."
"DAUBREELITE","A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons."
"DAUBY","Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive. 'Dauby wax.'"
"DAUGHTER-IN-LAW","The wife of one's son."
"DAUGHTERLINESS","The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter."
"DAUGHTERLY","Becoming a daughter; filial.Sir Thomas liked her natural and dear daughterly affection towardshim. Cavendish."
"DAUK","See Dawk, v. t., to cut or gush."
"DAUN","A variant of Dan, a title of honor. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DAUNTER","One who daunts."
"DAUNTLESS","Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless;intrepid.Dauntless he rose, and to the fight returned. Dryden.-- Daunt'less*ly, adv.-- Daunt'less*ness, n."
"DAUPHIN","The title of the eldest son of the king of France, and heir tothe crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has beendiscontinued."
"DAUW","The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa(Asinus Burchellii); -- called also peechi, or peetsi."
"DAVENPORT","A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental,and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir.A much battered davenport in one of the windows, at which sat a ladywriting. A. B. Edwards."
"DAVIDIC","Of or pertaining to David, the king and psalmist of Israel, orto his family."
"DAVIT","Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side ofstern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck,rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits. Totten."
"DAVY JONES","The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors.This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is thefiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and isseen in various shapes warning the devoted wretch of death and woe.Smollett.Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean, or bottom of the ocean.-- Gone to Davy Jones's Locker, dead, and buried in the sea; thrownoverboard."
"DAVY LAMP","See Safety lamp, under Lamp."
"DAVYNE","A variety of nephelite from Vesuvius."
"DAVYUM","A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a whitemalleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154."
"DAW","A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), oftennesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.The loud daw, his throat displaying, draw The whole assembly of hisfellow daws. Waller."
"DAWDLE","To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. Johnson.We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. Thackeray."
"DAWDLER","One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; atrifler."
"DAWE","Day. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DAWISH","Like a daw."
"DAWK","See Dak."
"DAWSONITE","A hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white,bladed crustals."
"DAY-COAL","The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface."
"DAY-LABOR","Labor hired or performed by the day. Milton."
"DAY-LABORER","One who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer,or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade. Goldsmith."
"DAY-NET","A net for catching small birds."
"DAY-PEEP","The dawn. [Poetic] Milton."
"DAYAKS","See Dyaks."
"DAYBOOK","A journal of accounts; a primary record book in which arerecorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in theirorder, and from which they are transferred to the journal."
"DAYBREAK","The time of the first appearance of light in the morning."
"DAYDREAM","A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air;unfounded hope.Mrs. Lambert's little daydream was over. Thackeray."
"DAYDREAMER","One given to draydreams."
"DAYFLOWER","A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs(Commelina), having ephemeral flowers."
"DAYFLY","A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera,of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; theephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day inthe winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral."
"DAYLIGHT","The eyes. [Prov. Eng.] Wright."
"DAYMAID","A dairymaid. [Obs.]"
"DAYMARE","A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended bythe peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare.Dunglison."
"DAYSMAN","An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.Neither is there any daysman betwixt us. Job ix. 33."
"DAYSPRING","The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; thedawn; hence, the beginning. Milton.The tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hathvisited us. Luke i. 78."
"DAYTIME","The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished fromthe night."
"DAYWOMAN","A dairymaid. [Obs.]"
"DAZE","To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, orwith fear; to confuse; to benumb.While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. Spenser.Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world. Sir H. Taylor.He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though asufficient substitute for interest. Dickens."
"DAZZLE","A light of dazzling brilliancy."
"DAZZLEMENT","Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light. Donne."
"DAZZLINGLY","In a dazzling manner."
"DE BENE ESSE","Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time;conditionally; provisionally. Abbott."
"DE FACTO","Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, --distinguished from a king de jure, or by right."
"DE JURE","By right; of right; by law; -- often opposed to be facto."
"DE RIGUEUR","According to strictness (of etiquette, rule, or the like);obligatory; strictly required."
"DE-","A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline,decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent toLatin dis- apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negativeand opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive indeprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc."
"DEACON","An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certainsubordinate duties varying in different communions. In the RomanCatholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowestorder in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. InPresbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders,and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion serviceand the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he issubordinate to the pastor, and has duties as in the Presbyterianchurch."
"DEACONESS","A female deacon; as:(a) (Primitive Ch.) One of an order of women whose duties resembledthose of deacons. (b) (Ch. of Eng. and Prot. Epis. Ch.)"
"DEACONHOOD","The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship."
"DEACONRY","See Deaconship."
"DEACONSHIP","The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess."
"DEAD","Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power ofenjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monkis civilly dead."
"DEAD BEAT","See Beat, n., 7. [Low, U.S.]"
"DEAD-EYE","A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or aniron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; --used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Calledalso deadman's eye. Totten."
"DEAD-PAY","Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names arekept on the rolls.O you commanders, That, like me, have no dead-pays. Massinger."
"DEAD-RECKONING","See under Dead, a."
"DEAD-STROKE","Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat. Dead-stroke hammer(Mach.), a power hammer having a spring interposed between thedriving mechanism and the hammer head, or helve, to lessen the recoilof the hammer and reduce the shock upon the mechanism."
"DEADBEAT","Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a singlebeat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments inwhich the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection andstops with little or no further oscillation. Deadbeat escapement. Seeunder Escapement."
"DEADBORN","Stillborn. Pope."
"DEADENER","One who, or that which, deadens or checks."
"DEADHEAD","A buoy. See under Dead, a."
"DEADHOUSE","A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure ofdead bodies."
"DEADISH","Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike.The lips put on a deadish paleness. A. Stafford."
"DEADLATCH","A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that itcan not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outsideby the latch key. Knight."
"DEADLIGHT","A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water ina storm."
"DEADLIHOOD","State of the dead. [Obs.]"
"DEADLINESS","The quality of being deadly."
"DEADNESS","The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity,etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness;indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; thedeadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beeror cider; deadness to the world, and the like."
"DEADS","The substances which inclose the ore on every side."
"DEADWOOD","A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel togive solidity."
"DEADWORKS","The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden."
"DEAF","To deafen. [Obs.] Dryden."
"DEAF-MUTE","A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation ordefect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech,or has lost it. [See Illust. of Dactylology.]Deaf-mutes are still so called, even when, by artificial methods,they have been taught to speak imperfectly."
"DEAF-MUTISM","The condition of being a deaf-mute."
"DEAFEN","To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, byfilling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc."
"DEAFENING","The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a flooror wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in thisprocess; pugging."
"DEAFLY","Without sense of sounds; obscurely."
"DEAL","The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board orplank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seveninches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower thanthis, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end."
"DEALBATE","To whiten. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"DEALBATION","Act of bleaching; a whitening. [Obs.]"
"DEALFISH","A long, thin fish of the arctic seas (Trachypterus arcticus)."
"DEALING","The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cardsto the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse;transaction; as, to have dealings with a person. Double dealing,insincere, treacherous dealing; duplicity.-- Plain dealing, fair, sincere, honorable dealing; honest,outspoken expression of opinion."
"DEALTH","Share dealt. [Obs.]"
"DEAMBULATE","To walk abroad. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"DEAMBULATION","A walking abroad; a promenading. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot."
"DEAMBULATORY","Going about from place to place; wandering; of or pertaining toa deambulatory. [Obs.] 'Deambulatory actors.' Bp. Morton."
"DEANSHIP","The office of a dean.I dont't value your deanship a straw. Swift."
"DEAR","A dear one; lover; sweetheart.That kiss I carried from thee, dear. Shak."
"DEAR-BOUGHT","Bought at a high price; as, dear-bought experience."
"DEAR-LOVED","Greatly beloved. Shak."
"DEARBORN","A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides."
"DEARE","variant of Dere, v. t. & n. [Obs.]"
"DEARIE","Same as Deary. Dickens."
"DEARLING","A darling. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DEARN","Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful. [Obs.] Shak.-- Dearn'ly, adv. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DEARTH","Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack offood on account of failure of crops; famine.There came a dearth over all the land of Egypt. Acts vii. 11.He with her press'd, she faint with dearth. Shak.Dearth of plot, and narrowness of imagination. Dryden."
"DEARTICULATE","To disjoint."
"DEARWORTH","Precious. [Obs.] Piers Plowman."
"DEARY","A dear; a darling. [Familiar]"
"DEAS","See Dais. [Scot.]"
"DEATH","Loss of spiritual life.To be death. Rom. viii. 6."
"DEATHBED","The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours oflife of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness.That often-quoted passage from Lord Hervey in which the Queen'sdeathbed is described. Thackeray."
"DEATHBIRD","Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- socalled from a superstition of the North American Indians that itsnote presages death."
"DEATHBLOW","A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills ordestroys.The deathblow of my hope. Byron."
"DEATHFULNESS","Appearance of death. Jer. Taylor."
"DEATHLESS","Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal;undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame."
"DEATHLINESS","The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey."
"DEATHLY","Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive."
"DEATHSMAN","An executioner; a headsman or hangman. [Obs.] Shak."
"DEATHWARD","Toward death."
"DEAURATE","Gilded. [Obs.]"
"DEAURATION","Act of gilding. [Obs.]"
"DEAVE","To stun or stupefy with noise; to deafen. [Scot.]"
"DEBACCHATE","To rave as a bacchanal. [R.] Cockeram."
"DEBACCHATION","Wild raving or debauchery. [R.] Prynne."
"DEBACLE","A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waterswhich breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and dispersesblocks of stone and other d\u00e9bris."
"DEBAR","To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; topreclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut outor exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of.Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposed Labor, as to debar us whenwe need Refreshment. Milton.Their wages were so low as to debar them, not only from the comfortsbut from the common decencies of civilized life. Buckle."
"DEBARB","To deprive of the beard. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DEBARK","To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore."
"DEBARKATION","Disembarkation.The debarkation, therefore, had to take place by small steamers. U.S. Grant."
"DEBARMENT","Hindrance from approach; exclusion."
"DEBARRASS","To disembarrass; to relieve. [R.]"
"DEBASE","To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth,dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate;to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind byfrivolity; to debase style by vulgar words.The coin which was adulterated and debased. Hale.It is a kind of taking God's name in vain to debase religion withsuch frivolous disputes. Hooker.And to debase the sons, exalts the sires. Pope."
"DEBASED","Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted;reversed."
"DEBASEMENT","The act of debasing or the state of being debased. Milton."
"DEBASER","One who, or that which, debases."
"DEBASINGLY","In a manner to debase."
"DEBATABLE","Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy orcontention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question.The Debatable Land or Ground, a tract of land between the Esk and theSark, claimed by both England and Scotland; the Batable Ground."
"DEBATEFUL","Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DEBATEFULLY","With contention. [Obs.]"
"DEBATEMENT","Controversy; deliberation; debate. [R.]A serious question and debatement with myself. Milton."
"DEBATER","One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; acontrovertist.Debate where leisure serves with dull debaters. Shak."
"DEBATING","The act of discussing or arguing; discussion. Debating societyor club, a society or club for the purpose of debate and improvementin extemporaneous speaking."
"DEBATINGLY","In the manner of a debate."
"DEBAUCH","To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in characteror principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, todebauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch anarmy.Learning not debauched by ambition. Burke.A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardenedbefore he can arrive to the height of sin. South.Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes. Cowley."
"DEBAUCHED","Dissolute; dissipated. 'A coarse and debauched look.' Ld.Lytton."
"DEBAUCHEDLY","In a profligate manner."
"DEBAUCHEDNESS","The state of being debauched; intemperance. Bp. Hall."
"DEBAUCHEE","One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; aman habitually lewd; a libertine."
"DEBAUCHER","One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer tolewdness."
"DEBAUCHMENT","The act of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty."
"DEBAUCHNESS","Debauchedness. [Obs.]"
"DEBEIGE","A kind of woolen or mixed dress goods. [Written also debage.]"
"DEBEL","To conquer. [Obs.] Milton."
"DEBELLATE","To subdue; to conquer in war. [Obs.] Speed."
"DEBELLATION","The act of conquering or subduing. [Obs.]"
"DEBENTURE STOCK","The debt or series of debts, collectively, represented by aseries of debentures; a debt secured by a trust deed of property forthe benefit of the holders of shares in the debt or of a series ofdebentures. By the terms of much debenture stock the holders are notentitled to demand payment until the winding up of the company ordefault in payment; in the winding up of the company or default inpayment; in the case of railway debentures, they cannot demandpayment of the principal, and the debtor company cannot redeem thestock, except by authority of an act of Parliament. [Eng.]"
"DEBENTURED","Entitled to drawback or debenture; as, debentured goods."
"DEBILE","Weak. [Obs.] Shak."
"DEBILITANT","Diminishing the energy of organs; reducing excitement; as, adebilitant drug."
"DEBILITATE","To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, todebilitate the body by intemperance.Various ails debilitate the mind. Jenyns.The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this lasteffort. Sir W. Scott."
"DEBILITATION","The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one whois debilitated; weakness."
"DEBILITY","The state of being weak; weakness; feebleness; languor.The inconveniences of too strong a perspiration, which are debility,faintness, and sometimes sudden death. Arbuthnot."
"DEBIT","A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; --mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account."
"DEBITOR","A debtor. [Obs.] Shak."
"DEBITUMINIZATION","The act of depriving of bitumen."
"DEBITUMINIZE","To deprive of bitumen."
"DEBLAI","The cavity from which the earth for parapets, etc. (remblai),is taken."
"DEBONAIR","Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; ofgood appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant.Was never prince so meek and debonair. Spenser."
"DEBONAIRITY","Debonairness. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DEBONAIRLY","Courteously; elegantly."
"DEBONAIRNESS","The quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness;courtesy. Sterne."
"DEBOSH","To debauch. [Obs.] 'A deboshed lady.' Beau. & Fl."
"DEBOSHMENT","Debauchment. [Obs.]"
"DEBOUCH","To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, intoopen ground; to issue.Battalions debouching on the plain. Prescott."
"DEBOUCHE","A place for exit; an outlet; hence, a market for goods.The d\u00e9bouch\u00e9s were ordered widened to afford easy egress. TheCentury."
"DEBOUCHURE","The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait."
"DEBRIS","Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially,fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base."
"DEBRUISED","Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bendor other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut.The lion of England and the lilies of France without the batonsinister, under which, according to the laws of heraldry, they wheredebruised in token of his illegitimate birth. Macaulay."
"DEBT","An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of moneyalleged to be due. Burrill. Bond debt, Book debt, etc. See underBond, Book, etc.-- Debt of nature, death."
"DEBTED","Indebted; obliged to. [R.]I stand debted to this gentleman. Shak."
"DEBTEE","One to whom a debt is due; creditor; -- correlative to debtor.Blackstone."
"DEBTLESS","Free from debt. Chaucer."
"DEBTOR","One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative tocreditor.[I 'll] bring your latter hazard back again, And thankfully restdebtor for the first. Shak.In Athens an insolvent debtor became slave to his creditor. Mitford.Debtors for our lives to you. Tennyson."
"DEBULLIATE","To boil over. [Obs.]"
"DEBULLITION","A bubbling or boiling over. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DEBURSE","To disburse. [Obs.] Ludlow."
"DEBUSCOPE","A modification of the kaleidoscope; -- used to reflect imagesso as to form beautiful designs."
"DEBUT","A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance beforethe public, as of an actor or public speaker."
"DECA-","A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (MetricSystem), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten timesthe principal unit."
"DECACERATA","The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids,cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called alsoDecapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata."
"DECACUMINATED","Having the point or top cut off. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DECAD","A decade.Averill was a decad and a half his elder. Tennyson."
"DECADAL","Pertaining to ten; consisting of tens."
"DECADE","A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; adecennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; thesecond decade of Livy. [Written also decad.]During this notable decade of years. Gladstone."
"DECADENT","Decaying; deteriorating."
"DECADIST","A writer of a book divided into decades; as, Livy was adecadist. [R.]"
"DECAGON","A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles; any figurehaving ten angles. A regular decagon is one that has all its sidesand angles equal."
"DECAGONAL","Pertaining to a decagon; having ten sides."
"DECAGYNIA","A Linn\u00e6an order of plants characterized by having ten styles."
"DECAHEDRAL","Having ten sides."
"DECAHEDRON","A solid figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces. [Writtenalso, less correctly, decaedron.]"
"DECALCIFICATION","The removal of calcareous matter."
"DECALCIFY","To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is toremove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin."
"DECALOG","Decalogue."
"DECALOGIST","One who explains the decalogue. J. Gregory."
"DECALOGUE","The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on MountSinai, and originally written on two tables of stone."
"DECAMERON","A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in tendays; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian."
"DECAMPMENT","Departure from a camp; a marching off."
"DECANAL","Pertaining to a dean or deanery.His rectorial as well as decanal residence. Churton.Decanal side, the side of the choir on which the dean's tall isplaced.-- Decanal stall, the stall allotted to the dean in the choir, onthe right or south side of the chancel. Shipley."
"DECANDRIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants characterized by having ten stamens."
"DECANE","A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H22, of the paraffin series, includingseveral isomeric modifications."
"DECANGULAR","Having ten angles."
"DECANI","Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall isplaced; decanal; -- correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, ordecani, side."
"DECANT","To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb thesediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decantwine."
"DECANTATE","To decant. [Obs.]"
"DECANTATION","The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees orsediment, or from one vessel into another."
"DECAPHYLLOUS","Having ten leaves."
"DECAPITATION","The act of beheading; beheading."
"DECAPOD","A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of theDecapoda. Also used adjectively."
"DECAPODA","The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters,crabs, etc."
"DECARBONATE","To deprive of carbonic acid."
"DECARBONIZATION","The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon."
"DECARBONIZE","To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonizethe blood. Decarbonized iron. See Malleable iron.-- Decarbonized steel, homogenous wrought iron made by a steelprocess, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron."
"DECARBONIZER","He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance."
"DECARBURIZATION","The act, process, or result of decarburizing."
"DECARBURIZE","To deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from."
"DECARD","To discard. [Obs.]You have cast those by, decarded them. J. Fletcher."
"DECARDINALIZE","To depose from the rank of cardinal."
"DECASTERE","A measure of capacity, equal to ten steres, or ten cubicmeters."
"DECASTICH","A poem consisting of ten lines."
"DECASTYLE","Having ten columns in front; -- said of a portico, temple, etc.-- n."
"DECASYLLABIC","Having, or consisting of, ten syllables."
"DECATHLON","In the modern Olympic Games, a composite contest consisting ofa 100-meter run, a broad jump, putting the shot, a running high-jump,a 400-meter run, throwing the discus, a 100-meter hurdle race, polevaulting, throwing the javelin, and a 1500-meter run."
"DECATOIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, decane."
"DECAY","To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state,to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; todecline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot;to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay.Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealthaccumulates and men decay. Goldsmith."
"DECAYED","Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected withdecay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a decayedfortune or gentleman.-- De*cay'ed*ness, n."
"DECAYER","A causer of decay. [R.]"
"DECEASE","Departure, especially departure from this life; death.His decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. Luke ix. 31.And I, the whilst you mourn for his decease, Will with my mourningplaints your plaint increase. Spenser."
"DECEASED","Passed away; dead; gone. The deceased, the dead person."
"DECEDE","To withdraw. [Obs.] Fuller."
"DECEDENT","Removing; departing. Ash."
"DECEIT","Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, orunderhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is therebyeffected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation."
"DECEITFUL","Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead orinsnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.Harboring foul deceitful thoughts. Shak."
"DECEITFULLY","With intent to deceive."
"DECEITLESS","Free from deceit. Bp. Hall."
"DECEIVABLY","In a deceivable manner."
"DECEIVER","One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; animpostor.The deceived and the deceiver are his. Job xii. 16."
"DECEMBRIST","One of those who conspired for constitutional governmentagainst the Emperor Nicholas on his accession to the throne at thedeath of Alexander I., in December, 1825; -- called also Dekabrist."
"DECEMDENTATE","Having ten points or teeth."
"DECEMFID","Cleft into ten parts."
"DECEMLOCULAR","Having ten cells for seeds."
"DECEMPEDAL","Having ten feet; decapodal. [R.] Bailey."
"DECEMVIRAL","Pertaining to the decemvirs in Rome."
"DECEMVIRSHIP","The office of a decemvir. Holland."
"DECENCE","Decency. [Obs.] Dryden."
"DECENE","One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H20, of the ethylene series."
"DECENNARY","A tithing consisting of ten neighboring families. Burrill."
"DECENNIAL","Consisting of ten years; happening every ten years; as, adecennial period; decennial games. Hallam."
"DECENNIUM","A period of ten years. 'The present decennium.' Hallam. 'Thelast decennium of Chaucer's life.' A. W. Ward."
"DECENTRALIZATION","The action of decentralizing, or the state of beingdecentralized. 'The decentralization of France.' J. P. Peters."
"DECENTRALIZE","To prevent from centralizing; to cause to withdraw from thecenter or place of concentration; to divide and distribute (what hasbeen united or concentrated); -- esp. said of authority, or theadministration of public affairs."
"DECEPTIBLE","Capable of being deceived; deceivable. Sir T. Browne.-- De*cep`ti*bil'i*ty (, n."
"DECEPTIOUS","Tending deceive; delusive. [R.]As if those organs had deceptious functions. Shak."
"DECEPTIVE","Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress withfalse opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from oureyes. Trench.Deceptive cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the subdominant, or in someforeign key, postponing the final close."
"DECEPTIVELY","In a manner to deceive."
"DECEPTIVENESS","The power or habit of deceiving; tendency or aptness todeceive."
"DECEPTIVITY","Deceptiveness; a deception; a sham. [R.] Carlyle."
"DECEPTORY","Deceptive. [R.]"
"DECERN","To decree; to adjudge."
"DECERNITURE","A decree or sentence of a court. Stormonth."
"DECERP","To pluck off; to crop; to gather. [Obs.]"
"DECERPT","Plucked off or away. [Obs.]"
"DECERPTIBLE","That may be plucked off, cropped, or torn away. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DECERTATION","Contest for mastery; contention; strife. [R.] Arnway."
"DECESSION","Departure; decrease; -- opposed to accesion. [Obs.] Jer.Taylor."
"DECHARM","To free from a charm; to disenchant."
"DECHRISTIANIZE","To turn from, or divest of, Christianity."
"DECIARE","A measure of area, the tenth part of an are; ten square meters."
"DECIDABLE","Capable of being decided; determinable."
"DECIDE","To determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to aconclusion; to give decision; as, the court decided in favor of thedefendant.Who shall decide, when doctors disagree Pope."
"DECIDEDLY","In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly."
"DECIDEMENT","Means of forming a decision. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"DECIDENCE","A falling off. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"DECIDER","One who decides."
"DECIDUA","The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops theembryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it."
"DECIDUATA","A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, orafter, the fetus, as in the human species."
"DECIDUATE","Possessed of, or characterized by, a decidua."
"DECIDUITY","Deciduousness. [R.]"
"DECIDUOUS","Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certainseason, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (exceptof evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair,teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certainseasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduousmembrane."
"DECIDUOUSNESS","The quality or state of being deciduous."
"DECILLION","According to the English notation, a million involved to thetenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to theFrench and American notation, a thousand involved to the eleventhpower, or a unit with thirty-three ciphers annexed. [See the Noteunder Numeration.]"
"DECILLIONTH","Pertaining to a decillion, or to the quotient of unity dividedby a decillion."
"DECIMAL","Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens;having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times theunit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage. Decimalarithmetic, the common arithmetic, in which numeration proceeds bytens.-- Decimal fraction, a fraction in which the denominator is somepower of 10, as -- Decimal point, a dot or full stop at the left of adecimal fraction. The figures at the left of the point representunits or whole numbers, as 1.05."
"DECIMALISM","The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures,etc."
"DECIMALIZE","To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency.-- Dec`i*mal*i*za'tion, n."
"DECIMALLY","By tens; by means of decimals."
"DECIMATOR","One who decimates. South."
"DECIME","A French coin, the tenth part of a franc, equal to about twocents."
"DECIMOSEXTO","A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded intosixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size ofbook; -- usually written 16mo or 16\u00ba."
"DECINE","One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H15, of the acetyleneseries; -- called also decenylene."
"DECIPHERABLE","Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable."
"DECIPHERER","One who deciphers."
"DECIPHERESS","A woman who deciphers."
"DECIPHERMENT","The act of deciphering."
"DECIPIENCY","State of being deceived; hallucination. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"DECIPIUM","A supposed rare element, said to be associated with cerium,yttrium, etc., in the mineral samarskite, and more recently calledsamarium. Symbol Dp. See Samarium."
"DECISORY","Able to decide or determine; having a tendency to decide. [R.]"
"DECISTERE","The tenth part of the stere or cubic meter, equal to 3.531cubic feet. See Stere."
"DECITIZENIZE","To deprive of the rights of citizenship. [R.]We have no law -- as the French have -- to decitizenize a citizen.Edw. Bates."
"DECIVILIZE","To reduce from civilization to a savage state. [R.] Blackwood'sMag."
"DECK","The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when madenearly flat."
"DECKEL","Same as Deckle."
"DECKLE","A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a handmold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, andforms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines thewidth of the paper. [Spelt also deckel, and deckle.]"
"DECKLE EDGE","The rough, untrimmed edge of paper left by the deckle; also, arough edge in imitation of this."
"DECKLE-EDGED","Having a deckle edge; as, deckle-edged paper; a deckle-edgedbook."
"DECLAIMANT","A declaimer. [R.]"
"DECLAIMER","One who declaims; an haranguer."
"DECLAMATOR","A declaimer. [R.] Sir T. Elyot."
"DECLARABLE","Capable of being declared. Sir T. Browne."
"DECLARANT","One who declares. Abbott."
"DECLARATION","That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth inorder and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of theplaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See Count, n., 3.Declaration of Independence. (Amer. Hist.) See under Independence.-- Declaration of rights. (Eng. Hist) See Bill of rights, underBill.-- Declaration of trust (Law), a paper subscribed by a grantee ofproperty, acknowledging that he holds it in trust for the purposesand upon the terms set forth. Abbott."
"DECLARATIVE","Making declaration, proclamation, or publication; explanatory;assertive; declaratory. 'Declarative laws.' Baker.The 'vox populi,' so declarative on the same side. Swift."
"DECLARATIVELY","By distinct assertion; not impliedly; in the form of adeclaration.The priest shall expiate it, that is, declaratively. Bates."
"DECLARATOR","A form of action by which some right or interest is sought tobe judicially declared."
"DECLARATORILY","In a declaratory manner."
"DECLARATORY","Making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear ormanifest; affirmative; expressive; as, a clause declaratory of thewill of the legislature. Declaratory act (Law), an act or statutewhich sets forth more clearly, and declares what is, the existinglaw."
"DECLARE","To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the purpose ofpaying taxes, duties, etc. To declare off, to recede from anagreement, undertaking, contract, etc.; to renounce.-- To declare one's self, to avow one's opinion; to show openly whatone thinks, or which side he espouses."
"DECLAREDLY","Avowedly; explicitly."
"DECLAREDNESS","The state of being declared."
"DECLAREMENT","Declaration. [Obs.]"
"DECLARER","One who makes known or proclaims; that which exhibits. Udall."
"DECLASS","To remove from a class; to separate or degrade from one'sclass.  North Am. Rev."
"DECLENSIONAL","Belonging to declension.Declensional and syntactical forms. M. Arnold."
"DECLINABLE","Capable of being declined; admitting of declension orinflection; as, declinable parts of speech."
"DECLINAL","Declining; sloping."
"DECLINATE","Bent downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve;declined."
"DECLINATION","The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator,either northward or southward."
"DECLINATORY","Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as ofsubmission to a charge or sentence. Blackstone. Declinatory plea (O.Eng. Law), the plea of sanctuary or of benefit of clergy, beforetrial or conviction; -- now abolished."
"DECLINATURE","The act of declining or refusing; as, the declinature of anoffice."
"DECLINE","To inflect, or rehearse in order the changes of grammaticalform of; as, to decline a noun or an adjective."
"DECLINED","Declinate."
"DECLINER","He who declines or rejects.A studious decliner of honors. Evelyn."
"DECLINOMETER","An instrument for measuring the declination of the magneticneedle."
"DECLINOUS","Declinate."
"DECOCTIBLE","Capable of being boiled or digested."
"DECOCTURE","A decoction. [R.]"
"DECOHERER","A device for restoring a coherer to its normal condition afterit has been affected by an electric wave, a process usuallyaccomplished by some method of tapping or shaking, or by rotation ofthe coherer."
"DECOLLATE","To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate.The decollated head of St. John the Baptist. Burke."
"DECOLLATED","Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as theapex of certain univalve shells."
"DECOLLETAGE","The upper border or part of a d\u00e9collet\u00e9 corsage."
"DECOLLETE","Leaving the neck and shoulders uncovered; cut low in the neck,or low-necked, as a dress."
"DECOLLING","Beheading. [R.]By a speedy dethroning and decolling of the king. ParliamentaryHistory (1648)."
"DECOLOR","To deprive of color; to bleach."
"DECOLORANT","A substance which removes color, or bleaches."
"DECOLORATE","Deprived of color."
"DECOLORATION","The removal or absence of color. Ferrand."
"DECOLORIZE","To deprive of color; to whiten. Turner.-- De*col`or*i*za'tion, n."
"DECOMPLEX","Repeatedly compound; made up of complex constituents."
"DECOMPOSABLE","Capable of being resolved into constituent elements."
"DECOMPOSE","To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into originalelements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemicalcombination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay."
"DECOMPOSED","Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when thefeathers are divergent."
"DECOMPOSITE","See Decompound, a., 2."
"DECOMPOUND","Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem;decomposite."
"DECOMPOUNDABLE","Capable of being decompounded."
"DECONCENTRATE","To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize. [R.]"
"DECONCENTRATION","Act of deconcentrating. [R.]"
"DECONCOCT","To decompose. [R.] Fuller."
"DECONSECRATE","To deprive of sacredness; to secularize.-- De*con`se*cra'tion, n."
"DECORAMENT","Ornament. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DECORATE","To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary;to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; todecorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate themind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors.Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decorated herarms. Thackeray."
"DECORATION DAY","= Memorial Day. [U. S.]"
"DECORATIVE","Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning.-- Dec'o*ra*tive*ness, n. Decorative art, fine art which has for itsend ornamentation, rather than the representation of objects orevents."
"DECORATOR","One who decorates, adorns, or embellishes; specifically, anartisan whose business is the decoration of houses, esp. theirinterior decoration."
"DECORE","To decorate; to beautify. [Obs.]To decore and beautify the house of God. E. Hall."
"DECOREMENT","Ornament. [Obs.]"
"DECOROUS","Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion;marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, adecorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge.A decorous pretext the war. Motley.-- De*co'rous*ly, adv.-- De*co'rous*ness, n."
"DECORTICATE","To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; topeel; to hull. 'Great barley dried and decorticated.' Arbuthnot."
"DECORTICATION","The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat."
"DECORTICATOR","A machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc.; also, aninstrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees."
"DECORUM","Propriety of manner or conduct; grace arising from suitablenessof speech and behavior to one's own character, or to the place andoccasion; decency of conduct; seemliness; that which is seemly orsuitable.Negligent of the duties and decorums of his station. Hallam.If your master Would have a queen his beggar, you must tell him, Thatmajesty, to keep decorum, must No less beg than a kingdom. Shak."
"DECOY","To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare;to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops intoan ambush; to decoy ducks into a net.Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy. Thomson.E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting,asks if this be joy. Goldsmith."
"DECOY-DUCK","A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a personemployed to lure others into danger. Beau. & Fl."
"DECOY-MAN","A man employed in decoying wild fowl."
"DECOYER","One who decoys another."
"DECREASE","To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminishedgradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength,quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June toDecember.He must increase, but I must decrease. John iii. 30."
"DECREASELESS","Suffering no decrease. [R.]It [the river] flows and flows, and yet will flow, Volumedecreaseless to the final hour. A. Seward."
"DECREASING","Becoming less and less; diminishing.-- De*creas'ing*ly, adv. Decreasing series (Math.), a series inwhich each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term."
"DECREATION","Destruction; -- opposed to creation. [R.] Cudworth."
"DECREE","An edict or law made by a council for regulating any businesswithin their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiasticalcouncils."
"DECREEABLE","Capable of being decreed."
"DECREER","One who decrees. J. Goodwin."
"DECREET","The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferiorcourt, by which the question at issue is decided."
"DECREMENT","A name given by Ha\u00fcy to the successive diminution of the layersof molecules, applied to the faces of the primitive form, by which hesupposed the secondary forms to be produced."
"DECREPIT","Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmitiesof old age; feeble; worn out. 'Beggary or decrepit age.' Milton.Already decrepit with premature old age. Motley."
"DECREPITATE","To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, todecrepitate salt."
"DECREPITATION","The act of decrepitating; a crackling noise, such as salt makeswhen roasting."
"DECREPITNESS","Decrepitude. [R.] Barrow."
"DECREPITUDE","The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of age;infirm old age."
"DECRESCENDO","With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers,either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), orindicated by the sign."
"DECRESCENT","Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, adecrescent moon."
"DECRETAL","Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretalepistle. Ayliffe."
"DECRETE","A decree. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DECRETION","A decrease. [Obs.] Pearson."
"DECRETIST","One who studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals."
"DECRETIVE","Having the force of a decree; determining.The will of God is either decretive or perceptive. Bates."
"DECRETORIAL","Decretory; authoritative. Sir T. Browne."
"DECRETORILY","In a decretory or definitive manner; by decree."
"DECREW","To decrease. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DECRIAL","A crying down; a clamorous censure; condemnation by censure."
"DECRIER","One who decries."
"DECROWN","To deprive of a crown; to discrown. [R.] Hakewill."
"DECRUSTATION","The removal of a crust."
"DECRY","To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; toclamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage.For small errors they whole plays decry. Dryden.Measures which are extolled by one half of the kingdom are naturallydecried by the other. Addison."
"DECUBATION","Act of lying down; decumbence. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"DECUBITUS","An attitude assumed in lying down; as, the dorsal decubitus."
"DECUMAN","Large; chief; -- applied to an extraordinary billow, supposedby some to be every tenth in order. [R.] Also used substantively.'Such decuman billows.' Gauden. 'The baffled decuman.' Lowell."
"DECUMBENT","Reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand, and tendingto rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent stem. Gray."
"DECUMBENTLY","In a decumbent posture."
"DECUMBITURE","Aspect of the heavens at the time of taking to one's sick bed,by which the prognostics of recovery or death were made."
"DECUPLE","Tenfold. [R.]"
"DECURION","A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who commandeda division of ten soldiers."
"DECURIONATE","The office of a decurion."
"DECURRENCE","The act of running down; a lapse. [R.] Gauden."
"DECURRENT","Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extendsdownward and forms a wing along the stem.-- De*cur'rent*ly, adv."
"DECURSION","A flowing; also, a hostile incursion. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale."
"DECURSIVE","Running down; decurrent."
"DECURSIVELY","In a decursive manner. Decursively pinnate (Bot.), having theleaflets decurrent, or running along the petiole; -- said of a leaf."
"DECURT","To cut short; to curtail. [Obs.] Bale."
"DECURTATION","Act of cutting short. [Obs.]"
"DECURY","A set or squad of ten men under a decurion. Sir W. Raleigh."
"DECUSSATE","To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X;to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light,nerves, etc."
"DECUSSATELY","In a decussate manner."
"DECUSSATION","Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thuscrossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation oflines, nerves, etc."
"DECUSSATIVE","Intersecting at acute angles. Sir T. Browne."
"DECUSSATIVELY","Crosswise; in the form of an X. 'Anointed decussatively.' SirT. Browne."
"DECYL","A hydrocarbon radical, C10H21, never existing alone, butregarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compoundsof the paraffin series."
"DECYLIC","Allied to, or containing, the radical decyl."
"DEDALIAN","See D\u00e6dalian."
"DEDALOUS","See D\u00e6dalous."
"DEDANS","A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators."
"DEDE","Dead. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DEDECORATE","To bring to shame; to disgrace. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DEDECORATION","Disgrace; dishonor. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DEDECOROUS","Disgraceful; unbecoming. [R.] Bailey."
"DEDENTITION","The shedding of teeth. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"DEDICATE","Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated. 'Dedicate tonothing temporal.' Shak."
"DEDICATEE","One to whom a thing is dedicated; -- correlative to dedicator."
"DEDICATOR","One who dedicates; more especially, one who inscribes a book tothe favor of a patron, or to one whom he desires to compliment."
"DEDICATORIAL","Dedicatory."
"DEDICATORY","Constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental. 'Anepistle dedicatory.' Dryden."
"DEDIMUS","A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place ofa judge, as to examine a witness, etc. Bouvier."
"DEDITION","The act of yielding; surrender. [R.] Sir M. Hale."
"DEDOLENT","Feeling no compunction; apathetic. [R.] Hallywell."
"DEDUCEMENT","Inference; deduction; thing deduced. [R.] Dryden."
"DEDUCIBILITY","Deducibleness."
"DEDUCIBLENESS","The quality of being deducible; deducibility."
"DEDUCIBLY","By deduction."
"DEDUCIVE","That deduces; inferential."
"DEDUCTIVE","Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced frompremises; deducible.All knowledge of causes is deductive. Glanvill.Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process. Whewell."
"DEDUCTIVELY","By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence. Sir T.Browne."
"DEDUCTOR","The pilot whale or blackfish."
"DEDUIT","Delight; pleasure. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DEDUPLICATION","The division of that which is morphologically one organ intotwo or more, as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair orcluster."
"DEED","Dead. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DEED POLL","A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, anddistinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchmentor paper cut even, or polled as it was anciently termed, instead ofbeing indented. Burrill."
"DEEDFUL","Full of deeds or exploits; active; stirring. [R.] 'A deedfullife.' Tennyson."
"DEEDLESS","Not performing, or not having performed, deeds or exploits;inactive.Deedless in his tongue. Shak."
"DEEDY","Industrious; active. [R.] Cowper."
"DEEM","Opinion; judgment. [Obs.] Shak."
"DEEMSTER","A judge in the Isle of Man who decides controversies withoutprocess. Cowell."
"DEEP","To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply.Deep-versed in books, and shallow in himself. Milton.Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. Pope."
"DEEP-FET","Deeply fetched or drawn. [Obs.] 'Deep-fet groans.' Shak."
"DEEP-LAID","Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laidplans."
"DEEP-MOUTHED","Having a loud and sonorous voice. 'Deep-mouthed dogs.' Dryden."
"DEEP-READ","Profoundly book-learned. 'Great writers and deep-read men.'L'Estrange."
"DEEP-SEA","Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sealine (i. e., a line to take soundings at a great depth); deep-sealead; deep-sea soundings, explorations, etc."
"DEEP-WAISTED","Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop andforecastle are much elevated above the deck."
"DEEPEN","To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of thelead; the plot deepens.His blood-red tresses deepening in the sun. Byron."
"DEER","A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of relatedgenera of the family Cervid\u00e6. The males, and in some species thefemales, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shedannually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison."
"DEER-NECK","A deerlike, or thin, ill-formed neck, as of a horse."
"DEERBERRY","A shrub of the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also, itsbitter, greenish white berry; -- called also squaw huckleberry."
"DEERGRASS","An American genus (Rhexia) of perennial herbs, with oppositeleaves, and showy flowers (usually bright purple), with four petalsand eight stamens, -- the only genus of the order Melastomace\u00e6inhabiting a temperate clime."
"DEERHOUND","One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer;a staghound."
"DEERLET","A chevrotain. See Kanchil, and Napu."
"DEERSKIN","The skin of a deer, or the leather which is made from it.Hakluyt. Longfellow."
"DEERSTALKER","One who practices deerstalking."
"DEERSTALKING","The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares."
"DEES","Dice. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DEESIS","An invocation of, or address to, the Supreme Being."
"DEESS","A goddess. [Obs.] Croft."
"DEEV","See Dev."
"DEFACE","To destroy; to make null. [Obs.][Profane scoffing] doth . . . deface the reverence of religion.Bacon.For all his power was utterly defaste [defaced]. Spenser."
"DEFACER","One who, or that which, defaces or disfigures."
"DEFAIL","To cause fail. [Obs.]"
"DEFAILANCE","Failure; miscarriage. [Obs.]Possibility of defailance in degree or continuance. Comber."
"DEFAILURE","Failure. [Obs.] Barrow."
"DEFALCATE","To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chieflyof money, accounts, rents, income, etc.To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from the [theestimates]. Burke."
"DEFALCATOR","A defaulter or embezzler. [Modern]"
"DEFALK","To lop off; to bate. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"DEFAMATION","Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderouscommunication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring thegood name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion."
"DEFAMATORY","Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious;slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings."
"DEFAME","Dishonor. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DEFAMER","One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator."
"DEFAMINGLY","In a defamatory manner."
"DEFAMOUS","Defamatory. [Obs.]"
"DEFATIGABLE","Capable of being wearied or tired out. [R.] Glanvill."
"DEFATIGATE","To weary or tire out; to fatigue. [R.] Sir T. Herbert."
"DEFATIGATION","Weariness; fatigue. [R.] Bacon."
"DEFAULT","A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to securethe benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a dayassigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to makeanswer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc. In default of, in case offailure or lack of.Cooks could make artificial birds and fishes in default of the realones. Arbuthnot.-- To suffer a default (Law), to permit an action to be calledwithout appearing to answer."
"DEFEASANCE","A condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, thedeed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at thesame time with a feoffment, or other conveyance, containingconditions, on the performance of which the estate then created maybe defeated."
"DEFEASANCED","Liable to defeasance; capable of being made void or forfeited."
"DEFEASIBLE","Capable of being annulled or made void; as, a defeasible title.-- De*fea'si*ble*ness, n."
"DEFEATURED","Changed in features; deformed. [R.]Features when defeatured in the . . . way I have described. DeQuincey."
"DEFECATE","Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.;refined; purified.Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense. Bates."
"DEFECATION","The act or process of voiding excrement."
"DEFECATOR","That which cleanses or purifies; esp., an apparatus forremoving the feculencies of juices and sirups. Knight."
"DEFECT","To fail; to become deficient. [Obs.] 'Defected honor.' Warner."
"DEFECTIBILITY","Deficiency; imperfection. [R.] Ld. Digby. Jer. Taylor."
"DEFECTIBLE","Liable to defect; imperfect. [R.] 'A defectible understanding.'Jer. Taylor."
"DEFECTION","Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound byallegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion;failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding. 'Defectionand falling away from God.' Sir W. Raleigh.The general defection of the whole realm. Sir J. Davies."
"DEFECTIONIST","One who advocates or encourages defection."
"DEFECTIOUS","Having defects; imperfect. [Obs.] 'Some one defectious piece.'Sir P. Sidney."
"DEFECTIVE","Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation;as, a defective noun or verb.-- De*fect'ive*ly, adv.-- De*fect'ive*ness, n."
"DEFECTUOSITY","Great imperfection. [Obs.] W. Montagu."
"DEFECTUOUS","Full of defects; imperfect. [Obs.] Barrow."
"DEFEDATION","The act of making foul; pollution. [Obs.]"
"DEFENCE","See Defense."
"DEFEND","To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, orthe wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; tocontest, as a suit. Burrill."
"DEFENDABLE","Capable of being defended; defensible. [R.]"
"DEFENDANT","A person required to make answer in an action or suit; --opposed to plaintiff. Abbott."
"DEFENDEE","One who is defended. [R. & Ludicrous]"
"DEFENDER","One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, orvindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator.Provinces . . . left without their ancient and puissant defenders.Motley."
"DEFENDRESS","A female defender. [R.]Defendress of the faith. Stow."
"DEFENSATIVE","That which serves to protect or defend."
"DEFENSE","To furnish with defenses; to fortify. [Obs.] [Written alsodefence.]Better manned and more strongly defensed. Hales."
"DEFENSELESS","Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable tooppose; unprotected.-- De*fense'less*ly, adv.-- De*fense'less*ness, n."
"DEFENSER","Defender. [Obs.] Foxe."
"DEFENSIBILITY","Capability of being defended."
"DEFENSIBLENESS","Capability of being defended; defensibility. Priestley."
"DEFENSIVE","That which defends; a safeguard.Wars preventive, upon just fears, are true defensive. Bacon.To be on the defensive, To stand on the defensive, to be or stand ina state or posture of defense or resistance, in opposition toaggression or attack."
"DEFENSIVELY","On the defensive."
"DEFENSOR","A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector."
"DEFENSORY","Tending to defend; defensive; as, defensory preparations."
"DEFER","To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay theexecution of; to delay; to withhold.Defer the spoil of the city until night. Shak.God . . . will not long defer To vindicate the glory of his name.Milton."
"DEFERENCE","A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishesor opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect;complaisance.Deference to the authority of thoughtful and sagacious men. Whewell.Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the mostelegant of all compliments. Shenstone."
"DEFERENT","Serving to carry; bearing. [R.] 'Bodies deferent.' Bacon."
"DEFERENTIAL","Expressing deference; accustomed to defer."
"DEFERENTIALLY","With deference."
"DEFERMENT","The act of delaying; postponement. [R.]My grief, joined with the instant business, Begs a deferment.Suckling."
"DEFERRER","One who defers or puts off."
"DEFEUDALIZE","To deprive of the feudal character or form."
"DEFIANT","Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act.In attitude stern and defiant. Longfellow.-- De*fi'ant*ly, adv.-- De*fi'ant*ness, n."
"DEFIATORY","Bidding or manifesting defiance. [Obs.] Shelford."
"DEFIBRINATE","To deprive of fibrin, as fresh blood or lymph by stirring withtwigs."
"DEFIBRINATION","The act or process of depriving of fibrin."
"DEFIBRINIZE","To defibrinate."
"DEFICIENCE","Same as Deficiency.Thou in thyself art perfect, and in thee Is no deficience found.Milton."
"DEFICIENCY","The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure;imperfection; shortcoming; defect. 'A deficiencyof blood.' Arbuthnot.[Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his deficiencies madehim the ridicule of his contemporaries. Buckle.Deficiency of a curve (Geom.), the amount by which the number ofdouble points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of thesame degree."
"DEFICIENT","Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards arequirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect;incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficientstrength; deficient in judgment.The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety. Macaulay.Deficient number. (Arith.) See under Abundant.-- De*fi'cient-ly, adv."
"DEFICIT","Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, adeficit in taxes, revenue, etc. Addison."
"DEFIER","One who dares and defies; a contemner; as, a defier of thelaws."
"DEFIGURATION","Disfiguration; mutilation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"DEFIGURE","To delineate. [Obs.]These two stones as they are here defigured. Weever."
"DEFILADE","To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior workscommanded from some higher point."
"DEFILADING","The art or act of determining the directions and heights of thelines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interiorfrom exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or fromany works which may be erected. Farrow."
"DEFILE","To march off in a line, file by file; to file off."
"DEFILEMENT","The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from anenfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on theexposed side."
"DEFILER","One who defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that whichpollutes."
"DEFILIATION","Abstraction of a child from its parents. Lamb."
"DEFINABLE","Capable of being defined, limited, or explained; determinable;describable by definition; ascertainable; as, definable limits;definable distinctions or regulations; definable words.-- De*fin'a*bly, adv."
"DEFINE","To determine; to decide. [Obs.]"
"DEFINEMENT","The act of defining; definition; description. [Obs.] Shak."
"DEFINER","One who defines or explains."
"DEFINITE","A thing defined or determined. [Obs.]"
"DEFINITELY","In a definite manner; with precision; precisely; determinately."
"DEFINITENESS","The state of being definite; determinateness; precision;certainty."
"DEFINITION","An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up thelogical essence."
"DEFINITIONAL","Relating to definition; of the nature of a definition; employedin defining."
"DEFINITIVE","A word used to define or limit the extent of the significationof a common noun, such as the definite article, and some pronouns."
"DEFINITIVELY","In a definitive manner."
"DEFINITIVENESS","The quality of being definitive."
"DEFINITUDE","Definiteness. [R.]Definitude . . . is a knowledge of minute differences. Sir W.Hamilton."
"DEFIX","To fix; to fasten; to establish. [Obs.] 'To defix theirprincely seat . . . in that extreme province.' Hakluyt."
"DEFLAGRABILITY","The state or quality of being deflagrable.The ready deflagrability . . . of saltpeter. Boyle."
"DEFLAGRABLE","Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter;hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, assalt."
"DEFLAGRATE","To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also,to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt."
"DEFLAGRATION","The act or process of deflagrating."
"DEFLAGRATOR","A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used forproducing rapid and powerful combustion."
"DEFLATE","To reduce from an inflated condition."
"DEFLECT","To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are oftendeflected.Sitting with their knees deflected under them. Lord (1630)."
"DEFLECTABLE","Capable of being deflected."
"DEFLECTION","The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course."
"DEFLECTIONIZATION","The act of freeing from inflections. Earle."
"DEFLECTIONIZE","To free from inflections.Deflectionized languages are said to be analytic. Earle."
"DEFLECTIVE","Causing deflection. Deflective forces, forces that cause a bodyto deviate from its course."
"DEFLECTOR","That which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a come ina lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help combustion)."
"DEFLEXED","Bent abruptly downward."
"DEFLEXION","See Deflection."
"DEFLEXURE","A bending or turning aside; deflection. Bailey."
"DEFLORATE","Past the flowering state; having shed its pollen. Gray."
"DEFLOURER","One who deflours; a ravisher."
"DEFLOW","To flow down. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"DEFLOWER","Same as Deflour.An earthquake . . . deflowering the gardens. W. Montagu.If a man had deflowered a virgin. Milton."
"DEFLOWERER","See Deflourer. Milton."
"DEFLUOUS","Flowing down; falling off. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DEFLUX","Downward flow. [Obs.] Bacon."
"DEFLUXION","A discharge or flowing of humors or fluid matter, as from thenose in catarrh; -- sometimes used synonymously with inflammation.Dunglison."
"DEFLY","Deftly. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DEFOEDATION","Defedation. [Obs.]"
"DEFOLIATION","The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; thefalling or shedding of the leaves."
"DEFORCEOR","Same as Deforciant. [Obs.]"
"DEFORCIATION","Same as Deforcement, n."
"DEFOREST","To clear of forests; to dis U. S. Agric. Reports."
"DEFORM","Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid. [Obs.]Sight so deform what heart of rock could long Dry-eyed behold Milton."
"DEFORMED","Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen;disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed head.-- De*form'ed*ly, adv.-- De*form'ed*ness, n."
"DEFORMER","One who deforms."
"DEFORSER","A deforciant. [Obs.] Blount."
"DEFRAUD","To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitfuldevice; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; tocheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or thestate; -- with of before the thing taken or withheld.We have defrauded no man. 2 Cor. vii. 2.Churches seem injured and defrauded of their rights. Hooker."
"DEFRAUDATION","The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"DEFRAUDER","One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator."
"DEFRAUDMENT","Privation by fraud; defrauding. [Obs.] Milton."
"DEFRAYAL","The act of defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessarycosts."
"DEFRAYER","One who pays off expenses."
"DEFRAYMENT","Payment of charges."
"DEFT","Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat. [Archaic orPoetic] 'The deftest way.' Shak. 'Deftest feats.' Gay.The limping god, do deft at his new ministry. Dryden.Let me be deft and debonair. Byron."
"DEFTLY","Aptly; fitly; dexterously; neatly. 'Deftly dancing.' Drayton.Thyself and office deftly show. Shak."
"DEFTNESS","The quality of being deft. Drayton."
"DEFUNCT","Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased. 'Defunctorgans.' Shak.The boar, defunct, lay tripped up, near. Byron."
"DEFUNCTION","Death. [Obs.]After defunction of King Pharamond. Shak."
"DEFUNCTIVE","Funereal. [Obs.] 'Defunctive music.' Shak."
"DEFUSE","To disorder; to make shapeless. [Obs.] Shak."
"DEFY","A challenge. [Obs.] Dryden."
"DEGAGE","Unconstrained; easy; free. Vanbrugh."
"DEGARNISHMENT","The act of depriving, as of furniture, apparatus, or agarrison. [R.]"
"DEGENERATE","Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state;having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated;degraded; unworthy; base; low.Faint-hearted and degenerate king. Shak.A degenerate and degraded state. Milton.Degenerate from their ancient blood. Swift.These degenerate days. Pope.I had planted thee a noble vine . . . : how then art thou turned intothe degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me Jer. ii. 21."
"DEGENERATELY","In a degenerate manner; unworthily."
"DEGENERATENESS","Degeneracy."
"DEGENERATION","That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitalityhas become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lowerfor a higher form of structure; as, fatty degeneration of the liver."
"DEGENERATIONIST","A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditarydegradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery isthe result of degeneration from a superior state."
"DEGENERATIVE","Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate."
"DEGENEROUS","Degenerate; base. [Obs.] 'Degenerous passions.' Dryden.'Degenerous practices.' South."
"DEGENEROUSLY","Basely. [Obs.]"
"DEGERM","To extract the germs from, as from wheat grains."
"DEGERMINATOR","A machine for breaking open the kernels of wheat or other grainand removing the germs."
"DEGLAZE","To remove the glaze from, as pottery or porcelain, so as togive a dull finish."
"DEGLAZING","The process of giving a dull or ground surface to glass by acidor by mechanical means. Knight."
"DEGLORIED","Deprived of glory; dishonored. [Obs.] 'With thorns degloried.'G. Fletcher."
"DEGLUTINATE","To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; tounglue."
"DEGLUTINATION","The act of ungluing."
"DEGLUTITION","The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.The muscles employed in the act of deglutition. Paley."
"DEGLUTITIOUS","Pertaining to deglutition. [R.]"
"DEGLUTITORY","Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition."
"DEGRADATION","A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, bythe action of water, fro"
"DEGRADE","To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; towear down."
"DEGRADED","Having the typical characters or organs in a partiallydeveloped condition, or lacking certain parts.Some families of plants are degraded dicotyledons. Dana."
"DEGRADEMENT","Deprivation of rank or office; degradation. [R.] Milton."
"DEGRADINGLY","In a degrading manner."
"DEGRAVATION","The act of making heavy. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DEGREASE","To remove grease or fatty matter from, as wool or silk."
"DEGREE","A certain distance or remove in the line of descent,determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain ofrelationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree.In the 11th century an opinion began to gain ground in Italy, thatthird cousins might marry, being in the seventh degree according tothe civil law. Hallam."
"DEGU","A small South American rodent (Octodon Cumingii), of the familyOctodontid\u00e6."
"DEGUM","To deprive of, or free from, gum; as, to degum ramie."
"DEGUST","To taste. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"DEGUSTATION","Tasting; the appreciation of sapid qualities by the tasteorgans. Bp. Hall."
"DEHISCE","To gape; to open by dehiscence."
"DEHISCENCE","A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachmentor suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or thebursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, thebursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for theexpulsion of their contents."
"DEHISCENT","Characterized by dehiscence; opening in some definite way, asthe capsule of a plant."
"DEHONESTATE","To disparage. [Obs.]"
"DEHONESTATION","A dishonoring; disgracing. [Obs.] Gauden."
"DEHORN","To deprive of horns; to prevent the growth or the horns of(cattle) by burning their ends soon after they start. See Dishorn.'Dehorning cattle.' Farm Journal (1886)."
"DEHORS","Out of; without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record,will, or other instrument."
"DEHORT","To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade. [Obs.]The apostles vehemently dehort us from unbelief. Bp. Ward.'Exhort' remains, but dehort, a word whose place neither 'dissuade'nor any other exactly supplies, has escaped us. Trench."
"DEHORTATION","Dissuasion; advice against something. [R.]"
"DEHORTATIVE","Dissuasive. [R.]"
"DEHORTATORY","Fitted or designed to dehort or dissuade. Bp. Hall."
"DEHORTER","A dissuader; an adviser to the contrary. [Obs.]"
"DEHUMANIZE","To divest of human qualities, such as pity, tenderness, etc.;as, dehumanizing influences."
"DEHUSK","To remove the husk from. [Obs.] 'Wheat dehusked upon thefloor.' Drant."
"DEHYDRATE","To deprive of water; to render free from water; as, todehydrate alcohol."
"DEHYDRATION","The act or process of freeing from water; also, the conditionof a body from which the water has been removed."
"DEHYDROGENATE","To deprive of, or free from, hydrogen."
"DEHYDROGENATION","The act or process or freeing from hydrogen; also, thecondition resulting from the removal of hydrogen."
"DEICTIC","Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposedto elenchtic or refutative."
"DEICTICALLY","In a manner to show or point out; directly; absolutely;definitely.When Christ spake it deictically. Hammond."
"DEIFICATION","The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis;excessive praise."
"DEIFIED","Honored or worshiped as a deity; treated with supreme regard;godlike."
"DEIFIER","One who deifies."
"DEIFORMITY","Likeness to deity. [Obs.]"
"DEIGN","To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; -- followed by aninfinitive.O deign to visit our forsaken seats. Pope.Yet not Lord Cranstone deigned she greet. Sir W. Scott.Round turned he, as not deigning Those craven ranks to see. Macaulay."
"DEIGNOUS","Haughty; disdainful. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DEIL","Devil; -- spelt also deel. [Scot.] Deil's buckie. See underBuckie."
"DEINOCERAS","See Dinoceras."
"DEINORNIS","See Dinornis."
"DEINOSAUR","See Dinosaur."
"DEINOTHERIUM","See Dinotherium."
"DEINTEGRATE","To disintegrate. [Obs.]"
"DEIPAROUS","Bearing or bringing forth a god; -- said of the Virgin Mary.[Obs.] Bailey."
"DEIPNOSOPHIST","One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learnedconversation at meals."
"DEIS","See Dais."
"DEISM","The doctrine or creed of a deist; the belief or system of thosewho acknowledge the existence of one God, but deny revelation."
"DEIST","One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealedreligion; a freethinker."
"DEISTICALLY","After the manner of deists."
"DEISTICALNESS","State of being deistical."
"DEITATE","Deified. [Obs.] Granmer."
"DEJECT","Dejected. [Obs.]"
"DEJECTA","Excrements; as, the dejecta of the sick."
"DEJECTED","Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look orcountenance.-- De*ject'ed*ly, adv.-- De*ject'ed*ness, n."
"DEJECTER","One who casts down, or dejects."
"DEJECTLY","Dejectedly. [Obs.]"
"DEJECTURE","That which is voided; excrements. Arbuthnot."
"DEJERATE","To swear solemnly; to take an oath. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"DEJERATION","The act of swearing solemnly. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"DEJEUNE","A d\u00e9jeuner.Take a d\u00e9jeun\u00e9 of muskadel and eggs. B. Jonson."
"DEJEUNER","A breakfast; sometimes, also, a lunch or collation."
"DEKA-","A prefix signifying ten. See Deca-."
"DEKABRIST","A Decembrist."
"DEKAGRAM","Same as Decagram."
"DEKALITER","Same as Decaliter."
"DEKAMETER","Same as Decameter."
"DEKASTERE","Same as Decastere."
"DEKLE","See Deckle."
"DEL","Share; portion; part. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DEL CREDERE","An agreement by which an agent or factor, in consideration ofan additional premium or commission (called a del crederecommission), engages, when he sells goods on credit, to insure,warrant, or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the purchaser,the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it isnot punctually discharged by the buyer when it becomes due."
"DELACERATION","A tearing in pieces. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DELACRYMATION","An involuntary discharge of watery humors from the eyes;wateriness of the eyes. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DELACTATION","The act of weaning. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DELAINE","A kind of fabric for women's dresses."
"DELAMINATION","Formation and separation of lamin\u00e6 or layers; one of themethods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum aredifferentiated."
"DELAPSATION","See Delapsion. Ray."
"DELAPSE","To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. [Obs.]Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the delapsedcrown from Philip. Drayton."
"DELAPSION","A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion."
"DELASSATION","Fatigue.Able to continue without delassation. Ray."
"DELATE","To dilate. [Obs.] Goodwin."
"DELATION","Accusation by an informer. Milman."
"DELATOR","An accuser; an informer. [R.] Howell."
"DELAWARE","An American grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-coloredberries, sweet and of a good flavor."
"DELAWARES","A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of theDelaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory."
"DELAY","A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingeringinactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat. Actsxxv. 17.The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day.Macaulay."
"DELAYER","One who delays; one who lingers."
"DELAYINGLY","By delays. [R.] Tennyson."
"DELAYMENT","Hindrance. [Obs.] Gower."
"DELE","Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which hasbeen put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus: ."
"DELEBLE","Capable of being blotted out or erased. 'An impression easilydeleble.' Fuller."
"DELECTABLE","Highly pleasing; delightful.Delectable both to behold and taste. Milton.-- De*lec'ta*ble*ness, n.-- De*lec'ta*bly, adv."
"DELECTATE","To delight; to charm. [R.]"
"DELECTATION","Great pleasure; delight."
"DELECTUS","A name given to an elementary book for learners of Latin orGreek. G. Eliot."
"DELEGATE","Sent to act for a represent another; deputed; as, a delegatejudge. 'Delegate power.' Strype."
"DELEGATION","A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from hiscreditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his steadto the creditor, or to the person appointed by him. Pothier."
"DELEGATORY","Holding a delegated position. Nash."
"DELENDA","Things to be erased or blotted out."
"DELENIFICAL","Assuaging pain. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DELETE","To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appearin Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight. Aytoun."
"DELETERIOUS","Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleteriousplant or quality; a deleterious example.-- Del`e*te'ri*ous*ly, adv.-- Del`e*te'ri*ous*ness, n."
"DELETERY","Destructive; poisonous. [Obs.] 'Deletery medicines.' Hudibras."
"DELETION","Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. [Obs.]Jer. Taylor.A total deletion of every person of the opposing party. Sir M. Hale."
"DELETITIOUS","Of such a nature that anything may be erased from it; -- saidof paper."
"DELETIVE","Adapted to destroy or obliterate. [R.] Evelyn."
"DELETORY","That which blots out. [Obs.] 'A deletory of sin.' Jer. Taylor."
"DELF","A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch. [Written also delft, anddelve.] [Obs.]The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machinescould . . . keep them dry. Ray."
"DELFT","Same as Delftware."
"DELIBATE","To taste; to take a sip of; to dabble in. [Obs.]"
"DELIBATION","Act of tasting; a slight trial. [Obs.] Berkeley."
"DELIBER","To deliberate. [Obs.]"
"DELIBERATE","To weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for and against;to consider maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder; as, to deliberate aquestion."
"DELIBERATELY","With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly;warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberatelyformed."
"DELIBERATENESS","The quality of being deliberate; calm consideration;circumspection."
"DELIBERATIVE","Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting bydeliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, adeliberative body.A consummate work of deliberative wisdom. Bancroft.The court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from thedeliberative body, the advisers of the crown. Hallam."
"DELIBERATIVELY","In a deliberative manner; circumspectly; considerately."
"DELIBERATOR","One who deliberates."
"DELIBRATE","To strip off the bark; to peel. [Obs.] Ash."
"DELIBRATION","The act of stripping off the bark. [Obs.] Ash."
"DELICATELY","In a delicate manner."
"DELICATENESS","The quality of being delicate."
"DELICATESSEN","Relishes for the table; dainties; delicacies. 'A dealer indelicatessen'.  G. H. Putnam."
"DELICES","Delicacies; delights. [Obs.] 'Dainty delices.' Spenser."
"DELICIATE","To delight one's self; to indulge in feasting; to revel. [Obs.]"
"DELICIOUSLY","Delightfully; as, to feed deliciously; to be deliciouslyentertained."
"DELICT","An offense or transgression against law; (Scots Law) an offenseof a lesser degree; a misdemeanor.Every regulation of the civil code necessarily implies a delict inthe event of its violation. Jeffrey."
"DELIGATE","To bind up; to bandage."
"DELIGATION","A binding up; a bandaging. Wiseman."
"DELIGHT","To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to pleasehighly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delightsthe ear.Inventions to delight the taste. Shak.Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds. Tennyson."
"DELIGHTABLE","Capable of delighting; delightful. [Obs.]Many a spice delightable. Rom. of R."
"DELIGHTED","Endowed with delight.If virtue no delighted beauty lack. Shak."
"DELIGHTEDLY","With delight; gladly."
"DELIGHTER","One who gives or takes delight."
"DELIGHTFUL","Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction.'Delightful bowers.' Spenser. 'Delightful fruit.' Milton."
"DELIGHTING","Giving delight; gladdening.-- De*light'ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor."
"DELIGHTLESS","Void of delight. Thomson."
"DELIGHTOUS","Delightful. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"DELIGHTSOME","Very pleasing; delightful. 'Delightsome vigor.' Grew.Ye shall be a delightsome land, . . . saith the Lord. Mal. iii. 12.-- De*light'some*ly, adv.-- De*light'some*ness, n."
"DELIGNATE","To clear or strip of wood (by cutting down trees). [R.]Fuller."
"DELILAH","The mistress of Samson, who betrayed him (Judges xvi.); hence,a harlot; a temptress.Other Delilahs on a smaller scale Burns met with during his Dumfriessojourn. J. C. Shairp."
"DELIMIT","To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound."
"DELIMITATION","The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation.Gladstone."
"DELINEABLE","Capable of being, or liable to be, delineated. Feltham."
"DELINEAMENT","Delineation; sketch. Dr. H. More."
"DELINEATE","Delineated; portrayed. [R.]"
"DELINEATOR","A perambulator which records distances and delineates aprofile, as of a road."
"DELINEATORY","That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating."
"DELINEATURE","Delineation. [Obs.]"
"DELINITION","A smearing. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"DELINQUENCY","Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; amisdemeanor; a crime.The delinquencies of the little commonwealth would be represented inthe most glaring colors. Motley."
"DELINQUENT","Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty."
"DELINQUENTLY","So as to fail in duty."
"DELIQUATE","To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce. [Obs.] Boyle."
"DELIQUATION","A melting. [Obs.]"
"DELIQUESCE","To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting andabsorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, andalkalies.In very moist air crystals of strontites deliquesce. Black."
"DELIQUESCENCE","The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by whichanything deliquesces; tendency to melt."
"DELIQUESCENT","Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in mostdeciduous trees. Gray."
"DELIQUIATE","To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; todeliquesce. Fourcroy."
"DELIQUIATION","The act of deliquating."
"DELIQUIUM","A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; aliquid condition; as, a salt falls into a deliquium. [R.]"
"DELIRACY","Delirium. [Obs.]"
"DELIRAMENT","A wandering of the mind; a crazy fancy. [Obs.] Heywood."
"DELIRANCY","Delirium. [Obs.] Gauden."
"DELIRANT","Delirious. [Obs.] Owen."
"DELIRATE","To madden; to rave. [Obs.]An infatuating and delirating spirit in it. Holland."
"DELIRATION","Aberration of mind; delirium. J. Motley.Deliration or alienation of the understanding. Mede."
"DELIRIANT","A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mentalaberration (as belladonna)."
"DELIRIFACIENT","Producing, or tending to produce, delirium.-- n."
"DELIRIOUS","Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane;raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies.-- De*lir'i*ous*ly, adv.-- De*lir'i*ous*ness, n."
"DELIRIUM","A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions arewild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving orwandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some otherdisease, and so distinguished from mania, or madness."
"DELIT","Delight. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DELITABLE","Delightful; delectable. [Obs.]"
"DELITESCENCE","The sudden disappearance of inflammation."
"DELITESCENCY","Concealment; seclusion.The mental organization of the novelist must be characterized, tospeak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passionfor delitescency. Sir W. Scott."
"DELITESCENT","Lying hid; concealed."
"DELITIGATE","To chide; to rail heartily. [Obs.]"
"DELITIGATION","Chiding; brawl. [Obs.]"
"DELIVER","Free; nimble; sprightly; active. [Obs.]Wonderly deliver and great of strength. Chaucer."
"DELIVERABLE","Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to bedelivered. Hale."
"DELIVERANCE","Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitivelyknown as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliveranceof consciousness."
"DELIVERESS","A female de [R.] Evelyn."
"DELIVERLY","Actively; quickly; nimbly. [Obs.]Swim with your bodies, And carry it sweetly and deliverly. Beau. &Fl."
"DELIVERNESS","Nimbleness; agility. [Obs.]"
"DELLA CRUSCA","A shortened form of Academia della Crusca, an academy inFlorescence, Italy, founded in the 16th century, especially forconversing the purity of the Italian language."
"DELLACRUSCAN","Of or pertaining to the Accademia della Crusca in Florence. TheDellacruscan School, a name given in satire to a class of affectedEnglish writers, most of whom lived in Florence, about a. d. 1785."
"DELOO","The duykerbok."
"DELOUL","A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; theswift camel; -- called also herire, and maharik."
"DELPH","Delftware.Five nothings in five plates of delph. Swift."
"DELPHIAN","Delphic."
"DELPHIC","Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics,an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of LouisXIV., for the use of the dauphin (in usum Delphini)."
"DELPHIN","A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and theporpoise; -- called also phocenin."
"DELPHINE","Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes."
"DELPHINIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic.Delphinic acid. (Chem.) See Valeric acid, under Valeric. [Obs.]"
"DELPHININE","A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphiniumstaphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder."
"DELPHINOID","Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin."
"DELPHINOIDEA","The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins,porpoises, and related forms."
"DELPHINUS","A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin,"
"DELTA","A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (as, the delta ofthe Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi."
"DELTA CONNECTION","One of the usual forms or methods for connecting apparatus to athree-phase circuit, the three corners of the delta or triangle, asdiagrammatically represented, being connected to the three wires ofthe supply circuit."
"DELTA CURRENT","The current flowing through a delta connection."
"DELTAFICATION","The formation of a delta or of deltas. [R.]"
"DELTAIC","Relating to, or like, a delta."
"DELTHYRIS","A name formerly given to certain Silurian brachiopod shells ofthe genus Spirifer. Delthyris limestone (Geol.), one of the divisionsof the Upper Silurian rocks in New York."
"DELTIC","Deltaic."
"DELTIDIUM","The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells."
"DELTOHEDRON","A solid bounded by twelve quadrilateral faces. It is ahemihedral form of the isometric system, allied to the tetrahedron."
"DELTOID","Shaped like the Greek Deltoid leaf (Bot.), a leaf in the formof a triangle with the stem inserted at the middle of the base.-- Deltoid muscle (Anat.), a triangular muscle in the shoulder whichserves to move the arm directly upward."
"DELUDABLE","Capable of being deluded; liable to be imposed on gullible. SirT. Browne."
"DELUDER","One who deludes; a deceiver; an impostor."
"DELUNDUNG","An East Indian carnivorous mammal (Prionodon gracilis),resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is handsomelyspotted."
"DELUSIONAL","Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania."
"DELUSIVE","Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind;deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream.Delusive and unsubstantial ideas. Whewell.-- De*lu'sive*ly, adv.-- De*lu'sive*ness, n."
"DELUSORY","Delusive; fallacious. Glanvill."
"DELVE","To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as adrudge.Delve may I not: I shame to beg. Wyclif (Luke xvi. 3)."
"DELVER","One who digs, as with a spade."
"DEMAGOG","Demagogue."
"DEMAGOGISM","The practices of a demagogue."
"DEMAGOGUE","A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control themultitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factiousmob orator or political leader."
"DEMAGOGY","Demagogism."
"DEMAIN","See Demesne."
"DEMAND","To call into court; to summon. Burrill."
"DEMANDABLE","That may be demanded or claimed. 'All sums demandable.' Bacon."
"DEMANDANT","One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff."
"DEMANDER","One who demands."
"DEMANDRESS","A woman who demands."
"DEMANTOID","A yellow-green, transparent variety of garnet found in theUrals. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luster,whence the name."
"DEMARCATE","To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; todiscriminate. Wilkinson."
"DEMARCATION","The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit;separation; distinction.The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end andresistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable.Burke."
"DEMARCH","March; walk; gait. [Obs.]"
"DEMARKATION","Same as Demarcation."
"DEMATERIALIZE","To deprive of material or physical qualities orcharacteristics.Dematerializing matter by stripping if of everything which . . . hasdistinguished matter. Milman."
"DEME","A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece),corresponding to a township. Jowett (Thucyd)."
"DEMEAN","Resources; means. [Obs.]You know How narrow our demeans are. Massinger."
"DEMEANANCE","Demeanor. [Obs.] Skelton."
"DEMEANURE","Behavior. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DEMENCY","Dementia; loss of mental powers. See Insanity."
"DEMENT","To deprive of reason; to make mad. [R.] Bale."
"DEMENTATE","Deprived of reason.Arise, thou dementate sinner! Hammond."
"DEMENTATION","The act of depriving of reason; madness. Whitlock."
"DEMENTED","Insane; mad; of unsound mind.-- De*ment'ed*ness, n."
"DEMENTIA","Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness ortotal loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy."
"DEMEPHITIZE","To purify from mephitic.-- De*meph`i*ti*za'tion, n."
"DEMERGE","To plunge down into; to sink; to immerse. [Obs.]The water in which it was demerged. Boyle."
"DEMERIT","To deserve praise or blame."
"DEMERSE","To immerse. [Obs.] Boyle."
"DEMERSED","Situated or growing under water, as leaves; submersed."
"DEMESMERIZE","To relieve from mesmeric influence. See Mesmerize."
"DEMESNE","A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the landsbelonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house,and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use. [Writtenalso demain.] Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill. Ancient demesne. (Eng.Law) See under Ancient."
"DEMESNIAL","Of or pertaining to a demesne; of the nature of a demesne."
"DEMI","See Demy, n."
"DEMI-","A prefix, signifying half."
"DEMI-ISLAND","Peninsula. [Obs.] Knolles."
"DEMI-TASSE","A small cup for, or of, black coffee."
"DEMIBASTION","A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of oneface and one flank."
"DEMIBRIGADE","A half brigade."
"DEMICADENCE","An imperfect or half cadence, falling on the dominant insteadof on the key note."
"DEMICANNON","A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty tothirty-six pounds. Shak."
"DEMICIRCLE","An instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. Itresembles"
"DEMICULVERIN","A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from nine tothirteen pounds."
"DEMIDEIFY","To deify in part. Cowper."
"DEMIDEVIL","A half devil. Shak."
"DEMIGOD","A half god, or an inferior deity; a fabulous hero, theoffspring of a deity and a mortal."
"DEMIGODDESS","A female demigod."
"DEMIGORGE","Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from theangle of the flank to the center of the bastion."
"DEMIGRATE","To emigrate. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"DEMIGRATION","Emigration. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"DEMIGROAT","A half groat."
"DEMIJOHN","A glass vessel or bottle with a large body and small neck,inclosed in wickerwork."
"DEMILANCE","A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer."
"DEMILANCER","A soldier of light cavalry of the 16th century, who carried ademilance."
"DEMILUNE","A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and infront of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend thecurtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin."
"DEMIMAN","A half man. [R.] Knolles."
"DEMIMONDE","Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept asmistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps. Literarydemimonde, writers of the lowest kind."
"DEMINATURED","Having half the nature of another. [R.] Shak."
"DEMIQUAVER","A note of half the length of the quaver; a semiquaver. [R.]"
"DEMIREP","A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; anadventuress. [Colloq.] De Quincey."
"DEMISABILITY","The state of being demisable."
"DEMISABLE","Capable of being leased; as, a demisable estate."
"DEMISE","The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for lifeor for years, most commonly the latter. Bouvier."
"DEMISEMIQUAVER","A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or thethirty-second part of a whole note."
"DEMISS","Cast down; humble; submissive. [Obs.]He down descended like a most demiss And abject thrall. Spenser."
"DEMISSIVE","Downcast; submissive; humble. [R.]They pray with demissive eyelids. Lord (1630)."
"DEMISSLY","In a humble manner. [Obs.]"
"DEMISUIT","A suit of light armor covering less than the whole body, ashaving no protection for the legs below the things, no vizor to thehelmet, and the like."
"DEMITONE","Semitone. [R.]"
"DEMIURGE","The chief magistrate in some of the Greek states."
"DEMIURGIC","Pertaining to a demiurge; formative; creative. 'Demiurgicpower.' De Quincey."
"DEMIVILL","A half-vill, consisting of five freemen or frankpledges.Blackstone."
"DEMIVOLT","A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse,in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner."
"DEMIWOLF","A half wolf; a mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf."
"DEMOBILIZATION","The disorganization or disarming of troops which havepreviously been mobilized or called into active service; the changefrom a war footing to a peace footing."
"DEMOBILIZE","To disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which havebeen mobilized."
"DEMOCRATICAL","Democratic.The democratical was democratically received. Algernon Sidney."
"DEMOCRATICALLY","In a democratic manner."
"DEMOCRATISM","The principles or spirit of a democracy. [R.]"
"DEMOCRATIST","A democrat. [R.] Burke."
"DEMOCRATIZE","To render democratic."
"DEMOCRATY","Democracy. [Obs.] Milton."
"DEMOGORGON",", A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by someas the author of creation, by others as a great magician who wassupposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See Gorgon.Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name Of Demogorgon. Milton."
"DEMOGRAPHY","The study of races, as to births, marriages, mortality, health,etc.-- Dem`o*graph'ic, a."
"DEMOISELLE","The Numidian crane (Antropoides virgo); -- so called on accountof the grace and symmetry of its form and movements."
"DEMOLISH","To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; topull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.I expected the fabric of my book would long since have beendemolished, and laid even with the ground. Tillotson."
"DEMOLISHER","One who, or that which, demolishes; as, a demolisher of towns."
"DEMOLISHMENT","Demolition."
"DEMOLITION","The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile orstructure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed toconstruction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of atown, or of hopes."
"DEMOLITIONIST","A demolisher. [R.] Carlyle."
"DEMON","A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place betweenmen and deities in pagan mythology.The demon kind is of an inSydenham."
"DEMONESS","A female demon."
"DEMONETIZATION","The act of demonetizing, or the condition of being demonetized."
"DEMONETIZE","To deprive of current value; to withdraw from use, as money.They [gold mohurs] have been completely demonetized by the [EastIndia] Company. R. Cobden."
"DEMONIAC","One of a sect of Anabaptists who maintain that the demons ordevils will finally be saved."
"DEMONIACALLY","In a demoniacal manner."
"DEMONIACISM","The state of being demoniac, or the practices of demoniacs."
"DEMONIAL","Of or pertaining to a demon. [Obs.] Cudworth."
"DEMONIAN","Relating to, or having the nature of, a demon. 'Demonianspirits.' Milton."
"DEMONIANISM","The state of being possessed by a demon or by demons."
"DEMONIASM","See Demonianism. [R.]"
"DEMONIC","Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac. 'Demonicambushes.' Lowell."
"DEMONISM","The belief in demons or false gods.The established theology of the heathen world . . . rested upon thebasis of demonism. Farmer."
"DEMONIST","A believer in, or worshiper of, demons."
"DEMONOCRACY","The power or government of demons.A demonocracy of unclean spirits. H. Taylor."
"DEMONOGRAPHER","A demonologist. [R.] Am. Cyc."
"DEMONOLATRY","The worship of demons."
"DEMONOLOGER","One versed in demonology. R. North."
"DEMONOLOGIST","One who writes on, or is versed in, demonology."
"DEMONOLOGY","A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats ofdemons and their manifestations. Sir W. Scott."
"DEMONOMAGY","Magic in which the aid of demons is invoked; black or infernalmagic. Bp. Hurd."
"DEMONOMANIA","A form of madness in which the patient conceives himselfpossessed of devils."
"DEMONOMIST","One in subjection to a demon, or to demons. [R.] Sir T.Herbert."
"DEMONOMY","The dominion of demons. [R.] Sir T. Herbert."
"DEMONRY","Demoniacal influence or possession. J. Baillie."
"DEMONSHIP","The state of a demon. Mede."
"DEMONSTRABILITY","The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrableness."
"DEMONSTRABLENESS","The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrability."
"DEMONSTRABLY","In a demonstrable manner; incontrovertibly; clearly.Cases that demonstrably concerned the public cause. Clarendon."
"DEMONSTRANCE","Demonstration; proof. [Obs.] Holland."
"DEMONSTRATE","To exhibit and explain (a dissection or other anatomicalpreparation)."
"DEMONSTRATER","See Demonstrator."
"DEMONSTRATION","The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or otheranatomical preparation."
"DEMONSTRATIVE","A demonstrative pronoun; as, 'this' and 'that' aredemonstratives."
"DEMONSTRATIVELY","In a manner fitted to demonstrate; clearly; convincingly;forcibly."
"DEMONSTRATIVENESS","The state or quality of being demonstrative."
"DEMONSTRATOR","A teacher of practical anatomy."
"DEMONSTRATORY","Tending to demonstrate; demonstrative. Johnson."
"DEMORAGE","Demurrage. [Obs.] Pepys (1663)."
"DEMORALIZATION","The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The actof corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or thestate of being corrupted or subverted in discipline, courage, etc.;as, the demoralization of an army or navy."
"DEMORALIZE","To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen theeffect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy inmorals, in discipline, in courage, spirit, etc.; to weaken in spiritor efficiency.The demoralizing example of profligate power and prosperous crime.Walsh.The vices of the nobility had demoralized the army. Bancroft."
"DEMOSTHENIC","Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecianorator."
"DEMOTE","To reduce to a lower grade, as in school."
"DEMOTIC","Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common. Demoticalphabet or character, a form of writing used in Egypt after six orseven centuries before Christ, for books, deeds, and other suchwritings; a simplified form of the hieratic character; -- called alsoepistolographic character, and enchorial character. See Enchorial."
"DEMOTICS","The department of knowledge relative to the care and culture ofthe people; sociology in its broadest sense; -- in librarycataloguing."
"DEMOUNT","To dismount. [R.]"
"DEMOUNTABLE","Capable of being dismounted; -- said of a form of rim, for anautomobile wheel, which can be removed with its tire from the wheel."
"DEMPNE","To damn; to condemn. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DEMULCE","To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften. [R.] Sir T. Elyot."
"DEMULCENT","Softening; mollifying; soothing; assuasive; as, oil isdemulcent."
"DEMULSION","The act of soothing; that which soothes. Feltham."
"DEMUR","To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2."
"DEMURE","To look demurely. [Obs.] Shak."
"DEMURELY","In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with amere show of gravity or modesty.They . . . looked as demurely as they could; for 't was a hangingmatter to laugh unseasonably. Dryden."
"DEMURENESS","The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity ormodesty."
"DEMURITY","Demureness; also, one who is demure. Sir T. Browne."
"DEMURRABLE","That may be demurred to. Stormonth."
"DEMURRAL","Demur; delay in acting or deciding.The same causes of demurral existed which prevented British troopsfrom assisting in the expulsion of the French from Rome. Southey."
"DEMURRER","A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment ofthe court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matteralleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain theaction or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound toanswer or proceed further. Demurrer to evidence, an exception takenby a party to the evidence offered by the opposite party, and anobjecting to proceed further, on the allegation that such evidence isnot sufficient in law to maintain the issue, and a reference to thecourt to determine the point. Bouvier."
"DEMY","Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, ademy book."
"DEN","A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell. [Old Eng. & Scotch] Shak."
"DENARCOTIZE","To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium.-- De*nar`co*ti*za'tion, n."
"DENARIUS","A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the'penny' of the New Testament; -- so called from being worthoriginally ten of the pieces called as."
"DENARY","Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, ordecimal, scale."
"DENATIONALIZATION","The or process of denationalizing."
"DENATIONALIZE","To divest or deprive of national character or rights.Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships thathave touched at a British port. Cobbett.An expatriated, denationalized race. G. Eliot."
"DENATURE","To deprive of its natural qualities; change the nature of."
"DENAY","To deny. [Obs.]That with great rage he stoutly doth denay. Spenser."
"DENDRACHATE","Arborescent or dendritic agate."
"DENDRIFORM","Resembling in structure a tree or shrub."
"DENDRITE","A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figuresresembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually anoxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also, a crystallizedmineral having an arborescent form, e. g., gold or silver; anarborization."
"DENDROCOELA","A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavitygives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smallerbranchlets."
"DENDROLITE","A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant."
"DENDROLOGIST","One versed in the natural history of trees."
"DENDROLOGOUS","Relating to dendrology."
"DENDROLOGY","A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees."
"DENDROMETER","An instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees."
"DENEGATE","To deny. [Obs.]"
"DENEGATION","Denial. [Obs.]"
"DENGUE","A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneouseruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those ofrheumatism; -- called also breakbone fever. It occurs in India,Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal."
"DENIABLE","Capable of being, or liable to be, denied."
"DENIANCE","Denial. [Obs.] E. Hall."
"DENIER","One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or ofChrist."
"DENIGRATOR","One who, or that which, blackens."
"DENIM","A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc."
"DENITRATION","A disengaging, or removal, of nitric acid."
"DENITRIFICATION","The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, thecondition resulting from the removal of nitrogen."
"DENITRIFY","To deprive of, or free from, nitrogen."
"DENIZATION","The act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen;naturalization. Hallam."
"DENIZE","To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; tonaturalize. [Obs.]There was a private act made for denizing the children of RichardHillStrype."
"DENIZENATION","Denization; denizening. Abbott."
"DENIZENIZE","To constitute (one) a denizen; to denizen. Abbott."
"DENIZENSHIP","State of being a denizen."
"DENMARK SATIN","See under Satin."
"DENNET","A light, open, two-wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind ofgig. ('The term and vehicle common about 1825.' Latham.)"
"DENOMINABLE","Capable of being denominated or named. Sir T. Browne."
"DENOMINATE","To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle;to name; to designate.Passions commonly denominating selfish. Hume."
"DENOMINATIONAL","Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or society.'Denominational differences.' Buckle."
"DENOMINATIONALISM","A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to theinterests of a sect or denomination."
"DENOMINATIONALIST","One imbued with a denominational spirit. The Century."
"DENOMINATIONALLY","In a denominational manner; by denomination or sect."
"DENOMINATIVE","Connotative; as, a denominative name."
"DENOMINATIVELY","By denomination."
"DENOMINATOR","That number placed below the line in vulgar fractions whichshows into how many parts the integer or unit is divided."
"DENOTABLE","Capable of being denoted or marked. Sir T. Browne."
"DENOTATE","To mark off; to denote. [Archaic]These terms denotate a longer time. Burton.What things should be denotated and signified by the color. Urquhart."
"DENOTATION","The marking off or separation of anything. Hammond."
"DENOTATIVE","Having power to denote; designating or marking off.Proper names are pre\u00ebminently denotative; telling us that such asobject has such a term to denote it, but telling us nothing as to anysingle attribute. Latham."
"DENOTEMENT","Sign; indication. [R.]"
"DENOTIVE","Serving to denote."
"DENOUNCEMENT","Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation.[Archaic]False is the reply of Cain, upon the denouncement of his curse. SirT. Browne."
"DENOUNCER","One who denounces, or declares, as a menace.Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. Dryden."
"DENSELY","In a dense, compact manner."
"DENSENESS","The quality of being dense; density."
"DENSIMETER","An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity or densityof a substance."
"DENSITY","The ratio of mass, or quantity of matter, to bulk or volume,esp. as compared with the mass and volume of a portion of somesubstance used as a standard."
"DENT","To make a dent upon; to indent.The houses dented with bullets. Macaulay."
"DENTAL","Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certainarticulations and the letters representing them; as, d t are dentalletters. Dental formula (Zo\u00f6l.), a brief notation used by zo\u00f6logiststo denote the number and kind of teeth of a mammal.-- Dental surgeon, a dentist."
"DENTALISM","The quality of being formed by the aid of the teeth."
"DENTALIUM","A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, havinga tubular conical shell."
"DENTARY","Pertaining to, or bearing, teeth.-- n."
"DENTATE-CILIATE","Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed withhairs."
"DENTATE-SINUATE","Having a form intermediate between dentate and sinuate."
"DENTATELY","In a dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, etc."
"DENTATION","Formation of teeth; toothed form. [R.]How did it [a bill] get its barb, its dentation Paley."
"DENTED","Indented; impressed with little hollows."
"DENTEL","Same as Dentil."
"DENTELLE","An ornamental tooling like lace. Knight."
"DENTELLI","Modillions. Spectator."
"DENTEX","An edible European marine fish (Sparus dentex, or Dentexvulgaris) of the family Percid\u00e6."
"DENTICETE","The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed,including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc."
"DENTICLE","A small tooth or projecting point."
"DENTICULATION","A diminutive tooth; a denticle."
"DENTIFEROUS","Bearing teeth; dentigerous."
"DENTIFORM","Having the form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped."
"DENTIFRICE","A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the teeth;tooth powder."
"DENTIGEROUS","Bearing teeth or toothlike structures."
"DENTIL","A small square block or projection in cornices, a number ofwhich are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in theIonic, Corinthian, and Composite orders."
"DENTILABIAL","Formed by the teeth and the lips, or representing a sound soformed.-- n."
"DENTILATED","Toothed."
"DENTILATION","Dentition."
"DENTILAVE","A wash for cleaning the teeth."
"DENTILE","A small tooth, like that of a saw."
"DENTILINGUAL","Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; orrepresenting a sound so formed.-- n."
"DENTILOQUIST","One who speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teethclosed."
"DENTILOQUY","The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth, or withthem closed."
"DENTINAL","Of or pertaining to dentine."
"DENTINE","The dense calcified substance of which teeth are largelycomposed. It contains less animal matter than bone, and in the teethof man is situated beneath the enamel."
"DENTIPHONE","An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound tothe auditory nerve; an audiphone. Knight."
"DENTIROSTER","A dentirostral bird."
"DENTIROSTRAL","Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerinebirds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, asthe shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak."
"DENTIROSTRATE","Dentirostral."
"DENTISCALP","An instrument for scraping the teeth."
"DENTIST","One whose business it is to clean, extract, or repair naturalteeth, and to make and insert artificial ones; a dental surgeon."
"DENTISTRY","The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery."
"DENTITION","The system of teeth peculiar to an animal."
"DENTIZE","To breed or cut new teeth. [R.]The old countess . . . did dentize twice or thrice. Bacon."
"DENTOID","Shaped like a tooth; tooth-shaped."
"DENTOLINGUAL","Dentilingual."
"DENTURE","An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth."
"DENUDATE","To denude. [Obs. or R.]"
"DENUDATION","The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlyingearth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action ofrunning water."
"DENUDE","To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; todivest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands."
"DENUNCIATE","To denounce; to condemn publicly or solemnly. [R.]To denunciate this new work. Burke."
"DENUNCIATIVE","Same as Denunciatory. Farrar."
"DENUNCIATOR","One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially intendedor coming evil; one who threatens or accuses."
"DENUNCIATORY","Characterized by or containing a denunciation; minatory;accusing; threatening; as, severe and denunciatory language."
"DENUTRITION","The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causingthe breaking down of tissue."
"DENY","To answer inThen Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. Gen.xviii. 15."
"DENYINGLY","In the manner of one denies a request. Tennyson."
"DEOBSTRUCT","To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear fromanything that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct thepores or lacteals. Arbuthnot."
"DEOBSTRUENT","Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open thenatural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient.-- n."
"DEODAND","A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person, andfor that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, tobe applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by the highalmoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it wasforfeited as a deodand."
"DEODAR","A kind of cedar (Cedrus Deodara), growing in India, highlyvalued for its size and beauty as well as for its timber, and alsogrown in England as an ornamental tree."
"DEODATE","A gift or offering to God. [Obs.]Wherein that blessed widow's deodate was laid up. Hooker."
"DEODORANT","A deodorizer."
"DEODORIZATION","The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odorsresulting from impurities."
"DEODORIZE","To deprive of odor, especially of such as results fromimpurities."
"DEODORIZER","He who, or that which, deodorizes; esp., an agent that destroysoffensive odors."
"DEONERATE","To unload; to disburden. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"DEONTOLOGICAL","Pertaining to deontology."
"DEONTOLOGIST","One versed in deontology."
"DEONTOLOGY","The science relat J. Bentham."
"DEOPERCULATE","Having the lid removed; -- said of the capsules of mosses."
"DEOPPILATE","To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through. [Obs.]Boyle."
"DEOPPILATION","Removal of whatever stops up the passages. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"DEOPPILATIVE","Deobstruent; aperient. [Obs.] Harvey."
"DEORDINATION","Disorder; dissoluteness. [Obs.]Excess of rideordination. Jer. Taylor."
"DEOSCULATE","To kiss warmly. [Obs.] -- De*os`cu*la'tion, n. [Obs.]"
"DEOXIDATE","To deoxidize."
"DEOXIDATION","The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxide."
"DEOXIDIZATION","Deoxidation."
"DEOXIDIZE","To deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide."
"DEOXIDIZER","That which removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascenthydrogen is a deoxidizer."
"DEOXYGENATE","To deoxidize. [Obs.]"
"DEOXYGENATION","The act or operation of depriving of oxygen."
"DEOXYGENIZE","To deoxidize."
"DEPAINT","Painted. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DEPAINTER","One who depaints. [Obs.]"
"DEPARDIEUX","In God's name; certainly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DEPARTABLE","Divisible. [Obs.] Bacon."
"DEPARTMENT STORE","A store keeping a great variety of goods which are arranged inseveral departments, esp. one with dry goods as the principal stock."
"DEPARTMENTAL","Pertaining to a department or division. Burke."
"DEPARTURE","The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken byhim in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another.Bouvier."
"DEPASCENT","Feeding. [R.]"
"DEPASTURE","To pasture; to feed; to graze; also, to use for pasture. [R.]Cattle, to graze and departure in his grounds. Blackstone.A right to cut wood upon or departure land. Washburn."
"DEPATRIATE","To withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; tobanish. [Obs.]A subject born in any state May, if he please, depatriate. Mason."
"DEPAUPERATE","To make poor; to impoverish.Liming does not depauperate; the ground will last long, and bearlarge grain. Mortimer.Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit. Jer. Taylor."
"DEPAUPERIZE","To free from paupers; to rescue from poverty. [R.]"
"DEPEACH","To discharge. [Obs.]As soon as the party . . . before our justices shall be depeached.Hakluyt."
"DEPECTIBLE","Tough; thick; capable of extension. [Obs.]Some bodies are of a more depectible nature than oil. Bacon."
"DEPECULATION","A robbing or embezzlement. [Obs.]Depeculation of the public treasure. Hobbes."
"DEPEINCT","To paint. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DEPENDABLE","Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy. 'Dependablefriendships.' Pope."
"DEPENDENTLY","In a dependent manner."
"DEPENDER","One who depends; a dependent."
"DEPENDINGLY","As having dependence. Hale."
"DEPEOPLE","To depopulate. [Obs.]"
"DEPERDIT","That which is lost or destroyed. [R.] Paley."
"DEPERDITELY",", adv. Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined;as, deperditely wicked. [Archaic]"
"DEPERDITION","Loss; destruction. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne."
"DEPERTIBLE","Divisible. [Obs.] Bacon."
"DEPHASE","To put out of phase, as two parts of a single alternatingcurrent."
"DEPHLEGM","To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate. [Obs.] Boyle."
"DEPHLEGMATE","To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation ordistillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; -- used ofspirits and acids."
"DEPHLEGMATION","The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, byevaporation or repeated distillation; -- called also concentration,especially when acids are the subject of it. [Obs.]"
"DEPHLEGMATOR","An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated byevaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus inwhich the separation of the vapors is effected."
"DEPHLEGMATORY","Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation."
"DEPHLEGMEDNESS","A state of being freed from water. [Obs.] Boyle."
"DEPHLOGISTICCATE","To deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed principle ofinflammability. Priestley. Dephlogisticated air, oxygen gas; -- socalled by Dr. Priestly and others of his time.-- De`phlo*gis`ti*ca'tion, n."
"DEPHOSPHORIZATION","The act of freeing from phosphorous."
"DEPICT","Depicted. Lydgate."
"DEPICTION","A painting or depicting; a representation."
"DEPICTURE","To make a picture of; to paint; to picture; to depict.Several persons were depictured in caricature. Fielding."
"DEPILATE","To strip of hair; to husk. Venner."
"DEPILATION","Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing. Dryden."
"DEPILATORY","Having the quality or power of removing hair.-- n."
"DEPILOUS","Hairless. Sir t. Browne."
"DEPLANATE","Flattened; made level or even."
"DEPLANT","To take up (plants); to transplant. [R.]"
"DEPLANTATION","Act of taking up plants from beds."
"DEPLETE","To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, bybloodletting or by medicine. Copland."
"DEPLETION","the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in thevessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, asin severe diarrhea."
"DEPLETIVE","Able or fitted to deplete.-- n."
"DEPLETORY","Serving to deplete."
"DEPLICATION","An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting. [Obs.] W. Montagu."
"DEPLOITATION","Same as Exploitation."
"DEPLORABILITY","Deplorableness. Stormonth."
"DEPLORABLE","Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causinggrief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evilsare deplorable.Individual sufferers are in a much more deplorable conditious thanany others. Burke."
"DEPLORABLENESS","State of being deplorable."
"DEPLORABLY","In a deplorable manner."
"DEPLORATE","Deplorable. [Obs.]A more deplorate estate. Baker."
"DEPLORATION","The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation. Speed."
"DEPLORE","To lament. Gray."
"DEPLOREDLY","Lamentably."
"DEPLOREDNESS","The state of being deplored or deplorable. [R.] Bp. Hail."
"DEPLOREMENT","Deploration. [Obs.]"
"DEPLORER","One who deplores."
"DEPLORINGLY","In a deploring manner."
"DEPLOY","To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) insuch a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; --the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line ofbattle."
"DEPLUMATE","Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed."
"DEPLUMATION","A disease of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eyelashes.Thomas."
"DEPOLARIZATION","The act of depriving of polarity, or the result of such action;reduction to an unpolarized condition. Depolarization of light(Opt.), a change in the plane of polarization of rays, especially bya crystalline medium, such that the light which had been extinguishedby the analyzer reappears as if the polarization had been anulled.The word is inappropriate, as the ray does not return to theunpolarized condition."
"DEPOLARIZE","To deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarized condition."
"DEPOLARIZER","A substance used to prevent polarization, as upon the negativeplate of a voltaic battery."
"DEPOLISH","To remove the polish or glaze from."
"DEPOLISHING","The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain,leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelian. Knight."
"DEPONE","To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. [AScotticism]The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be calledin question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree. Dunlop."
"DEPONENT","One who deposes or testifies under oath; one who givesevidence; usually, one who testifies in writing."
"DEPOPULACY","Depopulation; destruction of population. [R.] Chapman."
"DEPOPULATE","To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; toreduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople.Where is this viper, That would depopulate the city Shak."
"DEPOPULATION","The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated;destruction or explusion of inhabitants.The desolation and depopulation [of St.Quentin] were now complete.Motley."
"DEPOPULATOR","One who depopulates; a dispeopler."
"DEPORT","Behavior; carrige; demeanor; deportment. [Obs.] 'Goddesslikedeport.' Milton."
"DEPORTATION","The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of beingdeported; banishment; transportation.In their deportations, they had often the favor of their conquerors.Atterbury."
"DEPORTMENT","Manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting;conduct; carrige; especially, manner of acting with respect to thecourtesies and duties of life; behavior; demeanor; bearing.The gravity of his deportment carried him safe through manydifficulties. Swift."
"DEPORTURE","Deportment. [Obs.]Stately port and majestical deporture. Speed."
"DEPOSABLE","Capable of being deposed or deprived of office. Howell."
"DEPOSAL","The act of deposing from office; a removal from the throne.Fox."
"DEPOSE","To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.Then, seeing't was he that made you to despose, Your oath, my lord,is vain and frivolous. Shak."
"DEPOSIT","A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditionsto invite exploitation. Raymond."
"DEPOSITARY","One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor withouta recompense. Kent."
"DEPOSITION","The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also,testimony laid or taken down in writting, under oath or affirmation,befor some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories andcross-interrogatories."
"DEPOSITOR","One who makes a deposit, especially of money in bank; -- thecorrelative of depository."
"DEPOSITUM","Deposit."
"DEPOSITURE","The act of depositing; deposition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"DEPPER","Deeper. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DEPRAVATION","Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion."
"DEPRAVEDLY","In a depraved manner."
"DEPRAVEDNESS","Depravity. Hammond."
"DEPRAVEMENT","Depravity. [Obs.] Milton."
"DEPRAVER","One who deprave or corrupts."
"DEPRAVINGLY","In a depraving manner."
"DEPRAVITY","The stae of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state ofmoral character; general badness of character; wickedness of mind orheart; absence of religious feeling and principle. Total depravity.See Original sin, and Calvinism."
"DEPRECABLE","That may or should be deprecated. Paley."
"DEPRECATE","To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by player; todesire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express deepregret for; to disapprove of strongly.His purpose was deprecated by all round him, and he was withdifficulty induced to adandon it. Sir W. Scott."
"DEPRECATINGLY","In a deprecating manner."
"DEPRECATIVE","Serving to deprecate; deprecatory.-- Dep're*ca*tive*ly, adv."
"DEPRECATOR","One who deprecates."
"DEPRECATORY","Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil byprayer; apologetic.Humble and deprecatory letters. Bacon."
"DEPRECIATE","To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of;to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.Addison.Which . . . some over-severe phoilosophers may look uponfastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate. Cudworth.To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged todepreciate the value of freedom itself. Burke."
"DEPRECIATIVE","Tending, or intended, to depreciate; expressing depreciation;undervaluing.-- De*pre'ci*a`tive*ly, adv."
"DEPRECIATOR","One who depreciates."
"DEPRECIATORY","Tending to depreciate; undervaluing; depreciative."
"DEPREDABLE","Liable to depredation. [Obs.] 'Made less depredable.' Bacon."
"DEPREDATE","To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; toprey upon.It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed anddepredated by the spirits. Bacon."
"DEPREDATION","The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; theact of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makesdepredation on the land."
"DEPREDATOR","One who plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a robber."
"DEPREDATORY","Tending or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation;plundering; as, a depredatory incursion."
"DEPREDICATE","To proclaim; to celebrate. [R.]"
"DEPREHENSIBLE","That may be caught or discovered; apprehensible. [Obs.] Petty.-- Dep`re*hen'si*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"DEPREHENSION","A catching; discovery. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"DEPRESS","To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree. To depress the pole(Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer thehorizon, as by sailing toward the equator."
"DEPRESSANT","An agent or remedy which lowers the vital powers."
"DEPRESSED","Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal ortransverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of thebodies."
"DEPRESSINGLY","In a depressing manner."
"DEPRESSION","The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon."
"DEPRESSIVE","Able or tending to depress or cast down.-- De*press'ive*ness, n."
"DEPRESSOMOTOR","Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement, asdepressomotor nerves, which lower or inhibit muscular activity.-- n."
"DEPRESSOR","A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part. Depressornerve (Physiol.), a nerve which lowers the activity of an organ; as,the depressor nerve of the heart."
"DEPRIMENT","Serving to depress. [R.] 'Depriment muscles.' Derham."
"DEPRISURE","Low estimation; disesteem; contempt. [Obs.]"
"DEPRIVABLE","Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived; liable to bedeposed.Kings of Spain . . . deprivable for their tyrannies. Prynne."
"DEPRIVATION","the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or otherspiritual promotion or dignity."
"DEPRIVEMENT","Deprivation. [R.]"
"DEPRIVER","One who, or that which, deprives."
"DEPROSTRATE","Fully prostrate; humble; low; rude. [Obs.]How may weak mortal ever hope to file His unsmooth tongue, and hisdeprostrate style. G. Fletcher."
"DEPROVINCIALIZE","To divest of provincial quality or characteristics."
"DEPTH","The number of simple elements which an abstract conception ornotion includes; the comprehension or content."
"DEPTHEN","To deepen. [Obs.]"
"DEPUCELATE","To deflour; to deprive of virginity. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DEPUDICATE","To deflour; to dishonor. [Obs.]"
"DEPULSE","To drive away. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"DEPULSION","A driving or thrusting away. [R.] Speed."
"DEPULSORY","Driving or thrusting away; averting. [R.] Holland."
"DEPURANT","Depurative."
"DEPURATE","Depurated; cleansed; freed from impurities. Boyle."
"DEPURATION","The act or process of depurating or freeing from foreign orimpure matter, as a liquid or wound."
"DEPURATIVE","Purifying the blood or the humors; depuratory.-- n."
"DEPURATOR","One who, or that which, cleanses."
"DEPURATORY","Depurating; tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative."
"DEPURE","To depurate; to purify. [Obs.]He shall first be depured and cleansed before that he shall be laidup for pure gold in the treasures of God. Sir T. More."
"DEPURGATORY","Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify. [Obs.]Cotgrave."
"DEPURITION","See Depuration."
"DEPUTABLE","Fit to be deputed; suitable to act as a deputy. Carlyle."
"DEPUTATOR","One who deputes, or makes a deputation. [R.] Locke."
"DEPUTE","A person deputed; a deputy. [Scot.]"
"DEPUTIZE","To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead;to depute."
"DEQUANTITATE","To diminish the quantity of; to disquantity. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"DEQUEEN","To remove the queen from (a hive of bees)."
"DERACINATE","To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [R.]While that the colter rusts That should deracinate such savagery.Shak."
"DERACINATION","The act of pulling up by the roots; eradication. [R.]"
"DERAIL","To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as alocomotive. Lardner."
"DERAILMENT","The act of going off, or the state of being off, the rails of arailroad."
"DERANGED","Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane.The story of a poor deranged parish lad. Lamb."
"DERANGEMENT","The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state ofbeing deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially,mental disorder; insanity."
"DERANGER","One who deranges."
"DERAY","Disorder; merriment. [Obs.]"
"DERBIO","A large European food fish (Lichia glauca)."
"DERBYSHIRE SPAR","A massive variety of fluor spar, found in Derbyshire, England,and wrought into vases and other ornamental work."
"DERDOING","Doing daring or chivalrous deeds. [Obs.] 'In derdoing arms.'Spenser."
"DERE","To hurt; to harm; to injure. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DERECHO","A straight wind without apparent cyclonic tendency, usuallyaccompanied with rain and often destructive, common in the prairieregions of the United States."
"DERELICTION","A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark,whereby land is gained."
"DERELIGIONIZE","To make irreligious; to turn from religion. [R.]He would dereligionize men beyond all others. De Quincey."
"DERELING","Darling. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DERF","Strong; powerful; fierce. [Obs.] -- Derf'ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"DERIDE","To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn toridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.And the Pharisees, also, . . . derided him. Luke xvi. 14.Sport that wrinkled Care derides. And Laughter holding both hissides. Milton."
"DERIDER","One who derides, or laughs at, another in contempt; a mocker; ascoffer."
"DERIDINGLY","By way of derision or mockery."
"DERISIVE","Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision.'Derisive taunts.' Pope.-- De*ri'sive*ly, adv.-- De*ri'sive*ness, n."
"DERISORY","Derisive; mocking. Shaftesbury."
"DERIVABLE","That can be derived; obtainable by transmission; capable ofbeing known by inference, as from premises or data; capable of beingtraced, as from a radical; as, income is derivable from varioussources.All honor derivable upon me. South.The exquisite pleasure derivable from the true and beautifulrelations of domestic life. H. G. Bell.The argument derivable from the doxologies. J. H. Newman."
"DERIVABLY","By derivation."
"DERIVAL","Derivation. [R.]The derival of e from a. Earle."
"DERIVATE","Derived; derivative. [R.] H. Taylor.-- n."
"DERIVATION","The operation of deducing one function from another accordingto some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the ofdifferentiation or of integration."
"DERIVATIONAL","Relating to derivation. Earle."
"DERIVATIVE","Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, orfundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else;secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word. Derivativecirculation, a modification of the circulation found in some parts ofthe body, in which the arteries empty directly into the veins withoutthe interposition of capillaries. Flint.-- De*riv'a*tive*ly, adv.-- De*riv'a*tive*ness, n."
"DERIVE","To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoreticalsubstitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its correspondinghydrocarbon."
"DERIVEMENT","That which is derived; deduction; inference. [Obs.]I offer these derivements from these subjects. W. Montagu."
"DERIVER","One who derives."
"DERK","Dark. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DERM","See Dermis."
"DERMA","See Dermis."
"DERMAL","Pertaining to the dermis or true skin."
"DERMATITIS","Inflammation of the skin."
"DERMATOGEN","Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a formingcondition."
"DERMATOGRAPHY","An anatomical description of, or treatise on, the skin."
"DERMATOID","Resembling"
"DERMATOLOGIST","One who discourses on the skin and its diseases; one versed indermatology."
"DERMATOLOGY","The science which treats of the skin, its structure, functions,and diseases."
"DERMATOPATHIC","Of or pertaining to skin diseases, or their cure."
"DERMATOPHYTE","A vegetable parasite, infesting the skin."
"DERMESTES","A genus of coleopterous insects, the larv\u00e6 of which feed animalsubstances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens,and furs. The most common species is D. lardarius, known as the baconbeetle."
"DERMESTOID","Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.The carpet beetle, called the buffalo moth, is a dermestoid beetle.Pop. Sci. Monthly."
"DERMIC","Pertaining to the dermis; dermal.Underneath each nail the deep or dermic layer of the integument ispeculiarly modified. Huxley.Dermic remedies (Med.), such as act through the skin."
"DERMIS","The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin orepidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, andenderon. See Skin, and Illust. in Appendix."
"DERMOBRANCHIATA","A group of nudibranch mollusks without special gills."
"DERMOBRANCHIATE","Having the skin modified to serve as a gill."
"DERMOHAEMAL","Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and h\u00e6malstructures; as, the dermoh\u00e6mal spines or ventral fin rays of fishes."
"DERMOID","Same as Dermatoid. Dermoid cyst (Med.), a cyst containing skin,or structures connected with skin, such as hair."
"DERMONEURAL","Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and neuralstructures; as, the dermoneural spines or dorsal fin rays of fishes.Owen."
"DERMOPATHIC","Dermatopathic."
"DERMOPHYTE","A dermatophyte."
"DERMOPTERA","The division of insects which includes the earwigs(Forticulid\u00e6)."
"DERMOPTERAN","An insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, anddoes not use them in flight, as the earwig."
"DERMOPTERI","Same as Dermopterygii."
"DERMOPTERYGII","A group of fishlike animals including the Marsipobranchiata andLeptocardia."
"DERMOSKELETON","See Exoskeleton."
"DERMOSTOSIS","Ossification of the dermis."
"DERN","A gatepost or doorpost. [Local Eng.] C. Kingsley."
"DERNE","To hide; to skulk. [Scot.]He at length escaped them by derning himself in a foxearth. H.Miller."
"DERNFUL","Secret; hence, lonely; sad; mournful. [Obs.] 'Dernful noise.'Spenser."
"DERNIER","Last; final. Dernier ressort ( Etym: [F.], last resort orexpedient."
"DERNLY","Secretly; grievously; mournfully. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DEROGANT","Derogatory. [R.] T. Adams."
"DEROGATE","Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded. [R.] Shak."
"DEROGATELY","In a derogatory manner."
"DEROGATION","An alteration of, or subtraction from, a contract for a sale ofstocks."
"DEROGATIVE","Derogatory.-- De*rog'a*tive*ly, adv. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"DEROGATOR","A detractor."
"DEROGATORILY","In a derogatory manner; disparagingly. Aubrey."
"DEROGATORINESS","Quality of being derogatory."
"DEROGATORY","Tending to derogate, or lessen in value; expressing derogation;detracting; injurious; -- with from to, or unto.Acts of Parliament derogatory from the power of subsequentParliaments bind not. Blackstone.His language was severely censured by some of his brother peers asderogatory to their other. Macaulay.Derogatory clause in a testament (Law), a sentence of secretcharacter inserted by the testator alone, of which he reserves theknowledge to himself, with a condition that no will he may makethereafter shall be valid, unless this clause is inserted word forword; -- a precaution to guard against later wills extorted byviolence, or obtained by suggestion."
"DEROTREMATA","The tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma,Menopoma, etc. They have permanent gill openings, but no externalgills; -- called also Cryptobranchiata. [Written also Derotrema.]"
"DERRE","Dearer. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DERRICK","A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays orguys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones inbuilding. Derrick crane, a combination of the derrick and the crane,having facility for hoisting and also for swinging the loadhorizontally."
"DERRING","Daring or warlike. [Obs.]Drad for his derring doe and bloody deed. Spenser."
"DERRINGER","A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber,often carrying a half-ounce ball."
"DERTH","Dearth; scarcity. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DERTROTHECA","The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds."
"DERWORTH","Precious. [Obs.] Piers Plowman."
"DESCANTER","One who descants."
"DESCEND","To move toward the south, or to the southward."
"DESCENDANT","Descendent."
"DESCENDENT","Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.More than mortal grace Speaks thee descendent of ethereal race. Pope."
"DESCENDER","One who descends."
"DESCENDIBILITY","The quality of being descendible; capability of beingtransmitted from ancestors; as, the descendibility of an estate."
"DESCENDING","Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards. Descendingconstellations or signs (Astron.), those through which the planetsdescent toward the south.-- Descending node (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit whereit intersects the ecliptic in passing southward.-- Descending series (Math.), a series in which each term isnumerically smaller than the preceding one; also, a series arrangedaccording to descending powers of a quantity."
"DESCENDINGLY","In a descending manner."
"DESCENSION","The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking;declension; degradation. Oblique descension (Astron.), the degree orarc of the equator which descends, with a celestial object, below thehorizon of an oblique sphere.-- Right descension, the degree or arc of the equator which descendsbelow the horizon of a right sphere at the same time with the object.[Obs.]"
"DESCENSIONAL","Pertaining to descension. Johnson."
"DESCENSIVE","Tending to descend; tending downwards; descending. Smart."
"DESCENSORY","A vessel used in alchemy to extract oils."
"DESCENT","Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but notnecessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate byreason of consanguinity. Abbott."
"DESCRIBABLE","That can be described; capable of description."
"DESCRIBE","To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as,Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty."
"DESCRIBENT","Same as Generatrix."
"DESCRIBER","One who describes."
"DESCRIER","One who descries."
"DESCRIPTIVE","Tending to describe; having the quality of representing;containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptivephrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age.Descriptive anatomy, that part of anatomy which treats of the formsand relations of parts, but not of their textures.-- Descriptive geometry, that branch of geometry. which treats ofthe graphic solution of problems involving three dimensions, by meansof projections upon auxiliary planes. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) --De*scrip'tive*ly, adv.-- De*scrip'tive*ness, n."
"DESCRIVE","To describe. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DESCRY",", Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance. [Obs.]Near, and on speedy foot; the main descry Stands on the hourlythought. Shak."
"DESECATE","To cut, as with a scythe; to mow. [Obs.]"
"DESECRATE","To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from asacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to anunworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.The [Russian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment without beingpreviously desecrated. W. Tooke.The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those who shoulddesecrate their donations. Salmon."
"DESECRATER","One who desecrates; a profaner. Harper's Mag."
"DESECRATION","The act of desecrating; profanation; condition of anythingdesecrated."
"DESECRATOR","One who desecrates. 'Desecrators of the church.' Morley."
"DESEGMENTATION","The loss or obliteration of division into segments; as, adesegmentation of the body."
"DESERT","That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justlydue; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward;merit.According to their deserts will I judge them. Ezek. vii. 27.Andronicus, surnamed Pius For many good and great deserts to Rome.Shak.His reputation falls far below his desert. A. Hamilton."
"DESERTER","One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or anyone to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman whoabandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion."
"DESERTFUL","Meritorious. [R.] Beau. & Fl."
"DESERTLESS","Without desert. [R.]"
"DESERTLESSLY","Undeservedly. [R.] Beau. & Fl."
"DESERTNESS","A deserted condition. [R.] 'The desertness of the country.'Udall."
"DESERVE","To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.One man may merit or deserve of another. South."
"DESERVEDLY","According to desert (whether good or evil); justly."
"DESERVEDNESS","Meritoriousness."
"DESERVER","One who deserves."
"DESERVING","Desert; merit.A person of great deservings from the republic. Swift."
"DESHABILLE","An undress; a careless toilet."
"DESICCANT","Drying; desiccative.-- n."
"DESICCATE","To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve bydrying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.Bodies desiccated by heat or age. Bacon."
"DESICCATION","The act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated."
"DESICCATIVE","Drying; tending to dry. Ferrand.-- n. (Med.)"
"DESICCATOR","A short glass jar fitted with an air-tight cover, andcontaining some desiccating agent, as sulphuric acid or calciumchloride, above which is suspended the material to be dried, orpreserved from moisture."
"DESICCATORY","Desiccative."
"DESIDERABLE","Desirable. [R.] 'Good and desiderable things.' Holland."
"DESIDERATA","See Desideratum."
"DESIDERATE","To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want.Pray have the goodness to point out one word missing that ought tohave been there -- please to insert a desiderated stanza. You cannot. Prof. Wilson.Men were beginning . . . to desiderate for them an actual abode offire. A. W. Ward."
"DESIDERATION","Act of desiderating; also, the thing desired. [R.] Jeffrey."
"DESIDERATIVE","Denoting desire; as, desiderative verbs."
"DESIDERATUM","Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a wantgenerally felt and acknowledge."
"DESIDIOUSNESS","The state or quality of being desidiose, or indolent. [Obs.] N.Bacon."
"DESIGHT","An unsightly object. [Obs.]"
"DESIGHTMENT","The act of making unsightly; disfigurement. [R.]To substitute jury masts at whatever desightment or damage in risk.London Times."
"DESIGN","To form a design or designs; to plan. Design for, to intend togo to. [Obs.] 'From this city she designed for Collin [Cologne].'Evelyn."
"DESIGNABLE","Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out;distinguishable. Boyle."
"DESIGNATE","Designated; appointed; chosen. [R.] Sir G. Buck."
"DESIGNATIVE","Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out."
"DESIGNATOR","An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in publicshows and ceremonies."
"DESIGNATORY","Serving to designate; designative; indicating. [R.]"
"DESIGNEDLY","By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed toaccidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently."
"DESIGNER","One who produces or creates original works of art ordecoration."
"DESIGNFUL","Full of design; scheming. [R.] -- De*sign'ful*ness, n. [R.]Barrow."
"DESIGNING","Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man."
"DESIGNLESS","Without design. [Obs.] -- De*sign'less*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"DESILVER","To deprive of silver; as, to desilver lead."
"DESILVERIZATION","The act or the process of freeing from silver; also, thecondition resulting from the removal of silver."
"DESILVERIZE","To deprive, or free from, silver; to remove silver from."
"DESINENCE","Termination; ending. Bp. Hall."
"DESINENT","Ending; forming an end; lowermost. [Obs.] 'Their desinentparts, fish.' B. Jonson."
"DESINENTIAL","Terminal.Furthermore, b, as a desinential element, has a dynamic function.Fitzed. Hall."
"DESIPIENT","Foolish; silly; trifling. [R.]"
"DESIRABILITY","The state or quality of being desirable; desirableness."
"DESIRABLE","Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wishto possess; pleasing; agreeable.All of them desirable young men. Ezek. xxiii. 12.As things desirable excite Desire, and objects move the appetite.Blackmore."
"DESIRABLENESS","The quality of being desirable.The desirableness of the Austrian alliance. Froude."
"DESIRABLY","In a desirable manner."
"DESIREFUL","Filled with desire; eager. [R.]The desireful troops. Godfrey (1594)."
"DESIREFULNESS","The state of being desireful; eagerness to obtain and possess.[R.]The desirefulness of our minds much augmenteth and increaseth ourpleasure. Udall."
"DESIRELESS","Free from desire. Donne."
"DESIRER","One who desires, asks, or wishes."
"DESIROUS","Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain;covetous.Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him. John xvi. 19.Be not desirous of his dainties. Prov. xxiii. 3."
"DESIROUSLY","With desire; eagerly."
"DESIROUSNESS","The state of being desirous."
"DESIST","To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often withfrom.Never desisting to do evil. E. Hall.To desist from his bad practice. Massinger.Desist (thou art discern'd, And toil'st in vain). Milton."
"DESISTANCE","The act or state of desisting; cessation. [R.] Boyle.If fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed by desistance. . . then would the system be but seldom out of working order. H.Spencer."
"DESISTIVE","Final; conclusive; ending. [R.]"
"DESITION","An end or ending. [R.]"
"DESITIVE","Final; serving to complete; conclusive. [Obs.] 'Desitivepropositions.' I. Watts."
"DESK","To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure."
"DESKWORK","Work done at a desk, as by a clerk or writer. Tennyson."
"DESMAN","An amphibious, insectivorous mammal found in Russia (Myogalemoschata). It is allied to the moles, but is called muscrat by someEnglish writers. [Written also d\u00e6sman.]"
"DESMINE","Same as Stilbite. It commonly occurs in bundles or tufts ofcrystals."
"DESMOBACTERIA","See Microbacteria."
"DESMODONT","A member of a group of South American blood-sucking bats, ofthe genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire."
"DESMOGNATHOUS","Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a groupof carinate birds (Desmognath\u00e6), including various wading andswimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and otherkinds."
"DESMOID","Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament;ligamentous."
"DESMOLOGY","The science which treats of the ligaments. [R.]"
"DESMOMYARIA","The division of Tunicata which includes the Salp\u00e6. See Salpa."
"DESOLATELY","In a desolate manner."
"DESOLATENESS","The state of being desolate."
"DESOLATER","One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste. Mede."
"DESOLATOR","Same as Desolater. Byron."
"DESOLATORY","Causing desolation. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"DESOPHISTICATE","To clear from sophism or error. [R.] Hare."
"DESOXALIC","Made or derived from oxalic acid; as, desoxalic acid."
"DESPAIR","To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope orexpectation; -- often with of.We despaired even of life. 2 Cor. i. 8.Never despair of God's blessings here. Wake."
"DESPAIRER","One who despairs."
"DESPAIRFUL","Hopeless. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DESPAIRING","Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless.-- De*spair'ing*ly, adv.-- De*spair'ing*ness, n."
"DESPARPLE","To scatter; to disparkle. [Obs.] Mandeville."
"DESPATCH","Same as Dispatch."
"DESPECIFICATE","To discriminate; to separate according to specificsignification or qualities; to specificate; to desynonymize. [R.]Inaptitude and ineptitude have been usefully despecificated. Fitzed.Hall."
"DESPECIFICATION","Discrimination."
"DESPECT","Contempt. [R.] Coleridge."
"DESPECTION","A looking down; a despising. [R.] W. Montagu."
"DESPEED","To send hastily. [Obs.]Despeeded certain of their crew. Speed."
"DESPEND","To spend; to squander. See Dispend. [Obs.]Some noble men in Spain can despend Howell."
"DESPERADO","A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions,and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian."
"DESPERATE","One desperate or hopeless. [Obs.]"
"DESPERATELY","In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety;recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately.She fell desperately in love with him. Addison."
"DESPERATENESS","Desperation; virulence."
"DESPICABILITY","Despicableness. [R.] Carlyle."
"DESPICABLE","Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile;worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicablegift."
"DESPICABLENESS","The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness;worthlessness."
"DESPICABLY","In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly; as, despicablystingy."
"DESPICIENCY","A looking down; despection. [Obs.]"
"DESPISABLE","Despicable; contemptible. [R.]"
"DESPISAL","A despising; contempt. [R.]A despisal of religion. South."
"DESPISE","To look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; toscorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous dislike of.Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Prov. i. 7.Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who donot give way to them. Jowett (Thucyd. )."
"DESPISEDNESS","The state of being despised."
"DESPISEMENT","A despising. [R.] Holland."
"DESPISER","One who despises; a contemner; a scorner."
"DESPISINGLY","Contemptuously."
"DESPITE","To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously. [Obs.] Sir W.Raleigh."
"DESPITEFUL","Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate;malicious.-- De*spite'ful*ly, adv.-- De*spite'ful*ness, n.Haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters. Rom. i. 30.Pray for them which despitefully use you. Matt. v. 44.Let us examine him with despitefulness and fortune. Book of Wisdomii. 19."
"DESPITEOUS","Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel;contemptuous. [Obs.] 'Despiteous reproaches.' Holland."
"DESPITEOUSLY","Despitefully. [Obs.]"
"DESPITOUS","Despiteous; very angry; cruel. [Obs.]He was to sinful man not despitous. Chaucer.- De*spit'ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"DESPOIL","Spoil. [Obs.] Wolsey."
"DESPOILER","One who despoils."
"DESPOILMENT","Despoliation. [R.]"
"DESPOLIATION","A stripping or plundering; spoliation. Bailey."
"DESPOND","To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughlydisheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed;to take an unhopeful view.I should despair, or at least despond. Scott's Letters.Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the firstdifficulty. Locke.We wish that . . . desponding patriotism may turn its eyeshitherward, and be assured that foundations of our national powerstill stand strong. D. Webster."
"DESPONDENCE","Despondency.The people, when once infected, lose their relish for happiness [and]saunter about with looks of despondence. Goldsmith."
"DESPONDENCY","The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort;discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.The unhappy prince seemed, during some days, to be sunk indespondency. Macaulay."
"DESPONDENT","Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as,a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner.-- De*spond'ent*ly, adv."
"DESPONDER","One who desponds."
"DESPONDINGLY","In a desponding manner."
"DESPONSAGE","Betrothal. [Obs.]Ethelbert . . . went peaceably to King Offa for desponsage ofAthilrid, his daughter. Foxe."
"DESPONSATE","To betroth. [Obs.] Johnson."
"DESPONSATION","A betrothing; betrothal. [Obs.]For all this desponsation of her . . . she had not set one steptoward the consummation of her marriage. Jer. Taylor."
"DESPONSORY","A written pledge of marriage. Clarendon."
"DESPORT","See Disport."
"DESPOTAT","The station or government of a despot; also, the domain of adespot. Freeman."
"DESPOTIST","A supporter of despotism. [R.]"
"DESPOTIZE","To act the despot."
"DESPREAD","See Dispread."
"DESPUMATE","To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum;to foam."
"DESPUMATION","The act of throwing up froth or scum; separation of the scum orimpurities from liquids; scumming; clarification."
"DESPUME","To free from spume or scum. [Obs.]If honey be despumed. Holland."
"DESQUAMATE","To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin incertain diseases."
"DESQUAMATION","The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in theform of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones."
"DESQUAMATORY","An instrument formerly used in removing the lamin\u00e6 ofexfoliated bones."
"DESS","Dais. [Obs.]"
"DESSERT","A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of afeast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last courseat dinner.'An 't please your honor,' quoth the peasant, 'This same dessert isnot so pleasant.' Pope.Dessert spoon, a spoon used in eating dessert; a spoon intermediatein size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon.-- Dessert-spoonful, n., pl. Dessert-spoonfuls, as much as a dessertspoon will hold, usually reckoned at about two and a half fluiddrams."
"DESTEMPER","A kind of painting. See Distemper."
"DESTIN","Destiny. [Obs.] Marston."
"DESTINABLE","Determined by destiny; fated. Chaucer."
"DESTINABLY","In a destinable manner."
"DESTINAL","Determined by destiny; fated. [Obs.] 'The order destinal.'Chaucer."
"DESTINATE","Destined. [Obs.] 'Destinate to hell.' Foxe."
"DESTINE","To determine the future condition or application of; to setapart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny orby an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or preordain; toappoint; -- often with the remoter object preceded by to or for.We are decreed, Reserved, and destined to eternal woe. Milton.Till the loathsome opposite Of all my heart had destined, did obtain.Tennyson.Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way. Longfellow."
"DESTINIST","A believer in destiny; a fatalist. [R.]"
"DESTITUENT","Deficient; wanting; as, a destituent condition. [Obs.] Jer.Taylor."
"DESTITUTELY","In destitution."
"DESTITUTENESS","Destitution. [R.] Ash."
"DESTITUTION","The state of being deprived of anything; the state or conditionof being destitute, needy, or without resources; deficiency; lack;extreme poverty; utter want; as, the inundation caused generaldestitution."
"DESTRIE","To destroy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DESTROYABLE","Destructible. [R.]Plants . . . scarcely destroyable by the weather. Derham."
"DESTROYER","One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates."
"DESTRUCT","To destroy. [Obs.] Mede."
"DESTRUCTIBILITY","The quality of being capable of destruction; destructibleness."
"DESTRUCTIBLE","Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed."
"DESTRUCTIBLENESS","The quality of being destructible."
"DESTRUCTIONIST","One who believes in the final destruction or completeannihilation of the wicked; -- called also annihilationist. Shipley."
"DESTRUCTIVE","Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, ordevastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous;pernicious; -- often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructiveof health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth.Time's destructive power. Wordsworth.Destructive distillation. See Distillation.-- Destructive sorties ( (Logic), a process of reasoning whichinvolves the denial of the first of a series of dependentpropositions as a consequence of the denial of the last; a species ofreductio ad absurdum. Whately."
"DESTRUCTIVELY","In a destructive manner."
"DESTRUCTIVENESS","The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts ofdestruction; propensity to destroy."
"DESTRUCTOR","A destroyer. [R.]Fire, the destructive and the artificial death of things. Boyle."
"DESTRUIE","To destroy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DESUDATION","A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by aneruption of small pimples."
"DESUETE","Disused; out of use. [R.]"
"DESUETUDE","The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice,custom, or fashion.The desuetude abrogated the law, which, before, custom hadestablished. Jer. Taylor."
"DESULPHURATE","To deprive of sulphur."
"DESULPHURATION","The act or process of depriving of sulphur."
"DESULPHURIZE","To desulphurate; to deprive of sulphur.-- De*sul`phur*i*za'tion, n."
"DESULTORILY","In a desultory manner; without method; loosely; immethodically."
"DESULTORINESS","The quality of being desultory or without order or method;unconnectedness.The seeming desultoriness of my method. Boyle."
"DESULTORIOUS","Desultory. [R.]"
"DESUME","To select; to borrow. [Obs.] Sir. M. Hale."
"DESYNONYMIZATION","The act of desynonymizing."
"DESYNONYMIZE","To deprive of synonymous character; to discriminate in use; --applied to words which have been employed as synonyms. Coleridge.Trench."
"DETACH","To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; todisengage.[A vapor] detaching, fold by fold, From those still heights.Tennyson."
"DETACHABLE","That can be detached."
"DETACHED","Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detachedparcels. 'Extensive and detached empire.' Burke. Detached escapement.See Escapement."
"DETAIL","The selection for a particular service of a person or a body ofmen; hence, the person or the body of men so selected. Detaildrawing, a drawing of the full size, or on a large scale, of somepart of a building, machine, etc.-- In detail, in subdivisions; part by part; item; circumstantially;with particularity."
"DETAILER","One who details."
"DETAIN","Detention. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DETAINDER","A writ. See Detinue."
"DETAINMENT","Detention. [R.] Blackstone."
"DETECT","Detected. [Obs.] Fabyan."
"DETECTER","One who, or that which, detects or brings to light; one whofinds out what another attempts to conceal; a detector."
"DETECTION","The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed orhidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection offraud, forgery, or a plot.Such secrets of guilt are never from detection. D. Webster."
"DETECTIVE","Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detectingcrime or criminals; as, a detective officer."
"DETECTOR","One who, or that which, detects; a detecter. Shak.A deathbed's detector of the heart. Young.Bank-note detector, a publication containing a description of genuineand counterfeit bank notes, designed to enable persons todiscriminate between them.-- Detector l. See under Lock."
"DETECTOR BAR","A bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distancebetween any two consecutive wheels of a train (45 to 50 feet), laidinside a rail and operated by the wheels so that the switch cannot bethrown until all the train is past the switch."
"DETENEBRATE","To remove darkness from. [Obs.] Ash."
"DETENT","That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog;especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks thewheelwork in striking."
"DETER","To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action byfear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc. Addison.Potent enemies tempt and deter us from our duty. Tillotson.My own face deters me from my glass. Prior."
"DETERGE","To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from thebody, or from an ulcer."
"DETERGENCY","A cleansing quality or power. De Foe."
"DETERGENT","Cleansing; purging.-- n."
"DETERIORATE","To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair;as, to deteriorate the mind. Whately.The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated. Southey."
"DETERIORATION","The process of growing worse, or the state of having grownworse."
"DETERIORITY","Worse state or quality; inferiority. 'The deteriority of thediet.' [R.] Ray."
"DETERMENT","The act of deterring; also, that which deters. Boyle."
"DETERMINABILITY","The quality of being determinable; determinableness. Coleridge."
"DETERMINABLE","Capable of being determined, definitely ascertained, decidedupon, or brought to a conclusion.Not wholly determinable from the grammatical use of the words. South."
"DETERMINABLENESS","Capability of being determined; determinability."
"DETERMINACY","Determinateness. [R.]"
"DETERMINANT","Serving to determine or limit; determinative."
"DETERMINATE","To bring to an end; to determine. See Determine. [Obs.]The sly, slow hours shall not determinate The dateless limit of thydear exile. Shak."
"DETERMINATENESS","State of being determinate."
"DETERMINATION","A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, adetermination of blood to the head."
"DETERMINATIVE","Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing;conclusive.Incidents . . . determinative of their course. I. Taylor.Determinative tables (Nat. Hist.), tables presenting the specificcharacter of minerals, plants, etc., to assist in determining thespecies to which a specimen belongs."
"DETERMINATOR","One who determines. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"DETERMINE","To define or limit by adding a differentia."
"DETERMINED","Decided; resolute. 'Adetermined foe.'' Sparks."
"DETERMINEDLY","In a determined manner; with determination."
"DETERMINER","One who, or that which, determines or decides."
"DETERMINISM","The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably andinvincibly determined by motives.Its superior suitability to produce courage, as contrasted withscientific physical determinism, is obvious. F. P. Cobbe."
"DETERMINIST","One who believes in determinism. Also adj.; as, deterministtheories."
"DETERRATION","The uncovering of anything buried or covered with earth; ataking out of the earth or ground. Woodward."
"DETERRENCE","That which deters; a deterrent; a hindrance. [R.]"
"DETERRENT","Serving to deter. 'The deterrent principle.' E. Davis."
"DETERSION","The act of deterging or cleansing, as a sore."
"DETERSIVE","Cleansing; detergent.-- n."
"DETERSIVELY","In a way to cleanse."
"DETERSIVENESS","The quality of cleansing."
"DETESTABILITY","Capacity of being odious. [R.] Carlyle."
"DETESTABLE","Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; veryodious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices.Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable things, andwith all thine abominations. Ezek. v. 11."
"DETESTABLENESS","The quality or state of being detestable."
"DETESTABLY","In a detestable manner."
"DETESTATE","To detest. [Obs.] Udall."
"DETESTATION","The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence;loathing.We are heartily agreed in our detestation of civil war. Burke."
"DETESTER","One who detes"
"DETHRONE","To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest ofsupreme authority and dignity. 'The Protector was dethroned.' Hume."
"DETHRONEMENT","Deposal from a throne; deposition from regal power."
"DETHRONER","One who dethrones."
"DETHRONIZATION","Dethronement. [Obs.] Speed."
"DETHRONIZE","To dethrone or unthrone. [Obs.] Cotgrave."
"DETINUE","A person or thing detained; (Law)"
"DETONATE","To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates withsulphur."
"DETONATING","from Detonate. Detonating gas, a mixture of two volumes ofhydrogen with one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud reportupon ignition.-- Detonating powder, any powder or solid substance, as fulminate ofmercury, which when struck, explodes with violence and a loud report.-- Detonating primer, a primer exploded by a fuse; -- used toexplode gun cotton in blasting operations.-- Detonating tube, a strong tube of glass, usually graduated,closed at one end, and furnished with two wires passing through itssides at opposite points, and nearly meeting, for the purpose ofexploding gaseous mixtures by an electric spark, as in gas analysis,etc."
"DETONATION","An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneousdecomposition or combustion of unstable substances' as, thedetonation of gun cotton."
"DETONATOR","One who, or that which, detonates."
"DETONIZATION","The act of detonizing; detonation."
"DETONIZE","To explode, or cause to explode; to burn with an explosion; todetonate."
"DETORSION","Same as Detortion."
"DETORT","To turn form the original or plain meaning; to pervert; towrest. Hammond."
"DETORTION","The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; atwisting or warping."
"DETOUR","A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a directcourse; as, the detours of the Mississippi."
"DETRACT","To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit;to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; -- often with from.It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral and literarycharacter of Cicero. V. Knox."
"DETRACTER","One who detracts; a detractor.Other detracters and malicious writers. Sir T. North."
"DETRACTINGLY","In a detracting manner."
"DETRACTIOUS","Containing detraction; detractory. [R.] Johnson."
"DETRACTIVENESS","The quality of being detractive."
"DETRACTOR","One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer.His detractors were noisy and scurrilous. Macaulay."
"DETRACTORY","Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious. Sir T.Browne."
"DETRACTRESS","A female detractor. Addison."
"DETRAIN","To alight, or to cause to alight, from a railway train. [Eng.]London Graphic."
"DETRECT","To refuse; to decline. [Obs.] 'To detrect the battle.'Holinshed."
"DETRIMENT","To do injury to; to hurt. [Archaic]Other might be determined thereby. Fuller."
"DETRIMENTAL","Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful.Neither dangerous nor detrimental to the donor. Addison."
"DETRIMENTALNESS","The quality of being detrimental; injuriousness."
"DETRITAL","Pertaining to, or composed of, detritus."
"DETRITE","Worn out."
"DETRITION","A wearing off or away.Phonograms which by process long-continued detrition have reached astep of extreme simplicity. I. Taylor (The Alphabet)."
"DETRITUS","A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition,and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus."
"DETRUDE","To thrust down or out; to push down with force. Locke."
"DETRUNCATE","To shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop off."
"DETRUNCATION","The act of lopping or cutting off, as the head from the body."
"DETRUSION","The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outwardthrust.-- De*tru'sive, a."
"DETTE","Debt. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DETTELES","Free from debt. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DETUMESCENCE","Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen. [R.]Cudworth."
"DETUR","A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate studentas a prize. [Harvard Univ., U. S.]"
"DETURB","To throw down. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"DETURBATE","To evict; to remove. [Obs.] Foxe."
"DETURBATION","The act of deturbating. [Obs.]"
"DETURN","To turn away. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby."
"DETURPATE","To defile; to disfigure. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"DETURPATION","A making foul. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"DEUCE","Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts."
"DEUCED","Devilish; excessive; extreme. [Low] -- Deu'ced*ly, adv."
"DEUTEROCANONICAL","Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing ofinferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc."
"DEUTEROGAMIST","One who marries the second time."
"DEUTEROGAMY","A second marriage, after the death of the first husband ofwife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law.See Bigamy. Goldsmith."
"DEUTEROGENIC","Of secondary origin; -- said of certain rocks whose materialhas been derived from older rocks."
"DEUTERONOMIST","The writer of Deuteronomy."
"DEUTERONOMY","The fifth book of the Pentateuch, containing the second givingof the law by Moses."
"DEUTEROPATHIC","Pertaining to deuteropathy; of the nature of deuteropathy."
"DEUTEROZOOID","One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced bybudding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals havingalternate generations. In the tapeworms, the joints aredeuterozooids."
"DEUTHYDROGURET","Same as Deutohydroguret."
"DEUTOHYDROGURET","A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of hydrogenunited with some other element or radical. [Obs.]"
"DEUTOPLASM","The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell,as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance;yolk."
"DEUTOPLASTIC","Pertaining to, or composed of, deutoplasm."
"DEUTOSULPHURET","A disulphide. [Obs.]"
"DEUTOXIDE","A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygenunited with some other element or radical; -- usually called dioxide,or less frequently, binoxide."
"DEUTZIA","A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated."
"DEVANAGARI","The character in which Sanskrit is written."
"DEVAPORATION","The change of vapor into water, as in the formation of rain."
"DEVAST","To devastate. [Obs.] Bolingbroke."
"DEVASTATE","To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.Whole countries . . . were devastated. Macaulay."
"DEVASTATION","Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor oradministrator. Blackstone."
"DEVASTATOR","One who, or that which, devastates. Emerson."
"DEVASTAVIT","Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person byan executor or an administrator. Bouvier."
"DEVATA","A deity; a divine being; a good spirit; an idol. [Written alsodewata.]"
"DEVE","Deaf. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DEVELIN","The European swift. [Prov. Eng.]"
"DEVELOP","To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, byexecuting certain indicated operations without changing the value."
"DEVELOPABLE","Capable of being developed. J. Peile. Developable surface(Math.), a surface described by a moving right line, and such thatconsecutive positions of the generator intersect each other. Hence,the surface can be developed into a plane."
"DEVELOPER","A reagent by the action of which the latent image upon aphotographic plate, after exposure in the camera, or otherwise, isdeveloped and visible."
"DEVELOPMENT","The series of changes which animal and vegetable organismsundergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from alower to a higher state of organization."
"DEVELOPMENTAL","Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process ofdevelopment; as, the developmental power of a germ. Carpenter."
"DEVENUSTATE","To deprive of beauty or grace. [Obs.]"
"DEVEST","To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate."
"DEVEX","Bending down; sloping. [Obs.]"
"DEVEXITY","A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity.[R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)"
"DEVI","; fem. of Deva. A goddess."
"DEVIANT","Deviating. [Obs.]"
"DEVIATE","To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method;to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from thecommon track. Pope."
"DEVIATION","The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, ordelay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyageinsured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.Deviation of a falling body (Physics), that deviation from a strictlyvertical line of descent which occurs in a body falling freely, inconsequence of the rotation of the earth.-- Deviation of the compass, the angle which the needle of a ship'scompass makes with the magnetic meridian by reason of the magnetismof the iron parts of the ship.-- Deviation of the line of the vertical, the difference between theactual direction of a plumb line and the direction it would have ifthe earth were a perfect ellipsoid and homogeneous, -- caused by theattraction of a mountain, or irregularities in the earth's density."
"DEVIATOR","One who, or that which, deviates."
"DEVIATORY","Tending to deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion. [R.] Tully."
"DEVICEFUL","Full of devices; inventive. [R.]A carpet, rich, and of deviceful thread. Chapman."
"DEVICEFULLY","In a deviceful manner. [R.]"
"DEVIL","A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessivelypeppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, andpreparing devils on the gridiron. Sir W. Scott."
"DEVILESS","A she-devil. [R.] Sterne."
"DEVILET","A little devil. [R.] Barham."
"DEVILING","A young devil. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"DEVILISM","The state of the devil or of devils; doctrine of the devil orof devils. Bp. Hall."
"DEVILIZE","To make a devil of. [R.]He that should deify a saint, should wrong him as much as he thatshould devilize him. Bp. Hall."
"DEVILKIN","A little devil; a devilet."
"DEVILMENT","Deviltry. Bp. Warburton."
"DEVILRY","A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t."
"DEVILSHIP","The character or person of a devil or the devil. Cowley."
"DEVILTRY","Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry. C. Reade."
"DEVILWOOD","A kind of tree (Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the Europeanolive."
"DEVIRGINATE","Deprived of virginity. [R.]"
"DEVIRGINATION","A deflouring. [R.] Feltham."
"DEVISAL","A devising. Whitney."
"DEVISE","To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, ofchattels."
"DEVISEE","One to whom a devise is made, or real estate given by will."
"DEVISER","One who devises."
"DEVISOR","One who devises, or gives real estate by will; a testator; --correlative to devisee."
"DEVITABLE","Avoidable. [Obs.]"
"DEVITALIZE","To deprive of life or vitality.-- De*vi`tal*i*za'tion, n."
"DEVITATION","An avoiding or escaping; also, a warning. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DEVITRIFICATION","The act or process of devitrifying, or the state of beingdevitrified. Specifically, the conversion of molten glassy matterinto a stony mass by slow cooling, the result being the formation ofcrystallites, microbites, etc., in the glassy base, which are thencalled devitrification products."
"DEVITRIFY","To deprive of glasslike character; to take away vitreous lusterand transparency from."
"DEVOCALIZE","To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.-- De*vo`cal*i*za'tion, n.If we take a high vowel, such as (i) [= nearly i of bit], anddevocalize it, we obtain a hiss which is quite distinct enough tostand for a weak (jh). H. Sweet."
"DEVOCATION","A calling off or away. [R.] Hallywell."
"DEVOID","To empty out; to remove."
"DEVOIR","Duty; service owed; hence, due act of civility or respect; --now usually in the plural; as, they paid their devoirs to the ladies.'Do now your devoid, young knights!' Chaucer."
"DEVOLUTE","To devolve. [Obs.] Foxe."
"DEVOLVE","To pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over ordown; -- generally with on or upon, sometimes with to or into; as,after the general fell, the command devolved upon (or on) the nextofficer in rank.His estate . . . devolved to Lord Somerville. Johnson."
"DEVOLVEMENT","The act or process of devolving;; devolution."
"DEVON","One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in the country ofDevon, England. Those of pure blood have a deep red color. The small,longhorned variety, called North Devons, is distinguished by thesuperiority of its working oxen."
"DEVONIAN","Of or pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England; as, theDevonian rocks, period, or system. Devonian age (Geol.), the age nextolder than the Carboniferous and later than the Silurian; -- calledalso the Age of fishes. The various strata of this age compose theDevonian formation or system, and include the old red sandstone ofGreat Britain. They contain, besides plants and numerousinvertebrates, the bony portions of many large and remarkable fishesof extinct groups. See the Diagram under Geology."
"DEVORATION","The act of devouring. [Obs.] Holinshed."
"DEVOTARY","A votary. [Obs.] J. Gregory."
"DEVOTE","Devoted; addicted; devout. [Obs.] Milton."
"DEVOTED","Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout;as, a devoted admirer.-- De*vot'ed*ly, adv.-- De*vot'ed*ness, n."
"DEVOTEE","One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion;one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies;a bigot.While Father Le Blanc was very devout he was not a devotee. A. S.Hardy."
"DEVOTEMENT","The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow. [R.] Bp.Hurd."
"DEVOTER","One who devotes; a worshiper."
"DEVOTIONAL","Pertaining to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, adevotional posture; devotional exercises; a devotional frame of mind."
"DEVOTIONALITY","The practice of a devotionalist. A. H. Clough."
"DEVOTIONALLY","In a devotional manner; toward devotion."
"DEVOTO","A devotee. Dr. J. Scott."
"DEVOTOR","A worshiper; one given to devotion. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"DEVOURABLE","That may be devoured."
"DEVOURER","One who, or that which, devours."
"DEVOURINGLY","In a devouring manner."
"DEVOUTLESS","Destitute of devotion.-- De*vout'less*ly, adv.-- De*vout'less*ness, n."
"DEVOUTNESS","Quality or state of being devout."
"DEVOVE","To devote. [Obs.] Cowley."
"DEVOW","To disavow; to disclaim. [Obs.] G. Fletcher."
"DEVULGARIZE","To free from what is vulgar, common, or narrow.Shakespeare and Plutarch's 'Lives' are very devulgarizing books. E.A. Abbott."
"DEW","To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as withdew.The grasses grew A little ranker since they dewed them so. A. B.Saxton."
"DEW-POINT","The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with thehumidity and temperature of the atmosphere."
"DEWAR VESSEL","A double-walled glass vessel for holding liquid air, etc.,having the space between the walls exhausted so as to preventconduction of heat, and sometimes having the glass silvered toprevent absorption of radiant heat; -- called also, according to theparticular shape, Dewar bulb, Dewar tube, etc."
"DEWCLAW","In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw orsmall hoof not reaching the ground.Some cut off the dewclaws [of greyhounds]. J. H. Walsh."
"DEWDROP","A drop of dew. Shak."
"DEWFALL","The falling of dew; the time when dew begins to fall."
"DEWINESS","State of being dewy."
"DEWLAPPED","Furnished with a dewlap."
"DEWLESS","Having no dew. Tennyson."
"DEWRET","To ret or rot by the process called dewretting."
"DEWRETTING","Dewrotting; the process of decomposing the gummy matter of flaxand hemp and setting the fibrous part, by exposure on a sward to dew,rain, and sunshine."
"DEWROT","To rot, as flax or hemp, by exposure to rain, dew, and sun. SeeDewretting."
"DEWWORM","See Earthworm."
"DEWY","Resembling a dew-covered surface; appearing as if covered withdew."
"DEXTER","On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the righthand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorialrepresentation, this would be the left side. Dexter chief, or Dexterpoint (Her.), a point in the dexter upper corner of the shield, beingin the dexter extremity of the chief, as A in the cut.-- Dexter base, a point in the dexter lower part or base of theshield, as B in the cut."
"DEXTERICAL","Dexterous. [Obs.]"
"DEXTEROUSLY","In a dexterous manner; skillfully."
"DEXTEROUSNESS","The quality of being dexterous; dexterity."
"DEXTRAD","Toward the right side; dextrally."
"DEXTRAL","Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left. Dextral shell (Zo\u00f6l.),a spiral shell the whorls of which turn from left right, or like thehands of a watch when the apex of the spire is toward the eye of theobserver."
"DEXTRALITY","The state of being on the right-hand side; also, the quality ofbeing right-handed; right-handedness. Sir T. Browne."
"DEXTRALLY","(adv. Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotatedextrally."
"DEXTRER","A war horse; a destrer. [Obs.] 'By him baiteth his dextrer.'Chaucer."
"DEXTRIN","A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless andodorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., andobtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It isof somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrateswhich change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is sonamed from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; --called also British gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. SeeAchro\u00f6dextrin, and Erythrodextrin."
"DEXTRO-","A prefix, from L. dexter, meaning, pertaining to, or toward,the right; (Chem. & Opt.)"
"DEXTROGEROUS","See Dextrogyrate."
"DEXTROGLUCOSE","Same as Dextrose."
"DEXTROGYRATE","Same as Dextrorotatory."
"DEXTRONIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, dextrose; as, dextronic acid.Dextronic acid, a sirupy substance obtained by the partial oxidationof various carbohydrates, as dextrose, etc."
"DEXTROROTARY","See Dextrotatory."
"DEXTROROTATORY","Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp.,turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the righthand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf. Levorotatory."
"DEXTROSE","A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (socalled from turning the plane of polarization to the right),occurring in many ripe fruits. Dextrose and levulose are obtained bythe inversion of cane sugar or sucrose, and hence called invertsugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by the action of heat and acidson starch, and hence called also starch sugar. It is also formed fromstarchy food by the action of the amylolytic ferments of saliva andpancreatic juice."
"DEY","A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"DEYE","To die. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DEZINCIFICATION","The act or process of freeing from zinc; also, the conditionresulting from the removal of zinc."
"DEZINCIFY","To deprive of, or free from, zinc."
"DHOLE","A fierce, wild dog (Canis Dukhunensis), found in the mountainsof India. It is remarkable for its propensity to hunt the tiger andother wild animals in packs."
"DHONY","A Ceylonese boat. See Doni."
"DHOW","A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean.It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail. [Also written dow.]"
"DI-","A prefix, signifying twofold, double, twice; (Chem.)"
"DIABASE","A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock,consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene withmagnetic iron; -- often limited to rocks pretertiary in age. Itincludes part of what was early called greenstone."
"DIABATERIAL","Passing over the borders. [R.] Mitford."
"DIABETES","A disease which is attended with a persistent, excessivedischarge of urine. Most frequently the urine is not only increasedin quantity, but contains saccharine matter, in which case thedisease is generally fatal. Diabetes mellitus Etym: [NL., sweetdiabetes], that form of diabetes in which the urine containssaccharine matter.-- Diabetes insipidus Etym: [NL., lit., diabetes], the form ofdiabetes in which the urine contains no abnormal constituent."
"DIABOLIFY","To ascribed diabolical qualities to; to change into, or torepresent as, a devil. [R.] Farindon."
"DIABOLIZE","To render diabolical. [R.]"
"DIABOLO","An old game or sport (revived under this name) consisting inwhirling on a string, fastened to two sticks, a small somewhat spool-shaped object (called the diabolo) so as to balance it on a string,toss it in the air and catch it, etc."
"DIACATHOLICON","A universal remedy; -- name formerly to a purgative electuary."
"DIACAUSTIC","Pertaining to, or possessing the properties of, a species ofcaustic curves formed by refraction. See Caustic surface, underCaustic."
"DIACID","Divalent; -- said of a base or radical as capable of saturatingtwo acid monad radicals or a dibasic acid. Cf. Dibasic, a., andBiacid."
"DIACODIUM","A sirup made of poppies."
"DIACONAL","Of or pertaining to a deacon."
"DIACONATE","The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board ofdeacons."
"DIACOPE","Tmesis."
"DIACOUSTIC","Pertaining to the science or doctrine of refracted sounds."
"DIACOUSTICS","That branch of natural philosophy which treats of theproperties of sound as affected by passing through different mediums;-- called also diaphonics. See the Note under Acoustics."
"DIACTINIC","Capable of transmitting the chemical or actinic rays of light;as, diactinic media."
"DIADELPHIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants whose stamens are united into twobodies or bundles by their filaments."
"DIADEM","An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of acoronet), and uniting with others over its center. Diadem lemur.(Zo\u00f6l.) See Indri.-- Diadem spider (Zo\u00f6l.), the garden spider."
"DIADROM","A complete course or vibration; time of vibration, as of apendulum. [Obs.] Locke."
"DIAERETIC","Caustic. [Obs.]"
"DIAGEOTROPIC","Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism."
"DIAGEOTROPISM","The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume aposition oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center ofthe earth."
"DIAGLYPH","An intaglio. Mollett."
"DIAGNOSE","To ascertain by diagnosis; to diagnosticate. See Diagnosticate."
"DIAGNOSIS","The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from itssigns or symptoms, and deciding as to its character; also, thedecision arrived at."
"DIAGNOSTIC","Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating thenature of a disease."
"DIAGNOSTICATE","To make a diagnosis of; to recognize by its symptoms, as adisease."
"DIAGNOSTICS","That part of medicine which has to do with ascertaining thenature of diseases by means of their symptoms or signs.His rare skill in diagnostics. Macaulay."
"DIAGOMETER","A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the drypile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted bydifferent bodies, or to determine their conducting power. Nichol."
"DIAGONAL","Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral ormultilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossingat an angle with one of the sides. Diagonal bond (Masonry),herringbone work. See Herringbone, a.-- Diagonal built (Shipbuilding), built by forming the outer skin oftwo layers of planking, making angles of about 45\u00ba with the keel, inopposite directions.-- Diagonal cleavage. See under Cleavage.-- Diagonal molding (Arch.), a chevron or zigzag molding.-- Diagonal rib. (Arch.) See Cross-springer.-- Diagonal scale, a scale which consists of a set of parallellines, with other lines crossing them obliquely, so that theirintersections furnish smaller subdivisions of the unit of measurethan could be conveniently marked on a plain scale.-- Diagonal stratification. (Geol.) Same as Cross bedding, underCross, a."
"DIAGONALLY","In a diagonal direction."
"DIAGONIAL","Diagonal; diametrical; hence; diametrically opposed. [Obs.]Sin can have no tenure by law at all, but is rather an eternaloutlaw, and in hostility with law past all atonement; both diagonalcontraries, as much allowing one another as day and night together inone hemisphere. Milton."
"DIAGRAM","A figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement, orfacilitate a demonstration; a plan."
"DIAGRAMMATIC","Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a diagram; showing bydiagram.-- Di`a*gram*mat'ic*ly, adv."
"DIAGRAPH","A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale."
"DIAGRAPHICS","The art or science of descriptive drawing; especially, the artor science of drawing by mechanical appliances and mathematical rule."
"DIAHELIOTROPIC","Relating or, or manifesting, diaheliotropism."
"DIAHELIOTROPISM","A tendency of leaves or other organs of plants to have theirdorsal surface faced towards the rays of light."
"DIAL","To survey with a dial. Raymond."
"DIALECTAL","Relating to a dialect; dialectical; as, a dialectical variant."
"DIALECTIC","Same as Dialectics.Plato placed his dialectic above all sciences. Liddell & Scott."
"DIALECTICALLY","In a dialectical manner."
"DIALECTICIAN","One versed in dialectics; a logician; a reasoner."
"DIALECTICS","That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes ofreasoning; the application of logical principles to discursivereasoning; the science or art of discriminating truth from error;logical discussion."
"DIALECTOLOGY","That branch of philology which is devoted to the considerationof dialects. Beck."
"DIALECTOR","One skilled in dialectics."
"DIALIST","A maker of dials; one skilled in dialing."
"DIALLAGE","A figure by which arguments are placed in various points ofview, and then turned to one point. Smart."
"DIALLEL","Meeting and intersecting, as lines; not parallel; -- opposed toparallel. [Obs.] Ash."
"DIALLYL","A volatile, pungent, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H10, consisting oftwo allyl radicals, and belonging to the acetylene series."
"DIALOGICAL","Relating to a dialogue; dialogistical. Burton."
"DIALOGICALLY","In the manner or nature of a dialogue. Goldsmith."
"DIALOGISM","An imaginary speech or discussion between two or more;dialogue. Fulke."
"DIALOGIST","Pertaining to a dialogue; having the form or nature of adialogue.-- Di*al`o*gis'tic*al*ly, adv."
"DIALOGITE","Native carbonate of manganese; rhodochrosite."
"DIALOGIZE","To discourse in dialogue. Fotherby."
"DIALOGUE","To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize. [R.] Shak."
"DIALYPETALOUS","Having separate petals; polypetalous."
"DIALYSIS","Di\u00e6resis. See Di\u00e6resis,"
"DIALYTIC","Having the quality of unloosing or separating. Clarke. Dialytictelescope, an achromatic telescope in which the colored dispersionproduced by a single object lens of crown glass is corrected by asmaller concave lens, or combination of lenses, of high dispersivepower, placed at a distance in the narrower part of the convergingcone of rays, usually near the middle of the tube."
"DIALYZATE","The material subjected to dialysis."
"DIALYZATION","The act or process of dialysis."
"DIALYZE","To separate, prepare, or obtain, by dialysis or osmose; to passthrough an animal membrane; to subject to dialysis. [Written alsodialyse.]"
"DIALYZED","Prepared by diffusion through an animal membrane; as, dialyzediron."
"DIALYZER","The instrument or medium used to effect chemical dialysis."
"DIAMAGNET","A body having diamagnetic polarity."
"DIAMAGNETIC","Pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, diamagnetism;taking, or being of a nature to take, a position at right angles tothe lines of magnetic force. See Paramagnetic. Diamagneticattraction. See under Attraction."
"DIAMAGNETICALLY","In the manner of, or according to, diamagnetism."
"DIAMANTIFEROUS","Yielding diamonds."
"DIAMANTINE","Adamantine. [Obs.]"
"DIAMETER","The distance through the lower part of the shaft of a column,used as a standard measure for all parts of the order. See Module.Conjugate diameters. See under Conjugate."
"DIAMETRAL","Pertaining to a diameter; diametrical. Diametral curve,Diametral surface (Geom.), any line or surface which bisects a systemof parallel chords drawn in a curve or surface.-- Diametral planes (Crystal.), planes in which two of the axes lie."
"DIAMETRALLY","Diametrically."
"DIAMETRICALLY","In a diametrical manner; directly; as, diametrically opposite.Whose principles were diametrically opposed to his. Macaulay."
"DIAMIDE","Any compound containing two amido groups united with one ormore acid or negative radicals, -- as distinguished from a diamine.Cf. Amido acid, under Amido, and Acid amide, under Amide."
"DIAMIDO-","A prefix or combining form of Diamine."
"DIAMINE","A compound containing two amido groups united with one or morebasic or positive radicals, -- as contrasted with a diamide."
"DIAMOND","A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used forornament in lines or groups."
"DIAMOND STATE","Delaware; -- a nickname alluding to its small size."
"DIAMOND-BACK","The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmyspalustris)."
"DIAMOND-SHAPED","Shaped like a diamond or rhombus."
"DIAMONDIZE","To set with diamonds; to adorn; to enrich. [R.]Diamondizing of your subject. B. Jonson."
"DIAMYLENE","A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H20, of the ethylene series, regardedas a polymeric form of amylene."
"DIAN",", Diana. [Poetic]"
"DIANA","The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess whopresided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with theGreek goddess Artemis.And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. Pope.Diana monkey (Zo\u00f6l.), a handsome, white-bearded monkey of West Africa(Cercopithecus Diana)."
"DIANDRIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants having two stamens."
"DIANDRIAN","Diandrous."
"DIANDROUS","Of or pertaining to the class Diandria; having two stamens."
"DIANIUM","Same as Columbium. [Obs.]"
"DIANOETIC","Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products.I would employ . . . dianoetic to denote the operation of thediscursive, elaborative, or comparative faculty. Sir W. Hamilton."
"DIANOIALOGY","The science of the dianoetic faculties, and their operations.Sir W. Hamilton."
"DIANTHUS","A genus of plants containing some of the most popular ofcultivated flowers, including the pink, carnation, and Sweet William."
"DIAPASE","Same as Diapason. [Obs.]A tuneful diapase of pleasures. Spenser."
"DIAPASM","Powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls andstrung together. [Obs.]"
"DIAPASON","The octave, or interval which includes all the tones of thediatonic scale."
"DIAPEDESIS","The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from theblood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of thewalls of the blood vessels."
"DIAPENTE","The interval of the fifth."
"DIAPER","Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constantrepetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenlyspaced."
"DIAPERING","Same as Diaper, n.,"
"DIAPHANE","A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures; diaperwork."
"DIAPHANED","Transparent or translucent. [R.]"
"DIAPHANEITY","The quality of being diaphanous; transparency; pellucidness."
"DIAPHANIC","Having power to transmit light; transparent; diaphanous."
"DIAPHANIE","The art of imitating"
"DIAPHANOMETER","An instrument for measuring the transparency of the air."
"DIAPHANOSCOPE","A dark box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, withor without a lens."
"DIAPHANOTYPE","A colored photograph produced by superimposing a translucentcolored positive over a strong uncolored one."
"DIAPHANOUS","Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent ortransparent; pellucid; clear.Another cloud in the region of them, light enough to be fantastic anddiaphanous. Landor."
"DIAPHANOUSLY","Translucently."
"DIAPHEMETRIC","Relating to the measurement of the tactile sensibility ofparts; as, diaphemetric compasses. Dunglison."
"DIAPHONICS","The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics."
"DIAPHORESIS","Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration."
"DIAPHORETIC","A medicine or agent which promotes perspiration."
"DIAPHOTE","An instrument designed for transmitting pictures by telegraph.Fallows."
"DIAPHRAGM","The muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity ofthe chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff."
"DIAPHRAGMATIC","Pertaining to a diaphragm; as, diaphragmatic respiration; thediaphragmatic arteries and nerves."
"DIAPHYSIS","An abnormal prolongation of the axis of inflorescence."
"DIAPNOIC","Slightly increasing an insensible perspiration; mildlydiaphoretic.-- n."
"DIAPOPHYSICAL","Pertaining to a diapophysis."
"DIAPOPHYSIS","The dorsal transverse, or tubercular, process of a vertebra.See Vertebra."
"DIARCHY","A form of government in which the supreme power is vested intwo persons."
"DIARIST","One who keeps a diary."
"DIARTHRODIAL","Relating to diarthrosis, or movable articulations."
"DIARTHROSIS","A form of articulation which admits of considerable motion; acomplete joint; abarticulation. See Articulation."
"DIARY","A register of daily events or transactions; a daily record; ajournal; a blank book dated for the record of daily memoranda; as, adiary of the weather; a physician's diary."
"DIASPORE","A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masseswith brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of itsdecrepitating when heated before the blowpipe."
"DIASTASE","A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starchand dextrin into sugar."
"DIASTASIC","Pertaining to, or consisting of, diastase; as, diastasicferment."
"DIASTASIS","A forcible of bones without fracture."
"DIASTATIC","Relating to diastase; having the properties of diastase;effecting the conversion of starch into sugar.The influence of acids and alkalies on the diastatic action ofsaliva. Lauder Brunton."
"DIASTEMA","A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw."
"DIASTER","A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when,during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate intotwo groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. SeeKaryokinesis."
"DIASTOLE","The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart andarteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction."
"DIASTOLIC","Of or pertaining to diastole."
"DIASTYLE","See under Intercolumniation."
"DIATESSARON","The interval of a fourth."
"DIATHERMAL","Freely permeable by radiant heat."
"DIATHERMANISM","The doctrine or the phenomena of the transmission of radiantheat. Nichol."
"DIATHERMANOUS","Having the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal; -- opposed to athermanous."
"DIATHERMIC","Affording a free passage to heat; as, diathermic substances.Melloni."
"DIATHERMOMETER","An instrument for examining the thermal resistance or heat-conducting power of liquids."
"DIATHERMOUS","Same as Diathermal."
"DIATHESIS","Bodily condition or constitution, esp. a morbid habit whichpredisposes to a particular disease, or class of diseases."
"DIATHETIC","Pertaining to, or dependent on, a diathesis or specialconstitution of the body; as, diathetic disease."
"DIATOM","One of the Diatomace\u00e6, a family of minute unicellular Alg\u00a8aving a siliceous covering of great delicacy, each individualmultiplying by spontaneous division. By some authors diatoms arecalled Bacillari\u00e6, but this word is not in general use."
"DIATOMOUS","Having a single, distinct, diagonal cleavage; -- said ofcrystals. Mohs."
"DIATONIC","Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which isthe octave of the first. Diatonic scale (Mus.), a scale consisting ofeight sounds with seven intervals, of which two are semitones andfive are whole tones; a modern major or minor scale, as distinguishedfrom the chromatic scale."
"DIATONICALLY","In a diatonic manner."
"DIATRIBE","A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, anacrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railinglanguage; a philippic.The ephemeral diatribe of a faction. John Morley."
"DIATRIBIST","One who makes a diatribe or diatribes."
"DIATRYMA","An extinct eocene bird from New Mexico, larger than theostrich."
"DIAZO-","A combining form (also used adjectively), meaning pertainingto, or derived from, a series of compounds containing a radical oftwo nitrogen atoms, united usually to an aromatic radical; as, diazo-benzene, C6H5.N2.OH."
"DIAZOTIZE","To subject to such reactions or processes that diazo compounds,or their derivatives, shall be produced by chemical exchange orsubstitution."
"DIB","To dip. [Prov. Eng.] Walton."
"DIBASIC","Having two acid hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basicatoms or radicals, in forming salts; bibasic; -- said of acids, asoxalic or sulphuric acids. Cf. Diacid, Bibasic."
"DIBASICITY","The property or condition of being dibasic."
"DIBBER","A dibble. Halliwell."
"DIBBLE","A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in whichno set out plants or to plant seeds."
"DIBBLER","One who, or that which, dibbles, or makes holes in the groundfor seed."
"DIBRANCHIATA","An order of cephalopods which includes those with two gills, anapparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and either eight or tencephalic arms bearing suckers or hooks, as the octopi and squids. SeeCephalopoda."
"DIBRANCHIATE","Having two gills.-- n."
"DIBS","A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in theEast. Johnston."
"DIBSTONE","A pebble used in a child's game called dibstones. Locke."
"DIBUTYL","A liquid hydrocarbon, C8H18, of the marsh-gas series, being oneof several octanes, and consisting of two butyl radicals. Cf. Octane."
"DICACIOUS","Talkative; pert; saucy. [Obs.]"
"DICACITY","Pertness; sauciness. [Obs.]"
"DICALCIC","Having two atoms or equivalents of calcium to the molecule."
"DICARBONIC","Containing two carbon residues, or two carboxyl or radicals;as, oxalic acid is a dicarbonic acid."
"DICAST","A functionary in ancient Athens answering nearly to the modernjuryman."
"DICASTERY","A court of justice; judgment hall. [R.] J. S. Mill."
"DICE","Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also,the game played with dice. See Die, n. Dice coal, a kind of coaleasily splitting into cubical fragments. Brande & C."
"DICEBOX","A box from which dice are thrown in gaming. Thackeray."
"DICENTRA","A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred orheart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the moreshowy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis). [Corruptly written dielytra.]"
"DICEPHALOUS","Having two heads on one body; double-headed."
"DICER","A player at dice; a dice player; a gamester.As false as dicers' oaths. Shak."
"DICH","To ditch. [Obs.]"
"DICHASTIC","Capable of subdividing spontaneously."
"DICHLAMYDEOUS","Having two coverings, a calyx and in corolla."
"DICHLORIDE","Same as Bichloride."
"DICHOGAMOUS","Manifesting dichogamy."
"DICHOGAMY","The condition of certain species of plants, in which thestamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these plantscan never fertilize themselves."
"DICHOTOMIST","One who dichotomizes. Bacon."
"DICHOTOMIZE","To exhibit as a half disk. See Dichotomy,"
"DICHOTOMOUS","Regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, adichotomous stem.-- Di*chot'o*mous*ly, adv."
"DICHOTOMY","That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or showsonly half its disk, as at the quadratures."
"DICHROIC","Having the property of dichroism; as, a dichroic crystal."
"DICHROISCOPE","Same as Dichroscope."
"DICHROISM","The property of presenting different colors by transmittedlight, when viewed in two different directions, the colors beingunlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes."
"DICHROITE","Iolite; -- so called from its presenting two different colorswhen viewed in two different directions. See Iolite."
"DICHROITIC","Dichroic."
"DICHROMATE","A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acidradical to one of the base; -- called also bichromate."
"DICHROMATIC","Having two color varieties, or two phases differing in color,independently of age or sex, as in certain birds and insects."
"DICHROMATISM","The state of being dichromatic."
"DICHROMIC","Furnishing or giving two colors; -- said of defective vision,in which all the compound colors are resolvable into two elementsinstead of three. Sir J. Herschel."
"DICHROOUS","Dichroic."
"DICHROSCOPE","An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals."
"DICHROSCOPIC","Pertaining to the dichroscope, or to observations with it."
"DICKCISSEL","The American black-throated bunting (Spiza Americana)."
"DICKENS","The devil. [A vulgar euphemism.]I can not tell what the dickens his name is. Shak."
"DICKER","To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] 'Ready to dicker. andto swap.' Cooper."
"DICLINIC","Having two of the intersections between the three axes oblique.See Crystallization."
"DICLINOUS","Having the stamens and pistils in separate flowers. Gray."
"DICOCCOUS","Composed pf two coherent, one-seeded carpels; as, a dicoccouscapsule."
"DICOTYLEDON","A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons,in germinating."
"DICOTYLEDONOUS","Having two cotyledons or seed lobes; as, a dicotyledonousplant."
"DICROTISM","A condition in which there are two beats or waves of thearterial pulse to each beat of the heart."
"DICTA","See Dictum."
"DICTAGRAPH","Var. of Dictograph."
"DICTAMEN","A dictation or dictate. [R.] Falkland."
"DICTAMNUS","A suffrutescent, D. Fraxinella (the only species), with strongperfume and showy flowers. The volatile oil of the leaves is highlyinflammable."
"DICTAPHONE","A form of phonographic recorder and reproducer adapted for usein dictation, as in business."
"DICTATE","A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; anauthoritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription; as, listento the dictates of your conscience; the dictates of the gospel.I credit what the Grecian dictates say. Prior."
"DICTATORIAN","Dictatorial. [Obs.]"
"DICTATORSHIP","The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence,absolute power."
"DICTATORY","Dogmatical; overbearing; dictatorial. Milton."
"DICTATRESS","A woman who dictates or commands.Earth's chief dictatress, ocean's mighty queen. Byron."
"DICTATRIX","A dictatress."
"DICTATURE","Office of a dictator; dictatorship. [R.] Bacon."
"DICTION","Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction,disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard toclearness, accuracy, variety, etc.; mode of expression; language; as,the diction of Chaucer's poems.His diction blazes up into a sudden explosion of prophetic grandeur.De Quincey."
"DICTIONALRIAN","A lexicographer. [R.]"
"DICTOGRAPH","A telephonic instrument for office or other similar use, havinga sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to bedispensed with. Much use has been made of it for overhearing, or forrecording, conversations for the purpose of obtaining evidence foruse in litigation."
"DICTYOGEN","A plant with netveined leaves, and monocotyledonous embryos,belonging to the class Dictyogen\u00e6, proposed by Lindley for the ordersDioscoreace\u00e6, Smilace\u00e6, Trilliace\u00e6, etc."
"DICYANIDE","A compound of a binary type containing two cyanogen groups orradicals; -- called also bicyanide."
"DICYEMATA","An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkablefor the extreme simplicity of their structure. The embryo exists intwo forms."
"DICYEMID","Like or belonging to the Dicyemata.-- n."
"DICYNODONT","One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with ahorny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supportingalso a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassicstrata of South Africa and India."
"DID","of Do."
"DIDACTIC","A treatise on teaching or education. [Obs.] Milton."
"DIDACTICALLY","In a didactic manner."
"DIDACTICISM","The didactic method or system."
"DIDACTICITY","Aptitude for teaching. Hare."
"DIDACTICS","The art or science of teaching."
"DIDACTYL","An animal having only two digits."
"DIDACTYLOUS","Having only two digits; two-toed."
"DIDAL","A kind of triangular spade. [Obs.]"
"DIDAPPER","See Dabchick."
"DIDASCALAR","Didascalic. [R.]"
"DIDASCALIC","Didactic; preceptive. [R.] Prior."
"DIDDLE","To totter, as a child in walking. [Obs.] Quarles."
"DIDDLER","A cheat. [Colloq.] Jeremy Diddler, a character in a play byJames Kenney, entitled 'Raising the wind.' The name is applied to anyneedy, tricky, constant borrower; a confidence man."
"DIDELPHIA","The subclass of Mammalia which includes the marsupials. SeeMarsupialia."
"DIDELPHIAN","Of or relating to the Didelphia.-- n."
"DIDELPHIC","Having the uterus double; of or pertaining to the Didelphia."
"DIDELPHID","Same as Didelphic."
"DIDELPHOUS","Didelphic."
"DIDELPHYC","Same as Didelphic."
"DIDELPHYS","Formerly, any marsupial; but the term is now restricted to anAmerican genus which includes the opossums, of which there are manyspecies. See Opossum. [Written also Didelphis.] See Illustration inAppendix.  Cuvier."
"DIDINE","Like or pertaining to the genus Didus, or the dodo."
"DIDO","A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper. To cut a dido, to play atrick; to cut a caper; -- perhaps so called from the trick of Dido,who having bought so much land as a hide would cover, is said to havecut it into thin strips long enough to inclose a spot for a citadel."
"DIDONIA","The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimetercontains the greatest area. Tait."
"DIDST",", the 2d pers. sing. imp. of Do."
"DIDUCEMENT","Diduction; separation into distinct parts. Bacon."
"DIDUCTION","The act of drawing apart; separation."
"DIDYM","See Didymium."
"DIDYMIUM","A rare metallic substance usually associated with the metalcerium; -- hence its name. It was formerly supposed to be an element,but has since been found to consist of two simpler elementarysubstances, neodymium and praseodymium. See Neodymium, andPraseodymium."
"DIDYMOUS","Growing in pairs or twins."
"DIDYNAMIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants having four stamens disposed in pairsof unequal length."
"DIDYNAMIAN","Didynamous."
"DIDYNAMOUS","Of or pertaining to the Didynamia; containing four stamensdisposed in pairs of unequal length."
"DIE","To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldingsare lost in a sloped or curved face."
"DIEDRAL","The same as Dihedral."
"DIEGESIS","A narrative or history; a recital or relation."
"DIELECTRIC","Any substance or medium that transmits the electric force by aprocess different from conduction, as in the phenomena of induction;a nonconductor. separating a body electrified by induction, from theelectrifying body."
"DIELYTRA","See Dicentra."
"DIENCEPHALON","The interbrain or thalamencephalon; -- sometimes abbreviated todien. See Thalamencephalon."
"DIERESIS","Same as Di\u00e6resis."
"DIES IRAE","Day of wrath; -- the name and beginning of a famous medi\u00e6valLatin hymn on the Last Judgment."
"DIES JURIDICUS","A court day."
"DIES NON","A day on which courts are not held, as Sunday or any legalholiday."
"DIESINKER","An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc."
"DIESINKING","The process of engraving dies."
"DIESIS","A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used inthe mathematical calculation of intervals."
"DIESTOCK","A stock to hold the dies used for cutting screws."
"DIET","A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland,and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; acouncil; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521."
"DIETARIAN","One who lives in accordance with prescribed rules for diet; adieter."
"DIETARY","Pertaining to diet, or to the rules of diet."
"DIETER","One who diets; one who prescribes, or who partakes of, food,according to hygienic rules."
"DIETETICALLY","In a dietetical manner."
"DIETETICS","That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to dietor food; rules for diet.To suppose that the whole of dietetics lies in determining whether ornot bread is more nutritive than potatoes. H. Spencer."
"DIETETIST","A physician who applies the rules of dietetics to the cure ofdiseases. Dunglison."
"DIETHYLAMINE","A colorless, volatile, alkaline liquid, NH(C2H5)2, having astrong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf.Methylamine."
"DIETIC","Dietetic."
"DIETICAL","Dietetic. [R.] Ferrand."
"DIETINE","A subordinate or local assembly; a diet of inferior rank."
"DIFFAME","Evil name; bad reputation; defamation. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DIFFARREATION","A form of divorce, among the ancient Romans, in which a cakewas used. See Confarreation."
"DIFFER","To cause to be different or unlike; to set at variance. [R.]But something 'ts that differs thee and me. Cowley."
"DIFFERENCE","An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings oftwo persons, which would otherwise be the same. See Augmentation, andMarks of cadency, under Cadency."
"DIFFERENTIA","The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species;the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference."
"DIFFERENTIAL","Of or pertaining to a differential, or to differentials."
"DIFFERENTIALLY","In the way of differentiation."
"DIFFERENTIATE","To obtain the differential, or differential coefficient, of;as, to differentiate an algebraic expression, or an equation."
"DIFFERENTIATION","The act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving itsdifferent, or specific difference; exact definition or determination."
"DIFFERENTIATOR","One who, or that which, differentiates."
"DIFFERENTLY","In a different manner; variously."
"DIFFERINGLY","In a differing or different manner. Boyle."
"DIFFICILE","Difficult; hard to manage; stubborn. [Obs.] --Dif'fi*cile*ness, n. [Obs.] Bacon."
"DIFFICILITATE","To make difficult. [Obs.] W. Montagu."
"DIFFICULT","To render difficult; to impede; to perplex. [R.] Sir W. Temple."
"DIFFICULTATE","To render difficult; to difficilitate. [Obs.] Cotgrave."
"DIFFICULTLY","With difficulty. Cowper."
"DIFFICULTNESS","Difficulty. [R.] Golding."
"DIFFIDE","To be distrustful. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"DIFFIDENCY","See Diffidence. [Obs.]"
"DIFFIDENTLY","In a diffident manner.To stand diffidently against each other with their thoughts in battlearray. Hobbes."
"DIFFIND","To split. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DIFFINE","To define. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DIFFINITIVE","Definitive; determinate; final. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton."
"DIFFISSION","Act of cleaving or splitting. [R.] Bailey."
"DIFFLATION","A blowing apart or away. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DIFFLUENT","Flowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed. [R.] Bailey."
"DIFFORM","Irregular in form; -- opposed to uniform; anomalous; hence,unlike; dissimilar; as, to difform corolla, the parts of which do notcorrespond in size or proportion; difform leaves.The unequal refractions of difform rays. Sir I. Newton."
"DIFFORMITY","Irregularity of form; diversity of form; want of uniformity.[Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"DIFFRACT","To break or separate into parts; to deflect, or decompose bydeflection, a"
"DIFFRACTION","The deflection and decomposition of light in passing by theedges of opaque bodies or through narrow slits, causing theappearance of parallel bands or fringes of prismatic colors, as bythe action of a grating of fine lines or bars.Remarked by Grimaldi (1665), and referred by him to a property oflight which he called diffraction. Whewell.Diffraction grating. (Optics) See under Grating.-- Diffraction spectrum. (Optics) See under Spectrum."
"DIFFRACTIVE","That produces diffraction."
"DIFFUSATE","Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused orpassed through the separating membrane."
"DIFFUSE","To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flowon all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread;to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information.Thence diffuse His good to worlds and ages infinite. Milton.We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations. Whewell."
"DIFFUSED","Spread abroad; dispersed; loose; flowing; diffuse.It grew to be a widely diffused opinion. Hawthorne.-- Dif*fus'ed*ly, adv.-- Dif*fus'ed*ness, n."
"DIFFUSELY","In a diffuse manner."
"DIFFUSENESS","The quality of being diffuse; especially, in writing, the useof a great or excessive number of word to express the meaning;copiousness; verbosity; prolixity."
"DIFFUSER","One who, or that which, diffuses."
"DIFFUSIBILITY","The quality of being diffusible; capability of being poured orspread out."
"DIFFUSIBLE","Capable of passing through animal membranes by osmosis."
"DIFFUSIBLENESS","Diffusibility."
"DIFFUSION","The act of passing by osmosis through animal membranes, as inthe distribution of poisons, gases, etc., through the body. Unlikeabsorption, diffusion may go on after death, that is, after the bloodceases to circulate."
"DIFFUSIVE","Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every wayby flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse. 'Aplentiful and diffusive perfume.' Hare."
"DIFFUSIVELY","In a diffusive manner."
"DIFFUSIVENESS","The quality or state of being diffusive or diffuse;extensiveness; expansion; dispersion. Especially of style:Diffuseness; want of conciseness; prolixity.The fault that I find with a modern legend, it its diffusiveness.Addison."
"DIFFUSIVITY","Tendency to become diffused; tendency, as of heat, to becomeequalized by spreading through a conducting medium."
"DIG","To take ore from its bed, in distinction from makingexcavations in search of ore."
"DIGAMIST","One who marries a second time; a deuterogamist. Hammond."
"DIGAMMA","A letter ("
"DIGAMOUS","Pertaining to a second marriage, that is, one after the deathof the first wife or the first husband."
"DIGAMY","Act, or state, of being twice married; deuterogamy. [R.]"
"DIGENEA","A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur,the immediate young not resembling their parents."
"DIGENESIS","The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated byspermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis."
"DIGENOUS","Sexually reproductive. Digenous reproduction. (Biol.) Same asDigenesis."
"DIGERENT","Digesting. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DIGEST","To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentarycanal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, bythe action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; toconvert into chyme."
"DIGESTEDLY","In a digested or well-arranged manner; methodically."
"DIGESTIBILITY","The quality of being digestible."
"DIGESTIBLE","Capable of being digested."
"DIGESTIBLENESS","The quality of being digestible; digestibility."
"DIGESTION","The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, intosoluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by theblood."
"DIGESTIVE","Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promotedigestion; as, the digestive ferments.Digestive cheese and fruit there sure will be. B. Jonson.Digestive apparatus, the organs of food digestion, esp. thealimentary canal and glands connected with it.-- Digestive salt, the chloride of potassium."
"DIGESTOR","See Digester."
"DIGESTURE","Digestion. [Obs.] Harvey."
"DIGGABLE","Capable of being dug."
"DIGGER","One who, or that which, digs. Digger wasp (Zo\u00f6l.), any one ofthe fossorial Hymenoptera."
"DIGGERS","A degraded tribe of California Indians; -- so called from theirpractice of digging roots for food."
"DIGGING","Places where ore is dug; especially, certain localities inCalifornia, Australia, and elsewhere, at which gold is obtained.[Recent]"
"DIGHTER","One who dights. [Obs.]"
"DIGIT","One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger ortoe.The ruminants have the 'cloven foot,' i. e., two hoofed digits oneach foot. Owen."
"DIGITAL","Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with thefingers; as, digital compression; digital examination."
"DIGITALIS","A genus of plants including the foxglove."
"DIGITATE","To point out as with the finger. [R.] Robinson (Eudoxa)."
"DIGITATION","A division into fingers or fingerlike processes; also, afingerlike process."
"DIGITIFORM","Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, adigitiform root."
"DIGITIGRADE","Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade."
"DIGITIPARTITE","Parted like the fingers."
"DIGITIZE","To finger; as, to digitize a pen. [R.] Sir T. Browne. computersto convert (information, a signal, an image) into a form expressiblein binary notation"
"DIGITORIUM","A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising thefingers; -- called also dumb piano."
"DIGITULE","A little finger or toe, or something resembling one."
"DIGLADIATE","To fight like gladiators; to contend fiercely; to disputeviolently. [Obs.]Digladiating like \u00c6schines and Demosthenes. Hales."
"DIGLADIATION","Act of digladiating. [Obs.] 'Sore digladiations and contest.'Evelyn."
"DIGLOTTISM","Bilingualism. [R.] Earle."
"DIGLYPH","A projecting face like the triglyph, but having only twochannels or grooves sunk in it."
"DIGNATION","The act of thinking worthy; honor. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"DIGNIFICATION","The act of dignifying; exaltation."
"DIGNIFIED","Marked with dignity; stately; as, a dignified judge."
"DIGNIFY","To invest with dignity or honor; to make illustrious; to givedistinction to; to exalt in rank; to honor.Your worth will dignity our feast. B. Jonson."
"DIGNITARY","One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignityor honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above thatof a parochial priest or clergyman."
"DIGNOTION","Distinguishing mark; diagnostic. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"DIGONOUS","Having two angles. Smart."
"DIGRAM","A digraph."
"DIGRAPH","Two signs or characters combined to express a singlearticulated sound; as ea in head, or th in bath."
"DIGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to a digraph. H. Sweet."
"DIGRESS","Digression. [Obs.] Fuller."
"DIGRESSION","The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- saidchiefly of the inferior planets. [R.]"
"DIGRESSIONAL","Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression;departing from the main purpose or subject. T. Warton."
"DIGRESSIVE","Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature ofdigression. Johnson."
"DIGRESSIVELY","By way of digression."
"DIGUE","A bank; a dike. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple."
"DIGYNIA","A Linn\u00e6an order of plants having two styles."
"DIHEDRAL","Having two plane faces; as, the dihedral summit of a crystal.Dihedral angle, the angular space contained between planes whichintersect. It is measured by the angle made by any two lines at rightangles to the two planes."
"DIHEDRON","A figure with two sides or surfaces. Buchanan."
"DIIAMB","A diiambus."
"DIIAMBUS","A double iambus; a foot consisting of two iambuses ("
"DIIODIDE","A compound of a binary type containing two atoms of iodine; --called also biniodide."
"DIISATOGEN","A red crystalline nitrogenous substance or artificialproduction, which by reduction passes directly to indigo."
"DIJUDICANT","One who dijudicates. [R.] Wood."
"DIJUDICATE","To make a judicial decision; to decide; to determine. [R.]Hales."
"DIJUDICATION","The act of dijudicating; judgment. [R.] Cockeram."
"DIKA","A kind of food, made from the almondlike seeds of the IrvingiaBarteri, much used by natives of the west coast of Africa; -- calledalso dika bread."
"DIKE","A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion ofigneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata."
"DILACERATE","To rend asunder; to tear to pieces. Sir T. Browne."
"DILACERATION","The act of rending asunder. Arbuthnot."
"DILANIATE","To rend in pieces; to tear. [R.] Howell."
"DILANIATION","A rending or tearing in pieces; dilaceration. [R.]"
"DILAPIDATE","To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to becomedecayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate. Johnson."
"DILAPIDATED","Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage orneglect.A deserted and dilapidated buildings. Cooper."
"DILAPIDATION","The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to fall or bein a state of decay. Burrill."
"DILAPIDATOR","One who causes dilapidation. Strype."
"DILATABILITY","The quality of being dilatable, or admitting expansion; --opposed to contractibility. Ray."
"DILATABLE","Capable of expansion; that may be dilated; -- opposed tocontractible; as, the lungs are dilatable by the force of air; air isdilatable by heat."
"DILATATION","A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ."
"DILATATOR","A muscle which dilates any part; a dilator."
"DILATE","Extensive; expanded. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"DILATED","Widening into a lamina or into lateral winglike appendages."
"DILATEDLY","In a dilated manner. Feltham."
"DILATER","One who, or that which, dilates, expands, o r enlarges."
"DILATION","Delay. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"DILATIVE","Causing dilation; tending to dilate, on enlarge; expansive.Coleridge."
"DILATOMETER","An instrument for measuring the dilatation or expansion of asubstance, especially of a fluid."
"DILATOR","A muscle that dilates any part."
"DILATORILY","With delay; tardily."
"DILATORINESS","The quality of being dilatory; lateness; slowness; tardiness;sluggishness."
"DILDO","A burden in popular songs. [Obs.]Delicate burthens of dildos and fadings. Shak."
"DILECTION","Love; choice. [Obs.] T. Martin."
"DILEMMA","An argument which presents an antagonist with two or morealternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whicheveralternative he chooses."
"DILETTANT","Of or pertaining to dilettanteism; amateur; as, dilettantspeculation. Carlyle."
"DILETTANTE","An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur;especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge,desultorily, or for amusement only."
"DILETTANTEISH","Somewhat like a dilettante."
"DILETTANTEISM","The state or quality of being a dilettante; the desultorypursuit of art, science, or literature."
"DILETTANTISH","Dilettanteish."
"DILETTANTISM","Same as Dilettanteism. F. Harrison."
"DILIGENCE","Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized fordebt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or theproduction of writings. To do one's diligence, give diligence, usediligence, to exert one's self; to make interested and earnestendeavor.And each of them doth all his diligence To do unto the fest\u00e9reverence. Chaucer."
"DILIGENCY","Diligence; care; persevering endeavor. [Obs.] Milton."
"DILIGENTLY","In a diligent manner; not carelessly; not negligently; withindustry or assiduity.Ye diligently keep commandments of the Lord your God. Deut. vi. 17."
"DILL","An herb (Peucedanum graveolens), the seeds of which aremoderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, and were formerly used asa soothing medicine for children; -- called also dill-seed. Dr.Prior."
"DILLING","A darling; a favorite. [Obs.]Whilst the birds billing, Each one with his dilling. Drayton."
"DILLUING","A process of sorting ore by washing in a hand sieve. [Writtenalso deluing.]"
"DILLY","A kind of stagecoach. 'The Derby dilly.' J. H. Frere."
"DILLY-DALLY","To loiter or trifle; to waste time."
"DILOGICAL","Ambiguous; of double meaning. [Obs.] T. Adams."
"DILOGY","An ambiguous speech; a figure in which a word is used anequivocal sense. [R.]"
"DILUCID","Clear; lucid. [Obs.] Bacon.-- Di*lu'cid*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Di`lu*cid'i*ty, n. [Obs.]"
"DILUCIDATE","To elucidate. [Obs.] Boyle."
"DILUCIDATION","The act of making clear. [Obs.] Boyle."
"DILUENT","Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, esp. of water.Arbuthnot."
"DILUTE","To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily."
"DILUTED","Reduced in strength; thin; weak.-- Di*lut'ed*ly, adv."
"DILUTENESS","The quality or state of being dilute. Bp. Wilkins."
"DILUTER","One who, or that which, dilutes or makes thin, more liquid, orweaker."
"DILUTION","The act of diluting, or the state of being diluted. Arbuthnot."
"DILUVIAL","Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of water; -- said ofcoarse and imperfectly stratified deposits along ancient or existingwater courses. Similar unstratified deposits were formed by theagency of ice. The time of deposition has been called the Diluvianepoch."
"DILUVIALIST","One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge.Lyell."
"DILUVIAN","Of or pertaining to a deluge, esp. to the Noachian deluge;diluvial; as, of diluvian origin. Buckland."
"DILUVIATE","To run as a flood. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys."
"DILUVIUM","A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc.,caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacialice."
"DIM","To grow dim. J. C. Shairp."
"DIM-SIGHTED","Having dim sight; lacking perception.-- Dim'-sight`ed*ness, n."
"DIMBLE","A bower; a dingle. [Obs.] Drayton."
"DIME","A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents;the tenth of a dollar. Dime novel, a novel, commonly sensational andtrashy, which is sold for a dime, or ten cents."
"DIMENSION","The degree of manifoldness of a quantity; as, time is quantityhaving one dimension; volume has three dimensions, relative toextension."
"DIMENSIONAL","Pertaining to dimension."
"DIMENSIONED","Having dimensions. [R.]"
"DIMENSIONLESS","Without dimensions; having no appreciable or noteworthy extent.Milton."
"DIMENSITY","Dimension. [R.] Howell."
"DIMENSIVE","Without dimensions; marking dimensions or the limits.Who can draw the soul's dimensive lines Sir J. Davies."
"DIMERAN","One of the Dimera."
"DIMEROUS","Composed of, or having, two parts of each kind."
"DIMETER","Having two poetical measures or meters.-- n."
"DIMETHYL","Ethane; -- sometimes so called because regarded as consistingof two methyl radicals. See Ethane."
"DIMETRIC","Same as Tetragonal. Dana."
"DIMICATION","A fight; contest. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"DIMIDIATE","To represent the half of; to halve."
"DIMIDIATION","The act of dimidiating or halving; the state of beingdimidiate."
"DIMINISH","To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less thanminor; as, a diminished seventh."
"DIMINISHABLE","Capable of being diminished or lessened."
"DIMINISHER","One who, or that which, diminishes anything. Clerke (1637)."
"DIMINISHINGLY","In a manner to diminish."
"DIMINISHMENT","Diminution. [R.] Cheke."
"DIMINUENDO","In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone;decrescendo; -- expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or thesign."
"DIMINUENT","Lessening. Bp. Sanderson."
"DIMINUTAL","Indicating or causing diminution. Earle."
"DIMINUTE","Small; diminished; diminutive. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"DIMINUTELY","Diminutively. [Obs.]"
"DIMINUTION","Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record."
"DIMINUTIVAL","Indicating diminution; diminutive. 'Diminutival forms' [ofwords]. Earle.-- n."
"DIMINUTIVE","A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object ofthe same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling,eaglet, lambkin.Babyisms and dear diminutives. Tennyson."
"DIMINUTIVELY","In a diminutive manner."
"DIMINUTIVENESS","The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness;minuteness."
"DIMISH","See Dimmish."
"DIMISSION","Leave to depart; a dismissing. [Obs.] Barrow."
"DIMISSORY","Sending away; dismissing to another jurisdiction; grantingleave to depart. Letters dimissory (Eccl.), letters given by a bishopdismissing a person who is removing into another diocese, andrecommending him for reception there. Hook."
"DIMIT","To dismiss, let go, or release. [Obs.]"
"DIMITY","A cotton fabric employed for hangings and furniture coverings,and formerly used for women's under-garments. It is of many patterns,both plain and twilled, and occasionally is printed in colors."
"DIMLY","In a dim or obscure manner; not brightly or clearly; withimperfect sight."
"DIMORPH","Either one of the two forms of a dimorphous substance; as,calcite and aragonite are dimorphs."
"DIMORPHIC","Having the property of dimorphism; dimorphous."
"DIMORPHISM","Difference of form between members of the same species, as whena plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in thepartridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes ofthe same species of butterfly.Dimorphism is the condition of the appearance of the same speciesunder two dissimilar forms. Darwin."
"DIMORPHOUS","Characterized by dimorphism; occurring under two distinctforms, not dependent on sex; dimorphic."
"DIMPLE","To form dimples; to sink into depressions or littleinequalities.And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. Dryden."
"DIMPLEMENT","The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions.[R.]The ground's most gentle dimplement. Mrs. Browning."
"DIMPLY","Full of dimples, or small depressions; dimpled; as, the dimplypool. Thomson."
"DIMYARIAN","Like or pertaining to the Dimya.-- n."
"DIMYARY","Same as Dimyarian."
"DIN","Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling orclanging sound; clamor; roar.Think you a little din can daunt mine ears Shak.He knew the battle's din afar. Sir W. Scott.The dust and din and steam of town. Tennyson."
"DINAPHTHYL","A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C20H14, obtained fromnaphthylene, and consisting of a doubled naphthylene radical."
"DINARCHY","See Diarchy."
"DINE","To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep. Shak.To dine with Duke Humphrey, to go without dinner; -- a phrase commonin Elizabethan literature, said to be from the practice of the poorgentry, who beguiled the dinner hour by a promenade near the tomb ofHumphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in Old Saint Paul's."
"DINER","One who dines."
"DINER-OUT","One who often takes his dinner away from home, or in company.A brilliant diner-out, though but a curate. Byron."
"DINETICAL","Revolving on an axis. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"DING","A thump or stroke, especially of a bell."
"DINGDONG","An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struckupon bells of different tones."
"DINGDONG THEORY","The theory which maintains that the primitive elements oflanguage are reflex expressions induced by sensory impressions; thatis, as stated by Max M\u00fcller, the creative faculty gave to eachgeneral conception as it thrilled for the first time through thebrain a phonetic expression; -- jocosely so called from the analogyof the sound of a bell induced by the stroke of the clapper."
"DINGILY","In a dingy manner."
"DINGINESS","Quality of being dingy; a dusky hue."
"DINGLE","A narrow dale; a small dell; a small, secluded, and emboweredvalley."
"DINGLE-DANGLE","In a dangling manner."
"DINGO","A wild dog found in Australia, but supposed to have introducedat a very early period. It has a wolflike face, bushy tail, and areddish brown color."
"DINGTHRIFT","A spendthrift. [Obs.]Wilt thou, therefore, a drunkard be, A dingthrift and a knave Drant."
"DINGY","Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.'Scraps of dingy paper.' Macaulay."
"DINICHTHYS","A genus of large extinct Devonian ganoid fishes. In some partsof Ohio remains of the Dinichthys are abundant, indicating animalstwenty feet in length."
"DINING","from Dine, a."
"DINK","Trim; neat. [Scot.] Burns.-- Dink'ly, adv."
"DINMONT","A wether sheep between one and two years old. [Scot.]"
"DINNERLESS","Having no dinner. Fuller."
"DINNERLY","Of or pertaining to dinner. [R.]The dinnerly officer. Copley."
"DINOCERAS","A genus of large extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; -- calledalso Uintatherium. See Illustration in Appendix."
"DINORNIS","A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, whichformerly inhabited New Zealand. See Moa. [Written also Deinornis.]"
"DINOSAURIA","An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size(whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlikecharacters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Somewalked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large 'birdtracks,' so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed andquadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration ofDinosaur in Appendix."
"DINOXIDE","Same as Dioxide."
"DINSOME","Full of din. [Scot.] Burns."
"DINT","To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; todent. Donne. Tennyson."
"DINUMERATION","Enumeration. [Obs.] Bullokar."
"DIOCESAN","Of or pertaining to a diocese; as, diocesan missions."
"DIOCESE","The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the districtin which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority.[Frequently, but improperly, spelt diocess.]"
"DIOCESENER","One who belongs to a diocese. [Obs.] Bacon."
"DIODON","A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth ofeach jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able toinflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are calledglobefishes, swellfishes, etc. fishes, and sea hedgehogs."
"DIODONT","Like or pertaining to the genus Diodon.-- n."
"DIOECIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants having the stamens and pistils ondifferent plants."
"DIOECIOUSLY","In a dioecious manner. Dioeciously hermaphrodite (Bot.), havingflowers structurally perfect, but practically dioecious, -- those onone plant producing no pollen, and those on another no ovules."
"DIOECIOUSNESS","The state or quality of being dioecious."
"DIOECISM","The condition of being dioecious."
"DIOGENES","A Greek Cynic philosopher (412-323 B. C.) who lived much inAthens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims andconditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings. Diogenes' crab(Zo\u00f6l.), a species of terrestrial hermit crabs (Cenobita Diogenes),abundant in the West Indies and often destructive to crops.-- Diogenes' tub, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is said tohave carried about with him as his house, in which he lived."
"DIOICOUS","See Dioecious."
"DIOMEDEA","A genus of large sea birds, including the albatross. SeeAlbatross."
"DIONAEA","An insectivorous plant. See Venus's flytrap."
"DIONYSIA","Any of the festivals held in honor of the Olympian godDionysus. They correspond to the Roman Bacchanalia; the greaterDionysia were held at Athens in March or April, and were celebratedwith elaborate performances of both tragedies and comedies."
"DIONYSIAC","Of or pertaining to Dionysus or to the Dionysia; Bacchic; as, aDionysiac festival; the Dionysiac theater at Athens."
"DIONYSIAN","Relating to Dionysius, a monk of the 6th century; as, theDionysian, or Christian, era. Dionysian period, a period of 532years, depending on the cycle of the sun, or 28 years, and the cycleof the moon, or 19 years; -- sometimes called the Greek paschalcycle, or Victorian period."
"DIOPHANTINE","Originated or taught by Diophantus, the Greek writer onalgebra. Diophantine analysis (Alg.), that branch of indeterminateanalysis which has for its object the discovery of rational valuesthat satisfy given equations containing squares or cubes; as, forexample, to find values of x and y which make x2 + y2 an exactsquare."
"DIOPSIDE","A crystallized variety of pyroxene, of a clear, grayish greencolor; mussite."
"DIOPTASE","A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring in emerald-greencrystals."
"DIOPTRE","A unit employed by oculists in numbering glasses according tothe metric system; a refractive power equal to that of a glass whoseprincipal focal distance is one meter."
"DIOPTRIC","Of or pertaining to the dioptre, or to the metric system ofnumbering glasses.-- n."
"DIOPTRICS","The science of the refraction of light; that part ofgeometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction oflight in passing from one medium into another, or through differentmediums, as air, water, or glass, and esp. through different lenses;-- distinguished from catoptrics, which refers to reflected light."
"DIOPTRY","A dioptre."
"DIORAMIC","Pertaining to a diorama."
"DIORISM","Definition; logical direction. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"DIORISTIC","Distinguishing; distinctive; defining. [R.] --Di`o*ris'tic*al*ly, adv. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"DIORITE","An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially ofa triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what wascalled greenstone."
"DIORITIC","Containing diorite."
"DIORTHOTIC","Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something;corrective."
"DIOSCOREA","A genus of plants. See Yam."
"DIOTA","A vase or drinking cup having two handles or ears."
"DIOXINDOL","A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance obtained by thereduction of isatin. It is a member of the indol series; -- hence itsname."
"DIPASCHAL","Including two passovers. Carpenter."
"DIPCHICK","See Dabchick."
"DIPETALOUS","Having two petals; two-petaled."
"DIPHENYL","A white crystalline substance, C6H5.C6H5, obtained by leadingbenzene through a heated iron tube. It consists of two benzene orphenyl radicals united."
"DIPHTHERIA","A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages,and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane,produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf.Group."
"DIPHTHONG","To form or pronounce as a diphthong; diphthongize. [R.]"
"DIPHTHONGAL","Relating or belonging to a diphthong; having the nature of adiphthong.-- Diph*thon'gal*ly, adv."
"DIPHTHONGALIZE","To make into a diphthong; to pronounce as a diphthong."
"DIPHTHONGATION","See Diphthongization."
"DIPHTHONGIC","Of the nature of diphthong; diphthongal. H. Sweet."
"DIPHTHONGIZATION","The act of changing into a diphthong. H. Sweet."
"DIPHTHONGIZE","To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to asimple vowel. 'The diphthongized long vowels.' H. Sweet."
"DIPHYCERCAL","Having the tail fin divided into two equal parts by thenotochord, or end of the vertebral column; protocercal. SeeProtocercal."
"DIPHYGENIC","Having two modes of embryonic development."
"DIPHYLLOUS","Having two leaves, as a calyx, etc."
"DIPHYODONT","Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent),one succeeding the other; as, a diphyodont mammal; diphyodontdentition; -- opposed to monophyodont.-- n."
"DIPHYOZOOID","One of the free-swimming sexual zooids of Siphonophora."
"DIPLANAR","Of or pertaining to two planes."
"DIPLEIDOSCOPE","An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. Itconsists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of aprism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from theirsurfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in oppositedirections, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on themeridian."
"DIPLEX","Pertaining to the sending of two messages in the same directionat the same time. Diplex and contraplex are the two varieties ofduplex."
"DIPLOBLASTIC","Characterizing the ovum when it has two primary germinallayers."
"DIPLOCARDIAC","Having the heart completely divided or double, one sidesystemic, the other pulmonary."
"DIPLOCOCCUS","A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binarymanner. See Micrococcus."
"DIPLOE","The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the platesof the skull."
"DIPLOETIC","Diploic."
"DIPLOGENIC","Partaking of the nature of two bodies; producing twosubstances. Wright."
"DIPLOGRAPH","An instrument used for double writing, as one for producingembossed writing for the blind and ordinary writing at the same time.-- Dip`lo*graph'ic*al (#), a. -- Dip*log'ra*phy (#), n."
"DIPLOIC","Of or pertaining to the diplo\u00eb."
"DIPLOID","A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces. Itis a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron."
"DIPLOMA","A letter or writing, usually under seal, conferring someprivilege, honor, or power; a document bearing record of a degreeconferred by a literary society or educational institution."
"DIPLOMACY","A diplomatist."
"DIPLOMATE","To invest with a title o [R.] Wood."
"DIPLOMATIAL","Diplomatic. [R.]"
"DIPLOMATIC","A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; adiplomatist."
"DIPLOMATICALLY","According to the rules of diplomacy; in the manner of adiplomatist; artfully."
"DIPLOMATICS","The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancientwritings, and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography."
"DIPLOMATISM","Diplomacy. [R.]"
"DIPLOMATIST","A person employed in, or skilled in, diplomacy; a diplomat.In ability, Avaux had no superior among the numerous able diplomaticswhom his country then possessed. Macaulay."
"DIPLOPOD","One of the Diplopoda."
"DIPLOPODA","An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment;the Chilognatha."
"DIPLOSTEMONOUS","Having twice as many stamens as petals, as the geranium. R.Brown."
"DIPLOSTEMONY","The condition of being diplostemonous."
"DIPNEUMONA","A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs. [Writtenalso Dipneumones.]"
"DIPNOI","A group of ganoid fishes, including the living genera Ceratodusand Lepidosiren, which present the closest approximation to theAmphibia. The air bladder acts as a lung, and the nostrils openinside the mouth. See Ceratodus, and Illustration in Appendix."
"DIPODY","Two metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.Hadley.Trochaic, iambic, and anapestic verses . . . are measured bydipodies. W. W. Goodwin."
"DIPOLAR","Having two poles, as a magnetic bar."
"DIPRISMATIC","Doubly prismatic."
"DIPROPARGYL","A pungent, mobile, volatile liquid, C6H6, produced artificiallyfrom certain allyl derivatives. Though isomeric with benzine, it isvery different in its chemical relations. Called also dipropinyl."
"DIPROPYL","One of the hexane paraffins, found in petroleum, consisting oftwo propyl radicals. See Hexane."
"DIPROTODON","An extinct Quaternary marsupial from Australia, about as largeas the hippopotamus; -- so named because of its two large frontteeth. See Illustration in Appendix."
"DIPSAS","A genus of harmless colubrine snakes."
"DIPSETIC","Tending to produce thirst. Wright."
"DIPSOMANIA","A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink,esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute andchronic alcoholism."
"DIPSOMANIAC","One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks."
"DIPSOMANIACAL","Of or pertaining to dipsomania."
"DIPSOSIS","Excessive thirst produced by disease."
"DIPTERA","An extensive order of insects having only two functional wingsand two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have asuctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs(mandibles and maxill\u00e6) with which they pierce the skin of animals.They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larv\u00e6 (called maggots)being usually without feet."
"DIPTERAL","Having two wings only; belonging to the order Diptera."
"DIPTERAN","An insect of the order Diptera."
"DIPTEROCARPUS","A genus of trees found in the East Indies, some species ofwhich produce a fragrant resin, other species wood oil. The fruit hastwo long wings."
"DIPTEROUS","Having two wings, as certain insects; belonging to the orderDiptera."
"DIPTERYGIAN","Having two dorsal fins; -- said of certain fishes."
"DIPTOTE","A noun which has only two cases. Andrews."
"DIPYRE","A mineral of the scapolite group; -- so called from the doubleeffect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering itphosphorescent."
"DIPYRENOUS","Containing two stones or nutlets."
"DIPYRIDINE","A polymeric form of pyridine, C10H10N2, obtained as a colorlessoil by the action of sodium on pyridine."
"DIPYRIDYL","A crystalline nitrogenous base, C10H8N2, obtained by thereduction of pyridine."
"DIRADIATION","The emission and diffusion of rays of light."
"DIRECT","In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from westto east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; -- said of themotion of a celestial body. Direct action. (Mach.) See Direct-acting.-- Direct discourse (Gram.), the language of any one quoted withoutchange in its form; as, he said 'I can not come;' -- correlative toindirect discourse, in which there is change of form; as, he saidthat he could not come. They are often called respectively by theirLatin names, oratio directa, and oratio obliqua.-- Direct evidence (Law), evidence which is positive or notinferential; -- opposed to circumstantial, or indirect, evidence.-- This distinction, however, is merely formal, since there is nodirect evidence that is not circumstantial, or dependent oncircumstances for its credibility. Wharton.-- Direct examination (Law), the first examination of a witness inthe orderly course, upon the merits. Abbott.-- Direct fire (Mil.), fire, the direction of which is perpendicularto the line of troops or to the parapet aimed at.-- Direct process (Metal.), one which yields metal in workingcondition by a single process from the ore. Knight.-- Direct tax, a tax assessed directly on lands, etc., and polls,distinguished from taxes on merchandise, or customs, and from excise."
"DIRECT ACTION","See Syndicalism, below."
"DIRECT NOMINATION","The nomination or designation of candidates for public officeby direct popular vote rather than through the action of a conventionor body of elected nominating representatives or delegates. The termis applied both to the nomination of candidates without anynominating convention, and, loosely, to the nomination effected, asin the case of candidates for president or senator of the UnitedStates, by the election of nominating representatives pledged orinstructed to vote for certain candidates dssignated by popular vote."
"DIRECT PRIMARY","A primary by which direct nominations of candidates for officeare made."
"DIRECT-ACTING","Acting directly, as one part upon another, without theintervention of other working parts. Direct-acting steam engine, onein which motion is transmitted to the crank without the interventionof a beam or lever; -- also called direct-action steam engine.-- Direct-acting steam pump, one in which the steam piston rod isdirectly connected with the pump rod; -- also called direct-actionsteam pump."
"DIRECT-COUPLED","Coupled without intermediate connections, as an engine and adynamo."
"DIRECTER","One who directs; a director. Directer plane (Geom.), the planeto which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel."
"DIRECTION","The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary verticalaxis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given whenthe plane of sight passes through the object. Wilhelm."
"DIRECTNESS","The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness;immediateness."
"DIRECTOIRE STYLE","A style of dress prevalent at the time of the French Directory,characterized by great extravagance of design and imitating the Greekand Roman costumes."
"DIRECTOR","A part of a machine or instrument which directs its motion oraction."
"DIRECTORATE","The office of director; also, a body of directors takenjointly."
"DIRECTORSHIP","The condition or office of a director; directorate."
"DIRECTORY","Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial."
"DIRECTRESS","A woman who directs. Bp. Hurd."
"DIREFUL","Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direfulfiend; a direful day.-- Dire'ful*ly, adv.-- Dire'ful*ness, n."
"DIRELY","In a dire manner. Drayton."
"DIREMPT","Divided; separated. [Obs.] Stow."
"DIREMPTION","A tearing apart; violent separation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"DIRENESS","Terribleness; horror; woefulness. Shak."
"DIREPTION","The act of plundering, despoiling, or snatching away. [R.]Speed."
"DIREPTITIOUS","Characterized by direption. [R.] Encyc. Dict."
"DIREPTITIOUSLY","With plundering violence; by violent injustice. [R.] Strype."
"DIRGE","A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeralrites; a funeral hymn.The raven croaked, and hollow shrieks of owls Sung dirges at herfuneral. Ford."
"DIRGEFUL","Funereal; moaning.Soothed sadly by the dirgeful wind. Coleridge."
"DIRIGE","A service for the dead, in the Roman Catholic Church, being thefirst antiphon of Matins for the dead, of which Dirige is the firstword; a dirge.Evensongs and placebo and dirige. Wyclif.Resort, I pray you, unto my sepulture To sing my dirige with greatdevotion. Lamentation of Mary Magdalene."
"DIRIGENT","Directing. Baxter."
"DIRIGIBLE","Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon."
"DIRIMENT","Absolute. Diriment impediment (R. C. Ch.), an impediment thatnullifies marriage."
"DIRK","A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by theScottish Highlander. Dirk knife, a clasp knife having a large,dirklike blade."
"DIRKNESS","Darkness. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DIRL","To thrill; to vibrate; to penetrate. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"DIRT","To make foul of filthy; to dirty. Swift."
"DIRTILY","In a dirty manner; foully; nastily; filthily; meanly; sordidly."
"DIRTINESS","The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness;baseness; sordidness."
"DIRUPTION","Disruption."
"DIS","The god Pluto. Shak."
"DIS-","."
"DISABLE","Lacking ability; unable. [Obs.] 'Our disable and unactiveforce.' Daniel."
"DISABLEMENT","Deprivation of ability; incapacity. Bacon."
"DISABUSE","To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage fromfallacy or deception; to set right.To undeceive and disabuse the people. South.If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves orartifice, hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this eventas an era in their history. J. Adams."
"DISACCOMMODATE","To put to inconvenience; to incommode. [R.] Bp. Warburton."
"DISACCOMMODATION","A state of being unaccommodated or unsuited. [R.] Sir M. Hale."
"DISACCORD","To refuse to assent. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DISACCORDANT","Not accordant. Fabyan."
"DISACCUSTOM","To destroy the force of habit in; to wean from a custom.Johnson."
"DISACIDIFY","To free from acid."
"DISACKNOWLEDGE","To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. [Obs.] South."
"DISACQUAINT","To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar. [Obs.]While my sick heart With dismal smart Is disacquainted never.Herrick."
"DISACQUAINTANCE","Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance.[Obs.] South."
"DISACRYL","A white amorphous substance obtained as a polymericmodification of acrolein."
"DISADORN","To deprive of ornaments. Congreve."
"DISADVANCE","To draw back, or cause to draw back. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DISADVANTAGE","To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to."
"DISADVANTAGEABLE","Injurious; disadvantageous. [Obs.] Bacon."
"DISADVANTAGEOUS","Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success orprosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to advantageous;as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack ordefense.Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had been placed, hegave clear indications of future excellence. Prescott.-- Dis*ad`van*ta'geous*ly, adv.-- Dis*ad`van*ta'geous*ness, n."
"DISADVENTURE","Misfortune; mishap. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh."
"DISADVENTUROUS","Unprosperous; unfortunate. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DISADVISE","To advise against; to dissuade from. [R.] Boyle."
"DISAFFECTED","Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal. J. H. Newman.-- Dis`af*fect'ed*ly, adv.-- Dis`af*fect'ed*ness, n."
"DISAFFECTIONATE","Not disposed to affection; unfriendly; disaffected. [R.]Blount."
"DISAFFIRM","To refuse to confirm; to annul, as a judicial decision, by acontrary judgment of a superior tribunal."
"DISAFFIRMANCE","Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal;as, disaffirmance of judgment."
"DISAFFIRMATION","The act of disaffirming; negation; refutation."
"DISAFFOREST","To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state ofcommon ground; to exempt from forest laws.By charter 9 Henry III. many forests were disafforested. Blackstone."
"DISAGGREGATE","To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into componentparts, as an aggregate mass."
"DISAGGREGATION","The separation of an aggregate body into its component parts."
"DISAGREEABLENESS","The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness."
"DISAGREEABLY","In a disagreeable manner; unsuitably; offensively."
"DISAGREEANCE","Disagreement. [Obs.]"
"DISAGREER","One who disagrees. Hammond."
"DISALLIEGE","To alienate from allegiance. [Obs. & R.] Milton."
"DISALLOW","To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disownand reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge.To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, butchosen of God. 1 Pet. ii. 4.That the edicts of C\u00e6sar we may at all times disallow, but thestatutes of God for no reason we may reject. Milton."
"DISALLOWABLE","Not allowable; not to be suffered. Raleigh.-- Dis`al*low'a*ble*ness, n."
"DISALLOWANCE","The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection."
"DISALLY","To part, as an alliance; to sunder. [R.] 'Disallied theirnuptials.' Milton."
"DISANCHOR","To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor. [Obs.]Heywood."
"DISANGELICAL","Not angelical. [R.] 'Disangelical nature.' Coventry."
"DISANNEX","To disunite; to undo or repeal the annexation of. State Trials(1608)."
"DISANNUL","To annul completely; to render void or of no effect.For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul Isaiahxiv. 27."
"DISANNULLER","One who disannuls."
"DISANNULMENT","Complete annulment."
"DISANOINT","To invalidate the consecration of; as, to disanoint a king.[Obs.] Milton."
"DISAPPAREL","To disrobe; to strip of apparel; to make naked.Drink disapparels the soul. Junius (1635)."
"DISAPPEARANCE","The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal fromsight; vanishing. Addison."
"DISAPPEARING","p. pr. & vb. n. of Disappear."
"DISAPPENDENCY","A detachment or separation from a former connection. [R.]"
"DISAPPENDENT","Freed from a former connection or dependence; disconnected.[R.]"
"DISAPPRECIATE","To undervalue; not to esteem.-- Dis`ap*pre`ci*a'tion, n."
"DISAPPROBATION","The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judgedwrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure.We have ever expressed the most unqualified disapprobation of all thesteps. Burke."
"DISAPPROBATORY","Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove."
"DISAPPROPRIATE","Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritualcorporation.The appropriation may be severed, and the church becomedisappropriate, two ways. Blackstone."
"DISAPPROPRIATION","The act of disappropriating."
"DISAPPROVAL","Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment."
"DISAPPROVER","One who disapproves."
"DISAPPROVINGLY","In a disapproving manner."
"DISARD","See Dizzard. [Obs.] Burton."
"DISARMAMENT","The act of disarming."
"DISARMATURE","The act of divesting of armature. [R.]"
"DISARMED","Deprived of claws, and teeth or beaks. Cussans."
"DISARMER","One who disarms."
"DISARRANGE","To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; tothrow out of order."
"DISARRANGEMENT","The act of disarranging, or the state of being disarranged;confusion; disorder. Cowper."
"DISARRAYMENT","Disorder. [R.] Feltham."
"DISARTICULATE","To sunder; to separate, as joints.-- Dis`ar*tic`u*la'tion, n."
"DISARTICULATOR","One who disarticulates and prepares skeletons."
"DISASSENT","To dissent. [Obs.]"
"DISASSENTER","One who disassents; a dissenter. [Obs.] State Trials (1634)."
"DISASSIDUITY","Want of as siduity or care. [R.] Sir H. Wotton."
"DISASSIMILATE","To subject to disassimilation."
"DISASSIMILATION","The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism,into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution ofenergy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation;downward metabolism.The breaking down of already existing chemical compounds into simplerones, sometimes called disassimilation. Martin."
"DISASSIMILATIVE","Having power to disassimilate; of the nature ofdisassimilation.Disassimilative processes constitute a marked feature in the life ofanimal cells. McKendrick."
"DISASSOCIATE","To disconnect from things associated; to disunite; todissociate. Florio."
"DISASTERLY","Disastrously. [Obs.] Drayton."
"DISATTIRE","To unrobe; to undress. Spenser."
"DISAUGMENT","To diminish. [R.]"
"DISAUTHORIZE","To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. [R.] W.Wotton."
"DISAVAUNCE","To retard; to repel; to do damage to. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DISAVENTURE","Misfortune. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DISAVENTUROUS","Misadventurous; unfortunate. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DISAVOUCH","To disavow. [R.] Daniel."
"DISAVOWAL","The act of disavowing, disclaiming, or disowning; rejection anddenial.An earnest disavowal of fear often proceeds from fear. Richardson."
"DISAVOWANCE","Disavowal. [Obs.] South."
"DISAVOWER","One who disavows."
"DISAVOWMENT","Disavowal. [R.] Wotton."
"DISBAND","To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered;especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization."
"DISBANDMENT","The act of disbanding."
"DISBAR","To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (anattorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges assuch. Abbott."
"DISBARK","To disembark. Pope."
"DISBARMENT","Act of disbarring."
"DISBASE","To debase or degrade. [Obs.]Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbasedmyself. B. Jonson."
"DISBECOME","To misbecome. [Obs.] Massinger."
"DISBELIEF","The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one isfully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true;refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief.Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of thething. Tillotson.No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness thatdisbelief in great men. Carlyle."
"DISBELIEVE","Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not tobe true or actual.Assertions for which there is abundant positive evidence are oftendisbelieved, on account of what is called their improbability orimpossibility. J. S. Mill."
"DISBELIEVER","One who disbelieves, or refuses belief; an unbeliever.Specifically, one who does not believe the Christian religion. I.Watts."
"DISBENCH","To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges. Mozley & W."
"DISBEND","To unbend. [Obs.] Stirling."
"DISBIND","To unbind; to loosen. [Obs.] Mede."
"DISBLAME","To clear from blame. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DISBODIED","Disembodied. [R.]"
"DISBOSCATION","Converting forest land into cleared or arable land; removal ofa forest. Sir W. Scott."
"DISBOWEL","To disembowel. [R.] Spenser."
"DISBRANCH","To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off. Shak."
"DISBUD","To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizingthe vital strength of a tree."
"DISBURDEN","To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from somethingoppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.He did it to disburden a conscience. Feltham.My mediations . . . will, I hope, be more calm, being thusdisburdened. Hammond."
"DISBURGEON","To strip of burgeons or buds; to disbud. [R.] Holland."
"DISBURSE","To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund ortreasury.The duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues. Macaulay.Disbursing officer, an officer in any department of the publicservice who is charged with the duty of paying out public money."
"DISBURSER","One who disburses money."
"DISBURTHEN","To disburden; to relieve of a load. [Archaic]"
"DISC","A flat round plate; (Biol.)"
"DISCAGE","To uncage. [R.] Tennyson."
"DISCAL","Pertaining to, or resembling, a disk; as, discal cells."
"DISCALCEATE","To pull off shoes or sandals from. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"DISCALCEATED","Deprived off shoes or sandals; unshod; discalced."
"DISCALCEATION","The act of pulling off the shoes or sandals. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"DISCALCED","Unshod; barefooted; -- in distinction from calced. 'Thefoundation of houses of discalced friars.' Cardinal Manning's St.Teresa."
"DISCAMP","To drive from a camp. [Obs.] Holland."
"DISCANDY","To melt; to dissolve; to thaw. [Obs.]"
"DISCANT","See Descant, n."
"DISCAPACITATE","To deprive of capacity; to incapacitate. [R.]"
"DISCARD","To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside(a card or cards)."
"DISCARDURE","Rejection; dismissal. [R.] Hayter."
"DISCARNATE","Stripped of flesh. [Obs.] 'Discarnate bones.' Glanvill."
"DISCASE","To strip; to undress. Shak."
"DISCEDE","To yield or give up; to depart. [Obs.]I dare not discede from my copy a tittle. Fuller."
"DISCEPT","To debate; to discuss. [R.]One dissertates, he is candid; Two must discept, -- hasdistinguished. R. Browning."
"DISCEPTATION","Controversy; disputation; discussion. [Archaic]Verbose janglings and endless disceptations. Strype."
"DISCEPTATOR","One who arbitrates or decides. [R.] Cowley."
"DISCERNANCE","Discernment. [Obs.]"
"DISCERNER","One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, perceives, orjudges; as, a discerner of truth, of right and wrong.A great observer and discerner of men's natures. Clarendon."
"DISCERNIBLE","Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as,a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideasis discernible by the understanding.The effect of the privations and sufferings . . . was discernible tothe last in his temper and deportment. Macaulay."
"DISCERNIBLENESS","The quality of being discernible."
"DISCERNIBLY","In a manner to be discerned; perceptibly; visibly. Hammond."
"DISCERNING","Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted. Macaulay."
"DISCERNINGLY","In a discerning manner; with judgment; judiciously; acutely.Garth."
"DISCERP","Capability or liableness to be discerped. [R.] Wollaston."
"DISCERPTION","The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts. Bp.Hall."
"DISCERPTIVE","Tending to separate or disunite parts. Encys. Dict."
"DISCESSION","Departure. [Obs.]"
"DISCHARGE","To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload;to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipedischarges freely.The cloud, if it were oily or fatty, would not discharge. Bacon."
"DISCHARGER","One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, inelectricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, orelectrical battery, by making a connection between the two surfaces;a discharging rod."
"DISCHEVELE","Disheveled. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DISCHURCH","To deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church.Bp. Hall."
"DISCIDE","To divide; to cleave in two. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DISCIFEROUS","Bearing disks."
"DISCIFORM","Discoid."
"DISCINA","A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached byone valve, which is perforated by the peduncle."
"DISCINCT","Ungirded; loosely dressed. [R.] Sir W. Scott."
"DISCIND","To part; to divide. [Obs.] Boyle."
"DISCIPLE","One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; alearner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in thetruth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in doctrine; as,the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our Savior. The disciples,or The twelve disciples, the twelve selected companions of Jesus; --also called the apostles.-- Disciples of Christ. See Christian, n., 3, and Campbellite."
"DISCIPLESHIP","The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines andprecepts. Jer. Taylor."
"DISCIPLESS","A female disciple. [Obs.]"
"DISCIPLINABLENESS","The quality of being improvable by discipline. Sir M. Hale."
"DISCIPLINAL","Relating to discipline. Latham."
"DISCIPLINANT","A flagellant. See Flagellant."
"DISCIPLINARIAN","Pertaining to discipline. 'Displinarian system.' Milman."
"DISCIPLINARY","Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective;belonging to a course of training.Those canons . . . were only disciplinary. Bp. Ferne.The evils of the . . . are disciplinary and remedial. Buckminster."
"DISCIPLINE","The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty ofecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a churchmember."
"DISCIPLINER","One who disciplines."
"DISCLAIM","To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another'sclaim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.Burrill."
"DISCLAIMER","A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim,interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interestor estate. Burrill."
"DISCLAMATION","A disavowing or disowning. Bp. Hall."
"DISCLAME","To disclaim; to expel. [Obs.] 'Money did love disclame.'Spenser."
"DISCLAUNDER","To injure one's good name; to slander. [Obs.]"
"DISCLOAK","To take off a cloak from; to uncloak. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"DISCLOSE","Disclosure. [Obs.] Shak. Young."
"DISCLOSED","Represented with wings expanded; -- applied to doves and otherbirds not of prey. Cussans."
"DISCLOSER","One who discloses."
"DISCLOUD","To clear from clouds. [Archaic] Fuller."
"DISCLOUT","To divest of a clout. [R.]"
"DISCLUSION","A shutting off; exclusion. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"DISCOAST","To depart; to quit the coast (that is, the side or border) ofanything; to be separated. [Obs.]As far as heaven and earth discoasted lie. G. Fletcher.To discoast from the plain and simple way of speech. Barrow."
"DISCOBLASTIC","Applied to a form of egg cleavage seen in osseous fishes, whichoccurs only in a small disk that separates from the rest of the egg."
"DISCODACTYL","One of the tree frogs."
"DISCODACTYLIA","A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, asthe tree frogs."
"DISCODACTYLOUS","Having sucking disks on the toes, as the tree frogs."
"DISCOHERENT","Incoherent. [R.]"
"DISCOID","Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which havethe whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearlynautilus. Discoid flower (Bot.), a compound flower, consisting oftubular florets only, as a tansy, lacking the rays which are seen inthe daisy and sunflower."
"DISCOIDAL","Disk-shaped; discoid."
"DISCOLITH","One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body,with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion.One of them measures about"
"DISCOLORATE","To discolor. [R.] Fuller."
"DISCOMFIT","Discomfited; overthrown. [Obs.]"
"DISCOMFITURE","The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited;rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection.Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very greatdiscomfiture. 1 Sam. xiv. 20.A hope destined to end . . . in discomfiture and disgrace. Macaulay."
"DISCOMMENDABLE","Deserving, disapprobation or blame.-- Dis`com*mend'a*ble*ness, n."
"DISCOMMENDATION","Blame; censure; reproach. [R.] Ayliffe."
"DISCOMMENDER","One who discommends; a dispraiser. Johnson."
"DISCOMMISSION","To deprive of a commission or trust. [R.] Laud."
"DISCOMMODATE","To discommode. [Obs.] Howell."
"DISCOMMODE","To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble. [R.]"
"DISCOMMODIOUS","Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious. [R.] Spenser.-- Dis`com*mo'di*ous*ly, adv.-- Dis`com*mo'di*ous*ness, n."
"DISCOMMODITY","Disadvantage; inconvenience. Bacon."
"DISCOMMON","To deprive of commonable quality, as lands, by inclosing orappropriating. Burrill."
"DISCOMMUNITY","A lack of common possessions, properties, or relationship.Community of embryonic structure reveals community of descent; butdissimilarity of embryonic development does not prove discommunity ofdescent. Darwin."
"DISCOMPANY","To free from company; to dissociate. [R.]It she be alone now, and discompanied. B. Jonson."
"DISCOMPLEXION","To change the complexion or hue of. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"DISCOMPLIANCE","Failure or refusal to comply; noncompliance.A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry, and a discomplianceto my lord chancellor. Pepys."
"DISCOMPOSED","Disordered; disturbed; disquieted.-- Dis`com*pos'ed*ly, adv.-- Dis`com*pos'ed*ness, n."
"DISCOMPOSITION","Inconsistency; discordance. [Obs.] Donne."
"DISCOMPT","To discount. See Discount. Hudibras."
"DISCONCERT","Want of concert; disagreement. Sir W. Temple."
"DISCONCERTION","The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted;discomposure; perturbation. [R.] State Trials (1794)."
"DISCONDUCIVE","Not conductive; impeding; disadvantageous. [R.]"
"DISCONFORMABLE","Not conformable.Disconformable in religion from us. Stow (1603)."
"DISCONFORMITY","Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency;disagreement.Those . . . in some disconformity to ourselves. Milton.Disagreement and disconformity betwixt the speech and the conceptionof the mind. Hakewill."
"DISCONGRUITY","Incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness. Sir M. Hale."
"DISCONNECT","To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever;to separate; to disperse.The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust andpowder of individuality. Burke.This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals.Walsh."
"DISCONNECTION","The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected;separation; want of union.Nothing was therefore to be left in all the subordinate members butweakness, disconnection, and confusion. Burke."
"DISCONSECRATE","To deprive of consecration or sacredness. [R.]"
"DISCONSENT","To differ; to disagree; to dissent. [Obs.] Milton."
"DISCONSOLACY","The state of being disconsolate. [Obs.] Barrow."
"DISCONSOLATE","Disconsolateness. [Obs.] Barrow."
"DISCONSOLATED","Disconsolate. [Obs.]A poor, disconsolated, drooping creature. Sterne."
"DISCONSOLATION","Dejection; grief. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"DISCONTENT","Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. Jer. Taylor.Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet.Bunyan."
"DISCONTENTATION","Discontent. [Obs.] Ascham."
"DISCONTENTED","Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent.And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt,and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him. 1Sam. xxii. 2.-- Dis`con*tent'ed*ly, adv.-- Dis`con*tent'ed*ness, n."
"DISCONTENTFUL","Full of discontent. [R.]"
"DISCONTENTIVE","Relating or tending to discontent. [R.] 'Pride is everdiscontentive.' Feltham."
"DISCONTENTMENT","The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude. Bacon."
"DISCONTINUABLE","Admitting of being discontinued. [R.]"
"DISCONTINUATION","Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in aconnected series; discontinuance.Upon any discontinuation of parts, made either by bubbles or byshaking the glass, the whole mercury falls. Sir I. Newton."
"DISCONTINUE","To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice orhabit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop;to leave off.Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp.Burnet.I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth. Shak.Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the spaceof seven hundred years. Daniel.They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing todiscontinue it. Holder."
"DISCONTINUEE","One whose possession of an estate is broken off, ordiscontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance."
"DISCONTINUER","One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee.He was no gadder abroad, not discontinuer from his convent for a longtime. Fuller."
"DISCONTINUITY","Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts.'Discontinuity of surface.' Boyle."
"DISCONTINUOR","One who deprives another of the possession of an estate bydiscontinuance. See Discontinuance, 2."
"DISCONVENIENCE","Unsuitableness; incongruity. [Obs.] Bacon."
"DISCONVENIENT","Not convenient or congruous; unsuitable; ill-adapted. [Obs.]Bp. Reynolds."
"DISCOPHORA","A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of thelarge disklike species.-- Dis*coph'o*rous, a."
"DISCORD","Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly ordisagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations whichthey produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demandingresolution into a concord.For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds mBacon.Apple of discord. See under Apple."
"DISCORDABLE","That may produce discord; disagreeing; discordant. [R.]Halliwell."
"DISCORDANT","Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring;as, discordant notes or sounds.For still their music seemed to start Discordant echoes in eachheart. Longfellow."
"DISCORDFUL","Full of discord; contentious. [Obs.] 'His discordful dame.'Spenser."
"DISCORDOUS","Full of discord. [Obs.]"
"DISCORPORATE","Deprived of the privileges or form of a body corporate. [Obs.]Jas. II."
"DISCORRESPONDENT","Incongruous. W. Montagu."
"DISCOST","Same as Discoast. [Obs.]"
"DISCOUNSEL","To dissuade. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DISCOUNT","To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating thediscount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days."
"DISCOUNTABLE","Capable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; as, certainforms are necessary to render notes discountable at a bank."
"DISCOUNTENANCE","Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment;disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage.He thought a little discountenance on those persons would suppressthat spirit. Clarendon."
"DISCOUNTENANCER","One who discountenances; one who disfavors. Bacon."
"DISCOUNTER","One who discounts; a discount broker. Burke."
"DISCOURAGE","Lack of courage; cowardliness."
"DISCOURAGEABLE","Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened. Bp. Hall."
"DISCOURAGER","One who discourages.The promoter of truth and the discourager of error. Sir G. C. Lewis."
"DISCOURAGING","Causing or indicating discouragement.-- Dis*cour'a*ging*ly, adv."
"DISCOURE","To discover. [Obs.]That none might her discoure. Spenser."
"DISCOURSIVE","The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason.[R.] Feltham."
"DISCOURTEOUS","Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners;uncourteous.-- Dis*cour'te*ous*ly, adv.-- Dis*cour'te*ous*ness, n."
"DISCOURTESY","Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation ofdisrespect; incivility.Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truthdiscourtesy. Herbert."
"DISCOURTSHIP","Want of courtesy. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"DISCOUS","Disklike; discoid."
"DISCOVENANT","To dissolve covenant with."
"DISCOVER","To discover or show one's self. [Obs.]This done, they discover. DeckeNor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers ofthis world. Milton."
"DISCOVERABILITY","The quality of being discoverable. [R.] Carlyle."
"DISCOVERABLE","Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, manyminute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope;truths discoverable by human industry."
"DISCOVERMENT","Discovery. [Obs.]"
"DISCOVERT","Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; --applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow."
"DISCOVERTURE","A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a womanfrom the coverture of a husband."
"DISCOVERY DAY","= Columbus Day, above."
"DISCRADLE","To take from a cradle. [R.]This airy apparition first discradled From Tournay into Portugal.Ford."
"DISCREDITABLE","Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful;disreputable.-- Dis*cred'it*a*bly, adv."
"DISCREDITOR","One who discredits."
"DISCREET","The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement;variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, menand women. Sir T. Elyot.There is no real discrepancy between these two genealogies. G. S.Faber."
"DISCREPANT","Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different.The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from the rest intheir manner of worship. Cudworth."
"DISCRETE","Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent.Discrete movement. See Concrete movement of the voice, underConcrete, a.-- Discrete proportion, proportion where the ratio of the means isdifferent from that of either couplet; as, 3:6::8:16, 3 bearing thesame proportion to 6 as 8 does to 16. But 3 is not to 6 as 6 to 8. Itis thus opposed to continued or continual proportion; as, 3:6::12:24.-- Discrete quantity, that which must be divided into units, asnumber, and is opposed to continued quantity, as duration, orextension."
"DISCRETELY","Separately; disjunctively."
"DISCRETION","Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion orjudgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers."
"DISCRETIVE","Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive. Discretiveproposition (Logic & Gram.), one that expresses distinction,opposition, or variety, by means of discretive particles, as but,though, yet, etc.; as, travelers change their climate, but not theirtemper."
"DISCRETIVELY","In a discretive manner."
"DISCRIMINABLE","Capable of being discriminated. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DISCRIMINAL","In palmistry, applied to the line which marks the separationbetween the hand and the arm."
"DISCRIMINANT","The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogenousfunction of n variables. See Eliminant."
"DISCRIMINATE","Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.Bacon."
"DISCRIMINATELY","In a discriminating manner; distinctly."
"DISCRIMINATENESS","The state of being discriminated; distinctness."
"DISCRIMINATING","Marking a difference; distinguishing.-- Dis*crim'i*na`ting*ly, adv.And finds with keen discriminating sight, Black's not so black; --nor white so very white. Canning."
"DISCRIMINATION","The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantiallythe same service.A difference in rates, not based upon any corresponding difference incost, constitutes a case of discrimination. A. T. Hadley."
"DISCRIMINATIVELY","With discrimination or distinction. J. Foster."
"DISCRIMINATOR","One who discriminates."
"DISCRIMINATORY","Discriminative."
"DISCRIMINOUS","Hazardous; dangerous. [Obs.] Harvey."
"DISCRIVE","To describe. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DISCROWN","To deprive of a crown.The end had crowned the work; it not unreasonably discrowned theworkman. Motley."
"DISCRUCIATE","To torture; to excruciate. [Obs.]Discruciate a man in deep distress. Herrick."
"DISCUBITORY","Leaning; fitted for a reclining posture. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"DISCULPATE","To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate.I almost fear you think I begged it, but I can disculpate myself.Walpole."
"DISCULPATION","Exculpation. Burke."
"DISCULPATORY","Tending to exculpate; exculpatory."
"DISCUMBENCY","The act of reclining at table according to the manner of theancients at their meals. Sir T. Browne."
"DISCUMBER","To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.[Archaic] Pope."
"DISCURE","To discover; to reveal; to discoure. [Obs.]I will, if please you it discure, assay To ease you of that ill, sowisely as I may. Spenser."
"DISCURRENT","Not current or free to circulate; not in use. [Obs.] Sir E.Sandys."
"DISCURSION","The act of discoursing or reasoning; range, as from thought tothought. Coleridge."
"DISCURSIST","A discourser. [Obs.] L. Addison."
"DISCURSORY","Argumentative; discursive; reasoning. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"DISCURSUS","Argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning."
"DISCUSS","To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against,as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.Burrill."
"DISCUSSER","One who discusses; one who sifts or examines. Wood."
"DISCUSSIONAL","Pertaining to discussion."
"DISCUSSIVE","Able or tending to discuss or disperse tumors or coagulatedmatter."
"DISCUTIENT","Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive; as, a discutientapplication.-- n."
"DISDAIN","To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to behaughty.And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did .. . they disdained. Genevan Testament (Matt. xxi. 15)."
"DISDAINED","Disdainful. [Obs.]Revenge the jeering and disdained contempt Of this proud king. Shak."
"DISDAINFUL","Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous;haughty.From these Turning disdainful to an equal good. Akenside.-- Dis*dain'ful*ly, adv.-- Dis*dain'ful*ness, n."
"DISDAINISHLY","Disdainfully. [Obs.] Vives."
"DISDAINOUS","Disdainful. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"DISDAINOUSLY","Disdainfully. [Obs.] Bale."
"DISDEIFY","To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition.Feltham."
"DISDEIGN","To disdain. [Obs.]Guyon much disdeigned so loathly sight. Spenser."
"DISDIACLAST","One of the dark particles forming the doubly refracting disksof muscle fibers."
"DISDIAPASON","An interval of two octaves, or a fifteenth; -- called alsobisdiapason."
"DISEASED","Afflicted with disease.It is my own diseased imagination that torments me. W. Irving."
"DISEASEDNESS","The state of being diseased; a morbid state; sickness. [R.] T.Burnet."
"DISEASEFULNESS","The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial. [R.] Sir P.Sidney."
"DISEASEMENT","Uneasiness; inconvenience. [Obs.] Bacon."
"DISEDGE","To deprive of an edge; to blunt; to dull.Served a little to disedge The sharpness of that pain about herheart. Tennyson."
"DISEDIFY","To fail of edifying; to injure. [R.]"
"DISELDER","To deprive of an elder or elders, or of the office of an elder.[Obs.] Fuller."
"DISELENIDE","A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule."
"DISEMBARK","To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; todebark; as, the general disembarked the troops."
"DISEMBARKATION","The act of disembarking."
"DISEMBARKMENT","Disembarkation. [R.]"
"DISEMBARRASS","To free from embarrassment, or perplexity; to clear; toextricate.To disembarrass himself of his companion. Sir W. Scott."
"DISEMBARRASSMENT","Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity."
"DISEMBAY","To clear from a bay. Sherburne."
"DISEMBELLISH","To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn. Carlyle."
"DISEMBITTER","To free from"
"DISEMBODIED","Divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal.The disembodied spirits of the dead. Bryant."
"DISEMBODIMENT","The act of disembodying, or the state of being disembodied."
"DISEMBODY","To disarm and disband, as a body of soldiers,-Wilhelm."
"DISEMBOGUE","To become discharged; to flow put; to find vent; to pour outcontents.Volcanos bellow ere they disembogue. Young."
"DISEMBOGUEMENT","The act of disemboguing; discharge. Mease."
"DISEMBOSSOM","To separate from the bosom. [R.] Young."
"DISEMBOWELMENT","The act of disemboweling, or state of being disemboweled;evisceration."
"DISEMBOWERED","Deprived of, or removed from, a bower. [Poetic] Bryant."
"DISEMBRANGLE","To free from wrangling or litigation. [Obs.] Berkeley."
"DISEMBROIL","To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate fromconfusion.Vaillant has disembroiled a history that was lost to the world beforehis time. Addison."
"DISEMPLOY","To throw out of employment. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"DISEMPLOYMENT","The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment.This glut of leisure and disemployment. Jer. Taylor."
"DISEMPOWER","To deprive of power; to divest of strength. H. Bushnell."
"DISENABLE","To disable; to disqualify.The sight of it might damp me and disenable me to speak. State Trials(1640)."
"DISENAMOR","To free from the captivity of love. Shelton."
"DISENCHAINED","Freed from restraint; unrestrained. [Archaic] E. A. Poe."
"DISENCHANT","To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charmsor spells; to free from fascination or delusion.Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, anddisenchants the grove. Dryden."
"DISENCHANTER","One who, or that which, disenchants."
"DISENCHANTMENT","The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted.Shelton."
"DISENCHARM","To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant.[R.] Jer. Taylor."
"DISENCLOSE","See Disinclose."
"DISENCOURAGEMENT","Discouragement. [Obs.] Spectator."
"DISENCRESE","To decrease. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DISENCUMBER","To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs,impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. Owen.I have disencumbered myself from rhyme. Dryden."
"DISENCUMBRANCE","Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensomeor troublesome. Spectator."
"DISENDOW","To deprive of an endowment, as a church. Gladstone."
"DISENDOWMENT","The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.[The] disendowment of the Irish Church. G. B. Smith."
"DISENFRANCHISE","To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen.-- Dis`en*fran'chise*ment, n."
"DISENGAGE","To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed,involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; toliberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broilsand controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengagethe affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study.To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be borrowed.Milton.Caloric and light must be disengaged during the process. Transl. ofLavoisier."
"DISENGAGED","Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free fromoccupation or care; vacant.-- Dis`en*ga'ged*ness, n."
"DISENGAGING","Loosing; setting free; detaching. Disengaging machinery. Seeunder Engaging."
"DISENNOBLE","To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade.An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man. Guardian."
"DISENROLL","To erase from a roll or list. [Written also disenrol.] Donne."
"DISENSANITY","Insanity; folly. [Obs.]What tediosity and disensanity Is here among! Beau. & Fl."
"DISENSHROUDED","Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.The disenshrouded statue. R. Browning."
"DISENSLAVE","To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. South."
"DISENTAIL","To free from entailment."
"DISENTANGLEMENT","The act of disentangling or clearing from difficulties. Warton."
"DISENTER","See Disinter."
"DISENTHRALL","To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; todisinthrall. [Written also disenthral.] Milton."
"DISENTHRALLMENT","Liberation from bondage; emancipation; disinthrallment.[Written also disenthralment.]"
"DISENTHRONE","To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority. Milton."
"DISENTITLE","To deprive of title or claim.Every ordinary offense does not disentitle a son to the love of hisfather. South."
"DISENTOMB","To take out from a tomb; a disinter."
"DISENTRAIL","To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails.[Obs.]As if he thought her soul to disentrail. Spenser."
"DISENTRANCE","To awaken from a trance or an enchantment. Hudibras."
"DISENTWINE","To free from being entwined or twisted. Shelley."
"DISEPALOUS","Having two sepals; two-sepaled."
"DISERT","Eloquent. [Obs.]"
"DISERTITUDE","Eloquence. [Obs.]"
"DISERTY","Expressly; clearly; eloquently. [Obs.] Holland."
"DISESPOUSE","To release from espousal or plighted faith. [Poetic] Milton."
"DISESTABLISH","To unsettle; to break up (anything established); to deprive, asa church, of its connection with the state. M. Arnold."
"DISESTEEM","Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor;disrepute.Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. Milton."
"DISESTEEMER","One who disesteems. Boyle."
"DISESTIMATION","Disesteem."
"DISEXERCISE","To deprive of exercise; to leave untrained. [Obs.]By disexercising and blunting our abilities. Milton."
"DISFAME","Disrepute. [R.] Tennyson."
"DISFANCY","To dislike. [Obs.]"
"DISFASHION","To disfigure. [Obs.] Sir T. More."
"DISFAVORABLE","Unfavorable. [Obs.] Stow."
"DISFAVORABLY","Unpropitiously. [Obs.]"
"DISFAVORER","One who disfavors. Bacon."
"DISFEATURE","To deprive of features; to mar the features of. [R.]"
"DISFELLOWSHIP","To exclude from fellowship; to refuse intercourse with, as anassociate.An attempt to disfellowship an evil, but to fellowship the evildoer.Freewill Bapt. Quart."
"DISFIGURATION","The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured;defacement; deformity; disfigurement. Gauden."
"DISFIGURE","To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, orbeautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own. Milton."
"DISFIGURER","One who disfigures."
"DISFLESH","To reduce the flesh or obesity of. [Obs.] Shelton."
"DISFORESTATION","The act of clearing land of forests. Daniel."
"DISFORMITY","Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form.Uniformity or disformity in comparing together the respective figuresof bodies. S. Clarke."
"DISFRANCHISE","To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess ofthe rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting,holding office, etc.Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised. Fabyan (1509).He was partially disfranchised so as to be made incapable of takingpart in public affairs. Thirlwall."
"DISFRANCHISEMENT","The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised;deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities.Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then todisfranchisement and expulsion from the colony. Palfrey."
"DISFRIAR","To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar. [Obs.]Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves. Fuller."
"DISFROCK","To unfrock."
"DISFURNISH","To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture,equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest.I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of All merit, that can raise mehigher. Massinger."
"DISFURNISHMENT","The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.Daniel."
"DISFURNITURE","The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.[Obs.]"
"DISGAGE","To free from a gage or pledge; to disengage. [Obs.] Holland."
"DISGALLANT","To deprive of gallantry. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"DISGARLAND","To strip of a garland. [Poetic] 'Thy locks disgarland.'Drummond."
"DISGARNISH","To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle. Bp. Hall."
"DISGARRISON","To deprive of a garrison. Hewyt."
"DISGAVEL","To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure bywhich lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant; -- saidof lands. Burrill."
"DISGEST","To digest. [Obs.] Bacon."
"DISGESTION","Digestion. [Obs.]"
"DISGLORIFY","To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity. [R.]Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton."
"DISGLORY","Dishonor. [Obs.]To the disglory of God's name. Northbrooke."
"DISGORGE","To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to makerestitution.See where it flows, disgorging at seven mouths Into the sea. Milton."
"DISGORGEMENT","The act of disgorging; a vomiting; that which is disgorged. Bp.Hall."
"DISGOSPEL","To be inconsistent with, or act contrary to, the precepts ofthe gospel; to pervert the gospel. [Obs.] Milton."
"DISGRACEFUL","Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable;unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man.-- Dis*grace'ful*fy, adv.-- Dis*grace'ful*ness, n.The Senate have cast you forth disgracefully. B. Jonson."
"DISGRACER","One who disgraces."
"DISGRACIOUS","Wanting grace; unpleasing; disagreeable. Shak."
"DISGRACIVE","Disgracing. [Obs.] Feltham."
"DISGRADATION","Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors."
"DISGRADE","To degrade. [Obs.] Foxe."
"DISGRADUATE","To degrade; to reduce in rank. [Obs.] Tyndale."
"DISGREGATE","To disperse; to scatter; -- opposite of congregate. [Obs.]"
"DISGREGATION","The process of separation, or the condition of being separate,as of the molecules of a body."
"DISGRUNTLE","To dissatisfy; to disaffect; to anger. [Colloq.]"
"DISGUISEDLY","In disguise."
"DISGUISEDNESS","The state of being disguised."
"DISGUISEMENT","Disguise. [R.] Spenser."
"DISGUISING","A masque or masquerade. [Obs.]"
"DISGUST","To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one)loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend themoral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by.To disgust him with the world and its vanities. Prescott.\u00c6rius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing.J. H. Newman.Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. Macaulay."
"DISGUSTFUL","Provoking disgust; offensive to the taste; exciting aversion;disgusting.That horrible and disgustful situation. Burke."
"DISGUSTFULNESS","The state of being disgustful."
"DISGUSTING","That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting.-- Dis*gust'ing*ly, adv."
"DISHABILITATE","To disqualify. [R.]"
"DISHABILLE","An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille.They breakfast in dishabille. Smollett."
"DISHABIT","To dislodge. [Obs.]Those sleeping stones . . . from their fixed beds of lime Had beendishabited. Shak."
"DISHABITED","Rendered uninhabited. 'Dishabited towns.' R. Carew."
"DISHABITUATE","To render unaccustomed."
"DISHALLOW","To make unholy; to profane. Tennyson.Nor can the unholiness of the priest dishallow the altar. T. Adams."
"DISHARMONIOUS","Unharmonious; discordant. [Obs.] Hallywell."
"DISHARMONY","Want of harmony; discord; incongruity. [R.]A disharmony in the different impulses that constitute it [ournature]. Coleridge."
"DISHAUNT","To leave; to quit; to cease to haunt. Halliwell."
"DISHCLOTH","A cloth used for washing dishes."
"DISHCLOUT","A dishcloth. [Obsolescent]"
"DISHEART","To dishearten. [Obs.]"
"DISHEARTEN","To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress thespirits of; to deject.Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened. Macaulay."
"DISHEARTENMENT","Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits."
"DISHEIR","To disinherit. [Obs.] Dryden."
"DISHELM","To deprive of the helmet. [Poetic]Lying stark, Dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale. Tennyson."
"DISHERISON","The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance;disinhersion. Bp. Hall."
"DISHERIT","To disinherit; to cut off, or detain, from the possession orenjoyment of an inheritance. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DISHERITANCE","The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited;disinheritance. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"DISHERITOR","One who puts another out of his inheritance."
"DISHEVEL","To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. [R.]Sir T. Herbert."
"DISHEVELE","Disheveled. [Obs.]Dishevele, save his cap, he rode all bare. Chaucer."
"DISHFUL","As much as a dish holds when full."
"DISHING","Dish-shaped; concave."
"DISHONEST","To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [Obs.]I will no longer dishonest my house. Chapman."
"DISHONESTLY","In a dishonest manner."
"DISHONOR","The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by theparty on whom it is drawn."
"DISHONORARY","Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lesseningreputation. Holmes."
"DISHONORER","One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats anotherindignity. Milton."
"DISHORN","To deprive of horns; as, to dishorn cattle. 'Dishorn thespirit.' Shak."
"DISHORSE","To dismount. Tennyson."
"DISHOUSE","To deprive of house or home. 'Dishoused villagers.' JamesWhite."
"DISHUMOR","Ill humor. [Obs.]"
"DISHWASHER","A European bird; the wagtail."
"DISHWATER","Water in which dishes have been washed. 'Suds and dishwater.'Beau. & Fl."
"DISILLUSION","The act or process of freeing from an illusion, or the state ofbeing freed therefrom. Lowell."
"DISILLUSIONIZE","To disenchant; to free from illusion. 'The bitterdisillusionizing experience of postnuptial life.' W. Black."
"DISILLUSIONMENT","The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of beingfreed therefrom."
"DISIMBITTER","To free from bitterness."
"DISIMPARK","To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park. [R.]Spectator."
"DISIMPASSIONED","Free from warmth of passion or feeling."
"DISIMPROVE","To make worse; -- the opposite of improve. [R.] Jer. Taylor."
"DISIMPROVEMENT","Reduction from a better to a worse state; as, disimprovement ofthe earth."
"DISINCARCERATE","To liberate from prison. [R.] Harvey."
"DISINCLINATION","The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, oraffection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition.Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair sex. Arbuthnot.Having a disinclination to books or business. Guardian."
"DISINCLINE","To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversionin; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection tothe Queen. Clarendon.To social scenes by nature disinclined. Cowper."
"DISINCLOSE","To free from being inclosed."
"DISINCORPORATE","Separated from, or not included in, a corporation;disincorporated. Bacon."
"DISINCORPORATION","Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation. T.Warton."
"DISINFECT","To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroyputrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and theodoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect.Ure."
"DISINFECTANT","That which disinfects; an agent for removing the causes ofinfection, as chlorine."
"DISINFECTION","The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter."
"DISINFECTOR","One who, or that which, disinfects; an apparatus for applyingdisinfectants."
"DISINFLAME","To divest of flame or ardor. Chapman."
"DISINGENUITY","Disingenuousness. [Obs.] Clarendon."
"DISINHABITED","Uninhabited. [Obs.]"
"DISINHERISON","Same as Disherison. Bacon."
"DISINHERITANCE","The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being;disinherited; disherison."
"DISINHUME","To disinter. [R.]"
"DISINSURE","To render insecure; to put in danger. [Obs.] Fanshawe."
"DISINTEGRABLE","Capable of being disintegrated, or reduced to fragments orpowder.Argillo-calcite is readily disintegrable by exposure. Kirwan."
"DISINTEGRATE","To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or topowder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blowsof a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmosphericinfluences.Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, atleast in six years. Kirwan."
"DISINTEGRATOR","A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion."
"DISINTERESS","To deprive or rid of interest in, or regard for; to disengage.[Obs.]"
"DISINTERESSMENT","Disinterestedness; impartiality; fairness. [Obs.] Prior."
"DISINTEREST","Disinterested. [Obs.]The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. Jer.Taylor."
"DISINTERESTED","Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage;free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling;not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge.The happiness of disinterested sacrifices. Channing."
"DISINTERESTEDLY","In a disinterested manner; without bias or prejudice."
"DISINTERESTEDNESS","The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality.That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seemsto be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. Macaulay."
"DISINTERESTING","Uninteresting. [Obs.] 'Disinteresting passages.' Bp. Warburton."
"DISINTERMENT","The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth;exhumation."
"DISINTHRALL","To free from thralldom; to disenthrall. [Written alsodisinthral.]"
"DISINTHRALLMENT","A releasing from thralldom or slavery; disenthrallment.[Written also disinthralment.]"
"DISINTRICATE","To disentangle. [R.] 'To disintricate the question.' Sir W.Hamilton."
"DISINURE","To render unaccustomed or unfamiliar.We are hindered and disinured . . . towards the true knowledge.Milton."
"DISINVESTITURE","The act of depriving of investiture. [Obs.] Ogilvie."
"DISINVIGORATE","To enervate; to weaken. [R.] Sydney Smith."
"DISINVOLVE","To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle. [R.] Dr. H.More."
"DISJECTION","Destruction; dispersion. Bp. Horsley."
"DISJOIN","To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder.That marriage, therefore, God himself disjoins. Milton.Never let us lay down our arms against France, till we have utterlydisjoined her from the Spanish monarchy. Addison.Windmill Street consisted of disjoined houses. Pennant."
"DISJOINT","Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton."
"DISJOINTED","Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent.-- Dis*joint'ed*ly, adv.-- Dis*joint'ed*ness, n."
"DISJOINTLY","In a disjointed state. Sandys."
"DISJUDICATION","Judgment; discrimination. See Dijudication. [Obs.] Boyle."
"DISJUNCT","Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deepconstriction. Disjunct tetrachords (Mus.), tetrachords so disposed toeach other that the gravest note of the upper is one note higher thanthe acutest note of the other."
"DISJUNCTIVE","Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. 'Disjunctive notes.' Moore(Encyc. of Music). Disjunctive conjunction (Gram.), one connectinggrammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same time anopposition or separation inherent in the notions or thoughts; as,either, or, neither, nor, but, although, except, lest, etc.-- Disjunctive proposition, one in which the parts are connected bydisjunctive conjunctions; as it is either day or night.-- Disjunctive syllogism (Logic), one in which the major propositionis disjunctive; as, the earth moves in a circle or an ellipse; but indoes not move in a circle, therefore it moves in an ellipse."
"DISJUNCTIVELY","In a disjunctive manner; separately. Dr. H. More."
"DISJUNCTURE","The act of disjoining, or state of being disjoined; separation.Fuller."
"DISK","The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected ofthe heavens."
"DISK CLUTCH","A friction clutch in which the gripping surfaces are disks ormore or less resemble disks."
"DISKINDNESS","Unkindness; disservice. [R.] A. Tucker."
"DISKLESS","Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into adisk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope."
"DISLADE","To unlade. [Obs.] Heywood."
"DISLEAL","Disloyal; perfidious. [Obs.] 'Disleal knight.' Spenser."
"DISLEAVE","To deprive of leaves. [R.]The cankerworms that annually that disleaved the elms. Lowell."
"DISLIKEFUL","Full of dislike; disaffected; malign; disagreeable. [Obs.]Spenser."
"DISLIKELIHOOD","The want of likelihood; improbability. Sir W. Scott."
"DISLIKEN","To make unlike; to disguise. [Obs.] Shak."
"DISLIKENESS","Unlikeness. [R.] Locke."
"DISLIKER","One who dislikes or disrelishes."
"DISLIMB","To tear limb from limb; to dismember. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DISLIMN","To efface, as a picture. [Obs.] Shak."
"DISLINK","To unlink; to disunite; to separate. [R.] Tennyson."
"DISLIVE","To deprive of life. [Obs.]Telemachus dislived Amphimedon. Chapman."
"DISLOCATE","To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of abone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone;to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, todislocate your bones. Shak.After some time the strata on all sides of the globe were dislocated.Woodward.And thus the archbishop's see, dislocated or out of joint for a time,was by the hands of his holiness set right again. Fuller."
"DISLOCATION","The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata fromthe situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and thelike, are dislocations."
"DISLODGE","To go from a place of rest. [R.]Where Light and Darkness in perpetual round Lodge and dislodge byturns. Milton."
"DISLODGMENT","The act or process of dislodging, or the state of beingdislodged."
"DISLOIGN","To put at a distance; to remove. [Obs.]Low-looking dales, disloigned from common gaze. Spenser."
"DISLOYAL","Not loyal; not true to a sovereign or lawful superior, or tothe government under which one lives; false where allegiance is due;faithless; as, a subject disloyal to the king; a husband disloyal tohis wife.Without a thought disloyal. Mrs. Browning."
"DISLOYALLY","In a disloyal manner."
"DISLOYALTY","Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance."
"DISMAIL","To divest of coat of mail. Spenser."
"DISMALLY","In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably."
"DISMALNESS","The quality of being dismal; gloominess."
"DISMAN","To unman. [Obs.] Feltham."
"DISMARCH","To march away. [Obs.]"
"DISMARRY","To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce. [Obs.] Ld.Berners."
"DISMARSHAL","To disarrange; to derange; to put in disorder. [R.] Drummond."
"DISMASK","To divest of a mask. Shak."
"DISMAST","To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away themasts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship."
"DISMASTMENT","The act of dismasting; the state of being dismasted. [R.]Marshall."
"DISMAW","To eject from the maw; to disgorge. [R.] Shelton."
"DISMAY","To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay. [Obs.]Shak."
"DISMAYEDNESS","A state of being dismayed; dejection of courage;dispiritedness."
"DISMAYFUL","Terrifying. Spenser."
"DISME","A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe. Ayliffe."
"DISMEMBERMENT","The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered;cutting in piece; mThe Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of theunwieldy body of which they formed the head. Macaulay."
"DISMETTLED","Destitute of mettle, that is, or fire or spirit. [R.]Llewellyn."
"DISMISS","Dismission. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert."
"DISMISSAL","Dismission; discharge.Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain ofimmediate dismissal. Motley."
"DISMISSIVE","Giving dismission."
"DISMORTGAGE","To redeem from mortgage. [Obs.] Howell."
"DISMOUNT","To take down, or apart, as a machine."
"DISNATURALIZE","To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth. Locke."
"DISNATURED","Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural. [Obs.]Shak."
"DISOBEDIENCE","Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command orprohibition.He is undutiful to him other actions, and lives in open disobedience.Tillotson."
"DISOBEDIENCY","Disobedience."
"DISOBEDIENTLY","In a disobedient manner."
"DISOBEISANCE","Disobedience. [Obs.] E. Hall."
"DISOBEISANT","Disobedient. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DISOBEY","Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or hiscommands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one inauthority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobeytheir parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws.Not to disobey her lord's behest. Tennyson."
"DISOBEYER","One who disobeys."
"DISOBLIGATORY","Releasing from obligation. 'Disobligatory power.' Charles I."
"DISOBLIGEMENT","Release from obligation. [Obs.]"
"DISOBLIGER","One who disobliges."
"DISOCCIDENT","To turn away from the west; to throw out of reckoning as tolongitude. [Obs.] Marvell."
"DISOCCUPATION","The state of being unemployed; want of occupation. [R.]"
"DISOPINION","Want or difference of belief; disbelief. [Obs.] Bp. Reynolds."
"DISOPPILATE","To open. [Obs.] Holland."
"DISORB","To throw out of the proper orbit; to unsphere. Shak."
"DISORD","Disorder. [Obs.] Holland."
"DISORDEINED","Inordinate; irregular; vicious. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DISORDERLINESS","The state of being disorderly."
"DISORDERLY","Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriouslyoffensive; as, a disorderly house."
"DISORDINANCE","Disarrangement; disturbance. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DISORDINATE","Inordinate; disorderly. [Obs.] 'With disordinate gestures.'Prynne."
"DISORDINATELY","Inordinately. [Obs.] E. Hall."
"DISORDINATION","The state of being in disorder; derangement; confusion. [Obs.]Bacon."
"DISORGANIZE","To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (agovernment, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what isorganized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange.Lyford . . . attempted to disorganize the church. Eliot (1809)."
"DISORGANIZER","One who disorganizes or causes disorder and confusion."
"DISORIENT","To turn away from the cast; to confuse as to which way is east;to cause to lose one's bearings. [R.] Bp. Warburton."
"DISORIENTATE","To turn away from the east, or (figuratively) from the right orthe truth. [R.]"
"DISOWNMENT","Act of disowning. [R.]"
"DISOXIDATE","To deoxidate; to deoxidize. [R.]"
"DISOXIDATION","Deoxidation. [R.]"
"DISOXYGENATE","To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize. [R.]"
"DISOXYGENATION","Deoxidation. [R.]"
"DISPACE","To roam. [Obs.]In this fair plot dispacing to and fro. Spenser."
"DISPAIR","To separate (a pair). [R.]I have . . . dispaired two doves. Beau. & Fl."
"DISPAND","To spread out; to expand. [Obs.] Bailey."
"DISPANSION","Act of dispanding, or state of being dispanded. [Obs.]"
"DISPARADISED","Removed from paradise. [R.] Cockeram."
"DISPARAGE","Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior. [Obs.]Chaucer.Dissuaded her from such a disparage. Spenser."
"DISPARAGER","One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces."
"DISPARAGINGLY","In a manner to disparage or dishonor; slightingly."
"DISPARATE","Pertaining to two co\u00f6rdinate species or divisions."
"DISPARATES","Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared witheach other."
"DISPARITION","Act of disappearing; disappearance. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"DISPARITY","Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence;dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as,disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color.The disparity between God and his intelligent creatures. I. Taylor.The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause anyuneasiness. Macaulay."
"DISPARKLE","To scatter abroad. [Obs.] Holland."
"DISPART","To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; torive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers. [Archaic]Them in twelve troops their captain did dispart. Spenser.The world will be whole, and refuses to be disparted. Emerson."
"DISPASSION","Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy. Sir W.Temple."
"DISPASSIONED","Free from passion; dispassionate. [R.] 'Dispassioned men.'Donne."
"DISPATCH","To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter ofbusiness.They have dispatched with Pompey. Shak."
"DISPATCHER","One who dispatches."
"DISPATCHFUL","Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or anytask; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks. Milton."
"DISPATCHMENT","The act of dispatching. [Obs.] State Trials (1529)."
"DISPATHY","Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy. [R.]Many discrepancies and some dispathies between us. Southey."
"DISPAUPER","To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; todeprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis."
"DISPAUPERIZE","To free a state of pauperism, or from paupers. J. S. Mill."
"DISPEED","To send off with speed; to dispatch. [Obs.] Knolles.Then they dispeeded themselves of the Cid and of their mother-in-law,DoSouthey."
"DISPEL","To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clearaway; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares,doubts, illusions.[Satan] gently raised their fainting courage, and dispelled theirfears. Milton.I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispelthe night. Dryden."
"DISPENCE","See Dispense. [Obs.]"
"DISPEND","To spend; to lay out; to expend. [Obs.] Spenser.Able to dispend yearly twenty pounds and above. Fuller."
"DISPENDER","One who dispends or expends; a steward. [Obs.] Wyclif (1 Cor.iv. 1)."
"DISPENSABLENESS","Quality of being dispensable."
"DISPENSATION","a system of principles, promises, and rules ordained andadministered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, andChristian dispensations.Neither are God's methods or intentions different in hisdispensations to each private man. Rogers."
"DISPENSATIVE","Granting dispensation."
"DISPENSATIVELY","By dispensation. Wotton."
"DISPENSATOR","A distributer; a dispenser. Bacon."
"DISPENSATORILY","In the way of dispensation; dispensatively."
"DISPENSATORY","Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. 'Dispensatorypower.' Bp. Rainbow."
"DISPENSE","Dispensation; exemption. [Obs.]"
"DISPENSER","One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, adispenser of favors."
"DISPEOPLE","To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.Leave the land dispeopled and desolate. Sir T. More.A certain island long before dispeopled . . . by sea rivers. Milton."
"DISPEOPLER","One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator. Gay."
"DISPERGE","To sprinkle. [Obs.]"
"DISPERMOUS","Containing only two seeds; two-seeded."
"DISPERPLE","To scatter; to sprinkle. [Obs.]Odorous water was Disperpled lightly on my head and neck. Chapman."
"DISPERSAL","The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.Darwin."
"DISPERSED","Scattered.-- Dis*pers'ed*ly, adv.-- Dis*pers'ed*ness, n. Dispersed harmony (Mus.), harmony in whichthe tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octaveor more."
"DISPERSENESS","Dispersedness. [Obs.]"
"DISPERSER","One that disperses."
"DISPERSION","The separation of light into its different colored rays,arising from their different refrangibilities. Dispersion of theoptic axes (Crystallog.), the separation of the optic axes in biaxialcrystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different valuesfor the different colors of the spectrum."
"DISPERSIVE","Tending to disperse. Dispersive power (Opt.), the relativeeffect of a material in separating the different rays of light byrefraction, as when the substance is formed into a prism.-- Dis*pers'ive*ness, n."
"DISPERSONATE","To deprive of personality or individuality. [R.]We multiply; we dispersonate ourselves. Hare."
"DISPIRITED","Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted.-- Dis*pir'it*ed*ly, adv.-- Dis*pir'it*ed, n."
"DISPIRITMENT","Depression of spirits; discouragement. [R.]Procter, in evident distress and dispiritment, was waiting the slowconclusion of this. Carlyle."
"DISPITEOUS","Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless. Spenser.-- Dis*pit'e*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"DISPLACEABLE","Capable of being displaced."
"DISPLACEMENT","The process of extracting soluble substances from organicmaterial and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent isdisplaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent. Pistondisplacement (Mech.), the volume of the space swept through, orweight of steam, water, etc., displaced, in a given time, by thepiston of a steam engine or pump."
"DISPLACENCY","Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure;dislike. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"DISPLACER","The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement."
"DISPLANTATION","The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh."
"DISPLAT","To untwist; to uncurl; to unplat. [Obs.] Hakewill."
"DISPLAY","To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line.Farrow."
"DISPLAYED","With wings expanded; -- said of a bird of pray, esp. an eagle."
"DISPLAYER","One who, or that which, displays."
"DISPLE","To discipline; to correct. [Obs.]And bitter Penance, with an iron whip, Was wont him once to displeevery day. Spenser."
"DISPLEASANCE","Displeasure; discontent; annoyance. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DISPLEASANT","Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant. [Obs.] Speed.-- Dis*pleas'ant*ly, adv. [Obs.] Strype.-- Dis*pleas'ant*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"DISPLEASE","To give displeasure or offense. [Obs.]"
"DISPLEASEDLY","With displeasure. [R.]"
"DISPLEASEDNESS","Displeasure. [R.] South."
"DISPLEASER","One who displeases."
"DISPLEASING","Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive;disagreeable.-- Dis*pleas'ing*ly, adv.-- Dis*pleas'ing*ness, n. Locke."
"DISPLEASURE","To displease. [Obs.] Bacon."
"DISPLENISH","To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn ofstock. [Scot.]"
"DISPLODE","To discharge; to explode.In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. Milton."
"DISPLOSION","Explosion.The vast displosion dissipates the clouds. Young."
"DISPLOSIVE","Explosive."
"DISPLUME","To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive ofdecoration; to dishonor; to degrade.Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed. Burke."
"DISPOLINE","One of several isomeric organic bases of the quinoline seriesof alkaloids."
"DISPOND","See Despond."
"DISPONDEE","A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables."
"DISPONE","To dispose."
"DISPONEE","The person to whom any property is legally conveyed."
"DISPONER","One who legally transfers property from himself to another."
"DISPONGE","To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge. [Poetic & Rare][Written also dispunge.]O sovereign mistress of true melancholy, The poisonous damp of nightdisponge upon me. Shak."
"DISPOPE","To refuse to consider as pope; to depose from the popedom.One whom they disposed. Tennyson."
"DISPOROUS","Having two spores."
"DISPORT","Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness. Milton."
"DISPORTMENT","Act of disporting; diversion; play. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"DISPOSABLE","Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasionmay require; not assigned to any service or use.The great of this kingdom . . . has easily afforded a disposablesurplus. Burke."
"DISPOSE","To bargain; to make terms. [Obs.]She had disposed with C\u00e6sar. Shak."
"DISPOSEDNESS","The state of being disposed or inclined; inclination;propensity. [R.]"
"DISPOSEMENT","Disposal. [Obs.] Goodwin."
"DISPOSER","One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; abestower.Absolute lord and disposer of all things. Barrow."
"DISPOSINGLY","In a manner to dispose."
"DISPOSITED","Disposed. [Obs.] Glanvill."
"DISPOSITIONAL","Pertaining to disposition."
"DISPOSITIONED","Having (such) a disposition; -- used in compounds; as, well-dispositioned."
"DISPOSITIVELY","In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition.[Obs.] Sir T. Browne.Do dispositively what Moses is recorded to have done literally, . . .break all the ten commandments at once. Boyle."
"DISPOSITOR","The planet which is lord of the sign where another planet is.[Obs.] Crabb."
"DISPOSSESS","To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancyof, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; --usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossessa king of his crown.Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. Goldsmith."
"DISPOSSESSION","The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of onewho is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; --called also ouster."
"DISPOSSESSOR","One who dispossesses. Cowley."
"DISPOST","To eject from a post; to displace. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode)."
"DISPRAISABLE","Blamable. [R.]"
"DISPRAISE","To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or somedegree of censure; to disparage; to blame.Dispraising the power of his adversaries. Chaucer.I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall inlove with him. Shak."
"DISPRAISER","One who blames or dispraises."
"DISPRAISINGLY","By way of dispraise."
"DISPREAD","To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open;as, the sun dispreads his beams. Spenser."
"DISPREADER","One who spreads abroad.Dispreaders both of vice and error. Milton."
"DISPREJUDICE","To free from prejudice. [Obs.] W. Montagu."
"DISPREPARE","To render unprepared. [Obs.] Hobbes."
"DISPRINCE","To make unlike a prince. [R.]For I was drench'd with ooze, and torn with briers, . . . And, allone rag, disprinced from head to heel. Tennyson."
"DISPRISON","To let loose from prison, to set all liberty. [R.] Bulwer."
"DISPRIVILEGE","To deprive of a privilege or privileges. [R.]"
"DISPRIZE","To do preciate. [R.] Cotton (Ode to Lydia)."
"DISPROFESS","To renounce the profession or pursuit of.His arms, which he had vowed to disprofess. Spenser."
"DISPROFIT","Loss; damage. Foxe."
"DISPROFITABLE","Unprofitable. [Obs.]"
"DISPROOF","A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation;as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement.I need not offer anything farther in support of one, or in disproofof the other. Rogers."
"DISPROPERTY","To cause to be no longer property; to dispossess of. [R.] Shak."
"DISPROPORTION","To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; toviolate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion me in everypart. Shak.A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of itsterritory. Prescott."
"DISPROPORTIONABLE","Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, oradaptation; disproportionate; inadequate.-- Dis`pro*por'tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond.-- Dis`pro*por'tion*a*bly, adv."
"DISPROPORTIONAL","Not having due proportion to something else; not havingproportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form, quantity orvalue; inadequate; unequal; as, a disproportional limb constitutesdeformity in the body; the studies of youth should not bedisproportional to their understanding."
"DISPROPORTIONALITY","The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More."
"DISPROPORTIONALLY","In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, orvalue; unequally."
"DISPROPORTIONATE","Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something elsein bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as,in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it iswisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means.-- Dis`pro*por'tion*ate*ly, adv.-- Dis`pro*por'tion*ate*ness, n."
"DISPROPRIATE","To cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate. [R.]"
"DISPROVABLE","Capable of being disproved or refuted. Boyle."
"DISPROVAL","Act of disproving; disproof. [R.]"
"DISPROVER","One who disproves or confutes."
"DISPROVIDE","Not to provide; to fail to provide. [Obs.] Boyle."
"DISPUNCT","Wanting in punctilious respect; discourteous. [Obs.]That were dispunct to the ladies. B. Jonson."
"DISPUNGE","To expunge; to erase. [Obs.]"
"DISPUNISHABLE","Without penal restraint; not punishable. [R.] Swift."
"DISPURPOSE","To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. [R.] A.Brewer."
"DISPURSE","To disburse. [Obs.] Shak."
"DISPURVEY","To disfurnish; to strip. [Obs.] Heywood."
"DISPURVEYANCE","Want of provisions; [Obs.] Spenser."
"DISPUTABLENESS","State of being disputable."
"DISPUTACITY","Proneness to dispute. [Obs.] Bp. Ward."
"DISPUTANT","Disputing; engaged in controversy. Milton."
"DISPUTATIOUS","Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterizedby dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper.The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of thenew religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputationsperiod. Buckminster.-- Dis`pu*ta'tious*ly, adv.-- Dis`pu*ta'tious*ness, n."
"DISPUTATIVE","Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason inopposition; as, a disputative temper. I. Watts."
"DISPUTE","To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained,upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; toaltercate; to wrangle.Therefore disputed [reasoned, Rev. Ver.] he in synagogue with the Jews. Acts xvii. 17."
"DISPUTELESS","Admitting no dispute; incontrovertible. Bailey."
"DISPUTER","One who disputes, or who is given to disputes; a controvertist.Where is the disputer of this world 1 Cor. i. 20."
"DISPUTISON","Dispute; discussion. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DISQUANTITY","To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. [Obs.] Shak."
"DISQUIET","Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [R.] Shak."
"DISQUIETAL","The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet. [Obs.][It] roars and strives 'gainst its disquietal. Dr. H. More."
"DISQUIETER","One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; adisturber."
"DISQUIETFUL","Producing inquietude or uneasiness. [R.] Barrow."
"DISQUIETIVE","Tending to disquiet. [R.]"
"DISQUIETLY","In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly thatnight. [R.] Wiseman."
"DISQUIETMENT","State of being disquieted; uneasiness; harassment. [R.]Hopkins."
"DISQUIETNESS","Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness.Hooker."
"DISQUIETOUS","Causing uneasiness. [R.]So distasteful and disquietous to a number of men. Milton."
"DISQUIETTUDE","Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance;agitation; anxiety.Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp."
"DISQUISITION","A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, anysubject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with thearguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation.For accurate research or grave disquisition he was not wellqualified. Macaulay."
"DISQUISITIONAL","Pertaining to disquisition; of the nature of disquisition."
"DISQUISITIONARY","Pertaining to disquisition; disquisitional."
"DISQUISITIVE","Relating to disquisition; fond discussion or investigation;examining; inquisitive."
"DISQUISITORIAL","Disquisitory."
"DISQUISITORY","Of or pertaining to disquisition; disquisitive. Ed. Rev."
"DISRANGE","To disarrange. [Obs.] Wood."
"DISRATE","To reduce to a lower rating or rank; to degrade. Marryat."
"DISRAY","of Disarray. [Obs.] Holland."
"DISREALIZE","To divest of reality; to make uncertain. [Obs.] Udall."
"DISREGARD","Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; toneglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, todisregard the admonitions of conscience.Studious of good, man disregarded fame. Blackmore."
"DISREGARDER","One who disregards."
"DISREGARDFUL","Neglect; negligent; heedless; regardless."
"DISREGARDFULLY","Negligently; heedlessly."
"DISREMEMBER","To fail to remember; to forget. [Obs. or Archaic]"
"DISREPAIR","A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair.The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair. Sir W. Scott."
"DISREPUTABILITY","The state of being disreputable. [R.]"
"DISREPUTABLE","Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable;disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it isdisreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and theprofane.Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which youprobably consider as laudable in yourself Bp. Watson."
"DISREPUTABLY","In a disreputable manner."
"DISREPUTATION","Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute;disesteem. 'A disreputation of piety.' Jer. Taylor."
"DISREPUTE","Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem;discredit.At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell intogeneral disrepute. Sir W. Scott."
"DISRESPECT","Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility;discourtesy.Impatience of bearing the least affront or disrespect. Pope."
"DISRESPECTABILITY","Want of respectability. Thackeray."
"DISRESPECTABLE","Not respectable; disreputable. M. Arnold."
"DISRESPECTER","One who disrespects."
"DISRESPECTFUL","Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect;uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior.-- Dis`re*spect'ful*ly, adv.-- Dis`re*spect'ful*ness, n."
"DISRESPECTIVE","Showing want of respect; disrespectful. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"DISREVERENCE","To treat irreverently or with disrespect. [Obs.] Sir T. More."
"DISROBE","To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip ofcovering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumndisrobes the fields of verdure.Two great peers were disrobed of their glory. Sir H. Wotton."
"DISROBER","One who, or that which, disrobes."
"DISROOF","To unroof. [R.] Carlyle."
"DISROOT","To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from afoundation; to uproot.A piece of ground disrooted from its situation by subterraneousinundations. Goldsmith."
"DISROUT","To put to rout. Taylor (1630)."
"DISRUDDER","To deprive of the rudder, as a ship."
"DISRULILY","In a disorderly manner. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"DISRULY","Unruly; disorderly. [Obs.]"
"DISRUPT","Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted."
"DISRUPTION","The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunderor broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, thedisruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state."
"DISRUPTIVE","Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption;breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of anelectrical battery. Nichol."
"DISRUPTURE","Disruption. [R.] Jefferson."
"DISSATISFACTION","The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or discontented;uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or fromdisappointed wishes and expectations.The ambitious man has little happiness, but is subject to muchuneasiness and dissatisfaction. Addison."
"DISSATISFACTORY","Causing dissatisfaction; unable to give content;unsatisfactory; displeasing.To have reduced the different qualifications in the different Statesto one uniform rule, would probably have been as dissatisfactory tosome of the States, as difficult for the Convention. A. Hamilton.-- Dis*sat`is*fac'to*ri*ness, n."
"DISSATISFY","To render unsatisfied or discontented; to excite uneasiness inby frustrating wishes or expectations; to displease by the want ofsomething requisite; as, to be dissatisfied with one's fortune.The dissatisfied factions of the autocracy. Bancroft."
"DISSEAT","To unseat. [R.] Shak."
"DISSECT","To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separateand expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination andto show their structure and relations; to anatomize."
"DISSECTED","Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf."
"DISSECTIBLE","Capable of being dissected, or separated by dissection. Paley."
"DISSECTOR","One who dissects; an anatomist."
"DISSEIZE","To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oustwrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of;as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. [Written also disseise.]Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those goldenmines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. Holland."
"DISSEIZEE","A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estateunlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor. [Written also disseisee.]"
"DISSEIZIN","The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster ofa person actually seized of the freehold. [Written also disseisin.]Blackstone."
"DISSEIZOR","One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possessionof a freehold. [Written also disseisor.] Blackstone."
"DISSEIZORESS","A woman disseizes."
"DISSEIZURE","Disseizin. Speed."
"DISSEMBLANCE","Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. [R.] Osborne."
"DISSEMBLE","To conceal the real fact, motives,He that hateth dissembleth with his lips. Prov. xxvi. 24.He [an enemy] dissembles when he assumes an air of friendship. C. J.Smith."
"DISSEMBLER","One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions ordispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite.It is the weakest sort of politicians that are the greatestdissemblers. Bacon.Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here. Pope."
"DISSEMBLING","That dissembles; hypocritical; false.-- Dis*sem'bling*ly, adv."
"DISSEMINATED","Occurring in small portions scattered through some othersubstance."
"DISSEMINATION","The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated;diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreadingabroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.The universal dissemination of those writings. Wayland."
"DISSEMINATIVE","Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated.The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious anddisseminative. Jer. Taylor."
"DISSEMINATOR","One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates;as, disseminators of disease."
"DISSENSION","Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character,producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisanand contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife;discord; quarrel.Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them.Acts xv. 2.Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy. Dryden.A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among the people.Robynson (More's Utopia)."
"DISSENSIOUS","Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. [R.] Ascham.-- Dis*sen'sious*ly, adv. Chapman."
"DISSENT","To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines,rites, or government."
"DISSENTANEOUS","Disagreeing; contrary; differing; -- opposed to consentaneous.[R.] Barrow."
"DISSENTANY","Dissentaneous; inconsistent. [Obs.] Milton."
"DISSENTATION","Dissension. [Obs.] W. Browne."
"DISSENTER","One who separates from the service and worship of anestablished church; especially, one who disputes the authority ortenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist.Dissenters from the establishment of their several countries. Burke.Robert Brown is said to have the first formal dissenter. Shipley."
"DISSENTERISM","The spirit or principles of dissenters. Ed. Rev."
"DISSENTIATE","To throw into a state of dissent. [R.] Feltham."
"DISSENTIENT","Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting.-- n."
"DISSENTIOUS","Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome;contentious; factious.-- Dis*sen'tious*ly, adv."
"DISSENTIVE","Disagreeing; inconsistent. [Obs.] Feltham."
"DISSEPIMENT","One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells."
"DISSERT","To discourse or dispute; to discuss. [R.]We have disserted upon it a little longer than was necessary.Jeffrey."
"DISSERTATE","To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse.[R.] J. Foster."
"DISSERTATION","A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or written;a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations on theProphecies."
"DISSERTATIONAL","Relating to dissertations; resembling a dissertation."
"DISSERTATIONIST","A writer of dissertations."
"DISSERTATOR","One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses. Boyle."
"DISSERTLY","See Disertly. [Obs.]"
"DISSERVE","To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; tohurt; to harm.Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. Jer.Taylor."
"DISSERVICE","Injury; mischief.We shall rather perform good offices unto truth than any disserviceunto their relators. Sir T. Browne."
"DISSERVICEABLE","Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable;injurious; harmful; unserviceable. Shaftesbury.-- Dis*serv'ice*a*ble*ness, n. Norris.-- Dis*serv'ice*a*bly, adv."
"DISSETTLE","To unsettle. [Obs.]"
"DISSETTLEMENT","The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled.Marvell."
"DISSEVER","To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; toseparate; to disperse.The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of therm nevermet again. Sir P. Sidney.States disserved, discordant, belligerent. D. Webster."
"DISSEVERANCE","The act of disserving; separation."
"DISSEVERATION","The act of disserving; disseverance. [Obs.]"
"DISSEVERMENT","Disseverance. Sir W. Scott."
"DISSHADOW","To free from shadow or shade. [Obs.] G. Fletcher."
"DISSHEATHE","To become unsheathed. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh."
"DISSHIP","To dismiss from service on board ship. [Obs.] Hakluyt."
"DISSHIVER","To shiver or break in pieces. [Obs.]"
"DISSIDENCE","Disagreement; dissent; separation from the establishedreligion. I. Taylor.It is the dissidence of dissent. Burke."
"DISSIDENT","No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.Our life and manners be dissident from theirs. Robynson (More'sUtopia)."
"DISSIDENTLY","In a dissident manner."
"DISSILIENT","Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force;dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp."
"DISSILITION","The act of bursting or springing apart. [R.] Boyle."
"DISSIMILAR","Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men areas dissimilar as their features.This part very dissimilar to any other. Boyle."
"DISSIMILARITY","Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as,the dissimilarity of human faces and forms. Sir W. Jones."
"DISSIMILARLY","In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style.With verdant shrubs dissimilarly gay. C. Smart."
"DISSIMILATE","To render dissimilar."
"DISSIMILATION","The act of making dissimilar. H. Sweet."
"DISSIMILE","Comparison or illustration by contraries."
"DISSIMILITUDE","A comparison by contrast; a dissimile."
"DISSIMULATE","Feigning; simulating; pretending. [Obs.] Henryson."
"DISSIMULATION","The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance;concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.Let love be without dissimulation. Rom. xii. 9.Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and arguments that heis not that he is. Bacon.Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and dissimulation aconcealment of what is. Tatler."
"DISSIMULATOR","One who dissimulates; a dissembler."
"DISSIMULE","To dissemble. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DISSIMULER","A dissembler. [Obs.]"
"DISSIMULOUR","A dissembler. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DISSIPABLE","Capable of being scattered or dissipated. [R.]The heat of those plants is very dissipable. Bacon."
"DISSIPATIVE","Tending to dissipate. Dissipative system (Mech.), an assumedsystem of matter and motions in which forces of friction andresistances of other kinds are introduced without regard to the heator other molecular actions which they generate; -- opposed toconservative system."
"DISSIPATIVITY","The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into otherforms of energy."
"DISSITE","Lying apart. [Obs.]Lands far dissite and remote asunder. Holland."
"DISSLANDER","To slander. [Obs.] Legend of Dido."
"DISSLANDEROUS","Slanderous. [Obs.]"
"DISSOCIABILITY","Want of sociability; unsociableness. Bp. Warburton."
"DISSOCIAL","Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, dissocialfeelings."
"DISSOCIALIZE","To render unsocial."
"DISSOCIATE","To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin;as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly dissociatedhimself from the reformer. A. W. Ward."
"DISSOCIATION","The process by which a compound body breaks up into simplerconstituents; -- said particularly of the action of heat on gaseousor volatile substances; as, the dissociation of the sulphurmolecules; the dissociation of ammonium chloride into hydrochloricacid and ammonia."
"DISSOCIATIVE","Tending or leading to dissociation."
"DISSOLUBILITY","The quality of being dissoluble; capacity of being dissoluble;capacity of being dissolved by heat or moisture, and converted into afluid."
"DISSOLUBLENESS","The quality of being dissoluble; dissolubility. Boyle."
"DISSOLUTELY","In a dissolute manner."
"DISSOLUTENESS","State or quality of being dissolute; looseness of morals andmanners; addictedness to sinful pleasures; debauchery; dissipation.Chivalry had the vices of dissoluteness. Bancroft."
"DISSOLVABILITY","Capacity of being dissolved; solubility. Richardson."
"DISSOLVABLE","Capable of being dissolved, or separated into component parts;capable of being liquefied; soluble.-- Dis*solv'a*ble*ness, n.Though everything which is compacted be in its own naturedissolvable. Cudworth.Such things as are not dissolvable by the moisture of the tongue. SirI. Newton."
"DISSOLVATIVE","Having the power to dissolve anything; solvent. [Obs.]Frampton."
"DISSOLVE","To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolvean injunction."
"DISSOLVENT","Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as,the dissolvent juices of the stomach. Ray."
"DISSOLVER","One who, or that which, has power to dissolve or dissipate.Thou kind dissolver of encroaching care. Otway."
"DISSOLVING","Melting; breaking up; vanishing.-- Dis*solv'ing*ly, adv. Dissolving view, a picture which grows dimand is gradually replaced by another on the same field; -- an effectproduced by magic lanterns."
"DISSONANCY","Discord; dissonance."
"DISSPIRIT","See Dispirit."
"DISSUADER","One who dissuades; a dehorter."
"DISSUASIVE","Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose;dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice.-- n."
"DISSUASORY","A dissuasive. [R.]This virtuous and reasonable person, however, has ill luck in all hisdissuasories. Jeffrey."
"DISSUNDER","To separate; to sunder; to destroy. [R.] Chapman."
"DISSWEETEN","To deprive of sweetness. [R.] Bp. Richardson."
"DISSYLLABIC","Consisting of two syllabas, a dissyllabic foot in poetry. B.Jons"
"DISSYLLABIFICATION","A formi"
"DISSYLLABIFY","To form into two syllables. Ogilvie."
"DISSYLLABIZE","To form into two syllables; to dyssyllabify."
"DISSYLLABLE","A word of two syllables; as, pa-per."
"DISSYMMETRICAL","Not having symmetry; asymmetrical; unsymmetrical."
"DISSYMMETRY","Absence or defect of symmetry; asymmetry."
"DISSYMPATHY","Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference. [R.]"
"DISTAD","Toward a distal part; on the distal side of; distally."
"DISTAIN","To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one;to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- usedchiefly in poetry. 'Distained with dirt and blood.' Spenser.[She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood. Spenser.The worthiness of praise distains his worth. Shak."
"DISTALLY","Toward a distal part."
"DISTANCE","A space marked out in the last part of a race course.The horse that ran the whole field out of distance. L'Estrange."
"DISTANCY","Distance. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"DISTANTIAL","Distant. [Obs.]More distantial from the eye. W. Montagu."
"DISTANTLY","At a distance; remotely; with reserve."
"DISTASTE","To be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable. [Obs.]Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons, Which at the arescarce found to distaste. Shak."
"DISTASTEIVE","Tending to excite distaste. [Obs.] -- n."
"DISTASTURE","Something which excites distaste or disgust. [Obs.] Speed."
"DISTEMPER","To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distempercolors with size. [R.]"
"DISTEMPERANCE","Distemperature. [Obs.]"
"DISTEMPERATELY","Unduly. [Obs.]"
"DISTEMPERMENT","Distempered state; distemperature. [Obs.] Feltham."
"DISTEND","To become expanded or inflated; to swell. 'His heart distendswith pride.' Milton."
"DISTENSIBILITY","The quality or capacity of being distensible. [R.]"
"DISTENSIBLE","Capable of being distended or dilated."
"DISTENSION","Same as Distention."
"DISTENSIVE","Distending, or capable of being distended."
"DISTENT","Distended. [Poetic] Thomson."
"DISTER","To banish or drive from a country. [Obs.] Howell."
"DISTERMINATE","Separated by bounds. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"DISTERMINATION","Separation by bounds. [Obs.] Hammond."
"DISTHENE","Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequalhardness in two different directions. See Cyanite."
"DISTHRONE","To dethrone. [Obs.]"
"DISTHRONIZE","To dethrone. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DISTICH","A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; anepigram of two verses."
"DISTICHOUSLY","In a distichous manner."
"DISTIL","See Distill."
"DISTILLABLE","Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of beingdistilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol isdistillable; olive oil is not distillable."
"DISTILLATE","The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses."
"DISTILLATION","The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from themore fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vaporfrom volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, andthe condensation of the products as far as possible by a coolreceiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization;condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, ofalcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam."
"DISTILLATORY","Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels.-- n."
"DISTILLMENT","Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation. [Obs.]Shak."
"DISTINCT","To distinguish. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"DISTINCTIVELY","With distinction; plainly."
"DISTINCTIVENESS","State of being distinctive."
"DISTINCTURE","Distinctness. [R.]"
"DISTINGUISHABLENESS","The quality of being distinguishable."
"DISTINGUISHABLY","So as to be distinguished."
"DISTINGUISHEDLY","In a distinguished manner. [R.] Swift."
"DISTINGUISHING","Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else;distinctive; peculiar; characteristic.The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion. Locke.Distinguishing pennant (Naut.), a special pennant by which anyparticular vessel in a fleet is recognized and signaled. Simmonds."
"DISTINGUISHINGLY","With distinction; with some mark of preference. Pope."
"DISTINGUISHMENT","Observation of difference; distinction. Graunt."
"DISTITLE","To deprive of title or right. [R.] B. Jonson."
"DISTOMA","A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers forattaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke,"
"DISTORT","Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.]Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. Spenser."
"DISTORTER","One who, or that which, distorts."
"DISTORTION","An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of thebody producing visible deformity."
"DISTORTIVE","Causing distortion."
"DISTRACTED","Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad.My distracted mind. Pope."
"DISTRACTEDLY","Disjointedly; madly. Shak."
"DISTRACTEDNESS","A state of being distracted; distraction. Bp. Hall."
"DISTRACTER","One who, or that which, distracts away."
"DISTRACTFUL","Distracting. [R.] Heywood."
"DISTRACTIBLE","Capable of being drawn aside or distracted."
"DISTRACTILE","Tending or serving to draw apart."
"DISTRACTING","Tending or serving to distract."
"DISTRACTIOUS","Distractive. [Obs.]"
"DISTRACTIVE","Causing perplexity; distracting. 'Distractive thoughts.' Bp.Hall."
"DISTRAIN","To levy a distress.Upon whom I can distrain for debt. Camden."
"DISTRAINABLE","Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained. Blackstone."
"DISTRAINER","Same as Distrainor."
"DISTRAINOR","One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.Blackstone."
"DISTRAINT","The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.Abbott."
"DISTRAIT","Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted."
"DISTRAUGHTED","Distracted. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DISTREAM","To flow. [Poetic]Yet o'er that virtuous blush distreams a tear. Shenstone."
"DISTRESS","To seize for debt; to distrain."
"DISTRESSEDNESS","A state of being distressed or greatly pained."
"DISTRESSFUL","Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with,distress; as, a distressful situation. 'Some distressful stroke.'Shak. 'Distressful cries.' Pope.-- Dis*tress'ful*ly, adv."
"DISTRESSING","Causing distress; painful; unpleasant."
"DISTRIBUTABLE","Capable of being distributed. Sir W. Jones."
"DISTRIBUTARY","Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes;distributive."
"DISTRIBUTE","To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal inone premise.A term is said to be distributed when it is taken universal, so as tostand for everything it is capable of being applied to. Whately."
"DISTRIBUTER","One who, or that which, distributes or deals out anything; adispenser. Addison."
"DISTRIBUTING","That distributes; dealing out. Distributing past office, anoffice where the mails for a large district are collected to beassorted according to their destination and forwarded."
"DISTRIBUTION","A resolving a whole into its parts."
"DISTRIBUTIONAL","Of or pertaining to distribution. Huxley."
"DISTRIBUTIONIST","A distributer. [R.] Dickens."
"DISTRIBUTIVE","Assigning the species of a general term."
"DISTRIBUTIVELY","By distribution; singly; not collectively; in a distributivemanner."
"DISTRIBUTIVENESS","Quality of being distributive."
"DISTRICT","Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.]Punishing with the rod of district severity. Foxe."
"DISTRICTION","Sudden display; flash; glitter. [R.]A smile . . . breaks out with the brightest distriction. Collier."
"DISTRICTLY","Strictly. [Obs.] Foxe."
"DISTRINGAS","A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goodsor chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him."
"DISTROUBLE","To trouble. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DISTRUST","To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; todeem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to besuspicious of; to mistrust.Not distrusting my health. 2 Mac. ix. 22.To distrust the justice of your cause. Dryden.He that requireth the oath doth distrust that other. Udall.Of all afraid, Distrusting all, a wise, suspicious maid. Collins."
"DISTRUSTER","One who distrusts."
"DISTRUSTING","That distrusts; suspicious; lacking confidence in.-- Dis*trust'ing*ly, adv."
"DISTRUSTLESS","Free from distrust. Shenstone."
"DISTUNE","To put out of tune. [Obs.]"
"DISTURB","Disturbance. [Obs.] Milton."
"DISTURBANCE","The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful andpeaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as,the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like.Blackstone."
"DISTURBATION","Act of disturbing; disturbance. [Obs.] Daniel."
"DISTURBER","One who interrupts or incommodes another in the peaceableenjoyment of his right."
"DISTURN","To turn aside. [Obs.] Daniel."
"DISTYLE","Having two columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, orthe like. Distyle in antis, having columns between two ant\u00e6. SeeAnta."
"DISULPHIDE","A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur ineach molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide."
"DISULPHURET","See Disulphide."
"DISULPHURIC","Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of sulphurin the higher state of oxidation. Disulphuric acid, a thick oilyliquid, H2S2O7, called also Nordhausen acid (from Nordhausen in theHarts, where it was originally manufactured), fuming sulphuric acid,and especially pyrosulphuric acid. See under Pyrosulphuric."
"DISUNIFORM","Not uniform. [Obs.]"
"DISUNIONIST","An advocate of disunion, specifically, of disunion of theUnited States."
"DISUNITE","To part; to fall asunder; to become separated.The joints of the body politic do separate and disunite. South."
"DISUNITER","One who, or that which, disjoins or causes disunion."
"DISUNITY","A state of separation or disunion; want of unity. Dr. H. More."
"DISUSAGE","Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse.[R.] Hooker."
"DISUSE","Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation;desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy. Addison.Church discipline then fell into disuse. Southey."
"DISUTILIZE","To deprive of utility; to render useless. [R.] Mrs. Browning."
"DISVALUATION","Disesteem; depreciation; disrepute. Bacon."
"DISVALUE","To undervalue; to depreciate. Shak."
"DISVANTAGEOUS","Disadvantageous. [Obs.] 'Disadvantageous ground.' Drayton."
"DISVELOP","To develop. [Obs.]"
"DISVENTURE","A disadventure. [Obs.] Shelton."
"DISVOUCH","To discredit; to contradict. [Obs.] Shak."
"DISWARN","To dissuade from by previous warning. [Obs.]"
"DISWITTED","Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. [Obs.] Drayton."
"DISWONT","To deprive of wonted usage; to disaccustom. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"DISWORKMANSHIP","Bad workmanship. [Obs.] Heywood."
"DISWORSHIP","To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy. [Obs.] Sir T. More."
"DISWORTH","To deprive of worth; to degrade. [Obs.] Feltham."
"DISYOKE","To unyoke; to free from a yoke; to disjoin. [Poetic] R.Browning."
"DIT","To close up. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"DITATION","The act of making rich; enrichment. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"DITCH","To dig a ditch or ditches. Swift."
"DITCHER","One who digs ditches."
"DITE","To prepare for action or use; to make ready; to dight. [Obs.]His hideous club aloft he dites. Spenser."
"DITEREBENE","See Colophene."
"DITHEISM","The doctrine of those who maintain the existence of two gods orof two original principles (as in Manicheism), one good and one evil;dualism."
"DITHEIST","One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist. Cudworth."
"DITHIONIC","Containing two equivalents of sulphur; as, dithionic acid.Dithionic acid (Chem.), an unstable substance, H2S2O6, known only inits solutions, and in certain well-defined salts."
"DITHYRAMB","A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by aband of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poemwritten in a wild irregular strain. Bentley."
"DITHYRAMBIC","Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous.'Dithyrambic sallies.' Longfellow.-- n."
"DITHYRAMBUS","See Dithyramb."
"DITION","Dominion; rule. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"DITIONARY","Under rule; subject; tributary. [Obs.] Chapman."
"DITOLYL","A white, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C14H14, consistingof two radicals or residues of toluene."
"DITONE","The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (themodern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone)."
"DITRICHOTOMOUS","Dividing into double or treble ramifications; -- said of a leafor stem. [R.] Loudon."
"DITROCHEAN","Containing two trochees."
"DITROCHEE","A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees."
"DITROITE","An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, el\u00e6olite, and sodalite."
"DITT","See Dit, n.,"
"DITTANDER","A kind of peppergrass (Lepidium latifolium)."
"DITTIED","Set, sung, or composed as a ditty; -- usually in composition.Who, with his soft pipe, and smooth-dittied song. Milton."
"DITTO","The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted todo., or to two 'turned commas' ('), or small marks. Used in bills,books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition.A spacious table in the center, and a variety of smaller dittos inthe corners. Dickens."
"DITTOLOGY","A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripturetext. [R.]"
"DITTY","To sing; to warble a little tune.Beasts fain would sing; birds ditty to their notes. Herbert."
"DITTY-BAG","A sailor's small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; --also called sailor's housewife."
"DITTY-BOX","A small box to hold a sailor's thread, needless, comb, etc."
"DIUREIDE","One of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded ascontaining two molecules of urea or their radicals, as uric acid orallantoin. Cf. Ureide."
"DIURESIS","Free excretion of urine."
"DIURETIC","Tending to increase the secretion and discharge of urine.-- n."
"DIURETICAL","Diuretic. [Obs.] Boyle."
"DIURETICALNESS","The quality of being diuretical; diuretic property."
"DIURNA","A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- socalled because they fly only in the daytime."
"DIURNAL","Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said offlowers or leaves."
"DIURNALIST","A journalist. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"DIURNALLY","Daily; every day."
"DIURNALNESS","The quality of being diurnal."
"DIURNATION","The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day, as is thecase of the bats."
"DIUTURNAL","Of long continuance; lasting. [R.] Milton."
"DIUTURNITY","Long duration; lastingness. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"DIVA","A prima donna."
"DIVAGATION","A wandering about or going astray; digression.Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further divagation.Thackeray."
"DIVALENT","Having two units of combining power; bivalent. Cf. Valence."
"DIVARICATE","To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart."
"DIVARICATELY","With divarication."
"DIVARICATION","A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of fibers atdifferent angles."
"DIVARICATOR","One of the muscles which open the shell of brachiopods; acardinal muscle. See Illust. of Brachiopoda."
"DIVAST","Devastated; laid waste. [Obs.]"
"DIVEDAPPER","A water fowl; the didapper. See Dabchick."
"DIVEL","To rend apart. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"DIVELLENT","Drawing asunder. [R.]"
"DIVELLICATE","To pull in pieces. [Obs. or R.]"
"DIVER","Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), orthe allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agilityin diving."
"DIVERB","A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted;an antithetical proverb. [Obs.]Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the diverb goes.Burton."
"DIVERBERATE","To strike or sound through. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode)."
"DIVERBERATION","A sounding through."
"DIVERGEMENT","Divergence."
"DIVERGENT","Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens."
"DIVERGING","Tending in different directions from a common center; spreadingapart; divergent. Diverging series (Math.), a series whose terms arelarger as the series is extended; a series the sum of whose termsdoes not approach a finite limit when the series is extendedindefinitely; -- opposed to a converging series."
"DIVERGINGLY","In a diverging manner."
"DIVERSE","In different directions; diversely."
"DIVERSENESS","The quality of being diverse."
"DIVERSIFIABILITY","The quality or capacity of being diversifiable. Earle."
"DIVERSIFIABLE","Capable of being diversified or varied. Boyle."
"DIVERSIFIED","Distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of aspects orobjects; variegated; as, diversified scenery or landscape."
"DIVERSIFIER","One who, or that which, diversifies."
"DIVERSIFORM","Of a different form; of varied forms."
"DIVERSIFY","To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give varietyto; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.Separated and diversified on from another. Locke.Its seven colors, that diversify all the face of nature. I. Taylor."
"DIVERSILOQUENT","Speaking in different ways. [R.]"
"DIVERSION","The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from thepoint where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, orfeint which diverts."
"DIVERSIVOLENT","Desiring different things. [Obs.] Webster (White Devil)."
"DIVERSORY","Serving or tending to divert; also, distinguishing. [Obs.]"
"DIVERT","To turn aside; to digress. [Obs.]I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. Evelyn."
"DIVERTER","One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases."
"DIVERTIBLE","Capable of being diverted."
"DIVERTICLE","A diverticulum."
"DIVERTICULAR","Pertaining to a diverticulum."
"DIVERTICULUM","A blind tube branching out of a longer one."
"DIVERTIMENTO",") A light and pleasing composition."
"DIVERTING","Amusing; entertaining.-- Di*vert'ing*ly, adv.-- Di*vert'ing*ness, n."
"DIVERTISE","To divert; to entertain. [Obs.] Dryden."
"DIVERTISEMENT","Diversion; amusement; recreation. [R.]"
"DIVERTISSEMENT","A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of aplay. Smart."
"DIVERTIVE","Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting.Things of a pleasant and divertive nature. Rogers."
"DIVES","The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parableof the 'Rich Man and Lazarus' (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for arich worldling."
"DIVEST","See Devest. Mozley & W."
"DIVESTIBLE","Capable of being divested."
"DIVESTITURE","The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of beingdivested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property,rights, etc."
"DIVESTMENT","The act of divesting. [R.]"
"DIVESTURE","Divestiture. [Obs.]"
"DIVET","See Divot."
"DIVI-DIVI","A small tree of tropical America (C\u00e6salpinia coriaria), whoselegumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and areused by tanners and dyers."
"DIVIDANT","Different; distinct. [Obs.] Shak."
"DIVIDE","To subject to arithmetical division."
"DIVIDED","Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; -- said of a leaf."
"DIVIDEDLY","Separately; in a divided manner."
"DIVIDEND","A number or quantity which is to be divided."
"DIVIDENT","Dividend; share. [Obs.] Foxe."
"DIVIDER","An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc.,compasses. See Compasses."
"DIVIDING","That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating.Dividing engine, a machine for graduating circles (as forastronomical instruments) or bars (as for scales); also, for spacingoff and cutting teeth in wheels.-- Dividing sinker. (Knitting Mach.). See under Sinker."
"DIVIDINGLY","By division."
"DIVIDUAL","Divided, shared, or participated in, in common with others.[R.] Milton."
"DIVIDUALLY","By dividing. [R.]"
"DIVIDUOUS","Divided; dividual. [R.]He so often substantiates distinctions into dividuous,selfsubsistent. Coleridge."
"DIVINATOR","One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner. [R.]Burton."
"DIVINATORY","Professing, or relating to, divination. 'A natural divinatoryinstinct.' Cowley."
"DIVINEMENT","Divination. [Obs.]"
"DIVINENESS","The quality of being divine; superhuman or supreme excellence.Shak."
"DIVINERESS","A woman who divines. Dryden."
"DIVING","That dives or is used or diving. Diving beetle (Zo\u00f6l.), anybeetle of the family Dytiscid\u00e6, which habitually lives under water; -- called also water tiger.-- Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, inwhich men may descend and work under water, respiration beingsustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped inthrough a tube from above.-- Diving dress. See Submarine armor, under Submarine.-- Diving stone, a kind of jasper."
"DIVINIFY","To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] 'Blessed and divinifiedsoul.' Parth. Sacra (1633)."
"DIVINING","That divines; for divining. Divining rod, a rod, commonly ofwitch hazel, with forked branches, used by those who pretend todiscover water or metals under ground."
"DIVININGLY","In a divining manner."
"DIVINISTRE","A diviner. [Obs.] ' I am no divinistre.' Chaucer."
"DIVINITY CALF","Calf stained dark brown and worked without gilding, often usedfor theological books."
"DIVINIZATION","A making divine. M. Arnold."
"DIVINIZE","To invest with a divine character; to deify. [R.] M. Arnold.Man had divinized all those objects of awe. Milman."
"DIVISIBILITY","The quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by whichtheir parts are capable of separation.Divisibility . . . is a primary attribute of matter. Sir W. Hamilton."
"DIVISIBLE","Capable of being divided or separated.Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts. Sir W. Hamilton.Divisible contract (Law), a contract containing agreements one ofwhich can be separated from the other.-- Divisible offense (Law), an offense containing a lesser offensein one of a greater grade, so that on the latter there can be anacquittal, while on the former there can be a conviction.-- Di*vis'i*ble*ness, n.-- Di*vis'i*bly, adv."
"DIVISION","The process of finding how many times one number or quantity iscontained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the ruleby which the operation is performed."
"DIVISIONAL","That divides; pas, a divisional line; a divisional general; adivisional surgeon of police. Divisional planes (Geol.), planes ofseparation between rock masses. They include joints."
"DIVISIONALLY","So as to be divisional."
"DIVISIONARY","Divisional."
"DIVISIONOR","One who divides or makes division. [Obs.] Sheldon."
"DIVISOR","The number by which the dividend is divided. Common divisor.(Math.) See under Common, a."
"DIVORCEABLE","Capable of being divorced."
"DIVORCEE","A person divorced."
"DIVORCELESS","Incapable of being divorced or separated; free from divorce."
"DIVORCEMENT","Dissolution of the marriage tie; divorce; separation.Let him write her a divorcement. Deut. xxiv. 1.The divorcement of our written from our spoken language. R. Morris."
"DIVORCER","The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce.Drummond."
"DIVORCIBLE","Divorceable. Milton."
"DIVORCIVE","Having power to divorce; tending to divorce. 'This divorcivelaw.' Milton."
"DIVOT","A thin, oblong turf used for covering cottages, and also forfuel. [Scot.] Simmonds."
"DIVULGATE","Published. [Obs.] Bale."
"DIVULGATER","A divulger. [R.]"
"DIVULGATION","The act of divulging or publishing. [R.]Secrecy hath no use than divulgation. Bp. Hall."
"DIVULGE","To become publicly known. [R.] 'To keep it from divulging.'Shak."
"DIVULSIVE","Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting."
"DIXIE","A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the UnitedStates, esp. during the Civil War. [U.S.]"
"DIZZ","To make dizzy; to astonish; to puzzle. [Obs.] Gayton."
"DIZZARD","A blockhead. [Obs.] [Written also dizard, and disard.] --Diz'zard*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"DIZZILY","In a dizzy manner or state."
"DIZZINESS","Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo."
"DIZZY","To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding. SirW. Scott."
"DJINNEE","See Jinnee, Jinn."
"DO","A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonicscale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the firstof the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musicaltones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut,applied to the note C. In England and America the same syllables areused by mane as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect toabsolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of thealphabet."
"DO-ALL","General manager; factotum.Under him, Dunstan was the do-all at court, being the king'streasurer, councilor, chancellor, confessor, all things. Fuller."
"DO-LITTLE","One who performs little though professing much. [Colloq.]Great talkers are commonly dolittles. Bp. Richardson."
"DO-NAUGHT","A lazy, good-for-nothing fellow."
"DO-NOTHING","Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy."
"DOAB","A tongue or tract of land included between two rivers; as, thedoab between the Ganges and the Jumna. [India] Am. Cyc."
"DOABLE","Capable of being done. Carlyle."
"DOAND","Doing. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"DOAT","See Dote."
"DOBBER","See Dabchick."
"DOBBY","An apparatus resembling a Jacquard for weaving small figures(usually about 12 - 16 threads, seldom more than 36 - 40 threads)."
"DOBCHICK","See Dabchick."
"DOBSON","The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydaluscornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite."
"DOBULE","The European dace."
"DOCENT","Serving to instruct; teaching. [Obs.]"
"DOCETAE","Ancient heretics who held that Christ's body was merely aphantom or appearance."
"DOCETIC","Pertaining to, held by, or like, the Docet\u00e6. 'DoceticGnosticism.' Plumptre."
"DOCETISM","The doctrine of the Docet\u00e6."
"DOCHMIAC","Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius."
"DOCHMIUS","A foot of five syllables (usually"
"DOCIBLE","Easily taught or managed; teachable. Milton."
"DOCIMACY","The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature,quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or offacts pertaining to physiology."
"DOCIMASTIC","Proving by experiments or tests. Docimastic art, metallurgy, orthe art of assaying metals; the art of separating metals from foreignmatters, and determining the nature and quantity of metallicsubstances contained in any ore or mineral."
"DOCIMOLOGY","A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc."
"DOCITY","Teachableness. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S.]"
"DOCK","A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-knownweeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination."
"DOCK-CRESS","Nipplewort."
"DOCKAGE","A charge for the use of a dock."
"DOCKYARD","A yard or storage place for all sorts of naval stores andtimber for shipbuilding."
"DOCOGLOSSA","An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and havingthe teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon."
"DOCQUET","See Docket."
"DOCTOR","The friar skate. [Prov. Eng.] Doctors' Commons. See underCommons.-- Doctor's stuff, physic, medicine. G. Eliot.-- Doctor fish (Zo\u00f6l.), any fish of the genus Acanthurus; thesurgeon fish; -- so called from a sharp lancetlike spine on each sideof the tail. Also called barber fish. See Surgeon fish."
"DOCTORAL","Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor.Doctoral habit and square cap. Wood."
"DOCTORALLY","In the manner of a doctor.[R.]"
"DOCTORATE","The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor."
"DOCTORESS","A female doctor.[R.]"
"DOCTORLY","Like a doctor or learned man. [Obs.] 'Doctorly prelates.' Foxe."
"DOCTORSHIP","Doctorate. [R.] Clarendon."
"DOCTRESS","A female doctor. [R.]"
"DOCTRINABLE","Of the nature of, or constituting, doctrine. [Obs.] Sir P.Sidney."
"DOCTRINAIRE","One who would apply to political or other practical concernsthe abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophicalsystem; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist.Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions."
"DOCTRINAL","A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines. T. Goodwin.Sir T. Elyot."
"DOCTRINALLY","In a doctrinal manner or for; by way of teaching or positivedirection."
"DOCTRINARIAN","A doctrinaire. J. H. Newman."
"DOCTRINARIANISM","The principles or practices of the Doctrinaires."
"DOCUMENTARY","Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified inwriting. 'Documentary evidence.' Macaulay."
"DODDART","A game much like hockey, played in an open field; also, the,bent stick for playing the game. [Local, Eng.] Halliwell."
"DODDED","Without horns; as, dodded cattle; without beards; as, doddedcorn. Halliwell."
"DODDER","A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vinewith yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some otherplant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root. isnourished by the plant that supports it."
"DODDERED","Shattered; infirm. 'A laurel grew, doddered with age.' Dryden."
"DODECAGON","A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containingtwelve angles."
"DODECAGYNIA","A Linn\u00e6an order of plants having twelve styles."
"DODECAHEDRAL","Pertaining to, or like, a dodecahedion; consisting of twelveequal sides. Dodecahedral cleavage. See under Cleavage."
"DODECAHEDRON","A solid having twelve faces."
"DODECANDRIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants including all that have any number ofstamens between twelve and nineteen."
"DODECANE","Any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons, C12H26, of theparaffin series."
"DODECASTYLE","Having twelve columns in front.-- n."
"DODECASYLLABIC","Having twelve syllables."
"DODECASYLLABLE","A word consisting of twelve syllables."
"DODECATEMORY","A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac ofthe primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also,any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac."
"DODGE","The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden startingaside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunningtrick; an artifice. [Colloq.]Some, who have a taste for good living, have many harmless arts, bywhich they improve their banquet, and innocent dodges, if we may bepermitted to use an excellent phrase that has become vernacular sincethe appearance of the last dictionaries. Thackeray."
"DODGERY","trickery; artifice. [Obs.] Hacket."
"DODKIN","A doit; a small coin. Shelton."
"DODMAN","Any shellfish which casts its shell, as a lobster. [Prov. Eng.]"
"DODO","A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting theIsland of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those ofthe ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called also dronte. It wasrelated to the pigeons."
"DOE","A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of thefallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to thefemale of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck."
"DOEGLIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, the doegling; as, doeglic acid(Chem.), an oily substance resembling oleic acid."
"DOEGLING","The beaked whale (Bal\u00e6noptera rostrata), from which doeglingoil is obtained."
"DOER","An agent or attorney; a factor. Burrill."
"DOES","The 3d pers. sing. pres. of Do."
"DOFF","To put off dress; to take off the hat."
"DOFFER","A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in acarding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from thecards. Ure."
"DOG","A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C.familiaris)."
"DOG BEE","A male or drone bee. Halliwell."
"DOG DAYS","A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variouslyplaced by almanac makers between the early part of July and the earlypart of September; canicular days; -- so called in reference to therising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun.Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer."
"DOG FANCIER","One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also,one who deals in dogs."
"DOG STAR","Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the GreaterDog, and the brightest star in the heavens; -- called also Canicula,and, in astronomical charts, a Canis Majoris. See Dog days."
"DOG-BRIER","The dog-rose."
"DOG-EARED","Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled bycareless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book.Statute books before unopened, not dog-eared. Ld. Mansfield."
"DOG-FACED","Having a face resembling that of a dog. Dog-faced baboon(Zo\u00f6l.), any baboon of the genus Cynocephalus. See Drill."
"DOG-HEADED","Having a head shaped like that of a dog; -- said of certainbaboons."
"DOG-HEARTED","Inhuman; cruel. Shak."
"DOG-LEGGED","Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straightportions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and runningin opposite directions without an intervening wellhole."
"DOG-ROSE","A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers."
"DOG-WEARY","Extremely weary. Shak."
"DOGAL","Of or pertaining to a doge.[R.]"
"DOGATE","The office or dignity of a doge."
"DOGBANE","A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonousmilky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs."
"DOGBERRY","The berry of the dogwood; -- called also dogcherry. Dr. Prior.Dogberry tree (Bot.), the dogwood."
"DOGBOLT","The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon.Knight."
"DOGCART","A light one-horse carriage, commonly two-wheeled, patternedafter a cart. The original dogcarts used in England by sportsmen hada box at the back for carrying dogs."
"DOGDRAW","The act of drawing after, or pursuing, deer with a dog. Cowell."
"DOGE","The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa."
"DOGEATE","Dogate. Wright."
"DOGELESS","Without a doge. Byron."
"DOGGEDLY","In a dogged manner; sullenly; with obstinate resolution."
"DOGGER","A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch."
"DOGGEREL","Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes.This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he. Chaucer."
"DOGGERMAN","A sailor belonging to a dogger."
"DOGGET","Docket. See Docket. [Obs.]"
"DOGGISH","Like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish;growling; brutal.-- Dog'*gish*ly, adv.-- Dog'gish*ness, n."
"DOGGREL","Same as Doggerel."
"DOGHOLE","A place fit only for dogs; a vile, mean habitation orapartment. Dryden."
"DOGMATIC","One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by generalprinciples; -- opposed to the Empiric."
"DOGMATICALLY","In a dogmatic manner; positively; magisterially."
"DOGMATICALNESS","The quality of being dogmatical; positiveness."
"DOGMATICIAN","A dogmatist."
"DOGMATICS","The science which treats of Christian doctrinal theology."
"DOGMATISM","The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance orpositiveness in stating opinion.The self-importance of his demeanor, and the dogmatism of hisconversation. Sir W. Scott."
"DOGMATIST","One who dogmatizes; one who speaks dogmatically; a bold andarrogant advancer of principles.I expect but little success of all this upon the dogmatist; hisopinioned assurance is paramount to argument. Glanvill."
"DOGMATIZE","To assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold andundue confidence; to advance with arrogance.The pride of dogmatizing schools. Blackmore."
"DOGMATIZER","One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher.Hammond."
"DOGSHIP","The character, or individuality, of a dog."
"DOGSHORE","One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and preventher moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching."
"DOGSICK","Sick as a dog sometimes is very sick. [Colloq.]"
"DOGSKIN","The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also usedadjectively."
"DOGSLEEP","The fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress."
"DOGTIE","A cramp."
"DOGTOOTH","An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting ofpointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament.Dogtooth spar (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute crystals,resembling the tooth of a dog. See Calcite.-- Dogtooth violet (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family(genus Erythronium). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly onelarge flower. [Written also dog's-tooth violet.]"
"DOGTRICK","A gentle trot, like that of a dog."
"DOGVANE","A small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light material,carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind.Totten."
"DOGWATCH","A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, thefirst dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p.m., and the second dogwatchfrom 6 to 8 o'clock, P. M. Totten."
"DOGWOOD","The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood ofwhich is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes."
"DOHTREN","Daughters. [Obs.]"
"DOING","Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in theplural, conduct; behavior. See Do.To render an account of his doings. Barrow."
"DOITKIN","A very small coin; a doit."
"DOKIMASTIC","Docimastic."
"DOKO","See Lepidosiren."
"DOLABRA","A rude ancient ax or hatchet, seen in museums."
"DOLABRIFORM","Shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some leaves, andalso certain organs of some shellfish."
"DOLDRUMS","A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms,squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent allprogress for weeks; -- so called by sailors. To be in the doldrums,to be in a state of listlessness ennui, or tedium."
"DOLE","grief; sorrow; lamentation. [Archaic]And she died. So that day there was dole in Astolat. Tennyson."
"DOLEFUL","Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow;sorrowful; sad; dismal.With screwed face and doleful whine. South.Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. Milton."
"DOLENT","Sorrowful. [Obs.] Ford."
"DOLENTE","Plaintively. See Doloroso."
"DOLERITE","A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially ofpyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authorsit is considered equivalent to a coarse-grained basalt."
"DOLERITIC","Of the nature of dolerite; as, much lava is doleritic lava.Dana."
"DOLESOME","Doleful; dismal; gloomy; sorrowful.-- Dole'some*ly, adv.-- Dole'some*ness, n."
"DOLF","of Delve. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DOLIOFORM","Barrel-shaped, or like a cask in form."
"DOLIOLUM","A genus of freeswimming oceanic tunicates, allied to Salpa, andhaving alternate generations."
"DOLIUM","A genus of large univalve mollusks, including the partridgeshell and tun shells."
"DOLL","A child's puppet; a toy baby for a little girl."
"DOLLARDEE","A species of sunfish (Lepomis pallidus), common in the UnitedStates; -- called also blue sunfish, and copper-nosed bream."
"DOLLMAN","See Dolman."
"DOLLY","A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch,and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer."
"DOLMEN","A cromlech. See Cromlech. [Written also tolmen.]"
"DOLOMITE","A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia invarying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensivebeds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either whiteor clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also calledbitter spar."
"DOLOMITIC","Pertaining to dolomite."
"DOLOMIZE","To convert into dolomite.-- Dol`o*mi*za'tion, n."
"DOLOR","Pain; grief; distress; anguish. [Written also dolour.] [Poetic]Of death and dolor telling sad tidings. Spenser."
"DOLORIFEROUS","Producing pain. Whitaker."
"DOLOROSO","Plaintive; pathetic; -- used adverbially as a musicaldirection."
"DOLPHIN","A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness tobe dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel."
"DOLPHINET","A female dolphin. [R.] Spenser."
"DOLT","A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus;a dunce; a dullard.This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt. Drayton."
"DOLTISH","Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltishclown.-- Dolt'ish*ly, adv.-- Dolt'ish*ness, n."
"DOLUS","Evil intent, embracing both malice and fraud. See Culpa.Wharton."
"DOLVEN","of Delve. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"DOMABLE","Capable of being tamed; tamable."
"DOMABLENESS","Tamableness."
"DOMAIN","Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in hisown right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership.Public domain, the territory belonging to a State or to the generalgovernment; public lands. [U.S.]in the public domain may be used byanyone wihout restriction.-- Right of eminent domain, that superior dominion of the sovereignpower over all the property within the state, including thatpreviously granted by itself, which authorizes it to appropriate anypart thereof to a necessary public use, reasonable compensation beingmade."
"DOMAL","Pertaining to a house. Addison."
"DOMANIAL","Of or relating to a domain or to domains."
"DOME","A cupola formed on a large scale."
"DOMEBOOK","A book said to have been compiled under the direction of KingAlfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of thecommon law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the forms of judicialproceedings. Domebook was probably a general name for book ofjudgments. Burrill."
"DOMED","Furnished with a dome; shaped like a dome."
"DOMESDAY","A day of judgment. See Doomsday. [Obs.] Domesday Book, theancient record of the survey of most of the lands of England, made byorder of William the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of twovolumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors'tenures, arable land, woodland, etc. [Written also Doomsday Book.]"
"DOMESMAN","A judge; an umpire. [Obs.]"
"DOMESTIC","Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods. [U. S.]"
"DOMESTICAL","Domestic. [Obs.]Our private and domestical matter. Sir. P. Sidney."
"DOMESTICALLY","In a domestic manner; privately; with reference to domesticaffairs."
"DOMESTICANT","Forming part of the same family. [Obs.] Sir E. Dering."
"DOMESTICATION","The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action oftaming wild animals."
"DOMESTICATOR","One who domesticates."
"DOMESTICITY","The state of being domestic; domestic character; householdlife."
"DOMETT","A kind of baize of which the ward is cotton and the weftwoolen. Blakely."
"DOMEYKITE","A massive mineral of tin-white or steel-gray color, an arsenideof copper."
"DOMICAL","Relating to, or shaped like, a dome."
"DOMICILE","A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intentionto remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as afinal abode. Wharton."
"DOMICILIAR","A member of a household; a domestic."
"DOMICILIARY","Of or pertaining to a domicile, or the residence of a person orfamily.The personal and domiciliary rights of the citizen scrupulouslyguarded. Motley.Domiciliary visit (Law), a visit to a private dwelling, particularlyfor searching it, under authority."
"DOMICILIATION","The act of domiciliating; permanent residence; inhabitancy.Milman."
"DOMICULTURE","The art of house-keeping, cookery, etc. [R.] R. Park."
"DOMIFY","To divide, as the heavens, into twelve houses. See House, inastrological sense. [Obs.]"
"DOMINA","Lady; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies whoheld a barony in their own right. Burrill."
"DOMINANT","Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as,the dominant party, church, spirit, power.The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subjectrace, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but imperious, insolent, andcruel. Macaulay.Dominant estate or tenement (Law), the estate to which a servitude oreasement is due from another estate, the estate over which theservitude extends being called the servient estate or tenement.Bouvier. Wharton's Law Dict.-- Dominant owner (Law), one who owns lands on which there is aneasement owned by another."
"DOMINATE","To predominate over; to rule; to govern. 'A city dominated bythe ax.' Dickens.We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either dominant ordominated. W. Tooke."
"DOMINATION","A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaninggiven by the schoolmen.Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers. Milton."
"DOMINATIVE","Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys."
"DOMINATOR","A ruler or ruling power. 'Sole dominator of Navarre.' Shak.Jupiter and Mars are dominators for this northwest part of the world.Camden."
"DOMINE","A West Indian fish (Epinula magistralis), of the familyTrichiurid\u00e6. It is a long-bodied, voracious fish."
"DOMINEER","To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master;to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscioussuperiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer overdependents.Go to the feast, revel and domineer. Shak.His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. Prior."
"DOMINEERING","Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. Blackw. Mag."
"DOMINICAL","The Lord's day or Sunday; also, the Lord's prayer. [Obs.]"
"DOMINICAN","Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to thereligions communities named from him. Dominican nuns, an order ofnuns founded by St. Dominic, and chiefly employed in teaching.-- Dominican tertiaries (the third order of St. Dominic). SeeTertiary."
"DOMINION","A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination,3. Milton.By him were all things created . . . whether they be thrones, ordominions, or principalities, or powers. Col. i. 16."
"DOMINION DAY","In Canada, a legal holiday, July lst, being the anniversary ofthe proclamation of the formation of the Dominion in 1867."
"DOMINO","A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight piecesof wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back,but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either leftblank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game isplayed by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of adomino already played Hoyle."
"DOMINO WHIST","A game of cards in which the suits are played in sequence,beginning with a 5 or 9, the player who gets rid of his cards firstbeing the winner."
"DOMINUS","Master; sir; -- a title of respect formerly applied to a knightor a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor. Cowell."
"DOMITABLE","That can be tamed. [R.] Sir M. Hale."
"DOMITE","A grayish variety of trachyte; -- so called from the Puy-de-D\u00f4me in Auvergne, France, where it is found."
"DON","To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with.Should I don this robe and trouble you. Shak.At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn.Emerson."
"DONABLE","Capable of being donated or given. [R.]"
"DONARY","A thing given to a sacred use. [R.] Burton."
"DONAT","A grammar. [Obs.] [Written also donet.]"
"DONATARY","See Donatory."
"DONATE","To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousanddollars to a college."
"DONATION","The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers thetitle to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another,without any consideration, as a free gift. Bouvier. Donation party, aparty assembled at the house of some one, as of a clergyman, each onebringing some present. [U.S.] Bartlett."
"DONATISM","The tenets of the Donatists."
"DONATIST","A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North Africanschismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4thcentury. They claimed to be the true church."
"DONATISTIC","Pertaining to Donatism."
"DONATIVE","A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron,without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, orinduction by his orders. See the Note under Benefice, n.,"
"DONATOR","One who makes a gift; a donor; a giver."
"DONATORY","A donee of the crown; one the whom, upon certain condition,escheated property is made over."
"DONAX","A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo Donax), used forfishing rods, etc."
"DONCELLA","A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossusradiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) ofthe same region."
"DONE","p. p. from Do, and formerly the infinitive."
"DONEE","Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one towhom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one onwhom a power is conferred for execution; -- sometimes called theappointor."
"DONET","Same as Donat. Piers Plowman."
"DONI","A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used fortrading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon. [Writtenalso dhony, doney, and done.]"
"DONIFEROUS","Bearing gifts. [R.]"
"DONJON","The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower inancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications.See Illust. of Castle."
"DONNA","A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy."
"DONNAT","See Do-naught. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"DONNEE","Lit., given; hence, in a literary work, as a drama or tale,that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basisfor the plot or story.  W. E. Henley."
"DONNISM","Self-importance; loftiness of carriage. [Cant, Eng.Universities]"
"DONOR","One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers apower; -- the opposite of donee. Kent.Touching, the parties unto deeds and charters, we are to consider aswell the donors and granters as the donees or grantees. Spelman."
"DONSHIP","The quality or rank of a don, gentleman, or knight. Hudibras."
"DONZEL","A young squire, or knight's attendant; a page. [Obs.] Beau. &Fl."
"DOO","A dove. [Scot.]"
"DOOB GRASS","A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly prized,in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the UnitedStates. [Written also doub grass.]"
"DOODLE","A trifler; a simple fellow."
"DOODLESACK","The Scotch bagpipe. [Prov. Eng.]"
"DOOLE","Sorrow; dole. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DOOLY","A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carryingpersons or things; a palanquin. [Written also doolee and doolie.][East Indies]Having provided doolies, or little bamboo chairs slung on four men'sshoulders, in which I put my papers and boxes, we next morningcommenced the ascent. J. D. Hooker."
"DOOM PALM","A species of palm tree (Hyph\u00e6ne Thebaica), highly valued forthe fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of gingerbread,and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia. [Written also doumpalm.]"
"DOOMAGE","A penalty or fine for neglect. [Local, New England]"
"DOOMFUL","Full of condemnation or destructive power. [R.] 'That doomfuldeluge.' Drayton."
"DOOMSMAN","A judge; an umpire. [Obs.] Hampole."
"DOOMSTER","Same as Dempster. [Scot.]"
"DOORCASE","The surrounding frame into which a door shuts."
"DOORCHEEK","The jamb or sidepiece of a door. Ex. xii. 22 (Douay version)."
"DOORGA","A Hindoo divinity, the consort of Siva, represented with tenarms. [Written also Durga.] Malcom."
"DOORING","The frame of a door. Milton."
"DOORKEEPER","One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter;a janitor."
"DOORLESS","Without a door."
"DOORNAIL","The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck;-- hence the old saying, 'As dead as a doornail.'"
"DOORPLANE","A plane on a door, giving the name, and sometimes theemployment, of the occupant."
"DOORPOST","The jamb or sidepiece of a doorway."
"DOORSILL","The sill or threshold of a door."
"DOORSTEAD","Entrance or place of a door. [Obs. or Local] Bp. Warburton."
"DOORSTEP","The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door."
"DOORSTONE","The stone forming a threshold."
"DOORSTOP","The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, atthe right place, the shutting of a door."
"DOORWAY","The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room."
"DOORYARD","A yard in front of a house or around the door of a house."
"DOP","To dip. [Obs.] Walton."
"DOPE-BOOK","A chart of previous performances, etc., of race horses. [Race-track Slang]"
"DOPEY","Affected by 'dope'; esp., sluggish or dull as though under theinfluence of a narcotic. [Slang]"
"DOPPELGANGER","A spiritual or ghostly double or counterpart; esp., anapparitional double of a living person; a cowalker."
"DOPPER","An Anabaptist or Baptist. [Contemptuous] B. Jonson."
"DOPPLERITE","A brownish black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic orjellylike masses."
"DOQUET","A warrant. See Docket."
"DOR","A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius),which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied toallied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr,dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock."
"DORADO","A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of theecliptic; -- called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish."
"DORBEETLE","See 1st Dor."
"DOREE","A European marine fish (Zeus faber), of a yellow color. SeeIllust. of John Doree."
"DORETREE","A doorpost. [Obs.] 'As dead as a doretree.' Piers Plowman."
"DORHAWK","The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dorbeetle. See Goatsucker. [Written also dorrhawk.] Booth."
"DORIAN","Same as Doric, 3. 'Dorian mood.' Milton. Dorian mode (Mus.),the first of the authentic church modes or tones, from D to D,resembling our D minor scale, but with the B natural. Grove."
"DORIC","Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of thethree orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as secondof the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order."
"DORICISM","A Doric phrase or idiom."
"DORIS","A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchi\u00afn the back."
"DORISM","A Doric phrase or idiom."
"DORKING FOWL","One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having fivetoes, or the hind toe double. There are several strains, as thewhite, gray, and silver-gray. They are highly esteemed for the table."
"DORMANCY","The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance."
"DORMANT","In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguishedfrom couchant. Dormant partner (Com.), a partner who takes no sharein the active business of a company or partnership, but is entitledto a share of the profits, and subject to a share in losses; --called also sleeping or silent partner.-- Dormant window (Arch.), a dormer window. See Dormer.-- Table dormant, a stationary table. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DORMITIVE","Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium. Clarke.-- n. (Med.)"
"DORMOUSE","A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of severalspecies. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; -- socalled because they are usually torpid in winter."
"DORMY","Up, or ahead, as many holes as remain to be played; -- said ofa player or side."
"DORN","A British ray; the thornback."
"DORP","A hamlet. 'A mean fishing dorp.' Howell."
"DORR","The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor. Robynson(More's Utopia)."
"DORRFLY","See 1st Dor."
"DORRHAWK","See Dorhawk."
"DORSAD","Toward the dorsum or back; on the dorsal side; dorsally."
"DORSAL","Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of ananimal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsalfin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed toventral."
"DORSALE","Same as Dorsal, n."
"DORSALLY","On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of;dorsad."
"DORSE","The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias), by some believedto be the young of the common codfish."
"DORSER","See Dosser."
"DORSIBRANCHIATA","A division of ch\u00e6topod annelids in which the branchi\u00e6 are alongthe back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. underAnnelida and Ch\u00e6topoda.]"
"DORSIBRANCHIATE","Having branchi\u00e6 along the back; belonging to theDorsibranchiata.-- n."
"DORSIFEROUS","Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns whichproduce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, theova of which become attached to the skin of the back of the parent,where they develop; dorsiparous."
"DORSIMESON","(Anat.) See Meson."
"DORSIPAROUS","Same as Dorsiferous."
"DORSIVENTRAL","Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most commonleaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral."
"DORSOVENTRAL","From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal; as, thedorsoventral axis."
"DORSUM","The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of anappendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue."
"DORY","A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree."
"DORYPHORA","A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle.See Potato beetle."
"DORYPHOROS","A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in theattitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of thissubject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us."
"DOS--DOS","Back to back; as, to sit dos-\u00e0-dos in a dogcart; to dance dos-\u00e0-dos, or so that two dancers move forward and pass back to back."
"DOSAGE","The administration of medicine in doses; specif., a scheme orsystem of grading doses of medicine according to age, etc."
"DOSEL","Same as Dorsal, n. [R.]"
"DOSIMETRY","Measurement of doses; specif., a system of therapeutics whichuses but few remedies, mostly alkaloids, and gives them in dosesfixed by certain rules. --Do`si*met'ric (#), a. --Do*sim'e*trist (#),n."
"DOSOLOGY","Posology. [R.] Ogilvie."
"DOSS","A place to sleep in; a bed; hence, sleep. [Slang]"
"DOSS HOUSE","A cheap lodging house."
"DOSSEL","Same as Dorsal, n."
"DOSSIER","A bundle containing the papers in reference to some matter."
"DOSSIL","A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledget of lint, forkeeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent."
"DOST","of Do."
"DOT","A marriage portion; dowry. [Louisiana]"
"DOTAL","Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion;constituting dower, or comprised in it. Garth."
"DOTANT","A dotard. [Obs.] Shak."
"DOTARD","One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood.The sickly dotard wants a wife. Prior."
"DOTARDLY","Foolish; weak. Dr. H. More."
"DOTARY","A dotard's weakness; dotage. [Obs.] Drayton."
"DOTE","Natural endowments. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"DOTEHEAD","A dotard. [R.] Tyndale."
"DOTERY","The acts or speech of a dotard; drivel. [R.]"
"DOTH","of Do."
"DOTING","That dotes; silly; excessively fond.-- Dot'ing*ly, adv.-- Dot'ing*ness, n."
"DOTISH","Foolish; weak; imbecile. Sir W. Scott."
"DOTTARD","An old, decayed tree. [R.] Bacon."
"DOTTED","Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified withsmall, detached objects. Dotted note (Mus.), a note followed by a dotto indicate an increase of length equal to one half of its simplevalue; thus, a dotted semibreve is equal to three minims, and adotted quarter to three eighth notes.-- Dotted rest, a rest lengthened by a dot in the same manner as adotted note."
"DOTTEREL","Decayed. 'Some old dotterel trees.' [Obs.] Ascham."
"DOTTING PEN","See under Pun."
"DOTTREL","See Dotterel."
"DOTY","Half-rotten; as, doty timber. [Local, U. S.]"
"DOUANE","A customhouse."
"DOUANIER","An officer of the French customs. [Anglicized form douaneer.]"
"DOUAR","A village composed of Arab tents arranged in streets."
"DOUAY BIBLE","A translation of the Scriptures into the English language forthe use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; -- done from the LatinVulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New Testamentportion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the Old Testament atDouai, A. D. 1609-10. Various revised editions have since beenpublished. [Written also Doway Bible. Called also the Rheims andDouay version.]"
"DOUB GRASS","Doob grass."
"DOUBLE","Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond thenatural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expenseof the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and someother plants have their blossoms naturally double."
"DOUBLE DEALER","One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person.L'Estrange."
"DOUBLE DEALING","False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing.Shak."
"DOUBLE PEDRO","Cinch (the game)."
"DOUBLE-ACTING","Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions;producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump."
"DOUBLE-BANK","To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank orthwart. To double-bank an oar, to set two men to pulling one oar."
"DOUBLE-BANKED","Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side byside in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart."
"DOUBLE-BEAT VALVE","See under Valve."
"DOUBLE-BREASTED","Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttonsand buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat."
"DOUBLE-DECKER","A man-of-war having two gun decks."
"DOUBLE-DYE","To dye again or twice over.To double-dye their robes in scarlet. J. Webster."
"DOUBLE-DYED","Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmlyfixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain."
"DOUBLE-ENDER","A locomotive with pilot at each end. Knight."
"DOUBLE-ENTENDRE","A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, oneof which is often obscure or indelicate."
"DOUBLE-EYED","Having a deceitful look. [R.] 'Deceitful meanings is double-eyed.' Spenser."
"DOUBLE-HEADED","Having two heads; bicipital. Double-headed rail (Railroad), arail whose flanges are duplicates, so that when one is worn the othermay be turned uppermost."
"DOUBLE-HUNG","Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of awindow."
"DOUBLE-LOCK","To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. Tatler."
"DOUBLE-MILLED","Twice milled or fulled, to render more compact or fine; -- saidof cloth; as, double-milled kerseymere."
"DOUBLE-QUICK","Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, nextto the run; as, a double-quick step or march."
"DOUBLE-RIPPER","A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened togetherwith a board, one before the other. [Local, U. S.]"
"DOUBLE-SHADE","To double the natural darkness of (a place). Milton."
"DOUBLE-SURFACED","Having two surfaces; -- said specif. of a\u00ebroplane wings ora\u00ebrocurves which are covered on both sides with fabric, etc., thuscompletely inclosing their frames."
"DOUBLE-TONGUE","Deceit; duplicity.Now cometh the sin of double-tongue, such as speak fair before folkand wickedly behind. Chaucer."
"DOUBLE-TONGUED","Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued. 1 Tim. iii.8."
"DOUBLE-TONGUING","A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players inarticulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes incornet playing."
"DOUBLEGANGER","An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelg\u00e4nger."
"DOUBLEHEARTED","Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. Sandys."
"DOUBLEMINDED","Having different minds at different times; unsettled;undetermined.A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. Jas. i. 8."
"DOUBLER","An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity ofelectricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or theelectroscope."
"DOUBLET","A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a secondtime."
"DOUBLETHREADED","Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw inwhich the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers ofadjacent threads."
"DOUBLETREE","The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletreesare attached."
"DOUBLETS","See Doublet, 6 and 7."
"DOUBLING","The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon."
"DOUBLOON","A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value atdifferent times from over fifteen dollars to about five. See Doblonin Sup."
"DOUBTANCE","State of being in doubt; uncertainty; doubt. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DOUBTER","One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one whoscruples."
"DOUBTFULLY","In a doubtful manner.Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. Dryden."
"DOUBTING","That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having doubts.-- Doubt'ing*ly, adv."
"DOUBTLESS","Free from fear or suspicion. [Obs.]Pretty child, sleep doubtless and secure. Shak."
"DOUBTLESSLY","Unquestionably. Beau. & Fl."
"DOUBTOUS","Doubtful. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DOUC","A monkey (Semnopithecus nem\u00e6us), remarkable for its varied andbrilliant colors. It is a native of Cochin China."
"DOUCEPERE","One of the twelve peers of France, companions of Charlemagne inwar. [Written also douzepere.] [Obs.]Big-looking like a doughty doucepere. Spenser."
"DOUCHE","A syringe."
"DOUCINE","Same as Cyma, under Cyma."
"DOUCKER","A grebe or diver; -- applied also to the golden-eye, pochard,scoter, and other ducks. [Written also ducker.] [Prov. Eng.]"
"DOUGH-BAKED","Imperfectly baked; hence, not brought to perfection;unfinished; also, of weak or dull understanding. [Colloq.] Halliwell."
"DOUGH-FACED","Easily molded; pliable."
"DOUGH-KNEADED","Like dough; soft.He demeans himself . . . like a dough-kneaded thing. Milton."
"DOUGHBIRD","The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). See Curlew."
"DOUGHFACE","A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, orone who is easily molded. [Political cant, U. S.]"
"DOUGHFACEISM","The character of a doughface; truckling pliability."
"DOUGHINESS","The quality or state of being doughy."
"DOUGHNUT","A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boilinglard."
"DOUGHTILY","In a doughty manner."
"DOUGHTINESS","The quality of being doughty; valor; bravery."
"DOUGHTREN","Daughters. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DOUGHTY","Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as, a doughty hero.Sir Thopas wex [grew] a doughty swain. Chaucer.Doughty families, hugging old musty quarrels to their hearts, buffeteach other from generation to generation. Motley."
"DOUGHY","Like dough; soft and heavy; pasty; crude; flabby and pale; as,a doughy complexion."
"DOULOCRACY","A government by slaves. [Written also dulocracy.] Hare."
"DOUM PALM","See Doom palm."
"DOUPE","The carrion crow. [Written also dob.] [Prov. Eng.]"
"DOUR","Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.[Scot.]A dour wife, a sour old carlin. C. Reade."
"DOURA","A kind of millet. See Durra."
"DOUROUCOULI","See Durukuli."
"DOUSE","To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse thetopsail."
"DOUSING-CHOCK","One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in theknightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck. Ham. Nav.Encyc."
"DOUT","To put out. [Obs.] 'It douts the light.' Sylvester."
"DOUTER","An extinguisher for candles. [Obs.]"
"DOVE","A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. Thespecies are numerous."
"DOVE PLANT","A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flowerstem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrantflowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove; --called also Holy Spirit plant."
"DOVE-EYED","Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace."
"DOVEKIE","A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also appliedto the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove."
"DOVELET","A young or small dove. Booth."
"DOVELIKE","Mild as a dove; gentle; pure and lovable. Longfellow."
"DOVESHIP","The possession of dovelike qualities, harmlessness andinnocence. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"DOVETAIL","A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread),and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making aninterlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part inall directions except one. Dovetail molding (Arch.), a molding of anyconvex section arranged in a sort of zigzag, like a series ofdovetails.-- Dovetail saw (Carp.), a saw used in dovetailing."
"DOVISH","Like a dove; harmless; innocent. 'Joined with dovishsimplicity.' Latimer."
"DOW","A kind of vessel. See Dhow."
"DOWABLE","Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower. Blackstone."
"DOWAGER","A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who eitherenjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her ownbrought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her afterhis decease. Blount. Burrill."
"DOWAGERISM","The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of adowager. Also used figuratively.Mansions that have passed away into dowagerism. Thackeray."
"DOWCET","One of the testicles of a hart or stag. [Spelt also doucet.] B.Jonson."
"DOWDY","Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress;vulgar-looking.-- Dow'di*ly, adv.-- Dow'di*ness, n."
"DOWDYISH","Like a dowdy."
"DOWEL","To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, acooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask."
"DOWER","That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoysduring her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death ofher husband. Blackstone."
"DOWERED","Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion. Shak."
"DOWERLESS","Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion. Shak."
"DOWERY","See Dower."
"DOWITCHER","The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); --called also brownback, and grayback."
"DOWL","Same as Dowle."
"DOWLAS","A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and inScotland, now nearly replaced by calico. Shak."
"DOWLE","Feathery or wool-like down; filament of a feather. Shak.No feather, or dowle of a feather. De Quincey."
"DOWN","To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down. [R.] Young."
"DOWN-SHARE","A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs. [Eng.] Knight."
"DOWN-WIND","With the wind."
"DOWNBEAR","To bear down; to depress."
"DOWNCAST","Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness,modesty, dejection, or guilt.'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness,witnessed my surprise. Dryden.- Down'cast`ly, adv.-- Down'cast`ness, n."
"DOWNCOME","A pipe for leading combustible gases downward from the top ofthe blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where theyare burned."
"DOWNFALLEN","Fallen; ruined. Carew."
"DOWNFALLING","Falling down."
"DOWNGYVED","Hanging down like gyves or fetters. [Poetic & Rare] Shak."
"DOWNHAUL","A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as,a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul."
"DOWNHEARTED","Dejected; low-spirited."
"DOWNHILL","Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill."
"DOWNINESS","The quality or state of being downy."
"DOWNLOOKED","Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen. [R.]Dryden."
"DOWNLYING","The time of retiring to rest; time of repose. Cavendish. At thedownlying, at the travail in childbirth. [Scot.]"
"DOWNPOUR","A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuousshower."
"DOWNSITTING","The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.Thou knowest my downsitting and my uprising. Ps. cxxxix. 2."
"DOWNSTAIRS","Down the stairs; to a lower floor.-- a."
"DOWNSTEEPY","Very steep. [Obs.] Florio."
"DOWNSTREAM","Down the stream; as, floating downstream."
"DOWNSTROKE","A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil."
"DOWNTHROW","The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on oneside of a fault. See Throw, n."
"DOWNWEED","Cudweed, a species of Gnaphalium."
"DOWNWEIGH","To weigh or press down.A different sin downweighs them to the bottom. Longfellow."
"DOWRAL","Of or relating to a dower. [R.]"
"DOWRESS","A woman entitled to dower. Bouvier."
"DOWSE","To beat or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"DOWST","A dowse. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"DOWVE","A dove. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DOXOLOGICAL","Pertaining to doxology; giving praise to God. Howell."
"DOXOLOGIZE","To give glory to God, as in a doxology; to praise God withdoxologies."
"DOXOLOGY","In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor toGod; a form of praise to God designed to be sung or chanted by thechoir or the congregation.David breaks forth into these triumphant praises and doxologies.South."
"DOXY","A loose wench; a disreputable sweetheart. Shak."
"DOYEN","Lit., a dean; the senior member of a body or group; as, thedoyen of French physicians. 'This doyen of newspapers.'  A. R.Colquhoun."
"DOYLY","See Doily."
"DOZE","To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefiedcondition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy.If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him.L'Estrange."
"DOZENTH","Twelfth. [R.]"
"DOZER","One who dozes or drowses."
"DOZINESS","The state of being dozy; drowsiness; inclination to sleep."
"DOZY","Drowsy; inclined to doze; sleepy; sluggish; as, a dozy head.Dryden."
"DOZZLED","Stupid; heavy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"DRAB","To associate with strumpets; to wench. Beau. & Fl."
"DRABBER","One who associates with drabs; a wencher. Massinger."
"DRABBET","A coarse linen fabric, or duck."
"DRABBISH","Somewhat drab in color."
"DRABBLE","To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble agown or cloak. Halliwell."
"DRABBLE-TAIL","A draggle-tail; a slattern. Halliwell."
"DRABBLER","A piece of canvas fastened by lacing to the bonnet of a sail,to give it a greater depth, or more drop."
"DRACAENA","A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shapedflowers."
"DRACANTH","A kind of gum; -- called also gum tragacanth, or tragacanth.See Tragacanth."
"DRACHME","See Drachma."
"DRACIN","See Draconin."
"DRACO","The Dragon, a northern constellation within which is the northpole of the ecliptic."
"DRACONIAN","Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c.Draconian code, or Draconian laws, a code of laws made by Draco.Their measures were so severe that they were said to be written inletters of blood; hence, any laws of excessive rigor."
"DRACONIC","Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to theconstellation Draco; or to dragon's blood."
"DRACONIN","A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood; --called also dracin."
"DRACONTIC","Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs onerevolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See Dragon's head,under Dragon. [Obs.] 'Dracontic month.' Crabb."
"DRACONTINE","Belonging to a dragon. Southey."
"DRAD","Dreaded. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DRADDE","of Dread. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DRADGE","Inferior ore, separated from the better by cobbing. Raymond."
"DRAFF","Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash;waste matter.Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating draff andhusks. Shak.The draff and offal of a bygone age. Buckle.Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt. Tennyson."
"DRAFFISH","Worthless; draffy. Bale."
"DRAFFY","Dreggy; waste; worthless.The dregs and draffy part. Beau. & Fl."
"DRAFTSMAN","See Draughtsman."
"DRAG","A confection; a comfit; a drug. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DRAGANTINE","A mucilage obtained from, or containing, gun tragacanth."
"DRAGBAR","Same as Drawbar (b). Called also draglink, and drawlink. [U.S.]"
"DRAGBOLT","A coupling pin. See under Coupling. [U. S.]"
"DRAGEES","Sugar-coated medicines."
"DRAGGLE","To wet and soil by dragging on the ground, mud, or wet grass;to drabble; to trail. Gray.With draggled nets down-hanging to the tide. Trench."
"DRAGGLE-TAIL","A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire; adrabble-tail."
"DRAGGLE-TAILED","Untidy; sluttish; slatternly. W. Irving."
"DRAGMAN","A fisherman who uses a dragnet. Sir M. Hale."
"DRAGNET","A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as infishing."
"DRAGOMAN","An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts ofthe East."
"DRAGON","A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous wingedserpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, andregarded as very powerful and ferocious.The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures areinvariably representations of a winged crocodile. Fairholt."
"DRAGONET","A small British marine fish (Callionymuslyra); -- called alsoyellow sculpin, fox, and gowdie."
"DRAGONISH","resembling a dragon. Shak."
"DRAGONLIKE","Like a dragon. Shak."
"DRAGONNADE","The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV.,by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid anddevastating incursion; dragoonade.He learnt it as he watched the dragonnades, the tortures, themassacres of the Netherlands. C. Kingsley."
"DRAGOON","Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either onhorseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man."
"DRAGOONADE","See Dragonnade."
"DRAGOONER","A dragoon. [Obs.]"
"DRAIL","To trail; to draggle. [Obs.] South."
"DRAIN","The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains. [Eng.]Halliwell. Box drain, Counter drain. See under Box, Counter.-- Right of drain (Law), an easement or servitude by which one manhas a right to convey water in pipes through or over the estate ofanother. Kent."
"DRAINABLE","Capable of being drained."
"DRAINAGE","The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluouswater is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works."
"DRAINE","The missel thrush."
"DRAINER","One who, or that which, drains."
"DRAINING","The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land. Drainingtile. Same as Draintile."
"DRAINPIPE","A pipe used for carrying off surplus water."
"DRAINTILE","A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also drainingtile."
"DRAINTRAP","See 4th Trap, 5."
"DRAKE","The drake fly.The drake will mount steeple height into the air. Walton.Drake fly, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling.The dark drake fly, good in August. Walton."
"DRAKESTONE","A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skipfrom point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwingstones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes.Internal earthquakes, that, not content with one throe, run alongspasmodically, like boys playing at what is called drakestone. DeQuincey."
"DRAM","A Persian daric. Ezra ii. 69. Fluid dram, or Fluid drachm. Seeunder Fluid."
"DRAMA","Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having thequalities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid.The emperor . . . performed his part with much dramatic effect.Motley."
"DRAMATICALLY","In a dramatic manner; theatrically; vividly."
"DRAMATIS PERSONAE","The actors in a drama or play."
"DRAMATIST","The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays."
"DRAMATIZABLE","Capable of being dramatized."
"DRAMATIZATION","Act of dramatizing."
"DRAMATIZE","To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama;to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or anhistorical episode.They dramatized tyranny for public execration. Motley."
"DRAMATURGIC","Relating to dramaturgy."
"DRAMATURGIST","One versed in dramaturgy. Carlyle."
"DRAMATURGY","The art of dramatic composition and representation."
"DRAMMING","The practice of drinking drams."
"DRAMSELLER","One who sells distilled liquors by the dram or glass."
"DRAMSHOP","A shop or barroom where spirits are sold by the dram."
"DRANK","of Drink."
"DRAPER","One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper andtailor."
"DRAPERIED","Covered or supplied with drapery. [R.] Byron."
"DRAPET","Cloth. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DRASTIC","Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; -- opposedto bland; as, drastic purgatives.-- n. (Med.)"
"DRASTY","Filthy; worthless. [Obs.] 'Drasty ryming.' Chaucer."
"DRAUGH","See Draft. [Obs.]"
"DRAUGHT","The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft,n., 2)(g) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating;representation. Dryden."
"DRAUGHTBOARD","A checkered board on which draughts are played. SeeCheckerboard."
"DRAUGHTHOUSE","A house for the reception of waste matter; a privy. [Obs.] 2Kings x. 27."
"DRAUGHTS","A mild vesicatory. See Draught, n., 3 (c)."
"DRAUGHTSMANSHIP","The office, art, or work of a draughtsman."
"DRAUGHTY","Pertaining to a draught, or current of air; as, a draughtly,comfortless room."
"DRAVE",", old imp. of Drive. [Obs.]"
"DRAVIDA","A race Hindostan, believed to be the original people whooccupied the land before the Hindoo or Aryan invasion."
"DRAVIDIAN","Of or pertaining to the Dravida. Dravidian languages, a groupof languages of Southern India, which seem to have been the idioms ofthe natives, before the invasion of tribes speaking Sanskrit. Ofthese languages, the Tamil is the most important."
"DRAW","To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; --said of a blister, poultice, etc."
"DRAW-CUT","A single cut with a knife."
"DRAWABLE","Capable of being drawn."
"DRAWBACK","Money paid back or remitted; especially, a certain amount ofduties or customs, sometimes the whole, and sometimes only a part,remitted or paid back by the government, on the exportation of thecommodities on which they were levied. M"
"DRAWBENCH","A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through adrawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; -- also calleddrawing bench."
"DRAWBOLT","A coupling pin. See under Coupling."
"DRAWBORE","A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than theholes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against whichthe shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it,will draw these parts together. Weale."
"DRAWBOY","A boy who operates the harness cords of a hand loom; also, apart of power loom that performs the same office."
"DRAWBRIDGE","A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to beraised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hindercommunication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, orover a navigable river or canal."
"DRAWCANSIR","A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a bully.The leader was of an ugly look and gigantic stature; he acted like adrawcansir, sparing neither friend nor foe. Addison."
"DRAWEE","The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; --the correlative of drawer."
"DRAWER","An under-garment worn on the lower limbs. Chest of drawers. Seeunder Chest."
"DRAWFILING","The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewiseinstead of lengthwise."
"DRAWGEAR","The means or parts by which cars are connected to be drawn."
"DRAWGLOVES","An old game, played by holding up the fingers. Herrick."
"DRAWHEAD","The flanged outer end of a drawbar; also, a name applied to thedrawgear."
"DRAWING","The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from thecarding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning."
"DRAWL","To utter in a slow, lengthened tone."
"DRAWLATCH","A housebreaker or thief. [Obs.] Old Play (1631)."
"DRAWLING","The act of speaking with a drawl; a drawl.-- Drawl'ing*ly, adv. Bacon."
"DRAWLINK","Same as Drawbar (b)."
"DRAWN","See Draw, v. t. & i. Drawn butter, butter melter and preparedto be used as a sort of gravy.-- Drawn fowl, an eviscerated fowl.-- Drawn game or battle, one in which neither party wins; oneequally contested.-- Drawn fox, one driven from cover. Shak.-- Drawn work, ornamental work made by drawing out threads from finecloth, and uniting the cross threads, to form a pattern."
"DRAWNET","A net for catching the larger sorts of birds; also, a dragnet.Crabb."
"DRAWPLATE","A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conicalholes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated."
"DRAWROD","A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car,and bears the pull required to draw the train."
"DRAWSHAVE","See Drawing knife."
"DRAWSPRING","The spring to which a drawbar is attached."
"DRAY","A squirrel's nest. Cowper."
"DRAYMAN","A man who attends a dray."
"DRAZEL","A slut; a vagabond wench. Same as Drossel. [Obs.] Hudibras."
"DREAD","To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, withterrific apprehension.When at length the moment dreaded through so many years came close,the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's mind. Macaulay."
"DREAD-BOLTED","Armed with dreaded bolts. 'Dread-bolted thunder.' [Poetic]Shak."
"DREADABLE","Worthy of being dreaded."
"DREADER","One who fears, or lives in fear."
"DREADFULLY","In a dreadful manner; terribly. Dryden."
"DREADFULNESS","The quality of being dreadful."
"DREADINGLY","With dread. Warner."
"DREADLESS","Without doubt. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DREADLESSNESS","Freedom from dread."
"DREADLY","Dreadful. [Obs.] 'Dreadly spectacle.' Spenser.-- adv."
"DREAM","To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, orin idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.Your old men shall dream dreams. Acts ii. 17.At length in sleep their bodies they compose, And dreamt the futurefight. Dryden.And still they dream that they shall still succeed. Cowper.To dream away, out, through, etc., to pass in revery or inaction; tospend in idle vagaries; as, to dream away an hour; to dream throughlife. ' Why does Antony dream out his hours' Dryden."
"DREAMFUL","Full of dreams. ' Dreamful ease.' Tennyson.-- Dream'ful*ly, adv."
"DREAMILY","As if in a dream; softly; slowly; languidly. Longfellow."
"DREAMINESS","The state of being dreamy."
"DREAMINGLY","In a dreamy manner."
"DREAMLAND","An unreal, delightful country such as in sometimes pictured indreams; region of fancies; fairyland.[He] builds a bridge from dreamland for his lay. Lowell."
"DREAMLESS","Free from, or without, dreams. Camden.-- Dream'less*ly, adv."
"DREAMY","Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, orlike, dreams; visionary. 'The dreamy dells.' Tennyson."
"DREAR","Dismal; gloomy with solitude. 'A drear and dying sound.'Milton."
"DREARILY","Gloomily; dismally."
"DREARIMENT","Dreariness. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DREARING","Sorrow. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DREARISOME","Very dreary. Halliwell."
"DRECCHE","To delay. [Obs.] Gower."
"DREDGE","Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. Raymond."
"DREDGER","A box with holes in its lid; -- used for sprinkling flour, ason meat or a breadboard; -- called also dredging box, drudger, anddrudging box."
"DREE","To endure; to suffer. [Scot.]"
"DREG","Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, orprecipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment;hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything; as, the dregsof society.We, the dregs and rubbish of mankind. Dryden."
"DREGGINESS","Fullness of dregs or lees; foulness; feculence."
"DREGGISH","Foul with lees; feculent. Harvey."
"DREGGY","Containing dregs or lees; muddy; foul; feculent. Boyle."
"DREIBUND","A triple alliance; specif., the alliance of Germany, Austria,and Italy, formed in 1882."
"DREIN","To drain. [Obs.] Congreve."
"DREISSENA","A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (D. polymorpha)is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh waters ofEurope."
"DRENCH","A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine pouredor forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging. 'Adrench of wine.' Dryden.Give my roan horse a drench. Shak."
"DRENCHE","To drown. [Obs.]In the sea he drenched. Chaucer."
"DRENGAGE","The tenure by which a drench held land. [Obs.] Burrill."
"DRENT","Drenched; drowned. [Obs.] 'Condemned to be drent.' Spenser."
"DRESDEN WARE","A superior kind of decorated porcelain made near Dresden inSaxony."
"DRESS","To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonlyto adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, todress the ranks."
"DRESS CIRCLE","A gallery or circle in a theater, generally the first above thefloor, in which originally dress clothes were customarily worn."
"DRESS COAT","A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the frockcoat, of which the skirts surround the body. It is worn on occasionsof ceremony. The dress coat of officers of the United States army isa full-skirted frock coat."
"DRESS GOODS","A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and girls; --most commonly to fabrics of mixed materials, but also applicable tosilks, printed linens, and calicoes."
"DRESSER","A kind of pick for shaping large coal."
"DRESSINESS","The state of being dressy."
"DRESSING","An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound.Wiseman."
"DRESSMAKER","A maker of gowns, or similar garments; a mantuamaker."
"DRESSMAKING","The art, process, or occupation, of making dresses."
"DRESSY","Showy in dress; attentive to dress.A dressy flaunting maidservant. T. Hook.A neat, dressy gentleman in black. W. Irving."
"DREST","of Dress."
"DRETCH","See Drecche. [Obs.]"
"DREUL","To drool. [Obs.]"
"DREVIL","A fool; a drudge. See Drivel."
"DREW","of Draw."
"DREY","A squirrel's nest. See Dray. [Obs.]"
"DREYE","Dry. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DRIB","To do by little and little; as:(a) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop.(b) To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate.He who drives their bargain dribs a part. Dryden."
"DRIBBER","One who dribs; one who shoots weakly or badly. [Obs.] Ascham."
"DRIBBLE","To let fall in drops.Let the cook . . . dribble it all the way upstairs. Swift."
"DRIBBLER","One who dribbles."
"DRIE","To endure. [Obs.]So causeless such drede for to drie. Chaucer."
"DRIED","of Day. Also adj.; as, dried apples."
"DRIER","Drying oil; a substance mingled with the oil used in oilpainting to make it dry quickly."
"DRIFT","The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon theabutments. [R.] Knight."
"DRIFTBOLT","A bolt for driving out other bolts."
"DRIFTLESS","Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless."
"DRIFTPIECE","An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheerwith the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail."
"DRIFTPIN","A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9."
"DRIFTWAY","Same as Drift, 11."
"DRIFTWEED","Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind. Darwin."
"DRIFTWIND","A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., intoheaps. Beau. & Fl."
"DRIFTY","Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like."
"DRILL","To practice an exercise or exercises; to train one's self."
"DRILL PRESS","A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressedto the metal by the action of a screw."
"DRILLER","One who, or that which, drills."
"DRILLING","The act of using a drill in sowing seeds."
"DRILLMASTER","One who teaches drill, especially in the way of gymnastics.Macaulay."
"DRILLSTOCK","A contrivance for holding and turning a drill. Knight."
"DRILY","See Dryly. Thackeray."
"DRIMYS","A genus of magnoliaceous trees. Drimys aromatica furnishesWinter's bark."
"DRINKABLE","Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay.Also used substantively, esp. in the plural. Steele."
"DRINKABLENESS","State of being drinkable."
"DRINKER","One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also,one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard. Drinker moth(Zo\u00f6l.), a large British moth (Odonestis potatoria)."
"DRINKLESS","Destitute of drink. Chaucer."
"DRIP","To let fall in drops.Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain. Swift."
"DRIPPLE","Weak or rare. [Obs.]"
"DRIPSTONE","A drip, when made of stone. See Drip, 2."
"DRIVE","To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.Tomlinson."
"DRIVEBOLT","A drift; a tool for setting bolts home."
"DRIVEL","To be weak or foolish; to dote; as, a driveling hero; drivelinglove. Shak. Dryden."
"DRIVELER","A slaverer; a slabberer; an idiot; a fool. [Written alsodriveller.]"
"DRIVEN","of Drive. Also adj. Driven well, a well made by driving a tubeinto the earth to an aqueous stratum; -- called also drive well."
"DRIVEPIPE","A pipe for forcing into the earth."
"DRIVER","A part that transmits motion to another part by contact withit, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gearwhich drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link,etc. Specifically:(a) The driving wheel of a locomotive.(b) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn acarrier.(c) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone."
"DRIVEWAY","A passage or way along or through which a carriage may bedriven."
"DRIZZLE","To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water fromthe clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzlingdrops or rain. 'Drizzling tears.' Spenser."
"DRIZZLY","Characterized by small rain, or snow; moist and disagreeable.'Winter's drizzly reign.' Dryden."
"DROCK","A water course. [Prov. Eng.]"
"DROGHER","A small craft used in the West India Islands to take offsugars, rum, etc., to the merchantmen; also, a vessel fortransporting lumber, cotton, etc., coastwise; as, a lumber drogher.[Written also droger.] Ham. Nar. Encyc."
"DROGUE","See Drag, n.,"
"DROH","of Draw. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DROIL","To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod. [Obs.]"
"DROIT","A right; law in its aspect of the foundation of rights; also,in old law, the writ of right. Abbott. Droit d'aubaine. See underAubaine.-- Droits of the Admiralty (Eng. Law), rights or perquisites of theAdmiralty, arising from seizure of an enemy's ships in port on thebreaking out of war, or those coming into port in ignorance ofhostilities existing, or from such ships as are taken bynoncommissioned captors; also, the proceeds of wrecks, and derelictproperty at sea. The droits of admiralty are now paid into theExchequer for the public benefit."
"DROITURAL","relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished fromthe right of possession; as, droitural actions. [Obs.] Burrill."
"DROITZSCHKA","See Drosky."
"DROLL","Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity;amusing and strange."
"DROLLER","A jester; a droll. [Obs.] Glanvill."
"DROLLINGLY","In a jesting manner."
"DROLLISH","Somewhat droll. Sterne."
"DROLLIST","A droll. [R.] Glanvill."
"DROMAEOGNATHOUS","Having the structure of the palate like that of the ostrich andemu."
"DROMATHERIUM","A small extinct triassic mammal from North Carolina, theearliest yet found in America."
"DROME","The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North Africanbird, allied to the oyster catcher."
"DROMEDARY","The Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), having one hump orprotuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel,which has two humps."
"DRONE","The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey.See Honeybee.All with united force combine to drive The lazy drones from thelaborious hive. Dryden."
"DRONE BEE","The male of the honeybee; a drone."
"DRONE FLY","A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone bee.See Eristalis."
"DRONEPIPE","One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe."
"DRONGO","A passerine bird of the family Dicrurid\u00e6. They are usuallyblack with a deeply forked tail. They are natives of Asia, Africa,and Australia; -- called also drongo shrikes."
"DRONISH","Like a drone; indolent; slow. Burke.-- Dron'ish*ly, adv.-- Dron'ish*ness, n."
"DRONKELEWE","Given to drink; drunken. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DRONTE","The dodo."
"DRONY","Like a drone; sluggish; lazy."
"DROOL","To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools.His mouth drooling with texts. T. Parker."
"DROOP","To let droop or sink. [R.] M. Arnold.Like to a withered vine That droops his sapless branches to theground. Shak."
"DROOPER","One who, or that which, droops."
"DROOPINGLY","In a drooping manner."
"DROP","Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as,lavender drops."
"DROPLET","A little drop; a tear. Shak."
"DROPLIGHT","An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from achandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant."
"DROPPER","A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode."
"DROPPING","That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of animals.Dropping bottle, an instrument used to supply small quantities of afluid to a test tube or other vessel.-- Dropping fire, a continued irregular discharge of firearms.-- Dropping tube, a tube for ejecting any liquid in drops."
"DROPPINGLY","In drops."
"DROPSICALNESS","State of being dropsical."
"DROPSIED","Diseased with drops. Shak."
"DROPSY","An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity ofthe body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. Dunglison."
"DROPT","imp. & p. p. of Drop, v. G. Eliot."
"DROPWISE","After the manner of a drop; in the form of drops.Trickling dropwise from the cleft. Tennyson."
"DROPWORM","The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees bymeans of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm."
"DROPWORT","An Old World species of Spir\u00e6a (S. filipendula), with finelycut leaves."
"DROSERA","A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves ofwhich are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew. Gray."
"DROSKY","A low, four-wheeled, open carriage, used in Russia, consistingof a kind of long, narrow bench, on which the passengers ride as on asaddle, with their feet reaching nearly to the ground. Other kinds ofvehicles are now so called, esp. a kind of victoria drawn by one ortwo horses, and used as a public carriage in German cities. [Writtenalso droitzschka, and droschke.]"
"DROSOMETER","An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surfaceof a body in the open air. It consists of a balance, having a plateat one end to receive the dew, and at the other a weight protectedfrom the deposit of dew."
"DROSSEL","A slut; a hussy; a drazel. [Obs.] Warner."
"DROSSLESS","Free from dross. Stevens."
"DROSSY","Of, pertaining to, resembling, dross; full of dross; impure;worthless. ' Drossy gold.' Dryden. 'Drossy rhymes.' Donne.-- Dross'i*ness, n."
"DROTCHEL","See Drossel. [Obs.]"
"DROUGH","of Draw. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DROUGHTINESS","A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain."
"DROUMY","Troubled; muddy. [Obs.] Bacon."
"DROUTH","Same as Drought. Sandys.Another ill accident is drouth at the spindling of corn. Bacon.One whose drouth [thirst], Yet scarce allayed, still eyes the currentstream. Milton.In the dust and drouth of London life. Tennyson."
"DROUTHY","Droughty."
"DROVE","of Drive."
"DROVEN","of Drive. [Obs.]"
"DROVY","Turbid; muddy; filthy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DROW","of Draw. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DROWN","To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.Methought, what pain it was to drown. Shak."
"DROWNAGE","The act of drowning. [R.]"
"DROWNER","One who, or that which, drowns."
"DROWSE","To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy withsleepiness; to doze. 'He drowsed upon his couch.' South.In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees. Lowell."
"DROWSIHEAD","Drowsiness. Thomson."
"DROWSIHED","Drowsihead. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DROWSILY","In a drowsy manner."
"DROWSINESS","State of being drowsy. Milton."
"DROWTH","See Drought. Bacon."
"DROYLE","See Droil. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DRUB","To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel. L'Estrange."
"DRUBBER","One who drubs. Sir W. Scott."
"DRUDGE","To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant officeswith toil and fatigue.He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom hedrudged. Macaulay."
"DRUDGERY","The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignobleor slavish toil.The drudgery of penning definitions. Macaulay.Paradise was a place of bliss . . . without drudgery and with outsorrow. Locke."
"DRUDGING BOX","See Dredging box."
"DRUDGINGLY","In a drudging manner; laboriously."
"DRUERY","Courtship; gallantry; love; an object of love. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"DRUG","To drudge; to toil laboriously. [Obs.] 'To drugge and draw.'Chaucer."
"DRUGGER","A druggist. [Obs.] Burton."
"DRUGGIST","One who deals in drugs; especially, one who buys and sellsdrugs without compounding them; also, a pharmaceutist or apothecary."
"DRUGSTER","A druggist. [Obs.] Boule."
"DRUIDESS","A female Druid; a prophetess."
"DRUIDISH","Druidic."
"DRUIDISM","The system of religion, philosophy, and instruction, receivedand taught by the Druids; the rites and ceremonies of the Druids."
"DRUM","An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollowcylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin orvellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere(kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the commoninstrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair oftympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band.The drums cry bud-a-dub. Gascoigne."
"DRUM MAJOR","."
"DRUM WINDING","A method of armature winding in which the wire is wound uponthe outer surface of a cylinder or drum from end to end of thecylinder; -- distinguished from ring winding, etc."
"DRUMBEAT","The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.Whose morning drumbeat, following the sun, and keeping company withthe hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strainof the martial airs of England. D. Webster."
"DRUMFISH","any fish of the family Sci\u00e6nid\u00e6, which makes a loud noise bymeans of its air bladder; -- called also drum."
"DRUMLIN","A hill of compact, unstratified, glacial drift or till, usuallyelongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former localglacial motion."
"DRUMLY","Turbid; muddy. [Scot. & Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Wodroephe (1623).Burns."
"DRUMMER","A fish that makes a sound when caught; as:(a) The squeteague.(b) A California sculpin."
"DRUMMING","The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noisewhich the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by beating hiswings upon his sides."
"DRUMMOND LIGHT","A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas,one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state ofignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through aflame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called alsooxycalcium light, or lime light."
"DRUNK","A drunken condition; a spree. [Slang]"
"DRUNKARD","One who habitually drinks strong liquors immoderately; onewhose habit it is to get drunk; a toper; a sot.The drunkard and glutton shall come to poverty. Prov. xxiii. 21."
"DRUNKENHEAD","Drunkenness. [Obs.]"
"DRUNKENLY","In a drunken manner. [R.] Shak."
"DRUNKENNESS","The state of being drunk; drunkenness. [Obs.] Gower."
"DRUPACEOUS","Producing, or pertaining to, drupes; having the form of drupes;as, drupaceous trees or fruits."
"DRUPAL","Drupaceous."
"DRUPE","A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp,without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarpis succulent in the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, etc.; dry andsubcoriaceous in the almond; and fibrous in the cocoanut."
"DRUSE","A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded withcrystals and sometimes filled with water; a geode."
"DRY","Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire orcomparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh."
"DRY DOCK","See under Dock."
"DRY GOODS","A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen,silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from groceries. [U.S.]"
"DRY NURSE","A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- indistinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it."
"DRY-BEAT","To beat severely. Shak."
"DRY-BONED","Having dry bones, or bones without flesh."
"DRY-EYED","Not having tears in the eyes."
"DRY-FISTED","Niggardly."
"DRY-RUB","To rub and cleanse without wetting. Dodsley."
"DRY-SHOD","Without wetting the feet."
"DRY-STONE","Constructed of uncemented stone. 'Dry-stone walls.' Sir W.Scott."
"DRYAD","A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of hertree."
"DRYANDRA","A genus of shrubs growing in Australia, having beautiful, hard,dry, evergreen leaves."
"DRYAS","A dryad."
"DRYER","See Drier. Sir W. Temple."
"DRYFOOT","The scent of the game, as far as it can be traced. [Obs.] Shak."
"DRYLY","In a dry manner; not succulently; without interest; withoutsympathy; coldly."
"DRYNESS","The state of being dry. See Dry."
"DRYNURSE","To feed, attend, and bring up without the breast. Hudibras."
"DRYOBALANOPS","The genus to which belongs the single species D. Camphora, alofty resinous tree of Borneo and Sumatra, yielding Borneo camphorand camphor oil."
"DRYSALTER","A dealer in salted or dried meats, pickles, sauces, etc., andin the materials used in pickling, salting, and preserving variouskinds of food Hence drysalters usually sell a number of salinesubstances and miscellaneous drugs. Brande & C."
"DRYSALTERY","The articles kept by a drysalter; also, the business of adrysalter."
"DUAD","A union of two; duality. [R.] Harris."
"DUAL","Expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two;as, the dual number of nouns, etc. , in Greek.Here you have one half of our dual truth. Tyndall."
"DUALIN","An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust orwood pulp, saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitrocompounds. It is inferior to dynamite, and is more liable toexplosion."
"DUALISM","State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any systemwhich is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction; as:(a) (Philos.) A view of man as constituted of two original andindependent elements, as matter and spirit. (Theol.)(b) A system which accepts two gods, or two original principles, onegood and the other evil.(c) The doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decreeof God, and in his eternal foreknowledge, into two classes, the electand the reprobate.(d) (Physiol.) The theory that each cerebral hemisphere actsindependently of the other.An inevitable dualism bisects nature, so that each thing is a half,and suggests another thing to make it whole. Emerson."
"DUALISTIC","Consisting of two; pertaining to dualism or duality. Dualisticsystem or theory (Chem.), the theory, originated by Lavoisier anddeveloped by Berzelius, that all definite compounds are binary intheir nature, and consist of two distinct constituents, themselvessimple or complex, and possessed of opposite chemical or electricalaffinities."
"DUALITY","The quality or condition of being two or twofold; dualcharacter or usage."
"DUAN","A division of a poem corresponding to a canto; a poem or song.[R.]"
"DUARCHY","Government by two persons."
"DUB","To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. 'Now the drum dubs.' Beau.& Fl."
"DUBB","The Syrian bear. See under Bear. [Written also dhubb, and dub.]"
"DUBBER","One who, or that which, dubs."
"DUBIETY","Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt. [R.] Lamb. 'The dubiety ofhis fate.' Sir W. Scott."
"DUBIOSITY","The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing.[R.]Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties,possibilities for feasibilities. Sir T. Browne."
"DUBIOUSLY","In a dubious manner."
"DUBIOUSNESS","State of being dubious."
"DUBITABLE","Liable to be doubted; uncertain. [R.] Dr. H. More.-- Du'bi*ta*bly, adv. [R.]"
"DUBITANCY","Doubt; uncertainty. [R.] Hammond."
"DUBITATE","To doubt. [R.]If he . . . were to loiter dubitating, and not come. Carlyle."
"DUBITATION","Act of doubting; doubt. [R.] Sir T. Scott."
"DUBITATIVE","Tending to doubt; doubtful. [R.] -- Du'bi*ta*tive*ly, adv. [R.]. Eliot."
"DUBOISIA","Same as Duboisine."
"DUBOISINE","An alkaloid obtained from the leaves of an Australian tree(Duboisia myoporoides), and regarded as identical with hyoscyamine.It produces dilation of the pupil of the eye."
"DUCAL","Of or pertaining to a duke.His ducal cap was to be exchanged for a kingly crown. Motley."
"DUCALLY","In the manner of a duke, or in a manner becoming the rank of aduke."
"DUCAT","A coin, either of gold or silver, of several countries inEurope; originally, one struck in the dominions of a duke."
"DUCATOON","A silver coin of several countries of Europe, and of differentvalues."
"DUCES TECUM","A judicial process commanding a person to appear in court andbring with him some piece of evidence or other thing to be producedto the court."
"DUCHESS","The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has thesovereignty of a duchy in her own right."
"DUCHESSE LACE","A beautiful variety of Brussels pillow lace made originally inBelgium and resembling Honiton guipure. It is worked with fine threadin large sprays, usually of the primrose pattern, with much raisedwork."
"DUCHY","The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom."
"DUCK","A pet; a darling. Shak."
"DUCK-BILLED","Having a bill like that of a duck.."
"DUCK-LEGGED","Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged. Dryden."
"DUCKBILL","See Duck mole, under Duck, n."
"DUCKING",", from Duck, v. t. & i. Ducking stool, a stool or chair inwhich common scolds were formerly tied, and plunged into water, as apunishment. See Cucking stool. The practice of ducking began in thelatter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the early partof the 18th, and occasionally as late as the 19th century.Blackstone. Chambers."
"DUCKLING","A young or little duck. Gay."
"DUCKWEED","A genus (Lemna) of small plants, seen floating in greatquantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposedto furnish food for ducks; -- called also duckmeat."
"DUCT","One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products ofglandular secretion are conveyed to their destination."
"DUCTIBLE","Capable of being drawn out [R.] Feltham."
"DUCTILIMETER","An instrument for accurately determining the ductility ofmetals."
"DUCTION","Guidance. [Obs.] Feltham."
"DUCTLESS","Having to duct or outlet; as, a ductless gland."
"DUCTOR","A contrivance for removing superfluous ink or coloring matterfrom a roller. See Doctor, 4. Knight. Ductor roller (Printing), theroller which conveys or supplies ink to another roller. Knight."
"DUCTURE","Guidance. [Obs.] South."
"DUDDER","To confuse or confound with noise. Jennings."
"DUDDERY","A place where rags are bought and kept for sale. [Eng.]"
"DUDE","A kind of dandy; especially, one characterized by anultrafashionable style of dress and other affectations. [Recent]The social dude who affects English dress and English drawl. TheAmerican."
"DUDEEN","A short tobacco pipe. [Written also dudheen.] [Irish]"
"DUDGEON","Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility.Sir T. Scott."
"DUDISH","Like, or characterized of, a dude."
"DUE","Directly; exactly; as, a due east course."
"DUEBILL","A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable toorder, like a promissory note. Burrill."
"DUEFUL","Fit; becoming. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DUEL","A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, byagreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront givenby one to the other. Trial by duel (Old Law), a combat between twopersons for proving a cause; trial by battel."
"DUELER","One who engages in a duel. [R.] [Written also dueller.] South."
"DUELING","e act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj.[Written also duelling.]"
"DUELIST","One who fights in single combat. [Written also duellist.]A duelist . . . always values himself upon his courage, his sense ofhonor, his fidelity and friendship. Hume."
"DUELO","A duel; also, the rules of dueling. [Obs.] Shak."
"DUENESS","Quality of being due; debt; what is due or becoming. T.Goodwin."
"DUET","A composition for two performers, whether vocal orinstrumental."
"DUETTINO","A duet of short extent and concise form."
"DUETTO","See Duet."
"DUFFEL","A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.[Written also duffle.]Good duffel gray and flannel fine. Wordsworth."
"DUFFEL BAG","A sack to hold miscellaneous articles, as tools, supplies, orthe like."
"DUFFLE","See Duffel."
"DUFRENITE","A mineral of a blackish green color, commonly massive or innodules. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron."
"DUG","A teat, pap, or nipple; -- formerly that of a human mother, nowthat of a cow or other beast.With mother's dug between its lips. Shak."
"DUGONG","An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the orderSirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabitsthe Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia. [Written alsoduyong.]"
"DUGWAY","A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface ofthe land. [U.S.]"
"DUKE","To play the duke. [Poetic]Lord Angelo dukes it well in his absence. Shak."
"DUKELING","A little or insignificant duke. Ford."
"DUKESHIP","The quality or condition of being a duke; also, the personalityof a duke. Massinger."
"DULCAMARA","A plant (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet, n.,"
"DULCAMARIN","A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara),as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compoundtaste. See Bittersweet, 3(a)."
"DULCE","To make sweet; to soothe. [Obs.]"
"DULCENESS","Sweetness. [Obs.] Bacon."
"DULCIANA","A sweet-toned stop of an organ."
"DULCIFICATION","The act of dulcifying or sweetening. Boyle."
"DULCIFIED","Sweetened; mollified. Dulcified spirit or spirits, a compoundof alcohol with mineral acids; as, dulcified spirits of niter."
"DULCIFLUOUS","Flowing sweetly. [R.]"
"DULCIFY","To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or acrimony.Wiseman."
"DULCILOQUY","A soft manner of speaking."
"DULCINEA","A mistress; a sweetheart.I must ever have some Dulcinea in my head. Sterne."
"DULCINESS","See Dulceness. [Obs.]"
"DULCINO","See Dolcino."
"DULCITE","A white, sugarlike substance, C6H8.(OH)2, occurring naturallyin a manna from Madagascar, and in certain plants, and producedartificially by the reduction of galactose and lactose or milk sugar."
"DULCITUDE","Sweetness. [R.] Cockeram."
"DULCORATE","To sweeten; to make less acrimonious. [R.] Bacon."
"DULCORATION","The act of sweetening. [R.] Bacon."
"DULEDGE","One of the dowels joining the ends of the fellies which formthe circle of the wheel of a gun carriage. Wilhelm."
"DULIA","An inferior kind of veneration or worship, given to the angelsand saints as the servants of God."
"DULL","To become dull or stupid. Rom. of R."
"DULL-BRAINED","Stupid; doltish. Shak."
"DULL-BROWED","Having a gloomy look."
"DULL-EYED","Having eyes wanting brightness, liveliness, or vivacity. Shak."
"DULL-SIGHTED","Having poor eyesight."
"DULL-WITTED","Stupid."
"DULLARD","A stupid person; a dunce. Shak.-- a."
"DULLER","One who, or that which, dulls."
"DULLHEAD","A blockhead; a dolt. Ascham."
"DULLISH","Somewhat dull; uninteresting; tiresome. 'A series of dullishverses.' Prof. Wilson."
"DULLNESS","The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness;drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want ofvividness, or of brightness. [Written also dulness.]And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. Pope."
"DULLSOME","Dull. [R.] Gataker."
"DULLY","In a dull manner; stupidly; slowly; sluggishly; without life orspirit.Supinely calm and dully innocent. G. Lyttelton."
"DULOCRACY","See Doulocracy."
"DULSE","A seaweed of a reddish brown color, which is sometimes eaten,as in Scotland. The true dulse is Sarcophyllis edulis; the common isRhodymenia. [Written also dillisk.]The crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush like a banner bathedin slaughter. Percival."
"DULWILLY","The ring plover. [Prov. Eng.]"
"DULY","In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it (anything) ought tobe; properly; regularly."
"DUMAL","Pertaining to, or set with, briers or bushes; brambly. [R.]"
"DUMB","To put to silence. [Obs.] Shak."
"DUMB-BELL","A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected bya short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnasticexercise."
"DUMB-WAITER","A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from oneroom or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, apiece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves."
"DUMBLEDOR","A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer. [Prov. Eng.]"
"DUMBLY","In silence; mutely."
"DUMBNESS","The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence;inability to speak."
"DUMDUM BULLET","A kind of manstopping bullet; -- so named from Dumdum, inIndia, where bullets are manufactured for the Indian army."
"DUMETOSE","Dumose."
"DUMFOUND","To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written alsodumbfound.] Spectator."
"DUMFOUNDER","To dumfound; to confound. [Written also dumbfounder.]"
"DUMMADOR","A dumbledor."
"DUMMERER","One who feigns dumbness. [Obs.] Burton."
"DUMMY","One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a shamcharacter."
"DUMP","A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boysin playing chuck farthing. [Eng.] Smart."
"DUMPINESS","The state of being dumpy."
"DUMPISH","Dull; stupid; sad; moping; melancholy. ' A . . . dumpish andsour life.' Lord Herbert.-- Dump'ish*ly, adv.-- Dump'ish*ness, n."
"DUMPLE","To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another. [R.]He was a little man, dumpled up together. Sir W. Scott."
"DUMPLING","A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort ofpudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit,and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling."
"DUMPY LEVEL","A level having a short telescope (hence its name) rigidly fixedto a table capable only of rotatory movement in a horizontal plane.The telescope is usually an inverting one. It is sometimes called theTroughton level, from the name of the inventor, and a varietyimproved by one Gavatt is known as the Gavatt level."
"DUN","A mound or small hill."
"DUNCE","One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull orweak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.I never knew this town without dunces of figure. Swift."
"DUNCEDOM","The realm or domain of dunces. [Jocose] Carlyle."
"DUNCERY","Dullness; stupidity."
"DUNCICAL","Like a dunce; duncish.The most dull and duncical commissioner. Fuller."
"DUNCIFY","To make stupid in intellect. [R.] Bp. Warburton."
"DUNCISH","Somewhat like a dunce. [R.] -- Dun'cish*ness, n. [R.]"
"DUNDER","The lees or dregs of cane juice, used in the distillation ofrum. [West Indies]The use of dunder in the making of rum answers the purpose of yeastin the fermentation of flour. B. Edwards."
"DUNDER-HEADED","Thick-headed; stupid."
"DUNDERHEAD","A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead. Beau. & Fl."
"DUNDERPATE","See Dunderhead."
"DUNE","A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, butoften carried far inland by the prevailing winds. [Written also dun.]Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt, haddeposited their slime for ages among the dunes or sand banks heavedup by the ocean around their mouths. Motley."
"DUNFISH","Codfish cured in a particular manner, so as to be of a superiorquality."
"DUNG","The excrement of an animal. Bacon."
"DUNGAREE","A coarse kind of unbleached cotton stuff. [Written alsodungari.] [India]"
"DUNGEON","A close, dark prison, commondonjon or keep of a castle, thesebeing used as prisons.Down with him even into the deep dungeon. Tyndale.Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon. Macaulay."
"DUNGFORK","A fork for tossing dung."
"DUNGMEER","A pit where dung and weeds rot for manure."
"DUNGY","Full of dung; filthy; vile; low. Shak."
"DUNGYARD","A yard where dung is collected."
"DUNKER","One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices aremainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers; --called also Tunkers, Dunkards, Dippers, and, by themselves, Brethren,and German Baptists."
"DUNLIN","A species of sandpiper (Tringa alpina); -- called also churr,dorbie, grass bird, and red-backed sandpiper. It is found both inEurope and America."
"DUNNAGE","Fagots, boughs, or loose materials of any kind, laid on thebottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury bywater, or stowed among casks and other cargo to prevent their motion."
"DUNNER","One employed in soliciting the payment of debts."
"DUNNISH","Inclined to a dun color. Ray."
"DUNNOCK","The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor. [Local, Eng.]"
"DUNNY","Deaf; stupid.[Prov. Eng.]My old dame Joan is something dunny, and will scarce know how tomanage. Sir W. Scott."
"DUNT","A blow. [Obs.] R. of Glouc."
"DUNTED","Beaten; hence, blunted. [Obs.]Fencer's swords . . . having the edge dunted. Fuller."
"DUNTER","A porpoise. [Scott.] Dunter goose (Zo\u00f6l.) the eider duck. J.Brand."
"DUO","A composition for two performers; a duet."
"DUODECENNIAL","Consisting of twelve years. [R.] Ash."
"DUODECIMAL","Proceeding in computation by twelves; expressed in the scale oftwelves.-- Du`o*dec'i*mal*ly, adv."
"DUODECIMFID","Divided into twelve parts."
"DUODECIMO","Having twelve leaves to a sheet; as, a duodecimo from, book,leaf, size, etc."
"DUODECUPLE","Consisting of twelves. Arbuthnot."
"DUODENAL","Of or pertaining to the duodenum; as, duodenal digestion."
"DUODENARY","Containing twelve; twelvefold; increasing by twelves;duodecimal."
"DUODENUM","The part of the small intestines between the stomach and thejejunum. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive."
"DUOGRAPH","A picture printed from two half-tone plates made with thescreen set at different angles, and usually printed in two shades ofthe same color or in black and one tint."
"DUOLITERAL","Consisting of two letters only; biliteral. Stuart."
"DUOMO","A cathedral. See Dome, 2.Of tower or duomo, sunny sweet. Tennyson."
"DUOTONE","Any picture printed in two shades of the same color, asduotypes and duographs are usually printed."
"DUOTYPE","A print made from two half-tone plates made from the samenegative, but etched differently."
"DUP","To open; as, to dup the door. [Obs.] Shak."
"DUPABLE","Capable of being duped."
"DUPE","One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull;as, the dupe of a schemer."
"DUPER","One who dupes another."
"DUPERY","The act or practice of duping. [R.]"
"DUPION","A double cocoon, made by two silkworms."
"DUPLE","Double. Duple ratio (Math.), that in which the antecedent termis double the consequent, as of 2 to 1, 8 to 4, etc."
"DUPLEX","Double; twofold. Duplex escapement, a peculiar kind of watchescapement, in which the scape-wheel has two sets of teeth. SeeEscapement.-- Duplex lathe, one for turning off, screwing, and surfacing, bymeans of two cutting tools, on opposite sides of the piece operatedupon.-- Duplex pumping engine, a steam pump in which two steam cylindersare placed side by side, one operating the valves of the other.-- Duplex querela Etym: [L., double complaint] (Eccl. Law), acomplaint in the nature of an appeal from the ordinary to hisimmediate superior, as from a bishop to an archbishop. Mozley & W.-- Duplex telegraphy, a system of telegraphy for sending twomessages over the same wire simultaneously.-- Duplex watch, one with a duplex escapement."
"DUPLICATE","Double; twofold. Duplicate proportion or ratio (Math.), theproportion or ratio of squares. Thus, in geometrical proportion, thefirst term to the third is said to be in a duplicate ratio of thefirst to the second, or as its square is to the square of the second.Thus, in 2, 4, 8, 16, the ratio of 2 to 8 is a duplicate of that of 2to 4, or as the square of 2 is to the square of 4."
"DUPLICATION","The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneousaction; as, the duplication of cartilage cells. Carpenter.Duplication of the cube (Math.), the operation of finding a cubehaving a volume which is double that of a given cube."
"DUPLICATIVE","Having the quality of subdividing into two by natural growth.'Duplicative subdivision.' Carpenter."
"DUPLICATURE","A doubling; a fold, as of a membrane."
"DUPPER","See 2d Dubber."
"DUR","Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major."
"DURA","Short form for Dura mater."
"DURA MATER","The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of theskull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; --frequently abbreviated to dura."
"DURABILITY","The state or quality of being durable; the power ofuninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power ofresisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, ordissolution; lastingness.A Gothic cathedral raises ideas of grandeur in our minds by the size,its height, . . . its antiquity, and its durability. Blair."
"DURABLE","Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting;not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon;enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness.Riches and honor are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.Prov. viii. 18.An interest which from its object and grounds must be so durable. DeQuincey."
"DURABLENESS","Power of lasting, enduring, or resisting; durability.The durableness of the metal that supports it. Addison."
"DURABLY","In a lasting manner; with long continuance."
"DURAL","Pertaining to the dura, or dura mater."
"DURAMEN","The heartwood of an exogenous tree."
"DURANCY","Duration. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"DURANT","See Durance, 3."
"DURANTE","During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito,during pleasure."
"DURATION","The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; theportion of time during which anything exists.It was proposed that the duration of Parliament should be limited.Macaulay.Soon shall have passed our own human duration. D. Webster."
"DURATIVE","Continuing; not completed; implying duration.Its durative tense, which expresses the thought of it as going on. J.Byrne."
"DURBAR","An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state levee;a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor generalof India. [India] [Written also darbar.]"
"DURE","Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome. [R.]The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude. W. H. Russell."
"DUREFUL","Lasting. [Obs.] Spenser."
"DURELESS","Not lasting. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh."
"DURENE","A colorless, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H2(CH3)4, offartificial production, with an odor like camphor."
"DURESS","The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person isinfluenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or byactual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability orto commit an offense."
"DURESSOR","One who subjects another to duress Bacon."
"DURGA","Same as Doorga."
"DURHAM","One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in thecounty of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for theirbeef-producing quality."
"DURING","In the time of; as long as the action or existence of; as,during life; during the space of a year."
"DURIO","A fruit tree (D. zibethinus, the only species known) of theIndian Archipelago. It bears the durian."
"DUROMETER","An instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially,an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails andthe like."
"DUROUS","Hard. [Obs. & R.]"
"DURRA","A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introducedinto the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- calledalso Indian millet, and Guinea corn. [Written also dhoorra, dhurra,doura, etc.]"
"DURST","of Dare. See Dare, v. i."
"DURUKULI","A small, nocturnal, South American monkey (Nyctipthecustrivirgatus). [Written also douroucouli.]"
"DURYLIC","Pertaining to, allied to, or derived from, durene; as, durylicacid."
"DUSE","A demon or spirit. See Deuce."
"DUSK","Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black;dusky.A pathless desert, dusk with horrid shades. Milton."
"DUSKEN","To make dusk or obscure. [R.]Not utterly defaced, but only duskened. Nicolls."
"DUSKILY","In a dusky manner. Byron."
"DUSKINESS","The state of being dusky."
"DUSKISH","Somewhat dusky. ' Duskish smoke.' Spenser.-- Dusk'ish*ly, adv.-- Dusk'ish*ness, n."
"DUSKNESS","Duskiness. [R.] Sir T. Elyot."
"DUST","Coined money; cash. Down with the dust, deposit the cash; paydown the money. [Slang] 'My lord, quoth the king, presently deposityour hundred pounds in gold, or else no going hence all the days ofyour life. . . . The Abbot down with his dust, and glad he escapedso, returned to Reading.' Fuller.-- Dust brand (Bot.), a fungous plant (Ustilago Carbo); -- calledalso smut.-- Gold dust, fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in placermining; -- often used as money, being transferred by weight.-- In dust and ashes. See under Ashes.-- To bite the dust. See under Bite, v. t.-- To raise, or kick up, dust, to make a commotion. [Colloq.] -- Tothrow dust in one's eyes, to mislead; to deceive. [Colloq.]"
"DUST-POINT","An old rural game.With any boy at dust-point they shall play. Peacham (1620)."
"DUSTBRUSH","A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust fromfurniture."
"DUSTER","A blowing machine for separating the flour from the bran."
"DUSTINESS","The state of being dusty."
"DUSTLESS","Without dust; as a dustless path."
"DUSTMAN","One whose employment is to remove dirt and defuse. Gay."
"DUSTPAN","A shovel-like utensil for conveying away dust brushed from thefloor."
"DUTCH","Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants. Dutch auction.See under Auction.-- Dutch cheese, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim milk.-- Dutch clinker, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is yellowish,very hard, and long and narrow in shape.-- Dutch clover (Bot.), common white clover (Trifolium repens), theseed of which was largely imported into England from Holland.-- Dutch concert, a so-called concert in which all the singers singat the same time different songs. [Slang] -- Dutch courage, thecourage of partial intoxication. [Slang] Marryat.-- Dutch door, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, soarranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened, while theupper part remains open.-- Dutch foil, Dutch leaf, or Dutch gold, a kind of brass rich incopper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in Holland toornament toys and paper; -- called also Dutch mineral, Dutch metal,brass foil, and bronze leaf.-- Dutch liquid (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,C2H4Cl2, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor, producedby the union of chlorine and ethylene or olefiant gas; -- called alsoDutch oil. It is so called because discovered (in 1795) by anassociation of four Hollandish chemists. See Ethylene, and Olefiant.-- Dutch oven, a tin screen for baking before an open fire orkitchen range; also, in the United States, a shallow iron kettle forbaking, with a cover to hold burning coals.-- Dutch pink, chalk, or whiting dyed yellow, and used in distemper,and for paper staining. etc. Weale.-- Dutch rush (Bot.), a species of horsetail rush or Equisetum (E.hyemale) having a rough, siliceous surface, and used for scouring andpolishing; -- called also scouring rush, and shave grass. SeeEquisetum.-- Dutch tile, a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly muchexported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the like."
"DUTCHMAN","A native, or one of the people, of Holland. Dutchman's breeches(Bot.), a perennial American herb (Dicentra cucullaria), withpeculiar double-spurred flowers. See Illust. of Dicentra.-- Dutchman's laudanum (Bot.), a West Indian passion flower(Passiflora Murucuja); also, its fruit.-- Dutchman's pipe (Bot.), an American twining shrub (AristolochiaSipho). Its flowers have their calyx tubes curved like a tobaccopipe."
"DUTIABLE","Subject to the payment of a duty; as dutiable goods. [U.S.]All kinds of dutiable merchandise. Hawthorne."
"DUTIED","Subjected to a duty. Ames."
"DUTY","The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine,as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, thenumber of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs.,United States)."
"DUUMVIR","One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the samepublic functions."
"DUUMVIRAL","Of or belonging to the duumviri or the duumvirate."
"DUUMVIRATE","The union of two men in the same office; or the office,dignity, or government of two men thus associated, as in ancientRome."
"DUX","The scholastic name for the theme or subject of a fugue, theanswer being called the comes, or companion."
"DUYKERBOK","A small South African antelope (Cephalous mergens); -- calledalso impoon, and deloo."
"DUYOUNG","See Dugong."
"DVERGR","A dwarf supposed to dwell in rocks and hills and to be skillfulin working metals."
"DWALE","The deadly nightshade (Atropa Belladonna), having stupefyingqualities."
"DWANG","A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffenand support them."
"DWARF","An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of itsspecies or kind; especially, a diminutive human being."
"DWARFISH","Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small;petty; as, a dwarfish animal, shrub.-- Dwarf'ish*ly, adv.-- Dwarf'ish*ness, n."
"DWARFLING","A diminutive dwarf."
"DWARFY","Much undersized. [R.] Waterhouse."
"DWELL","To inhabit. [R.] Milton."
"DWELLER","An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller. 'Dwellers atJerusalem.' Acts i. 19."
"DWELLING","Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode;domicile.Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons. Jer. xlix. 33.God will deign To visit oft the dwellings of just men. Milton.Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. Tennyson.Dwelling house, a house intended to be occupied as a residence, indistinction from a store, office, or other building.-- Dwelling place, place of residence."
"DWELT","of Dwell."
"DWINDLE","To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consumeaway; to become degenerate; to fall away.Weary sennights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak and pine.Shak.Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are saidto have dwindled into factious clubs. Swift."
"DWINDLEMENT","The act or process of dwindling; a dwindling. [R.] Mrs.Oliphant."
"DWINE","To waste away; to pine; to languish. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Gower."
"DYAD","An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combiningpower of two."
"DYADIC","Pertaining to the number two; of two parts or elements. Dyadicarithmetic, the same as binary arithmetic."
"DYAKS","; sing. Dyak. (Ethnol.) The aboriginal and most numerousinhabitants of Borneo. They are partially civilized, but retain manybarbarous practices."
"DYAS","A name applied in Germany to the Permian formation, thereconsisting of two principal groups."
"DYE","To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as bythe application of dyestuffs.Cloth to be dyed of divers colors. Trench.The soul is dyed by its thoughts. Lubbock.To dye in the grain, To dye in the wool (Fig.), to dye firmly; toimbue thoroughly.He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the revenue system dyedin the wool. Hawthorne."
"DYEHOUSE","A building in which dyeing is carried on."
"DYEING","The process or art of fixing coloring matters permanently anduniformly in the fibers of wool, cotton, etc."
"DYER","One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like. Dyer'sbroom, Dyer's rocket, Dyer's weed. See Dyer's broom, under Broom."
"DYESTUFF","A material used for dyeing."
"DYEWOOD","Any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing."
"DYING","The act of expiring; passage from life to death; loss of life."
"DYINGLY","In a dying manner; as if at the point of death. Beau. & Fl."
"DYINGNESS","The state of dying or the stimulation of such a state; extremelanguor; languishment. [R.]Tenderness becomes me best, a sort of dyingness; you see thatpicture, Foible, -- a swimmingness in the eyes; yes, I'll look so.Congreve."
"DYKE","See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to thegeological meaning."
"DYNACTINOMETER","An instrument for measuring the intensity of the photogenic(light-producing) rays, and computing the power of object glasses."
"DYNAM","A unit of measure for dynamical effect or work; a foot pound.See Foot pound. Whewell."
"DYNAMETER","An instrument for determining the magnifying power oftelescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied tothe eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter ofthe image of the object glass there formed; which measurement,compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifyingpower."
"DYNAMETRICAL","Pertaining to a dynameter."
"DYNAMICALLY","In accordance with the principles of dynamics or moving forces.J. Peile."
"DYNAMICS","That department of musical science which relates to, or treatsof, the power of tones."
"DYNAMISM","The doctrine of Leibnitz, that all substance involves force."
"DYNAMIST","One who accounts for material phenomena by a theory ofdynamics.Those who would resolve matter into centers of force may be said toconstitute the school of dynamists. Ward (Dyn. Sociol. )."
"DYNAMITARD","A political dynamiter."
"DYNAMITE","An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed bysome inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It issafer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion frommoderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition."
"DYNAMITER","One who uses dynamite; esp., one who uses it for thedestruction of life and property."
"DYNAMITING","Destroying by dynamite, for political ends.Dynamiting is not the American way. The Century."
"DYNAMITISM","The work of dynamiters."
"DYNAMIZATION","The act of setting free the dynamic powers of a medicine, as byshaking the bottle containing it."
"DYNAMO","A dynamo-electric machine."
"DYNAMO-ELECTRIC","Pertaining to the development of electricity, especiallyelectrical currents, by power; producing electricity or electricalcurrents by mechanical power."
"DYNAMOGRAPH","A dynamometer to which is attached a device for automaticallyregistering muscular power."
"DYNAMOMETER","An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, musculareffort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or thatrequired to operate machinery."
"DYNAMOMETRY","The art or process of measuring forces doing work."
"DYNASTA","A tyrant. [Obs.] Milton."
"DYNASTIC","Of or relating to a dynasty or line of kings. Motley."
"DYNASTICAL","Dynastic."
"DYNASTIDAN","One of a group of gigantic, horned beetles, including DynastusNeptunus, and the Hercules beetle (D. Hercules) of tropical America,which grow to be six inches in length."
"DYNE","The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second)system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gramfor a second, generates a velocity of a centimeter per second."
"DYS-","An inseparable prefix, fr. the Greek ill, bad, hard, difficult,and the like; cf. the prefixes, Skr. dus-, Goth. tuz-, OHG. zur-, G.zer-, AS. to-, Icel. tor-, Ir. do-."
"DYSAESTHESIA","Impairment of any of the senses, esp. of touch."
"DYSCRASIA","An ill habit or state of the constitution; -- formerly regardedas dependent on a morbid condition of the blood and humors."
"DYSCRASITE","A mineral consisting of antimony and silver."
"DYSCRASY","Dycrasia.Sin is a cause of dycrasies and distempers. Jer. Taylor."
"DYSENTERY","A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of thecolon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desireto evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of mucus and blood."
"DYSGENESIC","Not procreating or breeding freely; as, one race may bedysgenesic with respect to another. Darwin."
"DYSGENESIS","A condition of not generating or breeding freely; infertility;a form homogenesis in which the hybrids are sterile among themselves,but are fertile with members of either parent race."
"DYSLOGISTIC","Unfavorable; not commendatory; -- opposed to eulogistic.There is no course of conduct for which dyslogistic or eulogisticepithets may be found. J. F. Stephen.The paternity of dyslogistic -- no bantling, but now almost acentenarian -- is adjudged to that genius of common sense, JeremyBentham. Fitzed. Hall."
"DYSLUITE","A variety of the zinc spinel or gahnite."
"DYSLYSIN","A resinous substance formed in the decomposition of cholic acidof bile; -- so called because it is difficult to solve."
"DYSMENORRHEA","Difficult and painful menstruation."
"DYSNOMY","Bad legislation; the enactment of bad laws. Cockeram."
"DYSODILE","An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetidodor when burning."
"DYSPEPTIC","A person afflicted with dyspepsia."
"DYSPEPTONE","An insoluble albuminous body formed from casein and otherproteid substances by the action of gastric juice. Meissner."
"DYSPHORIA","Impatience under affliction; morbid restlessness;dissatisfaction; the fidgets."
"DYSPNOIC","Affected with shortness of breath; relating to dyspn"
"DYSPROSIUM","An element of the rare earth-group. Symbol Dy; at. wt., 162.5."
"DYSTELEOLOGY","The doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel tothat branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in viewof their being useless to the life of the organism.To the doctrine of dysteleology, or the denial of final causes, aproof of the real existence of such a thing as instinct mustnecessarily be fatal. Word (Dynamic Sociology)."
"DYSTOCIA","Difficult delivery pr parturition."
"DYSTOME","Cleaving with difficulty."
"DYSURIC","Pertaining to, or afflicted with, dysury."
"DZIGGETAI","The kiang, a wild horse or wild ass of Thibet (Asinushemionus)."
"E","E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E (E flat) isa tone which is intermediate between D and E."
"E-","A Latin prefix meaning out, out of, from; also, without. SeeEx-."
"E-LA","Originally, the highest note in the scale of Guido; hence,proverbially, any extravagant saying. 'Why, this is above E-la!'Beau. & Fl."
"EACHWHERE","Everywhere. [Obs.]The sky eachwhere did show full bright and fair. Spenser."
"EADISH","See Eddish."
"EAGER","Same as Eagre."
"EAGERLY","In an eager manner."
"EAGLE","Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of thegenera Aquila and Hali\u00e6etus. The eagle is remarkable for strength,size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight.The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysa\u00ebtus); theimperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik or imperialis); the Americanbald eagle (Hali\u00e6etus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H.albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). Thefigure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as anheraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. SeeBald eagle, Harpy, and Golden eagle."
"EAGLE-EYED","Sharp-sighted as an eagle. 'Inwardly eagle-eyed.' Howell."
"EAGLE-SIGHTED","Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted. Shak."
"EAGLE-WINGED","Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like aneagle. Shak."
"EAGLESS","A female or hen eagle. [R.] Sherwood."
"EAGLESTONE","A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of awalnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that theeagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the layingof her eggs; a\u00ebtites."
"EAGLET","A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle."
"EAGLEWOOD","A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum."
"EAGRASS","See Eddish. [Obs.]"
"EAGRE","A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height andviolence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonlycalled the bore. See Bore."
"EALE","Ale. [Obs.] Shak."
"EAME","Uncle. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EAN","To bring forth, as young; to yean. 'In eaning time.' Shak."
"EANLING","A lamb just brought forth; a yeanling. Shak."
"EAR","To take in with the ears; to hear. [Sportive] 'I eared herlanguage.' Two Noble Kinsmen."
"EAR-BORED","Having the ear perforated."
"EAR-MINDED","Thinking chiefly or most readily through, or in terms relatedto, the sense of hearing; specif., thinking words as spoken, as aresult of familiarity with speech or of mental peculiarity; --opposed to eye-minded."
"EAR-PIERCER","The earwig."
"EAR-SHELL","A flattened marine univalve shell of the genus Haliotis; --called also sea-ear. See Abalone."
"EAR-SPLITTING","Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splittingstrains."
"EARABLE","Arable; tillable. [Archaic]"
"EARACHE","Ache or pain in the ear."
"EARAL","Receiving by the ear. [Obs.] Hewyt."
"EARCAP","A cap or cover to protect the ear from cold."
"EARCOCKLE","A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contractedgrain, or ear, is filled with minute worms."
"EARDROP","A species of primrose. See Auricula."
"EARDRUM","The tympanum. See Illust. of Ear."
"EARED","Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears.Eared owl (Zo\u00f6l.), an owl having earlike tufts of feathers, as thelong-eared owl, and short-eared owl.-- Eared seal (Zo\u00f6l.), any seal of the family Otariid\u00e6, includingthe fur seals and hair seals. See Seal."
"EARINESS","Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural.[Written also eiryness.]The sense of eariness, as twilight came on. De Quincey."
"EARING","Coming into ear, as corn."
"EARL","A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above aviscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte)in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is stillcalled countess. See Count."
"EARL MARSHAL","An officer of state in England who marshals and orders allgreat ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor,arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war.The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he isstill the head of the herald's office or college of arms."
"EARLAP","The lobe of the ear."
"EARLDORMAN","Alderman. [Obs.]"
"EARLDUCK","The red-breasted merganser (Merganser serrator)."
"EARLES PENNY","Earnest money. Same as Arles penny. [Obs.]"
"EARLESS","Without ears; hence, deaf or unwilling to hear. Pope."
"EARLET","An earring. [Obs.]The Ismaelites were accustomed to wear golden earlets. Judg. viii. 24(Douay version)."
"EARLINESS","The state of being early or forward; promptness."
"EARLOCK","A lock or curl of hair near the ear; a lovelock. See Lovelock."
"EARLY","Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.Those that me early shall find me. Prov. viii. 17.You must wake and call me early. Tennyson."
"EARMARK","To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear."
"EARN","See Ern, n. Sir W. Scott."
"EARNEST","Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness;intentness.Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to earnest. Sir P.Sidney.And given in earnest what I begged in jest. Shak.In earnest, serious; seriously; not in jest; earnestly."
"EARNESTFUL","Serious. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"EARNESTLY","In an earnest manner."
"EARNESTNESS","The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.An honest earnestness in the young man's manner. W. Irving."
"EARNFUL","Full of anxiety or yearning. [Obs.] P. Fletcher."
"EARNING","That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; moneyearned; -- used commonly in the plural.As to the common people, their stock is in their persons and in theirearnings. Burke."
"EARPICK","An instrument for removing wax from the ear."
"EARREACH","Earshot. Marston."
"EARRING","An ornament consisting of a ring passed through the lobe of theear, with or without a pendant."
"EARSH","See Arrish."
"EARSHOT","Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard. Dryden."
"EARSHRIFT","A nickname for auricular confession; shrift. [Obs.] Cartwright."
"EARSORE","An annoyance to the ear. [R.]The perpetual jangling of the chimes . . . is no small earsore Sir T.Browne."
"EARST","See Erst. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EARTH","To burrow. Tickell."
"EARTH FLAX","A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus."
"EARTH SHINE","See Earth light, under Earth."
"EARTH-TONGUE","A fungus of the genus Geoglossum."
"EARTHBAG","A bag filled with earth, used commonly to raise or repair aparapet."
"EARTHBANK","A bank or mound of earth."
"EARTHBOARD","The part of a plow, or other implement, that turns over theearth; the moldboard."
"EARTHBRED","Low; grovelling; vulgar."
"EARTHDIN","An earthquake. [Obs.]"
"EARTHDRAKE","A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; adragon. W. Spalding."
"EARTHEN","Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other likesubstances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe."
"EARTHEN-HEARTED","Hard-hearted; sordid; gross. [Poetic] Lowell."
"EARTHENWARE","Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made ofbaked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain."
"EARTHFORK","A pronged fork for turning up the earth."
"EARTHINESS","The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth;hence, grossness."
"EARTHLIGHT","The sunlight reflected from the earth to the moon, by which wesee faintly, when the moon is near the sun (either before or afternew moon), that part of the moon's disk unillumined by directsunlight, or 'the old moon in the arms of the new.'"
"EARTHLINESS","The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness;perishableness."
"EARTHLING","An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal.Earthings oft her deemed a deity. Drummond."
"EARTHLY","In the manner of the earth or its people; worldly.Took counsel from his guiding eyes To make this wisdom earthly wise.Emerson."
"EARTHLY-MINDED","Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; --opposed to spiritual-minded.-- Earth'ly-mind`ed*ness, n."
"EARTHMAD","The earthworm. [Obs.]The earthmads and all the sorts of worms . . . are without eyes.Holland."
"EARTHNUT","A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under oron the ground; as to:(a) The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosumand Carum Bulbocastanum.(b) The peanut. See Peanut."
"EARTHPEA","A species of pea (Amphicarp\u00e6a monoica). It is a climbingleguminous plant, with hairy underground pods."
"EARTHQUAKE","A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due tosubterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The waveof shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities andmany thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, andearthshock. Earthquake alarm, a bell signal constructed to operate onthe theory that a few seconds before the occurrence of an earthquakethe magnet temporarily loses its power."
"EARTHQUAVE","An earthquake."
"EARTHSHOCK","An earthquake."
"EARTHSTAR","A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outercoating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms aball containing the dustlike spores."
"EARTHWORK","Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanentfortification, for attack or defense, the material of which ischiefly earth."
"EARTHWORM","Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found indamp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe andAmerica is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called alsoangleworm and dewworm."
"EARTHY","Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, anearthy fracture."
"EARWAX","See Cerumen."
"EARWIG","Any insect of the genus Forticula and related genera, belongingto the order Euplexoptera."
"EARWITNESS","A witness by means of his ears; one who is within hearing anddoes hear; a hearer. Fuller."
"EASEFUL","Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet;comfortable; restful. Shak.-- Ease'ful*ly, adv.-- Ease'ful*ness, n."
"EASEL","A frame (commonly) of wood serving to hold a canvas upright, ornearly upright, for the painter's convenience or for exhibition.Easel picture, Easel piece, a painting of moderate size such as ismade while resting on an easel, as distinguished from a painting on awall or ceiling."
"EASELESS","Without ease. Donne."
"EASEMENT","A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one proprietor has inthe estate of another proprietor, distinct from the ownership of thesoil, as a way, water course, etc. It is a species of what the civillaw calls servitude. Kent."
"EAST","Formerly, the part of the United States east of the AlleghanyMountains, esp. the Eastern, or New England, States; now, commonly,the whole region east of the Mississippi River, esp. that which isnorth of Maryland and the Ohio River; -- usually with the definitearticle; as, the commerce of the East is not independent of theagriculture of the West. East by north, East by south, according tothe notation of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 11 --East-northeast, East-southeast, that which lie 22Illust. of Compass."
"EAST INDIAN","Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies.-- n."
"EAST-INSULAR","Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian. [R.] Ogilvie."
"EASTER","To veer to the east; -- said of the wind. Russell."
"EASTERLING","The smew."
"EASTERLY","Toward, or in the direction of, the east."
"EASTERN CHURCH","That portion of the Christian church which prevails in thecountries once comprised in the Eastern Roman Empire and thecountries converted to Christianity by missionaries from them. Itsfull official title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic EasternChurch. It became estranged from the Western, or Roman, Church overthe question of papal supremacy and the doctrine of the filioque, anda separation, begun in the latter part of the 9th century, becamefinal in 1054. The Eastern Church consists of twelve (thirteen if theBulgarian Church be included) mutually independent churches(including among these the Hellenic Church, or Church of Greece, andthe Russian Church), using the vernacular (or some ancient form ofit) in divine service and varying in many points of detail, butstanding in full communion with each other and united as equals in agreat federation. The highest five authorities are the patriarch ofConstantinople, or ecumenical patriarch (whose position is not one ofsupremacy, but of precedence), the patriarch of Alexandria, thepatriarch of Jerusalem, the patriarch of Antioch, and the Holy Synodof Russia. The Eastern Church accepts the first seven ecumenicalcouncils (and is hence styled only schismatic, not heretical, by theRoman Catholic Church), has as its creed the Niceno-Constantinopolitan (without the later addition of the filioque,which, with the doctrine it represents, the church decisivelyrejects), baptizes infants with trine immersion, makes confirmationfollow immediately upon baptism, administers the Communion in bothkinds (using leavened bread) and to infants as well as adults,permits its secular clergy to marry before ordination and to keeptheir wives afterward, but not to marry a second time, selects itsbishops from the monastic clergy only, recognizes the offices ofbishop, priest, and deacon as the three necessary degrees of orders,venerates relics and icons, and has an elaborate ritual."
"EASTERNMOST","Most eastern."
"EASTING","The distance measured toward the east between two meridiansdrawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departureeastward made by a vessel."
"EASY","Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; --opposed to tight. Honors are easy (Card Playing), said when each sidehas an equal number of honors, in which case they are not counted aspoints."
"EASY-CHAIR","An armichair for ease or repose. 'Laugh . . . in Rabelais'easy-chair.' Pope."
"EASY-GOING","Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive."
"EATABLE","Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food;esculent; edible.-- n."
"EATAGE","Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that ofaftermath."
"EATER","One who, or that which, eats."
"EATH","Easy or easily. [Obs.] 'Eath to move with plaints.' Fairfax."
"EAU DE COLOGNE","Same as Cologne."
"EAU DE VIE","French name for brandy. Cf. Aqua vit\u00e6, under Aqua. Bescherelle."
"EAU FORTE","An etching or a print from an etched plate."
"EAVEDROP","A drop from the eaves; eavesdrop. [R.] Tennyson."
"EAVES","The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, whichoverhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof."
"EAVESDROP","To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of ahouse, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, tolisten secretly to what is said in private.To eavesdrop in disguises. Milton."
"EAVESDROPPER","One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of ahouse, to listen; hence, a secret listener."
"EAVESDROPPING","The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other placeswhere persons meet fro private intercourse, secretly listening towhat is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictableat common law. Wharton."
"EBB","The European bunting."
"EBB TIDE","The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; -- opposed toflood tide."
"EBIONITE","One of a sect of heretics, in the first centuries of thechurch, whose doctrine was a mixture of Judaism and Christianity.They denied the divinity of Christ, regarding him as an inspiredmessenger, and rejected much of the New Testament."
"EBIONITISM","The system or doctrine of the Ebionites."
"EBLANIN","See Pyroxanthin."
"EBLIS","The prince of the evil spirits; Satan. [Written also Eblees.]"
"EBON","Ebony. [Poetic] 'Framed of ebon and ivory.' Sir W. Scott."
"EBONIST","One who works in ebony."
"EBONITE","A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished,and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and forinsulating material in electric apparatus."
"EBONIZE","To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, toebonize wood."
"EBONY","A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polishor gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green."
"EBRACTEATE","Without bracts."
"EBRACTEOLATE","Without bracteoles, or little bracts; -- said of a pedicel orflower stalk."
"EBRAUKE","Hebrew. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"EBRIETY","Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety.'Ruinous ebriety.' Cowper."
"EBRILLADE","A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when herefuses to turn."
"EBRIOSITY","Addiction to drink; habitual drunkenness."
"EBRIOUS","Inclined to drink to excess; intoxicated; tipsy. [R.] M.Collins."
"EBULLIATE","To boil or bubble up. [Obs.] Prynne."
"EBULLIENT","Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilaration orexcitement, as of feeling; effervescing. 'Ebullient with subtlety.'De Quincey.The ebullient enthusiasm of the French. Carlyle."
"EBULLIOSCOPE","An instrument for observing the boiling point of liquids,especially for determining the alcoholic strength of a mixture by thetemperature at which it boils."
"EBURIN","A composition of dust of ivory or of bone with a cement; --used for imitations of valuable stones and in making moldings, seals,etc. Knight."
"EBURNATION","A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases ofthese tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and cometo resemble ivory."
"EBURNEAN","Made of or relating to ivory."
"EBURNIFICATION","The conversion of certain substances into others which have theappearance or characteristics of ivory."
"EBURNINE","Of or pertaining to ivory. '[She] read from tablet eburnine.'Sir W. Scott."
"ECARDINES","An order of Brachiopoda; the Lyopomata. See Brachiopoda."
"ECARTE","A game at cards, played usually by two persons, in which theplayers may discard any or all of the cards dealt and receive othersfrom the pack."
"ECAUDATE","Without a tail or spur."
"ECBALLIUM","A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the singlespecies Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Itsfruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, togetherwith a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful catharticmedicine, is prepared."
"ECBASIS","A figure in which the orator treats of things according totheir events consequences."
"ECBATIC","Denoting a mere result or consequence, as distinguished fromtelic, which denotes intention or purpose; thus the phrase so that itwas fulfilled,' is ecbatic; if rendered 'in order that it might be.'etc., is telic."
"ECBOLE","A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his ownwords."
"ECBOLIC","A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractionspromotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus."
"ECBOLINE","An alkaloid constituting the active principle of ergot; -- sonamed from its power of producing abortion."
"ECCALEOBION","A contrivance for hatching eggs by artificial heat."
"ECCE HOMO","A picture which represents the Savior as given up to the peopleby Pilate, and wearing a crown of thorns."
"ECCENTRIC","Pertaining to an eccentric; as, the eccentric rod in a steamengine."
"ECCENTRICAL","See Eccentric."
"ECCENTRICALLY","In an eccentric manner.Drove eccentrically here and there. Lew Wallace."
"ECCENTRICITY","The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus ofan ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis."
"ECCHYMOSE","To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion ofblood, beneath the skin; -- chiefly used in the passive form; as, theparts were much ecchymosed."
"ECCHYMOSIS","A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasationor effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion."
"ECCHYMOTIC","Pertaining to ecchymosis."
"ECCLE","The European green woodpecker; -- also called ecall, eaquall,yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]"
"ECCLESIA","The public legislative assembly of the Athenians."
"ECCLESIAL","Ecclesiastical. [Obs.] Milton."
"ECCLESIARCH","An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in theWestern Church."
"ECCLESIASTES","One of the canonical books of the Old Testament."
"ECCLESIASTIC","Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical.'Ecclesiastic government.' Swift."
"ECCLESIASTICAL","Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization orgovernment of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs orhistory; ecclesiastical courts.Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and discipline was anabomination. Cowper.Ecclesiastical commissioners for England, a permanent commissionestablished by Parliament in 1836, to consider and report upon theaffairs of the Established Church.-- Ecclesiastical courts, courts for maintaining the discipline ofthe Established Church; -- called also Christian courts. [Eng.] --Ecclesiastical law, a combination of civil and canon law asadministered in ecclesiastical courts. [Eng.] -- Ecclesiastical modes(Mus.), the church modes, or the scales anciently used.-- Ecclesiastical States, the territory formerly subject to the Popeof Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also States of the Church."
"ECCLESIASTICALLY","In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules."
"ECCLESIASTICISM","Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc."
"ECCLESIASTICUS","A book of the Apocrypha."
"ECCLESIOLOGICAL","Belonging to ecclesiology."
"ECCLESIOLOGIST","One versed in ecclesiology."
"ECCLESIOLOGY","The science or theory of church building and decoration."
"ECCRITIC","A remedy which promotes discharges, as an emetic, or acathartic."
"ECDERON","See Ecteron.-- Ec`der*on'ic, a."
"ECDYSIS","The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer,as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, theecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation."
"ECGONINE","A colorless, crystalline, nitrogenous base, obtained by thedecomposition of cocaine."
"ECHAUGUETTE","A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usuallyin the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle."
"ECHE","Each. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ECHELON","An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawnup in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one inadvance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing.Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance. Upton (Tactics)."
"ECHIDNA","A monster, half maid and half serpent."
"ECHIDNINE","The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands ofcertain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, andsupposed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus. Brande &C."
"ECHINID","Same as Echinoid."
"ECHINIDAN","One the Echinoidea."
"ECHINITAL","Of, or like, an echinite."
"ECHINITE","A fossil echinoid."
"ECHINOCOCCUS","A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals,forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in variousorgans, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often causedeath. It is the larval stage of the T\u00e6nia echinococcus, a smalltapeworm peculiar to the dog."
"ECHINODERM","One of the Echinodermata."
"ECHINODERMAL","Relating or belonging to the echinoderms."
"ECHINODERMATA","One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By manywriters it was formerly included in the Radiata. [Written alsoEchinoderma.]"
"ECHINODERMATOUS","Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal."
"ECHINOID","Of or pertaining to the Echinoidea.-- n."
"ECHINOIDEA","The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. Theyhave a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped,composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. SeeSpatangoid, Clypeastroid. [Written also Echinidea, and Echinoida.]"
"ECHINOZOA","The Echinodermata."
"ECHINULATE","Set with small spines or prickles."
"ECHINUS","A hedgehog."
"ECHIUROIDEA","A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus andallies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and called thearmed Gephyreans."
"ECHO","A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love ofNarcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice.Compelled me to awake the courteous Echo To give me answer from hermossy couch. Milton.Echo organ (Mus.), a set organ pipes inclosed in a box so as toproduce a soft, distant effect; -- generally superseded by the swell.-- Echo stop (Mus.), a stop upon a harpsichord contrived forproducing the soft effect of distant sound.-- To applaud to the echo, to give loud and continuous applause. M.Arnold.I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again.Shak."
"ECHOER","One who, or that which, echoes."
"ECHOLESS","Without echo or response."
"ECHOMETER","A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds, anddetermining their different, and the relation of their intervals. J.J. Rousseau."
"ECHOMETRY","Each one. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ECHOPATHY","A morbid condition characterized by automatic and purposelessrepetition of words or imitation of actions."
"ECHOSCOPE","An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion ofthe thorax. Knight."
"ECLAIR","A kind of frosted cake, containing flavored cream."
"ECLAIRCISE","To make clear; to clear up what is obscure or not understood;to explain."
"ECLAIRCISSEMENT","The clearing up of anything which is obscure or not easilyunderstood; an explanation.The eclaircissement ended in the discovery of the informer.Clarendon."
"ECLAMPSIA","A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom ofepilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions."
"ECLAMPSY","Same as Eclampsia."
"ECLECTIC","One who follows an eclectic method."
"ECLECTICALLY","In an eclectic manner; by an eclectic method."
"ECLECTICISM","Theory or practice of an eclectic."
"ECLEGM","A medicine made by mixing oils with sirups. John Quincy."
"ECLIPSE","An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon,or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body,either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and thatilluminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passingthrough the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon comingbetween the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by enteringthe shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by themoon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called anoccultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury orVenus is called a transit of the planet."
"ECLIPTIC","A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle withthe equinoctial of about 23\u00ba 28'. It is the apparent path of the sun,or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun."
"ECLOGITE","A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light greensmaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to itsbeauty."
"ECLOGUE","A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversingwith each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, fromwhich the modern usage of the word has been established."
"ECONOMICALLY","With economy; with careful management; with prudence inexpenditure."
"ECONOMIZATION","The act or practice of using to the best effect. [R.] H.Spenser."
"ECONOMIZE","To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend withfrugality; as, to economize one's income. [Written also economise.]Expenses in the city were to be economized. Jowett (Thucyd. ).Calculating how to economize time. W. Irving."
"ECORCHE","A manikin, or image, representing an animal, especially man,with the skin removed so that the muscles are exposed for purposes ofstudy."
"ECOSSAISE","A dancing tune in the Scotch style."
"ECOSTATE","Having no ribs or nerves; -- said of a leaf."
"ECOUTE","One of the small galleries run out in front of the glacis. Theyserve to annoy the enemy's miners."
"ECPHASIS","An explicit declaration."
"ECPHONEMA","A breaking out with some interjectional particle."
"ECPHONEME","A mark (!) used to indicate an exclamation. G. Brown."
"ECPHONESIS","An animated or passionate exclamation.The feelings by the ecphonesis are very various. Gibbs."
"ECPHRACTIC","Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so toremove obstructions; deobstruent.-- n."
"ECRASEMENT","The operation performed with an \u00e9craseur."
"ECRASEUR","An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations,the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect producedby the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarelyfollows."
"ECRU","Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk,linen, or the like."
"ECSTASY","A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, ofvoluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect andinflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected. Mayne."
"ECSTATIC","An enthusiast. [R.] Gauden."
"ECSTATICALLY","Rapturously; ravishingly."
"ECTAD","Toward the outside or surface; -- opposed to entad. B. G.Wilder."
"ECTAL","Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer; -- opposedto ental. B. G. Wilder."
"ECTASIA","A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal."
"ECTASIS","The lengthening of a syllable from short to long."
"ECTENTAL","Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers,the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the 'ectental line' or line ofjuncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum. C. S.Minot."
"ECTERON","The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes;epithelium; ecderon.-- Ec`ter*on'ic, a."
"ECTETHMOID","External to the ethmoid; prefrontal."
"ECTHLIPSIS","The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before aword beginning with a vowel."
"ECTHOREUM","The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. SeeNettling cell. [Written also ecthor\u00e6um.]"
"ECTHYMA","A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, uponan indurated and inflamed base. Dunglison."
"ECTO-","See Ect-."
"ECTOBRONCHIUM","One of the dorsal branches of the main bronchi in the lungs ofbirds."
"ECTOCYST","The outside covering of the Bryozoa."
"ECTODERM","Of or relating to the ectoderm."
"ECTOLECITHAL","Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in aperipheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the centerof the egg; as, ectolecithal ova."
"ECTOMERE","The more transparent cells, which finally become external, inmany segmenting ova, as those of mammals."
"ECTOPARASITE","Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; -- opposedto endoparasite.-- Ec`to*par`a*sit'ic, a."
"ECTOPIA","A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as iscongenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder."
"ECTOPIC","Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ."
"ECTOPLASTIC","Pertaining to, or composed of, ectoplasm."
"ECTOPROCTA","An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circleof tentacles."
"ECTOPY","Same as Ectopia."
"ECTORGANISM","An external parasitic organism."
"ECTOSARC","The semisolid external layer of protoplasm in some unicellularorganisms, as the amoeba; ectoplasm; exoplasm."
"ECTOSTEAL","Of or pertaining to ectostosis; as, ectosteal ossification."
"ECTOSTOSIS","A process of bone formation in which ossification takes placein the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces thecartilage."
"ECTOZOIC","See Epizoic."
"ECTROPION","An unnatural eversion of the eyelids."
"ECTROPIUM","Same as Ectropion."
"ECTROTIC","Having a tendency to prevent the development of anything,especially of a disease."
"ECTYPAL","Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinctionfrom the original model."
"ECTYPOGRAPHY","A method of etching in which the design upon the plate isproduced in relief."
"ECURIE","A stable."
"ECZEMA","An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by thepresence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, andthe discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leavingthe skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, andsalt rheum."
"ECZEMATOUS","Pertaining to eczema; having the characteristic of eczema."
"EDACIOUS","Given to eating; voracious; devouring.Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time. Carlyle.-- E*da'cious*ly, adv.-- E*da'cious*ness, n."
"EDACITY","Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity. Bacon."
"EDDA","The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinaviantribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas(legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes."
"EDDER","An adder or serpent. [Prov. Eng.] Wright."
"EDDISH","Aftermath; also, stubble and stubble field. See Arrish. [Eng.]"
"EDDOES","The tubers of Colocasia antiquorum. See Taro."
"EDDY","To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.Eddying round and round they sink. Wordsworth."
"EDDY CURRENT","An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass ofmetal; -- called also Foucault current."
"EDDY KITE","A quadrilateral, tailless kite, with convex surfaces exposed tothe wind. This kite was extensively used by Eddy in his famousmeteorological experiments. It is now generally superseded by the boxkite."
"EDELWEISS","A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodiumalpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps."
"EDEMA","Same as oedema."
"EDEN","The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightfulregion or residence."
"EDENIC","Of or pertaining to Eden; paradisaic. 'Edenic joys.' Mrs.Browning."
"EDENITE","A variety of amphibole. See Amphibole."
"EDENIZED","Admitted to a state of paradisaic happiness. [R.] Davies (Wit'sPilgr. )."
"EDENTAL","See Edentate, a.-- n. (Zo\u00f6l.)"
"EDENTALOUS","See Edentate, a."
"EDENTATA","An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, andanteaters; -- called also Bruta. The incisor teeth are rarelydeveloped, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking."
"EDENTATE","Belonging to the Edentata."
"EDENTATED","Same as Edentate, a."
"EDENTATION","A depriving of teeth. [R.] Cockeram."
"EDENTULOUS","Toothless."
"EDGEBONE","Same as Aitchbone."
"EDGELESS","Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgelesssword or weapon."
"EDGELONG","In the direction of the edge. [Obs.]Three hundred thousand pieces have you stuck Edgelong into theground. B. Jonson."
"EDGESHOT","Having an edge planed, -- said of a board. Knight."
"EDGINGLY","Gradually; gingerly. [R.]"
"EDGY","Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, toosharply defined. 'An edgy style of sculpture.' Hazlitt."
"EDH","The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter edh, capital form th in asimilar word: oedher, other, d\u00f4edh, doth.' March."
"EDIBILITY","Suitableness for being eaten; edibleness."
"EDIBLE","Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.Bacon.-- n."
"EDIBLENESS","Suitableness for being eaten."
"EDICT","A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; theproclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by thevery act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Romanemperors; the edicts of the French monarch.It stands as an edict in destiny. Shak.Edict of Nantes (French Hist.), an edict issued by Henry IV. (A. D.1598), giving toleration to Protestants. Its revocation by Louis XIV.(A. D. 1685) was followed by terrible persecutions and theexpatriation of thousands of French Protestants."
"EDICTAL","Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; as, the Roman edictallaw."
"EDIFICANT","Building; constructing. [R.] Dugard."
"EDIFICATORY","Tending to edification. Bp. Hall."
"EDIFICE","A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chieflyapplied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, achurch, a statehouse."
"EDIFICIAL","Pertaining to an edifice; structural."
"EDIFY","To improve. [R.] Swift."
"EDIFYING","Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation.-- Ed'i*fy`ing*ly, adv.-- Ed'i*fy`ing*ness, n."
"EDILE","See \u00c6dile."
"EDILESHIP","The office of \u00e6dile. T. Arnold."
"EDINGTONITE","A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It isa hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta."
"EDIT","To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare forpublication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, forpublication; as, to edit a newspaper.Philosophical treatises which have never been edited. Enfield."
"EDITION DE LUXE","See Luxe."
"EDITIONER","An editor. [Obs.]"
"EDITOR","One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends,revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., forpublication."
"EDITORIAL","Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by aneditor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks. editorial content"
"EDITORIALLY","In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorialarticle."
"EDITORSHIP","The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence ofa publication."
"EDITRESS","A female editor."
"EDITUATE","To guard as a churchwarden does. [Obs.] J. Gregory."
"EDOMITE","One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob;an Idumean."
"EDRIOPHTHALMA","A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; theArthrostraca. [Written also Edriophthalmata.]"
"EDRIOPHTHALMOUS","Pertaining to the Edriophthalma."
"EDUCABILITY","Capability of being educated."
"EDUCABLE","Capable of being educated. 'Men are educable.' M. Arnold."
"EDUCATE","To bring as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or thetaste."
"EDUCATED","Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man."
"EDUCATION","The act or process of educating; the result of educating, asdetermined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character,acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed orcustomary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the baror the pulpit; he has finished his education.To prepare us for complete living is the function which education hasto discharge. H. Spenser."
"EDUCATIONAL","Of or pertaining to education. 'His educational establishment.'J. H. Newman."
"EDUCATIONIST","One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates andpromotes, education."
"EDUCATIVE","Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educativeprocess; an educative experience."
"EDUCATOR","One who educates; a teacher."
"EDUCE","To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce againstcounter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe aform from matter.The eternal art educing good from ill. Pope.They want to educe and cultivate what is best and noblest inthemselves. M. Arnold."
"EDUCIBLE","Capable of being educed."
"EDUCT","That which is educed, as by analysis. Sir W. Hamilton."
"EDUCTION","The act of drawing out or bringing into view. Eduction pipe,and Eduction port. See Exhaust pipe and Exhaust port, under Exhaust,a."
"EDUCTIVE","Tending to draw out; extractive."
"EDUCTOR","One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts.Stimulus must be called an eductor of vital ether. E. Darwin."
"EDULCORANT","Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing orcorrecting acidity and acrimony."
"EDULCORATE","To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, bywashing; to purify. [R.]"
"EDULCORATION","The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, byaffusions of water. [R.] Ure."
"EDULCORATIVE","Tending to"
"EDULCORATOR","A contrivance used to supply small quantities of sweetenedliquid, water, etc., to any mixture, or to test tubes, etc.; adropping bottle."
"EDULIOUS","Edible. [Obs.] 'Edulious pulses.' Sir T. Browne."
"EEL","An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eelsof Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electricaleel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minutenematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus."
"EEL-MOTHER","The eelpout."
"EELBUCK","An eelpot or eel basket."
"EELFARE","A brood of eels. [Prov. Eng.]"
"EELGRASS","A plant (Zostera marina), with very long and narrow leaves,growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast."
"EELPOT","A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels;an eelbuck."
"EELSPEAR","A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels."
"EEN","The old plural of Eye.And eke with fatness swollen were his een. Spenser."
"EERILY","In a strange, unearthly way."
"EERISOME","Causing fear; eerie. [Scot.]"
"EET","of Eat. Chaucer."
"EFFABLE","Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable. Barrow."
"EFFACEABLE","Capable of being effaced."
"EFFACEMENT","The act if effacing; also, the result of the act."
"EFFASCINATE","To charm; to bewitch. [Obs.] Heywood."
"EFFASCINATION","A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded. [Obs.]"
"EFFECT","Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embracereal as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from thetown with their effects. For effect, for an exaggerated impression orexcitement.-- In effect, in fact; in substance. See 8, above.-- Of no effect, Of none effect, To no effect, or Without effect,destitute of results, validity, force, and the like; vain; fruitless.'Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition.' Markvii. 13. 'All my study be to no effect.' Shak.-- To give effect to, to make valid; to carry out in practice; topush to its results.-- To take effect, to become operative, to accomplish aims. Shak."
"EFFECTER","One who effects."
"EFFECTIBLE","Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible. SirT. Browne."
"EFFECTION","Creation; a doing. [R.] Sir M. Hale."
"EFFECTIVE","Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing adecided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, aneffective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.They are not effective of anything, nor leave no work behind them.Bacon.Whosoever is an effective, real cause of doing his heighbor wrong, iscriminal. Jer. Taylor."
"EFFECTIVELY","With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly."
"EFFECTIVENESS","The quality of being effective."
"EFFECTLESS","Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless. Shak.-- Ef*fect'less*ly, adv."
"EFFECTOR","An effecter. Derham."
"EFFECTUAL","Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, anintended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive. Shak.Effectual steps for the suppression of the rebellion. Macaulay.Effectual calling (Theol.), a doctrine concerning the work of theHoly Spirit in producing conviction of sin and acceptance ofsalvation by Christ, -- one of the five points of Calvinism. SeeCalvinism."
"EFFECTUALNESS","The quality of being effectual."
"EFFECTUATE","To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; tofulfill.A fit instrument to effectuate his desire. Sir P. Sidney.In order to effectuate the thorough reform. G. T. Curtis."
"EFFECTUATION","Act of effectuating."
"EFFECTUOUSLY","Effectively. [Obs.]"
"EFFEMINACY","Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness,luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man;womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men. Milton."
"EFFEMINATE","To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds. Locke."
"EFFEMINATENESS","The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness. Fuller."
"EFFEMINATION","Effeminacy; womanishness. [Obs.] Bacon."
"EFFEMINIZE","To make effeminate. [Obs.]"
"EFFENDI","Master; sir; -- a title of a Turkish state official and man oflearning, especially one learned in the law."
"EFFERENT","An efferent duct or stream."
"EFFEROUS","Like a wild beast; fierce. [Obs.]"
"EFFERVESCE","A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid whichtakes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form,producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of acarbonate with citric acid."
"EFFERVESCENT","Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement ofgas"
"EFFERVESCIBLE","Capable of effervescing."
"EFFERVESCIVE","Tending to produce effervescence. 'An effervescive force.'Hickok."
"EFFET","The common newt; -- called also asker, eft, evat, and ewt."
"EFFETE","No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit,as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy;incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.Effete results from virile efforts. Mrs. BrowningIf they find the old governments effete, worn out, . . . they mayseek new ones. Burke."
"EFFICACIOUS","Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, orpowerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law."
"EFFICACITY","Efficacy. [R.] J. Fryth."
"EFFICACY","Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent orforce; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy ofmedicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer. 'Ofnoxious efficacy.' Milton."
"EFFICIENT","Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to bewhat it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable;characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficientofficer, power.The efficient cause is the working cause. Wilson."
"EFFICIENTLY","With effect; effectively."
"EFFIERCE","To make fierce. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EFFIGIAL","Relating to an effigy."
"EFFIGIATE","To form as an effigy; hence, to fashion; to adapt.[He must] effigiate and conform himself to those circumstances. Jer.Taylor."
"EFFIGIATION","The act of forming in resemblance; an effigy. Fuller."
"EFFIGIES","See Effigy. Dryden."
"EFFIGY","The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether afull figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied tosculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of theheads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits.To burn, or To hang, in effigy, to burn or to hang an image orpicture of a person, as a token of public odium."
"EFFLAGITATE","To ask urgently. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"EFFLATE","To fill with breath; to puff up. Sir T. Herbert."
"EFFLATION","The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; apuff, as of wind.A soft efflation of celestial fire. Parnell."
"EFFLORESCE","To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy,or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from theloss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts,and many others, effloresce."
"EFFLORESCENCE","Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers;blowth."
"EFFLORESCENCY","The state or quality of being efflorescent; efflorescence."
"EFFLOWER","To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, bluntin its middle part, -- as in making chamois leather."
"EFFLUENCY","Effluence."
"EFFLUENT","Flowing out; as, effluent beams. Parnell."
"EFFLUVIABLE","Capable of being given off as an effluvium. 'Effluviablematter.' Boyle."
"EFFLUVIAL","Belonging to effluvia."
"EFFLUVIATE","To give forth effluvium. [R.] 'An effluviating power.' Boyle."
"EFFLUVIUM","Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by thesense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, theeffluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage."
"EFFLUX","To run out; to flow forth; to pass away. [Obs.] Boyle."
"EFFODIENT","Digging up."
"EFFORCE","To force; to constrain; to compel to yield. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EFFORM","To form; to shape. [Obs.]Efforming their words within their lips. Jer. Taylor."
"EFFORMATION","The act of giving shape or form. [Obs.] Ray."
"EFFORT","A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.Rankine."
"EFFORTLESS","Making no effort. Southey."
"EFFOSSION","A digging out or up. [R.] 'The effossion of coins.' Arbuthnot."
"EFFRANCHISE","To enfranchise."
"EFFRAY","To frighten; to scare. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EFFRAYABLE","Frightful. [Obs.] Harvey."
"EFFRENATION","Unbridled license; unruliness. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"EFFRONT","To give assurance to. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"EFFRONTERY","Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing thebounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shamelessboldness; barefaced assurance.Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. Bancroft."
"EFFRONTIT","Marked by impudence. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"EFFRONTUOUSLY","Impudently. [Obs.] R. North."
"EFFULGE","To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam.[R.]His eyes effulging a peculiar fire. Thomson."
"EFFULGENCE","The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood oflight; great luster or brightness; splendor.The effulgence of his glory abides. Milton.The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. Beattie."
"EFFULGENT","Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright;splendid. 'Effulgent rays of light.' Cowper."
"EFFULGENTLY","In an effulgent manner."
"EFFUMABILITY","The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor. [Obs.] Boyle."
"EFFUME","To breathe or puff out. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"EFFUND","To pour out. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"EFFUSE","Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuseinflorescence. Loudon."
"EFFUSIVE","Pouring out; pouring forth freely. 'Washed with the effusivewave.' Pope. Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinctionfrom so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks.-- Ef*fu'sive*ly, adv.-- Ef*fu'sive*ness, n."
"EFREET","See Afrit."
"EFT","Again; afterwards; soon; quickly. [Obs.]I wold never eft comen into the snare. Spenser."
"EGAD","An exclamation expressing exultation or surprise, etc."
"EGAL","Equal; impartial. [Obs.] Shak."
"EGALITY","Equality. Chaucer. Tennyson."
"EGEAN","See \u00c6gean."
"EGENCE","The state of needing, or of suffering a natural want. [R.] J.Grote."
"EGER","An impetuous flood; a bore. See Eagre."
"EGERMINATE","To germinate. [Obs.]"
"EGEST","To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as theindigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete bythe lungs, skin, or kidneys."
"EGESTA","That which is egested or thrown off from the body by thevarious excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to ingesta."
"EGESTION","Act or process of egesting; a voiding. Sir M. Hale."
"EGG","The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and otherbirds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded bythe 'white' or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane."
"EGG SQUASH","A variety of squash with small egg-shaped fruit."
"EGG-BIRD","A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) ofthe West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to thetropic bird, Pha\u00ebthon flavirostris."
"EGG-CUP","A cup used for holding an egg, at table."
"EGG-GLASS","A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for markingtime in boiling eggs; also, a small glass for holding an egg, attable."
"EGG-SHAPED","Resembling an egg in form; ovoid."
"EGGAR","Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and Lasiocampa; as,the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe."
"EGGEMENT","Instigation; incitement. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"EGGER","One who gathers eggs; an eggler."
"EGGERY","A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; anest of eggs. [R.]"
"EGGHOT","A kind of posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale. Lamb."
"EGGLER","One who gathers, or deals in, eggs."
"EGGNOG","A drink consisting of eggs beaten up with sugar, milk, and(usually) wine or spirits."
"EGGPLANT","A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin, allied tothe tomato, and bearing a large, smooth, edible fruit, shapedsomewhat like an egg; mad-apple."
"EGGSHELL","A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the genus Ovulum,resembling an egg in form."
"EGHEN","Eyes. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"EGILOPICAL","Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an \u00e6gilops,or tumor in the corner of the eye."
"EGILOPS","See \u00c6gilops."
"EGLATERE","Eglantine. [Obs. or R.] [Written also eglantere.] Tennyson."
"EGLING","The European perch when two years old. [Prov. Eng.]"
"EGLOMERATE","To unwind, as a thread from a ball. [R.]"
"EGO","The conscious and permanent subject of all psychicalexperiences, whether held to be directly known or the product ofreflective thought; -- opposed to non-ego."
"EGOICAL","Pertaining to egoism. [R.]"
"EGOISM","The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples ofDescartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements ofknowledge in the ego and the relations which it implies or providesfor."
"EGOIST","A believer in egoism."
"EGOISTICALLY","In an egoistic manner."
"EGOITY","Personality. [R.] Swift."
"EGOMISM","Egoism. [R.] A. Baxter."
"EGOPHONIC","Belonging to, or resembling, egophony."
"EGOPHONY","The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble thebleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certaindiseases within its cavity, as in pleurisy with effusion."
"EGOTHEISM","The deification of self. [R.]"
"EGOTISM","The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, aspeaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or paradingone's own doings. The word is also used in the sense of egoism.His excessive egotism, which filled all objects with himself.Hazlitt."
"EGOTIST","One addicted to egotism; one who speaks much of himself ormagnifies his own achievements or affairs."
"EGOTISTICALLY","With egotism."
"EGOTIZE","To talk or write as an egotist. Cowper."
"EGRANULOSE","Having no granules, as chlorophyll in certain conditions. R.Brown."
"EGRE","See Eager, and Eagre. [Obs.]"
"EGREGIOUS","Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); --formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joinedwith words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregiousass; an egregious mistake.The egregious impudence of this fellow. Bp. Hall.His [Wyclif's] egregious labors are not to be neglected. Milton."
"EGREGIOUSLY","Greatly; enormously; shamefully; as, egregiously cheated."
"EGREGIOUSNESS","The state of being egregious."
"EGREMOIN","Agrimony (Agrimonia Eupatoria). [Obs.] Chaucer."
"EGRESS","The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in atransit."
"EGRESSION","The act of going; egress. [R.] B. Jonson."
"EGRESSOR","One who goes out. [R.]"
"EGRET","The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on theback. They are generally white. Among the best known species are theAmerican egret (Ardea, or Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A.alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the Americansnowy egret (A. candidissima).A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage. G. W. Cable."
"EGRETTE","Same as Egret, n.,"
"EGRIMONY","The herb agrimony. [Obs.]"
"EGRIOT","A kind of sour cherry. Bacon."
"EGRITUDE","Sickness; ailment; sorrow. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot."
"EGYPTIAN","Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa. Egyptian bean. (Bot.) (a) Thebeanlike fruit of an aquatic plant (Nelumbium speciosum), somewhatresembling the water lily. (b) See under Bean,"
"EGYPTIZE","To give an Egyptian character or appearance to. Fairbairn."
"EGYPTOLOGICAL","Of, pertaining to, or devoted to, Egyptology."
"EGYPTOLOGY","The science or study of Egyptian antiquities, esp. thehieroglyphics."
"EH","An expression of inquiry or slight surprise."
"EHLITE","A mineral of a green color and pearly luster; a hydrousphosphate of copper."
"EIDER","Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp. Somateriamollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America,and lines its nest with fine down (taken from its own body) which isan article of commerce; -- called also eider duck. The American eider(S. Dresseri), the king eider (S. spectabilis), and the spectacledeider (Arctonetta Fischeri) are related species. Eider down. Etym:[Cf. Icel. \u00e6\\'ebardun, Sw. eiderdun, Dan. ederduun.] Down of theeider duck, much sought after as an article of luxury."
"EIDOGRAPH","An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a differentscale; a form of the pantograph."
"EIDOLON","An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition.Sir W. Scott."
"EIGH","An exclamation expressing delight."
"EIGHT","An island in a river; an ait. [Obs.] 'Osiers on their eights.'Evelyn."
"EIGHTEEN","Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds."
"EIGHTEENMO","See Octodecimo."
"EIGHTETETHE","Eighteenth. [Obs.]"
"EIGHTFOLD","Eight times a quantity."
"EIGHTH","The interval of an octave."
"EIGHTHLY","As the eighth in order."
"EIGHTIETH","The quotient of a unit divided by eighty; one of eighty equalparts."
"EIGHTLING","A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals."
"EIGHTSCORE","Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty."
"EIGHTY","Eight times ten; fourscore."
"EIGNE","Eldest; firstborn. Blackstone."
"EIKING","See Eking."
"EIKON","An image or effigy; -- used rather in an abstract sense, andrarely for a work of art."
"EIKONOGEN","The sodium salt of a sulphonic acid of a naphthol,C10H5(OH)(NH2)SO3Na used as a developer."
"EIKOSANE","A solid hydrocarbon, C20H42, of the paraffine series, ofartificial production, and also probably occurring in petroleum."
"EIKOSYLENE","A liquid hydrocarbon, C20H38, of the acetylene series, obtainedfrom brown coal."
"EILD","Age. [Obs.] Fairfax."
"EIRE","Air. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"EIRENARCH","A justice of the peace; irenarch."
"EIRENIC","Pacific. See Irenic."
"EIRIE","See Aerie, and Eyrie."
"EISEL","Vinegar; verjuice. [Obs.] Sir T. More."
"EISTEDDFOD","Am assembly or session of the Welsh bards; an annual congressof bards, minstrels and literati of Wales, -- being a patrioticrevival of the old custom."
"EITHER","precedes two, or more, co\u00f6rdinate words or phrases, and isintroductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or.Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, orperadventure he sleepeth. 1 Kings xviii. 27.Few writers hesitate to use either in what is called a triplealternative; such as, We must either stay where we are, proceed, orrecede. Latham."
"EJACULATE","To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations.[R.] 'Ejaculating to himself.' Sir W. Scott."
"EJACULATION","The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from aduct."
"EJACULATOR","A muscle which helps ejaculation."
"EJECT","To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants froman estate."
"EJECTA","Matter ejected; material thrown out; as, the ejecta of avolcano; the ejecta, or excreta, of the body."
"EJECTION","The act or process of discharging anything from the body,particularly the excretions."
"EJECTMENT","A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery ofpossession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongfulwithholding of it. Wharton."
"EJECTOR","A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space.Ejector condenser (Steam Engine), a condenser in which the vacuum ismaintained by a jet pump."
"EJOO","Gomuti fiber. See Gomuti."
"EJULATION","A wailing; lamentation. [Obs.] 'Ejulation in the pangs ofdeath.' Philips."
"EKALUMINIUM","The name given to a hypothetical element, -- later discoveredand called gallium. See Gallium, and cf. Ekabor."
"EKASILICON","The name of a hypothetical element predicted and afterwardsdiscovered and named germanium; -- so called because it was a missinganalogue of the silicon group. See Germanium, and cf. Ekkabor."
"EKE","To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used without, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by alaborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scantysupply of one kind with some other. 'To eke my pain.' Spenser.He eked out by his wits an income of barely fifty pounds. Macaulay."
"EKEBERGITE","A variety of scapolite."
"EKENAME","An additional or epithet name; a nickname. [Obs.]"
"ELABORATE","Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executedwith exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; anelaborate performance; elaborate research.Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. Waller."
"ELABORATED","developed or executed with care and in minute detail; as, thecarefully elaborated theme.Syn. -- detailed, elaborate.[WordNet 1.5]"
"ELABORATION","The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed bythe living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crudesubstance is changed into something of a higher order; as, theelaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, ortissues."
"ELABORATIVE","Serving or tending to elaborate; constructing with labor andminute attention to details. Elaborative faculty (Metaph.), theintellectual power of discerning relations and of viewing objects bymeans of, or in, relations; the discursive faculty; thought."
"ELABORATOR","One who, or that which, elaborates."
"ELABORATORY","Tending to elaborate."
"ELAEAGNUS","A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage coveredwith small silvery scales; oleaster."
"ELAEIS","A genus of palms."
"ELAEOLITE","A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster, andgray to reddish color. El\u00e6olite syenite, a kind of syenitecharacterized by the presence of el\u00e6olite."
"ELAEOPTENE","The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance,as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts. [Writtenalso elaoptene.]"
"ELAIDATE","A salt of elaidic acid."
"ELAIDIC","Relating to oleic acid, or elaine. Elaidic acid (Chem.), afatty acid isomeric with oleic acid, and obtained from it by theaction of nitrous acid."
"ELAIDIN","A solid isomeric modification of olein."
"ELAIODIC","Derived from castor oil; ricinoleic; as, elaiodic acid. [R.]"
"ELAIOMETER","An apparatus for determining the amount of oil contained in anysubstance, or for ascertaining the degree of purity of oil."
"ELAMITE","A dweller in Flam (or Susiana), an ancient kingdom ofSouthwestern Asia, afterwards a province of Persia."
"ELAMPING","Shining. [Obs.] G. Fletcher."
"ELAN","Ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm."
"ELANCE","To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart. [R.]While thy unerring hand elanced . . . a dart. Prior."
"ELAND","A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It isvalued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing inthe settled districts; -- called also Cape elk."
"ELANET","A kite of the genus Elanus."
"ELAOLITE","See El\u00e6olite."
"ELAOPTENE","See El\u00e6optene."
"ELAPHINE","Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, the stag, orCervus elaphus."
"ELAPHURE","A species of deer (Elaphurus Davidianus) found in china. Itabout four feet high at the shoulder and has peculiar antlers."
"ELAPIDATION","A clearing away of stones. [R.]"
"ELAPINE","Like or pertaining to the Elapid\u00e6, a family of poisonousserpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia."
"ELAPS","A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the OldWorld. Many species are known. See Coral snake, under Coral."
"ELAPSE","To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- usedchiefly in reference to time.Eight days elapsed; at length a pilgrim came. Hoole."
"ELAPSION","The act of elapsing. [R.]"
"ELAQUEATE","To disentangle. [R.]"
"ELASIPODA","An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They areremarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms. [Writtenalso Elasmopoda.]"
"ELASMOBRANCH","Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii.-- n."
"ELASMOBRANCHIATE","Of or pertaining to Elasmobranchii.-- n."
"ELASMOBRANCHII","A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and theChim\u00e6ra. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous."
"ELASMOSAURUS","An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile fromKansas, allied to Plesiosaurus."
"ELASTIC","An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders, etc.,made in part of India rubber. [Colloq.]"
"ELASTICAL","Elastic. [R.] Bentley."
"ELASTICALLY","In an elastic manner; by an elastic power; with a spring."
"ELASTICNESS","The quality of being elastic; elasticity."
"ELASTIN","A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, whichforms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble inmost fluids, but is gradually dissolved when digested with eitherpepsin or trypsin."
"ELATEDLY","With elation."
"ELATEDNESS","The state of being elated."
"ELATER","One who, or that which, elates."
"ELATERITE","A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft,flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elasticbitumen."
"ELATERIUM","A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish orgreenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild orsquirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called MomordicaElaterium)."
"ELATEROMETER","Same as Elatrometer."
"ELATERY","Acting force; elasticity. [Obs.] Ray."
"ELATION","A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride ofprosperity. 'Felt the elation of triumph.' Sir W. Scott."
"ELATIVE","Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called theabsolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality,but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in othercases."
"ELATROMETER","An instrument for measuring the degree of rarefaction of aircontained in the receiver of an air pump. [Spelt also elaterometer.]"
"ELAYL","Olefiant gas or ethylene; -- so called by Berzelius from itsforming an oil combining with chlorine. [Written also elayle.] SeeEthylene."
"ELBOW","A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork;the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides ofwindows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back. Gwilt."
"ELBOWBOARD","The base of a window casing, on which the elbows may rest."
"ELBOWCHAIR","A chair with arms to support the elbows; an armchair. Addison."
"ELBOWROOM","Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motionor action; free scope. 'My soul hath elbowroom.' Shak.Then came a stretch of grass and a little more elbowroom. W. G.Norris."
"ELCAJA","An Arabian tree (Trichilia emetica). The fruit, which isemetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment forthe cure of the itch."
"ELCESAITE","One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the EmperorTrajan."
"ELD","Old. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ELDER","A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, atraveling elder. Presiding elder (Meth. Ch.), an elder commissionedby a bishop to have the oversight of the churches and preachers in acertain district.-- Ruling elder, a lay presbyter or member of a Presbyterian churchsession. Schaff."
"ELDERBERRY","The berrylike drupe of the elder. That of the Old World elder(Sambucus nigra) and that of the American sweet elder (S. Canadensis)are sweetish acid, and are eaten as a berry or made into wine."
"ELDERISH","Somewhat old; elderly. [R.]"
"ELDERLY","Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age;as, elderly people."
"ELDERN","Made of elder. [Obs.]He would discharge us as boys do eldern guns. Marston."
"ELDERWORT","Danewort."
"ELDING","Fuel. [Prov. Eng.] Grose."
"ELDRITCH","Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh. [Local,Eng.]"
"ELEATIC","Of or pertaining to a certain school of Greek philosophers whotaught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing tothe senses, and all to the reason.-- n."
"ELEATICISM","The Eleatic doctrine."
"ELECAMPANE","A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellowflowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, andwas formerly of much repute as a stomachic."
"ELECT","Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart toeternal life. 'The elect angels.' 1 Tim. v. 21."
"ELECTANT","One who has the power of choosing; an elector. [R.]"
"ELECTARY","See Electuary."
"ELECTIC","See Eclectic."
"ELECTICISM","See Eclecticism."
"ELECTION","Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects ofmercy and salvation; -- one of the 'five points' of Calvinism.There is a remnant according to the election of grace. Rom. xi. 5."
"ELECTIONEER","To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use artsfor securing the election of a candidate.A master of the whole art of electioneering. Macaulay."
"ELECTIONEERER","One who electioneers."
"ELECTIVE","In an American college, an optional study or course of study.[Colloq.]"
"ELECTIVELY","In an elective manner; by choice."
"ELECTOR","Pertaining to an election or to electors.In favor of the electoral and other princes. Burke.Electoral college, the body of princes formerly entitled to elect theEmperor of Germany; also, a name sometimes given, in the UnitedStates, to the body of electors chosen by the people to elect thePresident and Vice President."
"ELECTORALITY","The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate. [R.] Sir H.Wotton."
"ELECTORESS","An electress. Bp. Burnet."
"ELECTORIAL","Electoral. Burke."
"ELECTORSHIP","The office or status of an elector."
"ELECTREPETER","An instrument used to change the direction of electriccurrents; a commutator. [R.]"
"ELECTRESS","The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire.Burke."
"ELECTRIC","A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc.,employed to excite or accumulate electricity."
"ELECTRICALLY","In the manner of electricity, or by means of it; thrillingly."
"ELECTRICALNESS","The state or quality of being electrical."
"ELECTRICIAN","An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science ofelectricity."
"ELECTRIFIABLE","Capable of receiving electricity, or of being charged with it."
"ELECTRIFICATION","The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged withelectricity."
"ELECTRIFY","To become electric."
"ELECTRITION","The recognition by an animal body of the electrical conditionof external objects."
"ELECTRIZATION","The act of electrizing; electrification."
"ELECTRIZE","To electricity. Eng. Cyc."
"ELECTRIZER","One who, or that which, electrizes."
"ELECTRO","An electrotype."
"ELECTRO-","A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining toelectricity, produced by electricity, producing or employingelectricity, etc.; as, electro-negative; electro-dynamic; electro-magnet."
"ELECTRO-BALLISTIC","Pertaining to electro-ballistics."
"ELECTRO-BALLISTICS","The art or science of measuring the force or velocity ofprojectiles by means of electricity."
"ELECTRO-BIOLOGIST","One versed in electro-biology."
"ELECTRO-BIOSCOPY","A method of determining the presence or absence of life in ananimal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presenceor absence of muscular contraction."
"ELECTRO-CAPILLARITY","The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects bythe action of an electrical current or charge."
"ELECTRO-CAPILLARY","Pert. to, or caused by, electro-capillarity."
"ELECTRO-CHEMICAL","Of or pertaining to electro-chemistry. Ure."
"ELECTRO-CHEMISTRY","That branch of science which treats of the relation ofelectricity to chemical changes."
"ELECTRO-CHRONOGRAPH","An instrument for obtaining an accurate record of the time atwhich any observed phenomenon occurs, or of its duration. It has anelectro-magnetic register connected with a clock. See Chronograph."
"ELECTRO-CHRONOGRAPHIC","Belonging to the electro-chronograph, or recorded by the aid ofit."
"ELECTRO-DYNAMOMETER","An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamiccurrents."
"ELECTRO-ENGRAVING","The art or process of engraving by means of electricity."
"ELECTRO-ETCHING","A mode of etching upon metals by electrolytic action."
"ELECTRO-GILDING","The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means ofvoltaic electricity."
"ELECTRO-GILT","Gilded by means of voltaic electricity."
"ELECTRO-KINETIC","Of or pertaining to electro-kinetics."
"ELECTRO-KINETICS","That branch of electrical science which treats of electricityin motion."
"ELECTRO-MAGNET","A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some othermagnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic bybeing placed within a coil of wire through which a current ofelectricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar,either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe."
"ELECTRO-MAGNETIC","Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developedby the passage of an electric current. Electro-magnetic engine, anengine in which the motive force is electro-magnetism.-- Electro-magnetic theory of light (Physics), a theory of lightwhich makes it consist in the rapid alternation of transient electriccurrents moving transversely to the direction of the ray."
"ELECTRO-MAGNETISM","The magnetism developed by a current of electricity; thescience which treats of the development of magnetism by means ofvoltaic electricity, and of the properties or actions of the currentsevolved."
"ELECTRO-METALLURGY","The act or art precipitating a metal electro-chemical action,by which a coating is deposited, on a prepared surface, as inelectroplating and electrotyping; galvanoplasty."
"ELECTRO-MOTION","The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal toanother in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by means ofelectricity."
"ELECTRO-MOTIVE","Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce,electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action oreffects. Electro-motive force (Physics), the force which produces, ortends to produce, electricity, or an electric current; sometimes usedto express the degree of electrification as equivalent to potential,or more properly difference of potential."
"ELECTRO-MUSCULAR","Pertaining the reaction (contraction) of the muscles underelectricity, or their sensibility to it."
"ELECTRO-NEGATIVE","A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis."
"ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGICAL","Pertaining to electrical results produced through physiologicalagencies, or by change of action in a living organism."
"ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGY","That branch of physiology which treats of electric phenomenaproduced through physiological agencies."
"ELECTRO-POLAR","Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at oneend, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of aconductor."
"ELECTRO-POSITIVE","Of such a nature relatively to some other associated body orbodies, as to tend to the negative pole of a voltaic battery, inelectrolysis, while the associated body tends to the positive pole; -- the converse or correlative of electro-negative."
"ELECTRO-PUNCTURE","An operation that consists in inserting needless in the partaffected, and connecting them with the poles of a galvanic apparatus."
"ELECTRO-STEREOTYPE","Same as Electrotype."
"ELECTRO-TELEGRAPHIC","Pertaining to the electric telegraph, or by means of it."
"ELECTRO-TELEGRAPHY","The art or science of constructing or using the electrictelegraph; the transmission of messages by means of the electrictelegraph."
"ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS","The branch of medical science which treats of the applicationsagent."
"ELECTRO-THERMANCY","That branch of electrical science which treats of the effect ofan electric current upon the temperature of a conductor, or a part ofa circuit composed of two different metals."
"ELECTRO-TINT","A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity.A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material whichresists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electro-typing, theparts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition ofmetal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this isthen the plate for printing."
"ELECTRO-VITAL","Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes; -- said ofcertain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulatein the nerves of animals."
"ELECTRO-VITALISM","The theory that the functions of living organisms are dependentupon electricity or a kindred force."
"ELECTROCUTE","To execute or put to death by electricity.-- E*lec`tro*cu'tion, n."
"ELECTRODE","The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from asolution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires orconductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating inthe medium traversed by the current."
"ELECTROGENESIS","Same as Electrogeny."
"ELECTROGENIC","Of or pertaining to electrogenesis; as, an electrogeniccondition."
"ELECTROGENY","A term sometimes applied to the effects (tetanus) produced inthe muscles of the limbs, when a current of electricity is passedalong the spinal cord or nerves."
"ELECTROGRAPH","A mark, record, or tracing, made by the action of electricity."
"ELECTROGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to an electrograph or electrography."
"ELECTROLIER","A branching frame, often of ornamental design, to supportelectric illuminating lamps."
"ELECTROLOGY","That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomenaof electricity and its properties."
"ELECTROLYSIS","The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action ofelectricity; as, the electrolysis of silver or nickel for plating;the electrolysis of water."
"ELECTROLYTE","A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by anelectric current."
"ELECTROLYZABLE","Capable of being electrolyzed, or decomposed by electricity."
"ELECTROLYZATION","The act or the process of electrolyzing."
"ELECTROLYZE","To decompose by the direct action of electricity. Faraday."
"ELECTROMETER","An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity ofelectricity; also, sometimes, and less properly, applied to aninstrument which indicates the presence of electricity (usuallycalled an electroscope). Balance electrometer. See under Balance."
"ELECTROMETRY","The art or process of making electrical measurements."
"ELECTROMOTOR","A mover or exciter of electricity; as apparatus for generatinga current of electricity."
"ELECTRON","Amber; also, the alloy of gold and silver, called electrum."
"ELECTRONIC","Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons."
"ELECTROPATHY","The treatment of disease by electricity."
"ELECTROPHONE","An instrument for producing sound by means of electriccurrents."
"ELECTROPHORUS","An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating thecharge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin,shelllac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate of metal."
"ELECTROPLATE","To plate or cover with a coating of metal, usually silver,nickel, or gold, by means of electrolysis."
"ELECTROPLATER","One who electroplates."
"ELECTROPLATING","The art or process of depositing a coating (commonly) ofsilver, gold, or nickel on an inferior metal, by means ofelectricity."
"ELECTROSCOPE","An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, orchanges in the electric state of bodies, or the species ofelectricity present, as by means of pith balls, and the like.Condensing electroscope (Physics), a form of electroscope in which anincrease of sensibility is obtained by the use of a condenser."
"ELECTROSCOPIC","Relating to, or made by means of, the electroscope."
"ELECTROSTATIC","Pertaining to electrostatics."
"ELECTROSTATICS","That branch of science which treats of statical electricity orelectric force in a state of rest."
"ELECTROTONIC","Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposedpeculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to theaction of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electriccurrent when both circuits remain stationary. Faraday."
"ELECTROTONIZE","To cause or produce electrotonus."
"ELECTROTONOUS","Electrotonic."
"ELECTROTONUS","The modified condition of a nerve, when a constant current ofelectricity passes through any part of it. See Anelectrotonus, andCatelectrotonus."
"ELECTROTYPE","A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing;also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively."
"ELECTROTYPER","One who electrotypes."
"ELECTROTYPIC","Pertaining to, or effected by means of, electrotypy."
"ELECTROTYPING","The act or the process of making electrotypes."
"ELECTROTYPY","The process of producing electrotype plates. See Note underElectrotype, n."
"ELECTUARY","A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients,incorporated with some convserve, honey, or sirup; a confection. Seethe note under Confection."
"ELEEMOSYNARILY","In an eleemosynary manner; by charity; charitably."
"ELEEMOSYNARY","One who subsists on charity; a dependent. South."
"ELEGANTLY","In a manner to please nice taste; with elegance; with duesymmetry; richly."
"ELEGIAC","Elegiac verse."
"ELEGIACAL","Elegiac."
"ELEGIAST","One who composes elegies. Goldsmith."
"ELEGIOGRAPHER","An elegist. [Obs.]"
"ELEGIST","A write of elegies. T. Warton."
"ELEGIT","A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods areappraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if no sufficient tosatisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held till thedebt is paid by the rents and profits, or until the defendant'sinterest has expired."
"ELEGIZE","To lament in an elegy; to celebrate in elegiac verse; tobewail. Carlyle."
"ELEGY","A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem oflamentation. Shak."
"ELEIDIN","Lifeless matter deposited in the form of minute granules withinthe protoplasm of living cells."
"ELEMENTALISM","The theory that the heathen divinities originated in thepersonification of elemental powers."
"ELEMENTALITY","The condition of being composed of elements, or a thing socomposed."
"ELEMENTALLY","According to elements; literally; as, the words, 'Take, eat;this is my body,' elementally understood."
"ELEMENTAR","Elementary. [Obs.] Skelton."
"ELEMENTARINESS","The state of being elementary; original simplicity;uncompounded state."
"ELEMENTARITY","Elementariness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"ELEMENTATION","Instruction in the elements or first principles. [R.]"
"ELEMENTOID","Resembling an element."
"ELEMI","A fragrant gum resin obtained chiefly tropical trees of thegenera Amyris and Canarium. A. elemifera yields Mexican elemi; C.commune, the Manila elemi. It is used in the manufacture ofvarnishes, also in ointments and plasters."
"ELEMIN","A transparent, colorless oil obtained from elemi resin bydistillation with water; also, a crystallizable extract from theresin."
"ELENCHICAL","Pertaining to an elench."
"ELENCHICALLY","By means of an elench."
"ELENCHIZE","To dispute. [R.] B. Jonson."
"ELENCHUS","Same as Elench."
"ELENGE","Sorrowful; wretched; full of trouble. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ELENGENESS","Loneliness; misery. [Obs.]"
"ELEPHANSY","Elephantiasis. [Obs.] Holland."
"ELEPHANT","A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species,Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, areknown. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusksproceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards.The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants arethe largest land animals now existing."
"ELEPHANTIAC","Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis."
"ELEPHANTIASIS","A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened,and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide."
"ELEPHANTINE","Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant(commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantineproportions; an elephantine step or tread. Elephantine epoch (Geol.),the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms.Mantell.-- Elephantine tortoise (Zo\u00f6l.), a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudoelephantina, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and T. elephantopus,from the Galapagos Islands."
"ELEUSINIAN","Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honorof Ceres, there celebrated; as, Eleusinian mysteries or festivals."
"ELEUTHERO-PETALOUS","Having the petals free, that is, entirely separate from eachother; -- said of both plant and flower."
"ELEUTHEROMANIA","A mania or frantic zeal for freedom. [R.] Carlyle."
"ELEUTHEROMANIAC","Mad for freedom. [R.]"
"ELEVATE","Elevated; raised aloft. [Poetic] Milton."
"ELEVATED","Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevatedthoughts. Elevated railway, one in which the track is raisedconsiderably above the ground, especially a city railway above theline of street travel."
"ELEVATEDNESS","The quality of being elevated."
"ELEVATION","The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or thearc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon;altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star."
"ELEVATOR","One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as:(a) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with aseries of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loftfor storage.(b) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel,warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or fromdifferent floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage orplatform itself.(c) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.(d) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as theleg or the eye.(e) (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.Elevator head, leg, and boot, the boxes in which the upper pulley,belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in a grain elevator."
"ELEVATORY","Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; as, elevatoryforces."
"ELEVE","A pupil; a student."
"ELEVEN","Ten and one added; as, eleven men."
"ELEVENTH","Of or pertaining to the interval of the octave and the fourth."
"ELF","To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.Elf all my hair in knots. Shak."
"ELFIN","Relating to elves."
"ELFISH","Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcelyhuman; mischievous, as though caused by elves. 'Elfish light.'Coleridge.The elfish intelligence that was so familiar an expression on hersmall physiognomy. Hawthorne."
"ELFISHLY","In an elfish manner."
"ELFISHNESS","The quality of being elfish."
"ELFKIN","A little elf."
"ELFLAND","Fairyland. Tennyson."
"ELFLOCK","Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves."
"ELGIN MARBLES","Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained atAthens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin."
"ELICIT","Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident. [Obs.] 'Anelicit act of equity.' Jer. Taylor."
"ELICITATE","To elicit. [Obs.]"
"ELICITATION","The act of eliciting. [Obs.] Abp. Bramhall."
"ELIDE","To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; tosubject to elision."
"ELIGIBILITY","The quality of being eligible; eligibleness; as, theeligibility of a candidate; the eligibility of an offer of marriage."
"ELIGIBLENESS","The quality worthy or qualified to be chosen; suitableness;desirableness."
"ELIGIBLY","In an eligible manner."
"ELIMATE","To render smooth; to polish. [Obs.]"
"ELIMINANT","The result of eliminating n variables between n homogeneousequations of any degree; -- called also resultant."
"ELIMINATE","To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate anunknown quantity."
"ELIMINATION","the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreignsubstances through the various emunctories."
"ELIMINATIVE","Relating to, or carrying on, elimination."
"ELINGUATE","To deprive of the tongue. [Obs.] Davies (Holy Roode)."
"ELINGUATION","Punishment by cutting out the tongue."
"ELINGUID","Tongue-tied; dumb. [Obs.]"
"ELIQUAMENT","A liquid obtained from fat, or fat fish, by pressure."
"ELIQUATION","The process of separating a fusible substance from one lessfusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one andnot the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation. Ure."
"ELISON","The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for thesake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a finalvowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, whenthe two words are drawn together."
"ELISOR","An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a courtto return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and the coronersare disqualified."
"ELITE","A choice or select body; the flower; as, the \u00e9lite of society."
"ELIX","To extract. [Obs.] Marston."
"ELIXATE","To boil; to seethe; hence, to extract by boiling or seething.[Obs.] Cockeram."
"ELIXATION","A seething; digestion. [Obs.] Burton."
"ELIXIR","A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture ormedicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcoholin some form."
"ELIZABETHAN","Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to thearchitecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers,drama, literature.-- n."
"ELK","A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alcesmachlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. TheAmerican elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis), is closely related tothe European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti. Irish elk (Paleon.), alarge, extinct, Quaternary deer (Cervus giganteus) with widelyspreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat ofswamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; alsoIllustration of Antler.-- Cape elk (Zo\u00f6l.), the eland."
"ELKNUT","The buffalo nut. See under Buffalo."
"ELKWOOD","The soft, spongy wood of a species of Magnolia (M. Umbrella)."
"ELL","A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of differentlengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, theDutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37."
"ELLACHICK","A fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus marmoratus) of California; --used as food."
"ELLAGIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as,ellagic acid. Ellagic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline substance,C14H8O9, found in bezoar stones, and obtained by the oxidation ofgallic acid."
"ELLEBORE","Hellebore. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ELLEBORIN","See Helleborin."
"ELLECK","The red gurnard or cuckoo fish. [Prov. Eng.]"
"ELLES","See Else. [Obs.]"
"ELLIPSE","An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, whichcorresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an obliquesection of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameterof the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minoraxis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus."
"ELLIPSIS","Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, whichare obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for,the virtues which I admire."
"ELLIPSOGRAPH","An instrument for describing ellipses; -- called also trammel."
"ELLIPSOID","A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles.See Conoid, n., 2 (a)."
"ELLIPTIC-LANCEOLATE","Having a form intermediate between elliptic and lanceolate."
"ELLIPTICITY","Deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circleor a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, thedifference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided bythe equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is"
"ELLIPTOGRAPH","Same as Ellipsograph."
"ELLWAND","Formerly, a measuring rod an ell long."
"ELM","A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as ashade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmuscampestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; theslippery or red elm, U. fulva. Elm beetle (Zo\u00f6l.), one of severalspecies of beetles (esp. Galeruca calmariensis), which feed on theleaves of the elm.-- Elm borer (Zo\u00f6l.), one of several species of beetles of which thelarv\u00e6 bore into the wood or under the bark of the elm (esp. Saperdatridentata).-- Elm butterfly (Zo\u00f6l.), one of several species of butterflies,which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the leaves of the elm (esp.Vanessa antiopa and Grapta comma). See Comma butterfly, under Comma.-- Elm moth (Zo\u00f6l.), one of numerous species of moths of which thelarv\u00e6 destroy the leaves of the elm (esp. Eugonia subsignaria, calledelm spanworm).-- Elm sawfly (Zo\u00f6l.), a large sawfly (Cimbex Americana). The larva,which is white with a black dorsal stripe, feeds on the leaves of theelm."
"ELMEN","Belonging to elms. [Obs.]"
"ELMY","Abounding with elms.The simple spire and elmy grange. T. Warton."
"ELOCULAR","Having but one cell, or cavity; not divided by a septum orpartition."
"ELOCUTIONARY","Pertaining to elocution."
"ELOCUTIONIST","One who is versed in elocution; a teacher of elocution."
"ELOCUTIVE","Pertaining to oratorical expression. [Obs.] Feltham."
"ELODIAN","One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., inwhich the head and neck can be withdrawn."
"ELOGE","A panegyrical funeral oration."
"ELOGIST","One who pronounces an \u00e9loge."
"ELOHIM","One of the principal names by which God is designated in theHebrew Scriptures."
"ELOHIST","The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the OldTestament, notably those of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name ofthe Supreme Being; -- distinguished from Jehovist. S. Davidson."
"ELOHISTIC","Relating to Elohim as a name of God; -- said of passages in theOld Testament."
"ELOIGN","To convey to a distance, or beyond the jurisdiction, or toconceal, as goods liable to distress.The sheriff may return that the goods or beasts are eloigned.Blackstone."
"ELOIGNATE","To remove. [Obs.] Howell."
"ELOIGNMENT","Removal to a distance; withdrawal. [Obs.]"
"ELOIN","See Eloign."
"ELOINATE","See Eloignate."
"ELOINMENT","See Eloignment."
"ELONGATE","To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparentlyfrom the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]"
"ELONGATION","The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, theelongation of Venus or Mercury."
"ELOPE","To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station towhich one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman or a man,either married or unmarried, who runs away with a paramour or asweetheart.Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from their allegiance.Addison."
"ELOPEMENT","The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and aman, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or forcohabitation."
"ELOPER","One who elopes."
"ELOPS","A genus of fishes. See Saury."
"ELOQUENTLY","In an eloquent manner."
"ELSE","Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming Whatelse shall I give Do you expect anything else 'Bastards and else.'Shak."
"ELSEWHITHER","To some, or any, other place; as, you will have to goelsewhither for it. R. of Gloucester.'For elsewhither was I bound.'Carlyle."
"ELSEWISE","Otherwise. [R.]"
"ELSIN","A shoemaker's awl. [Prov. Eng.]"
"ELUCIDATE","To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; toillustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject."
"ELUCIDATION","A making clear; the act of elucidating or that whichelucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as,one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject."
"ELUCIDATIVE","Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note."
"ELUCIDATOR","One who explains or elucidates; an expositor."
"ELUCIDATORY","Tending to elucidate; elucidative. [R.]"
"ELUCTATE","To struggle out; -- with out. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket."
"ELUCTATION","A struggling out of any difficulty. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"ELUCUBRATE","See Lucubrate. [Obs.] Blount."
"ELUCUBRATION","See Lucubration. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"ELUDE","To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escapefrom in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle;as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search,comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow.Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in shades, eludeshe eager swain. Pope.The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a gradual processof which the stages elude close definition. Tylor."
"ELUDIBLE","Capable of being eluded; evadible."
"ELUL","The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, orthe twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to themonth of September."
"ELUMBATED","Weak or lame in the loins. [Obs.]"
"ELUSION","Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; acheat; trickery."
"ELUSIVE","Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitlyescaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.Elusive of the bridal day, she gives Fond hopes to all, and all withhopes deceives. Pope.-- E*lu'sive*ly, adv.-- E*lu'sive*ness, n."
"ELUSORY","Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious;deceitful; deceptive.-- E*lu'so*ri*ness, n."
"ELUTE","To wash out. [R.] Arbuthnot."
"ELUTRIATE","To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate theblood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as apowder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn offwith water; to cleanse, as by washing."
"ELUTRIATION","The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by meansof water, as finer particles from heavier."
"ELUXATE","To dislocate; to luxate."
"ELUXATION","Dislocation; luxation."
"ELVAN","Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyriticrock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts ofCornwall; as, an elvan course."
"ELVE","An old form of Elf."
"ELVER","A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also elvene."
"ELVES","pl. of Elf."
"ELVISHLY","In an elvish manner. Sir W. Scott."
"ELWAND","See Ellwand."
"ELYSIAN","Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence,yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific.'Elysian shades.' Massinger. 'Elysian age.' Beattie.This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian.Longfellow."
"ELYTRIFORM","Having the form, or structure, of an elytron."
"ELYTRIN","See Chitin."
"ELYTROID","Resembling a beetle's wing case."
"ELZEVIR","Applied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testamentand the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family atAmsterdam, Leyden, etc., from about 1592 to 1680; also, applied to around open type introduced by them.The Elzevir editions are valued for their neatness, and the elegantsmall types used. Brande & C."
"EM","The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then asquare type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printedmatter on a page; the square of the body of a type."
"EM-","A prefix. See En-."
"EMACERATE","To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate. [Obs.] Bullokar."
"EMACERATION","Emaciation. [Obs.]"
"EMACIATE","To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away inflesh. 'He emaciated and pined away.' Sir T. Browne."
"EMACULATE","To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection. [Obs.]Hales."
"EMACULATION","The act of clearing from spots. [Obs.] Johnson."
"EMANANT","Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act,or making itself apparent by an effect; -- said of mental acts; as,an emanant volition."
"EMANATE","Issuing forth; emanant. [R.]"
"EMANATIVE","Issuing forth; effluent."
"EMANATIVELY","By an emanation."
"EMANATORY","Emanative; of the nature of an emanation. Dr. H. More."
"EMANCIPATE","To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) Toset free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate achild. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit;as, to emancipate a slave, or a country.Brasidas . . . declaring that he was sent to emancipate Hellas.Jowett (Thucyd. )."
"EMANCIPATION","The act of setting free from the power of another, fromslavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, thestate of being thus set free; liberation; as, the emancipation ofslaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person fromprejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; theemancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection."
"EMANCIPATIONIST","An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves."
"EMANCIPATOR","One who emancipates."
"EMANCIPATORY","Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation.'Emancipatory laws.' G. Eliot."
"EMANCIPIST","A freed convict. [Australia]"
"EMARGINATE","To take away the margin of."
"EMARGINATELY","In an emarginate manner."
"EMARGINATION","The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state ofbeing so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin."
"EMASCULATE","Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. 'Emasculateslave.' Hammond."
"EMASCULATOR","One who, or that which, emasculates."
"EMASCULATORY","Serving or tending to emasculate."
"EMBACE","See Embase. [Obs.]"
"EMBALL","To encircle or embrace. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"EMBALMER","One who embalms."
"EMBALMMENT","The act of embalming. [R.] Malone."
"EMBANK","To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect bya bank of earth or stone."
"EMBARCATION","Same as Embarkation."
"EMBARGE","To put in a barge. [Poetic] Drayton."
"EMBARGO","An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departureof ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within itsdominions; a prohibition to sail."
"EMBARKMENT","Embarkation. [R.] Middleton."
"EMBARRASS","To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; toincumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- saidof a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassedwhen he can not meet his pecuniary engagements."
"EMBASE","To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase;to degrade; to deteriorate. [Obs.]Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills. Sylvester.Alloy in coin of gold . . . may make the metal work the better, butit embaseth it. Bacon.Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but toembase divinity. South."
"EMBASEMENT","Act of bringing down; depravation; deterioration. South."
"EMBASSADE","An embassy. See Ambassade. [Obs.] Shak."
"EMBASSADOR","Same as Ambassador.Stilbon, that was a wise embassadour, Was sent to Corinth. Chaucer.Myself my king's embassador will go. Dryden."
"EMBASSADORIAL","Same as Ambassadorial."
"EMBASSADRESS","Same as Ambassadress."
"EMBASSADRY","Embassy. [Obs.] Leland."
"EMBASTARDIZE","To bastardize. [Obs.]"
"EMBATHE","To bathe; to imbathe."
"EMBATTAIL","To furnish with battlements; to fortify as with battlements.[Archaic]To embattail and to wall about thy cause With iron-worded proof.Tennyson."
"EMBATTLE","To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, toprepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.One in bright arms embattled full strong. Spenser.Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard roundthe world. Emerson."
"EMBATTLED","Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearingsuch as a fess, bend, or the like."
"EMBAY","To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EMBAYMENT","A bay. [R.]The embayment which is terminated by the land of North Berwick. SirW. Scott."
"EMBEAM","To make brilliant with beams. [R.] G. Fletcher."
"EMBED","To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as,to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand."
"EMBEDMENT","The act of embedding, or the state of being embedded."
"EMBELLISH","To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; toadorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubsand flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style withmetaphors."
"EMBELLISHER","One who embellishes."
"EMBER","A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in theplural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains ofa fire. 'He rakes hot embers.' Dryden.He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel. Colebrooke."
"EMBER-GOOSE","The loon or great northern diver. See Loon. [Written alsoemmer-goose and imber-goose.]"
"EMBERINGS","Ember days. [Obs.]"
"EMBERIZIDAE","a natural subfamily including buntings and some New Worldsparrows.Syn. -- subfamily Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizinae.[WordNet 1.5]"
"EMBETTER","To make better. [Obs.]"
"EMBEZZLEMENT","The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom ithas been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of hisemployer's; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer havingthem in charge."
"EMBEZZLER","One who embezzles."
"EMBILLOW","To swell or heave like a [R.] Lisle."
"EMBIOTOCOID","Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocid\u00e6.-- n."
"EMBITTER","To make bitter or sad. See Imbitter."
"EMBITTERMENT","The act of embittering; also, that which embitters."
"EMBLANCH","To whiten. See Blanch. [Obs.] Heylin."
"EMBLAZONER","One who emblazons; also, one who publishes and displaysanything with pomp."
"EMBLAZONING","The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorialbearings."
"EMBLAZONMENT","An emblazoning."
"EMBLAZONRY","The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamentaldecoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.;emblazonment.Thine ancient standard's rich emblazonry. Trench."
"EMBLEM","To represent by an emblem; to symbolize. [R.]Emblemed by the cozening fig tree. Feltham."
"EMBLEMATICCIZE","To render emblematic; as, to emblematicize a picture. [R.]Walpole."
"EMBLEMATIST","A writer or inventor of emblems. Sir T. Browne."
"EMBLEMATIZE","To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize.Anciently the sun was commonly emblematized by a starry or radiatefigure. Bp. Hurd."
"EMBLEMENT","The growing crop, or profits of a crop which has been sown orplanted; -- used especially in the plural. The produce of grass,trees, and the like, is not emblement. Wharton's Law Dict."
"EMBLEMIZE","To represent by an emblem; to emblematize. [R.]"
"EMBLOOM","To emblossom. Savage."
"EMBLOSSOM","To cover or adorn with blossoms.On the white emblossomed spray. J. Cunningham."
"EMBODIER","One who embodies."
"EMBODY","To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into abody, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one'sideas in a treatise. [Written also imbody.]Devils embodied and disembodied. Sir W. Scott.The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin.South."
"EMBOGUE","To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into thesea or another river. [R.]"
"EMBOGUING","The mouth of a river, or place where its waters are discharged.[R.]"
"EMBOIL","To boil with anger; to effervesce. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EMBOITEMENT","The hypothesis that all living things proceed from pre\u00ebxistinggerms, and that these encase the germs of all future living things,inclosed one within another. Buffon."
"EMBOLDEN","To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. Shak.The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this dangerousoffice. Sir W. Scott."
"EMBOLDENER","One who emboldens."
"EMBOLIC","Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, anembolic abscess."
"EMBOLISM","The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in thebrain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis."
"EMBOLISMAL","Pertaining to embolism; intercalary; as, embolismal months."
"EMBOLITE","A mineral consisting of both the chloride and the bromide ofsilver."
"EMBOLUS","A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, beingbrought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently ofa clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule offat, or a microscopic organism."
"EMBOLY","Embolic invagination. See under Invagination."
"EMBONPOINT","Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhatcorpulent."
"EMBORDER","To furnish or adorn with a border; to imborder."
"EMBOSS","To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.]"
"EMBOSSER","One who embosses."
"EMBOTTLE","To bottle. [R.] Phillips."
"EMBOW","To bend like a bow; to curve. 'Embowed arches.' [Obs. or R.]Sir W. Scott.With gilded horns embowed like the moon. Spenser."
"EMBOWELER","One who takes out the bowels. [Written also emboweller.]"
"EMBOWELMENT","Disembowelment."
"EMBOWER","To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. [Written alsoimbower.] [Poetic] Milton.-- v. i."
"EMBOWL","To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to. [Obs.] Sir P.Sidney."
"EMBOX","To inclose, as in a box; to imbox."
"EMBOYSSEMENT","An ambush. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"EMBRACE","To fasten on, as armor. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EMBRACEOR","One guilty of embracery."
"EMBRACER","One who embraces."
"EMBRACERY","An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, bypromises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or otherimproper inducements."
"EMBRACIVE","Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing. [R.] Thackeray."
"EMBRANCHMENT","The branching forth, as of trees."
"EMBRANGLE","To confuse; to entangle.I am lost and embrangled in inextricable difficulties. Berkeley."
"EMBRASURE","An embrace. [Obs.] 'Our locked embrasures.'' Shak."
"EMBRAWN","To harden. [Obs.]It will embrawn and iron-crust his flesh. Nash."
"EMBREAD","To braid. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EMBREATHEMENT","The act of breathing in; inspiration. [R.]The special and immediate suggestion, embreathement, and dictation ofthe Holy Ghost. W. Lee."
"EMBREW","To imbrue; to stain with blood. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EMBRIGHT","To brighten. [Obs.]"
"EMBROCATE","To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance,as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge."
"EMBROGLIO","See Imbroglio."
"EMBROIDER","To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. Ex. xxviii. 39."
"EMBROIDERER","One who embroiders."
"EMBROIL","See Embroilment."
"EMBROILER","One who embroils."
"EMBROILMENT","The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled;entanglement in a broil. Bp. Burnet."
"EMBROTHEL","To inclose in a brothel. [Obs.] Donne."
"EMBROWN","To give a brown color to; to imbrown.Summer suns embrown the laboring swain. Fenton."
"EMBRUE","See Imbrue, Embrew. [Obs.]"
"EMBRUTE","To brutify; to imbrute.All the man embruted in the swine. Cawthorn."
"EMBRYO","The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant;as:(a) The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, beforeits parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus).(b) The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which isdeveloped by germination. In embryo, in an incipient or undevelopedstate; in conception, but not yet executed. 'The company littlesuspected what a noble work I had then in embryo.' Swift."
"EMBRYO SAC","See under Embryonic."
"EMBRYOGENIC","Pertaining to the development of an embryo."
"EMBRYOGENY","The production and development of an embryo."
"EMBRYOGONY","The formation of an embryo."
"EMBRYOGRAPHY","The general description of embryos."
"EMBRYOLOGIST","One skilled in embryology."
"EMBRYOLOGY","The science which relates to the formation and development ofthe embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual developmentof the ovum until it reaches the adult stage."
"EMBRYON","See Embryo."
"EMBRYONAL","Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ;embryonic."
"EMBRYONARY","Embryonic."
"EMBRYONIC","Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary.Embryonic sac or vesicle (Bot.), the vesicle within which the embryois developed in the ovule; -- sometimes called also amnios sac, andembryonal sac."
"EMBRYONIFEROUS","Having an embryo."
"EMBRYONIFORM","Like an embryo in form."
"EMBRYOPLASTIC","Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as,embryoplastic cells."
"EMBRYOTIC","Embryonic."
"EMBRYOTOMY","The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as toeffect its removal."
"EMBRYOTROPH","The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished."
"EMBRYOUS","Embryonic; undeveloped. [R.]"
"EMBULK","To enlarge in the way of bulk. [R.] Latham."
"EMBURSE","To furnish with money; to imburse. [Obs.]"
"EMBUSH","To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush. [Obs.] Shelton."
"EMBUSHMENT","An ambush. [Obs.]"
"EMBUSY","To employ. [Obs.] Skelton."
"EME","An uncle. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EMEER","Same as Emir."
"EMENAGOGUE","See Emmenagogue."
"EMEND","To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to makecorrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textualcriticism, generally verbal."
"EMENDABLE","Corrigible; amendable. [R.] Bailey."
"EMENDATELY","Without fault; correctly. [Obs.]"
"EMENDATOR","One who emends or critically edits."
"EMENDATORY","Pertaining to emendation; corrective. 'Emendatory criticism.''Johnson."
"EMENDER","One who emends."
"EMENDICATE","To beg. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"EMERALD","A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. SeeBeryl."
"EMERALDINE","A green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline bluewhen acted upon by acid."
"EMERAUD","An emerald. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EMERGE","To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in whichanything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue andappear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emergesfrom behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty orobscurity. 'Thetis . . . emerging from the deep.' Dryden.Those who have emerged from very low, some from the lowest, classesof society. Burke."
"EMERGENCE","The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth fromenvelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal orappearance.The white color of all refracted light, at its very first emergence .. . is compounded of various colors. Sir I. Newton.When from the deep thy bright emergence sprung. H. Brooke."
"EMERITED","Considered as having done sufficient public service, andtherefore honorably discharged. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"EMERITUS","Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty onaccount of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said ofan officer of a college or pastor of a church."
"EMERSED","Standing out of, or rising above, water. Gray."
"EMERSION","The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse oroccultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of theearth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon."
"EMERY","Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts forgrinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed withmore or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum. Emery board,cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient.-- Emery cloth or paper, cloth or paper on which the powder of emeryis spread and glued for scouring and polishing.-- Emery wheel, a wheel containing emery, or having a surface ofemery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a buff wheel, and bythe manufacturers of cutlery, a glazer."
"EMESIS","A vomiting."
"EMETIC","Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge itscontents by the mouth.-- n."
"EMETICAL","Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic.-- E*met'ic*al*ly, adv."
"EMETINE","A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanharoot, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle."
"EMETO-CATHARTIC","Producing vomiting and purging at the same time."
"EMEUTE","A seditious tumult; an outbreak."
"EMFORTH","According to; conformably to. [Obs.] Chaucer. Emforth my might,so far as lies in my power. [Obs.]"
"EMGALLA","The South African wart hog. See Wart hog."
"EMICANT","Beaming forth; flashing. [R.]Which emicant did this and that way dart. Blackmore."
"EMICATION","A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermentingliquors; a sparkling; scintillation. Sir T. Browne."
"EMICTORY","Diuretic."
"EMIGRANT","One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle inanother."
"EMIGRATE","To remove from one country or State to another, for the purposeof residence; to migrate from home.Forced to emigrate in a body to America. Macaulay.They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the timeof the Goths. J. H. Newman."
"EMIGRATIONAL","Relating to emigration."
"EMIGRATIONIST","An advocate or promoter of emigration."
"EMIGRATOR","One who emigrates; am emigrant. [R.]"
"EMIGRE","One of the natives of France who were opposed to the firstRevolution, and who left their country in consequence."
"EMINENCY","State of being eminent; eminence. 'Eminency of estate.'Tillotson."
"EMINENTLY","In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, tobe eminently learned."
"EMISSARY","An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interestsof his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war withanother, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter.Buzzing emissaries fill the ears Of listening crowds with jealousiesand fears. Dryden."
"EMISSARYSHIP","The office of an emissary."
"EMISSITIOUS","Looking, or narrowly examining; prying. [Obs.] 'Thoseemissitious eyes.' Bp. Hall."
"EMISSIVE","Sending out; emitting; as, emissive powers."
"EMISSIVITY","Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rateat which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of aheated body."
"EMISSORY","Same as Emissary, a., 2."
"EMITTENT","Sending forth; emissive. Boyle."
"EMMANTLE","To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as aprotection. [Obs.] Holland."
"EMMANUEL","See Immanuel. Matt. i. 23."
"EMMARBLE","To turn to marble; to harden. [Obs.]Thou dost emmarble the proud heart. Spenser."
"EMMENAGOGUE","A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge."
"EMMET","An ant. Emmet hunter (Zo\u00f6l.), the wryneck."
"EMMETROPIA","That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of lightare all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus uponthe retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, an astigmatism."
"EMMETROPIC","Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia.The normal or emmetropic eye adjusts itself perfectly for alldistances. J. Le Conte."
"EMMETROPY","Same as Emmetropia."
"EMMEW","To mew or coop up. [Obs.] Shak."
"EMMOVE","To move; to rouse; to excite. [Obs.]"
"EMODIN","An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained fromthe buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative ofanthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei)."
"EMOLLESCENCE","That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt whichalters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility."
"EMOLLIATE","To soften; to render effeminate.Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonieshad forgotten their pristine valor. Pinkerton."
"EMOLLIENT","Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient. 'Emollientapplications.' Arbuthnot."
"EMOLLITION","The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation. Bacon."
"EMOLUMENT","The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain;compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.A long . . . enjoyment of the emoluments of office. Bancroft."
"EMOLUMENTAL","Pertaining to an emolument; profitable. [R.] Evelyn."
"EMOTION","A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings,whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind causedby a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effecton the body.How different the emotions between departure and return! W. Irving.Some vague emotion of delight. Tennyson."
"EMOTIONAL","Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easilymoved; sensational; as, an emotional nature."
"EMOTIONALISM","The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency toregard things in an emotional manner."
"EMOTIONALIZE","To give an emotional character to.Brought up in a pious family where religion was not talked aboutemotionalized, but was accepted as the rule of thought and conduct.Froude."
"EMOTIONED","Affected with emotion. [R.] 'The emotioned soul.' Sir W. Scott."
"EMOTIVE","Attended by, or having the character of, emotion. H. Brooke.-- E*mo'tive*ly, adv."
"EMOTIVENESS","Susceptibility to emotion. G. Eliot."
"EMOTIVITY","Emotiveness. Hickok."
"EMOVE","To move. [Obs.] Thomson."
"EMPAIR","To impair. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EMPAISTIC","Having to do with inlaid work; -- especially used withreference to work of the ancient Greeks."
"EMPALE","To make pale. [Obs.]No bloodless malady empales their face. G. Fletcher."
"EMPALEMENT","Same as Impalement."
"EMPANEL","A list of jurors; a panel. [Obs.] Cowell."
"EMPANOPLIED","Completely armed; panoplied. Tennyson."
"EMPARADISE","Same as Imparadise."
"EMPARK","To make a park of; to inclose, as with a fence; to impark.[Obs.]"
"EMPARLANCE","Parley; imparlance. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EMPASM","A perfumed powder sprinkled upon the body to mask the odor ofsweat."
"EMPASSION","To move with passion; to affect strongly. See Impassion. [Obs.]Those sights empassion me full near. Spenser."
"EMPASSIONATE","Strongly affected. [Obs.]The Briton Prince was sore empassionate. Spenser."
"EMPAWN","To put in pawn; to pledge; to impawn.To sell, empawn, and alienate the estates. Milman."
"EMPEACH","To hinder. See Impeach. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EMPEARL","To form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; toimpearl."
"EMPEOPLE","To form into a people or community; to inhabit; to people.[Obs.]We now know 't is very well empeopled. Sir T. Browne."
"EMPERESS","See Empress. [Obs.]"
"EMPERICE","An empress. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"EMPERIL","To put in peril. See Imperil. Spenser."
"EMPERISHED","Perished; decayed. [Obs.]I deem thy brain emperished be. Spenser."
"EMPEROR","The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title ofdignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or ofAustria; the emperor or Czar of Russia. Emperor goose (Zo\u00f6l.), alarge and handsome goose (Philacte canagica), found in Alaska.-- Emperor moth (Zo\u00f6l.), one of several large and beautiful bombycidmoths, with transparent spots on the wings; as the American Cecropiamoth (Platysamia cecropia), and the European species (Saturniapavonia).-- Emperor paper. See under Paper.-- Purple emperor (Zo\u00f6l.), a large, strong British butterfly(Apatura iris)."
"EMPERORSHIP","The rank or office of an emperor."
"EMPERY","Empire; sovereignty; dominion. [Archaic] Shak.Struggling for my woman's empery. Mrs. Browning."
"EMPHASIS","A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given inreading and speaking to one or more words whose signification thespeaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.The province of emphasis is so much more important than accent, thatthe customary seat of the latter is changed, when the claims ofemphasis require it. E. Porter."
"EMPHASIZE","To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; tomake emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase."
"EMPHATICALNESS","The quality of being emphatic; emphasis."
"EMPHRACTIC","Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin."
"EMPHRENSY","To madden. [Obs.]"
"EMPHYSEMA","A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellulartissue. Emphysema of the lungs, Pulmonary emphysema (Med.), a commondisease of the lungs in which the air cells are distended and theirpartition walls ruptured by an abnormal pressure of the air containedin them."
"EMPHYSEMATOUS","Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled;bloated."
"EMPHYTEUSIS","A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, chargedon productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoymentof the property on condition of taking care of the estate and payingtaxes, and sometimes a small rent. Heumann."
"EMPHYTEUTIC","Of or pertaining to an emphyteusis; as, emphyteutic lands."
"EMPHYTEUTICARY","One who holds lands by emphyteusis."
"EMPIERCE","To pierce; to impierce. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EMPIGHT","Fixed; settled; fastened. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EMPIRE STATE","New York; -- a nickname alluding to its size and wealth."
"EMPIRE STATE OF THE SOUTH","Georgia; -- a nickname."
"EMPIRE STATE OF THE WEST","Missouri; -- a nickname."
"EMPIRICALLY","By experiment or experience; without science; in the manner ofquacks."
"EMPIRICISM","The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all ourknowledge to experience."
"EMPIRICIST","An empiric."
"EMPIRISTIC","Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment;following from empirical methods or data; -- opposed to nativistic."
"EMPLACE","To put into place or position; to fix on an emplacement."
"EMPLACEMENT","A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization;as, the emplacement of a structure."
"EMPLASTER","See Plaster. [Obs.] Wiseman."
"EMPLASTIC","Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as,emplastic applications."
"EMPLASTRATION","The application of a plaster or salve."
"EMPLEAD","To accuse; to indict. See Implead."
"EMPLECTION","See Emplecton."
"EMPLECTON","A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall areashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar.Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders. [R.] Weale."
"EMPLORE","See Implore. [Obs.]"
"EMPLOY","That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regularservice or business; employment.The whole employ of body and of mind. Pope.In one's employ, in one's service."
"EMPLOYABLE","Capable of being employed; capable of being used; fit or properfor use. Boyle."
"EMPLOYE","One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service ofan employer."
"EMPLOYEE","One employed by another."
"EMPLOYER","One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen."
"EMPLUMED","Plumed. [R.]"
"EMPLUNGE","To plunge; to implunge. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EMPOISON","To poison; to impoison. Shak."
"EMPOISONER","Poisoner. [Obs.] Bacon."
"EMPOISONMENT","The act of poisoning. Bacon."
"EMPORIUM","The brain. [Obs.]"
"EMPOVERISH","See Impoverish."
"EMPRESSEMENT","Demonstrative warmth or cordiality of manner; display ofenthusiasm."
"EMPRINT","See Imprint."
"EMPRISE","To undertake. [Obs.] Sackville."
"EMPRISING","Full of daring; adventurous. [Archaic] T. Campbell."
"EMPRISON","See Imprison."
"EMPROSTHOTONOS","A drawing of the body forward, in consequence of the spasmodicaction of some of the muscles. Gross."
"EMPTE","To empty. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"EMPTIER","One who, or that which, empties."
"EMPTION","The act of buying. [R.] Arbuthnot."
"EMPTIONAL","Capable of being purchased."
"EMPTY","An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. intransportation of freight; as, 'special rates for empties.'"
"EMPTYING","The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast. [U.S.]"
"EMPUGN","See Impugn."
"EMPURPLE","To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; toimpurple. 'The deep empurpled ran.' Philips."
"EMPUSE","A phantom or specter. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"EMPUZZLE","To puzzle. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne."
"EMPYEMA","A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity ofthe body, especially that of the pleura. Dunglison."
"EMPYESIS","An eruption of pustules."
"EMPYREAL","Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond a\u00ebrial substance;pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere. Pope.Empyreal air, oxygen gas."
"EMPYREAN","The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposedby the ancients to subsist.The empyrean rung With hallelujahs. Milton."
"EMPYREUMA","The peculiar smell and taste arising from products ofdecomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in closevessels."
"EMPYREUMATIZE","To render empyreumatic. [R.]"
"EMPYRICAL","Containing the combustible principle of coal. Kirwan."
"EMPYROSIS","A general fire; a conflagration. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale."
"EMRODS","See Emerods. [Obs.]"
"EMU","A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Nov\u00e6-Hollandi\u00e6 and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and theostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly. [Written alsoemeu and emew.]"
"EMU WREN","A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus),having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers."
"EMULABLE","Capable of being emulated. [R.]Some imitable and emulable good. Abp. Leighton."
"EMULATE","Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous. [Obs.] 'A most emulatepride.' Shak."
"EMULATIVE","Inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling; as,an emulative person or effort. 'Emulative zeal.' Hoole."
"EMULATIVELY","In an emulative manner; with emulation."
"EMULATOR","One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass.As Virgil rivaled Homer, Milton was the emulator of both. Bp.Warburton."
"EMULATORY","Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry. [R.]'Emulatory officiousness.' Bp. Hall."
"EMULATRESS","A female emulator. [R.]"
"EMULE","To emulate. [Obs.] 'Emuled of many.' Spenser."
"EMULGE","To milk out; to drain. [Obs.] Bailey."
"EMULGENT","Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries andveins.-- n."
"EMULOUSLY","In an emulous manner."
"EMULOUSNESS","The quality of being emulous."
"EMULSIC","Pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as, emulsic acid.Hoblyn."
"EMULSIFY","To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reducefrom an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules arein a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution;as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food."
"EMULSION","Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resemblingmilk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oiland water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photography, aliquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in thephotographic process."
"EMUNCTORY","Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,)which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter."
"EMUSCATION","A freeing from moss. [Obs.]"
"EMYD","A fresh-water tortoise of the family Emydid\u00e6."
"EMYDEA","A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins."
"EN","Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuringprinted matter. See Em."
"EN BLOC","In a lump; as a whole; all together. 'Movement of the ossiclesen bloc.'  Nature."
"EN PASSANT","In passing; in the course of any procedure; -- said specif.(Chess),"
"EN RAPPORT","In accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, esp. aprivate, understanding; of a hypnotic subject, being in such a mentalstate as to be especially subject to the influence of a particularperson or persons."
"EN ROUTE","On the way or road."
"EN-","A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words,chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words arewritten indifferently with en- or in-. For ease of pronunciation itis commonly changed to em- before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody,emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable,enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimesmerely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-."
"ENABLEMENT","The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability.Bacon."
"ENACT","Purpose; determination. [Obs.]"
"ENACTIVE","Having power to enact or establish as a law. Abp. Bramhall."
"ENACTOR","One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law.Atterbury."
"ENACTURE","Enactment; resolution. [Obs.] Shak."
"ENALIOSAUR","One of the Enaliosauria."
"ENALIOSAURIA","An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both theIchthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders."
"ENALIOSAURIAN","Pertaining to the Enaliosauria.-- n."
"ENALLAGE","A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of onegender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the sameword, for another."
"ENAMBUSH","To ambush. [Obs.]"
"ENAMEL","A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe."
"ENAMELAR","Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy. [R.]Craig."
"ENAMELED","Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegatedsurface; glazed. [Written also enamelled.]"
"ENAMOR","To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; -- with of, orwith, before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; tobe enamored of books or science. [Written also enamour.]Passionately enamored of this shadow of a dream. W. Irving."
"ENAMORMENT","The state of being enamored. [R.]"
"ENANTIOMORPHOUS","Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other asa right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- said of certain hemihedralcrystals."
"ENANTIOPATHIC","Serving to palliate; palliative. Dunglison."
"ENANTIOPATHY","Allopathy; -- a term used by followers of Hahnemann, orhomeopathists."
"ENANTIOSIS","A figure of speech by which what is to be understoodaffirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation bycontraries."
"ENARCH","To arch. [Obs.] Lydgate."
"ENARCHED","Bent into a curve; -- said of a bend or other ordinary."
"ENARGITE","An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in smallorthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic,copper, and often silver."
"ENARMED","Same as Armed, 3."
"ENARRATION","A detailed exposition; relation. [Obs.] Hakewill."
"ENARTHRODIA","See Enarthrosis.-- En`ar*thro'di*al, a."
"ENARTHROSIS","A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulationrepresented by such a joint. See Articulation."
"ENASCENT","Coming into being; nascent. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton."
"ENATATION","A swimming out. [Obs.] Bailey."
"ENATE","Growing out."
"ENATION","Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of apetal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth."
"ENAUNTER","Lest that. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ENAVIGATE","To sail away or over. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"ENBATTLED","Embattled. [Obs.]"
"ENBIBE","To imbibe. [Obs.] Skelton."
"ENBROUDE","See Embroude."
"ENCAENIA","= Encenia."
"ENCAGE","To confine in a cage; to coop up. Shak."
"ENCALENDAR","To register in a calendar; to calendar. Drayton."
"ENCAMP","To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporaryhabitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, orform huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an armyor a company traveling.The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 1Chron. xi. 15."
"ENCANKER","To canker. [Obs.]"
"ENCAPSULATION","The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membranearound (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule."
"ENCARNALIZE","To carnalize; to make gross. [R.] 'Encarnalize their spirits.'Tennyson."
"ENCARPUS","An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons offruit, flowers, leaves, etc. [Written also encarpa.]"
"ENCASE","To inclose as in a case. See Incase. Beau. & Fl."
"ENCASEMENT","An old theory of generation similar to emboOvulist."
"ENCASH","To turn into cash; to cash. Sat. Rev."
"ENCASHMENT","The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc."
"ENCAUMA","An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss ofthe humors. Dunglison."
"ENCAUSTIC","Prepared by means of heat; burned in. Encaustic painting (FineArts), painting by means of wax with which the colors are combined,and which is afterwards fused with hot irons, thus fixing the colors.-- Encaustic tile (Fine Arts), an earthenware tile which has adecorative pattern and is not wholly of one color."
"ENCAVE","To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess. 'Do but encaveyourself.' Shak."
"ENCEINTE","The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortressor place; -- called also body of the place."
"ENCENIA","A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or theconsecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford andCambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors."
"ENCENSE","To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ENCEPHALIC","Pertaining to the encephalon or brain."
"ENCEPHALITIS","Inflammation of the brain.-- En`ceph*a*lit'ic, a."
"ENCEPHALOCELE","Hernia of the brain."
"ENCEPHALOID","Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform. Encephaloidcancer (Med.), a very malignant form of cancer of brainlikeconsistency. See under Cancer."
"ENCEPHALOLOGY","The science which treats of the brain, its structure andfunctions."
"ENCEPHALON","The contents of the cranium; the brain."
"ENCEPHALOPATHY","Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders ofthe brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attendingchronic lead poisoning."
"ENCEPHALOS","The encephalon.In man the encephalos reaches its full size about seven years of age.Sir W. Hamilton."
"ENCEPHALOTOMY","The act or art of dissecting the brain."
"ENCEPHALOUS","Having a head; -- said of most Mollusca; -- opposed toacephalous."
"ENCHAFE","To chafe; to enrage; to heat. [Obs.] Shak."
"ENCHAFING","Heating; burning. [Obs.]The wicked enchaufing or ardure of this sin [lust]. Chaucer."
"ENCHAINMENT","The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained."
"ENCHAIR","To seat in a chair. Tennyson."
"ENCHANNEL","To make run in a channel. 'Its waters were enchanneled.' Sir D.Brewster."
"ENCHANTED","Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised byenchanters; as, an enchanted castle."
"ENCHANTER","One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one whodelights as by an enchantment.Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing. Shelley.Enchanter's nightshade (Bot.), a genus (Circ\u00e6a) of low inconspicuous,perennial plants, found in damp, shady places."
"ENCHANTING","Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating.-- En*chant'ing*ly, adv."
"ENCHANTRESS","A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman whofascinates. Shak."
"ENCHARGE","To charge (with); to impose (a charge) upon.His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the parthe was encharged with. Jeffrey."
"ENCHASER","One who enchases."
"ENCHASTEN","To chasten. [Obs.]"
"ENCHEST","To inclose in a chest. Vicars."
"ENCHIRIDION","Handbook; a manual of devotions. Evelyn."
"ENCHISEL","To cut with a chisel."
"ENCHODUS","A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from theirspear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox)."
"ENCHONDROMA","A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone.Quain."
"ENCHYLEMMA","The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granularsubstance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other partsof the nucleus are imbedded."
"ENCHYMA","The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues,particularly the cellular tissue, are formed."
"ENCINCTURE","A cincture. [Poetic]The vast encincture of that gloomy sea. Wordsworth."
"ENCINDERED","Burnt to cinders. [R.]"
"ENCIRCLE","To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; tosurround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled thecity.Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. Parnell."
"ENCIRCLET","A small circle; a ring. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"ENCLASP","To clasp. See Inclasp."
"ENCLAVE","A tract of land or a territory inclosed within anotherterritory of which it is independent. See Exclave. [Recent]"
"ENCLAVEMENT","The state of being an enclave. [Recent]"
"ENCLITIC","A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose itsproper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee)."
"ENCLITICALLY","In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back. Walker."
"ENCLITICS","The art of declining and conjugating words."
"ENCLOISTER","To shut up in a cloister; to cloister."
"ENCLOSE","To inclose. See Inclose."
"ENCLOSURE","Inclosure. See Inclosure."
"ENCLOTHE","To clothe."
"ENCLOUD","To envelop in clouds; to cloud. [R.] Spenser."
"ENCOACH","To carry in a coach. [R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)"
"ENCOFFIN","To put in a coffin. [R.]"
"ENCOLDEN","To render cold. [Obs.]"
"ENCOLLAR","To furnish or surround with a collar. [R.]"
"ENCOLOR","To color. [R.]"
"ENCOLURE","The neck of horse. R. Browning."
"ENCOMBER","See Encumber. [Obs.]"
"ENCOMBERMENT","Hindrance; molestation.[Obs.] Spenser."
"ENCOMIAST","One who praises; a panegyrist. Locke."
"ENCOMIASTIC","A panegyric. B. Jonson."
"ENCOMION","Encomium; panegyric. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"ENCOMIUM","Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.His encomiums awakened all my ardor. W. Irving."
"ENCOMPASS","To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; toencircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger;an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. Shak.A question may be encompassed with difficulty. C. J. Smith.The love of all thy sons encompass thee. Tennyson."
"ENCOMPASSMENT","The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded;circumvention.By this encompassment and drift of question. Shak."
"ENCORE","Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators ofplays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetitionof a particular part."
"ENCORPORING","Incorporation. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ENCOUBERT","One of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus andEuphractus, having five toes both on the fore and hind feet."
"ENCOUNTER","To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either bychance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in oppositionor with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; tostruggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armiesencounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, toencounter strong evidence of a truth.Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics,encountered him. Acts xvii. 18.I am most fortunate thus accidentally to encounter you. Shak."
"ENCOUNTERER","One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury."
"ENCOURAGE","To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope;to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten;to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage.David encouraged himself in the Lord. 1 Sam. xxx. 6."
"ENCOURAGER","One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer.The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison."
"ENCOURAGING","Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring.-- En*cour'a*ging*ly, adv."
"ENCOWL","To make a monk (or wearer of a cowl) of. [R.] Drayton."
"ENCRADLE","To lay in a cradle."
"ENCRATITE","One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage,wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent."
"ENCREASE","i. [Obs.] See Increase."
"ENCRIMSON","To give a crimson or red color to; to crimson. Shak."
"ENCRINITE","A fossil crinoid, esp. one belonging to, or resembling, thegenus Encrinus. Sometimes used in a general sense for any crinoid."
"ENCRINOIDEA","That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the livingand many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of theoral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts.under Comatula and Crinoidea."
"ENCRINUS","A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks."
"ENCRISPED","Curled. [Obs.] Skelton."
"ENCROACH","To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions orrights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonlywith on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on thehighway.No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with theduty and office of another. South.Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil. Hooker.Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground. Dryden."
"ENCROACHER","One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of,what is not his own."
"ENCROACHINGLY","By way of encroachment."
"ENCROACHMENT","An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another."
"ENCRUST","To incrust. See Incrust."
"ENCRUSTMENT","That which is formed as a crust; incrustment; incrustation.Disengaging truth from its encrustment of error. I. Taylor."
"ENCUMBERMENT","Encumbrance. [R.]"
"ENCUMBRANCE","Same as Incumbrance."
"ENCUMBRANCER","Same as Incumbrancer."
"ENCURTAIN","To inclose with curtains."
"ENCYCLOPEDIACAL","Encyclopedic."
"ENCYCLOPEDIAN","Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range ofsubjects."
"ENCYCLOPEDISM","The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possessionof the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning."
"ENCYCLOPEDIST","The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in suchcompilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range ofthe sciences. The Encyclopedists, the writers of the great Frenchencyclopedia which appeared in 1751-1772. The editors were Diderotand D'Alembert. Among the contributors were Voltaire and Rousseau."
"ENCYST","To inclose in a cyst."
"ENCYSTATION","Encystment."
"ENCYSTED","Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, anencysted tumor.The encysted venom, or poison bag, beneath the adder's fang.Coleridge."
"ENCYSTMENT","A process which, among some of the lower forms of life,precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc."
"END","One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet."
"ENDABLE","That may be ended; terminable."
"ENDAMAGE","To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure. [R.]The trial hath endamaged thee no way. Milton."
"ENDAMAGEABLE","Capable of being damaged, or injured; damageable. [Obs.]"
"ENDAMAGEMENT","Damage; injury; harm. [Obs.] Shak."
"ENDAMNIFY","To damnify; to injure. [R.] Sandys."
"ENDANGERMENT","Hazard; peril. Milton."
"ENDARK","To darken. [Obs.] Feltham."
"ENDASPIDEAN","Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on theinner side; -- said of certain birds."
"ENDAZZLE","To dazzle. [Obs.] 'Endazzled eyes.' Milton."
"ENDEAREDLY","With affection or endearment; dearly."
"ENDEAREDNESS","State of being endeared."
"ENDEARING","Making dear or beloved; causing love.-- En*dear'ing*ly, adv."
"ENDEARMENT","The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, thatwhich manifests, excites, or increases, affection. 'The greatendearments of prudent and temperate speech.' Jer. Taylor.Her first endearments twining round the soul. Thomson."
"ENDEAVOR","To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainmentof; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try;to attempt.It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects.Ld. Chatham.To endeavor one's self, to exert one's self strenuously to thefulfillment of a duty. [Obs.] 'A just man that endeavoreth himself toleave all wickedness.' Latimer."
"ENDEAVORER","One who makes an effort or attempt. [Written also endeavourer.]"
"ENDEAVORMENT","Act of endeavoring; endeavor. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ENDECAGON","A plane figure of eleven sides and angles."
"ENDECAGYNOUS","Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower."
"ENDECANE","One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24,found as a constituent of petroleum. [Written also hendecane.]"
"ENDECAPHYLLOUS","Composed of eleven leaflets; -- said of a leaf."
"ENDEICTIC","Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in thePlatonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill.Enfield."
"ENDEIXIS","An indication."
"ENDEMIAL","Endemic. [R.]"
"ENDEMIC","An endemic disease.Fear, which is an endemic latent in every human heart, sometimesrises into an epidemic. J. B. Heard."
"ENDEMICALLY","In an endemic manner."
"ENDEMIOLOGY","The science which treats of endemic affections."
"ENDENIZATION","The act of naturalizing. [R.]"
"ENDENIZE","To endenizen. [Obs.]"
"ENDENIZEN","To admit to the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize. [Obs.]B. Jonson."
"ENDER","One who, or that which, makes an end of something; as, theender of my life."
"ENDERMATIC","Endermic."
"ENDERMIC","Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.Endermic method, that in which the medicine enters the system throughthe skin, being applied either to the sound skin, or to the surfacedenuded of the cuticle by a blister."
"ENDERMICALLY","By the endermic method; as, applied endermically."
"ENDERON","The deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucousmembranes.-- En`de*ron'ic, a."
"ENDIADEMED","Diademed. [R.]"
"ENDIAPER","To decorate with a diaper pattern."
"ENDICT","See Indict."
"ENDICTMENT","See Indictment."
"ENDING","The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to thestem. See 3d Case, 5. Ending day, day of death. Chaucer."
"ENDITE","See Indite. Spenser."
"ENDIVE","A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided andmuch curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad. Wild endive(Bot.), chicory or succory."
"ENDLESSLY","In an endless manner."
"ENDLESSNESS","The quality of being endless; perpetuity."
"ENDLONG","Lengthwise; along. [Archaic]The doors were all of adamants eterne, I-clenched overthwart andendelong With iron tough. Chaucer.He pricketh endelong the large space. Chaucer.To thrust the raft endlong across the moat. Sir W. Scott."
"ENDMOST","Farthest; remotest; at the very end. Tylor."
"ENDOBLAST","Entoblast; endoplast. See Nucleus,"
"ENDOBLASTIC","Relating to the endoblast; as, the endoblastic layer."
"ENDOCARDITIS","Inflammation of the endocardium."
"ENDOCARDIUM","The membrane lining the cavities of the heart."
"ENDOCARP","The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary."
"ENDOCHONDRAL","Growing or developing within cartilage; -- applied esp. todeveloping bone."
"ENDOCHROME","The coloring matter within the cells of plants, whether green,red, yellow, or any other color."
"ENDOCTRINE","To teach; to indoctrinate. [Obs.] Donne."
"ENDOCYST","The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa."
"ENDODERM","Of or pertaining to the endoderm."
"ENDODERMIS","A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the propercortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle."
"ENDOGAMOUS","Marrying within the same tribe; -- opposed to exogamous."
"ENDOGAMY","Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man inhis choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed toexogamy."
"ENDOGEN","A plant which increases in size by internal growth andelongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles orthreads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, notforming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of theendogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mostly inthree, or some multiple of three, parts, and their embryos have but asingle cotyledon, with the first leaves alternate. The endogensconstitute one of the great primary classes of plants, and includedall palms, true lilies, grasses, rushes, orchids, the banana,pineapple, etc. See Exogen."
"ENDOGENESIS","Endogeny."
"ENDOGENETIC","Endogenous."
"ENDOGENOUS","Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit,instead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, andbark, as the rattan, the palm, the cornstalk."
"ENDOGENOUSLY","By endogenous growth."
"ENDOGENY","Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenousdivision, as in the development of one or more cells in the interiorof a parent cell."
"ENDOGNATH","The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages ofCrustacea. See Maxilla."
"ENDOGNATHAL","Pertaining to the endognath."
"ENDOLYMPH","The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of theinternal ear."
"ENDOLYMPHANGIAL","Within a lymphatic vessel."
"ENDOME","To cover as with a dome."
"ENDOMETRITIS","Inflammation of the endometrium."
"ENDOMETRIUM","The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb."
"ENDOMORPH","A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as oneof rutile inclosed in quartz."
"ENDOMYSIUM","The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed amongmuscular fibers."
"ENDONEURIUM","The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers."
"ENDOPARASITE","Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal,as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite. SeeEntozo\u00f6n.-- En`do*par`a*sit'ic, a."
"ENDOPHLOEUM","The inner layer of the bark of trees."
"ENDOPHRAGMA","A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax ofcertain Crustacea."
"ENDOPHRAGMAL","Of or pertaining to the endophragma."
"ENDOPHYLLOUS","Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath."
"ENDOPLASM","The protoplasm in the interior of a cell."
"ENDOPLASMA","Same as Entoplasm and Endosarc."
"ENDOPLAST","See Nucleus."
"ENDOPLASTICA","A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the am"
"ENDOPLASTULE","See Nucleolus."
"ENDOPLEURA","The inner coating of a seed. See Tegmen."
"ENDOPLEURITE","The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeralmembrane in certain crustaceans."
"ENDOPODITE","The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendagesof Crustacea. See Maxilliped."
"ENDORHIZA","Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because manymonocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo."
"ENDORSE","Same as Indorse."
"ENDORSEE","Same as Indorsee."
"ENDORSEMENT","Same as Indorsement."
"ENDORSER","Same as Indorser."
"ENDOSARC","The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellularorganisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amoeba; entoplasm;endoplasta."
"ENDOSCOPE","An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, theurethra, and the bladder."
"ENDOSCOPY","The art or process of examining by means of the endoscope."
"ENDOSKELETAL","Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; as,endoskeletal muscles."
"ENDOSKELETON","The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of ananimal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton."
"ENDOSMOMETER","An instrument for measuring the force or amount of endosmoticaction."
"ENDOSMOMETRIC","Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmoticaction."
"ENDOSMOSMIC","Endosmotic."
"ENDOSMOTIC","Pertaining to endosmose; of the nature endosmose; osmotic.Carpenter."
"ENDOSPERM","The albumen of a seed; -- limited by recent writers to thatformed within the embryo sac."
"ENDOSPERMIC","Relating to, accompanied by, or containing, endosperm."
"ENDOSPORE","The thin inner coat of certain spores."
"ENDOSPOROUS","Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi."
"ENDOSS","To put upon the back or outside of anything; -- the olderspelling of endorse. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ENDOSTEAL","Relating to endostosis; as, endosteal ossification."
"ENDOSTERNITE","The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membranein Crustacea and insects."
"ENDOSTEUM","The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullarycavities of bone."
"ENDOSTOMA","A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea."
"ENDOSTOME","The foramen or passage through the inner integument of anovule."
"ENDOSTOSIS","A process of bone formation in which ossification takes placewithin the substance of the cartilage."
"ENDOSTYLE","A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity ofascidians. See Tunicata."
"ENDOTHECA","The tissue which partially fills the interior of theinterseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usuallyconsists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another.-- En`do*the'cal, a."
"ENDOTHECIUM","The inner lining of an another cell."
"ENDOTHELIAL","Of, or relating to, endothelium."
"ENDOTHELIUM","The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, andserous cavities. See Epithelium."
"ENDOTHELOID","Like endothelium."
"ENDOTHERMIC","Designating, or pert. to, a reaction which occurs withabsorption of heat; formed by such a reaction; as, an endothermicsubstance; -- opposed to exothermic."
"ENDOTHORAX","An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax ofinsects."
"ENDOWER","To endow. [Obs.] Waterhouse."
"ENDOZOA","See Entozoa."
"ENDRUDGE","To make a drudge or slave of. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"ENDUE","To invest. Latham.Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power fromon high. Luke xxiv. 49.Endue them . . . with heavenly gifts. Book of Common Prayer."
"ENDUEMENT","Act of enduing; induement."
"ENDURABLE","Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable. Macaulay.-- En*dur'a*ble*ness, n."
"ENDURABLY","In an endurable manner."
"ENDURANT","Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.The ibex is a remarkably endurant animal. J. G. Wood."
"ENDUREMENT","Endurance. [Obs.] South."
"ENDURER","One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears,suffers, or sustains."
"ENDURING","Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition.'A better and enduring substance.' Heb. x. 34.-- En*dur'ing*ly, adv. T. Arnold.-- En*dur'ing*ness, n."
"ENDYMA","See Ependyma."
"ENDYSIS","The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set offeathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis."
"ENECATE","To kill off; to destroy. [Obs.] Harvey."
"ENEID","Same as \u00c6neid."
"ENEMA","An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine,or to impart nourishment. Hoblyn."
"ENEMY","One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attemptsthe injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to aperson; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood.To all good he enemy was still. Spenser.I say unto you, Love your enemies. Matt. v. 44.The enemy (Mil.), the hostile force. In this sense it is construedwith the verb and pronoun either in the singular or the plural, butmore commonly in the singular; as, we have met the enemy and he isours or they are ours.It was difficult in such a country to track the enemy. It wasimpossible to drive him to bay. Macaulay."
"ENEPIDERMIC","Applied to the skin without friction; -- said of medicines."
"ENERGETICS","That branch of science which treats of the laws governing thephysical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, andwhich comprehends the consideration and general investigation of thewhole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena. [R.]"
"ENERGIZE","To use strength in action; to act or operate with force orvigor; to act in producing an effect.Of all men it is true that they feel and energize first, they reflectand judge afterwards. J. C. Shairp."
"ENERGIZER","One who, or that which, gives energy, or acts in producing aneffect."
"ENERGIZING","Capable of imparting or exercising energy.Those nobler exercises of energizing love. Bp. Horsley."
"ENERGUMEN","One possessed by an evil spirit; a demoniac."
"ENERGY","Capacity for performing work."
"ENERVATE","To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to renderfeeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powersof.A man . . . enervated by licentiousness. Macaulay.And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. Dryden."
"ENERVATIVE","Having power, or a tendency, to enervate; weakening. [R.]"
"ENERVE","To weaken; to enervate. [Obs.] Milton."
"ENERVOUS","Lacking nerve or force; enervated. [R.]"
"ENFAMISH","To famish; to starve."
"ENFECT","Contaminated with illegality. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ENFEEBLE","To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strengthor force of; to weaken; to debilitate.Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil. Prescott."
"ENFEEBLEMENT","The act of weakening; enervation; weakness."
"ENFEEBLER","One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble."
"ENFEEBLISH","To enfeeble. [Obs.] Holland."
"ENFELONED","Rendered fierce or frantic. [Obs.] 'Like one enfeloned ordistraught.' Spenser."
"ENFEOFF","To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief orfee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process offeoffment. Mozley & W."
"ENFESTER","To fester. [Obs.] 'Enfestered sores.' Davies (Holy Roode)."
"ENFETTER","To bind in fetters; to enchain. 'Enfettered to her love.' Shak."
"ENFEVER","To excite fever in. [R.] A. Seward."
"ENFIERCE","To make fierce. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ENFILADE","A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a lineof parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire."
"ENFILED","Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled uponit; as, a sword which is said to be 'enfiled of' the thing which itpierces."
"ENFIRE","To set on fire. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ENFLESH","To clothe with flesh. [Obs.]Vices which are . . . enfleshed in him. Florio."
"ENFLEURAGE","A process of extracting perfumes by exposing absorbents, asfixed oils or fats, to the exhalations of the flowers. It is used forplants whose volatile oils are too delicate to be separated bydistillation."
"ENFLOWER","To cover or deck with flowers. [Poetic]These odorous and enflowered fields. B. Jonson."
"ENFOLD","To infold. See Infold."
"ENFOLDMENT","The act of infolding. See Infoldment."
"ENFORCE","Force; strength; power. [Obs.]A petty enterprise of small enforce. Milton."
"ENFORCEABLE","Capable of being enforced."
"ENFORCED","Compelled; forced; not voluntary. 'Enforced wrong.' 'Enforcedsmiles.' Shak.-- En*for'ced*ly, adv. Shak."
"ENFORCER","One who enforces."
"ENFORCIBLE","That may be enforced."
"ENFORCIVE","Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive. Marsion.-- En*for'cive*ly, adv."
"ENFOREST","To turn into a forest."
"ENFORM","To form; to fashion. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ENFOULDRED","Mixed with, or emitting, lightning. [Obs.] 'With foulenfouldred smoke.' Spenser."
"ENFRAME","To inclose, as in a frame."
"ENFRANCHISER","One who enfranchises."
"ENFREE","To set free. [Obs.] 'The enfreed Antenor.' Shak."
"ENFREEDOM","To set free. [Obs.] Shak."
"ENFREEZE","To freeze; to congeal. [Obs.]Thou hast enfrozened her disdainful breast. Spenser."
"ENFROWARD","To make froward, perverse, or ungovernable. [Obs.] Sir E.Sandys."
"ENGAGE","To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engagethose of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part."
"ENGAGEDLY","With attachment; with interest; earnestly."
"ENGAGEDNESS","The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal."
"ENGAGEMENT","An action; a fight; a battle.In hot engagement with the Moors. Dryden."
"ENGAGER","One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety.Several sufficient citizens were engagers. Wood."
"ENGAGING","Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as,engaging manners or address.-- En*ga'ging*ly, adv.-- En*ga'ging*ness, n. Engaging and disengaging gear or machinery,that in which, or by means of which, one part is alternately broughtinto gear or out of gear with another part, as occasion may require."
"ENGALLANT","To make a gallant of. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"ENGAOL","To put in jail; to imprison. [Obs.] Shak."
"ENGARBOIL","To throw into disorder; to disturb. [Obs.] 'To engarboil thechurch.' Bp. Montagu."
"ENGARLAND","To encircle with a garland, or with garlands. Sir P. Sidney."
"ENGARRISON","To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison.Bp. Hall."
"ENGASTRIMUTH","An ventriloquist. [Obs.]"
"ENGENDER","One who, or that which, engenders."
"ENGENDRURE","The act of generation. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ENGILD","To gild; to make splendent.Fair Helena, who most engilds the night. Shak."
"ENGINE","A compound machine by which any physical power is applied toproduce a given physical effect. Engine driver, one who manages anengine; specifically, the engineer of a locomotive.-- Engine lathe. (Mach.) See under Lathe.-- Engine tool, a machine tool. J. Whitworth.-- Engine turning (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by means ofa rose engine."
"ENGINE-SIZED","Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp; -- said ofpaper. Knight."
"ENGINE-TYPE GENERATOR","A generator having its revolving part carried on the shaft ofthe driving engine."
"ENGINEERING","Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern andextended sense, the art and science by which the mechanicalproperties of matter are made useful to man in structures andmachines; the occupation and work of an engineer."
"ENGINEMAN","A man who manages, or waits on, an engine."
"ENGINER","A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines. [Obs.] Shak."
"ENGIRD","To gird; to encompass. Shak."
"ENGIRDLE","To surround as with a girdle; to girdle."
"ENGIRT","To engird. [R.] Collins."
"ENGISCOPE","A kind of reflecting microscope. [Obs.]"
"ENGLAIMED","Clammy. [Obs.]"
"ENGLE","A favorite; a paramour; an ingle. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"ENGLISH","Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to thepresent so-called Anglo-Saxon race. English bond (Arch.)"
"ENGLISHABLE","Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English."
"ENGLISHMAN","A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England."
"ENGLISHWOMAN","Fem. of Englishman. Shak."
"ENGLOOM","To make gloomy. [R.]"
"ENGLUE","To join or close fast together, as with glue; as, a coffer wellenglued. Gower."
"ENGORGE","To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self withfood. Beaumont."
"ENGORGED","Filled to excess with blood or other liquid; congested."
"ENGORGEMENT","An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part ofthe system; congestion. Hoblyn."
"ENGOULED","Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, aninfant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its twoends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bendengouled."
"ENGOULEE","Same as Engouled."
"ENGRAFF","To graft; to fix deeply. [Obs.]"
"ENGRAFFMENT","See Ingraftment. [Obs.]"
"ENGRAFT","See Ingraft. Shak."
"ENGRAIL","To indent with small curves. See Engrailed."
"ENGRAILED","Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure,bend, or the like."
"ENGRAILMENT","Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or theedge of an ordinary."
"ENGRAPPLE","To grapple. [Obs.]"
"ENGRASP","To grasp; to grip. [R.] Spenser."
"ENGRAVE","To deposit in the grave; to bury. [Obs.] 'Their corses toengrave.' Spenser."
"ENGRAVED","Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines."
"ENGRAVER","One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produceengraved work, especially on metal or wood."
"ENGRAVERY","The trade or work of an engraver. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"ENGREGGE","To aggravate; to make worse; to lie heavy on. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ENGRIEVE","To grieve. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ENGUARD","To surround as with a guard. [Obs.] Shak."
"ENGULF","To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.It quite engulfs all human thought. Young."
"ENGULFMENT","A swallowing up as if in a gulf. [R.]"
"ENGYN","Variant of Engine. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ENHALO","To surround with a halo."
"ENHANCE","To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly bycompound interest."
"ENHANCEMENT","The act of increasing, or state of being increased;augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price,enjoyments, crime."
"ENHANCER","One who enhances; one who, or that which, raises the amount,price, etc."
"ENHARBOR","To find harbor or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit. W. Browne."
"ENHARDEN","To harden; to embolden. [Obs.] Howell."
"ENHARMONICALLY","In the enharmonic style or system; in just intonation."
"ENHEARTEN","To give heart to; to fill with courage; to embolden.The enemy exults and is enheartened. I. Taylor."
"ENHEDGE","To surround as with a hedge. [R.] Vicars."
"ENHORT","To encourage. [Obs.] 'To enhort the people.' Chaucer."
"ENHUNGER","To make hungry.Those animal passions which vice had . . . enhungered to feed oninnocence and life. J. Martineau."
"ENHYDROS","A variety of chalcedony containing water."
"ENHYDROUS","Having water within; containing fluid drops; -- said of certaincrystals."
"ENIGMA","Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained oraccounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, anenigmatical answer."
"ENIGMATICALLY","Darkly; obscurely."
"ENIGMATIST","One who makes, or talks in, enigmas. Addison."
"ENIGMATIZE","To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles."
"ENISLED","Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as anisland. [R.] 'In the sea of life enisled.' M. Arnold."
"ENJAIL","To put into jail; to imprison. [R.] Donne."
"ENJOIN","To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to putan injunction on.This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing theplaintiffs. Kent."
"ENJOINER","One who enjoins."
"ENJOINMENT","Direction; command; authoritative admonition. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"ENJOY","To take satisfaction; to live in happiness. [R.] Milton."
"ENJOYABLE","Capable of being enjoyed or of giving joy; yielding enjoyment.Milton."
"ENJOYER","One who enjoys."
"ENKENNEL","To put into a kennel."
"ENKERCHIEFED","Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. Milton.That soft, enkerchiefed hair. M. Arnold."
"ENLACE","To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; toencircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.Ropes of pearl her neck and breast enlace. P. Fletcher."
"ENLACEMENT","The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surroundingas with a lace."
"ENLARD","To cover or dress with lard or grease; to fatten. Shak."
"ENLARGE","To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; todraw aft; -- said of the wind."
"ENLARGED","Made large or larger; extended; swollen.-- En*lar'ged*ly, adv.-- En*lar'ged*ness, n."
"ENLARGER","One that enlarges."
"ENLAY","See Inlay."
"ENLENGTHEN","To lengthen. [Obs.]"
"ENLEVEN","Eleven. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ENLIGHT","To illumine; to enlighten. [R.]Which from the first has shone on ages past, Enlights the present,and shall warm the last. Pope."
"ENLIGHTENER","One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which,communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind."
"ENLIGHTENMENT","Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened orinstructed."
"ENLIMN","To adorn by illuminating or ornamenting with colored anddecorated letters and figures, as a book or manuscript. [R.]Palsgrave."
"ENLINK","To chain together; to connect, as by links. Shak."
"ENLIVE","To enliven. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"ENLIVENER","One who, or that which, enlivens, animates, or invigorates."
"ENLOCK","To lock; to inclose."
"ENLUMINE","To illumine. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ENLUTE","To coat with clay; to lute. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ENMANCHE","Resembling, or covered with, a sleeve; -- said of the chiefwhen lines are drawn from the middle point of the upper edge upperedge to the sides."
"ENMARBLE","To make hard as marble; to harden. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ENMESH","To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes. Shak.My doubts enmesh me if I try. Lowell."
"ENMEW","See Emmew."
"ENMIST","To infold, as in a mist."
"ENMOSSED","Covered with moss; mossed. Keats."
"ENMOVE","See Emmove. [Obs.]"
"ENMUFFLE","To muffle up."
"ENMURE","To immure. [Obs.]"
"ENNATION","The ninth segment in insects."
"ENNEAD","The number nine or a group of nine. The Enneads, the titlegiven to the works of the philosopher Plotinus, published by hispupil Porphyry; -- so called because each of the six books into whichit is divided contains nine chapters."
"ENNEAGON","A polygon or plane figure with nine sides and nine angles; anonagon."
"ENNEAGONAL","Belonging to an enneagon; having nine angles."
"ENNEAGYNOUS","Having or producing nine pistils or styles; -- said of a floweror plant."
"ENNEAHEDRAL","Having nine sides."
"ENNEANDRIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants having nine stamens."
"ENNEAPETALOUS","Having nine petals, or flower leaves."
"ENNEASPERMOUS","Having nine seeds; -- said of fruits."
"ENNEW","To make new. [Obs.] Skelton."
"ENNICHE","To place in a niche. Sterne."
"ENNOBLER","One who ennobles."
"ENNUI","A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor ofspirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium. T. Gray."
"ENNUYE","Affected with ennui; weary in spirits; emotionally exhausted."
"ENNUYEE","A woman affected with ennui. Mrs. Jameson."
"ENODAL","Without a node. Gray."
"ENODATION","The act or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying;hence, also, the solution of a difficulty. [R.] Bailey."
"ENODE","To clear of knots; to make clear. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"ENOINT","Anointed. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ENOMOTARCH","The commander of an enomoty. Mitford."
"ENOMOTY","A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan armyranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath."
"ENOPLA","One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the presenceof a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis."
"ENOPTOMANCY","Divination by the use of a mirror."
"ENORM","Enormous. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ENORMOUSLY","In an enormous degree."
"ENORMOUSNESS","The state of being enormous."
"ENORTHOTROPE","An optical toy; a card on which confused or imperfect figuresare drawn, but which form to the eye regular figures when the card israpidly revolved. See Thaumatrope."
"ENOUGH","Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want;sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun towhich it belongs.How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and tospare! Luke xv. 17."
"ENOUNCEMENT","Act of enouncing; that which is enounced."
"ENOW","A form of Enough. [Archaic] Shak."
"ENPATRON","To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize. [Obs.] Shak."
"ENPIERCE","To pierce. [Obs.] Shak."
"ENQUERE","To inquire. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ENQUICKEN","To quicken; to make alive. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"ENQUIRE","See Inquire."
"ENQUIRER","See Inquirer."
"ENQUIRY","See Inquiry."
"ENRACE","To enroot; to implant. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ENRAGE","To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to makefurious."
"ENRAGEMENT","Act of enraging or state of being enraged; excitement. [Obs.]"
"ENRANK","To place in ranks or in order. [R.] Shak."
"ENRAPT","Thrown into ecstasy; transported; enraptured. Shak."
"ENRAPTURE","To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; toenravish. Shenstone."
"ENRAVISH","To transport with delight; to enrapture; to fascinate. Spenser."
"ENRAVISHINGLY","So as to throw into ecstasy."
"ENRAVISHMENT","The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy; rapture.Glanvill."
"ENREGISTER","To register; to enroll or record; to inregister.To read enregistered in every nook His goodness, which His beautydoth declare. Spenser."
"ENRHEUM","To contract a rheum. [Obs.] Harvey."
"ENRICHER","One who enriches."
"ENRICHMENT","The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase ofvalue by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration;embellishment."
"ENRIDGE","To form into ridges. Shak."
"ENRING","To encircle. [R.]The Muses and the Graces, grouped in threes, Enringed a billowingfountain in the midst. Tennyson."
"ENRIPEN","To ripen. [Obs.] Donne."
"ENRIVE","To rive; to cleave. [Obs.]"
"ENROBE","To invest or adorn with a robe; to attire."
"ENROCKMENT","A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to formbases of piers, breakwaters, etc."
"ENROLLER","One who enrolls or registers."
"ENROOT","To fix by the root; to fix fast; to implant deep. Shak."
"ENROUND","To surround. [Obs.] Shak."
"ENS","Entity, being, or existence; an actually existing being; also,God, as the Being of Beings."
"ENSAFE","To make safe. [Obs.] Hall."
"ENSAMPLE","An example; a pattern or model for imitation. [Obs.] Tyndale.Being ensamples to the flock."
"ENSANGUINE","To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-redcolor; as, an ensanguined hue. 'The ensanguined field.' Milton."
"ENSATE","Having sword-shaped leaves, or appendages; ensiform."
"ENSCALE","To cover with scales."
"ENSCHEDULE","To insert in a schedule. See Schedule. [R.] Shak."
"ENSCONCE","To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hidesecurely; to conceal.She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras. Shak."
"ENSEAL","To impress with a seal; to mark as with a seal; hence, toratify. [Obs.]This deed I do enseal. Piers Plowman."
"ENSEAM","To sew up; to inclose by a seam; hence, to include; to contain.Camden."
"ENSEAR","To sear; to dry up. [Obs.]Ensear thy fertile and conceptious womb. Shak."
"ENSEARCH","To make search; to try to find something. [Obs.] -- v. t."
"ENSEEL","To close eyes of; to seel; -- said in reference to a hawk.[Obs.]"
"ENSEINT","With child; pregnant. See Enceinte. [Obs.]"
"ENSEMBLE","The whole; all the parts taken together."
"ENSHELTER","To shelter. [Obs.]"
"ENSHIELD","To defend, as with a shield; to shield. [Archaic] Shak."
"ENSHRINE","To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherishas something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory.We will enshrine it as holy relic. Massinger."
"ENSHROUD","To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to shroud. Churchill."
"ENSIFEROUS","Bearing a sword."
"ENSIFORM","Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiformleaf. Ensiform cartilage, and Ensiform process. (Anat.) SeeXiphisternum."
"ENSIGNCY","The rank or office of an ensign."
"ENSIGNSHIP","The state or rank of an ensign."
"ENSILAGE","To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks."
"ENSILE","To store (green fodder) in a silo; to prepare as silage. --En'si*list (#), n."
"ENSKY","To place in the sky or in heaven. [R.] 'A thing enskied andsainted.' Shak."
"ENSLAVE","To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to adominant influence.The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedomlost, all virtue lose. Milton.Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will. Cowper."
"ENSLAVEDNESS","State of being enslaved."
"ENSLAVEMENT","The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved;bondage; servitude.A fresh enslavement to their enemies. South."
"ENSLAVER","One who enslaves. Swift."
"ENSNARE","To catch in a snare. See Insnare."
"ENSNARL","To entangle. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ENSOBER","To make sober. [Obs.]Sad accidents to ensober his spirits. Jer. Taylor."
"ENSOUL","To indue or imbue (a body) with soul. [R.] Emerson."
"ENSTAMP","To stamp; to mark asIt is the motive . . . which enstamps the character. Gogan."
"ENSTATE","See Instate."
"ENSTATITE","A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic incrystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white orgreenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is aferriferous variety."
"ENSTATITIC","Relating to enstatite."
"ENSTORE","To restore. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"ENSTYLE","To style; to name. [Obs.]"
"ENSUABLE","Ensuing; following."
"ENSUE","To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. [Obs.] 'Seekpeace, and ensue it.' 1 Pet. iii. 11.To ensue his example in doing the like mischief. Golding."
"ENSURER","See Insurer."
"ENSWATHE","To swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes. Shak."
"ENSWATHEMENT","The act of enswathing, or the state of being enswathed."
"ENSWEEP","To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. [R.] Thomson."
"ENT-","A prefix signifying within. See Ento-."
"ENTABLATURE","The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns.See Illust. of Column, Cornice."
"ENTABLEMENT","See Entablature. [R.] Evelyn."
"ENTACKLE","To supply with tackle. [Obs.] Skelton."
"ENTAD","Toward the inside or central part; away from the surface; --opposed to ectad. B. G. Wilder."
"ENTAL","Pertaining to, or situated near, central or deep parts; inner;-- opposed to ectal. B. G. Wilder."
"ENTAME","To tame. [Obs.] Shak."
"ENTANGLEMENT","State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution;that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity."
"ENTANGLER","One that entangles."
"ENTASIA","Tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any diseasecharacterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc."
"ENTASIS","A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column."
"ENTASSMENT","A heap; accumulation. [R.]"
"ENTASTIC","Relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms."
"ENTELECHY","An actuality; a conception completely actualized, indistinction from mere potential existence."
"ENTELLUS","An East Indian long-tailed bearded monkey (Semnopithecusentellus) regarded as sacred by the natives. It is remarkable for thecaplike arrangement of the hair on the head. Called also hoonoomaunand hungoor."
"ENTEND","To attend to; to apply one's self to. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ENTENTIVE","Attentive; zealous. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ENTER-","A prefix signifying between, among, part."
"ENTERADENOGRAPHY","A treatise upon, or description of, the intestinal glands."
"ENTERADENOLOGY","The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal."
"ENTERALGIA","Pain in the intestines; colic."
"ENTERDEAL","Mutual dealings; intercourse. [Obs.]The enterdeal of princes strange. Spenser."
"ENTERER","One who makes an entrance or beginning. A. Seward."
"ENTERIC","Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal;intestinal. Enteric fever (Med.), typhoid fever."
"ENTERITIS","An inflammation of the intestines. Hoblyn."
"ENTERLACE","See Interlace."
"ENTERMETE","To interfere; to intermeddle. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ENTERMEWER","A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonlyin the second year."
"ENTERMISE","Mediation. [Obs.]"
"ENTEROCELE","A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine."
"ENTEROCOELE","A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth oroutgrowths from the digestive tract; distinguished from aschizocoele, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of theembryo."
"ENTEROGRAPHY","A treatise upon, or description of, the intestines; enterology."
"ENTEROLITH","An intestinal concretion."
"ENTEROLOGY","The science which treats of the viscera of the body."
"ENTERON","The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal."
"ENTEROPATHY","Disease of the intestines."
"ENTEROPNEUSTA","A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides ofthe body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formedby diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the onlyknown genus. See Illustration in Appendix."
"ENTERORRHAPHY","The operation of sewing up a rent in the intestinal canal."
"ENTEROTOME","A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as inpost-mortem examinations."
"ENTEROTOMY","Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certaincases of hernia."
"ENTERPARLANCE","Mutual talk or conversation; conference. [Obs.] Sir J. Hayward."
"ENTERPLEAD","Same as Interplead."
"ENTERPRISE","To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous ordifficult. [R.] Pope."
"ENTERPRISER","One who undertakes enterprises. Sir J. Hayward."
"ENTERPRISING","Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized byenterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, anenterprising man or firm.-- En'ter*pri`sing*ly, adv."
"ENTERTAIN","To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, heentertains generously."
"ENTERTAINER","One who entertains."
"ENTERTAINING","Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting.-- En`ter*tain'ing*ly, adv.-- En`ter*tain'ing*ness, n."
"ENTERTAKE","To entertain. [Obs.]"
"ENTERTISSUED","Same as Intertissued."
"ENTHEASM","Inspiration; enthusiasm. [R.] 'Religious entheasm.' Byron."
"ENTHEASTIC","Of godlike energy; inspired.-- En`the*as'tic*al*ly, adv."
"ENTHEAT","Divinely inspired. [Obs.] Drummond."
"ENTHETIC","Caused by a morbifie virus implanted in the system; as, anenthetic disease like syphilis."
"ENTHRALL","To hold in thrall; to enslave. See Inthrall.The bars survive the captive they enthrall. Byron."
"ENTHRALLMENT","The act of enthralling, or state of being enthralled. SeeInthrallment."
"ENTHRILL","To pierce; to thrill. [Obs.] Sackville."
"ENTHRONE","To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and privileges of avacant see."
"ENTHRONEMENT","The act of enthroning, or state of being enthroned. [Recent]"
"ENTHRONIZATION","The act of enthroning; hence, the admission of a bishop to hisstall or throne in his cathedral."
"ENTHRONIZE","To place on a throne; hence, to induct into office, as abishop.There openly enthronized as the very elected king. Knolles."
"ENTHUSE","To make or become enthusiastic. [Slang]"
"ENTHUSIAST","One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagineshimself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; areligious madman; a fanatic. (b) One whose mind is wholly possessedand heated by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar;fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person.Enthusiasts soon understand each other. W. Irving."
"ENTHUSIASTIC","An enthusiast; a zealot. [Obs.]"
"ENTHYMEME","An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedentand consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted;as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the majorproposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependentcreatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore weshould be humble."
"ENTICE","To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract;as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To leadastray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them tolisten.Roses blushing as they blow, And enticing men to pull. Beau. & Fl.My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. Prov. i. 10.Go, and thine erring brother gain, Entice him home to be forgiven.Keble."
"ENTICEABLE","Capable of being enticed."
"ENTICER","One who entices; one who incites or allures to evil. Burton."
"ENTICING","That entices; alluring."
"ENTICINGLY","In an enticing manner; charmingly. 'She . . . sings mostenticingly.' Addison."
"ENTIERTY","See Entirety. [Obs.]"
"ENTIRE","A name originally given to a kind of beer combining qualitiesof different kinds of beer. [Eng.] 'Foker's Entire.' Thackeray."
"ENTIRE-WHEAT","Designating, made of, or relating to, flour including aconsiderable part of the bran."
"ENTITATIVE","Considered as pure entity; abstracted from all circumstances.Ellis.-- En'ti*ta*tive*ly, adv."
"ENTITULE","To entitle. B. Jonson."
"ENTITY","A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or infact; being; essence; existence.Self-subsisting entities, such as our own personality. Shairp.Fortune is no real entity, . . . but a mere relative signification.Bentley."
"ENTO-","A combining form signifying within; as, entoblast."
"ENTOBLAST","The inner germ layer; endoderm. See Nucleolus."
"ENTOBRONCHIUM","One of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds."
"ENTODERM","See Endoderm, and Illust. of Blastoderm."
"ENTOGASTRIC","Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a modeof budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certainhydroids."
"ENTOGENOUS","See Endogenous."
"ENTOGLOSSAL","Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone."
"ENTOIL","To take with toils or bring into toils; to insnare. [R.]Entoiled in woofed phantasies. Keats."
"ENTOMB","To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; toinhume. Hooker."
"ENTOMBMENT","The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed;burial. Barrow."
"ENTOMERE","The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in manysegmenting ova, as those of mammals."
"ENTOMOID","Resembling an insect.-- n."
"ENTOMOLIN","See Chitin."
"ENTOMOLITE","A fossil insect."
"ENTOMOLOGIST","One versed in entomology."
"ENTOMOLOGIZE","To collect specimens in the study of entomology. C. Kingsley."
"ENTOMOPHAGAN","Relating to the Entomophaga.-- n."
"ENTOMOPHAGOUS","Feeding on insects; insectivorous."
"ENTOMOPHILOUS","Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in whichthe pollen is carried to the stigma by insects."
"ENTOMOSTRACA","One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number ofspecies, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; asthe Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda,Phyllopoda, and Cladocera."
"ENTOMOSTRACAN","Relating to the Entomostraca.-- n."
"ENTOMOSTRACOUS","Belonging to the Entomostracans."
"ENTOMOTOMIST","One who practices entomotomy."
"ENTOMOTOMY","The science of the dissection of insects."
"ENTONIC","Having great tension, or exaggerated action. Dunglison."
"ENTOPERIPHERAL","Being, or having its origin, within the external surface of thebody; -- especially applied to feelings, such as hunger, produced byinternal disturbances. Opposed to epiperipheral."
"ENTOPHYTE","A vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body."
"ENTOPHYTIC","Of or pertaining to entophytes; as, an entophytic disease."
"ENTOPLASTIC","Pertaining to, or composed of, entoplasm; as, the entoplasticproducts of some Protozoa, or the entoplastic modification of thecell protoplasm, by which a nucleus is produced."
"ENTOPLASTRON","The median plate of the plastron of turtles; -- called alsoentosternum."
"ENTOPROCTA","A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle oftentacles. See Pedicellina."
"ENTOPTIC","Relating to objects situated within the eye; esp., relating tothe perception of objects in one's own eye."
"ENTORGANISM","An internal parasitic organism."
"ENTORTILATION","A turning into a circle; round figures. [Obs.] Donne."
"ENTOSTERNUM","See Entoplastron.-- En`to*ster'nal, a."
"ENTOSTHOBLAST","The granule within the nucleolus or entoblast of a nucleatedcell. Agassiz."
"ENTOTHORAX","See Endothorax."
"ENTOTIC","Pertaining to the interior of the ear."
"ENTOURAGE","Surroundings; specif., collectively, one's attendants orassociates."
"ENTOZOA","Pertaining to, or consisting of, the Entozoa."
"ENTRAIL","To interweave; to intertwine. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ENTRAIN","To draw along as a current does; as, water entrained by steam."
"ENTRAMMEL","To trammel; to entangle. Bp. Hacket."
"ENTRANCEMENT","The act of entrancing, or the state of trance or ecstasy.Otway."
"ENTRAP","To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap,by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch orinvolve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evilmen.A golden mesh, to entrap the hearts of men. Shak."
"ENTREAT","Entreaty. [Obs.] Ford."
"ENTREATABLE","That may be entreated."
"ENTREATANCE","Entreaty. [Obs.] Fairfax."
"ENTREATER","One who entreats; one who asks earnestly; a beseecher."
"ENTREATFUL","Full of entreaty. [R.] See Intreatful."
"ENTREATINGLY","In an entreating manner."
"ENTREATIVE","Used in entreaty; pleading. [R.] 'Entreative phrase.' A.Brewer."
"ENTREATMENT","Entreaty; invitation. [Obs.] Shak."
"ENTREE","In French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner togive zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served witha joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc."
"ENTREMETS","A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after thejoints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner."
"ENTRENCH","See Intrench."
"ENTREPOT","A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; amart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrep\u00f4t forshipping goods in transit."
"ENTREPRENEUR","One who creates a product on his own account; whoeverundertakes on his own account an industrial enterprise in whichworkmen are employed. F. A. Walker."
"ENTRESOL","A low story between two higher ones, usually between the groundfloor and the first story; mezzanine. Parker."
"ENTRICK","To trick, to perplex. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"ENTROCHAL","Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints ofencrinites; -- used of a kind of stone or marble."
"ENTROCHITE","A fossil joint of a crinoid stem."
"ENTROPION","Same as Entropium."
"ENTROPIUM","The inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids."
"ENTROPY","A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurablequantity, such that when there is no communication of heat thequantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves the bodythe quantity increases or diminishes. If a small amount, h, of heatenters the body when its temperature is t in the thermodynamic scalethe entropy of the body is increased by h . The entropy is regardedas measured from some standard temperature and pressure. Sometimescalled the thermodynamic function.The entropy of the universe tends towards a maximum. Clausius."
"ENTRUST","See Intrust."
"ENTRY","The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at thecustomhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the giving anaccount of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, andobtaining his permission to land the goods. See Enter, v. t., 8, andEntrance, n.,"
"ENTRYNG","Am entrance. [Obs.]So great an entryng and so large. Chaucer."
"ENTUNE","To tune; to intone. Chaucer."
"ENTWINE","To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round. [Written alsointwine.]Entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks. Shelley.Thy glorious household stuff did me entwine. Herbert."
"ENTWINEMENT","A twining or twisting together or round; union. Bp. Hacket."
"ENTWIST","To twist or wreathe round; to intwine. Shak."
"ENUBILATE","To clear from mist, clouds, or obscurity. [R.] Bailey."
"ENUBILOUS","Free from fog, mist, or clouds; clear. [R.]"
"ENUCLEATE","To remove without cutting (as a tumor)."
"ENUCLEATION","The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition.Neither sir, nor water, nor food, seem directly to contributeanything to the enucleation of this disease. Tooke."
"ENUMERATE","To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off oneafter another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; toname over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount; as,to enumerate the stars in a constellation.Enumerating the services he had done. Ludlow."
"ENUMERATION","A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of anargument."
"ENUMERATIVE","Counting, or reckoning up, one by one.Enumerative of the variety of evils. Jer. Taylor."
"ENUMERATOR","One who enumerates."
"ENUNCIABLE","Capable of being enunciated or expressed."
"ENUNCIATE","To utter words or syllables articulately."
"ENUNCIATIVE","Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation; declarative.Ayliffe.-- E*nun'ci*a*tive*ly, adv."
"ENUNCIATOR","One who enunciates or proclaims."
"ENUNCIATORY","Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation or utterance."
"ENURE","See Inure."
"ENURESIS","An involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine."
"ENVASSAL","To make a vassal of. [Obs.]"
"ENVAULT","To inclose in a vault; to entomb. [R.] Swift."
"ENVEIGLE","To entice. See Inveigle."
"ENVELOP","To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within acase, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, toenvelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship.Nocturnal shades this world envelop. J. Philips."
"ENVENIME","To envenom. [Obs.]"
"ENVERMEIL","To color with, or as with, vermilion; to dye red. [Obs.]Milton."
"ENVIABLE","Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire toposses or to resemble.One of most enviable of human beings. Macaulay.-- En'vi*a*ble*ness, n.-- En'vi*a*bly, adv."
"ENVIE","To vie; to emulate; to strive. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ENVIER","One who envies; one who desires inordinately what anotherpossesses."
"ENVIGOR","To invigorate. [Obs.]"
"ENVIRON","To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be roundabout; to involve or envelop.Dwelling in a pleasant glade, With mountains round about environed.Spenser.Environed he was with many foes. Shak.Environ me with darkness whilst I write. Donne."
"ENVIRONS","The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in itsneighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town.Chesterfield."
"ENVISAGE","To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard. [R.] Keats.From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, andbody acting on self. McCosh."
"ENVISAGEMENT","The act of envisaging."
"ENVOLUME","To form into, or incorporate with, a volume. [R.]"
"ENVOLUP","To wrap up; to envelop. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ENVOY","An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, orbook; -- also in the French from, l'envoi.The envoy of a ballad is the 'sending' of it forth. Skeat."
"ENVOYSHIP","The office or position of an envoy."
"ENVYNED","Stored or furnished with wine. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ENWALL","See Inwall. Sir P. Sidney."
"ENWALLOW","To plunge into, or roll in, flith; to wallow.So now all three one senseless lump remain, Enwallowed in his ownblack bloody gore. Spenser."
"ENWHEEL","To encircle. Shak."
"ENWIDEN","To widen. [Obs.]"
"ENWIND","To wind about; to encircle.In the circle of his arms Enwound us both. Tennyson."
"ENWOMAN","To endow with the qualities of a woman. [R.] Daniel."
"ENWRAP","To envelop. See Inwrap."
"ENWRAPMENT","Act of enwrapping; a wrapping or an envelope. Shuckford."
"ENWREATHE","See Inwreathe. Shelton."
"ENZYME","An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from anorganized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment.Ptyalin, pepsin, diastase, and rennet are good examples of enzymes."
"EOCENE","Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions intowhich the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alludingto the approximation in its life to that of the present era; as,Eocene deposits.-- n."
"EOLIAN","Formed, or deposited, by the action of wind, as dunes. Eolianattachment, Eolian harp. See \u00c6olian."
"EOLIC","See \u00c6olic."
"EOLIPILE","Same as \u00c6olipile."
"EOLIS","A genus of nudibranch mollusks having clusters of branchialpapill\u00e6 along the back. See Ceratobranchia. [Written also \u00c6olis.]"
"EOPHYTE","A fossil plant which is found in the lowest beds of theSilurian age."
"EOPHYTIC","Of or pertaining to eophytes."
"EOS","Aurora, the goddess of morn."
"EOSAURUS","An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of NovaScotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest knownreptiles."
"EOSIN","A yellow or brownish red dyestuff obtained by the action ofbromine on fluoresce\u00efn, and named from the fine rose-red which itimparts to silk. It is also used for making a fine red ink. Itssolution is fluorescent."
"EOSPHORITE","A hydrous phosphate of alumina and manganese. It is generallyof a rose-pink color, -- whence the name."
"EOZOIC","Of or pertaining to rocks or strata older than the Paleozoic,in many of which the eozo\u00f6n has been found."
"EP-","See Epi-."
"EPACRIS","A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc.,having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resemblingheaths."
"EPACT","The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or thenumber of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginningof the year. Annual epact, the excess of the solar year over thelunar year, -- being eleven days.-- Menstrual epact, or Monthly epact, the excess of a calendar monthover a lunar."
"EPAGOGE","The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to auniversal conclusion; the argument by induction."
"EPAGOGIC","Inductive. Latham."
"EPALATE","Without palpi."
"EPANADIPLOSIS","A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginningand at the end of a sentence; as, 'Rejoice in the Lord always: andagain I say, Rejoice.' Phil. iv. 4."
"EPANALEPSIS","A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated afterintervening matter. Gibbs."
"EPANAPHORA","Same as Anaphora. Gibbs."
"EPANASTROPHE","Same as Anadiplosis. Gibbs."
"EPANODOS","A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clauseare repeated in inverse order, as in the following: --O more exceeding love, or law more just Just law, indeed, but moreexceeding love! Milton."
"EPANODY","The abnormal change of an irregular flower to a regular form; -- considered by evolutionists to be a reversion to an ancestralcondition."
"EPANORTHOSIS","A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in orderto substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Mostbrave! Brave, did I say most heroic act!"
"EPANTHOUS","Growing upon flowers; -- said of certain species of fungi."
"EPARCH","In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; inmodern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy."
"EPARCHY","A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction ofan eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the largersubdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, adiocese or archdiocese."
"EPARTERIAL","Situated upon or above an artery; -- applied esp. to thebranches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonaryartery crosses the bronchus."
"EPAULE","The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face andflank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder."
"EPAULEMENT","A side work, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled withearth, or of earth heaped up, to afford cover from the flanking fireof an enemy."
"EPAXIAL","Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton;episkeletal."
"EPEIRA","A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E.diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider."
"EPEN","See Epencephalon."
"EPENCEPHALON","The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, includingthe cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated toepen."
"EPENDYMA","The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and thecanal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis."
"EPENDYMIS","See Ependyma."
"EPENETIC","Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory. [Obs.] E. Phillips."
"EPENTHESIS","The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as,the b in 'nimble' from AS. nemol."
"EPENTHETIC","Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter orsound."
"EPERGNE","A centerpiece for table decoration, usually consisting ofseveral dishes or receptacles of different sizes grouped together inan ornamental design."
"EPERLAN","The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus)."
"EPEXEGESIS","A full or additional explanation; exegesis."
"EPEXEGETICAL","Relating to epexegesis; explanatory; exegetical."
"EPHEMERA","A fever of one day's continuance only."
"EPHEMERAL","Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeralplant, insect, etc."
"EPHEMERAN","One of the ephemeral flies."
"EPHEMERIC","Ephemeral."
"EPHEMERIS","A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds ofperiodical literature. Brande & C."
"EPHEMERON","One of the ephemeral flies."
"EPHEMEROUS","Ephemeral. [R.] Burke."
"EPHESIAN","Of or pertaining to Ephesus, an ancient city of Ionia, in AsiaMinor."
"EPHIALTES","The nightmare. Brande & C."
"EPHIPPIAL","Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium. Dana."
"EPHIPPIUM","A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa."
"EPHOD","A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering forthe back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps orbrooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of thesame stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plainlinen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. Thebreastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front.Exodus xxviii. 6-12."
"EPHOR","A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by thepeople of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king."
"EPHORAL","Pertaining to an ephor."
"EPHORALTY","The office of an ephor, or the body of ephors."
"EPHRAIM","A hunter's name for the grizzly bear."
"EPHYRA","A stage in the development of discophorous medus\u00e6, when theyfirst begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. SeeStrobila."
"EPI-","A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above,over. It becomes ep- before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph- before aGreek aspirate, as in ephemeral."
"EPIBLAST","The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. SeeBlastoderm, Delamination."
"EPIBLASTIC","Of or relating to, or consisting of, the epiblast."
"EPIBLEMA","The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorbliquids. Goodale."
"EPIBOLIC","Growing or covering over; -- said of a kind of invagination.See under Invagination."
"EPIBOLY","Epibolic invagination. See under Invagination."
"EPIBRANCHIAL","Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial andpharyngobranchial in a branchial arch.-- n."
"EPIC","Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kindof narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real orfictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, arenarrated in an elevated style.The epic poem treats of one great, complex action, in a grand styleand with fullness of detail. T. Arnold."
"EPICAL","Epic.-- Ep'ic*al*ly, adv.Poems which have an epical character. Brande & C.His [Wordsworth's] longer poems (miscalled epical). Lowell."
"EPICARDIAC","Of or relating to the epicardium."
"EPICARDIUM","That of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of theheart; the cardiac pericardium."
"EPICARICAN","An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps."
"EPICARP","The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripenedovary. See Illust. under Endocarp."
"EPICEDE","A funeral song or discourse; an elegy. [R.] Donne."
"EPICEDIAL","Elegiac; funereal."
"EPICEDIAN","Epicedial.-- n."
"EPICEDIUM","An epicede."
"EPICENTRAL","Arising from the centrum of a vertebra. Owen."
"EPICERASTIC","Lenient; assuaging. [Obs.]"
"EPICHIREMA","A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise,or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and theconclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. [Written alsoepicheirema.]"
"EPICHORDAL","Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebralcolumn which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, asdistinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it."
"EPICHORIAL","In or of the country. [R.]Epichorial superstitions from every district of Europe. De Quincey."
"EPICLEIDIUM","A projection, formed by a separate ossification, at thescapular end of the clavicle of many birds."
"EPICLINAL","Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower."
"EPICOENE","Epicene. [R.] Hadley."
"EPICOLIC","Situated upon or over the colon; -- applied to the region ofthe abdomen adjacent to the colon."
"EPICONDYLAR","Pertaining to, or resembling, an epicondyle."
"EPICONDYLE","A projection on the inner side of the distal end of thenumerus; the internal condyle."
"EPICORACOID","A ventral cartilaginous or bony element of the coracoid in theshoulder girdle of some vertebrates."
"EPICRANIAL","Pertaining to the epicranium; as epicranial muscles."
"EPICRANIUM","The upper and superficial part of the head, including thescalp, muscles, etc."
"EPICUREANISM","Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles orbelief of Epicurus."
"EPICURELY","Luxuriously. Nash."
"EPICUREOUS","Epicurean. [Obs.]"
"EPICYCLE","A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of agreater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in thedeferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, byits own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened toit round its proper center.The schoolmen were like astronomers which did feign eccentries, andepicycles, and such engines of orbs. Bacon."
"EPICYCLIC","Pertaining to, resembling, or having the motion of, anepicycle. Epicyclic train (Mach.), a train of mechanism in whichepicyclic motion is involved; esp., a train of spur wheels, bevelwheels, or belt pulleys, in which an arm, carrying one or more of thewheels, sweeps around a center lying in an axis common to the otherwheels."
"EPICYCLOID","A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circlewhich rolls on the convex side of a fixed circle."
"EPICYCLOIDAL","Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties.Epicycloidal wheel, a device for producing straight-line motion fromcircular motion, on the principle that a pin fastened in theperiphery of a gear wheel will describe a straight line when thewheel rolls around inside a fixed internal gear of twice itsdiameter."
"EPIDEICTIC","Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; -- applied by theGreeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks topersuade."
"EPIDEMIC","An epidemic disease."
"EPIDEMICALLY","In an epidemic manner."
"EPIDEMIOGRAPHY","A treatise upon, or history of, epidemic diseases."
"EPIDEMIOLOGICAL","Connected with, or pertaining to, epidemiology."
"EPIDEMIOLOGIST","A person skilled in epidemiology."
"EPIDEMIOLOGY","That branch of science which treats of epidemics."
"EPIDEMY","An epidemic disease. Dunglison."
"EPIDERM","The epidermis."
"EPIDERMAL","Of or pertaining to the epidermis; epidermic; cuticular."
"EPIDERMATIC","Epidermal. [R.]"
"EPIDERMATOID","Epidermoid. Owen."
"EPIDERMEOUS","Epidermal. [R.]"
"EPIDERMIC","Epidermal; connected with the skin or the bark. Epidermicadministration of medicine (Med.), the application of medicine to theskin by friction."
"EPIDERMICAL","Epidermal. [R.]"
"EPIDERMIDAL","Epidermal. [R.]"
"EPIDERMIS","The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin.See Dermis."
"EPIDERMOID","Like epidermis; pertaining to the epidermis."
"EPIDERMOSE","Keratin."
"EPIDIDYMIS","An oblong vermiform mass on the dorsal side of the testicle,composed of numerous convolutions of the excretory duct of thatorgan.-- Ep`i*did'y*mal, a."
"EPIDIDYMITIS","Inflammation of the epididymis, one of the common results ofgonorrhea."
"EPIDOTE","A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color,occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. Itis a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese."
"EPIDOTIC","Related to, resembling, or containing epidote; as, an epidoticgranite."
"EPIGAEA","An American genus of plants, containing but a single species(E. repens), the trailing arbutus."
"EPIGAEOUS","Growing on, or close to, the ground."
"EPIGASTRIAL","Epigastric."
"EPIGASTRIC","Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the epigastric region."
"EPIGASTRIUM","The upper part of the abdomen."
"EPIGEAL","Epig\u00e6ous. [R.]"
"EPIGEE","See Perigee. [Obs.]"
"EPIGENE","Foreign; unnatural; unusual; -- said of forms of crystals notnatural to the substances in which they are found."
"EPIGENESIS","The theory of generation which holds that the germ is createdentirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power of theparents. It is opposed to the theory of evolution, also tosyngenesis."
"EPIGENESIST","One who believes in, or advocates the theory of, epigenesis."
"EPIGENETIC","Of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to thetheory of epigenesis."
"EPIGEOUS","Same as Epig\u00e6ous."
"EPIGEUM","See Perigee. [Obs.]"
"EPIGLOTTIC","Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis."
"EPIGLOTTIDEAN","Same as Epiglottic."
"EPIGLOTTIS","A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottiswhile food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing throughthe pharynx."
"EPIGNATHOUS","Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower."
"EPIGRAMMATICALLY","In the way of epigram; in an epigrammatic style."
"EPIGRAMMATIST","One who composes epigrams, or makes use of them.The brisk epigrammatist showing off his own cleverness. Holmes."
"EPIGRAMMATIZE","To represent by epigrams; to express by epigrams."
"EPIGRAMMATIZER","One who writes in an affectedly pointed style.Epigrammatizers of our English prose style. Coleridge."
"EPIGRAMMIST","An epigrammatist. Jer. Taylor."
"EPIGRAPH","A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for thepurpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separatedivisions; a motto."
"EPIGRAPHICS","The science or study of epigraphs."
"EPIGRAPHIST","A student of, or one versed in, epigraphy."
"EPIGRAPHY","The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptionsor of deciphering them."
"EPIGYNOUS","Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparentlyinserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, andalso of the disk."
"EPIHYAL","A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch."
"EPILEPSY","The 'falling sickness,' so called because the patient fallssuddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (orfits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss ofconsciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles. Dunglison."
"EPILEPTIC","Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy."
"EPILEPTICAL","Epileptic."
"EPILEPTIFORM","Resembling epilepsy."
"EPILEPTOGENOUS","Producing epilepsy or epileptoid convulsions; -- applied toareas of the body or of the nervous system, stimulation of whichproduces convulsions."
"EPILEPTOID","Resembling epilepsy; as, epileptoid convulsions."
"EPILOGATION","A summing up in a brief account. [Obs.] Udall."
"EPILOGISM","Enumeration; computation. [R.] J. Gregory."
"EPILOGISTIC","Of or pertaining to epilogue; of the nature of an epilogue. T.Warton."
"EPILOGIZE","To speak an epilogue to; to utter as an epilogue."
"EPILOGUE","A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recitedby one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove the better by thehelp of good epilogues. Shak."
"EPILOGUIZE","Same as Epilogize."
"EPIMACHUS","A genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds ofAustralia, allied to the birds of Paradise."
"EPIMERA","See Epimeron."
"EPIMERAL","Pertaining to the epimera."
"EPIMERE","One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so calledhomonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of theextremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants,such as the segments of a segmented leaf. Syd. Soc. Lex."
"EPINASTIC","A term applied to that phase of vegetable growth in which anorgan grows more rapidly on its upper than on its under surface. SeeHyponastic."
"EPINEURAL","Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra."
"EPINEURIUM","The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve whichbind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own specialsheath, or perineurium."
"EPINGLETTE","An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon beforepriming."
"EPINICIAL","Relating to victory. 'An epinicial song.' T. Warton."
"EPINICION","A song of triumph. [Obs.] T. Warton."
"EPINIKIAN","Epinicial."
"EPIORNIS","One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus \u00c6piornis,only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar.[Written also \u00c6pyornis.]"
"EPIOTIC","The upper and outer element of periotic bone, -- in man forminga part of the temporal bone."
"EPIPEDOMETRY","The mensuration of figures standing on the same base. [Obs.]"
"EPIPERIPHERAL","Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surfaceof the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate atthe extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as thesensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposedto entoperipheral. H. Spenser."
"EPIPETALOUS","Borne on the petals or corolla."
"EPIPHANY","A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfthday after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of theEast to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as othersmaintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi,symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide."
"EPIPHARYNGEAL","Pertaining to the segments above the epibranchial in thebranchial arches of fishes.-- n."
"EPIPHARYNX","A structure which overlaps the mouth of certain insects."
"EPIPHONEMA","An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums upor concludes a discourse."
"EPIPHONEME","Epiphonema. [R.]"
"EPIPHORA","The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in theeye, and trickle over the cheek."
"EPIPHRAGM","A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusksclose the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or\u00e6stivation."
"EPIPHYLLOSPERMOUS","Bearing fruit on the back of the leaves, as ferns. Harris(1710)."
"EPIPHYLLOUS","Growing upon, or inserted into, the leaf."
"EPIPHYLLUM","A genus of cactaceous plants having flattened, jointed stems,and petals united in a tube. The flowers are very showy, and severalspecies are in cultivation."
"EPIPHYTAL","Pertaining to an epiphyte."
"EPIPHYTE","An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not deriveits nourishment from them. See Air plant."
"EPIPLASTRON","One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron ofturtles."
"EPIPLEURAL","Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra. Owen."
"EPIPLEXIS","A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by anelegant kind of upbraiding."
"EPIPLOCE","A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in duegradation, to another; climax; e. g., 'He not only spared hisenemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, butadvanced them.' Johnson."
"EPIPLOIC","Relating to the epiplo\u00f6n."
"EPIPODIAL","Pertaining to the epipodialia or the parts of the limbs towhich they belong."
"EPIPODIALE","One of the bones of either the forearm or shank, theepipodialia being the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula."
"EPIPODITE","The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. SeeMaxilliped."
"EPIPODIUM","One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods."
"EPIPOLIC","Producing, or relating to, epipolism or fluorescence. [R.]"
"EPIPOLISM","See Fluorescence. [R.] Sir J. Herschel."
"EPIPOLIZED","Changed to the epipolic condition, or that in which thephenomenon of fluorescence is presented; produced by fluorescence;as, epipolized light. [R.] Stokes."
"EPIPTERIC","Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in thehuman skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid.-- n."
"EPIPTERYGOID","Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone.-- n."
"EPIPUBIC","Relating to the epipubis."
"EPIPUBIS","A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibiansand other animals."
"EPISCOPACY","Government of the church by bishops; church government by threedistinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- ofwhom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind."
"EPISCOPALIAN","Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal;specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church."
"EPISCOPALIANISM","The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy."
"EPISCOPALLY","By episcopal authority; in an episcopal manner."
"EPISCOPANT","A bishop. [Obs.] Milton."
"EPISCOPARIAN","Episcopal. [R.] Wood."
"EPISCOPATE","To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. [Obs.]Feeding the flock episcopating. Milton."
"EPISCOPICIDE","The killing of a bishop."
"EPISCOPIZE","To make a bishop of by consecration. Southey."
"EPISEPALOUS","Growing on the sepals or adnate to them."
"EPISKELETAL","Above or outside of the endoskeleton; epaxial."
"EPISODAL","Same as Episodic."
"EPISODE","A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for thepurpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; anincidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject,but naturally arising from it."
"EPISODIAL","Pertaining to an episode; by way of episode; episodic."
"EPISPADIAS","A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of thepenis, instead of at its extremity."
"EPISPASTIC","Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin;blistering."
"EPISPERM","The skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. SeeTesta."
"EPISPERMIC","Pertaining, or belonging, to the episperm, or covering of aseed."
"EPISPORE","The thickish outer coat of certain spores."
"EPISTAXIS","Bleeding at the nose."
"EPISTEMOLOGY","The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge."
"EPISTERNAL","Of or pertaining to the episternum."
"EPISTERNUM","One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax ofinsects."
"EPISTILBITE","A crystallized, transparent mineral of the Zeolite family. Itis a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime."
"EPISTLE","One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed totheir Christian brethren by Apostles. Epistle side, the right side ofan altar or church to a person looking from the nave toward thechancel.One sees the pulpit on the epistle side. R. Browning."
"EPISTLER","The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communionservice."
"EPISTOLAR","Epistolary. Dr. H. More."
"EPISTOLEAN","One who writes epistles; a correspondent. Mary Cowden Clarke."
"EPISTOLER","One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communionservice; an epistler."
"EPISTOLET","A little epistle. Lamb."
"EPISTOLIZE","To write epistles."
"EPISTOLIZER","A writer of epistles."
"EPISTOLOGRAPHIC","Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing letters;epistolary. Epistolographic character or mode of writing, the same asDemotic character. See under Demotic."
"EPISTOLOGRAPHY","The art or practice of writing epistles."
"EPISTROPHE","A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word oraffirmation; e. g., 'Are they Hebrews so am I. Are they Israelites soam I.' 2 Cor. xi. 22."
"EPISTYLE","A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacusof the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave."
"EPISYLLOGISM","A syllogism which assumes as one of its premises a propositionwhich was the conclusion of a preceding syllogism, called, inrelation to this, the prosyllogism."
"EPITAPH","To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.]Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters. G. Harvey."
"EPITAPHER","A writer of epitaphs. Nash."
"EPITAPHIC","Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian.-- n."
"EPITAPHIST","An epitapher."
"EPITASIS","The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.Dunglison."
"EPITHALAMIC","Belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium."
"EPITHALAMIUM","A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom.The kind of poem which was called epithalamium . . . sung when thebride was led into her chamber. B. Jonson."
"EPITHALAMY","Epithalamium. [R.] Donne."
"EPITHECA","A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which coversmore or less of the exterior of many corals."
"EPITHELIAL","Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells;epithelial cancer."
"EPITHELIOID","Like epithelium; as, epithelioid cells."
"EPITHELIOMA","A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called alsoepithelial cancer."
"EPITHELIUM","The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal andall its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels andlymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis (i.e., keratin-producing epithelial cells), and it is sometimesrestricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their appendages,-- the term endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of theblood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities."
"EPITHELOID","Epithelioid."
"EPITHEM","Any external topical application to the body, except ointmentsand plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc."
"EPITHEMA","A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds."
"EPITHESIS","The addition of a letter at the end of a word, without changingits sense; as, numb for num, whilst for whiles."
"EPITHET","To describe by an epithet. [R.]Never was a town better epitheted. Sir H. Wotton."
"EPITHITE","A lazy, worthless fellow; a vagrant. [Obs.] Mason."
"EPITHUMETIC","Epithumetical. [Obs.]"
"EPITHUMETICAL","Pertaining to sexual desire; sensual. Sir T. Browne."
"EPITITHIDES","The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature."
"EPITOMATOR","An epitomist. Sir W. Hamilton."
"EPITOMIST","One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer.Milton."
"EPITOMIZER","An epitomist. Burton."
"EPITRITE","A foot consisting of three long syllables and one shortsyllable."
"EPITROCHLEA","A projection on the outer side of the distal end of thehumerus; the external condyle."
"EPITROCHLEAR","Relating to the epitrochlea."
"EPITROCHOID","A kind of curve. See Epicycloid, any Trochoid."
"EPITROPE","A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironicallygranted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., 'He that isunjust, let him be unjust still.'"
"EPIZEUXIS","A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence oremphasis, as in the following lines: -Alone, alone, all all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea. Coleridge."
"EPIZOAN","An epizo\u00f6n."
"EPIZOIC","Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; -- saidof external parasites."
"EPOCH","A division of time characterized by the prevalence of similarconditions of the earth; commonly a minor division or part of aperiod.The long geological epoch which stored up the vast coal measures. J.C. Shairp."
"EPOCHA","See Epoch. J. Adams."
"EPOCHAL","Belonging to an epoch; of the nature of an epoch. 'Epochalpoints.' Shedd."
"EPODIC","Pertaining to, or resembling, an epode."
"EPONYMIC","Same as Eponymous.Tablets . . . which bear eponymic dates. I. Taylor (The Alphabet)."
"EPONYMIST","One from whom a race, tribe, city, or the like, took its name;an eponym."
"EPONYMOUS","Relating to an eponym; giving one's name to a tribe, people,country, and the like.What becomes . . . of the Herakleid genealogy of the Spartan kings,when it is admitted that eponymous persons are to be canceled asfictions Grote."
"EPONYMY","The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that ofa fabulous hero, progenitor, etc."
"EPOPT","One instructed in the mysteries of a secret system. Carlyle."
"EPOS","An epic."
"EPOTATION","A drinking up; a quaffing. [Obs.] Feltham."
"EPROUVETTE","An apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder."
"EPSOMITE","Native sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt."
"EPULARY","Of or pertaining to a feast or banquet. [Obs.] Smart."
"EPULATION","A feasting or feast; banquet. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"EPULIS","A hard tumor developed from the gums."
"EPULOSE","Feasting to excess. [Obs.]"
"EPULOSITY","A feasting to excess. [Obs.]"
"EPULOTIC","Promoting the skinning over or healing of sores; as, anepulotic ointment.-- n."
"EPURATION","Purification."
"EPURE","A draught or model from which to build; especially, one of thefull size of the work to be done; a detailed drawing."
"EPWORTH LEAGUE","A religious organization of Methodist young people, founded in1889 at Cleveland, Ohio, and taking its name from John Wesley'sbirthplace, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England."
"EQUABILITY","The quality or condition of being equable; evenness oruniformity; as, equability of temperature; the equability of themind.For the celestial bodies, the equability and constancy of theirmotions argue them ordained by wisdom. Ray."
"EQUABLENESS","Quality or state of being equable."
"EQUABLY","In an equable manner."
"EQUAL","Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or allfemale; -- opposed to mixed. [R.]"
"EQUALITARIAN","One who believes in equalizing the condition of men; a leveler."
"EQUALITY","Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes withrespect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = xsignifies that a contains the same number and kind of units ofmeasure that x does. Confessional equality. See under Confessional."
"EQUALIZATION","The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.Their equalization with the rest of their fellow subjects. Burke."
"EQUALIZER","One who, or that which, equalizes anything."
"EQUALLY","In an equal manner or degree in equal shares or proportion;with equal and impartial justice; without difference; alike; evenly;justly; as, equally taxed, furnished, etc."
"EQUALNESS","Equality; evenness. Shak."
"EQUANGULAR","Having equal angles; equiangular. [R.] Johnson."
"EQUANIMITY","Evenness of mind; that calm temper or firmness of mind which isnot easily elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure; as, tobear misfortunes with equanimity."
"EQUANIMOUS","Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; noteasily elated or depressed. Bp. Gauden."
"EQUANT","A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center ofann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; -- called alsoeccentric equator."
"EQUATE","To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such anallowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard ofcomparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments;to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances.Palgrave gives both scrolle and scrowe and equates both to F[rench]rolle. Skeat (Etymol. Dict. ).Equating for grades (Railroad Engin.), adding to the measureddistance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent.-- Equating for curves, adding half a mile for each 360 degrees ofcurvature."
"EQUATION","An expression of the condition of equality between twoalgebraic quantities or sets of quantities, the sign = being placedbetween them; as, a binomial equation; a quadratic equation; analgebraic equation; a transcendental equation; an exponentialequation; a logarithmic equation; a differential equation, etc."
"EQUATOR","The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhereequally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth's surfaceinto two hemispheres."
"EQUATORIAL","Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also,pertaining to an equatorial instrument."
"EQUATORIALLY","So as to have motion or direction parallel to the equator."
"EQUERY","Same as Equerry."
"EQUESTRIAN","One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider."
"EQUESTRIANISM","The art of riding on horseback; performance on horseback;horsemanship; as, feats equestrianism."
"EQUESTRIENNE","A woman skilled in equestrianism; a horsewoman."
"EQUI-","A prefix, meaning equally; as, equidistant; equiangular."
"EQUIANGLED","Equiangular. [Obs.] Boyle."
"EQUIANGULAR","Having equal angles; as, an equiangular figure; a square isequiangular. Equiangular spiral. (Math.) See under Spiral, n.-- Mutually equiangular, applied to two figures, when every angle ofthe one has its equal among the angles of the other."
"EQUIBALANCE","Equal weight; equiponderance."
"EQUICRESCENT","Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable."
"EQUICRURAL","Having equal legs or sides; isosceles. [R.] 'Equicruraltriangles.' Sir T. Browne."
"EQUICRURE","Equicrural. [Obs.]"
"EQUIDIFFERENT","Having equal differences; as, the terms of arithmeticalprogression are equidifferent."
"EQUIDISTANCE","Equal distance."
"EQUIDISTANT","Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing.-- E`qui*dis'tant*ly, adv. Sir T. Browne."
"EQUIDIURNAL","Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; -- applied tothe equinoctial line. Whewell."
"EQUIFORM","Having the same form; uniform.-- E`qui*for'mi*ty, n. Sir T. Browne."
"EQUILATERAL","Having all the sides equal; as, an equilateral triangle; anequilateral polygon. Equilateral hyperbola (Geom.), one whose axesare equal.-- Equilateral shell (Zo\u00f6l.), one in which a transverse line drawnthrough the apex of the umbo bisects the valve, or divides it intotwo equal and symmetrical parts.-- Mutually equilateral, applied to two figures, when every side ofthe one has its equal among the sides of the other."
"EQUILIBRATE","To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equalweight on each side; to keep in equipoise. H. Spenser."
"EQUILIBRATION","The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve aphysiological balance. H. Spenser."
"EQUILIBRIOUS","Evenly poised; balanced. Dr. H. More.-- E`qui*lib'ri*ous*ly, adv."
"EQUILIBRIST","One who balances himself in unnatural positions and hazardousmovements; a balancer.When the equilibrist balances a rod upon his finger. Stewart."
"EQUILIBRITY","The state of being balanced; equality of weight. [R.] J.Gregory."
"EQUIMOMENTAL","Having equal moments of inertia."
"EQUIMULTIPLE","Multiplied by the same number or quantity."
"EQUINAL","See Equine. 'An equinal shape.' Heywood."
"EQUINE","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse.The shoulders, body, things, and mane are equine; the head completelybovine. Sir J. Barrow."
"EQUINIA","Glanders."
"EQUINOCTIAL","The equinoctial line."
"EQUINOCTIALLY","Towards the equinox."
"EQUINUMERANT","Equal as to number. [Obs.] Arbuthnot."
"EQUIPAGED","Furnished with equipage.Well dressed, well bred. Well equipaged, is ticket good enough.Cowper."
"EQUIPARABLE","Comparable. [Obs. or R.]"
"EQUIPARATE","To compare. [R.]"
"EQUIPEDAL","Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal."
"EQUIPENDENCY","The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined ordetermined either way. South."
"EQUIPENSATE","To weigh equally; to esteem alike. [Obs.]"
"EQUIPOISE","Sameness of signification of two or more propositions whichdiffer in language."
"EQUIPOLLENT","Having equivalent signification and reach; expressing the samething, but differently."
"EQUIPOLLENTLY","With equal power. Barrow."
"EQUIPONDERANT","Being of the same weight.A column of air . . . equiponderant to a column of quicksilver.Locke."
"EQUIPONDERATE","To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing. Bp.Wilkins."
"EQUIPONDEROUS","Having equal weight. Bailey."
"EQUIPONDIOUS","Of equal weight on both sides; balanced. [Obs.] Glanvill."
"EQUIPOTENTIAL","Having the same potential. Equipotential surface, a surface forwhich the potential is for all points of the surface constant. Levelsurfaces on the earth are equipotential."
"EQUIRADICAL","Equally radical. [R.] Coleridge."
"EQUIROTAL","Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equalrotation. [R.]"
"EQUISETACEOUS","Belonging to the Equisetace\u00e6, or Horsetail family."
"EQUISETIFORM","Having the form of the equisetum."
"EQUISETUM","A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- alsocalled horsetails."
"EQUISONANCE","An equal sounding; the consonance of the unison and itsoctaves."
"EQUISONANT","Of the same or like sound."
"EQUITABLE","That can be sustained or made available or effective in a courtof equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, anequitable estate; equitable assets, assignment, mortgage, etc.Abbott."
"EQUITABLENESS","The quality of being equitable, just, or impartial; as, theequitableness of a judge, a decision, or distribution of property."
"EQUITABLY","In an equitable manner; justly; as, the laws should beequitably administered."
"EQUITANCY","Horsemanship."
"EQUITANT","Overlapping each other; -- said of leaves whose bases arefolded so as to overlap and bestride the leaves within or above them,as in the iris."
"EQUITATION","A riding, or the act of riding, on horseback; horsemanship.The pretender to equitation mounted. W. Irving."
"EQUITEMPORANEOUS","Contemporaneous. [Obs.] Boyle."
"EQUITES","An order of knights holding a middle place between the senateand the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order."
"EQUITY","An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to asettlement, or wife's equity, etc.I consider the wife's equity to be too well settled to be shaken.Kent."
"EQUIVALENCE","To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance. [R.] Sir T.Browne."
"EQUIVALENCY","Same as Equivalence."
"EQUIVALENT","Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- appliedto magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle."
"EQUIVALENTLY","In an equal manner."
"EQUIVALUE","To put an equal value upon; to put (something) on a par withanother thing. W. Taylor."
"EQUIVALVULAR","Same as Equivalve or Equivalved."
"EQUIVOCACY","Equivocalness."
"EQUIVOCAL","A word or expression capable of different meanings; anambiguous term; an equivoque.In languages of great ductility, equivocals like that just referredto are rarely found. Fitzed. Hall."
"EQUIVOCALLY","In an equivocal manner."
"EQUIVOCALNESS","The state of being equivocal."
"EQUIVOCATE","To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to expressone's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intentto deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as,to equivocate is the work of duplicity.All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant toequivocate. Bp. Stillingfleet."
"EQUIVOCATION","The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification,with a purpose to mislead.There being no room for equivocations, there is no need ofdistinctions. Locke."
"EQUIVOCATOR","One who equivocates.Here's an equivocator that could swear in both the scales againsteither scale, yet could not equivocate to heaven. Shak."
"EQUIVOCATORY","Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation."
"EQUIVOROUS","Feeding on horseflesh; as, equivorous Tartars."
"EQUUS","A genus of mammals, including the horse, ass, etc."
"ERADIATE","To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate. Dr. H.More."
"ERADIATION","Emission of radiance."
"ERADICABLE","Capable of being eradicated."
"ERADICATIVE","Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroyingthoroughly, as a disease or any evil."
"ERASABLE","Capable of being erased."
"ERASED","Represented with jagged and uneven edges, as is torn off; --used esp. of the head or limb of a beast. Cf. Couped."
"ERASEMENT","The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration.Johnson."
"ERASER","One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or apiece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc."
"ERASION","The act of erasing; a rubbing out; obliteration."
"ERASTIAN","One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician andtheologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of alloffenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holycommunion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one whowould see the church placed entirely under the control of the State.Shipley."
"ERASTIANISM","The principles of the Erastains."
"ERASURE","The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration."
"ERATIVE","Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry.Stormonth."
"ERATO","The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry."
"ERBIUM","A rare metallic element associated with several other rareelements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er.Atomic weight 165.9. Its salts are rose-colored and givecharacteristic spectra. Its sesquioxide is called erbia."
"ERCEDEKEN","An archdeacon. [Obs.]"
"ERD","The earth. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Erd shrew (Zo\u00f6l.), the commonEuropean shrew (Sorex vulgaris); the shrewmouse."
"ERE","To plow. [Obs.] See Ear, v. t. Chaucer."
"EREBUS","A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy space throughwhich the souls passed to Hades. See Milton's 'Paradise Lost,' BookII., line 883."
"ERECT","Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or tothe surface to which it is attached."
"ERECTABLE","Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather. Col. G.Montagu."
"ERECTER","An erector; one who raises or builds."
"ERECTILE","Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected ofdilated. Erectile tissue (Anat.), a tissue which is capable of beinggreatly dilated and made rigid by the distension of the numerousblood vessels which it contains."
"ERECTILITY","The quality or state of being erectile."
"ERECTION","The state of a part which, from having been soft, has becomehard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue."
"ERECTIVE","Making erect or upright; raising; tending to erect."
"ERECTLY","In an erect manner or posture."
"ERECTNESS","Uprightness of posture or form."
"ERECTO-PATENT","Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, orspreading."
"ERECTOR","A muscle which raises any part."
"ERELONG","Before the ere long.A man, . . . following the stag, erelong slew him. Spenser.The world, erelong, a world of tears must weep. Milton."
"EREMACAUSIS","A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as inthe decay of old trees or of dead animals."
"EREMITAGE","See Hermitage."
"EREMITE","A hermit.Thou art my heaven, and I thy eremite. Keats."
"EREMITISH","Eremitic. Bp. Hall."
"EREMITISM","The state of a hermit; a living in seclusion from social life."
"EREPTATION","A creeping forth. [Obs.]"
"EREPTION","A snatching away. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"ERETHISM","A morbid degree of excitement or irritation in an organ.Hoblyn."
"ERETHISTIC","Relating to erethism."
"ERF","A garden plot, usually about half an acre. [Cape Colony]"
"ERG","The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being theamount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of onecentimeter; the amount of energy expended in moving a body onecentimeter against a force of one dyne. One foot pound is equal to13,560,000 ergs."
"ERGAL","Potential energy; negative value of the force function."
"ERGAT","To deduce logically, as conclusions. [Obs.] Hewyt."
"ERGMETER","An instrument for measuring energy in ergs."
"ERGO","Therefore; consequently; -- often used in a jocular way. Shak."
"ERGOGRAPH","An instrument for measuring and recording the work done by asingle muscle or set of muscles, the rate of fatigue, etc. --Er`go*graph'ic (#), a."
"ERGOMETER","A device for measuring, or an instrument for indicating, energyexpended or work done; a dynamometer. -- Er`go*met'ric (#), a."
"ERGOT","A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situatedbehind and below the pastern joint."
"ERGOTIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot; as, ergotic acid."
"ERGOTIN","An extract made from ergot."
"ERGOTINE","A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown,amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of theuterus."
"ERGOTISM","A logical deduction. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"ERGOTIZED","Affected with the ergot fungus; as, ergotized rye."
"ERICA","A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of themproducing beautiful flowers."
"ERICACEOUS","Belonging to the Heath family, or resembling plants of thatfamily; consisting of heats."
"ERICINOL","A colorless oil (quickly becoming brown), with a pleasant odor,obtained by the decomposition of ericolin."
"ERICIUS","The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qipod, which in the'Authorized Version' is translated bittern, and in the RevisedVersion, porcupine.I will make it [Babylon] a possession for the ericius and pools ofwaters. Is. xiv. 23 (Douay version)."
"ERICOLIN","A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of theEricace\u00e6), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass."
"ERIDANUS","A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurusand containing the bright star Achernar."
"ERIGIBLE","Capable of being erected. [Obs.]"
"ERIN","An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland."
"ERINACEOUS","Of the Hedgehog family; like, or characteristic of, a hedgehog."
"ERINGO","The sea holly. See Eryngo."
"ERINITE","A hydrous arseniate of copper, of an emerald-green color; -- socalled from Erin, or Ireland, where it occurs."
"ERINYS","An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, consciencepersonified. [Written also Erinnys.]"
"ERIOMETER","An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particlesor fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by thediffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed."
"ERISTALIS","A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailedlarv\u00e6) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiraclesat the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and saltwaters; -- also called drone fly."
"ERKE","ASlothful. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"ERLKING","A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of aspirit natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. tochildren."
"ERME","To grieve; to feel sad. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ERMIN","An Armenian. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ERMINE","A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M.erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in thenorthern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown,but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which isalways black."
"ERMINED","Clothed or adorned with the fur of the ermine. Pope."
"ERMIT","A hermit. [Obs.]"
"ERN","To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn."
"ERNEST","See Earnest. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ERNESTFUL","Serious. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ERODE","To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.'The blood . . . erodes the vessels.' Wiseman.The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun. Am. Cyc."
"ERODED","Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularlytoothed."
"ERODENT","A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic."
"EROGATE","To lay out, as money; to deal out; to expend. [Obs.]"
"EROGATION","The act of giving out or bestowing. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot."
"EROS","Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as oneof the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son ofAphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid."
"EROSE","Jagged or irregularly toothed, as if nibbled out or gnawed.-- E*rose'ly, adv."
"EROSIVE","That erodes or gradually eats away; tending to erode;corrosive. Humble."
"EROSTRATE","Without a beak."
"EROTEME","A mark indicating a question; a note of interrogation."
"EROTESIS","A figure oMust I give way and room to your rash choler Shall I be frighted whena madman stares Shak."
"EROTIC","An amorous composition or poem."
"EROTICISM","Erotic quality."
"ERPETOLOGIST","Herpetologist."
"ERPETOLOGY","Herpetology."
"ERRABLE","Liable to error; fallible."
"ERRABLENESS","Liability to error. Dr. H. More."
"ERRABUND","Erratic. 'Errabund guesses.' Southey."
"ERRANCY","A wandering; state of being in error."
"ERRAND","A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to betold or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbalmessage; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to doan errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere.I have a secret errand to thee, O king. Judg. iii. 19.I will not eat till I have told mine errand. Gen. xxiv. 33.mission."
"ERRANT","Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who wenton circuit and to bailiffs at large. Mozley & W."
"ERRANTIA","A group of ch\u00e6topod annelids, including those that are notconfined to tubes. See Ch\u00e6topoda. [Written also Errantes.]"
"ERRATA","See Erratum."
"ERRATIC","Any stone or material that has been borne away from itsoriginal site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment ofrock; a bowlder."
"ERRATICAL","Erratic.-- Er*rat'ic*al*ly, adv.-- Er*rat'ic*al*ness, n."
"ERRATION","A wandering; a roving about. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"ERRATUM","An error or mistake in writing or printing.A single erratum may knock out the brains of a whole passage. Cowper."
"ERRHINE","A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promotedischarges of mucus; a sternutatory. Coxe.-- a."
"ERROR","The difference between the approximate result and the trueresult; -- used particularly in the rule of double position."
"ERRORFUL","Full of error; wrong. Foxe."
"ERRORIST","One who encourages and propagates error; one who holds toerror."
"ERS","The bitter vetch (Ervum Ervilia)."
"ERSE","A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which isspoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the Highlanders,Gaelic."
"ERSH","See Arrish."
"ERSTWHILE","Till then or now; heretofore; formerly. [Archaic]"
"ERUBESCENT","Red, or reddish; blushing. Johnson."
"ERUBESCITE","See Bornite."
"ERUCA","An insect in the larval state; a caterpillar; a larva."
"ERUCIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferousMediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fattyacid resembling oleic acid, and found in colza oil, mustard oil, etc."
"ERUCIFROM","Having the form of a caterpillar; -- said of insect larv\u00e6."
"ERUDIATE","To instruct; to educate; to teach. [Obs.]The skillful goddess there erudiates these In all she did. Fanshawe."
"ERUDITE","Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; wellinstructed; learned. 'A most erudite prince.' Sir T. More. 'Erudite .. . theology.' I. Taylor.-- Er'u*dite`ly, adv.-- Er'u*dite`ness, n."
"ERUDITION","The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; thestate of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained byextensive reading or study; particularly, learning in literature orcriticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship.The management of a young lady's person is not be overlooked, but theerudition of her mind is much more to be regarded. Steele.The gay young gentleman whose erudition sat so easily upon him.Macaulay."
"ERUGATE","Freed from wrinkles; smooth."
"ERUGINOUS","Partaking of the substance or nature of copper, or of the rustcopper; resembling the trust of copper or verdigris; \u00e6ruginous."
"ERUMPENT","Breaking out; -- said of certain fungi which burst through thetexture of leaves."
"ERUPT","To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava. Huxley."
"ERUPTION","The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as inmeasles, scarlatina, etc."
"ERUPTIONAL","Eruptive. [R.] R. A. Proctor."
"ERUPTIVE","Attended with eruption or efflorescence, or producing it; as,an eruptive fever."
"ERYNGIUM","A genus of umbelliferous plants somewhat like thistles inappearance. Eryngium maritimum, or sea holly, has been highlyesteemed as an aphrodisiac, the roots being formerly candied."
"ERYNGO","A plant of the genus Eryngium."
"ERYSIPELAS","St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with adiffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from asingle point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usuallyregarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically."
"ERYSIPELATOID","Resembling erysipelas."
"ERYSIPELATOUS","Resembling erysipelas, or partaking of its nature."
"ERYSIPELOUS","Erysipelatous."
"ERYTHEMA","A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation formsrose-colored patches of variable size."
"ERYTHEMATIC","Characterized by, or causing, a morbid redness of the skin;relating to erythema."
"ERYTHEMATOUS","Relating to, or causing, erythema."
"ERYTHRIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, erythrin."
"ERYTHRINA","A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coraltree; -- so called from its red flowers."
"ERYTHRISM","A condition of excessive redness. See Erythrochroism."
"ERYTHRITE","A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet,cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by thedecomposition of erythrin; -- called also erythrol, erythroglucin,erythromannite, pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phyciteobtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a tetrabasicalcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin."
"ERYTHROCHROIC","Having, or subject to, erythrochroism."
"ERYTHROCHROISM","An unusual redness, esp. in the plumage of birds, or hair ofmammals, independently of age, sex, or season."
"ERYTHRODEXTRIN","A dextrin which gives a red color with iodine. See Dextrin."
"ERYTHROGRANULOSE","A term applied by Br\u00fccke to a substance present in small amountin starch granules, colored red by iodine."
"ERYTHROID","Of a red color; reddish; as, the erythroid tunic (the cremastermuscle)."
"ERYTHROLEIC","Having a red color and oily appearance; -- applied to a purplesemifluid substance said to be obtained from archil."
"ERYTHROLEIN","A red substance obtained from litmus."
"ERYTHROLITMIN","Erythrolein."
"ERYTHRONIUM","A name originally given (from its red acid) to the metalvanadium. [R.]"
"ERYTHROPHLEINE","A white crystalline alkaloid, extracted from sassy bark(Erythrophleum Guineense)."
"ERYTHROXYLON","A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family, growing intropical countries. E. Coca is the source of cocaine. See Coca."
"ERYTHROZYME","A ferment extracted from madder root, possessing the power ofinducing alcoholic fermentation in solutions of sugar."
"ESCALADE","A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in whichladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or treachery.Buckminster."
"ESCALATOR","A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that thesteps or treads ascend or descend continuously, and one stepping uponit is carried up or down; -- a trade term."
"ESCALLOP","See Escalop."
"ESCALLOPED","See Escaloped."
"ESCALOP","A bivalve shell of the genus Pecten. See Scallop."
"ESCALOPED","Covered with a pattern resembling a series of escalop shells,each of which issues from between two others. Its appearance is thatof a surface covered with scales. Escaloped oysters (Cookery). Seeunder Scalloped."
"ESCAMBIO","A license formerly required for the making over a bill ofexchange to another over sea. Cowell."
"ESCAPABLE","Avoidable."
"ESCAPE","The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of aprisoner's departure from custody."
"ESCAPER","One who escapes."
"ESCARBUNCLE","See Carbuncle, 3."
"ESCARGATOIRE","A nursery of snails. [Obs.] Addison."
"ESCARP","The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, andopposed to counterscarp."
"ESCARPMENT","A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge;ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to preventhostile approach. See Scarp."
"ESCHALOT","See Shallot."
"ESCHAR","A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthypart of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application ofcaustics."
"ESCHARA","A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, oftenincrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched."
"ESCHARINE","Like, or pertaining to, the genus Eschara, or family Escharid\u00e6."
"ESCHAROTIC","Serving or tending to form an eschar;; producing a scar;caustic."
"ESCHATOLOGICAL","Pertaining to the last or final things."
"ESCHATOLOGY","The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment,and the events therewith connected."
"ESCHAUNGE","Exchange. [Obs.]"
"ESCHEAT","To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or theState, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same,or by forfeiture."
"ESCHEATABLE","Liable to escheat."
"ESCHEATAGE","The right of succeeding to an escheat. Sherwood."
"ESCHEATOR","An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have takenplace, and to take charge of them. Burrill."
"ESCHEVIN","The alderman or chief officer of an ancient guild. [Obs.]"
"ESCHEWER","One who eschews."
"ESCHEWMENT","The act of eschewing. [R.]"
"ESCHSCHOLTZIA","A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and uponthe west coast of North America, some species of which producebeautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white flowers; theCalifornia poppy."
"ESCHYNITE","A rare mineral, containing chiefly niobium, titanium, thorium,and cerium. It was so called by Berzelius on account of the inabilityof chemical science, at the time of its discovery, to separate someof its constituents."
"ESCOCHEON","Escutcheon. [Obs.]"
"ESCORIAL","See Escurial."
"ESCORT","To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany assafeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- usedesp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escorta public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon."
"ESCOT","See Scot, a tax. [Obs.]"
"ESCOUADE","See Squad,"
"ESCOUT","See Scout. [Obs.] Hayward."
"ESCRIBED","Drawn outside of; -- used to designate a circle that touchesone of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other two sidesproduced."
"ESCRIPT","A writing. [Obs.]"
"ESCRITOIRE","A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly withdrawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk."
"ESCRITORIAL","Of or pertaining to an escritoire."
"ESCROD","See Scrod, a young cod."
"ESCROW","A deed, bond, or other written engagement, delivered to a thirdperson, to be held by him till some act is done or some condition isperformed, and then to be by him delivered to the grantee.Blackstone."
"ESCUAGE","Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which atenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It wasafterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called alsoscutage. Blackstone."
"ESCULAPIAN","\u00c6sculapian."
"ESCULAPIUS","Same as \u00c6sculapius."
"ESCULENT","Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as,esculent plants; esculent fish.Esculent grain for food. Sir W. Jones.Esculent swallow (Zo\u00f6l.), the swallow which makes the edible bird's-nest. See Edible bird's-nest, under Edible."
"ESCULIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, the horse-chestnut; as,esculic acid."
"ESCULIN","A glucoside obtained from the \u00c6sculus hippocastanum, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions.[Written also \u00e6sculin.]"
"ESCURIAL","A palace and mausoleum of the kinds of Spain, being a vast andwonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid."
"ESCUTCHEON","The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings aremarshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called thefield, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part thebase (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is onthe right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm iscalled dexter, and the other side sinister."
"ESCUTCHEONED","Having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or ensign.Young."
"ESE","Ease; pleasure. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ESEMPLASTIC","Shaped into one; tending to, or formative into, unity. [R.]Coleridge."
"ESERINE","An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed ofPhysostigma venenosum; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmicsurgery for its effect in contracting the pupil."
"ESEXUAL","Sexless; asexual."
"ESGUARD","Guard. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"ESKIMO","One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland.In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race. [Writtenalso Esquimau.] Eskimo dog (Zo\u00f6l.), one of breed of large andpowerful dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closelyresembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed."
"ESLOIN","To remove; to banish; to withdraw; to avoid; to eloign. [Obs.]From worldly cares he did himself esloin. Spenser."
"ESNECY","A prerogative given to the eldest coparcener to choose firstafter an inheritance is divide. Mozley & W."
"ESODIC","Conveying impressions from the surface of the body to thespinal cord; -- said of certain nerves. Opposed to exodic."
"ESOPHAGAL","Esophageal."
"ESOPHAGEAL","Pertaining to the esophagus. [Written also .]"
"ESOPHAGEAN","Esophageal."
"ESOPHAGOTOMY","The operation of making an incision into the esophagus, for thepurpose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage.[Written also oesophagotomy.]"
"ESOPHAGUS","That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and thestomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, underDigestive. [Written also .]"
"ESOTERIC","Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone;not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body offollowers; private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of the private andmore recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed toexoteric.Enough if every age produce two or three critics of this esotericclass, with here and there a reader to understand them. De Quincey."
"ESOTERICAL","Esoteric."
"ESOTERICALLY","In an esoteric manner."
"ESOTERICISM","Esoteric doctrine or principles."
"ESOTERICS","Mysterious or hidden doctrines; secret science."
"ESOTERY","Mystery; esoterics; -- opposed to exotery. A. Tucker."
"ESOX","A genus of fresh-water fishes, including pike and pickerel."
"ESPACE","Space. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ESPADON","A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used bySpanish foot soldiers and by executioners. Wilhelm."
"ESPALIER","A railing or trellis upon which fruit trees or shrubs aretrained, as upon a wall; a tree or row of trees so trained.And figs from standard and espalier join. Pope."
"ESPARCET","The common sainfoin (Onobrychis sativa), an Old Worldleguminous forage plant."
"ESPARTO","A species of Spanish grass (Macrochloa tenacissima), of whichcordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for makingpaper."
"ESPAULIERE","A defense for the shoulder, composed of flexible overlappingplates of metal, used in the 15th century; -- the origin of themodern epaulette. Fairholt."
"ESPECIAL","Distinguished among others of the same class or kind; special;concerning a species or a single object; principal; particular; as,in an especial manner or degree."
"ESPECIALLY","In an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in anuncommon degree."
"ESPECIALNESS","The state of being especial."
"ESPERANCE","Hope. [Obs.] Shak."
"ESPERANTO","An artificial language, intended to be universal, devised byDr. Zamenhof, a Russian, who adopted the pseudonym 'Dr. Esperanto' inpublishing his first pamphlet regarding it in 1887. The vocabulary isvery largely based upon words common to the chief European languages,and sounds peculiar to any one language are eliminated. The spellingis phonetic, and the accent (stress) is always on the penult. --Es`pe*ran'tist (#), n."
"ESPIAILLE","Espial. [Obs.]"
"ESPIER","One who espies. Harmar."
"ESPINEL","A kind of ruby. See Spinel."
"ESPIONAGE","The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watchingthe words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies orsecret emissaries; secret watching."
"ESPLANADE","A grass plat; a lawn. Simmonds."
"ESPLEES","The full profits or products which ground or land yields, asthe hay of the meadows, the feed of the pasture, the grain of arablefields, the rents, services, and the like. Cowell."
"ESPOUSAGE","Espousal. [Obs.] Latimer."
"ESPOUSEMENT","The act of espousing, or the state of being espoused."
"ESPOUSER","One who espouses; one who embraces the cause of another ormakes it his own."
"ESPRESSIVO","With expression."
"ESPRINGAL","An engine of war used for throwing viretons, large stones, andother missiles; a springal."
"ESPRIT","Spirit. Esprit de corps (, a French phrase much used by Englishwriters to denote the common spirit pervading the members of a bodyor association of persons. It implies sympathy, enthusiasm, devotion,and jealous regard for the honor of the body as a whole."
"ESPY","To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to takenotice; to spy.Stand by the way, and espy. Jer. xlviii. 19."
"ESQUIMAU","Same as Eskimo.It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau can live, acivilized man can live also. McClintock."
"ESQUIRE","Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on aknight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree belowknight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; --often shortened to squire."
"ESQUISSE","The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue."
"ESSAY","A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usuallyshorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, anessay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or oncommerce."
"ESSAYER","One who essays. Addison."
"ESSAYIST","A writer of an essay, or of essays. B. Jonson."
"ESSENCE","To perfume; to scent. 'Essenced fops.' Addison."
"ESSENE","One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior,remarkable for their strictness and abstinence."
"ESSENISM","The doctrine or the practices of the Essenes. De Quincey."
"ESSENTIAL","Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones whichconstitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones."
"ESSENTIALITY","The quality of being essential; the essential part. Jer.Taylor."
"ESSENTIALLY","In an essential manner or degree; in an indispensable degree;really; as, essentially different."
"ESSENTIALNESS","Essentiality. Ld. Digby."
"ESSENTIATE","To form or constitute the essence or being of. [Obs.] Boyle."
"ESSOIN","To excuse for nonappearance in court. 'I 'll not essoin thee.'Quarles."
"ESSOINER","An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another."
"ESSONITE","Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet. See Garnet."
"ESSORANT","Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly; --said of a bird borne as a charge on an escutcheon."
"EST","East. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ESTABLISHED SUIT","A plain suit in which a player (or side) could, except fortrumping, take tricks with all his remaining cards."
"ESTABLISHER","One who establishes."
"ESTABLISHMENTARIAN","One who regards the Church primarily as an establishment formedby the State, and overlooks its intrinsic spiritual character.Shipley."
"ESTACADE","A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to check theapproach of an enemy."
"ESTAMINET","A caf\u00e9, or room in a caf\u00e9, in which smoking is allowed."
"ESTANCIA","A grazing; a country house. [Spanish America]"
"ESTATE","The great classes or orders of a community or state (as theclergy, the nobility, and the commonalty of England) or theirrepresentatives who administer the government; as, the estates of therealm (England), which are (1) the lords spiritual, (2) the lordstemporal, (3) the commons."
"ESTEEM","To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider.[Obs.]We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which isof force. Milton."
"ESTEEMABLE","Worthy of esteem; estimable. [R.] 'Esteemable qualities.' Pope."
"ESTEEMER","One who esteems; one who sets a high value on any thing.The proudest esteemer of his own parts. Locke."
"ESTER","An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organicradical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic orinorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fattyacids, oleic, etc."
"ESTHESIOMETER","Same as \u00c6sthesiometer."
"ESTIFEROUS","Producing heat. [R.] Smart."
"ESTIMABLE","A thing worthy of regard. [R.]One of the peculiar estimables of her country. Sir T. Browne."
"ESTIMABLENESS","The quality of deserving esteem or regard."
"ESTIMABLY","In an estimable manner."
"ESTIMATE","A valuing or rating by the mind, without actually measuring,weighing, or the like; rough or approximate calculation; as, anestimate of the cost of a building, or of the quantity of water in apond.Weigh success in a moral balance, and our whole estimate is changed.J. C. Shairp."
"ESTIMATOR","One who estimates or values; a valuer. Jer. Taylor."
"ESTOILE","A six-pointed star whose rays are wavy, instead of straightlike those of a mullet. [Written also \u00e9toile.] Estoile of eightpoints, a star which has four straight and four wavy rays.-- Estoile of four points. Same as Cross estoil\u00e9, under Cross."
"ESTOP","To impede or bar by estoppel.A party will be estopped by his admissions, where his intent is toinfluence another, or derive an advantage to himself. Abbott."
"ESTOVERS","Necessaries or supples; an allowance to a person out of anestate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for life,etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony of his estate, oralimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate. Blackstone.Common of estovers. See under Common, n."
"ESTRADE","A portion of the floor of a room raised above the generallevel, as a place for a bed or a throne; a platform; a dais.He [the teacher] himself should have his desk on a mounted estrade orplatform. J. G. Fitch."
"ESTRANGEDNESS","State of being estranged; estrangement. Prynne."
"ESTRANGEMENT","The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged;alienation.An estrangement from God. J. C. Shairp.A long estrangement from better things. South."
"ESTRANGER","One who estranges."
"ESTRANGLE","To strangle. [Obs.]"
"ESTRAPADE","The action of a horse, when, to get rid of his rider, he rears,plunges, and kicks furiously."
"ESTRAY","To stray. [Obs.] Daniel."
"ESTRE","The inward part of a building; the interior. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ESTREAT","A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing orrecord, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls ofcourt to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer. Cowell. Estreatof a recognizance, the extracting or taking out a forfeitedrecognizance from among the other records of the court, for thepurpose of a prosecution in another court, or it may be in the samecourt. Burrill."
"ESTREPE","To strip or lay bare, as land of wood, houses, etc.; to commitwaste."
"ESTREPEMENT","A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life, inlands, woods, or houses. Cowell."
"ESTRICH","The down of the ostrich. Brande & C."
"ESTUANCE","Heat. [Obs.]"
"ESTUARINE","Pertaining to an estuary; estuary."
"ESTUARY","Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata.Lyell."
"ESTUATE","To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated. Bacon."
"ESTUATION","The act of estuating; commotion, as of a fluid; agitation.The estuations of joys and fears. W. Montagu."
"ESTUFA","An assembly room in dwelling of the Pueblo Indians. L. H.Morgan."
"ESTURE","Commotion. [Obs.] Chapman."
"ESURIENT","Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious. [R.] Bailey. 'Poor, butesurient.' Carlyle."
"ESURINE","Causing hunger; eating; corroding. [Obs.] Wiseman."
"ETAAC","The blue buck."
"ETACISM","The pronunciation of the Greek \u00ea (eta) like the Italian e long,that is like a in the English word ate. See Itacism."
"ETACIST","One who favors etacism."
"ETAGERE","A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves orstages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use.Fairholt."
"ETAMINE","A light textile fabric, like a fine bunting."
"ETAPE","A public storehouse."
"ETAT MAJOR","The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank ofcolonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters,commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians,signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissionedassistants of the above officers."
"ETCH","A variant of Eddish. [Obs.] Mortimer."
"ETCHER","One who etches."
"ETEOSTIC","A kind of chronogram. [R.] B. Jonson."
"ETERMINABLE","Interminable. [Obs.] Skelton."
"ETERNALIST","One who holds the existence of matter to be from eternity. T.Burnet."
"ETERNALIZE","To make eternal. Shelton."
"ETERNALLY","In an eternal manner.That which is morally good or evil at any time or in any case, mustbe also eternally and unchangeably so. South.Where western gales eternally reside. Addison."
"ETERNE","See Etern."
"ETERNIFY","To make eternal. [Obs.]Fame . . . eternifies the name. Mir. for Mag."
"ETERNIZATION","The act of eternizing; the act of rendering immortal or famous."
"ETESIAN","Periodical; annual; -- applied to winds which annually blowfrom the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for anirregular period during July and August."
"ETHAL","A white waxy solid, C16H33.OH; -- called also cetylic alcohol.See Cetylic alcohol, under Cetylic."
"ETHANE","A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinaryilluminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, andits most important derivatives are common alcohol, aldehyde, ether,and acetic acid. Called also dimethyl."
"ETHE","Easy. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ETHEL","Noble. [Obs.]"
"ETHENE","Ethylene; olefiant gas."
"ETHENIC","Pertaining to, derived from. or resembling, ethene or ethylene;as, ethenic ether."
"ETHEOSTOMOID","Pertaining to, or like, the genus Etheostoma.-- n."
"ETHER","A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed topervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and tobe the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often calledluminiferous ether."
"ETHEREAL","Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, etherealsalts. Ethereal oil. (Chem.) See Essential oil, under Essential.-- Ethereal oil of wine (Chem.), a heavy, yellow, oily liquidconsisting essentially of etherin, etherol, and ethyl sulphate. It isthe oily residuum left after etherification. Called also heavy oil ofwine (distinguished from oil of wine, or oenanthic ether).-- Ethereal salt (Chem.), a salt of some organic radical as a base;an ester."
"ETHEREALISM","Ethereality."
"ETHEREALITY","The state of being ethereal; etherealness.Something of that ethereality of thought and manner which belonged toWordsworth's earlier lyrics. J. C. Shairp."
"ETHEREALIZATION","An ethereal or spiritlike state. J. H. Stirling."
"ETHEREALLY","In an ethereal manner."
"ETHEREALNESS","Ethereality."
"ETHEREOUS","Pertaining to, or resembling, either. Ethereous oil. SeeEthereal oil, under Ethereal."
"ETHERIFICATION","The act or process of making ether; specifically, the processby which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by theagency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid."
"ETHERIFORM","Having the form of ether."
"ETHERIN","A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymericvariety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue leftafter making ether; -- formerly called also concrete oil of wine."
"ETHEROL","An oily hydrocarbon regarded as a polymeric variety ofethylene, produced with etherin."
"ETHICALLY","According to, in harmony with, moral principles or character."
"ETHICIST","One who is versed in ethics, or has written on ethics."
"ETHICS","The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn fromthis science; a particular system of principles and rules concertingduty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a singleclass of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medicalethics.The completeness and consistency of its morality is the peculiarpraise of the ethics which the Bible has taught. I. Taylor."
"ETHIDE","Any compound of ethyl of a binary type; as, potassium ethide."
"ETHIDENE","Ethylidene. [Obs.]"
"ETHINE","Acetylene."
"ETHIONIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid so called.Ethionic acid (Chem.), a liquid derivative of ethylsulphuric andsulphuric (thionic) acids, obtained by the action of sulphur trioxideon absolute alcohol."
"ETHIOPIC","The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancientAbyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinianchurch. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called Geez."
"ETHIOPS","A black substance; -- formerly applied to various preparationsof a black or very dark color. [Written also \u00c6thiops.] [Obs.] Ethiopsmartial (Old Chem.), black oxide of iron.-- Ethiops mineral (Old Chem.), black sulphide of mercury, obtainedby triturating mercury with sulphur.-- Ethiops per se (Old Chem.), mercury in finely divided state,having the appearance of a dark powder, obtained by shaking it up orby exposure to the air."
"ETHMOID","The ethmoid bone."
"ETHMOTRUBINAL","See Turbinal.-- n."
"ETHMOVOMERINE","Pertaining to the region of the vomer and the base of theethmoid in the skull. Ethmovomerine plate (Anat.), a cartilaginousplate beneath the front of the fetal brain which the ethmoid regionof the skull is developed."
"ETHNARCH","The governor of a province or people. Lew Wallace."
"ETHNARCHY","The dominion of an ethnarch; principality and rule. Wright."
"ETHNIC","A heathen; a pagan. [Obs.]No better reported than impure ethnic and lay dogs. Milton."
"ETHNICALLY","In an ethnical manner."
"ETHNICISM","Heathenism; paganism; idolatry. [Obs.] 'Taint of ethnicism.' B.Jonson."
"ETHNOGRAPHER","One who investigates ethnography."
"ETHNOGRAPHICALLY","In an ethnographical manner."
"ETHNOGRAPHY","That branch of knowledge which has for its subject thecharacteristics of the human family, developing the details withwhich ethnology as a comparative science deals; descriptiveethnology. See Ethnology."
"ETHNOLOGICALLY","In an ethnological manner; by ethnological classification; as,one belonging ethnologically to an African race."
"ETHNOLOGIST","One versed in ethnology; a student of ethnology."
"ETHNOLOGY","The science which treats of the division of mankind into races,their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiaritieswhich characterize them."
"ETHOLOGIST","One who studies or writes upon ethology."
"ETHOPOETIC","Expressing character. [Obs.] Urquhart."
"ETHOS","The character, sentiment, or disposition of a community orpeople, considered as a natural endowment; the spirit which actuatesmanners and customs; also, the characteristic tone or genius of aninstitution or social organization."
"ETHULE","Ethyl. [Obs.]"
"ETHYL","A monatomic, hydrocarbon radical, C2H5 of the paraffin series,forming the essential radical of ethane, and of common alcohol andether. Ethyl aldehyde. (Chem.) See Aldehyde."
"ETHYLAMINE","A colorless, mobile, inflammable liquid, C2H5.NH2, veryvolatile and with an ammoniacal odor. It is a strong base, and is aderivative of ammonia. Called also ethyl carbamine, and amido ethane."
"ETHYLATE","A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of thehydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethylalcoholate; as, potassium ethylate, C2H5.O.K."
"ETHYLENE","A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an importantingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action ofconcentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. It is an unsaturated compoundand combines directly with chlorine and bromine to form oily liquids(Dutch liquid), -- hence called olefiant gas. Called also ethene,elayl, and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen. Ethylene series (Chem.),the series if unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is the type,and represented by the general formula CnH2n."
"ETHYLIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, ethyl; as, ethylicalcohol."
"ETHYLIDENE","An unsymmetrical, divalent, hydrocarbon radical, C2H4 metamericwith ethylene but written thus, CH3.CH to distinguish it from thesymmetrical ethylene, CH2.CH2. Its compounds are derived fromaldehyde. Formerly called also ethidene."
"ETHYLIN","Any one of the several complex ethers of ethyl and glycerin."
"ETHYLSULPHURIC","Pertaining to, or containing, ethyl and sulphuric acid.Ethylsulphuric acid (Chem.), an acid sulphate of ethyl, H.C2H5.SO4,produced as a thick liquid by the action of sulphiric acid onalcohol. It appears to be the active catalytic agent in the processof etherification."
"ETIOLATE","To become pale through disease or absence of light."
"ETIOLATION","Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease.Dunglison."
"ETIOLIN","A yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in darkness,which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of chlorophyll.Encyc. Brit."
"ETIOLOGICAL","Pertaining to, or inquiring into, causes; \u00e6tiological."
"ETIOLOGY","The science of causes. Same as tiology."
"ETIQUETTE","The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed byauthority, to be observed in social or official life; observance ofthe proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum;ceremonial code of polite society.The pompous etiquette to the court of Louis the Fourteenth. Prescott."
"ETNA","A kind of small, portable, cooking apparatus for which heat isfurnished by a spirit lamp.There should certainly be an etna for getting a hot cup of coffee ina hurry. V. Baker."
"ETNEAN","Pertaining to Etna, a volcanic mountain in Sicily."
"ETOILE","See Estoile."
"ETRURIAN","Of or relating to ancient Etruria, in Italy. 'Etrurian Shades.'Milton, -- n."
"ETRUSCAN","Of or relating to Etruria.-- n."
"ETTER PIKE","The stingfish, or lesser weever (Tranchinus vipera)."
"ETTIN","A giant. [Obs.] Beau & Fl."
"ETTLE","To earn. [Obs.] See Addle, to earn. Boucher."
"ETUDE","A study; an exercise; a piece for practice of some specialpoint of technical execution."
"ETUI","A case for one several small articles; esp., a box in whichscissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use arecarried."
"ETWEE","See . Shenstone."
"ETYM","See Etymon. H. F. Talbot."
"ETYMIC","Relating to the etymon; as, an etymic word."
"ETYMOLOGER","An etymologist."
"ETYMOLOGICAL","Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words.-- Et`y*mo*log'ic*al*ly, adv."
"ETYMOLOGICON","an etymological dictionary or manual."
"ETYMOLOGIST","One who investigates the derivation of words."
"ETYMOLOGIZE","To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, asa word. Camden"
"ETYMON","1. An original form; primitive word; root."
"ETYPICAL","Diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type."
"EU","A prefix used frequently in composition, signifying well, good,advantageous; -- the opposite of dys-."
"EUCAIRITE","A metallic mineral, a selenide of copper and silver; -- socalled by Berzelius on account of its being found soon after thediscovery of the metal selenium."
"EUCALYN","An unfermentable sugar, obtained as an uncrystallizable sirupby the decomposition of melitose; also obtained from a Tasmanianeucalyptus, -- whence its name."
"EUCALYPTOL","A volatile, terpenelike oil extracted from the eucalyptus, andconsisting largely of cymene."
"EUCALYPTUS","A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of themgrow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the heighteven of the California Sequoia."
"EUCHARIS","A genus of South American amaryllidaceous plants with large andbeautiful white blossoms."
"EUCHARIST","The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremonyof commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine,as the appointed emblems; the communion.-- See Sacrament."
"EUCHITE","One who resolves religion into prayer. [Obs.] Gauden."
"EUCHLORIC","Relating to, or consisting of, euchlorine; as, euchloric .Davy."
"EUCHLORINE","A yellow or greenish yellow gas, first prepared by Davy,evolved from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid. It is supposedto consist of chlorine tetroxide with some free chlorine."
"EUCHOLOGUE","Euchology. [R.]"
"EUCHRE","A game at cards, that may be played by two, three, or fourpersons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Jokeris used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and calledright bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, intwo-handed euchre, the nine spot. See Bower."
"EUCHROIC","Having a fine color. Euchroic acid (Chem.), an organic, imideacid, obtained as a colorless crystalline substance, C12H4N2O8 byheating an ammonium salt of mellitic acid. By reduction it is changedto a dark blue substance (euchrone), -- hence its name."
"EUCHROITE","A mineral occurring in transparent emerald green crystals. Itis hydrous arseniate of copper."
"EUCHRONE","A substance obtained from euchroic acid. See Eychroic."
"EUCHYMY","A good state of he blood and other fluids of the body."
"EUCLASE","A brittle gem occurring in light green, transparent crystals,affording a brilliant clinodiagonal cleavage. It is a silicate ofalumina and glucina."
"EUCLID","A Greek geometer of the 3d century"
"EUCLIDIAN","Related to Euclid, or to the geometry of Euclid. Euclidianspace (Geom.), the kind of space to which the axioms and definitionsof Euclid, relative to straight lines and parallel lines, apply; --called also flat space, and homaloidal space."
"EUCOPEPODA","A group which includes the typical copepods and the lerneans."
"EUCRASY","Such a due mixture of qualities in bodies as constitutes healthor soundness. Quincy."
"EUCTICAL","Expecting a wish; supplicatory. [R.]Sacrifices . . . distinguished into expiatory, euctical, andeucharistical. Bp. Law."
"EUDIALYTE","A mineral of a brownish red color and vitreous luster,consisting chiefly of the silicates of iron, zirconia, and lime."
"EUDIOMETER","An instrument for the volumetric measurement of gases; -- sonamed because frequently used to determine the purity of the air."
"EUDIOMETRY","The art or process of determining he constituents of a gaseousmixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity ofthe air or the amount of oxygen in it."
"EUDIPLEURA","The fundamental forms of organic life, that are composed of twoequal and symmetrical halves. Syd. Soc. Lex."
"EUDOXIAN","A follower of Eudoxius, patriarch of Antioch and Constantinoplein the 4th century, and a celebrated defender of the doctrines ofArius."
"EUGANOIDEI","A group which includes the bony ganoids, as the gar pikes."
"EUGE","Applause. [Obs.] Hammond."
"EUGENESIS","The quality or condition of having strong reproductive powers;generation with full fertility between different species or races,specif. between hybrids of the first generation."
"EUGENIA","A genus of mytraceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, andincluding several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are thetrees which produce allspice and cloves of commerce."
"EUGENIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, cloves; as, eugenic acid."
"EUGENICS","The science of improving stock, whether human or animal. F.Galton."
"EUGENIN","A colorless, crystalline substance extracted from oil ofcloves; -- called also clove camphor."
"EUGENOL","A colorless, aromatic, liquid hydrocarbon, C10H12O2 resemblingthe phenols, and hence also called eugenic acid. It is found in theoils of pimento and cloves."
"EUGENY","Nobleness of birth. [Obs.]"
"EUGH","The yew. [Obs.] Dryden."
"EUHARMONIC","Producing mathematically perfect harmony or concord; sweetly orperfectly harmonious."
"EUHEMERISM","The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology werebut deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification inimagination of human acts."
"EUHEMERIST","One who advocates euhemerism."
"EUHEMERISTIC","Of or pertaining to euhemerism."
"EUHEMERIZE","To interpret (mythology) on the theory of euhemerism."
"EUISOPODA","A group which includes the typical Isopoda."
"EULACHON","The candlefish. [Written also oulachan, oolacan, and ulikon.]See Candlefish."
"EULERIAN","Pertaining Euler, a German mathematician of the 18th century.Eulerian integrals, certain definite integrals whose properties werefirst investigated by Euler."
"EULOGIST","One who eulogizes or praises; panegyrist; encomiast. Buckle."
"EULOGIUM","A formal eulogy. Smollett."
"EULOGIZE","To speak or write in commendation of (another); to extol inspeech or writing; to praise."
"EULOGY","A speech or writing in commendation of the character orservices of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth.Eulogies turn into elegies. Spenser."
"EULYTITE","a mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicate of bismuth, foundat Freiberg; -- called also culytine."
"EUMENIDES","A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes."
"EUMOLPUS","A genus of small beetles, one species of which (E. viti) isvery injurious to the vines in the wine countries of Europe."
"EUNOMIAN","A follower of Eunomius, bishop of Cyzicus (4th century A. D.),who held that Christ was not God but a created being, having a naturedifferent from that of the Father.-- a."
"EUNOMY","Equal law, or a well-adjusted constitution of government. [R.]Mitford."
"EUNUCH","A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a classof such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the women'sapartments. Some of them, in former times, gained high official rank."
"EUNUCHISM","The state of being eunuch. Bp. Hall."
"EUONYMIN","A principle or mixture of principles derived from Euonymusatropurpureus, or spindle tree."
"EUONYMUS","A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree.The bark is used as a cathartic."
"EUORNITHES","The division of Aves which includes all the typical birds, orall living birds except the penguins and birds of ostrichlike form."
"EUOSMITTE","A fossil resin, so called from its strong, peculiar, pleasantodor."
"EUPATHY","Right feeling. [R.] Harris."
"EUPATORIUM","A genus of perennial, composite herbs including hemp agrimony,boneset, throughwort, etc."
"EUPATRID","One well born, or of noble birth."
"EUPEPTIC","Of or pertaining to good digestion; easy of digestion; having agood digestion; as, eupeptic food; an eupeptic man.Wrapt in lazy eupeptic fat. Carlyle."
"EUPHEMISM","A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression issoftened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensiveexpression; a mild name for something disagreeable."
"EUPHEMIZE","To express by a euphemism, or in delicate language; to make useof euphemistic expressions."
"EUPHONIAD","An instrument in which are combined the characteristic tones ofthe organ and various other instruments. [R.]"
"EUPHONICON","A kind of uptight piano."
"EUPHONIOUS","Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding. Hallam.-- Eu*pho'ni*ous*ly, adv."
"EUPHONISM","An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony."
"EUPHONIUM","A bass instrument of the saxhorn family."
"EUPHONIZE","To make euphonic. [R.]"
"EUPHONON","An instrument resembling the organ in tine and the uprightpiano in form. It is characterized by great strength and sweetness oftone."
"EUPHONOUS","Euphonious. [R.]"
"EUPHONY","A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation ofsounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing tothe ear."
"EUPHORBIA","Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species,mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milkyjuice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yieldpowerful emetic and cathartic products."
"EUPHORBIUM","An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears,produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was formerlyemployed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects thatits use is nearly abandoned."
"EUPHOTIDE","A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite andsmaragdite; -- sometimes called gabbro."
"EUPHRASY","The plant eyesight (euphrasia officionalis), formerly regardedas beneficial in disorders of the eyes.Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had muchto see. Milton."
"EUPHROE","A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of thecrowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up. [Written alsouphroe and uvrou.] Knight."
"EUPHUISM","An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement oflanguage; high-flown diction."
"EUPHUIST","One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language;-- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whoseproductions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction."
"EUPHUISTIC","Belonging to the euphuists, or euphuism; affectedly refined."
"EUPHUIZE","To affect excessive refinement in language; to be overnice inexpression."
"EUPIONE","A limpid, oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillationof various vegetable and animal substances; -- specifically, an oilconsisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series.[Written also eupion.]"
"EUPITTONE","A yellow, crystalline substance, resembling aurin, and obtainedby the oxidation of pittacal; -- called also eupittonic acid.[Written also eupitton.]"
"EUPITTONIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, eupittone."
"EUPLASTIC","Having the capacity of becoming organizable in a high degree,as the matter forming the false membranes which sometimes result fromacute inflammation in a healthy person. Dunglison."
"EUPLECTELLA","A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwovensiliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- calledalso Venus's flower-basket."
"EUPLEXOPTERA","An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wingsare short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold upbeneath them. See Earwig."
"EUPNAEA","Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal,in distinction from dyspn\u00e6a, in which the blood is insufficientlyarterialized. Foster."
"EURASIAN","Of European and Asiatic descent; of or pertaining to bothEurope and Asia; as, the great Eurasian plain."
"EURASIATIO","Of or pertaining to the continents of Europe and Asia combined."
"EUREKA","The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to havecried out 'Eureka! eureka!' (I have found it! I have found it!), uponsuddenly discovering a method of finding out how much the gold ofKing Hiero's crown had been alloyed. Hence, an expression of triumphconcerning a discovery."
"EURHIPIDUROUS","Having a fanlike tail; belonging to the Eurhipidur\u00e6, a divisionof Aves which includes all living birds."
"EURIPIZE","To whirl hither and thither. [Obs.]"
"EURIPUS","A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or acurrent, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright ofthis name between Eub\u00e6a and B\u00e6otia. Hence, a flux and reflux. Burke."
"EURITE","A compact feldspathic rock; felsite. See Felsite."
"EURITIC","Of or pelating to eurite."
"EUROCLYDON","A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean.See Levanter.A tempestuous wind called Euroclydon. Acts xxvii. 14."
"EUROPEAN","Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants. On theEuropean plain, having rooms to let, and leaving it optional withguests whether they will take meals in the house; -- said of hotels.[U. S.]"
"EUROPEANIZE","To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character;to habituate or accustom to European usages.A state of society . . . changed and Europenized. Lubbock."
"EUROPIUM","A metallic element of the rare-earth group, discoveredspectroscopically by Demarcay in 1896. Symbol, Eu; at. wt., 152.0."
"EURUS","The east wind."
"EURYALE","A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The onlyspecies (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. Therootstocks and seeds are used as food."
"EURYALIDA","A tribe of Ophiuroidea, including the genera Euryale,Astrophyton, etc. They generally have the arms branched. SeeAstrophyton."
"EURYCEROUS","Having broad horns."
"EURYPTEROID","Like, or pertaining to, the genus Euryperus."
"EURYPTEROIDEA","An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the genus Eurypterusis the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks. [Written alsoEurypterida.]"
"EURYPTERUS","A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Someof the species are more than three feet long."
"EURYTHMY","Just or harmonious proportion or movement, as in thecomposition of a poem, an edifice, a painting, or a statue."
"EUSEBIAN","A follower of Eusebius, bishop of C\u00e6sarea, who was a friend andprotector of Arius."
"EUSTYLE","See Intercolumnlation."
"EUTAXY","Good or established order or arrangement. [R.] E. Waterhouse."
"EUTECTIC","Of maximum fusibility; -- said of an alloy or mixture which hasthe lowest melting point which it is possible to obtain by thecombination of the given components."
"EUTERPE","The Muse who presided over music."
"EUTERPEAN","Of or pertaining to Euterpe or to music."
"EUTEXIA","The principle or process of forming from given components theeutectic alloy, or alloy of maximum fusibility."
"EUTHANASIA","An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. 'An euthanasia ofall thought.' Hazlitt.The kindest wish of my friends is euthanasia. Arbuthnot."
"EUTHANASY","Same as Euthanasia."
"EUTHIOCHROIC","Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid so called. Euthiochroicacid (Chem.), a complex derivative of hydroquinone and sulphonic(thionic) acid.-- so called because it contains sulphur, and forms brilliantlycolored (yellow) salts."
"EUTHYNEURA","A large division of gastropod molluske, including thePulmonifera and Opisthobranchiata."
"EUTROPHY","Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritivefunctions."
"EUTYCHIAN","A follower of Eutyches [5th century], who held that the divineand the human in the person of Christ were blended together as toconstitute but one nature; a monophysite; -- opposed to Nestorian."
"EUTYCHIANISM","The doctrine of Eutyches and his followers."
"EUXANTHIC","Having a yellow color; pertaining to, derived from, orresembling, euxanthin. Euxanthic acid (Chem.), a yellow, crystalline,organic acid, extracted from euxanthin."
"EUXANTHIN","A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a strongodor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorousanimals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt ofeuxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow."
"EUXENITE","A brownish black mineral with a metallic luster, found inNorway. It contains niobium, titanium, yttrium, and uranium, withsome other metals."
"EVACATE","To empty. [Obs.] Harvey."
"EVACUANT","Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic.-- n. (Med.)"
"EVACUATE","To let blood [Obs.] Burton."
"EVACUATIVE","Serving of tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative."
"EVACUATOR","One who evacuates; a nullifier. 'Evacuators of the law.'Hammond."
"EVACUATORY","A purgative."
"EVADE","To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity,subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly;as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force ofan argument.The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading theChristian miracles. Trench."
"EVADIBLE","Capable of being evaded. [R.]"
"EVAGATION","A wandering about; excursion; a roving. [R.] Ray."
"EVAGINATE","Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination; turned inside out;unsheathed; evaginated; as, an evaginate membrane."
"EVAGINATION","The act of unsheathing."
"EVAL","Relating to time or duration. [Obs.]"
"EVALUATE","To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise."
"EVALUATION","Valuation; appraisement. J. S. Mill."
"EVANESCE","To vanish away; to because dissipated and disappear, likevapor.I believe him to have evanesced or evaporated. De Quincey."
"EVANESCENCE","The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, theevanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes.Rambler."
"EVANESCENTLY","; imperceptibly. Chalmers."
"EVANGEL","Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, thegospel, or a gospel. Milton.Her funeral anthem is a glad evangel. Whittier."
"EVANGELIAN","Rendering thanks for favors."
"EVANGELIC","Belonging to, or contained in, the gospel; evangelical.'Evangelic truth.' J. Foster."
"EVANGELICAL","One of evangelical principles."
"EVANGELICALISM","Adherence to evangelical doctrines; evangelism. G. Eliot."
"EVANGELICALLY","In an evangelical manner."
"EVANGELICALNESS","State of being evangelical."
"EVANGELICISM","Evangelical principles; evangelism."
"EVANGELICITY","Evangelicism."
"EVANGELISM","The preaching or promulgation of the gospel. Bacon."
"EVANGELIST","A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines.Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the wayfor a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writerof one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the fourevangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacherwhose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance.The Apostles, so far as they evangelized, might claim the tittlethough there were many evangelists who were not Apistles. Plumptre."
"EVANGELISTARY","A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divineservice. Porson."
"EVANGELISTIC","Pertaining to the four evangelists; designed or fitted toevangelize; evangelical; as, evangelistic efforts."
"EVANGELIZATION","The act of evangelizing; the state of being evangelized.The work of Christ's ministers is evangelization. Hobbes."
"EVANGELIZE","To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to; to convertto Christianity; as, to evangelize the world.His apostles whom he sends To evangelize the nations. Milton."
"EVANGELY","Evangel. [Obs.]The sacred pledge of Christ's evangely. Spenser."
"EVANGILE","Good tidings; evangel. [R.]Above all, the Servians . . . read, with much avidity, the evangileof their freedom. Londor."
"EVANID","Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; as,evanid color. [Obs.]They are very transistory and evanid. Barrow."
"EVANISH","To vanish.Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. Burns."
"EVANISHMENT","A vanishing; disappearance. [R.] T. Jefferson."
"EVAPORABLE","Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated byevaporation."
"EVAPORATE","Dispersed in vapors. Thomson."
"EVAPORATION","See Vaporization."
"EVAPORATIVE","Pertaining to, or producing, evaporation; as, the evaporativeprocess."
"EVAPORATOR","An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for dryingfruit by heat."
"EVAPOROMETER","An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of a fluidevaporated in a given time; an atmometer."
"EVASIBLE","That may be evaded. [R.]"
"EVASION","The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of anargument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means ofeluding.Thou . . . by evasions thy crime uncoverest more. Milton."
"EVASIVE","Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling;avoiding by artifice.Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest, Answered evasive ofthe sly request. Pope.Stammered out a few evasive phrases. Macaulay.-- E*va'sive*ly , adv.-- E*va'sive*ness, n."
"EVECTICS","The branch of medical science which teaches the method ofacquiring a good habit of body. [Obs.]"
"EVEN","Evening. See Eve, n. 1. [Poetic.] Shak."
"EVENE","To happen. [Obs.] Hewyt."
"EVENFALL","Beginning of evening. 'At the quiet evenfall.' Tennyson."
"EVENHAND","Equality. [Obs.] Bacon."
"EVENHANDED","Fair or impartial; unbiased. 'Evenhanded justice.' Shak.-- E'ven*hand`ed*ly, adv.-- E'ven*hand`ed*ness, n."
"EVENLY","With an even, level, or smooth surface; without roughness,elevations, or depression; uniformly; equally; comfortably;impartially; serenely."
"EVENMINDED","Having equanimity."
"EVENNESS","The state of being ven, level, or disturbed; smoothness;horizontal position; uniformity; impartiality; calmness; equanimity;appropriate place or level; as, evenness of surface, of a fluid atrest, of motion, of dealings, of temper, of condition.It had need be something extraordinary, that must warrant an ordinaryperson to rise higher than his own evenness. Jer. Taylor."
"EVENSONG","A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship(in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, thetime of evensong. Wyclif. Milton."
"EVENT","To break forth. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"EVENTERATE","To rip open; todisembowel. [Obs.] Sir. T. Brown."
"EVENTFUL","Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventfuljourney; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life."
"EVENTIDE","The time of evening; evening. [Poetic.] Spenser."
"EVENTILATION","The act of eventilating; discussion. [Obs.] Bp. Berkely."
"EVENTLESS","Without events; tame; monotomous; marked by nothing unusual;uneventful."
"EVENTOGNATHI","An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwaterspecies such as the carp, loach, chub, etc."
"EVENTUAL","Dependent on events; contingent. Marshall."
"EVENTUALITY","Disposition to take cognizance of events."
"EVENTUALLY","In an eventual manner; finally; ultimately."
"EVENTUATE","To come out finally or in conclusion; to result; to come topass."
"EVENTUATION","The act of eventuating or happening as a result; the outcome.R. W. Hamilton."
"EVERDURING","Everlasting. Shak."
"EVERGLADE","A swamp or low tract of land inundated with water andinterspersed with hummocks, or small islands, and patches of highgrass; as, the everglades of Florida. [U. S.]"
"EVERGREEN","Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retainingunwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, aspines cedars, hemlocks, and the like."
"EVERGREEN STATE","Washington; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance ofevergreen trees."
"EVERLASTING","A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form orcolor, as the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), theimmortelle of the French, the cudweeds, etc."
"EVERLASTINGLY","In an everlasting manner."
"EVERLASTINGNESS","The state of being everlasting; endless duration; indefiniteduration."
"EVERMORE","During eternity; always; forever; for an indefinite period; atall times; -- often used substantively with for.Seek the Lord . . . Seek his face evermore. Ps. cv. 4.And, behold, I am alive for evermore. Rev. i. 18.Which flow from the presence of God for evermore. Tillotson.I evermore did love you, Hermia. Shak."
"EVERNIC","Pertaining to Evernia, a genus of lichens; as, evernic acid."
"EVERSE","To overthrow or subvert. [Obs.] Glanvill."
"EVERSIVE","Tending to evert or overthrow; subversive; with of.A maxim eversive . . . of all justice and morality. Geddes."
"EVERYBODY","Every person."
"EVERYDAY","Used or fit for every day; common; usual; as, an everyday suitor clothes.The mechanical drudgery of his everyday employment. Sir. J. Herchel."
"EVERYONE","Everybody; -- commonly separated, every one."
"EVERYTHING","Whatever pertains to the subject under consideration; allthings.More wise, more learned, more just, more everything. Pope."
"EVERYWHEN","At any or all times; every instant. [R.] 'Eternal law issilently present everywhere and everywhen.' Carlyle."
"EVERYWHERE","In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; throughly;altogether."
"EVERYWHERENESS","Ubiquity; omnipresence. [R.] Grew."
"EVESDROP","See Eavesdrop."
"EVESDROPPER","See Eavesdropper."
"EVESTIGATE","To investigate. [Obs.] Bailey."
"EVET","The common newt or eft. In America often applied to severalspecies of aquatic salamanders. [Written also evat.]"
"EVIBRATE","To vibrate. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"EVICT","To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramountright or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.The law of England would speedily evict them out of their possession.Sir. J. Davies."
"EVIDENCE","That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as ameans of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact underinvestigation before it; means of making proof; -- the latter,strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather theeffect of it. Greenleaf. Circumstantial evidence, Conclusiveevidence, etc. See under Circumstantial, Conclusive, etc.-- Crown's, King's, or Queen's evidence, evidence for the crown.[Eng.] -- State's evidence, evidence for the government or thepeople. [U. S. ] -- To turn King's, Queen's or State's evidence, toconfess a crime and give evidence against one's accomplices."
"EVIDENCER","One whi gives evidence."
"EVIDENT","Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding,and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure or color of a bodyis evident to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always bemade evident.Your honor and your goodness is so evident. Shak.And in our faces evident the sings Of foul concupiscence. Milton."
"EVIDENTIAL","Relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially,relating to the evidences of Christianity. Bp. Fleetwood. 'Evidentialtracks.' Earle..-- Ev`i*den'tial*ly, adv."
"EVIDENTIARY","Furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential.When a fact is supposed, although incorrectly, to be evidentiary of,a mark of, some other fact. J. S. Mill."
"EVIDENTLY","In an evident manner; clearly; plainly.Before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth. Gal.iii. 1.He has evidently in the prime of youth. W. Irving."
"EVIDENTNESS","State of being evident."
"EVIGILATION","A waking up or awakening. [Obs.]"
"EVIL","In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily;injuriously; unkindly. Shak.It went evil with his house. 1 Chron. vii. 23.The Egyptians evil entreated us, and affected us. Deut. xxvi. 6."
"EVIL EYE",". See Evil eye under Evil, a."
"EVIL-EYED","Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy,jealousy, or bad design; malicious. Shak."
"EVIL-FAVORED","Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished;deformed. Bacon.-- E'vil-fa`vored*ness, n. Deut. xvi. 1."
"EVIL-MINDED","Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief orsin; malicious; malignant; wicked.-- E'vil-mind`ed*ness, n."
"EVILLY","In an evil manner; not well; ill. [Obs.] 'Good deeds evillybestowed.' Shak."
"EVILNESS","The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness;malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin."
"EVINCEMENT","The act of evincing or proving, or the state of being evinced."
"EVINCIBLE","Capable of being proved or clearly brought to light;demonstrable. Sir. M. Hale. --E*vin'ci*bly, adv."
"EVINCIVE","Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate;demonstrative; indicative."
"EVIRATE","To emasculate; to dispossess of manhood. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"EVIRATION","Castration. [Obs.]"
"EVISCERATE","To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut."
"EVISCERATION","A disemboweling."
"EVITABLE","A voidable. [R.] Hooker."
"EVITATE","To shun; to avoid. [Obs.] Shak."
"EVITATION","A shunning; avoidance. [Obs.] Bacon."
"EVITE","To shun. [Obs.] Dryton."
"EVITERNAL","Eternal; everlasting. [Obs.] -- Ev`i*ter'nal*ly, adv. Bp. Hall."
"EVITERNITY","Eternity. [Obs.]"
"EVOCATE","To call out or forth; to summon; to evoke. [R.] Stackhouse."
"EVOCATION","The act of calling out or forth. Sir. T. Browne.The evocation of that better spirit. M. Arnold."
"EVOCATIVE","Calling forth; serving to evoke; developing.Evocative power over all that is eloquent and expressive in thebetter soul of man. W. Pater."
"EVOCATOR","One who calls forth. [R.]"
"EVOKE","Apt to fly away. [Obs. or R.] Blount."
"EVOLATION","A flying out or up. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"EVOLUTE","A curve from which another curve, called the involute orevolvent, is described by the end of a thread gradually wound uponthe former, or unwound from it. See Involute. It is the locus of thecenters of all the circles which are osculatory to the given curve orevolvent."
"EVOLUTILITY","The faculty possessed by all substances capable of self-nourishment of manifesting the nutritive acts by changes of form, ofvolume, or of structure. Syd. Soc. Lex."
"EVOLUTION","The formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from acurve as an evolute. Hutton."
"EVOLUTIONAL","Relating to evolution. 'Evolutional changes.' H. Spenser."
"EVOLUTIONARY","Relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions."
"EVOLUTIONISM","The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution, 6 and 7."
"EVOLVE","To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through aprocess of evolution. Prior."
"EVOLVEMENT","The act of evolving, or the state of being evolved; evolution."
"EVOLVENT","The involute of a curve. See Involute, and Evolute."
"EVOMIT","To vomit. [Obs.]"
"EVOMITION","The act of vomiting. [Obs.] Swift."
"EVULGATE","To publish abroad. [Obs.]"
"EVULGATION","A divulging. [Obs.]"
"EVULSION","The act of plucking out; a rooting out."
"EW","A yew. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"EWE","The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals."
"EWE-NECKED","Having a neck like a ewe; -- said of horses in which the archof the neck is deficent, being somewhat hollowed out. Youwatt."
"EWER","A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug; esp., one used to holdwater for the toilet.Basins and ewers to lave her dainty hands. Shak."
"EWT","The newt."
"EX LIBRIS","An inscription, label, or the like, in a book indicating itsownership; esp., a bookplate."
"EX OFFICIO","From office; by virtue, or as a consequence, of an office;officially."
"EX PARTE","Upon or from one side only; one-sided; partial; as, an ex partestatement. Ex parte application, one made without notice oropportunity to oppose.-- Ex parte council, one that assembles at the request of only oneof the parties in dispute.-- Ex parte hearing or evidence (Law), that which is had or taken byone side or party in the absence of the other. Hearings before grandjuries, and affidavits, are ex parte. Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill."
"EX-",". A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition,it signifies out of, as, in exhale, exclude; off, from, or out. as inexscind; beyond, as, in excess, exceed, excel; and sometimes has aprivative sense of without, as in exalbuminuos, exsanguinous. In somewords, it intensifies the meaning; in others, it has little affect onthe signification. It becomes ef- before f, as in effuse. The form e-occurs instead of ex- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v, as inebullient, emanate, enormous, etc. In words from the French it oftenappears as es-, sometimes as s- or \u00e9-; as, escape, scape, \u00e9lite. Ex-,prefixed to names implying office, station, condition, denotes thatthe person formerly held the office, or is out of the office orcondition now; as, ex-president, ex-governor, ex-mayor, ex-convict.The Greek form 'ex becomes ex in English, as in exarch; 'ek becomesec, as in eccentric."
"EX-OFFICIAL","Proceeding from office or authority."
"EX-VOTO","An offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow."
"EXACERBATE","To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; toimbitter, as passions or disease. Broughman."
"EXACERBATION","A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittentor continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painfulaction."
"EXACERBESCENCE","Increase of irritation or violence, particularly the increaseof a fever or disease."
"EXACERVATION","The act of heaping up. [Obs.] Bailey."
"EXACINATE","To remove the kernel form."
"EXACINATION","Removal of the kernel."
"EXACT","To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as aright; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel toyield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none isdue; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction;as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one.He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.Luke. iii. 13.Years of servise past From grateful souls exact reward at lastDryden.My designs Exact me in another place. Massinger."
"EXACTER","An exactor. [R.]"
"EXACTING","Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands orrequiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. 'Atemper so exacting.' T. Arnold -- Ex*act'ing*ly, adv.-- Ex*act'ing*ness, n."
"EXACTITUDE","The quality of being exact; exactness."
"EXACTLY","In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, orfact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. 'Exactly wrought.'Shak.His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interestsrequired. Bancroft."
"EXACTOR","One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, anextortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands.Jer. Taylor."
"EXACTRESS","A woman who is an exactor. [R.] B. Jonson."
"EXACUATE","To whet or sharpen. [Obs.] B. Jonson.-- Ex*ac`u*a'tion, n. [Obs.]"
"EXAERESIS","In old writers, the operations concerned in the removal ofparts of the body."
"EXAGGERATED","Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth.-- Ex*ag'ger*a`ted*ly, adv."
"EXAGGERATING","That exaggerates; enlarging beyond bounds.-- Ex*ag'ger*a`ting*ly, adv."
"EXAGGERATION","A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression,beauty, power, vigor."
"EXAGGERATIVE","Tending to exaggerate; involving exaggeration. 'Exaggerativelanguage.' Geddes. 'Exaggerative pictures.' W. J. Linton.-- Ex*ag'ger*a*tive*ly, adv. Carlyle."
"EXAGGERATOR","One who exaggerates; one addicted to exaggeration. L. Horner."
"EXAGGERATORY","Containing, or tending to, exaggeration; exaggerative. Johnson."
"EXAGITATION","Agitation. [Obs.] Bailey."
"EXALBUMINOUS","Having no albumen about the embryo; -- said of certain seeds."
"EXALT","To render pure or refined; to intensify or concentrate; as, toexalt the juices of bodies.With chemic art exalts the mineral powers. Pope."
"EXALTATE","Exercising its highest influence; -- said of a planet. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"EXALTATION","The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing ofits virtue or principal property."
"EXALTED","Raised to lofty height; elevated; extolled; refined; dignified;sublime.Wiser far than Solomon, Of more exalted mind. Milton.Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strictscrutiny. Ames.-- Ex*alt'ed*ly, adv.-- Ex*alt'ed*ness, n. 'The exaltedness of some minds.' T. Gray."
"EXALTER","One who exalts or raises to dignity."
"EXALTMENT","Exaltation. [Obs.] Barrow."
"EXAMEN","Examination; inquiry. [R.] 'A critical examen of the twopieces.' Cowper."
"EXAMETRON","An hexameter. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"EXAMINABLE","Capable of being examined or inquired into. Bacon."
"EXAMINATE","A person subjected to examination. [Obs.] Bacon."
"EXAMINATOR","An examiner. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"EXAMINEE","A person examined."
"EXAMINER","One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; anofficer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as,an examiner of students for a degree; an examiner in chancery, in thepatent office, etc."
"EXAMINERSHIP","The office or rank of an examiner."
"EXAMINING","Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examiningcommittee."
"EXAMPLARY","Serving for example or pattern; exemplary. [Obs.] Hooker."
"EXAMPLE","To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify;to give an instance of; to instance. [Obs.] 'I may example mydigression by some mighty precedent.' Shak.Burke devoted himself to this duty with a fervid assiduity that hasnot often been exampled, and has never been surpassed. J. Morley."
"EXAMPLELESS","Without or above example. [R.]"
"EXAMPLER","A pattern; an exemplar. [Obs.]"
"EXAMPLESS","Exampleless. [Wrongly formed.] B. Jonson."
"EXANGUIOUS","Bloodless. [Obs.] See Exsanguious. Sir T. Browne."
"EXANGULOUS","Having no corners; without angles. [R.]"
"EXANIMATE","To deprive of animation or of life. [Obs.]"
"EXANIMATION","Deprivation of life or of spirits. [R.] Bailey."
"EXANIMOUS","Lifeless; dead. [Obs.] Johnson."
"EXANNULATE","Having the sporangium destitute of a ring; -- said of certaingenera of ferns."
"EXANTHEM","Same as Exanthema."
"EXANTHEMA","An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption orbreaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the likediseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever.Dunglison."
"EXANTHESIS","An eruption of the skin; cutaneous efflorescence."
"EXANTLATE","To exhaust or wear out. [Obs.] 'Seeds . . . wearied orexantlated.' Boyle."
"EXANTLATION","Act of drawing out ; exhaustion. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"EXARATE","To plow up; also, to engrave; to write. [Obs.] Blount."
"EXARATION","Act of plowing; also, act of writing. [Obs.] Bailey."
"EXARCH","A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of theByzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over severalmonasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch ,who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc."
"EXARCHATE","The office or the province of an exarch. Jer. Taylor."
"EXARILLATE","Having no aril; -- said of certain seeds, or of the plantsproducing them."
"EXARTICULATE","Having but one joint; -- said of certain insects."
"EXARTICULATION","Luxation; the dislocation of a joint. Bailey."
"EXASPERATE","Exasperated; imbittered. [Obs.] Shak.Like swallows which the exasperate dying year Sets spinning. Mrs.Browning."
"EXASPERATER","One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity, or violence."
"EXASPIDEAN","Having the anterior scute"
"EXAUCTORATE","See Exauthorate. [Obs.]"
"EXAUCTORATION","See Exauthoration."
"EXAUGURATE","To annul the consecration of; to secularize; to unhellow.[Obs.] Holland."
"EXAUGURATION","The act of exaugurating; desecration. [Obs.]"
"EXAUTHORATE","To deprive of authority or office; to depose; to discharge.[Obs.]Exauthorated for their unworthiness. Jer. Taylor."
"EXAUTHORATION","Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration. [Obs.] Jer.Taylor."
"EXAUTHORIZE","To deprive of uthority. [Obs.] Selden."
"EXCALCEATE","To deprive of shoes. [Obs.] Chambers."
"EXCALCEATION","The act of depriving or divesting of shoes. [Obs.] Chambers."
"EXCALFACTION","A heating or warming; calefaction. [Obs.] Blount."
"EXCALFACTIVE","Serving to heat; warming. [Obs.] Cotgrave."
"EXCALFACTORY","Heating; warming. [Obs.] Holland."
"EXCALIBUR","The name of King Arthur's mythical sword. [Written alsoExcalibar, Excalibor, Escalibar, and Caliburn.] Tennyson."
"EXCANDESCENT","White or glowing with heat. [R.] Ure."
"EXCANTATION","Disenchantment by a countercharm. [Obs.] Gayton."
"EXCARNATE","To deprive or clear of flesh. Grew."
"EXCARNATION","The act of depriving or divesting of flesh; excarnification; --opposed to incarnation."
"EXCARNIFICATE","To clear of flesh; to excarnate. Dr. H. More."
"EXCARNIFICATION","The act of excarnificating or of depriving of flesh;excarnation. Johnson."
"EXCAVATE","To dig out and remove, as earth.The material excavated was usually sand. E. L. Corthell.Excavating pump, a kind of dredging apparatus for excavating underwater, in which silt and loose material mixed with water are drawn upby a pump. Knight."
"EXCAVATOR","One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, asa dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating."
"EXCAVE","To excavate. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"EXCECATE","To blind. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"EXCECATION","The act of making blind. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson."
"EXCEDENT","Excess. [R.]"
"EXCEED","To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit ormeasure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a badsense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power,skill, etc. ; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rankexceeds yours.Name the time, but let it not Exceed three days. Shak.Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. Pope."
"EXCEEDABLE","Capable of exceeding or surpassing. [Obs.] Sherwood."
"EXCEEDER","One who exceeds. Bp. Montagu."
"EXCEEDING","More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient;measureless. 'The exceeding riches of his grace.' Eph. ii. 7.-- Ex*ceed'ing*ness, n. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"EXCEEDINGLY","To a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly. Itsignifies more than very."
"EXCEL","To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, oracquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel inmathematics, or classics.Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. Gen. xlix. 4.Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel. Pope."
"EXCELLENT","Excellently; eminently; exceedingly. [Obs.] 'This comes offwell and excellent.' Shak."
"EXCELSIOR","More lofty; still higher; ever upward."
"EXCENTRAL","Out of the center."
"EXCENTRICITY",". (Math.) Same as Eccentricity."
"EXCEPT","To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to,sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.Except thou wilt except against my love. Shak."
"EXCEPTANT","Making exception."
"EXCEPTING",", but properly a participle. With rejection or exception of;excluding; except. 'Excepting your worship's presence.' Shak.No one was ever yet made utterly miserable, excepting by himself.Lubbock."
"EXCEPTION","An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of anaction, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, inthe course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse oftime, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also,as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts somethingbefore granted. Burrill."
"EXCEPTIONABLE","Liable to exception or objection; objectionable.-- Ex*cep'tion*a*ble*ness, n.This passage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the wholepoem. Addison."
"EXCEPTIONAL","Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence,better than the average; superior. Lyell.This particular spot had exceptional advantages. Jowett (Th. )-- Ex*cep'tion*al*ly(#), adv."
"EXCEPTIONER","One who takes exceptions or makes objections. [Obs.] Milton."
"EXCEPTIONLESS","Without exception.A universal, . . . exceptionless disqualification. Bancroft."
"EXCEPTIOUS","Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious.[Obs.]At least effectually silence the doubtful and exceptious. South.-- Ex*cep'tious*ness, n. [Obs.] Barrow."
"EXCEPTIVE","That excepts; including an exception; as, an exceptiveproposition. I. Watts.A particular and exceptive law. Milton."
"EXCEPTLESS","Not exceptional; usual. [Obs.]My general and exceptless rashness. Shak."
"EXCEPTOR","One who takes exceptions. T. Burnet."
"EXCEREBRATION","The act of removing or beating out the brains."
"EXCEREBROSE","Brainless. [R.]"
"EXCERN","To excrete; to throw off through the pores; as, fluids areexcerned in perspiration. [R.] Bacon."
"EXCERNENT","Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion."
"EXCERP","To pick out. [Obs.] Hales."
"EXCERPT","To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. Fuller."
"EXCERPTIVE","That excerpts, selects, or chooses. D. L. Mackenzie."
"EXCERPTOR","One who makes excerpts; a picker; a culler."
"EXCESSIVE","Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.Excessive grief [is] the enemy to the living. Shak."
"EXCHANGE","The process of setting accounts or debts between partiesresiding at a distance from each other, without the intervention ofmoney, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange.These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in whichcase they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and madepayable in the same country, in which case they are called inlandbills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange;as, to buy or sell exchange."
"EXCHANGE EDITOR","An editor who inspects, and culls from, periodicals, orexchanges, for his own publication."
"EXCHANGEABILITY","The quality or state of being exchangeable.The law ought not be contravened by an express article admitting theexchangeability of such persons. Washington."
"EXCHANGEABLY","By way of exchange."
"EXCHANGER","One who exchanges; one who practices exchange. Matt."
"EXCHEAT","See Escheat. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EXCHEATOR","See Escheator. [Obs.]"
"EXCHEQUER","To institute a process against (any one) in the Court ofExchequer."
"EXCIDE","To cut off. [R.]"
"EXCIPIENT","Taking an exception."
"EXCISABLE","Liable or subject to excise; as, tobacco in an excisablecommodity."
"EXCISE","To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise atumor."
"EXCISEMAN","An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to exciseduty. Macaulay."
"EXCISION","The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication."
"EXCITABILITY","The property manifested by living organisms, and the elementsand tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to theaction of stimulants; irritability; as, nervous excitability."
"EXCITABLE","Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible ofexcitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated."
"EXCITANT","Tending to excite; exciting."
"EXCITATE","To excite. [Obs.] Bacon."
"EXCITATION","The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, theexcitement produced."
"EXCITATIVE","Having power to excite; tending or serving to excite;excitatory. Barrow."
"EXCITATOR","A kind of discarder."
"EXCITATORY","Tending to excite; containing excitement; excitative."
"EXCITE","To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, orany of its parts."
"EXCITEFUL","Full of exciting qualities; as, an exciteful story; excitefulplayers. Chapman."
"EXCITEMENT","A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism,or any of its organs or tissues."
"EXCITER","One who, or that which, excites.Hope is the grand exciter of industry. Dr. H. More."
"EXCITING","Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; as,exciting events; an exciting story.-- Ex*cit'ing*ly, adv. Exciting causes (Med.), those whichimmediately produce disease, or those which excite the action ofpredisposing causes."
"EXCITIVE","Serving or tending to excite; excitative. [R.] Bamfield."
"EXCITO-MOTION","Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory."
"EXCITO-MOTOR","Excitomotory; as, excito-motor power or causes."
"EXCITO-MOTORY","Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the nervous systemconcerned in reflex action, by which impressions are transmitted to anerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscularcontraction without sensation or volition."
"EXCITO-NUTRIENT","Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which thenutritional processes are either excited or modified."
"EXCITO-SECRETORY","Exciting secretion; -- said of the influence exerted by reflexaction on the function of secretion, by which the various glands areexcited to action."
"EXCLAIM","To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter withvehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; tovociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonderor astonishment; 'The field is won!' he exclaimed."
"EXCLAIMER","One who exclaims."
"EXCLAMATION","A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressingpassion, as wonder, fear, or grief."
"EXCLAMATIVE","Exclamatory. Earle.-- Ex*clam'a*tive*ly, adv."
"EXCLAMATORY","Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, anexclamatory phrase or speaker. South.-- Ex*clam'a*to*ti*ly, adv."
"EXCLAVE","A portion of a country which is separated from the main partand surrounded by politically alien territory. [Recent.]"
"EXCLUSION","The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from thewomb."
"EXCLUSIONARY","Tending to exclude; causing exclusion; exclusive."
"EXCLUSIONISM","The character, manner, or principles of an exclusionist."
"EXCLUSIONIST","One who would exclude another from some right or privilege;esp., one of the anti-popish politicians of the time of Charles"
"EXCLUSIVE","One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real ofaffected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few."
"EXCLUSIVENESS","Quality of being exclusive."
"EXCLUSIVISM","The act or practice of excluding being exclusive;exclusiveness."
"EXCLUSIVIST","One who favor or practices any from of exclusiveness orexclusivism.The field of Greek mythology . . . the favorite sporting ground ofthe exclusivists of the solar theory. Gladstone."
"EXCLUSORY","Able to exclude; excluding; serving to exclude."
"EXCOCT","To boil out; to produce by boiling. [Obs.] Bacon."
"EXCOCTION","The act of excocting or boiling out. [Obs.] Bacon."
"EXCOGITATE","To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise;to contrive. 'Excogitate strange arts.' Stirling.This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory.Whewell."
"EXCOGITATION","The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention;contrivance."
"EXCOMMUNE","To exclude from participation in; to excommunicate. [Obs.]Poets . . . were excommuned Plato's common wealth Gayton."
"EXCOMMUNICABLE","Liable or deserving to be excommunicated; makingexcommunication possible or proper. 'Persons excommunicable .' Bp.Hall.What offenses are excommunicable Kenle."
"EXCOMMUNICANT","One who has been excommunicated."
"EXCOMMUNICATE","Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church.-- n."
"EXCOMMUNICATION","The act of communicating or ejecting; esp., an ecclesiasticalcensure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for thetime, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion fromfellowship in things spiritual."
"EXCOMMUNICATOR","One who excommunicates."
"EXCOMMUNION",". A shutting out from communion; excommunication. [Obs.]Excommunication is the utmost of ecclesiastical judicature. Milton."
"EXCORIABLE",". Capable of being excoriated.The scaly covering of fishes, . . . even in such as are excoriatable.Sir T. Browne."
"EXCORIATE","To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to breakand remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, orby the action of acrid substances."
"EXCORTICATE","To strip of bark or skin; to decorticate. [Obs.] 'Excorticatethe tree.' Evelyn."
"EXCORTICATION","The act of stripping off bark, or the state of being thusstripped; decortication."
"EXCREABLE","Capable of being discharged by spitting. [Obs.] Swift."
"EXCREATE","To spit out; to discharge from the throat by hawking andspitting. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"EXCREATION","Act of spitting out. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"EXCREMENT","Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast outof the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially,alvine, discharges; dung; ordure."
"EXCREMENTAL","Of or pertaining to excrement."
"EXCREMENTIVE","Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement. [R.]'The excrementive parts.' Felthman."
"EXCREMENTIZE","To void excrement. [R.] Life of A. Wood"
"EXCRESCENCE","An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growingout unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbiddevelopment; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, anexcrescence on the body, or on a plant. 'Excrescences of joy.' Jer.Taylor.The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. Addison."
"EXCRESCENCY","Excrescence. [Obs.]"
"EXCRESCENT","Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as asuperfluity.Expunge the whole, or lip the excrescent parts. Pope.Excrescent letter (Philol.), a letter which has been added to a root;as, the d in alder (AS. alr) is an excrescent letter."
"EXCRESCENTIAL","Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence. [R.] Hawthorne."
"EXCRETA","Matters to be excreted."
"EXCRETE","To separate and throw off; to excrete urine. 'The mucus thusexcreted.' Hooper."
"EXCRETIN","A nonnitrogenous, crystalline body, present in small quantityin human f\u00e6ces."
"EXCRETIVE","Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion. Harvey."
"EXCRETORY","Having the quality of excreting, or throwing offexcrementitious matter."
"EXCRUCIABLE","Liable to torment. [R.] Bailey."
"EXCRUCIATE","Excruciated; tortured.And here my heart long time excruciate. Chapman."
"EXCRUCIATING",". Torturing; racking. 'Excruciating pain.' V. Knox.'Excruciating fears.' Bentley -- Ex*cru'ci*a`ting*ly, adv."
"EXCRUCIATION","The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of beingthus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture. Feltham."
"EXCUBATION","A keeping watch. [Obs.] Bailey."
"EXCUBITORIUM","A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night."
"EXCULPABLE",". Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation. Sir G.Buck."
"EXCULPATE","To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless;to relieve of blame; to acquit.He exculpated himself from being the author of the heroic epistle.Mason.I exculpate him further for his writing against me. Milman."
"EXCULPATION","The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that whichexculpates; excuse.These robbers, however, were men who might have made out a strongcase in exculpation of themselves. Southey."
"EXCULPATORY",". Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt;excusing. 'An exculpatory letter.' Johnson."
"EXCUR","To run out or forth; to extend. [Obs.] Harvey."
"EXCURRENT","Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one whichprojects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, onewhich continues to the top."
"EXCURSE","To journey or pass thought. [R.]"
"EXCURSION","Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use ofthe word.]"
"EXCURSIONIST","One who goes on an excursion, or pleasure trip."
"EXCURSIVE","Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, anexcursive fancy.The course of excursive . . . understandings. I. Taylor.-- Ex*cur'sive*ly, adv.-- Ex*cur'sive*ness, , n."
"EXCURSUS","A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containinga more extended exposition of some important point or topic."
"EXCUSABLE","That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted ofblame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action.-- Ex*cus'a*ble*ness, n.-- Ex*cus'a*bly, adv.The excusableness of my dissatisfaction. Boyle."
"EXCUSATION","Excuse; apology. [Obs.] Bacon."
"EXCUSATOR","One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; anapologist. [Obs.] Hume."
"EXCUSATORY","Making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical; as, anexcusatory plea."
"EXCUSELESS","Having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology. Whillock."
"EXCUSEMENT","Excuse. [Obs.] Gower."
"EXCUSSION","The act of excusing; seizure by law. [Obs.] Ayliffe."
"EXECRABLE","Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable;abominable; as, an execrable wretch. 'Execrable pride.' Hooker.-- Ex'e*cra*ble*ness, n.-- Ex'e*cra*bly, adv."
"EXECRATE","To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse;to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly;to abhor; to abominate. 'They . . . execrate their lct.' Cowper."
"EXECRATIVE","Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying. Carlyle.-- Ex'e*cra*tive*ly, adv."
"EXECRATORY","Of the nature of execration; imprecatory; denunciatory. C.Kingsley.-- n."
"EXECT","To cut off or out. [Obs.] See Exsect. Harvey."
"EXECTION","See Exsection."
"EXECUTABLE","Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project.[R.]"
"EXECUTANT","One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musicalinstrument.Great executants on the organ. De Quincey."
"EXECUTE","To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument orwith the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly."
"EXECUTER","One who performs or carries into effect. See Executor."
"EXECUTIVE","Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as,executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to,the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executivepower or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc."
"EXECUTIVELY","In the way of executing or performing."
"EXECUTOR","The person appointed by a Executor de son tort Etym: [Of.,executor of his own wrong] (Law), a stranger who intermeddles withoutauthority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person."
"EXECUTORIAL","Of or pertaining to an executive."
"EXECUTORSHIP","The office of an executor."
"EXECUTORY","Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come,or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise,reminder, or estate; an executory contract. Blackstone."
"EXECUTRESS","An executrix."
"EXECUTRIX","A woman exercising the functions of an executor."
"EXEDENT","Eating out; consuming. [R.]"
"EXEDRA","A room in a public building, furnished with seats."
"EXEGESIS","The process of finding the roots of an equation. [Obs.]"
"EXEGETE","An exegetist."
"EXEGETICS","The science of interpretation or exegesis."
"EXEGETIST","One versed in the science of exegesis or interpretation; --also called exegete."
"EXEMPLAR","Exemplary. [Obs.]The exemplar piety of the father of a family. Jer. Taylor."
"EXEMPLARILY","In a manner fitted or designed to be an example for imitationor for warning; by way of example.She is exemplarily loyal. Howell.Some he punisheth exemplarily. Hakewill."
"EXEMPLARINESS","The state or quality of being exemplary; fitness to be anexample."
"EXEMPLARITY","Exemplariness. [R.]The exemplarity of Christ's life. Abp. Sharp."
"EXEMPLARY","An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] Donne."
"EXEMPLIFIABLE","That can be exemplified."
"EXEMPLIFICATION","A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of anofficer having custody of the original."
"EXEMPLIFIER","One who exemplifies by following a pattern."
"EXEMPTIBLE","That may be exempted."
"EXEMPTION","The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom fromany charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject;immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure;exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering,etc."
"EXEMPTITIOUS","Separable. [Obs.] 'Exemptitious from matter.' Dr. H. More."
"EXENTERATE","To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; toeviscerate; as, exenterated fishes. [R.]Exenterated rule-mongers and eviscerated logicians. Hare."
"EXENTERATION","Act of exenterating. [R.]"
"EXEQUIAL","Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal."
"EXEQUIOUS","Funereal. [Obs.] Drayton."
"EXEQUY","A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies ofburial; obsequies; funeral procession.But see his exequies fulfilled in Rouen. Shak."
"EXERCENT","Practicing; professional. [Obs.] 'Every exercent advocate.'Ayliffe."
"EXERCISABLE","That may be exercised, used, or exerted."
"EXERCISE","To exercise one's self, as under military training; to drill;to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice gymnastics;as, to exercise for health or amusement.I wear my trusty sword, When I do exercise. Cowper."
"EXERCISER","One who exercises."
"EXERCISIBLE","Capable of being exercised, employed, or enforced; as, theauthority of a magistrate is exercisible within his jurisdiction."
"EXERCITATION","exercise; practice; use. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"EXERGUE","The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved ona coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver'sname, etc., or other subsidiary matter. Fairholt."
"EXERTION","The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; theactive exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laboriousor perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; anexertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him tomove, to-day."
"EXERTIVE","Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion."
"EXERTMENT","Exertion. [R.]"
"EXESION","The act of eating out or through. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"EXESTUATE","To be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce. [Obs.]"
"EXESTUATION","A boiling up; effervescence. [Obs.] Boyle."
"EXEUNT","They go out, or retire from the scene; as, exeunt all exceptHamlet. See 1st Exit."
"EXFETATION","Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus; extra-uterine fetation. Hoblyn."
"EXFOLIATE","To split into scales, especially to become converted intoscales at the result of heat or decomposition."
"EXFOLIATION","The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; thestate of being exfoliated."
"EXFOLIATIVE","Having the power of causing exfoliation.-- n."
"EXHALABLE","Capable of being exhaled or evaporated. Boyle."
"EXHALANT","Having the quality of exhaling or evaporating."
"EXHALE","To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish.Their inspiration exhaled in elegies. Prescott."
"EXHALEMENT","Exhalation. [Obs.]"
"EXHALENCE","Exhalation. [R.]"
"EXHAUST","To subject to the action of various solvents in order to removeall soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drugsuccessively with water, alcohol, and ether. Exhausted receiver.(Physics) See under Receiver."
"EXHAUSTER","One who, or that which, exhausts or draws out."
"EXHAUSTIBILITY","Capability of being exhausted.I was seriously tormented by the thought of the exhaustibility ofmusical combinations. J. S. Mill."
"EXHAUSTIBLE","Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended. Johnson."
"EXHAUSTING","Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors.-- Ex*haust'ing, adv."
"EXHAUSTION","An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive processwas employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method oflimits."
"EXHAUSTIVE","Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts orarguments; as, an exhaustive method. Ex*haust'ive*ly, adv."
"EXHAUSTLESS","Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund orstore."
"EXHAUSTMENT","Exhaustion; drain. [Obs.]"
"EXHAUSTURE","Exhaustion. Wraxall."
"EXHEDRA","See Exedra."
"EXHEREDATE","To disinherit. [R.] Huloet."
"EXHEREDATION","A disinheriting; disherisor. [R.]"
"EXHEREDITATION","A disinheriting; disherison. [R.] E. Waterhouse."
"EXHIBIT","To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course ofproceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form;to bring, as a charge.He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge of high treasonagainst the earl. Clarendon."
"EXHIBITER","One who exhibits; one who presents a petition, charge or bill.Shak."
"EXHIBITION","The act of administering a remedy."
"EXHIBITIONER","One who has a pension or allowance granted for support.A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot."
"EXHIBITIVE","Serving for exhibition; representative; exhibitory. Norris.-- Ex*hib'it*ive*ly, adv."
"EXHIBITOR","One who exhibits."
"EXHIBITORY","Exhibiting; publicly showing. J. Warton."
"EXHILARANT","Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure.-- n."
"EXHILARATE","To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladdengreatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wineexhilarates a man."
"EXHILARATING","That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening.-- Ex*hil'a*ra`ting*ly, adv."
"EXHORT","To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments,as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; tourge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution.Examples gross as earth exhort me. Shak.Let me exhort you to take care of yourself. J. D. Forbes."
"EXHORTATIVE","Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative. Barrow."
"EXHORTATORY","Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory. Holinshed."
"EXHORTER","One who exhorts or incites."
"EXHUMATED","Disinterred. [Obs.]"
"EXHUMATION","The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, theexhumation of a body."
"EXHUME","To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; todisinter. Mantell."
"EXICCATE","See Exsiccate. [Obs.] Holland."
"EXICCATION","See Exsiccation. [Obs.]"
"EXIGENCE","Exigency. Hooker."
"EXIGENCY","The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressingnecessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action,supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. 'The present exigencyof his affairs.' Ludlow."
"EXIGENDARY","See Exigenter."
"EXIGENT","Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing;critical. 'At this exigent moment.' Burke."
"EXIGENTER","An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whoseduty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished. Cowell."
"EXIGIBLE","That may be exacted; repairable. [R.] A. Smith."
"EXIGUITY","Scantiness; smallness; thinness. [R.] Boyle."
"EXIGUOUS","Scanty; small; slender; diminutive. [R.] 'Exiguous resources.'Carlyle.-- Ex*ig'uous*ness, n. [R.]"
"EXILE","To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to driveaway. 'Exiled from eternal God.' Tennyson.Calling home our exiled friends abroad. Shak."
"EXILEMENT","Banishment. [R.] Sir. H. Wotton."
"EXILIC","Pertaining to exile or banishment, esp. to that of the Jews inBabylon. Encyc. Dict."
"EXILITION","A sudden springing or leaping out. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"EXILITY","Smallness; meagerness; slenderness; fineness, thinness. [R.]Paley."
"EXIMIOUS","Select; choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent. [Obs.]The eximious and arcane science of physic. Fuller."
"EXINANITE","To make empty; to render of no effect; to humble. [Obs.] Bp.Pearson."
"EXINANITION","n. [L. exinanitio.] An emptying; an enfeebling; exhaustion;humiliation. [Obs.]Fastings to the exinanition of spirits. Jer. Taylor."
"EXISTENCY","Existence. [R.] Sir M. Hale."
"EXISTENT","Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now;taking place.The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being,as if they were truly existent. Dryden."
"EXISTENTIAL","Having existence. [Archaic] Bp. Barlow. --Ex`is*ten'tial*ly,adv. [Archaic]Existentially as well as essentially intelligent. Colerige."
"EXISTER","One who exists."
"EXISTIBLE","Capable of existence. Grew."
"EXISTIMATION","Esteem; opinion; reputation. [Obs.] Steele."
"EXIT","He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth."
"EXMOOR","A prefix signifying out of, outside; as in exocarp, exogen,exoskeleton."
"EXOCARP","The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or therind of an orange. See Illust. of Drupe."
"EXOCCIPITAL","Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the greatforemen of the skull.-- n."
"EXOCULATE","To deprive of eyes. [R.] W. C. Hazlitt."
"EXODE","The final chorus; the catastrophe."
"EXODIC","Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; -- said ofthe motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to esodic."
"EXODIUM","See Exode."
"EXODY","Exodus; withdrawal. [Obs.]The time of the Jewish exody. Sir M. Hale."
"EXOGAMOUS","Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one'sown tribe; -- opposed to endogenous."
"EXOGAMY","The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage betweenmembers of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposedto endogamy. Lubbock."
"EXOGEN","A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetablekingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c woodbark, and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, andincreasing, if at all, by the animal addition of a new layer to theoutside next to the bark. The leaves are commonly netted-veined, andthe number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl.Cf. Endogen. Gray."
"EXOGENETIC","Arising or growing from without; exogenous."
"EXOGENOUS","Pertaining to, or having the character of, an exogen; -- theopposite of endogenous."
"EXOGYRA","A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters."
"EXOLETE","Obsolete; out of use; state; insipid. [Obs.]"
"EXOLUTION","See Exsolution. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"EXOLVE","To loose; to pay. [Obs.]"
"EXON","A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England."
"EXONERATION","The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from acharge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freedfrom a charge."
"EXONERATIVE","Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate."
"EXONERATOR","One who exonerates or frees from obligation."
"EXOPHTHALMIA","The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will notcover it, in consequence of disease."
"EXOPHTHALMIC","Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, exophthalmia.Exophthalmic golter. Same as Rasedow's disease."
"EXOPHTHALMY","Exophthalmia."
"EXOPHYLLOUS","Not sheathed in another leaf."
"EXOPLASM","See Ectosarc, and Ectoplasm."
"EXOPODITE","The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea."
"EXOPTABLE","Very desirable. [Obs.] Bailey."
"EXOPTILE","A name given by Lestiboudois to dicotyledons; -- so calledbecause the plumule is naked."
"EXORABLE","Capable of being moved by entreaty; pitiful; tender. Milton."
"EXORATE","To persuade, or to gain, by entreaty. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"EXORATION","Entreaty. [R.] Beau. & Fl."
"EXORBITANTLY","In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously."
"EXORBITATE","To go out of the track; to deviate. [Obs.] Bentley."
"EXORCISER","An exorcist."
"EXORDIAL","Pertaining to the exordium of a discourse: introductory.The exordial paragraph of the second epistle. I. Taylor."
"EXORDIUM","A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory partof a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audiencefor the main subject; the opening part of an oration. 'The exordiumof repentance.' Jer. Taylor. 'Long prefaces and exordiums. ' Addison."
"EXORHIZA","A plant Whose radicle is not inclosed or sheathed by thecotyledons or plumule. Gray."
"EXORNATION","Ornament; decoration; embellishment. [Obs.]Hyperbolical exornations . . . many much affect. Burton."
"EXORTIVE","Rising; relating to the east. [R.]"
"EXOSCULATE","To kiss; especially, to kiss repeatedly or fondly. [Obs.]"
"EXOSKELETAL","Pertaining to the exoskeleton; as exoskeletal muscles."
"EXOSKELETON","The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal,including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as thearmor of armadillos and many reptiles, and the shells or hardenedintegument of numerous invertebrates; external skeleton;dermoskeleton."
"EXOSMOSE","The passage of gases, vapors, or liquids thought membranes orporous media from within outward, in the phenomena of osmose; --opposed to endosmose. See Osmose."
"EXOSMOSIS","See Exosmose."
"EXOSMOTIC","Pertaining to exosmose."
"EXOSPORE","The extreme outer wall of a spore; the epispore."
"EXOSSATE","To deprive of bones; to take out the bones of; to bone. [Obs.]Bailey."
"EXOSSATION","A depriving of bone or of fruit stones. [Obs.] Bacon."
"EXOSSEOUS","Boneless. 'Exosseous animals. ' Sir T. Browne."
"EXOSTOME","The small aperture or foremen in the outer coat of the ovule ofa plant."
"EXOSTOSIS","Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescenceor morbid enlargement of a bone. Coxe."
"EXOTERICS","The public lectures or published writings of Aristotle. SeeEsoterics."
"EXOTERY","That which is obvious, public, or common.Dealing out exoteries only to the vulgar. A. Tucker."
"EXOTHECA","The tissue which fills the interspaces between the cost\u00e6 ofmany madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse oroblique septa."
"EXOTHECIUM","The outer coat of the anther."
"EXOTHERMIC","Characterized by, or formed with, evolution of heat; as, anexothermic reaction; -- opposed to endothermic."
"EXOTIC","Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous;foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador. Evelyn."
"EXOTICAL","Foreign; not native; exotic. [R.] -- Ex*ot'ic*al*ness, n."
"EXOTICISM","The state of being exotic; also, anything foreign, as a word oridiom; an exotic."
"EXPAND","To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand anequation. See Expansion, 5."
"EXPANDER","Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) a tool forstretching open or expanding a tube, etc."
"EXPANDING","That expands, or may be expanded; extending; spreading;enlarging. Expanding bit, Expanding drill (Mech.), a bit or drillmade adjustable for holes of various sizes; one which can be expandedin diameter while boring.-- Expanding pulley (Mach.), a pulley so made, as in sections, thatits diameter can be increased or diminished."
"EXPANSE","That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space orbody; especially, the arch of the sky. 'The green expanse.' Savage.Lights . . . high in the expanse of heaven. Milton.The smooth expanse of crystal lakes. Pope."
"EXPANSIBILITY","The capacity of being expanded; as, the expansibility of air."
"EXPANSIBLE","Capable of being expanded or spread out widely.Bodies are not expansible in proposition to their weight.Ex*pab'si*ble*ness ,n. -Ex*pan'si*bly ,adv."
"EXPANSILE","Expansible.Ether and alcohol are more expansile than water. Brande & C."
"EXPANSION","Enlargement or extension of business transaction; esp.,increase of the circulation of bank notes."
"EXPANSIVE","Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive;of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; theexpansive quality of air.A more expansive and generous compassion. Eustace.His forehead was broad and expansive. Prescott.-- Ex*pan'sive*ly, adv. -Ex*pan'sive*ness, n."
"EXPANSURE","Expanse. [Obs.] 'Night's rich expansure.'"
"EXPATIATE","To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.Afford art an ample field in which to expatiate itself. Dryden."
"EXPATIATION","Act of expatiating."
"EXPATIATORY","Expansive; diffusive. [R.]"
"EXPATRIATION","The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially,the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance.Expatriation was a heavy ransom to pay for the rights of their mindsand souls. Palfrey."
"EXPECT","To wait; to stay. [Obs.] Sandys."
"EXPECTABLE","That may be expected or looked for. Sir T. Browne."
"EXPECTANT","Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.)"
"EXPECTATION","The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of natureto effect a cure. Expectation of life, the mean or average durationof the life individuals after any specified age."
"EXPECTATIVE","Constituting an object of expectation; contingent. Expectativegrace, a mandate given by the pope or a prince appointing a successorto any benefice before it becomes vacant. Foxe."
"EXPECTEDLY","In conformity with expectation. [R.] Walpole."
"EXPECTER","One who expects."
"EXPECTINGLY","In state of expectation."
"EXPECTIVE","Expectative. [R.] Shipley."
"EXPECTORANT","Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges ofmucus, etc., from the lungs or throat.-- n."
"EXPECTORATE","To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm orother matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth."
"EXPECTORATIVE","Same as Expectorant. Harvey."
"EXPEDE","To expedite; to hasten. [Obs.]"
"EXPEDIATE","To hasten; to expedite. [Obs.] 'To expediate their business.'Sir E. Sandys."
"EXPEDIENTIAL",". Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expedientialpolicy. 'Calculating, expediential understanding.' Hare.-- Ex*pe`di*en'tial*ly , adv."
"EXPEDIMENT","An expedient. [Obs.]A like expediment to remove discontent. Barrow."
"EXPEDITATE","To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, toexpeditate a dog that he may not chase deer."
"EXPEDITELY","In expedite manner; expeditiously."
"EXPEDITENESS","Quality of being expedite."
"EXPEDITIONARY","Of or pertaining to an expedition; as, an expeditionary force."
"EXPEDITIONIST","One who goes upon an expedition. [R]."
"EXPEDITIOUS","Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiencyand rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with, expedition;quick; having celerity; speedily; as, an expeditious march ormessenger.-- Ex`pe*di'tious*ly, adv.-- Ex`pe*di'tious*ness, n."
"EXPEDITIVE","Performing with speed. [Obs.] Bacon."
"EXPELLABLE","Capable of being expelled or driven out. 'Expellable by heat.'Kirwan."
"EXPELLER","One who. or that which, expels."
"EXPEND","To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; touse up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend;as, they expend money for food or in charity; to expend time labor,and thought; to expend hay in feeding cattle, oil in a lamp, water inmechanical operations.If my death might make this island happy . . . I would expend it withall willingness. Shak."
"EXPENDITOR","A disburser; especially, one of the disbursers of taxes for therepair of sewers. Mozley & W."
"EXPENSEFULL","Full of expense; costly; chargeable. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.-- Ex*pense'ful*ly, adv. [R.] -- Ex*pense'ful*ness, n. [R.]"
"EXPENSELESS","Without cost or expense."
"EXPERIENCE TABLE","A table of mortality computed from the experience of one ormore life-insurance companies."
"EXPERIENCED","Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful orwise by means of trials, use, or observation; as, an experiencedphysician, workman, soldier; an experienced eye.The ablest and most experienced statesmen. Bancroft."
"EXPERIENT","Experienced. [Obs.]The prince now ripe and full experient. Beau & Fl."
"EXPERIENTIAL","Derived from, or pertaining to, experience. Coleridge.It is called empirical or experiential . . . because it is divan tous by experience or observation, and not obtained as the result ofinference or reasoning. Sir. W. Hamiltion.-- Ex*pe`ri*en'tial*ly, adv. DR. H. More."
"EXPERIENTIALISM","The doctrine that experience, either that ourselves or ofothers, is the test or criterion of general knowledge; -- opposed tointuitionists.Experientialism is in short, a philosophical or logical theory, not aphilosophical one. G. C. Robertson."
"EXPERIENTIALIST","One who accepts the doctrine of experientialism. Also usedadjectively."
"EXPERIMENT","To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; -- often withon, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an experiment; with,referring to the instrument; and by, referring to the means; as, toexperiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies,or by steam power."
"EXPERIMENTALIST","One who makes experiments; an experimenter. Whaterly."
"EXPERIMENTALIZE","To make experiments (upon); to experiment. J. S. Mill."
"EXPERIMENTALLY","By experiment; by experience or trial. J. S. Mill."
"EXPERIMENTARIAN","Relying on experiment or experience. 'an experimentarianphilosopher.' Boyle.-- n."
"EXPERIMENTATION","The act of experimenting; practice by experiment. J. S. Mill."
"EXPERIMENTATIVE","Experimental; of the nature of experiment. [R.]"
"EXPERIMENTATOR","An experimenter. [R.]"
"EXPERIMENTER","One who makes experiments; one skilled in experiments. Faraday."
"EXPERIMENTIST","An experimenter."
"EXPERRECTION","A waking up or arousing. [Obs.] Holland"
"EXPERT","Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; havingfacility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and readyfrom much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expertin chess or archery.A valiant and most expert gentleman. Shak.What practice, howsoe'er expert In fitting aptest words to things . .. Hath power to give thee as thou wert Tennison."
"EXPERTLY","In a skillful or dexterous manner; adroitly; with readiness andaccuracy."
"EXPERTNESS","Skill derived from practice; readiness; as, expertness inseamanship, or in reasoning."
"EXPETIBLE","Worthy of being wished for; desirable. [Obs.] Puller."
"EXPIABLE","Capable of being expiated or atoned for; as, an expiableoffense; expiable guilt. Bp. Hall."
"EXPIATE","Terminated. [Obs.] Shak."
"EXPIATIST","An expiator. [R.]"
"EXPIATOR","One who makes expiation or atonement."
"EXPIATORIOUS","Of an expiatory nature; expiatory. Jer. Taylor."
"EXPIATORY","Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, anexpiatory sacrifice."
"EXPILATION","The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage.[Obs.]This ravenous expiation of the state. Daniel."
"EXPILATOR","One who pillages; a plunderer; a pillager. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"EXPIRABLE","That may expire; capable of being brought to an end."
"EXPIRANT","One who expires or is expiring."
"EXPIRATION","The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from thelungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists ofinspiration and expiration; -- opposed to Ant: inspiration.(b) Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.The true cause of cold is an expiration from the globe of the earth.Bacon."
"EXPIRATORY","Pertaining to, or employed in, the expiration or emission ofair from the lungs; as, the expiratory muscles."
"EXPIRY","Expiration.He had to leave at the expiry of the term. Lamb.The Parliament . . . now approaching the expiry of its legal term. J.Morley."
"EXPISCATE","To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation;to search out. 'To expiscate principles.' [R.] Nichol.Dr.Burton has with much ingenuity endeavord to expiscate the truthwhich may be involved in them. W. L. Alexander."
"EXPISCATION","The act of expiscating; a fishing. [R.] Chapman."
"EXPISCATORY","Tending to fish out; searching out [R.] Carlyle."
"EXPLAIN","To give an explanation."
"EXPLAINABLE","Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding;capable of being interpreted. Sir. T. Browne."
"EXPLAINER","One who explains; an expounder or expositor; a commentator; aninterpreter."
"EXPLANATE","Spreading or extending outwardly in a flat form."
"EXPLANATIVE","Explanatory."
"EXPLANATORINESS","The quality of being explanatory."
"EXPLANATORY","Serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatorynotes. Swift."
"EXPLETION","Accomplishment; fulfillment. [Obs.] Killingbeck."
"EXPLETIVE","Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up;superfluous. 'Expletive imagery.' Hallam.Expletive phrases to plump his speech. Barrow."
"EXPLETIVELY","In the manner of an expletive."
"EXPLETORY","Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous; as, an expletoryword. Bp. Burnet."
"EXPLICABLE","Capable of being explicated; that may be explained or accountedfor; admitting explanation.It is not explicable upon any grounds. Burke."
"EXPLICABLENESS","Quality of being explicable."
"EXPLICATE","Evolved; unfolded. Jer. Taylor."
"EXPLICATIVE","Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to theunderstanding; explanatory. Sir W. Hamilton."
"EXPLICATOR","One who unfolds or explains; an expounder; an explainer."
"EXPLICATORY","Explicative. Barrow."
"EXPLICIT","A word formerly used (as finis is now) at the conclusion of abook to indicate the end."
"EXPLICITLY","In an explicit manner; clearly; plainly; without disguise orreservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; as, heexplicitly avows his intention."
"EXPLICITNESS","The quality of being explicit; clearness; directness. Jer.Taylor."
"EXPLOIT","To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulnessout of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploitpublic opinion. [Recent]"
"EXPLOITATION","The act of exploiting or utilizing. J. D. Whitney."
"EXPLORABLE","That may be explored; as, an explorable region."
"EXPLORATE","To explore. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne."
"EXPLORATION","The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposesof discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as,the exploration of unknown countries; (Med.)"
"EXPLORATIVE","Exploratory."
"EXPLORATOR","One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher."
"EXPLORATORY","Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining;explorative. Sir H. Wotton."
"EXPLOREMENT","The act of exploring; exploration. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"EXPLORER","One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores,as a diving bell."
"EXPLORING","Employed in, or designed for, exploration. 'Exploring parties.'Bancroft."
"EXPLOSIVE","Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causingexplosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder."
"EXPLOSIVELY","In an explosive manner."
"EXPOLIATION","See Exspoliation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"EXPOLISH","To polish thoroughly. [Obs.] Heywood."
"EXPONE","To expound; to explain; also, to expose; to imperil. [Old Eng.& Scotch] Drummond."
"EXPONENT","A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand ofand above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter isrepeated as a factor to produce the power indicated;"
"EXPONENTIAL","Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; as, anexponential expression; exponential calculus; an exponentialfunction. Exponential curve, a curve whose nature is defined by meansof an exponential equation.-- Exponential equation, an equation which contains an exponentialquantity, or in which the unknown quantity enters as an exponent.-- Exponential quantity (Math.), a quantity whose exponent isunknown or variable, as ax.-- Exponential series, a series derived from the development ofexponential equations or quantities."
"EXPORTABILITY","The quality or state of being suitable for exportation.To increase the exportability of native goods. J. P. Peters."
"EXPORTABLE","Suitable for exportation; as, exportable products."
"EXPORTER","One who exports; the person who sends goods or commodities to aforeign country, in the way of commerce; -- opposed to importer."
"EXPOSAL","Exposure. Swift."
"EXPOSE","A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, orrevelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed."
"EXPOSEDNESS","The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, anexposedness to sin or temptation."
"EXPOSER","One who exposes or discloses."
"EXPOSITIVE","Serving to explain; expository. Bp. Pearson."
"EXPOSITOR","One who, or that which, expounds or explains; an expounder; acommentator. Bp. Horsley."
"EXPOSITORY","Pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain;explanatory; illustrative; exegetical.A glossary or expository index to the poetical writers. Johnson."
"EXPOSTULATE","To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of hisconduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urginghim to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed bywith.Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring accusations againstenemies who have done them a wrong. Jowett (Thuc. )."
"EXPOSTULATION","The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person inopposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance; earnest andkindly protest; dissuasion.We must use expostulation kindly. Shak."
"EXPOSTULATOR","One who expostulates. Lamb."
"EXPOSTULATORY","Containing expostulation or remonstrance; as, an expostulatorydiscourse or letter."
"EXPOSTURE","Exposure. [Obs.] Shak."
"EXPOSURE","The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light."
"EXPOUNDER","One who expounds or explains; an interpreter."
"EXPRESS RIFLE","A sporting rifle for use at short ranges, employing a largecharge of powder and a light (short) bullet, giving a high initialvelocity and consequently a flat trajectory. It is usually ofmoderately large caliber."
"EXPRESS TRAIN","Formerly, a railroad train run expressly for the occasion; aspecial train; now, a train run at express or special speed andmaking few stops."
"EXPRESSAGE","The charge for carrying a parcel by express."
"EXPRESSIBLE","Capable of being expressed, squeezed out, shown, represented,or uttered.-- Express'i*bly,adv."
"EXPRESSION","The representation of any quantity by its appropriatecharacters or signs. Past expression, Beyond expression, beyond thepower of description. 'Beyond expression bright.' Milton."
"EXPRESSIONAL","Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividlyrepresenting or suggesting an idea sentiment. Fized. Hall. Ruskin."
"EXPRESSIONLESS","Destitute of expression."
"EXPRESSLY","In an express manner; in direct terms; with distinct purpose;particularly; as, a book written expressly for the young.The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel. Ezek. i. 3.I am sent expressly to your lordship. Shak."
"EXPRESSMAN","A person employed in the express business; also, the driver ofa job wagon. W. D. Howells."
"EXPRESSNESS","The state or quality of being express; definiteness. [Obs.]Hammond."
"EXPRESSURE","The act of expressing; expression; utterance; representation.[Obs.]An operation more divine Than breath or pen can give expressure to.Shak."
"EXPROBRATE","To charge upon with reproach; to upbraid. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"EXPROBRATION","Reproachful accusation; upbraiding. [Obs.]A fearful exprobration of our unworthiness. Jer. Taylor."
"EXPROPRIATE","To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of;also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. Boyle.Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were expropriated byAct of Parliament. M. Arnold."
"EXPROPRIATION","The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to exclusiveproperty; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights. W.Montagu.The expropriation of bad landlords. M. Arnold."
"EXPUGN","To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, toexpugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments."
"EXPUGNABLE","Capable of being expugnded."
"EXPUGNATION","The act of taking by assault; conquest. [R.] Sandys."
"EXPUGNER","One who expugns."
"EXPULSE","To drive out; to expel. [Obs.]If charity be thus excluded and expulsed. Milton."
"EXPULSER","An expeller. [Obs.] Cotgrave."
"EXPULSIVE","Having the power of driving out or away; serving to expel.The expulsive power of a new affection. Chalmers."
"EXPUNCTION","The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of beingexpunged. Milton."
"EXPURGATE","To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, orerroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book."
"EXPURGATION","The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purificationfrom anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. Milton."
"EXPURGATOR","One who expurgates or purifies."
"EXPURGATORIAL","Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory. Milman."
"EXPURGATORIOUS","Expurgatory. [Obs.] 'Expurgatorious indexes.' Milton."
"EXPURGATORY","Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous;cleansing; purifying. 'Expurgatory animadversions.' Sir T. Browne.Expurgatory Index. See Index Expurgatorius, under Index."
"EXPURGE","To purge away. [Obs.] Milton."
"EXQUIRE","To search into or out. [Obs.] Chapman."
"EXQUISITE","One who manifests an exquisite attention to externalappearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy."
"EXQUISITELY","In an exquisite manner or degree; as, lace exquisitely wrought.To a sensitive observer there was something exquisitely painful init. Hawthorne."
"EXQUISITENESS","Quality of being exquisite."
"EXQUISITIVE","Eager to discover or learn; curious. [Obs.] Todd.-- Ex*quis'i*tive*ly, adv. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"EXSANGUINE","Bloodless. [R.]"
"EXSANGUINEOUS","Destitute of blood; an\u00e6mic; exsanguious."
"EXSANGUINITY","Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to plethora.Dunglison."
"EXSANGUINOUS","See Exsanguious."
"EXSANGUIOUS","Destitute of true, or red, blood, as insects."
"EXSCIND","To cut off; to separate or expel from union; to extirpate.Barrow.The second presbytery of Philadelphia was also exscinded by thatAssembly. Am. Cyc."
"EXSCRIBE","To copy; to transcribe. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"EXSCRIPT","A copy; a transcript. [Obs.] Bailey."
"EXSCRIPTURAL","Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture;unscriptural."
"EXSCUTELLATE","Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; -- said of certaininsects."
"EXSECT","The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly,the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; theact or process of cutting out."
"EXSERTILE","Capable of being thrust out or protruded. J. Fleming."
"EXSICCANT","Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.-- n. (Med.)"
"EXSICCATE","To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up. Sir T.Browne."
"EXSICCATION","The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion ofmoisture; state of being dried up; dryness. Sir T. Browne."
"EXSICCATIVE","Tending to make dry; having the power of drying."
"EXSICCATOR","An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them frommoisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed toabsorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid."
"EXSILIENCY","A leaping out. [R.] Latham."
"EXSOLUTION","Relaxation. [R.] Richardson (Dict. )."
"EXSPOLIATION","Spoliation. [Obs. or R.] Bp. Hall."
"EXSPUITION","A discharge of saliva by spitting. [R.] E. Darwin."
"EXSPUTORY","Spit out, or as if spit out. 'Exsputory lines.' Cowper."
"EXSTIPULATE","Having no stipules. Martyn."
"EXSTROPHY","The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its innersurface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder."
"EXSUCCOUS","Destitute of juice; dry; sapless. Latham."
"EXSUCTION","The act of sucking out."
"EXSUDATION","Exudation."
"EXSUFFLATE","To exorcise or renounce by blowing."
"EXSUFFLATION","A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath. Jer. Taylor."
"EXSUFFLICATE","Empty; frivolous. [A Shakespearean word only once used.]Such exsufflicate and blown surmises. Shak. (Oth. iii. 3, 182)."
"EXSUSCITATE","To rouse; to excite. [Obs.] Johnson."
"EXSUSCITATION","A stirring up; a rousing. [Obs.] Hallywell."
"EXTACY","See Ecstasy. [Obs.]"
"EXTANCE","Outward existence. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"EXTANCY","The state of rising above others; a projection. Evelyn. Boyle."
"EXTASY","See Ecstasy, n. & v. t."
"EXTATIC","See Ecstatic, a."
"EXTEMPORAL","Extemporaneous; unpremeditated. [Obs.] B. Jonson.-- Ex*tem'po*ral*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"EXTEMPORANEAN","Extemporaneous. [Obs] Burton."
"EXTEMPORANEOUS","Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, orwithout previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore;extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production.-- Ex*tem`po*ra'ne*ous*ly, adv.-- Ex*tem`po*ra'ne*ous*ness,n."
"EXTEMPORARILY","Extemporaneously."
"EXTEMPORE","Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; onthe spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write orspeak extempore. Shak.-- a."
"EXTEMPORINESS","The quality of being done or devised extempore [Obs.] Johnson."
"EXTEMPORIZATION","The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore."
"EXTEMPORIZE","To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without specialpreparation; to make an offhand address."
"EXTEMPORIZER","One who extemporizes."
"EXTEND","To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction ofa debt; to assign by writ of extent. Extended letter (Typog.), aletter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for aletter or type of the same height."
"EXTENDANT","Displaced. Ogilvie."
"EXTENDEDLY","In an extended manner."
"EXTENDER","One who, or that which, extends or stretches anything."
"EXTENDIBLE","Liable to be taken by a writ of extent."
"EXTENDLESSNESS","Unlimited extension. [Obs.]An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale."
"EXTENSE","Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise.Men and gods are too extense; Could you slacken and condense Emerson."
"EXTENSIBILITY","The quality of being extensible; the capacity of beingextended; as, the extensibility of a fiber, or of a plate of metal."
"EXTENSIBLE","Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth;susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the oppositeof contractible or compressible. 'An extensible membrane' Holder."
"EXTENSIBLENESS","Extensibility."
"EXTENSILE","Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible. Owen."
"EXTENSION","That property of a body by which it occupies a portion ofspace."
"EXTENSIONAL","Having great extent."
"EXTENSIONIST","One who favors or advocates extension."
"EXTENSIVELY","To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensivelycirculated."
"EXTENSIVENESS","The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent;diffusiveness."
"EXTENSOMETER","An instrument for measuring the extension of a body, especiallyfor measuring the elongation of bars of iron, steel, or othermaterial, when subjected to a tensile force."
"EXTENSOR","A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of thebody, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor."
"EXTENSURE","Extension. [R.] Drayton."
"EXTENT","Extended. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EXTENUATE","To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliatingconsiderations. Burke."
"EXTENUATION","The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; theact of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing,or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as ofpunishment.To listen . . . to every extenuation of what is evil. I. Taylor."
"EXTENUATOR","One who extenuates."
"EXTENUATORY","Tending to extenuate or palliate. Croker."
"EXTERIORITY","Surface; superficies; externality."
"EXTERIORLY","Outwardly; externally; on the exterior. Shak.They are exteriorly lifelike. J. H. Morse."
"EXTERMINATE","To eliminate, as unknown quantities. [R.]"
"EXTERMINATION","Elimination. [R.]"
"EXTERMINATOR","One who, or that which, exterminates. Buckle."
"EXTERMINATORY","Of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate.'Exterminatory war.' Burke."
"EXTERMINE","To exterminate; to destroy. [Obs.] Shak."
"EXTERN","External; outward; not inherent. [Obs.] Shak."
"EXTERNAL","Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral. Externalangles. (Geom.) See under Angle."
"EXTERNALISM","That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only withexternals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism."
"EXTERNALISTIC","Pertaining to externalism North Am. Rev."
"EXTERNALITY","State of being external; exteriority; (Metaph.)"
"EXTERNALIZE","To make external; to manifest by outward form.Thought externalizes itself in language. Soyce."
"EXTERNALLY","In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; inappearance; visibly."
"EXTERNE","An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing init; esp., one who cares for the out-patients."
"EXTERRANEOUS","Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad."
"EXTERRITORIAL","Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, theterritorial jurisdiction.-- Ex*ter`ri*to'ri*al*ly(#),adv."
"EXTERSION","The act of wiping or rubbing out. [Obs.]"
"EXTILL","To drop or distill. [Obs.] Johnson."
"EXTILLATION","Distillation. [Obs.]An exudation or extillation of petrifying juices. Derham."
"EXTIMULATE","To stimulate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"EXTIMULATION","Stimulation. [Obs.]Things insipid, and without any extimulation. Bacon."
"EXTINCT","To cause to be extinct. [Obs.] Shak."
"EXTINE","The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants."
"EXTINGUISHABLE","Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed."
"EXTINGUISHER","One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone orother device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle."
"EXTINGUISHMENT","The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.Abbott."
"EXTIRP","To extirpate. [Obs.]It is impossible to extirp it quite, friar. Shak."
"EXTIRPABLE","Capable of being extirpated or eradicated; as, an extirpableplant. Evelyn."
"EXTIRPATE","To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate,literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds;to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error orheresy."
"EXTIRPATION","The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of beingextirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, theextirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race ofmen, of heresy."
"EXTIRPATIVE","Capable of rooting out, or tending to root out. Cheyne."
"EXTIRPATOR","One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer."
"EXTIRPATORY","Extirpative."
"EXTIRPER","Extirpator. [Obs.] Bacon."
"EXTISPICIOUS","Relating to the inspection of entrails for prognostication.[Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"EXTOGENOUS","Exogenous."
"EXTOLLER","One who extols; one who praises."
"EXTOLMENT","Praise. [Obs.] Shak."
"EXTORSIVE","Serving or tending to extort. [R.] Johnson.-- Ex*tor'sive*ly, adv. [R.]"
"EXTORT","To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2."
"EXTORTER","One who practices extortion."
"EXTORTION","The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims andtakes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due,or more than is due, or before it is due. Abbott."
"EXTORTIONARY","Extortionate."
"EXTORTIONATE","Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard."
"EXTORTIONER",", One who practices extortion."
"EXTORTIOUS","Extortionate. [Obs.] 'Extortious cruelties.' Bp. Hall --Ex*tor'tious*ly, adv. [Obs.] Bacon."
"EXTRA","Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional;supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good; superior; as, extra work;extra pay. 'By working extra hours.' H. Spencer."
"EXTRA-","A Latin preposition, denoting beyond, outside of; -- often usedin composition as a prefix signifying outside of, beyond, besides, orin addition to what is denoted by the word to which it is prefixed."
"EXTRA-OCULAR","Inserted exterior to the eyes; -- said of the antenn\u00e6 ofcertain insects."
"EXTRA-OFFICIAL","Not prescribed by official duty."
"EXTRA-UTERINE","Outside of the uterus, or womb. Extra-uterine pregnancy (Med.),a condition of pregnancy in which the fetus is not in the uterus, butin the Fallopian tube or in the abdominal cavity."
"EXTRAARTICULAR","Situated outside of a joint."
"EXTRABRANCHIAL","Outside of the branchial arches; -- said of the cartilages thusplaced in some fishes."
"EXTRACAPSULAR","Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsularligament of a joint."
"EXTRACT","A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of adrug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from anabstract. See Abstract, n., 4."
"EXTRACTIFORM","Having the form, appearance, or nature, of an extract."
"EXTRACTOR","One who, or that which, extracts; as:(a) (Surg.) A forceps or instrument for extracting substances.(b) (Breech-loading Firearms) A device for withdrawing a cartridge orspent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel."
"EXTRADICTIONARY","Consisting not in words, but in realities. [Obs.]Of these extradictionary and real fallacies, Aristotle and logiciansmake in number six. Sir T. Browne."
"EXTRADITE","To deliver up by one government to another, as a fugitive fromjustice. See Extradition."
"EXTRADITION","The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one Stateor sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge."
"EXTRADOS","The exterior curve of an arch; esp., the upper curved face ofthe whole body of voussoirs. See Intrados."
"EXTRADOTAL","Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property."
"EXTRAFOLIACEOUS","Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place fromthem; as, extrafoliaceous prickles. Loudon."
"EXTRAFORANEOUS","Pertaining to that which is out of doors. 'Extr occupations.'Cowper."
"EXTRAGENEOUS","Belonging to another race or kind."
"EXTRAJUDICIAL","Out of or beyond the proper authority of a court or judge;beyond jurisdiction; not legally required. 'An extrajudicialopinion.' Hallam.-- Ex`tra*ju*di'cial*ly, adv."
"EXTRAJUDICIAL CONVEYANCE","A conveyance, as by deed, effected by the act of the partiesand not involving, as in the fine and recovery, judicial proceedings."
"EXTRALIMITARY","Being beyond the limit or bounds; as, extraliminary land.Mitford."
"EXTRALOGICAL","Lying outside of the domain of logic.-- Ex`tra*log'ic*al*ly, adv."
"EXTRAMISSION","A sending out; emission. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"EXTRAMUNDANE","Beyond the material world. 'An extramundane being.' Bp.Warburton."
"EXTRAMURAL","Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city."
"EXTRANEITY","State of being without or beyond a thing; foreignness. [Obs.]"
"EXTRANEOUS","Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyonda thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate goldfrom extraneous matter.Nothing is admitted extraneous from the indictment. Landor.-- Ex*tra'ne*ous*ly, adv."
"EXTRAORDINARILY","In an extraordinary manner or degree."
"EXTRAORDINARINESS","The quality of being extraordinary. [R.] Gov. of the Tongue."
"EXTRAORDINARY","That which is extraordinary; -- used especially in the plural;as, extraordinaries excepted, there is nothing to prevent success.Their extraordinary did consist especially in the matter of prayersand devotions. Jer. Taylor."
"EXTRAPAROCHIAL","Beyond the limits of a parish.-- Ex`tra*pa*ro'chi*al*ly, adv."
"EXTRAPHYSICAL","Not subject to physical laws or methods."
"EXTRAPROFESSIONAL","Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits ofprofessional duty or business."
"EXTRAPROVINCIAL","Not within of pertaining to the same province or jurisdiction.Ayliffe."
"EXTRAREGULAR","Not comprehended within a rule or rules. Jer. Taylor."
"EXTRASTAPEDIAL","Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which, inmany animals, projects beyond the connection with the stapes.-- n."
"EXTRATERRITORIAL","Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction;exterritorial.-- Ex`tra*ter`ri*to'ri*al*ly(#), adv."
"EXTRATERRITORIALITY","The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory;esp. (Internat. Law),"
"EXTRATROPICAL","Beyond or outside of the tropics. Whewell."
"EXTRAUGHT","Extracted; descended. [Obs.]Knowing whence thou art extraught Shak."
"EXTRAVAGANCY","Extravagance."
"EXTRAVAGANT","Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at firstincluded with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law."
"EXTRAVAGANTLY","In an extravagant manner; wildly; excessively; profusely."
"EXTRAVAGANTNESS","The state of being extravagant or in excess; excess;extravagance."
"EXTRAVAGATE","To rove. Bp. Warburton."
"EXTRAVAGATION","A wandering beyond limits; excess. [Obs.] Smollett."
"EXTRAVASATE","To force or let out of the proper vessels or arteries, asblood."
"EXTRAVASATION","The act of forcing or letting out of its proper vessels orducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood after arupture of the vessels."
"EXTRAVENATE","Let out of the veins. [Obs.] 'Extravenate blood.' Glanvill."
"EXTRAVERSION","The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrownout. [Obs.] Boyle."
"EXTREAT","Extraction. [Obs.] Spenser."
"EXTREME","Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said ofintervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth.Extreme and mean ratio (Geom.), the relation of a line and itssegments when the line is so divided that the whole is to the greatersegment is to the less.-- Extreme distance. (Paint.) See Distance., n., 6.-- Extreme unction. See under Unction."
"EXTREMELESS","Having no extremes; infinite."
"EXTREMELY","In an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree; to theutmost point; exceedingly; as, extremely hot or cold."
"EXTREMIST","A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice; one who holdsextreme opinions."
"EXTREMITY","One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or anarm of man."
"EXTRICABLE","Capable of being extricated. Sir W. Jones."
"EXTRINSIC","Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some otherpartintrinsic."
"EXTRINSICAL","Extrinsic.-- Ex*trin'sic*al*ly(#), adv."
"EXTROITIVE","Seeking or going out after external objects. [R.]Their natures being almost wholly extroitive. Coleridge."
"EXTRORSAL","Extrorse."
"EXTRORSE","Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp.of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament."
"EXTROVERSION","The condition of being turned wrong side out; as, extroversionof the bladder. Dunglison."
"EXTRUCT","To construct. [Obs.] Byrom."
"EXTRUCTION","A building up; construction. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"EXTRUCTIVE","Constructive. [Obs.] Fulke."
"EXTRUCTOR","A builder. [Obs.] Bailey."
"EXTRUDE","To thrust out; to force, press, or push out; to expel; to driveoff or away. 'Parentheses thrown into notes or extruded to themargin.' Coleridge."
"EXTRUSION","The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion."
"EXTRUSIVE","Forced out at the surface; as, extrusive rocks; -- contrastedwith intrusive."
"EXTUBERANCE","A swelling or rising; protuberance. [R.] Moxon."
"EXTUBERANCY","Extuberance. [R.]"
"EXTUBERANT","Swollen out; protuberant. [R.] 'Extuberant lips.' Gayton."
"EXTUBERATE","To swell out. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"EXTUBERATION","Protuberance. [Obs.] Farindon."
"EXTUMESCENCE","A swelling or rising. [R.] Cotgrave."
"EXUBERANCE","The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; acopious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness;as, an exuberance of joy, of fancy, or of foliage."
"EXUBERANCY",", . Exuberance."
"EXUBERANT","Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich;overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberantgoodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage. 'Exuberantspring.' Thomson.-- Ex*u'ber*ant*ly, adv."
"EXUBERATE","To abound; to be in great abundance. [Obs.] Boyle."
"EXUCCOUS","See Exsuccous. [Obs.]"
"EXUDATE","To exude. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"EXUDATION","The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture,juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substanceexuded.Resins, a class of proximate principles, existing in almost allplants and appearing on the external surface of many of them in theform of exudations. Am. Cyc."
"EXUDE","To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or otherliquid matter; to give out.Our forests exude turpentine in . . . abundance. Dr. T. Dwight."
"EXULCERATE","Very sore; ulcerated. [Obs.] Bacon."
"EXULCERATIVE","Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory. Holland."
"EXULCERATORY","Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous."
"EXULT","To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; torejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart.'An exulting countenance.' Bancroft.The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exultinglike the bounding roe. Pope."
"EXULTANT","Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation;rejoicing triumphantly.Break away, exultant, from every defilement. I. Tay;or."
"EXULTATION","The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or atany advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph.His bosom swelled with exultation. Prescott."
"EXULTING","Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant.-- Ex*ult'ing*ly, adv."
"EXUNDATE","To overflow; to inundate. [Obs.] Bailey."
"EXUNDATION","An overflow, or overflowing abundance. [R.] Ray."
"EXUNGULATE","To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc. [R.]"
"EXUPERABLE","Surmountable; superable. [Obs.] Johnson."
"EXUPERANCE","Superiority; superfluity. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby."
"EXUPERANT","Surpassing; exceeding; surmounting. [Obs.]"
"EXUPERATE","To excel; to surmount. [Obs.]"
"EXUPERATION","The act of rising or coming into view. [Obs.] Baxter."
"EXURGENT","Arising; coming to light. [Obs.]"
"EXUSCITATE","See Exsuscitate [Obs.] T. Adams."
"EXUSTION","The act or operation of burning up. Bailey."
"EXUTORY","An issue."
"EXUVIA","n. sing. of Exuvi\u00e6."
"EXUVIABILITY","Capability of shedding the skin periodically. Craig."
"EXUVIABLE","Capable of being cast off in the form of exuvi\u00e6."
"EXUVIAE","Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts ofanimals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, theshells of lobsters, etc."
"EXUVIAL","Of or pertaining to exuvi\u00e6. 'Exuvial layers.' 'Exuvialdeposits.'"
"EXUVIATE","To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on anew one; to molt.There is reason to suppose that very old crayfish do not exuviateevery year. Huxley."
"EXUVIATION","The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly,the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins ofsnakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis."
"EY","An island. [Obs.]"
"EYALET","Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces ofthe Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet."
"EYAS","A nesting or unfledged Lird; in falconry, a young hawk from thenest, not able to pr Shak J. H. Walsh"
"EYASMUSKET","An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk. [Obs.] Shak."
"EYE","A brood; as, an eye of pheasants."
"EYE OPENER","That which makes the eyes open, as startling news oroccurrence, or (U. S. Slang), a drink of liquor, esp. the first onein the morning."
"EYE-MINDED","Having one's mental imagery prevailingly of the visual type;having one's thoughts and memories mainly in the form of visualimages. -- Eye'-mind`ed*ness, n."
"EYEBALL","The ball or globe of the eye."
"EYEBAR","A bar with an eye at one or both ends."
"EYEBEAM","A glance of the eye. Shak."
"EYEBOLT","A bolt which a looped head, or an opening in the head."
"EYEBRIGHT","A small annual plant (Euphrasia officinalis), formerly muchused as a remedy for diseases of the eye."
"EYEBROW","The brow or hairy arch above the eye. Shak."
"EYECUP","A small oval porcelain or glass cup, having a rim curved to fitthe orbit of the eye. it is used in the application of liquidremedies to eyes; -- called also eyeglass."
"EYED","Heaving (such or so many) eyes; -- used in composition; assharp-eyed; dull-eyed; sad-eyed; ox-eyed Juno; myriad-eyed."
"EYEDROP","A tear. [Poetic] Shak."
"EYEFLAP","A blinder on a horse's bridle."
"EYEFUL","Filling or satisfying the eye; visible; remarkable. [Obs.]'Eyeful trophies.' Chapman."
"EYEGLANCE","A glance of eye."
"EYEHOLE","A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; aneyelet."
"EYELESS","Without eyes; blind. 'Eyeless rage.' Shak."
"EYELETEER","A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyeletholes; a stiletto."
"EYELID","The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with whichan animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure."
"EYEN","Eyes. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser."
"EYEPIECE","The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of atelescope or other optical instrument, through which the image formedby the mirror or object glass is viewed. Collimating eyepiece. Seeunder Collimate.-- Negative, or Huyghenian, eyepiece, an eyepiece consisting of twoplano-convex lenses with their curved surfaces turned toward theobject glass, and separated from each other by about half the sum oftheir focal distances, the image viewed by the eye being formedbetween the two lenses. it was devised by Huyghens, who applied it tothe telescope. Campani applied it to the microscope, whence it issometimes called Campani's eyepiece.-- Positive eyepiece, an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convexlenses placed with their curved surfaces toward each other, andseparated by a distance somewhat less than the focal distance of theone nearest eye, the image of the object viewed being beyond bothlenses; -- called also, from the name of the inventor, Ramsden'seyepiece.-- terrestrial, or Erecting eyepiece, an eyepiece used in telescopesfor viewing terrestrial objects, consisting of three, or usuallyfour, lenses, so arranged as to present the image of the objectviewed in an erect position."
"EYER","One who eyes another. Gayton."
"EYEREACH","The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot. 'A seat in eyereach ofhim.' B. Jonson."
"EYESALVE","Ointment for the eye."
"EYESERVANT","A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched."
"EYESERVICE","Service performed only under inspection, or the eye of anemployer.Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers. Col. iii. 22."
"EYESHOT","Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be outof eyeshot. Dryden."
"EYESIGHT","Sight of the eye; the sense of seeing; view; observation.Josephus sets this down from his own eyesight. Bp. Wilkins."
"EYESORE","Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish.Mordecai was an eyesore to Haman. L'Estrange."
"EYESTALK","One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea,bear the eyes at the tip."
"EYESTONE","Eye agate. See under Eye."
"EYESTRING","The tendon by which the eye is moved. Shak."
"EYET","An island. See Eyot."
"EYETOOTH","A canine tooth of the upper jaw. See Teeth. To cut one'seyeteeth, to become acute or knowing. [Colloq.]"
"EYEWASH","See Eyewater."
"EYEWATER","A wash or lotion for application to the eyes."
"EYEWINK","A wink; a token. Shak."
"EYEWINKER","An eyelash. [A child's word.]"
"EYEWITNESS","One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view anything.We . . . were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 2 Pet. i. 16."
"EYGHEN","Eyes. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"EYGHT","An island. See Eyot."
"EYLE","To ail. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"EYLIAD","See Eiliad."
"EYOT","A little island in a river or lake. See Ait. [Written also ait,ayt, eey, eyet, and eyght.] Blackstone."
"EYR","Air. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"EYRA","A wild cat (Felis eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas.It is reddish yellow and about the size of the domestic cat, but witha more slender body and shorter legs."
"EYRE","A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre(or in itinere)."
"EYREN","See Ey, an egg."
"EYSELL","Same as Eisel. [Obs.] Shak."
"F","."
"FABACEOUS","Having the nature of a bean; like a bean."
"FABELLA","One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles ofthe femur, in some mammals."
"FABIAN","Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general,Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding adecisive contest. Fabian policy, a policy like that of FabiusMaximus, who, by carefully avoiding decisive contests, foiledHannibal, harassing his army by marches, countermarches, andambuscades; a policy of delays and cautions."
"FABLE","To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to writeor utter what is not true. 'He Fables not.' Shak.Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell. Prior.He fables, yet speaks truth. M. Arnold."
"FABLER","A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths orfalsehoods. Br. Hall."
"FABLIAU","One of the metrical tales of the Trouv\u00e8res, or early poets ofthe north of France."
"FABRIC","To frame; to built; to construct. [Obs.] 'Fabric theirmansions.' J. Philips."
"FABRICANT","One who fabricates; a manufacturer. Simmonds."
"FABRICATOR","One who fabricates; one who constructs or makes.The fabricator of the works of Ossian. Mason."
"FABRICATRESS","A woman who fabricates."
"FABRILE","Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.;as, fabrile skill."
"FABULIST","One who invents or writes fables."
"FABULIZE","To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions. G. S. Faber."
"FAC","A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, atthe commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book.Brande & C."
"FACADE","The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having somearchitectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its facadeunfinished, though the interior may be in use."
"FACE","Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac. Chaucer."
"FACED","Having (such) a face, or (so many) faces; as, smooth-faced,two-faced."
"FACET","A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of abone."
"FACETE","Facetious; witty; humorous. [Archaic] 'A facete discourse.'Jer. Taylor.'How to interpose' with a small, smart remark, sentiment facete, orunctuous anecdote. Prof. Wilson.-- Fa*cete'ly, adv.-- Fa*cete'ness, n."
"FACETED","Having facets."
"FACETIAE","Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merryconceits."
"FACETTE","See Facet, n."
"FACEWORK","The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall orbuilding; facing."
"FACIA","See Fascia."
"FACIAL","Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, ornerve.-- Fa'cial*ly, adv. Facial angle (Anat.), the angle, in a skull,included between a straight line (ab, in the illustrations), from themost prominent part of the forehead to the front efge of the upperjaw bone, and another (cd) from this point to the center of theexternal auditory opening. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic."
"FACIEND","The multiplicand. See Facient,"
"FACIES","The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species,esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment."
"FACILITATE","To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty orimpediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the executionof a task.To invite and facilitate that line of proceeding which the times callfor. I. Taylor."
"FACILITATION","The act of facilitating or making easy."
"FACING","The finishing of any face of a wall with material differentfrom that of which it is chiefly composed, or the coating or materialso used."
"FACINGLY","In a facing manner or position."
"FACINOROUS","Atrociously wicked. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.-- Fa*cin'o*rous*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"FACOUND","Speech; eloquence. [Obs.]Her facound eke full womanly and plain. Chaucer."
"FACSIMILE","A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so asto give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy orlikeness. Facsimile telegraph, a telegraphic apparatus reproducingmessages in autograph."
"FACTION","One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguishedby their colors) in the games of the circus."
"FACTIONARY","Belonging to a faction; being a partisan; taking sides. [Obs.]Always factionary on the party of your general. Shak."
"FACTIONER","One of a faction. Abp. Bancroft."
"FACTIONIST","One who promotes faction."
"FACTITIOUS","Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature;artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial orconventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; notnatural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste.-- Fac-ti'tious*ly, adv.-- Fac*ti'tious-ness, n.He acquires a factitious propensity, he forms an incorrigible habit,of desultory reading. De Quincey."
"FACTITIVE","Pertaining to that relation which is proper when the act, as ofa transitive verb, is not merely received by an object, but producessome change in the object, as when we say, He made the water wine.Sometimes the idea of activity in a verb or adjective involves in ita reference to an effect, in the way of causality, in the activevoice on the immediate objects, and in the passive voice on thesubject of such activity. This second object is called the factitiveobject. J. W. Gibbs."
"FACTIVE","Making; having power to make. [Obs.] 'You are . . . factive,not destructive.' Bacon."
"FACTO","In fact; by the act or fact. De facto. (Law) See De facto."
"FACTOR","One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute;especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transactsbusiness for others in commission; a commission merchant orconsignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buyand sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession andcontrol of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker.Story. Wharton.My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled That owes me for a hundredtun of wine. Marlowe."
"FACTORAGE","The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for hisservices; -- called also a commission."
"FACTORESS","A factor who is a woman. [R.]"
"FACTORIAL","Related to factorials."
"FACTORING","The act of resolving into factors."
"FACTORSHIP","The business of a factor."
"FACTOTUM","A person employed to do all kinds of work or business. B.Jonson."
"FACTUAL","Relating to, or containing, facts. [R.]"
"FACTUM","A man's own act and deed; particularly:(a) (Civil Law) Anything stated and made certain.(b) (Testamentary Law) The due execution of a will, includingeverything necessary to its validity."
"FACTURE","An invoice or bill of parcels."
"FACULAE","Groups of small shining spots on the surface of the sun whichare brighter than the other parts of the photosphere. They aregenerally seen in the neighborhood of the dark spots, and aresupposed to be elevated portions of the photosphere. Newcomb."
"FACULAR","Of or pertaining to the facul\u00e6. R. A. Proctor."
"FACULTATIVE","Having the power to live under different conditions; as, afacultative parasite, a plant which is normally saprophytic, butwhich may exist wholly or in part as a parasite; -- opposed toobligate."
"FACULTY","The body of person to whom are intrusted the government andinstruction of a college or university, or of one of its departments;the president, professors, and tutors in a college. Dean of faculty.See under Dean.-- Faculty of advocates. (Scot.) See under Advocate."
"FACUND","Eloquent. [Archaic]"
"FACUNDIOUS","Eloquement; full of words. [Archaic]"
"FACUNDITY","Eloquence; readiness of speech. [Archaic]"
"FAD","A hobby ; freak; whim.-- Fad'dist, n.It is your favorite fad to draw plans. G. Eliot."
"FADAISE","A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense."
"FADDLE","To trifle; to toy.-- v. t."
"FADE","Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. [R.] 'Passages that aresomewhat fade.' Jeffrey.His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous.De Quincey."
"FADED","That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim. 'Hisfaded cheek.' Milton.Where the faded moon Made a dim silver twilight. Keats."
"FADEDLY","In a faded manner.A dull room fadedly furnished. Dickens."
"FADELESS","Not liable to fade; unfading."
"FADER","Father. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FADGE","To fit; to suit; to agree.They shall be made, spite of antipathy, to fadge together. Milton.Well, Sir, how fadges the new design Wycherley."
"FADING","Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor.-- n."
"FADME","A fathom. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FADY","Faded. [R.] Shenstone."
"FAECAL","See Fecal."
"FAECES","Excrement; ordure; also, settlings; sediment after infusion ordistillation. [Written also feces.]"
"FAECULA","See Fecula."
"FAERY","Fairy. [Archaic] Spenser."
"FAFFLE","To stammer. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"FAG","A knot or coarse part in cloth. [Obs.]"
"FAGGING","Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge for another atan English school."
"FAGOT","A bassoon. See Fagotto."
"FAGOTTO","The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts forease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot."
"FAHAM","The leaves of an orchid (Angraecum fragrans), of the islands ofBourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinesetea."
"FAHLBAND","A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides.Raymond."
"FAHLUNITE","A hydration of iolite."
"FAHRENHEIT","Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit inthe graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit'sthermometric scale.-- n."
"FAIENCE","Glazed earthenware; esp., that which is decorated in color."
"FAILANCE","Fault; failure; omission. [Obs.] Bp. Fell."
"FAILLE","A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy."
"FAIN","With joy; gladly; -- with wold.He would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine dideat. Luke xv. 16.Fain Would I woo her, yet I dare not. Shak."
"FAINEANT","Doing nothing; shiftless.-- n."
"FAINEANT DEITY","A deity recognized as real but conceived as not acting in humanaffairs, hence not worshiped."
"FAINT","The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; aswoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.The saint, Who propped the Virgin in her faint. Sir W. Scott."
"FAINTING","Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest ofthe blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, therespiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak. Fainting fit, afainting or swoon; syncope. [Colloq.]"
"FAINTISH","Slightly faint; somewhat faint.-- Faint'ish*ness, n."
"FAINTLING","Timorous; feeble-minded. [Obs.] 'A fainting, silly creature.'Arbuthnot."
"FAINTLY","In a faint, weak, or timidmanner."
"FAINTS","The impure spirit which comes over first and last in thedistillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints,and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints. Thiscrude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil. Ure."
"FAINTY","Feeble; languid. [R.] Dryden."
"FAIR","Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth;fowing; -- said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, waterlines, and other lines."
"FAIR CATCH","A catch made by a player on side who makes a prescribed signalthat he will not attempt to advance the ball when caught. He must notthen be interfered with."
"FAIR-HAIRED","Having fair or light-colored hair."
"FAIR-LEADER","A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging orfor any rope."
"FAIR-MINDED","Unprejudiced; just; judicial; honest.-- Fair'*mind`ed*ness, n."
"FAIR-NATURED","Well-disposed. 'A fair-natured prince.' Ford."
"FAIR-SPOKEN","Using fair speech, or uttered with fairness; bland; civil;courteous; plausible. 'A marvelous fair-spoken man.' Hooker."
"FAIR-WORLD","State of prosperity. [Obs.]They think it was never fair-world with them since. Milton."
"FAIRHOOD","Fairness; beauty. [Obs.] Foxe."
"FAIRILY","In the manner of a fairy.Numerous as shadows haunting fairily The brain. Keats."
"FAIRING","A present; originally, one given or purchased at a fair. Gay.Fairing box, a box receiving savings or small sums of money. HannahMore."
"FAIRISH","Tolerably fair. [Colloq.] W. D. Howells."
"FAIRNESS","The state of being fair, or free form spots or stains, as ofthe skin; honesty, as of dealing; candor, as of an argument, etc."
"FAIRWAY","The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vesselsenter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept openand unobstructed for the passage of vessels. Totten. the rough."
"FAIRYLAND","The imaginary land or abode of fairies."
"FAIRYLIKE","Resembling a fairy, or what is made or done be fairies; as,fairylike music."
"FAITH","By my faith; in truth; verily."
"FAITHED","Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere. [Obs.] 'Make thywords faithed.' Shak."
"FAITOUR","A doer or actor; particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel.[Obs.]Lo! faitour, there thy meed unto thee take. Spenser."
"FAKE","One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it liesin a coil; a single turn or coil."
"FAKER","One who fakes something, as a thief, a peddler of petty things,a workman who dresses things up, etc. [Slang]"
"FAKIR","An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk. [Written alsofaquir anf fakeer.]"
"FALANAKA","A viverrine mammal of Madagascar (Eupleres Goudotii), allied tothe civet; -- called also Falanouc."
"FALCADE","The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunchestwo or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quickcurvets. Harris."
"FALCATION","The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle. SirT. Browne."
"FALCER","One of the mandibles of a spider."
"FALCIDIAN","Of or pertaining to Publius Falcidius, a Roman tribune.Falcidian law (Civil Law), a law by which a testator was obliged toleave at least a fourth of his estate to the heir. Burrill."
"FALCIFORM","Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reapinghook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver."
"FALCON","An ancient form of cannon. Chanting falcon. (Zo\u00f6l.) See underChanting."
"FALCONER","A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game;one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks. Johnson."
"FALCONGENTIL","The female or young of the goshawk (Astur palumbarius)."
"FALCONINE","Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the Falconid\ufffd"
"FALCULA","A curved and sharp-pointed claw."
"FALCULATE","Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon."
"FALDAGE","A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep,in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; -- oftenreserved to himself by the lord of the manor. Spelman."
"FALDFEE","A fee or rent paid by a tenant for the privilege of faldage onhis own ground. Blount."
"FALDING","A frieze or rough-napped cloth. [Obs.]"
"FALDISTORY","The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel. [Obs.]"
"FALDSTOOL","A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in themanner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for abishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church.Fairholt."
"FALERNIAN","Of or pertaining to Mount Falernus, in Italy; as,Falernianwine."
"FALK","The razorbill. [Written also falc, and faik.] [Prov. Eng.]"
"FALLACIOUS","Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted todeceive; misleading; delusive; as, fallacious arguments or reasoning.-- Fal*la'cious*ly, adv. -Fal*la'cious*ness, n."
"FALLACY","An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to bedecisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; asophism."
"FALLAX","Cavillation; a caviling. [Obs.] Cranmer."
"FALLEN","Dropped; prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead.Some ruined temple or fallen monument. Rogers."
"FALLENCY","An exception. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"FALLER","A part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, orthe device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a threadbreaks."
"FALLFISH","A fresh-water fish of the United States (Semotilus bullaris); -- called also silver chub, and Shiner. The name is also applied toother allied species."
"FALLIBILITY","The state of being fallible; liability to deceive or to bedeceived; as, the fallibity of an argument or of an adviser."
"FALLIBLE","Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to bedeceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes arefallible."
"FALLIBLY","In a fallible manner."
"FALLING","from Fall, v. i. Falling away, Falling off, etc. See To fallaway, To fall off, etc., under Fall, v. i.-- Falling band, the plain, broad, linen collar turning down overthe doublet, worn in the early part of the 17th century.-- Falling sickness (Med.), epilepsy. Shak.-- Falling star. (Astron.) See Shooting star.-- Falling stone, a stone falling through the atmosphere; ameteorite; an a\u00ebrolite.-- Falling tide, the ebb tide.-- Falling weather, a rainy season. [Colloq.] Bartlett."
"FALLOPIAN","Pertaining to, or discovered by, Fallopius; as, the Fallopiantubes or oviducts, the ducts or canals which conduct the ova from theovaries to the uterus."
"FALLOW","Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as,fallow ground. Fallow chat, Fallow finch (Zo\u00f6l.), a small Europeanbird, the wheatear (Saxicola \u00e6nanthe). See Wheatear."
"FALLOW DEER","A European species of deer (Cervus dama), much smaller than thered deer. In summer both sexes are spotted with white. It is commonin England, where it is often domesticated in the parks."
"FALLOWIST","One who favors the practice of fallowing land. [R.] Sinclair."
"FALLOWNESS","A well or opening, through the successive floors of a warehouseor manufactory, through which goods are raised or lowered. [U.S.]Bartlett."
"FALSARY","A falsifier of evidence. [Obs.] Sheldon."
"FALSE","Not in tune. False arch (Arch.), a member having the appearanceof an arch, though not of arch construction.-- False attic, an architectural erection above the main cornice,concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms.-- False bearing, any bearing which is not directly upon a verticalsupport; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has a false bearing.-- False cadence, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.-- False conception (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a mole,or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a properly organizedfetus.-- False croup (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx attendedwith the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with thedeposit of a fibrinous membrane.-- False door or window (Arch.), the representation of a door orwindow, inserted to complete a series of doors or windows or to givesymmetry.-- False fire, a combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly forsignaling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving anenemy; also, a light on shore for decoying a vessel to destruction.-- False galena. See Blende.-- False imprisonment (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a personwithout warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the unlawfuldetaining of a person in custody.-- False keel (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to serveboth as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral resistance.-- False key, a picklock.-- False leg. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Proleg.-- False membrane (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in croup anddiphtheria, and resembling in appearance an animal membrane.-- False papers (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving falserepresentations respecting her cargo, destination, ect., for thepurpose of deceiving.-- False passage (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off from anatural canal, such as the urethra, and produced usually by theunskillful introduction of instruments.-- False personation (Law), the intentional false assumption of thename and personality of another.-- False pretenses (Law), false representations concerning past orpresent facts and events, for the purpose of defrauding another.-- False rail (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of thehead rail to strengthen it.-- False relation (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which acertain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed by a flator sharp.-- False return (Law), an untrue return made to a process by theofficer to whom it was delivered for execution.-- False ribs (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are fivepairs in man.-- False roof (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and theroof. Oxford Gloss.-- False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for fraudulentpurposes.-- False scorpion (Zo\u00f6l.), any arachnid of the genus Chelifer. SeeBook scorpion.-- False tack (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling awayagain on the same tack.-- False vampire (Zo\u00f6l.), the Vampyrus spectrum of South America,formerly erroneously supposed to have blood-sucking habits; -- calledalso vampire, and ghost vampire. The genuine blood-sucking batsbelong to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.-- False window. (Arch.) See False door, above.-- False wing. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Alula, and Bastard wing, under Bastard.-- False works (Civil Engin.), construction works to facilitate theerection of the main work, as scaffolding, bridge centering, etc."
"FALSE-FACED","Hypocritical. Shak."
"FALSE-HEART","False-hearted. Shak."
"FALSE-HEARTED","Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful;perfidious. Bacon.-- False'*heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Stillingfleet."
"FALSELY","In a false manner; erroneously; not truly; perfidiously ortreacherously. 'O falsely, falsely murdered.' Shak.Oppositions of science, falsely so called. 1 Tim. vi. 20.Will ye steal, murder . . . and swear falsely Jer. vii. 9."
"FALSENESS","The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy;want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness;treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or asinger's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his word."
"FALSER","A deceiver. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FALSETTO","A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which liesabove his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. SeeHead voice, under Voice."
"FALSICRIMEN","The crime of falsifying."
"FALSIFIABLE","Capable of being falsified, counterfeited, or corrupted.Johnson."
"FALSIFICATION","The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong. Story."
"FALSIFICATOR","A falsifier. Bp. Morton."
"FALSIFIER","One who falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance;a liar."
"FALSIFY","To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment. Blackstone."
"FALSISM","That which is evidently false; an assertion or statement thefalsity of which is plainly apparent; -- opposed to truism."
"FALTER","To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.[Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"FALTERING","Hesitating; trembling. 'With faltering speech.' Milton.-- n."
"FALUNS","A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France,abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocenesubdivision."
"FALWE","Fallow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FALX","A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum;esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extendinto the great fissures of the brain."
"FAMBLE","To stammer. [Obs.] Nares."
"FAMELESS","Without fame or renown.-- Fame'less*ly, adv."
"FAMILIAR","A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal,especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused."
"FAMILIARIZATION","The act or process of making familiar; the result of becomingfamiliar; as, familiarization with scenes of blood."
"FAMILIARLY","In a familiar manner."
"FAMILIARNESS","Familiarity. [R.]"
"FAMILIARY","Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic. [Obs.]Milton."
"FAMILISM","The tenets of the Familists. Milton."
"FAMILIST","One of afanatical Antinomian sect originating in Holland, andexisting in England about 1580, called the Family of Love, who heldthat religion consists wholly in love."
"FAMILISTERY","A community in which many persons unite as in one family, andare regulated by certain communistic laws and customs."
"FAMILY","A groupe of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related bycertain points of resemblance in structure or development, morecomprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer orless pronounced points of likeness. In zo\u00f6logy a family is lesscomprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the samething as an order. Family circle. See under Circle.-- Family man. (a) A man who has a family; esp., one who has a wifeand children living with him andd dependent upon him. (b) A man ofdomestic habits. 'The Jews are generally, when married, mostexemplary family men.' Mayhew.-- Family of curves or surfaces (Geom.), a group of curves orsurfaces derived from a single equation.-- In a family way, like one belonging to the family. 'Why don't weask him and his ladies to come over in a family way, and dine withsome other plain country gentlefolks' Thackeray.-- In the family way, pregnant. [Colloq.]"
"FAMINE","General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions;destitution. 'Worn with famine.' Milton.There was a famine in the land. Gen. xxvi. 1.Famine fever (Med.), typhus fever."
"FAMISHMENT","State of being famished."
"FAMOSITY","The state or quality of being famous. [Obs.] Johnson."
"FAMOUS","Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of;distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense,chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition,for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate.Famous for a scolding tongue. Shak."
"FAMOUSED","Renowned. [Obs.] Shak."
"FAMOUSLY","In a famous manner; in a distinguished degree; greatly;splendidly.Then this land was famously enriched With politic grave counsel.Shak."
"FAMOUSNESS","The state of being famous."
"FAMULAR","Domestic; familiar. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FAMULATE","To serve. [Obs.]"
"FAMULIST","A collegian of inferior rank or position, corresponding to thesizar at Cambridge. [Oxford Univ., Eng.]"
"FAN PALM","Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as theCham\u00e6rops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal andThrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the greattalipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leavesof the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and areused for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used forbooks and manuscripts."
"FAN-NERVED","Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; --said of certain leaves, and of the winfs of some insects."
"FAN-TAILED","Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailedpigeon."
"FANAL","A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light."
"FANATIC","Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant inopinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especiallyon religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions.But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood,hugs it to the last. T. Moore."
"FANATICAL","Characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism; fanatic. -Fa*nat'ic*al*ly, adv.-- Fa*nat'ic*al*ness, n."
"FANATICISM","Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagantnotions, on any subject, especially religion; religious frenzy."
"FANATICIZE","To cause to become a fanatic."
"FANATISM","Fanaticism. [R.] Gibbon."
"FANCIED","Formed or conceived by the fancy; unreal; as, a fancied wrong."
"FANCILESS","Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination. [R.]A pert or bluff important wight, Whose brain is fanciless, whoseblood is white. Armstrong."
"FANCY-FREE","Free from the power of love. 'In maiden meditation, fancy-free.' Shak."
"FANCY-SICK","Love-sick. Shak."
"FANCYMONGER","A lovemonger; a whimsical lover. [Obs.] Shak."
"FANCYWORK","Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery,crocheting, netting, etc."
"FAND","imp. of Find. Spenser."
"FANE","A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church. [Poet.]Such to this British Isle, her Christian fanes. Wordsworth."
"FANEGA","A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1 DeColange."
"FANFARE","A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.;also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during thechase.The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes.Sir W. Scott."
"FANFARON","A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster. [R.] Dryden."
"FANFARONADE","A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. Swift."
"FANG","The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held ortorn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile,venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.Since I am a dog, beware my fangs. Shak."
"FANGED","Having fangs or tusks; as, a fanged adder. Also usedfiguratively."
"FANGLE","Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; atrifling ornament."
"FANGLED","New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs., exceptwith the prefix new.] See Newfangled. 'Our fangled world.' Shak."
"FANGLENESS","Quality of being fangled. [Obs.]He them in new fangleness did pass. Spenser."
"FANGLESS","Destitute of fangs or tusks. 'A fangless lion.' Shak."
"FANGOT","A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundredweight."
"FANION","A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of abrigade. [Obs.]"
"FANLIKE","Resembling a fan; -- specifically (Bot.), folded up like a fan,as certain leaves; plicate."
"FANNEL","Same as Fanon."
"FANON","A term applied to various articles, as: (a) A peculiar stripedscarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops. (b) Amaniple. [Written also fannel, phanon, etc.]"
"FANTASIA","A continuous composition, not divided into what are calledmovements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, butin which the author's fancy roves unrestricted by set form."
"FANTASIED","Filled with fancies or imaginations. [Obs.] Shak."
"FANTASM","Same as Phantasm."
"FANTAST","One whose manners or ideas are fantastic. [R.] Coleridge."
"FANTASTIC","A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentricperson; a fop. Milton.Our fantastics, who, having a fine watch, take all ocasions to drowit out to be seen. Fuller."
"FANTASTIC-ALNESS","The quality of being fantastic."
"FANTASTICAL","Fanciful; unreal; whimsical; capricious; fantastic."
"FANTASTICALITY","Fantastically. [Obs.]"
"FANTASTICALLY","In a fantastic manner.the letter A, in scarlet, fantastically embroidered with gold thread,upon her bosom. Hawthorne."
"FANTASTICISM","The quality of being fantastical; fancifulness; whimsicality.Ruskin."
"FANTASTICLY","Fantastically. [Obs.]"
"FANTASTICNESS","Fantasticalness. [Obs.]"
"FANTASTICO","A fantastic. [Obs.] Shak."
"FANTASY","To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy.[Obs.] Cavendish.Which he doth most fantasy. Robynson (More's Utopia)."
"FANTOCCINI","Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes bymeans of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used."
"FANTOM","See Phantom. Fantom corn, phantom corn. Grose."
"FAP","Fuddled. [Obs.] Shak."
"FAQUIR","See Fakir."
"FAR","A young pig, or a litter of pigs."
"FAR-ABOUT","A going out of the way; a digression. [Obs.] Fuller."
"FAR-OFF","Remote; as, the far-off distance. Cf. Far-off, under Far, adv."
"FAR-STRETCHED","Stretched beyond ordinary limits."
"FARAD","The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of acondenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt,is equal to the amount of electricity which, with the sameelectromotive force, passes through one ohm in one second; thecapacity, which, charged with one coulomb, gives an electro-motiveforce of one volt."
"FARADIC","Of or pertaining to Michael Faraday, the distinguishedelectrician; -- applied especially to induced currents ofelectricity, as produced by certain forms of inductive apparatus, onaccount of Faraday's investigations of their laws."
"FARADIZE","To stimulate with, or subject to, faradic, or inducted,electric currents. --Far'a*diz`er (#), n."
"FARAND","See Farrand, n."
"FARANDAMS","A fabrik made of silk and wool or hair. Simmonds."
"FARANDOLE","A rapid dance in six-eight time in which a large number joinhands and dance in various figures, sometimes moving from room toroom. It originated in Provence."
"FARANTLY","Orderly; comely; respectable. [Obs.] Halliwell."
"FARCE","Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing afowl; forcemeat."
"FARCEMENT","Stuffing; forcemeat. [Obs.]They spoil a good dish with . . . unsavory farcements. Feltham."
"FARCICAL","Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous;unnatural; unreal.They deny the characters to be farcical, because they are Gay.-- Far'ci*cal*ly, adv. -Far'ci*cal*ness, n."
"FARCILITE","Pudding stone. [Obs.] Kirwan."
"FARCING","Stuffing; forcemeat."
"FARCTATE","Stuffed; filled solid; as, a farctate leaf, stem, or pericarp;-- opposed to tubular or hollow. [Obs.]"
"FARCY","A contagious disease of horses, associated with painfululcerating enlargements, esp. upon the head and limbs. It is of thesame nature as glanders, and is often fatal. Called also farcin, andfarcimen."
"FARD","Paint used on the face. [Obs.] 'Painted with French fard.' J.Whitaker."
"FARDAGE","See Dunnage."
"FARDEL","A bundle or little pack; hence, a burden. [Obs.] Shak.A fardel of never-ending misery and suspense. Marryat."
"FARDING-BAG","The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; therumen."
"FARDINGDALE","A farthingale. [Obs.]"
"FARDINGDEAL","The fourth part of an acre of land. [Obs.] [Written alsofarding dale, fardingale, etc.]"
"FAREN","p. p. of Fare, v. i. Chaucer."
"FAREWELL","Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a persondeparting, but by custom now applied both to those who depart andthose who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare youwell; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as,farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid youfarewell.So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear. Milton.Fare thee well! and if forever, Still forever fare thee well. Byron."
"FARFET","Farfetched. [Obs.]York with his farfet policy. Shak."
"FARFETCH","To bring from far; to seek out studiously. [Obs.]To farfetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word. Fuller."
"FARINA","Pollen. [R.] Craig."
"FARINOSE","Civered with a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves ofsome poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy."
"FARL","Same as Furl. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"FARLIE","An unusual or unexpected thing; a wonder. See Fearly. [Obs. orProv. Eng.] Drayton."
"FARM","A lease of the imposts on particular goods; as, the sugar farm,the silk farm.Whereas G. H. held the farm of sugars upon a rent of 10,000 marks perannum. State Trials (1196)."
"FARMABLE","Capable of being farmed."
"FARMER","One who farms; as:(a) One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leasedground; a tenant. Smart.(b) One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivatesa farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman.(c) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, tocollect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, afarmer of the revenues.(d) (Mining) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and copeof the crown. Farmer-general Etym: [F. fermier-general], one to whomthe right of levying certain taxes, in a particular district, wasfarmed out, under the former French monarchy, for a given sum paiddown.-- Farmers' satin, a light material of cotton and worsted, used forcoat linings. McElrath.-- The king's farmer (O. Eng. Law), one to whom the collection of aroyal revenue was farmed out. Burrill."
"FARMERESS","A woman who farms."
"FARMERSHIP","Skill in farming."
"FARMERY","The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; ahomestead. [Eng.]"
"FARMHOUSE","A dwelling house on a farm; a farmer's residence."
"FARMING","Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engagedin, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community."
"FARMOST","Most distant; farthest.A spacious cave within its farmost part. Dryden."
"FARMSTEAD","A farm with the building upon it; a homestead on a farm.Tennyson.With its pleasant groves and farmsteads. Carlyle."
"FARMSTEADING","A farmstead. [Scot.] Black."
"FARMYARD","The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the space inclosedby the farm buildings."
"FARNESS","The state of being far off; distance; remoteness. [R.] Grew."
"FARO","A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players playagainst the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order inwhich the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack. Faro bank, thecapital which the proprietor of a farotable ventures in the game;also, the place where a game of faro is played. Hoyle."
"FAROESE","An inhabitant, or, collectively, inhabitants, of the Faroeislands."
"FARRAGINOUS","Formed of various materials; mixed; as, a farraginous mountain.[R.] Kirwan.AA farraginous concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, andages. Sir T. Browne."
"FARRAGO","A mass ccomposed of various materials confusedly mixed; amedley; a mixture.A confounded farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, wishes, and all theflimsy furniture of a country miss's brain. Sheridan."
"FARRAND","Manner; custom; fashion; humor. [Prov. Eng.] [Written alsofarand.] Grose."
"FARREATION","Same as Confarreation."
"FARRIER","Defn:"
"FARROW","A little of pigs. Shak."
"FARRY","A farrow. [Obs.] Perry."
"FARSE","An addition to, or a paraphrase of, some part of the Latinservice in the vernacular; -- common in English before theReformation."
"FARSIGHTED","Hypermetropic."
"FARSIGHTEDNESS","Hypermetropia."
"FARTHER","To help onward. [R.] See Further."
"FARTHERANCE","See Furtherence."
"FARTHERMORE","See Furthermore."
"FARTHERMOST","Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree. See Furthest."
"FARTHEST","Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree.  See Furthest."
"FARTHINGALE","A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elasticmaterial, used to extend the petticoat.We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . With ruffs and cuffs,and farthingales and things. Shak."
"FASCES","A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the bladeprojecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of theirauthority."
"FASCET","A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc.,to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into themouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- calles alsopontee and punty."
"FASCIA","A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band orbroad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up thearchitrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column."
"FASCIAL","Relating to a fascia."
"FASCIATION","The act or manner of binding up; bandage; also, the conditionof being fasciated."
"FASCICLE","A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicleof fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots."
"FASCICLED","Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster; as, the fascicledleaves of the pine or larch; the fascicled roots of the dahlia;fascicled muscle fibers; fascicled tufts of hair."
"FASCICULAR","Pertaining to a fascicle; fascicled; as, a fascicular root."
"FASCICULARLY","In a fascicled manner. Kirwan."
"FASCICULE","A small bunch or bundle; a fascicle; as, a fascicule of fibers,hairs, or spines."
"FASCINE","A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together,used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts,and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in matsfor dams, jetties, etc."
"FASCINOUS","Caused or acting by witchcraft. [Obs.] 'Fascinous diseases.'Harvey."
"FASCIOLA","A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; thedentate convolution. Wilder."
"FASCIOLE","A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on theshells of spatangoid sea urchins. See Spatangoidea."
"FASH","To vex; to tease; to trouble. [Scot.]"
"FASHION-MONGER","One who studies the fashions; a fop; a dandy. Marston."
"FASHION-MONGERING","Behaving like a fashion-monger. [R.] Shak."
"FASHIONABLE","A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in theplural."
"FASHIONABLENESS","State of being fashionable."
"FASHIONABLY","In a fashionable manner."
"FASHIONED","Having a certain style or fashion; as old-fashioned; new-fashioned."
"FASHIONER","One who fashions, forms, ar gives shape to anything. [R.]The fashioner had accomplished his task, and the dresses were broughthome. Sir W. Scott."
"FASHIONIST","An obsequious follower of the modes and fashions. [R.] Fuller."
"FASHIONLESS","Having no fashion."
"FASSAITE","A variety of pyroxene, from the valley of Fassa, in the Tyrol."
"FAST","That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooringrope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow,head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier aroundwhich hawsers are passed in mooring."
"FAST-HANDED","Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious. [Obs.] Bacon."
"FASTEN","To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.A horse leech will hardly fasten on a fish. Sir T. Browne."
"FASTENER","One who, or that which, makes fast or firm."
"FASTENING","Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt,bar, buckle, etc."
"FASTER","One who abstains from food."
"FASTIDIOSITY","Fastidiousness; squeamishness. [Obs.] Swift."
"FASTIDIOUS","Difficult to please; delicate to fault; suited with difficulty;squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite.Proud youth ! fastidious of the lower world. Young."
"FASTISH","Rather fast; also, somewhat dissipated. [Colloq.] Thackeray."
"FASTLY","Firmly; surely."
"FASTUOUS","Proud; haughty; disdainful. [Obs.] Barrow. Fas'tu*ous*ness, n.[Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"FAT","Of a character which enables the compositor to make largewages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.;as, a fat take; a fat page. Fat lute, a mixture of pipe clay and oilfor filling joints."
"FAT-BRAINED","Dull of apprehension."
"FAT-KIDNEYED","Gross; lubberly.Peace, ye fat-kidneyed rascal ! Shak."
"FAT-WITTED","Dull; stupid. Shak."
"FATA MORGANA","A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted,distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly atthe Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily."
"FATALISM","The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that theytake place by inevitable necessity."
"FATALIST","One who maintains that all things happen by inevitablenecessity."
"FATALISTIC","Implying, or partaking of the nature of, fatalism."
"FATALNESS",", . Quality of being fatal. Johnson."
"FATBACK","The menhaden."
"FATE","The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimescalled the Destinies, or Parc\u00e6who were supposed to determine thecourse of human life. They are represented, one as holding thedistaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off thethread."
"FATEFUL","Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate. 'The fatefulsteel.' J. Barlow."
"FATHER LONGLEGS","See Daddy longlegs, 2."
"FATHER-IN-LAW","The father of one's husband or wife; -- correlative to son-in-law and daughter-in-law."
"FATHER-LASHER","A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the sculpin;-- called also lucky proach."
"FATHERHOOD","The state of being a father; the character or authority of afather; paternity."
"FATHERLAND","One's native land; the native land of one's fathers orancestors."
"FATHERLESSNESS","The state of being without a father."
"FATHERLINESS","The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc."
"FATHERSHIP","The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity."
"FATHOMABLE","Capable of being fathomed."
"FATHOMER","One who fathoms."
"FATIDICAL","Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent;as, the fatidical oak. [R.] Howell.-- Fa*tid'i*cal*ly, adv."
"FATIFEROUS","Fate-bringing; deadly; mortal; destructive. [R.] Johnson."
"FATIGABLE","Easily tired. [Obs.] Bailey."
"FATIGATE","Wearied; tired; fatigued. [Obs.]Requickened what in flesh was fatigate. Shak."
"FATIGATION","Weariness. [Obs.] W. Montaqu."
"FATIGUE","To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harasswith toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire."
"FATILOQUENT","Prophetic; fatidical. [Obs.] Blount."
"FATILOQUIST","A fortune teller."
"FATISCENCE","A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or havingapertures. Kirwan."
"FATLING","A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened forslaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used forfood.He sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 2 Sam. vi. 13."
"FATLY","Grossly; greasily."
"FATNER","One who fattens. [R.] See Fattener. Arbuthnit."
"FATTEN","To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; tobe pampered.And villains fatten with the brave man's labor. Otway."
"FATTENER","One who, or that which, fattens; that which gives fatness orfertility."
"FATTINESS","State or quality of being fatty."
"FATTISH","Somewhat fat; inclined to fatness.Coleridge, a puffy, anxious, obstructed-looking, fattish old man.Carlyle."
"FATTY","Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross;as, a fatty substance. Fatty acid (Chem.), any one of the paraffinseries of monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- socalled because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic acids,occur in the natural fats, and are themselves fatlike substances.-- Fatty clays. See under Clay.-- Fatty degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition, in which the oilglobules, naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied asgradually to destroy and replace the efficient parts of these organs.-- Fatty heart, Fatty liver, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver, etc.,which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration or infiltration.-- Fatty infiltration (Med.), a condition in which there is anexcessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without destruction of anyessential parts of the latter.-- Fatty tumor (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adiposetissue; lipoma."
"FATUITOUS","Stupid; fatuous."
"FATUITY","Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.Those many forms of popular fatuity. I Taylor."
"FAUBOURG","A suburb of French city; also, a district now within a city,but formerly without its walls."
"FAUCAL","Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial;esp., (Phon.) produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural soundsfound in the Semitic and some other languages.Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals. I. Taylor (The Alphabet)."
"FAUCES","The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situatedbetween the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called alsothe isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage twomembranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose thetonsils."
"FAUCHION","See Falchion. [Obs.]"
"FAUCIAL","Pertaining to the fauces; pharyngeal."
"FAUGH","An exclamation of contempt, disgust, or abhorrence."
"FAULCHION","See Falchion."
"FAULCON","See Falcon."
"FAULD","The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch."
"FAULE","A fall or falling band. [Obs.]These laces, ribbons, and these faules. Herrick."
"FAULT","A lost scent; act of losing the scent.Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled, With much ado,the cold fault cleary out. Shak."
"FAULT-FINDER","One who makes a practice off discovering others' faults andcensuring them; a scold."
"FAULT-FINDING","The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. AlsoAdj."
"FAULTER","One who commits a fault. [Obs.]Behold the faulter here in sight. Fairfax."
"FAULTFUL","Full of faults or sins. Shak."
"FAULTILY","In a faulty manner."
"FAULTINESS","Quality or state of being faulty.Round, even to faultiness. Shak."
"FAULTING","The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which afault is produced."
"FAULTLESS","Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish;free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultlesspoem.Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, noris, nor e'er shall be. Pope."
"FAUN","A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the satyr.The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man.Satyr or Faun, or Sylvan. Milton."
"FAUNA","The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna ofAmerica; fossil fauna; recent fauna."
"FAUNAL","Relating to fauna."
"FAUNIST","One who describes the fauna of country; a naturalist. GilbertWhite."
"FAUNUS","See Faun."
"FAUSEN","A young eel. [Prov. Eng.]"
"FAUSSE-BRAYE","A second raampart, exterior to, and parallel to, the mainrampart, and considerably below its level."
"FAUTOR","A favorer; a patron; one who gives countenance or support; anabettor. [Obs.]The king and the fautors of his proceedings. Latimer."
"FAUTRESS","A patroness. [Obs.] Chapman."
"FAUVETTE","A small singing bird, as the nightingale and warblers."
"FAUX","See Fauces."
"FAUX PAS","A false step; a mistake or wrong measure."
"FAVAGINOUS","Formed like, or resembling, a honeycomb."
"FAVAS","See Favus, n., 2. Fairholt."
"FAVEL","Yellow; fal [Obs.] Wright."
"FAVELLA","A group of spores arranged without order and covered with athin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red alg\u00e6."
"FAVEOLATE","Honeycomb; having cavities or cells, somewhat resembling thoseof a honeycomb; alveolate; favose."
"FAVIER EXPLOSIVE","Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium nitrateand a nitrate derivative of naphthalene. They are stable, but requireprotection from moisture. As prepared it is a compressed cylinder ofthe explosive, filled with loose powder of the same composition, allinclosed in waterproof wrappers. It is used for mining."
"FAVILLOUS","Of or pertaining to ashes. [Obs.]Light and favollous particles. Sir T. Browne."
"FAVONIAN","Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle."
"FAVOR","Partiality; bias. Bouvier."
"FAVOREDLY","In a favored or a favorable manner; favorably. [Obs.] Deut.xvii. 1. Arscham."
"FAVOREDNESS","Appearance. [Obs.]"
"FAVORER","One who favors; one who regards with kindness or friendship; awell-wisher; one who assists or promotes success or prosperity.[Written also favourer.]And come to us as favorers, not as foes. Shak."
"FAVORESS","A woman who favors or gives countenance. [Written alsofovouress.]"
"FAVORING","That favors.-- Fa'vor*ing*ly, adv."
"FAVORITE","Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in thereign of Charles II. [Obs.] Farquhar."
"FAVORITISM","The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one personor family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others havingequal claims; partiality.A spirit of favoritism to the Bank of the United States. A. Hamilton."
"FAVOSE","Honeycombed. See Faveolate."
"FAVOSITE","Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites."
"FAVOSITES","A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and Devonianrocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls."
"FAVUS","A disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite."
"FAWE","Fain; glad; delighted. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FAWKNER","A falconer. [Obs.] Donne."
"FAWN","A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck."
"FAWN-COLORED","Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown."
"FAWNER","One who fawns; a sycophant."
"FAWNINGLY","In a fawning manner."
"FAXED","Hairy. [Obs.] amden."
"FAY","A fairy; an elf. 'Yellow-skirted fays.' Milton."
"FAYALITE","A black, greenish, or brownish mineral of the chrysolite group.It is a silicate of iron."
"FAYENCE","See Fa."
"FAYTOUR","See Faitour. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FAZE","See Feeze."
"FAZZOLET","A handkerchief. [R.] percival."
"FEABERRY","A gooseberry. [Prov. Eng.] Prior."
"FEAGUE","To beat or whip; to drive. [Obs.] Otway."
"FEAL","Faithful; loyal. [Obs.] Wright."
"FEAR","A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FEARER","One who fars. Sir P. Sidney."
"FEARFULLY","In a fearful manner."
"FEARFULNESS","The state of being fearful."
"FEARLESS","Free from fear."
"FEARSOME",". Easily frightened; timid; timorous. 'A silly fearsome thing.'B. Taylor"
"FEASIBILITY","The quality of being feasible; practicability; also, that whichis feasible; as, before we adopt a plan, let us consider itsfeasibility.Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties,possibilities for feasibilities. Sir T. Browne."
"FEASTFUL","Festive; festal; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious. 'Feastful days.'Milton.-- Feast'ful*ly, adv."
"FEAT","To form; to fashion. [Obs.]To the more mature, A glass that feated them. Shak."
"FEAT-BODIED","Having a feat or trim body. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"FEATEOUS","Dexterous; neat. [Obs.] Johnson.-- Feat'e*ous*ly, adv."
"FEATHER","A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, tostrengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and therebyprevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline."
"FEATHER-BRAINED","Giddy; frivolous; feather-headed. [Colloq.]"
"FEATHER-EDGE","The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster."
"FEATHER-EDGED","Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than theother, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff oneedge of which is made as thin as practicable."
"FEATHER-FEW","Feverfew."
"FEATHER-FOIL","An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris), having finely dividedleaves."
"FEATHER-HEAD","A frivolous or featherbrained person. [Colloq.] H. James."
"FEATHER-HEADED","Giddy; frivolous; foolish. [Colloq.] G. Eliot."
"FEATHER-HEELED","Light-heeled; gay; frisky; frolicsome. [Colloq.]"
"FEATHER-PATED","Feather-headed; frivolous. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott."
"FEATHER-VEINED","Having the veins (of a leaf) diverging from the two sides of amidrib."
"FEATHERBONE","A substitute for whalebone, made from the quills of geese andturkeys."
"FEATHERED","Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; orof hairs, as the legs of a setter dog."
"FEATHERINESS","The state or condition of being feathery."
"FEATHERING","Same as Foliation."
"FEATHERLESS","Destitute of feathers."
"FEATHERLY","Like feathers. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"FEATHERNESS","The state or condition of being feathery."
"FEATHERSTITCH","A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line."
"FEATHERY","Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or aswith, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow. Milton.Ye feathery people of mid air. Barry Cornwall."
"FEATLY","Neatly; dexterously; nimbly. [Archaic]Foot featly here and there. Shak."
"FEATNESS","Skill; adroitness. [Archaic] Johnson."
"FEATURELESS","Having no distinct or distinctive features."
"FEATURELY","Having features; showing marked peculiarities; handsome. [R.]Featurely warriors of Christian chivalry. Coleridge."
"FEAZE","To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope. Johnson."
"FEAZINGS","The unlaid or ragged end of a rope. Ham. Nav. Encyc."
"FEBRICITATE","To have a fever. [Obs.] Bailey."
"FEBRICULOSE","Somewhat feverish. [Obs.] Johnson."
"FEBRIFACIENT","Febrific. Dunglison.-- n."
"FEBRIFEROUS","Causing fever; as, a febriferous locality."
"FEBRIFIC","Producing fever. Dunglison."
"FEBRIFUGAL","Having the quality of mitigating or curing fever. Boyle."
"FEBRIFUGE","A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever.-- a."
"FEBRILE","Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as,febrile symptoms; febrile action. Dunglison."
"FEBRUARY","The second month in the year, said to have been introduced intothe Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month containstwenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days."
"FEBRUATION","Purification; a sacrifice. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FECAL","relating to, or containing, dregs, feces, or ordeure; f\u00e6cal."
"FECCHE","To fetch. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FECES","dregs; sediment; excrement. See F\u00c6ces."
"FECIAL","Pertaining to heralds, declarations of war, and treaties ofpeace; as, fecial law. Kent."
"FECIFORK","The anal fork on which the larv\u00e6 of certain insects carry theirf\u00e6ces."
"FECKLESS","Spiritless; weak; worthless. [Scot]"
"FECKLESSNESS","absence of merit.[WordNet 1.5]"
"FECKS","A corruption of the word faith. Shak."
"FECULA","Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breakingdown the texture, washing with water, and subsidence. Especially:(a) The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; -- called alsoamylaceous fecula. (b) The green matter of plants; chlorophyll."
"FECULENCY","Feculence."
"FECULENT","Foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding withsediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid.Both his hands most filthy feculent. Spenser."
"FECUND","Fruitful in children; prolific. Graunt."
"FECUNDATE","To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowersthe pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma."
"FECUNDATION","The act by which, either in animals or plants, materialprepared by the generative organs the female organism is brought incontact with matter from the organs of the male, so that a neworganism results; impregnation; fertilization."
"FECUNDIFY","To make fruitful; to fecundate. Johnson."
"FED","imp. & p. p. of Feed."
"FEDARY","A feodary. [Obs.] Shak."
"FEDERAL","See Federalist."
"FEDERALISM","the principles of Federalists or of federal union."
"FEDERALIST","An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), afriend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation andadoption; a member of the political party which favored theadministration of president Washington."
"FEDERALIZE","To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate forpolitical purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution.Barlow."
"FEDERARY","A partner; a confederate; an accomplice. [Obs.] hak."
"FEDERATE","United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joinedin confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations."
"FEDERATIVE","Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal. 'Afederative society.' Burke."
"FEDITY","Turpitude; vileness. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"FEE","A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend forservices to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief."
"FEE-FAW-FUM","A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres;hence, any expression calculated to impose upon the timid andignorant. 'Impudent fee-faw-fums.' J. H. Newman."
"FEEBLE","To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.]Shall that victorious hand be feebled here Shak."
"FEEBLE-MINDED","Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy;irresolute; vacilating; imbecile. 'comfort the feeble-minded.' 1Thess. v. 14.-- Fee'ble-mind'ed*ness, n."
"FEEBLENESS","The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity.That shakes for age and feebleness. Shak."
"FEEBLY","In a feeble manner.The restored church . . . contended feebly, and with half a heart.Macaulay."
"FEEDER","An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads alongthe material operated upon."
"FEEJEE","See Fijian."
"FEELER","One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), whichare used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food; anantenna; a palp.Insects . . . perpetually feeling and searching before them withtheir feelers or antenn\u00e6. Derham."
"FEELINGLY","In a feeling manner; pathetically; sympathetically."
"FEERE","A consort, husband or wife; a companion; a fere. [Obs.]"
"FEESE","the short run before a leap. [Obs.] Nares."
"FEET","See Foot."
"FEETLESS","Destitute of feet; as, feetless birds."
"FEEZE","Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See Feaze."
"FEHLING","See Fehling's solution, under Solution."
"FEHMIC","See Vehmic."
"FEIGNED","Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false.'A feigned friend.' Shak.Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Ps.xvii. 1.-- Feign'ed*ly, adv.-- Feign'ed*ness, n.Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her wholeheart, but feignedly. Jer. iii. 10.Feigned issue (Law), an issue produced in a pretended action betweentwo parties for the purpose of trying before a jury a question offact which it becomes necessary to settle in the progress of a cause.Burill. Bouvier."
"FEIGNER","One who feigns or pretends."
"FEIGNING","That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false.-- Feign'ing*ly, adv."
"FEINE","To feign. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FEINT","Feigned; counterfeit. [Obs.]Dressed up into any feint appearance of it. Locke."
"FEITSUI","The Chinese name for a highly prized variety of pale greenjade. See Jade."
"FEIZE","See Feeze, v. t."
"FELANDERS","See Filanders."
"FELE","Many. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FELICIFY","To make happy; to felicitate. [Obs.] Quarles."
"FELICITATE","Made very happy. [Archaic]I am alone felicitate In your dear highness' love. Shak."
"FELICITATION","The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness;congratulation."
"FELICITOUS","Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful;skilful; successful; happily applied or expressed; appropriate.Felicitous words and images. M. Arnold.-- Fe*lic'i*tous*ly, adv.-- Fe*lic'i*tous*ness, n."
"FELINE","Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus Felis, or family Felid\u00e6;as, the feline race; feline voracity."
"FELIS","A genus of carnivorous mammals, including the domestic cat, thelion, tiger, panther, and similar animals."
"FELL","imp. of Fall."
"FELLABLE","Fit to be felled."
"FELLAH","A peasant or cultivator of the soil among the Egyptians,Syrians, etc. W. M. Thomson."
"FELLER","One who, or that which, fells, knocks or cuts down; a machinefor felling trees."
"FELLFARE","The fieldfare."
"FELLIFLUOUS","Flowing with gall. [R.] Johnson."
"FELLINIC","Of, relating to, or derived from, bile or gall; as, fellinicacid."
"FELLMONGER","A dealer in fells or sheepskins, who separates the wool fromthe pelts."
"FELLNESS","The quality or state of being fell or cruel; fierce barbarity.Spenser."
"FELLOE","See Felly."
"FELLON","Variant of Felon. [Obs.]Those two were foes the fellonest on ground. Spenser."
"FELLOW","To suit with; to pair with; to match. [Obs.] Shak."
"FELLOW-COMMONER","A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, ordines, at the Fellow's table."
"FELLOW-CREATURE","One of the same race or kind; one made by the same Creator.Reason, by which we are raised above our fellow-creatures, thebrutes. I. Watts."
"FELLOWFEEL","To share through sympathy; to participate in. [R.] D. Rodgers."
"FELLOWLESS","Without fellow or equal; peerless.Whose well-built walls are rare and fellowless. Chapman."
"FELLOWLIKE","Like a companion; companionable; on equal terms; sympathetic.[Obs.] Udall."
"FELLOWLY","Fellowlike. [Obs.] Shak."
"FELLOWSHIP","(Eccl.) To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communionaccording to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christianfellowship."
"FELLY",", adv. In a fell or cruel manner; fiercely; barbarously;savagely. Spenser."
"FELO-DE-SE","One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loseshis life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or maliciousact; a suicide. Burrill."
"FELON","A person who has committed a felony."
"FELONIOUS","Having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous;traitorous; perfidious; in a legal sense, done with intent to commita crime; as, felonious homicide.O thievish Night, Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, Inthy dark lantern thus close up the stars Milton.-- Fe*lo'ni`ous*ly, adv.-- Fe*lo'ni`ous*ness, n."
"FELONOUS","Wicked; felonious. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FELONRY","A body of felons; specifically, the convict population of apenal colony. Howitt."
"FELONWORT","The bittersweet nightshade (Solanum Dulcamara). SeeBittersweet."
"FELONY","An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee byforfeiture. Burrill."
"FELSITE","A finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consistingessentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz."
"FELSITIC","relating to, composed of, or containing, felsite."
"FELSPATHIC","See Feldspathic."
"FELSTONE","See Felsite."
"FELT","imp. & p. p. or a. from Feel."
"FELT GRAIN",", the grain of timber which is transverse to the annular ringsor plates; the direction of the medullary rays in oak and some othertimber. Knight."
"FELTER","To clot or mat together like felt.His feltered locks that on his bosom fell. Fairfax."
"FELTRY","See Felt, n. [Obs.]"
"FELUCCA","A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateensails, -- once common in the Mediterranean."
"FELWORT","A European herb (Swertia perennis) of the Gentian family."
"FEMALE","A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organswhich are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation orfertilization; a pistillate plant."
"FEMALE FERN","a common species of fern with large decompound fronds(Asplenium Filixf\u00e6mina), growing in many countries; lady fern."
"FEMALE RHYMES","double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymesbecause they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two syllables, anaccented and an unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line."
"FEMALIST","A gallant. [Obs.]Courting her smoothly like a femalist. Marston."
"FEMALIZE","To make, or to describe as, female or feminine. Shaftesbury."
"FEME","A woman. Burrill. Feme covert (Law), a married woman. SeeCovert, a., 3.-- Feme sole (Law), a single or unmarried woman; a woman who hasnever been married, or who has been divorced, or whose husband isdead.-- Feme sole trader or merchant (Eng. Law), a married woman, by thecustom of London, engages in business on her own account, inpendentlyof her husband."
"FEMERAL","See Femerell."
"FEMERELL","A lantern, or louver covering, placed on a roof, forventilation or escape of smoke."
"FEMINAL","Feminine. [Obs.] West."
"FEMINALITY","Feminity."
"FEMINATE","Feminine. [Obs.]"
"FEMINEITY","Womanliness; femininity. C. Read"
"FEMININE","Any one of those words which are the appellations of females,or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as,actress, songstress, abbess, executrix.There are but few true feminines in English. Latham."
"FEMININE RHYME","See Female rhyme, under Female, a."
"FEMININELY","In a feminine manner. Byron."
"FEMININENESS","The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness."
"FEMINITY","Womanliness; femininity. [Obs.] 'Trained up in true feminity.'Spenser."
"FEMINIZATION","The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized."
"FEMINIZE","To make womanish or effeminate. Dr. H. More."
"FEMINYE","The people called Amazons. [Obs.] '[The reign of] feminye.'Chaucer."
"FEMME","A woman. See Feme, n. Femme de chambre. Etym: [F.] A lady'smaid; a chambermaid."
"FEMORAL","Pertaining to the femur or thigh; as, the femoral artery.'Femoral habiliments.' Sir W. Scott."
"FEN","Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water,but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggyland; moor; marsh.'Mid reedy fens wide spread. Wordsworth."
"FEN CRICKET","The mole cricket. [Prov. Eng.]"
"FEN-SUCKED","Sucked out of marches. 'Fen-sucked fogs.' Shak."
"FENCE","A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumblergates in locking and unlocking."
"FENCE MONTH","the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting isprohibited. Bullokar.-- Fence roof, a covering for defense. 'They fitted their shieldsclose to one another in manner of a fence roof.' Holland. Fence time,the breeding time of fish or game, when they should not be killed.-- Rail fence, a fence made of rails, sometimes supported by posts.-- Ring fence, a fence which encircles a large area, or a wholeestate, within one inclosure.-- Worm fence, a zigzag fence composed of rails crossing one anotherat their ends; -- called also snake fence, or Virginia rail fence.-- To be on the fence, to be undecided or uncommitted in respect totwo opposing parties or policies. [Colloq.]"
"FENCEFUL","Affording defense; defensive. [Obs.] Congreve."
"FENCELESS","Without a fence; uninclosed; open; unguarded; defenseless.Milton."
"FENCER","One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencingwith sword or foil.As blunt as the fencer's foils. Shak."
"FENCI-BLE","Capable of being defended, or of making or affording defense.[Obs.]No fort so fencible, nor walls so strong. Spenser."
"FENCIBLE","A soldier enlisted for home service only; -- usually in the pl."
"FEND","A fiend. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FENDER","One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm;as:(a) A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escapingto the floor.(b) Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vesselcomes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.(c) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels:also, a splashboard.(d) Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, fromdamage by carriage wheels."
"FENDLICHE","Fiendlike. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FENERATE","To put money to usury; to lend on interest. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"FENERATION","The act of fenerating; interest. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"FENES-TELLA","Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show therelics within an altar, or the like."
"FENESTRA","A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed bymembranes, between the tympanum and internal ear."
"FENESTRAL","Pertaining to a window or to windows."
"FENESTRATE","Having transparent spots, as the wings of certain butterflies."
"FENESTRATED","Having windows; characterized by windows."
"FENESTRATION","The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modernwriters for the decorating of an architectural composition by meansof the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions."
"FENESTRULE","One of the openings in a fenestrated structure."
"FENG-HWANG","A pheasantlike bird of rich plumage and graceful form andmovement, fabled to appear in the land on the accession of a sage tothe throne, or when right principles are about to prevail. It isoften represented on porcelains and other works of art."
"FENG-SHUI","A system of spirit influences for good and evil believed by theChinese to attend the natural features of landscape; also, a kind ofgeomancy dealing with these influences, used in determining sites forgraves, houses, etc."
"FENGITE","A kind of marble or alabaster, sometimes used for windows onaccount of its transparency."
"FENIAN","A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly ofIrishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule inireland."
"FENIANISM","The principles, purposes, and methods of the Fenians."
"FENKS","The refuse whale blubber, used as a manure, and in themanufacture of Prussian blue. Ure."
"FENNEC","A small, African, foxlike animal (Vulpes zerda) of a pale fawncolor, remarkable for the large size of its ears."
"FENNEL","A perennial plant of the genus F\u00e6niculum (F.vulgare), havingvery finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for theagreeable aromatic flavor of its seeds.Smell of sweetest fennel. Milton.A sprig of fennel was in fact the theological smelling bottle of thetender sex. S. G. Goodrich.Azorean, or Sweet, fennel, (F\u00e6niculum dulce). It is a smaller andstouter plant than the common fennel, and is used as a pot herb.-- Dog's fennel (Anthemis Cotula), a foul-smelling European weed; --called also mayweed.-- Fennel flower (Bot.), an herb (Nigella) of the Buttercup family,having leaves finely divided, like those of the fennel. N.Damascenais common in gardens. N.sativa furnishes the fennel seed, used as acondiment, etc., in India. These seeds are the 'fitches' mentioned inIsaiah (xxviii. 25).-- Fennel water (Med.), the distilled water of fennel seed. It isstimulant and carminative.-- Giant fennel (Ferula communis), has stems full of pith, which, itis said, were used to carry fire, first, by Prometheus.-- Hog's fennel, a European plant (Peucedanum officinale) lookingsomething like fennel."
"FENNISH","Abounding in fens; fenny."
"FENNY","Pertaining to, or inhabiting, a fen; abounding in fens; swampy;boggy. 'Fenny snake.' Shak."
"FENOWED","Corrupted; decayed; moldy. See Vinnewed. [Obs.] Dr. Favour."
"FENSI-BLE","Fencible. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FENUGREEK","A plant (trigonella Foenum Gr\u00e6cum) cultivated for its strong-smelling seeds, which are 'now only used for giving false importanceto horse medicine and damaged hay.' J. Smith (Pop. Names of Plants,1881)."
"FEOD","A feud. See 2d Feud. Blackstone."
"FEODAL","Feudal. See Feudal."
"FEODALITY","Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See Feudality. Burke."
"FEODARY","An ancient officer of the court of wards. Burrill."
"FEODATORY","See Feudatory."
"FEOFF",", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feoffed; p. pr. & vb. n.. Feoffing.]Etym: [OE. feffen, OF. feffer, fieffer, F. fieffer, fr. fief fief;cf. LL. feoffare, fefare. See Fief.] (Law)"
"FEOFFEE","The person to whom a feoffment is made; the person enfeoffed."
"FEOFFMENT","One who enfeoffs or grants a fee."
"FER","Far. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FER-DE-LANCE","A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) ofBrazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but hasno rattle."
"FERACIOUS","Fruitful; producing abudantly. [R.] Thomson."
"FERACITY","The state of being feracious or fruitful. [Obs.] Beattie."
"FERAE","A group of mammals which formerly included the Carnivora,Insectivora, Marsupialia, and lemurs, but is now often restricted tothe Carnivora."
"FERAE NATURAE","Of a wild nature; -- applied to animals, as foxes, wild ducks,etc., in which no one can claim property."
"FERAL","Wild; untamed; ferine; not domesticated; -- said of beasts,birds, and plants. feral child, not raised by humans"
"FERDE","imp. of Fare. Chaucer."
"FERDING","A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book. It is supposed tohave consisted of a few acres only. [Obs.]"
"FERDNESS","Fearfulness. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FERE","A mate or companion; -- often used of a wife. [Obs.] [Writtenalso fear and feere.] Chaucer.And Cambel took Cambrina to his fere. Spenser.In fere, together; in company. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FERETORY","A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used forcontaining relics of saints. Mollett."
"FERFORTH","Far forth. [Obs.] As ferforth as, as far as.-- So ferforth, to such a degree."
"FERFORTHLY","Ferforth. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FERGUSONITE","A mineral of a brownish black color, essentially a tantalo-niobate of yttrium, erbium, and cerium; -- so called after RobertFerguson."
"FERIA","A week day, esp. a day which is neither a festival nor a fast.Shipley."
"FERIAL","Same as Feria."
"FERIATION","The act of keeping holiday; cessation from work. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"FERIE","A holiday. [Obs.] Bullokar."
"FERIER",", compar. of Fere, fierce. [Obs.]Rhenus ferier than the cataract. Marston."
"FERINE","Wild; untamed; savage; as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears areferine beasts. Sir M. Hale.-- n."
"FERINGEE","The name given to Europeans by the Hindos. [Written alsoFeringhee.]"
"FERITY","Wildness; savageness; fierceness. [Obs.] Woodward."
"FERLY","Singular; wonderful; extraordinary. [Obs.] -- n."
"FERMACY","Medicine; pharmacy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FERMENT","To cause ferment of fermentation in; to set in motion; toexcite internal emotion in; to heat.Ye vigorous swains! while youth ferments your blood. Pope."
"FERMENTABILITY","Capability of fermentation."
"FERMENTABLE","Capable of fermentation; as, cider and other vegetable liquorsare fermentable."
"FERMENTAL","Fermentative. [Obs.]"
"FERMENTATION THEORY","The theory which likens the course of certain diseases (esp.infectious diseases) to the process of fermentation, and attributesthem to the organized ferments in the body. It does not differmaterially from the accepted germ theory (which see)."
"FERMENTATIVE","Causing, or having power to cause, fermentation; produced byfermentation; fermenting; as, a fermentative process.-- Fer*ment'a*tive*ly, adv.-- Fer*ment'a*tive*ness, n."
"FERMERERE","The officer in a religious house who had the care of theinfirmary. [Obs.]"
"FERMETURE","The mechanism for closing the breech of a breech-loadingfirearm, in artillery consisting principally of the breechblock,obturator, and carrier ring."
"FERMILLET","A buckle or clasp. [Obs.] Donne."
"FERN","Long ago. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FERNERY","A place for rearing ferns."
"FERNTICLE","A freckle on the skin, resembling the seed of fern. [Prov.Eng.]"
"FERNY","Abounding in ferns."
"FEROCIOUS","Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious;as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion.The humbled power of a ferocious enemy. Lowth."
"FEROCITY","Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity ofcountenance.The pride and ferocity of a Highland chief. Macaulay."
"FEROHER","A symbol of the solar deity, found on monuments exhumed inBabylon, Nineveh, etc."
"FEROUS","Wild; savage. [R.] Arthur Wilson."
"FERRANDINE","A stuff made of silk and wool.I did buy a colored silk ferrandine. Pepys."
"FERRANTI PHENOMENON","An increase in the ratio of transformation of an alternatingcurrent converter, accompanied by other changes in electricalconditions, occurring when the secondary of the converter isconnected with a condenser of moderate capacity; -- so called becausefirst observed in connection with the Ferranti cables in London."
"FERRARA","A sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy.These swords were highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16thand 17th centuries."
"FERRARESE","Pertaining to Ferrara, in Italy.-- n., sing. & pl."
"FERRARY","The art of working in iron. [Obs.] Chapman."
"FERRATE","A salt of ferric acid."
"FERREOUS","Partaking of, made of, or pertaining to, iron; like iron.[Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"FERREST","superl. of Fer. Chaucer."
"FERRET","An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela or Putorius furo),about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color,with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated inEurope. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of theirholes."
"FERRET-EYE","The spur-winged goose; -- so called from the red circle aroundthe eyes."
"FERRETER","One who ferrets. Johnson."
"FERRETTO","Copper sulphide, used to color glass. Hebert."
"FERRI-","A combining form indicating ferric iron as an ingredient; as,ferricyanide."
"FERRIAGE","The price or fare to be paid for passage at a ferry."
"FERRIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron. Specifically(Chem.), denoting those compounds in which iron has a higher valencethan in the ferrous compounds; as, ferric oxide; ferric acid. Ferricacid (Chem.), an acid, H2FeO4, which is not known in the free state,but forms definite salts, analogous to the chromates and sulphates.-- Ferric oxide (Chem.), sesquioxide of iron, Fe2O3; hematite. SeeHematite."
"FERRICYANATE","A salt of ferricyanic acid; a ferricyanide."
"FERRICYANIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, a ferricyanide. Ferricyanicacid (Chem.), a brown crystalline substance, H6(CN)12Fe2, obtainedfrom potassium ferricyanide, and regarded as the type of theferricyanides; -- called also hydro-ferricyanic acid, hydrogenferricyanide, etc."
"FERRICYANIDE","One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron andsome other base. Potassium ferricyanide (Chem.), red prussiate ofpotash; a dark, red, crystalline salt, K6(CN)12Fe2, consisting of thedouble cyanide of potassium and ferric iron. From it is derived theferrous ferricyanate, Turnbull's blue."
"FERRIER","A ferryman. Calthrop."
"FERRIFEROUS","Producing or yielding iron."
"FERRIPRUSSIATE","A ferricyanate; a ferricyanide. [R.]"
"FERRIPRUSSIC","Ferricyanic. [R.]"
"FERRIS WHEEL","An amusement device consisting of a giant power-driven steelwheel, revolvable on its stationary axle, and carrying a number ofbalanced passenger cars around its rim; -- so called after G. W. G.Ferris, American engineer, who erected the first of its kind for theWorld's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893."
"FERRO-","A prefix, or combining form, indicating ferrous iron as aningredient; as, ferrocyanide."
"FERRO-CONCRETE","Concrete strengthened by a core or foundation skeleton of ironor steel bars, strips, etc. Floors, columns, piles, water pipes,etc., have been successfully made of it. Called also armored concretesteel, and re\u00ebnforced concrete."
"FERROCALCITE","Limestone containing a large percentage of iron carbonate, andhence turning brown on exposure."
"FERROCYANATE","A salt of ferrocyanic acid; a ferrocyanide."
"FERROCYANIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a ferrocyanide.ferrocyanic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, H4(CN)6Fe,of strong acid properties, obtained from potassium ferrocyanide, andregarded as the type of the ferrocyanides; -- called also hydro-ferrocyanic acid, hydrogen ferrocyanide. etc."
"FERROCYANIDE","One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron andsome other base. Potassium ferrocyanide (Chem.), yellow prussiate ofpotash; a tough, yellow, crystalline salt, K4(CN)6Fe, the startingpoint in the manufacture of almost all cyanogen compounds, and thebasis of the ferric ferrocyanate, prussian blue. It is obtained bystrongly heating together potash, scrap iron, and animal mattercontaining nitrogen, as horn, leather, blood, etc., in iron pots."
"FERROPRUSSIATE","A ferrocyanate; a ferocyanide. [R.]"
"FERROPRUSSIC","Ferrocyanic."
"FERROSO-","See Ferro-."
"FERROTYPE","A photographic picture taken on an iron plate by a collodionprocess; -- familiarly called tintype."
"FERROUS","Pertaining to, or derived from, iron; -- especially used ofcompounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence; as,ferrous sulphate."
"FERRUGINATED","Having the color or properties of the rust of iron."
"FERRUGINEOUS","Ferruginous. [R.]"
"FERRUGO","A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the rust,from its resemblance to iron rust in color."
"FERRULE","A bushing for expanding the end of a flue to fasten it tightlyin the tube plate, or for partly filling up its mouth."
"FERRUMINATE","To solder or unite, as metals. [R.] Coleridge."
"FERRUMINATION","The soldering ir uniting of me [R.] Coleridge."
"FERRY","To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrowwater, in a boat."
"FERRYBOAT","A vessel for conveying passengers, merchandise, etc., acrossstreams and other narrow waters."
"FERRYMAN","One who maintains or attends a ferry."
"FERS","Fierce. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FERTHE","Fourth. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FERTILELY","In a fertile or fruitful manner."
"FERTILENESS","Fertility. Sir P. Sidney."
"FERTILITATE","To fertilize; to fecundate. Sir T. Browne."
"FERTILITY","The state or quality of being fertile or fruitful;fruitfulness; productiveness; fecundity; richness; abundance ofresources; fertile invention; quickness; readiness; as, the fertilityof soil, or of imagination. 'fertility of resource.' E. Everett.And all her husbandry doth lie on heaps Corrupting in its ownfertility. Shak.Thy very weeds are beautiful; thy waste More rich than other climes'fertility. Byron."
"FERTILIZATION","The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetablegerms; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders theovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants;fecundation; impregnation. Close fertilization (Bot.), thefertilization of pistils by pollen derived from the stamens of thesame blossom.-- Cross fertilization, fertilization by pollen from some otherblossom. See under Cross, a."
"FERULACEOUS","Pertaining to reeds and canes; having a stalk like a reed; as,ferulaceous plants."
"FERULAR","A ferule. [Obs.] Milton."
"FERULE","A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on thehand, in punishment."
"FERULIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, asafetida (Ferula asafoetida);as, ferulic acid. [Written also ferulaic.]"
"FERVENCE","Heat; fervency. [Obs.]"
"FERVENCY","The state of being fervent or warm; ardor; warmth of feeling ordevotion; eagerness.When you pray, let it be with attention, with fervency, and withperseverance. Wake."
"FERVESCENT","Growing hot."
"FESCENNINE","Pertaining to, or resembling, the Fescennines.-- n."
"FESCUE","A grass of the genus Festuca. Fescue grass (Bot.), a genus ofgrasses (Festuca) containing several species of importance inagriculture. Festuca ovina is sheep's fescue; F. elatior is meadowfescue."
"FESELS","See Phasel. [Obs.] May (Georgics)."
"FESSITUDE","Weariness. [Obs.] Bailey."
"FESSWISE","In the manner of fess."
"FEST","The fist. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FESTAL","Of or pertaining to a holiday or a feast; joyous; festive.You bless with choicer wine the festal day. Francis."
"FESTALLY","Joyously; festively; mirthfully."
"FESTENNINE","A fescennine."
"FESTER","To cause to fester or rankle.For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, And fstered rankingmalice in my breast. Marston."
"FESTERMENT","A festering. [R.] Chalmers."
"FESTEYE","To feast; to entertain. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FESTI-VAL","A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy,civil or religious.The morning trumpets festival proclaimed. Milton."
"FESTINATE","Hasty; hurried. [Obs.] -- Fes'ti*nate*ly, adv. [Obs.] Shak."
"FESTINATION","Haste; hurry. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"FESTIVAL","Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to afestival; joyous; mirthful.I cannot woo in festival terms. Shak."
"FESTIVE","Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay;mirthful; sportive.-- Fes'tive*ly, adv.The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth and witthat knows no gall. Thomson."
"FESTIVOUS","Pertaining to a feast; festive. [R.] Sir W. Scott."
"FESTLICH","Festive; fond of festive occasions. [Obs.] 'A festlich man.'Chaucer."
"FESTOON","A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixedor twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending ina natural curve. See Illust. of Bucranium."
"FESTOONY","Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, festoons. Sir J.Herschel."
"FESTUCINE","Of a straw color; greenish yellow. [Obs.]A little insect of a festucine or pale green. Sir T. Browne."
"FESTUCOUS","Formed or consisting of straw. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"FESTUE","A straw; a fescue. [Obs.] Holland."
"FET","A piece. [Obs.] Dryton."
"FETAL","Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; as, fetalcirculation; fetal membranes."
"FETATION","The formation of a fetus in the womb; pregnancy."
"FETCH","To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetchabout; to fetch to windward. Totten. To fetch away (Naut.), to breakloose; to roll slide to leeward.-- To fetch and carry, to serve obsequiously, like a trainedspaniel."
"FETCHER","One wo fetches or brings."
"FETE","A feat. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FETICIDE","The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense ofprocuring an abortion."
"FETICISM","See Fetichism."
"FETID","Having an offensive smell; stinking.Most putrefactions . . . smell either fetid or moldy. Bacon."
"FETIDITY","Fetidness."
"FETIDNESS","The quality or state of being fetid."
"FETIFEROUS","Producing young, as animals."
"FETIS","Neat; pretty; well made; graceful. [Obs.]Full fetis was her cloak, as I was ware. Chaucer."
"FETISELY","Neatly; gracefully; properly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FETLOCK","The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on theback side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals.Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pasternbone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair.Their wounded steeds Fret fetlock deep in gore. Shak."
"FETOR","A strong, offensive smell; stench; fetidness. Arbuthnot."
"FETTE","To fetch. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FETTER","1. To put fetters upon; to shakle or confine the feet of with achain; to bind.My heels are fettered, but my fist is free. Milton."
"FETTERED","Seeming as if fettered, as the feet pf certain animals whichbend backward, and appear unfit for walking."
"FETTERER","One who fetters. Landor."
"FETTERLESS","Free from fetters. Marston."
"FETTLE","1. To repair; to prepare; to put in order. [Prov. Eng.]Carlyle."
"FETTLING","A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of apuddling furnace. [Eng.] [It is commonly called fix in the UnitedStates.]"
"FETUOUS","Neat; feat. [Obs.] Herrick."
"FETUS","The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg;often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparousand oviparous animals, embryo being applied to the earlier stages.[Written also foetus.]"
"FETWAH","A written decision of a Turkish mufti on some point of law.Whitworth."
"FEU","A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service tobe performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place of militaryservices, makes a return in grain or in money. Burrill."
"FEU DE JOIE","A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; afiring of guns in token of joy."
"FEUAR","One who holds a feu. Sir W. Scott."
"FEUD","A stipendiary estate in land, held of superior, by service; theright which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other immovablething of his lord, to use the same and take the profists thereofhereditarily, rendering to his superior such duties and services asbelong to military tenure, etc., the property of the soil alwaysremaining in the lord or superior; a fief; a fee."
"FEUDALISM","The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates inland is made dependent upon an obligation to render military serviceto the kind or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages."
"FEUDALIST","An upholder of feudalism."
"FEUDALITY","The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form orconstitution. Burke."
"FEUDALIZATION","The act of reducing to feudal tenure."
"FEUDALIZE","To reduce toa feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism."
"FEUDALLY","In a feudal manner."
"FEUDARY","Held by, or pertaining to, feudal tenure."
"FEUDATARY","See Feudatory."
"FEUDATORY","A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior oncondition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.The grantee . . . was styled the feudatory or vassal. Blackstone.[He] had for feudatories great princes. J. H. Newman."
"FEUDIST","A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law. Spelman."
"FEUILLANTS","A reformed branch of the Bernardines, founded in 1577 atFeuillans, near Toulouse, in France."
"FEUILLEMORT","Having the color of a faded leaf. Locke."
"FEUILLETON","A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of the page),devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article ortale itself, thus printed."
"FEUILLTONIST","A writer of feuilletons. F. Harrison."
"FEUTER","To set close; to fix in rest, as a spear. Spenser."
"FEUTERER","A dog keeper. [Obs.] Massinger."
"FEVER","A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat,acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of thefunctions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite. Manydiseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom, aredenominated fevers; as, typhoid fever; yellow fever."
"FEVERET","A slight fever. [Obs.] Ayliffe."
"FEVERFEW","A perennial plant (Pyrethrum, or Chrysanthemum, Parthenium)allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms;-- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities."
"FEVEROUSLY","Feverishly. [Obs.] Donne."
"FEVERWORT","See Fever root, under Fever."
"FEVERY","Feverish. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"FEW","Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicatinga small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often,by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. 'Are not my days few' Job x. 20.Few know and fewer care. Proverb."
"FEWEL","Fuel. [Obs.] Hooker."
"FEWMET","See Fumet. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"FEY","Fated; doomed. [Old Eng. & Scot.]"
"FEYNE","To feign. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FEYRE","A fair or market. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FEZ","A felt or cloth cap, usually red and having a tassel, -- avariety of the tarboosh. See Tarboosh. B. Taylor."
"FIACRE","A kind of French hackney coach."
"FIANCE","To betroth; to affiance. [Obs.] Harmar."
"FIANCEE","A betrothed woman."
"FIANTS","The dung of the fox, wolf, boar, or badger."
"FIAR","One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to theestate of a life renter.I am fiar of the lands; she a life renter. Sir W. Scott."
"FIASCO","A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musicalperformance, or of any pretentious undertaking."
"FIAUNT","Commission; fiat; order; decree. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FIB","A falsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically.They are very serious; they don't tell fibs. H. James."
"FIBBER","One who tells fibs."
"FIBRIFORM","Having the form of a fiber or fibers; resembling a fiber."
"FIBRIL","A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; afibrilla. Cheyne."
"FIBRILLA","A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of amuscular fiber; a fibril."
"FIBRILLAR","Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; as, fibrillartwitchings."
"FIBRILLARY","Of of pertaining to fibrils."
"FIBRILLATED","Furnished with fibrils; fringed."
"FIBRILLATION","The state of being reduced to fibers. Carpenter."
"FIBRILLOSE","Covered with hairlike appendages, as the under surface of somelichens; also, composed of little strings or fibers; as, fibrilloseappendages."
"FIBRILLOUS","Pertaining to, or composed of, fibers."
"FIBRINATION","The state of acquiring or having an excess of fibrin."
"FIBRINE","Belonging to the fibers of plants."
"FIBRINOGEN","An albuminous substance existing in the blood, and in otheranimal fluids, which either alone or with fibrinoplastin orparaglobulin forms fibrin, and thus causes coagulation."
"FIBRINOGENOUS","Possessed of properties similar to fibrinogen; capable offorming fibrin."
"FIBRINOPLASTIC","Like fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought incontact with fibrinogen."
"FIBRINOPLASTIN","An albuminous substance, existing in the blood, which incombination with fibrinogen forms fibrin; -- called alsoparaglobulin."
"FIBRINOUS","Having, or partaking of the properties of, fibrin; as, fibriousexudation."
"FIBROCARTILAGE","A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approachingfibrous connective tissue in structure.-- Fi`bro*car`ti*lag'i*nous, a."
"FIBROCHONDROSTEAL","Partly fibrous, partly cartilaginous, and partly osseous. St.George Mivart."
"FIBROID","Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as,fibroid tumors.-- n."
"FIBROIN","A variety of gelatin; the chief ingredient of raw silk,extracted as a white amorphous mass."
"FIBROLITE","A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It islike andalusite in composition; -- called also sillimanite, andbucholizite."
"FIBROMA","A tumor consisting mainly of fibrous tissue, or of samemodification of such tissue."
"FIBROSPONGIAE","An order of sponges having a fibrous skeleton, including thecommercial sponges."
"FIBROUS","Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat ofthe cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses.-- Fi'brous*ness, n."
"FIBROVASCULAR","Containing woody fiber and ducts, as the stems of all floweringplants and ferns; -- opposed to cellular."
"FIBSTER","One who tells fibs. [Jocular]"
"FIBU-LAR","Pertaining to the fibula."
"FIBULA","The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg,or hind limb, below the knee."
"FIBULARE","The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with thefibula, and corresponds to the calcaneum in man and most mammals."
"FICE","A small dog; -- written also fise, fyce, fiste, etc. [SouthernU.S.]"
"FICHE","See Fitch\u00c9."
"FICHTELITE","A white crystallized mineral resin from the Fichtelgebirge,Bavaria."
"FICHU","A light cape, usually of lace, worn by women, to cover the neckand throat, and extending to the shoulders."
"FICKLE","Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeablemind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as,Fortune's fickle wheel. Shak.They know how fickle common lovers are. Dryden."
"FICKLENESS","The quality of being fickle; instability; inconsonancy. Shak."
"FICKLY","In a fickle manner. [Obs.] Pepys."
"FICO","A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of one'sthumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers, expressing. A fig foryou.Steal! foh, a fico for the phrase. Shak."
"FICTILE","Molded, or capable of being molded, into form by art; relatingto pottery or to molding in any soft material.Fictile earth is more fragile than crude earth. Bacon.The earliest specimens of Italian fictile art. C. Wordsworth.Fictile ware, ware made of any material which is molded or shapedwhile soft; hence, pottery of any sort.-- Fic'tile*ness, n.-- Fic*til'i*ty, n."
"FICTION","An assumption of a possible thing as a fact, irrespective ofthe question of its truth. Wharton."
"FICTIONAL","Pertaining to, or characterized by, fiction; fictitious;romantic.'Fictional rather than historical.' Latham."
"FICTIONIST","A writer of fiction. [R.] Lamb."
"FICTIOUS","Fictitious. [R.] Prior."
"FICTITIOUS","Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; notgenuine; as, fictitious fame.The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones. Pope.-- Fic*ti'tious*ly, adv.-- Fic*ti'tious*ness, n."
"FICTIVE","Feigned; counterfeit. 'The fount of fictive tears.' Tennyson."
"FICTOR","An artist who models or forms statues and reliefs in anyplastic material. [R.] Elmes."
"FICUS","A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which (F. Carica)produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree."
"FID","A square bar of wood or iron, used to support the topmast,being passed through a hole or mortise at its heel, and resting onthe trestle trees."
"FIDALGO","The lowest title of nobility in Portugal, corresponding to thatof Hidalgo in Spain."
"FIDDLE","A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; akit."
"FIDDLE-FADDLE","A trifle; trifling talk; nonsense. [Colloq.] Spectator."
"FIDDLE-SHAPED","Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray."
"FIDDLEDEEDEE","An exclamatory word or phrase, equivalent to nonsense![Colloq.]"
"FIDDLER","A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. Themale has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in aposition similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hencethe name; -- called also calling crab, soldier crab, and fightingcrab."
"FIDDLESTICK","The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; afiddle bow."
"FIDDLESTRING","One of the catgut strings of a fiddle."
"FIDDLEWOOD","The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genusCitharexylum."
"FIDEJUSSION","The act or state of being bound as surety for another;suretyship."
"FIDEJUSSOR","A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; aguarantor. Blackstone."
"FIDELITY","Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact observanceof duty, or discharge of obligations. Especially:(a) Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound; loyalty.Whose courageous fidelity was proof to all danger. Macaulay.The best security for the fidelity of men is to make interestcoincide with duty. A. Hamilton."
"FIDES","Faith personified as a goddess; the goddess of faith."
"FIDGE","See Fidget. [R.] Swift."
"FIDGET","To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, orby fits and starts. Moore."
"FIDGETINESS","Quality of being fidgety."
"FIDGETY","Restless; uneasy. Lowell."
"FIDIA","A genus of small beetles, of which one species (the grapevineFidia, F. longipes) is very injurious to vines in America."
"FIDICINAL","Of or pertaining to a stringed instrument."
"FIDUCIALLY","With confidence. South."
"FIDUCIARY","One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; anAntinomian. Hammond."
"FIE","An exclamation denoting contempt or dislike. See Fy. Fuller."
"FIEF","An estate held of a superior on condition of military service;a fee; a feud. See under Benefice, n., 2."
"FIELD","The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it isshown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. ofFess, where the field is represented as gules (red), while the fessis argent (silver)."
"FIELDED","Engaged in the field; encamped. [Obs.]To help fielded friends. Shak."
"FIELDEN","Consisting of fields. [Obs.]The fielden country also and plains. Holland."
"FIELDER","A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stopballs."
"FIELDFARE","a small thrush (Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europeand winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of theback are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts,chestnut; -- called also fellfare."
"FIELDING","The act of playing as a fielder."
"FIELDPIECE","A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; apiece of field artillery; -- called also field gun."
"FIELDWORK","Any temporary fortification thrown up by an army in the field;-- commonly in the plural.All works which do not come under the head of permanent fortificationare called fieldworks. Wilhelm."
"FIELDY","Open, like a field. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"FIEND","An implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wickedor cruel; an infernal being; -- applied specifically to the devil ora demon.Into this wild abyss the wary fiend Stood on the brink of Hell andlooked a while. Milton.O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind Is bent, all hell contains nofouler fiend. Pope."
"FIENDFUL","Full of fiendish spirit or arts. Marlowe.-- Fiend'ful*ly, adv."
"FIENDISH","Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal;malignant; devilish; hellish.-- Fiend'ish*ly, adv.-- Fiend'ish*ness, n."
"FIENDLIKE","Fiendish; diabolical. Longfellow."
"FIENDLY","Fiendlike; monstrous; devilish. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FIERASFER","A genus of small, slender fishes, remarkable for their habit ofliving as commensals in other animals. One species inhabits the gillcavity of the pearl oyster near Panama; another lives within an EastIndian holothurian."
"FIERI FACIAS","A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt ordamages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of thegoods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed.Blackstone. Cowell."
"FIERINESS","The quality of being fiery; heat; acrimony; irritability; as, afieriness of temper. Addison."
"FIESTA","Among Spanish, a religious festival; a saint's day or holiday;also, a holiday or festivity."
"FIFE","A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chieflyto accompany the drum in military music. Fife major (Mil.), anoncommissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment.-- Fife rail. (Naut.) (a) A rail about the mast, at the deck, tohold belaying pins, etc. (b) A railing around the break of a poopdeck."
"FIFER","One who plays on a fife."
"FIFTEEN","Five and ten; one more than fourteen."
"FIFTH","The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing fivediatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key."
"FIFTHLY","In the fifth place; as the fifth in order."
"FIFTIETH","One of fifty equal parts; the quotient of a unit divided byfifty."
"FIFTY","Five times ten; as, fifty men."
"FIG","A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known fromthe remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward tothe Canary Islands."
"FIG-SHELL","A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula,resembling a fig in form."
"FIGARO","An adroi"
"FIGARY","A frolic; a vagary; a whim. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"FIGENT","Fidgety; restless. [Obs.]Such a little figent thing. Beau. & Fl."
"FIGGUM","A juggler's trick; conjuring. [Obs.]The devil is the author of wicked figgum. B. Jonson."
"FIGHTER","One who fights; a combatant; a warrior. Shak."
"FIGHTINGLY","Pugnaciously."
"FIGHTWITE","A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight orquarrel to the disturbance of the peace."
"FIGMENT","An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined.Social figments, feints, and formalism. Mrs. Browning.It carried rather an appearance of figment and invention . . . thanof truth and reality. Woodward."
"FIGPECKER","The European garden warbler (Sylvia, or Currica, hortensis); --called also beccafico and greater pettychaps."
"FIGULINE","A piece of pottery ornamented with representations of naturalobjects.Whose figulines and rustic wares Scarce find him bread from day today. Longfellow."
"FIGURABILITY","The quality of being figurable. Johnson."
"FIGURABLE","Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.Lead is figurable, but water is not. Johnson."
"FIGURAL","Figurate. See Figurate. Figural numbers. See Figurate numbers,under Figurate."
"FIGURANT","One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups orfigures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in itsscenes, but has nothing to say; hence, one who figures in any scene,without taking a prominent part."
"FIGURANTE","A female figurant; esp., a ballet girl."
"FIGURATE","Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freermelodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as,figurate counterpoint or descant. Figurate counterpoint or descant(Mus.), that which is not simple, or in which the parts do not movetogether tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or moreparts mingles passing discords with the harmony; -- called alsofigural, figurative, and figured counterpoint or descant (althoughthe term figured is more commonly applied to a bass with numeralswritten above or below to indicate the other notes of the harmony).-- Figurate numbers (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers, formedfrom any arithmetical progression in which the first term is a unit,and the difference a whole number, by taking the first term, and thesums of the first two, first three, first four, etc., as thesuccessive terms of a new series, from which another may be formed inthe same manner, and so on, the numbers in the resulting series beingsuch that points representing them are capable of symmetricalarrangement in different geometrical figures, as triangles, squares,pentagons, etc."
"FIGURATED","Having a determinate form."
"FIGURATELY","In a figurate manner."
"FIGURATION","Mixture of concords and discords."
"FIGURE","A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or therelation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed onall sides; -- called superficial when inclosed by lines, and solidwhen inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines,angles, surfaces, etc."
"FIGUREHEAD","The figure, statue, or bust, on the prow of a ship."
"FIGURIAL","Represented by figure or delineation. [R.] Craig."
"FIGURINE","A very small figure, whether human or of an animal; especially,one in terra cotta or the like; -- distinguished from statuette,which is applied to small figures in bronze, marble, etc."
"FIGURIST","One who uses or interprets figurative expressions. Waterland."
"FIGWORT","A genus of herbaceous plants (Scrophularia), mostly found inthe north temperate zones. See Brownwort."
"FIJIAN","Of or pertaining to the Fiji islands or their inhabitants.-- n."
"FIKE","See Fyke."
"FIL","imp. of Fall, v. i. Fell. Chaucer."
"FILACEOUS","Composed of threads. Bacon."
"FILACER","A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; -- socalled because he filed the writs on which he made out process.[Obs.] Burrill."
"FILAMENT","A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp.(Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther."
"FILAMENTARY","Having the character of, or formed by, a filament."
"FILAMENTOID","Like a filament."
"FILAMENTOUS","Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments. Gray."
"FILANDER","A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New Guinea."
"FILANDERS","A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of smallthreadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from therupture of a vein; -- called also backworm. Sir T. Browne."
"FILAR","Of or pertaining to a thread or line; characterized by threadsstretched across the field of view; as, a filar microscope; a filarmicrometer."
"FILARIA","A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasiticin various animals. See Guinea worm."
"FILARIAL","Of, pertaining to, or caused by, filari\u00e6 and allied parasiticworms."
"FILARIASIS","The presence of filari\u00e6 in the blood; infection with filari\u00e6."
"FILASSE","Vegetable fiber, as jute or ramie, prepared for manufacture."
"FILATORY","A machine for forming threads. [Obs.] W. Tooke."
"FILBERT","The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut,containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste,agreeable to the palate."
"FILCH","To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of littlevalue); to pilfer.Fain would they filch that little food away. Dryden.But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which notenriches him, And makes me poor indeed. Shak."
"FILCHER","One who filches; a thief."
"FILCHINGLY","By pilfering or petty stealing."
"FILE","To put upon the files or among the records of a court; to noteon (a paper) the fact date of its reception in court.To file a paper, on the part of a party, is to place it in theofficial custody of the clerk. To file, on the part of the clerk, isto indorse upon the paper the date of its reception, and retain it inhis office, subject to inspection by whomsoever it may concern.Burrill."
"FILE CLOSER","A commissioned or noncommissioned officer posted in the rear ofa line, or on the flank of a column, of soldiers, to rectify mistakesand insure steadiness and promptness in the ranks."
"FILEFISH","Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera,balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughlygranulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper."
"FILEMOT","See Feullemort. Swift."
"FILER","One who works with a file."
"FILIALLY","In a filial manner."
"FILIATE","To adopt as son or daughter; to establish filiation between.[R.] Southey."
"FILIATION","The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its ather;affiliation. Smart."
"FILIBEG","Same as Kilt. [Written also philibeg.]"
"FILIBUSTER","A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest ofplunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infestingthe Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English todesignate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851,and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855."
"FILIBUSTERISM","The characteristics or practices of a filibuster. Bartlett."
"FILICAL","Belonging to the Filices, r ferns."
"FILICIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, ferns; as, filicic acid."
"FILICIDE","The act of murdering a son or a daughter; also, parent whocommits such a murder."
"FILICIFORM","Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf. Smart."
"FILICOID","Fernlike, either in form or in the nature of the method ofreproduction."
"FILIETY","The relation of a son to a father; sonship; -- the correlativeof paternity. J. S. Mill."
"FILIFEROUS","Producing threads. Carpenter."
"FILIFORM","Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiformpapill\u00e6 of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. ofAntenn\u00c6."
"FILIGRANED","See Filigreed. [Archaic]"
"FILIGREE","Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but nowcomposed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silverto which the wire is soldered, being arranged in designs frequentlyof a delicate and intricate arabesque pattern."
"FILIGREED","Adorned with filigree. Tatler."
"FILING","A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as,iron filings."
"FILIOQUE","The Latin for, 'and from the Son,' equivalent to et filio,inserted by the third council of Toledo (a. d. 589) in the clause quiex Patre procedit (who proceedeth from the Father) of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed (a. d. 381), which makes a creed state thatthe Holy Ghost proceeds from the Son as well as from the Father.Hence, the doctrine itself (not admitted by the Eastern Church)."
"FILIPENDULOUS","Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberousswellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlikerootlets."
"FILIPINO","A native of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanishdescent or of mixed blood."
"FILL","One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. Mortimer. Fillhorse, a thill horse. Shak."
"FILLED CHEESE","An inferior kind of cheese made from skim milk with a fatty'filling,' such as oleomargarine or lard, to replace the fat removedin the cream."
"FILLER","One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling.'T is mere filer, to stop a vacancy in the hexameter. Dryden.They have six diggers to four fillers, so as to keep the fillersalways at work. Mortimer."
"FILLET","A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long striprolled together and tied."
"FILLETING","The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall,with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work."
"FILLIBEG","A kilt. See Filibeg."
"FILLIBUSTER","See Filibuster."
"FILLING","Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it. Back filling. (Arch.)See under Back, a."
"FILLIPEEN","See Philopena."
"FILLY","A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf. Colt, Foal.Neighing in likeness of a filly foal. Shak."
"FILM","To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. Shak."
"FILMINESS","State of being filmy."
"FILMY","Composed of film or films.Whose filmy cord should bind the struggling fly. Dryden."
"FILOPLUMACEOUS","Having the structure of a filoplume."
"FILOPLUME","A hairlike feather; a father with a slender scape and without aweb in most or all of its length."
"FILOSE","Terminating in a threadlike process."
"FILOSELLE","A kind of silk thread less glossy than floss, and spun fromcoarser material. It is much used in embroidery instead of floss."
"FILS","Son; -- sometimes used after a French proper name todistinguish a son from his father, as, Alexandre Dumas, fils."
"FILTER","Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal,through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from thesolid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or devicecontaining such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device forpurifying air. Filter bed, a pond, the bottom of which is a filtercomposed of sand gravel.-- Filter gallery, an underground gallery or tunnel, alongside of astream, to collect the water that filters through the interveningsand and gravel; -- called also infiltration gallery."
"FILTHILY","In a filthy manner; foully."
"FILTHY","Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty;polluted; foul; impure; obscene. 'In the filthy-mantled pool.' Shak.He which is filthy let him be filthy still. Rev. xxii. 11."
"FILTRATE","To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation.Arbuthnot."
"FILTRATION","The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of aliquid from the undissolved particles floating in it."
"FIMBRIA","A fringe, or fringed border.(b) A band of white matter bordering the hippocampus in the brain.-- Fim'bri*al, a."
"FIMBRIATE","Having the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processesthicker than hairs; fringed; as, the fimbriate petals of the pink;the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube."
"FIMBRIATED","Having a very narrow border of another tincture; -- said esp.of an ordinary or subordinary."
"FIMBRICATE","fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, as theantenn\u00e6 of certain insects."
"FIN","To carve or cut up, as a chub."
"FIN DE SIECLE","Lit., end of the century; -- mostly used adjectively in Englishto signify: belonging to, or characteristic of, the close of the 19thcentury; modern; 'up-to-date;' as, fin-de-si\u00e8cle ideas."
"FIN KEEL","A projection downward from the keel of a yacht, resembling inshape the fin of a fish, though often with a cigar-shaped bulb oflead at the bottom, and generally made of metal. Its use is toballast the boat and also to enable her to sail close to the wind andto make the least possible leeway by offering great resistance tolateral motion through the water."
"FIN-TOED","Having toes connected by a membrane; palmiped; palmated; also,lobate."
"FINABLE","Liable or subject to a fine; as, a finable person or offense.Bacon."
"FINALE","Close; termination; as:(a) (Mus.) The last movement of a symphony, sonata, concerto, or anyinstrumental composition.(b) The last composition performed in any act of an opera.(c) The closing part, piece, or scene in any public performance orexhibition."
"FINALIST","Any of the players who meet in the final round of a tournamentin which the losers in any round do not play again."
"FINANCIAL","Pertaining to finance. 'Our financial and commercial system.'Macaulay."
"FINANCIALIST","A financier."
"FINANCIALLY","In a dfinancial manner. Burke."
"FINANCIER","To conduct financial operations."
"FINARY","See Finery."
"FINATIVE","Conclusive; decisive; definitive; final. [Obs.] Greene (1593)."
"FINBACK","Any whale of the genera Sibbaldius, Bal\u00e6noptera, and alliedgenera, of the family Bal\u00e6nopterid\u00e6, characterized by a prominent finon the back. The common finbacks of the New England coast areSibbaldius tectirostris and S. tuberosus."
"FINBAT KITE","= Eddy kite. [Eng.]"
"FINCH","A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging tothe family Fringillid\u00e6."
"FINCHBACKED","Streaked or spotted on the back; -- said of cattle."
"FINCHED","Same as Finchbacked."
"FIND","To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such adetermination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.Burrill."
"FINDABLE","Capable of beong found; discoverable. Fuller."
"FINDER","One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a smalltelescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a largertelescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily."
"FINDFAULT","A censurer or caviler. [Obs.]"
"FINDFAULTING","Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious. [Obs.]Whitlock."
"FINDING","The result of a judicial examination or inquiry, especiallyinto some matter of fact; a verdict; as, the finding of a jury.Burrill.After his friends finding and his rent. Chaucer."
"FINDY","Full; heavy; firm; solid; substemtial. [Obs.]A cold May and a windy Makes the barn fat amd findy. Old Prover"
"FINE","To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach oflaw; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; tomulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars."
"FINEDRAW","To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter.Marryat."
"FINEDRAWER","One who finedraws."
"FINEDRAWN","Drawn out with too much subtilty; overnice; as, finedrawnspeculations."
"FINEER","To run in dept by getting goods made up in a way unsuitable forthe use of others, and then threatening not to take them except oncredit. [R.] Goldsmith."
"FINELESS","Endless; boundless. [Obs.] Shak."
"FINELY","In a fine or finished manner."
"FINER","One who fines or purifies."
"FINERY","A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast ironinto wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling."
"FINESPUN","Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated;hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories."
"FINESSE","The act of finessing. See Finesse, v. i., 2."
"FINESTILL","To distill, as spirit from molasses or some saccharinepreparation."
"FINESTILLER","One who finestills."
"FINEW","Moldiness. [R.]"
"FINFOOT","A South American bird (heliornis fulica) allied to the grebes.The name is also applied to several related species of the genusPodica."
"FINGER","To use the fingers in playing on an instrument. Busby."
"FINGERED","Having leaflets like fingers; digitate."
"FINGERER","One who fingers; a pilferer."
"FINGERLING","A young salmon. See Parr."
"FINGLE-FANGLE","A trifle. [Low] Hudibras."
"FINGRIGO","A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia. The fruit is akind of berry."
"FINIAL","The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that formsthe upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes,the pinnacle itself."
"FINICAL","Affectedly fine; overnice; unduly particular; fastidious.'Finical taste.' Wordsworth.The gross style consists in giving no detail, the finical in givingnothing else. Hazlitt."
"FINICALITY","The quality of being finical; finicalness."
"FINIFIC","A limiting element or quality. [R.]The essential finific in the form of the finite. Coleridge."
"FINIFY","To make fine; to dress finically. [Obs.]Hath so pared and finified them [his feet.] B. Jonson."
"FINIKIN","Precise in trifles; idly busy. [Colloq.] Smart."
"FINIS","An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book."
"FINISH","The joiner work and other finer work required for thecompletion of a building, especially of the interior. See Insidefinish, and Outside finish."
"FINISHED","Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete;perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education. Finished work(Mach.), work that is made smooth or polished, though not necessarilycompleted."
"FINISHING","The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final workupon or ornamentation of a thing."
"FINITE","Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity;bounded; -- opposed to infinite; as, finite number; finite existence;a finite being; a finite mind; finite duration."
"FINITELESS","Infinite. [Obs.] Sir T. browne."
"FINITELY","In a finite manner or degree."
"FINITENESS","The state of being finite."
"FINITUDE","Limitation. Cheyne."
"FINJAN","In the Levant, a small coffee cup without a handle, such as isheld in a cup or stand called a zarf."
"FINLANDER","A native or inhabitant of Finland."
"FINLESS","destitute of fins."
"FINLET","A little fin; one of the parts of a divided fin."
"FINLIKE","Resembling a fin."
"FINN","A native of Finland; one of the FinnFinns."
"FINNAN HADDIE","Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron.f\u00ecn'an), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds of smokedhaddock. [Written also finnan haddock.]"
"FINNED","Having a fin, or fins, or anything resembling a fin. Mortimer."
"FINNER","A finback whale."
"FINNIC","Of or pertaining to the Finns."
"FINNIKIN","A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the maneof a horse. [Written also finikin.]"
"FINNISH","Of or pertaining to Finland, to the Finns, or to theirlanguage.-- n."
"FINNY","Having, or abounding in, fins, as fishes; pertaining to fishes."
"FINOCHIO","An umbelliferous plant (Foeniculum dulce) having a somewhattuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in Franceand Italy as a culinary vegetable."
"FINOS","Second best wool from Merino sheep. Gardner."
"FINPIKE","The bichir. See Crossopterygii."
"FINSEN LIGHT","Highly actinic light, derived from sunlight or from some formof electric lamp, used in the treatment of lupus and other cutaneousaffections."
"FINT","3d pers. sing. pr. of Find, for findeth. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FIORD","A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks orrocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska. [Written also fjord.]"
"FIORIN","A species of creeping bent grass (Agrostis alba); -- calledalso fiorin grass."
"FIORITE","A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, insmooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearlyluster; -- so called from Fiora, in Ischia."
"FIORITURE","Little flowers of ornament introduced into a melody by a singeror player."
"FIPPENNY BIT","The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, -- socalled in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States. [Obs.]"
"FIPPLE","A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music. [Obs.] Bacon."
"FIR","A genus (Abies) of coniferous trees, often of large size andelegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others fortheir resin. The species are distinguished as the balsam fir, thesilver fir, the red fir, etc. The Scoth fir is a Pinus."
"FIR TREE",". See Fir."
"FIRE","To cauterize. To fire up, to light up the fires of, as of anengine."
"FIRE BEETLE","A very brilliantly luminous beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus), oneof the elaters, found in Central and South America; -- called alsocucujo. The name is also applied to other species. See Firefly."
"FIRE-FANGED","Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lostits goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heatgenerated by decomposition."
"FIRE-NEW","Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new. Charlesreade.Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current. Shak."
"FIRE-SET","A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, andpoker."
"FIREARM","A gun, pistol, or any weapon from a shot is discharged by theforce of an explosive substance, as gunpowder."
"FIREBACK","One of several species of pheasants of the genus Euplocamus,having the lower back a bright, fiery red. They inhabit Southern Asiaand the East Indies."
"FIREBARE","A beacon. [Obs.] Burrill."
"FIREBIRD","The Baltimore oriole."
"FIREBOARD","A chimney board or screen to close a fireplace when not in use."
"FIREBOTE","An allowance of fuel. See Bote."
"FIRECRACKER","See Cracker., n., 3."
"FIRECREST","A small European kinglet (Regulus ignicapillus), having abright red crest; -- called also fire-crested wren."
"FIREDOG","A support for wood in a fireplace; an andiron."
"FIREFISH","A singular marine fish of the genus Pterois, family Scorp\u00e6nid\u00e6,of several species, inhabiting the Indo-Pacific region. They areusually red, and have very large spinose pectoral and dorsal fins."
"FIREFLAIRE","A European sting ray of the genus Trygon (T. pastinaca); --called also fireflare and fiery flaw."
"FIREFLAME","The European band fish (Cepola rubescens)."
"FIREFLY","Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the familyLampyrid\u00e6."
"FIRELESS","Destitute of fire."
"FIRELOCK","An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites thepriming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, a gunhaving such a lock."
"FIREPLACE","The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; --usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built."
"FIREPROOF","Proof against fire; incombustible."
"FIREPROOFING","The act or process of rendering anything incombustible; also,the materials used in the process."
"FIRER","One who fires or sets fire to anything; an incendiary. [R.] R.Carew."
"FIREROOM","Same as Stokehold, below."
"FIRESIDE","A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life orretirement."
"FIRETAIL","The European redstart; -- called also fireflirt. [prov. Eng.]"
"FIREWARDEN","An officer who has authority to direct in the extinguishing offires, or to order what precautions shall be taken against fires; --called also fireward."
"FIREWOOD","Wood for fuel."
"FIREWORK","A pyrotechnic exhibition. [Obs. in the sing.]Night before last, the Duke of Richmond gave a firework. Walpole."
"FIREWORM","The larva of a small tortricid moth which eats the leaves ofthe cranberry, so that the vines look as if burned; -- called alsocranberry worm."
"FIRING PIN","In the breech mechanism of a firearm, the pin which strikes thehead of the cartridge and explodes it."
"FIRK","To beat; to strike; to chastise. [Obs.]I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. Shak."
"FIRLOT","A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of aboll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to theimperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to 1000.Brande & C."
"FIRM","The name, title, or style, under which a company transactsbusiness; a partnership of two or more persons; a commercial house;as, the firm of Hope & Co."
"FIRMAMENT","The orb of the fixed stars; the most rmote of the celestialspheres."
"FIRMAMENTAL","Pertaining to the firmament; celestial; being of the upperregions. Dryden."
"FIRMAN","In Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree ormandate issued by the sovereign; a royal order or grant; -- generallygiven for special objects, as to a traveler to insure him protectionand assistance. [Written also firmaun.]"
"FIRMER-CHISEL","A chisel, thin in proportion to its width. It has a tang toenter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it. Knight."
"FIRMITUDE","Strength; stability. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"FIRMITY","Strength; firmness; stability. [Obs.] Chillingworth."
"FIRMLY","In a firm manner."
"FIRMNESS","The state or quality of being firm."
"FIRMS","The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafterstaken together. [Obs.]"
"FIRRING","See Furring."
"FIRRY","Made of fir; abounding in firs.In firry woodlands making moan. Tennyson."
"FIRST","Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; --much used in composition with adjectives and participles.Adam was first formed, then Eve. 1 Tim. ii. 13.At first, At the first, at the beginning or origin.-- First or last, at one time or another; at the beginning or end.And all are fools and lovers first or last. Dryden."
"FIRST-CLASS","Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division;of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope. First-class car or First-class railway carriage, any passenger car of thehighest regular class, and intended for passengers who pay thehighest regular rate; -- distinguished from a second-class car."
"FIRST-HAND","Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence,without the intervention of an agent.One sphere there is . . . where the apprehension of him is first-handand direct; and that is the sphere of our own mind. J. Martineau."
"FIRST-RATE","Of the highest excellence; pre\u00ebminent in quality, size, orestimation.Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. M.Arnold.Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. Jowett (Thucyd)."
"FIRSTBORN","First brought forth; first in the order of nativity; eldest;hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted."
"FIRSTLING","Firstborn.All the firstling males. Deut. xv. 19."
"FIRSTLY","In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimesimproperly used for first."
"FIRTH","An arm of the sea; a frith."
"FISC","A public or state treasury. Burke."
"FISCAL","Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue.The fiscal arreangements of government. A. Hamilton."
"FISETIC","Pertaining to fustet or fisetin."
"FISETIN","A yellow crystalline substance extracted from fustet, andregarded as its essential coloring principle; -- called also fiseticacid."
"FISH","A counter, used in various games."
"FISH-BELLIED","Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-belliedrail. Knight."
"FISH-BLOCK","See Fish-tackle."
"FISH-TACKLE","A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor upto the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block."
"FISH-TAIL","Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like thetail of a fish. Fish-tail burner, a gas burner that gives a spreadingflame shaped somewhat like the tail of a fish.-- Fish-tail propeller (Steamship), a propeller with a single bladethat oscillates like the tail of a fish when swimming."
"FISHER","A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela Canadensis);the pekan; the 'black cat.'"
"FISHERMAN","A ship or vessel employed in the business of taking fish, as inthe cod fishery."
"FISHERY","The right to take fish at a certain place, or in particularwaters. Abbott."
"FISHFUL","Abounding with fish. [R.] 'My fishful pond.' R. Carew."
"FISHGIG","A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish. Knight."
"FISHHAWK","The osprey (Pandion halia\u00ebtus), found both in Europe andAmerica; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizesfishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard."
"FISHHOOK","A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle ishooked. Dana."
"FISHIFY","To change to fish. [R.] Shak."
"FISHINESS","The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike. Pennant."
"FISHING","Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as,fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village. Fishing fly, anartificial fly for fishing.-- Fishing line, a line used in catching fish.-- Fishing net, a net of various kinds for catching fish; includingthe bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net, seine, shrimpingnet, trawl, etc.-- Fishing rod, a long slender rod, to which is attached the linefor angling.-- Fishing smack, a sloop or other small vessel used in sea fishing.-- Fishing tackle, apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line, rod,etc.-- Fishing tube (Micros.), a glass tube for selecting a microscopicobject in a fluid."
"FISHLIKE","Like fish; suggestive of fish; having some of the qualities offish.A very ancient and fishlike smell. Shak."
"FISHMONGER","A dealer in fish."
"FISHSKIN","See Ichthyosis."
"FISHWIFE","A fishwoman."
"FISHWOMAN","A woman who retails fish."
"FISK","To run about; to frisk; to whisk. [Obs.]He fisks abroad, and stirreth up erroneous opinions. Latimer."
"FISSIGEMMATION","A process of reproduction intermediate between fission andgemmation."
"FISSILE","Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction ofthe grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, likecrystals.This crystal is a pellucid, fissile stone. Sir I. Newton."
"FISSILINGUAL","Having the tongue forked."
"FISSILINGUIA","A group of Lacertilia having the tongue forked, including thecommon lizards. [Written also Fissilingues.]"
"FISSILITY","Quality of being fissile."
"FISSION","A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular)organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting ofgradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of whichthen becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell inan animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous division,and the parts again subdivide. See Segmentation, and Cell division,under Division."
"FISSIPALMATE","Semipalmate and loboped, as a grebe's foot. See Illust. underAves."
"FISSIPARA","Animals which reproduce by fission."
"FISSIPARISM","Reproduction by spontaneous fission."
"FISSIPARITY","Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism."
"FISSIPAROUS","Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See Fission.-- Fis*sip'a*rous*ly, adv."
"FISSIPATION","Reproduction by fission; fissiparism."
"FISSIPED","One of the Fissipedia."
"FISSIPEDIA","A division of the Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, andbears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to Pinnipedia."
"FISSIROSTRAL","Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case ofswallows and goatsuckers."
"FISSIROSTRES","A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft."
"FISSURAL","Pertaining to a fissure or fissures; as, the fissural patternof a brain."
"FISSURATION","The act of dividing or opening; the state of being fissured."
"FISSURE","A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; acleft; as, the fissure of a rock. Cerebral fissures (Anat.), thefurrows or clefts by which the surface of the cerebrum is divided;esp., the furrows first formed by the infolding of the whole wall ofthe cerebrum.-- Fissure needle (Surg.), a spiral needle for catching together thegaping lips of wounds. Knight.-- Fissure of rolando (Anat.), the furrow separating the frontalfrom the parietal lobe in the cerebrum.-- Fissure of Sylvius (Anat.), a deep cerebral fissure separatingthe frontal from the temporal lobe. See Illust. under Brain.-- Fissure vein (Mining), a crack in the earth's surface filled withmineral matter. Raymond."
"FISSURELLA","A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical orlimpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also keyholelimpet."
"FIST","the index mark [], used to direct special attention to thepassage which follows. Hand over fist (Naut.), rapidly; hand overhand."
"FISTIC","Pertaining to boxing, or to encounters with the fists;puglistic; as, fistic exploits; fistic heroes. [Colloq.]"
"FISTICUFF","A cuff or blow with the fist or hand; (pl.)"
"FISTINUT","A pistachio nut. [Obs.] Johnson."
"FISTUCA","An instrument used by the ancients in driving piles."
"FISTULA","A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with aconstant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormalopening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface;as, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula.Incomplete fistula (Med.), a fistula open at one end only."
"FISTULAR","Hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed. Johnson."
"FISTULARIA","A genus of fishes, having the head prolonged into a tube, withthe mouth at the extremity."
"FISTULARIOID","Like or pertaining to the genus Fistularia."
"FISTULATE","To make hollow or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe. [Obs.]'A fistulated ulcer.' Fuller."
"FISTULE","A fistula."
"FISTULIFORM","Of a fistular form; tubular; pipe-shaped.Stalactite often occurs fistuliform. W. Philips."
"FISTULOSE","Formed like a fistula; hollow; reedlike. Craig."
"FIT","imp. & p. p. of Fight. [Obs. or Colloq.]"
"FITCH","A vetch. [Obs.]"
"FITCHE","Sharpened to a point; pointed. Cross fitch\u00e9, a cross having thelower arm pointed."
"FITCHED","Fitch\u00e9. [Also fiched.]"
"FITCHY","Having fitches or vetches."
"FITFUL","Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable.After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well. Shak.-- Fit'ful*ly, adv.-- Fit'ful*ness, n.The victorius trumpet peal Dies fitfully away. Macaulay."
"FITLY","In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; as, a maximfitly applied."
"FITMENT","The act of fitting; that which is proper or becoming;equipment. [Obs.] Shak."
"FITNESS","The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of measuresor laws; a person's fitness for office."
"FITT","See 2d Fit."
"FITTABLE","Suitable; fit. [Obs.] Sherwood."
"FITTEDNESS","The state or quality of being fitted; adaptation. [Obs.] Dr. H.More."
"FITTER","A little piece; a flitter; a flinder. [Obs.]Where's the Frenchman Alas, he's all fitters. Beau. & Fl."
"FITTING","Anything used in fitting up; especially (pl.),"
"FITWEED","A plant (Eryngium foetidum) supposed to be a remedy for fits."
"FITZ","A son; -- used in compound names, to indicate paternity, esp.of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood; as,Fitzroy, the son of the king; Fitzclarence, the son of the duke ofClarence."
"FIVE","Four and one added; one more than four."
"FIVE-FINGER","See Cinquefoil."
"FIVE-LEAF","Cinquefoil; five-finger."
"FIVE-TWENTIES","Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per centinterest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five andpayable in twenty years."
"FIVEFOLD","In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple."
"FIVELING","A compound or twin crystal consisting of five individuals."
"FIVES","A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game.Smart. Fives court, a place for playing fives."
"FIX","Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FIXABLE","Capable of being fixed."
"FIXATIVE","That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as amordant."
"FIXED","Stable; non-volatile. Fixed air (Old Chem.), carbonic acid orcarbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbedor fixed by strong bases. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.-- Fixed alkali (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, orpotash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia.-- Fixed ammunition (Mil.), a projectile and powder inclosedtogether in a case ready for loading.-- Fixed battery (Mil.), a battery which contains heavy guns andmortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from movablebattery.-- Fixed bodies, those which can not be volatilized or separated bya common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum,lime, etc.-- Fixed capital. See the Note under Capital, n., 4.-- Fixed fact, a well established fact. [Colloq.] -- Fixed light,one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing,revolving, or intermittent light.-- Fixed oils (Chem.), non-volatile, oily substances, as stearineand olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not bedistilled unchanged; -- distinguished from volatile or essentialoils.-- Fixed pivot (Mil.), the fixed point about which any line oftroops wheels.-- Fixed stars (Astron.), such stars as always retain nearly thesame apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thusdistinguished from planets and comets."
"FIXEDLY","In a fixed, stable, or constant manner."
"FIXIDITY","Fixedness. [Obs.] Boyle."
"FIXING","Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments.[Colloq. U.S.]"
"FIXTURE","Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands,so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quitefrequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed tolands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, orhis personal representatives. In this latter sense, the same thingsmay be fixtures under some circumstances, and not fixtures underothers. Wharton (Law Dict. ). Bouvier."
"FIXURE","Fixed position; stable condition; firmness. [Obs.] Shak."
"FIZGIG","A fishing spear. [Obs.] Sandys."
"FIZZ","To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse."
"FIZZLE","A failure or abortive effort. [Colloq.]"
"FJORD","See Fiord."
"FLABBERGAST","To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinarystatements. [Jocular] Beaconsfield."
"FLABBERGASTATION","The state of being flabbergasted. [Jocular] London Punch."
"FLABBILY","In a flabby manner."
"FLABBINESS","Quality or state of being flabby."
"FLABBY","Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hangingloose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh."
"FLABEL","A fan. [Obs.] Huloet."
"FLABELLATE","Flabelliform."
"FLABELLATION","The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan orsome other contrivance. Dunglison."
"FLABELLIFORM","Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate."
"FLABELLINERVED","Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base; -- saidof a leaf."
"FLABELLUM","A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on stateoccasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers. Shipley."
"FLABILE","Liable to be blown about. Bailey."
"FLACCID","Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; softand weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle;flaccid flesh.Religious profession . . . has become flacced. I. Taylor.-- Flac'cid*ly, adv.-- Flac'cid*ness, n."
"FLACCIDITY","The state of being flaccid."
"FLACHERIE","A bacterial disease of silkworms, supposed to be due to eatingcontaminated mulberry leaves."
"FLACKER","To flutter, as a bird. [Prov. Eng.] Grose."
"FLACKET","A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon."
"FLACON","A small glass bottle; as, a flacon for perfume. 'Two glassflacons for the ink.' Longfellow."
"FLAG","An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging toeither of the genera Iris and Acorus. Cooper's flag, the cat-tail(Typha latifolia), the long leaves of which are placed between thestaves of barrels to make the latter water-tight.-- Corn flag. See under 2d Corn.-- Flag broom, a coarse of broom, originally made of flags orrushes.-- Flag root, the root of the sweet flag.-- Sweet flag. See Calamus, n., 2."
"FLAGELLANT","One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13thand 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equalvirtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also disciplinant."
"FLAGELLATA","An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia,at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria, and Monad."
"FLAGELLATE","To whip; to scourge; to flog."
"FLAGELLATION","A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging. Garth."
"FLAGELLATOR","One who practices flagellation; one who whips or scourges."
"FLAGELLIFORM","Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and(comming) tapering."
"FLAGELLUM","A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailingbranch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses."
"FLAGEOLET","A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpieceinserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of thepiccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder.Flageolet tones (Mus.), the naturel harmonics or overtones ofstringed instruments."
"FLAGGINESS","The condition of being flaggy; laxity; limberness. Johnson."
"FLAGGING","A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively."
"FLAGGY","Abounding with the plant called flag; as, a flaggy marsh."
"FLAGITATE","To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion. [Archaic]Carcyle."
"FLAGITATION","Importunity; urgent demand. [Archaic] Carlyle."
"FLAGMAN","One who makes signals with a flag."
"FLAGON","A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveyingliquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather orstoneware rather than of glass.A trencher of mutton chops, and a flagon of ale. Macaulay."
"FLAGRANCE","Flagrancy. Bp. Hall."
"FLAGRANTLY","In a flagrant manner."
"FLAGRATE","To burn. [Obs.] Greenhill."
"FLAGRATION","A conflagration. [Obs.]"
"FLAGSHIP","The vessel which carries the commanding officer of a fleet orsquadron and flies his distinctive flag or pennant."
"FLAGSTAFF","A staff on which a flag is hoisted."
"FLAGSTONE","A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split intosuch stones. See Flag, a stone."
"FLAGWORM","A worm or grub found among flags and sedge."
"FLAILY","Acting like a flail. [Obs.] Vicars."
"FLAIN","p. p. of Flay. Chaucer."
"FLAKE","A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to standon in calking, etc."
"FLAKINESS","The state of being flaky."
"FLAKY","Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, orcleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.What showers of mortal hail, what flaky fires! Watts.A flaky weight of winter's purest snows. Wordsworth."
"FLAM","A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext;deception; delusion. [Obs.]A perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity. South."
"FLAMBE","Decorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon thesurface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run down thesides; -- said of pieces of Chinese porcelain."
"FLAMBEAU","A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a numberof thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently,perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch."
"FLAMBOYANT","Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the traceryof windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century) French Gothicstyle."
"FLAMBOYER","A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees withbrilliant blossoms, probably species of C\u00e6salpinia."
"FLAME","To kindle; to inflame; to excite.And flamed with zeal of vengeance inwardly. Spenser."
"FLAME-COLORED","Of the color of flame; of a bright orange yellow color. Shak."
"FLAMELESS","Destitute of flame. Sandys."
"FLAMELET","A small flame.The flamelets gleamed and flickered. Longfellow."
"FLAMEN","A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whomhe received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those ofJupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis,Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton."
"FLAMINEOUS","Pertaining to a flamen; flaminical."
"FLAMINGLY","In a flaming manner."
"FLAMINGO","Any bird of the genus Phoenicopterus. The flamingoes havewebbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Theircolor is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; theEuropean is P. antiquorum."
"FLAMINICAL","Pertaining to a flamen. Milton."
"FLAMMABILITY","The quality of being flammable; inflammability. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"FLAMMABLE","Inflammable. [Obs.]"
"FLAMMATION","The act of setting in a flame or blaze. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne."
"FLAMMEOUS","Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame. [Obs.] SirT. Browne."
"FLAMMIFEROUS","Producing flame."
"FLAMMIVOMOUS","Vomiting flames, as a volcano. W. Thompson. (1745)."
"FLAMMULATED","Of a reddish color."
"FLAMY","Flaming; blazing; flamelike; flame-colored; composed of flame.Pope."
"FLANCH","A bearing consisting of a segment of a circle encroaching onthe field from the side."
"FLANCHED","Having flanches; -- said of an escutcheon with those bearings."
"FLANCONADE","A thrust in the side."
"FLANERIE","Lit., strolling; sauntering; hence, aimless; idleness; as,intellectual fl\u00e2nerie."
"FLANEUR","One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer."
"FLANG","A miner's two-pointed pick."
"FLANGE","To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange."
"FLANGED","Having a flange or flanges; as, a flanged wheel."
"FLANK","That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to theface, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the oppositebastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along theoutside of its parapet. See Illust. of Bastion."
"FLANKER","One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body oftroops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march,or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body.They threw out flankers, and endeavored to dislodge their assailants.W. Irwing."
"FLANNEL","A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture. Shak. Adam'sflannel. (Bot.) See under Adam.-- Canton flannel, Cotton flannel. See Cotton flannel, under Cotton."
"FLANNELED","Covered or wrapped in flannel."
"FLANNEN","Made or consisting of flannel. [Obs.] 'Flannen robes.' Dryden."
"FLAP","Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attachedby one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.A cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx. Sir T. Browne."
"FLAP-EARED","Having broad, loose, dependent ears. Shak."
"FLAP-MOUTHED","Having broad, hangling lips. [R.] Shak."
"FLAPDRAGON","To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour. [Obs.]See how the sea flapdragoned it. Shak."
"FLARE","Leaf of lard. 'Pig's flare.' Dunglison."
"FLARE-UP","A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute. [Colloq.]"
"FLARINGLY","In a flaring manner."
"FLASH","To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of adifferent color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b)."
"FLASH BOILER","A variety of water-tube boiler, used chiefly in steamautomobiles, consisting of a nest of strong tubes with very littlewater space, kept nearly red hot so that the water as it tricklesdrop by drop into the tubes is immediately flashed into steam andsuperheated."
"FLASH BURNER","A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark."
"FLASHBOARD","A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the waterin the pond above its usual level; a flushboard. [U.S.]"
"FLASHILY","In a flashy manner; with empty show."
"FLASHINESS","The quality of being flashy."
"FLASHING","The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in ofa body of water; -- called also flushing."
"FLASK","The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., formingthe mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz.,the cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag,or bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask iscalled a three part flask, four part flask, etc. Erlenmeyer flask, athin glass flask, flat-bottomed and cone-shaped to allow of safelyshaking its contents laterally without danger of spilling; -- socalled from Erlenmeyer, a German chemist who invented it.-- Florence flask. Etym: [From Florence in Italy.] (a) Same asBetty, n., 3. (b) A glass flask, round or pear-shaped, with round orflat bottom, and usually very thin to allow of heating solutions.-- Pocket flask, a kind of pocket dram bottle, often covered withmetal or leather to protect it from breaking."
"FLAT","Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without points ofprominence and striking interest.A large part of the work is, to me, very flat. Coleridge."
"FLAT FOOT","A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that theentire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity,usually congential, exhibited by such a foot; splayfoot."
"FLAT-BOTTOMED","Having an even lower surface or bottom; as, a flat-bottomedboat."
"FLAT-CAP","A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes inEngland, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, acitizen of London. Marston."
"FLAT-HEADED","Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail."
"FLATBILL","Any bird of the genus Flatyrynchus. They belong to the familyof flycatchers."
"FLATBOAT","A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for thetransportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters."
"FLATFISH","Any fish of the family Pleuronectid\u00e6; esp., the winter flounder(Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened,swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot,and halibut. See Flounder."
"FLATHEAD","Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced byartificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians."
"FLATIRON","An iron with a flat, smooth surface for ironing clothes."
"FLATIVE","Producing wind; flatulent. [Obs.] A. Brewer."
"FLATLING","With the flat side, as of a sword; flatlong; in a prostrateposition. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FLATLONG","; 115), adv. With the flat side downward; not edgewise. Shak."
"FLATLY","In a flat manner; evenly; horizontally; without spirit; dully;frigidly; peremptori;y; positively, plainly. 'He flatly refused hisaid.' Sir P. Sidney.He that does the works of religion slowly, flatly, and withoutappetite. Jer. Taylor."
"FLATOUR","A flatterer. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FLATTEN","To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less sharp; to letfall from the pitch. To flatten a sail (Naut.), to set it more nearlyfore-and-aft of the vessel.-- Flattening oven, in glass making, a heated chamber in which splitglass cylinders are flattened for window glass."
"FLATTER","To use flattery or insincere praise.If it may stand him more in stead to lie, Say and unsay, feign,flatter, or adjure. Milton."
"FLATTERER","One who flatters.The most abject flaterers degenerate into the greatest tyrants.Addison."
"FLATTERING","That flatters (in the various senses of the verb); as, aflattering speech.Lay not that flattering unction to your soul. Shak.A flattering painter, who made it his care, To draw men as they oughtbe, not as they are. Goldsmith."
"FLATTERINGLY","With flattery."
"FLATTERY","The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing byartiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, orexcessive praise.Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. Rambler.Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. Burke."
"FLATTISH","Somewhat flat. Woodward."
"FLATULENTLY","In a flatulent manner; with flatulence."
"FLATUOSITY","Flatulence. [Obs.] Bacon."
"FLATUOUS","Windy; generating wind. [Obs.] Bacon."
"FLATWARE","Articles for the table, as china or silverware, that are moreor less flat, as distinguished from hollow ware."
"FLATWISE","With the flat side downward, or next to another object; notedgewise."
"FLATWORM","Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimesapplied to the planarians."
"FLAUNDRISH","Flemish. [Obs.]"
"FLAUNT","To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as,a flaunting show.You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot. Arbuthnot.One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. Pope."
"FLAUNTINGLY","In a flaunting way."
"FLAUTIST","A player on the flute; a flutist."
"FLAUTO","A flute. Flaute piccolo ( Etym: [It., little flute], an octaveflute.-- Flauto traverso ( Etym: [It., transverse flute], the Germanflute, held laterally, instead of being played, like the old fl\u00fbte abec, with a mouth piece at the end."
"FLAVANILINE","A yellow, crystalline, organic dyestuff, C16H14N2, of artificalproduction. It is a strong base, and is a complex derivative ofaniline and quinoline."
"FLAVESCENT","Turning yellow; yellowish."
"FLAVICOMOUS","Having yellow hair. [R.]"
"FLAVIN","A yellow, vegetable dyestuff, resembling quercitron."
"FLAVINE","A yellow, crystalline, organic base, C13H12N2O, obtainedartificially."
"FLAVOL","A yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from anthraquinone,and regarded as a hydroxyl derivative of it."
"FLAVOR","To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, togive character or zest."
"FLAVORED","Having a distinct flavor; as, high-flavored wine."
"FLAVORLESS","Without flavor; tasteless."
"FLAVOROUS","Imparting flavor; pleasant to the taste or smell; sapid.Dryden."
"FLAVOUS","Yellow. [Obs.]"
"FLAWLESS","Free from flaws. Boyle."
"FLAWN","A sort of flat custard or pie. [Obs.] Tusser."
"FLAWTER","To scrape o [Obs.] Johnson."
"FLAX","A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, whichhas a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blueflowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth,called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed fromthe seed."
"FLAX-PLANT","A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the liliesand aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, andfurnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarsecloth."
"FLAXEN","Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color offlax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax ortow; as, flaxen thread; flaxen hair."
"FLAXSEED","The seed of the flax; linseed."
"FLAXWEED","See Toadflax."
"FLAXY","Like flax; flaxen. Sir M. Sandys."
"FLAY","To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay anox; to flay the green earth.With her nails She 'll flay thy wolfish visage. Shak."
"FLAYER","One who strips off the skin."
"FLEA","To flay. [Obs.]He will be fleaced first And horse collars made of's skin. J.Fletcher."
"FLEA-BEETLE","A small beetle of the family Halticid\u00e6, of many species. Theyhave strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the grapevine (Graptoderachalybea) are common injurious species."
"FLEA-LOUSE","A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllid\u00e6, of many species.That of the pear tree is Psylla pyri."
"FLEABANE","One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in drivingaway fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza,Erigeron, and Pulicaria."
"FLEAGH","imp. of Fly."
"FLEAK","A flake; a thread or twist. [Obs.]Little long fleaks or threads of hemp. Dr. H. More."
"FLEAKING","A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering islaid, in thatching houses. [Prov. Eng.] Wright."
"FLEAM","A sharp instrument used for opening veins, lancing gums, etc.;a kind of lancet. Fleam tooth, a tooth of a saw shaped like anisosceles triangle; a peg tooth. Knight."
"FLEAMY","Bloody; clotted. [Obs. or Prov.]Foamy bubbling of a fleamy brain. Marston."
"FLEAR","See Fleer."
"FLEAWORT","An herb used in medicine (Plantago Psyllium), named from theshape of its seeds. Loudon."
"FLECHE","A simple fieldwork, consisting of two faces forming a salientangle pointing outward and open at the gorge."
"FLECK","A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. [Obs.] J. Martin."
"FLECKER","To fleck. Johnson."
"FLECKLESS","Without spot or blame. [R.]My consnience will not count me fleckless. Tennyson."
"FLECTIONAL","Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection.A flectional word is a phrase in the bud. Earle."
"FLECTOR","A flexor."
"FLED","imp. & p. p. of Flee."
"FLEDGE","Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.Hfledge with wings. Milton."
"FLEDGELING","A young bird just fledged."
"FLEE","To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed orcowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This issometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.[He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke. Shak.Flee fornication. 1 Cor. vi. 18.So fled his enemies my warlike father. Shak."
"FLEECE","The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knifefrom the cylinder of a carding machine. Fleece wool, wool shorn fromthe sheep.-- Golden fleece. See under Golden."
"FLEECELESS","Without a fleece."
"FLEECER","One who fleeces or strips unjustly, especially by trickery orfraund. Prynne."
"FLEECY","Covered with, made of, or resembling, a fleece. 'Fleecyflocks.' Prior."
"FLEEN","Obs. pl. of Flea. Chaucer."
"FLEER","One who flees. Ld. Berners."
"FLEERER","One who fleers. Beau. & Fl."
"FLEERINGLY","In a fleering manner."
"FLEET","To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser."
"FLEET-FOOT","Swift of foot. Shak."
"FLEETEN","Fleeted or skimmed milk. [Obs.] Fleeten face, a face of thecolor of fleeten, i. e., blanched; hence, a coward. 'You know whereyou are, you fleeten face.' Beau. & Fl."
"FLEETING","Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as,the fleeting hours or moments."
"FLEETINGLY","In a fleeting manner; swiftly."
"FLEETINGS","A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds. [prov. Eng.]Wright."
"FLEETLY","In a fleet manner; rapidly."
"FLEETNESS","Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; as, thefleetness of a horse or of time."
"FLEIGH","imp. of Fly. Chaucer."
"FLEME","To banish; to drive out; to expel. [Obs.] 'Appetite flemethdiscretion.' Chaucer."
"FLEMER","One who, or that which, banishes or expels. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FLEMING","A native or inhabitant of Flanders."
"FLEMISH","Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings.-- n."
"FLENCH","Same as Flence."
"FLENSE","To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.the flensed carcass of a fur seal. U. S. Census (1880)."
"FLESH","To remove flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides."
"FLESHHOOD","The state or condition of having a form of flesh; incarnation.[R.]Thou, who hast thyself Endured this fleshhood. Mrs. Browning."
"FLESHINESS","The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness.Milton."
"FLESHINGS","Flesh-colored tights, worn by actors dancers. D. Jerrold."
"FLESHLESS","Destitute of flesh; lean. Carlyle."
"FLESHLINESS","The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites.Spenser."
"FLESHLING","A person devoted to fleshly things. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FLESHLY","In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FLESHMENT","The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successfulbeginning. [R.] Shak."
"FLESHMONGER","One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander.[R.] Shak."
"FLESHPOT","A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked; hence (pl.),"
"FLESHQUAKE","A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver. [Obs.] B.Jonson."
"FLESHY","Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus,and agave are fleshy plants."
"FLET","Skimmed. [Obs.]"
"FLETCH","To feather, as an arrow. Bp. Warburton.[Congress] fletched their complaint, by adding: 'America loved hisbrother.' Bancroft."
"FLETCHER","One who fletches of feathers arrows; a manufacturer of bows andarrows. [Obs.] Mortimer."
"FLETE","To float; to swim. [Obs.] 'Whether I sink or flete.' Chaucer."
"FLETIFEROUS","Producing tears. [Obs.] Blount."
"FLEUR-DE-LIS","The iris. See Flower-de-luce."
"FLEURON","A flower-shaped ornament, esp. one terminating an object orforming one of a series, as a knob of a cover to a dish, or a flower-shaped part in a necklace."
"FLEURY","Finished at the ends with fleurs-de-lis; -- said esp. a crossso decorated."
"FLEW","imp. of Fly."
"FLEWED","Having large flews. Shak."
"FLEWS","The pendulous or overhanging lateral parts of the upper lip ofdogs, especially prominent in hounds; -- called also chaps. SeeIllust. of Bloodhound."
"FLEX","To bend; as, to flex the arm."
"FLEXANIMOUS","Having power to change the mind. [Obs.] Howell."
"FLEXIBILITY","The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy;pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory,whalebone or metal, or of rays of light. Sir I. Newton.All the flexibility of a veteran courtier. Macaulay."
"FLEXICOSTATE","Having bent or curved ribs."
"FLEXILE","Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.Wordsworth."
"FLEXION","Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension orconjugation; inflection.Express the syntactical relations by flexion. Sir W. Hamilton."
"FLEXOR","A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of thearm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor."
"FLEXUOSE","Flexuous."
"FLEXUOUS","Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions; bent in azigzag manner."
"FLEXURAL","Of, pertaining to, or resulting from, flexure; of the natureof, or characterized by, flexure; as, flexural elasticity."
"FLEXURE","The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird."
"FLIBBERGIB","A sycophant. [Obs. & Humorous.] 'Flatterers and flibbergibs.'Latimer."
"FLIBBERTIGIBBET","An imp. Shak."
"FLIBUSTIER","A buccaneer; an American pirate. See Flibuster. [Obs.]"
"FLICK","To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick ahorse; to flick the dirt from boots. Thackeray."
"FLICKER","The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so calledfrom its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeonwoodpecker, and yucca.The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. Thoureau."
"FLICKERINGLY","In a flickering manner."
"FLICKERMOUSE","See Flittermouse."
"FLIDGE","Fledged; fledge. [Obs.] Holland."
"FLIER","A fly. See Fly, n., 9, and 13 (b)."
"FLIGHT-SHOT","The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot,-- about the fifth of a mile. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]Within a flight-shot it inthe valley. Evelyn.Half a flight-shot from the king's oak. Sir W. Scott."
"FLIGHTED","Feathered; -- said of arrows."
"FLIGHTER","A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in acooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor. Knight."
"FLIGHTILY","In a flighty manner."
"FLIGHTINESS","The state or quality of being flighty.The flightness of her temper. Hawthorne."
"FLIMFLAM","A freak; a trick; a lie. Beau. & Fl."
"FLIMSILY","In a flimsy manner."
"FLIMSINESS","The state or quality of being flimsy."
"FLIMSY","Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity;of loose and unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility;as, a flimsy argument, excuse, objection.Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines. Pope.All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain. Sheridan."
"FLINCH","To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give atight croquet."
"FLINCHER","One who flinches or fails."
"FLINCHINGLY","In a flinching manner."
"FLINDERMOUSE","A bat; a flittermouse."
"FLINDERS","Small pieces or splinters; fragments.The tough ash spear, so stout and true, Into a thousand flindersflew. Sir W. Scott."
"FLINGDUST","One who kicks up the dust; a streetwalker; a low manner. [Obs.]Beau. & Fl."
"FLINGER","One who flings; one who jeers."
"FLINT","A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usuallyof a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidalfracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire withsteel."
"FLINT GLASS","A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of asilicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and foroptical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree ofdispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica wasobtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf.Glass."
"FLINT-HEARTED","Hard-hearted. Shak."
"FLINTINESS","The state or quality of being flinty; hardness; cruelty. Beau.& Fl."
"FLINTWARE","A superior kind of earthenware into whose composition flintenters largely. Knight."
"FLINTWOOD","An Australian name for the very hard wood of the Eucalyptuspiluralis."
"FLINTY","Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint;as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart. Flinty rockFlintystate, a siliceous slate; -- basanite is here included. See Basanite."
"FLIP","A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hotiron. Flip dog, an iron used, when heated, to warm flip."
"FLIP-FLAP","The repeated stroke of something long and loose. Johnson."
"FLIPE","To turn inside out, or with the leg part back over the foot, asa stocking in pulling off or for putting on. [Scot.]"
"FLIPPANCY","The state or quality of being flippant.This flippancy of language. Bp. Hurd."
"FLIPPANT","A flippant person. [R.] Tennyson."
"FLIPPANTLY","In a flippant manner."
"FLIPPANTNESS","State or quality of being flippant."
"FLIPPER","A broad flat limb used for swimming, as those of seals, seaturtles, whales, etc."
"FLIRT","One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or playsat courtship; a coquette; a pert girl.Several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out of thefashionable world. Addison."
"FLIRT-GILL","A woman of light behavior; a gill-flirt. [Obs.] Shak.You heard him take me up like a flirt-gill. Beau. & Fl."
"FLIRTIGIG","A wanton, pert girl. [Obs.]"
"FLIRTINGLY","In a flirting manner."
"FLISK","To frisk; to skip; to caper. [Obs. Scot.] 'The flisking flies.'Gosson."
"FLIT","Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet."
"FLITE","To scold; to quarrel. [Prov. Eng.] Grose."
"FLITTER","To flutter. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FLITTERMOUSE","A bat; -- called also flickermouse, flindermouse, andflintymouse."
"FLITTERN","A term applied to the bark obtained from young oak trees.McElrath."
"FLITTINESS","Unsteadiness; levity; lightness. [Obs.] Bp. Hopkins."
"FLITTING","Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a kind of metricalcontest between two persons, popular in Scotland in the 16th century.[Obs. or Scot.]"
"FLITTINGLY","In a flitting manner."
"FLITTY","Unstable; fluttering. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"FLIX","Down; fur. [Obs. or Eng.] J. Dyer."
"FLO","An arrow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FLOAT","A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to theheated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die.Knight."
"FLOATABLE","That may be floated."
"FLOATAGE","Same as Flotage."
"FLOATATION","See Flotation."
"FLOATING","Floating threads. See Floating threads, above."
"FLOATINGLY","In a floating manner."
"FLOATY","Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light. Sir W. Raleigh."
"FLOBERT","A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimescalled ball cap. Flobert rifle, a rifle adapted to the use offloberts."
"FLOCCILLATION","A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if topick off flocks of wool; carphology; -- an alarming symptom in acutediseases. Dunglison."
"FLOCCOSE","Having tufts of soft hairs, which are often deciduous."
"FLOCCULAR","Of or pertaining to the flocculus."
"FLOCCULATE","To aggregate into small lumps."
"FLOCCULATION","The process by which small particles of fine soils andsediments aggregate into larger lumps."
"FLOCCULENCE","The state of being flocculent."
"FLOCCULENT","Applied to the down of newly hatched or unfledged birds."
"FLOCCULUS","A small lobe in the under surface of the cerebellum, near themiddle peduncle; the subpeduncular lobe."
"FLOCCUS","A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules ofcertain fungi."
"FLOCK","To gather in companies or crowds.Friends daily flock. Dryden.Flocking fowl (Zo\u00f6l.), the greater scaup duck."
"FLOCKLING","A lamb. [Obs.] Brome (1659)."
"FLOCKLY","In flocks; in crowds. [Obs.]"
"FLOCKMEL","In a flock; in a body. [Obs.]That flockmel on a day they to him went. Chaucer."
"FLOCKY","Abounding with flocks; floccose."
"FLOE","A low, flat mass of floating ice. Floe rat (Zo\u00f6l.), a seal(Phoca foetida)."
"FLOG","To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; tochastise with repeated blows."
"FLOGGING","from Flog, v. t. Flogging chisel (Mach.), a large cold chisel,used in chipping castings.-- Flogging hammer, a small sledge hammer used for striking aflogging chisel."
"FLON","See Flo. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FLONG","imp. & p. p. of Fling."
"FLOODAGE","Inundation. [R.] Carlyle."
"FLOODER","One who floods anything."
"FLOODING","The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow;inundation; the filling anything to excess."
"FLOOK","A fluke of an anchor."
"FLOOKY","Fluky."
"FLOOR","That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelsonwhich is most nearly horizontal."
"FLOORAGE","Floor space."
"FLOORER","Anything that floors or upsets a person, as a blow that knockshim down; a conclusive answer or retort; a task that exceeds one'sabilities. [Colloq.]"
"FLOORHEADS","The upper extermities of the floor of a vessel."
"FLOORING","A platform; the bottom of a room; a floor; pavement. See Floor,n. Addison."
"FLOORLESS","Having no floor."
"FLOORWALKER","One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer anddirector. [U.S.]"
"FLOP","Act of flopping. [Colloq.] W. H. Russell."
"FLOPPY","Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim. G.Eliot."
"FLOPWING","The lapwing."
"FLORA","The goddess of flowers and spring."
"FLORAL","Containing, or belonging to, a flower; as, a floral bud; afloral leaf; floral characters. Martyn. Floral envelope (Bot.), thecalyx and corolla, one or the other of which (mostly the corolla) maybe wanting."
"FLORALLY","In a floral manner."
"FLORAMOUR","The plant love-lies-bleeding. [Obs.] Prior."
"FLORAN","Tin ore scarcely perceptible in the stone; tin ore stamped veryfine. Pryce."
"FLOREAL","The eight month of the French republican calendar. It beganApril 20, and ended May 19. See Vend\u00e9miare."
"FLOREN","A cerain gold coin; a Florence. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FLORENTINE","Belonging or relating to Florence, in Italy. Florentine mosaic,a mosaic of hard or semiprecious stones, often so chosen and arrangedthat their natural colors represent leaves, flowers, and the like,inlaid in a background, usually of black or white marble."
"FLORESCENCE","A bursting into flower; a blossoming. Martyn."
"FLORESCENT","Expanding into flowers; blossoming."
"FLORET","A little flower; one of the numerous little flowers whichcompose the head or anthodium in such flowers as the daisy, thistle,and dandelion. Gray."
"FLORIAGE","Bloom; blossom. [Obs.] J. Scott."
"FLORIATED","Having floral ornaments; as, floriated capitals of Gothicpillars."
"FLORICOMOUS","Having the head adorned with flowers. [R.]"
"FLORICULTURAL","Pertaining to the cultivation of flowering plants."
"FLORICULTURE","The cultivation of flowering plants."
"FLORICULTURIST","One skilled in the cultivation of flowers; a florist."
"FLORID","Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures,divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or littleornamentations."
"FLORIDEAE","A subclass of alg\u00e6 including all the red or purplish seaweeds;the Rhodosperme\u00e6 of many authors; -- so called from the rosy orflorid color of most of the species."
"FLORIDITY","The quality of being florid; floridness. Floyer."
"FLORIDLY","In a florid manner."
"FLORIDNESS","The quality of being florid. Boyle."
"FLORIFEROUS","Producing flowers. Blount."
"FLORIFICATION","The act, process, or time of flowering; florescence."
"FLORIFORM","Having the form of a flower; flower-shaped."
"FLORIKEN","An Indian bustard (Otis aurita). The Bengal floriken isSypheotides Bengalensis. [Written also florikan, floriken, florican.]"
"FLORILEGE","The act of gathering flowers."
"FLORIMER","See Floramour. [Obs.]"
"FLORIN","A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century,and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins indifferent countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, isworth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of theNetherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents."
"FLOROON","A border worked with flowers. Wright."
"FLORULENT","Flowery; blossoming. [Obs.] Blount."
"FLOS-FERRI","A variety of aragonite, occuring in delicate white coralloidalforms; -- common in beds of iron ore."
"FLOSCULAR","Flosculous."
"FLOSCULARIAN","One of a group of stalked rotifers, having ciliated tentaclesaround the lobed disk."
"FLOSCULE","A floret."
"FLOSCULOUS","Consisting of many gamopetalous florets."
"FLOSH","A hopper-shaped box or Knight."
"FLOSS","The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; alsocalled silk."
"FLOSSIFICATION","A flowering; florification. [R.] Craig."
"FLOSSY","Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, floss; hence, light;downy."
"FLOTA","A fleet; especially, a"
"FLOTANT","Represented as flying or streaming in the air; as, a bannerflotant."
"FLOTATION PROCESS","A process of separating the substances contained in pulverizedore or the like by depositing the mixture on the  surface of aflowing liquid, the substances that are quickly wet readilyovercoming the surface tension of the liquid and sinking, the othersflowing off in a film or slime on the surface, though, perhaps,having a greater specific gravity than those that sink."
"FLOTE","To fleet; to skim. [Obs.] Tusser."
"FLOTERY","Wavy; flowing. [Obs.]With flotery beard. Chaucer."
"FLOTILLA","A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels."
"FLOTTEN","Skimmed. [Obs.]"
"FLOUNCE","To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring,turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as ahorse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm,often as in displeasure.To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us.Barrow.With his broad fins and forky tail he laves The rising sirge, andflounces in the waves. Addison."
"FLOUNDER","A flatfish of the family Pleuronectid\u00e6, of many species."
"FLOUR","The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain;especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, thefine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour ofmustard. Flour bolt, in milling, a gauze-covered, revolving,cylindrical frame or reel, for sifting the flour from the refusecontained in the meal yielded by the stones.-- Flour box a tin box for scattering flour; a dredging box.-- Flour dredge or dredger, a flour box.-- Flour dresser, a mashine for sorting and distributing flouraccording to grades of fineness.-- Flour mill, a mill for grinding and sifting flour."
"FLOURED","Finely granulated; -- said of quicksilver which has beengranulated by agitation during the amalgamation process. Raymond."
"FLOURISHER","One who flourishes."
"FLOURISHINGLY",", adv. In a flourishing manner; ostentatiously."
"FLOURY","Of or resembling flour; mealy; covered with flour. Dickens."
"FLOUT","To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.Phillida flouts me. Walton.Three gaudy standarts lout the pale blue sky. Byron."
"FLOUTER","One who flouts; a mocker."
"FLOUTINGLY","With flouting; insultingly; as, to treat a lover floutingly."
"FLOW","imp. sing. of Fly, v. i. Chaucer."
"FLOWAGE","An overflowing with water; also, the water which thusoverflows."
"FLOWEN","imp. pl. of Fly, v. i. Chaucer."
"FLOWER","That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and henceincluding one or both of the sexual organs; an organ or combinationof the organs of reproduction, whether inclosed by a circle of foliarparts or not. A complete flower consists of two essential parts, thestamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla andcallyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special leavessurrounding or subtending organs called archegonia. See Blossom, andCorolla."
"FLOWER STATE","  Florida; -- a nickname, alluding to sense of L. floridus,from florida flowery. See Florid."
"FLOWER-DE-LUCE","A genus of perennial herbs (Iris) with swordlike leaves andlarge three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probablywhite in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem."
"FLOWER-FENCE","A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, or C\u00e6salpinia,pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers;-- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in theWest Indies. Baird."
"FLOWER-GENTLE","A species of amaranth (Amarantus melancholicus)."
"FLOWERAGE","State of flowers; flowers, collectively or in general.Tennyson."
"FLOWERER","A plant which flowers or blossoms.Many hybrids are profuse and persistent flowerers. Darwin."
"FLOWERET","A small flower; a floret. Shak."
"FLOWERFUL","Abounding with flowers. Craig."
"FLOWERINESS","The state of being flowery."
"FLOWERING","Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with manynames of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; floweringalmond, etc. Flowering fern, a genus of showy ferns (Osmunda), withconspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet places.-- Flowering plants, plants which have stamens and pistils, andproduce true seeds; phenogamous plants; -- distinguished fromflowerless plants.-- Flowering rush, a European rushlike plant (Butomus umbellatus),with an umbel of rosy blossoms."
"FLOWERLESS","Having no flowers. Flowerless plants, plants which have no trueflowers, and produce no seeds; cryptigamous plants."
"FLOWERLESSNESS","State of being without flowers."
"FLOWERPOT","A vessel, commonly or earthenware, for earth in which plantsare grown."
"FLOWERY-KIRTLED","Dressed with garlands of flowers. [Poetic & Rare] Milton."
"FLOWING","That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb);gliding along smoothly; copious. Flowing battery (Elec.), a batterywhich is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid throughthe cell or cells. Knight.-- Flowing furnace, a furnace from which molten metal, can be drawn,as through a tap hole; a foundry cupola.-- Flowing sheet (Naut.), a sheet when eased off, or loosened to thewind, as when the wind is abaft the beam. Totten."
"FLOWINGLY","In a flowing manner."
"FLOWINGNESS","Flowing tendency or quality; fluency. [R.] W. Nichols."
"FLOWK","See 1st Fluke."
"FLOWN","p. p. of Fly; -- often used with the auxiliary verb to be; as,the birds are flown."
"FLOXED SILK","See Floss silk, under Floss."
"FLOYTE","A variant of Flute. [Obs.]"
"FLUATE","A fluoride. [Obs.]"
"FLUAVIL","A hydrocarbon extracted from gutta-percha, as a yellow,resinous substance; -- called also fluanil."
"FLUCAN","Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it. [Writtenalso flookan, flukan, and fluccan.]"
"FLUCTIFEROUS","Tending to produce waves. Blount."
"FLUCTISONOUS","Sounding like waves."
"FLUCTUABILITY","The capacity or ability to fluctuate. [R.] H. Walpole."
"FLUCTUANT","showing undulation or fluctuation; as, a fluctuant tumor."
"FLUCTUATE","To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion. [R.]And fluctuate all the still perfume. Tennyson."
"FLUCTUATION","The motion or undulation of a fluid collected in a natural orartifical cavity, which is felt when it is subjected to pressure orpercussion. Dunglison."
"FLUE","An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing acurrent of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; esp.:(a) A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame andsmoke to the outer air.(b) A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or heatedair from one place to another.(c) (Steam Boiler) A pipe or passage for conveying flame and hotgases through surrounding water in a boiler; -- distinguished from atube which holds water and is surrounded by fire. Small flues arecalled fire tubes or simply tubes. Flue boiler. See under Boiler.-- Flue bridge, the separating low wall between the flues and thelaboratory of a reverberatory furnace.-- Flue plate (Steam Boiler), a plate to which the ends of the fluesare fastened; -- called also flue sheet, tube sheet, and tube plate.-- Flue surface (Steam Boiler), the aggregate surface of fluesexposed to flame or the hot gases."
"FLUE PIPE","A pipe, esp. an organ pipe, whose tone is produced by theimpinging of a current of air upon an edge, or lip, causing a wavemotion in the air within; a mouth pipe; -- distinguished from reedpipe. Flue pipes are either open or closed (stopped at the distantend). The flute and flageolet are open pipes; a bottle acts as aclosed pipe when one blows across the neck. The organ has both openand closed flue pipes, those of metal being usually round in section,and those of wood triangular or square."
"FLUENCE","Fluency. [Obs.] Milton."
"FLUENCY","The quality of being fluent; smoothness; readiness ofutterance; volubility.The art of expressing with fluency and perspicuity. Macaulay."
"FLUENT","A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral."
"FLUENTLY","In a fluent manner."
"FLUENTNESS","The quality of being fluent."
"FLUEWORK","A general name for organ stops in which the sound is caused bywind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; --in distinction from reedwork."
"FLUEY","Downy; fluffy. [R.]"
"FLUFF","Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers."
"FLUFFY","Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy.'The carpets were fluffy.' Thackeray.The present Barnacle . . . had a youthful aspect, and the fluffiestlittle whisker, perhaps, that ever was seen. Dickens.-- Fluff'i*ness, n."
"FLUGELMAN","Same as Fugleman."
"FLUID","Having particles which easily move and change their relativeposition without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield topressure; capable of flowing; liquid or gaseous."
"FLUIDAL","Pertaining to a fluid, or to its flowing motion. Fluidalstructure (Geol.), the structure characteristic of certain volcanicrocks in which the arrangement of the minute crystals shows the linesof flow of thew molten material before solidification; -- also calledfluxion structure."
"FLUIDITY","The quality of being fluid or capable of flowing; a liquid,a\u00ebriform. or gaseous state; -- opposed to solidity.It was this want of organization, this looseness and fluidity of thenew movement, that made it penetrate through every class of society.J. R. Green."
"FLUIDIZE","To render fluid."
"FLUIDNESS","The state of being flluid; fluidity."
"FLUIDOUNCE","See Fluid ounce, under Fluid."
"FLUIDRACHM","See Fluid dram, under Fluid. Pharm. of the U. S."
"FLUKAN","Flucan."
"FLUKE","One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from theresemblance to the fluke of an anchor."
"FLUKEWORM","Same as 1st Fluke, 2."
"FLUKY","Formed like, or having, a fluke."
"FLUME","A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for thewater that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water forhydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for conveying logs orlumber down a declivity."
"FLUMINOUS","Pertaining to rivers; abounding in streama."
"FLUNG","imp. & p. p. of Fling."
"FLUNK","To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking,through fear."
"FLUNKYDOM","The place or region of flunkies. C. Kingsley."
"FLUNLYISM","The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringeto those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism. Thackeray."
"FLUO-","A combining form indicating fluorine as an ingredient; as influosilicate, fluobenzene."
"FLUOBORATE","A salt of fluoboric acid; a fluoboride."
"FLUOBORIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or consisting of, fluorine andboron. Fluoridic acid (Chem.), a double fluoride, consistingessentially of a solution of boron fluoride, in hydrofluoric acid. Ithas strong acid properties, and is the type of the borofluorides.Called also borofluoric acid."
"FLUOBORIDE","See Borofluoride."
"FLUOHYDRIC","See Hydrofluoric."
"FLUOPHOSPHATE","A double salt of fluoric and phosphoric acids."
"FLUOR","See Fluorite."
"FLUOR ALBUS","The whites; leucorrh\u00e6a."
"FLUOR SPAR","See Fluorite."
"FLUORANTHENE","A white crystalline hydrocarbon C"
"FLUORATED","Combined with fluorine; subjected to the action of fluoride.[R.]"
"FLUORENE","A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C13H10 having a beautifulviolet fluorescence; whence its name. It occurs in the higher boilingproducts of coal tar, and is obtained artificially."
"FLUORESCEIN","A yellowish red, crystalline substance, C20H12O5, produced byheating together phthalic anhydride and resorcin; -- so called, fromthe very brilliant yellowish green fluorescence of its alkalinesolutions. It has acid properties, and its salts of the alkalies areknown to the trade under the name of uranin."
"FLUORESCENCE","That property which some transparent bodies have of producingat their surface, or within their substance, light different in colorfrom the mass of the material, as when green crystals of fluor sparafford blue reflections. It is due not to the difference in the colorof a distinct surface layer, but to the power which the substance hasof modifying the light incident upon it. The light emitted byfluorescent substances is in general of lower refrangibility than theincident light. Stockes."
"FLUORESCENT","Having the property of fluorescence."
"FLUORESCIN","A colorless, amorphous substance which is produced by thereduction of fluoresce\u00efn, and from which the latter may be formed byoxidation."
"FLUORIC","Pertaining to, obtained from, or containing, fluorine."
"FLUORIDE","A binary compound of fluorine with another element or radical.Calcium fluoride (Min.), fluorite, CaF2. See Fluorite."
"FLUORINE","A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative, orassociated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the halogen groupof which it is the first member. It always occurs combined, is veryactive chemically, and possesses such an avidity for most elements,and silicon especially, that it can neither be prepared nor kept inglass vessels. If set free it immediately attacks the containingmaterial, so that it was not isolated until 1886. It is a pungent,corrosive, colorless gas. Symbol F. Atomic weight 19."
"FLUORITE","Calcium fluoride, a mineral of many different colors, white,yellow, purple, green, red, etc., often very beautiful, crystallizingcommonly in cubes with perfect octahedral cleavage; also massive. Itis used as a flux. Some varieties are used for ornamental vessels.Also called fluor spar, or simply fluor."
"FLUOROID","A tetrahexahedron; -- so called because it is a common form offluorite."
"FLUOROSCOPE","An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence."
"FLUOROSCOPY","Examination of an object, as the human body, by exposing it tothe X rays and observing the shadow cast upon a fluorescent screen;cryptoscopy."
"FLUOROUS","Pertaining to fluor."
"FLUOSILICATE","A double fluoride of silicon and some other (usually basic)element or radical, regarded as a salt of fluosilicic acid; -- calledalso silicofluoride."
"FLUOSILICIC","Composed of, or derived from, silicon and fluorine. Fluosilicicacid, a double fluoride of hydrogen and silicon, H2F6Si, obtained insolution in water as a sour fuming liquid, and regarded as the typeof the fluosilicates; -- called also silicofluoric acid, andhydrofluosilicic acid."
"FLURRIED","Agitated; excited.-- Flur'ried*ly adv."
"FLURRY","To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm. H.Swinburne."
"FLURT","A flirt. [Obs.] Quarles."
"FLUSH","A hand of cards of the same suit."
"FLUSHBOARD","Same as Flashboard."
"FLUSHER","The red-backed shrike. See Flasher."
"FLUSHING","A surface formed of floating threads."
"FLUSHINGLY","In a flushing manner."
"FLUSHNESS","The state of being flush; abundance."
"FLUSTER","To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, tothrow into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.His habit or flustering himself daily with claret. Macaulay."
"FLUSTERATION","The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered;fluster. [Colloq.]"
"FLUSTRATE","To fluster. [Colloq.] Spectator."
"FLUSTRATION","The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry. [Colloq.]Richardson."
"FLUTE","A channel of curved section; -- usually applied to one of avertical series of such channels used to decorate columns andpilasters in classical architecture. See Illust. under Base, n."
"FLUTE A BEC","A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with amouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet."
"FLUTEMOUTH","A fish of the genus Aulostoma, having a much elongated tubularsnout."
"FLUTING","Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutescollectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the fluting ofa lady's ruffle. Fluting iron, a laundry iron for fluting ruffles; --called also Italian iron, or gaufering iron. Knight.-- Fluting lathe, a machine for forming spiral flutes, as onbalusters, table legs, etc."
"FLUTIST","A performer on the flute; a flautist. Busby."
"FLUTTERER","One who, or that which, flutters."
"FLUTTERINGLY","In a fluttering manner."
"FLUTY","Soft and clear in tone, like a flute."
"FLUVIAL","Belonging to rivers; growing or living in streams or ponds; as,a fluvial plant."
"FLUVIALIST","One who exlpains geological phenomena by the action of streams.[R.]"
"FLUVIATIC","Belonging to rivers or streams; fluviatile. Johnson."
"FLUVIATILE","Belonging to rivers or streams; existing in or about rivers;produced by river action; fluvial; as, fluviatile starta, plants.Lyell."
"FLUVIO-MARINE","Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as depositsat the mouths of rivers."
"FLUVIOGRAPH","An instrument for measuring and recording automatically therise and fall of a river."
"FLUVIOMETER","An instrument for measuring the height of water in a river; ariver gauge."
"FLUX","Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metalsor minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite."
"FLUXATION","The act of fluxing."
"FLUXIBILITY","The quality of being fluxible. Hammond."
"FLUXIBLE","Capable of being melted or fused, as a mineral. Holland.-- Flux'i*ble*ness, n."
"FLUXILE","Fluxible. [R.]"
"FLUXILITY","State of being fluxible.[Obs.]"
"FLUXION","The act of flowing. Cotgrave."
"FLUXIONAL","Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fluxion or fluxions;variable; inconstant.The merely human,the temporary and fluxional. Coleridge.Fluxional structure (Geol.), fluidal structure."
"FLUXIONARY","Pertaining to, or caused by, an increased flow of blood to apart; congestive; as, a fluxionary hemorrhage."
"FLUXIONIST","One skilled in fluxions. Berkeley."
"FLUXIONS","See Fluxion, 6(b)."
"FLUXIVE","Flowing; also, wanting solidity. B. Jonson."
"FLY","That part of a compass on which the points are marked; thecompass card. Totten."
"FLY-BITTEN","Marked by, or as if by, the bite of flies. Shak."
"FLY-CASE","The covering of an insect, esp. the elytra of beetles."
"FLY-CATCHING","Having the habit of catching insects on the wing."
"FLY-FISH","To angle, using flies for bait. Walton."
"FLYAWAY","Disposed to fly away; flighty; unrestrained; light and free; --used of both persons and things. -- n."
"FLYAWAY GRASS","The hair grass (Agrostis scabra). So called from its lightpanicle, which is blown to great distances by the wind."
"FLYBANE","A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonousmushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric."
"FLYBLOW","To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause tobe maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows. Bp.Srillingfleet."
"FLYBLOWN","Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled. Thackeray."
"FLYBOAT","A large Dutch coasting vessel.Captain George Weymouth made a voyage of discovery to the northwestwith two flyboats. Purchas."
"FLYCATCHER","One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, whichthey take on the wing."
"FLYER","One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as inordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder."
"FLYFISH","A California scorp\u00e6noid fish (Sebastichthys rhodochloris),having brilliant colors."
"FLYING","Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly orrapidly; intended for rapid movement."
"FLYING BOAT","A compact form of hydro-a\u00ebroplane having one central body, orhull."
"FLYING FISH","A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly aconsiderable distance by means of its large and long pectoral fins.These fishes belong to several species of the genus Exocoetus, andare found in the warmer parts of all the oceans."
"FLYING SQUIRREL","One of a group of squirrels, of the genera Pteromus andSciuropterus, having parachute-like folds of skin extending from thefore to the hind legs, which enable them to make very long leaps."
"FLYMAN","The driver of a fly, or light public carriage."
"FLYSCH","A name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlyingthe true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the EoceneTertiary."
"FLYSPECK","A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, anyinsignificant dot."
"FLYTRAP",". A trap for catching flies."
"FNESE","To breathe heavily; to snort. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FO","The Chinese name of Buddha."
"FOAL","The young of any animal of the Horse family (Equid\u00e6); a colt; afilly. Foal teeth (Zo\u00f6l.), the first set of teeth of a horse.-- In foal, With foal, being with young; pregnant; -- said of a mareor she ass."
"FOALFOOT","(Bot.) See Coltsfoot."
"FOAM","The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles,which is formed on the surface of liquids,or in the mouth of ananimal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as,the foam of the sea. Foam cock, in steam boilers, a cock at the waterlevel, to blow off impurities."
"FOAMINGLY","With foam; frothily."
"FOAMLESS","Having no foam."
"FOAMY","Covered with foam; frothy; spumy.Behold how high the foamy billows ride! Dryden."
"FOB","A little pocket for a watch. Fob chain, a short watch chainworn a watch carried in the fob."
"FOCAL","Belonging to,or concerning, a focus; as, a focal point. Focaldistance, or length,of a lens or mirror (Opt.), the distance of thefocus from the surface of the lens or mirror, or more exactly, in thecase of a lens, from its optical center. --Focal distance of atelescope, the distance of the image of an object from the objectglass."
"FOCALIZATION","The act of focalizing or bringing to a focus, or the state ofbeing focalized."
"FOCALIZE","To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.Light is focalized in the eye, sound in the ear. De Quincey."
"FOCILLATE","To nourish. [Obs.] Blount."
"FOCILLATION","Comfort; support. [Obs.]"
"FOCIMETER","(Photog.) An assisting instrument for focusing an object in orbefore a camera. Knight."
"FOCUS","A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflectedor refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of alens or mirror."
"FODDER","A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerlysold, in England, varying from 19 [Obs.]"
"FODDERER","One who fodders cattle."
"FODIENT","Fitted for, or pertaining to, digging."
"FODIENTIA","A group of African edentates including the aard-vark."
"FOE","See Fiend, and cf. Feud a quarrel."
"FOEHOOD","Enmity. Br. Bedell."
"FOEMAN","An enemy in war.And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of theirsteel. Sir W. Scott"
"FOETAL","Same as Fetal."
"FOETATION","Same as Fetation."
"FOETICIDE","Same as Feticide."
"FOETOR","Same as Fetor."
"FOETUS","Same as Fetus."
"FOG","(Agric.) To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; toeat off the fog from."
"FOG BELT","A region of the ocean where fogs are of marked frequency, asnear the coast of Newfoundland."
"FOGBOW","A nebulous arch, or bow, of white or yellowish light sometimesseen in fog, etc."
"FOGE","The Cornish name for a forge used for smelting tin. Raymond"
"FOGEY","See Fogy."
"FOGGAGE","See 1st Fog."
"FOGGER","One who fogs; a pettifogger. [Obs.]A beggarly fogger. Terence in English(1614)"
"FOGGILY","In a foggy manner; obscurely. Johnson."
"FOGGINESS","The state of being foggy. Johnson."
"FOGIE","See Fogy."
"FOGLESS","Without fog; clear. Kane."
"FOGY","A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old. [Written alsofogie and fogey.] [Colloq.]Notorious old bore; regular old fogy. Thackeray."
"FOGYISM","The principles and conduct of a fogy. [Colloq.]"
"FOH","An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt; poh; fle. Shak."
"FOHIST","A Buddhist priest. See Fo."
"FOIBLE","Weak; feeble. [Obs.] Lord Herbert."
"FOIL","To defile; to soil. [Obs.]"
"FOILABLE","Capable of being foiled."
"FOILER","One who foils or frustrates. Johnson."
"FOILING","A foil. Simmonds."
"FOIN","The beech marten (Mustela foina). See Marten."
"FOINERY","Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, asdistinguished from broadsword play. [Obs.] Marston."
"FOININGLY","With a push or thrust. [Obs.]"
"FOISON","Rich harvest; plenty; abundance. [Archaic] Lowell.That from the seedness the bare fallow brings To teeming foison.Shak."
"FOIST","A light and fast-sailing ship. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"FOISTER","One who foists something surreptitiously; a falsitier. Mir. forMag."
"FOISTIED","Fusty. [Obs.]"
"FOISTINESS","Fustiness; mustiness. [Obs.]"
"FOISTY","Fusty; musty. [Obs.] Johnson."
"FOLD","To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another ofthe same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold. 1Kings vi. 34."
"FOLDAGE","See Faldage."
"FOLDER","One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelikeinstrument used for folding paper."
"FOLDEROL","Nonsense. [Colloq.]"
"FOLDING","The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc. Foldingboat, a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc., over jointedframework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc. Ham. Nav.Encyc. Folding chairFolding door, one of two or more doors filling asingle and hung upon hinges."
"FOLDLESS","Having no fold. Milman."
"FOLIACEOUS","Belonging to, or having the texture or nature of, a leaf;having leaves intermixed with flowers; as, a foliaceous spike."
"FOLIAGE","To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form intothe representation of leaves. [R.] Drummond."
"FOLIAGED","Furnished with foliage; leaved; as, the variously foliagedmulberry."
"FOLIAR","Consisting of, or pertaining to, leaves; as, foliar appendages.Foliar gap (Bot.), an opening in the fibrovascular system of a stemat the point of origin of a leaf.-- Foliar trace (Bot.), a particular fibrovascular bundle passingdown into the stem from a leaf."
"FOLIATE","Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. Foliatecurve. (Geom.) Same as Folium."
"FOLIATED","Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch."
"FOLIATION","The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged intrefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the ornaments. See Tracery."
"FOLIATURE","1. Foliage; leafage. [Obs.] Shuckford."
"FOLIER","Goldsmith's foil. [R.] Sprat."
"FOLIFEROUS","Producing leaves. [Written also foliiferous.]"
"FOLILY","Foolishly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FOLIO","The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages andthe odd folios on the right-hand."
"FOLIOLATE","Of or pertaining to leaflets; -- used in composition; as, bi-foliolate. Gray."
"FOLIOLE","One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet."
"FOLIOMORT","See Feuillemort."
"FOLIOSE","Having many leaves; leafy."
"FOLIOSITY","The ponderousness or bulk of a folio; voluminousness. [R.] DeQuincey."
"FOLIOUS","Foliose. [R.]"
"FOLIUM","A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinitebranches, which have a common asymptote. The curve has a doublepoint, and a leaf-shaped loop; whence the name. Its equation is x3 +y3 = axy."
"FOLKETHING","The lower house of the Danish Rigsdag, or Parliament. SeeLegislature, below."
"FOLKLAND","Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, orpeople, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at hisdiscretion. Not being held by any assurance in writing, it wasopposed to bookland or charter land, which was held by deed. Mozley &W."
"FOLKMOTE","An assembly of the people; esp. (Sax. Law),"
"FOLKMOTER","One who takes part in a folkmote, or local court. [Obs.]Milton."
"FOLLICLE","A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds andopens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspurand milkweed."
"FOLLICULAR","Affecting the follicles; as, follicular pharyngitis."
"FOLLICULATED","Having follicles."
"FOLLICULOUS","Having or producing follicles."
"FOLLIFUL","Full of folly. [Obs.]"
"FOLLOW","To go or come after; -- used in the various senses of thetransitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result;to imitate."
"FOLLOWER","1. One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; adependent associate; a retainer."
"FOLLOWING","(In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which starsare apparently moving (in consequence of the erth's rotation); as, asmall star, north following or south following. In the directiontoward which stars appear to move is called preceding."
"FOLLOWING EDGE","See Advancing-edge, above."
"FOLLOWING SURFACE","See Advancing-surface, above."
"FOLWE","To follow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FOMALHAUT","A star of the first magnitude, in the constellation PiscisAustralis, or Southern Fish."
"FOMENTER","One who foments; one who encourages or instigates; as, afomenter of sedition."
"FOMES","Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining,and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen clothesare said to be active fomites."
"FON","A fool; an idiot. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FOND","imp. of Find. Found. Chaucer."
"FONDANT","A kind of soft sweetmeat made by boiling solutions to the pointof crystallization, usually molded; as, cherry fondant."
"FONDE","To endeavor; to strive; to try. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FONDLE","To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; tocaress; as, a nurse fondles a child."
"FONDLER","One who fondles. Johnson."
"FONDLING","The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness.Cyrus made no . . . amorous fondling To fan her pride, or melt herguardless heart. Mickle."
"FONDON","A large copper vessel used for hot amalgamation."
"FONDU","Blended; passing into each other by subtle gradations; -- saidof colors or of the surface or material on which the colors are laid."
"FONDUS","A style of printing calico, paper hangings, etc., in which thecolors are in bands and graduated into each other. Ure."
"FONE","pl. of Foe. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FONGE","To take; to receive. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FONLY","Foolishly; fondly. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FONNE","A fon. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FONT","A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including adue proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small,points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing withthat variety of types; a fount."
"FONTAL","Pertaining to a font, fountain, source, or origin; original;primitive. [R.]From the fontal light of ideas only can a man draw intellectualpower. Coleridge."
"FONTANEL","An issue or artificial ulcer for the discharge of humors fromthe body.[Obs.] Wiseman."
"FONTANELLE","Same as Fontanel, 2."
"FONTANGE","A kind of tall headdress formerly worn. Addison."
"FOOD","To supply with food. [Obs.] Baret."
"FOODFUL","Full of food; supplying food; fruitful; fertile. 'The foodfulearth.' Dryden.Bent by its foodful burden [the corn]. Glover."
"FOODLESS","Without food; barren. Sandys."
"FOODY","Eatable; fruitful. [R.] Chapman."
"FOOL","A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; --commonly called gooseberry fool."
"FOOL-BORN","Begotten by a fool. Shak."
"FOOL-HAPPY","Lucky, without judgment or contrivance. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FOOL-HASTY","Foolishly hasty. [R.]"
"FOOL-LARGE","Foolishly liberal. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FOOL-LARGESSE","Foolish expenditure; waste. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FOOLAHS","Same as Fulahs."
"FOOLHARDIHOOD","The state of being foolhardy; foolhardiness."
"FOOLHARDILY","In a foolhardy manner."
"FOOLHARDINESS","Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness;recklessness. Dryden."
"FOOLHARDISE","Foolhardiness. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FOOLHARDY","Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold.Howell."
"FOOLIFY","To make a fool of; to befool. [R.] Holland."
"FOOLISHLY","In a foolish manner."
"FOOLSCAP","A writing paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches, andfolded so as to make a page 13 x 8 inches. See Paper."
"FOOT","The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., thepart below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which itrests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes."
"FOOT CANDLE","The amount of illumination produced by a standard candle at adistance of one foot."
"FOOT GUARDS","Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called theGuards. [Eng.]"
"FOOT POUND","A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done inraising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the heightof one foot."
"FOOT POUNDAL","A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving abody through one foot against the force of one poundal."
"FOOT TON","A unit of energy or work, being equal to the work done inraising one ton against the force of gravity through the height ofone foot."
"FOOT VALVE","A suction valve or check valve at the lower end of a pipe;esp., such a valve in a steam-engine condenser opening to the airpump."
"FOOT-SORE","Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as,foot-sore cattle."
"FOOTBALL","An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in Indiarubber, or a bladder incased in Leather. Waller."
"FOOTBAND","A band of foot soldiers. [Obs.]"
"FOOTBATH","A bath for the feet; also, a vessel used in bathing the feet."
"FOOTBOY","A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey. Shak."
"FOOTBREADTH","The breadth of a foot; -- used as a measure. Longfellow.Not so much as a footbreadth. Deut. ii. 5."
"FOOTBRIDGE","A narrow bridge for foot passengers only."
"FOOTCLOTH","Formerly, a housing or caparison for a horse. Sir W. Scott."
"FOOTFALL","A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of afootstep. Shak.Seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. Poe"
"FOOTFIGHT","A conflict by persons on foot; -- distinguished from a fight onhorseback. Sir P. Sidney."
"FOOTGLOVE","A kind of stocking. [Obs.]"
"FOOTHALT","A disease affecting the feet of sheep."
"FOOTHILL","A low hill at the foot of highe"
"FOOTHOLD","A holding with the feet; firm L'Estrange."
"FOOTHOOK","See Futtock."
"FOOTHOT","Hastily; immediately; instantly; on the spot; hotfloot. Gower.Custance have they taken anon, foothot. Chaucer."
"FOOTING","The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankmentat its foot. Footing course (Arch.), one of the courses of masonry atthe foot of a wall, broader than the courses above.-- To pay one's footing, to pay a fee on first doing anything, asworking at a trade or in a shop. Wright.-- Footing beam, the tie beam of a roof."
"FOOTLESS","Having no feet."
"FOOTLICKER","A sycophant; a fawner; a toady. Cf. Bootlick. Shak."
"FOOTLIGHT","One of a row of lights in the front of the stage in a theater,etc., and on a level therewith. Before the footlights, upon thestage; -- hence, in the capacity of an actor."
"FOOTMAN","A moth of the family Lithosid\u00e6; -- so called from its livery-like colors."
"FOOTMANSHIP","Art or skill of a footman."
"FOOTMARK","A footprint; a track or vestige. Coleridge."
"FOOTNOTE","A note of reference or comment at the foot of a page."
"FOOTPAD","A highwayman or robber on foot."
"FOOTPATH","A narrow path or way for pedestrains only; a footway."
"FOOTPLATE","See Footboard (a)."
"FOOTPRINT","The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as,'Footprints of the Creator.'"
"FOOTS","The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrelor hogshead. Simmonds."
"FOOTSTALK","The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, orreduncle."
"FOOTSTALL","The plinth or base of a pillar."
"FOOTSTONE","The stone at the foot of a grave; -- opposed to headstone."
"FOOTSTOOL","A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting."
"FOOTWAY","A passage for pedestrians only."
"FOOTWORN","Worn by, or weared in, the feet; as, a footworn path; afootworn traveler."
"FOOZLE","To bungle; to manage awkwardly; to treat or play unskillfully;as, to foozle a stroke in golf."
"FOP","One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress; acoxcomb; an inferior dandy."
"FOP-DOODLE","A stupid or insignaficant fellow; a fool; a simpleton. [R.]Hudibras."
"FOPLING","A petty fop. Landor."
"FOPPISH","Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making anostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners."
"FOR","In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of,in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takesplace."
"FOR-","A prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative orprivative. It often implies also loss, detriment, or destruction, andsometimes it is intensive, meaning utterly, quite thoroughly, as inforbathe."
"FORAGE","To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp.forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country;to ravage; to feed on spoil.His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to behold his lion'swhelp Forage in blood of French nobility. Shak.Foraging ant (Zo\u00f6l.), one of several species of ants of the genusEciton, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching invast armies in search of food.-- Foraging cap, a forage cap.-- Foraging party, a party sent out after forage."
"FORAGER","One who forages."
"FORALITE","A tubelike marking, occuring in sandstone and other strata."
"FORAMEN","A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra. Foramenof Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral into the thirdventricle of the brain.-- Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac of theomentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum."
"FORAMINATED","Having small opening, or foramina."
"FORAMINIFER","One of the foraminifera."
"FORAMINIFERA","An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have achambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many ofthem have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are coveredwith sand. See Rhizophoda."
"FORAMINOUS","Having foramina; full of holes; porous. Bacon."
"FORASMUCH","In consideration that; seeing that; since; because that; --followed by as. See under For, prep."
"FORAY","A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, anyirregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. Spenser.The huge Earl Doorm, . . . Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey.Tennyson."
"FORAYER","One who makes or joins in a foray.They might not choose the lowand road, For the Merse forayers wereabroad. Sir W. Scott."
"FORBADE","imp. of Forbid."
"FORBATHE","To bathe. [Obs.]"
"FORBEAR","An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural. [Scot.]'Your forbears of old.' Sir W. Scott."
"FORBEARANCE","The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.He soon shall findForbearance no acquittance ere day end. Milton."
"FORBEARANT","Forbearing. [R.] Carlyle."
"FORBEARER","One who forbears. Tusser."
"FORBEARING","Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering.-- For*bear'ing*ly, adv."
"FORBID","To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. 'I did not orforbid.' Milton."
"FORBIDDANCE","The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against athing. [Obs.]ow hast thou yield to transgress The strict forbiddance. Milton."
"FORBIDDEN","Prohibited; interdicted.I kniw no spells, use no forbidden arts. Milton.Forbidden fruit. (a) Any coveted unlawful pleasure, -- so called withreference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden. (b) (Bot.) Asmall variety of shaddock (Citrus decumana). The name is given indifferent places to several varieties of Citrus fruits."
"FORBIDDENLY","In a forbidden or unlawful manner. Shak."
"FORBIDDER","One who forbids. Milton."
"FORBIDDING","Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, ordislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbiddingaspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air."
"FORBLACK","Very black. [Obs.]As any raven's feathers it shone forblack. Chaucer."
"FORBODEN","p. p. of Forbid. Chaucer."
"FORBORE","imp. of Forbear."
"FORBORNE","p. p. of Forbear."
"FORBRUISE","To bruise sorely or exceedingly. [Obs.]All forbrosed, both back and side. Chaucer."
"FORBY","Near; hard by; along; past. [Obs.]To tell her if her child went ought forby. Chaucer.To the intent that ships may pass along forby all the sides of thecity without let. Robynson (More's Utopia)."
"FORCARVE","To cut completely; to cut off. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FORCE","To stuff; to lard; to farce. [R.]Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak."
"FORCED","Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinaryexertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort orpressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh. Forced draught. Seeunder Draught.-- Forced march (Mil.), a march of one or more days made with allpossible speed.-- For'ced*ly, adv.-- For'ced*ness, n."
"FORCEFUL","Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty.-- Force'ful*ly, adv.Against the steed he threw His forceful spear. Dryden."
"FORCELESS","Having little or no force; feeble.These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me. Shak."
"FORCEMEAT","Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone,or used as a stuffing. [Written also forced meat.]"
"FORCEMENT","The act of forcing; compulsion. [Obs.]It was imposed upon us by constraint; And will you count suchforcement treachery J. Webster."
"FORCEPS","The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some otherinsects. See Earwig. Dressing forceps. See under Dressing."
"FORCIBLE-FEEBLE","Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid.He [Prof. Ayton] would purge his book of much offensive matter, if hestruck out epithets which are in the bad taste of the forcible-feebleschool. N. Brit. Review."
"FORCIBLENESS","The quality of being forcible."
"FORCIBLY","In a forcible manner."
"FORCING","The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlierseason than the natural one, as in a hitbed or by the use ofartificial heat. Forcing bed or pit, a plant bed having an underlayer of fermenting manure, the fermentation yielding bottom heat forforcing plants; a hotbed.-- Forcing engine, a fire engine.-- Forcing fit (Mech.), a tight fit, as of one part into a hole inanother part, which makes it necessary to use considerable force inputting the two parts together.-- Forcing house, a greenhouse for the forcing of plants, fruittrees, etc.-- Forcing machine, a powerful press for putting together orseparating two parts that are fitted tightly one into another, as forforcing a crank on a shaft, or for drawing off a car wheel from theaxle.-- Forcing pump. See Force pump (b)."
"FORCIPAL","Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as toopen and shut like a pair of forceps. Sir T. Browne."
"FORCIPATION","Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers. Bacon."
"FORCITE","A gelatin dynamite in which the dope is composed largely ofsodium nitrate."
"FORCUT","To cut completely; to cut off. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FORD","To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wadethrough.His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted.Milton."
"FORDABLE","Capable of being forded.-- Ford'a*ble*ness, n."
"FORDLESS","Without a ford.A deep and fordless river. Mallock."
"FORDONE","Undone; ruined. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FORDRIVE","To drive about; to drive here and there. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"FORDRUNKEN","Utterly drunk; very drunk. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FORDRY","Entirely dry; withered. [Obs.] 'A tree fordry.' Chaucer."
"FORDWINE","To dwindle away; to disappear. [Obs.] Rom of R."
"FORE","Journey; way; method of proceeding. [Obs.] 'Follow him and hisfore.' Chaucer."
"FORE TOOTH","One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an incisor."
"FORE-NIGHT","The evening between twilight and bedtime. [Scot.]"
"FORE-TOPGALLANT","Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as,the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail."
"FORE-TOPMAST","The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the headof which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship."
"FORE-TOPSAIL","See Sail."
"FOREADMONISH","To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event. Bp. Hall."
"FOREADVISE","To advise or counsel before the time of action, or before theevent. Shak."
"FOREALLEGE","To allege or cite before. Fotherby."
"FOREAPPOINT","To set, order, or appoint, beforehand. Sherwood."
"FOREAPPOINTMENT","Previous appointment; preordinantion. Sherwood."
"FOREARM","To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time ofneed. South."
"FOREBEAM","The breast beam of a loom."
"FOREBEAR","An ancestor. See Forbear."
"FOREBODE","To fortell; to presage; to augur.If I forebode aright. Hawthorne."
"FOREBODEMENT","The act of foreboding; the thing foreboded."
"FOREBODER","One who forebodes."
"FOREBODING","Presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune."
"FOREBODINGLY","In a foreboding manner."
"FOREBRACE","A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position ofthe foresail."
"FOREBRAIN","The anterior of the three principal divisions of the brain,including the prosencephalon and thalamencephalon. Sometimesrestricted to the prosencephalon only. See Brain."
"FOREBY","Near; hard by; along; past. See Forby. Spenser."
"FORECAST","To contrive or plan beforehand.If it happen as I did forecast. Milton."
"FORECASTER","One who forecast. Johnson."
"FORECHOSEN","Chosen beforehand."
"FORECITED","Cited or quoted before or above. Arbuthnot."
"FORECLOSE","To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; toexclude.The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. Carew.To foreclose a mortgager (Law), to cut him off by a judgment of courtfrom the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, termed his equityof redemption.-- To foreclose a mortgage, (not technically correct, but often usedto signify) the obtaining a judgment for the payment of an overduemortgage, and the exposure of the mortgaged property to sale to meetthe mortgage debt. Wharton."
"FORECLOSURE","The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars orextinguishes a mortgager's right of redeeming a mortgaged estate."
"FORECONCEIVE","To preconceive; to imagine beforehand. [Obs.] Bacon."
"FOREDATE","To date before the true time; to antendate."
"FOREDECK","The fore part of a deck, or of a ship."
"FOREDEEM","To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode. [Obs.] Udall.Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you An idle meteor. J. Webster."
"FOREDESIGN","To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne."
"FOREDETERMINE","To determine or decree beforehand. Bp. Hopkins."
"FOREDISPOSE","To bestow beforehand. [R.]King James had by promise foredisposed the place on the Bishop ofMeath. Fuller."
"FOREDOOM","To doom beforehand; to predestinate.Thou art foredomed to view the Stygian state. Dryden."
"FOREFATHER","One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in anydegree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor.Respecting your forefathers, you would have been taught to respectyourselves. Burke.Forefathers' Day, the anniversary of the day (December 21) on whichthe Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts (1620). Onaccount of a mistake in reckoning the change from Old Style to NewStyle, it has generally been celebrated on the 22d."
"FOREFEEL","To feel beforehand; to have a presentiment of. [Obs.]As when, with unwieldy waves, the great sea forefeels winds. Chapman."
"FOREFENCE","Defense in front. [Obs.]"
"FOREFEND","To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of;to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.God forefend it should ever be recorded in our history. Landor.It would be a far better work . . . to forefend the cruelty. I.Taylor."
"FOREFINGER","The finger next to the thumb; the index."
"FOREFLOW","To flow before. [Obs.]"
"FOREFOOT","A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end,connecting it with the lower end of the stem."
"FOREFRONT","Foremost part or place.Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle. 2 Sam. xi. 15.Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, standing in the forefront for all time,the masters of those who know. J. C. Shairp."
"FOREGAME","A first game; first plan. [Obs.] Whitlock."
"FOREGANGER","A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer linTotten."
"FOREGATHER","Same as Forgather."
"FOREGIFT","A premium paid by"
"FOREGLEAM","An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning light.The foregleams of wisdom. Whittier."
"FOREGO","To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present andpast participles.Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone. Wordsworth.For which the very mother's face forewent The mother's specialpatience. Mrs. Browning.Foregone conclusion, one which has preceded argument or examination;one predetermined."
"FOREGOER","One who forbears to enjoy."
"FOREGROUND","On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture,or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest tothe spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work ofart itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6."
"FOREGUESS","To conjecture. [Obs.]"
"FOREGUT","The anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the mouth tothe intestine, o"
"FOREHAND","Done beforehand; anticipative.And so extenuate the forehand sin. Shak."
"FOREHEAR","To hear beforehand."
"FOREHEARTH","The forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace underthe tymp."
"FOREHEND","See Forhend. [Obs.]"
"FOREHEW","To hew or cut in front. [Obs.] Sackville."
"FOREHOLD","The forward part of the hold of a ship."
"FOREHOLDING","Ominous foreboding; superstitious prognostication. [Obs.]L'Estrange."
"FOREHOOK","A piece of timber placed across the stem, to unite the bows andstrengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook."
"FOREIGNER","A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreigncountry; one not native in the country or jurisdiction underconsideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger.Joy is such a foreigner, So mere a stranger to my thoughts. Denham.Nor could the majesty of the English crown appear in a greaterluster, either to foreigners or subjects. Swift."
"FOREIGNISM","Anything peculiar to a foreign language or people; a foreignidiom or custom.It is a pity to see the technicalities of the so-called liberalprofessions distigured by foreignisms. Fitzed. Hall."
"FOREIGNNESS","The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation orappropriateness.Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from endeavoring toset me right. Locke.A foreignness of complexion. G. Eliot."
"FOREIN","Foreign. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FOREJUDGE","To judge beforehand, or before hearing the facts and proof; toprejudge."
"FOREJUDGER","A judgment by which one is deprived or put of a right or thingin question."
"FOREJUDGMENT","Prejudgment. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FOREKNOW","To have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand.Who would the miseries of man foreknow Dryden."
"FOREKNOWABLE","That may be foreknown. Dr. H. More."
"FOREKNOWER","One who foreknows."
"FOREKNOWINGLY","With foreknowledge.He who . . . foreknowingly loses his life. Jer. Taylor."
"FOREKNOWLEDGE","Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is tohappen; prescience.If I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Milton."
"FOREL","A kind of parchment for book covers. See Forrill."
"FORELAND","A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat.Farrow."
"FORELEADER","One who leads others by his example; aguide."
"FORELEND","See Forlend. [Obs.]As if that life to losse they had forelent. Spenser."
"FORELET","See Forlet. [Obs.] Holland."
"FORELIE","To lie in front of. [Obs.]Which forelay Athwart her snowy breast. Spenser."
"FORELIFT","To lift up in front. [Obs.]"
"FORELOCK","A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to preventretraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun.Forelock bolt, a bolt retained by a key, gib, or cotter passingthrough a slot.-- Forelock hook (Rope Making), a winch or whirl by which a bunch ofthree yarns is twisted into a standard. Knight.-- To take time, or occasion, by the forelock, to make prompt use ofanything; not to let slip an opportunity.Time is painted with a lock before and bald behind, signifyingthereby that we must take time by the forelock; for when it is oncepast, there is no recalling it. Swift.On occasion's forelock watchful wait. Milton."
"FORELOOK","To look beforehand or forward. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FOREMAN","The first or chief man; as:(a) The chief man of a jury, who acts as their speaker.(b) The chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on works ofany kind, who superintends the rest; an overseer."
"FOREMAST","The mast nearest the bow. Foremast hand or man (Naut.), acommon sailor; also, a man stationed to attend to the gear of theforemast."
"FOREMEANT","Intended beforehand; premeditated. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FOREMENTIONED","Mentioned before; already cited; aforementioned. Addison."
"FOREMILK","The milk secreted just before, or directly after, the birth ofa child or of the young of an animal; colostrum."
"FOREMOST","First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank ordignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.THat struck the foremost man of all this world. Shak."
"FOREMOSTLY","In the foremost place or order; among the foremost. J. Webster."
"FOREMOTHER","A female ancestor."
"FORENAME","A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name.Selden."
"FORENAMED","Named before; aforenamed."
"FORENDIHAZ","See Legislature."
"FORENENST","Over against; opposite to. [Now dialectic]The land forenenst the Greekish shore. Fairfax."
"FORENOON","The early part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon."
"FORENOTICE","Notice or information of an event before it happens;forewarning. [R.] Rymer."
"FORENSAL","Forensic. [R.]"
"FORENSIC","Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion anddebate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions;argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes.Forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence; medicine in its relationsto law."
"FORENSICAL","Forensic. Berkley."
"FOREORDAIN","To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate;to predetermine. Hooker."
"FOREORDINATE","To foreordain."
"FOREORDINATION","Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination;predestination."
"FOREPAST","Bygone. [Obs.] Shak."
"FOREPRIZE","To prize or rate beforehand. [Obs.] Hooker."
"FOREPROMISED","Promised beforehand; pre\u00ebngaged. Bp. Hall."
"FOREQUOTED","Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the treatise oressay."
"FORERAN","imp. of Forerun."
"FORERANK","The first rank; the front."
"FOREREACH","To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains uponanother when sailing closehauled."
"FOREREAD","To tell beforehand; to signify by tokens; to predestine. [Obs.]Spenser."
"FORERECITED","Named or recited before. 'The forerecited practices.' Shak."
"FOREREMEMBERED","Called to mind previously. Bp. Montagu."
"FORERIGHT","Ready; directly forward; going before. [Obs.] 'A forerightwind.' Chapman."
"FORERUNNER","A piece of rag terminating the log line."
"FORESAID","Mentioned before; aforesaid."
"FORESAY","To foretell. [Obs.]Her danger nigh that sudden change foresaid. Fairfax."
"FORESEE","To have or exercise foresight. [Obs.]"
"FORESEEN",", or (strictly) p. p. Provided; in case that; on conditionthat. [Obs.]One manner of meat is most sure to every complexion, foreseen that itbe alway most commonly in conformity of qualities, with the personthat eateth. Sir T. Elyot."
"FORESEER","One who foresees or foreknows."
"FORESEIZE","To seize beforehand."
"FORESHADOW","To shadow or typi Dryden."
"FORESHEW","See Foreshow."
"FORESHIP","The fore part of a ship. [Obs.]"
"FORESHORTEN","To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a directiontoward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing inperspective."
"FORESHORTENING","Representation in a foreshortened mode or way."
"FORESHOT","In distillation of low wines, the first portion of spirit thatcomes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil. Knight."
"FORESHOW","To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; toprognosticate; to foretell.Your looks foreshow You have a gentle heart. Shak.Next, like Aurora, Spenser rose, Whose purple blush the dayforeshows. Denham."
"FORESHOWER","One who predicts."
"FORESIGHT","Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except thebacksight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in aforward direction."
"FORESIGHTED","Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future. Bartram."
"FORESIGHTFUL","Foresighted. [Obs.]"
"FORESIGNIFY","To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify. Milton."
"FORESKIN","The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; theprepuce."
"FORESKIRT","The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train.Honor's train Is longer than his foreskirt. Shak."
"FORESLACK","See Forslack."
"FORESLEEVE","The sleeve below the elbow."
"FORESLOW","To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. t.No stream, no wood, no mountain could foreslow Their hasty pace.Fairfax."
"FORESPEAK","See Forspeak."
"FORESPEAKING","A prediction; also, a preface. [Obs.] Camden. Huloet."
"FORESPEECH","A preface. [Obs.] Sherwood."
"FORESPENT","Already spent; gone by; past. [Obs.] Shak."
"FORESPURRER","One who rides before; a harbinger. [Obs.] Shak."
"FOREST","A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste andwoody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of gamefor his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, andprotected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own. Burrill."
"FORESTAFF","An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes ofheavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-staff. Brande & C."
"FORESTAL","Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights."
"FORESTALL","To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of onhighway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market. Toforestall the market, to buy or contract for merchandise or provisionon its way to market, with the intention of selling it again at ahigher price; to dissuade persons from bringing their goods orprovisions there; or to persuade them to enhance the price whenthere. This was an offense at law in England until 1844. Burrill."
"FORESTALLER","One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market. Locke."
"FORESTAY","A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to thebowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship."
"FORESTER","A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera;as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larvalstate is injurious to the grapevine."
"FORESTICK","Front stick of a hearth fire."
"FORESTRY","The art of forming or of cultivating forests; the management ofgrowing timber."
"FORETASTE","A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation."
"FORETASTER","One who tastes beforehand, or before another."
"FORETEACH","To teach beforehand. [Obs.]"
"FORETELL","To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow.Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. Pope.Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of hischaracter. C. Middleton."
"FORETELLER","One who predicts. Boyle."
"FORETHINK","To contrive beforehand. [Obs.]"
"FORETHOUGHT","Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense;hence, deliberate. 'Forethought malice.' Bacon."
"FORETHOUGHTFUL","Having forethought. [R.]"
"FORETIME","The past; the time before the present. 'A very dim foretime.'J. C. Shairp."
"FORETOKEN","Prognostic; previous omen. Sir P. Sidney."
"FORETOP","The platform at the head of the foremast."
"FOREVOUCHED","Formerly vouched or avowed; affirmed in advance. [R.] Shak."
"FOREWARD","The van; the front. [Obs.]My foreward shall be drawn out all in length, Consisting equally ofhorse and foot. Shak."
"FOREWARN","To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition,information, or notice to; to caution in advance.We were forewarned of your coming. Shak."
"FOREWASTE","See Forewaste. Gascoigne."
"FOREWEND","To go before. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FOREWISH","To wish beforehand."
"FOREWITE","To foreknow. [Obs.] [Written also forwete.] Chaucer."
"FOREWOMAN","A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work orworkers in a shop or other place; a head woman. Tatler. W. Besant."
"FOREWORD","A preface. Furnvall."
"FOREWORN","Worn out; wasted; used up. [Archaic]Old foreworn stories almost forgotten. Brydges."
"FOREWOT",", 1st & 3d pers. sing. of Forewite. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FOREYARD","The lowermost yard on the foremast."
"FORFALTURE","Forfeiture. [Obs.]"
"FORFEIT","Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penalseizure.Thy wealth being forfeit to the state. Shak.To tread the forfeit paradise. Emerson."
"FORFEITABLE","Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture.For the future, uses shall be subject to the statutes of mortmain,and forfeitable, like the lands themselves. Blackstone."
"FORFEITER","One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture."
"FORFEND","To prohibit; to forbid; to avert. [Archaic]Which peril heaven forefend! Shak."
"FORFERED","Excessively alarmed; in great fear. [Obs.] 'Forfered of hisdeath.' Chaucer."
"FORFETE","To incur a penalty; to transgress. [Obs.]And all this suffered our Lord Jesus Christ that never forfeted.Chaucer."
"FORFEX","A pair of shears. Pope."
"FORFICATE","Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds."
"FORFICULA","A genus of insects including the earwigs. See Earwig, 1."
"FORGATHER","To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally. [Scot.] Jamieson.Within that circle he forgathered with many a fool. Wilson."
"FORGAVE","imp. of Forgive."
"FORGE","To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails arefurled; to work one's way, as one ship in outsailing another; -- usedespecially in the phrase to forge ahead. Totten.And off she [a ship] forged without a shock. De Quincey."
"FORGEMAN","A skilled smith, who has a hammerer to assist him."
"FORGER","One who forges, makes, of forms; a fabricator; a falsifier."
"FORGET-ME-NOT","A small herb, of the genus Myosotis (M. palustris, incespitosa,etc.), bearing a beautiful blue flower, and extensively consideredthe emblem of fidelity."
"FORGETFULLY","In a forgetful manner."
"FORGETIVE","Inventive; productive; capable. [Obs.] Shak."
"FORGETTABLE","Liable to be, or that may be, forgotten. Carlyle."
"FORGETTER","One who forgets; a heedless person. Johnson."
"FORGETTINGLY","By forgetting."
"FORGING","A piece of forged work in metal; -- a general name for a pieceof hammered iron or steel.There are very few yards in the world at which such forgings could beturned out. London Times."
"FORGIVABLE","Capable of being forgiven; pardonable; venial. Sherwood."
"FORGIVER","One who forgives. Johnson."
"FORGIVING","Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild;merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper.-- For*giv'ing*ly, adv.-- For*giv'ing*ness, n. J. C. Shairp."
"FORGO","To pass by; to leave. See 1st Forego.For sith [since] I shall forgoon my liberty At your request. Chaucer.And four [days] since Florimell the court forwent. Spenser."
"FORGOT","imp. & p. p. of Forget."
"FORGOTTEN","p. p. of Forget."
"FORHALL","To harass; to torment; to distress. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FORHEND","To seize upon. [Obs.]"
"FORINSECAL","Foreign; alien. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet."
"FORISFAMILIATE","Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so asto exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as a with hisown consent) from paternal authority. Blackstone."
"FORISFAMILIATION","The act of forisfamiliating."
"FORK","To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn overwith a fork, as the soil.Forking the sheaves on the high-laden cart. Prof. Wilson.To fork over or out, to hand or pay over, as money. [Slang] G. Eliot."
"FORK-TAILED","Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones;swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds. Fork-tailed flycatcher(Zo\u00f6l.), a tropical American flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus).-- Fork-tailed gull (Zo\u00f6l.), a gull of the genus Xema, of twospecies, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean.-- Fork-tailed kite (Zo\u00f6l.), a graceful American kite (Elanoidesforficatus); -- called also swallow-tailed kite."
"FORKERVE","See Forcarve, v. t."
"FORKINESS","The quality or state or dividing in a forklike manner."
"FORKLESS","Having no fork."
"FORKY","Opening into two or more parts or shoots; forked; furcated.'Forky tongues.' Pope."
"FORLAFT","p. p. of Forleave. Chaucer."
"FORLAY","To lie in wait for; to ambush.An ambushed thief forlays a traveler. Dryden."
"FORLEAVE","To leave off wholly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FORLEND","To give up wholly. [Obs.]"
"FORLESE","To lose utterly. [Obs.] haucer."
"FORLET","To give up; to leave; to abandon. [Obs.] 'To forlet sin.'Chaucer."
"FORLIE","See Forlie."
"FORLORE","oForlese. [Obs.]The beasts their caves, the birds their neforlore. Fairfax."
"FORLORNLY","In a forlorn manner. Pollok."
"FORLORNNESS","State of being forlorn. Boyle."
"FORLYE","Same as Forlie. [Obs.]"
"FORM","A suffix used to denote in the form or shape of, resembling,etc.; as, valiform; oviform."
"FORMALDEHYDE","A colorless, volatile liquid, H2CO, resembling acetic or ethylaldehyde, and chemically intermediate between methyl alcohol andformic acid."
"FORMALIN","An aqueous solution of formaldehyde, used as a preservative inmuseums and as a disinfectant."
"FORMALISM","The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, ordependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion.Official formalism. Sir H. Rawlinson."
"FORMALIST","One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp.,one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly theoutward forms of worship, without possessing the life and spirit ofreligion.As far a formalist from wisdom sits, In judging eyes, as libertinesfrom wits. Young."
"FORMALITY","The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical,municipal, or sacerdotal. [Obs.]The doctors attending her in their formalities as far as Shotover.Fuller."
"FORMALIZE","To affect formality. [Obs.] ales."
"FORMALLY","In a formal manner; essentially; characteristically; expressly;regularly; ceremoniously; precisely.That which formally makes this [charity] a Christian grace, is thespring from which it flows. Smalridge.You and your followers do stand formally divided against theauthorized guides of the church and rest of the people. Hooker."
"FORMAT","The shape and size of a book; hence, its external form."
"FORMATE","A salt of formic acid. [Written also formiate.]"
"FORMATION","The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column,etc. Farrow."
"FORMATIVE","Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a terminationmerely formative."
"FORME","Same as Pat\u00e9 or Patt\u00e9."
"FORMED","Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars. [R.]"
"FORMEDON","A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of adiscontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished."
"FORMELL","The female of a hawk or falcon."
"FORMERET","One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaultedwith ribs."
"FORMERLY","In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at anyindefinite distance; of old; heretofore."
"FORMFUL","Creative; imaginative. [R.] 'The formful brain.' Thomson."
"FORMIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in anextended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as,formic ether. Amido formic acid, carbamic acid.-- Formic acid, a colorless, mobile liquid, HCO.OH, of a sharp, acidtaste, occurring naturally in ants, nettles, pine needles, etc., andproduced artifically in many ways, as by the oxidation of methylalcohol, by the reduction of carbonic acid or the destructivedistillation of oxalic acid. It is the first member of the fattyacids in the paraffin series, and is homologous with acetic acid."
"FORMICA","A Linn\u00e6an genus of hymenopterous insects, including the commonants. See Ant."
"FORMICAROID","Like or pertaining to the family Formicarid\u00e6 or ant thrushes."
"FORMICARY","The nest or dwelling of a swarm of ants; an ant-hill."
"FORMICATE","Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants."
"FORMICATION","A sensation resembling that made by the creeping of ants on theskin. Dunglison."
"FORMICID","Pertaining to the ants.-- n."
"FORMIDABILITY","Formidableness. Walpole."
"FORMIDABLE","Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted toexcite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking;alarming.They seemed to fear the formodable sight. Dryden.I swell my preface into a volume, and make it formidable, when yousee so many pages behind. Drydn."
"FORMIDABLENESS","The quality of being formidable, or adapted to excite dread.Boyle."
"FORMIDABLY","In a formidable manner."
"FORMIDOLOSE","Very much afraid. [Obs.] Bailey."
"FORMING","The act or process of giving form or shape to anything; as, inshipbuilding, the exact shaping of partially shaped timbers."
"FORMLESS","Shapeless; without a determinate form; wanting regularity ofshape.-- Form'less*ly, adv.-- Form'less*ness, n."
"FORMULA","A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines."
"FORMULARISTIC","Pertaining to, or exhibiting, formularization. Emerson."
"FORMULARIZATION","The act of formularizing; a formularized or formulatedstatement or exhibition. C. Kingsley."
"FORMULARIZE","To reduce to a forula; to formulate."
"FORMULARY","Stated; prescribed; ritual."
"FORMULATE","To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear anddefinite form of statement or expression. G. P. Marsh."
"FORMULATION","The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to aformula."
"FORMULE","A set or prescribed model; a formula. [Obs.] Johnson."
"FORMULIZATION","The act or process of reducing to a formula; the state of beingformulized."
"FORMULIZE","To reduce to a formula; to formulate. Emerson."
"FORNCAST","Predestined. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FORNICAL","Relating to a fornix."
"FORNICATE","To commit fornication; to have unlawful sexual intercourse."
"FORNICATOR","An unmarried person, male or female, who has criminalintercourse with the other sex; one guilty of fornication."
"FORNICATRESS","A woman guilty of fornication. Shak."
"FOROLD","Very old. [Obs.]A bear's skin, coal-black, forold. Chaucer."
"FORPASS","To pass by or along; to pass over. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FORPINE","To waste away completely by suffering or torment. [Archaic]'Pale as a forpined ghost.' Chaucer."
"FORRAY","To foray; to ravage; to pillage.For they that morn had forrayed all the land. Fairfax."
"FORRILL","Lambskin parchment; vellum; forel. McElrath."
"FORSAKER","One who forsakes or deserts."
"FORSAY","To forbid; to renounce; to forsake; to deny. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FORSHAPE","To render misshapen. [Obs.] Gower."
"FORSLACK","To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth. [Obs.]Spenser."
"FORSLOUTHE","To lose by sloth or negligence. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FORSLOW","To delay; to hinder; to neglect; to put off. [Obs.] Bacon."
"FORSLUGGE","To lsoe by idleness or slotch. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FORSOOTH","In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as anexpression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now usedironically or contemptuously.A fit man, forsooth, to govern a realm! Hayward.Our old English word forsooth has been changed for the French madam.Guardian."
"FORSPENT","Wasted in strength; tired; exhausted. [Archaic]A gentleman almost forspent with speed. Shak."
"FORSTALL","To forestall. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FORSTER","A forester. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FORSTRAUGHT","Distracted. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FORSWAT","Spent with heat; covered with sweat. [Obs.] P. Sidney."
"FORSWEAR","To swear falsely; to commit perjury. Shak."
"FORSWEARER","One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a falseoath."
"FORSWONK","Overlabored; exhausted; worn out. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FORSWORE","imp. of Forswear."
"FORSWORN","p. p. of Forswear."
"FORSWORNNESS","State of being forsworn. [R.]"
"FORSYTHIA","A shrub of the Olive family, with yellow blossoms."
"FORT","A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place,occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, andparapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; afortification.Detached works, depending solely on their own strength, belong to theclass of works termed forts. Farrow."
"FORTALICE","A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; -- called alsofortelace."
"FORTE","Loudly; strongly; powerfully."
"FORTED","Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended,as by forts. [R.] Shak."
"FORTH","Forth from; out of. [Archaic]Some forth their cabins peep. Donne."
"FORTHBY","See Forby."
"FORTHCOMING","Ready or about to appear; making appearance."
"FORTHGOING","A going forth; an utterance. A. Chalmers."
"FORTHINK","To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret. [Obs.]'Let it forthink you.' Tyndale.That me forthinketh, quod this January. Chaucer."
"FORTHPUTING","Bold; forward; aggressive."
"FORTHRIGHT","Straight forward; in a straight direction. [Archaic] Sir P.Sidney."
"FORTHRIGHTNESS","Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness. [Archaic]Dante's concise forthrightness of phrase. Hawthorne."
"FORTHWARD","Forward. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher."
"FORTHWITH","As soon as the thing required may be done by reasonableexertion confined to that object. Bouvier."
"FORTHY","Therefore. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FORTIES","See Forty."
"FORTIETH","One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; thequotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after thethirty-ninth."
"FORTIFIABLE","Capable of being fortified. Johnson."
"FORTIFIER","One who, or that which, fortifies, strengthens, supports, orupholds."
"FORTIFY","To raise defensive works. Milton."
"FORTILAGE","A little fort; a blockhouse. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FORTIN","A little fort; a fortlet. [Obs.]"
"FORTISSIMO","Very loud; with the utmost strength or loudness."
"FORTITION","Casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard. [R.]No mode of election operating in the spirit of fortition or rotationcan be generally good. Burke."
"FORTITUDINOUS","Having fortitude; courageous. [R.] Gibbon."
"FORTLET","A little fort. [R.] Bailey."
"FORTNIGHT","The space of fourteen days; two weeks."
"FORTNIGHTLY","Occurring or appearing once in a fortnight; as, a fortnightlymeeting of a club; a fortnightly magazine, or other publication.-- adv."
"FORTREAD","To tread down; to trample upon. [Obs.]In hell shall they be all fortroden of devils. Chaucer."
"FORTRESS","A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification,sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a placeof defense or security."
"FORTUITOUS","Happening independently of human will or means of foresight;resulting from unavoidable physical causes. Abbott."
"FORTUITY","Accident; chance; casualty. D. Forbes (1750)."
"FORTUNATELY","In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily."
"FORTUNATENESS","The condition or quality of being fortunate; good luck;success; happiness."
"FORTUNE","To fall out; to happen.It fortuned the same night that a Christian, serving a Turk in thecamp, secretely gave the watchmen warning. Knolles."
"FORTUNELESS","Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion. Spenser."
"FORTUNIZE","To regulate the fortune of; to make happy. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FORTY","Four times ten; thirtynine and one more."
"FORTY-NINER","One of those who went to California in the rush for gold in1849; an argonaut. [Colloq., U. S.]"
"FORTY-SPOT","The Tasmanian forty-spotted diamond bird (Pardalotusquadragintus)."
"FORWAKED","Tired out with excessive waking or watching. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FORWANDER","To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness.[Obs.]"
"FORWARD","An agreement; a covenant; a promise. [Obs.]Tell us a tale anon, as forward is. Chaucer."
"FORWARDER","One employed in forwarding."
"FORWARDING","The process of putting a book into its cover, and making itready for the finisher."
"FORWARDLY","Eagerly; hastily; obtrusively."
"FORWARDNESS","The quality of being forward; cheerful readiness; promtness;as, the forwardness of Christians in propagating the gospel."
"FORWARDS","Same as Forward."
"FORWASTE","To desolate or lay waste utterly. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FORWEARY","To weary extremely; to dispirit. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FORWEEP","To weep much. [Obs.]"
"FORWETE","See Forewite. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FORWHY","Wherefore; because. [Obs.]"
"FORWORN","Much worn. [Obs.]A silly man, in simple weeds forworn. Spenser."
"FORWOT","pres. indic. 1st & 3d pers. sing. of Forwete. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FORWRAP","To wrap up; to conceal. [Obs.]All mote be said and nought excused, nor hid, nor forwrapped.Chaucer."
"FORYELDE","To repay; to requite. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FORYETE","To forget. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FORYETTEN","p. p. of Foryete. Chaucer."
"FORZANDO","See Sforzato."
"FOSSA","A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth;as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal foss\u00e6containing the nostrils in most birds."
"FOSSANE","A species of civet (Viverra fossa) resembling the genet."
"FOSSE","A ditch or moat."
"FOSSET","A faucet. [Obs.] Shak."
"FOSSETTE","A small, deep-centered ulcer of the transparent cornea."
"FOSSEWAY","One of the great military roads constructed by the Romans inEngland and other parts of Europe; -- so called from the fosse orditch on each side for keeping it dry."
"FOSSICK","To search for gold by picking at stone or earth or among rootsin isolated spots, picking over abandoned workings, etc.; hence, tosteal gold or auriferous matter from another's claim. [Australia]"
"FOSSIL","Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks. whetherpetrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells. Fossil copal, a resinoussubstance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, andapparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by remaining in theearth.-- Fossil cork, flax, paper, or wood, varieties of amianthus.-- Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime.-- Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. Raymond."
"FOSSILIFEROUS","Containing or composed of fossils."
"FOSSILIFICATION","The process of becoming fossil."
"FOSSILIST","One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist.Joseph Black."
"FOSSILIZATION","The process of converting, or of being converted, into afossil."
"FOSSILIZED","Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views oropinions.A fossilized sample of confused provincialism. Earle."
"FOSSORES","A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. Theyexcavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with thebodies of other insects for the food of the young when hatched.[Written also Fossoria.]"
"FOSSORIA","See Fossores."
"FOSSORIAL","Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, afossorial foot; a fossorial animal."
"FOSSORIOUS","Adapted for digging; -- said of the legs of certain insects."
"FOSSULATE","Having, or surrounded by, long, narrow depressions or furrows."
"FOSTER","To be nourished or trained up together. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FOSTERAGE","The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing. Sir W.Raleigh."
"FOSTERER","One who, or that which, fosters."
"FOSTERLING","A foster child."
"FOSTERMENT","Food; nourishment. [Obs.]"
"FOSTRESS","A woman who feeds and cherishes; a nurse. B. Jonson."
"FOTHER","To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom athrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it intothe crack. Totten."
"FOTIVE","Nourishing. [Obs.] T. Carew (1633)."
"FOTMAL","Seventy pounds of lead."
"FOUCAULT CURRENT","An eddy current."
"FOUGHT","imp. & p. p. of Fight."
"FOUGHTEN","p. p. of Fight. [Archaic]"
"FOUL","A bird. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FOUL-MOUTHED","Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane;abusive.So foul-mouthed a witness never appeared in any cause. Addison."
"FOUL-SPOKEN","Using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language.Shak."
"FOULARD","A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton,originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere."
"FOULDER","To flash, as lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder.[Obs.] 'Flames of fouldering heat.' Spenser."
"FOULE","Foully. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FOULLY","In a foul manner; filthily; nastily; shamefully; unfairly;dishonorably.I foully wronged him; do forgive me, do. Gay."
"FOULNESS","The quality or condition of being foul."
"FOUMART","The European polecat; -- called also European ferret, andfitchew. See Polecat. [Written also foulmart, foulimart, andfulimart.]"
"FOUND","imp. & p. p. of Find."
"FOUNDATION","The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, includingthe base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footingcourses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry."
"FOUNDATIONER","One who derives support from the funds or foundation of acollege or school. [Eng.]"
"FOUNDATIONLESS","Having no foundation."
"FOUNDER","One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays afoundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one whoendows."
"FOUNDEROUS","Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderousroad. [R.] Burke."
"FOUNDERSHAFT","The first shaft sunk. Raymond."
"FOUNDERY","Same as Foundry."
"FOUNDING","The art of smelting and casting metals."
"FOUNDLING","A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent orowner. Foundling hospital, a hospital for foundlings."
"FOUNDRESS","A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or whoendows with a fund."
"FOUNT","A font."
"FOUNTAINLESS","Having no fountain; destitute of springs or sources of water.Barren desert, fountainless and dry. Milton."
"FOUNTFUL","Full of fountains. Pope."
"FOUR","One more than three; twice two."
"FOUR-CORNERED","Having four corners or angles."
"FOUR-CYCLE","A four-stroke cycle, as the Otto cycle, for an internal-combustion engine. -- Four'-cy`cle, a."
"FOUR-IN-HAND","Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-hand coach.-- n."
"FOUR-POSTER","A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to supportcurtains. [Colloq.]"
"FOUR-WAY","Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-waycock, or valve. Francis. Four-way cock, a cock connected with fourpipes or ports, and having two or more passages in the plug, by whichthe adjacent pipes or ports may be made to communicate; formerly usedas a valve in the steam engine, and now for various other purposes.In the illustration, a leads to the upper end of a steam enginecylinder, and b to the lower end; c is the steam pipe, and d theexhaust pipe."
"FOUR-WHEELED","Having four wheels."
"FOUR-WHEELER","A vehicle having four wheels. [Colloq.]"
"FOURCHE","Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of thebranches terminating abruptly as if cut off; -- said of an ordinary,especially of a cross."
"FOURCHETTE","An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during thecutting of the fr\u00e6num."
"FOURDRINIER","A machine used in making paper; -- so named from an earlyinventor of improvements in this class of machinery."
"FOURFOLD","Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division.He snall restore the lamb fourfold. 2 Sam. xii. 6."
"FOURFOOTED","Having four feet; quadruped; as, fourfooted beasts."
"FOURIERISM","The co\u00f6perative socialistic system of Charles Fourier, aFrenchman, who recommended the reorganization of society into smallcommunities, living in common."
"FOURLING","A compound or twin crystal consisting of four individuals."
"FOURNEAU","The chamber of a mine in which the powder is placed."
"FOURRIER","A harbinger. [Obs.]"
"FOURSCORE","Four times twenty; eighty."
"FOURSOME","Consisting of four; requiring four participants. [Scot. orGolf]"
"FOURSQUARE","Having four sides and four equal angles. Sir W. Raleigh."
"FOURTEEN","Four and ten more; twice seven."
"FOURTEENTH","The octave of the seventh."
"FOURTH","The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing fourdiatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key. TheFourth, specifically, un the United States, the fourth day of July,the anniversary of the declaration of American independence; as, tocelebrate the Fourth."
"FOURTHLY","In the fourth place."
"FOUSSA","A viverrine animal of Madagascar (Cryptoprocta ferox). Itresembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws."
"FOUTER","A despicable fellow. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett."
"FOUTRA","A fig; -- a word of contempt. [Obs.]A foutra for the world and wordlings base! Shak."
"FOUTY","Despicable. [Obs.]"
"FOVEA","A slight depression or pit; a fossa."
"FOVEATE","Having pits or depressions; pitted."
"FOVEOLA","A small depression or pit; a fovea."
"FOVEOLATE","Having small pits or depression, as the receptacle in somecomposite flowers."
"FOVEOLATED","Foveolate."
"FOVILLA","One of the fine granules contained in the protoplasm of apollen grain."
"FOWL","To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting,or by decoys, nets, etc.Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl. Blackstone.Fowling piece, a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use ofsmall shot in killing birds or small quadrupeds."
"FOWLER","A sportsman who pursues wild fowl, or takes or kills for food."
"FOWLERITE","A variety of rhodonite, from Franklin Furnace, New Jersey,containing some zinc."
"FOX","A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canid\u00e6, ofmany species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), theAmerican red fox (V. fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus),and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V. lagopus) are well-knownspecies."
"FOX-HUNTING","Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond ofhunting foxes."
"FOXEARTH","A hole in the earth to which a fox resorts to hide himself."
"FOXERY","Behavior like that of a fox; [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FOXES","See Fox, n., 7."
"FOXGLOVE","Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English foxglove(Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whoseleaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative anddiuretic. See Digitalis.Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run To pluck the speckledfoxgloves from their stem. W. Browne."
"FOXHOUND","One of a special breed of hounds used for chasing foxes."
"FOXISH","Foxlike. [Obs.]"
"FOXLIKE","Resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning;artful; foxy."
"FOXLY","Foxlike. [Obs.] 'Foxly craft.' Latimer."
"FOXSHIP","Foxiness; craftiness. [R.] Shak."
"FOXTAIL","The name of several kinds of grass having a soft dense head offlowers, mostly the species of Alopecurus and Setaria."
"FOYSON","See Foison."
"FOZINESS","The state of being fozy; spiritlessness; dullness. [Scot.][The Whigs'] foziness can no longer be concealed. Blackwood's."
"FOZY","Spongy; soft; fat and puffy. [Scot.]"
"FRA","Fro. [Old Eng. & Scot.]"
"FRAB","To scold; to nag. [Prov. Eng.]"
"FRABBIT","Crabbed; peevish. [Prov. Eng.]"
"FRACAS","An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl."
"FRACHO","A shallow iron pan to hold glass ware while being annealed."
"FRACID","Rotten from being too ripe; overripe. [Obs.] Blount."
"FRACT","To break; to violate. [Obs.] Shak."
"FRACTED","Having a part displaced, as if broken; -- said of an ordinary.Macaulay."
"FRACTION","One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; anexpression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude. Common, orVulgar, fraction, a fraction in which the number of equal parts intowhich the integer is supposed to be divided is indicated by figuresor letters, called the denominator, written below a line, over whichis the numerator, indicating the number of these parts included inthe fraction; as -- Complex fraction, a fraction having a fraction ormixed number in the numerator or denominator, or in both. Davies &Peck.-- Compound fraction, a fraction of a fraction; two or morefractions connected by of.-- Continued fraction, Decimal fraction, Partial fraction, etc. Seeunder Continued, Decimal, Partial, etc.-- Improper fraction, a fraction in which the numerator is greaterthan the denominator.-- Proper fraction, a fraction in which the numerator is less thanthe denominator."
"FRACTIONALLY","By fractions or separate portions; as, to distill a liquidfractionally, that is, so as to separate different portions."
"FRACTIONARY","Fractional. [Obs.]"
"FRACTIONATE","To separate into different portions or fractions, as in thedistillation of liquids."
"FRACTIOUS","Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish;ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse."
"FRACTURAL","Pertaining to, or consequent on, a fracture. [R.]"
"FRACTURE","The breaking of a bone."
"FRAENULUM","A fr\u00e6num."
"FRAGILE","Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.The state of ivy is tough, and not fragile. Bacon."
"FRAGMENT","A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfectpart; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.Gather up the fragments that remain. John vi. 12."
"FRAGMENTAL","Consisting of the pulverized or fragmentary material of rock,as conglomerate, shale, etc."
"FRAGMENTARILY","In a fragmentary manner; piecemeal."
"FRAGMENTARINESS","The quality or property of being in fragnebts, or brokenpieces, incompleteness; want of continuity. G. Eliot."
"FRAGMENTARY","Composed of the fragments of other rocks."
"FRAGMENTED","Broken into fragments."
"FRAGMENTIST","A writer of fragments; as, the fragmentist of Wolfenb\u00fcttel.[R.]"
"FRAGOR","A strong or sweet scent. [Obs. & Illegitimate.] Sir T. Herbert."
"FRAGRANT","[fragrans. -antis, p.pr. of fragrare to emit a smell offragrance: cf. OF. fragrant. Affecting the olfactory nervesagreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeableperfume.Fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers. Milton."
"FRAIGHT","Same as Fraught. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FRAIL","A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs andraisins."
"FRAILLY","Weakly; infirmly."
"FRAILNESS","Frailty."
"FRAISCHEUR","Freshness; coolness. [R.] Dryden."
"FRAISE","A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. [Obs.]Johnson."
"FRAISED","Fortified with a fraise."
"FRAKEN","A freckle. [Obs.]A few fraknes in his face. Chaucer."
"FRAMABLE","Capable of being framed."
"FRAMBAESIA","The yaws. See Yaws."
"FRAME","To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of theskeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put togetherby cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail,Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice."
"FRAME-UP","A conspiracy or plot, esp. for a malicious or evil purpose, asto incriminate a person on false evidence. [Slang]"
"FRAMER","One who frames; as, the framer of a building; the framers ofthe Constitution."
"FRAMING","A framework, or a sy Framing chisel (Carp.), a heavy chiselwith a socket shank for making mortises."
"FRANC","A silver coin of France, and since 1795 the unit of the Frenchmonetary system. It has been adopted by Belgium and Swizerland. It isequivalent to about nineteen cents, or ten pence, and is divided into100 centimes."
"FRANC-TIREUR","A French partisan soldier, or one belonging to a corps ofdetached light troops engaged in forays, skirmishes, scouting, etc."
"FRANCHISE","A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or agovernment, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption fromordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right orprivilege, esp. the right to vote.Election by universal suffrage, as modified by the Constitution, isthe one crowning franchise of the American people. W. H. Seward."
"FRANCHISEMENT","Release; deliverance; freedom. Spenser."
"FRANCIC","Pertaining to the Franks, or their language; Frankish."
"FRANCISCAN","Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans.Franciscan Brothers, pious laymen who devote themselves to usefulworks, such as manual labor schools, and other educationalinstitutions; -- called also Brothers of the Third Order of St.Francis.-- Franciscan Nuns, nuns who follow the rule of t. Francis, esp.those of the Second Order of St. Francis, -- called also Poor Claresor Minoresses.-- Franciscan Tertiaries, the Third Order of St. Francis."
"FRANCOLIN","A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera,of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerlycommon in southern Europe, but is now nearly restricted to Asia."
"FRANCOLITE","A variety of apatite from Wheal Franco in Devonshire."
"FRANGENT","Causing fracture; breaking. [R.] H. Walpole."
"FRANGIBILITY","The state or quality of being frangible. Fox."
"FRANGIBLE","Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken."
"FRANGIPANE","A perfume derived from, or imitating the odor of, the flower ofthe red jasmine, a West Indian tree of the genus Plumeria."
"FRANGULIN","A yellow crystalline dyestuff, regarded as a glucoside,extracted from a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn; --called also rhamnoxanthin."
"FRANION","A paramour; a loose woman; also, a gay, idle fellow. [Obs.]Spenser."
"FRANK","A pigsty. [Obs.]"
"FRANK-CHASE","The liberty or franchise of having a chase; free chase.Burrill."
"FRANK-FEE","A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite ofancient demesne, or copyhold. Burrill."
"FRANK-LAW","The liberty of being sworn in courts, as a juror or witness;one of the ancient privileges of a freeman; free and common law; --an obsolete expression signifying substantially the same as theAmerican expression civil rights. Abbot."
"FRANK-MARRIAGE","A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritancegiven to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor),and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten. [Obs.]Blackstone."
"FRANKALMOIGNE","A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given tothem and their successors forever, usually on condition of prayingfor the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure byfree alms. Burrill."
"FRANKFORT BLACK",". A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared byburning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath."
"FRANKINCENSE","A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incensein religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds nowcome from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort,from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees.The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified."
"FRANKING","A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sashbars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter."
"FRANKISH","Like, or pertaining to, the Franks."
"FRANKLIN","An English freeholder, or substantial householder. [Obs.]Chaucer.The franklin, a small landholder of those days. Sir J. Stephen."
"FRANKLIN STOVE",". A kind of open stove introduced by Benjamin Franklin, thepeculiar feature of which was that a current of heated air wasdirectly supplied to the room from an air box; -- now applied toother varieties of open stoves."
"FRANKLINIC","Of or pertaining to Benjamin Franklin. Franklinic electricity,electricity produced by friction; called also statical electricity."
"FRANKLINITE","A kind of mineral of the spinel group."
"FRANKLY","In a frank manner; freely.Very frankly he confessed his treasons. Shak."
"FRANKNESS","The quality of being frank; candor; openess; ingenuousness;fairness; liberality."
"FRANTIC","Mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly; distracted.Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed! Shak.Torrents of frantic abuse. Macaulay.-- Fran'tic*al*ly, adv.-- Fran'tic*ly, adv. Shak.-- Fran'tic*ness, n. Johnson."
"FRAP","To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen,as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle bydrawing the lines together. Tottem."
"FRAPE","A crowd, a rabble. [Obs.] ares."
"FRAPLER","A blusterer; a rowdy. [Obs.]Unpolished, a frapler, and base. B. Jonson."
"FRAPPE","Iced; frozen; artificially cooled; as, wine frapp\u00e9. -- n."
"FRAPPING","A lashing binding a thing tightly or binding things together."
"FRATER","A monk; also, a frater house. [R.] Shipley. Frater house, anapartament in a convent used as an eating room; a refectory; --called also a fratery."
"FRATERNAL","Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming tobrothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace.-- Fra*ter'nal*ly, adv.An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war. Milton.Fraternal love and friendship. Addison."
"FRATERNATE","To fraternize; to hold fellowship. Jefferson."
"FRATERNIZATION","The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers.I hope that no French fraternization . . . could so change the heartsof Englishmen. Burke."
"FRATERNIZE","To associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of likeoccupation or character; to have brotherly feelings."
"FRATERNIZER","One who fraternizes. Burke."
"FRATERY","A frater house. See under Frater."
"FRATRAGE","A sharing among brothers, or brothers' kin. [Obs.] Crabb."
"FRATRICIDAL","Of or pertaining to fratricide; of the nature of fratricide."
"FRATRICIDE","One who murders or kills his own brother."
"FRAU","In Germany, a woman; a married woman; a wife; -- as a title,equivalent to Mrs., Madam."
"FRAUD","An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of obtainingsome valuable thing or promise from another."
"FRAUDFUL","Full of fraud, deceit, or treachery; trickish; treacherous;fraudulent; -- applied to persons or things. I. Taylor.-- Fraud'ful*ly, adv."
"FRAUDLESS","Free from fraud.-- Fraud'less*ly, adv.-- Fraud'less*ness, n."
"FRAUDULENTLY","In a fraudulent manner."
"FRAUGHT","A freight; a cargo. [Obs.] Shak."
"FRAUGHTAGE","Freight; loading; cargo. [Obs.] Shak."
"FRAUGHTING","Constituting the freight or cargo. [Obs.] 'The fraughting soulswithin her.' Shak."
"FRAULEIN","In Germany, a young lady; an unmarried woman; -- as a title,equivalent to Miss."
"FRAUNHOFER LINES","The lines of the spectrun; especially and properly, the darklines of the solar spectrum, so called because first accuratelyobserved and interpreted by Fraunhofer, a German physicist."
"FRAXIN","A colorless crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, andfound in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus) and along with esculin in thebark of the horse-chestnut. It shows a delicate fluorescence inalkaline solutions; -- called also paviin."
"FRAXINUS","A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north temperatezone, and including the true ash trees."
"FRAY","Affray; broil; contest; combat.Who began this bloody fray Shak."
"FRAYING","The skin which a deer frays from his horns. B. Jonson."
"FRAZZLE","To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter; --used literally and figuratively. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]"
"FREAK","To variegate; to checker; to streak. [R.]Freaked with many a mingled hue. Thomson."
"FREAKING","Freakish. [Obs.] Pepys."
"FREAKISH","Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious.It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was the morefreakish of the two. L'Estrange.Freakish when well, and fretful when she's sick. Pope.-- Freak'ish*ly, adv.-- Freak'ish*ness, n."
"FRECK","To checker; to diversify. [R. & Poet.]The painted windows, frecking gloom with glow. Lowell."
"FRECKLE","To spinkle or mark with freckle or small discolored spots; tospot."
"FRECKLED","Marked with freckles; spotted. 'The freckled trout.' Dryden.The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover. Shak."
"FRECKLEDNESS","The state of being freckled."
"FRECKLY","Full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots;freckled."
"FRED","Peace; -- a word used in composition, especially in propernames; as, Alfred; Frederic."
"FREDSTOLE","See Fridstol. Fuller."
"FREE","Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service;free socage. Burrill."
"FREE COINAGE","In the fullest sense, the conversion of bullion (of anyspecified metal) into legal-tender coins for any person who choosesto bring it to the mint; in a modified sense, such coinage when doneat a fixed charge proportionate to the cost of the operation."
"FREE SILVER","The free coinage of silver; often, specif., the free coinage ofsilver at a fixed ratio with gold, as at the ratio of 16 to 1, whichratio for some time represented nearly or exactly the ratio of themarket values of gold and silver respectively."
"FREE-DENIZEN","To make free. [R.]"
"FREE-HAND","Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance ofinstruments; as, free-hand drawing. See under Drawing."
"FREE-HANDED","Open-handed; liberal."
"FREE-HEARTED","Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-heartedmirth.-- Free'-heart`ed*ly, adv.-- Free'-heart`ed*ness, n."
"FREE-LIVER","One who gratifies his appetites without stint; one given toindulgence in eating and drinking."
"FREE-LIVING","Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites."
"FREE-LOVE","The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex,at pleasure, without marriage."
"FREE-LOVER","One who believes in or practices free-love."
"FREE-MARTIN","An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male."
"FREE-MILLING","Yielding free gold or silver; -- said of certain ores which canbe reduced by crushing and amalgamation, without roasting or otherchemical treatment. Raymond."
"FREE-MINDED","Not perplexed; having a mind free from care. Bacon."
"FREE-SOIL","Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery; --esp. applied to a party which was active during the period 1846-1856.[U.S.] -- Free'soil`er, n. [U.S.] -- Free'-soil`ism, n. [U.S.]"
"FREE-SPOKEN","Accustomed to speak without reserve. Bacon.-- Free'-spo`ken-ness, n."
"FREE-SWIMMING","Swimming in the open sea; -- said of certain marine animals."
"FREE-TONGUED","Speaking without reserve. Bp. Hall."
"FREEBOOTER","One who plunders or pillages without the authority of nationalwarfare; a member of a predatory band; a pillager; a buccaneer; a searobber. Bacon."
"FREEBOOTERY","The act, practice, or gains of a freebooter; freebooting.Booth."
"FREEBOOTING","Robbery; plunder; a pillaging."
"FREEBOOTY","Freebootery. [Obs.]"
"FREEBORN","Born free; not born in vasssalage; inheriting freedom."
"FREEDMAN","A man who has been a slave, and has been set free."
"FREEDSTOOL","See Fridstol."
"FREEHOLD","An estate in real property, of inheritance (in fee simple orfee tail) or for life; or the tenure by which such estate is held.Kent. Burrill. To abate into a freehold. See under Abate."
"FREEHOLDER","The possessor of a freehold."
"FREELTE","Frailty. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FREELY","In a free manner; without restraint or compulsion; abundantly;gratuitously.Of every tree of the garden thou mayst freely eat. Gen. ii. 16.Freely ye have received, freely give. Matt. x. 8.Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell. Milton.Freely we serve Because we freely love. Milton."
"FREEMASON","One of an ancient and secret association or fraternity, said tohave been at first composed of masons or builders in stone, but nowconsisting of persons who are united for social enjoyment and mutualassistance."
"FREEMASONIC","Pertaining to, or resembling, the institutions or the practicesof freemasons; as, a freemasonic signal."
"FREEMASONRY","The institutions or the practices of freemasons."
"FREENESS","The state or quality of being free; freedom; liberty; openness;liberality; gratuitousness."
"FREER","One who frees, or sets free."
"FREESTONE","A stone composed of sand or grit; -- so called because it iseasily cut or wrought."
"FREETHINKER","One who speculates or forms opinions independently of theauthority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who formsopinions independently of the authority of revelation or of thechurch; an unbeliever; -- a term assumed by deists and skeptics inthe eighteenth century.Atheist is an old-fashioned word: I'm a freethinker, child. Addison."
"FREETHINKING","Undue boldness of speculation; unbelief. Berkeley.-- a."
"FREEWHEEL","A clutch fitted in the rear hub of a cycle, which engages therear sprocket with the rear wheel when the pedals are rotatedforwards, but permits the rear wheel to run on free from the rearsprocket when the pedals are stopped or rotated backwards.Freewheelcycles are usually fitted with hub brakes or rim brakes,operated by back pedaling."
"FREEWILL","Of or pertaining to free will; voluntary; spontaneous; as, afreewill offering. Frewill Baptists. See under Baptist."
"FREEZABLE","Capable of being frozen."
"FREEZE","A frieze. [Obs.]"
"FREEZER","One who, or that which, cools or freezes, as a refrigerator, orthe tub and can used in the process of freezing ice cream."
"FREEZING","Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant inmanner.-- Frrez'ing*ly, adv. Freezing machine. See Ice machine, under Ice.-- Freezing mixture, a mixture (of salt and snow or of chemicalsalts) for producing intense cold.-- Freezing point, that degree of a thermometer at which a fluidbegins to freeze; -- applied particularly to water, whose freezingpoint is at 32\u00ba Fahr., and at 0\u00ba Centigrade."
"FREIESLEBENITE","A sulphide of antimony, lead, and silver, occuring inmonoclinic crystals."
"FREIGHT","Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do withfreight; as, a freight car. Freight agent, a person employed by atransportation company to receive, forward, or deliver goods.-- Freight car. See under Car.-- Freight train, a railroad train made up of freight cars; --called in England goods train."
"FREIGHTLESS","Destitute of freight."
"FREIHERR","In Germany and Austria, a baron."
"FRELTE","Frailty. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FREMESCENT","Becoming murmurous, roaring. 'Fremescent clangor.' Carlyle. --Fre*mes'cence (#), n."
"FREMITUS","Palpable vibration or thrill; as, the rhonchial fremitus."
"FREN","A stranger. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FRENCH","Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants. French bean(Bot.), the common kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).-- French berry (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn (Rhamnuscatharticus), which affords a saffron, green or purple pigment.-- French casement (Arch.) See French window, under Window.-- French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used fordrawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk.-- French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See Bear's-ear.-- French fake (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running itbackward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run freely.-- French honeysuckle (Bot.) a plant of the genus Hedysarum (H.coronarium); -- called also garland honeysuckle.-- French horn, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a longtube twisted into circular folds and gradually expanding from themouthpiece to the end at which the sound issues; -- called in Francecor de chasse.-- French leave, an informal, hasty, or secret departure; esp., theleaving a place without paying one's debts.-- French pie Etym: [French (here used in sense of 'foreign') + piea magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)] (Zo\u00f6l.), theEuropean great spotted woodpecker (Dryobstes major); -- called alsowood pie.-- French polish. (a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork,consisting of gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, orshellac with other gums added. (b) The glossy surface produced by theapplication of the above.-- French purple, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used forcoloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of mordants. Ure.-- French red rouge.-- French rice, amelcorn.-- French roof (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having anearly flat deck for the upper slope.-- French tub, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and logwood;-- called also plum tub. Ure.-- French window. See under Window."
"FRENCHIFY","To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastesof the French; to Gallicize. Burke."
"FRENCHISM","A French mode or characteristic; an idiom peculiar to theFrench language. Earle."
"FRENCHMAN","A native or one of the people of France."
"FRENETIC","Distracted; mad; frantic; phrenetic. Milton."
"FRENETICAL","Frenetic; frantic; frenzied.-- Frenet'ic*al*ly, adv."
"FRENUM","A cheek stripe of color."
"FRENZICAL","Frantic. [Obs.] Orrery."
"FRENZIED","Affected with frenzy; frantic; maddened.-- Fren'zied-ly, adv.The people frenzied by centuries of oppression. Buckle.Up starting with a frenzied look. Sir W Scott."
"FRENZY","Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction;violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness;rage.All else is towering frenzy and distraction. Addison.The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling. Shak."
"FREQUENTABLE","Accessible. [R.] Sidney."
"FREQUENTAGE","The practice or habit of frequenting. [R.] Southey."
"FREQUENTATION","The act or habit of frequenting or visiting often; resort.Chesterfield."
"FREQUENTATIVE","Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, afrequentative verb.-- n."
"FREQUENTER","One who frequents; one who often visits, or resorts tocustomarily."
"FREQUENTLY","At frequent or short intervals; many times; often; repeatedly;commonly."
"FREQUENTNESS","The quality of being frequent."
"FRERE","A friar. Chaucer."
"FRESCADE","A cool walk; shady place. [R.] Maunder."
"FRESCO","To paint in fresco, as walls."
"FRESH","To refresh; to freshen. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"FRESH-NEW","Unpracticed. [Obs.] Shak."
"FRESH-WATER","A lantern having a lamp surrounded by a hollow cylindricalFresnel lens."
"FRESHEN","To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wearsit; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing; as, tofreshen a hawse. Totten. To freshen ballast (Naut.), to shift Orrestore it.-- To freshen the hawse, to pay out a little more cable, so as tobring the chafe on another part.-- To freshen the way, to increase the speed of a vessel. Ham. Nav.Encyc."
"FRESHLY","In a fresh manner; vigorously; newly, recently; brightly;briskly; coolly; as, freshly gathered; freshly painted; the windblows freshly.Looks he as freshly as he did Shak."
"FRESHMAN","novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, astudent during his fist year in a college or university.He drank his glass and cracked his joke, And freshmen wondered as hespoke. Goldsmith.Freshman class, the lowest of the four classes in an Americancollege. [ U. S.]"
"FRESHMANSHIP","The state of being a freshman."
"FRESHMENT","Refreshment. [Obs.]"
"FRESHNESS","The state of being fresh.The Scots had the advantage both for number and freshness of men.Hayward.And breathe the freshness of the open air. Dryden.Her cheeks their freshness lose and wonted grace. Granville."
"FRESNEL LENS","See under Lens."
"FRET","See 1st Frith."
"FRETFUL","Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state ofvexation; as, a fretful temper.-- Fret'ful-ly, adv.-- Fret'ful-ness, n."
"FRETT","The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th Fret, n., 4."
"FRETTED","Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries."
"FRETTEN","Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox.[Obs.] Wright."
"FRETTER","One who, or that which, frets."
"FRETTY","Adorned with fretwork."
"FRETUM","A strait, or arm of the sea."
"FRETWORK","Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief,esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Heuce, any minute playof light andshade, dark and light, or the like.Banqueting on the turf in the fretwork of shade and sunshine.Macaulay."
"FREYA","The daughter of Nj\u00f6rd, aud goddess of love and beauty; theScandinavian Venus; -- in Teutonic myths confounded with Frigga, butin Scandinavian, distinct. [Written also Frea, Fraying, and Ereyja.]"
"FRIABIIITY","The quality of being friable; friableness. Locke."
"FRIABLE","[friabilis, fr. friare to rub, break, or crumble into smallpieces, cf. fricare to rub, E. fray. cf. F. friable.) Easilycrumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder. 'Friable ground.' Evelyn.'Soft and friable texture.' Paley.-- Fri'a-ble-ness, n."
"FRIAR","A brother or member of any religious order, but especially ofone of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, orFranciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d)White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary."
"FRIARLY","Like a friar; inexperienced. Bacon."
"FRIARY","Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent. [Obs.]Camden."
"FRIATION","The act of breaking up or pulverizing."
"FRIBBLE","Frivolous; trifling; sily."
"FRIBBLER","A trifler; a fribble."
"FRIBBLING","Frivolous; trining; toolishly captious."
"FRICACE","A ragout or fricassee of veal; a fancy dish of veal or of bonedturkey, served as an entr\u00e9e, -- called also fricandel. A. J. Cooley."
"FRICASSEE","A dish made of fowls, veal, or other meat of small animals cutinto pieces, and stewed in a gravy."
"FRICATION","Friction. [Obs.] Bacon."
"FRICATIVE","Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonatedor unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouthorgans; uttered through a close approach, but not with a completeclosure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of beingcontinued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal sounds, as f,v, s, z, etc.-- n."
"FRICATRICE","A lewd woman; a harlot. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"FRICKLE","A bushel basket. [Obs.]"
"FRICTION","The resistance which a body meets with from the surface onwhich it moves. It may be resistance to sliding motion, or to rollingmotion."
"FRICTIONAL","Relating to friction; moved by friction; produced by friction;as, frictional electricity. Frictional gearing, wheels which transmitmotion by surface friction instead of teeth. The faces are sometimesmade more or less V-shaped to increase or decrease friction, asrequired."
"FRICTIONLESS","Having no friction."
"FRIDAY","The sixth day of the week, following Thursday and precedingSaturday."
"FRIDGE","To rub; to fray. [Obs.] Sterne."
"FRIED","imp. & p. p. of Fry."
"FRIEND","To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.[Obs.]Fortune friends the bold. Spenser."
"FRIENDING","Friendliness. [Obs.] Shak."
"FRIENDLESS","Destitute of friends; forsaken.-- Friend'less*ness, n."
"FRIENDLILY","In a friendly manner. Pope."
"FRIENDLINESS","The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney."
"FRIENDLY","In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends. [Obs.] Shak.In whom all graces that can perfect beauty Are friendly met. Beau. &Fl."
"FRIER","One who fries."
"FRIESE","Same as Friesic, n."
"FRIESIC","Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province in the northern partof the Netherlands."
"FRIESISH","Friesic. [R.]"
"FRIEZE","A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted(friezed) nap on one side. 'Robes of frieze.' Goldsmith."
"FRIEZED","Gathered, or having the map gathered, into little tufts, knots,or protuberances. Cf. Frieze, v. t., and Friz, v. t.,"
"FRIEZER","One who, or that which, friezes or frizzes."
"FRIGATE-BUILT","Built like a frigate with a raised quarter-deck and forecastle."
"FRIGATOON","A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, having only a mainmast,jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged."
"FRIGEFACTION","The act of making cold. [Obs.]"
"FRIGEFACTIVE","Cooling. [Obs.] Boyle."
"FRIGERATE","To make cool. [Obs.] Blount."
"FRIGHT","To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify;to scare.Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit. Dryden."
"FRIGHTEN","To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright;to affright; to terrify.More frightened than hurt. Old Proverb."
"FRIGHTFULLY","In a frightful manner; to a frightful dagree."
"FRIGHTFULNESS","The quality of being frightful."
"FRIGHTLESS","Free from fright; fearless. [Obs.]"
"FRIGHTMENT","Fear; terror. [Obs.]"
"FRIGIDARIUM","The cooling room of the Roman therm\u00e6, furnished with a coldbath."
"FRIGIDLY","In a frigid manner; coldly; dully; without affection."
"FRIGIDNESS","The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, or affection;coldness; dullness."
"FRILL","To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film."
"FRILLED","Furnished with a frill or frills. Frilled lizard (Zo\u00f6l.), alarge Australian lizard (Chlamydosaurus Kingii) about three feetlong, which has a large, erectile frill on each side of the neck."
"FRIM","Flourishing; thriving; fresh; in good case; vigorous. [Obs.]'Frim pastures.' Drayton."
"FRIMAIRE","The third month of the French republican calendar. It commencedNovember 21, and ended December 20., See Vend\u00e9miaire."
"FRINGE","One of a number of light or dark bands, produced by theinterference of light; a diffraction band; -- called alsointerference fringe."
"FRINGE TREE","A small oleaceous tree (Chionanthus virginica), of the southernUnited States, having clusters of white flowers with slender petals.It is often cultivated."
"FRINGED","Furnished with a fringe. Fringed lear (Bot.), a leaf edged withsoft parallel hairs."
"FRINGELESS","Having no fringe."
"FRINGENT","Encircling like a fringe; bordering. [R.] 'The fringent air.'Emerson."
"FRINGILLA","A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. Itformerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restrictedto certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling."
"FRINGILLACEOUS","Fringilline."
"FRINGILLINE","Pertaining to the family Fringillid\u00e6; characteristic offinches; sparrowlike."
"FRINGY","Aborned with fringes. Shak."
"FRIPPER","One who deals in frippery or in old clothes. [Obs.] Bacon."
"FRIPPERER","A fripper. [Obs.] Johnson."
"FRIPPERY","Trifling; contemptible."
"FRISEUR","A hairdresser."
"FRISIAN","Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province of the Netherlands;Friesic."
"FRISK","Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"FRISKAL","A leap or caper. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"FRISKER","One who frisks; one who leaps of dances in gayety; a wanton; aninconstant or unsettled person. Camden."
"FRISKET","The light frame which holds the sheet of paper to the tympan inprinting."
"FRISKFUL","Brisk; lively; frolicsome."
"FRISKILY","In a frisky manner."
"FRISKINESS","State or quality of being frisky."
"FRISKY","Inclined to frisk; frolicsome; gay.He is too frisky for an old man. Jeffrey."
"FRISLET","[Fraise a kind of defense; also Friz.) A kind of small ruffle.Halliwell."
"FRIST","To sell upon credit, as goods. [R.] Crabb."
"FRISURE","The dressing of the hair by crisping or curling. Smollett."
"FRIT","The material of which glass is made, after having been calcinedor partly fused in a furnace, but before vitrification. It is acomposition of silex and alkali, occasionally with other ingredients.Ure."
"FRITFLY","A small dipterous fly of the genus Oscinis, esp. O. vastator,injurious to grain in Europe, and O. Trifole, injurious to clover inAmerica."
"FRITH","A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a riverinto the sea; as, the Frith of Forth."
"FRITHY","Woody. [Obs.] Skelton."
"FRITILLARIA","A genus of liliaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial(Fritillaria imperialis) is one species, and the Guinea-hen flower(F. Meleagris) another. See Crown-imperial."
"FRITILLARY","A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: theGuinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria."
"FRITINANCY","A chirping or creaking, as of a cricket. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"FRITTING","The formation of frit or slag by heat with but incipientfusion."
"FRIVOL","To act frivolously; to trifle. Kipling. -- Friv'ol*er (#),Friv'ol*ler, n. [All Colloq.]"
"FRIVOLISM","Frivolity. [R.] Pristley."
"FRIVOLITY","The condition or quality of being frivolous; also, acts orhabits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition."
"FRIZ","To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumicestone or a blunt instrument. Frizzing machine. (a) (Fabrics) Amachine for frizzing the surface of cloth. (b) (Wood Working) A benchwith a revolving cutter head slightly protruding above its surface,for dressing boards."
"FRIZE","See 1st Frieze."
"FRIZEL","A movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to throwsparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock. Knight."
"FRIZETTE","A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn bywomen under the hair to stuff it out."
"FRIZZ","See Friz, v. t. & n."
"FRIZZLE","To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle. Gay. To frizzleup, to crinkle or crisp excessively."
"FRIZZLER","One who frizzles."
"FRO","From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in oppositiontothe word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See Toand fro under To. Millon."
"FROCKED","Clothed in a frock."
"FROCKLESS","Destitute of a frock."
"FROE","A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow. [Obs.] 'Raging franticfroes.' Draylon."
"FROEBELIAN","Pertaining to, or derived from, Friedrich Froebel, or thekindergarten system of education, which he organized. -- n."
"FROG","1. (Zo\u00f6l.) An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and relatedgenera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps onland. Many of the species utter loud notes in the springtime."
"FROG-EYED","Spotted with whitish specks due to a disease, or producedartificially by spraying; -- said of tobacco used for cigar wrappers."
"FROGGED","Provided or ornamented with frogs; as, a frogged coat. SeeFrog, n., 4. Ld. Lytton."
"FROGGY","Abounding in frogs. Sherwood."
"FROGMOUTH","One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of thegenus Batrachostomus (family Podargid\u00e6); -- so called from their verybroad, flat bills."
"FROGS-BIT","Frogbit."
"FROGSHELL","One of numerous species of marine gastropod shells, belongingto Ranella and allied genera."
"FROISE","A kind of pancake. See 1st Fraise. [Written also fraise.]"
"FROLIC","Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full ofpranks; frolicsome; gay; merry.The frolic wind that breathes the spring. Milton.The gay, the frolic, and the loud. Waller."
"FROLICFUL","Frolicsome. [R.]"
"FROLICKY","Frolicsome. [Obs.] Richardson."
"FROLICLY","In a frolicsome manner; with mirth and gayety. [Obs.] Beau. &Fl."
"FROLICSOME","Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive.Old England, who takes a frolicsome brain fever once every two orthree years, for the benefit of her doctors. Sir W. Scott.-- Frol'ic*some*ly, adv.-- Frol'ic*some*ness, n."
"FROM","Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to;leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used wheneverdeparture, setting out, commencement of action, being, state,occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc.,are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the pointof space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded assetting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, thecause, the occasion, out of which anything proceeds; -- thearitithesis and correlative of to; as, it, is one hundred miles fromBoston to Springfield; he took his sword from his side; lightproceeds from the sun; separate the coarse wool from the fine; menhave all sprung from Adam, and often go from good to bad, and frombad to worse; the merit of an action depends on the principle fromwhich it proceeds; men judge of facts from personal knowledge, orfrom testimony.Experience from the time past to the time present. Bacon.The song began from Jove. Drpden.From high M\u00e6onia's rocky shores I came. Addison.If the wind blow any way from shore. Shak."
"FROND","The organ formed by the combination or union into one body ofstem and leaf, and often bearing the fructification; as, the frond ofa fern or of a lichen or seaweed; also, the peculiar leaf of a palmtree."
"FRONDATION","The act of stripping, as trees, of leaves or branches; a kindof pruning. Evelyn."
"FRONDE","A political party in France, during the minority of Louis XIV.,who opposed the government, and made war upon the court party."
"FRONDED","Furnished with fronds. 'Fronded palms.' Whittier."
"FRONDENT","Covered with leaves; leafy; as, a frondent tree. [R.]"
"FRONDESCE","To unfold leaves, as plants."
"FRONDEUR","A member of the Fronde."
"FRONDIFEROUS","Producing fronds."
"FRONDLET","A very small frond, or distinct portion of a compound frond."
"FRONDOUS","Frondose. [R.]"
"FRONS","The forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits andthe vertex."
"FRONT","Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a positionin front; foremost; as, a front view."
"FRONTAGE","The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front."
"FRONTAL","Belonging to the front part; being in front; esp. (Anat.),"
"FRONTED","Formed with a front; drawn up in line. 'Fronted brigades.'Milton."
"FRONTIER","An outwork. [Obs.]Palisadoes, frontiers, parapets. Shak."
"FRONTIERED","Placed on the frontiers. [R.]"
"FRONTIERSMAN","A man living on the frontier."
"FRONTINGLY","In a fronting or facing position; opposingly."
"FRONTINIAC","See Frontignac."
"FRONTISPIECE","The part which first meets the eye; as:(a) (Arch.) The principal front of a building. [Obs. or R.](b) An ornamental figure or illustration fronting the first page, ortitlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself."
"FRONTLESS","Without face or front; shameless; not diffident; impudent.[Obs.] 'Frontless vice.' Dryden. 'Frontless flattery.' Pope."
"FRONTLESSLY","Shamelessly; impudently. [Obs.]"
"FRONTLET","The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearingrigid bristles."
"FRONTO-","A combining form signifying relating to the forehead or thefrontal bone; as, fronto-parietal, relating to the frontal and theparietal bones; fronto-nasal, etc."
"FRONTON","Same as Frontal, 2."
"FROPPISH","Peevish; froward. [Obs.] Clarendon."
"FRORE","Frostily. [Obs.]The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire.Milton."
"FRORN","Frozen. [Obs.]Well nigh frorn I feel. Spenser."
"FROST SIGNAL","A signal consisting of a white flag with a black center, usedby the United States Weather Bureau to indicate that a local frost isexpected. It is used only in Florida and along the coasts of thePacific and the Gulf Mexico."
"FROST-BITTEN","Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing."
"FROSTBIRD","The golden plover."
"FROSTBITE","The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of thebody, as the ears or nose. Kane."
"FROSTBOW","A white arc or circle in the sky attending frosty weather andformed by reflection of sunlight from ice crystals floating in theair; the parhelic circle whose center is at the zenith."
"FROSTED","Covered with hoarfrost or anything resembling hoarfrost;ornamented with frosting; also, frost-bitten; as, a frosted cake;frosted glass.Frosted work is introduced as a foil or contrast to burnished work.Knight."
"FROSTILY","In a frosty manner."
"FROSTINESS","State or quality of being frosty."
"FROSTLESS","Free from frost; as, a frostless winter."
"FROSTWEED","An American species of rockrose (Helianthemum Canadense),sometimes used in medicine as an astringent or aromatic tonic."
"FROSTWORK","The figurework, often fantastic and delicate, which moisturesometimes forms in freezing, as upon a window pane or a flagstone."
"FROSTWORT","Same as Frostweed."
"FROTE","To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"FROTERER","One who frotes; one who rubs or chafes. [Obs.] Marston."
"FROTH","To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beerfroths; a horse froths."
"FROTHILY","In a frothy manner."
"FROTHINESS","State or quality of being frothy."
"FROTHING","Exaggerated declamation; rant."
"FROTHLESS","Free from froth."
"FROUFROU","A rustling, esp. the rustling of a woman's dress."
"FROUNCE","To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to formwrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair.Not tricked and frounced, as she was wont. Milton."
"FROUNCELESS","Without frounces. Rom. of R."
"FROUZY","Fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell orsight; slovenly; dingy. See Frowzy. 'Petticoats in frouzy heaps.'Swift."
"FROW","A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, forsplitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower."
"FROWARD","Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or isreasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child.A froward man soweth strife. Prov. xvi. 28.A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation.Bacon."
"FROWER","A tool. See 2d Frow. Tusser."
"FROWEY","Working smoothly, or without splitting; -- said of timber."
"FROWN","To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval;to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence."
"FROWNINGLY","In a frowning manner."
"FROWNY","Frowning; scowling. [Obs.]Her frowny mother's ragged shoulder. Sir F. Palgrave."
"FROWY","Musty. rancid; as, frowy butter. 'Frowy feed.' Spenser"
"FROWZY","Slovenly; unkempt; untidy; frouzy. 'With head all frowzy.'Spenser.The frowzy soldiers' wives hanging out clothes. W. D. Howells."
"FROZE","imp. of Freeze."
"FROZENNESS","A state of being frozen."
"FRUBISH","To rub up: to furbish. [Obs.] Beau. c& Et."
"FRUCTED","Bearing fruit; -- said of a tree or plant so represented uponan escutcheon. Cussans."
"FRUCTESCENCE","The maturing or ripening of fruit. [R.] Martyn."
"FRUCTICULOSE","Fruitful; full of fruit."
"FRUCTIDOR","The twelfth month of the French republican calendar; --commencing August 18, and ending September 16. See Vend\u00e9miaire."
"FRUCTIFERUOS","Bearing or producing fruit. Boyle."
"FRUCTIFY","To bear fruit. 'Causeth the earth to fructify.' Beveridge."
"FRUCTOSE","Fruit sugar; levulose. [R.]"
"FRUCTUARY","One who enjoys the profits, income, or increase of anything.Kings are not proprietors nor fructuaries. Prynne."
"FRUCTUATION","Produce; fruit, [R.]"
"FRUCTUOUS","Fruitful; productive; profitable. [Obs.]Nothing fructuous or profitable. Chaucer.-- Fruc'tu*ous*ly, adv.-- Fruc'tu*ous*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"FRUCTURE","Use; fruition; enjoyment. [Obs.] Cotgrave."
"FRUE VANNER","A moving, inclined, endless apron on which ore is concentratedby a current of water; a kind of buddle."
"FRUGALLY","Thriftily; prudently."
"FRUGALNESS",", n. Quality of being frugal; frugality."
"FRUGIFEROUS","Producing fruit; fruitful; fructiferous. Dr. H. More."
"FRUGIVORA","The fruit bate; a group of the Cheiroptera, comprising the batswhich live on fruits. See Eruit bat, under Fruit."
"FRUGIVOROUS","Feeding on fruit, as birds and other animals. Pennant."
"FRUIT","The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especiallythose grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes,melons, berries, etc. See 3."
"FRUITER","A ship for carrying fruit."
"FRUITERER","One who deals in fruit; a seller of fruits."
"FRUITERESS","A woman who sells fruit."
"FRUITESTERE","A fruiteress. [Obs.]"
"FRUITFUL","Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results;prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, orseason, or soil; a fruitful wife.-- Fruit'ful*ly, adv.-- Fruit'ful*ness, n.Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth. Gen. i. 28.[Nature] By disburdening grows More fruitful. Milton.The great fruitfulness of the poet's fancy. Addison."
"FRUITING","Pertaining to, or producing, fruit."
"FRUITION","Use or possession of anything, especially such as isaccompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived frompossession or use. 'Capacity of fruition.' Rogers. 'Godlikefruition.' Milton.Where I may have fruition of her love. Shak."
"FRUITIVE","Eujoying; possessing. [Obs.] Boyle."
"FRUITY","Having the odor, taste, or appearance of fruit; also, fruitful.Dickens."
"FRUMENTACEOUS","Made of, or resembling, wheat or other grain."
"FRUMENTARIOUS","Of or pertaining to wheat or grain. [R.] Coles."
"FRUMENTATION","A largess of grain bestowed upon the people, to quiet them whenuneasy."
"FRUMENTY","Food made of hulled wheat boiled in milk, with sugar, plums,etc. [Written also furmenty and furmity.] Halliwell."
"FRUMP","To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"FRUMPER","A mocker. [Obs.] Cotgrave."
"FRUSH","To batter; to break in pieces. [Obs.]I like thine armor well; I'll frush it and unlock the rivets all.Shak."
"FRUSTRABLE","Capable of beeing frustrated or defeated."
"FRUSTRANEOUS","Vain; useless; unprofitable. [Obs.] South."
"FRUSTRATE","Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory;of no effect. 'Our frustrate search.' Shak."
"FRUSTRATELY","In vain. [Obs.] Vicars."
"FRUSTRATION","The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, thefrustration of one's designs"
"FRUSTRATIVE","Tending to defeat; fallacious. [Obs.] Ainsworth."
"FRUSTRATORY","Making void; rendering null; as, a frustratory appeal. [Obs.]Ayliffe."
"FRUSTULE","The siliceous shell of a diatom. It is composed of two valves,one overlapping the other, like a pill box and its cover."
"FRUSTULENT","Abounding in fragments. [R.]"
"FRUSTUM","The part of a solid next the base, formed by cutting off the,top; or the part of any solid, as of a cone, pyramid, etc., betweentwo planes, which may be either parallel or inclined to each other."
"FRUTESCENT","Somewhat shrubby in character; imperfectly shrubby, as theAmerican species of Wistaria."
"FRUTEX","A plant having a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; ashrub."
"FRUTICANT","Full of shoots. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"FRUTICOSE","Pertaining to a shrub or shrubs; branching like a shrub;shrubby; shrublike; as, a fruticose stem. Gray."
"FRUTICOUS","Fruticose. [R.]"
"FRUTICULOSE","Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub. Gray."
"FRY","To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat,butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lardor fat; as, to fry fish; to fry doughnuts."
"FRYING","The process denoted by the verb fry. Frying pan, an iron panwith a long handle, used for frying meat. vegetables, etc."
"FU","A department in China comprising several hsein; also, the chiefcity of a department; -- often forming the last part of a name; as,Paoting-fu."
"FUAGE","Same as Fumage."
"FUAR","Same as Feuar."
"FUB","To put off by trickery; to cheat. [Obs.]I have been fubbed off, and fubbed off, and fabbed off, from this dayto that day. Shak."
"FUBBERY","Cheating; deception. Marston."
"FUCHS","A student of the first year."
"FUCHSIA","A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers,with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil.They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double-floweredvarieties are now common in cultivation."
"FUCHSINE","Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallicgreen color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when dissolvedforming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a hydrochloride oracetate of rosaniline. See Rosaniline."
"FUCIVOROUS","Eating fucus or other seaweeds."
"FUCOID","A plant, whether recent or fossil, which resembles a seaweed.See Fucoid, a."
"FUCOIDAL","Fucoid."
"FUCUS","A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownishgreen color; rockweed."
"FUCUSOL","An oily liquid, resembling, and possibly identical with,furfurol, and obtained from fucus, and other seaweeds."
"FUDDER","See Fodder, a weight."
"FUDDLE","To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.[Colloq.]I am too fuddled to take care to observe your orders. Steele."
"FUDDLER","A drunkard. [Colloq.] Baxter."
"FUDGE","A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often anexclamation of contempt."
"FUDGE WHEEL","A tool for ornamenting the edge of a sole."
"FUEGIAN","Of or pertaining to Terra del Fuego.-- n."
"FUELER","One who, or that which, supplies fuel. [R.] [Written alsofueller.] Donne."
"FUFF","To puff. [Prov. Eng. A Local, U. S.] Halliwel."
"FUFFY","Light; puffy. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S.]"
"FUGA","A fugue."
"FUGACIOUS","Fleeting; lasting but a short time; -- applied particularly toorgans or parts which are short-lived as compared with the life ofthe individual."
"FUGACIOUSNESS","Fugacity. [Obs.]"
"FUGACY","Banishment. [Obs.] Milton."
"FUGATO","in the gugue style, but not strictly like a fugue.-- n."
"FUGH","An exclamation of disgust; foh; faugh. Dryden."
"FUGHETTA","a short, condensed fugue. Grove."
"FUGITIVELY","In a fugitive manner."
"FUGITIVENESS","The quality or condition of being fugitive; evanescence;volatility; fugacity; instability."
"FUGLE","To maneuver; to move hither and thither. [Colloq.]Wooden arms with elbow joints jerking and fugling in the air.Carlyle."
"FUGLEMAN","A soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes hisplace in front of a military company, as a guide for the others intheir exercises; a file leader. He originally stood in front of theright wing. [Written also flugelman.]"
"FUGUE","A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme orthemes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is firstgiven out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way,it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, andso on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing theirseveral melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressivewhole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears.All parts of the scheme are eternally chasing each other, like theparts of a fugue. Jer. Taylor."
"FUGUIST","A musician who composes or performs fugues. Busby."
"FULBE","Same as Fulahs."
"FULCIBLE","Capable of being propped up. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"FULCIMENT","A prop; a fulcrum. [Obs.] Bp. Wilkins."
"FULCRA","See Fulcrum."
"FULCRATE","Propped; supported by accessory organs. [R.] Gray."
"FULCRUM","That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns inlifting or moving a body."
"FULFILLER","One who fulfills. South."
"FULGENCY","Brightness; splendor; glitter; effulgence. Bailey."
"FULGENT","Exquisitely bright; shining; dazzling; effulgent.Other Thracians . . . fulgent morions wore. Glower."
"FULGENTLY","Dazzlingly; glitteringly."
"FULGID","Shining; glittering; dazzling. [R.] Pope."
"FULGIDITY","Splendor; resplendence; effulgence. [R.] Bailey."
"FULGOR","Dazzling brightness; splendor. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"FULGURANT","Lightening. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"FULGURATA","A spectro-electric tube in which the decomposition of a liquidby the passage of an electric spark is observed. Knight."
"FULGURATE","To flash as lightning. [R.]"
"FULGURATING","Resembling lightning; -- used to describe intense lancinatingpainsaccompanying locomotor ataxy."
"FULGURATION","The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver,when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface;-- also called blick.A phenomenon called, by the old chemists, fulguration. Ure."
"FULGURITE","A vitrified sand tube produced by the striking of lightning onsand; a lightning tube; also, the portion of rock surface fused by alightning discharge."
"FULGURY","Lightning. [Obs.]"
"FULHAM","A false die. [Cant] [Written also fullam.] Shak."
"FULIGINOSITY","The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness; matterdeposited by smoke. [R.]"
"FULIGINOUSLY","In a smoky manner."
"FULIMART","Same as Foumart."
"FULL","Complete measure; utmost extent; the highest state or degree.The swan's-down feather, That stands upon the swell at full of tide.Shak.Full of the moon, the time of full moon."
"FULL HOUSE","A hand containing three of a kind and a pair, as three kingsand two tens. It ranks above a flush and below four of a kind."
"FULL-BLOOMED","Like a perfect blossom. 'Full-bloomed lips.' Crashaw."
"FULL-BOTTOMED","Of great capacity below the water line."
"FULL-BUTT","With direct and violentop position; with sudden collision.[Colloq.] L'Estrange."
"FULL-DRIVE","With full speed. [Colloq.]"
"FULL-FORMED","Full in form or shape; rounded out with flesh.The full-formed maids of Afric. Thomson."
"FULL-GROWN","Having reached the limits of growth; mature. 'Full-grownwings.' Lowell."
"FULL-HEARTED","Full of courage or confidence. Shak."
"FULL-HOT","Very fiery. Shak."
"FULL-MANNED","Completely furnished wiith men, as a ship."
"FULL-ORBED","Having the orb or disk complete or fully illuminated; like thefull moon."
"FULL-SAILED","Having all its sails set,; hence, without restriction orreservation. Massinger."
"FULLAGE","The money or price paid for fulling or cleansing cloth.Johnson."
"FULLAM","A false die. See Fulham."
"FULLER","One whose occupation is to full cloth. Fuller's earth, avariety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibegrease.-- Fuller's herb (Bot.), the soapwort (Saponaria officinalis),formerly used to remove stains from cloth.-- Fuller's thistle or weed (Bot.), the teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)whose burs are used by fullers in dressing cloth. See Teasel."
"FULLERY","The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carriedon."
"FULLING","The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth bymoisture, heat, and pressure. Fulling mill, a mill for fulling clothas by means of pesties or stampers, which alternately fall into andrise from troughs where the cloth is placed with hot water andfuller's earth, or other cleansing materials."
"FULLMART","See Foumart. B. Jonson."
"FULLNESS","The state of being full, or of abounding; abundance;completeness. [Written also fulness.]'In thy presence is fullness of joy.' Ps. xvi. 11."
"FULLONICAL","Pertaining to a fuller of cloth. [Obs.] Blount."
"FULLY","In a full manner or degree; completely; entirely; without lackor defect; adequately; satisfactorily; as, to be fully persuaded ofthe truth of a proposition. Fully committed (Law), committed toprison for trial, in distinction from being detained for examination."
"FULMAR","One of several species of sea birds, of the familyprocellariid\u00e6, allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) (called alsofulmar petrel, malduck, and mollemock), and the giant fulmar(Ossifraga gigantea)."
"FULMINANT","Thundering; fulminating. [R.] Bailey."
"FULMINATORY","Thundering; striking terror. Cotgrave."
"FULMINE","To thunder. [Obs.] Spenser. Milton."
"FULMINEOUS","Of, or concerning thunder."
"FULMINIC","Pertaining to fulmination; detonating; specifically (Chem.),pertaining to, derived from, or denoting, an acid, so called; as,fulminic acid. Fulminic acid (Chem.), a complex acid, H2C2N2O2,isomeric with cyanic and cyanuric acids, and not known in the freestate, but forming a large class of highly explosive salts, thefulminates. Of these, mercuric fulminate, the most common, is used,mixed with niter, to fill percussion caps, charge cartridges, etc.-- Fulminic acid is made by the action of nitric acid on alcohol."
"FULMINURIC","Pertaining to fulminic and cyanuric acids, and designating anacid so called. Fulminuric acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline,explosive subatance, H3C3N3O3, forming well known salts, and obtainedfrom the fulnunates. It is isomeric with cyanuric acid, and hence isalso called isocyanuric acid."
"FULNESS","See Fullness."
"FULSAMIC","Fulsome. [Obs.]"
"FULVID","Fulvous. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"FULVOUS","Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown. Lindley."
"FUM","To play upon a fiddle. [Obs.]Follow me, and fum as you go. B. Jonson."
"FUMACIOUS","Smoky; hence, fond of smoking; addicted to smoking tobacco."
"FUMAGE","Hearth money.Fumage, or fuage, vulgarly called smoke farthings. Blackstone."
"FUMARATE","A salt of fumaric acid."
"FUMARIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria officinalis).Fumaric acid (Chem.), a widely occurring organic acid, exttractedfrom fumitory as a white crystallline substance, C2H2(CO2H)2, andproduced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malicacid; boletic acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, andhence was also called lichenic acid."
"FUMARINE","An alkaloid extracted from fumitory, as a white crystallinesubstance."
"FUMAROLE","A hole or spot in a volcanic or other region, from which fumesissue."
"FUMATORIUM","An air-tight compartment in which vapor may be generated todestroy germs or insects; esp., the apparatus used to destroy SanJos\u00e9 scale on nursery stock, with hydrocyanic acid vapor."
"FUMATORY","See Fumitory. [Obs.]"
"FUMBLE","To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.Shak."
"FUMBLER","One who fumbles."
"FUMBLINGLY","In the manner of one who fumbles."
"FUMED OAK","Oak given a weathered appearance by exposure in an air-tightcompartment to fumes of ammonia from uncorked cans, being first givena coat of filler."
"FUMELESS","Free from fumes."
"FUMERELL","See Femerell."
"FUMET","The dung of deer. B. Jonson."
"FUMETERE","Fumitory. [Obs.]"
"FUMID","Smoky; vaporous. Sir T. Broune."
"FUMIFEROUS","Producing smoke."
"FUMIFUGIST","One who, or that which, drives away smoke or fumes."
"FUMIFY","To subject to the action of smoke. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"FUMIGANT","Fuming. [R.]"
"FUMIGATOR","One who, or that which, fumigates; an apparattus forfumigating."
"FUMIGATORY","Having the quality of purifying by smoke. [R.]"
"FUMILY","Smokily; with fume."
"FUMING","Producing fumes, or vapors. Cadet's fuming liquid (Chem.),alkarsin.-- Fuming liquor of Libsvius (Old Chem.), stannic chloride; thechloride of tin, SnCl4, forming a colorless, mobile liquid whichfumes in the air. Mixed with water it solidifies to the so-calledbutter of tin.-- Fuming sulphuric acid. (Chem.) Same as Disulphuric acid, uderDisulphuric."
"FUMINGLY","In a fuming manner; angrily. 'They answer fumingly.' Hooker."
"FUMISH","Smoky; hot; choleric."
"FUMISHNESS","Choler; fretfulness; passion."
"FUMITER","Fumitory. [Obs.]"
"FUMITORY","The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annualherbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and smallflowers in dense racemes or spikes. F. officinalis is a commonspecies, and was formerly used as an antiscorbutic. Climbing fumitory(Bot.), the Alleghany vine (Adlumia cirrhosa); a biennial climbingplant with elegant feathery leaves and large clusters of pretty whiteor pinkish flowers looking like grains of rice."
"FUMMEL","A hinny."
"FUMOSITY","The fumes of drink. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FUMY","Producing fumes; fumous. 'Drowned in fumy wine.' H. Brooke."
"FUN","Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement. 'Oddity, frolic, andfun.' Goldsmith. To make fan of, to hold up to, or turn into,ridicule."
"FUNAMBULATE","To walk or to dance on a rope."
"FUNAMBULATION","Ropedancing."
"FUNAMBULIST","A ropewalker or ropedancer."
"FUNCTION","The appropriate action of any special organ or part of ananimal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or thelimbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum ofthe functions of the various organs and parts of the body."
"FUNCTIONAL","Pertaining to the function of an organ or part, or to thefunctions in general. Functional disease (Med.), a disease of whichthe symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or changeof structure; the derangement of an organ arising from a cause, oftenunknown, external to itself opposed to organic disease, in which theorgan itself is affected."
"FUNCTIONALIZE","To assign to some function or office. [R.]"
"FUNCTIONALLY","In a functional manner; as regards normal or appropriateactivity.The organ is said to be functionally disordered. Lawrence."
"FUNCTIONARY","One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, apublic functionary; secular functionaries."
"FUNCTIONLESS","Destitute of function, or of an appropriate organ. Darwin."
"FUND","The stock of a national debt; public securities; evidences(stocks or bonds) of money lent to government, for which interest ispaid at prescribed intervals; -- called also public funds."
"FUNDABLE","Capable of being funded, or converted into a fund; convertibleinto bonds."
"FUNDAMENTAL","Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for thefoundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law;important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; afundamental axiom.The fundamental reasons of this war. Shak.Some fundamental antithesis in nature. Whewell.Fundamental bass (Mus.), the root note of a chord; a bass formed ofthe roots or fundamental tones of the chords.-- Fundamental chord (Mus.), a chord, the lowest tone of which isits root.-- Fundamental colors, red, green, and violet-blue. See Primarycolors, under Color."
"FUNDAMENTALLY","Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at thefoundation; in origin or constituents. 'Fundamentally defective.'Burke."
"FUNDHOLDER","One who has money invested in the public funds. J. S. Mill."
"FUNDLESS","Destitute of funds."
"FUNDUS","The bottom or base of any hollow organ; as, the fundus of thebladder; the fundus of the eye."
"FUNEBRIAL","Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funeral; funereal. [Obs.][Written also funebral.] Sir T. Browne."
"FUNEBRIOUS","Funebrial. [Obs.]"
"FUNERAL","Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead;as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies. Shak. Funeral pile, astructure of combustible material, upon which a dead body is placedto be reduced to ashes, as part of a funeral rite; a pyre.-- Fu'ner*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"FUNERATE","To bury with funeral rites. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"FUNERATION","The act of burying with funeral rites. [Obs.] Knatchbull."
"FUNEREAL","Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; solemn. Hence: Dark;dismal; mournful. Jer. Taylor.What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be heaven's distantlamps. Longfellow.-- Fu*ne're*al*ly, adv."
"FUNEST","Lamentable; doleful. [R.] 'Funest and direful deaths.'Coleridge.A forerunner of something very funest. Evelyn."
"FUNGAL","Of or pertaining to fungi."
"FUNGATE","A salt of fungic acid. [Formerly written also fungiate.]"
"FUNGE","A blockhead; a dolt; a fool. [Obs.] Burton."
"FUNGI","See Fungus."
"FUNGI IMPERFECTI","A heterogenous group of fungi of which the complete lifehistory is not known. Some undoubtedly represent the conidium stagesof various Ascomycetes. The group is divided into the ordersSph\u00e6ropsidales, Melanconiales, and Moniliales."
"FUNGIA","A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they areusually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of amushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diameter."
"FUNGIAN","Of or pertaining to the Fungid\u00e6, a family of stony corals.-- n."
"FUNGIBLES","Things which may be furnished or restored in kind, asdistinguished from specific things; -- called also fungible things.Burrill."
"FUNGIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, mushrooms; as, fungic acid."
"FUNGICIDE","Anything that kills fungi.-- Fun`gi*ci'dal, n."
"FUNGIFORM","Shaped like a fungus or mushroom. Fungiform papill\u00e6 (Anat.),numerous small, rounded eminences on the upper surface of the tongue."
"FUNGILLIFORM","Shaped like a small fungus."
"FUNGIN","A name formerly given to cellulose found in certain fungi andmushrooms."
"FUNGITE","A fossil coral resembling Fungia."
"FUNGIVOROUS","Eating fungi; -- said of certain insects and snails."
"FUNGOID","Like a fungus; fungous; spongy."
"FUNGOLOGIST","A mycologist."
"FUNGOLOGY","Mycology."
"FUNGOSITY","The quality of that which is fungous; fungous excrescence.Dunglison."
"FUNGUS","Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group ofthallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts,smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each."
"FUNIC","Funicular."
"FUNICLE","The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta."
"FUNICULAR","Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or resembling, afuniculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament. Funicular action(Mech.), the force or action exerted by a rope in drawing togetherthe supports to which its ends are Fastened, when acted upon byforces applied in a direction transverse to the rope, as in thearcher's bow.-- Funicular curve. Same as Catenary.-- Funicular machine (Mech.), an apparatus for illustrating certainprinciples in statics, consisting of a cord or chain attached at oneend to a fixed point, and having the other passed over a pulley andsustaining a weight, while one or more other weights are suspendedfrom the cord at points between the fixed support and the pulley.-- Funicular polygon (Mech.), the polygonal figure assumed by a cordfastened at its extremities, and sustaining weights at differentpoints."
"FUNICULATE","Forming a narrow ridge."
"FUNILIFORM","Resembling a cord in toughness and flexibility, as the roots ofsome endogenous trees."
"FUNIS","A cord; specifically, the umbilical cord or navel string."
"FUNK","An offensive smell; a stench. [Low]"
"FUNKY","Pertaining to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking.[Colloq. Eng.]"
"FUNNELFORM","Having the form of a funnel, or tunnel; that is, expandinggradually from the bottom upward, as the corolla of some flowers;infundibuliform."
"FUNNY","Droll; comical; amusing; laughable. Funny bone. See crazy bone,under Crazy."
"FUR","Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady(a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.).Wrapped up in my furs. Lady M. W. Montagu."
"FURACIOUS","Given to theft; thievish. [Obs.]"
"FURACITY","Addictedness to theft; thievishness. [Obs.]"
"FURBELOW","A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment."
"FURBISH","To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, tofurbish a sword or spear. Shak.Furbish new the name of John a Gaunt. Shak."
"FURBISHABLE","Capable of being furbished."
"FURBISHER","One who furbishes; esp., a sword cutler, who finishes swordblades and similar weapons."
"FURCATION","A branching like a. fork."
"FURCIFEROUS","Rascally; scandalous. [R.] 'Furciferous knaves.' De Quincey."
"FURCULA","A forked process; the wishbone or furculum."
"FURCULAR","Shaped like a fork; furcate."
"FURCULUM","The wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the unitedclavicles."
"FURDLE","To draw up into a bundle; to roll up. [Ods.]"
"FURFUR","Scurf; dandruff."
"FURFURACEOUS","Made of bran; like bran; scurfy."
"FURFURAN","A colorless, oily substance, C4H4O, obtained by distillingcertain organic substances, as pine wood, salts of pyromucic acid,etc.; -- called also tetraphenol."
"FURFURATION","Falling of scurf from the head; desquamation."
"FURFURINE","A white, crystalline base, obtained indirectly from furfurol."
"FURFUROL","A colorless oily liquid, C4H3O.CHO, of a pleasant odor,obtained by the distillation of bran, sugar, etc., and regarded as analdehyde derivative of furfuran; -- called also furfural."
"FURFUROUS","Made of bran; furfuraceous. [R.] 'Furfurous bread.' SydneySmith."
"FURIAL","Furious; raging; tormenting. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"FURIBUNDAL","Full of rage. [Obs.] G. Harvey."
"FURIES","See Fury, 3."
"FURILE","A yellow, crystalline substance, (C4H3O)2.C2O2, obtained by theoxidation of furoin. [Written also furil.]"
"FURILIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, furile; as, furilic acid."
"FURIOSO","With great force or vigor; vehemently."
"FURL","To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as asail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to oraround its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten."
"FURLONG","A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; twohundred and twenty yards."
"FURLOUGH","Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer orsoldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, thedocument granting leave of absence."
"FURNIMENT","Furniture. [Obs.] Spenser."
"FURNISH","That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply.[Obs.] Greene."
"FURNISHER","One who supplies or fits out."
"FURNISHMENT","The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also,furniture. [Obs.] Daniel."
"FURNITURE","A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes calledmixture."
"FUROIN","A colorless, crystalline substance, C10H8O4, from furfurol."
"FURORE","Excitement; commotion; enthusiasm."
"FURRIER","A dealer in furs; one who makes or sells fur goods."
"FURRING","Double planking of a ship's side."
"FURROWY","Furrowed. [R.] Tennyson."
"FURTHER","To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther.Carries us, I know not how much further, into familiar company. M.Arnold.They sdvanced us far as Eleusis and Thria; but no further. Jowett(Thucyd. ).Further off, not so near; apart by a greater distance."
"FURTHERANCE","The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion;advancement; progress.I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for yourfurthersnce and joy of faith. Phil. i. 25.Built of furtherance and pursuing, Not of spent deeds, but of doing.Emerson."
"FURTHERER","One who furthers. or helps to advance; a promoter. Shak."
"FURTHERMORE","or conj. Moreover; besides; in addition to what has been said."
"FURTHERMOST","Most remote; furthest."
"FURTHERSOME","Tending to further, advance, or promote; helpful; advantageous.[R.]You will not find it furthersome. Carlyle."
"FURTHEST","superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See Further, a."
"FURTIVE","Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret;stealthy; as, a furtive look. Prior.A hasty and furtive ceremony. Hallam."
"FURTIVELY","Stealthily by theft. Lover."
"FURUNCLE","A superficial, inflammatory tumor, suppurating with a centralcore; a boil."
"FURUNCULAR","Of or pertaining to a furuncle; marked by the presence offuruncles."
"FURY","A thief. [Obs.]Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies. J. Fleteher."
"FURZE","A thorny evergreen shrub (Ulex Europ\u00e6us), with beautiful yellowflowers, very common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain; --called also gorse, and whin. The dwarf furze is Ulex nanus."
"FURZECHAT","The whinchat; -- called also furzechuck."
"FURZELING","An English warbler (Melizophilus provincialis); -- called alsofurze wren, and Dartford warbler."
"FURZEN","Furzy; gorsy. [Obs.] Holland."
"FURZY","bounding in, or overgrown with, furze; characterized by furze.Gay."
"FUSAROLE","A molding generally placed under the echinus or quarter roundof capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders ofarchitecture."
"FUSCATION","A darkening; obscurity; obfuscation. [R.] Blount."
"FUSCIN","A brown, nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinalepithelium; a variety of melanin."
"FUSCINE","A dark-colored substance obtained from empyreumatic animal oil.[R.]"
"FUSCOUS","Brown or grayish black; darkish.Sad and fuscous colors, as black or brown, or deep purple and thelike. Burke."
"FUSE","A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means ofwhich a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called alsofuzee. See Fuze. Fuse hole, the hole in a shell prepared for thereception of the fuse. Farrow."
"FUSEE","A small packet of explosive material with wire appendagesallowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It willexplode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used toprovide a warning signal to the engineer."
"FUSELAGE","An elongated body or frame of an a\u00ebroplane or flying machine;sometimes, erroneously, any kind of frame or body. Many a\u00ebroplaneshave no fuselage, properly so called."
"FUSIBILITY","The quality of being fusible."
"FUSIBLE","CapabIe of being melted or liquefied. Fusible metal, any alloyof different metals capable of being easily fused, especially analloy of five parts of bismuth, three of lead, and two of tin, whichmelts at a temperature below that of boiling water. Ure.-- Fusible plug (Steam Boiler), a piece of easily fusible alloy,placed in one of the sheets and intended to melt and blow off thesteam in case of low water."
"FUSIFORM","Shaped like a spindle; tapering at each end; as, a fusiformroot; a fusiform cell."
"FUSIL","A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use."
"FUSILE","Same as Fusil, a."
"FUSILLADE","A simultaneous discharge of firearms."
"FUSION","The union, or binding together, of adjacent parts or tissues."
"FUSOME","Handy; reat; handsome; notable. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"FUSS","To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make abustle or ado. Sir W. Scott."
"FUSSILY","In a fussy manner. Byron."
"FUSSINESS","The quality of being fussy."
"FUSSY","Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado abouttrifles; overnice; fidgety.Not at all fussy about his personal appearance. R. G. White."
"FUST","The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster. Gwilt."
"FUSTED","Moldy; ill-smelling. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"FUSTERIC","The coloring matter of fustet. Ure."
"FUSTET","The wood of the Rhus Cptinus or Venice sumach, a shrub ofSouthern Europe, which yields a fine orange color, which, however, isnot durable without a mordant. Ure."
"FUSTIANIST","A writer of fustian. [R.] Milton."
"FUSTIC","The wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the WestIndies, used in dyeing yellow; -- called also old fustic. [Writtenalso fustoc.]"
"FUSTIGATE","To cudgel. [R.] Bailey."
"FUSTIGATION","A punishment by beating with a stick or club; cudgeling.This satire, composed of actual fustigation. Motley."
"FUSTILARIAN","A low fellow; a stinkard; a scoundrel. [Obs.] Shak."
"FUSTINESS","A fusty state or quality; moldiness; mustiness; an ill smellfrom moldiness."
"FUSURE","Act of fusing; fusion. [R.]"
"FUTCHEL","The jaws between which the hinder end of a carriage tongue isinserted. Knight."
"FUTILELY","In a futile manner."
"FUTILOUS","Futile; trifling. [Obs.]"
"FUTTOCK","One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to formthe lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crookedtransverse timbers passing across and over the keel. Futtock plates(Naut.), plates of iron to which the dead-eyes of the topmast riggingare secured.-- Futtock shrouds, short iron shrouds leading from the upper partof the lower mast or of the main shrouds to the edge of the top, orthrough it, and connecting the topmast rigging with the lower mast.Totten."
"FUTURABLE","Capable of being future; possible to occur. [R.]Not only to things future, but futurable. Fuller."
"FUTURE","That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any timeafter the present; as, the next moment is future, to the present.Future tense (Gram.), the tense or modification of a verb whichexpresses a future act or event."
"FUTURELESS","Without prospect of betterment in the future. W. D. Howells."
"FUTURELY","In time to come. [Obs.] Raleigh."
"FUTURISM","A movement or phase of post-impressionism (which see, below)."
"FUTURIST","One who believes or maintains that the fulfillment of theprophecies of the Bible is to be in the future."
"FUTURITIAL","Relating to what is to come; pertaining to futurity; future.[R.]"
"FUTURITION","The state of being future; futurity. [R.]Nothing . . . can have this imagined futurition, but as it isdecreed. Coleridge."
"FUZE","A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell,etc. See Fuse, n. Chemical fuze, a fuze in which substances separateduntil required for action are then brought into contact, and unitingchemically, produce explosion.-- Concussion fuze, a fuze ignited by the striking of theprojectile.-- Electric fuze, a fuze which is ignited by heat or a sparkproduced by an electric current.-- Friction fuze, a fuze which is ignited by the heat evolved byfriction.-- Percussion fuze, a fuze in which the ignition is produced by ablow on some fulminating compound.-- Time fuze, a fuze adapted, either by its length or by thecharacter of its composition, to burn a certain time before producingan explosion."
"FUZZ","To make drunk. [Obs.] Wood."
"FUZZLE","To make drunk; to intoxicate; to fuddle. [Obs.] Burton."
"FY","A word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation,abhorrence, or contempt. See Fie."
"FYKE","A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can passeasily, without being able to return; -- called also fyke net.Cozzens."
"FYLLOT","A rebated cross, formerly used as a secret emblem, and a commonornament. It is also called gammadion, and swastika."
"FYTTE","See Fit a song. [Archaic]"
"G","G is the name of the fifth tone of the natural or model scale;-- called also sol by the Italians and French. It was also originallyused as the treble clef, and has gradually changed into the characterrepresented in the margin. See Clef. G# (G sharp) is a toneintermediate between G and A."
"GAB","The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap.See. Illust. of Eccentric."
"GABARAGE","A kind of coarse cloth for packing goods. [Obs.]"
"GABBLER","One who gabbles; a prater."
"GABBRO","A name originally given by the Italians to a kind ofserpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generallyused for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellarpyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite(olivine gabbro)."
"GABEL","A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; anexcise. Burrill.He enables St. Peter to pay his gabel by the ministry of a fish. Jer.Taylor."
"GABELER","A collector of gabels or taxes."
"GABELLE","A tax, especially on salt. [France] Brande & C."
"GABELLEMAN","A gabeler. Carlyle."
"GABER-LUNZIE","A beggar with a wallet; a licensed beggar. [Scot.] Sir W.Scott."
"GABERDINE","See Gabardine."
"GABERT","A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation. [Scot.] Jamieson."
"GABION","A hollow cylinder of wickerwork, like a basket without abottom. Gabions are made of various sizes, and filled with earth inbuilding fieldworks to shelter men from an enemy's fire."
"GABIONADE","A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks,protecting them from enfilading fire."
"GABIONAGE","The part of a fortification built of gabions."
"GABIONED","Furnished with gabions."
"GABIONNADE","See Gabionade."
"GABLE","A cable. [Archaic] Chapman."
"GABLET","A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over atabernacle, niche, etc."
"GABLOCK","A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock. Wright."
"GABY","A simpleton; a dunce; a lout. [Colloq.]"
"GAD","To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, torun wild; to be uncontrolled. 'The gadding vine.' Milton.Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way Jer. ii. 36."
"GADABOUT","A gadder [Colloq.]"
"GADBEE","The gadfly."
"GADDER","One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip."
"GADDING","Going about much, needlessly or without purpose.Envy is a gadding passion, and walketh the streets. Bacon.The good nuns would check her gadding tongue. Tennyson.Gadding car, in quarrying, a car which carries a drilling machine soarranged as to drill a line of holes."
"GADDINGLY","In a roving, idle manner."
"GADDISH","Disposed to gad.-- Gad'dish*nes, n. 'Gaddishness and folly.' Abp. Leighton."
"GADE","To gather. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GADFLY","Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera ofbotflies."
"GADHELIC","Of or pertaining to that division of the Celtic languages,which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx. J. Peile."
"GADIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, the cod (Gadus); -- applied toan acid obtained from cod-liver oil, viz., gadic acid."
"GADITANIAN","Of or relating to Cadiz, in Spain.-- n."
"GADLING","See Gad, n., 4."
"GADMAN","A gadsman."
"GADOID","Of or pertaining to the family of fishes (Gadid\u00e6) whichincludes the cod, haddock, and hake.-- n."
"GADOLINIA","A rare earth, regarded by some as an oxide of the supposedelement gadolinium, by others as only a mixture of the oxides ofyttrium, erbium, ytterbium, etc."
"GADOLINIC","Pertaining to or containing gadolinium."
"GADOLINITE","A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, andconsisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron."
"GADOLINIUM","A supposed rare metallic element, with a characteristicspectrum, found associated with yttrium and other rare metals. Itsindividuality and properties have not yet been determined."
"GADSMAN","One who uses a gad or goad in driving."
"GADUIN","A yellow or brown amorphous substance, of indifferent nature,found in cod-liver oil."
"GADWALL","A large duck (Anas strepera), valued as a game bird, found inthe northern parts of Europe and America; -- called also gray duck.[Written also gaddwell.]"
"GAEKWAR","The title of the ruling Prince of Baroda, in Gujarat, inBombay, India."
"GAEL","A Celt or the Celts of the Scotch Highlands or of Ireland; nowesp., a Scotch Highlander of Celtic origin."
"GAELIC","Of or pertaining to the Gael, esp. to the Celtic Highlanders ofScotland; as, the Gaelic language."
"GAFF","The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail isextended."
"GAFF-TOPSAIL","A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaffand its luff upon the topmast."
"GAG LAW","A law or ruling prohibiting proper or free debate, as inclosure. [Colloq. or Cant]"
"GAG-TOOTHED","Having gagteeth. [Obs.]"
"GAGATE","Agate. [Obs.] Fuller."
"GAGE","A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage,frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to thegreengage. See Greengage."
"GAGER","A measurer. See Gauger."
"GAGGER","A piece of iron imbedded in the sand of a mold to keep the sandin place."
"GAGGLE","To make a noise like a goose; to cackle. Bacon."
"GAGTOOTH","A projecting tooth. [Obs.]"
"GAHNITE","Zinc spinel; automolite."
"GAIDIC","Pertaining to hypogeic acid; -- applied to an acid obtainedfrom hypogeic acid."
"GAIETY","Same as Gayety."
"GAILER","A jailer. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GAILLARD","Gay; brisk; merry; galliard. Chaucer."
"GAILLIARDE","A lively French and Italian dance."
"GAILY","Merrily; showily. See gaily."
"GAIN","A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist,or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the endof the floor beam."
"GAINABLE","Capable of being obtained or reached. Sherwood."
"GAINER","One who gains. Shak."
"GAINFUL","Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. 'A gainful speculation.'Macaulay.-- Gain'ful*ly, adv.-- Gain'ful*ness, n."
"GAINGIVING","A misgiving. [Obs.]"
"GAINLESS","Not producing gain; unprofitable. Hammond.-- Gain'less/ness, n."
"GAINLY","Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously. [Obs.] Dr. H.More."
"GAINPAIN","Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the swordof a hired soldier."
"GAINSAY","To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shallnot be able to gainsay nor resist. Luke xxi. 15.The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother,My sacred aunt, should by my mortal sword Be drained. Shak."
"GAINSAYER","One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. 'To convince thegainsayers.' Tit. i. 9."
"GAINSBOROUGH HAT","A woman's broad-brimmed hat of a form thought to resemble thoseshown in portraits by Thomas Gainsborough, the English artist (1727-88)."
"GAINSOME","A contraction of Against."
"GAINSTAND","To withstand; to resist. [Obs.]Durst . . . gainstand the force of so many enraged desires. Sir P.Sidney."
"GAINSTRIVE","To strive or struggle against; to withstand. [Obs.] Spenser."
"GAIRFOWL","See Garefowl."
"GAITED","Having (such) a gait; -- used in composition; as, slow-gaited;heavy-gaited."
"GAITER","To dress with gaiters."
"GALA","Pomp, show, or festivity. Macaulay. Gala day, a day of mirthand festivity; a holiday."
"GALACTA-GOGUE","An agent exciting secretion of milk."
"GALACTODENSIMETER","Same as Galactometer."
"GALACTOMETER","An instrument for ascertaining the quality of milk (i.e., itsrichness in cream) by determining its specific gravity; a lactometer."
"GALACTOPHAGIST","One who eats, or subsists on, milk."
"GALACTOPHAGOUS","Feeding on milk."
"GALACTOPHOROUS","Milk-carrying; lactiferous; -- applied to the ducts of mammaryglands."
"GALACTOPOIETIC","Increasing the flow of milk; milk-producing.-- n. A galactopoietic substance."
"GALACTOSE","A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose,obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certaingums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (thoughit is not lactose proper)."
"GALAGE","See Galoche. Spenser."
"GALAGO","A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species."
"GALANTINE","A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed frombones, tied up, boiled, and served cold. Smart."
"GALAPEE TREE","The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very largedigitate leaves."
"GALATEA","A kind of striped cotton fabric, usually of superior qualityand striped with blue or red on white."
"GALATIAN","Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants.-- A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant ofthe Gauls who settled in Asia Minor."
"GALAXY","The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen atnight stretching across the heavens, and which is composed ofinnumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishableonly with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remoteclusters of stars. Nichol."
"GALBE","The general outward form of any solid object, as of a column ora vase."
"GALE","To sale, or sail fast."
"GALEA","The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower."
"GALEAS","See Galleass."
"GALEI","That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks."
"GALENA","A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca. [Obs.] Parr."
"GALENISM","The doctrines of Galen."
"GALENIST","A follower of Galen."
"GALENITE","Galena; lead ore."
"GALEOPITHECUS","A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs.See Colugo."
"GALERICULATE","Covered as with a hat or cap. Smart."
"GALERITE","A cretaceous fossil sea urchin of the genus Galerites."
"GALICIAN","Of or pertaining to Galicia, in Spain, or to Galicia, thekingdom of Austrian Poland.-- n."
"GALILEAN","Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. SeeTelescope."
"GALILEE","A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbeychurch, where the monks collected on returning from processions,where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women wereallowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divineservice. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Elyand Durham cathedrals. Gwilt."
"GALIMATIAS","Nonsense; gibberish; confused and unmeaning talk; confusedmixture.Her dress, like her talk, is a galimatias of several countries.Walpole."
"GALINGALE","A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus) having aromaticroots; also, any plant of the same genus. Chaucer.Meadow, set with slender galingale. Tennyson."
"GALIPOT","An impure resin of turpentine, hardened on the outside of pinetrees by the spontaneous evaporation of its essential oil. Whenpurified, it is called yellow pitch, white pitch, or Burgundy pitch."
"GALL","The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder,beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, orbile, mixed with that of the mucous membrane of the gall bladder."
"GALLANT","Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous."
"GALLANTLY","In a polite or courtly manner; like a gallant or wooer."
"GALLANTNESS","The quality of being gallant."
"GALLATE","A salt of gallic acid."
"GALLATURE","The tread, treadle, or chalasa of an egg."
"GALLEASS","A large galley, having some features of the galleon, asbroadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations ofEurope in the 16th and 17th centuries. See Galleon, and Galley.[Written variously galeas, gallias, etc.]"
"GALLEIN","A red crystalline dyestuff, obtained by heating togetherpyrogallic and phthalic acids."
"GALLEON","A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, oftenhaving three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term isoften rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel.The gallens . . . were huge, round-stemmed, clumsy vessels, withbulwarks three or four feet thick, and built up at stem and stern,like castels. Motley."
"GALLEOT","See Galiot."
"GALLERY","A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarterof a ship, and hence called stern galery or quarter gallry, -- seldomfound in vessels built since 1850."
"GALLETYLE","A little tile of glazed earthenware. [Obs.] 'The substance ofgalletyle.' Bacon."
"GALLEY","A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails ornot; as:(a) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in theMiddle Ages, and down to the 17th century.(b) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancientvessels propelled by oars.(c) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers,press gangs, and also for pleasure.(d) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war."
"GALLEY-BIRD","The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker.[Prov. Eng.]"
"GALLEY-WORM","A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera,having numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or 'thousandlegs.' See Chilognatha."
"GALLFLY","An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasionsgalls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus Cynips and alliedgenera. See Illust. of Gall."
"GALLIAMBIC","Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of whichlacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse."
"GALLIAN","Gallic; French. [Obs.] Shak."
"GALLIARD","Gay; brisk; active. [Obs.]"
"GALLIARDISE","Excessive gayety; merriment. [Obs.]The mirth and galliardise of company. Sir. T. Browne."
"GALLIARDNESS","Gayety. [Obs.] Gayton."
"GALLIASS","Same as Galleass."
"GALLIC","Pertaining to, or containing, gallium."
"GALLICAN","Of or pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallic; French; as, theGallican church or clergy."
"GALLICANISM","The principles, tendencies, or action of those, within theRoman Catholic Church in France, who (esp. in 1682) sought torestrict the papal authority in that country and increase the powerof the national church. Schaff-Herzog Encyc."
"GALLICISM","A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also,in general, a French mode or custom."
"GALLICIZE","To conform to the French mode or idiom."
"GALLIED","Worried; flurried; frightened. Ham. Nav. Encyc."
"GALLIFORM","Like the Gallinae (or Galliformes) in structure."
"GALLIGASKINS","Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is usedloosely and often in a jocose sense."
"GALLIMATIA","Senseless talk. [Obs. or R.] See Galimatias."
"GALLIN","A substance obtained by the reduction of galle\u00efn."
"GALLINACEAE","Same as Gallinae."
"GALLINACEAN","One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds."
"GALLINACEOUS","Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertainingto the Gallinae."
"GALLINAE","An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls,pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes calledRasores."
"GALLING","Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating.-- Gall'ing*ly, adv."
"GALLINIPPER","A large mosquito."
"GALLINULE","One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and afrontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkablefor running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purplegallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World isPorphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinulachloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot,night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is theFlorida gallinule (Gallinula galeata)."
"GALLIOT","See Galiot."
"GALLIPOLI OIL","An inferior kind of olive oil, brought from Gallipoli, inItaly."
"GALLIPOT","A glazed earthen pot or vessel, used by druggists andapothecaries for containing medicines, etc."
"GALLIUM","A rare metallic element, found in certain zinc ores. It iswhite, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and remarcable forits low melting point (86"
"GALLIVANT","To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam aboutfor pleasure without any definite plan. [Slang] Dickens."
"GALLIVAT","A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, -- used on theMalabar coast. A. Chalmers."
"GALLIWASP","A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long,imagined by the natives to be venomous."
"GALLIZE","In wine making, to add water and sugar to (unfermented grapejuice) so as to increase the quantity of wine produced. --Gal`li*za'tion (#), n."
"GALLNUT","A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of variousspecies of the oak tree. See Gall, and Nutgall."
"GALLOMANIA","An excessive admiration of what is French.-- Gal`lo*ma'ni*ac, n."
"GALLON","A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for themost part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure."
"GALLOONED","Furnished or adorned with galloon."
"GALLOP","To cause to gallop."
"GALLOPER","A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, thegun resting on the shafts, without a limber. Farrow. Galloper gun, alight gun, supported on a galloper, -- formerly attached to Britishinfantry regiments."
"GALLOPIN","An under servant for the kitchen; a scullion; a cook's errandboy. [Obs.] Halliwell."
"GALLOPING","Going at a gallop; progressing rapidly; as, a galloping horse."
"GALLOTANNIC","Pertaining to the tannin or nutgalls. Gallotannic acid. SeeTannic acid, under Tannic."
"GALLOW","To fright or terrify. See Gally, v. t. [Obs.] Shak."
"GALLOWAY","A small horse of a breed raised at Galloway, Scotland; --called also garran, and garron."
"GALLOWGLASS","A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Islesin the time of Edward Shak."
"GALLOWS","The rest for the tympan when raised."
"GALLSTONE","A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder orbiliary passages. See Calculus, n., 1."
"GALLY","To frighten; to worry. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] T. Brown."
"GALLYGASKINS","See Galligaskins."
"GALOOT","A noisy, swaggering, or worthless fellow; a rowdy. [Slang, U.S.]"
"GALOP","A kind of lively dance, in 2-4 time; also, the music to thedance."
"GALORE","Plenty; abundance; in abundance."
"GALOSHE","Same as Galoche."
"GALPE","To gape,; to yawn. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GALSOME","Angry; malignant. [Obs.] Bp. Morton."
"GALT","Same as Gault."
"GALVANIC","Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, galvanism;employing or producing electrical currents. Galvanic battery (Elec.),an apparatus for generating electrical currents by the mutual actionof certain liquids and metals; -- now usually called voltaic battery.See Battery.-- Galvanic circuit or circle. (Elec.) See under Circuit.-- Galvanic pile (Elec.), the voltaic pile. See under Voltaic."
"GALVANIST","One versed in galvanism."
"GALVANIZATION","The act of process of galvanizing."
"GALVANIZER","One who, or that which, galvanize."
"GALVANOCAUSTIC","Relating to the use of galvanic heat as a caustic, especiallyin medicine."
"GALVANOCAUTERY","Cautery effected by a knife or needle heated by the passage ofa galvanic current."
"GALVANOGLYPHY","Same as Glyphography."
"GALVANOGRAPH","A copperplate produced by the method of galvanography; also, apicture printed from such a plate."
"GALVANOGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to galvanography."
"GALVANOLOGIST","One who describes the phenomena of galvanism; a writer ongalvanism."
"GALVANOLOGY","A treatise on galvanism, or a description of its phenomena."
"GALVANOMETER","An instrument or apparatus for measuring the intensity of anelectric current, usually by the deflection of a magnetic needle.Differential galvanometer. See under Differental, a.-- Sine galvanometer, Cosine galvanometer, Tangent galvanometer(Elec.), a galvanometer in which the sine, cosine, or tangentrespectively, of the angle through which the needle is deflected, isproportional to the strength of the current passed through theinstrument."
"GALVANOMETRIC","Of, pertaining to, or measured by, a galvanometer."
"GALVANOMETRY","The art or process of measuring the force of electric currents."
"GALVANOPLASTIC","Of or pertaining to the art or process of electrotyping;employing, or produced by, the process of electolytic deposition; as,a galvano-plastic copy of a medal or the like."
"GALVANOPLASTY","The art or process of electrotypy."
"GALVANOPUNCTURE","Same as Electro-puncture."
"GALVANOSCOPE","An instrument or apparatus for detecting the presence ofelectrical currents, especially such as are of feeble intensity."
"GALVANOSCOPIC","Of or pertaining to a galvanoscope."
"GALVANOSCOPY","The use of galvanism in physiological experiments."
"GALVANOTONUS","Same as Electrotonus."
"GALVANOTROPISM","The tendency of a root to place its axis in the line of agalvanic current."
"GALWES","Gallows. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GAM","To have a gam with; to pay a visit to, esp. among whalers atsea."
"GAMA GRASS","A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, andexceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, andthe Southern States of North America as a forage grass; -- calledalso sesame grass."
"GAMASHES","High boots or buskins; in Scotland, short spatterdashes orriding trousers, worn over the other clothing."
"GAMBA","A viola da gamba."
"GAMBADOES","Same as Gamashes.His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes fastened at the side withrusty clasps. Sir W. Scott."
"GAMBEER","To gaff, as mackerel."
"GAMBESON","Same as Gambison."
"GAMBET","Any bird of the genuis Totanus. See Tattler."
"GAMBISON","A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of clothstuffed and quilted."
"GAMBIST","A performer upon the viola di gamba. See under Viola."
"GAMBIT","A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed togain an attacking position."
"GAMBLE","To play or game for money or other stake."
"GAMBLER","One who gambles."
"GAMBOGE","A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species oftrees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, orcylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, -- whence its name.The best kind is of a dense, compact texture, and of a beatifulreddish yellow. Taking internally, it is a strong and harsh catharticad emetic. [Written also camboge.]"
"GAMBOL","A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank.Dryden."
"GAMBREL","To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. Beau. & Fl."
"GAMBROON","A kind of twilled linen cloth for lining. Simmonds."
"GAME","Crooked; lame; as, a game leg. [Colloq.]"
"GAME FOWL","A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the greatcourage and pugnacity of the males."
"GAMECOCK","The male game fowl."
"GAMEFUL","Full of game or games."
"GAMEKEEPER","One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve.Blackstone."
"GAMELESS","Destitute of game."
"GAMELY","In a plucky manner; spiritedly."
"GAMENESS","Endurance; pluck."
"GAMESOME","Gay; sportive; playful; frolicsome; merry. Shak.Gladness of the gamesome crowd. Byron.-- Game'some*ly, adv.-- Game'some*ness, n."
"GAMETE","A sexual cell or germ cell; a conjugating cell which uniteswith another of like or unlike character to form a new individual. InBot., gamete designates esp. the similar sex cells of the lowerthallophytes which unite by conjugation, forming a zygospore. Thegametes of higher plants are of two sorts, sperm (male) and egg(female); their union is called fertilization, and the resultingzygote an o\u00f6spore. In Zo\u00f6l., gamete is most commonly used of thesexual cells of certain Protozoa, though also extended to the germcells of higher forms."
"GAMETOPHYTE","In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation orphase which bears sex organs. In the lower plants, as the alg\u00e6, thegametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant body; in mosses itis the so-called moss plant; in ferns it is reduced to a small, earlyperishing body; and in seed plants it is usually microscopic orrudimentary."
"GAMIC","Pertaining to, or resulting from, sexual connection; formed bythe union of the male and female elements."
"GAMIN","A neglected and untrained city boy; a young street Arab.In Japan, the gamins run after you, and say, 'Look at the Chinaman.'L. Oliphant."
"GAMING","The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers;gambling."
"GAMMA","The third letter (G) of the Greek alphabet."
"GAMMA RAYS","Very penetrating rays not appreciably deflected by a magneticor electric field, emitted by radioactive substances. The prevailingview is that they are non-periodic ether pulses differing fromR\u00f6ntgen rays only in being more penetrating."
"GAMMADION","A cross formed of four capital gammas, formerly used as amysterious ornament on ecclesiastical vestments, etc. See Fylfot."
"GAMMER","An old wife; an old woman; -- correlative of gaffer, an oldman."
"GAMMON","The buttock or tight of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; thelower end of a flitch. Goldsmith."
"GAMMONING","The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel issecured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.Gammoning fashion, in the style of gammoning lashing, that is, havingthe turns of rope crossed.-- Gammoning hole (Naut.), a hole cut through the knee of the headof a vessel for the purpose of gammoning the bowsprit."
"GAMOGENESIS","The production of offspring by the union of parents ofdifferent sexes; sexual reproduction; -- the opposite ofagamogenesis."
"GAMOGENETIC","Relating to gamogenesis.-- Gam`o*ge*net'ic*al*ly, adv."
"GAMOMORPHISM","That stage of growth or development in an organism, in whichthe reproductive elements are generated and matured in preparationfor propagating the species."
"GAMOPETALOUS","Having the petals united or joined so as to form a tube or cup;monopetalous."
"GAMOPHYLLOUS","Composed of leaves united by their edges (coalescent). Gray."
"GAMOSEPALOUS","Formed of united sepals; monosepalous."
"GAMP","A large umbrella; --said to allude to Mrs. Gamp's umbrella, inDickens's 'Martin Chuzzlewit.'"
"GAMUT","The scale."
"GAMY","Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till nearthe condition of tainting; high-flavored."
"GAN","Began; commenced."
"GANANCIAL","Designating, pertaining to, or held under, the Spanish systemof law (called ganancial system) which controls the title anddisposition of the property acquired during marriage by the husbandor wife."
"GANCH","To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as theTurks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment.Ganching, which is to let fall from on high upon hooks, and there tohang until they die. Sandys."
"GANDER","The male of any species of goose."
"GANE","To yawn; to gape. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GANESA","The Hindoo god of wisdom or prudence."
"GANG","To go; to walk."
"GANG-FLOWER","The common English milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), so called fromblossoming in gang week. Dr. Prior."
"GANGER","One who oversees a gang of workmen. [R.] Mayhew."
"GANGETIC","Pertaining to, or inhabiting, the Ganges; as, the Gangeticshark."
"GANGION","A short line attached to a trawl. See Trawl, n."
"GANGLION","A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on atendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid intoit; -- called also weeping sinew. Ganglion cell, a nerve cell. SeeIllust. under Bipolar."
"GANGLIONARY","Ganglionic."
"GANGLIONIC","Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia organglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns ofthe spinal cord."
"GANGREL","Wandering; vagrant. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"GANGRENATE","To gangrene. [Obs.]"
"GANGRENE","A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissueswhich has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss ofvitality; but now applied to mortification of the soft parts in anystage."
"GANGRENESCENT","Tending to mortification or gangrene."
"GANGRENOUS","Affected by, or produced by, gangrene; of the nature ofgangrene."
"GANGUE","The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore."
"GANGWAY","The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which personsenter or leave it."
"GANIL","A kind of brittle limestone. [Prov. Eng.] Kirwan."
"GANJA","The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It isextremely narcotic and intoxicating."
"GANNET","One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula, alliedto the pelicans."
"GANOCEPHALA","A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts,having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in someganoid fishes."
"GANOCEPHALOUS","Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala."
"GANOID","Of or pertaining to Ganoidei.-- n. One of the Ganoidei. Ganoid scale (Zo\u00f6l.), one kind of scalesof the ganoid fishes, composed of an inner layer of bone, and anouter layer of shining enamel. They are often so arranged as to forma coat of mail."
"GANOIDAL","Ganoid."
"GANOIDEI","One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone andbulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by achiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or withganoid scales; others have cycloid scales."
"GANOIDIAN","Ganoid."
"GANOINE","A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale."
"GANSA","Same as Ganza. Bp. Hall."
"GANTLET","A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender wasmade to run between two files of men facing one another, who struckhim as he passed. To run the gantlet, to suffer the punishment of thegantlet; hence, to go through the ordeal of severe criticism orcontroversy, or ill-treatment at many hands.Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights. Palfrey."
"GANTLINE","A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; agirtline."
"GANTLOPE","See Gantlet. [Obs.]"
"GANTRY","See Gauntree."
"GANZ SYSTEM","A haulage system for canal boats, in which an electriclocomotive running on a monorail has its adhesion materiallyincreased by the pull of the tow rope on a series of inclinedgripping wheels."
"GANZA","A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabledto be carried to the lunar world. [Also gansa.] Johnson."
"GAOL","A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses orprovisional imprisonment; a jail. [Preferably, and in the UnitedStates usually, written jail.] Commission of general gaol delivery,an authority conferred upon judges and others included in it, fortrying and delivering every prisoner in jail when the judges, upontheir circuit, arrive at the place for holding court, and fordischarging any whom the grand jury fail to indict. [Eng.] -- Gaoldelivery. (Law) See Jail delivery, under Jail."
"GAOLER","The keeper of a jail. See Jailer."
"GAP","An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gapin a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening whichimplies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; amountain pass.Miseries ensued by the opening of that gap. Knolles.It would make a great gap in your own honor. Shak.Gap lathe (Mach.), a turning lathe with a deep notch in the bed toadmit of turning a short object of large diameter.-- To stand in the gap, to expose one's self for the protection ofsomething; to make defense against any assailing danger; to take theplace of a fallen defender or supporter.-- To stop a gap, to secure a weak point; to repair a defect."
"GAP-TOOTHED","Having interstices between the teeth. Dryden."
"GAPE","The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc.GAPES; THE GAPESThe gapes.(a) A fit of yawning.(b) A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with muchgaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamustrachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. SeeGapeworm."
"GAPESEED","Any strange sight. Wright."
"GAPESING","Act of gazing about; sightseeing. [Prov. Eng.]"
"GAPEWORM","The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. SeeIllustration in Appendix."
"GAPINGSTOCK","One who is an object of open-mouthed wonder.I was to be a gapingstock and a scorn to the young volunteers.Godwin."
"GAR","To cause; to make. [Obs. or Scot.] Spenser."
"GARAGE","To keep in a garage. [Colloq.]"
"GARANCIN","An extract of madder by sulphuric acid. It consists essentiallyof alizarin."
"GARB","A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified)."
"GARBAGE","Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal orvegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless,disgusting, or loathsome. Grainger."
"GARBED","Dressed; habited; clad."
"GARBEL","Same as Garboard."
"GARBLE","Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also calledgarblings."
"GARBLER","One who garbles."
"GARBOARD","One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form agarboard strake. Garboard strake or streak, the first range or strakeof planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel. Totten."
"GARBOIL","Tumult; disturbance; disorder. [Obs.] Shak."
"GARCINIA","A genus of plants, including the mangosteen tree (GarciniaMangostana), found in the islands of the Indian Archipelago; -- socalled in honor of Dr. Garcin."
"GARCON","A boy; fellow; esp., a serving boy or man; a waiter; -- in Eng.chiefly applied to French waiters."
"GARD","Garden. [Obs.] 'Trees of the gard.' F. Beaumont."
"GARDANT","Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; --said of a lion or other beast."
"GARDE CIVIQUE","See Army organization, above."
"GARDEN","To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; topractice horticulture."
"GARDENER","One who makes and tends a garden; a horticulturist."
"GARDENIA","A genus of plants, some species of which produce beautiful andfragrant flowers; Cape jasmine; -- so called in honor of Dr.Alexander Garden."
"GARDENING","The art of occupation of laying out and cultivating gardens;horticulture."
"GARDENLESS","Destitute of a garden. Shelley."
"GARDENLY","Like a garden. [R.] W. Marshall."
"GARDENSHIP","Horticulture. [Obs.]"
"GARDON","A European cyprinoid fish; the id."
"GARDYLOO","An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows inEdingburgh. Sir. W. Scott."
"GARE","Coarse wool on the legs of sheep. Blount."
"GAREFOWL","The great auk; also, the razorbill. See Auk. [Written alsogairfowl, and gurfel.]"
"GARGALIZE","To gargle; to rinse. [Obs.] Marston."
"GARGANEY","A small European duck (Anas querquedula); -- called alsocricket teal, and summer teal."
"GARGANTUAN","Characteristic of Gargantua, a gigantic, wonderful personage;enormous; prodigious; inordinate."
"GARGARISM","A gargle."
"GARGARIZE","To gargle; to rinse or wash, as the mouth and throat. [Obs.]Bacon."
"GARGET","See Poke."
"GARGIL","A distemper in geese, affecting the head."
"GARGLE","See Gargoyle."
"GARGOL","A distemper in swine; garget. Mortimer."
"GARGOULETTE","A water cooler or jug with a handle and spout; a gurglet.Mollett."
"GARGOYLE","A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, oftencarved grotesquely. [Written also gargle, gargyle, and gurgoyle.]"
"GARGYLE","See Gargoyle."
"GARIBALDI","A California market fish (Pomancentrus rubicundus) of a deepscarlet color."
"GARLAND","To deck with a garland. B. Jonson."
"GARLANDLESS","Destitute of a garland. Shelley."
"GARLIC","A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivatedvariety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid,pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, calledcloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easilyseparable."
"GARLICKY","Like or containing garlic."
"GARMENT","Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto old garment. Matt. ix. 16."
"GARMENTED","Having on a garment; attired; enveloped, as with a garment.[Poetic]A lovely lady garmented in light From her own beauty. Shelley."
"GARMENTURE","Clothing; dress."
"GARNER","A granary; a building or place where grain is stored forpreservation."
"GARNET","A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in theirconstituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), andconforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest coloris red, the luster is vitreous, and the hardness greater than that ofquartz. The dodecahedron and trapezohedron are the common forms."
"GARNETIFEROUS","Containing garnets."
"GARNIERITE","An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicateof nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel."
"GARNISH","To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, adish garnished with parsley."
"GARNISHEE","One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has beenserved in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holdingproperty belonging to the debtor, or owing him money."
"GARNISHER","One who, or that which, garnishes."
"GARNITURE","That which garnishes; ornamental appendage; embellishment;furniture; dress.The pomp of groves and garniture of fields. Beattie."
"GAROOKUH","A small fishing vessel met with in the Persian Gulf."
"GAROUS","Pertaining to, or resembling, garum. Sir T. Browne."
"GARRAN","See Galloway. [Scot. garron or gerron. Jamieson.]"
"GARRETED","Protected by turrets. [Obs.] R. Carew."
"GARRETEER","One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.Macaulay."
"GARRETING","Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarsemasonry. Weale."
"GARRON","Same as Garran. [Scot.]"
"GARROT","A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage,in order to compress the arteries of a limb."
"GARROTE","A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an ironcollar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life becomeextinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment isinflicted."
"GARROTER","One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a viewto strangle and rob him."
"GARRULITY","Talkativeness; loquacity."
"GARRULOUS","Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, thegarrulous roller."
"GARRUPA","One of several species of California market fishes, of thegenus Sebastichthys; -- called also rockfish. See Rockfish."
"GARTER","Same as Bendlet. Garter fish (Zo\u00f6l.), a fish of the genusLepidopus, having a long, flat body, like the blade of a sword; thescabbard fish.-- Garter king-at-arms, the chief of the official heralds ofEngland, king-at-arms to the Order of the Garter; -- oftenabbreviated to Garter.-- Garter snake (Zo\u00f6l.), one of several harmless American snakes ofthe genus Eut\u00e6nia, of several species (esp. E. saurita and E.sirtalis); one of the striped snakes; -- so called from itsconspicuous stripes of color."
"GARTER STITCH","The simplest stitch in knitting."
"GARTH","A hoop or band. [Prov. Eng.]"
"GARUM","A sauce made of small fish. It was prized by the ancients."
"GARVIE","The spart; -- called also garvie herring, and garvock. [Prov.Eng. & Scot.]"
"GAS ENGINE","A kind of internal-combustion engine (which see) using fixedgas; also, broadly, any internal-combustion engine."
"GAS-BURNER","The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as itescapes from one or more minute orifices."
"GASALIER","A chandelier arranged to burn gas."
"GASCOINES","See Gaskins, 1. Lyly."
"GASCON","Of or pertaining to Gascony, in France, or to the Gascons;also, braggart; swaggering.-- n."
"GASCONADE","A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging;braggodocio. Swift."
"GASCONADER","A great boaster; a blusterer."
"GASCOYNES","Gaskins. Beau & Fl."
"GASEITY","State of being gaseous. [R] Eng. Cyc."
"GASELIER","A chandelier arranged to burn gas."
"GASH","To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chieflyto incisions in flesh.Grievously gashed or gored to death. Hayward."
"GASHFUL","Full of gashes; hideous; frightful. [Obs.] 'A gashful, horrid,ugly shape.' Gayton."
"GASIFICATION","The act or process of converting into gas."
"GASIFORM","Having a form of gas; gaseous."
"GASIFY","To convert into gas, or an a\u00ebriform fluid, as by theapplication of heat, or by chemical processes."
"GASKET","A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gasketsare common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines orbands. Called also casket."
"GASOLENE","See Gasoline."
"GASOLIER","Same as Gasalier."
"GASOLINE","A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained frompetroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is usedin making air gas, and in giving illuminating power to water gas. SeeCarburetor."
"GASOMETER","An apparatus for holding and measuring of gas; in gas works, ahuge iron cylinder closed at one end and having the other endimmersed in water, in which it is made to rise or fall, according tothe volume of gas it contains, or the pressure required."
"GASOMETRY","The art or practice of measuring gases; also, the science whichtreats of the nature and properties of these elastic fluids. Coxe."
"GASOSCOPE","An apparatus for detecting the presence of any dangerous gas,from a gas leak in a coal mine or a dwelling house."
"GASP","To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. Dryden."
"GASPEREAU","The alewife. [Local, Canada]"
"GASSERIAN","Relating to Casserio (L. Gasserius), the discover of theGasserian ganglion. Gasserian ganglion (Anat.), a large ganglion, atthe root of the trigeminal, or fifth cranial, nerve."
"GASSING","The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers andexposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the smallfibers; any similar process of singeing."
"GASSY","Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full ofboastful or insincere talk."
"GAST","To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See Aghast. [Obs.]Chaucer. Shak."
"GASTER","To gast. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"GASTEROMYCETES","An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a saccalled the peridium, as in the puffballs."
"GASTEROPOD","Same as Gastropod."
"GASTEROPODA","Same as Gastropoda."
"GASTEROPODOUS","Same as Gastropodous."
"GASTIGHT","So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; imperviousto gas."
"GASTNESS","See Ghastness. [Obs.]"
"GASTORNIS","A genus of large eocene birds from the Paris basin."
"GASTRAEA","A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which,according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals,that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through atwo-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended.This idea constitutes the Gastr\u00e6a theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula."
"GASTRALGIA","Pain in the stomach or epigastrium, as in gastric disorders."
"GASTRIC","Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, thegastric artery. Gastric digestion (Physiol.), the conversion of thealbuminous portion of food in the stomach into soluble and diffusibleproducts by the solvent action of gastric juice.-- Gastric fever (Med.), a fever attended with prominent gastricsymptoms; -- a name applied to certain forms of typhoid fever; also,to catarrhal inflammation of the stomach attended with fever.-- Gastric juice (Physiol.), a thin, watery fluid, with an acidreaction, secreted by a peculiar set of glands contained in themucous membrane of the stomach. It consists mainly of dilutehydrochloric acid and the ferment pepsin. It is the most importantdigestive fluid in the body, but acts only on proteid foods.-- Gastric remittent fever (Med.), a form of remittent fever withpronounced stomach symptoms."
"GASTRILOQUIST","One who appears to speak from his stomach; a ventriloquist."
"GASTRILOQUOUS","Ventriloquous. [R.]"
"GASTRILOQUY","A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach;ventriloquy."
"GASTRITIS","Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane."
"GASTRO-","A combining form from the Gr. gastrocolic, gastrocele,gastrotomy."
"GASTROCNEMIUS","The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg."
"GASTROCOLIC","Pertaining to both the stomach and the colon; as, thegastrocolic, or great, omentum."
"GASTRODISC","That part of blastoderm where the hypoblast appears like asmall disk on the inner face of the epibladst."
"GASTRODUODENAL","Pertaining to the stomach and duodenum; as, the gastroduodenalartery."
"GASTRODUODENITIS","Inflammation of the stomach and duodenum. It is one of the mostfrequent causes of jaundice."
"GASTROELYTROTOMY","The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina,through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purposeof removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the C\u00e6sarean operation,and less dangerous."
"GASTROENTERIC","Gastrointestinal."
"GASTROENTERITIS","Inflammation of the lining membrane of the stomach and theintestines."
"GASTROEPIPLOIC","Of or pertaining to the stomach and omentum."
"GASTROHEPATIC","Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; as, thegastrohepatic, or lesser, omentum."
"GASTROHYSTEROTOMY","C\u00e6sarean section. See under C\u00e6sarean."
"GASTROINTESTINAL","Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric."
"GASTROLITH","See Crab's eyes, under Crab."
"GASTROLOGY","The science which treats of the structure and functions of thestomach; a treatise of the stomach."
"GASTROMALACIA","A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post-morten change."
"GASTROMYCES","The fungoid growths sometimes found in the stomach; such asTorula, etc."
"GASTROMYTH","One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; aventriloquist. [Obs.]"
"GASTRONOMIST","A gastromomer."
"GASTRONOMY","The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of goodcheer."
"GASTROPHRENIC","Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenicligament."
"GASTROPNEUMATIC","Pertaining to the alimentary canal and air passages, and to thecavities connected with them; as, the gastropneumatic mucuosmembranes."
"GASTROPOD","One of the Gastropoda. [Written also gasteropod.]"
"GASTROPODA","One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includesmost of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-watersnails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, orfoot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one ortwo pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca. [Written also Gasteropoda.]"
"GASTROPODOUS","Of or pertaining to the Gastropoda."
"GASTRORAPHY","The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen. Quincy."
"GASTROSCOPE","An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of thestomach."
"GASTROSCOPIC","Of or pertaining to gastroscopy."
"GASTROSCOPY","Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope."
"GASTROSPLENIC","Pertaining to the stomach and spleen; as, the gastrosplenicligament."
"GASTROSTEGE","One of the large scales on the belly of a serpent."
"GASTROSTOMY","The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach,for the introduction of food."
"GASTROTOMY","A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach."
"GASTROTRICHA","A group of small wormlike animals, having cilia on the ventralside. The group is regarded as an ancestral or synthetic one, relatedto rotifers and annelids."
"GASTROTROCHA","A form of annelid larva having cilia on the ventral side."
"GASTROVASCULAR","Having the structure, or performing the functions, both ofdigestive and circulatory organs; as, the gastrovascular cavity ofcoelenterates."
"GASTRULA","An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination orpushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere)on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with oneopening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the cavity (thearchenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust.under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage inembryonic development. See Gastr\u00e6a.-- a."
"GASTRULATION","The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by whicha gastrula is formed."
"GASTRURA","See Stomatopoda."
"GASTRUROUS","Pertaining to the Gastrura."
"GAT","imp. of Get. [Obs.]"
"GAT-TOOTHED","Goat-toothed; having a lickerish tooth; lustful; wanton. [Obs.]"
"GATCH","Plaster as used in Persian architecture and decorative art."
"GATE","The places which command the entrances or access; hence, placeof vantage; power; might.The gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Matt. xvi. 18."
"GATED","Having gates. Young."
"GATEHOUSE","A house connected or associated with a gate."
"GATELESS","Having no gate."
"GATEMAN","A gate keeper; a gate tender."
"GATEWAY","A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch,etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gatedesigned for ornament or defense."
"GATEWISE","In the manner of a gate.Three circles of stones set up gatewise. Fuller."
"GATHER","To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as where thewidth of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue,or the like."
"GATHERABLE","Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible frompremises. [R.] Godwin."
"GATHERER","An attachment for making gathers in the cloth."
"GATHERING","Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.Gathering board (Bookbinding), a table or board on which signaturesare gathered or assembled, to form a book. Knight.-- Gathering coal, a lighted coal left smothered in embers overnight, about which kindling wood is gathered in the morning.-- Gathering hoop, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the endsof barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped over them.-- Gathering peat. (a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, topreserve a fire. (b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent roundby the Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by theHighlanders."
"GATLING GUN","An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrelswhich, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded and fired."
"GATTEN TREE","A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (ViburnumOpulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (EuonymusEurop\u00e6us)."
"GAUCHE","Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces."
"GAUCHERIE","An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness."
"GAUCHO","On of the native inhabitants of the pampas, of Spanish-Americandescent. They live mostly by rearing cattle."
"GAUD","To sport or keep festival. [Obs.] 'Gauding with his familiars.' [Obs.] Sir T. North."
"GAUD-DAY","See Gaudy, a feast."
"GAUDERY","Finery; ornaments; ostentatious display. [R.] 'Tarnishedgaudery.' Dryden."
"GAUDFUL","Joyful; showy. [Obs.]"
"GAUDILY","In a gaudy manner. Guthrie."
"GAUDINESS","The quality of being gaudy. Whitlock."
"GAUDISH","Gaudy. 'Gaudish ceremonies.' Bale."
"GAUDLESS","Destitute of ornament. [R.]"
"GAUDY","One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternosteris recited. [Obs.] Gower."
"GAUDYGREEN","Light green. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser."
"GAUFFER","To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer."
"GAUFFERING","A mode of plaiting or fluting. Gauffering iron, a kind offluting iron for fabrics.-- Gauffering press (Flower Manuf.), a press for crimping the leavesand petals into shape."
"GAUFFRE","A gopher, esp. the pocket gopher."
"GAUGE","To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of theform of, as of a part of a gunlock.The vanes nicely gauged on each side. Derham."
"GAUGEABLE","Capable of being gauged."
"GAUGED","Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge. Gauged brick,brick molded, rubbed, or cut to an exact size and shape, for archesor ornamental work.-- Gauged mortar. See Gauge stuff, under Gauge, n."
"GAUGER","One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertainthe contents of casks."
"GAUGER-SHIP","The office of a gauger."
"GAUGING ROD","See Gauge rod, under Gauge, n."
"GAULISH","Pertaining to ancient France, or Gaul; Gallic. [R.]"
"GAULT","A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England,between the upper and lower greensand of the Cretaceous period."
"GAULTHERIA","A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and,often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green(Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited salal of NorthwesternAmerica (Gaultheria Shallon)."
"GAUNT","Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinchedand grim. 'The gaunt mastiff.' Pope.A mysterious but visible pestilence, striding gaunt and fleshlessacross our land. Nichols."
"GAUNTLET","See Gantlet."
"GAUNTLETTED","Wearing a gauntlet."
"GAUNTLY","In a gaunt manner; meagerly."
"GAUR","An East Indian species of wild cattle (Bibos gauris), of largesize and an untamable disposition. [Spelt also gour.]"
"GAURE","To gaze; to stare. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GAUSS","The C.G.S. unit of density of magnetic field, equal to a fieldof one line of force per square centimeter, being thus adopted as aninternational unit at Paris in 1900; sometimes used as a unit ofintensity of magnetic field. It was previously suggested as a unit ofmagnetomotive force."
"GAUSSAGE","The intensity of a magnetic field expressed in C.G.S. units, orgausses."
"GAUZE","A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk;also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.Gauze dresser, one employed in stiffening gauze."
"GAUZINESS","The quality of being gauzy; flimsiness. Ruskin."
"GAUZY","Pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as gauze."
"GAVAGE","Forced feeding (as of poultry or infants) by means of a tubepassed through the mouth down to the stomach."
"GAVE","imp. of Give."
"GAVEL","A gable. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"GAVELET","An ancient special kind of cessavit used in Kent and London forthe recovery of rent. [Obs.]"
"GAVELKIND","A tenure by which land descended from the father to all hissons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying withoutissue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in thecounty of Kent. Cowell."
"GAVELOCHE","Same as Gavelock."
"GAVERICK","The European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus). [Prov. Eng.]"
"GAVIAE","The division of birds which includes the gulls and terns."
"GAVIAL","A large Asiatic crocodilian (Gavialis Gangeticus); -- calledalso nako, and Gangetic crocodile."
"GAVOT","A kind of difficult dance; a dance tune, the air of which hastwo brisk and lively, yet dignified, strains in common time, eachplayed twice over. [Written also gavotte.]"
"GAWBY","A baby; a dunce. [Prov. Eng.]"
"GAWK","To act like a gawky."
"GAWKY","Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior.-- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or fromstupidity, a gawk."
"GAWN","A small tub or lading vessel. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson."
"GAWNTREE","See Gauntree."
"GAY","An ornament [Obs.] L'Estrange."
"GAYAL","A Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle (Bibos frontalis)."
"GAYDIANG","A vessel of Anam, with two or three masts, lofty triangularsails, and in construction somewhat resembling a Chinese junk."
"GAYLEY PROCESS","The process of removing moisture from the blast of an ironblast furnace by reducing its temperature so far that it will notremain suspended as vapor in the blast current, but will be depositedas snow in the cooling apparatus. The resultant uniformly dehydratedblast effects great economy in fuel consumption, and promotesregularity of furnace operation, and certainty of furnace control."
"GAYLUSSITE","A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of thecarbonates of lime and soda, with water."
"GAYNE","To avail. [Obs.]"
"GAYNESS","Gayety; finery. [R.]"
"GAYSOME","Full of gayety. Mir. for Mag."
"GAYTRE","The dogwood tree. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GAZE","To fixx the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look witheagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or withstudious attention.Why stand ye gazing up into heaven Acts i. 11."
"GAZEEBO","A summerhouse so situated as to command an extensive prospect.[Colloq.]"
"GAZEFUL","Gazing. [R.] Spenser."
"GAZEHOUND","A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent. SirW. Scott."
"GAZEL","The black currant; also, the wild plum. [Prov. Eng.]"
"GAZELLE","One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species ofantelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; -- called alsoalgazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles are celebrated forthe luster and soft expression of their eyes. [Written also gazel.]"
"GAZEMENT","View. [Obs.] Spenser."
"GAZER","One who gazes."
"GAZET","A Venetian coin, worth about three English farthings, or oneand a half cents. [Obs.]"
"GAZETTE","A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., theofficial journal published by the British government, and containinglegal and state notices."
"GAZINGSTOCK","A person or thing gazed at with scorn or abhorrence; an objectof curiosity or contempt. Bp. Hall."
"GAZOGENE","A portable apparatus for making soda water or a\u00ebrated liquidson a small scale. Knight."
"GAZON","One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and thefaces of earthworks."
"GE-","An Anglo-Saxon prefix. See Y-."
"GEAL","To congeal. [Obs. or Scot.]"
"GEAN","A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium); also,the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color."
"GEANTICLINAL","An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of theearth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountainelevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal."
"GEAR","See 1st Jeer (b)."
"GEARING","The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engineor machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as,the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a trainof wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery.Frictional gearing. See under Frictional.-- Gearing chain, an endless chain transmitted motion from onesprocket wheel to another. See Illust. of Chain wheel.-- Spur gearing, gearing in which the teeth or cogs are ranged roundeither the concave or the convex surface (properly the latter) of acylindrical wheel; -- for transmitting motion between parallelshafts, etc."
"GEASON","Rare; wonderful. [Obs.] Spenser."
"GEAT","The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into amold in casting. [Written also git, gate.]"
"GECARCINIAN","A land crab of the genus Gecarcinus, or of allied genera."
"GECK","To jeer; to show contempt. Sir W. Scott."
"GECKO","Any lizard of the family Geckonid\u00e6. The geckoes are small,carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical,elliptical pupils. Their toes are generally expanded, and furnishedwith adhesive disks, by which they can run over walls and ceilings.They are numerous in warm countries, and a few species are found inEurope and the United States. See Wall gecko, Fanfoot."
"GECKOTIAN","A gecko."
"GEE","To turn to the off side, or from the driver (i.e., in theUnited States, to the right side); -- said of cattle, or a team; usedmost frequently in the imperative, often with off, by drivers ofoxen, in directing their teams, and opposed to haw, or hoi. [Writtenalso jee.]"
"GEESE","pl. of Goose."
"GEEST","Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin.R. Jameson."
"GEET","Jet. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GEEZ","The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language orpeople. See Ethiopic."
"GEEZER","A queer old fellow; an old chap; an old woman. [Contemptuous,Slang or Dial.]"
"GEHENNA","The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of theIsraelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on thisaccount, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made areceptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being keptup in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testamentthe name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell.The pleasant valley of Hinnom. Tophet thence And black Gehennacalled, the type of Hell. Milton."
"GEIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, earthy or vegetable mold. Geicacid. (Chem.) See Humin."
"GEIN","See Humin."
"GEISHA","A Japanese singing and dancing girl."
"GEISSLER TUBE","A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containingsome gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when anelectrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the nameof a noted maker in germany. It is called also Pl\u00fccker tube, from theGerman physicist who devised it."
"GEITONOGAMY","Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on thesame plant."
"GELABLE","Capable of being congealed; capable of being converted intojelly."
"GELADA","A baboon (Gelada Ruppelli) of Abyssinia, remarkable for thelength of the hair on the neck and shoulders of the adult male."
"GELASTIC","Pertaining to laughter; used in laughing. 'Gelastic muscles.'Sir T. Browne."
"GELATIFICATION","The formation of gelatin."
"GELATIGENOUS","Producing, or yielding, gelatin; gelatiniferous; as, thegelatigeneous tissues."
"GELATINATE","To convert into gelatin, or into a substance resembling jelly."
"GELATINATION","The act of process of converting into gelatin, or a substancelike jelly."
"GELATINE","Same as Gelatin."
"GELATINIFEROUS","Yielding gelatin on boiling with water; capable ofgelatination."
"GELATINIFORM","Having the form of gelatin."
"GELATINIZATION","Same as Gelatination."
"GELATINIZE","To coat, or otherwise treat, with gelatin."
"GELATINOUS","Of the nature and consistence of gelatin or the jelly;resembling jelly; viscous."
"GELATION","The process of becoming solid by cooling; a cooling andsolidifying."
"GELD","Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.]"
"GELDABLE","Capable of being gelded."
"GELDER","One who gelds or castrates."
"GELDER-ROSE","Same as Guelder-rose."
"GELDING","A castrated animal; -- usually applied to a horse, but formerlyused also of the human male.They went down both into the water, Philip and the gelding, andPhilip baptized him. Wyclif (Acts viii. 38)."
"GELID","Cold; very cold; frozen. 'Gelid founts.' Thompson."
"GELIDITY","The state of being gelid."
"GELIDLY","In a gelid manner; coldly."
"GELIDNESS","The state of being gelid; gelidity."
"GELLY","Jelly. [Obs.] Spenser."
"GELOSCOPY","Divination by means of laughter."
"GELOSE","An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate, found in Gelidium, agar-agar,and other seaweeds."
"GELSEMIC","Gelseminic."
"GELSEMINE","An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemiumsempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; -- calledalso gelsemia."
"GELSEMINIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine (Gelsemiumsempervirens); as, gelseminic acid, a white crystalline substanceresembling esculin."
"GELSEMIUM","A genus of climbing plants. The yellow (false) jasmine(Gelsemium sempervirens) is a native of the Southern United States.It has showy and deliciously fragrant flowers."
"GELT","Trubute, tax. [Obs.]All these the king granted unto them . . . free from all gelts andpayments, in a most full and ample manner. Fuller."
"GEM","A bud.From the joints of thy prolific stem A swelling knot is raised calleda gem. Denham."
"GEMARA","The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna(which forms the first part or text)."
"GEMARIC","Pertaining to the Gemara."
"GEMARIST","One versed in the Gemara, or adhering to its teachings."
"GEMEL","Coupled; paired. Bars gemel (Her.), two barrulets placed nearand parallel to each other."
"GEMELLIPA-ROUS","Producing twins. [R.] Bailey."
"GEMINAL","A pair. [Obs.] Drayton."
"GEMINATE","In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminateflowers. Gray."
"GEMINATION","A doubling; duplication; repetition. [R.] Boyle."
"GEMINI","A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright starsCastor and Pollux; also, the third sign of the zodiac, which the sunenters about May 20th."
"GEMINIFLOROUS","Having the flowers arranged in pairs."
"GEMINOUS","Double; in pairs. Sir T. Browne."
"GEMINY","Twins; a pair; a couple. [Obs.] Shak."
"GEMITORES","A division of birds including the true pigeons."
"GEMMA","A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud."
"GEMMACEOUS","Of or pertaining to gems or to gemm\u00e6; of the nature of, orresembling, gems or gemm\u00e6."
"GEMMARY","Of or pertaining to gems."
"GEMMATE","Having buds; reproducing by buds."
"GEMMATED","Having buds; adorned with gems or jewels."
"GEMMATION","The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable,by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction;gemmulation; gemmiparity. See Budding."
"GEMMEOUS","Pertaining to gems; of the nature of gems; resembling gems.Pennant."
"GEMMIFEROUS","Producing gems or buds; (Biol.)"
"GEMMIFICATION","The production of a bud or gem."
"GEMMIFLORATE","Having flowers like buds."
"GEMMINESS","The state or quality of being gemmy; spruceness; smartness."
"GEMMIPARITY","Reproduction by budding; gemmation. See Budding."
"GEMMIPAROUS","Producing buds; reproducing by buds. See Gemmation, 1."
"GEMMOSITY","The quality or characteristics of a gem or jewel. [Obs.]Bailey."
"GEMMULATION","See Gemmation."
"GEMMULIFEROUS","Bearing or producing gemmules or buds."
"GEMOTE","A meeting; -- used in combination, as, Witenagemote, anassembly of the wise men."
"GEMS","The chamois."
"GEMS-HORN","An organ stop with conical tin pipes."
"GEMSBOK","A South African antelope (Oryx Capensis), having long, sharp,nearly straight horns."
"GEMUL","A small South American deer (Furcifer Chilensis), with simpleforked horns. [Written also guemul.]"
"GENAPPE","A worsted yarn or cord of peculiar smoothness, used in themanufacture of braid, fringe, etc. Simmonds."
"GENDARME","One of a body of heavy cavalry. [Obs.] [France]"
"GENDARMERY","The body of gendarmes."
"GENDER","A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; andsecondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associatedwith sex.Gender is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex isnatural distinction and applies to living objects. R. Morris."
"GENDERLESS","Having no gender."
"GENEAGENESIS","Alternate generation. See under Generation."
"GENEALOGIC","Genealogical."
"GENEALOGICAL","Of or pertaining to genealogy; as, a genealogical table;genealogical order.-- Gen`e*a*log'ic*al*ly, adv. Genealogical tree, a family lineage orgenealogy drawn out under the form of a tree and its branches."
"GENEALOGIST","One who traces genealogies or the descent of persons orfamilies."
"GENEALOGIZE","To investigate, or relate the history of, descents."
"GENEARCH","The chief of a family or tribe."
"GENERA","See Genus."
"GENERABILITY","Capability of being generated. Johnstone."
"GENERABLE","Capable of being generated or produced. Bentley."
"GENERAL","One of the chief military officers of a government or country;the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a brigade.In European armies, the highest military rank next below fieldmarshal."
"GENERALIA","Generalities; general terms. J. S. Mill."
"GENERALISSIMO","The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander inchief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions underseparate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries."
"GENERALIZABLE","Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form ofstatement, or brought under a general rule.Extreme cases are . . . not generalizable. Coleridge"
"GENERALIZE","To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to agenus or class; to take general or comprehensive views."
"GENERALIZED","Comprising structural characters which are separated in morespecialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type."
"GENERALIZER","One who takes general or comprehensive views. Tyndall."
"GENERALNESS","The condition or quality of being general; frequency;commonness. Sir P. Sidney."
"GENERALTY","Generality. [R.] Sir M. Hale."
"GENERANT","Generative; producing; esp. (Geom.),"
"GENERATE","To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of apoint or a magnitude of inferior order."
"GENERATION","The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as aline, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with amathematical law, of a point or a magnitude; as, the generation of aline or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, asphere by a semicircle, etc."
"GENERATIVE","Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, orproducing. 'That generative particle.' Bentley."
"GENERATOR","The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; thefundamental note or root of the common chord; -- called alsogenerating tone."
"GENERATRIX","That which generates; the point, or the mathematical magnitude,which, by its motion, generates another magnitude, as a line,surface, or solid; -- called also describent."
"GENERICALLY","With regard to a genus, or an extensive class; as, an animalgenerically distinct from another, or two animals or plantsgenerically allied."
"GENERICALNESS","The quality of being generic."
"GENERIFICATION","The act or process of generalizing.Out of this the universal is elaborated by generification. Sir W.Hamilton."
"GENESEE EPOCH","The closing subdivision of the Hamilton period in the AmericanDevonian system; -- so called because the formations of this periodcrop out in Genesee, New York."
"GENESIAL","Of or relating to generation."
"GENESIOLGY","The doctrine or science of generation."
"GENESIS","Same as Generation."
"GENET","A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.Shak."
"GENETHLIAC","Pertaining to nativities; calculated by astrologers; showingposition of stars at one's birth. Howell."
"GENETHLIACAL","Genethliac."
"GENETHLIACS","The science of calculating nativities, or predicting the futureevents of life from the stars which preside at birth. Jhonson."
"GENETHLIALOGY","Divination as to the destinies of one newly born; the act orart of casting nativities; astrology."
"GENETHLIATIC","One who calculates nativities. Sir W. Drummond."
"GENETIC","Same as Genetical."
"GENETICAL","Pertaining to, concerned with, or determined by, the genesis ofanything, or its natural mode of production or development.This historical, genetical method of viewing prior systems ofphilosophy. Hare."
"GENETICALLY","In a genetical manner."
"GENEVA","The chief city of Switzerland. Geneva Bible, a translation ofthe Bible into English, made and published by English refugees inGeneva (Geneva, 1560; London, 1576). It was the first English Bibleprinted in Roman type instead of the ancient black letter, the firstwhich recognized the division into verses, and the first whichommited the Apocrypha. In form it was a small quarto, and soonsuperseded the large folio of Cranmer's translation. Called alsoGenevan Bible.-- Geneva convention (Mil.), an agreement made by representatives ofthe great continental powers at Geneva and signed in 1864,establishing new and more humane regulation regarding the treatmentof the sick and wounded and the status of those who minister to themin war. Ambulances and military hospitals are made neutral, and thiscondition affects physicians, chaplains, nurses, and the ambulancecorps. Great Britain signed the convention in 1865.-- Geneva cross (Mil.), a red Greek cross on a white ground; -- theflag and badge adopted in the Geneva convention."
"GENEVAN","Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevese."
"GENEVANISM","Strict Calvinism. Bp. Montagu."
"GENEVESE","Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevan.-- n. sing. & pl."
"GENIAL","Same as Genian."
"GENIALITY","The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmthof disposition and manners."
"GENIALNESS","The quality of being genial."
"GENIAN","Of or pertaining to the chin; mental; as, the genianprominence."
"GENICULATE","Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, ageniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal."
"GENICULATED","Same as Geniculate."
"GENIE","See Genius."
"GENIO","A man of a particular turn of mind. [R.] Tatler."
"GENIOHYOID","Of or pertaining to the chin and hyoid bone; as, the geniohyoidmuscle."
"GENIPAP","The edible fruit of a West Indian tree (Genipa Americana) ofthe order Rubiace\u00e6. It is oval in shape, as a large as a smallorange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice."
"GENISTA","A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe."
"GENITAL","Pertaining to generation, or to the generative organs. Genitalcord (Anat.), a cord developed in the fetus by the union of portionsof the Wolffian and M\u00fcllerian ducts and giving rise to parts of theurogenital passages in both sexes."
"GENITALS","The organs of generation; the sexual organs; the private parts."
"GENITING","A species of apple that ripens very early. Bacon."
"GENITIVAL","Possessing genitive from; pertaining to, or derived from, thegenitive case; as, a genitival adverb.-- Gen`i*ti'val*ly, adv."
"GENITIVE","Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin andGreek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds tothe possessive case in English."
"GENITOCRURAL","Pertaining to the genital organs and the thigh; -- appliedespecially to one of the lumbar nerves."
"GENITOR","The genitals. [Obs.] Holland."
"GENITOURINARY","See Urogenital."
"GENITURE","Generation; procreation; birth. Dryden."
"GENOA CAKE","A rich glazed cake, with almonds, pistachios, filberts, orother nuts; also, a rich currant cake with almonds on the top."
"GENOESE","Of or pertaining to Genoa, a city of Italy.-- n. sing. & pl."
"GENOUILLERE","A metal plate covering the knee."
"GENRE","A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, whichillustrates everyday life and manners."
"GENS","A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. Itincludes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem."
"GENTEELISH","Somewhat genteel."
"GENTEELLY","In a genteel manner."
"GENTEELNESS","The quality of being genteel."
"GENTIAN","Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants withopposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usuallyblue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of Capsule."
"GENTIANACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Gentianace\u00e6) ofwhich the gentian is the type."
"GENTIANELLA","A kind of blue color. Johnson."
"GENTIANIC","Pertaining to or derived from the gentian; as, gentianic acid."
"GENTIANINE","A bitter, crystallizable substance obtained from gentian."
"GENTIANOSE","A crystallizable, sugarlike substance, with a slightly sweetishtaste, obtained from the gentian."
"GENTIL","Gentle. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GENTILE","One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian;a worshiper of false gods; a heathen."
"GENTILE-FALCON","See Falcon-gentil."
"GENTILESSE","Gentleness; courtesy; kindness; nobility. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GENTILISH","Heathenish; pagan."
"GENTILIZE","To render gentile or gentlemanly; as, to gentilize yourunworthy sones. [R.] Sylvester."
"GENTILLY","In a gentle or hoble manner; frankly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GENTIOPIKRIN","A bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as aglucoside, and obtained from the gentian."
"GENTISIN","A tasteless, yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from thegentian; -- called also gentianin."
"GENTLE","A dipterous larva used as fish bait."
"GENTLE-HEARTED","Having a kind or gentle disposition. Shak.-- Gen'tle-heart`ed*ness, n."
"GENTLEMAN","One who bears arms, but has no title."
"GENTLEMANHOOD","The qualities or condition of a gentleman. [R.] Thackeray."
"GENTLEMANLINESS","The state of being gentlemanly; gentlemanly conduct or manners."
"GENTLEMANSHIP","The carriage or quality of a gentleman."
"GENTLENESS","The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild,benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners,disposition, etc.; mildness."
"GENTLESHIP","The deportment or conduct of a gentleman. [Obs.] Ascham."
"GENTLESSE","Gentilesse; gentleness. [Obs.]"
"GENTLY","In a gentle manner.My mistress gently chides the fault I made. Dryden."
"GENTOO","A native of Hindostan; a Hindoo. [Archaic]"
"GENTY","Neat; trim. [Scot.] Burns."
"GENUFLECT","To bend the knee, as in worship."
"GENUFLECTION","The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship. Bp.Stillingfleet."
"GENUINE","Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native;hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic;real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production;genuine materials. 'True, genuine night.' Dryden."
"GENUS","A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; aclass more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactlydivided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts ofterms."
"GENYS","See Conys."
"GEOCENTRICALLY","In a geocentric manner."
"GEOCHEMISTRY","The study of the chemical composition of, and of actual orpossible chemical changes in, the crust of the earth. --Ge`o*chem'ic*al (#), a. --Ge`o*chem'ist (#), n."
"GEOCRONITE","A lead-gray or grayish blue mineral with a metallic luster,consisting of sulphur, antimony, and lead, with a small proportion ofarsenic."
"GEODEPHAGOUS","Living in the earth; -- applied to the ground beetles."
"GEODESIC","A geodetic line or curve."
"GEODESIST","One versed in geodesy."
"GEODESY","That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by meansof observations and measurements, the figures and areas of largeportions of the earth's surface, or the general figure anddimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which thecurvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys ofStates, or of long lines of coast."
"GEODETICALLY","In a geodetic manner; according to geodesy."
"GEODETICS","Same as Geodesy."
"GEODIFEROUS","Producing geodes; containing geodes."
"GEODUCK","A gigantic clam (Glycimeris generosa) of the Pacific coast ofNorth America, highly valued as an article of food."
"GEOGNOSIS","Knowledge of the earth. [R.] G. Eliot."
"GEOGNOST","One versed in geognosy; a geologist. [R.]"
"GEOGNOSY","That part of geology which treats of the materials of theearth's structure, and its general exterior and interiorconstitution."
"GEOGONY","The branch of science which treats of the formation of theearth."
"GEOGRAPHER","One versed in geography."
"GEOGRAPHICALLY","In a geographical manner or method; according to geography."
"GEOLATRY","The worship of the earth. G. W. Cox. The Geological Series."
"GEOLOGICALLY","In a geological manner."
"GEOLOGIST","One versed in the science of geology."
"GEOLOGIZE","To study geology or make geological investigations in thefield; to discourse as a geologist.During midsummer geologized a little in Shropshire. Darwin."
"GEOMALISM","The tendency of an organism to respond, during its growth, tothe force of gravitation."
"GEOMANCER","One who practices, or is versed in, geomancy."
"GEOMANCY","A kind of divination by means of figures or lines, formed bylittle dots or points, originally on the earth, and latterly onpaper."
"GEOMETER","Any species of geometrid moth; a geometrid."
"GEOMETRAL","Pertaining to geometry. [Obs.]"
"GEOMETRICALLY","According to the rules or laws of geometry."
"GEOMETRICIAN","One skilled in geometry; a geometer; a mathematician."
"GEOMETRID","Pertaining or belonging to the Geometrid\u00e6."
"GEOMETRIZE","To investigate or apprehend geometrical quantities or laws; tomake geometrical constructions; to proceed in accordance with theprinciples of geometry.Nature geometrizeth, and observeth order in all things. Sir T.Browne."
"GEOPHAGISM","The act or habit of eating earth. See Dirt eating, under Dirt.Dunglison."
"GEOPHAGIST","One who eats earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc."
"GEOPHAGOUS","Earth-eating."
"GEOPHILA","The division of Mollusca which includes the land snails andslugs."
"GEOPONICS","The art or science of cultivating the earth; agriculture.Evelin."
"GEORAMA","A hollow globe on the inner surface of which a map of the worldis depicted, to be examined by one standing inside."
"GEORDIE","A name given by miners to George Stephenson's safety lamp.Raymond."
"GEORGE NOBLE","A gold noble of the time of Henry VIII. See Noble, n."
"GEORGIAN","A native of, or dweller in, Georgia."
"GEORGIAN ARCHITECTURE","British or British colonial architecture of the period of thefour Georges, especially that of the period before 1800."
"GEORGIC","A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containingrules for cultivating lands, etc.; as, the Georgics of Virgil."
"GEORGIUM SIDUS","The planet Uranus, so named by its discoverer, Sir W. Herschel."
"GEOSCOPY","Knowledge of the earth, ground, or soil, obtained byinspection. Chambers."
"GEOSELENIC","Pertaining to the earth and moon; belonging to the joint actionor mutual relations of the earth and moon; as, geoselenic phenomena."
"GEOSTATIC","Relating to the pressure exerted by earth or similar substance.Geostatic arch, an arch having a form adapted to sustain pressuresimilar to that exerted by earth. Rankine."
"GEOSYNCLINAL","the downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, whichallows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms thefirst step in the making of a mountain range; -- opposed togeanticlinal."
"GEOTHERMOMETER","A thermometer specially constructed for measuring tempereturesat a depth below the surface of the ground."
"GEOTIC","Belonging to earth; terrestrial. [Obs.] Bailey."
"GEOTROPIC","Relating to, or showing, geotropism."
"GEOTROPISM","A disposition to turn or incline towards the earth; theinfluence of gravity in determining the direction of growth of anorgan."
"GEPHYREA","An order of marine Annelida, in which the body is imperfectly,or not at all, annulated externally, and is mostly without set\u00e6."
"GEPHYREAN","Belonging to the Gephyrea.-- n. One of the Gerphyrea."
"GEPHYREOID","Gephyrean."
"GEPOUND","See Gipoun. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GERAH","A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel."
"GERANIACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order of pants (Geraniace\u00e6) whichincludes the genera Geranium, Pelargonium, and many others."
"GERANIUM","A genus of plants having a beaklike tours or receptacle, aroundwhich the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, orstipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and apungent odor. Called sometimes crane's-bill."
"GERANT","The manager or acting partner of a company, joint-stockassociation, etc."
"GERBE","A kind of ornamental firework. Farrow."
"GERBOA","The jerboa."
"GERE","Gear. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GERENT","Bearing; carrying. [Obs.] Bailey."
"GERFALCON","See Gyrfalcon."
"GERFUL","Changeable; capricious. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GERLIND","A salmon returning from the sea the second time. [Prov. Eng.]"
"GERM","That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of afetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form underwhich an organism appears.In the entire process in which a new being originates . . . twodistinct classes of action participate; namely, the act of generationby which the germ is produced; and the act of development, by whichthat germ is evolved into the complete organism. Carpenter."
"GERM CELL","A cell, of either sex, directly concerned in the production ofa new organism."
"GERM PLASM","See Plasmogen, and Idioplasm."
"GERM THEORY","The theory that living organisms can be produced only by thedevelopment of living germs. Cf. Biogenesis, Abiogenesis."
"GERMAIN","See Germane."
"GERMAN","Nearly related; closely akin.Wert thou a leopard, thou wert german to the lion. Shak.Brother german. See Brother german.-- Cousins german. See the Note under Cousin."
"GERMANDER","A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp. Teucrium Cham\u00e6drys or wallgermander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs. American germander,Teucrium Canadense.-- Germander chickweed, Veronica agrestis.-- Water germander, Teucrium Scordium.-- Wood germander, Teucrium Scorodonia."
"GERMANE","Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate orfitting; relevant.The phrase would be more germane to the matter. Shak.[An amendment] must be germane. Barclay (Digest)."
"GERMANIC","Pertaining to, or containing, germanium."
"GERMANIUM","A rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore(argyrodite) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white metal,chemically intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, resemblestin, and is in general identical with the predicted ekasilicon.Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3."
"GERMANIZATION","The act of Germanizing. M. Arnold."
"GERMANIZE","To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, toGermanize a province, a language, a society."
"GERMARIUM","An organ in which the ova are developed in certain Turbellaria."
"GERMEN","See Germ."
"GERMICIDAL","Germicide."
"GERMICIDE","Destructive to germs; -- applied to any agent which has adestructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, orbacterial germs, which are considered the cause of many infectiousdiseases.-- n."
"GERMINAL","Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle.Germinal layers (Biol.), the two layers of cells, the ectoblast andentoblast, which form respectively the outer covering and inner wallof the gastrula. A third layer of cells, the mesoblast, which isformed later and lies between these two, is sometimes included.-- Germinal membrane. (Biol.) Same as Blastoderm.-- Germinal spot (Biol.), the nucleolus of the ovum.-- Germinal vesicle, (Biol.) , the nucleus of the ovum of animals."
"GERMINANT","Sprouting; sending forth germs or buds."
"GERMINATE","To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plantor its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ. Bacon."
"GERMINATION","The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation orgrowth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, eitheranimal or vegetable. Germination apparatus, an apparatus for maltinggrain."
"GERMINATIVE","Pertaining to germination; having power to bud or develop.Germinative spot, Germinative vesicle. (Biol.) Same as Germinal spot,Germinal vesicle, under Germinal."
"GERMIPARITY","Reproduction by means of germs."
"GERMLESS","Without germs."
"GERMULE","A small germ."
"GERN","To grin or yawn. [Obs.] '[/He] gaped like a gulf when he didgern.' Spenser."
"GERNER","A garner. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GEROCOMIA","See Gerocomy."
"GEROCOMICAL","Pertaining to gerocomy. Dr. John Smith."
"GEROCOMY","That part of medicine which treats of regimen for old people."
"GERONTES","Magistrates in Sparta, who with the ephori and kings,constituted the supreme civil authority."
"GERONTOCRACY","Government by old men. [R.] Gladstone."
"GEROPIGIA","A mixture composed of unfermented grape juice, brandy, sugar,etc., for adulteration of wines. [Written also jerupigia.]"
"GERRYMANDER","To divide (a State) into districts for the choice ofrepresentatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to givea political party an advantage over its opponent. [Political Cant, U.S.]"
"GERUND","A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denotingpurpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, 'Ic h\u00e6bbemete t\u00f4 etanne' (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name hasbeen applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting atransitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone."
"GERUNDIAL","Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use."
"GERUNDIVE","Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund;gerundial.-- n. (Lat. Gram.)"
"GERUNDIVELY","In the manner of a gerund; as, or in place of, a gerund."
"GERY","Changeable; fickle. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GESLING","A gosling. [Prov. Eng.]"
"GESSE","To guess. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GESSO DURO","A variety of gesso which when dried becomes hard and durable,often used in making bas-relief casts, which are colored and mountedin elaborate frames."
"GEST","A guest. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GESTANT","Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant. [R.] 'Clouds gestantwith heat.' Mrs. Browning."
"GESTE","To tell stories or gests. [Obs.]"
"GESTICULATE","To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.Sir T. Herbert."
"GESTICULATOR","One who gesticulates."
"GESTICULATORY","Representing by, or belonging to, gestures. T. Warton."
"GESTOUR","A reciter of gests or legendary tales; a story-teller. [Obs.]Minstrels and gestours for to tell tales. Chaucer."
"GESTURAL","Relating to gesture."
"GESTURE","To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action; togesticulate.It is not orderly read, nor gestured as beseemeth. Hooker."
"GESTURELESS","Free from gestures."
"GESTUREMENT","Act of making gestures; gesturing. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"GET","Jet, the mineral. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GET-PENNY","Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair.[Colloq.] Chapman."
"GET-UP","General composition or structure; manner in which the parts ofa thing are combined; make-up; style of dress, etc. [Colloq.] H.Kingsley."
"GETEN","p. p. of Get. Chaucer."
"GETH","the original third pers. sing. pres. of Go. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GETTABLE","That may be obtained. [R.]"
"GETTER","One who gets, gains, obtains, acquires, begets, or procreates."
"GETTERUP","One who contrives, makes, or arranges for, anything, as a book,a machine, etc. [Colloq.]A diligent getter-up of miscellaneous works. W. Irving."
"GEUSDISM","The Marxian socialism and programme of reform throughrevolution as advocated by the French political leader Jules BasileGuesde (pron. ged) (1845- ). -- Guesd'ist (#), n. & a."
"GEWGAW","A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty butworthless bauble.A heavy gewgaw called a crown. Dryden."
"GEYSER","A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jetsof water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam."
"GEYSERITE","A loose hydrated form of silica, a variety of opal, depositedin concretionary cauliflowerlike masses, around some hot springs andgeysers."
"GHARRY","Any wheeled cart or carriage. [India]"
"GHAST","To strike aghast; to affright. [Obs.]Ghasted by the noise I made. Full suddenly he fled. Shak."
"GHASTFUL","Fit to make one aghast; dismal. [Obs.] -- Ghast'ful*ly, adv."
"GHASTLINESS","The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look."
"GHASTLY","In a ghastly manner; hideously.Staring full ghastly like a strangled man. Shak."
"GHASTNESS","Ghastliness. [Obs.] Shak."
"GHAWAZI","Egyptian dancing girls, of a lower sort than the almeh."
"GHAZI","Among Mohammedans, a warrior champion or veteran, esp. in thedestruction of infidels."
"GHEE","Butter clarified by boiling, and thus converted into a kind ofoil. [India] Malcom."
"GHERKIN","A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles."
"GHESS","See Guess. [Obs.]"
"GHETTO","The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city.I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. Evelyn."
"GHIBELLINE","One of a faction in Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries,which favored the German emperors, and opposed the Guelfs, oradherents of the poses. Brande & C."
"GHOLE","See Ghoul."
"GHOST","To die; to expire. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"GHOST DANCE","A religious dance of the North American Indians, participatedin by both sexes, and looked upon as a rite of invocation the purposeof which is, through trance and vision, to bring the dancer intocommunion with the unseen world and the spirits of departed friends.The dance is the chief rite of the Ghost-dance, or Messiah, religion,which originated about 1890 in the doctrines of the Piute Wovoka, theIndian Messiah, who taught that the time was drawing near when thewhole Indian race, the dead with the living, should be reunited tolive a life of millennial happiness upon a regenerated earth. Thereligion inculcates peace, righteousness, and work, and holds that ingood time, without warlike intervention, the oppressive white rulewill be removed by the higher powers. The religion spread through amajority of the western tribes of the United States, only in the caseof the Sioux, owing to local causes, leading to an outbreak."
"GHOSTFISH","A pale ubspotted variety of the wrymouth."
"GHOSTLESS","Without life or spirit. [R.]"
"GHOSTLIKE","Like a ghost; ghastly."
"GHOSTLINESS","The quality of being ghostly."
"GHOSTLY","Spiritually; mystically. Chaucer."
"GHOSTOLOGY","Ghost lore. [R.]It seemed even more unaccountable than if it had been a thing ofghostology and witchcraft. Hawthorne."
"GHOUL","An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which wassupposed to feed upon human bodies. [Written also ghole .] Moore."
"GHOULISH","Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike."
"GHYLL","A ravine. See Gill a woody glen. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]Wordsworth."
"GIALLOLINO","A term variously employed by early writers on art, thoughcommonly designating the yellow oxide of lead, or massicot. Fairholt."
"GIAMBEUX","Greaves; armor for the legs. [Obs.] Spenser."
"GIANT","Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as,giant brothers; a giant son. Giant cell. (Anat.) See Myeloplax.-- Giant clam (Zo\u00f6l.), a bivalve shell of the genus Tridacna, esp.T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimesused in churches to contain holy water.-- Giant heron (Zo\u00f6l.), a very large African heron (Ardeomegagoliath). It is the largest heron known.-- Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found inNorway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole.-- Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin.-- Giant puffball (Bot.), a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum), ediblewhen young, and when dried used for stanching wounds.-- Giant salamander (Zo\u00f6l.), a very large aquatic salamander(Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the largest ofliving Amphibia, becoming a yard long.-- Giant squid (Zo\u00f6l.), one of several species of very large squids,belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feetlong."
"GIANTESS","A woman of extraordinary size."
"GIANTIZE","To play the giant. [R.] Sherwood."
"GIANTLY","Appropriate to a giant. [Obs.] Usher."
"GIANTRY","The race of giants. [R.] Cotgrave."
"GIANTSHIP","The state, personality, or character, of a giant; -- acompellation for a giant.His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen. Milton."
"GIAOUR","An infidel; -- a term applied by Turks to disbelievers in theMohammedan religion, especially Christrians. Byron."
"GIB","A male cat; a tomcat. [Obs.]"
"GIB BOOM","See Jib boom."
"GIB-CAT","A male cat, esp. an old one. See lst Gib. n. [Obs.] Shak."
"GIBARO","The offspring of a Spaniard and an Indian; a Spanish-Indianmestizo. [Sp. Amer.]"
"GIBBARTAS","One of several finback whales of the North Atlantic; -- calledalso Jupiter whale. [Written also jubartas, gubertas, dubertus.]"
"GIBBER","A balky horse. Youatt."
"GIBBERISH","Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaningwords; jargon.He, like a gypsy, oftentimes would go; All kinds of gibberish he hadlearnt to known. Drayton.Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with.Hawthorne."
"GIBBIER","Wild fowl; game. [Obs.] Addison."
"GIBBON","Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many speciesand varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They aretailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adaptedfor climbing."
"GIBBOSE","Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one ormore large elevations. Brande & C."
"GIBBOSTITY","The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness."
"GIBBSITE","A hydrate of alumina."
"GIBE","To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to uttertaunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. Swift."
"GIBEL","A kind of carp (Cyprinus gibelio); -- called also Prussiancarp."
"GIBER","One who utters gibes. B. Jonson."
"GIBFISH","The male of the salmon. [Prov. Eng.] Wright."
"GIBINGLY","In a gibing manner; scornfully."
"GIBLET","Made of giblets; as, a giblet pie."
"GIBLETS","The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart, gizzard, liver, etc.),of poultry."
"GID","A disease of sheep, characterized by vertigo; the staggers. Itis caused by the presence of the CC."
"GIDDILY","In a giddy manner."
"GIDDINESS","The quality or state of being giddy."
"GIDDY","To reel; to whirl. Chapman."
"GIDDY-HEAD","A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment.[Colloq.] Burton."
"GIDDY-HEADED","Thoughtless; unsteady."
"GIDDY-PACED","Moving irregularly; flighty; fickle. [R.] Shak."
"GIE","To guide. See Gye . [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GIER-EAGLE","A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17)as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)."
"GIER-FALCON","The gyrfalcon."
"GIESECKITE","A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having agreasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after el\u00e6olite."
"GIF","If. [Obs.]"
"GIFFARD INJECTOR","See under Injector."
"GIFFGAFF","Mutial accommodation; mutual giving. [Scot.]"
"GIFFY","See Jiffy."
"GIFT","A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without anyconsideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case ofpersonal property, by an actual delivery of possession. Bouvier.Burrill. Gift rope (Naut), a rope extended to a boat for towing it; aguest rope."
"GIFTEDNESS","The state of being gifted. Echard."
"GIG","A fiddle. [Obs.]"
"GIGANTEAN","Like a giant; mighty; gigantic. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"GIGANTESQUE","Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.The sort of mock-heroic gigantesque With which we bantered littleLilia first. Tennyson."
"GIGANTICAL","Bulky, big. [Obs.] Burton.-- Gi*gan'tic*al*ly, adv."
"GIGANTICIDE","The act of killing, or one who kills, a giant. Hallam."
"GIGANTINE","Gigantic. [Obs.] Bullokar."
"GIGANTOLOGY","An account or description of giants."
"GIGANTOMACHY","A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giantsagainst heaven."
"GIGERIUM","The muscular stomach, or gizzard, of birds."
"GIGGET","Same as Gigot.Cut the slaves to giggets. Beau. & Fl."
"GIGGLE","To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh ina light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity.Giggling and laughing with all their might At the piteous hap of thefairy wight. J. R. Drake."
"GIGGLER","One who giggles or titters."
"GIGGLY","Prone to giggling. Carlyle."
"GIGGOT","See Gigot. [Obs.] Chapman."
"GIGGYNG","The act of fastending the gige or leather strap to the shield.[Obs.] 'Gigging of shields.' Chaucer."
"GIGLOT","Giddi; light; inconstant; wanton. [Obs.] 'O giglot fortune!'Shak."
"GIGUE","A piece of lively dance music, in two strains which arerepeated; also, the dance."
"GILA MONSTER","A large tuberculated lizard (Heloderma suspectum) native of thedry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard knownto have venomous teeth."
"GILDALE","A drinking bout in which every one pays an equal share. [Obs.]"
"GILDEN","Gilded. Holland."
"GILDER","One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold."
"GILE","Guile. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GILL","An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills. Ray."
"GILL-FLIRT","A thoughtless, giddy girl; a flirt-gill. Sir W. Scott."
"GILLHOUSE","A shop where gill is sold.Thee shall each alehouse, thee each gillhouse mourn. Pope."
"GILLIAN","A girl; esp., a wanton; a gill. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"GILOUR","A guiler; deceiver. [Obs.]"
"GILSE","See Grilse."
"GILT","A female pig, when young."
"GILTHEAD","A marine fish. The name is applied to two species:(a) The Pagrus, or Chrysophrys, auratus, a valuable food fish commonin the Mediterranean (so named from its golden-colored head); --called also giltpoll.(b) The Crenilabrus melops, of the British coasts; -- called alsogolden maid, conner, sea partridge."
"GILTIF","Guilty. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GILTTAIL","A yellow-tailed worm or larva."
"GIM","Neat; spruce. [Prov.]"
"GIMBLET","See Gimlet."
"GIMCRACK","A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.Arbuthnot."
"GIMLET","A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, agrooved body, and a cross handle. Gimlet eye, a squint-eye. [Colloq.]Wright."
"GIMMAL","Made or consisting of interlocked rings, gimmal mail.In their pale dull mouths the gimmal bit Lies foul with chewed grass.Shak.Gimmal joint. See Gimbal joint, under Gimbal."
"GIMP","Smart; spruce; trim; nice. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"GIN","Against; near by; towards; as, gin night. [Scot.] A. Ross(1778)."
"GING","Same as Gang, n., 2. [Obs.]There is a knot, a ging, a pack, a conspiracy against me. Shak."
"GINGAL","See Jingal."
"GINGER","A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. Thespecies most known is Z. officinale."
"GINGERBREAD","A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimesmade in fanciful shapes. 'Gingerbread that was full fine.' Chaucer.Gingerbread tree (Bot.), the doom palm; -- so called from theresemblance of its fruit to gingerbread. See Doom Palm.-- Gingerbread work, ornamentation, in architecture or decoration,of a fantastic, trivial, or tawdry character."
"GINGERLY","Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily.What is't that you took up so gingerly Shak."
"GINGERNESS","Cautiousness; tenderness."
"GINGHAM","A kind of cotton or linen cloth, usually in stripes or checks,the yarn of which is dyed before it is woven; -- distinguished fromprinted cotton or prints."
"GINGING","The lining of a mine shaft with stones or bricks to preventcaving."
"GINGIVAL","Of or pertaining to the gums. Holder."
"GINGLE","See Jingle."
"GINGLYFORM","Ginglymoid."
"GINGLYMODI","An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes andmany allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, aheterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins,and a bony skeleton, with the vertebr\u00e6 convex in front and concavebehind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel."
"GINGLYMUS","A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion andextension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and theankle."
"GINHOUSE","A building where cotton is ginned."
"GINKGO","A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan,belonging to the Yew suborder of Conifer\u00e6. Its leaves are so likethose of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the maidenhairtree."
"GINNEE","See Jinnee."
"GINNET","See Genet, a horse."
"GINNING","Beginning. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GINNY-CARRIAGE","A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad.[Eng.]"
"GINSENG","A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valuedas a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng)has become so rare that the American (A. quinquefolia) has largelytaken its place, and its root is now an article of export fromAmerica to China. The root, when dry, is of a yellowish white color,with a sweetness in the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice,combined with a slight aromatic bitterness."
"GINSHOP","A shop or barroom where gin is sold as a beverage. [Colloq.]"
"GIP","To take out the entrails of (herrings)."
"GIPOUN","A short cassock. [Written also gepoun, gypoun, jupon, juppon.][Obs.]"
"GIPSY","See Gypsy."
"GIPSYISM","See Gypsyism."
"GIRAFFE","An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to thedeers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; thecamelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feetfrom the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and itsfore legs are much longer than its hind legs."
"GIRANDOLE","A kind of revolving firework."
"GIRD","To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severesarcasms.Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me. Shak."
"GIRDER","One who girds; a satirist."
"GIRDING","That with which one is girded; a girdle.Instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth. Is. iii. 24."
"GIRDLE","A griddle. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]"
"GIRDLER","An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which laysits eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch bygnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable foodfor the larv\u00e6."
"GIRE","See Gyre."
"GIRKIN","See Gherkin."
"GIRL","A roebuck two years old. [Prov. Eng.]"
"GIRLHOOD","State or time of being a girl."
"GIRLISH","Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining togirlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways;girlish grief.-- Girl'ish*ly, adv.-- Girl'ish*ness, n."
"GIRLOND","A garland; a prize. [Obs.] Chapman."
"GIRN","To grin. [Obs.]"
"GIRONDIST","A member of the moderate republican party formed in the Frenchlegislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called becausetheir leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde."
"GIRROCK","A garfish. Johnson."
"GIRT","imp. & p. p. of Gird."
"GIRTH","To bind as with a girth. [R.] Johnson."
"GIRTLINE","A gantline. Hammock girtline, a line rigged for hanging outhammocks to dry."
"GISARM","A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long sharppoint, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers."
"GISE","To feed or pasture. [Obs.]"
"GISLE","A pledge. [Obs.] Bp. Gibson."
"GIT","See Geat."
"GITE","A gown. [Obs.]She came often in a gite of red. Chaucer."
"GITH","The corn cockle; also anciently applied to the Nigella, orfennel flower."
"GITTERN","An instrument like a guitar. 'Harps, lutes, and giternes.'Chaucer."
"GITTITH","A musical instrument, of unknown character, supposed by some tohave been used by the people of Gath, and thence obtained by David.It is mentioned in the title of Psalms viii., lxxxi., and lxxxiv. Dr.W. Smith."
"GIUST","Same as Joust. Spenser."
"GIUSTO","In just, correct, or suitable time."
"GIVE","To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as apremise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive formgiven."
"GIVEN","p. p. & a. from Give, v."
"GIVER","One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who impartsor distributes.It is the giver, and not the gift, that engrosses the heart of theChristian. Kollock."
"GIVES","Fetters."
"GIZZARD","The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which thefood is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandularstomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium."
"GLABELLA","The space between the eyebrows, also including thecorresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon.-- Gla*bel'lar, a."
"GLABELLUM","The median, convex lobe of the head of a trilobite. SeeTrilobite."
"GLABRATE","Becoming smooth or glabrous from age. Gray."
"GLABRITY","Smoothness; baldness. [R.]"
"GLABROUS","Smooth; having a surface without hairs or any unevenness."
"GLACE","Coated with icing; iced; glazed; -- said of fruits, sweetmeats,cake, etc."
"GLACIAL","Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or aceticacids. Glacial acid (Chem.), an acid of such strength or purity as tocrystallize at an ordinary temperature, in an icelike form; as aceticor carbolic acid.-- Glacial drift (Geol.), earth and rocks which have beentransported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs; bowlder drift.-- Glacial epoch or period (Geol.), a period during which theclimate of the modern temperate regions was polar, and ice coveredlarge portions of the northern hemisphere to the mountain tops.-- Glacial theory or hypothesis. (Geol.) See Glacier theory, underGlacier."
"GLACIALIST","One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, toglaciers."
"GLACIATE","To turn to ice."
"GLACIER","An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region ofperpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, asin the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland."
"GLACIOUS","Pertaining to, consisting of or resembling, ice; icy. Sir T.Browne."
"GLACIS","A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially(Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered waytoward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin)."
"GLAD","To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. Chaucer.That which gladded all the warrior train. Dryden.Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man. Pope."
"GLADDEN","To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; toexhilarate.A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him. Addison."
"GLADDER","One who makes glad. Chaucer."
"GLADEN","Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. theEuropean Iris foetidissima. [Written also gladwyn, gladdon, andglader.]"
"GLADEYE","The European yellow-hammer."
"GLADFUL","Full of gladness; joyful; glad. [R.] -- Glad'ful*ness, n. [R.]Spenser.It followed him with gladful glee. Spenser."
"GLADIATE","Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of theiris, or of the gladiolus."
"GLADIATOR","Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants ingeneral."
"GLADIATORISM","The art or practice of a gladiator."
"GLADIATORSHIP","Conduct, state, or art, of a gladiator."
"GLADIATORY","Gladiatorial. [R.]"
"GLADIATURE","Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest. Gayton."
"GLADIOLE","A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also cornflag."
"GLADIOLUS","A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate leaves, andincluding many species, some of which are cultivated and valued forthe beauty of their flowers; the corn flag; the sword lily."
"GLADIUS","The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids."
"GLADNESS","State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction;cheerfulness.They . . . did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart.Acts ii. 46."
"GLADSHIP","A state of gladness. [Obs.] Gower."
"GLADSTONE","A four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats, calashtop, and seats for driver and footman."
"GLADWYN","See Gladen."
"GLAIR","To smear with the white of an egg."
"GLAIRE","See Glair."
"GLAIREOUS","Glairy; covered with glair."
"GLAIRIN","A glairy viscous substance, which forms on the surface ofcertain mineral waters, or covers the sides of their inclosures; --called also baregin."
"GLAIRY","Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair;viscous and transparent; slimy. Wiseman."
"GLAMA","A copious gummy secretion of the humor of the eyelids, inconsequence of some disorder; blearedness; lippitude."
"GLAMOURIE","Glamour. [Scot.]"
"GLANCE","A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which havea brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copperglance. Glance coal, anthracite; a mineral composed chiefly ofcarbon.-- Glance cobalt, cobaltite, or gray cobalt.-- Glance copper, c -- Glance wood, a hard wood grown in Cuba, andused for gauging instruments, carpenters' rules, etc. McElrath."
"GLANCINGLY","In a glancing manner; transiently; incidentally; indirectly.Hakewill."
"GLAND","The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing iscompressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffingbox, under Stuffing."
"GLANDAGE","A feeding on nuts or mast. [Obs.] Crabb."
"GLANDERED","Affected with glanders; as, a glandered horse. Yu"
"GLANDEROUS","Of or pertaining to glanders; of the nature of glanders.Youatt."
"GLANDERS","A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses,asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of stickymatter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glandsbeneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats,sheep, and to human beings."
"GLANDIFEROUS","Bearing acorns or other nuts; as, glandiferous trees."
"GLANDIFORM","Having the form of a gland or nut; resembling a gland."
"GLANDULAR","Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands;pertaining to glands."
"GLANDULATION","The situation and structure of the secretory vessels in plants.Martyn.Glandulation respects the secretory vessels, which are eitherglandules, follicles, or utricles. J. Lee."
"GLANDULE","A small gland or secreting vessel."
"GLANDULIFEROUS","Bearing glandules."
"GLANDULOSE","Same as Glandulous."
"GLANDULOSITY","Quality of being glandulous; a collection of glands. [R.] SirT. Browne."
"GLANDULOUS","Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands;resembling glands."
"GLANS","The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis, and theextremity of the clitoris."
"GLARE","To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.Every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire. Milton."
"GLAREOUS","Glairy. John Georgy (1766)."
"GLARING","Clear; notorious; open and bold; barefaced; as, a glaringcrime.-- Glar'ing*ly, adv."
"GLARY","Of a dazzling luster; glaring; bright; shining; smooth.Bright, crystal glass is glary. Boyle."
"GLASS","Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and aconchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion."
"GLASS-CRAB","The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and alliedgenera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, andtransparency. See Phyllosoma."
"GLASS-FACED","Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another. [R.] 'Theglass-faced flatterer.' Shak."
"GLASS-GAZING","Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical.[Poetic] Shak."
"GLASS-ROPE","A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, firstbrought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle oflong and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together."
"GLASS-SNAIL","A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina."
"GLASS-SNAKE","A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of theSouthern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the taileasily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of threefeet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the OldWorld."
"GLASS-SPONGE","A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera;-- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called alsovitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella."
"GLASSEN","Glassy; glazed. [Obs.]And pursues the dice with glassen eyes. B. Jonson."
"GLASSEYE","A fish of the great lakes; the wall-eyed pike."
"GLASSFUL","The contents of a glass; as much of anything as a glass willhold."
"GLASSHOUSE","A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals inglassware."
"GLASSILY","So as to resemble glass."
"GLASSINESS","The quality of being glassy."
"GLASSITE","A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century byJohn Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, whotaught that justifying faith is 'no more than a simple assent to thedivine testimone passively recived by the understanding.' The Englishand American adherents of this faith are called Sandemanians, afterRobert Sandeman, the son-in-law and disciple of Glass."
"GLASSWARE","Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass."
"GLASSWORK","Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass."
"GLASSWORT","A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea),with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the samefamily (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of theashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap."
"GLASTONBURY THORN","A variety of the common hawthorn. Loudon."
"GLASYNGE","Glazing or glass. [Obs.]"
"GLAUBERITE","A mineral, consisting of the sulphates of soda and lime."
"GLAUCESCENT","Having a somewhat glaucous appearance or nature; becomingglaucous."
"GLAUCIC","Of or pertaining to the Glaucium or horned poppy; -- formerlyapplied to an acid derived from it, now known to be fumaric acid."
"GLAUCINE","Glaucous or glaucescent."
"GLAUCODOT","A metallic mineral having a grayish tin-white color, andcontaining cobalt and iron, with sulphur and arsenic."
"GLAUCOMA","Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution oftransparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media ofthe eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with markedincrease of tension within the eyeball."
"GLAUCOMATOUS","Having the nature of glaucoma."
"GLAUCOMETER","See Gleucometer."
"GLAUCONITE","The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of the chalkand other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and potash.See Greensand."
"GLAUCOPHANE","A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to amphibole. It ischaracteristic of certain crystalline rocks."
"GLAUCOSIS","Same as Glaucoma."
"GLAUCOUS","Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbedoff, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf. Gray."
"GLAUCUS","A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmerlatitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifullycolored with blue and silvery white."
"GLAUM","To grope with the hands, as in the dark. [Scot.] To glaum at,to grasp or snatch at; to aspire to.Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three. Burns."
"GLAVE","See Glaive."
"GLAVERER","A flatterer. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag."
"GLAYMORE","A claymore. Johnson."
"GLAZE","To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent color to(another color), to modify the effect."
"GLAZEN","Resembling glass; glasslike; glazed. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"GLAZIER","One whose business is to set glass. Glazier's diamond. Seeunder Diamond."
"GLAZING","Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed thinly overother colors, to modify the effect."
"GLAZY","Having a glazed appearance; -- said of the fractured surface ofsome kinds of pin iron."
"GLEAD","A live coal. See Gleed. [Archaic]"
"GLEAM","To disgorge filth, as a hawk."
"GLEAMY","Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing;coruscating.In brazed arms, that cast a gleamy ray, Swift through the town thewarrior bends his way. Pope."
"GLEAN","A collection made by gleaning.The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs. Dryden."
"GLEANING","The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected bygleaning.Glenings of natural knowledge. Cook."
"GLEBA","The chambered sporogenous tissue forming the central mass ofthe sporophore in puff balls, stinkhorns, etc."
"GLEBE","The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church orecclesiastical benefice."
"GLEBELESS","Having no glebe."
"GLEBOSITY","The quality of being glebous. [R.]"
"GLEDE","The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is alsosometimes applied to the buzzard. [Written also glead, gled, gleed,glade, and glide.]"
"GLEE","An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It isnot necessarily gleesome."
"GLEE CLUB","A club or company organized for singing glees, and (byextension) part songs, ballads, etc."
"GLEED","A live or glowing coal; a glede. [Archaic] Chaucer. Longfellow."
"GLEEFUL","Merry; gay; joyous. Shak."
"GLEEK","An enticing look or glance. [Obs.]A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye. Beau. & Fl."
"GLEEMAN","A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician."
"GLEEN","To glisten; to gleam. [Obs.] Prior."
"GLEESOME","Merry; joyous; gleeful."
"GLEET","A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of theurethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea. Hoblyn."
"GLEETY","Ichorous; thin; limpid. Wiseman."
"GLEG","Quick of perception; alert; sharp. [Scot.] Jamieson."
"GLEN","A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression betweenhills.And wooes the widow's daughter of the glen. Spenser."
"GLENOID","Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; sockas, theglenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of thehumerus articulates."
"GLENOIDAL","Glenoid."
"GLENT","See Glint."
"GLEUCOMETER","An instrument for measuring the specific gravity andascertaining the quantity of sugar contained in must."
"GLEW","See Glue. [Obs.]"
"GLEY","To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things. [Scot.]Jamieson."
"GLIADIN","Vegetable glue or gelatin; glutin. It is one of theconstituents of wheat gluten, and is a tough, amorphous substance,which resembles animal glue or gelatin."
"GLIB","To make glib. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"GLIBLY","In a glib manner; as, to speak glibly."
"GLIBNESS","The quality of being glib."
"GLICKE","An ogling look. [Obs.]"
"GLIDDEN","p. p. of Glide. Chaucer."
"GLIDE","The glede or kite."
"GLIDEN","p. p. of Glide. Chaucer."
"GLIDER","One who, or that which, glides."
"GLIDING ANGLE","The angle, esp. the least angle, at which a gliding machine ora\u00ebroplane will glide to earth by virtue of gravity without appliedpower."
"GLIDING MACHINE","A construction consisting essentially of one or more a\u00ebroplanesfor gliding in an inclined path from a height to the ground."
"GLIDINGLY","In a gliding manner."
"GLIKE","A sneer; a flout. [Obs.]"
"GLIMMER","To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; toshow a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmeringlamp.The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Shak."
"GLIMPSE","to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. Drayton."
"GLINT","A glimpse, glance, or gleam. [Scot.] 'He saw a glint of light.'Ramsay."
"GLIOMA","A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue ofthe brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system."
"GLIRES","An order of mammals; the Rodentia.-- Gli'rine, a."
"GLISSADE","A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps. Tyndall."
"GLISSANDO","A gliding effect; gliding."
"GLISSETTE","The locus described by any point attached to a curve that slipscontinuously on another fixed curve, the movable curve having norotation at any instant."
"GLIST","Glimmer; mica."
"GLISTEN","To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued,and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as,the glistening stars."
"GLISTER","To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; toglisten; to glitter.All that glisters is not gold. Shak."
"GLISTERINGLY","In a glistering manner."
"GLITTER","A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster;brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.Milton."
"GLITTERAND","Glittering. [Obs.] Spenser."
"GLITTERINGLY","In a glittering manner."
"GLOAM","To be sullen or morose. [Obs.]"
"GLOAR","To squint; to stare. [Obs.]"
"GLOAT","To look steadfastly; to gazIn vengeance gloating on another's pain. Byron."
"GLOBARD","A glowworm. {Obs.] Holland."
"GLOBE","To gather or form into a globe."
"GLOBE-SHAPED","Shaped like a globe."
"GLOBEFISH","A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and alliedgenera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the bodyto a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish, and seahedgehog. See Diodon."
"GLOBIFEROUS","Having a round or globular tip."
"GLOBIGERINA","A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or nearthe surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom,make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera."
"GLOBOSE","Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, ornearly so; spherical. Milton."
"GLOBOSELY","In a globular manner; globularly."
"GLOBOSITY","Sphericity. Ray."
"GLOBOUS","Spherical. Milton."
"GLOBULAR","Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical,or nearly so; as, globular atoms. Milton. Globular chart, a chart ofthe earth's surface constructed on the principles of the globularprojection.-- Globular projection (Map Projection), a perspective projection ofthe surface of a hemisphere upon a plane parallel to the base of thehemisphere, the point of sight being taken in the axis producedbeyond the surface of the opposite hemisphere a distance equal to theradius of the sphere into the sine of 45\u00ba.-- Globular sailing, sailing on the arc of a great circle, or so asto make the shortest distance between two places; circular sailing."
"GLOBULARITY","The state of being globular; globosity; sphericity."
"GLOBULARLY","Spherically."
"GLOBULARNESS","Sphericity; globosity."
"GLOBULE","A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, andpus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc."
"GLOBULET","A little globule. Crabb."
"GLOBULIFEROUS","Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and denoting avariety of concretionary structure, where the concretions areisolated globules and evenly distributed through the texture of therock."
"GLOBULIMETER","An instrument for measuring the number of red blood corpusclesin the blood."
"GLOBULIN","An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilutesolutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles unitedwith h\u00e6matin to form h\u00e6moglobin. It is also found in the crystallinelens of the eye, and in blood serum, and is sometimes calledcrystallin. In the plural the word is applied to a group of proteidsubstances such as vitellin, myosin, fibrinogen, etc., all insolublein water, but soluble in dilute salt solutions."
"GLOBULITE","A rudimentary form of crystallite, spherical in shape."
"GLOBULOUS","Globular; spherical; orbicular.-- Glob'u*lous*ness, n."
"GLOBY","Resembling, or pertaining to, a globe; round; orbicular. 'Thegloby sea.' Milton."
"GLOCHIDIATE","Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles. Gray."
"GLOCHIDIUM","The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be aparasite upon the parent's gills."
"GLOCKENSPIEL","An instrument, originally a series of bells on an iron rod, nowa set of flat metal bars, diatonically tuned, giving a bell-like tonewhen played with a mallet; a carillon."
"GLODE","imp. of Glide. Chaucer."
"GLOME","Gloom. [Obs.]"
"GLOMERATE","Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster;conglomerate."
"GLOMEROUS","Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass. [Obs.] Blount."
"GLOMERULE","A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of acyme, as in the flowering dogwood."
"GLOMERULUS","The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighiancapsule of the kidney."
"GLOMULIFEROUS","Having small clusters of minutely branched coral-likeexcrescences. M. C. Cooke."
"GLOOMILY","In a gloomy manner."
"GLOOMINESS","State of being gloomy. Addison."
"GLOOMING","Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming.When the faint glooming in the sky First lightened into day. Trench.The balmy glooming, crescent-lit. Tennyson."
"GLOOMTH","Gloom. [R.] Walpole."
"GLOPPEN","To surprise or astonish; to be startled or astonished. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell."
"GLORE","To glare; to glower. [Obs.] Halliwell."
"GLORIATION","Boast; a triumphing. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson.Internal gloriation or triumph of the mind. Hobbes."
"GLORIED","Illustrious; honorable; noble. [Obs.] Milton."
"GLORIOLE","An aureole. [R.] Msr. Browning."
"GLORIOSA","A genus of climbing plants with very showy lilylike blossoms,natives of India."
"GLORIOSER","A boaster. [Obs.] Greene."
"GLORIOSO","A boaster. [Obs.] Fuller."
"GLOSE","See Gloze. Chaucer."
"GLOSER","See Glosser."
"GLOSS","To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth andshining; as, to gloss cloth.The glossed and gleamy wave. J. R. Drake."
"GLOSSA","The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera."
"GLOSSAL","Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual."
"GLOSSANTHRAX","A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in themouth and on the tongue."
"GLOSSARIAL","Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing aglossary."
"GLOSSARIALLY","In the manner of a glossary."
"GLOSSARIST","A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; ascholiast. Tyrwhitt."
"GLOSSARY","A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passagesof a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, adialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or otheruncommon words."
"GLOSSATA","The Lepidoptera."
"GLOSSATOR","A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator. [R.] 'The . . .glossators of Aristotle.' Milman."
"GLOSSER","A polisher; one who gives a luster."
"GLOSSIC","A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values ofEnglish letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent onesound only.Ingglish Glosik konvaiA. J. Ellis."
"GLOSSILY","In a glossy manner."
"GLOSSINESS","The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster orbrightness of a smooth surface. Boyle."
"GLOSSIST","A writer of comments. [Obs.] Milton."
"GLOSSITIS","Inflammation of the tongue."
"GLOSSLY","Like gloss; specious. Cowley."
"GLOSSOCOMON","A kind of hoisting winch."
"GLOSSOEPIGLOTTIC","Pertaining to both tongue and epiglottis; as, glossoepiglotticfolds."
"GLOSSOGRAPHER","A writer of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast. Hayward."
"GLOSSOGRAPHICAL","Of or pertaining to glossography."
"GLOSSOGRAPHY","The writing of glossaries, glosses, or comments forillustrating an author."
"GLOSSOHYAL","Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- appliedto the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes.-- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossalbone."
"GLOSSOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to glossology."
"GLOSSOLOGIST","One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed inglossology."
"GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL","Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- appliedespecially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributedto the pharynx and tongue.-- n. One of the glossopharyngeal nerves."
"GLOST OVEN","An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; -- also called glazekiln, or glaze."
"GLOTTAL","Of or pertaining to, or produced by, the glottis; glottic.Glottal catch, an effect produced upon the breath or voice by asudden opening or closing of the glotts. Sweet."
"GLOTTIS","The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into thetrachea. See Larynx."
"GLOTTOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to glottology."
"GLOTTOLOGIST","A linguist; a philologist."
"GLOTTOLOGY","The science of tongues or languages; comparative philology;glossology."
"GLOUT","To pout; to look sullen. [Obs.] Garth."
"GLOVE","To cover with, or as with, a glove."
"GLOVER","One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves. Glover's sutureor stitch, a kind of stitch used in sewing up wounds, in which thethread is drawn alternately through each side from within outward."
"GLOW","To make hot; to flush. [Poetic]Fans, whose wind did seem To glow the delicate cheeks which they didcool. Shak."
"GLOWBARD","The glowworm. [Obs.]"
"GLOWER","to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl. Thackeray."
"GLOWINGLY","In a glowing manner; with ardent heat or passion."
"GLOWLAMP","An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic."
"GLOWWORM","A coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris; esp., the winglessfemales and larv\u00e6 of the two European species (L. noctiluca, and L.splendidula), which emit light from some of the abdominal segments.Like a glowworm in the night, The which hath fire in darkness, nonein light. Shak."
"GLOXINIA","American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist."
"GLOZE","To smooth over; to palliate.By glozing the evil that is in the world. I. Taylor."
"GLOZER","A flatterer. [Obs.] Gifford (1580)."
"GLUCIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar; as, glucic acid."
"GLUCINA","A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the elementglucinum; -- formerly called glucine."
"GLUCINIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, glucinum; as,glucinic oxide."
"GLUCINUM","A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and lowspecific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occursnaturally in the free state, but is always combined, usually withsilica or alumina, or both; as in the minerals phenacite,chrysoberyl, beryl or emerald, euclase, and danalite. It was namedfrom its oxide glucina, which was known long before the element wasisolated. Symbol Gl. Atomic weight 9.1. Called also beryllium.[Formerly written also glucinium.]"
"GLUCOGEN","See Glycogen."
"GLUCOGENESIS","Glycogenesis. [R.]"
"GLUCONIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, glucose. Gluconic acid (Chem.),an organic acid, obtained as a colorless, sirupy liquid, by theoxidation of glucose; -- called also maltonic acid, and dextronicacid."
"GLUCOSE","Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucoseproper, and including levulose, galactose, etc."
"GLUCOSIDE","One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances,occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, andregarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of thesugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action offerments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down intosome characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, oralkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They areof the nature of complex and compound ethers, and ethereal salts ofthe sugar carbohydrates."
"GLUCOSURIA","A condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine;diabetes mellitus."
"GLUE","A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jellythe skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, itbecomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for unitingsubstances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscoussubstances. Bee glue. See under Bee.-- Fish glue, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins andbladders; isinglass.-- Glue plant (Bot.), a fucoid seaweed (Gloiopeltis tenax).-- Liquid glue, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acidoralcohol.-- Marine glue, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with shellac,used in shipbuilding."
"GLUEPOT","A utensil for melting glue, consisting of an inner pot holdingthe glue, immersed in an outer one containing water which is heatedto soften the glue."
"GLUER","One who cements with glue."
"GLUEY","Viscous; glutinous; of the nature of, or like, glue."
"GLUEYNESS","Viscidity."
"GLUISH","Somewhat gluey. Sherwood."
"GLUM","Sullenness. [Obs.] Skelton."
"GLUMACEOUS","Having glumes; consisting of glumes."
"GLUMAL","Characterized by a glume, or having the nature of a glume."
"GLUME","The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain andgrasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt. Gray."
"GLUMLY","In a glum manner; sullenly; moodily."
"GLUMMY","dark; gloomy; dismal. [Obs.]"
"GLUMNESS","Moodiness; sullenness."
"GLUMP","To manifest sullenness; to sulk. [Colloq.]"
"GLUMPY","Glum; sullen; sulky. [Colloq.] 'He was glumpy enough.' T. Hook."
"GLUNCH","Frowning; sulky; sullen. Sir W. Scott.-- n."
"GLUT","To eat gluttonously or to satiety.Like three horses that have broken fence, And glutted all night longbreast-deep in corn. Tennyson."
"GLUTACONIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate betweenglutaric and aconitic acids."
"GLUTAEUS","The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, andthe corresponding muscle in many lower animals."
"GLUTAMIC","Of or pertaining to gluten. Glutamic acid, a nitrogenousorganic acid obtained from certain albuminoids, as gluten; -- calledalso amido-glutaric acid.C5H9NO4."
"GLUTARIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as,glutaric ethers. Glutaric acid, an organic acid obtained as a whitecrystalline substance, isomeric with pyrotartaric acid; -- calledalso normal pyrotartaric acid."
"GLUTAZINE","A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, whiteor nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine."
"GLUTEAL","Pertaining to, or in the region of, the glut\u00e6us."
"GLUTEN","The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness todough."
"GLUTEUS","Same as Glut\u00e6us."
"GLUTINATE","To unite with glue; to cement; to stick together. Bailey."
"GLUTINATION","The act of uniting with glue; sticking together."
"GLUTINATIVE","Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous."
"GLUTINOSITY","The quality of being glutinous; viscousness. [R.]"
"GLUTINOUS","Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf orgland."
"GLUTINOUSNESS","The quality of being glutinous."
"GLUTTON","A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelid\u00e6,about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to beinordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is anative of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. Gluttonbird (Zo\u00f6l.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called alsoMother Carey's goose, and mollymawk."
"GLUTTONISH","Gluttonous; greedy. Sir P. Sidney."
"GLUTTONIZE","To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize. Hallywell."
"GLUTTONOUS","Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite;voracious; as, a gluttonous age.-- Glut'ton*ous*ly, adv.-- Glut'ton*ous*ness, n."
"GLUTTONY","Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite forfood; voracity.Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts. Milton."
"GLYCERATE","A salt of glyceric acid."
"GLYCERIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, glycerin. Glyceric acid(Chem.), an organic acid, obtained by the partial oxidation ofglycerin, as a thick liquid. It is a hydroxyl derivative of propionicacid, and has both acid and alcoholic properties."
"GLYCERIDE","A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides existready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially."
"GLYCERITE","A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving asubstance in glycerin."
"GLYCEROL","Same as Glycerin."
"GLYCEROLE","Same as Glycerite."
"GLYCERYL","A compound radical, C3H5, regarded as the essential radical ofglycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also propenyl."
"GLYCIDE","A colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives ofglycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; -- calledalso glycidic alcohol."
"GLYCIDIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, glycide; as, glycidic acid."
"GLYCIN","Same as Glycocoll."
"GLYCOCHOLATE","A salt of glycocholic acid; as, sodium glycocholate."
"GLYCOCHOLIC","Pertaining to, or composed of, glycocoll and cholic acid.Glycocholic acid (Physiol. Chem.), a conjugate acid, composed ofglycocoll and cholic acid, present in bile in the form of a sodiumsalt. The acid commonly forms a resinous mass, but can becrystallized in long, white needles."
"GLYCOCIN","Same as Glycocoll."
"GLYCOCOLL","A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste,formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, andpresent in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed fromgelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-aceticacid. Called also glycin, and glycocin."
"GLYCOGEN","A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch,soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly inthe liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs andtissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugarwhen boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also bythe action of amylolytic ferments."
"GLYCOGENIC","Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenicfunction of the liver."
"GLYCOLIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether;glycolic acid. Glycolic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, foundnaturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape(Ampelopsis quinquefolia), and produced artificially in many ways, asby the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its name. It is a sirupy, orwhite crystalline, substance, HO.CH2.CO2H, has the properties both ofan alcohol and an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids; -- calledalso hydroxyacetic acid."
"GLYCOLIDE","A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating anddehydrating glycolic acid. [Written also glycollide.]"
"GLYCOLURIC","Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluricacid, which is called also hydantoic acid."
"GLYCOLURIL","A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by thereduction of allanto\u00efn."
"GLYCOLYL","A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essentialradical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds."
"GLYCONIAN","Glyconic."
"GLYCONIC","Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; -- appliedto a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry.-- n. (Pros.)"
"GLYCONIN","An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as anointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc."
"GLYCOSE","One of a class of carbohydrates having from three to nine atomsof carbon in the molecules and having the constitution either of analdehyde alcohol or of a ketone alcohol. Most glycoses have hydrogenand oxygen present in the proportion to form water, while the numberof carbon atoms is usually equal to the number of atoms of oxygen."
"GLYCOSINE","An organic base, C6H6N4, produced artificially as a white,crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal."
"GLYCOSOMETER","An apparatus for determining the amount of sugar in diabeticurine."
"GLYCOSURIA","Same as Gluoosuria."
"GLYCYRRHIZA","A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one species ofwhich (G. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which have abittersweet mucilaginous taste."
"GLYCYRRHIZIMIC","From, or pertaining to, glycyrrhizin; as, glycyrrhizimic acid."
"GLYCYRRHIZIN","A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in monesiabark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extractedas a yellow, amorphous powder, of a bittersweet taste."
"GLYOXAL","A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained bythe partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, betweenglycol and oxalic acid."
"GLYOXALIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde acid, intermediatebetween glycol and oxalic acid. [Written also glyoxylic.]"
"GLYOXALINE","A white, crystalline, organic base, C3H4N2, produced by theaction of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large classof derivatives hence, any one of the series of which glyoxaline is atype; -- called also oxaline."
"GLYOXIME","A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, produced by theaction of hydroxylamine on glyoxal, and belonging to the class ofoximes; also, any one of a group of substances resembling glyoximeproper, and of which it is a type. See Oxime."
"GLYPH","A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See Triglyph."
"GLYPHIC","Of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. toglyphs."
"GLYPHOGRAPH","A plate made by glyphography, or an impression taken from sucha plate."
"GLYPHOGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to glyphography."
"GLYPHOGRAPHY","A process similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaicelectricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can beused to print from."
"GLYPTIC","Figured; marked as with figures."
"GLYPTICS","The art of engraving on precious stones."
"GLYPTODON","An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to thearmadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellatedscales, and had fluted teeth. Owen."
"GLYPTODONT","One of a family (glyptodontid\u00e6) of extinct South Americanedentates, of which Glyptodon is the type. About twenty species areknown."
"GLYPTOGRAPHIC","Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on preciousstones. [R.]"
"GLYPTOGRAPHY","The art or process of engraving on precious stones. [R.]"
"GLYPTOTHECA","A building or room devoted to works of sculpture."
"GLYSTER","Same as Clyster."
"GMELINITE","A rhombohedral zeolitic mineral, related in form andcomposition to chabazite."
"GNAPHALIUM","A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry andpersistent involucres; a kind of everlasting."
"GNAR","A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; --written also gnarr. [Archaic]He was . . . a thick gnarre. Chaucer."
"GNARL","To growl; to snarl.And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first. Shak."
"GNARLED","Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.The unwedgeable and gnarl\u00e9d oak. Shak."
"GNARLY","Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained."
"GNASH","To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash theteeth."
"GNASHINGLY","With gnashing."
"GNAT","A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing ametamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed withneedlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These arewanting in the males. In America they are generally calledmosquitoes. See Mosquito."
"GNATHIC","Of or pertaining to the jaw. Gnathic index, in a skull, theratio of the distance from the middle of the nasofrontal suture tothe basion (taken equal to 100), to the distance from the basion tothe middle of the front edge of the upper jaw; -- called alsoalveolar index.Skulls with the gnathic index below 98 are orthognathous, from 98 to103 mesognathous, and above 103 are prognathous. Flower."
"GNATHIDIUM","The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; --commonly used in the plural."
"GNATHITE","Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They areknown as mandibles, maxill\u00e6, and maxillipeds."
"GNATHOPOD","A gnathopodite or maxilliped. See Maxilliped."
"GNATHOPODITE","Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, orin part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds."
"GNATHOSTEGITE","One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outermaxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs."
"GNATHOSTOMA","A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all thathave distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians andmarsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them. [Written alsoGnathostomata.]"
"GNATHOTHECA","The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird."
"GNATLING","A small gnat."
"GNATWORM","The aquatic larva of a gnat; -- called also, colloquially,wiggler."
"GNAW","To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as ineating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, orunmanageable.I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties me. SirP. Sidney."
"GNAWER","A rodent."
"GNEISS","A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz,feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica,arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabsor flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it isthen called hornblendic or syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties ofrelated rocks are also called gneiss."
"GNEISSIC","Relating to, or resembling, gneiss; consisting of gneiss."
"GNEISSOID","Resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics ofgneiss; -- applied to rocks of an intermediate character betweengranite and gneiss, or mica slate and gneiss."
"GNEISSOSE","Having the structure of gneiss."
"GNEW","imp. of Gnaw. Chaucer."
"GNIDE","To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces. [Obs.]"
"GNOF","Churl; curmudgeon. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GNOME","A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States."
"GNOMICAL","Gnomonical. Boyle."
"GNOMICALLY","In a gnomic, didactic, or sententious manner."
"GNOMOLOGY","A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, orreflections. [Obs.] Milton."
"GNOMON","The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of theday. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis."
"GNOMONICALLY","According to the principles of the gnomonic projection."
"GNOMONICS","The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to showthe hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon."
"GNOMONIST","One skilled in gnomonics. Boyle."
"GNOMONOLOGY","A treatise on gnomonics."
"GNOSCOPINE","An alkaloid existing in small quantities in opium."
"GNOSIS","The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as wasclaimed by the Gnostics."
"GNOSTIC","Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, theGnostic heresy."
"GNOSTICISM","The system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics."
"GNOW","Gnawed. Chaucer."
"GNU","One of two species of large South African antelopes of thegenus Catoblephas, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns inboth sexes. [Written also gnoo.]"
"GO","Gone. Chaucer."
"GO-BETWEEN","An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- usually in adisparaging sense. Shak."
"GO-BY","A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away;a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by.Some songs to which we have given the go-by. Prof. Wilson."
"GO-OUT","A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out theland waters, when the tide is out. [Written also gowt.]"
"GOA","A species of antelope (Procapra picticauda), inhabiting Thibet."
"GOA POWDER","A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspacesof the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as amedicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained."
"GOAD","A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, anynecessity that urges or stimulates.The daily goad urging him to the daily toil. Macaulay."
"GOAF","That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partiallyor wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob. To work the goaf or gob, to remove the pillars of mineral matterpreviously left to support the roof, and replace them with props.Ure."
"GOAR","Same as lst Gore."
"GOARISH","Patched; mean. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"GOAT","A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several speciesand varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raisedfor its milk, flesh, and skin."
"GOATEE","A part of a man's beard on the chin or lower lip which isallowed to grow, and trimmed so as to resemble the beard of a goat."
"GOATFISH","A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. Itis allied to the surmullet."
"GOATHERD","One who tends goats. Spenser."
"GOATISH","Characteristic of a goat; goatlike.Give your chaste body up to the embraces Of goatish lust. Massinger.-- Goat'ish*ly, adv.-- Goat'ish*ness, n."
"GOATLIKE","Like a goat; goatish."
"GOATSKIN","The skin of a goat, or leather made from it.-- a."
"GOATSUCKER","One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging toCaprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (CaprimulgusEurop\u00e6us); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats.The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer,fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk,and dorhawk ."
"GOAVES","Old workings. See Goaf. Raymond."
"GOB","Same as Goaf."
"GOBANG","A Japanese game, played on a checkerboard, in which the objectof the game is to be the first in placing five pieces, or men, in arow in any direction."
"GOBBET","A mouthful; a lump; a small piece. Spenser.[He] had broken the stocks to small gobbets. Wyclif."
"GOBBETLY","In pieces. [Obs.] Huloet."
"GOBBLE","A noise made in the throat.Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble. Mrs. Gore."
"GOBBLER","A turkey cock; a bubbling Jock."
"GOBELIN","Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called Gobelin works,which have been maintained by the French Government since 1667."
"GOBEMOUCHE","Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouthopen; a boor; a silly and credulous person."
"GOBET","See Gobbet. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GOBIOID","Like, or pertaining to, the goby, or the genus Gobius.-- n."
"GOBLET","A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, butwithout a handle.We love not loaded boards and goblets crowned. Denham."
"GOBLIN","An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; afrightful phantom; a gnome.To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied. Milton."
"GOBLINE","One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphinstriker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline."
"GOBLINIZE","To transform into a goblin. [R.] Lowell."
"GOBSTICK","A stick or device for removing the hook from a fish's gullet."
"GOBY","One of several species of small marine fishes of the genusGobius and allied genera."
"GOCART","A framework moving on casters, designed to support childrenwhile learning to walk."
"GOD","Good. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GOD-FEARING","Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; religious.A brave good-fearing man. Tennyson."
"GODCHILD","One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom hepromises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. SeeGodfather."
"GODDAUGHTER","A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism."
"GODE","Good. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GODE-YEAR","The venereal disease; -- often used as a mild oath. [Obs.]Shak."
"GODELICH","Goodly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GODFATHER","A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makeshimself a surety for its Christian training and instruction.There shall be for every Male-child to be baptized, when they can behad, two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, oneGodfather and two Godmothers; and Parents shall be admitted asSponsors, if it is desired. Book of Common Prayer (Prot. Episc. Ch.,U. S. )."
"GODHOOD","Divine nature or essence; deity; godhead."
"GODILD","A corruption of God yield, i. e., God reward or bless. Shak."
"GODLESS","Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God;impious; wicked.-- God'less*ly, adv.-- God'less*ness, n."
"GODLIKE","Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence,preeminently good; as, godlike virtue.-- God'like`ness, n."
"GODLILY","Righteously. H. Wharton."
"GODLINESS","Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; thestate or quality of being godly; piety.Godliness is profitable unto all things. 1 Tim. iv. 8."
"GODLING","A diminutive god. Dryden."
"GODLY","Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws; obedient tothe commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his character;conformed to God's law; devout; righteous; as, a godly life.For godly sorrow worketh repentance. 2 Cor. vii. 10."
"GODLYHEAD","Goodness. [Obs.] Spenser."
"GODMOTHER","A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. SeeGodfather"
"GODOWN","A warehouse. [East Indies]"
"GODROON","An ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded molding."
"GODSEND","Something sent by God; an unexpected acquisiton or piece ofgood fortune."
"GODSHIP","The rank or character of a god; deity; divinity; a god orgoddess.O'er hills and dales their godships came. Prior."
"GODSIB","A gossip. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GODSON","A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. SeeGodfather."
"GODSPEED","Success; prosperous journeying; -- a contraction of the phrase,'God speed you.' [Written also as two separate words.]Receive him not into house, neither bid him God speed. 2 John 10."
"GODWARD","Toward God. 2 Cor. iii. 4."
"GODWIT","One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of thegenus Limosa, and family Tringid\u00e6. The European black-tailed godwit(Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (L. fedoa), theHudsonian godwit (L. h\u00e6mastica), and others, are valued as gamebirds. Called also godwin."
"GOEL","Yellow. [Obs.] Tusser."
"GOELAND","A white tropical tern (Cygis candida)."
"GOEMIN","A complex mixture of several substances extracted from Irishmoss."
"GOEN","p. p. of Go. [Obs.]"
"GOER","One who, or that which, goes; a runner or walker; as:(a) A foot. [Obs.] Chapman.(b) A horse, considered in reference to his gait; as, a good goer; asafe goer.This antechamber has been filled with comers and goers. Macaulay."
"GOETY","Invocation of evil spirits; witchcraft. [Obs.] Hallywell."
"GOFF","A silly clown. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"GOFFER","To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer. Clarke."
"GOG","Haste; ardent desire to go. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"GOGGLE","To roll the eyes; to stare.And wink and goggle like an owl. Hudibras."
"GOGGLE-EYED","Having prominent and distorted or rolling eyes. Ascham."
"GOGGLED","Prominent; staring, as the eye."
"GOGGLER","A carangoid oceanic fish (Trachurops crumenophthalmus), havingvery large and prominent eyes; -- called also goggle-eye, big-eyedscad, and cicharra."
"GOGLET","See Gurglet."
"GOING","Course of life; behavior; doings; ways.His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. Jobxxxiv. 21.Going barrel. (Horology) (a) A barrel containing the mainspring, andhaving teeth on its periphery to drive the train. (b) A device formaintaining a force to drive the train while the timepiece is beingwound up.-- Going forth. (Script.) (a) Outlet; way of exit. 'Every goingforth of the sanctuary.' Ezek. xliv. 5. (b) A limit; a border. 'Thegoing forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea.' Num.xxxiv. 4.-- Going out, or Goings out. (Script.) (a) The utmost extremity orlimit. 'The border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of itshall be at the salt sea.' Num. xxxiv. 12. (b) Departure orjourneying. 'And Moses wrote their goings out according to theirjourneys.' Num. xxxiii. 2.-- Goings on, behavior; actions; conduct; -- usually in a bad sense."
"GOITROUS","Pertaining to the goiter; affected with the goiter; of thenature of goiter or bronchocele.Let me not be understood as insinuating that the inhabitants ingeneral are either goitrous or idiots. W. Coxe."
"GOLD","A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal usedas a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristicyellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specificgravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quiteunalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, andtherefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au(Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7."
"GOLD-BEATEN","Gilded. [Obs.]"
"GOLD-BEATING","The art or process of reducing gold to extremely thin leaves,by beating with a hammer. Ure."
"GOLD-BOUND","Encompassed with gold."
"GOLD-HAMMER","The yellow-hammer."
"GOLDCREST","The European golden-crested kinglet (Regulus cristatus, or R.regulus); -- called also golden-crested wren, and golden wren. Thename is also sometimes applied to the American golden-crestedkinglet. See Kinglet."
"GOLDCUP","The cuckoobud."
"GOLDEN STATE","California; -- a nickname alluding to its rich gold deposits."
"GOLDEN-EYE","A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia,and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Calledwhistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker.Barrow's golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less common."
"GOLDEN-ROD","A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in agraceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species ofthe genus Solidago. Golden-rod tree (Bot.), a shrub (BoseaYervamora), a native of the Canary Isles."
"GOLDENLY","In golden terms or a golden manner; splendidly; delightfully.[Obs.] Shak."
"GOLDFINNY","One of two or more species of European labroid fishes(Crenilabrus melops, and Ctenolabrus rupestris); -- called alsogoldsinny, and goldney."
"GOLDILOCKS","Same as Goldylocks."
"GOLDLESS","Destitute of gold."
"GOLDNEY","See Gilthead."
"GOLDSEED","Dog's-tail grass."
"GOLDSINNY","See Goldfinny."
"GOLDTIT","See Verdin."
"GOLDYLOCKS","A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; -- socalled from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems;also, the Ranunculus auricomus, a kind of buttercup."
"GOLET","The gullet. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GOLF","A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked atthe lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of smallholes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the feweststrokes is the winner. [Scot.] Strutt."
"GOLFER","One who plays golf. [Scot.]"
"GOLGOTHA","Calvary. See the Note under Calvary."
"GOLIARD","A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables tomake sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs."
"GOLIARDERY","The satirical or ribald poetry of the Goliards. Milman."
"GOLIATH BEETLE","Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsomeAfrican beetles."
"GOLL","A hand, paw, or claw. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. B. Jonson."
"GOLOE-SHOE","A galoche."
"GOLORE","See Galore."
"GOLOSHE","See Galoche."
"GOLYARDEYS","A buffoon. See Gollard. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GOMAN","A husband; a master of a family. [Obs.]"
"GOMBO","See Gumbo."
"GOME","A man. [Obs.] P. Plowman."
"GOMER","A Hebrew measure. See Homer."
"GOMMELIN","See Dextrin."
"GOMPHIASIS","A disease of the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fallout of their sockets."
"GOMPHOSIS","A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part isreceived into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws."
"GOMUTI","A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained fromthe leafstalks of two kinds of palms, Metroxylon Sagu, and Arengasaccharifera, of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage.Called also ejoo."
"GON","imp. & p. p. of Go. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GONAD","One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike inboth sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; agenerative gland; a germ gland. Wiedersheim."
"GONAKIE","An African timber tree (Acacia Adansonii)."
"GONANGIUM","See Gonotheca."
"GONDOLET","A small gondola. T. Moore."
"GONDOLIER","A man who rows a gondola."
"GONE","p. p. of Go."
"GONENESS","A state of exhaustion; faintness, especially as resulting fromhunger. [Colloq. U. S.]"
"GONFALONIER","He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer; as:(a) An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church.(b) The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in medi\u00e6vealItaly.(c) A Turkish general, and standard keeper."
"GONG","A privy or jakes. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gong farmer, Gong man, acleaner of privies. [Obs.]"
"GONGORISM","An affected elegance or euphuism of style, for which theSpanish poet Gongora y Argote (1561-1627), among others of his time,was noted."
"GONIATITE","One of an extinct genus of fossil cephalopods, allied to theAmmonites. The earliest forms are found in the Devonian formation,the latest, in the Triassic."
"GONIDIAL","Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia."
"GONIDIUM","A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouthof many Anthozoa."
"GONIMIA","Bluish green granules which occur in certain lichens, asCollema, Peltigera, etc., and which replace the more usual gonidia."
"GONIMOUS","Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia or gonimia, as that partof a lichen which contains the green or chlorophyll-bearing cells."
"GONIOMETER","An instrument for measuring angles, especially the angles ofcrystals, or the inclination of planes. Contact, or Hand, goniometer,a goniometer having two movable arms (ab, cd), between which (at ab)the faces of the crystals are placed. These arms turn about a fixedpoint, which is the center of the graduated circle or semicircle uponwhich the angle is read off.-- Reflecting goniometer, an instrument for measuring the angles ofcrystals by determining through what angular space the crystal mustbe turned so that two rays reflected from two surfaces successivelyshall have the same direction; -- called also Wollaston's goniometer,from the inventor."
"GONIOMETRY","The art of measuring angles; trigonometry."
"GONOBLASTID","A reproductive bud of a hydroid; a simple gonophore."
"GONOBLASTIDIUM","A blastostyle."
"GONOCALYX","The bell of a sessile gonozooid."
"GONOCOCCUS","A vegetable micro\u00f6rganism of the genus Micrococcus, occurringin the secretion in gonorrhea. It is believed by some to constitutethe cause of this disease."
"GONOPH","A pickpocket or thief. [Eng. Slang] Dickens."
"GONOPHORE","A sexual zooid produced as a medusoid bud upon a hydroid,sometimes becoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached.See Hydroidea, and Illusts. of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome."
"GONOSOME","The reproductive zooids of a hydroid colony, collectively."
"GONOTHECA","A capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora), inclosingthe blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores aredeveloped; -- called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea,and Illust. of Campanularian."
"GONOZOOID","A sexual zooid, or medusoid bud of a hydroid; a gonophore. SeeHydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian."
"GONYDIAL","Pertaining to the gonys of a bird's beak."
"GONYS","The keel or lower outline of a bird's bill, so far as themandibular rami are united."
"GOOBER","A peanut. [Southern U. S.]"
"GOOD","Wares; commodities; chattels; -- formerly used in the singularin a collective sense. In law, a comprehensive name for almost allpersonal property as distinguished from land or real property.Wharton.He hath made us spend much good. Chaucer.Thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto thestate of Venice. Shak.Dress goods, Dry goods, etc. See in the Vocabulary.-- Goods engine, a freight locomotive. [Eng.] -- Goods train, afreight train. [Eng.] -- Goods wagon, a freight car [Eng.] See theNote under Car, n., 2."
"GOOD NOW","An exclamation of wonder, surprise, or entreaty. [Obs.] Shak."
"GOOD-DEN","A form of salutation. [Obs.] Shak."
"GOOD-FELLOWSHIP","Agreeable companionship; companionableness."
"GOOD-HUMORED","Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See Good-natured."
"GOOD-HUMOREDLY","With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered manner."
"GOOD-LOOKING","Handsome."
"GOOD-NATURED","Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked."
"GOOD-NATUREDLY","With maldness of temper."
"GOOD-TEMPERED","Having a good temper; not easily vexed. See Good-natured."
"GOODGEON","Same as Gudgeon, 5."
"GOODISH","Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable.Goodish pictures in rich frames. Walpole."
"GOODLESS","Having no goods. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GOODLICH","Goodly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GOODLINESS","Beauty of form; grace; elegance; comeliness.Her goodliness was full of harmony to his eyes. Sir P. Sidney."
"GOODLY","Excellently. [Obs.] Spenser."
"GOODNESS","The quality of being good in any of its various senses;excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness oftimber, of a soil, of food; goodness of character, of disposition, ofconduct, etc."
"GOODS","See Good, n., 3."
"GOODSHIP","Favor; grace. [Obs.] Gower."
"GOODWIFE","The mistress of a house. [Archaic] Robynson (More's Utopia)."
"GOODY","An American fish; the lafayette or spot."
"GOODY-GOODY","Mawkishly or weakly good; exhibiting goodness with silliness.[Colloq.]"
"GOODYSHIP","The state or quality of a goody or goodwife [Jocose] Hudibraus."
"GOOSANDER","A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe andAmerica; -- called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb,shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser."
"GOOSE EGG","In games, a zero; a score or record of naught; -- so named inallusion to the egglike outline of the zero sign 0. Called also duckegg. [Slang]"
"GOOSE-RUMPED","Having the tail set low and buttocks that fall away sharplyfrom the croup; -- said of certain horses."
"GOOSEBERRY","Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berriesof such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossulariais the one commonly cultivated."
"GOOSEFISH","See Angler."
"GOOSEFOOT","A genus of herbs (Chenopodium) mostly annual weeds; pigweed."
"GOOSEWING","One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail whenthe middle part or the rest of the sail is furled."
"GOOSISH","Like a goose; foolish. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GOOST","Ghost; spirit. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GOOT","A goat. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GOPHER STATE","Minnesota; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of gophers."
"GOPHER WOOD","A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark. Gen.vi. 14."
"GOR-BELLIED","Bog-bellied. [Obs.]"
"GOR-BELLY","A prominent belly; a big-bellied person. [Obs.]"
"GORACCO","A paste prepared from tobacco, and smoked in hookahs in WesternIndia."
"GORAL","An Indian goat antelope (Nemorhedus goral), resembling thechamois."
"GORAMY","Same as Gourami."
"GORCE","A pool of water to keep fish in; a wear. [Obs.]"
"GORCOCK","The moor cock, or red grouse. See Grouse. [Prov. Eng.]"
"GORCROW","The carrion crow; -- called also gercrow. [Prov. Eng.]"
"GORD","An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"GORDIACEA","A division of nematoid worms, including the hairworms or haireels (Gordius and Mermis). See Gordius, and Illustration in Appendix."
"GORDIAN","Pertaining to the Gordiacea."
"GORDIUS","A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insectsuntil near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water,in which they deposit their eggs; -- called also hair eel, hairworm,and hair snake, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused,notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs."
"GORE","One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meetingin an acute angle in the fesse point."
"GOREBILL","The garfish. [Prov. Eng.]"
"GORFLY","A dung fly."
"GORGE","A concave molding; a cavetto. Gwilt."
"GORGED","Bearing a coronet or ring about the neck."
"GORGELET","A small gorget, as of a humming bird."
"GORGEOUS","Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine;magnificent.Cloud-land, gorgeous land. Coleridge.Gogeous as the sun at midsummer. Shak.-- Gor'geous*ly, adv.-- Gor'geous*ness, n."
"GORGERIN","In some columns, that part of the capital between thetermination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the spacebetween two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital, andhypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column."
"GORGET","A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird ormammal. Gorget hummer (Zo\u00f6l.), a humming bird of the genus Trochilus.See Rubythroat."
"GORGON","One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, withsnaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned thebeholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa."
"GORGONACEA","See Gorgoniacea."
"GORGONEAN","See Gorgonian, 1."
"GORGONEION","A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon's head. Elmes."
"GORGONIACEA","One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including thoseforms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with aporous crust, or c"
"GORGONIAN","Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral."
"GORGONIZE","To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; topetrify. [R.]"
"GORGONZOLA","A kind of Italian pressed milk cheese; -- so called from avillage near Milan."
"GORHEN","The female of the gorcock."
"GORILLA","A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is largerthan a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerfulmuscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects itsanatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee,resembles that of man."
"GORM","Axle grease. See Gome. [Prov. Eng.]"
"GORMA","The European cormorant."
"GORMAND","A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand."
"GORMANDER","See Gormand, n. [Obs.]"
"GORMANDISM","Gluttony."
"GORMANDIZE","To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously orlike a glutton. Shak."
"GORMANDIZER","A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton."
"GOROON SHELL","A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale)."
"GORSE","Furze. See Furze.The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly gorse.Cowper.Gorse bird (Zo\u00f6l.), the European linnet; -- called also gorsehatcher. [Prov. Eng.] -- Gorse chat (Zo\u00f6l.), the winchat.-- Gorse duck, the corncrake; -- called also grass drake, landdrake, and corn drake."
"GOSHAWK","Any large hawk of the genus Astur, of which many species andvarieties are known. The European (Astur palumbarius) and theAmerican (A. atricapillus) are the best known species. They are notedfor their powerful flight, activity, and courage. The Australiangoshawk (A. Nov\u00e6-Hollandi\u00e6) is pure white."
"GOSHERD","One who takes care of geese."
"GOSLET","One of several species of pygmy geese, of the genus Nettepus.They are about the size of a teal, and inhabit Africa, India, andAustralia."
"GOSPEL","Accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; evangelical; as,gospel righteousness. Bp. Warburton."
"GOSS","Gorse. [Obs.] Shak."
"GOSSAMERY","Like gossamer; flimsy.The greatest master of gossamery affectation. De Quincey."
"GOSSAN","Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing tooxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein."
"GOSSANIFEROUS","Containing or producing gossan."
"GOSSAT","A small British marine fish (Motella tricirrata); -- calledalso whistler and three-bearded rockling. [Prov. Eng.]"
"GOSSIB","A gossip. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser."
"GOSSIP","To stand sponsor to. [Obs.] Shak."
"GOSSIPER","One given to gossip. Beaconsfield."
"GOSSIPREDE","The relationship between a person and his sponsors. [Obs.]"
"GOSSIPY","Full of, or given to, gossip."
"GOSSOON","A boy; a servant. [Ireland]"
"GOSSYPIUM","A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. Thespecies are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to thecommon cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island cotton isproduced by G. Barbadense, a shrubby variety. There are several otherkinds besides these."
"GOT","imp. & p. p. of Get. See Get."
"GOTE","A channel for water. [Prov. Eng.] Crose."
"GOTER","a gutter. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GOTH","One of an ancient Teutonic race, who dwelt between the Elbe andthe Vistula in the early part of the Christian era, and who overranand took an important part in subverting the Roman empire."
"GOTHAMIST","A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called fromGotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasantblunders. Bp. Morton."
"GOTHIC","Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointedarches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces,and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions --prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust.of Abacus, and Capital."
"GOTHICIZE","To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism."
"GOTTEN","p. p. of Get."
"GOUACHE","A method of painting with opaque colors, which have been groundin water and mingled with a preparation of gum; also, a picture thuspainted."
"GOUD","Woad. [Obs.]"
"GOUDRON","a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, usedin various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to lightditches and ramparts. Farrow."
"GOUGE","Soft material lying between the wall of a vein aud the solidvein. Raymond."
"GOUGER","See Plum Gouger."
"GOUGESHELL","A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus;also, the pinna. See Vermetus."
"GOUJERE","The venereal disease. [Obs.]"
"GOULAND","See Golding."
"GOULARDS EXTRACT","An aqueous solution of the subacetate of lead, used as a lotionin cases of inflammation. Goulard's cerate is a cerate containingthis extract."
"GOUR","See Koulan."
"GOURA","One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of thegenus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The QueenVictoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata)are among the beat known species."
"GOURAMI","A very largo East Indian freshwater fish (Osphromenus gorami),extensively reared in artificial ponds in tropical countries, andhighly valued as a food fish. Many unsuccessful efforts have beenmade to introduce it into Southern Europe. [Written also goramy.]"
"GOURD","A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon,pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitace\u00e6; and especiallythe bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great varietyof forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles,dippers, cups, and other dishes."
"GOURD TREE","A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the WestIndies and Central America."
"GOURDINESS","The state of being gourdy."
"GOURDWORM","The fluke of sheep. See Fluke."
"GOURDY","Swelled in the legs."
"GOURMAND","A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.That great gourmand, fat Apicius B. Jonson."
"GOURMET","A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure."
"GOURNET","A fish. See Gurnet."
"GOUT","A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It constistsin an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of thejoints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next thesmaller joints, after which, it may attack the greater articulations.It is attended with various sympathettic phenomena, particularly inthe digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as thestomach, the intestines, etc. Dunglison."
"GOUTILY","In a gouty manner."
"GOUTINESS","The state of being gouty; gout."
"GOVE","A mow; a rick for hay. [Obs.] Tusser."
"GOVERN","To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verbgoverns a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particularcase); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case."
"GOVERNABILITY","Governableness."
"GOVERNABLE","Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority;controllable; manageable; obedient. Locke."
"GOVERNABLENESS","The quality of being governable; manageableness."
"GOVERNANCE","Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.Chaucer. J. H. Newman."
"GOVERNANTE","A governess. Sir W. Scott."
"GOVERNESS","A female governor; a woman invested with authority to controland direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instructionof children, -- usually in their homes."
"GOVERNING","Requiring a particular case."
"GOVERNMENT","The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiringthat another word should be in a particular case."
"GOVERNMENTAL","Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmentalduties."
"GOVERNOR","A pilot; a steersman. [R.]"
"GOVERNOR GENERAL","A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him;as, the governor general of Canada, of India."
"GOVERNORSHIP","The office of a governor."
"GOWAN","Decomposed granite."
"GOWANY","Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies. [Scot.]Sweeter than gowany glens or new-mown hay. Ramsay."
"GOWD","Gold; wealth. [Scot.]The man's the gowd for a' that. Burns."
"GOWDEN","Golden. [Scot.]"
"GOWDIE","See Dragont. [Scot.]"
"GOWDNOOK","The saury pike; -- called also gofnick."
"GOWK","To make a, booby of one); to stupefy. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"GOWL","To howl. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"GOWNED","Dressed in a gown; clad.Gowned in pure white, that fitted to the shape. Tennyson."
"GOZZARD","See Gosherd. [Prov. Eng.]"
"GRAAFIAN","Pertaining to, or discovered by, Regnier de Graaf, a Dutchphysician. Graafian follicles or vesicles, small cavities in whichthe ova are developed in the ovaries of mammals, and by the burstingof which they are discharged."
"GRAAL","See Grail., a dish."
"GRAB","A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts."
"GRABBER","One who seizes or grabs."
"GRACE","The divine favor toward man; the mercy of God, as distinguishedfrom His justice; also, any benefits His mercy imparts; divine loveor pardon; a state of acceptance with God; enjoyment of the divinefavor.And if by grace, then is it no more of works. Rom. xi. 6.My grace is sufficicnt for thee. 2 Cor. xii. 9.Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. Rom. v. 20.By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein westand. Rom. v.2"
"GRACED","Endowed with grace; beautiful; full of graces; honorable. Shak."
"GRACEFUL","Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy;agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker,air, act, speech.High o'er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode. Dryden.-- Grace'ful*ly, adv. Grace'ful*ness, n."
"GRACELESS","Slender; thin. [Obs.] Bailey."
"GRACILITY","State of being gracilent; slenderness. Milman. 'Youthfulgracility.' W. D. Howells."
"GRACIOUSNESS","Quality of being gracious."
"GRADATE","To bring to a certain strength or grade of concentration; as,to gradate a saline solution."
"GRADATION","A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker toa lighter shade, as in painting or drawing."
"GRADATIONAL","By regular steps or gradations; of or pertaining to gradation."
"GRADATORY","Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal whenadapted for walking on land."
"GRADE","The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed.If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood,it is called high grade. At grade, on the same level; -- said of thecrossing of a railroad with another railroad or a highway, when theyare on the same level at the point of crossing.-- Down grade, a descent, as on a graded railroad.-- Up grade, an ascent, as on a graded railroad.-- Equating for grades. See under Equate.-- Grade crossing, a crossing at grade."
"GRADELY","Decent; orderly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.-- adv."
"GRADER","1. One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done orfacilitate."
"GRADIENT","Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or thelike; a set raised over another. 'The gradines of the amphitheeater.'Layard."
"GRADINE","A toothed chised by sculptors."
"GRADING","The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of bringing,as the surface of land or a road, to the desired level or grade."
"GRADINO","A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar. Cf.Superaltar, and Gradin."
"GRADUAL","Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as inascent or descent or from one state to another; regularlyprogressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradualdecline.Creatures animate with gradual life Of growth, sense, reason, allsummed up in man. Milton."
"GRADUALITY","The state of being gradual; gradualness. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"GRADUALNESS","The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression orgradation; slowness.The gradualness of this movement. M. Arnold.The gradualness of growth is a characteristic which strikes thesimplest observer. H. Drummond."
"GRADUATE","To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, asa fluid. Graduating engine, a dividing engine. See Dividing engine,under Dividing."
"GRADUATED","Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers areshortest, and the others successively longer. Graduated tube, bottle,cap, or glass, a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marksupon its sides, with figures, to indicate the amount of the contentsat the several levels.-- Graduated spring (Railroads), a combination of metallic andrubber springs."
"GRADUATESHIP","State of being a graduate. Milton."
"GRADUS","A dictionary of prosody, designed as an aid in writing Greek orLatin poetry.He set to work . . . without gradus or other help. T. Hughes."
"GRAF","A German title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English, orcount in French. See Earl."
"GRAFF","A steward; an overseer.[A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or graff, and not thehead, which is a title belonging only to Christ. John Knox."
"GRAFFAGE","The scarp of a ditch or moat. 'To clean the graffages.' MissMitford."
"GRAFFER","a notary or scrivener. Bowvier."
"GRAFFITI","Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls ofancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii."
"GRAFFITO","Production of decorative designs by scratching them through asurface of layer plaster, glazing, etc., revealing a different-colored ground; also, pottery or ware so decorated; -- chiefly usedattributively."
"GRAFT","To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion soas to form an organic union."
"GRAFTAGE","The science of grafting, including the various methods ofpractice and details of operation."
"GRAFTER","An instrument by which grafting is facilitated."
"GRAFTING","The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc."
"GRAHAM BREAD","Bread made of unbolted wheat flour. [U. S.] Bartlett."
"GRAHAMITE","One who follows the dietetic system of Graham. [U. S.]"
"GRAIL","A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.[Obs.] T. Warton.Such as antiphonals, missals, grails, processionals, etc. Strype."
"GRAILLE","A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved faceand one straight face, -- used by comb makers. Knight."
"GRAIN","See Groan. [Obs.]"
"GRAINED","Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the petals orsepals of some flowers."
"GRAINFIELD","A field where grain is grown."
"GRAINING","The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt."
"GRAINY","Resembling grains; granular."
"GRAIP","A dungfork. [Scot.] Burns."
"GRAITH","See Greith. Chaucer."
"GRAKLE","See Grackle."
"GRALLAE","An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. Bylater writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, plovers,and allied forms; -- called also Grallatores."
"GRALLATORES","See Grall\u00e6."
"GRALLIC","Pertaining to the Grall\u00e6."
"GRALLINE","Of or pertaining to the Grall\u00e6."
"GRALLOCH","Offal of a deer.-- v. t."
"GRAM","Angry. [Obs.] Havelok, the Dane."
"GRAMA GRASS","The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in theWestern United States, esp. the Bouteloua oligostachya."
"GRAMARYE","Necromancy; magic. Sir W. Scott."
"GRAMASHES","Gaiters reaching to the knee; leggings.Strong gramashes, or leggings of thick gray cloth. Sir W. Scott."
"GRAMERCY","A word formerly used to express thankfulness, with surprise;many thanks.Gramercy, Mammon, said the gentle knight. Spenser."
"GRAMINACEOUS","Pertaining to, or resembling, the grasses; gramineous; as,graminaceous plants."
"GRAMINEAL","Gramineous."
"GRAMINEOUS","Like, Or pertaining to, grass. See Grass, n., 2."
"GRAMINIFOLIOUS","Bearing leaves resembling those of grass."
"GRAMINIVOROUS","Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; -- said ofhorses, cattle, and other animals."
"GRAMMALOGUE","Literally, a letter word; a word represented by a logogram; as,it, represented by |, that is, t. pitman."
"GRAMMAR","To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.[Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"GRAMMARIANISM","The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians.[R.]"
"GRAMMARLESS","Without grammar."
"GRAMMATES","Rudiments; first principles, as of grammar. [Obs.] Ford."
"GRAMMATIC","Grammatical."
"GRAMMATICASTER","A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender.My noble Neophite, my little grammaticaster. B. Jonson."
"GRAMMATICATION","A principle of grammar; a grammatical rule. [Obs.] Dalgarno."
"GRAMMATICISM","A point or principle of grammar. Abp. Leighton."
"GRAMMATICIZE","To render grammatical. Fuller."
"GRAMMATIST","A petty grammarian. [R] Tooke."
"GRAMME","Same as Gram the weight."
"GRAMME MACHINE","A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its Frenchinventor, M. Gramme. Knight."
"GRAMOPHONE","An instrument for recording, preserving, and reproducingsounds, the record being a tracing of a phonautograph etched in somesolid material. Reproduction  is accomplished by means of a systemattached to an elastic diaphragm."
"GRAMPUS","A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G.griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It growsto be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with whitestreaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii."
"GRANADILLA","The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp. Passifloraquadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is as largeas a child's head, and is a good dessert fruit. The fruit ofPassiflora edulis is used for flavoring ices."
"GRANARY","A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is thrashedor husked; a cornbouse; also (Fig.), a region fertile in grain.The exhaustless granary of a world. Thomson."
"GRANATE","See Garnet."
"GRANATIN","Mannite; -- so called because found in the pomegranate."
"GRANATITE","See Staurolite."
"GRAND MERCY","See Gramercy. [Obs.]"
"GRAND-DUCAL","Of or pertaining to a grand duke. H. James."
"GRANDAM","An old woman; specifically, a grandmother. Shak."
"GRANDAUNT","The aunt of one's father or mother."
"GRANDCHILD","A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree ofdescent."
"GRANDDAUGHTER","The daughter of one's son or daughter."
"GRANDEE","A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, anobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king'spresence."
"GRANDEESHIP","The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne."
"GRANDEUR","The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness;splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation ofthought or expression; nobility of action.Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mineeye. Milton."
"GRANDEVITY","Great age; long life. [Obs.] Glanvill."
"GRANDEVOUS","Of great age; aged; longlived. [R.] Bailey."
"GRANDFATHER","A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degreeabove the father or mother in lineal ascent. Grandfather longlegs.(Zo\u00f6l.) See Dady longlegs."
"GRANDFATHERLY","Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant;indulgent.He was a grandfatherly sort of personage. Hawthorne."
"GRANDIFIC","Making great. [R.] Bailey."
"GRANDILOQUENCE","The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a badsense.The sin of grandiloquence or tall talking. Thackeray,"
"GRANDILOQUENT","Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic."
"GRANDILOQUOUS","Grandiloquent."
"GRANDINOUS","Consisting of hail; abounding in hail. [R.] Bailey."
"GRANDIOSITY","The state or quality of being grandiose,"
"GRANDITY","Grandness. [Obs.] Camden."
"GRANDLY","In a grand manner."
"GRANDMOTHER","The mother of one's father or mother."
"GRANDMOTHERLY","Like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent."
"GRANDNEPHEW","The grandson of one's brother or sister."
"GRANDNESS","Grandeur. Wollaston."
"GRANDNIECE","The granddaughter of one's brother or sister."
"GRANDSIRE","Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor."
"GRANDSON","A son's or daughter's son."
"GRANDUNCLE","father's or mother's uncle."
"GRANE","See Groan. [Obs.]"
"GRANGERISM","The practice of illustrating a particular book by engravingscollected from other books."
"GRANGERITE","One who collects illustrations from various books for thedecoration of one book."
"GRANGERIZE","To collect (illustrations from books) for decoration of otherbooks. G. A. Sala."
"GRANIFEROUS","Bearing grain, or seeds like grain. Humble."
"GRANIFORM","Formed like of corn."
"GRANILLA","Small grains or dust of cochineal or the coccus insect."
"GRANITE","A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar,and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. Itdiffers from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefor inbeing destitute of a schistose structure."
"GRANITE STATE","New Hampshire; -- a nickname alluding to its mountains, whichare chiefly of granite."
"GRANITICAL","Granitic."
"GRANITIFICATION","The act or the process of forming into granite. Humble."
"GRANITIFORM","Resembling granite in structure or shape."
"GRANITOID","Resembling granite in granular appearance; as, granitoidgneiss; a granitoid pavement."
"GRANIVOROUS","Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; as, granivorousbirds. Gay."
"GRANNAM","A grandam. [Colloq.]"
"GRANNY","A grandmother; a grandam; familiarly, an old woman. Granny'sbend, or Granny's knot (Naut.), a kind of insecure knot or hitch; areef knot crossed the wrong way."
"GRANOLITHIC","A kind of hard artificial stone, used for pavements."
"GRANT","To assent; to consent. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GRANTABLE","Capable of being granted."
"GRANTEE","The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made.His grace will not survive the poor grantee he despises. Burke."
"GRANTER","One who grants."
"GRANTOR","The person by whom a grant or conveyance is made."
"GRANULAR","Consisting of, or resembling, grains; as, a granular substance.Granular limestone, crystalline limestone, or marble, having agranular structure."
"GRANULARLY","In a granular form."
"GRANULARY","Granular."
"GRANULATE","To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulatesinto sugar."
"GRANULE","A little grain a small particle; a pellet."
"GRANULIFEROUS","Full of granulations."
"GRANULIFORM","Having a granular structure; granular; as, granuliformlimestone."
"GRANULITE","A whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartzintimately mixed; -- sometimes called whitestone, and leptynite."
"GRANULOSE","The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, indistinction from the framework of cellulose. Unlike cellulose, it iscolored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar byboiling acids and amylolytic ferments."
"GRANULOUS","Full of grains; abounding with granular substances; granular."
"GRAPE","A well-known edible berry growing in pendent clusters orbunches on the grapevine. The berries are smooth-skinned, have ajuicy pulp, and are cultivated in great quantities for table use andfor making wine and raisins."
"GRAPE FRUIT","The shaddock."
"GRAPELESS","Wanting grapes or the flavor of grapes."
"GRAPERY","A building or inclosure used for the cultivation of grapes."
"GRAPESHOT","A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, puttogether by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom,with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used asa charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvasbags."
"GRAPESTONE","A seed of the grape."
"GRAPEVINE","A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having smallgreen flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes."
"GRAPHICALLY","In a graphic manner; vividly."
"GRAPHICS","The art or the science of drawing; esp. of drawing according tomathematical rules, as in perspective, projection, and the like."
"GRAPHISCOPE","See Graphoscope."
"GRAPHITE","Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granularmassive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leavea trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called leadpencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often calledplumbago or black lead. Graphite battery (Elec.), a voltaic batteryconsisting of zinc and carbon in sulphuric acid, or other excitingliquid."
"GRAPHITIC","Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling,graphite. Graphitic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, so called becauseobtained by the oxidation of graphite; -- usually called melliticacid.-- Graphitic carbon, in iron or steel, that portion of the carbonwhich is present as graphite. Raymond."
"GRAPHOLITE","Any species of slate suitable to be written on."
"GRAPHOLOGY","The art of judging of a person's character, disposition, andaptitude from his handwriting."
"GRAPHOPHONE","A kind of photograph."
"GRAPHOSCOPE","An optical instrument for magnifying engravings, photographs,etc., usually having one large lens and two smaller ones."
"GRAPHOTYPE","A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief sothat it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc ispressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design isdrawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface whereverit is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed,leaving the lines in relief."
"GRAPNEL","A small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to holdboats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple orhold; a grappling iron; a grab; -- written also grapline, andcrapnel."
"GRAPPLE","To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one'sself as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize oneanother. To grapple with, to enter into contest with, resolutely andcourageously.And in my standard bear the arms of York, To grapple with the houseof Lancaster. Shak."
"GRAPPLEMENT","A grappling; close fight or embrace. [Obs.] Spenser."
"GRAPSOID","Pertaining to the genus Grapsus or the family Grapsid\u00e6.-- n."
"GRAPTOLITE","One of numerous species of slender and delicate fossils, of thegenus Graptolites and allied genera, found in the Silurian rocks.They belong to an extinct group (Graptolithina) supposed to behydroids."
"GRAPTOLITIC","Of or pertaining to graptolites; containing graptolites; as, agraptolitic slate."
"GRAPY","Composed of, or resembling, grapes.The grapy clusters. Addison."
"GRASP","To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch;to struggle; to strive.As one that grasped And tugged for life and was by strength subdued.Shak.To grasp at, to catch at; to try to seize; as, Alexander grasped atuniversal empire,"
"GRASPABLE","Capable of being grasped."
"GRASPER","One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds."
"GRASPLESS","Without a grasp; relaxed.From my graspless hand Drop friendship's precious pearls. Coleridge."
"GRASS","An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generallyjointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seedsingle."
"GRASS-GROWN","Overgrown with grass; as, a grass-grown road."
"GRASSATION","A wandering about with evil intentions; a rioting. [Obs. & R.]Feltham."
"GRASSHOPPER","Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families Acridid\u00e6 andLocustid\u00e6. The species and genera are very numerous. The formerfamily includes the Western grasshopper or locust (Caloptenusspretus), noted for the great extent of its ravages in the regionbeyond the Mississippi. In the Eastern United States the red-legged(Caloptenus femurrubrum and C. atlanis) are closely related species,but their ravages are less important. They are closely related to themigratory locusts of the Old World. See Locust."
"GRASSINESS","The state of abounding with grass; a grassy state."
"GRASSLESS","Destitute of grass."
"GRASSPLOT","A plot or space covered with grass; a lawn. 'Here on thisgrassplot.' Shak."
"GRATE","Serving to gratify; agreeable. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert."
"GRATED","Furnished with a grate or grating; as, grated windows."
"GRATER","One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument orutensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off smallparticles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs."
"GRATICULATION","The division of a design or draught into squares, in order themore easily to reproduce it in larger or smaller dimensions."
"GRATICULE","A design or draught which has been divided into squares, inorder to reproduce it in other dimensions."
"GRATIFIED","Pleased; indulged according to desire."
"GRATIFIER","One who gratifies or pleases."
"GRATIN","The brown crust formed upon a gratinated dish; also, dishitself, as crusts bread, game, or poultry."
"GRATINATE","To cook, as macaroni, in a savory juice or sauce until juice isabsorbed and a crisp surface forms."
"GRATING","That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh.-- Grat'ing*ly, adv."
"GRATIOLIN","One of the essential principles of the hedge hyssop (Gratiolaofficinalis)."
"GRATIS","For nothing; without fee or recompense; freely; gratuitously."
"GRATITUDE","The state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward abenefactor; kindness awakened by a favor received; thankfulness.The debt immense of endless gratitude. Milton."
"GRATULATE","To salute with declaration of joy; to congratulate. [R.] Shak."
"GRATULATION","The act of gratulating or felicitating; congratulation.I shall turn my wishes into gratulations. South."
"GRATULATORY","Expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory.The usual groundwork of such gratulatory odes. Bp. Horsley."
"GRAUNT","See Grant. Chaucer."
"GRAUWACKE","Graywacke."
"GRAVAMEN","The grievance complained of; the substantial cause of theaction; also, in general, the ground or essence of a complaint.Bouvier."
"GRAVE","(Naut.) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass,etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves orgreaves was formerly used for this purpose."
"GRAVECLOTHES","The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred."
"GRAVEDIGGER","See Burying beetle, under Bury, v. t."
"GRAVEL","A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and theurinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are asymptom. Gravel powder, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder."
"GRAVEL-STONE","A pebble, or small fragment of stone; a calculus."
"GRAVELESS","Without a grave; unburied."
"GRAVELLINESS","State of being gravelly."
"GRAVELLY","Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravellysoil."
"GRAVELY","In a grave manner."
"GRAVEN","Carved. Graven image, an idol; an object of worship carved fromwood, stone, etc. 'Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.'Ex. xx. 4."
"GRAVENESS","The quality of being grave.His sables and his weeds, Importing health and graveness. Shak."
"GRAVENSTEIN","A kind of fall apple, marked with streaks of deep red andorange, and of excellent flavor and quality."
"GRAVEOLENCE","A strong and offensive smell; rancidity. [R.] Bailey."
"GRAVEOLENT","Having a rank smell. [R.] Boyle."
"GRAVERY","The act, process, or art, of graving or carving; engraving.Either of picture or gravery and embossing. Holland."
"GRAVES","The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves."
"GRAVESTONE","A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with aninscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone."
"GRAVEYARD","A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery."
"GRAVIC","Pertaining to, or causing, gravitation; as, gravic forces;gravic attraction. [R.]"
"GRAVID","Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, agravid uterus; gravid piety. ' His gravid associate.' Sir T. Herbert."
"GRAVIDATED","Made pregnant; big. [Obs.] Barrow."
"GRAVIDATION","Gravidity. [Obs.]"
"GRAVIDITY","The state of being gravidated; pregnancy. [R.]"
"GRAVIGRADE","Slow-paced.-- n."
"GRAVIMETER","(Physics) An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravityof bodies."
"GRAVIMETRIC","Of or pertaining to measurement by weight; measured by weight.-- Grav'i*met'ric*al*ly, adv. Gravimetric analysis (Chem.), analysisin which the amounts of the coastituents are determined by weight; --in distinction from volumetric analysis."
"GRAVING","The act of cleaning a ship's bottom. Graving dock. (Naut.) Seeunder Dock."
"GRAVITATE","To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force Or pressure,or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend in anydirection or toward any object.Why does this apple fall to the ground Because all bodies gravitatetoward each other. Sir W. Hamilton.Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the stronger party.Macaulay."
"GRAVITATIONAL","Of or pertaining to the force of gravity; as, gravitationalunits."
"GRAVITATIVE","Causing to gravitate; tending to a center. Coleridge."
"GRAVITY","The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction;esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth;terrestrial gravitation."
"GRAYBEARD","An old man. Shak."
"GRAYFLY","The trumpet fly. Milton."
"GRAYHOUND","See Greyhound."
"GRAYISH","Somewhat gray."
"GRAYLAG","The common wild gray goose (Anser anser) of Europe, believed tobe the wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of Goose."
"GRAYLING","A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, buthaving a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber. It inhabitscold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish.And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling.Tennyson."
"GRAYNESS","The quality of being gray."
"GRAYSTONE","A grayish or greenish compact rock, composed of feldspar andaugite, and allied to basalt."
"GRAYWACKE","A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles sandfirmly united together."
"GRAZER","One that grazes; a creature which feeds on growing grass orherbage.The cackling goose, Close grazer, finds wherewith to ease her want.J. Philips."
"GRAZIER","One who pastures cattle, and rears them for market.The inhabitants be rather . . . graziers than plowmen. Stow."
"GRAZIOSO","Gracefully; smoothly; elegantly."
"GRE","See Gree, a step. [Obs.]"
"GREASE","An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinarygreasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness,followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences. Greasebush. (Bot.) Same as Grease wood (below).-- Grease moth (Zo\u00f6l.), a pyralid moth (Aglossa pinguinalis) whoselarva eats greasy cloth, etc.-- Grease wood (Bot.), a scraggy, stunted, and somewhat pricklyshrub (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) of the Spinach family, very abundantin alkaline valleys from the upper Missouri to California. The nameis also applied to other plants of the same family, as severalspecies of Atriplex and Obione."
"GREASILY",", adv."
"GREASINESS","The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness;grossness."
"GREASY","Affected with the disease called grease; as, the heels of ahorse. See Grease, n., 2."
"GREAT","The whole.; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by thegreat."
"GREAT WHITE WAY","Broadway, in New York City, in the neighborhood chieflyoccupied by theaters, as from about 30th Street about 50th Street; --so called from its brilliant illumination at night."
"GREAT-BELLIED","Having a great belly, bigbellied; pregnant; teeming. Shak."
"GREAT-GRANDCHILD","The child of one's grandson or granddaughter."
"GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER","A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter."
"GREAT-GRANDFATHER","The father of one's grandfather or grandmother."
"GREAT-GRANDMOTHER","The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother."
"GREAT-GRANDSON","A son of one's grandson or granddaughter."
"GREAT-HEARTEDNESS","The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness;magnanimity."
"GREATCOAT","An overcoat."
"GREATEN","To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; toexpand. [R.]A minister's [business] is to greaten and exalt [his king]. Ken."
"GREAVE","A grove. [Obs.] Spenser."
"GREAVES","The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs'food. In Scotland it is called cracklings. [Written also graves.]"
"GREBE","One of several swimming birds or divers, of the genus Colymbus(formerly Podiceps), aud allied genera, found in the northern partsof America, Europe, and Asia. They have strong, sharp bills, andlobate toes."
"GRECIAN","Of or pertaining to Greece; Greek. Grecian bend, among women,an affected carriage of the body, the upper part being inclinedforward. [Collog.] -- Grecian fire. See Greek fire, under Greek."
"GRECISM","An idiom of the Greek language; a Hellenism. Addison."
"GRECIZE","To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech."
"GRECO-ROMAN","Having characteristics that are partly Greek and partly Roman;as, Greco-Roman architecture."
"GRECQUE","An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret ormeander,"
"GREE","To agree. [Obs.] Fuller."
"GREECE","See Gree a step. [Obs.]"
"GREED","An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain."
"GREEDILY",", adv. In a greedy manner."
"GREEDINESS","The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire.Fox in stealth, wolf in greediness. Shak."
"GREEDY-GUT","A glutton. [Low] Todd."
"GREEK","Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian. Greekcalends. See under Calends.-- Greek Church (Eccl. Hist.), the Eastern Church; that part ofChristendom which separated from the Roman or Western Church in theninth century. It comprises the great bulk of the Christianpopulation of Russia (of which this is the established church),Greece, Moldavia, and Wallachia. The Greek Church is governed bypatriarchs and is called also the Byzantine Church.-- Greek cross. See Illust. (10) Of Cross.-- Greek Empire. See Byzantine Empire.-- Greek fire, a combustible composition which burns under water,the constituents of which are supposed to be asphalt, with niter andsulphur. Ure.-- Greek rose, the flower campion."
"GREEK CALENDAR","A time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends."
"GREEKESS","A female Greek. [R.]"
"GREEKISH","Peculiar to Greece."
"GREEKLING","A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions. B.Jonson."
"GREEN","To make green.Great spring before Greened all the year. Thomson."
"GREEN-BROOM","A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria); dyer's weed; --called also greenweed."
"GREEN-LEEK","An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi); -- called alsothe scarlet-breasted parrot."
"GREEN-STALL","A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed forsale."
"GREENBACK","One of the legal tender notes of the United States; -- firstissued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with greenink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits."
"GREENBACKER","One of those who supported greenback or paper money, andopposed the resumption of specie payments. [Colloq. U. S.]"
"GREENCLOTH","A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting houseof the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord stewardand his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in thehousehold, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace withinthe verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond thegatees."
"GREENERY","Green plants; verdure.A pretty little one-storied abode, so rural, so smothered ingreenery. J. Ingelow."
"GREENFISH","See Bluefish, and Pollock."
"GREENGAGE","A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh,and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after thequeen of Francis I. See Gage."
"GREENGILL","An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, saidto be due to an abnormal condition of the blood."
"GREENGROCER","A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or greenstate."
"GREENHEAD","A state of greenness; verdancy. Chaucer."
"GREENHORN","A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon. W.Irving."
"GREENHOUSE","A house in which tender plants are cultivated and shelteredfrom the weather."
"GREENING","A greenish apple, of several varieties, among which the RhodeIsland greening is the best known for its fine-grained acid flesh andits excellent keeping quality."
"GREENISH","Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow.-- Green'ish*ness, n."
"GREENLANDER","A native of Greenland."
"GREENLET","l. (Zo\u00f6l.) One of numerous species of small American singingbirds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireosolitarius); the brotherly-love (V. Philadelphicus); the warblinggreenlet (V. gilvus); the yellow-throated greenlet (V. flavifrons)and others. See Vireo."
"GREENLY","With a green color; newly; freshly, immaturely.-- a."
"GREENOCKITE","Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellowhexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation."
"GREENROOM","The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater."
"GREENSAND","A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated,consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of agreen color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime."
"GREENSHANK","A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- calledalso greater plover."
"GREENSTONE","A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-coloredigneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc."
"GREENSWARD","Turf green with grass."
"GREENTH","The state or quality of being green; verdure. [R.]The greenth of summer. G. Eliot."
"GREENWEED","See Greenbroom."
"GREENWOOD","A forest as it appears is spring and summer."
"GREET","Great. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GREETER","One who greets or salutes another."
"GREETING","Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; acompliment from one absent.Write to him . . . gentle adieus and greetings. Shak."
"GREEVE","See Grieve, an overseer."
"GREEZE","A step. See Gree, a step. [Obs.]The top of the ladder, or first greeze, is this. Latimer."
"GREFFIER","A registrar or recorder; a notary. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"GREGAL","Pertaining to, or like, a flock.For this gregal conformity there is an excuse. W. S. Mayo."
"GREGARIAN","Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort; common.[Obs.] 'The gregarian soldiers.' Howell."
"GREGARINE","Of or pertaining to the Gregarin\u00e6.-- n."
"GREGARINIDA","Gregarin\u00e6."
"GREGARIOUS","Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending toflock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone.Burke.No birds of prey are gregarious. Ray.-- Gre*ga'ri*ous*ly, adv.-- Gre-ga'ri-ous-ness, n."
"GREGORIAN","Pertaining to, or originated by, some person named Gregory,especially one of the popes of that name. Gregorian calendar, thecalendar as reformed by Pope Gregory XIII. in 1582, including themethod of adjusting the leap years so as to harmonize the civil yearwith the solar, and also the regulation of the time of Easter and themovable feasts by means of epochs. See Gregorian year (below).-- Gregorian chant (Mus.), plain song, or canto fermo, a kind ofunisonous music, according to the eight celebrated church modes, asarranged and prescribed by Pope Gregory I. (called 'the Great') inthe 6th century.-- Gregorian modes, the musical scales ordained by Pope Gregory theGreat, and named after the ancient Greek scales, as Dorian, Lydian,etc.-- Gregorian telescope (Opt.), a form of reflecting telescope, namedfrom Prof. James Gregory, of Edinburgh, who perfected it in 1663. Asmall concave mirror in the axis of this telescope, having its focuscoincident with that of the large reflector, transmits the lightreceived from the latter back through a hole in its center to theeyepiece placed behind it.-- Gregorian year, the year as now reckoned according to theGregorian calendar. Thus, every year, of the current reckoning, whichis divisible by 4, except those divisible by 100 aud not by 400, has366 days; all other years have 365 days. See Bissextile, and Noteunder Style, n., 7."
"GREILLADE","Iron ore in coarse powder, prepared for reduction by theCatalan process."
"GREISEN","A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in thetin regions of Cornwall and Saxony."
"GREIT","See Greet, to weep."
"GREITH","To make ready; -- often used reflexively. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GREMIAL","Of or pertaining to the lap or bosom. [R.]"
"GRENADE","A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of otherexplosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand amongenemies. Hand grenade. (a) A small grenade of iron or glass, usuallyabout two and a half inches in diameter, to be thrown from the handinto the head of a sap, trenches, covered way, or upon besiegersmounting a breach. (b) A portable fire extinguisher consisting of aglass bottle containing water and gas. It is thrown into the flames.Called also fire grenade. Rampart grenades, grenades of varioussizes, which, when used, are rolled over the pararapet in a trough."
"GRENADIER","Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward,one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking poston the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In moderntimes, a member of a special regiment or corps; as, a grenadier ofthe guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Grenadier Guards ofthe British army, etc."
"GRENADILLO","A handsome tropical American wood, much used for making flutesand other wind instruments; -- called also Grenada cocos, or cocus,and red ebony."
"GRENADO","Same as Grenade."
"GRENE","Green. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GRES","Grass. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GRETTO","imp. of Greet, to salute."
"GREVE","A grove. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GREW","imp. of Grow."
"GREY","See Gray (the correct orthography)."
"GREYHOUND","A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sightand swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and isfigured on the Egyptian monuments. [Written also grayhound.]"
"GREYLAG","See Graylag."
"GRIBBLE","A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L.terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber,such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America."
"GRICE","A little pig. [Written also grise.] [Scot.]"
"GRID","A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron."
"GRIDDLECAKE","A cake baked or fried on a griddle, esp. a thin batter cake, asof buckwheat or common flour."
"GRIDE","To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierceharshly; as, the griding sword. Milton.That through his thigh the mortal steel did gride. Spenser."
"GRIDELIN","A color mixed of white, and red, or a gray violet. [Writtenalso gredaline, grizelin.] Dryden."
"GRIDIRON","An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination,cleaning, and repairs. 3. (Sport)"
"GRIEFFUL","Full of grief or sorrow. Sackvingle."
"GRIEFLESS","Without grief. Huloet."
"GRIEGO","See Greggoe."
"GRIEVABLE","Lamentable. [Obs.]"
"GRIEVANCER","One who occasions a grievance; one who gives ground forcomplaint. [Obs.]Petition . . . against the bishops as grand grievancers. Fuller."
"GRIEVE","To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; tosorrow; to mourn; -- often followed by at, for, or over.Do not you grieve at this. Shak."
"GRIEVER","One who, or that which, grieves."
"GRIEVING","Sad; sorrowful; causing grief.-- n."
"GRIFF","An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wireswhich raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.Knight."
"GRIFFE","The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto.[Local, U. S.]"
"GRIFFIN","An Anglo-Indian name for a person just arrived from Europe. H.Kingsley."
"GRIL","Harah; hard; severe; stern; rough. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"GRILLADE","The act of grilling; also, that which is grilled."
"GRILLAGE","A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation inmarshy or treacherous soil."
"GRILLE","A lattice or grating.The grille which formed part of the gate. L. Oliphant."
"GRILLROOM","A room specially fitted for broiling food, esp. one in arestaurant, hotel, or clubhouse, arranged for prompt service."
"GRILLY","To broil; to grill; hence, To harass. [Obs.] Hudibras."
"GRILSE","A young salmon after its first return from the sea."
"GRIM","Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly;cruel; frightful; horrible.Whose grim aspect sets every joint a-shaking. Shak.The ridges of grim war. Milton."
"GRIMACE","A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, fromaffectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, ascontempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face.Moving his face into such a hideons grimace, that every feature of itappeared under a different distortion. Addison."
"GRIMACED","Distorted; crabbed."
"GRIMALKIN","An old cat, esp. a she-cat. J. Philips."
"GRIME","Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeplyingrained."
"GRIMILY","In a grimy manner."
"GRIMINESS","The state of being grimy."
"GRIMLY","Grim; hideous; stern. [R.]In glided Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. D.Mallet."
"GRIMME","A West African antelope (Cephalophus rufilotus) of a deep baycolor, with a broad dorsal stripe of black; -- called alsoconquetoon."
"GRIMNESS","Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness."
"GRIMSIR","A stern man. [Obs.] Burton."
"GRIMY","Full of grime; begrimed; dirty; foul."
"GRIN","A snare; a gin. [Obs.]Like a bird that hasteth to his grin. Remedy of Love."
"GRINDED","Ground. Sir W. Scott."
"GRINDELIA","The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as aremedy in asthma and bronchitis."
"GRINDER","The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia; --called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noiselike a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes. Grinder's asthma,phthisis, or rot (Med.), a lung disease produced by the mechanicalirritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in theoperation of grinding."
"GRINDERY","Leather workers' materials. [Eng.] Grindery warehouse, a shopwhere leather workers' materials and tools are kept on sale. [Eng.]"
"GRINDING","from Grind. Grinding frame, an English name for a cottonspinning machine.-- Grinding mill. (a) A mill for grinding grain. (b) A lapidary'slathe."
"GRINDINGLY","In a grinding manner. [Colloq.]"
"GRINDLE","The bowfin; -- called also Johnny Grindle. [Local, U. S.]"
"GRINDLE STONE","A grindstone. [Obs.]"
"GRINDLET","A small drain."
"GRINDSTONE","A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding orsharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects. To hold, pat, orbring one's nose to the grindstone, to oppress one; to keep one in acondition of servitude.They might be ashamed, for lack of courage, to suffer theLaced\u00e6monians to hold their noses to the grindstone. Sir T. North."
"GRINGO","Among Spanish Americans, a foreigner, esp. an Englishman orAmerican; -- often used as a term of reproach."
"GRINNER","One who grins. Addison."
"GRINNINGLY","In a grinning manner."
"GRINT","3d pers. sing. pres. of Grind, Etym: contr. from grindeth.[Obs.] Chaucer."
"GRINTE","imp. of Grin, v. i., 1.[He] grinte with his teeth, so was he wroth. Chaucer."
"GRINTING","Grinding. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GRIP","The griffin. [Obs.]"
"GRIP CAR","A car with a grip to clutch a traction cable."
"GRIPE","A vulture; the griffin. [Obs.]Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws. Shak.Gripe's egg, an alchemist's vessel. [Obs.] E. Jonson."
"GRIPEFUL","Disposed to gripe; extortionate."
"GRIPER","One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner. Burton."
"GRIPINGLY","In a griping or oppressive manner. Bacon."
"GRIPMAN","The man who manipulates a grip."
"GRIPPE","The influenza or epidemic catarrh. Dunglison."
"GRIPPER","In printing presses, the fingers or nippers."
"GRIPPLE","A grasp; a gripe. [Obs.] Spenser."
"GRIPPLENESS","The quality of being gripple. [Obs.]"
"GRIPSACK","A traveler's handbag. [Colloq.]"
"GRIS","Gray. [R.] Chaucer."
"GRISAILLE","Decorative painting in gray monochrome; -- used in Englishespecially for painted glass."
"GRISAMBER","Ambergris. [Obs.] Milton."
"GRISE","See Grice, a pig. [Prov. Eng.]"
"GRISEOUS","Of a light color, or white, mottled with black or brown;grizzled or grizzly. Maunder."
"GRISETTE","A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; morefrequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry. Sterne."
"GRISKIN","The spine of a hog. [Obs.]"
"GRISLED","See Grizzled."
"GRISLINESS","The quality or state of being grisly; horrid. Sir P. Sidney."
"GRISLY","Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; agrisly specter. 'Grisly to behold.' Chaucer.A man of grisly and stern gravity. Robynson (More's Utopia).Grisly bear. (Zo\u00f6l.) See under Grizzly."
"GRISONS","The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons."
"GRISTLE","Cartilage. See Cartilage. Bacon."
"GRISTLY","Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle;cartilaginous."
"GRISTMILL","A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grindinggrists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custommill."
"GRIT","Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in highmilling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats."
"GRITH","Peace; security; agreement. [Obs.] Gower."
"GRITTINESS","The quality of being gritty."
"GRIVET","A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecusgriseoviridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower partswhite, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancientEgyptians. Called also tota."
"GRIZE","Same as 2d Grise. [Obs.]"
"GRIZELIN","See Gridelin."
"GRIZZLE","Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black. Shak."
"GRIZZLED","Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of a mixed whiteand black.Grizzled hair flowing in elf locks. Sir W. Scott."
"GRIZZLY","Somewhat gray; grizzled.Old squirrels that turn grizzly. Bacon.Grizzly bear (Zo\u00f6l.), a large and ferocious bear (Ursus horribilis)of Western North America and the Rocky Mountains. It is remarkablefor the great length of its claws."
"GROAN","To affect by groans."
"GROANFUL","Agonizing; sad. [Obs.] Spenser."
"GROATS","Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed; inhigh milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than grits. Embdengroats, crushed oats."
"GROBIAN","A rude or clownish person; boor; lout."
"GROCER","A trader who deals in tea, sugar, spices, coffee, fruits, andvarious other commodities. Grocer's itch (Med.), a disease of theakin, caused by handling sugar and treacle."
"GROG","A mixture of spirit and water not sweetened; hence, anyintoxicating liquor. Grog blossom, a redness on the nose or face ofpersons who drink ardent spirits to excess. [Collog.]"
"GROGGERY","A grogshop. [Slang, U. S.]"
"GROGGINESS","Tenderness or stiffness in the foot of a horse, which causeshim to move in a hobbling manner."
"GROGGY","Moving in a hobbling manner, owing to ten der feet; -- said ofa horse. Youatt."
"GROGSHOP","A shop or room where strong liquors are sold and drunk; adramshop."
"GROIN","The snout of a swine. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GROINED","Built with groins; as, a groined ceiling; a groined vault."
"GROLIER","The name by which Jean Grolier de Servier (1479-1565), a Frenchbibliophile, is commonly known; -- used in naming a certain style ofbinding, a design, etc."
"GROMET","Same as Grommet."
"GROMILL","See Gromwell."
"GROMMET","A ring of rope used as a wad to hold a cannon ball in place."
"GROMWELL","A plant of the genus Lithospermum (L. arvense), anciently used,because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel. The Germangromwell is the Stellera. [Written also gromill.]"
"GROND","obs. imp. of Grind. Chaucer."
"GRONTE","obs. imp. of Groan. Chaucer."
"GROOM","To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse."
"GROOMER","One who, or that which, grooms horses; especially, a brushrotated by a flexible or jointed revolving shaft, for cleaninghorses."
"GROOMSMAN","A male attendant of a bridegroom at his wedding; -- thecorrelative of bridesmaid."
"GROOPER","See Grouper."
"GROOVE","A shaft or excavation. [Prov. Eng.]"
"GROOVING","The act of forming a groove or grooves; a groove, or collectionof grooves."
"GROPER","One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or searchesby feeling."
"GROPING-LY","In a groping manner."
"GROS","A heavy silk with a dull finish; as, gros de Naples; gros deTours."
"GROSBEAK","One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak.The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris."
"GROSCHEN","A small silver coin and money of account of Germany, worthabout two cents. It is not included in the new monetary system of theempire."
"GROSGRAIN","Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy threadrunning crosswise."
"GROSS","The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross ofbottles; ten gross of pens. Advowson in gross (Law), an advowsonbelonging to a person, and not to a manor.-- A great gross, twelve gross; one hundred and forty-four dozen.-- By the gross, by the quantity; at wholesale.-- Common in gross. (Law) See under Common, n.-- In the gross, In gross, in the bulk, or the undivided whole; allparts taken together."
"GROSS-HEADED","Thick-skulled; stupid."
"GROSSBEAK","See Grosbeak."
"GROSSIFICATION","The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization.Henslow."
"GROSSLY","In a gross manner; greatly; coarsely; without delicacy;shamefully; disgracefully."
"GROSSNESS","The state or quality of being gross; thickness; corpulence;coarseness; shamefulness.Abhor the swinish grossness that delights to wound the' ear ofdelicacy. Dr. T. Dwight."
"GROSSULAR","Pertaining too, or resembling, a gooseberry; as, grossulargarnet."
"GROSSULARIA","Same as Grossular."
"GROSSULIN","A vegetable jelly, resembling pectin, found in gooseberries(Ribes Grossularia) and other fruits."
"GROT","A grotto. [Poetic] Milton."
"GROTESQUE","Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike; wildlyor strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms andproportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic. 'Grotesque design.' Dryden.'Grotesque incidents.' Macaulay."
"GROTESQUELY","In a grotesque manner."
"GROTESQUENESS","Quality of being grotesque."
"GROTESQUERY","Grotesque action, speech, or manners; grotesque doings. 'Thesustained grotesquery of Feather-top.'  K. L. Bates."
"GROTTO","A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave; also, anartificial recess, cave, or cavernlike apartment."
"GROTTO-WORK","Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto.Cowper."
"GROUND","A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth."
"GROUNDAGE","A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupieswhile in port. Bouvier."
"GROUNDEDLY","In a grounded or firmly established manner. Glanvill."
"GROUNDEN","p. p. of Grind. Chaucer."
"GROUNDING","The act, method, or process of laying a groundwork orfoundation; hence, elementary instruction; the act or process ofapplying a ground, as of color, to wall paper, cotton cloth, etc.; abasis."
"GROUNDLESS","Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason forsupport; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundlessreport or assertion.-- Ground'less*ly, adv.-- Ground'less*ness, n."
"GROUNDLING","A fish that keeps at the bottom of the water, as the loach."
"GROUNDLY","Solidly; deeply; thoroughly. [Obs.]Those whom princes do once groundly hate, Let them provide to die assure us fate. Marston."
"GROUNDSEL","An annual composite plant (Senecio vulgaris) one of the mostcommon, and widely distributed weeds on the globe."
"GROUNDSILL","Defn:"
"GROUNDWORK","That which forms the foundation or support of anything; thebasis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden."
"GROUP","A variously limited assemblage of animals or planta, havingsome resemblance, or common characteristics in form or structure. Theterm has different uses, and may be made to include certain speciesof a genus, or a whole genus, or certain genera, or even severalorders."
"GROUPING","The disposal or relative arrangement of figures or objects, asin, drawing, painting, and sculpture, or in ornamental design."
"GROUSE",") Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of thefamily Tetraonid\u00e6, and subfamily Tetraonin\u00e6, inhabiting Europe, Asia,and North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-featheredlegs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans(Lagopus), having feathered feet."
"GROUSER","(Dredging, Pile Driving, etc.) A pointed timber attached to aboat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means ofanchorage."
"GROUT","Lees; dregs; grounds. [Eng.] 'Grouts of tea.' Dickens."
"GROUTHEAD","See Growthead."
"GROUTING","The process of filling in or finishing with grout; also, thegrout thus filled in. Gwilt."
"GROUTNOL","Same as Growthead. Beau. & Fl."
"GROUTY","Cross; sulky; sullen. [Colloq.]"
"GROVE","The original sense seems to have been a lane cut through trees.See Grave, v., and cf. Groove.] A smaller group of trees than aforest, and without underwood, planted, or growing naturally as ifarranged by art; a wood of small extent."
"GROVELER","One who grovels; an abject wretch. [Written also groveller.]"
"GROVELING","Lying prone; low; debased. [Written also grovelling.] 'Agroveling creature.' Cowper."
"GROVY","Pertaining to, or resembling, a grove; situated in, orfrequenting, groves. Dampier."
"GROW","To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop;to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco. Macaulay."
"GROWABLE","Capable of growth."
"GROWAN","A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodesin Cornwall."
"GROWER","One who grows or produces; as, a grower of corn; also, thatwhich grows or increases; as, a vine may be a rank or a slow grower."
"GROWL","To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give forthan angry, grumbling sound. Gay."
"GROWLER","The large-mouthed black bass. [Local]"
"GROWLINGLY","In a growling manner."
"GROWN","p. p. of Grow."
"GROWSE","To shiver; to have chills. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ray."
"GROWTHEAD","A lazy person; a blockhead. [Obs.] Tusser."
"GROWTHFUL","Having capacity of growth. [R.] J. Hamilton."
"GROYNE","See Groin."
"GROZING IRON","A tool for smoothing the solder joints of lead pipe. Knight."
"GRUB","The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called alsogrubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith.Yet your butterfly was a grub. Shak."
"GRUBBER","One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool ofthe nature of a grub ax, .grub hook, etc."
"GRUBBLE","To feel or grope in the dark. [Obs.] Dryden."
"GRUBBY","Dirty; unclean. [Colloq.]The grubby game of marbles. Lond. Sat. Rev."
"GRUBWORM","See Grub, n., 1.And gnats and grubworms crowded on his view. C. Smart."
"GRUCCHE","To murmur; to grumble. [Obs.]What aileth you, thus for grucche and groan. Chaucer."
"GRUDGEFUL","Full of grudge; envious. 'Grudgeful discontent.' Spenser."
"GRUDGER","One who grudges."
"GRUDGINGLY","In a grudging manner."
"GRUDGINGNESS","The state or quality of grudging, or of being full of grudge orunwillingness."
"GRUEL","A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal,or fiour in water or milk; thin porridge."
"GRUELLY","Like gruel; of the consistence of gruel."
"GRUESOME","Same as Grewsome. [Scot.]"
"GRUF","Forwards; with one's face to the ground. [Obs.]They fellen gruf, and cryed piteously. Chaucer."
"GRUFF","Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly;severe; harsh. Addison.Gruff, disagreeable, sarcastic remarks. Thackeray.-- Gruff'ly, adv.-- Gruff'ness, n."
"GRUGRU PALM","A West Indian name for several kinds of palm. See Macaw tree,under Macaw. [Written also grigri palm.]"
"GRUGRU WORM","The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandrapalmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. Itis eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy."
"GRUMBLE","To express or utter with grumbling."
"GRUMBLER","One who grumbles."
"GRUMBLINGLY","In a grumbling manner."
"GRUME","A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood. Quincy."
"GRUMLY","In a grum manner."
"GRUMOSE","Clustered in grains at intervals; grumous."
"GRUMOUS","See Grumose."
"GRUMOUSNESS","The state of being grumous."
"GRUMPILY","In a surly manner; sullenly. [Colloq.]"
"GRUMPY","Surly; dissatisfied; grouty. [Collog.] Ferby."
"GRUNDEL","A groundling (fish). [Prov. Eng.]"
"GRUNDSEL","Grounsel. [Obs.]"
"GRUNDYISM","Narrow and unintelligent conventionalism. -- Grun'dy*ist, n."
"GRUNT","To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groanor a deep guttural sound.Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life. Shak.Grunting ox (Zo\u00f6l.), the yak."
"GRUNTER","One of several American marine fishes. See Sea robin, andGrunt, n., 2."
"GRUNTINGLY","In a grunting manner."
"GRUNTLE","To grunt; to grunt repeatedly. [Obs.]"
"GRUNTLING","A young hog."
"GRUTCH","See Grudge. [Obs.] Hudibras."
"GRUYERE CHEESE","'' (Gruy\u00e8re, Switzerland. It is a firm cheese containingnumerous cells, and is known in the United States as Schweitzerk\u00e4se."
"GRYDE","To gride. See Gride. Spenser."
"GRYFON","See Griffin. Spenser."
"GRYLLUS","A genus of insects including the common crickets."
"GRYPE","To gripe. [Obs.] See Gripe. Spenser."
"GRYPHAEA","A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the oyster."
"GRYPHITE","A shell of the genus Gryphea."
"GRYPHON","The griffin vulture."
"GRYSBOK","A small South African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It isspeckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddishfawn."
"GUACHARO","A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (SteatornisCaripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird."
"GUAIAC","Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum.-- n. Guaiacum."
"GUAIACOL","A colorless liquid, C7H8O2, with a peculiar odor. It is themethyl ether of pyrocatechin, and is obtained by distilling guaiacumfrom wood-tar creosote, and in other ways. It has been used intreating pulmonary tuberculosis."
"GUAIACUM","A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America."
"GUAN","Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of Certaland South America, belonging to Penelope, Pipile, Ortalis, and alliedgenera. Several of the species are often domesticated."
"GUANA","See Iguana."
"GUANACO","A South American mammal (Auchenia huanaco), allied to thellama, but of larger size and more graceful form, inhabiting thesouthern Andes and Patagonia. It is supposed by some to be the llamain a wild state. [Written also huanaco.]"
"GUANIDINE","A strongly alkaline base, CN3H5, formed by the oxidation ofguanin, and also obtained combined with methyl in the decompositionof creatin. Boiled with dilute sulphuric acid, it yields urea andammonia."
"GUANIFEROUS","Yielding guano. Ure."
"GUANIN","A crystalline substance (C5H5N5O) contained in guano. It isalso a constituent of the liver, pancreas, and other glands inmammals."
"GUANO","A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islandsfrequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. Itis rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerfulfertilizer."
"GUARANA","A preparation from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a woodyclimber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also inthe cure of headache."
"GUARANINE","An alkaloid extracted from guarana. Same as Caffeine."
"GUARANTEE","The person to whom a guaranty is made; -- the correlative ofguarantor."
"GUARANTY","In law and common usage: An undertaking to answer for thepayment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, ofanother, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; aguarantee; a warranty; a security."
"GUARD","To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be ina state or position of defense or safety; as, careful persons guardagainst mistakes."
"GUARDABLE","Capable of being guarded or protected."
"GUARDAGE","Wardship [Obs.] Shak."
"GUARDANT","Same as Gardant."
"GUARDED","Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in hisexpressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions wereguarded.-- Guard'edly, adv.-- Guard'ed*ness, n."
"GUARDENAGE","Guardianship. [Obs. & R.] ' His tuition and guardenage.'Holland."
"GUARDER","One who guards."
"GUARDFISH","The garfish."
"GUARDFUL","Cautions; wary; watchful. [Obs. or Poetic.] -- Guard'ful*ly,adv."
"GUARDHOUSE","A building which is occupied by the guard, and in whichsoldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up."
"GUARDIAN","One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person orproperty of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a personincapable of managing his own affairs.Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians bynature.-- viz., the father and (in some cases) the mother of the child.Blockstone.Guardian ad litem ( (Law), a guardian appointed by a court of justiceto conduct a particular suit.-- Guardians of the poor, the members of a board appointed orelected to care for the relief of the poor within a township, ordistrict."
"GUARDIANAGE","Guardianship. [Obs.]"
"GUARDIANCE","Guardianship. [Obs.]"
"GUARDIANESS","A female guardian.I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess. Beau. & Fl."
"GUARDIANLESS","Without a guardian. Marston."
"GUARDIANSHIP","The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care;watch."
"GUARDLESS","Without a guard or defense; unguarded. Chapman."
"GUARDROOM","The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty; also, aroom where prisoners are confined."
"GUARDS","A body of picked troops; as, 'The Household Guards.'"
"GUARDSHIP","Care; protection. [Obs.] Swift."
"GUARISH","To heal. [Obs.] Spenser."
"GUATEMALA GRASS","See Teosinte."
"GUAVA","A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium. Twovarieties are well known, the P. pyriferum, or white guava, and P.pomiferum, or red guava. The fruit or berry is shaped like apomegranate, but is much smaller. It is somewhat astringent, butmakes a delicious jelly."
"GUBERNANCE","Government. [Obs.]"
"GUBERNATE","To govern. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"GUBERNATION","The act of governing; government [Obs.] I. Watts."
"GUBERNATIVE","Governing. [Obs.]"
"GUBERNATORIAL","Pertaining to a governor, or to government."
"GUDGEON","A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied tothe carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait.In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons."
"GUE","A sharper; a rogue. [Obs.] J. Webstar."
"GUELDERROSE","A cultivated variety of a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus),bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called also snowball tree."
"GUENON","One of several long-tailed Oriental monkeys, of the genusCercocebus, as the green monkey and grivet."
"GUEPARDE","The cheetah."
"GUERDON","A reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and abad sense. Macaulay.So young as to regard men's frown or smile As loss or guerdon of aglorious lot. Byron.He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon ofall his former villainies. Knolles."
"GUERDONABLE","Worthy of reward. Sir G. Buck."
"GUERDONLESS","Without reward or guerdon."
"GUEREZA","A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having thebody black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides,and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band,cheeks, and chin are white."
"GUERILLA","See Guerrilla."
"GUERITE","A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles ofworks, or the acute angles of bastions."
"GUERNSEY LILY","A South African plant (Nerine Sarniensis) with handsomelilylike flowers, naturalized on the island of Guernsey."
"GUERRILLA","Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularlyand by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party; guerrilla warfare."
"GUESS","To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at,about, etcThis is the place, as well as I may guess. Milton."
"GUESS ROPE","A guess warp."
"GUESS WARP","A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; --so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to becarried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object."
"GUESSABLE","Capable of being guessed."
"GUESSER","One who guesses; one who forms or gives an opinion withoutmeans of knowing."
"GUESSINGLY","By way of conjecture. Shak."
"GUESSIVE","Conjectural. [Obs.] Feltham."
"GUESSWORK","Work performed, or results obtained, by guess; conjecture."
"GUEST","To receive or entertain hospitably. [Obs.] Sylvester."
"GUEST ROPE","The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom. Ham.Nav. Encyc."
"GUESTWISE","In the manner of a guest."
"GUEVI","One of several very small species and varieties of Africanantelopes, of the genus Cephalophus, as the Cape guevi or kleeneboc(C. pyg. m\u00e6a); -- called also pygmy antelope."
"GUFFAW","A loud burst of laughter, a horse laugh. 'A hearty low guffaw.'Carlyle."
"GUFFER","The eelpout; guffer eel."
"GUGGLE","See Gurgle."
"GUHR","A loose, earthy deposit from water, found in the cavities orclefts of rocks, mostly white, but sometimes red or yellow, from amixture of clay or ocher. P. Cleaveland."
"GUIAC","Same as Guaiac."
"GUIACOL","A colorless liquid, C6H4,OCH3.OH, resembling the phenols, foundas a constituent of woodtar creosote, aud produced by the drydistillation of guaiac resin."
"GUIACUM","Same as Guaiacum."
"GUIB","A West African antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus), curiouslymarked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground, andhence called harnessed antelope; -- called also guiba."
"GUICOWAR","[Mahratta gaekwar, prop., a cowherd.] The title of thesovereign of Guzerat, in Western India; -- generally called theGuicowar of Baroda, which is the capital of the country."
"GUIDABLE","Capable of being guided; willing to be guided or counseled.Sprat."
"GUIDANCE","The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistanceof a guide; direction; government; a leading.His studies were without guidance and without plan. Macaulay."
"GUIDE","A grooved director for a probe or knife.(c) (Printing) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye tothe line of copy he is setting."
"GUIDE ROPE","A rope hung from a balloon or dirigible so as trail along theground for about half its length, used to preserve altitudeautomatically, by variation of the length dragging on the ground,without loss of ballast or gas."
"GUIDEBOARD","A board, as upon a guidepost having upon it directions orinformation as to the road. Lowell."
"GUIDEBOOK","A book of directions and information for travelers, tourists,etc."
"GUIDELESS","Without a guide. Dryden."
"GUIDEPOST","A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, todirect travelers."
"GUIDER","A guide; a director. Shak."
"GUIDERESS","A female guide. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GUIDGUID","A South American ant bird of the genus Hylactes; -- called alsobarking bird."
"GUIGE","See Gige."
"GUILDABLE","Liable to a tax. [Obs.]"
"GUILDER","A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; -- called alsoflorin and gulden."
"GUILDHALL","The hall where a guild or corporation usually assembles; atownhall."
"GUILE","Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit;treachery.Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. John i. 47.To wage by force or guile eternal war. Milton."
"GUILEFUL","Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery;guilty.-- Guile'ful*ly, adv.-- Guile'ful*ness, n."
"GUILELESS","Free from guile; artless.-- Guile'less*ly, adv. Guile'less*ness, n."
"GUILLEMET","A quotation mark. [R.]"
"GUILLEMOT","One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. Theyhave short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers."
"GUILLEVAT","A vat for fermenting liquors."
"GUILLOCHE","An ornament in the form of two or more bands or strings twistedover each other in a continued series, leaving circular openingswhich are filled with round ornaments."
"GUILLOCHED","Waved or engine-turned. Mollett."
"GUILLOTINE","To behead with the guillotine."
"GUILOR","A deceiver; one who deludes, or uses guile. [Obs.] Spenser."
"GUILT-SICK","Made sick by consciousness of guilt. 'A guilt-sick conscience.'Beau. c& El."
"GUILTILY","In a guilty manner."
"GUILTINESS","The quality or state of being guilty."
"GUILTYLIKE","Guiltily. [Obs.] Shak."
"GUIMPE","A kind of short chemisette, worn with a low-necked dress."
"GUINEA-PIG DIRECTOR","A director (usually one holding a number of directorships) whoserves merely or mainly for the fee (in England, often a guinea) paidfor attendance. [Colloq.]"
"GUIPURE","A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for alace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh,but has the pattern held together by connecting threads called barsor brides."
"GUIRLAND","See Garland."
"GUISER","A person in disguise; a masker; a mummer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"GUITAR","A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or theviolin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk coveredwith silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon with thefingers."
"GUITGUIT","One of several species of small tropical American birds of thefamily Coerebid\u00e6, allied to the creepers; -- called also quit. SeeQuit."
"GULA","A capping molding. Same as Cymatium."
"GULAR","Pertaining to the gula or throat; as, gular plates. See Illust.of Bird, and Bowfin."
"GULAUND","An arctic sea bird."
"GULCH","To swallow greedily; to gulp down. [Obs.]"
"GULD","A flower. See Gold. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GULDEN","See Guilder."
"GULE","To give the color of gules to."
"GULES","The tincture red, indicated in seals and engraved figures ofescutcheons by parallel vertical lines. Hence, used poetically for ared color or that which is red.His sev'n-fold targe a field of gules did stain In which two swordshe bore; his word, 'Divide and reign.' P. Fletcher.Follow thy drum; With man's blood paint the ground; gules, gules.Shak.Let's march to rest and set in gules, like suns. Beau. & Fl."
"GULF","A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; apartially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico."
"GULFY","Full of whirlpools or gulfs. Chapman."
"GULGUL","A cement made in India from sea shells, pulverized and mixedwith oil, and spread over a ship's bottom, to prevent the boring ofworms."
"GULIST","A glutton. [Obs.]"
"GULL","To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.The rulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed. Dryden.I'm not gulling him for the emperor's service. Coleridge."
"GULLAGE","Act of being gulled. [Obs.]Had you no quirk. To avoid gullage, sir, by such a creature B. Jonson"
"GULLER","One who gulls; a deceiver."
"GULLERY","An act, or the practice, of gulling; trickery; fraud. [R.] 'Amere gullery.' Selden."
"GULLET","The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynxto the stomach; the esophagus."
"GULLETING","A system of excavating by means of gullets or channels."
"GULLIBLE","Easily gulled; that may be duped.-- Gul'li*bii`i*ty, n. Burke."
"GULLISH","Foolish; stupid. [Obs.] Gull'ish*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"GULLY","A large knife. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"GULOSITY","Excessive appetite; greediness; voracity. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"GULP","To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; totake down at one swallow.He does not swallow, but he gulps it down. Cowper.The old man . . . glibly gulped down the whole narrative. Fielding.To gulp up, to throw up from the stomach; to disgorge."
"GULPH","See Gulf."
"GULT","Guilt. See Guilt. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GULTY","Guilty. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GULY","Of or pertaining to gules; red. 'Those fatal guly dragons.'Milton."
"GUM","The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover theadjacent parts of the jaws. Gum rash (Med.), strophulus in a teethingchild; red gum.-- Gum stick, a smooth hard substance for children to bite uponwhile teething."
"GUMBOIL","A small suppurting inflamed spot on the gum."
"GUMMA","A kind of soft tumor, usually of syphilitic origin."
"GUMMATOUS","Belonging to, or resembling, gumma."
"GUMMER","A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlargingthe spaces between the teeth of a worn saw."
"GUMMIFEROUS","Producing gum; gum-bearing."
"GUMMINESS","The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness."
"GUMMITE","A yellow amorphous mineral, essentially a hydrated oxide ofuranium derived from the alteration of uraninite."
"GUMMOSITY","Gumminess; a viscous or adhesive quality or nature. [R.]Floyer."
"GUMMOUS","Of or pertaining to a gumma."
"GUMMY","Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containinggum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.Kindles the gummy bark of fir or pine. Milton.Then rubs his gummy eyes. Dryden.Gummy tumor (Med.), a gumma."
"GUMP","A dolt; a dunce. [Low.] Holloway."
"GUN","A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon."
"GUNA","In Sanskrit grammar, a lengthening of the simple vowels a, i,e, by prefixing an a element. The term is sometimes used to denotethe same vowel change in other languages."
"GUNARCHY","See Gynarchy."
"GUNBOAT","A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns."
"GUNCOTTON","See under Gun."
"GUNDELET","See Gondola. Marston."
"GUNFLINT","A sharpened flint for the lock of a gun, to ignite the charge.It was in common use before the introduction of percussion caps."
"GUNJAH","See Ganja."
"GUNLOCK","The lock of a gun, for producing the discharge. See Lock."
"GUNNAGE","The number of guns carried by a ship of war."
"GUNNEL","A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Mur\u00e6noides; esp.,M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also gunnel fish,butterfish, rock eel."
"GUNNERY","That branch of military science which comprehends the theory ofprojectiles, and the manner of constructing and using ordnance."
"GUNNIE","Space left by the removal of ore."
"GUNNING","The act or practice of hunting or shooting game with a gun.The art of gunning was but little practiced. Goldsmith."
"GUNOCRACY","See Gyneocracy."
"GUNPOWDER","A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of anintimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It isused in gunnery and blasting."
"GUNREACH","The reach or distance to which a gun will shoot; gunshot."
"GUNROOM","An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a shipof war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers,except the captain; -- called wardroom in the United States navy."
"GUNSHOT","Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound."
"GUNSMITH","One whose occupation is to make or repair small firearms; anarmorer."
"GUNSTICK","A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer orramrod. [R.]"
"GUNSTOCK","The stock or wood to which the barrel of a hand gun isfastened."
"GUNSTOME","A cannon ball; -- so called because originally made of stone.[Obs.] Shak."
"GUNTER RIG","A topmast arranged with metal bands so that it will readilyslide up and down the lower mast."
"GUNWALE","The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost waleof a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber whichreaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, beingthe uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull.[Written also gunnel.]"
"GURGE","A whirlpool. [Obs.]The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge Boils out from underground. Milton."
"GURGEONS","See Grudgeons."
"GURGLE","To run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as waterfrom a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles or stones.Pure gurgling rills the lonely desert trace, And waste their music onthe savage race. Young."
"GURGLET","A porous earthen jar for cooling water by evaporation."
"GURGLINGLY","In a gurgling manner."
"GURGOYLE","See Gargoyle."
"GURJUN","A thin balsam or wood oil derived from the Diptcrocarpus l\u00e6vis,an East Indian tree. It is used in medicine, and as a substitute forlinseed oil in the coarser kinds of paint."
"GURL","A young person of either sex. [Obs.] See Girl. Chaucer."
"GURLET","A pickax with one sharp point and one cutting edge. Knight."
"GURMY","A level; a working."
"GURNIAD","See Gwiniad."
"GURRY","An alvine evacuation; also, refuse matter. [Obs. or Local]Holland."
"GURT","A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of aworking drift. Page."
"GURTS","Groatts. [Obs.]"
"GUSHER","One who gushes. [Colloq.]"
"GUSHINGLY",", adv."
"GUSSET","An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resemblinga gusset."
"GUST","To taste; to have a relish for. [Obs.]"
"GUSTABLE","Anything that can be tasted. [Obs.]"
"GUSTARD","The great bustard."
"GUSTATION","The act of tasting. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"GUSTATORY","Pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; as, thegustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue."
"GUSTFUL","Tasteful; well-tasted. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.-- Gust'ful*ness, n. [Obs.] Barrow."
"GUSTLESS","Tasteless; insipid. [R.]"
"GUSTO","Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy.Dryden."
"GUSTOSO","Tasteful; in a tasteful, agreeable manner."
"GUSTY","Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy;stormy; tempestuous.Upon a raw and gusty day. Shak."
"GUTTA","One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of acone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to thelower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; -- called alsocampana, and drop. Gutta serena Etym: [L., lit. serene or clear drop](Med.), amaurosis.-- Gutt\u00e6 band (Arch.), the listel or band from which the gutt\u00e6 hang."
"GUTTA-PERCHA","A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayanarchipelago, especially by the Isonandra, or Dichopsis, Gutta. Itbecomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water,and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils andethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resemblescaoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes.The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material."
"GUTTATE","Spotted, as if discolored by drops."
"GUTTATED","Besprinkled with drops, or droplike spots. Bailey."
"GUTTATRAP","The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A.incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, onaccount of its glutinous quality."
"GUTTER","To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in thewind."
"GUTTIFER","A plant that exudes gum or resin."
"GUTTIFORM","Drop-shaped, as a spot of color."
"GUTTLE","To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; togormandize. [Obs.] L'Estrange. Dryden."
"GUTTLER","A greedy eater; a glutton. [Obs.]"
"GUTTULOUS","In droplike form. [Obs.]In its [hail's] guttulous descent from the air. Sir T. Browne."
"GUTTURAL","Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relatingto, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat.Children are occasionally born with guttural swellings. W. Guthrie.In such a sweet, guttural accent. Landor."
"GUTTURALISM","The quality of being guttural; as, the gutturalism of A [in the16th cent.] Earle."
"GUTTURALITY","The quality of being guttural. [R.] 'The old gutturality of k.'Earle."
"GUTTURALIZE","To speak gutturally; to give a guttural sound to."
"GUTTURALLY","In a guttural manner."
"GUTTURALNESS","The quality of being guttural."
"GUTTURINE","Pertaining to the throat. [Obs.] 'Gutturine tumor.' Ray."
"GUTTURIZE","To make in the throat; to gutturalize. [R.]For which the Germans gutturize a sound. Coleridge."
"GUTTURO-","A combining form denoting relation to the throat; as, gutturo-nasal, having both a guttural and a nasal character; gutturo-palatal."
"GUTTY","Charged or sprinkled with drops."
"GUTWORT","A plant, Globularia Alypum, a violent purgative, found inAfrica."
"GUY","A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: arope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered;a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in aship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with theland on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or ropeattached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extendingobliquely to the ground, where it is fastened."
"GUYLE","To guile. [Obs.] Spenser."
"GUZE","A roundlet of tincture sanguine, which is blazoned withoutmention of the tincture."
"GUZZLE","To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.Those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar. Milton.Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise, Who, while sheguzzles, chats the doctor's praise. Roscommon.To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey. Gay."
"GUZZLER","An immoderate drinker."
"GWINIAD","A fish (Coregonus ferus) of North Wales and Northern Europe,allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also powan, and schelly.[Written also gwyniad, guiniad, gurniad.]"
"GYALL","See Gayal."
"GYBE","See Gibe."
"GYE","To guide; to govern. [Obs.]Discreet enough his country for to gye. Chaucer."
"GYLE","Fermented wort used for making vinegar. Gyle tan (Brewing), alarge vat in which wort ferments."
"GYMNAL","Same as Gimmal."
"GYMNASIARCH","An Athenian officer who superintended the gymnasia, andprovided the oil and other necessaries at his own expense."
"GYMNAST","One who teaches or practices gymnastic exercises; the managerof a gymnasium; an athlete."
"GYMNASTIC","A gymnast. [Obs.]"
"GYMNASTICALLY","In a gymnastic manner."
"GYMNASTICS","Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performinggymnastic exercises; also, disciplinary exercises for the intellector character."
"GYMNIC","Athletic exercise. [Obs.] Burton."
"GYMNITE","A hydrous silicate of magnesia."
"GYMNOBLASTEA","The Athecata; -- so called because the medusoid buds are notinclosed in a capsule."
"GYMNOBLASTIC","Of or pertaining to the Gymnoblastea."
"GYMNOCARPOUS","Naked-fruited, the fruit either smooth or not adherent to theperianth. Gray."
"GYMNOCHROA","A division of Hydroidea including the hydra. See Hydra."
"GYMNOCLADUS","A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. Theleaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee."
"GYMNOCOPA","A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having setaeonly in the cephalic appendages."
"GYMNOCYTE","(Biol.) A cytode without a proper cell wall, but with anucleus. Haeckel."
"GYMNOCYTODE","A cytode without either a cell wall or a nucleus. Haeckel."
"GYMNODONT","One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having theteeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw,as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish, Diodon."
"GYMNOGEN","One of a class of plants, so called by Lindley, because theovules are fertilized by direct contact of the pollen. Same asGymnosperm."
"GYMNOGLOSSA","A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is withoutteeth."
"GYMNONOTI","The order of fishes which includes the Gymnotus or electricaleel. The dorsal fin is wanting."
"GYMNOPAEDIC","Having young that are naked when hatched; psilop\u00e6dic; -- saidof certain birds."
"GYMNOPHIONA","An order of Amphibia, having a long, annulated, snakelike body.See Ophiomorpha."
"GYMNOPHTHALMATA","A group of acalephs, including the naked-eyed medus\u00e6; thehydromedus\u00e6. Most of them are known to be the free-swimming progeny(gonophores) of hydroids."
"GYMNOPLAST","A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a whiteblood corpuscle."
"GYMNORHINAL","Having unfeathered nostrils, as certain birds."
"GYMNOSOMATA","One of the orders of Pteropoda. They have no shell."
"GYMNOSOPHIST","One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in Indiaby Alexander the Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves theuse of flesh, renounced bodily pleasures, and employed themselves inthe contemplation of nature."
"GYMNOSOPHY","The doctrines of the Gymnosophists. Good."
"GYMNOSPERM","A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in anovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. Angiosperm."
"GYMNOTOKA","The Athecata."
"GYMNOTUS","A genus of South American fresh-water fishes, including theGymnotus electricus, or electric eel. It has a greenish, eel-likebody, and is possessed of electric power.One fearful shock, fearful but momentary, like from the electric blowof the gymnotus. De Quincey."
"GYN","To begin [Obs.] See Gin."
"GYNAECIAN","The same as Gynecian."
"GYNAECOPHORE","A ventral canal or groove, in which the males of some dioecioustrematodes carry the female. See Illust. of H\u00e6matozoa."
"GYNANDER","A plant having the stamens inserted in the pistil."
"GYNANDRIA","A class of plants in the Linnaean system, whose stamens growout of, or are united with, the pistil."
"GYNANDROMORPH","An animal affected with gynandromorphism,"
"GYNANDROMORPHISM","An abnormal condition of certain animals, in which one side hasthe external characters of the male, and the other those of thefemale."
"GYNANDROMORPHOUS","Affected, with gynandromorphism."
"GYNANTHEROUS","Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which thestamens are converted into pistils. A. Brown."
"GYNARCHY","Government by a woman. Chesterfield."
"GYNECEUM","See Gyn\u00e6ceum."
"GYNECIAN","Of or relating to women."
"GYNECOCRACY","Government by a woman, female power; gyneocracy. Bailey."
"GYNECOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to gynecology."
"GYNECOLOGY","The science which treats of the structure and diseases ofwomen.-- Gyn`e*col'o*gist."
"GYNEOCRACY","See Gynecocracy."
"GYNEOLATRY","The adoration or worship of woman.The sentimental gyneolatry of chivalry, which was at best but skin-deep. Lowell."
"GYNEPHOBIA","Hatred of women; repugnance to the society of women. Holmes."
"GYNNO","To begin. See Gin. [Obs.]"
"GYNOBASE","A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary."
"GYNOBASIC","Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase."
"GYNOCRACY","Female government; gynecocracy.The aforesaid state has repeatedly changed from absolute despotism torepublicanism, not forgetting the intermediate stages of oligarchy,limited monarchy, and even gynocracy; for I myself remember Alsatiagoverned for nearly nine months by an old fishwoman. Sir H. Scott."
"GYNODIOECIOUS","Dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers onan individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers."
"GYNOECIUM","The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. See Illust. ofCarpophore."
"GYNOPHORE","The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, asin the passion flower. Lindley."
"GYP","A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; atOxford called a scout. [Cant]"
"GYPSE","See Gypsum. [Obs.] Pococke."
"GYPSEOUS","Resembling or containing gypsum; partaking of the qualities ofgypsum."
"GYPSEY","A gypsy. See Gypsy."
"GYPSIFEROUS","Containing gypsum."
"GYPSINE","Gypseous. [R.] Chambers."
"GYPSOGRAPHY","The act or art of engraving on gypsum."
"GYPSOPLAST","A cast taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime."
"GYPSUM","A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium).When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent,crystalline variety; alabaster, a fine, white, massive variety."
"GYPSY","Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies. Gypsy hat, a woman'sor child's broad-brimmed hat, usually of straw or felt.-- Gypsy winch, a small winch, which may be operated by a crank, orby a ratchet and pawl through a lever working up and down."
"GYPSYISM","A tussock moth (Ocneria dispar) native of the Old World, butaccidentally introduced into eastern Massachusetts about 1869, whereits caterpillars have done great damage to fruit, shade, and foresttrees of many kinds. The male gypsy moth is yellowish brown, thefemale white, and larger than the male. In both sexes the wings aremarked by dark lines and a dark lunule. The caterpillars, when full-grown, have a grayish mottled appearance, with blue tubercles on theanterior and red tubercles on the posterior part of the body, allgiving rise to long yellow and black hairs. They usually pupate inJuly and the moth appears in August. The eggs are laid on treetrunks, rocks, etc., and hatch in the spring."
"GYPSYWORT","A labiate plant (the Lycopus Europ\u00e6us). Gypsies are said tostain their skin with its juice."
"GYRACANTHUS","A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferousstrata; -- so named from their round, sculptured spines."
"GYRAL","Pertaining to a gyrus, or convolution."
"GYRANT","Gyrating. [R.]"
"GYRATE","Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking acircular course."
"GYRATION","One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell. Center ofgyration. (Mech.) See under Center.-- Radius of gyration the distance between the axis of a rotatingbody and its center of gyration. Rankine."
"GYRATORY","Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around."
"GYRE","A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; aturn or revolution; a circuit.Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres. Dryden.Still expanding and ascending gyres. Mrs. Browning."
"GYREFUL","Abounding in gyres. [Obs.]"
"GYRENCEPHALA","The higher orders of Mammalia, in which the cerebrum isconvoluted.-- Gyr'en*ceph'a*lous, a."
"GYRFALCON","One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons,esp. Falco rusticolus and the white species F. Islandicus, both ofwhich are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of theformer. See Illust. of Accipiter. [Written also gerfalcon,gierfalcon, and jerfalcon.]"
"GYRI","See Gyrus."
"GYRLAND","To garland. [Obs.]"
"GYRODUS","A genus of extinct o\u00f6litic fishes, having rounded teeth inseveral rows adapted for crushing."
"GYROGONITE","The petrified fruit of the Chara hispida, a species ofstonewort. See Stonewort. Lyell."
"GYROIDAL","Having the planes arranged spirally, so that they incline allto the right (or left) of a vertical line; -- said of certainhemihedral forms."
"GYROLEPIS","A genus of ganoid fishes, found in strata of the new redsandetone, and the lias bone beds. Agassiz."
"GYROMA","A turning round. [R.]"
"GYROMANCY","A kind of divination performed by drawing a ring or circle, andwalking in or around it. Brande & C."
"GYRON","A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles atthe fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon.When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two lineadrawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, andone to the dexter chief corner."
"GYRONNY","Covered with gyrons, or divided so as to form several gyrons; -- said of an escutcheon."
"GYROSCOPIC","Pertaining to the gyroscope; resembling the motion of thegyroscope."
"GYROSE","Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro. Loudon."
"GYROSTAT","A modification of the gyroscope, consisting essentially of afly wheel fixed inside a rigid case to which is attached a thinflange of metal for supporting the instrument. It is used in studyingthe dynamics of rotating bodies."
"GYROSTATIC","Of or pertaining to the gyrostat or to gyrostatics."
"GYROSTATICS","The doctrine or theory of the gyrostat, or of the phenomena ofrotating bodies."
"GYRUS","A convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; as, the gyriof the brain; the gyri of brain coral. See Brain."
"GYSE","Guise. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"GYTE","Delirious; senselessly extravagant; as, the man is clean gyte.[Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"GYVE","A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter.[Written also give.]Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves. Shak.With gyves upon his wrist. Hood."
"H","the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among theconsonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same positionas that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonantsto form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in thealphabet, as sh, th, th, as in shall, thing, thine (for zh see \u00a7274);also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placedafter c and p, with the former of which it represents a compoundsound like that of tsh, as in charm (written also tch as in catch),with the latter, the sound of f, as in phase, phantom. In some words,mostly derived or introduced from foreign languages, h following cand g indicates that those consonants have the hard sound before e,i, and y, as in chemistry, chiromancy, chyle, Ghent, Ghibelline,etc.; in some others, ch has the sound of sh, as in chicane. SeeGuide to Pronunciation, \u00a7\u00a7 153, 179, 181-3, 237-8."
"HA","An exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. Both asuttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions,determined by the tone or the context. When repeated, ha, ha, it isan expression of laughter, satisfaction, or triumph, sometimes ofderisive laughter; or sometimes it is equivalent to 'Well, it is so.'Ha-has, and inarticulate hootings of satirical rebuke. Carlyle."
"HA-HA","A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one isclose upon it. [Written also haw-haw.]"
"HAAF","The deepsea fishing for cod, ling, and tusk, off the ShetlandIsles."
"HAAK","A sea fish. See Hake. Ash."
"HAAR","A fog; esp., a fog or mist with a chill wind. [Scot.] T.Chalmers."
"HABEAS CORPUS","A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court orjudge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person'simprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect theright to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into courtto testify in a pending trial. Bouvier."
"HABENDUM","That part of a deed which follows the part called the premises,and determines the extent of the interest or estate granted; -- socalled because it begins with the word Habendum. Kent."
"HABERDASH","To deal in small wares. [R.]To haberdash in earth's base ware. Quarles."
"HABERDASHERY","The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also (Fig.),trifles. Burke."
"HABERDINE","A cod salted and dried. Ainsworth."
"HABERGEON","Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for thehauberk. Chaucer."
"HABILATORY","Of or pertaining to clothing; wearing clothes. Ld. Lytton."
"HABILE","Fit; qualified; also, apt. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HABILIMENT","Dress, in general. Shak."
"HABILIMENTED","Clothed. Taylor (1630)."
"HABILITATE","Qualified or entitled. [Obs.] Bacon."
"HABILITATION","Equipment; qualification. [Obs.] Bacon."
"HABILITY","Ability; aptitude. [Obs.] Robynson. (More's Utopia)."
"HABIT","The general appearance and manner of life of a living organism."
"HABITABILITY","Habitableness."
"HABITABLE","Capable of being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in;as, the habitable world.-- Hab'it*a*ble*ness, n.-- Hab'it*a*bly, adv."
"HABITAN","Same as Habitant, 2.General met an emissary . . . sent . . . to ascertain the feelings ofthe habitans or French yeomanry. W. Irwing."
"HABITANCE","Dwelling; abode; residence. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HABITANCY","Same as Inhabitancy."
"HABITANT","An inhabitant or resident; -- a name applied to and denotingfarmers of French descent or origin in Canada, especially in theProvince of Quebec; -- usually in plural.The habitants or cultivators of the soil. Parkman."
"HABITAT","The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant."
"HABITATOR","A dweller; an inhabitant. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"HABITUATE","Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual. [R.]Hammond."
"HABITUATION","The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of beinghabituated."
"HABITUE","One who habitually frequents a place; as, an habitu\u00e9 of atheater."
"HABITURE","Habitude. [Obs.]"
"HABITUS","Habitude; mode of life; general appearance."
"HABLE","See Habile. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HABNAB","By chance. [Obs.]"
"HACHURE","A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially inshading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. SeeHatching."
"HACIENDA","A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture,manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, witha good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rudehuts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in Spanish-American regions.1."
"HACK","To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner;as, a hacking cough."
"HACKAMORE","A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap andheadstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal. [WesternU.S.]"
"HACKBERRY","A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but bearingdrupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is commonin the Eastern United States. Gray."
"HACKBOLT","The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon."
"HACKBUSS","Same as Hagbut."
"HACKEE","The chipmunk; also, the chickaree or red squirrel. [U.S.]"
"HACKER","One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cuttinginstrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine treesin collecting turpentine; a hack."
"HACKERY","A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks. [Bengal] Malcom."
"HACKLY","Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, thehackly fracture of metallic iron."
"HACKMAN","The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire."
"HACKMATACK","The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree withslender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber.Called also tamarack."
"HACKNEY","Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used;trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. 'Hackney tongue.'Roscommon."
"HACKNEYMAN","A man who lets horses and carriages for hire."
"HACKSTER","A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin. [Obs.] Milton."
"HACQUETON","Same as Acton. [Obs.]"
"HAD","See Have. Had as lief, Had rather, Had better, Had as soon,etc., with a nominative and followed by the infinitive without to,are well established idiomatic forms. The original construction wasthat of the dative with forms of be, followed by the infinitive. SeeHad better, under Better.And lever me is be pore and trewe. [And more agreeable to me it is tobe poor and true.] C. Mundi (Trans. ).Him had been lever to be syke. [To him it had been preferable to besick.] Fabian.For him was lever have at his bed's head Twenty bookes, clad in blackor red, . . . Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie. Chaucer."
"HADDER","Heather; heath. [Obs.] Burton."
"HADDIE","The haddock. [Scot.]"
"HADDOCK","A marine food fish (Melanogrammus \u00e6glefinus), allied to thecod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has adark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, justback of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie. Norway haddock, amarine edible fish (Sebastes marinus) of Northern Europe and America.See Rose fish."
"HADE","The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineralvein."
"HADES","The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abodeof the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world;the grave.And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them. Rev. xx. 13(Rev. Ver. ).Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. Actsii. 31 (Rev. Ver.).And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments. Luke xvi.23(Rev. Ver.)."
"HADJ","The pilgrimage to Mecca, performed by Mohammedans."
"HADROSAURUS","An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to theiguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation."
"HAECCEITY","Literally, this-ness. A scholastic term to expressindividuality or singleness; as, this book."
"HAEMACHROME","Hematin."
"HAEMACYANIN","A substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives toit its blue color."
"HAEMACYTOMETER","An apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in agiven quantity of blood."
"HAEMAD","Toward the h\u00e6mal side; on the h\u00e6mal side of; -- opposed toneurad."
"HAEMADROMOGRAPH","An instrument for registering the velocity of the blood."
"HAEMADYNAMICS","Same as Hemadynamics."
"HAEMAL","Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels; also, ventral. SeeHemal."
"HAEMAPHAEIN","A brownish substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases ofjaundice."
"HAEMAPOD","An h\u00e6mapodous animal. G. Rolleston."
"HAEMAPODOUS","Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemalside, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to neuropodous."
"HAEMAPOIETIC","Bloodforming; as, the h\u00e6mapoietic function of the spleen."
"HAEMAPOPHYSIS","Same as Hemapophysis.-- H\u00e6m`a*po*phys'i*al, a."
"HAEMASTATICS","Same as Hemastatics."
"HAEMATACHOMETER","A form of apparatus (somewhat different from the hemadrometer)for measuring the velocity of the blood."
"HAEMATACHOMETRY","The measurement of the velocity of the blood."
"HAEMATEMESIS","Same as Hematemesis."
"HAEMATIC","Of or pertaining to the blood; sanguine; brownish red. H\u00e6maticacid (Physiol.), a hypothetical acid, supposed to be formed fromhemoglobin during its oxidation in the lungs, and to have the powerof freeing carbonic acid from the sodium carbonate of the serum.Thudichum."
"HAEMATIN","Same as Hematin."
"HAEMATINOMETER","Same as Hematinometer."
"HAEMATINOMETRIC","Same as Hematinometric."
"HAEMATITE","Same as Hematite."
"HAEMATITIC","Of a blood-red color; crimson; (Bot.) brownish red."
"HAEMATO-","See H\u00e6ma-."
"HAEMATOBLAST","One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood withthe ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind ofblood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in thedevelopment of the red corpuscles; -- called also blood plaque, andblood plate."
"HAEMATOCRYA","The cold-blooded vertebrates. Same as Hematocrya."
"HAEMATOCRYAL","Cold-blooded."
"HAEMATOCRYSTALLIN","Same as Hematocrystallin."
"HAEMATODYNAMOMETER","Same as Hemadynamometer."
"HAEMATOGENIC","Relating to h\u00e6matogenesis."
"HAEMATOGENOUS","Originating in the blood."
"HAEMATOGLOBULIN","Same as Hematoglobin."
"HAEMATOID","Same as Hematoid."
"HAEMATOIDIN","Same as Hematoidin."
"HAEMATOIN","A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of theiron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two likebodies, called respectively h\u00e6matoporphyrin and h\u00e6matolin, are formedin a similar manner."
"HAEMATOLIN","See H\u00e6matoin."
"HAEMATOLOGY","The science which treats of the blood. Same as Hematology."
"HAEMATOLYSIS","Dissolution of the red blood corpuscles with diminishedcoagulability of the blood; h\u00e6molysis. -- H\u00e6m`a*to*lyt'ic (#), a."
"HAEMATOPHILINA","A division of Cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. SeeVampire."
"HAEMATOPLAST","Same as H\u00e6matoblast."
"HAEMATOPLASTIC","Blood formative; -- applied to a substance in early fetal life,which breaks up gradually into blood vessels."
"HAEMATOPORPHYRIN","See H\u00e6matoin."
"HAEMATOSAC","A vascular sac connected, beneath the brain, in many fishes,with the infundibulum."
"HAEMATOSCOPE","A h\u00e6moscope."
"HAEMATOSIN","Hematin. [R.]"
"HAEMATOSIS","Same as Hematosis."
"HAEMATOTHERMA","Same as Hematotherma."
"HAEMATOTHERMAL","Warm-blooded; homoiothermal."
"HAEMATOTHORAX","Same as Hemothorax."
"HAEMATOXYLIN","The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellowcrystalline substance, C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste. Formerlycalled also hematin."
"HAEMATOXYLON","A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species,the H. Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan."
"HAEMIC",","
"HAEMIN","Same as Hemin."
"HAEMO-","See H\u00e6ma-."
"HAEMOCHROME","Same as H\u00e6machrome."
"HAEMOCHROMOGEN","A body obtained from hemoglobin, by the action of reducingagents in the absence of oxygen."
"HAEMOCHROMOMETER","An apparatus for measuring the amount of hemoglobin in a fluid,by comparing it with a solution of known strength and of normalcolor."
"HAEMOCYANIN","Same as H\u00e6macyanin."
"HAEMOCYTOLYSIS","See H\u00e6mocytotrypsis."
"HAEMOCYTOMETER","See H\u00e6macytometer."
"HAEMOCYTOTRYPSIS","A breaking up of the blood corpuscles, as by pressure, indistinction from solution of the corpuscles, or h\u00e6mcytolysis."
"HAEMODROMOGRAPH","Same as H\u00e6madromograph."
"HAEMODROMOMETER","Same as Hemadrometer."
"HAEMODYNAMETER","Same as Hemadynamics."
"HAEMODYNAMICS","Same as Hemadynamics."
"HAEMOGLOBIN","Same as Hemoglobin."
"HAEMOGLOBINOMETER","Same as Hemochromometer."
"HAEMOL","A dark brown powder containing iron, prepared by the action ofzinc dust as a reducing agent upon the coloring matter of the blood,used medicinally as a hematinic."
"HAEMOLUTEIN","See Hematoidin."
"HAEMOMANOMETER","Same as Hemadynamometer."
"HAEMOMETER","Same as Hemadynamometer."
"HAEMONY","A plant described by Milton as 'of sovereign use against allenchantments.'"
"HAEMOPLASTIC","Same as H\u00e6matoplastic."
"HAEMORRHOIDAL","Same as Hemorrhoidal."
"HAEMOSCOPE","An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuringthe thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination."
"HAEMOSTATIC","Same Hemostatic."
"HAEMOTACHOMETER","Same as H\u00e6matachometer."
"HAEMOTACHOMETRY","Same as H\u00e6matachometry."
"HAF","Hove. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HAFFLE","To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.[Prov.Eng.] Halliwell."
"HAFT","To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger."
"HAFTER","A caviler; a wrangler. [Obs.] Baret."
"HAG","An eel-like marine marsipobranch (Myxine glutinosa), allied tothe lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and asingle pair of gill openings. It is the type of the orderHyperotpeta. Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, andsleepmarken."
"HAG-RIDDEN","Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmare.Beattie. Cheyne."
"HAG-TAPER","The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus)."
"HAGBERRY","A plant of the genus Prunus (P. Padus); the bird cherry.[Scot.]"
"HAGBORN","Born of a hag or witch. Shak."
"HAGBUT","A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked forconvenience in taking aim. [Written also haguebut and hackbuss.]"
"HAGBUTTER","A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus. [Written alsohackbutter.] Froude."
"HAGDON","One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus;esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, theblack hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, andhag. See Shearwater."
"HAGFISH","See Hag, 4."
"HAGGADA","A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain orillustrate the text of the Old Testament. [Written also hadaga.]"
"HAGGARD","Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering;hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious inappearance; as, haggard features, eyes.Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look. Dryden."
"HAGGARDLY","In a haggard manner. Dryden."
"HAGGED","Like a hag; lean; ugly. [R.]"
"HAGGIS","A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of asheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highlyseasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced headand pluck. [Written also haggiss, haggess, and haggies.]"
"HAGGISH","Like a hag; ugly; wrinkled.But on both did haggish age steal on. Shak."
"HAGGISHLY","In the manner of a hag."
"HAGGLE","To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch orcut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as,a boy haggles a stick of wood.Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er, Comes to him, wherein gore he lay insteeped. Shak."
"HAGIARCHY","A sacred government; by holy orders of men. Southey."
"HAGIOCRACY","Government by a priesthood; hierarchy."
"HAGIOGRAPHA","The lives of the saints. Brande & C."
"HAGIOGRAPHAL",", Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings."
"HAGIOGRAPHER","One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of thesaints. Shipley."
"HAGIOGRAPHY","Same Hagiographa."
"HAGIOLATRY","The invocation or worship of saints."
"HAGIOLOGIST","One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives ofthe saints; a hagiographer. Tylor.Hagiologists have related it without scruple. Southey."
"HAGIOLOGY","The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacredpersons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue ofsaints. J. H. Newman."
"HAGIOSCOPE","An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church toafford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, inarchitecture, a squint. Hook."
"HAGSEED","The offspring of a hag. Shak."
"HAGSHIP","The state or title of a hag. Middleton."
"HAGUE TRIBUNAL","The permanent court of arbitration created by the'International Convention for the Pacific Settle of InternationalDisputes.', adopted by the International Peace Conference of 1899. Itis composed of persons of known competency in questions ofinternational law, nominated by the signatory powers. From thesepersons an arbitration tribunal is chosen by the parties to adifference submitted to the court. On the failure of the parties toagree directly on the arbitrators, each chooses two arbitrators, anumpire is selected by them, by a third power, or by two powersselected by the parties."
"HAGUEBUT","See Hagbut."
"HAH","Same as Ha."
"HAIDINGERITE","A mineral consisting of the arseniate of lime; -- so named inhonor of W. Haidinger, of Vienna."
"HAIDUCK","Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, ahalberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German orHungarian courts. [Written also hayduck, heiduc, heiduck, andheyduk.]"
"HAIK","A large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as anouter garment. [Written also hyke.] Heyse."
"HAIKAL","The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of aCoptic church. It contains the high altar, and is usually closed byan embroidered curtain."
"HAIKWAN","Chinese maritime customs."
"HAIKWAN TAEL","A Chinese weight ( 1/10 catty) equivalent to 1 1/3 oz. or37.801 g."
"HAIL","Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds,where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separatemasses or grains are called hailstones.Thunder mixed with hail, Hail mixed with fire, must rend the Egyptiansky. Milton."
"HAIL-FELLOW","An intimate companion.Hail-fellow well met. Lyly."
"HAILSE","To greet; to salute. [Obs.] P. Plowman."
"HAILSHOT","Small shot which scatter like hailstones. [Obs.] Hayward."
"HAILSTONE","A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozenraindrop; a pellet of hail."
"HAILSTORM","A storm accompanied with hail; a shower of hail."
"HAILY","Of hail. 'Haily showers.' Pope."
"HAIN","To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass. 'A ground . . .hained in.' Holland."
"HAIR","A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects,spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totallyunlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode ofgrowth."
"HAIR GRASS","A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the Agrostisscabra, and several species of Aira or Deschampsia."
"HAIR-BROWN","Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It iscomposed of equal proportions of red and green."
"HAIR-SALT","A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers."
"HAIRBELL","See Harebell."
"HAIRBIRD","The chipping sparrow."
"HAIRBRAINED","See Harebrained."
"HAIRBREADTH","Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadthescape."
"HAIRBRUSH","A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair."
"HAIRCLOTH","Stuff or cloth made wholly or in part of hair."
"HAIRDRESSER","One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber."
"HAIREN","Hairy. [Obc.]His hairen shirt and his ascetic diet. J. Taylor."
"HAIRINESS","The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair. Johnson."
"HAIRLESS","Destitute of hair. Shak."
"HAIRPIN","A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hairin place, -- used by women."
"HAIRSPLITTER","One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions inreasoning; one who quibbles. 'The caviling hairsplitter.' De Quincey."
"HAIRSPLITTING","Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning;subtle.-- n."
"HAIRSPRING","The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of thebalance in a timepiece."
"HAIRSTREAK","A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T.rubi)."
"HAIRTAIL","Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., T.lepterus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with aslender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish."
"HAIRWORM","A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. SeeGordius."
"HAIRY","Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; roughwith hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge. Milton."
"HAITIAN","See Haytian."
"HAJE","The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to thecobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating itsneck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be thesnake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and henceis sometimes called Cleopatra's snake or asp. See Asp."
"HAKE","A drying shed, as for unburned tile."
"HAKETON","Same as Acton. [Obs.]"
"HAKIM","A wise man; a physician, esp. a Mohammedan. [India]"
"HALACHA","The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one oftwo branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash."
"HALATION","An appearance as of a halo of light, surround the edges of darkobject"
"HALBERD","An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a pointand several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimesadditional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form.[Written also halbert.]"
"HALBERD-SHAPED","Hastate."
"HALBERDIER","One who is armed with a halberd. Strype."
"HALCYON","A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genusincluding a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, asthe sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be As halcyons brooding on awinter sea. Dryden."
"HALCYONIAN","Halcyon; calm."
"HALCYONOID","See Alcyonoid."
"HALE","Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift."
"HALESIA","A genus of American shrubs containing several species, calledsnowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers,drooping on slender pedicels."
"HALF","In an equal part or degree; in some paas, half-colored, halfdone, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious. 'Half loth andhalf consenting.' Dryden.Their children spoke halfin the speech of Ashdod. Neh. xiii. 24"
"HALF NELSON","A hold in which one arm is thrust under the corresponding armof the opponent, generally behind, and the hand placed upon the backof his neck. In the full nelson both hands are so placed."
"HALF SEAS OVER","Half drunk. [Slang: used only predicatively.] Spectator."
"HALF-AND-HALF","A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in aboutequal parts. Dickens."
"HALF-BOOT","A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker,and Congress boot, under Congress."
"HALF-BOUND","Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book."
"HALF-BREED","Half-blooded."
"HALF-BROTHER","A brother by one parent, but not by both."
"HALF-CASTE","One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindooor Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective; as, half-caste parents."
"HALF-CLAMMED","Half-filled. [Obs.]Lions' half-clammed entrails roar food. Marston."
"HALF-CRACKED","Half-demented; half-witted. [Colloq.]"
"HALF-DECK","A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell."
"HALF-DECKED","Partially decked.The half-decked craft . . . used by the latter Vikings. Elton."
"HALF-FACED","Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager. Shak."
"HALF-FISH","A salmon in its fifth year of growth. [Prov. Eng.]"
"HALF-HATCHED","Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs. Gay."
"HALF-HEARD","Imperfectly or partly heard to the end.And leave half-heard the melancholy tale. Pope."
"HALF-HOURLY","Done or happening at intervals of half an hour."
"HALF-LEARNED","Imperfectly learned."
"HALF-LENGTH","Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture."
"HALF-MAST","A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, aflag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.)."
"HALF-MOON","An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whosegorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin."
"HALF-PENNY","An English coin of the value of half a penny; also, the valueof half a penny."
"HALF-PIKE","A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry,sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon. Tatler."
"HALF-PORT","One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole."
"HALF-RAY","A straight line considered as drawn from a center to anindefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being thewhole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions."
"HALF-READ","Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow. Dryden."
"HALF-SIGHTED","Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment. Bacon."
"HALF-SISTER","A sister by one parent only."
"HALF-STRAINED","Half-bred; imperfect. [R.] 'A half-strained villain.' Dryden."
"HALF-SWORD","Half the length of a sword; close fight. 'At half-sword.' Shak."
"HALF-TIMBERED","Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in withmasonry; -- said of buildings."
"HALF-TONE","Having, consisting of, or pertaining to, half tones; specif.(Photo-engraving),"
"HALF-TONGUE","A jury, for the trial of a fore foreigner, composed equally ofcitizens and aliens."
"HALF-WIT","A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce. Dryden."
"HALF-WITTED","Weak in intellect; silly."
"HALF-YEARLY","Two in a year; semiannual.-- adv. Twice in a year; semiannually."
"HALFBEAK","Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having theupper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo."
"HALFCOCK","To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch. To go offhalfcocked. (a) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger athalf cock; -- said of a firearm. (b) To do or say something withoutdue thought or care. [Colloq. or Low]"
"HALFEN","Wanting half its due qualities. [Obs.] Spencer."
"HALFENDEAL","Half; by the part. [Obs.] Chaucer.-- n."
"HALFNESS","The quality of being half; incompleteness. [R.]As soon as there is any departure from simplicity, and attempt athalfness, or good for me that is not good for him, my neighbor feelsthe wrong. Emerson."
"HALFPACE","A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactlythe reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace."
"HALFWAY","In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially;as, he halfway yielded.Temples proud to meet their gods halfway. Young."
"HALIBUT","A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), ofthe family Pleuronectid\u00e6. It often grows very large, weighing morethan three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish. [Writtenalso holibut.]"
"HALICHONDRIAE","An order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules andkeratose fibers; -- called also Keratosilicoidea."
"HALICORE","Same as Dugong."
"HALIEUTICS","A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology."
"HALIOGRAPHER","One who writes about or describes the sea."
"HALIOGRAPHY","Description of the sea; the science that treats of the sea."
"HALIOTIS","A genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone."
"HALIOTOID","Like or pertaining to the genus Haliotis; ear-shaped."
"HALISAURIA","The Enaliosauria."
"HALITE","Native salt; sodium chloride."
"HALITUOUS","Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous. Boyle."
"HALK","A nook; a corner. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HALL-MARK","The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assayoffices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles,attesting their purity. Also used figuratively; -- as, a word orphrase lacks the hall-mark of the best writers."
"HALLAGE","A fee or toll paid for goods sold in a hall."
"HALLELUJATIC","Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs. [R.]"
"HALLIARD","See Halyard."
"HALLIDOME","Same as Halidom."
"HALLIER","A kind of net for catching birds."
"HALLOA","See Halloo."
"HALLOO","A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite aperson or an animal; a shout.List! List! I hear Some far off halloo break the silent air. Milton."
"HALLOW","To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; toconsecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. 'Hallowed bethy name.' Matt. vi. 9.Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24.His secret altar touched with hallowed fire. Milton.In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this ground [Gettysburg].A. Lincoln."
"HALLOWEEN","The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day. [Scot.]Burns."
"HALLOWMAS","The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows.To speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas. Shak."
"HALLOYSITE","A claylike mineral, occurring in soft, smooth, amorphousmasses, of a whitish color."
"HALLUCAL","Of or pertaining to the hallux."
"HALLUCINATE","To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mentalprocesses. [R.] Byron."
"HALLUCINATION","The perception of objects which have no reality, or ofsensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising fromdisorder or the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion.Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and arecommon phenomena of insanity. W. A. Hammond."
"HALLUCINATOR","One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; onewho errs on account of his hallucinations. N. Brit. Rev."
"HALLUCINATORY","Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination."
"HALLUX","The first, or preaxial, digit of the hind limb, correspondingto the pollux in the fore limb; the great toe; the hind toe of birds."
"HALM","Same as Haulm."
"HALMA","The long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most importantof the exercises of the Pentathlon."
"HALO","To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or aswith, a halo.The fire That haloed round his saintly brow. Sothey."
"HALOED","Surrounded with a halo; invested with an ideal glory;glorified.Some haloed face bending over me. C. Bront\u00e9."
"HALOGEN","An electro-negative element or radical, which, by combinationwith a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, bromine, andiodine; sometimes, also, fluorine and cyanogen. See Chlorine family,under Chlorine."
"HALOGENOUS","Of the nature of a halogen."
"HALOID","Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consistingof a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chieflyapplied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also tothe fluorides and cyanides.-- n."
"HALOMANCY","See Alomancy."
"HALOMETER","An instrument for measuring the forms and angles of salts andcrystals; a goniometer."
"HALONES","Alternating transparent and opaque white rings which are seenoutside the blastoderm, on the surface of the developing egg of thehen and other birds."
"HALOPHYTE","A plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea."
"HALOSCOPE","An instrument for exhibition or illustration of the phenomenaof halos, parhelia, and the like."
"HALOTRICHITE","An iron alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of ayellowish white color."
"HALOXYLINE","An explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter,and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder."
"HALP","Helped. [Obs.]"
"HALPACE","See Haut pas."
"HALS","The neck or throat. [Obs.]Do me hangen by the hals. Chaucer."
"HALSE","To haul; to hoist. [Obs.]"
"HALSENING","Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough. [Obs.]Carew."
"HALSER","See Hawser. Pope."
"HALT","3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"HALTER","One who halts or limps"
"HALTER-SACK","A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged.[Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"HALTERES","Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera."
"HALTINGLY","In a halting or limping manner."
"HALVANS","Impure ore; dirty ore."
"HALVE","A half. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HALVED","Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away;dimidiate."
"HALVES","pl. of Half. By halves, by one half at once; halfway;fragmentarily; partially; incompletely.I can not believe by halves; either I have faith, or I have it not.J. H. Newman.To go halves. See under Go."
"HALWE","A saint. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HALYSITES","A genus of Silurian fossil corals; the chain corals. See Chaincoral, under Chain."
"HAM","Home. [North of Eng.] Chaucer."
"HAMADRYAD","A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree,usually an oak, which had been her abode."
"HAMADRYAS","The sacred baboon of Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas)."
"HAMAL","In Turkey and other Oriental countries, a porter or burdenbearer; specif., in Western India, a palanquin bearer."
"HAMAMELIS","A genus of plants which includes the witch-hazel (HamamelisVirginica), a preparation of which is used medicinally."
"HAMATE","Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous."
"HAMATED","Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate. Swift."
"HAMATUM","See Unciform."
"HAMBLE","To hamstring. [Obs.]"
"HAMBURG","A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe. BlackHamburg grape. See under Black.-- Hamburg , a kind of embroidered work done by machinery on cambricor muslin; -- used for trimming.-- Hamburg lake, a purplish crimson pigment resembling cochineal."
"HAME","Home. [Scot. & O. Eng.]"
"HAMEL","Same as Hamele."
"HAMFATTER","A low-grade actor or performer. [Theatrical Slang]"
"HAMIFORM","Hook-shaped."
"HAMILTON PERIOD","A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so namedfrom Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus,Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology."
"HAMINURA","A large edible river fish (Erythrinus macrodon) of Guiana."
"HAMITE","A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to theammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form."
"HAMITIC","Pertaining to Ham or his descendants. Hamitic languages, thegroup of languages spoken mainly in the Sahara, Egypt, Galla, andSom\u00e2li Land, and supposed to be allied to the Semitic. Keith Johnson."
"HAMLET","A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.The country wasted, and the hamlets burned. Dryden."
"HAMLETED","Confined to a hamlet. Feltham."
"HAMMER","That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, orfiring pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel coveringthe pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock toignite the priming.(e) Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as, St.Augustine was the hammer of heresies.He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had been the 'massive ironhammers' of the whole earth. J. H. Newman.Atmospheric hammer, a dead-stroke hammer in which the spring isformed by confined air.-- Drop hammer, Face hammer, etc. See under Drop, Face, etc.-- Hammer fish. See Hammerhead.-- Hammer hardening, the process of hardening metal by hammering itwhen cold.-- Hammer shell (Zo\u00f6l.), any species of Malleus, a genus of marinebivalve shells, allied to the pearl oysters, having the wings narrowand elongated, so as to give them a hammer-shaped outline; -- calledalso hammer oyster.-- To bring to the hammer, to put up at auction."
"HAMMER BREAK","An interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of anautomatically vibrating hammer between a contact piece and anelectromagnet, or of a rapidly moving piece mechanically driven."
"HAMMER LOCK","A hold in which an arm of one contestant is held twisted andbent behind his back by his opponent."
"HAMMER-BEAM","A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beamtruss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of thewall. Each principal has two hammer-beams, which occupy thesituation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam."
"HAMMER-DRESSED","Having the surface roughly shaped or faced with thestonecutter's hammer; -- said of building stone."
"HAMMER-HARDEN","To harden, as a metal, by hammering it in the cold state."
"HAMMER-LESS","Without a visible hammer; -- said of a gun having a cock orstriker concealed from sight, and out of the way of an accidentaltouch."
"HAMMERABLE","Capable of being formed or shaped by a hammer. Sherwood."
"HAMMERCLOTH","The cloth which covers a coach box."
"HAMMERER","One who works with a hammer."
"HAMMERHEAD","A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zyg\u00e6na, having the eyes set onprojections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammershape. The Sphyrna zyg\u00e6na is found in the North Atlantic. Called alsohammer fish, and balance fish."
"HAMMERKOP","A bird of the Heron family; the umber."
"HAMMERMAN","A hammerer; a forgeman."
"HAMMOCHRYSOS","A stone with spangles of gold color in it."
"HAMMOCK","Having the end hooked or curved."
"HAMPER","A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing andcarrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; anoyster hamper, which contains two bushels."
"HAMSHACKLE","To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of thefore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind orrestrain; to curb."
"HAMSTER","A small European rodent (Cricetus frumentarius). It isremarkable for having a pouch on each side of the jaw, under theskin, and for its migrations."
"HAMSTRING","One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, orspace back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back ofthe thigh."
"HAMULAR","Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of thesphenoid bone."
"HAMULATE","Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped. Gray."
"HAMULE","A little hook."
"HAMULOSE","Bearing a small hook at the end. Gray."
"HAMULUS","A hook, or hooklike process."
"HAN","To have; have. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.Him thanken all, and thus they han an end. Chaucer."
"HANAP","A rich goblet, esp. one used on state occasions. [Obs.]"
"HANAPER","A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for thepacking and carrying of articles; a hamper. Hanaper office, an officeof the English court of chancery in which writs relating to thebusiness of the public, and the returns to them, were anciently keptin a hanaper or hamper. Blackstone."
"HANCE","To raise; to elevate. [Obs.] Lydgate."
"HAND","The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped bythe hand in taking aim."
"HAND-HOLE","A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand incleaning, etc. Hand-hole plate, the cover of a hand-hole."
"HAND-TIGHT","As tight as can be made by the hand. Totten."
"HAND-WINGED","Having wings that are like hands in the structure andarrangement of their bones; -- said of bats. See Cheiroptera."
"HANDBARROW","A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand."
"HANDBOOK","A book of reference, to be carried in the hand; a manual; aguidebook."
"HANDBREADTH","A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm. Ex. xxxvii.12."
"HANDCART","A cart drawn or pushed by hand."
"HANDCLOTH","A handkerchief."
"HANDCRAFT","Same as Handicraft."
"HANDCRAFTSMAN","A handicraftsman."
"HANDCUFF","A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist,usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle;-- usually in the plural."
"HANDER","One who hands over or transmits; a conveyer in succession.Dryden."
"HANDFAST","Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands. [Obs.] Bale."
"HANDFASTLY","In a handfast or publicly pledged manner. [Obs.] Holinshed."
"HANDFISH","The frogfish."
"HANDICAP","To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general,to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped."
"HANDICAPPER","One who determines the conditions of a handicap."
"HANDICRAFTSMAN","A man skilled or employed in handcraft. Bacon."
"HANDILY","In a handy manner; skillfully; conveniently."
"HANDINESS","The quality or state of being handy."
"HANDIRON","See Andrion. [Obs.]"
"HANDIWORK","Work done by the hands; hence, any work done personally.The firmament showeth his handiwork. Ps. xix. 1."
"HANDKERCHER","A handkerchief. [Obs. or Colloq.] Chapman (1654). Shak."
"HANDLE","To use the hands.They have hands, but they handle not. Ps. cxv. 7."
"HANDLEABLE","Capable of being handled."
"HANDLESS","Without a hand. Shak."
"HANDLING","The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch.Fairholt."
"HANDMADE","Manufactured by hand; as, handmade shoes."
"HANDSAW","A saw used with one hand."
"HANDSOME","To render handsome. [Obs.] Donne"
"HANDSOMELY","Carefully; in shipshape style."
"HANDSOMENESS","The quality of being handsome.Handsomeness is the mere animal excellence, beauty the mereimaginative. Hare."
"HANDSPIKE","A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass orcapstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for variouspurposes."
"HANDSPRING","A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed uponthe ground."
"HANDWHEEL","Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves asthe handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted."
"HANDY","Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel."
"HANDY-DANDY","A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand theother holds some small object, winning the object if right andforfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit. Piers Plowman."
"HANDYFIGHT","A fight with the hands; boxing. 'Pollux loves handyfights.' B.Jonson."
"HANDYGRIPE","Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters infighting. Hudibras."
"HANDYSTROKE","A blow with the hand."
"HANDYWORK","See Handiwork."
"HANG-BY","A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt. B. Jonson."
"HANGBIRD","The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called becauseits nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole."
"HANGDOG","A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird."
"HANGER-ON","One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; adependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than he iswanted. Goldsmith."
"HANGMAN","One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business ofhanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term ofreproach, without reference to office. Shak."
"HANGMANSHIP","The office or character of a hangman."
"HANGNAIL","A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near theroot of finger nail. Holloway."
"HANK","A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of asail and running on a stay."
"HANKERINGLY","In a hankering manner."
"HANKEY-PANKEY","Professional cant; the chatter of conjurers to divert attentionfrom their tricks; hence, jugglery. [Colloq.]"
"HANOVERIAN","Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House ofHanover in England."
"HANSA","See 2d Hanse."
"HANSARD","An official report of proceedings in the British Parliament; --so called from the name of the publishers."
"HANSE","That part of an elliptical or many-centered arch which has theshorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost."
"HANSEATIC","Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy.Hanseatic league. See under 2d Hanse."
"HANSEL","See Handsel."
"HANSELINES","A sort of breeches. [Obs..] Chaucer."
"HANUMAN","See Hoonoomaun."
"HAP","To clothe; to wrap.The surgeon happed her up carefully. Dr. J. Brown."
"HAPHAZARD","Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.We take our principles at haphazard, upon trust. Locke."
"HAPHTARAH","One of the lessons from the Nebiim (or Prophets) read in theJewish synagogue on Sabbaths, feast days, fasts, and the ninth of Ab,at the end of the service, after the parashoth, or lessons from theLaw. Such a practice is evidenced in Luke iv.17 and Acts xiii.15."
"HAPLESS","Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy;as, hapless youth; hapless maid. Dryden."
"HAPLESSLY","In a hapless, unlucky manner."
"HAPLOMI","An order of freshwater fishes, including the true pikes,cyprinodonts, and blindfishes."
"HAPLOSTEMONOUS","Having but one series of stamens, and that equal in number tothe proper number of petals; isostemonous."
"HAPLY","By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be.Lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. Acts v. 39."
"HAPPED","Wrapped; covered; cloaked. [Scot.]All happed with flowers in the green wood were. Hogg."
"HAPUKU","A large and valuable food fish (Polyprion prognathus) of NewZealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more."
"HAQUEBUT","See Hagbut."
"HARA-KIRI","Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan,and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials;disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari. W. E.Griffis."
"HARANGUE","A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popularoration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy orpompous speech; declamation; ranting.Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed, Assemble, andharangues are heard. Milton."
"HARANGUEFUL","Full of harangue."
"HARANGUER","One who harangues, or is fond of haranguing; a declaimer.With them join'd all th' harangues of the throng, That thought to getpreferment by the tongue. Dryden."
"HARASS","To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp.,to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endureexcessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out.[Troops] harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon.Nature oppressed and harass'd out with care. Addison.Vext with lawyers and harass'd with debt. Tennyson."
"HARASSER","One who harasses."
"HARASSMENT","The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry;annoyance; anxiety.Little harassments which I am led to suspect do occasionally molestthe most fortunate. Ld. Lytton."
"HARBEROUS","Harborous. [Obs.]A bishop must be faultless, the husband of one wife, honestlyappareled, harberous. Tyndale (1 Tim. iii. 2)"
"HARBINGER","To usher in; to be a harbinger of. 'Thus did the star ofreligious freedom harbinger the day.' Bancroft."
"HARBOR","The mansion of a heavenly body. [Obs.]"
"HARBOR MASTER","An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulationsrespecting the use of a harbor."
"HARBORAGE","Shelter; entertainment.[R.]Where can I get me harborage for the night Tennyson."
"HARBORER","One who, or that which, harbors.Geneva was . . . a harborer of exiles for religion. Strype."
"HARBORLESS","Without a harbor; shelterless."
"HARBOROUS","Hospitable. [Obs.]"
"HARD","To harden; to make hard. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HARD GRASS","A name given to several different grasses, especially to theRoltb\u00f6llia incurvata, and to the species of \u00c6gilops, from one ofwhich it is contended that wheat has been derived."
"HARD STEEL","Steel hardened by the addition of other elements, as manganese,phosphorus, or (usually) carbon."
"HARD-FAVORED","Hard-featured; ill-looking; as, Vulcan was hard-favored.Dryden."
"HARD-FAVOREDNESS","Coarseness of features."
"HARD-FEATURED","Having coarse, unattractive or stern features. Smollett."
"HARD-FOUGHT","contested; as, a hard-fought battle."
"HARD-HANDED","Having hard hands, as a manual laborer.Hard-handed men that work in Athens here. Shak."
"HARD-HEADED","Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd.-- Hard'-head`ed*ness, n."
"HARD-HEARTED","Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless.-- Hard'-heart`ed*ness, n."
"HARD-LABORED","Wrought with severe labor; elaborate; studied. Swift."
"HARD-MOUTHED","Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as, a hard-mouthed horse."
"HARD-SHELL","Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.[Collog., U.S.]"
"HARD-TACK","A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuitor sea bread."
"HARD-VISAGED","Of a harsh or stern countenance; hard-featured. Burke."
"HARDBAKE","A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses made withalmonds, and flavored with orange or lemon juice, etc. Thackeray."
"HARDBEAM","A tree of the genus Carpinus, of compact, horny texture;hornbeam."
"HARDENED","Made hard, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; madeobstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice."
"HARDENER","One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who temperstools."
"HARDER","A South African mullet, salted for food."
"HARDERIAN","A term applied to a lachrymal gland on the inner side of theorbit of many animals which have a third eyelid, or nictitatingmembrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate."
"HARDFAVOREDNESS","Coarseness of features."
"HARDFERN","A species of fern (Lomaria borealis), growing in Europe andNorthwestern America."
"HARDHACK","A very astringent shrub (Spir\u00e6a tomentosa), common in pastures.The Potentilla fruticosa in also called by this name."
"HARDIHEAD","Hardihood. [Obs.]"
"HARDIHOOD","Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; bravery;intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence.A bound of graceful hardihood. Wordsworth.It is the society of numbers which gives hardihood to iniquity.Buckminster."
"HARDIMENT","Hardihood; boldness; courage; energetic action. [Obs.]Changing hardiment with great Glendower. Shak."
"HARDISH","Somewhat hard."
"HARDNESS","The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body,determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itselfscratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond andtalc form the extremes."
"HARDOCK","See Hordock."
"HARDPAN","The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a."
"HARDS","The refuse or coarse part of fiax; tow."
"HARDSHIP","That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury,injustice, etc. Swift."
"HARDSPUN","Firmly twisted in spinning."
"HARDTAIL","See Jurel."
"HARDWARE","Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like;ironmongery."
"HARDWAREMAN","One who makes, or deals in, hardware."
"HARDY","A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank forinsertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole."
"HARE","To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry. [Obs.] Locke."
"HARE-HEARTED","Timorous; timid; easily frightened. Ainsworth."
"HAREBELL","A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia),having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which hassimilar flowers; -- called also bluebell. [Written also hairbell.]E'en the light harebell raised its head. Sir W. Scott ."
"HAREFOOT","A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending)forward; -- said of dogs."
"HAREHOUND","See Harrier. A. Chalmers."
"HARELD","The long-tailed duck. See Old Squaw."
"HARELIP","A lip, commonly the upper one, having a fissure ofperpendicular division like that of a hare.-- Hare'lipped`, a."
"HARENGIFORM","Herring-shaped."
"HARFANG","The snowy owl."
"HARIALI GRASS","The East Indian name of the Cynodon Dactylon; dog's-grass."
"HARIER","See Harrier."
"HARIKARI","See Hara-kiri."
"HARIOLATION","Prognostication; soothsaying. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"HARISH","Like a hare. [R.] Huloet."
"HARK","To listen; to hearken. [Now rare, except in the imperative formused as an interjection, Hark! listen.] Hudibras. Hark away! Harkback! Hark forward! (Sporting), cries used to incite and guide houndsin hunting.-- To hark back, to go back for a fresh start, as when one haswandered from his direct course, or made a digression.He must have overshot the mark, and must hark back. Haggard. Heharked back to the subject. W. E. Norris."
"HARKEN","To hearken. Tennyson."
"HARLE","The red-breasted merganser."
"HARLECH GROUP","A minor subdivision at the base of the Cambrian system inWales."
"HARLEQUIN","A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks,often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; amerry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy. PercySmith.As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters. Johnson.Harlequin bat (Zo\u00f6l.), an Indian bat (Scotophilus ornatus), curiouslyvariegated with white spots.-- Harlequin beetle (Zo\u00f6l.), a very large South American beetle(Acrocinus longimanus) having very long legs and antenn\u00e6. The elytraare curiously marked with red, black, and gray.-- Harlequin cabbage bug. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Calicoback.-- Harlequin caterpillar. (Zo\u00f6l.), the larva of an American bombycidmoth (Euch\u00e6tes egle) which is covered with black, white, yellow, andorange tufts of hair.-- Harlequin duck (Zo\u00f6l.), a North American duck (Histrionicushistrionicus). The male is dark ash, curiously streaked with white.-- Harlequin moth. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Magpie Moth.-- Harlequin opal. See Opal.-- Harlequin snake (Zo\u00f6l.), a small, poisonous snake (Elapsfulvius), ringed with red and black, found in the Southern UnitedStates."
"HARLEQUINADE","A play or part of play in which the harlequin is conspicuous;the part of a harlequin. Macaulay."
"HARLOCK","Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock. Drayton."
"HARLOT","Wanton; lewd; low; base. Shak."
"HARLOTIZE","To harlot. [Obs.] Warner."
"HARM","To hurt; to injure; to damage; to wrong.Though yet he never harmed me. Shak.No ground of enmity between us known Why he should mean me ill orseek to harm. Milton."
"HARMALINE","An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It formsbitter, yellow salts."
"HARMATTAN","A dry, hot wind, prevailing on the Atlantic coast of Africa, inDecember, January, and February, blowing from the interior or Sahara.It is usually accompanied by a haze which obscures the sun."
"HARMEL","A kind of rue (Ruta sylvestris) growing in India. At Lahore theseeds are used medicinally and for fumigation."
"HARMFUL","Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous. ' Most harmfulhazards.' Strype. --Harm'ful*ly, adv.-- Harm'ful*ness, n."
"HARMINE","An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala),and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystallinesubstance."
"HARMLESS","Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to melody;harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds or overtones whichaccompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string orsonorous body."
"HARMONIC","A musical note produced by a number of vibrations which is amultiple of the number producing some other; an overtone. SeeHarmonics."
"HARMONICALLY","In harmonical progression."
"HARMONICON","A small, flat, wind instrument of music, in which the notes areproduced by the vibration of free metallic reeds."
"HARMONICS","Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany anyprincipal, and apparently simple, tone, as the octave, the twelfth,the fifteenth, and the seventeenth. The name is also applied to theartificial tones produced by a string or column of air, when theimpulse given to it suffices only to make a part of the string orcolumn vibrate; overtones."
"HARMONIPHON","An obsolete wind instrument with a keyboard, in which thesound, which resembled the oboe, was produced by the vibration ofthin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing through a tube."
"HARMONIST","One who understands the principles of harmony or is skillful inapplying them in composition; a musical composer."
"HARMONIUM","A musical instrument, resembling a small organ and especiallydesigned for church music, in which the tones are produced by forcingair by means of a bellows so as to cause the vibration of freemetallic reeds. It is now made with one or two keyboards, and haspedals and stops."
"HARMONIZATION","The act of harmonizing."
"HARMONIZE","To accompany with harmony; to provide with parts, as an air, ormelody."
"HARMONIZER","One who harmonizes."
"HARMONOMETER","An instrument for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds.It is often a monochord furnished with movable bridges."
"HARMONY","See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. Close harmony, Dispersedharmony, etc. See under Close, Dispersed, etc.-- Harmony of the spheres. See Music of the spheres, under Music."
"HARMOST","A governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the citiessubjugated by them."
"HARMOTOME","A hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta, occurring usually inwhite cruciform crystals; cross-stone."
"HARNESS CASK","A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing saltedprovisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub. W. C. Russell."
"HARNESSER","One who harnesses."
"HARNS","The brains. [Scot.]"
"HARP","A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre."
"HARPA","A genus of marine univalve shells; the harp shells; -- socalled from the form of the shells, and their ornamental ribs."
"HARPAGON","A grappling iron. [Obs.]"
"HARPING","Pertaining to the harp; as, harping symphonies. Milton."
"HARPING IRON","A harpoon. Evelyn."
"HARPINGS","The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of avessel, and are fastened to the stem. [Written also harpins.] Totten."
"HARPIST","A player on the harp; a harper. W. Browne."
"HARPOON","A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, aswhales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad,fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown byhand, or discharged from a gun. Harpoon fork, a kind of hayfork,consisting of bar with hinged barbs at one end a loop for a rope atthe other end, used for lifting hay from the load by horse power.-- Harpoon gun, a gun used in the whale fishery for shooting theharpoon into a whale."
"HARPOONEER","An harpooner. Grabb."
"HARPOONER","One who throws the harpoon."
"HARPRESS","A female harper. [R.] Sir W. Scott."
"HARPSICHON","A harpsichord. [Obs.]"
"HARPSICHORD","A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs,like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, bymeans of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for strikingthe strings. It is now superseded by the piano."
"HARPY","A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the faceof a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the facepale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three.Both table and provisions vanished guite. With sound of harpies'wings and talons heard. Milton."
"HARRAGE","To harass; to plunder from. [Obs.] Fuller."
"HARRE","A hinge. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HARRIDAN","A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the prettycreature I had been used to see. De Quincey."
"HARRIER","One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares.[Written also harier.]"
"HARROW","An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down,the frame being buried. Bush harrow, a kind of light harrow made ofbushes, for harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finishthe work of a toothed harrow.-- Drill harrow. See under 6th Drill.-- Under the harrow, subjected to actual torture with a toothedinstrument, or to great affliction or oppression."
"HARROWER","One who harrows."
"HARRY","To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste. [Obs.]Beau. & Fl."
"HARSH","Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade;lacking in harmony."
"HARSHLY","In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.'T will sound harshly in her ears. Shak."
"HARSHNESS","The quality or state of being harsh.O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father 's crabbed, And he'scomposed of harshness. Shak.'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, The sound must seem anecho to the sense. Pope."
"HARSLET","See Haslet."
"HART","A stag; the male of the red deer. See the Note under Buck.Goodliest of all the forest, hart and hind. Milton."
"HARTBEEST","A large South African antelope (Alcelaphus caama), formerlymuch more abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked withblack, the rump with white. [Written also hartebeest, and hartebest.]"
"HARTEN","To hearten; to encourage; to incite. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HARTFORD","The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised atHartford, Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large dark-colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds."
"HARTWORT","A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum)."
"HARUM-SCARUM","Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless. [Colloq.]They had a quarrel with Sir Thomas Newcome's own son, a harum-scarumlad. Thackeray."
"HARUSPICATION","See Haruspicy. Tylor."
"HARUSPICE","A diviner of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspice."
"HARUSPICY","The art or practices of haruspices. See Aruspicy."
"HARVEST","To reap or gather, as any crop."
"HARVESTER","A harvesting ant."
"HARVESTING",", from Harvest, v. t. Harvesting ant (Zo\u00f6l.), any species ofant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species areknown."
"HARVESTLESS","Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren. 'Harvestlessautumns.' Tennyson."
"HARVESTMAN","See Daddy longlegs, 1."
"HARVESTRY","The act of harvesting; also, that which is harvested.Swinburne."
"HARVEY PROCESS","A process of hardening the face of steel, as armor plates,invented by Hayward A. Harvey of New Jersey, consisting in theadditional carburizing of the face of a piece of low carbon steel bysubjecting it to the action of carbon under long-continued pressureat a very high heat, and then to a violent chilling, as by a spray ofcold water. This process gives an armor plate a thick surface ofextreme hardness supported by material gradually decreasing inhardness to the unaltered soft steel at the back."
"HARY","To draw; to drag; to carry off by vio [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HAS","3d pers. sing. pres. of Have."
"HASARD","Hazard. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HASE","See Haze, v. t."
"HASH","To as, to hash meat. Hudibras."
"HASK","A basket made of rushes or flags, as for carrying fish. [Obs.]Spenser."
"HASLET","The edible viscera, as the heart, liver, etc., of a beast, esp.of a hog. [Written also harslet.]"
"HASP","To shut or fasten with a hasp."
"HAST",", 2d pers. sing. pres. of. Fave, contr. of havest. [Archaic]"
"HASTE","To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic]I 'll haste the writer. Shak.They were troubled and hasted away. Ps. xlviii. 5."
"HASTEN","To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate;to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. Ps. lv. 8."
"HASTIF","Hasty. [Obs.] Chaucer.-- Has'tif*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"HASTILE","Same as Hastate. Gray."
"HASTINESS","The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation;rashness; quickness of temper."
"HASTINGS","Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease. Mortimer."
"HASTINGS SANDS","The lower group of the Wealden formation; -- so called from itsdevelopment around Hastings, in Sussex, England."
"HASTIVE","Forward; early; -- said of fruits. [Obs.]"
"HASTY","Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.Take no unkindness of his hasty words. Shak"
"HAT","Hot. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HATABLE","Capable of being, or deserving to be, hated; odious;detestable."
"HATBAND","A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of blackcloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning."
"HATBOX","A box for a hat."
"HATCH","To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the egg;-- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc."
"HATCH-BOAT","A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches;-- used mostly in the fisheries."
"HATCHEL","An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, forcleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind oflarge comb; -- called also hackle and heckle."
"HATCHELER","One who uses a hatchel."
"HATCHERY","A house for hatching fish, etc."
"HATCHET MAN","1. A person hired to murder or physically attack another; a hitman."
"HATCHING","A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniaturepainting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each otherat angles more or less acute; -- called also crosshatching."
"HATCHMENT","A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person aretemporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It islozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used inEngland as a means of giving public notification of the death of thedeceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc.Called also achievement.His obscure funeral; No trophy, sword, or hatchment o'er his bones.Shak."
"HATCHURE","Same as Hachure."
"HATCHWAY","A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affordingpassage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar."
"HATE","To love less, relatively. Luke xiv. 26."
"HATEL","Hateful; detestable. [Obs.]"
"HATER","One who hates.An enemy to God, and a hater of all good. Sir T. Browne."
"HATH","Has. [Archaic.]"
"HATLESS","Having no hat."
"HATRACK","A hatstand; hattree."
"HATRED","Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of themind awakened by something regarded as evil."
"HATSTAND","A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hanghats, etc."
"HATTE","pres. & imp. sing. & pl. of Hote, to be called. See Hote.[Obs.] Chaucer.A full perilous place, purgatory it hatte. Piers Plowman."
"HATTED","Covered with a hat."
"HATTER","To tire or worry; -- out. [Obs.] Dryden."
"HATTERIA","A New Zealand lizard, which, in anatomical character, differswidely from all other existing lizards. It is the only livingrepresentative of the order Rhynchocephala, of which many Mesozoicfossil species are known; -- called also Sphenodon, and Tuatera."
"HATTI-SHERIF","A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan."
"HATTING","The business of making hats; also, stuff for hats."
"HATTREE","A hatstand."
"HAUBERGEON","See Habergeon."
"HAUBERK","A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of theEuropean Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which isshorter and sometimes sleeveless. By old writers it is often usedsynonymously with habergeon. See Habergeon. [Written variouslyhauberg, hauberque, hawberk, etc.] Chaucer.Helm, nor hawberk's twisted mail. Gray."
"HAUERITE","Native sulphide of manganese a reddish brown or brownish blackmineral."
"HAUGH","A low-lying meadow by the side of a river. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]On a haugh or level plain, near to a royal borough. Sir W. Scott."
"HAUGHT","High; elevated; hence, haughty; proud. [Obs.] Shak."
"HAUGHTILY","In a haughty manner; arrogantly."
"HAUGHTINESS","The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance."
"HAUL","To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. Seeunder Haul, v. t.I . . . hauled up for it, and found it to be an island. Cook."
"HAULABOUT","A bargelike vessel with steel hull, large hatchways, and coaltransporters, for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from othercolliers."
"HAULAGE","Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; chargefor hauling."
"HAULER","One who hauls."
"HAULM","The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and thecereal grains, beans, etc.; straw."
"HAULS","See Hals."
"HAULSE","See Halse."
"HAULT","Lofty; haughty. [Obs.]Through support of countenance proud and hault. Spenser."
"HAUM","See Haulm, stalk. Smart."
"HAUNCE","To enhance. [Obs.] Lydgate."
"HAUNCHED","Having haunches."
"HAUNT","To persist in staying or visiting.I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors. Shak."
"HAUNTED","Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions;frequented by a ghost.All houses wherein men have lived and died Are haunted houses.Longfellow."
"HAUNTER","One who, or that which, haunts."
"HAURIENT","In pale, with the head in chief; -- said of the figure of afish, as if rising for air."
"HAUSEN","A large sturgeon (Acipenser huso) from the region of the BlackSea. It is sometimes twelve feet long."
"HAUSSE","A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon."
"HAUSTELLATA","An artificial division of insects, including all those with asucking proboscis."
"HAUSTELLATE","Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis.-- n."
"HAUSTELLUM","The sucking proboscis of various insects. See Lepidoptera, andDiptera."
"HAUSTORIUM","One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder andivy. R. Brown."
"HAUT","Haughty. [Obs.] 'Nations proud and haut.' Milton."
"HAUTBOY","A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shapeto the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly calledoboe. See Illust. of Oboe."
"HAUTBOYIST","A player on the hautboy."
"HAUTEUR","Haughty manner or spirit; haughtiness; pride; arrogance."
"HAUTGOUT","High relish or flavor; high seasoning."
"HAUTPAS","A raised part of the floor of a large room; a platform for araised table or throne. See Dais."
"HAUYNITE","A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcani"
"HAVANA","Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba;as, an Havana cigar; -- formerly sometimes written Havannah.-- n."
"HAVANESE","Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba.-- n. sing. & pl."
"HAVELESS","Having little or nothing. [Obs.] Gower."
"HAVELOCK","A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiersas a protection from sunstroke."
"HAVEN","To shelter, as in a haven. Keats."
"HAVENAGE","Harbor dues; port dues."
"HAVENED","Sheltered in a haven.Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats."
"HAVENER","A harbor master. [Obs.]"
"HAVER","A possessor; a holder. Shak."
"HAVERSIAN","Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an Englishphysician of the seventeenth century. Haversian canals (Anat.), thesmall canals through which the blood vessels ramify in bone."
"HAVIER","A castrated deer."
"HAVILDAR","In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer ofnative soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant. Havildar major, anative sergeant major in the East Indian army."
"HAVING","Possession; goods; estate.I 'll lend you something; my having is not much. Shak."
"HAVIOR","Behavior; demeanor. [Obs.] Shak."
"HAVOC","Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. Acts viii. 3.Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! Addison."
"HAW","The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitatingmembrane, under Nictitate."
"HAW-HAW","See Ha-ha."
"HAWAIIAN","Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the peopleof Hawaii.-- n."
"HAWEBAKE","Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarsefare. See 1st Haw, 2. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HAWFINCH","The common European grosbeak (Coccothraustes vulgaris); --called also cherry finch, and coble."
"HAWHAW","To laugh boisterously. [Colloq. U. S.]We haw-haw'd, I tell you, for more than half an hour. Major JackDowning."
"HAWK","One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of thefamily Falconid\u00e6. They differ from the true falcons in lacking theprominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and lesspointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles.Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a moregeneral sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to truefalcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairiehawk."
"HAWK MOTH","Any moth of the family Sphingid\u00e6, of which there are numerousgenera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostlyat twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking thehoney by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larv\u00e6 are large,hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors,and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, andTomato worm. Tobacco Hawk Moth (Macrosila Carolina), and its Larva,the Tobacco Worm."
"HAWK-EYED","Having a keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning."
"HAWKBILL","A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the bestquality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret."
"HAWKBIT","The fall dandelion (Leontodon autumnale)."
"HAWKED","Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked."
"HAWKER","One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, apeddler or a packman."
"HAWKEY","See Hockey. Holloway."
"HAWKEYE STATE","Iowa; -- a nickname of obscure origin."
"HAWM","See Haulm, straw."
"HAWSER","A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns."
"HAWSER-LAID","Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. Cable-laid, and see Illust.of Cordage."
"HAWTHORN","A thorny shrub or tree (the Crat\u00e6gus oxyacantha), having deeplylobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruitcalled haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standardsin gardens. The American hawthorn is Crat\u00e6gus cordata, which has theleaves but little lobed.Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds Shak."
"HAY","To lay snares for rabbits. Huloet."
"HAY-CUTTER","A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle."
"HAYBOTE","An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges orfences; hedgebote. See Bote. Blackstone."
"HAYCOCK","A conical pile or hear of hay in the field.The tanned haycock in the mead. Milton."
"HAYFIELD","A field where grass for hay has been cut; a meadow. Cowper."
"HAYFORK","A fork for pitching and tedding hay. Horse hayfork, acontrivance for unloading hay from the cart and depositing it in theloft, or on a mow, by horse power."
"HAYLOFT","A loft or scaffold for hay."
"HAYMAKING","The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay."
"HAYRACK","A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used inhauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging."
"HAYRAKE","A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by ahorse or horses."
"HAYRICK","A heap or pile of hay, usually covered with thatch forpreservation in the open air."
"HAYSTACK","A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air."
"HAYSTALK","A stalk of hay."
"HAYTHORN","Hawthorn. R. Scot."
"HAYTIAN","Of pertaining to Hayti.-- n."
"HAYWARD","An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattlefrom breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is toimpound animals found running at large."
"HAZARD","Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or theplayer's ball (losing hazard)."
"HAZARDIZE","A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. [Obs.]Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser."
"HAZARDOUS","Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.To enterprise so hazardous and high! Milton."
"HAZE","Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedesvision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in theair; hence, figuratively, obscurity; dimness.O'er the sky The silvery haze of summer drawn. Tennyson.Above the world's uncertain haze. Keble."
"HAZEL","A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C. avellana,bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; thefilbert. The American species are C. Americana, which produces thecommon hazelnut, and C. rostrata. See Filbert. Gray."
"HAZELESS","Destitute of haze. Tyndall."
"HAZELLY","Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown. Mortimer."
"HAZELNUT","The nut of the hazel. Shak."
"HAZELWORT","The asarabacca."
"HAZILY","In a hazy manner; mistily; obscurely; confusedly."
"HAZINESS","The quality or state of being hazy."
"HAZLE","To make dry; to dry. [Obs.]"
"HEAD","Tiles laid at the eaves of a house. Knight."
"HEAD-CHEESE","A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, ofswine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pressed into a cheeselike mass."
"HEAD-HUNTER","A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom ofdecapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. TheDyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters.-- Head'-hunt`ing, n."
"HEAD-LUGGED","Lugged or dragged by the head. [R.] 'The head-lugged bear.'Shak."
"HEADACHE","Pain in the head; ceph 'Headaches and shivering fits.'Macaulay."
"HEADACHY","Afflicted with headache. [Colloq.]"
"HEADBOARD","A board or boarding which marks or forms the head of anything;as, the headboard of a bed; the headboard of a grave."
"HEADER","With the head foremost."
"HEADFISH","The sunfish (Mola)."
"HEADILY","In a heady or rash manner; hastily; rashly; obstinately."
"HEADINESS","The quality of being heady."
"HEADING","A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a driftor gallery; the vein above a drift."
"HEADLIGHT","A light, with a powerful reflector, placed at the head of alocomotive, or in front of it, to throw light on the track at night,or in going through a dark tunnel."
"HEADLINE","The line at the head or top of a page."
"HEADMAN","A head or leading man, especially of a village community."
"HEADMOST","Most advanced; most forward; as, the headmost ship in a fleet."
"HEADNOTE","A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, anabstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinionof the court."
"HEADPAN","The brainpan. [Obs.]"
"HEADQUARTERS","The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as thegeneral in command of an army, or the head of a police force; theplace from which orders or instructions are issued; hence, the centerof authority or order.The brain, which is the headquarters, or office, of intelligence.Collier."
"HEADRACE","See Race, a water course."
"HEADROOM","See Headway, 2."
"HEADROPE","That part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge orhead of a sail."
"HEADSAIL","Any sail set forward of the foremast. Totten."
"HEADSHAKE","A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal ofdenial. Shak."
"HEADSHIP","Authority or dignity; chief place."
"HEADSMAN","An executioner who cuts off heads. Dryden."
"HEADSPRING","Fountain; source.The headspring of our belief. Stapleton."
"HEADSTALL","That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head.Shak."
"HEADSTOCK","A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for supportingsome of the principal working parts of a machine; as:(a) The part of a lathe that holds the revolving spindle and itsattachments; -- also called poppet head, the opposite correspondingpart being called a tailstock.(b) The part of a planing machine that supports the cutter, etc."
"HEADSTRONGNESS","Obstinacy. [R.] Gayton."
"HEADWATER","The source and upper part of a stream; -- commonly used in theplural; as, the headwaters of the Missouri."
"HEADWAY","Clear space under an arch, girder, and the like, sufficient toallow of easy passing underneath."
"HEADWORK","Mental labor."
"HEAL","To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like.[Obs.]"
"HEALABLE","Capable of being healed."
"HEALALL","A common herb of the Mint family (Brunela vulgaris), destituteof active properties, but anciently thought a panacea."
"HEALD","A heddle. Ure."
"HEALER","One who, or that which, heals."
"HEALFUL","Tending or serving to heal; healing. [Obs.] Ecclus. xv. 3."
"HEALING","Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; ahealing salve; healing words.Here healing dews and balms abound. Keble."
"HEALINGLY","So as to heal or cure."
"HEALTHFULLY","In health; wholesomely."
"HEALTHFULNESS","The state of being healthful."
"HEALTHILY","In a healthy manner."
"HEALTHINESS","The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease."
"HEALTHLESSNESS","The state of being health"
"HEALTHSOME","Wholesome; salubrious. [R.] 'Healthsome air.' Shak."
"HEALTHWARD","In the direction of health; as, a healthward tendency."
"HEAM","The afterbirth or secundines of a beast."
"HEAPER","One who heaps, piles, or amasses."
"HEAPY","Lying in heaps. Gay."
"HEARD","imp. & p. p. of Hear."
"HEARER","One who hears; an auditor."
"HEARKENER","One who hearkens; a listener."
"HEARSAL","Rehearsal. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HEARSAY","Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.Much of the obloquy that has so long rested on the memory of ourgreat national poet originated in frivolous hearsays of his life andconversation. Prof. Wilson.Hearsay evidence (Law), that species of testimony which consists in aa narration by one person of matters told him by another. It is, witha few exceptions, inadmissible as testimony. Abbott."
"HEARSE","A hind in the year of its age. [Eng.] Wright."
"HEARSECLOTH","A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp.Sanderson."
"HEARSELIKE","Suitable to a funeral.If you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airsas carols. Bacon."
"HEART","A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically,keeps up the circulation of the blood.Why does my blood thus muster to my heart! Shak."
"HEART-EATING","Preying on the heart."
"HEART-ROBBING","A species of violet (Viola tricolor); -- called also pansy."
"HEART-SPOON","A part of the breastbone. [Obs.]He feeleth through the herte-spon the pricke. Chaucer."
"HEART-WOUNDED","Wounded to the heart with love or grief. Pope."
"HEARTACHE","Sorrow; anguish of mind; mental pang. Shak."
"HEARTBREAK","Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief. Shak."
"HEARTBREAKING","Causing overpowering sorrow."
"HEARTBROKEN","Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved."
"HEARTBURN","An uneasy, burning sensation in the stomach, often attendedwith an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes idiopathic, but isoften a symptom of often complaints."
"HEARTBURNED","Having heartburn. Shak."
"HEARTBURNING","Causing discontent."
"HEARTDEAR","Sincerely beloved. [R.] Shak."
"HEARTDEEP","Rooted in the heart. Herbert."
"HEARTEDNESS","Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness. [R.] Clarendon."
"HEARTENER","One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up. W.Browne."
"HEARTFELT","Hearty; sincere."
"HEARTGRIEF","Heartache; sorrow. Milton."
"HEARTH","The floor of a furnace, on which the material to be heatedlies, or the lowest part of a melting furnace, into which the meltedmaterial settles. Hearth ends (Metal.), fragments of lead ore ejectedfrom the furnace by the blast.-- Hearth money, Hearth penny Etym: [AS. heoredhpening], a taxformerly laid in England on hearths, each hearth (in all housespaying the church and poor rates) being taxed at two shillings; --called also chimney money, etc.He had been importuned by the common people to relieve them from the. . . burden of the hearth money. Macaulay."
"HEARTHSTONE","Stone forming the hearth; hence, the fireside; home.Chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot graveto every living heart and hearthstone. A. Lincoln."
"HEARTINESS","The quality of being hearty; as, the heartiness of a greeting."
"HEARTLET","A little heart."
"HEARTLINGS","An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance.[Obs.] Shak."
"HEARTPEA","Same as Heartseed."
"HEARTQUAKE","Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear.In many an hour of danger and heartquake. Hawthorne."
"HEARTRENDING","Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; verydistressing."
"HEARTSEED","A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seedswhich are marked with a spot like a heart. Loudon."
"HEARTSHAPED","Having the shape of a heart; cordate."
"HEARTSICK","Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent."
"HEARTSOME","Merry; cheerful; lively. [Scot.]"
"HEARTSTRICKEN","Shocked; dismayed."
"HEARTSTRIKE","To affect at heart; to shock. [R.] 'The seek to heartstrikeus.' B. Jonson."
"HEARTSTRING","A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart.Shak.Sobbing, as if a hearstring broke. Moore."
"HEARTSWELLING","Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. 'Heartswelling hate.'Spenser."
"HEARTWOOD","The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting ofthe old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from theouter layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguishedfrom the softer sapwood or alburnum."
"HEARTY","Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiaraddress and fellowship among sailors. Dickens."
"HEARTYHALE","Good for the heart. [Obs.]"
"HEAT","Heated; as, the iron though heat red-hot. [Obs. or Archaic.]Shak."
"HEATHCLAD","Clad or crowned with heath."
"HEATHENESSE","Heathendom. [Obs.] Chaucer. Sir W. Scott."
"HEATHENISHLY","In a heathenish manner."
"HEATHENISHNESS","The state or quality of being heathenish. 'The . . .heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks.' Prynne."
"HEATHENIZE","To render heathen or heathenish. Firmin."
"HEATHENNESS","State of being heathen or like the heathen."
"HEATHER","Heath. [Scot.]Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass, The brighterseem. Longfellow.Heather bell (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers of twoEuropean kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and E. cinerea)."
"HEATHERY","Heathy; abounding in heather; of the nature of heath."
"HEATHY","Full of heath; abounding with heath; as, heathy land; heathyhills. Sir W. Scott."
"HEATING","That heats or imparts heat; promoting warmth or heat; excitingaction; stimulating; as, heating medicines or applications. Heatingsurface (Steam Boilers), the aggregate surface exposed to fire or tothe heated products of combustion, esp. of all the plates or sheetsthat are exposed to water on their opposite surfaces; -- called alsofire surface."
"HEATINGLY","In a heating manner; so as to make or become hot or heated."
"HEATLESS","Destitute of heat; cold. Beau. & Fl."
"HEAVE","A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at anintersection with another lode."
"HEAVE OFFERING","An offering or oblation heaved up or elevated before the altar,as the shoulder of the peace offering. See Wave offering. Ex. xxix.27."
"HEAVEN","To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify.[R.]We are happy as the bird whose nest Is heavened in the hush of purplehills. G. Massey."
"HEAVENIZE","To render like heaven or fit for heaven. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"HEAVENLINESS","The state or quality of being heavenly. Sir J. Davies."
"HEAVENLY","Having the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for,heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly; pious. Milner.-- Heav'en*ly*mind`ed*ness, n."
"HEAVENWARD","Toward heaven."
"HEAVER","A bar used as a lever. Totten."
"HEAVES","A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, withheaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough;broken wind."
"HEAVILY","subject to much traffic or travel; as, the region's mostheavily traveled highways.Syn. -- heavily traveled.[WordNet 1.5]"
"HEAVINESS","The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses;weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness."
"HEAVING","A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.Addison. Shak."
"HEAVISOME","Heavy; dull. [Prov.]"
"HEAVY","Having the heaves."
"HEAVY SPAR","Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of itshigh specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals."
"HEAVY-ARMED","Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms."
"HEAVY-HADED","Clumsy; awkward."
"HEAVY-HEADED","Dull; stupid. 'Gross heavy-headed fellows.' Beau. & Fl."
"HEBDOMAD","A week; a period of seven days. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"HEBDOMADALLY","In periods of seven days; weekly. Lowell."
"HEBDOMADARY","A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiatein the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinaryoccasions, are performed by the superiors."
"HEBDOMATICAL","Weekly; hebdomadal. [Obs.]"
"HEBE","The goddess of youth, daughter of Jupiter and Juno. She wasbelieved to have the power of restoring youth and beauty to those whohad lost them."
"HEBEN","Ebony. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HEBENON","See Henbane. [Obs.] Shak."
"HEBETATE","To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, tohebetate the intellectual faculties. Southey"
"HEBETE","Dull; stupid. [Obs.]"
"HEBETUDE","Dullness; stupidity. Harvey."
"HEBRAIC","Of or pertaining to the Hebrews, or to the language of theHebrews."
"HEBRAICALLY","After the manner of the Hebrews or of the Hebrew language."
"HEBRAIST","One versed in the Hebrew language and learning."
"HEBRAISTIC","Pertaining to, or resembling, the Hebrew language or idiom."
"HEBRAISTICALLY","In a Hebraistic sense or form.Which is Hebraistically used in the New Testament. Kitto."
"HEBRAIZE","To convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic.J. R. Smith."
"HEBREW","Of or pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language orrites."
"HEBREW CALENDAR","= Jewish calendar."
"HEBREWESS","An Israelitish woman."
"HEBRICIAN","A Hebraist. [R.]"
"HECATOMB","A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time;hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims.Slaughtered hecatombs around them bleed. Addison.More than a human hecatomb. Byron."
"HECATOMPEDON","A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate."
"HECDECANE","A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34, of theparaffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient ofkerosene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms ofcarbon; -- called also hexadecane."
"HECK","An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, asthey are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine."
"HECKIMAL","The European blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus). [Written alsoheckimel, hackeymal, hackmall, hagmall, and hickmall.]"
"HECKLE","Same as Hackle."
"HECTARE","A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares,or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres."
"HECTIC","Hectic fever."
"HECTOCOTYLIZED","Changed into a hectocotylus; having a hectocotylis."
"HECTOCOTYLUS","One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, whichis specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization ofthe eggs. In a special sense, the greatly modified arm of Argonautaand allied genera, which, after receiving the spermatophores, becomesdetached from the male, and attaches itself to the female forreproductive purposes."
"HECTOGRAM","A measure of weight, containing a hundred grams, or about 3.527ounces avoirdupois."
"HECTOGRAMME","The same as Hectogram."
"HECTOGRAPH","A contrivance for multiple copying, by means of a surface ofgelatin softened with glycerin. [Written also hectograph.]"
"HECTOR","A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one whovexes or provokes."
"HECTORISM","The disposition or the practice of a hector; a bullying. [R.]"
"HECTORLY","Resembling a hector; blustering; insolent; taunting. 'Hectorly,ruffianlike swaggering or huffing.' Barrow."
"HECTOSTERE","A measure of solidity, containing one hundred cubic meters, andequivalent to 3531.66 English or 3531.05 United States cubic feet."
"HEDDLE","One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, withmounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads tothe lathe or batten in a loom."
"HEDDLE-EYE","The eye or loop formed in each heddle to receive a warp thread."
"HEDDLING","The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes ofa weaver's harness; the harness itself. Knight."
"HEDERACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, ivy."
"HEDERAL","Of or pertaining to ivy."
"HEDERIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, the ivy (Hedera); as, hedericacid, an acid of the acetylene series."
"HEDERIFEROUS","Producing ivy; ivy-bearing."
"HEDEROSE","Pertaining to, or of, ivy; full of ivy."
"HEDGE","A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such athicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and alsoany sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as afence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fenceit, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. Shak.Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk.Thomson."
"HEDGEBORN","Born under a hedge; of low birth. Shak."
"HEDGEBOTE","Same as Haybote."
"HEDGEHOG","A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europ\u00e6us), and otherallied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper partof its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itselfinto a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction.It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects."
"HEDGELESS","Having no hedge."
"HEDGEPIG","A young hedgehog. Shak."
"HEDGER","One who makes or mends hedges; also, one who hedges, as, inbetting."
"HEDGEROW","A row of shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or separationof fields.By hedgerow elms and hillocks green. Milton."
"HEDGING BILL","A hedge bill. See under Hedge."
"HEDONICS","That branch of moral philosophy which treats of the relation ofduty to pleasure; the science of practical, positive enjoyment orpleasure. J. Grote."
"HEDONIST","One who believes in hedonism."
"HEDONISTIC","Same as Hedonic, 2."
"HEED","To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to;to observe.With pleasure Argus the musician heeds. Dryden."
"HEEDFUL","Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect;attentive; vigilant. Shak.-- Heed'ful*ly, adv.-- Heed'ful*ness, n."
"HEEDLESS","Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless;unobservant.O, negligent and heedless discipline! Shak.The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound himso. Waller.-- Heed'less*ly, adv.-- Heed'less*ness, n."
"HEEDY","Heedful. [Obs.] 'Heedy shepherds.' Spenser.-- Heed'i*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Heed'i*ness, n. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HEEL","To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heelsaport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it. Heeling error(Naut.), a deviation of the compass caused by the heeling of an ironvessel to one side or the other."
"HEELBALL","A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers forpolishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions."
"HEELLESS","Without a heel."
"HEELPATH","The bank of a canal opposite, and corresponding to, that of thetowpath; berm. [U. S.]"
"HEELPOST","The post to which a gate or door is hinged."
"HEELSPUR","A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from the heelbone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See Illust. ofCheiropter."
"HEELTAP","To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.)"
"HEELTOOL","A tool used by turners in metal, having a bend forming a heelnear the cutting end."
"HEEMRAAD","In Holland, and, until the 19th century, also in Cape Colony, acouncil to assist a local magistrate in the government of ruraldistricts; hence, also, a member of such a council."
"HEEP","The hip of the dog-rose. [Obs.]"
"HEER","A yarn measure of six hundred yards or of a spindle. SeeSpindle."
"HEFT","Same as Haft, n. [Obs.] Waller."
"HEFTY","Moderately heavy. [Colloq. U. S.]"
"HEGELIAN","Pertaining to Hegelianism.-- n."
"HEGEMONY","Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usuallyapplied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors orconfederates. Lieber."
"HEGGE","A hedge. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HEGIRA","The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622(subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era);hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed."
"HEIFER","A young cow."
"HEIGH-HO","An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness,weariness, etc. Shak."
"HEIGHTENER","One who, or that which, heightens."
"HEINOUS","Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; givinggreat great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character.It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege. Hooker.How heinous had the fact been, how deserving Contempt! Milton."
"HEIR","To inherit; to succeed to. [R.]One only daughter heired the royal state. Dryden."
"HEIRDOM","The state of an heir; succession by inheritance. Burke."
"HEIRESS",", A female heir."
"HEIRLESS","Destitute of an heir. Shak."
"HEIRLOOM","Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law orspecial custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; anypiece of personal property that has been in a family for severalgenerations.Woe to him whose daring hand profanes The honored heirlooms of hisancestors. Moir."
"HEIRSHIP","The state, character, or privileges of an heir; right ofinheriting. Heirship movables, certain kinds of movables which theheir is entitled to take, besides the heritable estate. [Scot.]"
"HEJIRA","See Hegira."
"HEKTOGRAPH","See Hectograph."
"HELAMYS","See Jumping hare, under Hare."
"HELCOPLASTY","The act or process of repairing lesions made by ulcers,especially by a plastic operation."
"HELD","imp. & p. p. of Hold."
"HELE","Health; welfare. [Obs.] 'In joy and perfyt hele.' Chaucer."
"HELENA","See St. Elmo's fire, under Saint."
"HELENIN","A neutral organic substance found in the root of the elecampane(Inula helenium), and extracted as a white crystalline or oilymaterial, with a slightly bitter taste."
"HELIAC","Heliacal."
"HELIACAL","Emerging from the light of the sun, or passing into it; risingor setting at the same, or nearly the same, time as the sun. Sir T.Browne."
"HELIACALLY","In a heliacal manner. De Quincey."
"HELIANTHIN","An artificial, orange dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, andlike it used as an indicator in alkalimetry; -- called also methylorange."
"HELIANTHOID","Of or pertaining to the Helianthoidea."
"HELIANTHOIDEA","An order of Anthozoa; the Actinaria."
"HELICAL","Of or pertaining to, or in the form of, a helix; spiral; as, ahelical staircase; a helical spring.-- Hel'i*cal*ly, adv."
"HELICHRYSUM","A genus of composite plants, with shining, commonly white oryellow, or sometimes reddish, radiated involucres, which are oftencalled 'everlasting flowers.'"
"HELICIFORM","Having the form of a helix; spiral."
"HELICIN","A glucoside obtained as a white crystalline substance bypartial oxidation of salicin, from a willow (Salix Helix of Linn\u00e6us.)"
"HELICINE","Curled; spiral; helicoid; -- applied esp. to certain arteriesof the penis."
"HELICOGRAPH","An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane."
"HELICOID","Shaped like a snail shell; pertaining to the Helicid\u00e6, or Snailfamily. Helicoid parabola (Math.), the parabolic spiral."
"HELICOIDAL","Same as Helicoid.-- Hel`i*coid'al*ly, adv."
"HELICON","A mountain in Boeotia, in Greece, supposed by the Greeks to bethe residence of Apollo and the Muses.From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazyprogress take. Gray."
"HELICONIA","One of numerous species of Heliconius, a genus of tropicalAmerican butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked with green,crimson, and white."
"HELICONIAN","Like or pertaining to the butterflies of the genus Heliconius."
"HELICOTREMA","The opening by which the two scal\u00e6 communicate at the top ofthe cochlea of the ear."
"HELIO-","A combining form from Gr. 'h`lios the sun."
"HELIOCHROME","A photograph in colors. R. Hunt."
"HELIOCHROMIC","Pertaining to, or produced by, heliochromy."
"HELIOCHROMY","The art of producing photographs in color."
"HELIOGRAM","A message transmitted by a heliograph."
"HELIOGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to heliography or a heliograph; made byheliography. Heliographic chart. See under Chart."
"HELIOGRAPHY","Photography. R. Hunt."
"HELIOGRAVURE","The process of photographic engraving."
"HELIOLATER","A worshiper of the sun."
"HELIOLATRY","Sun worship. See Sabianism."
"HELIOLITE","A fossil coral of the genus Heliolites, having twelve-rayedcells. It is found in the Silurian rocks."
"HELIOMETER","An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter ofthe sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance andrelative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measuredin the field of view of an ordinary telescope."
"HELIOMETRY","The apart or practice of measuring the diameters of heavenlybodies, their relative distances, etc. See Heliometer."
"HELIOPORA","An East Indian stony coral now known to belong to theAlcyonaria; -- called also blue coral."
"HELIOSCOPE","A telescope or instrument for viewing the sun without injury tothe eyes, as through colored glasses, or with mirrors which reflectbut a small portion of light.-- He`li*o*scop`ic, a."
"HELIOSTAT","An instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, bywhich a sunbeam is made apparently stationary, by being steadilydirected to one spot during the whole of its diurnal period; also, ageodetic heliotrope."
"HELIOTROPE","An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived atthe tropics and equinoctial line."
"HELIOTROPER","The person at a geodetic station who has charge of theheliotrope."
"HELIOTROPIC","Manifesting heliotropism; turning toward the sun."
"HELIOTROPISM","The phenomenon of turning toward the light, seen in many leavesand flowers."
"HELIOTYPE","A picture obtained by the process of heliotypy."
"HELIOTYPIC","Relating to, or obtained by, heliotypy."
"HELIOTYPY","A method of transferring pictures from photographic negativesto hardened gelatin plates from which impressions are produced onpaper as by lithography."
"HELIOZOA","An order of fresh-water rhizopods having a more or lessglobular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sunanimalcule."
"HELIUM","A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and earthand in some rare minerals."
"HELIX","A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to agiven plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread ofthe ordinary screw. It is distinguished from the spiral, all theconvolutions of which are in the plane."
"HELL","To overwhelm. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HELL-CAT","A witch; a hag. Middleton."
"HELL-DIVER","The dabchick."
"HELL-HAUNTED","Haunted by devils; hellish. Dryden."
"HELLANODIC","A judge or umpire in games or combats."
"HELLBENDER","A large North American aquatic salamander (Protonopsis horridaor Menopoma Alleghaniensis). It is very voracious and very tenaciousof life. Also called alligator, and water dog."
"HELLBORN","Born in or of hell. Shak."
"HELLBRED","Produced in hell. Spenser."
"HELLBREWED","Prepared in hell. Milton."
"HELLBROTH","A composition for infernal purposes; a magical preparation.Shak."
"HELLDOOMED","Doomed to hell. Milton."
"HELLEBORE","A genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the Crowfoot family,mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. H.niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossomingin winter or earliest spring. H. officinalis was the officinalhellebore of the ancients."
"HELLEBOREIN","A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in severalspecies of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substancewith a bittersweet taste. It has a strong action on the heart,resembling digitalin."
"HELLEBORIN","A poisonous glucoside found in several species of hellebore,and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp tinglingtaste. It possesses the essential virtues of the plant; -- calledalso elleborin."
"HELLEBORISM","The practice or theory of using hellebore as a medicine."
"HELLENE","A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek. Brewer."
"HELLENIAN","Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or Greeks."
"HELLENIC","Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece;Greek; Grecian. 'The Hellenic forces.' Jowett (Thucyd. )."
"HELLENIST","Pertaining to the Hellenists. Hellenistic language, dialect, oridiom, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews who lived in countrieswhere the Greek language prevailed; the Jewish-Greek dialect or idiomof the Septuagint."
"HELLENISTICALLY","According to the Hellenistic manner or dialect. J. Gregory."
"HELLENIZE","To use the Greek language; to play the Greek; to Grecize."
"HELLENOTYPE","See Ivorytype."
"HELLESPONT","A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called theDaradanelles. It connects the \u00c6gean Sea and the sea of Marmora."
"HELLESPONTINE","Of or pertaining to the Hellespont. Mitford."
"HELLHAG","A hag of or fit for hell. Bp. Richardson."
"HELLHOUND","A dog of hell; an agent of hell.A hellhound, that doth hunt us all to death. Shak."
"HELLIER","One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher.[Obs.] [Written also heler.] Usher."
"HELLISH","Of or pertaining to hell; like hell; infernal; malignant;wicked; detestable; diabolical. 'Hellish hate.' Milton.-- Hell'ish*ly, adv.-- Hell'ish*ness, n."
"HELLKITE","A kite of infernal breed. Shak."
"HELLO","See Halloo."
"HELLWARD","Toward hell. Pope."
"HELLY","Hellish. Anderson (1573)."
"HELM","See Haulm, straw."
"HELMAGE","Guidance; direction. [R.]"
"HELMED","Covered with a helmet.The helmed cherubim Are seen in glittering ranks. Milton."
"HELMET","A defensive covering for the head. See Casque, Headpiece,Morion, Sallet, and Illust. of Beaver."
"HELMET-SHAPED","Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of Galeate."
"HELMETED","Wearing a helmet; furnished with or having a helmet or helmet-shaped part; galeate."
"HELMINTH","An intestinal worm, or wormlike intestinal parasite; one of theHelminthes."
"HELMINTHAGOGUE","A vermifuge."
"HELMINTHES","One of the grand divisions or branches of the animal kingdom.It is a large group including a vast number of species, most of whichare parasitic. Called also Enthelminthes, Enthelmintha."
"HELMINTHIASIS","A disease in which worms are present in some part of the body."
"HELMINTHIC","Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms.-- n."
"HELMINTHITE","One of the sinuous tracks on the surfaces of many stones, andpopularly considered as worm trails."
"HELMINTHOID","Wormlike; vermiform."
"HELMINTHOLOGIST","One versed in helminthology."
"HELMINTHOLOGY","The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms."
"HELMSMAN","The man at the helm; a steersman."
"HELMWIND","A wind attending or presaged by the cloud called helm. [Prov.Eng.]"
"HELOT","A slave in ancient Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave orserf.Those unfortunates, the Helots of mankind, more or less numerous inevery community. I. Taylor."
"HELOTISM","The condition of the Helots or slaves in Sparta; slavery."
"HELOTRY","The Helots, collectively; slaves; bondsmen. 'The Helotry ofMammon.' Macaulay."
"HELP","To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; toavail or be of use; to assist.A generous present helps to persuade, as well as an agreeable person.Garth.To help out, to lend aid; to bring a supply."
"HELPER","One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as,a lay helper in a parish.Thou art the helper of the fatherless. Ps. x. 14.Compassion . . . oftentimes a helper of evils. Dr. H. More."
"HELPFUL","Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary.Heavens make our presence and our practices Pleasant and helpful tohim! Shak.-- Help'ful*ly, adv.-- Help'ful*ness, n. Milton."
"HELPMATE","A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife.In Minorca the ass and the hog are common helpmates, and are yokedtogether in order to turn up the land. Pennant.A waiting woman was generally considered as the most suitablehelpmate for a parson. Macaulay."
"HELPMEET","A wife; a helpmate.The Lord God created Adam, . . . and afterwards, on his finding thewant of a helpmeet, caused him to sleep, and took one of his ribs andthence made woman. J. H. Newman."
"HELTER-SKELTER","In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly.[Colloq.]Helter-skelter have I rode to thee. Shak.A wistaria vine running helter-skelter across the roof. J. C. Harris."
"HELVE","To furnish with a helve, as an ax."
"HELVETIAN","Same as Helvetic.-- n."
"HELVETIC","Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitant of theAlps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of theAlpine regions; as, the Helvetic confederacy; Helvetic states."
"HEM","Them [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HEMA-","Same as H\u00e6ma-."
"HEMACHATE","A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper."
"HEMACHROME","Same as H\u00e6machrome."
"HEMACITE","A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetablesubstances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc."
"HEMADYNAMICS","The principles of dynamics in their application to the blood;that part of science which treats of the motion of the blood."
"HEMADYNAMOMETER","An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in thearteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raisea column of mercury; -- called also a h\u00e6momanometer."
"HEMAL","Relating to the blood or blood vessels; pertaining to, situatedin the region of, or on the side with, the heart and great bloodvessels; -- opposed to neural."
"HEMAPHAEIN","Same as H\u00e6maph\u00e6in."
"HEMAPOPHYSIS","The second element in each half of a hemal arch, correspondingto the sternal part of a rib. Owen.-- Hem`a*po*phys'i*al, a."
"HEMASTATICS","Laws relating to the equilibrium of the blood in the bloodvessels."
"HEMATACHOMETER","Same as H\u00e6matachometer."
"HEMATEIN","A reddish brown or violet crystalline substance, C16H12O6, gotfrom hematoxylin by partial oxidation, and regarded as analogous tothe phthaleins."
"HEMATEMESIS","A vomiting of blood."
"HEMATHERM","A warm-blooded animal. [R.]"
"HEMATHERMAL","Warm-blooded; hematothermal. [R]"
"HEMATIC","Same as H\u00e6matic."
"HEMATIN","A bluish black, amorphous substance containing iron andobtained from blood. It exists the red blood corpuscles united withglobulin, and the form of hemoglobin or oxyhemoglobin gives to theblood its red color."
"HEMATINIC","Any substance, such as an iron salt or organic compoundcontaining iron, which when ingested tends to increase the hemoglobincontents of the blood."
"HEMATINOMETER","A form of hemoglobinometer."
"HEMATINOMETRIC","Relating to the measurement of the amount of hematin orhemoglobin contained in blood, or other fluids."
"HEMATINON","A red consisting of silica, borax, and soda, fused with oxideof copper and iron, and used in enamels, mosaics, etc."
"HEMATITE","An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because ofthe red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedralcrystals, and in massive and earthy forms; -- the last called redocher. Called also specular iron, oligist iron, rhombohedral ironore, and bloodstone. See Brown hematite, under Brown."
"HEMATITIC","Of or pertaining to hematite, or resembling it."
"HEMATO","See H\u00e6ma-."
"HEMATOCELE","A tumor filled with blood."
"HEMATOCRYA","The cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all but the mammals andbirds; -- the antithesis to Hematotherma."
"HEMATOCRYSTALLIN","See Hemoglobin."
"HEMATOID","Resembling blood."
"HEMATOIDIN","A crystalline or amorphous pigment, free from iron, formed fromhematin in old blood stains, and in old hemorrhages in the body. Itresembles bilirubin. When present in the corpora lutea it is calledh\u00e6molutein."
"HEMATOLOGY","The science which treats of the blood."
"HEMATOMA","A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of bloodbeneath the skin."
"HEMATOPHILIA","A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse anduncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds."
"HEMATOSIN","The hematin of blood. [R.]"
"HEMATOTHERMA","The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds;-- the antithesis to hematocrya."
"HEMATOTHERMAL","Warm-blooded."
"HEMATOXYLIN","H\u00e6matoxylin."
"HEMATURIA","Passage of urine mingled with blood."
"HEMAUTOGRAPHY","The obtaining of a curve similar to a pulse curve orsphygmogram by allowing the blood from a divided artery to strikeagainst a piece of paper."
"HEMERALOPIA","A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can seeclearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificiallight; day sight."
"HEMEROBIAN","A neuropterous insect of the genus Hemerobius, and alliedgenera."
"HEMEROBID","Of relating to the hemerobians."
"HEMEROCALLIS","A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated fortheir beautiful flowers; day lily."
"HEMI-","A prefix signifying half."
"HEMI-DEMI-SEMIQUAVER","A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or thesixty-fourth part of a whole note."
"HEMIALBUMIN","Same as Hemialbumose."
"HEMIALBUMOSE","An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by theaction of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertibleinto hemipeptone. Called also hemialbumin."
"HEMIANAESTHESIA","An\u00e6sthesia upon one side of the body."
"HEMIBRANCHI","An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchialapparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, andFistularia."
"HEMICARDIA","A lateral half of the heart, either the right or left. B. G.Wilder."
"HEMICARP","One portion of a fruit that spontaneously divides into halves."
"HEMICEREBRUM","A lateral half of the cerebrum. Wilder."
"HEMICOLLIN","See Semiglutin."
"HEMICRANIA","A pain that affects only one side of the head."
"HEMICRANY","Hemicranis."
"HEMIDACTYL","Any species of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. Thehemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath."
"HEMIDITONE","The lesser third. Busby."
"HEMIGAMOUS","Having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, andthe other unisexual, whether male or female; -- said of grasses."
"HEMIGLYPH","The half channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in theDoric order."
"HEMIHEDRAL","Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all;consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, aswhen a cube has planes only on half of its eight solid angles, or oneplane out of a pair on each of its edges; or as in the case of atetrahedron, which is hemihedral to an octahedron, it being containedunder four of the planes of an octahedron.-- Hem`i*he'dral*ly, adv."
"HEMIHEDRISM","The property of crystallizing hemihedrally."
"HEMIHEDRON","A solid hemihedrally derived. The tetrahedron is a hemihedron."
"HEMIHOLOHEDRAL","Presenting hemihedral forms, in which half the sectants havethe full number of planes."
"HEMIMELLITIC","Having half as many (three) carboxyl radicals as mellitic acid;-- said of an organic acid."
"HEMIMETABOLA","Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis."
"HEMIMETABOLIC","Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larv\u00e6 differing fromthe adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers andcockroaches."
"HEMIMORPHIC","Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; -- said of acrystal."
"HEMIN","A substance, in the form of reddish brown, microscopic,prismatic crystals, formed from dried blood by the action of strongacetic acid and common salt; -- called also Teichmann's crystals.Chemically, it is a hydrochloride of hematin."
"HEMINA","A measure of half a sextary. Arbuthnot."
"HEMIONUS","A wild ass found in Thibet; the kiang. Darwin."
"HEMIORTHOTYPE","Same as Monoclinic."
"HEMIPEPTONE","A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminousmatter."
"HEMIPLEGIA","A palsy that affects one side only of the body.-- Hem`i'pleg'ic, a."
"HEMIPLEGY","Hemiplegia."
"HEMIPODE","Any bird of the genus Turnix. Various species inhabit Asia,Africa, and Australia."
"HEMIPROTEIN","An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Sch\u00fctzenberger,formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuricacid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone."
"HEMIPTER","One of the Hemiptera."
"HEMIPTERA","An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis,including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxill\u00e6), for piercing.In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partiallycoriaceous, and different from the others."
"HEMIPTERAN","One of the Hemiptera; an hemipter."
"HEMISECT","To divide along the mesial plane."
"HEMISECTION","A division along the mesial plane; also, one of the parts sodivided."
"HEMISPHERE","Containing, or pertaining to, a hemisphere; as, a hemisphericfigure or form; a hemispherical body."
"HEMISPHEROID","A half of a spheroid."
"HEMISPHEROIDAL","Resembling, or approximating to, a hemisphere in form."
"HEMISPHERULE","A half spherule."
"HEMISTICH","Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed."
"HEMISTICHAL","Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also, by, oraccording to, hemistichs; as, a hemistichal division of a verse."
"HEMISYSTOLE","Contraction of only one ventricle of the heart."
"HEMITONE","See Semitone."
"HEMITROPE","Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having atwinned structure."
"HEMITROPY","Twin composition in crystals."
"HEMLOCK","The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finelycut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata,bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium."
"HEMMEL","A shed or hovel for cattle. [Prov. Eng.] Wright."
"HEMMER","One who, or that which, hems with a needle. Specifically:(a) An attachment to a sewing machine, for turning under the edge ofa piece of fabric, preparatory to stitching it down.(b) A tool for turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a hem."
"HEMO-","Same as H\u00e6ma-, H\u00e6mo-."
"HEMOGLOBIN","The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles ofvertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and isalso called h\u00e6matoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combinedwith oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes underdifferent forms from different animals, and when crystallized, iscalled h\u00e6matocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood."
"HEMOGLOBINOMETER","Same as H\u00e6mochromometer."
"HEMOPHILIA","See Hematophilia."
"HEMOPTYSIS","The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from themucous membrane of the lungs."
"HEMORRHAGE","Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels."
"HEMORRHAGIC","Pertaining or tending to a flux o"
"HEMORRHOIDAL","Of or pertaining to the rectum; rectal; as, the hemorrhoidalarteries, veins, and nerves."
"HEMORRHOIDS","Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the bloodvessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which bloodor mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods. [The sing.hemorrhoid is rarely used.]"
"HEMOSTATIC","Of or relating to stagnation of the blood."
"HEMOTHORAX","An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura."
"HEMP","A plant of the genus Cannabis (C. sativa), the fibrous skin orbark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is alsoapplied to various other plants yielding fiber."
"HEMPY","Like hemp. [R.] Howell."
"HEMSTITCH","To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a fewparallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive smallclusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief."
"HEMSTITCHED","Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by aline of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief."
"HEMUSE","The roebuck in its third year. [Prov. Eng.]"
"HEN","The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse,pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen."
"HEN-HEARTED","Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. Udall."
"HENBANE","A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (H. niger). All parts of theplant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes asbelladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name.Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant.See Hyoscyamus."
"HENBIT","A weed of the genus Lamium (L. amplexicaule) with deeplycrenate leaves."
"HENCE","To send away. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"HENCEFORTH","From this time forward; henceforward.I never from thy side henceforth to stray. Milton."
"HENCEFORWARD","From this time forward; henceforth."
"HENCHBOY","A page; a servant. [Obs.]"
"HENCHMAN","An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as apolitical cant term."
"HENCOOP","A coop or cage for hens."
"HENDECAGON","A plane figure of eleven sides and eleven angles. [Written alsoendecagon.]"
"HENDECANE","A hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the paraffin series; -- so calledbecause it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called alsoendecane, undecane."
"HENDECASYLLABIC","Pertaining to a line of eleven syllables."
"HENDECASYLLABLE","A metrical line of eleven syllables. J. Warton."
"HENDECATOIC","Undecylic; pertaining to, or derived from, hendecane; as,hendecatoic acid."
"HENDIADYS","A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connectedby and, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; as, we drinkfrom cups and gold, for golden cups."
"HENDY","See Hende."
"HENEN","Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HENG","Hung. Chaucer."
"HENHOUSE","A house or shelter for fowls."
"HENHUSSY","A cotquean; a man who intermeddles with women's concerns."
"HENIQUEN","See Jeniquen."
"HENNA","A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). Thefragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religiousceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used inthe East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc."
"HENNERY","An inclosed place for keeping hens. [U. S.]"
"HENNES","Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HENNOTANNIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substanceresembling tannin, and extracted from the henna plant; as,hennotannic acid."
"HENOTHEISM","Primitive religion in which each of several divinities isregarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to therest. [R.]"
"HENOTIC","Harmonizing; irenic. Gladstone."
"HENPECK","To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thustreats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (oftenadjectively)."
"HENRIETTA CLOTH","A fine wide wooled fabric much used for women's dresses."
"HENROOST","A place where hens roost."
"HENRY","The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit whenthe electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, whilethe inducing current varies at the rate of one amp\u00e8re a second."
"HENT","To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get. [Obs.] PiersPlowman. Spenser.This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast. Chaucer.But all that he might of his friendes hente On bookes and on learninghe it spente. Chaucer."
"HENWARE","A coarse, blackish seaweed. See Badderlocks."
"HENXMAN","Henchman. [Obs.]"
"HEP","See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose."
"HEP TREE","The wild dog-rose."
"HEPAR","Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimesused in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates ofthe alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkalinesulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris (."
"HEPATIC","Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepatic\u00e6, orscale mosses and liverworts. Hepatic duct (Anat.), any biliary duct;esp., the duct, or one of the ducts, which carries the bile from theliver to the cystic and common bile ducts. See Illust., underDigestive.-- Hepatic gas (Old Chem.), sulphureted hydrogen gas.-- Hepatic mercurial ore, or Hepatic cinnabar. See under Cinnabar."
"HEPATICA","A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone;squirrel cup."
"HEPATICAL","Hepatic. [R.]"
"HEPATITE","A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed orheated."
"HEPATITIS","Inflammation of the liver."
"HEPATIZATION","Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas. [Obs.]"
"HEPATO-PANCREAS","A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually calledthe liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates."
"HEPATOCELE","Hernia of the liver."
"HEPATOCYSTIC","Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, thehepatocystic ducts."
"HEPATOGASTRIC","See Gastrohepatic."
"HEPATOLOGY","The science which treats of the liver; a treatise on the liver."
"HEPATORENAL","Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenalligament."
"HEPATOSCOPY","Divination by inspecting the liver of animals."
"HEPPELWHITE","Designating a light and elegant style developed in Englandunder George III., chiefly by Messrs. A.Heppelwhite & Co."
"HEPPEN","Neat; fit; comfortable. [Obs.]"
"HEPPER","A young salmon; a parr."
"HEPTA","A combining form from Gr. 'epta`, seven."
"HEPTACHORD","A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones. Moore(Encyc. of Music)."
"HEPTAD","An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can betheoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, sevenmonad atoms or radicals; as, iodine is a heptad in iodic acid. Alsoused as an adjective."
"HEPTADE","The sum or number of seven."
"HEPTAGLOT","A book in seven languages."
"HEPTAGON","A plane figure consisting of seven sides and having sevenangles."
"HEPTAGONAL","Having seven angles or sides. Heptagonal numbers (Arith.), thenumbers of the series 1, 7, 18, 34, 55, etc., being figurate numbersformed by adding successively the terms of the arithmetical series 1,6, 11, 16, 21, etc."
"HEPTAGYNIA","A Linn\u00e6an order of plants having seven pistils."
"HEPTAHEDRON","A solid figure with seven sides."
"HEPTAMEROUS","Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets ofsevens. Gray."
"HEPTANDRIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants having seven stamens."
"HEPTANE","Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of theparaffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so calledbecause the molecule has seven carbon atoms. Specifically, acolorless liquid, found as a constituent of petroleum, in the tar oilof cannel coal, etc."
"HEPTANGULAR","Having seven angles."
"HEPTAPHYLLOUS","Having seven leaves."
"HEPTARCH","Same as Heptarchist."
"HEPTARCHIC","Of or pertaining to a heptarchy; constituting or consisting ofa heptarchy. T. Warton."
"HEPTARCHIST","A ruler of one division of a heptarchy. [Written alsoheptarch.]"
"HEPTARCHY","A government by seven persons; also, a country under sevenrulers."
"HEPTASPERMOUS","Having seven seeds."
"HEPTASTICH","A composition consisting of seven lines or verses."
"HEPTATEUCH","The first seven books of the Testament."
"HEPTAVALENT","Having seven units of attractive force or affinity; -- said ofheptad elements or radicals."
"HEPTENE","Same as Heptylene."
"HEPTINE","Any one of a series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons,C7H12, of the acetylene series."
"HEPTOIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, heptane; as, heptoic acid."
"HEPTONE","A liquid hydrocarbon, C7H10, of the valylene series."
"HEPTYL","A compound radical, C7H15, regarded as the essential radical ofheptane and a related series of compounds."
"HEPTYLENE","A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, C7H14, of the ethylene series;also, any one of its isomers. Called also heptene."
"HEPTYLIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, heptyl or heptane; as, heptylicalcohol. Cf. ."
"HER","The form of the objective and the possessive case of thepersonal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out."
"HERACLEONITE","A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, inthe early history of the Christian church."
"HERAKLINE","A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting."
"HERALD","An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, tochallenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from thecommander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolablecharacter."
"HERALDIC","Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldicblazoning; heraldic language. T. Warton."
"HERALDICALLY","In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry."
"HERALDRY","The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science ofrecording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also,of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies."
"HERALDSHIP","The office of a herald. Selden."
"HERAPATHITE","The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thinplates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light."
"HERAUD","A herald. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HERB-WOMAN","A woman that sells herbs."
"HERBACEOUS","Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, orcharacteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceousstem."
"HERBAGE","The liberty or right of pasture in the forest or in the groundsof another man. Blount."
"HERBAGED","Covered with grass. Thomson."
"HERBAL","Of or pertaining to herbs. Quarles."
"HERBALISM","The knowledge of herbs."
"HERBALIST","One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, ordealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs."
"HERBAR","An herb. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HERBARIAN","A herbalist."
"HERBARIST","A herbalist. [Obs.]"
"HERBARIZE","See Herborize."
"HERBARY","A garden of herbs; a cottage garden. T. Warton."
"HERBER","A garden; a pleasure garden. [Obs.] 'Into an herber green.'Chaucer."
"HERBERGAGE","Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HERBERGEOUR","A harbinger. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HERBESCENT","Growing into herbs."
"HERBID","Covered with herbs. [Obs.] Bailey."
"HERBIFEROUS","Bearing herbs or vegetation."
"HERBIST","A herbalist."
"HERBIVORA","An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included theProboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but bylater writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups(Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation."
"HERBIVORE","One of the Herbivora. P. H. Gosse."
"HERBIVOROUS","Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora."
"HERBLESS","Destitute of herbs or of vegetation. J. Warton."
"HERBLET","A small herb. Shak."
"HERBORIST","A herbalist. Ray."
"HERBORIZE","To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view toclassifying them.He herborized as he traveled. W. Tooke."
"HERBOROUGH","A harbor. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"HERBY","Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs orherbage. 'Herby valleys.' Chapman."
"HERCOGAMOUS","Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphroditeflowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy."
"HERCULES","A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, andcelebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of histwelve great tasks or 'labors.'"
"HERCYNIAN","Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of whichthere are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains."
"HERD","Haired. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HERDBOOK","A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herdsof choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herdregister."
"HERDER","A herdsman. [R.]"
"HERDERITE","A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals."
"HERDESS","A shepherdess; a female herder. Sir P. Sidney. Chaucer."
"HERDGROOM","A herdsman. [Obs.]"
"HERDIC","A kind of low-hung cab."
"HERDSWOMAN","A woman who tends a herd. Sir W. Scott."
"HERE","Hair. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HERE-AT","At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat. Hooker."
"HEREAFTER","In time to come; in some future time or state.Hereafter he from war shall come. Dryden."
"HEREAFTERWARD","Hereafter. [Obs.]Thou shalt hereafterward . . . come. Chaucer."
"HEREDITABILITY","State of being hereditable. Brydges."
"HEREDITABLY","By inheritance. W. Tooke."
"HEREDITAMENT","Any species of property that may be inherited; lands,tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, ormixed, that may descend to an heir. Blackstone."
"HEREDITARILY","By inheritance; in an hereditary manner. Pope."
"HEREDITY","Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualitiesof parents to their offspring; the biological law by which livingbeings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. SeePangenesis."
"HEREFORD","One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England.The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producingquality is excellent."
"HEREHENCE","From hence. [Obs.]"
"HEREIN","In this.Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit. John xv. 8."
"HEREINAFTER","In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, andthe like)."
"HEREINBEFORE","In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.)."
"HEREINTO","Into this. Hooker."
"HEREMITICAL","Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society.Pope."
"HEREN","Made of hair. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HEREOF","Of this; concerning this; from this; hence.Hereof comes it that Prince Harry is valiant. Shak."
"HEREON","On or upon this; hereupon."
"HEREOUT","Out of this. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HERESIARCH","A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics. Bp.Stillingfleet."
"HERESIARCHY","A chief or great heresy. [R.]The book itself [the Alcoran] consists of heresiarchies against ourblessed Savior. Sir T. Herbert."
"HERESIOGRAPHER","One who writes on heresies."
"HERESIOGRAPHY","A treatise on heresy."
"HERESY","Religious opinion opposed to the authorized doctrinal standardsof any particular church, especially when tending to promote schismor separation; lack of orthodox or sound belief; rejection of, orerroneous belief in regard to, some fundamental religious doctrine ortruth; heterodoxy.Doubts 'mongst divines, and difference of texts, From whence arisediversity of sects, And hateful heresies by God abhor'd. Spenser.Deluded people! that do not consider that the greatest heresy in theworld is a wicked life. Tillotson."
"HERETIC","One who having made a profession of Christian belief,deliberately and pertinaciously refuses to believe one or more of thearticles of faith 'determined by the authority of the universalchurch.' Addis & Arnold."
"HERETICAL","Containing heresy; of the nature of, or characterized by,heresy."
"HERETICALLY","In an heretical manner."
"HERETICATE","To decide to be heresy or a heretic; to denounce as a hereticor heretical. Bp. Hall.And let no one be minded, on the score of my neoterism, to hereticateme. Fitzed. Hall."
"HERETIFICATION","The act of hereticating or pronouncing heretical. London Times."
"HERETO","To this; hereunto. Hooker."
"HERETOFORE","Up to this time; hitherto; before; in time past. Shak."
"HEREUNTO","Unto this; up to this time; hereto."
"HEREUPON","On this; hereon."
"HEREWITH","With this."
"HERIE","To praise; to worship. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HERIOT","Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or militaryaccouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on thedeath of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods orchattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant.Blackstone. Bouvier. Heriot custom, a heriot depending on usage.-- Heriot service (Law), a heriot due by reservation in a grant orlease of lands. Spelman. Blackstone."
"HERIOTABLE","Subject to the payment of a heriot. Burn."
"HERISSON","A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage."
"HERITABILITY","The state of being heritable."
"HERITAGE","A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, aflock under pastoral charge. Joel iii. 2.1 Peter v. 3."
"HERITANCE","Heritage; inheritance. [R.]Robbing their children of the heritance Their fathers handed downSouthey."
"HERITOR","A proprietor or landholder in a parish. [Scot.]"
"HERL","Same as Harl, 2."
"HERMA","See Hermes,"
"HERMAPHRODEITY","Hermaphrodism. B. Jonson."
"HERMAPHRODISM","See Hermaphroditism."
"HERMAPHRODITE","An individual which has the attributes of both male and female,or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant havingthe parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains boththe stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the samereceptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without theunion of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom truehermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. inAppendix, under Helminths."
"HERMAPHRODITISM","The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or thecombination of some of their characteristics or organs in oneindividual."
"HERMENEUTICALLY","According to the principles of interpretation; as, a verse ofScripture was examined hermeneutically."
"HERMENEUTICS","The science of interpretation and explanation; exegesis; esp.,that branch of theology which defines the laws whereby the meaning ofthe Scriptures is to be ascertained. Schaff-Herzog Encyc."
"HERMES","See Mercury."
"HERMITAGE","A celebrated French wine, both white and red, of the Departmentof Dr\u00f4me."
"HERMITARY","A cell annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit. Howell."
"HERMITESS","A female hermit. Coleridge."
"HERMITICAL","Pertaining to, or suited for, a hermit. Coventry."
"HERMODACTYL","A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger,brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic."
"HERMOGENIAN","A disciple of Hermogenes, and heretical teacher who lived inAfrica near the close of the second century. He ha"
"HERN","A heron; esp., the common European heron. 'A stately hern.'Trench."
"HERNANI","A thin silk or woolen goods, for women's dresses, woven invarious styles and colors."
"HERNE","A corner. [Obs.]Lurking in hernes and in lanes blind. Chaucer."
"HERNIA","A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escapedfrom its natural cavity, and projects through some natural oraccidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of thebrain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscerain most common. Called also rupture. Strangulated hernia, a hernia sotightly compressed in some part of the channel through which it hasbeen protruded as to arrest its circulation, and produce swelling ofthe protruded part. It may occur in recent or chronic hernia, but ismore common in the latter."
"HERNIAL","Of, or connected with, hernia."
"HERNIOTOMY","A cutting for the cure or relief of hernia; celotomy."
"HERNSHAW","Heronshaw. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HERO","An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to aplace among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules."
"HERODIAN","One of a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herodof Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ."
"HERODIONES","A division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, andallied forms. Called also Herodii.-- He*ro`di*o'nine, a."
"HEROESS","A heroine. [Obs.] Dryden."
"HEROIC","Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; -- said ofthe representation of a human figure. Heroic Age, the age when theheroes, or those called the children of the gods, are supposed tohave lived.-- Heroic poetry, that which celebrates the deeds of a hero; epicpoetry.-- Heroic treatment or remedies (Med.), treatment or remedies of asevere character, suited to a desperate case.-- Heroic verse (Pros.), the verse of heroic or epic poetry, beingin English, German, and Italian the iambic of ten syllables; inFrench the iambic of twelve syllables; and in classic poetry thehexameter."
"HEROICAL","Heroic. [R.] Spectator.-- He*ro'ic*al*ly, adv.-- He*ro'ic*al*ness, n."
"HEROICNESS","Heroism. [R.] W. Montagu."
"HEROISM","The qualities characteristic of a hero, as courage, bravery,fortitude, unselfishness, etc.; the display of such qualities.Heroism is the self-devotion of genius manifesting itself in action.Hare."
"HERON","Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of thefamily Ardeid\u00e6. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs andtoes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The common Europeanheron (Ardea cinerea) is remarkable for its directly ascendingflight, and was formerly hunted with the larger falcons."
"HERONER","A hawk used in hunting the heron. 'Heroner and falcon.'Chaucer."
"HERONRY","A place where herons breed."
"HERONSEW","A heronshaw. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HERONSHAW","A heron. [Written variously hernshaw, harnsey, etc.]"
"HEROSHIP","The character or personality of a hero. 'Three years ofheroship.' Cowper."
"HERPES","An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to itsform, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles insmall distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling,including shingles, ringworm, and the like; -- so called from itstendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to another."
"HERPETIC","Pertaining to, or resembling, the herpes; partaking of thenature of herpes; as, herpetic eruptions."
"HERPETISM","See Dartrous diathesis, under Dartrous."
"HERPETOLOGIST","One versed in herpetology, or the natural history of reptiles."
"HERPETOLOGY","The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zo\u00f6logy whichrelates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, andhabits."
"HERPETOTOMIST","One who dissects, or studies the anatomy of, reptiles."
"HERPETOTOMY","The anatomy or dissection of reptiles."
"HERR","A title of respect given to gentlemen in Germany, equivalent tothe English Mister."
"HERRENHAUS","See Legislature, Austria, Prussia."
"HERRING","One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, andallied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (C. harengus)of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming inspring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted andsmoked in great quantities. Herring gull (Zo\u00f6l.), a large gull whichfeeds in part upon herrings; esp., Larus argentatus in America, andL. cachinnans in England. See Gull.-- Herring hog (Zo\u00f6l.), the common porpoise.-- King of the herrings. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) The chim\u00e6ra (C. monstrosa)which follows the schools of herring. See Chim\u00e6ra. (b) The opah."
"HERRINGBONE","Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially,characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines,which in the alternate rows slope in different directions.Herringbone stitch, a kind of cross-stitch in needlework, chieflyused in flannel. Simmonds."
"HERRNHUTER","One of the Moravians; -- so called from the settlement ofHerrnhut (the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravians at theinvitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, upon his estate inthe circle of Bautzen."
"HERS","See the Note under Her, pr."
"HERSAL","Rehearsal. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HERSCHEL","See Uranus."
"HERSCHELIAN","Of or relating to Sir William Herschel; as, the Herscheliantelescope."
"HERSE","A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow,studded with iron spikes. It is hung above gateways so that it may bequickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy. Farrow."
"HERSILLON","A beam with projecting spikes, used to make a breachimpassable."
"HERT","A hart. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HERTE","A heart. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HERTELY","Hearty; heartily. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HERTZIAN","Of or pert. to the German physicist Heinrich Hertz."
"HERY","To worship; to glorify; to praise. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser."
"HERZOG","A member of the highest rank of nobility in Germany andAustria, corresponding to the British duke."
"HESITANTLY","With hesitancy or doubt."
"HESITATE","To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.[Poetic & R.]Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope."
"HESITATINGLY","With hesitation or doubt."
"HESITATIVE","Showing, or characterized by, hesitation.[He said] in his mild, hesitative way. R. D. Blackmore."
"HESITATORY","Hesitating. R. North."
"HESP","A measure of two hanks of linen thread. [Scot.] [Written alsohasp.] Knight."
"HESPER","The evening; Hesperus."
"HESPERETIN","A white, crystalline substance having a sweetish taste,obtained by the decomposition of hesperidin, and regarded as acomplex derivative of caffeic acid."
"HESPERIAN","Western; being in the west; occidental. [Poetic] Milton."
"HESPERID","Same as 3d Hesperian."
"HESPERIDENE","An isomeric variety of terpene from orange oil."
"HESPERIDES","The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), andfabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, atthe western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragonand get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules.Called also Atlantides."
"HESPERIDIN","A glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), andextracted as a white crystalline substance."
"HESPERIDIUM","A large berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange."
"HESPERORNIS","A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceousdeposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth,and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several speciesare known. See Illust. in Append."
"HESSIAN","Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.Hessian boots, or Hessians, boot of a kind worn in England, in theearly part of the nineteenth century, tasseled in front. Thackeray.-- Hessian cloth, or Hessians, a coarse hempen cloth for sacking.-- Hessian crucible. See under Crucible.-- Hessian fly (Zo\u00f6l.), a small dipterous fly or midge (Cecidomyiadestructor). Its larv\u00e6 live between the base of the lower leaves andthe stalk of wheat, and are very destructive to young wheat; -- socalled from the erroneous idea that it was brought into America bythe Hessian troops, during the Revolution."
"HESSITE","A lead-gray sectile mineral. It is a telluride of silver."
"HEST","Command; precept; injunction. [Archaic] See Behest. 'At thyhest.' Shak.Let him that yields obey the victor's hest. Fairfax.Yet I thy hest will all perform, at full. Tennyson."
"HESYCHAST","One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenthcentury; a quietist. Brande & C."
"HETCHEL","Same as Hatchel."
"HETE","Variant of Hote. [Obs.]But one avow to greate God I hete. Chaucer."
"HETERACANTH","Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickenedalternately on the right and left sides."
"HETERARCHY","The government of an alien. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"HETERAUXESIS","Unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant."
"HETERO-","A combining form signifying other, other than usual, different;as, heteroclite, heterodox, heterogamous."
"HETEROCARPISM","The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as inAmphicarp\u00e6a, in which besides the usual pods, there are othersunderground."
"HETEROCARPOUS","Characterized by heterocarpism."
"HETEROCEPHALOUS","Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certaincomposite plants."
"HETEROCERA","A division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths,which have the antenn\u00e6 variable in form."
"HETEROCERCAL","Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upperlobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as insharks."
"HETEROCERCY","Unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possessionof a heterocercal tail."
"HETEROCHROMOUS","Having the central florets of a flower head of a differentcolor from those of the circumference."
"HETEROCLITE","Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous;abnormal."
"HETEROCLITOUS","Heteroclitic. [Obs.]"
"HETEROCYST","A cell larger than the others, and of different appearance,occurring in certain alg\u00e6 related to nostoc."
"HETERODACTYL","Heterodactylous.-- n."
"HETERODACTYLAE","A group of birds including the trogons."
"HETERODACTYLOUS","Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in thetrogons."
"HETERODONT","Having the teeth differentiated into incisors, canines, andmolars, as in man; -- opposed to homodont."
"HETERODOX","An opinion opposed to some accepted standard. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"HETERODOXAL","Not orthodox. Howell."
"HETERODOXY","An opinion or doctrine, or a system of doctrines, contrary tosome established standard of faith, as the Scriptures, the creed orstandards of a church, etc.; heresy. Bp. Bull."
"HETERODROMOUS","Having spirals of changing direction. Gray."
"HETEROECIOUS","Passing through the different stages in its life history on analternation of hosts, as the common wheat-rust fungus (Pucciniagraminis), and certain other parasitic fungi; -- contrasted withautocious. -- Het`er*o'cism (#), n."
"HETEROGAMY","The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect orcircuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy."
"HETEROGANGLIATE","Having the ganglia of the nervous system unsymmetricallyarranged; -- said of certain invertebrate animals."
"HETEROGENE","Heterogenous. [Obs.]"
"HETEROGENEAL","Heterogeneous."
"HETEROGENEITY","The state of being heterogeneous; contrariety.The difference, indeed the heterogeneity, of the two may be felt.Coleridge."
"HETEROGENEOUS","Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed ofdifferent characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, andsaid of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass,considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up.-- Het`er*o*ge'ne*ous*ly, adv.-- Het`er*o*ge'ne*ous*ness, n. Heterogeneous nouns (Gram.), nounshaving different genders in the singular and plural numbers; as, hiclocus, of the masculine gender in the singular, and hi loci and h\u00e6cloca, both masculine and neuter in the plural; hoc c\u00e6lum, neuter inthe singular; hi c\u00e6li, masculine in the plural.-- Heterogeneous quantities (Math.), such quantities as areincapable of being compared together in respect to magnitude, andsurfaces and solids.-- Heterogeneous surds (Math.), surds having different radicalsigns."
"HETEROGENESIS","Spontaneous generation, so called."
"HETEROGENETIC","Relating to heterogenesis; as, heterogenetic transformations."
"HETEROGENIST","One who believes in the theory of spontaneous generation, orheterogenesis. Bastian."
"HETEROGENOUS","Of or pertaining to heterogenesis; heterogenetic."
"HETEROGENY","Heterogenesis."
"HETEROGONOUS","Characterized by heterogony.-- Het`er*og'o*nous*ly, adv."
"HETEROGONY","The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers, differentas to the length of their stamens and pistils."
"HETEROGRAPHIC","Employing the same letters to represent different sounds indifferent words or syllables; -- said of methods of spelling; as, theordinary English orthography is heterographic."
"HETEROGRAPHY","That method of spelling in which the same letters representdifferent sounds in different words, as in the ordinary Englishorthography; e. g., g in get and in ginger."
"HETEROGYNOUS","Having females very unlike the males in form and structure; --as certain insects, the males of which are winged, and the femaleswingless."
"HETEROLOGOUS","Characterized by heterology; consisting of different elements,or of like elements in different proportions; different; -- opposedto homologous; as, heterologous organs. Heterologous stimulus.(Physiol.) See under Stimulus.-- Heterologous tumor (Med.), a tumor differing in structure fromthe normal tissues of the body."
"HETEROLOGY","The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type ofstructure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their beingcomposed of different elements, or of like elements in differentproportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposedto homology."
"HETEROMERA","A division of Coleoptera, having heteromerous tarsi."
"HETEROMEROUS","Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indenticalin certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous,but heteromerous."
"HETEROMORPHIC","Deviating from the normal, perfect, or mature form; havingdifferent forms at different stages of existence, or in differentindividuals of the same species; -- applied especially to insects inwhich there is a wide difference of form between the larva and theadult, and to plants having more than one form of flower."
"HETEROMORPHOUS","Heteromorphic."
"HETEROMYARIA","A division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, inwhich the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, andIllust. under Byssus."
"HETERONEREIS","A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species ofNereis."
"HETERONOMOUS","Subject to the law of another. Krauth-Fleming."
"HETERONOMY","A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on usfrom without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, ordesires. Krauth-Fleming."
"HETERONYM","That which is heteronymous; a thing having a different name ordesignation from some other thing; -- opposed to homonym."
"HETERONYMOUS","Having different names or designations; standing in oppositerelations. J. Le Conte.-- Het'er*on'y*mous*ly, adv."
"HETEROOUSIAN","Having different essential qualities; of a different nature."
"HETEROOUSIOUS","See Heteroousian."
"HETEROPATHIC","Of or pertaining to the method of heteropathy; allopathic."
"HETEROPATHY","That mode of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition isremoved by inducing an opposite morbid condition to supplant it;allopathy."
"HETEROPELMOUS","Having each of the two flexor tendons of the toes bifid, thebranches of one going to the first and second toes; those of theother, to the third and fourth toes. See Illust. in Append."
"HETEROPHAGI","Altrices."
"HETEROPHEMIST","One liable to the fault of heterophemy."
"HETEROPHEMY","The unconscious saying, in speech or in writing, of that whichone does not intend to say; -- frequently the very reverse of thethought which is present to consciousness. R. G. White."
"HETEROPHONY","An abnormal state of the voice. Mayne."
"HETEROPHYLLOUS","Having leaves of more than one shape on the same plant."
"HETEROPLASM","An abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed ofelements different from those are found in it in its normalcondition. Dunglison."
"HETEROPLASTIC","Producing a different type of organism; developing into adifferent form of tissue, as cartilage which develops into bone.Haeckel."
"HETEROPOD","One of the Heteropoda.-- a."
"HETEROPODA","An order of pelagic Gastropoda, having the foot developed intoa median fin. Some of the species are naked; others, as Carinaria andAtlanta, have thin glassy shells."
"HETEROPODOUS","Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda."
"HETEROPTER","One of the Heteroptera."
"HETEROPTERA","A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anteriorwings is thickened. See Hemiptera."
"HETEROPTICS","False optics. Spectator."
"HETEROSCIAN","One who lives either north or south of the tropics, ascontrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so calledbecause at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (theone northward, the other southward)."
"HETEROSIS","A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, orpronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: 'Whatis life to such as me' Aytoun."
"HETEROSOMATI","An order of fishes, comprising the flounders, halibut, sole,etc., having the body and head asymmetrical, with both eyes on oneside. Called also Heterosomata, Heterosomi."
"HETEROSTYLED","Having styles of two or more distinct forms or lengths. Darwin."
"HETEROSTYLISM","The condition of being heterostyled."
"HETEROTACTOUS","Relating to, or characterized by, heterotaxy."
"HETEROTAXY","Variation in arrangement from that existing in a normal form;heterogenous arrangement or structure, as, in botany, the deviationin position of the organs of a plant, from the ordinary or typicalarrangement."
"HETEROTRICHA","A division of ciliated Infusoria, having fine cilia all overthe body, and a circle of larger ones around the anterior end."
"HETHING","Contempt; scorn. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HETMAN","A Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is nowheld by the heir to the throne of Russia."
"HEUK","Variant of Huke. [Obs.]"
"HEULANDITE","A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid,in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearlyluster on the cleavage face. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina andlime."
"HEURISTIC","Serving to discover or find out."
"HEVED","The head. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HEW","Destruction by cutting down. [Obs.]Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew. Spenser."
"HEWE","A domestic servant; a retainer. [Obs.] 'False homely hewe.'Chaucer."
"HEWER","One who hews."
"HEWHOLE","The European green woodpecker. See Yaffle."
"HEWN","A prefix or combining form, used to denote six, sixth, etc.;as, hexatomic, hexabasic."
"HEXABASIC","Having six hydrogen atoms or six radicals capable of beingreplaced or saturated by bases; -- said of acids; as, mellitic acidis hexabasic."
"HEXACAPSULAR","Having six capsules or seed vessels."
"HEXACHORD","A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third andfourth, the other intervals being whole tones."
"HEXACID","Having six atoms or radicals capable of being replaced byacids; hexatomic; hexavalent; -- said of bases; as, mannite is ahexacid base."
"HEXACTINELLID","Having six-rayed spicules; belonging to the Hexactinellin\u00e6."
"HEXACTINELLINE","Belonging to the Hexactinellin\u00e6, a group of sponges, havingsix-rayed siliceous spicules."
"HEXACTINIA","The Anthozoa."
"HEXAD","An atom whose valence is six, and which can be theoreticallycombined with, substituted for, or replaced by, six monad atoms orradicals; as, sulphur is a hexad in sulphuric acid. Also used as anadjective."
"HEXADACTYLOUS","Having six fingers or toes."
"HEXADE","A series of six numbers."
"HEXADECANE","See Hecdecane."
"HEXAGON","A plane figure of six angles. Regular hexagon, a hexagon inwhich the angles are all equal, and the sides are also all equal."
"HEXAGONAL","Having six sides and six angles; six-sided. Hexagonal system.(Crystal.) See under Crystallization."
"HEXAGONALLY","In an hexagonal manner."
"HEXAGONY","A hexagon. [Obs.] Bramhall."
"HEXAGYNIA","A Linn\u00e6an order of plants having six pistils."
"HEXAHEDRAL","In the form of a hexahedron; having six sides or faces."
"HEXAHEDRON","A solid body of six sides or faces. Regular hexahedron, ahexagon having six equal squares for its sides; a cube."
"HEXAMEROUS","In six parts; in sixes."
"HEXAMETER","A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be eitherdactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and thesixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed theIliad of Homer and the \u00c6neid of Virgil. In English hexameters accenttakes the place of quantity.Leaped like the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland the | voiceof the | huntsman. Longfellow.Strongly it | bears us a- | long on | swelling and | limitless |billows, Nothing be- | fore and | nothing be- | hind but the | skyand the | ocean. Coleridge."
"HEXAMETRIST","One who writes in hexameters. 'The Christian hexametrists.'Milman."
"HEXANDRIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants having six stamens."
"HEXANE","Any one of five hydrocarbons, C6H14, of the paraffin series.They are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so called because themolecule has six carbon atoms."
"HEXANGULAR","Having six angles or corners."
"HEXAPETALOUS","Having six petals."
"HEXAPHYLLOUS","Having six leaves or leaflets."
"HEXAPLA","A collection of the Holy Scriptures in six languages or sixversions in parallel columns; particularly, the edition of the OldTestament published by Origen, in the 3d century."
"HEXAPOD","Having six feet.-- n. (Zo\u00f6l.)"
"HEXAPODA","The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapodsand arachnids."
"HEXAPODOUS","Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda."
"HEXAPTEROUS","Having six processes. Gray."
"HEXASTYLE","Having six columns in front; -- said of a portico or temple.-- n."
"HEXATEUCH","The first six books of the Old Testament."
"HEXAVALENT","Having a valence of six; -- said of hexads."
"HEXDECYL","The essential radical, C16H33, of hecdecane."
"HEXDECYLIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, hexdecyl or hecdecane; as,hexdecylic alcohol."
"HEXEIKOSANE","A hydrocarbon, C26H54, resembling paraffine; -- so calledbecause each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon. [Written alsohexacosane.]"
"HEXENE","Same as Hexylene."
"HEXICOLOGY","The science which treats of the complex relations of livingcreatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding conditionsgenerally. St. George Mivart."
"HEXINE","A hydrocarbon, C6H10, of the acetylene series, obtainedartificially as a colorless, volatile, pungent liquid; -- called alsohexoylene."
"HEXOCTAHEDRON","A solid having forty-eight equal triangular faces."
"HEXOIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, hexane; as, hexoic acid."
"HEXONE","A liquid hydrocarbon, C6H8, of the valylene series, obtainedfrom distillation products of certain fats and gums."
"HEXOSE","Any member of a group of sugars containing six carbon atoms inthe molecule. Some are widely distributed in nature, esp. in ripefruits."
"HEXYL","A compound radical, C6H13, regarded as the essential residue ofhexane, and a related series of compounds."
"HEXYLENE","A colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H12, of the ethylene series,produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillationof certain coals; also, any one several isomers of hexylene proper.Called also hexene."
"HEXYLIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, hexyl or hexane; as, hexylicalcohol."
"HEY","High. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HEYDAY","An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes ofwonder. B. Jonson."
"HEYDEGUY","A kind of country-dance or round. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HEYNE","A wretch; a rascal. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HEYTEN","Hence. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HIATION","Act of gaping. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"HIATUS","The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words orsyllables. Pope."
"HIBERNACLE","That which serves for protection or shelter in winter; winterquarters; as, the hibernacle of an animal or a plant. Martyn."
"HIBERNACULUM","A winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as ofmost trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by closelyoverlapping scales."
"HIBERNAL","Belonging or relating to winter; wintry; winterish. Sir T.Browne."
"HIBERNATE","To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in atorpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.Inclination would lead me to hibernate, during half the year, in thisuncomfortable climate of Great Britain. Southey."
"HIBERNATION","The act or state of hibernating. Evelyn."
"HIBERNIAN","Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish.-- n."
"HIBERNO-CELTIC","The native language of the Irish; that branch of the Celticlanguages spoken by the natives of Ireland. Also adj."
"HIBISCUS","A genus of plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species ofwhich have large, showy flowers. Some species are cultivated in Indiafor their fiber, which is used as a substitute for hemp. See Althea,Hollyhock, and Manoe."
"HICCIUS DOCTIUS","A juggler. [Cant] hocus pocus Hudibras."
"HICCOUGH","A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration,consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied withclosure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented,while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon theclosed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough. [Written also hickup orhiccup.]"
"HICKORY","An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are severalspecies. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; itaffords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory,is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whoseshell is very thin and the kernel bitter. Hickory shad. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a)The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad."
"HICKSITE","A member or follower of the 'liberal' party, headed by EliasHicks, which, because of a change of views respecting the divinity ofChrist and the Atonement, seceded from the conservative portion ofthe Society of Friends in the United States, in 1827."
"HICKUP","See Hiccough."
"HID","imp. & p. p. of Hide. See Hidden."
"HIDAGE","A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide ofland. [Written also hydage.]"
"HIDALGO","A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class."
"HIDDEN","from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known;mysterious. Hidden fifths or octaves (Mus.), consecutive fifths oroctaves, not sounded, but suggested or implied in the parallel motionof two parts towards a fifth or an octave."
"HIDDENITE","An emerald-green variety of spodumene found in North Carolina;lithia emerald, -- used as a gem."
"HIDDENLY","In a hidden manner."
"HIDE","To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to bewithdrawn from sight or observation.Bred to disguise, in public 'tis you hide. Pope.Hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, andothers seek them. Swift."
"HIDEBOUND","Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes thegrowth; -- said of trees. Bacon."
"HIDER","One who hides or conceals."
"HIDING","The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view orknowledge; concealment.There was the hiding of his power. Hab. iii. 4."
"HIDROSIS","Excretion of sweat; perspiration."
"HIDROTIC","Causing perspiration; diaphoretic or sudorific."
"HIE","To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocalpronoun. [Rare, except in poetry] 'My husband hies him home.' Shak.The youth, returning to his mistress, hies. Dryden."
"HIEMS","Winter. Shak."
"HIERAPICRA","A warming cathartic medicine, made of aloes and canella bark.Dunglison."
"HIERARCH","One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things;the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs. Milton."
"HIERARCHICAL","Pertaining to a hierarchy.-- Hi`er*arch`ic*al*ly, adv."
"HIERARCHISM","The principles or authority of a hierarchy.The more dominant hierarchism of the West. Milman."
"HIERATIC","Consecrated to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to priests.Hieratic character, a mode of ancient Egyptian writing; a modifiedform of hieroglyphics, tending toward a cursive hand and formerlysupposed to be the sacerdotal character, as the demotic was supposedto be that of the people.It was a false notion of the Greeks that of the three kinds ofwriting used by the Egyptians, two -- for that reason calledhieroglyphic and hieratic -- were employed only for sacred, while thethird, the demotic, was employed for secular, purposes. No suchdistinction is discoverable on the more ancient Egyptian monuments;bur we retain the old names founded on misapprehension. W. H. Ward(Johnson's Cyc.)."
"HIEROCRACY","Government by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy. Jefferson."
"HIEROGLYPHICALLY","In hieroglyphics."
"HIEROGLYPHIST","One versed in hieroglyphics. Gliddon."
"HIEROGRAM","A form of sacred or hieratic writing."
"HIEROGRAMMATIC","Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacredwriting. Bp. Warburton."
"HIEROGRAMMATIST","A writer of hierograms; also, one skilled in hieroglyphics.Greenhill."
"HIEROGRAPHY","Sacred writing. [R.] Bailey."
"HIEROLATRY","The worship of saints or sacred things. [R.] Coleridge."
"HIEROLOGIST","One versed in, or whostudies, hierology."
"HIEROLOGY","A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science whichtreats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, ora treatise on that science."
"HIEROMANCY","Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice."
"HIEROMARTYR","A priest who becomes a martyr."
"HIERON","A consecrateo place; esp., a temple."
"HIERONYMITE","See Jeronymite."
"HIEROPHANT","The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinianmysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties ofreligion. Abp Potter."
"HIEROPHANTIC","Of or relating to hierophants or their teachings."
"HIEROSCOPY","Divination by inspection of entrails of victims offered insacrifice."
"HIEROTHECA","A receptacle for sacred objects."
"HIEROURGY","A sacred or holy work or worship. [Obs.] Waterland."
"HIFALUTIN","See Highfaluting."
"HIG-TAPER","A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. Thapsus); the commonmullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.]"
"HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY","In confusion; topsy-turvy. [Colloq.] Johnson."
"HIGGLER","One who higgles."
"HIGH","To hie. [Obs.]Men must high them apace, and make haste. Holland."
"HIGH FIVE","See Cinch (the game)."
"HIGH PRIEST","A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood."
"HIGH STEEL","Steel containing a high percentage of carbon; high-carbonsteel."
"HIGH-BLOWN","Inflated, as with conceit."
"HIGH-BRED","Bred in high life; of pure blood. Byron."
"HIGH-BUILT","Of lofty structure; tall. 'High-built organs.' Tennyson.The high-built elephant his castle rears. Creech."
"HIGH-CHURCH","Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the HighChurch, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a."
"HIGH-CHURCHISM","The principles of the high-church party."
"HIGH-CHURCHMAN","One who holds high-church principles."
"HIGH-CHURCHMAN-SHIP","The state of being a high-churchman. J. H. Newman."
"HIGH-EMBOWED","Having lofty arches. 'The high-embowed roof.' Milton."
"HIGH-FED","Pampered; fed luxuriously."
"HIGH-FINISHED","Finished with great care; polished."
"HIGH-FLUSHED","Elated. Young."
"HIGH-GO","A spree; a revel. [Low]"
"HIGH-HANDED","Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handedact."
"HIGH-HEARTED","Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled.-- High'-heart`ed*ness, n."
"HIGH-HOE","The European green woodpecker or yaffle. [Written also high-hoo.]"
"HIGH-HOLDER","The flicker; -- called also high-hole. [Local, U. S.]"
"HIGH-LOW","A laced boot, ankle high."
"HIGH-METTLED","Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed."
"HIGH-MINDEDNESS","The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity."
"HIGH-PALMED","Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft."
"HIGH-PRIESTHOOD","The office, dignity, or position of a high priest."
"HIGH-PRIESTSHIP","High-priesthood."
"HIGH-PRINCIPLED","Possessed of noble or honorable principles."
"HIGH-REACHING","Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring. Shak."
"HIGH-RED","Of a strong red color."
"HIGH-SEASONED","Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant."
"HIGH-SIGHTED","Looking upward; supercilious. Shak."
"HIGH-SOULED","Having a high or noble spirit; honorable. E. Everett."
"HIGH-SOUNDING","Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words ortitles."
"HIGH-SPIRITED","Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous;not brooking restraint or opposition."
"HIGH-STEPPER","A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, aperson having a proud bearing. [Colloq.]"
"HIGH-STOMACHED","Having a lofty spirit; haughty. [Obs.] Shak."
"HIGH-STRUNG","Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strunghorse."
"HIGH-SWELLING","Inflated; boastful."
"HIGH-TOP","A ship's masthead. Shak."
"HIGHBINDER","A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. tothe members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese. [U. S.]"
"HIGHBORN","Of noble birth. Shak."
"HIGHER CRITICISM","Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literarycharacter, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the highercriticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism."
"HIGHER THOUGHT","See New thought, below."
"HIGHER-UP","A superior officer or official; -- used chiefly in pl. [Slang]"
"HIGHERING","Rising higher; ascending.In ever highering eagle circles. Tennyson."
"HIGHFALUTING","High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also hifalutin.][Jocular, U. S.] Lowell."
"HIGHFLIER","One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners.Swift."
"HIGHFLYING","Extravagant in opinions or ambition. 'Highflying, arbitrarykings.' Dryden."
"HIGHLAND","Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevatedregion or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland. Highland fling, adance peculiar to the Scottish Highlanders; a sort of hornpipe."
"HIGHLANDER","An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands ofScotland."
"HIGHLANDRY","Highlanders, collectively."
"HIGHLY","In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highlyesteemed."
"HIGHMEN","Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers. [Obs] SirJ. Harrington."
"HIGHMOST","Highest. [Obs.] Shak."
"HIGHROAD","A highway; a much travele"
"HIGHT","A variant of Height."
"HIGHTENER","That which heightens."
"HIGHTH","Variant of Height. [Obs.]"
"HIGHTY-TIGHTY","Hoity-toity."
"HIGHWAY","A road or way open to the use of the public; a main road orthoroughfare."
"HIGHWAYMAN","One who robs on the public road; a highway robber."
"HIGRE","See Eagre. [Obs.] Drayton."
"HIKE","To hike one's self; specif., to go with exertion or effort; totramp; to march laboriously. [Dial. or Colloq.] 'If you persist inheaving and hiking like this.'  Kipling."
"HILAL","Of or pertaining to a hilum."
"HILAR","Belonging to the hilum."
"HILARIOUS","Mirthful; noisy; merry."
"HILARITY","Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity. Goldsmith."
"HILARY TERM","Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law inEngland, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on thethirty-first of the same month, in each year; -- so called from thefestival of St. Hilary, January 13th."
"HILDING","A base, menial wretch.-- a."
"HILE","To hide. See Hele. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HILL","To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon;as, to hill corn.Showing them how to plant and hill it. Palfrey."
"HILLINESS","The state of being hilly."
"HILLING","The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants."
"HILLOCK","A small hill. Shak."
"HILLSIDE","The side or declivity of a hill."
"HILLTOP","The top of a hill."
"HILTED","Having a hilt; -- used in composition; as, basket-hilted,cross-hilted."
"HILUM","The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the pointof attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- calledalso hile."
"HILUS","Same as Hilum, 2."
"HIM","Them. See Hem. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HIMALAYAN","Of or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain inHindostan."
"HIMPNE","A hymn. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HIMSELF","Themselves. See Hemself. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HIMSELVE","See 1st Himself. [Obs.]"
"HIN","A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint,one gill, English measure. W. H. Ward."
"HIND","The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag."
"HINDBERRY","The raspberry. [Prov. Eng.]"
"HINDBRAIN","The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain,including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted tothe epencephalon only."
"HINDER","Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, orwhich follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of ahorse.He was in the hinder part of the ship. Mark iv. 38."
"HINDERANCE","Same as Hindrance."
"HINDERER","One who, or that which, hinders."
"HINDEREST","Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HINDERLING","A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. [Obs.]Callander."
"HINDGUT","The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including therectum, and sometimes the large intestine also."
"HINDI","The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustanilanguage which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs theDevanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written. Whitworth."
"HINDLEYS SCREW","A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery ofa wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It isnamed from the person who first used the form."
"HINDU","Same as Hindoo."
"HINE","A servant; a farm laborer; a peasant; a hind. [Obs.]Bailiff, herd, nor other hine. Chaucer."
"HINGE","To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to dependchiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; --usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point. I.Taylor"
"HINGED","Furnished with hinges."
"HINGELESS","Without a hinge or joint."
"HINK","A reaping hook. Knight."
"HINNY","A hybrid between a stallion and an ass."
"HINT","To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; tosuggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike. Pope."
"HINTERLAND","The land or region lying behind the coast district. The term isused esp. with reference to the so-called doctrine of the hinterland,sometimes advanced, that occupation of the coast supports a claim toan exclusive right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lyinginland of the coast."
"HINTINGLY","In a hinting manner."
"HIP","The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sidesor skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running indifferent directions."
"HIP LOCK","A lock in which a close grip is obtained and a fall attemptedby a heave over the hip."
"HIP TREE","The dog-rose."
"HIP-ROOFED","Having a hip roof."
"HIPE","To throw by means of a hipe. -- Hip'er (#), n."
"HIPHALT","Lame in the hip. [R.] Gower."
"HIPPARION","An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, butthree-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side ofthe main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestralgenera of the Horse family."
"HIPPOBOSCA","A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horsetick.-- Hip`po*bos'can, a."
"HIPPOCAMP","See Hippocampus."
"HIPPOCAMPAL","Of or pertaining to the hippocampus."
"HIPPOCAMPUS","A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horsejoined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampusbrevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariotof Neptune. Fairholt."
"HIPPOCENTAUR","Same as Centaur."
"HIPPOCRAS","A cordial made of spiced wine, etc."
"HIPPOCRATES","A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about460 B. C. Hippocrates' sleeve, a conical strainer, made by stitchingtogether two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth, esp. flannelof linen."
"HIPPOCRATIC","Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings.Hippocratic face Etym: [L. facies Hippocratica], the change producedin the countenance by death, or long sickness, excessive evacuations,excessive hunger, and the like. The nose is pinched, the eyes aresunk, the temples hollow, the ears cold and retracted, the skin ofthe forehead tense and dry, the complexion livid, the lips pendent,relaxed, and cold; -- so called, as having been described byHippocrates. Dunglison.-- Hippocratic oath, an oath said to have been dictated byHippocrates to his disciples. Such an oath is still administered tocandidates for graduation in medicine."
"HIPPOCRATISM","The medical philosophy or system of Hippocrates."
"HIPPOCRENE","A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burstforth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, itswaters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration. Keats.Nor maddening draughts of Hippocrene. Longfellow."
"HIPPOCREPIAN","One of an order of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the tentaclesare on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. See Phylactol\u00e6ma."
"HIPPOCREPIFORM","Shaped like a horseshoe."
"HIPPODAME","A fabulous sea monster. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HIPPODROME","A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races."
"HIPPOGRIFF","A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin. Milton."
"HIPPOLITH","A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of thehorse."
"HIPPOPATHOLOGY","The science of veterinary medicine; the pathology of the horse."
"HIPPOPHAGI","Eaters of horseflesh."
"HIPPOPHAGISM","Hippophagy. Lowell."
"HIPPOPHAGIST","One who eats horseflesh."
"HIPPOPHAGOUS","Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, asthe Tartars."
"HIPPOPHAGY","The act or practice of feeding on horseflesh."
"HIPPOPHILE","One who loves horses. Holmes."
"HIPPOPOTAMUS","A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamusamphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs,and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a verylarge muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and shortlegs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called alsozeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabitsWestern Africa."
"HIPPOTOMY","Anatomy of the horse."
"HIPPURIC","Obtained from the urine of horses; as, hippuric acid. Hippuricacid, a white crystalline substance, containing nitrogen, present inthe urine of herbivorous animals, and in small quantity in humanurine. By the action of acids, it is decomposed into benzoic acid andglycocoll."
"HIPPURITE","A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of manyspecies, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattishupper valve or lid. Hippurites are found only in the Cretaceousrocks."
"HIPSHOT","Having the hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than theother. L'Estrange."
"HIR","See Here, pron. Chaucer."
"HIRCIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; -- applied byChevreul to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and towhich he attributed the peculiar taste and smell of that substance.The substance has also been called hircin. Watts."
"HIRCIN","Hircic acid. See Hircic. [R.]"
"HIRE","See Here, pron. Chaucer."
"HIRELESS","Without hire. Davenant."
"HIRELING","One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whosemotive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; amercenary. 'Lewd hirelings.' Milton."
"HIRER","One who hires."
"HIRSUTE","Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs. Gray."
"HIRSUTENESS","Hairiness. Burton."
"HIRTELLOUS","Pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs."
"HIRUDINE","Of or pertaining to the leeches."
"HIRUDINEA","An order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called alsoHirudinei."
"HIRUDO","A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. SeeLeech."
"HIRUNDINE","Like or pertaining to the swallows."
"HIRUNDO","A genus of birds including the swallows and martins."
"HISINGERITE","A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate ofiron."
"HISPANIC","Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; as, Hispanic words."
"HISPANICISM","A Spanish idiom or mode of speech. Keightley."
"HISPANICIZE","To give a Spanish form or character to; as, to HispanicizeLatin words."
"HISPID","Beset with stiff hairs or bristles."
"HISPIDULOUS","Minutely hispid."
"HISSINGLY","With a hissing sound."
"HIST","Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence. Milton."
"HISTIOLOGY","Same as Histology."
"HISTOGENETIC","Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and developmentof the organic tissues."
"HISTOGENY","Same as Histogenesis. Dunglison."
"HISTOGRAPHER","One who describes organic tissues; an histologist."
"HISTOGRAPHICAL","Of or pertaining to histography."
"HISTOGRAPHY","A description of, or treatise on, organic tissues."
"HISTOHAEMATIN","One of a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed inthe animal kingdom, capable of ready oxidation and reduction."
"HISTOID","Resembling the normal tissues; as, histoid tumors."
"HISTOLOGIST","One versed in histology."
"HISTOLOGY","That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute(microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- calledalso histiology."
"HISTOLYSIS","The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of theblood."
"HISTOLYTIC","Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues."
"HISTONOMY","The science which treats of the laws relating to organictissues, their formation, development, functions, etc."
"HISTOPHYLY","The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly.Haeckel."
"HISTORIAL","Historical. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HISTORIAN","Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as,an historical poem; the historic page.-- His*tor'ic*al*ness, n.-- His*to*ric'i*ty, n.There warriors frowning in historic brass. Pope.Historical painting, that branch of painting which represents theevents of history.-- Historical sense, that meaning of a passage which is deduced fromthe circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written.-- The historic sense, the capacity to conceive and represent theunity and significance of a past era or age."
"HISTORICALLY","In the manner of, or in accordance with, history."
"HISTORICIZE","To record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle.[R.]"
"HISTORIED","Related in history."
"HISTORIER","An historian. [Obs.]"
"HISTORIETTE","Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; astory. Emerson."
"HISTORIFY","To record in or as history. [R.] Lamb.Thy conquest meet to be historified. Sir P. Sidney."
"HISTORIOGRAPHER","An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed ordesignated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by somegovernments upon historians of distinction."
"HISTORIOGRAPHERSHIP","The office of an historiographer. Saintsbury."
"HISTORIOGRAPHY","The art of employment of an historiographer."
"HISTORIOLOGY","A discourse on history. Cockeram."
"HISTORIONOMER","One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controllingthem.And historionomers will have measured accurately the sidereal yearsof races. Lowell."
"HISTORIZE","To relate as history; to chronicle; to historicize. [R.]Evelyn."
"HISTORY","To narrate or record. [Obs.] Shak."
"HISTOTOMY","The dissection of organic tissues."
"HISTOZYME","A soluble ferment occurring in the animal body, to the presenceof which many normal decompositions and synthetical processes aresupposed to be due."
"HISTRION","A player. [R.] Pope."
"HISTRIONICISM","The histronic art; stageplaying. W. Black."
"HISTRIONISM","Theatrical representation; acting; affectation. Sir T. Browne."
"HISTRIONIZE","To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically. Urquhart."
"HIT","It. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HITCH","A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; --intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch;a timber hitch, etc."
"HITCHEL","See Hatchel."
"HITHE","A port or small haven; -- used in composition; as, Lambhithe,now Lambeth. Pennant."
"HITHERMOST","Nearest on this side. Sir M. Hale."
"HITHERWARD","Toward this place; hither.Marching hitherward in proud array. Shak."
"HITTER","One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter."
"HITTITE","A member of an ancient people (or perhaps group of peoples)whose settlements extended from Armenia westward into Asia Minor andsouthward into Palestine. They are known to have been met along theOrontes as early as 1500 b. c., and were often at war with theEgyptians and Assyrians. Especially in the north they developed aconsiderable civilization, of which numerous monuments andinscriptions are extant. Authorities are not agreed as to their race.While several attempts have been made to decipher the Hittitecharacters, little progress has yet been made."
"HITTORF RAYS","Rays (chiefly cathode rays) developed by the electric dischargein Hittorf tubes."
"HIVE","To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collectivebody. Pope."
"HIVELESS","Destitute of a hive. Gascoigne."
"HIVER","One who collects bees into a hive."
"HIZZ","To hiss. [Obs.] Shak."
"HO","Who. [Obs.] In some Chaucer MSS."
"HOAR","Hoariness; antiquity. [R.]Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. Burke."
"HOARD","See Hoarding, 2. Smart."
"HOARDER","One who hoards."
"HOARDING","A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials whilebuilders are at work. [Eng.]Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. London Graphic."
"HOARED","Moldy; musty. [Obs.] Granmer."
"HOARFROST","The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; whitefrost. [Written also horefrost. See Hoar, a.]He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. Ps. cxlvii. 16."
"HOARHOUND","Same as Horehound."
"HOARINESS","The state of being hoary. Dryden."
"HOARSELY","With a harsh, grating sound or voice."
"HOARSEN","To make hoarse.I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice. Richardson."
"HOARSENESS","Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucuscollected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of thecords."
"HOARSTONE","A stone designating the Halliwell."
"HOARY","Of a pale silvery gray."
"HOATZIN","Same as Hoazin."
"HOAX","A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick orstory; a practical joke. Macaulay."
"HOAXER","One who hoaxes."
"HOAZIN","A remarkable South American bird (Opisthocomus cristatus); thecrested touraco. By some zo\u00f6logists it is made the type of a distinctorder (Opisthocomi)."
"HOB","A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap,used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels,etc."
"HOBBISM","The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an Englishmaterialist ("
"HOBBIST","One who accepts the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes."
"HOBBLE SKIRT","A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedomof movement after the fashion of a hobble. -- Hob'ble-skirt`ed, a."
"HOBBLEBUSH","A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, stragglingbranches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern UnitedStates. Called also shinhopple."
"HOBBLER","One who hobbles."
"HOBBLINGLY","With a limping step."
"HOBBLY","Rough; uneven; causing one to hobble; as a hobbly road."
"HOBBY","A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo),formerly trained for hawking."
"HOBBYHORSICAL","Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric;whimsical.[Colloq.] Sterne."
"HOBGOBLIN","A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerlygiven to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. Macaulay."
"HOBILER","A light horseman. See 2d Hobbler. [Obs.] Brande & C."
"HOBIT","A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer."
"HOBNAIL","To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. Tennyson."
"HOBNAILED","See with hobnails, as a shoe."
"HOBNOB","Familiar, social intercourse. W. Black."
"HOBO","A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling fromplace to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging for aliving. [U. S.] -- Ho'bo*ism (#), n."
"HOBORNOB","See Hobnob."
"HOBOY","A hautboy or oboe. [Obs.]"
"HOCCO","The crested curassow; -- called also royal pheasant. SeeCurassow."
"HOCHEPOT","Hotchpot. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HOCK","A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling orstill. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines."
"HOCKAMORE","A Rhenish wine. [Obs.] See Hock. Hudibras."
"HOCKDAY","A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerlyobserved on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also hocktide.[Eng.] [Written also hokeday.]"
"HOCKHERB","The mallow."
"HOCUS","To cheat. [Colloq.] L'Estrange."
"HODDENGRAY","Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn byScotch peasants. [Scot.]"
"HODDY","See Dun crow, under Dun, a."
"HODDYDODDY","An awkward or foolish person. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"HODGEPODGE","A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot. Johnson."
"HODMAN","A man who carries a hod; a mason's tender."
"HODMANDOD","See Dodman. Bacon."
"HODOGRAPH","A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the otherend of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to thedirection of motion of, and having its length constantly proportionalto the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used ininvestigations respecting central forces."
"HODOMETER","See Odometer."
"HOE","The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish. Dutch hoe, one havingthe blade set for use in the manner of a spade.-- Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator."
"HOECAKE","A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fireor in the ashes; -- so called because often cooked on a hoe.[Southern U.S.]"
"HOEMOTHER","The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Livershark, under Liver."
"HOFUL","Careful; wary. [Obs.] Stapleton."
"HOG","A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suid\u00e6; esp.,the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat,called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, acastrated boar; a barrow."
"HOGBACK","An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface ofany member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite ofcamber."
"HOGCHAIN","A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vesselfrom hogging."
"HOGCHOKER","An American sole (Achirus lineatus, or A. achirus), related tothe European sole, but of no market value."
"HOGCOTE","A shed for swine; a sty."
"HOGFRAME","A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, andintended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Usedchiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hoggingframe, and hogback."
"HOGGED","Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between theends. See Hog, v. i."
"HOGGER","A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work."
"HOGGER-PUMP","The for pump in the pit. Raymond."
"HOGGEREL","A sheep of the second year. [Written also hogrel.] Ash."
"HOGGERY","Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness.Crime and shame And all their hoggery. Mrs. Browning."
"HOGGING","Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging.Hogging frame. See Hogframe."
"HOGGISH","Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish.-- Hog'gish*ly, adv.-- Hog'gish*ness, n.Is not a hoggish life the height of some men's wishes Shaftesbury."
"HOGH","A hill; a cliff. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HOGHERD","A swineherd. W. Browne."
"HOGMANAY","The old name, in Scotland, for the last day of the year, onwhich children go about singing, and receive a dole of bread orcakes; also, the entertainment given on that day to a visitor, or thegift given to an applicant. [Scot.]"
"HOGNOSESNAKE","A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. H.platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sandviper."
"HOGO","High flavor; strong scent. [Obs.] Halliwell."
"HOGPEN","A pen or sty for hogs."
"HOGREEVE","A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogsrunning at large. [New Eng.] Bartlett."
"HOGRINGER","One who puts rings into the snouts of hogs."
"HOGSCORE","A distance lime brawn across the rink or course between themiddle line and the tee. [Scot.]"
"HOGSKIN","Leather tanned from a hog's skin. Also used adjectively."
"HOGSTY","A pen, house, or inclosure, for hogs."
"HOGWASH","Swill. Arbuthnot."
"HOIDEN","Rustic; rude; bold. Younq."
"HOIDENHOOD","State of being a hoiden."
"HOIDENISH","Like, or appropriate to, a hoiden."
"HOISE","To hoist. [Obs.]They . . . hoised up the mainsail to the wind. Acts xxvii. 40."
"HOIST","To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to adesired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavypackage or weight.They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. Pope.Hoisting him into his father's throne. South.Hoisting engine, a steam engine for operating a hoist."
"HOISTAWAY","A mechanical lift. See Elevator."
"HOISTWAY","An opening for the hoist, or"
"HOIT","To leap; to caper; to romp noisily. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"HOITY-TOITY","Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as, tobe in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs; used alsoas an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with somedegree of contempt.Hoity-toity! What have I to do with dreams Congreve."
"HOKEDAY","Same as Hockday."
"HOKER","Scorn; derision; abusive talk. [Obs.] -- Ho'ker*ly, adv. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"HOL","Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HOLARCTIC","Of or pert. to the arctic regions collectively; specif.(Zo\u00f6geography),"
"HOLASPIDEAN","Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side ofthe tarsus; -- said of certain birds."
"HOLCAD","A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece. Mitford."
"HOLD","The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, inwhich the cargo is stowed."
"HOLDER","One who is employed in the hold of a vessel."
"HOLDER-FORTH","One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher. Addison."
"HOLDFAST","A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is attached toits support, and differing from a root in that it is not speciallyabsorbent of moisture."
"HOLE","Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HOLE IN THE AIR","= Air hole, above."
"HOLETHNIC","Of or pertaining to a holethnos or parent race.The holethnic history of the Arians. London Academy."
"HOLETHNOS","A parent stock or race of people, not yet divided into separatebranches or tribes."
"HOLIBUT","See Halibut."
"HOLIDAM","See Halidom."
"HOLIDAY","A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday."
"HOLING","Undercutting in a bed of coal, in order to bring down the uppermass. Raymond."
"HOLLA","Hollo."
"HOLLAND","A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabricused for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown orunbleached hollands."
"HOLLANDISH","Relating to Holland; Dutch."
"HOLLANDS","See Holland."
"HOLLO","Ho there; stop; attend; hence, a loud cry or a call to attractattention; a halloo.And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariner's hollo.Coleridge."
"HOLLOA","Same as Hollo."
"HOLLOW","To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; toexcavate. 'Trees rudely hollowed.' Dryden."
"HOLLOW-HEARTED","Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity ordecayed spot within."
"HOLLOW-HORNED","Having permanent horns with a bony core, as cattle."
"HOLLOWLY","Insincerely; deceitfully. Shak."
"HOLLUSCHICKIE","A young male fur seal, esp. one from three to six years old; --called also bachelor, because prevented from breeding by the olderfull-grown males."
"HOLLY","Wholly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HOLLYHOCK","A species of Alth\u00e6a (A. rosea), bearing flowers of variouscolors; -- called also rose mallow."
"HOLM","A common evergreen oak, of Europe (Quercus Ilex); -- calledalso ilex, and holly."
"HOLMIA","An oxide of holmium."
"HOLMIUM","A rare element said to be contained in gadolinite.-- Hol'mic, a."
"HOLMOS","A name given to a vase having a rounded body; esp.:(a) A closed vessel of nearly spherical form on a high stem orpedestal. Fairholt.(b) A drinking cup having a foot and stem."
"HOLO-","A combining form fr. Gr. 'o`los whole."
"HOLOBLAST","an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See Meroblast."
"HOLOBLASTIC","Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinalmatter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed tomeroblastic."
"HOLOCEPHALI","An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among livingspecies, only the chim\u00e6ras; -- called also Holocephala. See Chim\u00e6ra;also Illustration in Appendix."
"HOLOCRYPTIC","Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered.Holocryptic cipher, a cipher so constructed as to afford no clew toits meaning to one ignorant of the key."
"HOLOCRYSTALLINE","Completely crystalline; -- said of a rock like granite, all theconstituents of which are crystalline."
"HOLOGRAPH","A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in thehandwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act itpurports to be."
"HOLOGRAPHIC","Of the nature of a holograph; pertaining to holographs."
"HOLOHEDRAL","Having all the planes required by complete symmetry, -- inopposition to hemihedral."
"HOLOHEMIHEDRAL","Presenting hemihedral forms, in which all the sectants havehalt the whole number of planes. Dana."
"HOLOMETABOLA","Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola."
"HOLOMETABOLIC","Having a complete metamorphosis;-said of certain insects, asthe butterflies and bees."
"HOLOMETER","An instrument for making of angular measurements."
"HOLOPHANEROUS","Same as Holometabolic."
"HOLOPHOTAL","Causing no loss of light; -- applied to reflectors which throwback the rays of light without perceptible loss."
"HOLOPHOTE","A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of lightand throw them in a given direction; -- used in lighthouses."
"HOLOPHRASTIC","Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is thecase in the aboriginal languages of America."
"HOLOPHYTIC","Wholly or distinctively vegetable. Holophytic nutrition (, thatform of nutrition, characteristic of vegetable organisms, in whichcarbonic acid, ammonia, and nitrates are absorbed as food, indistinction from the animal mode of nutrition, by the ingestion ofalbuminous matter."
"HOLORHINAL","Having the nasal bones contiguous."
"HOLOSIDERITE","Meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of metallic iron withoutstony matter."
"HOLOSTEAN","Pertaining to the Holostei."
"HOLOSTEI","An extensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike,bowfin, etc.; the bony ganoids. See Illustration in Appendix."
"HOLOSTERIC","Wholly solid; -- said of a barometer constructed of solidmaterials to show the variations of atmospheric pressure without theuse of liquids, as the aneroid."
"HOLOSTOMATA","An artificial division of gastropods, including those that havean entire aperture."
"HOLOSTOMATE","Same as Holostomatous."
"HOLOSTOMATOUS","Having an entire aperture; -- said of many univalve shells."
"HOLOSTOME","One of the Holostomata."
"HOLOSTRACA","A division of phyllopod Crustacea, including those that areentirely covered by a bivalve shell."
"HOLOTHURE","A holothurian."
"HOLOTHURIAN","( -- n."
"HOLOTHURIOIDEA","One of the classes of echinoderms."
"HOLOTRICHA","A group of ciliated Infusoria, having cilia all over the body."
"HOLOUR","A whoremonger. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HOLSOM","Wholesome. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HOLSTEIN","One of a breed of cattle, originally from Schleswig-Holstein,valued for the large amount of milk produced by the cows. The coloris usually black and white in irregular patches."
"HOLSTER","A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bowof his saddle."
"HOLSTERED","Bearing holsters. Byron."
"HOLT","3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contr. from holdeth. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"HOLWE","Hollow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HOLY CROSS","The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion. Congregationof the Holy Cross (R. C. Ch.), a community of lay brothers andpriests, in France and the United States, engaged chiefly in teachingand manual Labor. Originally called Brethren of St. Joseph. TheSisters of the Holy Cross engage in similar work. Addis & Arnold.-- Holy-cross day, the fourteenth of September, observed as a churchfestival, in memory of the exaltation of our Savior's cross."
"HOLYSTONE","A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.Totten."
"HOMACANTH","Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line;-- said of certain fishes."
"HOMAGE","A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and inthe presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or comingto it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession offealty to a sovereign."
"HOMAGEABLE","Subject to homage. Howell."
"HOMAGER","One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; avassal. Bacon."
"HOMALOGRAPHIC","Same as Homolographic."
"HOMARUS","A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters.-- Hom'a*roid, a."
"HOMATROPINE","An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. Itis chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose."
"HOMAXONIAL","Relating to that kind of homology or symmetry, the mathematicalconception of organic form, in which all axes are equal. See underPromorphology."
"HOME","See Homelyn."
"HOME-BOUND","Kept at home."
"HOME-COMING","Return home.Kepeth this child, al be it foul or fayr, And eek my wyf, unto mynhoom-cominge. Chaucer."
"HOME-DRIVEN","Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close."
"HOME-DWELLING","Keeping at home."
"HOME-FELT","Felt in one's own breast; inward; private. 'Home-felt quiet.Pope."
"HOME-KEEPING","Staying at home; not gadding.Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits. Shak."
"HOME-SPEAKING","Direct, forcible, and effective speaking. Milton."
"HOMEFIELD","Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne."
"HOMELESS","Destitute of a home.-- Home'less*ness, n."
"HOMELIKE","Like a home; comfortable; cheerful; cozy; friendly."
"HOMELILY","Plainly; inelegantly. [R.]"
"HOMELING","A person or thing belonging to a home or to a particularcountry; a native; as, a word which is a homeling. Trench."
"HOMELY","Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed. [R.] Spenser."
"HOMELYN","The European sand ray (Raia maculata); -- called also home,mirror ray, and rough ray."
"HOMEMADE","Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a privatefamily or in one's own country. Locke."
"HOMEOPATH","A practitioner of homeopathy. [Written also homoeopath.]"
"HOMEOPATHIC","Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles ofhomeopathy. [Also homoepathic.]"
"HOMEOPATHICALLY","According to the practice of homeopathy. [Alsohomoepathically.]"
"HOMEOPATHIST","A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy. [Written alsohomoepathist.]"
"HOMEOPATHY","The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and itspractice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde) by remedieswhich produce on a healthy person effects similar to the symptoms ofthe complaint under which the patient suffers, the remedies beingusually administered in minute doses. This system was founded by Dr.Samuel Hahnemann, and is opposed to allopathy, or heteropathy.[Written also homoepathy.]"
"HOMER","A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home froma distance."
"HOMERIC","Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets;resembling the poetry of Homer. Homeric verse, hexameter verse; -- socalled because used by Homer in his epics."
"HOMESICK","Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition.-- Home'sick`ness, n."
"HOMESTALL","Place of a home; homestead. Cowper."
"HOMESTEAD","The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the headof a family, and occupied by him and his family. Homestead law. (a) Alaw conferring special privileges or exemptions upon owners ofhomesteads; esp., a law exempting a homestead from attachment or saleunder execution for general debts. Such laws, with limitations as tothe extent or value of the property, exist in most of the States.Called also homestead exemption law. (b) Also, a designation of anAct of Congress authorizing and regulating the sale of public lands,in parcels of 160 acres each, to actual settlers. [U.S.]"
"HOMESTEADER","One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with thepurpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of thehomestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in thismanner. [Local, U.S.]"
"HOMEWARD","Being in the direction of home; as, the homeward way."
"HOMICIDAL","Pertaining to homicide; tending to homicide; murderous."
"HOMIFORM","In human form. [Obs.] Cudworth."
"HOMILETE","A homilist."
"HOMILETICS","The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats ofhomilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and deliveringthem."
"HOMILIST","One who prepares homilies; one who preaches to a congregation."
"HOMILITE","A borosilicate of iron and lime, near datolite in form andcomposition."
"HOMING","Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons."
"HOMINY","Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiledin water. [U.S.] [Written also homony.]"
"HOMISH","Like a home or a home circle.Quiet, cheerful, homish hospital life. E. E. Hale."
"HOMMOCK","A small eminence of a conical form, of land or of ice; a knoll;a hillock. See Hummock. Bartram."
"HOMMOCKY","Filled with hommocks; piled in the form of hommocks; -- said ofice."
"HOMO-","A combining form from Gr. 'omo`s, one and the same, common,joint."
"HOMOCATEGORIC","Belonging to the same category of individuality; -- amorphological term applied to organisms so related."
"HOMOCENTRIC","Having the same center."
"HOMOCERCAL","Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebralcolumn terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal."
"HOMOCERCY","The possession of a homocercal tail."
"HOMOCEREBRIN","A body similar to, or identical with, cerebrin."
"HOMOCHROMOUS","Having all the florets in the same flower head of the samecolor."
"HOMODEMIC","A morphological term signifying development, in the case ofmulticellular organisms, from the same unit deme or unit of theinferior orders of individuality."
"HOMODERMIC","Relating to homodermy; originating from the same germ layer."
"HOMODERMY","Homology of the germinal layers."
"HOMODONT","Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; --opposed to heterodont."
"HOMODYNAMIC","Homodynamous. Quain."
"HOMODYNAMOUS","Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy; as, successive orhomodynamous parts in plants and animals."
"HOMODYNAMY","The homology of metameres. See Metamere. Gegenbaur."
"HOMOEOMERIA","The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or firstprinciples; likeness or identity of parts."
"HOMOEOMEROUS","Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciaticnerve; -- said of certain birds."
"HOMOEOMERY","Same as Homoeomeria. [Obs.] Cudworth."
"HOMOEOMORPHISM","A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemicalcompounds. See Isomorphism."
"HOMOEOMORPHOUS","Manifesting homoeomorphism."
"HOMOEOTHERMAL","See Homoiothermal."
"HOMOEOZOIC","Pertaining to, or including, similar forms or kinds of life;as, homoeozoic belts on the earth's surface. E. Forbes."
"HOMOGAMOUS","Having all the flowers alike; -- said of such composite plantsas Eupatorium, and the thistels."
"HOMOGAMY","The condition of being homogamous."
"HOMOGANGLIATE","Having the ganglia of the nervous system symmetricallyarranged, as in certain invertebrates; -- opposed to heterogangliate."
"HOMOGENE","Homogeneous. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"HOMOGENEAL","Homogeneous."
"HOMOGENEALNESS","Homogeneousness."
"HOMOGENEITY","Same as Homogeneousness."
"HOMOGENEOUS","Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, ahomogeneous polynomial."
"HOMOGENEOUSNESS","Sameness 9kind or nature; uniformity of structure or material."
"HOMOGENESIS","That method of reproduction in which the successive generationsare alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running through thesame cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; -- opposed toheterogenesis."
"HOMOGENETIC","Homogenous; -- applied to that class of homologies which arisefrom similarity of structure, and which are taken as evidences ofcommon ancestry."
"HOMOGENOUS","Having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a commonprogenitor with subsequent modification; homogenetic; -- applied bothto animals and plants. See Homoplastic."
"HOMOGENY","The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used tosupersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denoteany superinduced correspondence of position and structure in partsembryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy).Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and thewing of a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart inboth are only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisenindependently since the divergence of both groups from auniventricular ancestor."
"HOMOGONOUS","Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to thestamens and pistils."
"HOMOGONY","The condition of having homogonous flowers."
"HOMOGRAPH","One of two or more words identical in orthography, but havingdifferent derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair,a., beautiful."
"HOMOGRAPHIC","Possessing the property of homography."
"HOMOGRAPHY","A relation between two figures, such that to any point of theone corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise versa.Thus, a tangent line rolling on a circle cuts two fixed tangents ofthe circle in two sets of points that are homographic."
"HOMOIOPTOTON","A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with thesame case, or inflection generally."
"HOMOIOTHERMAL","Maintaining a uniform temperature; h\u00e6matothermal; homothermic;-- applied to warm-bodied animals, because they maintain a nearlyuniform temperature in spite of the great variations in thesurrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal)animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperatureof the surrounding medium."
"HOMOIOUSIAN","One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that theSon was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with theFather; -- opposed to homoousian."
"HOMOLOGATE","To approve; to allow; to confirm; as, the court homologates aproceeding. Wheaton."
"HOMOLOGATION","Confirmation or ratification (as of something otherwise nulland void), by a court or a grantor."
"HOMOLOGICAL","Pertaining to homology; having a structural affinity proceedingfrom, or base upon, that kind of relation termed homology.-- Ho`mo*log'ic*al*ly, adv."
"HOMOLOGINIC","Pertaining to, or characterized by, homology; as, homologinicqualities, or differences."
"HOMOLOGIZE","To determine the homologies or structural relations of."
"HOMOLOGON","See Homologue."
"HOMOLOGOUMENA","Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged ascanonical by the early church; -- distinguished from antilegomena."
"HOMOLOGOUS","Having the same relative position, proportion, value, orstructure. Especially:(a) (Geom.) Corresponding in relative position and proportion.In similar polygons, the corresponding sides, angles, diagonals,etc., are homologous. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ).(b) (Alg.)"
"HOMOLOGRAPHIC","Preserving the mutual relations of parts, especially as to sizeand form; maintaining relative proportion. Homolographic projection,a method of constructing geographical charts or maps, so that thesurfaces, as delineated on a plane, have the same relative size asthe real surfaces; that is, so that the relative actual areas of thedifferent countries are accurately represented by the correspondingportions of the map."
"HOMOLOGUE","That which is homologous to something else; as, thecorresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues ofeach other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistryare the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of manis the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale."
"HOMOLOGY","Correspondence or relation in type of structure incontradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation instructure between the leg and arm of a man; or that between the armof a man, the fore leg of a horse, the wing of a bird, and the fin ofa fish, all these organs being modifications of one type ofstructure."
"HOMOMALLOUS","Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaveswhich grow on several sides of a stem."
"HOMOMORPHISM","Same as Homomorphy."
"HOMOMORPHY","Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, whilewidely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometricground form. See Homophyly, Promorphology."
"HOMONOMOUS","Of or pertaining to homonomy."
"HOMONOMY","The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes. Haeckel."
"HOMONYM","A word having the same sound as another, but differing from itin meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear. [Written alsohomonyme.]"
"HOMONYMY","Same as Homoplast."
"HOMOOUSIAN","One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicenecreed, and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substancewith the Father; -- opposed to homoiousian."
"HOMOPHYLIC","Relating to homophily."
"HOMOPHYLY","That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetichomology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis iswanting. Haeckel."
"HOMOPLASMY","Resemblance between different plants or animals, in externalshape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to descentfrom a common ancestor, but to similar surrounding circumstances."
"HOMOPLAST","One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; -- alsocalled homo\u00f6rgan."
"HOMOPLASTIC","Of or pertaining to homoplasty; as, homoplasticorgans;homoplastic forms."
"HOMOPLASTY","The formation of homologous tissues."
"HOMOPLASY","See Homogeny."
"HOMOPOLIC","In promorphology, pertaining to or exhibiting that kind oforganic form, in which the stereometric ground form is a pyramid,with similar poles. See Promorphology."
"HOMOPTER","One of the Homoptera."
"HOMOPTERA","A suborder of Hemiptera, in which both pairs of wings aresimilar in texture, and do not overlap when folded, as in the cicada.See Hemiptera."
"HOMOPTERAN","An homopter."
"HOMOPTEROUS","Of or pertaining to the Homoptera."
"HOMOSTYLED","Having only one form of pistils; -- said of the flowers of someplants. Darwin."
"HOMOSYSTEMIC","Developing, in the case of multicellular organisms, from thesame embryonic systems into which the secondary unit (gastrula orplant enbryo) differentiates."
"HOMOTAXIA","Same as Homotaxis."
"HOMOTAXIS","Similarly in arrangement of parts; -- the opposite ofheterotaxy."
"HOMOTAXY","Same as Homotaxis."
"HOMOTONOUS","Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation."
"HOMOTYPAL","Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype; as,homotypal parts."
"HOMOTYPE","That which has the same fundamental type of structure withsomething else; thus, the right arm is the homotype of the right leg;one arm is the homotype of the other, etc. Owen."
"HOMOTYPY","A term suggested by Haeckel to be instead of serial homology.See Homotype."
"HOMUNCULUS","A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. Sterne."
"HOND","Hand. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HONE","To pine; to lament; to long. Lamb."
"HONEST","To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, orhonorable. [Obs.] Abp. Sandys."
"HONESTATION","The act of honesting; grace; adornment. [Obs.] W. Montagu."
"HONESTETEE","Honesty; honorableness. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HONESTY","Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having largeflat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautifulthan the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennisis common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty."
"HONEWORT","An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S.Amomum); -- socalled because used to cure a swelling called a hone."
"HONEY","To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to useendearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous orcomplimentary; to fawn. 'Honeying and making love.' Shak.Rough to common men, But honey at the whisper of a lord. Tennyson."
"HONEY-BAG","The receptacle for honey in a honeybee. Shak. Grew."
"HONEY-MOUTHED","Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive. Shak."
"HONEY-SWEET","Sweet as honey. Chaucer."
"HONEY-TONGUED","Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak."
"HONEYBEE","Any bee of the genus Apis, which lives in communities andcollects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee (Apismellifica), the Italian bee (A. ligustica), and the Arabiab bee (A.fasciata). The two latter are by many entomologists considered onlyvarieties of the common hive bee. Each swarm of bees consists of alarge number of workers (barren females), with, ordinarily, one queenor fertile female, but in the swarming season several young queens,and a number of males or drones, are produced."
"HONEYBIRD","The honey guide."
"HONEYCOMBED","Formed or perforated like a honeycomb.Each bastion was honeycombed with casements. Motley."
"HONEYLESS","Destitute of honey. Shak."
"HONEYMOON","The first month after marriage. Addison."
"HONEYSTONE","See Mellite."
"HONEYSUCKER","See Honey eater, under Honey."
"HONEYSUCKLE","One of several species of flowering plants, much admired fortheir beauty, and some for their fragrance."
"HONEYSUCKLED","Covered with honeysuckles."
"HONEYWARE","See Badderlocks."
"HONEYWORT","A European plant of the genus Cerinthe, whose flowers are veryattractive to bees. Loudon."
"HONG","A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade inChina, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by acommon passage and used for business or storage. Hong merchant, oneof the few Chinese merchants who, previous to the treaty of 1842,formed a guild which had the exclusive privilege of trading withforeigners."
"HONIED","See Honeyed."
"HONITON LACE",". A kind of pillow lace, remarkable for the beauty of itsfigures; -- so called because chiefly made in Honiton, England."
"HONK","The cry of a wild goose.-- Honk'ing, n."
"HONOR","A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which otherlordships and manors depended. Cowell."
"HONORABLY","An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services forwhich it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price.Heumann."
"HONORER","One who honors."
"HONORIFIC","Conferring honor; tending to honor. London. Spectator."
"HONORLESS","Destitute of honor; not honored. Bp. Warburton."
"HONT","See under Hunt. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HONVEDSEG","See Army organization, above."
"HOOD","The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern."
"HOODCAP","See Hooded seal, under Hooded."
"HOODLESS","Having no hood."
"HOODLUM","A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow. [Colloq. U.S.]"
"HOODMAN","The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind. [Obs.]Shak."
"HOODMAN-BLIND","An old term for blindman's buff. Shak."
"HOODOO","One who causes bad luck. [Colloq.]"
"HOODY","The hooded crow; also, in Scotland, the hooded gull."
"HOOF","See Ungula."
"HOOFBOUND","Having a dry and contracted hoof, which occasions pain andlameness."
"HOOFED","Furnished with hoofs. Grew."
"HOOFLESS","Destitute of hoofs."
"HOOK","See Eccentric, and V-hook."
"HOOK-BILLED","Having a strongly curved bill."
"HOOK-NOSED","Having a hooked or aquiline nose. Shak."
"HOOKAH","A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smokeis cooled by being made to pass through water."
"HOOKEDNESS","The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation."
"HOOKER","Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of thewheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle."
"HOOKEY","See Hockey."
"HOOKLET","A little hook."
"HOOKY","Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks."
"HOOL","Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HOOLOCK","A small black gibbon (Hylobates hoolock), found in themountains of Assam."
"HOOM","Home. Chaucer."
"HOONOOMAUN","An Indian monkey. See Entellus. [Written also hoonuman.]"
"HOOP","The hoopoe. See Hoopoe."
"HOOPER","One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper."
"HOOSIER","A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana.[U.S.]"
"HOOSIER STATE","Indiana; -- a nickname of obscure origin."
"HOOT","To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow withderisive shouts.Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat. Swift."
"HOOVE","A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomachby gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany;bloating."
"HOP","A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining,annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops)."
"HOP-THUMB","See Hop-o'-my-thumb."
"HOPEITE","A hydrous phosphate of zinc in transparent prismatic crystals."
"HOPER","One who hopes. Swift."
"HOPINGLY","In a hopeful manner. Hammond."
"HOPLITE","A heavy-armed infantry soldier. Milford."
"HOPPED","Impregnated with hops."
"HOPPER","See Grasshopper, 2."
"HOPPERDOZER","An appliance for the destruction of insects, consisting of ashallow iron box, containing kerosene or coated with tar or othersticky substance, which may be mounted on wheels."
"HOPPERINGS","Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle."
"HOPPESTERE","An unexplained epithet used by Chaucer in reference to ships.By some it is defined as 'dancing (on the wave)'; by others as'opposing,' 'warlike.' T. R. Lounsbury."
"HOPPING","The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking,or dancing. Hopping Dick (Zo\u00f6l.), a thrush of Jamaica (Merulaleucogenys), resembling the English blackbird in its familiarmanners, agreeable song, and dark plumage."
"HOPPLE","A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; --chiefly used in the plural."
"HOPPLEBUSH","Same as Hobblebush."
"HOPSCOTCH","A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drivesa stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced orscotched on the ground; -- called also hoppers."
"HOPYARD","A field where hops are raised."
"HORAL","Of or pertaining to an hour, or to hours. Prior."
"HORALY","Hourly. [Obs.]"
"HORATIAN","Of or pertaining to Horace, the Latin poet, or resembling hisstyle."
"HORDE","A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of anomadic people migrating from place to place for the sake ofpasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude. Thomson."
"HORDEIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, barley; as, hordeic acid, anacid identical or isomeric with lauric acid."
"HORDEIN","A peculiar starchy matter contained in barley. It is complexmixture. [R.]"
"HORDEOLUM","A small tumor upon the eyelid, resembling a grain of barley; asty."
"HORDOCK","An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhapsequivalent to burdock."
"HORE","Hoar. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HOREHOUND","A plant of the genus Marrubium (M. vulgare), which has a bittertaste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds,coughing, etc. [Written also hoarhound.] Fetid horehound, or Blackhorehound, a disagreeable plant resembling horehound (Ballota nigra).-- Water horehound, a species of the genus Lycopus, resembling mint,but not aromatic."
"HORIZON","The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.The strata all over the earth, which were formed at the same time,are said to belong to the same geological horizon. Le Conte."
"HORIZONTALITY","The state or quality of being horizontal. Kirwan."
"HORIZONTALLY","In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, movinghorizontally."
"HORMOGONIUM","A chain of small cells in certain alg\u00e6, by which the plant ispropogated."
"HORMONE","A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in thecirculation to another organ on which it exerts a stimulating effect;thus, according to Starling, the gastric glands are stimulated by ahormone from the pyloric mucous membrane."
"HORN","Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal,resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.:(a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) Atuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) Ahornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the headof a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of afish, as in the horned pout."
"HORN-MAD","Quite mad; -- raving crazy.Did I tell you about Mr. Garrick, that the town are horn-mad afterGray."
"HORNBEAK","A fish. See Hornfish."
"HORNBEAM","A tree of the genus Carpinus (C. Americana), having a smoothgray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. Itis common along the banks of streams in the United States, and isalso called ironwood. The English hornbeam is C. Betulus. TheAmerican is called also blue beech and water beech. Hop hornbeam.(Bot.) See under Hop."
"HORNBILL","Any bird of the family Bucerotid\u00e6, of which about sixty speciesare known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropicalparts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable forhaving a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually largeand hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size ofthe hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or evenlarger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat deadanimals."
"HORNBLENDE","The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole.(See Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species,and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Alsoused as a general term to include the whole species. Hornblendeschist (Geol.), a hornblende rock of schistose structure."
"HORNBLENDIC","Composed largely of hornblende; resembling or relating tohornblende."
"HORNBLOWER","One who, or that which, blows a horn."
"HORNBUG","A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as L. capreolus,and L. dama), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle.The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees."
"HORNED","Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlikeprocess or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped likea horn.The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether tip.Coleridge.Horned bee (Zo\u00f6l.), a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis), having twolittle horns on the head.-- Horned dace (Zo\u00f6l.), an American cyprinoid fish (Semotiluscorporialis) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust.of Chub.-- Horned frog (Zo\u00f6l.), a very large Brazilian frog (Ceratophryscornuta), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids.-- Horned grebe (Zo\u00f6l.), a species of grebe (Colymbus auritus), ofArctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on thehead.-- Horned horse (Zo\u00f6l.), the gnu.-- Horned lark (Zo\u00f6l.), the shore lark.-- Horned lizard (Zo\u00f6l.), the horned toad.-- Horned owl (Zo\u00f6l.), a large North American owl (BuboVirginianus), having a pair of elongated tufts of feathers on thehead. Several distinct varieties are known; as, the Arctic, Western,dusky, and striped horned owls, differing in color, and inhabitingdifferent regions; -- called also great horned owl, horn owl, eagleowl, and cat owl. Sometimes also applied to the long-eared owl. SeeEared owl, under Eared.-- Horned poppy. (Bot.) See Horn poppy, under Horn.-- Horned pout (Zo\u00f6l.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish; thebullpout.-- Horned rattler (Zo\u00f6l.), a species of rattlesnake (Crotaluscerastes), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from California toMexico. It has a pair of triangular horns between the eyes; -- calledalso sidewinder.-- Horned ray (Zo\u00f6l.), the sea devil.-- Horned screamer (Zo\u00f6l.), the kamichi.-- Horned snake (Zo\u00f6l.), the cerastes.-- Horned toad (Zo\u00f6l.), any lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of whichnine or ten species are known. These lizards have several hornlikespines on the head, and a broad, flat body, covered with spinyscales. They inhabit the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexicoand Texas. Called also horned lizard.-- Horned viper. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Cerastes."
"HORNEDNESS","The condition of being horned."
"HORNEL","The European sand eel. [Scot.]"
"HORNER","The British sand lance or sand eel (Ammodytes lanceolatus)."
"HORNET","A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is ofa dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its stingis very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, andthe layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white-faced hornet (V. maculata) is larger and has similar habits. Hornetfly (Zo\u00f6l.), any dipterous insect of the genus Asilus, and alliedgenera, of which there are numerous species. They are large andfierce flies which capture bees and other insects, often larger thanthemselves, and suck their blood. Called also hawk fly, robber fly.-- To stir up a hornet's nest, to provoke the attack of a swarm ofspiteful enemies or spirited critics. [Colloq.]"
"HORNFISH","The garfish or sea needle."
"HORNFOOT","Having hoofs; hoofed."
"HORNIFY","To horn; to cuckold. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"HORNING","Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of acrescent. J. Gregory. Letters of horning (Scots Law), the process orauthority by which a person, directed by the decree of a court ofjustice to pay or perform anything, is ordered to comply therewith.Mozley & W."
"HORNISH","Somewhat like horn; hard."
"HORNITO","A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, andemitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit. Humboldt."
"HORNLESS","Having no horn."
"HORNOTINE","A yearling; a bird of the year."
"HORNOWL","See Horned Owl."
"HORNPIKE","The garfish. [Prov. Eng.]"
"HORNPOUT","See Horned pout, under Horned."
"HORNSNAKE","A harmless snake (Farancia abacura), found in the SouthernUnited States. The color is bluish black above, red below."
"HORNSTONE","A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resemblingflint, but more brittle; -- called also chert."
"HORNTAIL","Any one of family (Urocerid\u00e6) of large hyminopterous insects,allied to the sawflies. The larv\u00e6 bore in the wood of trees. Socalled from the long, stout ovipositors of the females."
"HORNWORK","An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. Itis connected with the works in rear by long wings."
"HORNWORT","An aquatic plant (Ceratophyllum), with finely divided leaves."
"HORNWRACK","A bryozoan of the genus Flustra."
"HORNY-HANDED","Having the hands horny and callous from labor."
"HORNYHEAD","Any North American river chub of the genus Hybopsis, esp. H.biguttatus."
"HOROLOGER","A maker or vender of clocks and watches; one skilled inhorology."
"HOROLOGICAL","Relating to a horologe, or to horology."
"HOROLOGIOGRAPHER","A maker of clocks, watches, or dials."
"HOROLOGIOGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to horologiography. Chambers."
"HOROLOGIST","One versed in horology."
"HOROLOGY","The science of measuring time, or the principles and art ofconstructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions oftime, as clocks, watches, dials, etc."
"HOROMETER","An instrument for measuring time."
"HOROMETRICAL","Belonging to horometry."
"HOROMETRY","The art, practice, or method of measuring time by hours andsubordinate divisions. 'The horometry of antiquity.' Sir T. Browne."
"HOROPTER","The line or surface in which are situated all the points whichare seen single while the point of sight, or the adjustment of theeyes, remains unchanged.The sum of all the points which are seen single, while the point ofsight remains unchanged, is called the horopter. J. Le Conte."
"HOROPTERIC","Of or pertaining to the horopter."
"HOROSCOPE","One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer."
"HORRENDOUS","Fearful; frightful. [Obs.] I. Watts."
"HORRENT","Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points;bristled; bristling.Rough and horrent with figures in strong relief. De Quincey.With bright emblazonry and horrent arms. Milton."
"HORRIBLE","Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful;terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story;a horrible murder.A dungeon horrible on all sides round. Milton."
"HORRIBLENESS","The state or quality of being horrible; dreadfulness;hideousness.The horribleness of the mischief. Sir P. Sidney."
"HORRIBLY","In a manner to excite horror; dreadfully; terribly."
"HORRIDLY","In a horrid manner. Shak."
"HORRIDNESS","The quality of being horrid."
"HORRIFIC","Causing horror; frightful.Let . . . nothing ghastly or horrific be supposed. I. Taylor."
"HORRIFICATION","That which causes horror. [R.] Miss Edgeworth."
"HORRIFY","To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as,the sight horrified the beholders. E. Irving."
"HORRIPILATION","A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body,resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc."
"HORRISONANT","Horrisonous. [Obs.]"
"HORRISONOUS","Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound. [Obs.] Bailey."
"HORROR-STICKEN","Struck with horror; horrified.Blank and horror-stricken faces. C. Kingsley."
"HORROR-STRUCK","Horror-stricken; horrified. M. Arnold."
"HORS DE COMBAT","Out of the combat; disabled from fighting."
"HORSE","A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestichorse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at avery early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw,with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. Themares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horsediffers from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and thetail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, orchestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed,docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used fordrawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes."
"HORSE GUARDS","A body of cavalry so called; esp., a British regiment, calledthe Royal Horse Guards, which furnishes guards of state for thesovereign. The Horse Guards, a name given to the former headquartersof the commander in chief of the British army, at Whitehall inLondon."
"HORSE POWER","."
"HORSE-LEECH","A large blood-sucking leech (H\u00e6mopsis vorax), of Europe andNorthern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses."
"HORSE-LEECHERY","The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing thediseases of horses."
"HORSE-LITTER","A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses.Milton."
"HORSE-RADISH","A plant of the genus Nasturtium (N. Armoracia), allied toscurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, whengrated, as a condiment and in medicine. Gray. Horse-radish tree.(Bot.) See Moringa."
"HORSEFLY","Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanid\u00e6, that stings horses,and sucks their blood."
"HORSEFOOT","The coltsfoot."
"HORSEHAIR","A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; thehairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or tuft madeof such hairs. Horsehair worm (Zo\u00f6l.), the hair worm or gordius."
"HORSEHEAD","The silver moonfish (Selene vomer)."
"HORSEKNOP","Knapweed."
"HORSELAUGH","A loud, boisterous laugh; a guffaw. Pope."
"HORSELESS","Being without a horse; specif., not requiring a horse; -- saidof certain vehicles in which horse power has been replaced byelectricity, steam, etc.; as, a horseless carriage or truck."
"HORSEMAN","A mounted soldier; a cavalryman."
"HORSEMANSHIP","The act or art of riding, and of training and managing horses;manege."
"HORSENAIL","A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing ahorsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail."
"HORSEPLAY","Rude, boisterous play.Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden."
"HORSEPOND","A pond for watering horses."
"HORSERAKE","A rake drawn by a horse."
"HORSESHOE","The Limulus of horsehoe crab. Horsehoe head (Med.), an old namefor the condition of the skull in children, in which the sutures aretoo open, the coronal suture presenting the form of a horsehoe.Dunglison.-- Horsehoe magnet, an artificial magnet in the form of a horsehoe.-- Horsehoe nail. See Horsenail.-- Horsehoe nose (Zo\u00f6l.), a bat of the genus Rhinolophus, having anasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe."
"HORSESHOEING","The act or employment of shoeing horses."
"HORSESHOER","One who shoes horses."
"HORSETAIL","A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of thegenus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. ofEquisetum."
"HORSEWEED","A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis), which is a commonweed."
"HORSEWHIP","A whip for horses."
"HORSEWOMAN","A woman who rides on horseback."
"HORSEWOOD","A West Indian tree (Calliandra latifolia) with showy, crimsonblossoms."
"HORSEWORM","The larva of a botfly."
"HORSLY","Horselike. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HORSY","Pertaining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse racing;as, horsy manners; garments of fantastically horsy fashions.[Colloq.]"
"HORTATION","The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation.[R.]"
"HORTATIVE","Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative. Bullokar."
"HORTATORY","Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory;inciting; as, a hortatory speech. Holland."
"HORTENSIAL","Fit for a garden. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"HORTICULTOR","One who cultivates a garden."
"HORTICULTURAL","Of or pertaining to horticulture, or the culture of gardens ororchards."
"HORTICULTURE","The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of cultivatinggardens or orchards."
"HORTICULTURIST","One who practices horticulture."
"HORTULAN","Belonging to a garden. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"HORTUS SICCUS","A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved, andarranged systematically; an herbarium."
"HORTYARD","An orchard. [Obs.]"
"HOSANNA","A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation ofblessings. 'Hosanna to the Highest.' Milton.Hosanna to the Son of David. Matt. xxi. 9."
"HOSEN","See Hose. [Archaic]"
"HOSIER","One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or wovenlike hose."
"HOSPICE","A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge orentertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in theAlps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard."
"HOSPITABLENESS","The quality of being hospitable; hospitality. Barrow."
"HOSPITABLY","In a hospitable manner."
"HOSPITAGE","Hospitality. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HOSPITAL","Hospitable. [Obs.] Howell."
"HOSPITALISM","A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in ahospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital."
"HOSPITALITY","The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception andentertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind andgenerous liberality.Given to hospitality. Rom. xii. 13.And little recks to find the way to heaven By doing deeds ofhospitality. Shak."
"HOSPITALIZE","To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continueduse as a hospital."
"HOSPITATE","To receive hospitality; to be a guest. [Obs.] Grew."
"HOSPITIUM","An inn of court."
"HOSPODAR","A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia andWallachia before those countries were united as Roumania."
"HOST","The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, whichin the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread beforeconsecration."
"HOST PLANT","A plant which aids, shelters, or protects another plant in itsgrowth, as those which are used for nurse crops."
"HOSTAGE","A person given as a pledge or security for the performance ofthe conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on theperformance of which the person is to be released.Your hostages I have, so have you mine; And we shall talk before wefight. Shak.He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune.Bacon."
"HOSTELRY","An inn; a lodging house. [Archaic] Chaucer. 'Homely brought upin a rude hostelry.' B. Jonson.Come with me to the hostelry. Longfellow."
"HOSTESS-SHIP","The character, personality, or office of a hostess. Shak."
"HOSTIE","The consecrated wafer; the host. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet."
"HOSTILE","Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the dispositionof an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwartand injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly;as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostileto a sudden change."
"HOSTILELY","In a hostile manner."
"HOSTILIZE","To make hostile; to cause to become an enemy. [Obs.] A. Seward."
"HOSTLER","The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left bythe engineer after a trip."
"HOSTLESS","Inhospitable. [Obs.] 'A hostless house.' Spenser."
"HOT","of Hote. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HOT BLAST","See under Blast."
"HOT-BLOODED","Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent;passionate."
"HOT-BRAINED","Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brainedyouth. Dryden."
"HOT-HEAD","A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as,the rant of a hot-head."
"HOT-HEADED","Fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement. Macaulay."
"HOT-LIVERED","Of an excitable or irritable temperament; irascible. Milton."
"HOT-MOUTHED","Headstrong.That hot-mouthed beast that bears against the curb. Dryden."
"HOT-SHORT","More or less brittle when heated; as, hot-short iron."
"HOT-SPIRITED","Having a fierly spirit; hot-headed."
"HOTBED","A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances,and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or fornourishing exotics."
"HOTCHKISS GUN","A built-up, rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel,having a rectangular breechblock which moves horizontally orvertically in a mortise cut completely through the jacket. It is madein France."
"HOTCOCKLES","A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses whostrikes him or his hand placed behind him."
"HOTEL-DE-VILLE","A city hall or townhouse."
"HOTEL-DIEU","A hospital."
"HOTEN","of Hote."
"HOTFOOT","In haste; foothot. [Colloq.]"
"HOTHOUSE","A heated room for drying green ware."
"HOTPRESS","To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for thepurpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil,etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc."
"HOTPRESSED","Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t."
"HOTSPUR","A rash, hot-headed man. Holinshed."
"HOTTENTOT","One of a degraded and savage race of South Africa, withyellowish brown complexion, high cheek bones, and wooly hair growingin tufts."
"HOTTENTOTISM","A term employed to describe one of the varieties of stammering.Tylor."
"HOUDAH","See Howdah."
"HOUGH","Same as Hock, a joint."
"HOULET","An owl. See Howlet."
"HOULT","A piece of woodland; a small wood. [Obs.] See Holt."
"HOUND","A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, droopingears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound,bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleethunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc.Hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs. Shak."
"HOUNDFISH","Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which thereare several species, as the smooth houndfish (G. canis), of Europeand America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish."
"HOUNDING","The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck."
"HOUP","See Hoopoe. [Obs.]"
"HOUR","Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, asmatins and vespers."
"HOURGLASS","An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of anhour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from theuppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies anhour in running through a small aperture unto the lower."
"HOURI","A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans."
"HOURLY","Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent;often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual.In hourly expectation of a martyrdom. Sharp."
"HOURS","Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.Lo! where the rosy-blosomed Hours, Fair Venus' train, appear. Gray."
"HOUSAGE","A fee for keeping goods in a house. [R.] Chambers."
"HOUSE","A firm, or commercial establishment."
"HOUSEBOTE","Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel.This latter is often called firebote. See Bote."
"HOUSEBREAKER","One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking."
"HOUSEBREAKING","The act of breaking open and entering, with a feloniouspurpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night.See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break."
"HOUSEBUILDER","One whose business is to build houses; a housewright."
"HOUSECARL","A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute."
"HOUSEHOLD","Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, householdfurniture; household affairs. Household bread, bread made in thehouse for common use; hence, bread that is not of the finest quality.[Obs.] -- Household gods (Rom. Antiq.), the gods presiding over thehouse and family; the Lares and Penates; hence, all objects endearedby association with home.-- Household troops, troops appointed to attend and guard thesovereign or his residence."
"HOUSEHOLDER","The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house withhis family.Towns in which almost every householder was an English Protestant.Macaulay.Compound householder. See Compound, a."
"HOUSEKEEPING","Domestic; used in a family; as, housekeeping commodities."
"HOUSEL","The eucharist. [Archaic] Rom. of R. Tennyson."
"HOUSELEEK","A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum),originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generallyon old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under droughtand heat; -- called also ayegreen."
"HOUSELESS","Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as,a houseless wanderer."
"HOUSELESSNESS","The state of being houseless."
"HOUSELINE","A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called alsohousing. Totten."
"HOUSELING","Same as Housling."
"HOUSEMAID","A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care ofthe rooms. Housemaid's knee (Med.), a swelling over the knee, due toan enlargement of the bursa in the front of the kneepan; -- so calledbecause frequently occurring in servant girls who work upon theirknees."
"HOUSEMATE","One who dwells in the same house with another. R. Browning."
"HOUSEROOM","Room or place in a house; as, to give any one houseroom."
"HOUSEWARMING","A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or businessfirm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson."
"HOUSEWIFE","A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and forother articles of female work; -- called also hussy. [Written alsohuswife.] P. Skelton."
"HOUSEWIFELY","Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical;prudent.A good sort of woman, ladylike and housewifely. Sir W. Scott."
"HOUSEWIFERY","The business of the mistress of a family; female management ofdomestic concerns."
"HOUSEWORK","The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work,sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like."
"HOUSEWRIGHT","A builder of houses."
"HOUSING","A frame or support for holding something in place, as journalboxes, etc."
"HOUSLING","Sacramental; as, housling fire. [R.] Spenser."
"HOUSS","A saddlecloth; a housing. [Obs.] Dryden."
"HOUSTONIA","A genus of small rubiaceous herbs, having tetramerous salveformblue or white flower. There are about twenty species, natives ofNorth America. Also, a plant of this genus."
"HOUTOU","A beautiful South American motmot. Waterton."
"HOUVE","A head covering of various kinds; a hood; a coif; a cap. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"HOUYHNHNM","One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginarytravels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reasonand noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of bruteshaving the form and all the worst vices of men."
"HOVE","of Heave. Hove short, Hove to. See To heave a cable short, Toheave a ship to, etc., under Heave."
"HOVEL","A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilnsare grouped. Knight."
"HOVELER","One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; acoast boatman. [Written also hoveller.] [Prov. Eng.] G. P. R. James."
"HOVELING","A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering thetop, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of thesides higher than the other two. [Written also hovelling.]"
"HOVEN","p. p. of Heave."
"HOVER","A cover; a shelter; a protection. [Archaic] Carew. C. Kingsley."
"HOVER-HAWK","The kestrel."
"HOVERER","A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens andkeeping them warm."
"HOVERINGLY","In a hovering manner."
"HOWBEIT","Be it as it may; nevertheless; notwithstanding; although;albeit; yet; but; however.The Moor -- howbeit that I endure him not -Is of a constant, loving,noble nature. Shak."
"HOWDAH","A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back ofan elephant, for the rider or riders. [Written also houdah.]"
"HOWDY","A midwife. [Prov. Eng.]"
"HOWEL","A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering rheir work,especially the inside of casks."
"HOWELL","The upper stage of a porcelian furnace."
"HOWEVER","Nevertheless; notwithstanding; yet; still; though; as, I shallnot oppose your design; I can not, however, approve of it.In your excuse your love does little say; You might howe'er have tooka better way. Dryden."
"HOWITZ","A howitzer. [Obs.]"
"HOWKER","Same as Hooker."
"HOWL","To utter with outcry. 'Go . . . howl it out in deserts.'Philips."
"HOWLER","Any South American monkey of the genus Mycetes. Many speciesare known. They are arboreal in their habits, and are noted for theloud, discordant howling in which they indulge at night."
"HOWLET","An owl; an owlet. [Written also houlet.] R. Browning."
"HOWP","To cry out; to whoop. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HOWSO","Howsoever. [Obs.]"
"HOWVE","A hood. See Houve. [Obs.]"
"HOX","To hock; to hamstring. See Hock. [Obs.] Shak."
"HOY","A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveyingpassengers and goods from place to place, or as a tender to largervessels in port.The hoy went to London every week. Cowper."
"HOYDEN","Same as Hoiden."
"HOYMAN","One who navigates a hoy.A common hoyman to carry goods by water for hire. Hobart."
"HSIEN","An administrative subdivision of a fu, or department, or of anindependent chow; also, the seat of government of such a district."
"HUANACO","See Guanaco."
"HUARACHO","A kind of sandal worn by Indians and the lower classesgenerally; --usually used in pl. [Southern U. S. & Mex.]"
"HUB","A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon adie, used in coining, etc."
"HUBBLE-BUBBLE","A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes throughwater, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In India, the bulbcontaining the water is often a cocoanut shell."
"HUBBUB","A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar. Milton.This hubbub of unmeaning words. Macaulay."
"HUBBY","Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been frozenwhile muddy is hubby. [U.S.]"
"HUCK","To higgle in trading. [Obs.] Holland."
"HUCKABACK","A kind of linen cloth with raised figures, used for towelings."
"HUCKLE-BACKED","Round-shoulded."
"HUCKSTER","To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. Swift."
"HUCKSTERAGE","The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.Ignoble huckster age of piddling tithes. Milton."
"HUCKSTERER","A huckster. Gladstone.Those hucksterers or money-jobbers. Swift."
"HUCKSTRESS","A female huckster."
"HUD","A huck or hull, as of a nut. [Prov. Eng.] Wright."
"HUDDLE","To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension,or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry indisorder; to crowd.The cattle huddled on the lea. Tennyson.Huddling together on the public square . . . like a herd of panic-struck deer. Prescott."
"HUDDLER","One who huddles things together."
"HUDGE","An iron bucket for hoisting coal or ore. Raymond."
"HUDIBRASTIC","Similar to, or in the style of, the poem 'Hudibras,' by SamuelButler; in the style of doggerel verse. Macaulay."
"HUDSONIAN","Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River; as,the Hudsonian curlew."
"HUE","A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; aprimary color modified by combination with others."
"HUED","Having color; -- usually in composition; as, bright-hued; many-hued. Chaucer."
"HUELESS","Destitute of color. Hudibras."
"HUER","One who cries out or gives an alarm; specifically, a balker; aconder. See Balker."
"HUFF","To remove from the board (the piece which could have capturedan opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3."
"HUFFCAP","A blusterer; a bully. [Obs.] -- a."
"HUFFER","A bully; a blusterer. Hudibras."
"HUFFINESS","The state of being huffish; petulance; bad temper. Ld. Lytton."
"HUFFINGLY","Blusteringly; arrogantly. [R.]And huffingly doth this bonny Scot ride. Old Ballad."
"HUFFISH","Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.-- Huff'ish*ly, adv.-- Huff'ish*ness, n."
"HUG","To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind. To hugone's self, to congratulate one's self; to chuckle."
"HUGE","Very large; enormous; immense; excessive; -- used esp. ofmaterial bulk, but often of qualities, extent, etc.; as, a huge ox; ahuge space; a huge difference. 'The huge confusion.' Chapman. 'A hugefilly.' Jer. Taylor.-- Huge'ly, adv.-- Huge'ness, n.Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea. Shak."
"HUGGER","One who hugs or embraces."
"HUGGER-MUGGER","Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, withhaste and secrecy. [Archaic]Many things have been done in hugger-mugger. Fuller."
"HUGGLE","To hug. [Obs.]"
"HUGUENOT","A French Protestant of the period of the religious wars inFrance in the 16th century."
"HUGUENOTISM","The religion of the Huguenots in France."
"HUGY","Vast. [Obs.] Dryden."
"HUIA BIRD","A New Zealand starling (Heteralocha acutirostris), remarkablefor the great difference in the form and length of the bill in thetwo sexes, that of the male being sharp and straight, that of thefemale much longer and strongly curved."
"HUISHER","See Usher. B. Jonson."
"HUKE","An outer garment worn in Europe in the Middle Ages. [Writtenalso heuk and hyke.] [Obs.] Bacon."
"HULAN","See Uhlan."
"HULCH","A hunch. [Obs.]"
"HULCHY","Swollen; gibbous. [Obs.]"
"HULK","To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare.[R.] Beau. & Fl."
"HULL","The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards,sails, and rigging.Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light. Dryden.Hull down, said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed bythe convexity of the sea."
"HULLABALOO","A confused noise; uproar; tumult. [Colloq.] Thackeray."
"HULLED","Deprived of the hulls. Hulled corn, kernels of maize preparedfor food by removing the hulls."
"HULLER","One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agriculturalmachine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine."
"HULLO","See Hollo."
"HULLY","Having or containing hulls."
"HULOIST","See Hyloist."
"HULOTHEISM","See Hylotheism."
"HULVER","Holly, an evergreen shrub or tree."
"HUM","To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose inthe process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem."
"HUMAN","Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributesof a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a humanvoice; human shape; human nature; human sacrifices.To err is human; to forgive, divine. Pope."
"HUMANATE","Indued with humanity. [Obs.] Cranmer."
"HUMANICS","The study of human nature. [R.] T. W. Collins."
"HUMANIFY","To make human; to invest with a human personality; toincarnate. [R.]The humanifying of the divine Word. H. B. Wilson."
"HUMANITARIAN","Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, ahumanitarian view of Christ's nature."
"HUMANITARIANISM","The distinctive tenet of the humanitarians in denying thedivinity of Christ; also, the whole system of doctrine based uponthis view of Christ."
"HUMANITIAN","A humanist. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"HUMANITY","The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language,rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters."
"HUMANIZATION","The act of humanizing. M. Arnold."
"HUMANIZE","To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, tohumanize vaccine lymph."
"HUMANIZER","One who renders humane."
"HUMANKIND","Mankind. Pope."
"HUMANNESS","The quality or state of being human."
"HUMATE","A salt of humic acid."
"HUMATION","Interment; inhumation. [R.]"
"HUMBIRD","Humming bird."
"HUMBLE","Hornless. See Hummel. [Scot.]"
"HUMBLEBEE","The bumblebee. Shak."
"HUMBLEHEAD","Humble condition or estate; humility. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HUMBLENESS","The quality of being humble; humility; meekness."
"HUMBLER","One who, or that which, humbles some one."
"HUMBLES","Entrails of a deer. [Written also umbles.] Johnson."
"HUMBLESSE","Humbleness; abasement; low obeisance. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser."
"HUMBLY","With humility; lowly. Pope."
"HUMBUG","To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax."
"HUMBUGGER","One who humbugs."
"HUMBUGGERY","The practice of imposition."
"HUMDRUM","Monotonous; dull; commonplace. 'A humdrum crone.' Bryant."
"HUMECTANT","Diluent.-- n."
"HUMECTATION","A moistening. [Obs.] Bacon."
"HUMECTIVE","Tending to moisten. [Obs.]"
"HUMERAL","Of or pertaining to the humerus, or upper part of the arm;brachial. Humeral veil (R. C. Ch.), a long, narrow veil or scarf ofthe same material as the vestments, worn round the shoulders by theofficiating priest or his attendant at Mass, and used to protect thesacred vessels from contact with the hands."
"HUMIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, vegetable mold; as, humic acid.See Humin."
"HUMICUBATION","The act or practice of lying on the ground. [Obs.] Abp.Bramhall."
"HUMID","Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair oratmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting ofwater or vapor.Evening cloud, or humid bow. Milton."
"HUMIDITY","Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which isperceptible to the eye or touch; -- used especially of theatmosphere, or of anything which has absorbed moisture from theatmosphere, as clothing."
"HUMIDNESS","Humidity."
"HUMIFUSE","Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent. Gray."
"HUMILIANT","Humiliating; humbling. 'Humiliant thoughts.' [R.] Mrs.Browning."
"HUMILIATE","To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyesof others; to humble; to mortify.We stand humiliated rather than encouraged. M. Arnold."
"HUMIN","A bitter, brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted fromvegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids on certainsugars and carbohydrates; -- called also humic acid, ulmin, gein,ulmic or geic acid, etc."
"HUMIRI","A fragrant balsam obtained from Brazilian trees of the genusHumirium."
"HUMITE","A mineral of a transparent vitreous brown color, found in theejected masses of Vesuvius. It is a silicate of iron and magnesia,containing fluorine."
"HUMMEL","To separate from the awns; -- said of barley. [Scot.]"
"HUMMELER","One who, or a machine which, hummels."
"HUMMER","A humming bird."
"HUMMING","Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing."
"HUMMOCKING","The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice.Kane."
"HUMMOCKY","Abounding in hummocks."
"HUMMUM","A sweating bath or place for sweating. Sir T. Herbert."
"HUMOR","A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes aneruption on the skin. 'A body full of humors.' Sir W. Temple."
"HUMORAL","Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoralfever. Humoral pathology (Med.), the pathology, or doctrine of thenature of diseases, which attributes all morbid phenomena to thedisordered condition of the fluids or humors of the body."
"HUMORALISM","The state or quality of being humoral."
"HUMORALIST","One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism."
"HUMORISM","The theory founded on the influence which the humors weresupposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism. Dunglison."
"HUMORIST","One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors."
"HUMORISTIC","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist."
"HUMORIZE","To humor. Marston."
"HUMORLESS","Destitute of humor."
"HUMORSOMELY","Pleasantly; humorously."
"HUMORSOMENESS","Quality of being humorsome."
"HUMP","A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel orwhale."
"HUMP-SHOULDERED","Having high, hunched shoulders. Hawthorne."
"HUMPBACKED","Having a humped back."
"HUMPBACKED SALMON","A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) which ascends therivers of the Pacific coast from California to Alaska, and also onthe Asiatic side. In the breeding season the male has a large dorsalhump and distorted jaws."
"HUMPED","Having a hump, as the back."
"HUMPH","An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc."
"HUMPLESS","Without a hump. Darwin."
"HUMPY","Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped."
"HUMSTRUM","An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badlyplayed."
"HUMULIN","An extract of hops."
"HUMUS","That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animalor vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils. Graham."
"HUN","One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part ofEurope."
"HUNCHBACK","A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person."
"HUNCHBACKED","Having a humped back."
"HUNDRED","Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars."
"HUNDREDER","A person competent to serve on a jury, in an action for land inthe hundred to which he belongs."
"HUNDREDFOLD","A hundred times as much or as many.He shall receive as hundredfold now in this time. Mark x. 30."
"HUNDREDTH","One of a hundred equal parts into which one whole is, or maybe, divided; the quotient of a unit divided by a hundred."
"HUNDREDWEIGHT","A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 poundsavoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legalstandard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States,both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, thecorresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton,beingthe legal ton."
"HUNG","of Hang. Hung beef, the fleshy part of beef slightly salted andhung up to dry; dried beef."
"HUNGARIAN","Of or pertaining to Hungary or to the people of Hungary.-- n."
"HUNGARY","A country in Central Europe, now a part of the Austro-HungarianEmpire. Hungary water, a distilled 'water,' made from dilute alcoholaromatized with rosemary flowers, etc."
"HUNGER","To make hungry; to famish."
"HUNGER-STARVE","To starve with hunger; to famish. [Obs.] Shak."
"HUNGERED","Hungry; pinched for food. [Obs.] Milton."
"HUNGERER","One who hungers; one who longs. Lamb."
"HUNGERLY","Wanting food; starved. [Obs.] Shak."
"HUNGRED","Hungered; hungry. [Archaic]"
"HUNGRILY","In a hungry manner; voraciously. Dryden."
"HUNK","A large lump or piece; a hunch; as, a hunk of bread. [Colloq.]"
"HUNKER","Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative sectionof the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progressin general; a fogy. [Political Cant, U.S.]"
"HUNKERISM","Excessive conservatism; hostility to progress. [Political Cant,U.S.]"
"HUNKERS","In the phrase on one's hunkers, in a squatting or crouchingposition. [Scot. & Local, U. S.]"
"HUNKS","A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard.Pray make your bargain with all the prudence and selfishness of anold hunks. Gray."
"HUNKY","All right; in a good condition; also, even; square. [Slang, U.S.]"
"HUNT-COUNTER","A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer.[Obs.] Shak."
"HUNTE","A hunter. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HUNTER","A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting."
"HUNTERIAN","Discovered or described by John Hunter, an English surgeon; as,the Hunterian chancre. See Chancre."
"HUNTING","The pursuit of game or of wild animals. A. Smith. Happy huntinggrounds, the region to which, according to the belief of AmericanIndians, the souls of warriors and hunters pass after death, to behappy in hunting and feasting. Tylor.-- Hunting box. Same As Hunting lodge (below).-- Hunting cat (Zo\u00f6l.), the cheetah.-- Hunting cog (Mach.), a tooth in the larger of two geared wheelswhich makes its number of teeth prime to the number in the smallerwheel, thus preventing the frequent meeting of the same pairs ofteeth.-- Hunting dog (Zo\u00f6l.), the hyena dog.-- Hunting ground, a region or district abounding in game; esp.(pl.), the regions roamed over by the North American Indians insearch of game.-- Hunting horn, a bulge; a horn used in the chase. See Horn, andBulge.-- Hunting leopard (Zo\u00f6l.), the cheetah.-- Hunting lodge, a temporary residence for the purpose of hunting.-- Hunting seat, a hunting lodge. Gray.-- Hunting shirt, a coarse shirt for hunting, often of leather.-- Hunting spider (Zo\u00f6l.), a spider which hunts its prey, instead ofcatching it in a web; a wolf spider.-- Hunting watch. See Hunter, 6."
"HUNTRESS","A woman who hunts or follows the chase; as, the huntress Diana.Shak."
"HUNTSMANSHIP","The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of ahunter. Donne."
"HURDEN","A coarse kind of linen; -- called also harden. [Prov. Eng.]"
"HURDLE","To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles. Milton."
"HURDLEWORK","Work after manner of a hurdle."
"HURDS","The coarse part of flax or hemp; hards."
"HURKARU","In India, a running footman; a messenger. [Written alsohurkaroo.]"
"HURL","To twist or turn. 'Hurled or crooked feet.' [Obs.] Fuller."
"HURLBAT","See Whirlbat. [Obs.] Holland."
"HURLBONE","A bone near the middle of the buttock of a horse. Crabb."
"HURLER","One who hurls, or plays at hurling."
"HURLWIND","A whirlwind. [Obs.] Sandys."
"HURLY","Noise; confusion; uproar.That, with the hurly, death itself awakes. Shak."
"HURLY-BURLY","Tumult; bustle; confusion. Shak.All places were filled with tumult and hurly-burly. Knolles."
"HURON-IROQUOUS","A linguistic group of warlike North American Indians, belongingto the same stock as the Algonquins, and including several tribes,among which were the Five Nations. They formerly occupied the regionabout Lakes Erie and Ontario, and the larger part of New York."
"HURONIAN","Of or pertaining to certain non-fossiliferous rocks on theborders of Lake Huron, which are supposed to correspond in time tothe latter part of the Arch\u00e6an age."
"HURONS","; sing. Huron. (Ethnol.) A powerful and warlike tribe of NorthAmerican Indians of the Algonquin stock. They formerly occupied thecountry between Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario, but were nearlyexterminated by the Five Nations about 1650."
"HURR","To make a rolling or burring sound. [Obs.]R is the dog's letter, and hurreth in the sound. B. Jonson."
"HURRAH","A cheer; a shout of joy, etc. Hurrah's nest, state of utmostconfusion. [Colloq. U.S.]A perfect hurrah's nest in our kitchen. Mrs. Stowe."
"HURRICANE","A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and suddenchanges of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, andlightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Alsoused figuratively.Like the smoke in a hurricane whirl'd. Tennyson.Each guilty thought to me is A dreadful hurricane. Massinger.Hurricane bird (Zo\u00f6l.), the frigate bird.-- Hurricane deck. (Naut.) See under Deck."
"HURRICANO","A waterspout; a hurricane. [Obs.] Drayton. 'You cataracts andhurricanoes, spout.' Shak."
"HURRIER","One who hurries or urges."
"HURRIES","A staith or framework from which coal is discharged from carsinto vessels."
"HURRY","To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity orprecipitation; as, let us hurry. To hurry up, to make haste.[Colloq.]"
"HURRY-SKURRY","Confusedly; in a bustle. [Obs.] Gray."
"HURRYINGLY","In a hurrying manner."
"HURST","A wood or grove; -- a word used in the composition of manynames, as in Hazlehurst."
"HURTER","One who hurts or does harm.I shall not be a hurter, if no helper. Beau. & Fl."
"HURTFUL","Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous;occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct."
"HURTLEBERRY","See Whortleberry."
"HURTLESS","Doing no injury; harmless; also, unhurt; without injury orharm.Gentle dame so hurtless and so true. Spenser.-- Hurt'less*ly, adv.-- Hurt'less*ness, n."
"HUSBANDABLE","Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy. Sherwood."
"HUSBANDAGE","The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's husband."
"HUSBANDLESS","Destitute of a husband. Shak."
"HUSBANDLY","Frugal; thrifty. [R.] Tusser."
"HUSH","To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp.used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent orquiet; make no noise.Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill. Keble.But all these strangers' presence every one did hush. Spenser."
"HUSHER","An usher. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HUSHING","The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, bya heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also calledbooming."
"HUSK","To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to huskIndian corn."
"HUSKILY","In a husky manner; dryly."
"HUSKY","Abounding with husks; consisting of husks. Dryden."
"HUSSAR","Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia;now, one of the light cavalry of European armies."
"HUSSITE","A follower of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer, who wasadjudged a heretic and burnt alive in 1415."
"HUSSY","A case or bag. See Housewife, 2."
"HUSTLE","To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowdrudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room.Macaulay."
"HUSWIFE","A case for sewing materials. See Housewife. Cowper."
"HUSWIFELY","Like a huswife; capable; economical; prudent.-- adv."
"HUSWIFERY","The business of a housewife; female domestic economy and skill.Tusser."
"HUT","A small house, hivel, or cabin; a mean lodge or dwelling; aslightly built or temporary structure.Death comes on with equal footsteps To the hall and hut. Bp. Coxe."
"HUTCH","To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winterquarters.The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown. W. Irving."
"HUTCHUNSONIAN","A follower of John Hutchinson of Yorkshire, England, whobelieved that the Hebrew Scriptures contained a complete system ofnatural science and of theology."
"HUTTONIAN","Relating to what is now called the Plutonic theory of theearth, first advanced by Dr. James Hutton. Lyell."
"HUTTONING","Forcible manipulation of a dislocated, stiff, or painful joint."
"HUXTER","See Huckster."
"HUYGHENIAN","Pertaining to, or invented by, Christian Huyghens, a Dutchastronomer of the seventeenth century; as, the Huyghenian telescope.Huyghenian eyepieceSee under Eyepiece."
"HUZZ","To buzz; to murmur. [Obs.]Huzzing and burring in the preacher's ear. Latimer."
"HUZZA","A word used as a shout of joy, exultation, approbation, orencouragement."
"HY","High. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HYACINE","A hyacinth. [Obs.] Spenser."
"HYACINTH","A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem. See Zircon.Hyacinth bean (Bot.), a climbing leguminous plant (Dolichos Lablab),related to the true bean. It has dark purple flowers and fruit."
"HYACINTHIAN","Hyacinthine. [R.]"
"HYACINTHINE","Belonging to the hyacinth; resemblingthe hyacinth; in colorlike the hyacinth. Milton.His curling locks like hyacinthine flowers. Cowper.The hyacinthine boy, for whom Morn well might break and April bloom.Emerson."
"HYAENA","Same as Hyena."
"HYALEA","A pteroid of the genus Cavolina. See Pteropoda, andIllustration in Appendix."
"HYALESCENCE","The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparentlike glass."
"HYALINE","Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent,like crystal. 'Hyaline spaces.' Carpenter."
"HYALITE","A pellucid variety of opal in globules looking like colorlessgum or resin; -- called also M\u00fcller's glass."
"HYALOGRAPH","An instrument for tracing designs on glass."
"HYALOGRAPHY","Art of writing or engraving on glass."
"HYALOID","Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, thehyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreoushumor of the eye."
"HYALONEMA","A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composedof very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted togetherlike the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (H.Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament.See Glass-rope."
"HYALOPHANE","A species of the feldspar group containing barium. SeeFeldspar."
"HYALOSPONGIA","An order of vitreous sponges, having glassy six-rayed,siliceous spicules; -- called also Hexactinellin\u00e6."
"HYALOTYPE","A photographic picture copied from the negative on glass; aphotographic transparency. R. Hunt."
"HYBLAEAN","Pertaining to Hybla, an ancient town of Sicily, famous for itsbees."
"HYBODONT","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an extinct genus of sharks(Hybodus), especially in the form of the teeth, which consist of aprincipal median cone with smaller lateral ones."
"HYBODUS","An extinct genus of sharks having conical, compressed teeth."
"HYBRID","The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animalor plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel."
"HYBRIDISM","The state or quality of being hybrid."
"HYBRIDIST","One who hybridizes."
"HYBRIDITY","Hybridism."
"HYBRIDIZABLE","Capable of forming a hybrid, or of being subjected to ahybridizing process; capable of producing a hybrid by union withanother species or stock.Hybridizable genera are rarer than is generally supposed, even ingardens where they are so often operated upon, under circumstancesmost favorable to the production of hybrids. J. D. Hooker."
"HYBRIDIZATION","The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized."
"HYBRIDIZE","To render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks."
"HYBRIDIZER","One who hybridizes."
"HYBRIDOUS","Same as Hybrid."
"HYDAGE","A land tax. See Hidage."
"HYDANTOIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, hydantoin. See Glycoluric."
"HYDANTOIN","A derivative of urea, C3H4N2O2, obtained from allantion, as awhite, crystalline substance, with a sweetish taste; -- called alsoglycolyl urea."
"HYDATID","A membranous sac or bladder filled with a pellucid fluid, foundin various parts of the bodies of animals, but unconnected with thetissues. It is usually formed by parasitic worms, esp. by larvaltapeworms, as Echinococcus and Coenurus. See these words in theVocabulary. Hydatid of Morgagni (Anat.), one of the smallpedunculated bodies found between the testicle and the head of theepididymis, and supposed to be a remnant of the M\u00fcllerian duct."
"HYDATIFORM","Resembling a hydatid."
"HYDATOID","Resembling water; watery; aqueous; hyaloid."
"HYDR-",". See under Hydro-."
"HYDRA","A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in thePeloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, whencut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the woundwas cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster.Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimeras dire. Milton."
"HYDRA-TAINTED","Dipped in the gall of the fabulous hydra; poisonous; deadly.Cowper."
"HYDRACHNID","An aquatic mite of the genus Hydrachna. The hydrachids, whileyoung, are parasitic on fresh-water mussels."
"HYDRACID","An acid containing hydrogen; -- sometimes applied todistinguish acids like hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, and the like,which contain no oxygen, from the oxygen acids or oxacids. See Acid."
"HYDRACRYLIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric variety of lasticacid that breaks down into acrylic acid and water."
"HYDRACTINIAN","Any species or marine hydroids, of the genus Hydractinia andallied genera. These hydroids form, by their rootstalks, a firm,chitinous coating on shells and stones, and esp. on spiral shellsoccupied by hermit crabs. See Illust. of Athecata."
"HYDRAEMIA","An abnormally watery state of the blood; an\u00e6mia."
"HYDRAGOGUE","Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into anypart of the body, as in dropsy.-- n."
"HYDRAMIDE","One of a group of crystalline bodies produced by the action ofammonia on certain aldehydes."
"HYDRAMINE","One of a series of artificial, organic bases, usually producedas thick viscous liquids by the action of ammonia on ethylene oxide.They have the properties both of alcohol and amines."
"HYDRANGEA","A genus of shrubby plants bearing opposite leaves and largeheads of showy flowers, white, or of various colors. H. hortensis,the common garden species, is a native of China or Japan."
"HYDRANT","A discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may bedrawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug."
"HYDRANTH","One of the nutritive zooids of a hydroid colony. Also appliedto the proboscis or manubrium of a hydroid medusa. See Illust. ofHydroidea."
"HYDRARGOCHLORIDE","A compound of the bichloride of mercury with another chloride.[Obs.]"
"HYDRARGYRATE","Of or pertaining to mercury; containing, or impregnated with,mercury. [R.]"
"HYDRARGYRISM","A diseased condition produced by poisoning with hydrargyrum, ormercury; mercurialism."
"HYDRARGYRUM","Quicksilver; mercury."
"HYDRARTHROSIS","An effusion of watery liquid into the cavity of a joint."
"HYDRASTINE","An alkaloid, found in the rootstock of the golden seal(Hydrastis Canadensis), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystallinesubstance. It is used as a tonic and febrifuge."
"HYDRATE","To form into a hydrate; to combine with water."
"HYDRATED","Formed into a hydrate; combined with water."
"HYDRATION","The act of becoming, or state of being, a hydrate. Water ofhydration (Chem.), water chemically combined with some substance toform a hydrate; -- distinguished from water of crystallization."
"HYDRAULIC","Of or pertaining to hydraulics, or to fluids in motion;conveying, or acting by, water; as, an hydraulic clock, crane, ordock. Hydraulic accumulator, an accumulator for hydraulic machineryof any kind. See Accumulator, 2.-- Hydraulic brake, a cataract. See Cataract, 3.-- Hydraulic cement, a cement or mortar made of hydraulic lime,which will harden under water.-- Hydraulic elevator, a lift operated by the weight or pressure ofwater.-- Hydraulic jack. See under Jack.-- Hydraulic lime, quicklime obtained from hydraulic limestone, andused for cementing under water, etc.-- Hydraulic limestone, a limestone which contains some clay, andwhich yields a quicklime that will set, or form a firm, strong mass,under water.-- Hydraulic main (Gas Works), a horizontal pipe containing water atthe bottom into which the ends of the pipes from the retorts dip, forpassing the gas through water in order to remove ammonia.-- Hydraulic mining, a system of mining in which the force of a jetof water is used to wash down a bank of gold-bearing gravel or earth.[Pacific Coast] -- Hydraulic press, a hydrostatic press. See underHydrostatic.-- Hydraulic propeller, a device for propelling ships by means of astream of water ejected under water rearward from the ship.-- Hydraulic ram, a machine for raising water by means of the energyof the moving water of which a portion is to be raised. When the rushof water through the main pipe d shuts the valve at a, the momentumof the current thus suddenly checked forces part of it into the airchamber b, and up the pipe c, its return being prevented by a valveat the entrance to the air chamber, while the dropping of the valve aby its own weight allows another rush through the main pipe, and soon alternately.-- Hydraulic valve. (Mach.) (a) A valve for regulating thedistribution of water in the cylinders of hydraulic elevators,cranes, etc. (b) (Gas Works) An inverted cup with a partition dippinginto water, for opening or closing communication between two gasmains, the open ends of which protrude about the water."
"HYDRAULICAL","Hydraulic."
"HYDRAULICON","An ancient musical instrument played by the action of water; awater organ. [Written also hydraulis.]"
"HYDRAULICS","That branch of science, or of engineering, which treats offluids in motion, especially of water, its action in rivers andcanals, the works and machinery for conducting or raising it, its useas a prime mover, and the like."
"HYDRAZINE","Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the aminesand produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and diazo compounds;as, methyl hydrazine, phenyl hydrazine, etc. They are derivatives ofhydrazine proper, H2N.NH2, which is a doubled amido group, recently(1887) isolated as a stable, colorless gas, with a peculiar,irritating odor. As a base it forms distinct salts. Called alsodiamide, amidogen, (or more properly diamidogen), etc."
"HYDRENCEPHSLOID","Same as Hydrocephaloid."
"HYDRIA","A water jar; esp., one with a large rounded body, a small neck,and three handles. Some of the most beautiful Greek vases are of thisform."
"HYDRIAD","A water nymph."
"HYDRIC","Pertaining to, or containing, hydrogen; as, hydric oxide.Hydric dioxide. (Chem.) See Hydrogen dioxide, under Hydrogen.-- Hydric oxide (Chem.), water.-- Hydric sulphate (Chem.), hydrogen sulphate or sulphuric acid."
"HYDRIDE","A compound of the binary type, in which hydrogen is united withsome other element."
"HYDRIFORM","Having the form or structure of a hydra."
"HYDRINA","The group of hydroids to which the fresh-water hydras belong."
"HYDRIODATE","Same as Hydriodide."
"HYDRIODIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, hydrogen and iodine; -- said ofan acid produced by the combination of these elements. Hydriodic acid(Chem.), a pungent, colorless gas, HI, usually prepared as a solutionin water. It is strong reducing agent. Called also hydrogen iodine."
"HYDRIODIDE","A compound of hydriodic acid with a base; -- distinguished froman iodide, in which only the iodine combines with the base."
"HYDRO-AEROPLANE","An a\u00ebroplane with a boatlike or other understructure thatenables it to travel on, or to rise from the surface of, a body ofwater by its own motive power."
"HYDRO-ELECTRIC","Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the evolution ofelectricity by means of a battery in which water or steam is used.Hydro-electric machine (Physics), an apparatus invented by SirWilliam Armstrong of England for generating electricity by the escapeof high-pressure steam from a series of jets connected with a strongboiler, in which the steam is produced."
"HYDRO-EXTRACTOR","An apparatus for drying anything, as yarn, cloth, sugar, etc.,by centrifugal force; a centrifugal."
"HYDROBAROMETER","An instrument for determining the depth of the sea water by itspressure."
"HYDROBILIRUBIN","A body formed from bilirubin, identical with urobilin."
"HYDROBIPLANE","A hydro-a\u00ebroplane having two supporting planes."
"HYDROBRANCHIATA","An extensive artificial division of gastropod mollusks,including those that breathe by gills, as contrasted with thePulmonifera.-- Hy`dro*bran'chi*ate, a."
"HYDROBROMATE","Same as Hydrobromide."
"HYDROBROMIC","Composed of hydrogen and bromine; as, hydrobromic acid.Hydrobromic acid (Chem.), a colorless, pungent, corrosive gas, HBr,usually collected as a solution in water. It resembles hydrochloricacid, but is weaker and less stable. Called also hydrogen bromide."
"HYDROBROMIDE","A compound of hydrobromic acid with a base; -- distinguishedfrom a bromide, in which only the bromine unites with the base."
"HYDROCARBON","A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane,benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.Hydrocarbon burner, furnace, stove, a burner, furnace, or stove withwhich liquid fuel, as petroleum, is used."
"HYDROCARBONACEOUS","Of the nature, or containing, hydrocarbons."
"HYDROCARBOSTYRIL","A white, crystalline, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C9H9NO, obtainedfrom certain derivatives of cinnamic acid and closely related toquinoline and carbostyril."
"HYDROCARBURET","Carbureted hydrogen; also, a hydrocarbon. [Obs.]"
"HYDROCAULUS","The hollow stem of a hydroid, either simple or branched. SeeIllust. of Gymnoblastea and Hydroidea."
"HYDROCELE","A collection of serous fluid in the areolar texture of thescrotum or in the coverings, especially in the serous sac, investingthe testicle or the spermatic cord; dropsy of the testicle."
"HYDROCEPHALIC","Relating to, or connected with, hydrocephalus, or dropsy of thebrain."
"HYDROCEPHALOID","Resembling hydrocephalus. Hydrocephaloid affection (Med.), thegroup of symptoms which follow exhausting diarrhea in young children,resembling those of acute hydrocephalus, or tubercular meningitis."
"HYDROCEPHALOUS","Having hydrocephalus. 'Hydrocephalous offspring.' G. Eliot."
"HYDROCEPHALUS","An accumulation of liquid within the cavity of the cranium,especially within the ventricles of the brain; dropsy of the brain.It is due usually to tubercular meningitis. When it occurs ininfancy, it often enlarges the head enormously."
"HYDROCHLORATE","Same as Hydrochloride."
"HYDROCHLORIC","Pertaining to, or compounded of, chlorine and hydrogen gas; as,hydrochloric acid; chlorhydric. Hydrochloric acid (Chem.), hydrogenchloride; a colorless, corrosive gas, HCl, of pungent, suffocatingodor. It is made in great quantities in the soda process, by theaction of sulphuric acid on common salt. It has a great affinity forwater, and the commercial article is a strong solution of the gas inwater. It is a typical acid, and is an indispensable agent incommercial and general chemical work. Called also muriatic, andchlorhydric, acid."
"HYDROCHLORIDE","A compound of hydrochloric acid with a base; -- distinguishedfrom a chloride, where only chlorine unites with the base."
"HYDROCORALLIA","A division of Hydroidea, including those genera that secrete astony coral, as Millepora and Stylaster. Two forms of zooids in lifeproject from small pores in the coral and resemble those of otherhydroids. See Millepora."
"HYDROCYANATE","See Hydrocyanide."
"HYDROCYANIC","Pertaining to, or derived from the combination of, hydrogen andcyanogen. Hydrocyanic acid (Chem.), a colorless, mobile, volatileliquid, HCN, having a characteristic peach-blossom odor. It is one ofthe most deadly poisons. It is made by the action of sulphuric acidon yellow prussiate of potassium (potassium ferrocyanide), andchemically resembles hydrochloric and hydrobromic acids. Called alsoprussic acid, hydrogen cyanide, etc."
"HYDROCYANIDE","A compound of hydrocyanic acid with a base; -- distinguishedfrom a cyanide, in which only the cyanogen so combines."
"HYDRODYNAMICS","That branch of the science of mechanics which relates tofluids, or, as usually limited, which treats of the laws of motionand action of nonelastic fluids, whether as investigatedmathematically, or by observation and experiment; the principles ofdynamics, as applied to water and other fluids."
"HYDRODYNAMOMETER","An instrument to measure the velocity of a liquid current bythe force of its impact."
"HYDROFERRICYANIC","Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen,ferric iron, and cyanogen; as, hydroferricyanic acid. SeeFerricyanic."
"HYDROFERROCYANIC","Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen,ferrous iron, and cyanogen; as, hydroferrocyanic acid. SeeFerrocyanic."
"HYDROFLUATE","A supposed compound of hydrofluoris acid and a base; afluoride. [Archaic]"
"HYDROFLUORIC","Pertaining to, or containing, hydrogen and fluorine;fluohydric; as, hydrofluoric acid. Hydrofluoric acid (Chem.), acolorless, mobile, volatile liquid, HF, very corrosive in its action,and having a strong, pungent, suffocating odor. It is produced by theaction of sulphuric acid on fluorite, and is usually collected as asolution in water. It attacks all silicates, as glass or porcelain,is the agent employed in etching glass, and is preserved only invessels of platinum, lead, caoutchouc, or gutta-percha."
"HYDROFLUOSILICATE","A salt of hydrofluosilic acid; a silicofluoride. SeeSilicofluoride."
"HYDROFLUOSILICIC","Pertaining to, or denoting, a compound consisting of a doublefluoride of hydrogen and silicon; silicofluoric. See Silicofluoric."
"HYDROGALVANIC","Pertaining to, produced by, or consisting of, electricityevolved by the action or use of fluids; as, hydrogalvanic currents.[R.]"
"HYDROGEN","A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, thelightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighterthan air (hence its use in filling balloons), and over eleventhousand times lighter than water. It is very abundant, being aningredient of water and of many other substances, especially those ofanimal or vegetable origin. It may by produced in many ways, but ischiefly obtained by the action of acids (as sulphuric) on metals, aszinc, iron, etc. It is very inflammable, and is an ingredient of coalgas and water gas. It is standard of chemical equivalents orcombining weights, and also of valence, being the typical monad.Symbol H. Atomic weight 1."
"HYDROGENATE","To hydrogenize."
"HYDROGENATION","The act of combining with hydrogen, or the state of being socombined."
"HYDROGENIDE","A binary compound containing hydrogen; a hydride. [R.] SeeHydride."
"HYDROGENIUM","Hydrogen; -- called also in view of its supposed metallicnature. Graham."
"HYDROGENIZE","To combine with hydrogen; to treat with, or subject to theaction of, hydrogen; to reduce; -- contrasted with oxidize."
"HYDROGENOUS","Of or pertaining to hydrogen; containing hydrogen."
"HYDROGNOSY","A treatise upon, or a history and description of, the water ofthe earth."
"HYDROGODE","The negative pole or cathode. [R.]"
"HYDROGRAPHER","One skilled in the hydrography; one who surveys, or draws mapsor charts of, the sea, lakes, or other waters, with the adjacentshores; one who describes the sea or other waters. Boyle."
"HYDROGURET","A hydride. [Obs.]"
"HYDROID","Related to, or resembling, the hydra; of or pertaining to theHydroidea.-- n."
"HYDROIDEA","An extensive order of Hydrozoa or Acaleph\u00e6. [Written alsoHydroida.]"
"HYDROKINETIC","Of or pertaining to the motions of fluids, or the forces whichproduce or affect such motions; -- opposed to hydrostatic. Sir W.Thomson."
"HYDROLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to hydrology."
"HYDROLOGIST","One skilled in hydrology."
"HYDROLOGY","The science of water, its properties, phenomena, anddistribution over the earth's surface."
"HYDROLYSIS","A chemical process involving the addition of the elements ofwater."
"HYDROLYTIC","Tending to remove or separate water; eliminating water.Hydrolytic agents, such as sulphuric acid or caustic alkali. Encyc.Brit.Hydrolitic ferment (Physiol. Chem.), a ferment, enzyme, or chemicalferment, which acts only in the presence of water, and which causesthe substance acted upon to take up a molecule of water. Thus,diastase of malt, ptyalin of saliva, and boiling dilute sulphuricacid all convert starch by hydration into dextrin and sugar. Nearlyall of the digestive ferments are hydrolytic in their action."
"HYDROMAGNESITE","A hydrous carbonate of magnesia occurring in white, early,amorphous masses."
"HYDROMANCY","Divination by means of water, -- practiced by the ancients."
"HYDROMANTIC","Of or pertaining to divination by water."
"HYDROMECHANICS","That branch of physics which treats of the mechanics ofliquids, or of their laws of equilibrium and of motion."
"HYDROMEDUSA","Any medusa or jellyfish which is produced by budding from ahydroid. They are called also Craspedota, and naked-eyed medus\u00e6."
"HYDROMEL","A liquor consisting of honey diluted in water, and afterfermentation called mead."
"HYDROMELLONIC","See Cyamellone."
"HYDROMETALLURGICAL","Of or pertaining to hydrometallurgy; involving the use ofliquid reagents in the treatment or reduction of ores.-- Hy`dro*met`al*lur'gic*al*ly, adv."
"HYDROMETALLURGY","The art or process of assaying or reducing ores by means ofliquid reagents."
"HYDROMETEOR","A meteor or atmospheric phenomenon dependent upon the vapor ofwater; -- in the pl., a general term for the whole aqueous phenomenaof the atmosphere, as rain, snow, hail, etc. Nichol."
"HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to hydrometeorology, or to rain, clouds,storms, etc."
"HYDROMETEOROLOGY","That branch of meteorology which relates to, or treats of,water in the atmosphere, or its phenomena, as rain, clouds, snow,hail, storms, etc."
"HYDROMETER","An instrument for determining the specific gravities ofliquids, and thence the strength spirituous liquors, salinesolutions, etc."
"HYDROMETROGRAPH","An instrument for determining and recording the quantity ofwater discharged from a pipe, orifice, etc., in a given time."
"HYDROMICA","A variety of potash mica containing water. It is less elasticthan ordinary muscovite. Hydromica schist (Min.), a mica schistcharacterized by the presence of hydromica. It often has a silkyluster and almost soapy feel."
"HYDRONEPHROSIS","An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney,occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages."
"HYDROPATH","A hydropathist."
"HYDROPATHIST","One who practices hydropathy; a water-cure doctor."
"HYDROPATHY","The water cure; a mode of treating diseases by the copious andfrequent use of pure water, both internally and externally."
"HYDROPERITONEUM","Same as Ascites."
"HYDROPHANE","A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent ortransparent on immersion in water."
"HYDROPHANOUS","Made transparent by immersion in water."
"HYDROPHID","Any sea snake of the genus Hydrophys and allied genera. Thesesnakes are venomous, live upon fishes, and have a flattened tail forswimming."
"HYDROPHLORONE","A white, crystalline benzene derivative, C8H10O2, obtained bythe reduction of phlorone."
"HYDROPHOBIC","Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by rabies;as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison."
"HYDROPHOBY","See Hydrophobia."
"HYDROPHORA","The Hydroidea."
"HYDROPHORE","An instrument used for the purpose of obtaining specimens ofwater from any desired depth, as in a river, a lake, or the ocean."
"HYDROPHYLLIUM","One of the flat, leaflike, protective zooids, covering otherzooids of certain Siphonophora."
"HYDROPHYTE","An aquatic plant; an alga."
"HYDROPHYTOLOGY","The branch of botany which treats of water plants."
"HYDROPICALLY","In a hydropical manner."
"HYDROPIPER","A species (Polygonum Hydropiper) of knotweed with acridfoliage; water pepper; smartweed."
"HYDROPLANE","Of a boat, to plane (see Plane, below)."
"HYDROPNEUMATIC","Pertaining to, or depending upon, both liquid and gaseoussubstances; as, hydropneumatic apparatus for collecting gases overwater or other liquids."
"HYDROPNEUMATIC GUN CARRIAGE","A disappearing gun carriage in which the recoil is checked bycylinders containing liquid and air, the air when compressedfurnishing the power for restoring the gun to the firing position. Itis used with some English and European heavy guns."
"HYDROPSY","Same as Dropsy."
"HYDROPULT","A machine for throwing water by hand power, as a garden engine,a fire extinguisher, etc."
"HYDROQUINONE","A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, obtained by thereduction of quinone. It is a diacid phenol, resembling, andmetameric with, pyrocatechin and resorcin. Called also dihydroxybenzene."
"HYDRORHIZA","The rootstock or decumbent stem by which a hydroid is attachedto other objects. See Illust. under Hydroidea."
"HYDROSCOPE","All the zooids of a hydroid colony collectively, including thenutritive and reproductive zooids, and often other kinds."
"HYDROSORBIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from sorbicacid when this takes up hydrogen; as, hydrosorbic acid."
"HYDROSPHERE","The aqueous vapor of the entire atmosphere."
"HYDROSTAT","A contrivance or apparatus to prevent the explosion of steamboilers."
"HYDROSTATICALLY","According to hydrostatics, or to hydrostatic principles.Bentley."
"HYDROSTATICIAN","One who is versed or skilled in hydrostatics. [R.]"
"HYDROSTATICS","The branch of science which relates to the pressure andequilibrium of nonelastic fluids, as water, mercury, etc.; theprinciples of statics applied to water and other liquids."
"HYDROSULPHATE","Same as Hydrosulphurent."
"HYDROSULPHIDE","One of a series of compounds, derived from hydrogen sulphide bythe replacement of half its hydrogen by a base or basic radical; as,potassium hydrosulphide, KSH. The hydrosulphides are analogous to thehydrates and include the mercaptans."
"HYDROSULPHITE","A saline compound of hydrosulphurous acid and a base. [R.]"
"HYDROSULPHURET","A hydrosulphide. [Archaic]"
"HYDROSULPHURETED","Combined with hydrogen sulphide."
"HYDROSULPHURIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, hydrogen and sulphur; as,hydrosulphuricacid, a designation applied to the solution of hydrogensulphide in water."
"HYDROSULPHUROUS","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by thereduction of sulphurous acid. See Hyposulphurous acid, underHyposulphurous."
"HYDROTELLURATE","A salt formed by the union of hydrotelluric acid and the base."
"HYDROTELLURIC","Formed by hydrogen and tellurium; as, hydrotelluric acid, orhydrogen telluride."
"HYDROTHECA","One of the calicles which, in some Hydroidea (Thecaphora),protect the hydrants. See Illust. of Hydroidea, and Campanularian."
"HYDROTHERAPEUTICS","A system of treating disease by baths and mineral waters."
"HYDROTHERAPY","See Hydropathy."
"HYDROTHERMAL","Of or pertaining to hot water; -- used esp. with reference tothe action of heated waters in dissolving, redepositing, andotherwise producing mineral changes within the crust of the globe."
"HYDROTHORAX","An accumulation of serous fluid in the cavity of the chest."
"HYDROTIC","Causing a discharge of water or phlegm.-- n. (Med.)"
"HYDROTICAL","Hydrotic."
"HYDROTROPE","A device for raising water by the direct action of steam; apulsometer."
"HYDROTROPIC","Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots."
"HYDROTROPISM","A tendency towards moisture."
"HYDROUS","Containing water of hydration or crystallization."
"HYDROXANTHANE","A persulphocyanate. [Obs.]"
"HYDROXANTHIC","Persulphocyanic."
"HYDROXIDE","A hydrate; a substance containing hydrogen and oxygen, made bycombining water with an oxide, and yielding water by elimination. Thehydroxides are regarded as compounds of hydroxyl, united usually withbasic element or radical; as, calcium hydroxide ethyl hydroxide."
"HYDROXY-","A combining form, also used adjectively, indicating hydroxyl asan ingredient. Hydroxy acid (Chem.), an organic acid, having (besidesthe hydroxyl group of the carboxyl radical) an alcoholic hydroxylgroup, and thus having the qualities of an alcohol in addition to itsacid properties; as, lactic and tartaric acids are hydroxy acids."
"HYDROXYL","A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of oneatom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part ofthe hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc."
"HYDROXYLAMINE","A nitrogenous, organic base, NH2.OH, resembling ammonia, andproduced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is usuallyobtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water. It acts as astrong reducing agent."
"HYDROZOA","The Acaleph\u00e6; one of the classes of coelenterates, includingthe Hydroidea, Discophora, and Siphonophora."
"HYDROZOAL","Of or pertaining to the Hydrozoa."
"HYDRURET","A binary compound of hydrogen; a hydride. [Obs.]"
"HYDRUS","A constellation of the southern hemisphere, near the southpole."
"HYE","See Hie. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HYEMAL","Belonging to winter; done in winter. Sir T. Browne."
"HYEMATE","To pass the winter. [Obs. & R.]"
"HYEN","A hyena. [Obs.] Shak."
"HYENA","Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hy\u00e6nid\u00e6, of which threeliving species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly.They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits.[Written also hy\u00e6na.]"
"HYETAL","Of or pertaining to rain; descriptive of the distribution ofrain, or of rainy regions."
"HYETOGRAPH","A chart or graphic representation of the average distributionof rain over the surface of the earth."
"HYETOGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to to hyetography."
"HYETOGRAPHY","The branch of physical science which treats of the geographicaldistribution of rain."
"HYETOLOGY","The science which treats of the precipitation of rain, snow,etc. -- Hy`e*to*log'ic*al, a."
"HYGEIA","The goddess of health, daughter of Esculapius."
"HYGEIAN","Relating to Hygeia, the goddess of health; of or pertaining tohealth, or its preservation."
"HYGEIST","One skilled in hygiena; a hygienist."
"HYGIEIST","A hygienist."
"HYGIENE","That department of sanitary science which treats of thepreservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a systemof principles or rules designated for the promotion of health."
"HYGIENIC","Of or pertaining to health or hygiene; sanitary."
"HYGIENICS","The science of health; hygiene."
"HYGIENISM","Hygiene."
"HYGIENIST","One versed in hygiene."
"HYGIOLOGY","A treatise on, or the science of, the preservation of health.[R.]"
"HYGRINE","An alkaloid associated with cocaine in coca leaves(Erythroxylon coca), and extracted as a thick, yellow oil, having apungent taste and odor."
"HYGRODEIK","A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, withan adjustable index showing directly the percentage of moisture inthe air, etc."
"HYGROGRAPH","An instrument for recording automatically the variations of thehumidity of the atmosphere."
"HYGROLOGY","The science which treats of the fluids of the body."
"HYGROMETER","An instrument for measuring the degree of moisture of theatmosphere. Daniell's hygrometer, a form of hygrometer consisting ofa bent glass tube terminating in two bulbs, the one covered withmuslin, the other of black glass, and containing ether and athermometer. Ether being poured on the muslin, the black ball, cooledby the evaporation of the ether within, is soon covered with dew; atthis moment, the inclosed thermometer gives the dew-point, and this,compared with the reading of one in the air, determines the humidity."
"HYGROMETRY","That branch of physics which relates to the determination ofthe humidity of bodies, particularly of the atmosphere, with thetheory and use of the instruments constructed for this purpose."
"HYGROPHANOUS","Having such a structure as to be diaphanous when moist, andopaque when dry."
"HYGROPHTHALMIC","Serving to moisten the eye; -- sometimes applied to thelachrymal ducts."
"HYGROPLASM","The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition tostereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion. The latter is supposedto be partly nutritive and partly composed of idioplasm."
"HYGROSCOPE","An instrument which shows whether there is more or lessmoisture in the atmosphere, without indicating its amount."
"HYGROSCOPICITY","The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing ordischarging moisture according to circumstances."
"HYGROSTATICS","The science or art of comparing or measuring degrees ofmoisture. Evelyn."
"HYKE","See Haik, and Huke."
"HYKSOS","A dynasty of Egyptian kings, often called the Shepherd kings,of foreign origin, who, according to the narrative of Manetho, ruledfor about 500 years, forming the XVth and XVIth dynasties. It is nowconsidered that the XVIth is merely a double of the XVth dynasty, andthat the total period of the six Hyksos kings was little more than100 years. It is supposed that they were Asiatic Semites."
"HYLARCHICAL","Presiding over matter. [Obs.] Hallywell."
"HYLEOSAUR","Same as Hyl\u00e6osaur."
"HYLIC","Of or pertaining to matter; material; corporeal; as, hylicinfluences."
"HYLICIST","A philosopher who treats chiefly of matter; one who adopts orteaches hylism."
"HYLISM","A theory which regards matter as the original principle ofevil."
"HYLOBATE","Any species of the genus Hylobates; a gibbon, or long-armedape. See Gibbon."
"HYLODES","The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog,which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, singswith high, shrill, but musical, notes."
"HYLOISM","Same as Hylotheism."
"HYLOIST","Same as Hylotheist."
"HYLOPATHISM","The doctrine that matter is sentient. Krauth-Fleming."
"HYLOPATHIST","One who believes in hylopathism."
"HYLOPHAGOUS","Eating green shoots, as certain insects do."
"HYLOTHEISM","The doctrine of belief that matter is God, or that there is noGod except matter and the universe; pantheism. See Materialism."
"HYLOTHEIST","One who believes in hylotheism."
"HYLOZOIC","Of or pertaining to hylozoism."
"HYLOZOISM","The doctrine that matter possesses a species of life andsensation, or that matter and life are inseparable. [R.] Cudworth."
"HYLOZOIST","A believer in hylozoism. A. Tucker."
"HYMAR","The wild ass of Persia."
"HYMEN","A fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of thevagina; the vaginal membrane."
"HYMENIUM","The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on thegills of a mushroom."
"HYMENOGENY","The production of artificial membranes by contact of twofluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the latter aresurrounded by a thin film of the former."
"HYMENOMYCETES","One of the great divisions of fungi, containing those speciesin which the hymenium is completely exposed. M. J. Berkley."
"HYMENOPHORE","That part of a fungus which is covered with the hymenium."
"HYMENOPTER","One of the Hymenoptera."
"HYMENOPTERA","An extensive order of insects, including the bees, ants,ichneumons, sawflies, etc."
"HYMENOPTERAN","One of the Hymenoptera."
"HYMN","An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religiousode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended to beused in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns.Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. iii. 16.Where angels first should practice hymns, and string Their tunefulharps. Dryden.Hymn book, a book containing a collection of hymns, as for use inchurches; a hymnal."
"HYMNAL","A collection of hymns; a hymn book."
"HYMNIC","Relating to hymns, or sacred lyrics. Donne."
"HYMNING","Praising with hymns; singing. 'The hymning choir.' G. West."
"HYMNIST","A writer of hymns."
"HYMNODY","Hymns, considered collectively; hymnology."
"HYMNOGRAPHY","The art or act of composing hymns."
"HYMNOLOGIST","A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology.Busby."
"HYMPNE","A hymn. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HYNDRESTE","See Hinderest. [Obs.]"
"HYNE","A servant. See Hine. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"HYO-","A prexif used in anatomy, and generally denoting connectionwith the hyoid bone or arch; as, hyoglossal, hyomandibular,hyomental, etc."
"HYOGANOIDEI","A division of ganoid fishes, including the gar pikes andbowfins.-- Hy`o*ga'noid, a."
"HYOGLOSSUS","A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it withthe hyoid bone."
"HYOID","Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch whichsupports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself. Hyoidarch (Anat.), the arch of cartilaginous or bony segments, whichconnects the base of the tongue with either side of the skull.-- Hyoid bone (Anat.), the bone in the base of the tongue, themiddle part of the hyoid arch."
"HYOMANDIBULAR","Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lowerjaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoidarch which connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes.-- n."
"HYOMENTAL","Between the hyoid bone and the lower jaw, pertaining to them;suprahyoid; submaxillary; as, the hyomental region of the front ofthe neck."
"HYOPASTRON","The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- calledalso hyosternum."
"HYOSCINE","An alkaloid found with hyoscyamine (with which it is alsoisomeric) in henbane, and extracted as a white, amorphous, semisolidsubstance."
"HYOSCYAMINE","An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regardedas its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in thethorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a whitecrystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine isisomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicinefor neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine,etc."
"HYOSCYAMUS","A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family; henbane."
"HYOSTERNUM","See Hyoplastron."
"HYOSTYLIC","Having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or upperpart of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly articulatedwith the skull as in mammals; -- said of the skull."
"HYP","An abbreviation of hypochonaria; -- usually in plural.[Colloq.]Heaven send thou hast not got the hyps. Swift."
"HYPALLAGE","A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from theirproper subjects to other. Thus Virgil says, 'dare classibus austros,'to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris,to give the fleets to the winds.The hypallage, of which Virgil is fonder than any other writer, ismuch the gravest fault in language. Landor."
"HYPALLELOMORPH","See Allelomorph."
"HYPANTHIUM","A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlargedbelow the calyx, as in the alycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear."
"HYPAPOPHYSIS","A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from theventral side of the centrum, as h\u00e6mal spines, and chevron bones.-- Hy`pa*po*phys'i*al, a."
"HYPARTERIAL","Situated below an artery; applied esp. to the branches of thebronchi given off below the point where the pulmonary artery crossesthe bronchus."
"HYPASPIST","A shield-bearer or armor-bearer. Mitford."
"HYPAXIAL","Beneath the axis of the skeleton; subvertebral; hyposkeletal."
"HYPE","Intense publicity for a future event, performed in a showy orexcessively dramatic manner suggesting an importance not justified bythe event; as, the hype surrounding the superbowl is usuallyludicrous.[PJC]"
"HYPER-","A prefix equivalent to super- or per-; as hyperoxide, orperoxide. [Obs.] See Per-."
"HYPERAEMIA","A superabundance or congestion of blood in an organ or part ofthe body. Active hyper\u00e6mia, cognestion d%ue to increased flow ofblood to a part.-- Passive hyper\u00e6mia, interchange due to obstruction in the returnof blood from a part.-- Hy`per*\u00e6'mic, a."
"HYPERAESTHESIA","A state of exalted or morbidly increased sensibility of thebody, or of a part of it.-- Hy`per*\u00e6s*thet'ic, a."
"HYPERAPOPHYSIS","A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side ofa vertebra.-- Hy`per*ap`o*phys'i*al, a."
"HYPERASPIST","One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender. [Obs.]Chillingworth."
"HYPERBATIC","Of or pertaining to an hyperbaton; transposed; inverted."
"HYPERBATON","A figurative construction, changing or inverting the naturalorder of words or clauses; as, 'echoed the hills' for 'the hillsechoed.'With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text. Milton."
"HYPERBOLA","A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting planemakes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes.It is a plane curve such that the difference of the distances fromany point of it to two fixed points, called foci, is equal to a givendistance. See Focus. If the cutting plane be produced so as to cutthe opposite cone, another curve will be formed, which is also anhyperbola. Both curves are regarded as branches of the samehyperbola. See Illust. of Conic section, and Focus."
"HYPERBOLE","A figure of speech in which the expression is an evidentexaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by whichthings are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, thanthey really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, throughexcitement, or for effect.Our common forms of compliment are almost all of them extravaganthyperboles. Blair.Somebody has said of the boldest figure in rhetoric, the hyperbole,that it lies without deceiving. Macaulay."
"HYPERBOLICALLY","In the form of an hyperbola."
"HYPERBOLIFORM","Having the form, or nearly the form, of an hyperbola."
"HYPERBOLISM","The use of hyperbole. Jefferson."
"HYPERBOLIST","One who uses hyperboles."
"HYPERBOLIZE","To speak or write with exaggeration. Bp. Montagu."
"HYPERBOLOID","A surface of the second order, which is cut by certain planesin hyperbolas; also, the solid, bounded in part by such a surface.Hyperboloid of revolution, an hyperboloid described by an hyperbolarevolving about one of its axes. The surface has two separate sheetswhen the axis of revolution is the transverse axis, but only one whenthe axis of revolution is the conjugate axis of the hyperbola."
"HYPERBOREAN","Of or pertaining to the region beyond the North wind, or to itsinhabitants."
"HYPERCARBURETED","Having an excessive proportion of carbonic acid; -- said ofbicarbonates or acid carbonates. [Written also hypercarburetted.]"
"HYPERCATALECTIC","Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalecticverse."
"HYPERCHLORIC","See Perchloric."
"HYPERCHROMATISM","The condition of having an unusual intensity of color."
"HYPERCRITIC","One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic;a captious censor. 'Hypercritics in English poetry.' Dryden."
"HYPERCRITICALLY","In a hypercritical manner."
"HYPERCRITICISE","To criticise with unjust severity; to criticise captiously."
"HYPERCRITICISM","Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism;zoilism."
"HYPERDICROTIC","Excessive dicrotic; as, a hyperdicrotic pulse."
"HYPERDICROTISM","A hyperdicrotic condition."
"HYPERDICROTOUS","Hyperdicrotic."
"HYPERDULIA","Veneration or worship given to the Virgin Mary as the mostexalted of mere creatures; higher veneration than dulia. Addis &Arnold."
"HYPERDULY","Hyperdulia. [Obs.]"
"HYPERESTHESIA","Same as Hyper\u00e6sthesia."
"HYPERICUM","A genus of plants, generally with dotted leaves and yellowflowers; -- called also St. John's-wort."
"HYPERINOSIS","A condition of the blood, characterized by an abnormally largeamount of fibrin, as in many inflammatory diseases."
"HYPERION","The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified withApollo, and distinguished for his beauty.So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr. Shak."
"HYPERKINESIS","Abnormally increased muscular movement; spasm."
"HYPERKINETIC","Of or pertaining to hyperkinesis."
"HYPERMETAMORPHOSIS","A kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in which the larvaitself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during itsgrowth."
"HYPERMETER","A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; ahypercatalectic verse."
"HYPERMETRICAL","Having a redundant syllable; exceeding the common measure.Hypermetrical verse (Gr. & Lat. Pros.), a verse which contains asyllable more than the ordinary measure."
"HYPERMYRIORAMA","A show or exhibition having a great number of scenes or views."
"HYPERNOEA","Abnormal breathing, due to slightly deficient arterializationof the blood; -- in distinction from eupnoea. See Eupnoea, andDispnoea."
"HYPEROARTIA","An order of marsipobranchs including the lampreys. Thesuckerlike moth contains numerous teeth; the nasal opening is in themiddle of the head above, but it does not connect with the mouth. SeeCyclostoma, and Lamprey."
"HYPEROPIA","Hypermetropia.-- Hy`per*op'tic, a."
"HYPERORGANIC","Higher than, or beyond the sphere of, the organic. Sir W.Hamilton."
"HYPERORTHODOXY","Orthodoxy pushed to excess."
"HYPEROTRETA","An order of marsipobranchs, including the Myxine or hagfish andthe genus Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the mouth, one toothon the plate, and a communication between tionnasal aperture and thethroat. See Hagfish. [Written also Hyperotreti.]"
"HYPEROXIDE","A compound having a relatively large percentage of oxygen; aperoxide. [Obs.]"
"HYPEROXYMURIATE","A perchlorate. [Obs.]"
"HYPEROXYMURIATIC","Perchloric; as, hyperoxymuriatic acid. [Obs.]"
"HYPERPHYSICAL","Above or transcending physical laws; supernatural.Those who do not fly to some hyperphysical hypothesis. Sir W.Hamilton."
"HYPERPLASIA","An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements ofany part."
"HYPERPLASTIC","Tending to excess of formative action."
"HYPERPYREXIA","A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature ina disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease."
"HYPERSECRETION","Morbid or excessive secretion, as in catarrh."
"HYPERSENSIBILITY","See Hyper\u00e6sthesia."
"HYPERSPACE","An imagined space having more than three dimensions."
"HYPERSTHENE","An orthorhombic mineral of the pyroxene group, of a grayish orgreenish black color, often with a peculiar bronzelike luster(schiller) on the cleavage surface."
"HYPERSTHENIC","Composed of, or containing, hypersthene."
"HYPERTHETICAL","Exaggerated; excessive; hyperbolical. [Obs.]Hyperthetical or superlative . . . expression. Chapman."
"HYPERTHYRION","That part of the architrave which is over a door or window."
"HYPERTROPHIED","Excessively developed; characterized by hypertrophy."
"HYPERTROPHY","A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organor part; -- the opposite of atrophy."
"HYPHAE","The long, branching filaments of which the mycelium (and thegreater part of the plant) of a fungus is formed. They are also foundenveloping the gonidia of lichens, making up a large part of theirstructure."
"HYPHEN","A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a linewhich terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which iscarried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compoundword; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used toseparate the syllables of words."
"HYPHENATED","United by hyphens; hyphened; as, a hyphenated or hyphened word."
"HYPHOMYCETES","One of the great division of fungi, containing those specieswhich have naked spores borne on free or only fasciculate threads. M.J. Berkley."
"HYPIDIOMORPHIC","Partly idiomorphic; -- said of rock a portion only of whoseconstituents have a distinct crystalline form.-- Hy*pid`i*o*mor'phic*al*ly, adv."
"HYPINOSIS","A diminution in the normal amount of fibrin present in theblood."
"HYPNAGOGIC","Leading to sleep; -- applied to the illusions of one who ishalf asleep."
"HYPNOBATE","A somnambulist. [R.]"
"HYPNOCYST","A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily inclosethemselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period ofdrought or deficiency of food. In some instances, a process of sporeformation seems to occur within such cysts."
"HYPNOGENIC","Relating to the production of hypnotic sleep; as, the so-calledhypnogenic pressure points, pressure upon which is said to cause anattack of hypnotic sleep. De Watteville."
"HYPNOLOGIST","One who is versed in hypnology."
"HYPNOLOGY","A treatise on sleep; the doctrine of sleep."
"HYPNOSCOPE","An instrument for ascertaining the susceptibility of a personto hypnotic influences."
"HYPNOSIS","Supervention of sleep."
"HYPNOTISM","A form of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial means,in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and anunusual activity of others. It is induced by an action upon thenerves, through the medium of the senses, as in persons of veryfeeble organization, by gazing steadly at a very bright object heldbefore the eyes, or by pressure upon certain points of the surface ofthe body."
"HYPNOTIZATION","The act or process of producing hypnotism."
"HYPNOTIZE","To induce hypnotism in; to place in a state of hypnotism."
"HYPNOTIZER","One who hypnotizes."
"HYPNUM","The largest genus of true mosses; feather moss."
"HYPO","Hypochondria. [Colloq.]"
"HYPO-","A prefix denoting that the element to the name of which it isprefixed enters with a low valence, or in a low state of oxidization,usually the lowest, into the compounds indicated; as, hyposulphurousacid."
"HYPOARIAN","Of or pertaining to a hypoarion."
"HYPOARION","An oval lobe beneath each of the optic lobes in many fishes;one of the inferior lobes. Owen."
"HYPOBLAST","The inner or lower layer of the blastoderm; -- called alsoendoderm, entoderm, and sometimes hypoderm. See Illust. ofBlastoderm, Delamination, and Ectoderm."
"HYPOBLASTIC","Relating to, or connected with, the hypoblast; as, the hypoicsac."
"HYPOBOLE","A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem tomake against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, each ofthem being refuted in order."
"HYPOBRANCHIAL","Pertaining to the segment between the basibranchial and theceratobranchial in a branchial arch.-- n."
"HYPOCARPOGEAN","Producing fruit below the ground."
"HYPOCAUST","A furnace, esp. one connected with a series of small chambersand flues of tiles or other masonry through which the heat of a firewas distributed to rooms above. This contrivance, first used in bath,was afterwards adopted in private houses."
"HYPOCHLORITE","A salt of hypochlorous acid; as, a calcium hypochloride."
"HYPOCHLOROUS","Pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine having a valence lowerthan in chlorous compounds. Hypochlorous acid (Chem.), an acidderived from chlorine, not known in a pure state, but forming varioussalts, called hypochlorites."
"HYPOCHONDRES","The hypochondriac regions. See Hypochondrium."
"HYPOCHONDRIA","Hypochondriasis; melancholy; the blues."
"HYPOCHONDRIAC","A person affected with hypochondriasis.He had become an incurable hypochondriac. Macaulay."
"HYPOCHONDRIACAL","Same as Hypochondriac, 2.-- Hy`po*chon'dri*a*cal*ly, adv."
"HYPOCHONDRIACISM","Hypochondriasis. [R.]"
"HYPOCHONDRIASIS","A mental disorder in which melancholy and gloomy views tormentthe affected person, particularly concerning his own health."
"HYPOCHONDRIASM","Hypochondriasis. [R.]"
"HYPOCHONDRIUM","Either of the hypochondriac regions."
"HYPOCHONDRY","Hypochondriasis."
"HYPOCIST","An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of aplant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, asmall European shrub."
"HYPOCLEIDIUM","A median process on the furculum, or merrythought, of manybirds, where it is connected with the sternum."
"HYPOCORISTIC","Endearing; diminutive; as, the hypocoristic form of a name.The hypocoristic or pet form of William. Dr. Murray."
"HYPOCRATERIFORM","hypocraterimorphous; salver-shaped. Wood."
"HYPOCRATERIMORPHOUS","Salver-shaped; having a slender tube, expanding suddenly aboveinto a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the blossom of thephlox and the lilac."
"HYPOCRISY","The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what oneis not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or aconcealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives;especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion; asimulation of goodness.Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy. Rambler.Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. La Rochefoucauld (Trans.)."
"HYPOCRITE","One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose ofwinning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one whofeigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtueor piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job viii. 13.I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his heart. Shak."
"HYPOCRITELY","Hypocritically. [R.] Sylvester."
"HYPOCRITIC","See Hypocritical. Swift."
"HYPOCRITICAL","Of or pertaining to a hypocrite, or to hypocrisy; as, ahypocriticalperson; a hypocritical look; a hypocritical action.Hypocritical professions of friendship and of pacific intentions werenot spared. Macaulay.-- Hyp`o*crit'ic*al*ly, adv."
"HYPOCRYSTALLINE","Partly crystalline; -- said of rock which consists of crystalsimbedded in a glassy ground mass."
"HYPOCYCLOID","A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circlewhich rolls on the concave side in the fixed circle. Cf. Epicycloid,and Trochoid."
"HYPODACTYLUM","The under side of the toes."
"HYPODERM","Same as Hypoblast."
"HYPODERMA","A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, andperforming the physiological function of strengthening the epidermaltissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma."
"HYPODERMATIC","Hypodermic.-- Hyp`o*der*mat'ic*al*ly, adv."
"HYPODERMIC","Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin. Hypodermicmedication, the application of remedies under the epidermis, usuallyby means of a small syringe, called the hypodermic syringe.-- Hyp`o*der'mic*al*ly, adv."
"HYPODERMIS","Same as Hypoblast."
"HYPOGAEIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, the peanut, or earthnut(Arachis hypog\u00e6a). Hypog\u00e6ic acid (Chem.), an acid in the oil of theearthnut, in which it exists as a glyceride, and from which it isextracted as a white, crystalline substance."
"HYPOGASTRIC","Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium or the hypogastric region.Hypogastric region. (a) The lower part of the abdomen. (b) Anarbitrary division of the abdomen below the umbilical and between thetwo iliac regions."
"HYPOGASTRIUM","The lower part of the abdomen."
"HYPOGEAN","Hypogeous. [Written also hypog\u00e6an.]"
"HYPOGENE","Formed or crystallized at depths the earth's surface; -- saidof granite, gneiss, and other rocks, whose crystallization isbelieved of have taken place beneath a great thickness of overlyingrocks. Opposed to epigene."
"HYPOGEOUS","Growing under ground; remaining under ground; ripening itsfruit under ground. [Written also hypog\u00e6ous.]"
"HYPOGEUM","The subterraneous portion of a building, as in amphitheaters,for the service of the games; also, subterranean galleries, as thecatacombs."
"HYPOGLOSSAL","Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates,to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributedto the base of the tongue.-- n."
"HYPOGNATOUS","Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as inthe skimmer."
"HYPOGYN","An hypogynous plant."
"HYPOGYNOUS","Inserted below the pistil or pistils; -- said of sepals,petals, and stamens; having the sepals, petals, and stamens insertedbelow the pistil; -- said of a flower or a plant. Gray."
"HYPOHYAL","Pertaining to one or more small elements in the hyoidean archof fishes, between the caratohyal and urohyal.-- n."
"HYPONASTIC","Exhibiting a downward convexity caused by unequal growth. Cf.Epinastic."
"HYPONASTY","Downward convexity, or convexity of the inferior surface."
"HYPONITRITE","A salt of hyponitrous acid."
"HYPONITROUS","Containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence thanin nitrous compounds. Hyponitrous acid (Chem.), an unstable nitrogenacid, NOH, whose salts are produced by reduction of the nitrates,although the acid itself is not isolated in the free state except asa solution in water; -- called also nitrosylic acid."
"HYPOPHARYNX","An appendage or fold on the lower side of the pharynx, incertain insects."
"HYPOPHOSPHATE","A salt of hypophosphoric acid."
"HYPOPHOSPHITE","A salt of hypophosphorous acid."
"HYPOPHOSPHORIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing, phosphorus in alower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as,hypophosphoric acid. Hypophosphoric acid (Chem.), an acid, P2H4O6,produced by the slow oxidation of moist phosphorus, and isolated onlyas a solution in water. It is regarded as a condensation product ofone molecule of phosphoric acid with one of phosphorous acid, bypartial dehydration."
"HYPOPHOSPHOROUS","Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state ofoxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphorous acid.Hypophosphorous acid (Chem.) , an acid, H3PO2, whose salts areproduced by the action of barium hygrate on phosphorus. It may beobtained from its water solution, by exaporation and freezing, as awhite crystalline substance. It is a powerful reducing agent."
"HYPOPHYLLOUS","Being or growing on the under side of a leaf, as the fruit dotsof ferns."
"HYPOPHYSIAL","Of or pertaining to the hypophysis; pituitary."
"HYPOPHYSIS","See Pituitary body, under Pituitary."
"HYPOPLASTRON","The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- calledalso hyposternum."
"HYPOPTILUM","An accessory plume arising from the posterior side of the stemof the contour feathers of many birds; -- called also aftershaft. SeeIllust. of Feather."
"HYPORADIUS","One of the barbs of the hypoptilum, or aftershaft of a feather.See Feather."
"HYPORHACHIS","The stem of an aftershaft or hypoptilum. [Written alsohyporachis.]"
"HYPOSKELETAL","Beneath the endoskeleton; hypaxial; as, the hyposkeletalmuscles; -- opposed to episkeletal."
"HYPOSPADIAS","A deformity of the penis, in which the urethra opens upon itsunder surface."
"HYPOSTASIS","Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality; -- usedby the early theologians to denote any one of the three subdivisionsof the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit."
"HYPOSTASIZE","To make into a distinct substance; to conceive or treat as anexisting being; to hypostatize. [R.]The pressed Newtonians . . . refused to hypostasize the law ofgravitation into an ether. Coleridge."
"HYPOSTATICALLY","In a hypostatic manner."
"HYPOSTERNUM","See Hypoplastron."
"HYPOSTYLE","Resting upon columns; constructed by means of columns; --especially applied to the great hall at Karnak."
"HYPOSULPHATE","A salt of hyposulphuric acid."
"HYPOSULPHURIC","Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur in a lower state ofoxidation than in the sulphuric compounds; as, hyposulphuric acid.Hyposulphuric acid, an acid, H2S2O6, obtained by the action ofmanganese dioxide on sulphur dioxide, and known only in a waterysolution and in its salts; -- called also dithionic acid. SeeDithionic."
"HYPOSULPHUROUS","Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur, all, or a part, in a lowstate of oxidation. Hyposulphurous acid. (a) Thiosulphuric acid.[Obs.] (b) An acid, H2SO2, obtained by the reduction of sulphurousacid. It is not obtained in the free state, but in an orange-yellowwater solution, which is a strong reducing and bleaching agent.Called also hydrosulphurous acid."
"HYPOTARSUS","A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of manybirds; the calcaneal process.-- Hy`po*tar'sal, a."
"HYPOTHEC","A landlord's right, independently of stipulation, over thestocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, assecurity for payment of rent."
"HYPOTHECA","An obligation by which property of a debtor was made over tohis creditor in security of his debt."
"HYPOTHECATE","To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagementwithout delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledgewithout delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or otherpersonal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation,Bottomry.He had found the treasury empty and the pay of the navy in arrear. Hehad no power to hypothecate any part of the public revenue. Those wholent him money lent it on no security but his bare word. Macaulay."
"HYPOTHECATION","The act or contract by which property is hypothecated; a rightwhich a creditor has in or to the property of his debtor, in virtueof which he may cause it to be sold and the price appropriated inpayment of his debt. This is a right in the thing, or jus in re.Pothier. B. R. Curtis.There are but few cases, if any, in our law, where an hypothecation,in the strict sense of the Roman law, exists; that is a pledgewithout possession by the pledgee. Story."
"HYPOTHECATOR","One who hypothecates or pledges anything as security for therepayment of money borrowed."
"HYPOTHENAR","The hypothenar eminence."
"HYPOTHENUSAL","Of or pertaining to hypothenuse. [R.]"
"HYPOTHENUSE","Same as Hypotenuse."
"HYPOTHESIS","A tentative theory or supposition provisionally adopted toexplain certain facts, and to guide in the investigation of others;hence, frequently called a working hypothesis."
"HYPOTHETIST","One who proposes or supports an hypothesis. [R.]"
"HYPOTRACHELIUM","Same as Gorgerin."
"HYPOTRICHA","A division of ciliated Infusoria in which the cilia cover onlythe under side of the body."
"HYPOTROCHOID","A curve, traced by a point in the radius, or radius produced,of a circle which rolls upon the concave side of a fixed circle. SeeHypocycloid, Epicycloid, and Trochoid."
"HYPOTYPOSIS","A vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events."
"HYPOXANTHIN","A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related toxanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body,but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also sarcin, sarkin."
"HYPOZOIC","Anterior in age to the lowest rocks which contain organicremains. Lyell."
"HYPPISH","Affected with hypochondria; hypped. [Written also hyppish.]"
"HYPPOGRIFF","See Hyppogriff."
"HYPSILOID","Resembling the Greek letter"
"HYPSOMETER","An instrument for measuring heights by observation ofbarometric pressure; esp., one for determining heights byascertaining the boiling point of water. It consists of a vessel forwater, with a lamp for heating it, and an inclosed thermometer forshowing the temperature of ebullition."
"HYPSOMETRY","That branch of the science of geodesy which has to do with themeasurement of heights, either absolutely with reference to the sealevel, or relatively."
"HYPURAL","Under the tail; -- applied to the bones which support thecaudal fin rays in most fishes."
"HYRACOID","Of or pertaining to the Hyracoidea.-- n."
"HYRACOIDEA","An order of small hoofed mammals, comprising the single livinggenus Hyrax."
"HYRAX","Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species areknown. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known speciesare the daman (H. Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (H.capensis) of South Africa. Other species are H. arboreus and H.Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western,Africa. See Daman."
"HYRSE","Millet."
"HYRST","A wood. See Hurst."
"HYSON","A fragrant kind of green tea. Hyson skin, the light andinferior leaves separated from the hyson by a winnowing machine.M'Culloch."
"HYSSOP","A plant (Hyssopus officinalis). The leaves have an aromaticsmell, and a warm, pungent taste."
"HYSTERANTHOUS","Having the leaves expand after the flowers have opened.Henslow."
"HYSTERESIS","A lagging or retardation of the effect, when the forces actingupon a body are changed, as if from velocity or internal friction; atemporary resistance to change from a condition previously invuced,observed in magnetism, thermoelectricity, etc., on reversal ofpolarity."
"HYSTERETIC","Of or pert. to hysteresis. -- Hysteretic constant, thehysteretic loss in ergs per cubic centimeter per cycle."
"HYSTERIA","A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, inwhich the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and thewill power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient losescontrol over the emotions, becomes the victim of imaginarysensations, and often falls into paroxism or fits."
"HYSTERICS","Hysteria."
"HYSTEROEPILEPSY","A disease resembling hysteria in its nature, and characterizedby the occurrence of epileptiform convulsions, which can often becontrolled or excited by pressure on the ovaries, and upon otherdefinite points in the body.-- Hys`ter*o*ep`i*lep'tic, a."
"HYSTEROGENIC","Producing hysteria; as, the hysterogenicpressure points on thesurface of the body, pressure upon which is said both to produce andarrest an attack of hysteria. De Watteville."
"HYSTEROLOGY","A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted inexpression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron."
"HYSTEROPHYTE","A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organicmatter.-- Hys`ter*oph'y*tal, a."
"HYSTEROTOMY","The C\u00e6sarean section. See under C\u00e6sarean."
"HYSTRICINE","Like or pertaining to the porcupines."
"HYSTRICOMORPHOUS","Like, or allied to, the porcupines; -- said of a group(Hystricomorpha) of rodents."
"HYSTRIX","A genus of rodents, including the porcupine."
"HYTHE","A small haven. See Hithe. [Obs.]"
"I","The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; theword with which a speaker or writer denotes himself."
"I O U","A paper having on it these letters, with a sum named, and dulysigned; -- in use in England as an acknowledgment of a debt, andtaken as evidence thereof, but not amounting to a promissory note; adue bill. Wharton. Story."
"I-","See Y-."
"IAMATOLOGY","Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats ofremedies."
"IAMB","An iambus or iambic. [R.]"
"IAMBIC","Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of anunaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot."
"IAMBICAL","Iambic. [Obs. or R.]"
"IAMBICALLY","In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics."
"IAMBIZE","To satirize in iambics; to lampoon. [R.]"
"IAMBUS","A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one,as in \u00e2mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accentedone, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n."
"IANTHINA","Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various speciesare found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, andviolet snail. [Written also janthina.]"
"IATRALIPTIC","Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, theiatraliptic method. [Written also iatroleptic.]"
"IATROCHEMICAL","Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists."
"IATROCHEMIST","A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemicalprinciples; one who practiced iatrochemistry."
"IATROCHEMISTRY","Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especiallywith reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians inFlanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon theproper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and whoendeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemicalprinciples."
"IATROMATHEMATICAL","Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine."
"IATROMATHEMATICIAN","One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics andmathematics to the human body, and hence were eager student ofanatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists."
"IBERIAN","Of or pertaining to Iberia."
"IBEX","One of several species of wild goats having very large,recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called alsosteinbok."
"IBIDEM","In the same place; -- abbreviated ibid. or ib."
"IBIS","Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of thefamily Ibid\u00e6, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerousspecies are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long,curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles."
"IBSENISM","The dramatic practice or purpose characteristic of the writingsof Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian poet and dramatist, whosebest-known plays deal with conventional hypocrisies, the story ineach play thus developing a definite moral problem."
"ICARIAN","Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous inflight."
"ICE PLANT","A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled withpellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native alongthe Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice issaid to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain inmaking glass. Ice-skater = one who skates on ice wearing an iceskate; esp. an athlete who performs athletic or artistic movements ona sheet of ice, wearing ice skates; including speed skater and figureskater"
"ICEBERG","A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean."
"ICEBIRD","An Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar."
"ICEBOUND","Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable ofadvancing; as, an icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringedwith ice so as to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast."
"ICEFALL","A frozen waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a frozenwaterfall. Coleridge."
"ICELAND MOSS","A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arcticregions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jellyand other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as ademulcent."
"ICELAND SPAR","A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtainedin Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because ofits strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite."
"ICELANDER","A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland."
"ICELANDIC","Of or pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, theIcelanders."
"ICEQUAKE","The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses ofice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold."
"ICH","I. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ICHNEUMON","Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and familyViverrid\u00e6. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. TheEgyptian species(H. ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine,is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as wellas various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by theancient Egyptians. The common species of India (H. griseus), known asthe mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It isnoted for killing the cobra."
"ICHNEUMONIDAN","Of or pertaining to the Ichneumonid\u00e6, or ichneumon flies.-- n."
"ICHNEUMONIDES","The ichneumon flies."
"ICHNITE","A fossil footprint; as, the ichnites in the Triassic sandstone.Page."
"ICHNOGRAPHY","A horizontal section of a building or other object, showing itstrue dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map;also, the art of making such plans."
"ICHNOLITE","A fossil footprint; an ichnite."
"ICHNOLITHOLOGY","Same as Ichnology. Hitchcock."
"ICHNOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to ichnology."
"ICHNOLOGY","The branch of science which treats of fossil footprints."
"ICHNOSCOPY","The search for the traces of anything. [R.]"
"ICHOR","An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veinsof the gods."
"ICHORHAEMIA","Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances."
"ICHOROUS","Of or like ichor; thin; watery; serous; sanious."
"ICHTHIDIN","A substance from the egg yolk of osseous fishes."
"ICHTHIN","A nitrogenous substance resembling vitellin, present in the eggyolk of cartilaginous fishes."
"ICHTHULIN","A substance from the yolk of salmon's egg."
"ICHTHUS","In early Christian and eccesiastical art, an emblematic fish,or the Greek word for fish, which combined the initials of the Greekwords"
"ICHTHYIC","Like, or pertaining to, fishes."
"ICHTHYOCOPROLITE","Fossil dung of fishes."
"ICHTHYODORULITE","One of the spiny plates foundon the back and tail of certainskates."
"ICHTHYOGRAPHY","A treatise on fishes."
"ICHTHYOL","An oily substance prepared by the dry distillation of abituminous mineral containing fossil fishes. It is used in medicineas a remedy in some forms of skin diseases."
"ICHTHYOLATRY","Worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols. Layard."
"ICHTHYOLITE","A fossil fish, or fragment of a fish."
"ICHTHYOLOGIST","One versed in, or who studies, ichthyology."
"ICHTHYOLOGY","The natural history of fishes; that branch of zo\u00f6logy whichrelates to fishes, including their structure, classification, andhabits."
"ICHTHYOMANCY","Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes."
"ICHTHYOMORPHA","The Urodela."
"ICHTHYOPHAGIST","One who eats, or subsists on, fish."
"ICHTHYOPHAGOUS","Eating, or subsisting on, fish."
"ICHTHYOPHAGY","The practice of eating, or living upon, fish."
"ICHTHYOPHTHALMITE","See Apophyllite. [R.]"
"ICHTHYOPHTHIRA","A division of copepod crustaceans, including numerous speciesparasitic on fishes."
"ICHTHYOPSIDA","A grand division of the Vertebrata, including the Amphibia andFishes."
"ICHTHYOPTERYGIA","See Ichthyosauria."
"ICHTHYOPTERYGIUM","The typical limb, or lateral fin, of fishes."
"ICHTHYORNIS","An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the AmericanCretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave vertebr\u00e6,and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings were welldeveloped. It is the type of the order Odontotorm\u00e6."
"ICHTHYOSAUR","One of the Ichthyosaura."
"ICHTHYOSAURIA","An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurusand allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not beenfound later than the Cretaceous period."
"ICHTHYOSAURIAN","Of or pertaining to the Ichthyosauria.-- n."
"ICHTHYOSAURUS","An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from theirshort, biconcave vertebr\u00e6, resembling those of fishes. Severalspecies, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known fromthe Liassic, O\u00f6litic, and Cretaceous formations."
"ICHTHYOSIS","A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; --called also fishskin.-- Ich`thy*ot'ic, a."
"ICHTHYOTOMIST","One skilled in ichthyotomy."
"ICHTHYOTOMY","The anatomy or dissection of fishes. [R.]"
"ICHTHYS","Same as Ichthus."
"ICICLE","A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice, formed by freezingof dripping water; as, the icicles on the eaves of a house."
"ICICLED","Having icicles attached."
"ICILY","In an icy manner; coldly.Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, Dead perfection,no more. Tennyson."
"ICINESS","The state or quality of being icy or very cold; frigidity."
"ICING","A coating or covering resembling ice, as of sugar and milk orwhite of egg; frosting."
"ICKLE","An icicle. [Prov. Eng.]"
"ICON","An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.Netherlands whose names and icons are published. Hakewill."
"ICONICAL","Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, orrepresentations of any kind."
"ICONISM","The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance; adelineation or description.Some kind of apish imitations, counterfeit iconisms. Cudworth."
"ICONIZE","To form an image or likeness of. [R.] Cudworth."
"ICONOCLASM","The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking."
"ICONOCLASTIC","Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking.Milman."
"ICONOGRAPH","An engraving or other picture or illustration for a book."
"ICONOGRAPHER","A maker of images. Fairholt."
"ICONOLATER","One who worships images."
"ICONOLATRY","The worship of images as symbols; -- distinguished fromidolatry, the worship of images themselves."
"ICONOLOGY","The discussion or description of portraiture or ofrepresentative images. Cf. Iconography."
"ICONOMACHY","Hostility to images as objects of worship. [R.]"
"ICONOMANIA","A mania or infatuation for icons, whether as objects ofdevotion, bric-a-brac, or curios."
"ICONOMICAL","Opposed to pictures or images as objects of worship. [R.] SirT. Browne."
"ICONOPHILIST","A student, or lover of the study, of iconography."
"ICOSAHEDRAL","Having twenty equal sides or faces."
"ICOSAHEDRON","A solid bounded by twenty sides or faces. Regular icosahedron,one of the five regular polyhedrons, bounded by twenty equilateraltriangules. Five triangules meet to form each solid angle of thepolyhedron."
"ICOSANDRIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants, having twenty or more stamensinserted in the calyx."
"ICOSITETRAHEDRON","A twenty-four-sided solid; a tetragonal trisoctahedron ortrapezohedron."
"ICTERIC","A remedy for the jaundice."
"ICTEROID","Of a tint resembling that produced by jaundice; yellow; as, anicteroid tint or complexion."
"ICTERUS","The jaundice."
"ICTIC","Pertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt. [R.] H.Bushnell."
"ICTUS","The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf.Arsis."
"ICY-PEARLED","Spangled with ice.Mounting up in icy-pearled car. Milton."
"ID","A small fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus idus or Idusidus) of Europe. A domesticated variety, colored like the goldfish,is called orfe in Germany."
"IDALIAN","Of or pertaining to Idalium, a mountain city in Cyprus, or toVenus, to whom it was sacred. 'Idalian Aphrodit\u00e9.' Tennyson."
"IDE","Same as Id."
"IDEAL","Imaginary."
"IDEALESS","Destitute of an idea."
"IDEALISM","The system or theory that denies the existence of materialbodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe inthe reality of anything but ideas and their relations."
"IDEALISTIC","Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories."
"IDEALITY","The conceptive faculty."
"IDEALIZATION","The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such away as to show their most important characteristics; the study of theideal."
"IDEALIZE","To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2."
"IDEALIZER","An idealist."
"IDEALLY","In an ideal manner; by means of ideals; mentally."
"IDEALOGIC","Of or pertaining to an idealogue, or to idealization."
"IDEALOGUE","One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; aspectator. [R.] Mrs. Browning."
"IDEATION","The faculty or capacity of the mind for forming ideas; theexercise of this capacity; the act of the mind by which objects ofsense are apprehended and retained as objects of thought.The whole mass of residua which have been accumulated . . . all enternow into the process of ideation. J. D. Morell."
"IDEATIONAL","Pertaining to, or characterized by, ideation.Certain sensational or ideational stimuli. Blackw. Mag."
"IDEM","The same; the same as above; -- often abbreviated id."
"IDENTIC","Identical. [Obs.] Hudibras."
"IDENTICALLY","In an identical manner; with respect to identity. 'Identicallythe same.' Bp. Warburton. 'Identically different.' Ross."
"IDENTICALNESS","The quality or state of being identical; sameness."
"IDENTIFIABLE","Capable of being identified."
"IDENTIFICATION","The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, thestate of being identified."
"IDENTIFY","To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use,effect, etc. [Obs. or R.]An enlightened self-interest, which, when well understood, they tellus will identify with an interest more enlarged and public. Burke."
"IDENTISM","The doctrine taught by Schelling, that matter and mind, andsubject and object, are identical in the Absolute; -- called also thesystem or doctrine of identity."
"IDENTITY","An identical equation."
"IDEO-",". A combining form from the Gr. idea."
"IDEO-MOTION","An ideo-motor movement."
"IDEO-MOTOR","Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which areautomatic expressions of dominant ideas, rather than the result ofdistinct volitional efforts, as the act of expressing the thoughts inspeech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the compositionof the sentence. Carpenter."
"IDEOGENICAL","Of or relating to ideology."
"IDEOGENY","The science which treats of the origin of ideas."
"IDEOGRAPH","Same as Ideogram."
"IDEOGRAPHICS","The system of writing in ideographic characters; also, anythingso written."
"IDEOGRAPHY","The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in anideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc."
"IDEOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to ideology."
"IDEOLOGIST","One who treats of ideas; one who theorizes or idealizes; oneversed in the science of ideas, or who advocates the doctrines ofideology."
"IDEOLOGY","A theory of the origin of ideas which derives them exclusivelyfrom sensation."
"IDES","The fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and thethirteenth day of the other months.The ides of March remember. Shak."
"IDIO-",". A combining form from the Greek private, personal, peculiar,distinct."
"IDIOBLAST","An individual cell, differing greatly from its neighbours inregard to size, structure, or contents."
"IDIOCRASIS","Idiocracy."
"IDIOCRASY","Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state ofconstitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy."
"IDIOCY","The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or markeddeficiency, of sense and intelligence.I will undertake to convict a man of idiocy, if he can not see theproof that three angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles.F. W. Robertson."
"IDIOCYCLOPHANOUS","Same as Idiophanous."
"IDIOELECTRIC","Electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties; capable ofbecoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to anelectric.-- n."
"IDIOGRAPH","A mark or signature peculiar to an individual; a trade-mark."
"IDIOLATRY","Self-worship; excessive self-esteem."
"IDIOM","Of or pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of expressionpeculiar to a language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an idiomaticphrase.-- Id`i*o*mat'ic*al*ly, adv."
"IDIOMORPHIC","Idiomorphous."
"IDIOMORPHOUS","Apperaing in distinct crystals; -- said of the mineralconstituents of a rock."
"IDIOMUSCULAR","Applied to a semipermanent contraction of a muscle, produced bya mechanical irritant."
"IDIOPATHETIC","Idiopathic. [R.]"
"IDIOPATHY","A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by anyother disease; a primary disease."
"IDIOPHANOUS","Exhibiting interference figures without the aid of apolariscope, as certain crystals."
"IDIOPLASM","Same as Idioplasma."
"IDIOPLASMA","That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of allactive changes, and which carries on the function of hereditarytransmission; -- distinguished from the other portion, which istermed nutritive plasma. See Hygroplasm."
"IDIOREPULSIVE","Repulsive by itself; as, the idiorepulsive power of heat."
"IDIOSYNCRASY","A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution ortemperament; a characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, anindividual; characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity.The individual mind . . . takes its tone from the idiosyncrasies ofthe body. I. Taylor."
"IDIOTCY","Idiocy. [R.]"
"IDIOTED","Rendered idiotic; befooled. [R.] Tennyson."
"IDIOTHERMIC","Self-heating; warmed, as the body of animal, by process goingon within itself."
"IDIOTICALLY","In a idiotic manner."
"IDIOTICON","A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrasespeculiar to one part of a country; a glossary."
"IDIOTISH","Like an idiot; foolish."
"IDIOTIZE","To become stupid. [R.]"
"IDIOTRY","Idiocy. [R.] Bp. Warburton."
"IDLE","To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed inbusiness. Shak."
"IDLE-PATED","Idle-headed; stupid. [Obs.]"
"IDLENESS","The condition or quality of being idle (in the various sensesof that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity;laziness."
"IDLER","One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps noregular watch. Totten."
"IDLY","In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily; carelessly;(Obs.) foolishly."
"IDO","An artificial international language, selected by the'Delegation for the Adoption of an Auxillary International Language'(founded at Paris in 1901), made public in 1907, and subsequentlygreatly revised and extended by a permanent committee or 'Academy.'It combines systematically the advantages of previous schemes with athoroughly logical word formation, and has neither accented constantsnor arbitrarily coined pronominal words. For each idea that root isselected which is already most international, on the principle of the'greatest facility for the greatest number of people.' The word 'Ido'means in the language itself 'offspring.' The official name is:'Linguo Internaciona di la Delegitaro (Sistema Ido).' --I'dism (#),n. -- I'dist (#), n."
"IDOCRASE","Same as Vesuvianite."
"IDOLASTRE","An idolater. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"IDOLATRESS","A female worshiper of idols."
"IDOLATRICAL","Idolatrous. [Obs.]"
"IDOLATRIZE","To worship idols; to pay idolatrous worship."
"IDOLATROUSLY","In a idolatrous manner."
"IDOLISH","Idolatrous. [Obs.] Milton."
"IDOLISM","The worship of idols. [Obs.]"
"IDOLIST","A worshiper of idols. [Obs.] Milton."
"IDOLIZE","To practice idolatry. [R.]To idolize after the manner of Egypt. Fairbairn."
"IDOLIZER","One who idolizes or loves to the point of reverence; anidolater."
"IDOLOCLAST","A breaker of idols; an iconoclast."
"IDOLOGRAPHICAL","Descriptive of idols. [R.] Southey."
"IDOLOUS","Idolatrous. [Obs.] Bale."
"IDONEOUS","Appropriate; suitable; proper; fit; adequate. [R.]An ecclesiastical benefice . . . ought to be conferred on an idoneousperson. Ayliffe."
"IDORGAN","A morphological unit, consisting of two or more plastids, whichdoes not possess the positive character of the person or stock, indistinction from the physiological organ or biorgan. See Morphon."
"IDUMEAN","Of or pertaining to ancient Idumea, or Edom, in Western Asia.-- n."
"IDYL","A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls ofTheocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptivepoem, written in an eleveted and highly finished style; also, byextension, any artless and easily flowing description, either inpoetry or prose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and thelike. [Written also idyll.]Wordsworth's solemn-thoughted idyl. Mrs. Browning.His [Goldsmith's] lovely idyl of the Vicar's home. F. Harrison."
"IDYLLIC","Of or belonging to idyls."
"IF",". In faith; indeed; truly. Shak."
"IFERE","Together. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"IGASURIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, nux vomica or St. Ignatius'sbean; as, igasuric acid."
"IGASURINE","An alkaloid found in nux vomica, and extracted as a whitecrystalline substance."
"IGLOO","A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over itsbreathing hole in the ice."
"IGNATIUS BEAN","See Saint Ignatius's bean, under Saint."
"IGNEOUS","Resulting from, or produced by, the action of fire; as, lavasand basalt are igneous rocks."
"IGNESCENT","Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating;as, ignescent stones."
"IGNICOLIST","A worshiper of fire. [R.]"
"IGNIFEROUS","Producing fire. [R.] Blount."
"IGNIFLUOUS","Flowing with fire. [Obs.] Cockerman."
"IGNIFY","To form into fire. [R.] Stukeley."
"IGNIGENOUS","Produced by the action of fire, as lava. [R.]"
"IGNIPOTENCE","Power over fire. [R.]"
"IGNIPOTENT","Presiding over fire; also, fiery.Vulcan is called the powerful ignipotent. Pope."
"IGNITE","To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; --often said of incombustible or infusible substances; as, to igniteiron or platinum."
"IGNITIBLE","Capable of being ignited."
"IGNITOR","One who, or that which, produces ignition; especially, acontrivance for igniting the powder in a torpedo or the like.[Written also igniter.]"
"IGNIVOMOUS","Vomiting fire. [R.]"
"IGNOBILITY","Ignobleness. [Obs.] Bale."
"IGNOBLE","Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as thegoshawk."
"IGNOBLENESS","State or quality of being ignoble."
"IGNOBLY","In an ignoble manner; basely."
"IGNOMINIOUSLY","In an ignominious manner; disgracefully; shamefully;ingloriously."
"IGNOMY","Ignominy. [R. & Obs.]I blush to think upon this ignomy. Shak."
"IGNORAMUS","We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly writtenon a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficientevidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase nowused is, 'No bill,' 'No true bill,' or 'Not found,' though in somejurisdictions 'Ignored' is still used. Wharton (Law Dict. ). Burn."
"IGNORANCE","A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one mayacquire and it is his duty to have. Book of Common Prayer. Invincibleignorance (Theol.), ignorance beyond the individual's control and forwhich, therefore, he is not responsible before God."
"IGNORANT","A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled;an ignoramous.Did I for this take pains to teach Our zealous ignorants to preachDenham."
"IGNORANTISM","The spirit of those who extol the advantage to ignorance;obscuriantism."
"IGNORANTIST","One opposed to the diffusion of knowledge; an obscuriantist."
"IGNORANTLY","In a ignorant manner; without knowledge; inadvertently.Whom therefoer ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. Actsxvii. 23."
"IGNORE","To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of abill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See Ignoramus."
"IGNOSCIBLE","Pardonable. [Obs.] Bailey."
"IGNOTE","Unknown. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.-- n."
"IGUANA","Any species of the genus Iguana, a genus of large Americanlizards of the family Iguanid\u00e6. They are arboreal in their habits,usually green in color, and feed chiefly upon fruits."
"IGUANIAN","Resembling, or pertaining to, the iguana."
"IGUANID","Same as Iguanoid."
"IGUANODON","A genus of gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having a birdlikepelvis and large hind legs with three-toed feet capable of supportingthe entire body. Its teeth resemble those of the iguana, whence itsname. Several species are known, mostly from the Wealden of Englandand Europe. See Illustration in Appendix."
"IGUANODONT","Like or pertaining to the genus Iguanodon."
"IGUANOID","Pertaining to the Iguanid\u00e6."
"IHLANG-IHLANG","A rich, powerful, perfume, obtained from the volatile oil ofthe flowers of Canada odorata, an East Indian tree. [Also writtenylang-ylang.]"
"IHRAM","The peculiar dress worn by pilgrims to Mecca."
"IHVH","A transliteration of the four constants forming the Hebrewtetragrammaton or 'incommunicable name' of the Supreme Being, whichin latter Jewish tradition is not pronounced save with the vowels ofadonai or elohim, so that the true pronunciation is lost."
"IK","I [Obs.] Piers Plowman."
"IL-",". A form of the prefix in-, not, and in-, among. See In-."
"ILE","Ear of corn. [Obs.] Ainsworth."
"ILEAC","Pertaining to the ileum. [Written also iliac.]"
"ILEOCAECAL","Pertaining to the ileum and c\u00e6cum."
"ILEOCOLIC","Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, orileoc\u00e6cal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the largeintestine."
"ILEUM","The last, and usually the longest, division of the smallintestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine. [Writtenalso ileon, and ilium.]"
"ILEUS","A morbid condition due to intestinal obstruction. It ischaracterized by complete constipation, with griping pains in theabdomen, which is greatly distended, and in the later stages byvomiting of fecal matter. Called also ileac, or iliac, passion."
"ILIAC","Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy. Gladstone."
"ILIACAL","Iliac. [R.]"
"ILIAD","A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on thedestruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed toHomer."
"ILIAL","Pertaining to the ilium; iliac."
"ILICHE","Alike. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ILICIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, the holly (Ilex), and alliedplants; as, ilicic acid."
"ILICIN","The bitter principle of the holly."
"ILIO-","A combining form used in anatomy to denote connection with, orrelation to, the ilium; as, ilio-femoral, ilio-lumbar, ilio-psoas,etc."
"ILIOFEMORAL","Pertaining to the ilium and femur; as, iliofemoral ligaments."
"ILIOLUMBAR","Pertaining to the iliac and lumbar regions; as, the iliolumbarartery."
"ILIOPSOAS","The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into twoparts, the iliac and great psoas, -- often regarded as distinctmuscles."
"ILIUM","The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising eitherlateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone.See Innominate bone, under Innominate. [Written also ilion, andileum.]"
"ILIXANTHIN","A yellow dye obtained from the leaves of the holly."
"ILK","Same; each; every. [Archaic] Spenser. Of that ilk, denotingthat a person's surname and the title of his estate are the same; as,Grant of that ilk, i.e., Grant of Grant. Jamieson."
"ILKE","Same. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ILL","In a ill manner; badly; weakly.How ill this taper burns! Shak.Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealthaccumulates and men decay. Goldsmith."
"ILL-BODING","Boding evil; inauspicious; ill-omened. 'Ill-boding stars.'Shak."
"ILL-BRED","Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See Noteunder Ill, adv."
"ILL-FAVORED","Wanting beauty or attractiveness; deformed; ugly; ill-looking.Ill-favored and lean-fleshed. Gen. xli. 3.-- Ill`-fa'vored*ly, adv.-- Ill`-fa'vored*ness, n."
"ILL-JUDGED","Not well judged; unwise."
"ILL-LIVED","Leading a wicked life. [Obs.]"
"ILL-LOOKING","Having a bad look; threatening; ugly. See Note under Ill, adv."
"ILL-MANNERED","Impolite; rude."
"ILL-MINDED","Ill-disposed. Byron."
"ILL-NURTURED","Ill-bred. Shak."
"ILL-OMENED","Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under Ill, adv."
"ILL-STARRED","Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man orday."
"ILL-TIMED","Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or unpropitioustime."
"ILL-USED","Misapplied; treated badly."
"ILL-WILL",". See under Ill, a."
"ILL-WISHER","One who wishes ill to another; an enemy."
"ILLABILE","Incapable of falling or erring; infalliable. [Obs.] --Il`la*bil'i*ty, n. [Obs.]"
"ILLACERABLE","Not lacerable; incapable of being torn or rent. [Obs.]"
"ILLACRYMABLE","Incapable of weeping. [Obs.] Bailey."
"ILLAPSABLE","Incapable of slipping, or of error. [R.]Morally immutable and illapsable. Glanvill."
"ILLAPSE","To fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into. Cheyne."
"ILLAQUEABLE","Capable of being insnared or entrapped. [R.] Cudworth."
"ILLAQUEATE","To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch.Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor hisscholastic retairy versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense.Coleridge."
"ILLATION","The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons;perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred;inference; deduction; conclusion.Fraudulent deductions or inconsequent illations from a falseconception of things. Sir T. Browne."
"ILLATIVE","Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential;conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illativeword, as then, therefore, etc. Illative conversion (Logic), aconverse or reverse statement of a proposition which in that formmust be true because the original proposition is true.-- Illative sense (Metaph.), the faculty of the mind by which itapprehends the conditions and determines upon the correctness ofinferences."
"ILLATIVELY","By inference; as an illative; in an illative manner."
"ILLAUDABLE","Not laudable; not praise-worthy; worthy of censure ordisapprobation. Milton.-- Il*laud'a*bly, adv. [Obs.] Broome."
"ILLECEBRATION","Allurement. [R.] T. Brown."
"ILLECEBROUS","Alluring; attractive; enticing. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot."
"ILLEGAL","Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to,or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as,an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love. Bp. Burnet."
"ILLEGALITY","The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as,the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegalact."
"ILLEGALIZE","To make or declare illegal or unlawful."
"ILLEGALLY","In a illegal manner; unlawfully."
"ILLEGALNESS","Illegality, unlawfulness."
"ILLEGIBILITY","The state or quality of being illegible."
"ILLEGIBLE","Incapable of being read; not legible; as, illegiblehandwriting; an illegible inscription.-- Il*leg'i*ble*ness, n.-- Il*leg'i*bly, adv."
"ILLEGITIMACY","The state of being illegitimate. Blackstone."
"ILLEGITIMATE","To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out ofwedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.The marriage should only be dissolved for the future, withoutillegitimating the issue. Bp. Burnet."
"ILLEGITIMATELY","In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully."
"ILLEGITIMATIZE","To render illegitimate; to bastardize."
"ILLESIVE","Not injurious; harmless. [R.]"
"ILLEVIABLE","Not leviable; incapable of being imposed, or collected. [R.]Sir M. Hale."
"ILLIBERALISM","Illiberality. [R.]"
"ILLIBERALITY","The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind;meanness; niggardliness. Bacon."
"ILLIBERALIZE","To make illiberal."
"ILLIBERALLY","In a illiberal manner, ungenerously; uncharitably;parsimoniously."
"ILLIBERALNESS","The state of being illiberal; illiberality."
"ILLICIT","Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as, illicittrade; illicit intercourse; illicit pleasure.One illicit . . . transaction always leads to another. Burke.-- Il*lic'it*ly, adv.-- Il*lic'it*ness, n."
"ILLICITOUS","Illicit. [R.] Cotgrave."
"ILLICIUM","A genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous trees, havingstar-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of Illicium anisatum is usedas a spice in India, and its oil is largely used in Europe forflavoring cordials, being almost identical with true oil of anise."
"ILLIGHTEN","To enlighten. [Obs.]"
"ILLIMITABLE","Incapable of being limited or bounded; immeasurable; limitless;boundless; as, illimitable space.The wild, the irregular, the illimitable, and the luxuriant, havetheir appropriate force of beauty. De Quincey."
"ILLIMITATION","State of being illimitable; want of, or freedom from,limitation. Bp. Hall."
"ILLIMITED","Not limited; interminable. Bp. Hall.-- Il*lim'it*ed*ness, n.The absoluteness and illimitedness of his commission was generallymuch spoken of. Clarendon."
"ILLINOIS","A tribe of North American Indians, which formerly occupied theregion between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers."
"ILLIQUATION","The melting or dissolving of one thing into another."
"ILLISH","Somewhat ill. [Obs.] Howell."
"ILLISION","The act of dashing or striking against. Sir T. Browne."
"ILLITERAL","Not literal. [R.] B. Dawson."
"ILLITERATE","Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed;uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people."
"ILLITERATURE","Want of learning; illiteracy. [R.] Ayliffe. Southey."
"ILLOCALITY","Want of locality or place. [R.] Cudworth."
"ILLOGICAL","Ignorant or negligent of the rules of logic or correctreasoning; as, an illogical disputant; contrary of the rules of logicor sound reasoning; as, an illogical inference.-- Il*log'ic*al*ly, adv.-- Il*log'ic*al*ness, n."
"ILLTREAT","To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat."
"ILLUDE","To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite anddisappoint the hopes of."
"ILLUME","To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; toilluminate; to illumine. Shak.The mountain's brow, Illumed with fluid gold. Thomson."
"ILLUMINABLE","Capable of being illuminated."
"ILLUMINANT","That which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and petroleumare illuminants. Boyle."
"ILLUMINARY","Illuminative."
"ILLUMINATE","To light up in token or rejoicing."
"ILLUMINATI","Literally, those who are enlightened; -- variously applied asfollows: -"
"ILLUMINATING","Giving or producing light; used for illumination. Illuminatinggas. See Gas, n., 2 (a)."
"ILLUMINATION","The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God;inspiration.Hymns and psalms . . . are framed by meditation beforehand, or byprophetical illumination are inspired. Hooker."
"ILLUMINATISM","Illuminism. [R.]"
"ILLUMINATIVE","Tending to illuminate or illustrate; throwing light;illustrative. 'Illuminative reading.' Carlyle."
"ILLUMINE","To illuminate; to light up; to adorn."
"ILLUMINEE","One of the Illuminati."
"ILLUMINER","One who, or that which, illuminates."
"ILLUMINISM","The principles of the Illuminati."
"ILLUMINISTIC","Of or pertaining to illuminism, or the Illuminati."
"ILLUMINIZE","To initiate the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati."
"ILLUMINOUS","Bright; clear. [R.] H. Taylor."
"ILLURE","To deceive; to entice; to lure. [Obs.]The devil insnareth the souls of many men, by illuring them with themuck and dung of this world. Fuller."
"ILLUSION","A sensation originated by some external object, but so modifiedas in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rollingof a wagon is mistaken for thunder."
"ILLUSIONABLE","Liable to illusion."
"ILLUSIONIST","One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer."
"ILLUSIVE","Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory;unreal.Truth from illusive falsehood to command. Thomson."
"ILLUSIVELY","In a illusive manner; falsely."
"ILLUSIVENESS","The quality of being illusive; deceptiveness; false show."
"ILLUSORY","Deceiving, or tending of deceive; fallacious; illusive; as,illusory promises or hopes."
"ILLUSTRABLE","Capable of illustration. Sir T. Browne."
"ILLUSTRATE","Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious. [Obs.]This most gallant, illustrate, and learned gentleman. Shak."
"ILLUSTRATIVELY","By way of illustration or elucidation. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"ILLUSTRATOR","One who illustrates."
"ILLUSTRATORY","Serving to illustrate."
"ILLUSTRIOUSLY","In a illustrious manner; conspicuously; eminently; famously.Milton."
"ILLUSTRIOUSNESS","The state or quality of being eminent; greatness; grandeur;glory; fame."
"ILLUSTROUS","Without luster. [Obs. & R.]"
"ILLUTATION","The act or operation of smearing the body with mud, especiallywith the sediment from mineral springs; a mud bath."
"ILLUXURIOUS","Not luxurious. [R.] Orrery."
"ILLY","Etym: [A word not fully approved, but sometimes used for theadverb ill.]"
"ILMENITE","Titanic iron. See Menaccanite."
"ILMENIUM","A supposed element claimed to have been discovered byR.Harmann."
"ILVAITE","A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismaticcrystals and columnar masses."
"IM-",". A form of the prefix in- not, and in- in. See In-. Im- alsooccurs in composition with some words not of Latin origin; as,imbank, imbitter."
"IMAGE","A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensibleobjects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extendedmetaphor. Brande & C."
"IMAGEABLE","That may be imaged. [R.]"
"IMAGELESS","Having no image. Shelley."
"IMAGER","One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor. [Obs.]Praxiteles was ennobled for a rare imager. Holland."
"IMAGINABILITY","Capacity for imagination. [R.] Coleridge."
"IMAGINABLE","Capable of being imagined; conceivable.Men sunk into the greatest darkness imaginable. Tillotson.-- Im*ag'i*na*ble*ness, n.-- Im*ag'i*na*bly, adv."
"IMAGINAL","Of or pertaining to an imago. Imaginal disks (Zo\u00f6l.), masses ofhypodermic cells, carried by the larv\u00e6 of some insects after leavingthe egg, from which masses the wings and legs of the adult aresubsequently formed."
"IMAGINANT","Imagining; conceiving. [Obs.] Bacon.-- n."
"IMAGINARILY","In a imaginary manner; in imagination. B. Jonson."
"IMAGINARINESS","The state or quality of being imaginary; unreality."
"IMAGINARY","Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied;visionary; ideal.Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fanciedtortures Addison.Imaginary calculus See under Calculus.-- Imaginary expression or quantity (Alg.), an algebraic expressionwhich involves the impossible operation of taking the square root ofa negative quantity; as, sq. root-9, a + b sq. root-1.-- Imaginary points, lines, surfaces, etc. (Geom.), points, lines,surfaces, etc., imagined to exist, although by reason of certainchanges of a figure they have in fact ceased to have a realexistence."
"IMAGINATE","Imaginative. [Obs.] Holland."
"IMAGINATIONAL","Pertaining to, involving, or caused by, imagination."
"IMAGINATIONALISM","Idealism. J. Grote."
"IMAGINER","One who forms ideas or conceptions; one who contrives. Bacon."
"IMAGINOUS","Imaginative. [R.] Chapman."
"IMAGO","The final adult, and usually winged, state of an insect. SeeIllust. of Ant-lion, and Army worm."
"IMARET","A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims. Moore."
"IMBALM","See Embalm."
"IMBAN","To put under a ban. [R.] Barlow."
"IMBAND","To form into a band or bands. 'Imbanded nations.' J. Barlow."
"IMBANK","To inclose or defend with a bank or banks. See Embank."
"IMBANKMENT","The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised fordefense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See Embankment."
"IMBANNERED","Having banners."
"IMBAR","To bar in; to secure. [Obs.]To imbar their crooked titles. Shak."
"IMBARGO","See Embargo."
"IMBARK","See Embark."
"IMBARN","To store in a barn. [Obs.]"
"IMBASE","See Embase."
"IMBASTARDIZE","To bastardize; to debase. [Obs.] Milton."
"IMBATHE","To bathe; to wash freely; to immerce.And gave her to his daughters to imbathe In nectared lavers strewedwith asphodel. Milton."
"IMBAY","See Embay."
"IMBECILE","Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble;impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for theimbecile and insane."
"IMBECILITATE","To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble. [R.] A.Wilson."
"IMBECILITY","The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. ofmind.Cruelty . . . argues not only a depravedness of nature, but also ameanness of courage and imbecility of mind. Sir W. Temple."
"IMBED","To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosingmass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc."
"IMBELLIC","Not warlike or martial. [Obs.] R. Junius."
"IMBENCHING","A raised work like a bench. [Obs.] Parkhurst."
"IMBER-GOOSE","The loon. See Ember-goose."
"IMBEZZLE","See Embezzle."
"IMBIBER","One who, or that which, imbibes."
"IMBIBITION","The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons. Bacon."
"IMBITTER","To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing;to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant.Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life thanshame South.Imbittered against each other by former contests. Bancroft."
"IMBITTERER","One who, or that which, imbitters."
"IMBITTERMENT","The act of imbittering; bitter feeling; embitterment."
"IMBLAZE","See Emblaze."
"IMBLAZON","See Emblazon."
"IMBODY","To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a materialbody. See Embody.The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes. Milton."
"IMBOIL","See Emboil."
"IMBOLDEN","See Embolden."
"IMBONITY","Want of goodness. [Obs.] Burton."
"IMBORDER","To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of.Milton."
"IMBOSK","To conceal, as in bushes; to hide. [Obs.] Shelton."
"IMBOSS","See Emboss."
"IMBOSTURE","Embossed or raised work. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"IMBOUND","To inclose in limits; to shut in. [Obs.] Shak."
"IMBOW","To make like a bow; to curve; to arch; to vault; to embow.'Imbowed windows.' Bacon."
"IMBOWEL","See Embowel."
"IMBOWER","See Embower."
"IMBOWMENT","act of imbowing; an arch; a vault. Bacon."
"IMBOX","To inclose in a box."
"IMBRACERY","Embracery. [Obs.]"
"IMBRAID","See Embraid."
"IMBRANGLE","To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly. [R.] Hudibras.Physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic. Coleridge."
"IMBREED","To generate within; to inbreed. [Obs.] Hakewill."
"IMBRICATE","To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form animbricated surface."
"IMBRICATION","An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles;hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decorationrepresenting such a structure."
"IMBRICATIVE","Imbricate."
"IMBROCADO","Cloth of silver or of gold. [R.]"
"IMBROWN","To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, featuresimbrowned by exposure.The mountain mass by scorching skies imbrowned. Byron."
"IMBRUE","To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood.While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots imbrued. Milton."
"IMBRUEMENT","The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued."
"IMBRUTE","To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.And mixed with bestial slime, This essence to incarnate and imbrute.Milton."
"IMBRUTEMENT","The act of imbruting, or the state of being imbruted. [R.]Brydges."
"IMBUEMENT","The act of imbuing; the state of being imbued; hence, a deeptincture."
"IMBURSE","To supply or stock with money. [Obs.]"
"IMBUTION","An imbuing. [Obs.]"
"IMESATIN","A dark yellow, crystalline substance, obtained by the action ofammonia on isatin."
"IMIDE","A compound with, or derivative of, the imido group; specif., acompound of one or more acid radicals with the imido group, or with amonamine; hence, also, a derivative of ammonia, in which two atoms ofhydrogen have been replaced by divalent basic or acid radicals; --frequently used as a combining form; as, succinimide."
"IMIDO","Pertaining to, containing, or combined with, the radical NH,which is called the imido group. Imido acid, an organic acid,consisting of one or more acid radicals so united with the imidogroup that it contains replaceable acid hydrogen, and plays the partof an acid; as, uric acid, succinimide, etc., are imido acids."
"IMITABILITY","The quality of being imitable. Norris."
"IMITABLENESS","The state or quality of being imitable; worthness of imitation."
"IMITANCY","Tendency to imitation. [R.] Carlyle."
"IMITATE","To resemble (another species of animal, or a plant, orinanimate object) in form, color, ornamentation, or instinctivehabits, so as to derive an advantage thereby; sa, when a harmlesssnake imitates a venomous one in color and manner, or when anodorless insect imitates, in color, one having secretion offensive tobirds."
"IMITATION","One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency inpolyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the samemelodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, byone or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon."
"IMITATIONAL","Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitationalpropensities."
"IMITATIVE","Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, orinanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection fromenemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors;imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals areimitative.-- Im'i*ta*tive*ly, adv.-- Im'i*ta*tive*ness, n."
"IMITATOR","One who imitates."
"IMITATORSHIP","The state or office of an imitator. 'Servile imitatorship.'Marston."
"IMITATRESS","A woman who is an imitator."
"IMITATRIX","An imitatress."
"IMMACULATE","Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did nothold One more immaculate. Denham.Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. Shak.Immaculate conception (R. C. Ch.), the doctrine that the Virgin Marywas conceived without original sin.-- Im*mac'u*late*ly, adv.-- Im*mac'u*late*ness, n."
"IMMAILED","Wearing mail or armor; clad of armor. W. Browne."
"IMMALLEABLE","Not maleable."
"IMMANACLE","To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from freeaction.Although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled. Milton."
"IMMANATION","A flowing or entering in; -- opposed to emanation. [R.] Good."
"IMMANE","Very great; huge; vast; also, monstrous in character; inhuman;atrocious; fierce. [Obs.] 'So immane a man.' Chapman.-- Im*mane'ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"IMMANENT","Remaining within; inherent; indwelling; abiding; intrinsic;internal or subjective; hence, limited in activity, agency, oreffect, to the subject or associated acts; -- opposed to emanant,transitory, transitive, or objective.A cognition is an immanent act of mind. Sir W. Hamilton.An immanent power in the life of the world. Hare."
"IMMANIFEST","Not manifest. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"IMMANITY","The state or quality of being immane; barbarity. [R.] Shak."
"IMMANTLE","See Emmantle. [R.]"
"IMMANUEL","God with us; -- an appellation of the Christ. Is. vii. 14.Matt. i. 23."
"IMMARCESCIBLE","Unfading; lasting. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"IMMARCESCIBLY","Unfadingly. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"IMMARGINATE","Not having a distinctive margin or border. Grey."
"IMMARTIAL","Not martial; unwarlike. [Obs.]"
"IMMASK","To cover, as with a mask; to disguise or conceal. [R.] Shak."
"IMMATCHABLE","Matchless; peerless. [Obs.] Holland."
"IMMATERIALISM","The doctrine that external bodies may be reduced to mind andideas in a mind; any doctrine opposed to materialism orphenomenalism, esp. a system that maintains the immateriality of thesoul; idealism; esp., Bishop Berkeley's theory of idealism."
"IMMATERIALIST","One who believes in or professes, immaterialism."
"IMMATERIALITY","The state or quality of being immaterial or incorporeal; as,the immateriality of the soul."
"IMMATERIALIZE","To render immaterial or incorporeal.Immateralized spirits. Glanvill."
"IMMATERIALNESS","The state or quality of being immaterial; immateriality."
"IMMATERIATE","Immaterial. [Obs.] Bacon."
"IMMATURED","Immature."
"IMMATURELY","In an immature manner. Warburion."
"IMMATURENESS","The state or quality of being immature; immaturity. Boyle."
"IMMATURITY","The state or quality of being immature or not fully developed;unripeness; incompleteness.When the world has outgrown its intellectual immaturity. Caird."
"IMMEABILITY","Want of power to pass, or to permit passage; impassableness.Immeability of the juices. Arbuthnot."
"IMMEASURABILITY","The quality of being immeasurable; immensurability."
"IMMEASURABLE","Incapble of being measured; indefinitely extensive;illimitable; immensurable; vast.Of depth immeasurable. Milton."
"IMMEASURABLENESS","The state or quality of being immeasurable.Eternity and immeasurableness belong to thought alone. F. W.Robertson."
"IMMEASURABLY","In an immeasurable manner or degree. 'Immeasurably distant.'Wordsworth."
"IMMEASURED","Immeasurable. [R.] Spenser."
"IMMECHANICAL","Not mechanical. [Obs.] Cheyne.-- Im'me*chan'ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"IMMEDIACY","The relation of freedom from the interventionof a medium;immediateness. Shak."
"IMMEDIATENESS","The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place,or time; exemption from second or interventing causes. Bp. Hall."
"IMMEDIATISM","Immediateness."
"IMMEDICABLE","Not to be healed; incurable. 'Wounds immedicable.' Milton."
"IMMELODIOUS","Not melodious."
"IMMEMORABLE","Not memorable; not worth remembering. Johnson."
"IMMEMORIAL","Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition;indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial. 'Immemorialelms.' Tennyson. 'Immemorial usage or custom.' Sir M. Hale. Timeimmemorial (Eng. Law.), a time antedating (legal) history, and beyond'legal memory' so called; formerly an indefinite time, but in 1276this time was fixed by statute as the begining of the reign ofRichard I. (1189). Proof of unbroken possession or use of any rightsince that date made it unnecessary to establish the original grant.In 1832 the plan of dating legal memory from a fixed time wasabandoned and the principle substituted that rights which had beenenjoyed for full twenty years (or as against the crown thirty years)should not be liable to impeachment merely by proving that they hadnot been enjoyed before."
"IMMEMORIALLY","Beyond memory. Bentley."
"IMMENSE","Immeasurable; unlimited. In commonest use: Very great; vast;huge. 'Immense the power' Pope. 'Immense and boundless ocean.'Daniel.O Goodness infinite! Goodness immense! Milton."
"IMMENSELY","In immense manner or degree."
"IMMENSENESS","The state of being immense."
"IMMENSIBLE","Immeasurable. [Obs.] Davies."
"IMMENSITY","The state or quality of being immense; inlimited orimmeasurable extension; infinity; vastness in extent or bulk;greatness.Lost in the wilds of vast immensity. Blackmore.The immensity of the material system. I. Taylor."
"IMMENSIVE","Huge. [Obs.] Herrick."
"IMMENSURABILITY","The quality of being immensurable."
"IMMENSURABLE","Immeasurable.What an immensurable space is the firmament. Derham."
"IMMENSURATE","Unmeasured; unlimited. [R.] W. Montagu."
"IMMERGE","To plungel into, under, or within anything especially a fuid;to dip; to immerse. See Immerse.We took . . . lukewarm water, and in it immerged a quantity of theleaves of senna. Boyle.Their souls are immerged in matter. Jer. Taylor."
"IMMERIT","Want of worth; demerit. [R.] Suckling."
"IMMERITED","Unmerited. [Obs.] Charles I."
"IMMERITOUS","Undeserving. [Obs.] Milton."
"IMMERSABLE","See Immersible."
"IMMERSE","Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] 'Things immerse in matter.'Bacon."
"IMMERSED","Growing wholly under water. Gray."
"IMMERSIBLE","Capable of being immersed."
"IMMERSION","The dissapearance of a celestail body, by passing either behindanother, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as inthe eclipse of a satellite; -- opposed to emersion. Immersion lens, amicroscopic objective of short focal distance designed to work with adrop of liquid, as oil, between the front lens and the slide, so thatthis lens is practically immersed."
"IMMERSIONIST","One who holds the doctrine that immersion is essential toChristian baptism."
"IMMESH","To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in aweb; to insnare."
"IMMETHODICAL","Not methodical; without method or systematic arrangement;without order or regularity; confused. Addison."
"IMMETHODICALLY","Without method; confusedly; unsystematically."
"IMMETHODICALNESS","Want of method."
"IMMETHODIZE","To render immethodical; to destroy the method of; to confuse.[R.]"
"IMMETRICAL","Not metrical or rhythmical. [R.] Chapman."
"IMMEW","See Emmew."
"IMMIGRANT","One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purposeof permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant."
"IMMIGRATE","To come into a country of which one is not a native, for thepurpose of permanent residence. See Emigrate."
"IMMIGRATION","The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a countryfor the purpose of permanent residence.The immigrations of the Arabians into Europe. T. Warton."
"IMMINENTLY","In an imminent manner."
"IMMINGLE","To mingle; to mix; to unite; to blend. [R.] Thomson."
"IMMINUTION","A lessening; diminution; decrease. [R.] Ray."
"IMMISCIBILITY","Incapability of being mixed, or mingled."
"IMMISCIBLE","Not capable of being mixed or mingled.A chaos of immiscible and conflicting particles. Cudworth."
"IMMISSION","The act of immitting, or of sending or thrusting in; injection;-- the correlative of emission."
"IMMIT","To send in; to inject; to infuse; -- the correlative of emit.[R.] Boyle."
"IMMITIGABLE","Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased.Coleridge."
"IMMITIGABLY","In an immitigable manner."
"IMMIX","To mix; to mingle. [R.]Amongst her tears immixing prayers meek. Spenser."
"IMMIXABLE","Not mixable. Bp. Wilkins."
"IMMIXED","Unmixed. [Obs.]How pure and immixed the design is. Boyle."
"IMMIXTURE","Freedom from mixture; purity. [R.] W. Montagu."
"IMMOBILE","Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable. Prof.Shedd."
"IMMOBILITY","The condition or quality of being immobile; fixedness in placeor state."
"IMMOBILIZE","To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturallymobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffenedbandages."
"IMMOBLE","See Immobile."
"IMMODERACY","Immoderateness. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"IMMODERANCY","Immoderateness; excess. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"IMMODERATE","Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds;excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands;immoderate grief; immoderate laughter.So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to restraint. Shak."
"IMMODERATELY","In an immoderate manner; excessively."
"IMMODERATENESS","The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance. Puller."
"IMMODERATION","Want of moderation. Hallywell."
"IMMODESTLY","In an immodest manner."
"IMMODESTY","Want of modesty, delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency. 'Apiece of immodesty.' Pope."
"IMMOLATE","To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificialvictim.Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [the deities] the lives ofmen, but . . . the virtue and honor of women. Boyle."
"IMMOLATOR","One who offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect ofRussian fanatics who practice self-mutilatio and sacrifice."
"IMMOMENT","Trifling. [R.] 'Immoment toys.' Shak."
"IMMOMENTOUS","Not momentous; unimportant; insignificant. [R.] A. Seward."
"IMMORAL","Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals;contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest;vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed."
"IMMORALLY","In an immoral manner; wickedly."
"IMMORIGEROUS","Rude; uncivil; disobedient. [Obs.] -- Im`mo*rig'er*ous*ness, n.[Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"IMMORTAL","One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay,or annihilation. Bunyan."
"IMMORTALIST","One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. [R.]Jer. Taylor."
"IMMORTALIZATION","The act of immortalizing, or state of being immortalized."
"IMMORTALIZE","To become immortal. [R.]"
"IMMORTALLY","In an immortal manner."
"IMMORTELLE","A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as thespecies of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting."
"IMMORTIFICATION","Failure to mortify the passions. [R.] Jer. Taylor."
"IMMOVABILITY","The quality or state of being immovable; fixedness;steadfastness; as, immovability of a heavy body; immovability ofpurpose."
"IMMOVABLE","Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed;as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. Blackstone. Immovableapparatus (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage,which keeps fractured parts firmly in place.-- Immovable feasts (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain day ofthe year and do not depend on the date of Easter; as, Christmas, theEpiphany, etc."
"IMMOVABLENESS","Quality of being immovable."
"IMMOVABLY","In an immovable manner."
"IMMUND","Unclean. [R.] Burton."
"IMMUNDICITY","Uncleanness; filthness. [R.] W. Montagu."
"IMMUNE","Exempt; protected by inoculation.-- Im*mu'nize, v. t."
"IMMURE","A wall; an inclosure. [Obs.] Shak."
"IMMUREMENT","The act iif immuring, or the state of being immured;imprsonment."
"IMMUSICAL","Inharmonious; unmusical; discordant. Bacon."
"IMMUTABILITY","The state or quality of being immutable; immutableness. Heb.vi. 17."
"IMMUTABLE","Not mutable; not capable or susceptible of change;unchangeable; unalterable.That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God tolie, we might have a strong consolation. Heb. vi. 18.Immutable, immortal, infinite, Eternal King. Milton.-- Im*mu'ta*ble*ness, n.-- Im*mu'ta*bly, adv."
"IMMUTATE","Unchanged. [Obs.]"
"IMMUTATION","Change; alteration; mutation. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"IMMUTE","To change or alter. [Obs.] J. Salkeld."
"IMP","To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a brokenfeather. Hence, Fig.: To repair; to extend; to increase; tostrengthen to equip. [Archaic]Imp out our drooping country's broken wing. Shak.Who lazily imp their wings with other men's plumes. Fuller. Here nofrail Muse shall imp her crippled wing. Holmes.Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rage With all the scorpions thatshould whip this age. Cleveland."
"IMP-POLE","A pole for supporting a scaffold."
"IMPACABLE","Not to be appeased or quieted. [Obs.] Spenser.-- Im*pa'ca*bly, adv."
"IMPACKMENT","The state of being closely surrounded, crowded, or pressed, asby ice. [R.] Kane."
"IMPACT","To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into aplace. Woodward."
"IMPACTED","Driven together or close. Impacted fracture (Surg.), a fracturein which the fragments are driven into each other so as to beimmovable."
"IMPACTION","The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that thefragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skullor of the hip."
"IMPAINT","To paint; to adorn with colors. [R.] 'To impaint his cause.'Shak."
"IMPAIR","To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, orstrength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind,value.Time sensibly all things impairs. Roscommon.In years he seemed, but not impaired by years. Pope."
"IMPAIRER","One who, or that which, impairs."
"IMPAIRMENT","The state of being impaired; injury. 'The impairment of myhealth.' Dryden."
"IMPALATABLE","Unpalatable. [R.]"
"IMPALE","To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence,to join in honorable mention.Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched andimpaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof. Fuller."
"IMPALEMENT","The division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical line, esp.for the purpose of putting side by side the arms of husband and wife.See Impale, 3."
"IMPALLA","The pallah deer of South Africa."
"IMPALLID","To make pallid; to blanch. [Obs.] Feltham."
"IMPALM","To grasp with or hold in the hand. [R.] J. Barlow."
"IMPALPABILITY","The quality of being impalpable. Jortin."
"IMPALPABLY","In an impalpable manner."
"IMPALSY","To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden. [R.]"
"IMPANATE","Embodied in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist. [Obs.]Cranmer."
"IMPANATION","Embodiment in bread; the supposed real presence and union ofChrist's material body and blood with the substance of the elementsof the eucharist without a change in their nature; -- distinguishedfrom transubstantiation, which supposes a miraculous change of thesubstance of the elements. It is akin to consubstantiation."
"IMPANATOR","One who holds the doctrine of impanation."
"IMPANEL","To enter in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a panel;to form or enroll, as a list of jurors in a court of justice.Blackstone."
"IMPANELMENT","The act or process of impaneling, or the state of beingimpaneled."
"IMPARADISE","To put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy.'Imparadised in one another's arms.' Milton."
"IMPARALLELED","Unparalleled. [Obs.]"
"IMPARDONABLE","Unpardonable. [Obs.] South."
"IMPARIDIGITATE","Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, orfive, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc."
"IMPARIPINNATE","Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet."
"IMPARISYLLABIC","Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, animparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllablesin all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis."
"IMPARK","To inclose for a park; to sever from a common; hence, toinclose or shut up.They . . . impark them [the sheep] within hurdles. Holland."
"IMPARL","To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutualadjustment. Blackstone."
"IMPARSONEE","Presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in fullpossession.-- n."
"IMPARTANCE","Impartation."
"IMPARTATION","The act of imparting, or the thing imparted.The necessity of this impartation. I. Taylor."
"IMPARTER","One who imparts."
"IMPARTIAL","Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating allalike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just.Shak.Jove is impartial, and to both the same. Dryden.A comprehensive and impartial view. Macaulay."
"IMPARTIALIST","One who is impartial. [R.] Boyle."
"IMPARTIALITY","The quality of being impartial; freedom from bias orfavoritism; disinterestedness; equitableness; fairness; as,impartiality of judgment, of treatment, etc.Impartiality strips the mind of prejudice and passion. South."
"IMPARTIALLY","In an impartial manner."
"IMPARTIALNESS","Impartiality. Sir W. Temple."
"IMPARTIBILITY","The quality of being impartible; communicability. Blackstone."
"IMPARTIBLE","Capable of being imparted or communicated."
"IMPARTMENT","The act of imparting, or that which is imparted, communicated,or disclosed. [R.]It beckons you to go away with it, As if it some impartment diddesire To you alone. Shak."
"IMPASSABLE","Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, animpassable road, mountain, or gulf. Milton.-- Im*pass'a*ble*ness, n.-- Im*pass'a*bly, adv."
"IMPASSE","An impassable road or way; a  blind alley; cul-de-sac; fig., aposition or predicament affording no escape."
"IMPASSIBILITY","The quality or condition of being impassible; insusceptibilityof injury from external things."
"IMPASSIBLE","Incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain; not to betouched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showingfeeling; without sensation. 'Impassible to the critic.' Sir W. Scott.Secure of death, I should contemn thy dart Though naked, andimpassible depart. Dryden."
"IMPASSIBLENESS","Impassibility."
"IMPASSION","To move or affect strongly with passion. [Archaic] Chapman."
"IMPASSIONABLE","Excitable; susceptible of strong emotion."
"IMPASSIONATE","Strongly affected. Smart."
"IMPASSIONED","Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth offeeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator ordiscourse."
"IMPASSIVE","Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible;unmoved.Impassive as the marble in the quarry. De Quincey.On the impassive ice the lightings play. Pope.-- Im*pas'sive*ly, adv.-- Im*pas'sive*ness, n."
"IMPASSIVITY","The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, orsuffering; impassiveness."
"IMPASTATION","The act of making into paste; that which is formed into a pasteor mixture; specifically, a combination of different substances bymeans of cements."
"IMPASTE","To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together.[R.] Cf. Impasto."
"IMPASTING","The laying on of colors to produce impasto."
"IMPASTO","The thickness of the layer or body of pigment applied by thepainter to his canvas with especial reference to the juxtaposition ofdifferent colors and tints in forming a harmonious whole. Fairholt."
"IMPASTURE","To place in a pasture; to foster. [R.] T. Adams."
"IMPATIENCE","The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain,suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or forsomething expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness;passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid.I then, . . . Out of my grief and my impatience, Answeredneglectingly. Shak.With huge impatience he inly swelt More for great sorrow that hecould not pass, Than for the burning torment which he felt. Spenser."
"IMPATIENCY","Impatience. [Obs.]"
"IMPATIENS","A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautifulflowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules burst whentouched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force. Called alsotouch-me-not, jewelweed, and snapweed. I. Balsamina (sometimes calledlady's slipper) is the common garden balsam."
"IMPATIENT","One who is impatient. [R.]"
"IMPATIENTLY","In an impatient manner."
"IMPATRONIZATION","Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with suchpossession. [R.] Cotgrave."
"IMPATRONIZE","To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of aseigniory. [R.] Bacon."
"IMPAVE","To pave. [Poetic]Impaved with rude fidelity Of art mosaic. Wordsworth."
"IMPAVID","Fearless.-- Im*pav'id*ly, adv."
"IMPAWN","To put in pawn; to pledge. Shak."
"IMPEACH","To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness,or the validity of, as of commercial paper."
"IMPEACHABLE","That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with acrime.Owners of lands in fee simple are not impeachable for waste. Z.Swift."
"IMPEACHER","One who impeaches."
"IMPEACHMENT","The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as:(a) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.]Willing to march on to Calais, Without impeachment. Shak."
"IMPECCABILITY","the quality of being impeccable; exemption from sin, error, oroffense.Infallibility and impeccability are two of his attributes. Pope."
"IMPECCABLE","Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong.-- n."
"IMPECCANCY","Sinlessness. Bp. Hall."
"IMPECCANT","Sinless; impeccable. Byron."
"IMPECUNIOSITY","The state of being impecunious. Thackeray. Sir W. Scott."
"IMPECUNIOUS","Not having money; habitually without money; poor.An impecunious creature. B. Jonson."
"IMPEDANCE","The apparent resistance in an electric circuit to the flow ofan alternating current, analogous to the actual electrical resistanceto a direct current, being the ratio of electromotive force to thecurrent. It is equal to R2 + X2, where R = ohmic resistance, X =reactance. For an inductive circuit, X = 2pfL, where f = frequencyand L = self-inductance; for a circuit with capacity X = 1 \u00f7 2pfC,where C = capacity."
"IMPEDE","To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede theadvance of troops.Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will. Logfellow."
"IMPEDIBLE","Capable of being impeded or hindered. [R.] Jer. Taylor."
"IMPEDIMENT","That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, oreffect.Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on withoutimpediment. Shak.Impediment in speech, a defect which prevents distinct utterance."
"IMPEDIMENTA","Things which impede or hinder progress; incumbrances; baggage;specif. (Mil.),"
"IMPEDIMENTAL","Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing;impeditive.Things so impediental to success. G. H. Lewes."
"IMPEDITE","Hindered; obstructed. [R.] Jer. Taylor."
"IMPEDITION","A hindering; a hindrance. [Obs.] Baxier."
"IMPEDITIVE","Causing hindrance; impeding. 'Cumbersome, and impeditive ofmotion.' Bp. Hall."
"IMPEL","To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite toaction or motion in any way.The surge impelled me on a craggy coast. Pope."
"IMPELLENT","Having the quality of impelling."
"IMPELLER","One who, or that which, impels."
"IMPEN","To shut up or inclose, as in a pen. Feltham."
"IMPEND","To pay. [Obs.] Fabyan."
"IMPENDENT","Impending; threatening.Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall. Milton."
"IMPENDING","Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet;threatening.An impending brow. Hawthorne.And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall. Pope."
"IMPENETRABILITY","That property in virtue of which two portions of matter can notat the same time occupy the same portion of space."
"IMPENETRABLE","Having the property of preventing any other substance fromoccupying the same space at the same time."
"IMPENETRABLENESS","The quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability."
"IMPENETRABLY","In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously. 'Impenetrablyarmed.' Milton. 'Impenetrably dull.' Pope."
"IMPENITENCE","The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal torepent; hardness of heart.He will advance from one degree of wickedness and impenitence toanother. Rogers."
"IMPENITENCY","Impenitence. Milton."
"IMPENITENT","Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hardheart. 'They . . . died impenitent.' Milton. 'A careless andimpenitent heart.' Bp. Hall."
"IMPENITENTLY","Without repentance."
"IMPENNATE","Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resemblingscales, as the penguins.-- n."
"IMPENNES","An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which thewings are without quills, and not suited for flight."
"IMPENNOUS","Having no wings, as some insects."
"IMPEOPLE","To people; to give a population to. [Obs.]Thou hast helped to impeople hell. Beaumont."
"IMPERANT","Commanding. [R.] Baxter."
"IMPERATE","Done by express direction; not involuntary; communded. [Obs.]Those imperate acts, wherein we see the empire of the soul. Sir M.Hale."
"IMPERATIVAL","Of or pertaining to the imperative mood."
"IMPERATIVE","Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as,the imperative mood."
"IMPERATIVELY","In an imperative manner."
"IMPERATOR","A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellationof honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after animportant victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as arecognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence itcarried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of theRepublic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came tohave the meaning now attached to the word emperor."
"IMPERATORIAN","Imperial. [R.] Gauden."
"IMPERATORY","Imperative. [R.]"
"IMPERCEIVABLE","Imperceptible. [R.] South.-- Im`per*ceiv'a*ble*ness, n. Sharp."
"IMPERCEIVED","Not perceived. [Obs.]"
"IMPERCEPTIBILITY","The state or quality of being imperceptible."
"IMPERCEPTIBLE","Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by thesouses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.Almost imperceptible to the touch. Dryden.Its operation is slow, and in some cases almost imperceptible. Burke.-- Im`per*cep'ti*ble*ness, n.-- Im`per*cep'ti*bly, adv.Their . . . subility and imperceptibleness. Sir M. Hale."
"IMPERCEPTION","Want of perception."
"IMPERCEPTIVE","Unable to perceive.The imperceptive part of the soul. Dr. H. More."
"IMPERCIPIENT","Not perceiving, or not able to perceive. A. Baxter."
"IMPERDIBILITY","The state or quality of being imperdible. [Obs.] Derham."
"IMPERDIBLE","Not destructible. [Obs.] -- Im*per'di*bly, adv. [Obs.]"
"IMPERFECT","The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting theimperfect tense."
"IMPERFECTIBILITY","The state or quality of being imperfectible. [R.]"
"IMPERFECTIBLE","Incapable of being mad perfect. [R.]"
"IMPERFECTION","The quality or condition of being imperfect; want ofperfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish.Sent to my account With all my imperfections on my head. Shak."
"IMPERFECTNESS","The state of being imperfect."
"IMPERFORABLE","Incapable of being perforated, or bored through."
"IMPERFORATA","A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shellis not porous."
"IMPERFORATION","The state of being without perforation."
"IMPERIALISM","The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; thespirit of empire.Roman imperialism had divided the world. C. H. Pearson."
"IMPERIALIST","One who serves an emperor; one who favors imperialism."
"IMPERIALIZE","To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; tobring to the form of an empire. Fuller."
"IMPERIALLY","In an imperial manner."
"IMPERIL","To bring into peril; to endanger."
"IMPERILMENT","The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled."
"IMPERIOUSLY","In an imperious manner."
"IMPERIOUSNESS","The quality or state of being imperious; arrogance;haughtiness.Imperiousness and severity is but an ill way of treating men who havereason of their own to guide them. Locke."
"IMPERISHABILITY","The quality of being imperishable: indstructibility. 'Theimperishability of the universe.' Milman."
"IMPERISHABLE","Not perisha ble; not subject to decay; indestructible;enduringpermanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishablerenown.-- Im*per'ish*a*ble*ness, n.-- Im*per'ish*a*bly, adv."
"IMPERIWIGGED","Wearing a periwig."
"IMPERMANENT","Not permanent."
"IMPERMEABILITY","The quality of being impermeable."
"IMPERMEABLE","Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. throughits substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber isimpermeable to water and to air.-- Im*per'me*a*ble*ness, n.-- Im*per'me*a*bly, adv."
"IMPERMISSIBLE","Not permissible."
"IMPERSCRUTABLE","Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable. [Obs.] --Im`per*scru'ta*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"IMPERSEVERANT","Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless. [Obs.]"
"IMPERSONAL","Not personal; not representing a person; not havingpersonality.An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. Sir J. Stephen.Impersonal verb (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate subject,commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun it; as, it rains;it snows; methinks (it seems to me). Many verbs which are notstrictly impersonal are often used impersonally; as, it goes wellwith him."
"IMPERSONALITY","The quality of being impersonal; want or absence ofpersonality."
"IMPERSONALLY","In an impersonal manner."
"IMPERSONATE","The act of impersonating; personification; investment withpersonality; representation in a personal form."
"IMPERSONATOR","One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic."
"IMPERSPICUITY","Want of perspicuity or clearness; vaguness; ambiguity."
"IMPERSPICUOUS","Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague; ambeguous."
"IMPERSUADABLE","Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible.-- Im`per*suad'a*ble*ness, n."
"IMPERSUASIBLE","Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion; inflexible;impersuadable. Dr. H. More.-- Im`per*sua`si*bil'i*ty, n."
"IMPERTINENCY","Impertinence. [R.]O, matter and impertinency mixed! Reason in madness! Shak."
"IMPERTINENT","An impertinent person. [R.]"
"IMPERTINENTLY","In an impertinent manner. 'Not to betray myself impertinently.'B. Jonson."
"IMPERTRANSIBILITY","The quality or state of being impertransible. [R.]"
"IMPERTRANSIBLE","Incapable of being passed through. [R.]"
"IMPERTURBABILITY","The state or quality of being imperturbable.[1913 Webster]"
"IMPERTURBABLE","Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbablegravity."
"IMPERTURBABLY","In an imperturbable manner; calmly. C. Bront\u00e9."
"IMPERTURBATION","Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness; quietude. W. Montagu."
"IMPERTURBED","Not perturbed."
"IMPERVIABILITY","The quality of being imperviable."
"IMPERVIABLE","Not pervious; impervious. [R.] -- Im*per'vi*a*ble*ness, n. [R.]"
"IMPERVIOUS","Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through; as,a substance impervious to water or air.This gulf impassable, impervious. Milton.The minds of these zealots were absolutely impervious. Macaulay."
"IMPERY","Empery. [Archaic] Joye."
"IMPEST","To affict with pestilence; to infect, as with plague. [Obs.]"
"IMPESTER","See Pester. [Obs.]"
"IMPETIGINOUS","Of the nature of, or pertaining to, impetigo."
"IMPETIGO","A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever;usually, a kind of eczema with pustulation."
"IMPETRABLE","Capable of being obtained or moved by petition. [Obs.] Bailey."
"IMPETRATE","Obtained by entreaty. [Obs.] Ld. Herbert."
"IMPETRATION","The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, whichbenefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron ofthe realm."
"IMPETRATIVE","Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, byentreaty. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"IMPETRATORY","Containing or expressing entreaty. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"IMPETUS","The aititude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire avelocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece."
"IMPEYAN PHEASANT","An Indian crested pheasant of the genus Lophophorus. Severalspecies are known. Called also monaul, monal."
"IMPHEE","The African sugar cane (Holcus saccharatus), -- resembling thesorghum, or Chinese sugar cane."
"IMPI","A body of Kaffir warriors; a body of native armed men. [SouthAfrica]"
"IMPICTURED","Pictured; impressed. [Obs.] Spenser."
"IMPIERCE","To pierce; to penetrate. [Obs.] Drayton."
"IMPIERCEABLE","Not capable of being pierced; impenetrable. [Obs.] Spenser."
"IMPIGNORATE","To pledge or pawn. [Obs.] Laing."
"IMPIGNORATION","The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.[Obs.] Bailey."
"IMPING","The process of repairing broken feathers or a deficient wing."
"IMPINGE","To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; tociash with; -- with on or upon.The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light on the solid orimpervious parts of bodies. Sir I. Newton.But, in the present order of things, not to be employed withoutimpinging on God's justice. Bp. Warburton."
"IMPINGEMENT","The act of impinging."
"IMPINGENT","Striking against or upon."
"IMPINGUATE","To fatten; to make fat. [Obs.] Bacon."
"IMPINGUATION","The act of making fat, or the state of being fat or fattened.[Obs.]"
"IMPIOUS","Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly;profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impiousdeed; impious language.When vice prevails, and impious men bear away, The post of honor is aprivate station. Addison."
"IMPIRE","See Umpire. [Obs.] Huloet."
"IMPISH","Having the qualities, or showing the characteristics, of animp."
"IMPISHLY","In the manner of an imp."
"IMPITEOUS","Pitiless; cruel. [Obs.]"
"IMPLACABILITY","The quality or state of being implacable."
"IMPLACABLENESS","The quality of being implacable; implacability."
"IMPLACABLY","In an implacable manner."
"IMPLACENTAL","Without a placenta, as marsupials and monotremes.-- n."
"IMPLACENTALIA","A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremesand marsupials, in which no placenta is formed."
"IMPLANT","To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply;to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds ofvirtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth.Minds well implanted with solid . . . breeding. Milton."
"IMPLANTATION","The act or process of implantating."
"IMPLATE","To cover with plates; to sheathe; as, to implate a ship withiron."
"IMPLAUSIBILITY","Want of plausibility; the quality of being implausible."
"IMPLAUSIBLE","Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth orcredibility, and not likely to be believed. 'Implausible harangues.'Swift.-- Im*plau'si*ble*ness, n.-- Im*plau'si*bly, adv."
"IMPLEACH","To pleach; to interweave. [Obs.] Shak."
"IMPLEAD","To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue orprosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach."
"IMPLEADABLE","Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous. [R.] T.Adams."
"IMPLEADER","One who prosecutes or sues another."
"IMPLEASING","Unpleasing; displeasing. [Obs.] Overbury."
"IMPLEDGE","To pledge. Sir W. Scott."
"IMPLEMENT","That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., aninstrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as,the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war.Genius must have talent as its complement and implement. Coleridge."
"IMPLEMENTAL","Pertaining to, or characterized by, implements or their use;mechanical."
"IMPLEX","Intricate; entangled; complicated; complex.The fable of every poem is . . . simple or implex. it is calledsimple when there is no change of fortune in it; implex, when thefortune of the chief actor changes from bad to good, or from good tobad. Addison."
"IMPLEXION","Act of involving, or state of being involved; involution."
"IMPLIABLE","Not pliable; inflexible; inyielding."
"IMPLICATIVE","Tending to implicate."
"IMPLICATIVELY","By implication. Sir G. Buck."
"IMPLICITNESS","State or quality of being implicit."
"IMPLICITY","Implicitness. [Obs.] Cotgrave."
"IMPLIED","Virtually involved or included; involved in substance;inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express, orexpressed. See Imply."
"IMPLIEDLY","By implication or inference. Bp. Montagu."
"IMPLODED","Formed by implosion. Ellis."
"IMPLODENT","An implosive sound. Ellis."
"IMPLORATION","The act of imploring; earnest supplication. Bp. Hall."
"IMPLORATOR","One who implores. [Obs.]Mere implorators of unholy suits. Shak."
"IMPLORATORY","Supplicatory; entreating. [R.] Carlyle."
"IMPLORE","To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to,or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat; to beg; --followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or theperson from whom it is sought.Imploring all the gods that reign above. Pope.I kneel, and then implore her blessing. Shak."
"IMPLORER","One who implores."
"IMPLORING","That implores; beseeching; entreating.-- Im*plor'ing*ly, adv."
"IMPLOSION","A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneouslywith and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs inuttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide toPronunciation, \u00a7\u00a7159, 189); also, a similar compression made by anupward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosiveaction, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in SouthernGermany. H. Sweet."
"IMPLOSIVE","Formed by implosion.-- n."
"IMPLUMED","Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless. [R.]Drayton."
"IMPLUNGE","To plunge. Fuller."
"IMPLUVIUM","In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium orperistyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of thecompluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of artaround its birm."
"IMPOISON","To poison; to imbitter; to impair."
"IMPOISONER","A poisoner. [Obs.] Beau. & Fi."
"IMPOISONMENT","The act of poisoning or impoisoning. [Obs.] Pope."
"IMPOLICY","The quality of being impolitic; inexpedience; unsuitableness tothe end proposed; bads policy; as, the impolicy of fraud. Bp.Horsley."
"IMPOLITE","Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners;discourteous; uncivil; rude.-- Im`po*lite'ly, adv.-- Im`po*lite'ness, n."
"IMPOLITIC","Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise;imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, ormeasure.The most unjust and impolitic of all things, unequal taxation. Burke."
"IMPOLITICAL","Impolitic. [Obs.] -- Im`po*lit'i*cal*ly, adv. [Obs.] Bacon."
"IMPOLITICLY","In an impolitic manner."
"IMPOLITICNESS","The quality of being impolitic."
"IMPONDERABILITY","The quality or state of being imponderable; imponderableness."
"IMPONDERABLE","Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight;incapable of being weighed."
"IMPONDERABLENESS","The quality or state of being imponderable."
"IMPONDEROUS","Imponderable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.-- Im*pon'der*ous*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"IMPONE","To stake; to wager; to pledge. [Obs.]Against the which he has imponed, as I take it, six French rapiersand poniards. Shak."
"IMPOOFO","The eland. [Written also impoofoo.]"
"IMPOON","The duykerbok."
"IMPOOR","To impoverish. [Obs.]"
"IMPOROSITY","The state or quality of being imporous; want of porosity;compactness. 'The . . . imporosity betwixt the tangible parts.'Bacon."
"IMPOROUS","Destitute of pores; very close or compact in texture; solid.Sir T. Browne."
"IMPORT","To signify; to purport; to be of moment. 'For that . . .importeth to the work.' Bacon."
"IMPORTABLE","Capable of being imported."
"IMPORTANCY","Importance; significance; consequence; that which is important.[Obs.] Shak. 'Careful to conceal importancies.' Fuller."
"IMPORTANTLY","In an important manner."
"IMPORTER","One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a countryor state; -- opposed to exporter."
"IMPORTING","Full of meaning. [Obs.] Shak."
"IMPORTLESS","Void of meaning. [Obs.] Shak."
"IMPORTUNABLE","Heavy; insupportable. [Obs.] Sir T. More."
"IMPORTUNACY","The quality of being importunate; importunateness."
"IMPORTUNATOR","One who importunes; an importuner. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys."
"IMPORTUNE","To require; to demand. [Obs.]We shall write to you, As time and our concernings shall importune.Shak."
"IMPORTUNELY","In an importune manner. [Obs.]"
"IMPORTUNER","One who importunes."
"IMPORTUNITY","The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacioussolicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application;troublesome pertinacity.O'ercome with importunity and tears. Milton."
"IMPORTUOUS","Without a port or harbor. [R.]"
"IMPOSABLE","Capable of being imposed or laid on. Hammond."
"IMPOSABLENESS","Quality of being imposable."
"IMPOSE","To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmationand ordination."
"IMPOSEMENT","Imposition. [Obs.]"
"IMPOSER","One who imposes.The imposers of these oaths might repent. Walton."
"IMPOSING","The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of asheet. See Impose, v. t., 4. Imposing stone (Print.), the stone onwhich the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called also imposing table."
"IMPOSINGLY","In an imposing manner."
"IMPOSINGNESS","The quality of being imposing."
"IMPOSITION","An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment. T.Warton."
"IMPOSSIBLE","Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.;unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command;insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd orimpracticable; not feasible.With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.Matt. xix. 26.Without faith it is impossible to please him. Heb. xi. 6.Impossible quantity (Math.), an imagnary quantity. See Imaginary."
"IMPOSSIBLY","Not possibly. Sir. T. North."
"IMPOST","The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which theweight of an arch rests."
"IMPOSTHUMATE","To apostemate; to form an imposthume or abscess. Arbuthnot."
"IMPOSTHUME","A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animalbody; an abscess."
"IMPOSTOR","One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a characteror title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender. 'Thefraudulent impostor foul.' Milton."
"IMPOSTORSHIP","The condition, character, or practice of an impostor. Milton."
"IMPOSTROUS","Characterized by imposture; deceitful. 'Impostrous pretense ofknowledge.' Grote."
"IMPOSTURAGE","Imposture; cheating. [R.] Jer. Taylor."
"IMPOSTURE","The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under afalse or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures.Johnson."
"IMPOSTURED","Done by imposture. [Obs.]"
"IMPOSTUROUS","Impostrous; deceitful.Strictness fales and impostrous. Beau. & Fl."
"IMPOSTURY","Imposture. [Obs.] Fuller."
"IMPOTENT","Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also,sometimes, sterile; barren."
"IMPOTENTLY","In an impotent manner."
"IMPOUND","To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, tohold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; toimpound a document for safe keeping.But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots. Shak."
"IMPOUNDER","One who impounds."
"IMPOVERISHER","One who, or that which, impoverishes."
"IMPOVERISHMENT","The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished;reduction to poverty. Sir W. Scott."
"IMPOWER","See Empower."
"IMPRACTICABLENESS","The state or quality of being impracticable; impracticability."
"IMPRACTICABLY","In an impracticable manner.Morality not impracticably rigid. Johnson."
"IMPRACTICAL","Not practical."
"IMPRECATION","The act of imprecating, or unvoking evil upon any one; a playerthat a curse or calamnity may fall on any one; a curse.Men cowered like slaves before such horrid imprecations. Motley."
"IMPRECATORY","Of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invokingevil; as,the imprecatory psalms."
"IMPRECISION","Want of precision. [R.]"
"IMPREGN","To impregnate; to make fruitful. [Obs.]His perniciousss words, impregned With reason. Milton.Semele doth Bacchus bear Impregned of Jove. Dr. H. More."
"IMPREGNABILITY","The quality or state of being impregnable; invincibility."
"IMPREGNABLE","Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of beingsubdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnablefortress; impregnable virtue.The man's affection remains wholly unconcerned and impregnable.South.-- Im*preg'na*ble*ness, n.-- Im*preg'na*bly, adv."
"IMPREGNANT","That which impregnates. [R.] Glanvill."
"IMPREGNATE","To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to causeimpregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate."
"IMPREGNATION","The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell(in animals, a spermatozo\u00f6n) to form a single new cell endowed withthe power of developing into a new individual; fertilization;fecundation."
"IMPREJUDICATE","Not prejuged; unprejudiced; impartial. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"IMPRENABLE","Impregnable. [Obs.]"
"IMPREPARATION","Want of preparation. [Obs.] Hooker."
"IMPRESA","A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or thelike. [Written also imprese and impress.]My impresa to your lordship; a swain Flying to a laurel for shelter.J. Webster."
"IMPRESARIO","The projector, manager, or conductor, of an opera or concertcompany."
"IMPRESCRIPTIBILITY","The quality of being imprescriptible."
"IMPRESCRIPTIBLY","In an imprescriptible manner; obviously."
"IMPRESE","A device. See Impresa.An imprese, as the Italians call it, is a device in picture with hismotto or word, borne by noble or learned personages. Camden."
"IMPRESS","To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors ormoney.The second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sickand wounded prisoners. Evelyn."
"IMPRESSIBILITY","The quality of being impressible; susceptibility."
"IMPRESSIBLE","Capable of being impressed; susceptible; sensitive.-- Im*press'i*ble*ness, n.-- Im*press'i*bly, adv."
"IMPRESSION","The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of suchpressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear,or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing,or the whole edition printed at a given time.Ten impressions which his books have had. Dryden."
"IMPRESSIONABILITY","The quality of being impressionable."
"IMPRESSIONABLE","Liable or subject to impression; capable of being molded;susceptible; impressible.He was too impressionable; he had too much of the temperament ofgenius. Motley.A pretty face and an impressionable disposition. T. Hook."
"IMPRESSIONABLENESS","The quality of being impressionable."
"IMPRESSIONISM","The theory or method of suggesting an effect or impressionwithout elaboration of the details; -- a disignation of a recentfashion in painting and etching."
"IMPRESSIONIST","One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism, socalled."
"IMPRESSIONISTIC","Pertaining to, or characterized by, impressionism."
"IMPRESSIONLESS","Having the quality of not being impressed or affected; notsusceptible."
"IMPRESSMENT","The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into publicservice; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or ofsailors.The great scandal of our naval service -- impressment -- died aprotracted death. J. H. Burton."
"IMPRESSOR","One who, or that which, impresses. Boyle."
"IMPRESSURE","Dent; impression. [Obs.] Shak."
"IMPREST","To advance on loan. Burke."
"IMPREVENTABILITY","The state or quality of being impreventable. [R.]"
"IMPREVENTABLE","Not preventable; invitable."
"IMPRIMATUR","A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, incountries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of thatwhich is published."
"IMPRIMING","A begining. [Obs.] 'Their springings and imprimings.' Sir H.Wotton."
"IMPRIMIS","In the first place; first in order."
"IMPRINT","Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or mark left bysomething; specifically, the name of the printer or publisher(usually) with the time and place of issue, in the title-page of abook, or on any printed sheet. 'That imprint of their hands.' Buckle."
"IMPRISONER","One who imprisons."
"IMPRISONMENT","The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned;confinement; restraint.His sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment and hardconstraint. Spenser.Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be ina common prison, or in a private house, or even by foreibly detainingone in the public streets. Blackstone.False imprisonment. (Law) See under False."
"IMPROBABILITY","The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood; also,that which is improbable; an improbable event or result."
"IMPROBABLE","Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under thecircumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbablestory or event.He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an improbableletter, as some of the contents discover. Milton.-- Im*prob'a*ble*ness, n.-- Im*prob'a*bly, adv."
"IMPROBATE","To disapprove of; to disallow. [Obs.]"
"IMPROBATION","The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an actionbrought for the purpose of having some instrument declared false orforged. Bell."
"IMPROBITY","Lack of probity; want of integrity or rectitude; dishonesty.Persons . . . cast out for notorious improbity. Hooker."
"IMPROFITABLE","Unprofitable. [Obs.]"
"IMPROGRESSIVE","Not progressive. De Quincey.-- Im'pro*gress'ive*ly, adv."
"IMPROLIFIC","Not prolific. [Obs.] E. Waterhouse."
"IMPROLIFICATE","To impregnate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"IMPROMPT","Not ready. [R.] Sterne."
"IMPROMPTU","Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore; as,an impromptu verse."
"IMPROPER","To appropriate; to limit. [Obs.]He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfortthe rich and not the poor. Jewel."
"IMPROPERATION","The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt. [Obs.]Improperatios and terms of scurrility. Sir T. Browne"
"IMPROPERIA","A series of antiphons and responses, expressing the sorrowfulremonstrance of our Lord with his people; -- sung on the morning ofthe Good Friday in place of the usual daily Mass of the Roman ritual.Grove."
"IMPROPERLY","In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly."
"IMPROPERTY","Impropriety. [Obs.]"
"IMPROPITIOUS","Unpropitious; unfavorable. [Obs.] 'Dreams were impropitious.'Sir H. Wotton."
"IMPROPORTIONABLE","Not proportionable. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"IMPROPORTIONATE","Not proportionate. [Obs.]"
"IMPROPRIATE","To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the handsof a layman for care and disbursement."
"IMPROPRIATOR","One who impropriates; specifically, a layman in possession ofchurch property."
"IMPROPRIATRIX","A female impropriator."
"IMPROSPERITY","Want of prosperity. [Obs.]"
"IMPROSPEROUS","Not prosperous. [Obs.] Dryden.-- Im*pros'per*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Im*pros'per*ous*ness, n.[Obs.]"
"IMPROVABILITY","The state or quality of being improvable; improvableness."
"IMPROVEMENT","Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings,drains, fences, etc., on premises."
"IMPROVER","One who, or that which, improves."
"IMPROVIDED","Unforeseen; unexpected; not provided against; unprepared.[Obs.]All improvided for dread of death. E. Hall."
"IMPROVIDENCE","The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.The improvidence of my neighbor must not make me inhuman. L'Estrange."
"IMPROVIDENT","Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeingor providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, animprovident man.Improvident soldires! had your watch been good, This sudden mischiefnever could have fallen. Shak."
"IMPROVIDENTIALLY","Improvidently. [R.]"
"IMPROVIDENTLY","In a improvident manner. 'Improvidently rash.' Drayton."
"IMPROVING","Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better.-- Im*prov'ing*ly, adv. Improving lease (Scots Law), an extend leaseto induce the tenant to make improvements on the premises."
"IMPROVISATE","Unpremeditated; impromptu; extempore. [R.]"
"IMPROVISATIZE","Same as Improvisate."
"IMPROVISATOR","An improviser, or improvvisatore."
"IMPROVISATORE","See Improvvisatore."
"IMPROVISATRICE","See Improvvisatrice."
"IMPROVISE","To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially inverse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to doanything offhand."
"IMPROVISER","One who improvises."
"IMPROVISION","Improvidence. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"IMPROVISO","Not prepared or mediated beforehand; extemporaneous. [Obs.]Jonhson."
"IMPROVVISATORE","One who composes and sings or recites rhymes and short poemsextemporaneously. [Written also improvisatore.]"
"IMPROVVISATRICE","A female improvvisatore. [Written also improvisatrice.]"
"IMPRUDENCE","The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution,circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion;inconsideration; reshness; also, an imprudent act; as, he was guiltyof an imprudence.His serenity was interrupted, perhaps, by his own imprudence. Mickle."
"IMPRUDENT","Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet;injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper.-- Im*pru'dent*ly, adv.Her majesty took a great dislike at the imprudent behavior of many ofthe ministers and readers. Strype."
"IMPUBERAL","Not having arrived at puberty; immature.In impuberal animals the cerebellum is, in proportion to the brainproper, greatly less than in adults. Sir W. Hamilton."
"IMPUBERTY","The condition of not having reached puberty, or the age ofability to reproduce one's species; want of age at which the marriagecontract can be legally entered into."
"IMPUDENCE","The quality of being impudent; assurance, accompanied with adisregard of the presence or opinions of others; shamelessness;forwardness; want of modesty.Clear truths that their own evidence forces us to admit, or commonexperience makes it impudence to deny. Locke.Where pride and impudence (in fashion knit) Usurp the chair of wit.B. Jonson."
"IMPUDENCY","Impudence. [Obs.] Burton.Audacious without impudency. Shak."
"IMPUDENT","Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward;impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy.More than impudent sauciness. Shak.When we behold an angel, not to fear Is to be impudent. Dryden."
"IMPUDENTLY","In an impudent manner; with unbecoming assurance; shamelessly.At once assail With open mouths, and impudently rail. Sandys."
"IMPUDICITY","Immodesty. Sheldon."
"IMPUGN","To attack by words or arguments; to contradict; to assail; tocall in question; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; tooppose.The truth hereof I will net rashly pugn, or overboldly affirm.Peacham."
"IMPUGNABLE","Capable of being impugned; that may be gainsaid."
"IMPUGNATION","Act of impugning; opposition; attack. [Obs.]A perpetual impugnation and self-conflict. Bp. Hall."
"IMPUGNER","One who impugns."
"IMPUGNMENT","The act of impugning, or the state of being impugned. Ed. Rev."
"IMPUISSANCE","Lack of power; inability. Bacon.Their own impuissance and weakness. Holland."
"IMPUISSANT","Weak; impotent; feeble."
"IMPULSE","The action of a force during a very small interval of time; theeffect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hardelastic body."
"IMPULSIVE","Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said offorces."
"IMPULSIVELY","In an impulsive manner."
"IMPULSIVENESS","The quality of being impulsive."
"IMPULSOR","One who, or that which, impels; an inciter. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"IMPUNCTATE","Not punctuate or dotted."
"IMPUNCTUAL","Not punctual. [R.]"
"IMPUNCTUALITY","Neglect of, or failure in, punctuality. [R.] A. Hamilton."
"IMPUNE","Unpunished. [R.]"
"IMPUNIBLY","Without punishment; with impunity. [Obs.] J. Ellis."
"IMPUNITY","Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.Heaven, though slow to wrath, Is neimpunity defied. Cowper.The impunity and also the recompense. Holland."
"IMPURATION","Defilement; obscuration. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"IMPURE","Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean."
"IMPURELY","In an impure manner."
"IMPURENESS","The quality or condition of being impure; impurity. Milton."
"IMPURITY","Want of ceremonial purity; defilement."
"IMPURPLE","To color or tinge with purple; to make red or reddish; topurple; as, a field impurpled with blood.Impurpled with celestial roses, smiled. Milton.The silken fleece impurpled for the loom. Pope."
"IMPUTABILITY","The quality of being imputable; imputableness."
"IMPUTABLENESS","Quality of being imputable."
"IMPUTABLY","By imputation."
"IMPUTATION","A setting of something to the account of; the attribution ofpersonal guilt or personal righteousness of another; as, theimputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ."
"IMPUTATIVE","Transferred by imputation; that may be imputed.-- Im*put'a*tive*ly, adv.Actual righteousness as well as imputative. Bp. Warburton."
"IMPUTE","To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another;as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us.It was imputed to him for righteousness. Rom. iv. 22.They merit Imputed shall absolve them who renounce Their own, bothrighteous and unrighteous deeds. Milton."
"IMPUTER","One who imputes."
"IMPUTRESCIBLE","Not putrescible."
"IMRIGH","A peculiar strong soup or broth, made in Scotland. [Writtenalso imrich.]"
"IN","The specific signification of in is situation or place withrespect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is usedwith verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, orwithin circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of aslimiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In itsdifferent applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, andsometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, andamong. It is used: --"
"IN AND IN","Applied to breeding from a male and female of the sameparentage. See under Breeding."
"IN ANTIS","Between ant\u00e6; -- said of a portico in classical style, wherecolumns are set between two ant\u00e6, forming the angles of the building.See Anta."
"IN COMMENDAM","See Commendam, and Partnership in Commendam, under Partnership."
"IN ESSE","In being; actually existing; -- distinguished from in posse, orin potentia, which denote that a thing is not, but may be."
"IN LOCO","In the place; in the proper or natural place."
"IN POSSE","In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or cometo pass; -- contradistinguished from in esse."
"IN SITU","In its natural position or place; -- said of a rock or fossil,when found in the situation in which it was originally formed ordeposited."
"IN TRANSITU","In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu."
"IN VACUO","In a vacuum; in empty space; as, experiments in vacuo."
"IN-","A prefix from Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in, meaningin, into, on, among; as, inbred, inborn, inroad; incline, inject,intrude. In words from the Latin, in- regularly becomes il- before l,ir- before r, and im- before a labial; as, illusion, irruption,imblue, immigrate, impart. In- is sometimes used with an simpleintensive force."
"IN-AND-IN","An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, ortwo dice alike; in-and-in, either two doubles, or the four dicealike."
"IN-GOING","The act of going in; entrance."
"INABILITY","The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want ofsufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.It is not from an inability to discover what they ought to do, thatmen err in practice. Blair."
"INABLE","See Enable."
"INABLEMENT","See Enablement. [Obs.]"
"INABSTINENCE","Want of abstinence; indulgence. [Obs.] 'The inabstinence ofEve.' Milton."
"INABSTRACTED","Not abstracted."
"INABUSIVELY","Without abuse."
"INACCESSIBILITY","The quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness.'The inaccessibility of the precipice.' Bp. Butler."
"INACCESSIBLE","Not accessible; not to be reached, obtained, or approached; as,an inaccessible rock, fortress, document, prince, etc.-- In`ac*cess'i*ble*ness, n.-- In`ac*cess'i*bly, adv."
"INACCORDANT","Not accordant; discordant."
"INACCURATE","Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; incorrect;erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment,calculation, etc.The expression is plainly inaccurate. Bp. Hurd."
"INACCURATELY","In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly."
"INACQUAINTANCE","Want of acquaintance. Good."
"INACQUIESCENT","Not acquiescent or acquiescing."
"INACTION","Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness;rest; inertness. Berkeley."
"INACTIVE","Not active; inert; esp., not exhibiting any action or activityon polarized light; optically neutral; -- said of isomeric forms ofcertain substances, in distinction from other forms which areoptically active; as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid."
"INACTIVELY","In an inactive manner. Locke."
"INACTOSE","A variety of sugar, found in certain plants. It is opticallyinactive."
"INACTUATE","To put in action. [Obs.]"
"INACTUATION","Operation. [Obs.]"
"INADAPTATION","Want of adaptation; unsuitableness."
"INADEQUACY","The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient;defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.The inadequacy and consequent inefficacy of the alleged causes. Dr.T. Dwight."
"INADEQUATE","Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient;as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.Dryden.-- In*ad'e*quate*ly, adv.-- In*ad'e*quate*ness, n."
"INADEQUATION","Want of exact correspondence. [Obs.] Puller."
"INADHERENT","Free; not connected with the other organs."
"INADHESION","Want of adhesion."
"INADMISSIBILITY","The state or quality of being inadmissible, or not to bereceived."
"INADMISSIBLE","Not admissible; not proper to be admitted, allowed, orreceived; as, inadmissible testimony; an inadmissible proposition, orexplanation.-- In`ad*mis'si*bly, adv."
"INADVERTENT","Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless;negligent; inattentive.An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in thepublic path. Cowper.-- In`ad*vert'ent*ly, adv."
"INADVISABLE","Not advisable.-- In`ad*vis'a*ble*ness, n."
"INAFFABILITY","Want of affability or sociability; reticence."
"INAFFABLE","Not affable; reserved in social intercourse."
"INAFFECTATION","Freedom from affectation; naturalness. [R.]"
"INAFFECTED","Unaffected. [Obs.] -- In`af*fect'ed*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"INAIDABLE","Incapable of being assisted; helpless. [R.] Shak."
"INALIENABILITY","The quality or state of being inalienable."
"INALIENABLE","Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred toanother; not alienable; as, in inalienable birthright."
"INALIENABLENESS","The quality or state of being inalienable; inalienability."
"INALIENABLY","In a manner that forbids alienation; as, rights inalienablyvested."
"INALIMENTAL","Affording no aliment or nourishment. [Obs.] Bacon."
"INALTERABILITY","The quality of being unalterable or unchangeable; permanence."
"INALTERABLE","Not alterable; incapable of being altered or changed;unalterable.-- In*al'ter*a*ble*ness, n.-- In*al'ter*a*bly, adv."
"INAMIABLE","Unamiable. [Obs.] -- In*a'mi*a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"INAMISSIBLE","Incapable of being lost. [R.] Hammond.-- In`a*mis'si*ble*ness, n. [R.]"
"INAMORATA","A woman in love; a mistress. 'The fair inamorata.' Sherburne."
"INAMORATE","Enamored. Chapman.-- In*am'o*rate*ly, adv. [R.]"
"INAMORATO","A male lover."
"INAMOVABLE","Not amovable or removable. [R.] Palgrave."
"INANE","Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence;purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless. 'Vague and inaneinstincts.' I. Taylor.-- In*ane'ly, adv."
"INANGULAR","Not angular. [Obs.]"
"INANIMATE","To animate. [Obs.] Donne."
"INANIMATED","Destitute of life; lacking animation; unanimated. Pope."
"INANIMATENESS","The quality or state of being inanimate.The deadness and inanimateness of the subject. W. Montagu."
"INANIMATION","Want of animation; lifeless; dullness."
"INANITIATE","To produce inanition in; to exhaust for want of nourishment.[R.]"
"INANITIATION","Inanition. [R.]"
"INANITION","The condition of being inane; emptiness; want of fullness, asin the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from wantof food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from adisorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result.Feeble from inanition, inert from weariness. Landor.Repletion and inanition may both do harm in two contrary extremes.Burton."
"INANTHERATE","Not bearing anthers; -- said of sterile stamens."
"INAPATHY","Sensibility; feeling; -- opposed to apathy. [R.]"
"INAPPEALABLE","Not admitting of appeal; not appealable. Coleridge."
"INAPPEASABLE","Incapable of being appeased or satisfied; unappeasable."
"INAPPELLABILITY","The quality of being inappellable; finality.The inappellability of the councils. Coleridge."
"INAPPELLABLE","Inappealable; final."
"INAPPLICABILITY","The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness."
"INAPPLICABLE","Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; notsuitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case. J. S. Mill."
"INAPPLICATION","Want of application, attention, or diligence; negligence;indolence."
"INAPPOSITE","Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent.-- In*ap'po*site*ly, adv."
"INAPPRECIABLE","Not appreciable; too small to be perceived; incapable of beingduly valued or estimated. Hallam."
"INAPPRECIATION","Want of appreciation."
"INAPPREHENSIBLE","Not apprehensible; unintelligible; inconceivable. Milton."
"INAPPREHENSION","Want of apprehension."
"INAPPREHENSIVE","Not apprehensive; regardless; unconcerned. Jer. Taylor."
"INAPPROACHABLE","Not approachable; unapproachable; inaccessible; unequaled.-- In`ap*proach'a*bly, adv."
"INAPPROPRIATE","Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable;not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for.-- In`ap*pro'pri*ate*ly, adv.-- In`ap*pro'pri*ate*ness, n."
"INAPT","Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.-- In*apt'ly, adv.-- In*apt'ness, n."
"INAPTITUDE","Want of aptitude."
"INAQUATE","Embodied in, or changed into, water. [Obs.] Cranmer."
"INAQUATION","The state of being inaquate. [Obs.] Bp. Gardiner."
"INARABLE","Not arable. [R.]"
"INARCH","To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without separatingeither from its root before the union is complete; -- also called tograft by approach. P. Miler."
"INARCHING","A method of ingrafting. See Inarch."
"INARTICULATED","Not articulated; not jointed or connected by a joint."
"INARTICULATELY","In an inarticulate manner. Hammond."
"INARTICULATENESS","The state or quality of being inarticulate."
"INARTICULATION","Inarticulateness. Chesterfield."
"INARTIFICIAL","Not artificial; not made or elaborated by art; natural; simple;artless; as, an inartificial argument; an inartificial character.-- In*ar`ti*fi'cial*ly, adv.-- In*ar`ti*fi'cial*ness, n."
"INASMUCH","In like degree; in like manner; seeing that; considering that;since; -- followed by as. See In as much as, under In, prep.Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it notto me. Matt. xxv. 45."
"INATTENTION","Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard;heedlessness; neglect.Novel lays attract our ravished ears; But old, the mind inattentionhears. Pope."
"INATTENTIVE","Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless;careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator orhearer; an inattentive habit. I. Watts."
"INAUDIBILITY","The quality of being inaudible; inaudibleness."
"INAUDIBLE","Not audible; incapable of being heard; silent.-- In*au'di*ble*ness, n.-- In*au'di*bly, adv."
"INAUGUR","To inaugurate. [Obs.] Latimer."
"INAUGURAL","Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at, an inauguration;as, an inaugural address; the inaugural exercises."
"INAUGURATE","Invested with office; inaugurated. Drayton."
"INAUGURATION DAY","The day on which the President of the United States isinaugurated, the 4th of March in every year next after a yeardivisible by four."
"INAUGURATOR","One who inaugurates."
"INAUGURATORY","Suitable for, or pertaining to, inauguration. Johnson."
"INAURATE","Covered with gold; gilded."
"INAURATION","The act or process of gilding or covering with gold."
"INAUSPICATE","Inauspicious [Obs.] Sir G. Buck."
"INAUSPICIOUS","Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.'Inauspicious stars.' Shak. 'Inauspicious love.' Dryden.-- In`aus*pi'cious*ly, adv.-- In`aus*pi'cious*ness, n."
"INAUTHORITATIVE","Without authority; not authoritative."
"INBARGE","To embark; to go or put into a barge. [Obs.] Drayton."
"INBEAMING","Shining in. South."
"INBEING","Inherence; inherent existence. I. Watts."
"INBIND","To inclose. [Obs.] Fairfax."
"INBLOWN","Blown in or into. [Obs.]"
"INBOARD","Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; the opposite ofoutboard; as, an inboard cargo; haul the boom inboard."
"INBORN","Born in or with; implanted by nature; innate; as, inbornpassions. Cowper."
"INBREATHE","To infuse by breathing; to inspire. Coleridge."
"INBRED","Bred within; innate; as, inbred worth. 'Inbred sentiments.'Burke."
"INBURNING","Burning within.Her inburning wrath she gan abate. Spenser."
"INBURNT","Burnt in; ineffaceable.Her inburnt, shamefaced thoughts. P. Fletcher."
"INBURST","A bursting in or into."
"INC","A Japanese measure of length equal to about two and one twelfthyards. [Written also ink.]"
"INCA","The people governed by the Incas, now represented by theQuichua tribe. Inca dove (Zo\u00f6l.), a small dove (Scardafella inca),native of Arizona, Lower California, and Mexico."
"INCAGE","To confine in, or as in, a cage; to coop up. [Written alsoencage.] 'Incaged birds.' Shak."
"INCAGEMENT","Confinement in, or as in, cage. [Obs.] Shelton."
"INCALCULABILITY","The quality or state of being incalculable."
"INCALCULABLE","Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; verygreat.-- In*cal'cu*la*ble*ness, n.-- In*cal'cu*la*bly, adv."
"INCALESCENCE","The state of being incalescent, or of growing warm. Sir T.Browne."
"INCALESCENCY","Incalescence. Ray."
"INCALESCENT","Growing warm; increasing in heat."
"INCAMERATION","The act or process of uniting lands, rights, or revenues, tothe ecclesiastical chamber, i. e., to the pope's domain."
"INCAN","Of or pertaining to the Incas."
"INCANDESCENCE","A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a bodycaused by intense heat."
"INCANDESCENT","White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as,incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant.Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say, incandescentthroughout. I. Taylor.Incandescent lamp or light (Elec.), a kind of lamp in which the lightis produced by a thin filament of conducting material, usuallycarbon, contained in a vacuum, and heated to incandescence by anelectric current, as in the Edison lamp; -- called also incandescencelamp, and glowlamp."
"INCANESCENT","Becoming hoary or gray; canescent."
"INCANOUS","Hoary with white pubescence."
"INCANTATORY","Dealing by enchantment; magical. Sir T. Browne."
"INCANTING","Enchanting. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert."
"INCANTON","To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community.Addison."
"INCAPABILITY","Want of legal qualifications, or of legal power; as,incapability of holding an office."
"INCAPABLE","Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man underthirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office ofpresident of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment isthereby made incapable of holding an office of profit or honor underthe government."
"INCAPABLENESS","The quality or state of being incapable; incapability."
"INCAPABLY","In an incapable manner."
"INCAPACIOUS","Not capacious; narrow; small; weak or foolish; as, anincapacious soul. Bp. Burnet.-- In`ca*pa'cious*ness, n."
"INCAPACITATE","To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of abilityor competency for the performance of certain civil acts; todisqualify.It absolutely incapacitated them from holding rank, office, function,or property. Milman."
"INCAPACITATION","The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated;incapacity; disqualification. Burke."
"INCAPACITY","Want of legal ability or competency to do, give, transmit, orreceive something; inability; disqualification; as, the inacapacityof minors to make binding contracts, etc."
"INCAPSULATE","To inclose completely, as in a membrane."
"INCAPSULATION","The process of becoming, or the state or condition of being,incapsulated; as, incapsulation of the ovum in the uterus."
"INCARCERATE","Imprisoned. Dr. H. More."
"INCARCERATOR","One who incarcerates."
"INCARN","To cover or invest with flesh. [R.] Wiseman."
"INCARNADINE","Flesh-colored; of a carnation or pale red color. [Obs.]Lovelace."
"INCARNATE","Not in the flesh; spiritual. [Obs.]I fear nothing . . . that devil carnate or incarnate can fairly do.Richardson."
"INCARNATION","The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood inChrist."
"INCARNATIVE","Causing new flesh to grow; healing; regenerative.-- n."
"INCARNIFICATION","The act of assuming, or state of being clothed with, flesh;incarnation."
"INCASE","To inclose in a case; to inclose; to cover or surround withsomething solid.Rich plates of gold the folding doors incase. Pope."
"INCASK","To cover with a casque or as with a casque. Sherwood."
"INCASTELLATED","Confined or inclosed in a castle."
"INCASTELLED","Hoofbound. Crabb."
"INCATENATION","The act of linking together; enchaining. [R.] Goldsmith."
"INCAUTION","Want of caution. Pope."
"INCAUTIOUS","Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to thecircumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless;careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark."
"INCAVATED","Made hollow; bent round or in."
"INCAVATION","Act of making hollow; also, a hollow; an exvation; adepression."
"INCAVED","Inclosed in a cave."
"INCAVERNED","Inclosed or shut up as in a cavern. Drayton."
"INCEDINGLY","Majestically. [R.] C. Bront\u00e9."
"INCELEBRITY","Want of celebrity or distinction; obscurity. [R.] Coleridge."
"INCEND","To inflame; to excite. [Obs.] Marston."
"INCENDIARISM","The act or practice of maliciously setting fires; arson."
"INCENDIOUS","Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory.[Obs.] Bacon.-- In*cen'di*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"INCENSANT","A modern term applied to animals (as a boar) when borne asraging, or with furious aspect."
"INCENSATION","The offering of incense. [R.] Encyc. Brit."
"INCENSE","Breathing or exhaling incense. 'Incense-breathing morn.' Gray."
"INCENSED","Represented as enraged, as any wild creature depicted with fireissuing from mouth and eyes."
"INCENSEMENT","Fury; rage; heat; exasperation; as, implacable incensement.Shak."
"INCENSER","One who instigates or incites."
"INCENSION","The act of kindling, or the state of being kindled or on fire.Bacon."
"INCENSIVE","Tending to excite or provoke; inflammatory. Barrow."
"INCENSOR","A kindler of anger or enmity; an inciter."
"INCENSORY","The vessel in which incense is burned and offered; a censer; athurible. [R.] Evelyn."
"INCENSURABLE","Not censurable. Dr. T. Dwight.-- In*cen'sur*a*bly, adv."
"INCENTER","The center of the circle inscribed in a triangle."
"INCENTIVE","That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on thepassions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, todetermination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive;spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are twopowerful incentives to action.The greatest obstacles, the greatest terrors that come in their way,are so far from making them quit the work they had begun, that theyrather prove incentives to them to go on in it. South."
"INCENTIVELY","Incitingly; encouragingly."
"INCEPTIVE","Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptiveproposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning ofaction; -- called also inchoative.-- In*cep'tive*ly, adv."
"INCERATION","The act of smearing or covering with wax. B. Jonson."
"INCERATIVE","Cleaving or sticking like wax. Cotgrave."
"INCERTAIN","Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady.-- In*cer'tain*ly, adv.Very questionable and of uncertain truth. Sir T. Browne."
"INCERTAINTY","Uncertainty. [Obs.] Shak."
"INCERTITUDE","Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt.The incertitude and instability of this life. Holland.He fails . . . from mere incertitude or irresolution. I. Taylor."
"INCERTUM","Doubtful; not of definite form. Opus incertum (Anc. Arch.), akind of masonry employed in building walls, in which the stones werenot squared nor laid in courses; rubblework."
"INCESSABLE","Unceasing; continual. [Obs.] Shelton.-- In*ces'sa*bly, adv. [Obs.]"
"INCESSANCY","The quality of being incessant; unintermitted continuance;unceasingness. Dr. T. Dwight."
"INCESSANT","Continuing or following without interruption; unceasing;unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant clamors;incessant pain, etc.Against the castle gate, . . . Which with incessant force and endlesshate, They batter'd day and night and entrance did await. Spenser."
"INCESSANTLY","Unceasingly; continually. Shak."
"INCESSION","Motion on foot; progress in walking. [Obs.]The incession or local motion of animals. Sir T. Browne."
"INCEST","The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between personsrelated within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.Shak. Spiritual incest. (Eccl. Law) (a) The crime of cohabitationcommitted between persons who have a spiritual alliance by means ofbaptism or confirmation. (b) The act of a vicar, or otherbeneficiary, who holds two benefices, the one depending on thecollation of the other."
"INCESTTUOUS","Guilty of incest; involving, or pertaining to, the crime ofincest; as, an incestuous person or connection. Shak.Ere you reach to this incestuous love, You must divine and humanrights remove. Dryden.-- In*cest'tu*ous*ly, adv.-- In*cest'tu*ous*ness, n."
"INCH","An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off thecoast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc. [Scot.]"
"INCHAMBER","To lodge in a chamber. [R.] Sherwood."
"INCHANGEABILITY","Unchangeableness. [Obs.] Kenrick."
"INCHANT","See Enchant."
"INCHARITABLE","Uncharitable; unfeeling. [Obs.] Shak."
"INCHARITY","Want of charity. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"INCHASE","See Enchase."
"INCHASTITY","Unchastity. [Obs.] Milton."
"INCHED","Having or measuring (so many) inches; as, a four-inched bridge.Shak."
"INCHEST","To put into a chest."
"INCHIPIN","See Inchpin."
"INCHMEAL","A piece an inch long. By inchmeal, by small degrees; by inches.Shak."
"INCHOATE","Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully inexistence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete.-- In'cho*ate*ly, adv.Neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate. Raleigh."
"INCHOATION","Act of beginning; commencement; inception.The setting on foot some of those arts, in those parts, would belooked on as the first inchoation of them. Sir M. Hale.It is now in actual progress, from the rudest inchoation to the mostelaborate finishing. I. Taylor."
"INCHOATIVE","Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive; as, aninchoative verb. 'Some inchoative or imperfect rays.' W. Montagu.-- n."
"INCHPIN","The sweetbread of a deer. Cotgrave."
"INCHWORM","The larva of any geometrid moth. See Geometrid."
"INCICURABLE","Untamable. [R.]"
"INCIDE","To cut; to separate and remove; to resolve or break up, as bymedicines. [Obs.] Arbuthnot."
"INCIDENCE","The direction in which a body, or a ray of light or heat, fallson any surface.In equal incidences there is a considerable inequality ofrefractions. Sir I. Newton.Angle of incidence, the angle which a ray of light, or the line ofincidence of a body, falling on any surface, makes with aperpendicular to that surface; also formerly, the complement of thisangle.-- Line of incidence, the line in the direction of which a surfaceis struck by a body, ray of light, and the like."
"INCIDENCY","Incidence. [Obs.] Shak."
"INCIDENT","Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called theprincipal. Incident proposition (Logic), a proposition subordinate toanother, and introduced by who, which, whose, whom, etc.; as, Julius,whose surname was C\u00e6sar, overcame Pompey. I. Watts."
"INCIDENTAL","Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; comingwithout design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern;subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; anincidental occurrence; incidental expenses.By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded . . . as anincidental business. Rogers."
"INCIDENTLY","Incidentally. [Obs.]"
"INCINERABLE","Capable of being incinerated or reduced to ashes. Sir T.Browne."
"INCINERATE","Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed. [Obs.] Bacon."
"INCINERATION","The act of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated;cremation.The phenix kind, Of whose incineration, There riseth a new creation.Skelton."
"INCIPIENT","Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as,the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day.-- In*cip'i*ent*ly, adv."
"INCIRCLE","See Encircle."
"INCIRCLET","A small circle. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"INCIRCUMSCRIPTIBLE","Incapable of being circumscribed or limited. Cranmer."
"INCIRCUMSCRIPTION","Condition or quality of being incircumscriptible or limitless.Jer. Taylor."
"INCIRCUMSPECT","Not circumspect; heedless; careless; reckless; impolitic.Tyndale."
"INCIRCUMSPECTION","Want of circumspection. Sir T. Browne."
"INCISED","Having deep and sharp notches, as a leaf or a petal."
"INCISELY","In an incised manner."
"INCISIVE","Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the incisivebones, the premaxillaries."
"INCISOR","One of the teeth in front of the canines in either jaw; anincisive tooth. See Tooth."
"INCISORY","Having the quality of cutting; incisor; incisive."
"INCISURE","A cut; an incision; a gash. Derham."
"INCITANT","Inciting; stimulating."
"INCITATIVE","A provocative; an incitant; a stimulant. [R.] Jervas."
"INCITE","To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.Anthiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in war, set before himthe greatness of the Romans. Bacon.No blown ambition doth our arms incite. Shak."
"INCITER","One who, or that which, incites."
"INCITINGLY","So as to incite or stimulate."
"INCITO-MOTOR","Inciting to motion; -- applied to that action which, in thecase of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and excitesthe muscles to contraction. Opposed to excito-motor."
"INCITO-MOTORY","Incitomotor."
"INCIVIL","Uncivil; rude. [Obs.] Shak."
"INCIVILIZATION","The state of being uncivilized; want of civilization;barbarism."
"INCIVILLY","Uncivilly. [Obs.] Shak."
"INCIVISM","Want of civism; want of patriotism or love to one's country;unfriendliness to one's state or government. [R.] Macaulay."
"INCLAMATION","Exclamation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"INCLASP","To clasp within; to hold fast to; to embrace or encircle.[Written also enclasp.]The flattering ivy who did ever see Inclasp the huge trunk of an agedtree. F. Beaumont."
"INCLAUDENT","Not closing or shutting."
"INCLAVATED","Set; fast; fixed. Dr. John Smith."
"INCLAVE","Resembling a series of dovetails; -- said of a line ofdivision, such as the border of an ordinary."
"INCLE","Same as Inkle."
"INCLEMENTLY","In an inclement manner."
"INCLINABLENESS","The state or quality of being inclinable; inclination."
"INCLINATION","The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination ofthe plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic isabout 23\u00ba 28'; the inclination of two rays of light."
"INCLINATORY","Having the quality of leaning or inclining; as, the inclinatoryneedle.-- In*clin'a*to*ri*ly, adv. Sir T. Browne."
"INCLINE","An inclined plane; an ascent o"
"INCLINED","Making an angle with some line or plane; -- said of a line orplane."
"INCLINER","One who, or that which, inclines; specifically, an inclineddial."
"INCLINING","Same as Inclined, 3."
"INCLINNOMETER","An apparatus to determine the inclination of the earth'smagnetic force to the plane of the horizon; -- called alsoinclination compass, and dip circle."
"INCLIP","To clasp; to inclose.Whate'er the ocean pales, or sky inclips. Shak."
"INCLOISTER","To confine as in a cloister; to cloister. Lovelace."
"INCLOSER","One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land fromcommon grounds."
"INCLOUD","To envelop as in clouds; to darken; to obscure. Milton."
"INCLUDED","Inclosed; confined. Included stamens (Bot.), such as areshorter than the floral envelopes, or are concealed within them."
"INCLUDIBLE","Capable of being included."
"INCLUSA","A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed stateof the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer (Teredonavalis) is an example."
"INCLUSION","A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minutesize, inclosed in the mass of a mineral."
"INCLUSIVELY","In an inclusive manner."
"INCOACH","To put a coach."
"INCOAGULABLE","Not coagulable."
"INCOALESCENCE","The state of not coalescing."
"INCOCTED","Raw; indigestible. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"INCOERCIBLE","Not capable of being reduced to the form of a liquid bypressure; -- said of any gas above its critical point; -- alsoparticularly of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide,formerly regarded as incapable of liquefaction at any temperature orpressure."
"INCOEXISTENCE","The state of not coexisting. [Obs.] Locke."
"INCOG","Incognito. [Colloq.]Depend upon it -- he'll remain incog. Addison."
"INCOGITABLE","Not cogitable; inconceivable. Sir T. More."
"INCOGITANT","Toughtless; inconsiderate. [R.] Milton.Men are careless and incogitant. J. Goodman."
"INCOGITANTLY","In an incogitant manner."
"INCOGITATIVE","Not cogitative; not thinking; wanting the power of thought; as,a vegetable is an incogitative being. Locke."
"INCOGITATIVITY","The quality of being incogitative; want of thought or of thepower of thinking. Wollaston."
"INCOGNITANT","Ignorant. [Obs.]"
"INCOGNITO","Without being known; in disguise; in an assumed character, orunder an assumed title; -- said esp. of great personages whosometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order to avoidnotice.'T was long ago Since gods come down incognito. Prior.The prince royal of Persia came thither incognito. Tatler."
"INCOGNIZABLE","Not cognizable; incapable of being recognized, known, ordistinguished. H. Spenser.The Lettish race, not a primitive stock of the Slavi, but a distinctbranch, now become incognizable. Tooke."
"INCOGNIZANCE","Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice.This incognizance may be explained. Sir W. Hamilton."
"INCOGNIZANT","Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice.Of the several operations themselves, as acts of volition, we arewholly incognizant. Sir W. Hamilton."
"INCOGNOSCIBLE","Incognizable.-- In`cog*nos'ci*bil'i*ty, n."
"INCOHERENTIFIC","Causing incoherence. [R.]"
"INCOHERENTLY","In an incoherent manner; without due connection of parts."
"INCOHERENTNESS","Incoherence."
"INCOINCIDENCE","The quality of being incoincident; want of coincidence. [R.]"
"INCOINCIDENT","Not coincident; not agreeing in time, in place, or principle."
"INCOLUMITY","Safety; security. [Obs.] Howell."
"INCOMBER","See Encumber."
"INCOMBINE","To be incapable of combining; to disagree; to differ. [Obs.]Milton."
"INCOMBUSTIBILITY","The quality of being incombustible."
"INCOMBUSTIBLE","Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, orconsumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an incombustiblesubstance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible gas. Incombustiblecloth, a tissue of amianthus or asbestus; also, a fabric imbued withan incombustible substance.-- In`com*bus'ti*ble*ness, n.-- In`com*bus'ti*bly, adv."
"INCOME","That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; --sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of thefood. See Food. Opposed to output. Income bond, a bond issued on theincome of the corporation or company issuing it, and the interest ofwhich is to be paid from the earnings of the company before anydividends are made to stockholders; -- issued chiefly or exclusivelyby railroad companies.-- Income tax, a tax upon a person's incomes, emoluments, profits,etc., or upon the excess beyond a certain amount."
"INCOMITY","Want of comity; incivility; rudeness. [R.]"
"INCOMMENSURABILITY","The quality or state of being incommensurable. Reid."
"INCOMMENSURABLE","Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard ofcomparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantitycan be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonalof a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter andcircumference of a circle are incommensurable.They are quantities incommensurable. Burke.-- In`com*men'su*ra*ble*ness, n.-- In`com*men'su*ra*bly, adv."
"INCOMMISCIBLE","Not commiscible; not mixable."
"INCOMMIXTURE","A state of being unmixed; separateness. Sir T. Browne."
"INCOMMODATE","To incommode. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"INCOMMODATION","The state of being incommoded; inconvenience. [Obs.]"
"INCOMMODE","To give inconvenience or trouble to; to disturb or molest; todiscommode; to worry; to put out; as, we are incommoded by want ofroom."
"INCOMMODEMENT","The act of incommoded. [Obs.] Cheyne."
"INCOMMODIOUS","Tending to incommode; not commodious; not affording ease oradvantage; unsuitable; giving trouble; inconvenient; annoying; as, anincommodious seat; an incommodious arrangement.-- In`com*mo'di*ous*ly, adv.-- In`com*mo'di*ous*ness, n."
"INCOMMODITY","Inconvenience; trouble; annoyance; disadvantage; encumbrance.[Archaic] Bunyan.A great incommodity to the body. Jer. Taylor.Buried him under a bulk of incommodities. Hawthorne."
"INCOMMUNICABILITY","The quality or state of being incommunicable, or incapable ofbeing imparted."
"INCOMMUNICABLE","Not communicable; incapable of being communicated, shared,told, or imparted, to others.Health and understanding are incommunicable. Southey.Those incommunicable relations of the divine love. South.-- In`com*mu'ni*ca*ble*ness, n.-- In`com*mu'ni*ca*bly, adv."
"INCOMMUNICATED","Not communicated or imparted. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"INCOMMUNICATING","Having no communion or intercourse with each other. [Obs.] SirM. Hale."
"INCOMMUNICATIVE","Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others inconversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger wasincommunicative; hence, not disposed to hold fellowship orintercourse with others; exclusive.The Chinese . . . an incommunicative nation. C. Buchanan.-- In`com*mu'ni*ca*tive*ly, adv.-- In`com*mu'ni*ca*tive*ness, n. Lamb.His usual incommunicativeness. G. Eliot."
"INCOMMUTABILITY","The quality or state of being incommutable."
"INCOMMUTABLE","Not commutable; not capable of being exchanged with, orsubstituted for, another. Cudworth.-- In`com*mut'a*ble*ness, n.-- In`com*mut'a*bly, adv."
"INCOMPARABLE","Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others;unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless;transcendent.A merchant of incomparable wealth. Shak.A new hypothesis . . . which hath the incomparable Sir Isaac Newtonfor a patron. Bp. Warburton.-- In*com'pa*ra*ble*ness, n.-- In*com'pa*ra*bly, adv.Delights incomparably all those corporeal things. Bp. Wilkins."
"INCOMPARED","Peerless; incomparable. [Obs.] Spenser."
"INCOMPASS","See Encompass."
"INCOMPASSION","Want of compassion or pity. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson."
"INCOMPASSIONATE","Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless.-- In`com*pas'sion*ate*ly, adv.-- In`com*pas'sion*ate*ness, n."
"INCOMPATIBILITY","The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency;irreconcilableness."
"INCOMPATIBLE","Incapable of being together without mutual reaction ordecomposition, as certain medicines. Incompatible terms (Logic),terms which can not be combined in thought."
"INCOMPATIBLENESS","The quality or state of being incompatible; incompatibility."
"INCOMPATIBLY","In an incompatible manner; inconsistently; incongruously."
"INCOMPETENT","Wanting the legal or constitutional qualifications;inadmissible; as, a person professedly wanting in religious belief isan incompetent witness in a court of law or equity; incompetentevidence.Richard III. had a resolution, out of hatred to his brethren, todisable their issues, upon false and incompetent pretexts, the one ofattainder, the other of illegitimation. Bacon."
"INCOMPETENTLY","In an competent manner; inadequately; unsuitably."
"INCOMPETIBILITY","See Incompatibility."
"INCOMPETIBLE","See Incompatible."
"INCOMPLETE","Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower.Incomplete equation (Alg.), an equation some of whose terms arewanting; or one in which the coefficient of some one or more of thepowers of the unknown quantity is equal to 0."
"INCOMPLETELY","In an incomplete manner."
"INCOMPLETENESS","The state of being incomplete; imperfectness; defectiveness.Boyle."
"INCOMPLETION","Want of completion; incompleteness. Smart."
"INCOMPLEX","Not complex; uncompounded; simple. Barrow."
"INCOMPLIABLE","Not compliable; not conformable."
"INCOMPLIANT","Not compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or command;stubborn.-- In`com*pli'ant*ly, adv."
"INCOMPOSED","Disordered; disturbed. [Obs.] Milton.-- In`com*po'sed*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- In`com*pos'ed*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"INCOMPOSITE","Not composite; uncompounded; simple. Incomposite numbers. SeePrime numbers, under Prime."
"INCOMPOSSIBLE","Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent.[Obs.]Ambition and faith . . . are . . . incompossible. Jer. Taylor.-- In`com*pos`si*bil'i*ty, n. [Obs.]"
"INCOMPREHENSE","Incomprehensible. [Obs.] 'Incomprehense in virtue.' Marston."
"INCOMPREHENSIBILITY","The quality of being incomprehensible, or beyond the reach ofhuman intellect; incomprehensibleness; inconceivability;inexplicability.The constant, universal sense of all antiquity unanimously confessingan incomprehensibility in many of the articles of the Christianfaith. South."
"INCOMPREHENSION","Want of comprehension or understanding. 'These mazes andincomprehensions.' Bacon."
"INCOMPREHENSIVE","Not comprehensive; not capable of including or ofunderstanding; not extensive; limited.-- In*com`pre*hen'sive*ly, a. Sir W. Hamilton.-- In*com`pre*hen'sive*ness, n. T. Warton."
"INCOMPRESSIBILITY","The quality of being incompressible, or incapable of reductionin volume by pressure; -- formerly supposed to be a property ofliquids.The incompressibility of water is not absolute. Rees."
"INCOMPRESSIBLE","Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force orpressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as,many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible.-- In`com*press'i*ble*ness, n."
"INCOMPUTABLE","Not computable."
"INCONCEALABLE","Not concealable. 'Inconcealable imperfections.' Sir T. Browne."
"INCONCEIVABILITY","The quality of being inconceivable; inconceivableness.The inconceivability of the Infinite. Mansel."
"INCONCEIVABLE","Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; notexplicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles oragencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how thewill acts in producing muscular motion.It is inconceivable to me that a spiritual substance should representan extended figure. Locke.-- In`con*ceiv'a*ble*ness, n.-- In`con*ceiv'a*bly, adv.The inconceivableness of a quality existing without any subject topossess it. A. Tucker."
"INCONCEPTIBLE","Inconceivable. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale."
"INCONCERNING","Unimportant; trifling. [Obs.] 'Trifling and inconcerningmatters.' Fuller."
"INCONCINNE","Dissimilar; incongruous; unsuitable. [Obs.] Cudworth."
"INCONCINNITY","Want of concinnity or congruousness; unsuitableness.There is an inconcinnity in admitting these words. Trench."
"INCONCINNOUS","Not concinnous; unsuitable; discordant. [Obs.] Cudworth."
"INCONCLUDENT","Not inferring a conclusion or consequence; not conclusive.[Obs.]"
"INCONCLUDING","Inferring no consequence. [Obs.]"
"INCONCLUSIVE","Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing orsettling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence isinconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case insuch a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate ordoubt.Arguments . . . inconclusive and impertinent. South.-- In`con*clu'sive*ly, adv.-- In`con*clu'sive*ness, n."
"INCONCOCT","Inconcocted. [Obs.]"
"INCONCOCTED","Imperfectly digested, matured, or ripened. [Obs.] Bacon."
"INCONCOCTION","The state of being undigested; unripeness; immaturity. [Obs.]Bacon."
"INCONCRETE","Not concrete. [R.] L. Andrews."
"INCONCURRING","Not concurring; disagreeing. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"INCONCUSSIBLE","Not concussible; that cannot be shaken."
"INCONDITE","Badly put together; inartificial; rude; unpolished; irregular.'Carol incondite rhymes.' J. Philips."
"INCONDITIONAL","Unconditional. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"INCONDITIONATE","Not conditioned; not limited; absolute. [Obs.] Boyle."
"INCONFORM","Unconformable. [Obs.] Gauden."
"INCONFORMABLE","Unconformable. [Obs.]"
"INCONFORMITY","Want of conformity; nonconformity. [Obs.]"
"INCONFUSED","Not confused; distinct. [Obs.]"
"INCONFUSION","Freedom from confusion; distinctness. [Obs.] Bacon."
"INCONFUTABLE","Not confutable.-- In`con*fut'a*bly, adv. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"INCONGEALABLE","Not congealable; incapable of being congealed.-- In`con*geal'a*ble*ness, n."
"INCONGENIAL","Not congenial; uncongenial. [R.] -- In`con*ge`ni*al'i*ty. [R.]"
"INCONGRUENCE","Want of congruence; incongruity. Boyle."
"INCONGRUENT","Incongruous. Sir T. Elyot."
"INCONGRUOUS","Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable ofharmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate;unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as, an incongruousremark; incongruous behavior, action, dress, etc. 'Incongruousmixtures of opinions.' I. Taylor. 'Made up of incongruous parts.'Macaulay.Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or suitablenessof which the taste and experience of men takes cognizance. C. J.Smith.Incongruous numbers (Arith.), two numbers, which, with respect to athird, are such that their difference can not be divided by itwithout a remainder, the two numbers being said to be incongruouswith respect to the third; as, twenty-five are incongruous withrespect to four."
"INCONNECTED","Not connected; disconnected. [R.] Bp. Warburton."
"INCONNECTION","Disconnection."
"INCONNEXEDLY","Not connectedly; without connection. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"INCONSCIONABLE","Unconscionable. [Obs.] Spenser."
"INCONSCIOUS","Unconscious. [Obs.]"
"INCONSECUTIVENESS","The state or quality of not being consecutive. J. H. Newman."
"INCONSEQUENCE","The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just orlogical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. Bp. Stillingfleet.Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your ownreasoning! Bp. Hurd."
"INCONSEQUENT","Not following from the premises; not regularly inferred;invalid; not characterized by logical method; illogical; arbitrary;inconsistent; of no consequence.Loose and inconsequent conjectures. Sir T. Browne."
"INCONSEQUENTIAL","Not regularly following from the premises; hence, irrelevant;unimportant; of no consequence. Chesterfield.-- In*con`se*quen'tial*ly, adv."
"INCONSEQUENTIALITY","The state of being inconsequential."
"INCONSEQUENTNESS","Inconsequence."
"INCONSIDERABLE","Not considerable; unworthy of consideration or notice;unimportant; small; trivial; as, an inconsiderable distance; aninconsiderable quantity, degree, value, or sum. 'The baser scum andinconsiderable dregs of Rome.' Stepney.-- In`con*sid'er*a*ble*ness, n.-- In`con*sid'er*a*bly, adv."
"INCONSIDERACY","Inconsiderateness; thoughtlessness. [Obs.] Chesterfield."
"INCONSIDERATELY","In an inconsiderate manner."
"INCONSIDERATENESS","The quality or state of being inconsiderate. Tillotson."
"INCONSIDERATION","Want of due consideration; inattention to consequences;inconsiderateness.Blindness of mind, inconsideration, precipitation. Jer. Taylor.Not gross, willful, deliberate, crimes; but rather the effects ofinconsideration. Sharp."
"INCONSISTENCE","Inconsistency."
"INCONSISTENTLY","In an inconsistent manner."
"INCONSISTENTNESS","Inconsistency. [R.]"
"INCONSISTING","Inconsistent. [Obs.]"
"INCONSOLABLE","Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyondsusceptibility of comfort; disconsolate. Dryden.With inconsolable distress she griev'd, And from her cheek the roseof beauty fied. Falconer.-- In`con*sol'a*ble*ness, n.-- In`con*sol'a*bly, adv."
"INCONSONANT","Not consonant or agreeing; inconsistent; discordant.-- In*con'so*nant*ly, adv."
"INCONSPICUOUS","Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible.-- In`con*spic'u*ous*ly, adv.-- In`con*spic'u*ous*ness, n. Boyle."
"INCONSTANCE","Inconstancy. Chaucer."
"INCONSTANCY","The quality or state of being inconstant; want of constancy;mutability; fickleness; variableness.For unto knight there was no greater shame, Than lightness andinconstancie in love. Spenser."
"INCONSTANT","Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change ofcharacter, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; notfirm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of persons orthings; as, inconstant in love or friendship. 'The inconstant moon.'Shak.While we, inquiring phantoms of a day, Inconstant as the shadows wesurvey! Boyse."
"INCONSTANTLY","In an inconstant manner."
"INCONSUMABLE","Not consumable; incapable of being consumed, wasted, or spent.Paley.-- In`con*sum'a*bly, adv."
"INCONSUMMATE","Not consummated; not finished; incomplete. Sir M. Hale.-- In`con*sum'mate*ness, n."
"INCONSUMPTIBLE","Inconsumable. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby."
"INCONTAMINATE","Not contaminated; pure. Moore.-- In`con*tam'i*nate*ness, n."
"INCONTENTATION","Discontent. [Obs.] Goodwin."
"INCONTESTABILITY","The quality or state of being incontestable."
"INCONTESTABLE","Not contestable; not to be disputed; that cannot be called inquestion or controverted; incontrovertible; indisputable; as,incontestable evidence, truth, or facts. Locke."
"INCONTESTED","Not contested. Addison."
"INCONTIGUOUS","Not contiguous; not adjoining or in contact; separate. Boyle.-- In`con*tig'u*ous*ly, adv."
"INCONTINENT","Unable to restrain natural evacuations."
"INCONTRACTED","Uncontracted. [Obs.] Blackwall."
"INCONTROLLABLE","Not controllable; uncontrollable.-- In`con*trol'la*bly, adv. South."
"INCONTROVERTIBILITY","The state or condition of being incontrovertible."
"INCONTROVERTIBLE","Not controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute;indisputable. Sir T. Browne.-- In*con`tro*ver'ti*ble*ness, n.-- In*con`tro*ver'ti*bly, adv."
"INCONVENIENCE","To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience aneighbor."
"INCONVENIENCY","Inconvenience."
"INCONVENIENTLY","In an inconvenient manner; incommodiously; unsuitably;unseasonably."
"INCONVERSABLE","Incommunicative; unsocial; reserved. [Obs.]"
"INCONVERSANT","Not conversant; not acquainted; not versed; unfamiliar."
"INCONVERTED","Not turned or changed about. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"INCONVERTIBILITY","The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable ofbeing exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, theinconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold."
"INCONVERTIBLE","Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into,or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible intoanother; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie. Walsh."
"INCONVERTIBLENESS","Inconvertibility."
"INCONVERTIBLY","In an inconvertible manner."
"INCONVINCIBLE","Not convincible; incapable of being convinced.None are so inconvincible as your half-witted people. Gov. of theTongue."
"INCONVINCIBLY","In a manner not admitting of being convinced."
"INCONY","Unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate. [Obs.]Most sweet jests! most incony vulgar wit! Shak."
"INCORONATE","Crowned. [R.] Longfellow."
"INCORPORAL","Immaterial; incorporeal; spiritual. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh."
"INCORPORALITY","Incorporeality. [Obs.] Bailey."
"INCORPORALLY","Incorporeally. [Obs.]"
"INCORPORATE","Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body;associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds Had been incorporate.Shak.A fifteenth part of silver incorporate with gold. Bacon."
"INCORPORATED","United in one body; formed into a corporation; made a legalentity."
"INCORPORATIVE","Incorporating or tending to incorporate; as, the incorporativelanguages (as of the Basques, North American Indians, etc. ) whichrun a whole phrase into one word.History demonstrates that incorporative unions are solid andpermanent; but that a federal union is weak. W. Belsham."
"INCORPORATOR","One of a number of persons who gets a company incorporated; oneof the original members of a corporation."
"INCORPOREAL","Existing only in contemplation of law; not capable of actualvisible seizin or possession; not being an object of sense;intangible; -- opposed to corporeal. Incorporeal hereditament. Seeunder Hereditament."
"INCORPOREALISM","Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.Cudworth."
"INCORPOREALIST","One who believes in incorporealism. Cudworth."
"INCORPOREALITY","The state or quality of being incorporeal or bodiless;immateriality; incorporealism. G. Eliot."
"INCORPOREALLY","In an incorporeal manner. Bacon."
"INCORPOREITY","The quality of being incorporeal; immateriality. Berkeley."
"INCORPSE","To incorporate. [R.] Shak."
"INCORRECTION","Want of correction, restraint, or discipline. [Obs.] Arnway."
"INCORRECTLY","Not correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; as, a writingincorrectly copied; testimony incorrectly stated."
"INCORRECTNESS","The quality of being incorrect; want of conformity to truth orto a standard; inaccuracy; inexactness; as incorrectness may indefect or in redundance."
"INCORRESPONDING","Not corresponding; disagreeing. [R.] Coleridge."
"INCORRIGIBILITY","The state or quality of being incorrigible.The ingratitude, the incorrigibility, the strange perverseness . . .of mankind. Barrow."
"INCORRIGIBLE","Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; badbeyond correction; irreclaimable; as, incorrigible error.'Incorrigible fools.' Dryden."
"INCORRIGIBLENESS","Incorrigibility. Dr. H. More."
"INCORRIGIBLY","In an incorrigible manner."
"INCORRODIBLE","Incapable of being corroded, consumed, or eaten away."
"INCORRUPTED","Uncorrupted. [Obs.]Breathed into their incorrupted breasts. Sir J. Davies."
"INCORRUPTIBILITY","The quality of being incorruptible; incapability of corruption.Holland."
"INCORRUPTIBLE","One of a religious sect which arose in Alexandria, in the reignof the Emperor Justinian, and which believed that the body of Christwas incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst, pain, only inappearance."
"INCORRUPTIBLENESS","The quality or state of being incorruptible.  Boyle."
"INCORRUPTIBLY","In an incorruptible manner."
"INCORRUPTION","The condition or quality of being incorrupt or incorruptible;absence of, or exemption from, corruption.It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. 1 Cor. xv.42.The same preservation, or, rather, incorruption, we have observed inthe flesh of turkeys, capons, etc. Sir T. Browne."
"INCORRUPTIVE","Incorruptible; not liable to decay. Akenside."
"INCORRUPTLY","Without corruption.To demean themselves incorruptly. Milton."
"INCRASSATE","To make thick or thicker; to thicken; especially, in pharmacy,to thicken (a liquid) by the mixture of another substance, or byevaporating the thinner parts.Acids dissolve or attenuate; alkalies precipitate or incrassate. SirI. Newton.Liquors which time hath incrassated into jellies. Sir T. Browne."
"INCRASSATIVE","Having the quality of thickening; tending to thicken. Harvey."
"INCREASABLE","Capable of being increased. Sherwood.-- In*creas'a*ble*ness, n.An indefinite increasableness of some of our ideas. Bp. Law."
"INCREASE","To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; towax; as, the moon increases. Increasing function (Math.), a functionwhose value increases when that of the variable increases, anddecreases when the latter is diminished."
"INCREASEFUL","Full of increase; abundant in produce. 'Increaseful crops.'[R.] Shak."
"INCREASEMENT","Increase. [R.] Bacon."
"INCREASER","One who, or that, increases."
"INCREASINGLY","More and more."
"INCREATE","To create within. [R.]"
"INCREDIBLE","Not credible; surpassing belief; too extraordinary andimprobable to admit of belief; unlikely; marvelous; fabulous.Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God shouldraise the dead Acts xxvi. 8."
"INCREDIBLENESS","Incredibility."
"INCREDIBLY","In an incredible manner."
"INCREDITED","Uncredited. [Obs.]"
"INCREDULITY","The state or quality of being iOf every species of incredulity, religious unbelief is the mostirrational. Buckminster."
"INCREDULOUSLY","In an incredulous manner; with incredulity."
"INCREDULOUSNESS","Incredulity."
"INCREMABLE","Incapable of being burnt; incombustibe. Sir T. Browne."
"INCREMATE","To consume or reduce to ashes by burning, as a dead body; tocremate."
"INCREMATION","Burning; esp., the act of burning a dead body; cremation."
"INCREMENT","The increase of a variable quantity or fraction from itspresent value to its next ascending value; the finite quantity,generally variable, by which a variable quantity is increased."
"INCREMENTAL","Pertaining to, or resulting from, the process of growth; as,the incremental lines in the dentine of teeth."
"INCREPATE","To chide; to rebuke; to reprove. [Obs.]"
"INCREPATION","A chiding; rebuke; reproof. [Obs.] Hammond."
"INCRESCENT","Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon represented asthe new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side."
"INCREST","To adorn with a crest. [R.] Drummond."
"INCRIMINATE","To accuse; to charge with a crime or fault; to criminate."
"INCRIMINATION","The act of incriminating; crimination."
"INCRIMINATORY","Of or pertaining to crimination; tending to incriminate;criminatory."
"INCROYABLE","A French fop or dandy of the time of the Directory; hence, anyfop."
"INCRUENTAL","Unbloody; not attended with blood; as, an incruental sacrifice.[Obs.] Brevint."
"INCRUST","To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamentalobject."
"INCRUSTATE","Incrusted. Bacon."
"INCRUSTATION","A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to themasonry by cramp irons or cement."
"INCRUSTMENT","Incrustation. [R.]"
"INCRYSTALLIZABLE","Not crystallizable; incapable of being formed into crystals."
"INCUBATE","To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, orkeep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching."
"INCUBATION","The development of a disease from its causes, or its period ofincubation. (See below.)"
"INCUBATIVE","Of or pertaining to incubation, or to the period of incubation."
"INCUBATOR","That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means ofwhich eggs are hatched by artificial heat."
"INCUBATORY","Serving for incubation."
"INCUBE","To fix firmly, as in cube; to secure or place firmly. [Obs.]Milton."
"INCUBITURE","Incubation. [Obs.] J. Ellis."
"INCUBOUS","Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each onecovers the base of the leaf next above it, as in hepatic mosses ofthe genus Frullania. See Succubous."
"INCUBUS","The nightmare. See Nightmare.Such as are troubled with incubus, or witch-ridden, as we call it.Burton."
"INCULCATE","To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; tourge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility.The most obvious and necessary duties of life they have not yet hadauthority enough to enforce and inculcate upon men's minds. S.Clarke."
"INCULCATION","A teaching and impressing by frequent repetitions. Bp. Hall."
"INCULCATOR","One who inculcates. Boyle."
"INCULK","To inculcate. [Obs.] Sir T. More."
"INCULP","To inculpate. [Obs.] Shelton."
"INCULPABLE","Faultless; blameless; innocent. South.An innocent and incupable piece of ignorance. Killingbeck."
"INCULPABLENESS","Blamelessness; faultlessness."
"INCULPABLY","Blamelessly. South."
"INCULPATE","To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve orimplicate in guilt.That risk could only exculpate her and not inculpate them -- theprobabilities protected them so perfectly. H. James."
"INCULPATION","Blame; censure; crimination. Jefferson."
"INCULPATORY","Imputing blame; criminatory; compromising; implicating."
"INCULT","Untilled; uncultivated; crude; rude; uncivilized.Germany then, says Tacitus, was incult and horrid, now full ofmagnificent cities. Burton.His style is diffuse and incult. M. W. Shelley."
"INCULTIVATED","Uncultivated. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert."
"INCULTIVATION","Want of cultivation. [Obs.] Berington."
"INCULTURE","Want or neglect of cultivation or culture. [Obs.] Feltham."
"INCUMBENT","Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying on the innerside of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies againstthe back of one of them. Gray."
"INCUMBENTLY","In an incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent."
"INCUMBER","See Encumber."
"INCUMBITION","Incubation. [R.] Sterne."
"INCUMBRANCE","A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon anestate, which may diminish its value."
"INCUMBRANCER","One who holds Kent."
"INCUMBROUS","Cumbersome; troublesome. [Written also encombrous.] [Obs.]Chaucer."
"INCUNABULUM","A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch;especially, a book printed before A. D. 1500."
"INCUR","To pass; to enter. [Obs.]Light is discerned by itself because by itself it incurs into theeye. South."
"INCURABILITY","The state of being uncurable; irremediableness. Harvey."
"INCURABLE","A person diseased beyond cure."
"INCURABLENESS","The state of being incurable; incurability. Boyle."
"INCURABLY","In a manner that renders cure impracticable or impossible;irremediably. 'Incurably diseased.' Bp. Hall. 'Incurably wicked.'Blair."
"INCURIOSITY","Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference.Sir H. Wotton."
"INCURIOUS","Not curious or inquisitive; without care for or interest in;inattentive; careless; negligent; heedless.Carelessnesses and incurious deportments toward their children. Jer.Taylor."
"INCURIOUSLY","In an curious manner."
"INCURIOUSNESS","Unconcernedness; incuriosity.Sordid incuriousness and slovenly neglect. Bp. Hall."
"INCURRENCE","The act of incurring, bringing on, or subjecting one's self to(something troublesome or burdensome); as, the incurrence of guilt,debt, responsibility, etc."
"INCURRENT","Characterized by a current which flows inward; as, theincurrent orifice of lamellibranch Mollusca."
"INCURSIVE","Making an incursion; invasive; aggressive; hostile."
"INCURTAIN","To curtain. [Obs.]"
"INCURVATE","Curved; bent; crooked. Derham."
"INCURVE","To bend; to curve; to make crooked."
"INCURVED","Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches orpetals."
"INCURVITY","A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bendinginwards. Sir T. Browne."
"INCUS","One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear; the anvilbone. See Ear."
"INCUSE","Cut or stamped in, or hollowed out by engraving. 'Irregularincuse square.' Dr. W. Smith."
"INCUTE","To strike or stamp in. [Obs.] Becon."
"INCYST","See Encyst."
"INCYSTED","See Encysted."
"IND","India. [Poetical] Shak. Milton."
"INDAGATE","To seek or search out. [Obs.]"
"INDAGATION","Search; inquiry; investigation. [Obs.]"
"INDAGATIVE","Searching; exploring; investigating. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"INDAGATOR","A searcher; an explorer; an investigator. [Obs.]Searched into by such skillful indagators of nature. Boyle."
"INDAMAGE","See Endamage. [R.]"
"INDAMAGED","Not damaged. [Obs.] Milton."
"INDART","To pierce, as with a dart."
"INDAZOL","A nitrogenous compound, C7H6N2, analogous to indol, andproduced from a diazo derivative or cinnamic acid."
"INDE","Azure-colored; of a bright blue color. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"INDEAR","See Endear."
"INDEBT","To bring into debt; to place under obligation; -- chiefly usedin the participle indebted.Thy fortune hath indebted thee to none. Daniel."
"INDEBTMENT","Indebtedness. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"INDECENCE","See Indecency. [Obs.] 'An indecence of barbarity.' Bp. Burnet."
"INDECENT","Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty anddelicacy; as, indecent language. Cowper."
"INDECENTLY","In an indecent manner."
"INDECIDUATE","Having no decidua; nondeciduate."
"INDECIDUOUS","Not deciduous or falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn;lasting; evergreen; persistent; permanent; perennial.The indeciduous and unshaven locks of Apollo. Sir T. Browne."
"INDECIMABLE","Not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to thepayment of tithes. Cowell."
"INDECIPHERABLE","Not decipherable; incapable of being deciphered, explained, orsolved.-- In`de*ci'pher*a*bly, adv."
"INDECISION","Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness;indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation;hesitation.The term indecision . . . implies an idea very nicely different fromirresolution; yet it has a tendency to produce it. Shenstone.Indecision . . . is the natural accomplice of violence. Burke."
"INDECISIVELY","Without decision."
"INDECISIVENESS","The state of being indecisive; unsettled state."
"INDECLINABLE","Not declinable; not varied by inflective terminations; as,nihil (nothing), in Latin, is an indeclinable noun.-- n."
"INDECLINABLY","Without variation of termination."
"INDECOMPOSABLE","Not decomposable; incapable or difficult of decomposition; notresolvable into its constituents or elements."
"INDECOMPOSABLENESS","Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence;durability."
"INDECOROUS","Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breedingor etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorousconduct.It was useless and indecorous to attempt anything more by merestruggle. Burke."
"INDECOROUSLY","In an indecorous manner."
"INDECOROUSNESS","The quality of being indecorous; want of decorum."
"INDEED","In reality; in truth; in fact; verily; truly; -- used in avariety of sense. Esp.: (a) Denoting emphasis; as, indeed it is so.(b) Denoting concession or admission; as, indeed, you are right. (c)Denoting surprise; as, indeed, is it you Its meaning is not intrinsicor fixed, but depends largely on the form of expression which itaccompanies."
"INDEFATIGABILITY","The state of being indefatigable."
"INDEFATIGABLE","Incapable of being fatigued; not readily exhausted; unremittingin labor or effort; untiring; unwearying; not yielding to fatigue;as, indefatigable exertions, perseverance, application. 'A constant,indefatigable attendance.' South.Upborne with indefatigable wings. Milton."
"INDEFATIGABLENESS","Indefatigable quality; unweariedness; persistency. Parnell."
"INDEFATIGABLY","Without weariness; without yielding to fatigue; persistently.Dryden."
"INDEFATIGATION","Indefatigableness; unweariedness. [Obs.] J. Gregory."
"INDEFEASIBILITY","The quality of being undefeasible."
"INDEFEASIBLE","Not to be defeated; not defeasible; incapable of being annulledor made void; as, an indefeasible or title.That the king had a divine and an indefeasible right to the regalpower. Macaulay."
"INDEFECTIBILITY","The quality of being indefectible. Barrow."
"INDEFECTIBLE","Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, ordecay.An indefectible treasure in the heavens. Barrow.A state of indefectible virtue and happiness. S. Clarke."
"INDEFECTIVE","Not defective; perfect; complete. 'Absolute, indefectiveobedience.' South."
"INDEFEISIBLE","Indefeasible. [Obs.]"
"INDEFENSIBILITY","The quality or state of not being defensible. Walsh."
"INDEFENSIBLE","Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained,vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, anindefensible fortress, position, cause, etc.Men find that something can be said in favor of what, on the veryproposal, they thought utterly indefensible. Burke."
"INDEFENSIBLY","In an indefensible manner."
"INDEFENSIVE","Defenseless. [Obs.]The sword awes the indefensive villager. Sir T. Herbert."
"INDEFICIENCY","The state or quality of not being deficient. [Obs.] Strype."
"INDEFICIENT","Not deficient; full. [Obs.]Brighter than the sun, and indeficient as the light of heaven. Jer.Taylor."
"INDEFINABLE","Incapable of being defined or described; inexplicable. Bp.Reynolds."
"INDEFINABLY","In an indefinable manner."
"INDEFINITE","Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumerationimportant; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also,indeterminate. Indefinite article (Gram.), the word a or an, usedwith nouns to denote any one of a common or general class.-- Indefinite inflorescence. (Bot.) See Indeterminate inflorescence,under Indeterminate.-- Indefinite proposition (Logic), a statement whose subject is acommon term, with nothing to indicate distribution ornondistribution; as, Man is mortal.-- Indefinite term (Logic), a negative term; as, the not-good."
"INDEFINITELY","In an indefinite manner or degree; without any settledlimitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness; as, to use aword indefinitely.If the world be indefinitely extended, that is, so far as no humanintellect can fancy any bound of it. Ray."
"INDEFINITENESS","The quality of being indefinite."
"INDEFINITUDE","Indefiniteness; vagueness; also, number or quantity not limitedby our understanding, though yet finite. [Obs.] Sir M . Hale."
"INDEHISCENCE","The property or state of being indehiscent."
"INDEHISCENT","Remaining closed at maturity, or not opening along regularlines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut."
"INDELECTABLE","Not delectable; unpleasant; disagreeable. [R.] Richardson."
"INDELIBERATE","Done without deliberation; unpremeditated. [Obs.] --In`de*lib'er*ate*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"INDELIBERATED","Indeliberate. [Obs.]"
"INDELIBILITY","The quality of being indelible. Bp. Horsley."
"INDELICACY","The quality of being indelicate; want of delicacy, or of a nicesense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners,language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness; also, that which is offensiveto refined taste or purity of mind.The indelicacy of English comedy. Blair.Your papers would be chargeable with worse than indelicacy; theywould be immoral. Addison."
"INDELICATE","Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, orto purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word orsuggestion; indelicate behavior. Macaulay.-- In*del'i*cate*ly, adv."
"INDEMONSTRABILITY","The quality of being indemonstrable."
"INDEMONSTRABLE","Incapable of being demonstrated.-- In`de*mon'stra*ble*ness, n."
"INDENIZATION","The act of naturalizing; endenization. [R.] Evelyn."
"INDENIZE","To naturalize. [R.]"
"INDENIZEN","To invest with the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize. [R.]Words indenizened, and commonly used as English. B. Jonson."
"INDENT","To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; toapprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent aservant."
"INDENTED","Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth;serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary."
"INDENTEDLY","With indentations."
"INDENTING","Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth."
"INDENTION","Same as Indentation, 4."
"INDENTMENT","Indenture. [Obs.]"
"INDENTURE","A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties,whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimesin the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, thecontract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master.The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they are like a pair ofindentures: they answer in every part. C. Leslie."
"INDEPENDENCE DAY","In the United States, a holiday, the 4th of July, commemoratingthe adoption of the Declaration of Independence on that day in 1776."
"INDEPENDENCY","Doctrine and polity of the Independents."
"INDEPENDENT","Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines ormethods of, the Independents."
"INDEPENDENTISM","Independency; the church system of Independents. Bp. Gauden."
"INDEPENDENTLY","In an independent manner; without control."
"INDEPOSABLE","Incapable of being deposed. [R.]Princes indeposable by the pope. Bp. Stillingfleet."
"INDEPRAVATE","Undepraved. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode)."
"INDEPRECABLE","Incapable or undeserving of being deprecated. Cockeram."
"INDEPREHENSIBLE","Incapable of being found out. Bp. Morton."
"INDEPRIVABLE","Incapable of being deprived, or of being taken away."
"INDESCRIBABLE","Incapable of being described.-- In`de*scrib'a*bly, adv."
"INDESCRIPTIVE","Not descriptive."
"INDESERT","Ill desert. [R.] Addison."
"INDESINENT","Not ceasing; perpetual. [Obs.] Baxter.-- In*des'i*nent*ly, adv. [Obs.] Ray."
"INDESIRABLE","Undesirable."
"INDESTRUCTIBILITY","The quality of being indestructible."
"INDESTRUCTIBLE","Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of beingdestroyed.-- In`de*struc'ti*ble*ness, n.-- In`de*struc'ti*bly, adv."
"INDETERMINABLE","Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to bedefinitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited.-- In`de*ter'mi*na*bly, adv."
"INDETERMINATE","Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise;as, an indeterminate number of years. Paley. Indeterminate analysis(Math.), that branch of analysis which has for its object thesolution of indeterminate problems.-- Indeterminate coefficients (Math.), coefficients arbitrarilyassumed for convenience of calculation, or to facilitate someartifice of analysis. Their values are subsequently determined.-- Indeterminate equation (Math.), an equation in which the unknownquantities admit of an infinite number of values, or sets of values.A group of equations is indeterminate when it contains more unknownquantities than there are equations.-- Indeterminate inflorescence (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence inwhich the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the terminal budgoing on to grow and sometimes continuing the stem indefinitely; --called also acropetal, botryose, centripetal, and indefiniteinflorescence. Gray.-- Indeterminate problem (Math.), a problem which admits of aninfinite number of solutions, or one in which there are fewer imposedconditions than there are unknown or required results.-- Indeterminate quantity (Math.), a quantity which has no fixedvalue, but which may be varied in accordance with any proposedcondition.-- Indeterminate series (Math.), a series whose terms proceed by thepowers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also withindeterminate exponents, or indeterminate coefficients.-- In`de*ter'mi*nate*ly adv.-- In`de*ter'mi*nate*ness, n."
"INDETERMINED","Undetermined."
"INDEVIRGINATE","Not devirginate. [Obs.] Chapman."
"INDEVOTE","Not devoted. [Obs.] Bentley. Clarendon."
"INDEVOTION","Want of devotion; impiety; irreligion. 'An age of indevotion.'Jer. Taylor."
"INDEVOUT","Not devout.-- In*de*vout'ly, adv."
"INDEW","To indue. [Obs.] Spenser."
"INDEX","The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; theforefinger; index finger."
"INDEXER","One who makes an index."
"INDEXICAL","Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of anindex."
"INDEXICALLY","In the manner of an index."
"INDEXTERITY","Want of dexterity or readiness, especially in the use of thehands; clumsiness; awkwardness. Harvey."
"INDIA","A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither andFarther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan.India ink, a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from China, usedfor water colors. It is in rolls, or in square, and consists oflampblack or ivory black and animal glue. Called also China ink. Thetrue India ink is sepia. See Sepia.-- India matting, floor matting made in China, India, etc., fromgrass and reeds; -- also called Canton, or China, matting.-- India paper, a variety of Chinese paper, of smooth but not glossysurface, used for printing from engravings, woodcuts, etc.-- India proof (Engraving), a proof impression from an engravedplate, taken on India paper.-- India rubber. See Caoutchouc.-- India-rubber tree (Bot.), any tree yielding caoutchouc, butespecially the East Indian Ficus elastica, often cultivated for itslarge, shining, elliptical leaves."
"INDIA RUBBER",". See Caoutchouc."
"INDIA STEEL","Same as Wootz."
"INDIADEM","To place or set in a diadem, as a gem or gems."
"INDIAMAN","A large vessel in the India trade. Macaulay."
"INDIANEER","An Indiaman."
"INDICAL","Indexical. [R.] Fuller."
"INDICAN","A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants,as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, adecomposes or drying. By the action of acids, ferments, etc., itbreaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of naturalindigo."
"INDICANT","Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating."
"INDICATE","To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the properremedies; as, great prostration of strength indicates the use ofstimulants."
"INDICATED","Shown; denoted; registered; measured. Indicated power. SeeIndicated horse power, under Horse power."
"INDICATION","Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to directto suitable remedies."
"INDICATIVE","Suggestive; representing the whole by a part, as a fleet by aship, a forest by a tree, etc. Indicative mood (Gram.), that mood orform of the verb which indicates, that is, which simply affirms ordenies or inquires; as, he writes; he is not writing; has the mailarrived"
"INDICATIVELY","In an indicative manner; in a way to show or signify."
"INDICATOR","A pressure gauge; a water gauge, as for a steam boiler; anapparatus or instrument for showing the working of a machine ormoving part; as:(a) (Steam Engine) An instrument which draws a diagram showing thevarying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every pointof the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with theengine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressuredrives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. Alever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a cardwrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by astring connected with the piston rod of the engine. See Indicatorcard (below).(b) A telltale connected with a hoisting machine, to show, at thesurface, the position of the cage in the shaft of a mine, etc."
"INDICATORY","Serving to show or make known; showing; indicative; signifying;implying."
"INDICATRIX","A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangentplane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents ofcurvature of the surface at the point of contact. The curve issimilar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel to thetangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an ellipse when thecurvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola when the curvature isanticlastic."
"INDICAVIT","A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual courtin certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts.Wharton (Law Dict. )."
"INDICE","Index; indication. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"INDICES","See Index."
"INDICIA","Discriminating marks; signs; tokens; indications; appearances.Burrill."
"INDICIBLE","Unspeakable. [Obs.]"
"INDICOLITE","A variety of tourmaline of an indigo-blue color."
"INDICT","To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding orpresentment of a grand jury; to find an indictment against; as, toindict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand juryto indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach."
"INDICTABLE","Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject toindictment; as, an indictable offender or offense."
"INDICTEE","A person indicted."
"INDICTER","One who indicts."
"INDICTIVE","Proclaimed; declared; public. Kennet."
"INDICTMENT","The formal statement of an offense, as framed by theprosecuting authority of the State, and found by the grand jury."
"INDICTOR","One who indicts. Bacon."
"INDIES","A name designating the East Indies, also the West Indies.Our king has all the Indies in his arms. Shak."
"INDIFFERENCY","Absence of interest in, or influence from, anything;unconcernedness; equilibrium; indifferentism; indifference.Gladstone.To give ourselves to a detestable indifferency or neutrality in thiscause. Fuller.Moral liberty . . . does not, after all, consist in a power ofindifferency, or in a power of choosing without regard to motives.Hazlitt."
"INDIFFERENT","Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased;disinterested.In choice of committees for ripening business for the counsel, it isbetter indifferent persons than to make an indifferency by putting inthose that are strong on both sides. Bacon.Indifferent tissue (Anat.), the primitive, embryonic,undifferentiated tissue, before conversion into connective, muscular,nervous, or other definite tissue."
"INDIFFERENTISM","Same as Identism."
"INDIFFERENTIST","One governed by indifferentism."
"INDIFFERENTLY","In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference;impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion;tolerably; passably.That they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to thepunishment of wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance of thy truereligion, and virtue. Book of Com. Prayer [Eng. Ed. ]Set honor in one eye and death i' the other, And I will look on bothindifferently. Shak.I hope it may indifferently entertain your lordship at an unbendinghour. Rowe."
"INDIFULVIN","A reddish resinous substance, obtained from indican."
"INDIFUSCIN","A brown amorphous powder, obtained from indican."
"INDIGEEN","Same as Indigene. Darwin."
"INDIGENCE","The condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means ofcomfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless, indigence.Cowper."
"INDIGENCY","Indigence.New indigencies founded upon new desires. South."
"INDIGENE","One born in a country; an aboriginal animal or plant; anautochthon. Evelyn. Tylor."
"INDIGENTLY","In an indigent manner."
"INDIGEST","Crude; unformed; unorganized; undigested. [Obs.] 'A chaos rudeand indigest.' W. Browne. 'Monsters and things indigest.' Shak."
"INDIGESTEDNESS","The state or quality of being undigested; crudeness. Bp.Burnet."
"INDIGESTIBILITY","The state or quality of being indigestible; indigestibleness."
"INDIGESTION","Lack of proper digestive action; a failure of the normalchanges which food should undergo in the alimentary canal; dyspepsia;incomplete or difficult digestion."
"INDIGITATE","To communicative ideas by the fingers; to show or compute bythe fingers. [Obs.]"
"INDIGITATION","The act of pointing out as with the finger; indication. [Obs.]Dr. H. More."
"INDIGLUCIN","The variety of sugar (glucose) obtained from the glucosideindican. It is unfermentable, but reduces Fehling's solution."
"INDIGN","Unworthy; undeserving; disgraceful; degrading. Chaucer.Counts it scorn to draw Comfort indign from any meaner thing. Trench."
"INDIGNANT","Affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feelingwrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjusttreatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation.He strides indignant, and with haughty cries To single fight thefairy prince defies. Tickell."
"INDIGNANTLY","In an indignant manner."
"INDIGNIFY","To treat disdainfully or with indignity; to contemn. [Obs.]Spenser."
"INDIGNITY","Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; anoffense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment;contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult.How might a prince of my great hopes forget So great indignities youlaid upon me Shak.A person of so great place and worth constrained to endure so foulindignities. Hooker."
"INDIGNLY","Unworthily. [Obs.]"
"INDIGO","A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to verydifferent genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria,Indigofera tinctoria, I. Anil, Nereum tinctorium, etc. It is a darkblue earthy substance, tasteless and odorless, with a copper-violetluster when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as such, butis obtained by decomposition of the glycoside indican."
"INDIGOFERA","A genus of leguminous plants having many species, mostly intropical countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp. Indigoferatinctoria, and I. Anil."
"INDIGOGEN","See Indigo white, under Indigo."
"INDIGOMETER","An instrument for ascertaining the strength of an indigosolution, as in volumetric analysis. Ure."
"INDIGOMETRY","The art or method of determining the coloring power of indigo."
"INDIGOTIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, indigo; as, indigotic acid,which is also called anilic or nitrosalicylic acid."
"INDIGOTIN","See Indigo blue, under Indigo."
"INDIGRUBIN","Same as Urrhodin."
"INDIHUMIN","A brown amorphous substance resembling humin, and obtained fromindican."
"INDILATORY","Not dilatory. [Obs.]"
"INDILIGENCE","Want of diligence. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"INDILIGENT","Not diligent; idle; slothful. [Obs.] Feltham.-- In*dil'i*gent*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"INDIMINISHABLE","Incapable of being diminished. [R.] Milton."
"INDIN","A dark red crystalline substance, isomeric with and resemblingindigo blue, and obtained from isatide and dioxindol."
"INDIRECT","Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and directmethod; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc. Indirect claims,claims for remote or consequential damage. Such claims were presentedto and thrown out by the commissioners who arbitrated the damageinflicted on the United States by the Confederate States cruisersbuilt and supplied by Great Britain.-- Indirect demonstration, a mode of demonstration in which proof isgiven by showing that any other supposition involves an absurdity(reductio ad absurdum), or an impossibility; thus, one quantity maybe proved equal to another by showing that it can be neither greaternor less.-- Indirect discourse. (Gram.) See Direct discourse, under Direct.-- Indirect evidence, evidence or testimony which is circumstantialor inferential, but without witness; -- opposed to direct evidence.-- Indirect tax, a tax, such as customs, excises, etc., exacteddirectly from the merchant, but paid indirectly by the consumer inthe higher price demanded for the articles of merchandise."
"INDIRECTED","Not directed; aimless. [Obs.]"
"INDIRECTION","Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. 'Byindirections find directions out.' Shak."
"INDIRECTLY","In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not inexpress terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly;wrongly.To tax it indirectly by taxing their expense. A. Smith.Your crown and kingdom indirectly held. Shak."
"INDIRETIN","A dark brown resinous substance obtained from indican."
"INDIRUBIN","A substance isomeric with, and resembling, indigo blue, andaccompanying it as a side product, in its artificial production."
"INDISCERNIBLE","Not to be discerned; imperceptible; not discoverable orvisible.Secret and indiscernible ways. Jer. Taylor.-- In`dis*cern'i*ble*ness, n.-- In`dis*cern'i*bly, adv."
"INDISCIPLINABLE","Not disciplinable; undisciplinable. [R.]"
"INDISCIPLINE","Want of discipline or instruction. [R.]"
"INDISCOVERABLE","Not discoverable; undiscoverable. J. Conybeare."
"INDISCOVERY","Want of discovery. [Obs.]"
"INDISCREET","Not discreet; wanting in discretion.So drunken, and so indiscreet an officer. Shak."
"INDISCRIMINATE","Not discriminate; wanting discrimination; undistinguishing; notmaking any distinction; confused; promiscuous. 'Blind orindiscriminate forgiveness.' I. Taylor.The indiscriminate defense of right and wrong. Junius.-- In`dis*crim'i*nate*ly, adv. Cowper."
"INDISCRIMINATING","Not discriminating.-- In`dis*crim'i*na`ting*ly, adv."
"INDISCRIMINATION","Want of discrimination or distinction; impartiality. Jefferson."
"INDISCRIMINATIVE","Making no distinction; not discriminating."
"INDISCUSSED","Not discussed. [Obs.] Donne."
"INDISPENSABILITY","Indispensableness."
"INDISPENSABLE","Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release orexemption. [R.]The law was moral and indispensable. Bp. Burnet."
"INDISPENSABLENESS","The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutelynecessary. S. Clarke."
"INDISPENSABLY","In an indispensable manner. 'Indispensably necessary.' Bp.Warburton."
"INDISPERSED","Not dispersed. [R.]"
"INDISPOSEDNESS","The condition or quality of being indisposed. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"INDISPUTABILITY","Indisputableness."
"INDISPUTABLE","Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit ofdispute."
"INDISPUTED","Undisputed."
"INDISSIPABLE","Incapable o"
"INDISSOLUBILITY","The quality or state of being indissoluble."
"INDISSOLUBLENESS","Indissolubility. Sir M. Hale."
"INDISSOLUBLY","In an indissoluble manner.On they move, indissolubly firm. Milton."
"INDISSOLVABLE","Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated;incapable oas, an indissolvable bond of union. Bp. Warburton."
"INDISSOLVABLENESS","Indissolubleness."
"INDISTANCY","Want of distance o [Obs.] Bp. Pearson."
"INDISTINCTIBLE","Indistinguishable. [Obs.] T. Warton."
"INDISTINCTION","Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion;uncertainty; indiscrimination.The indistinction of many of the same name . . . hath made somedoubt. Sir T. Browne.An indistinction of all persons, or equality of all orders, is farfrom being agreeable to the will of God. Sprat."
"INDISTINCTIVE","Having nothing distinctive; common.-- In`dis*tinc'tive*ness, n."
"INDISTINCTLY","In an indistinct manner; not clearly; confusedly; dimly; as,certain ideas are indistinctly comprehended.In its sides it was bounded distinctly, but on its ends confusedly anindistinctly. Sir I. Newton."
"INDISTINCTNESS","The quality or condition of being indistinct; want ofdefiniteness; dimness; confusion; as, the indistinctness of apicture, or of comprehension; indistinctness of vision."
"INDISTINGUISHABLE","Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, ordiscriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of beingperceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship wasindisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form or color;the difference between them was indisguishable."
"INDISTINGUISHABLY","In a indistinguishable manner. Sir W. Scott."
"INDISTINGUISHED","Indistinct. [R.] 'That indistinguished mass.' Sir T. Browne."
"INDISTINGUISHING","Making no difference; indiscriminative; impartial; as,indistinguishing liberalities. [Obs.] Johnson."
"INDISTURBANCE","Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose; apathy;indifference."
"INDITCH","To bury in, or cast into, a ditch. Bp. Hall."
"INDITE","To compose; to write, as a poem.Wounded I sing, tormented I indite. Herbert."
"INDITEMENT","The act of inditing. Craig."
"INDITER","One who indites. Smart."
"INDIUM","A rare metallic element, discovered in certain ores of zinc, bymeans of its characteristic spectrum of two indigo blue lines; hence,its name. In appearance it resembles zinc, being white or lead gray,soft, malleable and easily fusible, but in its chemical relation itresembles aluminium or gallium. Symbol In. Atomic weight, 113.4."
"INDIVERTIBLE","Not to be diverted or turned aside. [R.] Lamb."
"INDIVIDABLE","Indivisible. [R.] Shak."
"INDIVIDED","Undivided. [R.] Bp. Patrick."
"INDIVIDUALISTIC","Of or pertaining to the individual or individualism. LondonAthen\u00e6um."
"INDIVIDUALIZATION","The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized;individuation."
"INDIVIDUALIZE","The mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others bypeculiar properties; to invest with individuality.The peculiarities which individualize and distinguish the humor ofAddison. N. Drake."
"INDIVIDUALIZER","One who individualizes."
"INDIVIDUATE","Undivided. [Obs.]"
"INDIVIDUATION","The act of individuating or state of being individuated;individualization. H. Spencer."
"INDIVIDUATOR","One who, or that which, individuates. Sir K. Digby."
"INDIVIDUITY","Separate existence; individuality; oneness. Fuller."
"INDIVINITY","Want or absence of divine power or of divinity. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"INDIVISIBILITY","The state or property of being indivisible or inseparable;inseparability. Locke."
"INDIVISIBLE","Not capable of exact division, as one quantity by another;incommensurable."
"INDIVISIBLENESS","The state of being indivisible; indivisibility. W. Montagu."
"INDIVISIBLY","In an indivisible manner."
"INDIVISION","A state of being not divided; oneness. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"INDO-","A prefix signifying Indian (i. e., East Indian); of orpertaining of India."
"INDO-ARYAN","Pert. to the Indo-Aryans, or designating, or of, the Aryanlanguages of India."
"INDO-BRITON","A person born in India, of mixed Indian and British blood; ahalf-caste. Malcom."
"INDO-CHINESE","Of or pertaining to Indo-China (i. e., Farther India, or Indiabeyond the Ganges)."
"INDO-DO-CHINESE LANGUAGES","A family of languages, mostly of the isolating type, althoughsome are agglutinative, spoken in the great area extending fromnorthern India in the west to Formosa in the east and from CentralAsia in the north to the Malay Peninsula in the south."
"INDO-ENGLISH","Of or relating to the English who are born or reside in India;Anglo-Indian."
"INDO-EUROPEAN","Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe whichare derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining tothe people or nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo-European or Aryan family.The common origin of the Indo-European nations. Tylor."
"INDOANILINE","Any one of a series of artificial blue dyes, in appearanceresembling indigo, for which they are often used as substitutes."
"INDOCIBILITY","The state of being indocible; indocibleness; indocility."
"INDOCIBLE","Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull inintellect; intractable; unteachable; indocile. Bp. Hall.-- In*doc'i*ble*ness, n."
"INDOCILE","Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, ordisciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable."
"INDOCILITY","The quality or state of being indocile; dullness of intellect;unteachableness; intractableness.The stiffness and indocility of the Pharisees. W. Montagu."
"INDOCTRINATE","To instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning, or of abranch of learning; to imbue with learning; to instruct in, or imbuewith, principles or doctrines; to teach; -- often followed by in.A master that . . . took much delight in indoctrinating his young,unexperienced favorite. Clarendon."
"INDOCTRINATION","The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of beingindoctrinated; instruction in the rudiments and principles of anyscience or system of belief; information. Sir T. Browne."
"INDOGEN","A complex, nitrogenous radical, C8H5NO, regarded as theessential nucleus of indigo."
"INDOGENIDE","Any one of the derivatives of indogen, which contain that groupas a nucleus."
"INDOIN","A substance resembling indigo blue, obtained artificially fromcertain isatogen compounds."
"INDOL","A white, crystalline substance, C8H7N, obtained from blueindigo, and almost all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction.It is also formed from albuminous matter, together with skatol, byputrefaction, and by fusion with caustic potash, and is present inhuman excrement, as well as in the intestinal canal of someherbivora."
"INDOLENCY","Indolence. [Obs.] Holland."
"INDOLENT","Causing little or no pain or annoyance; as, an indolent tumor."
"INDOLENTLY","In an indolent manner.Calm and serene you indolently sit. Addison."
"INDOLES","Natural disposition; natural quality or abilities."
"INDOLIN","A dark resinous substance, polymeric with indol, and obtainedby the reduction of indigo white."
"INDOMABLE","Indomitable. [Obs.]"
"INDOMITABLE","Not to be subdued; untamable; invincible; as, an indomitablewill, courage, animal."
"INDOMITE","Not tamed; untamed; savage; wild. [Obs.] J. Salkeld."
"INDOMPTABLE","Indomitable. [Obs.] Tooke."
"INDONESIAN","Of or pertaining to Indonesia or Indonesians."
"INDOOR","Done or being within doors; within a house or institution;domestic; as, indoor work."
"INDOORS","Within the house; -- usually separated, in doors."
"INDOPHENOL","Any one of a series of artificial blue dyestuffs, resemblingindigo in appearance, and obtained by the action of phenol on certainnitrogenous derivatives of quinone. Simple indophenol proper has notyet been isolated."
"INDORSABLE","Capable of being indorsed; transferable; convertible."
"INDORSATION","Indorsement. [Obs.]"
"INDORSE","To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the backof (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure thepayment of a"
"INDORSED","See Addorsed."
"INDORSEE","The person to whom a note or bill is indorsed, or assigned byindorsement."
"INDORSEMENT","The person who indorses. [Written also endorser.]"
"INDOW","See Endow."
"INDOWMENT","See Endowment."
"INDOXYL","A nitrogenous substance, C8H7NO, isomeric with oxindol,obtained as an oily liquid."
"INDOXYLIC","Of or pertaining to, or producing, indoxyl; as, indoxylic acid."
"INDRAWN","Drawn in."
"INDRENCH","To overwhelm with water; to drench; to drown. [Obs.] Shak."
"INDUBITABLE","Not dubitable or doubtful; too evident to admit of doubt;unquestionable; evident; apparently certain; as, an indubitableconclusion.-- n."
"INDUBITABLENESS","The state or quality of being indubitable."
"INDUBITABLY","Undoubtedly; unquestionably; in a manner to remove all doubt.Oracles indubitably clear and infallibly certain. Barrow."
"INDUBITATE","Not questioned or doubtful; evident; certain. [Obs.] Bacon."
"INDUCE","To produce, or cause, by proximity without contact ortransmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in abody, by the approach of another body in an opposite electric ormagnetic state."
"INDUCED CURRENT","A current due to variation in the magnetic field surroundingits conductor."
"INDUCEMENT","Matter stated by way of explanatory preamble or introduction tothe main allegations of a pleading; a leading to."
"INDUCER","One who, or that which, induces or incites."
"INDUCTANCE","Capacity for induction; the coefficient of self-induction."
"INDUCTANCE COIL","A choking coil."
"INDUCTEOUS","Rendered electro-polar by induction, or brought into theopposite electrical state by the influence of inductive bodies."
"INDUCTILE","Not ductile; incapable of being drawn into threads, as a metal;inelastic; tough."
"INDUCTILITY","The quality or state of being inductile."
"INDUCTION","The act or process of reasoning from a part to a whole, fromparticulars to generals, or from the individual to the universal;also, the result or inference so reached.Induction is an inference drawn from all the particulars. Sir W.Hamilton.Induction is the process by which we conclude that what is true ofcertain individuals of a class, is true of the whole class, or thatwhat is true at certain times will be true in similar circumstancesat all times. J. S. Mill."
"INDUCTION GENERATOR","A machine built as an induction motor and driven abovesynchronous speed, thus acting as an alternating-current generator; -- called also asynchronous generator. Below synchronism the machinetakes in electrical energy and acts as an induction motor; atsynchronism the power component of current becomes zero and changessign, so that above synchronism the machine (driven for this purposeby mechanical power) gives out electrical energy as a generator."
"INDUCTION MOTOR","A type of alternating-current motor comprising two woundmembers, one stationary, called the stator, and the other rotating,called the rotor, these two members corresponding to a certain extentto the field and armature of a direct-current motor."
"INDUCTIONAL","Pertaining to, or proceeding by, induction; inductive."
"INDUCTIVELY","By induction or inference."
"INDUCTOMETER","An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rateof electrical induction."
"INDUCTOR","That portion of an electrical apparatus, in which is theinducing charge or current."
"INDUCTORIUM","An induction coil."
"INDUEMENT","The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment;endowment. W. Montagu."
"INDULGE","To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires;esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden orquestionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly,also, by to. 'Willing to indulge in easy vices.' Johnson."
"INDULGEMENT","Indulgence. [R.] Wood."
"INDULGENCE","Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after theguilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution fromthe censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment ofthe debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christand his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It istherefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment ofpurgatory."
"INDULGENCY","Indulgence. Dryden."
"INDULGENT","Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetitesof those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining;tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent. Shak.The indulgent censure of posterity. Waller.The feeble old, indulgent of their ease. Dryden."
"INDULGENTIAL","Relating to the indulgences of the Roman Catholic Church.Brevint."
"INDULGENTLY","In an indulgent manner; mildly; favorably. Dryden."
"INDULGER","One who indulges. W. Montagu."
"INDULGIATE","To indulge. [R.] Sandys."
"INDULINE","A duty levied on all importations."
"INDUMENT","Plumage; feathers."
"INDURANCE","See Endurance."
"INDURATE","To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates bydrying, and by heat."
"INDURATED","Hardened; as, indurated clay; an indurated heart. Goldsmith."
"INDUSIAL","Of, pertaining to, or containing, the petrified cases of thelarv\u00e6 of certain insects. Indusial limestone (Geol.), a fresh-waterlimestone, largely composed of the agglomerated cases of caddiceworms, or larv\u00e6 of caddice flies (Phryganea). It is found in Miocenestrata of Auvergne, France, and some other localities."
"INDUSTRIAL","Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts andproducts of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especiallyin manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights.The great ideas of industrial development and economic socialamelioration. M. Arnold."
"INDUSTRIALLY","With reference to industry."
"INDUSTRY","Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value,and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor."
"INDUTIVE","Covered; -- applied to seeds which have the usual integumentarycovering."
"INDUVIAE","Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also, leaves whichdo not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time."
"INDUVIATE","Covered with induvi\u00e6, as the upper part of the trunk of a palmtree."
"INDWELL","To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession.The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantlyindwelt form. Milman."
"INDWELLER","An inhabitant. Spenser."
"INDWELLING","Residence within, as in the heart.The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South."
"INEARTH","To inter. [R.] Southey."
"INEBRIANT","Intoxicating."
"INEBRIATE","To become drunk. [Obs.] Bacon."
"INEBRIATION","The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively,deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, assuccess. Sir T. Browne.Preserve him from the inebriation of prosperity. Macaulay."
"INEBRIETY","Drunkenness; inebriation. E. Darwin."
"INEBRIOUS","Intoxicated, or partially so; intoxicating. [R.] T. Brown."
"INEDIBLE","Not edible; not fit for food. -- In*ed`i*bil'i*ty (#), n."
"INEDITED","Not edited; unpublished; as, an inedited manuscript. T. Warton."
"INEE","An arrow poison, made from an apocynaceous plant (Strophanthushispidus) of the Gaboon country; -- called also onaye."
"INEFFABILITY","The quality or state of being ineffable; ineffableness;unspeakableness."
"INEFFABLE","Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable;unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven.Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contenBeattie."
"INEFFABLENESS","The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable;unspeakableness."
"INEFFABLY","In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably. Milton."
"INEFFACEABLE","Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable."
"INEFFACEABLY","So as not to be effaceable."
"INEFFECTIBLE","Ineffectual; impracticable. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"INEFFECTIVE","Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as,an ineffective appeal.The word of God, without the spirit, [is] a dead and ineffectiveletter. Jer. Taylor."
"INEFFECTIVELY","In an ineffective manner; without effect; inefficiently;ineffectually."
"INEFFECTIVENESS","Quality of being ineffective."
"INEFFECTUAL","Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient;weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; anineffectual expedient. Pope.The peony root has been much commended, . . . and yet has been bymany found ineffectual. Boyle."
"INEFFECTUALITY","Ineffectualness. [R.]"
"INEFFECTUALLY","Without effect; in vain.Hereford . . . had been besieged for abouineffectually by the Scots.Ludlow."
"INEFFECTUALNESS","Want of effect, or of power to produce it; inefficacy.The ineffectualness of some men's devotion. Wake."
"INEFFERVESCENCE","Want of effervescence. Kirwan."
"INEFFERVESCENT","Not effervescing, or not susceptible of effervescence;quiescent."
"INEFFERVESCIBILITY","The quality of being ineffervescible."
"INEFFERVESCIBLE","Not capable or susceptible of effervescence."
"INEFFICACIOUS","Not efficacious; not having power to produce the effectdesired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient; impotent. Boyle.The authority of Parliament must become inefficacious . . . torestrain the growth of disorders. Burke."
"INEFFICACIOUSLY","without efficacy or effect."
"INEFFICACIOUSNESS","Want of effect, or of power to produce the effect; inefficacy."
"INEFFICACY","Want of power to produce the desired or proper effect;inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness;as, the inefficacy of medicines or means.The seeming inefficacy of censures. Bp. Hall.The inefficacy was soon proved, like that of many similar medicines.James Gregory."
"INEFFICIENCY","The quality of being inefficient; want of power or energysufficient; want of power or energy sufficient for the desiredeffect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged from hisposition for inefficiency."
"INEFFICIENTLY","In an inefficient manner."
"INELABORATE","Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude;unfinished."
"INELASTIC","Not elastic."
"INELASTICITY","Want of elasticity."
"INELEGANT","Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, orornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires.What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined,inelegant. Milton.It renders style often obscure, always embarrassed and inelegant.Blair."
"INELEGANTLY","In an inelegant manner."
"INELIGIBILITY","The state or quality of being ineligible."
"INELIGIBLE","Not eligible; not qualified to be chos Burke."
"INELLIGIBLY","In an ineligible manner."
"INELOQUENT","Not eloquent; not fluent, graceful, or pathetic; notpersuasive; as, ineloquent language.Nor are thy lips ungraceful, sire of men, Nor tongue ineloquent.Milton."
"INELOQUENTLY","Without eloquence."
"INELUCTABLE","Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable. Bp.Pearson.The ineluctable conditions of matter. Hamerton."
"INELUDIBLE","Incapable of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable.Most pressing reasons and ineludible demonstrations. Glanvill."
"INEMBRYONATE","Not embryonate."
"INENARRABLE","Incapable of being narrated; indescribable; ineffable. [Obs.]'Inenarrable goodness.' Bp. Fisher."
"INEPTLY","Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly.None of them are made foolishly or ineptly. Dr. H. More."
"INEPTNESS","Unfitness; ineptitude.The feebleness and miserable ineptness of infancy. Dr. H. More."
"INEQUABLE","Unequable. [R.] Bailey."
"INEQUAL","Unequal; uneven; various. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"INEQUALITY","An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with thesign of inequality (> or <) between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3,or 4 > 1."
"INEQUATION","An inequality."
"INEQUIDISTANT","Not equally distant; not equidistant."
"INEQUILATERAL","Having the two ends unequal, as in the clam, quahaug, and mostlamellibranch shells."
"INEQUILOBATE","Unequally lobed; cut into lobes of different shapes or sizes."
"INEQUITABLE","Not equitable; not just. Burke."
"INEQUITATE","To ride over or through. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"INEQUITY","Want of equity; injustice; wrong. 'Some form of inequity.' H.Spencer."
"INERADICABLE","Incapable of beingThe bad seed thus sown was ineradicable. Ld. Lytton."
"INERADICABLY","So as not to be eradicable."
"INERGETICALLY","Without energy. [R.]"
"INERMIS","Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf. Gray."
"INERRABILITY","Freedom or exemption from error; infallibility. Eikon Basilike."
"INERRABLE","Incapable of erring; infallible; unerring. 'Inerabble andrequisite conditions.' Sir T. Browne. 'Not an inerrable text.'Gladstone."
"INERRABLENESS","Exemption from error; inerrability; infallibility. Hammond."
"INERRABLY","With security from error; infallibly; unerringly."
"INERRANCY","Exemption from error.The absolute inerrancy odf the Bible. The Century."
"INERRATIC","Not erratic or wandering; fixed; settled; established."
"INERRINGLY","Without error, mistake, or deviation; unerringly. Glanvill."
"INERTIA","That property of matter by which it tends when at rest toremain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the samestraight line or direction, unless acted on by some external force; -- sometimes called vis inerti\u00e6."
"INERTION","Want of activity or exertion; inertness; quietude. [R.]These vicissitudes of exertion and inertion of the arterial systemconstitute the paroxysms of remittent fever. E. Darwin."
"INERTITUDE","Inertness; inertia. [R.] Good."
"INERTLY","Without activity; sluggishly. Pope."
"INERUDITE","Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant."
"INESCAPABLE","Not escapable."
"INESCATE","To allure; to lay a bait for. [Obs.]To inescate and beguile young women! Burton."
"INESCATION","The act of baiting; allurement. [Obs.] Hallywell."
"INESCUTCHEON","A small escutcheon borne within a shield."
"INESTIMABLE","Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, toovaluable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above allprice; as, inestimable rights or privileges.But above all, for thine inestimable love. Bk. of Com. Prayer.Science is too inestimable for expression by a money standard. LyonPlayfair."
"INESTIMABLY","In a manner, or to a degree, above estimation; as, thingsinestimably excellent."
"INEVASIBLE","Incapable of being"
"INEVIDENCE","Want of evidence; obscurity. [Obs.] Barrow."
"INEVIDENT","Not evident; not clear or obvious; obscure."
"INEVITABILITY","Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness.Shelford."
"INEVITABLENESS","The state of being unavoidable; certainty to happen. Prideaux."
"INEVITABLY","Without possibility of escape or evasion; unavoidably;certainly.Inevitably thou shalt die. Milton.How inevitably does immoderate laughter end in a sigh! South."
"INEXACT","Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate."
"INEXACTITUDE","Inexactness; uncertainty; as, geographical inexactitude."
"INEXACTLY","In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor."
"INEXACTNESS","Incorrectness; want of exactness."
"INEXCITABILITY","The quality of being inexcitable; insusceptibility toexcitement."
"INEXCITABLE","Not susceptible of excitement; dull; lifeless; torpid."
"INEXCUSABLE","Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as,inexcusable folly.Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art thatjudgest; for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself;for thou that judgest doest the same things. Rom. ii. 1."
"INEXCUSABLENESS","The quality of being inexcusable; enormity forgiveness. South."
"INEXCUSABLY","With a degree of guilt or folly beyond excuse or justification.Inexcusably obstinate and perverse. Jortin."
"INEXECRABLE","That can not be execrated enough. [R.]"
"INEXECUTABLE","Incapable of being executed or performed; impracticable;infeasible."
"INEXECUTION","Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of atreaty. Spence."
"INEXERTION","Want of exertion; want of effort; defect of action; indolence;laziness."
"INEXHALABLE","Incapable of being exhaled. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"INEXHAUSTED","Not exhausted; not emptied; not spent; not having lost allstrength or resources; unexhausted. Dryden."
"INEXHAUSTEDLY","Without exhaustion."
"INEXHAUSTIBILITY","The state or quality of being inexhaustible; abundance."
"INEXHAUSTIBLE","Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing;not to be wasted or spent; as, inexhaustible stores of provisions; aninexhaustible stock of elegant words. Dryden.An inexhaustible store of anecdotes. Macaulay.-- In`ex*haust'i*ble*ness, n.-- In`ex*haust'i*bly, adv."
"INEXHAUSTIVE","Inexhaustible. Thomson."
"INEXIST","To exist within; to dwell within. [Obs.]Substances inexisting within the divine mind. A. Tucker."
"INEXISTANT","Inexistent; not existing. [Obs.] Gudworth."
"INEXISTENCE","Want of being or existence."
"INEXISTENT","Not having being; not existing."
"INEXORABILITY","The quality of being inexorable, or unyielding to entreaty.Paley."
"INEXORABLE","Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm;determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; as, aninexorable prince or tyrant; an inexorable judge. 'Inexorableequality of laws.' Gibbon. 'Death's inexorable doom.' Dryden.You are more inhuman, more inexorable, O, ten times more than tigersof Hyrcania. Shak."
"INEXORABLENESS","The quality or state of being inexorable. Chillingworth."
"INEXORABLY","In an inexorable manner; inflexibly. 'Inexorably firm.'Thomson."
"INEXPANSIBLE","Incapable of expansion, enlargement, or extension. Tyndall."
"INEXPECTABLE","Not to be expected or anticipated. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"INEXPECTANT","Not expectant. C. Bront\u00e9."
"INEXPECTATION","Absence of expectation. Feltham."
"INEXPECTED","Unexpected. [Obs.]"
"INEXPECTEDLY","Unexpectedly. [Obs.]"
"INEXPECTEDNESS","Unexpectedness. [Obs.]"
"INEXPEDIENT","Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending tothe end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time andplace; as, what is expedient at one time may be inexpedient atanother.If it was not unlawful, yet it was highly inexpedient to use thoseceremonies. Bp. Burnet."
"INEXPEDIENTLY","Not"
"INEXPENSIVE","Not expensive; cheap."
"INEXPERIENCE","Absence or want of experience; lack of personal andexperimental knowledge; as, the inexperience of youth.Failings which are incident to youth and inexperience. Dryden.Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience ofthe world, and ignorance of mankind. Addison."
"INEXPERIENCED","Not having experience unskilled. 'Inexperienced youth.' Cowper."
"INEXPERTNESS","Want of expertness or skill."
"INEXPIABLENESS","Quality of being inexpiable."
"INEXPIABLY","In an inexpiable manner of degree; to a degree that admits ofno atonement."
"INEXPIATE","Not appeased or placated. [Obs.]To rest inexpiate were much too rude a part. Chapman."
"INEXPLAINABLE","Incapable of being explained; inexplicable."
"INEXPLEABLY","Insatiably. [Obs.] Sandys."
"INEXPLICABILITY","The quality or state of being inexplicable. H. Spencer."
"INEXPLICABLE","Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained,interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable mystery. 'Aninexplicable scratching.' Cowper.Their reason is disturbed; their views become vast and perplexed, toothers inexplicable, to themselves uncertain. Burke."
"INEXPLICABLENESS","A state of being inexplicable; inexplicability."
"INEXPLICABLY","In an inexplicable manner."
"INEXPLICIT","Not explicit; not clearly stated; indefinite; vague."
"INEXPLORABLE","Incapable of being explored, searched out, or discovered. SirG. Buck."
"INEXPLOSIVE","Not explosive."
"INEXPOSURE","A state of not being exposed."
"INEXPRESSIBLE","Not capable of expression or utterance in language; ineffable;unspeakable; indescribable; unutterable; as, inexpressible grief orpleasure. 'Inexpressible grandeur.' Blair.In orbs Of circuit inexpressible they stood. Milton."
"INEXPRESSIBLES","Breeches; trousers. [Colloq. or Slang] Ld. Lytton."
"INEXPRESSIBLY","In an inexpressible manner or degree; unspeakably; unutterably.Spectator."
"INEXPRESSIVENESS","The state or quality of being inexpressive."
"INEXPUGNABLE","Incapable of being subdued by force; impregnable;unconquerable. Burke.A fortress, inexpugnable by the arts of war. Milman."
"INEXPUGNABLY","So as to be inexpugnable; in an inexpugnable manner. Dr. H.More."
"INEXSUPERABLE","Not capable of being passed over; insuperable; insurmountable."
"INEXTENDED","Not extended."
"INEXTENSIBLE","Not capable of being extended; not elastic; as, inextensiblefibers."
"INEXTENSION","Want of extension; unextended state."
"INEXTERMINABLE","Incapable of extermination. Rush."
"INEXTINCT","Not quenched; not extinct."
"INEXTINGUIBLE","Inextinguishable. [Obs.] Sir T. More."
"INEXTINGUISHABLE","Not capable of being extinguished; extinguishable;unquenchable; as, inextinguishable flame, light, thirst, desire,feuds. 'Inextinguishable rage.' Milton."
"INEXTINGUISHABLY","So as not to be extinguished; in an inextinguishable manner."
"INEXTIRPABLE","Not capable of being extirpated or rooted out; ineradicable."
"INEXTRICABLENESS","The state of being inextricable."
"INEXTRICABLY","In an inextricable manner."
"INEYE","To ingraft, as a tree or plant, by the insertion of a bud oreye; to inoculate.The arts of grafting and ineying. J. Philips."
"INFABRICATED","Not fabricated; unwrought; not artificial; natural. [Obs.]"
"INFALLIBILIST","One who accepts or maintains the dogma of papal infallibility."
"INFALLIBILITY","The quality or state of being infallible, or exempt from error;inerrability.Infallibility is the highest perfection of the knowing faculty.Tillotson.Papal infallibility (R. C. Ch.), the dogma that the pope can not,when acting in his official character of supreme pontiff, err indefining a doctrine of Christian faith or rule of morals, to be heldby the church. This was decreed by the Ecumenical Council at theVatican, July 18, 1870."
"INFALLIBLE","Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith ormorals. See Papal infallibility, under Infallibility."
"INFALLIBLENESS","The state or quality of being infallible; infallibility. Bp.Hall."
"INFALLIBLY","In an infallible manner; certainly; unfailingly; unerringly.Blair."
"INFAME","To defame; to make infamous. [Obs.] Milton.Livia is infamed for the poisoning of her husband. Bacon."
"INFAMIZE","To make infamous; to defame. [R.] Coleridge."
"INFAMOUS","Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at commonlaw, an infamous person can not be a witness."
"INFAMOUSLY","In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully;shamefully.The sealed fountain of royal bounty which had been infamouslymonopolized and huckstered. Burke."
"INFAMOUSNESS","The state or quality of being infamous; infamy."
"INFAMY","That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convictincurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as awitness."
"INFANCY","The state or condition of one under age, or under the age oftwenty-one years; nonage; minority."
"INFANDOUS","Too odious to be expressed or mentioned. [Obs.] Howell."
"INFANGTHEF","The privilege granted to lords of certain manors to judgethieves taken within the seigniory of such lords. Cowell."
"INFANT","A person who is not of full age, or who has not attained theage of legal capacity; a person under the age of twenty-one years; aminor."
"INFANTA","A title borne by every one of the daughters of the kings ofSpain and Portugal, except the eldest."
"INFANTE","A title given to every one of sons of the kings of Spain andPortugal, except the eldest or heir apparent."
"INFANTHOOD","Infancy. [R.]"
"INFANTICIDAL","Of or pertaining to infanticide; engaged in, or guilty of,child murder."
"INFANTICIDE","The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of anewly born or young child; child murder."
"INFANTILE","Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, orcharacteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior."
"INFANTILE PARALYSIS","An acute disease, almost exclusively infantile, characterizedby inflammation of the anterior horns of the gray substance of thespinal cord. It is attended with febrile symptoms, motor paralysis,and muscular atrophy, often producing permanent deformities. Calledalso acute anterior poliomyelitis."
"INFANTINE","Infantile; childish.A degree of credulity next infantine. Burke."
"INFANTLIKE","Like an infant. Shak."
"INFANTLY","Like an infant. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"INFANTRY","A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, indistinction from cavalry."
"INFARCE","To stuff; to swell. [Obs.]The body is infarced with . . . watery humors. Sir T. Elyot."
"INFARCTION","The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading and obstructionof any organ or vessel of the body; constipation."
"INFARE","A house-warming; especially, a reception, party, orentertainment given by a newly married couple, or by the husband uponreceiving the wife to his house. [Written also infair.] [Scot., &Local, U. S.]"
"INFASHIONABLE","Unfashionable. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"INFATIGABLE","Indefatigable. [Obs.] Daniel."
"INFATUATE","Infatuated. Bp. Hall."
"INFATUATED","Overcome by some foolish passion or desire; affected byinfatuation."
"INFATUATION","The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly;that which infatuates.The infatuations of the sensual and frivolous part of mankind areamazing; but the infatuations of the learned and sophistical areincomparably more so. I. Taylor.Such is the infatuation of self-love. Blair."
"INFAUST","Not favorable; unlucky; unpropitious; sinister. [R.] Ld.Lytton."
"INFAUSTING","The act of making unlucky; misfortune; bad luck. [Obs.] Bacon."
"INFEASIBILITY","The state of being infeasible; impracticability."
"INFEASIBLE","Not capable of being done or accomplished; impracticable.Glanvill."
"INFEASIBLENESS","The state of quality of being infeasible; infeasibility. W.Montagu."
"INFECT","Infected. Cf. Enfect. [Obs.] Shak."
"INFECTER","One who, or that which, infects."
"INFECTIBLE","Capable of being infected."
"INFECTION","Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods;implication."
"INFECTIOUS","Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure andforfeiture.Contraband articles are said to be of an infectious nature. Kent."
"INFECTIOUSLY","In an infectious manner. Shak."
"INFECTIOUSNESS","The quality of being infectious."
"INFECTIVE","Infectious. Beau. & Fl.True love . . . hath an infective power. Sir P. Sidney."
"INFECUND","Unfruitful; not producing young; barren; infertile. [Obs.]Evelyn."
"INFECUNDITY","Want of fecundity or fruitfulness; barrenness; sterility;unproductiveness."
"INFECUNDOUS","Infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive. [Obs.] Glanvill."
"INFEEBLE","See Enfeeble."
"INFELICITOUS","Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate orappropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, aninfelicitous condition; an infelicitous remark; an infelicitousdescription; infelicitous words."
"INFELONIOUS","Not felonious, malignant, or criminal. G. Eliot."
"INFELT","Felt inwardly; heartfelt. [R.]The baron stood afar off, or knelt in submissive, acknowledged,infelt inferiority. Milman."
"INFEODATION","See Infeudation."
"INFEOFF","See Enfeoff."
"INFEOFFMENT","See Enfeoffment."
"INFERABLE","Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises. [Writtenalso inferrible.] H. Spencer.A sufficient argument . . . is inferable from these premises. Burke."
"INFERENTIAL","Deduced or deducible by inference. 'Inferential proofs.' J. S.Mill."
"INFERENTIALLY","By way of inference."
"INFERIAE","Sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends."
"INFERIOR","Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.Inferior court (Law), a court subject to the jurisdiction of anothercourt known as the superior, or higher, court.-- Inferior letter, Inferior figure (Print.), a small letter orfigure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to superior letteror figure), as in A2, Bn, 2 and n are inferior characters.-- Inferior tide, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit ofthe meridian, when below the horizon."
"INFERIORITY","The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as,inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of worth.A deep sense of our own great inferiority. Boyle."
"INFERIORLY","In an inferior manner, or on the inferior part."
"INFERNAL","An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself.[Obs.] Drayton."
"INFERNALLY","In an infernal manner; diabolically. 'Infernally false.' Bp.Hacket."
"INFERNO","The infernal regions; hell. Also used fig."
"INFEROBRANCHIAN","One of the Inferobranchiata."
"INFEROBRANCHIATA","A suborder of marine gastropod mollusks, in which the gills arebetween the foot and the mantle."
"INFEROBRANCHIATE","Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin ofthe mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata."
"INFERRIBLE","Inferable."
"INFERTILE","Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertilesoil."
"INFERTILELY","In an infertile manner."
"INFERTILITY","The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness;barrenness.The infertility or noxiousness of the soil. Sir M. Hale."
"INFEST","Mischievous; hurtful; harassing. [Obs.] Spenser."
"INFESTATION","The act of infesting or state of being infested; molestation;vexation; annoyance. Bacon.Free from the infestation of enemies. Donne."
"INFESTER","One who, or that which, infests."
"INFESTIVE","Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless; gloomy;forlorn. [R.]"
"INFESTIVITY","Want of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth; dullness;cheerlessness. [R.]"
"INFESTUOUS","Mischievous; harmful; dangerous. [Obs.] 'Infestuous asserpents.' Bacon."
"INFEUDATION","The act of putting one in possession of an estate in fee. SirM. Hale."
"INFIDEL","Not holding the faith; -- applied esp. to one who does notbelieve in the inspiration of the Scriptures, and the supernaturalorigin of Christianity.The infidel writer is a great enemy to society. V. Knox."
"INFIELD","To inclose, as a field. [R.]"
"INFILE","To arrange in a file or rank; to place in order. [Obs.]Holland."
"INFILM","To cover with a film; to coat thinly; as, to infilm one metalwith another in the process of gilding; to infilm the glass of amirror. [R.]"
"INFILTER","To filter or sift in."
"INFILTRATE","To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of asubstance; to filter into or through something.The water infiltrates through the porous rock. Addison."
"INFILTRATIVE","Of or pertaining to infiltration. Kane."
"INFINITE","Greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind; -- saidof certain quantities."
"INFINITENESS","The state or quality of being infinite; infinity; greatness;immensity. Jer. Taylor."
"INFINITESIMAL","Infinitely or indefinitely small; less than any assignablequantity or value; very small. Infinitesimal calculus, the differentand the integral calculus, when developed according to the methodused by Leibnitz, who regarded the increments given to variables asinfinitesimal."
"INFINITESIMALLY","By infinitesimals; in infinitely small quantities; in aninfinitesimal degree."
"INFINITIVAL","Pertaining to the infinite mood. 'Infinitival stems.' Fitzed.Hall."
"INFINITIVE","Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined. Infinitivemood (Gram.), that form of the verb which merely names the action,and performs the office of a verbal noun. Some grammarians make twoforms in English: (a) The simple form, as, speak, go, hear, beforewhich to is commonly placed, as, to speak; to go; to hear. (b) Theform of the imperfect participle, called the infinitive in -ing; as,going is as easy as standing."
"INFINITO","Infinite; perpetual, as a canon whose end leads back to thebeginning. See Infinite, a., 5."
"INFINITUPLE","Multipied an infinite number of times. [R.] Wollaston."
"INFINITY","A quantity greater than any assignable quantity of the samekind."
"INFIRM","To weaken; to enfeeble. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh."
"INFIRMARIAN","A person dwelling in, or having charge of, an infirmary, esp.in a monastic institution."
"INFIRMARY","A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged andnursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated."
"INFIRMATIVE","Weakening; annulling, or tending to make void. [Obs.]"
"INFIRMATORY","An infirmary. [Obs.]"
"INFIRMLY","In an infirm manner."
"INFIRMNESS","Infirmity; feebleness. Boyle."
"INFIX","Something infixed. [R.] Welsford."
"INFLAME","To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat,congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork."
"INFLAMED","Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame."
"INFLAMER","The person or thing that inflames. Addison."
"INFLAMMABILLTY","Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality ofbeing inflammable."
"INFLAMMABLENESS","The quality or state of being inflammable; inflammability.Boyle."
"INFLAMMABLY","In an inflammable manner."
"INFLAMMATION","A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting incongestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the bloodcurrent, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly byredness and swelling, attended with heat and pain."
"INFLAMMATIVE","Inflammatory."
"INFLAMMATORY","Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat andexcitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease.Inflammatory crust. (Med.) Same as Buffy coat, under Buffy.-- Inflammatory fever, a variety of fever due to inflammation."
"INFLATABLE","That may be inflated."
"INFLATE","Blown in; inflated. Chaucer."
"INFLATED","Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, orpericarp. Martyn."
"INFLATER","One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of thestock exchange."
"INFLATINGLY","In a manner tending to inflate."
"INFLATIONIST","One who favors an increased or very large issue of paper money.[U.S.]"
"INFLATUS","A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.The divine breath that blows the nostrils out To ineffable inflatus.Mrs. Browning."
"INFLECT","To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline,as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb."
"INFLECTED","Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection;inflective. Inflected cycloid (Geom.), a prolate cycloid. SeeCycloid."
"INFLECTION","The variation or change which words undergo to mark case,gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc."
"INFLECTIONAL","Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by,inflection. Max M\u00fcller."
"INFLECTIVE","Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, tomark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection. Inflective language(Philol.), a language like the Greek or Latin, consisting largely ofstems with variable terminations or suffixes which were onceindependent words. English is both agglutinative, as, manlike,headache, and inflective, as, he, his, him. Cf. Agglutinative."
"INFLESH","To incarnate."
"INFLEX","To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; todeflect. J. Philips."
"INFLEXED","Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as thepetals of a flower."
"INFLEXIBILITY","The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable ofbeing bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness;rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity;steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy.The inflexibility of mechanism. A. Baxter.That grave inflexibility of soul. Churchill.The purity and inflexibility of their faith. T. Warton."
"INFLEXIBLENESS","The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility;rigidity; firmness."
"INFLEXIBLY","In an inflexible manner."
"INFLEXION","Inflection."
"INFLEXURE","An inflection; a bend or fold. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"INFLICT","To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking;to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel,or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; toinflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on anoffender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal.What heart could wish, what hand inflict, this dire disgrace Drygen.The persecution and the pain That man inflicts on infero-ior kinds.Cowper."
"INFLICTER","One who inflicts.Godis the sole and immadiate inflicter of such strokes. South."
"INFLICTIVE","Causing infliction; acting as an infliction. Whitehead."
"INFLOW","To flow in. Wiseman."
"INFLUENCE","Induction."
"INFLUENCER","One who, or that which, influences."
"INFLUENCIVE","Tending toinfluence; influential."
"INFLUENTIAL","Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent; efficacious;effective; strong; having authority or ascendency; as, an influentialman, station, argument, etc.A very influential Gascon prefix. Earle."
"INFLUENTIALLY","In an influential manner."
"INFLUENZA","An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, orby inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompaniedby fever."
"INFLUXION","A flowing in; infusion. [R.] Bacon."
"INFLUXIOUS","Influential. [Obs.]"
"INFLUXIVE","Having a tendency to flow in; having influence; influential.[R.] Holdsworth."
"INFLUXIVELY","By influxion. [R.]"
"INFOLDMENT","The act of infolding; the state of being infolded."
"INFOLIATE","To cover or overspread with, or as with, leaves. [R.] Howell."
"INFORM","Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed. Cotton."
"INFORMALLY","In an informal manner."
"INFORMATION","A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offensagainst the government, instituted and prosecuted, really ornominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of thegovernment. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chieflyin not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment."
"INFORMATIVE","Having power to inform, animate, or vivify. Dr. H. More."
"INFORMATORY","Full of, or conveying, information; instructive. [R.] LondonSpectator."
"INFORMED","Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless. [Obs.] Spenser.Informed stars. See under Unformed."
"INFORMER","One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one whoinforms against another for violation of some law or penal statute.Common informer (Law), one who habitually gives information of theviolation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution therefor.Bouvier. Wharton."
"INFORMIDABLE","Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded. [Obs.] 'Foe notinformidable.' Milton."
"INFORMITY","Want of regular form; shapelessness. [Obs.]"
"INFORMOUS","Of irregular form; shapeless. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"INFORTUNATE","Unlucky; unfortunate. [Obs.] Shak.'A most infortynate chance.' Howell.- In*for'tu*nate*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"INFORTUNE","Misfortune. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"INFORTUNED","Unfortunate. [Obs.]I, woeful wretch and infortuned wight. Chaucer."
"INFOUND","To pour in; to infuse. [Obs.] Sir T. More."
"INFRA","Below; beneath; under; after; -- often used as a prefix."
"INFRA-AXILLARY","Situated below the axil, as a bud."
"INFRA-RED","Lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end; -- said ofrays less refrangible than the extreme red rays."
"INFRABRANCHIAL","Below the gills; -- applied to the ventral portion of thepallial chamber in the lamellibranchs."
"INFRACLAVICULAR","Below the clavicle; as, the infraclavicular fossa."
"INFRACT","Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole. [Obs.] Chapman."
"INFRACTIBLE","Capable of being broken.[R.]"
"INFRACTION","The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation;nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact,rule, or law. I. Watts."
"INFRACTOR","One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a breaker."
"INFRAGRANT","Not fragrant."
"INFRAHYOID","Same as Hyosternal (a)."
"INFRALABIAL","Below the lower lip; -- said of certain scales of reptiles andfishes."
"INFRALAPSARIAN","One of that class of Calvinists who consider the decree ofelection as contemplating the apostasy as past and the elect as beingat the time of election in a fallen and guilty state; -- opposed toSupralapsarian. The former considered the election of grace as aremedy for an existing evil; the latter regarded the fall as a partof God's original purpose in regard to men."
"INFRALAPSARIANISM","The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Inralapsarians."
"INFRAMARGINAL","Below the margin; submarginal; as, an inframarginal convolutionof the brain."
"INFRAMEDIAN","Of or pertaining to the interval or zone along the sea bottom,at the depth of between fifty and one hundred fathoms. E. Forbes."
"INFRAMUNDANE","Lying or situated beneath the world."
"INFRANCHISE","See Enfranchise."
"INFRANGIBILITY","The quality or state of being infrangible; infrangibleness."
"INFRANGIBLENESS","The state or quality of being infrangible; infrangibility."
"INFRAOCULAR","Situated below the eyes, as the antenna of certain insects."
"INFRAORBITAL","Below the orbit; as, the infraorbital foramen; the infraorbitalnerve."
"INFRAPOSE","To place under or beneath. [R.]"
"INFRAPOSITION","A situation or position beneath. Kane."
"INFRASCAPULAR","Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular."
"INFRASPINAL","Below the spine; infraspinal; esp., below the spine of thescapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle."
"INFRASTAPEDIAL","Of or pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, whichin many animals projects below the connection with the stapes.-- n."
"INFRASTERNAL","Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit ofthe stomach."
"INFRATEMPORAL","Below the temple; below the temporal bone."
"INFRATERRITORIAL","Within the territory of a state. Story."
"INFRATROCHLEAR","Below a trochlea, or pulley; -- applied esp. to one of thesubdivisions of the trigeminal nerve."
"INFREQUENT","Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual.The act whereof is at this day infrequent or out of use among allsorts of men. Sir T. Elyot."
"INFREQUENTLY","Not frequently; rarely."
"INFRIGIDATE","To chill; to make cold; to cool. [Obs.] Boyle."
"INFRIGIDATION","The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling;coldness; congelation. [Obs.] Boyle."
"INFRINGER","One who infringes or violates; a violator. Strype."
"INFRUCTUOSE","Not producing fruit; unfruitful; unprofitable. [R.] T. Adams."
"INFRUGAL","Not frugal; wasteful; as, an infrugal expense of time. J.Goodman."
"INFRUGIFEROUS","Not bearing fruit; not fructiferous."
"INFUCATE","To stain; to paint; to daub."
"INFUCATION","The act of painting or staining, especially of painting theface."
"INFULA","A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others amongthe ancient Romans. It was generally white."
"INFUMATE","To dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke."
"INFUMATED","Clouded; having a cloudy appearance."
"INFUMATION","Act of drying in smoke."
"INFUMED","Dried in smoke; smoked."
"INFUNDIBULIFORM","Same as Funnelform."
"INFUNDIBULUM","A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulumof the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of thethird ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of thelungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes."
"INFUNERAL","To inter with funeral rites; to bury. [Obs.] G. Fletcher."
"INFURCATION","A forked exlpansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a branching.Craig."
"INFURIATE","Enraged; rading; furiously angry; infuriated. Milton.Inflamed beyond the most infuriate wrath. Thomson."
"INFURIATED","Enraged; furious."
"INFUSCATE","To darken; to make black; to obscure."
"INFUSCATED","Darkened with a blackish tinge."
"INFUSCATION","The act of darkening, or state of being dark; darkness;obscurity. Johnson."
"INFUSE","Infusion. [Obs.] Spenser."
"INFUSER","One who, or that which, infuses."
"INFUSIBILITY","Capability of being infused, pouredin, or instilled."
"INFUSIBLE","Capable of being infused.Doctrines being infusible into all. Hammond."
"INFUSIBLENESS","Infusibility."
"INFUSIONISM","The doctrine that the soul is preexistent to the body, and isinfused into it at conception or birth; -- opposed to tradicianismand creationism."
"INFUSIVE","Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing.The infusive force of Spirit on man. Thomson."
"INFUSORIA","One of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number ofspecies, all of minute size."
"INFUSORIAL","Belonging to the Infusoria; composed of, or containing,Infusoria; as, infusorial earth. Infusorial earth (Geol.), a depositof fine, usually white, siliceous material, composed mainly of theshells of the microscopic plants called diatoms. It is used inpolishing powder, and in the manufacture of dynamite."
"INFUSORIAN","One of the Infusoria."
"INFUSORY","Infusorial."
"ING","A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"INGANNATION","Cheat; deception. [Obs.] Sir T. Brown."
"INGATE","The aperture in a mold for pouring in the metal; the gate.Simmonds."
"INGATHERING","The act or business of gathering or collecting anything;especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest.Thou shalt keep . . . the feast of ingathering. Ex. xxii. 16."
"INGELABLE","Not congealable."
"INGEMINATE","Redoubled; repeated. Jer. Taylor."
"INGEMINATION","Repetition; reduplication; reiteration. De Quincey.That Sacred ingemination, Amen, Amen. Featley.Happiness with an echo or ingemination. Holdsworth."
"INGENA","The gorilla."
"INGENDER","See Engender."
"INGENERABILLTY","Incapacity of being engendered or produced. Cudworth."
"INGENERABLE","Incapble of being engendered or produced; original. Holland."
"INGENERABLY","In an ingenerable manner."
"INGENERATE","Generated within; inborn; innate; as, ingenerate powers ofbody. W. Wotton.Those virtues were rather feigned and affected . . . than truequalities ingenerate in his judgment. Bacon."
"INGENERATION","Act of ingenerating."
"INGENIATE","To invent; to contrive. [Obs.] Daniel."
"INGENIE","See Ingeny."
"INGENIOSITY","Ingenuity; skill; cunning. [Obs.] Cudworth."
"INGENIOUSLY","In an ingenious manner; with ingenuity; skillfully; wittily;cleverly.'Too ingeniously politic.' Sir W. Temple."
"INGENIOUSNESS","The quality or state of being ingenious; ingenuity."
"INGENUE","An ingenuous or na\u00efve girl or young woman, or an actressrepresenting such a person."
"INGENUOUSLY","In an ingenuous manner; openly; fairly; candidly; artlessly.Being required to explane himself, he ingeniously confessed. Ludlow."
"INGENY","Natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity. [Obs.][Written also ingenie.] Becon."
"INGERMINATE","To cause to germinate."
"INGEST","To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal. SirT. Browne."
"INGESTA","That which is introduced into the body by the stomach oralimentary canal; -- opposed to egesta."
"INGESTION","The act of taking or putting into the stomach; as, theingestion of milk or other food."
"INGHALLA","The reedbuck of South Africa. [Written also ingali.]"
"INGIRT","To encircle to gird; to engirt.The wreath is ivy that ingirts our beams. Drayton."
"INGLE","Flame; blaze; a fire; a fireplace. [Obs. or Scot.] Burns. Inglenock, the chimney corner.-- Ingle side, Ingle cheek, the fireside."
"INGLOBATE","In the form of a globe or sphere; -- applied to nebulous mattercollected into a sphere by the force of gravitation."
"INGLOBE","To infix, as in a globe; to fix or secure firmly. [Obs.]Milton."
"INGLORIOUSLY","In an inglorious manner; dishonorably; with shame;ignominiously; obscurely."
"INGLORIOUSNESS","The state of being inglorious."
"INGLUT","To glut. [R.] Ascham."
"INGLUVIAL","Of or pertaining to the indulges or crop of birds."
"INGLUVIES","The crop, or craw, of birds."
"INGLUVIOUS","Gluttonous. [Obs.] Blount."
"INGORGE","See Engorge. Milton."
"INGOT STEEL","Steel cast in ingots from the Bessemer converter or open-hearthfurnace."
"INGRACE","To ingratiate. [Obs.] G. Fletcher."
"INGRACIOUS","Ungracious; unkind. [Obs.] Holland."
"INGRAFF","See Ingraft. [Obs.]"
"INGRAFTER","A person who ingrafts."
"INGRAIN","An ingrain fabric, as a carpet."
"INGRAPPLE","To seize; to clutch; to grapple. [Obs.] Drayton."
"INGRATE","Ingrateful. [Obs. or Poetic] Bacon."
"INGRATELY","Ungratefully. [Obs.]"
"INGRATIATE","To gain favor. [R.] Sir W. Temple."
"INGRATITUDE","Want of gratitude; insensibility to, forgetfulness of, or illreturn for, kindness or favors received; unthankfulness;ungratefulness.Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend. Shak.Ingratitude is abhorred both by God and man. L'Estrange."
"INGRAVE","To engrave. [R.] 'Whose gleaming rind ingrav'n.' Tennyson."
"INGRAVIDATE","To impregnate. [Obs.] Fuller."
"INGRAVIDATION","The state of being pregnant or impregnated. [Obs.]"
"INGREAT","To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. [Obs.] Fotherby."
"INGREDIENT","That which enters into a compound, or is a component part ofany combination or mixture; an element; a constituent.By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients. SirI. Newton.Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.Arbuthnot."
"INGRESS","The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth ineclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc."
"INGRESSION","Act of entering; entrance. Sir K. Digby."
"INGRIEVE","To render more grievous; to aggravate. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"INGROOVE","To groove in; to join in or with a groove. Tennyson."
"INGROSS","See Engross."
"INGROWING","Growing or appearing to grow into some other substance.Ingrowing nail, one whose edges are becoming imbedded in the adjacentflesh."
"INGROWTH","A growth or development inward. J. LeConte."
"INGUEN","The groin."
"INGUILTY","Not guilty. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"INGUINAL","Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the inguen or groin;as, an inguinal canal or ligament; inguinal hernia. Inguinal ring.See Abdominal ring, under Abdominal."
"INGULF","To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into agulf. See Engulf.A river large . . . Passed underneath ingulfed. Milton."
"INGULFMENT","The act of ingulfing, or the state of being ingulfed."
"INGURGITATE","To guzzle; to swill. Burton."
"INGURGITATION","The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which isso swallowed. E. Darwin.He drowned his stomach and senses with a large draught andingurgitation of wine. Bacon."
"INGUSTABLE","Tasteless; insipid. Sir T. Browne."
"INHABILITY","Unsuitableness; unaptness; unfitness; inability. [Obs.] Barrow."
"INHABIT","To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settledresidence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities andhouses.The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. Is. lvii. 15.O, who would inhabit This bleak world alone Moore."
"INHABITABLE","Capable of being inhabited; habitable.Systems of inhabitable planets. Locke."
"INHABITANT","One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; apermanent resident."
"INHABITATE","To inhabit. [Obs.]"
"INHABITATIVENESS","A tendency or propensity to permanent residence in a place orabode; love of home and country."
"INHABITED","Uninhabited. [Obs.] Brathwait."
"INHABITER","An inhabitant. [R.] Derham."
"INHABITIVENESS","See Inhabitativeness.What the phrenologists call inhabitiveness. Lowell."
"INHABITRESS","A female inhabitant. [R.]"
"INHALANT","Inhaling; used for inhaling."
"INHALATION","The act of inhaling; also, that which is inhaled."
"INHALE","To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhaleair; -- opposed to exhale.Martin was walking forth to inhale the fresh breeze of the evening.Arbuthnot."
"INHALENT","Used for inhaling; as, the inhalent end of a duct. Dana."
"INHANCE","See Enhance."
"INHARMONIOUSLY","Without harmony."
"INHARMONIOUSNESS","The quality of being inharmonious; want of harmony; discord.The inharmoniousness of a verse. A. Tucker."
"INHARMONY","Want of harmony."
"INHEARSE","To put in, or as in, a hearse or coffin. Shak."
"INHERE","To be inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed or permanentlyincorporated with something; to cleave (to); to belong, as attributesor qualities.They do but inhere in the subject that supports them. Digby."
"INHERENT","Permanently existing in something; inseparably attached orconnected; naturally pertaining to; innate; inalienable; as, polarityis an inherent quality of the magnet; the inherent right of men tolife, liberty, and protection. 'A most inherent baseness.' Shak.The sore disease which seems inherent in civilization. Southey."
"INHERENTLY","By inherence; inseparably.Matter hath inherently and essentially such an internal energy.Bentley."
"INHERIT","To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; totake as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whoseestate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible bylaw from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the landor real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inheritshis father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown."
"INHERITABILITY","The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs.Jefferson."
"INHERITABLE","Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent;capable of succeeding to, as an heir.By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted is so corruptedas to be rendered no longer inheritable. Blackstone.The eldest daughter of the king is also alone inheritable to thecrown on failure of issue male. Blackstone.Inheritable blood, blood or relationship by which a person becomesqualified to be an heir, or to transmit possessions by inheritance."
"INHERITABLY","By inheritance. Sherwood."
"INHERITANCE","Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation."
"INHERITOR","One who inherits; an heir.Born inheritors of the dignity. Milton."
"INHERITRESS","A heiress. Milman."
"INHERITRIX","Same as Inheritress. Shak."
"INHERSE","See Inhearse."
"INHESION","The state of existing, of being inherent, in something;inherence. A. Baxter.Constant inhesion and habitual abode. South."
"INHIATION","A gaping after; eager desire; craving. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"INHIBITION","A stopping or checking of an already present action; arestraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestivefluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory centerby the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc."
"INHIBITOR","That which causes inhibitory action; esp., an inhibitory nerve."
"INHIBITORY","Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting ininhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory actionof the pneumogastric on the respiratory center.I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory. Lamb.Inhibitory nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which modify, inhibit, orsuppress a motor or secretory act already in progress."
"INHIBITORY-MOTOR","A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern orrestrain subsidiary centers, from which motor impressions issue.McKendrick."
"INHIVE","To place in a hive; to hive."
"INHOLD","To have inherent; to contain in itself; to possess. [Obs.] SirW. Raleigh."
"INHOLDER","An inhabitant. [Obs.] Spenser."
"INHOOP","To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop. [R.] Shak."
"INHOSPITALITY","The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness;lack of hospitality. Bp. Hall."
"INHUMANITY","The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn. Burns."
"INHUMANLY","In an inhuman manner; cruelly; barbarously."
"INHUMATE","To inhume; to bury; to inter. Hedge."
"INHUMATION","The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to exposetheir contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thusexposed."
"INIA","A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia Boliviensis). It isten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout."
"INIAL","Pertaining to the inion."
"INIMAGINABLE","Unimaginable; inconceivable. [R.] Bp. Pearson."
"INIMICALITY","The state or quality of being inimical or hostile; hostility;unfriendliness. [R.]"
"INIMICALLY","In an inimical manner."
"INIMICITIOUS","Inimical; unfriendly. [R.] Sterne."
"INIMICOUS","Inimical; hurtful. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"INIMITABILITY","The quality or state of being inimitable; inimitableness.Norris."
"INIMITABLE","Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyondimitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional;unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence. 'Inimitableforce.' Dryden.Performing such inimitable feats. Cowper.-- In*im'i*ta*ble*ness, n.-- In*im'i*ta*bly, adv."
"INION","The external occipital protuberance of the skull."
"INIQUITOUS","Characterized by iniquity; unjust; wicked; as, an iniquitousbargain; an iniquitous proceeding.Demagogues . . . bribed to this iniquitous service. Burke."
"INIQUITOUSLY","In an iniquitous manner; unjustly; wickedly."
"INIQUOUS","Iniquitous. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"INIRRITABLE","Not irritable; esp. (Physiol.), incapable of being stimulatedto action, as a muscle.-- In*ir`ri*ta*bil'i*ty, n."
"INIRRITATIVE","Not accompanied with excitement; as, an inirritative fever. E.Darwin."
"INISLE","To form into an island; to surround. [Obs.] Drayton."
"INITIAL","The first letter of a word or a name."
"INITIALLY","In an initial or incipient manner or degree; at the beginning.Barrow."
"INITIATE","To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take theinitiative. [R.] Pope."
"INITIATIVE","Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory;preliminary."
"INITIATOR","One who initiates."
"INITIATORY","An introductory act or rite. [R.]"
"INITION","Initiation; beginning. [Obs.] Sir R. Naunton."
"INJECT","To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or othersubstance; as, to inject the blood vessels."
"INJECTOR","A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by thedirect action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven intothe boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomescondensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffard's injector, from the inventor."
"INJELLY","To place in jelly. [R.]"
"INJOIN","See Enjoin."
"INJOINT","To join; to unite. [R.] Shak."
"INJUCUNDITY","Unpleassantness; disagreeableness. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"INJUDICABLE","Not cognizable by a judge. [Obs.] Bailey."
"INJUDICIAL","Not according to the forms of law; not judicial. [R.]"
"INJUDICIOUSLY","In an injudicious manner."
"INJUDICIOUSNESS","The quality of being injudicious; want of sound judgment;indiscretion. Whitlock."
"INJUNCTION","A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, insomecases, under statutes, by a court of law,whereby a party is requiredto do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to theexigency of the writ."
"INJURE","To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt;to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound,as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b) To damage orlessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander, tarnish, orimpair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or diminish, ashappiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or thefeelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as the intellect ormind.When have I injured thee when done thee wrong Shak."
"INJURER","One who injures or wrongs."
"INJURIA","Injury; invasion of another's rights."
"INJURIOUSLY","In an injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully; hurtfully;mischievously."
"INJURIOUSNESS","The quality of being injurious or hurtful; harmfulness; injury."
"INJURY","Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings,rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures,or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss;mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severeinjury; slander is an injury to the character.For he that doeth injury shall receve that he did evil. Wyclif(Col.iii. 25).Many times we do injury to a cause by dwelling on trifling arguments.I. Watts.Riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury and outrage.Milton."
"INK","The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstonespindle runs."
"INKER","One who, or that which, inks; especially, in printing, the pador roller which inks the type."
"INKFISH","A cuttlefish. See Cuttlefish."
"INKHORN","A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used forholding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for writing materials.'With a writer's inkhorn by his side.' Ezek. ix. 2.From his pocket the notary drew his papers and inkhorn. Longfellow."
"INKHORNISM","Pedantry. Sir T. Wilson."
"INKINESS","The state or quality of being inky; blackness."
"INKING","Supplying or covering with ink. Inking roller, a somewhatelastic roller,used to spread ink over forms of type, copperplates,etc.-- Inking trough or table, a trough or table from which the inkingroller receives its ink."
"INKLE","A kind of tape or braid. Shak."
"INKLING","A hint; an intimation.The least inkling or glimpse of this island. Bacon.They had some inkling of secret messages. Clarendon."
"INKNEE","Same as Knock-knee."
"INKNEED","See Knock-kneed."
"INKNOT","To fasten or bind, as with a knot; to knot together. Fuller."
"INKSTAND","A small vessel for holding ink, to dip the pen into; also, adevice for holding ink and writing materials."
"INKSTONE","A kind of stone containing native vitriol or subphate of iron,used in making ink."
"INKY","Consisting of, or resembling, ink; soiled with ink; black.'Inky blots.' Shak. 'Its inky blackness.' Boyle."
"INLACE","To work in, as lace; to embellish with work resembling lace;also, to lace or enlace. P. Fletcher."
"INLAGATION","The restitution of an outlawed person to the protection of thelaw; inlawing. Bouvier."
"INLAID","of Inlay."
"INLAND","The interior part of a country. Shak."
"INLANDER","One who lives in the interior of a country, or at a distancefrom the sea. Sir T. Browne."
"INLANDISH","Inland. [Obs.] T. Reeve(1657)"
"INLAPIDATE","To convert into a stony substance; to petrity. [R.] Bacon."
"INLARD","See Inlard."
"INLAW","To clear of outlawry or attainder; to place under theprotection of the law. Burrill."
"INLAY","To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, iviry,choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; toform an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions.Look,how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of brightgold. Shak.But these things are . . . borrowed by the monks to inlay theirstory. Milton."
"INLAYER","One who inlays, or whose occupation it is to inlay."
"INLEAGUE","To ally, or form an alliance witgh; to unite; to combine.With a willingness inleague our blood With his, for purchase of fullgrowth in friendship. Ford."
"INLEAGUER","To beleaguer. Holland."
"INLIGHTEN","See Enlighten."
"INLIST","See Enlist."
"INLIVE","To animate. [R.] B. Jonson."
"INLOCK","To lock in, or inclose."
"INLUMINE","See Illumine."
"INLY","Internal; interior; secret.Didst thou but know the inly touch of love. Shak."
"INMACY","The state of being an inmate. [R.] Craig."
"INMATE","One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; afellow lodger; esp.,one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, orprison; by extension, one who occupies or lodges in any place ordwelling.So spake the enemy of mankind, inclos'd In serpent, inmate bad.Milton."
"INMEATS","The edible viscera of animals, as the heart, liver, etc."
"INMESH","To bring within meshes, as of a net; to enmesh."
"INMEW","To inclose, as in a mew or cage. [R.] 'Inmew the town below.'Beau. & Fl."
"INMOST","Deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part;innermost.And pierce the inmost center of the earth. Shak.The silent, slow, consuming fires, Which on my inmost vitals prey.Addison."
"INN","To take lodging; to lodge. [R.] Addison."
"INNATE","Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of theintellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas.See A priori, Intuitive.There is an innate light in every man, discovering to him the firstlines of duty in the common notions of good and evil. South.Men would not be guilty if they did not carry in their mind commonnotions of morality,innate and written in divine letters. Fleming(Origen).If I could only show,as I hope I shall . . . how men, barely by theuse of their natural faculties, may attain to all the knowledge theyhave, without the help of any innate impressions; and may arrive atcertainty without any such original notions or principles. Locke."
"INNATELY","Naturally."
"INNATENESS","The quality of being innate."
"INNATIVE","Native. [Obs.] Chapman."
"INNAVIGABLE","Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships or vessels.Drygen.-- In*nav'i*ga*bly, adv."
"INNE","In. [Obs.]And eke in what array that they were inne. Chaucer."
"INNERLY","More within. [Obs.] Baret."
"INNERMOST","Farthest inward; most remote from the outward part; inmost;deepest within. Prov. xviii. 8."
"INNERMOSTLY","In the innermost place. [R.]His ebon cross worn innermostly. Mrs. Browning."
"INNERVATE","To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated bypneumogastric and sympathetic branches."
"INNERVATION","Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system orin any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary forthe maintenance of life,and the functions of the various organs."
"INNERVE","To give nervous energy or power to; to give increasedenergy,force,or courage to; to invigorate; to stimulate."
"INNHOLDER","One who keeps an inn."
"INNING","Lands recovered from the sea. Ainsworth."
"INNITENCY","A leaning; pressure; weight. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"INNIXION","Act of leaning upon something; incumbency. [Obs.] Derham."
"INNKEEPER","An innholder."
"INNOCENCY","Innocence."
"INNOCENTLY","In an innocent manner."
"INNOCUITY","Innocuousness."
"INNOCUOUS","Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent.A patient, innocuous, innocent man. Burton.-- In*noc'u*ous*ly, adv.-- In*noc'u*ous*ness, n.Where the salt sea innocuously breaks. Wordsworth."
"INNODATE","To bind up,as in a knot; to include. [Obs.] Fuller."
"INNOMINABLE","Not to be named. [R.] Testament of Love."
"INNOMINATE","A term used in designating many parts otherwise unnamed; as,the innominate artery, a great branch of the arch of the aorta; theinnominate vein, a great branch of the superior vena cava. Innominatebone (Anat.), the great bone which makes a lateral half of the pelvisin mammals; hip bone; haunch bone; huckle bone. It is composed ofthree bones, ilium, ischium, and pubis, consolidated into one in theadult, though separate in the fetus, as also in many adult reptilesand amphibians.-- Innominate contracts (Law), in the Roman law, contracts without aspecific name."
"INNOVATE","To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on.Bacon.Every man,therefore,is not fit to innovate. Dryden."
"INNOVATION","A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to thestems of many mosses."
"INNOVATIONIST","One who favors innovation."
"INNOVATIVE","Characterized by, or introducing, innovations. Fitzed. Hall."
"INNOVATOR","One who innovates. Shak."
"INNUBILOUS","Cloudless. [Obs.] Blount."
"INNUENDO","An averment employed in pleading, to point the application ofmatter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis throwninto quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, theplaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo theplaintiff) was a thief. Wharton."
"INNUENT","Conveying a hint; significant. [Obs.] Burton."
"INNUIT","An Eskimo."
"INNUMERABILITY","State of being innumerable. Fotherby."
"INNUMERABLE","Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, formultitude; countless; numberless; unnumbered, hence, indefinitelynumerous; of great number.Innumerable as the stars of night. Milton.-- In*nu'mer*a*ble*ness, n.-- In*nu'mer*a*bly, adv."
"INNUMEROUS","Innumerable. [Archaic] Milton."
"INNUTRITION","Want of nutrition; failure of nourishment. E. Darwin."
"INNUTRITIOUS","Not nutritious; not furnishing nourishment."
"INNUTRITIVE","Innutritious."
"INNYARD","The yard adjoining an inn."
"INOBEDIENCE","Disobedience. [Obs.] Wyclif. Chaucer."
"INOBEDIENT","Not obedient; disobedient. [Obs.] Chaucer.-- In`o*be'di*ent*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"INOBSERVABLE","Not observable."
"INOBSERVANCE","Want or neglect of observance. Bacon."
"INOBSERVANT","Not observant; regardless; heedless. Bp. Hurd.-- In`ob*serv'ant*ly, adv."
"INOBSERVATION","Neglect or want of observation. [R.]"
"INOBTRUSIVE","Not obtrusive; unobtrusive.-- In`ob*tru'sive*ly, adv.-- In`ob*tru'sive*ness, n."
"INOCARPIN","A red, gummy, coloring matter, extracted from the colorlessjuice of the Otaheite chestnut (Inocarpus edulis)."
"INOCCUPATION","Want of occupation."
"INOCERAMUS","An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to themussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period."
"INOCULABILITY","The qual ity or state of being inoculable."
"INOCULABLE","Capable of being inoculated; capable of communicating disease,or of being communicated, by inoculation."
"INOCULAR","Inserted in the corner of the eye; -- said of the antenn"
"INOCULATE","To communicate a disease to ( a person ) by insertinginfectious matter in the skin or flesh; as, to inoculate a personwith the virus of smallpox,rabies, etc. See Vaccinate."
"INOCULATION","The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person inhealth, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh."
"INOCULATOR","One who inoculates; one who propagates plants or diseases byinoculation."
"INODIATE","To make odious or hateful. [Obs.] South."
"INODORATE","Inodorous. [Obs.] Bacon."
"INODOROUS","Emitting no odor; wthout smell; scentless; odorless.-- In*o'dor*ous*ness, n."
"INOFFICIAL","Not official; not having official sanction or authoriy; notaccording to the forms or ceremony of official business; as,inofficial intelligence.Pinckney and Marshall would not make inofficial visits to discussofficial business. Pickering."
"INOFFICIALLY","Without the usual forms, or not in the official character."
"INOFFICIOUS","Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty;unkind; -- commonly said of a testament made without regard tonatural obligation, or by which a child is unjustly deprived ofinheritance. 'The inofficious testament.' Blackstone. 'An inofficiousdisposition of his fortune.' Paley."
"INOFFICIOUSLY","Not-officiously."
"INOGEN","A complex nitrogenous substance, which, by Hermann'shypothesis, is continually decomposed and reproduced in the muscles,during their life."
"INOPERATION","Agency; influence; production of effects. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"INOPERATIVE","Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, lawsrenderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes."
"INOPINABLE","Not to be expected; inconceivable. [Obs.] 'Inopinable,incredible . . . saings.' Latimer."
"INOPINATE","Not expected or looked for. [Obs.]"
"INOPPORTUNE","Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportuneoccurrence, remark, etc.No visit could have been more inopportune. T. Hook."
"INOPPORTUNELY","Not opportunely; unseasonably; inconveniently."
"INOPPORTUNITY","Want of opportunity; unseasonableness; inconvenience. [R.]"
"INOPPRESSIVE","Not oppressive or burdensome. O. Wolcott."
"INOPULENT","Not opulent; not affluent or rich."
"INORDINACY","The state or quality of being inordinate; excessiveness;immoderateness; as, the inordinacy of love or desire. Jer. Taylor."
"INORDINATE","Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; irregular;excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of the world.'Inordinate desires.' Milton. 'Inordinate vanity.' Burke.-- In*or'di*nate*ly, adv.-- In*or'di*nate*ness, n."
"INORDINATION","Deviation from custom, rule, or right; irregularity;inordinacy. [Obs.] South.Every inordination of religion that is not in defect, is properlycalled superstition. Jer. Taylor."
"INORGANIC","Not organic; without the organs necessary for life; devoid ofan organized structure; unorganized; lifeness; inanimate; as, allchemical compounds are inorganic substances."
"INORGANICAL","Inorganic. Locke."
"INORGANICALLY","In an inorganic manner."
"INORGANITY","Quality of being inorganic. [Obs.] 'The inorganity of thesoul.' Sir T. Browne."
"INORGANIZATION","The state of being without organization."
"INORGANIZED","Not having organic structure; devoid of organs; inorganic."
"INORTHOGRAPHY","Deviation from correct orthography; bad spelling. [Obs.]Feltham."
"INOSCULATION","The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages,so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths orducts; anastomosis; intercommunication; as, inosculation of veins,etc. Ray."
"INOSINIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, inosite; as, inosinic acid."
"INOSITE","A white crystalline substance with a sweet taste, found incertain animal tissues and fluids, particularly in the muscles of theheart and lungs, also in some plants, as in unripe pease, beans,potato sprouts, etc. Called also phaseomannite."
"INOXIDIZABLE","Incapable of being oxidized; as, gold and platinum areinoxidizable in the air."
"INOXIDIZE","To prevent or hinder oxidation, rust, or decay; as, inoxidizingoils or varnishes."
"INPATIENT","A patient who receives lodging and food, as well as treatment,in a hospital or an infirmary; -- distinguished from outpatient."
"INQUARTATION","Quartation."
"INQUIET","To disquiet. [Obs.] Joye."
"INQUIETATION","Disturbance. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot."
"INQUIETNESS","Unquietness. [Obs.] Joye."
"INQUIETUDE","Disturbed state; uneasiness either of body or mind;restlessness; disquietude. Sir H. Wotton."
"INQUILINE","A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by otherinsects."
"INQUINATE","To defile; to pollute; to contaminate; to befoul. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"INQUINATION","A defiling; pollution; stain. [Obs.] Bacon."
"INQUIRABLE","Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable toinquisition or inquest. Bacon."
"INQUIRANCE","Inquiry. [Obs.] Latimer."
"INQUIRENT","Making inquiry; inquiring; questioning. [Obs.] Shenstone."
"INQUIRER","One who inquires or examines; questioner; investigator. Locke.Expert inquirers after truth. Cowper."
"INQUIRING","Given to inquiry; disposed to investigate causes; curious; as,an inquiring mind."
"INQUIRINGLY","In an inquiring manner."
"INQUISIBLE","Admitting judicial inquiry. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale."
"INQUISITION","A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment ofheretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Itsoperations were chiefly confined to Spain, Portugal, and theirdependencies, and a part of Italy."
"INQUISITIONAL","Relating to inquiry or inquisition; inquisitorial; also, of orpertaining to, or characteristic of, the Inquisition.All the inquisitional rigor . . . executed upon books. Milton."
"INQUISITIONARY","Inquisitional."
"INQUISITIVE","A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research. Sir W.Temple."
"INQUISITIVELY","In an inquisitive manner.The occasion that made him afterwards so inquisitively apply himselfto the study of physic. Boyle."
"INQUISITIVENESS","The quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition toseek explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is unknown;esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity.Mr. Boswell, whose inquisitiveness is seconded by great activity,scrambled in at a high window. Johnson.Curiosity in children nature has provided, to remove that ignorancethey were born with; which, without this busy inquisitiveness, willmake them dull. Locke."
"INQUISITOR","One whose official duty it is to examine and inquire, ascoroners, sheriffs, etc. Mozley & W."
"INQUISITORIALLY","In an inquisitorial manner."
"INQUISITORIOUS","Making strict inquiry; inquisitorial. [Obs.] Milton."
"INQUISITURIENT","Inquisitorial. [Obs.] 'Our inquisiturient bishops.' Milton."
"INRACINATE","To enroot or implant."
"INRAIL","To rail in; to inclose or surround, as with rails. Hooker."
"INREGISTER","To register; to enter, as in a register. [R.] Walsh."
"INRO","A small closed receptacle or set of receptacles of hardmaterial, as lacquered wood, iron, bronze, or ivory, used by theJapanese to hold medicines, perfumes, and the like, and carried inthe girdle. It is usually secured by a silk cord by which the wearermay grasp it, which cord passes through an ornamental button or knobcalled a netsuke."
"INROAD","The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes ofhostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid;encroachment.The loss of Shrewsbury exposed all North Wales to the daily inroadsof the enemy. Clarendon.With perpetual inroads to alarm, Though inaccessible, his fatalthrone. Milton."
"INROLL","See Enroll."
"INRUNNING","The act or the place of entrance; an inlet. Tennyson."
"INRUSH","A rush inwards; as, the inrush of the tide. G. Eliot."
"INSABBATATI","The Waldenses; -- so called from their peculiary cut or markedsabots, or shoes."
"INSAFETY","Insecurity; danger. [Obs.]"
"INSALIVATION","The mixing of the food with the saliva and other secretions ofthe mouth in eating."
"INSALUBRIOUS","Not salubrious or healthful; unwholesome; as, an insalubriousair or climate."
"INSALUBRITY","Unhealthfulness; unwholesomeness; as, the insalubrity of air,water, or climate. Boyle."
"INSANABILITY","The state of being insanable or incurable; insanableness."
"INSANABLE","Not capable of being healed; incurable; irremediable."
"INSANABLENESS","The state of being insanable; insanability; incurableness."
"INSANABLY","In an incurable manner."
"INSANELY","Without reason; madly; foolishly."
"INSANENESS","Insanity; madness."
"INSANIATE","To render unsound; to make mad. [Obs.] Feltham."
"INSANIE","Insanity. [Obs.] Shak."
"INSANITARY","Not sanitary; unhealthy; as, insanitary conditions of drainage."
"INSANITATION","Lack of sanitation; careless or dangerous hygienic conditions."
"INSANITY","Such a mental condition, as, either from the existence ofdelusions, or from incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong,with regard to any matter under action, does away with individualresponsibility."
"INSAPORY","Tasteless; unsavory. [R.] Sir T. Herbert."
"INSATIABILITY","The state or quality of being insatiable; insatiableness.Eagerness for increase of possession deluges the soul, and we sinkinto the gulfs of insatiability. Rambler."
"INSATIABLE","Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; verygreedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or desire.'Insatiable of glory.' Milton."
"INSATIABLENESS","Greediness of appetite that can not be satisfied or appeased;insatiability.The eye of the covetous hath a more particular insatiableness. Bp.Hall."
"INSATIABLY","In an insatiable manner or degree; unappeasably. 'Insatiablycovetous.' South."
"INSATIATE","Insatiable; as, insatiate thirst.The insatiate greediness of his desires. Shak.And still insatiate, thirsting still for blood. Hook."
"INSATIATELY","Insatiably. Sir T. Herbert."
"INSATIATENESS","The state of being insatiate."
"INSATIETY","Insatiableness. T. Grander."
"INSATURABLE","Not capable of being saturated or satisfied."
"INSCIENCE","Want of knowledge; ignorance. [Obs.]"
"INSCIENT","Having little or no knowledge; ignorant; stupid; silly. [R.] N.Bacon."
"INSCONCE","See Ensconce."
"INSCRIBABLE","Capable of being inscribed, -- used specif. (Math.) of solidsor plane figures capable of being inscribed in other solids orfigures."
"INSCRIBABLENESS","Quality of being inscribable."
"INSCRIBE","To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries."
"INSCRIBER","One who inscribes. Pownall."
"INSCRIPTIBLE","Capable of being inscribed; inscribable."
"INSCRIPTION","A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinousinscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle."
"INSCRIPTIVE","Bearing inscription; of the character or nature of aninscription."
"INSCROLL","To write on a scroll; to record. [Written also inscrol.] Shak."
"INSCRUTABILITY","The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutableness."
"INSCRUTABLE","Unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understoodby inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained oraccounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, aninscrutable design or event.'T is not in man To yield a reason for the will of Heaven Which isinscrutable. Beau. & Fl.Waiving a question so inscrutable as this. De Quincey."
"INSCRUTABLENESS","The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutability."
"INSCRUTABLY","In an inscrutable manner."
"INSCULP","To engrave; to carve; to sculpture. [Obs. & R.] Shak.Which he insculped in two likely stones. Drayton."
"INSCULPTION","Inscription. [Obs.]"
"INSCULPTURE","An engraving, carving, or inscription. [Obs.]On his gravestone this insculpture. Shak."
"INSCULPTURED","Engraved. Glover."
"INSEAM","To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix. Pope."
"INSEARCH","To make search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch.[Obs.]"
"INSECABLE","Incapable of being divided by cutting; indivisible."
"INSECT","One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta."
"INSECTA","One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have onepair of antenn\u00e6, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air bymeans of trache\u00e6, opening by spiracles along the sides of the body.In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and theMyriapoda, with numerous legs. See Insect, n."
"INSECTARY","A place for keeping living insects.-- In`sec*ta'ri*um, n. Etym: [L.]"
"INSECTATION","The act of pursuing; pursuit; harassment; persecution. [Obs.]Sir T. More."
"INSECTATOR","A pursuer; a persecutor; a censorious critic. [Obs.] Bailey."
"INSECTED","Pertaining to, having the nature of, or resembling, an insect.Howell."
"INSECTICIDE","An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insectpowder.-- In*sec'ti*ci`dal, a."
"INSECTILE","Pertaining to, or having the nature of, insects. Bacon."
"INSECTION","A cutting in; incisure; incision."
"INSECTIVORE","One of the Insectivora."
"INSECTIVOROUS","Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous. The term isapplied: (a) to"
"INSECTOLOGER","An entomologist. [Obs.]"
"INSECTOLOGY","Entomology. [Obs.]"
"INSECURELY","In an insecure manner."
"INSECURENESS","Insecurity."
"INSECUTION","A following after; close pursuit. [Obs.] Chapman."
"INSEMINATE","To sow; to impregnate. [Obs.]"
"INSEMINATION","A sowing. [Obs.]"
"INSENSATE","Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.The silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things. Wordsworth.The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen. Buckle.-- In*sen'sate*ly, adv.-- In*sen'sate*ness, n."
"INSENSE","To make to understand; to instruct. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"INSENSIBLENESS","Insensibility. Bp. Hall."
"INSENSIBLY","In a manner not to be felt or perceived; imperceptibly;gradually.The hills rise insensibly. Addison."
"INSENSITIVE","Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility.Tillotson. Ruskin."
"INSENSUOUS","Not sensuous; not pertaining to, affecting, or addressing, thesenses.That intermediate door Betwixt the different planes of sensuous formAnd form insensuous. Mrs. Browning."
"INSENTIENT","Not sentient; not having perception, or the power ofperception.The . . . attributes of an insentient, inert substance. Reid.But there can be nothing like to this sensation in the rose, becauseit is insentient. Sir W. Hamilton."
"INSEPARABILITY","The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparableness.Locke."
"INSEPARABLE","Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root; as, theinseparable particle un-."
"INSEPARABLENESS","The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparability. Bp.Burnet."
"INSEPARABLY","In an inseparable manner or condition; so as not to beseparable. Bacon.And cleaves through life inseparably close. Cowper."
"INSEPARATE","Not separate; together; united. Shak."
"INSEPARATELY","Inseparably. [Obs.] Cranmer."
"INSERT","To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; tocause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scionin a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; toinsert an advertisement in a newspaper.These words were very weakly inserted where they will be so liable tomisconstruction. Bp. Stillingfleet."
"INSERTED","Situated upon, attached to, or growing out of, some part; --said especially of the parts of the flower; as, the calyx, corolla,and stamens of many flowers are inserted upon the receptacle. Gray."
"INSERTION","The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached tothe part to be moved; -- in contradistinction to its origin.Epigynous insertion (Bot.), the insertion of stamens upon the ovary.-- Hypogynous insertion (Bot.), insertion beneath the ovary."
"INSERVE","To be of use to an end; to serve. [Obs.]"
"INSERVIENT","Conducive; instrumental. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"INSESSOR","One of the Insessores. The group includes most of the commonsinging birds."
"INSESSORES","An order of birds, formerly established to include the perchingbirds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group."
"INSET","To infix. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"INSEVERABLE","Incapable of being severed; indivisible; inseparable. DeQuincey."
"INSHADED","Marked with different shades. W. Browne."
"INSHAVE","A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces ofbarrel staves."
"INSHEATHE","To insert as in a sheath; to sheathe. Hughes."
"INSHELL","To hide in a shell. [Obs.] Shak."
"INSHIP","To embark. [Obs.] Shak."
"INSHORE","Being near or moving towards the shore; as, inshore fisheries;inshore currents.-- adv."
"INSHRINE","See Enshrine."
"INSICCATION","The act or process of drying in."
"INSIDE","Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as,inside a house, book, bottle, etc."
"INSIDIATE","To lie in ambush for. [Obs.] Heywood."
"INSIDIATOR","One who lies in ambush. [Obs.] Barrow."
"INSIGNIFICANCY","Insignificance."
"INSIGNIFICANTLY","without significance, importance, or effect; to no purpose.'Anger insignificantly fierce.' Cowper."
"INSIGNIFICATIVE","Not expressing meaning; not significant."
"INSIGNMENT","A token, mark, or explanation. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot."
"INSIMULATE","To accuse. [Obs.] Donne."
"INSINCERELY","Without sincerity."
"INSINCERITY","The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity, or of beingin reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical;deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity ofa professed friend; the insincerity of professions of regard.What men call policy and knowledge of the world, is commonly no otherthing than dissimulation and insincerity. Blair."
"INSINEW","To strengthen, as with sinews; to invigorate. [Obs.]All members of our cause, . . . That are insinewed to this action.Shak."
"INSINUANT","Insinuating; insinuative. [Obs.]"
"INSINUATING","Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily;suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly. Milton.His address was courteous, and even insinuating. Prescott."
"INSINUATINGLY","By insinuation."
"INSINUATOR","One who, or that which, insinuates. De Foe."
"INSINUATORY","Insinuative."
"INSIPID","The quality or state of being insipid; vapidity. 'Dryden'slines shine strongly through the insipidity of Tate's.' Pope."
"INSIPIDLY","In an insipid manner; without taste, life, or spirit; flatly.Locke. Sharp."
"INSIPIENCE","Want of intelligence; stupidity; folly. [R.] Blount."
"INSIPIENT","Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish. [R.] Clarendon.-- n."
"INSISTENCE","The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the actof dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency."
"INSISTENT","See Incumbent."
"INSISTENTLY","In an insistent manner."
"INSISTURE","A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence.[Obs.] Shak."
"INSITIENCY","Freedom from thirst. [Obs.]The insitiency of a camel for traveling in deserts. Grew."
"INSITION","The insertion of a scion in a stock; ingraftment. Ray."
"INSNARER","One who insnares."
"INSNARL","To make into a snarl or knot; to entangle; to snarl. [Obs.]Cotgrave."
"INSOBRIETY","Want of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance;drunkenness."
"INSOCIABILITY","The quality of being insociable; want of sociability;unsociability. [R.] Bp. Warburton."
"INSOCIABLY","Unsociably."
"INSOCIATE","Not associate; without a companion; single; solitary; recluse.[Obs.] 'The insociate virgin life.' B. Jonson."
"INSOLATE","To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepareby such exposure. Johnson."
"INSOLE","The inside sole of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip ofleather, felt, etc., placed"
"INSOLENCE","To insult. [Obs.] Eikon Basilike."
"INSOLENCY","Insolence. [R.] Evelyn."
"INSOLENTLY","In an insolent manner."
"INSOLIDITY","Want of solidity; weakness; as, the insolidity of an argument.[R.] Dr. H. More."
"INSOLUBLENESS","The quality or state of being insoluble; insolubility. Boyle."
"INSOLVENT","One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England,before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders. Bouvier."
"INSOMNIA","Want of sleep; inability to sleep; wakefulness; sleeplessness."
"INSOMNIOUS","Restless; sleepless. Blount."
"INSOMNOLENCE","Sleeplessness."
"INSOMUCH","So; to such a degree; in such wise; -- followed by that or as,and formerly sometimes by both. Cf. Inasmuch.Insomusch as that field is called . . . Aceldama. Acts i. 19.Simonides was an excellent poet, insomuch that he made his fortune byit. L'Estrange."
"INSONOROUS","Not clear or melodious."
"INSOOTH","In sooth; truly. [Archaic]"
"INSOUCIANCE","Carelessness; heedlessness; thoughtlessness; unconcern."
"INSOUCIANT","Careless; heedless; indifferent; unconcerned. J. S. Mill."
"INSOUL","To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongestaffections on. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.[He] could not but insoul himself in her. Feltham."
"INSPAN","To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle. [South Africa]"
"INSPECT","Inspection. [Obs.] Thomson."
"INSPECTIVE","Engaged in inspection; inspecting; involving inspection."
"INSPECTOR","One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom thesupervision of any work is committed; one who makes an official viewor examination, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; asupervisor; an overseer. Inspector general (Mil.), a staff officer ofan army, whose duties are those of inspection, and embrace everythingrelative to organization, recruiting, discharge, administration,accountability for money and property, instruction, police, anddiscipline."
"INSPECTORATE","Inspectorship. [R.]"
"INSPECTORIAL","Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection. [R.]"
"INSPECTRESS","A female inspector."
"INSPERSE","To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] Bailey."
"INSPERSION","The act of sprinkling. [Obs.] Chapman."
"INSPEXIMUS","The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming agrant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant."
"INSPHERE","To place in, or as in, an orb a sphere. Cf. Ensphere.Bright a\u00ebrial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm andserene air. Milton."
"INSPIRABLE","Capable of being inspired or drawn into the lungs; inhalable;respirable; admitting inspiration. Harvey."
"INSPIRATION","A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, orsacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral orreligious truth with authority; a supernatural influence whichqualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, thetruth communicated.All Scripture is given by inspiration of God. 2 Tim. iii. 16.The age which we now live in is not an age of inspiration andimpulses. Sharp.Plenary inspiration (Theol.), that kind of inspiration which excludesall defect in the utterance of the inspired message.-- Verbal inspiration (Theol.), that kind of inspiration whichextends to the very words and forms of expression of the divinemessage."
"INSPIRATIONAL","Pertaining to inspiration."
"INSPIRATIONIST","One who holds to inspiration."
"INSPIRATOR","A kind of injector for forcing water by steam. See Injector,n., 2."
"INSPIRATORY","Pertaining to, or aiding, inspiration; as, the inspiratorymuscles."
"INSPIRER","One who, or that which, inspirer. 'Inspirer of that holyflame.' Cowper."
"INSPIRING","Animating; cheering; moving; exhilarating; as, an inspiring orscene."
"INSPIRIT","To infuse new life or spirit into; to animate; to encourage; toinvigorate.The courage of Agamemnon is inspirited by the love of empire andambition. Pope."
"INSPISSATE","To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids byevaporation."
"INSPISSATION","The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluidsubstance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened."
"INSTABLE","Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone tochange or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant."
"INSTABLENESS","Instability; unstableness."
"INSTALLATION","The whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories,when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electriclighting, transmission of power, etc."
"INSTAMP","See Enstamp."
"INSTANCE","To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, toinstance a fact. H. Spenser.I shall not instance an abstruse author. Milton."
"INSTANCY","Instance; urgency. [Obs.]Those heavenly precepts which our Lord and Savior with so greatinstancy gave. Hooker."
"INSTANT","Instantly. [Poetic]Instant he flew with hospitable haste. Pope."
"INSTANTANEITY","Quality of being instantaneous. Shenstone."
"INSTANTER","Immediately; instantly; at once; as, he left instanter."
"INSTAR","To stud as with stars. [R.] 'A golden throne instarred withgems.' J. Barlow."
"INSTATE","To set, place, or establish, as in a rank, office, orcondition; to install; to invest; as, to instate a person ingreatness or in favor. Shak."
"INSTAURATE","To renew or renovate. [R.]"
"INSTAURATION","Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal;repair; renovation; renaissance.Some great catastrophe or . . . instauration. T. Burnet."
"INSTAURATOR","One who renews or restores to a former condition. [R.] Dr. H.More."
"INSTAURE","To renew or renovate; to instaurate. [Obs.] Marston."
"INSTEEP","To steep or soak; to drench. [R.] 'In gore he lay insteeped.'Shak."
"INSTIGATE","To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; --used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to acrime.He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent oftheir malignity. Bp. Warburton."
"INSTIGATINGLY","Incitingly; temptingly."
"INSTIGATION","The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated;incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.The baseness and villainy that . . . the instigation of the devilcould bring the sons of men to. South."
"INSTIGATOR","One who instigates or incites. Burke."
"INSTILL","To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impartgradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed.That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron.How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton."
"INSTILLATION","The of instilling; also, that which is instilled. Johnson."
"INSTILLATOR","An instiller. [R.]"
"INSTILLATORY","Belonging to instillation. [R.]"
"INSTILLER","One who instills. Skelton."
"INSTILLMENT","The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled. [Writtenalso instilment.]"
"INSTIMULATE","Not to stimulate; to soothe; to quiet. [Obs.] Cheyne."
"INSTIMULATION","Stimulation."
"INSTINCT","Urged or sas, birds instinct with life.The chariot of paternal deity . . . Itself instinct with spirit, butconvoyed By four cherubic shapes. Milton.A noble performance, instinct with sound principle. Brougham."
"INSTINCTION","Instinct; incitement; inspiration. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot."
"INSTINCTIVE","Of or pertaining to instinct; derived from, or prompted by,instinct; of the nature of instinct; determined by natural impulse orpropensity; acting or produced without reasoning, deliberation,instruction, or experience; spontaneous. 'Instinctive motion.'Milton. 'Instinctive dread.' Cowper.With taste instinctive give Each grace appropriate. Mason.Have we had instinctive intimations of the death of some absentfriends Bp. Hall."
"INSTINCTIVELY","In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by naturalimpulse."
"INSTINCTIVITY","The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct. [R.]Coleridge."
"INSTIPULATE","See Exstipulate."
"INSTITUTE","Established; organized; founded. [Obs.]They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and institute,very few to suffice. Robynson (More's Utopia)."
"INSTITUTER","An institutor. [R.]"
"INSTITUTIST","A writer or compiler of, or a commentator on, institutes. [R.]Harvey."
"INSTITUTIVELY","In conformity with an institution. Harrington."
"INSTITUTOR","A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector orassistant minister over a parish church."
"INSTOP","To stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams.[Obs.] Dryden."
"INSTORE","To store up; to inclose; to contain. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"INSTRATIFIED","Interstratified."
"INSTROKE","An inward stroke; specif., in a steam or other engine, a strokein which the piston is moving away from the crank shaft; -- opposedto outstroke."
"INSTRUCTER","See Instructor."
"INSTRUCTIBLE","Capable of being instructed; teachable; docible. Bacon."
"INSTRUCTIONAL","Pertaining to, or promoting, instruction; educational."
"INSTRUCTIVE","Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform; as,experience furnishes very instructive lessons. Addison.In various talk the instructive hours they past. Pope.-- In*struct'ive*ly, adv.-- In*struct'ive*ness, n.The pregnant instructiveness of the Scripture. Boyle."
"INSTRUCTOR","One who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; ateacher."
"INSTRUCTRESS","A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson."
"INSTRUMENT","A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to someact; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed,contract, writ, etc. Burrill."
"INSTRUMENTAL","Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. amusical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocalmusic. 'He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship.'Macaulay.Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental sounds. Dryden."
"INSTRUMENTALISM","The view that the sanction of truth is its utility, or thattruth is genuine only in so far as it is a valuable instrument. --In`stru*men'tal*ist, n."
"INSTRUMENTALIST","One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguishedfrom a vocalist."
"INSTRUMENTALITY","The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which isinstrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.The instrumentality of faith in justification. Bp. Burnet.The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack anddefense in a new instrumentality. J. H. Newman."
"INSTRUMENTALNESS","Usefulness or agency, as means to an end; instrumentality. [R.]Hammond."
"INSTRUMENTARY","Instrumental. [R.]"
"INSTRUMENTIST","A performer on a musical instrument; an instrumentalist."
"INSTYLE","To style. [Obs.] Crashaw."
"INSUAVITY","Want of suavity; unpleasantness. [Obs.] Burton."
"INSUBJECTION","Want of subjection or obedience; a state of disobedience, as togovernment."
"INSUBMERGIBLE","Not capable of being submerged; buoyant. [R.]"
"INSUBMISSION","Want of submission; disobedience; noncompliance."
"INSUBORDINATE","Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous"
"INSUBORDINATION","The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawfulauthority."
"INSUBSTANTIAL","Unsubstantial; not real or strong. 'Insubstantial pageant.'[R.] Shak."
"INSUBSTANTIALITY","Unsubstantiality; unreality. [R.]"
"INSUCCATION","The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in thejuice of herbs. [Obs.] Coxe.The medicating and insuccation of seeds. Evelyn."
"INSUCCESS","Want of success. [R.] Feltham."
"INSUE","See Ensue, v. i."
"INSUETUDE","The state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of use orhabit.Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom or insuetude.Landor."
"INSUFFERABLY","In a manner or to a degree beyond endurance; intolerably; as, ablaze insufferably bright; a person insufferably proud."
"INSUFFICIENCE","Insufficiency. Shak."
"INSUFFICIENTLY","In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately."
"INSUFFLATE","To blow upon; to breath upon or into; to use insufflation upon."
"INSUFFLATION","The act of breathing on or into anything; especially:(a) (R. C. Ch.) The breathing upon a person in the sacrament ofbaptism to symbolize the inspiration of a new spiritual life.(b) (Med.) The act of blowing (a gas, powder, or vapor) into anycavity of the body."
"INSUITABLE","Unsuitable. [Obs.] -- In*suit`a*bil'i*ty, n. [Obs.]"
"INSULAR","An islander. [R.] Berkeley."
"INSULARLY","In an insular manner."
"INSULARY","Insular. [Obs.] Howell."
"INSULATE","To prevent the transfer o Insulating stool (Elec.), a stoolwith legs of glass or some other nonconductor of electricity, usedfor insulating a person or any object placed upon it."
"INSULATED","Separated from other bodies by means of nonconductors of heator electricity."
"INSULATION","The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, soas to prevent the transfer of electricity or of heat; also, the stateof a body so separated."
"INSULATOR","The substance or body that insulates; a nonconductor."
"INSULITE","An insulating material, usually some variety of compressedcellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc."
"INSULOUS","Abounding in islands. [R.]"
"INSULSE","Insipid; dull; stupid. [Obs.] Milton."
"INSULSITY","Insipidity; stupidity; dullness. [Obs.]The insulsity of mortal tongues. Milton."
"INSULTABLE","Capable of being insulted or affronted. [R.] Emerson."
"INSULTER","One who insults. Shak."
"INSULTING","Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending toinsult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc.-- In*sult'ing*ly, adv."
"INSULTMENT","Insolent treatment; insult. [Obs.] 'My speech of insultmentended.' Shak."
"INSUME","To take in; to absorb. [Obs.]"
"INSUPERABILITY","The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness."
"INSUPERABLE","Incapable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable;as, insuperable difficulties.And middle natures, how they long to join, Yet never pass theinsuperable line Pope.The difficulty is enhanced, or is . . . insuperable. I. Taylor."
"INSUPPORTABLE","Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable;insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportablepain.-- In`sup*port'a*ble*ness, n.-- In`sup*port'a*bly, adv."
"INSUPPOSABLE","Incapable of being supposed; not supposable; inconceivable."
"INSUPPRESSIBLE","That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young.-- In`sup*press'i*bly, adv."
"INSUPPRESSIVE","Insuppressible. [Obs.] 'The insuppressive mettle of ourspirits.' Shak."
"INSURABLE","Capable of being insured against loss, damage, death, etc.;proper to be insured.The French law annuls the latter policies so far as they exceed theinsurable interest which remained in the insured at the time of thesubscription thereof. Walsh."
"INSURANCER","One who effects insurance; an insurer; an underwriter. [Obs.]Dryden.hose bold insurancers of deathless fame. Blair."
"INSURANT","The person insured. Champness."
"INSURE","To underwrite; to make insurance; as, a company insures atthree per cent."
"INSURER","One who, or that which, insures; the person or company thatcontracts to indemnify losses for a premium; an underwriter."
"INSURGENT","Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, oragainst an established government; insubordinate; rebellious. 'Theinsurgent provinces.' Motley."
"INSURMOUNTABILITY","The state or quality of being insurmountable."
"INSURMOUNTABLE","Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome;insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle. Locke.Hope thinks nothing difficult; despair tells us that difficulty isinsurmountable. I. Watts."
"INSURMOUNTABLENESS","The state or quality of being insurmountable;insurmountability."
"INSURMOUNTABLY","In a manner or to a degree not to be overcome."
"INSURRECTIONAL","Pertaining to insurrection; consisting in insurrection."
"INSURRECTIONARY","Pertaining to, or characterized by, insurrection; rebellious;seditious.Their murderous insurrectionary system. Burke."
"INSURRECTIONIST","One who favors, or takes part in, insurrection; an insurgent."
"INSUSCEPTIBILITY","Want of susceptibility, or of capacity to feel or perceive."
"INSUSCEPTIBLE","Not susceptible; not capable of being moved, affected, orimpressed; that can not feel, receive, or admit; as, a limbinsusceptible of pain; a heart insusceptible of pity; a mindinsusceptible to flattery.-- In`sus*cep`ti*bly adv."
"INSUSCEPTIVE","Not susceptive or susceptible. [R.] Rambler."
"INSUSURRATION","The act of whispering into something. [Obs.] Johnson."
"INSWATHE","To wrap up; to infold; to swathe.Inswathed sometimes in wandering mist. Tennyson."
"INSWEPT","Narrowed at the forward end; -- said of an automobile framewhen the side members are closer together at the forward end than atthe rear."
"INTACT","Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or thelike; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire. Buckle.When all external differences have passed away, one element remainsintact, unchanged, -- the everlasting basis of our common nature, thehuman soul. F. W. Robertson."
"INTAGLIATED","Engraved in intaglio; as, an intagliated stone. T. Warton."
"INTAGLIO","A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem,so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material;hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; --opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively."
"INTAIL","See Entail, v. t."
"INTAMINATED","Uncontaminated. [Obs.] Wood."
"INTANGIBILITY","The quality or state of being intangible; intangibleness."
"INTANGIBLE","Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible tothe touch; impalpable; imperceptible. Bp. Wilkins.A corporation is an artificial, invisible, intangible being.Marshall.-- In*tan'gi*ble*ness, n.-- In*tan'gi*bly, adv."
"INTANGLE","See Entangle."
"INTASTABLE","Incapable of being tasted; tasteless; unsavory. [R.] Grew."
"INTEGER","A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to afraction or a mixed number. Complex integer (Theory of Numbers), anexpression of the form a + bsq. root-1, where a and b are realintegers."
"INTEGRABILITY","The quality of being integrable."
"INTEGRABLE","Capable of being integrated."
"INTEGRAL","An expression which, being differentiated, will produce a givendifferential. See differential Differential, and Integration. Cf.Fluent. Elliptic integral, one of an important class of integrals,occurring in the higher mathematics; -- so called because one of theintegrals expresses the length of an arc of an ellipse."
"INTEGRALITY","Entireness. [Obs.] Whitaker."
"INTEGRALLY","In an integral manner; wholly; completely; also, byintegration."
"INTEGRANT","Making part of a whole; necessary to constitute an entirething; integral. Boyle.All these are integrant parts of the republic. Burke.Integrant parts, or particles, of bodies, those smaller particlesinto which a body may be reduced without loss of its originalconstitution, as by mechanical division."
"INTEGRATE","To subject to the operation of integration; to find theintegral of."
"INTEGRATION","The operation of finding the primitive function which has agiven function for its differential coefficient. See Integral."
"INTEGRATOR","That which integrates; esp., an instrument by means of whichthe area of a figure can be measured directly, or its moment ofinertia, or statical moment, etc., be determined."
"INTEGROPALLIAL","Having the pallial line entire, or without a sinus, as certainbivalve shells."
"INTEGUMATION","That part of physiology which treats of the integuments ofanimals and plants."
"INTEGUMENT","That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as thetesta or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering whichinvests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests aparticular."
"INTEGUMENTARY","Belonging to, or composed of, integuments."
"INTEGUMENTATION","The act or process of covering with integuments; the state ormanner of being thus covered."
"INTELLECT","The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, asdistinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, thecapacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from thepower to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge andcomprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding."
"INTELLECTED","Endowed with intellect; having intellectual powers orcapacities. [R.]In body, and in bristles, they became As swine, yet intellected asbefore. Cowper."
"INTELLECTION","A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act ofunderstanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b)A creation of the mind itself. Hickok."
"INTELLECTIVELY","In an intellective manner. [R.] 'Not intellectivelly to write.'Warner."
"INTELLECTUAL","The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.Her husband, for I view far round, not nigh, Whose higherintellectual more I shun. Milton.I kept her intellectuals in a state of exercise. De Quincey."
"INTELLECTUALITY","Intellectual powers; possession of intellect; quality of beingintellectual."
"INTELLECTUALLY","In an intellectual manner."
"INTELLIGENCER","One who, or that which, sends or conveys intelligence or news;a messenger.All the intriguers in foreign politics, all the spies, and all theintelligencers . . . acted solely upon that principle. Burke."
"INTELLIGENCING","Informing; giving information; talebearing. [Obs.] Shak.That sad intelligencing tyrant. Milton."
"INTELLIGENCY","Intelligence. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"INTELLIGENTIARY","One who gives information; an intelligencer. [Obs.] Holinshed."
"INTELLIGENTLY","In an intelligent manner; with intelligence."
"INTELLIGIBILITY","The quality or state of being intelligible; clearness;perspicuity; definiteness."
"INTELLIGIBLE","Capable of being understood or comprehended; as, anintelligible account or description; intelligible pronunciation,writing, etc.The intelligible forms of ancient poets. Coleridge."
"INTELLIGIBLENESS","The quality or state of being intelligible; intelligibility.Locke."
"INTELLIGIBLY","In an intelligible manner; so as to be understood; clearly;plainly; as, to write or speak intelligibly."
"INTEMERATENESS","The state of being unpolluted; purity. [Obs.] Donne."
"INTEMPERAMENT","A bad state; as, the intemperament of an ulcerated part. [R.]Harvey."
"INTEMPERANCY","Intemperance. [Obs.]"
"INTEMPERANT","Intemperate. [Obs.]Such as be intemperant, that is, followers of their naughty appetitesand lusts. Udall."
"INTEMPERATE","To disorder. [Obs.]"
"INTEMPERATELY","In an intemperate manner; immoderately; excessively; withoutrestraint.The people . . . who behaved very unwisely and intemperately on thatoccasion. Burke."
"INTEMPERATURE","Intemperateness. [Obs.] Boyle."
"INTEMPESTIVE","Out of season; untimely. [Obs.] Burton.Intempestive bashfulness gets nothing. Hales."
"INTEMPESTIVELY","Unseasonably. [Obs.]"
"INTEMPESTIVITY","Unseasonableness; untimeliness. [Obs.] Hales."
"INTENABLE","Incapable of being held; untenable; not defensible; as, anintenable opinion; an intenable fortress. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton."
"INTENDANT","One who has the charge, direction, or management of some publicbusiness; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendantof finance."
"INTENDED","One with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; anaffianced lover.If it were not that I might appear to disparage his intended, . . . Iwould add that to me she seems to be throwing herself away. Dickens."
"INTENDEDLY","Intentionally. [R.] Milton."
"INTENDENT","See Intendant, n. [Obs.]"
"INTENDER","One who intends. Feltham."
"INTENDIMENT","Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding. [Obs.]Spenser."
"INTENDMENT","The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or ofany legal instrument."
"INTENERATE","To make tender or sensitive; to soften."
"INTENERATION","The act or process of intenerating, or the state of beingintenerated; softening. [R.] Bacon."
"INTENIBLE","Incapable of holding or containing. [Obs.]This captious and intenible sieve. Shak."
"INTENSATE","To intensify. [R.] Emerson."
"INTENSATION","The act or process of intensifying; intensification; climax.[R.] Carlyle."
"INTENSATIVE","Adding intensity; intensifying."
"INTENSENESS","The state or quality of being intense; intensity; as, theintenseness of heat or cold; the intenseness of study or thought."
"INTENSIFICATION","The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense."
"INTENSIFIER","One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; inphotography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of apicture."
"INTENSIFY","To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; tointensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensifyanimosity. Bacon.How piercing is the sting of pride By want embittered andintensified. Longfellow."
"INTENSION","The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up acomplex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed to extension, extent, or sphere.This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverseratio of its extension. Sir W. Hamilton."
"INTENSITIVE","Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive; as, theintensitive words of a sentence. H. Sweet."
"INTENSITY","The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or acause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced."
"INTENSIVE","Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb orpreposition."
"INTENSIVELY","In an intensive manner; by increase of degree. Abp. Bramhall."
"INTENSIVENESS","The quality or state of being intensive; intensity. Sir M.Hale."
"INTENT","The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design;a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.Be thy intents wicked or charitable. Shak.The principal intent of Scripture is to deliver the Hooker.To all intents, and purposes, in all applications or senses;practically; really; virtually; essentially. 'He was miserable to allintents and purpose.' L'Estrange."
"INTENTATION","Intention. [Obs.]"
"INTENTION","Any mental apprehension of an object. First intention (Logic),a conception of a thing formed by the first or direct application ofthe mind to the individual object; an idea or image; as, man, stone.-- Second intention (Logic), a conception generalized from firstintuition or apprehension already formed by the mind; an abstractnotion; especially, a classified notion, as species, genus,whiteness.-- To heal by the first intention (Surg.), to cicatrize, as a wound,without suppuration.-- To heal by the second intention (Surg.), to unite aftersuppuration."
"INTENTIONAL","Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the actwas intentional, not accidental."
"INTENTIONALITY","The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design.Coleridge."
"INTENTIONALLY","In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; ofpurpose."
"INTENTIONED","Having designs; -- chiefly used in composition; as, well-intentioned, having good designs; ill-intentioned, having illdesigns."
"INTENTIVE","Attentive; intent. [Obs.] Spenser."
"INTENTIVELY","Attentively; closely. [Obs.] 'Intentively to observe.' Holland."
"INTENTIVENESS","Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness.[Obs.] W. Montagu."
"INTENTLY","In an intent manner; as, the eyes intently fixed."
"INTENTNESS","The state or quality of being intent; close application;attention.Extreme solicitude or intentness upon business. South."
"INTER","To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, tointer a dead body. Shak."
"INTER-","A prefix signifying among, between, amid; as, interact,interarticular, intermit."
"INTERACT","A short act or piece between others, as in a play; aninterlude; hence, intermediate employment or time. Chesterfield."
"INTERADDITIVE","Added or placed between the parts of another thing, as a clauseinserted parenthetically in a sentence."
"INTERAGENCY","Intermediate agency."
"INTERAGENT","An intermediate agent."
"INTERALL","Entrail or inside. [Obs.] G. Fletcher."
"INTERALVEOLAR","Between alveoli; as, the interalveolar septa between adjacentair cells in the lungs."
"INTERAMBULACRAL","Of or pertaining to the interambulacra."
"INTERAMBULACRUM","In echinoderms, one of the areas or zones intervening betweentwo ambulacra. See Illust. of Ambulacrum."
"INTERAMNIAN","Situated between rivers. [R.] 'An interamnian country.' J.Bryant."
"INTERANIMATE","To animate or inspire mutually. [Obs.] Donne."
"INTERARBORATION","The interweaving of branches of trees. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"INTERARTICULAR","Situated between joints or articulations; as, interarticularcartilages and ligaments."
"INTERATOMIC","Between atoms; situated, or acting, between the atoms ofbodies; as, interatomic forces."
"INTERAULIC","Existing between royal courts. [R.] 'Interaulic politics.'Motley."
"INTERAURICULAR","Between the auricles; as, the interauricular partition of theheart."
"INTERAXAL","Situated in an interaxis. Gwilt."
"INTERAXILLARY","Situated within or between the axils of leaves."
"INTERAXIS","The space between two axes. See Axis, 6.The doors, windows, niches, and the like, are then placed centrallyin the interaxes. Gwilt."
"INTERBASTATION","Patchwork. [Obs.] Dr. J. Smith."
"INTERBRACHIAL","Between the arms."
"INTERBRAIN","See Thalamencephalon."
"INTERBRANCHIAL","Between the branchi\u00e6."
"INTERBREED","To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants."
"INTERCALAR","Intercalary."
"INTERCALARY","Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, anintercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the oddday (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile,n."
"INTERCALATE","To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar."
"INTERCALATION","The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in acalendar."
"INTERCAROTID","Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries;as, an intercarotid ganglion."
"INTERCARPAL","Between the carpal bone; as, intercarpal articulations,ligaments."
"INTERCARTILAGINOUS","Within cartilage; endochondral; as, intercartilaginousossification."
"INTERCAVERNOUS","Between the cavernous sinuses; as, the intercavernous sinusesconnecting the cavernous sinuses at the base of the brain."
"INTERCEDE","To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate. [Obs.] Sir I.Newton."
"INTERCEDENCE","The act of interceding; intercession; intervention. [R.] Bp.Reynolds."
"INTERCEDENT","Passing between; mediating; pleading. [R.] --In`ter*ced'ent*ly, adv."
"INTERCEDER","One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator. Johnson."
"INTERCELLULAR","Lying between cells or cellules; as, intercellular substance,space, or fluids; intercellular blood channels."
"INTERCENTRAL","Between centers. Intercentral nerves (Physiol.), those nerveswhich transmit impulses between nerve centers, as opposed toperipheral fibers, which convey impulses between peripheral parts andnerve centers."
"INTERCENTRUM","The median of the three elements composing the centra of thevertebr\u00e6 in some fossil batrachians."
"INTERCEPT","To include between; as, that part of the intercepted betweenthe points A and B."
"INTERCEPTER","One who, or that which, intercepts. Shak."
"INTERCEPTION","The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter;interception of the enemy."
"INTERCEPTIVE","Intercepting or tending to intercept."
"INTERCESSION","The act of interceding; mediation; interposition betweenparties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition,or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others.But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings whichcan not be uttered. Rom. viii. 26."
"INTERCESSIONAL","Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by,intercession or entreaty."
"INTERCESSIONATE","To entreat. [Obs.]"
"INTERCESSOR","A bishop, who, during a vacancy of the see, administers thebishopric till a successor is installed."
"INTERCESSORIAL","Intercessory."
"INTERCESSORY","Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by,intercession; interceding; as, intercessory prayer."
"INTERCHAIN","To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain.Two bosoms interchained with an oath. Shak."
"INTERCHANGE","To make an interchange; to alternate. Sir P. Sidney."
"INTERCHANGEABILITY","The state or quality of being interchangeable;interchangeableness."
"INTERCHANGEMENT","Mutual transfer; exchange. [Obs.] Shak."
"INTERCHAPTER","An intervening or inserted chapter."
"INTERCIDENCE","The act or state of coming or falling between; occurrence;incident. [Obs.] Holland."
"INTERCIDENT","Falling or coming between; happening accidentally. [Obs.]Boyle."
"INTERCIPIENT","Intercepting; stopping.-- n."
"INTERCISION","A cutting off, through, or asunder; interruption. [R.] Sir T.Browne."
"INTERCITIZENSHIP","The mutual right to civic privileges, in the different States.Bancroft."
"INTERCLAVICLE","See Episternum."
"INTERCLOSE","To shut in; to inclose. [Obs.]"
"INTERCLOUD","To cloud. [R.] Daniel."
"INTERCLUDE","To shut off or out from a place or course, by somethingintervening; to intercept; to cut off; to interrupt. Mitford.So all passage of external air into the receiver may be intercluded.Boyle."
"INTERCLUSION","Interception; a stopping"
"INTERCOLLEGIATE","Existing or carried on between colleges or universities; as,intercollegiate relations, rivalry, games, etc."
"INTERCOLLINE","Situated between hills; -- applied especially to valleys lyingbetween volcanic cones."
"INTERCOLONIAL","Between or among colonies; pertaining to the intercourse ormutual relations of colonies; as, intercolonial trade.-- In`ter*co*lo'ni*al*ly, adv."
"INTERCOLUMNAR","Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers ofPoupart's ligament; an intercolumnar statue."
"INTERCOLUMNIATION","The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom oftheir shafts. Gwilt."
"INTERCOMBAT","Combat. [Obs.] Daniel."
"INTERCOMING","The act of coming between; intervention; interference. [Obs.]"
"INTERCOMMON","To graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, asthe inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc."
"INTERCOMMONAGE","The right or privilege of intercommoning."
"INTERCOMMUNICABLE","Capable of being mutually communicated."
"INTERCOMMUNICATE","To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication."
"INTERCOMMUNICATION","Mutual communication. Owen."
"INTERCOMMUNION","Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities. Faber."
"INTERCOMMUNITY","Intercommunication; community of possessions, religion, etc.In consequence of that intercommunity of paganism . . . one nationadopted the gods of another. Bp. Warburton."
"INTERCOMPARISON","Mutual comparison of corresponding parts."
"INTERCONNECT","To join together."
"INTERCONNECTION","Connection between; mutual connection."
"INTERCONTINENTAL","Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on betweencontinents; as, intercontinental relations or commerce."
"INTERCONVERTIBLE","Convertible the one into the other; as, coin and bank notes areinterconvertible."
"INTERCOSTAL","Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the partsbetween the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest isalternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles."
"INTERCOURSE","AThis sweet intercourse Of looks and smiles. Milton.Sexual intercourse, sexual or carnal connection; coition."
"INTERCROP","To cultivate by planting simultaneous crops in alternate rows;as, to intercrop an orchard. Also, to use for catch crops at seasonswhen the ground is not covered by crops of the regular rotation."
"INTERCROSS","To fertilize by the impregnation of one species or variety byanother; to impregnate by a different species or variety."
"INTERCRURAL","Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural platesin the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes."
"INTERCUR","To intervene; to come or occur in the meantime. [Obs.] Shelton."
"INTERCURRENCE","A passing or running between; occurrence. Boyle."
"INTERCURRENT","Something intervening. Holland."
"INTERCUTANEOUS","Subcutaneous."
"INTERDASH","To dash between or among; to intersperse. Cowper."
"INTERDEAL","To intrigue. [Obs.] Daniel."
"INTERDENOMINATIONAL","Occurring between or among, or common to, differentdenominations; as, interdenominational fellowship or belief."
"INTERDENTAL","Formed between the upper and lower teeth; as, interdentalconsonants."
"INTERDENTIL","The space between two dentils. Gwilt."
"INTERDEPENDENCE","Mutual dependence. 'The interdependence of virtue andknowledge.' M. Arnold."
"INTERDEPENDENCY","Mutual dependence; as, interdependency of interests. DeQuincey."
"INTERDEPENDENT","Mutually dependent."
"INTERDICT","To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment ofreligious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual.An archbishop may not only excommunicate and interdict hissuffragans, but his vicar general may do the same. Ayliffe."
"INTERDICTION","The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree;curse; interdict.The truest issue of thy throne By his own interdiction standsaccurst. Shak."
"INTERDICTIVE","Having the power to prohibit; as, an interdictive sentence.Milton."
"INTERDICTORY","Belonging to an interdiction; prohibitory."
"INTERDIGITAL","Between the fingers or toes; as, interdigital space."
"INTERDIGITATE","To interweave. [R.]"
"INTERDIGITATION","The state of interdigitating; interdigital space. Owen."
"INTERDOME","The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome orcupola of masonry."
"INTERDUCE","An intertie."
"INTEREPIMERAL","Between the epimeral plates of insects and crustaceans."
"INTEREQUINOCTIAL","Coming between the equinoxes.Summer and winter I have called interequinoctial intervals. F.Balfour."
"INTERESS","To interest or affect. [Obs.] Hooker."
"INTERESSE","Interest. [Obs.] Spenser."
"INTERESTEDNESS","The state or quality of being interested; selfishness.Richardson."
"INTERESTING","Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite,interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story;interesting news. Cowper."
"INTERESTINGLY","In an interesting manner."
"INTERESTINGNESS","The condition or quality of being interesting. A. Smith."
"INTERFACIAL","Included between two plane surfaces or faces; as, aninterfacial angle."
"INTERFASCICULAR","Between fascicles or bundles; as, the interfascicular spaces ofconnective tissue."
"INTERFERANT","One of the contestants in interference before the PatentOffice. [U.S.]"
"INTERFERE","To act reciprocally, so as to augment, diminish, or otherwiseaffect one another; -- said of waves, rays of light, heat, etc. SeeInterference, 2."
"INTERFERENCE","The mutual influence, under certain conditions, of two streamsof light, or series of pulsations of sound, or, generally, two wavesor vibrations of any kind, producing certain characteristicphenomena, as colored fringes, dark bands, or darkness, in the caseof light, silence or increased intensity in sounds; neutralization orsuperposition of waves generally."
"INTERFERER","One who interferes."
"INTERFERINGLY","By or with interference."
"INTERFEROMETER","An instrument for measuring small movements, distances, ordisplacements by means of the interference of two beams of light; --called also refractometer."
"INTERFLOW","To flow in. [R.] Holland."
"INTERFOLDED","Intertwined; interlocked; clasped together. Longfellow."
"INTERFOLIACEOUS","At the same node with opposite or whorled leaves, but occupyinga position between their places of attachment."
"INTERFOLIATE","To interleave. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"INTERFOLLICULAR","Between follicles; as, the interfollicular septa in a lymphaticgland."
"INTERFRETTED","Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings.See Fretted."
"INTERFULGENT","Shining between."
"INTERFUSION","The act of interfusing, or the state of being interfused.Coleridge."
"INTERGANGLIONIC","Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as, interganglioniccords."
"INTERGLOBULAR","Between globules; -- applied esp. to certain small spaces,surrounded by minute globules, in dentine."
"INTERGRAVE","To grave or carve between; to engrave in the alternatesections.The work itself of the bases, was intergraven. 3 Kings vii. 28 (Douayversion. )"
"INTERHYAL","Of or pertaining to a segment sometimes present at the proximalend of the hyoidean arch.-- n."
"INTERIM","A name given to each of three compromises made by the emperorCharles V. of Germany for the sake of harmonizing the connectingopinions of Protestants and Catholics."
"INTERIORITY","State of being interior."
"INTERIORLY","Internally; inwardly."
"INTERJACENT","Lying or being between or among; intervening; as, interjacentisles. Sir W. Raleigh."
"INTERJACULATE","To ejaculate parenthetically. [R.] Thackeray."
"INTERJANGLE","To make a dissonant, discordant noise one with another; to talkor chatter noisily. [R.] Daniel."
"INTERJECT","To throw in between; to insert; to interpose. Sir H. Wotton."
"INTERJECTION","A word or form of speech thrown in to express emotion orfeeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare Exclamation.An interjection implies a meaning which it would require a wholegrammatical sentence to expound, and it may be regarded as therudiment of such a sentence. But it is a confusion of thought to rankit among the parts of speech. Earle.How now! interjections Why, then, some be of laughing, as, ah, ha,he! Shak."
"INTERJECTIONALIZE","To convert into, or to use as, an interjection. Earle."
"INTERJECTIONALLY","In an interjectional manner. G. Eliot."
"INTERJECTIONARY","Interjectional."
"INTERJOIN","To join mutually; to unite. [R.] Shak."
"INTERJUNCTION","A mutual joining. [R.]"
"INTERKNIT","To knit together; to unite closely; to intertwine."
"INTERKNOW","To know mutually. [Obs.]"
"INTERKNOWLEDGE","Mutual knowledge or acquaintance. [Obs.] Bacon."
"INTERLACE","To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose onething within another; to intertwine; to interweave.Severed into stripes That interlaced each other. Cowper.The epic way is every where interlaced with dialogue. Dryden.Interlacing arches (Arch.), arches, usually circular, so constructedthat their archivolts intersect and seem to be interlaced."
"INTERLACEMENT","The act of interlacing, or the state of being interlaced; also,that which is interlaced."
"INTERLAMINATED","Placed between, or containing, lamin\u00e6 or plates."
"INTERLAMINATION","The state of being interlaminated."
"INTERLAPSE","The lapse or interval of time between two events. [R.] Harvey."
"INTERLAY","To lay or place among or between. Daniel."
"INTERLEAF","A leaf inserted between other leaves; a blank leaf inserted, asin a book."
"INTERLEAVE","To insert a leaf or leaves in; to bind with blank leavesinserted between the others; as, to interleave a book."
"INTERLIBEL","To libel mutually."
"INTERLINE","Contained between lines; written or inserted between linesalready written or printed; containing interlineations; as, aninterlinear manuscript, translation, etc.-- In`ter*lin'e*ar*ly, adv."
"INTERLINEARY","Interlinear.-- n."
"INTERLINING","Correction or alteration by writing between the lines;interlineation. Bp. Burnet."
"INTERLINK","To link together; to join, as one chain to another. Dryden."
"INTERLOBAR","Between lobes; as, the interlobar notch of the liver; theinterlobar ducts of a gland."
"INTERLOBULAR","Between lobules; as, the interlobular branches of the portalvein."
"INTERLOCATION","A placing or coming between; interposition."
"INTERLOCK","To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another;to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlacefirmly."
"INTERLOCUTION","An intermediate act or decree before final decision. Ayliffe."
"INTERLOCUTOR","An interlocutory judgment or sentence."
"INTERLOCUTORY","Intermediate; not final or definitive; made or done during theprogress of an action."
"INTERLOCUTRICE","A female interlocutor."
"INTERLOPE","To run between parties and intercept without right theadvantage that one should gain from the other; to traffic without aproper license; to intrude; to forestall others; to intermeddle."
"INTERLOPER","One who interlopes; one who interlopes; one who unlawfullyintrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who interfereswrongfully or officiously.The untrained man, . . . the interloper as to the professions. I.Taylor."
"INTERLUCATE","To let in light upon, as by cutting away branches. [Obs.]"
"INTERLUCATION","Act of thinning a wood to let in light. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"INTERLUCENT","Shining between."
"INTERLUDE","A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts ofa song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in churchmusic, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas ofa hymn, or in German chorals after each line."
"INTERLUDED","Inserted in the manner of an interlude; having or containinginterludes."
"INTERLUDER","An actor who performs in an interlude. B. Jonson."
"INTERLUENCY","A flowing between; intervening water. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale."
"INTERMANDIBULAR","Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the intermandibularspace."
"INTERMARRIAGE","Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and takingin marriage, as between two families, tribes, castes, or nations."
"INTERMARRY","To become connected by marriage between their members; to giveand take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, castes,etc.About the middle of the fourth century from the building of Rome, itwas declared lawful for nobles and plebeians to intermarry. Swift."
"INTERMAXILLA","See Premaxilla."
"INTERMAXILLARY","An intermaxilla."
"INTERMEAN","Something done in the meantime; interlude. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"INTERMEATION","A flowing between. [Obs.] Bailey."
"INTERMEDDLE","To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle officiously; tointerpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with.The practice of Spain hath been, by war and by conditions of treaty,to intermeddle with foreign states. Bacon."
"INTERMEDDLER","One who meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others.Swift."
"INTERMEDDLESOME","Inclined or disposed to intermeddle.-- In`ter*med'dle*some*ness, n."
"INTERMEDDLING","The act of improperly interfering. Burke."
"INTERMEDE","A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing,sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between theacts of a play or an opera."
"INTERMEDIACY","Interposition; intervention. Derham."
"INTERMEDIAE","The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices."
"INTERMEDIAL","Lying between; intervening; intermediate. 'Intermedial colors.'Evelyn."
"INTERMEDIAN","Intermediate. [Obs.]"
"INTERMEDIARY","Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as, anintermediary project. Intermediary amputation (Surg.), an amputationfor injury, performed after inflammation has set in."
"INTERMEDIATE","Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between twoextremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed;interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors.Intermediate state (Theol.), the state or condition of the soulbetween the death and the resurrection of the body.-- Intermediate terms (Math.), the terms of a progression or seriesbetween the first and the last (which are called the extremes); themeans.-- Intermediate tie. (Arch.) Same as Intertie."
"INTERMEDIATELY","In an intermediate manner; by way of intervention."
"INTERMEDIATION","The act of coming between; intervention; interposition. Burke."
"INTERMEDIATOR","A mediator."
"INTERMEDIOUS","Intermediate. [R.] Cudworth."
"INTERMEDIUM","The bone or cartilage between the radiale and ulnare in thecarpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare in the tarsus. Itcorresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of theastragalus in the tarsus of man and most mammals."
"INTERMELL","To intermeddle; to intermix. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher."
"INTERMEMBRAL","Between members or limbs; as, intermembral homology, thecorrespondence of the limbs with each other."
"INTERMEMBRANOUS","Within or beneath a membrane; as, intermembranous ossification."
"INTERMENT","The act or ceremony of depositing a dead body in the earth;burial; sepulture; inhumation. T. Warton."
"INTERMENTION","To mention among other things, or casually or incidentally.[Obs.]"
"INTERMESENTERIC","Within the mesentery; as, the intermesenteric, or aortic,plexus."
"INTERMETACARPAL","Between the metacarpal bones."
"INTERMETATARSAL","Between the metatarsal bones."
"INTERMEZZO","An interlude; an intermede. See Intermede."
"INTERMICATE","To flash or shine between or among. [R.] Blount."
"INTERMICATION","A shining between or among. [R.] Smart."
"INTERMIGRATION","Reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place bymigration. [R.] Sir M. Hale."
"INTERMINABLE","Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless;wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration;interminable sufferings.That wild interminable waste of waves. Grainger."
"INTERMINABLENESS","The state of being endless."
"INTERMINABLY","Without end or limit."
"INTERMINATE","Endless; as, interminate sleep. Chapman."
"INTERMINATED","Interminable; interminate; endless; unending. [Obs.] Akenside."
"INTERMINATION","A menace or threat. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"INTERMINE","To intersect or penetrate with mines. [Obs.] Drayton."
"INTERMINGLE","To mingle or mix together; to intermix. Hooker."
"INTERMISE","Interference; interposition. [Obs.] Bacon."
"INTERMISSION","The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space oftime between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entirecessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever."
"INTERMISSIVE","Having temporary cessations; not continual; intermittent.'Intermissive miseries.' Shak. 'Intermissive wars.' Howell."
"INTERMIT","To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; tosuspend.Pray to the gods to intermit the plague. Shak."
"INTERMITTENCE","Act or state of intermitting; intermission. Tyndall."
"INTERMITTENT","Coming and going at intervals; alternating; recurrent;periodic; as, an intermittent fever. Boyle. Intermittent fever(Med.), a disease with fever which recurs at certain intervals; --applied particularly to fever and ague. See Fever.-- Intermittent gearing (Mach.), gearing which receives, orproduces, intermittent motion.-- Intermittent springs, springs which flow at intervals, notapparently dependent upon rain or drought. They probably owe theirintermittent action to their being connected with natural reservoirsin hills or mountains by passages having the form of a siphon, thewater beginning to flow when it has accumulated so as to fill theupper part of the siphon, and ceasing when, by running through it, ithas fallen below the orifice of the upper part of the siphon in thereservoir."
"INTERMITTENTLY","With intermissions; in an intermittent manner; intermittingly."
"INTERMITTINGLY","With intermissions; at intervals. W. Montagu."
"INTERMIX","To mix together; to intermingle.In yonder spring of roses, intermixed With myrtle, find what toredress till noon. Milton."
"INTERMIXEDLY","In a mixed manner."
"INTERMOBILITY","Capacity of things to move among each other; as, theintermobility of fluid particles."
"INTERMODILLION","The space between two modillions."
"INTERMONTANE","Between mountains; as, intermontane soil."
"INTERMUNDANE","Being, between worlds or orbs. [R.] 'Intermundane spaces.'Locke."
"INTERMUNDIAN","Intermundane. [Obs.]"
"INTERMURAL","Lying between walls; inclosed by walls."
"INTERMURE","To wall in; to inclose. [Obs.] Ford."
"INTERMUSCULAR","Between muscles; as, intermuscular septa."
"INTERMUTATION","Interchange; mutual or reciprocal change."
"INTERMUTUAL","Mutual. [Obs.] Daniel.-- In`ter*mu'tu*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"INTERN","Internal. [Obs.] Howell."
"INTERNAL","Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial. Internal angle (Geom.),an interior angle. See under Interior.-- Internal gear (Mach.), a gear in which the teeth project inwardfrom the rim instead of outward."
"INTERNALITY","The state of being internal or within; interiority."
"INTERNASAL","Between the nasal cavities; as, the internasal cartilage."
"INTERNATIONALIZE","To make international; to cause to affect the mutual relationsof two or more nations; as, to internationalize a principle of law,or a philanthropic enterprise."
"INTERNATIONALLY","In an international manner; from an international point ofview."
"INTERNE","That which is within; the interior. [Poetic] Mrs. Browning."
"INTERNECINE","Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutuallydestructive.Internecine quarrels, horrible tumults, stain the streets with blood.Motley."
"INTERNECION","Mutual slaughter or destruction; massacre. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale."
"INTERNECIVE","Internecine. [R.] Sydney Smith."
"INTERNECTION","Intimate connection. [Obs.] W. Montagu."
"INTERNEURAL","Between the neural arches or neural spines.-- n."
"INTERNITY","State of being within; interiority. [R.] H. Brooke."
"INTERNMENT","Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, tothe interior of a country."
"INTERNODAL","Of or pertaining to internodes; intervening between nodes orjoints."
"INTERNODE","The space between two nodes or points of the stem from whichthe leaves properly arise. H. Spenser."
"INTERNODIAL","Internodal. [R.]"
"INTERNUNCIAL","Communicating or transmitting impressions between differentparts of the body; -- said of the nervous system. Carpenter."
"INTERNUNCIESS","A female messenger. [R.]"
"INTERNUNCIOSHIP","The office or function of an internuncio. Richardson."
"INTERNUNCIUS","Internuncio."
"INTEROCEANIC","Between oceans; connecting oceans; as, interoceaniccommunication; an interoceanic canal."
"INTEROCULAR","Between, or within, the eyes; as, the interocular distance;situated between the eyes, as the antenn\u00e6 of some insects."
"INTEROPERCULAR","Of or pertaining to the interoperculum.-- n."
"INTEROPERCULUM","The postero-inferior opercular bone, in fishes."
"INTERORBITAL","Between the orbits; as, the interorbital septum."
"INTEROSCULANT","Uniting two groups; -- said of certain genera which connectfamily groups, or of species that connect genera. See Osculant."
"INTEROSCULATE","To have the character of, or to lie between, two distinctgroups."
"INTERPARIETAL","Between the parietal bones or cartilages; as, the interparietalsuture.-- n."
"INTERPAUSE","An intermission. [R.]"
"INTERPEAL","To interpel. [Obs.]"
"INTERPEDENCULAR","Between peduncles; esp., between the peduncles, or crura, ofthe cerebrum."
"INTERPEL","To interrupt, break in upon, or intercede with. [Obs.]I am interpelled by many businesses. Howell."
"INTERPELLANT","Interpelling; interrupting.-- n."
"INTERPELLATE","To question imperatively, as a minister, or other executiveofficer, in explanation of his conduct; -- generally on the part of alegislative body."
"INTERPENETRATE","To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually.It interpenetrates my granite mass. Shelley."
"INTERPENETRATION","The act of penetrating between or within other substances;mutual penetration. Milman."
"INTERPENETRATIVE","Penetrating among or between other substances; penetrating eachthe other; mutually penetrative."
"INTERPETALARY","Between the petals of a flower."
"INTERPETIOLAR","Being between petioles. Cf. Intrapetiolar."
"INTERPHALANGEAL","Between phalanges; as, interphalangeal articulations."
"INTERPILASTER","The interval or space between two pilasters. Elmes."
"INTERPLACE","To place between or among; as, to interplace a name. [R.]Daniel."
"INTERPLANETARY","Between planets; as, interplanetary spaces. Boyle."
"INTERPLAY","Mutual action or influence; interaction; as, the interplay ofaffection."
"INTERPLEAD","To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves,as the claimants in an in an interpleader. See Interpleader. [Writtenalso enterplead.]"
"INTERPLEADER","A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the same debt,duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or more parties, to compelthem to litigate the right or title between themselves, and therebyto relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bringagainst him."
"INTERPLEDGE","To pledge mutually. [R.]"
"INTERPOINT","To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate. [R.]Her sighs should interpoint her words. Daniel."
"INTERPOLABLE","That may be interpolated; suitable to be interpolated.A most interpolable clause of one sentence. De Morgan."
"INTERPOLATE","To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series, according tothe law of the series; to introduce, as a number or quantity, in apartial series, according to the law of that part of the series."
"INTERPOLATION","The method or operation of finding from a few given terms of aseries, as of numbers or observations, other intermediate terms inconformity with the law of the series."
"INTERPOLATOR","One who interpolates; esp., one who inserts foreign or spuriousmatter in genuine writings."
"INTERPONE","To interpose; to insert or place between. [R.] Cudworth."
"INTERPONENT","One who, or that which, interposes; an interloper, an opponent.[R.] Heywood."
"INTERPOSAL","The act of interposing; interposition; intervention."
"INTERPOSE","Interposition. [Obs.]"
"INTERPOSER","One who, or that which, interposes or intervenes; an obstacleor interruption; a mediator or agent between parties. Shak."
"INTERPOSIT","An intermediate depot or station between one commercial city orcountry and another. Mitford."
"INTERPOSURE","Interposition. [Obs.]"
"INTERPRET","To act as an interpreter. Shak."
"INTERPRETABLE","Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted orexplained."
"INTERPRETAMENT","Interpretation. [Obs.] Milton."
"INTERPRETATION","An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying hisconception of nature."
"INTERPRETATIVELY","By interpretation. Ray."
"INTERPRETER","One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; atranslator; especially, a person who translates orally between twoparties.We think most men's actions to be the interpreters of their thoughts.Locke."
"INTERPRETIVE","Interpretative. [R.]"
"INTERPUBIC","Between the pubic bones or cartilages; as, the interpubic disk."
"INTERPUNCTION","The insertion of points between word or sentences; punctuation."
"INTERRADIAL","Between the radii, or rays; -- in zo\u00f6logy, said of certainparts of radiate animals; as, the interradial plates of a starfish."
"INTERRAMAL","Between rami or branches; esp., between the mandibles, or ramiof the lower jaw; intermandibular."
"INTERRECEIVE","To receive between or within."
"INTERREGENCY","An interregnum. [Obs.] Blount."
"INTERREGENT","A person who discharges the royal functions during aninterregnum. Holland."
"INTERREIGN","An interregnum. [Obs.] Bacon."
"INTERRELATED","Having a mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism;correlative."
"INTERRELATION","Mutual or reciprocal relation; correlation."
"INTERRENAL","Between the kidneys; as, the interrenal body, an organ found inmany fishes.-- n."
"INTERREPELLENT","Mutually repellent. De Quincey."
"INTERRER","One who inters."
"INTERREX","An interregent, or a regent."
"INTERROGATE","To question formally; to question; to examine by askingquestions; as, to interrogate a witness.Wilt thou, uncalled, interrogate, Talker! the unreplying FateEmerson."
"INTERROGATEE","One who is interrogated."
"INTERROGATIVE","Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as,an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun."
"INTERROGATIVELY","In the form of, or by means of, a question; in an interrogativemanner."
"INTERROGATOR","One who asks questions; a questioner."
"INTERROGATORY","A formal question or inquiry; esp. (Law), a question asked inwriting. Macaulay."
"INTERRUPT","Broken; interrupted. [Obs.] Milton."
"INTERRUPTED","Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry isdestroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among theleaves in a pinnate leaf."
"INTERRUPTEDLY","With breaks or interruptions; discontinuously. Interruptedlypinnate (Bot.), pinnate with small leaflets intermixed with largeones. Gray."
"INTERRUPTER","A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit; avibrating spring or tuning fork, arranged to make and break a circuitat rapidly recurring intervals, by the action of the current itself."
"INTERRUPTIVE","Tending to interrupt; interrupting. 'Interruptive forces.' H.Bushnell.-- In`ter*rupt'ive*ly, adv."
"INTERSCAPULAR","Between the scapul\u00e6 or shoulder blades."
"INTERSCAPULARS","The interscapular feathers of a bird."
"INTERSCENDENT","Having exponents which are radical quantities; -- said ofcertain powers; as, xsq. root2, or xsq. roota. Interscedent series, aseries whose terms are interscendent quantities. Hutton."
"INTERSCIND","To cut off. [R.]"
"INTERSCRIBE","To write between. [R.]"
"INTERSECANT","Dividing into parts; crossing; intersecting."
"INTERSECT","To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divideinto parts; as, any two diameters of a circle intersect each other atthe center.Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Cowper."
"INTERSECTION","The point or line in which one line or surface cuts another."
"INTERSECTIONAL","Pertaining to, or formed by, intersections."
"INTERSEMINATE","To sow between or among. [R.]"
"INTERSEPTAL","Between septa; as, the interseptal spaces or zones, between thetransparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the interseptalchambers of a shell, or of a seed vessel."
"INTERSERT","To put in between other things; to insert. [Obs.] Brerewood."
"INTERSERTTION","The act of interserting, or that which is interserted. [Obs.]Hammond."
"INTERSESAMOID","Between sesamoid bones; as, intersesamoid ligaments."
"INTERSET","To set between or among. [R.]"
"INTERSHOCK","To shock mutually. [R.]"
"INTERSIDEREAL","Between or among constellations or stars; interstellar."
"INTERSOCIAL","Pertaining to the mutual intercourse or relations of persons insociety; social."
"INTERSOMNIOUS","Between the times of sleeping; in an interval of wakefulness.[R.]"
"INTERSPACE","Intervening space. Bp. Hacket."
"INTERSPEECH","A speech interposed between others. [R.] Blount."
"INTERSPERSION","The act of interspersing, or the state of being interspersed."
"INTERSPIRATION","Spiritual inspiration at separate times, or at intervals.[Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"INTERSTAPEDIAL","Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, between thestapes and the mediostapedial.-- n."
"INTERSTATE","Pertaining to the mutual relations of States; existing between,or including, different States; as, interstate commerce. Story."
"INTERSTELLAR","Between or among the stars; as, interstellar space. Bacon."
"INTERSTELLARY","Interstellar."
"INTERSTERNAL","Between the sternal; -- said of certain membranes or parts ofinsects and crustaceans."
"INTERSTICED","Provided with interstices; having interstices between; situatedat intervals."
"INTERSTINCTIVE","Distinguishing. [Obs.] Wallis."
"INTERSTITIAL","Of or pertaining to interstices; intermediate; within thetissues; as, interstitial cavities or spaces in the tissues ofanimals or plants."
"INTERSTITION","An intervening period of time; interval. [Obs.] Gower."
"INTERSTRATIFICATION","Stratification among or between other layers or strata; also,that which is interstratified."
"INTERSTRATIFIED","Stratified among or between other bodies; as, interstratifiedrocks."
"INTERSTRATIFY","To put or insert between other strata."
"INTERTALK","To converse. [Obs.] Carew."
"INTERTANGLE","To entangle; to intertwine. 'Moss and intertangled vines.'Longfellow."
"INTERTARSAL","Between the tarsal bones; as, the intertarsal articulations."
"INTERTEX","To intertwine; to weave or bind together. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"INTERTEXTURE","The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven; thatwhich is interwoven. 'Knit in nice intertexture.' Coleridge.Skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs. Cowper."
"INTERTHORACIC","In the thorax."
"INTERTIE","In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plateor other principal ties, securing uprights to one another."
"INTERTISSUED","Interwoven. [R.] Shak."
"INTERTRAFFIC","Mutual trade of traffic."
"INTERTRANSPICUOUS","Transpicuous within or between. [R.] Shelley."
"INTERTRANSVERSE","Between the transverse processes of the vertebr\u00e6."
"INTERTRIGO","A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an abrasion orexcoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or neglectedchildren."
"INTERTROCHANTERIC","Between the trochanters of the femur."
"INTERTROPICAL","Situated between or within the tropics. J. Morse."
"INTERTUBULAR","Between tubes or tubules; as, intertubular cells; intertubularsubstance."
"INTERTWINE","To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; tointerlace. Milton."
"INTERTWININGLY","By intertwining or being intertwined."
"INTERTWIST","To twist together one with another; to intertwine."
"INTERTWISTINGLY","By intertwisting, or being intertwisted."
"INTERURBAN","Going between, or connecting, cities or towns; as, interurbanelectric railways."
"INTERVAL","Difference in pitch between any two tones. At intervals, comingor happening with intervals between; now and then. 'And Miriamwatch'd and dozed at intervals.' Tennyson.-- Augmented interval (Mus.), an interval increased by half a stepor half a tone."
"INTERVALLUM","An interval. [R.]And a' shall laugh without intervallums. Shak.In one of these intervalla. Chillingworth."
"INTERVARY","To alter or vary between; to change. [Obs.] Rush."
"INTERVEINED","Intersected, as with veins."
"INTERVENE","To come between. [R.]Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., intervening the differentestates. De Quincey."
"INTERVENER","One who intervenes; especially (Law), a person who assumes apart in a suit between others."
"INTERVENIENT","Being or coming between; intercedent; interposed. [Obs.] Bacon."
"INTERVENT","To thwart; to obstruct. [Obs.] Chapman."
"INTERVENTION","The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest,interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between otherparties."
"INTERVENTOR","One who intervenes; a mediator; especially (Eccles. Hist.), aperson designated by a church to reconcile parties, and unite them inthe choice of officers. Coleman."
"INTERVENTRICULAR","Between the ventricles; as, the interventricular partition ofthe heart."
"INTERVENUE","Interposition. [Obs.] Sir H. Blount."
"INTERVERT","To turn to another course or use. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton."
"INTERVERTEBRAL","Between vertebr\u00e6.-- In`ter*ver'te*bral*ly, adv."
"INTERVIEW","To have an interview with; to question or converse with,especially for the purpose of obtaining information for publication.[Recent]"
"INTERVIEWER","One who interviews; especially, one who obtains an interviewwith another for the purpose of eliciting his opinions or obtaininginformation for publication.It would have made him the prince of interviewers in these days.Leslie Stephen."
"INTERVIEWING","The act or custom of holding an interview or interviews.An article on interviewing in the 'Nation' of January 28, 1869, . . .was the first formal notice of the practice under that name. TheAmerican."
"INTERVISIBLE","Mutually visible, or in sight, the one from the other, asstations."
"INTERVISIT","To exchange visits. [R.] Evelyn."
"INTERVITAL","Between two lives. [R.]Through all its [the spirit's] intervital gloom. Tennyson."
"INTERVOCALIC","Situated between vowels; immediately preceded and followed byvowel sounds, as, p in occupy, d in idea, etc."
"INTERVOLUTION","The state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution; as,the intervolutions of a snake. Hawthorne."
"INTERVOLVE","To involve one within another; to twist or coil together.Milton."
"INTERWISH","To wish mutually in regarded to each other. [Obs.] Donne."
"INTERWORKING","The act of working in together; interweaving. Milton."
"INTERWORLD","A world between other worlds. Holland."
"INTERWREATHE","To weave into a wreath; to intertwine. [R.] Lovelace."
"INTESTABLE","Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified orcompetent to make a testament. Blackstone."
"INTESTACY","The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made avalid will. Blackstone."
"INTESTATE","A person who dies without making a valid will. Blackstone."
"INTESTINAL","Of or pertaining to the intestines of an animal; as, theintestinal tube; intestinal digestion; intestinal ferments.Intestinal canal. Same as Intestine, n.-- Intestinal worm (Zo\u00f6l.), any species of helminth living in theintestinal canal of any animal. The species are numerous."
"INTESTINE","That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and theanus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus."
"INTEXT","The text of a book. [R.] Herrick."
"INTEXTINE","A thin membrane existing in the pollen grains of some plants,and situated between the extine and the intine, as in ."
"INTEXTURED","Inwrought; woven in."
"INTHIRST","To make thirsty. [Obs.]"
"INTHRALL","To reduce to bondage or servitude; to make a thrall, slave,vassal, or captive of; to enslave.She soothes, but never can inthrall my mind. Prior."
"INTHRALLMENT","Act of inthralling, or state of being inthralled; servitude;bondage; vassalage."
"INTHRONE","Same as Enthrone."
"INTHRONG","To throng or collect together. [R.] Fairfax."
"INTHRONIZATION","Enthronement. Bp. Warburton."
"INTHRONIZE","To enthrone."
"INTICE","See Entice."
"INTIMACY","The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association;nearness in friendship."
"INTIMATE","An intimate friend or associate; a confidant. Gov. of theTongue."
"INTIMATELY","In an intimate manner."
"INTIME","Inward; internal; intimate. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby."
"INTIMIDATE","To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; todeter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.Now guilt, once harbored in the conscious breast, Intimidates thebrave, degrades the great. Johnson."
"INTIMIDATION","The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats;the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from thepolls by intimidation.The king carried his measures in Parliament by intimidation. Paley."
"INTIMIDATORY","Tending or serving to intimidate."
"INTINCTION","A method or practice of the administration of the sacrament bydipping the bread or wafer in the wine and administering bothtogether."
"INTINCTIVITY","The want of the quality of coloring or tingeing other bodies.Kirwan."
"INTINE","A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, whichforms the innermost coating of grains of pollen."
"INTITLE","See Entitle."
"INTITULE","To entitle; to give a title to. Selden."
"INTO","To the inside of; within. It is used in a variety ofapplications."
"INTOLERABILITY","The quality of being intolerable; intolerableness. [R.]"
"INTOLERANCY","Intolerance. Bailey."
"INTOLERANT","An intolerant person; a bigot."
"INTOLERANTLY","In an intolerant manner."
"INTOLERATED","Not tolerated."
"INTOLERATING","Intolerant. [R.]"
"INTOLERATION","Intolerance; want of toleration; refusal to tolerate adifference of opinion."
"INTOMB","To place in a tomb; to bury; to entomb. See Entomb."
"INTOMBMENT","See Entombment."
"INTONATE","To thunder. [Obs.] Bailey."
"INTONATION","A thundering; thunder. [Obs.] Bailey."
"INTONE","To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant;as, to intone the church service."
"INTORSION","The bending or twining of any part of a plant toward one sideor the other, or in any direction from the vertical."
"INTORT","To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe; to wind; to wring.Pope."
"INTORTION","See Intorsion."
"INTOXICANT","That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol,opium, and laughing gas are intoxicants."
"INTOXICATEDNESS","The state of being intoxicated; intoxication; drunkenness. [R.]"
"INTOXICATING","Producing intoxication; as, intoxicating liquors."
"INTOXICATION","A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance."
"INTRA-","A prefix signifying in, within, interior; as, intraocular,within the eyeball; intramarginal."
"INTRAAXILLARY","Situated below the point where a leaf joins the stem."
"INTRACELLULAR","Within a cell; as, the intracellular movements seen in thepigment cells, the salivary cells, and in the protoplasm of somevegetable cells."
"INTRACOLIC","Within the colon; as, the intracolic valve."
"INTRACRANIAL","Within the cranium or skull. Sir W. Hamilton."
"INTRACTABILITY","The quality of being intractable; intractableness. Bp. Hurd."
"INTRACTABLE","Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed;indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn;obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child."
"INTRACTILE","Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended. Bacon."
"INTRADOS","The interior curve of an arch; esp., the inner or lower curvedface of the whole body of voussoirs taken together. See Extrados."
"INTRAFOLIACEOUS","Growing immediately above, or in front of, a leaf; as,intrafoliaceous stipules."
"INTRAFUSION","The act of pouring into a vessel; specif. (Med.), the operationof introducing a substance into a blood vessel; as, intrafusion ofblood."
"INTRALOBULAR","Within lobules; as, the intralobular branches of the hepaticveins."
"INTRAMARGINAL","Situated within the margin. Loudon."
"INTRAMERCURIAL","Between the planet Mercury and the sun; -- as, the hypotheticalVulcan is intramercurial."
"INTRAMOLECULAR","Between molecules; situated, or acting, between the moleculesof bodies."
"INTRAMUNDANE","Being within the material world; -- opposed to extramundane."
"INTRAMURAL","Being within the substance of the walls of an organ; as,intramural pregnancy."
"INTRANQUILLITY","Unquietness; restlessness. Sir W. Temple."
"INTRANSCALENT","Impervious to heat; adiathermic."
"INTRANSGRESSIBLE","Incapable of being transgressed; not to be passes over orcrossed. Holland."
"INTRANSIENT","Not transient; remaining; permanent. Killingbeck."
"INTRANSIGENT","Refusing compromise; uncompromising; irreconcilable. Lond. Sat.Rev."
"INTRANSIGENTES","The extreme radicals; the party of the irreconcilables."
"INTRANSITIVE","Not transitive; not passing over tas, an intransitive verb, e.g., the bird flies; the dog runs."
"INTRANSITIVELY","Without an object following; in the manner of an intransitiveverb."
"INTRANSMISSIBLE","Not capable of being transmitted."
"INTRANSMUTABILITY","The quality of being intransmutable."
"INTRANSMUTABLE","Not capable of being transmuted or changed into anothersubstance."
"INTRANT","Entering; penetrating."
"INTRANUCLEAR","Within the nucleus of a cell; as. the intranuclear network offibrils, seen in the first stages of karyokinesis."
"INTRAP","See Entrap. Spenser."
"INTRAPARIETAL","Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from publicsight; private; secluded; retired.I have no Turkish proclivities, and I do not think that, after all,impaling is preferable as a mode of capital punishment tointraparietal hanging. Roll"
"INTRAPETIOLAR","Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said of the pairof stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those marginsnext the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between thepetiole and the stem or branch; -- often confounded withinterpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in meaning."
"INTRATERRITORIAL","Within the territory or a territory."
"INTRATHORACIC","Within the thora"
"INTRATROPICAL","Within the tropics."
"INTRAUTERINE","Within the uterus or womb; as, intrauterine hemorrhage."
"INTRAVALVULAR","Between valves."
"INTRAVENOUS","Within the veins."
"INTRAVENTRICULAR","Within or between ventricles."
"INTREASURE","To lay up, as in a treasury; to hoard. [Obs.] Shak."
"INTREAT","See Entreat. Spenser."
"INTREATABLE","Not to be entreated; inexorable."
"INTREATANCE","Entreaty. [Obs.] Holland."
"INTREATFUL","Full of entreaty. [Obs.] Spenser."
"INTRENCH","To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on,and take possession of, that which belongs to another; -- usuallyfollowed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching onthe rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenchingon the prerogative of the crown.We are not to intrench upon truth in any conversation, but least ofall with children. Locke."
"INTRENCHANT","Not to be gashed or marked with furrows. [Obs.]As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress,as make me bleed. Shak."
"INTRENCHMENT","Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench or ditch anda parapet made from the earth thrown up in making such a ditch.On our side, we have thrown up intrenchments on Winter and ProspectHills. Washington."
"INTREPID","Not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave;undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit."
"INTREPIDITY","The quality or state of being intrepid; fearless bravery;courage; resoluteness; valor.Sir Roger had acquitted himself of two or three sentences with a lookof much business and great intrepidity. Addison."
"INTREPIDLY","In an intrepid manner; courageously; resolutely."
"INTRICABLE","Entangling. [Obs.] Shelton."
"INTRICACY","The state or quality of being intricate or entangled;perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which isintricate or involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy ofaccounts; the intricacy of a cause in controversy; the intricacy of aplot.Freed from intricacies, taught to live The easiest way. Milton."
"INTRICATE","Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult tounderstand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery,labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc.His style was fit to convey the most intricate business to theunderstanding with the utmost clearness. Addison.The nature of man is intricate. Burke."
"INTRICATELY","In an intricate manner."
"INTRICATENESS","The state or quality of being intricate; intricacy."
"INTRICATION","Entanglement. [Obs.]"
"INTRIGANTE","A female intriguer."
"INTRIGUE","To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; toembarrass. [Obs.]How doth it [sin] perplex and intrique the whole course of yourlives! Dr. J. Scott."
"INTRIGUER","One who intrigues."
"INTRIGUERY","Arts or practice of intrigue."
"INTRIGUINGLY","By means of, or in the manner of, intrigue."
"INTRINSE","Tightly drawn; or (perhaps) intricate. [Very rare]Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain, Which are too intrinse tounloose. Shak."
"INTRINSIC","Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups ofmuscles; -- opposed to extrinsic. Intrinsic energy of a body(Physics), the work it can do in virtue of its actual condition,without any supply of energy from without.-- Intrinsic equation of a curve (Geom.), the equation whichexpresses the relation which the length of a curve, measured from agiven point of it, to a movable point, has to the angle which thetangent to the curve at the movable point makes with a fixed line.-- Intrinsic value. See the Note under Value, n."
"INTRINSICALITY","The quality of"
"INTRINSICALLY","Internally;A lie is a thing absolutely and intrinsically evil. South."
"INTRINSICALNESS","The quality of being intrinsical; intrinsicality."
"INTRINSICATE","Intricate. [Obs.] Shak."
"INTRO-","A prefix signifying within, into, in, inward; as, introduce,introreception, introthoracic."
"INTROCESSION","A depression, or inward sinking of parts."
"INTRODUCEMENT","Introduction. [Obs.]"
"INTRODUCER","One who, or that which, introduces."
"INTRODUCT","To introduce. [Obs.]"
"INTRODUCTIVE","Serving to introduce; introductory.-- In`tro*duc'tive*ly, adv."
"INTRODUCTOR","An introducer. [Obs.]"
"INTRODUCTORILY","By way of introduction."
"INTRODUCTORY","Serving to introduce something else; leading to the mainsubject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductoryproceedings; an introductory discourse."
"INTRODUCTRESS","A female introducer."
"INTROFLEXED","Flexed or bent inward."
"INTROGRESSION","The act of going in; entrance. Blount."
"INTROIT","An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service."
"INTROMISSION","An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legalgrounds or without authority."
"INTROMIT","To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another."
"INTROMITTENT","Used in copulation; -- said of the external reproductive organsof the males of many animals, and sometimes of those of the females."
"INTROMITTER","One who intromits."
"INTROPRESSION","Pressure acting within. [R.]"
"INTRORECEPTION","The act of admitting into or within. Hammond."
"INTRORSE","Turning or facing inward, or toward the axis of the part towhich it belongs. Gray."
"INTROSPECT","To look into or within; to view the inside of. Bailey."
"INTROSPECTION","A view of the inside or interior; a looking inward;specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspectionof one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind hasof its own acts and states; self-consciousness; reflection.I was forced to make an introspection into my own mind. Dryden."
"INTROSPECTIONIST","One given to the introspective method of examining thephenomena of the soul."
"INTROSUME","To draw in; to swallow. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"INTROSUSCEPTION","Same as Intussusception."
"INTROVENIENT","Coming in together; entering; commingling. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"INTROVERSION","The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; theact of turning the mind inward. Berkeley."
"INTRUDE","To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation,permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude onfamilies at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another.Thy wit wants edge And manners, to intrude where I am graced. Shak.Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; othersfly from us, when we would hold them. I. Watts."
"INTRUDED","Same as Intrusive."
"INTRUDER","One who intrudes; one who thrusts himself in, or enters withoutright, or without leave or welcome; a trespasser.They were all strangers and intruders. Locke."
"INTRUDRESS","A female intruder."
"INTRUNK","To inclose as in a trunk; to incase. [R.] Ford."
"INTRUSION","The penetrating of one rock, while in a plastic or metal state,into the cavities of another."
"INTRUSIONAL","Of or pertaining to intrusion."
"INTRUSIONIST","One who intrudes; especially, one who favors the appointment ofa clergyman to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes of theparishioners."
"INTRUSIVE","Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering withoutright or welcome. Intrusive rocks (Geol.), rocks which have beenforced, while in a plastic or melted state, into the cavities orbetween the cracks or layers of other rocks. The term is sometimesused as equivalent to plutonic rocks. It is then contrasted witheffusive or volcanic rocks.-- In*tru'sive*ly, adv.-- In*tru'sive*ness, n."
"INTRUST","To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to(another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) toanother with a certain confidence regarding his care, use, ordisposal of it; as, to intrust a servant with one's money or intrustmoney or goods to a servant."
"INTUBATION","The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, asinto the larynx in croup."
"INTUITIONAL","Pertaining to, or derived from, intuition; characterized byintuition; perceived by intuition; intuitive."
"INTUITIONALISM","The doctrine that the perception or recognition of primarytruth is intuitive, or direct and immediate; -- opposed tosensationalism, and experientialism."
"INTUITIONALIST","One who holds the doctrine of intuitionalism."
"INTUITIONISM","Same as Intuitionalism."
"INTUITIONIST","Same as Intuitionalist. Bain."
"INTUITIVELY","In an intuitive manner."
"INTUITIVISM","The doctrine that the ideas of right and wrong are intuitive.J. Grote."
"INTUMESCE","To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, toswell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before theblowpipe.In a higher heat, it intumesces, and melts into a yellowish blackmass. Kirwan."
"INTUMESCENT","Swelling up; expanding."
"INTUMULATED","Unburied. [Obs.]"
"INTUNE","To intone. Cf. Entune."
"INTURBIDATE","To render turbid; to darken; to confuse. [R.]The confusion of ideas and conceptions under the same term painfullyinturbidates his theology. Coleridge."
"INTURGESCENCE","A swelling; the act of swelling, or state of being swelled.[Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"INTUSE","A bruise; a contusion. [Obs.] Spenser."
"INTUSSUSCEPTED","Received into some other thing or part, as a sword into asheath; invaginated."
"INTUSSUSCEPTION","The abnormal reception or slipping of a part of a tube, byinversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it; specifically,the reception or slipping of the upper part of the small intestineinto the lower; introsusception; invagination. Dunglison."
"INTWINE","To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreathof flowers intwined. [Written also entwine.]"
"INTWINEMENT","The act of twinning, or the state of being intwined."
"INTWIST","To twist into or together; to interweave. [Written alsoentwist.]"
"INUENDO","See Innuendo."
"INULIN","A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved inthe sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants,as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is extracted by solutionas a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch,with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature betweenstarch and sugar. Called also dahlin, helenin, alantin, etc."
"INULOID","A substance resembling inulin, found in the unripe bulbs of thedahila."
"INUMBRATE","To shade; to darken. [Obs.]"
"INUNCTED","Anointed. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"INUNCTION","The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction;specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of theskin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury,iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed."
"INUNCTUOSITY","The want of unctuosity; freedom from greasiness or oiliness;as, the inunctuosity of porcelain clay. Kirwan."
"INUNDANT","Overflowing. [R.] Shenstone."
"INUNDERSTANDING","Void of understanding. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson."
"INURBANE","Uncivil; unpolished; rude. M. Arnold.-- In`ur*bane'ly, adv.-- In`ur*bane'ness, n."
"INURBANITY","Want of urbanity or courtesy; unpolished manners or deportment;inurbaneness; rudeness. Bp. Hall."
"INURE","To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustomtill use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; tohabituate; to practice habitually. 'To inure our prompt obedience.'Milton.He . . . did inure them to speak little. Sir T. North.Inured and exercised in learning. Robynson (More's Utopia).The poor, inured to drudgery and distress. Cowper."
"INUREMENT","Use; practice; discipline; habit; custom."
"INURN","To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; tointomb.The sepulcher Wherein we saw thee quietly inurned. Shak."
"INUSITATE","Unusual. [R.] Bramhall."
"INUSITATION","Want of use; disuse. [R.] Paley."
"INUST","Burnt in. [Obs.]"
"INUSTION","The act of burning or branding. [Obs.] T. Adams."
"INUTILE","Useless; unprofitable. [Obs.] Bacon."
"INUTILITY","Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable;unprofitableness; as, the inutility of vain speculations andvisionary projects."
"INUTTERABLE","Unutterable; inexpressible. Milton."
"INVADE","To make an invasion. Brougham."
"INVADER","One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder."
"INVAGINATE","To insert as in a sheath; to pr"
"INVAGINATION","The condition of an invaginated organ or part."
"INVALESCENCE","Strength; health. [Obs.]"
"INVALETUDINARY","Wanting health; valetudinary. [R.]"
"INVALID","Having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null; as, aninvalid contract or agreement."
"INVALIDATE","To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroythe authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as,to invalidate an agreement or argument."
"INVALIDATION","The act of inavlidating, or the state of being invalidated.So many invalidations of their right. Burke."
"INVALIDE","See Invalid, n."
"INVALIDISM","The condition of an invalid; sickness; infirmity."
"INVALIDNESS","Invalidity; as, the invalidness of reasoning."
"INVALOROUS","Not valorous; cowardly."
"INVALUABLE","Valuable beyond estimation; inestimable; priceless; precious."
"INVALUABLY","Inestimably. Bp. Hall."
"INVALUED","Inestimable. [R.] Drayton."
"INVARIABILITY","The quality of being invariable; invariableness; constancy;uniformity."
"INVARIABLE","Not given to variation or change; unalterable; unchangeable;always uniform.Physical laws which are invariable. I. Taylor.-- In*va'ri*a*ble*ness, n.-- In*va'ri*a*bly, adv."
"INVARIANCE","The property of remaining invariable under prescribed orimplied conditions. J. J. Sylvester."
"INVARIANT","An invariable quantity; specifically, a function of thecoefficients of one or more forms, which remains unaltered, whenthese undergo suitable linear transformations. J. J. Sylvester."
"INVASIVE","Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.'Invasive war.' Hoole."
"INVECT","To inveigh. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"INVECTED","Having a border or outline composed of semicircles with theconvexity outward; -- the opposite of engrailed."
"INVECTION","An inveighing against; invective. [Obs.] Fulke."
"INVECTIVE","Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical;abusive; railing."
"INVECTIVELY","In an invective manner. Shak."
"INVEIGH","To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to uttercensorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism orreproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- withagainst; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs,morals, a law, an abuse.All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposedhim. Milton.The artificial life against which we inveighed. Hawthorne."
"INVEIGHER","One who inveighs."
"INVEIGLE","To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil bydeceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; towheedle.Yet have they many baits and guileful spells To inveigle and invitethe un unwary sense. Milton."
"INVEIGLEMENT","The act of inveigling, or the state of being inveigled; thatwhich inveigles; enticement; seduction. South."
"INVEIGLER","One who inveigles."
"INVEIL","To cover, as with a vail. W. Browne."
"INVENDIBILITY","The quality of being invendible; invendibleness; unsalableness."
"INVENDIBLE","Not vendible or salable. Jefferson.-- In*vend'i*ble*ness, n."
"INVENOM","See Envenom."
"INVENTER","One who invents."
"INVENTFUL","Full of invention. J. Gifford."
"INVENTIBLE","Capable of being invented."
"INVENTIBLENESS","Quality of being inventible."
"INVENTION","The exercise of the imagination in selecting and treating atheme, or more commonly in contriving the arrangement of a piece, orthe method of presenting its parts. Invention of the cross (Eccl.), afestival celebrated May 3d, in honor of the finding of our Savior'scross by St. Helena."
"INVENTIOUS","Inventive. [Obs.]"
"INVENTIVE","Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready atexpedients; as, an inventive head or genius. Dryden.-- In*vent'ive*ly, adv.-- In*vent'ive*ness, n."
"INVENTOR","One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver;especially, one who invents mechanical devices."
"INVENTORIAL","Of or pertaining to an inventory.-- In`ven*to'ri*al*ly, adv. Shak."
"INVENTORY","An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor oradministrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of thereal estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which aperson or estate is found to be possessed; hence, an itemized list ofgoods or valuables, with their estimated worth; specifically, theannual account of stock taken in any business.There take an inventory of all I have. Shak."
"INVENTRESS","A woman who invents. Dryden."
"INVERACITY","Want of veracity."
"INVERISIMILITUDE","Want of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability."
"INVERSE","Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverseof that which is usual."
"INVERSELY","In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; -- opposed todirectly. Inversely proportional. See Directly proportional, underDirectly, and Inversion, 4."
"INVERSION","A movement in tactics by which the order of companies in lineis inverted, the right being on the left, the left on the right, andso on."
"INVERT","To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord,or parts which compose harmony."
"INVERTEBRAL","Same as Invertebrate."
"INVERTEBRATA","A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including allexcept the Vertebrata."
"INVERTEBRATE","Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebr\u00e6; of or pertainingto the Invertebrata.-- n."
"INVERTEBRATED","Having no backbone; invertebrate."
"INVERTED","Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when foldedback upon themselves by upheaval. Inverted arch (Arch.), an archplaced with crown downward; -- much used in foundations."
"INVERTEDLY","In an inverted order. Derham."
"INVERTIBLE","Capable of being changed or converted; as, invertible sugar."
"INVERTIN","An unorganized ferment which causes cane sugar to take up amolecule of water and be converted into invert sugar."
"INVEST","To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as tointercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to laysiege to; as, to invest a town."
"INVESTIENT","Covering; clothing. [R.] Woodward."
"INVESTIGABLE","Capable or susceptible of being investigated; admittingresearch. Hooker."
"INVESTIGATE","To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; totrace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine intowith care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, toinvestigate the causes of natural phenomena."
"INVESTIGATION","The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into orfollowing up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thoroughinquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher andthe mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist."
"INVESTIGATIVE","Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching."
"INVESTIGATOR","One who searches diligently into a subject."
"INVESTITURE","Livery of seizin.The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremonyoinvestiture, or open delivery of possession. Blackstone."
"INVESTIVE","Investing. [R.] Mir. for Mag."
"INVESTMENT","The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armedforce, or the state of being so surrounded.The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within sixdays after its investments. Marshall."
"INVESTOR","One who invests."
"INVESTURE","Investiture; investment. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet."
"INVETERATE","To fix and settle by long continuance. [Obs.] Bacon."
"INVETERATELY","In an inveterate manner or degree. 'Inveterately tough.'Hawthorne."
"INVETERATENESS","Inveteracy. Sir T. Browne."
"INVETERATION","The act of making inveterate. [R.] Bailey."
"INVICT","Invincible. [Obs.] Joye."
"INVIDIOUS","Want of vigilance; neglect of watching; carelessness."
"INVIGOR","To invigorate. [Obs.]"
"INVIGORATE","To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life andenergy to.Christian graces and virtues they can not be, unless fed,invigorated, and animated by universal charity. Atterbury."
"INVIGORATION","The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated."
"INVILE","To render vile. [Obs.] Daniel."
"INVILLAGED","Turned into, or reduced to, a village. [Obs.] W. Browne."
"INVINCIBILITY","The quality or state of being invincible; invincibleness."
"INVINCIBLE","Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued;unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle.Lead forth to battle these my sons Invincible. Milton.-- In*vin'ci*ble*ness, n.-- In*vin'ci*bly, adv."
"INVIOLABILITY","The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness."
"INVIOLABLENESS","The quality or state of being inviolable; as, theinviolableness of divine justice."
"INVIOLABLY","Without violation."
"INVIOLACY","The state or quality of being inviolate; as, the inviolacy ofan oath."
"INVIOLATELY","In an inviolate manner."
"INVIOLATENESS","The state of being inviolate."
"INVIOUS","Untrodden. [R.] Hudibras.-- In'vi*ous*ness, n. [R.]"
"INVIRILE","Deficient in manhood; unmanly; effeminate. Lowell."
"INVIRILITY","Absence of virility or manhood; effeminacy. Prynne."
"INVISCATE","To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle withglutinous matter. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"INVISCERATE","To breed; to nourish. [R.] W. Montagu."
"INVISIBILITY","The state or quality of being invisible; also, that which isinvisible. 'Atoms and invisibilities.' Landor."
"INVISIBLE","Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; notvisible.To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works. Milton.Invisible bird (Zo\u00f6l.), a small, shy singing bird (Myadestessibilons), of St. Vincent Islands.-- Invisible green, a very dark shade of green, approaching toblack, and liable to be mistaken for it."
"INVISIBLENESS","The quality or state of being invisible; invisibility."
"INVISIBLY","In an invisible manner, Denham."
"INVISION","Want of vision or of the power of seeing. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"INVITATORY","Using or containing invitations.The 'Venite' [Psalm xcv.], which is also called the invitatory psalm.Hook."
"INVITE","To give invitation. Milton."
"INVITEMENT","Invitation. [Obs.] Chapman."
"INVITER","One who, or that which, invites."
"INVITIATE","Not vitiated. Lowell."
"INVITING","Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect.Nothing is so easy and inviting as the retort of abuse and sarcasm.W. Irving.-- In*vit'ing*ly, adv.-- In*vit'ing*ness, n. Jer. Taylor."
"INVITRIFIABLE","Not admitting of being vitrified, or converted into glass.Kirwan."
"INVOCATE","To invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore.If Dagon be thy god, Go to his temple, invocate his aid. Milton."
"INVOCATION","A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, ororder; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court."
"INVOCATORY","Making or containing invocation; invoking."
"INVOICE","A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped orsent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value orprices and charges annexed. Wharton."
"INVOKE","To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly orsolemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand byinvocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invokeHis and blessing.Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . . . Invoke hiswarlike spirit. Shak."
"INVOLUCEL","A partial, secondary, or small involucre. See Illust. ofInvolucre."
"INVOLUCELLATE","Furnished with involucels."
"INVOLUCELLUM","See Involucel."
"INVOLUCRAL","Pertaining to, possessing, or like, an involucrum."
"INVOLUCRED","Having an involucre, as umbels, heads, etc. Martyn."
"INVOLUCRET","An involucel."
"INVOLUCRUM","See Involucre."
"INVOLUNTARILY","In an involuntary manner; not voluntarily; not intentionally orwillingly."
"INVOLUNTARINESS","The quality or state of being involuntary; unwillingness;automatism."
"INVOLUNTARY","Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation,or of the petals of flowers in \u00e6stivation. Gray."
"INVOLUTE","A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve,or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See Evolute."
"INVOLUTION","The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject andthe verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction."
"INVOLVE","To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity,into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to thethird or fourth power."
"INVOLVED","Same as Involute."
"INVOLVEDNESS","The state of being involved."
"INVOLVEMENT","The act of involving, or the state of being involved. LewWallace."
"INVULGAR","To cause to become or appear vulgar. [Obs.] Daniel."
"INVULNERABILITY","Quality or state of being invulnerable."
"INVULNERABLENESS","Invulnerability."
"INVULNERATE","Invulnerable."
"INWALL","To inclose or fortify as with a wall. Spenser."
"INWARDS","See Inward."
"INWEAVE","To weave in or together; to intermix or intertwine by weaving;to interlace.Down they cast Their crowns, inwove with amaranth and gold. Milton."
"INWHEEL","To encircle. [R.] Beau. & Fl."
"INWIT","Inward sense; mind; understanding; conscience. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"INWITH","Within. [Obs.]This purse hath she inwith her bosom hid. Chaucer."
"INWORK","To work in or within."
"INWORN","Worn, wrought, or stamped in. [R.] Milton."
"INWREATHE","To surround or encompass as with a wreath. [Written alsoenwreathe.]Resplendent locks, inwreathed with beams. Milton."
"INWROUGHT","Wrought or worked in or among other things; worked into anyfabric so as to from a part of its texture; wrought or adorned, aswith figures.His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge, Inwrought with figures dim.Milton."
"IO","An exclamation of joy or triumph; -- often interjectional."
"IO MOTH","A large and handsome American moth (Hyperchiria Io), having alarge, bright-colored spot on each hind wing, resembling the spots onthe tail of a peacock. The larva is covered with prickly hairs, whichsting like nettles."
"IOD-","See Iodo-."
"IODAL","An oily liquid, Cl3.CHO, analogous to chloral and bromal."
"IODATE","A salt of iodic acid."
"IODHYDRIN","One of a series of compounds containing iodine, and analogousto the chlorhydrins."
"IODIC","to, or containing, iodine; specif., denoting those compounds inwhich it has a relatively high valence; as, iodic acid. Iodic acid, amonobasic acid, consisting of iodine with three parts of oxygen andone of hydrogen."
"IODIDE","A binary compound of iodine, or one which may be regarded asbinary; as, potassium iodide."
"IODINE","A nonmetallic element, of the halogen group, occurring alwaysin combination, as in the iodides. When isolated it is in the form ofdark gray metallic scales, resembling plumbago, soft but brittle, andemitting a chlorinelike odor. Symbol I. Atomic weight 126.5. Ifheated, iodine volatilizes in beautiful violet vapors."
"IODISM","A morbid state produced by the use of iodine and its compounds,and characterized by palpitation, depression, and general emaciation,with a pustular eruption upon the skin."
"IODIZE","To treat or impregnate with iodine or its compounds; as, toiodize a plate for photography. R. Hunt."
"IODIZER","One who, or that which, iodizes."
"IODOCRESOL","Any of several isomeric iodine derivatives of the cresols,C6H3I(CH3)OH, esp. one, an odorless amorphous powder, used inmedicine as a substitute for iodoform."
"IODOFORM","A yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, CI3H, having anoffensive odor and sweetish taste, and analogous to chloroform. It isused in medicine as a healing and antiseptic dressing for wounds andsores."
"IODOFORMOGEN","A light powder used as a substitute for iodoform. It is acompound of iodoform and albumin."
"IODOL","A crystallized substance of the composition C4I4NH, technicallytetra-iodo-pyrrol, used like iodoform."
"IODOQUININE","A iodide of quinine obtained as a brown substance,. It is thebase of herapathite. See Herapathite."
"IODOTHYRIN","A peculiar substance obtained from the thyroid gland,containing from nine to ten per cent of iodine."
"IODOUS","Pertaining to, or containing, iodine. See -ous (chemicalsuffix). Iodous acid, a hypothetical acid, analogous to chlorousacid."
"IODURET","Iodide. [Obs.]"
"IODYRITE","Silver iodide, a mineral of a yellowish color."
"IOLITE","A silicate of alumina, iron, and magnesia, having a bright bluecolor and vitreous luster; cordierite. It is remarkable for itsdichroism, and is also called dichroite."
"ION","One of the elements which appear at the respective poles when abody is subjected to electro-chemical decomposition. Cf. Anion,Cation."
"IONIAN","Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians; Ionic.-- n."
"IONIC","Pertaining to the Ionic order of architecture, one of the threeorders invented by the Greeks, and one of the five recognized by theItalian writers of the sixteenth century. Its distinguishing featureis a capital with spiral volutes. See Illust. of Capital. Ionicdialect (Gr. Gram.), a dialect of the Greek language, used in Ionia.The Homeric poems are written in what is designated old Ionic, asdistinguished from new Ionic, or Attic, the dialect of all cultivatedGreeks in the period of Athenian prosperity and glory.-- Ionic foot. (Pros.) See Ionic, n., 1.-- Ionic, or Ionian, mode (Mus.), an ancient mode, supposed tocorrespond with the modern major scale of C.-- Ionic sect, a sect of philosophers founded by Thales of Miletus,in Ionia. Their distinguishing tenet was, that water is the originalprinciple of all things.-- Ionic type, a kind of heavy-faced type (as that of the followingline)."
"IONIDIUM","A genus of violaceous plants, chiefly found in tropicalAmerica, some species of which are used as substitutes foripecacuanha."
"IONIZE","To separate (a compound) into ions, esp. by dissolving inwater. --I`on*i*za'tion (#), n."
"IOQUA SHELL","The shell of a large Dentalium (D. pretiosum), formerly used asshell money, and for ornaments, by the Indians of the west coast ofNorth America."
"IOTACISM","The frequent use of the sound of iota (that of English e inbe), as among the modern Greeks; also, confusion from soundingLittr\u00e9."
"IOWAS","; sing. Iowa. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians which formerlyoccupied the region now included in the State of Iowa."
"IPECAC","An abbreviation of Ipecacuanha, and in more frequent use."
"IPECACUANHA","The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cepha\u00eblisIpecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself;also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used asa substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac(Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac (Ionidium Ipecacuanha), thebastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulatedipecac (Richardsonia scabra)."
"IPOCRAS","Hippocras. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"IPOMOEA",", and Gray.] (Bot.) A genus of twining plants with showymonopetalous flowers, including the morning-glory, the sweet potato,and the cypress vine."
"IPOMOEIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by theoxidation of convolvulin (obtained from jalap, the tubers of Ipomoeapurga), and identical in most of its properties with sebacic acid."
"IR-",". A form of the prefix in-. See In-."
"IRACUND","Irascible; choleric. 'Iracund people.' Carlyle."
"IRADE","A decree of the Sultan."
"IRAN","The native name of Persia."
"IRANIAN","Of or pertaining to Iran.-- n."
"IRANIC","Iranian."
"IRASCIBILITY","The quality or state of being irascible; irritability oftemper; irascibleness."
"IRASCIBLE","Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric;irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood.-- I*ras'ci*ble*ness, n.-- I*ras'ci*bly, adv."
"IRATE","Angry; incensed; enraged. [Recent]The irate colonel . . . stood speechless. Thackeray.Mr. Jaggers suddenly became most irate. Dickens."
"IRE","Anger; wrath. [Poet.]"
"IREFUL","Full of ire; angry; wroth. 'The ireful bastard Orleans.' Shak.-- Ire'ful*ly, adv."
"IREFULNESS","Wrathfulness. Wyclif."
"IRENARCH","An officer in the Greek empire having functions correspondingto those of a justice of the peace. [Written also eirenarch.]"
"IRENICON","A proposition or device for securing peace, especially in thechurch. South."
"IRENICS","That branch of Christian science which treats of the methods ofsecuring unity among Christians or harmony and union among thechurches; -- called also Irenical theology. Schaff-Herzog."
"IRESTONE","Any very hard rock."
"IRIAN","Of or pertaining to the iris. 'Irian nerves.' Dunglison."
"IRICISM","Irishism. [R.] Jeffrey."
"IRIDAL","Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow; prismatic; as, theiridal colors. Whewell."
"IRIDECTOMY","The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris inorder to form an artificial pupil."
"IRIDESCENCE","Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality orstate of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, theiridescence of mother-of-pearl."
"IRIDESCENT","Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeablecolors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass."
"IRIDIAN","Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow."
"IRIDIATED","Iridescent."
"IRIDIC","Of or pertaining to the iris of the eye."
"IRIDIOSCOPE","A kind of ophthalmoscope."
"IRIDIOUS","Of or pertaining to iridium; -- applied specifically tocompounds in which iridium has a low valence."
"IRIDIUM","A rare metallic element, of the same group as platinum, whichit much resembles, being silver-white, but harder, and brittle, andindifferent to most corrosive agents. With the exception of osmium,it is the heaviest substance known, its specific gravity being 22.4.Symbol Ir. Atomic weight 192.5."
"IRIDOLINE","A nitrogenous base C10H9N, extracted from coal-tar naphtha, asan oily liquid. It is a member of the quinoline series, and isprobably identical with lepidine."
"IRIS","The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of thegods. Shak."
"IRIS DIAPHRAGM","An adjustable diaphragm, suggesting the iris of the eye in itsaction, for regulating the aperture of a lens, consisting of a numberof thin pieces fastened to a ring. It is used in cameras andmicroscopes."
"IRISATED","Exhibiting the prismatic colors; irised; iridescent. W.Phillips."
"IRISCOPE","A philosophical toy for exhibiting the prismatic tints by meansof thin films."
"IRISED","Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent. Holmes."
"IRISH","Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced inIreland. Irish elk. (Zo\u00f6l.) See under Elk.-- Irish moss. (a) (Bot.) Carrageen. (b) A preparation of the samemade into a blanc mange.-- Irish poplin. See Poplin.-- Irish potato, the ordinary white potato, so called because it isa favorite article of food in Ireland.-- Irish reef, or Irishman's reef (Naut.), the head of a sail tiedup.-- Irish stew, meat, potatoes, and onions, cut in small pieces andstewed."
"IRISH AMERICAN","A native of Ireland who has become an American citizen; also, achild or descendant of such a person."
"IRISHISM","A mode of speaking peculiar to the Irish; an Hibernicism."
"IRISHMAN","A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian.Irishman's hurricane (Naut.), a dead calm.-- Irishman's reef. (Naut.) See Irish reef, under Irish, a."
"IRISHRY","The Celtic people of Ireland. 'The whole Irishry of rebels.'Milton."
"IRITIS","An inflammation of the iris of the eye."
"IRK","To weary; to give pain; to annoy; -- used only impersonally atpresent.To see this sight, it irks my very soul. Shak.It irketh him to be here. M. Arnold."
"IRON","The most common and most useful metallic element, being ofalmost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (ashematite, magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous oxide (as limonite, turgite,etc.). It is reduced on an enormous scale in three principal forms;viz., cast iron, steel, and wrought iron. Iron usually appears darkbrown, from oxidation or impurity, but when pure, or an freshsurface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) bymoisture, and is attacked by many corrosive agents. Symbol Fe (LatinFerrum). Atomic weight 55.9. Specific gravity, pure iron, 7.86; castiron, 7.1. In magnetic properties, it is superior to all othersubstances."
"IRON WORKS",". See under Iron, a."
"IRON-CASED","Cased or covered with iron, as a vessel; ironclad."
"IRON-FISTED","Closefisted; stingy; mean."
"IRON-GRAY","Of a gray color, somewhat resembling that of iron freshlybroken.-- n."
"IRON-HEARTED","Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an iron-hearted master.Cowper."
"IRON-SICK","Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship whenher bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky."
"IRON-SIDED","Having iron sides, or very firm sides."
"IRONBARK TREE","The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely bycarpenters and shipbuilders; -- called also ironwood."
"IRONCLAD","A naval vessel having the parts above water covered andprotected by iron or steel usually in large plates closely joined andmade sufficiently thick and strong to resist heavy shot."
"IRONER","One who, or that which, irons."
"IRONHEADS","A European composite herb (Centaurea nigra); -- so called fromthe resemblance of its knobbed head to an iron ball fixed on a longhandle. Dr. Prior."
"IRONIC","Ironical. Sir T. Herbert."
"IRONISH","Resembling iron, as in taste. Wood."
"IRONIST","One who uses irony."
"IRONMASTER","A manufacturer of iron, or large dealer therein. Bp. Hurd."
"IRONMONGER","A dealer in iron or hardware."
"IRONMONGERY","Hardware; a general name for all articles made of iron. Gwilt."
"IRONSIDES","A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; --applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry."
"IRONSMITH","An East Indian barbet (Megalaima faber), inhabiting the Islandof Hainan. The name alludes to its note, which resembles the soundsmade by a smith."
"IRONSTONE","A hard, earthy ore of iron. Clay ironstone. See under Clay.-- Ironstone china, a hard white pottery, first made in Englandduring the 18th century."
"IRONWARE","Articles made of iron, as household utensils, tools, and thelike."
"IRONWEED","A tall weed with purplish flowers (Vernonia Noveboracensis).The name is also applied to other plants of the same genus."
"IRONWOOD","A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood."
"IRONWORK","Anything made of iron; -- a general name of such parts orpieces of a building, vessel, carriage, etc., as consist of iron."
"IRONWORT","An herb of the Mint family (Sideritis), supposed to heal swordcuts; also, a species of Galeopsis."
"IROQUOIAN","Of, pertaining to, or designating, one of the principallinguistic stocks of the North American Indians. The territory of thenorthern Iroquoian tribes, of whom the Five Nations, or Iroquoisproper, were the chief, extended from the shores of the St. Lawrenceand of Lakes Huron, Ontario, and Erie south, through easternPennsylvania, to Maryland; that of the southern tribes, of whom theCherokees were chief, formed part of Virginia, the Carolinas,Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. All of the tribes wereagricultural, and they were noted for large, communal houses,palisaded towns, and ability to organize, as well as for skill inwar. --n."
"IROQUOIS","A powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian tribes, formerlyinhabiting Central New York and constituting most of the FiveNations. Also, any Indian of the Iroquois tribes."
"IROUS","Irascible; passionate. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"IRP","Making irps. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"IRRADIANT","Irradiating or illuminating; as, the irradiant moon. Boyse."
"IRRADIATE","To emit rays; to shine."
"IRRADIATION","The apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a darkground, due to the fact that the portions of the retina around theimage are stimulated by the intense light; as when a dark spot on awhite ground appears smaller, or a white spot on a dark groundlarger, than it really is, esp. when a little out of focus."
"IRRADICATE","To root deeply. [R.]"
"IRRATIONAL","Not capable of being exactly expressed by an integral number,or by a vulgar fraction; surd; -- said especially of roots. See Surd."
"IRRATIONALITY","The quality or state of being irrational. 'Brutishirrationaliity.' South."
"IRRATIONALLY","In an irrational manner. Boyle."
"IRRATIONALNESS","Irrationality."
"IRREBUTTABLE","Incapable of being rebutted. Coleridge."
"IRRECEPTIVE","Not receiving; incapable of receiving."
"IRRECLAIMABLE","Incapable of being reclaimed. Addison.-- Ir`re*claim'a*bly, ad"
"IRRECOGNITION","A failure to recognize; absence of recognition. Lamb."
"IRRECOGNIZABLE","Not recognizable. Carlyle."
"IRRECONCILABILITY","The quality or state of being irreconcilable;irreconcilableness."
"IRRECONCILABLE","Not reconcilable; implacable; incompatible; inconsistent;disagreeing; as, irreconcilable enemies, statements.-- Ir*rec'on*ci`la*ble*ness, n.-- Ir*rec'on*ci`la*bly, adv."
"IRRECONCILE","To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect.[Obs.]"
"IRRECONCILEMENT","The state or quality of being unreconciled; disagreement."
"IRRECONCILIATION","Want of reconciliation; disagreement."
"IRRECORDABLE","Not fit or possible to be recorded."
"IRRECOVERABLE","Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied;irreparable; as, an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury.That which is past is gone and irrecoverable. Bacon."
"IRRECUPERABLE","Irrecoverable.-- Ir`re*cu'per*a*bly, adv."
"IRRECURED","Incurable. [Obs.]"
"IRRECUSABLE","Not liable to exception or rejection. Sir W. Hamilton."
"IRREDEEMABILITY","The state or quality of being irredeemable; irredeemableness."
"IRREDEEMABLE","Not redeemable; that can not be redeemed; not payable in goldor silver, as a bond; -- used especially of such government notes,issued as currency, as are not convertible into coin at the pleasureof the holder.-- Ir`re*deem'a*ble*ness, adv."
"IRREDUCIBILITY","The state or quality of being irreducible."
"IRREDUCIBLE","Incapable of being reduced to a simpler form of expression; as,an irreducible formula. Irreducible case (Alg.), a particular case inthe solution of a cubic equation, in which the formula commonlyemployed contains an imaginary quantity, and therefore fails in itsapplication.-- Ir`re*du'ci*ble*ness, n.-- -- Ir`re*du'ci*bly, adv."
"IRREFLECTION","Want of reflection."
"IRREFLECTIVE","Not reflective. De Quincey."
"IRREFORMABLE","Incapable of being reformed; incorrigible. Joseph Cook."
"IRREFRAGABILITY","The quality or state of being irrefragable; incapability ofbeing refuted."
"IRREFRAGABLE","Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refutedor overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, anirrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence.-- Ir*ref'ra*ga*ble*ness, n.-- Ir*ref'ra*ga*bly, adv."
"IRREFRANGIBILITY","The quality or state of being irrefrangible; irrefrangibleness."
"IRREFRANGIBLE","Not refrangible; that can not be refracted in passing from onemedium to another.-- Ir`re*fran'gi*ble*ness, n."
"IRREFUTABLE","Incapable of being refuted or disproved; indisputable.-- Ir`re*fut'a*ble*ness, n.-- Ir`re*fut'a*bly, adv."
"IRREGENERACY","Unregeneracy."
"IRREGENERATION","An unregenerate state. [Obs.]"
"IRREGULAR","Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usagerecognized as the general rule; not according to common form; notconformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or toestablished principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical;unsymmetrical; erratic; no straight; not uniform; as, an irregularline; an irregular figure; an irregular verse; an irregularphysician; an irregular proceeding; irregular motion; irregularconduct, etc. Cf. Regular.Mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most whenmost irregular they seem. Milton.Leading the men of Herefordshire to fight Against the irregular andwild Glendower. Shak.A flowery meadow through which a clear stream murmured in manyirregular meanders. Jones."
"IRREGULARIST","One who is irregular. Baxter."
"IRREGULARITY","The state or quality of being irregular; that which isirregular."
"IRREGULARLY","In an irregular manner."
"IRREGULATE","To make irregular; to disorder. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"IRREGULOUS","Lawless. [Obs.] Shak."
"IRREJECTABLE","That can not be rejected; irresistible. Boyle."
"IRRELAPSABLE","Not liable to relapse; secure. Dr. H. More."
"IRRELATE","Ir"
"IRRELATION","The quality or state of being irrelative; want of connection orrelation."
"IRRELATIVE","Not relative; without mutual relations; unconnected.-- Ir*rel'a*tive*ly, adv. Irrelative chords (Mus.), those having nocommon tone.-- Irrelative repetition (Biol.), the multiplication of parts thatserve for a common purpose, but have no mutual dependence orconnection. Owen."
"IRRELAVANCE","Irrelevancy."
"IRRELAVANCY","The quality or state of being irrelevant; as, the irrelevancyof an argument."
"IRRELAVANT","Not relevant; not applicable or pertinent; not bearing upon orserving to support; foreign; extraneous; as, testimony or argumentsirrelevant to a case.-- Ir*rel'a*vant*ly, adv."
"IRRELIEVABLE","Not admitting relief; incurable; hopeless."
"IRRELIGION","The state of being irreligious; want of religion; impiety."
"IRRELIGIONIST","One who is irreligious."
"IRRELIGIOUSLY","In an irreligious manner."
"IRRELIGIOUSNESS","The state or quality of being irreligious; ungodliness."
"IRREMEABLE","Admitting no return; as, an irremeable way. [Obs.] Dryden."
"IRREMEDIABLE","Not to be remedied, corrected, or redressed; incurable; as, anirremediable disease or evil."
"IRREMEDIABLENESS","The state or quality of being irremediable."
"IRREMEDIABLY","In a manner, or to a degree, that precludes remedy, cure, orcorrection."
"IRREMISSIBLE","Not remissible; unpardonable; as, irremissible crimes. Burke.-- Ir`re*mis'si*ble, n.-- Ir`re*mis'si*bly, adv."
"IRREMISSION","Refusal of pardon."
"IRREMISSIVE","Not remitting; unforgiving."
"IRREMITTABLE","Not capable of being remitted; irremissible. Holinshed."
"IRREMOVABILITY","The quality or state of being irremovable; immovableness."
"IRREMOVABLE","Not removable; immovable; inflexible. Shak.-- Ir`re*mov'a*bly, adv."
"IRREMOVAL","Absence of removal."
"IRREMUNERABLE","Not remunerable; not capable of remuneration."
"IRRENOWNED","Not renowned. [Obs.]"
"IRREPARABILITY","The quality or state of being irreparable; irreparableness.Sterne."
"IRREPARABLE","Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered,regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, anirreparable breach; an irreparable loss. Shak."
"IRREPARABLENESS","Quality of being irreparable."
"IRREPARABLY","In an irreparable manner."
"IRREPEALABILITY","The quality or state of being irrepealable."
"IRREPEALABLE","Not repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as alaw.-- Ir`re*peal'a*ble*ness, n.-- Ir`re*peal'a*bly, adv."
"IRREPENTANCE","Want of repentance; impenitence. Bp. Montagu."
"IRREPREHENSIBLE","Not reprehensible; blameless; innocent.-- Ir*rep`re*hen'si*ble*ness, n.-- Ir*rep`re*hen'si*bly, adv."
"IRREPRESENTABLE","Not capable of being represented or portrayed."
"IRREPRESSIBLE","Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as,irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict. W. H. Steward."
"IRREPRESSIBLY","In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed."
"IRREPROACHABLE","Not reproachable; above reproach; not deserving reproach;blameless.He [Berkely] erred, -- and who is free from error -- but hisintentions were irreproachable. Beattie."
"IRREPROACHABLENESS","The quality or state of being irreproachable; integrity;innocence."
"IRREPROACHABLY","In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly."
"IRREPROVABLE","Incapable of being justly reproved; irreproachable; blameless;upright.-- Ir`re*prov'a*ble*ness, n.-- Ir`re*prov'a*bly, adv."
"IRREPTITIOUS","Surreptitious; spurious. [Obs.] Dr. Castell (1673)."
"IRREPUTABLE","Disreputable. [Obs.]"
"IRRESILIENT","Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic."
"IRRESISTANCE","Nonresistance; passive submission."
"IRRESISTIBILITY","The quality or state of being irrestible, irresistibleness."
"IRRESISTIBLE","That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior toopposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible attraction.An irresistible law of our nature impels us to seek happiness. J. M.Mason."
"IRRESISTIBLENESS","Quality of being irrestible."
"IRRESISTIBLY","In an irrestible manner."
"IRRESISTLESS","Irresistible. [Obs.] Glanvill."
"IRRESOLUBLENESS","The state or quality of being irresoluble; insolubility."
"IRRESOLUTE","Not resolute; not decided or determined; wavering; given todoubt or irresolution.Weak and irresolute is man. Cowper."
"IRRESOLUTION","Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuationof mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness;indecision; vacillation.Irresolution on the schemes of life which offer themselves to ourchoice, and inconstancy in pursuing them, are the greatest causes ofall unhappiness. Addison."
"IRRESOLVABILITY","The quality of being irresolvable; irresolvableness."
"IRRESOLVABLE","Incapable of being resolved; not separable into componentparts. Irresolvable nebul\u00e6 (Astron.), nebul\u00e6 of a cloudlikeappearance, which have not yet been resolved by the telescope intostars. Sir W. Herschel."
"IRRESOLVABLENESS","The quality or state of being irresolvable; irresolvability."
"IRRESOLVEDLY","Without settled determination; in a hesitating manner;doubtfully. [R.]"
"IRRESPECTIVELY","Without regard to conditions; not making circumstances intoconsideration.Prosperity, considered absolutely and irrespectively, is better andmore desirable than adversity. South."
"IRRESPIRABLE","Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities necessary tosupport animal life; as, irrespirable air."
"IRRESPONSIBILITY","Want of, or freedom from, responsibility or accountability."
"IRRESPONSIBLY","So as not to be responsible."
"IRRESPONSIVE","Not responsive; not able, ready, or inclined to respond."
"IRRESUSCITABLE","Incapable of being resuscitated or revived.-- Ir`re*sus'ci*ta*bly, adv."
"IRRETENTION","Want of retaining power; forgetfulness. De Quincey."
"IRRETENTIVE","Not retentive; as, an irretentive memory."
"IRRETRACEABLE","Incapable of being retraced; not retraceable."
"IRRETRIEVABLE","Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, anirretrievable loss."
"IRRETRIEVABLENESS","The state or quality of being irretrievable."
"IRRETRIEVABLY","In an irretrievable manner."
"IRRETURNABLE","Not to be returned."
"IRREVEALABLE","Incapable of being revealed.-- Ir`re*veal'a*bly, adv."
"IRREVERENCE","The state or quality of being irreverent; want of properreverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior."
"IRREVEREND","Irreverent. [Obs.]Immodest speech, or irreverend gesture. Strype."
"IRREVERENT","Not reverent; showing a want of reverence; expressive of a wantof veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent jest."
"IRREVERENTLY","In an irreverent manner."
"IRREVERSIBILITY","The state or quality of being irreversible; irreversibleness."
"IRREVERSIBLE STEERING GEAR","A steering gear, esp. for an automobile, not affected by theroad wheels, as when they strike an obstacle side ways, but easilycontrolled by the hand wheel or steering lever."
"IRREVERSIBLENESS","The state or quality of being irreversible."
"IRREVERSIBLY","In an irreversible manner."
"IRREVOCABILITY","The state or quality of being irrevocable; irrevocableness."
"IRREVOCABLE","Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable;irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or decree;irrevocable fate.Firm and irrevocable is my doom. Shak.-- Ir*rev'o*ca*ble*ness, n.-- Ir*rev'o*ca*bly, adv."
"IRREVOKABLE","Irrevocable. [R.]"
"IRREVOLUBLE","That has no finite period of revolution; not revolving. [R.]The dateless and irrevocable circle of eternity. Milton."
"IRRHETORICAL","Not rethorical."
"IRRIGATE","To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, orthrough it, as in artificial channels."
"IRRIGATION","The act or process of irrigating, or the state of beingirrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow overlands, for nourishing plants."
"IRRISIBLE","Not risible. [R.]"
"IRRISION","The act of laughing at another; derision.This being spoken sceptic\u00e8, or by way of irrision. Chapman."
"IRRITABILITY","A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all livingorganisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli,response being manifested in a variety of ways, -- as that quality inplants by which they exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; esp.,the property which living muscle processes, of responding either to adirect stimulus of its substance, or to the stimulating influence ofits nerve fibers, the response being indicated by a change of form,or contraction; contractility."
"IRRITABLE","Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capableof being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli."
"IRRITABLENESS","Irritability."
"IRRITABLY","In an irritable manner."
"IRRITANCY","The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity;forfeiture. Burrill."
"IRRITANT","Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.The states elected Harry, Duke of Anjou, for their king, with thisclause irritant; that, if he did violate any part of his oath, thepeople should owe him no allegiance. Hayward."
"IRRITATE","To render null and void. [R.] Abp. Bramhall."
"IRRITATION","The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited toaction, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense,when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act ofexciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as,the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the conditionof a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation."
"IRRITATORY","Exciting; producing irritation; irritating. [R.] Hales."
"IRRORATE","To sprinkle or moisten with dew; to bedew. [Obs.]"
"IRRORATION","The act of bedewing; the state of being moistened with de[Obs.] Chambers."
"IRROTATIONAL","Not rotatory; passing from one point to another by a movementother than rotation; -- said of the movement of parts of a liquid oryielding mass. Sir W. Thomson."
"IRRUBRICAL","Contrary to the rubric; not rubrical."
"IRRUGATE","To wrinkle. [Obs.]"
"IRRUPTED","Broken with violence."
"IRRUPTIVE","Rushing in or upon."
"IRVINGITE","The common designation of one a sect founded by the Rev. EdwardIrving (about 1830), who call themselves the Catholic ApostolicChurch. They are highly ritualistic in worship, have an elaboratehierarchy of apostles, prophets, etc., and look for the speedy comingof Christ."
"IS","The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in theindicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is a man. See Be."
"IS-",". See Iso-."
"ISABELLA GRAPE","A favorite sweet American grape of a purple color. See Foxgrape, under Fox."
"ISABELLA MOTH","A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabellacolor. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar, isdensely covered with hairs, which are black at each end of the body,and red in the middle part."
"ISABELLINE","Of an isabel or isabella color."
"ISAGOGE","An introduction. [Obs.] Harris."
"ISAGOGICS","That part of theological science directly preliminary to actualexegesis, or interpretation of the Scriptures."
"ISAGON","A figure or polygon whose angles are equal."
"ISAPOSTOLIC","Having equal, or almost equal, authority with the apostles oftheir teachings."
"ISATIDE","A white crystalline substance obtained by the partial reductionof isatin. [Written also isatyde.]"
"ISATIN","An orange-red crystalline substance, C8H5NO2, obtained by theoxidation of indigo blue. It is also produced from certainderivatives of benzoic acid, and is one important source ofartificial indigo. [Written also, less properly, isatine.]"
"ISATIS","A genus of herbs, some species of which, especially the Isatistinctoria, yield a blue dye similar to indigo; woad."
"ISATOGEN","A complex nitrogenous radical, C8H4NO2, regarded as theessential residue of a series of compounds, related to isatin, whicheasily pass by reduction to indigo blue.-- I*sat`o*gen'ic, a."
"ISATROPIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine,and isomeric with cinnamic acid."
"ISCHIAC","See Ischial."
"ISCHIADIC","Ischial. [R.] Ischiadic passion or disease (Med.), a rheumaticor neuralgic affection of some part about the hip joint; -- calledalso sciatica."
"ISCHIAL","Of or pertaining to the ischium or hip; ischiac; ischiadic;ischiatic. Ischial callosity (Zo\u00f6l.), one of the patches of thickenedhairless, and often bright-colored skin, on the buttocks of manyapes, as the drill."
"ISCHIATIC","Same as Ishial."
"ISCHIOCAPSULAR","Of or pertaining to the ischium and the capsule of the hipjoint; as, the ischiocapsular ligament."
"ISCHIOCERITE","The third joint or the antenn\u00e6 of the Crustacea."
"ISCHIOPODITE","The third joint of the typical appendages of Crustacea."
"ISCHIORECTAL","Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and ishialtuberosity."
"ISCHURETIC","Having the quality of relieving ischury.-- n."
"ISCHURY","A retention or suppression of urine."
"ISENTROPIC","Having equal entropy. Isentropic lines, lines which passthrough points having equal entropy."
"ISETHIONIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid,HO.C2H4.SO3H, obtained as an oily or crystalline substance, by theaction of sulphur trioxide on alcohol or ether. It is derivative ofsulphuric acid."
"ISHMAELITISH","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an Ishmaelite or theIshmaelites."
"ISIAC","Pertaining to the goddess Isis; as, Isiac mysteries."
"ISICLE","A icicle. [Obs.]"
"ISIDORIAN","Pertaining, or ascribed, to Isidore; as, the Isidoriandecretals, a spurious collection of decretals published in the ninthcentury."
"ISINGLASS","A popular name for mica, especially when in thin sheets."
"ISIS","The principal goddess worshiped by the Egyptians. She wasregarded as the mother of Horus, and the sister and wife of Osiris.The Egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity, and as thegreat benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestorsin the art of agriculture."
"ISLAMISM","The faith, doctrines, or religious system of the Mohammedans;Mohammedanism; Islam."
"ISLAMITE","A Mohammedan."
"ISLAMITIC","Of or pertaining to Islam; Mohammedan."
"ISLAMIZE","To conform, or cause to conform, to the religion of Islam."
"ISLAND","See Isle, n., 2. Islands of the blessed (Myth.), islandssupposed to lie in the Western Ocean, where the favorites of the godsare conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting joy."
"ISLANDER","An inhabitant of an island."
"ISLANDY","Of or pertaining to islands; full of islands. Cotgrave."
"ISLE","See Aisle."
"ISLET","A little island."
"ISM","A doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory.E. Everett.The world grew light-headed, and forth came a spawn of isms which noman can number. S. G. Goodrich."
"ISOBAR","A line connecting or marking places upon the surface of theearth where height of the barometer reduced to sea level is the sameeither at a given time, or for a certain period (mean height), as fora year; an isopiestic line. [Written also isobare.]"
"ISOBARIC","Denoting equal pressure; as, an isobaric line; specifically, ofor pertaining to isobars."
"ISOBARISM","The quality or state of being equal in weight, especially inatmospheric pressure. Also, the theory, method, or application ofisobaric science."
"ISOBAROMETRIC","Indicating equal barometric pressure."
"ISOBATHYTHERM","A line connecting the points on the surface of the earth wherea certain temperature is found at the same depth."
"ISOBATHYTHERMIC","Of or pertaining to an isobathytherm; possessing or indicatingthe same temperature at the same depth."
"ISOBRONT","An imaginary line, or a line on a chart, marking thesimultaneous development of a thunderstorm, as noted by observing thetime when the thunder is heard at different places."
"ISOCEPHALISM","A peculiarity in the design of bas-relief by which the heads ofhuman figures are kept at the same height from the ground, whetherthe personages are seated, standing, or mounted on horseback; --called also isokephaleia."
"ISOCHASM","A line connecting places on the earth's surface at which thereis the same mean frequency of auroras."
"ISOCHASMIC","Indicating equal auroral display; as, an isochasmic line."
"ISOCHEIM","A line connecting places on the earth having the same meanwinter temperature. Cf. Isothere."
"ISOCHEIMIC","The same as Isocheimal."
"ISOCHIMENE","The same as Isocheim."
"ISOCHOR","A line upon a thermodynamic diagram so drawn as to representthe pressures corresponding to changes of temperature when the volumeof the gas operated on is constant. -- I`so*chor'ic (#), a."
"ISOCHROMATIC","Having the same color; connecting parts having the same color,as lines drawn through certain points in experiments on the chromaticeffects of polarized light in crystals."
"ISOCHRONAL","Uniform in time; of equal time; performed in equal times;recurring at regular intervals; isochronal vibrations oroscillations."
"ISOCHRONIC","Isochronal."
"ISOCHRONISM","The state or quality of being isochronous."
"ISOCHRONIZE","To make, or tend to make (the motion of a moving body), uniformin rate of rotation, or in frequency of vibration."
"ISOCHRONON","A clock that is designed to keep very accurate time."
"ISOCHRONOUS","Same as Isochronal."
"ISOCHROOUS","Having the same tint or color throughout; uniformly or evenlycolored."
"ISOCRYMAL","Pertaining to, having the nature of, or illustrating, anisocryme; as, an isocrymal line; an isocrymal chart."
"ISOCRYME","A line connecting points on the earth's surface having the samemean temperature in the coldest month of the year."
"ISOCRYMIC","Isocrymal."
"ISOCYANIC","Designating an acid isomeric with cyanic acid. Isocyanic acid,an acid metameric with cyanic acid, and resembling it in its salts.It is obtained as a colorless, mobile, unstable liquid by the heatingcyanuric acid. Called technically carbimide."
"ISOCYANURIC","Designating, or pertaining to, an acid isomeric with cyanuricacid, and called also fulminuric acid. See under Fulminuric."
"ISODIABATIC","Pertaining to the reception or the giving out of equalquantities of heat by a substance. Rankine. Isodiabatic lines orcurves, a pair of lines or curves exhibiting, on a diagram of energy,the law of variation of the pressure and density of a fluid, the oneduring the lowering, and the other during the raising, of itstemperature, when the quantity of heat given out by the fluid duringany given stage of the one process is equal to the quantity receivedduring the corresponding stage of the other. Such lines are said tobe isodiabatic with respect to each other. Compare Adiabatic."
"ISODIAMETRIC","Developed alike in the directions of the several lateral axes;-- said of crystals of both the tetragonal and hexagonal systems."
"ISODIMORPHIC","Isodimorphous."
"ISODIMORPHISM","Isomorphism between the two forms severally of two dimorphoussubstances."
"ISODIMORPHOUS","Having the quality of isodimorphism."
"ISODROME","A method of moving a fleet from one formation to another, thedirection usually being changed eight points (90\u00ba), by means of pathsof equal length for each ship. It is prohibited in the United Statesnavy."
"ISODULCITE","A white, crystalline, sugarlike substance, obtained by thedecomposition of certain glucosides, and intermediate in naturebetween the hexacid alcohols (ductile, mannite, etc.) and theglucoses."
"ISODYNAMIC","Of, pertaining to, having, or denoting, equality of force.Isodynamic foods (Physiol.), those foods that produce a similaramount of heat.-- Isodynamic lines (Magnetism), lines on the earth's surfaceconnecting places at which the magnetic intensity is the same."
"ISODYNAMOUS","Of equal force or size."
"ISOGEOTHERM","A line or curved surface passing beneath the earth's surfacethrough points having the same mean temperature."
"ISOGONIC","Pertaining to, or noting, equal angles. Isogonic lines(Magnetism), lines traced on the surface of the globe, or upon achart, connecting places at which the deviation of the magneticneedle from the meridian or true north is the same."
"ISOGONISM","The quality of having similar sexual zooids or gonophores anddissimilar hydrants; -- said of certain hydroids."
"ISOGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to isography."
"ISOGRAPHY","Imitation of another's handwriting,"
"ISOHYETOSE","Of or pertaining to lines connecting places on the earth'ssurface which have a mean annual rainfall.-- n."
"ISOLABLE","Capable of being isolated, or of being obtained in a purestate; as, gold is isolable."
"ISOLATE","To insulate. See Insulate."
"ISOLATED","Placed or standing alone; detached; separated from others.Isolated point of a curve. (Geom.) See Acnode."
"ISOLATEDLY","In an isolated manner."
"ISOLATION","The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated;insulation; separation; loneliness. Milman."
"ISOLATOR","One who, or that which, isolates."
"ISOLOGOUS","Having similar proportions, similar relations, or similardifferences of composition; -- said specifically of groups or serieswhich differ by a constant difference; as, ethane, ethylene, anacetylene, or their analogous compounds, form an isologous series."
"ISOMER","A body or compound which is isomeric with another body orcompound; a member of an isomeric series."
"ISOMERIC","Having the same percentage composition; -- said of two or moredifferent substances which contain the same ingredients in the sameproportions by weight, often used with with. Specif.: (a) Polymeric;i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportion byweight, but with different molecular weights; as, acetylene andbenzine are isomeric (polymeric) with each other in this sense. SeePolymeric. (b) Metameric; i. e., having the same elements united inthe same proportions by weight, and with the same molecular weight,but which a different structure or arrangement of the ultimate parts;as, ethyl alcohol and methyl ether are isomeric (metameric) with eachother in this sense. See Metameric."
"ISOMERIDE","An isomer. [R.]"
"ISOMERISM","The state, quality, or relation, of two or more isomericsubstances. Physical isomerism (Chem.), the condition or relation ofcertain (metameric) substances, which, while chemically identical (inthat they have the same composition, the same molecular weights, andthe same ultimate constitution), are yet physically different, as intheir action on polarized light, as dextro- and l\u00e6vo-tartaric acids.In such compounds there is usually at least one unsymmetrical carbonatom. See Unsymmetrical."
"ISOMEROMORPHISM","Isomorphism between substances that are isomeric."
"ISOMORPH","A substance which is similar to another in crystalline form andcomposition."
"ISOMORPHIC","Isomorphous."
"ISOMORPHISM","A similarity of crystalline form between substances of similarcomposition, as between the sulphates of barium (BaSO4) and strontium(SrSO4). It is sometimes extended to include similarity of formbetween substances of unlike composition, which is more properlycalled homoeomorphism."
"ISOMORPHOUS","Having the quality of isomorphism."
"ISONANDRA","A genus of sapotaceous trees of India. Isonandra Gutta is theprincipal source of gutta-percha."
"ISONEPHELIC","Having, or indicating, an equal amount of cloudiness for agiven period; as, isonephelic regions; an isonephelic line."
"ISONICOTINE","A crystalline, nitrogenous base, C10H14N2, isomeric withnicotine."
"ISONITROSO-","A combining from (also used adjectively), signifying:Pertaining to, or designating, the characteristic, nitrogenousradical, NOH, called the isonitroso group."
"ISONOMIC","The same, or equal, in law or right; one in kind or origin;analogous; similar. Dana."
"ISONOMY","Equal law or right; equal distribution of rights andprivileges; similarity."
"ISOPEPSIN","Pepsin modified by exposure to a temperature of from 40\u00ba to 60C."
"ISOPERIMETRICAL","Having equal perimeters of circumferences; as, isoperimetricalfigures or bodies."
"ISOPERIMETRY","The science of figures having equal perimeters or boundaries."
"ISOPIESTIC","Having equal pressure. Isopiestic lines, lines showing, in adiagram, the relations of temperature and volume, when the elasticforce is constant; -- called also isobars."
"ISOPLEURA","A subclass of Gastropoda, in which the body is symmetrical, theright and left sides being equal."
"ISOPOD","Having the legs similar in structure; belonging to the Isopoda.-- n."
"ISOPODA","An order of sessile-eyed Crustacea, usually having seven pairsof legs, which are all similar in structure."
"ISOPODIFORM","Having the shape of an isopod; -- said of the larv\u00e6 of certaininsects."
"ISOPODOUS","Same as Isopod."
"ISOPOGONOUS","Having the two webs equal in breath; -- said of feathers."
"ISOPRENE","An oily, volatile hydrocarbon, obtained by the distillation ofcaoutchouc or guttaipercha.C5H8 -- unsaturated, and used to makesynthetic rubber by polymerization. In organic chemistry, viewedconceptually as the building block of the terpene series ofhydrocarbons"
"ISOPYCNIC","Having equal density, as different regions of a medium; passingthrough points at which the density is equal; as, an isopycnic lineor surface."
"ISORCIN","A crystalline hydrocarbon derivative, metameric with orcin, butproduced artificially; -- called also cresorcin."
"ISORROPIC","Of equal value. Isorropic line (in a diagram) (Geom.), thelocus of all the points for which a specified function has a constantvalue. Newcomb."
"ISOSCELES","Having two legs or sides that are equal; -- said of a triangle."
"ISOSPONDYLI","An extensive order of fishes, including the salmons, herrings,and many allied forms."
"ISOSPONDYLOUS","Of or pertaining to the Isospondyli; having the anteriorvertebr\u00e6 separate and normal."
"ISOSPORIC","Producing but one kind of spore, as the ferns and Equiseta. Cf.Heterosporic."
"ISOSPOROUS","Producing but one kind of spore, as the ferns."
"ISOSTASY","The state or quality of being isostatic. Specif. (Geol.),"
"ISOSTATIC","Subjected to equal pressure from every side; being inhydrostatic equilibrium, as a body submerged in a liquid at rest;pertaining to, or characterized by, isostasy."
"ISOSTEMONOUS","Having exactly as many stamens as petals."
"ISOSTEMONY","The quality or state of being isostemonous."
"ISOSULPHOCYANATE","A salt of isosulphocyanic acid."
"ISOSULPHOCYANIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, HNCS, isomeric withsulphocyanic acid."
"ISOTHERAL","Having the nature of an isothere; indicating the distributionof temperature by means of an isothere; as, an isotheral chart orline."
"ISOTHERE","A line connecting points on the earth's surface having the samemean summer temperature."
"ISOTHERM","A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surfacehaving the same temperature. This may be the temperature for a giventime of observation, or the mean temperature for a year or otherperiod. Also, a similar line based on the distribution of temperaturein the ocean."
"ISOTHERMOBATH","A line drawn through points of equal temperature in a verticalsection of the ocean."
"ISOTHERMOBATHIC","Of or pertaining to an isothermobath; possessing or indicatingequal temperatures in a vertical section, as of the ocean."
"ISOTHEROMBROSE","A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface,which have the same mean summer rainfall."
"ISOTONIC","Having or indicating, equal tones, or tension. Isotonic system(Mus.), a system consisting of intervals, in which each concord isalike tempered, and in which there are twelve equal semitones."
"ISOTRIMORPHIC","Isotrimorphous."
"ISOTRIMORPHISM","Isomorphism between the three forms, severally, of twotrimorphous substances."
"ISOTRIMORPHOUS","Having the quality of isotrimorphism; isotrimorphic."
"ISOTROPIC","Having the same properties in all directions; specifically,equally elastic in all directions."
"ISOTROPISM","Isotropy."
"ISOTROPOUS","Isotropic."
"ISOTROPY","Uniformity of physical properties in all directions in a body;absence of all kinds of polarity; specifically, equal elasticity inall directions."
"ISOURIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid,isomeric with uric acid."
"ISRAELITE","A descendant of Israel, or Jacob; a Hebrew; a Jew."
"ISSUABLY","In an issuable manner; by way of issue; as, to plead issuably."
"ISSUANCE","The act of issuing, or giving out; as, the issuance of anorder; the issuance of rations, and the like."
"ISSUANT","Issuing or coming up; -- a term used to express a charge orbearing rising or coming out of another."
"ISSUE","An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the armor leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the reliefof some affected part."
"ISSUELESS","Having no issue or progeny; childless. 'The heavens . . . haveleft me issueless.' Shak."
"ISSUER","One who issues, emits, or publishes."
"ISTHMIAN","Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus ofCorinth, in Greece. Isthmian games (Gr. Antiq.), one of the fourgreat national festivals of Greece, celebrated on the Isthmus ofCorinth in the spring of every alternate year. They consisted of allkinds of athletic sports, wrestling, boxing, racing on foot and inchariots, and also contests in music and poetry. The prize was agarland of pine leaves."
"ISTHMUS","A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents areconnected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, theIsthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc. Isthmus of the fauces.(Anat.) See Fauces."
"ISTLE","Same as Ixtle."
"ISURET","An artificial nitrogenous base, isomeric with urea, and forminga white crystalline substance; -- called also isuretine."
"IT","The neuter pronoun of the third person, corresponding to themasculine pronoun he and the feminine she, and having the same plural(they, their of theirs, them)."
"ITA PALM","A magnificent species of palm (Mauritia flexuosa), growing nearthe Orinoco. The natives eat its fruit and buds, drink its sap, andmake thread and cord from its fiber."
"ITACISM","Pronunciation of e in the English word be. This was thepronunciation advocated by ReuEtacism.In all such questions between a the confusing element of itacismcomes in. Alford."
"ITACIST","One who is in favor of itacism."
"ITACOLUMITE","A laminated, granular, siliceous rocks, often occurring inregions where the diamond is found."
"ITACONIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H6O4, which isobtained as a white crystalline substance by decomposing aconitic andother organic acids."
"ITALA","An early Latin version of the Scriptures (the Old Testament wastranslated from the Septuagint, and was also called the Italicversion)."
"ITALIAN","Of or pertaining to Italy, or to its people or language.Italian cloth a light material of cotton and worsted; -- called alsofarmer's satin.-- Italian iron, a heater for fluting frills.-- Italian juice, Calabrian liquorice."
"ITALIANATE","To render Italian, or conformable to Italian customs; toItalianize. [R.] Ascham."
"ITALIC","An Italic letter, character, or type (see Italic, a., 2.); --often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's. Italic lettersare used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis,etc. Also, collectively, Italic letters."
"ITALICIZE","To print in Italic characters; to underline written letters orwords with a single line; as, to Italicize a word; Italicizes toomuch."
"ITCH","An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, producedby the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), andattended with itching. It is transmissible by contact."
"ITCHINESS","The state of being itchy."
"ITCHLESS","Free from itching."
"ITCHY","Infected with the itch, or with an itching sensation. Cowper."
"ITEM","Also; as an additional article."
"ITEMIZE","To state in items, or by particulars; as, to itemize the costof a railroad. [Local, U. S.]"
"ITER","A passage; esp., the passage between the third and fourthventricles in the brain; the aqueduct of Sylvius."
"ITERABLE","Capable of being iterated or repeated. [Obs.]"
"ITERANCE","Iteration. [Obs.]"
"ITERANT","Repeating; iterating; as, an iterant echo. Bacon."
"ITERATE","Uttered or done again; repeated. [Obs.] Bp. Gardiner."
"ITERATION","Recital or performance a second time; repetition. Bacon.What needs this iteration, woman Shak."
"ITERATIVE","Repeating. Cotgrave.-- It'er*a*tive*ly, adv."
"ITHYPHALLIC","Lustful; lewd; salacious; indecent; obscene."
"ITINERACY","The act or practice of itinerating; itinerancy."
"ITINERANT","Passing or traveling about a country; going or preaching on acircuit; wandering; not settled; as, an itinerant preacher; anitinerant peddler.The king's own courts were then itinerant, being kept in the king'spalace, and removing with his household in those royal progresseswhich he continually made. Blackstone."
"ITINERANTLY","In an itinerant manner."
"ITINERARY","Itinerant; traveling; passing from place to place; done on ajourney.It was rather an itinerary circuit of justice than a progress. Bacon."
"ITINERATE","To wander without a settled habitation; to travel from place oron a circuit, particularly for the purpose of preaching, lecturing,etc."
"ITS","Possessive form of the pronoun it. See It."
"ITSELF","The neuter reciprocal pronoun of It; as, the thing is good initself; it stands by itself.Borrowing of foreigners, in itself, makes not the kingdom rich orpoor. Locke."
"ITTRIA","See Yttria."
"ITTRIUM","See Yttrium."
"ITZIBU","A silver coin of Japan, worth about thirty-four cents. [Writtenalso itzebu, ichebu, itcheboo, etc.]"
"IULIDAN","One of the Iulid\u00e6, a family of myriapods, of which the genusIulus is the type. See Iulus."
"IULUS","A genus of chilognathous myriapods. The body is long and round,consisting of numerous smooth, equal segments, each of which bearstwo pairs of short legs. It includes the galleyworms. SeeChilognatha."
"IVAN IVANOVITCH",". An ideal personification of the typical Russian or of theRussian people; -- used as 'John Bull' is used for the typicalEnglishman."
"IVIED","Overgrown with ivy."
"IVORIDE","A composition resembling ivory in appearance and used as asubstitute for it."
"IVORY","Teeth; as, to show one's ivories. [Slang] Ivory black. Seeunder Black, n.-- Ivory gull (Zo\u00f6l.), a white Arctic gull (Larus eburneus).-- Ivory nut (Bot.), the nut of a species of palm, the Phytephasmacroarpa, often as large as a hen's egg. When young the seedcontains a fluid, which gradually hardness into a whitish, close-grained, albuminous substance, resembling the finest ivory in textureand color, whence it is called vegetable ivory. It is wrought intovarious articles, as buttons, chessmen, etc. The palm is found in NewGrenada. A smaller kind is the fruit of the Phytephas microarpa. Thenuts are known in commerce as Corosso nuts.-- Ivory palm (Bot.), the palm tree which produces ivory nuts.-- Ivory shell (Zo\u00f6l.), any species of Eburna, a genus of marinegastropod shells, having a smooth surface, usually white with red orbrown spots.-- Vegetable ivory, the meat of the ivory nut. See Ivory nut(above)."
"IVORY-BILL","A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilusprincipalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its generalcolor is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsalstripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, andfound only in the Gulf States."
"IVORYTYPE","A picture produced by superposing a very light print, renderedtranslucent by varnish, and tinted upon the back, upon a strongerprint, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural colors; --called also hellenotype. Knight."
"IVY","A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe. Itsleaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed;the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. Thestem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers.Direct The clasping ivy where to climb. Milton.Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. Milton.American ivy. (Bot.) See Virginia creeper.-- English ivy (Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy proper(Hedera helix).-- German ivy (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulentstems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of Senecio (S.scandens).-- Ground ivy. (Bot.) Gill (Nepeta Glechoma).-- Ivy bush. (Bot.) See Mountain laurel, under Mountain.-- Ivy owl (Zo\u00f6l.), the barn owl.-- Ivy tod (Bot.), the ivy plant. Tennyson.-- Japanese ivy (Bot.), a climbing plant (Ampelopsis tricuspidata),closely related to the Virginia creeper.-- Poison ivy (Bot.), an American woody creeper (RhusToxicodendron), with trifoliate leaves, and greenish-white berries.It is exceedingly poisonous to the touch for most persons.-- To pipe in an ivy leaf, to console one's self as best one can.[Obs.] Chaucer.-- West Indian ivy, a climbing plant of the genus Marcgravia."
"IVY-MANTLED","Covered with ivy."
"IWIS","Indeed; truly. See Ywis. [Written also iwys, iwisse, etc.][Obs.] Ascham."
"IXIA","A South African bulbous plant of the Iris family, remarkablefor the brilliancy of its flowers."
"IXODES","A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species ofticks. See Tick, the insect."
"IXODIAN","A tick of the genus Ixodes, or the family Ixodid\u00e6."
"IZARD","A variety of the chamois found in the Pyrenees."
"IZEDI","One of an Oriental religious sect which worships Satan or theDevil.The Izedis or Yezdis, the so-called Devil worshipers, still remain anumerous though oppressed people in Mesopotamia and adjacentcountries. Tylor."
"IZEDISM","The religion of the Izedis."
"IZZARD","See Izard."
"J",". J is the tenth letter of the English alphabet. It is a latervariant form of the Roman letter I, used to express a consonantalsound, that is, originally, the sound of English y in yet. The formsJ and I have, until a recent time, been classed together, and theyhave been used interchangeably."
"JAAL GOAT","A species of wild goat (Capra Nubiana) found in the mountainsof Abyssinia, Upper Egypt, and Arabia; -- called also beden, andjaela."
"JAB","To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t. [Scot. & Colloq.U. S.]"
"JABBER","To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to uttergibberish or nonsense; to chatter. Swift."
"JABBERER","One who jabbers."
"JABBERINGLY","In a jabbering manner."
"JABBERMENT","Jabber. [R.] Milton."
"JABBERNOWL","Same as Jobbernowl."
"JABIRU","One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria andXenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits."
"JABORANDI","The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub (Pilocarpuspennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic andsialogogue."
"JABORINE","An alkaloid found in jaborandi leaves, from which it isextracted as a white amorphous substance. In its action it resemblesatropine."
"JACAL","In Mexico and the southwestern United States, a kind ofplastered house or hut, usually made by planting poles or timber inthe ground, filling in between them with screen work or wickerwork,and daubing one or both sides with mud or adobe mortar; also, thismethod of construction."
"JACAMAR","Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of thegenus Galbula and allied genera. They are allied to the kingfishers,but climb on tree trunks like nuthatches, and feed upon insects.Their colors are often brilliant."
"JACANA","Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus Jacana andseveral allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They areable to run about over floating water weeds by means of their verylong, spreading toes. Called also surgeon bird."
"JACARE","A cayman. See Yacare."
"JACCHUS","The common marmoset (Hapale vulgaris). Formerly, the name wasalso applied to other species of the same genus."
"JACCONET","See Jaconet."
"JACENT","Lying at length; as, the jacent posture. [R.] Sir H. Wotton."
"JACINTH","See Hyacinth. Tennyson."
"JACK","A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the EastIndies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs inhaving its leaves entire. The fruit is of great size, weighing fromthirty to forty pounds, and through its soft fibrous matter arescattered the seeds, which are roasted and eaten. The wood is of ayellow color, fine grain, and rather heavy, and is much used incabinetwork. It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow. [Writtenalso jak.]"
"JACK KETCH","A public executioner, or hangman. [Eng.]The manor of Tyburn was formerly held by Richard Jaquett, wherefelons for a long time were executed; from whence we have Jack Ketch.Lloyd's MS., British Museum.[Monmouth] then accosted John Ketch, the executioner, a wretch whohad butchered many brave and noble victims, and whose name has,during a century and a half, been vulgarly given to all who havesucceeded him in his odious office. Macaulay."
"JACK-A-DANDY","A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow."
"JACK-A-LENT","A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simplefellow."
"JACKAL","Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabitingAfrica and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly,nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and arenoted for their piercing and dismal howling."
"JACKANAPES","A young man living as an apprentice on a sheep station, orotherwise engaged in acquainting himself with colonial life.[Colloq., Australia]"
"JACKAROO","To be a jackaroo; to pass one's time as a jackaroo. [Colloq.,Australia]"
"JACKDAW","See Daw, n."
"JACKEEN","A drunken, dissolute fellow. [Ireland] S. C. Hall."
"JACKET","In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and re\u00ebnforcingthe tube in which the charge is fired."
"JACKETED","Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket."
"JACKETING","The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing."
"JACKKNIFE","A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife."
"JACKMAN","See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack. JACKPOTJackpot"
"JACKPUDDING","A merry-andrew; a buffoon. Milton."
"JACKSAW","The merganser."
"JACKSCREW","A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exertingpressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5."
"JACKSLAVE","A low servant; a mean fellow. Shak."
"JACKSMITH","A smith who makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c. Dryden."
"JACKSTAY","A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, towhich the sails are fastened."
"JACKWOOD","Wood of the jack (Artocarpus integrifolia), used incabinetwork."
"JACOB","A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews),who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (Gen. xxviii. 12);-- also called Israel.And Jacob said . . . with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and nowI am become two bands. Gen. xxxii. 9, 10.Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel. Gen. xxxii. 28.Jacob's ladder. (a) (Bot.) A perennial herb of the genus Polemonium(P. coeruleum), having corymbs of drooping flowers, usually blue.Gray. (b) (Naut.) A rope ladder, with wooden steps, for going aloft.R. H. Dana, Jr. (c) (Naut.) A succession of short cracks in adefective spar.-- Jacob's membrane. See Retina.-- Jacob's staff. (a) A name given to many forms of staff or weapon,especially in the Middle Ages; a pilgrim's staff. [Obs.] Spenser. (b)(Surveying) See under Staff."
"JACOBAEAN LILY","A bulbous plant (Amaryllis, or Sprekelia, formosissima) fromMexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower.[Written also Jacobean.]"
"JACOBIN","A Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the FrenchRevolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris."
"JACOBINE","A Jacobin."
"JACOBINISM","The principles of the Jacobins; violent and factious oppositionto legitimate government.Under this new stimulus, Burn's previous Jacobitism passed towardsthe opposite, but not very distant, extreme of Jacobinism. J. C.Shairp."
"JACOBINIZE","To taint with, or convert to, Jacobinism.France was not then jacobinized. Burke."
"JACOBITE","A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after hisabdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in1688 in favor of William and Mary. Macaulay."
"JACOBITISM","The principles of the Jacobites. Mason."
"JACOBUS","An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillingssterling, struck in the reign of James I."
"JACONET","A thin cotton fabric, between and muslin, used for dresses,neckcloths, etc. [Written also jacconet.]"
"JACQUARD","Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician,who died in 1834. Jacquard apparatus or arrangement, a device appliedto looms for weaving figured goods, consisting of mechanismcontrolled by a chain of variously perforated cards, which cause thewarp threads to be lifted in the proper succession for producing therequired figure.-- Jacquard card, one of the perforated cards of a Jacquardapparatus.-- Jackquard loom, a loom with Jacquard apparatus."
"JACQUEMINOT","A half-hardy, deep crimson rose of the remontant class; -- sonamed after General Jacqueminot, of France."
"JACQUERIE","The name given to a revolt of French peasants against thenobles in 1358, the leader assuming the contemptuous title, JacquesBonhomme, given by the nobles to the peasantry. Hence, any revolt ofpeasants."
"JACTANCY","A boasting; a bragging. [Obs.]"
"JACTATION","A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation. Sir.W. Temple."
"JACTITATION","Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice ofanother's right; false claim. Mozley & W."
"JACULABLE","Fit for throwing. [Obs.]"
"JACULATE","To throw or cast, as a dart; to throw out; to emit."
"JACULATION","The act of tossing, throwing, or hurling, as spears.Hurled to and fro with jaculation dire. Milton."
"JACULATOR","The archer fish (Toxotes jaculator)."
"JACULATORY","Darting or throwing out suddenly; also, suddenly thrown out;uttered in short sentences; ejaculatory; as, jaculatory prayers.Smart."
"JADDING","See Holing."
"JADE","A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimeswhitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and isused for ornamental purposes and for implements, esp. in Easterncountries and among many early peoples."
"JADEITE","See Jade, the stone."
"JADERY","The tricks of a jade."
"JAEGER","See Jager."
"JAG","A cleft or division. Jag bolt, a bolt with a nicked or barbedshank which resists retraction, as when leaded into stone."
"JAGER","A sharpshooter. See Yager."
"JAGG","See Jag."
"JAGGED","Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, orteeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks. ' Jagged vineleaves' shade.' Trench.-- Jag'ged*ly, adv.-- Jag'ged*ness, n."
"JAGGER","One who carries about a small load; a peddler. See 2d Jag.[Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"JAGGERY","Raw palm sugar, made in the East Indies by evaporating thefresh juice of several kinds of palm trees, but specifically that ofthe palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis). [Written also jagghery.]"
"JAGGERY PALM","An East Indian palm (Caryota urens) having leaves pinnate withwedge-shaped divisions, the petiole very stout. It is the principalsource of jaggery, and is often cultivated for ornament."
"JAGGY","Having jags; set with teeth; notched; uneven; as, jaggy teeth.Addison."
"JAGHIR","A village or district the government and revenues of which areassigned to some person, usually in consideration of some service tobe rendered, esp. the maintenance of troops. [Written also jaghire,jagir, etc.] [India] Whitworth."
"JAGHIRDAR","The holder of a jaghir."
"JAGUA PALM","A great Brazilian palm (Maximiliana regia), having immensespathes which are used for baskets and tubs."
"JAGUAR","A large and powerful feline animal (Felis onca), ranging fromTexas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, withlarge, dark, somewhat angular rings, each generally inclosing one ortwo dark spots. It is chiefly arboreal in its habits. Called also theAmerican tiger."
"JAGUARONDI","A South American wild cat (Felis jaguarondi), having a long,slim body and very short legs. Its color is grayish brown, variedwith a blackish hue. It is arboreal in its habits and feeds mostly onbirds."
"JAH","Jehovah. Ps. lxviii. 4."
"JAIL","A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of personsheld in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or withreference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also gaol.]This jail I count the house of liberty. Milton.Jail bird, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison. [Slang] -- Jail delivery, the release of prisoners from jail, either legallyor by violence.-- Jail delivery commission. See under Gaol.-- Jail fever (Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling it,generated in jails and other places crowded with people; -- calledalso hospital fever, and ship fever.-- Jail liberties, or Jail limits, a space or district around a jailwithin which an imprisoned debtor was, on certain conditions, allowedto go at large. Abbott.-- Jail lock, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called alsoScandinavian lock."
"JAILER","The keeper of a jail or prison. [Written also jailor, gaoler.]"
"JAINISM","The heterodox Hindoo religion, of which the most strikingfeatures are the exaltation of saints or holy mortals, called jins,above the ordinary Hindoo gods, and the denial of the divine originand infallibility of the Vedas. It is intermediate between Brahmanismand Buddhism, having some things in common with each."
"JAIROU","The ahu or Asiatic gazelle."
"JAK","see Ils Jack."
"JAKES","A privy. Shak."
"JAKIE","A South American striped frog (Pseudis paradoxa), remarkablefor having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence called alsoparadoxical frog."
"JAKO","An African parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly kept asa cage bird; -- called also gray parrot."
"JAKWOOD","See Jackwood."
"JALAP","The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogoniumpurga), a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract,and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgativemedicines. Other species of Ipomoea yield several inferior kinds ofjalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa. False jalap, the rootof Mirabilis Jalapa, four-o'clock, or marvel of Peru."
"JALAPIC","Of or pertaining to jalap."
"JALAPIN","A glucoside found in the stems of the jalap plant and scammony.It is a strong purgative."
"JALONS","Long poles, topped with wisps of straw, used as landmarks andsignals. Farrow."
"JALOUSIE","A Venetian or slatted inside window blind."
"JALOUSIED","Furnished with jalousies; as, jalousied porches."
"JAM","A kind of frock for children."
"JAMACINA","Jamaicine."
"JAMADAR","Same as Jemidar."
"JAMAICA","One of the West India is islands. Jamaica ginger, a variety ofginger, called also white ginger, prepared in Jamaica from the bestroots, which are deprived of their epidermis and dried separately.-- Jamaica pepper, allspice.-- Jamaica rose (Bot.), a West Indian melastomaceous shrub (Blakeatrinervis), with showy pink flowers."
"JAMAICAN","Of or pertaining to Jamaica.-- n."
"JAMAICINE","An alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of Geoffroyainermis, a leguminous tree growing in Jamaica and Surinam; -- calledalso jamacina. Watts."
"JAMB","The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace;hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the ofa chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face. Gwilt."
"JAMBEE","A fashionable cane. [Obs.] Tatler."
"JAMBOLANA","A myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America(Calyptranthes Jambolana), with astringent bark, used for dyeing. Itbears an edible fruit."
"JAMBOOREE","A noisy or unrestrained carousal or frolic; a spree. [Slang]Kipling."
"JAMDANI","A silk fabric, with a woven pattern of sprigs of flowers.[Written also jamdanee.] Balfour (Cyc. of India)."
"JAMESONITE","A steel-gray mineral, of metallic luster, commonly fibrousmassive. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead, with a little iron."
"JAMESTOWN WEED","The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), arank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See Datura."
"JAN","One of intermediate order between angels and men."
"JANE-OF-APES","A silly, pert girl; -- corresponding to jackanapes. Massinger."
"JANGLE","To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to producediscordant sounds with.Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh. Shak."
"JANGLERESS","A female prater or babbler."
"JANGLERY","Jangling. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"JANGLING","Producing discordant sounds. 'A jangling noise.' Milton."
"JANISSARY","See Janizary."
"JANITOR","A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a publicbuilding, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc."
"JANIZAR","A janizary. [R.] Byron."
"JANIZARIAN","Of or pertaining to the janizaries, or their government. Burke."
"JANIZARY","A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed thenucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826. [writtenalso janissary.]"
"JANKER","A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs. [Scot.]Jamieson."
"JANSENISM","The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace."
"JANSENIST","A follower of Cornelius Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop ofYpres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrinesdenying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace."
"JANT","See Jaunt."
"JANTHINA","See Ianthina."
"JANTILY","See Jauntily."
"JANTINESS","See Jauntiness."
"JANTU","A machine of great antiquity, used in Bengal for raising waterto irrigate land. Knight."
"JANTY","See Jaunty."
"JANUARY","The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days."
"JANUS","A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in oppositedirections. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the coveredpassage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Templeof Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace. Dr. W.Smith. Janus cloth, a fabric having both sides dressed, the sidesbeing of different colors, -- used for reversible garments."
"JANUS-FACED","Double-faced; deceitful. Janus-faced lock, one having duplicatefaces so as to go upon a right or a left hand door, the key enteringon either side indifferently. Knight."
"JANUS-HEADED","Double-headed."
"JAPAN","Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, thevarnish or lacquer used in japanning."
"JAPAN CURRENT","A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing theeastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward past Japanand merging into the easterly drift of the North Pacific; -- calledalso Kuro-Siwo, or Black Stream, in allusion to the deep blue of itswater. It is similar in may ways to the Gulf Stream."
"JAPANESE","Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants."
"JAPANNED","Treated, or coated, with varnish in the Japanese manner.Japanned leather,leather treated with coatings of Japan varnish, anddried in a stove. Knight."
"JAPANNING","The art or act of varnishing in the Japanese manner."
"JAPANNISH","After the manner of the Japanese; resembling japanned articles.Carlyle."
"JAPE","To jest; to play tricks; to jeer. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"JAPER","A jester; a buffoon. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"JAPERY","Jesting; buffoonery. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"JAPHETHITE","A Japhetite. Kitto."
"JAPHETIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, Japheth, one of the sons ofNoah; as, Japhetic nations, the nations of Europe and Northern Asia;Japhetic languages."
"JAPHETITE","A descendant of Japheth."
"JAPONICA","A species of Camellia (Camellia Japonica), a native of Japan,bearing beautiful red or white flowers. Many other genera havespecies of the same name."
"JAPONISM","A quality, idiom, or peculiarity characteristic of the Japaneseor their products, esp. in art."
"JAR","A turn. [Only in phrase.] On the jar, on the turn, ajar, as adoor."
"JAR-OWL","The goatsucker."
"JARARACA","A poisonous serpent of Brazil (Bothrops jararaca), abouteighteen inches long, and of a dusky, brownish color, variegated withred and black spots."
"JARBLE","To wet; to bemire. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"JARDINIERE","An ornamental stand or receptacle for plants, flowers, etc.,used as a piece of decorative furniture in room."
"JARDS","A callous tumor on the leg of a horse, below the hock."
"JARGLE","To emit a harsh or discordant sound. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"JARGON","Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, anartificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang. 'A barbarousjargon.' Macaulay. 'All jargon of the schools.' Prior.The jargon which serves the traffickers. Johnson."
"JARGONELLE","A variety of pear which ripens early."
"JARGONIC","Of or pertaining to the mineral jargon."
"JARGONIST","One addicted to jargon; one who uses cant or slang. Macaulay."
"JARL","A chief; an earl; in English history, one of the leaders in theDanish and Norse invasions. Longfellow."
"JARNUT","An earthnut. Dr. Prior."
"JAROSITE","An ocher-yellow mineral occurring on minute rhombohedralcrystals. It is a hydrous sulphate of iron and potash."
"JARRAH","The mahoganylike wood of the Australian Eucalyptus marginata.See Eucalyptus."
"JARRING","Shaking; disturbing; discordant. 'A jarring sound.' Dryden."
"JARRINGLY","In a jarring or discordant manner."
"JASEY","A wig; -- so called, perhaps, from being made of, orresembling, Jersey yarn. Thackeray."
"JASHAWK","A young hawk. Booth."
"JASMINE","A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of apeculiarly fragrant odor. The J. officinale, common in the south ofEurope, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is J. Sambac, and,with J. angustifolia, comes from the East Indies. The yellow falsejasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium). Several otherplants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species ofCalotropis and Faramea. [Written also jessamine.] Cape jasmine, orCape jessamine, the Gardenia florida, a shrub with fragrant whiteflowers, a native of China, and hardy in the Southern United States."
"JASP","Jasper. [Obs.] Spenser."
"JASPACHATE","Agate jasper. [Obs.]"
"JASPE","Having the surface decorated with cloudings and streaks,somewhat as if imitating jasper."
"JASPER","An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and otherdull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a highpolish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When thecolors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped or bandedjasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper. Jasper opal,a yellow variety of opal resembling jasper.-- Jasper ware, a delicate kind of earthenware invented by JosiahWedgwood. It is usually white, but is capable of receiving color."
"JASPERATED","mixed with jasper; containing particles of jasper; as,jasperated agate."
"JASPERIZE","To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper.Polished specimens of jasperized and agatized woods. Pop. Sci.Monthly."
"JASPERY","Of the nature of jasper; mixed with jasper."
"JASPILITE","A compact siliceous rock resembling jasper."
"JASPOID","Resembling jasper. [R.]"
"JASPONYX","An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper."
"JATROPHIC","Of or pertaining to physic nuts, the seeds of plants of thegenus Jatropha."
"JAUNCE","To ride hard; to jounce. [Obs.]Spurr'd, galled and tired by jauncing Bolingbroke. Shak."
"JAUNDICE","A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes,skin, and urine, whiteness of the f\u00e6ces, constipation, uneasiness inthe region of the stomach, loss of appetite, and general languor andlassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliarypassages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, whichis then absorbed into the blood. Blue jaundice. See Cyanopathy."
"JAUNT","To jolt; to jounce. [Obs.] Bale."
"JAUNTILY","In a jaunty manner."
"JAUNTINESS","The quality of being jaunty.That jauntiness of air I was once master of. Addison."
"JAUNTY","Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected orfantastical manner."
"JAVANESE","Of or pertaining to Java, or to the people of Java.-- n. sing. & pl."
"JAVEL","A vagabond. [Obs.] Spenser."
"JAVELIN","A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand;anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; nowused chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game.Flies the javelin swifter to its mark, Launched by the vigor of aRoman arm Addison."
"JAVELINIER","A soldier armed with a javelin. Holland."
"JAW","The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle soas to move freely on a mast."
"JAW-FALL","Depression of the jaw; hence, depression of spirits. M.Griffith (1660)."
"JAW-FALLEN","Dejected; chopfallen."
"JAWBONE","The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible."
"JAWED","Having jaws; -- chiefly in composition; as, lantern-jawed.'Jawed like a jetty.' Skelton."
"JAWFOOT","See Maxilliped."
"JAWING","Scolding; clamorous or abusive talk. [Slang] H. Kingsley."
"JAWN","See Yawn. [Obs.] Marston."
"JAWY","Relating to the jaws. Gayton."
"JAY","Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus,Cyanocitta, and allied genera. They are allied to the crows, but aresmaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, and usuallyhave a crest."
"JAYET","See Jet. [Obs.]"
"JAYHAWKER","A name given to a free-booting, unenlisted, armed man orguerrilla."
"JAZEL","A gem of an azure color. [Obs.]"
"JAZERANT","A coat of defense made of small plates of metal sewed uponlinen or the like; also, this kind of armor taken generally; as, acoat of jazerant."
"JEALOUSHOOD","Jealousy. [Obs.] Shak."
"JEALOUSLY","In a jealous manner."
"JEALOUSNESS","State or quality of being jealous."
"JEALOUSY","The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude;painful apprehension of rivalship in cases nearly affecting one'shappiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, orlover.I was jealous for jealousy. Zech. viii. 2.Jealousy is the . . . apprehension of superiority. Shenstone.Whoever had qualities to alarm our jealousy, had excellence todeserve our fondness. Rambler."
"JEAMES","A footman; a flunky. [Slang, Eng.] Thackeray."
"JEAN","A twilled cotton cloth. Satin jean, a kind of jean woven smoothand glossy, after the manner of satin."
"JEARS","See 1st Jeer (b)."
"JEAT","See Jet. [Obs.]"
"JEDDING AX","A stone mason's tool, having a flat face and a pointed part.Knight."
"JEE","See Gee."
"JEEL","A morass; a shallow lake. [Written also jhil.] [India]Whitworth."
"JEER","An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting orlowering the lower yards of a ship. Jeer capstan (Naut.), an extracapstan usually placed between the foremast and mainmast."
"JEERER","A scoffer; a railer; a mocker."
"JEERING","Mocking; scoffing.-- n."
"JEERS","See 1st Jeer (b)."
"JEFFERSONIA","An American herb with a pretty, white, solitary blossom, anddeeply two-cleft leaves (Jeffersonia diphylla); twinleaf."
"JEFFERSONIAN","Pertaining to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson or hispolicy or political doctrines. Lowell."
"JEFFERSONIAN SIMPLICITY","The absence of pomp or display which Jefferson aimed at in hisadministration as President (1801-1809), eschewing display orceremony tending to distinguish the President from the people, as ingoing to the capital on horseback and with no escort, the abolitionof court etiquette and the weekly levee, refusal to recognize titlesof honor, etc."
"JEFFERSONITE","A variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown.It contains zinc."
"JEG","See Jig, 6."
"JEHOVAH","A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealedto the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the'ineffable name' of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced bythe Jews."
"JEHOVISTIC","Relating to, or containing, Jehovah, as a name of God; -- saidof certain parts of the Old Testament, especially of the Pentateuch,in which Jehovah appears as the name of the Deity. See Elohistic."
"JEHU","A coachman; a driver; especially, one who drives furiously.[Colloq.]"
"JEJUNAL","Pertaining to the jejunum."
"JEJUNITY","The quality of being jejune; jejuneness."
"JEJUNUM","The middle division of the small intestine, between theduodenum and ileum; -- so called because usually found empty afterdeath."
"JELERANG","A large, handsome squirrel (Sciurus Javensis), native of Javaand Southern Asia; -- called also Java squirrel."
"JELL","To jelly. [Colloq.]"
"JELLIED","Brought to the state or consistence of jelly."
"JELLIFY","To make, or to become, gelatinous; to jelly. --Jel`li*fi*ca'tion (#), n."
"JELLY","To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly."
"JELLYFISH","Any one of the acalephs, esp. one of the larger species, havinga jellylike appearance. See Medusa."
"JEMIDAR","The chief or leader of a hand or body of persons; esp., in thenative army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that oflieutenant in the English army. [Written also jemadar, jamadar.]"
"JEMLAH GOAT","The jharal."
"JEMMINESS","Spruceness. [Slang, Eng.] Pegge (1814)."
"JEMMY","Spruce. [Slang, Eng.] Smart."
"JENIQUEN","A Mexican name for the Sisal hemp (Agave rigida, var.Sisalana); also, its fiber. [Written also heniequen.]"
"JENITE","See Yenite."
"JENKINS","name of contempt for a flatterer of persons high in social orofficial life; as, the Jenkins employed by a newspaper. [Colloq. Eng.& U.S.] G. W. Curtis."
"JENNET","A small Spanish horse; a genet."
"JENNETING","A variety of early apple. See Juneating. [Written alsogeniting.]"
"JENNY","A familiar name of the European wren. Jenny ass (Zo\u00f6l.), afemale ass."
"JENTLING","A fish of the genus Leuciscus; the blue chub of the Danube."
"JEOFAIL","An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake oroversight. Blackstone."
"JEOPARD","To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; tohazard. Sir T. North.A people that jeoparded their lives unto the death. Judg. v. 18."
"JEOPARDER","One who puts in jeopardy. [R.]"
"JEOPARDIZE","To expose to loss or injury; to risk; to jeopard.That he should jeopardize his willful head Only for spite at me. H.Taylor."
"JEOPARDOUS","Perilous; hazardous.His goodly, valiant, and jeopardous enterprise. Fuller.-- Jeop'ard*ous*ly, adv. Huloet."
"JEOPARDY","Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger.There came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filledwith water, and were in jeopardy. Luke viii. 23.Look to thyself, thou art in jeopardy. Shak."
"JERBOA","Any small jumping rodent of the genus Dipus, esp. D. \u00c6gyptius,which is common in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas havevery long hind legs and a long tail. [Written also gerboa.]"
"JEREED","A blunt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially inmock fights. [Written also jerreed, jerid.] Byron."
"JERFALCON","The gyrfalcon."
"JERGUER","See Jerquer."
"JERID","Same as Jereed."
"JERK","To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerkbeef. See Charqui."
"JERKER","A North American river chub (Hybopsis biguttatus)."
"JERKIN","A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat. Shak."
"JERKING","The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk.-- Jerk'ing*ly, adv."
"JERKINHEAD","The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part ofits height, leaving a truncated gable."
"JERKY","Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupttransitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style."
"JERMOONAL","The Himalayan now partridge."
"JERONYMITE","One belonging of the medi\u00e6val religious orders called Hermitsof St. Jerome. [Written also Hieronymite.]"
"JEROPIGIA","See Geropigia."
"JERQUER","A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.[Eng.] [Written also jerguer.]"
"JERQUING","The searching of a ship for unentered goods. [Eng.] [Writtenalso jerguer.]"
"JERRY-BUILDER","A professional builder who erects cheap dwellings of poormaterials and unsubstantial and slovenly construction."
"JERRY-BUILT","Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.[Colloq. Eng.]"
"JERUSALEM","The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with theglory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ.Jerusalem artichoke Etym: [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e.,sunflower, or turnsole. See Gyre, Solar.] (Bot.) (a) An Americanplant, a perennial species of sunflower (Helianthus tuberosus), whosetubers are sometimes used as food. (b) One of the tubers themselves.-- Jerusalem cherry (Bot.), the popular name of either of either oftwo species of Solanum (S. Pseudo-capsicum and S. capsicastrum),cultivated as ornamental house plants. They bear bright red berriesof about the size of cherries.-- Jerusalem oak (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot (Chenopodium Botrys),common about houses and along roadsides.-- Jerusalem sage (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family(Phlomis tuberosa).-- Jerusalem thorn (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree (Parkinsoniaaculeata), widely dispersed in warm countries, and used for hedges.-- The New Jerusalem, Heaven; the Celestial City."
"JERVINE","A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it inwhite hellebore (Veratrum album); -- called also jervina."
"JESS","A short strap of leather or silk secured round the leg of ahawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand,was attached when used. See Illust. of Falcon.Like a hawk, which feeling freed From bells and jesses which did lether flight. Spenser."
"JESSAMINE","Same as Jasmine."
"JESSANT","Springing up or emerging; -- said of a plant or animal."
"JESSE","Any representation or suggestion of the genealogy of Christ, indecorative art; as:(a) A genealogical tree represented in stained glass.(b) A candlestick with many branches, each of which bears the name ofsome one of the descendants of Jesse; -- called also tree of Jesse.Jesse window (Arch.), a window of which the glazing and traceryrepresent the tree of Jesse."
"JESSED","Having jesses on, as a hawk."
"JESTFUL","Given to jesting; full of jokes."
"JESTING","Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.He will find that these are no jesting matters. Macaulay."
"JESTINGLY","In a jesting manner."
"JESU","Jesus. [Poetical]"
"JESUIT","One of a religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola, andapproved in 1540, under the title of The Society of Jesus."
"JESUITED","Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits. Milton."
"JESUITESS","One of an order of nuns established on the principles of theJesuits, but suppressed by Pope Urban in 1633."
"JESUITICALLY","In a jesuitical manner."
"JESUITOCRACY","Government by Jesuits; also, the whole body of Jesuits in acountry. [R.] C. Kingsley."
"JESUITRY","Jesuitism; subtle argument. [R.] Carlyle."
"JESUS","The Savior; the name of the Son of God as announced by theangel to his parents; the personal name of Our Lord, in distinctionfrom Christ, his official appellation. Luke i. 31.Thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people fromtheir sins. Matt. i. 21."
"JET","Same as 2d Get. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"JET-BLACK","Black as jet; deep black."
"JETERUS","A yellowness of the parts of plants which are normally green;yellows."
"JETTEAU","See Jet d'eau. [R.] Addison."
"JETTEE","See Jetty, n. Burke."
"JETTER","One who struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a fop. [Obs.]Palsgrave."
"JETTINESS","The state of being jetty; blackness. Pennant."
"JETTISON","The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order tolighten a vessel in danger of wreck."
"JETTON","A metal counter used in playing cards."
"JETTY","Made of jet, or like jet in color.The people . . . are of a jetty. Sir T. Browne."
"JEUNESSE DOREE","Lit., gilded youth; young people of wealth and fashion, esp. ifgiven to prodigal living; -- in the French Revolution, applied toyoung men of the upper classes who aided in suppressing the Jacobinsafter the Reign of Terror."
"JEW","Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah;after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any member of the newstate; a Hebrew; an Israelite. Jew's frankincense, gum styrax, orbenzoin.-- Jew's mallow (Bot.), an annual herb (Corchorus olitorius)cultivated in Syria and Egypt as a pot herb, and in India for itsfiber.-- Jew's pitch, asphaltum; bitumen.-- The Wandering Jew, an imaginary personage, who, for his crueltyto the Savior during his passion, is doomed to wander on the earthtill Christ's second coming."
"JEWBUSH","A euphorbiaceous shrub of the genus Pedilanthus (P.tithymaloides), found in the West Indies, and possessing powerfulemetic and drastic qualities."
"JEWEL","To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, asword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels.The long gray tufts . . . are jeweled thick with dew. M. Arnold."
"JEWELER","One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, andsimilar ornaments. [Written also jeweller.] Jeweler's gold. See underGold."
"JEWELLERY","See Jewelry. Burke."
"JEWELWEED","See Impatiens."
"JEWESS","A Hebrew woman."
"JEWISE","Same as Juise. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"JEWISH","Of or pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews; characteristic of orresembling the Jews or their customs; Israelitish.-- Jew'ish*ly, adv.-- Jew'ish*ness, n."
"JEWISH CALENDAR","A lunisolar calendar in use among Hebraic peoples, reckoningfrom the year 3761 b. c., the date traditionally given for theCreation. It received its present fixed form from Hillel II. about360 a. d. The present names of the months, which are Babylonian-Assyrian in origin, replaced older ones, Abib, Bul, etc., at the timeof the Babylonian Exile. Nineteen years constitute a lunar cycle, ofwhich the 3d, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th, and 19th years are leapyears. The year 5663 [1902-3 a. d.] was the first year of the 299thlunar cycle. The common year is said to be defective, regular, orperfect (or abundant) according as it has 353, 354, or 355 days. Theleap year has an intercalary month, and a total of 383 (defective),384 (regular), or 385 (perfect, or abundant) days. The calendar iscomplicated by various rules providing for the harmonious arrangementof festivals, etc., so that no simple perpetual calendar can beconstructed. The following table gives the months in order, with thenumber of days assigned to each. Only three months vary in length.They are: Heshvan, which has 30 days in perfect years; Kislev, whichhas 30 days in regular and perfect years; and Adar, which has 30 daysin leap years. The ecclesiastical year commences with Nisan and thecivil year with Tishri. The date of the first of Tishri, or theJewish New Year, is also given for the Jewish years 5661-5696 (1900-1935 a. d.). From these tables it is possible to transform any Jewishdate into Christian, or vice versa, for the years 1900-1935 a. d."
"JEWRY","Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews; a Jews' quarter.Chaucer.Teaching throughout all Jewry. Luke xxiii. 5."
"JEZEBEL","A bold, vicious woman; a termagant. Spectator."
"JHARAL","A wild goat (Capra Jemlaica) which inhabits the loftiestmountains of India. It has long, coarse hair, forming a thick mane onits head and neck."
"JIB","A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from theforemast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Largevessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flyingjib; etc."
"JIBBER","A horse that jibs. [Eng.]"
"JIBE","To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side ofa vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. SeeGybe."
"JIFFY","A moment; an instant; as, I will be ready in a jiffy. [Colloq.]J. & H. Smith."
"JIG","A light, brisk musical movement.Hot and hasty, like a Scotch jib. Shak."
"JIGGER","A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, or Pulex, penetrans), whichburrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe."
"JIGGING","The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with ajigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water.Jigging machine. (a) (Mining) A machine for separating ore by theprocess of jigging. (b) (Metal Working) A machine with a rotarymilling cutter and a templet by which the action of the cutter isguided or limited; -- used for forming the profile of an irregularlyshaped piece; a profiling machine."
"JIGGLE","To wriggle or frisk about; to move awkwardly; to shake up anddown."
"JIGJOG","A jolting motion; a jogging pace."
"JILL","A young woman; a sweetheart. See Gill. Beau. & Fl."
"JILL-FLIRT","A light, giddy, or wanton girl or woman. See Gill-flirt."
"JILT","A woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette; aflirt. Otway."
"JIM CROW","A negro; -- said to be so called from a popular negro song anddance, the refrain of which is 'Wheel about and turn about and jumpJim Crow,' produced in 1835 by T. D. Rice, a famous negro minstrel.[Slang, U. S.]"
"JIMCRACK","See Gimcrack."
"JIMMY","A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.[Written also jemmy.]"
"JIMP","Neat; handsome; elegant. See Gimp."
"JIMSON WEED",". See Jamestown weed. [Local, U.S.]"
"JINGAL","A small portable piece of ordnance, mounted on a swivel.[Written also gingal and jingall.] [India]"
"JINGLE","To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or ascoins shaken together; to tinkle.The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. Pope."
"JINGLER","One who, or that which, jingles."
"JINGLING","The act or process of producing a jingle; also, the sounditself; a chink. 'The jingling of the guinea.' Tennyson."
"JINGLINGLY","So as to jingle. Lowell."
"JINGOISM","The policy of the Jingoes, so called. See Jingo, 2. [Cant,Eng.]"
"JINNEE","A genius or demon; one of the fabled genii, good and evilspirits, supposed to be the children of fire, and to have the powerof assuming various forms. [Written also jin, djinnee, etc.]"
"JINNY ROAD","An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descendby gravity, drawing up empty ones. Knight."
"JINRIKISHA","A small, two-wheeled, hooded vehicle drawn by one more men.[Japan]"
"JINX","A person, object, influence, or supernatural being which issupposed to bring bad luck or to cause things to go wrong. [Slang]"
"JIPPO","A waistcoat or kind of stays for women."
"JO","A sweetheart; a darling. [Scot.] Burns."
"JOB","To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers ormanufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to jobgoods."
"JOBATION","A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof. [Law] Grose."
"JOBBERNOWL","A blockhead. [Colloq. & Obs.] H. Taylor."
"JOCANTRY","The act or practice of jesting. [Obs.]"
"JOCKEY","To play or act the jockey; to cheat."
"JOCKEYING","The act or management of one who jockeys; trickery.Beaconsfield."
"JOCKEYISM","The practice of jockeys."
"JOCKEYSHIP","The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personalityof a jockey.Go flatter Sawney for his jockeyship. Chatterton.Where can at last his jockeyship retire Cowper."
"JOCOSE","Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding injokes; merry; sportive; humorous.To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with an adversary.Shaftesbury.All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded. I. Watts."
"JOCOSERIOUS","Mingling mirth and seriousness. M. Green."
"JOCOSITY","A jocose act or saying; jocoseness. Sir T. Browne."
"JOCULARITY","Jesting; merriment."
"JOCULARLY","In jest; for sport or mirth; jocosely."
"JOCULARY","Jocular; jocose; sportive. Bacon."
"JOCULATOR","A jester; a joker. [Obs.] Strutt."
"JOCULATORY","Droll; sportive. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"JOCUND","Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on themisty mountain tops. Shak.Rural sports and jocund strains. Prior.-- Joc'und*ly, adv.-- Joc'und*ness, n."
"JOCUNDITY","The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness."
"JOE","See Johannes."
"JOE MILLER","A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke. [Colloq.]It is an old Joe Miller in whist circles, that there are only tworeasons that can justify you in not returning trumps to yourpartner's lead; i. e., first, sudden illness; secondly, having none.Pole."
"JOE-PYE WEED","A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium (E. purpureum),with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves."
"JOG","To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot; tomove slowly, leisurely, or monotonously; -- usually with on,sometimes with over.Jog on, jog on, the footpath way. Shak.So hung his destiny, never to rot,While he might still jog on and keep his trot. Milton.The good old ways our sires jogged safely over. R. Browning."
"JOGGER","One who jogs. Dryden."
"JOGGING","The act of giving a jog or jogs; traveling at a jog."
"JOGGLE","To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart;sometimes, loosely, to dowel.The struts of a roof are joggled into the truss posts. Gwilt."
"JOHANNEAN","Of or pertaining to John, esp. to the Apostle John or hiswritings. M. Stuart."
"JOHANNES","A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, namedfrom the figure of King John which it bears;- often contracted intojoe; as, a joe, or a half joe."
"JOHANNISBERGER","A fine white wine produced on the estate of Schloss (or Castle)Johannisberg, on the Rhine."
"JOHN","A proper name of a man. John-apple, a sort of apple ripe aboutSt. John's Day. Same as Apple-john.-- John Bull, an ideal personification of the typicalcharacteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people.-- John Bullism, English character. W. Irving.-- John Doe (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitiousplaintiff in an action of ejectment. Mozley & W.-- John Doree, John Dory. Etym: [John (or F. jaune yellow) + Doree,Dory.] (Zo\u00f6l.) An oval, compressed, European food fish (Zeus faber).Its color is yellow and olive, with golden, silvery, and bluereflections. It has a round dark spot on each side. Called also dory,doree, and St. Peter's fish."
"JOHNADREAMS","A dreamy, idle fellow. Shak."
"JOHNNY","A sculpin. [Local cant] Johny Crapaud (, a jocose designationof a Frenchman, or of the French people, collectively."
"JOHNNYCAKE","A kind of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian corn), mixedwith water or milk, etc., and baked. [U.S.] J. Barlow."
"JOHNSON GRASS","A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in theSouthern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks arelarge and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cubagrass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet."
"JOHNSONESE","The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed inimitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affectingclassical words. E. Everett."
"JOHNSONIAN","Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous;inflated."
"JOHNSONIANISM","A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristicof, Dr. Johnson. [Written also Johnsonism.]"
"JOIN","To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; tounite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the hones of the skull join;two rivers join.Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. Acts xviii. 7.Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with thepeople of these abominations Ezra ix. 14.Nature and fortune joined to make thee great. Shak."
"JOINANT","Adjoining. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"JOINERY","The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner.A piece of joinery . . . whimsically dovetailed. Burke."
"JOINHAND","Writing in which letters are joined in words; -- distinguishedfrom writing in single letters. Addison."
"JOINT","A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverseto the stratification."
"JOINT-FIR","A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stemsconspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There areabout thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas toCalifornia."
"JOINTED","Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, ajointed doll; jointed structure. 'The jointed herbage.' J. Philips.-- Joint'ed*ly, adv."
"JOINTING","The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thusproduced. Jointing machine, a planing machine for wood used infurniture and piano factories, etc.-- Jointing plane. See Jointer, 2.-- Jointing rule (Masonry), a long straight rule, used bybricklayers for securing straight joints and faces."
"JOINTLESS","Without a joint; rigid; stiff."
"JOINTLY","In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; notseparately.Then jointly to the ground their knees they bow. Shak."
"JOINTRESS","A woman who has a jointure. [Written also jointuress.]Blackstone."
"JOINTURE","An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy afterhusband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction ofdower.The jointure that your king must make, Which with her dowry shall becounterpoised. Shak."
"JOINTURELESS","Having no jointure."
"JOINTURESS","See Jointress. Bouvier."
"JOINTWEED","A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonumarticulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers."
"JOINTWORM","The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei),which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usuallyat or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it doesgreat damage to the crop."
"JOIST","A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which theplanks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, arenailed; -- called, according to its position or use, binding joist,bridging joist, ceiling joist, trimming joist, etc. See Illust. ofDouble-framed floor, under Double, a."
"JOKE","To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter;as, to joke a comrade."
"JOKER","See Rest bower, under 2d Bower."
"JOKINGLY","In a joking way; sportively."
"JOLIF","Joyful; merry; pleasant; jolly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"JOLLIFICATION","A merrymaking; noisy festivity. [Colloq.]We have had a jollification or so together. Sir W. Scott."
"JOLLILY","In a jolly manner."
"JOLLIMENT","Jollity. [Obs.] Spenser."
"JOLLINESS","Jollity; noisy mirth. Chaucer."
"JOLLITY","Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterousenjoyment. Chaucer.All now was turned to jollity and game. Milton.He with a proud jollity commanded him to leave that quarrel only forhim, who was only worthy to enter into it. Sir P. Sidney."
"JOLLY-BOAT","A boat of medium size belonging to a ship."
"JOLLYHEAD","Jollity. [Obs.] Spenser."
"JOLT","To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriagemoving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts."
"JOLTER","One who, or that which, jolts."
"JOLTINGLY","In a jolting manner."
"JOLTY","That jolts; as, a jolty coach. [Colloq.]"
"JONAH","The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one whoendangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence isunpropitious. Jonah crab (Zo\u00f6l.), a large crab (Cancer borealis) ofthe eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found betweentides, but usually in deep water."
"JONESIAN","Of or pertaining to Jones. The Jonesian system, a system oftransliterating Oriental words by English letters, invented by SirWilliam Jones."
"JORAM","See Jorum."
"JORUM","A large drinking vessel; also, its contents. [Colloq. Eng.]Forby."
"JOSEPH","An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman'sriding habit, buttoned down the front. Fairholt."
"JOSO","A small gudgeon."
"JOSS","A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. 'Critic in jarsand josses.' Colman (1761). Joss house, a Chinese temple or house forthe Chinese mode of worship.-- Joss stick, a reed covered with a paste made of the dust ofodoriferous woods, or a cylinder made wholly of the paste; -- burnedby the Chinese before an idol."
"JOSS PAPER","Gold and silver paper burned by the Chinese, in the form ofcoins or ingots, in worship and at funerals."
"JOSSA","A command to a horse, probably meaning 'stand still.' [Obs.]Chaucer."
"JOSTLE","To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; tohustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against. 'Bullies jostledhim.' Macaulay.Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which areperpetually jostling each other. I. Taylor."
"JOSTLEMENT","Crowding; hustling."
"JOT","An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle. Cf. Bit, n.Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wisepass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Matt. v. 18.Neither will they bate One jot of ceremony. Shak."
"JOUGS","An iron collar fastened to a wall or post, formerly used inScotland as a kind of pillory. [Written also juggs.] See Juke. Sir W.Scott."
"JOUISSANCE","Jollity; merriment. [Obs.] Spenser."
"JOUK","See Juke."
"JOUL","See Jowl."
"JOULE","A unit of work which is equal to 107 units of work in the C. G.S. system of units (ergs), and is practically equivalent to theenergy expended in one second by an electric current of one ampere ina resistance of one ohm. One joule is approximately equal to 0.738foot pounds. Joule's equivalent. See under Equivalent, n."
"JOULEMETER","An integrating wattmeter for measuring the energy in joulesexpended in an electric circuit or developed by a machine."
"JOUNCE","To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by drivingover obstructions."
"JOURNAL","Daily; diurnal. [Obs.]Whiles from their journal labors they did rest. Spenser."
"JOURNALISTIC","Pertaining to journals or to journalists; contained in, orcharacteristic of, the public journals; as journalistic literature orenterprise."
"JOURNALIZE","To enter or record in a journal or diary. Johnson."
"JOURNEY","To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance.Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. Gen. xii. 9."
"JOURNEY-BATED","Worn out with journeying. [Obs.] Shak."
"JOURNEYER","One who journeys."
"JOURNEYMAN","Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, onewho has mastered a handicraft or trade; -- distinguished fromapprentice and from master workman.I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men, and not madethem well. Shak."
"JOURNEYWORK","Originally, work done by the day; work done by a journeyman athis trade."
"JOUST","To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in thelists; to tilt. [Written also just.]For the whole army to joust and tourney. Holland."
"JOUSTER","One who jousts or tilts."
"JOVE","The planet Jupiter. [R.] Pope."
"JOVIALIST","One who lives a jovial life. Bp. Hall."
"JOVIALITY","The quality or state of being jovial. Sir T. Herbert."
"JOVIALLY","In a jovial manner; merrily; gayly. B. Jonson."
"JOVIALNESS","Noisy mirth; joviality. Hewyt."
"JOVIALTY","Joviality. [R.] Barrow."
"JOVIAN","Of or pertaining to Jove, or Jupiter (either the deity or theplanet)."
"JOVICENTRIC","Revolving around the planet Jupiter; appearing as viewed fromJupiter. [R.] J. R. Hind."
"JOVINIANIST","An adherent to the doctrines of Jovinian, a monk of the fourthcentury, who denied the virginity of Mary, and opposed the asceticismof his time."
"JOWL","The cheek; the jaw. [Written also jole, choule, chowle, andgeoule.] Cheek by jowl, with the cheeks close together; side by side;in close proximity. 'I will go with three cheek by jole.' Shak. 'Sits cheek by jowl.' Dryden."
"JOWLER","A dog with large jowls, as the beagle."
"JOWTER","A mounted peddler of fish; -- called also jouster. [Obs.]Carew."
"JOY","To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.I will joy in the God of my salvation. Hab. iii. 18.In whose sight all things joy. Milton."
"JOYANCE","Enjoyment; gayety; festivity; joyfulness. Spenser.Some days of joyance are decreed to all. Byron.From what hid fountains doth thy joyance flow Trench."
"JOYANCY","Joyance. [R.] Carlyle."
"JOYFUL","Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyfulheart. 'Joyful tidings.' Shak.My soul shall be joyful in my God. Is. lxi. 10.Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life. Pope.-- Joy'ful*ly, adv.-- Joy'ful*ness, n."
"JOYLESS","Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable.-- Joy'less*ly, adv.-- Joy'less*ness, n.With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. Dryden.Youth and health and war are joyless to him. Addison.[He] pining for the lass, Is joyless of the grove, and spurns thegrowing grass. Dryden."
"JOYOUS","Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy;with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.Is this your joyous city Is. xxiii. 7.They all as glad as birds of joyous prime. Spenser.And joyous of our conquest early won. Dryden."
"JOYSOME","Causing joyfulness. [R.]This all joysome grove. T. Browne."
"JUB","A vessel for holding ale or wine; a jug. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"JUBA","The mane of an animal."
"JUBATE","Fringed with long, pendent hair."
"JUBILANT","Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant;exulting. 'The jubilant age.' Coleridge.While the bright pomp ascended jubilant. Milton."
"JUBILANTLY","In a jubilant manner."
"JUBILAR","Pertaining to, or having the character of, a jubilee. [R.] Bp.Hall."
"JUBILATE","To exult; to rejoice. [R.] De Quincey."
"JUBILATION","A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation. 'Jubilations andhallelujahs.' South."
"JUBILEE","Every fiftieth year, being the year following the completion ofeach seventh sabbath of years, at which time all the slaves of Hebrewblood were liberated, and all lands which had been alienated duringthe whole period reverted to their former owners. [In this sensespelled also, in some English Bibles, jubile.] Lev. xxv. 8-17."
"JUCUNDITY","Pleasantness; agreeableness. See Jocundity. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"JUDAHITE","One of the tribe of Judah; a member of the kingdom of Judah; aJew. Kitto."
"JUDAICALLY","After the Jewish manner. Milton."
"JUDAIST","One who believes and practices Judaism."
"JUDAISTIC","Of or pertaining to Judaism."
"JUDAIZATION","The act of Judaizing; a conforming to the Jewish religion orritual. [R.]"
"JUDAIZE","To conform to the doctrines, observances, or methods of theJews; to inculcate or impose Judaism.They . . . prevailed on the Galatians to Judaize so far as to observethe rites of Moses in various instances. They were Judaizing doctors,who taught the observation of the Mosaic law. Bp. Bull."
"JUDAIZER","One who conforms to or inculcates Judaism; specifically, pl.(Ch. Hist.), those Jews who accepted Christianity but still adheredto the law of Moses and worshiped in the temple at Jerusalem."
"JUDAIZERS","See Raskolnik."
"JUDAS","The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person;one who betrays under the semblance of friendship.-- a."
"JUDAS-COLORED","Red; -- from a tradition that Judas Iscariot had red hair andbeard.There's treachery in that Judas-colored beard. Dryden."
"JUDDOCK","See Jacksnipe."
"JUDEAN","Of or pertaining to Judea.-- n."
"JUDGE","A public officer who is invested with authority to hear anddetermine litigated causes, and to administer justice between partiesin courts held for that purpose.The parts of a judge in hearing are four: to direct the evidence; tomoderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; torecapitulate, select, and collate the material points of that whichhath been said; and to give the rule or sentence. Bacon."
"JUDGE-MADE","Created by judges or judicial decision; -- applied esp. to lawapplied or established by the judicial interpretation of statutes soas extend or restrict their scope, as to meet new cases, to providenew or better remedies, etc., and often used opprobriously of acts ofjudicial interpretation considered as doing this."
"JUDGER","One who judges. Sir K. Digby."
"JUDGESHIP","The office of a judge."
"JUDGMENT","The final award; the last sentence."
"JUDICABLE","Capable of being judged; capable of being tried or decidedupon. Jer. Taylor."
"JUDICATIVE","Having power to judge; judicial; as, the judicative faculty.Hammond."
"JUDICATORY","Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensingjustice; judicial; as, judicatory tribunals. T. Wharton.Power to reject in an authoritative or judicatory way. Bp. Hall."
"JUDICIALLY","In a judicial capacity or judicial manner. 'The Lords . . .sitting judicially.' Macaulay."
"JUDICIARY","Of or pertaining to courts of judicature, or legal tribunals;judicial; as, a judiciary proceeding. Bp. Burnet."
"JUDICIOUS","Of or relating to a court; judicial. [Obs.]His last offenses to us Shall have judicious hearing. Shak."
"JUDICIOUSLY","In a judicious manner; with good judgment; wisely."
"JUDICIOUSNESS","The quality or state of being judicious; sagacity; s"
"JUGAL","Pertaining to, or in the region of, the malar, or cheek bone."
"JUGATA","The figures of two heads on a medal or coin, either side byside or joined."
"JUGATED","Coupled together."
"JUGE","A judge. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"JUGEMENT","Judgment. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"JUGER","A Roman measure of land, measuring 28,800 square feet, or 240feet in length by 120 in breadth."
"JUGGER","An East Indian falcon. See Lugger."
"JUGGERNAUT","One of the names under which Vishnu, in his incarnation asKrishna, is worshiped by the Hindoos. [Written also Juggernnath,Jaganath, Jaganatha, etc.]"
"JUGGLE","To deceive by trick or artifice.Is't possible the spells of France should juggle Men into suchstrange mysteries Shak."
"JUGGLING","Cheating; tricky.-- Jug'gling*ly, adv."
"JUGGS","See Jougs. [Scot.]"
"JUGLANDIN","An extractive matter contained in the juice of the green shucksof the walnut (Juglans regia). It is used medicinally as analterative, and also as a black hair dye."
"JUGLANDINE","An alkaloid found in the leaves of the walnut (Juglans regia)."
"JUGLANS","A genus of valuable trees, including the true walnut of Europe,and the America black walnut, and butternut."
"JUGLONE","A yellow crystalline substance resembling quinone, extractedfrom green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia); -- called alsonucin."
"JUGULAR","Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certainfishes."
"JUGULATE","To cut the throat of. [R.] Jacob Bigelow."
"JUGULUM","The lower throat, or that part of the neck just above thebreast."
"JUICE","The characteristic fluid of any vegetable or animal substance;the sap or part which can be expressed from fruit, etc.; the fluidpart which separates from meat in cooking.An animal whose juices are unsound. Arbuthnot.The juice of July flowers. B. Jonson.The juice of Egypt's grape. Shak.Letters which Edward Digby wrote in lemon juice. Macaulay.Cold water draws the juice of meat. Mrs. Whitney."
"JUICELESS","Lacking juice; dry. Dr. H. More."
"JUICINESS","The state or quality of being juicy; succulence plants."
"JUICY","A bounding with juice; succulent. Bacon."
"JUISE","Judgment; justice; sentence. [Obs.]Up [on] pain of hanging and high juise. Chaucer."
"JUJUBE","The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterraneanand African species small trees, of the genus Zizyphus, especiallythe Z. jujuba, Z. vulgaris, Z. mucronata, and Z. Lotus. The lastnamed is thought to have furnished the lotus of the ancient LibyanLotophagi, or lotus eaters. Jujube paste, the dried or inspissatedjelly of the jujube; also, a confection made of gum arabic sweetened."
"JUKE","To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head. [Written also jookand jouk.]The money merchant was so proud of his trust that he went juking andtossing of his head. L' Estrange."
"JULACEOUS","Like an ament, or bearing aments; amentaceous."
"JULEP","a sweet, demulcent, acidulous, or mucilaginous mixture, used asa vehicle. Milton.Honey in woods, juleps in brooks. H. Vaughan."
"JULIAN","Relating to, or derived from, Julius C\u00e6sar. Julian calendar,the calendar as adjusted by Julius C\u00e6sar, in which the year was madeto consist of 365 days, each fourth year having 366 days.-- Julian epoch, the epoch of the commencement of the Juliancalendar, or 46 b. c.-- Julian period, a chronological period of 7,980 years, combiningthe solar, lunar, and indiction cycles (28 x 19 x 15 = 7,980), beingreckoned from the year 4713 B. C., when the first years of theseseveral cycles would coincide, so that if any year of the period bedivided by 28, 19, or 15, the remainder will be the year of thecorresponding cycle. The Julian period was proposed by Scaliger, toremove or avoid ambiguities in chronological dates, and was so namedbecause composed of Julian years.-- Julian year, the year of 365 days, 6 hours, adopted in the Juliancalendar, and in use until superseded by the Gregorian year, asestablished in the reformed or Gregorian calendar."
"JULIENNE","A kind of soup containing thin slices or shreds of carrots,onions, etc."
"JULIFORM","Having the shape or appearance of a julus or catkin."
"JULUS","A catkin or ament. See Ament."
"JULY","The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days."
"JULY-FLOWER","See Gillyflower."
"JUMART","The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare. Locke."
"JUMBLE","To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together withoutorder; -- often followed by together or up.Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together Burton.Every clime and age Jumbled together. Tennyson."
"JUMBLEMENT","Confused mixture. [Low]"
"JUMBLER","One who confuses things."
"JUMBLINGLY","In a confused manner."
"JUMELLE","Twin; paired; -- said of various objects made or formed inpairs, as a binocular opera glass, a pair of gimmal rings, etc."
"JUMENT","A beast; especially, a beast of burden. [Obs.]Fitter for juments than men to feed on. Burton."
"JUMP","A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century."
"JUMP SPARK","A spark produced by the jumping of electricity across apermanent gap."
"JUMPER","The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese."
"JUMPING","of Jump, to leap. Jumping bean, a seed of a Mexican Euphorbia,containing the larva of a moth (Carpocapsa saltitans). The larva byits sudden movements causes the seed to roll to roll and jump about.-- Jumping deer (Zo\u00f6l.), a South African rodent (Pedetes Caffer),allied to the jerboa.-- Jumping jack, a toy figure of a man, jointed and made to jump ordance by means of strings.-- Jumping louse (Zo\u00f6l.), any of the numerous species of plant licebelonging to the family Psyllid\u00e6, several of which are injurious tofruit trees.-- Jumping mouse (Zo\u00f6l.), North American mouse (Zapus Hudsonius),having a long tail and large hind legs. It is noted for its jumpingpowers. Called also kangaroo mouse.-- Jumping mullet (Zo\u00f6l.), gray mullet.-- Jumping shrew (Zo\u00f6l.), any African insectivore of the genusMacroscelides. They are allied to the shrews, but have large hindlegs adapted for jumping.-- Jumping spider (Zo\u00f6l.), spider of the genus Salticus and otherrelated genera; one of the Saltigrad\u00e6; -- so called because it leapsupon its prey."
"JUMPING DISEASE","A convulsive tic similar to or identical with miryachit,observed among the woodsmen of Maine."
"JUMPWELD","See Buttweld, v. t."
"JUMPY","Jumping, or inducing to jump; characterized by jumps; hence,extremely nervous."
"JUNCACEOUS","Of. pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants(Juncace\u00e6), of which the common rush (Juncus) is the type."
"JUNCATE","See Junket.[Obs.] Spenser."
"JUNCITE","A fossil rush."
"JUNCO","Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species ofNorth American finches; -- called also snowbird, or blue snowbird."
"JUNCOUS","Full of rushes: resembling rushes; juncaceous. [R.] Johnson."
"JUNCTION BOX","A box through which the main conductors of a system of electricdistribution pass, and where connection is made with branch circuits."
"JUNE","The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days.And what is so rare as a day in June Then, if ever, come perfectdays. Lowell.June beetle, June bug (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of several species of largebrown beetles of the genus Lachnosterna and related genera; -- socalled because they begin to fly, in the northern United States,about the first of June. The larv\u00e6 of the June beetles live underground, and feed upon the roots of grasses and other plants. Calledalso May bug or May beetle.-- June grass (Bot.), a New England name for Kentucky blue grass.See Blue glass, and Illustration in Appendix."
"JUNEATING","A kind of early apple. [Written also jenneting.]"
"JUNGERMANNIA","A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but formerlycomprising most plants of the order, which is sometimes thereforecalled Jungermanniace\u00e6."
"JUNGLE","A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; analmost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy vegetation, asin India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil.The jungles of India are of bamboos, canes, and other palms, verydifficult to penetrate. Balfour (Cyc. of India).Jungle bear (Zo\u00f6l.), the aswail or sloth bear.-- Jungle cat (Zo\u00f6l.), the chaus.-- Jungle cock (Zo\u00f6l.), the male of a jungle fowl.-- Jungle fowl. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) Any wild species of the genus Gallus, ofwhich several species inhabit India and the adjacent islands; as, thefork-tailed jungle fowl (G. varius) of Java, G. Stanleyi of Ceylon,and G. Bankiva of India."
"JUNGLY","Consisting of jungles; abounding with jungles; of the nature ofa jungle."
"JUNIORITY","The state or quality of being junior."
"JUNIPER","Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus Juniperus and orderConifer\u00e6."
"JUNIPERIN","A yellow amorphous substance extracted from juniper berries."
"JUNIPERITE","One of the fossil Conifer\u00e6, evidently allied to the juniper."
"JUNK","A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.[Colloq.] Lowell."
"JUNKER","A young German noble or squire; esp., a member of thearistocratic party in Prussia."
"JUNKERISM","The principles of the aristocratic party in Prussia."
"JUNKET","To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimesapplied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the publiccost.Job's children junketed and feasted together often. South."
"JUNKETING","A feast or entertainment; a revel.All those snug junketings and public gormandizings for which theancient magistrates were equally famous with their modern successors.W. Irving.The apostle would have no reveling or junketing upon the altar.South."
"JUNKETRIES","Sweetmeats. [Obs.]"
"JUNO","The sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and thegoddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the GreekHera.Sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes. Shak."
"JUNOLD","See Gimmal."
"JUNTA","A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., thegrand council of state in Spain."
"JUNTO","A secret council to deliberate on affairs of government orpolitics; a number of men combined for party intrigue; a faction; acabal; as, a junto of ministers; a junto of politicians.The puzzling sons of party next appeared, In dark cabals and mightyjuntos met. Thomson."
"JUPARTIE","Jeopardy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"JUPATI PALM","A great Brazilian palm tree (Raphia t\u00e6digera), used by thenatives for many purposes."
"JUPE","Same as Jupon."
"JUPITER","The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be theson of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus."
"JURA","1. A range of mountains between France and Switzerland."
"JURA-TRIAS","A term applied to many American Mesozoic strata, in which thecharacteristics of the Jurassic and Triassic periods appear to beblended.-- Ju`ra-tri*as'sic, a."
"JURAL","Of or pertaining to jurisprudence."
"JURAMENTUM","An oath."
"JURASSIC","Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, including, as divided inEngland and Europe, the Lias, O\u00f6lite, and Wealden; -- named fromcertain rocks of the Jura mountains.-- n."
"JURAT","The memorandum or certificate at the end of an asffidavit, or abill or answer in chancery, showing when, before whom, and (inEnglish practice), where, it was sworn or affirmed. Wharton. Bouvier."
"JURATORY","Relating to or comprising an oath; as, juratory caution.Ayliffe."
"JURDICCION","Jurisdiction. [Obs.]"
"JURDON","Jordan. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"JUREL","A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Caranxchrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish;-- called also hardtail, horse crevall\u00e9, jack, buffalo jack,skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel.Other species of Caranx (as C. fallax) are also sometimes calledjurel."
"JURIDICALLY","In a juridical manner."
"JURISCONSULT","A man learned in the civil law; an expert in juridical science;a professor of jurisprudence; a jurist."
"JURISDICTION","The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court tohear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice;judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as, certain suitsor actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes, are within thejurisdiction of a particular court, that is, within the limits of itsauthority or commission."
"JURISDICTIONAL","Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as jurisdictional rights.Barrow."
"JURISDICTIVE","Having jurisdiction. Milton."
"JURISPRUDENCE","The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the laws,customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for thedue administration of justice.The talents of Abelard were not confined to theology, jurisprudence,philosophy. J. Warton.Medical jurisprudence, that branch of juridical law which concernsquestions of medicine."
"JURISPRUDENT","Understanding law; skilled in jurisprudence. G. West."
"JURISPRUDENTIAL","Of or pertaining to jurisprudence. Stewart."
"JURIST","One who professes the science of law; one versed in the law,especially in the civil law; a writer on civil and international law.It has ever been the method of public jurists to Burke."
"JUROR","A member of a jury; a juryman.I shall both find your lordship judge and juror. Shak."
"JURY","For temporary use; -- applied to a temporary contrivance. Jurymast, a temporary mast, in place of one that has been carried away,or broken.-- Jury rudder, a rudder constructed for temporary use."
"JURY-RIGGED","Rigged for temporary service. See Jury, a."
"JURYMAN","One who is impaneled on a jury, or who serves as a juror."
"JUSSI","A delicate fiber, produced in the Philippine Islands from anunidentified plant, of which dresses, etc., are made."
"JUST","To joust. Fairfax."
"JUSTICE","To administer justice to. [Obs.] Bacon."
"JUSTICEABLE","Liable to trial in a court of justice. [Obs.] Hayward."
"JUSTICEHOOD","Justiceship. B. Jonson."
"JUSTICEMENT","Administration of justice; procedure in courts of justice.[Obs.] Johnson."
"JUSTICER","One who administers justice; a judge. [Obs.] 'Some uprightjusticer.' Shak."
"JUSTICESHIP","The office or dignity of a justice. Holland."
"JUSTICIABLE","Proper to be examined in a court of justice. Bailey."
"JUSTICIAR","Same as Justiciary."
"JUSTICIARY","An old name for the judges of the higher English courts."
"JUSTIFIABLE","Capable of being justified, or shown to be just.Just are the ways of God, An justifiable to men. Milton."
"JUSTIFICATION","The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a partycharged or accused did that for which he is called to answer."
"JUSTIFICATIVE","Having power to justify; justificatory."
"JUSTIFICATOR","One who justifies or vindicates; a justifier. Johnson."
"JUSTIFICATORY","Vindicatory; defensory; justificative."
"JUSTIFIER","One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, orabsolves.Justifiers of themselves and hypocrites. Strype.That he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth inJesus. Rom. iii. 26."
"JUSTIFY","To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; toabsolve.By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which yecould not be justified by the law of Moses. Acts xiii. 39."
"JUSTINIAN","Of or pertaining to the Institutes or laws of the RomanJustinian."
"JUSTLE","To run or strike against each other; to encounter; to clash; tojostle. Shak.The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall justle one againstanother in the broad ways. Nahum ii. 4."
"JUSTLY","In a just manner; in conformity to law, justice, or propriety;by right; honestly; fairly; accurately. 'In equal balance justlyweighed.' Shak.Nothing can justly be despised that can not justly be blamed: wherethere is no choice there can be no blame. South."
"JUSTNESS","The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety,accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness;equity; as, justness of proportions; the justness of a description orrepresentation; the justness of a cause.In value the satisfaction I had in seeing it represented with all thejustness and gracefulness of action. Dryden."
"JUTE","The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorusolitorius, and C. capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber ismuch used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper,etc."
"JUTES","Jutlanders; one of the Low German tribes, a portion of whichsettled in Kent, England, in the 5th century."
"JUTLANDER","A native or inhabitant of Jutland in Denmark."
"JUTLANDISH","Of or pertaining to Jutland, or to the people of Jutland."
"JUTTING","Projecting, as corbels, cornices, etc.-- Jut'ting*ly, adv."
"JUTTY","A projection in a building; also, a pier or mole; a jetty.Shak."
"JUVENAL","A youth. [Obs.] Shak."
"JUVENESCENCE","A growing young."
"JUVENESCENT","Growing or becoming young."
"JUVENILE","A young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly. C.Bront\u00e9."
"JUVENILENESS","The state or quality of being juvenile; juvenility."
"JUVIA","A Brazilian name for the lofty myrtaceous tree (Bertholetiaexcelsa) which produces the large seeds known as Brazil nuts."
"JUWANSA","The camel's thorn. See under Camel."
"JUWISE","Same as Juise. Chaucer."
"JUXTAPOSE","To place in juxtaposition. Huxley."
"JUXTAPOSIT","To place in close connection or contiguity; to juxtapose.Derham."
"JUXTAPOSITION","A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side byside; as, a juxtaposition of words.Parts that are united by a a mere juxtaposition. Glanvill.Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity. Hare."
"JYMOLD","See Gimmal."
"K","(K is from the Latin, which used the letter but little exceptin the early period of the language. It came into the Latin from theGreek, which received it from a Phoenician source, the ultimateorigin probably being Egyptian,. Etymologically K is most nearlyrelated to c, g, h (which see)."
"KAAMA","The hartbeest."
"KABALA","See Cabala."
"KABASSOU","See Cabassou."
"KABOB","See Cabob, n. & v. t."
"KABOOK","A clay ironstone found in Ceylon."
"KABYLE","A Berber, as in Algiers or Tunis. See Berber."
"KADDER","The jackdaw."
"KAFAL","The Arabian name of two trees of the genus Balsamodendron,which yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood."
"KAFFLE","See Coffle."
"KAFILAH","See Cafila."
"KAFTAN","See Caftan."
"KAGE","A chantry chapel inclosed with lattice or screen work."
"KAGU","A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus),native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and thefeathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown,black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern."
"KAGUAN","The colugo."
"KAHANI","A kind of notary public, or attorney, in the Levant."
"KAHAU","A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo.The general color of the body is bright chestnut, with the underparts, shoulders, and sides of the head, golden yellow, and the topof the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also proboscismonkey. [Written also kaha.]"
"KAIL","A kind of headless cabbage. Same as Kale, 1."
"KAIMACAM","Same as Caimacam."
"KAIN","Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by atenant to his landlord. Wharton (Law Dict.)."
"KAINIT","Salts of potassium used in the manufacture of fertilizers."
"KAINITE","A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride andmagnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in PrussianSaxony."
"KAINOZOIC","See Cenozoic."
"KAIQUE","See Caique."
"KAIRINE","A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived fromquinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine."
"KAIROLINE","An organic base obtained from quinoline. It is used as afebrifuge, and resembles kairine."
"KAISER","The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by KingWilliam of Prussia when crowned sovereign of the new German empire in1871."
"KAKA","A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, especially the brownparrot (Nestor meridionalis)."
"KAKAPO","A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus), native ofNew Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is active atnight. It resembles an owl in its colors and general appearance. Ithas large wings, but can fly only a short distance. Called also owlparrot, night parrot, and night kaka."
"KAKARALLI","A kind of wood common in Demerara, durable in salt water,because not subject to the depredations of the sea worm and barnacle."
"KAKISTOCRACY","Government by the worst men."
"KAKOXENE","See Cacoxene."
"KALAN","The sea otter."
"KALASIE","A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus). Ithas a tuft of long hair on the head."
"KALE","A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head,being nearly the original or wild form of the species. [Written alsokail, and cale.]"
"KALEEGE","One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants,belonging to the genus Euplocamus, and allied to the firebacks."
"KALEIDOSCOPE","An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which containsloose fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting surfaces soarranged that changes of position exhibit its contents in an endlessvariety of beautiful colors and symmetrical forms. It has been muchemployed in arts of design.Shifting like the fragments of colored glass in the kaleidoscope. G.W. Cable."
"KALENDAR","See Calendar."
"KALENDARIAL","See Calendarial."
"KALENDER","See 3d Calender."
"KALENDS","Same as Calends."
"KALI","The last and worst of the four ages of the world; -- consideredto have begun B. C. 3102, and to last 432,000 years."
"KALIF","See Caliph."
"KALIFORM","Formed like kali, or glasswort."
"KALIGENOUS","Forming alkalies with oxygen, as some metals."
"KALIUM","Potassium; -- so called by the German chemists."
"KALKI","The name of Vishnu in his tenth and last avatar. Whitworth."
"KALMIA","A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreenfoliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also mountain laurel,ivy bush, lamb kill, calico bush, etc."
"KALMUCK","See Calmucks."
"KALONG","A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropusedulis)."
"KALOYER","See Caloyer."
"KALPA","One of the Brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000 years. Atthe end of each Kalpa the world is annihilated."
"KALSOMINE","Same as Calcimine."
"KAM","Crooked; awry. [Obs.] 'This is clean kam.' Shak."
"KAMA","The Hindoo Cupid. He is represented as a beautiful youth, witha bow of sugar cane or flowers."
"KAMALA","The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree(Mallotus Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is violentlyemetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm. [Written alsokameela.]"
"KAME","A low ridge. [Scot.] See Eschar."
"KAMI","A title given to the celestial gods of the first mythicaldynasty of Japan and extended to the demigods of the second dynasty,and then to the long line of spiritual princes still represented bythe mikado."
"KAMICHI","A curious South American bird (Anhima, or Palamedea, cornuta),often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which itdefends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlikeornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although itsbeak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it isrelated in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres).Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also tothe chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer."
"KAMPTULICON","A kind of elastic floor cloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork."
"KAMPYLITE","A variety of mimetite or arseniate of lead in hexagonal prismsof a fine orange yellow. [Written also campylite.]"
"KAMTSCHADALES","An aboriginal tribe inhabiting the southern part ofKamtschatka."
"KAN","To know; to ken. [Obs.] See Ken."
"KANCHIL","A small chevrotain of the genus Tragulus, esp. T. pygm\u00e6us, orT. kanchil, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; adeerlet. It is noted for its agility and cunning."
"KAND","Fluor spar; -- so called by Cornish miners."
"KANGAROO","Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the familyMacropodid\u00e6. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacentislands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, whilethe fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo(Macropus major) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve orfourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to thegenus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genusPetrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of thegenus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded districts. See Wallaby."
"KANSAS","A tribe of Indians allied to the Winnebagoes and Osages. Theyformerly inhabited the region which is now the State of Kansas, butwere removed to the Indian Territory."
"KANTIAN","Of or pertaining to Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher;conformed or relating to any or all of the philosophical doctrines ofImmanuel Kant."
"KANTIST","A disciple or follower of Kant."
"KANTTRY","Same as Cantred."
"KAOLINIZATION","The process by which feldspar is changed into kaolin."
"KAOLINIZE","To convert into kaolin."
"KAPELLE","A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel;now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral. Grove."
"KAPELLMEISTER","See Capellmeister."
"KAPIA","The fossil resin of the kauri tree of New Zealand."
"KAPNOMAR",") See Capnomor."
"KAPOK","A silky wool derived from the seeds of Ceiba pentandra (syn.Eriodendron anfractuosum), a bombaceous tree of the East and WestIndies."
"KARAGANE","A species of gray fox found in Russia."
"KARAISM","Doctrines of the Karaites."
"KARAITE","A sect of Jews who adhere closely to the letter of theScriptures, rejecting the oral law, and allowing the Talmud nobinding authority; -- opposed to the Rabbinists."
"KARAKUL","Astrakhan, esp. in fine grades. Cf. Caracul."
"KARATAS","A West Indian plant of the Pineapple family (NidulariumKaratas)."
"KARMA","One's acts considered as fixing one's lot in the futureexistence. (Theos.) The doctrine of fate as the inflexible result ofcause and effect; the theory of inevitable consequence."
"KARMATHIAN","One of a Mohammedan sect founded in the ninth century byKarmat."
"KARN","A pile of rocks; sometimes, the solid rock. See Cairn."
"KAROB","The twenty-fourth part of a grain; -- a weight used bygoldsmiths. Crabb."
"KAROSS","A native garment or rug of skin sewed together in the form of asquare. [South Africa]"
"KARPHOLITE","A fibrous mineral occurring in tufts of a straw-yellow color.It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and manganese."
"KARROO","One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often riseterracelike to considerable elevations. [Also karoo.] The GreatKarroo, or The Karroo, a vast plateau, in Cape Colony, stretchingthrough five degrees of longitude, at an elevation of about 3,000feet."
"KARSTENITE","Same as Anhydrite."
"KARVEL","See Carvel, and Caravel."
"KARYOKINESIS","The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division ofthe cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus,attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed tokaryostenosis. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, andfinally the threads are separated into two groups which ultimatelybecome disconnected and constitute the daughter nuclei. Called alsomitosis. See Cell development, under Cell."
"KARYOKINETIC","Of or pertaining to karyokinesis; as, karyokinetic changes ofcell division."
"KARYOMITON","The reticular network of fine fibers, of which the nucleus of acell is in part composed; -- in opposition to kytomiton, or thenetwork in the body of the cell. W. Flemming."
"KARYOPLASMA","The protoplasmic substance of the nucleus of a cell:nucleoplasm; -- in opposition to kytoplasma, the protoplasm of thecell."
"KARYOSTENOSIS","Direct cell division (in which there is first a simple divisionof the nucleus, without any changes in its structure, followed bydivision of the protoplasm of the karyostenotic mode of nucleardivision."
"KARYOSTENOTIC","Pertaining to, or connected with, karyostenosis; as, thekaryostenotic mode of nuclear division."
"KASACK","Same as Cossack."
"KAT","An Arabian shrub Catha edulis) the leaves of which are used astea by the Arabs."
"KATABOLIC","Of or pertaining to katabolism; as, katabolic processes, whichgive rise to substances (katastates) of decreasing complexity andincreasing stability."
"KATABOLISM","Destructive or downward metabolism; regressive metamorphism; --opposed to anabolism. See Disassimilation."
"KATASTATE","(Physiol.) A substance formed by a katabolic process; --opposed to anastate. See Katabolic."
"KATE","The brambling finch."
"KATHETAL","Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two sidesof a triangle, which include a right angle."
"KATHETOMETER","Same as Cathetometer."
"KATTIMUNDOO","A caoutchouc like substance obtained from the milky juice ofthe East Indian Euphorbia Kattimundoo. It is used as a cement."
"KATYDID","A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllusconcavus) of the family Locustid\u00e6, common in the United States. Themales have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings.During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make apeculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did,whence the name."
"KAURI","A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis, or Dammara,australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind ofdammar resin. [Written also kaudi, cowdie, and cowrie.]"
"KAVA","A species of Macropiper (M. methysticum), the long pepper, fromthe root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by thePolynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself.[Written also kawa, kava, and ava.]"
"KAVASS","An armed constable; also, a government servant or courier.[Turkey]"
"KAW","See Caw."
"KAWAKA","a New Zealand tree, the Cypress cedar (Libocedrus Doniana),having a valuable, fine-grained, reddish wood."
"KAWN","A inn. [Turkey] See Khan."
"KAYAK","A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, andusually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships anduses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and otherArctic tribes."
"KAYAKER","One who uses a kayak."
"KAYKO","The dog salmon."
"KAYLES","A game; ninepins. [Prov Eng.] Carew."
"KAYNARD","A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KAZOO","A kind of toy or rude musical instrument, as a tube inside ofwhich is a stretched string made to vibrate by singing or humminginto the tube."
"KEA","A large New Zealand parrot (Nestor notabilis), notorious forhaving acquired the habit of killing sheep; -- called also mountainparrot."
"KECK","To heave or to retch, as in an effort to vomit. [R.] Swift."
"KECKLE","See Keck, v. i. & n."
"KECKLING","Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See Keckle, v. t."
"KECKLISH","Inclined to vomit; squeamish. [R.] Holland."
"KECKSY","The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cowparsnip or the hemlock. [Written also kex, and in pl., kecks, kaxes.]Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs.Shak."
"KECKY","Resembling a kecksy. Grew."
"KEDDAH","An inclosure constructed to entrap wild elephants; an elephanttrap. [India]"
"KEDGE","To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, droppingit overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it."
"KEDGER","A small anchor; a kedge."
"KEDLOCK","See Charlock."
"KEE","See Kie, Ky, and Kine. [Prov. Eng.] Gay."
"KEECH","A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher. [Obs.] Shak."
"KEEL","To cool; to akin or stir [Obs.]While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. Shak."
"KEELAGE","The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering aport; also, the duty or toll. Bouvier. Wharton."
"KEELED","Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; as,a keeled leaf."
"KEELFAT","A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc. [Written also keelvat.]Johnson."
"KEELHAUL","To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to theyardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment inthe Dutch and English navies. Totten."
"KEELING","A cod."
"KEELIVINE","A pencil of black or red lead; -- called also keelyvine pen.[Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"KEELMAN","See Keeler,"
"KEELRAKE","Same as Keelhaul."
"KEELS","Ninepins. See Kayles."
"KEELSON","A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floortimbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; iniron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of atimber ship. Cross keelson, a similar structure lying athwart themain keelson, to support the engines and boilers."
"KEELVAT","See Keelfat."
"KEEN","To sharpen; to make cold. [R.]Cold winter keens the brightening flood. Thomson."
"KEENER","A professional mourner who wails at a funeral. [Ireland]"
"KEENLY","In a keen manner."
"KEENNESS","The quality or state of being keen."
"KEEP","A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place. Totake keep, to take care; to heed. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KEEPERSHIP","The office or position of a keeper. Carew."
"KEEPING","Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a workof art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.Keeping room, a family sitting room. [New Eng. & Prov. Eng.]"
"KEEPSAKE","Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver;a token of friendship."
"KEESH","See Kish."
"KEEVE","A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub. Ure."
"KEEVER","See Keeve, n."
"KEFFE-KIL","See Kiefekil."
"KEFIR","An effervescent liquor like kumiss, made from fermented milk,used as a food and as a medicine in the northern Caucasus. --Ke*fir'ic (#), a."
"KEFIR GRAINS","Small hard yellowish aggregations found in the Caucasus region,and containing various yeasts and bacteria. They are used as aferment in preparing kefir."
"KEG","A small cask or barrel."
"KEILHAUITE","A mineral of a brownish black color, related to titanite inform. It consists chiefly of silica, titanium dioxide, lime, andyttria."
"KEIR","See Kier."
"KEITLOA","A black, two-horned, African rhinoceros (Atelodus keitloa). Ithas the posterior horn about as long as the anterior one, or evenlonger."
"KELD","Having a kell or covering; webbed. [Obs.] Drayton."
"KELE","To cool. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KELL","A kiln. [Obs.]"
"KELOID","Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregularexcrescences upon the skin.-- n."
"KELOTOMY","See Celotomy."
"KELP","Any large blackish seaweed."
"KELPFISH","A small California food fish (Heterostichus rostratus), livingamong kelp. The name is also applied to species of the genusPlatyglossus."
"KELPWARE","Same as Kelp, 2."
"KELSON","See Keelson. Sir W. Raleigh."
"KELT","See Kilt, n. Jamieson."
"KELTER","Regular order or proper condition. [Written also kilter.][Colloq.]If the organs of prayer be out of kelter or out of tune, how can wepray Barrow."
"KELTIC","Same as Celtic, a. & n."
"KEMB","To comb. [Obs.]His longe hair was kembed behind his back. Chaucer."
"KEMELIN","A tub; a brewer's vessel. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KEMPE","Rough; shaggy. [Obs.] 'Kempe hairs.' Chaucer."
"KEMPS","The long flower stems of the ribwort plantain (PlantagoLanceolata). Dr. Prior."
"KEMPT","p. p. of Kemb. B. Jonson."
"KEN","A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves. [Slang, Eng.]"
"KENNEL","The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; agutter; also, a puddle. Bp. Hall."
"KENNEL COAL",". See Cannel coal."
"KENO","A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played withballs or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered. [U. S.]"
"KENOGENESIS","Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make theirappearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo tothe peculiar conditions of its environment; -- distinguished frompalingenesis. [Written also c\u00e6nogenesis.]"
"KENOGENETIC","Of or pertaining to kenogenesis; as, kenogenetic processes.-- Ken`o*ge*net'ic*al*ly, adv."
"KENSPECKLE","Having so marked an appearance as easily to be recognized.[Scot.]"
"KENT BUGLE","A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means ofwhich the performer can play upon every key in the musical scale; --called also keyed bugle, and key bugle. Moore."
"KENTLE","A hundred weight; a quintal."
"KENTLEDGE","Pigs of iron used for ballast. [Written also kintlidge.]"
"KENTUCKY","One of the United States. Kentucky blue grass (Bot.), avaluable pasture and meadow grass (Poa pratensis), found in bothEurope and America. See under Blue grass.-- Kentucky coffee tree (Bot.), a tall North American tree(Gymnocladus Canadensis) with bipinnate leaves. It produces largewoody pods containing a few seeds which have been used as asubstitute for coffee. The timber is a very valuable."
"KEPHALIN","One of a group of nitrogenous phosphorized principles, supposedby Thudichum to exist in brain tissue."
"KEPI","A military cap having a close-fitting band, a round flat topsloping toward the front, and a visor. As originally worn by theFrench in Algeria about 1830 it was tall and stiff with a straightvisor. It is now lower, has a curved visor, and is frequently soft."
"KEPT","of Keep. Kept mistress, a concubine; a woman supported by a manas his paramour."
"KEPVISELOHAZ","See Legislature."
"KERAMIC","Same as Ceramic."
"KERAMICS","Same as Ceramics."
"KERAMOGRAPHIC","Suitable to be written upon; capable of being written upon, asa slate; -- said especially of a certain kind of globe. Scudamore."
"KERANA","A kind of long trumpet, used among the Persians. Moore (Encyc.of Music)."
"KERARGYRITE","See Cerargyrite."
"KERASIN","A nitrogenous substance free from phosphorus, supposed to bepresent in the brain; a body closely related to cerebrin."
"KERASINE","Resembling horn; horny; corneous."
"KERATIN","A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containingsulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemicalbasis of epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, and thelike. It is an insoluble substance, and, unlike elastin, is notdissolved even by gastric or pancreatic juice. By decomposition withsulphuric acid it yields leucin and tyrosin, as does albumin. Calledalso epidermose."
"KERATITIS","Inflammation of the cornea."
"KERATODE","See Keratose."
"KERATOGENOUS","Producing horn; as, the keratogenous membrane within the hornyhoof of the horse."
"KERATOIDEA","Same as Keratosa."
"KERATOME","An instrument for dividing the cornea in operations forcataract."
"KERATONYXIS","The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needlethrough the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass."
"KERATOPHYTE","A gorgonian coral having a horny axis."
"KERATOSA","An order of sponges having a skeleton composed of hornlikefibers. It includes the commercial sponges."
"KERATOSE","A tough, horny animal substance entering into the compositionof the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called alsokeratode."
"KERAUNOGRAPH","A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human bodyor elsewhere.-- Ker`au-nog'ra-phy, n."
"KERB","See Curb."
"KERBSTONE","See Curbstone."
"KERCHER","A kerchief. [Obs.]He became . . . white as a kercher. Sir T. North."
"KERCHERED","Covered, or bound round, with a kercher. [Obs.] G. Fletcher."
"KERCHIEF","Dressed; hooded; covered; wearing a kerchief. Milton."
"KERF","A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting orsawing."
"KERITE","A compound in which tar or asphaltum combined with animal orvegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closelyresembling rubber; -- used principally as an insulating material intelegraphy. Knight."
"KERL","See Carl."
"KERMES","The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect (Coccusilicis), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several speciesof oak near the Mediterranean. They are round, about the size of apea, contain coloring matter analogous to carmine, and are used indyeing. They were anciently thought to be of a vegetable nature, andwere used in medicine. [Written also chermes.]"
"KERMESSE","See Kirmess."
"KERN","An idler; a vagabond. Wharton."
"KERN BABY","A doll or image decorated with corn (grain) flowers, etc.,carried in the festivals of a kern, or harvest-home. Called alsoharvest queen."
"KERNED","Having part of the face projecting beyond the body or shank; --said of type. 'In Roman, f and j are the only kerned letters.'MacKellar."
"KERNEL","To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels."
"KERNELLY","Full of kernels; resembling kernels; of the nature of kernels.Holland."
"KERNISH","Clownish; booorish. [Obs.] 'A petty kernish prince.' Milton."
"KEROLITE","Same as Cerolite."
"KEROSENE","An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained fromthe distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hencecalled also coal oil. It is now produced in immense quantities,chiefly by the distillation and purification of petroleum. Itconsists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the methane series."
"KERSEY","A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from woolof long staple."
"KERSEYMERE","See Cassimere."
"KERSEYNETTE","See Cassinette."
"KERSEYS","Varieties of kersey; also, trousers made of kersey."
"KERVE","To carve. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KERVER","A carver. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KESAR","See Kaiser [Obs.] Spenser."
"KESLOP","The stomach of a calf, prepared for rennet. Halliwell."
"KESS","To kiss. [Obs.] Chaucer"
"KEST","of Cast. [Obs.]"
"KESTREL","A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied tothe sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spottedwith white and black. Also called windhover and stannel. The name isalso applied to other allied species."
"KET","Carrion; any filth. [Prob. Eng.] Halliwell."
"KETA","A small salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) of inferior value, which inthe autumn runs up all the larger rivers between San Francisco andKamchatka."
"KETCH","An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and amizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tonsburden. Bomb ketch. See under Bomb."
"KETCHUP","A sauce. See Catchup."
"KETINE","One of a series of organic bases obtained by the reduction ofcertain isonitroso compounds of the ketones. In general they areunstable oily substances having a pungent aromatic odor."
"KETMIE","The name of certain African species of Hibiscus, cultivated forthe acid of their mucilage. [Written also ketmia.]"
"KETOL","One of a series of series of complex nitrogenous substances,represented by methyl ketol and related to indol. Methyl ketol, aweak organic base, obtained as a white crystalline substance havingthe odor of f\u00e6ces."
"KETONE","One of a large class of organic substances resembling thealdehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of organicacids and consisting of carbonyl (CO) united with two hydrocarbonradicals. In general the ketones are colorless volatile liquidshaving a pungent ethereal odor."
"KETONIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, a ketone; as, a ketonic acid."
"KETTLE","A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover,used for heating and boiling water or other liguids. Kettle pins,ninepins; skittles. [Obs.] Shelton.-- Kettle stitch (Bookbinding), the stitch made in sewing at thehead and tail of a book. Knight."
"KETTLEDRUM","A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemisphericalkettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it."
"KETTLEDRUMMER","One who plays on a kettledrum."
"KEUPER","The upper division of the European Triassic. See Chart ofGeology."
"KEVEL","A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed."
"KEVER","i. To cover. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KEVERCHIEF","A kerchief. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KEX","A weed; a kecksy. Bp. Gauden.Though the rough kex break The starred mosaic. Tennyson."
"KEY","An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, as thefruit of the ash and maple; a samara; -- called also key fruit."
"KEY FRUIT","A samara."
"KEY TONE","See Keynote."
"KEY-COLD","Cold as a metallic key; lifeless. [Formerly, a proverbialexpression.] Shak. Milton."
"KEYAGE","Wharfage; quayage."
"KEYBOARD","The whole arrangement, or one range, of the keys of an organ,typewriter, etc."
"KEYED","Furnished with keys; as, a keyed instrument; also, set to akey, as a tune. Keyed bugle. See Kent bugle."
"KEYNOTE","The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece orpassage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which allthe modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone."
"KEYSEAT","To form a key seat, as by cutting. See Key seat, under Key."
"KEYSTONE","The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles ismade different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or isdecorated with carving. See Illust. of Arch. Keystone State, theState of Pennsylvania; -- so called from its having been the centralState of the Union at the formation of the Constitution."
"KEYSTONE STATE","Pennsylvania; -- a nickname alluding to its having been thecentral one of the 13 original United States."
"KEYWAY","See Key way, under Key."
"KHAKI","Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; -- applied to cloth,originally to a stout brownish cotton cloth, used in making uniformsin the Anglo-Indian army. In the United States service the summeruniform of cotton is officially designated khaki; the winter uniformof wool, olive drab."
"KHALIFF","See Caliph."
"KHAMSIN","Same as Kamsin."
"KHAN","A king; a prince; a chief; a governor; -- so called among theTartars, Turks, and Persians, and in countries now or formerlygoverned by them."
"KHANATE","Dominion or jurisdiction of a khan."
"KHAYA","A lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis), related to themahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark isused as a febrifuge."
"KHEDIVE","A governor or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultanof Turkey to the ruler of Egypt."
"KHENNA","See Henna."
"KHOLAH","The Indian jackal."
"KHOLSUN","The dhole."
"KHOND","A Dravidian of a group of tribes of Orissa, India, a section ofwhom were formerly noted for their cruel human sacrifices to theearth goddess, murder of female infants, and marriage by capture."
"KHUTBAH","An address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpitin Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed andhis descendants, and the ruling princes."
"KIABOOCA WOOD",". See Kyaboca wood."
"KIANG","The dziggetai."
"KIBBLE","To bruise; to grind coarsely; as, kibbled oats. [Prov.Eng.]Halliwell."
"KIBBLINGS","Portions of small fish used for bait on the banks ofNewfoundland."
"KIBE","A chap or crack in the flesh occasioned by cold; an ulceratedchilblain. 'He galls his kibe.' Shak."
"KIBED","Chapped; cracked with cold; affected with chilblains; as kibedheels. Beau. & Fl."
"KIBLAH","See Keblah."
"KIBY","Affected with kibes. Skelton."
"KICHIL",",. [Obs.] See Kechil. Chaucer."
"KICK","To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horsekicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of his judges. Macaulay.To kick the beam, to fit up and strike the beam; -- said of thelighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found wanting inweight. Milton.-- To kick the bucket, to lose one's life; to die. [Colloq. & Low]"
"KICKABLE","Capable or deserving of being kicked. 'A kickable boy.' G.Eliot."
"KICKAPOOS","A tribe of Indians which formerly occupied the region ofNorthern Illinois, allied in language to the Sacs and Foxes."
"KICKER","One who, or that which, kicks."
"KICKSHAW","See Kickshaws, the correct singular."
"KICKSHOE","A kickshaws. Milton."
"KICKSY-WICKSY","Fantastic; restless; as, kicksy-wicksy flames. Nares."
"KICKUP","The water thrush or accentor. [Local, West Indies]"
"KID","A young goat.The . . . leopard shall lie down with the kid. Is. xi. 6."
"KIDDE","of Kythe. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KIDDERMINSTER","A kind of ingrain carpeting, named from the English town whereformerly most of it was manufactured."
"KIDDIER","A huckster; a cadger. [Obs.] Halliwell."
"KIDDLE","A kind of basketwork wear in a river, for catching fish.[Improperly spelled kittle.]"
"KIDDOW","The guillemot. [Written also kiddaw.] [Prov. Eng.]"
"KIDDY","To deceive; to outwit; to hoax. [Slang] Dickens."
"KIDDYISH","Frolicsome; sportive. [Slang]"
"KIDLING","A young kid."
"KIDNAP","To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will,with intent to carry to another place. Abbott.You may reason or expostulate with the parents, but never attempt tokidnap their children, and to make proselytes of them. Whately."
"KIDNEY","A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste productsfrom the animal body; a urinary gland."
"KIE","Kine; cows. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"KIEFEKIL","A species of clay; meerschaum. [Also written keffekil.]"
"KIER","A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the actionof hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve."
"KIESELGUHR","Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used asan absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite."
"KIESERITE","Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines ofStassfurt, Prussian Saxony."
"KIEVE","See Keeve, n."
"KIKE","To gaze; to stare. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KILDERKIN","A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteenEnglish beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United Statesmeasure. [Written also kinderkin.]"
"KILERG","A unit of work equal to one thousand ergs."
"KILKENNY CATS","Two cats fabled, in an Irish story, to have fought till nothingwas left but their tails. It is probably a parable of a local contestbetween Kilkenny and Irishtown, which impoverished both towns."
"KILL","A kiln. [Obs.] Fuller."
"KILL-JOY","One who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting person. W. Black."
"KILLER","A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which severalspecies are known."
"KILLIFISH","Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of thegenus Fundulus and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh andbrackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped orbarred with black. Called also minnow, and brook fish. See Minnow."
"KILLIGREW","The Cornish chough. See under Chough. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"KILLIKINICK","See Kinnikinic."
"KILLING","Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in acolloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible.-- Kill'ing*ly, adv.Those eyes are made so killing. Pope.Nothing could be more killingly spoken. Milton."
"KILLOCK","A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stoneinclosed by pieces of wood fastened together. [Written also killick.]"
"KILLOW","An earth of a blackish or deep blue color. Woodward."
"KILN-DRY","To dry in a kiln; as, to kiln-dry meal or grain. Mortimer."
"KILNHOLE","The mouth or opening of an oven or kiln. Shak."
"KILO","An abbreviation of Kilogram."
"KILO-","A combining form used to signify thousand in forming the namesof units of measurement; as, kilogram, kilometer, kilowatt, etc."
"KILOSTERE","A cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to35,315 cubic feet."
"KILOVOLT","A unit of electromotive force equal to one thousand volts."
"KILOWATT","One thousand watts."
"KILOWATT HOUR","A unit of work or energy equal to that done by one kilowattacting for one hour; --approx. = 1.34 horse-power hour."
"KILT","p. p. from Kill. [Obs.] Spenser."
"KILTER","See Kelter."
"KILTING","A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plaitbeing folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one."
"KIMBO","Crooked; arched; bent. [Written also kimbow.] Dryden."
"KIMMERIAN","See Cimmerian."
"KIMNEL","A tub. See Kemelin. [Obs.]She knew not what a kimnel was Beau. & Fl."
"KIMRY","See Cymry."
"KIN","A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin."
"KINAESODIC","Kinesodic."
"KINAESTHESIS","The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles.Bastian."
"KINATE","See Quinate. [Obsolescent]"
"KINCOB","India silk brocaded with flowers in silver or gold.-- a."
"KIND","To beget. [Obs.] Spenser."
"KIND-HEARTED","Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by ahumane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord.To thy self at least kind-hearted prove. Shak."
"KIND-HEARTEDNESS","The state or quality of being kind-hearted; benevolence."
"KINDERGARTEN","A school for young children, conducted on the theory thateducation should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the normalaptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation, andconstruction; -- a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a Germaneducator, who introduced this method of training, in rooms opening ona garden."
"KINDERGARTNER","One who teaches in a kindergarten."
"KINDLE","To bring forth young. [Obs.] Shak.The poor beast had but lately kindled. Holland."
"KINDLER","One who, or that which, kindles, stirs up, or sets onfire.'Kindlers of riot.' Gay."
"KINDLESS","Destitute of kindness; unnatural.[Obs.] 'Kindless villain.'Shak."
"KINDLING","Materials, easily lighted, for starting a fire."
"KINDRED","Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as,kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.True to the kindred points of heaven and home. Wordsworth."
"KINE","Cows. 'A herd of fifty or sixty kine.' Milton."
"KINEMATICS","The science which treats of motions considered in themselves,or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions."
"KINEPOX","See Cowpox. Kin'e*scope (, n."
"KINESIATRICS","A mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular movements; -- also termed kinesitherapy, kinesipathy, lingism, and the movementcure."
"KINESIPATHY","See Kinesiatrics."
"KINESITHERAPY","See Kinesiatrics."
"KINESODIC","Conveying motion; as; kinesodic substance; -- applied esp. tothe spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying doth voluntaryand reflex motor impulses, without itself being affected by motorimpulses applied to it directly."
"KINETIC","Moving or causing motion; motory; active, as opposed to latent.Kinetic energy. See Energy, n. 4."
"KINETICS","See Dynamics."
"KINETOGENESIS","An instrument for producing curves by the combination ofcircular movements; -- called also kinescope."
"KINETOPHONE","A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronizedso as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds."
"KINETOSCOPE","A machine, for the production of animated pictures, in which afilm carrying successive instantaneous views of a moving scenetravels uniformly through the field of a magnifying glass. Theobserver sees each picture, momentarily, through a slit in arevolving disk, and these glimpses, blended by persistence of vision,give the impression of continuous motion."
"KING","A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones ormetal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood,and struck with a hammer."
"KING CHARLES SPANIEL","A variety of small pet dogs, having, drooping ears, a high,dome-shaped forehead, pug nose, large, prominent eyes, and long, wavyhair. The color is usually black and tan."
"KING-POST","A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It isstrictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in themiddle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they oftenbear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post."
"KINGBOLT","A vertical iron bolt, by which the forward axle and wheels of avehicle or the trucks of a railroad car are connected with the otherparts."
"KINGCRAFT","The craft of kings; the art of governing as a sovereign; royalpolicy. Prescott."
"KINGCUP","The common buttercup."
"KINGDOMED","Having a kingdom or the dignity of a king; like a kingdom. [R.]'Twixt his mental and his active parts, Kingdom'd Achilles incommotion rages And batters down himself. Shak."
"KINGFISHER","Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the familyAlcedinid\u00e6. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture bydiving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only uponreptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species areknown. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but areparticularly abundant in the East Indies."
"KINGHOOD","The state of being a king; the attributes of a king; kingship.Gower."
"KINGLESS","Having no king. F. Lieber."
"KINGLET","Any one of several species of small singing birds of the genusRegulus and family Sylviid\u00e6."
"KINGLIHOOD","King-liness. Tennyson."
"KINGLINESS","The state or quality of being kingly."
"KINGLING","Same as Kinglet, 1. Churchill."
"KINGLY","Belonging to, suitable to, or becoming, a king; characteristicof, resembling, a king; directed or administered by a king;monarchical; royal; sovereign; regal; august; noble; grand. 'Kinglymagnificence.' Sir P. Sidney. 'A kingly government.' Swift. 'Thekingly couch.' Shak.The kingliest kings are crowned with thorn. G. Massey.Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly cares. Cowper."
"KINGSHIP","The state, office, or dignity of a king; royalty. Landor."
"KINGSTON METAL",". An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for thebearings and packings of machinery. McElrath."
"KINGSTON VALVE","A conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipewhich passes through the side of a vessel below the water line."
"KINGTRUSS","A truss, framed with a king-post; -- used in roofs, bridges,etc."
"KINIC","See Quinic."
"KINIT","A unit of force equal to the force which, acting for onesecond, will give a pound a velocity of one foot per second; --proposed by J.D.Everett, an English physicist."
"KINK","To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously uponitself, as a rope or thread."
"KINKAJOU","A nocturnal carnivorous mammal (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) ofSouth America, about as large as a full-grown cat. It has aprehensile tail and lives in trees. It is the only representative ofa distinct family (Cercoleptid\u00e6) allied to the raccoons. Called alsopotto, and honey bear."
"KINKHAUST","Whooping cough. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.]"
"KINKLE","Same as 3d Kink."
"KINNIKINIC","Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; -- used by theIndians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with tobacco or asa substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as the osier cornel(Cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry (Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi).[Spelled also kinnickinnick and killikinick.]"
"KINO","The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously intanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine."
"KINOLOGY","That branch of physics which treats of the laws of motion, orof moving bodies."
"KINONE","See Quinone."
"KINOYL","See Quinoyl."
"KINREDE","Kindred. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KINSFOLK","Relatives; kindred; kin; persons of the same family or closelyor closely related families.They sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. Luke ii. 44."
"KINSHIP","Family relationship."
"KINSMAN","A man of the same race or family; one related by blood."
"KINSMANSHIP","Kinship. Thackeray."
"KINSWOMAN","A female relative. Shak."
"KINTLIDGE","See Kentledge."
"KIOSK","A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars."
"KIOWAYS","A tribe of Indians distantly related to the Shoshones. Theyformerly inhabited the region about the head waters of the NorthPlatte."
"KIP","The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather madefrom it; kipskin. Kip leather. See Kipskin."
"KIPE","An osier basket used for catching fish. [Prov. Eng.]"
"KIPPER","A salmon after spawning."
"KIPPERNUT","A name given to earthnuts of several kinds."
"KIPSKIN","Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle,intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide."
"KIRK","A church or the church, in the various senses of the word;esp., the Church of Scotland as distinguished from other reformedchurches, or from the Roman Catholic Church. [Scot.] Jamieson."
"KIRKED","Turned upward; bent. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"KIRKYARD","A churchyard. [Scot.]"
"KIRMESS","In Europe, particularly in Belgium and Holland, and outdoorfestival and fair; in the United States, generally an indoorentertainment and fair combined."
"KIRSCHWASSER","An alcoholic liquor, obtained by distilling the fermented juiceof the small black cherry."
"KIRSOME","Christian; christened. [Obs.]I am a true kirsome woman. Beau. & Fl."
"KIRTLE","A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worndoth by men and women.Wearing her Norman car, and her kirtle of blue. Longfellow."
"KIRTLED","Wearing a kirtle. Byron."
"KIRUMBO","A bird of Madagascar (Leptosomus discolor), the only livingtype of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of loralplumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections;the female is spotted with brown and black."
"KISH","A workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally iniron smelting."
"KISMET","Destiny; fate. [Written also kismat.] [Oriental]"
"KISSER","One who kisses. Beau. & Fl."
"KISSING BUG","Any one of several species of blood-sucking, venomous Hemipterathat sometimes bite the lip or other parts of the human body, causingpainful sores, as the cone-nose (Conorhinus sanguisuga). [U. S.]"
"KISSING STRINGS","Cap or bonnet strings made long to tie under the chin."
"KISSINGCRUST","The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touchedanother loaf in baking. Lamb.A massy fragment from the rich kissingcrust that hangs like a frettedcornice from the upper half of the loaf. W. Howitt."
"KIST","A chest; hence, a coffin. [Scot. & Prov. End.] Jamieson.Halliwell."
"KISTVAEN","A Celtic monument, commonly known as a dolmen."
"KIT","To cut. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KITCAT","A game played by striking with a stick small piece of wood,called a cat, shaped like two coned united at their bases; tipcat.Cotton. Kitcat roll (Agric.), a roller somewhat in the form of twocones set base to base. [Prov. Eng.]"
"KITCHEN","To furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of the kitchen.[Obs.] Shak."
"KITCHEN MIDDENS","Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark,consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, onethousand feet long, and two hundred feet wide. The name is appliedalso to similar mounds found on the American coast from Canada toFlorida, made by the North American Indians."
"KITCHEN-RY","The body of servants employed in the kitchen. [Obs.] Holland."
"KITCHENER","A kitchen servant; a cook. Carlyle."
"KITCHENETTE","A room combining a very small kitchen and a pantry, with thekitchen conveniences compactly arranged, sometimes so that they foldup out of sight and allow the kitchen to be made a part of theadjoining room by opening folding doors."
"KITCHENMAID","A woman employed in the kitchen. Shak."
"KITE","Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvin\u00e6, of which manyspecies are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, andusually a forked tail."
"KITH","Acquaintance; kindred.And my near kith for sore me shend. W. Browne.The sage of his kith and the hamlet. Longfellow.Kith and kin, kindred more or less remote."
"KITHARA","See Cithara."
"KITHE","See Kythe. Chaucer."
"KITISH","Like or relating to a kite."
"KITLING","A young kitten; a whelp. [Obs. or Scot.] B. Jonson."
"KITTE","of Kit to cut. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KITTEL","See Kittle, v. t."
"KITTEN","A young cat."
"KITTENISH","Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition.Richardson."
"KITTIWAKE","A northern gull (Rissa tridactyla), inhabiting the coasts ofEurope and America. It is white, with black tips to the wings, andhas but three toes."
"KITTLE","To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter. [Prov.Eng. & Scot.]"
"KITTLISH","Ticklish; kittle. Sir W. Scott."
"KITTYSOL","The Chinese paper parasol."
"KIVA","A large chamber built under, or in, the houses of a Pueblovillage, used as an assembly room in religious rites or as a men'sdormitory. It is commonly lighted and entered from an opening in theroof."
"KIVE","A mash vat. See Keeve. [Obs.]"
"KIVER","To cover.-- n."
"KJOEKKEN MOEDDINGS","See Kitchen middens."
"KLAMATHS","A collective name for the Indians of several tribes formerlyliving along the Klamath river, in California and Oregon, but nowrestricted to a reservation at Klamath Lake; -- called also Clametsand Hamati."
"KLEENEBOC","(Zo\u00f6l.) An antelope (Cerphalopus pygm\u00e6us), found in SouthAfrica. It is of very small size, being but one foot high atshoulder. It is remarkable for its activity, and for its mild andtimid disposition. Called also guevi, and pygmy antelope."
"KLEPTOMANIA","A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This doesnot constitute legal irresponsibility. Wharton."
"KLEPTOMANIAC","A person affected with kleptomania."
"KLICK","See Click."
"KLICKET","A small postern or gate in a palisade, for the passage ofsallying parties. [Written also klinket.]"
"KLINKSTONE","See Clinkstone."
"KLINOMETER","See Clinometer."
"KLIPFISH","Dried cod, exported from Norway. [Written also clipfish.]"
"KLIPSPRINGER","A small, graceful South African antelope (Nanotragusoreotragus), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag toanother with great agility; -- called also kainsi. [Written alsoklippspringer.]"
"KLOOF","A glen; a ravine closed at its upper end. [South Africa]"
"KLOPEMANIA","See Kleptomania."
"KNABBLE","To bite or nibble. [Obs.]Horses will knabble at walls, and rats gnaw iron. Sir T. Browne."
"KNACK-KNEED","See Knock-kneed."
"KNACKISH","Trickish; artful. [Obs.] -- Knack'ish*ness, n. [Obs.] Dr. H.More."
"KNACKY","Having a knack; cunning; crafty; trickish. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]Halliwell."
"KNAGGED","Full of knots; knaggy."
"KNAGGY","Knotty; rough; figuratively, rough in temper. Fuller.-- Knag'gi*ness, n."
"KNAP","A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, risingground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop.The highest part and knap of the same island. Holland."
"KNAPBOTTLE","The bladder campion (Silene inflata)."
"KNAPPISH","Snappish; peevish. [Obs.] Grafton."
"KNAPPLE","To break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to nibble.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"KNAPPY","Having knaps; full of protuberances or humps; knobby. [Obs.]Huloet."
"KNAPSACK","A case of canvas or leather, for carrying on the back asoldier's necessaries, or the clothing, etc., of a traveler.And each one fills his knapsack or his scrip With some rare thingthat on the field is found. Drayton."
"KNAPWEED","The black centaury (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from theknoblike heads of flowers. Called also bullweed."
"KNAR","See Gnar. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KNARL","A knot in wood. See Gnarl."
"KNARLED","Knotted. See Gnarled."
"KNARRED","Knotty; gnarled.The knarred and crooked cedar knees. Longfellow."
"KNARRY","Knotty; gnarled. Chaucer."
"KNAVERY","Roguish or mischievous tricks. Shak."
"KNAVESHIP","A small due, in meal, established by usage, which is paid tothe under miller. [Scot.]"
"KNAVESS","A knavish woman. Carlyle."
"KNAVISHNESS","The quality or state of being knavish; knavery; dishonesty."
"KNAW","See Gnaw. [Obs.] Sir T. More."
"KNAWEL","A low, spreading weed (Scleranthus annuus), common in sandysoil."
"KNEADABLE","That may be kneaded; capable of being worked into a mass."
"KNEADER","One who kneads."
"KNEADINGLY","In the manner of one kneading."
"KNEBELITE","A mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and glisteningluster. It is a silicate of iron and manganese."
"KNECK","The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out. [Eng.]"
"KNEE","A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in theshape of the human knee when bent."
"KNEE JERK","A jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon thepatellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of thequadriceps muscle."
"KNEE-CROOKING","Obsequious; fawning; cringing. 'Knee-crooking knave.' Shak."
"KNEE-HIGH","Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee-high."
"KNEEBRUSH","A tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species ofantelopes and other animals; -- chiefly used in the plural."
"KNEECAP","The kneepan."
"KNEED","Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like theknee when a little bent; as, kneed grass."
"KNEEJOINT","A toggle joint; -- so called because consisting of two piecesjointed to each other end to end, making an angle like the knee whenbent."
"KNEEJOINTED","Geniculate; kneed. See Kneed, a., 2."
"KNEEL","To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimeswith down.And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not thissin to their charge. Acts vii. 60.As soon as you are dressed, kneel and say the Lord's Prayer. Jer.Taylor."
"KNEELER","A name given to certain catechumens and penitents who werepermitted to join only in parts of church worship."
"KNEELINGLY","In a kneeling position."
"KNEEPAN","A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front ofthe knee joint; the patella; the kneecap."
"KNEEPIECE","A piece shaped like a knee; as, the kneepieces or ears of aboat."
"KNELL","The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of aperson; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, awarning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything.The dead man's knell Is there scarce asked for who. Shak.The curfew tolls the knell of parting day. Gray."
"KNELT","of Kneel."
"KNEW","of Know."
"KNICKER","A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble byboys in playing. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.] Halliwell. Bartlett."
"KNICKERBOCKER","A linsey-woolsey fabric having a rough knotted surface on theright side; used for women's dresses."
"KNICKERBOCKERS","The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes."
"KNICKKNACK","A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw."
"KNICKKNACKATORY","A collection of knickknacks. Richardson."
"KNICKKNACKERY","Knickknacks."
"KNIFE","To prune with the knife."
"KNIFE SWITCH","A switch consisting of one or more knifelike pieces hinged atone end and making contact near the other with flat gripping springs."
"KNIFEBOARD","A board on which knives are cleaned or polished."
"KNIGHT","To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by thesovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying:Rise, Sir ---.A soldier, by the honor-giving hand Of Cknighted in the field. Shak."
"KNIGHT BACHELOR","A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of Englishknights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See Bachelor, 4."
"KNIGHT BANNERET","A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greateramount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in warwith a greater number of attendants. The dignity was sometimesconferred by the sovereign in person on the field of battle."
"KNIGHT BARONET","See Baronet."
"KNIGHT MARSHAL","An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who hascognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge,and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one ofthe parties. Wharton."
"KNIGHT SERVICE","A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performingmilitary service. See Chivalry, n., 4."
"KNIGHT TEMPLAR","See Commandery, n., 3, and also Templar, n., 1 and 3."
"KNIGHT-ER-RATIC","Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry. [R.]Quart. Rev."
"KNIGHT-ERRANT","A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search ofadventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess,and generosity."
"KNIGHT-ERRANTRY","The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice ofwandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romanticadventure or scheme.The rigid guardian [i. e., conscience] of a blameless heart Is weakwith rank knight-erratries o'errun. Young."
"KNIGHTAGE","To body of knights, taken collectively."
"KNIGHTHEAD","A bollard timber. See under Bollard."
"KNIGHTLESS","Unbecoming a knight. [Obs.] 'Knightless guile.' Spenser."
"KNIGHTLINESS","The character or bearing suitable for a knight; chivalry.Spenser."
"KNIGHTLY","Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous;as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit.For knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit. Spenser.[Excuses] full knightly without scorn. Tennyson."
"KNIT","Union knitting; texture. Shak."
"KNITBACK","The plant comfrey; -- so called from its use as a restorative.Dr. Prier."
"KNITS","Small particles of ore. Raymond."
"KNITSTER","A woman who knits. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"KNITTER","One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knittingmachine. Shak."
"KNITTLE","See Nettles."
"KNIVES","of Knife. See Knife."
"KNOB","See Knop. Knob latch, a latch which can be operated by turninga knob, without using a key."
"KNOBBED","Containing knobs; full of knobs; ending in a nob. See Illust ofAntenna.The horns of a roe deer of Greenland are pointed at the top, andknobbed or tuberous at the bottom. Grew."
"KNOBBER","See Knobbler."
"KNOBBING","Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections."
"KNOBBLER","The hart in its second year; a young deer. [Written alsoknobber.] Halliwell.He has hallooed the hounds upon a velvet-headed knobbler. Sir W.Scott."
"KNOBBLING FIRE",". A bloomery fire. See Bloomery."
"KNOBKERRIE","A short club with a knobbed end used as a missile weapon byKafir and other native tribes of South Africa."
"KNOBSTICK","One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union.[Cant, Eng.]"
"KNOCK-KNEE","A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch eachother in walking; inknee."
"KNOCK-KNEED","Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking.[Written also knack-kneed.]"
"KNOCK-OFF","That knocks off; of or pertaining to knocking off."
"KNOCK-OUT","Act of knocking out, or state of being knocked out."
"KNOCK-OUT DROPS","Drops of some drug put in one's drink to stupefy him forpurpose of robbery, etc. [Slang, U. S.]"
"KNOCKDOWN","A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal."
"KNOCKER","One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, orkind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking foradmittance.Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, knocker; say I'm sick, I'mdead. Pope."
"KNOCKING","A beating; a rap; a series of raps.The . . . repeated knockings of the head upon the ground by theChinese worshiper. H. Spencer."
"KNOCKINGS","Large lumps picked out of the sieve, in dressing ore."
"KNOCKSTONE","A block upon which ore is broken up."
"KNOLL","A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; thetop or crown of a hill.On knoll or hillock rears his crest, Lonely and huge, the giant oak.Sir W. Scott."
"KNOLLER","One who tolls a bell. [Obs.] Sherwood."
"KNOP","Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamentaltermination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- calledalso knob, and knosp. Knop sedge (Bot.), the bur reed (Sparganium); -- so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels. Prior."
"KNOPPED","Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons. [Obs.] Rom. ofR."
"KNOPPERN","A kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, --used in tanning and dyeing."
"KNOPWEED","Same as Knapweed."
"KNOR","See Knur. [Obs.]"
"KNOSP","Same as Knop,2. Milman."
"KNOT","See Node."
"KNOTBERRY","The cloudberry (Rudus Cham\u00e6morus); -- so called from itsknotted stems."
"KNOTLESS","Free from knots; without knots. 'Silver firs with knotlesstrunks.' Congreve."
"KNOTTED","Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed ofmica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knotsin relief on the weathered surface; as, knotted rocks. Percival."
"KNOTWEED","See Knot."
"KNOTWORT","A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus Illecebrum(I. verticillatum.)"
"KNOUT","A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used inRussia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted withwire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh."
"KNOW","Knee. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KNOW-ALL","One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension togreat knowledge; a wiseacre; -- usually ironical. [Colloq. or R.]"
"KNOW-NOTHING","A member of a secret political organization in the UnitedStates, the chief objects of which were the proscription offoreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and theexclusive choice of native Americans for office."
"KNOW-NOTHINGISM","The doctrines, principles, or practices, of the Know-nothings."
"KNOWABLE","That may be known; capable of being discovered, understood, orascertained.Thus mind and matter, as known or knowable, are only two differentseries of phenomena or qualities. Sir W. Hamilton."
"KNOWABLENESS","The state or quality of being knowable. Locke."
"KNOWER","One who knows. Shak."
"KNOWING","Knowledge; hence, experience. ' In my knowing.' Shak.This sore night Hath trifled former knowings. Shak."
"KNOWINGNESS","The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent;shrewdness; skillfulness."
"KNOWLECHE","See Knowl, edge.We consider and knowleche that we have offended. Chaucer."
"KNOWLECHING","Knowledge. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KNOWLEDGE","To acknowledge. [Obs.] 'Sinners which knowledge their sins.'Tyndale."
"KNOWN","of Know."
"KNUBS","Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon."
"KNUCKLE","The joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivetpasses; a knuckle joint."
"KNUCKLED","Jointed. [Obs.] Bacon."
"KNUFF","A lout; a clown. [Obs.]The country knuffs, Hob, Dick, and Hick, With clubs and cloutedshoon. Hayward."
"KNUR","A knurl. Woodward."
"KNURL","A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; anodule; a boss or projection."
"KNURLY","Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring orresisting much."
"KNURRY","Full of knots. [Obs.] Drayton."
"KOAITA","Same as Coaita."
"KOALA","A tailless marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found inAustralia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck.Called also Australian bear, native bear, and native sloth."
"KOBALT","See Cobalt."
"KOBELLITE","A blackish gray mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, andlead."
"KOBOLD","A kind of domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding tothe Scottish brownie and the English Robin Goodfellow."
"KODAK","A kind of portable camera."
"KOEL","Any one of several species of cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys,found in India, the East Indies, and Australia. They deposit theireggs in the nests of other birds."
"KOFF","A two-masted Dutch vessel."
"KOFTGARI","Ornamental work produced by inlaying steel with gold, -- avariety of damascening much used in the arts of India."
"KOHL","A mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by Egyptian andother Eastern women to darken the edges of the eyelids."
"KOHL-RABI","A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large,turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground."
"KOKAMA","The gemsbok."
"KOKLASS","Any pheasant of the genus Pucrasia. The birds of this genusinhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a longcentral and two lateral crests on the head. Called also pucras."
"KOKOON","The gnu."
"KOLARIAN","An individual of one of the races of aboriginal inhabitantswhich survive in Hindostan.-- a."
"KOLINSKY","Among furriers, any of several Asiatic minks; esp., Putoriussibiricus, the yellowish brown pelt of which is valued, esp. for thetail, used for making artists' brushes. Trade names for the fur arered sable and Tatar sable."
"KOMENIC","Of or pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived frommeconic acid. [Written also comenic.]"
"KOMTOK","An African freshwater fish (Protopterus annectens), belongingto the Dipnoi. It can breathe air by means of its lungs, and whenwaters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of hard mud, where itremains till the rainy season. It is used as food."
"KON","To know. See Can, and Con. [Obs.]Ye konnen thereon as much as any man. Chaucer."
"KONITE","See Conite."
"KONSEAL","A form of capsule for inclosing a dose of medicine that isoffensive, caustic, or the like."
"KONZE","A large African antelope (Alcelaphus Lichtensteini), allied tothe hartbeest, but having shorter and flatter horns, and lacking ablack patch on the face."
"KOODOO","A large South African antelope (Strepsiceros kudu). The maleshave graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long. The generalcolor is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or nine white bands oneach side, and a pale dorsal stripe. The old males become dark bluishgray, due to the skin showing through the hair. The females arehornless. Called also nellut. [Written also kudu.]"
"KOOKOOM","The oryx or gemsbok. [Written also kookaam.]"
"KOOLOKAMBA","A west African anthropoid ape (Troglodytes koolokamba, or T.Aubryi), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in some respects,intermediate between them."
"KOOLSLAA","See Coleslaw."
"KOORD","See Kurd."
"KOORDISH","See Kurdish."
"KOORILIAN","Same as Kurilian."
"KOP","Hill; mountain. [South Africa]"
"KOPECK","A small Russian coin. One hundred kopecks make a rouble, worthabout sixty cents. [Written also kopek, copec, and copeck.]"
"KOPJE","A hillock; a small kop. [South Africa]"
"KORAN","The Scriptures of the Mohammedans, containing the professedrevelations to Mohammed; -- called also Alcoran. [Written also Kuranor Quran.]"
"KORIN","The gazelle."
"KORRIGUM","A West African antelope (Damalis Senegalensis), allied to thesassaby. It is reddish gray, with a black face, and a black stripe onthe outside of the legs above the knees."
"KOSHER","Ceremonially clean, according to Jewish law; --applied to food,esp. to meat of animals slaughtered according to the requirements ofJewish law. Opposed to tref. Hence, designating a shop, store, house,etc., where such food is sold or used."
"KOSMOS","See Cosmos. Gladstone."
"KOTOW","The prostration made by mandarins and others to theirsuperiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead onthe ground. There are degrees in the rite, the highest beingexpressed by three knockings. [China]kowtow S. W. Williams."
"KOULAN","A wild horse (Equus, or Asinus, onager) inhabiting the plantsof Central Asia; -- called also gour, khur, and onager. [Written alsokulan.]"
"KOUMISS","An intoxicating fermented or distilled liquor originally madeby the Tartars from mare's or camel's milk. It can be obtained fromany kind of milk, and is now largely made in Europe. [Written alsokoumyss, kumiss, kumish, and kumys.]Koumiss has from time immemorial served the Tartar instead of wine orspirits. J. H. Newman."
"KOUSSO","An Abyssinian rosaceous tree (Brayera anthelmintica), theflowers of which are used as a vermifuge. [Written also cusso andkosso.]"
"KOWTOW","The same as Kotow.I have salaamed and kowtowed to him. H. James."
"KRA","A long-tailed ape (Macacus cynomolgus) of India and Sumatra. Itis reddish olive, spotted with black, and has a black tail."
"KRAIT","A very venomous snake of India (Bungarus coeruleus), allied tothe cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish black, often withnarrow white streaks; the belly is whitish."
"KRAKEN","A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented asresembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus.To believe all that has been said of the sea serpent or kraken, wouldbe credulity; to reject the possibility of their existence, would bepresumption. Goldsmith.Like a kraken huge and black. Longfellow."
"KRAKOWIAK","A lively Polish dance. See Cracovienne."
"KRAMERIA","A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one speciesof which (K. triandra), found in Peru, rhatany root, used as amedicine, is obtained."
"KRAMERIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, Krameria (rhatany); as,krameric acid, usually called ratanhia-tannic acid."
"KRANG","The carcass of a whale after the blubber has been removed.[Written also crang and kreng.]"
"KRANGING HOOK","A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away. [Writtenalso cranging hook.]"
"KREATIC","See Creatic."
"KREATIN","See Creatin."
"KREATININ","See Creatinin."
"KREEL","See Creel."
"KREMLIN","The citadel of a town or city; especially, the citadel ofMoscow, a large inclosure which contains imperial palaces,cathedrals, churches, an arsenal, etc. [Russia]"
"KREMS","A variety of white lead. See Krems lead, under Lead, n."
"KRENG","See Krang."
"KREOSOTE","See Creosote."
"KREUTZER","A small copper coin formerly used in South Germany; also, asmall Austrian copper coin. [Written also kreuzer.]"
"KRIEGSSPIEL","A game of war, played for practice, on maps. Farrow."
"KRIS","A Malay dagger. See Creese."
"KRISHNA","The most popular of the Hindoo divinities, usually held to bethe eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu."
"KRITARCHY","The rule of the judges over Israel.Samson, Jephthah, Gideon, and other heroes of the kritarchy. Southey."
"KROKIDOLITE","See Crocidolite."
"KRONE","A coin of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, of the value of abouttwenty-eight cents. See Crown, n., 9."
"KROOMAN","One of a negro tribe of Liberia and the adjacent coast, whosemembers are much employed on shipboard."
"KRULLER","See Cruller."
"KRUPP GUN",". A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works ofFriedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. Guns of over eight-inch boreare made up of several concentric cylinders; those of a smaller sizeare forged solid. Knight."
"KRUPPIZE","To treat by, or subject to, the Krupp process."
"KRYOLITE","See Cryolite."
"KRYPTON","An inert gaseous element of the argon group, occurring in airto the extent of about one volume in a million. It was discovered byRamsay and Travers in 1898. Liquefying point, -- 152\u00ba C.; symbol, Kr;atomic weight, 83.0."
"KSAR","See Czar."
"KUDA","The East Indian tapir. See Tapir."
"KUDOS","Glory; fame; renown; praise. W. H. Russel."
"KUDU","See Koodoo."
"KUFIC","See Cufic."
"KUKANG","The slow lemur. See Lemur."
"KUKLUX","The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by asecret political organization, active for several years after theclose of the Civil War, and having for its aim the repression of thepolitical power of the freedmen; -- called also Kuklux Klan."
"KULAN","See Koulan."
"KULTURKAMPF","Lit., culture war; -- a name, originating with Virchow (1821 --1902), given to a struggle between the the Roman Catholic Church andthe German government, chiefly over the latter's efforts to controleducational and ecclesiastical appointments in the interest of thepolitical policy of centralization. The struggle began with thepassage by the Prussian Diet in May, 1873, of the so-called May laws,or Falk laws, aiming at the regulation of the clergy. Oppositioneventually compelled the government to change its policy, and from1880 to 1887 laws virtually nullifying the May laws were enacted."
"KUMMEL","A Russian and German liqueur, consisting of a sweetened spiritflavored with caraway seeds."
"KUMQUAT","A small tree of the genus Citrus (C. Japonica) growing in Chinaand Japan; also, its small acid, orange-colored fruit used forpreserves."
"KUPFERNICKEL","Copper-nickel; niccolite. See Niccolite."
"KURD","A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western Asiabelonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies. [Written alsoKoord.]"
"KURDISH","Of or pertaining to the Kurds. [Written also Koordish.]"
"KURILIAN","Of or pertaining to the Kurile Islands, a chain of islands inthe Pacific ocean, extending from the southern extremity ofKamschatka to Yesso.-- n."
"KURO-SIWO","See Japan Current, above."
"KURSAAL","A public hall or room, for the use of visitors at wateringplaces and health resorts in Germany."
"KUSIMANSE","A carnivorous animal (Crossarchus obscurus) of tropical Africa.It its allied to the civets. Called also kusimansel, and mangue."
"KUSKUS","See Vetiver."
"KUSSIER","(Mus.) A Turkish instrument of music, with a hollow bodycovered with skin, over which five strings are stretched. [Writtenalso kussir.]"
"KUTAUSS","The India civet (Viverra zibetha)."
"KUTCH","The packet of vellum leaves in which the gold is first beateninto thin sheets."
"KY","Kine. [Scot.] See Kee, Kie, and Kine."
"KYACK","A pack sack to be swung on either side of a packsaddle.[Western U. S.]"
"KYANITE","See Cyanite."
"KYANIZE","To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with asolution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure."
"KYANOPHYLL","Same as Cyanophyll."
"KYAR","Cocoanut fiber, or the cordage made from it. See Coir."
"KYAW","A daw. [Scot.]"
"KYD","p. p. of Kythe."
"KYDDE","imp. of Kythe, to show. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KYKE","To look steadfastly; to gaze. [Obs.] [Written also kike, keke.]This Nicholas sat ever gaping upright, As he had kyked on the newemoon. Chaucer."
"KYLEY","A variety of the boomerang."
"KYLOES","The cattle of the Hebrides, or of the Highlands. [Scot.] Sir W.Scott."
"KYMNEL","See Kimnel. [Obs.] Chapman."
"KYMOGRAPH","An instrument for measuring, and recording graphically, thepressure of the blood in any of the blood vessels of a living animal;-- called also kymographion."
"KYMOGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to a kymograph; as, a kymographic tracing."
"KYMRIC","See Cymric, a. & n."
"KYMRY","See Cymry."
"KYNREDE","Kindred. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"KYNURENIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from the urineof dogs. By decomposition the acid yields a nitrogenous base (calledkynurin) and carbonic acid. [Written also cynurenic.]"
"KYRIE","See Kyrie eleison."
"KYRIE ELEISON","Greek words, meaning 'Lord, have mercy upon us,' used in theMass, the breviary offices, the litany of the saints, etc. Addis &Arnold."
"KYRIELLE","A litany beginning with the words. 'Kyrie eleison.' Shipley."
"KYRIOLOGICAL","Serving to denote objects by conventional signs or alphabeticalcharacters; as, the original Greek alphabet of sixteen letters wascalled kyriologic, because it represented the pure elementary sounds.See Curiologic. [Written also curiologic and kuriologic.]"
"KYTHE","To come into view; to appear. [Scot.]It kythes bright . . . because all is dark around it. Sir W. Scott."
"KYTOMITON","See Karyomiton."
"KYTOPLASMA","See Karyoplasma."
"L","A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipesat right angles. [Written also ell.]"
"LAAGER","A camp, esp. one with an inclosure of travelers' wagons fortemporary defense. [South Africa]"
"LAAS","A lace. See Lace. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LAB","To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LABADIST","A follower of Jean de Labadie, a religious teacher of the 17thcentury, who left the Roman Catholic Church and taught a kind ofmysticism, and the obligation of community of property amongChristians."
"LABARUM","The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after hisconversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silkbanner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown.It bore a monogram of the first two letters (CHR) of the name ofChrist in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to variousmodifications of this standard."
"LABDANUM","See Ladanum."
"LABEFACTION","The act of labefying or making weak; the state of beingweakened; decay; ruin.There is in it such a labefaction of all principles as may beinjurious to morality. Johnson."
"LABEFY","To weaken or impair. [R.]"
"LABEL","A barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points,usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish aneldest or only son while his father is still living."
"LABELER","One who labels. [Written also labeller.]"
"LABELLUM","The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceousflower, often of a very curious shape."
"LABENT","Slipping; sliding; gliding. [R.]"
"LABIA","See Labium."
"LABIAL","Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe."
"LABIALISM","The quality of being labial; as, the labialism of anarticulation; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which isdifferent in another language. J. Peile."
"LABIALIZATION","The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lipopening."
"LABIALIZE","To modify by contraction of the lip opening."
"LABIALLY","In a labial manner; with, or by means of, the lips."
"LABIATE","To labialize. Brewer."
"LABIATED","Same as Labiate, a. (a)."
"LABIDOMETER","A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the sizeof the fetal head."
"LABILE","Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize. [Obs.] Cheyne."
"LABILITY","Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize. [Archaic] Coleridge."
"LABIMETER","See Labidometer."
"LABIODENTAL","Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth,as f and v.-- n."
"LABIONASAL","Formed by the lips and the nose.-- n."
"LABIOPLASTY","A plastic operation for making a new lip, or for replacing alost tissue of a lip."
"LABIOSE","Having the appearance of being labiate; -- said of certainpolypetalous corollas."
"LABIPALP","A labial palp."
"LABIPALPUS","One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under Labium."
"LABIUM","The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva."
"LABLAB","an East Indian name for several twining leguminous plantsrelated to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth bean(Delichos Lablab)."
"LABOR","The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in thestraining of timbers and rigging."
"LABOR DAY","In most of the States and Territories of the United States, aday, usually the first Monday of September, set aside as a legalholiday, in honor of, or in the interest of, workingmen as a class.Also, a similar holiday in Canada, Australia, etc."
"LABOR-SAVING","Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor ofmen; as, laborsaving machinery."
"LABORANT","A chemist. [Obs.] Boyle."
"LABORATORY","The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experimentsin any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, orbiological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where somethingis prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is thelaboratory of the bile."
"LABORED","Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; noteasy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style."
"LABOREDLY","In a labored manner; with labor."
"LABORER","One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does workthat requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from thatof an artisan."
"LABORLESS","Not involving labor; not laborious; easy."
"LABOROUS","Laborious. [Obs.] Wyatt.-- La'bor*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot."
"LABORSOME","Likely or inclined to roll or pitch, as a ship in a heavy sea;having a tendency to labor."
"LABRADOR","A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north ofNewfoundland. Labrador duck (Zo\u00f6l.), a sea duck (CamtolaimusLabradorius) allied to the eider ducks. It was formerly common on thecoast of New England, but is now supposed to be extinct, no specimenshaving been reported since 1878.-- Labrador feldspar. See Labradorite.-- Labrador tea (Bot.), a name of two low, evergreen shrubs of thegenus Ledum (L. palustre and L. latifolium), found in Northern Europeand America. They are used as tea in British America, and inScandinavia as a substitute for hops."
"LABRADORITE","A kind of feldspar commonly showing a beautiful play of colors,and hence much used for ornamental purposes. The finest specimenscome from Labrador. See Feldspar."
"LABRAS","Lips. [Obs. & R.] Shak."
"LABRET","A piece of wood, shell, stone, or other substance, worn in aperforation of the lip or cheek by many savages."
"LABROID","Like the genus Labrus; belonging to the family Labrid\u00e6, anextensive family of marine fishes, often brilliantly colored, whichare very abundant in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The tautog andcunner are American examples."
"LABROSE","Having thick lips."
"LABRUS","A genus of marine fishes, including the wrasses of Europe. SeeWrasse."
"LABURNIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the laburnum."
"LABURNINE","A poisonous alkaloid found in the unripe seeds of the laburnum."
"LABURNUM","A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the Alps.The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and seeds. It hashandsome racemes of yellow blossoms."
"LABYRINTH","The internal ear. See Note under Ear."
"LABYRINTHAL","Pertaining to, or resembling, a labyrinth; intricate;labyrinthian."
"LABYRINTHIAN","Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal."
"LABYRINTHIBRANCH","Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthici.-- n."
"LABYRINTHICI","An order of teleostean fishes, including the Anabas, orclimbing perch, and other allied fishes."
"LABYRINTHIFORM","Having the form of a labyrinth; intricate."
"LABYRINTHINE","Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal."
"LABYRINTHODON","A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassicperiod, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is thetype of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus."
"LABYRINTHODONT","Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthodonta.-- n."
"LABYRINTHODONTA","An extinct order of Amphibia, including the typical genusLabyrinthodon, and many other allied forms, from the Carboniferous,Permian, and Triassic formations. By recent writers they are dividedinto two or more orders. See Stegocephala."
"LAC","A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but tosome extent on other trees, by the Coccus lacca, a scale-shapedinsect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudesfrom the margin of her body this resinous substance."
"LACCIC","Pertaining to lac, or produced from it; as, laccic acid."
"LACCIN","A yellow amorphous substance obtained from lac."
"LACE","To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace."
"LACE-BARK","A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so calledfrom the lacelike layers of its inner bark."
"LACE-WINGED","Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace-winged flies."
"LACEDAEMONIAN","Of or pertaining to Laced\u00e6mon or Sparta, the chief city ofLaconia in the Peloponnesus.-- n."
"LACEMAN","A man who deals in lace."
"LACERABLE","That can be lacerated or torn."
"LACERATE","To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, tolacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to laceratethe heart."
"LACERATIVE","Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; as, lacerativehumors. Harvey."
"LACERT","A muscle of the human body. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LACERTA","A fathom. [Obs.] Domesday Book."
"LACERTIAN","Like a lizard; of or pertaining to the Lacertilia.-- n."
"LACERTILIA","An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards."
"LACERTILIAN","Same as Lacertian."
"LACERTILOID","Like or belonging to the Lacertilia."
"LACERTINE","Lacertian."
"LACERTUS","A bundle or fascicle of muscular fibers."
"LACEWING","Any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genusChrysopa and allied genera. They have delicate, lacelike wings andbrilliant eyes. Their larv\u00e6 are useful in destroying aphids. Calledalso lace-winged fly, and goldeneyed fly."
"LACHRYMABLE","Lamentable. Martin Parker."
"LACHRYMAE CHRISTI","A rich, sweet, red Neapolitan wine."
"LACHRYMAL","See Lachrymatory."
"LACHRYMALS","Tears; also, lachrymal feelings or organs. [Colloq.]"
"LACHRYMARY","Containing, or intended to contain, tears; lachrymal. Addison."
"LACHRYMATE","To weep. [R.] Blount."
"LACHRYMATION","The act of shedding tears; weeping."
"LACHRYMATORY","A 'tear-bottle;' a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers ofthe ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tearsof the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called alsolachrymal or lacrymal."
"LACHRYMIFORM","Having the form of a tear; tear-shaped."
"LACHRYMOSE","Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffusedwith tears; tearful.You should have seen his lachrymose visnomy. Lamb.-- Lach'ry*mose`ly, adv."
"LACING","A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in themiddle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut. Waddell."
"LACINIA","The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxill\u00e6 ofinsects."
"LACINIOLATE","Consisting of, or abounding in, very minute lacini\u00e6."
"LACINULA","A diminutive lacinia."
"LACK","Exclamation of regret or surprise. [Prov. Eng.] Cowper."
"LACKADAISICAL","Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental.-- Lack`a*dai'si*cal*ly, adv."
"LACKADAISY","An expression of languor."
"LACKADAY","Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret,dissatisfaction, or surprise."
"LACKBRAIN","One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person. Shak."
"LACKER","One who lacks or is in want."
"LACKEY","An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey. Shak.Lackey caterpillar (Zo\u00f6l.), the caterpillar, or larva, of anybombycid moth of the genus Clisiocampa; -- so called from its party-colored markings. The common European species (C. neustria) isstriped with blue, yellow, and red, with a white line on the back.The American species (C. Americana and C. sylvatica) are commonlycalled tent caterpillars. See Tent caterpillar,under Tent.-- Lackey moth (Zo\u00f6l.), the moth which produces the lackeycaterpillar."
"LACMUS","See Litmus."
"LACONIAN","Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece;Spartan.-- n."
"LACONIC","Laconism. [Obs.] Addison."
"LACONICAL","See Laconic, a."
"LACONICALLY","In a laconic manner."
"LACONICISM","Same as Laconism. Pope."
"LACONIZE","To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief,pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity."
"LACQUER","A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol,often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used forvarnishing metals, papier-mach\u00e9, and wood. The name is also given tovarnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the tough, solid varnish ofthe Japanese, with which ornamental objects are made."
"LACQUERER","One who lacquers, especially one who makes a business oflacquering."
"LACQUERING","The act or business of putting on lacquer; also, the coat oflacquer put on."
"LACRIMOSO","Plaintive; -- a term applied to a mournful or pathetic movementor style. Moore."
"LACROSSE","A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians,now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England andthe United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, calleda 'crosse'. The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse andcarried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it orthrow it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of thefield."
"LACRYMAL","See Lachrymatory, n., and Lachrymal, a."
"LACTAGE","The produce of animals yielding milk; milk and that which ismade from it."
"LACTAM","One of a series of anhydrides of an amido type, analogous tothe lactones, as oxindol."
"LACTAMIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lacticacid, and called also amido-propionic acid."
"LACTAMIDE","An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a whitecrystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric withalanine."
"LACTANT","Suckling; giving suck."
"LACTARENE","A preparation of casein from milk, used in printing calico."
"LACTARY","Milky; full of white juice like milk. [Obs.] 'Lactary or milkyplants.' Sir T. Browne."
"LACTATE","A salt of lactic acid."
"LACTATION","A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by themammary gland."
"LACTEAL","Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels."
"LACTEALLY","Milkily; in the manner of milk."
"LACTEAN","Lacteal; conveying chyle."
"LACTEOUSLY","In a lacteous manner; after the manner of milk."
"LACTESCENCE","The latex of certain plants. See Latex."
"LACTESCENT","Producing milk or a milklike juice or fluid, as the milkweed.See Latex."
"LACTIC","Of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as,lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc. Lactic acid (Physiol. Chem.),a sirupy, colorless fluid, soluble in water, with an intensely sourtaste and strong acid reaction. There are at least three isomericmodifications all having the formula C3H6O3. Sarcolactic orparalactic acid occurs chiefly in dead muscle tissue, while ordinarylactic acid results from fermentation. The two acids are alike inhaving the same constitution (expressed by the name ethylidene lacticacid), but the latter is optically inactive, while sarcolactic acidrotates the plane of polarization to the right. The third acid,ethylene lactic acid, accompanies sarcolactic acid in the juice offlesh, and is optically inactive.-- Lactic ferment, an organized ferment (Bacterium lacticum orlactis), which produces lactic fermentation, decomposing the sugar ofmilk into carbonic and lactic acids, the latter, of which renders themilk sour, and precipitates the casein, thus giving rise to the so-called spontaneous coagulation of milk.-- Lactic fermentation. See under Fermentation."
"LACTIDE","A white, crystalline substance, obtained from also, byextension, any similar substance."
"LACTIFEROUS","Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, thelactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants."
"LACTIFUGE","A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel asupposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body."
"LACTIM","One of a series of anhydrides resembling the lactams, but of animido type; as, isatine is a lactim. Cf. Lactam."
"LACTIMIDE","A white, crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride ofalanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid."
"LACTIN","See Lactose."
"LACTOABUMIN","The albumin present on milk, apparently identical with ordinaryserum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk."
"LACTOBUTYROMETER","An instrument for determining the amount of butter fatcontained in a given sample of milk."
"LACTODENSIMETER","A form of hydrometer, specially graduated, for finding thedensity of milk, and thus discovering whether it has been mixed withwater or some of the cream has been removed."
"LACTOMETER","An instrument for estimating the purity or richness of milk, asa measuring glass, a specific gravity bulb, or other apparatus."
"LACTONE","One of a series of organic compounds, regarded as anhydrides ofcertain hydroxy acids. In general, they are colorless liquids, havinga weak aromatic odor. They are so called because the typical lactoneis derived from lactic acid."
"LACTONIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, lactone."
"LACTOPROTEIN","A peculiar albuminous body considered a normal constituent ofmilk."
"LACTORY","Lactiferous. [Obs.] 'Lactory or milky plants.' Sir T. Browne."
"LACTOSCOPE","An instrument for estimating the amount of cream contained inmilk by ascertaining its relative opacity."
"LACTOSE","Sugar of milk or milk sugar; a crystalline sugar present inmilk, and separable from the whey by evaporation and crystallization.It has a slightly sweet taste, is dextrorotary, and is much lesssoluble in water than either cane sugar or glucose. Formerly calledlactin."
"LACTUCA","A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated foesalad; lettuce."
"LACTUCARIUM","The inspissated juice of the common lettuce, sometimes used asa substitute for opium."
"LACTUCIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, the juice of the Lactucavirosa; -- said of certain acids."
"LACTUCIN","A white, crystalline substance, having a bitter taste and aneutral reaction, and forming one of the essential ingredients oflactucarium."
"LACTUCONE","A white, crystalline, tasteless substance, found in the milkysap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredientof lactucarium."
"LACTURAMIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an organic amido acid, which isregarded as a derivative of lactic acid and urea."
"LACTYL","An organic residue or radical derived from lactic acid."
"LACUNA","A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as avacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces leftamong the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place ofvessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac,usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane."
"LACUNE","A lacuna. [R.] Landor."
"LACWORK","Ornamentation by means of lacquer painted or carved, or simplycolored, sprinkled with gold or the like; -- said especially ofOriental work of this kind."
"LAD","of Lead, to guide Chaucer."
"LADANUM","A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus.It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and forfumigation. [Written also labdanum.]"
"LADDE","of Lead, to guide. Chaucer."
"LADDIE","A lad; a male sweetheart. [Scot.]"
"LADE","To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the formingtable."
"LADEMAN","One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant. [Obs. or Local]"
"LADEN","Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart.Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. Is. i. 4.A ship laden with gold. Shak."
"LADIED","Ladylike; not rough; gentle. [Obs.] 'Stroked with a ladiedland.' Feltham."
"LADIFY","To make a lady of; to make ladylike. [Obs.] Massinger."
"LADIN","A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts of Switzerland and theTyrol."
"LADINO","One of the half-breed descendants of whites and Indians; amestizo; -- so called throughout Central America. They are usually ofa yellowish orange tinge. Am. Cyc."
"LADKIN","A little lad. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"LADLE","A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold."
"LADLEFUL","A quantity sufficient to fill a ladle."
"LADRONE","A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal."
"LADY","The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- socalled from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. Itconsists of calcareous plates. Ladies' man, a man who affects thesociety of ladies.-- Lady altar, an altar in a lady chapel. Shipley.-- Lady chapel, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary.-- Lady court, the court of a lady of the manor.-- Lady crab (Zo\u00f6l.), a handsomely spotted swimming crab(Platyonichus ocellatus) very common on the sandy shores of theAtlantic coast of the United States.-- Lady fern. (Bot.) See Female fern, under Female, and Illust. ofFern.-- Lady in waiting, a lady of the queen's household, appointed towait upon or attend the queen.-- Lady Mass, a Mass said in honor of the Virgin Mary. Shipley. Ladyof the manor, a lady having jurisdiction of a manor; also, the wifeof a manor lord. Lady's maid, a maidservant who dresses and waitsupon a lady. Thackeray.-- Our Lady, the Virgin Mary."
"LADY DAY","The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. SeeAnnunciation."
"LADY-KILLER","A gallant who captivates the hearts of women. 'A renowned dandyand lady-killer.' Blackw. Mag."
"LADY-KILLING","The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women.Better for the sake of womankind that this dangerous dog should leaveoff lady-killing. Thackeray."
"LADYBIRD","Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genusCoccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellid\u00e6); -- called alsoladybug, ladyclock, lady cow, lady fly, and lady beetle. Coccinellaseplempunctata in one of the common European species. See Coccinella."
"LADYBUG","Same as Ladybird."
"LADYCLOCK","See Ladyrird."
"LADYHOOD","The state or quality of being a lady; the personality of alady."
"LADYKIN","A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth'stime, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary."
"LADYLIKENESS","The quality or state of being ladylike."
"LADYLOVE","A sweetheart or mistress."
"LADYSHIP","The rank or position of a lady; -- given as a title (precededby her or your.)Your ladyship shall observe their gravity. B. Jonson."
"LAELAPS","A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from theCretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hindlegs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of thespecies were about eighteen feet high."
"LAEMMERGEYER","See Lammergeir."
"LAEMODIPOD","One of the L\u00e6modipoda."
"LAEMODIPODA","A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is smallor rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. Thewhale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples."
"LAEMODIPODOUS","Of or pertaining to the L\u00e6modipoda."
"LAETERE SUNDAY",". The fourth Sunday of Lent; -- so named from the Latin wordL\u00e6tare (rejoice), the first word in the antiphone of the introit sungthat day in the Roman Catholic service."
"LAEVIGATE","Having a smooth surface, as if polished."
"LAEVO-",". A prefix. See Levo."
"LAEVOROTATORY","Same as Levorotatory. Cf. Dextrorotatory."
"LAEVULOSE","See Levulose."
"LAFT","of Leave. Chaucer."
"LAFTE","of Leave. Chaucer."
"LAG","See Graylag. Lag of the tide, the interval by which the time ofhigh water falls behind the mean time, in the first and thirdquarters of the moon; -- opposed to priming of the tide, or theacceleration of the time of high water, in the second and fourthquarters; depending on the relative positions of the sun and moon.-- Lag screw, an iron bolt with a square head, a sharp-edged thread,and a sharp point, adapted for screwing into wood; a screw forfastening lags."
"LAGAN","See Ligan."
"LAGARTO","An alligator. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh."
"LAGENA","The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; anappendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishesand amphibians."
"LAGENIAN","Like, or pertaining to, Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera havinga straight, chambered shell."
"LAGENIFORM","Shaped like a bottle or flask; flag-shaped."
"LAGER","Lager beer."
"LAGER BEER","Originally a German beer, but now also made in immensequantities in the United States; -- so called from its being laid upor stored for some months before use."
"LAGER WINE",". Wine which has been kept for some time in the cellar.Simmonds."
"LAGGARD","Slow; sluggish; backward."
"LAGGER","A laggard."
"LAGGING","The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steamcylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering oflags; -- called also deading and cleading."
"LAGGINGLY","In a lagging manner; loiteringly."
"LAGLY","Laggingly. [Prov. Eng.]"
"LAGOMORPH","One of the Lagomorpha."
"LAGOMORPHA","A group of rodents, including the hares. They have fourincisors in the upper jaw. Called also Duplicidentata."
"LAGOON","A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving apeculiar staring appearance."
"LAGOPOUS","Having a dense covering of long hair, like the foot of a hare."
"LAGTHING","See Legislatature, below."
"LAGUNE","See Lagoon."
"LAIC","A layman. Bp. Morton."
"LAICALITY","The state or quality of being laic; the state or condition of alayman."
"LAICALLY","As a layman; after the manner of a layman; as, to treat amatter laically."
"LAID","of Lay. Laid paper, paper marked with parallel lines or watermarks, as if ribbed, from parallel wires in the mold. It is calledblue laid, cream laid, etc., according to its color."
"LAIDLY","Ugly; loathsome. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]This laidly and loathsome worm. W. Howitt."
"LAIN","of Lie, v. i."
"LAINERE","See Lanier. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LAIRD","A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of thecrown. [Scot.]"
"LAIRDSHIP","The state of being a laird; an estate; landed property. [Scot.]Ramsay."
"LAISM","See Lamaism. [R.]"
"LAISSEZ FAIRE","Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists,deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster orregulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction;as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire systemgovernment."
"LAKAO","Sap green. [China]"
"LAKE","A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually byprecipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminiumhydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow lake, etc."
"LAKE-DWELLER","See Lake dwellers, under Lake."
"LAKELET","A little lake. Southey."
"LAKEWEED","The water pepper (Polygonum Hydropiper), an aquatic plant ofEurope and North America."
"LAKH","Same as Lac, one hundred thousand."
"LAKIN","See Ladykin."
"LAKKE","See Lack. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LAKY","Pertaining to a lake. Sir W. Scott."
"LALLATION","An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it soundslike l."
"LALO","The powdered leaves of the baobab tree, used by the Africans tomix in their soup, as the southern negroes use powdered sassafras.Cf. Couscous."
"LAM","To beat soundly; to thrash. [Obs. or Low] Beau. & Fl."
"LAMA","See Llama."
"LAMAIC","Of or pertaining to Lamaism."
"LAMAISM","A modified form of Buddhism which prevails in Thibet, Mongolia,and some adjacent parts of Asia; -- so called from the name of itspriests. See 2d Lama."
"LAMAISTIC","Of or pertaining to Lamaism."
"LAMANTIN","The manatee. [Written also lamentin, and lamantine.]"
"LAMARCKIAN","Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism."
"LAMARCKIANISM","Lamarckism."
"LAMARCKISM","The theory that structural variations, characteristic ofspecies and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the directinfluence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals,by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs."
"LAMASERY","A mo"
"LAMB","The young of the sheep."
"LAMBALE","A feast at the time of shearing lambs."
"LAMBASTE","To beat severely. [Low] Nares."
"LAMBATIVE","Taken by licking with the tongue. 'Sirups and lambativemedicines.' Sir T. Browne."
"LAMBDA","The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures ofthe skull. Lambda moth (Zo\u00f6l.), a moth so called from a mark on itswings, resembling the Greek letter lambda ("
"LAMBDOID","Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (as, the lambdoid suturebetween the occipital and parietal bones of the skull."
"LAMBDOIDAL","Same as Lambdoid."
"LAMBERT PINE","The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (PinusLambertiana). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. Thetimber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the EasternStates."
"LAMBKILL","A small American ericaceous shrub (Kalmia angustifolia); --called also calfkill, sheepkill, sheep laurel, etc. It is supposed topoison sheep and other animals that eat it at times when the snow isdeep and they cannot find other food."
"LAMBKIN","A small lamb."
"LAMBLIKE","Like a lamb; gentle; meek; inoffensive."
"LAMBOYS","Same as Base, n., 19."
"LAMBSKINNET","See Lansquenet."
"LAMDOIDAL","Lambdoid. [R.]"
"LAME","To make lame.If you happen to let child fall and lame it. Swift."
"LAMEL","See Lamella."
"LAMELLA","a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing fromthe petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales ofwhich certain shells are composed."
"LAMELLARY","Of or pertaining to lamella or to lamell\u00e6; lamellar."
"LAMELLIBRANCH","One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively."
"LAMELLIBRANCHIATE","Having lamellar gills; belonging to the Lamellibranchia.-- n."
"LAMELLICORN","A lamellicorn insect."
"LAMELLICORNIA","A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called alsoLamellicornes."
"LAMELLIFEROUS","Bearing, or composed of, lamell\u00e6, or thin layers, plates, orscales; foliated."
"LAMELLIFORM","Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar."
"LAMELLIROSTRAL","Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese."
"LAMELLIROSTRES","A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in whichthe bill is lamellate."
"LAMELLOSE","Composed of, or having, lamell\u00e6; lamelliform."
"LAMELY","An a lame, crippled, disabled, or imperfect manner; as, to walklamely; a figure lamely drawn."
"LAMENESS","The condition or quality of being lame; as, the lameness of anexcuse or an argument."
"LAMENT","To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. 2 Chron. xxxv. 25.Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. John xvi. 20."
"LAMENTATION","A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah,and taking its name from the nature of its contents."
"LAMENTED","Mourned for; bewailed.This humble praise,lamented shade ! receive. Pope."
"LAMENTER","One who laments."
"LAMENTIN","See Lamantin."
"LAMENTING","Lamentation.Lamentings heard i' the air. Shak."
"LAMENTINGLY","In a lamenting manner."
"LAMES","Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one uponthe form a piece of armor."
"LAMETTA","Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass. De Colange."
"LAMIA","A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said todevour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; awith."
"LAMINA","The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal orsepal of a flower. Gray."
"LAMINABILITY","The quality or state of being laminable."
"LAMINABLE","Capable of being split into lamin\u00e6 or thin plates, as mica;capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip.When a body can be readily extended in all directions under thehammer, it is said to be malleable; and when into fillets under therolling press, it is said to be laminable. Ure."
"LAMINARIA","A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, ordevil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and aresometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp."
"LAMINARIAN","Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zoneof the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds ofthis genus grow."
"LAMINARITE","A broad-leafed fossil alga."
"LAMINARY","Laminar."
"LAMINATE","Consisting of, or covered with, lamin\u00e6, or thin plates, scales,or layers, one over another; laminated."
"LAMINATED","Laminate. Laminated arch (Arch.), a timber arch made of layersof bent planks secured by treenails."
"LAMINATING","Forming, or separating into, scales or thin layers."
"LAMINATION","The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated."
"LAMINIFEROUS","Having a structure consisting of lamin\u00e6, or thin layers."
"LAMINIPLANTAR","Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuouson both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks."
"LAMINITIS","Inflammation of the lamin\u00e6 or fleshy plates along the coffinbone of a horse; founder. Youatt."
"LAMISH","Somewhat lame. Wood."
"LAMM","See Lam."
"LAMMAS","The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, andLammastide."
"LAMNUNGUIA","Same as Hyracoidea."
"LAMP","A thin plate or lamina. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LAMP-POST","A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp orlantern for lighting a street, park, etc."
"LAMPAD","A lamp or candlestick. [R.]By him who 'mid the golden lampads went. Trench."
"LAMPADIST","One who gained the prize in the lampadrome."
"LAMPADROME","A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. Hewho reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained theprize."
"LAMPAS","An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof ofthe mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- calledalso lampers."
"LAMPATE","A supposed salt of lampic acid. [Obs.]"
"LAMPBLACK","The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke ofcarbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in theflame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, withsometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is usedas an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments andcements."
"LAMPER EEL","See Lamprey."
"LAMPERN","The river lamprey (Ammocoetes, or Lampetra, fluviatilis)."
"LAMPERS","See Lampas."
"LAMPIC","Pertaining to, or produced by, a lamp; -- formerly said of asupposed acid."
"LAMPING","Shining; brilliant. [Obs.] 'Lamping eyes.' Spenser."
"LAMPLESS","Being without a lamp, or without light; hence, being withoutappreciation; dull.Your ladies' eyes are lampless to that virtue. Beau. & Fl."
"LAMPLIGHT","Light from a lamp.This world's artificial lamplights. Owen Meredith."
"LAMPLIGHTER","The calico bass."
"LAMPOON","A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusivecensure written only to reproach and distress.Like her who missed her name in a lampoon, And grieved to findherself decayed so soon. Dryden."
"LAMPOONER","The writer of a lampoon. 'Libelers, lampooners, andpamphleteers.' Tatler."
"LAMPOONRY","The act of lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons."
"LAMPREL","See Lamprey."
"LAMPREY","An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and alliedgenera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, butset with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on thepalate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi). There are seven small branchialopenings on each side. [Written also lamper eel, lamprel, andlampron.]"
"LAMPRON","See Lamprey."
"LAMPYRINE","An insect of the genus Lampyris, or family Lampyrid\u00e6. SeeLampyris."
"LAMPYRIS","A genus of coleopterous insects, including the glowworms."
"LANARKITE","A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring eithermassive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color."
"LANARY","A place for storing wool."
"LANCASHIRE BOILER",". A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnacesand extend through the boiler from end to end."
"LANCASTERIAN","Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of instructionfollowed by Joseph Lancaster, of England, in which advanced pupils ina school teach pupils below them."
"LANCE","A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in castinga shell."
"LANCE FISH","A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especiallyAmmodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance."
"LANCELET","A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable forthe rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the classLeptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia."
"LANCELY","Like a lance. [R.] Sir P. Sidney."
"LANCEOLAR","Lanceolate."
"LANCEPESADE","An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties ofa corporal; -- called also lance corporal."
"LANCER","A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement. [Written alsolanciers.]"
"LANCET","An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. Knight. Lancetarch (Arch.), a pointed arch, of which the width, or span, is narrowcompared with the height.-- Lancet architecture, a name given to a style of architecture, inwhich lancet arches are common; -- peculiar to England and 13thcentury.-- Lancet fish. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) A large, voracious, deep-sea fish(Alepidosaurus ferox), having long, sharp, lancetlike teeth. (b) Thedoctor, or surgeon fish."
"LANCEWOOD","A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs,archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree whichproduces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana andCuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonase\u00e6).Australian lancewood, a myrtaceous tree (Backhousia Australis)."
"LANCH","To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.See Whose arm can lanch the surer bolt. Dryden & Lee."
"LANCIFEROUS","Bearing a lance."
"LANCIFORM","Having the form of a lance."
"LANCINATE","To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab. De Quincey."
"LANCINATING","Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains(i.e., severe, darting pains)."
"LANCINATION","A tearing; laceration. 'Lancinations of the spirit.' Jer.Taylor."
"LAND","Urine. See Lant. [Obs.]"
"LAND LEAGUE","In Ireland, a combination of tenant farmers and other,organized, with Charles Stewart Parnell as president, in 1879 with aview to the reduction of farm rents and a reconstruction of the landlaws. -- Land'*lea`guer (#), n. -- Land'*lea`guism (#), n."
"LAND OF STEADY HABITS","Connecticut; -- a nickname alluding to the moral character ofits inhabitants, implied by the rigid laws (see Blue laws) of theearly period."
"LAND-POOR","Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.[Colloq.]"
"LANDAU","A four-wheeled covered vehicle, the top of which is dividedinto two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such amanner as to make an open carriage. [Written also landaw.]"
"LANDAULET","A small landau."
"LANDER","A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive thekibble of ore."
"LANDFALL","Sighting or making land when at sea. A good landfall (Naut.),the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator's reckoning andexpectation."
"LANDFLOOD","An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.Clarendon."
"LANDGRAVE","A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl inEngland and of a count in France."
"LANDGRAVINE","The wife of a landgrave."
"LANDHOLDER","A holder, owner, or proprietor of land.-- Land'hold`ing, n. & a."
"LANDING","Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, onshore. Landing charges, charges or fees paid on goods unloaded from avessel.-- Landing net, a small, bag-shaped net, used in fishing to take thefish from the water after being hooked.-- Landing stage, a floating platform attached at one end to a wharfin such a manner as to rise and fall with the tide, and thusfacilitate passage between the wharf and a vessel lying beside thestage.-- Landing waiter, a customhouse officer who oversees the landing ofgoods, etc., from vessels; a landwaiter."
"LANDLEAPER","See Landlouper."
"LANDLESS","Having no property in land."
"LANDLOCK","To inclose, or nearly inclose, as a harbor or a vessel, withland."
"LANDLOCKED","Confined to a fresh-water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams;-- said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning;as, the landlocked salmon."
"LANDLOPER","Same as Landlouper."
"LANDLORDISM","The state of being a landlord; the characteristics of alandlord; specifically, in Great Britain, the relation of landlordsto tenants, especially as regards leased agricultural lands. J. S.Mill."
"LANDLORDRY","The state of a landlord. [Obs.]"
"LANDLOUPER","A vagabond; a vagrant. [Written also landleaper and landloper.]'Bands of landloupers.' Moltey."
"LANDLOUPING","Vagrant; wandering about."
"LANDLUBBER","One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen incontempt or ridicule."
"LANDMAN","An occupier of land. Cowell."
"LANDOWNER","An owner of land."
"LANDOWNING","The owning of land.-- a."
"LANDREEVE","A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as anassistant to the steward."
"LANDSCAPIST","A painter of landscapes."
"LANDSKIP","A landscape. [Obs. except in poetry.]Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landskip roundit measures. Milton."
"LANDSMAN","A sailor on his first voyage."
"LANDSTHING","See Legislature, below."
"LANDSTORM","See Varnpligtige."
"LANDSTREIGHT","A narrow strip of land. [Obs.]"
"LANDSTURM","That part of the reserve force in Germany which is called outlast."
"LANDTAG","The diet or legislative body; as, the Landtag of Prussia."
"LANDWAITER","See Landing waiter, under Landing, a."
"LANDWARD","Toward the land."
"LANDWEHR","That part of the army, in Germany and Austria, which hascompleted the usual military service and is exempt from duty in timeof peace, except that it is called out occasionally for drill."
"LANE","Alone [Scot.] His lane, by himself; himself alone."
"LANG","Long. [Obs. or Scot.]"
"LANGAHA","A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, fromMadagascar. It is brownish red, and its hose is prolonged in the formof a sharp blade."
"LANGAREY","One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds ofAustralia and the East Indies, of the genus Artamus, and alliedgenera; called also wood swallow."
"LANGATE","A linen roller used in dressing wounds."
"LANGDAK","A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the jackal."
"LANGRET","A kind of loaded die. [Obs.]"
"LANGRIDGE","See Langrage."
"LANGSYNE","Long since; long ago. [Scot.]"
"LANGTERALOO","An old game at cards. See Loo (a) Tatler."
"LANGUAGE","To communicate by language; to express in language.Others were languaged in such doubtful expressions that they have adouble sense. Fuller."
"LANGUAGED","Having a language; skilled in language; -- chiefly used incomposition. ' Manylanguaged nations.' Pope."
"LANGUAGELESS","Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent. Shak."
"LANGUED","Tongued; having the tongue visible.Lions . . . represented as armed and langued gules. Cussans."
"LANGUENTE","In a languishing manner; pathetically."
"LANGUISH","To cause to dr [Obs.] Shak. Dryden."
"LANGUISHER","One who languishes."
"LANGUISHINGLY","In a languishing manner."
"LANGUISHNESS","Languishment. [Obs.]"
"LANGUOROUS","Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized bylanguor. [Obs. or Poetic]Whom late I left in languorous constraint. Spenser.To wile the length from languorous hours, and draw The sting frompain. Tennyson."
"LANGURE","To languish. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LANGYA","One of several species of East Indian and Asiatic fresh-waterfishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, remarkable for their power ofliving out of water, and for their tenacity of life; -- called alsowalking fishes."
"LANIARD","See Lanyard."
"LANIARIFORM","Shaped like a laniary, or canine, tooth. Owen."
"LANIARY","Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth."
"LANIATE","To tear in pieces. [R.]"
"LANIATION","A tearing in pieces. [R.]"
"LANIFEROUS","Bearing or producing wool."
"LANIFICAL","Working in wool."
"LANIFICE","Anything made of wool. [Obs.] Bacon."
"LANIGEROUS","Bearing or producing wool."
"LANIOID","Of or pertaining to the shrikes (family Laniid\u00e6)."
"LANK","To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] Shak. G. Fletcher."
"LANKINESS","The condition or quality or being lanky."
"LANKLY","In a lank manner."
"LANKNESS","The state or quality of being lank."
"LANKY","Somewhat lank. Thackeray.The lanky Dinka, nearly seven feet in height. The Century."
"LANOLIN","A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certainfatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissuesgenerally."
"LANSEH","The small, whitish brown fruit of an East Indian tree (Lansiumdomesticum). It has a fleshy pulp, with an agreeable subacid taste.Balfour."
"LANT","Urine. [Prov. Eng.] Nares."
"LANTANURIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid ofthe uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, andusually called allanturic acid."
"LANTERLOO","An old name of loo (a)."
"LANTERN","A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below)."
"LANTERN-JAWED","Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawedperson."
"LANTHANITE","Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular whilecrystals."
"LANTHANUM","A rare element of the group of the earth metals, allied toaluminium. It occurs in certain rare minerals, as cerite, gadolinite,orthite, etc., and was so named from the difficulty of separating itfrom cerium, didymium, and other rare elements with which it isusually associated. Atomic weight 138.5. Symbol La. [Formerly writtenalso lanthanium.]"
"LANTHOPINE","An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extractedas a white crystalline substance."
"LANTHORN","See Lantern. [Obs.]"
"LANUGO","The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammalfetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth."
"LANYARD","A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships;as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp.,pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds,stays, etc."
"LANYER","See Lanier."
"LAODICEAN","Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like theChristians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion. Rev. iii. 14-16."
"LAP","The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps aport in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must movefrom its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Usedalone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below)."
"LAP-JOINTED","Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodworkand metal work."
"LAP-WELDED","Having edges or ends united by a lap weld; as, a lap-weldedpipe."
"LAPAROCELE","A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions."
"LAPAROTOMY","A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the C\u00e6sareansection."
"LAPBOARD","A board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as bytailors."
"LAPDOG","A small dog fondled in the lap."
"LAPEL","That part of a garment which is turned back; specifically, thelap, or fold, of the front of a coat in continuation of collar.[Written also lappel and lapelle.]"
"LAPELLED","Furnished with lapels."
"LAPFUL","As much as the lap can contain."
"LAPICIDE","A stonecutter. [Obs.]"
"LAPIDARIAN","Of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarianrecord."
"LAPIDARIOUS","Consisting of stones."
"LAPIDATE","To stone. [Obs.]"
"LAPIDATION","The act of stoning. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"LAPIDEOUS","Of the nature of stone; [Obs.] Ray."
"LAPIDESCENT","Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacityof being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifyingbodies."
"LAPIDIFICATION","The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction."
"LAPIDIFY","To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify."
"LAPIDIST","A lapidary. Ray."
"LAPILLATION","The state of being, or the act of making, stony."
"LAPILLI","Volcanic ashes, consisting of small, angular, stony fragmentsor particles."
"LAPIS","A stone. Lapis calaminaris (. Etym: [NL.] (Min.) Calamine.-- Lapis infernalis (. Etym: [L.] Fused nitrate of silver; lunarcaustic."
"LAPIS LAZULI","An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color. Same as Lazuli,which see."
"LAPLANDER","A native or inhabitant of Lapland; -- called also Lapp."
"LAPLANDISH","Of or pertaining to Lapland."
"LAPLING","One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease andsensual delights; -- a term of contempt."
"LAPP","Same as Laplander. Cf. Lapps."
"LAPPACEOUS","Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forkedpoints."
"LAPPER","One who takes up food or liquid with his tongue."
"LAPPET","A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in agarment or headdress. Swift. Lappet moth (Zo\u00f6l.), one of severalspecies of bombycid moths, which have stout, hairy caterpillars, flatbeneath. Two common American species (Gastropacha Americana, andTolype velleda) feed upon the apple tree."
"LAPPIC","Of or pertaining to Lapland, or the Lapps.-- n."
"LAPPING","A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calicoprinters. Ure. Lapping engine, Lapping machine (Textile Manuf.), Amachine for forming fiber info a lap. See its Lap, 9."
"LAPPISH","Of or pertaining to the Lapps; Laplandish.-- n."
"LAPPS","A branch of the Mongolian race, now living in the northernparts of Norway, Sweden, and the adjacent parts of Russia."
"LAPSABLE","Lapsible. Cudworth."
"LAPSE","The termination of a right or privilege through neglect toexercise it within the limited time, or through failure of somecontingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege."
"LAPSIBLE","Liable to lapse."
"LAPSIDED","See Lopsided."
"LAPSTONE","A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather."
"LAPUTAN","Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying islanddescribed in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimericalphilosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science orphilosophy. 'Laputan ideas.' G. Eliot."
"LAPWING","A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus,or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for itsrapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its backis coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the 'plover's eggs' ofthe London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit,dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea."
"LAPWORK","Work in which one part laps over another. Grew."
"LAQUAY","A lackey. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"LAQUEAR","A lacunar."
"LAQUEARY","Using a noose, as a gladiator. [Obs. or R.]Retiary and laqueary combatants. Sir T. Browne."
"LAR","A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protectorof the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of ahouse; household gods. Hence, Eng.: Hearth or dwelling house.Nor will she her dear Lar forget, Victorious by his benefit.Lovelace.The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint. Milton.Looking backward in vain toward their Lares and lands. Longfellow."
"LARAMIE GROUP","An extensive series of strata, principally developed in theRocky Mountain region, as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerlysupposed to be of the Tertiary age, but now generally regarded asCretaceous, or of intermediate and transitional character. Itcontains beds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence alsocalled the lignitic group. See Chart of Geology."
"LARBOARD","The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward thebow; port; -- opposed to Ant: starboard."
"LARCENOUS","Having the character of larceny; as, a larcenous act;committing larceny. 'The larcenous and burglarious world.' SydneySmith.-- Lar'ce*nous*ly, adv."
"LARCENY","The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal withintent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf.Embezzlement. Grand larceny and Petit larceny are distinctions havingreference to the nature or value of the property stolen. They areabolished in England.-- Mixed, or Compound, larceny, that which, under statute, includesin it the aggravation of a taking from a building or the person.-- Simple larceny, that which is not accompanied with anyaggravating circumstances."
"LARCH","A genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, infascicles (see Illust. of Fascicle)."
"LARCHEN","Of or pertaining to the larch. Keats."
"LARD","To grow fat. [Obs.]"
"LARDACEIN","A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine andsulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into thespleen, liver, etc."
"LARDACEOUS","Consisting of, or resembling, lard. Lardaceous degeneration(Med.), amyloid degeneration."
"LARDER","A room or place where meat and other articles of food are keptbefore they are cooked. Shak."
"LARDERER","One in charge of the larder."
"LARDERY","A larder. [Obs.]"
"LARDRY","A larder. [Obs.]"
"LARDY","Containing, or resembling, lard; of the character orconsistency of lard."
"LARE","Lore; learning. [Obs.]"
"LARES","See 1st Lar."
"LARGE","Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction;-- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and thequarter. At large. (a) Without restraint or confinement; as, to go atlarge; to be left at large. (b) Diffusely; fully; in the full extent;as, to discourse on a subject at large.-- Common at large. See under Common, n.-- Electors at large, Representative at large, electors, or arepresentative, as in Congress, chosen to represent the whole of aState, in distinction from those chosen to represent particulardistricts in a State. [U. S.] -- To give, go, run, or sail large(Naut.), to have the wind crossing the direction of a vessel's coursein such a way that the sails feel its full force, and the vesselgains its highest speed. See Large, a., 8."
"LARGE-ACRED","Possessing much land."
"LARGE-HANDED","Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in largequantities; rapacious or bountiful."
"LARGE-HEARTED","Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble;liberal.-- Large'-heart`ed*ness, n."
"LARGELY","In a large manner. Dryden. Milton."
"LARGENESS","The quality or state of being large."
"LARGET","A sport piece of bar iron for rolling into a sheet; a smallbillet."
"LARGHETTO","Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rathermore so than andante."
"LARGIFICAL","Generous; ample; liberal. [Obs.]"
"LARGIFLUOUS","Flowing copiously. [Obs.]"
"LARGILOQUENT","Grandiloquent. [Obs.]"
"LARGISH","Somewhat large. [Colloq.]"
"LARGITION","The bestowment of a largess or gift. [Obs.]"
"LARGO","Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness tograve, which is also weighty and solemn.-- n."
"LARIAT","A long, slender rope made of hemp or strips of hide, esp. onewith a noose; -- used as a lasso for catching cattle, horses, etc.,and for picketing a horse so that he can graze without wandering.[Mexico & Western U.S.]"
"LARINE","Of or pertaining to the Gull family (Larid\u00e6)."
"LARIXINIC","Of, or derived from, the larch (Larix); as, larixinic acid."
"LARK","A frolic; a jolly time. [Colloq.] Dickens."
"LARK-COLORED","Having the sandy brown color of the European larks."
"LARKER","Indian cress."
"LARKSPUR","A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showyflowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperatezone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is D. Consolida. Theflower of the bee larkspur (D. elatum) has two petals bearded withyellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee."
"LARMIER","See Tearpit."
"LAROID","Like or belonging to the Gull family (Larid\u00e6)."
"LARRIKIN","A rowdy street loafer; a rowdyish or noisy ill-bred fellow; --variously applied, as to a street blackguard, a street Arab, a youthgiven to horse-play, etc. [Australia & Eng.] -- a."
"LARRUP","To beat or flog soundly. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Forby."
"LARRY","Same as Lorry, or Lorrie."
"LARUM",", See Alarum, and Alarm."
"LARVA","Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egguntil it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usuallymolts several times, and may change its form or color each time. Thelarv\u00e6 of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits,but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only inthe pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larv\u00e6 are totallyunlike the parents in structure and habits, and are calledcaterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc."
"LARVAL","Of or pertaining to a larva."
"LARVALIA","An order of Tunicata, including Appendicularia, and alliedgenera; -- so called because certain larval features are retained bythem through life. Called also Copelata. See Appendicularia."
"LARVATE","Masked; hence, concealed; obscure; -- applied in medicine todoubtful cases of some diseases; as, larvate pneumonis; larvateepilepsy."
"LARVATED","Masked; clothed as with a mask."
"LARVE","A larva."
"LARVIFORM","Having the form or structure of a larva."
"LARVIPAROUS","Depositing living larv\u00e6, instead of eggs; -- said of certaininsects."
"LARY","A guillemot; -- called also lavy. [Prov. Eng.]"
"LARYNGEAL","Of or pertaining to the larynx; adapted to operations on thelarynx; as, laryngeal forceps."
"LARYNGEAN","See Laryngeal."
"LARYNGECTOMY","Excision of the larynx."
"LARYNGISMUS","A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction orclosure of the opening."
"LARYNGITIS","Inflammation of the larynx."
"LARYNGOGRAPH","An instrument for recording the larynx movements in speech."
"LARYNGOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to laryngology."
"LARYNGOLOGIST","One who applies himself to laryngology."
"LARYNGOLOGY","Systematized knowledge of the action and functions of thelarynx; in pathology, the department which treats of the diseases ofthe larynx."
"LARYNGOPHONY","The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope when thelatter is placed upon the larynx."
"LARYNGOSCOPE","An instrument, consisting of an arrangement of two mirrors, forreflecting light upon the larynx, and for examining its image."
"LARYNGOSCOPIC","Of or pertaining to the inspection of the larynx."
"LARYNGOSCOPIST","One skilled in laryngoscopy."
"LARYNGOSCOPY","The art of using the laryngoscope; investigations made with thelaryngoscope."
"LARYNGOTOME","An instrument for performing laryngotomy."
"LARYNGOTOMY","The operation of cutting into the larynx, from the outside ofthe neck, for assisting respiration when obstructed, or for removingforeign bodies."
"LARYNGOTRACHEAL","Pertaining to both larynx and trachea; as, the laryngotrachealcartilage in the frog."
"LARYNGOTRACHEOTOMY","The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part ofthe trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing."
"LARYNX","The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connectedwith the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, whichproduce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and acurrent of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with thepharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protectedby a lidlike epiglottis."
"LAS","A lace. See Lace. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LASCAR","A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menialemployed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower. [EastIndies]"
"LASCIOUS","Loose; lascivious. [Obs.] 'To depaint lascious wantonness.'Holland."
"LASCIVIENCY","Lasciviousness; wantonness. [Obs.]"
"LASCIVIENT","Lascivious. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"LASERWORT","Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Laserpitium, of severalspecies (as L. glabrum, and L. siler), the root of which yields aresinous substance of a bitter taste. The genus is mostly European."
"LASH",",. v. i. To ply the whip; to strike; to uttercensure orsarcastic language.To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. Dryden.To lash out, to strike out wildly or furiously."
"LASHER","One who whips or lashes."
"LASHING","The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation;chastisement. South. Lashing out, a striking out; also, extravagance."
"LASK","A diarrhea or flux. [Obs.] Holland."
"LASKET","latching."
"LASS","A youth woman; a girl; a sweetheart."
"LASSE","Less. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LASSIE","A young girl; a lass. [Scot.]"
"LASSITUDE","A condition of the body, or mind, when its voluntary functionsare performed with difficulty, and only by a strong exertion of thewill; languor; debility; weariness.The corporeal instruments of action being strained to a high pitch .. . will soon feel a lassitude. Barrow."
"LASSLORN","Forsaken by a lass. Shak."
"LASSO","A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used forcatching horses, cattle, etc. Lasso cell (Zo\u00f6l.), one of a peculiarkind of defensive and offensive stinging cells, found in greatnumbers in all coelenterates, and in a few animals of other groups.They are most highly developed in the tentacles of jellyfishes,hydroids, and Actini\u00e6. Each of these cells is filled with, fluid, andcontains a long, slender, often barbed, hollow thread coiled upwithin it. When the cell contracts the thread is quickly ejected,being at the same time turned inside out. The thread is able topenetrate the flesh of various small, soft-bodied animals, andcarries a subtle poison by which they are speedily paralyzed andkilled. The threads, at the same time, hold the prey in position,attached to the tentacles. Some of the jellyfishes, as the Portugueseman-of-war, and Cyanea, are able to penetrate the human skin, andinflict painful stings in the same way. Called also nettling cell,cnida, cnidocell."
"LAST","of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LASTE","of Last, to endure. Chaucer."
"LASTER","A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, orplace leather smoothly, on lasts; a tool for stretching leather on alast."
"LASTERY","A red color.[Obs.] Spenser."
"LASTING","Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lastinggood or evil; a lasting color."
"LASTINGLY","In a lasting manner."
"LAT","To let; to allow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LATAKIA","A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called fromthe place where produced, the ancient Laodicea."
"LATCH","To smear; to anoint. [Obs.] Shak."
"LATCHET","The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring."
"LATCHING","A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which itis attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch and lasket.[Usually in pl.]"
"LATCHKEY","A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. anight latch."
"LATCHSTRING","A string for raising the latch of a door by a person outside.It is fastened to the latch and passed through a hole above it in thedoor. To find the latchstring out, to meet with hospitality; to bewelcome. (Intrusion is prevented by drawing in the latchstring.)[Colloq. U.S.]"
"LATED","Belated; too late. [Obs.] Shak."
"LATEEN","Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterraneanand adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa. See below.Lateen sail. Etym: [F. voile latine a sail in the shape of a right-angled triangle; cf. It. & Sp. vela latina; properly Latin sail. SeeLatin.] (Naut.) A triangular sail, extended by a long yard, which isslung at about one fourth of its length from the lower end, to a lowmast, this end being brought down at the tack, while the other end iselevated at an angle or about forty-five degrees; -- used in smallboats, feluccas, xebecs, etc., especially in the Mediterranean andadjacent waters. Some lateen sails have also a boom on the lowerside."
"LATELY","Not long ago; recently; as, he has lately arrived from Italy."
"LATENCE","Latency. Coleridge."
"LATENCY","The state or quality of being latent.To simplify the discussion, I shall distinguish three degrees of thislatency. Sir W. Hamilton."
"LATENESS","The state, condition, or quality, of being late; as, thelateness of his arrival; the lateness of the hour; the lateness ofthe season."
"LATENT","Not visible or apparent; hidden; springs of action.The evils latent in the most promising contrivances are provided foras they arise. Burke.Latent buds (bot.), buds which remain undeveloped or dormant for along time, but may at length grow. Latent heat (Physics), thatquantity of heat which disappears or becomes concealed in a bodywhile producing some change in it other than rise of temperature, asfusion, evaporation, or expansion, the quantity being constant foreach particular body and for each species of change.-- Latent period. (a) (Med.) The regular time in which a disease issupposed to be existing without manifesting itself. (b) (Physiol.)One of the phases in a simple muscular contraction, in whichinvisible preparatory changes are taking place in the nerve andmuscle. (c) (Biol.) One of those periods or resting stages in thedevelopment of the ovum, in which development is arrested prior torenewed activity."
"LATENTLY","In a secret or concealed manner; invisibly."
"LATER","A brick or tile. Knight."
"LATERAD","Toward the side; away from the mesial plane; -- opposed tomesiad."
"LATERAL","Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesialplane; external; -- opposed to mesial."
"LATERALITY","The state or condition of being lateral."
"LATERALLY","By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side."
"LATERAN","The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being thecathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches inthe Catholic world."
"LATERED","Inclined to delay; dilatory. [Obs.] 'When a man is toolatered.' Chaucer."
"LATERIFOLIOUS","Growing from the stem by the side of a leaf; as, alaterifolious flower."
"LATERITE","An argillaceous sandstone, of a red color, and much seamed; --found in India."
"LATERITIC","consisting of, containing, or characterized by, laterite; as,lateritic formations."
"LATERITIOUS","Like bricks; of the color of red bricks. Lateritious sediment(Med.), a sediment in urine resembling brick dust, observed after thecrises of fevers, and at the termination of gouty paroxysms. Itusually consists of uric acid or urates with some coloring matter."
"LATES","A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (LatesNiloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (L. calcarifer"
"LATESCENCE","A slight withdrawal from view or knowledge. Sir W. Hamilton."
"LATESCENT","Slightly withdrawn from view or knowledge; as, a latescentmeaning. Sir W. Hamilton."
"LATEWAKE","See Lich wake, under Lich."
"LATEWARD","Somewhat late; backward. [Obs.] 'Lateward lands.' Holland."
"LATEX","A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities (calledlatex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar principles ofthe plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid, and in many instancesyields caoutchouc upon coagulation."
"LATH","A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, orfloor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles,plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimesused. Lath brick, a long, slender brick, used in making the floor onwhich malt is placed in the drying kiln. Lath nail a slender nail forfastening laths."
"LATH-SHAPED","Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of thefeldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopicsections."
"LATHE","Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and isconfined to the county of Kent. [Written also lath.] Brande & C."
"LATHER","To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face."
"LATHING","The act or process of covering with laths; laths, collectively;a covering of laths."
"LATHWORK","Same as Lathing."
"LATHY","Like a lath; long and slender.A lathy horse, all legs and length. R. Browning."
"LATIAN","Belonging, or relating, to Latium, a country of ancient Italy.See Latin."
"LATIBULIZE","To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; toretreat and lie hid. [R.] G. Shaw."
"LATIBULUM","A concealed hiding place; a burrow; a lair; a hole."
"LATICIFEROUS","Containing the latex; -- applied to the tissue or tubularvessels in which the latex of the plant is found."
"LATICLAVE","A broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn bysenators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office."
"LATICOSTATE","Broad-ribbed."
"LATIDENTATE","Broad-toothed."
"LATIGO","A strap for tightening a saddle girth. [Western U. S. & Sp.Amer.]"
"LATIGO HALTER","A kind of halter usually made of raw hide."
"LATIMER","An interpreter. [Obs.] Coke."
"LATIN","A member of the Roman Catholic Church. (Dog Latin, barbarousLatin; a jargon in imitation of Latin; as, the log Latin ofschoolboys.-- Late Latin, Low Latin, terms used indifferently to designate thelatest stages of the Latin language; low Latin (and, perhaps, lateLatin also), including the barbarous coinages from the French,German, and other languages into a Latin form made after the Latinhad become a dead language for the people.-- Law Latin, that kind of late, or low, Latin, used in statutes andlegal instruments; -- often barbarous."
"LATINISM","A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a modeof speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model."
"LATINIST","One skilled in Latin; a Latin scholar. Cowper.He left school a good Latinist. Macaulay."
"LATINISTIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, Latin; in the Latin styleor idiom. 'Latinistic words.' Fitzed. Hall."
"LATINITASTER","One who has but a smattering of Latin. Walker."
"LATINITY","The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof;specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom. 'His eleLatinity.'Motley."
"LATINIZATION","The act or process of Latinizing, as a word, language, orcountry.The Germanization of Britain went far deeper than the Latinization ofFrance. M. Arnold."
"LATINIZE","To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin. Dryden."
"LATINLY","In the manner of the Latin language; in correct Latin. [Obs.]Heylin."
"LATION","Transportation; conveyance. [Obs.]"
"LATIROSTRES","The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and theirallies."
"LATISH","Somewhat late. [Colloq.]"
"LATISTERNAL","Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoidapes."
"LATITANCY","Act or state of lying hid, or lurking. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"LATITANT","Lying hid; concealed; latent. [R.]"
"LATITAT","A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned washiding. Blackstone."
"LATITATION","A lying in concealment; hiding. [Obs.]"
"LATITUDE","Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian."
"LATITUDINAL","Of or pertaining to latitude; in the direction of latitude."
"LATITUDINARIAN","A member of the Church of England, in the time of Charles II.,who adopted more liberal notions in respect to the authority,government, and doctrines of the church than generally prevailed.They were called 'men of latitude;' and upon this, men of narrowthoughts fastened upon them the name of latitudinarians. Bp. Burnet."
"LATITUDINARIANISM","A latitudinarian system or condition; freedom of opinion inmatters pertaining to religious belief.Fierce sectarianism bred fierce latitudinarianism. De Quincey.He [Ammonius Saccas] plunged into the wildest latitudinarianism ofopinion. J. S. Harford."
"LATITUDINOUS","Having latitude, or wide extent."
"LATRANT","Barking. [Obs.] Tickell."
"LATRATE","To bark as a dog. [Obs.]"
"LATRATION","A barking. [Obs.]"
"LATRIA","The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; --distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferiorworship paid to saints."
"LATRINE","A privy, or water-closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc."
"LATROCINY","Theft; larceny. [Obs.]"
"LATTER-DAY SAINT","A Mormon; -- the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintsbeing the name assumed by the whole body of Mormons."
"LATTERDAY","Belonging to present times or those recent by comparison."
"LATTERKIN","A pointed wooden tool used in glazing leaden lattice."
"LATTERLY","Lately; of late; recently; at a later, as distinguished from aformer, period.Latterly Milton was short and thick. Richardson."
"LATTERMATH","The latter, or second, mowing; the aftermath."
"LATTICE","The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing,the bands being vertical and horizontal. Lattice bridge, a bridgesupported by lattice girders, or latticework trusses.-- Lattice girder (Arch.), a girder of which the wed consists ofdiagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of latticework.-- Lattice plant (Bot.), an aquatic plant of Madagascar (Ouvirandrafenestralis), whose leaves have interstices between their ribs andcross veins, so as to resemble latticework. A second species is O.Berneriana. The genus is merged in Aponogeton by recent authors."
"LATTICEWORK","Same as Lattice, n., 1."
"LATTICING","A system of bars crossing in the middle to form braces betweenprincipal longitudinal members, as of a strut."
"LATUS RECTUM","The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel tothe directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is theparameter of the principal axis. See Focus, and Parameter."
"LAUD","To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; tocelebrate; to extol.With all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy gloriousname. Book of Common Prayer."
"LAUDABILITY","Laudableness; praiseworthiness."
"LAUDABLE","Healthy; salubrious; normal; having a disposition to promotehealing; not noxious; as, laudable juices of the body; laudable pus.Arbuthnot."
"LAUDABLENESS","The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness;commendableness."
"LAUDABLY","In a laudable manner."
"LAUDANINE","A white organic base, resembling morphine, and obtained fromcertain varieties of opium."
"LAUDANUM","Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes."
"LAUDATION","The act of lauding; praise; high commendation."
"LAUDATIVE","Laudatory."
"LAUDATOR","An arbitrator. [Obs.] Cowell."
"LAUDATORY","Of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as,laudatory verses; the laudatory powers of Dryden. Sir J. Stephen."
"LAUDER","One who lauds."
"LAUGH","An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the soundheard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i.And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. Goldsmith.That man is a bad man who has not within him the power of a heartylaugh. F. W. Robertson."
"LAUGHABLE","Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughablescene."
"LAUGHING","from Laugh, v. i. Laughing falcon (Zo\u00f6l.), a South Americanhawk (Herpetotheres cachinnans); -- so called from its notes, whichresemble a shrill laughing.-- Laughing gas (Chem.), hyponitrous oxide, or protoxide ofnitrogen; -- so called from the exhilaration and laughing which itsometimes produces when inhaled. It is much used as an an\u00e6stheticagent.-- Laughing goose (Zo\u00f6l.), the European white-fronted goose.-- Laughing gull. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) A common European gull (Xemaridibundus); -- called also pewit, black cap, red-legged gull, andsea crow. (b) An American gull (Larus atricilla). In summer the headis nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primariesblack.-- Laughing hyena (Zo\u00f6l.), the spotted hyena. See Hyena.-- Laughing jackass (Zo\u00f6l.), the great brown kingfisher (Dacelogigas), of Australia; -- called also giant kingfisher, and gogobera.-- Laughing owl (Zo\u00f6l.), a peculiar owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) ofNew Zealand, said to be on the verge of extinction. The name alludesto its notes."
"LAUGHINGLY","With laughter or merriment."
"LAUGHINGSTOCK","An object of ridicule; a butt of sport. Shak.When he talked, he talked nonsense, and made himself thelaughingstock of his hearers. Macaulay."
"LAUGHSOME","Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry. [R.]"
"LAUGHTER","A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face,particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes,indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attendedby a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. SeeLaugh, v. i.The act of laughter, which is a sweet contraction of the muscles ofthe face, and a pleasant agitation of the vocal organs, is notmerely, or totally within the jurisdiction of ourselves. Sir T.Browne.Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning with laughter.Longfellow."
"LAUGHTERLESS","Not laughing; without laughter."
"LAUGHWORTHY","Deserving to be laughed at. [R.] B. Jonson."
"LAUMONTITE","A mineral, of a white color and vitreous luster. It is ahydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Exposed to the air, it loseswater, becomes opaque, and crumbles. [Written also laumonite.]"
"LAUNCE","A lance. [Obs.]"
"LAUNCEGAYE","See Langegaye. [Obs.]"
"LAUNCH","To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocksinto the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch intothe current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; tolaunch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out.Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. Lukev. 4.He [Spenser] launches out into very flowery paths. Prior."
"LAUND","A plain sprinkled with trees or underbrush; a glade. [Obs.]In a laund upon an hill of flowers. Chaucer.Through this laund anon the deer will come. Shak."
"LAUNDER","A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from thebox where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or otherapparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore."
"LAUNDERER","One who follows the business of laundering."
"LAUNDERING","The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing andironing."
"LAUNDRESS","A woman whose employment is laundering."
"LAUNDRYMAN","A man who follows the business of laundering."
"LAURA","A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhoodoccupied by anchorites who were under the same superior. C. Kingsley."
"LAURACEOUS","Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (Laurace\u00e6) oftrees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including thelaurel, sassafras, cinnamon tree, true camphor tree, etc."
"LAURATE","A salt of lauric acid."
"LAUREATE","Crowned, or decked, with laurel. Chaucer.To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. Milton.Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines. Pope.Poet laureate. (b) One who received an honorable degree in grammar,including poetry and rhetoric, at the English universities; -- socalled as being presented with a wreath of laurel. [Obs.] (b)Formerly, an officer of the king's household, whose business was tocompose an ode annually for the king's birthday, and other suitableoccasions; now, a poet officially distinguished by such honorarytitle, the office being a sinecure. It is said this title was firstgiven in the time of Edward IV. [Eng.]"
"LAUREATESHIP","State, or office, of a laureate."
"LAUREATION","The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring anacademic degree, or honorary title."
"LAUREL","An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus (L. nobilis), havingaromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small,yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also sweet bay."
"LAURELED","Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate.[Written also laurelled.]"
"LAURENTIAN","Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, theLaurentian hills. Laurentian period (Geol.), the lower of the twodivisions of the Arch\u00e6an age; -- called also the Laurentian."
"LAURER","Laurel. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LAURESTINE","The Viburnum Tinus, an evergreen shrub or tree of the south ofEurope, which flowers during the winter mouths. [Written alsolaurustine and laurestina.]"
"LAURIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, the European bay or laurel(Laurus nobilis). Lauric acid (Chem.), a white, crystallinesubstance, C12H24O2, resembling palmitic acid, and obtained from thefruit of the bay tree, and other sources."
"LAURIFEROUS","Producing, or bringing, laurel."
"LAURIN","A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of thebay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerinethers of several organic acids."
"LAURINOL","Ordinary camphor; -- so called in allusion to the family name(Laurace\u00e6) of the camphor trees. See Camphor."
"LAURIOL","Spurge laurel. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LAURITE","A rare sulphide of osmium and ruthenium found with platinum inBorneo and Oregon."
"LAURONE","The ketone of lauric acid."
"LAURUS","A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, onlythe true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis ofMadeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphortree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs,were also referred to the genus Laurus."
"LAUS","Loose. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LAVA","The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissuredsides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It alsoissues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds coveringmany square miles, as in the Northwestern United States."
"LAVARET","A European whitefish (Coregonus laveretus), found in themountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland."
"LAVATIC","Like lava, or composed of lava; lavic."
"LAVATION","A washing or cleansing. [Obs. or R.]"
"LAVATORY","Washing, or cleansing by washing."
"LAVATURE","A wash or lotion. [Obs.]"
"LAVE","To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise.His feet the foremost breakers lave. Byron."
"LAVE-EARED","Having large, pendent ears. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"LAVEER","To beat against the wind; to tack. [Obs.] Dryden."
"LAVEMENT","A washing or bathing; also, a clyster."
"LAVENDER","An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (L. vera), common inthe south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine andperfumery. The Spike lavender (L. Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil ofspike), used in the arts."
"LAVER","One who laves; a washer. [Obs.]"
"LAVEROCK","The lark. [Old Eng. & Scot.] [Written also lavrock.] Gower."
"LAVIC","See Lavatic."
"LAVISH","To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; tosquander; as, to lavish money or praise."
"LAVISHER","One who lavishes."
"LAVISHLY","In a lavish manner."
"LAVISHMENT","The act of lavishing."
"LAVISHNESS","The quality or state of being lavish."
"LAVOESIUM","A supposed new metallic element. It is said to have beendiscovered in pyrites, and some other minerals, and to be of asilver-white color, and malleable."
"LAVOLTATEER","A dancer of the lavolta."
"LAVOUR","A laver. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LAVROCK","Same as Laverock."
"LAW","Same as Lawe, v. t. [Obs.]"
"LAW-ABIDING","Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for theenforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law;as, law-abiding people."
"LAWBREAKER","One who disobeys the law; a criminal.-- Law'break`ing, n. & a."
"LAWE","To cut off the claws and balls of, as of a dog's fore feet.Wright."
"LAWER","A lawyer. [Obs.] Bale."
"LAWGIVER","One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator."
"LAWGIVING","Enacting laws; legislative."
"LAWING","Going to law; litigation. Holinshed."
"LAWMAKER","A legislator; a lawgiver."
"LAWMAKING","Enacting laws; legislative.-- n."
"LAWMONGER","A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade.Milton."
"LAWN","A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a ratheropen texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's officialdress in the English Church, and, figuratively, stands for the officeitself.A saint in crape is twice in lawn. Pope."
"LAWND","See Laund."
"LAWNY","Having a lawn; characterized by a lawn or by lawns; like alawn.Musing through the lawny park. T. Warton."
"LAWSONIA","An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), withsmooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is preparedfrom the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called Egyptianprivet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica mignonette."
"LAWSUIT","An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legalproceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim."
"LAWYER","Like, or becoming, a lawyer; as, lawyerlike sagacity. 'Lawyerlymooting of this point.' Milton."
"LAX","A looseness; diarrhea."
"LAXATION","The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of beingloosened or slackened."
"LAXATIVE","Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, andrelieving from constipation; -- opposed to astringent.-- n. (Med.)"
"LAXATIVENESS","The quality of being laxative."
"LAXATOR","That which loosens; -- esp., a muscle which by its contractionloosens some part."
"LAXIITY","The state or quality of being lax; want of tenseness,strictness, or exactness."
"LAXITY","The state or quality of being lax; want of tenseness,strictness, or exactness."
"LAXLY","In a lax manner."
"LAXNESS","The state of being lax; laxity."
"LAY","of Lie, to recline."
"LAY READER","A layman authorized to read parts of the public service of thechurch."
"LAYER","That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, orfold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth;a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion."
"LAYERING","A propagating by layers. Gardner."
"LAYETTE","The outfit of clothing, blankets, etc., prepared for a newborninfant, and placed ready for used."
"LAYLAND","Land lying untilled; fallow ground. [Obs.] Blount."
"LAYNER","A whiplash. [Obs.]"
"LAYSHIP","The condition of being a layman. [Obs.] Milton."
"LAZAR","A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; aleper. Chaucer.Like loathsome lazars, by the hedges lay. Spenser.Lazar house a lazaretto; also, a hospital for quarantine."
"LAZARET FEVER","Typhus fever."
"LAZARONI","See Lazzaroni."
"LAZARWORT","Laserwort."
"LAZE","To be lazy or idle. [Colloq.] Middleton."
"LAZILY","In a lazy manner. Locke."
"LAZINESS","The state or quality of being lazy.Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him.Franklin."
"LAZULI","A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in small roundedmasses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, withsome sodium sulphide, is often marked by yellow spots or veins ofsulphide of iron, and is much valued for ornamental work. Called alsolapis lazuli, and Armenian stone."
"LAZULITE","A mineral of a light indigo-blue color, occurring in smallmasses, or in monoclinic crystals; blue spar. It is a hydrousphosphate of alumina and magnesia."
"LAZYBACK","A support for the back, attached to the seat of a carriage.[Colloq.]"
"LAZYBONES","A lazy person. [Colloq.]"
"LAZZARONI","The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work orbegging; -- so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which servesas their refuge. [Written also, but improperly, lazaroni.]"
"LEA","A meadow or sward land; a grassy field. 'Plow-torn leas.' Shak.The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. Gray."
"LEACH","See 3d Leech."
"LEACHY","Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable ofretaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandysoils, and the like."
"LEAD","One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, havinga bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleableand ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes,sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easilyfusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient ofsolder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum).It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide."
"LEADED","Separated by leads, as the lines of a page."
"LEADER","A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ; also, a lineof gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached.(i) (Mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, butindicating the proximity of a better one."
"LEADERSHIP","The office of a leader."
"LEADHILLITE","A mineral of a yellowish or greenish white color, consisting ofthe sulphate and carbonate of lead; -- so called from having beenfirst found at Leadhills, Scotland."
"LEADING","Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leadingmotive; a leading man; a leading example.-- Lead'ing*ly, adv. Leading case (Law), a reported decision whichhas come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved.Abbott.-- Leading motive Etym: [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), aguiding theme; in the modern music drama of Wagner, a marked melodicphrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance ofa certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the courseof the play; a sort of musical label.-- Leading note (Mus.), the seventh note or tone in the ascendingmajor scale; the sensible note.-- Leading question, a question so framed as to guide the personquestioned in making his reply.-- Leading strings, strings by which children are supported whenbeginning to walk.-- To be in leading strings, to be in a state of infancy ordependence, or under the guidance of others.-- Leading wheel, a wheel situated before the driving wheels of alocomotive engine."
"LEADING EDGE","same as Advancing edge, above."
"LEADMAN","One who leads a dance.[Obs.] B. Jonson."
"LEADSMAN","The man who heaves the lead. Totten."
"LEADWORT","A genus of maritime herbs (Plumbago). P. Europ\u00e6a has lead-colored spots on the leaves, and nearly lead-colored flowers."
"LEADY","Resembling lead. Sir T. Elyot."
"LEAF","A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of astem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant iselaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plantwhich collectively constitute its foliage."
"LEAF-FOOTED","Having leaflike expansions on the legs; -- said of certaininsects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus)."
"LEAF-NOSED","Having a leaflike membrane on the nose; -- said of certainbats, esp. of the genera Phyllostoma and Rhinonycteris. See Vampire."
"LEAFAGE","Leaves, collectively; foliage."
"LEAFCUP","A coarse American composite weed (Polymnia Uvedalia)."
"LEAFED","Having (such) a leaf or (so many) leaves; -- used incomposition; as, broad-leafed; four-leafed."
"LEAFET","A leaflet."
"LEAFINESS","The state of being leafy."
"LEAFLESS","Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage. 'Leaflessgroves.' Cowper.-- Leaf'less*ness, n. Leafless plants, plants having no foliage,though leaves may be present in the form of scales and bracts. SeeLeaf, n., 1 and 2."
"LEAFLET","One of the divisions of a compound leaf; a foliole."
"LEAFSTALK","The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf."
"LEAGUE","An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, orpersons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which requires acontinued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for furtheranceof commercial, religious, or political interests, etc.And let there be 'Twixt us and them no league, nor amity. Denham."
"LEAGUER","To besiege; to beleaguer. [Obs.]"
"LEAGUERER","A besieger. [R.] J. Webster."
"LEAK","Leaky. [Obs.] Spenser."
"LEAKAGE","An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking ofcasks, or waste of liquors by leaking."
"LEAKINESS","The quality of being leaky."
"LEAL","Faithful; loyal; true.All men true and leal, all women pure. Tennyson.Land of the leal, the place of the faithful; heaven."
"LEAM","See Leme. [Obs.] Holland."
"LEAMER","A dog held by a leam."
"LEAN","To conceal. [Obs.] Ray."
"LEAN-FACED","slender or narrow; -- said of type the letters of which havethin lines, or are unusually narrow in proportion to their height. W.Savage."
"LEAN-TO","Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof.-- n."
"LEAN-WITTED","Having but little sense or shrewdness."
"LEANING","The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, aleaning towards Calvinism."
"LEANLY","Meagerly; without fat or plumpness."
"LEANNESS","The condition or quality of being lean."
"LEANY","Lean. [Obs.] Spenser."
"LEAP","A fault."
"LEAP YEAR",". Bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth yearwhich leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to Februarytwenty-nine days. See Bissextile."
"LEAPER","One who, or that which, leaps."
"LEAPFROG","A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leapsover him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former."
"LEAPFUL","A basketful. [Obs.]"
"LEAPING","from Leap, to jump. Leaping house, a brothel. [Obs.] Shak.-- Leaping pole, a pole used in some games of leaping.-- Leaping spider (Zo\u00f6l.), a jumping spider; one of the Saltigrad\u00e6."
"LEAPINGLY","By leaps."
"LEAR","To learn. See Lere, to learn. [Obs.]"
"LEARN","To acquire knowledge or skill; to make progress in acquiringknowledge or skill; to receive information or instruction; as, thischild learns quickly.Take my yoke upon you and learn of me. Matt. xi. 29.To learn by heart. See By heart, under Heart.-- To learn by rote, to memorize by repetition without exercise ofthe understanding."
"LEARNABLE","Such as can be learned."
"LEARNED","Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by,learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, alearned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory.The learnedlover lost no time. Spenser.Men of much reading are greatly learned, but may be little knowing.Locke.Words of learned length and thundering sound. Goldsmith.The learned, learned men; men of erudition; scholars.-- Learn'ed*ly, adv. Learn'ed*ness, n.Every coxcomb swears as learnedly as they. Swift."
"LEARNER","One who learns; a scholar."
"LEASABLE","Such as can be leased."
"LEASE","To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean. [Obs.]Dryden."
"LEASEHOLD","Held by lease."
"LEASEHOLDER","A tenant under a lease.-- Lease'hold`ing, a. & n."
"LEASER","One who leases or gleans. [Obs.] Swift."
"LEASH","A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of anykind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, thenumber three in general.[I] kept my chamber a leash of days. B. Jonson.Then were I wealthier than a leash of kings. Tennyson."
"LEASING","The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies. [Archaic] Spenser.Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing. Ps. v. 6.Blessed be the lips that such a leasing told. Fairfax.Leasing making (Scots Law), the uttering of lies or libels upon thepersonal character of the sovereign, his court, or his family. Bp.Burnet."
"LEASOW","A pasture. [Obs.]"
"LEAST","Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; mostunimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space."
"LEASY","Flimsy; vague; deceptive. [Obs.] Ascham."
"LEAT","An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a mill. C.Kingsley."
"LEATHER","To beat, as with a thong of leather. [Obs. or Colloq.] G.Eliot."
"LEATHERBACK","A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell onits back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of theAtlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called alsoleather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc."
"LEATHERHEAD","The friar bird."
"LEATHERN","Made of leather; consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse.'A leathern girdle about his loins.' Matt. iii. 4."
"LEATHERNECK","The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus)."
"LEATHERWOOD","A small branching shrub (Dirca palustris), with a white, softwood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in theNorthern United States; -- called also moosewood, and wicopy. Gray."
"LEATHERY","Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough. 'Aleathery skin.' Grew."
"LEAVE","To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out. G. Fletcher."
"LEAVE-TAKING","Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak."
"LEAVED","Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used incombination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved gate; long-leaved."
"LEAVELESS","Leafless. [Obs.] Carew."
"LEAVENOUS","Containing leaven. Milton."
"LEAVER","One who leaves, or withdraws."
"LEAVES","pl. of Leaf."
"LEAVINESS","Leafiness.[Obs.]"
"LEAVY","Leafy. [Obs.] Chapman."
"LECAMA","The hartbeest."
"LECANOMANCY","divination practiced with water in a basin, by throwing threestones into it, and invoking the demon whose aid was sought."
"LECANORIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which isobtained from several varieties of lichen (Lecanora, Roccella, etc.),as a white, crystalline substance, and is called also orsellic, ordiorsellinic acid, lecanorin, etc."
"LECANORIN","See Lecanoric."
"LECH","To lick. [Obs.]"
"LECHE","See water buck, under 3d Buck."
"LECHER","A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree,to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit commerce withwomen."
"LECHERER","See Lecher, n. Marston."
"LECHEROUS","Like a lecher; addicted to lewdness; lustful; also, lust-provoking. 'A lecherous thing is wine.' Chaucer.-- Lech'er*ous*ly, adv.-- Lech'er*ous*ness, n."
"LECITHIN","A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widelydistributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous inthe brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white bloodcorpuscles."
"LECTERN","See Lecturn."
"LECTICA","A kind of litter or portable couch."
"LECTION","A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divineservice."
"LECTIONARY","A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service."
"LECTOR","A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to readlessons to the illiterate."
"LECTUAL","Confining to the bed; as, a lectual disease."
"LECTURE","A rehearsal of a lesson."
"LECTURER","One who lectures; an assistant preacher."
"LECTURESHIP","The office of a lecturer."
"LECTURN","A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which thelections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a readingdesk. [Written also lectern and lettern]. Fairholt."
"LECYTHIS","A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the orderMyrtace\u00e6, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. LecythisZabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. L. Ollaria produces themonkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, likepaper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers."
"LED","of Lead. Led captain. An obsequious follower or attendant.[Obs.] Swift.-- Led horse, a sumpter horse, or a spare horse, that is led along."
"LEDGE","A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral."
"LEDGEMENT","See Ledgment."
"LEDGY","Abounding in ledges; consisting of a ledge or reef; as, a ledgyisland."
"LEE",", i, To lie; to speak falsely. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LEEBOARD","A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vesselto lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught."
"LEECH","See 2d Leach."
"LEECHCRAFT","The art of healing; skill of a physician. [Archaic] Chaucer."
"LEEF","See Lief. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LEEK","A plant of the genus Allium (A. Porrum), having broadly linearsucculent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. Theflavor is stronger than that of the common onion. Wild leek , inAmerica, a plant (Allium tricoccum) with a cluster of ovoid bulbs andlarge oblong elliptical leaves."
"LEEME","See Leme. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LEEP","of Leap. leaped."
"LEER","To learn. [Obs.] See Lere, to learn."
"LEERE","Tape or braid; an ornament. Halliwell. Leere side, the leftside, as that on which a leere or ornament was worn. B. Jonson."
"LEERINGLY","In a leering manner."
"LEES","Dregs. See 2d Lee."
"LEESE","To lose. [Obs.]They would rather leese their friend than their jest. Lord Burleigh."
"LEET","of Let, to allow. Chaucer."
"LEETMAN","One subject to the jurisdiction of a court-leet."
"LEEWARD","Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side towardwhich the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; aleeward ship.-- n."
"LEEWAY","The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course;drift."
"LEFT","of Leave."
"LEFT-HAND","Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as,the left-hand side; the left-hand road. Left-hand rope, rope laid upand twisted over from right to left, or against the sun; -- calledalso water-laid rope."
"LEFT-HANDED","The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness.An awkward address, ungraceful attitudes and actions, and a certainleft-handiness (if I may use the expression) proclaim low education.Chesterfield."
"LEFT-OFF","Laid a side; cast-off."
"LEFTWARD","Toward or on the left side.Rightward and leftward rise the rocks. Southey."
"LEFUL","See Leveful. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LEG","The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or betweentacks."
"LEG BRIDGE","A type of bridge for small spans in which the floor girders arerigidly secured at their extremities to supporting steel legs, driveninto the round as piling, or resting on mudsills."
"LEG-OF-MUTTON","Having the general shape or outline of a leg of mutton; as, aleg-of-mutton, or shoulder-of-mutton, sail."
"LEGAL","Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules ofequity; as, legal estate; legal assets. Bouvier. Burrill. Legal cap.See under Cap.-- Legal tender. (a) The act of tendering in the performance of acontract or satisfaction of a claim that which the law prescribes orpermits, and at such time and place as the law prescribes or permits.(b) That currency, or money, which the law authorizes a debtor totender and requires a creditor to receive. It differs in differentcountries."
"LEGALISM","Strictness, or the doctrine of strictness, in conforming tolaw."
"LEGALIST","One who practices or advocates strict conformity to law; intheology, one who holds to the law of works. See Legal, 2 (a)."
"LEGALIZATION","The act of making legal."
"LEGALIZE","To interpret or apply in a legal spirit."
"LEGALLY","In a legal manner."
"LEGANTINE","See Legatine."
"LEGATARY","A legatee. [R.] Ayliffe."
"LEGATEE","One to whom a legacy is bequeathed."
"LEGATESHIP","The office of a legate."
"LEGATINE","Of or pertaining to a legate; as, legatine power. Holinshed."
"LEGATO","Connected; tied; -- a term used when successive tones are to beproduced in a closely connected, smoothly gliding manner. It is oftenindicated by a tie, thus staccato."
"LEGATOR","A testator; one who bequeaths a legacy. Dryden."
"LEGATURA","A tie or brace; a syncopation."
"LEGATURE","Legateship. [Obs.]"
"LEGE","To allege; to assert. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher."
"LEGEMENT","See Ledgment."
"LEGEND","To tell or narrate, as a legend. Bp. Hall."
"LEGENDARY","Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends; consisting oflegends; like a legend; fabulous. 'Legendary writers.' Bp. Lloyd.Legendary stories of nurses and old women. Bourne."
"LEGER","Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident; as, legerambassador."
"LEGERDEMAIN","Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artfuldeception or trick.He of legierdemayne the mysteries did know. Spenser.The tricks and legerdemain by which men impose upon their own souls.South."
"LEGERDEMAINIST","One who practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator."
"LEGERITY","Lightness; nimbleness [Archaic] Shak."
"LEGGE","To lay. [Obs.]"
"LEGGED","Having (such or so many) legs; -- used in composition; as, along-legged man; a two-legged animal."
"LEGGING",", from Leg, v. t."
"LEGGY","Having long legs. Thackeray."
"LEGHORN","A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the strawof a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany,Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation."
"LEGIBILITY","The quality of being legible; legibleness. Sir. D. Brewster."
"LEGIBLENESS","The state or quality of being legible."
"LEGIBLY","In a legible manner."
"LEGIFIC","Of or pertaining to making laws.Practically, in many cases, authority or legific competence has begunin bare power. J. Grote."
"LEGION","A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of differentnumbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to aboutsix thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth."
"LEGIONARY","Belonging to a legion; consisting of a legion or legions, or ofan indefinitely great number; as, legionary soldiers; a legionaryforce. 'The legionary body of error.' Sir T. Browne."
"LEGIONED","Formed into a legion or legions; legionary. Shelley."
"LEGIONRY","A body of legions; legions, collectively. [R.] Pollok."
"LEGISLATE","To make or enact a law or laws.Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an idea of a moreperfect constitution than he gave them. Bp. Watson (1805)."
"LEGISLATION","The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; thelaws enacted.Pythagoras joined legislation to his philosophy. Lyttelton."
"LEGISLATIVELY","In a legislative manner."
"LEGISLATOR","A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; amember of a legislative body.The legislators in ancient and heroical times. Bacon.Many of the legislators themselves had taken an oath of abjuration ofhis Majesty's person and family. E. Phillips."
"LEGISLATORIAL","Of or pertaining to a legislator or legislature."
"LEGISLATORSHIP","The office of a legislator. Halifax."
"LEGISLATURE","The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with powerto make and repeal laws; a legislative body.Without the concurrent consent of all three parts of the legislature,no law is, or can be, made. Sir M. Hale."
"LEGIST","One skilled in the laws; a writer on law. Milman. J. Morley."
"LEGITIM","The portion of movable estate to which the children areentitled upon the death of the father."
"LEGITIMACY","The state, or quality, of being legitimate, or in conformitywith law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten, orborn in wedlock.The doctrine of Divine Right, which has now come back to us, like athief from transportation, under the alias of Legitimacy. Macaulay."
"LEGITIMATE","To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in theposition or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legalmeans; as, to legitimate a bastard child.To enact a statute of that which he dares not seem to approve, evento legitimate vice. Milton."
"LEGITIMATELY","In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely."
"LEGITIMATENESS","The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness;genuineness."
"LEGITIMATIST","See Legitimist."
"LEGITIMATIZE","To legitimate."
"LEGITIMISM","The principles or plans of legitimists."
"LEGITIMIZE","To legitimate."
"LEGLESS","Not having a leg."
"LEGO-LITERARY","Pertaining to the literature of law."
"LEGULEIAN","Lawyerlike; legal. [R.] 'Leguleian barbarism.' De Quincey.-- n."
"LEGUME","A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seedattached at one suture, as that of the pea."
"LEGUMEN","Same as Legume."
"LEGUMIN","An albuminous substance resembling casein, found as acharacteristic ingredient of the seeds of leguminous and grain-bearing plants."
"LEGUMINOUS","Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order ofplants (Leguminos\u00e6), which bear legumes, including peas, beans,clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas."
"LEIGER","See Leger, n., 2. [Obs.] Shak."
"LEIOTRICHAN","Of or pertaining to the Leiotrichi.-- n."
"LEIOTRICHI","The division of mankind which embraces the smooth-haired races."
"LEIOTRICHOUS","Having smooth, or nearly smooth, hair."
"LEIPOA","A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a singlespecies (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its color isvariegated, drown, black, white, and gray. Called also nativepheasant."
"LEIPOTHYMIC","See Lipothymic."
"LEISURABLY","At leisure. [Obs.]"
"LEISURE","Unemployed; as, leisure hours."
"LEISURED","Having leisure. 'The leisured classes.' Gladstone."
"LEISURELY","Characterized by leisure; taking abundant tome; not hurried;as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk."
"LEITMOTIF","See Leading motive, under Leading, a."
"LEMAN","A sweetheart, of either sex; a gallant, or a mistress; --usually in a bad sense. [Archaic] Chaucer. Spenser. Shak."
"LEME","A ray or glimmer of light; a gleam. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LEMMA","A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or acceptedfor immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, asin mathematics or logic."
"LEMMAN","A leman. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LEMMING","Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of thegenera Myodes and Cuniculus, resembling the meadow mice in form. Theyare found in both hemispheres."
"LEMNIAN","Of or pertaining to the isle of Lemnos. Lemnian bole, Lemnianearth, an aluminous earth of a grayish yellow color; sphragide; --formerly sold as medicine, having astringent properties.-- Lemnian reddle, a reddle of firm consistence and deep red color;-- used by artificers in coloring."
"LEMNISCUS","One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of thebody in the Acanthocephala."
"LEMON","An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containinga pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree ofthe genus Citrus,the common fruit known in commerce being that of thespecies C. Limonum or C. Medica (var. Limonum). There are manyvarieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet."
"LEMONADE","A beverage consisting of lemon juice mixed with water andsweetened."
"LEMUR","One of a family (Lemurid\u00e6) of nocturnal mammals allied to themonkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle,and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and aremostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus(Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the EastIndies is Nycticebus tardigradus. See Galago, Indris, and Colugo."
"LEMURES","Spirits or ghosts of the departed; specters.The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint. Milton."
"LEMURIA","A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to haveexisted formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is aremnant. Herschel."
"LEMURID","Same as Lemuroid."
"LEMUROID","Like or pertaining to the lemurs or the Lemuroidea.-- n."
"LEMUROIDEA","A suborder of primates, including the lemurs, the aye-aye, andallied species. [Written also Lemuroida.]"
"LENA","A procuress. J. Webster."
"LENARD RAYS","Rays emanating from the outer surface of a plate composed ofany material permeable by cathode rays, as aluminium, which forms aportion of a wall of a vacuum tube, or which is mounted within thetube and exposed to radiation from the cathode. Lenard rays aresimilar in all their known properties to cathode rays. So called fromthe German physicist Philipp Lenard (b. 1862), who first describedthem."
"LENARD TUBE","A tube for producing Lenard rays."
"LENDABLE","Such as can be lent. Sherwood."
"LENDER","One who lends.The borrower is servant to the lender. Prov. xxii. 7."
"LENDES","See Lends. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LENDS","Loins. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"LENE","To lend; to grant; to permit. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LENGTH","To lengthen. [Obs.] Shak."
"LENGTHEN","To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as,to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followedby out.What if I please to lengthen out his date. Dryden."
"LENGTHFUL","Long. [Obs.] Pope."
"LENGTHILY","In a lengthy manner; at great length or extent."
"LENGTHINESS","The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity."
"LENGTHY","Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; --said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like. 'Lengthyperiods.' Washington. 'Some lengthy additions.' Byron. 'These wouldbe details too lengthy.' Jefferson. 'To cut short lengthyexplanations.' Trench."
"LENIENT","A lenitive; an emollient."
"LENIENTLY","In a lenient manner."
"LENIFY","To assuage; to soften; to Bacon. Dryden."
"LENIMENT","An assuasive. [Obs.]"
"LENITIVE","Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain oracrimony; assuasive; emollient."
"LENITIVENESS","The quality of being lenitive."
"LENITUDE","The quality or habit of being lenient; lenity. [Obs.] Blount."
"LENITY","The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper ordisposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency;-- opposed to severity and rigor.His exceeding lenity disposes us to be somewhat too severe. Macaulay."
"LENNI-LENAPE","A general name for a group of Algonquin tribes which formerlyoccupied the coast region of North America from Connecticut toVirginia. They included the Mohicans, Delawares, Shawnees, andseveral other tribes."
"LENO","A light open cotton fabric used for window curtains."
"LENOCINANT","Given to lewdness. [Obs.]"
"LENS","A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground withtwo opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved andthe other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, inoptical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, andthus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice,the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical,or of some other figure. Lenses"
"LENT","imp. & p. p. of Lend."
"LENT LILY","the daffodil; -- so named from its blossoming in spring."
"LENTAMENTE","Slowly; in slow time."
"LENTANDO","Slackening; retarding. Same as Rallentando."
"LENTEN","Lent. [Obs.] Piers Plowman."
"LENTENTIDE","The season of Lenten or Lent."
"LENTICELLATE","Producing lenticels; dotted with lenticels."
"LENTICELLE","Lenticel."
"LENTICULA","A kind of eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle."
"LENTICULAR","Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of adouble-convex lens."
"LENTICULARLY","In the manner of a lens; with a curve."
"LENTIFORM","Lenticular."
"LENTIGINOSE","Bearing numerous dots resembling freckles."
"LENTIGINOUS","Of or pertaining to lentigo; freckly; scurfy; furfuraceous."
"LENTIGO","A freckly eruption on the skin; freckles."
"LENTIL","A leguminous plant of the genus Ervum (Ervum Lens), of smallsize, common in the fields in Europe. Also, its seed, which is usedfor food on the continent."
"LENTITUDE","Slowness; sluggishness. [Obs.]"
"LENTO","Slow; in slow time; slowly; -- rarely written lente."
"LENTOID","Having the form of a lens; lens-shaped."
"LENTOUS","Viscid; viscous; tenacious.Spawn of a lentous and transparent body. Sir T. Browne."
"LEOD","People; a nation; a man. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Bp. Gibson."
"LEON","A lion. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LEONCED","See Lionced."
"LEONESE","Of or pertaining to Leon, in Spain.-- n. sing. & pl."
"LEONID","One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower thatrecurs near the fourteenth of November at intervals of about thirty-three years; so called because shooting stars appear on the heavensto move in lines directed from the constellation Leo."
"LEONINE","Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leoninelook; leonine repacity.-- Le'o*nine*ly, adv. Leonine verse, a kind of verse, in which theend of the line rhymes with the middle; -- so named from Leo, orLeoninus, a Benedictine and canon of Paris in the twelfth century,who wrote largely in this measure, though he was not the inventor.The following line is an example:Gloria factorum temere conceditur horum."
"LEONTODON","A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the falldandelion (L. autumnale), and formerly the true dandelion; -- calledalso lion's tooth."
"LEOPARD","A large, savage, carnivorous mammal (Felis leopardus). It is ofa yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters of blackspots along the back and sides. It is found in Southern Asia andAfrica. By some the panther (Felis pardus) is regarded as a varietyof leopard. Hunting leopard. See Cheetah. Leopard cat (Zo\u00f6l.) any oneof several species or varieties of small, spotted cats found inAfrica, Southern Asia, and the East Indies; esp., Felis Bengalensis.-- Leopard marmot. See Gopher, 2."
"LEOPARDWOOD","See Letterwood."
"LEP","of Leap. Leaped. Chaucer."
"LEPADITE","Same as Lepadoid."
"LEPADOID","A stalked barnacle of the genus Lepas, or family Lepadid\u00e6; agoose barnacle. Also used adjectively."
"LEPAL","A sterile transformed stamen."
"LEPAS","Any one of various species of Lepas, a genus of pedunculatedbarnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, Gulfweed, etc.; -- called also goose barnacle. See Barnacle."
"LEPER","A person affected with leprosy."
"LEPERED","Affected or tainted with leprosy."
"LEPERIZE","To affect with leprosy."
"LEPEROUS","Leprous; infectious; corrupting; poisonous. 'The leperousdistillment.' Shak."
"LEPID","Pleasant; jocose. [R.]The joyous and lepid consul. Sydney Smith."
"LEPIDINE","An organic base, C9H6.N.CH3, metameric with quinaldine, andobtained by the distillation of cinchonine."
"LEPIDODENDRID","One of an extinct family of trees allied to the modern clubmosses, and including Lepidodendron and its allies."
"LEPIDODENDROID","Allied to, or resembling, Lepidodendron.-- n."
"LEPIDODENDRON","A genus of fossil trees of the Devonian and Carboniferous ages,having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in quincunx order,produced by the separation of the leafstalks."
"LEPIDOGANOID","Any one of a division (Lepidoganoidei) of ganoid fishes,including those that have scales forming a coat of mail. Also usedadjectively."
"LEPIDOLITE","A species of mica, of a lilac or rose-violet color, containinglithia. It usually occurs in masses consisting of small scales. SeeMica."
"LEPIDOMELANE","An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found ingranitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation ofminute opaque scales. See Mica."
"LEPIDOPTER","One of the Lepidoptera."
"LEPIDOPTERA","An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths.They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales,usually brightly colored."
"LEPIDOPTERIST","One who studies the Lepidoptera."
"LEPIDOSAURIA","A division of reptiles, including the serpents and lizards; thePlagiotremata."
"LEPIDOSIREN","An eel-shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having bothgills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name isalso applied to a related African species (Protopterus annectens).The lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Calledalso doko."
"LEPISMA","A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongatedflattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by sevenunequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina) is found inhouses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also shiner,silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug."
"LEPISMOID","Like or pertaining to the Lepisma."
"LEPORINE","Of or pertaining to a hare; like or characteristic of, a hare."
"LEPRA","Leprosy."
"LEPRE","Leprosy.[Obs.] Wyclif."
"LEPROSE","Covered with thin, scurfy scales."
"LEPROSITY","The state or quality of being leprous or scaly; also, a scale.Bacon."
"LEPROSY","A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish,shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These areoften followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules,frequently producing great deformity. In one variety of the disease,an\u00e6sthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition there maybe wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails, anddistortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the bones andjoints. It is incurable, and is probably contagious.Mycobacteriumleprae, curable in most cases by therapy with a combination ofantibiotics, but cases resistant to therapy are increasing."
"LEPROUS","Leprose.-- Lep'rous*ly, adv.-- Lep'rous*ness, n."
"LEPRY","Leprosy. [Obs.] Holland."
"LEPTIFORM","Having a form somewhat like leptus; -- said of active insectlarv\u00e6 having three pairs of legs. See Larva."
"LEPTOCARDIA","The lowest class of Vertebrata, including only the Amphioxus.The heart is represented only by a simple pulsating vessel. The bloodis colorless; the brain, renal organs, and limbs are wanting, and thebackbone is represented only by a simple, unsegmented notochord. SeeAmphioxus. [Written also Leptocardii.]"
"LEPTOCARDIAN","Of or pertaining to the Leptocardia.-- n."
"LEPTODACTYL","A bird or other animal having slender toes. [Written alsolepodactyle.]"
"LEPTODACTYLOUS",", Having slender toes."
"LEPTOLOGY","A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things."
"LEPTOMENINGITIS","Inflammation of the pia mater or of the arachnoid membrane."
"LEPTORHINE","Having the nose narrow; -- said esp. of the skull. Opposed toplatyrhine."
"LEPTOSTRACA","An order of Crustacea, including Nebalia and allied forms."
"LEPTOTHRIX","A genus of bacteria, characterized by having their filamentsvery long, slender, and indistinctly articulated."
"LEPTUS","The six-legged young, or larva, of certain mites; -- sometimesused as a generic name. See Harvest mite, under Harvest."
"LEPTYNITE","See Granulite."
"LERE","Learning; lesson; lore. [Obs.] Spenser."
"LERED","Learned. [Obs.] ' Lewed man or lered.' Chaucer."
"LERNAEA","A Linn\u00e6an genus of parasitic Entomostraca, -- the same as thefamily Lern\u00e6id\u00e6."
"LERNAEACEA","A suborder of copepod Crustacea, including a large number ofremarkable forms, mostly parasitic on fishes. The young, however, areactive and swim freely. See Illustration in Appendix."
"LERNEAN","One of a family (Lern\u00e6id\u00e6) of parasitic Crustacea foundattached to fishes and other marine animals. Some species penetratethe skin and flesh with the elongated head, and feed on the viscera.See Illust. in Appendix."
"LEROT","A small European rodent (Eliomys nitela), allied to thedormouse."
"LES","A leash. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LESBIAN","Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, nowMitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago."
"LESBIAN LOVE","See Lesbianism."
"LESBIANISM","Unnatural sexual relations between women."
"LESE","To lose. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LESE-MAJESTY","See Leze majesty."
"LESION","A hurt; an injury. Specifically:(a) (Civil Law) Loss sustained from failure to fulfill a bargain orcontract. Burrill.(b) (Med.) Any morbid change in the exercise of functions or thetexture of organs. Dunglison."
"LESS","Unless. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"LESSEE","The person to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate bylease. Blackstone."
"LESSEN","To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; todiminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or apopulation; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.Charity . . . shall lessen his punishment. Calamy.St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessenit. Atterbury."
"LESSENER","One who, or that which, lessens.His wife . . . is the lessener of his pain, and the augmenter of hispleasure. J. Rogers (1839)."
"LESSER","Less; smaller; inferior.God made . . . the lesser light to rule the night. Gen. i. 15."
"LESSES","The leavings or dung of beasts."
"LESSON","To teach; to instruct. Shak.To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad, Doth lesson happier men,and shame at least the bad. Byron."
"LESSOR","One who leases; the person who lets to farm, or gives a lease.Blackstone."
"LEST","To listen. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser."
"LESTER","A dry sirocco in the Madeira Islands."
"LET","To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose. [Archaic]He was so strong that no man might him let. Chaucer.He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 2.Thess. ii. 7.Mine ancient wound is hardly whole, And lets me from the saddle.Tennyson."
"LET-ALONE","Letting alone. The let-alone principle, doctrine, or policy.(Polit. Econ.) See Laissez faire."
"LET-OFF","A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as thewarp from the cylinder of a loom."
"LET-UP","Abatement; also, cessation; as, it blew a gale for three dayswithout any let-up. [Colloq.]"
"LETCH","See Leach."
"LETCHY","See Leachy."
"LETE","To let; to leave. [Obs.]"
"LETEN","of Lete. Chaucer."
"LETHAL","One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtainedfrom spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called becauseit occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid."
"LETHALITY","The quality of being lethal; mortality."
"LETHARGIZE","To make lethargic.All bitters are poison, and act by stilling, and depressing, andlethargizing the irritability. Coleridge."
"LETHARGY","To lethargize. [Obs.] Shak."
"LETHE","Death.[Obs.] Shak."
"LETHEAN","Of or pertaining to Lethe; resembling in effect the water ofLethe. Milton. Barrow."
"LETHEED","Caused by Lethe. ' Letheed dullness.' [Obs.] Shak."
"LETHEON","Sulphuric ether used as an an\u00e6sthetic agent. [R.]"
"LETHEONIZE","To subject to the influence of letheon. [R. or Obs.]"
"LETHIFEROUS","Deadly; bringing death or destruction."
"LETHY","Lethean. [Obs.] Marston."
"LETTE","To let; to hinder. See Let, to hinder. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LETTER","One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire."
"LETTERER","One who makes, inscribes, or engraves, alphabetical letters."
"LETTERGRAM","See Letter, above."
"LETTERN","See Lecturn."
"LETTERPRESS","Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other materialby types; -- often used of the reading matter in distinction from theillustrations.Letterpress printing, printing directly from type, in distinctionfrom printing from plates."
"LETTERURE","Letters; literature. [Obs.] 'To teach him letterure andcourtesy.' Chaucer."
"LETTERWOOD","The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genusBrosimum (B. Aubletii), found in Guiana; -- so called from blackspots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also calledsnakewood, and leopardwood. It is much used for bows and for walkingsticks."
"LETTISH","Of or pertaining to the Letts.-- n."
"LETTRURE","See Letterure. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LETTS","An Indo-European people, allied to the Lithuanians and OldPrussians, and inhabiting a part of the Baltic provinces of Russia."
"LETTUCE","A composite plant of the genus Lactuca (L. sativa), the leavesof which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield a milky juice,from which lactucarium is obtained. The commonest wild lettuce of theUnited States is L. Canadensis. Hare's lettuce, Lamb's lettuce. Seeunder Hare, and Lamb.-- Lettuce opium. See Lactucarium.-- Sea lettuce, certain papery green seaweeds of the genus Ulva."
"LETUARY","Electuary. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LEUC-",". Same as Leuco-."
"LEUCADENDRON","A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, havinghandsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of thecolonists."
"LEUCANILINE","A colorless, crystalline, organic base, obtained fromrosaniline by reduction, and also from other sources. It formscolorless salts."
"LEUCHAEMIA","See Leucocyth\u00e6mia.-- Leu*ch\u00e6m'ic, a. [Written also leuk\u00e6mia, leuk\u00e6mic.]"
"LEUCIN","A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance formed in thedecomposition of albuminous matter by pancreatic digestion, by theaction of boiling dilute sulphuric acid, and by putrefaction. It isalso found as a constituent of various tissues and organs, as thespleen, pancreas, etc., and likewise in the vegetable kingdom.Chemically it is to be considered as amido-caproic acid.(CH3)2CH.CH2.CH(NH2)-COOH. L-leucine, the natural form, is present inmost proteins."
"LEUCITE","A mineral having a glassy fracture, occurring in translucenttrapezohedral crystals. It is a silicate of alumina and potash. It isfound in the volcanic rocks of Italy, especially at Vesuvius."
"LEUCITIC","Containing leucite; as, leucitic rocks."
"LEUCITOID","The trapezohedron or tetragonal trisoctahedron; -- so called asbeing the form of the mineral leucite."
"LEUCOCYTE","A colorless corpuscle, as one of the white blood corpuscles, orthose found in lymph, marrow of hone, connective tissue, etc."
"LEUCOCYTOGENESIS","The formation of leucocytes."
"LEUCOETHIOPIC","White and black; -- said of a white animal of a black species,or the albino of the negro race."
"LEUCOETHIOPS","An albino. [Also written leucoethiops.]"
"LEUCOLINE","A nitrogenous organic base from coal tar, and identical withquinoline. Cf. Quinoline."
"LEUCOMA","A white opacity in the cornea of the eye; -- called alsoalbugo."
"LEUCOMAINE","An animal base or alkaloid, appearing in the tissue duringlife; hence, a vital alkaloid, as distinguished from a ptomaine orcadaveric poison."
"LEUCONIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid, obtainedas a yellowish white gum by the oxidation of croconic acid."
"LEUCOPATHY","The state of an albino, or of a white child of black parents."
"LEUCOPHANE","A mineral of a greenish yellow color; it is a silicate ofglucina, lime, and soda with fluorine. Called also leucophanite."
"LEUCOPHLEGMACY","A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca;paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats."
"LEUCOPHLEGMATIC","Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin."
"LEUCOPHYLL","A colorless substance isomeric with chlorophyll, contained inparts of plants capable of becoming green. Watts."
"LEUCOPHYLLOUS","Having white or silvery foliage."
"LEUCOPYRITE","A mineral of a color between white and steel-gray, with ametallic luster, and consisting chiefly of arsenic and iron."
"LEUCORRHOEA","A discharge of a white, yellowish, or greenish, viscid mucus,resulting from inflammation or irritation of the membrane lining thegenital organs of the female; the whites. Dunglison."
"LEUCORYX","A large antelope of North Africa (Oryx leucoryx), allied to thegemsbok."
"LEUCOSCOPE","An instrument, devised by Professor Helmholtz, for testing thecolor perception of the eye, or for comparing different lights, as totheir constituent color or their relative whiteness."
"LEUCOSOID","Like or pertaining to the Leucosoidea, a tribe of marine crabsincluding the box crab or Calappa."
"LEUCOSPHERE","The inner corona. [R.]"
"LEUCOTURIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic substanceof the uric acid group, called leucoturic acid or oxalantin. SeeOxalantin."
"LEUCOUS","White; -- applied to albinos, from the whiteness of their skinand hair."
"LEUCOXENE","A nearly opaque white mineral, in part identical with titanite,observed in some igneous rocks as the result of the alteration oftitanic iron."
"LEUKAEMIA","Leucocyth\u00e6mia."
"LEUKOPLAST","See Leucoplast."
"LEVANA","A goddess who protected newborn infants."
"LEVANT","Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. SeeCouchant and levant, under Couchant."
"LEVANTER","One who levants, or decamps. [Colloq. Eng.]"
"LEVANTINE","Of or pertaining to the Levant. J. Spencer."
"LEVARI FACIAS","A writ of execution at common law."
"LEVATION","The act of raising; elevation; upward motion, as that producedby the action of a levator muscle."
"LEVATOR","A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or theeyelid."
"LEVE","Dear. See Lief. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LEVECHE","A dry sirocco of Spain."
"LEVEE","To attend the levee or levees of.He levees all the great. Young."
"LEVEE EN MASSE","See Levy in mass, under Levy, n."
"LEVEFUL","Allowable; permissible; lawful. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LEVEL","Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection. H. Sweet.Level line (Shipbuilding), the outline of a section which ishorizontal crosswise, and parallel with the rabbet of the keellengthwise. Level surface (Physics), an equipotential surface atright angles at every point to the lines of force."
"LEVELING","The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for findinga horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level betweendifferent points of the earth's surface included in a survey, forestablishing grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, orlocating a line of railroad. Leveling instrument. See Surveyor'slevel, under Level, n.-- Leveling staff, a graduated rod or staff used in connection witha leveling instrument for measuring differences of level betweenpoints."
"LEVELISM","The disposition or endeavor to level all distinctions of rankin society."
"LEVELLY","In an even or level manner."
"LEVELNESS","The state or quality of being level."
"LEVEN","Lightning. [Obs.]Wild thunder dint and fiery leven. Chaucer."
"LEVER","More agreeable; more pleasing. [Obs.] Chaucer. To be leverthan. See Had as lief, under Had."
"LEVERAGE","The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by thelever. Leverage of a couple (Mech.), the perpendicular distancebetween the lines of action of two forces which act in parallel andopposite directions.-- Leverage of a force, the perpendicular distance from the line inwhich a force acts upon a body to a point about which the body may besupposed to turn."
"LEVERET","A hare in the first year of its age."
"LEVEROCK","A lark. [Scot.]"
"LEVERWOOD","The American hop hornbeam (Ostrya Virginica), a small tree withvery tough wood."
"LEVESEL","A leafy shelter; a place covered with foliage. [Obs.]Behind the mill, under a levesel. Chaucer."
"LEVET","A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille. [Obs.]Hudibras."
"LEVIABLE","Fit to be levied; capable of being assessed and collected; as,sums leviable by course of law. Bacon."
"LEVIER","One who levees. Cartwright."
"LEVIGABLE","Capable of being levigated."
"LEVIGATE","Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated. [Obs.] Sir. T.Elyot."
"LEVIGATION","The act or operation of levigating."
"LEVIN","Lightning. [Obs.] Spenser. Levin brand, a thunderbolt. [Obs.]Spenser."
"LEVINER","A swift hound."
"LEVIR","A husband's brother; -- used in reference to leviratemarriages."
"LEVIRATION","Levirate marriage or marriages. Kitto."
"LEVIROSTRES","A group of birds, including the hornbills, kingfishers, andrelated forms."
"LEVITATE","To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surroundingmedium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate. Sir. J. Herschel."
"LEVITE","One of the tribe or family of Levi; a descendant of Levi; esp.,one subordinate to the priests (who were of the same tribe) andemployed in various duties connected with the tabernacle first, andafterward the temple, such as the care of the building, bringing ofwood and other necessaries for the sacrifices, the music of theservices, etc."
"LEVITICALLY","After the manner of the Levites; in accordance with thelevitical law."
"LEVITICUS","The third canonical book of the Old Testament, containing thelaws and regulations relating to the priests and Levites among theHebrews, or the body of the ceremonial law."
"LEVO-","A prefix from L. laevus, meaning:(a) Pertaining to, or toward, the left; as, levorotatory.(b) (Chem. & Opt.) Turning the plane of polarized light to the left;as, levotartaric acid; levoracemic acid; levogyratory crystals, etc.[Written also l\u00e6vo-.]"
"LEVOGYRATE","Turning or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left,as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc. [Written also l\u00e6vogyrate.]"
"LEVOROTATION","Rotation in the direction of an outgoing right-handed screw;counter-clockwise rotation; -- applied chiefly to the turning of theplane of polarization of light."
"LEVOROTATORY","Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left;levogyrate, as levulose, left handed quartz crystals, etc. [Writtenalso l\u00e6vorotatory.]"
"LEVULIN","A substance resembling dextrin, obtained from the bulbs of thedahlia, the artichoke, and other sources, as a colorless, spongy,amorphous material. It is so called because by decomposition ityields levulose. [Written also l\u00e6vulin.]"
"LEVULINIC","Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid (called also acetyl-propionic acid), C5H8O3, obtained by the action of dilute acids onvarious sugars (as levulose). [Written also l\u00e6vulinic.]"
"LEVULOSAN","An unfermentable carbohydrate obtained by gently heatinglevulose."
"LEVULOSE","A sirupy variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized,occurring widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence called alsofruit sugar. It is called levulose, because it rotates the plane ofpolarization to the left. [Written also l\u00e6vulose.]C6H12O6."
"LEVY","A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginiato the Spanish real of one eight of a dollar (or 12"
"LEW","Lukewarm; tepid. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"LEWDSTER","A lewd person. [Obs.] Shak."
"LEX","Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terr\u00e6, thelaw of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci,the law of the place; lex mercatoria, the law or custom of merchants."
"LEXICAL","Of or pertaining to a lexicon, to lexicography, or words;according or conforming to a lexicon.-- Lex'ic*al*ly, adv."
"LEXICOGRAPHER","The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary.Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can onlyhope to escape reproach; and even this negative recompense has beenyet granted to very few. Johnson."
"LEXICOGRAPHIST","A lexicographer. [R.] Southey."
"LEXICOGRAPHY","The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon ordictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries."
"LEXICOLOGIST","One versed in lexicology."
"LEXICOLOGY","The science of the derivation and signification of words; thatbranch of learning which treats of the signification and applicationof words."
"LEXICON","A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement ofthe words in a language or of a considerable number of them, with thedefinition of each; a dictionary; especially, a dictionary of theGreek, Hebrew, or Latin language."
"LEXICONIST","A writer of a lexicon. [R.]"
"LEXIGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to lexigraphy."
"LEXIGRAPHY","The art or practice of defining words; definition of words."
"LEXIPHANIC","Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; as, alexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic writing."
"LEXIPHANICISM","The use of pretentious words, language, or style."
"LEXIPHARMIC","See Alexipharmic."
"LEY",", & i. To lay; to wager. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LEYSER","Leisure. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LEZE MAJESTY","Any crime committed against the sovereign power."
"LHERZOLITE","An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxeneand picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium)."
"LIABILITY","the sum of one's pecuniary obligations; -- opposed to assets.Limited liability. See Limited company, under Limited."
"LIABLENESS","Quality of being liable; liability."
"LIAGE","Union by league; alliance. [Obs.]"
"LIAISON","A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an illicitintimacy between a man and a woman."
"LIAR","A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who lies."
"LIARD","Gray. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LIAS","The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; aname given in England and Europe to a series of marine limestonesunderlying the O\u00f6lite. See the Chart of Geology."
"LIASSIC","Of the age of the Lias; pertaining to the Lias Formation.-- n."
"LIB","To castrate. [Obs.]"
"LIBAMENT","Libation. [Obs.] Holland."
"LIBANT","Sipping; touching lightly. [R.] Landor."
"LIBATION","The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either onthe ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also,the wine or liquid thus poured out. Dryden.A heathen sacrifice or libation to the earth. Bacon."
"LIBATORY","Pertaining to libation."
"LIBBARD","A leopard. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser. Keats."
"LIBEL","A malicious publication expressed either in print or inwriting, or by pictures, effigies, or other signs, tending to exposeanother to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. Such publication isindictable at common law."
"LIBELANT","One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiasticalor admiralty court. [Written also libellant.] Cranch."
"LIBELER","One who libels. [Written also libeller.] ' Libelers of others.'Buckkminster."
"LIBELIST","A libeler."
"LIBELLULID","A dragon fly."
"LIBELLULOID","Like or pertaining to the dragon fi"
"LIBELOUS","Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing thatwhich exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule;as, a libelous pamphlet. [Written also libellous.] -- Li'bel*ous*ly,adv."
"LIBER","The inner bark of plants, lying next to the wood. It usuallycontains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is,therefore, the part from which the fiber of the plant is obtained, asthat of hemp, etc. Liber cells, elongated woody cells found in theliber."
"LIBERAL","One who favors greater freedom in political or religiousmatters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer; inEnglish politics, a member of the Liberal party, so called. Cf. Whig."
"LIBERALISM","Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberalsin politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberalparty."
"LIBERALIST","A liberal."
"LIBERALISTIC","Pertaining to, or characterized by, liberalism; as,liberalistic opinions."
"LIBERALIZATION","The act of liberalizing."
"LIBERALIZE","To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices.To open and to liberalize the mind. Burke."
"LIBERALIZER","One who, or that which, liberalizes. Emerson."
"LIBERALLY","In a liberal manner."
"LIBERATE","To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; tofree; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner;to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate gases."
"LIBERATION","The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.This mode of analysis requires perfect liberation from all prejudgedsystem. Pownall."
"LIBERATOR","One who, or that which, liberates; a deliverer."
"LIBERATORY","Tending, or serving, to liberate. [R.]"
"LIBERTARIAN","Pertaining to liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, asopposed to the doctrine of necessity."
"LIBERTARIANISM","Libertarian principles or doctrines."
"LIBERTINAGE","Libertinism; license. [R.]"
"LIBERTINE","A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman."
"LIBERTY","A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of thehorse."
"LIBETHENITE","A mineral of an olive-green color, commonly in orthorhombiccrystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of copper."
"LIBIDINIST","One given to lewdness."
"LIBIDINOSITY","The state or quality of being libidinous; libidinousness.Skelton."
"LIBIDINOUS","Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness; sensual;lascivious.-- Li*bid'i*nous*ly, adv.-- Li*bid'i*nous*ness, n."
"LIBRAL","Of a pound weight. [Obs.] Johnson."
"LIBRARIANSHIP","The office of a librarian."
"LIBRATE","To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium;hence, to be poised.Their parts all liberate on too nice a beam. Clifton."
"LIBRATION","A real or apparent libratory motion, like that of a balancebefore coming to rest. Libration of the moon, any one of those smallperiodical changes in the position of the moon's surface relativelyto the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at oppositelimbs become visible or invisible alternately. It receives differentnames according to the manner in which it takes place; as: (a)Libration in longitude, that which, depending on the place of themoon in its elliptic orbit, causes small portions near the easternand western borders alternately to appear and disappear each month.(b) Libration in latitude, that which depends on the varying positionof the moon's axis in respect to the spectator, causing the alternateappearance and disappearance of either pole. (c) Diurnal orparallactic libration, that which brings into view on the upper limb,at rising and setting, some parts not in the average visiblehemisphere."
"LIBRATORY","Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoiseor level."
"LIBRETTIST","One who makes a libretto."
"LIBRIFORM","Having the form of liber, or resembling liber. Libriform cells,peculiar wood cells which are very slender and relatively thick-walled, and occasionally are furnished with bordered pits. Goodale."
"LIBYAN","Of or pertaining to Libya, the ancient name of that part ofAfrica between Egypt and the Atlantic Ocean, or of Africa as a whole."
"LICE","pl. of Louse."
"LICENSABLE","That can be licensed."
"LICENSE","To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, tolicense a man to preach. Milton. Shak."
"LICENSED","Having a license; permitted or authorized by license; as, alicensed victualer; a licensed traffic. Licensed victualer, one whohas a license to keep an in or eating house; esp., a victualer whohas a license to sell intoxicating liquors."
"LICENSEE","The person to whom a license is given."
"LICENSER","One who gives a license; as, a licenser of the press."
"LICENSURE","A licensing. [R.]"
"LICENTIATE","To give a license to. [Obs.] L'Estrange."
"LICH","Like. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser."
"LICHEN","One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technicallycalled Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually ofscaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulousand variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air,and generate by means of spores. The species are very widelydistributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of agreenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies,to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperlycalled rock moss or tree moss."
"LICHENED","Belonging to, or covered with, lichens. Tennyson."
"LICHENIC","Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, lichens. Lichenic acid.(a) An organic acid, C14H24O3 obtained from Iceland moss. (b) An oldname of fumaric acid."
"LICHENIFORM","Having the form of a lichen."
"LICHENIN","A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from severalspecies of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss."
"LICHENOGRAPHIST","One who describes lichens; one versed in lichenography."
"LICHENOGRAPHY","A description of lichens; the science which illustrates thenatural history of lichens."
"LICHENOLOGIST","One versed in lichenology."
"LICHENOLOGY","The science which treats of lichens."
"LICHENOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, lichens; abounding inlichens; covered with lichens. G. Eliot."
"LICHI","See Litchi."
"LICHWALE","The gromwell."
"LICHWORT","An herb, the wall pellitory. See Pellitory."
"LICIT","Lawful. 'Licit establishments.' Carlyle.-- Lic'it*ly, adv.-- Lic'it*ness, n."
"LICITATION","The act of offering for sale to the highest bidder. [R.]"
"LICK","To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whipor conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. [Colloq. or Low] Carlyle.Thackeray."
"LICK-SPIGOT","A tapster. [Obs.]"
"LICK-SPITTLE","An abject flatterer or parasite. Theodore Hook."
"LICKER","One who, or that which, licks. Licker in (Carding Machine), thedrum, or cylinder, by which the lap is taken from the feed rollers."
"LICKEROUS","Lickerish; eager; lustful. [Obs.] -- Lick'er*ous*ness, n.[Obs.] Chaucer."
"LICKPENNY","A devourer or absorber of money. 'Law is a lickpenny.' Sir W.Scott."
"LICORICE","A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (G. glabra), the root of whichabounds with a juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions."
"LICOROUS","See Lickerish.-- Lic'o*rous*ness, n. [Obs.] Herbert."
"LICOUR","Liquor. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LICTOR","An officer who bore an ax and fasces or rods, as ensigns of hisoffice. His duty was to attend the chief magistrates when theyappeared in public, to clear the way, and cause due respect to bepaid to them, also to apprehend and punish criminals.Lictors and rods, the ensigns of their power. Milton."
"LIDDED","Covered with a lid. Keats."
"LIDGE","Same Ledge.[Obs.] Spenser."
"LIDLESS","Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes;hence, sleepless; watchful.A lidless watcher of the public weal. Tennyson."
"LIE","See Lye."
"LIED","A lay; a German song. It differs from the French chanson, andthe Italian canzone, all three being national.The German Lied is perhaps the most faithful reflection of thenational sentiment. Grove."
"LIEDERKRANZ","Lit., wreath of songs; -- used as the title of a group ofsongs, and esp. as the common name for German vocal clubs of men."
"LIEDERTAFEL","A popular name for any society or club which meets for thepractice of male part songs."
"LIEF","Same as Lif."
"LIEFSOME","Pleasing; delightful. [Obs.]"
"LIEGANCE","Same as Ligeance."
"LIEGE","Full; perfect; complete; pure. Burrill. Liege homage (FeudalCustom), that homage of one sovereign or prince to another whichacknowledged an obligation of fealty and services.-- Liege poustie Etym: [L. legitima potestas] (Scots Law), perfect,i. e., legal, power; specif., having health requisite to do legalacts.-- Liege widowhood, perfect, i. e., pure, widowhood. [Obs.]"
"LIEGEMAN","Same as Liege, n., 2. Chaucer. Spenser."
"LIEGER","A resident ambassador. [Obs.] See Leger. Denham."
"LIEGIANCY","See Ligeance."
"LIEN","of Lie. See lain. Ps. lxviii. 13."
"LIENAL","Of or pertaining to the spleen; splenic."
"LIENCULUS","One of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighborhood ofthe spleen; an accessory or supplementary spleen."
"LIENO-INTESTINAL","Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno-intestinal vein of the frog."
"LIENTERIC","Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, a lientery.-- n. (Med.)"
"LIENTERY","A diarrhea, in which the food is discharged imperfectlydigested, or with but little change. Dunglison."
"LIER","One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment.There were liers in a ambush against him. Josh. viii. 14."
"LIERNE RIB","In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from theimpost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss orintersection of the principal ribs to another."
"LIEU","Place; room; stead; -- used only in the phrase in lieu of, thatis, instead of.The plan of extortion had been adopted in lieu of the scheme ofconfiscation. Burke."
"LIEUTENANT GENERAL",". An army officer in rank next below a general and next above amajor general."
"LIEUTENANTRY","See Lieutenancy. [Obs.]"
"LIEUTENANTSHIP","Same as Lieutenancy, 1."
"LIEVE","Same as Lief."
"LIF","The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are boundtogether, from which various kinds of cordage are made."
"LIFE","The potential principle, or force, by which the organs ofanimals and plants are started and continued in the performance oftheir several and co\u00f6perative functions; the vital force, whetherregarded as physical or spiritual."
"LIFE-GIVING","Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting;invigorating."
"LIFE-PRESERVER","An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of variousmaterials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body whilein the water.-- Life'-pre*serv`ing, a."
"LIFE-SAVING","That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning;as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station."
"LIFE-SIZE","Of full size; of the natural size."
"LIFE-WEARY","Weary of living. Shak."
"LIFEBOAT","A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the livesof shipwrecked people."
"LIFEFUL","Full of vitality. Spenser."
"LIFEHOLD","Land held by a life estate."
"LIFELESS","Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, orinhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead;spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter;a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story.-- Life'less*ly, adv.-- Life'less*ness, n."
"LIFELIKE","Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accuraterepresentation; as, a lifelike portrait.-- Life'like`ness, n. Poe."
"LIFELONG","Lasting or continuing through life. Tennyson."
"LIFELY","In a lifelike manner. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LIFEMATE","Companion for life. Hawthorne."
"LIFEN","To enliven. [Obs.] Marston."
"LIFESOME","Animated; sprightly. [Poetic] Coleridge.-- Life'some*ness, n."
"LIFESPRING","Spring or source of life."
"LIFESTRING","A nerve, or string, that is imagined to be essential to life.Daniel."
"LIFETIME","The time that life continues."
"LIFLODE","Livelihood. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LIFT","The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament. [Obs. or Scot.]"
"LIFTABLE","Such as can be lifted."
"LIFTER","A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, acontrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when thecope is lifted."
"LIFTING","Used in, or for, or by, lifting. Lifting bridge, a lift bridge.-- Lifting jack. See 2d Jack, 5.-- Lifting machine. See Health lift, under Health.-- Lifting pump. (Mach.) (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, orvalved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water andlifting it to a high level. (b) A pump which lifts the water only tothe top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump.-- Lifting rod, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and impartingmotion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats.-- Lifting sail (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow outof water, as jibs and square foresails."
"LIG","To recline; to lie still. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer. Spenser."
"LIGAMENT","Composing a ligament; of the nature of a ligament; binding; as,a strong ligamentous membrane."
"LIGAN","Goods sunk in the sea, with a buoy attached in order that theymay be found again. See Jetsam and Flotsam. [Written also lagan.]Blackstone."
"LIGATE","To tie with a ligature; to bind around; to bandage."
"LIGATOR","An instrument for ligating, or for placing and fastening aligature."
"LIGATURE","A curve or line connecting notes; a slur."
"LIGE","To lie; to tell lies. [Obs.]"
"LIGEANCE","The connection between sovereign and subject by which they weremutually bound, the former to protection and the securing of justice,the latter to faithful service; allegiance. [Written also ligeancyand liegance.] Chaucer."
"LIGEMENT","See Ledgment"
"LIGGE","To lie or recline. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LIGHT","The manner in which the light strikes upon a picture; that partof a picture which represents those objects upon which the light issupposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or otherscene; -- opposed to shade. Cf. Chiaroscuro."
"LIGHT SIGNALS","A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire arefired from a pistol, the arrangement in groups denoting numbershaving a code significance."
"LIGHT YEAR","The distance over which light can travel in a year's time; --used as a unit in expressing stellar distances. It is more than63,000 times as great as the distance from the earth to the sun."
"LIGHT-ARMED","Armed with light weapons or accouterments."
"LIGHT-BOAT","Light-ship."
"LIGHT-FINGERED","Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering;addicted to petty thefts. Fuller."
"LIGHT-HANDED","Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed."
"LIGHT-HEARTED","Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry.-- Light'-heart`ed*ly, adv.-- Light'-heart'ed*ness, n."
"LIGHT-HEELED","Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed."
"LIGHT-HORSEMAN","A West Indian fish of the genus Ephippus, remarkable for itshigh dorsal fin and brilliant colors."
"LIGHT-LEGGED","Nimble; swift of foot. Sir P. Sidney."
"LIGHT-MINDED","Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate.-- Light'-mind`ed*ness, n."
"LIGHT-SHIP","A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and mooredoff a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners."
"LIGHT-WINGED","Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting. Shak."
"LIGHTABLE","Such as can be lighted."
"LIGHTE","of Light, to alight. Chaucer."
"LIGHTEN","To descend; to light.O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us. Book of Common Prayer [Eng.Ed.]"
"LIGHTER","One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps."
"LIGHTERMAN","A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter."
"LIGHTFUL","Full of light; bright. [R.] 'Lightful presence.' Marston."
"LIGHTHOUSE","A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erectedat the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, toserve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos."
"LIGHTING","A name sometimes applied to the process of annealing metals."
"LIGHTLESS","Destitute of light; dark. Shak."
"LIGHTMAN","A man who carries or takes care of a light. T. Brown."
"LIGHTNESS","The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy;buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace."
"LIGHTNING","Lightening. [R.]"
"LIGHTROOM","A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel islighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows."
"LIGHTS","The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely appliedto the lungs of a human being."
"LIGHTSTRUCK","Damaged by accidental exposure to light; light-fogged; -- saidof plates or films."
"LIGHTWEIGHT","Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animalwho is a lightweight."
"LIGHTWOOD","Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the SouthernUnited States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling afire quickly or making a blaze."
"LIGHTY","Illuminated. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"LIGNEOUS","Made of wood; consisting of wood; of the nature of, orresembling, wood; woody.It should be tried with shoots of vines and roots of red roses; forit may be they, being of a moreligneous nature, will incorporate withthe tree itself. Bacon.Ligneous marble, wood coated or prepared so as to resemble marble."
"LIGNIFEROUS","Yielding or producing wood."
"LIGNIFICATION","A change in the character of a cell wall, by which it becomesharder. It is supposed to be due to an incrustation of lignin."
"LIGNIFORM","Like wood."
"LIGNIFY","To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance."
"LIGNIN","A substance characterizing wood cells and differing fromcellulose in its conduct with certain chemical reagents."
"LIGNIPERDOUS","Wood-destroying; -- said of certain insects."
"LIGNIREOSE","See Lignin."
"LIGNITE","Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which itwas formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of morerecent origin than the anthracite and bituminous coal of the propercoal series. Called also brown coal, wood coal."
"LIGNITIC","Containing lignite; resembling, or of the nature of, lignite;as, lignitic clay. Lignitic group. See Laramie group."
"LIGNITIFEROUS","Producing or containing lignite; lignitic."
"LIGNOCERIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the formic acidseries, found in the tar, wax, or paraffine obtained by distillingcertain kinds of wood, as the beech."
"LIGNONE","See Lignin."
"LIGNOSE","See Lignin."
"LIGNUM RHODIUM","The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially ofspecies of Rhodorhiza from the Canary Islands, and of the West IndianAmyris balsamifera."
"LIGNUM-VITAE","A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes ofAmerica, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured. Its wood isvery hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, asfor the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. SeeGuaiacum."
"LIGROIN","A trade name applied somewhat indefinitely to some of thevolatile products obtained in refining crude petroleum. It is acomplex and variable mixture of several hydrocarbons, generally boilsbelow 170\u00ba Fahr., and is more inflammable than safe kerosene. It isused as a solvent, as a carburetant for air gas, and for illuminationin special lamps."
"LIGSAM","Same as Ligan. Brande & C."
"LIGULA","See Ligule."
"LIGULE","A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of thebrain."
"LIGULIFLOROUS","Bearing only ligulate flowers; -- said of a large suborder ofcomposite plants, such as the dandelion, hawkweed, etc."
"LIGURE","A kind of precious stone.The third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. Ex. xxviii. 19."
"LIGUSTRIN","A bitter principle found in the bark of the privet (Ligustrumvulgare), and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a warm,bitter taste; -- called also ligustron."
"LIKABLE","Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a likableperson. Thackeray."
"LIKE-MINDED","Having a like disposition or purpose; of the same mind.Tillotson."
"LIKEABLE","See Likable."
"LIKEHOOD","Likelihood. [Obs.] South."
"LIKELY","In all probability; probably.While man was innocent he was likely ignorant of nothing thatimported him to know. Glanvill."
"LIKENESS","See Lickerish, Lickerishness. Chaucer."
"LIKEWISE","In like manner; also; moreover; too. See Also.Go, and do thou likewise. Luke x. 37.For he seeth that wise men die; likewise the fool and the brutishperson perish. Ps. xlix. 10."
"LIKIN","A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations uponimports or articles in transit."
"LIKING","Looking; appearing; as, better or worse liking. See Like, tolook. [Obs.] Chaucer.Why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which areof your sort Dan. i. 10."
"LILAC","A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six species, natives ofEurope and Asia. Syringa vulgaris, the common lilac, and S. Persica,the Persian lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance andbeauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British coloniesvarious other shrubs have this name."
"LILACIN","See Syringin."
"LILIAL","Having a general resemblance to lilies or to liliaceous plants."
"LILIED","Covered with, or having many, lilies.By sandy Ladon's lilied banks. Milton."
"LILL","To loll. [Obs. or Prov.] Spenser."
"LILLIPUTIAN","A person or thing of very small size."
"LILLY-PILLY","An Australian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Smithii), having smoothovate leaves, and panicles of small white flowers. The wood is hardand fine-grained."
"LILT","To utter with spirit, animation, or gayety; to sing with spiritand liveliness.A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, With scraps of thundrous epiclilted out By violet-hooded doctors. Tennyson."
"LILY","A plant and flower of the genus Lilium, endogenous bulbousplants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens,and a superior three-celled ovary."
"LILY-HANDED","Having white, delicate hands."
"LILY-LIVERED","White-livered; cowardly."
"LILYWORT","Any plant of the Lily family or order. Lindley."
"LIM","A limb. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LIM NAEA","A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant inponds and streams; -- called also pond snail. [Written also Lymn\u00e6a.]"
"LIMA","The capital city of Peru, in South America. Lima bean. (Bot.)(a) A variety of climbing or pole bean (Phaseolus lunatus), which hasvery large flattish seeds. (b) The seed of this plant, much used forfood.-- Lima wood (Bot.), the beautiful dark wood of the South Americantree C\u00e6salpinia echinata."
"LIMACEOUS","Pertaining to, or like, Limax, or the slugs."
"LIMACINA","A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic andAntarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales."
"LIMACON","A curve of the fourth degree, invented by Pascal. Its polarequation is r = a cos + b."
"LIMAILLE","Filings of metal. [Obs.] 'An ounce . . . of silver lymaille.'Chaucer."
"LIMAN","The deposit of slime at the mouth of a river; slime."
"LIMATION","The act of filing or polishing."
"LIMAX","A genus of airbreathing mollusks, including the common gardenslugs. They have a small rudimentary shell. The breathing pore is onthe right side of the neck. Several species are troublesome ingardens. See Slug."
"LIMB","A border or edge, in certain special uses.(a) (Bot.) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalouscorolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.(b) (Astron.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body,especially of the sun and moon.(c) The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument formeasuring angles."
"LIMBAT","A cooling periodical wind in the Isle of Cyprus, blowing fromthe northwest from eight o'clock, A. M., to the middle of the day orlater."
"LIMBATE","Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging ofanother."
"LIMBEC","An alembic; a still. [Obs.] Spenser. Shak."
"LIMBED","Having limbs; -- much used in composition; as, large-limbed;short-limbed.Innumerous living creatures, perfect forms, Limbed and full grown.Milton."
"LIMBER","The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov. Eng.]"
"LIMBERNESS","The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness. Boyle."
"LIMBLESS","Destitute of limbs."
"LIMBMEAL","Piecemeal. [Obs.] 'To tear her limbmeal.' Shak."
"LIMBOUS","With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture."
"LIME","A thong by which a dog is led; a leash. Halliwell."
"LIME TWIG",". See under 4th Lime."
"LIME-TWIGGED","Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime. L. Addison."
"LIMEHOUND","A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer. Spenser."
"LIMEKILN","A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are burned andreduced to lime."
"LIMELIGHT","That part of the stage upon which the limelight as cast,usually where the most important action is progressing or where theleading player or players are placed and upon which the attention ofthe spectators is therefore concentrated. Hence, consspicuousposition before the public; as, politicians who are never happyexcept in the limelight."
"LIMENEAN","Of or pertaining to Lima, or to the inhabitants of Lima, inPeru.-- n."
"LIMER","A limehound; a limmer. Chaucer."
"LIMERICK","A nonsense poem of five anapestic lines, of which  lines 1, 2,and 5 are of there feet, and rime, and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet,and rime; as --"
"LIMESTONE","A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate oflime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is thencalled magnesian or dolomitic limestone. Crystalline limestone iscalled marble."
"LIMEWATER","Water impregnated with lime; esp., an artificial solution oflime for medicinal purposes."
"LIMICOLAE","A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers,snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grall\u00e6."
"LIMICOLINE","Shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to the Limicol\u00e6."
"LIMINESS","The state or quality of being limy."
"LIMIT","A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic adifferentia."
"LIMITABLE","Capable of being limited."
"LIMITANEOUS","Of or pertaining to a limit. [Obs.]"
"LIMITARIAN","Tending to limit."
"LIMITATE","Bounded by a distinct line."
"LIMITED","Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as,our views of nature are very limited. Limited company, a company inwhich the liability of each shareholder is limited by the number ofshares he has taken, so that he can not be called on to contributebeyond the amount of his shares. [Eng.] Mozley & W."
"LIMITEDLY","With limitation."
"LIMITEDNESS","The quality of being limited."
"LIMITIVE","Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limitexisting powers. [R.]"
"LIMITLESS","Having no limits; unbounded; boundless. Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)."
"LIMITOUR","See Limiter, 2."
"LIMMER","Limber. [Obs.] Holland."
"LIMNER","A painter; an artist; esp.:(a) One who paints portraits.(b) One who illuminates books. [Archaic]"
"LIMNIAD","See Limoniad."
"LIMNING","The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture ordecoration so produced.Adorned with illumination which we now call limning. Wood."
"LIMOGES","A city of Southern France. Limoges enamel, a kind of enamelware in which the enamel is applied to the whole surface of a metalplaque, vase, or the like, and painted in enamel colors. The art wasbrought to a high degree of perfection in Limoges in the 16thcentury.-- Limoges ware. (a) Articles decorated with Limoges enamel. (b)Articles of porcelain, etc., manufactured at Limoges."
"LIMONIAD","A nymph of the meadows; -- called also Limniad."
"LIMONIN","A bitter, white, crystalline substance found in orange andlemon seeds."
"LIMONITE","Hydrous sesquixoide of iron, an important ore of iron,occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a darkbrown color, yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Alsocalled brown hematite."
"LIMOSIS","A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbidhunger."
"LIMOUS","Muddy; slimy; thick. Sir T. Browne."
"LIMOUSINE","An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coup\u00e9,and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front;also, an automobile with such a body."
"LIMP","To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively. Shak."
"LIMPER","One who limps."
"LIMPID","Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, a limpidstream.Springs which were clear, fresh, and limpid. Woodward."
"LIMPIDITY","The quality or state of being limpid."
"LIMPIDNESS","Quality of being limpid; limpidity."
"LIMPIN","A limpet. [Obs.] Holland."
"LIMPINGLY","In a limping manner."
"LIMPITUDE","Limpidity. [Obs.]"
"LIMPKIN","Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus Aramus,intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins areremarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (A.giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (A.scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called also courlan, andcrying bird."
"LIMPNESS","The quality or state of being limp."
"LIMU","The Hawaiian name for seaweeds. Over sixty kinds are used asfood, and have species names, as Limu Lipoa, Limu palawai, etc."
"LIMULE","A limulus."
"LIMULOIDEA","An order of Merostomata, including among living animals thegenus Limulus, with various allied fossil genera, mostly of theCarboniferous period. Called also Xiphosura."
"LIMULUS","The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a fewspecies from the East Indies, and one (Limulus polyphemus) from theAtlantic coast of North America. Called also Molucca crab, king crab,horseshoe crab, and horsefoot."
"LIN","To yield; to stop; to cease. [Obs. or Scot.] Marsion."
"LINAGE","See Lineage. [Obs.] Holland."
"LINAMENT","Lint; esp., lint made into a tent for insertion into wounds orulcers."
"LINARITE","A hydrous sulphate of lead and copper occurring in bright bluemonoclinic crystals."
"LINCH","A ledge; a right-angled projection."
"LINCHI","An esculent swallow."
"LINCHPIN","A pin used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding offthe axletree."
"LINCOLN GREEN",". A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln, England; the clothitself."
"LIND","The linden. See Linden. Chaucer."
"LINDIA","A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence ofciliated disks. By some zo\u00f6logists it is thought to be like theancestral form of the Arthropoda."
"LINDIFORM","Resembling the genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insectlarv\u00e6. [See Illust. under Larva.]"
"LINE","A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet,according to the measure.In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa. Broome."
"LINEAGE","Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race;descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.Both the lineage and the certain sire From which I sprung, from meare hidden yet. Spenser."
"LINEALITY","The quality of being linea"
"LINEALLY","In a lineal manner; as, the prince is lineally descended fromthe Conqueror."
"LINEAMENT","One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks,of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the plural. 'The lineaments of the body.' Locke.'Lineaments in the character.' Swift.Man he seems In all his lineaments. Milton."
"LINEAR","Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except atthe extremities; as, a linear leaf. Linear differential (Math.), anequation which is of the first degree, when the expression which isequated to zero is regarded as a function of the dependent variableand its differential coefficients.-- Linear equation (Math.), an equation of the first degree betweentwo variables; -- so called because every such equation may beconsidered as representing a right line.-- Linear measure, the measurement of length.-- Linear numbers (Math.), such numbers as have relation to lengthonly: such is a number which represents one side of a plane figure.If the plane figure is square, the linear figure is called a root.-- Linear problem (Geom.), a problem which may be solvedgeometrically by the use of right lines alone.-- Linear transformation (Alg.), a change of variables where eachvariable is replaced by a function of the first degree in the newvariable."
"LINEAR-SHAPED","Of a linear shape."
"LINEARENSATE","Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow."
"LINEARLY","In a linear manner; with lines."
"LINEARY","Linear. Holland."
"LINEATION","Delineation; a line or lines."
"LINEATURE","Anything having outline. [R.] Holland."
"LINEN","Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking."
"LINENER","A dealer in linen; a linen draper. [Obs.]"
"LINEOLATE","Marked with little lines."
"LINER","A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them,fill a space, etc., ; a shim."
"LING","Heather (Calluna vulgaris). Ling honey, a sort of wild honey,made from the flowers of the heather. Holland."
"LING-BIRD","The European meadow pipit; -- called also titling."
"LINGENCE","A linctus. [Obs.] Fuller."
"LINGER","To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow orreluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be insuspense; to hesitate.Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. Gray.Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained. Milton."
"LINGERER","One who lingers. Guardian."
"LINGERIE","Linen goods collectively; linen underwear, esp. of women; theclothing of linen and cotton with its lace, etc., worn by a women."
"LINGERINGLY","With delay; slowly; tediously."
"LINGET","An ingot. [Written also lingot.]"
"LINGISM","A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics;-- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics."
"LINGLE","See Lingel."
"LINGO","Language; speech; dialect. [Slang]"
"LINGOA WOOD",". Amboyna wood."
"LINGOT","A linget or ingot; also, a mold for casting metals. See Linget."
"LINGUA FRANCA","The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of thelanguage of the people of the region and foreign traders."
"LINGUACIOUS","Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious. [Obs.]"
"LINGUADENTAL","Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, orrather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual,as the letters d and t."
"LINGUAL","Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of thetongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter. Lingualribbon. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Odontophore."
"LINGUALITY","The quality of being lingual."
"LINGUATULIDA","Same as Linguatulina."
"LINGUATULINA","An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They havetwo pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called alsoPentastomida."
"LINGUIDENTAL","Linguadental."
"LINGUIFORM","Having the form of the tongue; tongue-shaped."
"LINGUIST","Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or tothe affinities of languages."
"LINGUISTICALLY","In a linguistic manner; from the point of view of a linguist.Tylor."
"LINGUISTICS","The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, andapplication of words; glossology."
"LINGULA","A tonguelike process or part."
"LINGULATE","Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate."
"LINIGEROUS","Bearing flax; producing linen."
"LINIMENT","A liquid or semiliquid preparation of a consistence thinnerthan an ointment, applied to the skin by friction, esp. one used as asedative or a stimulant."
"LINK","A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like. Shak."
"LINK MOTION","A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods,giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar,called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can bereversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally inlocomotives and marine engines."
"LINKAGE","Manner of linking or of being linked; -- said of the union ofatoms or radicals in the molecule."
"LINKS","A tract of ground laid out for the game of golf; a golfinggreen."
"LINNAEA BOREALIS","The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates."
"LINNAEITE","A mineral of pale steel-gray color and metallic luster,occurring in isometric crystals, and also massive. It is a sulphideof cobalt containing some nickel or copper."
"LINNE","Flax. See Linen. [Obs.]"
"LINNET","Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the generaLinota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species(L. cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brownabove, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its headare grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, redlinnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher,linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet(Acanthis linaria) often has the crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll,and Twite. Green linnet (Zo\u00f6l.), the European green finch."
"LINOLEATE","A salt of linoleic acid."
"LINOLEIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil;specifically (Chem.), designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil,found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp,and certain nuts."
"LINOXIN","A resinous substance obtained as an oxidation product oflinoleic acid. [Written also linoxyn.]"
"LINSANG","Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon, inhabiting theEast Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang (P.gracilis) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang(Porana Richardsonii) is brown with black spots."
"LINSEED","The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained. [Writtenalso lintseed.] Linseed cake, the solid mass or cake which remainswhen oil is expressed.-- Linseed meal, linseed cake reduced to powder.-- Linseed oil, oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed."
"LINSEY","Linsey-woolsey."
"LINSEY-WOOLSEY","Made of linen and wool; hence, of different and unsuitableparts; mean. Johnson."
"LINSTOCK","A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold alighted match for firing cannon. [Written also lintstock.]"
"LINTEL","A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying thesuperincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswisefracture."
"LINTSEED","See Linseed."
"LINUM","A genus of herbaceous plants including the flax (Linumusitatissimum)."
"LION","A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found inSouthern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varietiesoccurring in the different countries. The adult male, in mostvarieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to hisapparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. Thelength, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail.The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker,and the terminal tuft of the tail is black. In one variety, calledthe maneless lion, the male has only a slight mane."
"LION-HEART","A very brave person."
"LION-HEARTED","Very brave; brave and magnanimous. Sir W. Scott."
"LIONCED","Adorned with lions heads; having arms terminating in lions'heads; -- said of a cross. [Written also leonced.]"
"LIONCEL","A small lion, especially one of several borne in the same coatof arms."
"LIONEL","The whelp of a lioness; a young lion."
"LIONESS","A female lion."
"LIONET","A young or small lion."
"LIONHOOD","State of being a lion. Carlyle."
"LIONISM","An attracting of attention, as a lion; also, the treating orregarding as a lion."
"LIONLIKE","Like a lion; brave as a lion."
"LIONLY","Like a lion; fierce. [Obs.] Milton."
"LIONSHIP","The state of being a lion."
"LIP","One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell. Lip bit,a pod auger. See Auger.-- Lip comfort, comfort that is given with words only.-- Lip comforter, one who comforts with words only.-- Lip labor, unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. Bale.-- Lip reading, the catching of the words or meaning of one speakingby watching the motion of his lips without hearing his voice.Carpenter.-- Lip salve, a salve for sore lips.-- Lip service, expression by the lips of obedience and devotionwithout the performance of acts suitable to such sentiments.-- Lip wisdom, wise talk without practice, or unsupported byexperience.-- Lip work. (a) Talk. (b) Kissing. [Humorous] B. Jonson.-- Lip make a lip, to drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt.Shak.-- To shoot out the lip (Script.), to show contempt by protrudingthe lip."
"LIPAEMIA","A condition in which fat occurs in the blood."
"LIPANS","A tribe of North American Inedians, inhabiting the northernpart of Mexico. They belong to the Tinneh stock, and are closelyrelated to the Apaches."
"LIPARIAN","Any species of a family (Liparid\u00e6) of destructive bombycidmoths, as the tussock moths."
"LIPARITE","A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite."
"LIPIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, fat. The word was formerly usedspecifically to designate a supposed acid obtained by the oxidationof oleic acid, tallow, wax, etc."
"LIPINIC","Lipic."
"LIPLESS",", Having no lips."
"LIPLET","A little lip."
"LIPOCEPHALA","Same as Lamellibranchia."
"LIPOCHRIN","A yellow coloring matter, soluble in ether, contained in thesmall round fat drops in the retinal epithelium cells. It is bestobtained from the eyes of frogs."
"LIPOGRAM","A writing composed of words not having a certain letters; -- asin the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no Bin the second, and so on."
"LIPOGRAMMATIC","Omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certainletter or letters; as, lipogrammatic writings."
"LIPOGRAMMATIST","One who makes a lipogram."
"LIPOMA","A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue.-- Li*pom'a*tous, a."
"LIPOTHYMIC","Tending to swoon; fainting. [Written also leipothymic.]"
"LIPOTHYMOUS","Pertaining, or given, to swooning; fainting."
"LIPOTHYMY","A fainting; a swoon. Jer. Taylor."
"LIPPED","Labiate."
"LIPPITUDE","Soreness of eyes; the state of being blear-eyes; blearedness."
"LIPSE","To lisp. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LIPYL","A hypothetical radical of glycerin. [Obs.] Berzelius."
"LIQUABLE","Capable of being melted."
"LIQUATE","To melt; to become liquid. [Obs.] Woodward."
"LIQUATION","The process of separating, by heat, an easily fusible metalfrom one less fusible; eliquation."
"LIQUEFACIENT","An agent, as mercury, iodine, etc., which promotes theliquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions."
"LIQUEFACTION","The act, process, or method, of reducing a gas or vapor to aliquid by cold or pressure; as, the liquefaction of oxygen orhydrogen."
"LIQUEFIABLE","Capable of being changed from a solid to a liquid state."
"LIQUEFIER","That which liquefies."
"LIQUEFY","To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; todissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat."
"LIQUESCENCY","The quality or state of being liquescent. Johnson."
"LIQUESCENT","Tending to become liquid; inclined to melt to melt; melting."
"LIQUEUR","An aromatic alcoholic cordial."
"LIQUID","Being in such a state that the component parts move amongthemselves, but do not tend to separate from each other as theparticles of gases and vapors do; neither solid nor a\u00ebriform; as,liquid mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or in a stateof vapor."
"LIQUID AIR","A transparent limpid liquid, slightly blue in color, consistingof a mixture of liquefied oxygen and nitrogen. It is prepared bysubjecting air to great pressure and then cooling it by its ownexpansion to a temperature below the boiling point of itsconstituents  (N -194\u00ba C; O -183\u00ba C.)."
"LIQUIDAMBAR","A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. Liquidambar styraciflua isthe North American sweet qum, and L. Orientalis is found in AsiaMinor."
"LIQUIDAMBER","See Liquidambar."
"LIQUIDATE","To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amountof (indebtedness); or, where there is an indebtedness to more thanone person, to determine the precise amount of (each indebtedness);to make the amount of (an indebtedness); clear and certain.A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount due is agreed onby the parties, or fixed by the operation of law. 15 Ga. Rep. 821.If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I believe youwould be brought in considerable debtor. Chesterfield."
"LIQUIDATION","The act or process of liquidating; the state of beingliquidated. To go into liquidation (Law), to turn over to a trusteeone's assets and accounts, in order that the several amounts of one'sindebtedness be authoritatively ascertained, and that the assets maybe applied toward their discharge."
"LIQUIDITY","The state or quality of being liquid."
"LIQUIDIZE","To render liquid."
"LIQUIDLY","In a liquid manner; flowingly."
"LIQUIDNESS","The quality or state of being liquid; liquidity; fluency."
"LIQUOR","A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguishedfrom tincture and aqua."
"LIQUORICE","See Licorice."
"LIQUORISH","See Lickerish. [Obs.] Shak."
"LIQUOROUS","Eagerly desirous. See Lickerish. [Obs.] Marston."
"LIRA","An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc."
"LIRELLA","A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit ofcertain lichens."
"LIRELLIFORM","Like a lirella. [Written also lirell\u00e6form.]"
"LIRIODENDRON","A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North America,having smooth, shining leaves, and handsome, tuliplike flowers; tuliptree; whitewood; -- called also canoewood. Liriodendron tulipifera isthe only extant species, but there were several others in theCretaceous epoch."
"LIRIPIPE","See Liripoop."
"LIROCONITE","A hydrated arseniate of copper, occurring in obtuse pyramidalcrystals of a sky-blue or verdigris-green color."
"LISBON","A sweet, light-colored species of wine, produced in theprovince of Estremadura, and so called as being shipped from Lisbon,in Portugal."
"LISLE","A city of France celebrated for certain manufactures. Lisleglove, a fine summer glove, made of Lisle thread.-- Lisle lace, a fine handmade lace, made at Lisle.-- Lisle thread, a hard twisted cotton thread, originally producedat Lisle."
"LISNE","A cavity or hollow.[Obs.] Sir M. Hale."
"LISP","The habit or act of lisping. See Lisp, v. i., 1.I overheard her answer, with a very pretty lisp, 'O! Strephon, youare a dangerous creature.' Tatler."
"LISPER","One who lisps."
"LISPINGLY","With a lisp; in a lisping manner."
"LISS","Release; remission; ease; relief. [Obs.] 'Of penance had alisse.' Chaucer."
"LISSENCEPHALA","A general name for all those placental mammals that have abrain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora,etc."
"LIST","A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground,or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or fieldinclosed for a race or combat. Chaucer.In measured lists to toss the weighty lance. Pope.To enter the lists, to accept a challenge, or engage in contest."
"LISTEL","Same as List, n., 6."
"LISTEN","To attend to. [Obs.] Shak."
"LISTENER","One who listens; a hearkener."
"LISTER","One who makes a list or roll."
"LISTERIAN","Of or pertaining to listerism."
"LISTERISM","The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance ofoperations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from JosephLister, an English surgeon."
"LISTERIZE","To make antiseptic."
"LISTFUL","Attentive [Obs.] Spenser."
"LISTING","The sapwood cut from the edge of a board."
"LISTLESS","Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless;spiritless. ' A listless unconcern.' Thomson.Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain. Dryden.I was listless, and desponding. Swift."
"LIT",", a form of the imp. & p. p. of Light."
"LITANY","A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of variouschurches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the formerleading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It isusually of a penitential character.Supplications . . . for the appeasing of God's wrath were of theGreek church termed litanies, and rogations of the Latin. Hooker."
"LITARGE","Litharge. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LITCHI","The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It isnutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromaticpulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exportedthe pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form. [Written alsolichi, and lychee.] -- lite. See -lith."
"LITE","Little. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LITERACY","State of being literate."
"LITERAL","Literal meaning. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"LITERALISM","The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully,without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization."
"LITERALIST","One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreteraccording to the letter."
"LITERALITY","The state or quality of being literal. Sir T. Browne."
"LITERALIZATION","The act of literalizing; reduction to a literal meaning."
"LITERALIZE","To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according tothe strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to spiritualize; as, toliteralize Scripture."
"LITERALIZER","A literalist."
"LITERALNESS","The quality or state of being literal; literal import."
"LITERATE","Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned;lettered.The literate now chose their emperor, as the military chose theirs.Landor."
"LITERATI","Learned or literary men. See Literatus.Shakespearean commentators, and other literati. Craik."
"LITERATIM","Letter for letter."
"LITERATION","The act or process of representing by letters."
"LITERATUS","A learned man; a man acquainted with literature; -- chieflyused in the plural.Now we are to consider that our bright ideal of a literatus maychance to be maimed. De Quincey."
"LITH","3d pers. sing. pres. of Lie, to recline, for lieth. Chaucer."
"LITHAEMIA","A condition in which uric (lithic) acid is present in theblood."
"LITHAGOGUE","A medicine having, or supposed to have, the power of expellingcalculous matter with the urine. Hooper."
"LITHARGE","Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as anamorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating leadmoderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate orcarbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware,in making red lead minium, etc. Called also massicot."
"LITHARGYRUM","Crystallized litharge, obtained by fusion in the form of fineyellow scales."
"LITHATE","A salt of lithic or uric acid; a urate. [Obs.] [Written alsolithiate.]"
"LITHE","To listen or listen to; to hearken to. [Obs.] P. Plowman."
"LITHELY","In a lithe, pliant, or flexible manner."
"LITHENESS","The quality or state of being lithe; flexibility; limberness."
"LITHER","Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.] Chaucer.Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. Bp. Woolton."
"LITHERLY","Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous;lazy.[Archaic]He [the dwarf] was waspish, arch, and litherly. Sir W. Scott."
"LITHESOME","Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom.-- Lithe'some*ness, n."
"LITHIA","The oxide of lithium; a strong alkaline caustic similar topotash and soda, but weaker. See Lithium. Lithia emerald. SeeHiddenite."
"LITHIASIS","The formation of stony concretions or calculi in any part ofthe body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages. Dunglison."
"LITHIC","Pertaining to the formation of uric-acid concretions (stone) inthe bladder and other parts of the body; as, lithic diathesis. LIthicacid (Old Med. Chem.), uric acid. See Uric acid, under Uric."
"LITHIOPHILITE","A phosphate of manganese and lithium; a variety of triphylite."
"LITHIUM","A metallic element of the alkaline group, occurring in severalminerals, as petalite, spodumene, lepidolite, triphylite, etc., andotherwise widely disseminated, though in small quantities."
"LITHO","A combining form from Gr. stone."
"LITHOBILIC","Pertaining to or designating an organic acid of the tartaricacid series, distinct from lithofellic acid, but, like it, obtainedfrom certain bile products, as bezoar stones."
"LITHOCARP","Fossil fruit; a fruit petrified; a carpolite."
"LITHOCHROMATICS","See Lithochromics."
"LITHOCHROMICS","The art of printing colored pictures on canvas from oilpaintings on stone."
"LITHOCLAST","An instrument for crushing stones in the bladder."
"LITHOCYST","A sac containing small, calcareous concretions (otoliths). Theyare found in many Medus\u00e6, and other invertebrates, and are supposedto be auditory organs."
"LITHODOME","Any one of several species of bivalves, which form holes inlimestone, in which they live; esp., any species of the genusLithodomus."
"LITHODOMOUS","Like, or pertaining to, Lithodomus; lithophagous."
"LITHODOMUS","A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, andremarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solidlimestone, shells, etc. Called also Lithophagus."
"LITHOFELLIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline, organic acid,resembling cholic acid, found in the biliary intestinal concretions(bezoar stones) common in certain species of antelope."
"LITHOFRACTEUR","An explosive compound of nitroglycerin. See Nitroglycerin."
"LITHOGENESY","The doctrine or science of the origin of the minerals composingthe globe."
"LITHOGENOUS","Stone-producing; -- said of polyps which form coral."
"LITHOGLYPH","An engraving on a gem."
"LITHOGLYPHER","One who curs or engraves precious stones."
"LITHOGLYPHIC","Of or pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving preciousstones."
"LITHOGLYPTICS","The art of cutting and engraving gems."
"LITHOGRAPH","To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as totransfer the design to paper by printing; as, to lithograph a design;to lithograph a painting. See Lithography."
"LITHOGRAPHER","One who lithographs; one who practices lithography."
"LITHOGRAPHY","The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasymaterial, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom.The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between greaseand water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adheringto wetted parts of the stone not covered by the design. SeeLithographic limestone, under Lithographic."
"LITHOLATRY","The worship of a stone or stones."
"LITHOLOGICALLY","From a lithological point of view; as, to consider a stratumlithologically."
"LITHOLOGIST","One who is skilled in lithology."
"LITHOLOGY","A treatise on stones found in the body."
"LITHOMANCY","Divination by means of stones."
"LITHOMARGE","A clay of a fine smooth texture, and very sectile."
"LITHONTRIPTIC","Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroyingstone in the bladder or kidneys; as, lithontriptic forc\u00e9ps.-- n."
"LITHONTRIPTIST","Same as Lithotriptist."
"LITHONTRIPTOR","See Lithotriptor."
"LITHOPHANE","Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct bytransmitted light, -- as when hung in a window, or used as a lampshade."
"LITHOPHOSPHOR","A stone that becomes phosphoric by heat."
"LITHOPHOSPHORIC","Pertaining to lithophosphor; becoming phosphoric by heat."
"LITHOPHOTOGRAPHY","Same as Photolithography."
"LITHOPHYLL","A fossil leaf or impression of a leaf."
"LITHOPHYSE","A spherulitic cavity often with concentric chambers, observedin some volcanic rocks, as in rhyolitic lavas. It is supposed to beproduced by expanding gas, whence the name."
"LITHOPHYTE","A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians,corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareousaxis. All the lithophytes except the corallines are animals."
"LITHOPHYTIC","Of or pertaining to lithophytes."
"LITHOPHYTOUS","Lithophytic."
"LITHOSIAN","Any one of various species of moths belonging to the familyLithosid\u00e6. Many of them are beautifully colored."
"LITHOTOME","An instrument used for cutting the bladder in operations forthe stone."
"LITHOTOMIST","One who performs the operation of cutting for stone in thebladder, or one who is skilled in the operation."
"LITHOTOMY","The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in thebladder."
"LITHOTRIPSY","The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder with aninstrument called lithotriptor or lithotrite; lithotrity."
"LITHOTRIPTIC","Same as Lithontriptic."
"LITHOTRIPTIST","One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder."
"LITHOTRIPTOR","An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; alithotrite."
"LITHOTRITIST","A lithotriptist."
"LITHOTRITY","The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder into smallpieces capable of being voided."
"LITHOTYPE","A kind of stereotype plate made by lithotypy; also, that whichin printed from it. See Lithotypy."
"LITHOTYPIC","Of, pertaining to, or produced by, lithotypy."
"LITHOTYPY","The art or process of making a kind of hard, stereotypeplate,by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, acomposition of gum shell-lac and sand of a fine quality, togetherwith a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state."
"LITHOXYL","Petrified wood. [Obs.]"
"LITHUANIAN","Of or pertaining to Lithuania (formerly a principality unitedwith Poland, but now Russian and Prussian territory)."
"LITHY","Easily bent; pliable. Lithy tree (Bot.), a European shrub(Viburnum Lantana); -- so named from its tough and flexible stem."
"LITIGABLE","Such as can be litigated."
"LITIGANT","Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit;as, the parties litigant. Ayliffe."
"LITIGATE","To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; toprosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, andjudicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause."
"LITIGATION","The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicialcontest."
"LITIGATOR","One who litigates."
"LITIGIOUSLY","In a litigious manner."
"LITIGIOUSNESS","The state of being litigious; disposition to engage in or carryon lawsuits."
"LITMUS","A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria,Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists ofa compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring mattersrelated to orcin and orcein."
"LITOTES","A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoidingcensure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderationshown in the form of expression; as, ' a citizen of no mean city,'that is, of an illustrious city."
"LITRANETER","An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of liquids."
"LITRE","Same as Liter."
"LITTERATEUR","One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; aliteratus. ' Befriended by one kind-hearted litt\u00e9rateur afteranother.' C. Kingsley."
"LITTERY","Covered or encumbered with litter; consisting of orconstituting litter."
"LITTLE","In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; --often with a preceding it. ' The poor sleep little.' Otway."
"LITTLE-EASE","An old slang name for the pillory, stocks, etc., of aprison.[Eng.] Latimer."
"LITTLENESS","The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size,thought, duration, power, etc."
"LITTORAL","Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water andlow-water mark."
"LITTORINA","A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiralshells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. Theyfeed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. SeePeriwinkle."
"LITTRESS","A smooth kind of cartridge paper used for making cards. Knight."
"LITUATE","Forked, with the points slightly curved outward."
"LITUIFORM","Having the form of a lituus; like a lituite."
"LITUITE","Any species of ammonites of the genus Lituites. They are foundin the Cretaceous formation."
"LITURATE","Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins."
"LITURGICALLY","In the manner of a liturgy."
"LITURGICS","The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretationof liturgies."
"LITURGIOLOGIST","One versed in liturgiology."
"LITURGIOLOGY","The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, ordescription of, liturgies. Shipley."
"LITURGIST","One who favors or adheres strictly to a liturgy. Milton."
"LITURGY","An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritualfor public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; aformulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Churchit includes all forms and services in any language, in any part ofthe world, for the celebration of Mass."
"LITUUS","A spiral whose polar equation is r2th = a; that is, a curve thesquare of whose radius vector varies inversely as the angle which theradius vector makes with a given line."
"LIVE","Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of alathe. Live birth, the condition of being born in such a state thatacts of life are manifested after the extrusion of the whole body.Dunglison.-- Live box, a cell for holding living objects under microscopicalexamination. P. H. Gosse.-- Live feathers, feathers which have been plucked from the livingbird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic.-- Live gang. (Sawing) See under Gang.-- Live grass (Bot.), a grass of the genus Eragrostis.-- Live load (Engin.), a suddenly applied load; a varying load; amoving load; as a moving train of cars on a bridge, or wind pressureon a roof. Live oak (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus virens),growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and highlyesteemed for ship timber. In California the Q. chrysolepis and someother species are also called live oaks.-- Live ring (Engin.), a circular train of rollers upon which aswing bridge, or turntable, rests, and which travels around acircular track when the bridge or table turns.-- Live steam , steam direct from the boiler, used for any purpose,in distinction from exhaust steam.-- Live stock, horses, cattle, and other domestic animals kept on afarm. whole body."
"LIVE-FOREVER","A plant (Sedum Telephium) with fleshy leaves, which has extremepowers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine."
"LIVED","Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived;short-lived."
"LIVELIHED","See Livelihood. [Obs.]"
"LIVELIHOOD","Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support;support of life; maintenance.The opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood. Addison.It is their profession and livelihood to get their living bypractices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives. South."
"LIVELILY","In a lively manner. [Obs.] Lamb."
"LIVELODE","Course of life; means of support; livelihood. [Obs.]"
"LIVER","A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceralcavity of all vertebrates."
"LIVER-COLORED","Having a color like liver; dark reddish brown."
"LIVER-GROWN","Having an enlarged liver. Dunglison."
"LIVERED","Having (such) a liver; used in composition; as, white-livered."
"LIVERIED","Wearing a livery. See Livery, 3.The liveried servants wait. Parnell."
"LIVERING","A kind of pudding or sausage made of liver or pork. [Obs.]Chapman."
"LIVERLEAF","Same as Liverwort."
"LIVERY","To clothe in, or as in, livery. Shak."
"LIVERY STABLE",". A stable where horses are kept for hire, and where stablingis provided. See Livery, n., 3 (e) (f) & (g)."
"LIVES","pl. of Life."
"LIVID","Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, asflesh by contusion. Cowper.There followed no carbuncles, no purple or livid spots, the mass ofthe blood not being tainted. Bacon."
"LIVIDITY","The state or quality of being livid."
"LIVIDNESS","Lividity. Walpole."
"LIVING PICTURE","A tableau in which persons take part; also, specif., such atableau as imitating a work of art."
"LIVINGLY","In a living state. Sir T. Browne."
"LIVINGNESS","The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy orvigor; animation; quickening."
"LIVONIAN","Of or pertaining to Livonia, a district of Russia near theBaltic Sea."
"LIVOR","Malignity. [P.] Burton."
"LIVRAISON","A part of a book or literary composition printed and deliveredby itself; a number; a part."
"LIVRE","A French money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20sous. It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc."
"LIXIVIATE","To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separatingsoluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes,for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances."
"LIXIVIATION","Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance formone that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water;leaching."
"LIXIVIOUS","See Lixivial."
"LIXIVIUM","A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence,any solution obtained by lixiviation."
"LIXT","2d pers. sing. pres. of Lige, to lie, to tell lies, --contracted for ligest. Chaucer."
"LIZA","The American white mullet (Mugil curema)."
"LIZARD","Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to theorder Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of otherorders, as the Hatteria."
"LLAMA","A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to thecamels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be adomesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as abeast of burden in the Andes."
"LLANDEILO GROUP","A series of strata in the lower Silurian formations of GreatBritain; -- so named from Llandeilo in Southern Wales. See Chart ofGeology."
"LLANERO","One of the inhabitants of the llanos of South America."
"LLANO","An extensive plain with or without vegetation. [SpanishAmerica]"
"LO","Look; see; behold; observe. ' Lo, here is Christ.' Matt. xxiv.23. ' Lo, we turn to the Gentiles.' Acts xiii. 46."
"LOACH","Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of thegenera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or morebarbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. Thecommon European species (N. barbatulus) is used as a food fish."
"LOAD","The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover whenworking. Load line, or Load water line (Naut.), the line on theoutside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks in thewater when loaded."
"LOADER","One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance forloading, as a gun."
"LOADING","Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LOAF","Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularlyshaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake. Bacon. Loafsugar, refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in amold."
"LOAFER","One who loafs; a lazy lounger. Lowell."
"LOAM","A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in makingmolds for large castings, often without a pattern. Loam mold(Founding), a mold made with loam. See Loam, n., 2.-- Loam molding, the process or business of making loam molds. Loamplate, an iron plate upon which a section of a loam mold rests, orfrom which it is suspended.-- Loam work, loam molding or loam molds."
"LOAMY","Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resemblingloam. Bacon."
"LOAN","A loanin. [Scot.]"
"LOANABLE","Such as can be lent; available for lending; as, loanable funds;-- used mostly in financial business and writings."
"LOANMONGER","A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans.The millions of the loanmonger. Beaconsfield."
"LOATHE","To feel disgust or nausea. [Obs.]"
"LOATHER","One who loathes."
"LOATHING","Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, ordetestation.The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile races. Macaulay."
"LOATHINGLY","With loathing."
"LOATHLINESS","Loathsomeness. [Obs.]"
"LOATHLY","Loathsome. [Obs.] ' Loathly mouth.' Spenser."
"LOATHNESS","Unwillingness; reluctance.A general silence and loathness to speak. Bacon."
"LOATHSOME","Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting.The most loathsome and deadly forms of infection. Macaulay.-- Loath'some*ly. adv.-- Loath'some*ness, n."
"LOATHY","Loathsome. [Obs.] Spenser."
"LOAVES","pl. of Loaf."
"LOB","To let fall heavily or lazily.And their poor jades Lob down their heads. Shak.To lob a ball (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send it upinto the air."
"LOBAR","Of or pertaining to a lobe; characterized by, or like, a lobeor lobes."
"LOBATELY","As a lobe; so as to make a lobe; in a lobate manner."
"LOBBISH","Like a lob; consisting of lobs. Sir. P. Sidney."
"LOBBY","A passage or hall of communication, especially when largeenough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from anantechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, anantechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefullypreserved."
"LOBBYIST","A member of the lobby; a person who solicits members of alegislature for the purpose of influencing legislation. [U.S.]"
"LOBCOCK","A dull, sluggish person; a lubber; a lob. [Low]"
"LOBE","Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhatrounded form; as:(a) (Bot.) A rounded projection or division of a leaf. Gray.(b)(Zo\u00f6l.)"
"LOBE-FOOTED","Lobiped."
"LOBED","Having lobes; lobate."
"LOBEFOOT","A bird having lobate toes; esp., a phalarope."
"LOBELET","A small lobe; a lobule."
"LOBELIA","A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobeliainflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America,whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acridtaste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant,etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deepand vivid red color of its flowers."
"LOBELIACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which thegenus Lobelia is the type."
"LOBELIN","A yellowish green resin from Lobelia, used as an emetic anddiaphoretic."
"LOBELINE","A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves ofIndian tobacco (Lobelia inflata) as a yellow oil, having atobaccolike taste and odor."
"LOBIPED","Having lobate toes, as a coot."
"LOBLOLLY","Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen. Loblolly bay(Bot.), an elegant white-flowered evergreen shrub or small tree, ofthe genus Gordonia (G. Lasianthus), growing in the maritime parts ofthe Southern United States. Its bark is sometimes used in tanning.Also, a similar West Indian tree (Laplacea h\u00e6matoxylon).-- Loblolly boy, a surgeon's attendant on shipboard. Smollett.-- Loblolly pine (Bot.), a kind of pitch pine found from Delawaresouthward along the coast; old field pine (Pinus T\u00e6da). Also, P.Bahamensis, of the West Indies.-- Loblolly tree (Bot.), a name of several West Indian trees, havingmore or less leathery foliage, but alike in no other respect; asPisonia subcordata, Cordia alba, and Cupania glabra."
"LOBOSA","An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick andirregular in form, as in the Amoeba."
"LOBSCOUSE","A combination of meat with vegetables, bread, etc., usuallystewed, sometimes baked; an olio."
"LOBSIDED","See Lopsided."
"LOBSPOUND","A prison. [Obs.] Hudibras."
"LOBSTER","Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of thegenus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and theEuropean lobster (H. vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (NephropsNorvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of largeunequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belongingto Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. Thefresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters. Lobstercaterpillar (Zo\u00f6l.), the caterpillar of a European bombycid moth(Stauropus fagi); -- so called from its form. Lobster louse (Zo\u00f6l.),a copepod crustacean (Nicotho\u00eb astaci) parasitic on the gills of theEuropean lobster."
"LOBULAR","Like a lobule; pertaining to a lobule or lobules."
"LOBULE","A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe. Lobule of the ear.(Anat.) Same as Lobe of the ear."
"LOBULETTE","A little lobule, or subdivision of a lobule."
"LOBWORM","The lugworm."
"LOCAL","Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite regionor portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a localcustom.Gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. Shak.Local actions (Law), actions such as must be brought in a particularcounty, where the cause arises; -- distinguished from transitoryactions.-- Local affection (Med.), a disease or ailment confined to aparticular part or organ, and not directly affecting the system.-- Local attraction (Magnetism), an attraction near a compass,causing its needle to deviate from its proper direction, especiallyon shipboard.-- Local battery (Teleg.), the battery which actuates the recordinginstruments of a telegraphic station, as distinguished from thebattery furnishing a current for the line.-- Local circuit (Teleg.), the circuit of the local battery.-- Local color. (a) (Paint.) The color which belongs to an object,and is not caused by accidental influences, as of reflection, shadow,etc. (b) (Literature) Peculiarities of the place and its inhabitantswhere the scene of an action or story is laid.-- Local option, the right or obligation of determining by popularvote within certain districts, as in each county, city, or town,whether the sale of alcoholic beverages within the district shall beallowed."
"LOCALITY","The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to rememberthe relative positions of places."
"LOCALIZATION","Act of localizing, or state of being localized. Cerebrallocalization (Physiol.), the localization of the control of specialfunctions, as of sight or of the various movements of the body, inspecial regions of the brain."
"LOCALIZE","To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place. H.Spencer. Wordsworth."
"LOCALLY","With respect to place; in place; as, to be locally separated ordistant."
"LOCATE","To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.[Colloq.]"
"LOCATION","The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place orsite of, a piece of land, according to the description given in anentry, plan, map, etc. Burrill. Bouvier."
"LOCATIVE","Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein; as, alocative adjective; locative case of a noun.-- n."
"LOCATOR","One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a miningclaim. [U.S.]"
"LOCELLATE","Divided into secondary compartments or cells, as where onecavity is separated into several smaller ones."
"LOCH","A lake; a bay or arm of the sea. [Scot.]"
"LOCHAGE","An officer who commanded a company; a captain. Mitford."
"LOCHAN","A small lake; a pond. [Scot.]A pond or lochan rather than a lake. H. Miller."
"LOCHE","See Loach."
"LOCHIA","The discharge from the womb and vagina which followschildbirth."
"LOCHIAL","Of or pertaining to the lochia."
"LOCK","A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, orother like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.These gray locks, the pursuivants of death. Shak."
"LOCK HOSPITAL",". A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases. [Eng.]"
"LOCK STEP",". A mode of marching by a body of men going one after anotheras closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the sametime with the corresponding leg of the person before him."
"LOCK STITCH",". A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of twothreads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. SeeStitch."
"LOCK-DOWN","A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used bylumbermen. [U.S.]"
"LOCK-WEIR","A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber."
"LOCKED-JAW","See Lockjaw."
"LOCKEN","of Lock. Chaucer."
"LOCKJAW","A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion issuspended; a variety of tetanus."
"LOCKLESS","Destitute of a lock."
"LOCKMAN","A public executioner. [Scot.]"
"LOCKOUT","The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually inorder to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension ofwages."
"LOCKRAM","A kind of linen cloth anciently used in England, originallyimported from Brittany. Shak."
"LOCKSMITH","An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks."
"LOCKUP","A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; awatchhouse."
"LOCKY","Having locks or tufts. [R.] Sherwood."
"LOCO","A direction in written or printed music to return to the properpitch after having played an octave higher."
"LOCO DISEASE","A chronic nervous affection of cattle, horses, and sheep,caused by eating the loco weed and characterized by a slow, measuredgait, high step, glassy eyes with defective vision, delirium, andgradual emaciation."
"LOCOMOTIVE","A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage,especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steamengines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel thecarriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons,railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix. Consolidationlocomotive, a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers.-- Locomotive car, a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; adummy engine. [U.S.] -- Locomotive engine. Same as Locomotive, above.-- Mogul locomotive. See Mogul."
"LOCOMOTOR","Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion. Locomotor ataxia,or Progressive locomotor ataxy (Med.), a disease of the spinal cordcharacterized by peculiar disturbances of gait, and difficulty inco\u00f6rdinating voluntary movements."
"LOCULAMENT","The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged."
"LOCULAR","Of or relating to the cell or compartment of an ovary, etc.; incomposition, having cells; as trilocular. Gray."
"LOCULATE","Divided into compartments."
"LOCULE","A little hollow; a loculus."
"LOCULICIDAL","Dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell; -- saidof capsules."
"LOCULUS","One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa."
"LOCUM TENENS","A substitute or deputy; one filling an office for a time."
"LOCUS","The line traced by a point which varies its position accordingto some determinate law; the surface described by a point or linethat moves according to a given law. Plane locus, a locus that is astraight line, or a circle.-- Solid locus, a locus that is one of the conic sections."
"LOCUST","Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory,orthopterous insects, of the family Acridid\u00e6, allied to thegrasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, or Pachytylus, migratoria, and Acridiumperigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the UnitedStates the related species with similar habits are usually calledgrasshoppers. See Grasshopper."
"LOCUST TREE","A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R.Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant,papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree.In England it is called acacia."
"LOCUSTA","The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses. Gray."
"LOCUSTELLA","The European cricket warbler."
"LOCUSTIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, the locust; -- formerly used todesignate a supposed acid."
"LOCUSTING","Swarming and devastating like locusts. [R.] Tennyson."
"LOCUTION","Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression. 'Stumbling locutions.' G. Eliot.I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced byceremony. Marston."
"LOCUTORY","A room for conversation; especially, a room in monasteries,where the monks were allowed to converse."
"LODDE","The capelin."
"LODE","A metallic vein; any regular vein or course, whether metallicor not."
"LODE-SHIP","An old name for a pilot boat."
"LODEMANAGE","Pilotage. [Obs.]"
"LODESMAN","Same as Loadsman. [Obs.]"
"LODESTAR","Same as Loadstar."
"LODESTONE","Same as Loadstone."
"LODGE","The space at the mouth of a level next the shaft, widened topermit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; -- calledalso platt. Raymond."
"LODGED","Lying down; -- used of beasts of the chase, as couchant is ofbeasts of prey."
"LODGEMENT","See Lodgment."
"LODGER","One who, or that which, lodges; one who occupies a hired roomin another's house."
"LODGMENT","The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besiegingparty; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effecta lodgment."
"LODICULE","One of the two or three delicate membranous scales which arenext to the stamens in grasses."
"LOELLINGITE","A tin-white arsenide of iron, isomorphous with arsenopyrite."
"LOESS","A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowishearth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers."
"LOFFE","To laugh. [Obs.] Shak."
"LOFT","That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially:(a) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of theuppermost story.(b) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, anorgan loft.(c) A floor or room placed above another; a story.Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft. Acts xx. 9.On loft, aloft; on high. Cf. Onloft. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LOFTER","An iron club used in lofting the ball; -- called also loftingiron."
"LOFTILY","In a lofty manner or position; haughtily."
"LOFTINESS","The state or quality of being lofty."
"LOFTING IRON","Same as Lofter."
"LOG","A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills. W. H. Ward."
"LOG-CHIP","A thin, flat piece of board in the form of a quadrant of acircle attached to the log line; -- called also log-ship. See 2d Log,n., 2."
"LOG-SHIP","A part of the log. See Log-chip, and 2d Log, n., 2."
"LOGAN","A rocking or balanced stone. Gwill."
"LOGAOEDIC","Composed of dactyls and trochees so arranged as to produce amovement like that of ordinary speech."
"LOGARITHM","One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, ofMerchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmeticalcalculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place ofmultiplication and division."
"LOGARITHMETICALLY","Logarithmically."
"LOGARITHMICALLY","By the use of logarithms."
"LOGCOCK","The pileated woodpecker."
"LOGE","A lodge; a habitation. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LOGGAN","See Logan."
"LOGGAT","An old game in England, played by throwing pieces of wood at astake set in the ground. [Obs.] Shak."
"LOGGE","See Lodge. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LOGGED","Made slow and heavy in movement; water-logged. Beaconsfield."
"LOGGER","One engaged in logging. See Log, v. i. [U.S.] Lowell."
"LOGGERHEAD","An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which aturn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast. Ham. Nav.Encyc."
"LOGGERHEADED","Dull; stupid. Shak.A rabble of loggerheaded physicians. Urquhart."
"LOGGERHEADS","The knapweed."
"LOGGIA","A roofed open gallery. It differs from a veranda in being morearchitectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the mainedifice to which it is attached; from a porch, in being intended notfor entrance but for an out-of-door sitting-room."
"LOGGING","The business of felling trees, cutting them into logs, andtransporting the logs to sawmills or to market."
"LOGICALITY","Logicalness."
"LOGICALLY","In a logical manner; as, to argue logically."
"LOGICALNESS","The quality of being logical."
"LOGICIAN","A person skilled in logic. Bacon.Each fierce logician still expelling Locke. Pope."
"LOGICS","See Logic."
"LOGISTICS","That branch of the military art which embraces the details ofmoving and supplying armies. The meaning of the word is by somewriters extended to include strategy. H. L. Scott."
"LOGMAN","A man who carries logs. Shak."
"LOGODAEDALY","Verbal legerdemain; a playing with words. [R.] Coleridge."
"LOGOGRAM","A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity,represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf. Grammalogue."
"LOGOGRAPHER","Of or pertaining to logography."
"LOGOGRIPH","A sort of riddle in which it is required to discover a chosenword from various combinations of its letters, or of some of itsletters, which form other words; -- thus, to discover the chosen wordchatter form cat, hat, rat, hate, rate, etc. B. Jonson."
"LOGOMACHIST","One who contends about words."
"LOGOMETRIC","Serving to measure or ascertain chemical equivalents;stoichiometric. [R.]"
"LOGOTHETE","An accountant; under Constantine, an officer of the empire; areceiver of revenue; an administrator of a department."
"LOGOTYPE","A single type, containing two or more letters; as, \u00e6, \u00c6, fi,fl, ffl, etc. ; -- called also ligature."
"LOGROLL","To engage in logrolling; to accomplish by logrolling.[Political cant, U. S.]"
"LOGROLLER","One who engages in logrolling. [Political cant, U. S.]The jobbers and logrollers will all be against it. The. Nation."
"LOGROLLING","The act or process of rolling logs from the place where theywere felled to the stream which floats them to the sawmill or tomarket. In this labor neighboring camps of loggers combine to assisteach other in turn. Longfellow. [U.S.]"
"LOGWOOD","The heartwood of a tree (H\u00e6matoxylon Campechianum), a native ofSouth America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystallinesubstance called h\u00e6matoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. Anextract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Alsocalled Campeachy wood, and bloodwood."
"LOGY","Heavy or dull in respect to motion or thought; as, a logyhorse. [U.S.]Porcupines are . . . logy, sluggish creatures. C. H. Merriam."
"LOHOCK","See Loch, a medicine."
"LOIMIC","Of or pertaining to the plague or contagious disorders."
"LOIN","That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends oneither side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the falseribs. In human beings the loins are also called the reins. SeeIllust. of Beef."
"LOIR","A large European dormouse (Myoxus glis)."
"LOITERINGLY","In a loitering manner."
"LOKAO","A green vegetable dye imported from China."
"LOKE","A private path or road; also, the wicket or hatch of a door.[Prov. Eng.]"
"LOKORYS","Liquorice. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LOLIGO","A genus of cephalopods, including numerous species of squids,common on the coasts of America and Europe. They are much used forfish bait."
"LOLL","To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue.Fierce tigers couched around and lolled their fawning tongues.Dryden."
"LOLLARD","The doctrines or principles of the Lollards."
"LOLLINGLY","In a lolling manner. Buckle."
"LOLLIPOP","A kind of sugar confection which dissolves easily in the mouth.Thackeray."
"LOLLOP","To move heavily; to lounge or idle; to loll. [Law.] CharlesReade."
"LOMA","A lobe; a membranous fringe or flap."
"LOMATINOUS","Furnished with lobes or flaps."
"LOMBARD","Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy."
"LOMBARDEER","A pawnbroker. [Obs.] Howell."
"LOMBARDIC","Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards. Lombardicalphabet, the ancient alphabet derived from the Roman, and employedin the manuscript of Italy.-- Lombardic architecture, the debased Roman style of architectureas found in parts of Northern Italy. F. G. Lee. Lombardy poplar.(Bot.) See Poplar."
"LOMENT","An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves,but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a singleseed."
"LOMENTACEOUS","Of the nature of a loment; having fruits like loments."
"LOMONITE","Same as Laumontite."
"LOMPISH","Lumpish. [Obs.] Spenser."
"LOND","Land. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LONDON","The capital city of England. London paste (Med.), a paste madeof caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroytumors and other morbid enlargements.-- London pride. (Bot.) (a) A garden name for Saxifraga umbrosa, ahardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in GreatBritain. (b) A name anciently given to the Sweet William. Dr. Prior.-- London rocket (Bot.), a cruciferous plant (Sisymbrium Irio) whichsprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of1667."
"LONDON SMOKE","A neutral tint given to spectacles, shade glasses for opticalinstruments, etc., which reduces the intensity without materiallychanging the color of the transmitted light."
"LONDON TUFT","The Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus)."
"LONDONER","A native or inhabitant of London. Shak."
"LONDONISM","A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar toLondon."
"LONDONIZE","To impart to (one) a manner or character like that whichdistinguishes Londoners."
"LONE","A lane. See Loanin. [Prov. Eng.]"
"LONE-STAR STATE","Texas; -- a nickname alluding to the single star on its coat ofarms, being the device used on its flag and seal when it was arepublic."
"LONENESS","Solitude; seclusion. [Obs.] Donne."
"LONG","Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- saidof vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide toPronunciation, \u00a7\u00a7 22, 30."
"LONG PRIMER","A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois."
"LONG-ARMED","Having long arms; as, the long-armed ape or gibbon."
"LONG-BREATHED","Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long-winded."
"LONG-DRAWN","Extended to a great length.The cicad\u00e6 hushed their long-drawn, ear-splitting strains. G. W.Cable."
"LONG-HORNED","Having a long horn or horns; as, a long-horned goat, or cow;having long antenn\u00e6, as certain beetles (Longicornia)."
"LONG-LIVED","Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities whichmake long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; theyare a longlived family; long-lived prejudices."
"LONG-SIGHT","Long-sightedness Good."
"LONG-SIGHTEDNESS","See Hypermetropia."
"LONG-STOP","One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper."
"LONG-SUFFERANCE","Forbearance to punish or resent."
"LONG-SUFFERING","Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; noteasily provoked.The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant ingoodness and truth. Ex. xxxiv. 6."
"LONG-TONGUE","The wryneck."
"LONG-WINDED","Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consumingmuch time; as, a long-winded talker.-- Long'-wind'ed*ness, n.A tedious, long-winded harangue. South."
"LONGAN","A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by anevergreen East Indian tree (Nephelium Longan)."
"LONGANIMITY","Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.Jer. Taylor."
"LONGBEAK","The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); --called also long-billed dowitcher."
"LONGBOAT","Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel,corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel."
"LONGBOW","The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called indistinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war.Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, asdistinguished from a much shorter one. To draw the longbow, to telllarge stories."
"LONGE","Same as 4th Lunge."
"LONGER","One who longs for anything."
"LONGEVAL","Long-loved; longevous.[R.] Pope."
"LONGEVITY","Long duration of life; length of life.The instances of longevity are chiefly amongst the abstemious.Arbuthnot."
"LONGEVOUS","Living a long time; of great age. Sir T. Browne."
"LONGHAND","The written characters used in the common method of writing; --opposed to shorthand."
"LONGHEADED","Having unusual foresight or sagacity.-- Long'-head`ed*ness, n."
"LONGHORN","A long-horned animal, as a cow, goat, or beetle. See Long-horned."
"LONGICORN","Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia.-- n."
"LONGICORNIA","A division of beetles, including a large number of species, inwhich the antenn\u00e6 are very long. Most of them, while in the larvalstate, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and somespecies are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Appleborer, under Apple, and Locust beetle, under Locust."
"LONGILATERAL","Having long sides especially, having the form of a longparallelogram.Nineveh . . . was of a longilateral figure, ninety-five furlongsbroad, and a hundred and fifty long. Sir T. Browne."
"LONGILOQUENCE","Long-windedness.American longiloquence in oratory. Fitzed. Hall."
"LONGIMANOUS","Having long hands. Sir T. Browne."
"LONGIMETRY","The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths. Cheyne."
"LONGING","An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish;an aspiration.Put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me. Shak."
"LONGINGLY","With longing. Dryden."
"LONGINQUITY","Greatness of distance; remoteness. [R.] Barrow."
"LONGIPALP","One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi."
"LONGIPENNATE","Having long wings, or quills."
"LONGIPENNES","A group of longwinged sea birds, including the gulls, petrels,etc."
"LONGIPENNINE","Of or pertaining to the Longipennes; longipennate."
"LONGIROSTER","One of the Longirostres."
"LONGIROSTRAL","Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the Longirostres."
"LONGIROSTRES","A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, asthe sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as anartificial division."
"LONGISH","Somewhat long; moderately long."
"LONGITUDE","The arc or portion of the equator intersected between themeridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place fromwhich longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimesfrom the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. Thelongitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as,that of New York is 74\u00ba or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich."
"LONGITUDINAL","A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail."
"LONGITUDINALLY","In the direction of length."
"LONGLEGS","A daddy longlegs."
"LONGMYND ROCKS","The sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, andstates of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambriansystem; -- so called, because typically developed in the LongmyndHills, Shropshire."
"LONGNESS","Length."
"LONGNOSE","The European garfish."
"LONGSHANKS","The stilt."
"LONGSHORE","Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore.'Longshore thieves.' R. Browning."
"LONGSHOREMAN","One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of aseaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels."
"LONGSOME","Extended in length; tiresome. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. Prior.-- Long'some*ness, n. [Obs.] Fuller."
"LONGSPUN","Spun out, or extended, to great length; hence, long-winded;tedious.The longspun allegories fulsome grow, While the dull moral lies tooplain below. Addison."
"LONGSPUR","Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genusCalcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur(C. Lapponicus), the chestnut-colored longspur (C. ornatus), andother species, inhabit the United States."
"LONGTAIL","An animal, particularly a log, having an uncut tail. Cf.Curtail. Dog."
"LONGULITE","A kind of crystallite having a (slender) acicular form."
"LONGWAYS","Lengthwise. Addison."
"LONGWISE","Lengthwise."
"LOO","To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick. [Writtenalso lu.] Goldsmith."
"LOOB","The clay or slimes washed from tin ore in dressing."
"LOOBILY","Loobylike; awkward. Fuller."
"LOOBY","An awkward, clumsy fellow; a lubber. Swift."
"LOOCH","See 2d Loch."
"LOOF","The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant(Luffa \u00c6gyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge."
"LOOKDOWN","See Moonfish (b)."
"LOOKER","One who looks. Looker-on, a spectator; one that looks on, buthas no agency or part in an affair.Did not this fatal war affront thy coast, Yet sattest thou an idlelooker-on Fairfax."
"LOOKING","Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded withadjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc."
"LOOKING-GLASS","A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing ofsome reflecting substance, as quicksilver.There is none so homely but loves a looking-glass. South."
"LOOL","A vessel used to receive the washings of ores of metals."
"LOOM","See Loon, the bird."
"LOOM-GALE","A gentle gale of wind."
"LOOMING","The indistinct and magnified appearance of objects seen inparticular states of the atmosphere. See Mirage."
"LOON","A sorry fellow; a worthless person; a rogue."
"LOONY","See Luny."
"LOOP","A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball forthe tilt hammer or rolls. [Written also loup.]"
"LOOPER","The larva of any species of geometrid moths. See Geometrid."
"LOOPHOLE","A small opening, as in the walls of fortification, or in thebulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons may bedischarged at an enemy."
"LOOPHOLED","Provided with loopholes."
"LOOPIE","Deceitful; cunning; sly. [Scot.]"
"LOOPING","The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, whenthe ore is only heated for calcination."
"LOOPLIGHT","A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified wall;a loophole."
"LOORD","A dull, stupid fellow; a drone. [Obs.] Spenser."
"LOOS","Praise; fame; reputation. [Obs.] Spenser.Good conscience and good loos. Chaucer."
"LOOSE","To set sail. [Obs.] Acts xiii. 13."
"LOOSELY","In a loose manner."
"LOOSEN","To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact. S.Sharp."
"LOOSENER","One who, or that which, loosens."
"LOOSENESS","The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, thelooseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or ofprinciples."
"LOOSISH","Somewhat loose."
"LOOT","To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfullyobtained by war.Looting parties . . . ransacking the houses. L.O"
"LOOTER","A plunderer."
"LOOVER","See Louver."
"LOP","A flea.[Obs.] Cleveland."
"LOPE","of Leap. [Obs.]And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser."
"LOPEARED","Having ears which lop or hang down."
"LOPEMAN","Leaper; ropedancer. [Obs.]"
"LOPER","A swivel at one end of a ropewalk, used in laying the strands."
"LOPHINE","A nitrogenous organic base obtained by the oxidation ofamarine, and regarded as a derivative of benzoic aldehyde. It isobtained in long white crystalline tufts, -- whence its name."
"LOPHIOMYS","A very singular rodent (Lophiomys Imhausi) of NortheasternAfrica. It is the only known representative of a special family(Lophiomyid\u00e6), remarkable for the structure of the skull. It hashandlike feet, and the hair is peculiar in structure and arrangement."
"LOPHOBRANCH","Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii.-- n."
"LOPHOBRANCHIATE","Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii."
"LOPHOBRANCHII","An order of teleostean fishes, having the gills arranged intufts on the branchial arches, as the Hippocampus and pipefishes."
"LOPHOPHORE","A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacles of theBryozoa. See Phylactolemata."
"LOPHOPODA","Same as Phylactolemata."
"LOPHOSTEON","The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds."
"LOPPARD","A tree, the top of which has been lopped off. [Eng.]"
"LOPPER","One who lops or cuts off."
"LOPPING","A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off; leavings.The loppings made from that stock whilst it stood. Burke."
"LOPPY","Somewhat lop; inclined to lop."
"LOPSEED","A perennial herb (Phryma Leptostachya), having slender seedlikefruits."
"LOQUACIOUSLY","In a loquacious manner."
"LOQUACIOUSNESS","Loquacity."
"LOQUACITY","The habit or practice of talking continually or excessively;inclination to talk too much; talkativeness; garrulity.Too great loquacity and too great taciturnity by fits. Arbuthnot."
"LOQUAT","The fruit of the Japanese medlar (Photinia Japonica). It is aslarge as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four orfive large seeds. Also, the tree itself."
"LORAL","Of or pertaining to the lores."
"LORATE","Having the form of a thong or strap; ligulate."
"LORCHA","A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having thehull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of aChinese junk. Admiral Foote."
"LORD","A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively. [Eng.]Richardson (Dict.)."
"LORDKIN","A little lord. Thackeray."
"LORDLINESS","The state or quality of being lordly. Shak."
"LORDLING","A little or insignificant lord. Goldsmith."
"LORDLY","In a lordly manner."
"LORDOLATRY","Worship of, or reverence for, a lord as such. [Jocose]But how should it be otherwise in a country where lordolatry is partof our creed Thackeray."
"LORDS AND LADIES","The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), -- those withpurplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the ladies. Dr.Prior."
"LORE","Lost.Neither of them she found where she them lore. Spenser."
"LOREL","A good for nothing fellow; a vagabond. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LOREN","of Lose. Chaucer."
"LORESMAN","An instructor. [Obs.] Gower."
"LORETTE","In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers,and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; -- so calledfrom the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near which manyof them resided."
"LORETTINE","One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky.The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friendsof Mary at the Foot of the Cross) devote themselves to the cause ofeducation and the care of destitute orphans, their labors beingchiefly confined to the Western United States."
"LORGNETTE","An opera glass; pl."
"LORI","Same as Lory."
"LORICA","A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metalor horn sewed on linen or the like."
"LORICATE","To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust,coating, or plates."
"LORICATION","The act of loricating; the protecting substance put on; acovering of scales or plates."
"LORIKEET","Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots orlories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacentislands, with some forms in the East Indies. They are arboreal intheir habits and feed largely upon the honey of flowers. They belongto Trichoglossus, Loriculus, and several allied genera."
"LORING","Instructive discourse. [Obs.] Spenser."
"LORIOT","The golden oriole of Europe. See Oriole."
"LORIS","Any one of several species of small lemurs of the genusStenops. They have long, slender limbs and large eyes, and arearboreal in their habits. The slender loris (S. gracilis), of Ceylon,in one of the best known species. [Written also lori.]"
"LORN","A small cart or wagon, as those used on the tramways in minesto carry coal or rubbish; also, a barrow or truck for shiftingbaggage, as at railway stations."
"LORY","Any one of many species of small parrots of the familyTrichoglossid\u00e6, generally having the tongue papillose at the tip, andthe mandibles straighter and less toothed than in common parrots.They are found in the East Indies, Australia, New Guinea, and theadjacent islands. They feed mostly on soft fruits and on the honey offlowers."
"LOS","Praise. See Loos. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LOSABLE","Such as can be lost."
"LOSANGE","See Lozenge."
"LOSE","To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp.as the result of any kind of contest.We 'll . . . hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and we'll talk withthem too, Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out. Shak."
"LOSEL","One who loses by sloth or neglect; a worthless person; a lorel.[Archaic] Spenser.One sad losel soils a name for aye. Byron."
"LOSENGER","A flatterer; a deceiver; a cozener. [Obs.] Chaucer.To a fair pair of gallows, there to end their lives with shame, as anumber of such other losengers had done. Holinshed."
"LOSENGERIE","Flattery; deceit; trickery. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LOSER","One who loses. South."
"LOSING","Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening. [Obs.]Amongst the many simoniacal that swarmed in the land, Herbert, Bishopof Thetford, must not be forgotten; nick-named Losing, that is, theFratterer. Fuller."
"LOSINGLY","In a manner to incur loss."
"LOSS","Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property."
"LOSSFUL","Detrimental. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"LOSSLESS","Free from loss. [Obs.] Milton."
"LOT","To allot; to sort; to portion. [R.] To lot on or upon, to countor reckon upon; to expect with pleasure. [Colloq. U. S.]"
"LOTE","A large tree (Celtis australis), found in the south of Europe.It has a hard wood, and bears a cherrylike fruit. Called also nettletree. Eng. Cyc."
"LOTHARIO","A gay seducer of women; a libertine."
"LOTO","See Lotto."
"LOTONG","An East Indian monkey (Semnopithecus femoralis)."
"LOTOPHAGI","A people visited by Ulysses in his wanderings. They subsistedon the lotus. See Lotus (b), and Lotus-eater."
"LOTOS","See Lotus."
"LOTTO","A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribednumbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls)for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a cardhaving on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakesafter a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer.A variety of lotto is called keno. [Often written loto.]"
"LOTURE","See Lotion. [Obs.] Holland."
"LOTUS","An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture, generallyasserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily."
"LOUCHETTES","Goggles intended to rectify strabismus by permitting visiononly directly in front. Knight."
"LOUD","With loudness; loudly.To speak loud in public assemblies. Addison."
"LOUD-MOUTHED","Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisilyimpudent."
"LOUD-VOICED","Having a loud voice; noisy; clamorous. Byron."
"LOUDFUL","Noisy. [Obs.] Marsion."
"LOUDLY","In a loud manner. Denham."
"LOUDNESS","The quality or state of being loud."
"LOUGH","A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland."
"LOUIS QUATORZE","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the art or style of the timesof Louis XIV. of France; as, Louis quatorze architecture."
"LOUK","An accomplice; a 'pal.' [Obs.]There is no thief without a louk. Chaucer."
"LOUNGE","To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; topass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolentmanner.We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn overpolitics. J. Hannay."
"LOUNGER","One who lounges; ar idler."
"LOUP","See 1st Loop."
"LOUP-CERVIER","The Canada lynx. See Lynx."
"LOUP-GAROU","A werewolf; a lycanthrope."
"LOUP-LOUP","The Pomeranian or Spitz dog."
"LOUPING","An enzo\u00f6tic, often fatal, disease of sheep and other domesticanimals, of unknown cause. It is characterized by muscular tremorsand spasms, followed by more or less complete paralysis. Theprincipal lesion is an inflammation of the membranes covering thebrain and spinal cord."
"LOUPS","The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principaltotem was the wolf."
"LOUR","An Asiatic sardine (Clupea Neohowii), valued for its oil."
"LOURI","See Lory."
"LOUSE","To clean from lice. 'You sat and loused him.' Swift."
"LOUSEWORT","Any species of Pedicularis, a genus of perennial herbs. It wassaid to make sheep that fed on it lousy. Yellow lousewort , a plantof the genus Rhinanthus."
"LOUSILY","In a lousy manner; in a mean, paltry manner; scurvily. [Vulgar]"
"LOUSINESS","The state or quality of being lousy."
"LOUT","To bend; to box; to stoop. [Archaic] Chaucer. Longfellow.He fair the knight saluted, louting low. Spenser."
"LOUTISH","Clownish; rude; awkward. 'Loutish clown.' Sir P. Sidney.-- Lout'ish*ly, adv.-- Lout'*ish*ness, n."
"LOUTOU","A crested black monkey (Semnopithecus maurus) of Java."
"LOVABLE","Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love;worthy of love.Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid ofAstolat. Tennyson."
"LOVAGE","An umbelliferous plant (Levisticum officinale), sometimes usedin medicine as an aromatic stimulant."
"LOVE","A climbing species of Clematis (C. Vitalba)."
"LOVE-DRURY","Affection. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LOVE-MAKING","Courtship. Bacon."
"LOVE-SICKNESS","The state of being love-sick."
"LOVEABLE","See Lovable."
"LOVEE","One who is loved. [Humorous] 'The lover and lovee.' Richardson."
"LOVEFUL","Full of love. [Obs.] Sylvester."
"LOVELILY","In manner to excite love; amiably. [R.] Otway."
"LOVELINESS","The state or quality of being lovely.If there is such a native loveliness in the sex as to make themvictorious when in the wrong, how resistless their power when theyare on the side of truth! Spectator."
"LOVELOCK","A long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock;-- worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I.Burton.A long lovelock and long hair he wore. Sir W. Scott."
"LOVELORN","Forsaken by one's love.The lovelorn nightingale. Milton."
"LOVELY","In a manner to please, or to excite love. [Obs. or R.] Tyndale."
"LOVEMONGER","One who deals in affairs of love.[Obs.] Shak."
"LOVER","See Louver. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"LOVERWISE","As lovers do.As they sat down here loverwise. W. D. Howells."
"LOVESOME","Lovely. [Obs.]"
"LOVING CUP","A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more handles,intended to pass from hand to hand, as at a banquet."
"LOVING-KINDNESS","Tender regard; mercy; favor. Ps. lxxxix. 33."
"LOVINGLY","With love; affectionately."
"LOVINGNESS","Affection; kind regard.The only two bands of good will, loveliness and lovingness. Sir. P.Sidney."
"LOVYER","A lover. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LOW",", strong imp. of Laugh. Chaucer."
"LOW STEEL","See under Low."
"LOW-CHURCH","Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations orforms; -- applied especially to Episcopalians, and opposed to high-church. See High Church, under High."
"LOW-CHURCHISM","The principles of the low-church party."
"LOW-CHURCHMAN","One who holds low-church principles."
"LOW-CHURCHMANSHIP","The state of being a low-churchman."
"LOW-LIVED","Characteristic of, or like, one bred in a low and vulgarcondition of life; mean dishonorable; contemptible; as, low-liveddishonesty."
"LOW-MINDED","Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a basemind.Low-minded and immoral. Macaulay.All old religious jealousies were condemned as low-mindedinfirmities. Bancroft."
"LOW-MINDEDNESS","The quality of being lowminded; meanness; baseness."
"LOW-NECKED","Cut low in the neck; decollete; -- said of a woman's dress."
"LOW-PRESSURE","Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure. Low-pressure steam engine, a steam engine in which low steam is used;often applied to a condensing engine even when steam at high pressureis used. See Steam engine."
"LOW-SPIRITED","Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; notsprightly.-- Low'-spir`it*ed*ness, n."
"LOW-STUDDED","Furnished or built with short studs; as, a low-studded house orroom."
"LOW-THOUGHTED","Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificantsubjects."
"LOWBELL","To frighten, as with a lowbell."
"LOWBORN","Born in a low condition or rank; -- opposed to highborn."
"LOWBOY","A chest of drawers not more than four feet high; -- appliedcommonly to the lower half of a tallboy from which the upper half hasbeen removed. [U. S.]"
"LOWBRED","Bred, or like one bred, in a low condition of life;characteristic or indicative of such breeding; rude; impolite;vulgar; as, a lowbred fellow; a lowbred remark."
"LOWER","Compar. of Low, a."
"LOWER-CASE","Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to denotethe small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals.See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3."
"LOWERING","Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen; as, lowering clouds orsky."
"LOWERINGLY","In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom."
"LOWERMOST","Lowest."
"LOWERY","Cloudy; gloomy; lowering; as, a lowery sky; lowery weather."
"LOWING","The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals."
"LOWISH","Somewhat low. [Colloq.] Richardson."
"LOWK","See Louk. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LOWLAND","Land which is low with respect to the neighboring country; alow or level country; -- opposed to highland. The Lowlands, Belgiumand Holland; the Netherlands; also, the southern part of Scotland."
"LOWLANDER","A native or inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of theLowlands of Scotland, as distinguished from Highlander."
"LOWLILY","In a lowly place or manner; humbly. [Obs. or R.]Thinking lowlily of himself and highly of those better than himself.J. C. Shairp."
"LOWN","A low fellow. [Obs.]"
"LOWNESS","The state or quality of being low."
"LOWRY","An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry."
"LOXODROMIC","Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables.Loxodromic curve or line (Geom.), a line on the surface of a sphere,which always makes an equal angle with every meridian; the rhumbline. It is the line on which a ship sails when her course is alwaysin the direction of one and the same point of the compass."
"LOXODROMICS","The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line."
"LOXODROMISM","The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act ofmoving as if in a loxodromic curve."
"LOXODROMY","The science of loxodromics. [R.]"
"LOY","A long, narrow spade for stony lands."
"LOYALIST","A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawfulauthority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his princeor government, and defends his cause in times of revolt orrevolution."
"LOYALLY","In a loyal manner; faithfully."
"LOYALNESS","Loyalty. [R.] Stow."
"LOYALTY","The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, orto duty, love, etc.He had such loyalty to the king as the law required. Clarendon.Not withstanding all the subtle bait With which those Amazons hislove still craved, To his one love his loyalty he saved. Spenser."
"LOZENGE","Having the form of a lozenge or rhomb.The lozenged panes of a very small latticed window. C. Bront\u00e9."
"LOZENGY","Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or abearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister."
"LU","See Loo."
"LUBBARD","A lubber. [Obs.] Swift."
"LUBBER","A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.Lingering lubbers lose many a penny. Tusser.Land lubber, a name given in contempt by sailors to a person wholives on land.-- Lubber grasshopper (Zo\u00f6l.), a large, stout, clumsy grasshopper;esp., Brachystola magna, from the Rocky Mountain plains, and Romaleamicroptera, which is injurious to orange trees in Florida.-- Lubber's hole (Naut.), a hole in the floor of the 'top,' next themast, through which sailors may go aloft without going over the rimby the futtock shrouds. It is considered by seamen as only fit to beused by lubbers. Totten.-- Lubber's line, point, or mark, a line or point in the compasscase indicating the head of the ship, and consequently the coursewhich the ship is steering."
"LUBBERLY","Like a lubber; clumsy.A great lubberly boy. Shak."
"LUBRICANT","Lubricating."
"LUBRICATION","The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery."
"LUBRICITATE","See Lubricate."
"LUBRICOUS","Lubric."
"LUCARNE","A dormer window."
"LUCCHESE","A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, thepeople of Lucca."
"LUCE","A pike when full grown. Halliwell."
"LUCENCY","The quality of being lucent."
"LUCENT","Shining; bright; resplendent. ' The sun's lucent orb.' Milton."
"LUCERN","A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purplecloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa.[Written also lucerne.]"
"LUCERNAL","Of or pertaining to a lamp. Lucernal microscope, a form of themicroscope in which the object is illuminated by means of a lamp, andits image is thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with theinstrument, or on a screen independent of it."
"LUCERNARIA","A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eightgroups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches itself by asucker at the base of the pedicel."
"LUCERNARIAN","Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida.-- n."
"LUCERNE","See Lucern, the plant."
"LUCIDITY","The quality or state of being lucid."
"LUCIDLY","In a lucid manner."
"LUCIDNESS","The quality of being lucid; lucidity."
"LUCIFER","A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slenderbody and long appendages."
"LUCIFERIAN","One of the followers of Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari, in thefourth century, who separated from the orthodox churches because theywould not go as far as he did in opposing the Arians."
"LUCIFEROUS","Giving light; affording light or means of discovery. Boyle."
"LUCIFEROUSLY","In a luciferous manner."
"LUCIFIC","Producing light. Grew."
"LUCIFORM","Having, in some respects, the nature of light; resemblinglight. Berkeley."
"LUCIFRIAN","Luciferian; satanic. [Obs.] Marston."
"LUCIMETER","an instrument for measuring the intensity of light; aphotometer."
"LUCK","That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill,affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; acourse or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance;chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristicfortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used forgood luck; as, luck is better than skill.If thou dost play with him at any game, Thou art sure to lose; and ofthat natural luck, He beats thee 'gainst the odds. Shak.Luck penny, a small sum given back for luck to one who pays money.[Prov. Eng.] -- To be is luck, to receive some good, or to meet withsome success, in an unexpected manner, or as the result ofcircumstances beyond one's control; to be fortunate."
"LUCKILY","In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately; -- used in agood sense; as, they luckily escaped injury."
"LUCKLESS","Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meetingwith ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a lucklessmaid.Prayers made and granted in a luckless hour. Dryden.-- Luck'less*ly, adv.-- Lock'less*ness, n."
"LUCKY PROACH","See Fatherlasher."
"LUCRATIVELY","In a lucrative manner."
"LUCRE","Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an illsense.The lust of lucre and the dread of death. Pope."
"LUCRIFEROUS","Gainful; profitable. [Obs.] Boyle."
"LUCRIFIC","Producing profit; gainful. [Obs.]"
"LUCTATION","Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavor. [R.]Farindon."
"LUCTUAL","Producing grief; saddening. [Obs.] Sir G. Buck."
"LUCUBRATE","To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night."
"LUCUBRATOR","One who studies by night; also, one who produces lucubrations."
"LUCUBRATORY","Composed by candlelight, or by night; of or pertaining to nightstudies; laborious or painstaking. Pope."
"LUCULE","A spot or fleck on the sun brighter than the surroundingsurface."
"LUCULENTLY","In a luculent manner; clearly."
"LUCULLITE","A variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamentalpurposes."
"LUCUMA","An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and ediblefruits."
"LUDDITE","One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for sixyears (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery bybreaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, ahalf-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames.J. & H. Smith. H. Martineau."
"LUDIBRIOUS","Sportive; ridiculous; wanton. [Obs.] Tooker."
"LUDIBUND","Sportive. [Obs.] -- Lu'di*bund*ness, n. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"LUDICROUS","Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt;sportive. Broome.A chapter upon German rhetoric would be in the same ludicrouspredicament as Van Troil's chapter on the snakes of Iceland, whichdelivers its business in one summary sentence, announcing, thatsnakes in Iceland -- there are none. De Quincey."
"LUDIFICATION","The act of deriding."
"LUDIFICATORY","Making sport; tending to excite derision. [Obs.]"
"LUDLAMITE","A mineral occurring in small, green, transparent, monocliniccrystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron."
"LUDLOW GROUP","A subdivision of the British Upper Silurian lying below the OldRed Sandstone; -- so named from the Ludlow, in Western England. Seethe Chart of Geology."
"LUDWIGITE","A borate of iron and magnesia, occurring in fibrous masses of ablackish green color."
"LUES","Disease, especially of a contagious kind. Lues venerea,syphilis; -- called also simply lues."
"LUFF","To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearerthe wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer thewind. To luff round, or To luff alee, to make the extreme of thismovement, for the purpose of throwing the ship's head into the wind."
"LUFFER","See Louver."
"LUG","A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, oragainst which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which abolt passes, etc."
"LUGGAGE","That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to becarried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or theircontents.I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey. Swift.What do you mean, To dote thus on such luggage! Shak."
"LUGGER","A small vessel having two or three masts, and a runningbowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix.Totten."
"LUGMARK","A mark cut into the ear of an animal to identify it; anearmark."
"LUGSAIL","A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mastand is raised or lowered with the sail. Totten."
"LUGUBRIOUS","Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly;doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look.Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems ofmortality. Hawthorne.-- Lu*gu'bri*ous*ly, adv.-- Lu*gu'bri*ous*ness, n."
"LUGWORM","A large marine annelid (Arenicola marina) having a row oftufted gills along each side of the back. It is found burrowing insandy beaches, both in America and Europe, and is used for bait byEuropean fishermen. Called also lobworm, and baitworm."
"LUKE","Moderately warm; not hot; tepid.-- Luke'ness, n. [Obs.]Nine penn'orth o'brandy and water luke. Dickens."
"LUKEWARM","Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; notzealous; cool; indifferent. ' Lukewarm blood.' Spenser. ' Lukewarmpatriots.' Addison.An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the nameof passion. Dryden.-- Luce'warm`ly, adv.-- Luce'warm`ness, n."
"LULL","To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm;to soothe; to quiet. ' To lull him soft asleep.' Spenser.Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters ofnecessity. Milton."
"LULLER","One who, or that which, lulls."
"LULLINGLY","In a lulling manner; soothingly."
"LUM","A grayish brown limestone, containing fossil shells, whichreflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called fire marble,from its fiery reflections."
"LUMBAGINOUS","Of or pertaining to lumbago."
"LUMBAGO","A rheumatic pain in the loins and the small of the back."
"LUMBER","To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble.Cowper."
"LUMBER STATE","Maine; -- a nickname."
"LUMBERER","One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from theforest for lumber; a lumberman. [U.S.]Lumberers have a notion that he (the woodpecker) is harmful totimber. Lowell."
"LUMBERING","The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from theforest for lumber. [U.S.]"
"LUMBERMAN","One who is engaged in lumbering as a business or employment.[U.S.]"
"LUMBOSACRAL","Of or pertaining to the loins and sacrum; as, the lumbosacralnerve, a branch of one of the lumber nerves which passes over thesacrum."
"LUMBRIC","An earthworm, or a worm resembling an earthworm."
"LUMBRICAL","Resembling a worm; as, the lumbrical muscles of the hands ofthe hands and feet.-- n."
"LUMBRICIFORM","Resembling an earthworm; vermiform."
"LUMBRICOID","Like an earthworm; belonging to the genus Lumbricus, or familyLumbricid\u00e6."
"LUMBRICUS","A genus of annelids, belonging to the Oligoch\u00e6ta, and includingthe common earthworms. See Earthworm."
"LUMINANT","Luminous. [R.]"
"LUMINATE","To illuminate. [Obs.]"
"LUMINATION","Illumination. [Obs.]"
"LUMINE","To illumine. [Obs.] Spenser."
"LUMINESCENT","Shining with a light due to any of the various causes whichproduce luminescence."
"LUMINIFEROUS","Producing light; yielding light; transmitting light; as, theluminiferous ether."
"LUMINOSITY","The quality or state of being luminous; luminousness."
"LUMMOX","A fat, ungainly, stupid person; an awkward bungler. [Law.]"
"LUMP","A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel. In thelump, In a lump, the whole together; in gross.They may buy them in the lump. Addison.-- Lump coal, coal in large lumps; -- the largest size brought fromthe mine.-- Lump sum, a gross sum without a specification of items; as, toaward a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and damages."
"LUMPER","The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen."
"LUMPFISH","A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) ofEurope and America. The color is usually translucent sea green,sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and threerows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and forma ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called alsolumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl."
"LUMPING","Bulky; heavy. Arbuthnot."
"LUMPISH","Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless. ' Lumpish,heavy, melancholy.' Shak.-- Lump'ish*ly, adv.-- Lump'ish*ness, n."
"LUMPSUCKER","The lumprish."
"LUMPY","Full of lumps, or small compact masses."
"LUMPY-JAW","Actinomycosis. [Colloq.]"
"LUNA","Silver. Luna cornea (Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silverchloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called from itsresemblance to horn. Luna moth (Zo\u00f6l.), a very large and beautifulAmerican moth (Actias luna). Its wings are delicate light green, witha stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior wings, theother margins being edged with pale yellow. Each wing has a lunatespot surrounded by rings of light yellow, blue, and black. Thecaterpillar commonly feeds on the hickory, sassafras, and maple."
"LUNAR","A lunar distance."
"LUNARIAN","An inhabitant of the moon."
"LUNARY","Lunar. [Obs.] Fuller."
"LUNATIC","A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who haslucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact.Shak."
"LUNATION","The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the timefrom one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times,from about 29"
"LUNCH","A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast anddinner."
"LUNCHEON","To take luncheon. Beaconsfield."
"LUNE","A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersectingarcs of circles."
"LUNET","A little moon or satellite. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"LUNETTE","A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle,and two parallel flanks. See Bastion."
"LUNG","An organ for a\u00ebrial respiration; -- commonly in the plural.My lungs began to crow like chanticleer. Shak."
"LUNG-GROWN","Having lungs that adhere to the pleura."
"LUNGE","A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword."
"LUNGED","Having lungs, or breathing organs similar to lungs."
"LUNGFISH","Any fish belonging to the Dipnoi; -- so called because theyhave both lungs and gills."
"LUNGIE","A guillemot. [Written also longie.] [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W.Scott."
"LUNGIS","A lingerer; a dull, drowsy fellow. [Obs.]"
"LUNGLESS","Being without lungs."
"LUNGOOR","A long-tailed monkey (Semnopithecus schislaceus), from themountainous districts of India."
"LUNGWORM","Any one of several species of parasitic nematoid worms whichinfest the lungs and air passages of cattle, sheep, and otheranimals, often proving fatal. The lungworm of cattle (Strongylusmicrurus) and that of sheep (S. filaria) are the best known."
"LUNICURRENT","Having relation to changes in currents that depend on themoon's phases. Bache."
"LUNIFORM","Resembling the moon in shape."
"LUNISOLAR","Resulting from the united action, or pertaining to the mutualrelations, of the sun and moon. Lunisolar precession (Astron.), thatportion of the annual precession of the equinoxes which depends onthe joint action of the sun and moon.-- Lunisolar year, a period of time, at the end of which, in theJulian calendar, the new and full moons and the eclipses recur on thesame days of the week and month and year as in the previous period.It consists of 532 common years, being the least common multiple ofthe numbers of years in the cycle of the sun and the cycle of themoon."
"LUNISTICE","The farthest point of the moon's northing and southing, in itsmonthly revolution. [Obs.]"
"LUNITIDAL","Pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon. Bache.Lunitidal interval. See Retard, n."
"LUNULA","Same as Lunule."
"LUNULAR","Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like acrescent."
"LUNULE","Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; alunula, a lune."
"LUNULET","A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, thelunulet on the wings of many insects."
"LUNULITE","Any bryozoan of the genus Lunulites, having a more or lesscircular form."
"LUNY","Crazy; mentally unsound. [Written also loony.] [Law, U.S.]"
"LUPERCAL","Of or pertaining to the Lupercalia."
"LUPERCALIA","A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan."
"LUPINE","A leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus, especially L. albus,the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. Thecommon species of the Eastern United States is L. perennis. There aremany species in California."
"LUPININ","A glucoside found in the seeds of several species of lupine,and extracted as a yellowish white crystalline substance."
"LUPININE","An alkaloid found in several species of lupine (Lupinus luteus,L. albus, etc.), and extracted as a bitter crystalline substance."
"LUPULIN","A bitter principle extracted from hops."
"LUPULINE","An alkaloid extracted from hops as a colorless volatile liquid."
"LUPULINIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, hops; specifically,designating an acid obtained by the decomposition of lupulin."
"LUPUS","A cutaneous disease occurring under two distinct forms."
"LURCATION","Gluttony; gormandizing. [Obs.]"
"LURCH","To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.[Obs.]Too far off from great cities, which may hinder business; too nearthem, which lurcheth all provisions, and maketh everything dear.Bacon."
"LURCHER","One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a crossbetween the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts gamesilently, by scent, and is often used by poachers."
"LURCHLINE","The line by which a fowling net was pulled over so as toinclose the birds."
"LURDAN","Stupid; blockish. [Obs.]"
"LURE","A velvet smoothing brush. Knight."
"LURG","A large marine annelid (Nephthys c\u00e6ca), inhabiting the sandyshores of Europe and America. It is whitish, with a pearly luster,and grows to the length of eight or ten inches."
"LURID","Having a brown color tonged with red, as of flame seen throughsmoke."
"LURRY","A confused heap; a throng, as of persons; a jumble, as ofsounds. [Obs.]To turn prayer into a kind of lurry. Milton."
"LUSERN","A lynx. See 1st Lucern and Loup-cervier."
"LUSH","Full of juice or succulence. Tennyson.How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green! Shak."
"LUSHBURG","See Lussheburgh. [Obs.]"
"LUSITANIAN","Pertaining to Lusitania, the ancient name of the region almostcoinciding with Portugal.-- n."
"LUSK","Lazy; slothful. [Obs.]"
"LUSKISH","Inclined to be lazy. Marston.-- Lusk'*ish*ly, adv. -Lusk'ish*ness, n. [Obs.] Spenser."
"LUSSHEBURGH","A spurious coin of light weight imported into England fromLuxemburg, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called. [Obs.]God wot, no Lussheburghes payen ye. Chaucer."
"LUSTER","One who lusts."
"LUSTERING","Destitute of luster; dim; dull."
"LUSTIC","Lusty; vigorous. [Obs.]"
"LUSTIHEAD","See Lustihood. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LUSTIHOOD","State of being lusty; vigor of body. ' Full of lustihood.'Tennyson."
"LUSTILY","In a lusty or vigorous manner."
"LUSTINESS","State of being lusty; vigor; strength."
"LUSTRATE","To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; topurify.We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city. Hammond."
"LUSTRATION","A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, orpeople, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness,were purified."
"LUSTRE","Same as Luster."
"LUSTRICAL","Pertaining to, or used for, purification."
"LUSTRING","A kind of glossy silk fabric. See Lutestring."
"LUSTROUS","Bright; shining; luminous. ' Good sparks and lustrous.' Shak.-- Lus'trous*ly, adv."
"LUSTRUM","A lustration or purification, especially the purification ofthe whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in fiveyears. Hence: A period of five years."
"LUSTWORT","See Sundew."
"LUSUS NATURAE","Sport or freak of nature; a deformed or unnatural production."
"LUTANIST","A person that plays on the lute. Johnson."
"LUTARIOUS","Of, pertaining to, or like, mud; living in mud. [Obs.] Grew."
"LUTATION","The act or method of luting vessels."
"LUTE","A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance forsealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, orfor coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; --called also luting."
"LUTE-BACKED","Having a curved spine."
"LUTECIUM","A metallic element separated from ytterbium in 1907, by Urbainin Paris and by von Welsbach in Vienna. Symbol, Lu; at. wt. 174.0."
"LUTEIN","A substance of a strongly marked yellow color, extracted fromthe yelk of eggs, and from the tissue of the corpus luteum."
"LUTENIST","Same as Lutanist."
"LUTEO-","A combining form signifying orange yellow or brownish yellow."
"LUTEOCOBALTIC","Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of cobalthaving a yellow color. Cf. Cobaltic. Luteocobaltic chloride (Chem.),a brilliant reddish yellow crystalline compound, Co2Cl6(NH3)12,obtained by the action of ammonium chloride on an ammoniacal solutionof cobaltic chloride."
"LUTEOLIN","A yellow dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's broom(Reseda luteola)."
"LUTEOUS","Yellowish; more or less like buff."
"LUTER","One who plays on a lute."
"LUTESCENT","Of a yellowish color."
"LUTESTRING","A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and forribbon. Goldsmith."
"LUTH","The leatherback."
"LUTHERAN","Of or pertaining to Luther; adhering to the doctrines of Lutheror the Lutheran Church."
"LUTHERN","A dormer window. See Dormer."
"LUTIDINE","Any one of several metameric alkaloids, C5H3N.(CH3)2, of thepyridine series, obtained from bone oil as liquids, and havingpeculiar pungent odors. These alkaloids are also called respectivelydimethyl pyridine, ethyl pyridine, etc."
"LUTING","See Lute, a cement."
"LUTIST","One who plays on a lute."
"LUTOSE","Covered with clay; miry."
"LUTULENCE","The state or quality of being lutulent."
"LUTULENT","Muddy; turbid; thick. [Obs.]"
"LUWACK","See Paradoxure."
"LUX","To put out of joint; to luxate. [Obs.]"
"LUXATE","Luxated. [Obs.]"
"LUXATION","The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; adislocation."
"LUXE","Luxury. [Obs.] Shenstone. \u00c9dition de luxe (. Etym: [F.](Printing) A sumptuous edition as regards paper, illustrations,binding, etc."
"LUXIVE","Given to luxury; voluptuous. [Obs.]"
"LUXULLIANITE","A kind of granite from Luxullian, Cornwall, characterized bythe presence of radiating groups of minute tourmaline crystals."
"LUXURIANCE","The state or quality of being luxuriant; rank, vigorous growth;excessive abundance produced by rank growth. 'Tropical luxuriance.'B. Taylor."
"LUXURIANCY","The state or quality of being luxuriant; luxuriance.Flowers grow up in the garden in the greatest luxuriancy andprofusion. Spectator."
"LUXURIANT","Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, aluxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage.Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. Pope.Luxuriant flower (Bot.), one in which the floral envelopes areoverdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs."
"LUXURIANTLY","In a luxuriant manner."
"LUXURIATION","The act or process luxuriating."
"LUXURIETY","Luxuriance. [Obs.]"
"LUXURIOUS","Of or pertaining to luxury; ministering to luxury; suppliedwith the conditions of luxury; as, a luxurious life; a luxurioustable; luxurious ease. ' Luxurious cities. ' Milton.-- Lux*u'ri*ous*ly, adv.-- Lux*u'ri*ous*ness, n."
"LUXURIST","One given to luxury. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple."
"LUZ","A bone of the human body which was supposed by certainRabbinical writers to be indestructible. Its location was a matter ofdispute. Brande & C."
"LYAM","A leash. [Obs.]"
"LYCANTHROPIA","See Lycanthropy, 2."
"LYCANTHROPIC","Pertaining to lycanthropy."
"LYCANTHROPIST","One affected by the disease lycanthropy."
"LYCANTHROPOUS","Lycanthropic."
"LYCANTHROPY","A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagineshimself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal."
"LYCEE","A French lyceum, or secondary school supported by the Frenchgovernment, for preparing students for the university."
"LYCH GATE",". See under Lich."
"LYCHE","Like. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LYCHEE","See Litchi."
"LYCHNIS","A genus of Old World plants belonging to the Pink family(Caryophyllace\u00e6). Most of the species have brilliantly coloredflowers and cottony leaves, which may have anciently answered aswicks for lamps. The botanical name is in common use for the gardenspecies. The corn cockle (Lychnis Githago) is a common weed in wheatfields."
"LYCHNOBITE","One who labors at night and sleeps in the day."
"LYCHNOSCOPE","Same as Low side window, under Low, a."
"LYCINE","A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because foundin the boxthorn (Lycium barbarum). See Betaine."
"LYCOPERDON","A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores,forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant iscompressed or burst; puffball."
"LYCOPOD","A plant of the genus Lycopodium."
"LYCOPODE","Same as Lycopodium powder. See under Lycopodium."
"LYCOPODIACEOUS","Belonging, or relating, to the Lycopodiace\u00e6, an order ofcryptogamous plants (called also club mosses) with branching stems,and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves."
"LYCOPODITE","An old name for a fossil club moss."
"LYCOPODIUM","A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiace\u00e6;club moss. Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of thespores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiace\u00e6. Itis highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture offireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning."
"LYCOTROPOUS","Campylotropous."
"LYDDITE","A high explosive consisting principally of picric acid, used asa shell explosive in the British service; -- so named from theproving grounds at Lydd, England."
"LYDEN","See Leden. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LYDIAN","Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to itsinhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one ofthe ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft,pathetic, or voluptuous character.Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul topleasures. Dryden.Lydian stone, a flint slate used by the ancients to try gold andsilver; a touchstone. See Basanite."
"LYDINE","A violet dye derived from aniline."
"LYE","A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtainedby leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc."
"LYENCEPHALA","A group of Mammalia, including the marsupials and monotremes; -- so called because the corpus callosum is rudimentary."
"LYENCEPHALOUS","Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Lyencephala."
"LYERMAN","The cicada."
"LYGODIUM","A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearingstalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs."
"LYING","of Lie, to tell a falsehood."
"LYINGLY","In a lying manner; falsely."
"LYKEN","To please; -- chiefly used impersonally. [Obs.] ' Sith itlyketh you.' Chaucer."
"LYMAIL","See Limaille. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"LYME GRASS","A coarse perennial grass of several species of Elymus, esp. E.Canadensis, and the European E. arenarius."
"LYMPH","An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphaticvessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles.It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, andis finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts intothe great veins near the heart."
"LYMPH NODE","A lymphatic gland."
"LYMPHADENITIS","Inflammation of the lymphatic glands; -- called also lymphitis."
"LYMPHADENOMA","See Lymphoma."
"LYMPHANGEITIS","Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels. [Written alsolymphangitis.]"
"LYMPHANGIAL","Of or pertaining to the lymphatics, or lymphoid tissue;lymphatic."
"LYMPHATIC","pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph."
"LYMPHITIS","See Lymphadenitis."
"LYMPHOGENIC","Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands."
"LYMPHOGRAPHY","A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses."
"LYMPHOID","Resembling lymph; also, resembling a lymphatic gland; adenoid;as, lymphoid tissue."
"LYMPHOMA","A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphaticgland; -- called also lymphadenoma. Malignant lymphoma, a fataldisease characterized by the formation in various parts of the bodyof new growths resembling lymphatic glands in structure."
"LYMPHY","Containing, or like, lymph."
"LYN","A waterfall. See Lin. [Scot.]"
"LYNCEAN","Of or pertaining to the lynx."
"LYNCH","To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the formsof law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. SeeLynch law."
"LYNCH LAW",". The act or practice by private persons of inflictingpunishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law."
"LYNCHER","One who assists in lynching."
"LYNE","Linen. [Obs.] Spenser."
"LYNX","Any one of several species of feline animals of the genusFelis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short tail, and usually apencil of hair on the tip of the ears."
"LYNX-EYED","Having acute sight."
"LYONNAISE","Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated inoil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley."
"LYOPOMATA","An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are notarticulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and alliedforms. [Written also Lyopoma.]"
"LYRA","A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star ofthe first magnitude, called Alpha Lyr\u00e6, or Vega."
"LYRAID","Same as Lyrid."
"LYRE","A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by theancients, as an accompaniment to poetry."
"LYRE BIRD","Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of thegenus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tailfeathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre.The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, isabout the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufouscolor on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyrepheasant and lyre-tail."
"LYRIC","The words of a song."
"LYRICALLY","In a lyrical manner."
"LYRICISM","A lyric composition. Gray."
"LYRID","One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air incertain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because theapparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wardscrosses the constellation Lyra."
"LYRIE","A European fish (Peristethus cataphractum), having the bodycovered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting in frontof the nose; -- called also noble, pluck, pogge, sea poacher, andarmed bullhead."
"LYRIFEROUS","Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes."
"LYRISM","The act of playing on a lyre or harp. G. Eliot."
"LYRIST","A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyricalpoetry. Shelley."
"LYSIMETER","An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through acertain depth of soil. Knight."
"LYSIS","The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming ongradually and not marked by abrupt change."
"LYSSA","Hydrophobia."
"LYTERIAN","Termination a disease; indicating the end of a disease."
"LYTHE","The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet. [Scot.]"
"LYTTA","A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axisof the tongue in many mammals, as the dog."
"MA","But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, 'Vivace, ma non troppopresto' (i. e., lively, but not too quick). Moore (Encyc. of Music)."
"MAA","The common European gull (Larus canus); -- called also mar. SeeNew, a gull."
"MAAD","Made.  Chaucer."
"MAALIN","Madam; my lady; -- a colloquial contraction of madam often usedin direct address, and sometimes as an appellation."
"MAARA SHELL","A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus),from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament."
"MAASHA","An East Indian coin, of about one tenth of the weight of arupee."
"MAAT","Dejected; sorrowful; downcast. [Obs.] 'So piteous and so maat.'Chaucer."
"MABBLE","To wrap up. [Obs.]"
"MABBY","A spirituous liquor or drink distilled from potatoes; -- usedin the Barbadoes."
"MABOLO","A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros discolor) from thePhilippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies. Itbears an edible fruit as large as a quince."
"MAC","A prefix, in names of Scotch origin, signifying son."
"MACACO","Any one of several species of lemurs, as the ruffed lemur(Lemur macaco), and the ring-tailed lemur (L. catta)."
"MACACUS","A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies. Theyhave short tails and prominent eyebrows."
"MACADAM ROAD","A macadamized road."
"MACADAMIZATION","The process or act of macadamizing."
"MACADAMIZE","To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, soas to form a smooth, hard, convex surface."
"MACAO","A macaw."
"MACAQUE","Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genusMacacus; as, M. maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies."
"MACARANGA GUM","A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (MacarangaIndica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in takingimpressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine.Balfour (Cyc. of India)."
"MACARIZE","To congratulate. [Oxford Univ. Cant]  Whately."
"MACARTNEY","A fire-backed pheasant. See Fireback."
"MACASSAR OIL","A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so calledbecause originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Islandof Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oiland olive oil."
"MACAUCO","Any one of several species of small lemurs, as Lemur murinus,which resembles a rat in size."
"MACAVAHU","A small Brazilian monkey (Callithrix torquatus), -- called alsocollared teetee."
"MACAW","Any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteenspecies are known, all of them American. They are large and have avery long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around theeyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and stronglycontrasted."
"MACCABEAN","Of or pertaining to Judas Maccabeus or to the Maccabees; as,the Maccabean princes; Maccabean times."
"MACCABEES","A kind of snuff."
"MACCO","A gambling game in vogue in the eighteenth century. Thackeray."
"MACE","A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also,a weight of 57.98 grains. S. W. Williams."
"MACEDOINE","A kind of mixed dish, as of cooked vegetables with white sauce,sweet jelly with whole fruit, etc. Also, fig., a medley."
"MACEDONIAN","Belonging, or relating, to Macedonia.-- n."
"MACEDONIANISM","The doctrines of Macedonius."
"MACER","A mace bearer; an officer of a court. P. Plowman."
"MACERATER","One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus for convertingpaper or fibrous matter into pulp."
"MACERATION","The act or process of macerating."
"MACHETE","A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or threefeet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as ahatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various otherpurposes. J. Stevens."
"MACHIAVELIAN","Of or pertaining to Machiavel, or to his supposed principles;politically cunning; characterized by duplicity or bad faith; crafty."
"MACHICOLATED","Having machicolations. 'Machicolated turrets.' C. Kingsley."
"MACHICOLATION","An opening between the corbels which support a projectingparapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal,shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base ofthe walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, whenof this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle."
"MACHICOULIS","Same as Machicolation."
"MACHINAL","Of or pertaining to machines."
"MACHINATE","To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purposeof doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot. 'How long will youmachinate!' Sandys."
"MACHINATOR","One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; aplotter or artful schemer. Glanvill. Sir W. Scott."
"MACHINE","To subject to the action of machinery; to effect by aid ofmachinery; to print with a printing machine."
"MACHINER","One who or operates a machine; a machinist. [R.]"
"MACHINING","Of or pertaining to the machinery of a poem; acting or used asa machine.[Obs.] Dryden."
"MACHO","The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, orMexicanus)."
"MACILENCY","Leanness.[Obs.] Sandys."
"MACILENT","Lean; thin. [Obs.] Bailey."
"MACINTOSH","Same as Mackintosh."
"MACKEREL","A pimp; also, a bawd. [Obs.] Halliwell."
"MACKINAW BOAT","A flat-bottomed boat with a pointed prow and square stern,using oars or sails or both, used esp. on the upper Great Lakes andtheir tributaries."
"MACKINAW COAT","A short, heavy, double-breasted plaid coat, the design of whichis large and striking. [Local, U. S.]"
"MACKINAW TROUT","The namaycush."
"MACKINTOSH","A waterproof outer garment; -- so called from the name of theinventor."
"MACKLE","Same Macule."
"MACLUREA","A genus of spiral gastropod shells, often of large size,characteristic of the lower Silurian rocks."
"MACLURIN","See Morintannic."
"MACRAME LACE","A coarse lace made of twine, used especially in decoratingfurniture."
"MACRO-","A combining form signifying long, large, great; asmacrodiagonal, macrospore."
"MACRO-CHEMISTRY","The science which treats of the chemical properties, actions orrelations of substances in quantity; -- distinguished from micro-chemistry."
"MACROBIOTIC","Long-lived. Dunglison."
"MACROBIOTICS","The art of prolonging life."
"MACROCEPHALOUS","Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, andforming a large mass compared with the rest of the body. Henslow."
"MACROCHIRES","A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. Socalled from the length of the distal part of the wing."
"MACROCOSM","The great world; that part of the universe which is exterior toman; -- contrasted with microcosm, or man. See Microcosm."
"MACROCOSMIC","Of or pertaining to the macrocosm. Tylor."
"MACROCYSTIS","An immensely long blackish seaweed of the Pacific (Macrocystispyrifera), having numerous almond-shaped air vessels."
"MACRODACTYL","One of a group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very longtoes. [Written also macrodactyle.]"
"MACRODIAGONAL","The longer of two diagonals, as of a rhombic prism. SeeCrystallization."
"MACRODOME","A dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombiccrystal. See Dome, n., 4."
"MACRODONT","Having large teeth.-- n."
"MACROFARAD","See Megafarad. [R.]"
"MACROGLOSSIA","Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue."
"MACROGNATHIC","Long-jawed. Huxley."
"MACROGRAPH","A picture of an object as seen by the naked eye (that is,unmagnified); as, a macrograph of a metallic fracture."
"MACROGRAPHY","Examination or study with the naked eye, as distinguished frommicrography."
"MACROLOGY","Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity ofwords."
"MACROMETER","An instrument for determining the size or distance ofinaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant."
"MACRON","A short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels todenote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, a, indame; e, in seam, etc."
"MACROPETALOUS","Having long or large petals."
"MACROPHYLLOUS","Having long or large leaves."
"MACROPINACOID","One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which areparallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes."
"MACROPOD","Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length oftheir legs; -- called also spider crab."
"MACROPODAL","Having long or large feet, or a long stem."
"MACROPODIAN","A macropod."
"MACROPODOUS","Having long legs or feet."
"MACROPRISM","A prism of an orthorhombic crystal between the macropinacoidand the unit prism; the corresponding pyramids are calledmacropyramids."
"MACROPTERES","A division of birds; the Longipennes."
"MACROPTEROUS","Having long wings."
"MACROPUS","genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo."
"MACROPYRAMID","See Macroprism."
"MACROSPORANGIUM","A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; --opposed to microsporangium. Both are found in the genera Selaginella,Isoctes, and Marsilia, plants remotely allied to ferns."
"MACROSPORE","One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants,as Selaginella, etc."
"MACROSPORIC","Of or pertaining to macrospores."
"MACROTONE","Same as Macron."
"MACROTOUS","Large-eared."
"MACRURA","A subdivision of decapod Crustacea, having the abdomen largelydeveloped. It includes the lobster, prawn, shrimp, and many similarforms. Cf. Decapoda."
"MACRURAL","Same as Macrurous."
"MACRURAN","One of the Macrura."
"MACRUROID","Like or pertaining to the Macrura."
"MACRUROUS","Of or pertaining to the Macrura; having a long tail."
"MACTATION","The act of killing a victim for sacrifice. [Obs.]"
"MACTRA","Any marine bivalve shell of the genus Mactra, and alliedgenera. Many species are known. Some of them are used as food, asMactra stultorum, of Europe. See Surf clam, under Surf."
"MACULA","A rather large spot or blotch of color."
"MACULATE","To spot; to stain; to blur.Maculate the honor of their people. Sir T. Elyot."
"MACULATED","Having spots or blotches; maculate."
"MACULATION","The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. Shak."
"MACULATORY","Causing a spot or stain. T. Adams."
"MACULATURE",", Blotting paper. [Obs.]"
"MACULE","A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when thepaper slips a little; a mackle."
"MACULOSE","Of or pertaining to spots upon a surface; spotted; maculate."
"MAD","of Made. Chaucer."
"MAD-APPLE","See Eggplant."
"MAD-HEADED","Wild; crack-brained."
"MADAM","A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of addressgiven to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- muchused in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. Thecorresponding word in addressing a man is Sir."
"MADAME","My lady; -- a French title formerly given to ladies of quality;now, in France, given to all married women. Chaucer."
"MADBRAIN","Hot-headed; rash. Shak.-- n."
"MADBRAINED","Disordered in mind; hot-headed. Shak."
"MADCAP","lord.' Shak."
"MADDEN","To make mad; to drive to madness; to craze; to excite violentlywith passion; to make very angry; to enrage."
"MADDER","A plant of the Rubia (R. tinctorum). The root is much used indyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated inFrance and Holland. See Rubiaceous."
"MADDERWORT","A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order(Rubiace\u00e6) as the madder."
"MADDING","Affected with madness; raging; furious.-- Mad'ding*ly, adv. [Archaic]Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Gray.The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged. Milton."
"MADDISH","Somewhat mad. Beau. & Fl."
"MADE","See Mad, n."
"MADECASSEE","Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants."
"MADEFY","To make wet or moist. [R.]"
"MADEGASSY","See Madecassee."
"MADEIRA","A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira.A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg. Shak.Madeira nut (Bot.), the European walnut; the nut of the Juglansregia."
"MADEIRA VINE","A herbaceous climbing vine (Boussingaultia baselloides) verypopular in cultivation, having shining entire leaves and racemes ofsmall fragrant white flowers."
"MADEMOISELLE","A marine food fish (Sci\u00e6na chrysura), of the Southern UnitedStates; -- called also yellowtail, and silver perch."
"MADHOUSE","A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; abedlam."
"MADIA","A genus of composite plants, of which one species (Madiasativa) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure.This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table."
"MADID","Wet; moist; as, a madid eye. [R.] Beaconsfield."
"MADISTERIUM","An instrument to extract hairs."
"MADJOUN","An intoxicating confection from the hemp plant; -- used by theTurks and Hindoos. [Written also majoun.]"
"MADLY","In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly."
"MADMAN","A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.When a man mistakes his thoughts for person and things, he is mad. Amadman is properly so defined. Coleridge."
"MADNEP","The masterwort (Peucedanum Ostruthium)."
"MADONNA","A picture of the Virgin Mary (usually with the babe).The Italian painters are noted for drawing the Madonnas by their ownwives or mistresses. Rymer."
"MADOQUA","A small Abyssinian antelope (Neotragus Saltiana), about thesize of a hare."
"MADRAGUE","A large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in theMediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the same purpose."
"MADRAS","A large silk-and-cotton kerchief, usually of bright colors,such as those often used by negroes for turbans."
"MADREPERL","Mother-of-pearl."
"MADREPORA","A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includesthan one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantlybranched.-- Mad`re*po'ral, a."
"MADREPORARIA","An extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of thespecies that produce stony corals. See Illust. of Anthozoa.-- Mad`re*po*ra'ri*an, a. & n."
"MADREPORE","Any coral of the genus Madrepora; formerly, often applied toany stony coral."
"MADREPORIFORM","Resembling a madreporian coral in form or structure."
"MADREPORITE","A fossil coral."
"MADRIER","A thick plank, used for several mechanical purposes;especially:(a) A plank to receive the mouth of a petard, with which it isapplied to anything intended to be broken down.(b) A plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines orfortifications."
"MADRIGAL","An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts,set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, andadhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is bestsung with several voices on a part. See Glee."
"MADRIGALER","A madrigalist."
"MADRIGALIST","A composer of madrigals."
"MADRILENIAN","Of or pertaining to Madrid in Spain, or to its inhabitants.-- n."
"MADRINA","An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting asthe leader of a troop of pack mules. [S. America]"
"MADRO","A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), ofCalifornia, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and ediblered berries, which are often called madro\u00f1a apples. [Written alsomadro\u00f1o.]"
"MADWORT","A genus of cruciferous plants (Alyssum) with white or yellowflowers and rounded pods. A. maritimum is the commonly cultivatedsweet alyssum, a fragrant white-flowered annual."
"MAESTOSO","Majestic or majestically; -- a direction to perform a passageor piece of music in a dignified manner."
"MAESTRICHT MONITOR","The Mosasaurus Hofmanni. See Mosasaurus."
"MAESTRO","A master in any art, especially in music; a composer."
"MAFFLE","To stammer. [Obs.]"
"MAFFLER","A stammerer. [Obs.]"
"MAGAZINE","To store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use."
"MAGAZINE CAMERA","A camera in which a number of plates can be exposed withoutreloading."
"MAGAZINER","One who edits or writes for a magazine. [R.] Goldsmith."
"MAGAZINING","The act of editing, or writing for, a magazine. [Colloq.]Byron."
"MAGAZINIST","One who edits or writes for a magazine. [R.]"
"MAGBOTE","See M\u00e6gbote."
"MAGDALA","Designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine,and called magdala red, naphthalene red, etc."
"MAGDALEN","A reformed prostitute."
"MAGDALEON","A medicine in the form of a roll, a esp. a roll of plaster."
"MAGDEBURG","A city of Saxony. Magdeburg centuries, Magdeburg hemispheres.See under Century, and Hemisphere."
"MAGE","A magician. [Archaic] Spenser. Tennyson."
"MAGELLANIC","Of or pertaining to, or named from, Magellan, the navigator.Magellenic clouds (Astron.), three conspicuous nebul\u00e6 near the southpole, resembling thin white clouds."
"MAGENTA","An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having agreen bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also,the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to thebattle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Calledalso fuchsine, rose\u00efne, etc."
"MAGGED","Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace. Ham. Nav. Encyc."
"MAGGIORE","Greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc., when used inopposition to minor; major. Moore (Encyc. of Music)."
"MAGGOT","The footless larva of any fly. See Larval."
"MAGGOT-PIE","A magpie. [Obs.] Shak."
"MAGGOTINESS","State of being maggoty."
"MAGGOTISH","Full of whims or fancies; maggoty."
"MAGHET","A name for daisies and camomiles of several kinds."
"MAGI","A caste of priests, philosophers, and magicians, among theancient Persians; hence, any holy men or sages of the East.The inspired Magi from the Orient came. Sandys."
"MAGIAN","Of or pertaining to the Magi."
"MAGIC","A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claimto produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, ordeparted spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attainedby a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration,witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc.An appearance made by some magic. Chaucer.Celestial magic, a supposed supernatural power which gave to spiritsa kind of dominion over the planets, and to the planets an influenceover men.-- Natural magic, the art of employing the powers of nature toproduce effects apparently supernatural.-- Superstitious, or Geotic, magic, the invocation of devils ordemons, involving the supposition of some tacit or express agreementbetween them and human beings."
"MAGICALLY","In a magical manner; by magic, or as if by magic."
"MAGICIAN","One skilled in magic; one who practices the black art; anenchanter; a necromancer; a sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer."
"MAGISTER","Master; sir; -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a personin authority, or to one having a license from a university to teachphilosophy and the liberal arts."
"MAGISTERIAL","Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery. SeeMagistery, 2."
"MAGISTERIALITY","Magisterialness; authoritativeness. [R.] Fuller."
"MAGISTERIALLY","In a magisterial manner."
"MAGISTERIALNESS","The quality or state of being magisterial."
"MAGISTERY","A precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation; --applied in old chemistry to certain white precipitates from metallicsolutions; as, magistery of bismuth. Ure."
"MAGISTRAL","Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; -- opposedto officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines. Dunglison.Magistral line (Fort.), the guiding line, or outline, or outline, bywhich the form of the work is determined. It is usually the crestline of the parapet in fieldworks, or the top line of the escarp inpermanent fortifications."
"MAGISTRALITY","Magisterialness; arbitrary dogmatism. Bacon."
"MAGISTRALLY","In a magistral manner. Abp. Bramhall."
"MAGISTRATE","A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a publiccivil officer invested with the executive government, or some branchof it. 'All Christian rulers and magistrates.' Book of Com. Prayer.Of magistrates some also are supreme, in whom the sovereign power ofthe state resides; others are subordinate. Blackstone."
"MAGISTRATURE","Magistracy. [Obs.]"
"MAGMA","The amorphous or homogenous matrix or ground mass, asdistinguished from well-defined crystals; as, the magma of porphyry."
"MAGNALITY","A great act or event; a great attainment. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"MAGNANIMITY","The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevationor dignity of soul; that quality or combination of qualities, incharacter, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble withtranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge,and to act and sacrifice for noble objects."
"MAGNANIMOUSLY","In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind."
"MAGNASE BLACK","A black pigment which dries rapidly when mixed with oil, and isof intense body. Fairholt."
"MAGNES","Magnet. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MAGNESIA","A light earthy white substance, consisting of magnesium oxide,and obtained by heating magnesium hydrate or carbonate, or by burningmagnesium. It has a slightly alkaline reaction, and is used inmedicine as a mild antacid laxative. See Magnesium. Magnesia albaEtym: [L.] (Med. Chem.), a bulky white amorphous substance,consisting of a hydrous basic carbonate of magnesium, and used as amild cathartic."
"MAGNESIAN","Pertaining to, characterized by, or containing, magnesia ormagnesium. Magnesian limestone. (Min.) See Dolomite."
"MAGNESIC","Pertaining to, or containing, magnesium; as, magnesic oxide."
"MAGNESITE","Native magnesium carbonate occurring in white compact orgranular masses, and also in rhombohedral crystals."
"MAGNESIUM","A light silver-white metallic element, malleable and ductile,quite permanent in dry air but tarnishing in moist air. It burns,forming (the oxide) magnesia, with the production of a blinding light(the so-called magnesium light) which is used in signaling, inpyrotechny, or in photography where a strong actinic illuminant isrequired. Its compounds occur abundantly, as in dolomite, talc,meerschaum, etc. Symbol Mg. Atomic weight, 24.4. Specific gravity,1.75. Magnesium sulphate. (Chem.) Same as Epsom salts."
"MAGNET","A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the peculiar propertiesof the loadstone have been imparted; -- called, in distinction fromthe loadstone, an artificial magnet."
"MAGNETICALLY","By or as by, magnetism."
"MAGNETICALNESS","Quality of being magnetic."
"MAGNETICIAN","One versed in the science of magnetism; a magnetist."
"MAGNETICNESS","Magneticalness. [Obs.]"
"MAGNETICS","The science of magnetism."
"MAGNETIFEROUS","Producing or conducting magnetism."
"MAGNETISM","The property, quality, or state, of being magnetic; themanifestation of the force in nature which is seen in a magnet."
"MAGNETIST","One versed in magnetism."
"MAGNETITE","An oxide of iron (Fe3O4) occurring in isometric crystals, alsomassive, of a black color and metallic luster. It is readilyattracted by a magnet and sometimes possesses polarity, being thencalled loadstone. It is an important iron ore. Called also magneticiron."
"MAGNETIZABLE","Capable of magnetized."
"MAGNETIZATION","The act of magnetizing, or the state of being magnetized."
"MAGNETIZEE","A person subjected to the influence of animal magnetism. [R.]"
"MAGNETIZER","One who, or that which, imparts magnetism."
"MAGNETO-","A prefix meaning pertaining to, produced by, or in some wayconnected with, magnetism."
"MAGNETO-ELECTRICITY","That branch of science which treats of the development ofelectricity by the action of magnets; -- the counterpart of electro-magnetism."
"MAGNETOGRAPH","An automatic instrument for registering, by photography orotherwise, the states and variations of any of the terrestrialmagnetic elements."
"MAGNETOMETER","An instrument for measuring the intensity of magnetic forces;also, less frequently, an instrument for determining any of theterrestrial magnetic elements, as the dip and declination."
"MAGNETOMETRIC","Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magneticforces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, magnetometricinstruments; magnetometric measurements."
"MAGNETOMOTIVE","Pertaining to, or designating, a force producing magnetic flux,analogous to electromotive force, and equal to the magnetic fluxmultiplied by the magnetic reluctance."
"MAGNETOMOTOR","A voltaic series of two or more large plates, producing a greatquantity of electricity of low tension, and hence adapted to theexhibition of electro-magnetic phenomena. [R.]"
"MAGNETOTHERAPY","The treatment of disease by the application of magnets to thesurface of the body."
"MAGNIFIABLE","Such as can be magnified, or extolled."
"MAGNIFICAT","The song of the Virgin Mary, Luke i. 46; -- so called becauseit commences with this word in the Vulgate."
"MAGNIFICATE","To magnify or extol. [Obs.] Marston."
"MAGNIFICATION","The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration. [R.]"
"MAGNIFICENCE","The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality ofbeing magnificent. Acts xix. 27. 'Then cometh magnificence.' Chaucer.And, for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak The Maker's highmagnificence, who built so spacious. Milton.The noblest monuments of Roman magnificence. Eustace."
"MAGNIFICENTLY","In a Magnificent manner."
"MAGNIFIER","One who, or that which, magnifies."
"MAGNILOQUENCE","The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse;grandiloquence."
"MAGNILOQUENT","Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumidin style; grandiloquent.-- Mag*nil'o*quent*ly, adv."
"MAGNILOQUOUS","Magniloquent. [Obs.]"
"MAGNITUDE","That which has one or more of the three dimensions, length,breadth, and thickness."
"MAGNOLIA","A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark andlarge sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers."
"MAGNOLIACEOUS","Pertaining to a natural order (Magnoliace\u00e6) of trees of whichthe magnolia, the tulip tree, and the star anise are examples."
"MAGNUM","A bone of the carpus at the base of the third metacarpal bone."
"MAGOT","The Barbary ape."
"MAGOT-PIE","A magpie. [Obs.] Shak."
"MAGPIE","Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and relatedgenera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail."
"MAGUARI","A South American stork (Euxenara maguari), having a forkedtail."
"MAGUEY","The century plant, a species of Agave (A. Americana). SeeAgave."
"MAGYAR","One of the dominant people of Hungary, allied to the Finns; aHungarian."
"MAHA","A kind of baboon; the wanderoo."
"MAHALED","(Bot.) A cherry tree (Prunus Mahaleb) of Southern Europe. Thewood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems,the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violetdye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared."
"MAHARAJAH","A sovereign prince in India; -- a title given also to otherpersons of high rank."
"MAHARIF","An African antelope (Hippotragus Bakeri). Its face is stripedwith black and white."
"MAHARMAH","A muslin wrapper for the head and the lower part of the face,worn by Turkish and Armenian women when they go abroad."
"MAHATMA","One of a class of sages, or 'adepts,' reputed to have knowledgeand powers of a higher order than those of ordinary men. --Ma*hat'ma*ism (#), n."
"MAHDI","Among Mohammedans, the last imam or leader of the faithful. TheSunni, the largest sect of the Mohammedans, believe that he is yet toappear."
"MAHDIISM","See Mahdism."
"MAHDISM","Belief in the coming of the Mahdi; fanatical devotion to thecause of the Mahdi or a pretender to that title. -- Mah'dist (#), n."
"MAHL-STICK","See Maul-stick."
"MAHOE","A name given to several malvaceous trees (species of Hibiscus,Ochroma, etc.), and to their strong fibrous inner bark, which is usedfor strings and cordage."
"MAHOGANY","A large tree of the genus Swietenia (S. Mahogoni), found intropical America."
"MAHOLI","A South African lemur (Galago maholi), having very large ears.[Written also moholi.]"
"MAHOMETANISM","See Mohammedanism."
"MAHOMETANIZE","To convert to the religion of Mohammed; to Mohammedanize."
"MAHOMETISM","See Mohammedanism."
"MAHOMETIST","A Mohammedan. [R.]"
"MAHOMETRY","Mohammedanism. [Obs.]"
"MAHON STOCK","An annual cruciferous plant with reddish purple or whiteflowers (Malcolmia maritima). It is called in England Virginia stock,but the plant comes from the Mediterranean."
"MAHONE","A large Turkish ship. Crabb."
"MAHONIA","The Oregon grape, a species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium),often cultivated for its hollylike foliage."
"MAHOOHOO","The African white two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus simus)."
"MAHORI","One of the dark race inhabiting principally the islands ofEastern Polynesia. Also used adjectively."
"MAHOUND","A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; adevil. [Obs.]Who's this, my mahound cousin Beau. & Fl."
"MAHOUT","The keeper and driver of an elephant. [East Indies]"
"MAHOVO","A device for saving power in stopping and starting a railroadcar, by means of a heavy fly wheel."
"MAHRATI","The language of the Mahrattas; the language spoken in theDeccan and Concan. [Written also Marathi.]"
"MAHRATTA","One of a numerous people inhabiting the southwestern part ofIndia. Also, the language of the Mahrattas; Mahrati. It is closelyallied to Sanskrit.-- a."
"MAHWA TREE","An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also B.butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon wheels, and the flowersfor food and in preparing an intoxicating drink. It is one of thebutter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and yallah, is obtained fromthe kernels of the fruit."
"MAIAN","Any spider crab of the genus Maia, or family Maiad\u00e6."
"MAID","The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raiabatis), and of the thornback (R. clavata). [Prov. Eng.] Fair maid.(Zo\u00f6l.) See under Fair, a.-- Maid of honor, a female attendant of a queen or royal princess; -- usually of noble family, and having to perform only nominal orhonorary duties.-- Old maid. See under Old."
"MAIDAN","In various parts of Asia, an open space, as for militaryexercises, or for a market place; an open grassy tract; an esplanade."
"MAIDEN","To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.For had I maiden'd it, as many use. Loath for to grant, but loatherto refuse. Bp. Hall."
"MAIDENHAIR","A fern of the genus Adiantum (A. pedatum), having very slendergraceful stalks. It is common in the United States, and is sometimesused in medicine. The name is also applied to other species of thesame genus, as to the Venus-hair. Maiden grass, the smaller quakinggrass.-- Maiden tree. See Ginkgo."
"MAIDENLIKE","Like a maiden; modest; coy."
"MAIDENLINESS","The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes amaid; modesty; gentleness."
"MAIDENLY","Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest,reserved.Must you be blushing . . . What a maidenly man-at-arms are you become! Shak."
"MAIDENSHIP","Maidenhood. [Obs.] Fuller."
"MAIDHOOD","Maidenhood. Shak."
"MAIDPALE","Pale, like a sick girl. Shak."
"MAIDSERVANT","A female servant."
"MAIEUTICS","The art of giving birth (i. e., clearness and conviction) toideas, which are conceived as struggling for birth. Payne."
"MAIGER","The meagre."
"MAIGRE","Belonging to a fast day or fast; as, a maigre day. Walpole.Maigre food (R. C. Ch.), food allowed to be eaten on fast days."
"MAIHEM","See Maim, and Mayhem."
"MAIKEL","A South American carnivore of the genus Conepatus, allied tothe skunk, but larger, and having a longer snout. The tail is notbushy."
"MAIKONG","A South American wild dog (Canis cancrivorus); the crab-eatingdog."
"MAIL","A spot. [Obs.]"
"MAIL-SHELL","A chiton."
"MAILABLE","Admissible lawfully into the mail. [U.S.]"
"MAILCLAD","Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armor. Sir W. Scott."
"MAILED","Protected by an external coat, or covering, of scales orplates."
"MAILING","A farm. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"MAIMEDLY","In a maimed manner."
"MAIMEDNESS","State of being maimed. Bolton."
"MAIN","Very extremely; as, main heavy. 'I'm main dry.' Foote. [Obs. orLow]"
"MAIN YARD","The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by themainmast."
"MAIN-GAUCHE","The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is held inthe right; -- used to parry thrusts of the adversary's rapier."
"MAIN-HAMPER","A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used incarrying grapes to the press."
"MAINE","One of the New England States. Maine law, any law prohibitingthe manufacture and sale of intoxicating beverages, esp. oneresembling that enacted in the State of Maine."
"MAINLAND","The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island, orpeninsula. Dryden.After the two wayfarers had crossed from the peninsula to themainland. Hawthorne."
"MAINLY","Very strongly; mightily; to a great degree. [Obs.] Bacon. Shak."
"MAINMAST","The principal mast in a ship or other vessel."
"MAINOR","A thing stolen found on the person of the thief."
"MAINPERNABLE","Capable of being admitted to give surety by mainpernors; ableto be mainprised."
"MAINPERNOR","A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner'sappearance in court at a day."
"MAINPIN","A kingbolt."
"MAINPRISE","To suffer to go at large, on his finding sureties, ormainpernors, for his appearance at a day; -- said of a prisoner."
"MAINS","The farm attached to a mansion house. [Scot.]"
"MAINSAIL","The principal sail in a ship or other vessel.[They] hoised up the mainsail to the wind. Acts xxvii. 40."
"MAINSHEET","One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft andtrimmed."
"MAINSPRING","The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism,especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in agunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerfulmotive; the efficient cause of action."
"MAINSTAY","The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to themaintop."
"MAINSWEAR","To swear falsely. [Obs.] Blount."
"MAINTAINABLE","That maybe maintained."
"MAINTAINER","One who maintains."
"MAINTAINOR","One who, not being interested, maintains a cause dependingbetween others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party. Bouvier.Wharton."
"MAINTENANCE","An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause dependingbetween others, by assisting either party with money or means tocarry it on. See Champerty. Wharton. Cap of maintenance. See underCap."
"MAINTOP","The platform about the head of the mainmast in square-riggedvessels."
"MAIOID","Of or pertaining to the genus Maia, or family Maiade\u00e6."
"MAISTER","Master. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser."
"MAISTRESS","Mistress. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MAITHES","Same as Maghet."
"MAIZE","A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays),widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, itsseed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals. Maize eater(Zo\u00f6l.), a South American bird of the genus Pseudoleistes, allied tothe troupials.-- Maize yellow, a delicate pale yellow."
"MAJESTIC","Possessing or exhibiting majesty; of august dignity,stateliness, or imposing grandeur; lofty; noble; grand. 'The majesticworld.' Shak. 'Tethys'grave majestic pace.' Milton.The least portions must be of the epic kind; all must be grave,majestic, and sublime. Dryden."
"MAJESTICAL","Majestic. Cowley.An older architecture, greater, cunninger, more majestical. M.Arnold.-- Ma*jes'tic*al*ly, adv.-- Ma*jes'tic*al*ness, n."
"MAJESTICNESS","The quality or state of being majestic. Oldenburg."
"MAJESTY","The dignity and authority of sovereign power; quality or statewhich inspires awe or reverence; grandeur; exalted dignity, whetherproceeding from rank, character, or bearing; imposing loftiness;stateliness; -- usually applied to the rank and dignity ofsovereigns.The Lord reigneth; he is clothed with majesty. Ps. xciii. 1.No sovereign has ever represented the majesty of great state withmore dignity and grace. Macaulay."
"MAJOLICA","A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy, which reachedits greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century."
"MAJOR","Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference ofpitch from another tone. Major axis (Geom.), the greater axis. SeeFocus, n., 2.-- Major key (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, fourand five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three andfour, and seven and eight, make minor seconds.-- Major offense (Law), an offense of a greater degree whichcontains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault.-- Major premise (Logic), that premise of a syllogism which containsthe major term.-- Major scale (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which hassemitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, andseventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which thethird is major. See Scale, and Diatonic.-- Major second (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a differencein pitch of a step.-- Major sixth (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. Inmajor keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Majorkeys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful.-- Major term (Logic), that term of a syllogism which forms thepredicate of the conclusion.-- Major third (Mus.), a third of two steps."
"MAJOR GENERAL",". An officer of the army holding a rank next above that ofbrigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and whousually commands a division or a corps."
"MAJOR-DOMO","A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, asmaster of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer."
"MAJORAT","Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of honor asto descend with it."
"MAJORATE","The office or rank of a major."
"MAJORATION","Increase; enlargement. [Obs.] Bacon."
"MAJORCAN","Of or pertaining to Majorca.-- n."
"MAJORITY","Ancestors; ancestry. [Obs.]"
"MAJORSHIP","The office of major."
"MAJOUN","See Madjoun."
"MAJUSCULAE","Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth centuryand earlier."
"MAJUSCULE","A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts.See Majuscul\u00e6. Majuscule writing, writing composed wholly of capitalletters, especially the style which prevailed in Europe from thethird to the sixth century."
"MAKABLE","Capable of being made."
"MAKARON","See Macaroon, 2. [Obs.]"
"MAKE","A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. [Obs.]For in this world no woman is Worthy to be my make. Chaucer."
"MAKE AND BREAK","Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; acircuit breaker."
"MAKE-BELIEF","A feigning to believe; make believe. J. H. Newman."
"MAKE-BELIEVE","A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a merepretense; a fiction; an invention. 'Childlike make-believe.' Tylor.To forswear self-delusion and make-believe. M. Arnold."
"MAKE-GAME","An object of ridicule; a butt. Godwin."
"MAKE-PEACE","A peacemaker. [R.] Shak."
"MAKE-UP","The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often,the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating acharacter.The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mentalmake-up. L. F. Ward."
"MAKEBATE","One who excites contentions and quarrels. [Obs.]"
"MAKED","Made. Chaucer."
"MAKER","The person who makes a promissory note."
"MAKESHIFT","That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. JamesMill.I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot."
"MAKEWEIGHT","That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something oflittle account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap."
"MAKI","A lemur. See Lemur."
"MAKING-IRON","A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used bycalkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been drivenin."
"MAL-",". A prefix in composition denoting ill,or evil, F. male, adv.,fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-, as inmalediction, malevolent. See Malice."
"MALA","Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law. Mala in se Etym:[L.] (Law), offenses which are such from their own nature, at commonlaw, irrespective of statute.-- Mala prohibita Etym: [L.] (Law), offenses prohibited by statute,as distinguished from mala in se, which are offenses at common law."
"MALABAR","A region in the western part of the Peninsula of India, betweenthe mountains and the sea. Malabar nut (Bot.), the seed of an EastIndian acanthaceous shrub, the Adhatoda Vasica, sometimes usedmedicinally."
"MALACATUNE","See Melocoton."
"MALACCA","A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula.Malacca cane (Bot.), a cane obtained from a species of palm of thegenus Calamus (C. Scipionum), and of a brown color, often mottled.The plant is a native of Cochin China, Sumatra, and Malays."
"MALACHITE","Native hydrous carbonate of copper, usually occurring in greenmammillary masses with concentric fibrous structure."
"MALACISSANT","Softening; relaxing. [Obs.]"
"MALACISSATION","The act of making soft or supple. [Obs.] Bacon."
"MALACOBDELLA","A genus of nemertean worms, parasitic in the gill cavity ofclams and other bivalves. They have a large posterior sucker, likethat of a leech. See Illust. of Bdellomorpha."
"MALACODERM","One of a tribe of beetles (Malacodermata), with a soft andflexible body, as the fireflies."
"MALACOLITE","A variety of pyroxene."
"MALACOLOGIST","One versed in the science of malacology."
"MALACOLOGY","The science which relates to the structure and habits ofmollusks."
"MALACOPODA","A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called alsoProtracheata, and Onychophora."
"MALACOPTERYGIAN","One of the Malacopterygii."
"MALACOPTERYGII","An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anteriorray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and notspiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called alsoMalacopteri."
"MALACOPTERYGIOUS","Belonging to the Malacopterygii."
"MALACOSTEON","A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of which theybecome softened and capable of being bent without breaking."
"MALACOSTOMOUS","Having soft jaws without teeth, as certain fishes."
"MALACOSTRACA","A subclass of Crustacea, including Arthrostraca andThoracostraca, or all those higher than the Entomostraca."
"MALACOSTRACAN","One of the Malacostraca."
"MALACOSTRACOLOGY","That branch of zo\u00f6logical science which relates to thecrustaceans; -- called also carcinology."
"MALACOSTRACOUS","Belonging to the Malacostraca."
"MALACOTOON","See Melocoton."
"MALACOZOA","An extensive group of Invertebrata, including the Mollusca,Brachiopoda, and Bryozoa. Called also Malacozoaria."
"MALACOZOIC","Of or pertaining to the Malacozoa."
"MALADDRESS","Bad address; an awkward, tactless, or offensive way ofaccosting one or talking with one. W. D. Howells."
"MALADJUSTMENT","A bad adjustment."
"MALADMINISTRATION","Bad administration; bad management of any business, especiallyof public affairs. [Written also maleadministration.]"
"MALADROIT","Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward;unskillful.-- Mal'a*droit`ly, adv.-- Mal`a*droit'ness, n."
"MALAGA","A city and a province of Spain, on the Mediterranean. Hence,Malaga grapes, Malaga raisins, Malaga wines."
"MALAGASH","Same as Malagasy."
"MALAGASY","A native or natives of Madagascar; also (sing.), the language."
"MALAISE","An indefinite feeling of uneasiness, or of being sick or ill atease."
"MALAMATE","A salt of malamic acid."
"MALAMBO","A yellowish aromatic bark, used in medicine and perfumery, saidto be from the South American shrub Croton Malambo."
"MALAMETHANE","A white crystalline substance forming the ethyl salt of malamicacid."
"MALAMIC","Of or pertaining an acid intermediate between malic acid andmalamide, and known only by its salts."
"MALAMIDE","The acid amide derived from malic acid, as a white crystallinesubstance metameric with asparagine."
"MALANDERS","A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the fore leg of ahorse. See Sallenders. [Written also mallenders.]"
"MALAPERT","Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert. Shak.-- n."
"MALAPROPISM","A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used."
"MALAPROPOS","Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably."
"MALAPTERURUS","A genus of African siluroid fishes, including the electriccatfishes. See Electric cat, under Electric."
"MALAR","Of or pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to themalar bone; jugal."
"MALARIA","A morbid condition produced by exhalations from decayingvegetable matter in contact with moisture, giving rise to fever andague and many other symptoms characterized by their tendency to recurat definite and usually uniform intervals."
"MALARIA PARASITE","Any of several minute protozoans of the genus Plasmodium (syn.H\u00e6matozo\u00f6n) which in their adult condition live in the tissues ofmosquitoes of the genus Anopheles (which see) and when transferred tothe blood of man, by the bite of the mosquito, produce malaria. Theyoung parasites, or sporozoites, enter the red blood corpuscles,growing at their expense, undergoing sporulation, and finallydestroying the corpuscles, thus liberating in the blood plasma animmense number of small spores called merozoites. An indefinite butnot ultimated number of such generations may follow, but if meanwhilethe host is bitten by a mosquito, the parasites develop into gametesin the stomach of the insect. These conjugate, the zygote thusproduced divides, forming spores, and eventually sporozoites, which,penetrating to the salivary glands of the mosquito, may be introducedinto a new host. The attacks of the disease coincide with thedissolution of the corpuscles and liberation of the spores andproducts of growth of the parasites into the blood plasma. Severalspecies of the parasite are distinguished, as P. vivax, producingtertian malaria; P. malari\u00e6, quartan malaria; and P. (subgenusLaverania) falciferum, the malarial fever of summer and autumn commonin the tropics."
"MALASHAGANAY","The fresh-water drumfish (Haploidonotus grunniens)."
"MALATE","A salt of malic acid."
"MALAXATION","The act of softening by mixing with a thinner substance; theformation of ingredients into a mass for pills or plasters. [R.]"
"MALAXATOR","One who, or that which, malaxates; esp., a machine forgrinding, kneading, or stirring into a pasty or doughy mass. [R.]"
"MALAY","One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the MalayPeninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago."
"MALAYALAM","The name given to one the cultivated Dravidian languages,closely related to the Tamil. Yule."
"MALBROUCK","A West African arboreal monkey (Cercopithecus cynosurus)."
"MALCONFORMATION","Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form;disproportion of parts."
"MALCONTENT","discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfiedwith the government. [Written also malecontent.]The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. Milner."
"MALCONTENTED","Malcontent.-- Mal`con*tent'ed*ly, adv.-- Mal`con*tent'ed*ness, n."
"MALDANIAN","Any species of marine annelids of the genus Maldane, or familyMaldanid\u00e6. They have a slender, round body, and make tubes in thesand or mud."
"MALE","Evil; wicked; bad. [Obs.] Marston."
"MALE-",". See Mal-."
"MALE-ODOR","See Malodor."
"MALE-SPIRITED","Having the spirit of a male; vigorous; courageous. [R.] B.Jonson."
"MALEADMINISTRATION","Maladministration."
"MALEATE","A salt of maleic acid."
"MALEBRANCHISM","The philosophical system of Malebranche, an eminent Frenchmetaphysician. The fundamental doctrine of his system is that themind can not have knowledge of anything external to itself except inits relation to God."
"MALECONFORMATION","Malconformation."
"MALECONTENT","Malcontent."
"MALEDICENCY","Evil speaking. [Obs.] Atterbury."
"MALEDICENT","Speaking reproachfully; slanderous. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys."
"MALEDICT","Accursed; abominable. [R.]"
"MALEDICTION","A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation;a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction.No malediction falls from his tongue. Longfellow."
"MALEFACTION","A crime; an offense; an evil deed. [R.] Shak."
"MALEFACTRESS","A female malefactor. Hawthorne."
"MALEFEASANCE","See Malfeasance."
"MALEFIC","Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful. [R.]Chaucer."
"MALEFICE","An evil deed; artifice; enchantment. [Obs.]"
"MALEFICENCE","Evil doing, esp. to others."
"MALEFICENT","Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous."
"MALEFICIAL","Injurious. Fuller."
"MALEFICIATE","To bewitch; to harm. [Obs.] Burton."
"MALEFICIATION","A bewitching. [Obs.]"
"MALEFICIENCE","The doing of evil, harm, or mischief."
"MALEFICIENT","Doing evil, harm, or mischief."
"MALEFORMATION","See Malformation."
"MALEIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the ethylene series,metameric with fumaric acid and obtained by heating malic acid."
"MALENGINE","Evil machination; guile; deceit. [Obs.] Gower."
"MALEO","A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brushturkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs."
"MALEPRACTICE","See Malpractice."
"MALET","A little bag or budget. [Obs.] Shelton."
"MALETREAT","See Maltreat."
"MALEVOLENCE","The quality or state of being malevolent; evil dispositiontoward another; inclination to injure others; ill will. See Synonymof Malice."
"MALEVOLENT","Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another'smisfortune."
"MALEVOLENTLY","In a malevolent manner."
"MALEVOLOUS","Malevolent. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton."
"MALEXECUTION","Bad execution. D. Webster."
"MALEYL","A hypothetical radical derived from maleic acid."
"MALFEASANCE","The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evilconduct; an illegal deed. [Written also malefeasance.]"
"MALFORMATION","Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation; abnormal orwrong conformation or structure."
"MALGRACIOUS","Not graceful; displeasing. [Obs.] Gower."
"MALGRE","See Mauger."
"MALIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, apples; as, malic acid. Malicacid, a hydroxy acid obtained as a substance which is sirupy orcrystallized with difficulty, and has a strong but pleasant sourtaste. It occurs in many fruits, as in green apples, currants, etc.It is levorotatory or dextrorotatory according to the temperature andconcentration. An artificial variety is a derivative of succinicacid, but has no action on polarized light, and thus malic acid is aremarkable case of physical isomerism."
"MALICE","Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depravedinclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injureanother person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or causeor excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others;willfulness. Malice aforethought or prepense, malice previously anddeliberately entertained."
"MALICHO","Mischief. [Obs.] Shak."
"MALICIOUS","With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful anddone intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act.Malicious abandonment, the desertion of a wife or husband withoutjust cause. Burrill.-- Malicious mischief (Law), malicious injury to the property ofanother; -- an offense at common law. Wharton.-- Malicious prosecution or arrest (Law), a wanton prosecution orarrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, withoutprobable cause. Bouvier."
"MALIGN","To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; towrong; to injure. [Obs.]The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will againstprivate men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murderingthem. Spenser."
"MALIGNANT","Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent;as, malignant diphtheria. Malignant pustule (Med.), a very contagiousdisease, transmitted to man from animals, characterized by theformation, at the point of reception of the virus, of a vesicle orpustule which first enlarges and then breaks down into an unhealthyulcer. It is marked by profound exhaustion and usually fatal. Calledalso charbon, and sometimes, improperly, anthrax."
"MALIGNANTLY","In a malignant manner."
"MALIGNER","One who maligns."
"MALIGNIFY","To make malign or malignant. [R.] 'A strong faith malignified.'Southey."
"MALIGNLY","In a malign manner; with malignity."
"MALINGER","To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability."
"MALINGERER","In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who inducesor protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, ingeneral, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability."
"MALINGERY","The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering."
"MALISON","Malediction; curse; execration. [Poetic]God's malison on his head who this gainsays. Sir W. Scott."
"MALKIN","A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out acannon."
"MALL","To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise;to maul."
"MALLARD","A drake; the male of Anas boschas."
"MALLEABILITY","The quality or state of being malleable; -- opposed tofriability and brittleness. Locke."
"MALLEABLE","Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer,or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals. Malleable iron,iron that is capable of extension or of being shaped under thehammer; decarbonized cast iron. See under Iron.-- Malleable iron castings, articles cast from pig iron and mademalleable by heating then for several days in the presence of somesubstance, as hematite, which deprives the cast iron of some of itscarbon."
"MALLEABLEIZE","To make malleable."
"MALLEABLENESS","Quality of being malleable."
"MALLEAL","Pertaining to the malleus."
"MALLEATE","To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf."
"MALLEATION","The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, asa metal; extension by beating."
"MALLECHO","Same as Malicho."
"MALLEE BIRD","The leipoa. See Leipoa."
"MALLENDERS","Same as Malanders."
"MALLEOLAR","Of or pertaining to the malleolus; in the region of themalleoli of the ankle joint."
"MALLEOLUS","A projection at the distal end of each bone of the leg at theankle joint. The malleolus of the tibia is the internal projection,that of the fibula the external."
"MALLET","A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving atool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a longhandle, -- used in playing croquet."
"MALLEUS","The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; thehammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process,the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far."
"MALLOPHAGA","An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds andmammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice.See Bird louse, under Bird."
"MALLOTUS","A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, thecapelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod."
"MALLOWWORT","Any plant of the order Malvace\u00e6."
"MALMA","A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting NorthernAmerica, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also Dolly Vardentrout, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and golet."
"MALMAG","The tarsius, or spectral lemur."
"MALMSEY","A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc. Shak."
"MALNUTRITION","Faulty or imperfect nutrition."
"MALOBSERVATION","Erroneous observation. J. S Mill."
"MALODOR","An Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling.-- Mal*o'dor*ous*ness. n. Carlyle."
"MALODOROUS","Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling. --Mal*o'dor*ous*ness. n. Carlyle.[1913 Webster]"
"MALONATE","At salt of malonic acid."
"MALONIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid produced artifically asa white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and so called becauseobtained by the oxidation of malic acid."
"MALONYL","A hydrocarbon radical, CH2.(CO)2, from malonic acid."
"MALPAIS","The rough surface of a congealed lava stream. [Southwestern U.S.]"
"MALPIGHIA","A genus of tropical American shrubs with opposite leaves andsmall white or reddish flowers. The drupes of Malpighia urens areeaten under the name of Barbadoes cherries."
"MALPIGHIACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of tropicaltrees and shrubs (Malpighiace\u00e6), some of them climbing plants, andtheir stems forming many of the curious lianes of South Americanforests."
"MALPIGHIAN","Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, anItalian anatomist of the 17th century. Malhighian capsules orcorpuscles, the globular dilatations, containing the glomeruli orMalpighian tufts, at the extremities of the urinary tubules of thekidney. Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen, masses of adenoid tissueconnected with branches of the splenic artery."
"MALPOSITION","A wrong position."
"MALPRACTICE","Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary toestablished rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeonor physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules andproductive of unfavorable results. [Written also malepractice.]"
"MALT","Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln,thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has beenevolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky."
"MALTALENT","Ill will; malice. [Obs.] Rom. of R. Spenser."
"MALTESE","Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants.-- n. sing. & pl."
"MALTHUSIAN","Of or pertaining to the political economist, the Rev. T. R.Malthus, or conforming to his views; as, Malthusian theories."
"MALTHUSIANISM","The system of Malthusian doctrines relating to population."
"MALTING","The process of making, or of becoming malt."
"MALTMAN","A man whose occupation is to make malt."
"MALTONIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, maltose; specif.,designating an acid called also gluconic or dextronic acid. SeeGluconic."
"MALTOSE","A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action ofdistance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreaticjuice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarizedlight further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxidereducing power."
"MALTREAT","To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly."
"MALTREATMENT","Ill treatment; ill usage; abuse."
"MALTSTER","A maltman. Swift."
"MALTWORM","A tippler. [R.] Shak."
"MALTY","Consisting, or like, malt. Dickens."
"MALUM","An evil. See Mala."
"MALVACEOUS","Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants(Malvace\u00e6), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant,hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the baobab and thesilk-cotton trees are now referred to it."
"MALVERSATION","Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, orextortion in office."
"MALVESIE","Malmsey wine. See Malmsey. ' A jub of malvesye.' Chaucer."
"MAM","Mamma."
"MAMA","See Mamma."
"MAMALUKE","Same as Mameluke."
"MAMELON","A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance.Westmin. Rev."
"MAMELUCO","A child born of a white father and Indian mother. [S. Amer.]"
"MAMELUKE","One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slavesconverted to Mohammedanism, who, during several centuries, had moreor less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated ordispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811."
"MAMILLATED","See Mammillated."
"MAMMA","Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity. [Written alsomama.]Tell tales papa and mamma. Swift."
"MAMMAL","One of the Mammalia. Age of mammals. See under Age, n., 8."
"MAMMALIA","The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for atime by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glandsof the mother."
"MAMMALIAN","Of or pertaining to the Mammalia or mammals."
"MAMMALIFEROUS","Containing mammalian remains; -- said of certain strata."
"MAMMALOGICAL","Of or pertaining to mammalogy."
"MAMMALOGIST","One versed in mammalogy."
"MAMMALOGY","The science which relates to mammals or the Mammalia. SeeMammalia."
"MAMMARY","Of or pertaining to the mamm\u00e6 or breasts; as, the mammaryarteries and veins."
"MAMMEE","A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus Mammea(M. Americana); also, its fruit. The latter is large, covered with athick, tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasanttaste and fragrant scent. It is often called mammee apple."
"MAMMER","To hesitate; to mutter doubtfully. [Obs.]"
"MAMMET","An idol; a puppet; a doll. [Obs.] Selden. Shak."
"MAMMETRY","See Mawmetry. [Obs.]"
"MAMMIFER","A mammal. See Mammalia."
"MAMMIFEROUS","Having breasts; of, pertaining to, or derived from, theMammalia."
"MAMMIFORM","Having the form of a mamma (breast) or mamm\u00e6."
"MAMMILLA","The nipple."
"MAMMILLARY","Composed of convex convex concretions, somewhat resembling thebreasts in form; studded with small mammiform protuberances."
"MAMMILLIFORM","Having the form of a mammilla."
"MAMMILLOID","Like a mammilla or nipple; mammilliform."
"MAMMOCK","A shapeless piece; a fragment. [Obs.]"
"MAMMODIS","Coarse plain India muslins."
"MAMMOLOGY","Mastology. See Mammalogy."
"MAMMON","Riches; wealth; the god of riches; riches, personified.Ye can not serve God and Mammon. Matt. vi. 24."
"MAMMONISH","Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or theservice of Mammon. Carlyle."
"MAMMONISM","Devotion to the pursuit of wealth; worldliness. Carlyle."
"MAMMONIST","A mammonite."
"MAMMONITE","One devoted to the acquisition of wealth or the service ofMammon. C. Kingsley."
"MAMMONIZATION","The process of making mammonish; the state of being under theinfluence of mammonism."
"MAMMONIZE","To make mammonish."
"MAMMOSE","Having the form of the breast; breast-shaped."
"MAMMOTH","An extinct, hairy, maned elephant (Elephas primigenius), ofenormous size, remains of which are found in the northern parts ofboth continents. The last of the race, in Europe, were coeval withprehistoric man."
"MAMMOTHREPT","A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child. [R.]O, you are a more mammothrept in judgment. B. Jonson."
"MAMMY","A child's name for mamma, mother."
"MAMZER","A person born of relations between whom marriage was forbiddenby the Mosaic law; a bastard. Deut. xxiii. 2 (Douay version)."
"MAN-EATER","One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh;specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. CarcharodonRondeleti); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit offeeding upon human flesh."
"MAN-OF-WAR","A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. oneof large size; a ship of war. Man-of-war bird (Zo\u00f6l.), The frigatebird; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross.-- Man-of-war hawk (Zo\u00f6l.), the frigate bird.-- Man-of-war's man, a sailor serving in a ship of war.-- Portuguese man-of-war (Zo\u00f6l.), any species of the genus Physalia.See Physalia."
"MANABLE","Marriageable.[Obs.]"
"MANACE","Same as Menace. [Obs.]"
"MANACLE","A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in theplural.Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles onthe right hand. Ecclus. xxi. 19."
"MANAGE","The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse;management; administration. See Manege. [Obs.]Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more thanthey can hold. Bacon.Down, down I come; like glistering Pha\u00ebthonWanting the manage of unruly jades. Shak.The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl. Shak."
"MANAGEABILITY","The state or quality of being manageable; manageableness."
"MANAGEABLE","Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable;tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse."
"MANAGELESS","Unmanageable.[R.]"
"MANAGERIAL","Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as, managerialqualities. 'Managerial responsibility.' C. Bront\u00e9."
"MANAGERSHIP","The office or position of a manager."
"MANAKIN","Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus,and other genera of the family Piprid\u00e6. They are mostly natives ofCentral and South America. some are bright-colored, and others havethe wings and tail curiously ornamented. The name is sometimesapplied to related birds of other families."
"MANATEE","Any species of Trichechus, a genus of sirenians; -- calledalsosea cow. [Written also manaty, manati.]"
"MANATION","The act of issuing or flowing out. [Obs.]"
"MANBIRD","An aviator. [Colloq.]"
"MANBOTE","A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killinghis man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant). Spelman."
"MANCA","See Mancus."
"MANCHE","A sleeve. [Obs.]"
"MANCHET","Fine white bread; a loaf of fine bread. [Archaic] Bacon.Tennyson."
"MANCHINEEL","A euphorbiaceous tree (Hippomane Mancinella) of tropicalAmerica, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and poisonousacrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple. Bastard manchineel, a tree(Cameraria latifolia) of the East Indies, having similar poisonousproperties. Lindley."
"MANCHU","Of or pertaining to Manchuria or its inhabitants.-- n."
"MANCIPATE","To enslave; to bind; to restrict. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale."
"MANCIPATION","Slavery; involuntary servitude. [Obs.] Johnson."
"MANCIPLE","A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn ofCourt. Chaucer."
"MANCONA BARK",". See Sassy bark."
"MANCUS","An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and ofvariously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about oneshilling of modern English money."
"MAND","A demand. [Obs.] See Demand."
"MANDAMUS","A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferiortribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority,commanding the performance of some specified duty."
"MANDARIN","A small orange, with easily separable rind. It is thought to beof Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrusnobilis)mandarin orange; tangerine. Mandarin duck (Zo\u00f6l.), abeautiful Asiatic duck (Dendronessa galericulata), oftendomesticated, and regarded by the Chinese as an emblem of conjugalaffection.-- Mandarin language, the spoken or colloquial language of educatedpeople in China.-- Mandarin yellow (Chem.), an artificial aniline dyestuff used forcoloring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex derivative ofquinoline."
"MANDARINATE","The collective body of officials or persons of rank in China.S. W. Williams."
"MANDARINIC","Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin."
"MANDARINING","The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of animaltissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter, but by producing acertain change in the fiber by the action of dilute nitric acid.Tomlinson."
"MANDARINISM","A government mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins.F. Lieder."
"MANDATARY","One who undertakes to discharge a specific business commission;a mandatory. Wharton."
"MANDATE","A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to putthe person therein named in possession of the first vacant beneficein his collation."
"MANDATOR","The person who employs another to perform a mandate. Bouvier."
"MANDATORY","Containing a command; preceptive; directory."
"MANDELATE","A salt of mandelic acid."
"MANDELIC","Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oilof better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; -- called alsophenyl glycolic acid."
"MANDER","See Maunder."
"MANDERIL","A mandrel."
"MANDIBLE","The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferiormaxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw in thebeak of birds."
"MANDIBULAR","Of or pertaining to a mandible; like a mandible.-- n."
"MANDIBULATE","An insect having mandibles."
"MANDIBULIFORM","Having the form of a mandible; -- said especially of themaxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting."
"MANDIBULOHYOID","Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch, orsituated between them."
"MANDIL","A loose outer garment worn the 16th and 17th centuries."
"MANDILION","See Mandil. Chapman."
"MANDINGOS","; sing. Mandingo. (Ethnol.) An extensive and powerful tribe ofWest African negroes."
"MANDLESTONE","Amygdaloid."
"MANDMENT","Commandment. [Obs.]"
"MANDOLA","An instrument closely resembling the mandolin, but of largersize and tuned lower."
"MANDORE","A kind of four-stringed lute."
"MANDRAGORA","A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1."
"MANDRAGORITE","One who habitually intoxicates himself with a narcotic obtainedfrom mandrake."
"MANDRAKE","A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family,having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man.It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out whenpulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is foundin the Mediterranean region.And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth, That livingmortals, hearing them, run mad. Shak."
"MANDRILL","a large West African baboon (Cynocephalus, or Papio, mormon).The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, groovedswellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red."
"MANDUCABLE","Such as can be chewed; fit to be eaten. [R.]Any manducable creature. Sir T. Herbert."
"MANDUCATE","To masticate; to chew; to eat. [R.] Jer. Taylor."
"MANDUCATION","The act of chewing. [R.] Jer. Taylor."
"MANDUCATORY","Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing."
"MANDUCUS","A grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or grimacing,worn in processions and by comic actors on the stage."
"MANE","The long and heavy hair growing on the upper side of, or about,the neck of some quadrupedal animals, as the horse, the lion, etc.See Illust. of Horse."
"MANED","Having a mane. Maned seal (Zo\u00f6l.), the sea lion.-- Maned sheep (Zo\u00f6l.), the aoudad."
"MANEH","A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being one hundred shekelsof gold and sixty shekels of silver. Ezek. xlv. 12."
"MANELESS","Having no mane. Maneless lion (Zo\u00f6l.), a variety of the lionhaving a short, inconspicuous mane. It inhabits Arabia and adjacentcountries."
"MANEQUIN","An artist's model of wood or other material."
"MANERIAL","See Manorial."
"MANES","The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of deadancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors.Hail, O ye holy manes! Dryden."
"MANESHEET","A covering placed over the upper part of a horse's head."
"MANFUL","Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave, courageous,resolute, noble. ' Manful hardiness.' Chaucer.-- Man'ful*ly, adv.-- Man'ful*ness, n."
"MANGABEY","Any one of several African monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, asthe sooty mangabey (C. fuliginosus), which is sooty black. [Alsowritten mangaby.]"
"MANGAN","See Mangonel."
"MANGANATE","A salt of manganic acid."
"MANGANESATE","A manganate. [Obs.]"
"MANGANESE","An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard,grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily oxidized.Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals pyrolusite,manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8."
"MANGANESE STEEL","Cast steel containing a considerable percentage of manganese,which makes it very hard and tough. See Alloy steel, above."
"MANGANESIAN","Manganic. [R.]"
"MANGANESIC","Manganic. [Obs.]"
"MANGANESIOUS","Manganous."
"MANGANESIUM","Manganese."
"MANGANESOUS","Manganous."
"MANGANIC","Of, pertaining to resembling, or containing, manganese;specif., designating compounds in which manganese has a highervalence as contrasted with manganous compounds. Cf. Manganous.Manganic acid, an acid, H2MnO4, formed from manganese, analogous tosulphuric acid."
"MANGANIFEROUS","Containing manganese."
"MANGANITE","One of the oxides of manganese; -- called also gray manganeseore. It occurs in brilliant steel-gray or iron-black crystals, alsomassive."
"MANGANIUM","Manganese."
"MANGANOUS","Of, pertaining to, designating, those compounds of manganese inwhich the element has a lower valence as contrasted with manganiccompounds; as, manganous oxide. Manganous acid, a hypotheticalcompound analogous to sulphurous acid, and forming the so-calledmanganites."
"MANGCORN","A mixture of wheat and rye, or other species of grain. [ProvEng.]"
"MANGE","The scab or itch in cattle, dogs, and other beasts. Mangeinsect (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of several species of small parasitic mites,which burrow in the skin of cattle. horses, dogs, and other animals,causing the mange. The mange insect of the horse (Psoroptes, orDermatodectes, equi), and that of cattle (Symbiotes, orDermatophagys, bovis) are the most important species. See Acarina."
"MANGEL-WURZEL","A kind of large field beet (B. macrorhiza), used as food forcattle, -- by some considered a mere variety of the ordinary beet.See Beet. [Written also mangold-wurzel.]"
"MANGER","The fore part of the deck, having a bulkhead athwart ships highenough to prevent water which enters the hawse holes from runningover it."
"MANGILY","In a mangy manner; scabbily."
"MANGINESS","The condition or quality of being mangy."
"MANGLE","A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets,tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure. Mangle rack(Mach.), a contrivance for converting continuous circular motion intoreciprocating rectilinear motion, by means of a rack and pinion, asin the mangle. The pinion is held to the rack by a groove in such amanner that it passes alternately from one side of the rack to theother, and thus gives motion to it in opposite directions, accordingto the side in which its teeth are engaged.-- Mangle wheel, a wheel in which the teeth, or pins, on its face,are interrupted on one side, and the pinion, working in them, passesfrom inside to outside of the teeth alternately, thus converting thecontinuous circular motion of the pinion into a reciprocatingcircular motion of the wheel."
"MANGLER","One who mangles or tears in cutting; one who mutilates any workin doing it."
"MANGOLDWURZEL","See Mangel-wurzel."
"MANGONEL","A military engine formerly used for throwing stones andjavelins."
"MANGONISM","The art of mangonizing, or setting off to advantage. [Obs.]"
"MANGONIZE","To furbish up for sale; to set off to advantage. [Obs. or R.]B. Jonson."
"MANGROVE","The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R.Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabitingmuddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emittinga\u00ebrial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually becomenew stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attachedto the parent plant."
"MANGUE","The kusimanse."
"MANGY","Infected with the mange; scabby."
"MANHADEN","See Menhaden."
"MANHEAD","Manhood. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MANHES PROCESS","A process by which copper matte is treated by passing throughit a blast of air, to oxidize and remove sulphur. It is analogous inapparatus to the Bessemer process for decarbonizing cast iron. Socalled from Pierre Manh\u00e8s, a French metallurgist, who invented it."
"MANHOLE","A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain,sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning orrepairing."
"MANIABLE","Manageable. [Obs.] Bacon."
"MANIAC","Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect; affectedwith mania; mad."
"MANIACAL","Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac.-- Ma*ni'a*cal*ly, adv."
"MANIC","Of or pert. to, or characterized by, mania, or excitement."
"MANICATE","Covered with hairs or pubescence so platted together andinterwoven as to form a mass easily removed."
"MANICHEIST","Manich\u00e6an."
"MANICURE","A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands,especially their nails.[Men] who had taken good care of their hands by wearing gloves andavailing themselves of the services of a manicure. Pop. Sci. Monthly."
"MANID","Any species of the genus Manis, or family Manid\u00e6."
"MANIE","Mania; insanity. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MANIFESTABLE","Such as can be manifested."
"MANIFESTATION","The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of beingmanifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, thatwhich manifests; exhibition; display; revelation; as, themanifestation of God's power in creation.The secret manner in which acts of mercy ought to be performed,requires this public manifestation of them at the great day.Atterbury."
"MANIFESTIBLE","Manifestable."
"MANIFESTLY","In a manifest manner."
"MANIFESTNESS","The quality or state of being manifest; obviousness."
"MANIFESTO","A public declaration, usually of a prince, sovereign, or otherperson claiming large powers, showing his intentions, or proclaiminghis opinions and motives in reference to some act done orcontemplated by him; as, a manifesto declaring the purpose of aprince to begin war, and explaining his motives. Bouvier.it was proposed to draw up a manifesto, setting forth the grounds andmotives of our taking arms. Addison.Frederick, in a public manifesto, appealed to the Empire against theinsolent pretensions of the pope. Milman."
"MANIFOLD","A cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of lateral outlets,for connecting one pipe with several others."
"MANIFOLDED","Having many folds, layers, or plates; as, a manifolded shield.[Obs.]"
"MANIFOLDLY","In a manifold manner."
"MANIFOLDNESS","A generalized concept of magnitude."
"MANIFORM","Shaped like the hand."
"MANIGLION","Either one of two handles on the back of a piece of ordnance."
"MANIKIN","Of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the capital of thePhilippine Islands; made in, or exported from, that city. Manilacheroot or cigar, a cheroot or cigar made of tobacco grown in thePhilippine Islands.-- Manila hemp, a fibrous material obtained from the Musa textilis,a plant allied to the banana, growing in the Philippine and otherEast India islands; -- called also by the native name abaca. From itmatting, canvas, ropes, and cables are made.-- Manila paper, a durable brown or buff paper made of Manila hemp,used as a wrapping paper, and as a cheap printing and writing paper.The name is also given to inferior papers, made of other fiber."
"MANILIO","See Manilla, 1. Sir T. Herbert."
"MANILLA","Same as Manila."
"MANILLE","See 1st Manilla, 1."
"MANIOC","The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and M. Aipi), fromwhich cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.[Written alsomandioc, manihoc, manihot.]"
"MANIPULATE","To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand work;specifically, to manage the apparatus or instruments used inscientific work, or in artistic or mechanical processes; also,specifically, to use the hand in mesmeric operations."
"MANIPULATIVE","Of or pertaining to manipulation; performed by manipulation."
"MANIPULATOR","One who manipulates"
"MANIPULATORY","Of or pertaining to manipulation."
"MANIS","A genus of edentates, covered with large, hard, triangularscales, with sharp edges that overlap each other like tiles on aroof. They inhabit the warmest parts of Asia and Africa, and feed onants. Called also Scaly anteater. See Pangolin."
"MANITRUNK","The anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Insect."
"MANKIND","Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel. [Obs]Are women grown so mankind Must they be wooing Beau. & Fl.Be not too mankind against your wife. Chapman."
"MANKS","Of or pertaining to the language or people of the of Man.-- n."
"MANLESSLY","Inhumanly. [Obs.]"
"MANLIKE","Like man, or like a man, in form or nature; having thequalities of a man, esp. the nobler qualities; manly. ' Gentle,manlike speech.' Testament of Love. ' A right manlike man.' Sir P.Sidney.In glaring Chloe's manlike taste and mien. Shenstone."
"MANLINESS","The quality or state of being manly."
"MANLING","A little man. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"MANLY","Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or womanish;manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble.Let's briefly put on manly readiness. Shak.Serene and manly, hardened to sustain The load of life. Dryden."
"MANNA","The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey throughthe wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. Ex. xvi. 15."
"MANNER","Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. Emerson."
"MANNERCHOR","A German men's chorus or singing club."
"MANNERISM","Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic modeof action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially inliterature or art.Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when themanner, though vicious, is natural . . . . But a mannerism which doesnot sit easy on the mannerist, which has been adopted on principle,and which can be sustained only by constant effort, is alwaysoffensive. Macaulay."
"MANNERIST","One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, ortreatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. Seecitation under Mannerism."
"MANNERLINESS","The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance.Sir M. Hale."
"MANNERLY","Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant.What thou thinkest meet, and is most mannerly. Shak."
"MANNHEIM GOLD","A kind of brass made in imitation of gold. It contains eightyper cent of copper and twenty of zinc. Ure."
"MANNIDE","A white amorphous or crystalline substance, obtained bydehydration of mannite, and distinct from, but convertible into,mannitan."
"MANNITAN","A white amorphous or crystalline substance obtained by thepartial dehydration of mannite."
"MANNITATE","A salt of mannitic acid."
"MANNITE","A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained from aso-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus);-- called also mannitol, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite.HO.CH2.(CHOH)4.CH2.OH = D-mannitol; manna sugar; cordycepic acid;Diosmol; Mannicol; Mannidex; Osmiktrol; Osmosal.-- used in pharmacy as excipient and diluent for solids and liquids.Used as a food additive for anti-caking properties, or as asweetener. Also used to 'cut' (dilute) illegal drugs such as cocaineor heroin. ('excipient' use)"
"MANNITIC","Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, mannite.Mannitic acid (Chem.), a white amorphous substance, intermediatebetween saccharic acid and mannite, and obtained by the partialoxidation of the latter."
"MANNITOL","The technical name of mannite. See Mannite."
"MANNITOSE","A variety of sugar obtained by the partial oxidation ofmannite, and closely resembling levulose."
"MANO","The muller, or crushing and grinding stone, used in grindingcorn on a metate. [Mexico & Local U. S.]"
"MANOEUVRE","See Maneuver."
"MANOGRAPH","An optical device for making an indicator diagram for high-speed engines. It consists of a light-tight box or camera having atone end a small convex mirror which reflects a beam of light on tothe ground glass or photographic plate at the other end. The mirroris pivoted so that it can be moved in one direction by a smallplunger operated by an elastic metal diaphragm which closes a tubeconnected with the engine cylinder. It is also moved at right anglesto this direction by a reducing motion, called a reproducer, so as tocopy accurately on a smaller scale the motion of the engine piston.The resultant of these two movements imparts to the reflected beam oflight a motion similar to that of the pencil of the ordinaryindicator, and this can be traced on the sheet of ground glass, orphotographed."
"MANOMETER","An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force ofgases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowingthe gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury inan open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in aclosed tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending ametallic or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressuregauge. See Pressure, and Illust. of Air pump."
"MANOR","The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as alord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use andsubsistence of his family.My manors, rents, revenues, l forego. Shak."
"MANORIAL","Of or pertaining to a manor. ' Manorial claims.' Paley."
"MANOSCOPE","Same as Manometer."
"MANOSCOPY","The science of the determination of the density of vapors andgases."
"MANOVERY","A contrivance or maneuvering to catch game illegally."
"MANQUELLER","A killer of men; a manslayer. [Obs.] Carew."
"MANROPE","One of the side ropes to the gangway of a ship. Totten."
"MANSARD ROOF","A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides twoslopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one."
"MANSERVANT","A male servant."
"MANSION","A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8.Chaucer."
"MANSIONARY","Resident; residentiary; as, mansionary canons."
"MANSIONRY","The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy as a dwellingplace. [Obs.] Shak."
"MANSLAUGHTER","The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc"
"MANSLAYER","One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter."
"MANSTEALER","A person who steals or kidnaps a human being or beings."
"MANSTEALING","The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human beings,especially with a view to e"
"MANSUETE","Tame; gentle; kind. [Obs.] Ray."
"MANSUETUDE","Tameness; gentleness; mildness. [Archaic]"
"MANSWEAR","To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear."
"MANTA","See Coleoptera and Sea devil."
"MANTCHOO","Same as Manchu."
"MANTEL","The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast infront and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above thefireplace, and its supports. [Written also mantle.]"
"MANTELET","A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which issometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen whileattacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonlywritten mantlet."
"MANTELLETTA","A silk or woolen vestment without sleeves worn by cardinals,bishops, abbots, and the prelates of the Roman court. It has a lowcollar, is fastened in front, and reaches almost to the knees."
"MANTELPIECE","Same as Mantel."
"MANTELSHELF","The shelf of a mantel."
"MANTELTREE","The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in earlyhouses."
"MANTIC","Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of oneinspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic. [R.]'Mantic fury.' Trench."
"MANTIS","Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insectsof the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable for theirslender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs ina manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common Americanspecies is M. Carolina. Mantis shrimp. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Sguilla."
"MANTISPID","Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and alliedgenera. The larv\u00e6 feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. SeeIllust. under Neuroptera."
"MANTISSA","The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from theintegral part, or characteristic."
"MANTLE","Same as Mantling."
"MANTLET","See Mantelet."
"MANTLING","The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind andaround a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin."
"MANTO","See Manteau. [Obs.] Bailey."
"MANTOLOGIST","One who is skilled in mantology; a diviner. [R.]"
"MANTOLOGY","The act or art of divination. [R.]"
"MANTRA","A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm. [India]"
"MANTUAMAKER","One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker."
"MANTUAN","Of or pertaining to Mantua.-- n."
"MANU","One of a series of progenitors of human beings, and authors ofhuman wisdom."
"MANUAL","Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as,manual labor; the king's sign manual. 'Manual and ocularexamination.' Tatham. Manual alphabet. See Dactylology.-- Manual exercise (Mil.) the exercise by which soldiers are taughtthe use of their muskets and other arms.-- Seal manual, the impression of a seal worn on the hand as a ring.-- Sign manual. See under Sign."
"MANUALIST","One who works wi"
"MANUALLY","By hand."
"MANUARY","Manual.-- n."
"MANUBIAL","Belonging to spoils; taken in war. [Obs.] Bailey."
"MANUBRIAL","Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped like a manubrium;handlelike."
"MANUBRIUM","A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of thesternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the malleus."
"MANUCODE","Any bird of the genus Manucodia, of Australia and New Guinea.They are related to the bird of paradise."
"MANUDUCENT","One who leads by the hand; a manuductor. [Obs.]"
"MANUDUCTION","Guidance by the hand. [Obs.] Glanvill. South."
"MANUDUCTOR","A conductor; an officer in the ancient church who gave thesignal for the choir to sing, and who beat time with the hand, andregulated the music. Moore (Encyc. of Music.)"
"MANUFACTORY","Pertaining to manufacturing."
"MANUFACTURAL","Of or pertaining to manufactures. [R.]"
"MANUFACTURE","To be employed in manufacturing something."
"MANUFACTURER","One who manufactures."
"MANUL","A wild cat (Felis manul), having long, soft, light-colored fur.It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and dwells among rocks."
"MANUMISE","To manumit. [Obs.] Dryden."
"MANUMISSION","The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage.'Given to slaves at their manumission.' Arbuthnot."
"MANUMIT","To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage orservitude; to free, as a slave. 'Manumitted slaves.' Hume."
"MANUMOTIVE","Movable by hand. [R.]"
"MANUMOTOR","A small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person sitting init may move it."
"MANURAGE","Cultivation. [Obs.] Warner."
"MANURANCE","Cultivation. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MANURE","Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizingsubstance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decayinganimal or vegetable substances, etc. Dryden."
"MANUREMENT","Cultivation. [Obs.] W. Wotton."
"MANURER","One who manures land."
"MANURIAL","Relating to manures."
"MANURING","The act of process of applying manure; also, the manureapplied."
"MANUS","The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus andfore foot or hand."
"MANUSCRIPT","Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscriptvolume."
"MANUSCRIPTAL","Manuscript. [Obs.]"
"MANUTENENCY","Maintenance. [Obs.] Abp. Sancroft."
"MANWAY","A small passageway, as in a mine, that a man may pass through.Raymond."
"MANX","Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as,the Manx language. Manx cat (Zo\u00f6l.), a breed of domestic cats havinga rudimentary tail, containing only about three vertebrae.-- Manx shearwater (Zo\u00f6l.), an oceanic bird (Puffinus anglorum, orP. puffinus), called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It was formerlyabundant in the Isle of Man."
"MANY","A retinue of servants; a household. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MANY-MINDED","Having many faculties; versatile; many-sided."
"MANY-SIDED","In many different ways; variously."
"MANYPLIES","The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycombstomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach ofruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerousfolds in its mucous membrane. See Illust of Ruminant."
"MANZANILLA","A kind of small roundish olive with a small freestone pit, afine skin, and a peculiar bitterish flavor. Manzanillas are commonlypitted and stuffed with Spanish pimientos."
"MANZANITA","A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but mostlyto A. glauca and A. pungens, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., withreddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, andbearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite foodof the grizzly bear."
"MAORI","One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, theoriginal language of New Zealand.-- a."
"MAP","To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey andmap, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent orindicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map,or map out, a journey; to map out business.I am near to the place where they should meet, if Pisanio have mappedit truly. Shak."
"MAPACH","The raccoon."
"MAPLE","A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species. A.saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of whichsugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, byevaporation; the red or swamp maple is A. rubrum; the silver maple,A. dasycarpum, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, A.Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The common maple of Europe isA. campestre, the sycamore maple is A. Pseudo-platanus, and theNorway maple is A. platanoides."
"MAPLIKE","Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the maplikefigures in which certain lichens grow."
"MAPPERY","The making, or study, of maps. [Obs.] Shak."
"MAQUI","A Chilian shrub (Aristotelia Maqui). Its bark furnishes stringsfor musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is made from itsberries."
"MAR","A small lake. See Mere. [Prov. Eng.]"
"MAR-TEXT","A blundering preacher."
"MARA","The principal or ruling evil spirit. E. Arnold."
"MARABOU","A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp.the African species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn asornaments. The Asiatic species (L. dubius, or L. argala) is theadjutant. See Adjutant. [Written also marabu.]"
"MARABOUT","A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work curessupernaturally."
"MARACAN","A macaw."
"MARAI","A sacred inclosure or temple; -- so called by the islanders ofthe Pacific Ocean."
"MARANATHA","'Our Lord cometh;' -- an expression used by St. Paul at theconclusion of his first Epistle to the Corinthians (xvi. 22). Thisword has been used in anathematizing persons for great crimes; asmuch as to say, 'May the Lord come quickly to take vengeance of thycrimes.' See Anathema maranatha, under Anathema."
"MARANTA","A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, andsome species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing alarge amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea)arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament."
"MARASCHINO","A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavoredwith the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia."
"MARASMUS","A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind ofconsumption; atrophy; phthisis.Pining atrophy, Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence. Milton.Marasmus senilis Etym: [L.], progressive atrophy of the aged."
"MARAUD","To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; toplunder. 'Marauding hosts.' Milman."
"MARAUDER","A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one whopillages. De Quincey."
"MARAVEDI","A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils Americanmoney, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish goldcoin."
"MARBLE","To stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; as, tomarble the edges of a book, or the surface of paper."
"MARBLE-EDGED","Having the edge veined or spotted with different colors likemarble, as a book."
"MARBLED","Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending ofirregular spots and streaks."
"MARBLEIZE","To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover with asurface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or iron."
"MARBLING","Distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble, as onbirds and insects."
"MARBLY","Containing, or resembling, marble."
"MARBRINUS","A cloth woven so as to imitate the appearance of marble; --much used in the 15th and 16th centuries. Beck (Draper's Dict.)."
"MARC","The refuse matter which remains after the pressure of fruit,particularly of grapes."
"MARCANTANT","A merchant. [Obs.] Shak."
"MARCASITE","A sulphide of iron resembling pyrite or common iron pyrites incomposition, but differing in form; white iron pyrites. Goldenmarcasite, tin. [Obs.]"
"MARCASSIN","A young wild boar."
"MARCATO","In a marked emphatic manner; -- used adverbially as adirection."
"MARCELINE","A thin silk fabric used for linings, etc., in ladies' dresses."
"MARCESCENT","Withering without"
"MARCESCIBLE","Li"
"MARCH","The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.The stormy March is come at last, With wind, and cloud, and changingskies. Bryant.As mad as a March Hare, an old English Saying derived from the factthat March is the rutting time of hares, when they are excitable andviolent. Wright."
"MARCH-MAD","Extremely rash; foolhardy. See under March, the month. Sir W.Scott."
"MARCH-WARD","A warden of the marches; a marcher."
"MARCHER","One who marches."
"MARCHING",",fr. March, v. Marching money (Mil.), the additional pay ofofficer or soldier when his regiment is marching.-- In marching order (Mil.), equipped for a march.-- Marching regiment. (Mil.) (a) A regiment in active service. (b)In England, a regiment liable to be ordered into other quarters, athome or abroad; a regiment of the line."
"MARCHIONESS","The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rankand dignity of a marquis. Spelman."
"MARCHMAN","A person living in the marches between England and Scotland orWales."
"MARCHPANE","A kind of sweet bread or biscuit; a cake of pounded almonds andsugar. [Obs.]marzipan Shak."
"MARCIAN","Under the influence of Mars; courageous; bold. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MARCIDITY","The state or quality of being withered or lean. [R.]"
"MARCIONITE","A follower of Marcion, a Gnostic of the second century, whoadopted the Oriental notion of the two conflicting principles, andimagined that between them there existed a third power, neitherwholly good nor evil, the Creator of the world and of man, and theGod of the Jewish dispensation. Brande & C."
"MARCOBRUNNER","A celebrated Rhine wine."
"MARCONI","Designating, or pert. to, Marconi's system of wirelesstelegraphy; as, Marconi a\u00ebrial, coherer, station, system, etc."
"MARCONI SYSTEM","A system or wireless telegraphy developed by G. Marconi, anItalian physicist, in which Hertzian waves are used in transmissionand a coherer is used as the receiving instrument."
"MARCONIGRAM","A Marconi wireless message."
"MARCONIGRAPH","The apparatus used in Marconi wireless telegraphy."
"MARCONISM","The theory or practice of Marconi's wireless telegraph system."
"MARCOR","A wasting away of flesh; decay. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"MARCOSIAN","One of a Gnostic sect of the second century, so called fromMarcus, an Egyptian, who was reputed to be a margician."
"MARDI GRAS","The last day of Carnival; Shrove Tuesday; -- in some cities agreat day of carnival and merrymaking."
"MARE","The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds."
"MARE CLAUSUM","Lit., closed sea; hence, a body of water within the separatejurisdiction of the nation; -- opposed to open sea, the water open toall nations and over which no single nation has special control."
"MARECHAL NIEL","A kind of large yellow rose. [Written also Marshal Niel.]"
"MAREIS","A Marsh. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MARENA","A European whitefish of the genus Coregonus."
"MARESCHAL","A military officer of high rank; a marshal. [Obs.]"
"MARGARATE","A compound of the so-called margaric acid with a base."
"MARGARIC","Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly. Margaric acid. (a)(Physiol. Chem.) A fatty body, crystallizing in pearly scales, andobtained by digesting saponified fats (soaps) with an acid. It wasformerly supposed to be an individual fatty acid, but is now known tobe simply an intimate mixture of stearic and palmitic acids. (b)(Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, C17H34O2 of the fatty acidseries, intermediate between palmitic and stearic acids, and obtainedfrom the wax of certain lichens, from cetyl cyanide, and othersources."
"MARGARIN","A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certainvegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound ofglycerin and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture orcombination of tristearin and teipalmitin."
"MARGARITACEOUS","Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly."
"MARGARITE","A mineral related to the micas, but low in silica and yieldingbrittle folia with pearly luster."
"MARGARITIC","Margaric."
"MARGARITIFEROUS","Producing pearls."
"MARGARODITE","A hidrous potash mica related to muscovite."
"MARGARONE","The ketone of margaric acid."
"MARGAROUS","Margaric; -- formerly designating a supposed acid. [Obs.]"
"MARGATE FISH","A sparoid fish (Diabasis aurolineatus) of the Gulf of Mexico,esteemed as a food fish; -- called also red-mouth grunt."
"MARGAY","An American wild cat (Felis tigrina), ranging from Mexico toBrazil. It is spotted with black. Called also long-tailed cat."
"MARGE","Border; margin; edge; verge. [Poetic] Tennyson.Along the river's stony marge. Wordsworth."
"MARGENT","A margin; border; brink; edge. [Obs.]The beached margent of the sea. Shak."
"MARGIN","The difference between the cost and the selling price of anarticle."
"MARGINALIA","Marginal notes."
"MARGINALLY","In the margin of a book."
"MARGINATE","Having a margin distinct in appearance or structure."
"MARGINATED","Same as Marginate, a."
"MARGINED","Bordered with a distinct line of color."
"MARGINELLA","A genus of small, polished, marine univalve shells, native ofall warm seas."
"MARGINICIDAL","Dehiscent by the separation of united carpels; -- said offruits."
"MARGOSA","A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India.Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressedfrom its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M.Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in theSouthern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride ofChina, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are consideredanthelmintic.The margosa oil . . . is a most valuable balsam for wounds, having apeculiar smell which prevents the attacks of flies. Sir S. Baker."
"MARGRAVINE","The wife of a margrave."
"MARGUERITE","The daisy (Bellis perennis). The name is often applied also tothe ox-eye daisy and to the China aster. Longfellow."
"MARIAN","Pertaining to the Virgin Mary, or sometimes to Mary, Queen ofEngland, daughter of Henry VIII.Of all the Marian martyrs, Mr. Philpot was the best-born gentleman.Fuller.Maid Marian. See Maidmarian in the Vocabulary."
"MARIE","Marry. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MARIET","A kind of bellflower, Companula Trachelium, once called ViolaMariana; but it is not a violet."
"MARIGENOUS","Produced in or by the sea."
"MARIGOLD","A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms,especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and thecultivated species of Tagetes."
"MARIKINA","A small marmoset (Midas rosalia); the silky tamarin."
"MARIMBA","A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yieldingmusical tones when struck. Knight."
"MARIMONDA","A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Central and SouthAmerica."
"MARINADE","A brine or pickle containing wine and spices, for enriching theflavor of meat and fish."
"MARINATE","To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil orvinegar; to prepare by the use of marinade."
"MARINE","Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as,marine deposits. Marine acid (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. [Obs.] --Marine barometer. See under Barometer.-- Marine corps, a corps formed of the officers, noncommissionedofficers, privates, and musicants of marines.-- Marine engine (Mech.), a steam engine for propelling a vessel.-- Marine glue. See under Glue.-- Marine insurance, insurance against the perils of the sea,including also risks of fire, piracy, and barratry.-- Marine interest, interest at any rate agreed on for money lentupon respondentia and bottomry bonds.-- Marine law. See under Law.-- Marine league, three geographical miles.-- Marine metal, an alloy of lead, antimony, and mercury, made forsheathing ships. Mc Elrath.-- Marine soap, cocoanut oil soap; -- so called because, being quitesoluble in salt water, it is much used on shipboard.-- Marine store, a store where old canvas, ropes, etc., are boughtand sold; a junk shop. [Eng.]"
"MARINED","Having the lower part of the body like a fish. Crabb."
"MARINER","One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seamanor sailor. Chaucer. Mariner's compass. See under Compass."
"MARINERSHIP","Seamanship. [Obs.] Udalt."
"MARINISM","A bombastic literary style marked by the use of metaphors andantitheses characteristic of the Italian poet Giambattista Marini(1569-1625). -- Ma*ri'nist (#), n."
"MARINORAMA","A representation of a sea view."
"MARIOLATER","One who worships the Virgin Mary."
"MARIOLATRY","The worship of the Virgin Mary."
"MARIONETTE","The buffel duck."
"MARIPOSA LILY","One of a genus (Calochortus) of tuliplike bulbous herbs withlarge, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also butterfly lily.Most of them are natives of California."
"MARIPUT","A species of civet; the zoril."
"MARISH","Low, wet ground; a marsh; a fen; a bog; a moor. [Archaic]Milton. Tennyson."
"MARITAL","Of or pertaining to a husband; as, marital rights, duties,authority. 'Marital affection.' Ayliffe."
"MARITATED","Having a husband; married. [Obs.]"
"MARJORAM","A genus of mintlike plants (Origanum) comprising about twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram (O. Majorana) is pecularly aromaticand fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of Europeand America is O. vulgare, far less fragrant than the other."
"MARK","A license of reprisals. See Marque."
"MARKABLE","Remarkable. [Obs.] Sandys."
"MARKED","Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence;noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a markedinstance.-- Mark'ed*ly, adv. J. S. Mill. A marked man, a man who is noted bya community, or by a part of it, as, for excellence or depravity; --usually with an unfavorable suggestion."
"MARKEE","See Marquee."
"MARKER","One who or that which marks. Specifically:(a) One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards.(b) A counter used in card playing and other games.(c) (Mil.) The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, ormarks the direction of an alignment.(d) An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on thefabric by creasing it."
"MARKET","The privelege granted to a town of having a public market."
"MARKETABLENESS","Quality of being marketable."
"MARKETER","One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goodsto market."
"MARKETSTEAD","A market place. [Obs.] Drayton."
"MARKHOOR","A large wild goat (Capra megaceros), having huge flattenedspiral horns. It inhabits the mountains of Northern India andCashmere."
"MARKING","The act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or marksmade; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring; as, themarking of a bird's plumage. Marking ink, indelible ink, because usedin marking linen.-- Marking nut (Bot.), the nut of the Semecarpus Anacardium, an EastIndian tree. The shell of the nut yields a blackish resinous juiceused for marking cotton cloth, and an oil prepared from it is usedfor rheumatism."
"MARKIS","A marquis. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MARKISESSE","A marchioness. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MARKMAN","A marksman. [Obs.] Shak."
"MARKSMAN","One who makes his mark, instead of writing his name, in signingdocuments. Burrill."
"MARKSMANSHIP","Skill of a marksman."
"MARL","To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecularhitch at each turn to prevent unwinding. Marling spike. (Naut.) Seeunder Marline."
"MARLACEOUS","Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of marl."
"MARLIN","The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied alsoto the red-breasted godwit (Limosa h\u00e6matica). Hook-billed marlin, acurlew."
"MARLINE","A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used forwinding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened byfretting. Marline spike, Marling spike (Naut.), an iron tool taperingto a point, used to separate the strands of a rope in splicing and inmarling. It has an eye in the thick end to which a lanyard isattached. See Fid. [Written also marlin spike] -- Marline-spike bird.Etym: [The name alludes to the long middle tail feathers.] (Zo\u00f6l.)(a) A tropic bird. (b) A jager, or skua gull."
"MARLITE","A variety of marl."
"MARLITIC","Partaking of the qualites of marlite."
"MARLPIT","Apit where marl is dug."
"MARLSTONE","A sandy calcareous straum, containing, or impregnated with,iron, and lying between the upper and lower Lias of England."
"MARLY","Consisting or partaking of marl; resembling marl; aboundingwith marl."
"MARMALADE","A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as thequince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought toa jamlike consistence. Marmalade tree (Bot.), a sapotaceous tree(Lucuma mammosa) of the West Indies and Tropical America. It haslarge obovate leaves and an egg-shaped fruit from three to fiveinches long, containing a pleasant-flavored pulp and a single largeseed. The fruit is called marmalade, or natural marmalade, from itsconsistency and flavor."
"MARMALET","See Marmalade. [Obs.]"
"MARMATITE","A ferruginous variety of shalerite or zinc blende, nearly blackin color."
"MARMOLITE","A thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a palegreen color."
"MARMORACEOUS","Pertaining to, or like, marble."
"MARMORATION","A covering or incrusting with marble; a casing of marble; avariegating so as to resemble marble. [R.]"
"MARMORATUM OPUS","A kind of hard finish for plasterwork, made of plaster of Parisand marble dust, and capable of taking a high polish."
"MARMOROSIS","The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion intomarble. Geikie."
"MARMOSE","A species of small opossum (Didelphus murina) ranging fromMexico to Brazil."
"MARMOSET","Any one of numerous species of small South American monkeys ofthe genera Hapale and Midas, family Hapalid\u00e6. They have long softfur, and a hairy, nonprehensile tail. They are often kept as pets.Called also squirrel monkey."
"MARMOT","Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European marmot(A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higherregions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another Europeanspecies. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck."
"MARMOTTES OIL",". A fine oil obtained from the kernel of Prunus brigantiaca. Itis used instead of olive or almond oil. De Colange."
"MARMOZET","See Marmoset."
"MARONE","See Maroon, the color."
"MARONITE","One of a body of nominal Christians, who speak the Arabiclanguage, and reside on Mount Lebanon and in different parts ofSyria. They take their name from one Maron of the 6th century."
"MAROON","In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a freenegro, living in the mountains."
"MARPLOT","One who, by his officious"
"MARQUE","A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary ofa country, for the purpose of making reprisals. Letters of marque,Letters of marque and reprisal, a license or extraordinary commissiongranted by a government to a private person to fit out a privateer orarmed ship to cruise at sea and make prize of the enemy's ships andmerchandise. The ship so commissioned is sometimes called a letter ofmarque."
"MARQUEE","A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officerof high rank. [Written also markee.]"
"MARQUESS","A marquis. Lady marquess, a marchioness. [Obs.] Shak."
"MARQUETRY","Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory,and the like, of several colors."
"MARQUIS","A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank nextbelow that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose dutywas to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office hasceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent."
"MARQUISATE","The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territorygoverned by a marquis."
"MARQUISDOM","A marquisate. [Obs.] 'Nobles of the marquisdom of Saluce.'Holinshed."
"MARQUISE","The wife of a marquis; a marchioness."
"MARQUISSHIP","A marquisate."
"MARRAM","A coarse grass found on sandy beaches (Ammophila arundinacea).See Beach grass, under Beach."
"MARRER","One who mars or injures."
"MARRIABLE","Marriageable. [R.] Coleridge."
"MARRIAGEABILITY","The quality or state of being marriageable."
"MARRIAGEABLE","Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriageis allowable.-- Mar'riage*a*ble*ness, n."
"MARRIER","One who marries."
"MARRON","A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strongtwine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, -- used tomake a noise like a cannon. [Written also maroon.]"
"MARROON","Same as 1st Maroon."
"MARROW","The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla.In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smallercavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color."
"MARROWBONE","A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees;as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel."
"MARROWFAT","A rich but late variety of pea."
"MARROWISH","Of the nature of, or like, marrow."
"MARROWLESS","Destitute of marrow."
"MARROWY","Full of marrow; pithy."
"MARRUBIUM","A genus of bitter aromatic plants, sometimes used in medicine;hoarhound."
"MARRY","To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take ahusband or a wife.I will, therefore, that the younger women marry. 1 Tim. v. 14.Marrrying man, a man disposed to marry. [Colloq.]"
"MARS","The god of war and husbandry."
"MARSALA","A kind of wine exported from Marsala in Sicily."
"MARSDENIA","A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody climberswith fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish valuablefiber, and one species (Marsdenia tinctoria) affords indigo."
"MARSEILLES","A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formedof two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming doublecloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made inMarseilles, France."
"MARSH","A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or whollywith water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also marish.] Marshasphodel (Bot.), a plant (Nartheeium ossifragum) with linear equitantleaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; -- called also bogasphodel.-- Marsh cinquefoil (Bot.), a plant (Potentilla palustris) havingpurple flowers, and found growing in marshy places; marsh five-finger.-- Marsh elder. (Bot.) (a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree(Viburnum Opulus). (b) In the United States, a composite shrubgrowing in salt marshes (Iva frutescens).-- Marsh five-finger. (Bot.) See Marsh cinquefoil (above).-- Marsh gas. (Chem.) See under Gas.-- Marsh grass (Bot.), a genus (Spartina) of coarse grasses growingin marshes; -- called also cord grass. The tall S. cynosuroides isnot good for hay unless cut very young. The low S. juncea is a commoncomponent of salt hay.-- Marsh harrier (Zo\u00f6l.), a European hawk or harrier (Circus\u00e6ruginosus); -- called also marsh hawk, moor hawk, moor buzzard,puttock.-- Marsh hawk. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) A hawk or harrier (Circus cyaneus),native of both America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above,with a white rump. Called also hen harrier, and mouse hawk. (b) Themarsh harrier.-- Marsh hen (Zo\u00f6l.), a rail; esp., Rallus elegans of fresh-watermarshes, and R. longirostris of salt-water marshes.-- Marsh mallow (Bot.), a plant of the genus Alth\u00e6a ( A.officinalis) common in marshes near the seashore, and whose root ismuch used in medicine as a demulcent.-- Marsh marigold. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.-- Marsh pennywort (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous genusHydrocotyle; low herbs with roundish leaves, growing in wet places; -- called also water pennywort.-- Marsh quail (Zo\u00f6l.), the meadow lark.-- Marsh rosemary (Bot.), a plant of the genus Statice (S.Limonium), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent,and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also sea lavender.-- Marsh samphire (Bot.), a plant (Salicornia herbacea) found alongseacoasts. See Glasswort.-- Marsh St. John's-wort (Bot.), an American herb (Elodes Virginica)with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers.-- Marsh tea. (Bot.). Same as Labrador tea.-- Marsh trefoil. (Bot.) Same as Buckbean.-- Marsh wren (Zo\u00f6l.), any species of small American wrens of thegenus Cistothorus, and allied genera. They chiefly inhabit saltmarshes."
"MARSH MARIGOLD",". (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Caltha (C. palustris),growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In theUnited States it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. SeeCowslip."
"MARSHAL","To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on anescutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to anachievement."
"MARSHALER","One who marshals."
"MARSHALING","The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances ofthe owner. Marshaling of assets (Law), the arranging or ranking ofassets in due order of administration."
"MARSHALSEA","The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark,belonging to the marshal of the king's household. [Eng.] Court ofMarshalsea, a court formerly held before the steward and marshal ofthe king's house to administer justice between the king's domesticservants. Blackstone."
"MARSHALSHIP","The office of a marshal."
"MARSHINESS","The state or condition of being marshy."
"MARSIPOBRANCH","One of the Marsipobranchia."
"MARSIPOBRANCHIA","A class of Vertebrata, lower than fishes, characterized bytheir purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence oflimbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws. It includes thelampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey. Called alsoMarsipobranchiata, and Marsipobranchii."
"MARSUPIAL","Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of orpertaining to the Marsupialia."
"MARSUPIALIA","A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals ofAustralia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums ofAmerica. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpuscallosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their youngborn while very immature. The female generally carries the young forsome time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called alsoMarsupiata."
"MARSUPIATE","Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouchfor the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and Crustacea."
"MARSUPION","Same as Marsupium."
"MARSUPITE","A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse inform."
"MART","To buy or sell in, or as in, a mart. [Obs.]To sell and mart your officer for gold To undeservers. Shak."
"MARTAGON","A lily (Lilium Martagon) with purplish red flowers, found inEurope and Asia."
"MARTEL","To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MARTEL DE FER","A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the headpointed; -- used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armor.Fairholt."
"MARTELINE","A small hammer used by marble workers and sculptors."
"MARTELLO TOWER","A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected onthe seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversingplatform, so as to be fired in any direction."
"MARTEN","A bird. See Martin."
"MARTERN","Same as Marten. [Obs.]"
"MARTIAL","Pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martialpreparations. [Archaic] Martial flowers (Med.), a reddish crystallinesalt of iron; the ammonio-chloride of iron. [Obs.] -- Martial law,the law administered by the military power of a government when ithas superseded the civil authority in time of war, or when the civilauthorities are unable to enforce the laws. It is distinguished frommilitary law, the latter being the code of rules for the regulationof the army and navy alone, either in peace or in war."
"MARTIALISM","The quality of being warlike; exercises suitable for war.[Obs.]"
"MARTIALIST","A warrior. [Obs.] Fuller."
"MARTIALIZE","To render warlike; as, to martialize a people."
"MARTIALLY","In a martial manner."
"MARTIALNESS","The quality of being martial."
"MARTIAN","Of or pertaining to Mars, the Roman god of war, or to theplanet bearing his name; martial."
"MARTIN","A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding."
"MARTINET","In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, onewho lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, orto forms and fixed methods. [Hence, the word is commonly employed ina depreciatory sense.]"
"MARTINETA","A species of tinamou (Calopezus elegans), having a long slendercrest."
"MARTINETISM","The principles or practices of a martinet; rigid adherence todiscipline, etc."
"MARTINMAS","The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; -- oftencalled martlemans. Martinmas summer, a period of calm, warm weatheroften experienced about the time of Martinmas; Indian summer. PercySmith."
"MARTITE","Iron sesquioxide in isometric form, probably a pseudomorphafter magnetite."
"MARTLEMAS","See Martinmas. [Obs.]"
"MARTLET","The European house martin."
"MARTYRIZATION","Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture. B.Jonson."
"MARTYRIZE","To make a martyr of. Spenser."
"MARTYRLY","In the manner of a martyr."
"MARTYROLOGE","A martyrology. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"MARTYROLOGIST","A writer of martyrology; an historian of martyrs. T. Warton."
"MARTYROLOGY","A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs. Bp.Stillingfleet."
"MARTYRSHIP","Martyrdom. [R.] Fuller."
"MARVEL","To be struck with surprise, astonishment, or wonder; to wonder.Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 1 john iii. 13."
"MARVELOUSLY","In a marvelous manner; wonderfully; strangely."
"MARVELOUSNESS","The quality or state of being marvelous; wonderfulness;strangeness."
"MARVER","A stone, or cast-iron plate, or former, on which hot glass isrolled to give it shape."
"MARY","Marrow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MARY-BUD","The marigold; a blossom of the marigold. Shak."
"MARYOLATRY","Mariolatry."
"MARYSOLE","A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); --called also carter, and whiff. marchpane."
"MASCLE","A lozenge voided."
"MASCLED","Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales; havinglozenge-shaped divisions. Mascled armor, armor composed of smalllozenge-shaped scales of metal fastened on a foundation of leather orquilted cloth."
"MASCULATE","To make strong. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"MASCULINE","Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertainingespecially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter.See Gender.-- Mas'cu*line*ly, adv.-- Mas'cu*line*ness, n."
"MASCULINITY","The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness."
"MASE","See Maze. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MASELYN","A drinking cup. See 1st Maslin, 2. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MASER","Same as Mazer."
"MASH","A mesh. [Obs.]"
"MASHER","A golf club like the iron, but with a shorter head, slightlymore lofted, used chiefly for short approaches."
"MASHLIN","See Maslin."
"MASHY","Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of,a mash."
"MASK","A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and otherprominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- calledalso mascaron."
"MASK SHELL","Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having acuriously twisted aperture."
"MASKED","Same as Personate."
"MASKER","One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at amasquerade."
"MASKERY","The dress or disguise of a maske [Obs.] Marston."
"MASKINONGE","The muskellunge."
"MASLACH","An excitant containing opium, much used by the Turks.Dunglison."
"MASLIN","Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made ofrye mixed with a little wheat. [Written also meslin, mislin, etc.]"
"MASON","To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.;to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to masonup a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler."
"MASONIC","Of or pertaining to Freemasons or to their craft or mysteries."
"MASOOLA BOAT",". A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras, India. The planksare sewed together with strands of coir which cross over a wadding ofthe same material, so that the shock on taking the beach through surfis much reduced. [Written also masula, masulah, etc.]"
"MASORA","A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures,composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in theeighth and ninth centuries. [Written also Masorah, Massora, andMassorah.]"
"MASORET","A Masorite. [Written also Masorete, and Massorete.]"
"MASORITE","One of the writers of the Masora."
"MASQUE","A mask; a masquerade."
"MASQUERADE","To conceal with masks; to disguise. 'To masquerade vice.'Killingbeck."
"MASQUERADER","One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask; one disguised."
"MASS","The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or theconsecration and oblation of the host."
"MASSACRE","To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can notbe made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, andcontrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; --limited to the killing of human beings.If James should be pleased to massacre them all, as Maximian hadmassacred the Theban legion. Macaulay."
"MASSACRER","One who massacres. [R.]"
"MASSAGE","A rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when performed asa hygienic or remedial measure."
"MASSAGIST","One who practices massage; a masseur or masseuse."
"MASSASAUGA","The black rattlesnake (Crotalus, or Caudisona, tergemina),found in the Mississippi Valley."
"MASSER","A priest who celebrates Mass. [R.] Bale."
"MASSETER","The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists inmastication."
"MASSETERIC","Of or pertaining to the masseter."
"MASSETERINE","Masseteric."
"MASSICOT","Lead protoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, thefused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher.It is used as a pigment."
"MASSINESS","The state or quality of being massy; ponderousness."
"MASSIVE","In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, buthaving no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive. Massive rock(Geol.), a compact crystalline rock not distinctly schistone, asgranite; also, with some authors, an eruptive rock."
"MASSIVELY","In a heavy mass."
"MASSIVENESS","The state or quality of being massive; massiness."
"MASSOOLA BOAT","See Masoola boat."
"MASSORA","Same as Masora."
"MASSORET","Same as Masorite."
"MASSY","Compacted into, or consisting of, a mass; having bulk andweight ot substance; ponderous; bulky and heavy; weight; heavy; as, amassy shield; a massy rock.Your swords are now too massy for your strengths, And will not beuplifted. Shak.Yawning rocks in massy fragments fly. Pope."
"MAST","The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts;acorns.Oak mast, and beech, . . . they eat. Chapman.Swine under an oak filling themselves with the mast. South."
"MASTED","Furnished with a mast or masts; -- chiefly in composition; as,a three-masted schooner."
"MASTER","A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as,a two-master."
"MASTER VIBRATOR","In an internal-combustion engine with two or more cylinders, aninduction coil and vibrator placed in the circuit between the batteryor magneto and the coils for the different cylinders, which are usedwithout vibrators of their own."
"MASTERDOM","Dominion; rule; command. [R.] Shak."
"MASTERFULLY","In a masterful manner; imperiously.A lawless and rebellious man who held lands masterfully and in highcontempt of the royal authority. Macaulay."
"MASTERHOOD","The state of being a master; hence, disposition to command orhector. C. Bront\u00e9."
"MASTERLESS","Destitute of a master or owner; ungoverned or ungovernable.-- Mas'ter*less*ness, n."
"MASTERLINESS","The quality or state of being masterly; ability to controlwisely or skillfully."
"MASTERLY","With the skill of a master.Thou dost speak masterly. Shak."
"MASTEROUS","Masterly. [Obs.] Milton."
"MASTERPIECE","Anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a capitalperformance; a chef-d'oeuvre; a supreme achievement.The top and masterpiece of art. South.Dissimulation was his masterpiece. Claredon."
"MASTERSINGER","One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and someother cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They boundthemselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm."
"MASTFUL","Abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; as, the mastfulforest; a mastful chestnut. Dryden."
"MASTHEAD","The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds."
"MASTHOUSE","A building in which vessels' masts are shaped, fitted, etc."
"MASTIC","A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus),growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, andproducing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree."
"MASTICABLE","Capable of being masticated."
"MASTICADOR","A part of a bridle, the slavering bit. [Written alsomastigador.]"
"MASTICATE","To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare forswallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food."
"MASTICATER","One who masticates."
"MASTICATION","The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food.Mastication is a necessary preparation of solid aliment, withoutwhich there can be no good digestion. Arbuthnot."
"MASTICATORY","Chewing; adapted to perform the office o"
"MASTICH","See Mastic."
"MASTICIN","A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling caoutchouc,and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic."
"MASTICOT","Massicot. [Obs.]"
"MASTIFF","A breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage. There arevarious strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic ofdifferent countries. Mastiff bat (Zo\u00f6l.) , any bat of the genusMolossus; so called because the face somewhat resembles that of amastiff."
"MASTIGOPOD","One of the Mastigopoda."
"MASTIGOPODA","The Infusoria."
"MASTIGURE","Any one of several large spiny-tailed lizards of the genusUromastix. They inhabit Southern Asia and North Africa."
"MASTING","The act or process of putting a mast or masts into a vessel;also, the scientific principles which determine the position ofmasts, and the mechanical methods of placing them. Masting house(Naut.), a large building, with suitable mechanism overhanging thewater, used for stepping and unstepping the masts of vessels."
"MASTITIS","Inflammation of the breast."
"MASTLESS","Bearing no mast; as, a mastless oak or beech. Dryden."
"MASTLIN","See Maslin."
"MASTODON","An extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the elephant, buthaving less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of lower, as wellas upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. The species were mostlylarger than elephants, and their romains occur in nearly all parts ofthe world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late Quaternary time."
"MASTODONSAURUS","A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the EuropeanTriassic rocks."
"MASTODONTIC","Pertaining to, or resembling, a mastodon; as, mastodonticdimensions. Everett."
"MASTOIDAL","Same as Mastoid."
"MASTOIDITIS","Inflammation in the mastoid process of the temporal bone."
"MASTOLOGY","The natural history of Mammalia."
"MASTRESS","Mistress. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MASTURBATION","Onanism; self-pollution."
"MASTY","Full of mast; abounding in acorns, etc."
"MASULA BOAT","Same as Masoola boat."
"MAT","A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron,etc., usually called white metal. [Written also matt.]"
"MATACHIN","An old dance with swords and bucklers; a sword dance."
"MATACO","The three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutis tricinctus). See Illust.under Loricata."
"MATAGASSE","A shrike or butcher bird; -- called also mattages. [Prov. Eng.]"
"MATAJUELO","A large squirrel fish (Holocentrus ascensionis) of Florida andthe West Indies."
"MATAJUELO BLANCO","A West Indian food fish (Malacanthus plumieri) related to thetilefish."
"MATAMATA","The bearded tortoise (Chelys fimbriata) of South Americanrivers."
"MATANZA","A place where animals are slaughtered for their hides andtallow. [Western U. S.]"
"MATCH","Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire,made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burningsome time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end ina substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparationof phosphorus or chlorate of potassium. Match box, a box for holdingmatches.-- Match tub, a tub with a perforated cover for holding slow matchesfor firing cannon, esp. on board ship. The tub contains a littlewater in the bottom, for extinguishing sparks from the lightedmatches.-- Quick match, threads of cotton or cotton wick soaked in asolution of gunpowder mixed with gum arabic and boiling water andafterwards strewed over with mealed powder. It burns at the rate ofone yard in thirteen seconds, and is used as priming for heavymortars, fireworks, etc.-- Slow match, slightly twisted hempen rope soaked in a solution oflimewater and saltpeter or washed in a lye of water and wood ashes.It burns at the rate of four or five inches an hour, and is used forfiring cannon, fireworks, etc."
"MATCH GAME","A game arranged as a test of superiority; also, one of a seriesof such games."
"MATCH PLAY","Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes wonor lost by each side; -- disting. from medal play."
"MATCH-CLOTH","A coarse cloth."
"MATCH-COAT","A coat made of match-cloth."
"MATCHABLE","Capable of being matched; comparable on equal conditions;adapted to being joined together; correspondent.-- Match'a*ble*ness, n.Sir Walter Raleigh . . . is matchable with the best of the ancients.Hakewill."
"MATCHER","One who, or that which, matches; a matching machine. See under3d Match."
"MATCHLOCK","An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing thepriming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match."
"MATCHMAKING","Busy in making or contriving marriages; as, a matchmakingwoman."
"MATE","The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly(Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with anagreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South America."
"MATELASSE","Ornamented by means of an imitation or suggestion of quilting,the surface being marked by depressed lines which form squares orlozenges in relief; as, matelass\u00e9 silks."
"MATELESS","Having no mate."
"MATELOTE","A dish of food composed of many kings of fish."
"MATEOLOGY","A vain, unprofitable discourse or inquiry. [R.]"
"MATEOTECHNY","Any unprofitable science. [Obs.]"
"MATER","See Alma mater, Dura mater, and Pia mater."
"MATERIAL","Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing.See Matter. Material cause. See under Cause.-- Material evidence (Law), evidence which conduces to the proof ordisproof of a relevant hypothesis. Wharton."
"MATERIALIST","Of or pertaining to materialism or materialists; of the natureof materialism.But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than hisphysics. C. Kingsley."
"MATERIALIZATION","The act of materializing, or the state of being materialized."
"MATERIALIZE","To make visable in, or as in, a material form; -- said ofspirits.A female spirit form temporarily materialized, and notdistinguishable from a human being. Epes Sargent."
"MATERIALNESS","The state of being material."
"MATERIARIAN","See Materialist. [Obs.]"
"MATERIATION","Act of forming matter. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"MATERIEL","That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, orinstruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as,the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or thebuildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction fromits officers."
"MATERIOUS","See Material. [Obs.]"
"MATERNAL","Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly;as, maternal love; maternal tenderness."
"MATERNALLY","In a motherly manner."
"MATERNITY","The state of being a mother; the character or relation of amother."
"MATFELON","The knapweed (Centaurea nigra)."
"MATH","A mowing, or that which is gathered by mowing; -- chiefly usedin composition; as, an aftermath. [Obs.]The first mowing thereof, for the king's use, is wont to be soonerthan the common math. Bp. Hall."
"MATHEMATIC","See Mathematical."
"MATHEMATICAL","Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics;hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical geography;mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness.-- Math`e*mat'ic*al*ly, adv."
"MATHEMATICIAN","One versed in mathematics."
"MATHEMATICS","That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exactrelations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of themethods by which, in accordance with these relations, quantitiessought are deducible from other quantities known or supposed; thescience of spatial and quantitative relations."
"MATHER","See Madder."
"MATHES","The mayweed. Cf. Maghet."
"MATHESIS","Learning; especially, mathematics. [R.] Pope."
"MATHURIN","See Trinitarian."
"MATICO","A Peruvian plant (Piper, or Artanthe, elongatum), allied to thepepper, the leaves of which are used as a styptic and astringent."
"MATIE","A fat herring with undeveloped roe. [Written also matty.] [Eng.& Scot.]"
"MATIN","A French mastiff."
"MATINAL","Relating to the morning, or to matins; matutinal."
"MATINEE","A reception, or a musical or dramatic entertainment, held inthe daytime. See Soir\u00c9e."
"MATRASS","A round-bottomed glass flask having a long neck; a bolthead."
"MATRESS","See Matress."
"MATRIARCH","The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a rulerby maternal right."
"MATRIARCHAL","Of or pertaining to a matriarch; governed by a matriarch."
"MATRIARCHATE","The office or jurisdiction of a matriarch; a matriarchal formof government."
"MATRICE","See Matrix."
"MATRICIDAL","Of or pertaining to matricide."
"MATRICIDE","One who murders one's own mother."
"MATRICULATE","To enroll; to enter in a register; specifically, to enter oradmit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a collegeor university, by enrolling the name in a register.In discovering and matriculating the arms of commissaries from NorthAmerica. Sir W. Scott."
"MATRICULATION","The act or process of matriculating; the state of beingmatriculated."
"MATRIMOINE","Matrimony. [Obs.]"
"MATRIMONIAL","Of or pertaining to marriage; derived from marriage; connubial;nuptial; hymeneal; as, matrimonial rights or duties.If he relied upon that title, he could be but a king at courtesy, andhave rather a matrimonial than a regal power. Bacon."
"MATRIMONIALLY","In a matrimonial manner."
"MATRIMONIOUS","Matrimonial. [R.] Milton."
"MATRIX","The womb.All that openeth the matrix is mine. Ex. xxxiv. 19."
"MATRONAL","Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or toa married woman; grave; motherly."
"MATRONHOOD","The state of being a matron."
"MATRONLIKE","Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly."
"MATRONYMIC","See Metronymic."
"MATROSS","Formerly, in the British service, a gunner or a gunner's mate;one of the soldiers in a train of artillery, who assisted the gunnersin loading, firing, and sponging the guns. [Obs.]"
"MATT","See Matte. Knight."
"MATTAGES","A shrike or butcher bird; -- written also matagasse. [Prov.Eng.]"
"MATTAMORE","A subterranean repository for wheat."
"MATTE","A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternatelyroasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal fromassociated iron ores, and called coarse metal, fine metal, etc.,according to the grade of fineness. On the exterior it is dark brownor black, but on a fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color."
"MATTED","Having a dull surface; unburnished; as, matted gold leaf orgilding. Matted glass, glass ornamented with figures on a dullground."
"MATTER","That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in orupon which changes are effected by psychological or physicalprocesses and relations; -- opposed to form. Mansel."
"MATTER-OF-FACT","Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities;not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry."
"MATTING","A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as gilding,metal work, glassmaking, etc."
"MATTOCK","An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two longsteel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or thepoint of a pickax.'T is you must dig with mattock and with spade. Shak."
"MATTOID","A person of congenitally abnormal mind bordering on insanity ordegeneracy."
"MATTOIR","A kind of coarse punch with a rasplike face, used for making arough surface on etching ground, or on the naked copper, the effectafter biting being very similar to stippled lines."
"MATTOWACCA","An American clupeoid fish (Clupea mediocris), similar to theshad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less esteemed forfood; -- called also hickory shad, tailor shad, fall herring, andshad herring."
"MATTRESS","A mass of interwoven brush, poles, etc., to protect a bank frombeing worn away by currents or waves."
"MATURANT","A medicine, or application, which promotes suppuration."
"MATURATE","To ripen; to become mature; specif"
"MATURATION","The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence,specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation ofpus or matter."
"MATURATIVE","Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing tosuppuration."
"MATURE","To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; toripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans. Bacon."
"MATURENESS","The state or quality of being mature; maturity."
"MATURER","One who brings to maturity."
"MATURESCENT","Approaching maturity."
"MATURING","Approaching maturity; as, maturing fruits; maturing notes ofhand."
"MATUTINAL","Of or pertaining to the morning; early."
"MATUTINARY","Matutinal. [R.]"
"MATUTINE","Matutinal. [R.]"
"MATWEED","A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed(Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind the sand ofthe seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under Beach); also, the LygeumSpartum, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit."
"MATY","A native house servant in India. Balfour (Cyc. of India)."
"MATZOTH","A cake of unleavened bread eaten by the Jews at the feast ofthe Passover."
"MAUCACO","A lemur; -- applied to several species, as the White-fronted,the ruffed, and the ring-tailed lemurs."
"MAUD","A gray plaid; -- used by shepherds in Scotland."
"MAUDLE","To throw onto confusion or disorder; to render maudlin. [Obs.]"
"MAUDLIN","An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the SouthEuropean Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow."
"MAUDLINISM","A maudlin state. Dickens."
"MAUDLINWORT","The oxeye daisy."
"MAUGRE","To defy. [Obs.] J. Webster."
"MAUKIN","A hare. [Scot.]"
"MAUL","A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [Written also mall.]"
"MAUL-STICK","A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while working.[Written also mahl-stick.]"
"MAULE","The common mallow."
"MAULING","A severe beating with a stick, cudgel, or the fist."
"MAUMET","See Mawmet. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MAUNCH","To munch. [Obs.]"
"MAUND","A hand basket. [Obs.] Herrick."
"MAUNDER","To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter."
"MAUNDERER","One who maunders."
"MAUNDRIL","A pick with two prongs, to pry with."
"MAUNDY THURSDAY","The Thursday in Passion week, or next before Good Friday."
"MAUNGY","Mangy. [Obs.] Skelton."
"MAURESQUE","See Moresque."
"MAURIST","A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of theBenedictines, originating in France in the early part of theseventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for theirinterest in literature."
"MAUSOLEAN","Pertaining to a mausoleum; monumental."
"MAUSOLEUM","A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument."
"MAUTHER","A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench. [Prov. Eng.]"
"MAUVANILINE","See Mauve aniline, under Mauve."
"MAUVE","A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac. Mauve aniline(Chem.), a dyestuff produced artificially by the oxidation ofcommercial aniline, and the first discovered of the so-called coal-tar, or aniline, dyes. It consists of the sulphate of mauve\u00efne, andis a dark brown or bronze amorphous powder, which dissolves to abeatiful purple color. Called also aniline purple, violine, etc."
"MAUVEINE","An artificial organic base, obtained by oxidizing a mixture ofaniline and toluidine, and valuable for the dyestuffs it forms.[Written also mauvine.]"
"MAUVINE","Mauve-colored."
"MAVERICK","In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock orheifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- saidto be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas whonaglected to brand his cattle."
"MAVERICK BRAND","A brand originated by a dishonest cattleman, who, withoutowning any stock, gradually accumulates a herd by finding mavericks.[Western U. S.]"
"MAVIS","The European throstle or song thrush (Turdus musicus)."
"MAW","A gull."
"MAWKIN","See Malkin, and Maukin."
"MAWKINGLY","Slatternly. [Obs.]"
"MAWKISHLY","In a mawkish way."
"MAWKISHNESS","The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman."
"MAWKS","A slattern; a mawk. [Prov. Eng.]"
"MAWKY","Maggoty. [Prov. Eng.]"
"MAWMET","A puppet; a doll; originally, an idol, because in the MiddleAges it was generally believed that the Mohammedans worshiped imagesrepresenting Mohammed. [Obs.] Wyclif. Beau. & Fl."
"MAWMETRY","The religion of Mohammed; also, idolatry. See Mawmet. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"MAWMISH","Nauseous. [Obs.] L' Estrange."
"MAWSEED","The seed of the opium poppy."
"MAXILLA","One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods."
"MAXILLIFORM","Having the form, or structure, of a maxilla."
"MAXILLIPED","One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behindthe maxill\u00e6. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower Crustaceahave but one pair of them. Called also jawfoot, and foot jaw."
"MAXILLO-MANDIBULAR","Pertaining to the maxilla and mandible; as, the maxillo-mandibular nerve."
"MAXILLO-PALATINE","Pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull;as, the maxillo-palatine process of the maxilla. Also used as n."
"MAXILLOTURBINAL","Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.-- n."
"MAXIM","The longest note formerly used, equal to two longs, or fourbreves; a large."
"MAXIM GUN","A kind of machine gun; -- named after its inventor, Hiram S.Maxim."
"MAXIMILIAN","A gold coin of Bavaria, of the value of about 13s. 6d.sterling, or about three dollars and a quarter."
"MAXIMIZATION","The act or process of increasing to the highest degree.Bentham."
"MAXIMIZE","To increase to the highest degree. Bentham."
"MAXIMUM","The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or,the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases andthen begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed toAnt: minimum.Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum ofhappiness, and the minimum of misery. P. Colquhoun.Maximum thermometer, a thermometer that registers the highest degreeof temperature attained in a given time, or since its lastadjustment."
"MAY","An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, byexpressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftenerexpressed by can.How may a man, said he, with idle speech, Be won to spoil the castleof his health ! Spenser.For what he [the king] may do is of two kinds; what he may do asjust, and what he may do as possible. Bacon.For of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest are these: 'Itmight have been.' Whittier.(b) Liberty; permission; allowance.Thou mayst be no longer steward. Luke xvi. 2.(c) Contingency or liability; possibility or probability.Though what he learns he speaks, and may advance Some general maxims,or be right by chance. Pope.(d) Modesty, courtesy, or concession, or a desire to soften aquestion or remark.How old may Phillis be, you ask. Prior.(e) Desire or wish, as in prayer, imprecation, benediction, and thelike. 'May you live happily.' Dryden. May be, and It may be, are usedas equivalent to possibly, perhaps, by chance, peradventure. See 1stMaybe."
"MAYA","The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called,in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion."
"MAYAN","A form of corbel arch employing regular small corbels."
"MAYBE","Perhaps; possibly; peradventure.Maybe the amorous count solicits her. Shak.In a liberal and, maybe, somewhat reckless way. Tylor."
"MAYBLOOM","The hawthorn."
"MAYBUSH","The hawthorn."
"MAYDUKE","A large dark-red cherry of excellent quality."
"MAYFISH","A common American minnow (Fundulus majalis). See Minnow."
"MAYFLOWER","In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus(see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants."
"MAYHAP","Perhaps; peradventure. [Prov. or Dialectic]"
"MAYHEM","The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any ofhis members which are necessary for defense or protection. See Maim."
"MAYING","The celebrating of May Day. 'He met her once a-Maying.' Milton."
"MAYONNAISE","A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with oliveoil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper,salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dishdressed with this sauce."
"MAYOR","The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer ofa municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a citycourt of which the major is chief judge."
"MAYORAL","The conductir of a mule team; also, a head shepherd."
"MAYORALTY","The office, or the term of office, of a mayor."
"MAYORESS","The wife of a mayor."
"MAYORSHIP","The office of a mayor."
"MAYPOLE","A tall pole erected in an open place and wreathed with flowers,about which the rustic May-day sports were had."
"MAYPOP","The edible fruit of a passion flower, especially that of theNorth American Passiflora incarnata, an oval yellowish berry as largeas a small apple."
"MAYWEED","A goatlike antelope (Haplocerus montanus) which inhabits theRocky Mountains, frequenting the highest parts; -- called alsomountain goat."
"MAZARD","A kind of small black cherry."
"MAZARINE","Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of France,1643-1661. Mazarine Bible, the first Bible, and perhaps the firstcomplete book, printed with movable metal types; -- printed byGutenberg at Mentz, 1450-55; -- so called because a copy was found inthe Mazarine Library, at Paris, about 1760.-- Mazarine blue, a deep blue color, named in honor of CardinalMazarin."
"MAZDEAN","Of or pertaining to Ahura-Mazda, or Ormuzd, the beneficentdeity in the Zoroastrian dualistic system; hence, Zoroastrian."
"MAZDEISM","The Zoroastrian religion."
"MAZE","To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; toamaze. South."
"MAZEDNESS","The condition of being mazed; confusion; astonishment. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"MAZEFUL","Mazy. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"MAZER","A large drinking bowl; -- originally made of maple. [Obs.]Their brimful mazers to the feasting bring. Drayton."
"MAZILY","In a mazy manner."
"MAZINESS","The state or quality of being mazy."
"MAZOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to mazology."
"MAZOLOGIST","One versed in mazology or mastology."
"MAZOLOGY","Same as Mastology."
"MAZY","Perplexed with turns and windings; winding; intricate;confusing; perplexing; embarrassing; as, mazy error. Milton.To range amid the mazy thicket. Spenser.To run the ring, and trace the mazy round. Dryden."
"ME","One. See Men, pron. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MEACH","To skulk; to cower. See Mich."
"MEACOCK","An uxorious, effeminate, or spiritless man. [Obs.] Johnson."
"MEAD","A meadow.A mede All full of freshe flowers, white and reede. Chaucer.To fertile vales and dewy meads My weary, wandering steps he leads.Addison."
"MEADOW","Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow;produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. 'Fat meadow ground.'Milton."
"MEADOWY","Of or pertaining to meadows; resembling, or consisting of,meadow."
"MEAGRE","A large European sci\u00e6noid fish (Sci\u00e6na umbra or S. aquila),having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish. [Writtenalso maigre.]"
"MEAK","A hook with a long handle. [Obs.] Tusser."
"MEAKING","The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a vesselwhich is to be recalked. Meaking iron (Naut.), the tool with whichold oakum is picked out of a vessel's seams."
"MEAL","A part; a fragment; a portion. [Obs.]"
"MEAL-MOUTHED","See Mealy-mouthed."
"MEALIES","Maize or Indian corn; -- the common name in South Africa."
"MEALINESS","The quality or state of being mealy."
"MEALTIME","The usual time of eating a meal."
"MEALY-MOUTHED","Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate ofspeech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. 'Mealy-mouthedphilanthropies.' Tennyson.She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain.L'Estrange.-- Meal'y-mouth`ness, n."
"MEAN","To have a purpose or intention. [Rare, except in the phrase tomean well, or ill.] Shak."
"MEAN-SPIRITED","Of a mean spirit; base; groveling.-- Mean'-spir`it*ed*ness, n."
"MEANDER","Fretwork. See Fret."
"MEANDRIAN","Winding; having many turns."
"MEANDRINA","A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges, includingthe brain corals."
"MEANLY","Moderately. [Obs.]A man meanly learned himself, but not meanly affectioned to setforward learning in others. Ascham."
"MEANT","of Mean."
"MEAR","A boundary. See Mere. [Obs.]"
"MEASE","Five hundred; as, a mease of herrings. [Prov. Eng.]"
"MEASELRY","Leprosy. [Obs.] R. of Brunne."
"MEASLE","A leper. [Obs.] [Written also meazel, and mesel.] Wyclif (Matt.x. 8. )."
"MEASLED","Infected or spotted with measles, as pork.-- Mea'sled*ness, n."
"MEASLES","Leprosy; also, a leper. [Obs.]"
"MEASLY","Containing larval tapeworms; -- said of pork and beef."
"MEASURE","The space between two bars. See Beat, Triple, Quadruple,Sextuple, Compound time, under Compound, a., and Figure.(c) (Poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, orlong and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem iniambic measure."
"MEASURED","Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform;graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured steps; heexpressed himself in no measured terms.-- Meas'ured*ly, adv."
"MEASURELESS","Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable.-- Meas'ure*less*ness, n."
"MEASURER","One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to measurecommondities in market."
"MEASURING","Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividingby measure. Measuring faucet, a faucet which permits only a givenquantity of liquid to pass each time it is opened, or one by means ofwhich the liquid which passes can be measured.-- Measuring worm (Zo\u00f6l.), the larva of any geometrid moth. SeeGeometrid."
"MEAT","To supply with food. [Obs.] Tusser.His shield well lined, his horses meated well. Chapman."
"MEATAL","Of or pertaining to a meatus; resembling a meatus. Owen."
"MEATED","A sweet liquor; mead. [Obs.] Chaucer. Milton."
"MEATINESS","Quality of being meaty."
"MEATLESS","Having no meat; without food.'Leave these beggars meatless.' Sir T. More."
"MEATOSCOPE","A speculum for examining a natural passage, as the urethra."
"MEATOTOME","An instrument for cutting into the urethra so as to enlarge itsorifice."
"MEATUS","A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus.See Illust. of Ear."
"MEATY","Abounding in meat."
"MEAW","The sea mew. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MEAWL","See Mewl, and Miaul."
"MEAZEL","See 1st Measle. [Obs.]"
"MEAZLING","Falling in small drops; mistling; mizzing. [Obs.] Arbuthnot."
"MEBLES","See Moebles. [Obs.]"
"MECATE","A rope of hair or of maguey fiber, for tying horses, etc.[Southwestern U. S.]"
"MECCAWEE","Of or pertaining to Mecca, in Arabia.-- n."
"MECHANICAL","A mechanic. [Obs.] Shak."
"MECHANICALIZE","To cause to become mechanical."
"MECHANICALLY","In a mechanical manner."
"MECHANICALNESS","The state or quality of being mechanical."
"MECHANICIAN","One skilled in the theory or construction of machines; amachinist. Boyle."
"MECHANICO-CHEMICAL","Pertaining to, connected with, or dependent upon, bothmechanics and chemistry; -- said especially of those sciences whichtreat of such phenomena as seem to depend on the laws both ofmechanics and chemistry, as electricity and magnetism."
"MECHANICS","That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats ofthe action of forces on bodies."
"MECHANISM","An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constitutinga machine, but considered only with regard to relative movements."
"MECHANIZE","To cause to be mechanical. Shelley."
"MECHANOGRAPH","One of a number of copies of anything multiplied mechanically."
"MECHANOGRAPHIST","An artist who, by mechanical means, multiplies copies of worksof art."
"MECHANOGRAPHY","The art of mechanically multiplying copies of a writing, or anywork of art."
"MECHANURGY","That branch of science which treats of moving machines."
"MECHITARIST","One of a religious congregation of the Roman Catholic Churchdevoted to the improvement of Armenians."
"MECHLIN","A kind of lace made at, or originating in, Mechlin, in Belgium."
"MECHOACAN","A species of jalap, of very feeble properties, said to beobtained from the root of a species of Convolvulus (C. Mechoacan); --so called from Michoacan, in Mexico, whence it is obtained."
"MECKELIAN","Pertaining to, or discovered by, J. F. Meckel, a Germananatomist. Meckelian cartilage, the cartilaginous rod which forms theaxis of the mandible; -- called also Meckel's cartilage."
"MECONATE","A salt of meconic acid."
"MECONIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium; specif.(Chem.), designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found in opiumand extracted as a white crystalline substance."
"MECONIDINE","An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a yellow amorphoussubstance which is easily decomposed."
"MECONIDIUM","A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genusGonothyr\u00e6a. It has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a free medusa,but remains attached by a pedicel."
"MECONIN","A substance regarded as an anhydride of meconinic acid,existing in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance.Also erroneously called meconina, meconia, etc., as though it were analkaloid."
"MECONINIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which occurs in opium,and which may be obtained by oxidizing narcotine."
"MEDAL","A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device,and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or anillustrious person, or to serve as a reward."
"MEDAL PLAY","Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the number ofstrokes."
"MEDALET","A small medal."
"MEDALLIC","Of or pertaining to a medal, or to medals. 'Our medallichistory.' Walpole."
"MEDALURGY","The art of making and striking medals and coins. [Written alsomedallurgy.]"
"MEDDLE","To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] Chaucer.'Wine meddled with gall.' Wyclif (Matt. xxvii. 34)."
"MEDDLER","One who meddles; one who interferes or busies himself withthings in which he has no concern; an officious person; a busybody."
"MEDDLESOME","Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others;officiously intrusive.-- Med'dle*some*ness, n."
"MEDDLING","Meddlesome. Macaulay."
"MEDDLINGLY","In a meddling manner."
"MEDE","A native or inhabitant of Media in Asia."
"MEDIA","pl. of Medium."
"MEDIACY","The state or quality of being mediate. Sir W. Hamilton."
"MEDIAEVAL","Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, medi\u00e6val architecture.[Written also medieval.]"
"MEDIAEVALISM","The method or spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to theinstitutions and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from theMiddle Ages. [Written also medievalism.]"
"MEDIAEVALIST","One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history of theMiddle Ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the MiddleAges. [Written also medievalist.]"
"MEDIAEVALLY","In the manner of the Middle Ages; in accordance withmedi\u00e6valism."
"MEDIAEVALS","The people who lived in the Middle Ages. Ruskin."
"MEDIAL","Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medialalligation."
"MEDIALUNA","See Half-moon."
"MEDIAN","Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateralanimal into right and left halves; -- said of unpaired organs andparts; as, median coverts. Median line. (a) (Anat.) Any line in themesial plane; specif., either of the lines in which the mesial planemeets the surface of the body. (b) (Geom.) The line drawn from anangle of a triangle to the middle of the opposite side; any linehaving the nature of a diameter.-- Median plane (Anat.), the mesial plane.-- Median point (Geom.), the point where the three median lines of atriangle mutually intersect."
"MEDIANT","The third above the keynote; -- so called because it dividesthe interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds."
"MEDIASTINAL","Of or pertaining to a mediastinum."
"MEDIATELY","In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; notdirectly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to immediately.God worketh all things amongst us mediately. Sir W. Raleigh.The king grants a manor to A, and A grants a portion of it to B. Inthis case. B holds his lands immediately of A, but mediately of theking. Blakstone."
"MEDIATENESS","The state of being mediate."
"MEDIATIVE","Pertaining to mediation; used in mediation; as, mediativeefforts. Beaconsfield."
"MEDIATIZATION","The act of mediatizing."
"MEDIATIZE","To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinateposition; to annex; -- specifically applied to the annexation duringthe former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger, whileallowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank.The misfortune of being a mediatized prince. Beaconsfield."
"MEDIATOR","One who mediates; especially, one who interposes betweenparties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, anintercessor.For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the manChrist Jesus. 1 Tim. ii. 5."
"MEDIATORIAL","Of or pertaining to a mediator, or to mediation; mediatory; as,a mediatorial office.-- Me`di*a*to'ri*al*ly, adv.My measures were . . . healing and mediatorial. Burke."
"MEDIATORSHIP","The office or character of a mediator."
"MEDIATORY","Mediatorial."
"MEDIC","A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic isthe Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is M. sativa."
"MEDICABLE","Capable of being medicated; admitting of being cured or healed."
"MEDICALLY","In a medical manner; with reference to healing, or to theprinciples of the healing art."
"MEDICAMENT","Anything used for healing diseases or wounds; a medicine; ahealing application."
"MEDICAMENTAL","Of or pertaining to medicaments or healing applications; havingthe qualities of medicaments.-- Med`ica*men'tal*ly, adv."
"MEDICASTER","A quack. [R.] Whitlock."
"MEDICATION","The act or process of medicating."
"MEDICATIVE","Medicinal; acting like a medicine."
"MEDICEAN","Of or relating to the Medici, a noted Italian family; as, theMedicean Venus. Medicean planets (Astron.), a name given by Galileoto the satellites of Jupiter."
"MEDICINABLE","Medicinal; having the power of healing. [Obs.] Shak."
"MEDICINALLY","In a medicinal manner."
"MEDICINE","A physician. [Obs.] Shak. Medicine bag, a charm; -- so calledamong the North American Indians, or in works relating to them.-- Medicine man (among the North American Indians), a person whoprofesses to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits, and regulate theweather by the arts of magic.-- Medicine seal, a small gem or paste engraved with reversedcharacters, to serve as a seal. Such seals were used by Romanphysicians to stamp the names of their medicines."
"MEDICO-LEGAL","Of or pertaining to law as affected by medical facts."
"MEDICOMMISSURE","A large transverse commissure in the third ventricle of thebrain; the middle or soft commissure. B. G. Wildex."
"MEDICORNU","The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of thebrain. B. G. Wilder."
"MEDICS","Science of medicine. [Obs.]"
"MEDIETY","The middle part; half; moiety. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"MEDINA EPOCH","A subdivision of the Niagara period in the American upperSilurian, characterized by the formations known as the Oneidaconglomerate, and the Medina sandstone. See the Chart of Geology."
"MEDINO","Same as Para."
"MEDIOCRAL","Mediocre. [R.]"
"MEDIOCRE","Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree ofexcellence; indifferent; ordinary. ' A very mediocre poet.' Pope."
"MEDIOCRIST","A mediocre person. [R.]"
"MEDIOSTAPEDIAL","Pertaining to that part of the columella of the ear which, insome animals, connects the stapes with the other parts of thecolumella.-- n."
"MEDIOXUMOUS","Intermediate. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"MEDITANCE","Meditation. [Obs.]"
"MEDITATE","To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell onanything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; toreflect. Jer. Taylor.In his law doth he meditate day and night. Ps. i. 2."
"MEDITATIST","One who is given to meditation."
"MEDITATIVE","Disposed to meditate, or to meditation; as, a meditative man; ameditative mood.-- Med'i*ta*tive*ly, adv.-- Med'i*ta*tive*ness, n."
"MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY","A two-winged fly (Ceratitis capitata) with black and whitemarkings, native of the Mediterranean countries, but now widelydistributed. Its larva lives in ripening oranges, peaches, and otherfruits, causing them to decay and fall."
"MEDITERRANEOUS","Inland. Sir T. Browne."
"MEDIUM","See Mean.(c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which theextremes are brought into connection."
"MEDIUM-SIZED","Having a medium size; as, a medium-sized man."
"MEDIUS","The third or middle finger; the third digit, or that whichcorresponds to it."
"MEDLAR","A tree of the genus Mespilus (M. Germanica); also, the fruit ofthe tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bonyendocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and itis not eaten until it has begun to decay. Japan medlar (Bot.), theloquat. See Loquat.-- Neapolitan medlar (Bot.), a kind of thorn tree (Crat\u00e6gusAzarolus); also, its fruit."
"MEDLE","To mix; to mingle; to meddle. [Written also medly.] [Obs.]Chaucer."
"MEDLEY","A composition of passages detached from several differentcompositions; a potpourri."
"MEDLY","See Medle. Johnson."
"MEDOC","A class of claret wines, including several varieties, from thedistrict of M\u00e9doc in the department of Gironde."
"MEDREGAL","See Bonito, 3."
"MEDRICK","A species of gull or tern. [Prov.] Lowell."
"MEDULLA","The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of an organ orpart; as, the medulla, or medullary substance, of the kidney;specifically, the medula oblongata."
"MEDULLAR","See Medullary."
"MEDULLARY","Filled with spongy pith; pithy. Medullary groove (Anat.), agroove, in the epiblast of the vertebrate blastoderm, the edges ofwhich unite, making a tube (the medullary canal) from which the brainand spinal cord are developed.-- Medullary rays (Bot.), the rays of cellular tissue seen in atransverse section of exogenous wood, which pass from the pith to thebark.-- Medullary sheath (Anat.), the layer of white semifluid substance(myelin), between the primitive sheath and axis cylinder of amedullated nerve fiber."
"MEDULLATED","Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary sheath;as, a medullated nerve fiber."
"MEDULLIN","A variety of lignin or cellulose found in the medulla, or pith,of certain plants. Cf. Lignin, and Cellulose."
"MEDUSA","The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed intoserpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone."
"MEDUSIAN","A medusa."
"MEDUSIFORM","Resembling a medusa in shape or structure."
"MEDUSOID","Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa,but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores ofhydroids.-- n."
"MEECH","See Mich. [Obs. or Colloq.]"
"MEEDFUL","Worthy of meed, reward, or recompense; meritorious. 'Meedfulworks.' Wiclif."
"MEEDFULLY","According to merit; suitably."
"MEEK","To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"MEEKLY","In a meek manner. Spenser."
"MEEKNESS","The quality or state of being meek."
"MEER","Simple; unmixed. See Mere, a. [Obs.]"
"MEERKAT","A South African carnivore (Cynictis penicillata), allied to theichneumons."
"MEERSCHAUM","A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when indry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of magnesia,and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobaccopipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite."
"MEET","An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen forthe hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place ofmeeting."
"MEETEN","To render fit. [R.]"
"MEETER","One who meets."
"MEETH",", Mead. See Meathe. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MEETINGHOUSE","A house used as a place of worship; a church; -- in England,applied only to a house so used by Dissenters."
"MEETLY","Fitly; suitably; properly."
"MEETNESS","Fitness; suitableness; propriety."
"MEGACEROS","The Irish elk."
"MEGACHILE","A leaf-cutting bee of the genus Megachilus. See Leaf cutter,under Leaf."
"MEGACOSM","See Macrocosm. Croft."
"MEGACOULOMB","A million coulombs."
"MEGADERM","Any one of several species of Old World blood-sucking bats ofthe genus Megaderma."
"MEGADYNE","One of the larger measures of force, amounting to one milliondynes."
"MEGAFARAD","One of the larger measures of electrical capacity, amounting toone million farads; a macrofarad."
"MEGALERG","A million ergs; a megerg."
"MEGALESIAN","Pertaining to, or in honor of, Cybele; as, the Megalesian gamesat Rome."
"MEGALETHOSCOPE","An optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed through alarge lens with stereoptical effects. It is often combined with thestereoscope."
"MEGALITH","A large stone; especially, a large stone used in ancientbuilding.-- Meg`a*lith'ic, a."
"MEGALO-","See Meg-."
"MEGALOCYTE","A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of theordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood inprofound an\u00e6mia."
"MEGALOMANIA","A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiosedelusions."
"MEGALONYX","An extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to thesloth."
"MEGALOPHONOUS","Having a loud voice."
"MEGALOPOLIS","A chief city; a metropolis. [R.]"
"MEGALOPSYCHY","Greatness of soul. [Obs. & R.]"
"MEGAMETER","In the metric system, one million meters, or one thousandkilometers."
"MEGAMPERE","A million amp\u00e8res."
"MEGAPHONE","A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given direction ina greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear trumpet or asa speaking trumpet."
"MEGAPHYTON","An extinct genus of tree ferns with large, two-ranked leaves,or fronds."
"MEGAPODE","Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous birdsof the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting Australia and otherPacific islands. See Jungle fowl (b) under Jungle, and Leipoa."
"MEGAPOLIS","A metropolis. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert."
"MEGASCOPE","A modification of the magic lantern, used esp. for throwing amagnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificiallight being used."
"MEGASEME","Having the orbital index relatively large; having the orbitsnarrow transversely; -- opposed to microseme."
"MEGASTHENE","One of a group which includes the higher orders of mammals,having a large size as a typical characteristic."
"MEGASTHENIC","Having a typically large size; belonging to the megasthenes."
"MEGASTOME","One of a group of univalve shells, having a large aperture ormouth."
"MEGATHEROID","One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. Thefamily includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc."
"MEGAVOLT","One of the larger measures of electro-motive force, amountingto one million volts."
"MEGAWEBER","A million webers."
"MEGERG","One of the larger measures of work, amounting to one millionergs; -- called also megalerg."
"MEGOHM","One of the larger measures of electrical resistance, amountingto one million ohms."
"MEGRIM","A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes byunconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mildform of apoplexy. Youatt."
"MEIBOMIAN","Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Meibomius. Meibomianglands, the slender sebaceous glands of the eyelids, which discharge,through minute orifices in the edges of the lids, a fatty secretionserving to lubricate the adjacent parts."
"MEINE","See Menge."
"MEIOCENE","See Miocene."
"MEIONITE","A member of the scapolite, group, occuring in glassy crystalson Monte Somma, near Naples."
"MEIOSIS","Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing asbeing less than it really is."
"MEIOSTEMONOUS","Having fever stamens than the parts of the corolla."
"MEISTERSINGER","See Mastersinger."
"MEKHITARIST","See Mechitarist."
"MELACONITE","An earthy black oxide of copper, arising from the decompositionof other ores."
"MELAENA","A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting ofaltered blood."
"MELAIN","The dark coloring matter of the liquid of the cuttlefish."
"MELAINOTYPE","See Melanotype."
"MELAM","A white or buff-colored granular powder,"
"MELAMINE","A strong nitrogenous base, C3H6N6, produced from severalcyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance, --formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam.Called also cyanuramide."
"MELAMPODE","The black hellebore. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MELANAEMIA","A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigmenteither floating freely or imbedded in the white blood corpuscles."
"MELANAGOGUE","A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler. [Obs.]"
"MELANCHOLIA","A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extremedepression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and broodingover one particular subject or train of ideas."
"MELANCHOLIAN","A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic. [Obs.] Dr. J.Scott."
"MELANCHOLIC","Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy.Just as the melancholic eye Sees fleets and armies in the sky. Prior."
"MELANCHOLILY","In a melancholy manner."
"MELANCHOLINESS","The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell."
"MELANCHOLIOUS","Melancholy. [R.] Milton."
"MELANCHOLIST","One affected with melancholy or dejection. [Obs.] Glanvill."
"MELANCHOLIZE","To become gloomy or dejected in mind. Barrow."
"MELANCONIACEAE","A family of fungi constituting the order Melanconiales. --Mel`an*co`ni*a'ceous (#), a."
"MELANCONIALES","The smallest of the three orders of Fungi Imperfecti, includingthose with no asci nor pycnidia, but as a rule having the spores incavities without special walls. They cause many of the plant diseasesknown as anthracnose."
"MELANESIAN","Of or pertaining to Melanesia."
"MELANGE","A mixture; a medley."
"MELANIAN","One of a family of fresh-water pectinibranchiate mollusks,having a turret-shaped shell."
"MELANIC","Of or pertaining to the black-haired races. Prichard."
"MELANILINE","A complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially (as bythe action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white, crystallinesubstance; -- called also diphenyl guanidin."
"MELANIN","A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin(particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells ofthe external layer of the retina (then called fuscin), in the outerlayer of the choroid, and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derivedfrom the decomposition of hemoglobin."
"MELANISM","A disease; black jaundice. See Mel."
"MELANISTIC","Affected with melanism; of the nature of melanism."
"MELANITE","A black variety of garnet."
"MELANOCHROI","A group of the human race, including the dark whites."
"MELANOCHROIC","Having a dark complexion; of or pertaining to the Melanochroi."
"MELANOCHROITE","A mineral of a red, or brownish or yellowish red color. It is achromate of lead; -- called also phoenicocroite."
"MELANOCOMOUS","Having very dark or black hair; black-haired. Prichard."
"MELANORRHOEA","An East Indian genus of large trees. Melanorrhoea usitatissimais the lignum-vit\u00e6 of Peru, and yelds a valuable black varnish."
"MELANOSCOPE","An instrument containing a combination of colored glasses suchthat they transmit only red light, so that objects of other colors,as green leaves, appear black when seen through it. It is used forviewing colored flames, to detect the presence of potassium, lithium,etc., by the red light which they emit."
"MELANOSIS","The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignantcharacter, causing pigmented tumors."
"MELANOSPERM","An alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or seeddust. The melanosperms include the rockweeds and all kinds of kelp.-- Mel`a*no*sper'mous, a."
"MELANOTIC",", Melanistic."
"MELANOTYPE","A positive picture produced with sensitized collodion on asmooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron; also,the process of making such a picture. [Written also melainotype.]"
"MELANTERITE","A hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreousluster; iron vitriol."
"MELANURE","A small fish of the Mediterranean; a gilthead. See Gilthead(a)."
"MELANURIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acidobtained by decomposition of melam, or of urea, as a whitecrystalline powder; -- called also melanurenic acid."
"MELAPHYRE","Any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks alliedto basalt."
"MELASMA","A dark discoloration of the skin, usually local; as, Addison'smelasma, or Addison's disease.-- Me*las'mic, a."
"MELASSES","See Molasses."
"MELASSIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from molassesor glucose, and probably identical with saccharic acid. SeeSaccharic."
"MELASTOMA","A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from theblack berries of some species, which stain the mouth."
"MELASTOMACEOUS","Belonging to the order of which Melastoma is the type."
"MELCHITE","One of a sect, chiefly in Syria and Egypt, which acknowledgesthe authority of the pope, but adheres to the liturgy and ceremoniesof the Eastern Church."
"MELD","In the game of pinochle, to declare or announce for a score;as, to meld a sequence."
"MELEAGRINE","Of or pertaining to the genus Meleagris."
"MELEAGRIS","A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the commonand the wild turkeys."
"MELEE","A fight in which the combatants are mingled"
"MELENA","See Mel."
"MELENE","An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series,obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; -- calledalso melissene, and melissylene."
"MELENITE","An explosive of great destructive power; -- so called from itscolor, which resembles honey."
"MELETIN","See Quercitin."
"MELEZITOSE","A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from themanna of the larch (Larix). [Written also melicitose.]"
"MELIACEOUS","Pertaining to a natural order (Meliac\u00e6) of plants of which thegenus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanishcedar."
"MELIC","Of or pertaining to song; lyric; tuneful."
"MELIC GRASS","A genus of grasses (Melica) of little agricultural importance."
"MELICEROUS","Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said ofcertain encysted tumors."
"MELICOTOON","See Melocoton."
"MELICRATORY","A meadlike drink. [Obs.]"
"MELILITE","A mineral occurring in small yellow crystals, found in thelavas (melilite basalt) of Vesuvius, and elsewhere. [Written alsomellilite.]"
"MELILOT","Any species of Melilotus, a genus of leguminous herbs having avanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart's clover. The blue melilot(Melilotus c\u00e6rulea) is used in Switzerland to give color and flavorto sapsago cheese."
"MELILOTIC","Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sweet clover or meliot;specifically, designating an acid of the aromatic series, obtainedfrom melilot as a white crystalline substance."
"MELINITE","A high explosive similar to lyddite, consisting principally ofpicric acid, used in the French military service."
"MELIORATE","To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to makemore tolerable.Nature by art we nobly meliorate. Denham.The pure and bening light of revelation has had a melioratinginfluence on mankind. Washington."
"MELIORATER","Same as Meliorator."
"MELIORATION","The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of beingmeliorated; improvement. Bacon."
"MELIORATOR","One who meliorates."
"MELIORISM","The doctrine that there is a tendency throughout nature towardimprovement. J. Sully."
"MELIORITY","The state or quality of being better; melioration. [Obs.]Bacon."
"MELIPHAGAN","Belonging to the genus Meliphaga."
"MELIPHAGOUS","Eating, or feeding upon, honey."
"MELISSA","A genus of labiate herbs, including the balm, or bee balm(Melissa officinalis)."
"MELISSIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax; specif., denoting anacid obtained by oxidation of myricin."
"MELISSYL","See Myricyl."
"MELISSYLENE","See Melene."
"MELITOSE","A variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, extracted from cottonseeds and from the so-called Australian manna (a secretion of certainspecies of Eucalyptus)."
"MELL","To mix; to meddle. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MELLATE","A mellitate. [R.]"
"MELLAY","A m\u00eal\u00e9e; a conflict. Tennyson."
"MELLIC","See Mellitic. [R.]"
"MELLIFEROUS","Producing honey."
"MELLIFIC","Producing honey."
"MELLIFICATION","The making or production of honey."
"MELLIFLUENCE","A flow of sweetness, or a sweet, smooth flow."
"MELLIFLUENT","Flowing as with honey; smooth; mellifluous."
"MELLIFLUENTLY","In a mellifluent manner."
"MELLIFLUOUS","Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly; as,a mellifluous voice.-- Mel*lif'lu*ous*ly, adv."
"MELLIGENOUS","Having the qualities of honey. [R.]"
"MELLIGO","Honeydew."
"MELLILOQUENT","Speaking sweetly or harmoniously."
"MELLIPHAGAN","See Meliphagan."
"MELLIPHAGOUS","See Meliphagous."
"MELLITATE","A salt of mellitic acid."
"MELLITE","A mineral of a honey color, found in brown coal, and partly theresult of vegetable decomposition; honeystone. It is a mellitate ofalumina."
"MELLONE","A yellow powder, C6H3N9, obtained from certain sulphocyanates.It has acid properties and forms compounds called mellonides."
"MELLONIDE","See Mellone."
"MELLOW","To make mellow. Shak.If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it [the ground], they do notplow it again till April. Mortimer.The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripenessof age. J. C. Shairp."
"MELLOWLY","In a mellow manner."
"MELLOWNESS","Quality or state of being mellow."
"MELLOWY","Soft; unctuous. Drayton."
"MELLUCO","A climbing plant (Ullucus officinalis) of the Andes, havingtuberous roots which are used as a substitute for potatoes."
"MELNE","A mill. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MELODEON","A kind of small reed organ; -- a portable form of theseraphine."
"MELODIC","Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made upof, melody; melodious."
"MELODICS","The department of musical science which treats of the pitch oftones, and of the laws of melody."
"MELODIOGRAPH","A contrivance for preserving a record of music, by recordingthe action of the keys of a musical instrument when played upon."
"MELODIOUS","Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the earby a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice. 'A melodiousvoice.' 'A melodious undertone.' Longfellow.-- Me*lo'di*ous*ly, adv.-- Me*lo'di*ous*ness, n."
"MELODIST","A composer or singer of melodies."
"MELODIZE","To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody."
"MELODRAMA","Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment tointensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding inromantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musicalaccompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling orpathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhatdescriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodramain the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's 'Fidelio'."
"MELODRAMATIC","Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama;unnatural in situation or action.-- Mel`o*dra*mat'ic*al*ly, adv."
"MELODRAMATIST","One who acts in, or writes, melodramas."
"MELODRAME","Melodrama."
"MELODY","A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the mostpart within a given key, and so related together as to form a musicalwhole, having the unity of what is technically called a musicalthought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic inexpression."
"MELOE","A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval elytra;the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead ofcantharides for raising blisters. See Oil beetle, under Oil."
"MELOGRAPH","Same as Melodiograph."
"MELOLONTHIDIAN","A beetle of the genus Melolontha, and allied genera. See Maybeetle, under May."
"MELON","The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as themuskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the plant thatproduces the fruit."
"MELOPIANO","A piano having a mechanical attachment which enables the playerto prolong the notes at will."
"MELOPLASTIC","Of or pertaining to meloplasty, or the artificial formation ofa new cheek."
"MELOPLASTY","The process of restoring a cheek which has been destroyedwholly or in part."
"MELOPOEIA","The art of forming melody; melody; -- now often used for amelodic passage, rather than a complete melody."
"MELOTYPE","A picture produced by a process in which development afterexposure may be deferred indefinitely, so as to permit transportationof exposed plates; also, the process itself."
"MELPOMENE","The Muse of tragedy."
"MELROSE","Honey of roses."
"MELT","See 2d Milt."
"MELTABLE","Capable of being melted."
"MELTER",", One who, or that which, melts."
"MELTING","Liquefaction; the act of causing (something) to melt, or theprocess of becoming melted. Melting point (Chem.), the degree oftemperature at which a solid substance melts or fuses; as, themelting point of ice is 0\u00ba Centigrade or 32\u00ba Fahr., that of urea is132\u00ba Centigrade.-- Melting pot, a vessel in which anything is melted; a crucible."
"MELTON","A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and withoutraised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp."
"MELUNGEON","One of a mixed white and Indian people living in parts ofTennessee and the Carolinas. They are descendants of earlyintermixtures of white settlers with natives. In North Carolina theCroatan Indians, regarded as descended from Raleigh's lost colony ofCroatan, formerly classed with negroes, are now legally recognized asdistinct."
"MEM-SAHIB","Lady; mistress; -- used by Hindustani-speaking natives in Indiain addressing European women."
"MEMBER","To remember; to cause to remember; to mention. [Obs.]"
"MEMBERED","Having legs of a different tincture from that of the body; --said of a bird in heraldic representations."
"MEMBRAL","Relating to a member."
"MEMBRANACEOUS","Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose,peach tree, and aspen poplar."
"MEMBRANE","A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrousnetwork, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and oftensecreting or absorbing certain fluids."
"MEMBRANEOUS","See Membranous."
"MEMBRANIFEROUS","Having or producing membranes."
"MEMBRANIFORM","Having the form of a membrane or of parchment."
"MEMBRANOLOGY","The science which treats of membranes."
"MEMBRANOUS","Membranaceous. Membranous croup (Med.), true croup. See Croup."
"MEMENTO","A hint, suggestion, token, or memorial, to awaken memory; thatwhich reminds or recalls to memory; a souvenir.Seasonable mementos may be useful. Bacon."
"MEMENTO MORI","Lit., remember to die, i.e., that you must die; a warning to beprepared for death; an object, as a death's-head or a personalornament, usually emblematic, used as a reminder of death."
"MEMINNA","A small deerlet, or chevrotain, of India."
"MEMNON","A celebrated Egyptian statue near Thebes, said to have theproperty of emitting a harplike sound at sunrise."
"MEMOIRIST","A writer of memoirs."
"MEMORABILIA","Things remarkable and worthy of remembrance or record; also,the record of them."
"MEMORABILITY","The quality or state of being memorable."
"MEMORABLE","Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.-- Mem'o*ra*ble*ness, n.-- Mem'o*ra*bly, adv.Surviving fame to gain, Buy tombs, by books, by memorable deeds. SirJ. Davies."
"MEMORANDUM","A brief or informal note in writing of some transaction, or anoutline of an intended instrument; an instrument drawn up in a briefand compendious form. Memorandum check, a check given as anacknowledgment of indebtedness, but with the understanding that itwill not be presented at bank unless the maker fails to take it up onthe day the debt becomes due. It usually has Mem. written on itsface."
"MEMORATE","To commemorate. [Obs.]"
"MEMORATIVE","Commemorative. [Obs.] Hammond."
"MEMORIA","Memory. Memoria technica, technical memory; a contrivance foraiding the memory."
"MEMORIAL","A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation."
"MEMORIAL DAY","A day, May 30, appointed for commemorating, by decorating theirgraves with flowers, by patriotic exercises, etc., the dead soldiersand sailors who served the Civil War (1861-65) in the United States;Decoration Day. It is a legal holiday in most of the States. In theSouthern States, the Confederate Memorial Day is: May 30 in Virginia;April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 inNorth Carolina and South Carolina; the second Friday in May inTennessee; June 3 in Louisiana. [U. S.]"
"MEMORIAL ROSE","A Japanese evergreen rose (Rosa wichuraiana) with creepingbranches, shining leaves, and single white flowers. It is oftenplanted in cemeteries."
"MEMORIALIST","One who writes or signs a memorial."
"MEMORIALIZE","To address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to;as, to memorialize the legislature. T. Hook."
"MEMORIALIZER","One who petitions by a memorial. T. Hook."
"MEMORIST","One who, or that which, causes to be remembered. [Obs.]"
"MEMORITER","By, or from, memory."
"MEMPHIAN","Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt;hence, Egyptian; as, Memphian darkness."
"MEN","pl. of Man."
"MEN-PLEASER","One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather thanGod. Eph. vi. 6."
"MENACCANITE","An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of theoxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but occurs alsoin rhombohedral crystals. Called also titanic iron ore, and ilmenite."
"MENACE","The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat orthreatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come.His (the pope's) commands, his rebukes, his menaces. Milman.The dark menace of the distant war. Dryden."
"MENACER","One who menaces."
"MENACINGLY","In a threatening manner."
"MENAGE","See Manage."
"MENAGOGUE","Emmenagogue."
"MENAION","A work of twelve volumes, each containing the offices in theGreek Church for a month; also, each volume of the same. Shipley."
"MEND","To grow better; to advance to a better state; to becomeimproved. Shak."
"MENDABLE","Capable of being mended."
"MENDELIAN","Pert. to Mendel, or to Mendel's law. -- Men*de'li*an*ism (#),Men*del'ism (#), n."
"MENDELIAN CHARACTER","A character which obeys Mendel's law in regard to itshereditary transmission."
"MENDER","One who mends or repairs."
"MENDIANT","See Mendinant. [Obs.]"
"MENDICANCY","The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging. Burke."
"MENDICANT","Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicantfriars. Mendicant orders (R. C. Ch.), certain monastic orders whichare forbidden to acquire landed property and are required to besupported by alms, esp. the Franciscans, the Dominicans, theCarmelites, and the Augustinians."
"MENDICATE","To beg. [R.] Johnson."
"MENDICATION","The act or practice of begging; beggary; mendicancy. Sir T.Browne."
"MENDICITY","The practice of begging; the life of a beggar; mendicancy. Rom.of R."
"MENDINANT","A mendicant or begging friar. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MENDMENT","Amendment. [Obs.]"
"MENDOLE","The cackerel."
"MENDREGAL","Medregal."
"MENDS","See Amends. [Obs.] Shak."
"MENGE","To mix. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MENHADEN","An American marine fish of the Herring familt (Brevoortiatyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component offertilizers; -- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy,hardhead, whitefish, etc."
"MENHIR","A large stone set upright in olden times as a memorial ormonument. Many, of unknown date, are found in Brittany and throughoutNorthern Europe."
"MENIAL","A disease characterized by deafness and vertigo, resulting ininco\u00f6rdination of movement. It is supposed to depend upon a morbidcondition of the semicircular canals of the internal ear. Named afterM\u00e9ni\u00e8re, a French physician."
"MENILITE","See Opal."
"MENINGEAL","Of or pertaining to the meninges."
"MENINGES","The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord; thepia mater, dura mater, and arachnoid membrane."
"MENINGITIS","Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord.Cerebro-spinal meningitis. See under Cerebro-spinal."
"MENISCAL","Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus."
"MENISCOID","Concavo-convex, like a meniscus."
"MENISCUS","A lens convex on one side and concave on the other."
"MENISPERMACEOUS","Pertaining to a natural order (Menispermace\u00e6) of climbingplants of which moonseed (Menispermum) is the type."
"MENISPERMIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, moonseed (Menispermum), orother plants of the same family, as the Anamirta Cocculus."
"MENISPERMINE","An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained from thecocculus indicus (the fruit of Anamirta Cocculus, formerlyMenispermum Cocculus) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder; --called also menispermina."
"MENIVER","Same as Miniver."
"MENOPAUSE","The period of natural cessation of menstruation. See Change oflife, under Change."
"MENOSTASIS","Stoppage of the mences."
"MENOSTATION","Same as Menostasis."
"MENOW","A minnow."
"MENSAL","Belonging to the table; transacted at table; as, mensaconversation."
"MENSE","Manliness; dignity; comeliness; civility. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]-- Mense'ful, a.-- Mense'less, a."
"MENSES","The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of bloodor bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs."
"MENSTRUANT","Subject to monthly flowing or menses."
"MENSTRUATE","Menstruous. [Obs.]"
"MENSTRUATION","The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period ofmenstruating."
"MENSTRUE","The menstrual flux; menses. [Obs.]"
"MENSTRUUM","Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent.The proper menstruum to dissolve metal. Bacon.All liquors are called menstruums which are used as dissolvents, orto extract the virtues of ingredients by infusion or decoction.Quincy."
"MENSURABILITY","The quality of being mensurable."
"MENSURABLE","Capable of being measured; measurable."
"MENSURABLENESS","The quality or state of being mensurable; measurableness."
"MENSURAL","Of or pertaining to measure."
"MENSURATE","To measure. [Obs.]"
"MENT","of Menge."
"MENTAGRA","Sycosis."
"MENTAL","Of or pertaining to the chin; genian; as, the mental nerve; themental region."
"MENTALITY","Quality or state of mind. 'The same hard mentality.' Emerson."
"MENTALLY","In the mind; in thought or meditation; intellectually; in idea."
"MENTHA","A widely distributed genus of fragrant herbs, including thepeppermint, spearmint, etc. The plants have small flowers, usuallyarranged in dense axillary clusters."
"MENTHENE","A colorless liquid hydrocarbon resembling oil of turpentine,obtained by dehydrating menthol. It has an agreeable odor and acooling taste."
"MENTHOL","A white, crystalline, aromatic substance resembling camphor,extracted from oil of peppermint (Mentha); -- called also mintcamphor or peppermint camphor."
"MENTHYL","A compound radical forming the base of menthol."
"MENTICULTURAL","Of or pertaining to mental culture; serving to improve orstrengthen the mind. [R.]"
"MENTION","A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief orcursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.I will make mention of thy righteousness. Ps. lxxi. 16.And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention Of me more must beheard of. Shak."
"MENTIONABLE","Fit to be mentioned."
"MENTOMECKELIAN","Of or pertaining to the chin and lower jaw.-- n."
"MENTOR","A wise and faithful counselor or monitor."
"MENTORIAL","Containing advice or admonition."
"MENTUM","The front median plate of the labium in insects. See Labium."
"MENU","The details of a banquet; a bill of fare."
"MENUSE","See Amenuse. [Obs.]"
"MEOW","See 6th and 7th Mew."
"MEPHISTOPHELIAN","Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, 'acrafty, scoffing, relentless fiend;' devilish; crafty."
"MEPHITIS","A genus of mammals, including the skunks."
"MEPHITISM","Same as Mephitis, 1."
"MERACIOUS","Being without mixture or adulteration; hence, strong; racy.[Obs.]"
"MERCABLE","Capable of being bought or sold. [Obs.]"
"MERCANTILE","Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants;having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities;commercial.The expedition of the Argonauts was partly mercantile, partlymilitary. Arbuthnot.Mercantile agency, an agency for procuring information of thestanding and credit of merchants in different parts of the country,for the use of dealers who sell to them.-- Mercantile marine, the persons and vessels employed in commerce,taken collectively.-- Mercantile paper, the notes or acceptances given by merchants forgoods bought, or received on consignment; drafts on merchants forgoods sold or consigned. McElrath."
"MERCAPTAL","Any one of a series of compounds of mercaptans with aldehydes."
"MERCAPTAN","Any one of series of compounds, hydrosulphides of alcoholradicals, in composition resembling the alcohols, but containingsulphur in place of oxygen, and hence called also the sulphuralcohols. In general, they are colorless liquids having a strong,repulsive, garlic odor. The name is specifically applied to ethylmercaptan, C2H5SH. So called from its avidity for mercury, and othermetals."
"MERCAPTIDE","A compound of mercaptan formed by replacing its sulphurhydrogen by a metal; as, potassium mercaptide, C2H5SK."
"MERCAT","Market; trade. [Obs.] Bp. Sprat."
"MERCATANTE","A foreign trader. [Obs.] Shak."
"MERCATURE","Commerce; traffic; trade. [Obs.]"
"MERCE","To subject to fine or amercement; to mulct; to amerce. [Obs.]"
"MERCENARIA","The quahog."
"MERCENARIAN","A mercenary. [Obs.]"
"MERCENARILY","In a mercenary manner."
"MERCENARINESS","The quality or state of being mercenary; venality. Boyle."
"MERCENARY","One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired intoforeign service. Milman."
"MERCER","Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; nowrestricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens.[Eng.]"
"MERCERIZE","To treat (cotton fiber or fabrics) with a solution of causticalkali. Such treatment causes the fiber to shrink in length andbecome stronger and more receptive of dyes. If the yarn or cloth iskept under tension during the process, it assumes a silky luster. --Mer`cer*i*za'tion (#), n."
"MERCERSHIP","The business of a mercer."
"MERCERY","The trade of mercers; the goods in which a mercer deals."
"MERCHAND","To traffic. [Obs.] Bacon."
"MERCHANDISABLE","Such as can be used or transferred as merchandise."
"MERCHANDISE","To trade; to carry on commerce. Bacon."
"MERCHANDISER","A trader. Bunyan."
"MERCHANDRY","Trade; commerce. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson."
"MERCHANT","Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as,the merchant service. Merchant bar, Merchant iron or steel, certaincommon sizes of wrought iron and steel bars.-- Merchant service, the mercantile marine of a country. Am. Cyc.-- Merchant ship, a ship employed in commerce.-- Merchant tailor, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for thegarments which he makes."
"MERCHANTABLE","Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or such aswill bring the ordinary price; as, merchantable wheat; sometimes, atechnical designation for a particular kind or class."
"MERCHANTLY","Merchantlike; suitable to the character or business of amerchant. [Obs.] Gauden."
"MERCIABLE","Merciful. [Obs.]"
"MERCIFY","To pity. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MERCILESS","Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animatebeings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant;merciless waves.The foe is merciless, and will not pity. Shak."
"MERCURAMMONIUM","A radical regarded as derived from ammonium by the substitutionof mercury for a portion of the hydrogen."
"MERCURIAL","Caused by the use of mercury; as, mercurial sore mouth."
"MERCURIALISM","The morbid condition produced by the excessive use of mercury,or by exposure to its fumes, as in mining or smelting."
"MERCURIALIST","A physician who uses much mercury, in any of its forms, in hispractice."
"MERCURIALIZE","To affect with mercury."
"MERCURIALLY","In a mercurial manner."
"MERCURIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containingmercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury into which thiselement enters in its lowest proportion. Mercuric chloride, corrosivesublimate. See Corrosive."
"MERCURIFICATION","The process or operation of obtaining the mercury, in its fluidform, from mercuric minerals."
"MERCURISM","A communication of news; an announcement. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"MERCUROUS","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containingmercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury in which it is presentin its highest proportion. Mercurous chloride. (Chem.) See Calomel."
"MERCURY","A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated by the poets asidentical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor ofsouls to the lower world, and god of eloquence."
"MERD","Ordure; dung. [Obs.] Burton."
"MERE","A pool or lake. Drayton. Tennyson."
"MERENCHYMA","Tissue composed of spheroidal cells."
"MERESMAN","An officer who ascertains meres or boundaries. [Eng.]"
"MERESTEAD","The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or farm.[Archaic.] Longfellow."
"MERESTONE","A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark. Bacon."
"MERGANSER","Any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera. They areallied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill."
"MERGE","To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.To merge all natural ... sentiment in inordinate vanity. Burke.Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent dutiesof patriots. De Quincey."
"MERGER","An absorption of one estate, or one contract, in another, or ofa minor offense in a greater."
"MERICARP","One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See Cremocarp."
"MERIDE","A permanent colony of cells or plastids which may remainisolated, like Rotifer, or may multiply by gemmation to form higheraggregates, termed zoides. Perrier."
"MERIDIAN","A great circle of the sphere passing through the poles of theheavens and the zenith of a given place. It is crossed by the sun atmidday."
"MERIDIONALLY","In the direction of the meridian."
"MERILS","A boy's play, called also fivepenny morris. See Morris."
"MERINGUE","A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites of eggswhipped up, -- with jam or cream added."
"MERINO","A breed of sheep originally from Spain, noted for the finenessof its wool."
"MERISMATIC","Dividing into cells or segments; characterized by separationinto two or more parts or sections by the formation of internalpartitions; as, merismatic growth, where one cell divides into many."
"MERISTEM","A tissue of growing cells, or cells capable of furtherdivision."
"MERIT","To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; toprofit. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"MERITABLE","Deserving of reward. [R.]"
"MERITEDLY","By merit; deservedly."
"MERITMONGER","One who depends on merit for salvation. [Obs.] Milner."
"MERITORIOUS","Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy ofrecompense; valuable.And meritorious shall that hand be called, Canonized, and worshipedas a saint. Shak.-- Mer`i*to'ri*ous*ly, adv.-- Mer`i*to'ri*ous*ness, n."
"MERITORY","Meritorious. [Obs.]"
"MERITOT","A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, tillthey are dizzy."
"MERK","An old Scotch silver coin; a mark or marc. [Scot.]"
"MERKE","Murky. [Obs.] Piers Plowman."
"MERKIN","Originally, a wig; afterwards, a mop for cleaning cannon."
"MERLIN","A small European falcon (Falco lithofalco, or F. \u00e6salon)."
"MERLING","The European whiting."
"MERLON","One of the solid parts of a battlemented parapet; a battlement.See Illust. of Battlement."
"MERLUCE","The European hake; -- called also herring hake and sea pike."
"MERMAID","A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having theupper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a seanymph, sea woman, or woman fish."
"MERMAN","The male corresponding to mermaid; a sea man, or man fish."
"MEROBLAST","An ovum, as that of a mammal, only partially composed ofgerminal matter, that is, consisting of both a germinal portion andan albuminous or nutritive one; -- opposed to holoblast."
"MEROBLASTIC","Consisting only in part of germinal matter; characterized bypartial segmentation only; as, meroblastic ova, in which a portion ofthe yolk only undergoes fission; meroblastic segmentation; -- opposedto holoblastic."
"MEROCELE","Hernia in the thigh; femoral hernia ."
"MEROISTIC","Applied to the ovaries of insects when they secretevitelligenous cells, as well as ova."
"MEROPIDAN","One of a family of birds (Meropid\u00e6), including the bee-eaters."
"MEROPODITE","The fourth joint of a typical appendage of Crustacea."
"MERORGANIZATION","Organization in part. [R.]"
"MEROS","The plain surface between the channels of a triglyph. [Writtenalso merus.] Weale."
"MEROSOME","One of the serial segments, or metameres, of which the bodiesof vertebrate and articulate animals are composed."
"MEROSTOMATA","A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes thetrilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except thehorseshoe crabs of the last group. See Limulus."
"MEROU","See Jack, 8 (c)."
"MEROVINGIAN","Of or pertaining to the first Frankish dynasty in Gaul orFrance.-- n."
"MEROZOITE","A form of spore, usually elongate or falciform, and somewhatamoboid, produced by segmentation of the schizonts of certainSporozoa, as the malaria parasite."
"MERRILY","In a merry manner; with mirth; with gayety and laughter;jovially. See Mirth, and Merry.Merrily sing, and sport, and play. Granville."
"MERRIMAKE","See Merrymake, n."
"MERRIMENT","Gayety, with laughter; mirth; frolic. 'Follies and lightmerriment.' Spenser.Methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-managed merriment. Milton."
"MERRINESS","The quality or state of being merry; merriment; mirth; gayety,with laughter."
"MERRY","A kind of wild red cherry."
"MERRY-ANDREW","One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; azany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor."
"MERRY-GO-ROUND","Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a ringof flying hobbyhorses."
"MERRYMAKE","Mirth; frolic; a meeting for mirth; a festival. [Written alsomerrimake.]"
"MERRYMAKER","One who makes merriment or indulges in conviviality; a jovialcomrade."
"MERRYMAKING","Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly."
"MERRYMEETING","A meeting for mirth."
"MERRYTHOUGHT","The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also wishbone.See Furculum."
"MERSION","Immersion [R.] Barrow."
"MERULIDAN","A bird of the Thrush family."
"MERUS","See Meros."
"MERVAILLE","Marvel. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MES-","See Meso-."
"MESA","A high tableland; a plateau on a hill. [Southwestern U.S.]Bartlett."
"MESACONATE","A salt of mesaconic acid."
"MESACONIC","Pertaining to, or designating, one of several isomeric acidsobtained from citric acid."
"MESAD","Same as Mesiad."
"MESAL","Same as Mesial."
"MESALLIANCE","A marriage with a person of inferior social position; amisalliance."
"MESALLY","Same as Mesially."
"MESARAIC","Mesenteric."
"MESATICEPHALIC","Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the cranium amedium one; neither brachycephalic nor dolichocephalic."
"MESATICEPHALOUS","Mesaticephalic."
"MESCAL","A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave.See Agave."
"MESDAMES","pl. of Madame and Madam."
"MESEEMS","It seems to me. [Poetic]"
"MESEL","A leper. [Obs.]"
"MESELRY","Leprosy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MESEMBRYANTHEMUM","A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants, chiefly nativesof South Africa. The leaves are opposite, thick, and f"
"MESENCEPHALIC","Of or pertaining to the mesencephalon or midbrain."
"MESENCEPHALON","The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimesabbreviated to mesen. See Brain."
"MESENCHYMA","The part of the mesoblast which gives rise to the connectivetissues and blood."
"MESENTERIC","Pertaining to a mesentery; mesaraic."
"MESENTERON","All that part of the alimentary canal which is developed fromthe primitive enteron and is lined with hypoblast. It isdistinguished from the stomod, a part at the anterior end of thecanal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctod, a part atthe posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are linedwith epiblast."
"MESENTERY","The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold ofthe peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestinesand their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity.The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium, theother mesenteries being called mesoc, mesocolon, mesorectum, etc."
"MESERAIC","Mesaraic."
"MESETHMOID","Of or pertaining to the middle of the ethmoid region or ethmoidbone.-- n. (Anat.)"
"MESH","The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.Mesh stick, a stick on which the mesh is formed in netting."
"MESHED","Mashed; brewed. [Obs.] Shak."
"MESHY","Formed with meshes; netted."
"MESIAD","Toward, or on the side toward, the mesial plane; mesially; --opposed to laterad."
"MESIAL","Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane;internal; -- opposed to lateral. Mesial plane. (Anat.) See Meson."
"MESIALLY","In, near, or toward, the mesial plane; mesiad."
"MESITYL","A hypothetical radical formerly supposed to exist in mesityloxide. Mesityl oxide (Chem.), a volatile liquid having the odor ofpeppermint, obtained by certain dehydrating agents from acetone; --formerly called also dumasin."
"MESITYLENATE","A salt of mesitylenic acid."
"MESITYLENE","A colorless, fragrant liquid, C6H3(CH3)3, of the benzene seriesof hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling acetone with sulphuric acid.-- Me*sit`y*len'ic, a."
"MESITYLOL","A crystalline substance obtained from mesitylene."
"MESLIN","See Maslin."
"MESMEREE","A person subjected to mesmeric influence; one who ismesmerized. [R.]"
"MESMERISM","The art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of thenervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, andcommunicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. See Animalmagnetism, under Magnetism."
"MESMERIST","One who practices, or believes in, mesmerism."
"MESMERIZATION","The act of mesmerizing; the state of being mesmerized."
"MESMERIZE","To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep."
"MESMERIZER","One who mesmerizes."
"MESNE","Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord whoholds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person,in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior tothe second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord. Mesneprocess, intermediate process; process intervening between thebeginning and end of a suit, sometimes understood to be the wholeprocess preceding the execution. Blackstone. Burrill.-- Mesne profits, profits of premises during the time the owner hasbeen wrongfully kept out of the possession of his estate. Burrill."
"MESOARIUM","The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the dorsalwall of the body cavity."
"MESOBLASTIC","Relating to the mesoblast; as, the mesoblastic layer."
"MESOBRANCHIAL","Of or pertaining to a region of the carapace of a crab coveringthe middle branchial region."
"MESOBRONCHIUM","The main bronchus of each lung."
"MESOCAECUM","The fold of peritoneum attached to the c\u00e6cum.-- Mes`o*c\u00e6'cal, a."
"MESOCARP","The middle layer of a pericarp which consists of three distinctor dissimilar layers. Gray."
"MESOCEPHALON","The pons Varolii."
"MESOCEPHALOUS","Mesocephalic."
"MESOCOLON","The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the colon.-- Mes`o*col'ic, a."
"MESOCORACOID","A process from the middle of the coracoid in some animals."
"MESODERMAL","Pertaining to, or derived from, the mesoderm; as, mesodermaltissues."
"MESODERMIC","Same as Mesodermal."
"MESODONT","Having teeth of moderate size."
"MESOGASTER","The fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with the dorsalwall of the abdominal cavity; the mesogastrium."
"MESOGASTRIC","Of or pertaining to the middle gastric lobe of the carapace ofa crab."
"MESOGASTRIUM","A thin gelatinous tissue separating the ectoderm and endodermin certain coelenterates.-- Mes`o*gloeal, a."
"MESOGNATHOUS","Having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous andorthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic."
"MESOHEPAR","A fold of the peritoneum connecting the liver with the dorsalwall of the abdominal cavity."
"MESOHIPPUS","An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than asheep, and having three toes on each foot."
"MESOLABE","An instrument of the ancients for finding two meanproportionals between two given lines, required in solving theproblem of the duplication of the cube. Brande & C."
"MESOLE","Same as Thomsonite."
"MESOLITE","A zeolitic mineral, grayish white or yellowish, occuring indelicate groups of crystals, also fibrous massive. It is a hydroussilicate of alumina, lime, and soda."
"MESOLOGARITHM","A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent. [Obs.] Kepler. Hutton."
"MESOMETRIUM","The fold of the peritoneum supporting the oviduct."
"MESOMYCETES","One of the three classes into which the fungi are divided inBrefeld's classification. -- Mes`o*my*ce'tous (#), a."
"MESOMYODIAN","A bird having a mesomyodous larynx."
"MESOMYODOUS","Having the intrinsic muscles of the larynx attached to themiddle of the semirings."
"MESON","The mesial plane dividing the body of an animal into similarright and left halves. The line in which it meets the dorsal surfacehas been called the dorsimeson, and the corresponding ventral edgethe ventrimeson. B. G. Wilder."
"MESONASAL","Of or pertaining to the middle portion of the nasal region."
"MESONEPHRIC","Of or pertaining to the mesonephros; as, the mesonephric, orWolffian, duct."
"MESONEPHROS","The middle one of the three pairs of embryonic renal organsdeveloped in most vertebrates; the Wolffian body."
"MESONOTUM","The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects."
"MESOPHLOEUM","The middle bark of a tree; the green layer of bark, usuallysoon covered by the outer or corky layer, and obliterated."
"MESOPHRYON","See Glabella."
"MESOPHYLLUM","The parenchyma of a leaf between the skin of the two surfaces.Gray."
"MESOPLAST","The nucleus of a cell; mesoblast. Agassix."
"MESOPODIAL","Of or pertaining to the mesopodialia or to the parts of thelimbs to which they belong."
"MESOPODIALE","One of the bones of either the carpus or tarsus."
"MESOPODIUM","The middle portion of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda."
"MESOPTERYGIUM","The middle one of the three principal basal cartilages in thefins of fishes.-- Me*sop`ter*yg'i*al, a."
"MESORCHIUM","The fold of peritoneum which attaches the testis to the dorsalwall of the body cavity or scrotal sac."
"MESORECTUM","The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the rectum.-- Mes`o*rec'tal, a."
"MESORHINE","Having the nose of medium width; between leptorhine andplatyrhine."
"MESOSAURIA","Same as Mosasauria."
"MESOSCAPULA","A process from the middle of the scapula in some animals; thespine of the scapula."
"MESOSCAPULAR","Of or pertaining to the mesoscapula."
"MESOSCUTUM","The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic segment of aninsect. See Illust. of Butterfly."
"MESOSEME","Having a medium orbital index; having orbits neither broad nornarrow; between megaseme and microseme."
"MESOSIDERITE","See the Note under Meteorite."
"MESOSPERM","A membrane of a seed. See Secundine."
"MESOSTATE","A product of metabolic action."
"MESOSTERNAL","Of or pertaining to the mesosternum."
"MESOSTERNUM","The middle portion, or body, of the sternum."
"MESOTARTARIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also inactivetartaric acid."
"MESOTHECA","The middle layer of the gonophore in the Hydrozoa."
"MESOTHELIUM","Epithelial mesoderm; a layer of cuboidal epithelium cells,formed from a portion of the mesoderm during the differetiation ofthe germ layers. It constitutes the boundary of the coelum."
"MESOTHORACIC","Of or pertaining to the mesothorax."
"MESOTHORAX","The middle segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. ofColeoptera."
"MESOTHORIUM","A radioactive product intermediate between thorium andradiothorium, with a period of 5.5 years."
"MESOTROCHAL","Having the middle of the body surrounded by bands of cilia; --said of the larv\u00e6 of certain marine annelids."
"MESOTYPE","An old term covering natrolite or soda mesolite, scolecite orlime mesotype, and mesolite or lime-soda mesotype."
"MESOVARIUM","The fold of peritoneum connecting the ovary with the wall ofthe abdominal cavity."
"MESOXALATE","A salt of mesoxalic acid."
"MESOXALIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, CH2O2(CO2H)2, obtainedfrom amido malonic acid."
"MESOZOA","A group of very lowly organized, wormlike parasites, includingthe Dicyemata. They are found in cephalopods. See Dicyemata."
"MESOZOIC","Belonging, or relating, to the secondary or reptilian age, orthe era between the Paleozoic and Cenozoic. See Chart of Geology."
"MESPRISE","Misadventure; ill-success. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MESQUITE BEAN","The pod or seed of the mesquite."
"MESS","Mass; church service. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MESS BEEF","Barreled salt beef, packed with about 80 pounds chuck and rump,two flanks, and the rest plates."
"MESSAGE","To bear as a message. [Obs.]"
"MESSAGE STICK","A stick, carved with lines and dots, used, esp. by Australianaborigines, to convey information."
"MESSAGER","A messenger. [Obs.]"
"MESSENGER","A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two endslashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly usedfor heaving in the cable."
"MESSET","A dog. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"MESSIAD","A German epic poem on the Messiah, by Klopstock."
"MESSIAH","The expected king and deliverer of the Hebrews; the Savior;Christ.And told them the Messiah now was born. Milton."
"MESSIAHSHIP","The state or office of the Messiah."
"MESSIANIC","Of or relating to the Messiah; as, the Messianic office orcharacter."
"MESSIAS","The Messiah.I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ. John iv. 25."
"MESSIDOR","The tenth month of the French republican calendar dating fromSeptember 22, 1792. It began June 19, and ended July 18. SeeVend\u00c9miaire."
"MESSIEURS","Sirs; gentlemen; -- abbreviated to Messrs., which is used asthe plural of Mr."
"MESSINESE","Of or pertaining to Messina, or its inhabitans."
"MESSMATE","An associate in a mess."
"MESSUAGE","A dwelling house, with the adjacent buildings and curtilage,and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the household.Cowell. Bouvier.They wedded her to sixty thousand pounds, To lands in Kent, andmessuages in York. Tennyson."
"MEST","Most. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MESTEE","The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; -- so called inthe West Indies. [Written also mustee.]"
"MESTER","See Mister, a trade."
"MESTINO","See Mestizo."
"MESTIZO","The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or personof European stock. [Spanish America] Mestizo wool, wool imported fromSouth America, and produced by mixed breeds of sheep."
"MESTLING","A kind of brass. See Maslin. [Obs.]"
"MESYMNICUM","A repetition at the end of a stanza."
"MET","of Meet."
"METABASIS","A transition from one subject to another."
"METABOLIAN","An insect which undergoes a metamorphosis."
"METABOLIC","Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving,change."
"METABOLISIS","Metabolism. [R.]"
"METABOLISM","The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take upand convert into their own proper substance the nutritive materialbrought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cellprotoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either forexcretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of thedigestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive(anabolism), or destructive (katabolism)."
"METABOLITE","A product of metabolism; a substance produced by metabolicaction, as urea."
"METABOLIZE","To change by a metabolic process. See Metabolism."
"METABRANCHIAL","Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs coveringthe posterior branchi\u00e6."
"METACARPAL","Of or pertaining to the metacarpus.-- n."
"METACARPUS","That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between thecarpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust.of Artiodactyla."
"METACETONE","A colorless liquid of an agreeable odor, C6H10O, obtained bydistilling a mixture of sugar and lime; -- so called because formerlyregarded as a polymeric modification of acetone."
"METACHLORAL","A white, amorphous, insoluble substance regarded as a polymericvariety of chloral."
"METACHRONISM","An error committed in chronology by placing an event after itsreal time."
"METACHROSIS","The power og changing color at will by the expansion of specialpigment cells, under nerve influence, as seen in many reptiles,fishes, etc. Cope."
"METACINNABARITE","Sulphide of mercury in isometric form and black in color."
"METACISM","A defect in pronouncing the letter m, or a too frequent use ofit."
"METACROLEIN","A polymeric modification of acrolein obtained by heating itwith caustic potash. It is a crystalline substance having an aromaticodor."
"METACROMION","A process projecting backward and downward from the acromion ofthe scapula of some mammals."
"METADISCOIDAL","Discoidal by derivation; -- applied especially to the placentaof man and apes, because it is supposed to have been derived from adiffused placenta."
"METAGASTRIC","Of or pertaining to the two posterior gastric lobes of thecarapace of crabs."
"METAGENESIS","The change of form which one animal species undergoes in aseries of successively produced individuals, extending from the onedeveloped from the ovum to the final perfected individual. Hence,metagenesis involves the production of sexual individuals bynonsexual means, either directly or through intervening sexlessgenerations. Opposed to monogenesis. See Alternate generation, underGeneration."
"METAGENETIC","Of or pertaining to metagenesis."
"METAGENIC","Metagenetic."
"METAGNATHOUS","Cross-billed; -- said of certain birds, as the crossbill."
"METAGRAMMATISM","Anagrammatism."
"METAGRAPHIC","By or pertaining to metagraphy."
"METAGRAPHY","The art or act of rendering the letters of the alphabet of onelanguage into the possible equivalents of another; transliteration.Stormonth."
"METAL","An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whoseoxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, ascontrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can bedrawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partakeof both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth,etc."
"METALAMMONIUM","A hypothetical radical derived from ammonium by thesubstitution of metallic atoms in place of hydrogen."
"METALBUMIN","A form of albumin found in ascitic and certain serous fluids.It is sometimes regarded as a mixture of albumin and mucin."
"METALDEHYDE","A white crystalline substance isomeric with, and obtained from,acetic aldehyde by polymerization, and reconvertible into the same."
"METALEPSIS","The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession ofsignifications, or the union of two or more tropes of a differentkind in one word."
"METALEPSY","Exchange; replacement; substitution; metathesis. [R.]"
"METALEPTIC","Of, pertaining to, concerned in, or occurring by, metalepsy."
"METALEPTICAL","Metaleptic.-- Met`a*lep'tic*al*ly, adv."
"METALLIC","Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential andimplied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal ormetalloid; basic; antacid; positive. Metallic iron, iron in the stateof the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic iron.-- Metallic paper, paper covered with a thin solution of lime,whiting, and size. When written upon with a pewter or brass pencil,the lines can hardly be effaced.-- Metallic tinking (Med.), a sound heard in the chest, when acavity communicating with the air passages contains both air andliquid."
"METALLICAL","See Metallic. [Obs.]"
"METALLICLY","In a metallic manner; by metallic means."
"METALLIFACTURE","The production and working or manufacture of metals. [R.] R.Park."
"METALLIFEROUS","Producing metals; yielding metals."
"METALLIFORM","Having the form or structure of a metal."
"METALLINE","A substance of variable composition, but resembling a soft,dark-colored metal, used in the bearings of machines for obviatingfriction, and as a substitute for lubricants."
"METALLIST","A worker in metals, or one skilled in metals."
"METALLIZATION","The act or process of metallizing. [R.]"
"METALLIZE","To impart metallic properties to; to impregnate with a metal.[R.]"
"METALLOCHROME","A coloring produced by the deposition of some metalliccompound; specifically, the prismatic tints produced by depositing afilm of peroxide of lead on polished steel by electricity."
"METALLOCHROMY","The art or process of coloring metals."
"METALLOGRAPH","A print made by metallography."
"METALLOGRAPHIC","Pertaining to, or by means of, metallography."
"METALLOGRAPHIST","One who writes on the subject of metals."
"METALLOID","Having the properties of a nonmetal; nonmetallic; acid;negative."
"METALLOIDAL","Metalloid."
"METALLORGANIC","Metalorganic."
"METALLOTHERAPY","Treatment of disease by applying metallic plates to the surfaceof the body."
"METALLURGIST","One who works in metals, or prepares them for use; one who isskilled in metallurgy."
"METALLURGY","The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process ofseparating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining,and parting them; sometimes, in a narrower sense, only the process ofextracting metals from their ores."
"METALMAN","A worker in metals."
"METALOGICAL","Beyond the scope or province of logic."
"METALORGANIC","Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of a series of compounds ofcertain metallic elements with organic radicals; as, zinc methyl,sodium ethyl, etc. [Written also metallorganic.]"
"METAMER","Any one of several metameric forms of the same substance, or ofdifferent substances having the same composition; as, xylene hasthree metamers, viz., orthoxylene, metaxylene, and paraxylene."
"METAMERE","One of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and plants;one of a series of similar parts that follow one another in avertebrate or articulate animal, as in an earthworm; a segment; asomite. See Illust. of Loeven's larva."
"METAMERIC","Having the same elements united in the same proportion byweight, and with the same molecular weight, but possessing adifferent structure and different properties; as, methyl ether andethyl alcohol are metameric compounds. See Isomeric."
"METAMERICALLY","In a metameric manner."
"METAMERISM","The symmetry of a metameric structure; serial symmetry; thestate of being made up of metameres."
"METAMORPHIC","Pertaining to, produced by, or exhibiting, certain changeswhich minerals or rocks may have undergone since their originaldeposition; -- especially applied to the recrystallization whichsedimentary rocks have undergone through the influence of heat andpressure, after which they are called metamorphic rocks."
"METAMORPHISM","The state or quality of being metamorphic; the process by whichthe material of rock masses has been more or less recrystallized byheat, pressure, etc., as in the change of sedimentary limestone tomarble. Murchison."
"METAMORPHIST","One who believes that the body of Christ was merged into theDeity when he ascended."
"METAMORPHIZE","To metamorphose."
"METAMORPHOSE","To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.And earth was metamorphosed into man. Dryden."
"METAMORPHOSER","One who metamorphoses. [R.] Gascoigne."
"METAMORPHOSIC","Changing the form; transforming. [R.] Pownall."
"METAMORPHOSIS","A change in the form or function of a living organism, by anatural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis ofthe yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud intoa blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which anembryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as thechrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediatestages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimatelypass into final and sexually developed forms, from the union of whichorganisms are produced which pass through the same cycle of changes.See Transformation."
"METANAUPLIUS","A larval crustacean in a stage following the nauplius, andhaving about seven pairs of appendages."
"METANEPHRITIC","Of or pertaining to the metanephros."
"METANEPHROS","The most posterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal organsdeveloped in many vertebrates."
"METANOTUM","The dorsal portion of the metaphorax of insects."
"METANTIMONATE","A salt of metantimonic acid."
"METAPECTIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a supposed acid obtained frompectin."
"METAPECTIN","A substance obtained from, and resembling, pectin, andoccurring in overripe fruits."
"METAPEPTONE","An intermediate product formed in the gastric digestion ofalbuminous matter."
"METAPHOR","The transference of the relation between one set of objects toanother set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressedsimile; e. g., the ship plows the sea. Abbott & Seeley. 'All theworld's a stage.' Shak."
"METAPHORIST","One who makes metaphors."
"METAPHOSPHATE","A salt of metaphosphoric acid."
"METAPHOSPHORIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid, HPO3,analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid, obtainedas a crystalline substance, commonly called glacial phosphoric acid."
"METAPHRASED","Translated literally."
"METAPHRASIS","Metaphrase."
"METAPHRAST","A literal translator."
"METAPHYSIC","See Metaphysics."
"METAPHYSICALLY","In the manner of metaphysical science, or of a metaphysician.South."
"METAPHYSICIAN","One who is versed in metaphysics."
"METAPHYSIS","Change of form; transformation."
"METAPLASM","A change in the letters or syllables of a word."
"METAPLAST","A word having more than one form of the root."
"METAPODE","The posterior division of the foot in the Gastropoda andPteropoda."
"METAPODIAL","Of or pertaining to the metapodialia, or to the parts of thelimbs to which they belong."
"METAPODIALE","One of the bones of either the metacarpus or metatarsus."
"METAPODIUM","Same as Metapode."
"METAPOPHYSIS","A tubercle projecting from the anterior articular processes ofsome vertebr\u00e6; a mammillary process."
"METAPTERYGIUM","The posterior of the three principal basal cartilages in thefins of fishes.-- Me*tap`ter*yg'i*al, a."
"METASILICATE","A salt of metasilicic acid."
"METASILICIC","Designating an acid derived from silicic acid by the removal ofwater; of or pertaining to such an acid."
"METASOMATISM","An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving achemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; --opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply arecrystallization.-- Met`a*so*mat'ic, a."
"METASOME","One of the component segments of the body of an animal."
"METASTANNATE","A salt of metastannic acid."
"METASTANNIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a compound of tin (metastannicacid), obtained, as an isomeric modification of stannic acid, in theform of a white amorphous substance."
"METASTASIS","A spiritual change, as during baptism."
"METASTATIC","Of, pertaining to, or caused by, metastasis; as, a metastaticabscess; the metastatic processes of growth."
"METASTERNAL","Of or pertaining to the metasternum."
"METASTERNUM","The most posterior element of the sternum; the ensiformprocess; xiphisternum."
"METATARSAL","Of or pertaining to the metatarsus.-- n."
"METATARSE","Metatarsus."
"METATARSUS","That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between thetarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, offive bones. See Illustration in Appendix."
"METATE","A flat or somewhat hollowed stone upon which grain or otherfood is ground, by means of a smaller stone or pestle. [SouthwesternU. S. & Sp. Amer.]"
"METATHESIS","Transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a word; as,pistris for pristis; meagre for meager."
"METATHORACIC","Of or pertaining to the metathorax."
"METATHORAX","The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. SeeIllust. of Coleoptera."
"METATITANIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of titaniumanalogous to metasilicic acid."
"METATUNGSTATE","A salt of metatungstic acid."
"METATUNGSTIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid known only in itssalts (the metatungstates) and properly called polytungstic, orpyrotungstic, acid."
"METAVANADATE","A salt of metavanadic acid."
"METAVANADIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a vanadic acid analogous tometaphosphoric acid."
"METAXYLENE","That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in which the twomethyl groups occupy the meta position with reference to each other.It is a colorless inf"
"METAYAGE","A system of farming on halves. [France & Italy]"
"METAYER","One who cultivates land for a share (usually one half) of itsyield, receiving stock, tools, and seed from the landlord. [France &Italy] Milman."
"METAZOA","Those animals in which the protoplasmic mass, constituting theegg, is converted into a multitude of cells, which are metamorphosedinto the tissues of the body. A central cavity is commonly developed,and the cells around it are at first arranged in two layers, -- theectoderm and endoderm. The group comprises nearly all animals exceptthe Protozoa."
"METAZOAN","One of the Metazoa."
"METAZOIC","Of or pertaining to the Metazoa."
"METE","Meat. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"METECORN","A quantity of corn formerly given by the lord to his customarytenants, as an encouragement to, or reward for, labor and faithfulservice."
"METELY","According to measure or proportion; proportionable;proportionate. [Obs.]"
"METEMPIRICISM","The science that is concerned with metempirics."
"METEMPIRICS","The concepts and relations which are conceived as beyond, andyet as related to, the knowledge gained by experience."
"METEMPSYCHOSE","To translate or transfer, as the soul, from one body toanother. [R.] Peacham."
"METEMPSYCHOSIS","The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the deathof the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body,whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls. Sir T.Browne."
"METEMPTOSIS","The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date ofthe new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of thebissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this is theproemptosis, or the addition of a day every 330 years, and anotherevery 2,400 years."
"METENCEPHALON","The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; theafterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten."
"METENSOMATOSIS","The assimilation by one body or organism of the elements ofanother."
"METEORICAL","Meteoric."
"METEORISM","Flatulent distention of the abdomen; tympanites."
"METEORITE","A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth fromspace; an a\u00ebrolite."
"METEORIZE","To ascend in vapors; to take the form of a meteor. Evelyn."
"METEOROGRAPH","An instrument which registers meteorologic phases orconditions."
"METEOROGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to meteorography."
"METEOROGRAPHY","The registration of meteorological phenomena."
"METEOROID","A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun,which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated andappear as a meteor.These bodies [small, solid bodies] before they come into the air, Icall meteoroids. H. A. Newton."
"METEOROIDAL","Of or pertaining to a meteoroid or to meteoroids."
"METEOROLITE","A meteoric stone; an a\u00ebrolite; a meteorite."
"METEOROLOGIST","A person skilled in meteorology."
"METEOROLOGY","The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena,particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds,storms, etc."
"METEOROMANCY","A species of divination by meteors, chiefly by thunder andlightning, which was held in high estimation by the Romans."
"METEOROMETER","An apparatus which transmits automatically to a central stationatmospheric changes as marked by the anemometer, barometer,thermometer, etc."
"METEOROUS","Of the nature or appearance of a meteor."
"METER","A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net isattached in order to strengthen it."
"METERAGE","The act of measuring, or the cost of measuring."
"METERGRAM","A measure of energy or work done; the power exerted in raisingone gram through the distance of one meter against gravitation."
"METEWAND","A measuring rod. Ascham."
"METEYARD","A yard, staff, or rod, used as a measure. [Obs.] Shak."
"METH","See Meathe. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"METHAEMOGLOBIN","A stable crystalline compound obtained by the decomposition ofhemoglobin. It is found in old blood stains."
"METHAL","A white waxy substance, found in small quantities in spermacetias an ethereal salt of several fatty acids, and regarded as analcohol of the methane series."
"METHANE","A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4;marsh gas. See Marsh gas, under Gas. Methane series (Chem.), a seriesof saturated hydrocarbons, of which methane is the first member andtype, and (because of their general chemical inertness andindifference) called also the paraffin (little affinity) series. Thelightest members are gases, as methane, ethane; intermediate membersare liquids, as hexane, heptane, etc. (found in benzine, kerosene,etc.); while the highest members are white, waxy, or fatty solids, asparaffin proper."
"METHANOMETER","An instrument, resembling a eudiometer, to detect the presenceand amount of methane, as in coal mines."
"METHEGLIN","A fermented beverage made of honey and water; mead. Gay."
"METHENE","See Methylene."
"METHENYL","The hypothetical hydrocarbon radical CH, regarded as anessential residue of certain organic compounds."
"METHIDE","A binary compound of methyl with some element; as, aluminiummethide, Al2(CH3)6."
"METHINKS","It seems to me; I think. See Me. [R., except in poetry.]In all ages poets have been had in special reputation, and, methinks,not without great cause. Spenser."
"METHIONATE","A salt of methionic acid."
"METHIONIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic (thionic) acidderivative of methane, obtained as a stable white crystallinesubstance, CH2.(SO3H)2, which forms well defined salts."
"METHOD","Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objectsaccording to certain common characteristics; as, the method ofTheophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linn\u00e6an method."
"METHODIOS","The art and principles of method."
"METHODISM","The system of doctrines, polity, and worship, of the sectcalled Methodists. Bp. Warburton."
"METHODIST","One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a smallassociation called the 'Holy Club,' formed at Oxford University, A.D.1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John Wesley and hisbrother Charles; -- originally so called from the methodicalstrictness of members of the club in all religious duties."
"METHODIZATION","The act or process of methodizing, or the state of beingmethodized."
"METHODIZE","To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in aconvenient manner; as, to methodize one's work or thoughts.Spectator."
"METHODIZER","One who methodizes."
"METHODOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to methodology."
"METHODOLOGY","The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method.Coleridge."
"METHOL","The technical name of methyl alcohol or wood spirit; also, byextension, the class name of any of the series of alcohols of themethane series of which methol proper is the type. See Methylalcohol, under Methyl."
"METHOUGHT","of Methinks."
"METHOXYL","A hypothetical radical, CH3O, analogous to hydroxyl."
"METHYL","A hydrocarbon radical, CH3, not existing alone but regarded asan essential residue of methane, and appearing as a component part ofmany derivatives; as, methyl alcohol, methyl ether, methyl amine,etc. [Formerly written also methule, methyle, etc.] Methyl alcohol(Chem.), a light, volatile, inflammable liquid, CH3.OH, obtained bythe distillation of wood, and hence called wood spirit; -- calledalso methol, carbinol, etc.-- Methyl amine (Chem.), a colorless, inflammable, alkaline gas,CH3.NH2, having an ammoniacal, fishy odor. It is producedartificially, and also occurs naturally in herring brine and otherfishy products. It is regarded as ammonia in which a third of itshydrogen is replaced by methyl, and is a type of the class ofsubstituted ammonias.-- Methyl ether (Chem.), a light, volatile ether CH3.O.CH3, obtainedby the etherification of methyl alcohol; -- called also methyl oxide.-- Methyl green. (Chem.) See under Green, n.-- Methyl orange. (Chem.) See Helianthin.-- Methyl violet (Chem.), an artificial dye, consisting of certainmethyl halogen derivatives of rosaniline."
"METHYLAL","A light, volatile liquid, H2C(OCH3)2, regarded as a complexether, and having a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by thepartial oxidation of methyl alcohol. Called also formal."
"METHYLAMINE","See Methyl amine, under Methyl."
"METHYLATE","An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogenis replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as, sodiummethylate, CH3ONa."
"METHYLATED","Impregnated with, or containing, methyl alcohol or wood spirit;as, methylated spirits."
"METHYLENE","A hydrocarbon radical, CH2, not known in the free state, butregarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivativesof methane; as, methylene bromide, CH2Br2; -- formerly called alsomethene. Methylene blue (Chem.), an artificial dyestuff consisting ofa complex sulphur derivative of diphenyl amine; -- called also pureblue."
"METHYLIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, methyl;specifically, designating methyl alcohol. See under Methyl."
"METHYSTICIN","A white, silky, crystalline substance extracted from the thickrootstock of a species of pepper (Piper methysticum) of the South SeaIslands; -- called also kanakin."
"METIC","A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city,but not a citizen. Mitford.The whole force of Athens, metics as well as citizens, and all thestrangers who were then in the city. Jowett (Thucyd. )."
"METICULOUS","Timid; fearful.-- Me*tic'u*lous*ly, adv."
"METIER","Calling; vocation; business; trade."
"METOL","A whitish soluble powder used as a developer in photography.Chemically, it is the sulphate of methyl-p-amino-m-cresol."
"METONIC","Pertaining to, or discovered by, Meton, the Athenian. Metoniccycle or year. (Astron.) See under Cycle."
"METONYMY","A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it;as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; weread Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is,warm affections."
"METOPE","The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which,among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust.of Entablature."
"METOPIC","Of or pertaining to the forehead or frontal bones; frontal; as,the metopic suture."
"METOPOMANCY","Fortune telling by physiognomy. [R.] Urquhart."
"METOPOSCOPIST","One versed in metoposcopy."
"METOPOSCOPY","The study of physiognomy; the art of discovering the characterof persons by their features, or the lines of the face."
"METOSTEON","The postero-lateral ossification in the sternum of birds; also,the part resulting from such ossification."
"METRE","See Meter."
"METRIC SYSTEM","See Metric, a."
"METRIC TON","A weight of 1,000 kilograms, or 2,204.6 pounds avoirdupois."
"METRICALLY","In a metrical manner."
"METRICIAN","A composer of verses. [Obs.]"
"METRIFICATION","Composition in metrical form; versification. [R.] Tennyson."
"METRIFY","To make verse. [R.] Skelton."
"METRIST","A maker of verses. Bale.Spenser was no mere metrist, but a great composer. Lowell."
"METRITIS","Inflammation of the womb."
"METROCHROME","An instrument for measuring colors."
"METROGRAPH","An instrument attached to a locomotive for recording its speedand the number and duration of its stops."
"METROLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to metrology."
"METROLOGY","The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, atreatise on the subject."
"METROMANIA","A mania for writing verses."
"METROMANIAC","One who has metromania."
"METROMETER","An instrument for measuring the size of the womb. Knight."
"METRONOME","An instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a slidingweight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure timein music."
"METRONOMY","Measurement of time by an instrument."
"METRONYMIC","Derived from the name of one's mother, or other femaleancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation.-- A metronymic appellation."
"METROPOLE","A metropolis. [Obs.] Holinshed."
"METROPOLIS","The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest churchdignitary.The great metropolis and see of Rome. Shak."
"METROPOLITAN","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or thepresiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or hisdignity; as, metropolitan authority. 'Bishops metropolitan.' Sir T.More."
"METROPOLITANATE","The see of a metropolitan bishop. Milman."
"METROPOLITE","A metropolitan. Barrow."
"METROPOLITICAL","Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis;metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair. Bp. Hall."
"METRORRHAGIA","Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur atthe menstrual period."
"METROSCOPE","A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultatingthe uterus from the vagina."
"METROSIDEROS","A myrtaceous genus of trees or shrubs, found in Australia andthe South Sea Islands, and having very hard wood. Metrosideros verais the true ironwood."
"METROTOME","An instrument for cutting or scarifying the uterus or the neckof the uterus."
"METROTOMY","The operation of cutting into the uterus; hysterotomy; theC\u00e6sarean section."
"METTE","of Mete, to dream. Chaucer."
"METTLE","Substance or quality of temperament; spirit, esp. as regardshonor, courage, fortitude, ardor, etc.; disposition; -- usually in agood sense.A certain critical hour which shall... try what mettle his heart ismade of. South.Gentlemen of brave mettle. Shak.The winged courser, like a generous horse, Shows most true mettlewhen you check his course. Pope.To put one one's mettle, to cause or incite one to use one's bestefforts."
"METTLED","Having mettle; high-spirited; ardent; full of fire. Addison."
"METTLESOME","Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, amettlesome horse.-- Met'tle*some*ly, adv.-- Met'tle*some*ness, n."
"MEUM","Lit., mine; that which is mine; -- used in the phrase meum ettuum, or meum and tuum; as, to confound meum and tuum, to fail todistinguish one's own property from that of others; to be dishonest."
"MEUTE","A cage for hawks; a mew. See 4th Mew, 1. Milman."
"MEVE","To move. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MEW","A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); calledalso sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb."
"MEWL","To cry, as a young child; to squall. [Written also meawl.]Shak."
"MEWLER","One that mewls."
"MEWS","An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confinedplace. [Eng.]Mr. Turveydrop's great room... was built out into a mews at the back.Dickens."
"MEXICAN","Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people.-- n."
"MEXICANIZE","To cause to be like the Mexicans, or their country, esp. inrespect of frequent revolutions of government."
"MEYNE","Same as Meine."
"MEZCAL","Same as Mescal."
"MEZEREON","A small European shrub (Daphne Mezereum), whose acrid bark isused in medicine."
"MEZQUITA","A mosque."
"MEZUZOTH","A piece of parchment bearing the Decalogue and attached to thedoorpost; -- in use among orthodox Hebrews."
"MEZZA MAJOLICA","Italian pottery of the epoch and general character of majolica,but less brilliantly decorated, esp. such pottery without tin enamel,but painted and glazed."
"MEZZA VOCE","With a medium fullness of sound."
"MEZZO","Mean; not extreme."
"MEZZO-RELIEVO","Mezzo-rilievo."
"MEZZO-SOPRANO","Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; --said of the voice of a female singer.-- n.(a) A mezzo-soprano voice.(b) A person having such a voice."
"MEZZOTINT","A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon asurface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness inplaces by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisitelight and shade. Also, an engraving so produced."
"MEZZOTINTER","One who engraves in mezzotint."
"MEZZOTINTO","Mezzotint."
"MHO","A unit of conductivity, being the reciprocal of the ohm."
"MHOMETER","An instrument for measuring conductivity."
"MHORR","See Mohr."
"MI","A syllable applied to the third tone of the scale of C, i. e.,to E, in European solmization, but to the third tone of any scale inthe American system."
"MIAMIS","A tribe of Indians that formerly occupied the country betweenthe Wabash and Maumee rivers."
"MIARGYRITE","A mineral of an iron-black color, and very sectile, consistingprincipally of sulphur, antimony, and silver."
"MIAS","The orang-outang."
"MIASCITE","A granitoid rock containing feldspar, biotite, el\u00e6olite, andsodalite."
"MIASM","Miasma."
"MIASMA","Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air madenoxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia;malaria."
"MIASMAL","Containing miasma; miasmatic."
"MIASMATIST","One who has made a special study of miasma."
"MIASMOLOGY","That department of medical science which treats of miasma."
"MIAUL","To cry as a cat; to mew; to caterwaul. Sir W. Scott."
"MICA","The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfectcleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, moreor less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in colorfrom pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent formsare used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularlycalled isinglass. Formerly called also cat-silver, and glimmer."
"MICACEO-CALCAREOUS","Partaking of the nature of, or consisting of, mica and lime; --applied to a mica schist containing carbonate of lime."
"MICACEOUS","Pertaining to, or containing, mica; splitting into lamin\u00e6 orleaves like mica."
"MICE","pl of Mouse."
"MICELLA","A theoretical aggregation of molecules constituting astructural particle of protoplasm, capable of increase or diminutionwithout change in chemical nature."
"MICHAELMAS","The feat of the archangel Michael, a church festival,celebrated on the 29th of September. Hence, colloquially, autumn.Michaelmas daisy. (Bot.) See under Daisy."
"MICHER","One who skulks, or keeps out of sight; hence, a truant; anidler; a thief, etc. [Obs.] Shak."
"MICHERY","Theft; cheating. [Obs.] Gower."
"MICHING","Hiding; skulking; cowardly. [Colloq.] [Written also meachingand meeching.]"
"MICKLE","Much; great. [Written also muckle and mockle.] [Old Eng. &Scot.] 'A man of mickle might.' Spenser."
"MICMACS","A tribe of Indians inhabiting Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.[Written also Mikmaks.]"
"MICO","A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus), allied to themarmoset. The name was originally applied to an albino variety."
"MICRACOUSTIC","Same as Microustic."
"MICRASTER","A genus of sea urchins, similar to Spatangus, abounding in thechalk formation; -- from the starlike disposal of the ambulacralfurrows."
"MICRENCEPHALOUS","Having a small brain."
"MICRO-CHEMICAL","Of or pertaining to micro-chemistry; as, a micro-chemical test."
"MICRO-CHEMISTRY","The application of chemical tests to minute objects or portionsof matter, magnified by the use of the microscopy; -- distinguishedfrom macro-chemistry."
"MICRO-GEOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to micro-geology."
"MICRO-GEOLOGY","The part of geology relating to structure and organisms whichrequire to be studied with a microscope."
"MICROAMPERE","One of the smaller measures of electrical currents; themillionth part of one amp\u00e8re."
"MICROANALYSIS","Analysis of the structure of materials from careful observationof photomicrographs."
"MICROBACTERIA","In the classification of Cohn, one of the four tribes ofBacteria."
"MICROBAROGRAPH","An instrument for recording minor fluctuations of atmosphericpressure, as opposed to general barometric surges."
"MICROBIAN","Of, pertaining to, or caused by, microbes; as, the microbiantheory; a microbian disease."
"MICROBIC","Of or pertaining to a microbe."
"MICROBICIDE","Any agent detrimental to, or destructive of, the life ofmicrobes or bacterial organisms."
"MICROBIOLOGY","The study of minute organisms, or microbes, as the bacteria. --Mi`cro*bi`o*log'ic*al (#), a. -- Mi`cro*bi*ol'o*gist (#), n."
"MICROCHRONOMETER","A chronoscope."
"MICROCLINE","A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or commonfeldspar in composition, but triclinic in form."
"MICROCOCCAL","Of or pertaining to micrococci; caused by micrococci. Nature."
"MICROCOCCUS","A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small globularor oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chainsof cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells(Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust. ofAscoccus."
"MICROCOSM","A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called byParacelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe orgreat world. Opposed to macrocosm. Shak."
"MICROCOSMOGRAPHY","Description of man as a microcosm."
"MICROCOULOMB","A measure of electrical quantity; the millionth part of onecoulomb."
"MICROCOUSTIC","Pertaining, or suited, to the audition of small sounds; fittedto assist hearing."
"MICROCRITH","The weight of the half hydrogen molecule, or of the hydrogenatom, taken as the standard in comparing the atomic weights of theelements; thus, an atom of oxygen weighs sixteen microcriths. SeeCrith. J. P. Cooke."
"MICROCRYSTALLINE","Crystalline on a fine, or microscopic, scale; consisting offine crystals; as, the ground mass of certain porphyrics ismicrocrystalline."
"MICROCYTE","One of the elementary granules found in blood. They are muchsmaller than an ordinary corpuscle, and are particularly noticeablein disease, as in an\u00e6mia."
"MICRODONT","Having small teeth."
"MICROFARAD","The millionth part of a farad."
"MICROFORM","A microscopic form of life; an animal or vegetable organismmicroscopic size."
"MICROGRAPH","An instrument for executing minute writing or engraving."
"MICROGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to micrography."
"MICROGRAPHY","The description of microscopic objects."
"MICROHM","The millionth part of an ohm."
"MICROLEPIDOPTERA","A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minutespecies, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc."
"MICROLESTES","An extinct genus of small Triassic mammals, the oldest yetfound in European strata."
"MICROLITE","A minute inclosed crystal, often observed when minerals orrocks are examined in thin sections under the microscope."
"MICROLITH","Same as Microlite, 2."
"MICROLITHIC","Formed of small stones."
"MICROMERE","One of the smaller cells, or blastomeres, resulting from thecomplete segmentation of a telolecithal ovum."
"MICROMETER","An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, formeasuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objectswhich subtend minute angles. The measurement given directly is thatof the image of the object formed at the focus of the object glass.Circular, or Ring, micrometer, a metallic ring fixed in the focus ofthe object glass of a telescope, and used to determine differences ofright ascension and declination between stars by observations of thetimes at which the stars cross the inner or outer periphery of thering.-- Double image micrometer, a micrometer in which two images of anobject are formed in the field, usually by the two halves of abisected lens which are movable along their line of section by ascrew, and distances are determined by the number of screwrevolutions necessary to bring the points to be measured into opticalcoincidence. When the two images are formed by a bisected objectsglass, it is called a divided-object-glass micrometer, and when theinstrument is large and equatorially mounted, it is known as aheliometer.-- Double refraction micrometer, a species of double imagemicrometer, in which the two images are formed by the doublerefraction of rock crystal.-- Filar, or Bifilar, micrometer. See under Bifilar.-- Micrometer caliper or gauge (Mech.), a caliper or gauge with amicrometer screw, for measuring dimensions with great accuracy.-- Micrometer head, the head of a micrometer screw.-- Micrometer microscope, a compound microscope combined with afilar micrometer, used chiefly for reading and subdividing thedivisions of large astronomical and geodetical instruments.-- Micrometer screw, a screw with a graduated head used in someforms of micrometers.-- Position micrometer. See under Position.-- Scale, or Linear, micrometer, a minute and very delicatelygraduated scale of equal parts used in the field of a telescope ormicroscope, for measuring distances by direct comparison."
"MICROMETRY","The art of measuring with a micrometer."
"MICROMILLIMETER","The millionth part of a meter."
"MICRON","A measure of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter; themillionth part of a meter."
"MICRONESIAN","Of or pertaining to Micronesia, a collective designation of theislands in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, embracing theMarshall and Gilbert groups, the Ladrones, the Carolines, etc."
"MICRONESIANS","A dark race inhabiting the Micronesian Islands. They aresupposed to be a mixed race, derived from Polynesians and Papuans."
"MICRONOMETER","An instrument for noting minute portions of time."
"MICROPANTOGRAPH","A kind of pantograph which produces copies microscopicallyminute."
"MICROPARASITE","A parasitic micro\u00f6rganism. -- Mi`cro*par`a*sit'ic (#), a."
"MICROPEGMATITE","A rock showing under the microscope the structure of a graphicgranite (pegmatite).-- Mi`cro*peg`ma*tit'ic, a."
"MICROPHONE","An instrument for intensifying and making audible very feeblesounds. It produces its effects by the changes of intensity in anelectric current, occasioned by the variations in the contactresistance of conducting bodies, especially of imperfect conductors,under the action of acoustic vibrations."
"MICROPHONIC","Of or pert. to a microphone; serving to intensify weak sounds."
"MICROPHONICS","The science which treats of the means of increasing theintensity of low or weak sounds, or of the microphone."
"MICROPHONOUS","Serving to augment the intensity of weak sounds; microcoustic."
"MICROPHOTOGRAPHY","The art of making microphotographs."
"MICROPHYLLOUS","Small-leaved."
"MICROPHYTAL","Pertaining to, or of the nature of, microphytes."
"MICROPHYTE","A very minute plant, one of certain unicellular alg\u00e6, such asthe germs of various infectious diseases are believed to be."
"MICROSCOPAL","Pertaining to microscopy, or to the use of the microscope.Huxley."
"MICROSCOPE","An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination oflenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minuteto be viewed by the naked eye. Compound microscope, an instrumentconsisting of a combination of lenses such that the image formed bythe lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the objective)is magnified by another lens called the ocular or eyepiece.-- Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See underOxyhydrogen, and Solar.-- Simple, or Single, microscope, a single convex lens used tomagnify objects placed in its focus."
"MICROSCOPIAL","Microscopic. [R.] Berkeley."
"MICROSCOPICALLY","By the microscope; with minute inspection; in a microscopicmanner."
"MICROSCOPIST","One skilled in, or given to, microscopy."
"MICROSCOPY","The use of the microscope; investigation with the microscope."
"MICROSEISM","A feeble earth tremor not directly perceptible, but detectedonly by means of specially constructed apparatus. -- Mi`cro*seis'mic(#), *seis'mic*al (#), a."
"MICROSEISMOGRAPH","A microseismometer; specif., a microseismometer producing agraphic record."
"MICROSEISMOLOGY","Science or study of microseisms."
"MICROSEISMOMETER","A seismometer for measuring amplitudes or periods, or both, ofmicroseisms. --Mi`cro*seis*mom'e*try (#), n."
"MICROSEME","Having the orbital index relatively small; having the orbitsbroad transversely; -- opposed to Ant: megaseme."
"MICROSPECTROSCOPE","A spectroscope arranged for attachment to a microscope, forobservation of the spectrum of light from minute portions of anysubstance."
"MICROSPORANGIUM","A sporangium or conceptacle containing only very minute spores.Cf. Macrosporangium."
"MICROSPORE","One of the exceedingly minute spores found in certainflowerless plants, as Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear two kindsof spores, one very much smaller than the other. Cf. Macrospore."
"MICROSPORIC","Of or pertaining to microspores."
"MICROSTHENE","One of a group of mammals having a small size as a typicalcharacteristic. It includes the lower orders, as the Insectivora,Cheiroptera, Rodentia, and Edentata."
"MICROSTHENIC","Having a typically small size; of or pertaining to themicrosthenes."
"MICROTASIMETER","A tasimeter, especially when arranged for measuring very smallextensions. See Tasimeter."
"MICROTOME","An instrument for making very thin sections for microscopicalexamination."
"MICROTOMIST","One who is skilled in or practices microtomy."
"MICROTOMY","The art of using the microtome; investigation carried on withthe microtome."
"MICROVOLT","A measure of electro-motive force; the millionth part of onevolt."
"MICROWEBER","The millionth part of one weber."
"MICROZOA","The Infusoria."
"MICROZYME","A micro\u00f6rganism which is supposed to act like a ferment incausing or propagating certain infectious or contagious diseases; apathogenic bacterial organism."
"MICTURITION","The act of voiding urine; also, a morbidly frequent passing ofthe urine, in consequence of disease."
"MID","Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part ofthe tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high andthe low; -- said of certain vowel sounds; as, a (ale), \u00ea (\u00eall), o(old). See Guide to Pronunciation, \u00a7\u00a7 10, 11."
"MIDA","The larva of the bean fly."
"MIDAS","A genus of longeared South American monkeys, including numerousspecies of marmosets. See Marmoset."
"MIDBRAIN","The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain."
"MIDDAY","The middle part of the day; noon."
"MIDDEN CROW","The common European crow. [Prov. Eng.]"
"MIDDEST","Situated most nearly in the middle; middlemost; midmost. [Obs.]' 'Mongst the middest crowd.' Spenser."
"MIDDING","Same as Midden."
"MIDDLE","The point or part equally distant from the extremities orexterior limits, as of a line, a surface, or a solid; an interveningpoint or part in space, time, or order of series; the midst; centralportion; specif., the waist. Chaucer. 'The middle of the land.' Judg.ix. 37.In this, as in most questions of state, there is a middle. Burke."
"MIDDLE-AGE","Of or pertaining to the Middle Ages; medi\u00e6val."
"MIDDLE-AGED","Being about the middle of the ordinary age of man; between 30and 50 years old."
"MIDDLE-EARTH","The world, considered as lying between heaven and hell. [Obs.]Shak."
"MIDDLE-GROUND","That part of a picture between the foreground and thebackground."
"MIDDLEMAN","The man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers."
"MIDDLEMOST","Being in the middle, or nearest the middle; midmost."
"MIDDLER","One of a middle or intermediate class in some schools andseminaries."
"MIDDLING","Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distantfrom the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary. 'A town ofbut middling size.' Hallam.Plainly furnished, as beseemed the middling circumstances of itsinhabitants. Hawthorne.-- Mid'dling*ly, adv.-- Mid'dling*ness, n."
"MIDDY","A colloquial abbreviation of midshipman."
"MIDFEATHER","A vertical water space in a fire box or combustion chamber."
"MIDGARD","The middle space or region between heaven and hell; the abodeof human beings; the earth."
"MIDGET","A minute bloodsucking fly. [Local, U. S.]"
"MIDGUT","The middle part of the alimentary canal from the stomach, orentrance of the bile duct, to, or including, the large intestine."
"MIDHEAVEN","The meridian, or middle line of the heavens; the point of theecliptic on the meridian."
"MIDLAND","The interior or central region of a country; -- usually in theplural. Drayton."
"MIDMAIN","The middle part of the main or sea. [Poetic] Chapman."
"MIDMOST","Middle; middlemost.Ere night's midmost, stillest hour was past. Byron."
"MIDNIGHT","The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. Shak."
"MIDNIGHT SUN","The sun shining at midnight in the arctic or antarctic summer."
"MIDRASH","A talmudic exposition of the Hebrew law, or of some part of it."
"MIDRIB","A continuation of the petiole, extending from the base to theapex of the lamina of a leaf."
"MIDRIFF","See Diaphragm, n., 2.Smote him into the midriff with a stone. Milton."
"MIDSHIP","Of or pertaining to, or being in, the middle of a ship. Midshipbeam (Naut.), the beam or timber upon which the broadest part of avessel is formed.-- Midship bend, the broadest frame in a vessel. Weale."
"MIDSHIPMAN","An American marine fish of the genus Porichthys, allied to thetoadfish. Cadet midshipman, formerly a title distinguishing a cadetline officer from a cadet engineer at the U. S. Naval Academy. Seeunder Cadet.-- Cadet midshipman, formerly, a naval cadet who had served histime, passed his examinations, and was awaiting promotion; -- nowcalled, in the United States, midshipman; in England, sublieutenant."
"MIDSHIPS","In the middle of a ship; -- properly amidships."
"MIDST","In the midst of; amidst. Shak."
"MIDSUMMER","The middle of summer. Shak. Midsummer daisy (Bot.), the oxeyedaisy."
"MIDWARD","Situated in the middle."
"MIDWAY","The middle of the way or distance; a middle way or course.Shak.Paths indirect, or in the midway faint. Milton."
"MIDWEEK","The middle of the week. Also used adjectively."
"MIDWIFE","A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a femalepractitioner of the obstetric art."
"MIDWINTER","The middle of winter. Dryden."
"MIDWIVE","To midwife. [Obs.]"
"MIEN","Aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing.Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but tobe seen. Pope."
"MIFF","A petty falling out; a tiff; a quarrel; offense. Fielding."
"MIGHT","imp. of May. Etym: [AS. meahte, mihte.]"
"MIGHTFUL","Mighty. [Obs.] Shak."
"MIGHTLESS","Without; weak. [Obs.]"
"MIGHTY","A warrior of great force and courage. [R. & Obs.] 1 Chron. xi.12."
"MIGNIARD","Soft; dainty. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"MIGNIARDISE","Delicate fondling. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"MIGNON","See 3d Minion."
"MIGNONETTE","A plant (Reseda odorata) having greenish flowers with orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it isa low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb.Mignonette pepper, coarse pepper."
"MIGRAINE","Same as Megrim.-- Mi*grain'ous, a."
"MIGRANT","Migratory. Sir T. Browne.-- n."
"MIGRATION","The act of migrating."
"MIKADO","The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of Japan."
"MIKMAKS","Same as Micmacs."
"MILADY","Lit., my lady; hence (as used on the Continent), an Englishnoblewoman or gentlewoman."
"MILAGE","Same as Mileage."
"MILANESE","Of or pertaining to Milan in Italy, or to its inhabitants.-- n. sing. & pl."
"MILD","Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderatein degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating,violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to persons and things; as, amild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild medicine; a mildinsanity.The rosy morn resigns her light And milder glory to the noon. Waller.Adore him as a mild and merciful Being. Rogers.Mild, or Low, steel, steel that has but little carbon in it and isnot readily hardened."
"MILDEN","To make mild, or milder. Lowell."
"MILDEW","A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or ofdifferent colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances."
"MILDLY","In a mild manner."
"MILDNESS","The quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of temper; themildness of the winter."
"MILE","A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England andthe United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet."
"MILEPOST","A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spacesof a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place."
"MILESIAN","Of or pertaining to Miletus, a city of Asia Minor, or to itsinhabitants."
"MILESTONE","A stone serving the same purpose as a milepost."
"MILFOIL","A common composite herb (Achillea Millefolium) with whiteflowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow. Water milfoil (Bot.), anaquatic herb with dissected leaves (Myriophyllum)."
"MILIARIA","A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, redpimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever."
"MILIARY","Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds; as, a miliaryfever."
"MILICE","Militia. [Obs.]"
"MILIEU","Environment."
"MILIOLA","A genus of Foraminifera, having a porcelanous shell withseveral longitudinal chambers."
"MILIOLITE","A fossil shell of, or similar to, the genus Miliola."
"MILIOLITIC","Of or pertaining to the genus Miliola; containing miliolites."
"MILITANT","Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier.-- Mil'i*tant*ly, adv.At which command the powers militant... Moved on in silence. Milton.Church militant, the Christian church on earth, which is supposed tobe engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies, and is thusdistinguished from the church triumphant, in heaven."
"MILITAR","Military. [Obs.] Bacon."
"MILITARILY","In a military manner."
"MILITARIST","A military man. [Obs.] Shak."
"MILITARY","The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops; thearmy."
"MILITATE","To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed byagainst and with.These are great questions, where great names militate against eachother. Burke.The invisible powers of heaven seemed to militate on the side of thepious emperor. Gibbon."
"MILITIAMAN","One who belongs to the militia."
"MILITIATE","To carry on, or prepare for, war. [Obs.] Walpole."
"MILK","A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammalsfor the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules offat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, andinorganic salts. 'White as morne milk.' Chaucer."
"MILK SICKNESS","A peculiar malignant disease, occurring in parts of the westernUnited States, and affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows),and persons using the meat or dairy products of infected cattle. Itschief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting, obstinateconstipation, pain, and muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle hasbeen variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in theirfood, and to polluted water."
"MILK VETCH","A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia,supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats."
"MILK-LIVERED","White-livered; cowardly; timorous."
"MILKEN","Consisting of milk. [Obs.]"
"MILKFUL","Full of milk; abounding with food. [R.] 'Milkful vales.'Sylvester."
"MILKILY","In a milky manner."
"MILKINESS","State or quality of being milky."
"MILKMAID","A woman who milks cows or is employed in the dairy."
"MILKMAN","A man who sells milk or delivers is to customers."
"MILKSOP","A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate orweak-minded person. Shak.To wed a milksop or a coward ape. Chaucer."
"MILKWEED","Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding in amilky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down;silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with amilky juice, as to several kinds of spurge."
"MILKWORT","A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The commonEuropean P. vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing aflow of milk in nurses."
"MILL","A money of account of the United States, having the value ofthe tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar."
"MILL-CAKE","The incorporated materials for gunpowder, in the form of adense mass or cake, ready to be subjected to the process ofgranulation."
"MILL-SIXPENCE","A milled sixpence; -- the sixpence being one of the firstEnglish coins milled (1561)."
"MILLBOARD","A kind of stout pasteboard."
"MILLDAM","A dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the waterto a height sufficient to turn a mill wheel."
"MILLED","Having been subjected to some process of milling. Milled cloth,cloth that has been beaten in a fulling mill.-- Milled lead, lead rolled into sheets."
"MILLEFIORE GLASS","Slender rods or tubes of colored glass fused together andembedded in clear glass; -- used for paperweights and other smallarticles."
"MILLENARIAN","Consisting of a thousand years; of or pertaining to themillennium, or to the Millenarians."
"MILLENARY","Consisting of a thousand; millennial."
"MILLENNIAL","Of or pertaining to the millennium, or to a thousand years; as,a millennial period; millennial happiness."
"MILLENNIALIST","One who believes that Christ will reign personally on earth athousand years; a Chiliast; also, a believer in the universalprevalence of Christianity for a long period."
"MILLENNIST","One who believes in the millennium. [Obs.] Johnson."
"MILLENNIUM","A thousand years; especially, thousand years mentioned in thetwentieth chapter in the twentieth chapter of Revelation, duringwhich holiness is to be triumphant throughout the world. Some believethat, during this period, Christ will reign on earth in person withhis saints."
"MILLEPED","A myriapod with many legs, esp. a chilognath, as thegalleyworm. [Written also millipede and milliped.]"
"MILLEPORA","A genus of Hydrocorallia, which includes the millipores."
"MILLEPORE","Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearlysmooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells. Theanimals are hydroids, not Anthozoa. See Hydrocorallia."
"MILLEPORITE","A fossil millepore."
"MILLERITE","A believer in the doctrine of William Miller (d. 1849), whotaught that the end of the world and the second coming of Christ wereat hand."
"MILLESIMAL","Thousandth; consisting of thousandth parts; as, millesimalfractions."
"MILLET","The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear anabundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany andSouthern Europe are Panicum miliaceum, and Setaria Italica."
"MILLI-","A prefix denoting a thousandth part of; as, millimeter,milligram, milliamp\u00e8re."
"MILLIAMPERE","The thousandth part of one amp\u00e8re."
"MILLIARD","A thousand millions; -- called also billion. See Billion."
"MILLIARY","Of or pertaining to a mile, or to distance by miles; denoting amile or miles.A milliary column, from which they used to compute the distance ofall the cities and places of note. Evelyn."
"MILLIER","A weight of the metric system, being one million grams; ametric ton."
"MILLIFOLD","Thousandfold. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode)."
"MILLIMICRON","The thousandish part of a micron or the millionth part of amillimeter; -- a unit of length used in measuring light waves, etc."
"MILLINET","A stiff cotton fabric used by milliners for lining bonnets."
"MILLING","The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill;the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or intentededge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing surfaces of variousshapes with rotary cutters. See Mill. High milling, milling in whichgrain is reduced to flour by a succession of crackings, or of slightand partial crushings, alternately with sifting and sorting theproduct.-- Low milling, milling in which the reduction is effected in asingle crushing or grinding.-- Milling cutter, a fluted, sharp-edged rotary cutter for dressingsurfaces, as of metal, of various shapes.-- Milling machine, a machine tool for dressing surfaces by rotarycutters.-- Milling tool, a roller with indented edge or surface, forproducing like indentations in metal by rolling pressure, as inturning; a knurling tool; a milling cutter."
"MILLIONAIRE","One whose wealth is counted by millions of francs, dollars, orpounds; a very rich person; a person worth a million or more.[Written also millionnaire.]"
"MILLIONAIRESS","A woman who is a millionaire, or the wife of a millionaire.[Humorous] Holmes."
"MILLIONARY","Of or pertaining to millions; consisting of millions; as, themillionary chronology of the pundits. Pinker"
"MILLIONED","Multiplied by millions; innumerable. [Obs.] Shak."
"MILLIONNAIRE","Millionaire."
"MILLIONTH","Being the last one of a million of units or objects counted inregular order from the first of a series or succession; being one ofa million."
"MILLIPED","The same Milleped."
"MILLISTERE","A liter, or cubic decimeter."
"MILLIWEBER","The thousandth part of one weber."
"MILLSTONE","One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or othersubstance.No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge. Deut.xxiv. 6."
"MILLWRIGHT","A mechanic whose occupation is to build mills, or to set uptheir machinery."
"MILORD","Lit., my lord; hence (as used on the Continent), an Englishnobleman or gentleman."
"MILREIS","A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury departmentof the United States at one dollar and eight cents; also, a Brazilianmoney of account rated at fifty-four cents and six mills."
"MILT","The spleen."
"MILTER","A male fish."
"MILTONIAN","Miltonic. Lowell."
"MILTONIC","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Milton, or his writings; as,Miltonic prose."
"MILTWASTE","A small European fern (Asplenium Ceterach) formerly used inmedicine."
"MILVINE","Of or resembling birds of the kite kind."
"MILVUS","A genus of raptorial birds, including the European kite."
"MIME","To mimic. [Obs.] -- Mim'er, n."
"MIMEOGRAPH","An autographic stencil copying device invented by Edison."
"MIMESIS","Imitation; mimicry."
"MIMETENE","See Mimetite."
"MIMETISM","Same as Mimicry."
"MIMETITE","A mineral occurring in pale yellow or brownish hexagonalcrystals. It is an arseniate of lead."
"MIMIC","One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so forsport; a copyist; a buffoon. Burke."
"MIMICALLY","In an imitative manner."
"MIMICKER","An animal which imitates something else, in form or habits."
"MIMICRY","Protective resemblance; the resemblance which certain animalsand plants exhibit to other animals and plants or to the naturalobjects among which they live, -- a characteristic which serves astheir chief means of protection against enemies; imitation; mimesis;mimetism."
"MIMOGRAPHER","A writer of mimes. Sir T. Herbert."
"MIMOSA","A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, andincluding the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva, and M. pudica)."
"MIMOTANNIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannin or tannicacid found in Acacia, Mimosa, etc."
"MINA","An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value.The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas."
"MINABLE","Such as can be mined; as, minable earth. Sir T. North."
"MINACIOUS","Threatening; menacing. [R.]"
"MINACITY","Disposition to threaten. [R.]"
"MINARET","A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded byone or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer iscried by the muezzin."
"MINARGENT","An alloy consisting of copper, nickel, tungsten, and aluminium;-- used by jewelers."
"MINATORY","Threatening; menacing. Bacon."
"MINAUL","Same as Manul."
"MINCE","A short, precise step; an affected manner."
"MINCE PIE","A pie made of mince-meat."
"MINCE-MEAT","Minced meat; meat chopped very fine; a mixture of boiled meat,suet, apples, etc., chopped very fine, to which spices and raisinsare added; -- used in making mince pie."
"MINCER","One who minces."
"MINCING","That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety."
"MINCINGLY","In a mincing manner; not fully; with affected nicety."
"MIND","To give attention or heed; to obey; as, the dog minds well."
"MINDED","Disposed; inclined; having a mind.Joseph... was minded to put her away privily. Matt. i. 19.If men were minded to live virtuously. Tillotson."
"MINDFUL","Bearing in mind; regardful; attentive; heedful; observant.What is man, that thou art mindful of him Ps. viii. 4.I promise you to be mindful of your admonitions. Hammond.-- Mind'ful*ly, adv.-- Mind'ful*ness, n."
"MINDING","Regard; mindfulness."
"MINE","See Mien. [Obs.]"
"MINERALIST","One versed in minerals; mineralogist. [R.]"
"MINERALIZATION","The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stonynature."
"MINERALIZE","To go on an excursion for observing and collecting minerals; tomineralogize."
"MINERALIZER","An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore.Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite,oxygen is a mineralizer."
"MINERALOGICAL","Of or pertaining to mineralogy; as, a mineralogical table."
"MINERALOGICALLY","According to the principles of, or with reference to,mineralogy."
"MINERALOGIST","A carrier shell (Phorus)."
"MINERALOGIZE","To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals. MissEdgeworth."
"MINERVA","The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences, ofpoetry, and of spinning and weaving; -- identified with the GrecianPallas Athene."
"MINETTE","The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs."
"MINEVER","Same as Miniver."
"MINGE","To mingle; to mix. [Obs.]"
"MINGLE","To become mixed or blended."
"MINGLE-MANGLE","To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of. [Obs.] Udall."
"MINGLEABLE","That can be mingled. Boyle."
"MINGLEDLY","Confusedly."
"MINGLEMENT","The act of mingling, or the state of being mixed."
"MINGLER","One who mingles."
"MINGLINGLY","In a mingling manner."
"MINIARD","Migniard. [Obs.]"
"MINIARDIZE","To render delicate or dainty. [Obs.] Howell."
"MINIATE","To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decoratewith letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript.T. Wharton."
"MINIATURE","Being on a small; much reduced from the reality; as, aminiature copy."
"MINIATURIST","A painter of miniatures."
"MINIBUS","A kind of light passenger vehicle, carrying four persons."
"MINIE BALL","A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged witha piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is drivenfarther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of thebarrel."
"MINIE RIFLE","A rifle adapted to minie balls."
"MINIKIN","Small; diminutive. Shak."
"MINIM","A small fish; a minnow. [Prov. Eng.]"
"MINIMAL","Of, pertaining to, or having a character of, a minim orminimum; least; smallest; as, a minimal amount or value."
"MINIMENT","A trifle; a trinket; a token. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MINIMIZATION","The act or process of minimizing. Bentham."
"MINIMIZE","To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; toreduce to a minimum. Bentham."
"MINIMUM","The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in agiven case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to Ant:maximum."
"MINIMUM THERMOMETER",", a thermometer for recording the lowest temperature since itslast adjustment."
"MINIMUS","The little finger; the fifth digit, or that corresponding toit, in either the manus or pes."
"MINING","The act or business of making mines or of working them."
"MINION","Minimum. [Obs.] Burton."
"MINIONETTE","Small; delicate. [Obs.] 'His minionette face.' Walpole."
"MINIONING","Kind treatment. [Obs.]"
"MINIONIZE","To flavor. [Obs.]"
"MINIONSHIP","State of being a minion. [R.]"
"MINIOUS","Of the color of red or vermilion. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"MINISH","To diminish; to lessen.The living of poor men thereby minished. Latimer."
"MINISHMENT","The act of diminishing, or the state of being diminished;diminution. [Obs.]"
"MINISTER","To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.He that ministereth seed to the sower. 2 Cor. ix. 10.We minister to God reason to suspect us. Jer. Taylor."
"MINISTERIALIST","A supporter of the ministers, or the party in power."
"MINISTERIALLY","In a ministerial manner; in the character or capacity of aminister."
"MINISTERY","See Ministry. Milton."
"MINISTRACY","Ministration. [Obs.]"
"MINISTRAL","Ministerial. [Obs.] Johnson."
"MINISTRANT","Performing service as a minister; attendant on service; actingunder command; subordinate. 'Princedoms and dominations ministrant.'Milton.-- n."
"MINISTRATION","The act of ministering; service; ministry. 'The days of hisministration.' Luke i. 23."
"MINISTRATIVE","Serving to aid; ministering."
"MINISTRESS","A woman who ministers. Akenside."
"MINISTRYSHIP","The office of a minister. Swift."
"MINIUM","A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of lead,Pb3O4, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle andcontinued heat in the air. It is used as a cement, as a paint, and inthe manufacture of flint glass. Called also red lead."
"MINIVER","A fur esteemed in the Middle Ages as a part of costume. It isuncertain whether it was the fur of one animal only or of differentanimals."
"MINIVET","A singing bird of India of the family Campephagid\u00e6."
"MINK","A carnivorous mammal of the genus Putorius, allied to theweasel. The European mink is Putorius lutreola. The common Americanmink (P. vison) varies from yellowish brown to black. Its fur ishighly valued. Called also minx, nurik, and vison."
"MINNESINGER","A love-singer; specifically, one of a class of German poets andmusicians who flourished from about the middle of the twelfth to themiddle of the fourteenth century. They were chiefly of noble birth,and made love and beauty the subjects of their verses."
"MINNOW","A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Phoxinus l\u00e6vis,formerly Leuciscus phoxinus); sometimes applied also to the young oflarger kinds; -- called also minim and minny. The name is alsoapplied to several allied American species, of the genera Phoxinus,Notropis, or Minnilus, and Rhinichthys."
"MINNY","A minnow."
"MINO BIRD","An Asiatic bird (Gracula musica), allied to the starlings. Itis black, with a white spot on the wings, and a pair of flat yellowwattles on the head. It is often tamed and taught to pronounce words."
"MINOR","Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, aminor third. Asia Minor (Geog.), the Lesser Asia; that part of Asiawhich lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north, and theMediterranean on the south.-- Minor mode (Mus.), that mode, or scale, in which the third andsixth are minor, -- much used for mournful and solemn subjects.-- Minor orders (Eccl.), the rank of persons employed inecclesiastical offices who are not in holy orders, as doorkeepers,acolytes, etc.-- Minor scale (Mus.) The form of the minor scale is various. Thestrictly correct form has the third and sixth minor, with a semitonebetween the seventh and eighth, which involves an augmented secondinterval, or three semitones, between the sixth and seventh, as, 6/F,7/G#, 8/A. But, for melodic purposes, both the sixth and the seventhare sometimes made major in the ascending, and minor in thedescending, scale, thus: --See Major.-- Minor term of syllogism (Logic), the subject of the conclusion."
"MINORAT","A custom or right, analogous to borough-English in England,formerly existing in various parts of Europe, and surviving in partsof Germany and Austria, by which certain entailed estates, as ahomestead and adjacent land, descend to the youngest male heir."
"MINORATE","To diminish. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"MINORATION","A diminution. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"MINORESS","See Franciscan Nuns, under Franciscan, a."
"MINORITE","A Franciscan friar."
"MINOS","A king and lawgiver of Crete, fabled to be the son of Jupiterand Europa. After death he was made a judge in the Lower Regions."
"MINOTAUR","A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in thelabyrinth constructed by D\u00e6dalus in Crete."
"MINOW","See Minnow."
"MINSTER","A church of a monastery. The name is often retained and appliedto the church after the monastery has ceased to exist (as BeverlyMinster, Southwell Minster, etc.), and is also improperly used forany large church. Minster house, the official house in which thecanons of a cathedral live in common or in rotation. Shipley."
"MINSTREL","In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted by thearts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the accompaniment of aharp or other instrument; in modern times, a poet; a bard; a singerand harper; a musician. Chaucer."
"MINT","The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of thegenus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation.See Mentha."
"MINT-MASTER","The master or superintendent of a mint. Also used figuratively."
"MINTER","One who mints."
"MINTMAN","One skilled in coining, or in coins; a coiner."
"MINUEND","The number from which another number is to be subtracted."
"MINUET","A tune or air to regulate the movements of the dance so called;a movement in suites, sonatas, symphonies, etc., having the danceform, and commonly in 3-4, sometimes 3-8, measure."
"MINUM","A minim."
"MINUS","Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minusquantity. Minus sign (Math.), the sign [-] denoting minus, or less,prefixed to negative quantities, or quantities to be subtracted. SeeNegative sign, under Negative."
"MINUSCULE","Of the size and style of minuscules; written in minuscules.These minuscule letters are cursive forms of the earlier uncials. I.Taylor (The Alphabet)."
"MINUTARY","Pertaining to, or consisting of, minutes. [Obs.] Fuller."
"MINUTE","A fixed part of a module. See Module."
"MINUTELY","In a minute manner; with minuteness; exactly; nicely."
"MINUTEMAN","A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's notice;-- a term used in the American Revolution."
"MINUTENESS","The quality of being minute."
"MINUTIA","A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chieflyin the plural."
"MINX","The mink; -- called also minx otter. [Obs.]"
"MINY","Abounding with mines; like a mine. 'Miny caverns.' Thomson."
"MINYAN","A quorum, or number necessary, for conducting public worship."
"MIOCENE","Of or pertaining to the middle division of the Tertiary.-- n."
"MIOHIPPUS","An extinct Miocene mammal of the Horse family, closely relatedto the genus Anhithecrium, and having three usable hoofs on eachfoot."
"MIQUELET","An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit."
"MIR","A Russian village community. D. M. Wallace."
"MIRA","A remarkable variable star in the constellation Cetus (o Ceti)."
"MIRABILARY","One who, or a work which, narrates wonderful things; one whowrites of wonders. [Obs.] Bacon."
"MIRABILIS","A genus of plants. See Four-o'clock."
"MIRABILITE","Native sodium sulphate; Glauber's salt."
"MIRABLE","Wonderful; admirable. [Obs.] Shak."
"MIRACLE","To make wonderful. [Obs.] Shak."
"MIRACULIZE","To cause to seem to be a miracle. [R.] Shaftesbury."
"MIRADOR","Same as Belvedere."
"MIRAGE","An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but morefrequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at thesurface common to two strata of air differently heated. The reflectedimage is seen, commonly in an inverted position, while the realobject may or may not be in sight. When the surface is horizontal,and below the eye, the appearance is that of a sheet of water inwhich the object is seen reflected; when the reflecting surface isabove the eye, the image is seen projected against the sky. The fataMorgana and looming are species of mirage.By the mirage uplifted the land floats vague in the ether, Ships andthe shadows of ships hang in the motionless air. Longfellow."
"MIRBANE","See Nitrobenzene."
"MIRE","An ant. [Obs.] See Pismire."
"MIRIFICENT","Wonderful. [Obs.]"
"MIRINESS","The quality of being miry."
"MIRK","Dark; gloomy; murky. Spenser. Mrs. Browning."
"MIRKSOME","Dark; gloomy; murky. [Archaic] Spenser.-- Mirk'some*ness, n. [Archaic]"
"MIRKY","Dark; gloomy. See Murky."
"MIRLITON","A kind of musical toy into which one sings, hums, or speaks,producing a coarse, reedy sound."
"MIRROR","See Speculum. Mirror carp (Zo\u00f6l.), a domesticated variety ofthe carp, having only three or fur rows of very large scales side.-- Mirror plate. (a) A flat glass mirror without a frame. (b) Flatglass used for making mirrors.-- Mirror writing, a manner or form of backward writing, makingmanuscript resembling in slant and order of letters the reflection ofordinary writing in a mirror. The substitution of this manner ofwriting for the common manner is a symptom of some kinds of nervousdisease."
"MIRRORSCOPE","See Projector, below."
"MIRTHLESS","Without mirth.-- Mirth'less*ness, n."
"MIRY","Abounding with deep mud; full of mire; muddy; as, a miry road."
"MIRYACHIT","A nervous disease in which the patient involuntarily imitatesthe words or action of another."
"MIRZA","The common title of honor in Persia, prefixed to the surname ofan individual. When appended to the surname, it signifies Prince."
"MIS","Wrong; amiss. [Obs.] 'To correcten that [which] is mis.'Chaucer."
"MIS-","A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense ofamiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead,mischief, miscreant."
"MISACCEPTATION","Wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong sense."
"MISACCOMPT","To account or reckon wrongly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MISADJUST","To adjust wrongly of unsuitably; to throw of adjustment. I.Taylor."
"MISADJUSTMENT","Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement."
"MISADVENTURE","Mischance; misfortune; ill lick; unlucky accident; illadventure. Chaucer. Homicide by misadventure (Law), homicide whichoccurs when a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention ofinjury, unfortunately kills another; -- called also excusablehomicide. See Homicide. Blackstone."
"MISADVENTURED","Unfortunate. [Obs.]"
"MISADVENTUROUS","Unfortunate."
"MISADVERTENCE","Inadvertence."
"MISADVICE","Bad advice."
"MISADVISE","To give bad counsel to."
"MISADVISED","Ill advised.-- Mis`ad*vis'ed*ly, adv."
"MISAFFECT","To dislike. [Obs.]"
"MISAFFECTED","Ill disposed. [Obs.]"
"MISAFFECTION","An evil or wrong affection; the state of being ill affected.[Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"MISAFFIRM","To affirm incorrectly."
"MISAIMED","Not rightly aimed. Spenser."
"MISALLEGATION","A erroneous statement or allegation. Bp. Hall."
"MISALLEGE","To state erroneously."
"MISALLIANCE","A marriage with a person of inferior rank or social station; animproper alliance; a mesalliance.A Leigh had made a misalliance, and blushed A Howard should know it.Mrs. Browning."
"MISALLIED","Wrongly allied or associated."
"MISALLOTMENT","A wrong allotment."
"MISALTER","To alter wrongly; esp., to alter for the worse. Bp. Hall."
"MISANTHROPE","A hater of mankind; a misanthropist."
"MISANTHROPIST","A misanthrope."
"MISANTHROPOS","A misanthrope. [Obs.] Shak."
"MISANTHROPY","Hatred of, or dislike to, mankind; -- opposed to philanthropy.Orrery."
"MISAPPLICATION","A wrong application. Sir T. Browne."
"MISAPPLY","To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply aname or title; to misapply public money."
"MISAPPRECIATED","Improperly appreciated."
"MISAPPREHEND","To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand. Locke."
"MISAPPREHENSION","A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning ofa fact; misconception; misunderstanding."
"MISAPPREHENSIVELY","By, or with, misapprehension."
"MISAPPROPRIATE","To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose."
"MISAPPROPRIATION","Wrong appropriation; wrongful use."
"MISARRANGE","To place in a wrong order, or improper manner."
"MISARRANGEMENT","Wrong arrangement."
"MISASCRIBE","To ascribe wrongly."
"MISASSAY","To assay, or attempt, improperly or unsuccessfully. [Obs.] W.Browne."
"MISASSIGN","To assign wrongly."
"MISATTEND","To misunderstand; to disregard. [Obs.] Milton."
"MISAVENTURE","Misadventure. [Obs.]"
"MISAVIZE","To misadvise. [Obs.]"
"MISBEAR","To carry improperly; to carry (one's self) wrongly; tomisbehave. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MISBECOME","Not to become; to suit ill; not to befit or be adapted to.Macaulay.Thy father will not act what misbecomes him. Addison."
"MISBECOMING","Unbecoming. Milton.-- Mis`be*com'ing*ly, adv.-- Mis`be*com'ing*ness, n. Boyle."
"MISBEDE","To wrong; to do injury to. [Obs.]Who hath you misboden or offended Chaucer."
"MISBEFITTING","No befitting."
"MISBEHAVE","To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often usedwith a reciprocal pronoun."
"MISBEHAVED","Guilty of ill behavior; illbred; rude. 'A misbehaved and sullenwench.' Shak."
"MISBEHAVIOR","Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct. Addison."
"MISBELIEF","Erroneous or false belief."
"MISBELIEVE","To believe erroneously, or in a false religion. 'Thatmisbelieving Moor.' Shak."
"MISBELIEVER","One who believes wrongly; one who holds a false religion. Shak."
"MISBESEEM","To suit ill."
"MISBESTOW","To bestow improperly."
"MISBESTOWAL","The act of misbestowing."
"MISBILEVE","Misbelief; unbelief; suspicion. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MISBODE","of Misbede."
"MISBODEN","of Misbede."
"MISBORN","Born to misfortune. Spenser."
"MISCALCULATE","To calculate erroneously; to judge wrongly.-- Mis*cal`cu*la'tion, n."
"MISCARRIAGEABLE","Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"MISCAST","To cast or reckon wrongly."
"MISCEGENATION","A mixing of races; amalgamation, as by intermarriage of blackand white."
"MISCELLANARIAN","Of or pertaining to miscellanies. Shaftesbury.-- n."
"MISCELLANE","A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called maslinand meslin. Bacon."
"MISCELLANEA","A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of variouskinds."
"MISCELLANEOUS","Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts;promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection. 'Amiscellaneous rabble.' Milton.-- Mis`cel*la'ne*ous*ly, adv.-- Mis`cel*la'ne*ous*ness, n."
"MISCELLANIST","A writer of miscellanies; miscellanarian."
"MISCELLANY","A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., acollection of compositions on various subjects.'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original, and sinsactual. Hewyt.Miscellany madam, a woman who dealt in various fineries; a milliner.[Obs.] B. Jonson."
"MISCENSURE","To misjudge. [Obs.] Daniel.-- n."
"MISCHANCE","Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. Chaucer.Never come mischance between us twain. Shak."
"MISCHANCEFUL","Unlucky. R. Browning."
"MISCHARACTERIZE","To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrongcharacter to.They totally mischaracterize the action. Eton."
"MISCHARGE","To charge erroneously, as in account.-- n."
"MISCHIEF","To do harm to. [Obs.] Milton."
"MISCHIEF-MAKER","One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrelsor enmity."
"MISCHIEF-MAKING","Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels. Rowe.-- n."
"MISCHIEFABLE","Mischievous. [R.] Lydgate."
"MISCHIEFFUL","Mischievous. [Obs.] Foote."
"MISCHIEVOUS","Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied wherethe evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child.'Most mischievous foul sin.' Shak.This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably mischievous tosociety. South."
"MISCHNA","See Mishna."
"MISCHNIC","See Mishnic."
"MISCHOOSE","To choose wrongly. Milton."
"MISCHRISTEN","To christen wrongly."
"MISCIBILITY","Capability of being mixed."
"MISCIBLE","Capable of being mixed; mixable; as, water and alcohol aremiscible in all proportions. Burke."
"MISCITATION","Erroneous citation."
"MISCITE","To cite erroneously."
"MISCLAIM","A mistaken claim."
"MISCOGNIZANT","Not cognizant; ignorant; not knowing."
"MISCOGNIZE","To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand. [Obs.] Holland."
"MISCOLLOCATION","Wrong collocation. De Quincey."
"MISCOLOR","To give a wrong color to; figuratively, to set fortherroneously or unfairly; as, to miscolor facts. C. Kingsley."
"MISCOMFORT","Discomfort. [Obs.]"
"MISCOMPREHEND","To get a wrong idea of or about; to misunderstand."
"MISCOMPUTATION","Erroneous computation; false reckoning."
"MISCOMPUTE","To compute erroneously. Sir T. Browne."
"MISCONCEIT","Misconception. [Obs.]"
"MISCONCEIVE","To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive afalse notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend.Those things which, for want of due consideration heretofore, theyhave misconceived. Hooker."
"MISCONCEIVER","One who misconceives."
"MISCONCEPTION","Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding.Harvey."
"MISCONCLUSION","An erroneous inference or conclusion. Bp. Hall."
"MISCONDUCT","Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. Addison."
"MISCONFIDENT","Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"MISCONJECTURE","A wrong conjecture or guess. Sir T. Browne."
"MISCONSECRATE","To consecrate amiss. 'Misconsecrated flags.' Bp. Hall."
"MISCONSECRATION","Wrong consecration."
"MISCONSEQUENCE","A wrong consequence; a false deduction."
"MISCONSTRUABLE","Such as can be misconstrued, as language or conduct. R. North."
"MISCONSTRUCT","To construct wrongly; to construe or interpret erroneously."
"MISCONSTRUCTION","Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation. Bp.Stillingfleet."
"MISCONSTRUE","To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously.Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent. Dryden.Much afflicted to find his actions misconstrued. Addison."
"MISCONSTRUER","One who misconstrues."
"MISCONTENT","Discontent. [Obs.]"
"MISCONTINUANCE","Discontinuance; also, continuance by undue process."
"MISCOPY","To copy amiss."
"MISCORRECT","To fail or err in attempting to correct. 'Scaliger miscorrectshis author.' Dryden."
"MISCOUNSEL","To counsel or advise wrongly."
"MISCOUNT","To count erroneously."
"MISCOVET","To covet wrongfully. [Obs.]"
"MISCREATE","Miscreated; illegitimate; forged; as, miscreate titles. [Obs.or Poet.] Shak."
"MISCREATED","Formed unnaturally or illegitimately; deformed. Spenser.Milton."
"MISCREATIVE","Creating amiss. [R.]"
"MISCREDENT","A miscreant, or believer in a false religious doctrine. [Obs.]Holinshed."
"MISCREDULITY","Wrong credulity or belief; misbelief. Bp. Hall."
"MISCUE","A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from theball struck without impelling it as desired."
"MISDATE","To date erroneously. Young."
"MISDEAL","To deal or distribute wrongly, as cards; to make a wrongdistribution."
"MISDEED","An evil deed; a wicked action.Evils which our own misdeeds have wrought. Milton."
"MISDEEM","To misjudge. [Obs.] Milton."
"MISDEMEAN","To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemeanone's self."
"MISDEMEANANT","One guilty of a misdemeanor. Sydney Smith."
"MISDEMEANOR","A crime less than a felony. Wharton."
"MISDEMPT","of Misdeem. Spenser."
"MISDEPART","To distribute wrongly. [Obs.]He misdeparteth riches temporal. Chaucer."
"MISDESCRIBE","To describe wrongly."
"MISDESERT","Ill desert. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MISDEVOTION","Mistaken devotion."
"MISDIET","Improper. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MISDIGHT","Arrayed, prepared, or furnished, unsuitably. [Archaic] Bp.Hall."
"MISDIRECT","To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, ora letter; to misdirect one's energies. Shenstone."
"MISDIRECTION","An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law.Mozley & W."
"MISDISPOSITION","Erroneous disposal or application. Bp. Hall."
"MISDISTINGUISH","To make wrong distinctions in or concerning. Hooker."
"MISDIVIDE","To divide wrongly."
"MISDIVISION","Wrong division."
"MISDO","To do wrong; to commit a fault.I have misdone, and I endure the smart. Dryden."
"MISDOER","A wrongdoer. Spenser."
"MISDOING","A wrong done; a fault or crime; an offense; as, it was mymisdoing."
"MISDOUBT","To be suspicious of; to have suspicion. [Obs.]I do not misdoubt my wife. Shak."
"MISDOUBTFUL","Misgiving; hesitating. [Obs.] 'Her misdoubtful mind.' Spenser."
"MISDREAD","Dread of evil. [Obs.]"
"MISE","The issue in a writ of right."
"MISEASE","Want of ease; discomfort; misery. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MISEASED","Having discomfort or misery; troubled. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MISEASY","Not easy; painful. [Obs.]"
"MISEDITION","An incorrect or spurious edition. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"MISEDUCATE","To educate in a wrong manner."
"MISEMPLOY","To employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents,etc.Their frugal father's gains they misemploy. Dryden."
"MISEMPLOYMENT","Wrong or mistaken employment. Johnson."
"MISENTER","To enter or insert wrongly, as a charge in an account."
"MISENTREAT","To treat wrongfully. [Obs.] Grafton."
"MISENTRY","An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account."
"MISERABLE","A miserable person. [Obs.] Sterne."
"MISERABLENESS","The state or quality of being miserable."
"MISERABLY","In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly; meanly.They were miserably entertained. Sir P. Sidney.The fifth was miserably stabbed to death. South."
"MISERATION","Commiseration. [Obs.]"
"MISERERE","The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the50th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word miserere."
"MISERICORDE","Same as Misericordia, 2."
"MISERICORDIA","An amercement. Burrill."
"MISERLY","Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly."
"MISESTEEM","Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson."
"MISESTIMATE","To estimate erroneously. J. S. Mill."
"MISEXPLANATION","An erroneous explanation."
"MISEXPLICATION","Wrong explication."
"MISEXPOSITION","Wrong exposition."
"MISEXPOUND","To expound erroneously."
"MISEXPRESSION","Wrong expression."
"MISFAITH","Want of faith; distrust. '[Anger] born of your misfaith.'Tennyson."
"MISFALL","To befall, as ill luck; to happen to unluckily. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MISFARE","To fare ill. [Obs.] -- n."
"MISFASHION","To form wrongly."
"MISFEASANCE","A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which aperson might lawfully do. Bouvier. Wharton."
"MISFEATURE","Ill feature. [R.] Keats."
"MISFEELING","Insensate. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"MISFEIGN","To feign with an evil design. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MISFORM","To make in an ill form. Spenser."
"MISFORMATION","Malformation."
"MISFORTUNATE","Producing misfortune. [Obs.]"
"MISFORTUNE","Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster;mishap; mischance.Consider why the change was wrought, You 'll find his misfortune, nothis fault. Addison."
"MISFORTUNED","Unfortunate. [Obs.]"
"MISFRAME","To frame wrongly."
"MISGET","To get wrongfully. [Obs.]"
"MISGIE","See Misgye. [Obs.]"
"MISGIVE","To give out doubt and apprehension; to be fearful orirresolute. 'My mind misgives.' Shak."
"MISGIVING","Evil premonition; doubt; distrust. 'Suspicious and misgivings.'South."
"MISGO","To go astray. Spenser."
"MISGOTTEN","Unjustly gotten. Spenser."
"MISGOVERN","To govern ill; as, to misgovern a country. Knolles."
"MISGOVERNANCE","Misgovernment; misconduct; misbehavior. [Obs.] Chaucer.Spenser."
"MISGOVERNED","Ill governed, as a people; ill directed. 'Rude, misgovernedhands.' Shak."
"MISGOVERNMENT","Bad government; want of government. Shak."
"MISGRACIOUS","Not gracious. [Obs.]"
"MISGRAFF","To misgraft. [Obs.] Shak."
"MISGRAFT","To graft wrongly."
"MISGROUND","To found erroneously. 'Misgrounded conceit.' Bp. Hall."
"MISGROWTH","Bad growth; an unnatural or abnormal growth."
"MISGUESS","To guess wrongly."
"MISGUIDANCE","Wrong guidance."
"MISGUIDE","To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide theunderstanding."
"MISGUIDING","Misleading.-- Mis*guid'ing*ly, adv."
"MISGYE","To misguide. [Obs.]"
"MISHANDLE","To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat."
"MISHAP","Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. Chaucer.Secure from worldly chances and mishaps. Shak."
"MISHAPPEN","To happen ill or unluckily. Spenser."
"MISHAPPY","Unhappy. [Obs.]"
"MISHCUP","The scup. [Local, U. S.]"
"MISHEAR","To hear incorrectly."
"MISHMASH","A hotchpotch. Sir T. Herbert."
"MISHNA","A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations ofScripture, forming the text of the Talmud. [Written also Mischna.]"
"MISHNIC","Of or pertaining to the Mishna."
"MISIMAGINATION","Wrong imagination; delusion. Bp. Hall."
"MISIMPROVE","To use for a bad purpose; to abuse; to misuse; as, tomisimprove time, talents, advantages, etc. South."
"MISIMPROVEMENT","Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose."
"MISINCLINE","To cause to have a wrong inclination or tendency; to affectwrongly."
"MISINFER","To infer incorrectly."
"MISINFORM","To give untrue information to; to inform wrongly."
"MISINFORMANT","A misinformer."
"MISINFORMATION","Untrue or incorrect information. Bacon."
"MISINFORMER","One who gives or incorrect information."
"MISINSTRUCT","To instruct amiss."
"MISINSTRUCTION","Wrong or improper instruction."
"MISINTEND","To aim amiss. [Obs.]"
"MISINTERPRET","To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in awrong sense."
"MISINTERPRETABLE","Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood."
"MISINTERPRETATION","The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation."
"MISINTERPRETER","One who interprets erroneously."
"MISJOIN","To join unfitly or improperly."
"MISJOINDER","An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in aprocedure, criminal or civil. Wharton."
"MISJUDGE","To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; tomisconstrue."
"MISJUDGMENT","A wrong or unjust judgment."
"MISKEEP","To keep wrongly. Chaucer."
"MISKEN","Not to know. [Obs.]"
"MISKIN","A little bagpipe. [Obs.] Drayton."
"MISKINDLE","To kindle amiss; to inflame to a bad purpose; to excitewrongly."
"MISKNOW","To have a mistaken notion of or about. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"MISLACTATION","Defective flow or vitiated condition of the milk."
"MISLAYER","One who mislays."
"MISLE","To rain in very fine drops, like a thick mist; to mizzle."
"MISLEAD","To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide intoerror; to cause to mistake; to deceive.Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you. Bacon.To give due light To the mislead and lonely traveler. Milton."
"MISLEADER","One who leads into error."
"MISLEADING","Leading astray; delusive."
"MISLEARN","To learn wrongly."
"MISLED","of Mislead."
"MISLEN","See Maslin."
"MISLETOE","See Mistletoe."
"MISLIGHT","To deceive or lead astray with a false light. Herrick."
"MISLIKE","To dislike; to disapprove of; to have aversion to; as, tomislike a man.Who may like or mislike what he says. I. Taylor."
"MISLIKER","One who dislikes."
"MISLIKING","Dislike; aversion."
"MISLIN","See Maslin."
"MISLIVE","To live amiss."
"MISLODGE","To lodge amiss. [Obs.]"
"MISLUCK","Ill luck; misfortune."
"MISLY","Raining in very small drops."
"MISMAKE","To make or form amiss; to spoil in making. 'Limpingpossibilities of mismade human nature.' Mrs. Browning."
"MISMANAGE","To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs."
"MISMANAGEMENT","Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement."
"MISMANAGER","One who manages ill."
"MISMARK","To mark wrongly."
"MISMATCH","To match unsuitably."
"MISMATE","To mate wrongly or unsuitably; as, to mismate gloves or shoes;a mismated couple."
"MISMEASURE","To measure or estimate incorrectly."
"MISMEASUREMENT","Wrong measurement."
"MISMETER","To give the wrong meter to, as to a line of verse. [R.]Chaucer."
"MISNAME","To call by the wrong name; to give a wrong or inappropriatename to."
"MISNOMER","The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in acomplaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrongor inapplicable name or title.Many of the changes, by a great misnomer, called parliamentary'reforms'. Burke.The word 'synonym' is fact a misnomer. Whatel"
"MISNUMBER","To number wrongly."
"MISNURTURE","To nurture or train wrongly; as, to misnurture children. Bp.Hall."
"MISOBEDIENCE","Mistaken obedience; disobedience. [Obs.] Milton."
"MISOBSERVE","To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke."
"MISOBSERVER","One who misobserves; one who fails to observe properly."
"MISOGAMIST","A hater of marriage."
"MISOGAMY","Hatre"
"MISOGYNIST","A woman hater. Fuller."
"MISOGYNOUS","Hating women."
"MISOGYNY","Hatred of women. Johnson."
"MISOLOGY","Hatred of argument or discussion; hatred of enlightenment. G.H. Lewes."
"MISOPINION","Wrong opinion. [Obs.]"
"MISORDER","To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. [Obs.]Shak."
"MISORDERLY","Irregular; disorderly. [Obs.]"
"MISORDINATION","Wrong ordination."
"MISOTHEISM","Hatred of God. De Quincey."
"MISPAINT","To paint ill, or wrongly."
"MISPASSION","Wrong passion or feeling. [Obs.]"
"MISPAY","To dissatisfy. [Obs.]"
"MISPENSE","See Misspense. Bp. Hall."
"MISPERCEPTION","Erroneous perception."
"MISPERSUADE","To persuade amiss."
"MISPERSUASION","A false persuasion; wrong notion or opinion. Dr. H. More."
"MISPICKEL","Arsenical iron pyrites; arsenopyrite."
"MISPLACE","To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper orunworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence."
"MISPLACEMENT","The act of misplacing, or the state of being misplaced."
"MISPLEAD","To err in pleading."
"MISPLEADING","An error in pleading."
"MISPOINT","To point improperly; to punctuate wrongly."
"MISPOLICY","Wrong policy; impolicy."
"MISPRACTICE","Wrong practice."
"MISPRAISE","To praise amiss."
"MISPRINT","To print wrong."
"MISPRISE","See Misprize. [Obs.] Shak."
"MISPRISION","A neglect, negligence, or contempt."
"MISPRIZE","To slight or undervalue.O, for those vanished hours, so much misprized! Hillhouse.I do not blame them, madam, nor misprize. Mrs. Browning."
"MISPROCEEDING","Wrong or irregular proceding."
"MISPROFESS","To make a false profession; to make pretensions to skill whichis not possessed."
"MISPRONOUNCE","To pronounce incorrectly."
"MISPRONUNCIATION","Wrong or improper pronunciation."
"MISPROPORTION","To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion."
"MISPROUD","Viciously proud. [Obs.] Shak."
"MISPUNCTUATE","To punctuate wrongly or incorrectly."
"MISQUOTATION","Erroneous or inaccurate quotation."
"MISQUOTE","To quote erroneously or incorrectly. Shak."
"MISRAISE","To raise or exite unreasonable. 'Misraised fury.' Bp. Hall."
"MISRATE","To rate erroneously."
"MISREAD","To read amiss; to misunderstand in reading."
"MISRECEIVE","To receive wrongly."
"MISRECITAL","An inaccurate recital."
"MISRECITE","To recite erroneously."
"MISRECKON","To reckon wrongly; to miscalculate. Swift."
"MISRECKONING","An erroneous computation."
"MISRECOLLECT","To have an erroneous remembrance of; to suppose erroneouslythat one recollects. Hitchcock."
"MISRECOLLECTION","Erroneous or inaccurate recollection."
"MISREFORM","To reform wrongly or imperfectly."
"MISREGARD","Wrong understanding; misconstruction. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MISREGULATE","To regulate wrongly or imperfectly; to fail to regulate."
"MISREHEARSE","To rehearse or quote incorrectly. Sir T. More."
"MISRELATE","To relate inaccurately."
"MISRELATION","Erroneous relation or narration. Abp. Bramhall."
"MISRELIGION","False religion. [R.]"
"MISREMEMBER","To mistake in remembering; not to remember correctly. Sir T.More."
"MISRENDER","To render wrongly; to translate or recite wrongly. Boyle."
"MISREPEAT","To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of. Gov. Winthrop."
"MISREPORT","To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke."
"MISREPRESENT","To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to givea false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly,or carelessly. Swift."
"MISREPRESENTATION","Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account;-- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, amisrepresentation of a person's motives. Sydney Smith."
"MISREPRESENTATIVE","Tending to convey a wrong impression; misrepresenting."
"MISREPRESENTER","One who misrepresents."
"MISREPUTE","To have in wrong estimation; to repute or estimate erroneously."
"MISRULE","To rule badly; to misgovern."
"MISRULY","Unruly. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"MISS","In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on thetable, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player."
"MISSA","The service or sacrifice of the Mass."
"MISSAL","The book containing the service of the Mass for the entireyear; a Mass book."
"MISSAY","To speak ill. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MISSEEK","To seek for wrongly. [Obs.]"
"MISSEL","Mistletoe. [Obs.] Missel bird, Missel thrush (Zo\u00f6l.), a largeEuropean thrush (Turdus viscivorus) which feeds on the berries of themistletoe; -- called also mistletoe thrush and missel."
"MISSELDINE","The mistletoe. [Obs.] Baret."
"MISSELTOE","See Mistletoe."
"MISSEMBLANCE","False resemblance or semblance. [Obs.]"
"MISSEND","To send amiss or incorrectly."
"MISSERVE","To serve unfaithfully."
"MISSET","To set pr place wrongly."
"MISSHAPE","To shape ill; to give an ill or unnatural from to; to deform.'Figures monstrous and misshaped.' Pope."
"MISSHAPEN","Having a bad or ugly form. 'The mountains are misshapen.'Bentley.-- Mis*shap'en*ly, adv.-- Mis*shap'en*ness, n."
"MISSHEATHED","Sheathed by mistake; wrongly sheathed; sheathed in a wrongplace. Shak."
"MISSIFICATE","To perform Mass. [Obs.] Milton."
"MISSILE","Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projectedfrom the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike anobject at a distance.We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart. Pope."
"MISSING","Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost;wanting; not present when called or looked for.Neither was there aught missing unto them. 1 Sam. xxv. 7.For a time caught up to God, as once Moses was in the mount, andmissing long. Milton."
"MISSINGLY","With a sense of loss. [Obs.] Shak."
"MISSION","To send on a mission. [Mostly used in the form of the pastparticiple.] Keats."
"MISSIONARY","One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to propagatereligion. Swift. Missionary apostolic, a Roman Catholic missionarysent by commission from the pope."
"MISSIONER","A missionary; an envoy; one who conducts a mission. SeeMission, n., 6. 'Like mighty missioner you come.' Dryden."
"MISSIS","A mistress; a wife; -- so used by the illiterate. G. Eliot."
"MISSISH","Like a miss; prim; affected; sentimental.-- Miss'ish*ness, n."
"MISSIT","To sit badly or imperfectly upon; to misbecome. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MISSOUND","To sound wrongly; to utter or pronounce incorrectly. E,Hall."
"MISSPEAK","To err in speaking."
"MISSPEECH","Wrong speech. [Obs.]"
"MISSPELL","To spell incorrectly."
"MISSPELLING","A wrong spelling."
"MISSPEND","To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste;as, to misspend time or money. J. Philips."
"MISSPENDER","One who misspends."
"MISSPENSE","A spending improperly; a wasting. [Obs.] Barrow."
"MISSPENT","of Misspend."
"MISSTATE","To state wrongly; as, to misstate a question in debate. Bp.Sanderson."
"MISSTATEMENT","An incorrect statement."
"MISSTAYED","Having missed stays; -- said of a ship."
"MISSTEP","A wrong step; an error of conduct."
"MISSUCCESS","Failure. [Obs.]"
"MISSUGGESTION","Wrong or evil suggestion. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"MISSUMMATION","Wrong summation."
"MISSWEAR","To swear falsely."
"MISSY","See Misy."
"MIST","To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim. Shak."
"MISTAKABLE","Liable to be mistaken; capable of being misconceived. Sir T.Browne."
"MISTAKE","To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; tocommit an unintentional error.Servants mistake, and sometimes occasion misunderstanding amongfriends. Swift."
"MISTAKENLY","By mistake. Goldsmith."
"MISTAKENNESS","Erroneousness."
"MISTAKER","One who mistakes.Well meaning ignorance of some mistakers. Bp. Hall."
"MISTAKING","An error; a mistake. Shak."
"MISTAKINGLY","Erroneously."
"MISTAUGHT","Wrongly taught; as, a mistaught youth. L'Estrange."
"MISTEACH","To teach wrongly; to instruct erroneously."
"MISTELL","To tell erroneously."
"MISTEMPER","To temper ill; to disorder; as, to mistemper one's head.Warner.This inundation of mistempered humor. Shak."
"MISTER","A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth. Itis usually written in the abbreviated form Mr.To call your name, inquire your where, Or whet you think of MisterSome-one's book, Or Mister Other's marriage or decease. Mrs.Browning."
"MISTERM","To call by a wrong name; to miscall."
"MISTERY","See Mystery, a trade."
"MISTFUL","Clouded with, or as with, mist."
"MISTHINK","To think wrongly. [Obs.] 'Adam misthought of her.' Milton."
"MISTHOUGHT","Erroneous thought; mistaken opinion; error. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MISTHRIVE","To thrive poorly; to be not thrifty or prosperous. [Obs.]"
"MISTHROW","To throw wrongly."
"MISTIDE","To happen or come to pass unfortunately; also, to suffer evilfortune. [Obs.]"
"MISTIHEAD","Mistiness. [Obs.]"
"MISTILY","With mist; darkly; obscurely."
"MISTIME","To time wrongly; not to adapt to the time."
"MISTINESS","State of being misty."
"MISTION","Mixture. [Obs.]"
"MISTITLE","To call by a wrong title."
"MISTLE","To fall in very fine drops, as rain."
"MISTLETOE","A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album), bearing aglutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare, it was anobject of superstitious regard among the Druids. A bird lime isprepared from its fruit. [Written also misletoe, misseltoe, andmistleto.] Lindley. Loudon."
"MISTONUSK","The American badger."
"MISTOOK","of Mistake."
"MISTRADITION","A wrong tradition. 'Monsters of mistradition.' Tennyson."
"MISTRAIN","To train amiss."
"MISTRAL","A violent and cold northwest wind experienced in theMediterranean provinces of France, etc."
"MISTRANSLATE","To translate erroneously."
"MISTRANSLATION","Wrong translation."
"MISTRANSPORT","To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by passion. [Obs.] Bp.Hall."
"MISTREADING","Misstep; misbehavior. 'To punish my mistreadings.' Shak."
"MISTREAT","To treat amiss; to abuse."
"MISTREATMENT","Wrong treatment."
"MISTRESS","To wait upon a mistress; to be courting. [Obs.] Donne."
"MISTRIAL","A false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result."
"MISTRIST","To mistrust. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MISTROW","To think wrongly. [Obs.]"
"MISTRUST","Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust. Milton."
"MISTRUSTER","One who mistrusts."
"MISTRUSTFUL","Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings.Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood. Shak.-- Mis*trust'ful*ly, adv.-- Mis*trust'ful*ness, n."
"MISTRUSTINGLY","With distrust or suspicion."
"MISTRUSTLESS","Having no mistrust or suspicion.The swain mistrustless of his smutted face. Goldsmith."
"MISTUNE","To tune wrongly."
"MISTURN","To turn amiss; to pervert."
"MISTUTOR","To instruct amiss."
"MISUNDERSTAND","To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in awrong sense."
"MISUNDERSTANDER","One who misunderstands. Sir T. More."
"MISURATO","Measured; -- a direction to perform a passage in strict ormeasured time."
"MISUSAGE","Bad treatment; abuse. Spenser."
"MISUSEMENT","Misuse. [Obs.]"
"MISUSER","Unlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying from,one's right. Bouvier."
"MISVALUE","To value wrongly or too little; to undervalue.But for I am so young, I dread my work Wot be misvalued both of oldand young. W. Browne."
"MISVOUCH","To vouch falsely."
"MISWANDER","To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"MISWAY","A wrong way. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MISWEAR","To wear ill. [Obs.] Bacon."
"MISWED","To wed improperly."
"MISWEEN","To ween amiss; to misjudge; to distrust; to be mistaken. [Obs.]Spenser."
"MISWEND","To go wrong; to go astray. [Obs.] 'The world is miswent.'Gower."
"MISWORD","To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a sentence."
"MISWORSHIP","Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion. Bp.Hall.Such hideous jungle of misworships. Carlyle."
"MISWORSHIPER","One who worships wrongly."
"MISWRITE","To write incorrectly."
"MISWROUGHT","Badly wrought. Bacon."
"MISY","An impure yellow sulphate of iron; yellow copperas orcopiapite."
"MISYOKE","To yoke improperly."
"MISZEALOUS","Mistakenly zealous. [Obs.]"
"MITE","A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there aremany species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. SeeAcarina."
"MITERWORT","Any plant of the genus Mitella, -- slender, perennial herbswith a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter; bishop's cap. Falsemiterwort, a white-flowered perennial herb of the United States(Tiarella cardifolia)."
"MITHIC","See Mythic."
"MITHRAS","The sun god of the Persians."
"MITHRIDATE","An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of anelectuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservativeagainst poison; an alexipharmic; -- so called from King Mithridates,its reputed inventor.[Love is] a drop of the true elixir; no mithridate so effectualagainst the infection of vice. Southey."
"MITHRIDATIC","Of or pertaining to King Mithridates, or to a mithridate."
"MITIGABLE","Admitting of mitigation; that may be mitigated."
"MITIGANT","Tending to mitigate; mitigating; lentitive. Johnson."
"MITIGATION","The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated;abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe,afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor,severity, punishment, or penalty."
"MITIGATIVE","Tending to mitigate; alleviating."
"MITIGATOR","One who, or that which, mitigates."
"MITIGATORY","Tending to mitigate or alleviate; mitigative."
"MITING","A little one; -- used as a term of endearment. [Obs.] Skelton."
"MITIS CASTING","A process, invented by P. Ostberg, for producing malleable ironcastings by melting wrought iron, to which from 0.05 to 0.1 per centof aluminium is added to lower the melting point, usually in apetroleum furnace, keeping the molten metal at the bubbling pointuntil it becomes quiet, and then pouring the molten metal into a moldlined with a special mixture consisting essentially of molasses andground burnt fire clay; also, a casting made by this process; --called also wrought-iron casting."
"MITIS METAL","The malleable iron produced by mitis casting; -- called alsosimply mitis."
"MITOME","The denser part of the protoplasm of a cell."
"MITOSIS","See Karyokinesis."
"MITOTIC","Of or pertaining to mitosis; karyokinetic; as, mitotic celldivision; -- opposed to amitotic. --Mi*tot'ic*al*ly (#), adv."
"MITRAILLE","Shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon."
"MITRAILLEUR","One who serves a mitrailleuse."
"MITRAILLEUSE","A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrelsfitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be firedsimultaneously, or successively, and rapidly."
"MITRAL","Pertaining to a miter; resembling a miter; as, the mitral valvebetween the left auricle and left ventricle of the heart."
"MITRE","See Miter."
"MITRIFORM","Having the form of a miter, or a peaked cap; as, a mitriformcalyptra. Gray."
"MITT","A mitten; also, a covering for the wrist and hand and not forthe fingers."
"MITTENED","Covered with a mitten or mittens. 'Mittened hands.' Whittier."
"MITTENT","Sending forth; emitting. [Obs.] Wiseman."
"MITTIMUS","A pigment of a green color, the chief constituent of which isoxide of chromium."
"MITTY","The stormy petrel. [Prov. Eng.]"
"MITU","A South American curassow of the genus Mitua."
"MITY","Having, or abounding with, mites."
"MIXABLE","Capable of being mixed."
"MIXED","Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, v. t. & i.Mixed action (Law), a suit combining the properties of a real and apersonal action.-- Mixed angle, a mixtilineal angle.-- Mixed fabric, a textile fabric composed of two or more kinds offiber, as a poplin.-- Mixed marriage, a marriage between persons of different races orreligions; specifically, one between a Roman Catholic and aProtestant.-- Mixed number, a whole number and a fraction taken together.-- Mixed train, a railway train containing both passenger andfreight cars.-- Mixed voices (Mus.), voices of both males and females united inthe same performance."
"MIXEDLY","In a mixed or mingled manner."
"MIXEN","A compost heap; a dunghill. Chaucer. Tennyson."
"MIXER","One who, or that which, mixes."
"MIXOGAMOUS","Pairing with several males; -- said of certain fishes of whichseveral males accompany each female during spawning."
"MIXOLYDIAN MODE","The seventh ecclesiastical mode, whose scale commences on G."
"MIXTLY","With mixture; in a mixed manner; mixedly. Bacon."
"MIXTURE","A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients; esp., asopposed to solution, a liquid preparation in which the solidingredients are not completely dissolved."
"MIZMAZE","A maze or labyrinth. [Obs.]"
"MIZZEN","Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails,etc."
"MIZZENMAST","The hindmost mast of a three-masted vessel, or of a yawl-riggedvessel."
"MIZZLE","Mist; fine rain."
"MIZZY","A bog or quagmire. [Obs.] Ainsworth."
"MNEMONICIAN","One who instructs in the art of improving or using the memory."
"MNEMONICS","The art of memory; a system of precepts and rules intended toassist the memory; artificial memory."
"MNEMOSYNE","The goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses."
"MNEMOTECHNY","Mnemonics."
"MO","More; -- usually, more in number. [Obs.]An hundred thousand mo. Chaucer.Likely to find mo to commend than to imitate it. Fuller."
"MOA","Any one of several very large extinct species of wingless birdsbelonging to Dinornis, and other related genera, of the suborderDinornithes, found in New Zealand. They are allied to the apteryx andthe ostrich. They were probably exterminated by the natives beforeNew Zealand was discovered by Europeans. Some species were muchlarger than the ostrich."
"MOABITE","One of the posterity of Moab, the son of Lot. (Gen. xix. 37.)Also used adjectively."
"MOABITE STONE","A block of black basalt, found at Dibon in Moab by Rev. F. A.Klein, Aug. 19, 1868, which bears an inscription of thirty-fourlines, dating from the 9th century b. c., and written in the Moabitealphabet, the oldest Phonician type of the Semitic alphabet. Itrecords the victories of Mesha, king of Moab, esp. those over Israel(2 Kings iii. 4, 5, 27)."
"MOABITESS","A female Moabite. Ruth i. 22."
"MOABITISH","Moabite. Ruth ii. 6."
"MOANFUL","Full of moaning; expressing sorrow.-- Moan'ful*ly, adv."
"MOAT","A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortifiedplace, sometimes filled with water; a ditch."
"MOATE","To void the excrement, as a bird; to mute. [Obs.]"
"MOB","A mobcap. Goldsmith."
"MOBBISH","Like a mob; tumultuous; lawless; as, a mobbish act. Bp. Kent."
"MOBCAP","A plain cap or headdress for women or girls; especially, onetying under the chin by a very broad band, generally of the samematerial as the cap itself. Thackeray."
"MOBILE","Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable ofspontaneous movement."
"MOBILIZATION","The act of mobilizing."
"MOBILIZE","To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as anarmy corps."
"MOBLE","To wrap the head of in a hood. [Obs.] Shak."
"MOBLES","See Moebles. [Obs.]"
"MOBOCRACY","A condition in which the lower classes of a nation controlpublic affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights.It is good name that Dr. Stevens has given to our present situation(for one can not call it a government), a mobocracy. Walpole."
"MOBOCRAT","One who favors a form of government in which the unintelligentpopulace rules without restraint. Bayne."
"MOBOCRATIC","Of, or relating to, a mobocracy."
"MOCCASIN","A poisonous snake of the Southern United States. The watermoccasin (Ancistrodon piscivorus) is usually found in or near water.Above, it is olive brown, barred with black; beneath, it is brownishyellow, mottled with darker. The upland moccasin is Ancistrodonatrofuscus. They resemble rattlesnakes, but are without rattles.Moccasin flower (Bot.), a species of lady's slipper (Cypripediumacaule) found in North America. The lower petal is two inches long,and forms a rose-colored moccasin-shaped pouch. It grows in richwoods under coniferous trees."
"MOCCASINED","Covered with, or wearing, a moccasin or moccasins. 'Moccasinedfeet.' Harper's Mag."
"MOCHE","A bale of raw silk."
"MOCHEL","Much. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MOCHILA","A large leather flap which covers the saddletree. [WesternU.S.]"
"MOCK","To make sport contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful orjeering manner.When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed Job xi. 3.She had mocked at his proposal. Froude."
"MOCKABLE","Such as can be mocked. Shak."
"MOCKADO","A stuff made in imitation of velvet; -- probably the same asmock velvet. [Obs.]Our rich mockado doublet. Ford."
"MOCKADOUR","See Mokadour. [Obs.]"
"MOCKAGE","Mockery. [Obs.] Fuller."
"MOCKBIRD","The European sedge warbler (Acrocephalus phragmitis)."
"MOCKER","A mocking bird. Mocker nut (Bot.), a kind of hickory (Caryatomentosa) and its fruit, which is far inferior to the true shagbarkhickory nut."
"MOCKING","Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision;mimicking; derisive. Mocking bird (Zo\u00f6l.), a North American singingbird (Mimus polyglottos), remarkable for its exact imitations of thenotes of other birds. Its back is gray; the tail and wings areblackish, with a white patch on each wing; the outer tail feathersare partly white. The name is also applied to other species of thesame genus, found in Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.-- Mocking thrush (Zo\u00f6l.), any species of the genus Harporhynchus,as the brown thrush (H. rufus).-- Mocking wren (Zo\u00f6l.), any American wren of the genus Thryothorus,esp. T. Ludovicianus."
"MOCKINGLY","By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking manner."
"MOCKINGSTOCK","A butt of sport; an object of derision. [R.]"
"MOCKISH","Mock; counterfeit; sham. [Obs.]"
"MOCKLE","See Mickle."
"MOCO","A South American rodent (Cavia rupestris), allied to the Guineapig, but larger; -- called also rock cavy."
"MODAL","Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of conceivingexistence, or of expressing thought."
"MODALIST","One who regards Father, Son, and Spirit as modes of being, andnot as persons, thus denying personal distinction in the Trinity.Eadie."
"MODALITY","A modal relation or quality; a mode or point of view underwhich an object presents itself to the mind. According to Kant, thequality of propositions, as assertory, problematical, or apodeictic."
"MODALLY","In a modal manner.A compound proposition, the parts of which are united modally ... bythe particles 'as' and 'so.' Gibbs."
"MODE","Any combination of qualities or relations, considered apartfrom the substance to which they belong, and treated as entities;more generally, condition, or state of being; manner or form ofarrangement or manifestation; form, as opposed to matter.Modes I call such complex ideas, which, however compounded, containnot in them the supposition of subsisting by themselves, but areconsidered as dependencies on, or affections of, substances. Locke."
"MODEL","Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house;a model husband."
"MODELER","One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art. [Written alsomodeller.]"
"MODELING","The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is tobe executed; the formation of a work of art from some plasticmaterial. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression orindication of solid form. [Written also modelling.] Modeling plane, asmall plane for planing rounded objects.-- Modeling wax, beeswax melted with a little Venice turpentine, orother resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usuallyred, -- used in modeling."
"MODELIZE","To model. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"MODENA","A certain crimsonlike color. Good."
"MODENESE","Of or pertaining to Modena or its inhabitants.-- n. sing. & pl."
"MODER","To moderate. [Obs.]"
"MODERABLE","Modeate; temperate. [Obs.]"
"MODERANCE","Moderation. [Obs.] Caxton."
"MODERATE","Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; notexcessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained; as:(a) Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate ineating or drinking; a moderate table.(b) Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement; reasonable;calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors.(c) Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as, amoderate Calvinist.A number of moderate members managed ... to obtain a majority in athin house. Swift."
"MODERATELY","In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent.Each nymph but moderately fair. Waller."
"MODERATENESS","The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness;moderation."
"MODERATION","The first public examinations for degrees at the University ofOxford; -- usually contracted to mods."
"MODERATISM","Moderation in doctrines or opinion, especially in politics orreligion."
"MODERATO","With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately. Allegromoderato, a little slower than allegro.-- Andante moderato, a little faster than andante."
"MODERATORSHIP","The office of a moderator."
"MODERATRESS","A female moderator. Fuller."
"MODERATRIX","A female moderator."
"MODERN","A person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient. Pope."
"MODERNISM","Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usageor mode of expression."
"MODERNIST","One who admires the moderns, or their ways and fashions."
"MODERNITY","Modernness; something modern. Walpole."
"MODERNIZATION","The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process ofcausing to conform to modern of thinking or acting."
"MODERNIZE","To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to causeto conform to recent or present usage or taste. Percy."
"MODERNIZER","One who modernizes."
"MODERNLY","In modern times. Milton."
"MODERNNESS","The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty. M.Arnold."
"MODESTLY","In a modest manner."
"MODICITY","Moderateness; smallness; meanness. [Obs.]"
"MODICUM","A little; a small quantity; a measured simply. 'Modicums ofwit.' Shak.Her usual modicum of beer and punch. Thackeray."
"MODIFIABILITY","Capability of being modified; state or quality of beingmodifiable."
"MODIFIABLE","Capable of being modified; liable to modification."
"MODIFICABLE","Modifiable. [Obs.]"
"MODIFICATE","To qualify. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson."
"MODIFICATION","The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; amodified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, themodification of an opinion, or of a machine; the variousmodifications of light. Bentley."
"MODIFICATIVE","That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause."
"MODIFICATORY","Tending or serving to modify; modifying. Max M\u00fcller."
"MODIFIER","One who, or that which, modifies. Hume."
"MODILLION","The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found underthe cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, andsometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- socalled because of its arrangement at regulated distances."
"MODIOLAR","Shaped like a bushel measure."
"MODIOLUS","The central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear."
"MODISH","According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to thefashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; amodish feast. Dryden. 'Modish forms of address.' Barrow.-- Mod'ish*ly, adv.-- Mod'ish*ness, n."
"MODIST","One who follows the fashion."
"MODISTE","A female maker of, or dealer in, articles of fashion,especially of the fashionable dress of ladies; a woman who givesdirection to the style or mode of dress."
"MODIUS","A dry measure, containing about a peck."
"MODOCS","A tribe of warlike Indians formerly inhabiting NorthernCalifornia. They are nearly extinct."
"MODULAR","Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as,modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure."
"MODULATE","To pass from one key into another."
"MODULATION","A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomesestablished in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, sothat the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art oftransition out of the original key into one nearly related, and soon, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. Thereare also sudden and unprepared modulations."
"MODULATOR","One who, or that which, modulates. Denham."
"MODULE","The size of some one part, as the diameter of semi-diameter ofthe base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which theproportions of the other parts of the composition are regulated.Generally, for columns, the semi-diameter is taken, and divided intoa certain number of parts, called minutes (see Minute), though oftenthe diameter is taken, and any dimension is said to be so manymodules and minutes in height, breadth, or projection."
"MODULUS","A quantity or coefficient, or constant, which expresses themeasure of some specified force, property, or quality, as ofelasticity, strength, efficiency, etc.; a parameter. Modulus of amachine, a formula expressing the work which a given machine canperform under the conditions involved in its construction; therelation between the work done upon a machine by the moving power,and that yielded at the working points, either constantly, if itsmotion be uniform, or in the interval of time which it occupies inpassing from any given velocity to the same velocity again, if itsmotion be variable; -- called also the efficiency of the machine.Mosley. Rankine.-- Modulus of a system of logarithms (Math.), a number by which allthe Napierian logarithms must be multiplied to obtain the logarithmsin another system.-- Modulus of elasticity. (a) The measure of the elastic force ofany substance, expressed by the ratio of a stress on a given unit ofthe substance to the accompanying distortion, or strain. (b) Anexpression of the force (usually in terms of the height in feet orweight in pounds of a column of the same body) which would benecessary to elongate a prismatic body of a transverse section equalto a given unit, as a square inch or foot, to double, or to compressit to half, its original length, were that degree of elongation orcompression possible, or within the limits of elasticity; -- calledalso Young's modulus.-- Modulus of rupture, the measure of the force necessary to break agiven substance across, as a beam, expressed by eighteen times theload which is required to break a bar of one inch square, supportedflatwise at two points one foot apart, and loaded in the middlebetween the points of support. Rankine."
"MODUS","A qualification involving the idea of variation or departurefrom some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction orenlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in thewill of a donor, an agreement between parties, and the like. Bracton."
"MODUS VIVENDI","Mode, or manner, of living; hence, a temporary arrangement ofaffairs until disputed matters can be settled."
"MODY","Fashionable. [R.]"
"MOE","A wry face or mouth; a mow. [Obs.]"
"MOEBLES","Movables; furniture; -- also used in the singular (moeble).[Obs.] Chaucer."
"MOELLINE","An unguent for the hair."
"MOELLON","Rubble masonry."
"MOESOGOTHIC","Belonging to the Moesogoths, a branch of the Goths who settledin Moesia."
"MOEVE","To move. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MOFF","A thin silk stuff made in Caucasia."
"MOG","To move away; to go off. [Prov. Eng. or Local, U. S.]"
"MOGGAN","A closely fitting knit sleeve; also, a legging of knittedmaterial. [Scot.]"
"MOGUL","A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having three pairs ofconnected driving wheels and a two-wheeled truck. Great, or Grand,Mogul, the sovereign of the empire founded in Hindostan by theMongols under Baber in the sixteenth century. Hence, a very importantpersonage; a lord; -- sometimes only mogul. Dryden."
"MOHA","A kind of millet (Setaria Italica); German millet."
"MOHAIR","The long silky hair or wool of the Angora goat of Asia Minor;also, a fabric made from this material, or an imitation of suchfabric."
"MOHAMMEDAN","Of or pertaining to Mohammed, or the religion and institutionsfounded by Mohammed. [Written also Mahometan, Mahomedan, Muhammadan,etc.]"
"MOHAMMEDAN CALENDAR","A lunar calendar reckoning from the year of the hegira, 622 a.d. Thirty of its years constitute a cycle, of which the 2d, 5th, 7th,10th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 24th, 26th, and 29th are leap years,having 355 days; the others are common, having 354 days. By thefollowing tables any Mohammedan date may be changed into theChristian date, or vice versa, for the years 1900-1935 a. d."
"MOHAMMEDAN ERA","The era in use in Mohammedan countries. See Mohammedan year,below."
"MOHAMMEDAN YEAR","The year used by Mohammedans, consisting of twelve lunar monthswithout intercalation, so that they retrograde through all theseasons in about 32\u00bd years. The Mohammedan era begins with the year622 a.d., the first day of the Mohammedan year 1332 begin Nov. 30,1913, acording to the Gregorian calendar."
"MOHAWK","One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations.They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River."
"MOHICANS","A tribe of Lenni-Lenape Indians who formerly inhabited WesternConnecticut and Eastern New York. [Written also Mohegans.]"
"MOHO","A gallinule (Notornis Mantelli) formerly inhabiting NewZealand, but now supposed to be extinct. It was incapable of flight.See Notornis."
"MOHOCK","See Mohawk."
"MOHOLI","See Maholi."
"MOHR","A West African gazelle (Gazella mohr), having horns on whichare eleven or twelve very prominent rings. It is one of the specieswhich produce bezoar. [Written also mhorr.]"
"MOHUR","A British Indian gold coin, of the value of fifteen silverrupees, or $7.21. Malcom."
"MOIDER","To toil. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"MOIDORE","A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s. sterling."
"MOIL","To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.Thou ... doest thy mind in dirty pleasures moil. Spenser."
"MOILE","A kind of high shoe anciently worn. [Written also moyle.]"
"MOINEAU","A small flat bastion, raised in the middle of an overlongcurtain."
"MOIRA","The deity who assigns to every man his lot."
"MOIRE METALLIQUE","A crystalline or frosted appearance produced by some acids ontin plate; also, the tin plate thus treated."
"MOIST","To moisten. [Obs.] Shak."
"MOISTENER","One who, or that which, moistens. Johnson."
"MOISTFUL","Full of moisture. [R.]"
"MOISTLESS","Without moisture; dry. [R.]"
"MOISTNESS","The quality or state of being moist."
"MOISTURELESS","Without moisture."
"MOISTY","Moist. [Obs.]"
"MOITHER","To perplex; to confuse. [Prov. Eng.] Lamb."
"MOJARRA","Any of certain basslike marine fishes (mostly of tropical seas,and having a deep, compressed body, protracile mouth, and largesilvery scales) constituting the family Gerrid\u00e6, as Gerres plumieri,found from Florida to Brazil and used as food. Also, any of numerousother fishes of similar appearance but belonging to other families."
"MOKADOUR","A handkerchief. [Obs.]"
"MOKE","A donkey. [Cant] Thackeray."
"MOKY","Misty; dark; murky; muggy. [Obs.]"
"MOLA","See Sunfish, 1."
"MOLAR","Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the propertiesor motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules oratoms. Carpenter."
"MOLARY","Same as 2d Molar."
"MOLASSE","A soft Tertiary sandstone; -- applied to a rock occurring inSwitzerland. See Chart of Geology."
"MOLASSES","The thick, brown or dark colored, viscid, uncrystallizablesirup which drains from sugar, in the process of manufacture; anythick, viscid, sweet sirup made from vegetable juice or sap, as ofthe sorghum or maple. See Treacle."
"MOLD","A spot; a blemish; a mole. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MOLE","A mass of fleshy or other more or less solid matter generatedin the uterus."
"MOLE-EYED","Having eyes like those of the mole; having imperfect sight."
"MOLEBUT","The sunfish (Orthagoriscus, or Mola). [Written also molebat.]"
"MOLECAST","A little elevation of earth made by a mole; a molehill.Mortimer."
"MOLECH","The fire god of the Ammonites, to whom human sacrifices wereoffered; Moloch. Lev. xviii. 21."
"MOLECULAR","Pertaining to, connected with, produced by, or consisting of,molecules; as, molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms, etc.Molecular attraction (Phys.), attraction acting between the moleculesof bodies, and at insensible distances.-- Molecular weight (Chem.), the weight of a molecule of any gas orvapor as compared with the hydrogen atom as a standard; the sum ofthe atomic weights of the constituents of a molecule; thus, themolecular weight of water (H2O) is 18."
"MOLECULARITY","The state of consisting of molecules; the state or quality ofbeing molecular."
"MOLECULARLY","With molecules; in the manner of molecules. W. R. Grove."
"MOLECULE","The smallest part of any substance which possesses thecharacteristic properties and qualities of that substance, and whichcan exist alone in a free state."
"MOLEHILL","A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working underground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle ordifficulty.Having leapt over such mountains, lie down before a molehill. South."
"MOLESKIN","Any fabric having a thick soft shag, like the fur of a mole;esp., a kind of strong twilled fustian."
"MOLEST","To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; tovex.They have molested the church with needless opposition. Hooker."
"MOLESTATION","The act of molesting, or the state of being molested;disturbance; annoyance."
"MOLESTER","One who molests."
"MOLESTFUL","Troublesome; vexatious. [R.]"
"MOLEWARP","See Moldwarp."
"MOLIMINOUS","Of great bulk or consequence; very important. [Obs.] Dr. H.More."
"MOLINE","The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by restingon the spindle; a millrind. Cross moline (Her.), a cross each arm ofwhich is divided at the end into two rounded branches or divisions."
"MOLINISM","The doctrines of the Molinists, somewhat resembling the tenetsof the Arminians."
"MOLINIST","A follower of the opinions of Molina, a Spanish Jesuit (inrespect to grace); an opposer of the Jansenists."
"MOLL","Minor; in the minor mode; as, A moll, that is, A minor."
"MOLLAH","One of the higher order of Turkish judges; also, a Turkishtitle of respect for a religious and learned man. [Written alsomoolah.]"
"MOLLE","Lower by a semitone; flat; as, E molle, that is, E flat."
"MOLLEBART","An agricultural implement used in Flanders, consisting of akind of large shovel drawn by a horse and guided by a man. [Writtenalso molleb\u00e6rt and mouldeb\u00e6rt.] Simmonds."
"MOLLEMOKE","Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels andfulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and severalspecies of \u00c6strelata, of the Southern Ocean. See Fulmar. [Writtenalso mollymawk, malmock, mollemock, mallemocke, etc.]"
"MOLLIENT","Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient."
"MOLLIENTLY","Assuagingly."
"MOLLIFIABLE","Capable of being mollified."
"MOLLIFICATION","The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; asoftening. Chaucer."
"MOLLIFIER","One who, or that which, mollifies. Bacon."
"MOLLINET","A little mill."
"MOLLIPILOSE","Having soft hairs; downy."
"MOLLITIES","Unnatural softness of any organ or part. Dunglison."
"MOLLITUDE","Softness; effeminacy; weakness. [R.]"
"MOLLUSC","Same as Mollusk."
"MOLLUSCA","One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including theclasses Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, PteropodaScaphopoda, andLamellibranchiata, or Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmentedbilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but notrepeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, whichincloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generallymore or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which maybe univalve, bivalve, or multivalve."
"MOLLUSCAN","Of or pertaining to mollusks.-- n."
"MOLLUSCOID","Resembling the true mollusks; belonging to the Molluscoidea.-- n."
"MOLLUSCOIDAL","Molluscoid."
"MOLLUSCOIDEA","A division of Invertebrata which includes the classesBrachiopoda and Bryozoa; -- called also Anthoid Mollusca."
"MOLLUSCOUS","Molluscan."
"MOLLUSCUM","A cutaneous disease characterized by numerous tumors, ofvarious forms, filled with a thick matter; -- so called from theresemblance of the tumors to some molluscous animals. Dunglison."
"MOLLUSK","One of the Mollusca. [Written also mollusc.]"
"MOLLY","Same as Mollemoke."
"MOLLY-MAWK","See Mollemoke."
"MOLOCH","The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom humansacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively."
"MOLOSSE","See Molossus."
"MOLOSSES","Molasses. [Obs.]"
"MOLOSSINE","A bat of the genus Molossus, as the monk bat."
"MOLOSSUS","A foot of three long syllables. [Written also molosse.]"
"MOLT","of Melt. Chaucer. Spenser."
"MOLTABLE","Capable of assuming a molten state; meltable; fusible. [Obs.]"
"MOLTO","Much; very; as, molto adagio, very slow."
"MOLY","A kind of garlic (Allium Moly) with large yellow flowers; --called also golden garlic."
"MOLYBDATE","A salt of molybdic acid."
"MOLYBDENA","See Molybdenite."
"MOLYBDENITE","A mineral occurring in soft, lead-gray, foliated masses orscales, resembling graphite; sulphide of molybdenum."
"MOLYBDENOUS","See Molybdous."
"MOLYBDENUM","A rare element of the chromium group, occurring in nature inthe minerals molybdenite and wulfenite, and when reduced obtained asa hard, silver-white, difficulty fusible metal. Symbol Mo. Atomicweight 95.9."
"MOLYBDIC","Of, pertaining to, or containing, molybdenum; specif.,designating those compounds in which the element has a highervalence, as contrasted with molybdous compounds; as, molybdic oxide."
"MOLYBDITE","Molybdic ocher."
"MOLYBDOUS","Of, pertaining to, or containing, molybdenum; specif.,designating those compounds in which molybdenum has a lower valenceas contrasted with molybdic compounds."
"MOME","A dull, silent person; a blockhead. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MOMENT","An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment ordecrement. [Obs.]"
"MOMENTAL","Of or pertaining to moment or momentum."
"MOMENTALLY","For a moment. [Obs.]"
"MOMENTARILY","Every moment; from moment to moment. Shenstone."
"MOMENTARINESS","The state or quality of being momentary; shortness of duration."
"MOMENTARY","Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a veryshort time; as, a momentary pang.This momentary joy breeds months of pain. Shak."
"MOMENTOUS","Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, amomentous decision; momentous affairs.-- Mo*men'tous*ly, adv.-- Mo*men'tous*ness, n."
"MOMENTUM","The quantity of motion in a moving body, being alwaysproportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity;impetus."
"MOMIER","A name given in contempt to strict Calvinists in Switzerland,France, and some parts of Germany, in the early part of the 19thcentury."
"MOMMERY","See Mummery. Rowe."
"MOMOT","See Motmot."
"MOMUS","The god of mockery and censure."
"MON-","Same as Mono-."
"MONA","A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey(Cercopithecus mona). The body is dark olive, with a spot of white onthe haunches."
"MONACHAL","Of or pertaining to monks or a monastic life; monastic."
"MONACHISM","The system and influences of a monastic life; monasticism."
"MONACID","Having one hydrogen atom replaceable by a negative or acid atomor radical; capable of neutralizing a monobasic acid; -- said ofbases, and of certain metals."
"MONAD","The elementary and indestructible units which were conceived ofas endowed with the power to produce all the changes they undergo,and thus determine all physical and spiritual phenomena."
"MONADARIA","The Infusoria."
"MONADELPHIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants having the stamens united into atube, or ring, by the filaments, as in the Mallow family."
"MONADIFORM","Having the form of a monad; resembling a monad in having one ormore filaments of vibratile protoplasm; as, monadiform young."
"MONADOLOGY","The doctrine or theory of monads."
"MONAL","Any Asiatic pheasant of the genus Lophophorus, as the Impeyanpheasant."
"MONAMIDE","An amido compound with only one amido group."
"MONAMINE","A basic compound containing one amido group; as, methyl amineis a monamine."
"MONANDER","One of the Monandria."
"MONANDRIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants embracing those having but a singlestamen."
"MONANDRIAN","Same as Monandrous."
"MONANDRIC","Of or pertaining to monandry; practicing monandry as a systemof marriage."
"MONANDROUS","Of or pertaining to the monandria; having but one stamen."
"MONANDRY","The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same time;-- contrasted with polyandry."
"MONANTHOUS","Having but one flower; one-flowered. Gray."
"MONARCH","A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); --called also milkweed butterfly."
"MONARCHAL","Pertaining to a monarch; suiting a monarch; sovoreign; regal;imperial.Satan, whom now transcendent glory raised Above his fellows, withmonarchal pride. Milton."
"MONARCHESS","A female monarch. [Obs.]"
"MONARCHIAL","Monarchic. Burke."
"MONARCHIAN","One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected thedoctrine of the Trinity; -- called also patripassian."
"MONARCHISM","The principles of, or preference for, monarchy."
"MONARCHIST","An advocate of, or believer in, monarchy."
"MONARCHIZE","To play the sovereign; to act the monarch. [R.] Shak."
"MONARCHIZER","One who monarchizes; also, a monarchist."
"MONARCHO","The nickname of a crackbrained Italian who fancied himself anemperor. [Obs.] Shak."
"MONAS","A genus of minute flagellate Infusoria of which there are manyspecies, both free and attached. See Illust. under Monad."
"MONASTERIAL","Of or pertaining to monastery, or to monastic life.-- Mon`as*te'ri*al*ly, adv."
"MONASTERY","A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinarytemporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied tosuch a house for females."
"MONASTIC","A monk."
"MONASTICALLY","In a monastic manner."
"MONASTICISM","The monastic life, system, or condition. Milman."
"MONASTICON","A book giving an account of monasteries."
"MONAXIAL","Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane;as, monaxial development."
"MONAZITE","A mineral occurring usually in small isolated crystals, --phosphate of the cerium metals."
"MONDAY","The second day of the week; the day following Sunday."
"MONDE","The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty. [R.] A. Drummond.Le beau monde Etym: [F.], fashionable society. See Beau monde.-- Demi monde. See Demimonde."
"MONE","The moon. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MONEMBRYONY","The condition of an ovule having but a single embryo.-- Mon*em`bry*on'ic, a."
"MONER","One of the Monera."
"MONERA","The lowest division of rhizopods, including those whichresemble the amoebas, but are destitute of a nucleus."
"MONERAL","Of or pertaining to the Monera."
"MONERAN","Of or pertaining to the Monera.-- n."
"MONERON","One of the Monera."
"MONERULA","A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simplythat of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner. Haeckel."
"MONESIA","The bark, or a vegetable extract brought in solid cakes fromSouth America and believed to be derived from the bark, of the treeChrysophyllum glycyphloeum. It is used as an alterative andastringent."
"MONESIN","The acrid principle of Monesia, sometimes used as a medicine."
"MONEST","To warn; to admonish; to advise. [Obs.] Wyclif (2 Cor. v. 20)."
"MONETARY","Of or pertaining to money, or consisting of money; pecuniary.'The monetary relations of Europe.' E. Everett. Monetary unit, thestandard of a national currency, as the dollar in the United States,the pound in England, the franc in France, the mark in Germany."
"MONETH","A month. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MONETIZATION","The act or process of converting into money, or of adopting asmoney; as, the monetization of silver."
"MONETIZE","To convert into money; to adopt as current money; as, tomonetize silver."
"MONEY","To supply with money. [Obs.]"
"MONEY-MAKING","The act or process of making money; the acquisition andaccumulation of wealth.Obstinacy in money-making. Milman."
"MONEYLESS","Destitute of money; penniless; impecunious. Swift."
"MONEYWORT","A trailing plant (Lysimachia Nummularia), with rounded oppositeleaves and solitary yellow flowers in their axils."
"MONGCORN","See Mangcorn."
"MONGER","To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; -- usedchiefly of discreditable traffic."
"MONGOL","One of the Mongols.-- a."
"MONGOLIAN","Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols.-- n."
"MONGOLIC","See Mongolian."
"MONGOLOID","Resembling a Mongol or the Mongols; having racecharacteristics, such as color, hair, and features, like those of theMongols. Huxley."
"MONGREL","The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as ofdomestic animals; anything of mixed breed. Drayton."
"MONGRELIZE","To cause to be mongrel; to cross breeds, so as to producemongrels."
"MONIED","See Moneyed."
"MONIFIER","A fossil fish."
"MONILIALES","The largest of the three orders into which the Fungi Imperfectiare divided, including various forms."
"MONILIFORM","Joined or constricted, at regular intervals, so as to resemblea string of beads; as, a moniliform root; a moniliform antenna. SeeIllust. of Antenna."
"MONIMENT","Something to preserve memory; a reminder; a monument; hence, amark; an image; a superscription; a record. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MONISH","To admonish; to warn. See Admonish. [Archaic] Ascham."
"MONISHER","One who monishes; an admonisher. [Archaic]"
"MONISHMENT","Admonition. [Archaic]"
"MONISM","That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimateconstituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism."
"MONIST","A believer in monism."
"MONISTIC","Of, pertaining to, or involving, monism."
"MONITION","A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer."
"MONITIVE","Conveying admonition; admonitory. Barrow."
"MONITOR","Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., theEgyptian species (V. Niloticus), which is useful because it devoursthe eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feetlong."
"MONITOR NOZZLE","A nozzle capable of turning completely round in a horizontalplane and having a limited play in a vertical plane, used inhydraulic mining, fire-extinguishing apparatus, etc."
"MONITORIALLY","In a monitorial manner."
"MONITORSHIP","The post or office of a monitor."
"MONITORY","Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning.Losses, miscarriages, and disappointments, are monitory andinstructive. L'Estrange."
"MONK","A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the inknot being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, orwhite spot caused by a deficiency of ink."
"MONKEY","To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesqueor meddlesome manner. To monkey with, to handle in a meddlesomemanner. [Colloq.]"
"MONKEY-BREAD","The fruit of the Adansonia digitata; also, the tree. SeeAdansonia."
"MONKEY-CUP","See Nepenthes."
"MONKEY-POT","The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L.Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woodycapsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively bya circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule."
"MONKEYTAIL","A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery. Totten."
"MONKFLOWER","A name of certain curious orchids which bear three kinds offlowers formerly referred to three genera, but now ascertained to besexually different forms of the same genus (Catasetum tridentatum,etc.)."
"MONKING","Monkish. [R.] Coleridge."
"MONKISH","Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkishmanners; monkish dress; monkish solitude.-- Monk'ish*ness, n."
"MONKLY","Like, or suitable to, a monk. [R.]"
"MONKSHOOD","A plant of the genus Aconitum; aconite. See Aconite."
"MONO","The black howler of Central America (Mycetes villosus)."
"MONOBASIC","Capable of being neutralized by a univalent base or basicradical; having but one acid hydrogen atom to be replaced; -- said ofacids; as, acetic, nitric, and hydrochloric acids are monobasic."
"MONOCARBONIC","Containing one carboxyl group; as, acetic acid is amonocarbonic acid."
"MONOCARDIAN","Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians.-- n."
"MONOCARP","A monocarpic plant."
"MONOCARPELLARY","Consisting of a single carpel, as the fruit of the pea, cherry,and almond."
"MONOCEPHALOUS","Having a solitary head; -- said of unbranched composite plants."
"MONOCEROS","The Unicorn, a constellation situated to the east Orion."
"MONOCHLAMYDEOUS","Having a single floral envelope, that is, a calyx without acorolla, or, possibly, in rare cases, a corolla without a calyx."
"MONOCHORD","An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relationsof musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched betweentwo bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon agraduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring thelength of the part of the string between them."
"MONOCHROMATIC","Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of onecolor only. Monochromatic lamp (Opt.),a lamp whose flame yields raysof some one homogenous light. It is of great importance in opticalexperiments."
"MONOCHROME","A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with asingle color."
"MONOCHROMIC","Made, or done, with a single color; as, a monochromic picture."
"MONOCHROMY","The art of painting or drawing in monochrome."
"MONOCHRONIC","Existing at the same time; contemporaneous."
"MONOCILIATED","Having but one cilium."
"MONOCLE","An eyeglass for one eye. Simmonds."
"MONOCLINAL","Having one oblique inclination; -- applied to strata that dipin only one direction from the axis of elevation."
"MONOCLINE","A monoclinal fold."
"MONOCLINIC","Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system ofcrystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but atright angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization."
"MONOCLINOUS","Hermaphrodite, or having both stamens and pistils in everyflower."
"MONOCONDYLA","A group of vertebrates, including the birds and reptiles, orthose that have only one occipital condyle; the Sauropsida."
"MONOCOTYL","Any monocotyledonous plant."
"MONOCOTYLE","Monocotyledonous."
"MONOCOTYLEDON","A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe."
"MONOCOTYLEDONOUS","Having only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf. Lindley."
"MONOCRACY","Government by a single person; undivided rule. Sydney Smith."
"MONOCRAT","One who governs alone."
"MONOCROTIC","Of, pertaining to, or showing, monocrotism; as, a monocroticpulse; a pulse of the monocrotic type."
"MONOCROTISM","That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve orsphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirelydisappearing."
"MONOCULE","A small crustacean with one median eye."
"MONOCULOUS","Monocular. Glanvill."
"MONOCYSTIC","Of or pertaining to a division (Monocystidea) of Gregarinida,in which the body consists of one sac."
"MONODACTYLOUS","Having but one finger or claw."
"MONODELPHIA","The group that includes all ordinary or placental mammals; thePlacentalia. See Mammalia."
"MONODIMETRIC","Dimetric."
"MONODIST","A writer of a monody."
"MONODRAMATIC","Pertaining to a monodrama."
"MONODY","A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a singlemourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice."
"MONODYNAMIC","Possessing but one capacity or power. 'Monodynamic men.' DeQuincey."
"MONODYNAMISM","The theory that the various forms of activity in nature aremanifestations of the same force. G. H. Lewes."
"MONOECIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants, whose stamens and pistils are indistinct flowers in the same plant."
"MONOECIAN","Of or pertaining to the Monoecia; monoecious.-- n."
"MONOECIOUS","Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male andfemale flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; --opposed to Ant: dioecious."
"MONOECISM","The state or condition of being monoecious."
"MONOGAM","One of the Monogamia."
"MONOGAMIA","A Linn\u00e6an order of plants, having solitary flowers with unitedanthers, as in the genus Lobelia."
"MONOGAMIST","One who practices or upholds monogamy. Goldsmith."
"MONOGAMOUS","Same as Monogamian."
"MONOGAMY","State of being paired with a single mate."
"MONOGASTRIC","Having but a single stomach."
"MONOGENESIS","That form of reproduction which requires but one parent, as inreproduction by fission or in the formation of buds, etc., which dropoff and form new individuals; asexual reproduction. Haeckel."
"MONOGENETIC","One in genesis; resulting from one process of formation; --used of a mountain range. Dana."
"MONOGENIC","Of or pertaining to monogenesis."
"MONOGENISM","The theory or doctrine that the human races have a commonorigin, or constitute a single species."
"MONOGENIST","One who maintains that the human races are all of one species;-- opposed to polygenist."
"MONOGENISTIC","Monogenic."
"MONOGENOUS","Of or pertaining to monogenesis; as, monogenous, or asexual,reproduction."
"MONOGENY","The doctrine that the members of the human race have all acommon origin."
"MONOGONEUTIC","Having but one brood in a season."
"MONOGRAMMAL","See Monogrammic."
"MONOGRAMMATIC","Monogrammic."
"MONOGRAMMIC","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a monogram."
"MONOGRAMMOUS","Monogrammic."
"MONOGRAPH","A written account or description of a single thing, or class ofthings; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range."
"MONOGRAPHER","A writer of a monograph."
"MONOGRAPHIST","One who writes a monograph."
"MONOGRAPHOUS","Monographic. [Obs.]"
"MONOGYN","One of the Monogynia."
"MONOGYNIA","A Linn\u00e6an order of plants, including those which have only onestyle or stigma."
"MONOGYNIAN","Pertaining to the Monogynia; monogynous.-- n."
"MONOGYNOUS","Of or pertaining to Monogynia; having only one style or stigma."
"MONOGYNY","The state or condition of being monogynous."
"MONOHEMEROUS","Lasting but one day."
"MONOICOUS","Monoecious."
"MONOLATRY","Worship of a single deity."
"MONOLITH","A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into apillar, statue, or monument."
"MONOLITHAL","Monolithic."
"MONOLITHIC","Of or pertaining to a monolith; consisting of a single stone."
"MONOLOGIST","One who soliloquizes; esp., one who monopolizes conversation incompany. De Quincey."
"MONOLOGY","The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing conversation.It was not by an insolent usurpation that Coleridge persisted inmonology through his whole life. De Quincey."
"MONOMACHIST","One who fights in single combat; a duelist."
"MONOMANE","A monomaniac. [R.]"
"MONOMANIA","Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only;also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject ortrain of ideas to show mental derangement."
"MONOMANIAC","A person affected by monomania."
"MONOME","A monomial."
"MONOMEROUS","Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, onepetal, one stamen, and one pistil."
"MONOMETALLIC","Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to monometallism."
"MONOMETALLISM","The legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or silver, in thestandard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. SeeBimetallism."
"MONOMETALLIST","One who believes in monometallism as opposed to bimetallism,etc."
"MONOMETER","A rhythmic series, consisting of a single meter."
"MONOMETRIC","Same as Isometric."
"MONOMIAL","A single algebraic expression; that is, an expressionunconnected with any other by the sign of addition, substraction,equality, or inequality."
"MONOMPHALUS","A form of double monster, in which two individuals are unitedby a common umbilicus."
"MONONOMIAL","Monomyal."
"MONOPATHY","Suffering or sensibility in a single organ or function.-- Mon`o*path'ic, a."
"MONOPERSONAL","Having but one person, or form of existence."
"MONOPETALOUS","Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composedof petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous."
"MONOPHANOUS","Having one the same appearance; having a mutual resemblance."
"MONOPHONIC","Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophoniccomposition; -- opposed to Ant: polyphonic."
"MONOPHTHONGAL","Consisting of, or pertaining to, a monophthong."
"MONOPHYLETIC","Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to developmentfrom a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as,monophyletic origin."
"MONOPHYLLOUS","One-leaved; composed of a single leaf; as, a monophyllousinvolucre or calyx."
"MONOPHYODONT","Having but one set of teeth; -- opposed to diphyodont."
"MONOPHYSITE","One of a sect, in the ancient church, who maintained that thehuman and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but one compositenature. Also used adjectively."
"MONOPHYSITICAL","Of or pertaining to Monophysites, or their doctrines."
"MONOPLAST","A monoplastic element."
"MONOPLASTIC","That has one form, or retains its primary form, as, amonoplastic element."
"MONOPLEGIA","Paralysis affecting a single limb."
"MONOPNEUMONA","A suborder of Dipnoi, including the Ceratodus. [Written alsomonopneumonia.]"
"MONOPODE","A monopodium."
"MONOPODIAL","Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as abirchen twig or a cornstalk."
"MONOPODIUM","A single and continuous vegetable axis; -- opposed tosympodium."
"MONOPODY","A measure of but a single foot."
"MONOPOLER","A monopolist. [Obs.]"
"MONOPOLIST","One who monopolizes; one who has a monopoly; one who favorsmonopoly."
"MONOPOLISTIC","Of or pertaining to a monopolist. North Am. Rev."
"MONOPOLITE","A monopolist. Sylvester."
"MONOPOLIZE","To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusiveprivilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; toengross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; tomonopolize land."
"MONOPOLIZER","One who monopolizes."
"MONOPOLYLOGUE","An exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters."
"MONOPSYCHISM","The doctrine that there is but one immortal soul or intellectwith which all men are endowed."
"MONOPTERAL","Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring ofcolumns supporting a roof; -- said esp. of a temple."
"MONOPTERON","A circular temple consisting of a roof supported on columns,without a cella."
"MONOPYRENOUS","Having but a single stone or kernel."
"MONORGANIC","Belonging to, or affecting, a single organ, or set of organs."
"MONORHINA","The Marsipobranchiata."
"MONORHYME","A composition in verse, in which all the lines end with thesame rhyme."
"MONOSEPALOUS","Having only one sepal, or the calyx in one piece or composed ofthe sepals united into one piece; gamosepalous."
"MONOSPERM","A monospermous plant."
"MONOSPHERICAL","Consisting of one sphere only."
"MONOSTICH","A composition consisting of one verse only."
"MONOSTICHOUS","Arranged in a single row on one side of an axis, as the flowersin grasses of the tribe Chlorid\u00e6."
"MONOSTROPHE","A metrical composition consisting of a single strophe."
"MONOSTROPHIC","Having one strophe only; not varied in measure; written inunvaried measure. Milton."
"MONOSULPHIDE","A sulphide containing one atom of sulphur, and analogous to amonoxide; -- contrasted with a Ant: polysulphide; as, galena is amonosulphide."
"MONOSULPHURET","See Monosulphide."
"MONOSYLLABIC","Being a monosyllable, or composed of monosyllables; as, amonosyllabic word; a monosyllabic language.-- Mon`o*syl*lab'ic*al*ly, adv."
"MONOSYLLABISM","The state of consisting of monosyllables, or having amonosyllabic form; frequent occurrence of monosyllables."
"MONOSYLLABLE","A word of one syllable."
"MONOSYLLABLED","Formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables. Cleveland."
"MONOTESSARON","A single narrative framed from the statements of the fourevangelists; a gospel harmony. [R.]"
"MONOTHALAMA","A division of Foraminifera including those that have only onechamber."
"MONOTHALAMAN","A foraminifer having but one chamber."
"MONOTHALAMOUS","One-chambered."
"MONOTHALMIC","Formed from one pistil; -- said of fruits. R. Brown."
"MONOTHECAL","Having a single loculament."
"MONOTHEISM","The doctrine or belief that there is but one God."
"MONOTHEIST","One who believes that there is but one God."
"MONOTHEISTIC","Of or pertaining to monotheism."
"MONOTHELITE","One of an ancient sect who held that Christ had but one will ashe had but one nature. Cf. Monophysite. Gibbon."
"MONOTHELITIC","Of or pertaining to the Monothelites, or their doctrine."
"MONOTOCOUS","Bearing fruit but once; monocarpic."
"MONOTOMOUS","Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction only."
"MONOTONE","A single unvaried tone or sound."
"MONOTONIST","One who talks in the same strain or on the same subject untilweariness is produced. Richardson."
"MONOTONOUS","Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity;characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome.-- Mo*not'o*nous*ly, adv.-- Mo*not'o*nous*ness, n."
"MONOTREMATA","A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts ofthe urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds.The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, andEchidna."
"MONOTREMATOUS","Of or pertaining to the Monotremata."
"MONOTREME","One of the Monotremata."
"MONOTRIGLYPH","A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which onlyone triglyph and two metopes are introduced."
"MONOTROPA","A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including the Indianpipe and pine sap. The name alludes to the dropping end of the stem."
"MONOVALENT","Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent."
"MONOXIDE","An oxide containing one atom of oxygen in each molecule; as,barium monoxide."
"MONOXYLON","A canoe or boat made from one piece of timber."
"MONOXYLOUS","Made of one piece of wood."
"MONOZOA","A division of Radiolaria; -- called also Monocyttaria.-- Mon`o*zo'ic, a."
"MONROE DOCTRINE","See under Doctrine."
"MONSEIGNEUR","My lord; -- a title in France of a person of high birth orrank; as, Monseigneur the Prince, or Monseigneur the Archibishop. Itwas given, specifically, to the dauphin, before the Revolution of1789. (Abbrev. Mgr.)"
"MONSIGNORE","My lord; -- an ecclesiastical dignity bestowed by the pope,entitling the bearer to social and domestic rank at the papal court.(Abbrev. Mgr.)"
"MONSOON","A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternatingwith a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term appliedparticularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow fromthe southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September,and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middleof December."
"MONSTER","Monstrous in size. Pope."
"MONSTRANCE","A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed toview."
"MONSTRATION","The act of demonstrating; proof. [Obs.]A certain monstration. Grafton."
"MONSTROSITY","The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order ofnature; that which is monstrous; a monster. South.A monstrosity never changes the name or affects the immutability of aspecies. Adanson (Trans. )."
"MONSTROUS","Exceedingly; very; very much. 'A monstrous thick oil on thetop.' Bacon.And will be monstrous witty on the poor. Dryden."
"MONSTROUSLY","In a monstrous manner; unnaturally; extraordinarily; as,monstrously wicked. 'Who with his wife is monstrously in love.'Dryden."
"MONSTROUSNESS","The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual,extraordinary. Shak."
"MONSTRUOSITY","Monstrosity. [Obs.] Shak."
"MONSTRUOUS","Monstrous. [Obs.]"
"MONT","Mountain."
"MONT DE PIETE","One of certain public pawnbroking establishments whichoriginated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was tolend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; --called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in othercountries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house."
"MONTAIGNE","A mountain. [Obs.]"
"MONTANIC","Of or pertaining to mountains; consisting of mountains."
"MONTANIST","A follower of Mintanus, a Phrygian enthusiast of the secondcentury, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, dwelt inhim, and employed him as an instrument for purifying and guiding menin the Christian life.-- Mon`ta*nis'tic, Mon`ta*nis'tic*al, a."
"MONTANT","An upward thrust or blow. Shak."
"MONTE","A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice orcards."
"MONTE-ACID","An acid elevator, as a tube through which acid is forced tosome height in a sulphuric acid manufactory."
"MONTE-JUS","An apparatus for raising a liquid by pressure of air or steamin a reservoir containing the liquid."
"MONTEITH","See Monteth."
"MONTEM","A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school,England, of giing every third year, on Whittuesday, to a hillock nearthe Bath road, and exacting money from all passers-by, to support atthe university the senior scholar of the school."
"MONTERO","An ancient kind of cap worn by horsemen or huntsmen. Bacon."
"MONTESSORI METHOD","A system of training and instruction, primarily for use withnormal children aged from three to six years, devised by Dr. MariaMontessori while teaching in the 'Houses of Childhood' (schools inthe poorest tenement districts of Rome, Italy), and first fullydescribed by her in 1909. Leading features are freedom for physicalactivity (no stationary desks and chairs), informal and individualinstruction, the very early development of writing, and an extendedsensory and motor training (with special emphasis on vision, touch,perception of movement, and their interconnections), mediated by apatented, standardized system of 'didactic apparatus,' which isdeclared to be 'auto-regulative.' Most of the chief features of themethod are borrowed from current methods used in many institutionsfor training feeble-minded children, and dating back especially tothe work of the French-American physician Edouard O. Seguin (1812-80)."
"MONTGOLFIER","A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by afire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen andJoseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up afire balloon."
"MONTH","One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; thetwelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of asynodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, aperiod of four weeks is often called a month."
"MONTHLING","That which is a month old, or which lives for a month. [R.]Wordsworth."
"MONTHLY","A publication which appears regularly once a month."
"MONTICLE","A little mount; a hillock; a small elevation or prominence.[Written also monticule.]"
"MONTICULATE","Furnished with monticles or little elevations."
"MONTICULE","See Monticle."
"MONTICULOUS","Monticulate."
"MONTIFORM","Resembling a mountain in form."
"MONTIGENOUS","Produced on a mountain."
"MONTOIR","A stone used in mounting a horse; a horse block."
"MONTON","A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of amalgamation."
"MONTROSS","See Matross. [Obs.]"
"MONTRUE","That on which anything is mounted; a setting; hence, a saddlehorse. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MONUREID","Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regardedas derived from one molecule of urea; as, alloxan is a monureid.[Written also monureide.]"
"MOO","See Mo. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MOOD","Manner of conceiving and expressing action or being, aspositive, possible, hypothetical, etc., without regard to otheraccidents, such as time, person, number, etc.; as, the indicativemood; the infinitive mood; the subjunctive mood. Same as Mode."
"MOODER","Mother. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MOODILY","In a moody manner."
"MOODINESS","The quality or state of being moody; specifically, liability tostrange or violent moods."
"MOODIR","The governor of a province in Egypt, etc. [Written also mudir.]"
"MOODISH","Moody. [Obs.]"
"MOODISHLY","Moodily. [Obs.]"
"MOODY","See Mollah."
"MOOLLEY","Same as Mulley."
"MOON","A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon. Moon blindness. (a)(Far.) A kind of ophthalmia liable to recur at intervals of three orfour weeks. (b) (Med.) Hemeralopia.-- Moon dial, a dial used to indicate time by moonlight.-- Moon face, a round face like a full moon.-- Moon madness, lunacy. [Poetic] -- Moon month, a lunar month.-- Moon trefoil (Bot.), a shrubby species of medic (Medicagoarborea). See Medic.-- Moon year, a lunar year, consisting of lunar months, beingsometimes twelve and sometimes thirteen."
"MOON-CULMINATING","Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the sametime with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp. of certain starsselected beforehand, and named in an ephemeris (as the NauticalAlmanac), as suitable to be observed in connection with the moon atculmination, for determining terrestrial longitude."
"MOON-EYED","Having eyes affected by the moon; moonblind; dim-eyed;purblind."
"MOON-FACED","Having a round, full face."
"MOONBEAM","A ray of light from the moon."
"MOONBLIND","Dim-sighted; purblind."
"MOONBLINK","A temporary blindness, or impairment of sight, said to becaused by sleeping in the moonlight; -- sometimes called nyctalopia."
"MOONED","Of or resembling the moon; symbolized by the moon. 'Sharpeningin mooned horns.' 'Mooned Ashtaroth.' Milton."
"MOONER","One who abstractedly wanders or gazes about, as if moonstruck.[R.] Dickens."
"MOONERY","Conduct of one who moons. [R.]"
"MOONET","A little moon. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"MOONG","Same as Mung."
"MOONGLADE","The bright reflection of the moon's light on an expanse ofwater. [Poetic]"
"MOONIE","The European goldcrest."
"MOONISH","Like the moon; variable.Being but a moonish youth. Shak."
"MOONLESS","Being without a moon or moonlight."
"MOONLIGHT","The light of the moon.-- a."
"MOONLING","A simpleton; a lunatic. [Obs.]"
"MOONLIT","Illumined by the moon. 'The moonlit sea.' Moore. 'Moonlitdells.' Lowell."
"MOONRAKER","Same as Moonsail."
"MOONRISE","The rising of the moon above the horizon; also, the time of itsrising."
"MOONSAIL","A sail sometimes carried in light winds, above a skysail. R. H.Dana, Jr."
"MOONSEED","A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called fromthe crescentlike form of the seeds."
"MOONSET","The descent of the moon below the horizon; also, the time whenthe moon sets."
"MOONSHEE","A Mohammedan professor or teacher of language. [India]"
"MOONSHINE","Moonlight. [R.] Clarendon."
"MOONSHINER","A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called becausethe work is largely done at night. [Cant, U.S.]"
"MOONSHINING","Illicit distilling. [Slang or Colloq., U. S.]"
"MOONSHINY","Moonlight. [Colloq.]I went to see them in a moonshiny night. Addison."
"MOONSTONE","A nearly pellucid variety of feldspar, showing pearly oropaline reflections from within. It is used as a gem. The bestspecimens come from Ceylon."
"MOONSTRICKEN","See Moonstruck."
"MOOR","Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia whichhave adopted the Mohammedan religion. 'In Spanish history the termsMoors, Saracens, and Arabs are synonymous.' Internat. Cyc."
"MOORAGE","A place for mooring."
"MOORBALL","A fresh-water alga (Cladophora \u00c6gagropila) which forms aglobular mass."
"MOORBAND","See Moorpan."
"MOORESS","A female Moor; a Moorish woman."
"MOORING","The place or condition of a ship thus confined.And the tossed bark in moorings swings. Moore.Mooring block (Naut.), a heavy block of cast iron sometimes used asan anchor for mooring vessels."
"MOORISH","Having the characteristics of a moor or heath. 'Moorish fens.'Thomson."
"MOORLAND","Land consisting of a moor or moors."
"MOORPAN","A clayey layer or pan underlying some moors, etc."
"MOORSTONE","A species of English granite, used as a building stone."
"MOORUK","A species of cassowary (Casuarius Bennetti) found in NewBritain, and noted for its agility in running and leaping. It issmaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. Its crest isbiloted; the neck and breast are black; the back, rufous mixed withblack; and the naked skin of the neck, blue."
"MOORY","Of or pertaining to moors; marshy; fenny; boggy; moorish.Mortimer.As when thick mists arise from moory vales. Fairfax."
"MOOSE","A large cervine mammal (Alces machlis, or A. Americanus),native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male isabout as large as a horse, and has very large, palmate antlers. Itclosely resembles the European elk, and by many zo\u00f6logists isconsidered the same species. See Elk. Moose bird (Zo\u00f6l.), the Canadajayor whisky jack. See Whisky jack.-- Moose deer. Same as Moose.-- Moose yard (Zo\u00f6l.), a locality where moose, in winter, herdtogether in a forest to feed and for mutual protection."
"MOOT","See 1st Mot. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MOOT-HILL","A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open airwhere public assemblies or courts were held by the Saxons; -- called,in Scotland, mute-hill. J. R. Green."
"MOOTABLE","Capable of being mooted."
"MOOTER","A disputer of a mooted case."
"MOOTMAN","One who argued moot cases in the inns of court."
"MOP","A made-up face; a grimace. 'What mops and mowes it makes!'Beau. & Fl."
"MOPBOARD","A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to thefloor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard."
"MOPE","To be dull and spiritless. 'Moping melancholy.' Milton.A sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope. Shak."
"MOPE-EYED","Shortsighted; purblind."
"MOPEFUL","Mopish. [R.]"
"MOPISH","Dull; spiritless; dejected.-- Mop'ish*ly, adv.-- Mop'ish*ness, n."
"MOPLAH","One of a class of Mohammedans in Malabar."
"MOPPET","A long-haired pet dog."
"MOPSICAL","Shortsighted; mope-eyed."
"MOPSTICK","The long handle of a mop."
"MOPUS","A mope; a drone. [Obs.] Swift."
"MOQUETTE","A kind of carpet having a short velvety pile."
"MORA","A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quickmovement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lowerclasses."
"MORAINE","An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward anddeposited by a glacier. Lyell."
"MORAINIC","Of or pertaining to a moranie."
"MORAL","To moralize. [Obs.] Shak."
"MORALE","The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so faras it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, suchas zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body ofmen, an army, and the like."
"MORALER","A moralizer. [Obs.] Shak."
"MORALISM","A maxim or saying embodying a moral truth. Farrar."
"MORALIZE","To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events asinvolving a moral."
"MORALIZER","One who moralizes."
"MORASS","A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen. Morass ore. (Min.)See Bog ore, under Bog."
"MORASSY","Marshy; fenny. [R.] Pennant."
"MORATE","A salt of moric acid."
"MORATION","A delaying tarrying; delay. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"MORATORIUM","A period during which an obligor has a legal right to delaymeeting an obligation, esp. such a period granted, as to a bank, by amoratory law."
"MORATORY","Of or pertaining to delay; esp., designating a law passed, asin a time of financial panic, to postpone or delay for a period thetime at which notes, bills of exchange, and other obligations, shallmature or become due."
"MORAVIAN","Of or pertaining to Moravia, or to the United Brethren. SeeMoravian, n."
"MORAVIANISM","The religious system of the Moravians."
"MORAY","A mur\u00e6na."
"MORBIDEZZA","Delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh."
"MORBIDLY","In a morbid manner."
"MORBIDNESS","The quality or state of being morbid; morbidity."
"MORBILLOUS","Pertaining to the measles; partaking of the nature of measels,or resembling the eruptions of that disease; measly."
"MORBOSE","Proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy.Morbose tumors and excrescences of plants. Ray."
"MORBOSITY","A diseased state; unhealthiness. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"MORCEAU","A bit; a morsel."
"MORDACIOUS","Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic;severe; scathing.-- Mor*da'cious*ly, adv."
"MORDACITY","The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcasticquality. Bacon."
"MORDANT","Serving to fix colors."
"MORDANTLY","In the manner of a mordant."
"MORDENTE","An embellishment resembling a trill."
"MORDICANCY","A biting quality; corrosiveness. [R.] Evelyn."
"MORDICANT","Biting; acrid; as, the mordicant quality of a body. [R.] Boyle."
"MORDICATION","The act of biting or corroding; corrosion. [R.] Bacon."
"MORDICATIVE","Biting; corrosive. [R.] Holland."
"MORE","A hill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"MOREEN","A thick woolen fabric, watered or with embossed figures; --used in upholstery, for curtains, etc."
"MOREL","An edible fungus (Morchella esculenta), the upper part of whichis covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. It is used asfood, and for flavoring sauces. [Written also moril.]"
"MORELAND","Moorland."
"MORELLE","Nightshade. See 2d Morel."
"MORELLO","A kind of nearly black cherry with dark red flesh and juice, --used chiefly for preserving."
"MORENDO","Dying; a gradual decrescendo at the end of a strain or cadence."
"MORENESS","Greatness. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"MOREOVER","Beyond what has been said; further; besides; in addition;furthermore; also; likewise.Moreover, he hath left you all his walks. Shak."
"MOREPORK","The Australian crested goatsucker (\u00c6gotheles Nov\u00e6-Hollandi\u00e6).Also applied to other allied birds, as Podargus Cuveiri."
"MORES","Customs; habits; esp., customs conformity to which is more orless obligatory; customary law."
"MORESK","Moresque. [Obs.]"
"MORESQUE","Of or pertaining to, or in the manner or style of, the Moors;Moorish.-- n."
"MORGAN","One of a celebrated breed of American trotting horses; -- socalled from the name of the stud from which the breed originated inVermont."
"MORGANATIC","Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind ofmarriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man of superiorrank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that neitherthe latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit thepossessions of her husband. Brande & C.-- Mor`ga*nat'ic*al*ly, adv."
"MORGAY","The European small-spotted dogfish, or houndfish. See the Noteunder Houndfish."
"MORGLAY","A sword. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"MORGUE","A place where the bodies of persons found dead are exposed,that they may be identified, or claimed by their friends; adeadhouse."
"MORIA","Idiocy; imbecility; fatuity; foolishness."
"MORIAN","A Moor. [Obs.]In vain the Turks and Morians armed be. Fairfax."
"MORIBUND","In a dying state; dying; at the point of death.The patient was comatose and moribund. Copland."
"MORIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, fustic (see Morin); as, moricacid."
"MORICE","See Morisco."
"MORIGERATE","Obedient. [Obs.]"
"MORIGERATION","Obsequiousness; obedience. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"MORIGEROUS","Obedient; obsequious. [Obs.] Brathwait."
"MORIL","An edible fungus. Same as 1st Morel."
"MORIN","A yellow crystalline substance of acid properties extractedfrom fustic (Maclura tinctoria, formerly called Morus tinctoria); --called also moric acid."
"MORINDA","A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East Indian,many species of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The wood ishard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks."
"MORINDIN","A yellow dyestuff extracted from the root bark of an EastIndian plant (Morinda citrifolia)."
"MORINEL","The dotterel."
"MORINGA","A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. Onespecies (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree, and itsseeds, as well as those of M. aptera, are known in commerce as ben orben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben."
"MORINGIC","Designating an organic acid obtained from oil of ben. SeeMoringa."
"MORINTANNIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannic acidextracted from fustic (Maclura, formerly Morus, tinctoria) as ayellow crystalline substance; -- called also maclurin."
"MORION","A kind of open helmet, without visor or beaver, and somewhatresembling a hat.A battered morion on his brow. Sir W. Scott."
"MORIOPLASTY","The restoration of lost parts of the body."
"MORISCO","Moresque."
"MORISK","Same as Morisco."
"MORKIN","A beast that has died of disease or by mischance. [Obs.] Bp.Hall."
"MORLAND","Moorland. [Obs.]"
"MORLING","Mortling. [Eng.] Ainsworth."
"MORMAL","A bad sore; a gangrene; a cancer. [Obs.] [Written also morrimaland mortmal.] Chaucer."
"MORMO","A bugbear; false terror. [Obs.] Jonhson."
"MORMON","One of a sect in the United States, followers of Joseph Smith,who professed to have found an addition to the Bible, engraved ongolden plates, called the Book of Mormon, first published in 1830.The Mormons believe in polygamy, and their hierarchy of apostles,etc., has control of civil and religious matters."
"MORMONDOM","The country inhabited by the Mormons; the Mormon people."
"MORMONISM","The doctrine, system, and practices of the Mormons."
"MORMONITE","A Mormon.-- a."
"MORN","The first part of the day; the morning; -- used chiefly inpoetry.From morn To noun he fell, from noon to dewy eve. Milton."
"MORNE","Of or pertaining to the morn; morning. [Obs.] 'White as mornemilk.' Chaucer."
"MORNING","Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being inthe early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morningservice.She looks as clear As morning roses newly washed with dew. Shak.Morning gown, a gown worn in the morning before one is dressed forthe day.-- Morning gun, a gun fired at the first stroke of reveille atmilitary posts.-- Morning sickness (Med.), nausea and vomiting, usually occurringin the morning; -- a common sign of pregnancy.-- Morning star. (a) Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars,or Saturn) when it precedes the sun in rising, esp. Venus. Cf.Evening star, Evening. (b) Satan. See Lucifer.Since he miscalled the morning star, Nor man nor fiend hath fallen sofar. Byron.(c) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes, eitherattached to a staff or suspended from one by a chain.-- Morning watch (Naut.), the watch between four A. M. and eight A.M.."
"MORNING-GLORY","A climbing plant (Ipomoea purpurea) having handsome, funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated,sometimes pale blue. See Dextrorsal."
"MORNINGTIDE","Morning time. [Poetic]"
"MORNWARD","Towards the morn. [Poetic]And mornward now the starry hands move on. Lowell."
"MORO","A small abscess or tumor having a resemblance to a mulberry.Dunglison."
"MOROCCAN","Of or pertaining to Morocco, or its inhabitants."
"MOROCCO","A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (thoughan inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac anddyed of various colors; -- said to have been first made by the Moors."
"MOROLOGY","Foolish talk; nonsense; folly. [Obs.]"
"MORON","A person whose intellectual development proceeds normally up toabout the eighth year of age and is then arrested so that there islittle or no further development."
"MORONE","Maroon; the color of an unripe black mulberry."
"MOROS","The Mohammedan tribes of the southern Philippine Islands, saidto have formerly migrated from Borneo. Some of them are warlike andaddicted to piracy."
"MOROSAURUS","An extinct genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs, found inJurassic strata in America."
"MOROSELY","Sourly; with sullen austerity."
"MOROSENESS","Sourness of temper; sulenness.Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate somedegrees of pride and moroseness. I. Watts."
"MOROSIS","Idiocy; fatuity; stupidity."
"MOROSITY","Moroseness. [R.] Jer. Taylor."
"MOROSOPH","A philosophical or learned fool. [Obs.]"
"MOROSOUS","Morose. [Obs.] Sheldon."
"MOROXITE","A variety of apatite of a greenish blue color."
"MOROXYLATE","A morate."
"MOROXYLIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the mulberry; moric."
"MORPHEAN","Of or relating to Morpheus, to dreams, or to sleep. Keats."
"MORPHEUS","The god of dreams."
"MORPHEW","A scurfy eruption. [Obs.] Drayton."
"MORPHIA","Morphine."
"MORPHINE","A bitter white crystalline alkaloid found in opium, possessingstrong narcotic properties, and much used as an anodyne; -- calledalso morphia, and morphina."
"MORPHINISM","A morbid condition produced by the excessive or prolonged useof morphine."
"MORPHO","Any one of numerous species of large, handsome, tropicalAmerican butterflies, of the genus Morpho. They are noted for thevery brilliant metallic luster and bright colors (often blue) of theupper surface of the wings. The lower surface is usually brown orgray, with eyelike spots."
"MORPHOGENY","History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny thatdeals with the germ history of forms; -- distinguished fromphysiogeny. Haeckel."
"MORPHOLOGIST","One who is versed in the science of morphology."
"MORPHOLOGY","That branch of biology which deals with the structure ofanimals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describingtheir varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See Tectology, andPromorphology."
"MORPHON","A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness ofform bion, a physiological individual. See Tectology. Haeckel."
"MORPHONOMY","The laws of organic formation."
"MORPHOPHYLY","The tribal history of forms; that part of phylogeny whichtreats of the tribal history of forms, in distinction from the tribalhistory of functions. Haeckel."
"MORPHOSIS","The order or mode of development of an organ or part."
"MORPHOTIC","Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unitor of the morphological framework; as, morphotic, or tissue,proteids. Foster."
"MORPION","A louse. Hudibras."
"MORRICE","Same as 1st Morris."
"MORRICER","A morris dancer. [Obs.]"
"MORRIMAL","See Mormal."
"MORRIS","A marine fish having a very slender, flat, transparent body. Itis now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or someallied fish."
"MORRIS-CHAIR","A kind of easy-chair with a back which may be lowered orraised."
"MORRIS-PIKE","A Moorish pike. [Obs.]"
"MORRO","A round hill or point of land; hence, Morro castle, a castle ona hill."
"MORROT","See Marrot."
"MORSE","The walrus. See Walrus."
"MORSE ALPHABET","A telegraphic alphabet in very general use, inventing by SamuelF.B.Morse, the inventor of Morse's telegraph. The letters arerepresented by dots and dashes impressed or printed on paper, as, .-(A), -... (B), -.. (D), . (E), .. (O), ... (R), -- (T), etc., or bysounds, flashes of light, etc., with greater or less intervalsbetween them."
"MORSE CODE","The telegraphic code, consisting of dots, dashes, and spaces,invented by Samuel B. Morse. The Alphabetic code which is in use inNorth America is given below. In length, or duration, one dash istheoretically equal to three dots; the space between the elements ofa letter is equal to one dot; the interval in spaced letters, as O .., is equal to three dots. There are no spaces in any letter composedwholly or in part of dashes."
"MORSING HORN","A horn or flask for holding powder, as for priming. [Scot.] SirW. Scott."
"MORSITATION","The act of biting or gnawing. [Obs.]"
"MORSURE","The act of biting. Swift."
"MORT","A great quantity or number. [Prov. Eng.]There was a mort of merrymaking. Dickens."
"MORTAL","A being subject to death; a human being; man. 'Warn poormortals left behind.' Tickell."
"MORTALIZE","To make mortal. [R.]"
"MORTALNESS","Quality of being mortal; mortality."
"MORTAR","A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses,shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45\u00ba, and even higher; -- so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil abovedescribed. Mortar bed (Mil.), a framework of wood and iron, suitablyhollowed out to receive the breech and trunnions of a mortar.-- Mortar boat or vessel (Naut.), a boat strongly built and adaptedto carrying a mortar or mortars for bombarding; a bomb ketch.-- Mortar piece, a mortar. [Obs.] Shak."
"MORTGAGE","A conveyance of property, upon condition, as security for thepayment of a debt or the preformance of a duty, and to become voidupon payment or performance according to the stipulated terms; also,the written instrument by which the conveyance is made."
"MORTGAGEE","The person to whom property is mortgaged, or to whom a mortgageis made or given."
"MORTGAGER","gives a mortgage."
"MORTIFEROUS","Bringing or producing death; deadly; destructive; as, amortiferous herb. Gov. of Tongue."
"MORTIFICATION","A gift to some charitable or religious institution; -- nearlysynonymous with mortmain."
"MORTIFIED","of Mortify."
"MORTIFIEDNESS","The state of being mortified; humiliation; subjection of thepassions. [R.]"
"MORTIFIER","One who, or that which, mortifies."
"MORTIFYINGLY","In a mortifying manner."
"MORTISE","A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, toreceive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, andcalled a tenon. Mortise and tenon (Carp.), made with a mortise andtenon; joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; -- usedadjectively.-- Mortise joint, a joint made by a mortise and tenon.-- Mortise lock. See under Lock.-- Mortise wheel, a cast-iron wheel, with wooden clogs inserted inmortises on its face or edge; -- also called mortise gear, and coregear."
"MORTMAIN","Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, deadhands, or hands that cannot alienate."
"MORTMAL","See Mormal. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"MORTPAY","Dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of deadsoldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers. [Obs.]Bacon."
"MORTUARY","Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments. Mortuaryurn, an urn for holding the ashes of the dead."
"MORULA","The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed bythe clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of itsdevelopment; -- called also mulberry mass, segmentation sphere, andblastosphere. See Segmentation."
"MORULATION","The process of cleavage, or segmentation, of the ovum, by whicha morula is formed."
"MORUS","A genus of trees, some species of which produce edible fruit;the mulberry. See Mulberry."
"MORWE","See Morrow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MORWENING","Morning. [Obs.]"
"MOS","sing. of Mores."
"MOSAIC","A surface decoration made by inlaying in patterns small piecesof variously colored glass, stone, or other material; -- called alsomosaic work."
"MOSAICAL","Mosaic (in either sense). 'A mosaical floor.' Sir P. Sidney."
"MOSAICALLY","In the manner of a mosaic."
"MOSAISM","Attachment to the system or doctrines of Moses; that which ispeculiar to the Mosaic system or doctrines."
"MOSASAURIA","An order of large, extinct, marine reptiles, found in theCretaceous rocks, especially in America. They were serpentlike inform and in having loosely articulated and dilatable jaws, with largerecurved tteth, but they had paddlelike feet. Some of them were overfifty feet long. They are, essentially, fossil sea serpents withpaddles. Called also Pythonomarpha, and Mosasauria."
"MOSASAURUS","A genus of extinct marine reptiles allied to the lizards, buthaving the body much elongated, and the limbs in the form of paddles.The first known species, nearly fifty feet in length, was discoveredin Cretaceous beds near Maestricht, in the Netherlands. [Written alsoMososaurus.]"
"MOSCHATEL","A plant of the genus Adoxa (A. moschatellina), the flowers ofwhich are pale green, and have a faint musky smell. It is found inwoods in all parts of Europe, and is called also hollow root and muskcrowfoot. Loudon."
"MOSCHINE","Of or pertaining to Moschus, a genus including the musk deer."
"MOSEL","See Muzzle. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MOSELLE","A light wine, usually white, produced in the vicinity of theriver Moselle."
"MOSES","A large flatboat, used in the West Indies for taking freightfrom shore to ship."
"MOSEY","To go, or move (in a certain manner); -- usually with out, off,along, etc. [Colloq.]  E. N. Wescott."
"MOSK","See Mosque."
"MOSLEM","A Mussulman; an orthodox Mohammedan. [Written also muslim.]'Heaps of slaughtered Moslem.' Macaulay.They piled the ground with Moslem slain. Halleck."
"MOSLINGS","Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins. Simmonds."
"MOSOSAURUS","Same as Mosasaurus."
"MOSQUE","A Mohammedan church or place of religious worship. [Writtenalso mosk.]"
"MOSQUITO","Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex andallied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within thesheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which theypuncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites,when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation andswelling, with some pain. The larv\u00e6 and pup\u00e6, called wigglers, areaquatic. [Written also musquito.] Mosquito bar, Mosquito net, a netor curtain for excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows.-- Mosquito fleet, a fleet of small vessels.-- Mosquito hawk (Zo\u00f6l.), a dragon fly; -- so called because itcaptures and feeds upon mosquitoes.-- Mosquito netting, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for makingmosquito bars."
"MOSS","A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinctstem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually openingby an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are manyspecies, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks,and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water."
"MOSS-GROWN","Overgrown with moss."
"MOSSBACK","A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion thathe may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss.[Political Slang, U.S.]"
"MOSSINESS","The state of being mossy."
"MOSSTROOPER","One of a class of marauders or bandits that formerly infestedthe border country between England and Scotland; -- so called inallusion to the mossy or boggy character of much of the bordercountry."
"MOST","In the greatest or highest degree.Those nearest to this king, and most his favorites, were courtiersand prelates. Milton."
"MOSTAHIBA","See Mustaiba."
"MOSTE","of Mote. Chaucer."
"MOSTLY","For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the main."
"MOSTRA","See Direct, n."
"MOSTWHAT","For the most part. [Obs.] 'All the rest do mostwhat far amiss.'Spenser."
"MOT","May; must; might.He moot as well say one word as another Chaucer.The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. Chaucer.Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore freres. Chaucer.So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as thatof the Freemasons."
"MOTACIL","Any singing bird of the genus Motacilla; a wagtail."
"MOTATION","The act of moving; motion. [Obs.]"
"MOTE","See 1st Mot. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MOTED","Filled with motes, or fine floating dust; as, the air. 'Motedsunbeams.' Tennyson."
"MOTET","A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaboratepolyphonic church style; an anthem."
"MOTH","A mote. [Obs.] Shak."
"MOTH-EAT","To eat or prey upon, as a moth eats a garment. [Rarely usedexcept in the form moth-eaten, p.p. or a.]Ruin and neglect have so moth-eaten her. Sir T. Herbert."
"MOTHEN","Full of moths. [Obs.] Fulke."
"MOTHER","Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as,mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of amother; producing others; originating.It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived. T.Arnold.Mother cell (Biol.), a cell which, by endogenous divisions, givesrise to other cells (daughter cells); a parent cell.-- Mother church, the original church; a church from which otherchurches have sprung; as, the mother church of a diocese.-- Mother country, the country of one's parents or ancestors; thecountry from which the people of a colony derive their origin.-- Mother liquor (Chem.), the impure or complex residual solutionwhich remains after the salts readily or regularly crystallizing havebeen removed.-- Mother queen, the mother of a reigning sovereign; a queen mother.-- Mother tongue. (a) A language from which another language has hadits origin. (b) The language of one's native land; native tongue.-- Mother water. See Mother liquor (above).-- Mother wit, natural or native wit or intelligence."
"MOTHER-IN-LAW","The mother of one's husband or wife."
"MOTHER-NAKED","Naked as when born."
"MOTHER-OF-PEARL","The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp.of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. SeePearl."
"MOTHER-OF-THYME","An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum); -- called also wildthyme."
"MOTHERED","Thick, like mother; viscid.They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil. Dryden."
"MOTHERHOOD","The state of being a mother; the character or office of amother."
"MOTHERING","A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on MidlentSunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the motherchurch to make offerings at the high altar."
"MOTHERLAND","The country of one's ancestors; -- same as fatherland."
"MOTHERLESS","Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherlesschildren."
"MOTHERLINESS","The state or quality of being motherly."
"MOTHERLY","Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother;tender; maternal; as, motherly authority, love, or care. Hooker."
"MOTHERY","Consisting of, containing, or resembling, mother (in vinegar)."
"MOTHY","Infested with moths; moth-eaten. 'An old mothy saddle.' Shak."
"MOTIF","Motive."
"MOTIFIC","Producing motion. [R.]"
"MOTILE","Having powers of self-motion, though unconscious; as, themotile spores of certain seaweeds."
"MOTILITY","Capability of motion; contractility."
"MOTION","An application made to a court or judge orally in open court.Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to bedone in favor of the applicant. Mozley & W."
"MOTION PICTURE","A moving picture."
"MOTIONER","One who makes a motion; a mover. Udall."
"MOTIONIST","A mover. [Obs.]"
"MOTIONLESS","Without motion; being at rest."
"MOTIVATE","To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite. --Mo`ti*va'tion (#), n.  William James."
"MOTIVE","The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which isreproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; ashort figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement isdevelpoed. See also Leading motive, under Leading. [Written alsomotivo.]"
"MOTIVELESS","Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive.-- Mo'tive*less*ness, n. G. Eliot."
"MOTIVO","See Motive, n., 3, 4."
"MOTLEY-MINDED","Having a mind of a jester; foolish. Shak."
"MOTMOT","Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds ofthe genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of thespecies the two long middle tail feathers are racket-shaped at thetip, when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trimthem into this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, andare found from Mexico to Brazil. The name is derived from its note.[Written also momot.]"
"MOTO","Movement; manner of movement; particularly, movement withincreased rapidity; -- used especially in the phrase con moto,directing to a somewhat quicker movement; as, andante con moto, alittle more rapidly than andante, etc."
"MOTOGRAPH","A device utilized in the making of a loud-speaking telephone,depending on the fact that the friction between a metallic point anda moving cylinder of moistened chalk, or a moving slip of paper, onwhich it rests is diminished by the passage of a current between thepoint and the moving surface. -- Mo`to*graph'ic (#), a."
"MOTON","A small plate covering the armpit in armor of the 14th centuryand later."
"MOTOR","A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power,as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available fordoing mechanical work."
"MOTOR GENERATOR","The combination consisting of a generator and a driving motormechanically connected, usually on a common bedplate and with the twoshafts directly coupled or combined into a single shaft."
"MOTOR-DRIVEN","Driven or actuated by a motor, esp. by an individual electricmotor. An electric motor forms an integral part of many machine toolsin numerous modern machine shops."
"MOTORING","Act or recreation of riding in or driving a motor car orautomobile."
"MOTORIZE","To substitute motor-driven vehicles, or automobiles, for thehorses and horse-drawn vehicles of (a fire department, city, etc.). --Mo`tor*i*za'tion (#), n."
"MOTORMAN","A man who controls a motor."
"MOTORPATHIC","Of or pertaining to motorpathy."
"MOTORPATHY","Kinesiatrics."
"MOTTE","A clump of trees in a prairie. [Local, U.S.]"
"MOTTLE","To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, asif stained; to spot; to maculate."
"MOTTLED","Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted; as,mottled wood. 'The mottled meadows.' Drayton."
"MOTTO","A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldicachievment."
"MOTTOED","Bearing or having a motto; as, a mottoed coat or device."
"MOTTY","Full of, or consisting of, motes. [Written also mottie.][Scot.]The motty dust reek raised by the workmen. H. Miller."
"MOUCHOIR","A handkerchief."
"MOUEZZIN","See Muezzin."
"MOUFLON","A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains ofSardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangularbase and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original ofthe domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon. [Written alsomoufflon.]"
"MOUGHT","of May. Might."
"MOUILLATION","The act of uttering the sound of a mouill\u00e9 letter."
"MOUILLE","Applied to certain consonants having a 'liquid' or softenedsound; e.g., in French, l or ll and gn (like the lli in million andni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and \u00f1; inPortuguese, lh and nh."
"MOULE","To contract mold; to grow moldy; to mold. [Obs.]Let us not moulen thus in idleness. Chaucer."
"MOULT","See Molt."
"MOULTEN","Having molted. [Obs.] 'A moulten raven.' Shak."
"MOUN","pl. of Mow, may. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"MOUNCH","To munch. [Obs.]"
"MOUND","A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor orother sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with preciousstones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe."
"MOUNT","A bank; a fund. Mount of piety. See Mont de pi\u00e9t\u00e9."
"MOUNTABLE","Such as can be mounted."
"MOUNTAIN","A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the WhiteMountains."
"MOUNTAIN SPECTER","An optical phenomenon sometimes seen on the summit of mountains(as on the Brocken) when the observer is between the sun and a massof cloud. The figures of the observer and surrounding objects areseen projected on the cloud, greatly enlarged and often encircled byrainbow colors."
"MOUNTAIN STATE","Montana; -- a nickname."
"MOUNTAINEER","To lie or act as a mountaineer; to climb mountains.You can't go mountaineering in a flat country. H. James."
"MOUNTAINER","A mountaineer. [Obs.]"
"MOUNTAINET","A small mountain. [R.]"
"MOUNTAINOUSNESS","The state or quality of being mountainous."
"MOUNTANCE","Amount; sum; quantity; extent. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MOUNTANT","Raised; high. [Obs.]"
"MOUNTEBANK","To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull. [R.] Shak."
"MOUNTEBANKERY","The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vainpretenses."
"MOUNTEBANKISH","Like a mountebank or his quackery. Howell."
"MOUNTEBANKISM","The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery."
"MOUNTENAUNCE","Mountance. [Obs.]"
"MOUNTINGLY","In an ascending manner."
"MOUNTLET","A small or low mountain. [R.]"
"MOUNTY","The rise of a hawk after prey. Sir P. Sidney."
"MOURNE","The armed or feruled end of a staff; in a sheephook, the end ofthe staff to which the hook is attached. Sir P. Sidney."
"MOURNFUL","Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express, sorrow;mourning; grieving; sad; also, causing sorrow; saddening; grievous;as, a mournful person; mournful looks, tones, loss.-- Mourn'ful*ly, adv.-- Mourn'ful*ness, n."
"MOURNINGLY","In a mourning manner."
"MOURNIVAL","See Murnival."
"MOUSE","Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to thegenus Mus and various related genera of the family Murid\u00e6. The commonhouse mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries. TheAmerican white-footed, or deer, mouse (Hesperomys leucopus) sometimeslives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, andHarvest mouse, under Harvest."
"MOUSEFISH","See Frogfish."
"MOUSEHOLE","A hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in a wall;hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse."
"MOUSEKIN","A little mouse. Thackeray."
"MOUSETAIL","A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus), in which theprolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and soresembles the tail of a mouse."
"MOUSIE","Diminutive for Mouse. Burns."
"MOUSING","Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome. 'Mousingsaints.' L'Estrange."
"MOUSLE","To sport with roughly; to rumple. [Written also mouzle.] [Obs.]Wycherley."
"MOUSQUETAIRE CUFF","A deep flaring cuff."
"MOUSQUETAIRE GLOVE","A woman's glove with a long, loosely fitting wrist."
"MOUSSE","A frozen dessert of a frothy texture, made of sweetened andflavored whipped cream, sometimes with the addition of egg yolks andgelatin. Mousse differs from ice cream in being beaten before -- notduring -- the freezing process."
"MOUSSELINE","Muslin. Mousseline de laine (. Etym: [F., muslin of wool.]Muslin delaine. See under Muslin.-- Mousseline glass, a kind of thin blown glassware, such aswineglasses, etc."
"MOUSSELINE DE SOIE","A soft thin silk fabric with a weave like that of muslin."
"MOUSTACHE","Mustache."
"MOUSY","Infested with mice; smelling of mice."
"MOUTAN","The Chinese tree peony (P\u00e6onia Mountan), a shrub with largeflowers of various colors."
"MOUTH","An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture; as:(a) The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, chargedor discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of thelacteal vessels, etc.(b) The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, orden.(c) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it isdischarged.(d) The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream aredischarged.(e) The entrance into a harbor."
"MOUTH-FOOTED","Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws."
"MOUTH-MADE","Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt. 'Mouth-made vows.'Shak."
"MOUTHER","One who mouths; an affected speaker."
"MOUTHLESS","Destitute of a mouth."
"MOVABILITY","Movableness."
"MOVABLE","Property not attached to the soil."
"MOVABLENESS","The quality or state of being movable; mobility; susceptibilityof motion."
"MOVABLY","In a movable manner or condition."
"MOVE","To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position toanother, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king."
"MOVELESS","Motionless; fixed. 'Moveless as a tower.' Pope."
"MOVEMENT","A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definitecharacter, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch.Febrille movement (Med.), an elevation of the body temperature; afever.-- Movement cure. (Med.) See Kinesiatrics.-- Movement of the bowels, an evacuation or stool; a passage ordischarge."
"MOVENT","Moving. [R.] Grew."
"MOVIE","A moving picture or a moving picture show; -- commonly used inpl. [Slang or Colloq.]"
"MOVING","The act of changing place or posture; esp., the act of changingone's dwelling place or place of business. Moving day, a day when onemoves; esp., a day when a large number of tenants change theirdwelling place."
"MOVING PICTURE","A series of pictures, usually photographs taken with a specialmachine, presented to the eye in very rapid succession, with some orall of the objects in the picture represented in slightly changedpositions, producing, by persistence of vision, the optical effect ofa continuous picture in which the objects move in some manner, asthat of some original scene. The usual form of moving pictures isthat produced by the cinematograph."
"MOVINGLY","In a moving manner. Addison."
"MOVINGNESS","The power of moving."
"MOW","A wry face. 'Make mows at him.' Shak."
"MOWBURN","To heat and ferment in the mow, as hay when housed too green."
"MOWE","See 4th Mow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"MOWER","One who, or that which, mows; a mowing machine; as, a lawnmower."
"MOWN","Cut down by mowing, as grass; deprived of grass by mowing; as,a mown field."
"MOWYER","A mower. [Obs.]"
"MOXA","A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of ArtemisiaChinensis, and used as a cautery by burning it on the skin; hence,any substance used in a like manner, as cotton impregnated withniter, amadou."
"MOYA","Mud poured out from volcanoes during eruptions; -- so called inSouth America."
"MOYLE","See Moil, and Moile."
"MUCAMIDE","The acid amide of mucic acid, obtained as a white crystallinesubstance."
"MUCATE","A salt of mucic acid."
"MUCE","See Muse, and Muset."
"MUCEDIN","A yellowish white, amorphous, nitrogenous substance found inwheat, rye, etc., and resembling gluten; -- formerly called alsomucin."
"MUCH","To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far; nearly.'Much suffering heroes.' Pope.Thou art much mightier than we. Gen. xxvi. 16.Excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do lying lips aprince. Prov. xvii. 7.Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong Life much. Milton.All left the world much as they found it. Sir W. Temple."
"MUCHEL","Much. [Obs.]"
"MUCHNESS","Greatness; extent. [Obs. or Colloq.]The quantity and muchness of time which it filcheth. W. Whately.Much of a muchness, much the same. [Colloq.] 'Men's men; gentle orsimple, they 're much of muchness.' G. Eliot."
"MUCHWHAT","Nearly; almost; much. [Obs.] 'Muchwhat after the same manner.'Glanvill."
"MUCIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, gums and micilaginoussubstances; specif., denoting an acid obtained by the oxidation ofgums, dulcite, etc., as a white crystalline substance isomeric withsaccharic acid."
"MUCID","Musty; moldy; slimy; mucous.-- Mu'cid*ness, n."
"MUCIFIC","Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous."
"MUCIFORM","Resembling mucus; having the character or appearance of mucus."
"MUCIGEN","A substance which is formed in mucous epithelial cells, andgives rise to mucin."
"MUCIGENOUS","Connected with the formation of mucin; resembling mucin.The mucigenous basis is manufactured at the expense of the ordinaryprotoplasm of the cell. Foster."
"MUCILAGE","A gummy or gelatinous substance produced in certain plants bythe action of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of quinces, offlax, etc."
"MUCIN","See Mucedin. [Obs.]"
"MUCINOGEN","Same as Mucigen."
"MUCIPAROUS","Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin."
"MUCIVORE","An unsect which feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, ascertain Diptera, of the tribe Mucivora."
"MUCK",", abbreviation of Amuck. To run a muck. See Amuck."
"MUCK RAKE","A rake for scraping up muck or dung. See Muckrake, v. i.,below."
"MUCKENDER","A handkerchief. [Obs.] [Written also muckinder, muckiter,mockadour.]"
"MUCKER","A term of reproach for a low or vulgar labor person. [Slang]"
"MUCKERER","A miser; a niggard. [Obs.]"
"MUCKINESS","The quality of being mucky."
"MUCKLE","Much. [Obs.]"
"MUCKMIDDEN","A dunghill. [Scot.]"
"MUCKSY","Somewhat mucky; soft, sticky, and dirty; muxy. [Prov. Eng.] R.D. Blackmore."
"MUCKWORM","A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to thelarv\u00e6 of the tumbledung and allied beetles."
"MUCOCELE","An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of thelachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent uponcatarrhal inflammation of the latter. Dunglison."
"MUCOID","Resembling mucus. Dunglison. Mucoid degeneration, a form ofdegeneration in which the tissues are transformed into a semisolidsubstance resembling mucus. Quain."
"MUCONATE","A salt of muconic acid."
"MUCONIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid, obtainedindirectly from mucic acid, and somewhat resembling itaconic acid."
"MUCOPURULENT","Having the character or appearance of both mucus and pus.Dunglison."
"MUCOR","A genus of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender threadswith terminal globular sporangia; mold."
"MUCOSITY","The quality or state of being mucous or slimy; mucousness."
"MUCOUSNESS","The quality or state of being mucous; sliminess."
"MUCRO","A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point orprocess, terminating a larger part or organ."
"MUCRONULATE","Having, or tipped with, a small point or points."
"MUCULENT","Slimy; moist, and moderately viscous."
"MUCUS","A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves tomoisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all thecavities which open externally, such as those of the mouth, nose,lungs, intestinal canal, urinary passages, etc."
"MUCUSIN","Mucin. [R.]"
"MUD","Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive. Mud bass(Zo\u00f6l.), a fresh-water fish (Acantharchum pomotis) of the EasternUnited States. It produces a deep grunting note.-- Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mudcharged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease.-- Mud boat, a large flatboat used in deredging.-- Mud cat. See Catfish.-- Mud crab (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of several American marine crabs of thegenus Panopeus.-- Mud dab (Zo\u00f6l.), the winter flounder. See Flounder, and Dab.-- Mud dauber (Zo\u00f6l.), a mud wasp.-- Mud devil (Zo\u00f6l.), the fellbender.-- Mud drum (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into whichsediment and mud in the water can settle for removal.-- Mud eel (Zo\u00f6l.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian (Sirenlacertina), found in the Southern United States. It has persistentexternal gills and only the anterior pair of legs. See Siren.-- Mud frog (Zo\u00f6l.), a European frog (Pelobates fuscus).-- Mud hen. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) The American coot (Fulica Americana). (b)The clapper rail.-- Mud lark, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud. [Slang] -- Mud minnow (Zo\u00f6l.), any small American fresh-water fish of thegenus Umbra, as U. limi. The genus is allied to the pickerels.-- Mud plug, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler.-- Mud puppy (Zo\u00f6l.), the menobranchus.-- Mud scow, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat. [U.S.] --Mud turtle, Mud tortoise (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of numerous species offresh-water tortoises of the United States.-- Mud wasp (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterousinsects belonging to Pep\u00e6us, and allied genera, which constructgroups of mud cells, attached, side by side, to stones or to thewoodwork of buildings, etc. The female places an egg in each cell,together with spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, toserve as food for the larva. Called also mud dauber."
"MUDAR","Either one of two asclepiadaceous shrubs (Calotropis gigantea,and C. procera), which furnish a strong and valuable fiber. The acridmilky juice is used medicinally."
"MUDARIN","A brown, amorphous, bitter substance having a strong emeticaction, extracted from the root of the mudar."
"MUDDILY",", In a muddy manner; turbidly; without mixture; cloudily;obscurely; confusedly."
"MUDDLE","A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectualcloudiness or dullness.We both grub on in a muddle. Dickens."
"MUDDLEHEAD","A stupid person. [Colloq.] C. Reade.-- Mud'dle-head`ed, a. [Colloq.] Dickens."
"MUDDLER","One who, or that which, muddles."
"MUDDY-HEADED","Dull; stupid."
"MUDDY-METTLED","Dull-spirited. Shak."
"MUDHOLE","A hole near the bottom, through which the sediment iswithdrawn."
"MUDIR","Same as Moodir."
"MUDSILL","The lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the soil;the lowest timber of a house; also, that sill or timber of a bridgewhich is laid at the bottom of the water. See Sill."
"MUDSUCKER","A woodcock."
"MUDWALL","The European bee-eater. See Bee-eater. [Written also modwall.]"
"MUDWORT","A small herbaceous plant growing on muddy shores (Limosellaaquatica)."
"MUE","To mew; to molt. [Obs.] Quarles."
"MUEZZIN","A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer. [Written alsomouezzin, mueddin, and muwazzin.]"
"MUFF","A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe."
"MUFFETEE","A small muff worn over the wrist. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"MUFFIN","A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea."
"MUFFINEER","A dish for keeping muffins hot."
"MUFFISH","Stupid; awkward. [Colloq.]"
"MUFFLE","The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. ofruminants."
"MUFFLER","A cushion for terminating or softening a note made by astringed instrument with a keyboard."
"MUFLON","See Mouflon."
"MUFTI","An official expounder of Mohammedan law."
"MUGGARD","Sullen; displeased. [Obs.]"
"MUGGET","The small entrails of a calf or a hog."
"MUGGINESS","The condition or quality of being muggy."
"MUGGINS","In certain games, to score against, or take an advantage over(an opponent), as for an error, announcing the act by saying'muggins.'"
"MUGGISH","See Muggy."
"MUGGLETONIAN","One of an extinct sect, named after Ludovic Muggleton, anEnglish journeyman tailor, who (about 1657) claimed to be inspired.Eadie."
"MUGHOUSE","An alehouse; a pothouse. Tickel."
"MUGIENCY","A bellowing. [Obs.]"
"MUGIENT","Lowing; bellowing. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"MUGIL","A genus of fishes including the gray mullets. See Mullet."
"MUGILOID","Like or pertaining to the genus Mugil, or family Mugilid\u00e6."
"MUGWEED","A slender European weed (Galium Cruciata); -- called alsocrossweed."
"MUGWORT","A somewhat aromatic composite weed (Artemisia vulgaris), at onetime used medicinally; -- called also motherwort."
"MUGWUMP","A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of1884; an Independent. [Political Cant, U.S.]"
"MUHAMMADANISM","Mohammedanism."
"MULADA","A moor. [Scot.] Lockhart."
"MULATTO","The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white womanby a negro, -- usually of a brownish yellow complexion."
"MULATTRESS","A female mulatto. G. W. Gable."
"MULBERRY","The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus Morus; also, thetree itself. See Morus."
"MULBERRY-FACED","Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as if withmulberry stains."
"MULCH","Half-rotten straw, or any like substance strewn on the ground,as over the roots of plants, to protect from heat, drought, etc., andto preserve moisture."
"MULCT","Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, afine.Fines, or some known mulctuary punishments. Sir W. Temple."
"MULE","A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass anda mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny."
"MULE KILLER","Any of several arthropods erroneously supposed to kill livestock, in the southern United States, by stinging or by beingswallowed; as:(a) A whip scorpion. [Florida](b) A walking-stick insect. [Texas](c) A mantis.(d) A wheel bug."
"MULE-JENNY","See Mule, 4."
"MULETEER","One who drives mules."
"MULEWORT","A fern of the genus Hemionitis."
"MULEY","A stiff, long saw, guided at the ends but not stretched in agate. Muley axle (Railroad), a car axle without collars at the outerends of the journals. Forney."
"MULIERLY","In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock;legitimately. [Obs.]"
"MULIEROSE","Fond of woman. [R.] Charles Reade."
"MULIEROSITY","A fondness for women. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"MULIERTY","Condition of being a mulier; position of one born in lawfulwedlock."
"MULISH","Like a mule; sullen; stubborn.-- Mul'ish*ly, adv.-- Mul'ish*ness, n."
"MULL","A thin, soft kind of muslin."
"MULLA","Same as Mollah."
"MULLAGATAWNY","An East Indian curry soup."
"MULLAH","See Mollah."
"MULLAR","A die, cut in intaglio, for stamping an ornament in relief, asupon metal."
"MULLEIN","Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs havingcoarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species,with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus. Moth mullein. Seeunder Moth.-- Mullein foxglove, an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla) withcoarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a spreading border.-- Petty mullein, the cowslip. Dr. Prior."
"MULLEN","See Mullein."
"MULLER","A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at thebottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a slab ofsimilar material."
"MULLET","Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called alsogray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, andare highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species areMugil capito of Europe, and M. cephalus which occurs both on theEuropean and American coasts."
"MULLIGATAWNY","See Mullagatawny."
"MULLINGONG","See Duck mole, under Duck. [Written also mollingong.]"
"MULLION","To furnish with mullions; to divide by mullions."
"MULLOCK","Rubbish; refuse; dirt. [Obs.]All this mullok [was] in a sieve ythrowe. Chaucer."
"MULLOID","Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, which includes thesurmullet, or red mullet."
"MULMUL","A fine, soft muslin; mull."
"MULSE","Wine boiled and mingled with honey."
"MULT-","See Multi-."
"MULTANGULAR","Having many angles.-- Mul*tan'gu*lar*ly, adv.-- Mul*tan'gu*lar*ness, n."
"MULTANIMOUS","Many-minded; many-sided.The multanimous nature of the poet. J. R. Lowell."
"MULTARTICULATE","Having many articulations or joints."
"MULTEITY","Multiplicity. [R.] Coleridge."
"MULTIAXIAL","Having more than one axis; developing in more than a singleline or plain; -- opposed to Ant: monoaxial."
"MULTICAPSULAR","Having many, or several, capsules."
"MULTICARINATE","Many-keeled."
"MULTICAVOUS","Having many cavities."
"MULTICELLULAR","Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell."
"MULTICENTRAL","Having many, or several, centers; as, a multicentral cell.Multicental development (Biol.), growth, or development, from severalcenters. According as the insubordination to a single center is moreor less pronounced, the resultant organism will be more or lessirregular in form and may even discontinuous."
"MULTICIPITAL","Having many heads or many stems from one crown or root. Gray."
"MULTICOLOR","Having many, or several, colors."
"MULTICOSTATE","Having numerous ribs, or cost\u00e6, as the leaf of a plant, or ascertain shells and corals."
"MULTICUSPID","Multicuspidate; -- said of teeth."
"MULTICUSPIDATE","Having many cusps or points."
"MULTIDENTATE","Having many teeth, or toothlike processes."
"MULTIDIGITATE","Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes."
"MULTIFACED","Having many faces."
"MULTIFARIOUS","Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical rows."
"MULTIFARIOUSLY","With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modesand relations."
"MULTIFARIOUSNESS","The fault of improperly uniting in one bill distinct andindependent matters, and thereby confounding them. Burrill."
"MULTIFEROUS","Bearing or producing much or many. [R.]"
"MULTIFID","Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linearsinuses; as, a multifid leaf or corolla."
"MULTIFLOROUS","Having many flowers."
"MULTIFLUE","Having many flues; as, a multiflue boiler. See Boiler."
"MULTIFOIL","An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisionsor foils. [R.] See Foil."
"MULTIFOLD","Many times doubled; manifold; numerous."
"MULTIFORM","Having many forms, shapes, or appearances.A plastic and multiform unit. Hare."
"MULTIFORMITY","The quality of being multiform; diversity of forms; variety ofappearances in the same thing. Purchas."
"MULTIFORMOUS","Multiform. [Obs.]"
"MULTIGENEROUS","Having many kinds."
"MULTIGRANULATE","Having, or consisting of, many grains."
"MULTIGRAPH","A combined rotary type-setting and printing machine for officeuse. The type is transferred semi-automatically by means of keys froma type-supply drum to a printing drum. The printing may be done bymeans of an inked ribbon to print 'typewritten' letters, or directlyfrom inked type or a stereotype plate, as in a printing press."
"MULTIJUGATE","Having many pairs of leaflets."
"MULTIJUGOUS","Same as Multijugate."
"MULTILATERAL","Having many sides; many-sided."
"MULTILINEAL","Having many lines. Steevens."
"MULTILOBAR","Consisting of, or having, many lobes."
"MULTILOCULAR","Having many or several cells or compartments; as, amultilocular shell or capsule."
"MULTILOQUENCE","Quality of being multiloquent; use of many words;talkativeness."
"MULTILOQUY","Excess of words or talk. [R.]"
"MULTINODATE","Having many knots or nodes."
"MULTINODOUS","Same as Multinodate."
"MULTINOMIAL","Same as Polynomial."
"MULTINUCLEAR","Containing many nuclei; as, multinuclear cells."
"MULTIPAROUS","Producing many, or more than one, at a birth."
"MULTIPARTITE","Divided into many parts; having several parts."
"MULTIPED","An insect having many feet, as a myriapod."
"MULTIPHASE","Having many phases; specif. (Elec.),"
"MULTIPLANE","Having several or many planes or plane surfaces; as, amultiplane kite."
"MULTIPLE","Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of morethan one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many,parts. Law of multiple proportion (Chem.), the generalization thatwhen the same elements unite in more than one proportion, forming twoor more different compounds, the higher proportions of the elementsin such compounds are simple multiplies of the lowest proportion, orthe proportions are connected by some simple common factor; thus,iron and oxygen unite in the proportions FeO, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, in whichcompounds, considering the oxygen, 3 and 4 are simple multiplies of1. Called also the Law of Dalton, from its discoverer.-- Multiple algebra, a branch of advanced mathematics that treats ofoperations upon units compounded of two or more unlike units.-- Multiple conjugation (Biol.), a coalescence of many cells (aswhere an indefinite number of amoeboid cells flow together into asingle mass) from which conjugation proper and even fertilization mayhave been evolved.-- Multiple fruits. (Bot.) See Collective fruit, under Collective.-- Multiple star (Astron.), several stars in close proximity, whichappear to form a single system."
"MULTIPLEX","Manifold; multiple."
"MULTIPLIABLE","Capable of being multiplied.-- Mul'ti*pli`a*ble*ness, n."
"MULTIPLICABLE","Capable of being multiplied; multipliable."
"MULTIPLICAND","The number which is to be multiplied by another number calledthe multiplier. See Note under Multiplication."
"MULTIPLICATE","Consisting of many, or of more than one; multiple; multifold.Multiplicate flower (Bot.), a flower that is double, or has anunusual number of petals in consequence of the abnormalmultiplication of the parts of the floral whorls."
"MULTIPLICATION","The process of repeating, or adding to itself, any given numberor quantity a certain number of times; commonly, the process ofascertaining by a briefer computation the result of such repeatedadditions; also, the rule by which the operation is performed; -- thereverse of division."
"MULTIPLICATIVE","Tending to multiply; having the power to multiply, or inceasenumbers."
"MULTIPLICATIVELY","So as to multiply."
"MULTIPLICATOR","The number by which another number is multiplied; a multiplier."
"MULTIPLICIOUS","Manifold. [Obs.]"
"MULTIPLICITY","The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state ofbeing many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects.'A multiplicity of goods.' South."
"MULTIPLIER","The number by which another number is multiplied. See the Noteunder Multiplication."
"MULTIPLY","To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certainnumber of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. Seethe Note under Multiplication."
"MULTIPOLAR","Having many poles; -- applied especially to those ganglionicnerve cells which have several radiating processes."
"MULTIPOTENT","Having manifold power, or power to do many things. 'Jovemultipotent.' Shak."
"MULTIPRESENCE","The state or power of being multipresent.The multipresence of Christ's body. Bp. Hall."
"MULTIPRESENT","Being, or having the power to be, present in two or more placesat once."
"MULTIRADIATE","Having many rays."
"MULTIRAMIFIED","Divided into many branches."
"MULTIRAMOSE","Having many branches."
"MULTISCIOUS","Having much or varied knowledge. [Obs.]"
"MULTISECT","Divided into many similar segments; -- said of an insect ormyriapod."
"MULTISEPTATE","Divided into many chambers by partitions, as the pith of thepokeweed."
"MULTISERIAL","Arranged in many rows, or series, as the scales of a pine cone,or the leaves of the houseleek."
"MULTISILIQUOUS","Having many pods or seed vessels."
"MULTISONOUS","Having many sounds, or sounding much."
"MULTISPIRAL","Having numerous spiral coils round a center or nucleus; -- saidof the opercula of certain shells."
"MULTISTRIATE","Having many streaks."
"MULTISULCATE","Having many furrows."
"MULTISYLLABLE","A word of many syllables; a polysyllable. [R.] --Mul`ti*syl*lab'ic, a."
"MULTITITULAR","Having many titles."
"MULTITUBULAR","Having many tubes; as, a multitubular boiler."
"MULTITUDINARY","Multitudinous."
"MULTITUDINOUS","Wandering much. [Obs.]"
"MULTIVALENCE","Quality, state, or degree, of a multivalent element, atom, orradical."
"MULTIVALVE","Any mollusk which has a shell composed of more than two pieces."
"MULTIVERSANT","Turning into many shapes; assuming many forms; protean."
"MULTIVIOUS","Having many ways or roads; by many ways. [Obs.]"
"MULTIVOCAL","Signifying many different things; of manifold meaning;equivocal. 'An ambiguous multivocal word.' Coleridge.-- n."
"MULTOCULAR","Having many eyes, or more than two."
"MULTUM","An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers inorder to economize malt and hops. Craig. Hard multum, a preparationmade from Cocculus Indicus, etc., used to impart an intoxicatingquality to beer."
"MULTUNGULATE","Having many hoofs."
"MULTURE","The toll for grinding grain. Erskine."
"MUM","Silent; not speaking. Thackeray.The citizens are mum, and speak not a word. Shak."
"MUM-CHANCE","Silent and idle. [Colloq.]Boys can't sit mum-chance always. J. H. Ewing."
"MUMBLENEWS","A talebearer. [Obs.]"
"MUMBLER","One who mumbles."
"MUMBLING","Low; indistinct; inarticulate.-- Mum'bling*ly, adv."
"MUMBO JUMBO","An object of superstitious homage and fear. Carlyle.The miserable Mumbo Jumbo they paraded. Dickens."
"MUMM","To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask.With mumming and with masking all around. Spenser."
"MUMMER","One who mumms, or makes diversion in disguise; a masker; abuffon.Jugglers and dancers, antics, mummers. Milton."
"MUMMICHOG","Any one of several species of small American cyprinodont fishesof the genus Fundulus, and of allied genera; the killifishes; --called also minnow. [Written also mummychog, mummachog.]"
"MUMMIFICATION","The act of making a mummy."
"MUMMIFIED","Converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having theappearance of a mummy; withered."
"MUMMIFORM","Having some resemblance to a mummy; -- in zo\u00f6logy, said of thepup\u00e6 of certain insects."
"MUMMIFY","To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy.Hall (1646)."
"MUMMY","A sort of wax used in grafting, etc."
"MUMMYCHOG","See Mummichog."
"MUMPER","A beggar; a begging impostor.Deceived by the tales of a Lincoln's Inn mumper. Macaulay."
"MUMPISH","Sullen, sulky.-- Mump'ish*ly, adv.-- Mump'ish*ness, n."
"MUMPS","Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks. Skinner."
"MUN","The mouth. [Obs.]One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns, Butter them and sugar themand put them in your muns. Old Rhyme. Halliwell."
"MUNCH","To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chewsprovender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls. [Formerlywritten also maunch and mounch.]I could munch your good dry oats. Shak."
"MUNCHAUSENISM","An extravagant fiction embodying an account of some marvelousexploit or adventure."
"MUNCHER","One who munches."
"MUND","See Mun."
"MUNDANE","Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial;as, the mundane sphere.-- Mun'dane*ly, adv.The defilement of mundane passions. I. Taylor."
"MUNDANITY","Worldliness. [Obs.]"
"MUNDATION","The act of cleansing. [Obs.]"
"MUNDATORY","Cleansing; having power to cleanse. [Obs.]"
"MUNDIC","Iron pyrites, or arsenical pyrites; -- so called by the Cornishminers."
"MUNDIFICANT","Serving to cleanse and heal.-- n."
"MUNDIFICATION","The act or operation of cleansing."
"MUNDIFICATIVE","Cleansing.-- n."
"MUNDIFY","To cleanse. [Obs.]"
"MUNDIL","A turban ornamented with an imitation of gold or silverembroidery."
"MUNDIVAGANT","Wandering over the world. [R.]"
"MUNDUNGUS","A stinking tobacco."
"MUNERARY","Having the nature of a gift. [Obs.]"
"MUNERATE","To remunerate."
"MUNERATION","Remuneration. [Obs.]"
"MUNG","Green gram, a kind of pulse (Phaseolus Mungo), grown for foodin British India. Balfour (Cyc. of India)."
"MUNGA","See Bonnet monkey, under Bonnet."
"MUNGCORN","Same as Mangcorn."
"MUNGO","A fibrous material obtained by deviling rags or the remnants ofwoolen goods."
"MUNGREL","See Mongrel."
"MUNICIPALISM","Municipal condition."
"MUNICIPALITY","A municipal district; a borough, city, or incorporated town orvillage."
"MUNICIPALIZE","To bring under municipal oversight or control; as, amunicipalized industry."
"MUNICIPALLY","In a municipal relation or condition."
"MUNIFIC","Munificent; liberal. [Obs. or R.]"
"MUNIFICATE","To enrich. [Obs.]"
"MUNIFICENCE","Means of defense; fortification. [Obs.] Spenser."
"MUNIFICENT","Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificentbenefactor.-- Mu*nif'i*cent*ly, adv."
"MUNIFY","To prepare for defense; to fortify. [Obs.]"
"MUNIMENT","A record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is enabled todefend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers. Blount.Muniment house or room, that room in a cathedral, castle, or otherpublic building, which is used for keeping the records, charters,seals, deeds, and the like. Gwilt."
"MUNITE","To fortify; to strengthen. [Obs.]"
"MUNITY","Freedom; security; immunity. [Obs.] W. Montagu."
"MUNJEET","See Indian madder, under Madder."
"MUNJISTIN","An orangered coloring substance resembling alizarin, found inthe root of an East Indian species of madder (Rubia munjista)."
"MUNNION","See Mullion."
"MUNTJAC","Any one of several species of small Asiatic deer of the genusCervulus, esp. C. muntjac, which occurs both in India and on the EastIndian Islands. [Written also muntjak.]"
"MUNTZ METAL","See under Metal."
"MURAENA","A genus of large eels of the family Mir\u00e6nid\u00e6. They differ fromthe common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal andanal fins continuous. The murry (Mur\u00e6na Helen\u00e6) of Southern Europewas the mur\u00e6na of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish."
"MURAGE","A tax or toll paid for building or repairing the walls of afortified town."
"MURDER","The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense oraforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide.'Mordre will out.' Chaucer.The killing of their children had, in the account of God, the guiltof murder, as the offering them to idols had the guilt of idolatry.Locke.Slaughter grows murder when it goes too far. Dryden."
"MURDERESS","A woman who commits murder."
"MURDERMENT","Murder. [Obs.] Farfax."
"MURDEROUS","Of or pertaining to murder; characterized by, or causing,murder or bloodshed; having the purpose or quality of murder; bloody;sanguinary; as, the murderous king; murderous rapine; murderousintent; a murderous assault. 'Murderous coward.' Shak.-- Mur'der*ous*ly, adv."
"MURDRESS","A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices forfiring through."
"MURE","A wall. [Obs.] Shak."
"MURENGER","One who had charge of the wall of a town, or its repairs."
"MUREX","A genus of marine gastropods, having rough, and frequentlyspinose, shells, which are often highly colored inside; the rockshells. They abound in tropical seas."
"MUREXAN","A complex nitrogenous substance obtained from murexide,alloxantin, and other ureids, as a white, or yellowish, crystallinewhich turns red on exposure to the air; -- called also uramil,dialuramide, and formerly purpuric acid."
"MUREXIDE","A crystalline nitrogenous substance having a splendiddichroism, being green by reflected light and garnet-red bytransmitted light. It was formerly used in dyeing calico, and wasobtained in a large quantities from guano. Formerly called alsoammonium purpurate."
"MUREXOIN","A complex nitrogenous compound obtained as a scarletcrystalline substance, and regarded as related to murexide."
"MURIATE","A salt of muriatic hydrochloric acid; a chloride; as, muriateof ammonia."
"MURIATED","Combined or impregnated with muriatic or hydrochloric acid."
"MURIATIC","Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sea salt, or fromchlorine, one of the constituents of sea salt; hydrochloric. Muriaticacid, hydrochloric acid, HCl; -- formerly called also marine acid,and spirit of salt. See hydrochloric, and the Note under Muriate."
"MURIATIFEROUS","Producing muriatic substances or salt. [Obs.]"
"MURICOID","Like, or pertaining to, the genus Murex, or family Muricid\u00e6."
"MURICULATE","Minutely muricate."
"MURIDE","Bromine; -- formerly so called from its being obtained from seawater."
"MURIFORM","Resembling courses of bricks or stones in squareness andregular arrangement; as, a muriform variety of cellular tissue."
"MURINE","Pertaining to a family of rodents (Murid\u00e6), of which the mouseis the type."
"MURINGER","See Murenger. Jacob."
"MURK","Dark; murky.He can not see through the mantle murk. J. R. Drake."
"MURKILY","Darkly; gloomily."
"MURKINESS","The state of being murky."
"MURKY","Dark; obscure; gloomy. 'The murkiest den.' Shak.A murky deep lowering o'er our heads. Addison."
"MURLINS","A seaweed. See Baddrelocks."
"MURMUR","To utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or sounds;as, to murmur tales. Shak.The people murmured such things concerning him. John vii. 32."
"MURMURATION","The act of murmuring; a murmur. [Obs.] Skelton."
"MURMURER","One who murmurs."
"MURMURING","Uttering murmurs; making low sounds; complaining.-- Mur'mur*ing*ly, adv."
"MURMUROUS","Attended with murmurs; exciting murmurs or complaint;murmuring. [Archaic or Poetic]The lime, a summer home of murmurous wings. Tennyson."
"MURNIVAL","In the game of gleek, four cards of the same value, as fouraces or four kings; hence, four of anything. [Obs.] [Written alsomournival.]"
"MURPHY","A potato. [Humorous] Thackeray."
"MURR","A catarrh. [Obs.] Gascoigne."
"MURRAIN","An infectious and fatal disease among cattle. Bacon. A murrainon you, may you be afflicted with a pestilent disease. Shak."
"MURRAYIN","A glucoside found in the flowers of a plant (Murraya exotica)of South Asia, and extracted as a white amorphous slightly bittersubstance."
"MURRE","Any one of several species of sea birds of the genus Uria, orCatarractes; a guillemot."
"MURRELET","One of several species of sea birds of the generaSynthliboramphus and Brachyramphus, inhabiting the North Pacific.They are closely related to the murres."
"MURREY","A dark red color.-- a."
"MURRHINE","Made of the stone or material called by the Romans murrha; --applied to certain costly vases of great beauty and delicacy used bythe luxurious in Rome as wine cups; as, murrhine vases, cups,vessels. Murrhine glass, glassware made in imitation of murrhinevases and cups."
"MURRION","Infected with or killed by murrain. [Obs.] Shak."
"MURRY","See Mur\u00e6na."
"MURTH","Plenty; abundance. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"MURTHER","Murder, n. & v. [Obs. or Prov.] 'The treason of themurthering.' Chaucer."
"MURTHERER","A murderer. [Obs. or Prov.]"
"MURZA","One of the hereditary nobility among the Tatars, esp. one ofthe second class."
"MUS","A genus of small rodents, including the common mouse and rat."
"MUSA","A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of greatsize, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (M.paradisiaca of Linn\u00e6us, but probably not a distinct species), theAbyssinian (M. Ensete), the Philippine Island (M. textilis, whichyields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. ofBanana and Plantain."
"MUSACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the genus Musa."
"MUSAL","Of or pertaining to the Muses, or to Poetry. [R.]"
"MUSANG","A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to thecivets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripecoffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; henceit is called also coffee rat."
"MUSAR","An itinerant player on the musette, an instrument formerlycommon in Europe."
"MUSARD","A dreamer; an absent-minded person. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"MUSCA","A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly,and numerous allied species."
"MUSCADEL","See Muscatel, n.Quaffed off the muscadel. Shak."
"MUSCADINE","A name given to several very different kinds of grapes, but inAmerica used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape,which is said to be the parent stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine."
"MUSCALES","An old name for mosses in the widest sense, including the truemosses and also hepatic\u00e6 and sphagna."
"MUSCALLONGE","See Muskellunge."
"MUSCARDIN","The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.[Written also muscadine.]"
"MUSCARDINE","A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and whichsometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the developmentof a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also, thefungus itself."
"MUSCARIFORM","Having the form of a brush."
"MUSCARIN","A solid crystalline substance, C5H13NO2, found in the toadstool(Agaricus muscarius), and in putrid fish. It is a typical ptomaine,and a violent poison."
"MUSCAT","A name given to several varieties of Old World grapes,differing in color, size, etc., but all having a somewhat muskyflavor. The muscat of Alexandria is a large oval grape of a paleamber color. [Written also muskat.]"
"MUSCATEL","Of, pertaining to, or designating, or derived from, a muscatgrapes or similar grapes; a muscatel grapes; muscatel wine, etc."
"MUSCHELKALK","A kind of shell limestone, whose strata form the middle one ofthe three divisions of the Triassic formation in Germany. See Chart,under Geology."
"MUSCI","An order or subclass of cryptogamous plants; the mosses. SeeMoss, and Cryptogamia."
"MUSCICAPINE","Of or pertaining to the Muscicapid\u00e6, a family of birds thatincludes the true flycatchers."
"MUSCID","Any fly of the genus Musca, or family Muscid\u00e6."
"MUSCIFORM","Having the form or structure of flies of the genus Musca, orfamily Muscid\u00e6."
"MUSCLE","See Mussel. Muscle curve (Physiol.), contraction curve of amuscle; a myogram; the curve inscribed, upon a prepared surface, bymeans of a myograph when acted upon by a contracting muscle. Thecharacter of the curve represents the extent of the contraction."
"MUSCLE READING","The art of making discriminations between objects of choice, ofdiscovering the whereabouts of hidden objects, etc., by inferencefrom the involuntary movements of one whose hand the reader holds orwith whom he is otherwise in muscular contact."
"MUSCLED","Furnished with muscles; having muscles; as, things wellmuscled."
"MUSCLING","Exhibition or representation of the muscles. [R.]A good piece, the painters say, must have good muscling, as well ascoloring and drapery. Shaftesbury."
"MUSCOGEES","See Muskogees."
"MUSCOID","Mosslike; resembling moss."
"MUSCOLOGY","Bryology."
"MUSCOSITY","Mossiness. Jonhson."
"MUSCOVADO","Pertaining to, or of the nature of, unrefined or raw sugar,obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and drainingoff the molasses. Muscovado sugar contains impurities which render itdark colored and moist."
"MUSCOVITE","Common potash mica. See Mica."
"MUSCOVY DUCK","A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, oftenraised in poultry yards. Called also musk duck. It is native oftropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil."
"MUSCOVY GLASS","Mica; muscovite. See Mica."
"MUSCULARITY","The state or quality of being muscular. Grew."
"MUSCULARIZE","To make muscular. Lowell."
"MUSCULARLY","In a muscular manner."
"MUSCULATION","The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts."
"MUSCULATURE","Musculation."
"MUSCULE","A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times inattacking the walls of a fortified town."
"MUSCULIN","See Syntonin."
"MUSCULOCUTANEOUS","Pertaining both to muscles and skin; as, the musculocutaneousnerve."
"MUSCULOPHRENIC","Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as, themusculophrenic artery."
"MUSCULOSITY","The quality or state of being musculous; muscularity. [Obs.]"
"MUSCULOSPIRAL","Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; --applied esp. to a large nerve of the arm."
"MUSCULOUS","Muscular. [Obs.] Jonhson."
"MUSE","A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, throughwhich a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.Find a hare without a muse. Old Prov."
"MUSEFUL","Meditative; thoughtfully silent. 'Museful mopings.' Dryden.-- Muse'ful*ly, adv."
"MUSELESS","Unregardful of the Muses; disregarding the power of poetry;unpoetical. Milton."
"MUSER","One who muses."
"MUSET","A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse.Shak."
"MUSEUM","A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, orliterary curiosities, or of works of art. Museum beetle, Museum pest.(Zo\u00f6l.) See Anthrenus."
"MUSH","Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn.[U.S.]"
"MUSHROOM-HEADED","Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of largerdiameter; having a head like that of a mushroom."
"MUSHY","Soft like mush; figuratively, good-naturedly weak and effusive;weakly sentimental.She 's not mushy, but her heart is tender. G. Eliot."
"MUSIC","A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals.See Stridulation. Magic music, a game in which a person is guided infinding a hidden article, or in doing a specific art required, bymusic which is made more loud or rapid as he approaches success, andslower as he recedes. Tennyson.-- Music box. See Musical box, under Musical.-- Music hall, a place for public musical entertainments.-- Music loft, a gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room or achurch.-- Music of the spheres, the harmony supposed to be produced by theaccordant movement of the celestial spheres.-- Music paper, paper ruled with the musical staff, for the use ofcomposers and copyists.-- Music pen, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of themusical staff.-- Music shell (Zo\u00f6l.), a handsomely colored marine gastropod shell(Voluta musica) found in the East Indies; -- so called because thecolor markings often resemble printed music. Sometimes applied toother shells similarly marked.-- To face the music, to meet any disagreeable necessity withoutflinching. [Colloq. or Slang]"
"MUSIC DRAMA","An opera in which the text and action are not interrupted byset arias, duets, etc., the music being determined throughout bydramatic appropriateness; musical drama of this character, ingeneral. It involves the use of a kind of melodious declamation, thedevelopment of leitmotif, great orchestral elaboration, and a fusionof poetry, music, action, and scene into an organic whole. The termis applied esp. to the later works of Wagner: 'Tristan und Isolde,''Die Meistersinger,' 'Rheingold,' 'Walk\u00fcre,' 'Siegfried,''G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung,' and 'Parsifal.'"
"MUSIC HALL","A place for public musical entertainments; specif. (Eng.), esp.a public hall for vaudeville performances, in which smoking anddrinking are usually allowed in the auditorium."
"MUSICAL","Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; orthe power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious;harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musicalinstruments; a musical sentence; musical persons. Musical, or Music,box, a box or case containing apparatus moved by clockwork so as toplay certain tunes automatically.-- Musical fish (Zo\u00f6l.), any fish which utters sounds under water,as the drumfish, grunt, gizzard shad, etc.-- Musical glasses, glass goblets or bowls so tuned and arrangedthat when struck, or rubbed, they produce musical notes. CF.Harmonica, 1."
"MUSICALE","A social musical party. [Colloq.]"
"MUSICALLY","In a musical manner."
"MUSICALNESS","The quality of being musical."
"MUSICIAN","One skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilledsinger, or performer on a musical instrument."
"MUSICOMANIA","A kind of monomania in which the passion for music becomes sostrong as to derange the intellectual faculties. Dunglison."
"MUSIMON","See Mouflon."
"MUSINGLY","In a musing manner."
"MUSIT","See Muset."
"MUSK","The musk deer. See Musk deer (below)."
"MUSKADEL","See Muscadel."
"MUSKAT","See Muscat."
"MUSKELLUNGE","A large American pike (Esox nobilitor) found in the GreatLakes, and other Northern lakes, and in the St. Lawrence River. It isvalued as a food fish. [Written also maskallonge, maskinonge,muskallonge, muskellonge, and muskelunjeh.]"
"MUSKET","The male of the sparrow hawk."
"MUSKETEER","A soldier armed with a musket."
"MUSKETO","See Mosquito."
"MUSKINESS","The quality or state of being musky; the scent of musk."
"MUSKMELON","The fruit of a cucubritaceous plant (Cicumis Melo), having apeculiar aromatic flavor, and cultivated in many varieties, theprincipal sorts being the cantaloupe, of oval form and yellowishflesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish flesh. See Illust.of Melon."
"MUSKOGEES","A powerful tribe of North American Indians that formerlyoccupied the region of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. Theyconstituted a large part of the Creek confederacy. [Written alsoMuscogees.]"
"MUSKRAT","A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber zibethicus).It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but thetail is compressed, the bind feet are webbed, and the ears areconcealed in the fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substancehaving a strong odor of musk. Called also musquash, musk beaver, andondatra."
"MUSKY","Having an odor of musk, or somewhat the like. Milton."
"MUSLIM","See Moslem."
"MUSLIN","A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is alsoapplied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting andsheeting muslins. Muslin cambric. See Cambric.-- Muslin delaine, a light woolen fabric for women's dresses. SeeDelaine. [Written also mousseline de laine.]"
"MUSLINET","A sort of coarse or light cotton cloth."
"MUSMON","See Mouflon."
"MUSOMANIA","See Musicomania."
"MUSQUASH","See Muskrat. Musquash root (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant(Cicuta maculata), having a poisonous root. See Water hemlock."
"MUSQUAW","The American black bear. See Bear."
"MUSQUET","See Musket."
"MUSQUITO","See Mosquito."
"MUSS","A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be takenby those who can seize them; a confused struggle. Shak."
"MUSSEL","Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the genusMytilus, and related genera, of the family Mytid\u00e6. The common mussel(Mytilus edulis; see Illust. under Byssus), and the larger, or horse,mussel (Modiola modiolus), inhabiting the shores both of Europe andAmerica, are edible. The former is extensively used as food inEurope."
"MUSSITATION","A speaking in a low tone; mumbling. [Obs.]"
"MUSSITE","A variety of pyroxene, from the Mussa Alp in Piedmont;diopside."
"MUSSULMAN","A Mohammedan; a Moslem."
"MUSSULMANIC","Of, pertaining to, or like, the Mussulmans, or their customs:Mohammedan."
"MUSSULMANISH","Mohammedan."
"MUSSULMANISM","Mohammedanism."
"MUSSULMANLY","In the manner of Moslems."
"MUSSY","Disarranged; rumpled. [Colloq. U.S.]"
"MUST","Mustiness."
"MUSTAC","A small tufted monkey."
"MUSTACHE","A West African monkey (Cercopithecus cephus). It has yellowwhiskers, and a triangular blue mark on the nose."
"MUSTACHO","A mustache. Longfellow."
"MUSTACHOED","Having mustachios."
"MUSTAHFIZ","See Army organization, above."
"MUSTAIBA","A close-grained, neavy wood of a brownish color, brought fromBrazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and thelike. [Written also mostahiba.] MaElrath."
"MUSTANG","The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc.It is small, hardy, and easily sustained. Mustard grape (Bot.), aspecies of grape (Vitis candicans), native in Arkansas and Texas. Theberries are small, light-colored, with an acid skin and a sweet pulp."
"MUSTARD","The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica(formerly Sinapis), as white mustard (B. alba), black mustard (B.Nigra), wild mustard or charlock (B. Sinapistrum)."
"MUSTEE","See Mestee."
"MUSTELINE","Like or pertaining to the family Mustelid\u00e6, or the weasels andmartens."
"MUSTER","To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, orthe like; to come together as parts of a force or body; as, hissupporters mustered in force. 'The mustering squadron.' Byron."
"MUSTILY","In a musty state."
"MUSTINESS","The quality or state of being musty."
"MUTABILITY","The quality of being mutable, or subject to change oralteration, either in form, state, or essential character;susceptibility of change; changeableness; inconstancy; variation.Plato confessed that the heavens and the frame of the world arecorporeal, and therefore subject to mutability. Stillingfleet."
"MUTABLENESS","The quality of being mutable."
"MUTABLY","Changeably."
"MUTACISM","See Mytacism."
"MUTAGE","A process for checking the fermentation of the must of grapes."
"MUTANDUM","A thing which is to be changed; something which must bealtered; -- used chiefly in the plural."
"MUTATION","Change; alteration, either in form or qualities.The vicissitude or mutations in the superior globe are no fit matterfor this present argument. Bacon."
"MUTCH","The close linen or muslin cap of an old woman. [Prov. Eng. &Scot.]"
"MUTCHKIN","A liquid measure equal to four gills, or an imperial pint.[Scot.]"
"MUTE","To cast off; to molt.Have I muted all my feathers Beau. & Fl."
"MUTE-HILL","See Moot-hill. [Scot.]"
"MUTELY","Without uttering words or sounds; in a mute manner; silently."
"MUTENESS","The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness."
"MUTESSARIF","In Turkey, an administrative authority of any of certainsanjaks. They are appointed directly by the Sultan."
"MUTESSARIFAT","In Turkey, a sanjak whose head is a mutessarif."
"MUTILATE","Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as acetacean."
"MUTILATION","The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated;deprivation of a limb or of an essential part."
"MUTILATOR","One who mutilates."
"MUTILOUS","Mutilated; defective; imperfect. [Obs.]"
"MUTINE","A mutineer. [Obs.]"
"MUTINEER","One guilty of mutiny."
"MUTING","Dung of birds."
"MUTINOUS","Disposed to mutiny; in a state of mutiny; characterized bymutiny; seditious; insubordinate.The city was becoming mutinous. Macaulay.-- Mu'ti*nous*ly, adv.-- Mu'ti*nous*ness, n."
"MUTISM","The condition, state, or habit of being mute, or withoutspeech. Max M\u00fcller."
"MUTOSCOPE","A simple form of moving-picture machine in which the series ofviews, exhibiting the successive phases of a scene, are printed onpaper and mounted around the periphery of a wheel. The rotation ofthe wheel brings them rapidly into sight, one after another, and theblended effect gives a semblance of motion."
"MUTTER","To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice; as,to mutter threats. Shak."
"MUTTERER","One who mutters."
"MUTTERINGLY","With a low voice and indistinct articulation; in a mutteringmanner."
"MUTTONY","Like mutton; having a flavor of mutton."
"MUTUALISM","The doctrine of mutual dependence as the condition ofindividual and social welfare. F. Harrison. H. Spencer. Mallock."
"MUTUALITY","Reciprocity of consideration. Wharton."
"MUTUALLY","In a mutual manner."
"MUTUARY","One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed byhim, and which he is to return or repay in kind. Bouvier."
"MUTUATION","The act of borrowing or exchanging. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"MUTULE","A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice,in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian andComposite orders. See Illust. of Gutta. Oxf. Gloss."
"MUX","Dirt; filth; muck. [Prov. Eng.] ose."
"MUXY","Soft; sticky, and dirty. [Prov. Eng.] See Mucky."
"MUZARAB","One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under thegovernment of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual oftheir own. [Written also Mozarab, Mostarab.] Brande & C."
"MUZARABIC","Of or pertaining to Muzarabs; as, the Muzarabic liturgy.[Written also Mozarabic.]"
"MUZZINESS","The state or quality of being muzzy."
"MUZZLE","To bring the mouth or muzzle near.The bear muzzles and smels to him. L'Estrange."
"MUZZLE-LOADER","A firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle, asdistinguished from one which is loaded at the breech."
"MUZZLE-LOADING","Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loadingrifle."
"MUZZY","Absent-minded; dazed; muddled; stupid.The whole company stared at me with a whimsical, muzzy look, like menwhose senses were a little obfuscated by beer rather then wine. W.Irving."
"MY","Of or belonging to me; -- used always attributively; as, mybody; my book; -- mine is used in the predicate; as, the book ismine. See Mine."
"MYA","A genus of bivalve mollusks, including the common long, orsoft-shelled, clam."
"MYALGIA","Pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism or neuralgia."
"MYALL WOOD","A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used bythe natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree Acaciahomolophylla."
"MYARIA","A division of bivalve mollusks of which the common clam (Mya)is the type."
"MYCELIUM","The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroomor fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn.-- My*ce'li*al, a."
"MYCELOID","Resembling mycelium."
"MYCETES","A genus of South American monkeys, including the howlers. SeeHowler, 2, and Illust."
"MYCETOID","Resembling a fungus."
"MYCETOZOA","The Myxomycetes; -- so called by those who regard them as aclass of animals. -- My*ce`to*zo'an (#), a."
"MYCODERMA","One of the forms in which bacteria group themselves; a more orless thick layer of motionless but living bacteria, formed by thebacteria uniting on the surface of the fluid in which they aredeveloped. This production differs from the zo\u00f6loea stage of bacteriaby not having the intermediary mucous substance."
"MYCOLOGIST","One who is versed in, or who studies, mycology."
"MYCOLOGY","That branch of botanical science which relates to the musgroomsand other fungi."
"MYCOMELIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid ofthe alloxan group, obtained as a honey-yellow powder. Its solutionshave a gelatinous consistency."
"MYCOPROTEIN","The protoplasmic matter of which bacteria are composed."
"MYCOSE","A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose and obtained fromcertain lichens and fungi. Called also trehalose. [Written alsomykose.]"
"MYCOTHRIX","The chain of micrococci formed by the division of themicrococci in multiplication."
"MYDALEINE","A toxic alkaloid (ptomaine) obtained from putrid flesh and fromherring brines. As a poison it is said to execute profuse diarrhoea,vomiting, and intestinal inflammation. Brieger."
"MYDATOXIN","A poisonous amido acid, C6H13NO2, separated by Brieger fromdecaying horseflesh. In physiological action, it is similar tocurare."
"MYDAUS","The teledu."
"MYDRIASIS","A long-continued or excessive dilatation of the pupil of theeye."
"MYDRIATIC","Causing dilatation of the pupil.-- n."
"MYELENCEPHALA","Same as Vertebrata."
"MYELENCEPHALIC","Of or pertaining to the myelencephalon; cerebro-spinal."
"MYELENCEPHALOUS","Of or pertaining to the Myelencephala."
"MYELITIS","Inflammation of the spinal marrow or its membranes."
"MYELOCOELE","The central canal of the spinal cord."
"MYELOGENIC","Derived from, or pertaining to, the bone marrow."
"MYELOID","Resembling marrow in appearance or consistency; as, a myeloidtumor."
"MYELOIDIN","A substance, present in the protoplasm of the retinalepithelium cells, and resembling, if not identical with, thesubstance (myelin) forming the medullary sheaths of nerve fibers."
"MYELON","The spinal cord. (Sometimes abbrev. to myel.)"
"MYELONAL","Of or pertaining to the myelon; as, the myelonal, or spinal,nerves."
"MYELONEURA","The Vertebrata."
"MYELOPLAX","One of the huge multinucleated cells found in the marrow ofbone and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell. See Osteoclast."
"MYGALE","A genus of very large hairy spiders having four lungs and onlyfour spinnerets. They do not spin webs, but usually construct tubesin the earth, which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The SouthAmerican bird spider (Mygale avicularia), and the crab spider, ormatoutou (M. cancerides) are among the largest species. Some of thespecies are erroneously called tarantulas, as the Texas tarantula (M.Hentzii)."
"MYKISS","A salmon (Salmo mykiss, syn. S. purpuratus) marked with blackspots and a red throat, found in most of the rivers from Alaska tothe Colorado River, and in Siberia; -- called also black-spottedtrout, cutthroat trout, and redthroat trout."
"MYLODON","An extinct genus of large slothlike American edentates, alliedto Megatherium."
"MYLOHYOID","Pertaining to, or in the region of, the lower jaw and the hyoidapparatus; as, the mylohyoid nerve."
"MYNA","Any one of numerous species of Asiatic starlings of the generaAcridotheres, Sturnopastor, Sturnia, Gracula, and allied genera. Inhabits they resemble the European starlings, and like them are oftencaged and taught to talk. See Hill myna, under Hill, and Mino bird.[Spelt also mynah.]"
"MYNCHEN","A nun. [Obs.]"
"MYNCHERY","A nunnery; -- a term still applied to the ruins of certainnunneries in England."
"MYNHEER","The Dutch equivalent of Mr. or Sir; hence, a Dutchman."
"MYO-","A combining form of Gr. muscle; as, myograph, myochrome."
"MYOCARDITIS","Inflammation of the myocardium."
"MYOCARDIUM","The main substance of the muscular wall of the heart inclosedbetween the epicardium and endocardium."
"MYOCHROME","A colored albuminous substance in the serum from red-coloredmuscles. It is identical with hemoglobin."
"MYOCOMMA","A myotome."
"MYODYNAMICS","The department of physiology which deals with the principles ofmuscular contraction; the exercise of muscular force or contraction."
"MYODYNAMIOMETER","A myodynamometer."
"MYODYNAMOMETER","An instrument for measuring the muscular strength of man or ofother animals; a dynamometer. Dunglison."
"MYOEPITHELIAL","Derived from epithelial cells and destined to become a part ofthe muscular system; -- applied to structural elements in certainembryonic forms."
"MYOGALID","One of the Myogalod\u00e6, a family of Insectivora, including thedesman, and allied species."
"MYOGRAM","See Muscle curve, under Muscle."
"MYOGRAPH","An instrument for determining and recording the differentphases, as the intensity, velocity, etc., of a muscular contraction."
"MYOGRAPHY","The description of muscles, including the study of muscularcontraction by the aid of registering apparatus, as by some form ofmyograph; myology."
"MYOHAEMATIN","A red-colored respiratory pigment found associated withhemoglobin in the muscle tissue of a large number of animals, bothvertebrate and invertebrate."
"MYOID","Composed of, or resembling, muscular fiber."
"MYOLEMMA","Sarcolemma."
"MYOLIN","The essential material of muscle fibers."
"MYOLOGIST","One skilled in myology."
"MYOLOGY","That part of anatomy which treats of muscles."
"MYOMA","A tumor consisting of muscular tissue."
"MYOMANCY","Divination by the movements of mice."
"MYOMORPH","One of the Myomorpha."
"MYOMORPHA","An extensive group of rodents which includes the rats, mice,jerboas, and many allied forms."
"MYOPATHIA","Any affection of the muscles or muscular system."
"MYOPATHIC","Of or pertaining to myopathia."
"MYOPATHY","Same as Myopathia."
"MYOPE","A person having myopy; a myops."
"MYOPHAN","A contractile striated layer found in the bodies and stems ofcertain Infusoria."
"MYOPIA","Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye inwhich the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before theyreach the retina, and hence form an indistinct image; while the raysfrom very near objects are normally converged so as to produce adistinct image. It is corrected by the use of a concave lens."
"MYOPIC","Pertaining to, or affected with, or characterized by, myopia;nearsighted. Myopic astigmatism, a condition in which the eye isaffected with myopia in one meridian only."
"MYOPS","See Myope."
"MYOPSIS","The appearance of musc\u00e6 volitantes. See Musc\u00e6 volitantes, underMusca."
"MYOPY","Myopia."
"MYOSIN","An albuminous body present in dead muscle, being formed in theprocess of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis; the clotformed in the coagulation of muscle plasma. See Muscle plasma, underPlasma."
"MYOSIS","Long-continued contraction of the pupil of the eye."
"MYOSITIC","Myotic."
"MYOSITIS","Inflammation of the muscles."
"MYOSOTIS","A genus of plants. See Mouse-ear."
"MYOTIC","Producing myosis, or contraction of the pupil of the eye, asopium, calabar bean, etc.-- n."
"MYOTOMIC","Of or pertaining to a myotome or myotomes."
"MYOTOMY","The dissection, or that part of anatomy which treats of thedissection, of muscles."
"MYRCIA","A large genus of tropical American trees and shrubs, nearlyrelated to the true myrtles (Myrtus), from which they differ inhaving very few seeds in each berry."
"MYRIA-","A prefix, esp. in the metric system, indicating ten thousand,ten thousand times; as, myriameter."
"MYRIACANTHOUS","Having numerous spines, as certain fishes."
"MYRIAD","Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriadstars."
"MYRIAPOD","One of the Myriapoda."
"MYRIAPODA","A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapodinsects, from which they differ in having the body made up ofnumerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointedlegs. They have one pair of antenn\u00e6, three pairs of mouth organs, andnumerous tracha\u00e6, similar to those of true insects. The larv\u00e6, whenfirst hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See Centiped,Galleyworm, Milliped."
"MYRIARCH","A captain or commander of ten thousand men."
"MYRIARE","A measure of surface in the metric system containing tenthousand ares, or one million square meters. It is equal to about247.1 acres."
"MYRICA","A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually witharomatic foliage. It includes the bayberry or wax myrtle, the sweetgale, and the North American sweet fern, so called."
"MYRICIN","A silky, crystalline, waxy substance, forming the less solublepart of beeswax, and regarded as a palmitate of a higher alcohol ofthe paraffin series; -- called also myricyl alcohol."
"MYRICYL","A hypothetical radical regarded as the essential residue ofmyricin; -- called also melissyl."
"MYRIOLOGICAL","Of or relating to a myriologue."
"MYRIOLOGIST","One who composes or sings a myriologue."
"MYRIOLOGUE","An extemporaneous funeral song, composed and sung by a woman onthe death of a friend. [Modern Greece]"
"MYRIOPHYLLOUS","Having an indefinitely great or countless number of leaves."
"MYRIOPODA","See Myriapoda."
"MYRIORAMA","A picture made up of several smaller pictures, drawn uponseparate pieces in such a manner as to admit of combination in manydifferent ways, thus producing a great variety of scenes orlandscapes."
"MYRIOSCOPE","A form of kaleidoscope."
"MYRISTATE","A salt of myristic acid."
"MYRISTIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, the nutmeg (Myristica).Specifically, designating an acid found in nutmeg oil and otoba fat,and extracted as a white crystalline waxy substance."
"MYRISTIN","The myristate of glycerin, -- found as a vegetable fat innutmeg butter, etc."
"MYRISTONE","The ketone of myristic acid, obtained as a white crystallinesubstance."
"MYRMECOPHYTE","A plant that affords shelter and food to certain species ofants which live in symbiotic relations with it. Special adaptationsfor this purpose exist; thus, Acacia spadicigera has large hollowsthorns, and species of Cecropia have stem cavities. --Myr`me*co*phyt'ic (#), a."
"MYRMICINE","Of or pertaining to Myrmica, a genus of ants including thesmall house ant (M. molesta), and many others."
"MYRMIDONIAN","Consisting of, or like, myrmidons. Pope."
"MYRMOTHERINE","Feeding upon ants; -- said of certain birds."
"MYRONIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, mustard; -- used specificallyto designate a glucoside called myronic acid, found in mustard seed."
"MYROPOLIST","One who sells unguents or perfumery. [Obs.] Jonhson."
"MYROSIN","A ferment, resembling diastase, found in mustard seeds."
"MYROXYLON","A genus of leguminous trees of tropical America, the differentspecies of which yield balsamic products, among which are balsam ofPeru, and balsam of Tolu. The species were formerly referred toMyrospermum."
"MYRRH","A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of anaromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued forits odor and for its medicinal properties. It exuds from the bark ofa shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the Balsamodendron Myrrha. The myrrhof the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, andpartly the exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose. False myrrh.See the Note under Bdellium."
"MYRRHIC","Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, myrrh."
"MYRRHINE","Murrhine."
"MYRTACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large and important naturalorder of trees and shrubs (Myrtace\u00e6), of which the myrtle is thetype. It includes the genera Eucalyptus, Pimenta, Lechythis, andabout seventy more."
"MYRTIFORM","Resembling myrtle or myrtle berries; having the form of amyrtle leaf."
"MYRTLE","A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. Thecommon myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high.Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate orlanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosyflowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancientsconsidered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries areused variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifullymottled wood is used in turning."
"MYSELF","I or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or person;as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; -- used also insteadof me, as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb, withoutemphasis; as, I will defend myself."
"MYSELVEN","Myself. [Obs.]"
"MYSIS","A genus of small schizopod shrimps found both in fresh and saltwater; the opossum shrimps. One species inhabits the Great Lakes ofNorth America, and is largely eaten by the whitefish. The marinespecies form part of the food of right whales."
"MYSTACAL","Of or pertaining to the upper lip, or mustache."
"MYSTAGOGY","The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue;interpretation of mysteries."
"MYSTERIAL","Mysterious. [Obs.]"
"MYSTERIARCH","One presiding over mysteries. [Obs.]"
"MYSTERIOUS","Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult orimpossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained;enigmatical; incomprehensible.God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied, Thought inmysterious terms. Milton."
"MYSTERIOUSLY","In a mysterious manner."
"MYSTERIZE","To make mysterious; to make a mystery of."
"MYSTERY","The consecrated elements in the eucharist."
"MYSTIC","One given to mysticism; one who holds mystical views,interpretations, etc.; especially, in ecclesiastical history, one whoprofessed mysticism. See Mysticism."
"MYSTICETE","Any right whale, or whalebone whale. See Cetacea."
"MYSTICISM","The doctrine of the Mystics, who professed a pure, sublime, andwholly disinterested devotion, and maintained that they had directintercourse with the divine Spirit, and aquired a knowledge of Godand of spiritual things unattainable by the natural intellect, andsuch as can not be analyzed or explained."
"MYSTIFICATION","The act of mystifying, or the state of being mystied; also,something designed to, or that does, mystify.The reply of Pope seems very much as though he had been playing off amystification on his Grace. De Quincey."
"MYSTIFICATOR","One who mystifies."
"MYTACISM","Too frequent use of the letter m, or of the sound representedby it."
"MYTHE","See Myth. Grote."
"MYTHOGRAPHER","A composer of fables."
"MYTHOLOGER","A mythologist."
"MYTHOLOGIAN","A mythologist."
"MYTHOLOGIST","One versed in, or who writes on, mythology or myths."
"MYTHOLOGIZER","One who, or that which, mythologizes.Imagination has always been, and still is, in a narrower sense, thegreat mythologizer. Lowell."
"MYTHOLOGUE","A fabulous narrative; a myth. [R.]May we not ... consider his history of the fall as an excellentmythologue, to account for the origin of human evil Geddes."
"MYTHOPLASM","A narration of mere fable."
"MYTHOPOEIC","Making or producing myths; giving rise to mythical narratives.The mythopoeic fertility of the Greeks. Grote."
"MYTHOPOETIC","Making or producing myths or mythical tales."
"MYTILOID","Like, or pertaining to, the genus Mytilus, or family Mytilid\u00e6."
"MYTILOTOXINE","A poisonous base (leucomaine) found in the common mussel. Iteither causes paralysis of the muscles, or gives rise to convulsions,including death by an accumulation of carbonic acid in the blood."
"MYTILUS","A genus of marine bivalve shells, including the common mussel.See Illust. under Byssus."
"MYXA","The distal end of the mandibles of a bird."
"MYXINE","A genus of marsipobranchs, including the hagfish. See Hag, 4."
"MYXINOID","Like, or pertaining to, the genus Myxine.-- n."
"MYXOCYSTODEA","A division of Infusoria including the Noctiluca. See Noctiluca."
"MYXOEDEMA","A disease producing a peculiar cretinoid appearance of theface, slow speech, and dullness of intellect, and due to failure ofthe functions of the thyroid gland. -- Myx`o*dem'a*tous (#), a.,Myx`o*dem'ic (#), a."
"MYXOMA","A tumor made up of a gelatinous tissue resembling that found inthe umbilical cord."
"MYXOMYCETES","A class of peculiar organisms, the slime molds, formerlyregarded as animals (Mycetozoa), but now generally thought to beplants and often separated as a distinct phylum (Myxophyta). They arefound on damp earth and decaying vegetable matter, and consist ofnaked masses of protoplasm, often of considerable size, which creepvery slowly  over the surface and ingest solid food. --Myx`o*my*ce'tous (#), a."
"MYXOPHYTA","A phylum of the vegetable kingdom consisting of the classMyxomycetes. By some botanists it is not separated from theThallophyta."
"MYXOPOD","A rhizopod or moneran. Also used adjectively; as, a myxopodstate."
"MYZONTES","The Marsipobranchiata."
"MYZOSTOMATA","An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The bodyis short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs ofhook-bearing parapodia on the under side."
"N","N, the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocalconsonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called thedentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heardin ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by thesound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usuallyrepresents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. Thisis a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasalconsonent. See Guide to Pronunciation, \u00a7\u00a7 243-246. The letter N cameinto English through the Latin and Greek from the Phoenician, whichprobably derived it from the Egyptian as the ultimate origin. It isetymologically most closely related to M. See M."
"NA","No, not. See No. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NAB","The cock of a gunlock. Knight."
"NABIT","Pulverized sugar candy. Crabb."
"NABK","The edible berries of the Zizyphys Lotus, a tree of NorthernAfrica, and Southwestern Europe. [Written also nubk.] See Lotus (b),and Sadr."
"NACKER","See Nacre. Johnson."
"NACRE","A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, andis most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker andnaker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl."
"NACREOUS","Consisting of, or resembling, nacre; pearly."
"NADDER","An adder. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NAENIA","See Nenia."
"NAEVE","A n\u00e6vus. [Obs.] Dryden."
"NAEVOID","Resembling a n\u00e6vus or n\u00e6vi; as, n\u00e6void elephantiasis.Dunglison."
"NAEVOSE","Spotted; frecled."
"NAEVUS","A spot or mark on the skin of children when born; a birthmark;-- usually applied to vascular tumors, i. e., those consisting mainlyof blood vessels, as dilated arteries, veins, or capillaries."
"NAG","To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fretpertinaciously. [Colloq.] 'She never nagged.' J. Ingelow."
"NAGANA","The disease caused by the tsetse fly. [South Africa]"
"NAGGING","Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a naggingtoothache. [Colloq.]"
"NAGGY","Irritable; touchy. [Colloq.]"
"NAGOR","A West African gazelle (Gazella redunca)."
"NAGYAGITE","A mineral of blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster,generally of a foliated massive structure; foliated tellurium. It isa telluride of lead and gold."
"NAIAD","A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled topreside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, orfountain."
"NAIANT","(Her.) See Natant. Crabb."
"NAID","Any one of numerous species of small, fresh-water, ch\u00e6topodannelids of the tribe Naidina. They belong to the Oligoch\u00e6ta."
"NAIK","A chief; a leader; a Sepoy corporal. Balfour (Cyc. of India)."
"NAIL","the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingersand toes of man and many apes.His nayles like a briddes claws were. Chaucer."
"NAIL-HEADED","Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble thehead of a nail. Nail-headed characters, arrowheaded or cuneiformcharacters. See under Arrowheaded.-- Nail-headed molding (Arch.), an ornament consisting of a seriesof low four-sided pyramids resembling the heads of large nails; --called also nail-head molding, or nail-head. It is the same as thesimplest form of dogtooth. See Dogtooth."
"NAILBRUSH","A brush for cleaning the nails."
"NAILERESS","A women who makes nailes."
"NAILERY","A manufactory where nails are made."
"NAILLESS","Without nails; having no nails."
"NAINSOOK","A thick sort of jaconet muslin, plain or striped, formerly madein India."
"NAIS","See Naiad."
"NAISSANT","Same as Jessant."
"NAIVE","Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless;frank; as, na\u00efve manners; a na\u00efve person; na\u00efve and unsophisticatedremarks."
"NAIVELY","In a na\u00efve manner."
"NAIVETE","Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness;artlessness.A story which pleases me by its na\u00efvet\u00e9 -- that is, by itsunconscious ingenuousness. De Quincey."
"NAIVETY",", n. Na\u00efvet\u00e9. Carlyle."
"NAKE",",v.t. To make naked. [Obs.] Chaucer.Come, be ready, nake your swords. Old Play."
"NAKED","Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or notcovered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, astem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without budscales."
"NAKEDLY","In a naked manner; without covering or disguise; manifestly;simply; barely."
"NAKEDNESS","The privy parts; the genitals.Ham ... saw the nakedness of his father. Gen. ix. 22."
"NAKER","Same as Nacre."
"NAKOO","The gavial. [Written also nako.]"
"NALE","Ale; also, an alehouse. [Obs.]Great feasts at the nale. Chaucer."
"NALL","An awl. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser."
"NAM","Am not. [Obs.]"
"NAMABLE","Capable of being named."
"NAMATION","A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding. Burrill."
"NAMAYCUSH","A large North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). It isusually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds.Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout,togue, and tuladi."
"NAMBY-PAMBY","Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedlypretty. Macaulay."
"NAME","To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way ofreprimand."
"NAMELESSLY","In a nameless manner."
"NAMER","One who names, or calls by name."
"NAMESAKE","One that has the same name as another; especially, one calledafter, or named out of regard to, another."
"NAMO","No more. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NAN","Anan. [Prov. Eng.]"
"NANDINE","An African carnivore (Nandinia binotata), allied to the civets.It is spotted with black."
"NANISM","The condition of being abnormally small in stature;dwarfishness; -- opposed to gigantism."
"NANKEEN","Trousers made of nankeen. Ld. Lytton. Nankeen bird (Zo\u00f6l.), theAustralian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called alsoquaker."
"NANNY","A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name. Nanny goat, afemale goat. [Colloq.]"
"NANNYBERRY","See Sheepberry."
"NANPIE","The magpie."
"NAOS","A term used by modern arch\u00e6ologists instead of cella. SeeCella."
"NAP","A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. Cowper."
"NAP-TAKING","A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or attack. Carew."
"NAPE","The back part of the neck. Spenser."
"NAPE-CREST","An African bird of the genus Schizorhis, related to theplantain eaters."
"NAPERY","Table linen; also, linen clothing, or linen in general. [Obs.]Gayton."
"NAPHA WATER","A perfume distilled from orange flowers."
"NAPHEW","See Navew."
"NAPHTHA","The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammablehydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crudepetroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion ofthe distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which isintermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine,and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent forvarnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc."
"NAPHTHALATE","A salt of naphthalic acid; a phthalate. [Obs.]"
"NAPHTHALENE","A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C10H8, analogous tobenzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain bituminousmaterials, such as the heavy oil of coal tar. It is the type andbasis of a large number of derivatives among organic compounds.Formerly called also naphthaline. Naphthalene red (Chem.), a dyestuffobtained from certain diazo derivatives of naphthylamine, and calledalso magdala red.-- Naphthalene yellow (Chem.), a yellow dyestuff obtained fromcertain nitro derivatives of naphthol."
"NAPHTHALENIC","Pertaining to , or derived from, naphthalene; -- usedspecifically to designate a yellow crystalline substance, callednaphthalenic acid and also hydroxy quinone, and obtained from certainderivatives of naphthol."
"NAPHTHALIDINE","Same as Naphthylamine."
"NAPHTHALIZE","To mingle, saturate, or impregnate, with naphtha."
"NAPHTHAZARIN","A dyestuff, resembling alizarin, obtained from naphthoquinoneas a red crystalline substance with a bright green, metallic luster;-- called also naphthalizarin."
"NAPHTHENE","A peculiar hydrocarbon occuring as an ingredient of Caucasianpetroleum."
"NAPHTHIDE","A compound of naphthalene or its radical with a metallicelement; as, mercuric naphthide."
"NAPHTHOIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; --used specifically to designate any one of a series of carboxylderivatives, called naphthoic acids."
"NAPHTHOL","Any one of a series of hydroxyl derivatives of naphthalene,analogous to phenol. In general they are crystalline substances witha phenol (carbolic) odor. Naphthol blue, Naphthol orange, Naphtholyellow (Chem.), brilliant dyestuffs produced from certain complexnitrogenous derivatives of naphthol or naphthoquinone."
"NAPHTHOQUINONE","A yellow crystalline substance, C10H6O2, analogous to quinone,obtained by oxidizing naphthalene with chromic acid."
"NAPHTHYL","A hydrocarbon radical regarded as the essential residue ofnaphthalene."
"NAPHTHYLAMINE","One of two basic amido derivatives of naphthalene, C10H7.NH2,forming crystalline solids."
"NAPIFORM","Turnip-shaped; large and round in the upper part, and veryslender below."
"NAPLES YELLOW","See under Yellow."
"NAPLESS","Without nap; threadbare. Shak."
"NAPOLEON","A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86."
"NAPOLEONIC","Of or pertaining to Napoleon I., or his family; resembling, orhaving the qualities of, Napoleon I. Lowell."
"NAPOLEONIST","A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons."
"NAPPE","Sheet; surface; all that portion of a surface that iscontinuous in such a way that it is possible to pass from any onepoint of the portion to any other point of the portion withoutleaving the surface. Thus, some hyperboloids have one nappe, and somehave two."
"NAPPINESS","The quality of having a nap; abundance of nap, as on cloth."
"NAPPING","A sheet of partially felted fur before it is united to the hatbody. Knight."
"NAPPY","Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy. Holland."
"NAPU","A very small chevrotain (Tragulus Javanicus), native of Java.It is about the size of a hare, and is noted for its agility inleaping. Called also Java musk deer, pygmy musk deer, and deerlet."
"NAPUS","A kind of turnip. See Navew."
"NARCEINE","An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, and extractedas a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent taste. It isa narcotic. Called also narceia."
"NARCISSINE","Of or pertaining to Narcissus."
"NARCISSUS","A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome flowers,having a cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, andcomprising the daffodils and jonquils of several kinds."
"NARCOSIS","Privation of sense or consciousness, due to a narcotic."
"NARCOTIC","Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.-- Nar*cot'ic*ness, n."
"NARCOTICAL","Narcotic.-- Nar*cot'ic*al*ly, adv."
"NARCOTINE","An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a whitecrystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; --called also narcotia."
"NARCOTINIC","Pertaining to narcotine."
"NARCOTISM","Narcosis; the state of being narcotized. G. Eliot."
"NARCOTIZE","To imbue with, or subject to the influence of, a narcotic; toput into a state of narcosis."
"NARD","An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerianfamily, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery."
"NARDINE","Of or pertaining to nard; having the qualities of nard."
"NARDOO","An Australian name for Marsilea Drummondii, a four-leavedcryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food."
"NARE","A nostril. [R.] B. Jonson."
"NARES","The nostrils or nasal openings, -- the anterior nares being theexternal or proper nostrils, and the posterior nares, the openings ofthe nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx."
"NARICA","The brown coati. See Coati."
"NARIFORM","Formed like the nose."
"NARINE","Of or belonging to the nostrils."
"NARRABLE","Capable of being narrated or told. [Obs.]"
"NARRAGANSETTS","A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores ofNarragansett Bay."
"NARRATE","To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate theparticulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident ortransaction; to give an account of."
"NARRATION","That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, orconsequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected withthe subject."
"NARRATIVE","That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuousaccount of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story.Cyntio was much taken with my narrative. Tatler."
"NARRATIVELY","In the style of narration."
"NARRATOR","One who narrates; one who relates a series of events ortransactions."
"NARRATORY","Giving an account of events; narrative; as, narratory letters.Howell."
"NARRE","Nearer. [Obs.] Spenser."
"NARROW","Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of thetongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tensecondition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as e (eve) andoo (food), etc., from \u00ec (\u00ecll) and oo (foot), etc. See Guide toPronunciation, \u00a7 13."
"NARROW-MINDED","Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean.-- Nar'row-mind`ed*ness, n."
"NARROWER","One who, or that which, narrows or contracts. Hannah More."
"NARROWNESS","The condition or quality of being narrow."
"NART","Art not. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NARTHEX","A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant fennel,under Fennel."
"NARWAL","See Narwhal."
"NARWE","Narrow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NARWHAL","An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feetlong. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth,or tusk projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence itis called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale.Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side."
"NAS","Was not. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NASAL","Of or pertaining to the nose."
"NASALITY","The quality or state of being nasal."
"NASALIZATION","The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized."
"NASALIZE","To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in."
"NASALLY","In a nasal manner; by the nose."
"NASCAL","A kind of pessary of medicated wool or cotton, formerly used."
"NASCENCY","State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin."
"NASCENT","Evolving; being evolved or produced. Nascent state (Chem.), thesupposed instantaneous or momentary state of an uncombined atom orradical just separated from one compound acid, and not yet unitedwith another, -- a hypothetical condition implying peculiarly activechemical properties; as, hydrogen in the nascent state is a strongreducer."
"NASEBERRY","A tropical fruit. See Sapodilla. [Written also nisberry.]"
"NASH","Firm; stiff; hard; also, chilly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"NASICORNOUS","Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros."
"NASIFORM","Having the shape of a nose."
"NASION","The middle point of the nasofrontal suture."
"NASO-","A combining form denoting pertaining to, or connected with, thenose; as, nasofrontal."
"NASOBUCCAL","Connected with both the nose and the mouth; as, the nasobuccalgroove in the skate."
"NASOFRONTAL","of or pertaining to the nose and the front of the head; as, theembryonic nasofrontal process which forms the anterior boundary ofthe mouth."
"NASOLACHRYMAL","Connected with the lachrymal apparatus and the nose; as, thenasolachrymal, or lachrymal duct."
"NASOPHARYNGEAL","Of or pertaining to both throat and nose; as, a nasopharyngealpolypus."
"NASOSEPTAL","Of or pertaining to the internasal septum."
"NASOTURBINAL","Connected with, or near, both the turbinal and the nasal bones;as, the nasalturbinal bone, made up of the uppermost lammel\u00e6 of theethmoturbinal, and sometimes united with the nasal.-- n."
"NASSA","Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia,and other allied genera of the family Nassid\u00e6; a dog whelk. SeeIllust. under Gastropoda.-- nas'soid, a."
"NASTILY","In a nasty manner."
"NASTINESS","The quality or state of being nasty; extreme filthness;dirtiness; also, indecency; obscenity.The nastiness of Plautus and Aristophanes. Dryden."
"NASTURTION","Same as Nasturtium."
"NASTURTIUM","A genus of cruciferous plants, having white or yellowishflowers, including several species of cress. They are found chieflyin wet or damp grounds, and have a pungent biting taste."
"NASUTNESS","Quickness of scent; hence, nice discernment; acuteness. [Obs.]Dr. H. More."
"NAT","Not. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NATAL","Presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove."
"NATAL BOIL","= Aleppo boil."
"NATAL PLUM","The drupaceous fruit of two South African shrubs of the genusArduina (A. bispinosa and A. grandiflora)."
"NATALOIN","A bitter crystalline substance constituting the essentialprinciple of Natal aloes. Cf. Aloon."
"NATALS","One's birth, or the circumstances attending it. [Obs.] Fitz-Geffry."
"NATANT","Floating in water, as the leaves of water lilies, or submersed,as those of many aquatic plants."
"NATANTLY","In a floating manner; swimmingly."
"NATATION","The act of floating on the water; swimming. Sir T. Browne."
"NATATORES","The swimming birds."
"NATATORIAL","Inclined or adapted to swim; swimming; as, natatorial birds."
"NATATORIOUS","Adapted for swimming; -- said of the legs of certain insects."
"NATATORIUM","A swimming bath."
"NATATORY","Adapted for swimming or floating; as, natatory organs."
"NATCH","The rump of beef; esp., the lower and back part of the rump.Natch bone, the edgebone, or aitchbone, in beef."
"NATCHEZ","A tribe of Indians who formerly lived near the site of the cityof Natchez, Mississippi. In 1729 they were subdued by the French; thesurvivors joined the Creek Confederacy."
"NATCHNEE","An annual grass (Eleusine coracona), cultivated in India as afood plant."
"NATES","The umbones of a bivalve shell."
"NATH","hath not. [Obs.]"
"NATHLESS","Nevertheless. [Archaic] Chaucer. Milton. E. Arnold."
"NATHMORE","Not the more; never the more. [Obs.] penser."
"NATICA","Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging toNatica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera (family Naticid\u00e6.)They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other shells."
"NATICOID","Like or belonging to Natica, or the family Natic\u00e6."
"NATION","A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguishedfrom the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; astock.All nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues. Rev. vii. 9."
"NATIONALIST","One who advocates national unity and independence; one of aparty favoring Irish independence."
"NATIONALIZATION","The act of nationalizing, or the state of being nationalized."
"NATIONALIZE","To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with thecharacter and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments andattachment of citizens of a nation."
"NATIONALLY","In a national manner or way; as a nation. 'The jews ... beingnationally espoused to God by covenant.' South."
"NATIONALNESS","The quality or state of being national; nationality. Johnson."
"NATIONALRATH","See Legislature."
"NATIVE","Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished fromsuch as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds. [U.S.]"
"NATIVE STEEL","A sort of steel which has been found where a burning coal seamhad reduced and carbonized adjacent iron ore."
"NATIVELY","By natural or original condition; naturally; originally."
"NATIVENESS","The quality or state of being native."
"NATIVISM","The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses formsof thought independent of sensation."
"NATIVIST","An advocate of nativism."
"NATIVISTIC","Relating to nativism."
"NATIVITY","A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy ofChrist. The simplest form is the babe in a rude cradle, and the headsof an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was born."
"NATKA","A species of shrike."
"NATRIUM","The technical name for sodium."
"NATROLITE","A zeolite occuring in groups of glassy acicular crystals, andin masses which often have a radiated structure. It is a hydroussilicate of alumina and soda."
"NATRON","Native sodium carbonate. [Written also anatron.]"
"NATTER","To find fault; to be peevish. [Prov. Eng. or Scot.]"
"NATTERJACK","A European toad (Bufo calamita), having a yellow line along itsback."
"NATTY","Neat; tidy; spruce. [Colloq.] -- Nat'ti*ly, adv.-- Nat'ti*ness, n."
"NATURAL","Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some system, inwhich the base is 1; -- said or certain functions or numbers; as,natural numbers, those commencing at 1; natural sines, cosines, etc.,those taken in arcs whose radii are 1."
"NATURAL STEEL","Steel made by the direct refining of cast iron in a finery, or,as wootz, by a direct process from the ore."
"NATURALISM","The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in themiracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritualinfluences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomenaof nature to a blind force or forces acting necessarily or accordingto fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by one intelligentwill."
"NATURALITY","Nature; naturalness. [R.]"
"NATURALIZATION","The act or process of naturalizing, esp. of investing an alienwith the rights and privileges of a native or citizen; also, thestate of being naturalized."
"NATURALLY","In a natural manner or way; according to the usual course ofthings; spontaneously."
"NATURALNESS","The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature."
"NATURE","To endow with natural qualities. [Obs.]He [God] which natureth every kind. Gower."
"NATURED","Having (such) a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; --used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc."
"NATURELESS","Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. [Obs.] Milton."
"NATURISM","The belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature asa sanative agent."
"NATURIST","One who believes in, or conforms to, the theory of naturism.Boyle."
"NATURITY","The quality or state of being produced by nature. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"NATURIZE","To endow with a nature or qualities; to refer to nature. [Obs.]B. Jonson."
"NAUFRAGE","Shipwreck; ruin. [Obs.] acon."
"NAUFRAGOUS","causing shipwreck. [Obs.] r. Taylor."
"NAUGHT","In no degree; not at all. Chaucer.To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied. Fairfax."
"NAUGHTILY","In a naughty manner; wickedly; perversely. Shak."
"NAUGHTINESS","The quality or state of being naughty; perverseness; badness;wickedness.I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart. 1 Sam. xvii.28."
"NAUGHTLY","Naughtily; wrongly. [Obs.]because my parents naughtly brought me up. Mir. for Mag."
"NAUGHTY","Orig., a method of therapeutic treatment administered, esp. forchronic diseases of the curculatory system, at Bad Nauheim, Germany,by G. Schott, consisting in baths in the natural mineral waters ofthat place, which are charged with carbonic acid, and the use of agraduated course of rest, physical exercises, massage, etc.; hence,any similar treatment using waters artificially charged with theessential ingredients of the natural mineral waters of Bad Nauheim.Hence, Nauheim bath, etc."
"NAUMACHY","A show or spectacle representing a sea fight; also, a place forsuch exhibitions."
"NAUPLIUS","A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs(corresponding to the antennules, antenn\u00e6, and mandibles), a medianeye, and little or no segmentation of the body."
"NAUROPOMETER","An instrument for measuring the amount which a ship heels atsea."
"NAUSCOPY","The power or act of discovering ships or land at considerabledistances."
"NAUSEA","Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomachaccompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of thestomach; loathing."
"NAUSEANT","A substance which produces nausea."
"NAUSEATE","To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust."
"NAUSEATION","The act of nauseating, or the state of being nauseated."
"NAUSEATIVE","Causing nausea; nauseous."
"NAUSEOUS","Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome;disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine.-- Nau'seous*ly, adv.-- Nau'seous*ness, n.The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable man. Dryden."
"NAUTCH","An entertainment consisting chiefly of dancing by professionaldancing (or Nautch) girls. [India]"
"NAUTIC","Nautical."
"NAUTICAL","Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or toships; as, nautical skill."
"NAUTICALLY","In a nautical manner; with reference to nautical affais."
"NAUTIFORM","Shaped like the hull of a ship."
"NAUTILITE","A fossil nautilus."
"NAUTILOID","Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilusshell.-- n."
"NAUTILUS","The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. Aboutfour species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many otherspecies are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, andchambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curvedpartitions, which are traversed and connected together by acontinuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata."
"NAVAJOES","A tribe of Indians inhabiting New Mexico and Arizona, allied tothe Apaches. They are now largely engaged in agriculture."
"NAVAL","Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or anavy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc."
"NAVALS","Naval affairs. [Obs.]"
"NAVARCH","The commander of a fleet. Mitford."
"NAVARCHY","Nautical skill or experience. [Obs.] ir W. Petty."
"NAVARRESE","Of or pertaining to Navarre.-- n. sing. & pl."
"NAVE","The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts tothe principal entrances, or, if there are no transepts, from thechoir to the principal entrance, but not including the aisles."
"NAVEL","A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; theumbilicus. See Umbilicus.belly button in humans"
"NAVEL ORANGE","A type of orange in which the fruit incloses a small secondaryfruit, the rind showing on the exterior a navel-like pit ordepression at the apex. There are several varieties; they are usuallyseedless, or nearly so, and are much grown in California."
"NAVEL-STRING","The umbilical cord."
"NAVELWORT","A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon umbilicus),having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; -- alsocalled pennywort, and kidneywort."
"NAVEW","A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. SeeBrassica. [Writen also naphew.]"
"NAVICULAR","The navicular bone."
"NAVIGABILITY","The quality or condition of being navigable; navigableness."
"NAVIGABLE","Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough toafford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river."
"NAVIGATE","To joirney by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform theduties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or channel forcommerce or communication; to sail.The Phenicians navigated to the extremities of the Western Ocean.Arbuthnot."
"NAVIGATOR","One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course ofa ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a bookwhich teaches the art of navigation; as, Bowditch's Navigator."
"NAVIGEROUS","Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels. [R.] Blount."
"NAVVY","Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence,a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads,embankments, etc. [Eng.]"
"NAVY BLUE","Prussian blue."
"NAWAB","A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given bycourtesy to other persons of high rank in the East."
"NAWL","An awl. [Obs.] usser."
"NAY","To refuse. [Obs.] Holinshed."
"NAYAUR","A specied of wild sheep (Ovis Hodgsonii), native of Nepaul andThibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the neck."
"NAYT","To refuse; to deny. [Obs.] 'He shall not nayt ne deny his sin.'Chaucer."
"NAYWARD","The negative side. [R.]Howe'er you lean to the nayward. Shak."
"NAYWORD","A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword. [Obs.] hak."
"NAZARENE","One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and secondcenturies, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certainheresies."
"NAZARITE","A Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain fromwine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of lifeand devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time.The word is also used adjectively."
"NAZARITESHIP","The state of a Nazarite."
"NAZARITIC","Of or pertaining to a Nazarite, or to Nazarites."
"NAZARITISM","The vow and practice of a Nazarite."
"NAZE","A promotory or headland."
"NAZIRITE","A Nazarite."
"NE","Not; never. [Obs.]He never yet no villany ne said. Chaucer."
"NE EXEAT","A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or thejurisdiction of the court. The writ was originally applicable topurposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts ofequity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security toabide a decree. Kent."
"NE TEMERE","A decree of the Congregation of the Council declaring invalid[so far as the laws of the Roman Catholic Church are concerned] anymarriage of a Roman Catholic, or of a person who has ever been aRoman Catholic, if not contracted before a duty qualified priest (orthe bishop of the diocese) and at least two witnesses. The decree wasissued Aug. 2, 1907, and took effect on Easter Apr. 19, 1908. Thedecree by its terms does not affect mixed marriages (those betweenRoman Catholics and persons of another faith) in Germany."
"NEAF","See 2d Neif. Shak."
"NEAL","To anneal. [R.] Chaucer."
"NEANDERTHALOID","Like, or pertaining to, the Neanderthal skull, or the type ofman it represents."
"NEAP","The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by twoanimals. [U.S.]"
"NEAPED","Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it willnot float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped."
"NEAPOLITAN","Of of pertaining to Maples in Italy.-- n."
"NEAR","Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship sailednear the land. See the Note under near, a."
"NEAR BEER","Any of various malt liquors (see Citation)."
"NEAR-LEGGED","Having the feet so near together that they interfere intraveling. Shak."
"NEARCTIC","Of or pertaining to a region of the earth's surface includingall of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In thegeographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off asthe habitat certain species."
"NEARHAND","Near; near at hand; closely. [Obs. or Scot.] Bacon."
"NEARLY","In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost."
"NEARNESS","The state or quality of being near; -- used in the varioussenses of the adjective."
"NEAT","Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep,and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat'sfoot. Chaucer.Wherein the herds[men] were keeping of their neat. Spenser.The steer, the heifer, and the calf Are all called neat. Shak.A neat and a sheep of his own. Tusser.Neat's-foot, an oil obtained by boiling the feet of neat cattle. Itis used to render leather soft and pliable."
"NEATHERD","A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd. Dryden."
"NEATHOUSE","A building for the shelter of neat cattle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Massinger."
"NEATIFY","To make neat. [Obs.] olland."
"NEATLY","In a neat manner; tidily; tastefully."
"NEATNESS","The state or quality of being neat."
"NEATRESS","A woman who takes care of cattle. [R.] Warner."
"NEB","The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, asof a pen. [Also written nib.] Shak."
"NEB-NEB","Same as Bablh."
"NEBALIA","A genus of small marine Crustacea, considered the type of adistinct order (Nebaloidea, or Phyllocarida.)"
"NEBULA","A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situatedbeyond the solar system among the stars. True nebul\u00e6 are gaseous; butvery distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope."
"NEBULAR","Of or pertaining to nebul\u00e6; of the nature of, or resembling, anebula. Nebular hypothesis, an hypothesis to explain the process offormation of the stars and planets, presented in various forms byKant, Herschel, Laplace, and others. As formed by Laplace, itsupposed the matter of the solar system to have existed originally inthe form of a vast, diffused, revolving nebula, which, graduallycooling and contracting, threw off, in obedience to mechanical andphysical laws, succesive rings of matter, from which subsequently, bythe same laws, were produced the several planets, satellites, andother bodies of the system. The phrase may indicate any hypothesisaccording to which the stars or the bodies of the solar system havebeen evolved from a widely diffused nebulous form of matter."
"NEBULATED","Clouded with indistinct color markings, as an animal."
"NEBULATION","The condition of being nebulated; also, a clouded, or ill-defined, color mark."
"NEBULE","A little cloud; a cloud. [Obs.]O light without nebule. Old Ballad."
"NEBULIZATION","The act or process of nebulizing; atomization."
"NEBULIZE","To reduce (as a liquid) to a fine spray or vapor; to atomize."
"NEBULIZER","An atomizer."
"NEBULOSE","Nebulous; cloudy. Derham."
"NEBULOUS","Of, pertaining to, or having the appearance of, a nebula;nebular; cloudlike.-- Neb'u*lous*ly, adv.-- Neb'u*lous*ness, n."
"NEBULY","A line or a direction composed of successive short curves orwaves supposed to resembe a cloud. See N\u00c9bul\u00c9"
"NECESSARIAN","An advocate of the doctrine of philosophical necessity; anacessitarian."
"NECESSARIANISM","The doctrine of philosophical necessity; necessitarianism.Hixley."
"NECESSARILY","In a necessary manner; by necessity; unavoidably;indispensably."
"NECESSARINESS","The quality of being necessary."
"NECESSARY","Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and marriedwomen, as are requisite for support suitable to station."
"NECESSITARIAN","Of or pertaining to the doctrine of philosophical necessity inregard to the origin and existence of things, especially as appliedto the actings or choices of the will; -- opposed to libertarian."
"NECESSITARIANISM","The doctrine of philosophical necessity; the doctrine thatresults follow by invariable sequence from causes, and esp. that thewill is not free, but that human actions and choices resultinevitably from motives; deteminism. M. Arnold."
"NECESSITATTION","The act of making necessary, or the state of being madenecessary; compulsion. [R.] bp. Bramhall."
"NECESSITIED","In a state of want; necessitous. [Obs.] Shak."
"NECESSITY","The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection ofall phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitablecausation; necessitarianism. Of necessity, by necessary consequence;by compulsion, or irresistible power; perforce."
"NECK","A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by agroove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft."
"NECKAR NUT","See Nicker nut."
"NECKBAND","A band which goes around the neck; often, the part at the topof a garment."
"NECKCLOTH","A piece of any fabric worn around the neck."
"NECKED","Cracked; -- said of a treenail."
"NECKERCHIEF","A kerchief for the neck; -- called also neck handkerchief."
"NECKING","Same as Neckmold."
"NECKLACE","A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hangingblocks for jibs and stays."
"NECKLACED","Wearing a necklace; marked as with a necklace.The hooded and the necklaced snake. Sir W. Jones."
"NECKLAND","A neck of land. [Obs.]"
"NECKLET","A necklace. E. Anold."
"NECKPLATE","See Gorget, 1 and 2."
"NECKTIE","A scarf, band, or kerchief of silk, etc., passing around theneck or collar and tied in front; a bow of silk, etc., fastened infront of the neck."
"NECKWEAR","A collective term for cravats, collars, etc. [Colloq. or tradename]"
"NECROBIOSIS","The death of a part by molecular disintegration and withoutloss of continuity, as in the processes of degeneration and atrophy.Virchow."
"NECROBIOTIC","Of or pertaining to necrobiosis; as, a necrobioticmetamorphosis."
"NECROLATRY","The worship of the dead; manes worship. H. Spenser."
"NECROLITE","Same as Necronite."
"NECROLOGIST","One who gives an account of deaths."
"NECROLOGY","An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; acollection of obituary notices."
"NECROMANCER","One who practices necromancy; a sorcerer; a wizard."
"NECROMANCY","The art of revealing future events by means of a pretendedcommunication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in general;conjuration; enchantment. See Black art.This palace standeth in the air, By necromancy plac\u00e8d there. Drayton."
"NECROMANTIC","Conjuration. [R.]With all the necromantics of their art. Young."
"NECRONITE","Fetid feldspar, a mineral which, when struck, exhales a fetidodor."
"NECROPHAGAN","Eating carrion.-- n. (Zo\u00f6l.)"
"NECROPHAGOUS","Of or pertaining to the Necrophaga; eating carrion. SeeNecrophagan."
"NECROPHOBIA","An exaggerated fear of death or horror of dead bodies."
"NECROPHORE","Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus Necrophorusand allied genera; -- called also burying beetle, carrion beetle,sexton beetle."
"NECROPOLIS","A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to theircemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; agraveyard."
"NECROPSY","A post-mortem examination or inspection; an autopsy. SeeAutopsy."
"NECROSE","To affect with necrosis; to unergo necrosis. Quain."
"NECROSED","Affected by necrosis; dead; as, a necrosed bone. Dunglison."
"NECROSIS","Mortification or gangrene of bone, or the death of a bone orportion of a bone in mass, as opposed to its death by moleculardisintegration. See Caries."
"NECROTIC","Affected with necrosis; as, necrotic tissue; characterized by,or producing, necrosis; as, a necrotic process."
"NECROTOMY","The dissection of dead bodies; also, excision of necrosed bone.--Nec`ro*tom'ic (#), a. --Nec*rot'o*mist (#), n."
"NECTAR","The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, anydelicious or inspiring beverage."
"NECTAREAL","Of or pertaining to a nectary."
"NECTAREAN","Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant. 'nectarean juice.'Talfourd."
"NECTARED","Imbued with nectar; mingled with nectar; abounding with nectar.Milton."
"NECTAREOUS","Of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling nectar; delicious;nectarean. Pope.-- Nec*ta're*ous*ly, adv.-- Nec*ta're*ous*ness, n."
"NECTARIAL","Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant."
"NECTARIED","Having a nectary."
"NECTARIFEROUS","Secreting nectar; -- said of blossoms or their parts."
"NECTARINE","Nectareous. [R.] Milton."
"NECTARIZE","To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"NECTAROUS","Nectareous. Milton."
"NECTARY","That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the baseof the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as thelarkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See theIllustration of Nasturtium."
"NECTOCALYX","The cavity of a nectocalyx."
"NECTOSTEM","That portion of the axis which bears the nectocalyces in theSiphonophora."
"NEDDER","An adder. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer."
"NEDDY","A pet name for a donkey."
"NEE","Born; -- a term sometimes used in introducing the name of thefamily to which a married woman belongs by birth; as, Madame deSta\u00ebl, n\u00e9e Necker."
"NEED","To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; torequire, as supply or relief.Other creatures all day long Rove idle, unemployed, and less needrest. Milton."
"NEEDER","One who needs anything. Shak."
"NEEDILY","In a needy condition or manner; necessarily. Chaucer."
"NEEDINESS","The state or quality of being needy; want; poverty; indigence."
"NEEDLE","One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. SeePinus."
"NEEDLE-POINTED","Pointed as needles."
"NEEDLEBOOK","A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which theneedles are stuck."
"NEEDLECASE","A case to keep needles."
"NEEDLEFUL","As much thread as is used in a needle at one time."
"NEEDLER","One who makes or uses needles; also, a dealer in needles. PiersPlowman."
"NEEDLESTONE","Natrolite; -- called also needle zeolite."
"NEEDLEWOMAN","A woman who does needlework; a seamstress."
"NEEDLY","Like a needle or needles; as, a needly horn; a needly beard. R.D. Blackmore."
"NEEDMENT","Something needed or wanted. pl."
"NEEDS","Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; -- often with must,and equivalent to of need.A man must needs love mauger his head. Chaucer.And he must needs go through Samaria. John iv. 4.He would needs know the cause of his reulse. Sir J. Davies."
"NEEDSCOST","Of necessity. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NEEDSLY","Of necessity. [Obs.] Drayton."
"NEEDY","A needle. [Obs.] Shak."
"NEELGHAU","See Nylghau."
"NEEM TREE","An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and M. Azedarach. SeeMargosa."
"NEER","Nearer. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NEESE","To sneeze. [Obs.] [Written also neeze.]"
"NEESING","Sneezing. [Obs.] 'By his neesings a light doth shine.' Job xli.18."
"NEF","The nave of a church. Addison."
"NEFARIOUS","Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociouslyvillainous; execrable; detestably vile."
"NEFASCH","Any fish of the genus Distichodus. Several large speciesinhabit the Nile."
"NEFAST","Wicked. [R.]"
"NEGATION","Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception;statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may beinferred what it is or has."
"NEGATIVE","Asserting absence of connection between a subject and apredicate; as, a negative proposition."
"NEGATIVELY","The quality or state of being negative."
"NEGATORY","Expressing denial; belonging to negation; negative. Carlyle."
"NEGINOTH","Stringed instruments. Dr. W. Smith.To the chief musician on Neginoth. Ps. iv. 9heading)."
"NEGLECTEDNESS","The state of being neglected."
"NEGLECTER","One who neglects. South."
"NEGLECTFUL","Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive;indifferent. Pope.A cold and neglectful countenance. Locke.Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet they were notentirely neglectful of it. Arbuthnot.-- Neg*lect'ful*ly, adv.-- Neg*lect'ful*ness, n."
"NEGLECTINGLY","Carelessly; heedlessly. Shak."
"NEGLECTION","The state of being negligent; negligence. [Obs.] Shak."
"NEGLECTIVE","Neglectful. [R.] 'Neglective of their own children.' Fuller."
"NEGLIGEE","An easy, unceremonious attire; undress; also, a kind of easyrobe or dressing gown worn by women."
"NEGLIGENCE","The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligenceor care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness."
"NEGLIGENT","Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized bynegligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack ofattention; as, disposed in negligent order. 'Be thou negligent offame.' Swift.He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from beingpoor. Rambler."
"NEGLIGENTLY","In a negligent manner."
"NEGLIGIBLE","That may neglicted, disregarded, or left out of consideration.Within very negligible limits of error. Sir J. Herschel."
"NEGOCE","Business; occupation. [Obs.] Bentley."
"NEGOTIABILITY","The quality of being negotiable or transferable by indorsement."
"NEGOTIABLE","Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assigment orindorsement to another person; as, a negotiable note or bill ofexchange. Negotiable paper, any commercial paper transferable by saleor delivery and indorsement, as bills of exchange, drafts, checks,and promissory notes."
"NEGOTIANT","A negotiator. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh."
"NEGOTIATOR","One who negotiates; a person who treats with others, either asprincipal or agent, in respect to purchase and sale, or publiccompacts."
"NEGOTIATORY","Of or pertaining to negotiation."
"NEGOTIATRIX","A woman who negotiates. Miss Edgeworth."
"NEGOTIOSITY","The state of being busy; multitude of business. [Obs.]"
"NEGOTIOUS","Very busy; attentive to business; active. [R.] D. Rogers."
"NEGOTIOUSNESS","The state of being busily occupied; activity. [R.] D. Rogers."
"NEGRESS","A black woman; a female negro."
"NEGRITA","A blackish fish (Hypoplectrus nigricans), of the Sea-bassfamily. It is a native of the West Indies and Florida."
"NEGRITIC","Of or pertaining to negroes; composed of negroes. Keary."
"NEGRITOS","A degraded Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the othereast Indian Islands. They resemble negroes, but are smaller in size.They are mostly nomads."
"NEGRO","A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very darkpersons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and aredistinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thickprotruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood,wherever found."
"NEGROHEAD","An inferior commercial variety of India rubber made up intoround masses."
"NEGROLOID","See Negroid."
"NEGUS","A beverage made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon juice;-- so called, it is said, from its first maker, Colonel Negus."
"NEHILOTH","A term supposed to mean, perforated wind instruments of music,as pipes or flutes. Ps. v. (heading)."
"NEHUSHTAN","A thing of brass; -- the name under which the Israelitesworshiped the brazen serpent made by Moses. 2 Kings xviii. 4."
"NEIGH","The cry of a horse; a whinny."
"NEIGHBOR","Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. 'Theneighbor cities.' Jer. l. 40. 'The neighbor room.' Shak."
"NEIGHBORING","Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations orcountries."
"NEIGHBORLINESS","The quality or state of being neighborly."
"NEIGHBORLY","Apropriate to the relation of neighbors; having frequent orfamiliar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly.-- adv."
"NEIGHBORSHIP","The state of being neighbors. [R.] J. Bailie."
"NEISHOUT","The mahogany-like wood of the South African tree Pteroxylonutile, the sawdust of which causes violent sneezing (whence thename). Also called sneezewood."
"NEITHER","Not either; not the one or the other.Which of them shall I take Both one or neither Neither can beenjoyed, If both remain alive. Shak.He neither loves, Nor either cares for him. Shak."
"NELUMBO","A genus of great water lilies. The North American species isNelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, N. speciosa. [Writtenalso Nelumbium.]"
"NEMALINE","Having the form of threads; fibrous."
"NEMALITE","A fibrous variety of brucite."
"NEMATELMIA","Same as Nemathelminthes."
"NEMATHECIUM","A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red alg\u00e6,consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating intotetraspores."
"NEMATO-",". A combining from Gr. nhema, nhematos, a thread."
"NEMATOBLAST","A spermatocyte or spermoblast."
"NEMATOCALYX","One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found uponhydroids of the family Plumularid\u00e6. They contain nematocysts. SeePlumularia."
"NEMATOCERA","A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antenn\u00e6, as themosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera."
"NEMATOCYST","A lasso cell, or thread cell. See Lasso cell, under Lasso."
"NEMATODE","Same as Nematoid."
"NEMATOGENE","One of the dimorphic forms of the species of Dicyemata, whichproduced vermiform embryos; -- opposed to Ant: rhombogene."
"NEMATOGNATH","one of the Nematognathi."
"NEMATOGNATHI","An order of fishes having barbels on the jaws. It includes thecatfishes, or siluroids. See Siluroid."
"NEMATOID","of or pertaining to the Nematoidea.-- n."
"NEMATOIDEA","An order of worms, having a long, round, and generally smoothbody; the roundworms. they are mostly parasites. Called alsoNematodea, and Nematoda."
"NEMATOIDEAN","Nematoid."
"NEMATOPHORA","Same as C\u00e6lenterata."
"NEMEAN","Of or pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient Greekscelebrated games, and Hercules killed a lion."
"NEMERTEAN","Of or pertaining to the Nemertina.-- n."
"NEMERTES","A genus of nemertina."
"NEMERTIAN","Nemertean."
"NEMERTID","Nemertean."
"NEMERTIDA","Nemertina."
"NEMERTINA","An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth,often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; --called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchoc\u00e6la."
"NEMESIS","The goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, retributivejustice personified; divine vengeance.This is that ancient doctrine of nemesis who keeps watch in theuniverse, and lets no offense go unchastised. Emerson."
"NEMOPHILIST","One who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of thewoods. [R.]"
"NEMOPHILY","Fondness for forest scenery; love of the woods. [R.]"
"NEMORAL","Of or pertaining to a wood or grove. [R.]"
"NEMOROUS","Woody. [R.]Paradise itself was but a kind of nemorous temple. Evelyn."
"NEMPNE","To name or call. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NEMPT","of Nempne. Called; named. [Obs.]"
"NEMS","The ichneumon."
"NENIA","A funeral song; an elegy."
"NENUPHAR","The great white water lily of Europe; the Nymph\u00e6a alba."
"NEO-","A prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistrydesignating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbonswhich, when the name was applied, had been recently classified, andin which at least one carbon atom in connected directly with fourother carbon atoms; -- contrasted with normal and iso-; as,neopentane; the neoparaffins. Also used adjectively."
"NEO-CHRISTIANITY","Rationalism."
"NEO-DARWINISM","The theory which holds natural selection, as explained byDarwin, to be the chief factor in the evolution of plants andanimals, and denies the inheritance of acquired characters; -- esp.opposed to Neo-Lamarckism. Weismannism is an example of extreme Neo-Darwinism. -- Ne`o-Dar*win'i*an, a. & n."
"NEO-GREEK","A member of a body of French painters (F. les n\u00e9o-Grecs) of themiddle 19th century. The term is rather one applied by outsiders tocertain artists of grave and refined style, such as Hamon and Aubert,than a name adopted by the artists themselves."
"NEO-HEBRAIC","The modern Hebrew language."
"NEO-HEGELIAN","An adherent of Neo-Hegelianism."
"NEO-HEGELIANISM","The philosophy of a school of British and American idealistswho follow Hegel in dialectical or logical method and in the generaloutcome of their doctrine. The founders and leaders of Neo-Hegelianism include: in England, T. H. Green (1836-1882); inScotland, J. (1820-98) and E. (1835-1908) Caird; in the UnitedStates, W. T. Harris (1835-1909) and Josiah Royce (1855- -)."
"NEO-HELLENIC","Same as Romaic."
"NEO-HELLENISM","Hellenism as surviving or revival in modern times; the practiceor pursuit of ancient Greek ideals in modern life, art, orliterature, as in the Renaissance."
"NEO-KANTIAN","An adherent of Neo-Kantianism."
"NEO-KANTIANISM","The philosophy of modern thinkers who follow Kant in hisgeneral theory of knowledge, esp. of a group of German philosophersincluding F. A. Lange, H. Cohen, Paul Natorp, and others."
"NEO-LAMARCKISM","Lamarckism as revived, modified, and expounded by recentbiologists, esp. as maintaining that the offspring inheritscharacters acquired by the parent from change of environment, use ordisuse of parts, etc.; -- opposed of Neo-Darwinism (which see,above). -- Ne`o-La*marck'i*an, a. & n."
"NEO-LATIN","Applied to the Romance languages, as being mostly of Latinorigin."
"NEO-MALTHUSIAN","Designating, or pertaining to, a group of modern economists whohold to the Malthusianism doctrine that permanent betterment of thegeneral standard of living is impossible without decrease ofcompetition by limitation of the number of births. -- Ne`o-Mal*thu'sian, Ne`o-Mal*thu'sian*ism, n."
"NEO-SCHOLASTIC","Of or pert. to Neo-Scholasticism."
"NEO-SCHOLASTICISM","The modern revival of the Scholastic philosophy, esp. of thatof Thomas Aquinas, with critical revision to suit the exigencies ofthe general advance in learning. The Neo-Scholastic movement receiveda great impetus from Leo XIII.'s interest in it."
"NEOCARIDA","The modern, or true, Crustacea, as distinguished from theMerostomata."
"NEOCENE","More recent than the Eocene, that is, including both theMiocene and Pliocene divisions of the Tertiary."
"NEOCLASSIC","Belonging to, or designating, the modern revival of classical,esp. Greco-Roman, taste and manner of work in architecture, etc."
"NEOCLASSIC ARCHITECTURE","All that architecture which, since the beginning of the ItalianRenaissance, about 1420, has been designed with deliberate imitationof Greco-Roman buildings."
"NEOCOMIAN","A term applied to the lowest deposits of the Cretaceous orchalk formation of Europe, being the lower greensand."
"NEOCOSMIC","of or pertaining to the universe in its present state;specifically, pertaining to the races of men known to history."
"NEOCRACY","Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw oruntried officials."
"NEOCRITICISM","The form of Neo-Kantianism developed by French idealists,following C. Renouvier.  It rejects the noumena of Kant, restrictingknowledge to phenomena as constituted by a priori categories."
"NEODAMODE","In ancient Sparta, one of those Helots who were freed by thestate in reward for military service. Milford."
"NEODYMIUM","An elementary substance which forms one of the constituents ofdidymium. Symbol Nd. Atomic weight 140.8."
"NEOGAEAN","Of or pertaining to the New World, or Western Hemisphere."
"NEOGAMIST","A person recently married."
"NEOGEN","An alloy resembling silver, and consisting chiefly of copper,zinc, and nickel, with small proportions of tin, aluminium, andbismuth. Ure."
"NEOGRAMMARIAN","One of a group of philologists who apply phonetic laws morewidely and strictly than was formerly done, and who maintain thatthese laws admit of no real exceptions. --Ne`o*gram*mat'ic*al (#), a."
"NEOGRAPHY","A new method or system of writing."
"NEOLITHIC","Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized bylate remains in stone.The Neolithic era includes the latter half of the 'Stone age;' thehuman relics which belong to it are associated with the remains ofanimals not yet extinct. The kitchen middens of Denmark, the lakedwellings of Switzerland, and the stockaded islands, or 'crannogs,'of the British Isles, belong to this era. Lubbock."
"NEOLOGIAN","Neologic; neological."
"NEOLOGIANISM","Neologism."
"NEOLOGICALLY",", adv. In a neological manner."
"NEOLOGIST","of or pertaining to neology; neological."
"NEOLOGIZATION","The act or process of neologizing."
"NEOMENIA","The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in thelunar calendar."
"NEOMENOIDEA","A division of vermiform gastropod mollusks, without a shell,belonging to the Isopleura."
"NEOMORPH","A structure, part, or organ developed independently, that is,not derived from a similar structure, part, or organ, in a preexisting form."
"NEONISM","Neologism."
"NEONOMIAN","One who advocates adheres to new laws; esp. one who holds orbelieves that the gospel is a new law."
"NEONOMIANISM","The doctrines or belief of the neonomians."
"NEOPAGANISM","Revived or new paganism."
"NEOPLASIA","Growth or development of new material; neoplasty."
"NEOPLASM","A new formation or tissue, the product of morbid action."
"NEOPLASTIC","of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia."
"NEOPLASTY","Restoration of a part by granulation, adhesive inflammation, orautoplasty."
"NEOPLATONIC","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Neoplatonism or theNeoplatonists."
"NEOPLATONICIAN","A neoplatonist."
"NEOPLATONISM","A pantheistic eclectic school of philosophy, of which Plotinuswas the chief (A. D. 205-270), and which sought to reconcile thePlatonic and Aristotelian systems with Oriental theosophy. It tendedto mysticism and theurgy, and was the last product of Greekphilosophy."
"NEOPLATONIST","One who held to Neoplatonism; a member of the Neoplatonicschool."
"NEORAMA","A panorama of the interior of a building, seen from within."
"NEOSSINE","The substance constituting the edible bird's nest."
"NEOSSOLOGY","The study of young birds."
"NEOTERIC","One of modern times; a modern."
"NEOTERICALLY","Recently; newly."
"NEOTERISM","An innovation or novelty; a neoteric word or phrase."
"NEOTERIST","One ho introduces new word Fitzed Hall."
"NEOTERIZE","To innovate; to coin or introduce new words.Freely as we of the nineteenth century neoterize. fized. Hall."
"NEOTROPICAL","Belonging to, or designating, a region of the earth's surfacewhich comprises most of South America, the Antilles, and tropicalNorth America."
"NEOZOIC","More recent than the Paleozoic, -- that is, including theMesozoic and Cenozoic."
"NEP","Catnip."
"NEPA","A genus of aquatic hemipterus insects. The species feed uponother insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called alsoscorpion bug and water scorpion."
"NEPAULESE","Of or pertaining to Nepaul, a kingdom in Northern Hindostan.-- n. sing. & pl."
"NEPENTHE","A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain andsorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence,anything soothing and comforting.Lulled with the sweet nepenthe of a court. Pope.Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe. Poe."
"NEPENTHES","A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc., whichhave the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating ina pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcherplants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty species, of which thebest known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant."
"NEPETA","A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground ivy."
"NEPHALISM","Total abstinence from spirituous liquor."
"NEPHALIST","One who advocates or practices nephalism."
"NEPHELODOMETER","An instrument for reckoning the distances or velocities ofclouds."
"NEPHELOMETER","An instrument for measuring or registering the amount ofcloudiness."
"NEPHILIM","Giants. Gen. vi. 4. Num. xiii. 33."
"NEPHOSCOPE","An instrument for observing the clouds and their velocity."
"NEPHRIDIAL","of or pertaining to a nephridium."
"NEPHRIDIUM","A segmental tubule; one of the tubules of the primitiveurinogenital organs; a segmental organ. See Illust. under Loeven'slarva."
"NEPHRITE","A hard compact mineral, of a dark green color, formerly worn asa remedy for diseases of the kidneys, whence its name; kidney stone;a kind of jade. See Jade."
"NEPHRITIC","A medicine adapted to relieve or cure disease of the kidneys."
"NEPHRITIS","An inflammation of the kidneys."
"NEPHROLITHIC","of or pertaining to gravel, or renal calculi. Dunglison."
"NEPHROLOGY","A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, andtheir structure and functions."
"NEPHROSTOME","The funnelshaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity."
"NEPHROTOMY","Extraction of stone from the kidney by cutting."
"NEPOTAL","Of or relating to a nephew."
"NEPOTIC","Of or pertaining to npotism.The nepotic ambition of the ruling pontiff. Milman."
"NEPOTISM","Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members ofone's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship,rather than of merit or of legal claim.From nepotism Alexander V. was safe; for he was without kindred orrelatives. But there was another perhaps more fatal nepotism, whichturned the tide of popularity against him -- the nepotism of hisorder. Milman."
"NEPOTIST","One who practices nepotism."
"NEPTUNE","The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially ofthe sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter."
"NEPTUNIAN","Formed by water or aqueous solution; as, Neptunian rocks.Neptunian races (Ethnol.), the Malay and Polynesian races.-- Neptunian theory (Geol.), the theory of Werner, which referredthe formation of all rocks and strata to the agency of water; --opposed to the Plutonic theory."
"NEPTUNICENTRIC","As seen from Neptune, or having Neptune as a center; as,Neptunicentric longitude or force."
"NEPTUNIUM","A new metallic element, of doubtful genuineness and uncertainindentification, said to exist in certain minerals, as columbite.Hermann."
"NER","nearer. [Obs.] See Nerre."
"NERE","Were not. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NEREID","A sea nymph, one of the daughters of Nereus, who wereattendants upon Neptune, and were represented as riding on seahorses, sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with thetail of a fish."
"NEREIDIAN","Any annelid resembling Nereis, or of the family Lycorid\u00e6 orallied families."
"NEREIS","A Nereid. See Nereid."
"NEREITES","Fossil tracks of annelids."
"NEREOCYSTIS","A genus of gigantic seaweeds."
"NERFLING","The id."
"NERITA","A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm climates."
"NERITE","Any mollusk of the genus Nerita."
"NERITINA","A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Neritain form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicatelytinted."
"NERKA","The most important salmon of Alaska (Oncorhinchus nerka),ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon,Washington, and Idaho; --called also red salmon, redfish, blueback,and sawqui."
"NERO","A Roman emperor notorius for debauchery and barbarous cruelty;hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant.-- Ne*ro'ni*an, a."
"NERO-ANTICO","A beautiful black marble found in fragments among Roman ruins,and usually thought to have come from ancient Laconia."
"NEROLI","An essential oil obtained by distillation from the flowers ofthe orange. It has a strong odor, and is used in perfumery, etc.Neroli camphor (Chem.), a white crystalline waxy substance, tastelessand odorless, obtained from beroli oil; -- called also auradin."
"NERRE","Nearer. [Obs.] [Written also neer, ner.] Chaucer. Never theneer, never the nearer; no nearer. [Obs.]"
"NERVATE","Nerved."
"NERVATION","The arrangement of nerves and veins, especially those ofleaves; neuration.The outlines of the fronds of ferns, and their nervation, are frailcharacters if employed alone for the determination of existinggenera. J. D. Hooker."
"NERVE","One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with theaccompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nervecenters and various parts of the animal body."
"NERVE-SHAKEN","Affected by a tremor, or by a nervous disease; weakened;overcome by some violent influence or sensation; shoked."
"NERVED","Having nerves, or simple and parallel ribs or veins. Gray."
"NERVELESSNESS","The state of being nerveless."
"NERVIMOTION","The movement caused in the sensory organs by external agentsand transmitted to the muscles by the nerves. Dunglison."
"NERVIMOTOR","Any agent capable of causing nervimotion. Dunglison."
"NERVINE","Having the quality of acting upon or affecting the nerves;quieting nervous excitement.-- n."
"NERVOMUSCULAR","Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles; of the nature ofnerves and muscles; as, nervomuscular energy."
"NERVOSE","Same as Nerved."
"NERVOSITY","Nervousness. [R.]"
"NERVOUSLY","In a nervous manner."
"NERVOUSNESS","State or quality of being nervous."
"NERVURE","One of the nerves of leaves."
"NERVY","Strong; sinewy. 'His nervy knees.' Keats."
"NESCIENCE","Want of knowledge; ignorance; agnosticism.God fetched it about for me, in that absence and nescience of mine.Bp. Hall."
"NESE","Nose. [Obs.] Piers plowman."
"NESH","Soft; tender; delicate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"NESS","A promontory; a cape; a headland. Hakluyt."
"NESSLERIZE","To treat or test, as a liquid, with a solution of mercuriciodide in potassium iodide and potassium hydroxide, which is calledNessler's solution or Nessler's test, and is used to detect thepresence of ammonia."
"NEST","An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state,within a rock."
"NESTFUL","As much or many as will fill a nest."
"NESTLE","To house, as in a nest."
"NESTLING","Newly hatched; being yet in the nest."
"NESTOR","A genus of parrots with gray heads. of New Zeland and papua,allied to the cockatoos. See Kaka."
"NESTORIAN","An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to thefifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining thatthe divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature inChrist (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to callMary the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by thefollowers of Nestorius in Persia, india, and other Orientalcountries, and still in existence. opposed to Ant: Eutychian."
"NESTORIANISM","The doctrines of the nestorian Christians, or of Nestorius."
"NET","A figure made up of a large number of straight lines or curves,which are connected at certain points and related to each other bysome specified law."
"NET-VEINED","Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a net-veined wing or leaf."
"NETFISH","An astrophyton."
"NETHER","Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part;having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under;-- opposed to upper.'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires. Milton.This darksome nether world her light Doth dim with horror anddeformity. Spenser.All my nether shape thus grew transformed. Milton."
"NETHERMORE","Lower, nether. [Obs.] Holland."
"NETHERMOST","Lowest; as, the nethermost abyss. Milton."
"NETHINIM","Servants of the priests and Levites in the menial servicesabout the tabernacle and temple."
"NETIFY","To render neat; to clean; to put in order. [R.] Chapman."
"NETSUKE","In Japanese costume and decorative art, a small object carvedin wood, ivory, bone, or horn, or wrought in metal, and pierced withholes for cords by which it is connected, for convenience, with theinro, the smoking pouch (tabako-ire), and similar objects carried inthe girdle. It is now much used on purses sold in Europe and America."
"NETTING","A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holdingthe hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and forhoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy fromboarding. Totten. Netting needle, a kind of slender shuttle used innetting. See Needle, n., 3."
"NETTLE","A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairscontaining a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urticagracitis is common in the Northern, and U. cham\u00e6dryoides in theSouthern, United States. the common European species, U. urens and U.dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera isthe Roman nettle of England."
"NETTLEBIRD","the European whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.]"
"NETTLER","One who nettles. [R.] Milton."
"NETTLING","Stinging; irritating. Nettling cell (Zo\u00f6l.), a lasso cell. Seeunder Lasso."
"NETTY","Like a net, or network; netted. [R.]"
"NEUFCHATEL","A kind of soft sweet-milk cheese; -- so called from Neufch\u00e2tel-en-Bray in France."
"NEURAD","Toward the neural side; -- opposed to h\u00e6mad."
"NEURAL","relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situatedin the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal,axis; -- opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates, neural is thesame as dorsal; as applied to invertebrates it is usually the same asventral. Cf. Hemal. Neural arch (Anat.), the cartilaginous or bonyarch on the dorsal side of the centrum of the vertebra in a segmentof the spinal skeleton, usually inclosing a segment of the spinalcord."
"NEURALGIA","A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain,exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervousbranch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to beseated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structurallesion. Dunglison."
"NEURALGIC","of or pertaining to, or having the character of, neuralgia; as,a neuralgic headache."
"NEURALGY","Neuralgia."
"NEURAPOPHYSIAL","of or pertaining to a neurapophysis."
"NEURASTHENIA","A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent uponimpairment in the functions of the spinal cord."
"NEURATION","The arrangement or distribution of nerves, as in the leaves ofa plant or the wings of an insect; nervation."
"NEURAXIS","See Axis cylinder, under Axis."
"NEURENTERIC","Of or pertaining to both the neuron and the enteron; as, theneurenteric canal, which, in embroys of many vertebrates, connectsthe medullary tube and the primitive intestine. See Illust. ofEctoderm."
"NEURIDIN","a nontoxic base, C5H14N2, found in the putrescent matters offlesh, fish, decaying cheese, etc."
"NEURILITY","The special properties and functions of the nerves; thatcapacity for transmitting a stimulus which belongs to nerves. G. H.Lewes."
"NEURINE","A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in thedecomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in theputrefraction of proteid matter. It was for a long time consideredidentical with choline, a crystalline body originally obtained frombile. Chemically, however, choline is oxyethyl-trimethyl-ammoniumhydroxide, while neurine is vinyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide.[Written also neurin.]"
"NEURISM","Nerve force. See Vital force, under Vital."
"NEURITIS","Inflammation of a nerve."
"NEURO-","A combining denoting a nerve, of or pertaining to a nerve orthe nervous system."
"NEURO-CENTRAL","Between the neural arch and the centrum of a vertebra; as, theneurocentral suture. Huxley."
"NEURO-EPIDERMAL","Pertaining to, or giving rise to, the central nervous systemand epiderms; as, the neuroepidermal, or epiblastic, layer of theblastoderm."
"NEUROCITY","Nerve force."
"NEUROCORD","A cordlike organ composed of elastic fibers situated above theventral nervous cord of annelids, like the earthworm.-- Neu`ro*cor'dal, a."
"NEUROGLIA","The delicate connective tissue framework which supports thenervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord."
"NEUROGRAPHY","A description of the nerves. Dunglison."
"NEUROKERATIN","A substance, resembling keratin, present in nerve tissue, as inthe sheath of the axis cylinder of medullated nerve fibers. Likekeratin it resists the action of most chemical agents, and bydecomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and tyrosin."
"NEUROLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to neurolgy."
"NEUROLOGIST","One who is versed in neurology; also, one skilled in thetreatment of nervous diseases."
"NEUROLOGY","The branch of science which treats of the nervous system."
"NEUROMA","A tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. oneconsisting of new-formed nerve fibers."
"NEUROMERE","A metameric segment of the cerebro-spinal nervous system."
"NEUROMUSCULAR","Nervomuscular."
"NEURON","The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis;myelencephalon. B. G. Wilder."
"NEUROPATHIC","Of or pertaining to neuropathy; of the nature of, or sufferingfrom, nervous disease."
"NEUROPATHY","An affection of the nervous system or of a nerve."
"NEUROPOD","A neuropodous animal. G. Rolleston."
"NEUROPODIUM","The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium."
"NEUROPODOUS","Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the neural side, as inmost invertebrates; -- opposed to Ant: h\u00e6mapodous. G. Rolleston."
"NEUROPORE","An opening at either end of the embryonic neural canal."
"NEUROPTER","One of the Neuroptera."
"NEUROPTERA","An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large,membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted forchewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a completemetamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly areexamples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensivegroup, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera."
"NEUROPTERAL","Of or pertaining to the Neuroptera."
"NEUROPTERAN","A neuropter."
"NEUROPTERIS","An extensive genus of fossil ferns, of which species have beenfound from the Devonian to the Triassic formation."
"NEUROPTEROUS","Neuropteral."
"NEUROSENSIFEROUS","Pertaining to, or forming, both nerves and sense organs."
"NEUROSIS","A functional nervous affection or disease, that is, a diseaseof the nerves without any appreciable change of nerve structure."
"NEUROSKELETAL","Of or pertaining to the neuroskeleton. [R.] Owen."
"NEUROSKELETON","The deep-seated parts of the vertebrate skeleton which arerelation with the nervous axis and locomation. Owen."
"NEUROSPAST","A puppet. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"NEUROTIC","Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the greatnerve centers."
"NEUROTOME","A neuromere."
"NEUROTOMICAL","Of or pertaining to neurotomy."
"NEUROTOMIST","One who skilled in or practices neurotomy."
"NEUROTOMY","The division of a nerve, for the relief of neuralgia, or forother purposes. Dunglison."
"NEURULA","An embryo or certain invertebrates in the stage when theprimitive band is first developed."
"NEUTER","Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones;sexless. See Neuter, n., 3."
"NEUTRAL","Neuter. See Neuter, a., 3."
"NEUTRALIST","A neutral; one who professes or practices neutrality. Milman."
"NEUTRALITY","The quality or state of being neutral. See Neutral, a., 4."
"NEUTRALIZATION","The act or process by which an acid and a base are combined insuch proportions that the resulting compound is neutral. See Neutral,a., 4."
"NEUTRALIZE","To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, asa chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize anacid with a base."
"NEUTRALIZER","One who, or that which, neutralizes; that which destroys,disguises, or renders inert the peculiar properties of a body."
"NEUTRALLY","In a neutral manner; without taking part with either side;indifferently."
"NEUVAINES","Prayers offered up for nine successive days."
"NEVADITE","A grantitoid variety of rhyolite, common in Nevada."
"NEVE","The upper part of a glacier, above the limit or perpetual snow.See Galcier."
"NEVEN","To name; to mention; to utter. [Obs.]As oft I heard my lord them neven. Chaucer."
"NEVERMORE","Never again; at no time hereafter. Testament of Love. Tyndale.Where springtime of the Hesperides Begins, but endeth nevermore.Longfellow."
"NEVERTHELATER","Nevertheless. [Obs.]"
"NEVERTHELESS","Not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of that; yet.No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous;nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit ofrighteousness. Heb. xii. 11."
"NEVEW","Nephew. [Obs.] haucer."
"NEW","Newly; recently. Chaucer."
"NEW THOUGHT","Any form of belief in mental healing other than (1) ChristianScience and (2) hypnotism or psychotherapy. Its central principle isaffirmative thought, or suggestion, employed with the conviction thatman produces changes in his health, his finances, and his life by theadoption of a favorable mental attitude. AS a therapeutic doctrine itstands for silent and absent mental treatment, and the theory thatall diseases are mental in origin. As a cult it has its unifying ideathe inculcation of workable optimism in contrast with the 'oldthought' of sin, evil, predestination, and pessimistic resignation.The term is essentially synonymous with the term High Thought, usedin England."
"NEW ZEALAND","A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. New Zealandflax. (a) (Bot.) A tall, liliaceous herb (Phormium tenax), havingvery long, sword-shaped, distichous leaves which furnish a fine,strong fiber very valuable for cordage and the like. (b) The fiberitself.-- New Zealand tea (Bot.), a myrtaceous shrub (Leptospermumscoparium) of New Zealand and Australia, the leaves of which are usedas a substitute for tea."
"NEW-MODEL","To remodel."
"NEW-YEAR","Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of theyear; as, New-year gifts or odes."
"NEWBORN","Recently born. Shak."
"NEWCOME","Recently come."
"NEWCOMER","One who has lately come."
"NEWEL","A novelty; a new thing. [Obs.] Spenser."
"NEWFANGLE","Eager for novelties; desirous of changing. [Obs.]So newfangel be they of their meat. Chaucer."
"NEWFANGLEDNESS","Affectation of, or fondness for, novelty; vain or affectedfashion or form."
"NEWFANGLENESS","Newfangledness. [Obs.] Chaucer.Proud newfangleness in their apparel. Robynson (More's Utopia)."
"NEWFANGLIST","One who is eager for novelties or desirous of change. [Obs.]Tooker."
"NEWFANGLY","In a newfangled manner; with eagerness for novelty. [Obs.] SirT. More."
"NEWFASHIONED","Made in a new form, or lately come into fashion."
"NEWING","Yeast; barm. [prov. Eng.]"
"NEWISH","Somewhat new; nearly new. Bacon."
"NEWMARKET","A long, closely fitting cloak."
"NEWNESS","The quality or state of being new; as, the newness of a system;the newness of a scene; newness of life."
"NEWS-BOOK","A newspaper. [Obs.]"
"NEWS-LETTER","A circular letter, written or printed for the purpose ofdisseminating news. This was the name given to the earliest Englishnewspapers."
"NEWS-VNDER","A seller of newspapers."
"NEWS-WRITER","One who gathered news for, and wrote, news-letters. Macaulay."
"NEWSBOY","A boy who distributes or sells newspaper."
"NEWSMONGER","One who deals in news; one who is active in hearing and tellingnews."
"NEWSPAPER","A sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated intervals,for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating opinions,etc.; a public print that circulates news, advertisements,proceedings of legislative bodies, public announcements, etc."
"NEWSROOM","A room where news is collected and disseminated, or periodicalssold; a reading room supplied with newspapers, magazines, etc."
"NEWSY","Full of news; abounding in information as to current events.[Colloq.]"
"NEWT","Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. Thecommon British species are the crested newt (Triton cristatus) andthe smooth newt (Lophinus punctatus). In America, Diemictylusviridescens is one of the most abundant species."
"NEWTONIAN","Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, or his discoveries.Newtonian philosophy, the philosophy of Sir Isaac Newton; -- appliedto the doctrine of the universe as expounded in Newton's 'Principia,'to the modern or experimental philosophy (as opposed to the theoriesof Descartes and others), and, most frequently, to the mathematicaltheory of universal gravitation.-- Newtonian telescope (Astron.), a reflecting telescope, in whichrays from the large speculum are received by a plane mirror placeddiagonally in the axis, and near the open end of the tube, and thrownat right angles toward one side of the tube, where the image isformed and viewed through the eyeplace.-- Newtonian theory of light. See Note under Light."
"NEXIBLE","That may be knit together. [R.]"
"NEXT","In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately suceeding;as, this man follows next."
"NEXUS","Connection; tie.Man is doubtless one by some subtile nexus ... extending from thenew-born infant to the superannuated dotard. De Quincey."
"NEZ PERCES","A tribe of Indians, mostly inhabiting Idaho."
"NGINA","The gorilla."
"NIAGARA PERIOD","A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracingthe Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the Niagaraepoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at NiagaraFalls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greaterthickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removalof the shale. See Chart of Geology."
"NIAS","A young hawk; an eyas; hence, an unsophisticated person. [Obs.]"
"NIB","The bill or beak of a bird; the neb."
"NIBBED","Having a nib or point."
"NIBBLE","To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; toeat slowly or in small bits.Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep. Shak."
"NIBBLER","One who, or that which, nibbles."
"NIBBLINGLY","In a nibbling manner; cautiously."
"NIBELUNGENLIED","A great medieval German epic of unknown authorship containingtraditions which refer to the Burgundians at the time of Attila(called Etzel in the poem) and mythological elements pointing toheathen times."
"NIBELUNGS","In German mythology, the children of the mist, a race of dwarfsor demonic beings, the original possessors of the famous hoard andring won by Siegfrid; also, the Burgundian kings in theNibelungenlied."
"NIBLICK","A kind of golf stick used to lift the ball out of holes, ruts,etc."
"NICAGUA","The laughing falcon. See under laughing."
"NICARAGUA WOOD","Brazil wood."
"NICCOLITE","A mineral of a copper-red color and metallic luster; anarsenide of nickel; -- called also coppernickel, kupfernickel."
"NICELY","In a nice manner."
"NICENE","Of or pertaining to Nice, a town of Asia Minor, or to theecumenial council held there A. D. 325. Nicene Creed (, a summary ofChristian faith, composed and adopted by the Council of Nice, againstArianism, A. D. 325, altered and confirmed by the Council ofConstantinople, A. D. 381, and by subsequent councils."
"NICENESS","Quality or state of being nice."
"NICERY","Nicety. [Colloq.] Chapman."
"NICHE","A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness ofa wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, anysimilar position, literal or figurative.Images defended from the injuries of the weather by niches of stonewherein they are placed. Evelun."
"NICHED","Placed in a niche. 'Those niched shapes of noble mold.'Tennyson."
"NICK","An evil spirit of the waters. Old Nick, the evil one; thedevil. [Colloq.]"
"NICKEL","A bright silver-white metallic element. It is of the irongroup, and is hard, malleable, and ductile. It occurs combined withsulphur in millerite, with arsenic in the mineral niccolite, and witharsenic and sulphur in nickel glance. Symbol Ni. Atomic weight 58.6."
"NICKEL STEEL","A kind of cast steel containing nickel, which greatly increasesits strength. It is used for armor plate, bicycle tubing, propellershafts, etc."
"NICKELIC","Pertaining to, or containing, nickel; specifically, designatingcompounds in which, as contrasted with the nickelous compounds, themetal has a higher valence; as nickelic oxide."
"NICKELIFEROUS","Containing nickel; as, nickelferous iron."
"NICKELINE","An alloy of nickel, a variety of German silver."
"NICKELODEON","A place of entertainment, as for moving picture exhibition,charging a fee or admission price of five cents. [U. S.]"
"NICKELOUS","Of, pertaining to, or designating, those compounds of nickel inwhich, as contrasted with the nickelic compounds, the metal has alower valence; as, nickelous oxide. Frankland."
"NICKER NUT","A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hardsmooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in theprickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus C\u00e6salpinia. C.Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C.Bonducella, bluish gray. [Spelt alsoneckar nut, nickar nut.]"
"NICKER TREE","The plant producing nicker nuts. [Written also neckar tree andnickar tree.]"
"NICKING","Small coal produced in making the nicking."
"NICKLE","The European woodpecker, or yaffle; -- called also nickerpecker."
"NICKNACK","See Knickknack."
"NICKNACKERY","See Knickknackery."
"NICKNAME","A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; afamiliar or an opprobrious appellation."
"NICOLAITAN","One of certain corrupt persons in the early church at Ephesus,who are censured in rev. ii. 6, 15."
"NICOTIAN","Tobacco. [R.] B. Jonson."
"NICOTIANA","A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscidfoliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield tobacco.See Tobacco."
"NICOTIANINE","A white waxy substance having a hot, bitter taste, extractedfrom tobacco leaves and called also tobacco camphor."
"NICOTIC","Nicotinic."
"NICOTIDINE","A complex, oily, nitrogenous base, isomeric with nicotine, andobtained by the reduction of certain derivatives of the pyridinegroup."
"NICOTINE","An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco. It is acolorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and anacrid burning taste. It is intensely poisonous. Ure."
"NICOTINIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, nicotine; nicotic; -- usedspecifically to designate an acid related to pyridine, obtained bythe oxidation of nicotine, and called nicotinic acid."
"NICOTINISM","The morbid condition produced by the excessive use of tobacco."
"NICTATE","To wink; to nictitate."
"NICTATION","the act of winking; nictitation."
"NICTITATE","To wink; to nictate. Nictitating membrance (Anat.), a thinmembrance, found in many animals at the inner angle, or beneath thelower lid, of the eye, and capable of being drawn across the eyeball;the third eyelid; the haw."
"NICTITATION","The act of winking."
"NIDAMENTAL","of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as, thenidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. SeeIllust. of Dibranchiata."
"NIDARY","A collection of nests. [R.] velyn."
"NIDE","A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants. [Obs.]"
"NIDERING","Infamous; dastardly. [Obs.] Sir W. Scott."
"NIDGERY","A trifle; a piece of foolery. [Obs.] Skinner."
"NIDGET","A fool; an idiot, a coward. [Obs.] Camden."
"NIDIFICATE","To make a nest.Where are the fishes which nidificated in trees Lowell."
"NIDIFICATION","The act or process of building a nest."
"NIDING","A coward; a dastard; -- a term of utmost opprobrium. [Obs.]He is worthy to be called a niding. Howell."
"NIDOR","Scent or savor of meat or food, cooked or cooking. [Obs.] Jer.Taylor."
"NIDOROSE","Nidorous. [R.] Arbuthnot."
"NIDOROUS","Resembling the smell or taste of roast meat, or of corruptanimal matter. [R.]"
"NIDULANT","Lying loose in pulp or cotton within a berry or pericarp, as ina nest."
"NIDULATE","To make a nest, as a bird. [R.] Cockeram."
"NIDULATION","The time of remaining in the nest. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"NIDULITE","A Silurian fossil, formerly supposed to consist of eggs."
"NIDUS","A nest: a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.; abreeding place; esp., the place or substance where parasites or thegerms of a disease effect lodgment or are developed."
"NIEF","See Neif, the fist."
"NIELLIST","One who practices the style of ornamentation called niello."
"NIELLO","A process, now no longer used, invented by J. N. Niepce, aFrench chemist, in 1829. It depends upon the action of light inrendering a thin layer of bitumen, with which the plate is coated,insoluble."
"NIFLE","A trifle. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NIGGARD","A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly;a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser. Chaucer.A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton.Be niggards of advice on no pretense. Pope."
"NIGGARDISE","Niggardliness. [Obs.] Spenser."
"NIGGARDISH","Somewhat niggard."
"NIGGARDLINESS","The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving orspending; parsimony; stinginess.Niggardliness is not good husbandry. Addison."
"NIGGARDLY","Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy;niggard.Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for thesteward to be niggardly. Bp. Hall."
"NIGGARDNESS","Niggardliness. Sir P. Sidney."
"NIGGARDOUS","Niggardly. [Obs.]Covetous gathering and niggardous keeping. Sir T. More."
"NIGGARDSHIP","Niggardliness. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot."
"NIGGARDY","Niggardliness. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NIGGED","Hammer-dressed; -- said of building stone."
"NIGGER","A negro; -- in vulgar derision or depreciation."
"NIGGERHEAD","A strong black chewing tobacco, usually in twisted plug form;negro head."
"NIGGISH","Niggardly. [Obs.]"
"NIGGLE","To trifle with; to deceive; to mock. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"NIGGLER","One who niggles."
"NIGGLING","Finicky or pottering work; specif. (Fine Arts),"
"NIGH","To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near. [Obs.] Wyclif(Matt. iii. 2)."
"NIGHLY","In a near relation in place, time, degree, etc.; within alittle; almost. [Obs.]A cube and a sphere ... nighly of the same bigness. Locke."
"NIGHNESS","The quality or state of being nigh. [R.] 'Nighness of blood.'Holished."
"NIGHT TERRORS","A sudden awkening associated with a sensation of terror,occurring in children, esp. those of unstable nervous constitution."
"NIGHT-BLOOMING","Blooming in the night. Night-blooming cereus. (Bot.) See Noteunder Cereus."
"NIGHT-EYED","Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed. 'Your night-eyedTiberius.' B. Jonson."
"NIGHT-FARING","Going or traveling in the night. Gay."
"NIGHTDRESS","A nightgown."
"NIGHTERTALE","period of night; nighttime. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NIGHTFALL","The close of the day. Swift."
"NIGHTGOWN","A loose gown used for undress; also, a gown used for a sleepinggarnment."
"NIGHTINGALE","A small, plain, brown and gray European song bird (Luscinialuscinia). It sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness ofits song."
"NIGHTISH","Of or pertaining to night."
"NIGHTJAR","A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. ofGoatsucker."
"NIGHTLESS","Having no night."
"NIGHTLONG","Lasting all night."
"NIGHTLY","Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening ordone by night, or every night; as, nightly shades; he kept nightlyvigils."
"NIGHTMAN","One whose business is emptying privies by night."
"NIGHTSHADE","A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given esp.to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weedwith small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous.Deadly nightshade. Same as Belladonna (a).-- Enchanter's nightshade. See under Enchanter.-- Stinking nightshade. See Henbane.-- Three-leaved nightshade. See Trillium."
"NIGHTSHIRT","A kind of nightgown for men."
"NIGHTTIME","The time from dusk to dawn; -- opposed to Ant: daytime."
"NIGHTWARD","Approaching toward night."
"NIGRANILINE","The complex, nitrogenous, organic base and dyestuff called alsoaniline black."
"NIGRESCENT","Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching toblackness. Johnson."
"NIGRIFICATION","The act or process of making black. [R.] Johnson."
"NIGRINE","A ferruginous variety of rutile."
"NIGRITIC","Pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, negroes, or ofthe Negritos, Papuans, and the Melanesian races; negritic."
"NIGRITUDE","Blackness; the state of being black. Lamb."
"NIGROMANCIE","Necromancy. [Obs.]"
"NIGROMANCIEN","A necromancer. [Obs.]These false enchanters or nigromanciens. Chaucer."
"NIGROSINE","A dark blue dyestuff, of the induline group; -- called alsoazodiphenyl blue."
"NIGUA","The chigoe."
"NIHIL","Nothing. Nihil album Etym: [L., white nothing] (Chem.), oxideof zinc. See under Zinc.-- Nihil debet Etym: [L., he owes nothing] (Law), the general issuein certain actions of debt.-- Nihil dicit Etym: [L., he says nothing] (Law), a declinature bythe defendant to plead or answer. Tomlins."
"NIHILISM","The theories and practices of the Nihilists."
"NIHILIST","A member of a secret association (esp. in Russia), which isdevoted to the destruction of the present political, religious, andsocial institutions."
"NIHILISTIC","Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, nihilism."
"NIHILITY","Nothingness; a state of being nothing."
"NIL","Will not. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NILE","The great river of Egypt. Nile bird. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) The wryneck.[Prov. Eng.] (b) The crocodile bird.-- Nile goose (Zo\u00f6l.), the Egyptian goose. See Note under Goose, 2."
"NILGAU","see Nylghau."
"NILL","Not to will; to refuse; to reject. [Obs.]Certes, said he, I nill thine offered grace. Spenser."
"NILOMETER","An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nileduring its periodical flood."
"NILOSCOPE","A Nilometer."
"NILOTIC","Of or pertaining to the river Nile; as, the Nilotic crocodile."
"NILT","Wilt not. [Obs.]"
"NIM","To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.]This canon it in his hand nam. Chaucer."
"NIMBIFEROUS","Serving to bring clouds or stormy weather."
"NIMBLE","Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity;lively; swift.Through the mid seas the nimble pinnace sails. Pope."
"NIMBLENESS","The quality of being nimble; lightness and quickness in motion;agility; swiftness."
"NIMBLESS","Nimbleness. [Obs.] Spenser."
"NIMBLY","In a nimble manner; with agility; with light, quick motion."
"NIMBOSE","Cloudy; stormy; tempestuous."
"NIMBUS","A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light aroundthe heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals,pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5."
"NIMIETY","State of being in excess. [R.]There is a nimiety, a too-muchess, in all Germans. Coleridge."
"NIMIOUS","Excessive; extravagant; inordinate. [Obs.]"
"NIMMER","A thief. [Obs.]"
"NIN","Not in. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NINCOMPOOP","A fool; a silly or stupid person. [Law]An old ninnyhammer, a dotard, a nincompoop, is the best language shecan afford me. Addison."
"NINE","Eight and one more; one less than ten; as, nine miles. Ninemen's morris. See Morris.-- Nine points circle (Geom.), a circle so related to any giventriangle as to pass through the three points in which theperpendiculars from the angles of the triangle upon the oppositesides (or the sides produced) meet the sides. It also passes throughthe three middle points of the sides of the triangle and through thethree middle points of those parts of the perpendiculars that arebetween their common point of meeting and the angles of the triangle.The circle is hence called the nine points or six points circle."
"NINE-BARK","A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, or Spir\u00e6a,opulifolia), common in the Northern United States. The bark separatesinto many thin layers, whence the name."
"NINE-EYES","The lamprey."
"NINE-KILLER","The northern butcher bird."
"NINEFOLD","Nine times repeated."
"NINEHOLES","A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which aball is bowled."
"NINEPINS","A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, atwhich a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling."
"NINESCORE","Nine times twenty, or one hundred and eighty.-- n."
"NINETEEN","Nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than twenty; as,nineteen months."
"NINETEENTH","An interval of two octaves and a fifth."
"NINETY","Nine times ten; eighty-nine and one more; as, ninety men."
"NINNY","A fool; a simpleton. Shak."
"NINNYHAMMER","A simpleton; a silly person. [Colloq.] Addison."
"NINTHLY","In the ninth place."
"NINUT","The magpie. [Prov. Eng.]"
"NIOBATE","Same as Columbate."
"NIOBE","The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes.Her pride in her children provoked Apollo and Diana, who slew themall. Niobe herself was changed by the gods into stone."
"NIOBIC","Same as Columbic."
"NIOBITE","Same as Columbite."
"NIOBIUM","A later name of columbium. See Columbium."
"NIOPO","A kind of snuff prepared by the natives of Venezuela from theroasted seeds of a leguminous tree (Piptadenia peregrina), thencecalled niopo tree."
"NIP","A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor;a dram."
"NIPPERKIN","A small cup. [Obs.]"
"NIPPERS","A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holdingor conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching asheet and conveying it to the form."
"NIPPING","Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; anipping wind."
"NIPPINGLY","In a nipping manner."
"NIPPITATE","Peculiary strong and good; -- said of ale or liquor. [Old Cant]'T will make a cup of wine taste nippitate. Chapman."
"NIPPITATO","Strong liquor. [Old Cant] Beau. & Fl."
"NIPPLE","The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast ormamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap."
"NIPPLEWORT","A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis), formerlyused as an external application to the nipples of women; -- calledalso dock-cress."
"NIRVANA","In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation ofthe soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatificenfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilationor absorption into the divine. See Buddhism."
"NIS","Is not. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NISAN","The first month of the jewish ecclesiastical year, formerlyanswering nearly to the month of April, now to March, of theChristian calendar. See Abib."
"NISEY","A simpleton. [Obs.]"
"NISI","Unless; if not."
"NISTE","Wist not; knew not. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NISUS","A striving; an effort; a conatus.A nisus or energizing towards a presented object. Hickok."
"NIT","The egg of a louse or other small insect. Nit grass (Bot.), apretty annual European grass (Gastridium lendigerum), with smallspikelets somewhat resembling a nit. It is also found in Californiaand Chili."
"NITENCY","Brightness; luster. [R.]"
"NITHING","See Niding."
"NITRANILIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acidproduced as a white crystalline substance by the action of nitrousacid on hydroquinone."
"NITRANILINE","Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of aniline. In generalthey are yellow crystalline substances."
"NITRATE","A salt of nitric acid. Nitrate of silver, a white crystallinesalt (AgNO3), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; --called also lunar caustic."
"NITRATED","Combined, or impregnated, with nitric acid, or some of itscompounds."
"NITRATINE","A mineral occurring in transparent crystals, usually of awhite, sometimes of a reddish gray, or lemon-yellow, color; nativesodium nitrate. It is used in making nitric acid and for manure.Called also soda niter."
"NITRE","See Niter."
"NITRIARY","An artificial bed of animal matter for the manufacture of niterby nitrification. See Nitrification, 2."
"NITRIC","Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically,designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted withnitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitricoxide; nitric acid. Nitric acid, a colorless or yellowish liquidobtained by distilling a nitrate with sulphuric acid. It ispowerfully corrosive, being a strong acid, and in decomposition astrong oxidizer.-- Nitric anhydride, a white crystalline oxide of nitrogen (N2O5),called nitric pentoxide, and regarded as the anhydride of nitricacid.-- Nitric oxide, a colorless poisous gas (NO) obtained by treatingnitric acid with copper. On contact with the air or with oxygen, itbecomes reddish brown from the formation of nitric dioxide orperoxide."
"NITRIDE","A binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element orradical; as, boric nitride."
"NITRIFEROUS","Bearing niter; yielding, or containing, niter."
"NITRIFIER","An agent employed in nitrification."
"NITRIFY","To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, byoxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by,nitrification."
"NITRILE","Any one of a series of cyanogen compounds; particularly, one ofthose cyanides of alcohol radicals which, by boiling with acids oralkalies, produce a carboxyl acid, with the elimination of thenitrogen as ammonia."
"NITRITE","A salt of nitrous acid. Amyl nitrite, a yellow oily volatileliquid, used in medicine as a depressant and a vaso-dilator. Itsinhalation produces an instantaneous flushing of the face."
"NITRO-","A combining form (used also adjectively) designating certaincompounds of nitrogen or of its acids, as nitrohydrochloric,nitrocalcite; also, designating the group or radical NO2, or itscompounds, as nitrobenzene. Nitro group, the radical NO2; -- calledalso nitroxyl."
"NITRO-CHLOROFORM","Same as Chlorpicrin."
"NITROBENZENE","A yellow aromatic liquid (C6H5.NO2), produced by the action ofnitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor imitation oil ofbitter almonds, or essence of mirbane. It is used in perfumery, andis manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline.Fornerly called also nitrobenzol."
"NITROCALCITE","Nitrate of calcium, a substance having a grayish white color,occuring in efforescences on old walls, and in limestone caves,especially where there exists decaying animal matter."
"NITROCARBOL","See Nitromethane."
"NITROCELLULOSE","See Gun cotton, under Gun."
"NITROFORM","A nitro derivative of methane, analogous to chloroform,obtained as a colorless oily or crystalline substance, CH.(NO2)3,quite explosive, and having well-defined acid properties."
"NITROGELATIN","An explosive consisting of gun cotton and camphor dissolved innitroglycerin. [Written also nitrogelatine.]"
"NITROGEN","A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless,comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. It is chemicallyvery inert in the free state, and as such is incapable of supportinglife (hence the name azote still used by French chemists); but itforms many important compounds, as ammonia, nitric acid, thecyanides, etc, and is a constituent of all organized living tissues,animal or vegetable. Symbol N. Atomic weight 14. It was formerlyregarded as a permanent noncondensible gas, but was liquefied in 1877by Cailletet of Paris, and Pictet of Geneva."
"NITROGENIZE","To combine, or impregnate, with nitrogen or its compounds."
"NITROGENOUS","of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen; as, a nitrogenousprinciple; nitrogenous compounds. Nitrogenous foods. See 2d Noteunder Food, n., 1."
"NITROGLYCERIN","A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish,and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric acid,and hence more properly called glycerin nitrate. It is made by theaction of nitric acid on glycerin in the presence of sulphuric acid.It is extremely unstable and terribly explosive. A very dilutesolution is used in medicine as a neurotic under the name of glonion.[Written also nitroglycerine.]"
"NITROHYDROCHLORIC","Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric and hydrochloricacids. Nitrohydrochloric acid, a mixture of nitric and hydrochloricacids, usually in the proportion of one part of the former to threeof the latter, and remarkable for its solvent action on gold andplatinum; -- called also nitromuriatic acid, and aqua regia."
"NITROL","Any one of a series of hydrocarbons containing the nitro andthe nitroso or isonitroso group united to the same carbon atom."
"NITROLEUM","Nitroglycerin."
"NITROLIC","of, derived from, or designating, a nitrol; as, a nitrolicacid."
"NITROMAGNESITE","Nitrate of magnesium, a saline efflorescence closely resemblingnitrate of calcium."
"NITROMETER","An apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or some ofits compounds in any substance subjected to analysis; an azotometer."
"NITROMETHANE","A nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid; --called also nitrocarbol."
"NITROMURIATIC","Of, pertaining to, or composed of, nitric acid and muriaticacid; nitrohydrochloric. See Nitrohydrochloric."
"NITROPHNOL","Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of phenol. They areyellow oily or crystalline substances and have well-defined acidproperties, as picric acid."
"NITROPRUSSIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acidcalled nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitricacid on potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate), as a redcrystalline unstable substance. It forms salts called nitroprussides,which give a rich purple color with alkaline subphides."
"NITROPRUSSIDE","See Nitroprussic."
"NITROQUINOL","A hypothetical nitro derivative of quinol or hydroquinone, notknown in the free state, but forming a well defined series ofderivatives."
"NITROSACCHARIN","An explosive nitro derivative of certain sugars, analogous tonitroglycerin, gun cotton, etc."
"NITROSALICYLIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitro derivative ofsalicylic acid, called also anilic acid."
"NITROSE","See Nitrous."
"NITROSO-","(. (Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively) designating thegroup or radical NO, called the nitroso group, or its compounds."
"NITROSYL","the radical NO, called also the nitroso group. The term issometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as,nitrosyl sulphuric acid. Used also adjectively."
"NITROSYLIC","Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrosyl; as, nitrosylicacid."
"NITROUS","Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compoundsin which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted withnitric compounds. Nitrous acid (Chem.), a hypothetical acid ofnitrogen HNO2, not known in the free state, but forming a well knownseries of salts, viz., the nitrites.-- Nitrous oxide. See Laughing gas."
"NITROXYL","The group NO2, usually called the nitro group."
"NITRUM","Niter. Nitrum flammans Etym: [L., flaming niter] (Old Chem.),ammonium nitrate; -- probably so called because it deflagerates whensuddenly heated."
"NITRY","Nitrous. [Obs.]"
"NITRYL","A name sometimes given to the nitro group or radical."
"NITTER","The horselouse; an insect that deposits nits on horses."
"NITTILY","Lousily. [Obs.] Haywar"
"NITTINGS","The refuse of good ore. Raymond."
"NITTY","Full of nits. B. Jonson."
"NIVAL","Abounding with snow; snowy. [Obs.] Johnson."
"NIVEOUS","Snowy; resembling snow; partaking of the qualities of snow. SirT. Browne."
"NIVOSE","The fourth month of the French republican calendar [1792-1806].It commenced December 21, and ended January 19. See Vend\u00c9miaire."
"NIX","One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of amischievous disposition.The treacherous nixes who entice men to a watery death. Tylor."
"NIXIE","See Nix."
"NIXIE CLERK","A post-office clerk in charge of the nixies."
"NIZAM","The title of the native sovereigns of Hyderabad, in India,since 1719."
"NO","Not any; not one; none.Let there be no strife ... between me and thee. Gen. xiii. 8.That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream. Byron."
"NOACHIAN","Of or pertaining to the patriarch Noah, or to his time."
"NOAH","A patriarch of Biblical history, in the time of the Deluge.Noah's ark. (a) (Zo\u00f6l.) A marine bivalve shell (Arca No\u00e6), whichsomewhat resembles an ark, or ship, in form. (b) A child's toy,consisting of an ark-shaped box containing many different woodenanimals."
"NOB","The head. [Low]"
"NOBBILY","In a nobby manner. [Slang]"
"NOBBLER","A dram of spirits. [Australia]"
"NOBBY","Stylish; modish; elegant; showy; aristocratic; fashionable.[Slang]"
"NOBEL PRIZES","Prizes for the encouragement of men and women who work for theinterests of humanity, established by the will of A. B. Nobel (1833-96), the Swedish inventor of dynamite, who left his entire estate forthis purpose. They are awarded yearly for what is regarded as themost important work during the year in physics, chemistry, medicineor physiology, idealistic literature, and service in the interest ofpeace. The prizes, averaging $40,000 each, were first awarded in1901."
"NOBILIARY","Of or pertaining to the nobility. Fitzed. Hall."
"NOBILIFY","To make noble; to nobiliate. [Obs.]"
"NOBILITATE","To make noble; to ennoble; to exalt. [Obs.]"
"NOBILITATION","The act of making noble. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"NOBLE","A European fish; the lyrie."
"NOBLE-MINDED","Having a noble mind; honorable; magnanimous.-- No'ble-mind`ed*ness, n."
"NOBLEMAN","One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank abovea commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent."
"NOBLENESS","The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity;magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility;grandeur; stateliness.His purposes are full honesty, nobleness, and integrity. Jer. Taylor."
"NOBLEWOMAN","A female of noble rank; a peeress."
"NOCAKE","Indian corn parched, and beaten to powder, -- used for food bythe Northern American Indians."
"NOCENT","A criminal. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"NOCENTLY","Hurtfully; injuriosly. [R.]"
"NOCIVE","Hurtful; injurious. [R.] Hooker."
"NOCK","The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail."
"NOCTAMBULATION","Somnambulism; walking in sleep. Quain."
"NOCTAMBULISM","Somnambulism."
"NOCTAMBULIST","A somnambulist."
"NOCTAMBULO","A noctambulist. [Obs.]"
"NOCTIDIAL","Comprising a night and a day; a noctidial day. [R.] Holder."
"NOCTIFEROUS","Bringing night. [Obs.] Johnson."
"NOCTILIONID","A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, having cheekpouches and large incisor teeth."
"NOCTILUCA","That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus."
"NOCTILUCIN","A fatlike substance in certain marine animals, to which theyowe their phosphorescent properties."
"NOCTILUCINE","Of or pertaining to Noctiluca."
"NOCTILUCOUS","Shining in the night."
"NOCTIVAGANT","Going about in the night; night-wandering."
"NOCTIVAGATION","A roving or going about in the night. Gayton."
"NOCTIVAGOUS","Noctivagant."
"NOCTUARY","A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal; --distinguished from diary. [R.] Addison."
"NOCTUID","Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuid\u00e6, orNoctu\u00e6lit\u00e6, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so calledbecause they fly at night.-- a."
"NOCTULE","A large European bat (Vespertilio, or Noctulina, altivolans)."
"NOCTURNAL","An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of thestars, etc., at sea. I. Watts."
"NOCTURNALLY","By night; nightly."
"NOCTURNE","A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certaingraceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as thenocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn's 'Midsummer-Night's Dream'music."
"NOCUMENT","Harm; injury; detriment. [Obs.]"
"NOCUOUS","Hurtful; noxious. [R.] -- Noc'u*ous*ly, adv. [R.]"
"NODAL","Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point.Nodal line, Nodal point, in a vibrating plate or cord, that line orpoint which remains at rest while the other parts of the body are ina state of vibration."
"NODATED","Knotted. Nodated hyperbola (Geom.), a certain curve of thethird order having two branches which cross each other, forming anode."
"NODATION","Act of making a knot, or state of being knotted. [R.]"
"NODDER","One who nods; a drowsy person."
"NODDING","Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bentdownward."
"NODICAL","Of or pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same nodeagain; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon. Nodical month. SeeLunar month, under Month."
"NODOSARINE","Resembling in form or structure a foraminiferous shell of thegenus Nodosaria.-- n. (Zo\u00f6l.)"
"NODOSE","Having nodes or prominences; having the alternate jointsenlarged, as the antenn\u00e6 of certain insects."
"NODOSITY","Nodose; knotty; knotted. [Obs.]"
"NODULAR","Of, pertaining to, or in the form of, a nodule or knot."
"NODULE","A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump."
"NODULED","Having little knots or lumps."
"NOEL","Same as Nowel."
"NOEMATACHOGRAPH","An instrument for determining and registering the duration ofmore or less complex operations of the mind. Dunglison."
"NOEMICS","The science of the understanding; intellectual science."
"NOETIAN","One of the followers of Noetus, who lived in the third century.He denied the distinct personality of the Father, Son, and HolyGhost."
"NOF","Not of; nor of. [Obs.]"
"NOG","A treenail to fasten the shores."
"NOGGEN","Made of hemp; hence, hard; rough; harsh. [Obs.] Johnson."
"NOGGING","Rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of a woodenframe, in building."
"NOGHT","Not. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NOIANCE","Annoyance. [Obs.] Tusser."
"NOIE","To annoy. See Noy. [Obs.]"
"NOIER","An annoyer. [Obs.] Tusser."
"NOIL","A short or waste piece or knot of wool separated from thelonger staple by combing; also, a similar piece or shred of wastesilk."
"NOILS","Waste and knots of wool removed by the comb; combings."
"NOINT","To anoint. [Obs.] Sir T. North."
"NOIOUS","Annoying; troublesome. [Obs.]"
"NOISE","To sound; to make a noise. Milton."
"NOISEFUL","Loud; clamorous. [Obs.] Dryden."
"NOISELESS","Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent;as, the noiseless foot of time.So noiseless would I live. Dryden.-- Noise'less*ly, adv.-- Noise'less*ness, n."
"NOISETTE","A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette,of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose.It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, theMarechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of thisclass have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth. P.Henderson."
"NOISILY","In a noisy manner."
"NOISINESS","The state or quality of being noisy."
"NOL-PROS","To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline toprosecute."
"NOLDE","Would not. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NOLE","The head. [Obs.] Shak."
"NOLI-ME-TANGERE","A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerouscutaneous diseases, but now restricted to Lupus exedens, anulcerative affection of the nose."
"NOLITION","Adverse action of will; unwillingness; -- opposed to Ant:volition.A nolition and a direct enmity against the lust. Jer. Taylor."
"NOLL","The head; the noddle. [Obs.]"
"NOLLE PROSEQUI","Will not prosecute; -- an entry on the record, denoting that aplaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public aprosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or as to some ofseveral defendants."
"NOLLEITY","The state of being unwilling; nolition. [R.]"
"NOLO CONTENDERE","A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which,without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of aplea of quilty."
"NOLT","Neat cattle. [Prov. Eng.]"
"NOM","Name. Nom de guerre (, literally, war name; hence, a fictitiousname, or one assumed for a time.-- Nom de plume (, literally, pen name; hence, a name assumed by anauthor as his or her signature."
"NOMA","See Canker, n., 1."
"NOMAD","One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wandersfrom place to place in search of pasture or game."
"NOMADE","See Nomad, n."
"NOMADIAN","A nomad. [R.]"
"NOMADIC","Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering;moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe.-- No*mad'ic*al*ly, adv."
"NOMADISM","The state of being a nomad."
"NOMADIZE","To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herdsfor the sake of finding pasturage.The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, andVolga. W. Tooke."
"NOMANCY","The art or practice of divining the destiny of persons by theletters which form their names."
"NOMARCH","The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy."
"NOMARCHY","A province or territorial division of a kingdom, under the ruleof a nomarch, as in modern Greece; a nome."
"NOMBLES","The entrails of a deer; the umbles. [Written also numbles.]Johnson."
"NOMBRIL","A point halfway between the fess point and the middle basepoint of an escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See Escutcheon."
"NOME","See Term."
"NOMENCLATRESS","A female nomenclator."
"NOMENCLATURAL","Pertaining or according to a nomenclature."
"NOMIAL","A name or term."
"NOMIC","Customary; ordinary; -- applied to the usual English spelling,in distinction from strictly phonetic methods. H Sweet.-- n."
"NOMINAL","A verb formed from a noun."
"NOMINALISM","The principles or philosophy of the Nominalists."
"NOMINALIST","One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adoptedthe opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals,exist in name only. Reid."
"NOMINALISTIC","Of or pertaining to the Nominalists."
"NOMINALIZE","To convert into a noun. [Obs.]"
"NOMINALLY","In a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in reality.Burke."
"NOMINATELY","By name; particularly; namely. [Obs.] Spelman."
"NOMINATIVAL","Of or pertaining to the nominative case."
"NOMINATIVE","Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case orform of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.-- n."
"NOMINATIVELY","In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative."
"NOMINATOR","One who nominates."
"NOMINEE","A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty,or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or forelection to office."
"NOMINOR","A nominator. [Obs.] Bentham."
"NOMOCRACY","Government in accordance with a system of law. Milman."
"NOMOGRAPHY","A treatise on laws; an exposition of the form proper for laws."
"NOMOPELMOUS","Having a separate and simple tendon to flex the first toe, orhallux, as do passerine birds."
"NOMOTHETE","A lawgiver. [R.]"
"NON","No; not. See No, a. Chaucer."
"NON ASSUMPSIT","The general plea or denial in an action of assumpsit."
"NON EST FACTUM","The plea of the general issue in an action of debt on bond."
"NON EST INVENTUS","The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is notfound in his county. Bouvier."
"NON LIQUET","It is not clear; -- a verdict given by a jury when a matter isto be deferred to another day of trial."
"NON OBSTANTE","A clause in old English statutes and letters patent, importinga license from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any statute tothe contrary. This dispensing power was abolished by the Bill ofRights.In this very reign [Henry III.] the practice of dispensing withstatutes by a non obstante was introduced. Hallam.Non obstante veredicto Etym: [LL.] (Law), a judgment sometimesentered by order of the court, for the plaintiff, notwithstanding averdict for the defendant. Stephen."
"NON PROSEQUITUR","A judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit where hedoes not appear to prosecute. See Nolle prosequi."
"NON SEQUITUR","An inference which does not follow from the premises."
"NON-","A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as innonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit."
"NON-EGO","The union of being and relation as distinguished from, andcontrasted with, the ego. See Ego."
"NON-EPISCOPAL","Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal church orsystem."
"NON-FEASANCE","An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which oughtto have been done. Cf. Malfeasance."
"NON-PROS","To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (saidof a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails toprosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed."
"NONABILITY","An exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he isunable legally to commence a suit."
"NONACCEPTANCE","A neglect or refusal to accept."
"NONACID","Destitute of acid properties; hence, basic; metallic; positive;-- said of certain atoms and radicals."
"NONACQUAINTANCE","Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted."
"NONACQUIESCENCE","Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply."
"NONADMISSION","Failure to be admitted."
"NONADULT","Not adult; immature."
"NONAEROBIOTIC","Capable of living without atmospheric oxygen; ana\u00ebrobiotic."
"NONAGE","The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergyon the death of persons in their parishes. Mozley & W."
"NONAGED","Having the quality of nonage; being a minor; immature. W.Browne."
"NONAGENARIAN","A person ninety years old."
"NONAGESIMAL","Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal."
"NONAGON","A figure or polygon having nine sides and nine angles."
"NONAGRIAN","Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as thespindleworm and stalk borer."
"NONALIENATION","Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated."
"NONANE","One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons C9H20 of the paraffinseries; -- so called because of the nine carbon atoms in themolecule. Normal nonane is a colorless volatile liquid, an ingredientof ordinary kerosene."
"NONAPPEARANCE","Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend;failure to appear."
"NONAPPOINTMENT","Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive anappointment."
"NONARRIVAL","Failure to arrive."
"NONATTENDANCE","A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance."
"NONATTENTION","Inattention."
"NONBITUMINOUS","Containing no bitumen; not bituminous."
"NONCE","The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; --chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.The miller was a stout carl for the nones. Chaucer.And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him A chalice forthe nonce. Shak.Nonce word, 'a word apparently employed only for the nonce'. Murray(New English Dict. )."
"NONCHALANCE","Indifference; carelessness; coolness."
"NONCHALANT","Indifferent; careless; cool."
"NONCHALANTLY","In a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner; coolly."
"NONCLAIM","A failure to make claim within the time limited by law;omission of claim."
"NONCOHESION","Want of cohesion."
"NONCOINCIDENCE","Lack of coincidence."
"NONCOINCIDENT","Not coincident."
"NONCOMBATANT","Any person connected with an army, or within the lines of anarmy, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of themedical officers and their assistants, chaplains, and others; also,any of the citizens of a place occupied by an army; also, any oneholding a similar position with respect to the navy."
"NONCOMMISSIONED","Not having a commission. Noncommissioned officer (Mil.), asubordinate officer not appointed by a commission from the chiefexecutive or supreme authority of the State; but by the Secretary ofWar or by the commanding officer of the regiment."
"NONCOMMITTAL","A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance orrefusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively."
"NONCOMMUNION","Neglect or failure of communion."
"NONCOMPLETION","Lack of completion; failure to complete."
"NONCOMPLIANCE","Neglect of compliance; failure to comply."
"NONCOMPLYING","Neglecting or refusing to comply."
"NONCONCLUDING","Not concluding."
"NONCONCUR","To dissent or refuse to concur."
"NONCONCURRENCE","Refusal to concur."
"NONCONDENSIBLE","Not condensible; incapable of being liquefied; -- said ofgases."
"NONCONDENSING","Not condensing; discharging the steam from the cylinder at apressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not intoa condenser."
"NONCONDUCTING","Not conducting; not transmitting a fluid or force; thus, inelectricity, wax is a nonconducting substance."
"NONCONDUCTION","The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failureto conduct."
"NONCONDUCTOR","A substance which does not conduct, that is, convey ortransmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like, or whichtransmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as, wool is anonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are nonconductors ofelectricity."
"NONCONFORMING","Not conforming; declining conformity; especially, notconforming to the established church of a country."
"NONCONFORMIST","One who does not conform to an established church; especially,one who does not conform to the established church of England; adissenter."
"NONCONFORMITY","Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, theneglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its ritesand modes of worship."
"NONCONSTAT","It does not appear; it is not plain or clear; it does notfollow."
"NONCONTAGIOUS","Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact.-- Non`con*ta'gious*ness, n."
"NONCONTENT","One who gives a negative vote; -- sometimes abridged intononcon. or non con."
"NONDA","The edible plumlike fruit of the Australian tree, ParinariumNonda."
"NONDECANE","A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, a white waxy substance,C19H40; -- so called from the number of carbon atoms in the molecule."
"NONDECIDUATE","Characterized by the absence of a decidua; indeciduate."
"NONDELIVERY","A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of delivery."
"NONDEPOSITION","A failure to deposit or throw down."
"NONDESCRIPT","Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal;unclassifiable."
"NONDEVELOPMENT","Failure or lack of development."
"NONDISCOVERY","Want or failure of discovery."
"NONDO","A coarse umbelliferous plant (Ligusticum act\u00e6ifolium) with alarge aromatic root. It is found chiefly in the Alleghany region.Also called Angelico."
"NONE","Same as Nones, 2."
"NONEFFECTIVE","Not fit or available for duty."
"NONELASTIC","Not having elasticity."
"NONELECT","A person or persons not elected, or chosen, to salvation."
"NONELECTION","Failure of election."
"NONELECTRIC","A substance that is not an electric; that which transmitselectricity, as a metal."
"NONES","The fifth day of the months January, February, April, June,August, September, November, and December, and the seventh day ofMarch, May, July, and October. The nones were nine days before theides, reckoning inclusively, according to the Roman method."
"NONESSENTIAL","Not essential."
"NONESUCH","A person or thing of a sort that there is no other such;something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal. It is givenas a name to various objects, as to a choice variety of apple, aspecies of medic (Medicago lupulina), a variety of pottery clay, etc."
"NONETT","The titmouse. [Obs.]"
"NONEXECUTION","Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance."
"NONEXISTENT","Not having existence."
"NONEXPORTATION","A failure of exportation; a not exporting of commodities."
"NONEXTENSILE","Not extensile; incapable of being stretched."
"NONFULFILLMENT","Neglect or failure to fulfill."
"NONILLION","According to the French and American notation, a thousandoctillions, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed; according to theEnglish notation, a million octillions, or a unit with fifty-fourciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration."
"NONIMPORTATION","Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities."
"NONIMPORTING","Not importing; not bringing from foreign countries."
"NONINFLECTIONAL","Not admitting of, or characterized by, inflection."
"NONINHABITANT","One who is not an inhabitant; a stranger; a foreigner; anonresident."
"NONINTERVENTION","The state or habit of not intervening or interfering; as, thenonintervention of one state in the affairs of another."
"NONIUS","A vernier."
"NONJOINDER","The omission of some person who ought to have been made aplaintiff or defendant in a suit, or of some cause of action whichought to be joined."
"NONJURANT","Nonjuring."
"NONJURING","Not swearing allegiance; -- applied to the party in GreatBritain that would not swear allegiance to William and Mary, or theirsuccessors."
"NONJUROR","One of those adherents of James II. who refused to take theoath of allegiance to William and Mary, or to their successors, afterthe revolution of 1688; a Jacobite."
"NONJURORISM","The doctrines, or action, of the Nonjurors."
"NONLIMITATION","Want of limitation; failure to limit."
"NONMALIGNANT","Not malignant, as a disease."
"NONMANUFACTURING","Not carrying on manufactures."
"NONMEDULLATED","Not medullated; (Anat.) without a medulla or marrow, or withouta medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber."
"NONMEMBER","One who is not a member."
"NONMEMBERSHIP","State of not being a member."
"NONMETAL","Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with themetals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basicproperties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine arenonmetals."
"NONMETALLIC","Resembling, or possessing the properties of, a nonmetal ormetalloid; as, sulphur is a nonmetallic element."
"NONMORAL","Not moral nor immoral; having no connection with morals; not inthe sphere of morals or ethics; not ethical."
"NONNATURAL","Not natural; unnatural."
"NONNE","A nun. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NONNECESSITY","Absence of necessity; the quality or state of beingunnecessary."
"NONNITROGNOUS","Devoid of nitrogen; as, a nonnitrogenous principle; anonnitrogenous food. See the Note under Food, n., 1."
"NONNUCLEATED","Without a nucleus."
"NONNY","A silly fellow; a ninny."
"NONOBEDIENCE","Neglect of obedience; failure to obey."
"NONOBSERVANCE","Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill."
"NONOIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, nonane; as, nonoicacid, which is also called pelargonic acid. Cf. Pelargonic."
"NONONE","Any one of several metameric unsaturated hydrocarbons (C9H14)of the valylene series."
"NONOXYGENOUS","Without oxygen; characterized by the absence of oxygen; as, anonoxygenous alkaloid."
"NONPAREIL","A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger thanagate (or ruby)."
"NONPAYMENT","Neglect or failure to pay."
"NONPERFORMANCE","Neglect or failure to perform."
"NONPHOTOBIOTIC","Capable of living without light; as, nonphotobiotic plantcells, or cells which habitually live in darkness."
"NONPLANE","Not lying in one plane; -- said of certain curves."
"NONPLUS","A state or condition which daffles reason or confoundsjudgment; insuperable difficalty; inability to proceed or decide;puzzle; quandary.Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all humanunderstanding. South."
"NONPREPARATION","Neglect or failure to prepare; want of preparation."
"NONPRESENTATION","Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented."
"NONPRODUCTION","A failure to produce or exhibit."
"NONPROFESSIONAL","Not belonging to a profession; not done by, or proceeding from,professional men; contrary to professional usage."
"NONPROFICIENCY","Want of proficiency; failure to make progress."
"NONPROFICIENT","One who has failed to become proficient."
"NONRECURRENT","Not recurring."
"NONRECURRING","Nonrecurrent."
"NONREGARDANCE","Want of due regard; disregard; slight. [Obs.] Shak."
"NONREGENT","A master of arts whose regency has ceased. See Regent."
"NONRENDITION","Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due.The nonrendition of a service which is due. S. E. Dwight."
"NONRESEMBLANCE","Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity."
"NONRESIDENCE","The state or condition of being nonresident, Swift."
"NONRESIDENT","Not residing in a particular place, on one's own estate, or inone's proper place; as, a nonresident clergyman or proprietor oflands."
"NONRESISTANCE","The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passiveobedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violencewithout opposition."
"NONRESISTANT","Making no resistance."
"NONRESISTING","Not making resistance."
"NONRUMINANT","Not ruminating; as, a nonruminant animal."
"NONSANE","Unsound; not perfect; as, a person of nonsane memory.Blackstone."
"NONSENSICAL","Without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational;preposterous.-- Non*sen'si*cal*ly, adv.-- Non*sen'si*cal*ness, n."
"NONSENSITIVE","Not sensitive; wanting sense or perception; not easilyaffected."
"NONSEXUAL","Having no distinction of sex; sexless; neuter."
"NONSLAVEHOLDING","Not possessing or holding slaves; as, a nonslaveholding State."
"NONSOLUTION","Failure of solution or explanation."
"NONSOLVENCY","Inability to pay debts; insolvency."
"NONSOLVENT","Not solvent; insolvent."
"NONSONANT","Not sonant.-- n."
"NONSPARING","Sparing none."
"NONSTRIATED","Without striations; unstriped; as, nonstriated muscle fibers."
"NONSUBMISSION","Want of submission; failure or refusal to submit."
"NONSUBMISSIVE","Not submissive."
"NONSUCH","See Nonesuch."
"NONSUIT","A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; astopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause bythe plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not supportit, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A compulsory nonsuitis a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff onhis own showing has not made out his case."
"NONSURETY","Insecurity. [Obs.]"
"NONTENURE","A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, asaffirmed."
"NONTERM","A vacation between two terms of a court."
"NONTOXIC","Not toxic."
"NONTRONITE","A greenish yellow or green mineral, consisting chiefly of thehydrous silicate of iron."
"NONUNIFORMIST","One who believes that past changes in the structure of theearth have proceeded from cataclysms or causes more violent than arenow operating; -- called also nonuniformitarian."
"NONUNIONIST","One who does not belong, or refuses to belong, to a tradesunion."
"NONUSANCE","Neglect of using; failure to use. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"NONUSER","Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or toassert a right. Kent."
"NONVASCULAR","Destitute of vessels; extravascular."
"NONVERNACULAR","Not vernacular.A nonvernacular expression. Sir W. Hamilton."
"NONVOCAL","Not vocal; destitute of tone.-- n."
"NONYL","The hydrocarbon radical, C9H19, derived from nonane and formingmany compounds. Used also adjectively; as, nonyl alcohol."
"NONYLENE","Any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated hydrocarbonsC9H18 of the ethylene series."
"NONYLENIC","Of, pertaining to, related to, or designating, nonylene or itscompounds; as, nonylenic acid."
"NONYLIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, nonyl or its compounds; as,nonylic acid."
"NOODLE","A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny. [Low]The chuckling grin of noodles. Sydney Smith."
"NOOK","A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies;a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.How couldst thou find this dark, sequestered nook Milton."
"NOOK-SHOTTEN","Full of nooks, angles, or corners. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]That nook-shotten isle of Albion. Shak."
"NOON","No. See the Note under No. [Obs.]"
"NOON-FLOWER","The goat's beard, whose flowers close at midday."
"NOONDAY","Midday; twelve o'clock in the day; noon."
"NOONING","A rest at noon; a repast at noon."
"NOONSHUN","See Nunchion. Nares."
"NOONSTEAD","The position of the sun at noon. [Obs.] Drayton."
"NOONTIDE","The time of noon; midday."
"NOOSE","A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it isdrawn."
"NOOT","See lst Not. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NOPAL","A cactaceous plant (Nopalea cochinellifera), originallyMexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it iscollected. The name is sometimes given to other species of Cactace\u00e6."
"NOPALRY","A plantation of the nopal for raising the cochineal insect."
"NOPE","A bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]"
"NOR","A negative connective or particle, introducing the secondmember or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, ornot, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositionsfollows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member forneither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the useof nor.Provide neither gold nor silver, nor brass, in your purses, nor scripfor your journey. Matt. x. 9, 10.Where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt. Matt. vi. 20.I love him not, nor fear him. Shak.Where neither party is nor true, nor kind. Shak.Simois nor Xanthus shall be wanting there. Dryden."
"NORBERTINE","See Premonstrant."
"NORFOLK","Short for Norfolk Jacket."
"NORFOLK JACKET","A kind of loose-fitting plaited jacket, having a loose belt."
"NORFOLK PLOVER","The stone curlew."
"NORFOLK SPANIEL","One of a breed of field spaniels similar to the clumbers, butshorter in body and of a liver-and-white or black-and-white color."
"NORIA","A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream againstits floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which wateris raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, andelsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel."
"NORIAN","Pertaining to the upper portion of the Laurentian rocks. T. S.Hunt."
"NORICE","Nurse. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NORIE","The cormorant. [Prov. Eng.]"
"NORIMON","A Japanese covered litter, carried by men. B. Taylor."
"NORITE","A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of atriclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene."
"NORIUM","A supposed metal alleged to have been discovered in zircon."
"NORLANDER","A northener; a person from the north country."
"NORM","A typical, structural unit; a type. Agassiz."
"NORMAL","According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a rightangle. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal."
"NORMALCY","The quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the point ofnormalcy. [R.]"
"NORMALIZATION","Reduction to a standard or normal state."
"NORMALLY","In a normal manner. Darwin."
"NORMAN","A wooden bar, or iron pin. W. C. Russell."
"NORMANISM","A Norman idiom; a custom or expression peculiar to the Normans.M. Arnold."
"NOROPIANIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the aromaticseries obtained from opianic acid."
"NORROY","The most northern of the English Kings-at-arms. See King-at-arms, under King."
"NORSE","Of or pertaining to ancient Scandinavia, or to the languagespoken by its inhabitants."
"NORSEMAN","One of the ancient Scandinavians; a Northman."
"NORTELRY","Nurture; education; culture; bringing up. [Obs.]Nortelry . . . learned at the nunnery. Chaucer."
"NORTH","Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northerndirection from the point of observation or reckoning; proceedingtoward the north, or coming from the north. North following. SeeFollowing, a., 2.-- North pole, that point in the heavens, or on the earth, ninetydegrees from the equator toward the north.-- North preceding. See Following, a., 2.-- North star, the star toward which the north pole of the earthvery nearly points, and which accordingly seems fixed and immovablein the sky. The star a (alpha) of the Little Bear, is our presentnorth star, being distant from the pole about 1\u00ba 25', and from yearto year approaching slowly nearer to it. It is called also Cynosura,polestar, and by astronomers, Polaris."
"NORTH STAR STATE","Minnesota; -- a nickname."
"NORTHEAST","The point between the north and east, at an equal distance fromeach; the northeast part or region."
"NORTHEASTER","A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast."
"NORTHEASTERLY","Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or comingfrom the northeast."
"NORTHEASTERN","Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly."
"NORTHER","A wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind inTexas and the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico."
"NORTHERLINESS","The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward thenorth."
"NORTHERLY","Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from thenorth; northern."
"NORTHERNLY","Northerly. [Obs.] Hakewill."
"NORTHERNMOST","Farthest north."
"NORTHING","Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning,measured on a meridian; -- opposed to Ant: southing."
"NORTHMAN","One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of theancient Scandinavians; a Norseman."
"NORTHMOST","Lying farthest north; northernmost.Northmost part of the coast of Mozambique. De Foe."
"NORTHNESS","A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point to thenorth. Faraday."
"NORTHUMBRIAN","Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England.-- n."
"NORTHWARD","Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or westpoint."
"NORTHWARDLY","Having a northern direction."
"NORTHWEST","The point in the horizon between the north and west, andequally distant from each; the northwest part or region."
"NORTHWESTER","A storm or gale from the northwest; a strong northwest wind."
"NORTHWESTERLY","Toward the northwest, or from the northwest."
"NORTHWESTERN","Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a directiontoward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, anorthwestern course."
"NORWEGIAN","Of or pertaining to Norway, its inhabitants, or its language."
"NORWEGIUM","A rare metallic element, of doubtful identification, said tooccur in the copper-nickel of Norway."
"NORWEYAN","Norwegian. [Obs.] Shak."
"NOSE","The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of thehead containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactoryorgan. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory."
"NOSEBAG","A bag in which feed for a horse, ox, or the like, may befastened under the nose by a string passing over the head."
"NOSEBAND","That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over ahorse's nose."
"NOSEBLEED","The yarrow. See Yarrow."
"NOSED","Having a nose, or such a nose; -- chieflay used in composition;as, pug-nosed."
"NOSEGAY","A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy. Pope."
"NOSEL","To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle. [Obs.]If any man use the Scripture . . . to nosel thee in anything save inChrist, he is a false prophet. Tyndale."
"NOSELESS","Destitute of a nose."
"NOSESMART","A kind of cress, a pungent cruciferous plant, including severalspecies of the genus Nasturtium."
"NOSING","That part of the treadboard of a stair which projects over theriser; hence, any like projection, as the projecting edge of amolding."
"NOSLE","Nozzle. [Obs.]"
"NOSOCOMIAL","Of or pertaining to a hospital; as, nosocomial atmosphere.Dunglison."
"NOSOGRAPHY","A description or classification of diseases."
"NOSOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to nosology."
"NOSOLOGIST","One versed in nosology."
"NOSOPHEN","An iodine compound obtained as a yellowish gray, odorless,tasteless powder by the action of iodine on phenolphthalein."
"NOSOPHOBIA","Morbid dread of disease."
"NOSOPOETIC","Producing diseases. [R.] Arbuthnot."
"NOST","Wottest not; knowest not. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NOSTALGIA","Homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form ofmelancholia, due to homesickness."
"NOSTALGIC","Of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected with nostalgia."
"NOSTALGY","Same as Nostalgia."
"NOSTOC","A genus of alg\u00e6. The plants are composed of moniliform cellsimbedded in a gelatinous substance."
"NOSTRIL","One of the external openings of the nose, which give passage tothe air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one of theanterior nares."
"NOT","Wot not; know not; knows not. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NOTABILIA","Things worthy of notice."
"NOTABLE","One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789,chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute arepresentative body."
"NOTABLENESS","The quality of being notable."
"NOTABLY","In a notable manner."
"NOTAEUM","The back or upper surface, as of a bird."
"NOTAL","Of or pertaining to the back; dorsal."
"NOTANDUM","A thing to be noted or observed; a notable fact; -- chieflyused in the plural."
"NOTARIAL","Of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary; as, anotarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation."
"NOTARIALLY","In a notarial manner."
"NOTARY","A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and otherwritings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to makethem authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties chieflyrelate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such asprotests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage,etc. He is generally called a notary public."
"NOTATE","Marked with spots or lines, which are often colored. Henslow."
"NOTCHBOARD","The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase."
"NOTCHING","A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them,as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions."
"NOTCHWEED","A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot (ChenopodiumVulvaria)."
"NOTE","To butt; to push with the horns. [Prov. Eng.]"
"NOTE PAPER","Writing paper, not exceeding in size, when folded once, five byeight inches."
"NOTED","Well known by reputation or report; eminent; celebrated; as, anoted author, or traveler.-- Not'ed*ly, adv.-- Not'ed*ness, n."
"NOTEFUL","Useful. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NOTELESS","Not attracting notice; not conspicuous.Noteless as the race from which he sprung. Sir W. Scott."
"NOTELESSNESS","A state of being noteless."
"NOTELET","A little or short note; a billet."
"NOTEWORTHY","Worthy of observation or notice; remarkable."
"NOTHER","Neither; nor. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NOTHING","A cipher; naught. Nothing but, only; no more than. Chaucer.-- To make nothing of. (a) To make no difficulty of; to consider astrifling or important. 'We are industrious to preserve our bodiesfrom slavery, but we make nothing of suffering our souls to be slavesto our lusts.' Ray. (b) Not to understand; as, I could make nothingof what he said."
"NOTHINGARIAN","One of no certain belief; one belonging to no particular sect."
"NOTHINGISM","Nihility; nothingness. [R.]"
"NOTICEABLE","Capable of being observed; worthy of notice; likely to attractobservation; conspicous.A noticeable man, with large gray eyes. Wordsworth."
"NOTICEABLY","In a noticeable manner."
"NOTICER","One who notices."
"NOTIDANIAN","Any one of several species of sharks of the family Notidanid\u00e6,or Hexanchid\u00e6. Called also cow sharks. See Shark."
"NOTIONALITY","A notional or groundless opinion. [R.] Glanvill."
"NOTIONALLY","In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality.Two faculties . . . notionally or really distinct. Norris."
"NOTIONATE","Notional. [R.]"
"NOTIONIST","One whose opinions are ungrounded notions. [R.] Bp. Hopkins."
"NOTIST","An annotator. [Obs.]"
"NOTOBRANCHIATE","Of or pertaining to the Notobranchiata."
"NOTOCHORD","An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath themedullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes theprimitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebr\u00e6 andthe posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chordadorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm."
"NOTOCHORDAL","Of or pertaining to the notochord; having a notochord."
"NOTODONTIAN","Any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging toNotodonta, Nerice, and allied genera. The caterpillar of these mothshas a hump, or spine, on its back."
"NOTOPODIUM","The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See Parapodium."
"NOTORHIZAL","Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of oneof the cotyledons; incumbent."
"NOTORIETY","The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of beinggenerally or publicly known; -- commonly used in an unfavorablesense; as, the notoriety of a crime.They were not subjects in their own nature so exposed to publicnotoriety. Addison."
"NOTORIOUS","Generally known and talked of by the public; universallybelieved to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in anunfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice.Your goodness, Since you provoke me, shall be most notorious. Shak."
"NOTORNIS","A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but havingrudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli wasfirst known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a fewindividuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposedto be now nearly or quite extinct."
"NOTOTHERIUM","An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found inthe Pliocene formation of Australia."
"NOTOTREMA","The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America."
"NOTSELF","The negative of self. 'A cognizance of notself.' Sir. W.Hamilton."
"NOTT","Shorn. [Obs.]"
"NOTT-HEADED","Having the hair cut close. [Obs.] Chapman."
"NOTTURNO","Same as Nocturne."
"NOTUM","The back."
"NOTUS","The south wind."
"NOTWHEAT","Wheat not bearded. Carew."
"NOTWITHSTANDING","Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of.We gentil women bee Loth to displease any wight, Notwithstanding ourgreat right. Chaucer's Dream.Those on whom Christ bestowed miraculous cures were so transportedthat their gratitude made them, notwithstanding his prohibition,proclaim the wonders he had done. Dr. H. More."
"NOUCH","An ouch; a jewel. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NOUGAT","A cake, sweetmeat, or confecti\u00f3n made with almonds or othernuts."
"NOUGHT","See Naught. Chaucer."
"NOULD","Would not. [Obs.] 'By those who nould repent.' Fairfax."
"NOULE","The top of the head; the head or noll. [Obs.] Spenser."
"NOUMENAL","Of or pertaining to the noumenon; real; -- opposed tophenomenal. G. H. Lewes."
"NOUMENON","The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thingin itself, which is distinguished from the Ant: phenomenon throughwhich it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpretedand understood; -- so used in the philosophy of Kant and hisfollowers."
"NOUN","A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature orthing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive."
"NOUNAL","Of or pertaining to a noun.Verbs which in whole or in part have shed their old nounal coat.Earle."
"NOUNIZE","To change (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun. Earle."
"NOURICE","A nurse. [Obs.] Spenser."
"NOURISH","A nurse. [Obs.] Hoolland."
"NOURISHER","One who, or that which, nourishes. Milton."
"NOURISHING","Promoting growth; nutritious,"
"NOURISHINGLY","Nutritively; cherishingly."
"NOURITURE","Nurture. [Obs.] Spenser."
"NOURSLE","To nurse; to rear; to bring up. [Obs.] [Written also nosel,nousel, nousle, nowsle, nusle, nuzzle, etc.]She noursled him till years he raught. Spenser."
"NOUS","Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously."
"NOVA","A new star, usually appearing suddenly, shining for a briefperiod, and then sinking into obscurity. Such appearances aresupposed to result from cosmic collisions, as of a dark star withinterstellar nebulosities. The most important modern nov\u00e6 are: --No'va Co*ro'n\u00e6 Bo`re*a'lis [1866]; No'va Cyg'ni [1876]; No'vaAn*dro'me*d\u00e6 [1885]; No'va Au*ri'g\u00e6 [1891-92]; No'va Per'se*i [1901].There are two nov\u00e6 called Nova Persei. They are:(a) A small nova which appeared in 1881.(b) An extraordinary nova which appeared in Perseus in 1901. It wasfirst sighted on February 22, and for one night (February 23) was thebrightest star in the sky. By July it had almost disappeared, afterwhich faint surrounding nebulous masses were discovered, apparentlymoving radially outward from the star at incredible velocity."
"NOVACULITE","A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razorstone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate."
"NOVATIAN","One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that thelapsed might not be received again into communion with the church,and that second marriages are unlawful."
"NOVATIANISM","The doctrines or principles of the Novatians. Milner."
"NOVATION","A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, theremodeling of an old obligation."
"NOVATOR","An innovator. [Obs.]"
"NOVEL","Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, outof the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising."
"NOVELETTE","A short novel."
"NOVELISM","Innovation. [Obs.]"
"NOVELIST","A writer of news. [Obs.] Tatler (178)."
"NOVELIZE","To innovate. [Obs.]"
"NOVELRY","Novelty; new things. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NOVEMBER","The eleventh month of the year, containing thirty days."
"NOVENARY","Of or pertaining to the number nine."
"NOVENE","Relating to, or dependent on, the number nine; novenary. [R.]The triple and novene division ran throughout. Milman."
"NOVENNIAL","Done or recurring every ninth year."
"NOVERCAL","Done or recurring every ninth year."
"NOVICE","One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, asa probationist. Shipley.No poore cloisterer, nor no novys. Chaucer."
"NOVICESHIP","The state of being a novice; novitiate."
"NOVILUNAR","Of or pertaining to the new moon. [R.]"
"NOVITIOUS","Newly invented; recent; new. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson."
"NOVITY","Newness; novelty. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"NOVUM","A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine five),the two principal throws being nine and five. [Obs.] Shak."
"NOW","Existing at the present time; present. [R.] 'Our nowhappiness.' Glanvill."
"NOWADAYS","In these days; at the present time.What men of spirit, nowadays, Come to give sober judgment of newplays Garrick."
"NOWCH","See Nouch. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NOWD","The European gray gurnard (Trigla gurnardus). [Written alsoknoud.]"
"NOWED","Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent."
"NOWEL","A kind of hymn, or canticle, of medi\u00e6val origin, sung in honorof the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas carol. Grove."
"NOWES","The marriage knot. [Obs.] Crashaw."
"NOWHERE","Not anywhere; not in any place or state; as, the book isnowhere to be found."
"NOWHITHER","Not anywhither; in no direction; nowhere. [Archaic] 'Thyservant went nowhither.' 2 Kings v. 25."
"NOWISE","Not in any manner or degree; in no way; noways.Others whose case is nowise different. Earle."
"NOWT","Neat cattle."
"NOWTHE","See Nouthe. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NOY","To annoy; to vex. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Piers Plowman.All that noyed his heavy spright. Spenser."
"NOYADE","A drowning of many persons at once, -- a method of executionpracticed at Nantes in France during the Reign of Terror, by JeanBaptiste Carrier."
"NOYANCE",", Annoyance. [Obs.] Spenser."
"NOYAU","A cordial of brandy, etc., flavored with the kernel of thebitter almond, or of the peach stone, etc."
"NOYER","An annoyer. [Obs.] Tusser."
"NOYFUL","Full of annoyance. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"NOYLS","See Noils."
"NOYOUS","Annoying; disagreeable. [Obs.]Watch the noyous night, and wait for Spenser."
"NOZLE","Nozzle. [Obs.]"
"NUANCE","A shade of difference; a delicate gradation."
"NUB","To push; to nudge; also, to beckon. [Prov. Eng.]"
"NUBBIN","A small or imperfect ear of maize. [Colloq. U. S.]"
"NUBBLE","To beat or bruise with the fist. [Obs.] Ainsworth."
"NUBECULA","Specifically, the Magellanic clouds."
"NUBIA","A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud."
"NUBIAN","Of or pertaining to Nubia in Eastern Africa.-- n."
"NUBIFEROUS","Bringing, or producing, clouds."
"NUBIGENOUS","Born of, or produced from, clouds. [R.]"
"NUBILATE","To cloud. [Obs.]"
"NUBILE","Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable. Prior."
"NUBILITY","The state of being marriageable. [R.]"
"NUCAMENT","A catkin or ament; the flower cluster of the hazel, pine,willow, and the like."
"NUCAMENTACEOUS","Like a nut either in structure or in being indehiscent; bearingone-seeded nutlike fruits. [Written also nucumentaceous.]"
"NUCELLUS","See Nucleus, 3 (a)."
"NUCHA","The back or upper part of the neck; the nape."
"NUCHAL","Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape, ofthe neck; -- applied especially to the anterior median plate in thecarapace of turtles."
"NUCIFEROUS","Bearing, or producing, nuts."
"NUCIFORM","Shaped like a nut; nut-shaped."
"NUCIN","See Juglone."
"NUCLEATE","Having a nucleus; nucleated."
"NUCLEATED","Having a nucleus; nucleate; as, nucleated cells."
"NUCLEIFORM","Formed like a nucleus or kernel."
"NUCLEIN","A constituent of the nuclei of all cells. It is a colorlessamorphous substance, readily soluble in alkaline fluids andespecially characterized by its comparatively large content ofphosphorus. It also contains nitrogen and sulphur."
"NUCLEOBRANCH","Belonging to the Nucleobranchiata.-- n."
"NUCLEOBRANCHIATA","See Heteropoda."
"NUCLEOIDIOPLASMA","Hyaline plasma contained in the nucleus of vegetable cells."
"NUCLEOLAR","Of or pertaining to the nucleolus of a cell."
"NUCLEOLATED","Having a nucleole, or second inner nucleus."
"NUCLEOLE","The nucleus within a nucleus; nucleolus."
"NUCLEOLUS","A small rounded body contained in the nucleus of a cell or aprotozoan."
"NUCLEOPLASM","The matter composing the nucleus of a cell; the protoplasm ofthe nucleus; karyoplasma."
"NUCLEOPLASMIC","Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm; -- esp. applied to a bodyformed in the developing ovum from the plasma of the nucleus of thegerminal vesicle."
"NUCLEUS","The body or the head of a comet."
"NUCULA","A genus of small marine bivalve shells, having a pearlyinterior."
"NUCULE","Same as Nutlet."
"NUCUMENTACEOUS","See Nucamentaceous."
"NUDATION","The act of stripping, or making bare or naked."
"NUDDLE","To walk quickly with the head bent forward; -- often withalong. [Prov. Eng.]"
"NUDE","Naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude contract. SeeNudum pactum. Blackstone. The nude, the undraped human figure in art.-- Nude'ly, adv.- Nude'ness, n."
"NUDGE","To touch gently, as with the elbow, in order to call attentionor convey intimation."
"NUDIBRACHIATE","Having tentacles without vibratile cilia. Carpenter."
"NUDIBRANCH","Of or pertaining to the Nudibranchiata.-- n."
"NUDIBRANCHIATA","A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shellexcept while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon theback or sides. See Ceratobranchia."
"NUDIBRANCHIATE","Same as Nudibranch."
"NUDICAUL","Having the stems leafless."
"NUDIFICATION","The act of making nude."
"NUDUM PACTUM","A bare, naked contract, without any consideration. Tomlins."
"NUGACITY","Futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery. [R.] Dr. H.More."
"NUGAE","Trifles; jests."
"NUGATION","The act or practice of trifling. [R.] Bacon."
"NUGGET","A lump; a mass, esp. a native lump of a precious metal; as, anugget of gold."
"NUGIFY","To render trifling or futile; to make silly. [R.] Coleridge."
"NUISANCE","That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which isoffensive or noxious."
"NUISANCER","One who makes or causes a nuisance."
"NUL","No; not any; as, nul disseizin; nul tort."
"NULL","Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy;invalid; void; nugatory; useless.Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, Dead perfection;no more. Tennyson."
"NULLAH","A water course, esp. a dry one; a gully; a gorge; -- orig. anEast Indian term.  E. Arnold."
"NULLED","Turned so as to resemble nulls. Nulled work (Cabinetwork),ornamental turned work resembling nulls or beads strung on a rod."
"NULLIBIETY","The state or condition of being nowhere. [Obs.]"
"NULLIFICATION","The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or ofno legal effect. Right of nullification (U. S. Hist.), the rightclaimed in behalf of a State to nullify or make void, by itssovereign act or decree, an enactment of the general government whichit deems unconstitutional."
"NULLIFIDIAN","Of no faith; also, not trusting to faith for salvation; --opposed to Ant: solifidian. Feltham."
"NULLIFIER","One who nullifies or makes void; one who maintains the right tonullify a contract by one of the parties."
"NULLIFY","To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force orefficacy.Such correspondence would at once nullify the conditions of theprobationary system. I. Taylor."
"NULLIPORE","A name for certain crustaceous marine alg\u00e6 which secretecarbonate of lime on their surface, and were formerly thought to beof animal nature. They are now considered corallines of the generaMelobesia and Lithothamnion."
"NULLITY","Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a decreethat no legal marriage exists."
"NUMB","To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion;to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. Dryden.Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. Tennyson."
"NUMBEDNESS","Numbness. [Obs.] Wiseman."
"NUMBER","The distinction of objects, as one, or more than one (in somelanguages, as one, or two, or more than two), expressed (usually) bya difference in the form of a word; thus, the singular number and theplural number are the names of the forms of a word indicating theobjects denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more thanone."
"NUMBERER","One who numbers."
"NUMBERFUL","Numerous. [Obs.]"
"NUMBERLESS","Innumerable; countless."
"NUMBEROUS","Numerous. [Obs.] Drant."
"NUMBERS","of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing thecensus of the Hebrews."
"NUMBFISH","The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives."
"NUMBLESS","See Nombles."
"NUMBNESS","The condition of being numb; that state of a living body inwhich it loses, wholly or in part, the power of feeling or motion."
"NUMERABLE","Capable of being numbered or counted."
"NUMERALLY","According to number; in number; numerically."
"NUMERARY","Belonging to a certain number; counting as one of a collectionor body.A supernumerary canon, when he obtains a prebend, becomes a numerarycanon. Ayliffe."
"NUMERATE","To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration;as, to numerate a row of figures."
"NUMERATIVE","Of or pertaining to numeration; as, a numerative system. Eng.Cyc."
"NUMERATOR","The term in a fraction which indicates the number of fractionalunits that are taken."
"NUMERIC","Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurableratio. The term also includes any imaginary expression like m + nsq.root-1, where m and n are real numerics."
"NUMERICALLY","In a numerical manner; in numbers; with respect to number, orsameness in number; as, a thing is numerically the same, ornumerically different."
"NUMERIST","One who deals in numbers. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"NUMERO","Number; -- often abbrev. No."
"NUMIDIAN","Of or pertaining to ancient Numidia in Northern Africa.Numidian crane. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Demoiselle, 2."
"NUMISMATICS","The science of coins and medals."
"NUMISMATIST","One skilled in numismatics; a numismatologist."
"NUMISMATOGRAPHY","A treatise on, or description of, coins and medals."
"NUMISMATOLOGIST","One versed in numismatology."
"NUMISMATOLOGY","The science which treats of coins and medals, in their relationto history; numismatics."
"NUMMARY","Of or relating to coins or money."
"NUMMULATION","The arrangement of the red blood corpuscles in rouleaux, likepiles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is examined under themicroscope."
"NUMMULITE","A fossil of the genus Nummulites and allied genera."
"NUMMULITES","A genus of extinct Tertiary Foraminifera, having a thin, flat,round shell, containing a large number of small chambers arrangedspirally."
"NUMMULITIC","Of, like, composed of, containing, nummulites; as, nummuliticbeds."
"NUMPS","A dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] Bp. Parker."
"NUMSKULL","A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow. [Colloq.]They have talked like numskulls. Arbuthnot."
"NUMSKULLED","Stupid; doltish. [Colloq.]"
"NUNATAK","In Greenland, an insular hill or mountain surrounded by an icesheet."
"NUNC DIMITTIS","The song of Simeon (Luke ii. 29-32), used in the ritual of manychurches. It begins with these words in the Vulgate."
"NUNCHION","A portion of food taken at or after noon, usually between fullmeals; a luncheon. [Written also noonshun.] Hudibras."
"NUNCIATE","One who announces; a messenger; a nuncio. [Obs.] Hoole."
"NUNCIATURE","The office of a nuncio. Clarendon."
"NUNCUPATION","The act of nuncupating. [Obs.]"
"NUNCUPATORY","Nuncupative; oral."
"NUNDINAL","A nundinal letter."
"NUNDINATE","To buy and sell at fairs or markets. [Obs.]"
"NUNDINATION","Traffic at fairs; marketing; buying and selling. [Obs.]Common nundination of pardons. Abp. Bramhall."
"NUNNATION","The pronunciation of n at the end of words."
"NUNNERY","A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in whichwomen reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, andConvent."
"NUNNISH","Of, pertaining to, or resembling a nun; characteristic of anun.-- Nun'nish*ness, n."
"NUP","Same as Nupson. [Obs.]"
"NUPHAR","A genus of plants found in the fresh-water ponds or lakes ofEurope, Asia, and North America; the yellow water lily. Cf. Nymphaea."
"NUPSON","A simpleton; a fool. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"NUPTIAL","Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as,nuptial rites and ceremonies.Then, all in heat, They light the nuptial torch. Milton."
"NUR","A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys inplaying hockey.I think I'm as hard as a nur, and as tough as whitleather. W. Howitt."
"NURL","To cut with reeding or fluting on the edge of, as coins, theheads of screws, etc.; to knurl."
"NURSE","A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander whenthe captain is unfit for his place."
"NURSEHOUND","See Houndfish."
"NURSEMAID","A girl employed to attend children."
"NURSEPOND","A pond where fish are fed. Walton."
"NURSER","One who nurses; a nurse; one who cherishes or encouragesgrowth."
"NURSERYMAN","One who cultivates or keeps a nursery, or place for rearingtrees, etc."
"NURSING","Supplying or taking nourishment from, or as from, the breast;as, a nursing mother; a nursing infant."
"NURSLING","One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling.I was his nursling once, and choice delight. Milton."
"NURSTLE","To nurse. See Noursle. [Obs.]"
"NUSTLE","To fondle; to cherish. [Obs.]"
"NUT","The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond,walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard andindehiscent shell inclosing a kernel."
"NUT-BROWN","Brown as a nut long kept and dried. 'The spicy nutbrown ale.'Milton."
"NUTANT","Nodding; having the top bent downward."
"NUTATION","A very small libratory motion of the earth's axis, by which itsinclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly varying by asmall amount."
"NUTGALL","A more or less round gall resembling a nut, esp. one of thoseproduced on the oak and used in the arts. See Gall, Gallnut."
"NUTHATCH","Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as theEuropean species (Sitta Europ\u00e6a). The white-breasted nuthatch (S.Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (S. Canadensis), the pygmynuthatch (S. pygm\u00e6a), and others, are American."
"NUTJOBBER","The nuthatch. [Prov. Eng.]"
"NUTLET","A small nut; also, the stone of a drupe."
"NUTMEG","The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree (Myristicafragrans), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewherein the tropics."
"NUTMEGGED","Seasoned with nutmeg."
"NUTPECKER","The nuthatch."
"NUTRIA","The fur of the coypu. See Coypu."
"NUTRICATION","The act or manner of feeding. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"NUTRIENT","Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.-- n."
"NUTRIMENTAL","Nutritious."
"NUTRITIAL","Pertaining to, or connected with, nutrition; nutritious. [Obs.]Chapman."
"NUTRITION","In the broadest sense, a process or series of processes bywhich the living organism as a whole (or its component parts ororgans) is maintained in its normal condition of life and growth."
"NUTRITIONAL","Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, nutritional changes."
"NUTRITIOUS","Nourishing; promoting growth, or preventing decay; alimental.-- Nu*tri'tious*ly, adv.-- Nu*tri'tious*ness, n."
"NUTRITIVE","Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions;having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental;as, nutritive food or berries. Nutritive plasma. (Biol.) SeeIdioplasma.-- Nutritive polyp (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of the zooids of a compoundhydroid, or coral, which has a mouth and digestive cavity.-- Nu'tri*tive*ly, adv.-- Nu'tri*tive*ness, n."
"NUTRITURE","Nutrition; nourishment. [Obs.] Harvey."
"NUTSHELL","A shell of the genus Nucula. To be, or lie, in a nutshell, tobe within a small compass; to admit of very brief or simpledetermination or statement. 'The remedy lay in a nutshell.' Macaulay."
"NUTTER","A gatherer of nuts."
"NUTTING","The act of gathering nuts."
"NUX VOMICA","The seed of Strychnos Nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on theMalabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From this seed thedeadly poisons known as strychnine and brucine are obtained. Theseeds are sometimes called Quaker buttons."
"NUZZLE","To nestle; to house, as in a nest."
"NY","Not I; nor I. [Obs.]"
"NYAS","See Nias."
"NYCTALOPS","One afflicted with nyctalopia."
"NYCTALOPY","Same as Nyctalopia."
"NYCTHEMERON","The natural day and night, or space of twenty-four hours."
"NYCTIBUNE","A South American bird of the genus Nyctibius, allied to thegoatsuckers."
"NYCTITROPIC","Turning or bending at night into special positions."
"NYCTITROPISM","The tendency of certain plant organs, as leaves, to assumespecial 'sleeping' positions or make curvatures under the influenceof darkness. It is well illustrated in the leaflets of clover andother leguminous plants."
"NYCTOPHILE","Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a verysimple nasal appendage."
"NYE","A brood or flock of pheasants."
"NYENTEK","A carnivorous mannual (Helictis moscatus, or H. orientalis),native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe,and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor."
"NYMPH","A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters.Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the headof your loved Lycidas Milton."
"NYMPHA","Same as Nymph, 3."
"NYMPHAEA","A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue,pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily andthe Egyptia lotus."
"NYMPHAL","Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs; nymphean."
"NYMPHALES","An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, thesatyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called alsobrush-footed butterflies."
"NYMPHEAN","Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited bynymphs; as, a nymphean cave."
"NYMPHET","A little or young nymph. [Poetic] 'The nymphets sportingthere.' Drayton."
"NYMPHIPAROUS","Producing pupas or nymphs."
"NYMPHISH","Relating to nymphs; ladylike. 'Nymphish war.' Drayton."
"NYMPHOLEPSY","A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon onewho had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy. [R.] De Quincey.The nympholepsy of some fond despair. Byron."
"NYMPHOLEPTIC","Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied.[Poetic]"
"NYMPHOMANIA","Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constitutinga true disease."
"NYMPHOMANY","Same as Nymphomania."
"NYMPHOTOMY","Excision of the nymph\u00e6."
"NYS","Is not. See Nis. Chaucer. Spenser."
"NYSTAGMUS","A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs."
"NYULA","A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur isbeautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings."
"O","A prefix to Irish family names, which signifies grandson ordescendant of, and is a character of dignity; as, O'Neil, O'Carrol."
"OAD","See Woad. [Obs.] Coles."
"OAF","Originally, an elf's child; a changeling left by fairies orgoblins; hence, a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an idiot."
"OAFISH","Like an oaf; simple.-- Oaf'ish*ness, n."
"OAK","Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternateleaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. Thefruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or lessinclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are nowrecognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occurin the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other partsof North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts ofSouth America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grandproportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard andtough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming thesilver grain."
"OAKEN","Made or consisting of oaks or of the wood of oaks. 'In oakenbower.' Milton.Oaken timber, wherewith to build ships. Bacon."
"OAKER","See Ocher. [Obs.] Spenser."
"OAKLING","A young oak. Evelyn."
"OAKY","Resembling oak; strong. Bp. Hall."
"OAR","An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates. Oar cock(Zo\u00f6l), the water rail. [Prov. Eng.] -- Spoon oar, an oar having theblade so curved as to afford a better hold upon the water in rowing.-- To boat the oars, to cease rowing, and lay the oars in the boat.-- To feather the oars. See under Feather., v. t.-- To lie on the oars, to cease pulling, raising the oars out ofwater, but not boating them; to cease from work of any kind; to beidle; to rest.-- To muffle the oars, to put something round that part which restsin the rowlock, to prevent noise in rowing.-- To put in one's oar, to give aid or advice; -- commonly used of aperson who obtrudes aid or counsel not invited.-- To ship the oars, to place them in the rowlocks.-- To toss the oars, To peak the oars, to lift them from therowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on thebottom of the boat.-- To trail oars, to allow them to trail in the water alongside ofthe boat.-- To unship the oars, to take them out of the rowlocks."
"OAR-FOOTED","Having feet adapted for swimming."
"OARFISH","The ribbon fish."
"OARFOOT","Any crustacean of the genus Remipes."
"OARLESS","Without oars. Sylvester."
"OARLOCK","The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, inwhich the oar rests in rowing.  See Rowlock."
"OARSMAN","One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, an oar; a rower."
"OARSWEED","Any large seaweed of the genus Laminaria; tangle; kelp.  SeeKelp."
"OARY","Having the form or the use of an oar; as, the swan's oary feet.Milton. Addison."
"OASIS","A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandydesert."
"OAST","A kiln to dry hops or malt; a cockle. Mortimer."
"OATCAKE","A cake made of oatmeal."
"OATH","An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superiorsanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to anindictment for perjury if the statement be false."
"OATHABLE","Capable of having an oath administered to. [Obs.] Shak."
"OATHBREAKING","The violation of an oath; perjury. Shak"
"OATMEAL","A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass."
"OB-","A prefix signifying to, toward, before, against, reversely,etc.; also, as a simple intensive; as in oblige, to bind to;obstacle, something standing before; object, lit., to throw against;obovate, reversely, ovate. Ob- is commonly assimilated before c, f,g, and p, to oc-, of-, og-, and op-."
"OBBE","See Obi."
"OBCOMPRESSED","Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a wayopposite to the usual one."
"OBCORDATE","Heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end; inverselycordate: as, an obcordate petal or leaf."
"OBDIPLOSTEMONOUS","Having twice as many stamens as petals, those of the outer setbeing opposite the petals; -- said of flowers. Gray."
"OBDIPLOSTEMONY","The condition of being obdiplostemonous."
"OBDORMITION","Sleep. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"OBDUCE","To draw over, as a covering. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale."
"OBDUCT","To draw over; to cover. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"OBDUCTION",".The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering. [Obs.]"
"OBDURACY","The duality or state of being obdurate; invincible hardness ofheart; obstinacy. 'Obduracy and persistency.' Shak.The absolute completion of sin in final obduracy. South."
"OBDURATE","To harden. [Obs.]"
"OBDURATION","A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart. [Obs.]"
"OBDURE","To harden. [Obs.] Milton."
"OBE","See Obi."
"OBEAH","Same as Obi.-- a."
"OBEDIBLE","Obedient. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"OBEDIENCIARY","One yielding obedience. [Obs.] Foxe."
"OBEDIENT","Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey;submissive to restraint, control, or command.And floating straight, obedient to the stream. Shak.The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due observance,wait the chief's command. Pope."
"OBEDIENTIAL","According to the rule of obedience. [R.]An obediental subjection to the Lord of Nature. Sir M. Hale."
"OBEDIENTLY","In an obedient manner; with obedience."
"OBEISANCY","See Obeisance. [Obs.]"
"OBEISANT","Ready to obey; reverent; differential; also, servilelysubmissive."
"OBELION","The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina wherethe closure of the sagittal suture usually begins."
"OBELISCAL","Formed like an obelisk."
"OBELISK","A mark of reference; -- called also dagger [&dag;]. See Dagger,n., 2."
"OBELIZE","To designate with an obelus; to mark as doubtful or spirituous.[R.]"
"OBELUS","A mark [thus ---, or \u00f7]; -- so called as resembling a needle.In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passagesor readings."
"OBEQUITATE","To ride about. [Obs.] -- Ob*eq`ui*ta'tion, n. [Obs.] Cockerman."
"OBERON","The king of the fairies, and husband of Titania or Queen Mab.Shak."
"OBERRATION","A wandering about. [Obs.] Jonhson."
"OBESE","Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy."
"OBESENESS","Quality of being obese; obesity."
"OBESITY","The state or quality of being obese; incumbrance of flesh."
"OBEY","To give obedience.Will he obey when one commands Tennyson."
"OBEYER","One who yields obedience. Holland."
"OBEYINGLY","Obediently; submissively."
"OBFIRMATION","Hardness of heart; obduracy. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"OBFUSCATE","Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [Obs.] [Written alsooffuscate.] Sir. T. Elyot."
"OBFUSCATION","The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of beingdarkened. 'Obfuscation of the cornea.' E. Darwin."
"OBIISM","Belief in, or the practice of, the obi superstitions and rites."
"OBIMBRICATE","Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward."
"OBITER","In passing; incidentally; by the way. Obiter dictum (Law), anincidental and collateral opinion uttered by a judge. See Dictum, n.,2(a)."
"OBITUAL","Of or pertaining to obits, or days when obits are celebrated;as, obitual days. Smart."
"OBITUARILY","In the manner of an obituary."
"OBITUARY","Of or pertaining to the death of a person or persons; as, anobituary notice; obituary poetry."
"OBJECT","To make opposition in words or argument; -- usually followed byto. Sir. T. More."
"OBJECTABLE","Such as can be presented in opposition; that may be put forwardas an objection. [R.]"
"OBJECTIFY","To cause to become an object; to cause to assume the characterof an object; to render objective. J. D. Morell."
"OBJECTIONABLE","Liable to objection; likely to be objected to or disapprovedof; offensive; as, objectionable words.-- Ob*jec'tion*a*bly, adv."
"OBJECTIST","One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy.Ed. Rev."
"OBJECTIVATE","To objectify."
"OBJECTIVATION","Converting into an object."
"OBJECTIVE","Of or pertaining to an object; contained in, or having thenature or position of, an object; outward; external; extrinsic; -- anepithet applied to whatever ir exterior to the mind, or which issimply an object of thought or feeling, and opposed to subjective.In the Middle Ages, subject meant substance, and has this sense inDescartes and Spinoza: sometimes, also, in Reid. Subjective is usedby William of Occam to denote that which exists independent of mind;objective, what is formed by the mind. This shows what is meant byrealitas objectiva in Descartes. Kant and Fichte have inverted themeanings. Subject, with them, is the mind which knows; object, thatwhich is known; subjective, the varying conditions of the knowingmind; objective, that which is in the constant nature of the thingknown. Trendelenburg.Objective means that which belongs to, or proceeds from, the objectknown, and not from the subject knowing, and thus denotes what isreal, in opposition to that which is ideal -- what exists in nature,in contrast to what exists merely in the thought of the individual.Sir. W. Hamilton.Objective has come to mean that which has independent exostence orauthority, apart from our experience or thought. Thus, moral law issaid to have objective authority, that is, authority belonging toitself, and not drawn from anything in our nature. Calderwood(Fleming's Vocabulary)."
"OBJECTIVELY","In the manner or state of an object; as, a determinate ideaobjectively in the mind."
"OBJECTIVENESS","Objectivity.Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external bodies, whichproduceth light Sir M. Hale"
"OBJECTIVITY","The state, quality, or relation of being objective; characterof the object or of the objective.The calm, the cheerfulness, the disinterested objectivity havedisappeared [in the life of the Greeks]. M. Arnold."
"OBJECTIZE","To make an object of; to regard as an object; to place in theposition of an object.In the latter, as objectized by the former, arise the emotions andaffections. Coleridge."
"OBJECTLESS","Having no object; purposeless."
"OBJECTOR","One who objects; one who offers objections to a proposition ormeasure."
"OBJIBWAYS","See Chippeways."
"OBJICIENT","One who makes objection; an objector. [R.] Cardinal Wiseman."
"OBJURATION","A binding by oath. [R.] Abp. Bramhall."
"OBJURGATE","To chide; to reprove."
"OBJURGATION","The act of objurgating; reproof.While the good lady was bestowing this objurgation on Mr.Ben Allen.Dickens.With a strong objurgation of the elbow in his ribs. Landor."
"OBJURGATORY","Designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressingreproof; culpatory. Bancroft.The objurgatory question of the Pharisees. Paley."
"OBLANCEOLATE","Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward thepoint of attachment more than toward the apex."
"OBLATE","Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblatespheroid."
"OBLATENESS","The quality or state of being oblate."
"OBLATIONER","One who makes an offering as an act worship or reverence. Dr.H. More."
"OBLATRATE","To bark or snarl, as a dog. [Obs.]"
"OBLATRATION","The act of oblatrating; a barking or snarling. Bp. Hall."
"OBLATUM","An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of anellipse about its minor axis. Cf. Oblongum."
"OBLECTATE","To delight; to please greatly. [Obs.]"
"OBLECTATION","The act of pleasing highly; the state of being greatly pleased;delight. [R.] Feltham."
"OBLIGABLE","Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy. [R.]The main difference between people seems to be, that one man can comeunder obligations on which you can rely, -- is obligable; and anotheris not. Emerson."
"OBLIGATION","A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty fornonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment of a dutyto pay a certain sum or do a certain things. Days of obligation. Seeunder Day."
"OBLIGATO","See Obbligato."
"OBLIGATORILY","In an obligatory manner; by reason of obligation. Foxe."
"OBLIGATORINESS","The quality or state of being obligatory."
"OBLIGATORY","Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation;requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followedby on or upon; as, obedience is obligatory on a soldier.As long as the law is obligatory, so long our obedience is due. Jer.Taylor."
"OBLIGEE","The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom abond is given. Blackstone."
"OBLIGEMENT","Obligation. [R.]I will not resist, therefore, whatever it is, either of divine orhuman obligement, that you lay upon me. Milton."
"OBLIGER","One who, or that which, obliges. Sir H. Wotton."
"OBLIGING","Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors;hence, helpful; civil; kind.Mons.Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very obliging to a strangerwho desires the sight of them. Addison."
"OBLIGOR","The person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another.Blackstone."
"OBLIQUE","An oblique line."
"OBLIQUE-ANGLED","Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle."
"OBLIQUELY","In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly. 'Truthobliquely leveled.' Bp. Fell.Declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burningray. PopeHis discourse tends obliquely to the detracting from others. Addison."
"OBLIQUENESS","Quality or state of being oblique."
"OBLITE","Indistinct; slurred over. [Obs.] 'Obscure and oblite mention.'Fuller."
"OBLITERATE","Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects."
"OBLITERATION","The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated;extinction. Sir. M. Hale."
"OBLITERATIVE","Tending or serving to obliterate."
"OBLOCUTOR","A disputer; a gainsayer. [Obs.] Bale."
"OBLONG","Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular."
"OBLONG-OVATE","Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter."
"OBLONGATA","The medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder."
"OBLONGATAL","Of or pertaining to the medulla oblongata; medullar."
"OBLONGISH","Somewhat oblong."
"OBLONGLY","In an oblong form."
"OBLONGNESS","State or quality of being oblong."
"OBLONGUM","A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of anellipse about its greater axis. Cf. Oblatum, and see Ellipsoid ofrevolution, under Ellipsoid."
"OBLOQUIOUS","Containing obloquy; reproachful [R.] Naunton."
"OBLUCTATION","A struggle against; resistance; opposition. [Obs.] Fotherby."
"OBNUBILATE","To cloud; to obscure. [Obs.] Burton.-- Ob*nu'bi*la'tion, n. [Obs.] Beddoes."
"OBOE","One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yetof great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone,somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded bymeans of a double reed; a hautboy. Oboe d'amore Etym: [It., lit.,oboe of love], and Oboe di caccia Etym: [It., lit., oboe of thechase], are names of obsolete modifications of the oboe, often foundin the scores of Bach and Handel."
"OBOIST","A performer on the oboe."
"OBOLARY","Possessing only small coins; impoverished. [R.] Lamb."
"OBOLE","A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of tengrains, or half a scruple. [Written also obol.]"
"OBOLIZE","See Obelize."
"OBOLO","A copper coin, used in the Ionian Islands, about one cent invalue."
"OBOMEGOID","Obversely omegoid."
"OBOVAL","Obovate."
"OBOVATE","Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, anobovate leaf."
"OBREPTION","The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise. Bell."
"OBREPTITIOUS","Done or obtained by surprise; with secrecy, or by concealmentof the truth. [R.] Cotgrave."
"OBROGATE","To annul indirectly by enacting a new and contrary law, insteadof by expressly abrogating or repealing the old one. [Obs.] Bailey."
"OBSCENITY","That quality in words or things which presents what isoffensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage oracts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of aspeech, or a picture.Mr.Cowley asserts plainly, that obscenity has no place in wit.Dryden.No pardon vile obscenity should find. Pope."
"OBSCURANT","One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders theprogress of knowledge and wisdom. Coleridge."
"OBSCURANTISM","The system or the principles of the obscurants. C. Kingsley."
"OBSCURANTIST","Same as Obscurant. Ed. Rev."
"OBSCURATION","The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured;as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse. Sir J. Herschel."
"OBSCURE","To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark;to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious,beautiful, or illustrious.They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscuredlights. Shak.Why, 't is an office of discovery, love, And I should be obscured.Shak.There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured by the writingsof learned men as this. Wake.And seest not sin obscures thy godlike frame Dryden."
"OBSCURELY","In an obscure manner. Milton."
"OBSCUREMENT","The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured;obscuration. Pomfret."
"OBSCURENESS","Obscurity. Bp. Hall."
"OBSCURER","One who, or that which, obscures."
"OBSCURITY","The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy;inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty.Yuo are not for obscurity designed. Dryden.They were now brought forth from obscurity, to be contemplated byartists with admiration and despair. Macaulay."
"OBSECRATE","To beseech; to supplicate; to implore. [R.]. Cockerman."
"OBSECRATION","A figure of speech in which the orator implores the assistanceof God or man."
"OBSECRATORY","Expressing, or used in, entreaty; supplicatory. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"OBSEQUENT","Obedient; submissive; obsequious. [Obs.] Fotherby."
"OBSEQUIENCE","Obsequiousness. [R.]"
"OBSEQUIES","See Obsequy."
"OBSEQUIOUS","Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal. [R.] 'To do obsequioussorrow.' Shak."
"OBSEQUIOUSNESS","The quality or state of being obsequious. South."
"OBSERVABLE","Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable;remarkable. Sir. T. Browne.The difference is sufficiently observable. Southey.-- Ob*serv'a*ble*ness, n.-- Ob*serv'a*bly, adv."
"OBSERVANCY","Observance. [Obs.]"
"OBSERVANDUM","A thing to be observed. Swift."
"OBSERVANT","An Observantine."
"OBSERVANTINE","One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess toadhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of thefounder, especially as to poverty; -- called also Observants."
"OBSERVANTLY","In an observant manner."
"OBSERVATION CAR","A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing thescenery en route; a car open, or with glass sides, or with a kind ofopen balcony at the rear."
"OBSERVATIONAL","Of a pertaining to observation; consisting of, or containing,observations. Chalmers."
"OBSERVATIVE","Observing; watchful."
"OBSERVATORY","A lookout on a flank of a battery whence an officer can notethe range and effect of the fire. Farrow."
"OBSERVERSHIP","The office or work of an observer."
"OBSERVING","Giving particular attention; habitually attentive to whatpasses; as, an observing person; an observing mind.-- Ob*serv'ing*ly, adv."
"OBSESS","To besiege; to beset. Sir T. Elyot."
"OBSIDIAN","A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a blackcolor, and opaque, except in thin splinters."
"OBSIDIONAL","Of or pertaining to a siege. Obsidional crown (Rom.Antiq.), acrown bestowed upon a general who raised the siege of a beleagueredplace, or upon one who held out against a siege."
"OBSIGILLATION","A sealing up. [Obs.] Maunder."
"OBSIGN","To seal; to confirm, as by a seal or stamp. [Obs.] Bradford."
"OBSIGNATE","To seal; to ratify. [Obs.] Barrow."
"OBSIGNATION","The act of sealing or ratifying; the state of being sealed orconfirmed; confirmation, as by the Holy Spirit.The spirit of manifestation will but upbraid you in the shame andhorror of a sad eternity, if you have not the spirit of obsignation.Jer. Taylor."
"OBSIGNATORY","Ratifying; confirming by sealing. [Obs.] Samuel Ward (1643)"
"OBSOLESCE","To become obsolescent. [R.] Fitzed. Hall."
"OBSOLESCENCE","The state of becoming obsolete."
"OBSOLESCENT","Going out of use; becoming obsolete; passing into desuetude."
"OBSOLETE","Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed;abortive."
"OBSOLETELY","In an obsolete manner."
"OBSOLETENESS","Indistinctness; want of development."
"OBSOLETISM","A disused word or phrase; an archaism. Fitzed. Hall."
"OBSTACLE","That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that hindersprogress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or moral.If all obstacles were cut away. And that my path were even to thecrown. Shak."
"OBSTANCY","Opposition; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"OBSTETRICATE","To perform the office of midwife. [Obs.] 'Nature doesobstetricate.' Evelyn."
"OBSTETRICATION","The act of assisting as a midwife; delivery. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"OBSTETRICIAN","One skilled in obstetrics; an accoucheur."
"OBSTETRICIOUS","Serving to assist childbirth; obstetric; hence, facilitatingany bringing forth or deliverance. [Obs.]Yet is all human teaching but maieutical, or obstetricious. Cudworth."
"OBSTETRICS","The science of midwifery; the art of assisting women inparturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth."
"OBSTETRICY","Obstetrics. [R.] Dunglison."
"OBSTINATION","Obstinacy; stubbornness. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"OBSTIPATION","Extreme constipation. [Obs.] Hooper."
"OBSTREPEROUS","Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous;noisy; vociferous. 'The obstreperous city.' Wordsworth. 'Obstreperousapprobation.' Addison.Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. B. Jonson.-- Ob*strep'er*ous*ly, adv.-- Ob*strep'er*ous*ness, n."
"OBSTRICTION","The state of being constrained, bound, or obliged; that whichconstrains or obliges; obligation; bond. [R.] Milton."
"OBSTRINGE","To constrain; to put under obligation. [R.] Bp. Gardiner."
"OBSTRUCTER","One who obstructs or hinders."
"OBSTRUCTIONISM","The act or the policy of obstructing progress. Lond. Lit.World."
"OBSTRUCTIONIST","One who hinders progress; one who obstructs business, as in alegislative body.-- a."
"OBSTRUCTIVE","Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causingimpediment.-- Ob*struct'ive*ly, adv."
"OBSTRUENT","Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruentmedicine. Johnson."
"OBSTUPEFACTION","See Stupefaction. [Obs.] Howell."
"OBSTUPEFACTIVE","Stupefactive. [Obs.]"
"OBSTUPEFY","See Stupefy. [Obs.]"
"OBTAINABLE","Capable of being obtained."
"OBTAINER","One who obtains."
"OBTAINMENT","The act or process of obtaining; attainment. Milton."
"OBTECTED","Covered with a hard chitinous case, as the pupa of certainfiles."
"OBTEMPER","To obey (a judgment or decree)."
"OBTEMPERATE","To obey. [Obs.] Johnson."
"OBTENEBRATION","The act of darkening; the state of being darkened; darkness.[Obs.]In every megrim or vertigo, there is an obtenebration joined with asemblance of turning round. Bacon."
"OBTENSION","The act of obtending. [Obs.] Johnson."
"OBTEST","To protest. [R.] E. Waterhouse."
"OBTESTATION","The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation. [R.]Antonio asserted this with great obtestation. Evelyn."
"OBTRECTATION","Slander; detraction; calumny. [Obs.] Barrow."
"OBTRUDE","To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; tointrude."
"OBTRUDER","One who obtrudes. Boyle."
"OBTRUNCATE","To deprive of a limb; to lop. [R.]"
"OBTRUNCATION","The act of lopping or cutting off. [R.] Cockeram."
"OBTRUSIONIST","One who practices or excuses obtrusion. [R.] Gent. Mag."
"OBTRUSIVE","Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust one's selfor one's opinions upon others, or to enter uninvited; forward;pushing; intrusive.-- Ob*tru'sive*ly, adv.-- Ob*tru'sive*ness, n.Not obvious, not obtrusive, but retired. Milton."
"OBTUND","To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; toblunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall.[Archaic] Harvey.They...have filled all our law books with the obtunding story oftheir suits and trials. Milton."
"OBTUNDENT","A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation,usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly the sameas demulcent. Forsyth."
"OBTUNDER","That which obtunds or blunts; especially, that which bluntssensibility."
"OBTURATE","To stop or close, as an opening; specif., (Ordnance),"
"OBTURATION","The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening. 'Deaf by anoutward obturation.' Bp. Hall."
"OBTURATOR","An apparatus designed to close an unnatural opening, as afissure of the palate."
"OBTUSANGULAR","See Obstuseangular."
"OBTUSE","Having an obtuse angle; as, an obtuse-angled triangle."
"OBTUSELY","In an obtuse manner."
"OBTUSENESS","State or quality of being obtuse."
"OBTUSITY","Obtuseness. Lond. Quart. Rev."
"OBUMBRANT","Overhanging; as, obumbrant feathers."
"OBUMBRATE","To shade; to darken; to cloud. [R.] Howell."
"OBUMBRATION","Act of darkening or obscuring. [R.] Sir T. More."
"OBUNCOUS","Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree. Maunder."
"OBVENTION","The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually;an incidental advantage; an occasional offering. [Obs.] 'Tithes andother obventions.' Spenser.Legacies bequeathed by the deaths of princes and great persons, andother casualities and obventions. Fuller."
"OBVERSANT","Conversant; familiar. [Obs.] Bacon."
"OBVERSE","Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than thetop, as a leaf."
"OBVERSELY","In an obverse manner."
"OBVERSION","The act of immediate inference, by which we deny the oppositeof anything which has been affirmed; as, all men are mortal; then, byobversion, no men are immortal. This is also described as 'immediateinference by privative conception.' Bain."
"OBVERT","To turn toward.If its base be obverted towards us. I. Watts."
"OBVIATION","The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated."
"OBVIOUS","Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, inbotany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edgeoverlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to acircle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap."
"OBY","See Obi."
"OCA","A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (O. crenata, andO. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers."
"OCARINA","A kind of small simple wind instrument."
"OCCAMY","An alloy imitating gold or silver. [Written also ochimy,ochymy, etc.]"
"OCCASION","To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, tooccasion anxiety. South.If we inquire what it is that occasions men to make severalcombinations of simple ideas into distinct modes. Locke."
"OCCASIONABLE","Capable of being occasioned or caused. Barrow."
"OCCASIONALISM","The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certaintheories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to theintervention of the First Cause, by which they account for theapparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body."
"OCCASIONALITY","Quality or state of being occasional; occasional occurrence.[R.]"
"OCCASIONALLY","In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as conveniencerequires or opportunity offers; not regularly. Stewart.The one, Wolsey, directly his subject by birth; the other, hissubject occasionally by his preferment. Fuller."
"OCCASIONATE","To occasion. [Obs.]The lowest may occasionate much ill. Dr. H. More."
"OCCASIONER","One who, or that which, occasions, causes, or produces. Bp.Sanderson."
"OCCASIVE","Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending;western."
"OCCECATION","The act of making blind, or the state of being blind. [R.]'This inward occecation.' Bp. Hall."
"OCCIDENT","The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in theevening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; --opposed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposedto Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere. Chaucer.I may wander from east to occident. Shak."
"OCCIDENTALS","Western Christians of the Latin rite. See Orientals. Shipley."
"OCCIDUOUS","Western; occidental. [R.] Blount."
"OCCIPITAL","Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, orto the occipital bone. Occipital bone (Anat.), the bone which formsthe posterior segment of the skull and surrounds the great foramen bywhich the spinal cord leaves the cranium. In the higher vertebratesit is usually composed of four bones, which become consolidated inthe adult.-- Occipital point (Anat.), the point of the occiput in the mesialplane farthest from the ophryon."
"OCCIPITO-","A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near, theocciput; as, occipito-axial; occipito-mastoid."
"OCCIPITOAXIAL","Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, oraxis."
"OCCIPUT","The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the regionof the occipital bone."
"OCCISION","A killing; the act of killing. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale."
"OCCLUDE","To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially withrespect to gases; as iron, platinum, and palladium occlude largevolumes of hydrogen."
"OCCLUDENT","Serving to close; shutting up.-- n."
"OCCLUSE","Shut; closed. [Obs.] Holder."
"OCCLUSION","The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening;imperforation. Dunglison. Occlusion of gases (Chem. & Physics), thephenomenon of absorbing gases, as exhibited by platinum, palladium,iron, or charcoal; thus, palladium absorbs, or occludes, nearly athousand times its own volume of hydrogen, and in this case achemical compound seems to be formed."
"OCCRUSTATE","To incrust; to harden. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"OCCULT","Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret;concealed; unknown.It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as toescape observation. I. Taylor.Occult line (Geom.), a line drawn as a part of the construction of afigure or problem, but not to appear in the finished plan.-- Occult qualities, those qualities whose effects only wereobserved, but the nature and relations of whose productive agencieswere undetermined; -- so called by the schoolmen.-- Occult sciences, those sciences of the Middle Ages which relatedto the supposed action or influence of occult qualities, orsupernatural powers, as alchemy, magic, necromancy, and astrology."
"OCCULTATION","The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention ofsome other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipsesof stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellitesof planets by their primaries."
"OCCULTED","Concealed by the intervention of some other heavenly body, as astar by the moon."
"OCCULTING","Same as Occultation."
"OCCULTISM","A certain Oriental system of theosophy. A. P. Sinnett."
"OCCULTIST","An adherent of occultism."
"OCCULTLY","In an occult manner."
"OCCULTNESS","State or quality of being occult."
"OCCUPANCY","The act of taking or holding possession; possession;occupation. Title by occupancy (Law), a right of property acquired bytaking the first possession of a thing, or possession of a thingwhich belonged to nobody, and appropriating it. Blackstone. Kent."
"OCCUPATE","To occupy. [Obs.] Bacon."
"OCCURRENT","Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental."
"OCCURSE","Same as Occursion. [Obs.] Bentley."
"OCCURSION","A meeting; a clash; a collision. [Obs.] Boyle."
"OCEAN","Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves;an ocean stream. Milton."
"OCEANOGRAPHY","A description of the ocean."
"OCEANOLOGY","That branch of science which relates to the ocean."
"OCEANUS","The god of the great outer sea, or the river which was believedto flow around the whole earth."
"OCELLARY","Of or pertaining to ocelli."
"OCELLATE","Same as Ocellated."
"OCELOID","Resembling the ocelot."
"OCELOT","An American feline carnivore (Felis pardalis). It ranges fromthe Southwestern United States to Patagonia. It is covered withblackish ocellated spots and blotches, which are variously arranged.The ground color varies from reddish gray to tawny yellow."
"OCHERY","Ocherous. [Written also ochrey, ochry.]"
"OCHIMY","See Occamy."
"OCHLESIS","A general morbid condition induced by the crowding together ofmany persons, esp. sick persons, under one roof. G. Gregory."
"OCHLOCRACY","A form of government by the multitude; a mobocracy. Hare."
"OCHRACEOUS","Ocherous."
"OCHRE","See Ocher."
"OCHREA","A greave or legging."
"OCHREOUS","See Ocherous."
"OCHREY","See Ochery."
"OCHROLEUCOUS","Yellowish white; having a faint tint of dingy yellow. Gray."
"OCHRY","See Ochery."
"OCHYMY","See Occamy."
"OCRA","See Okra."
"OCREA","See Ochrea."
"OCTA-","A prefix meaning eight. See Octo-."
"OCTACHORD","An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones. [Alsowritten octochord.]"
"OCTAD","An atom or radical which has a valence of eight, or isoctavalent."
"OCTAEDRAL","See Octahedral."
"OCTAEMERON","A fast of eight days before a great festival. Shipley."
"OCTAGON","A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles."
"OCTAGONAL","Having eight sides and eight angles."
"OCTAGYNOUS","Having eight pistils or styles; octogynous."
"OCTAHEDRAL","Having eight faces or sides; of, pertaining to, or formed in,octahedrons; as, octahedral cleavage. Octahedral borax (Chem.), boraxobtained from a saturated solution in octahedral crystals, whichcontain five molecules of water of crystallization; distinguishedfrom common or prismatic borax.-- Octahedral iron ore (Min.), magnetite."
"OCTAHEDRITE","Titanium dioxide occurring in acute octahedral crystals."
"OCTAHEDRON","A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron iscontained by eight equal equilateral triangles."
"OCTAMEROUS","Having the parts in eights; as, an octamerous flower;octamerous mesenteries in polyps."
"OCTAMETER","A verse containing eight feet; as, --Deep'' in|to'' the | dark''ness | peer''ing, | long'' I | stood''there | wond'''ring, | fear''ing. Poe."
"OCTANDER","One of the Octandria."
"OCTANDRIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants, in which the flowers have eightstamens not united to one another or to the pistil."
"OCTANE","Any one of a group of metametric hydrocarcons (C8H18) of themethane series. The most important is a colorless, volatile,inflammable liquid, found in petroleum, and a constituent of benzeneor ligroin."
"OCTANGULAR","Having eight angles; eight-angled.-- Oc*tan'gu*lar*ness, n."
"OCTANT","The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees."
"OCTAPLA","A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3dcentury, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it,arranged in eight parallel columns."
"OCTAROON","See Octoroon."
"OCTASTYLE","See Octostyle."
"OCTATEUCH","A collection of eight books; especially, the first eight booksof the Old Testament. [R.]"
"OCTAVALENT","Having a valence of eight; capable of being combined with,exchanged for, or compared with, eight atoms of hydrogen; -- said ofcertain atoms or radicals."
"OCTAVE","The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verseseach; a stanza of eight lines.With mournful melody it continued this octave. Sir P. Sidney.Double octave. (Mus.) See under Double.-- Octave flute (Mus.), a small flute, the tones of which range anoctave higher than those of the German or ordinary flute; -- calledalso piccolo. See Piccolo."
"OCTAVO","A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eightleaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book somade; -- usually written 8vo or 8\u00ba."
"OCTENE","Same as Octylene."
"OCTENNIAL","Happening every eighth year; also, lasting a period of eightyears. Johnson.-- Oc*ten'ni*al*ly, adv."
"OCTET","A composition for eight parts, usually for eight soloinstruments or voices."
"OCTIC","Of the eighth degree or order.-- n. (Alg.)"
"OCTILE","Same as Octant, 2. [R.]"
"OCTILLION","According to the French method of numeration (which method isfollowed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unitwith twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method,the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. SeeNumeration."
"OCTOATE","A salt of an octoic acid; a caprylate."
"OCTOCERA","Octocerata."
"OCTOCERATA","A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, andallied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called alsoOctopoda."
"OCTOCHORD","See Octachord."
"OCTODECIMO","Having eighteen leaves to a sheet; as, an octodecimo form,book, leaf, size, etc."
"OCTODENTATE","Having eight teeth."
"OCTODONT","Of or pertaining to the Octodontid\u00e6, a family of rodents whichincludes the coypu, and many other South American species."
"OCTOEDRICAL","See Octahedral. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"OCTOFID","Cleft or separated into eight segments, as a calyx."
"OCTOGAMY","A marrying eight times. [R.] Chaucer."
"OCTOGENARIAN","A person eighty years, or more, of age."
"OCTOGENARY","Of eighty years of age. 'Being then octogenary.' Aubrey."
"OCTOGILD","A pecuniary compensation for an injury, of eight times thevalue of the thing."
"OCTOGONAL","See Octagonal. [Obs.]"
"OCTOGYNIA","A Linnaean order of plants having eight pistils."
"OCTOIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, octane; -- usedspecifically, to designate any one of a group of acids, the mostimportant of which is called caprylic acid."
"OCTOLOCULAR","Having eight cells for seeds."
"OCTONAPHTHENE","A colorless liquid hydrocarbon of the octylene series,occurring in Caucasian petroleum."
"OCTONARY","Of or pertaining to the number eight. Dr. H. More."
"OCTONOCULAR","Having eight eyes. Derham."
"OCTOPEDE","An animal having eight feet, as a spider."
"OCTOPETALOUS","Having eight petals or flower leaves."
"OCTOPOD","One of the Octocerata."
"OCTOPODIA","Same as Octocerata."
"OCTOPUS","A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species,some of them of large size. See Devilfish,"
"OCTORADIATED","Having eight rays."
"OCTOROON","The offspring of a quadroon and a white person; a mestee."
"OCTOSPERMOUS","Containing eight seeds."
"OCTOSTICHOUS","In eight vertical ranks, as leaves on a stem."
"OCTOSTYLE","Having eight columns in the front; -- said of a temple orportico. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek temples arehexastele. See Hexastyle.-- n."
"OCTOSYLLABLE","Octosyllabic."
"OCTOYL","A hypothetical radical (C8H15O), regarded as the essentialresidue of octoic acid."
"OCTUOR","See Octet. [R.]"
"OCTUPLE","Eightfold."
"OCTYL","A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essentialresidue of octane, and as entering into its derivatives; as, octylalcohol."
"OCTYLENE","Any one of a series of metameric hydrocarbons (C8H16) of theethylene series. In general they are combustible, colorless liquids."
"OCTYLIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, octyl; as, octylicether."
"OCULAR","Of or pertaining to the eye; optic."
"OCULARLY","By the eye, or by actual sight."
"OCULARY","Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; optic; as, ocularymedicines. Holland."
"OCULIFORM","In the form of an eye; resembling an eye; as, an oculiformpebble."
"OCULINA","A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a veryvolid texture."
"OCULINACEA","A suborder of corals including many reef-building species,having round, starlike calicles."
"OCULIST","One skilled in treating diseases of the eye."
"OCULO-","A combining form from L. oculus the eye."
"OCULOMOTOR","Of or pertaining to the movement of the eye; -- appliedespecially to the common motor nerves (or third pair of cranialnerves) which supply many of the muscles of the orbit.-- n."
"OCULONASAL","Of or pertaining to the region of the eye and the nose; as, theoculonasal, or nasal, nerve, one of the branches of the ophthalmic."
"OCULUS","A round window, usually a small one."
"OCYPODIAN","One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand alongthe seashore, and run very rapidly, -- whence the name."
"OD","An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach andothers, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed byvarious agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vitalaction, etc.; -- called also odyle or the odylic force. [Archaic]That od force of German Reichenbach Which still, from female fingertips, burnt blue. Mrs. Browning."
"ODAL","Among the early and medieval Teutonic peoples, esp.Scandinavians, the heritable land held by the various odalmenconstituting a family or kindred of freeborn tribesmen; also, theownership of such land. The odal was subject only to certain rightsof the family or kindred in restricting the freedom of transfer orsale and giving certain rights of redemption in case of change ofownership by inheritance, etc., and perhaps to other rights of thekindred or the tribe. Survivals of the early odal estates and tenureexist in Orkney and Shetland, where it is usually called by thevariant form udal."
"ODALISQUE","A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan.[Written also odahlic, odalisk, and odalik.]Not of those that men desire, sleek Odalisques, or oracles of mode.Tennyson."
"ODD FELLOW","A member of a secret order, or fraternity, styled theIndependent Order of Odd Fellows, established for mutual aid andsocial enjoyment."
"ODDLY","In a manner measured by an odd number."
"ODDMENT","An odd thing, or one that is left over, disconnected,fragmentary, or the like; something that is separated or disconnectedfrom its fellows; esp. (in pl.),"
"ODE","A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung;a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noblesentiment and appropriate dignity of style.Hangs odes upon hawthorns and elegies on brambles. Shak.O! run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at hisblessed feet. Milton.Ode factor, one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; -- usedcontemptuously."
"ODELET","A little or short ode."
"ODELSTHING","The lower house of the Norwegian Storthing. See Legislature."
"ODEON","A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatictheater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted theirworks to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; --hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramaticperformances."
"ODEUM","See Odeon."
"ODIBLE","Fitted to excite hatred; hateful. [Obs.] Bale."
"ODIC","Of or pertaining to od. See Od. [Archaic] -- Od'ic*al*ly, adv."
"ODIN","The supreme deity of the Scandinavians; -- the same as Woden,of the German tribes.There in the Temple, carved in wood, The image of great Odin stood.Longfellow."
"ODINIC","Of or pertaining to Odin."
"ODINISM","Worship of Odin; broadly, the Teutonic heathenism. --O'din*ist, n."
"ODIST","A writer of an ode or odes."
"ODIZE","To charge with od. See Od. [Archaic]"
"ODMYL","A volatile liquid obtained by boiling sulphur with linseed oil.It has an unpleasant garlic odor."
"ODOMETER","An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measurethe distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, whichregisters the miles and rods traversed."
"ODOMETRICAL","Of or pertaining to the odometer, or to measurements made withit."
"ODOMETROUS","Serving to measure distance on a road. [R.] Sydney Smith."
"ODOMETRY","Measurement of distances by the odometer."
"ODONATA","The division of insects that includes the dragon flies."
"ODONTALGIA","Toothache."
"ODONTALGIC","Of or pertaining to odontalgia.-- n."
"ODONTALGY","Same as Odontalgia."
"ODONTIASIS","Cutting of the teeth; dentition."
"ODONTO-","A combining form from Gr."
"ODONTOBLAST","One of the more or less columnar cells on the outer surface ofthe pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast. They are supposed to beconnected with the formation of dentine."
"ODONTOCETE","A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins,etc.; the toothed whales."
"ODONTOGENY","Generetion, or mode of development, of the teeth."
"ODONTOGRAPH","An instrument for marking or laying off the outlines of teethof gear wheels."
"ODONTOGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to odontography."
"ODONTOGRAPHY","A description of the teeth."
"ODONTOLCAE","An extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds having teeth,which are set in a groove in the jaw. It includes Hesperornis, andallied genera. See Hesperornis. [Written also Odontholcae, andOdontoholcae.]"
"ODONTOLITE","A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of iron. Itis used as an imitation of turquoise, and hence called boneturquoise."
"ODONTOLOGY","The science which treats of the teeth, their structure anddevelopment."
"ODONTOPHORA","Same as Cephalophora."
"ODONTOPHORE","A special structure found in the mouth of most mollusks, exceptbivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage whichsupports a chitinous radula, or lingual ribbon, armed with teeth.Also applied to the radula alone. See Radula."
"ODONTOPHOROUS","Having an odontophore."
"ODONTOPLAST","An odontoblast."
"ODONTOPTERYX","An extinct Eocene bird having the jaws strongly serrated, ordentated, but destitute of true teeth. It was found near London."
"ODONTORNITHES","A group of Mesozoic birds having the jaws armed with teeth, asin most other vertebrates. They have been divided into three orders:Odontolc\u00e6, Odontotorm\u00e6, and Saurur\u00e6."
"ODONTOSTOMATOUS","Having toothlike mandibles; -- applied to certain insects."
"ODONTOTORMAE","An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in sockets,as in the genus Ichthyornis. See Ichthyornis."
"ODOR","Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.Meseemed I smelt a garden of sweet flowers, That dainty odors fromthem threw around. Spenser.To be in bad odor, to be out of favor, or in bad repute."
"ODORAMENT","A perfume; a strong scent. [Obs.] Burton."
"ODORANT","Yielding odors; fragrant. Holland."
"ODORATE","Odorous. [Obos.] Bacon."
"ODORATING","Diffusing odor or scent; fragrant."
"ODORIFEROUS","Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent;fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes. Milton.-- O`dor*if'er*ous*ly, adv. --O`dor*if'er*ous*ness, n."
"ODORINE","A pungent oily substance obtained by redistilling bone oil.[Obs.]"
"ODORLESS","Free from odor."
"ODOROUS","Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor;fragrant; sweet-smelling. 'Odorous bloom.' Keble.Such fragrant flowers do give most odorous smell. Spenser.-- O'dor*ous*ly, adv.-- O'dor*ous*ness, n."
"ODS","A corruption of God's; -- formerly used in oaths andejaculatory phrases. 'Ods bodikin.' 'Ods pity.' Shak."
"ODYLIC","Of or pertaining to odyle; odic; as, odylic force. [Archaic]"
"ODYSSEY","An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return ofUlysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy."
"OE","a diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in theEnglish language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong oe. Inmany words in common use, e alone stands instead of oe. Classicistsprefer to write the diphthong oe separate in Latin words."
"OECOID","The colorless porous framework, or stroma, of red bloodcorpuscles from which the zooid, or hemoglobin and other substancesof the corpuscles, may be dissolved out."
"OECOLOGY","The various relations of animals and plants to one another andto the outer world."
"OECONOMICAL","See Economical."
"OECONOMICS","See Economics."
"OECONOMY","See Economy."
"OECUMENICAL","See Ecumenical."
"OEDEMA","A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissuebeneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneouscellular tissue. [Written also edema.]"
"OEDEMATOUS","Pertaining to, or of the nature of, edema; affected with edema."
"OEIL-DE-BOEUF","A circular or oval window; -- generally used of architecture ofthe 17th and 18th centuries. A famous room in the palace ofVersailles bears this name, from the oval window opening into it."
"OEIL-DE-PERDRIX","A glance of the eye; an amorous look. [Obs.]She gave strange oeillades and most speaking looks. Shak."
"OELET","An eye, bud, or shoot, as of a plant; an oilet. [Obs.] Holland."
"OENANTHATE","A salt of the supposed oenanthic acid."
"OENANTHIC","Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet ofwine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid whoseethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, oraroma, of old wine. Cf. OEnanthylic. OEnanthic acid, an acid obtainedfrom oenanthic ether by the action of alkalies.-- OEnanthic ether, an ethereal substance (not to be confused withthe bouquet, or aroma, of wine) found in wine lees, and consisting ofa complex mixture of the ethereal salts of several of the higheracids of the acetic acid series. It has an ethereal odor, and it usedin flavoring artificial wines and liquors. Called also oil of wine.See Essential oil, under Essential."
"OENANTHOL","An oily substance obtained by the distillation of castor oil,recognized as the aldehyde of oenanthylic acid, and hence called alsooenanthaldehyde."
"OENANTHONE","The ketone of oenanthic acid."
"OENANTHYL","A hydrocarbon radical formerly supposed to exist in oenanthicacid, now known to be identical with heptyl."
"OENANTHYLATE","A salt of oenanthylic acid; as, potassium oenanthylate."
"OENANTHYLIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, oenanthyl;specifically, designating an acid formerly supposed to be identicalwith the acid in oenanthic ether, but now known to be identical withheptoic acid."
"OENANTHYLIDENE","A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, having a garlic odor; heptine."
"OENANTHYLOUS","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid formerly supposed tobe the acid of oenanthylic ether, but now known to be a mixture ofhigher acids, especially capric acid. [Obs.]"
"OENOCYAN","The coloring matter of red wines."
"OENOLOGY","Knowledge of wine, scientific or practical."
"OENOMEL","Wine mixed with honey; mead, [R.]"
"OENOMETER","See Alcoholometer."
"OENOPHILIST","A lover of wine. [R.] Thackeray."
"OENOTHIONIC","Pertaining to an acid now called sulphovinic, or ethylsulphuric, acid."
"OERSTED","The C.G.S. unit of magnetic reluctance or resistance, equal tothe reluctance of a centimeter cube of air (or vacuum) betweenparallel faces. Also, a reluctance in which unit magnetomotive forcesets up unit flux."
"OESTRIAN","Of or pertaining to the gadflies.-- n."
"OESTRUAL","Of or pertaining to sexual desire; -- mostly applied to bruteanimals; as, the oestrual period; oestrual influence."
"OESTRUATION","The state of being under oestrual influence, or of havingsexual desire."
"OESTRUS","A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larv\u00e6 inthe nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis."
"OF","In a general sense, from, or out from; proceeding from;belonging to; relating to; concerning; -- used in a variety ofapplications; as:"
"OFF","In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:"
"OFFCUT","A portion ofthe printed sheet, in certain sizes of books, thatis cut off before folding."
"OFFENCE","See Offense."
"OFFEND","To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause tosin or to fall. [Obs.]Who hath you misboden or offended. Chaucer.If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out... And if thy right handoffend thee, cut it off. Matt. v. 29, 3O.Great peace have they which love thy law, and nothing shall offendthem. Ps. cxix. 165."
"OFFENDANT","An offender. [R.] Holland."
"OFFENDER","One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; awrongdoer.I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. 1 Kings i. 21."
"OFFENDRESS","A woman who offends. Shak."
"OFFENSEFUL","Causing offense; displeasing; wrong; as, an offenseful act.[R.]"
"OFFENSELESS","Unoffending; inoffensive."
"OFFENSIBLE","That may give offense. [Obs.]"
"OFFENSION","Assault; attack. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OFFENSIVE","The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack;aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed todefensive. To act on the offensive, to be the attacking party."
"OFFERABLE","Capable of being offered; suitable or worthy to be offered."
"OFFERER","One who offers; esp., one who offers something to God inworship. Hooker."
"OFFERTURE","Offer; proposal; overture. [Obs.]More offertures and advantages to his crown. Milton."
"OFFHAND","Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhandexcuses.-- adv."
"OFFICE","The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics dischargethe duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries,stables, etc. [Eng.]As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon."
"OFFICE WIRE","Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiringhouses, etc."
"OFFICEHOLDER","An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman."
"OFFICER","Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from awarrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See underField, General. etc.-- Officer of the day (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day, hascharge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and police of the postor camp.-- Officer of the deck, or Officer of the watch (Naut.), the officertemporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel, esp. a war vessel."
"OFFICIAL","Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia;appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug orpreparation. Cf. Officinal."
"OFFICIALISM","The state of being official; a system of official government;also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism.Officialism may often drift into blunders. Smiles."
"OFFICIALITY","See Officialty."
"OFFICIALLY","By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; inpursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office; as,accounts or reports officially vertified or rendered; lettersofficially communicated; persons officially notified."
"OFFICIALTY","The charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official.Ayliffe."
"OFFICIANT","The officer who officiates or performs an office, as the burialoffice. Shipley."
"OFFICIARY","Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official. [R.]Heylin."
"OFFICIATE","To act as an officer in performing a duty; to transact thebusiness of an office or public trust; to conduct a public service.Bp. Stillingfleet."
"OFFICIATOR","One who officiates. Tylor."
"OFFICINAL","Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs andmedicines as may be obtained without special preparation orcompounding; not magistral."
"OFFING","That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, orwhere there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance fromthe shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing; we saw a ship in theoffing."
"OFFISH","Shy or distant in manner. [Colloq. U.S.]"
"OFFLET","A pipe to let off water."
"OFFPRINT","A reprint or excerpt."
"OFFSCOURING","That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; thatwhich is vile or despised. Lam. iii. 45."
"OFFSCUM","Removed scum; refuse; dross."
"OFFSET","In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against,something; as: --"
"OFFSHOOT","That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel,family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree."
"OFFSHORE","From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal."
"OFFSKIP","That part of a landscape which recedes from the spectator intodistance. [R.] Fairholt."
"OFFTAKE","See Obfuscate, Obfuscation. [Obs.]"
"OFT","Often; frequently; not rarely; many times. [Poetic] Chaucer.Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Pope."
"OFTEN","Frequently; many times; not seldom."
"OFTENNESS","Frequency. Hooker."
"OFTENSITH","Frequently; often. [Obs.]For whom I sighed have so oftensith. Gascoigne."
"OFTENTIDE","Frequently; often. [Obs.] Robert of Brunne."
"OFTENTIMES","Frequently; often; many times. Wordsworth."
"OFTER","Compar. of Oft. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OFTTIMES","Frequently; often. Milton."
"OGAM","Same as Ogham."
"OGDOAD","A thing made up of eight parts. Milman."
"OGDOASTICH","A poem of eight lines. [Obs.] Selden"
"OGEE","A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S,with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust. under Cyma."
"OGGANITION","Snarling; grumbling. [R.] Bp. Montagu."
"OGHAM","A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish,and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc. [Written alsoogam.]"
"OGIVE","The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally."
"OGLE","To view or look at with side glances, as in fondness, or with adesign to attract notice.And ogling all their audience, ere they speak. Dryden."
"OGLER","One who ogles. Addison."
"OGLIO","See Olio."
"OGRE","An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, wholived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.His schoolroom must have resembled an ogre's den. Maccaulay."
"OGREISH","Resembling an ogre; having the character or appearance of anogre; suitable for an ogre. 'An ogreish kind of jocularity.' Dickens."
"OGRESS","A female ogre. Tennyson."
"OGYGIAN","Of or pertaining to Ogyges, a mythical king of ancient Attica,or to a great deluge in Attica in his days; hence, primeval; ofobscure antiquity."
"OH","An exclamation expressing various emotions, according to thetone and manner, especially surprise, pain, sorrow, anxiety, or awish. See the Note under O."
"OHM","The standard unit in the measure of electrical resistance,being the resistance of a circuit in which a potential difference ofone volt produces a current of one amp\u00e9re. As defined by theInternational Electrical Congress in 1893, and by United StatesStatute, it is a resistance substantially equal to 109 units ofresistance of the C.G.S. system of electro-magnetic units, and isrepresented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electriccurrent by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area, and of thelength of 106.3 centimeters. As thus defined it is called theinternational ohm. Ohm's law (Elec.), the statement of the fact thatthe strength or intensity of an electrical current is directlyproportional to the electro-motive force, and inversely proportionalto the resistance of the circuit."
"OHMMETER","An instrument for indicating directly resistance in ohms."
"OHO","An exclamation of surprise, etc."
"OIDIUM","A genus of minute fungi which form a floccose mass of filamentson decaying fruit, etc. Many forms once referred to this genus arenow believed to be temporary conditions of fungi of other genera,among them the vine mildew (O\u00efdium Tuckeri), which has caused muchinjury to grapes."
"OIL","Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances,not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc.They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of variedcomposition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, foranointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, anysubstance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol."
"OILBIRD","See Guacharo."
"OILCLOTH","Cloth treated with oil or paint, and used for marking garments,covering flooors, etc."
"OILED","Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked in, oil.Oiled silk, silk rendered waterproof by saturation with boiled oil."
"OILERY","The business, the place of business, or the goods, of a makerof, or dealer in, oils."
"OILINESS","The quality of being oily. Bacon."
"OILMAN","One who deals in oils; formerly, one who dealt in oils andpickles."
"OILNUT","The buffalo nut. See Buffalo nut, under Buffalo."
"OILSKIN","Cloth made waterproof by oil."
"OILSTONE","A variety of hone slate, or whetstone, used for whetting toolswhen lubricated with oil."
"OINEMENT","Ointment. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OINOMANIA","See oenomania."
"OINT","To anoint. [Obs.] Dryden."
"OINTMENT","That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance usedfor smearing or anointing; an unguent."
"OJIBWAYS","Same as Chippeways."
"OJO","A spring, surrounded by rushes or rank grass; an oasis.[Southwestern U.S.] Bartlett."
"OKAPI","A peculiar mammal (Okapia johnostoni) closely related to thegiraffe, discovered in the deep forests of Belgian Kongo in 1900. Itis smaller than an ox, and somewhat like a giraffe, except that theneck is much shorter. Like the giraffe, it has no dewclaws. There isa small prominence on each frontal bone of the male. The color of thebody is chiefly reddish chestnut, the cheeks are yellowish white, andthe fore and hind legs above the knees and the haunches are stripedwith purplish black and cream color."
"OKENITE","A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chieflyhydrous silicate of lime."
"OKER","See Ocher."
"OKRA","An annual plant (Abelmoschus, or Hibiscus, esculentus), whosegreen pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used forsoups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. [Written also ocra and ochra.]"
"OLAY","Palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a stylepointed with steel. [Written also ola.] Balfour (Cyc. of India)."
"OLD","Open country. [Obs.] See World. Shak."
"OLD DOMINION","Virginia; -- a name of uncertain origin, perh. from the olddesignation of the colony as 'the Colony and Dominion of Virginia.'"
"OLD LANG SYNE","See Auld lang syne."
"OLD LINE STATE","Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northernboundary in Mason and Dixon's line."
"OLD-FASHIONED","Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern;adhering to old customs or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress, girl.'Old-fashioned men of wit.' Addison.This old-fashioned, quaint abode. Longfellow."
"OLD-GENTLEMANLY","Pertaining to an old gentleman, or like one. Byron."
"OLD-MAIDISH","Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular."
"OLD-MAIDISM","The condition or characteristics of an old maid. G. Eliot."
"OLD-WOMANISH","Like an old woman; anile.-- Old`-wom'an*ish*ness, n."
"OLDEN","Old; ancient; as, the olden time. 'A minstrel of the oldenstamp.' J. C. Shairp."
"OLDISH","Somewhat old."
"OLDNESS","The state or quality of being old; old age."
"OLDSTER","An old person. [Jocular] H. Kingsley."
"OLEA","A genus of trees including the olive."
"OLEACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants(Oleace\u00e6), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive is the type.It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true jasmine, and fringetree."
"OLEAGINOUS","Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous."
"OLEAGINOUSNESS","Oiliness. Boyle."
"OLEAMEN","A soft ointment prepared from oil. Dunglison."
"OLEANDER","A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, havingclusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of the EastIndies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe.Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose."
"OLEANDRINE","One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander."
"OLEATE","A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury,are used in medicine by way of inunction."
"OLECRANAL","Of or pertaining to the olecranon."
"OLECRANON","The large process at the proximal end of the ulna whichprojects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bonyprominence of the elbow."
"OLEFIANT","Forming or producing an oil; specifically, designating acolorless gaseous hydrocarbon called ethylene. [Archaic]"
"OLEFINE","Olefiant gas, or ethylene; hence, by extension, any one of theseries of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a type. SeeEthylene."
"OLEIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleicacid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glycerylin the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and oils,such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc. At low temperatures the acid iscrystalline, but melts to an oily liquid above 14"
"OLEIFEROUS","Producing oil; as, oleiferous seeds."
"OLEIN","A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying attemperatures below 0\u00b0 C., found abundantly in both the animal andvegetable kingdoms (see Palmitin). It dissolves solid fats,especially at 30-40\u00b0 C. Chemically, olein is a glyceride of oleicacid; and, as three molecules of the acid are united to one moleculeof glyceryl to form the fat, it is technically known as triolein. Itis also called elain."
"OLENT","Scented. [R.] R. Browning."
"OLEO OIL","An oil expressed from certain animal fats (esp. beef suet), thegreater portion of the solid fat, or stearin, being left behind. Itis mixture of olein, palmitin, and a little stearin."
"OLEOGRAPH","The form or figure assumed by a drop of oil when placed uponwater or some other liquid with which it does not mix."
"OLEOMETER","An instrument for ascertaining the weight and purity of oil; anelaiometer."
"OLEONE","An oily liquid, obtained by distillation of calcium oleate, andprobably consisting of the ketone of oleic acid."
"OLEOPTENE","See Eleoptene. [R.]"
"OLEORESIN","A natural mixture of a terebinthinate oil and a resin."
"OLEOSITY","The state or quality of being oily or fat; fatness. [R.] B.Jonson."
"OLERACEOUS","Pertaining to pot herbs; of the nature or having the qualitiesof herbs for cookery; esculent. Sir T. Browne."
"OLF","The European bullfinch. [Prov.Eng.]"
"OLFACTION","The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organsby the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived."
"OLFACTIVE","See Olfactory, a."
"OLFACTOR","A smelling organ; a nose. [R.]"
"OLFACTORY","Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the sense of smell; as,the olfactory nerves; the olfactory cells. Olfactory organ (Anat.),an organ for smelling. In vertebrates the olfactory organs are moreor less complicated sacs, situated in the front part of the head andlined with epithelium innervated by the olfactory (or first cranial)nerves, and sensitive to odoriferous particles conveyed to it in theair or in water."
"OLIBAN","See Olibanum."
"OLIBANUM","The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia;Oriental frankincense."
"OLIBENE","A colorless mobile liquid of a pleasant aromatic odor obtainedby the distillation of olibanum, or frankincense, and regarded as aterpene; -- called also conimene."
"OLIGANDROUS","Having few stamens."
"OLIGANTHOUS","Having few flowers."
"OLIGARCH","A member of an oligarchy; one of the rulers in an oligarchicalgovernment."
"OLIGARCHAL","Oligarchic. Glover."
"OLIGARCHIST","An advocate or supporter of oligarchy."
"OLIGARCHY","A form of government in which the supreme power is placed inthe hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling few.All oligarchies, wherein a few men domineer, do what they list.Burton."
"OLIGIST","Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in allusionto its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite."
"OLIGO-","A combining form from Gr. few, little, small."
"OLIGOCENE","Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which occupyan intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods.-- n."
"OLIGOCHAETA","An order of Annelida which includes the earthworms and relatedspecies."
"OLIGOCHETE","Of or pertaining to the Oligoch\u00e6ta."
"OLIGOCLASE","A triclinic soda-lime feldspar. See Feldspar."
"OLIGOMEROUS","Having few members in each set of organs; as, an oligomerousflower."
"OLIGOMYOLD","Having few or imperfect syringeal muscles; -- said of somepasserine birds (Oligomyodi)."
"OLIGOPETALOUS","Having few petals."
"OLIGOSEPALOUS","Having few sepals."
"OLIGOSIDERITE","A meteorite characterized by the presence of but a small amountof metallic iron."
"OLIGOSPERMOUS","Having few seeds."
"OLIGOTOKOUS","Producing few young."
"OLIO","A collection of miscellaneous pieces."
"OLITORY","Of or pertaining to, or produced in, a kitchen garden; used forkitchen purposes; as, olitory seeds.At convenient distance towards the olitory garden. Evelyn."
"OLIVA","A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical,and often beautifully colored."
"OLIVACEOUS","Resembling the olive; of the color of the olive; olive-green."
"OLIVARY","Like an olive. Olivary body (Anat.), an oval prominence on eachside of the medulla oblongata; -- called also olive."
"OLIVASTER","Of the color of the olive; tawny. Sir T. Herbert."
"OLIVE","An olivary body. See under Olivary."
"OLIVED","Decorated or furnished with olive trees. [R.] T. Warton."
"OLIVENITE","An olive-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of copper; oliveore."
"OLIVER","An olive grove. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OLIVERIAN","An adherent of Oliver Cromwell. Macaulay."
"OLIVIL","A white crystalline substance, obtained from an exudation fromthe olive, and having a bitter-sweet taste and acid proporties.[Written also olivile.] Gregory."
"OLIVIN","A complex bitter gum, found on the leaves of the olive tree; --called also olivite."
"OLIVINE","A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite, esp.the variety found in eruptive rocks."
"OLIVITE","See Olivin."
"OLOGY","A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch ofknowledge.He had a smattering of mechanics, of physiology, geology, mineralogy,and all other ologies whatsoever. De Quincey."
"OLPE","Originally, a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids;afterward, an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout."
"OLUSATRUM","An umbelliferous plant, the common Alexanders of Western Europe(Smyrnium Olusatrum)."
"OLYMPIAD","A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckonedtime, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games toanother, beginning with the victory of Coroebus in the foot race,which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads."
"OLYMPIANISM","Worship of the Olympian gods, esp. as a dominant cult orreligion."
"OLYMPIONIC","An ode in honor of a victor in the Olympic games. [R.] Johnson."
"OM","A mystic syllable or ejaculation used by Hindus and Buddhistsin religious rites, -- orig. among the Hindus an exclamation ofassent, like Amen, then an invocation, and later a symbol of thetrinity formed by Vishnu, Siva, and Brahma. -- Om mani padme hun, asacred formula of buddhism (esp. of the Lamaists) translated 'O, theJewel in the Lotus, Amen,' and referring to Amitabha, who is commonlyrepresented as standing or sitting within a lotus."
"OMAGRA","Gout in the shoulder."
"OMAHAS","A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the MissouriRiver. They are now partly civilized and occupy a reservation inNebraska."
"OMANDER WOOD","The wood of Diospyros ebenaster, a kind of ebony found inCeylon."
"OMASUM","The third division of the stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies,and Illust. under Ruminant."
"OMBRE","A large Mediterranean food fish (Umbrina cirrhosa): -- calledalso umbra, and umbrine."
"OMBROMETER","An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge."
"OMEGOID","Having the form of the Greek capital letter Omega ("
"OMELET","Eggs beaten up with a little flour, etc., and cooked in afrying pan; as, a plain omelet."
"OMEN","An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of,some future event; any indication or action regarded as aforeshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury.Bid go with evil omen, and the brand Of infamy upon my name. Milton."
"OMENED","Attended by, or containing, an omen or omens; as, happy-omenedday."
"OMENTAL","Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta."
"OMENTUM","A free fold of the peritoneum, or one serving to connectviscera, support blood vessels, etc.; an epiplo\u00f6n."
"OMER","A Hebrew measure, the tenth of an ephah. See Ephah. Ex. xvi.36."
"OMICRON","Lit., the little, or short, O, o; the fifteenth letter of theGreek alphabet."
"OMILETICAL","Homiletical. [Obs.]"
"OMINATE","To presage; to foreshow; to foretoken. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"OMINATION","The act of ominating; presaging. [Obs.] Fuller."
"OMINOUS","Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting anomen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorableand unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding orforeshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread.He had a good ominous name to have made a peace. Bacon.In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a heart wasaccounted ominous. South.-- Om'i*nous*ly, adv.-- Om'i*nous*ness, n."
"OMISSIBLE","Capable of being omitted; that may be omitted."
"OMISSIVE","Leaving out; omitting. Bp. Hall.-- O*mis'sive*ly, adv."
"OMITTANCE","The act of omitting, or the state of being omitted;forbearance; neglect. Shak."
"OMITTER","One who omits. Fuller."
"OMMATEAL","Of or pertaining to an ommateum."
"OMMATEUM","A compound eye, as of insects and crustaceans."
"OMMATIDIUM","One of the single eyes forming the compound eyes ofcrustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates."
"OMNI-","A combining form denoting all, every, everywhere; as inomnipotent, all-powerful; omnipresent."
"OMNIBUS","A sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer or annealing arch, toprotect them from drafts. Omnibus bill, a legislative bill whichprovides for a number of miscellaneous enactments or appropriations.[Parliamentary Cant, U.S.] -- Omnibus box, a large box in a theater,on a level with the stage and having communication with it. [Eng.]Thackeray."
"OMNICORPOREAL","Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.[R.] Cudworth."
"OMNIETY","That which is all-pervading or all-comprehensive; hence, theDeity. [R.]Omniety formed nullity into an essence. Sir T. Browne."
"OMNIFARIOUS","Of all varieties, forms, or kinds. 'Omnifarious learning.'Coleridge."
"OMNIFEROUS","All-bearing; producing all kinds."
"OMNIFIC","All-creating. 'The omnific word.' Milton."
"OMNIFORM","Having every form or shape. Berkeley."
"OMNIFORMITY","The condition or quality of having every form. Dr. H. More."
"OMNIFY","To render universal; to enlarge. [R.]Omnify the disputed point into a transcendent, and you may defy theopponent to lay hold of it. Coleridge."
"OMNIGENOUS","Consisting of all kinds. [R.]"
"OMNIGRAPH","A pantograph. [R.]"
"OMNIPARIENT","Producing or bringing forth all things; all-producing. [R.]"
"OMNIPARITY","Equality in every part; general equality."
"OMNIPAROUS","Producing all things; omniparient."
"OMNIPATIENT","Capable of enduring all things. [R.] Carlyle."
"OMNIPERCIPIENT","Perceiving everything. Dr. H. More."
"OMNIPOTENTLY","In an omnipotent manner."
"OMNIPRESENCE","Presence in every place at the same time; unbounded oruniversal presence; ubiquity.His omnipresence fills Land, sea, and air, and every kind that lives.Milton."
"OMNIPRESENCY","Omnipresence. [Obs.]"
"OMNIPRESENT","Present in all places at the same time; ubiquitous; as, theomnipresent Jehovah. Prior."
"OMNIPRESENTIAL","Implying universal presence. [R.] South."
"OMNIPREVALENT","Prevalent everywhere or in all things. Fuller."
"OMNISCIENCE","The quality or state of being omniscient; -- an attributepeculiar to God. Dryden."
"OMNISCIENCY","Omniscience."
"OMNISCIENT","Having universal knowledge; knowing all things; infinitelyknowing or wise; as, the omniscient God.-- Om*nis'cient*ly, adv.For what can scape the eye Of God all-seeing, or deceive his heartOmniscient Milton."
"OMNISCIOUS","All-knowing. [Obs.] Hakewill."
"OMNISPECTIVE","Beholding everything; capable of seeing all things; all-seeing.[R.] 'Omnispective Power!' Boyse."
"OMNIUM","The aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan togovernment is now usually funded. M'Culloch."
"OMNIUM-GATHERUM","A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confusedmixture; a medley. [Colloq. & Humorous] Selden."
"OMNIVAGANT","Wandering anywhere and everywhere. [R.]"
"OMNIVORA","A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and thehippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and tocertain passerine birds."
"OMNIVOROUS","All-devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; as,omnivorous vanity; esp. (Zo\u00f6l.), eating both animal and vegetablefood.-- Om*niv'o*rous*ness, n."
"OMO-","A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,or relation to, the shoulder or the scapula."
"OMOHYOID","Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone; as, theomohyoid muscle."
"OMOPHAGIC","Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food; as, omophagicfeasts, rites."
"OMOPLATE","The shoulder blade, or scapula."
"OMOSTEGITE","The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind thecervical groove."
"OMOSTERNAL","Of or pertaining to the omosternum."
"OMPHACINE","Of, pertaining to, or expressed from, unripe fruit; as,omphacine oil."
"OMPHALIC","Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel."
"OMPHALO-","A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to,the umbilicus, or navel."
"OMPHALOCELE","A hernia at the navel."
"OMPHALODE","The central part of the hilum of a seed, through which thenutrient vessels pass into the rhaphe or the chalaza; -- called alsoomphalodium."
"OMPHALOMANCY","Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how manychildren the mother may have. Crabb."
"OMPHALOMESARAIC","Omphalomesenteric."
"OMPHALOMESENTERIC","Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery;omphalomesaraic; as, the omphalomesenteric arteries and veins of afetus."
"OMPHALOPSYCHITE","A name of the Hesychasts, from their habit of gazing upon thenavel."
"OMPHALOS","The navel."
"OMPHALOTOMY","The operation of dividing the navel-string."
"OMY","Mellow, as land. [Prov.Eng.] Ray."
"ON","The general signification of on is situation, motion, orcondition with respect to contact or support beneath; as: --"
"ON DIT","They say, or it is said.-- n."
"ON-HANGER","A hanger-on."
"ON-LOOKER","A looker-on."
"ON-LOOKING","Looking on or forward."
"ONAGER","A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones froma bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery. Fairholt."
"ONAGGA","The dauw."
"ONANISM","Self-pollution; masturbation."
"ONAPPO","A nocturnal South American monkey (Callithrix discolor), notedfor its agility; -- called also ventriloquist monkey."
"ONCE","The ounce."
"ONCIDIUM","A genus of tropical orchidaceous plants, the flower of onespecies of which (O. Papilio) resembles a butterfly."
"ONCOGRAPH","An instrument for registering the changes observable with anoncometer."
"ONCOMETER","An instrument for measuring the variations in size of theinternal organs of the body, as the kidney, spleen, etc."
"ONCOST","In cost accounting, expenditure which is involved in theprocess of manufacture or the performance of work and which cannot becharged directly to any particular article manufactured or work done(as where different kinds of goods are produced), but must beallocated so that each kind of goods or work shall bear its propershare. [Brit.]"
"ONCOTOMY","The opening of an abscess, or the removal of a tumor, with acutting instrument. [Written also onkotomy.] Dunglison."
"ONDE","Hatred; fury; envy. [Obs.]"
"ONDOGRAM","The record of an ondograph."
"ONDOGRAPH","An instrument for autographically recording the wave forms ofvarying currents, esp. rapidly varying alternating currents."
"ONDOMETER","An electric wave meter."
"ONDOYANT","Wavy; having the surface marked by waves or slightly depressedfurrows; as, ondoyant glass."
"ONE","Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one wouldhave well done, one should do one's self.It was well worth one's while. Hawthorne.Against this sort of condemnation one must steel one's self as onebest can. G. Eliot."
"ONE-HAND","Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. See Dactylology."
"ONE-SIDED","Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers.-- One`-sid'ed-ly, adv.-- One`-sid'ed*ness, n."
"ONEBERRY","The herb Paris. See Herb Paris, under Herb."
"ONEIDAS","A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the region near OneidaLake in the State of New York, and forming part of the Five Nations.Remnants of the tribe now live in New York, Canada, and Wisconsin."
"ONEIROCRITIC","An interpreter of dreams. Bp. Warburton. Addison."
"ONEIROMANCY","Divination by means of dreams. De Quincey."
"ONEIROSCOPIST","One who interprets dreams."
"ONEIROSCOPY","The interpretation of dreams."
"ONELINESS","The state of being one or single. [Obs.] Cudworth."
"ONELY","See Only. [Obs.] Spenser."
"ONEMENT","The state of being at one or reconciled. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"ONENESS","The state of being one; singleness in number; individuality;unity.Our God is one, or rather very oneness. Hooker."
"ONERARY","Fitted for, or carrying, a burden. Johnson."
"ONERATE","To load; to burden. [Obs.] Becon."
"ONERATION","The act of loading. [Obs.]"
"ONEROUS","Burdensome; oppressive. 'Too onerous a solicitude.' I. Taylor.Onerous cause (Scots Law), a good and legal consideration; -- opposedto gratuitous."
"ONEROUSLY","In an onerous manner."
"ONES","Once. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ONESELF","A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly writenas two words, one's self.One's self (or more properly oneself), is quite a modern form. InElizabethan English we find a man's self=one's self. Morris."
"ONETHE","Scarcely. See Unnethe. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ONGOING","The act of going forward; progress; (pl.) affairs; business;current events.The common ongoings of this our commonplace world, and everyday life.Prof. Wilson."
"ONGUENT","An unguent."
"ONION","A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A.cepa), having astrong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root,much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to otherspecies of the genus. Onion fish (Zo\u00f6l.), the grenadier.-- Onion fly (Zo\u00f6l.) a dipterous insect whose larva feeds upon theonion; especially, Anthomyia ceparum and Ortalis flexa.-- Welsh onion. (Bot.) See Cibol.-- Wild onion (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genusAllium."
"ONIONSKIN","A kind of thin translucent paper with a glossy finish."
"ONIROCRITIC","See Oneirocritic."
"ONLINESS","The state of being alone. [Obs.]"
"ONLOFT","Aloft; above ground. [Obs.]She kept her father's life onloft. Chaucer."
"ONLY","Save or except (that); -- an adversative used elliptically withor without that, and properly introducing a single fact orconsideration.He might have seemed some secretary or clerk . . . only that his low,flat, unadorned cap . . . indicated that he belonged to the city. SirW. Scott."
"ONOCERIN","A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the root ofthe leguminous plant Ononis spinosa."
"ONOLOGY","Foolish discourse. [R.]"
"ONOMANCY","Divination by the letters of a name; nomancy. [R.] Camden."
"ONOMASTIC","Applied to a signature when the body of the instrument is inanother's handwriting. Burrill."
"ONOMASTICON","A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., acollection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by JuliusPollux about A.D.180."
"ONOMATECHNY","Prognostication by the letters of a name."
"ONOMATOLOGIST","One versed in the history of names. Southey."
"ONOMATOLOGY","The science of names or of their classification."
"ONOMATOPE","An imitative word; an onomatopoetic word."
"ONOMATOPOEIA","The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure ofspeech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of thething which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of agoose; the crackle of fire."
"ONOMATOPOEIC","Onomatopoetic. Whitney."
"ONOMATOPOETIC","Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia; characterized byonomatopoeia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word. Earle."
"ONOMATOPY","Onomatopoeia."
"ONOMOMANCY","See Onomancy."
"ONONDAGAS","A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting what is now a part ofthe State of New York. They were the central or head tribe of theFive Nations."
"ONRUSH","A rushing onward."
"ONSTEAD","A single farmhouse; a steading. [Prov.Eng. & Scot.] Grose.Jamieson."
"ONTO","On the top of; upon; on. See On to, under On, prep."
"ONTOGENETIC","Of or pertaining to ontogenesis; as, ontogenetic phenomena.-- On`to*ge*net'ic*al*ly, adv."
"ONTOGENIC","Ontogenetic."
"ONTOLOGIC","Ontological."
"ONTOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to ontology."
"ONTOLOGICALLY","In an ontological manner."
"ONTOLOGIST","One who is versed in or treats of ontology. Edin. Rev."
"ONTOLOGY","That department of the science of metaphysics whichinvestigates and explains the nature and essential properties andrelations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes ofbeing."
"ONUS","A burden; an obligation. Onus probandi ( Etym: [L.], obligationto furnish evidence to prove a thing; the burden of proof."
"ONWARD","Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as,to move onward.Not one looks backward, onward still he goes. Pope."
"ONWARDNESS","Progress; advancement."
"ONWARDS","Onward."
"ONY","Any. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ONYCHOMANCY","Divination by the nails."
"ONYCHOPHORA","Malacopoda."
"ONYX","Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. Itis used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with thenext as a ground. Onyx marble, a banded variety of marble or calciumcarbonate resembling onyx. It is obtained from Mexico."
"OO","One. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OOECIUM","One of the special zooids, or cells, of Bryozoa, destined toreceive and develop ova; an ovicell. See Bryozoa."
"OOIDAL","Shaped like an egg."
"OOK","Oak. [Obs.] 'A branched ook.' Chaucer."
"OOLONG","A fragrant variety of black tea having somewhat the flavor ofgreen tea. [Written also oulong.]"
"OON","One. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OONES","Once. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OOP","To bind with a thread or cord; to join; to unite. [Scot.]Jamieson."
"OORDOBA","The monetary unit of Nicaragua, equivalent to the United Statesgold dollar."
"OOZE","To cause to ooze. Alex. Smith."
"OOZE LEATHER","Leather made from sheep and calf skins by mechanically forcingooze through them; esp., such leather with a soft, finely granulatedfinish (called sometimes velvet finish) put on the flesh side forspecial purposes. Ordinary ooze leather is used for shoe uppers, inbookbinding, etc. Hence Ooze calf, Ooze finish, etc."
"OOZY","Miry; containing soft mud; resembling ooze; as, the oozy bed ofa river. Pope."
"OPACATE","To darken; to cloud. [Obs.] Boyle."
"OPACOUS","Opaque. [R.] Milton.-- O*pa'cous*ness, n. [R.]"
"OPACULAR","Opaque. [Obs.] Sterne."
"OPAH","A large oceanic fish (Lampris quttatus), inhabiting theAtlantic Ocean. It is remarkable for its brilliant colors, which arered, green, and blue, with tints of purple and gold, covered withround silvery spots. Called also king of the herrings."
"OPAKE","See Opaque."
"OPAL","A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior toquartz in hardness and specific gravity."
"OPALESCE","To give forth a play of colors, like the opal."
"OPALESCENCE","A reflection of a milky or pearly light from the interior of amineral, as in the moonstone; the state or quality of beingopalescent."
"OPALESCENT","Reflecting a milky or pearly light from the interior; having anopaline play of colors."
"OPALINE","Of, pertaining to, or like, opal in appearance; havingchangeable colors like those of the opal."
"OPALIZE","To convert into opal, or a substance like opal. Lyell."
"OPALOTYPE","A picture taken on 'milky' glass."
"OPAQUE","That which is opaque; opacity. Young."
"OPAQUENESS","The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity. Dr.H. More."
"OPE","Open. [Poetic] Spenser.On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope. Herbert."
"OPEIDOSCOPE","An instrument, consisting of a tube having one end open and theother end covered with a thin flexible membrance to the center ofwhich is attached a small mirror. It is used for exhibiting upon ascreen, by means of rays reflected from the mirror, the vibratorymotions caused by sounds produced at the open end of the tube, as byspeaking or singing into it. A. E. Dolbear."
"OPELET","A bright-colored European actinian (Anemonia, or Anthea,sulcata); -- so called because it does not retract its tentacles."
"OPEN","Open or unobstructed space; clear land, without trees orobstructions; open ocean; open water. 'To sail into the open.' Jowett(Thucyd. ).Then we got into the open. W. Black.In open, in full view; without concealment; openly. [Obs.] Beau. &Fl."
"OPEN SEA","A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum."
"OPEN VERDICT","A verdict on a preliminary investigation, finding the fact of acrime but not stating the criminal, or finding the fact of a violentdeath without disclosing the cause."
"OPEN-AIR","Taking place in the open air; outdoor; as, an open-air game ormeeting."
"OPEN-EYED","With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant. Shak."
"OPEN-HANDED","Generous; liberal; munificent.-- O'pen-hand`ed*ness, n. J. S. Mill."
"OPEN-HEADED","Bareheaded. [Obs.]"
"OPEN-HEARTED","Candid; frank; generous. Dryden.-- O'pen-heart`ed*ly, adv.-- O'pen-heart`ed*ness, n. Walton."
"OPEN-HEARTH STEEL","See under Open."
"OPEN-MOUTHED","Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous.L'Estrange."
"OPENBILL","A bird of the genus Anastomus, allied to the stork; -- socalled because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base andtip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also open-beak. See Illust. (m), under Beak."
"OPENER","One who, or that which, opens. 'True opener of my eyes.'Milton."
"OPENNESS","The quality or state of being open."
"OPENWORK","A quarry; an open cut. Raymond."
"OPERABLE","Practicable. [Obs.]"
"OPERAMETER","An instrument or machine for measuring work done, especiallyfor ascertaining the number of rotations made by a machine or wheelin manufacturing cloth; a counter. Ure."
"OPERAND","The symbol, quantity, or thing upon which a mathematicaloperation is performed; -- called also faciend."
"OPERANT","Operative. [R.] Shak.-- n."
"OPERATE","To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodicalmanner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restoresoundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc."
"OPERATION","Something to be done; some transformation to be made uponquantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules orsymbols."
"OPERATIVE","Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as,operative surgery."
"OPERATIVELY","In an operative manner."
"OPERATOR","One who performs some act upon the human body by means of thehand, or with instruments."
"OPERATORY","A laboratory. [Obs.]"
"OPERCLE","Any one of the bony plates which support the gill covers offishes; an opercular bone."
"OPERCULA","See Operculum."
"OPERCULAR","Of, pertaining to, or like, an operculum."
"OPERCULIFEROUS","Bearing an operculum."
"OPERCULIFORM","Having the form of a lid or cover."
"OPERCULIGENOUS","Producing an operculum; -- said of the foot, or part of thefoot, of certain mollusks."
"OPERETTA","A short, light, musical drama."
"OPEROSE","Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious; wearisome.'Operose proceeding.' Burke. 'A very operose calculation.' DeQuincey.-- Op'er*ose`ly, adv.-- Op'er*ose`ness, n."
"OPEROSITY","Laboriousness. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"OPEROUS","Operose. [Obs.] Holder.-- Op'er*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"OPERTANEOUS","Concealed; private. [R.]"
"OPETIDE","Open time; -- applied to different things:(a) The early spring, or the time when flowers begin opening.[Archaic] Nares.(b) The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday wherein marriageswere formerly solemnized publicly in churches. [Eng.](c) The time after harvest when the common fields are open to allkinds of stock. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell. [Written also opentide.]"
"OPHELIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a substance (called ophelicacid) extracted from a plant (Ophelia) of the Gentian family as abitter yellowish sirup, used in India as a febrifuge and tonic."
"OPHICLEIDE","A large brass wind instrument, formerly used in the orchestraand in military bands, having a loud tone, deep pitch, and a compassof three octaves; -- now generally supplanted by bass and contrabasstubas. Moore (Encyc. of Music)."
"OPHIDIA","The order of reptiles which includes the serpents."
"OPHIDIAN","One of the Ophidia; a snake or serpent."
"OPHIDIOID","Of or pertaining to the Ophidiid\u00e6, a family of fishes whichincludes many slender species.-- n."
"OPHIDION","The typical genus of ophidioid fishes. [Written also Ophidium.]See Illust. under Ophidioid."
"OPHIDIOUS","Ophidian."
"OPHIOLATRY","The worship of serpents."
"OPHIOLOGIST","One versed in the natural history of serpents."
"OPHIOLOGY","That part of natural history which treats of the ophidians, orserpents."
"OPHIOMANCY","Divination by serpents, as by their manner of eating, or bytheir coils."
"OPHIOMORPHA","An order of tailless amphibians having a slender, wormlike bodywith regular annulations, and usually with minute scales imbedded inthe skin. The limbs are rudimentary or wanting. It includes thec\u00e6cilians. Called also Gymnophiona and Ophidobatrachia."
"OPHIOMORPHITE","An ammonite."
"OPHIOMORPHOUS","Having the form of a serpent."
"OPHIOPHAGOUS","Feeding on serpents; -- said of certain birds and reptiles."
"OPHIOPHAGUS","A genus of venomous East Indian snakes, which feed on othersnakes. Ophiophagus elaps is said to be the largest and most deadlyof poisonous snakes."
"OPHITE","Of or pertaining to a serpent. [Obs.]"
"OPHIUCHUS","A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a manholding a serpent in his hands; -- called also Serpentarius."
"OPHIURA","A genus of ophiurioid starfishes."
"OPHIURAN","Of or pertaining to the Ophiurioidea.-- n."
"OPHIURID","Same as Ophiurioid."
"OPHIURIDA","Same as Ophiurioidea."
"OPHIURIOID","Of or pertaining to the Ophiurioidea.-- n."
"OPHRYON","The supraorbital point."
"OPHTHALMIA","An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of theeyeball."
"OPHTHALMIC","Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the eye; ocular; as theophthalmic, or orbitonasal, nerve, a division of the trigeminal,which gives branches to the lachrymal gland, eyelids, nose, andforehead. Ophthalmic region (Zo\u00f6l.), the space around the eyes."
"OPHTHALMITE","An eyestalk; the organ which bears the compound eyes of decapodCrustacea."
"OPHTHALMOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to ophthalmology."
"OPHTHALMOLOGIST","One skilled in ophthalmology; an oculist."
"OPHTHALMOLOGY","The science which treats of the structure, functions, anddiseases of the eye."
"OPHTHALMOMETER","An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring the size of areflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of theeye, by which their curvature can be ascertained."
"OPHTHALMOSCOPE","An instrument for viewing the interior of the eye, particularlythe retina. Light is thrown into the eye by a mirror (usuallyconcave) and the interior is then examined with or without the aid ofa lens.-- Oph*thal`mo*scop'ic, a."
"OPHTHALMY","Same as Ophthalmia."
"OPIANIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained bythe oxidation of narcotine."
"OPIANINE","An alkaloid found in small quantity in opium. It is identicalwith narcotine."
"OPIANYL","Same as Meconin."
"OPIATE","Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causingrest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes. Milton."
"OPIE","Opium. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OPIFEROUS","Bringing help. [R.]"
"OPIFICE","Workmanship. [Obs.] Bailey."
"OPIFICER","An artificer; a workman. [Obs.] 'The almighty opificer.'Bentley."
"OPINABLE","Capable of being opined or thought. Holland."
"OPINATION","The act of thinking; a supposition. [Obs.]"
"OPINATIVE","Obstinate in holding opinions; opinionated. [Obs.] --O*pin'a*tive*ly, adv. [Obs.] Burton. Sir T. More."
"OPINATOR","One fond of his own opinious; one who holds an opinion. [Obs.]Glanvill."
"OPINE","To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose. South."
"OPINER","One who opines. Jer. Taylor."
"OPINIASTROUS","See Opiniaster. [Obs.]."
"OPINIATE","To hold or maintain persistently. [Obs.] Barrow."
"OPINIATED","Opinionated. [Obs.]"
"OPINIATIVE","Opinionative. Glanvill.-- O*pin'ia*tive*ly, adv.-- O*pin'ia*tive*ness, n."
"OPINIATRE","See Opiniaster. [Obs.] Locke."
"OPINIATRETY","Obstinacy in opinious. [Written also opiniatry.] [Obs.]"
"OPINICUS","An imaginary animal borne as a charge, having wings, an eagle'shead, and a short tail; -- sometimes represented without wings."
"OPINING","Opinion. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"OPINION","The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, anumpire, a counselor, or other party officially called upon toconsider and decide upon a matter or point submitted. To be ofopinion, to think; to judge.-- To hold opinion with, to agree with. [Obs.] Shak."
"OPINIONABLE","Being, or capable of being, a matter of opinion; that can bethought; not positively settled; as, an opinionable doctrine. C. J.Ellicott."
"OPINIONATE","Opinionated."
"OPINIONATED","Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's ownopinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion. Sir W.Scott."
"OPINIONATELY","Conceitedly. Feltham."
"OPINIONATIST","An opinionist. [Obs.]"
"OPINIONATOR","An opinionated person; one given to conjecture. [Obs.] South."
"OPINIONED","Opinionated; conceited.His opinioned zeal which he thought judicious. Milton."
"OPINIONIST","One fond of his own notions, or unduly attached to his ownopinions. Glanvill."
"OPIPAROUS","Sumptuous. [Obs.] -- O*pip'a*rous*ly, adv. [Obs.] E.Waterhouse."
"OPISOMETER","An instrument with a revolving wheel for measuring a curvedline, as on a map."
"OPISTHION","The middle of the posterior, or dorsal, margin of the greatforamen of the skull."
"OPISTHOBRANCHIATE","Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata.-- n."
"OPISTHODOME","A back chamber; especially, that part of the naos, or cella,farthest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance of itsown, and often used as a treasury."
"OPISTHOGLYPHA","A division of serpents which have some of the posteriormaxillary teeth grooved for fangs."
"OPISTHOGRAPHY","A writing upon the back of anything, as upon the back of a leafor sheet already written upon on one side. [R.] Scudamore."
"OPISTHOMI","An order of eellike fishes having the scapular arch attached tothe vertebr\u00e6, but not connected with the skull."
"OPISTHOPULMONATE","Having the pulmonary sac situated posteriorly; -- said ofcertain air-breathing Mollusca."
"OPISTHOTIC","The inferior and posterior of the three elements forming theperiotic bone."
"OPISTHOTONOS","A tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards andstiffened."
"OPITULATION","The act of helping or aiding; help. [Obs.] Bailey."
"OPIUM","The inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum, or whitepoppy."
"OPLE TREE","The witch-hazel. [Obs.] Ainsworth."
"OPOLCHENIE","See Army organization, above."
"OPOPANAX","The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the OpoponaxChironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose granules,or sometimes in larger masses, of a reddish yellow color, with specksof white. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was formerlyused in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic. Dunglison."
"OPOSSUM","Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes.The common species of the United States is Didelphys Virginiana."
"OPPIDAN","Of or pertaining to a town. Howell."
"OPPIGNERATE","To pledge; to pawn. [Obs.] Bacon."
"OPPILATE","To crowd together; to fill with obstructions; to block up.[Obs.] Cockeram."
"OPPILATION","The act of filling or crowding together; a stopping byredundant matter; obstruction, particularly in the lower intestines.Jer. Taylor."
"OPPILATIVE","Obstructive. [Obs.] Sherwood."
"OPPLETION","The act of filling up, or the state of being filled up;fullness. [Obs.]"
"OPPONE","To oppose. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"OPPONENCY","The act of opening an academical disputation; the propositionof objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree. [Eng.] Todd."
"OPPONENT","Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse;antagonistic. Pope."
"OPPORTUNE","Convenient; ready; hence, seasonable; timely. Milton.This is most opportune to our need. Shak.-- Op`por*tune'ly, adv.-- Op`por*tune'ness, n."
"OPPORTUNISM","The art or practice of taking advantage of opportunities orcircumstances, or of seeking immediate advantage with little regardfor ultimate consequences. [Recent]"
"OPPORTUNIST","One who advocates or practices opportunism. [Recent]"
"OPPOSABILITY","The condition or quality of being opposable.In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposabilityof the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature ofapes. A. R. Wallace."
"OPPOSAL","Opposition. [R.] Sir T. Herbert."
"OPPOSELESS","Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. [Obs.] 'Your greatopposeless wills.' Shak."
"OPPOSER","One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist; an adversary."
"OPPOSITELY","In a situation to face each other; in an opposite manner ordirection; adversely.Winds from all quarters oppositely blow. May."
"OPPOSITENESS","The quality or state of being opposite."
"OPPOSITIFOLIOUS","Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it bythe whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle."
"OPPOSITION","The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another whenin the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, theposition of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs fromthat of the sun 180\u00ba; -- signified by the symbol as, ."
"OPPOSITIONIST","One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed."
"OPPOSITIPETALOUS","Placed in front of a petal."
"OPPOSITISEPALOUS","Placed in front of a sepal."
"OPPOSITIVE","Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall."
"OPPRESSOR","One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others;one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.The orphan pines while the oppressor feeds. Shak.To relieve the oppressed and to punish the oppressor. Swift."
"OPPRESSURE","Oppression. [Obs.]"
"OPPROBRIUM","Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; abusivelanguage.Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer, he found himselfheir to a twofold opprobrium. De Quincey."
"OPPROBRY","Opprobrium. [Obs.] Johnson."
"OPPUGN","To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to oppose;to resist.They said the manner of their impeachment they could not but conceivedid oppugn the rights of Parliament. Clarendon."
"OPPUGNANCY","The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance. Shak."
"OPPUGNANT","Tending to awaken hostility; hostile; opposing; warring.'Oppugnant forces.' I. Taylor.-- n."
"OPPUGNATION","Opposition. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"OPPUGNER","One who opposes or attacks; that which opposes. Selden."
"OPSIMATHY","Education late in life. [R.] Hales."
"OPSIOMETER","An instrument for measuring the limits of distincts vision indifferent individuals, and thus determiming the proper focal lengthof a lens for correcting imperfect sight. Brande & C."
"OPSONATION","A catering; a buying of provisions. [Obs.] Bailey."
"OPTABLE","That may be chosen; desirable. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"OPTATE","To choose; to wish for; to desire. [Obs.] Cotgrave."
"OPTATION","The act of optating; a wish. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"OPTATIVE","Expressing desire or wish. Fuller. Optative mood (Gram.), thatmood or form of a verb, as in Greek, Sanskrit, etc., in which a wishor desire is expressed."
"OPTATIVELY","In an optative manner; with the expression of desire. [R.]God blesseth man imperatively, and man blesseth God optatively. Bp.Hall."
"OPTICALLY","By optics or sight; with reference to optics. Optically active,Optically inactive (Chem. Physics), terms used of certain metamericsubstances which, while identical with each other in other respects,differ in this, viz., that they do or do not produce right-handed orleft-handed circular polarization of light.-- Optically positive, Optically negative. See under Refraction."
"OPTICS","That branch of physical science which treats of the nature andproperties of light, the laws of its modification by opaque andtransparent bodies, and the phenomena of vision."
"OPTIGRAPH","A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically ingimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. Itis used for delineating landscapes, by means of a pencil at the eyeend which leaves the delineation on paper."
"OPTIMATE","Of or pertaining to the nobility or aristocracy. [R.] -- n."
"OPTIMATES","The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to thepopulares."
"OPTIME","One of those who stand in the second rank of honors,immediately after the wranglers, in the University of Cambridge,England. They are divided into senior and junior optimes."
"OPTIMISM","The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature, being thework of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of thingsin the universe is such as to produce the highest good."
"OPTIMIST","One who holds the opinion that all events are ordered for thebest."
"OPTIMISTIC","Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to theopinion that all events are ordered for the best."
"OPTIMITY","The state of being best. [R.] Bailey."
"OPTION","A right formerly belonging to an archbishop to select any onedignity or benefice in the gift of a suffragan bishop consecrated orconfirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; --annulled by Parliament in 1845."
"OPTIONAL","Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option;left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optionalstudies; it is optional with you to go or stay.-- n."
"OPTIONALLY","In an optional manner."
"OPTOGRAM","An image of external objects fixed on the retina by thephotochemical action of light on the visual purple. See Optography."
"OPTOGRAPHY","The production of an optogram on the retina by thephotochemical action of light on the visual purple; the fixation ofan image in the eye. The object so photographed shows white on apurple or red background. See Visual purple, under Visual."
"OPTOMETER","An instrument for measuring the distance of distinct vision,mainly for the selection of eveglasses."
"OPTOMETRIST","One who is skilled in or practices optometry."
"OPULENCE","Wealth; riches; affluence. Swift"
"OPULENCY","See Opulence. Shak."
"OPULENT","Having a large estate or property; wealthy; rich; affluent; as,an opulent city; an opulent citizen.-- Op'u*lent*ly, adv.I will piece Her opulent throne with kingdoms. Shak."
"OPUNTIA","A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig."
"OPUS","A work; specif. (Mus.), a musical composition."
"OPUSCULUM","An opuscule. Smart."
"OPYE","Opium. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OQUASSA","A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some ofthe lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout."
"OR","A particle that marks an alternative; as, you may read or maywrite, -- that is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure, butnot both. It corresponds to either. You may ride either to London orto Windsor. It often connects a series of words or propositions,presenting a choice of either; as, he may study law, or medicine, ordivinity, or he may enter into trade.If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights andclaims Are paramount. Cowper."
"ORA","A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in theDomesday Book, at twenty pence sterling."
"ORABASSU","A South American monkey of the genus Callithrix, esp. C.Moloch."
"ORACLE","The sanctuary, or Most Holy place in the temple; also, thetemple itself. 1 Kings vi. 19.Siloa's brook, that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God. Milton."
"ORACULOUS","Oracular; of the nature of an oracle. [R.] 'Equivocations, ororaculous speeches.' Bacon. 'The oraculous seer.' Pope.-- O*rac'u*lous*ly, adv.-- O*rac'u*lous*ness, n."
"ORAGIOUS","Stormy. [R.]"
"ORAISON","See Orison. [Obs.] Shak."
"ORANG","See Orang-outang."
"ORANG-OUTANG","An arboreal anthropoid ape (Simia satyrus), which inhabitsBorneo and Sumatra. Often called simply orang. [Written also orang-outan, orang-utan, ourang-utang, and oran-utan.]"
"ORANGE","The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree."
"ORANGEADE","A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding tolemonade; orange sherbet."
"ORANGEAT","Candied orange peel; also, orangeade."
"ORANGEISM","Attachment to the principles of the society of Orangemen; thetenets or practices of the Orangemen."
"ORANGEMAN","One of a secret society, organized in the north of Ireland in1795, the professed objects of which are the defense of the regningsovereign of Great Britain, the support of the Protestant religion,the maintenance of the laws of the kingdom, etc.; -- so called inhonor of William, Prince of Orange, who became William III. ofEngland."
"ORANGEROOT","An American ranunculaceous plant (Hidrastis Canadensis), havinga yellow tuberous root; -- also called yellowroot, golden seal, etc."
"ORANGERY","A place for raising oranges; a plantation of orange trees."
"ORANGETAWNY","Deep orange-yellow; dark yellow. Shak."
"ORANGITE","An orange-yellow variety of the mineral thorite, found inNorway."
"ORARIAN","Of or pertaining to a coast."
"ORATION","An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating animportant subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, adiscourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, ananniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from anargument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as,Webster's oration at Bunker Hill.The lord archbishop . . . made a long oration. Bacon."
"ORATOR","An officer who is the voice of the university upon all publicoccasions, who writes, reads, and records all letters of a publicnature, presents, with an appropriate address, those persons on whomhonorary degrees are to be conferred, and performs other like duties;-- called also public orator."
"ORATORIAL","Oratorical. [R.] Swift. --Or`a*to'ri*al*ly, adv."
"ORATORIAN","Oratorical. [Obs.] R. North."
"ORATORICAL","Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized byoratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an oratoricaltriumph; an oratorical essay.-- Or`a*tor'ic*al*ly, adv."
"ORATORIO","A more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on some Scripturenerrative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music, inrecitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with anorchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume,although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle andPassion plays, which were acted."
"ORATORIOUS","Oratorical. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.-- Or`a*to'ri*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"ORATORIZE","To play the orator. [Jocose or derisive] Dickens."
"ORATORY","A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or smallroom set apart for private devotions.An oratory [temple] . . . in worship of Dian. Chaucer.Do not omit thy prayers for want of a good oratory, or place to prayin. Jer. Taylor.Fathers of the Oratory (R. C. Ch.), a society of priests founded bySt. Philip Neri, living in community, and not bound by a special vow.The members are called also oratorians."
"ORATRESS","A woman who makes public addresses. Warner."
"ORATRIX","A woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading. Burrill."
"ORB","A blank window or panel. [Obs.] Oxf. Gloss."
"ORBATE","Bereaved; fatherless; childless. [Obs.]"
"ORBATION","The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children;privation, in general; bereavement. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"ORBED","Having the form of an orb; round.The orb\u00e8d eyelids are let down. Trench."
"ORBICLE","A small orb, or sphere. [Obs.] G. Fletcher."
"ORBICULA","Same as Discina."
"ORBICULAR","Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular;orbiculate.-- Or*bic'u*lar*ly, adv.-- Or*bic'u*lar*ness, n.Orbicular as the disk of a planet. De Quincey."
"ORBICULATE","That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the verticalsection of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular."
"ORBICULATION","The state or quality of being orbiculate; orbicularness. Dr. H.More."
"ORBIT","The path described by a heavenly body in its periodicalrevolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of theearth, of the moon."
"ORBITAL","Of or pertaining to an orbit. 'Orbital revolution.' J. D.Forbes. Orbital index (Anat.), in the skull, the ratio of thevertical height to the transverse width of the orbit, which is takenas the standard, equal to 100."
"ORBITAR","Orbital. [R.] Dunglison."
"ORBITARY","Situated around the orbit; as, the orbitary feathers of a bird."
"ORBITELAE","A division of spiders, including those that make geometricalwebs, as the garden spider, or Epeira."
"ORBITOLITES","A genus of living Foraminifera, forming broad, thin, circulardisks, containing numerous small chambers."
"ORBITONASAL","Of or pertaining to the orbit and the nose; as, theorbitonasal, or ophthalmic, nerve."
"ORBITOSPHENOID","Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the orbit, or to theorbitosphenoid bone.-- n."
"ORBITOSPHENOIDAL","Of or pertaining to the orbitosphenoid bone; orbitosphenoid."
"ORBITUARY","Orbital. [R.]"
"ORBULINA","A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell."
"ORBY","Orblike; having the course of an orb; revolving. [Obs.] 'Orbyhours.' Chapman."
"ORC","The grampus. [Written also ork and orch.] Milton."
"ORCADIAN","Of or pertaining to the Orkney Islands."
"ORCEIN","A reddish brown amorphous dyestuff,"
"ORCHAL","See Archil."
"ORCHANET","Same as Alkanet, 2. Ainsworth."
"ORCHARDIST","One who cultivates an orchard."
"ORCHEL","Archil."
"ORCHESOGRAPHY","A treatise upon dancing. [R.]"
"ORCHESTER","See Orchestra."
"ORCHESTIAN","Any species of amphipod crustacean of the genus Orchestia, orfamily Orchestid\u00e6. See Beach flea, under Beach."
"ORCHESTRA","The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, anorchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement ofwind instruments."
"ORCHESTRAL","Of or pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed inor by, an orchestra."
"ORCHESTRATION","The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral treatmentof a composition; -- called also instrumentation."
"ORCHESTRE","See Orchestra."
"ORCHESTRIC","Orchestral."
"ORCHESTRION","A large music box imitating a variety of orchestralinstruments."
"ORCHID","Any plant of the order Orchidace\u00e6. See Orchidaceous."
"ORCHIDACEOUS","Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order (Orchidace\u00e6) ofendogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type. They aremostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in asingle column, and normally three petals and three sepals, alladherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, oftenresembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) beingunlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpectedappearance. About one hundred species occur in the United States, butseveral thousand in the tropics."
"ORCHIDEAN","Orchidaceous."
"ORCHIDEOUS","Same as Orchidaceous."
"ORCHIDOLOGIST","One versed in orchidology."
"ORCHIDOLOGY","The branch of botany which treats of orchids."
"ORCHIL","See Archil."
"ORCHILLA WEED","The lichen from which archil is obtained. See Archil."
"ORCHIS","A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperatezone, and consisting of about eighty species. They are perennialherbs growing from a tuber (beside which is usually found the lastyear's tuber also), and are valued for their showy flowers. SeeOrchidaceous."
"ORCHITIS","Inflammation of the testicles."
"ORCHOTOMY","The operation of cutting out or removing a testicle by theknife; castration."
"ORCIN","A colorless crystalline substance, C6H3.CH3.(OH)2, which isobtained from certain lichens (Roccella, Lecanora, etc.), also fromextract of aloes, and artificially from certain derivatives oftoluene. It changes readily into orcein."
"ORD","An edge or point; also, a beginning. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Chaucer. Ord and end, the beginning and end. Cf. Odds and ends, underOdds. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. Halliwell."
"ORDAIN","To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; tointroduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying onof hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination.Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops. Bp. Stillingfleet."
"ORDAINABLE","Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed.Bp. Hall."
"ORDAINER","One who ordains."
"ORDAINMENT","Ordination. [R.] Burke."
"ORDAL","Ordeal. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ORDALIAN","Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"ORDEAL","Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal."
"ORDER","The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of theentablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as thecolumn and entablature are the characteristic features of classicalarchitecture) a style or manner of architectural designing."
"ORDERABLE","Capable of being ordered; tractable. [R.]Being very orderable in all his sickness. Fuller."
"ORDERING","Disposition; distribution; management. South."
"ORDERLESS","Being without order or regularity; disorderly; out of rule."
"ORDERLINESS","The state or quality of being orderly."
"ORDERLY","According to due order; regularly; methodically; duly.You are blunt; go to it orderly. Shak."
"ORDINABILITY","Capability of being ordained or appointed. [Obs.] Bp. Bull."
"ORDINABLE","Capable of being ordained or appointed. [Obs.]"
"ORDINAL","The book of forms for making, ordaining, and consecratingbishops, priests, and deacons."
"ORDINALISM","The state or quality of being ordinal. [R.] Latham."
"ORDINANCE","An established rite or ceremony."
"ORDINAND","One about to be ordained."
"ORDINANT","Ordaining; decreeing. [Obs.] Shak."
"ORDINARILY","According to established rules or settled method; as a rule;commonly; usually; in most cases; as, a winter more than ordinarilysevere.Those who ordinarily pride themselves not a little upon theirpenetration. I. Taylor."
"ORDINARY","One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical;an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop, or a clergymanappointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals andassist in preparing them for death.(c) (Am. Law) A judicial officer, having generally the powers of ajudge of probate or a surrogate."
"ORDINARYSHIP","The state of being an ordinary. [R.] Fuller."
"ORDINATE","Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical. 'A life blissfuland ordinate.' Chaucer. Ordinate figure (Math.), a figure whose sidesand angles are equal; a regular figure."
"ORDINATELY","In an ordinate manner; orderly. Chaucer. Skelton."
"ORDINATION","The act of setting apart to an office in the Christianministry; the conferring of holy orders."
"ORDINATIVE","Tending to ordain; directing; giving order. [R.] Gauden."
"ORDINATOR","One who ordains or establishes; a director. [R.] T. Adams."
"ORDNANCE","Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, andhowitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons andappliances used in war.All the battlements their ordnance fire. Shak.Then you may hear afar off the awful roar of his [Rufus Choate's]rifled ordnance. E. Ererett.Ordnance survey, the official survey of Great Britain and Ireland,conducted by the ordnance department."
"ORDONNANCE","The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard toone another and the whole.Their dramatic ordonnance of the parts. Coleridge."
"ORDONNANT","Of or pertaining to ordonnance. Dryden."
"ORDOVIAN","Ordovician."
"ORDOVICIAN","Of or pertaining to a division of the Silurian formation,corresponding in general to the Lower Silurian of most authors,exclusive of the Cambrian.-- n."
"ORDUROUS","Of or pertaining to ordure; filthy. Drayton."
"ORE","Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"OREAD","One of the nymphs of mountains and grottoes.Like a wood nymph light, Oread or Dryad. Milton."
"OREADES","A group of butterflies which includes the satyrs. See Satyr, 2."
"ORECTIC","Of or pertaining to the desires; hence, impelling togratification; appetitive."
"OREGON GRAPE","An evergreen species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), ofOregon and California; also, its roundish, blue-black berries."
"OREIDE","See Oroide."
"OREODON","A genus of extinct herbivorous mammals, abundant in theTertiary formation of the Rocky Mountains. It is more or less relatedto the camel, hog, and deer."
"OREODONT","Resembling, or allied to, the genus Oreodon."
"OREOGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to oreography."
"OREOGRAPHY","The science of mountains; orography."
"OREOSELIN","A white crystalline substance which is obtained indirectly fromthe root of an umbelliferous plant (Imperatoria Oreoselinum), andyields resorcin on decomposition."
"OREOSOMA","A genus of small oceanic fishes, remarkable for the largeconical tubercles which cover the under surface."
"OREWEED","Same as Oarweed."
"OREWOOD","Same as Oarweed."
"ORFGILD","Restitution for cattle; a penalty for taking away cattle.Cowell."
"ORFRAY","The osprey. [Obs.] Holland."
"ORFRAYS","See Orphrey. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"ORGAL","See Argol. [Obs.]"
"ORGAN","A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable ofperforming some special action (termed its function), which isessential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart,lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc.,are organs of plants."
"ORGANIC","Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objectscomposed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, theorganic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characterspeculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life,organic remains. Cf. Inorganic."
"ORGANICAL","Organic.The organical structure of human bodies, whereby they live and move.Bentley."
"ORGANICALLY","In an organic manner; by means of organs or with reference toorganic functions; hence, fundamentally. Gladstone."
"ORGANICALNESS","The quality or state of being organic."
"ORGANICISM","The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which refers italways to a material lesion of an organ. Dunglison."
"ORGANIFIC","Making an organic or organized structure; producing anorganism; acting through, or resulting from, organs. Prof. Park."
"ORGANISM","An organized being; a living body, either vegetable or animal,compozed of different organs or parts with functions which areseparate, but mutually dependent, and essential to the life of theindividual."
"ORGANIST","One who plays on the organ."
"ORGANISTA","Any one of several South American wrens, noted for thesweetness of their song."
"ORGANITY","Organism. [R.]"
"ORGANIZABILITY","Quality of being organizable; capability of being organized."
"ORGANIZABLE","Capable of being organized; esp. (Biol.), capable of beingformed into living tissue; as, organizable matter."
"ORGANIZE","To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; toendow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organizedbeing; organized matter; -- in this sense used chiefly in the pastparticiple.These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could neverproduce. Ray."
"ORGANIZER","One who organizes."
"ORGANLING","A large kind of sea fish; the orgeis."
"ORGANO-","A combining form denoting relation to, or connection with, anorgan or organs."
"ORGANOGEN","A name given to any one of the four elements, carbon, hydrogen,oxygen, and nitrogen, which are especially characteristic ingredientsof organic compounds; also, by extension, to other elements sometimesfound in the same connection; as sulphur, phosphorus, etc."
"ORGANOGENESIS","The origin and development of organs in animals and plants."
"ORGANOGENIC","Of or pertaining to organogenesis."
"ORGANOGENY","Organogenesis."
"ORGANOGRAPHIST","One versed in organography."
"ORGANOGRAPHY","A description of the organs of animals or plants."
"ORGANOLEPTIC","Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; -- said of theeffect or impression produced by any substance on the organs oftouch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a whole."
"ORGANOLOGICAL","Of or relating to organology."
"ORGANOMETALLIC","Metalorganic."
"ORGANONYMY","The designation or nomenclature of organs. B. G. Wilder."
"ORGANOPHYLY","The tribal history of organs, -- a branch of morphophyly.Haeckel."
"ORGANOPLASTIC","Having the property of producing the tissues or organs ofanimals and plants; as, the organoplastic cells."
"ORGANOSCOPY","Phrenology. Fleming."
"ORGANOTROPHIC","Relating to the creation, organization, and nutrition of livingorgans or parts."
"ORGANULE","One of the essential cells or elements of an organ. See Senseorganule, under Sense. Huxley."
"ORGANY","See Origan."
"ORGANZINE","A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is,silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increaseits strength."
"ORGASM","Eager or immoderate excitement or action; the state ofturgescence of any organ; erethism; esp., the height of venerealexcitement in sexual intercourse."
"ORGEAT","A sirup in which, formerly, a decoction of barley entered, butwhich is now prepared with an emulsion of almonds, -- used to flavorbeverages or edibles."
"ORGEIS","See Organling."
"ORGIASTIC","Pertaining to, or of the nature of, orgies. Elton."
"ORGILLOUS","Proud; haughty. [Obs.] Shak."
"ORGULOUS","See Orgillous. [Obs.]"
"ORGY","A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies"
"ORGYIA","A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those ofOrgyia leucostigma) are often very injurious to fruit trees and shadetrees. The female is wingless. Called also vaporer moth."
"ORICALCHE","See Orichalch.Costly oricalche from strange Phoenice. Spenser."
"ORICHALCEOUS","Pertaining to, or resembling, orichalch; having a color orluster like that of brass. Maunder."
"ORICHALCH","A metallic substance, resembling gold in color, but inferior invalue; a mixed metal of the ancients, resembling brass; -- calledalso aurichalcum, orichalcum, etc."
"ORIEL","A bay window. See Bay window.The beams that thro' the oriel shine Make prisms in every carvenglass. Tennyson."
"ORIENCY","Brightness or strength of color. [R.] E. Waterhouse."
"ORIENTAL","Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned withthe East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Orientalcountries.The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. Sir T. Browne."
"ORIENTALITY","The quality or state of being oriental or eastern. Sir T.Browne."
"ORIENTALIZE","to render Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners orconditions."
"ORIENTATE","To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north orsouth toward the east."
"ORIENTNESS","The quality or state of being orient or bright; splendor.[Obs.] Fuller."
"ORIFICE","A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as,the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound. Shak.Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous orifice. Addison."
"ORIGENISM","The opinions of Origen of Alexandria, who lived in the 3dcentury, one of the most learned of the Greek Fathers. Prominent inhis teaching was the doctrine that all created beings, includingSatan, will ultimately be saved."
"ORIGENIST","A follower of Origen of Alexandria."
"ORIGIN","The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixedduring contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion. Origin ofco\u00f6rdinate axes (Math.), the point where the axes intersect. See Noteunder Ordinate."
"ORIGINABLE","Capable of being originated."
"ORIGINAL","The natural or wild species from which a domesticated orcultivated variety has been derived; as, the wolf is thought by someto be the original of the dog, the blackthorn the original of theplum."
"ORIGINALIST","One who is original. [R.]"
"ORIGINALITY","The quality or state of being original. Macaulay."
"ORIGINALNESS","The quality of being original; originality. [R.] Johnson."
"ORIGINANT","Originating; original. [R.]An absolutely originant act of self will. Prof. Shedd."
"ORIGINATE","To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bringinto existence; to produce as new.A decomposition of the whole civill and political mass, for thepurpose of originating a new civil order. Burke."
"ORIGINATIVE","Having power, or tending, to originate, or bring intoexistence; originating. H. Bushnell.-- O*rig'i*na*tive*ly, adv."
"ORIGINATOR","One who originates."
"ORILLON","A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion forthe purpose of covering the retired flank, -- found in oldfortresses."
"ORIOL","See Oriel."
"ORION","A large and bright constellation on the equator, between thestars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visibleto the naked eye.The flaming glories of Orion's belt. E. Everett."
"ORISKANY","Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone,characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age. Oriskanyperiod, a subdivision of the American Paleozoic system intermediateor translational in character between the Silurian and Devonian ages.See Chart of Geology."
"ORISMOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to orismology."
"ORISMOLOGY","That departament of natural history which treats of technicalterms."
"ORISON","A prayer; a supplication. [Poetic] Chaucer. Shak.Lowly they bowed, adoring, and began Their orisons, each morning dulypaid. Milton."
"ORISONT","Horizon. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ORK","See Orc."
"ORKNEYAN","Of or pertaining to the Orkney islands. 'Orkneyan skerries.'Longfellow."
"ORLE","A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within,but at some distance from, the border."
"ORLO","A wind instrument of music in use among the Spaniards."
"ORLOP","The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war, consistingof a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cablesare coiled."
"ORMER","An abalone."
"ORMOLU","A variety of brass made to resemble gold by the use of lesszinc and more copper in its composition than ordinary brass contains.Its golden color is often heightened by means of lacquer of somesort, or by use of acids. Called also mosaic gold. Ormolu varnish, avarnish applied to metals, as brass, to give the appearance of gold."
"ORMUZD","The good principle, or being, of the ancient Persian religion.See Ahriman."
"ORN","To ornament; to adorn. [Obs.] Joye."
"ORNAMENT","That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace orbeauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. 1 Pet. iii. 4.Like that long-buried body of the king Found lying with his urns andornaments. Tennyson."
"ORNAMENTAL","Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying;embellishing.Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on theirwrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne."
"ORNAMENTALLY","By way of ornament."
"ORNAMENTER","One who ornaments; a decorator."
"ORNATE","To adorn; to honor. [R.]They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. Latimer."
"ORNATELY","In an ornate manner. Sir T. More."
"ORNATENESS","The quality of being ornate."
"ORNATURE","Decoration; ornamentation. [R.] Holinshed."
"ORNITHIC","Of or pertaining to birds; as, ornithic fossils. Owen."
"ORNITHICHNITE","The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone. Hitchcock."
"ORNITHICHNOLOGY","The branch of science which treats of ornithichnites.Hitchcock."
"ORNITHO-","A combining form fr. Gr."
"ORNITHODELPHIA","Same as Monotremata.-- Or`ni*tho*del'phid, a."
"ORNITHOIDICHNITE","A fossil track resembling that of a bird. Hitchcock."
"ORNITHOLITE","Of or pertaining to ornithology."
"ORNITHOLOGIST","One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one whodescribes birds."
"ORNITHOMANCY","Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.Ornithomancy grew into an elaborate science. De Quincey."
"ORNITHON","An aviary; a poultry house. Weale."
"ORNITHOPAPPI","An extinct order of birds. It includes only the Arch\u00e6opteryx."
"ORNITHOPODA","An order of herbivorous dinosaurs with birdlike characteristicsin the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind legs, which in somegenera had only three functional toes, and supported the body inwalking as in Iguanodon. See Illust. in Appendix."
"ORNITHORHYNCHUS","See Duck mole, under Duck."
"ORNITHOSAURIA","An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called alsoPterosauria."
"ORNITHOSCELIDA","A group of extinct Reptilia, intermediate in structure(especially with regard to the pelvis) between reptiles and birds.-- Or`ni*tho*scel'i*dan, a."
"ORNITHOSCOPY","Observation of birds and their habits. [R.] De Quincey."
"ORNITHOTOMICAL","Of or pertaining to ornithotomy."
"ORNITHOTOMIST","One who is skilled in ornithotomy."
"ORNITHOTOMY","The anatomy or dissection of birds."
"OROGRAPH","A machine for use in making topographical maps. It is operatedby being pushed across country, and not only records distances, likethe perambulator, but also elevations."
"OROGRAPHY","That branch of science which treats of mountains and mountainsystems; orology; as, the orography of Western Europe."
"OROHELIOGRAPH","A camera for obtaining a circular panoramic view of thehorizon. The photographic plate is placed horizontally with avertical lens above. A mirror of peculiar shape reflects light fromthe entire horizon to the lens, by means of which it is focused uponthe plate."
"OROHIPPUS","A genus of American Eocene mammals allied to the horse, buthaving four toes in front and three behind."
"OROIDE","An alloy, chiefly of copper and zinc or tin, resembling gold incolor and brilliancy. [Written also oreide.]"
"OROLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to orology."
"OROLOGIST","One versed in orology."
"OROLOGY","The science or description of mountains."
"OROMETER","An aneroid barometer having a second scale that gives theapproximate elevation above sea level of the place where theobservation is made."
"OROTUND","Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness;ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or manner of utterance.-- n."
"OROTUNDITY","The orotund mode of intonation."
"ORPHALINE","See Orpheline. [Obs.]"
"ORPHAN","A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, achild who has but one parent living. Orphans' court (Law), a court insome of the States of the Union, having jurisdiction over the estatesand persons of orphans or other wards. Bouvier."
"ORPHANCY","Orphanhood. Sir P. Sidney."
"ORPHANET","A little orphan. Drayton."
"ORPHANHOOD","The state or condition of being an orphan; orphanage."
"ORPHANISM","Orphanhood. [R.]"
"ORPHANOTROPHISM","The care and support of orphans. [R.] Cotton Mather (1711)."
"ORPHARION","An old instrument of the lute or cittern kind. [Spelt alsoorpheoreon.]"
"ORPHEAN","Of or pertaining to Orpheus, the mythic poet and musician; as,Orphean strains. Cowper."
"ORPHELINE","An orphan. [Obs.] Udcll."
"ORPHEUS","The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, andhusband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrancebeasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre."
"ORPHIC","Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns."
"ORPHREY","A band of rich embroidery, wholly or in part of gold, affixedto vestments, especially those of ecclesiastics. Pugin."
"ORPIMENT","Arsenic sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an amorphouslemonyellow powder, and occurring naturally as a yellow crystallinemineral; -- formerly called auripigment. It is used in king's yellow,in white Indian fire, and in certain technical processes, as indigoprinting.Our orpiment and sublimed mercurie. Chaucer.Red orpiment, realgar; the red sulphide of arsenic.-- Yellow orpiment, king's yellow."
"ORPIN","The orpine."
"ORPINE","A low plant with fleshy leaves (Sedum telephium), havingclusters of purple flowers. It is found on dry, sandy places, and onold walls, in England, and has become naturalized in America. Calledalso stonecrop, and live-forever. [Written also orpin.]"
"ORRACH","See Orach."
"ORRERY","An apparatus which illustrates, by the revolution of ballsmoved by wheelwork, the relative size, periodic motions, positions,orbits, etc., of bodies in the solar system."
"ORRIS","A plant of the genus Iris (I. Florentina); a kind of flower-de-luce. Its rootstock has an odor resembling that of violets. Orris pea(Med.), an issue pea made from orris root.-- Orris root, the fragrant rootstock of the orris."
"ORSEILLE","See Archil."
"ORSELLIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in certainlichens, and called also lecanoric acid. [Formerly written alsoorseillic.]"
"ORSELLINIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained by apartial decomposition of orsellic acid as a white crystallinesubstance, and related to protocatechuic acid."
"ORT","A morsel left at a meal; a fragment; refuse; -- commonly usedin the plural. Milton.Let him have time a beggar's orts to crave. Shak."
"ORTALIDIAN","Any one of numerous small two-winged flies of the familyOrtalid\u00e6. The larv\u00e6 of many of these flies live in fruit; those ofothers produce galls on various plants."
"ORTHID","A brachiopod shell of the genus Orthis, and allied genera, ofthe family Orthid\u00e6."
"ORTHIS","An extinct genus of Brachiopoda, abundant in the Paleozoicrocks."
"ORTHITE","A variety of allanite occurring in slender prismatic crystals."
"ORTHO-","A combining form (also used adjectively), designating:(a) (Inorganic Chem.) The one of several acids of the same element(as the phosphoric acids), which actually occurs with the greatestnumber of hydroxyl groups; as, orthophosphoric acid. Cf. Normal. (b)(Organic Chem.)"
"ORTHOCARBONIC","Designating a complex ether, C.(OC2H5)4, which is obtained as aliquid of a pleasant ethereal odor by means of chlorpicrin, and isbelieved to be a derivative of the hypothetical normal carbonic acid,C.(OH)4."
"ORTHOCENTER","That point in which the three perpendiculars let fall from theangles of a triangle upon the opposite sides, or the sides produced,mutually intersect."
"ORTHOCERAS","An extinct genus of Paleozoic Cephalopoda, having a long,straight, conical shell. The interior is divided into numerouschambers by transverse septa."
"ORTHOCERATITE","An orthoceras; also, any fossil shell allied to Orthoceras."
"ORTHOCLASE","Common or potash feldspar crystallizing in the monoclinicsystem and having two cleavages at right angles to each other. SeeFeldspar."
"ORTHOCLASTIC","Breaking in directions at right angles to each other; -- saidof the monoclinic feldspars."
"ORTHODIAGONAL","The diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which isat right angles with the vertical axis."
"ORTHODOME","See the Note under Dome, 4."
"ORTHODOXAL","Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox. [R.] Milton."
"ORTHODOXALITY","Orthodoxness. [R.]"
"ORTHODOXALLY","Orthodoxly. [R.] Milton"
"ORTHODOXASTICAL","Orthodox. [Obs.]"
"ORTHODOXICAL","Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox."
"ORTHODOXLY","In an orthodox manner; with soundness of faith. Sir W.Hamilton."
"ORTHODOXNESS","The quality or state of being orthodox; orthodoxy. Waterland."
"ORTHODROMIC","Of or pertaining to orthodromy."
"ORTHODROMICS","The art of sailing in a direct course, or on the arc of a greatcircle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on thesurface of the globe; great-circle sailing; orthodromy."
"ORTHODROMY","The act or art of sailing on a great circle."
"ORTHOEPIST","One who is skilled in ortho\u00ebpy."
"ORTHOEPY","The art of uttering words corectly; a correct pronunciation ofwords; also, mode of pronunciation."
"ORTHOGAMY","Direct fertilization in plants, as when the pollen fertilizingthe ovules comes from the stamens of the same blossom; -- opposed toheterogamy."
"ORTHOGNATHIC","Orthognathous."
"ORTHOGNATHISM","The quality or state of being orthognathous. Huxley."
"ORTHOGNATHOUS","Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearlyperpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed toAnt: prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic."
"ORTHOGON","A rectangular figure."
"ORTHOGONAL","Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection ofone curve with another. Orthogonal projection. See underOrthographic."
"ORTHOGONALLY","Perpendicularly; at right angles; as, a curve cuts a set ofcurves orthogonally."
"ORTHOGRAPH","An orthographic projection, sometimes partly in section, esp.of a building."
"ORTHOGRAPHER","One versed in orthography; one who spells words correctly."
"ORTHOGRAPHICALLY","In an orthographical manner:(a) according to the rules of proper spelling;(b) according to orthographic projection."
"ORTHOGRAPHIST","One who spells words correctly; an orthographer."
"ORTHOGRAPHIZE","To spell correctly or according to usage; to correct in regardto spelling.In the coalesced into ith, which modern reaction has orthographizedto i' th'. Earle."
"ORTHOLOGY","The right description of things. [R.] Fotherby."
"ORTHOMETRIC","Having the axes at right angles to one another; -- said ofcrystals or crystalline forms."
"ORTHOMETRY","The art or practice of constructing verses correctly; the lawsof correct versification."
"ORTHOMORPHIC","Having the right form. Orthomorphic projection, a projection inwhich the angles in the figure to be projected are equal to thecorresponding angles in the projected figure."
"ORTHOPEDIST","One who prevents, cures, or remedies deformities, esp. inchildren."
"ORTHOPEDY","The art or practice of curing the deformities of children, or,by extension, any deformities of the human body."
"ORTHOPHONY","The art of correct articulation; voice training."
"ORTHOPINACOID","A name given to the two planes in the monoclinic system whichare parallel to the vertical and orthodiagonal axes."
"ORTHOPODA","An extinct order of reptiles which stood erect on the hindlegs, and resembled birds in the structure of the feet, pelvis, andother parts."
"ORTHOPRAXY","The treatment of deformities in the human body by mechanicalappliances."
"ORTHOPTERA","An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers,locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under Insect."
"ORTHOPTERAN","One of the Orthoptera."
"ORTHOPTEROUS","Of or pertaining to the Orthoptera."
"ORTHORHOMBIC","Noting the system of crystallization which has three unequalaxes at right angles to each other; trimetric. See Crystallization."
"ORTHOSCOPE","An instrument designed to show the condition of the superficialportions of the eye."
"ORTHOSCOPIC","Giving an image in correct or normal proportions; giving a flatfield of view; as, an orthoscopic eyepiece."
"ORTHOSILICIC","Designating the form of silicic acid having the normal orhighest number of hydroxyl groups."
"ORTHOSPERMOUS","Having the seeds straight, as in the fruits of someumbelliferous plants; -- opposed to coelospermous. Darwin."
"ORTHOSTADE","A chiton, or loose, ungirded tunic, falling in straight folds."
"ORTHOSTICHY","A longitudinal rank, or row, of leaves along a stem."
"ORTHOTOMIC","Cutting at right angles. Orthotomic circle (Geom.), that circlewhich cuts three given circles at right angles."
"ORTHOTOMOUS","Having two cleavages at right angles with one another."
"ORTHOTOMY","The property of cutting at right angles."
"ORTHOTONE","Retaining the accent; not enclitic; -- said of certainindefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively, which,when not so used, are ordinarilly enclitic."
"ORTHOTROPIC","Having the longer axis vertical; -- said of erect stems. Encyc.Brit."
"ORTHOXYLENE","That variety of xylene in which the two methyl groups are inthe ortho position; a colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbonresembling benzene."
"ORTIVE","Of or relating to the time or act of rising; eastern; as, theortive amplitude of a planet."
"ORTYGAN","One of several species of East Indian birds of the generaOrtygis and Hemipodius. They resemble quails, but lack the hind toe.See Turnix."
"ORVAL","A kind of sage (Salvia Horminum)."
"ORVET","The blindworm."
"ORVIETAN","A kind of antidote for poisons; a counter poison formerly invogue. [Obs.]"
"ORYCTERE","The aard-vark."
"ORYCTEROPE","Same as Oryctere."
"ORYCTOGNOSY","Mineralogy. [Obs.] -- Or`yc*tog*nos'tic, a.-- Or`yc*tog*nos'tic*al, a. [Obs.] -- Or`yc*tog*nos'tic*al*ly, adv.[Obs.]"
"ORYCTOGRAPHY","Description of fossils. [Obs.]"
"ORYCTOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to oryctology. [Obs.]"
"ORYCTOLOGIST","One versed in oryctology. [Obs.]"
"ORYX","A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, theleucoryx, the bisa antelope (O. beisa), and the beatrix antelope (O.beatrix) of Arabia."
"ORYZA","A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice."
"OS","A bone."
"OSAGE ORANGE","An ornamental tree of the genus Maclura (M. aurantiaca),closely allied to the mulberry (Morus); also, its fruit. The tree wasfirst found in the country of the Osage Indians, and bears a hard andinedible fruit of an orangelike appearance. See Bois d'arc."
"OSAGES","A tribe of southern Sioux Indians, now living in the IndianTerritory."
"OSANNE","Hosanna. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OSAR","See 3d Os."
"OSCAN","Of or pertaining to the Osci, a primitive people of Campania, aprovince of ancient Italy.-- n."
"OSCILLANCY","The state of oscillating; a seesaw kind of motion. [R.]"
"OSCILLARIA","A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-water alg\u00e6, the threads of which have an automatic swaying orcrawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria."
"OSCILLATING","That oscillates; vibrating; swinging. Oscillating engine, asteam engine whose cylinder oscillates on trunnions instead of beingpermanently fixed in a perpendicular or other direction. Weale."
"OSCILLATING CURRENT","A current alternating in direction."
"OSCILLATIVE","Tending to oscillate; vibratory. [R.] I. Taylor."
"OSCILLATOR","Any device for producing electric oscillations; esp., anapparatus for generating electric waves in a system of wirelesstelegraphy.(b) (Mech.) An instrument for measuring rigidity by the torsionaloscillations of a weighted wire."
"OSCILLATORIA","Same as Oscillaria."
"OSCILLATORY","Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like apendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory motion."
"OSCILLOGRAM","An autographic record made by an oscillograph."
"OSCILLOGRAPH","An apparatus for recording or indicating alternating-currentwave forms or other electrical oscillations, usually consisting of agalvanometer with strong field, in which the mass of the moving partis very small and frequency of vibration very high. --Os`cil*lo*graph'ic (#), a."
"OSCILLOMETER","An instrument for measuring the angle through which a shiprolls or pitches at sea."
"OSCILLOSCOPE","An instrument for showing visually the changes in a varyingcurrent; an oscillograph."
"OSCINE","Relating to the Oscines."
"OSCINES","Singing birds; a group of the Passeres, having numeroussyringeal muscles, conferring musical ability."
"OSCINIAN","One of the Oscines, or singing birds."
"OSCININE","Of or pertaining to the Oscines."
"OSCITANTLY","In an oscitant manner."
"OSCITATE","To gape; to yawn."
"OSCITATION","The act of yawning or gaping. Addison."
"OSCULANT","Adhering closely; embracing; -- applied to certain creepinganimals, as caterpillars."
"OSCULATE","To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the pointof contact. See Osculation, 2."
"OSCULATION","The contact of one curve with another, when the number ofconsecutive points of the latter through which the former passessuffices for the complete determination of the former curve. Brande &C."
"OSCULATORY","Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix;capable of osculation; as, a circle may be osculatory with a curve,at a given point. Osculatory circle. (Geom.) See Osculating circle ofa curve, under Circle.-- Osculatory plane (to a curve of double curvature), a plane whichpasses through three successive points of the curve.-- Osculatory sphere (to a line of double curvature), a spherepassing through four consecutive points of the curve."
"OSCULATRIX","A curve whose contact with a given curve, at a given point, isof a higher order (or involves the equality of a greater number ofsuccessive differential coefficients of the ordinates of the curvestaken at that point) than that of any other curve of the same kind."
"OSCULE","One of the excurrent apertures of sponges."
"OSCULUM","Same as Oscule."
"OSIER","Made of osiers; composed of, or containing, osiers. 'This osiercage of ours.' Shak."
"OSIERED","Covered or adorned with osiers; as, osiered banks. [Poetic]Collins."
"OSIERY","An osier bed."
"OSIRIS","One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother andhusband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap ofUpper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf.Serapis.-- O*sir'i*an, a."
"OSMANLI","A Turkish official; one of the dominant tribe of Turks;loosely, any Turk."
"OSMATE","A salt of osmic acid. [Formerly written also osmiate.]"
"OSMATERIUM","One of a pair of scent organs which the larv\u00e6 of certainbutterflies emit from the first body segment, either above or below."
"OSMAZOME","A substance formerly supposed to give to soup and broth theircharacteristic odor, and probably consisting of one or several of theclass of nitrogenous substances which are called extractives."
"OSMIAMATE","A salt of osmiamic acid."
"OSMIAMIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid ofosmium, H2N2Os2O5, forming a well-known series of yellow salts."
"OSMIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium;specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a valencehigher than in other lower compounds; as, osmic oxide. Osmic acid.(Chem.) (a) Osmic tetroxide. [Obs.] (b) Osmic acid proper, an acidanalogous to sulphuric acid, not known in the free state, but forminga well-known and stable series of salts (osmates), which wereformerly improperly called osmites.-- Osmic tetroxide (Chem.), a white volatile crystalline substance,OsO4, the most stable and characteristic of the compounds of osmium.It has a burning taste, and gives off a vapor, which is a powerfulirritant poison, violently attacking the eyes, and emitting a strongchlorinelike odor. Formerly improperly called osmic acid."
"OSMIDROSIS","The secretion of fetid sweat."
"OSMIOUS","Denoting those compounds of osmium in which the element has avalence relatively lower than in the osmic compounds; as, osmiouschloride. [Written also osmous.] Osmious acid (Chem.), an acidderived from osmium, analogous to sulphurous acid, and formingunstable salts. It is a brown amorphous substance."
"OSMITE","A salt of osmious acid."
"OSMIUM","A rare metallic element of the platinum group, found native asan alloy in platinum ore, and in iridosmine. It is a hard, infusible,bluish or grayish white metal, and the heaviest substance known. Itstetroxide is used in histological experiments to stain tissues.Symbol Os. Atomic weight 191.1. Specific gravity 22.477."
"OSMOGENE","An apparatus, consisting of a number of cells whose sides areof parchment paper, for conducting the process of osmosis. It is usedesp. in sugar refining to remove potassium salts from the molasses."
"OSMOGRAPH","An instrument for recording the height of the liquid in anendosmometer or for registering osmotic pressures."
"OSMOMETER","An instrument for measuring the amount of osmotic action indifferent liquids."
"OSMOMETRY","The study of osmose by means of the osmometer."
"OSMOSIS","Osmose."
"OSMOTIC","Pertaining to, or having the property of, osmose; as, osmoticforce."
"OSMUND","A fern of the genus Osmunda, or flowering fern. The mostremarkable species is the osmund royal, or royal fern (Osmundaregalis), which grows in wet or boggy places, and has large bipinnatefronds, often with a panicle of capsules at the top. The rootstockcontains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen."
"OSNABURG","A species of coarse linen, originally made in Osnaburg,Germany."
"OSO-BERRY","The small, blueblack, drupelike fruit of the Nuttalliacerasiformis, a shrub of Oregon and California, belonging to theCherry tribe of Rosace\u00e6."
"OSPHRADIUM","The olfactory organ of some Mollusca. It is connected with theorgan of respiration."
"OSS","To prophesy; to presage. [R. & Obs.] R. Edgeworth."
"OSSE","A prophetic or ominous utterance. [R. & Obs.] Holland."
"OSSEAN","A fish having a bony skeleton; a teleost."
"OSSEIN","The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal ofthe mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue,the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone;-- called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen."
"OSSELET","The internal bone, or shell, of a cuttlefish."
"OSSEOUS","Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone;bony; ossific."
"OSSETER","A species of sturgeon."
"OSSIANIC","Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, Ossian, a legendaryErse or Celtic bard.The compositions might be fairly classed as Ossianic. G. Eliot."
"OSSICLE","One of numerous small calcareous structures forming theskeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes."
"OSSICULATED","Having small bones."
"OSSICULUM","Same as Ossicle."
"OSSIFEROUS","Containing or yielding bone."
"OSSIFIC","Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilageor other tissue into bone."
"OSSIFICATION","The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal,by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited incartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis."
"OSSIFIED","Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened bydeposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues."
"OSSIFRAGOUS","Serving to break bones; bone-breaking."
"OSSIFY","To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance intobone, as by the deposition of lime salts."
"OSSIFYING","Changing into bone; becoming bone; as, the ossifying process."
"OSSIVOROUS","Feeding on bones; eating bones; as, ossivorous quadrupeds.Derham."
"OSSPRINGER","The osprey. [R.]"
"OSSUARIUM","A charnel house; an ossuary. Walpole."
"OSSUARY","A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnelhouse. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"OST","See Oast."
"OSTEAL","Osseous."
"OSTEIN","Ossein."
"OSTEITIS","Inflammation of bone."
"OSTELER","Same as Hosteler. Wyclif."
"OSTEND","To exhibit; to manifest. [Obs.]Mercy to mean offenders we'll ostend. J. Webster."
"OSTENSIBILITY","The quality or state of being ostensible."
"OSTENSIBLY","In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently.Walsh.Ostensibly, we were intended to prevent filibustering into Texas, butreally as a menace to Mexico. U. S. Grant."
"OSTENSION","The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it mayreceive the adoration of the communicants."
"OSTENSIVE","Showing; exhibiting. Ostensive demonstration (Math.), a director positive demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirectmethod."
"OSTENSIVELY","In an ostensive manner."
"OSTENTATE","To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.[R.] Jer. Taylor."
"OSTENTATIOUS","Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous;pretentious; boastful.Far from being ostentatious of the good you do. Dryden.The ostentatious professions of many years. Macaulay.-- Os`ten*ta'tious*ly, adv.-- Os`ten*ta'tious*ness, n."
"OSTENTATOR","One fond of display; a boaster. Sherwood."
"OSTENTIVE","Ostentatious. [Obs.]"
"OSTENTOUS","Ostentatious. [Obs.] Feltham."
"OSTEO-","A combining form of Gr. a bone."
"OSTEOBLAST","One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogeneticlayer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of thebone is developed; an osteoplast."
"OSTEOCLASIS","The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct deformity."
"OSTEOCLAST","A myeloplax."
"OSTEOCOMMA","A metamere of the vertebrate skeleton; an osteomere; avertebra. Owen."
"OSTEOCOPE","Pain in the bones; a violent fixed pain in any part of a bone.-- Os`te*o*cop'ic, a."
"OSTEOCRANIUM","The bony cranium, as distinguished from the cartilaginouscranium."
"OSTEODENTINE","A hard substance, somewhat like bone, which is sometimesdeposited within the pulp cavity of teeth."
"OSTEOGEN","The soft tissue, or substance, which, in developing bone,ultimately undergoes ossification."
"OSTEOGENETIC","Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone;producing bone; as, osteogenetic tissue; the osteogenetic layer ofthe periosteum."
"OSTEOGENIC","Osteogenetic."
"OSTEOGRAPHER","An osteologist."
"OSTEOGRAPHY","The description of bones; osteology."
"OSTEOID","Resembling bone; bonelike."
"OSTEOLITE","A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate."
"OSTEOLOGER","One versed in osteology; an osteologist."
"OSTEOLOGIST","One who is skilled in osteology; an osteologer."
"OSTEOLOGY","The science which treats of the bones of the vertebrateskeleton."
"OSTEOLYSIS","Softening and absorption of bone. -- Os`te*o*lyt'ic (#), a."
"OSTEOMA","A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone."
"OSTEOMALACIA","A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthymaterial, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. Also calledmalacia."
"OSTEOMANTY","Divination by means of bones. [R.]"
"OSTEOMERE","An osteocomma. Owen."
"OSTEOPATH","A practitioner of osteopathy."
"OSTEOPATHIC","Of or pertaining to osteopathy. --Os`te*o*path'ic*al*ly (#),adv."
"OSTEOPATHIST","One who practices osteopathy; an osteopath."
"OSTEOPERIOSTITIS","Inflammation of a bone and its periosteum."
"OSTEOPHONE","An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations throughthe bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by personsdeaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus ofhearing."
"OSTEOPLAST","An osteoblast."
"OSTEOPLASTIC","Producing bone; as, osteoplastic cells."
"OSTEOPLASTY","An operation or process by which the total or partial loss of abone is remedied. Dunglison."
"OSTEOPOROSIS","An absorption of bone so that the tissue becomes unusuallyporous."
"OSTEOPTERYGIOUS","Having bones in the fins, as certain fishes."
"OSTEOSARCOMA","A tumor having the structure of a sacroma in which there is adeposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone."
"OSTEOSCLEROSIS","Abnormal hardness and density of bone."
"OSTEOTOME","Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone."
"OSTEOTOMIST","One skilled in osteotomy."
"OSTEOTOMY","The operation of dividing a bone or of cutting a piece out ofit, -- done to remedy deformity, etc."
"OSTEOZOA","Same as Vertebrata."
"OSTIC","Pertaining to, or applied to, the language of the Tuscaroras,Iroquois, Wyandots, Winnebagoes, and a part of the Sioux Indians.Schoolcraft."
"OSTITIS","See Osteitis."
"OSTIUM","An opening; a passage."
"OSTLER","See Hostler."
"OSTLERESS","A female ostler. [R.] Tennyson."
"OSTLERY","See Hostelry. [Obs.]"
"OSTMEN","East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, formerly so called.Lyttelton."
"OSTOSIS","Bone formation; ossification. See Ectostosis, and Endostosis."
"OSTRACEA","A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and alliedshells."
"OSTRACEAN","Any one of a family of bivalves, of which the oyster is thetype."
"OSTRACION","A genus of plectognath fishes having the body covered withsolid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes."
"OSTRACIONT","A fish of the genus Ostracion and allied genera."
"OSTRACISM","Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to ridthe city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage."
"OSTRACITE","A fossil oyster."
"OSTRACIZE","To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as atAthens. Grote."
"OSTRACODA","Ostracoidea."
"OSTRACODERMI","A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type."
"OSTRACOID","Of or pertaining to the Ostracoidea.-- n."
"OSTRACOIDEA","An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. Theyare of small size, and swim freely about. [Written also Ostracoda.]"
"OSTREA","A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters."
"OSTREACEOUS","Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell; shelly.The crustaceous or ostreaceous body. Cudworth."
"OSTREACULTURE","The artificial cultivation of oysters."
"OSTREOPHAGIST","One who feeds on oysters."
"OSTRICH","A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelusof Africa is the best known species. It has long and very stronglegs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearlybare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult maleis about eight feet high."
"OSTRIFEROUS","Producing oysters; containing oysters."
"OSTROGOTH","One of the Eastern Goths. See Goth."
"OSTROGOTHIC","Of or pertaining to the Ostrogoths."
"OSWEGO TEA","An American aromatic herb (Monarda didyma), with showy, brightred, labiate flowers."
"OTACOUSTIC","Assisting the sense of hearing; as, an otacoustic instrument."
"OTALGIA","Pain in the ear; earache."
"OTALGIC","Of or pertaining to otalgia.-- n."
"OTALGY","Pain in the ear; otalgia."
"OTARY","Any eared seal."
"OTHEOSCOPE","An instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced bylight or heat in an exhausted vessel; a modification of theradoimeter. W. Crookes."
"OTHER","Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either. . . or are now used). [Obs.]Other of chalk, other of glass. Chaucer."
"OTHERGATES","In another manner. [Obs.]He would have tickled you othergates. Shak."
"OTHERNESS","The quality or state of being other or different; alterity;oppositeness."
"OTHERWAYS","See Otherwise. Tyndale."
"OTHERWHERE","In or to some other place, or places; elsewhere. Milton.Tennyson."
"OTHMAN","See Ottoman."
"OTIC","Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the ear; auricular;auditory."
"OTIOSE","Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle. 'Otioseassent.' Paley.The true keeping of the Sabbath was not that otiose and unAlford."
"OTIOSITY","Leisure; indolence; idleness; ease. [R.] Thackeray."
"OTIS","A genus of birds including the bustards."
"OTITIS","Inflammation of the ear."
"OTO-","A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near or in,the ear."
"OTOBA FAT","A colorless buttery substance obtained from the fruit ofMyristica otoba, a species of nutmeg tree."
"OTOCRANE","The cavity in the skull in which the parts of the internal earare lodged."
"OTOCRANIAL","Of or pertaining to the otocrane."
"OTOCYST","An auditory cyst or vesicle; one of the simple auditory organsof many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths; also, theembryonic vesicle from which the parts of the internal ear ofvertebrates are developed."
"OTOGRAPHY","A description of the ear."
"OTOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining tootology."
"OTOLOGIST","One skilled in otology; an aurist."
"OTOLOGY","The branch of science which treats of the ear and its diseases."
"OTOPATHY","A diseased condition of the ear."
"OTOSCOPE","An instrument for examining the condition of the ear."
"OTOSCOPEIC","Of or pertaining to the otoscope or to otoscopy."
"OTOSCOPY","The examination of the ear; the art of using the otoscope."
"OTOSTEAL","An auditory ossicle. R. Owen."
"OTOZOUM","An extinct genus of huge vertebrates, probably dinosaurs, knownonly from four-toed tracks in Triassic sandstones."
"OTTAR","See Attar."
"OTTAVA RIMA","A stanza of eight lines of heroic verse, with three rhymes, thefirst six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming acouplet. It was used by Byron in 'Don Juan,' by Keats in 'Isabella,'by Shelley in 'The Witch of Atlas,' etc."
"OTTAWAS","A tribe of Indians who, when first known, lived on the OttawaRiver. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shoreof Lake Superior."
"OTTER","Any carnivorous animal of the genus Lutra, and related genera.Several species are described. They have large, flattish heads, shortears, and webbed toes. They are aquatic, and feed on fish. Their furis soft and valuable. The common otter of Europe is Lutra vulgaris;the American otter is L. Canadensis; other species inhabit SouthAmerica and Asia."
"OTTO","See Attar."
"OTTO CYCLE","A four-stroke cycle for internal-combustion engines consistingof the following operations: First stroke, suction into cylinder ofexplosive charge, as of gas and air; second stroke, compression,ignition, and explosion of this charge; third stroke (the workingstroke), expansion of the gases; fourth stroke, expulsion of theproducts of combustion from the cylinder. This is the cycle inventedby Beau de Rochas in 1862 and applied by Dr. Otto in 1877 in theOtto-Crossley gas engine, the first commercially successful internal-combustion engine made."
"OTTO ENGINE","An engine using the Otto cycle."
"OTTOMAN","Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or empire."
"OTTOMITE","An Ottoman. [R.] Shak."
"OTTRELITE","A micaceous mineral occurring in small scales. It ischaracteristic of certain crystalline schists."
"OUAKARI","Any South American monkey of the genus Brachyurus, especiallyB. ouakari."
"OUANANICHE","A small landlocked variety of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salarounaniche) of Lake St. John, Canada, and neighboring waters, notedfor its vigor and activity, and habit of leaping from the water whenhooked."
"OUANDEROO","The wanderoo."
"OUARINE","A Brazilian monkey of the genus Mycetes."
"OUBLIETTE","A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some oldcastles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned toperpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or luredto fall.Sudden in the sun An oubliette winks. Where is he Gone. Mrs.Browning."
"OUCH","A socket or bezel holding a precious stone; hence, a jewel orornament worn on the person.A precious stone in a rich ouche. Sir T. Elyot.Your brooches, pearls, and ouches. Shak."
"OUGHNE","Own. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OUGHT","See Aught."
"OUGHTNESS","The state of being as a thing ought to be; rightness. [R.] N.W. Taylor."
"OUGHWHERE","Anywhere; somewhere. See Owher. [Obs.]"
"OUISTITI","See Wistit."
"OUL","An awl. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OULACHAN","Same as Eulachon."
"OUNCE","The twelfth part of a troy pound."
"OUNDING","Waving. [Obs.]Ounding, paling, winding, or bending . . . of cloth. Chaucer."
"OUPHE","A fairy; a goblin; an elf. [Obs.] 'Like urchins, ouphes, andfairies.' Shak."
"OUPHEN","Elfish. [Obs.]"
"OUR","Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; ourrights; our troops; our endeavors. See I.The Lord is our defense. Ps. lxxxix. 18."
"OURANG","The orang-outang."
"OURANG-OUTANG","See Orang-outang."
"OURANOGRAPHIST","See Uranographist."
"OURANOGRAPHY","See Uranography."
"OUREBI","A small, graceful, and swift African antelope, allied to theklipspringer."
"OURETIC","Uric."
"OUROLOGY","See Urology."
"OUROSCOPY","Ourology."
"OURS","See Note under Our."
"OURSELVES","; sing. Ourself (we; also, alone in the predicate, in thenominative or the objective case.We ourselves might distinctly number in words a great deal furtherthen we usually do. Locke.Safe in ourselves, while on ourselves we stand. Dryden."
"OUSE","See Ooze. [Obs.]"
"OUSEL","One of several species of European thrushes, especially theblackbird (Merula merula, or Turdus merula), and the mountain or ringousel (Turdus torquatus). [Written also ouzel.] Rock ousel (Zo\u00f6l.),the ring ousel.-- Water ousel (Zo\u00f6l.), the European dipper (Cinclus aquaticus), andthe American dipper (C. Mexicanus)."
"OUST","See Oast."
"OUSTER","A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection;disseizin.Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion,disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement. Blackstone.Ouster le main. Etym: [Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus.] (Law)A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of theking's hands, or a judgement given for that purpose. Blackstone."
"OUT","In its original and strict sense, out means from the interiorof something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in aposition or relation which is exterior to something; -- opposed to inor into. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see Outof, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or,he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, hecame out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc. Out is used in avariety of applications, as: --"
"OUT-HEROD","To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in anyvicious or offensive particular. 'It out-Herods Herod.' Shak.Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times. Sir W. Scott."
"OUT-OF-DOOR","Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air;outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. See Out of door, under Out, adv.Amongst out-of-door delights. G. Eliot."
"OUT-OF-THE-WAY","See under Out, adv."
"OUT-PATIENT","A patient who is outside a hospital, but receives medical aidfrom it."
"OUTACT","To do or beyond; to exceed in acting. [R.]He has made me heir to treasures Would make me outact a real window'swhining. Otway."
"OUTAGAMIES","See lst Fox, 7."
"OUTARGUE","To surpass or conquer in argument."
"OUTBABBLE","To utter foolishly or excessively; to surpass in babbling. [R.]Milton."
"OUTBALANCE","To outweight; to exceed in weight or effect.Let dull Ajax bear away my right When all his days outbalance thisone night. Dryden."
"OUTBAR","To bar out. [R.] Spenser."
"OUTBEG","To surpass in begging. [R.]"
"OUTBID","To exceed or surpass in bidding.Prevent the greedy, and outbid the bold. Pope."
"OUTBIDDER","One who outbids. Johnson."
"OUTBLEAT","To surpass in bleating."
"OUTBLOWN","Inflated with wind. Dryden."
"OUTBLUSH","To exceed in blushing; to surpass in rosy color. T. Shipman."
"OUTBOARD","Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or hull;in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to inboard;as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard."
"OUTBORN","Foreign; not native. [R.]"
"OUTBOUND","Outward bound. Dryden."
"OUTBOUNDS","The farthest or exterior bounds; extreme limits; boundaries.Spenser."
"OUTBOW","To excel in bowing. Young."
"OUTBOWED","Convex; curved outward. 'The convex or outbowed side of avessel.' Bp. Hall."
"OUTBRAG","To surpass in bragging; hence, to make appear inferior.Whose bare outbragg'd the web it seemed to wear. Shak."
"OUTBRAZEN","To bear down with a brazen face; to surpass in impudence. T.Brown."
"OUTBREAK","A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection. 'Mobs and outbreaks.'J. H. Newman.The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. Shak."
"OUTBREAST","To surpass in singing. See Breast, n., 6. [Obs.]"
"OUTBREATHE","To issue, as breath; to be breathed out; to exhale. Beau. & Fl."
"OUTBRIBE","To surpass in bribing."
"OUTBRING","To bring or bear out."
"OUTBUD","To sprout. [Poetic] Spenser."
"OUTBUILD","To exceed in building, or in durability of building."
"OUTBUILDING","A building separate from, and subordinate to, the main house;an outhouse."
"OUTBURST","A bursting forth."
"OUTCANT","To surpass in canting. Pope."
"OUTCAST","Cast out; degraded. 'Outcast, rejected.' Longfellow."
"OUTCASTING","That which is cast out. [Obs.]"
"OUTCEPT","Except. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"OUTCHEAT","To exceed in cheating."
"OUTCLIMB","To climb bevond; to surpass in climbing. Davenant."
"OUTCOME","That which comes out of, or follows from, something else;issue; result; consequence; upshot. 'The logical outcome.' H.Spenser.All true literature, all genuine poetry, is the direct outcome, thecondensed essence, of actual life and thougth. J. C. Shairp."
"OUTCOMPASS","To exceed the compass or limits of. Bacon."
"OUTCOURT","An outer or exterior court.The skirts and outcourts of heaven. South."
"OUTCRAFTY","To exceed in cunning. [R.] Shak."
"OUTCRIER","One who cries out or proclaims; a herald or crier."
"OUTCROP","To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata."
"OUTDARE","To surpass in daring; to overcome by courage; to brave. Shak.R. Browning."
"OUTDATED","Being out of date; antiquated. [Obs.] Hammond."
"OUTDAZZLE","To surpass in dazzing."
"OUTDO","To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass.An imposture outdoes the original. L' Estrange.I grieve to be outdone by Gay. Swift."
"OUTDOOR","Being, or done, in the open air; being or done outside ofcertain buildings, as poorhouses, hospitals, etc.; as, outdoorexercise; outdoor relief; outdoor patients."
"OUTDOORS","Abread; out of the house; out of doors."
"OUTDRAW","To draw out; to extract. [R.] 'He must the teeth outdraw.'Gower."
"OUTDREAM","To pass, or escape, while dreaming. 'To oultdream dangers.'Beau. & Fl."
"OUTDRINK","To exceed in drinking."
"OUTDURE","To outlast. [Obs.]"
"OUTDWELL","To dwell or stay beyond. [Poetic] 'He outdwells his hour.'Shak."
"OUTDWELLER","One who holds land in a parish, but lives elsewhere. [Eng.]"
"OUTER","Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from theinterior, from a given station, or from any space or positionregarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, theouter wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; theouter world. Outer bar, in England, the body of junior (or utter)barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyondthe space reserved for Queen's counsel."
"OUTERMOST","Being on the extreme external part; farthest outward; as, theoutermost row. Boyle."
"OUTFACE","To face or look (one) out of countenance; to resist or beardown by bold looks or effrontery; to brave. Shak.Having outfaced all the world. South."
"OUTFAWN","To exceed in fawning."
"OUTFEAST","To exceed in feasting."
"OUTFEAT","To surpass in feats."
"OUTFIELD","The part of the field beyond the diamond, or infield. It isoccupied by the fielders."
"OUTFIT","A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of aperson for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in aforeign land; things required for equipment; the expense of, orallowance made for, equipment, as by the government of the UnitedStates to a diplomatic agent going abroad."
"OUTFITTER","One who furnishes outfits for a voyage, a journey, or abusiness."
"OUTFLANK","To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass aroundor turn the flank or flanks of."
"OUTFLATTER","To exceed in flattering."
"OUTFLING","A gibe; a contemptuous remark."
"OUTFLOW","A flowing out; efflux."
"OUTFLY","To surpass in flying; to fly beyond or faster than. Shak.Winged with fear outflies the wind. Waller."
"OUTFOOL","To exceed in folly. [R.] Young."
"OUTFOOT","To outrun or outwalk; hence, of a vessel, to outsail. [Colloq.]"
"OUTFORM","External appearance. [Obs.]"
"OUTFROWN","To frown down; to overbear by frowning. Shak."
"OUTGATE","An outlet. [Obs.] Spenser."
"OUTGAZE","To gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeingor of looking; hence, to stare out of countenance."
"OUTGENERAL","To exceed in generalship; to gain advantage over by superiormilitary skill or executive ability; to outmaneuver. Chesterfield."
"OUTGIVE","To surpass in giving. Dryden."
"OUTGO","That which goes out, or is paid out; outlay; expenditure; --the opposite of Ant: income. Lowell."
"OUTGOER","One who goes out or departs."
"OUTGOING","Going out; departing; as, the outgoing administration; anoutgoing steamer."
"OUTGROUND","Ground situated at a distance from the house; outlying land."
"OUTGROWTH","That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; anexcrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence."
"OUTGUARD","A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the mainbody of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy; hence,anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to bedefended."
"OUTGUSH","A pouring out; an outburst.A passionate outgush of emotion. Thackeray."
"OUTHAUL","A rope used for hauling out a sail upon a spar; -- opposite ofinhaul."
"OUTHER","Other. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OUTHESS","Outcry; alarm. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OUTHIRE","To hire out. [Obs.] Spenser."
"OUTHOUSE","A small house or building at a little distance from the mainhouse; an outbuilding."
"OUTJEST","To surpass in jesting; to drive out, or away, by jesting. [R.]Shak."
"OUTJET","That which jets out or projects from anything. [R.] H. Miller."
"OUTJUGGLE","To surpass in juggling."
"OUTKEEPER","An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally inchaining."
"OUTKNAVE","To surpass in knavery."
"OUTLABOR","To surpass in laboring."
"OUTLAND","Foreign; outlandish. [Obs.] Strutt."
"OUTLANDER","A foreigner. Wood."
"OUTLAST","To exceed in duration; to survive; to endure longer than.Milton."
"OUTLAW","A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived ofits protection. Blackstone."
"OUTLAY","To lay out; to spread out; to display. [R.] Drayton."
"OUTLEAP","To surpass in leaping."
"OUTLET","The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passageout; an exit; a vent.Receiving all, and having no outlet. Fuller."
"OUTLIE","To exceed in lying. Bp. Hall."
"OUTLIER","A part of a rock or stratum lying without, or beyond, the mainbody, from which it has been separated by denudation."
"OUTLIMB",", An extreme member or part of a thing; a limb. [Obs.] Fuller."
"OUTLINEAR","Of or pertaining to an outline; being in, or forming, anoutline. Trench."
"OUTLIVE","To live beyond, or longer than; to survive.They live too long who happiness outlive. Dryden."
"OUTLIVER","One who outlives. [R.]"
"OUTLOOSE","A loosing from; an escape; an outlet; an evasion. [Obs.]That 'whereas' gives me an outloose. Selden."
"OUTLOPE","An excursion. [Obs.] Florio."
"OUTLYING","Lying or being at a distance from the central part, or the mainbody; being on, or beyond, the frontier; exterior; remote; detached."
"OUTMANTLE","To excel in mantling; hence, to excel in splendor, as of dress.[R.]And with poetic trappings grace thy prose, Till it outmantle all thepride of verse. Cowper."
"OUTMARCH","To surpass in marching; to march faster than, or so as to leavebehind."
"OUTMEASURE","To exceed in measure or extent; to measure more than. Sir T.Browne."
"OUTMOST","Farthest from the middle or interior; farthest outward;outermost."
"OUTMOUNT","To mount above. [R.]"
"OUTNESS","The state or quality of being distanguishable from theperceiving mind, by being in space, and possessing marerial quality;externality; objectivity.The outness of the objects of sense. Sir W. Hamiltom."
"OUTNOISE","To exceed in noise; to surpass in noisiness. [R.] Fuller."
"OUTNUMBER","To exceed in number."
"OUTPACE","To outgo; to move faster than; to leave behind. [R.] Lamb."
"OUTPARAMOUR","To exceed in the number of mistresses. [R.] Shak."
"OUTPARISH","A parish lying without the walls of, or in a remote part of, atown. Graunt."
"OUTPART","An outlying part. [R.] Ayliffe."
"OUTPASS","To pass beyond; to exceed in progress."
"OUTPASSION","To exceed in passion."
"OUTPEER","To excel. [R.] Shak."
"OUTPENSION","To grant an outpension to."
"OUTPLAY","To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to beoutplayed in tennis or ball."
"OUTPOISE","To outweigh. Howell."
"OUTPORT","A harbor or port at some distance from the chief town or seatof trade. Macaulay."
"OUTPOUR","To pour out. Milton."
"OUTPOWER","To excel in power; to overpover. [Obs.] Fuller."
"OUTPRAY","To exceed or excel in prayer."
"OUTPREACH","To surpass in preaching.And for a villain's quick conversion A pillory can outpreach aparson. Trumbull."
"OUTPRIZE","To prize beyong value, or in excess; to exceed in value. [Obs.]Shak."
"OUTPUT","That which is thrown out as products of the metabolic activityof the body; the egesta other than the f\u00e6ces. See Income."
"OUTQUENCH","To quench entirely; to extinguish. 'The candlelightoutquenched.' Spenser."
"OUTRAGE","To rage in excess of. [R.] Young."
"OUTRAGEOUS","Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right,reason, or decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent;atrocious. 'Outrageous weeping.' Chaucer. 'The most outrageousvillainies.' Sir P. Sidney. 'The vile, outrageous crimes.' Shak.'Outrageous panegyric.' Dryden."
"OUTRANCE","The utmost or last extremity. Combat \u00e0 outrance, a fight to theend, or to the death."
"OUTRANK","To exceed in rank; hence, to take precedence of."
"OUTRAY","To outshine. [R.] Skelton."
"OUTRAYE","See Outrage, v. i. [Obs.]This warn I you, that ye not suddenly Out of yourself for no woeshould outraye. Chaucer."
"OUTRAZE","To obliterate. [Obs.] Sandys."
"OUTRE","Being out of the common course or limits; extravagant; bizarre."
"OUTREACH","To reach beyond."
"OUTREASON","To excel or surpass in reasoning; to reason better than. South."
"OUTRECKON","To exceed in reckoning or computation. Bp. Pearson."
"OUTRECUIDANCE","Excessive presumption. [R.] B. Jonson."
"OUTREDE","To surpass in giving rede, or counsel. [Obs.] See Atrede.Chaucer."
"OUTREIGN","To go beyond in reigning; to reign through the whole of, orlonger than. [R.] Spenser."
"OUTRIDE","To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than.Shak."
"OUTRING","To excel in volume of ringing sound; to ring louder than."
"OUTRIVAL","To surpass in a rivalry."
"OUTRIVE","To river; to sever. [Obs.] Fairfax."
"OUTROAR","To exceed in roaring."
"OUTROMANCE","To exceed in romantic character. [R.] Fuller."
"OUTROOM","An outer room. [R.] Fuller."
"OUTROOT","To eradicate; to extirpate."
"OUTRUN","To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than; tooutstrip; to go beyond.Your zeal outruns my wishes. Sir W. Scott.The other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulcher.Jhon xx. 4."
"OUTRUNNER","An offshoot; a branch. [R.] 'Some outrunner of the river.'Lauson."
"OUTRUSH","To rush out; to issue, or ru Garth."
"OUTSAIL","To excel, or to leave behind, in sailing; to sail faster than.Beau. & Fl."
"OUTSCENT","To exceed in odor. Fuller."
"OUTSCOLD","To exceed in scolding. Shak."
"OUTSCORN","To confront, or subdue, with greater scorn. Shak."
"OUTSCOURING","That which is scoured out o Buckland."
"OUTSCOUT","To overpower by disdain; to outface. [Obs.] Marston."
"OUTSEE","To see beyond; to excel in cer"
"OUTSENTRY","A sentry who guards the entrance or approach to a place; anoutguard."
"OUTSET","A setting out, starting, or beginning. 'The outset of apolitical journey.' Burke.Giving a proper direction to this outset of life. J. Hawes."
"OUTSETTLER","One who settles at a distance, or away, from others."
"OUTSHINE","To shine forth. 'Bright, outshining beams.' Shak."
"OUTSHOOT","To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond. Bacon.Men are resolved never to outshoot their forefathers' mark. Norris."
"OUTSHUT","To shut out. [R.] Donne."
"OUTSIDE","or prep. On or to the outside (of); without; on the exterior;as, to ride outside the coach; he stayed outside."
"OUTSING","To surpass in singing."
"OUTSIT","To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond thetime of; to outstay."
"OUTSKIRT","A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usuallyin the plural; as, the outskirts of a town. Wordsworth.The outskirts of his march of mystery. Keble."
"OUTSLEEP","To exceed in sleeping. Shak."
"OUTSLIDE","To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding.[Poetic]At last our grating keels outslide. Whittier."
"OUTSOAR","To soar beyond or above."
"OUTSOLE","The outside sole of a boot or shoe."
"OUTSOUND","To surpass in sounding."
"OUTSPAN","To unyoke or disengage, as oxen from a wagon. [S. Africa]"
"OUTSPARKLE","To exceed in sparkling."
"OUTSPEED","To excel in speed.Outspeed the realized miracles of steam. Talfourd."
"OUTSPEND","Outlay; expenditure. [R.]A mere outspend of savageness. I. Taylor."
"OUTSPIN","To spin out; to finish."
"OUTSPOKEN","Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; as, anoutspoken man; an outspoken rebuke.-- Out*spo'ken*ness, n."
"OUTSPORT","To exceed in sporting. [R.] 'Not to outsport discretion.' Shak."
"OUTSPREAD","To spread out; to expand; -- usually as a past part. or adj."
"OUTSPRING","To spring out; to issue."
"OUTSTAND","To stand out, or project, from a surface or mass; hence, toremain standing out."
"OUTSTANDING","That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as,outstanding obligations.Revenues . . . as well outstanding as collected. A. Hamilton."
"OUTSTARE","To excel or overcome in staring; to face down.I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. Shak."
"OUTSTART","To start out or up. Chaucer."
"OUTSTAY","To stay beyond or longer than.She concluded to outstay him. Mad. D' Arblay."
"OUTSTEP","To exceed in stepping."
"OUTSTORM","To exceed in storming.Insults the tempest and outstorms the skies. J. Barlow."
"OUTSTREET","A street remote from the center of a town. Johnson."
"OUTSTRETCH","To stretch out. Milton."
"OUTSTRIDE","To surpass in striding."
"OUTSTRIKE","To strike out; to strike faster than. Shak."
"OUTSTRIP","To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leavebehing.Appetites which . . . had outstripped the hours. Southey.He still outstript me in the race. Tennyson."
"OUTSUFFER","To exceed in suffering."
"OUTSWEAR","To exceed in swearing."
"OUTSWEETEN","To surpass in sweetness. [R.] Shak."
"OUTTAKE","Except. [Obs.] R. of Brunne."
"OUTTAKEN","or prep. Excepted; save. [Obs.] Wyclif. Chaucer."
"OUTTALK","To overpower by talking; to exceed in talking; to talk down.Shak."
"OUTTELL","To surpass in telling, counting, or reckoning. 'I have outtoldthe clock.' Beau. & Fl."
"OUTTERM","An external or superficial thing; outward manner; superficialremark, etc. [Obs.]Not to bear cold forms, nor men's outterms. B. Jonson."
"OUTTOIL","To exceed in toiling."
"OUTTONGUE","To silence by talk, clamor, or noise. [R.] Shak."
"OUTTOP","To overtop. [Obs.]"
"OUTTRAVEL","To exceed in speed o Mad. D' Arblay."
"OUTTWINE","To disentangle. [Obs.]"
"OUTVALUE","To exceed in value. Boyle."
"OUTVENOM","To exceed in venom."
"OUTVIE","To exceed in vying. Dryden."
"OUTVILLAIN","To exceed in villainy."
"OUTVOICE","To exceed in noise. Shak."
"OUTVOTE","To exceed in the number of votes given; to defeat by votes.South."
"OUTWALK","To excel in walking; to leave behind in walking. B. Jonson."
"OUTWALL","The exterior wall; the outside surface, or appearance. Shak."
"OUTWARD","External form; exterior. [R.]So fair an outward and such stuff within. Shak."
"OUTWARDS","See Outward, adv."
"OUTWATCH","To exceed in watching."
"OUTWAY","A way out; exit. [R.]In divers streets and outways multiplied. P. Fletcher."
"OUTWEARY","To weary out. Cowley."
"OUTWEED","To weed out. [Obs.]"
"OUTWEEP","To exceed in weeping."
"OUTWEIGH","To exceed in weight or value."
"OUTWELL","To pour out. [Obs.] Spenser."
"OUTWENT","imp. of Outgo."
"OUTWHORE","To exceed in lewdness."
"OUTWIN","To win a way out of. [Obs.]"
"OUTWIND","To extricate by winding; to unloose. [R.] Spenser. Dr. H. More."
"OUTWING","To surpass, exceed, or outstrip in flying. Garth."
"OUTWIT","To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreachby superior craft.They did so much outwit and outwealth us ! Gauden."
"OUTWOE","To exceed in woe. [Obs.]"
"OUTWORK","To exceed in working; to work more or faster than."
"OUTWORTH","To exceed in worth. [R.]"
"OUTWREST","To extort; to draw from or forth by violence. [Obs.] Spenser."
"OUTWRITE","To exceed or excel in writing."
"OUTZANY","To exceed in buffoonery. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"OUVAROVITE","Chrome garnet."
"OUZE","See Ooze. [Obs.]"
"OUZEL","Same as Ousel.The mellow ouzel fluted in the elm. Tennyson."
"OVA","See Ovum."
"OVAL","Broadly elliptical. Oval chuck (Mech.), a lathe chuck soconstructed that work attached to it, and cut by the turning tool inthe usual manner, becomes of an oval form."
"OVALIFORM","Having the form of an egg; having a figure such that anysection in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular,and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval."
"OVALLY","In an oval form."
"OVANT","Exultant. [Obs.] Holland."
"OVARIOLE","One of the tubes of which the ovaries of most insects arecomposed."
"OVARIOTOMIST","One who performs, or is skilled in, ovariotomy."
"OVARIOTOMY","The operation of removing one or both of the ovaries;o\u00f6phorectomy."
"OVARIOUS","Consisting of eggs; as, ovarious food. [R.] Thomson."
"OVARITIS","Inflammation of the ovaries."
"OVARIUM","An ovary. See Ovary."
"OVARY","That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in mostflowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of Flower."
"OVATE","Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal sectior ofan egg, with the broader end basal. Gray."
"OVATE-ACUMINATE","Having an ovate form, but narrowed at the end into a slenderpoint."
"OVATE-CYLINDRACEOUS","Having a form intermediate between ovate and cylindraceous."
"OVATE-LANCEOLATE","Having a form intermediate between ovate and lanceolate."
"OVATE-OBLONG","Oblong. with one end narrower than the other; ovato-oblong."
"OVATE-ROTUNDATE","Having a form intermediate between that of an egg and a sphere;roundly ovate."
"OVATE-SUBULATE","Having an ovate form, but with a subulate tip or extremity."
"OVATED","Ovate."
"OVATION","A lesser kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy,bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves."
"OVATO-ACUMINATE","Same as Ovate-acuminate."
"OVATO-CYLINDRACEOUS","Same as Ovate-cylindraceous."
"OVATO-OBLONG","Same as Ovate-oblong."
"OVATO-ROTUNDATE","Same as Ovate-rotundate."
"OVEN","A place arched over with brick or stonework, and used forbaking, heating, or drying; hence, any structure, whether fixed orportable, which may be heated for baking, drying, etc.; esp., now, achamber in a stove, used for baking or roasting."
"OVER","Upper; covering; higher; superior; also, excessive; too much ortoo great; -- chiefly used in composition; as, overshoes, overcoat,over-garment, overlord, overwork, overhaste."
"OVER-ARM","Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above theshoulder. See Overhard. 'An over-arm with a round-arm bowler.' R. A.Proctor."
"OVER-BUSY","Too busy; officious."
"OVER-GARMENT","An outer garment."
"OVER-STORY","The clearstory, or upper story, of a building."
"OVERABOUND","To be exceedingly plenty or superabundant. Pope."
"OVERACT","To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action. B.Jonson."
"OVERACTION","Per"
"OVERAFFECT","To affect or care for unduly. [Obs.] Milton."
"OVERAGITATE","To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient. Bp. Hall."
"OVERALL","Everywhere. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OVERANXIETY","The state of being overanxious; excessive anxiety."
"OVERANXIOUS","Anxious in an excessive or needless degree.-- O'ver*anx'ious*ly, adv."
"OVERARCH","To make or place an arch over; to hang over like an arch.'Brown with o'erarching shades.' Pope."
"OVERAWE","To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or greatfear.The king was present in person to overlook the magistrates, andoverawe these subjects with the terror of his sword. Spenser."
"OVERAWFUL","Awful, or reverential, in an excessive degree. [R.] Milton."
"OVERBALANCE","Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent;as, an overbalance of exports. J. Edwards."
"OVERBARREN","Excessively barren."
"OVERBATTLE","Excessively fertile; bearing rank or noxious growths. [Obs.]'Overbattle grounds.' Hooker."
"OVERBEAR","To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific."
"OVERBEND","To bend to excess."
"OVERBID","To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of. Dryden."
"OVERBIDE","To outlive. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OVERBLOW","To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone,or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of aflute are produced by overblowing."
"OVERBOARD","Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, intothe water; as, to fall overboard. To throw overboard, to discard; toabandon, as a dependent or friend."
"OVERBOIL","To boil over or unduly.Nor is discontent to keep the mind Deep in its fountain, lest itoverboil In the hot throng. Byron."
"OVERBOLD","Excessively or presumptuously bold; impudent. Shak.-- O'ver*bold'ly, adv."
"OVERBOOKISH","Excessively bookish."
"OVERBOUNTEOUS","Bounteous to excess."
"OVERBOW","To bend or bow over; to bend in a contrary direction. [Obs.]Fuller."
"OVERBREED","To breed to excess."
"OVERBRIM","To flow over the brim; to be so full as to overflow. [R.]"
"OVERBROW","To hang over like a brow; to impend over. [Poetic] Longfellow.Did with a huge projection overbrow Large space beneath. Wordsworth."
"OVERBUILT","Having too many buildings; as, an overbuilt part of a town."
"OVERBULK","To oppress by bulk; to overtower. [Obs. & R.] Shak."
"OVERBURDEN","To load with too great weight or too much care, etc. Sir P.Sidney."
"OVERBURDENSOME","Too burdensome."
"OVERBURN","To burn too much; to be overzealous."
"OVERCANOPY","To cover as with a canopy. Shak."
"OVERCAPABLE","Too capable. [R.]Overcapable of such pleasing errors. Hooker."
"OVERCARE","Excessive care. Dryden."
"OVERCAREFUL","Too careful. Shak."
"OVERCARKING","Too anxious; too full of care. [Archaic] Fuller."
"OVERCARRY","To carry too far; to carry beyond the proper point. Hayward."
"OVERCAST","To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) toprevent raveling."
"OVERCATCH","To overtake. [Obs.]"
"OVERCAUTIOUS","Too cautious; cautious or prudent to excess.-- O'ver*cau'tious*ly, adv.-- O'ver*cau'tiou*ness, n."
"OVERCHANGE","Too much or too frequent change; fickleness. [R.] Beau. & Fl."
"OVERCHARGE","To make excessive charges."
"OVERCLIMB","To climb over. Surrey."
"OVERCLOUD","To cover or overspread with clouds; to becloud; to overcast."
"OVERCLOY","To fill beyond satiety. Shak."
"OVERCOAT","A coat worn over the other clothing; a greatcoat; a topcoat."
"OVERCOLD","Cold to excess. Wiseman."
"OVERCOLOR","To color too highly."
"OVERCOME","To gain the superiority; to be victorious. Rev. iii. 21."
"OVERCOMER","One who overcomes."
"OVERCOMING","Conquering; subduing.-- O`ver*com'ing*ly, adv."
"OVERCONFIDENCE","Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust."
"OVERCONFIDENT","Confident to excess.-- O'ver*con'fi*dent*ly, adv."
"OVERCOSTLY","Too costly. Milton."
"OVERCOUNT","To rate too high; to outnumber. Shak."
"OVERCOVER","To cover up. Shak."
"OVERCREDULOUS","Too credulous."
"OVERCROW","To crow, exult, or boast, over; to overpower. Spenser. Shak."
"OVERCROWD","To crowd too much."
"OVERCUNNING","Exceedingly or excessively cunning."
"OVERCURIOUS","Too curious."
"OVERDARE","To dare too much or rashly; to be too daring."
"OVERDATE","To date later than the true or proper period. Milton."
"OVERDEAL","The excess. [Obs.]The overdeal in the price will be double. Holland."
"OVERDELICATE","Too delicate."
"OVERDELIGHTED","Delighted beyond measure."
"OVERDEVELOP","To develop excessively; specif. (Photog.),"
"OVERDIGHT","Covered over. [Obs.] Spenser."
"OVERDO","To labor too hard; to do too much."
"OVERDOER","One who overdoes."
"OVERDOSE","To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to."
"OVERDRAFT","The act of overdrawing; also, the amount or sum overdrawn."
"OVERDRAW","To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amountor limit."
"OVERDRESS","To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much. Pope."
"OVERDRINK","To drink to excess."
"OVERDRIVE","To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength."
"OVERDROWN","To wet or drench to excess. [Obs.] W. Browne."
"OVERDRY","To dry too much. Burton."
"OVERDUE","Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time ofarrival or payment, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue note."
"OVERDYE","To dye with excess of color; to put one color over (another).Shak."
"OVEREAGER","Too eager; too impatient.-- O`ver*ea'ger*ly, adv.-- O'ver*ea'ger*ness, n."
"OVEREARNEST","Too earnest.-- O'ver*ear'nest*ly, adv.-- O'ver*ear'nest*ness, n."
"OVERELEGANT","Too elegant. Johnson."
"OVEREMPTY","To make too empty; to exhaust. [R.] Carew."
"OVEREST","Uppermost; outermost.Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. Chaucer."
"OVERESTIMATE","To estimate too highly; to overvalue."
"OVEREXCITE","To excite too much."
"OVEREXCITEMENT","Excess of excitement; the state of being overexcited."
"OVEREXERT","To exert too much."
"OVEREXERTION","Excessive exertion."
"OVEREXPOSE","To expose excessively; specif. (Photog.),"
"OVEREXQUISITE","Too exquisite; too exact or nice; too careful."
"OVERFALL","A turbulent surface of water, caused by strong currents settingover submerged ridges; also, a dangerous submerged ridge or shoal."
"OVERFATIGUE","Excessive fatigue."
"OVERFEED","To feed to excess; to surfeit."
"OVERFIERCE","Excessively fierce."
"OVERFILL","To fill to excess; to surcharge."
"OVERFISH","To fish to excess."
"OVERFLOAT","To overflow. [R.] Dryden."
"OVERFLOWING","An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.He was ready to bestow the overflowings of his full mind on anybodywho would start a subject. Macaulay."
"OVERFLOWINGLY","In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle."
"OVERFLUSH","To flush to excess. [R.]"
"OVERFLUTTER","To flutter over."
"OVERFLUX","Overflow; exuberance. [R.]"
"OVERFLY","To cross or pass over by flight. Byron."
"OVERFOND",", Milton.-- O'ver*fond'ly, adv.-- O'ver*fond'ness, n."
"OVERFORCE","Excessive force; violence."
"OVERFORWARD","Forward to excess; too forward.-- O'ver*for'ward*ness, n."
"OVERFREE","Free to excess; too liberal; too familiar.-- O'ver*free'ly, adv."
"OVERFREIGHT","To put too much freight in or upon; to load too full, or tooheavily; to overload."
"OVERFREQUENT","Too frequent."
"OVERFRIEZE","To cover with a frieze, or as with a frieze. E. Hall."
"OVERFRONT","To confront; to oppose; to withstand. [Obs.] Milton."
"OVERFRUITFUL","Too fruitful."
"OVERFULL","Too full; filled to overflowing; excessively full; surfeited.Shak."
"OVERFULLNESS","The state of being excessively or abnormally full, so as tocause overflow, distention, or congestion; excess of fullness;surfeit."
"OVERGARRISON","To garrison to excess."
"OVERGAZE","To gaze; to overlook. [Poetic] 'Earth's o'ergazing mountains.'Byron."
"OVERGILD","To gild over; to varnish."
"OVERGIRD","To gird too closely. [R.]"
"OVERGIVE","To give over; to surrender; to yield. [Obs.] Spenser."
"OVERGLAD","Excessively or unduly glad."
"OVERGLANCE","To glance over."
"OVERGLIDE","To glide over. Wyatt."
"OVERGLOOM","To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow. [R.]Overgloomed by memories of sorrow. De Quincey."
"OVERGORGE","To gorge to excess."
"OVERGRACE","To grace or honor exceedingly or beyond desert. [R.] Beau. &Fl."
"OVERGRASSED","Overstocked, or overgrown, or covered, with grass. [Obs.]Spenser."
"OVERGREAT","Too great."
"OVERGREATNESS","Excessive greatness."
"OVERGREEDY","Excessively greedy."
"OVERGROSS","Too gross."
"OVERGROUND","Situated over or above ground; as, the overground portion of aplant."
"OVERGROW","To grow beyond the fit or natural size; as, a huge, overgrownox. L'Estrange."
"OVERGROWTH","Excessive growth."
"OVERHALE","See Overhaul. [Obs.]"
"OVERHALL","See Overhaul. [Obs.]"
"OVERHAND","The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. Sir T. More."
"OVERHANDLE","To handle, or use, too much; to mention too often. Shak."
"OVERHANG","To jut over. Milton."
"OVERHAPPY","Exceedingly happy. Shak."
"OVERHARDEN","To harden too much; to make too hard. Boyle."
"OVERHARDY","Too hardy; overbold."
"OVERHASTE","Too great haste."
"OVERHASTY","Too hasty; precipitate; rash.-- O'ver*has'ti*ly, adv.-- O`ver*has'ti*ness, n."
"OVERHAUL","To gain upon in a chase; to overtake. To overhaul a tackle, topull on the leading parts so as to separate the blocks.-- To overhaul running rigging, to keep it clear, and see that nohitch occurs."
"OVERHEAD","Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in thestory or upon the floor above; in the zenith.While overhead the moon Sits arbitress. Milton."
"OVERHEAT","To heat to excess; to superheat. Cowper."
"OVERHEAVY","Excessively heavy."
"OVERHELE","To hele or cover over. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"OVERHENT","To overtake. [Obs.]So forth he went and soon them overhent. Spenser."
"OVERHIGH","Too high."
"OVERHIGHLY","Too highly; too greatly."
"OVERHIP","To pass over by, or as by a hop; to skip over; hence, tooverpass. [Obs.] 'When the time is overhipt.' Holland."
"OVERHOLD","To hold or value too highly; to estimate at too dear a rate.[Obs.] Shak."
"OVERINFLUENCE","To influence in an excessive degree; to have undue influenceover."
"OVERINFORM","To inform, fill, or animate, excessively. [R.] Johnson."
"OVERISSUE","An excessive issue; an issue, as of notes or bonds, exceedingthe limit of capital, credit, or authority.An overissue of government paper. Brougham."
"OVERJEALOUS","Excessively jealous; too jealous."
"OVERJOY","To make excessively joyful; to gratify extremely."
"OVERJUMP","To jump over; hence, to omit; to ignore. Marston."
"OVERKING","A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or rulingprinces. J. R. Green."
"OVERKNOWING","Too knowing or too cunning."
"OVERLADE","To load with too great a cargo; to overburden; to overload.Spenser."
"OVERLAND","Being, or accomplished, over the land, instead of by sea; as,an overland journey."
"OVERLANDER","One who travels over lands or countries; one who travelsoverland."
"OVERLANGUAGED","Employing too many words; diffuse. Lowell."
"OVERLAP","To lap over; to lap."
"OVERLARGE","Too large; too great."
"OVERLARGENESS","Excess of size or bulk."
"OVERLASH","To drive on rashly; to go to excess; hence, to exaggerate; toboast. [Obs.] Barrow."
"OVERLASHING","Excess; exaggeration. [Obs.]"
"OVERLATE","Too late; exceedingly late."
"OVERLAVE","To lave or bathe over."
"OVERLAVISH","Lavish to excess."
"OVERLAY","To put an overlay on."
"OVERLAYER","One who overlays; that with which anything is overlaid."
"OVERLAYING","A superficial covering; a coating."
"OVERLEAD","To domineer over; to affront; to treat with indignity. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"OVERLEAP","To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore. 'Let meo'erleap that custom.' Shak."
"OVERLEARNED","Too learned.-- O'ver*learn'ed, adv.-- O'ver*learn'ed*ness, n."
"OVERLEATHER","Upper leather. Shak."
"OVERLEAVEN","To leaven too much; hence, to change excessively; to spoil.[Obs.]"
"OVERLIBERAL","Too liberal."
"OVERLIBERALLY","In an overliberal manner."
"OVERLICK","To lick over."
"OVERLIE","To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon;as, to overlie an infant. Quain.A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her sleeping. Chaucer."
"OVERLIGHT","Too strong a light. Bacon."
"OVERLINESS","The quality or state of being overly; carelessness. [Obs.] Bp.Hall."
"OVERLINGER","To cause to linger; to detain too long. [Obs.] Fuller."
"OVERLIP","The upper lip. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OVERLIVE","To outlive. Sir P. Sidney.The culture of Northumbria overlived the term of its politicalsupermacy. Earle."
"OVERLIVER","A survivor. Bacon."
"OVERLOAD","To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily."
"OVERLOGICAL","Excessively logical; adhering too closely to the forms or rulesof logic."
"OVERLONG","Too long. Shak."
"OVERLOOKER","One who overlooks."
"OVERLOOP","See Orlop. [Obs.]"
"OVERLORD","One who is lord over another or others; a superior lord; amaster. Freeman."
"OVERLORDSHIP","Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others. J.R. Green."
"OVERLOUD","Too loud; noisy."
"OVERLOVE","To love to excess."
"OVERLUSCIOUS","Excessively luscious."
"OVERLUSTY","Too lusty, or lively. Shak."
"OVERLY","In an overly manner. [Archaic]"
"OVERLYING","Lying over or upon something; as, overlying rocks."
"OVERMAGNIFY","To magnify too much. Bp. Hall."
"OVERMALAPERT","Excessively malapert or impudent. [Obs.] Prynne."
"OVERMANNER","In an excessive manner; excessively. [Obs.] Wiclif."
"OVERMARCH","To march too far, or too much; to exhaust by marching. Baker."
"OVERMAST","To furnish (a vessel) with too long or too heavy a mast ormasts."
"OVERMASTER","To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern."
"OVERMATCH","One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest inwhich one of the opponents is overmatched. Milton. D. Webster."
"OVERMEASURE","To measure or estimate too largely."
"OVERMEDDLE","To meddle unduly."
"OVERMEDDLING","Excessive interference. 'Justly shent for their overmeddling.'Fuller."
"OVERMELLOW","Too mellow; overripe."
"OVERMERIT","Excessive merit. Bacon."
"OVERMICKLE","Overmuch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"OVERMIX","To mix with too much."
"OVERMODEST","Modest to excess; bashful.-- O'ver*mod'est*ly, adv."
"OVERMOIST","Excessively moist. Bacon."
"OVERMOISTURE","Excess of moisture."
"OVERMORE","Beyond; moreover. [Obs.]"
"OVERMORROW","The day after or following to-morrow. [Obs.] Bible (1551)."
"OVERMOST","Over the rest in authority; above all others; highest. [Obs.]Fabyan."
"OVERMOUNT","To mount over; to go higher than; to rise above."
"OVERMUCH","Too much.-- adv."
"OVERMUCHNESS","The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance. [R.]B. Jonson."
"OVERMULTIPLY","To multiply or increase too much; to repeat too often."
"OVERMULTITUDE","To outnumber. [Obs.]"
"OVERNAME","To name over or in a series; to recount. [Obs.] Shak."
"OVERNEAT","Excessively neat. Spectator."
"OVERNICE","Excessively nice; fastidious. Bp. Hall.-- O'ver*nice'ly, adv.-- O'ver*nice'ness, n."
"OVERNIGHT","The fore part of the night last past; the previous evening.[R.] Shak."
"OVERNOISE","To overpower by noise."
"OVERNUMEROUS","Excessively numerous; too many."
"OVEROFFICE","To domineer over by virtue of office. [Obs.] Shak."
"OVEROFFICIOUS","Too busy; too ready to intermeddle; too officious. Collier."
"OVERPAINT","To color or describe too strongly. Sir W. Raleigh."
"OVERPAMPER","To pamper excessively; to feed or dress too much. Dryton."
"OVERPART","To give too important or difficult a part to. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"OVERPASS","To pass over, away, or off."
"OVERPASSIONATE","Passionate to excess.-- O'ver*pas'sion*ate*ly, adv."
"OVERPATIENT","Patient to excess."
"OVERPAY","To pay too much to; to reward too highly."
"OVERPEER","To peer over; to rise above."
"OVERPEOPLE","To people too densely."
"OVERPERCH","To perch upon; to fly over. [Obs.] Shak."
"OVERPERSUADE","To persuade or influence against one's inclination or judgment.Pope."
"OVERPESTER","To pester exceedingly or excessively. Sir W. Raleigh."
"OVERPICTURE","To surpass nature in the picture or representation of. [Obs.]'O'erpicturing that Venus.' Shak."
"OVERPLEASE","To please excessively."
"OVERPLUS","That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantityproposed; surplus. Shak. 'The overplus of a great fortune.' Addison."
"OVERPLY","To ply to excess; to exert with too much vigor; to overwork.Milton."
"OVERPOISE","To outweigh; to overbalance. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"OVERPOLISH","To polish too much."
"OVERPONDEROUS","Too heavy."
"OVERPOST","To post over; to pass over swiftly, as by post. Shak."
"OVERPOTENT","Too potent or powerful."
"OVERPOWER","To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; tosubdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes. 'And overpower'd thatgallant few.' Wordsworth."
"OVERPOWERING","Excelling in power; too powerful; irresistible.-- O`ver*pow'er*ing*ly, adv."
"OVERPRAISE","To praise excessively or unduly."
"OVERPRAISING","The act of praising unduly; excessive praise. Milton."
"OVERPRESSURE","Excessive pressure or urging. London Athen\u00e6um."
"OVERPRIZE","Toprize excessively; to overvalue. Sir H. Wotton."
"OVERPRODUCTION","Excessive production; supply beyond the demand. J. S. Mill."
"OVERPROMPT","Too prompt; too ready or eager; precipitate.-- O`ver*prompt'ness, n."
"OVERPROOF","Containing more alcohol than proof spirit; stronger than proofspirit; that is, containing more than 49.3 per cent by weight ofalcohol."
"OVERPROPORTION","To make of too great proportion."
"OVERPROUD","Exceedingly or unduly proud. 'Overproud of his victory.'Milton."
"OVERPROVIDENT","Too provident."
"OVERPROVOKE","To provoke excessively. Bp. Hall."
"OVERQUELL","To quell or subdue completely. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"OVERQUIETNESS","Too much quietness. Sir. T. Browne."
"OVERRAKE","To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves thatbreak over a vessel anchored with head to the sea."
"OVERRANK","Too rank or luxuriant."
"OVERRATE","To rate or value too highly."
"OVERREACH","The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe ofthe hind foot; -- said of horses."
"OVERREACHER","One who overreaches; one who cheats; a cheat."
"OVERREAD","To read over, or peruse. Shak."
"OVERREADY","Too ready.-- O'ver*read'*i*ly, adv.-- O'ver*read'i*ness, n."
"OVERRECKON","To reckon too highly."
"OVERRED","To smear with red. [Obs.]"
"OVERREFINE","To refine too much."
"OVERREFINEMENT","Excessive refinement."
"OVERRENT","To rent for too much."
"OVERRICH","Exccessively rich."
"OVERRIGGED","Having too much rigging."
"OVERRIGHTEOUS","Excessively righteous; -- usually implying hypocrisy."
"OVERRIGID","Too rigid; too severe."
"OVERRIGOROUS","Too rigorous; harsh."
"OVERRIPE","Matured to excess. Milton."
"OVERRIPEN","To make too ripe. Shak."
"OVERROAST","To roast too much. Shak."
"OVERRULE","To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, orthe decision, was overruled by the court."
"OVERRULER","One who, or that which, controls, governs, or determines. SirP. Sidney."
"OVERRULING","Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence.-- O`ver*rul'ing*ly, adv."
"OVERRUN","To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, oradvertisement, overruns."
"OVERRUNNER","One that overruns. Lovelace."
"OVERSATURATE","To saturate to excess."
"OVERSAY","To say over; to repeat. Ford."
"OVERSCRUPULOSITY","Overscrupulousness."
"OVERSCRUPULOUS","Scrupulous to excess."
"OVERSCRUPULOUSNESS","The quality or state of being overscrupulous; excess ofscrupulousness."
"OVERSEA","Beyond the sea; foreign."
"OVERSEARCH","To search all over."
"OVERSEASON","To season too highly."
"OVERSEE","To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived. [Obs.]The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee. Fuller.Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit tocorrect your Latin. Walpole."
"OVERSEER","One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, anoverseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as,an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways."
"OVERSEERSHIP","The office of an overseer."
"OVERSET","To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. Mortimer."
"OVERSHADE","To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow.Shak."
"OVERSHADOWER","One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything. Bacon."
"OVERSHADOWY","Overshadowing. [R.]"
"OVERSHAKE","To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"OVERSHOE","A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or forextra warmth; esp., an India-rubber shoe; a galoche."
"OVERSHOOT","To fly beyond the mark. Collier."
"OVERSHOT","From Overshoot, v. t. Overshot wheel, a vertical water wheel,the circumference of which is covered with cavities or buckets, andwhich is turned by water which shoots over the top of it, filling thebuckets on the farther side and acting chiefly by its we'ght."
"OVERSIZE","To surpass in size."
"OVERSKIP","To skip or leap over; to treat with indifference. Shak."
"OVERSKIRT","An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped."
"OVERSLAUGH","A bar in a river; as, the overslaugh in the Hudson River.[Local, U. S.] Bartlett."
"OVERSLEEP","To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one's self or one's usualhour of rising."
"OVERSLIDE","To slide over or by."
"OVERSLIP","To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond; toomit; to neglect; as, to overslip time or opportunity."
"OVERSLOP","An outer garment, or slop. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OVERSLOW","To render slow; to check; to curb. [Obs.] Hammond."
"OVERSMAN","An umpire; a third arbiter, appointed when two arbiters,previously selected, disagree."
"OVERSNOW","To cover with snow, or as with snow. [Poetic] Shak. Dryden."
"OVERSOON","Too soon. Sir P. Sidney."
"OVERSORROW","To grieve or afflict to excess. [Obs.] Milton."
"OVERSOUL","The all-containing soul. [R.]That unity, that oversout, within which every man's particular beingis contained and made one with all other. Emerson."
"OVERSOW","To sow where something has already been sown. [R.]His enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat. Matt. x"
"OVERSPAN","To reach or extend over."
"OVERSPEAK","To exceed in speaking; to speak too much; to use too manywords."
"OVERSPIN","To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly. W.Cartwright."
"OVERSPREAD","To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth.Chaucer.Those nations of the North Which overspread the world. Drayton."
"OVERSPRING","To spring or leap over."
"OVERSTAND","To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale;to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions. [Obs.]What madman would o'erstand his market twice Dryden."
"OVERSTARE","To outstare. [Obs.] Shak."
"OVERSTATE","To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. Fuller."
"OVERSTATEMENT","An exaggerated statement or account."
"OVERSTAY","To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay theappointed time. Bp. Hall."
"OVERSTEP","To step over or beyond; to transgress. Shak."
"OVERSTOCK","Stock in excess. Tatler."
"OVERSTORE","To overstock. Sir. M. Hale."
"OVERSTRAIN","To strain one's self to excess. Dryden."
"OVERSTRAITLY","Too straitly or strictly. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh."
"OVERSTRAW","To overstrew. [Obs.] Shak."
"OVERSTREW","To strew or scatter over."
"OVERSTRICT","Excessively strict."
"OVERSTRIDE","To stride over or beyond."
"OVERSTRIKE","To strike beyond. [Obs.]"
"OVERSTROW","See Overstrew."
"OVERSTUDIOUS","Too studious."
"OVERSUBTILE","Excessively subtile."
"OVERSUM","A sum or quantity over; surplus. [Obs.] Holinshed."
"OVERSUPPLY","To supply in excess."
"OVERSURE","Excessively sure."
"OVERSWAY","To bear sway over."
"OVERSWELL","To swell or rise above; to overflow. [R.] Shak."
"OVERT","Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act oftreason. Macaulay.No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony oftwo witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.Constitution of the U. S."
"OVERTALK","To talk to excess. Milton."
"OVERTASK","To task too heavily."
"OVERTAX","To tax or to task too heavily."
"OVERTEDIOUS","Too tedious."
"OVERTEMPT","To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance.Milton."
"OVERTHWART","Across; crosswise; transversely. 'Y'clenched overthwart andendelong.' Chaucer."
"OVERTHWARTLY","In an overthwart manner;across; also, perversely. [Obs.]Peacham."
"OVERTHWARTNESS","The state of being overthwart; perverseness. [Obs.] LordHerbert."
"OVERTILT","To tilt over; to overturn."
"OVERTIME","Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra workingtime."
"OVERTIRE","To tire to excess; to exhaust."
"OVERTITLE","To give too high a title to."
"OVERTLY","Publicly; openly."
"OVERTOIL","To overwork."
"OVERTONE","One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as itdies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting orcolumn of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the naturalharmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; analiquot or 'partial' tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone.Tyndall."
"OVERTOWER","To tower over or above."
"OVERTRADE","To trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means ofpaying for or seleng them; to overstock the market."
"OVERTRADING","The act or practice of buying goods beyond the means ofpayment; a glutting of the market."
"OVERTREAD","To tread over or upon."
"OVERTRIP","To trip over nimbly."
"OVERTROUBLED","Excessively troubled."
"OVERTROW","To be too trustful or confident; to trust too much. [Obs.]Wyclif"
"OVERTRUST","Excessive confidence."
"OVERTURE","A composition, for a full orchestra, designed as anintroduction to an oratorio, opera, or ballet, or as an independentpiece; -- called in the latter case a concert overture."
"OVERTURN","The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned orsubverted; overthrow; as, an overturn of parties."
"OVERTURNABLE","Capable of being, or liable to be, overturned or subverted."
"OVERTURNER","One who overturns. South."
"OVERVAIL","See Overveil."
"OVERVALUATION","Excessive valuation; overestimate."
"OVERVEIL","To veil or cover. Shak."
"OVERVIEW","An inspection or overlooking. [Obs.] Shak."
"OVERVOTE","To outvote; to outnumber in votes given. [R.] Eikon Basilike."
"OVERWALK","To walk over or upon."
"OVERWAR","To defeat. [Obs.] Warner."
"OVERWARY","Too wary; too cautious."
"OVERWASH","To overflow. Holinshed."
"OVERWASTED","Wasted or worn out; [Obs.] Drayton."
"OVERWAX","To wax or grow too rapindly or too much. [Obs.] R. ofGloucester."
"OVERWEAK","Too weak; too feeble."
"OVERWEAR","To wear too much; to wear out. Drayton."
"OVERWEARY","To weary too much; to tire out. Dryden."
"OVERWEATHER","To expose too long to the influence of the weather. [Obs.]Shak."
"OVERWEEN","To think too highly or arrogantly; to regard one's own thinkingor conclusions too highly; hence, to egotistic, arrogant, or rash, inopinion; to think conceitedly; to presume.They that overween, And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen.Milton."
"OVERWEENER","One who overweens. [R.]The conceits of warmed or overweening brain. Locke."
"OVERWEENING","Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.-- O`ver*ween'ingly, adv. Milton.-- O`ver*ween'ing*ness, n.Here's an overweening rogue. Shak."
"OVERWEIGH","To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down. Drayton.Hooker."
"OVERWEIGHT","Overweighing; excessive. [Obs.] 'Of no overweight worth.'Fuller."
"OVERWELL","To overflow. R. D. Blackmore."
"OVERWET","Excessive wetness. [Obs.]Another ill accident is, overwet at sowing time. Bacon."
"OVERWHELM",", n. The act of overwhelming. [R.]"
"OVERWHELMING","Overpowering; irresistible.-- O`ver*whelm'ing*ly, adv."
"OVERWIND","To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoistingrope on a drum."
"OVERWING","To outflank. [Obs.] Milton."
"OVERWISE","Too wise; affectedly wise.-- O`ver*wise'ly, adv.-- O`ver*wise'ness, n."
"OVERWIT","To outwit. Swift."
"OVERWORD","To say in too many words; to express verbosely. Hales."
"OVERWORK","To work too much, or beyond one's strength."
"OVERWORN","Worn out or subdued by toil; worn out so as to be trite."
"OVERWREST","To wrest or force from the natural or proper position. Shak."
"OVERWRESTLE","To subdue by wrestling. [Obs.] Spenser."
"OVERWROUGHT","Wrought upon excessively; overworked; overexcited."
"OVERZEAL","Excess of zeal. Fairfax."
"OVERZEALOUS","Too zealous."
"OVICAPSULE","The outer layer of a Graafian follicle."
"OVICELL","One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which theova sometimes undegro the first stages of their development. SeeIllust. of Chilostoma."
"OVICULAR","Of or pertaining to an egg."
"OVICYST","The pouch in which incubation takes place in some Tunicata."
"OVIDIAN","Of or pertaining to the Latin poet Ovid; resembling the styleof Ovid."
"OVIDUCAL","Of or pertaining to oviducts; as, oviducal glands."
"OVIDUCT","A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to theexterior of the animal or to the part where further development takesplace. In mammals the oviducts are also called Fallopian tubes."
"OVIFEROUS","Egg-bearing; -- applied particularly to certain receptacles, asin Crustacea, that retain the eggs after they have been excluded fromthe formative organs, until they are hatched."
"OVIFORM","Having the form or figure of an egg; egg-shaped; as, an oviformleaf."
"OVIGERONS","Bearing eggs; oviferous."
"OVILE","See Ovine."
"OVINE","Of or pertaining to sheep; consisting of sheep."
"OVIPARA","An artifical division of vertebrates, including those that layeggs; -opposed to Vivipara."
"OVIPARITY","Generatuon by means of ova. See Generation."
"OVIPAROUS","Producing young from rggs; as, an oviparous animal, in whichthe egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched afterexclusion; -- opposed to viviparous."
"OVIPOSIT","To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects."
"OVIPOSITOR","The organ with which many insects and some other animalsdeposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositorfitted to pierce the eggs or larv\u00e6 of other insects, in order to laytheir own eggs within the same."
"OVISM","The old theory that the egg contains the whole embryo of thefuture organism and the germs of all subsequent offsprings and ismerely awakened to activity by the spermatozo\u00f6n; -- opposed tospermism or animalculism."
"OVIST","Same as Ovulist."
"OVOCOCCUS","A germinal vesicle."
"OVOID","A solid resembling an egg in shape."
"OVOLO","A round, convex molding. See Illust. of Column."
"OVOLOGY","That branch of natural history which treats of the origin andfunctions of eggs."
"OVOPLASMA","Yolk; egg yolk. Haeckel."
"OVOTESTTIS","An organ which produces both ova and spermatozoids; anhermaphrodite gland."
"OVOVIVIPAROUS","Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, assome fishes and reptiles."
"OVULAR","Relating or belonging to an ovule; as, an ovular growth."
"OVULARY","Pertaining to ovules."
"OVULATE","Containing an ovule or ovules."
"OVULATION","The formation of ova or eggs in the ovary, and the discharge ofthe same. In the mammalian female the discharge occurs duringmenstruation."
"OVULIFEROUS","Producing ovules."
"OVULIST","A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), currentduring the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, andthat at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave theimpetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which allgenerations were inclosed one within the other. Also called ovist."
"OVULITE","A fossil egg."
"OVULUM","An ovule."
"OVUM","A more or less spherical and transparent mass of granularprotoplasm, which by a process of multiplication and growth developsinto a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent;an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle."
"OWCH","See Ouch. [Obs.] Speser."
"OWEL","Equal. [Obs.] Burrill."
"OWELTY","Equality; -- sometimes written ovelty and ovealty. Burrill."
"OWEN","Own. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OWENITE","A follower of Robert Owen, who tried to reorganize society on asocialistic basis, and established an industrial community on theClyde, Scotland, and, later, a similar one in Indiana."
"OWHER","Anywhere. [Obs.] 'If he found owher a good fellow.' Chaucer."
"OWL","Any cpecies of raptorial birds of the family Strigid\u00e6. Theyhave large eyes and ears, and a conspicuous circle of feathers aroundeach eye. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits."
"OWL-EYED","Having eyes like an owl's."
"OWLER","One who owls; esp., one who conveys contraband goods. SeeOwling, n. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] T. Brown."
"OWLERY","An abode or a haunt of owls."
"OWLET","A small owl; especially, the European species (Athene noctua),and the California flammulated owlet (Megascops flammeolus). Owletmoth (Zo\u00f6l.), any noctuid moth."
"OWLING","The offense of transporting wool or sheep out of Englandcontrary to the statute formerly existing. Blackstone."
"OWLISH","Resembling, or characteristic of, an owl."
"OWLISM","Affected wisdom; pompous dellness. [R.]"
"OWLLIGHT","Glimmering or imperfect [R.] Bp. Warburton."
"OWN","To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; torecognize in a particular character; as, we own that we haveforfeited your love.The wakeful bloodhound rose, and shook his hide owns. Keats."
"OWNER","One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal orrightful title, whether he is the possessor or not. Shak."
"OWNERLESS","Without an owner."
"OWNERSHIP","The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive rightof possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship."
"OWRE","The aurohs. [Obs.]"
"OX","The male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the domestic animalwhen castrated and grown to its full size, or nearly so. The word isalso applied, as a general name, to any species of bovine animals,male and female.All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field. Ps. viii. 7."
"OXACID","See Oxyacid."
"OXALAN","A complex nitrogenous substance C3N3H5O3 obtained from alloxan(or when urea is fused with ethyl oxamate), as a stable whitecrystalline powder; -- called also oxaluramide."
"OXALANTIN","A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C6H4N4O5) obtainedby the reduction of parabanic acid; -- called also leucoturic acid."
"OXALATE","A salt of oxalic acid."
"OXALDEHYDE","Same as Glyoxal."
"OXALETHYLINE","A poisonous nitrogenous base (C6H10N2) obtained indirectly fromoxamide as a thick transparent oil which has a strong narcotic odor,and a physiological action resembling that of atropine. It isprobably related to pyridine."
"OXALIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, sorrel, oroxalis; specifically, designating an acid found in, andcharacteristic of, oxalis, and also certain plant of the Buckwheatfamily. Oxalic acid (Chem.), a dibasic acid, existing combined inoxalis as an acid potassium oxalate, and in many plant tissues as thecalcium oxalate. It is prepared on a large scale, by the action offused caustic soda or potash on sawdust, as a white crystallinesubstance, which has a strong acid taste, and is poisonous in largedoses. It is used in dyeing, calico printing, bleaching flax andstraw, the preparation of formic acid, and in salts of lemon forremoving ink stains, mold, etc."
"OXALINE","See Glyoxaline."
"OXALIS","A genus of plants,mostly herbs, with acid-tasting trifoliolateor multifoliolate leaves; -- called also wood sorrel."
"OXALITE","A yellow mineral consisting of oxalate of iron."
"OXALURAMIDE","Same as Oxalan."
"OXALURATE","A salt of oxaluric acid."
"OXALURIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acidrelated to the ureids, and obtained from parabanic acid as a whitesilky crystalline substance."
"OXAMATE","A salt of oxamic acid."
"OXAMETHANE","Ethyl oxamate, obtained as a white scaly crystalline powder."
"OXAMETHYLANE","Methyl oxamate, obtained as a pearly white crystallinesubstance."
"OXAMIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid NH2.C2O2.HO obtained asa fine crystalline powder, intermediate between oxalic acid andoxamide. Its ammonium salt is obtained by boiling oxamide withammonia."
"OXAMIDE","A white crystalline neutral substance (C2O2(NH2)2) obtained bytreating ethyl oxalate with ammonia. It is the acid amide of oxalicacid. Formerly called also oxalamide."
"OXAMIDINE","One of a series of bases containing the amido and theisonitroso groups united to the same carbon atom."
"OXANILATE","A salt of oxanilic acid."
"OXANILIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, oxalic acid and aniline; --used to designate an acid obtained in white crystalline scales byheating these substances together."
"OXANILIDE","a white crystalline substance, resembling oxanilamide, obtainedby heating aniline oxalate, and regarded as a double anilide ofoxalic acid; -- called also diphenyl oxamide."
"OXBANE","A poisonous bulbous plant (Buphane toxicaria) of the Cape ofGood Hope."
"OXBITER","The cow blackbird. [Local, U. S.]"
"OXBOW","A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, andembracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passingthrough the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in ariver."
"OXEYED","Having large, full eyes, like those of an ox. Burton."
"OXFLY","The gadfly of cattle."
"OXFORD","Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England.Oxford movement. See Tractarianism.-- Oxford School, a name given to those members of the Church ofEngland who adopted the theology of the so-called Oxford 'Tracts forthe Times,' issued the period 1833 -- 1841. Shipley.-- Oxford tie, a kind of shoe, laced on the instep, and usuallycovering the foot nearly to the ankle."
"OXGANG","See Bovate."
"OXGOAD","A goad for driving oxen."
"OXHEAD","Literally, the head of an ox (emblem of cuckoldom); hence, adolt; a blockhead.Dost make a mummer of me, oxhead Marston."
"OXHEAL","Same as Bear's-foot."
"OXHEART","A large heart-shaped cherry, either black, red, or white."
"OXHIDE","A measure of land. See 3d Hide."
"OXID","See Oxide."
"OXIDABILITY","Capability of being converted into an oxide."
"OXIDABLE","Capable of being converted into an oxide."
"OXIDATE","To oxidize. [Obs.]"
"OXIDATION","The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result ofbeing oxidized."
"OXIDE","A binary compound of oxygen with an atom or radical, or acompound which is regarded as binary; as, iron oxide, ethyl oxide,nitrogen oxide, etc."
"OXIDIZABLE","Capable of being oxidized."
"OXIDIZE","To combine with oxygen, or subject to the action of oxygen, orof an oxidizing agent. Specifically:(a) To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as,to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid.(b) To remove hydrogen from (anything), as by the action of oxygen;as, to oxidize alcohol so as to form aldehyde.(c) To subject to the action of oxygen or of an oxidizing agent, soas to bring to a higher grade, as an -ous compound to an -iccompound; as, to oxidize mercurous chloride to mercuric chloride."
"OXIDIZEMENT","Oxidation. [R.]"
"OXIDIZER","An agent employed in oxidation, or which facilitates or bringsabout combination with oxygen; as, nitric acid, chlorine, bromine,etc., are strong oxidizers."
"OXIDULATED","Existing in the state of a protoxide; -- said of an oxide. [R.]"
"OXIME","One of a series of isonitroso derivatives obtained by theaction of hydroxylamine on aldehydes or ketones."
"OXINDOL","A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C8H7NO) of the indolgroup, obtained by the reduction of dioxindol. It is a so-calledlactam compound."
"OXIODIC","Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of iodine andoxygen."
"OXLIKE","Characteristic of, or like, an ox."
"OXLIP","The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior)."
"OXONATE","A salt of oxonic acid."
"OXONIAN","Of or relating to the city or the university of Oxford,England. Macaulay."
"OXONIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid(C4H5N3O4) not known in the free state, but obtained, in combinationwith its salts, by a slow oxidation of uric acid, to which it isrelated."
"OXPECKER","An African bird of the genus Buphaga; the beefeater."
"OXSHOE","A shoe for oxen, consisting of a flat piece of iron nailed tothe hoof."
"OXTER","The armpit; also, the arm. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"OXTONGUE","A name given to several plants, from the shape and roughness oftheir leaves; as, Anchusa officinalis, a kind of bugloss, andHelminthia echioides, both European herbs."
"OXY-","A prefix, also used adjectively, designating:(a) A compound containing oxygen.(b) A compound containing the hydroxyl group, more properlydesignated by hydroxy-. See Hydroxy-. Oxy acid. See Oxyacid (below)."
"OXYACETIC","Hydroxyacetic; designating an acid called also glycolic acid."
"OXYACID","An acid containing oxygen, as chloric acid or sulphuric acid; -- contrasted with the hydracids, which contain no oxygen, ashydrochloric acid. See Acid, and Hydroxy-."
"OXYAMMONIA","Same as Hydroxylamine."
"OXYBENZENE","Hydroxy benzene. Same as Phenol."
"OXYBENZOIC","Hydroxybenzoic; pertaining to, or designating, any one ofseveral hydroxyl derivatives of benzonic acid, of which the commonestis salicylic acid."
"OXYBROMIC","Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of oxygen andbromine."
"OXYBUTYRIC","Hydroxybutyric; designating any one of a group of metamericacids (C3H6.OH.CO2H)."
"OXYCALCIUM","Of or pertaining to oxygen and calcium; as, the oxycalciumlight. See Drummond light."
"OXYCAPROIC","See Leucic."
"OXYCHLORIDE","A ternary compound of oxygen and chlorine; as, plumbicoxychloride."
"OXYCRATE","A Mixture of water and vinegar. Wiseman."
"OXYCYMENE","Hydroxy cymene. Same as Carvacrol."
"OXYGEN","A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element occurring inthe free state in the atmosphere, of which it forms about 23 per centby weight and about 21 per cent by volume, being slightly heavierthan nitrogen. Symbol O. Atomic weight 15.96."
"OXYGENATE","To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat withoxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide)."
"OXYGENATION","The act or process of combining or of treating with oxygen;oxidation."
"OXYGENATOR","An oxidizer."
"OXYGENIC","Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, oxygen; producingoxygen."
"OXYGENIUM","The technical name of oxygen. [R.]"
"OXYGENIZABLE","Oxidizable."
"OXYGENIZE","To oxidize."
"OXYGENIZEMENT","Oxidation."
"OXYGENOUS","Oxygenic."
"OXYGON","A triangle having three acute angles."
"OXYHYDROGEN","Of or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen; as,oxyhydrogen gas. Oxyhydrogen blowpipe. (Chem.) See Blowpipe.-- Oxyhydrogen microscope, a form of microscope arranged so as touse the light produced by burning lime or limestone under a currentof oxyhydrogen gas."
"OXYHYDROGEN LIGHT","A light produced by the incandescence of some substances, esp.lime, in the oxyhydrogen flame. Coal gas (producing the oxygaslight), or the vapor of ether (oxyether light) or methylated spirit(oxyspirit light), may be substituted for hydrogen."
"OXYMEL","A mixture of honey, water, vinegar, and spice, boiled to asirup. Sir T. Elyot."
"OXYMETHYLENE","Formic aldehyde, regarded as a methylene derivative."
"OXYMORON","A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification isadded to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness."
"OXYMURIATE","A salt of the supposed oxymuriatic acid; a chloride. Oxymuriateof lime, chloride of lime."
"OXYMURIATIC","Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and muriatic acid, thatis, hydrochloric acid. [Archaic.] Oxymuriatic acid, chlorine,formerly so called on the supposition that it was a compound ofoxygen and muriatic acid. [Obs.]"
"OXYNEURINE","See Betaine."
"OXYNTIC","Acid; producing acid; -applied especially to certain glands andcells in the stomach."
"OXYPHENIC","Pertaining to, or designating, the phenol formerly calledoxyphenic acid, and now oxyphenol and pyrocatechin. See Pyrocatechin."
"OXYPHENOL","A phenol, oxyphenic acid, and now pyrocatechin."
"OXYPHONY","Acuteness or shrillness of voice."
"OXYQUINOLINE","Hydroxy quinoline; a phenol derivative of quinoline, -- calledalso carbostyril."
"OXYRHYNCHA","The maioid crabs."
"OXYRRHODINE","A mixture of two parts of the oil of roses with one of thevinegar of roses. Floyer."
"OXYSALT","A salt of an oxyacid, as a sulphate."
"OXYSULPHIDE","A ternary compound of oxygen and sulphur."
"OXYSULPHURET","An oxysulphide. [Obsolescent]"
"OXYTOCIC","Promoting uterine contractions, or parturition.-- n."
"OXYTOLUENE","One of three hydroxy derivatives of toluene, called thecresols. See Cresol."
"OXYTONE","Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent onthe last syllable."
"OXYTONICAL","Oxytone."
"OYER","A hearing or an inspection, as of a deed, bond, etc., as when adefendant in court prays oyer of a writing. Blackstone. Oyer andterminer (Law), a term used in England in commissions directed tojudges of assize about to hold court, directing them to hear anddetermine cases brought before them. In the U.S. the phrase is usedto designate certain criminal courts."
"OYEZ","Hear; attend; -- a term used by criers of courts to securesilence before making a proclamation. It is repeated three times.[Written also oyes.]"
"OYLET","Same as Oillet."
"OYNOUN","Onion. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"OYSTER","Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They areusually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallowwater along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth ofrivers. The common European oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the Americanoyster (Ostrea Virginiana), are the most important species."
"OYSTER-GREEN","A green membranous seaweed (Ulva) often found growing onoysters but common on stones, piles, etc."
"OYSTERING","Gathering, or dredging for, oysters."
"OYSTERLING","A young oyster."
"OZENA","A discharge of fetid matter from the nostril, particularly ifassociated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bonesof the nose."
"OZOCERITE","A waxlike mineral resin; -- sometimes called native paraffin,and mineral wax."
"OZONATION","The act of treating with ozone; also, the act of convertinginto, or producing, ozone; ozonization."
"OZONE","A colorless gaseous substance (O"
"OZONE PAPER","Paper coated with starch and potassium iodine. It turns bluewhen exposed to ozone.>-- also called starch-iodide paper -->"
"OZONIC","Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, ozone."
"OZONIFICATION","The act or process of producing, or of subjecting to the actionof, ozone."
"OZONIZATION","Ozonation."
"OZONIZER","An apparatus or agent for the production or application ofozone."
"OZONOMETER","An instrument for ascertaining the amount of ozone in theatmosphere, or in any gaseous mixture. Faraday."
"OZONOMETRIC","Pertaining to, or used for, the determination of the amount ofozone; of or relating to ozonometry."
"OZONOMETRY","The measurement or determination of the quantity of ozone."
"OZONOSCOPE","An apparatus employed to indicate the presence, or the amount,of ozone."
"OZONOSCOPIC","Serving to indicate the presence or the amount of ozone."
"OZONOUS","Pertaining to or containing, ozone."
"P","the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocalconsonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into whichlanguage the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from thePhonician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P ismost closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father,paternal; recipient, receive. See B, F, and M."
"PA","A shortened form of Papa."
"PAAGE","A toll for passage over another person's grounds. [Written alsopeage and pedage.]  Burke."
"PAARD","The zebra. [S. Africa]"
"PAAS","The Easter festival. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett."
"PABULAR","Of, pertaining to, or fit for, pabulum or food; affording food."
"PABULOUS","Affording pabulum, or food; alimental. [R.]  Sir T. Browne."
"PABULUM","The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment;hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that uponwhich the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum."
"PAC","A kind of moccasin, having the edges of the sole turned up andsewed to the upper. Knight."
"PACA","A small South American rodent (Cologenys paca), having blackishbrown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides;the spotted cavy. It is nearly allied to the agouti and the Guineapig."
"PACABLE","Placable. [R.]  Coleridge."
"PACANE","A species of hickory. See Pecan."
"PACATE","Appeased; pacified; tranquil. [R.]"
"PACATED","Pacified; pacate."
"PACATION","The act of pacifying; a peacemaking.  Coleridge."
"PACER","One who, or that which, paces; especially, a horse that paces."
"PACHACAMAC","A divinity worshiped by the ancient Peruvians as the creator ofthe universe."
"PACHAK","The fragrant roots of the Saussurea Costus, exported from Indiato China, and used for burning as incense. It is supposed to be thecostus of the ancients. [Written also putchuck.]"
"PACHALIC","See Pashalic."
"PACHOMETER","An instrument for measuring thickness, as of the glass of amirror, or of paper; a pachymeter."
"PACHONTA","A substance resembling gutta-percha, and used to adulterate it,obtained from the East Indian tree Isonandra acuminata."
"PACHUCA TANK","A high and narrow tank, with a central cylinder for theintroduction of compressed air, used in the agitation and settling ofpulp (pulverized ore and water) during treatment by the cyanideprocess; -- so named because, though originally devised in NewZealand, it was first practically introduced in Pachuca, Mexico."
"PACHY-","A combining form meaning thick; as, pachyderm, pachydactyl."
"PACHYCARPOUS","Having the pericarp thick."
"PACHYDACTYL","A bird or other animal having thick toes."
"PACHYDACTYLOUS","Having thick toes."
"PACHYDERM","One of the Pachydermata."
"PACHYDERMAL","Of or relating to the pachyderms; as, pachydermal dentition."
"PACHYDERMATA","A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness oftheir skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir,horse, and hog. It is now considered an artificial group."
"PACHYDERMOID","Related to the pachyderms."
"PACHYGLOSSAL","Having a thick tongue; --applied to a group of lizards(Pachygloss\u00e6), including the iguanas and agamas."
"PACHYMENINGITIS","Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain."
"PACHYMETER","Same as Pachometer."
"PACHYOTE","One of a family of bats, including those which have thickexternal ears."
"PACIFIABLE","Capable of being pacified or appeased; placable."
"PACIFIC","Of or pertaining to peace; suited to make or restore peace; ofa peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; conciliatory; as,pacific words or acts; a pacific nature or condition."
"PACIFICABLE","Placable. [R.]  Bp. Hall."
"PACIFICAL","Of or pertaining to peace; pacific. [R.] Sir H. Wotton. --Pa*cif'ic*al*ly, adv. [R.]"
"PACIFICATION","The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace betweenparties at variance; reconciliation. 'An embassy of pacification.'Bacon."
"PACIFICATOR","One who, or that which, pacifies; a peacemaker.  Bacon."
"PACIFICATORY","Tending to make peace; conciliatory.  Barrow."
"PACIFICO","A peaceful person; -- applied specif. by the Spaniards to thenatives in Cuba and the Philippine Islands who did not oppose theSpanish arms."
"PACIFIER","One who pacifies."
"PACIFY","To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; toquiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; totranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride,appetite, or importunity. 'Pray ye, pacify yourself.' Shak."
"PACINIAN","Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini, an Italianphysician of the 19th century."
"PACK","To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.See Pack, n., 5."
"PACK HERSE","See under 2d Pack."
"PACKER","A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one whopacks food for preservation; as, a pork packer."
"PACKET","To ply with a packet or dispatch boat."
"PACKFONG","A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling Germansilver."
"PACKHOUSE","Warehouse for storing goods."
"PACKING","A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious; as:(a) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material insertedbetween the surfaces of a flange joint.(b) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rodslides.(c) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston andmaintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc."
"PACKMAN","One who bears a pack; a peddler."
"PACKWAX","Same as Paxwax."
"PACKWAY","A path, as over mountains, followed by pack animals."
"PACT","An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant. Bacon.The engagement and pact of society whish goes by the name of theconstitution. Burke."
"PACTION","An agreement; a compact; a bargain. [R.] Sir W. Scott."
"PACTIONAL","Of the nature of, or by means of, a paction. Bp. Sanderson."
"PACTITIOUS","Setted by a pact, or agreement. [R.] Johnson."
"PACTOLIAN","Pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in ancient Lydia famous forits golden sands."
"PACU","A South American freah-water fish (Myleies pacu), of the familyCharacinid\u00e6. It is highly esteemed as food."
"PAD","To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obs.]Padding the streets for half a crown. Somerville."
"PAD ELEPHANT","An elephant that is furnished with a pad for carrying burdensinstead of with a howdah for carrying passengers."
"PADAR","Groats; coarse flour or meal. [Obs.] Sir. H. Wotton."
"PADDING","The uniform impregnation of cloth with a mordant."
"PADDLE","A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle."
"PADDLECOCK","The lumpfish. [Prov. Eng.]"
"PADDLEFISH","A large ganoid fish (Polyodon spathula) found in the rivers ofthe Mississippi Valley. It has a long spatula-shaped snout. Calledalso duck-billed cat, and spoonbill sturgeon."
"PADDLER","One who, or that which, paddles."
"PADDLEWOOD","The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree ofGuiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks."
"PADDOCK","A toad or frog. Wyclif. 'Loathed paddocks.' Spenser Paddockpipe (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus Equisetum,especially E. limosum and the fruiting stems of E. arvense; -- calledalso padow pipe and toad pipe. See Equisetum.-- Paddock stone. See Toadstone.-- Paddock stool (Bot.),a toadstool."
"PADDY","Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. 'Such pady persons.' Digges(1585). 'The paddy persons.' Motley."
"PADELION","A plant with pedately lobed leaves; the lady's mantle."
"PADELLA","A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which awick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's,in Rome. Called also padelle."
"PADEMELON","See Wallaby."
"PADESOY","See Paduasoy."
"PADGE","The barn owl; -- called also pudge, and pudge owl. [Prov. Eng.]"
"PADISHAH","Chief ruler; monarch; sovereign; -- a title of the Sultan ofTurkey, and of the Shah of Persia."
"PADLOCK","To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; toconfine as by a padlock. Milton. Tennyson."
"PADNAG","An ambling nag. 'An easy padnag.' Macaulay."
"PADOW","A paddock, or toad. Padow pipe. (Bot.) See Paddock pipe, underPaddock."
"PADUASOY","A rich and heavy silk stuff. [Written also padesoy.]"
"PADUCAHS","See Comanches."
"PAEDOBAPTISM","Pedobaptism."
"PAEDOGENESIS","Reproduction by young or larval animals."
"PAEDOGENETIC","Producing young while in the immature or larval state; -- saidof certain insects, etc."
"PAEON","A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admittingof four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable.[Written also, less correctly, p\u00e6an.]"
"PAEONINE","An artifical red nitrogenous dyestuff, called also redcoralline."
"PAEONY","See Peony."
"PAGAN","One who worships false goods; an idolater; a heathen; one whois neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew.Neither having the accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian,pagan, nor man. Shak."
"PAGANDOM","The pagan lands; pagans, collectively; paganism. [R.]"
"PAGANISH","Of or pertaining to pagans; heathenish. 'The old paganishidolatry.' Sharp"
"PAGANISM","The state of being pagan; pagan characteristics; esp., theworship of idols or false gods, or the system of religious opinionsand worship maintained by pagans; heathenism."
"PAGANITY","The state of being a pagan; paganism. [R.] Cudworth."
"PAGANIZE","To render pagan or heathenish; to convert to paganism.Hallywell."
"PAGANLY","In a pagan manner. Dr. H. More."
"PAGE","A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks areconveyed to the hack."
"PAGEANT","Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. 'Pageant pomp.'Dryden."
"PAGEANTRY","Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectivelly; spectacularguality; splendor.Such pageantry be to the people shown. Dryden.The pageantry of festival. J. A. Symonds."
"PAGEHOOD","The state of being a page."
"PAGINA","The surface of a leaf or of a flattened thallus."
"PAGINAL","Consisting of pages. 'Paginal books.' Sir T. Browne."
"PAGINATION","The act or process of paging a book; also, the characters usedin numbering the pages; page number. Lowndes."
"PAGING","The marking or numbering of the pages of a book."
"PAGODA","A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerlycurrent in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and ahalf rupees."
"PAGODA SLEEVE","A funnel-shaped sleeve arranged to show the sleeve lining andan inner sleeve."
"PAGODITE","Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by theChinese into the form of pagodas. See Agalmatolite."
"PAGUMA","Any one of several species of East Indian viverrine mammals ofthe genus Paguma. They resemble a weasel in form."
"PAGURIAN","Any one of a tribe of anomuran crustaceans, of which Pagurus isa type; the hermit crab. See Hermit crab, under Hermit."
"PAH","An exclamation expressing disgust or contempt. See Bah.Fie! fie! fie! pah! pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary,to sweeten my imagination. Shak."
"PAHI","A large war canoe of the Society Islands."
"PAHLEVI","Same as Pehlevi."
"PAHOEHOE","A name given in the Sandwich Islands to lava having arelatively smooth surface, in distinction from the rough-surfacedlava, called a-a."
"PAHUTES","See Utes."
"PAIDEUTICS","The science or art of teaching."
"PAIEN","Pagan. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PAIGLE","A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose.[Written also pagle, pagil, peagle, and pygil.]"
"PAIJAMA","Pyjama."
"PAIL","A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having abail, -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; abucket. It may, or may not, have a cover. Shak."
"PAILFUL","The quantity that a pail will hold. 'By pailfuls.' Shak."
"PAILLASSE","An under bed or mattress of straw. [Written also palliasse.]"
"PAILLON","A thin leaf of metal, as for use in gilding or enameling, or toshow through a translucent medium."
"PAILMALL","See Pall-mall. [Obs.]"
"PAIN","Specifically, the throes or travail of childbirth.She bowed herself and travailed, for her pains came upon her. 1 Sam.iv. 19."
"PAINABLE","Causing pain; painful. [Obs.]The manacles of Astyages were not . . . the less weighty and painablefor being composed of gold or silver. Evelyn."
"PAINIM","A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively. [Written alsopanim and paynim.] Peacham."
"PAINLESS","Free from pain; without pain.-- Pain'less*ly, adv.-- Pain'less*ness, n."
"PAINS","Labor; toilsome effort; care or trouble taken; -- plural inform, but used with a singular or plural verb, commonly the former.And all my pains is sorted to no proof. Shak.The pains they had taken was very great. Clarendon.The labored earth your pains have sowed and tilled. Dryden."
"PAINSTAKER","One who takes pains; one careful and faithful in all work. Gay."
"PAINSTAKING","Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive. 'Painstakingmen.' Harris."
"PAINSWORTHY","Worth the pains o"
"PAINTED","Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; paintedbunting. Painted beauty (Zo\u00f6l.), a handsome American butterfly(Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors, -- Painted cup(Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs (Castilleia) in whichthe bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than theflowers. Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and iscommon in meadows.-- Painted finch. See Nonpareil.-- Painted lady (Zo\u00f6l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistlebutterfly.-- Painted turtle (Zo\u00f6l.), a common American freshwater tortoise(Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath."
"PAINTER","A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything.Totten."
"PAINTERLY","Like a painter's work. [Obs.] 'A painterly glose of a visage.'Sir P. Sidney."
"PAINTERSHIP","The state or position of being a painter. [R.] Br. Gardiner."
"PAINTING","The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objectsare represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representationof any object or scene; a picture."
"PAINTLESS","Not capable of being painted or described. 'In paintlesspatience.' Savage."
"PAINTURE","The art of painting. [Obs.] Chaucer. Dryden."
"PAINTY","Unskillfully painted, so that the painter's method of work istoo obvious; also, having too much pigment applied to the surface.[Cant]"
"PAIR","In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so appliedto each other as to mutually constrain relative motion."
"PAIRER","One who impairs. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"PAIRMENT","Impairment. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"PAIS","The country; the people of the neighborhood."
"PAISANO","The chaparral cock."
"PAISE","See Poise. Chapman."
"PAJAMAS","Originally, in India, loose drawers or trousers, such as thoseworn, tied about the waist, by Mohammedan men and women; byextension, a similar garment adopted among Europeans, Americans,etc., for wear in the dressing room and during sleep; also, a suitconsisting of drawers and a loose upper garment for such wear."
"PAJOCK","A peacock. [Obs.] Shak."
"PAKFONG","See Packfong."
"PAL","A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate. [Slang]"
"PALACIOUS","Palatial. [Obs.] Graunt."
"PALADIN","A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins ofCharlemagne. Sir W. Scott."
"PALAEO-","See Paleo-."
"PALAEOTYPE","A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of theprinting types in common use. Ellis.-- Pa`l\u00e6*o*typ'ic*al, a.-- Pa`l\u00e6*o*typ'ic*al*ly, adv."
"PALAESTRA","See Palestra."
"PALAESTRIC","See Palestric."
"PALAETIOLOGIST","One versed in pal\u00e6tiology."
"PALAETIOLOGY","The science which explains, by the law of causation, the pastcondition and changes of the earth.-- Pa*l\u00e6`ti*o*log'ic*al, a."
"PALAMA","A membrane extending between the toes of a bird, and unitingthem more or less closely together."
"PALAMATE","Web-footed."
"PALAMEDEAE","An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied SouthAmerican birds; -- called also screamers. In many anatomicalcharacters they are allied to the Anseres, but they externallyresemble the wading birds."
"PALAMPORE","See Palempore."
"PALANKA","A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontierfortresses."
"PALANQUIN","An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long,four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men bymeans of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for theconveyance of a single person from place to place. [Written alsopalankeen.]"
"PALAPTERYX","A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand."
"PALATABILITY","Palatableness."
"PALATABLE","Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable;pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice."
"PALATABLENESS","The quality or state of being agreeable to the taste; relish;acceptableness."
"PALATABLY","In a palatable manner."
"PALATAL","Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, asthe sound of k in kirk."
"PALATALIZE","To palatize."
"PALATE","The roof of the mouth."
"PALATIAL","Of or pertaining to a palace; suitable for a palace; resemblinga palace; royal; magnificent; as, palatial structures. 'Palatialstyle.' A. Drummond."
"PALATIC","Palatal; palatine."
"PALATINATE","The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of apalatine. Howell."
"PALATINE","Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace;hence, possessing royal privileges. Count palatine, County palatine.See under Count, and County.-- Palatine hill, or The palatine, one of the seven hills of Rome,once occupied by the palace of the C\u00e6sars. See Palace."
"PALATIVE","Pleasing to the taste; palatable. [Obs.] 'Palative delights.'Sir T. Browne."
"PALATIZE","To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate;as, to palatize a letter or sound.-- Pal`a*ti*za'tion, n. J. Peile."
"PALATO-","A combining form used in anatomy to indicate relation to, orconnection with, the palate; as in palatolingual."
"PALATONARES","The posterior nares. See Nares."
"PALATOPTERYGOID","Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull;as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatineand pterygoid bones are developed."
"PALAVER","To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver;to talk idly ordeceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully.Palavering the little language for her benefit. C. Bront"
"PALAVERER","One who palavers; a flatterer."
"PALE","Paleness; pallor. [R.] Shak."
"PALEA","A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as inthe turkey; a dewlap."
"PALEACEOUS","Chaffy; resembling or consisting of pale\u00e6, or chaff; furnishedwith chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle."
"PALEARCTIC","Belonging to a region of the earth's surface which includes allEurope to the Azores, Iceland, and all temperate Asia."
"PALEECHINOIDEA","An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks.They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called alsoPal\u00e6echini. [Written also Pal\u00e6echinoidea.]"
"PALEFACE","A white person; -- an appellation supposed to have been appliedto the whites by the American Indians. J. F. Cooper."
"PALEICHTHYES","A comprehensive division of fishes which includes theelasmobranchs and ganoids. [Written also Pal\u00e6ichthyes.]"
"PALELY","In a pale manner; dimly; wanly; not freshly or ruddily.Thackeray."
"PALEMPORE","A superior kind of dimity made in India, -- used for bedcoverings. [Written also palampore, palampoor, etc.] De Colange."
"PALENESS","The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness orruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness.The blood the virgin's cheek forsook; A livid paleness spreads o'erall her look. Pope."
"PALENQUE","A collective name for the Indians of Nicaragua and Honduras."
"PALEO-","A combining form meaning old, ancient; as, palearctic,paleontology, paleothere, paleography. [Written also pal\u00e6o-.]"
"PALEOBOTANIST","One versed in paleobotany."
"PALEOBOTANY","That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil plants."
"PALEOCARIDA","Same as Merostomata. [Written also Pal\u00e6ocarida.]"
"PALEOCRINOIDEA","A suborder of Crinoidea found chiefly in the Paleozoic rocks."
"PALEOCRYSTIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, a former glacial formation."
"PALEOGAEAN","Of or pertaining to the Eastern hemisphere. [Written alsopal\u00e6og\u00e6an.]"
"PALEOGRAPH","An ancient manuscript."
"PALEOGRAPHER","One skilled in paleography; a paleographist."
"PALEOGRAPHIST","One versed in paleography; a paleographer."
"PALEOLA","A diminutive or secondary palea; a lodicule."
"PALEOLITH","A relic of the Paleolithic era."
"PALEOLITHIC","Of or pertaining to an era marked by early stone implements.The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the earlierhalf of the 'Stone Age;' the remains belonging to it are for the mostpart of extinct animals, with relics of human beings."
"PALEOLOGIST","One versed in paleology; a student of antiquity."
"PALEOLOGY","The study or knowledge of antiquities, esp. of prehistoricantiquities; a discourse or treatise on antiquities; arch\u00e6ology ."
"PALEONTOGRAPHICAL","Of or pertaining to the description of fossil remains."
"PALEONTOGRAPHY","The description of fossil remains."
"PALEONTOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to paleontology.-- Pa`le*on`to*log'ic*al*ly, adv."
"PALEONTOLOGIST","One versed in paleontology."
"PALEONTOLOGY","The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, orof fossils which are the remains of such life."
"PALEOPHYTOLOGIST","A paleobotanist."
"PALEOPHYTOLOGY","Paleobotany."
"PALEORNITHOLOGY","The branch of paleontology which treats of fossil birds."
"PALEOSAURUS","A genus of fossil saurians found in the Permian formation."
"PALEOTECHNIC","Belonging to, or connected with, ancient art. 'The paleotechnicmen of central France.' D. Wilson."
"PALEOTHERE","Any species of Paleotherium."
"PALEOTHERIAN","Of or pertaining to Paleotherium."
"PALEOTHERIUM","An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposedto have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a moreslender form, with a long neck like that of a llama. [Written alsoPal\u00e6otherium.]"
"PALEOTHEROID","Resembling Paleotherium.-- n."
"PALEOTYPE","See Pal\u00e6otype."
"PALEOUS","Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"PALEOZOIC","Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division ofgeological time during which life is known to have existed, includingthe Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the lifeor rocks of those ages. See Chart of Geology."
"PALEOZOIC ERA","The Paleozoic time or strata."
"PALESTRA","Of or pertaining to the palestra, or to wrestling."
"PALET","Same as Palea."
"PALETTE","A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a thumb hole atone end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes hispigments. [Written also pallet.]"
"PALEWISE","In the manner of a pale or pales; by perpendicular lines ordivisions; as, to divide an escutcheon palewise."
"PALFREYED","Mounted on a palfrey. Tickell."
"PALGRAVE","See Palsgrave."
"PALI","pl. of Palus."
"PALIFICATION","The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the groundto make it firm. [R.] Sir H. Wotton."
"PALIFORM","Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa incorals."
"PALILOGY","The repetition of a word, or part of a sentence, for the sakeof greater emphasis; as, 'The living, the living, he shall praisethee.' Is. xxxviii. 19."
"PALIMPSEST","A parchment which has been written upon twice, the firstwriting having been erased to make place for the second. Longfellow."
"PALINDROME","A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backwardor forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel."
"PALINDROMIST","A writer of palindromes."
"PALINGENESIA","See Palingenesis."
"PALINGENETIC","Of or pertaining to palingenesis: as, a palingenetic process.-- Pal`in*ge*net'ic*al*ly, adv."
"PALINODIAL","Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction. J. Q. Adams."
"PALINODY","See Palinode. [Obs.] Wood."
"PALINURUS","An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, thetrue bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass"
"PALISADE","A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in theground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of suchstakes set in the ground as a means of defense."
"PALISADING",") A row of palisades set in the ground."
"PALISADO","A palisade. [Obs.] Shak."
"PALISH","Somewhat pale or wan."
"PALISSY","Designating, or of the nature of, a kind of pottery made byBernard Palissy, in France, in the 16th centry. Palissy ware, glazedpottery like that made by Bernard Palissy; especially, that havingfigures of fishes, reptiles, etc., in high relief."
"PALKEE","A palanquin. Malcom."
"PALL","Same as Pawl."
"PALL-MALL","A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball wasdriven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. Thename was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the gamewas played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall.[Written also pail-mail and pell-mell.] Sir K. Digby. Evelyn."
"PALLA","An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, andfastened with brooches."
"PALLADIAN","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a variety of the revivedclassic style of architecture, founded on the works of AndreaPalladio, an Italian architect of the 16th century."
"PALLADIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, palladium; -- usedspecifically to designate those compounds in which the element has ahigher valence as contrasted with palladious compounds."
"PALLADIOUS","Of, pertaining to, or containing, palladium; -- usedspecifically to designate those compounds in which palladium has alower valence as compared with palladic compounds."
"PALLADIUM","Any statue of the goddess Pallas; esp., the famous statue onthe preservation of which depended the safety of ancient Troy."
"PALLADIUMIZE","To cover or coat with palladium. [R.]"
"PALLAH","A large South African antelope (\u00c6pyceros melampus). The malehas long lyrate and annulated horns. The general color is bay, with ablack crescent on the croup. Called also roodebok."
"PALLAS","Pallas Athene, the Grecian goddess of wisdom, called alsoAthene, and identified, at a later period, with the Roman Minerva."
"PALLBEARER","One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so calledfrom the pall being formerly carried by them."
"PALLET","A small and mean bed; a bed of straw. Milton."
"PALLIAL","Of or pretaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle ofmollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, orimpression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the innersurface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve. Pallial chamber(Zo\u00f6l.), the cavity inclosed by the mantle.-- Pallial sinus (Zo\u00f6l.), an inward bending of the pallial line,near the posterior end of certain bivalve shells, to receive thesiphon. See Illust. of Bivalve."
"PALLIAMENT","A dress; a robe. [Obs.] Shak."
"PALLIASSE","See Paillasse."
"PALLIATIVE","Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate."
"PALLIATORY","Palliative; extenuating."
"PALLID","Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallidblue. Spenser."
"PALLIDITY","Pallidness; paleness."
"PALLIDLY","In a pallid manner."
"PALLIDNESS","The quality or state of being pallid; paleness; pallor;wanness."
"PALLIOBRANCHIATA","Same as Brachiopoda."
"PALLIOBRANCHIATE","Having the pallium, or mantle, acting as a gill, as inbrachiopods."
"PALLIUM","A large, square, woolen cloak which enveloped the whole person,worn by the Greeks and by certain Romans. It is the Roman name of aGreek garment."
"PALLONE","An Italian game, played with a large leather ball."
"PALLOR","Paleness; want of color; pallidity; as, pallor of thecomplexion. Jer. Taylor."
"PALM","The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between thebases of the fingers and the wrist.Clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm. Tennyson."
"PALM SUNDAY","The Sunday next before Easter; -- so called in commemoration ofour Savior's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the multitudestrewed palm branches in the way."
"PALMA CHRISTI","A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate andpalmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics,and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; --called also castor-oil plant. [Sometimes corrupted into palmcrist.]"
"PALMACEOUS","Of or pertaining to palms; of the nature of, or resembling,palms."
"PALMACITE","A fossil palm."
"PALMAR","Pertaining to, or corresponding with, the palm of the hand."
"PALMARIUM","One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid."
"PALMARY","Palmar."
"PALMATE","(Chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.]"
"PALMATELY","In a palmate manner."
"PALMATIFID","Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more thanhalfway to the common center."
"PALMATILOBED","Palmate, with the divisions separated less than halfway to thecommon center."
"PALMCRIST","The palma Christi. (Jonah iv. 6, margin, and Douay version,note.)"
"PALMED","Having or bearing a palm or palms. Paimed deer (Zo\u00f6l.), a stagof full growth, bearing palms. See lst Palm, 4."
"PALMER","One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice."
"PALMETTE","A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancientarchitecture; -- often called the honeysuckle ornament."
"PALMETTO","A name given to palms of several genera and species growing inthe West Indies and the Southern United States. In the United States,the name is applied especially to the Cham\u00e6rops, or Sabal, Palmetto,the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree,under Cabbage."
"PALMETTO FLAG","Any of several flags adopted by South California after itssecession. That adopted in November, 1860, had a green cabbagepalmetto in the center of a white field; the final one, January,1861, had a white palmetto in the center of a blue field and a whitecrescent in the upper left-hand corner."
"PALMETTO STATE","South California; -- a nickname alluding to the State Arms,which contain a representation of a palmetto tree."
"PALMIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant(Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi); -- formerly used to designatean acid now called ricinoleic acid. [Obsoles.]"
"PALMIDACTYLES","A group of wading birds having the toes webbed, as the avocet."
"PALMIFEROUS","Bearing palms."
"PALMIGRADE","Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as somemammals."
"PALMIPED","Web-footed, as a water fowl.-- n."
"PALMIPEDES","Same as Natatores."
"PALMISTER","One who practices palmistry Bp. Hall."
"PALMITATE","A salt of palmitic acid."
"PALMITE","A South African plant (Prionium Palmita) of the Rush family,having long serrated leaves. The stems have been used for makingbrushes."
"PALMITIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, palmitin or palm oil; as,palmitic acid, a white crystalline body belonging to the fatty acidseries. It is readily soluble in hot alcohol, and melts to a liquidoil at 62\u00ba C."
"PALMITIN","A solid crystallizable fat, found abundantly in animals and invegetables. It occurs mixed with stearin and olein in the fat ofanimal tissues, with olein and butyrin in butter, with olein in oliveoil, etc. Chemically, it is a glyceride of palmitic acid, threemolecules of palmitic acid being united to one molecule of glyceryl,and hence it is technically called tripalmitin, or glyceryltripalmitate."
"PALMITOLIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an artificial acid of the oleicacid series, isomeric with linoleic acid."
"PALMITONE","The ketone of palmitic acid."
"PALMYRA","A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight,black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native alongthe entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of theTigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is putare enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used forbuilding purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap formaking toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts."
"PALO","A pole or timber of any kind; -- in the names of trees. [Sp.Amer.]"
"PALOLA","An annelid (Palola viridis) which, at certain seasons of theyear, swarms at the surface of the sea about some of the PcificIslands, where it is collected for food."
"PALP","Same as Palpus."
"PALPABILITY","The quality of being palpable, or perceptible by the touch.Arbuthnot."
"PALPATION","Examination of a patient by touch. Quain."
"PALPATOR","One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those whichhave very long maxillary palpi."
"PALPEBRA","The eyelid."
"PALPEBRAL","Of or pertaining to the eyelids."
"PALPEBRATE","Having eyelids."
"PALPED","Having a palpus."
"PALPI","pl. of Palpus. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Palpus."
"PALPICORN","One of a group of aquatic beetles (Palpicornia) having shortclub-shaped antenn\u00e6, and long maxillary palpi."
"PALPIFER","Same as Palpiger."
"PALPIFORM","Having the form of a palpus."
"PALPIGER","That portion of the labium which bears the palpi in insects."
"PALPIGEROUS","Bearing a palpus. Kirby."
"PALPITANT","Palpitating; throbbing; trembling. Carlyle."
"PALPITATE","To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; tobound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; --said specifically of the heart when its action is abnormal, as fromexcitement."
"PALPITATION","A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapidbeating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strongemotion, or by disease."
"PALPLESS","Without a palpus."
"PALPOCIL","A minute soft filamentary process springing from the surface ofcertain hydroids and sponges."
"PALPUS","A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attachedto the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids;as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. Thepalpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. SeeIllust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera."
"PALSGRAVE","A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had thesuperintendence, of a royal household in Germany."
"PALSGRAVINE","The consort or widow of a palsgrave."
"PALSICAL","Affected with palsy; palsied; paralytic. [R.] Johnson."
"PALSIED","Affected with palsy; paralyzed."
"PALSTAVE","A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about themiddle of the bronze age. Dawkins."
"PALSTER","A pilgrim's staff. [Obs.] Halliwell."
"PALSY","Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis. 'One sick of thepalsy.' Mark ii. 3. Bell's palsy, paralysis of the facial nerve,producing distortion of one side of the face; -- so called from SirCharles Bell, an English surgeon who described it.-- Scrivener's palsy. See Writer's cramp, under Writer.-- Shaking palsy, paralysis agitans, a disease usually occurring inold people, characterized by muscular tremors and a peculiar shakingand tottering gait."
"PALSYWORT","The cowslip (Primula veris); -- so called from its supposedremedial powers. Dr. Prior."
"PALTER","To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or onworthless things. [Obs.] 'Palter out your time in the penalstatutes.' Beau. & Fl."
"PALTERER","One who palters. Johnson."
"PALTERLY","Paltry; shabby; shabbily; paltrily. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 'Inpalterly clothes.' Pepys."
"PALTOCK","A kind of doublet; a jacket. [Obs.] Piers Plowman."
"PALTRILY","In a paltry manner."
"PALTRINESS","The state or quality of being paltry."
"PALTRY","Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful;trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold. Cowper.The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost. Byron."
"PALUDAL","Of or pertaining to marshes or fens; marshy. [R.] Paludalfever, malarial fever; -- so called because generated in marshydistricts."
"PALUDAMENT","See Paludamentum."
"PALUDAMENTUM","Antiq.) A military cloak worn by a general and his principalofficers."
"PALUDICOLAE","A division of birds, including the cranes, rails, etc."
"PALUDICOLE","Marsh-inhabiting; belonging to the Paludicol\ufffd"
"PALUDINA","Any one of numerous species of freshwater pectinibranchiatemollusks, belonging to Paludina, Melantho, and allied genera. Theyhave an operculated shell which is usually green, often with brownbands. See Illust. of Pond snail, under Pond."
"PALUDINAL","Inhabiting ponds or swamps."
"PALUDINE","Of or pertaining to a marsh. Buckland."
"PALUDISM","The morbid phenomena produced by dwelling among marshes;malarial disease or disposition."
"PALUDOSE","Growing or living in marshy places; marshy."
"PALULE","See Palulus or Palus."
"PALULUS","Same as Palus."
"PALUS","One of several upright slender calcareous processes whichsurround the central part of the calicle of certain corals."
"PALUSTRAL","Of or pertaining to a bog or marsh; boggy. [R.]"
"PALUSTRINE","Of, pertaining to, or living in, a marsh or swamp; marshy."
"PALY","Pale; wanting color; dim. [Poetic] Shak. Whittier."
"PAM","The knave of clubs. [Obs.] Pope."
"PAMENT","A pavement. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PAMPANO","Same as Pompano."
"PAMPAS","Vast plains in the central and southern part of the ArgentineRepublic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a widersense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia.Pampas cat (Zo\u00f6l.), a South American wild cat (Felis pajeros). It hasoblique transverse bands of yellow or brown. It is about three and ahalf feet long. Called also straw cat.-- Pampas deer (Zo\u00f6l.), a small, reddish-brown, South American deer(Cervus, or Blastocerus, campestris).-- Pampas grass (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass (Gyneriumargenteum) with a silvery-white silky panicle. It is a native of thepampas of South America."
"PAMPERED","Fed luxuriously; indulged to the full; hence, luxuriant.'Pampered boughs.' Milton. 'Pampered insolence.' Pope.-- Pam'pered*ness, n. Bp. Hall."
"PAMPERER","One who, or that which, pampers. Cowper."
"PAMPERIZE","To pamper. [R.] Sydney Smith."
"PAMPERO","A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps overthe pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often doing greatdamage. Sir W. Parish."
"PAMPEROS","A tribe of Indians inhabiting the pampas of South America."
"PAMPHLET","To write a pamphlet or pamphlets. [R.] Howell."
"PAMPHLETEER","A writer of pamphlets; a scribbler. Dryden. Macaulay."
"PAMPINIFORM","In the form of tendrils; -- applied especially to the spermaticand ovarian veins."
"PAMPRE","An ornament, composed of vine leaves and bunches of grapes,used for decorating spiral columns."
"PAMPRODACTYLOUS","Having all the toes turned forward, as the colies."
"PAN","The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and theflanked angle."
"PAN-AMERICAN","Of or pertaining to both North and South America."
"PAN-AMERICANISM","The principle or advocacy of a political alliance or union ofall the states of America."
"PAN-ANGLICAN","Belonging to, or representing, the whole Church of England;used less strictly, to include the Protestant Episcopal Church of theUnited States; as, the Pan-Anglican Conference at Lambeth, in 1888."
"PANABASE","Same as Tetrahedrite."
"PANACEA","The herb allheal."
"PANACEAN","Having the properties of a panacea. [R.] 'Panacean dews.'Whitehead."
"PANACHE","A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on thehelmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.A panache of variegated plumes. Prescott."
"PANADE","A dagger. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PANAMA HAT","A fine plaited hat, made in Central America of the young leavesof a plant (Carludovica palmata)."
"PANAMANIAN","Of or pert. to Panama. -- n."
"PANARY","Of or pertaining to bread or to breadmaking."
"PANATHENAEA","The most ancient and important festival of Athens, celebratedin honor of Athena, the tutelary goddess of the city."
"PANCAKE","A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; agriddlecake; a flapjack. 'A pancake for Shrove Tuesday.' Shak."
"PANCARTE","A royal charter confirming to a subject all his possessions.[Obs.] Holinshed."
"PANCE","The pansy. [Also paunce.]"
"PANCH","See Paunch."
"PANCHWAY","A Bengalese four-oared boat for passengers. [Written alsopanshway and paunchwas.] Malcom."
"PANCRATIAN","Pancratic; athletic."
"PANCRATIAST","One who engaged in the contests of the pancratium."
"PANCRATIASTIC","Of or pertaining to the pancratium. G. West."
"PANCRATIC","Having all or many degrees of power; having a great range ofpower; -- said of an eyepiece made adjustable so as to give a varyingmagnifying power."
"PANCRATIST","An athlete; a gymnast."
"PANCRATIUM","An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling."
"PANCREAS","The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearlyall vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and itssecretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often togetherwith the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is apowerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus."
"PANCREATIC","Of or pertaining to the pancreas; as, the pancreatic secretion,digestion, ferments. Pancreatic juice (Physiol.), a colorlessalkaline fluid secreted intermittently by the pancreatic gland. It isone of the most important of the digestive fluids, containing atleast three distinct ferments, trypsin, steapsin and an amylolyticferment, by which it acts upon all three classes of food stuffs. SeePancreas."
"PANCREATIN","One of the digestive ferments of the pancreatic juice; also, apreparation containing such a ferment, made from the pancreas ofanimals, and used in medicine as an aid to digestion."
"PANCY","See Pansy. [Obs.] Dryden."
"PANDA","A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur.It is related to the bears, and inhabits the mountains of NorthernIndia."
"PANDANUS","A genus of endogenous plants. See Screw pine."
"PANDAR","Same as Pander. 'Seized by the pandar of Appius.' Macaulay."
"PANDARISM","Same as Panderism. Swift."
"PANDARIZE","To pander. [Obs.]"
"PANDAROUS","Panderous. [Obs.]"
"PANDEAN","Of or relating to the god Pan. Pandean pipes, a primitive windinstrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes,graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together sideby side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have been invented byPan. Called also Pan's pipes and Panpipes."
"PANDECT","The digest, or abridgment, in fifty books, of the decisions,writings, and opinions of the old Roman jurists, made in the sixthcentury by direction of the emperor Justinian, and forming theleading compilation of the Roman civil law. Kent."
"PANDEMIC","Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhereepidemic.-- n."
"PANDER","To play the pander for."
"PANDERAGE","The act of pandering."
"PANDERISM","The employment, arts, or practices of a pander. Bp. Hall."
"PANDERLY","Having the quality of a pander. 'O, you panderly rascals.'Shak."
"PANDERMITE","A hydrous borate of lime, near priceite."
"PANDEROUS",", Of or relating to a pander; characterizing a pander."
"PANDICULATED","Extended; spread out; stretched."
"PANDICULATION","A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, aswhen fatigued and drowsy."
"PANDIT","See Pundit."
"PANDOOR","Same as Pandour."
"PANDORA","A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan tomake out of clay in order to punish the human race, becausePrometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora abox containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened,escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box.Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods,which were lost to men when Pandora opened it."
"PANDORE","An ancient musical instrument, of the lute kind; a bandore.[Written also pandoran.]"
"PANDOUR","One of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in theAustrian army; -- so called from Pandur, a principal town in theregion from which they originally came. [Written also pandoor.]Her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars. Campbell."
"PANDOWDY","A deep pie or pudding made of baked apples, or of sliced breadand apples baked together, with no bottom crust."
"PANE","The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen."
"PANED","Having flat sides or surfaces; as, a sixpaned nut."
"PANEGYRIC","An oration or eulogy in praise of some person or achievement; aformal or elaborate encomium; a laudatory discourse; laudation. SeeSynonym of Eulogy."
"PANEGYRIS","A festival; a public assembly. [Obs.] S. Harris."
"PANEGYRIST","One who delivers a panegyric; a eulogist; one who extols orpraises, either by writing or speaking.If these panegyrists are in earnest. Burke."
"PANEGYRIZE","To praise highly; to extol in a public speech; to write ordeliver a panegyric upon; to eulogize."
"PANEGYRY","A panegyric. [Obs.] Milton."
"PANEL","A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise,as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc."
"PANELATION","The act of impaneling a jury. [Obs.] [Written alsopanellation.] Wood."
"PANELESS","Without panes.To patch his paneless window. Shenstone."
"PANELING","A forming in panels; panelwork. [Written also panelling.]"
"PANELWORK","Wainscoting."
"PANEULOGISM","Eulogy of everything; indiscriminate praise. [R.]Her book has a trace of the cant of paneulogism. National Rev."
"PANFUL","Enough to fill a pan."
"PANG","A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitoryagony; a throe; as, the pangs of death."
"PANGENESIS","An hypothesis advanced by Darwin in explanation of heredity."
"PANGENETIC","Of or pertaining to pangenesis."
"PANGFUL","Full of pangs. Richardson."
"PANGLESS","Without a pang; painless. Byron."
"PANGOLIN","Any one of several species of Manis, Pholidotus, and relatedgenera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with imbricatedscales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater."
"PANGOTHIC","Of, pertaining to, or including, all the Gothic races.'Ancestral Pangothic stock.' Earle."
"PANHANDLE","The handle of a pan; hence, fig., any arm or projectionsuggestive of the handle of a pan; as, the panhandle of WestVirginia, Texas, or Idaho."
"PANHANDLE STATE","West Virginia; -- a nickname."
"PANHELLENIC","Of or pertaining to all Greece, or to Panhellenism; includingall Greece, or all the Greeks."
"PANHELLENISM","A scheme to unite all the Greeks in one political body."
"PANHELLENIST","An advocate of Panhellenism."
"PANHELLENIUM","An assembly or association of Greeks from all the states ofGreece."
"PANIC","A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the ediblegrain of some species of panic grass. Panic grass (Bot.), any grassof the genus Panicum."
"PANICAL","See Panic, a. [Obs.] Camden."
"PANICLE","A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster isloosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end."
"PANICLED","Furnished with panicles; arranged in, or like, panicles;paniculate."
"PANICUM","A genus of grasses, including several hundred species, some ofwhich are valuable; panic grass."
"PANIDIOMORPHIC","Having a completely idiomorphic structure; -- said of certainrocks."
"PANIER","See Pannier, 3. [Obs.]"
"PANIFICATION","The act or process of making bread. Ure."
"PANIM","See Painim. [Obs.] Milton."
"PANISLAMISM","A desire or plan for the union of all Mohammedan nations forthe conquest of the world."
"PANIVOROUS","Eating bread; subsisting on bread."
"PANNADE","The curvet of a horse."
"PANNARY","See Panary. Loudon."
"PANNE","A fabric resembling velvet, but having the nap flat and lessclose."
"PANNEL","The stomach of a hawk. Ainsworth."
"PANNIER","A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelterfrom the enemy's missiles."
"PANNIERED","Bearing panniers. Wordsworth."
"PANNIKEL","The brainpan, or skull; hence, the crest. [Obs.] Spenser."
"PANNIKIN","A small pan or cup. Marryat. Thackeray."
"PANNOSE","Similar in texture or appearance to felt or woolen cloth."
"PANNUS","A very vascular superficial opacity of the cornea, usuallycaused by granulation of the eyelids. Foster."
"PANOISTIC","Producing ova only; -- said of the ovaries of certain insectswhich do not produce vitelligenous cells."
"PANOMPHEAN","Uttering ominous or prophetic voices; divining. [R.]We want no half gods, panomphean Joves. Mrs. Browning."
"PANOPLIED","Dressed in panoply."
"PANOPLY","Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor.Milton.We had need to take the Christian panoply, to put on the whole armorof God. Ray."
"PANORAMA","Of, pertaining to, or like, a panorama. Panoramic camera. Seeunder Camera."
"PANORPIAN","Like, or pertaining to, the genus Panorpa.-- n."
"PANORPID","Any neuropterous insect of the genus Panorpa, and alliedgenera. The larv\u00e6 feed on plant lice."
"PANPHARMACON","A medicine for all diseases; a panacea. [R.]"
"PANPRESBYTERIAN","Belonging to, or representative of, those who hold Presbyterianviews in all parts of the world; as, a Panpresbyterian council."
"PANPSYCHISM","The theory that all nature is psychical or has a psychicalaspect; the theory that every particle of matter has a psychicalcharacter or aspect. -- Pan*psy'chic (#), a. -- Pan*psy'chist (#), n.-- Pan`psy*chis'tic (#), a."
"PANSHON","An earthen vessel wider at the top than at the bottom, -- usedfor holding milk and for various other purposes. [Prov. Eng.]Halliwell."
"PANSIED","Covered or adorned with pansies. 'The pansied grounds.' Darwin."
"PANSLAVIC","Pertaining to all the Slavic races."
"PANSLAVISM","A scheme or desire to unite all the Slavic races into oneconfederacy."
"PANSLAVIST","One who favors Panslavism."
"PANSLAVONIAN","See Panslavic."
"PANSOPHICAL","All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophicalpretenders. [R.] John Worthington."
"PANSOPHY","Universal wisdom; esp., a system of universal knowledgeproposed by Comenius (1592 -- 1671), a Moravian educator. [R.]Hartlib."
"PANSPERMIC","Of or pertaining to panspermy; as, the panspermic hypothesis."
"PANSTEREORAMA","A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood,cork, pasteboard, or the like. Brande & C."
"PANSY","A plant of the genus Viola (V. tricolor) and its blossom,originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very largeflowers of a great diversity of colors. Called also heart's-ease,love-in-idleness, and many other quaint names."
"PANTA-","See Pan-."
"PANTABLE",", n. See Pantofle. [Obs.]"
"PANTACOSM","See Cosmolabe."
"PANTAGRAPH","See Pantograph."
"PANTALET","One of the legs of the loose drawers worn by children andwomen; particularly, the lower part of such a garment, coming belowthe knee, often made in a separate piece; -- chiefly in the plural."
"PANTALOON","A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from thewaist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one."
"PANTAMORPH","That which assumes, or exists in, all forms."
"PANTAMORPHIC","Taking all forms."
"PANTASCOPE","A pantascopic camera."
"PANTASCOPIC","Viewing all; taking a view of the whole. See under Camera."
"PANTASTOMATA","One of the divisions of Flagellata, including the monads andallied forms."
"PANTECHNICON","A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articlesare collected for sale."
"PANTELEGRAPH","See under Telegraph."
"PANTER","One who pants. Congreve."
"PANTEUTONIC","Of or pertaining to all the Teutonic races."
"PANTHEISM","The doctrine that the universe, taken or conceived of as awhole, is God; the doctrine that there is no God but the combinedforce and laws which are manifested in the existing universe;cosmotheism."
"PANTHEIST","One who holds to pantheism."
"PANTHEOLOGIST","One versed in pantheology."
"PANTHEOLOGY","A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete systemof theology."
"PANTHER","A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zo\u00f6logistsconsidered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlikespots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body."
"PANTHERESS","A female panther."
"PANTHERINE","Like a panther, esp. in color; as, the pantherine snake (Ptyasmucosus) of Brazil."
"PANTILE","A roofing tile, of peculiar form, having a transverse sectionresembling an elongated S laid on its side ("
"PANTINGLY","With palpitation or rapid breathing. Shak."
"PANTISOCRACY","A Utopian community, in which all should rule equally, such aswas devised by Coleridge, Lovell, and Southey, in their younger days."
"PANTISOCRAT","A pantisocratist."
"PANTISOCRATIC","Of or pertaining to a pantisocracy."
"PANTISOCRATIST","One who favors or supports the theory of a pantisocracy.Macaulay."
"PANTLER","The servant or officer, in a great family, who has charge ofthe bread and the pantry. [Obs.] Shak."
"PANTO-","See Pan-."
"PANTOCHRONOMETER","An instrument combining a compass, sundial, and universal timedial. Brande & C."
"PANTOFLE","A slipper for the foot. [Written also pantable and pantoble.]"
"PANTOGRAPH","An instrument for copying plans, maps, and other drawings, onthe same, or on a reduced or an enlarged, scale. [Written alsopantagraph, and incorrectly pentagraph.] Skew pantograph, a kind ofpantograph for drawing a copy which is inclined with respect to theoriginal figure; -- also called plagiograph."
"PANTOGRAPHY","A general description; entire view of an object."
"PANTOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to pantology."
"PANTOLOGIST","One versed in pantology; a writer of pantology."
"PANTOLOGY","A systematic view of all branches of human knowledge; a work ofuniversal information."
"PANTOMETER","An instrument for measuring angles for determining elevations,distances, etc."
"PANTOMETRY","Universal measurement. [R.] -- Pan`to*met'ric, a. [R.]"
"PANTOMIME","Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomimedance."
"PANTOMIMIST","An actor in pantomime; also, a composer of pantomimes."
"PANTON","A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel."
"PANTOPHAGIST","A person or an animal that has the habit of eating all kinds offood."
"PANTOPHAGOUS","Eating all kinds of food."
"PANTOPHAGY","The habit or power of eating all kinds of food."
"PANTOPODA","Same as Pycnogonida."
"PANTOSCOPIC","Literally, seeing everything; -- a term applied to eyeglassesor spectacles divided into two segments, the upper being designed fordistant vision, the lower for vision of near objects."
"PANTRY","An apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions arekept."
"PANURGIC","Skilled in all kinds of work. 'The panurgic Diderot.' J.Morley."
"PANURGY","Skill in all kinds of work or business; craft. [R.] Bailey."
"PANYARD","See Pannier. [Obs.] Pepys."
"PANYM","See Panim. [Obs.]"
"PANZOISM","A term used to denote all of the elements or factors whichconstitute vitality or vital energy. H. Spencer."
"PAOLO","An old Italian silver coin, worth about ten cents."
"PAP","A nipple; a mammilla; a teat. Dryden.The paps which thou hast sucked. Luke xi. 27."
"PAPABOTE","The upland plover. [Local, U. S.]"
"PAPAGAY","See Popinjay, 1 (b)."
"PAPAIN","A proteolytic ferment, like trypsin, present in the juice ofthe green fruit of the papaw (Carica Papaya) of tropical America."
"PAPALIST","A papist. [Obs.] Baxter."
"PAPALITY","The papacy. [Obs.] Ld. Berners. Milton."
"PAPALIZE","To make papal. [R.]"
"PAPALLY","In a papal manner; popishly"
"PAPALTY","The papacy. [Obs.] Milton."
"PAPAPHOBIA","Intense fear or dread of the pope, or of the Roman CatholicChurch. [R.]"
"PAPARCHY","Government by a pope; papal rule."
"PAPAVER","A genus of plants, including the poppy."
"PAPAVERACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants(Papaverace\u00e6) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodrootare well-known examples."
"PAPAVERINE","An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic actionthan morphine."
"PAPAVEROUS","Of or pertaining to the poppy; of the nature of the poppy. SirT. Browne."
"PAPAW","A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to theorder Passiflore\u00e6. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twentyfeet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmatelylobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have theproperty of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled."
"PAPBOAT","A large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapha); --so called because used by native priests to hold the oil foranointing."
"PAPE","A spiritual father; specifically, the pope. [Obs.]"
"PAPEJAY","A popinjay. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PAPER","Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper;existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as, a paper box; a paper army."
"PAPERWEIGHT","See under Paper, n."
"PAPERY","Like paper; having the thinness or consistence of paper. Gray."
"PAPESCENT","Containing or producing pap; like pap. [R.] Arbuthnot."
"PAPESS","A female pope; i. e., the fictitious pope Joan. [Obs.] Bp.Hall."
"PAPETERIE","A case or box containing paper and materials for writing."
"PAPHIAN","Of or pertaining to Paphos, an ancient city of Cyprus, having acelebrated temple of Venus; hence, pertaining to Venus, or her rites."
"PAPIER-MACHE","A hard and strong substance made of a pulp from paper, mixedwith sise or glue, etc. It is formed into various articles, usuallyby means of molds."
"PAPILIO","A genus of butterflies."
"PAPILIONES","The division of Lepidoptera which includes the butterflies."
"PAPILIONIDES","The typical butterflies."
"PAPILLA","Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papill\u00e6 of thetongue."
"PAPILLAR","Same as Papillose."
"PAPILLARY","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a papilla or papill\u00e6;bearing, or covered with, papill\u00e6; papillose."
"PAPILLATE","To cover with papill\u00e6; to take the form of a papilla, or ofpapill\u00e6."
"PAPILLIFORM","Shaped like a papilla; mammilliform."
"PAPILLOMA","A tumor formed by hypertrophy of the papill\u00e6 of the skin ormucous membrane, as a corn or a wart. Quain."
"PAPILLOMATOUS","Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, papillomata."
"PAPILLOSE","Covered with, or bearing, papill\u00e6; resembling papill\u00e6;papillate; papillar; papillary."
"PAPILLOTE","a small piece of paper on which women roll up their hair tomake it curl; a curl paper."
"PAPILLOUS","Papillary; papillose."
"PAPILLULATE","Having a minute papilla in the center of a larger elevation ordepression."
"PAPION","A West African baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx), allied to thechacma. Its color is generally chestnut, varying in tint."
"PAPISM","Popery; -- an offensive term. Milton."
"PAPIST","A Roman catholic; one who adheres to the Church of Rome and theauthority of the pope; -- an offensive designation applied to RomanCatholics by their opponents."
"PAPISTRY","The doctrine and ceremonies of the Church of Rome; popery. [R.]Whitgift."
"PAPIZED","Conformed to popery. [Obs.] 'Papized writers.' Fuller."
"PAPOOSE","A babe or young child of Indian parentage in North America."
"PAPPIFORM","Resembling the pappus of composite plants."
"PAPPOOSE","Same as Papoose. Pappoose root. (Bot.) See Cohosh."
"PAPPOSE","Furnished with a pappus; downy."
"PAPPOUS","Pappose."
"PAPPUS","The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles,dandelions, and most other plants of the order Composit\u00e6; also, thescales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plantsof the same order."
"PAPPY","Like pap; soft; succulent; tender. Ray."
"PAPUAN","Of or pertaining to Papua."
"PAPUARS","The native black race of Papua or New Guinea, and the adjacentislands."
"PAPULA","A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle,produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy oftissue; a papule. Quain."
"PAPULAR","Consisting of papules; characterized by the presence ofpapules; as, a papular eruption."
"PAPULE","Same as Papula."
"PAPULOSE","Having papul\u00e6; papillose; as, a papulose leaf."
"PAPULOUS","Covered with, or characterized by, papul\u00e6; papulose."
"PAPYRACEOUS","Made of papyrus; of the consistency of paper; papery."
"PAPYREAN","Of or pertaining to papyrus, or to paper; papyraceous."
"PAPYRINE","Imitation parchment, made by soaking unsized paper in dilutesulphuric acid."
"PAPYROGRAPH","An apparatus for multiplying writings, drawings, etc., in whicha paper stencil, formed by writing or drawing with corrosive ink, isused. The word is also used of other means of multiplying copies ofwritings, drawings, etc. See Copygraph, Hectograph, Manifold."
"PAPYROGRAPHY","The process of multiplying copies of writings, etc., by meansof the papyrograph.-- Pap`y*ro*graph'ic, a."
"PAPYRUS","A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family,formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily,etc. The stem is triangular and about an inch thick."
"PAQUE","See Pasch and Easter."
"PAR","See Parr."
"PARA","A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part ofa piaster, or about one ninth of a cent."
"PARA CRESS","An annual asteraceous herb (Spilances oleracea) grown intropical countries as a pungent salad, and also used medicinally."
"PARA GRASS","A valuable pasture grass (Panicum barbinode) introduced intothe Southern United States from Brazil."
"PARA NUT","The Brazil nut."
"PARA RUBBER","The caoutchouc obtained from the South American euphorbiaceoustree Hevea brasiliensis, hence called the Par\u00e1 rubber tree, from theBrazilian river and seaport named Par\u00e1; also, the similar product ofother species of Hevea. It is usually exported in flat round cakes,and is a chief variety of commercial India rubber."
"PARA-","A prefix denoting: (a) Likeness, similarity, or connection, orthat the substance resembles, but is distinct from, that to the nameof which it is prefixed; as paraldehyde, paraconine, etc.; also, anisomeric modification. (b) Specifically: (Organ. Chem.) That twogroups or radicals substituted in the benzene nucleus are opposite,or in the respective positions 1 and 4; 2 and 5; or 3 and 6, asparaxylene; paroxybenzoic acid. Cf. Ortho-, and Meta-. Also usedadjectively."
"PARABANIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid which isobtained by the oxidation of uric acid, as a white crystallinesubstance (C3N2H2O3); -- also called oxalyl urea."
"PARABLAST","A portion of the mesoblast (of peripheral origin) of thedeveloping embryo, the cells of which are especially concerned informing the first blood and blood vessels. C. S. Minot."
"PARABLASTIC","Of or pertaining to the parablast; as, the parablastic cells."
"PARABLE","Procurable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"PARABOLE","Similitude; comparison."
"PARABOLIFORM","Resembling a parabola in form."
"PARABOLISM","The division of the terms of an equation by a known quantitythat is involved in the first term. [Obs.]"
"PARABOLIST","A narrator of parables."
"PARABOLOID","The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about itsaxis; any surface of the second order whose sections by planesparallel to a given line are parabolas."
"PARABOLOIDAL","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a paraboloid."
"PARABRONCHIUM","One of the branches of an ectobronchium or entobronchium."
"PARACELSIAN","Of, pertaining to, or in conformity with, the practice ofParacelsus, a Swiss physician of the 15th century. Ferrand."
"PARACELSIST","A Paracelsian."
"PARACENTESIS","The perforation of a cavity of the body with a trocar,aspirator, or other suitable instrument, for the evacuation ofeffused fluid, pus, or gas; tapping."
"PARACHORDAL","Situated on either side of the notochord; -- applied especiallyto the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of theanterior part of the notochord.-- n."
"PARACHRONISM","An error in chronology, by which the date of an event is setlater than the time of its occurrence. [R.]"
"PARACHROSE","Changing color by exposure Mohs."
"PARACHUTE","A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certainmammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister."
"PARACLETE","An advocate; one called to aid or support; hence, the Consoler,Comforter, or Intercessor; -- a term applied to the Holy Spirit.From which intercession especially I conceive he hath the name of theParaclete given him by Christ. Bp. Pearson."
"PARACLOSE","See Parclose."
"PARACMASTIC","Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper.Dunglison."
"PARACONIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained as adeliquescent white crystalline substance, and isomeric with itaconic,citraconic, and mesaconic acids."
"PARACONINE","A base resembling and isomeric with conine, and obtained as acolorless liquid from butyric aldehyde and ammonia."
"PARACOROLLA","A secondary or inner corolla; a corona, as of the Narcissus."
"PARACROSTIC","A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, inorder, the first letters of all the verses of the poem. Brande & C."
"PARACYANOGEN","A polymeric modification of cyanogen, obtained as a brown orblack amorphous residue by heating mercuric cyanide."
"PARACYMENE","Same as Cymene."
"PARADACTYLUM","The side of a toe or finger."
"PARADE","An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, infull equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superiorofficer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, orprivate (troop, battery, or company), according to the forceassembled."
"PARADIGM","An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word inall its different forms of inflection."
"PARADIGMATIC","A writer of memoirs of religious persona, as examples ofChristian excellence."
"PARADIGMATIZE","To set forth as a model or example. [Obs.] Hammond."
"PARADISAL","Paradisiacal."
"PARADISE","An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as thespace within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc."
"PARADISEAN","Paradisiacal."
"PARADISED","Placed in paradise; enjoying delights as of paradise."
"PARADISIC","Paradisiacal. [R.] Broome."
"PARADISICAL","Paradisiacal. [R.]"
"PARADOS","An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortificationto protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse.Farrow."
"PARADOX","A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; anassertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to commonsense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may betrue in fact.A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it appear in shownot to be altogether unreasonable. Hooker.This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it proof. Shak.Hydrostatic paradox. See under Hydrostatic."
"PARADOXAL","Paradoxical. [Obs.]"
"PARADOXIDES","A genus of large trilobites characteristic of the primordialformations."
"PARADOXOLOGY","The use of paradoxes. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"PARADOXURE","Any species of Paradoxurus, a genus of Asiatic viverrinemammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or palmcat (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). See Musang."
"PARADOXY","A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless andodorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., bydistillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is veryinert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents.It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known tobe a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane ormarsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid,liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas andkerosene consist largely of paraffins."
"PARAGE","Equality of condition, blood, or dignity; also, equality in thepartition of an inheritance. Spelman."
"PARAGENESIS","The science which treats of minerals with special reference totheir origin."
"PARAGENIC","Originating in the character of the germ, or at the firstcommencement of an individual; -- said of peculiarities of structure,character, etc."
"PARAGLOBULIN","An albuminous body in blood serum, belonging to the group ofglobulins. See Fibrinoplastin."
"PARAGLOSSA","One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium ofcertain insects. See Illust. under Hymenoptera."
"PARAGNATH","Same as Paragnathus."
"PARAGNATHOUS","Having both mandibles of equal length, the tips meeting, as incertain birds."
"PARAGOGE","The addition of a letter or syllable to the end of a word, aswithouten for without."
"PARAGON","A size of type between great primer and double pica. See theNote under Type."
"PARAGONITE","A kind of mica related to muscovite, but containing sodainstead of potash. It is characteristic of the paragonite schist ofthe Alps."
"PARAGRAM","A pun.Puns, which he calls paragrams. Addison."
"PARAGRAMMATIST","A punster."
"PARAGRANDINE","An instrument to avert the occurrence of hailstorms. SeeParagr. Knight."
"PARAGRAPHER","A writer of paragraphs; a paragraphist."
"PARAGRAPHIST","A paragrapher."
"PARAGRAPHISTICAL","Of or relating to a paragraphist. [R.] Beau. & Fl."
"PARAGRELE","A lightning conductor erected, as in a vineyard, for drawingoff the electricity in the atmosphere in order to prevent hailstorms.[France] Knight."
"PARAGUAY TEA","See Mate, the leaf of the Brazilian holly."
"PARAGUAYAN","Of or pertaining to Paraguay.-- n."
"PARAIL","See Apparel. [Obs.] 'In the parail of a pilgrim.' PiersPlowman."
"PARAKEET","Same as Parrakeet."
"PARAKITE","A train or series of kites on one string and flying tandem,used for attaining great heights and for sending up instruments formeteorological observations or a man for military reconnoissance;also, a kite of such a train."
"PARALACTIC","Designating an acid called paralactic acid. See Lactic acid,under Lactic."
"PARALBUMIN","A proteidlike body found in the fluid from ovarian cysts andelsewhere. It is generally associated with a substance related to, ifnot identical with, glycogen."
"PARALDEHYDE","A polymeric modification of aldehyde obtained as a whitecrystalline substance."
"PARALEIPSIS","A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speakerartfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, forexample, if an orator should say, 'I do not speak of my adversary'sscandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treacheryand malice.' [Written also paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis.]"
"PARALEPSIS","See Paraleipsis."
"PARALGESIA","Disordered sensibility to pain, including absence ofsensibility to pain, excessive sensibility to pain, and abnormalpainful results of stimuli. -- Par`al*ge'sic (#), a."
"PARALIAN","A dweller by the sea. [R.]"
"PARALIPOMENON","A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles."
"PARALIPSIS","See Paraleipsis."
"PARALLAX","The apparent difference in position of a body (as the sun, or astar) as seen from some point on the earth's surface, and as seenfrom some other conventional point, as the earth's center or the sun.Annual parallax, the greatest value of the heliocentric parallax, orthe greatest annual apparent change of place of a body as seen fromthe earth and sun; as, the annual parallax of a fixed star.-- Binocular parallax, the apparent difference in position of anobject as seen separately by one eye, and then by the other, the headremaining unmoved.-- Diurnal, or Geocentric, parallax, the parallax of a body withreference to the earth's center. This is the kind of parallax that isgenerally understood when the term is used without qualification.-- Heliocentric parallax, the parallax of a body with reference tothe sun, or the angle subtended at the body by lines drawn from it tothe earth and sun; as, the heliocentric parallax of a planet.-- Horizontal parallax, the geocentric parallx of a heavenly bodywhen in the horizon, or the angle subtended at the body by theearth's radius.-- Optical parallax, the apparent displacement in position undergoneby an object when viewed by either eye singly. Brande & C.-- Parallax of the cross wires (of an optical instrument), theirapparent displacement when the eye changes its position, caused bytheir not being exactly in the focus of the object glass.-- Stellar parallax, the annual parallax of a fixed star."
"PARALLEL","Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equallydistant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.Revolutions . . . parallel to the equinoctial. Hakluyt."
"PARALLEL STANDARDS","Two or more metals coined without any attempt by the governmentto regulate their values."
"PARALLEL SULCUS","A sulcus parallel to, but some distance below, the horizontallimb of the fissure of Sylvius."
"PARALLEL TRANSFORMER","A transformer connected in parallel."
"PARALLEL VISE","A vise with jaws so guided as to remain parallel."
"PARALLELABLE","Capable of being paralleled, or equaled. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"PARALLELISTIC","Of the nature of a parallelism; involving parallelism.The antithetic or parallelistic form of Hebrew poetry is entirelylost. Milman."
"PARALLELIZE","To render parallel. [R.]"
"PARALLELLESS","Matchless. [R.]"
"PARALLELLY","In a parallel manner; with parallelism. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"PARALLELOGRAM","A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides areparallel, and consequently equal; -- sometimes restricted in popularusage to a rectangle, or quadrilateral figure which is longer than itis broad, and with right angles. Parallelogram of velocities, forces,accelerations, momenta, etc. (Mech.), a parallelogram the diagonal ofwhich represents the resultant of two velocities, forces,accelerations, momenta, etc., both in quantity and direction, whenthe velocities, forces, accelerations, momenta, etc., are representedin quantity and direction by the two adjacent sides of theparallelogram."
"PARALLELOGRAMMATIC","Of or pertaining to a parallelogram; parallelogrammic."
"PARALLELOPIPED","A solid, the faces of which are six parallelograms, theopposite pairs being parallel, and equal to each other; a prism whosebase is a parallelogram."
"PARALLELOPIPEDON","A parallelopiped. Hutton."
"PARALOGICAL","Containing paralogism; illogical. 'Paralogical doubt.' Sir T.Browne."
"PARALOGISM","A reasoning which is false in point of form, that is, which iscontrary to logical rules or formul\u00e6; a formal fallacy, or pseudo-syllogism, in which the conclusion does not follow from the premises."
"PARALOGIZE","To reason falsely; to draw conclusions not warranted by thepremises. [R.]"
"PARALOGY","False reasoning; paralogism."
"PARALYSE","Same as Paralyze."
"PARALYSIS","Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; esp., theloss of the power of voluntary motion, with or without that ofsensation, in any part of the body; palsy. See Hemiplegia, andParaplegia. Also used figuratively. 'Utter paralysis of memory.' G.Eliot.Mischievous practices arising out of the paralysis of the powers ofownership. Duke of Argyll (1887)."
"PARALYTIC","A person affected with paralysis."
"PARALYTICAL","See Paralytic."
"PARALYZATION","The act or process of paralyzing, or the state of beingparalyzed."
"PARAM","A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C2H4N4); -- calledalso dicyandiamide."
"PARAMAGNETIC","Magnetic, as opposed to Ant: diamagnetic.-- n."
"PARAMAGNETISM","Magnetism, as opposed to diamagnetism. Faraday."
"PARAMALEIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from malicacid, and now called fumaric acid. [Obs.]"
"PARAMALIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid metameric withmalic acid."
"PARAMASTOID","Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporalbone; paroccipital; -- applied especially to a process of the skullin some animals."
"PARAMATTA","A light fabric of cotton and worsted, resembling bombazine ormerino. Beck (Draper's Dict.)"
"PARAMENT","Ornamental hangings, furniture, etc., as of a state apartment;rich and elegant robes worn by men of rank; -- chiefly in the plural.[Obs.]Lords in paraments on their coursers. Chaucer.Chamber of paraments, presence chamber of a monarch."
"PARAMENTO","Ornament; decoration. Beau. & Fl."
"PARAMERE","One of the symmetrical halves of any one of the radii, orspheromeres, of a radiate animal, as a starfish."
"PARAMETER","The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determinesthe position of any plane; also, the fundamental axial ratio for agiven species."
"PARAMETRITIS","Inflammation of the cellular tissue in the vicinity of theuterus."
"PARAMIOGRAPHER","A collector or writer of proverbs. [R.]"
"PARAMITOME","The fluid portion of the protoplasm of a cell."
"PARAMO","A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, andcold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America."
"PARAMORPH","A kind of pseudomorph, in which there has been a change ofphysical characters without alteration of chemical composition, asthe change of aragonite to calcite."
"PARAMORPHISM","The change of one mineral species to another, so as to involvea change in physical characters without alteration of chemicalcomposition."
"PARAMORPHOUS","Relating to paramorphism; exhibiting paramorphism."
"PARAMOUNT","Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to allothers; chief; supreme; pre\u00ebminent; as, a paramount duty. 'A traitorparamount.' Bacon. Lady paramount (Archery), the lady making the bestscore.-- Lord paramount, the king."
"PARAMOUNTLY","In a paramount manner."
"PARAMOUR","By or with love, esp. the love of the sexes; -- sometimeswritten as two words. [Obs.]For par amour, I loved her first ere thou. Chaucer."
"PARAMYLUM","A substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scumformed on the surface of stagnant water."
"PARANAPHTHALENE","Anthracene; -- called also paranaphthaline. [Obs.]"
"PARANOIA","Mental derangement; insanity."
"PARANOIAC","Of or pertaining to paranoia; affected with, or characteristicof, paranoia."
"PARANTHRACENE","An inert isomeric modification of anthracene."
"PARANUCLEUS","Some as Nucleolus."
"PARANYMPHAL","Bridal; nuptial. [R.]At some paranymphal feast. Ford."
"PARAPECTIN","A gelatinous modification of pectin."
"PARAPEGM","An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place."
"PARAPEPTONE","An albuminous body formed in small quantity by the pepticdigestion of proteids. It can be converted into peptone by pancreaticjuice, but not by gastric juice."
"PARAPET","A low wall, especially one serving to protect the edge of aplatform, roof, bridge, or the like."
"PARAPETALOUS","Growing by the side of a petal, as a stamen."
"PARAPETED","Having a parapet."
"PARAPH","A flourish made with the pen at the end of a signature. In theMiddle Ages, this formed a sort of rude safeguard against forgery.Brande & C."
"PARAPHERNA","The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made apart of her dower, but remained her own."
"PARAPHERNAL","Of or pertaining to paraphernalia; as, paraphernal property.Kent."
"PARAPHERNALIA","Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, beingchiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree."
"PARAPHIMOSIS","A condition in which the prepuce, after being retracted behindthe glans penis, is constricted there, and can not be brought forwardinto place again."
"PARAPHOSPHORIC","Pyrophosphoric. [Obs.]"
"PARAPHRAGMA","One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea.-- Par`a*phrag'mal, a."
"PARAPHRASE","A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing themeaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake ofits clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the significationof a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering;-- opposed to metaphrase.In paraphrase, or translation with latitude, the author's words arenot so strictly followed as his sense. Dryden.Excellent paraphrases of the Psalms of David. I. Disraeli.His sermons a living paraphrase upon his practice. Sowth.The Targums are also called the Chaldaic or Aramaic Paraphrases.Shipley."
"PARAPHRASER","One who paraphrases."
"PARAPHRASIAN","A paraphraser. [R.]"
"PARAPHRAST","A paraphraser. T. Warton."
"PARAPHYSIS","A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia andantheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of otherflowerless plants."
"PARAPLEURA","A chitinous piece between the metasternum and the pleuron ofcertain insects."
"PARAPODIUM","One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called alsofoot tubercle."
"PARAPOPHYSIS","The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra.See Vertebra.-- Par*ap`o*phys'ic*al, a."
"PARAPTERUM","A special plate situated on the sides of the mesothorax andmetathorax of certain insects."
"PARASANG","A Persian measure of length, which, according to Herodotus andXenophon, was thirty stadia, or somewhat more than three and a halfmiles. The measure varied in different times and places, and, as nowused, is estimated at from three and a half to four English miles."
"PARASCENIUM","One of two apartments adjoining the stage, probably used asrobing rooms."
"PARASCHEMATIC","Of or pertaining to a change from the right form, as in theformation of a word from another by a change of termination, gender,etc. Max M\u00fcller."
"PARASELENE","A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears atthe point of intersection of two lunar halos. Cf. Parhelion."
"PARASHAH","A lesson from the Torah, or Law, from which at least onesection is read in the Jewish synagogue on every Sabbath andfestival."
"PARASHOTH","pl. of Parashah."
"PARASITAL","Of or pertaining to parasites; parasitic."
"PARASITE","Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or derivingnourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2& 3. Parasitic gull, Parasitic jager. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Jager.-- Par`a*sit'ic*al*ly, adv.-- Par`a*sit'ic*al*ness, n."
"PARASITICIDE","Anything used to destroy parasites. Quain."
"PARASITISM","The state of being parasitic."
"PARASOL","A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from thesun."
"PARASOLETTE","A small parasol."
"PARASPHENOID","Near the sphenoid bone; -- applied especially to a bonesituated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull inmany animals.-- n."
"PARASTICHY","A secondary spiral in phyllotaxy, as one of the evident spiralsin a pine cone."
"PARASYNAXIS","An unlawful meeting."
"PARASYNTHETIC","Formed from a compound word. 'Parasynthetic derivatives.' Dr.Murray."
"PARATACTIC","Of pertaining to, or characterized by, parataxis."
"PARATAXIS","The mere ranging of propositions one after another, withoutindicating their connection or interdependence; -- opposed to syntax.Brande & C."
"PARATHESIS","The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition."
"PARATHETIC","Of or pertaining to parathesis."
"PARATONNERRE","A conductor of lightning; a lightning rod."
"PARAUNTER","Peradventure. See Paraventure. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PARAUQUE","A bird (Nyctidromus albicollis) ranging from Texas to SouthAmerica. It is allied to the night hawk and goatsucker."
"PARAVAIL","At the bottom; lowest. Cowell."
"PARAVENTURE","Peradventure; perchance. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PARAXANTHIN","A crystalline substance closely related to xanthin, present insmall quantity in urine."
"PARAXIAL","On either side of the axis of the skeleton."
"PARAXYLENE","A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series obtained as a colorlessliquid by the distillation of camphor with zinc chloride. It is oneof the three metamers of xylene. Cf. Metamer, and Xylene."
"PARBREAK","To throw out; to vomit. [Obs.] Skelton."
"PARBUCKLE","To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle. Totten."
"PARCAE","The Fates. See Fate, 4."
"PARCASE","Perchance; by chance. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PARCEL","A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is partand parcel of another piece."
"PARCEL POST","That branch of the post office having to do with thecollection, transmission, and delivery of parcels. The British InlandParcel Post was established in 1883. The present rates, dating from1897, are 3d. for parcels not exceeding one pound and 1d. for eachadditional pound up to the limit of 10 pounds. A general parcel postwas established in the United States by Act of August 24, 1912, whichtook effect Jan. 1, 1913. Parcels must not exceed 11 pounds in weightnor 72 inches in length and girth combined. Provision is made frominsuring parcels up to $50.00, and also for sending parcels C.O.D.The rates of postage vary with the distance. See Zone, below."
"PARCEL-MELE","By parcels or parts. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PARCELING","Long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about arope like a bandage, before it is served; used, also, in mousing onthe stayes, etc."
"PARCENARY","The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate whichdescends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship."
"PARCENER","A coheir, or one of two or more persons to whom an estate ofinheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate."
"PARCH","To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry.'Parch in Afric sun.' Shak."
"PARCHEDNESS","The state of being parched."
"PARCHEESI","See Pachisi."
"PARCHESI","See Pachisi."
"PARCHING","Scorching; burning; drying. 'Summer's parching heat.' Shak.-- Parch'ing*ly, adv."
"PARCHMENTIZE","To convert to a parchmentlike substance, esp. by sulphuricacid."
"PARCITY","Sparingless. [Obs.]"
"PARCLOSE","A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church.[Written also paraclose and perclose.] Hook."
"PARD","A leopard; a panther.And more pinch-spotted make them Than pard or cat o'mountain. Shak."
"PARDALE","A leopard. [Obs.] Spenser."
"PARDINE","Spotted like a pard. Pardine lynx (Zo\u00f6l.), a species of lynx(Felis pardina) inhabiting Southern Europe. Its color is rufous,spotted with black."
"PARDO","A money of account in Goa, India, equivalent to about 2s. 6d.sterling. or 60 cts."
"PARDON","A release, by a sovereign, or officer having jurisdiction, fromthe penalties of an offense, being distinguished from amenesty, whichis a general obliteration and canceling of a particular line of pastoffenses."
"PARDONABLE","Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty;venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as,a pardonable fault, or culprit."
"PARDONABLENESS","The quality or state of being pardonable; as, thepardonableness of sin. Bp. Hall."
"PARDONABLY","In a manner admitting of pardon; excusably. Dryden."
"PARDONING","Relating to pardon; having or exercising the right to pardon;willing to pardon; merciful; as, the pardoning power; a pardoningGod."
"PAREGORIC","Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir."
"PARELCON","The addition of a syllable or particle to the end of a pronoun,verb, or adverb."
"PARELECTRONOMIC","Of or relating to parelectronomy; as, the parelectronomic partof a muscle."
"PARELECTRONOMY","A condition of the muscles induced by exposure to severe cold,in which the electrical action of the muscle is reversed."
"PAREMBOLE","A kind of parenthesis."
"PAREMENT","See Parament. [Obs.]"
"PAREMPTOSIS","Same as Parembole."
"PARENCHYMA","The soft celluar substance of the tissues of plants andanimals, like the pulp of leaves, to soft tissue of glands, and thelike."
"PARENCHYMAL","Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, parenchyma."
"PARENESIS","Exhortation. [R.]"
"PARENTAGE","Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestorsconsidered with respect to their rank or character; extraction;birth; as, a man of noble parentage. 'Wilt thou deny thy parentage'Shak.Though men esteem thee low of parentage. Milton."
"PARENTALLY","In a parental manner."
"PARENTATION","Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies. [Obs.]Abp. Potter."
"PARENTELE","Kinship; parentage. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PARENTHESIS","One of the curved lines () which inclose a parenthetic word orphrase."
"PARENTHESIZE","To make a parenthesis of; to include within parentheticalmarks. Lowell."
"PARENTHETICALLY","In a parenthetical manner; by way of parenthesis; byparentheses."
"PARENTHOOD","The state of a parent; the office or character of a parent."
"PARENTLESS","Deprived of parents."
"PAREPIDIDYMIS","A small body containing convoluted tubules, situated near theepididymis in man and some other animals, and supposed to be aremnant of the anterior part of the Wolffian body."
"PARER","One who, or that which, pares; an instrument for paring."
"PARERGON","See Parergy."
"PARERGY","Something unimportant, incidental, or superfluous. [Obs.] SirT. Browne."
"PARESIS","Incomplete paralysis, affecting motion but not sensation."
"PARETHMOID","Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; -- appliedespecially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, andto the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.-- n."
"PARETIC","Of or pertaining to paresis; affected with paresis."
"PARFAY","By my faith; verily. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PARFIT","Perfect. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PARFITLY","Perfectly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PARFLECHE","A kind of rawhide consisting of hide, esp. of the buffalo,which has been soaked in crude wood-ash lye to remove the hairs, andthen dried."
"PARFOCAL","With the lower focal points all in the same plane; -- said ofsets of eyepieces so mounted that they may be interchanged withoutvarying the focus of the instrument (as a microscope or telescope)with which they are used."
"PARGASITE","A dark green aluminous variety of amphibole, or hornblende."
"PARGEBOARD","See Bargeboard."
"PARGETER","A plasterer. Johnson."
"PARGETING","Plasterwork; esp.: (a) A kind of decorative plasterwork inraised ornamental figures, formerly used for the internal andexternal decoration of houses. (b) In modern architecture, theplastering of the inside of flues, intended to give a smooth surfaceand help the draught."
"PARGETORY","Something made of, or covered with, parget, or plaster. [Obs.]Milton."
"PARHELIC","Of or pertaining to parhelia."
"PARHELION","A mock sun appearing in the form of a bright light, sometimesnear the sun, and tinged with colors like the rainbow, and sometimesopposite to the sun. The latter is usually called an anthelion. Oftenseveral mock suns appear at the same time. Cf. Paraselene."
"PARHELIUM","See Parhelion."
"PARI-","A combining form signifying equal; as, paridigitate,paripinnate."
"PARIAL","See Pair royal, under Pair, n."
"PARIAN","Of or pertaining to Paros, an island in the \u00c6gean Sea noted forits excellent statuary marble; as, Parian marble. Parian chronicle, amost ancient chronicle of the city of Athens, engraved on marble inthe Isle of Paros, now among the Arundelian marbles."
"PARIDIGITATA","Same as Artiodactyla."
"PARIDIGITATE","Having an evennumber of digits on the hands or the feet. Qwen."
"PARIES","The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of abarnacle."
"PARIETAL","Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; --said of a placenta."
"PARIETARY","See Parietal, 2."
"PARIETES","The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes;the parietes of the cranium."
"PARIETIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichenParmelia parietina, and called also chrysophanic acid."
"PARIETINE","A piece of a fallen wall; a ruin. [Obs.] Burton."
"PARIETO-","A combining form used to indicate connection with, or relationto, the parietal bones or the parietal segment of the skull; as, theparieto-mastoid suture."
"PARIGENIN","A curdy white substance, obtained by the decomposition ofparillin."
"PARILLIN","A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root ofsarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter whitecrystalline substance; -- called also smilacin, sarsaparilla saponin,and sarsaparillin."
"PARIPINNATE","Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; havingno odd leaflet at the end."
"PARIS","A plant common in Europe (Paris quadrifolia); herb Paris;truelove. It has been used as a narcotic."
"PARISH","Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church;parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parishpoor. Dryden. Parish clerk. (a) The clerk or recording officer of aparish. (b) A layman who leads in the responses and otherwise assistsin the service of the Church of England.-- Parish court, in Louisiana, a court in each parish."
"PARISHEN","A parishioner. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PARISHIONAL","Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"PARISHIONER","One who belongs to, or is connected with, a parish."
"PARISIAN","A native or inhabitant of Paris, the capital of France."
"PARISIENNE","A female native or resident of Paris."
"PARISOLOGY","The use of equivocal or ambiguous words. [R.]"
"PARITOR","An apparitor. 'Summoned by an host of paritors.' Dryden."
"PARITORY","Pellitory. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PARITY","The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A likestate or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parityof reasoning. 'No parity of principle.' De Quincey.Equality of length and parity of numeration. Sir T. Browne."
"PARK","A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of thechase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant.Mozley & W."
"PARKER",", The keeper of a park. Sir M. Hale."
"PARKERIA","A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in theCretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and are ofall sizes up to that of a tennis ball."
"PARKESINE","A compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, butlater from different materials, and used as a substitute forvulcanized India rubber and for ivory; -- called also xylotile."
"PARKLEAVES","A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. SeeTutsan."
"PARLANCE","Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legalparlance; in common parlance.A hate of gossip parlance and of sway. Tennyson."
"PARLE","To talk; to converse; to parley. [Obs.] Shak.Finding himself too weak, began to parle. Milton."
"PARLEY","Mutual discourse or conversation; discussion; hence, an oralconference with an enemy, as with regard to a truce.We yield on parley, but are stormed in vain. Dryden.To beat a parley (Mil.), to beat a drum, or sound a trumpet, as asignal for holding a conference with the enemy."
"PARLIAMENTAL","Parliamentary. [Obs.]"
"PARLIAMENTARIAN","Of or pertaining to Parliament. Wood."
"PARLIAMENTARILY","In a parliamentary manner."
"PARLOR","A room for business or social conversation, for the receptionof guests, etc. Specifically:(a) The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the inmates arepermitted to meet and converse with each other, or with visitors andfriends from without. Piers Plowman.(b) In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and forfamiliar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having fewapartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually onthe ground floor.(c) Commonly, in the United States, a drawing-room, or the room wherevisitors are received and entertained."
"PARLOR MATCH","A friction match that contains little or no sulphur."
"PARMESAN","Of or pertaining to Parma in Italy. Parmesan cheese, a kind ofcheese of a rich flavor, though from skimmed milk, made in Parma,Italy."
"PARNASSIA","A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having whiteflowers; grass of Parnassus."
"PARNASSIAN","Of or pertaining to Parnassus."
"PARNASSIEN","Same as Parnassian."
"PARNASSUS","A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, andfamous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring. Grass ofParnassus. (Bot.) See under Grass, and Parnassia.-- To climb Parnassus, to write poetry. [Colloq.]"
"PARNELLISM","The policy or principles of the Parnellites."
"PARNELLITE","One of the adherents of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-91) inhis advocacy of home rule for Ireland."
"PAROCCIPITAL","Situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipitalbone; paramastoid; -- applied especially to a process of the skull insome animals."
"PAROCHIAL","Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as,parochial duties. 'Parochial pastors.' Bp. Atterbury. Hence, limited;narrow. 'The parochial mind.' W. Black."
"PAROCHIALISM","The quality or state of being parochial in form or nature; asystem of management peculiar to parishes."
"PAROCHIALITY","The state of being parochial. [R.] Sir J. Marriot."
"PAROCHIALIZE","To render parochial; to form into parishes."
"PAROCHIALLY","In a parochial manner; by the parish, or by parishes. Bp.Stillingfleet."
"PAROCHIAN","Parochial. [Obs.] 'Parochian churches.' Bacon."
"PARODIST","One who writes a parody; one who parodies. Coleridge."
"PARODY","To write a parody upon; to burlesque.I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of Horace. Pope."
"PAROKET","See Paroquet."
"PAROL","Oral declaration; word of mouth; also, a writing not underseal. Blackstone."
"PAROLE","A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguishedfrom countersign, which is given to all guards."
"PAROMOLOGY","A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's ownargument."
"PARONOMASIA","A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used indifferent senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition toeach other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence;punning. Dryden."
"PARONOMASY","Paronomasia. [R.] B. Jonson."
"PARONYCHIA","A whitlow, or felon. Quincy."
"PARONYM","A paronymous word. [Written also paronyme.]"
"PARONYMY","The quality of being paronymous; also, the use of paronymouswords."
"PAROQUET","Same as Parrakeet. [Written also paroket, parroquet, andperroquet.] Paroquet auk or auklet (Zo\u00f6l.), a small auk(Cyclorrhynchus psittaculus) inhabiting the coast and islands ofAlaska. The upper parts are dark slate, under parts white, billorange red. Called also perroquet auk."
"PARORCHIS","The part of the epididymis; or the corresponding part of theexcretory duct of the testicle, which is derived from the Wolffianbody."
"PAROSTEAL","Of or pertaining to parostosis; as, parosteal ossification."
"PAROSTOSIS","Ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; theformation of bone outside of the periosteum."
"PAROSTOTIC","Pertaining to parostosis."
"PAROTIC","On the side of the auditory capsule; near the external ear.Parotic region (Zo\u00f6l.), the space around the ears."
"PAROTID","The parotid gland."
"PAROTITIS","Inflammation of the parotid glands. Epidemic, or Infectious,parotitis, mumps."
"PAROTOID","Resembling the parotid gland; -- applied especially tocutaneous glandular elevations above the ear in many toads and frogs.-- n."
"PAROVARIUM","A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often foundnear the ovary or oviduct; the epo\u00f6phoron."
"PAROXYSM","The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs atintervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions. Arbuthnot."
"PAROXYSMAL","Of the nature of a paroxysm; characterized or accompanied byparoxysms; as, a paroxysmal pain; paroxysmal temper.-- Par`ox*ys'mal*ly, adv."
"PAROXYTONE","A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable."
"PARQUET CIRCLE","That part of the lower floor of a theater with seats at therear of the parquet and beneath the galleries; -- called also, esp.in U. S., orchestra circle or parterre."
"PARQUETAGE","See Parquetry."
"PARQUETED","Formed in parquetry; inlaid with wood in small and differentlycolored figures.One room parqueted with yew, which I liked well. Evelyn."
"PARQUETRY","A species of joinery or cabinet-work consisting of an inlay ofgeometric or other patterns, generally of different colors, -- usedespecially for floors."
"PARQUETTE","See Parquet."
"PARR","Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduatedtail, which is frequently very long; -- called also paroquet andparaquet."
"PARRAQUA","A curassow of the genus Ortalida, allied to the guan."
"PARRHESIA","Boldness or freedom of speech."
"PARRICIDAL","Of or pertaining to parricide; guilty of parricide."
"PARRICIDE","The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor."
"PARRICIDIOUS","Parricidal. [Obs.]"
"PARROCK","A croft, or small field; a paddock. [Prov. Eng.]"
"PARROT","In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci."
"PARROTER","One who simply repeats what he has heard. [R.] J. S. Mill."
"PARROTRY","Servile imitation or repetition. [R.] Coleridge. 'The supineparrotry.' Fitzed. Hall."
"PARRY","To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow,argument, etc. Locke."
"PARSE","To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out theseveral parts of speech, and their relation to each other bygovernment or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically.Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it overperfectly. Ascham."
"PARSEEISM","The religion and customs of the Parsees."
"PARSER","One who parses."
"PARSIMONIOUS","Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugalto excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.-- Par`si*mo'ni*ous*ly, adv.-- Par`si*mo'ni*ous*ness, n.A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious. Bacon.Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the expense of manyyears; whereas a long, parsimonious war will drain us of more men andmoney. Addison."
"PARSIMONY","Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; --generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness. Bacon.Awful parsimony presided generally at the table. Thackeray."
"PARSLEY","An aromatic umbelliferous herb (Carum Petroselinum), havingfinely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a garnish.As she went to the garden for parsley, to stuff a rabbit. Shak.Fool's parsley. See under Fool.-- Hedge parsley, Milk parsley, Stone parsley, names given tovarious weeds of similar appearance to the parsley.-- Parsley fern (Bot.), a small fern with leaves resembling parsley(Cryptogramme crispa).-- Parsley piert (Bot.), a small herb (Alchemilla arvensis) formerlyused as a remedy for calculus."
"PARSNIP","The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivatedform of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which isvery poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself. Cowparsnip. See Cow parsnip.-- Meadow parsnip, the European cow parsnip.-- Poison parsnip, the wild stock of the parsnip.-- Water parsnip, any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sium, thespecies of which are poisonous."
"PARSON","A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical andcorporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochialchurch, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with thecure of souls."
"PARSONAGE","A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for themaintenance of the parson of a parish."
"PARSONED","Furnished with a parson."
"PARSONISH","Appropriate to, or like, a parson; -- used in disparagement.[Colloq.]"
"PART","Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number oftimes, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- theopposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometricalfigure."
"PARTABLE","See Partible. Camden."
"PARTAN","An edible British crab. [Prov. Eng.]"
"PARTED","Cleft so that the divisions reach nearly, but not quite, to themidrib, or the base of the blade; -- said of a leaf, and used chieflyin composition; as, three-parted, five-parted, etc. Gray."
"PARTER","One who, or which, parts or separates. Sir P. Sidney."
"PARTERRE","An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds or plots, inwhich flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel orturf for walking on."
"PARTHENIAD","A poem in honor of a virgin. [Obs.]"
"PARTHENIC","Of or pertaining to the Spartan Partheni\u00e6, or sons of unmarriedwomen."
"PARTHENOGENESIS","The production of new individuals from virgin females by meansof ova which have the power of developing without the intervention ofthe male element; the production, without fertilization, of cellscapable of germination. It is one of the phenomena of alternategeneration. Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis."
"PARTHENOGENETIC","Of, pertaining to, or produced by, parthenogenesis; as,parthenogenetic forms.-- Par`the*no*ge*net'ic*al*ly, adv."
"PARTHENOGENITIVE","Parthenogenetic."
"PARTHENOGENY","Same as Parthenogenesis."
"PARTHENON","A celebrated marble temple of Athene, on the Acropolis atAthens. It was of the pure Doric order, and has had an importantinfluence on art."
"PARTHIAN","Of or pertaining to ancient Parthia, in Asia.-- n."
"PARTIAL","Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel ismade up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported bya partial petiole. Partial differentials, Partial differentialcoefficients, Partial differentiation, etc. (of a function of two ormore variables), the differentials, differential coefficients,differentiation etc., of the function, upon the hypothesis that someof the variables are for the time constant.-- Partial fractions (Alg.), fractions whose sum equals a givenfraction.-- Partial tones (Music), the simple tones which in combination forman ordinary tone; the overtones, or harmonics, which, blending with afundamental tone, cause its special quality of sound, or timbre, ortone color. See, also, Tone."
"PARTIALISM","Partiality; specifically (Theol.), the doctrine of thePartialists."
"PARTIALIST","One who holds that the atonement was made only for a part ofmankind, that is, for the elect."
"PARTIALIZE","To make or be partial. [R.]"
"PARTIBILITY","The quality or state of being partible; divisibility;separability; as, the partibility of an inherttance."
"PARTIBLE","Admitting of being parted; divisible; separable; susceptible ofseverance or partition; as, an estate of inheritance may be partible.'Make the molds partible.' Bacon."
"PARTICIPABLE","Capable of being participated or shared. [R.] Norris."
"PARTICIPANT","Sharing; participating; having a share of part. Bacon."
"PARTICIPANTLY","In a participant manner."
"PARTICIPATE","Acting in common; participating. [R.] Shak."
"PARTICIPATIVE","Capable of participating."
"PARTICIPATOR","One who participates, or shares with another; a partaker."
"PARTICIPIAL","Having, or partaking of, the nature and use of a participle;formed from a participle; as, a participial noun. Lowth."
"PARTICIPIALIZE","To form into, or put in the form of, a participle. [R.]"
"PARTICIPIALLY","In the sense or manner of a participle."
"PARTICIPLE","A part of speech partaking of the nature both verb andadjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun,but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In thesentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear;exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, andexhaustedare participles.By a participle, [I understand] a verb in an adjectival aspect.Earle."
"PARTICLE","A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition,conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except incompositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely."
"PARTICOLORED","Same as Party-colored."
"PARTICULAR","Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension;affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particularproposition; -- opposed to universal: e. g. (particular affirmative)Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise.Particular average. See under Average.-- Particular Baptist, one of a branch of the Baptist denominationthe members of which hold the doctrine of a particular or individualelection and reprobation.-- Particular lien (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a thing, forsome charge or claim growing out of, or connected with, thatparticular thing.-- Particular redemption, the doctrine that the purpose, act, andprovisions of redemption are restricted to a limited number of thehuman race. See Calvinism."
"PARTICULARISM","The doctrine of particular election."
"PARTICULARIST","One who holds to particularism.-- Par*tic`u*lar*is'tic, a."
"PARTICULARIZATION","The act of particularizing. Coleridge."
"PARTICULARIZE","To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mentionparticularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify indetail.He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite, butparticularizes his descent from Benjamin. Atterbury."
"PARTICULARMENT","A particular; a detail. [Obs.]"
"PARTICULATE","To particularize. [Obs.]"
"PARTING","The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meetsthat of another section."
"PARTISAN","Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisanofficer or corps. Partisan ranger (Mil.), a member of a partisancorps."
"PARTISANSHIP","The state of being a partisan, or adherent to a party; feelingsor conduct appropriate to a partisan."
"PARTITA","A suite; a set of variations."
"PARTITE","Divided nearly to the base; as, a partite leaf is a simpleseparated down nearly to the base."
"PARTITION","The servance of common or undivided interests, particularly inreal estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or bycompulsion of law."
"PARTITIONMENT","The act of partitioning."
"PARTITIVE","Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive."
"PARTITIVELY","In a partitive manner."
"PARTLY","In part; in some measure of degree; not wholly. 'I partlybelieve it.' 1 Cor. xi. 18."
"PARTNER","An associate in any business or occupation; a member of apartnership. See Partnership."
"PARTNERSHIP","A contract between two or more competent persons for joiningtogether their money, goods, labor, and skill, or any or all of them,under an understanding that there shall be a communion of profitbetween them, and for the purpose of carrying on a legal trade,business, or adventure. Kent. Story."
"PARTOOK","imp. of Partake."
"PARTURE","Departure. [Obs.] Spenser."
"PARTURIATE","To bring forth young. [Obs.]"
"PARTURIENCY","Parturition."
"PARTURIENT","Bringing forth, or about to bring forth, young; fruitful. Jer.Tailor."
"PARTURIFACIENT","A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief inchildbearing. Dunglison."
"PARTURIOUS","Parturient. [Obs.] Drayton."
"PARTURITIVE","Pertaining to parturition; obstetric. [R.]"
"PARTY","Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of theordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale."
"PARTY-COATED","Having a motley coat, or coat of divers colors. Shak."
"PARTYISM","Devotion to party."
"PARUMBILICAL","Near the umbilicus; -- applied especially to one or more smallveins which, in man, connect the portal vein with the epigastricveins in the front wall of the abdomen."
"PARURE","An ornament or decoration for the person; esp., a decorationconsisting of a set of ornaments to be used together; as, a parure ofrubies or of embroideries."
"PARUSIA","A figure of speech by which the present tense is used insteadof the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past, orin the prediction of future, events."
"PARVANIMITY","The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind;pettiness; meanness; -- opposed to magnanimity. De Quincey."
"PARVENU","An upstart; a man newly risen into notice."
"PARVOLIN","A nonoxygenous ptomaine, formed in the putrefaction ofalbuminous matters, especially of horseflesh and mackerel."
"PARVOLINE","A liquid base, C"
"PASAN","The gemsbok."
"PASCHAL","Of or pertaining to the passover, or to Easter; as, a paschallamb; paschal eggs. Longfellow. Paschal candle (R. C. Ch.), a largewax candle, blessed and placed on the altar on Holy Saturday, or theday before Easter.-- Paschal flower. See Pasque flower, under Pasque."
"PASENG","The wild or bezoar goat. See Goat."
"PASH","To strike; to crush; to smash; to dash in pieces. [Obs.] P.Plowman. 'I'll pash him o'er the face.' Shak."
"PASHA","An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, asto governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier formwas bashaw. [Written also pacha.]"
"PASHALIC","The jurisdiction of a pasha."
"PASHAW","See Pasha."
"PASIGRAPHY","A system of universal writing, or a manner of writing that maybe understood and used by all nations. Good."
"PASILALY","A form of speech adapted to be used by all mankind; universallanguage."
"PASK","See Pasch."
"PASPY","A kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular inthe reign of Queen Elizabeth and for some time after; -- called alsopassing measure, and passymeasure. Percy Smith."
"PASQUE","See Pasch. Pasque flower (Bot.), a name of several plants ofthe genus Anemone, section Pulsatilla. They are perennial herbs withrather large purplish blossoms, which appear in early spring, orabout Easter, whence the common name. Called also campana."
"PASQUIL","See Pasquin. [R.]"
"PASQUILANT","A lampooner; a pasquiler. [R.] Coleridge."
"PASQUILER","A lampooner. [R.] Burton."
"PASQUIN","A lampooner; also, a lampoon. See Pasquinade.The Grecian wits, who satire first began, Were pleasant pasquins onthe life of man. Dryden."
"PASQUINADE","A lampoon or satirical writing. Macaulay."
"PASS","To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or otherinstrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause ina deed. Mozley & W."
"PASS-KEY","A key for opening more locks than one; a master key."
"PASS-PAROLE","An order passed from front to rear by word of mouth."
"PASSABLENESS","The quality of being passable."
"PASSABLY","Tolerably; moderately."
"PASSAGER","A passenger; a bird or boat of passage. [Obs.] Ld. Berners."
"PASSAGEWAY","A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5."
"PASSANT","Walking; -- said of any animal on an escutcheon, which isrepresented as walking with the dexter paw raised."
"PASSEGARDE","A ridge or projecting edge on a shoulder piece to turn the blowof a lance or other weapon from the joint of the armor."
"PASSEMENT","Lace, gimp, braid etc., sewed on a garment. Sir W. Scott."
"PASSEMENTERIE","Beaded embroidery for women's dresses."
"PASSENGER MILE","A unit of measurement of the passenger transportation performedby a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total ofwhich consists of the sum of the miles traversed by all thepassengers on the road in the period in question."
"PASSENGER MILEAGE","Passenger miles collectively; the total number of milestraveled by passengers on a railroad during a given period."
"PASSER","One who passes; a passenger."
"PASSER-BY","One who goes by; a passer."
"PASSERES","An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half ofall the known species. It embraces all singing birds (Oscines),together with many other small perching birds."
"PASSERIFORM","Like or belonging to the Passeres."
"PASSERINE","Of or pertaining to the Passeres.The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruittrees. Sydney Smith."
"PASSIBILITY","The quality or state of being passible; aptness to feel orsuffer; sensibility. Hakewill."
"PASSIBLE","Susceptible of feeling or suffering, or of impressions fromexternal agents.Apolinarius, which held even deity itself passible. Hooker."
"PASSIBLENESS","Passibility. Brerewood."
"PASSIFLORA","A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the typeof the order Passiflore\u00e6, which includes about nineteen genera andtwo hundred and fifty species."
"PASSIM","Here and there; everywhere; as, this word occurs passim in thepoem."
"PASSING","The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going byor away. Passing bell, a tolling of a bell to announce that a soul ispassing, or has passed, from its body (formerly done to invokeprayers for the dying); also, a tolling during the passing of afuneral procession to the grave, or during funeral ceremonies. Sir W.Scott. Longfellow."
"PASSINGLY","Exceedingly. Wyclif."
"PASSION","To give a passionate character to. [R.] Keats."
"PASSIONAL","Of or pertaining to passion or the passions; exciting,influenced by, or ministering to, the passions.-- n."
"PASSIONARY","A book in which are described the sufferings of saints andmartyrs. T. Warton."
"PASSIONATENESS","The state or quality of being passionate."
"PASSIONIST","A member of a religious order founded in Italy in 1737, andintroduced into the United States in 1852. The members of the orderunite the austerities of the Trappists with the activity and zeal ofthe Jesuits and Lazarists. Called also Barefooted Clerks of the MostHoly Cross."
"PASSIONLESS","Void of passion; without anger or emotion; not easily excited;calm. 'Self-contained and passionless.' Tennyson."
"PASSIONTIDE","The last fortnight of Lent."
"PASSIVE","Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, redphosphorus is comparatively passive."
"PASSIVE FLIGHT","Flight, such as gliding and soaring, accomplished without theuse of motive power."
"PASSIVENESS","The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission.To be an effect implies passiveness, or the being subject to thepower and action of its cause. J. Edwards."
"PASSIVITY","The tendency of a body to remain in a given state, either ofmotion or rest, till disturbed by another body; inertia. Cheyne."
"PASSLESS","Having no pass; impassable. Cowley."
"PASSMAN","One who passes for a degree, without honors. See Classman, 2.[Eng. Univ.]"
"PASSUS","A division or part; a canto; as, the passus of Piers Plowman.See 2d Fit."
"PASSWORD","A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; awatchword; a countersign. Macaulay."
"PASSYMEASURE","See Paspy. Shak."
"PAST","Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present norfuture; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; pastoffences. 'Past ages.' Milton. Past master. See under Master."
"PASTE","The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded.Paste eel (Zo\u00f6l.), the vinegar eel. See under Vinegar."
"PASTEBOARD","A board on which pastry dough is rolled; a molding board."
"PASTEL","A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria);also, the dye itself."
"PASTEURIAN","Of or pertaining to Pasteur."
"PASTEURIZATION","A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checkingfermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to atemperature of 140\u00ba F., thus destroying the vitality of the containedgerms or ferments."
"PASTEURIZER","One that Pasteurizes, specif. an apparatus for heating andagitating, fluid."
"PASTICCIO","A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon,and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of aroom."
"PASTIME","That which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably;sport; amusement; diversion."
"PASTOR","A species of starling (Pastor roseus), native of the plains ofWestern Asia and Eastern Europe. Its head is crested and glossygreenish black, and its back is rosy. It feeds largely upon locusts."
"PASTORAGE","The office, jurisdiction, or duty, of a pastor; pastorate."
"PASTORAL","A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instrumentscharacterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition thesubject of which is taken from rural life. Moore (Encyc. of Music)."
"PASTORALE","A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8time."
"PASTORATE","The office, state, or jurisdiction of a pastor."
"PASTORIUM","A parsonage; -- so called in some Baptist churches. [SouthernU. S.]"
"PASTORLESS","Having no pastor."
"PASTORLING","An insignificant pastor. [R.]"
"PASTORLY","Appropriate to a pastor. Milton."
"PASTORSHIP","Pastorate. Bp. Bull."
"PASTURABLE","Fit for pasture."
"PASTURE","To feed, esp. to feed on growing grass; to supply grass as foodfor; as, the farmer pastures fifty oxen; the land will pasture fortycows."
"PASTURELESS","Destitute of pasture. Milton."
"PASTURER","One who pastures; one who takes cattle to graze. See Agister."
"PASTY","Like paste, as in color, softness, stickness. 'A pastycomplexion.' G. Eliot."
"PAT","To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly;to tap; as, to pat a dog.Gay pats my shoulder, and you vanish quite. Pope."
"PATACA","The Spanish dollar; -- called also patacoon. [Obs.]"
"PATACHE","A tender to a fleet, formerly used for conveying men, orders,or treasure. [Spain & Portugal]"
"PATACOON","See Pataca."
"PATAGIUM","In bats, an expansion of the integument uniting the fore limbwith the body and extending between the elongated fingers to form thewing; in birds, the similar fold of integument uniting the fore limbwith the body."
"PATAGONIAN","Of or pertaining to Patagonia.-- n."
"PATAMAR","A vessel resembling a grab, used in the coasting trade ofBombay and Ceylon. [Written also pattemar.]"
"PATAS","A West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ruber); thered monkey."
"PATAVINITY","The use of local or provincial words, as in the peculiar styleor diction of Livy, the Roman historian; -- so called from Patavium,now Padua, the place of Livy's nativity."
"PATCH","A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for arifle ball, to make it fit the bore."
"PATCHER","One who patches or botches. Foxe."
"PATCHERY","Botchery; covering of defects; bungling; hypocrisy. [R.] Shak."
"PATCHINGLY","Knavishy; deceitfully. [Obs.]"
"PATCHWORK","Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of variouscolors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous orill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thingputched up. Swift."
"PATCHY","Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches."
"PATE","See Patt\u00e9."
"PATED","Having a pate; -- used only in composition; as, long-pated;shallow-pated."
"PATEE","See Pattee."
"PATEFACTION","The act of opening, disclosing, or manifesting; opendeclaration. Jer. Taylor."
"PATELA","A large flat-bottomed trading boat peculiar to the riverGanges; -- called also puteli."
"PATELLA","The kneepan; the cap of the knee."
"PATELLAR","Of or pertaining to the patella, or kneepan."
"PATELLIFORM","Resembling a limpet of the genus Patella."
"PATELLULA","A cuplike sucker on the feet of certain insects."
"PATEN","The place on which the consecrated bread is placed in theEucharist, or on which the host is placed during the Mass. It isusually small, and formed as to fit the chalice, or cup, as a cover.[Written also patin, patine.]"
"PATENA","A paten."
"PATENT","Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest;public; conspicuous.He had received instructions, both patent and secret. Motley."
"PATENT-HAMMERED","Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head ofwhich consists of broad thin chisels clamped together."
"PATENTABLE","Suitable to be patented; capable of being patented."
"PATENTEE","One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent.Bacon."
"PATENTLY","Openly; evidently."
"PATERA","A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in reliefon friezes, and the like."
"PATERERO","See Pederero. [Obs.]"
"PATERFAMILIAS","The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of anestate; one who is his own master."
"PATERNALISM","The theory or practice of paternal government. See Paternalgovernment, under Paternal. London Times."
"PATERNALLY","In a paternal manner."
"PATERNOSTER","A beadlike ornament in moldings."
"PATESI","A religious as well as a secular designation applied to rulersof some of the city states of ancient Chaldea, as Lagash orShirpurla, who were conceived to be direct representatives of thetutelary god of the place."
"PATH","To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one). [R.]'Pathing young Henry's unadvised ways.' Drayton."
"PATHEMATIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, emotion or suffering. [R.]Chalmers."
"PATHETICAL","Pathetic. [R.] -- Pa*thet'ic*al*ly, adv.-- Pa*thet'ic*al*ness, n."
"PATHETISM","See Mesmerism. L. Sunderland."
"PATHFINDER","One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversedregions.The cow is the true pathfinder and pathmaker. J. Burroughs."
"PATHIC","A male who submits to the crime against nature; a catamite.[R.] B. Jonson."
"PATHLESS","Having no beaten path or way; untrodden; impenetrable; as,pathless woods.Trough the heavens' wide, pathless way. Milton."
"PATHMAKER","One who, or that which, makes a way or path."
"PATHOGENE","One of a class of virulent micro\u00f6rganisms or bacteria found inthe tissues and fluids in infectious diseases, and supposed to be thecause of the disease; a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium;-- opposed to zymogene."
"PATHOGENESIS","Pathogeny."
"PATHOGENETIC","Pathogenic."
"PATHOGENIC","Of or pertaining to pathogeny; producting disease; as, apathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium."
"PATHOGNOMONIC","Specially or decisively characteristic of a disease; indicatingwith certainty a disease; as, a pathognomonic symptom.The true pathognomonic sign of love jealousy. Arbuthnot."
"PATHOGNOMY","Expression of the passions; the science of the signs by whichhuman passions are indicated."
"PATHOLOGIST","One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, thepathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causesof the diseases."
"PATHOLOGY","The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes,progress, symptoms, etc."
"PATHOPOELA","A speech, or figure of speech, designed to move the passion.Smart."
"PATHOS","That quality or property of anything which touches the feelingsor excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tenderemotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth offeeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of apicture, of a poem, or of a cry.The combination of incident, and the pathos of catastrophe. T.Warton."
"PATHWAY","A footpath; a beaten track; any path or course. Also usedfiguratively. Shak.In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof is nodeath. Prov. xii. 28.We tread the pathway arm in arm. Sir W. Scott."
"PATIBLE","Sufferable; tolerable; endurable. [Obs.] Bailey."
"PATIBULARY","Of or pertaining to the gallows, or to execution. [R.] Carlyle."
"PATIBULATED","Hanged on a gallows. [R.]"
"PATIENCE","A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America thanin Europe; monk's rhubarb."
"PATIENT","To compose, to calm. [Obs.] 'Patient yourself, madam.' Shak."
"PATIENTLY","In a patient manner. Cowper."
"PATINA","The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art;especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, andmedals. Fairholt."
"PATIO","A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, orwhere ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effectintermixture and amalgamation."
"PATISSERIE","Pastry. Sterne."
"PATLY","Fitly; seasonably. Barrow."
"PATNESS","Fitness or appropriateness; striking suitableness; convenience.The description with equal patness may suit both. Barrow."
"PATOIS","A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial formof speech.The jargon and patois of several provinces. Sir T. Browne."
"PATOLLI","An American Indian game analogous to dice, probably originallya method of divination."
"PATONCE","Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; -- said of a cross. See Illust. 9 of Cross."
"PATRIAL","Derived from the name of a country, and designating aninhabitant of the country; gentile; -- said of a noun.-- n."
"PATRIARCH","A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, thepatriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch."
"PATRIARCHAL","Having an organization of society and government in which thehead of the family exercises authority over all its generations.Patriarchal cross (Her.), a cross, the shaft of which is intersectedby two transverse beams, the upper one being the smaller. See Illust.(2) of Cross.-- Patriarchal dispensation, the divine dispensation under which thepatriarchs lived before the law given by Moses."
"PATRIARCHATE","A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal,a., 3."
"PATRIARCHDOM","The office or jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchate. [R.]"
"PATRIARCHIC","Patriarchal."
"PATRIARCHISM","Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family."
"PATRIARCHSHIP","A patriarchate. Ayliffe."
"PATRICIAN","Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, orpatricians."
"PATRICIANISM","The rank or character of patricians."
"PATRICIATE","The patrician class; the aristocracy; also, the office ofpatriarch. Milman."
"PATRICIDAL","Of or pertaining to patricide; parricidal."
"PATRIMONIAL","Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; as,a patrimonial estate."
"PATRIMONIALLY","By inheritance."
"PATRIOT","One who loves his country, and zealously supports its authorityand interests. Bp. Hall.Such tears as patriots shaed for dying laws. Pope."
"PATRIOTIC","Inspired by patriotism; actuated by love of one's country;zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country;as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance."
"PATRIOTICAL","Patriotic; that pertains to a patriot.-- Pa`tri*ot'ic*al*ly, adv."
"PATRIOTISM","Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's country; thevirtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one toserve one's country. Berkley."
"PATRIPASSIAN","One of a body of believers in the early church who denied theindependent pre\u00ebxistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly,held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian.-- Pa`tri*pas'sian*ism, n."
"PATRIST","One versed in patristics."
"PATRISTICS","That departnent of historical theology which treats of thelives and doctrines of the Fathers of the church."
"PATRIZATE","To imitate one's father. [R.]"
"PATROCINATE","To support; to patronize. [Obs.] Urquhart."
"PATROCINATION","The act of patrocinating or patronizing. [Obs.] 'Patrocinationsof treason.' Bp. Hall."
"PATROCINY","See Patrocination."
"PATROL","To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse apolice district or beat."
"PATROLE","See Patrol, n. & v."
"PATROLMAN","One who patrols; a watchman; especially, a policeman whopatrols a particular precinct of a town or city."
"PATRON","One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. [Eng.]"
"PATRONAGE","The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice;advowson. Blackstone."
"PATRONAL","Patron; protecting; favoring. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"PATRONATE","The right or duty of a patron; patronage. [R.] Westm. Rev."
"PATRONESS","A female patron or helper. Spenser.Night, best patroness of grief. Milton."
"PATRONIZATION","The act of patronizing; patronage; support. [R.]"
"PATRONIZER","One who patronizes."
"PATRONIZING","Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of asuperior toward another.-- Pat'ron*i`zing*ly, adv. Thackeray."
"PATRONLESS","Destitute of a patron."
"PATRONOMAYOLOGY","That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names andtheir origin; the study of patronymics."
"PATRONYMIC","Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination."
"PATRONYMICAL","Same as Patronymic."
"PATROON","One of the proprietors of certain tracts of land with manorialprivileges and right of entail, under the old Dutch governments ofNew York and New Jersey."
"PATROONSHIP","The office of a patroon. Irving."
"PATTEMAR","See Patamar."
"PATTENED","Wearing pattens. 'Some pattened girl.' Jane Austen."
"PATTER","To mutter; as prayers.[The hooded clouds] patter their doleful prayers. Longfellow.To patter flash, to talk in thieves' cant. [Slang]"
"PATTERER","One who patters, or talks glibly; specifically, a streetpeddler. [Cant, Eng.]"
"PATTERN","A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, toreceive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in severalparts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it. Patternbox, chain, or cylinder (Figure Weaving), devices, in a loom, forpresenting several shuttles to the picker in the proper successionfor forming the figure.-- Pattern card. (a) A set of samples on a card. (b) (Weaving) Oneof the perforated cards in a Jacquard apparatus.-- Pattern reader, one who arranges textile patterns.-- Pattern wheel (Horology), a count-wheel."
"PATTY","A little pie."
"PATULOUS","Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose ordispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers.The eyes are large and patulous. Sir J. Hill."
"PAU","See Pah."
"PAUCILOQUENT","Uttering few words; brief in speech. [R.]"
"PAUCILOQUY","Brevity in speech. [R.]"
"PAUCISPIRAL","Having few spirals, or whorls; as, a paucispiral operculum orshell."
"PAUCITY","The scup. See Porgy, and Scup."
"PAUHAUGEN","The menhaden; -- called also poghaden."
"PAUL","See Pawl."
"PAULDRON","A piece of armor covering the shoulder at the junction of thebody piece and arm piece."
"PAULICIAN","One of a sect of Christian dualists originating in Armenia inthe seventh century. They rejected the Old Testament and the part ofthe New."
"PAULIN","See Tarpaulin."
"PAULINE","Of or pertaining to the apostle Paul, or his writings;resembling, or conforming to, the writings of Paul; as, the Paulineepistles; Pauline doctrine.My religion had always been Pauline. J. H. Newman."
"PAULIST","A member of The Institute of the Missionary Priests of St. Paulthe Apostle, founded in 1858 by the Rev. I. T. Hecker of New York.The majority of the members were formerly Protestants."
"PAULOWNIA","A genus of trees of the order Scrophulariace\u00e6, consisting ofone species, Paulownia imperialis."
"PAUM","To palm off by fraud; to cheat at cards. [Obs.] Swift."
"PAUNCE","The pansy. 'The pretty paunce.' Spenser."
"PAUNCH","The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the firststomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen."
"PAUNCHY","Pot-bellied. [R.] Dickens."
"PAUNE","A kind of bread. See Pone."
"PAUPER","A poor person; especially, one development on private or publiccharity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor."
"PAUPERISM","The state of being a pauper; the state of indigent personsrequiring support from the community. Whatly."
"PAUPERIZATION","The act or process of reducing to pauperism. C. Kingsley."
"PAUPERIZE","To reduce to pauperism; as, to pauperize the peasantry."
"PAUROPODA","An order of small myriapods having only nine pairs of legs anddestitute of trache\u00e6."
"PAUSE","A hold. See 4th Hold, 7."
"PAUSER","One who pauses. Shak."
"PAUSINGLY","With pauses; haltingly. Shak."
"PAUXI","A curassow (Ourax pauxi), which, in South America, is oftendomesticated."
"PAVAGE","See Pavage. [R.]"
"PAVAN","A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costumeis worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to thoseof the peacock. [Written also pavane, paven, pavian, and pavin.]"
"PAVE","The pavement. Nymphe du pav\u00e9 ([A low euphemism.]"
"PAVEMENT","That with which anythingis paved; a floor or covering of solidmaterial, laid so as to make a hard and convenient surface fortravel; a paved road or sidewalk; a decorative interior floor oftiles or colored bricks.The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold. Milton.Pavement teeth (Zo\u00f6l.), flattened teeth which in certain fishes, asthe skates and cestracionts, are arranged side by side, like tiles ina pavement."
"PAVEN","See Pavan."
"PAVER","One who paves; one who lays a pavement. [Written also pavierand pavior.]"
"PAVESADE","A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side ofa vessel in a naval engagement, to conceal from the enemy theoperations on board."
"PAVIAGE","A contribution or a tax for paving streets or highways.Bouvier."
"PAVIAN",", n. See Pavan."
"PAVID","Timid; fearful. [R.] Thackeray."
"PAVIDITY","Timidity. [R.]"
"PAVIER","A paver."
"PAVIIN","A glucoside found in species of the genus Pavia of the Horse-chestnut family."
"PAVILION","A single body or mass of building, contained within simplewalls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or gardenof a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angleor central feature of a large pile."
"PAVIN","See Pavan."
"PAVISE","A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor,who sometimes screened also an archer with it. [Written also pavais,pavese, and pavesse.] Fairholt."
"PAVISOR","A soldier who carried a pavise."
"PAVO","A genus of birds, including the peacocks."
"PAVON","A small triangular flag, esp. one attached to a knight's lance;a pennon."
"PAVONE","A peacock. [Obs.] Spenser."
"PAVONIAN","Of or pertaining to a peacock. [R.] Southey."
"PAVONINE","Like, or pertaining to, the genus Pavo."
"PAW","To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape withthe forefoot. Job xxxix. 21."
"PAWK","A small lobster. Travis."
"PAWKY","Arch; cunning; sly. [Scot.] Jamieson."
"PAWL","A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine,adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part,as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in onedirection and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch,click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel. [Written also paul,or pall.] Pawl bitt (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass,to receive the strain of the pawls.-- Pawl rim or ring (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring surroundingthe base of a capstan, having notches for the pawls to catch in."
"PAWN","See Pan, the masticatory."
"PAWNABLE","Capable of being pawned."
"PAWNBROKER","One who makes a business of lending money on the security ofpersonal property pledged or deposited in his keeping."
"PAWNBROKING","The business of a pawnbroker."
"PAWNEE","One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one whotakes anything in pawn."
"PAWNEES","A tribe of Indians (called also Loups) who formerly occupiedthe region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the IndianTerritory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include alsothe related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani."
"PAWPAW","See Papaw."
"PAX","The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary nowsubstituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches."
"PAXILLOSE","Resembling a little stake."
"PAXILLUS","One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface ofcertain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summitwhich is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustrationin Appendix."
"PAXWAX","The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. Itconnects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervicalvertebr\u00e6, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy andpackwax."
"PAXYWAXY","See Paxwax."
"PAY","To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with taror pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear."
"PAY CERPS","A staff corps in the United States navy, consisting of paydirectors, pay inspectors, paymasters, passed assistant paymasters,and assistant paymasters, having relative rank from captain toensign, respectively."
"PAYEE","The person to whom money is to be, or has been, paid; theperson named in a bill or note, to whom, or to whose order, theamount is promised or directed to be paid. See Bill of exchange,under Bill."
"PAYEN","Pagan. Etym: [F.] [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PAYER","One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or notehas been, or should be, paid."
"PAYMASTER","One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites;specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, oran employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages, etc., and keepaccount of the same."
"PAYN","Bread. Having Piers Plowman."
"PAYNDEMAIN","The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; -- calledalso paynemain, payman. [Obs.]"
"PAYNIM","See Painim."
"PAYNIZE","To treat or preserve, as wood, by a process resemblingkyanizing."
"PAYOR","See Payer. [R.]"
"PAYSE","To poise. [Obs.] Spenser."
"PAYTINE","An alkaloid obtained from a white bark resembling that of thecinchona, first brought from Payta, in Peru."
"PEA","The sliding weight on a steelyard. [Written also pee.]"
"PEA-JACKET","A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors incold weather."
"PEABIRD","The wryneck; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.]"
"PEABODY BIRD","An American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) having aconspicuous white throat. The name is imitative of its note. Calledalso White-throated sparrow."
"PEACE","A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance oragitation; calm; repose; specifically:(a) Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies.(b) Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law.(c) Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions;tranquillity of mind or conscience.(d) Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony; concord. 'Theeternal love and pees.' Chaucer."
"PEACEABLE","Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or notdisposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome.-- Peace'a*ble*ness, n.-- Peace'a*bly, adv."
"PEACEBREAKER","One who disturbs the public peace.-- Peace'break`ing, n."
"PEACELESS","Without peace; disturbed. Sandys."
"PEACEMAKER","One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are atvariance. Matt. v. 9. --Peace'mak`ing, n."
"PEACH","To accuse of crime; to inform against. [Obs.] Foxe."
"PEACH-COLORED","Of the color of a peach blossom. 'Peach-colored satin.' Shak."
"PEACHBLOW","Of the delicate purplish pink color likened to that of peachblooms; -- applied esp. to a Chinese porcelain, small specimens ofwhich bring great prices in the Western countries."
"PEACHER","One who peaches. [Low] Foxe."
"PEACHICK","The chicken of the peacock."
"PEACHY","Resembling a peach or peaches."
"PEACOCK","The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at leasttwo species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies."
"PEAFOWL","The peacock or peahen; any species of Pavo."
"PEAG","A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlanticcoast of the United States; -- originally applied only to polishedwhite cylindrical beads."
"PEAGE","See Paage."
"PEAGRIT","A coarse pisolitic limestone. See Pisolite."
"PEAHEN","The hen or female peafowl."
"PEAK","To pry; to peep slyly. Shak. Peak arch (Arch.), a pointed orGothic arch."
"PEAKED","Sickly; not robust. [Colloq.]"
"PEAL","A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin. [Prov. Eng.]"
"PEAN","One of the furs, the ground being sable, and the spots or tuftsor."
"PEANISM","The song or shout of praise, of battle, or of triumph. [R.]"
"PEANUT","The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (Arachis hypog\u00e6a);also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit."
"PEANUT BUTTER","A paste made by mixing ground fresh roasted peanuts with asmall quantity of water or oil, and used chiefly as a relish onsandwiches, etc."
"PEAR","The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (Pyruscommunis), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also,the tree which bears this fruit. See Pear family, below. Pear blight.(a) (Bot.) A name of two distinct diseases of pear trees, bothcausing a destruction of the branches, viz., that caused by a minuteinsect (Xyleborus pyri), and that caused by the freezing of the sapin winter. A. J. Downing. (b) (Zo\u00f6l.) A very small beetle (Xyleboruspyri) whose larv\u00e6 bore in the twigs of pear trees and cause them towither.-- Pear family (Bot.), a suborder of rosaceous plants (Pome\u00e6),characterized by the calyx tube becoming fleshy in fruit, and,combined with the ovaries, forming a pome. It includes the apple,pear, quince, service berry, and hewthorn.-- Pear gauge (Physics), a kind of gauge for measuring theexhaustion of an air-pump receiver; -- so called because consistingin part of a pear-shaped glass vessel. Pear shell (Zo\u00f6l.), any marinegastropod shell of the genus Pyrula, native of tropical seas; -- socalled from the shape.-- Pear slug (Zo\u00f6l.), the larva of a sawfly which is very injuriousto the foliage of the pear tree."
"PEAR-SHAPED","Of the form of a pear."
"PEARCH","See Perch."
"PEARL","A fringe or border. [Obs.] -- v. t."
"PEARL-EYED","Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract."
"PEARLACEOUS","Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality orappearance."
"PEARLASH","A white amorphous or granular substance which consistsprincipally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkalinereaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporatingthe lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. Itis used in making soap, glass, etc."
"PEARLFISH","Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used inmanufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait."
"PEARLWORT","A name given to several species of Sagina, low andinconspicuous herbs of the Chickweed family."
"PEARMAIN","The name of several kinds of apples; as, the blue pearmain,winter pearmain, and red pearmain."
"PEART","Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied toconvalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day. [O. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]There was a tricksy girl, I wot, albeit clad in gray, As peart asbird, as straight as bolt, as fresh as flowers in May. Warner (1592)."
"PEASANT","A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class oftillers of the soil in European countries."
"PEASANTLIKE","Rude; clownish; illiterate."
"PEASANTLY","Peasantlike. [Obs.] Milton."
"PEASCOD","The legume or pericarp, or the pod, of the pea."
"PEASTONE","Pisolite."
"PEAT","A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously. [Obs.]Shak."
"PEATY","Composed of peat; abounding in peat; resembling peat."
"PEBA","An armadillo (Tatusia novemcincta) which is found from Texas toParaguay; -- called also tatouhou."
"PEBBLE","To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered withsmall rounded prominences."
"PEBBLED","Abounding in pebbles. Thomson."
"PEBBLESTONE","A pebble; also, pebbles collectively. 'Chains of pebblestone.'Marlowe."
"PEBBLY","Full of pebbles; pebbled. 'A hard, pebbly bottom.' Johnson."
"PEBRINE","An epidemic disease of the silkworm, characterized by thepresence of minute vibratory corpuscles in the blood."
"PECAN","A species of hickory (Carya oliv\u00e6formis), growing in NorthAmerica, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in Texas, where it isone of the largest of forest trees; also, its fruit, a smooth, oblongnut, an inch or an inch and a half long, with a thin shell and well-flavored meat. [Written also pacane.]"
"PECARY","See Peccary."
"PECCABILITY","The state or quality of being peccable; lability to sin.The common peccability of mankind. Dr. H. More."
"PECCABLE","Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law. 'A frailand peccable mortal.' Sir W. Scott."
"PECCADILLO","A slight trespass or offense; a petty crime or fault. Sir W.Scott."
"PECCANT","An offender. [Obs.] Whitlock."
"PECCANTLY","In a peccant manner."
"PECCARY","A pachyderm of the genus Dicotyles."
"PECCAVI","I have sinned; -- used colloquially to express confession oracknowledgment of an offense. Aubrey."
"PECCO","See Pekoe."
"PECK","A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointedinstrument."
"PECKISH","Inclined to eat; hungry. [Colloq.] 'When shall I feel peckishagain' Beaconsfield."
"PECKLED","Speckled; spotted. [Obs.]"
"PECOPTERIS","An extensive genus of fossil ferns; -- so named from theregular comblike arrangement of the leaflets."
"PECORA","An extensive division of ruminants, including the antelopes,deer, and cattle."
"PECTATE","A salt of pectic acid."
"PECTEN","Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten, andnumerous allied genera (family Pectinid\u00e6); a scallop. See Scallop."
"PECTIC","Of or pertaining to pectin; specifically, designating an acidobtained from ordinary vegetable jelly (pectin) as an amorphoussubstance, tough and horny when dry, but gelatinous when moist."
"PECTIN","One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called vegetablejelly, found very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom,especially in ripe fleshy fruits, as apples, cranberries, etc. It isextracted as variously colored, translucent substances, which aresoluble in hot water but become viscous on cooling."
"PECTINAL","Of or pertaining to a comb; resembling a comb."
"PECTINATELY","In a pectinate manner."
"PECTINATION","Comblike toothing."
"PECTINIBRANCH","One of the Pectinibranchiata. Also used adjectively."
"PECTINIBRANCHIATA","A division of Gastropoda, including those that have a comblikegill upon the neck."
"PECTINIBRANCHIATE","Having pectinated gills."
"PECTINIFORM","Comblike in form."
"PECTIZE","To congeal; to change into a gelatinous mass. [R.] H. Spencer."
"PECTOLITE","A whitish mineral occurring in radiated or fibrous crystallinemasses. It is a hydrous silicate of lime and soda."
"PECTORAL","Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoralsandpiper. Pectoral arch, or Pectoral girdle (Anat.), the two or morebony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which thefore limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle. In man it consistsof two bones, the scapula and clavicle, on each side.-- Pectorial cross (Eccl.), a cross worn on the breast by bishopsand abbots, and sometimes also by canons.-- Pectorial fins, or Pectorials (Zo\u00f6l.), fins situated on thesides, behind the gills. See Illust. under Fin.-- Pectorial rail. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Land rail (b) under Land.-- Pectorial sandpiper (Zo\u00f6l.), the jacksnipe (b)."
"PECTORALLY","As connected with the breast."
"PECTORILOQUIAL","Pertaining to, or of the nature of, pectoriloquy."
"PECTORILOQUISM","Pectoriloquy."
"PECTORILOQUOUS","Pectoriloquial."
"PECTORILOQUY","The distinct articulation of the sounds of a patient's voice,heard on applying the ear to the chest in auscultation. It usuallyindicates some morbid change in the lungs or pleural cavity."
"PECTOSE","An amorphous carbohydrate found in the vegetable kingdom, esp.in unripe fruits. It is associated with cellulose, and is convertedinto substances of the pectin group."
"PECTOSIC","Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, pectose;specifically, designating an acid supposed to constitute largelyordinary pectin or vegetable jelly."
"PECTOSTRACA","A degenerate order of Crustacea, including the Rhizocephala andCirripedia."
"PECTOUS","Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, pectose."
"PECTUS","The breast of a bird."
"PECUL","See Picul."
"PECULATE","To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; tosteal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.An oppressive, . . . rapacious, and peculating despotism. Burke."
"PECULATION","The act or practice of peculating, or of defrauding the publicby appropriating to one's own use the money or goods intrusted toone's care for management or disbursement; embezzlement.Every British subject . . . active in the discovery of peculationshas been ruined. Burke."
"PECULATOR","One who peculates. 'Peculators of the public gold.' Cowper."
"PECULIAR","A particular parish or church which is exempt from thejurisdiction of the ordinary. Court of Peculiars (Eng. Law), a branchof the Court of Arches having cognizance of the affairs of peculiars.Blackstone.-- Dean of peculiars. See under Dean, 1."
"PECULIARIZE","To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusivepossession. [R.] Dr. John Smith."
"PECULIARLY","In a peculiar manner; particulary; in a rare and strikingdegree; unusually."
"PECULIARNESS","The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. Mede."
"PECULIUM","The saving of a son or a slave with the father's or master'sconsent; a little property or stock of one's own; any exclusivepersonal or separate property. Burrill."
"PECUNIAL","Pecuniary. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PECUNIARILY","In a pecuniary manner; as regards money."
"PECUNIOUS","Abounding in money; wealthy; rich. [Obs.] Sherwood."
"PED","A basket; a hammer; a pannier. [Obs.] Halliwell."
"PEDAGE","A toll or tax paid by passengers, entitling them to safe-conduct and protection. [Obs.] Spelman."
"PEDAGOG","Pedagogue."
"PEDAGOGIC","See Pedagogics."
"PEDAGOGICS","The science or art of teaching; the principles and rules ofteaching; pedagogy."
"PEDAGOGISM","The system, occupation, character, or manner of pedagogues.Milton.Avocation of pedantry and pedagogism. De Foe."
"PEDAGOGUE","A slave who led his master's children to school, and had thecharge of them generally."
"PEDAGOGY","Pedagogics; pedagogism. South."
"PEDAL","Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals. Pedal curve orsurface (Geom.), the curve or surface which is the locus of the feetof perpendiculars let fall from a fixed point upon the straight linestangent to a given curve, or upon the planes tangent to a givensurface.-- Pedal note (Mus.), the note which is held or sustained through anorgan point. See Organ point, under Organ.-- Pedal organ (Mus.), an organ which has pedals or a range of keysmoved by the feet; that portion of a full organ which is played withthe feet."
"PEDALIAN","Relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal. [R.]Maunder."
"PEDALITY","The act of measuring by paces. [R.] Ash."
"PEDANEOUS","Going on foot; pedestrian. [R.]"
"PEDANT","Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling,a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedanticdescription; a pedantical affectation. 'Figures pedantical.' Shak."
"PEDANTICALLY","In a pedantic manner."
"PEDANTICLY","Pedantically. [R.]"
"PEDANTISM","The office, disposition, or act of a pedant; pedantry. [Obs.]"
"PEDANTIZE","To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions. [R.]"
"PEDANTOCRACY","The sway of pedants. [R.] J. S. Mill."
"PEDANTRY","The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation oflearning. 'This pedantry of quotation.' Cowley.'T is a practice that savors much of pedantry. Sir T. Browne."
"PEDANTY","An assembly or clique of pedants. [Obs.] Milton."
"PEDARIAN","One of a class eligible to the office of senator, but not yetchosen, who could sit and speak in the senate, but could not vote; --so called because he might indicate his opinion by walking over tothe side of the party he favored when a vote was taken."
"PEDARY","A sandal. [Obs.] Latimer."
"PEDATA","An order of holothurians, including those that have ambulacralsuckers, or feet, and an internal gill."
"PEDATE","Palmate, with the lateral lobes cleft into two or moresegments; -- said of a leaf.-- Ped'ate*ly, adv."
"PEDATIFID","Cleft in a pedate manner, but having the lobes distinctlyconnected at the base; -- said of a leaf."
"PEDDLE","To sell from place to place; to retail by carrying around fromcustomer to customer; to hawk; hence, to retail in very smallquantities; as, to peddle vegetables or tinware."
"PEDDLER","One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about,retailing small wares; a hawker. [Written also pedlar and pedler.]'Some vagabond huckster or peddler.' Hakluyt."
"PEDERAST","One guilty of pederasty; a sodomite."
"PEDERASTIC","Of or pertaining to pederasty."
"PEDERASTY","The crime against nature; sodomy."
"PEDERERO","A term formerly applied to a short piece of chambered ordnance.[Written also paterero and peterero.]"
"PEDESIS","Same as Brownian movement, under Brownian."
"PEDESTAL","The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like;the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts,the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. SeeIllust. of Column.Build him a pedestal, and say, 'Stand there!' Cowper."
"PEDESTALED","Placed on, or supported by, a pedestal; figuratively, exalted.Hawthorne.Pedestaled haply in a palace court. Keats."
"PEDESTRIAL","Of or pertaining to the feet; employing the foot or feet."
"PEDESTRIALLY","In a pedestrial manner."
"PEDESTRIAN","Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey."
"PEDESTRIANISM","The act, art, or practice of a pedestrian; walking or running;traveling or racing on foot."
"PEDESTRIANIZE","To practice walking; to travel on foot."
"PEDESTRIOUS","Going on foot; not winged. [Obs.] 'Pedestrious animals.' Sir T.Browne."
"PEDETENTOUS","Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously. [R.]That pedetentous pace and pedetentous mind in which it behooves thewise and virtuous improver to walk. Sydney Smith."
"PEDIAL","Pertaining to the foot, or to any organ called a foot; pedal.Dana."
"PEDIATRIC","Pertaining to the care and medical treatment of children.[Webster 1913 Suppl.]"
"PEDIATRICS","That branch of medical science which treats of the hygiene anddiseases of children."
"PEDICEL","A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or theireggs are attached. See Illust. of Aphis lion."
"PEDICELED","Pedicellate."
"PEDICELLARIA","A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers uponstarfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, orblades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echiniusually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix."
"PEDICELLATE","Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel."
"PEDICELLINA","A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell-shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. underEntoprocta."
"PEDICLE","Same as Pedicel."
"PEDICULAR","Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper(phthiriasis); lousy. Southey."
"PEDICULATE","Of or pertaining to the Pediculati."
"PEDICULATI","An order of fishes including the anglers. See Illust. of Anglerand Batfish."
"PEDICULATION","Phthiriasis."
"PEDICULE","A pedicel."
"PEDICULINA","A division of parasitic hemipterous insects, including the truelice. See Illust. in Appendix."
"PEDICULOUS","Pedicular."
"PEDICULUS","A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the commonlice of man. See Louse."
"PEDIFORM","Shaped like a foot."
"PEDIGEROUS","Bearing or having feet or legs."
"PEDIGREE","A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse."
"PEDIGREE CLAUSE","A clause sometimes inserted in contracts or specifications,requiring that a material of construction, as cement, must be of abrand that has stood the test of a specified number of years' use inan important public work. [Cant, U. S.]"
"PEDILUVY","The bathing of the feet, a bath for the feet. [Obs.]"
"PEDIMANA","A division of marsupials, including the opossums."
"PEDIMANE","A pedimanous marsupial; an opossum."
"PEDIMANOUS","Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable,as the opossums and monkeys."
"PEDIMENT","Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular spaceforming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as adecoration over porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a rounded orbroken frontal having a similar position and use. See Temple."
"PEDIMENTAL","Of or pertaining to a pediment."
"PEDIPALP","One of the Pedipalpi."
"PEDIPALPI","A division of Arachnida, including the whip scorpions(Thelyphonus) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider sense toinclude also the true scorpions."
"PEDIPALPOUS","Pertaining to, or resembling, the pedipalps."
"PEDIPALPUS","One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In somethey are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they terminate in aclaw."
"PEDIREME","A crustacean, some of whose feet serve as oars."
"PEDOBAPTISM","The baptism of infants or of small children. [Written alsop\u00e6dobaptism.]"
"PEDOBAPTIST","One who advocates or practices infant baptism. [Written alsop\u00e6dobaptist.]"
"PEDOGRAPH","An instrument carried by a pedestrian for automatically makinga topographical record of the ground covered during a journey."
"PEDOLOGY","Pediatrics."
"PEDOMANCY","Divination by examining the soles of the feet."
"PEDOMETER","An instrument for including the number of steps in walking, andso ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually in the formof a watch; an oscillating weight by the motion of the body causesthe index to advance a certain distance at each step."
"PEDOMOTIVE","Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal ortreadle."
"PEDOTROPHY","The art of nourishing children properly."
"PEDREGAL","A lava field. [Mexico & Western U.S.]"
"PEDUNCLE","The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit of a plant,or a cluster of flowers or fruits."
"PEDUNCLED","Having a peduncle; supported on a peduncle; pedunculate."
"PEDUNCULAR","Of or pertaining to a peduncle; growing from a peduncle; as, apeduncular tendril."
"PEDUNCULATA","A division of Cirripedia, including the stalked or goosebarnacles."
"PEE","See 1st Pea."
"PEECE","See Piece."
"PEECHI","The dauw."
"PEEK","To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through acrevice; to peep. [Colloq.]"
"PEEKABOO","A child's game; bopeep."
"PEEL","A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep. [Scot.]"
"PEELE","A graceful and swift South African antelope (Pelea capreola).The hair is woolly, and ash-gray on the back and sides. The horns areblack, long, slender, straight, nearly smooth, and very sharp. Calledalso rheeboc, and rehboc."
"PEELER","One who peels or strips."
"PEELHOUSE","See 1st Peel. Sir W. Scott."
"PEEN","To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peenof a hammer or sledge."
"PEENGE","To complain. [Scot.]"
"PEEP SIGHT","An adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep throughin aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech; --distinguished from an open sight."
"PEEPHOLE","A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without beingdiscovered."
"PEEPING HOLE","See Peephole."
"PEEPUL TREE","A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of figtree which attains great size and venerable age. See Bo tree.[Written also pippul tree, and pipal tree.]"
"PEER","To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, thepeering day. Milton.Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads. Shak.As if through a dungeon grate he peered. Coleridge."
"PEERDOM","Peerage; also, a lordship. [Obs.]"
"PEERESS","The wife of a peer; a woman ennobled in her own right, or byright of marriage."
"PEERLESS","Having no peer or equal; matchless; superlative. 'Her peerlessfeature.' Shak.Unvailed her peerless light. Milton.--Peer'less*ly, adv.-- Peer'less*ness, n."
"PEERT","Same as Peart."
"PEERWEET","Same as Pewit (a & b)."
"PEEVISHLY","In a peevish manner. Shak."
"PEEVISHNESS","The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sournessof temper."
"PEG","To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she peggedtwelwe points. [Colloq.]"
"PEGADOR","A species of remora (Echeneis naucrates). See Remora."
"PEGASEAN","Of or pertaining to Pegasus, or, figuratively, to poetry."
"PEGASOID","Like or pertaining to Pegasus."
"PEGASUS","A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusawhen she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof,Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from MountHelicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with theMuses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration.Each spurs his jaded Pegasus apace. Byron."
"PEGGER","One who fastens with pegs."
"PEGGING","The act or process of fastening with pegs."
"PEGM","A sort of moving machine employed in the old pageants. [Obs.]B. Jonson."
"PEGMATITIC","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmaticstructure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite."
"PEGMATOID","Resembling pegmatite; pegmatic."
"PEGOMANCY","Divination by fountains. [R.]"
"PEGROOTS","Same as Setterwort."
"PEHLEVI","An ancient Persian dialect in which words were partlyrepresented by their Semitic equivalents. It was in use from the 3dcentury (and perhaps earlier) to the middle of the 7th century, andlater in religious writings. [Written also Pahlavi.]"
"PEIGNOIR","A woman's loose dressing sack; hence, a loose morning gown orwrapper."
"PEIN","See Peen."
"PEIRAMETER","A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheelcarriages on roads of different constructions. G. Francis."
"PEIRASTIC","Fitted for trail or test; experimental; tentative; treating ofattempts."
"PEISE","A weight; a poise. [Obs.] 'To weigh pence with a peise.' PiersPlowman."
"PEITREL","See Peytrel."
"PEJORATIVE","Implying or imputing evil; depreciatory; disparaging;unfavorable."
"PEKAN","See Fisher, 2."
"PEKOE","A kind of black tea. [Written also pecco.]"
"PELA","See Wax insect, under Wax."
"PELAGE","The covering, or coat, of a mammal, whether of wool, fur, orhair."
"PELAGIAN","Of or pertaining to the sea; marine; pelagic; as, pelagianshells."
"PELAGIANISM","The doctrines of Pelagius."
"PELAGIC","Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animalsthat live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast."
"PELARGONIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called alsononoic acid) found in the leaves of the geranium (Pelargonium) andallied plants."
"PELARGONIUM","A large genus of plants of the order Geraniace\u00e6, differing fromGeranium in having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla."
"PELECAN","See Pelican."
"PELECANIFORMES","Those birds that are related to the pelican; the Totipalmi."
"PELECOID","A figure, somewhat hatched-shaped, bounded by a semicircle andtwo inverted quadrants, and equal in area to the square ABCD inclosedby the chords of the four quadrants. [Written also pelicoid.] Math.Dict."
"PELECYPODA","Same as Lamellibranchia."
"PELEGRINE","See Peregrine. [Obs.]"
"PELERINE","A woman's cape; especially, a fur cape that is longer in frontthan behind."
"PELF","Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea ofsomething ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural. 'Mucky pelf.'Spenser. 'Paltry pelf.' Burke.Can their pelf prosper, not got by valor or industry Fuller."
"PELFISH","Of or pertaining to pelf. Stanyhurst."
"PELICAN","Any large webfooted bird of the genus of Pelecanus, of whichabout a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to thelower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes aretemporarily stored."
"PELICAN STATE","Louisiana; -- a nickname alluding to the device on its seal."
"PELICK","The American coot (Fulica)."
"PELICOID","See Pelecoid."
"PELICOSAURIA","A suborder of Theromorpha, including terrestrial reptiles fromthe Permian formation."
"PELIOM","A variety of iolite, of a smoky blue color; pelioma."
"PELIOMA","A livid ecchymosis."
"PELISSE","An outer garment for men or women, originally of fur, or linedwith fur; a lady's outer garment, made of silk or other fabric."
"PELL","To pelt; to knock about. [Obs.] Holland."
"PELL-MELL","See Pall-mall."
"PELLACK","A porpoise."
"PELLAGE","A customs duty on skins of leather."
"PELLAGRA","An erythematous affection of the skin, with severeconstitutional and nervous symptoms, endemic in Northern Italy."
"PELLAGRIN","One who is afficted with pellagra. Chambers's Encyc."
"PELLAGROUS","Pertaining to, or affected with, or attendant on, pellagra; as,pellagrous insanity."
"PELLET","To form into small balls. [Obs.] Shak."
"PELLETED","Made of, or like, pellets; furnished with pellets. [R.] 'Thispelleted storm.' Shak."
"PELLIBRANCHIATA","A division of Nudibranchiata, in which the mantle itself servesas a gill."
"PELLICLE","A thin film formed on the surface of an evaporating solution."
"PELLICULAR","Of or pertaining to a pellicle. Henslow."
"PELLILE","The redshank; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.]"
"PELLITORY","The common name of the several species of the genus Parietaria,low, harmless weeds of the Nettle family; -- also called wallpellitory, and lichwort."
"PELLMELL","In utter confusion; with confused violence. 'Men, horses,chariots, crowded pellmell.' Milton."
"PELLUCID","Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque. 'Pellucidcrystal.' Dr. H. More. 'Pellucid streams.' Wordsworth."
"PELLUCIDLY","In a pellucid manner."
"PELMA","The under surface of the foot."
"PELOPIUM","A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to beidentical with columbium, or niobium."
"PELOPONNESIAN","Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern peninsula ofGreece.-- n."
"PELORIA","Abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, beingnaturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetricalrepetition of the special irregularity."
"PELORIC","Abnormally regular or symmetrical. Darwin."
"PELORUS","An instrument similar to a mariner's compass, but withoutmagnetic needles, and having two sight vanes by which bearings aretaken, esp. such as cannot be taken by the compass."
"PELOTA","A Basque, Spanish, and Spanish-American game played in a court,in which a ball is struck with a wickerwork racket."
"PELOTAGE","Packs or bales of Spanish wool."
"PELT","The body of any quarry killed by the hawk. Pelt rot, a diseaseaffecting the hair or wool of a beast."
"PELTA","A small shield, especially one of an approximately ellipticform, or crescent-shaped."
"PELTER","One who pelts."
"PELTIER EFFECT","The production or absorption of heat at the junction of twometals on the passage of a current. Heat generated by the passage ofthe current in one direction will be absorbed if the current isreversed."
"PELTIFORM","Shieldlike, with the outline nearly circular; peltate. Henslow."
"PELTING","Mean; paltry. [Obs.] Shak."
"PELTON WHEEL","A form of impulse turbine or water wheel, consisting of a rowof double cup-shaped buckets arranged round the rim of a wheel andactuated by one or more jets of water playing into the cups at highvelocity."
"PELTRY","Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs."
"PELTRYWARE","Peltry. [Obs.]"
"PELUDO","The South American hairy armadillo (Dasypus villosus)."
"PELURE","A crisp, hard, thin paper, sometimes used for postage stamps."
"PELUSIAC","Of or pertaining to Pelusium, an ancient city of Egypt; as, thePelusiac (or former eastern) outlet of the Nile."
"PELVIC","Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis; as, pelviccellulitis. Pelvic arch, or Pelvic girdle (Anat.), the two or morebony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which thehind limbs are articulated. When fully ossified, the arch usuallyconsists of three principal bones on each side, the ilium, ischium,and pubis, which are often closely united in the adult, forming theinnominate bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate."
"PELVIMETER","An instrument for measuring the dimensions of the pelvis. Coxe."
"PELVIMETRY","The measurement of the pelvis."
"PELVIS","The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum.See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum."
"PEMBROKE TABLE","A style of four-legged table in vogue in England, chiefly inthe later Georgian period."
"PEMPHIGUS","A somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the developmentof blebs upon different part of the body. Quain."
"PEN","The internal shell of a squid."
"PENAL","Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes andoffenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as:(a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penalcode.(b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact ofoffense.(c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, apenal colony or settlement. 'Adamantine chains and penal fire.'Milton. Penal code (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes andoffenses and their punishment.-- Penal laws, Penal statutes (Law), laws prohibited certain acts,and imposing penalties for committing them.-- Penal servitude, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, inlieu of transportation. [Great Brit.] -- Penal suit, Penal action(Law), a suit for penalties."
"PENALITY","The quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment.Sir T. Browne."
"PENALIZE","To put a penalty on. See Penalty, 3. [Eng.]"
"PENALLY","In a penal manner."
"PENANCE","A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon forit, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partlyin voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to thetransgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the RomanCatholic Church. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.And bitter penance, with an iron whip. Spenser.Quoth he, 'The man hath penance done, And penance more will do.'Coleridge."
"PENANCELESS","Free from penance. [R.]"
"PENANG LAWYER","A kind of walking stick made from the stem of an East Asiaticpalm (Licuala acutifida)."
"PENANG NUT","The betel nut. Balfour (Cyc. of India)."
"PENANNULAR","Nearly annular; having nearly the form of a ring. 'Penannularrelics.' D. Wilson."
"PENARY","Penal. [Obs.] Gauden."
"PENATES","The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided overthe home and the family hearth. See Lar."
"PENAUNT","A penitent. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PENCE","pl. of Penny. See Penny."
"PENCEL","A small, narrow flag or streamer borne at the top of a lance; -- called also pennoncel. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Chaucer."
"PENCHANT","Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art."
"PENCHUTE","See Penstock."
"PENCIL","An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially whendiverging from, or converging to, a point."
"PENCILED","Marked with parallel or radiating lines."
"PENCILING","Lines of white or black paint drawn along a mortar joint in abrick wall. Knight."
"PEND","Oil cake; penock. [India]"
"PENDANT","A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in thelater styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and animportant part of the construction. There are imitations in plasterand wood, which are mere decorative features. '[A bridge] with . . .pendants graven fair.' Spenser."
"PENDENCE","Slope; inclination. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton."
"PENDENTLY","In a pendent manner."
"PENDICE","A sloping roof; a lean-to; a penthouse. [Obs.] Fairfax."
"PENDICLE","An appendage; something dependent on another; an appurtenance;a pendant. Sir W. Scott."
"PENDICLER","An inferior tenant; one who rents a pendicle or croft. [Scot.]Jamieson."
"PENDING","Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspense; as, a pendingsuit."
"PENDRAGON","A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a titleassumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead otherchiefs.The dread Pendragon, Britain's king of kings. Tennyson."
"PENDULAR","Pendulous."
"PENDULATE","To swing as a pendulum. [R.]"
"PENDULE","A pendulum. [R.] Evelyn."
"PENDULINE","A European titmouse (Parus, or \u00c6githalus, pendulinus). It isnoted for its elegant pendulous purselike nest, made of the down ofwillow trees and lined with feathers."
"PENDULOSITY","The state or quality of being pendulous. Sir T. Browne."
"PENDULOUS","Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk,or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary."
"PENDULOUSLY","In a pendulous manner."
"PENDULOUSNESS","The quality or state of being pendulous; the state of hangingloosely; pendulosity."
"PENDULUM","A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely toand fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is usedto regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery."
"PENELOPE","A genus of curassows, including the guans."
"PENEPLAIN","A land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of aplain, but not wholly devoid of hills; a base-level plain."
"PENETRABILITY","The quality of being penetrable; susceptibility of beingpenetrated, entered, or pierced. Cheyne."
"PENETRABLE","Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used alsofiguratively.And pierce his only penetrable part. Dryden.I am not made of stones, But penetrable to your kind entreats. Shak.-- Pen'e*tra*ble*ness, n.-- Pen'e*tra*bly, adv."
"PENETRAIL","Penetralia. [Obs.] Harvey."
"PENETRALIA","The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering orpiercing; penetrating power of quality; as, the penetrancy of subtileeffluvia."
"PENETRANT","Having power to enter or pierce; penetrating; sharp; subtile;as, penetrant cold. 'Penetrant and powerful arguments.' Boyle."
"PENETRATE","To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively.Preparing to penetrate to the north and west. J. R. Green.Born where Heaven's influence scarce can penetrate. Pope.The sweet of life that penetrates so near. Daniel."
"PENETRATINGLY","In a penetrating manner."
"PENETRATIVENESS","The quality of being penetrative."
"PENFISH","A squid."
"PENFOLD","See Pinfold."
"PENGOLIN","The pangolin."
"PENGUIN","Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are coveredwith short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which arewithout true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings toaid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, underJackass."
"PENGUINERY","A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins."
"PENHOLDER","A handle for a pen."
"PENHOUSE","A penthouse. [Obs.]"
"PENIBLE","Painstaking; assidous. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PENICIL","A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers."
"PENICILLATE","Having the form of a pencil; furnished with a pencil of finehairs; ending in a tuft of hairs like a camel's-hair brush, as thestigmas of some grasses."
"PENICILLIFORM","Penicillate."
"PENINSULA","A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connectedwith a larger body by a neck, or isthmus."
"PENINSULA STATE","Florida; -- a nickname."
"PENINSULAR","Of or pertaining to a peninsula; as, a peninsular form;peninsular people; the peninsular war."
"PENINSULATE","To form into a peninsula.South River . . . peninsulates Castle Hill farm. W. Bentley."
"PENIS","The male member, or organ of generation."
"PENITENCE","The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition ofa penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition.'Penitence of his old guilt.' Chaucer.Death is deferred, and penitenance has room To mitigate, if notreverse, the doom. Dryden."
"PENITENCER","A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance inextraordinary cases. [Written also penitenser.] [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PENITENCY","Penitence. [Obs.]"
"PENITENTIAL","Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressingpenitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book;penitential tears. 'Penitential stripes.' Cowper.Guilt that all the penitential fires of hereafter can not cleanse.Sir W. Scott."
"PENITENTIALLY","In a penitential manner."
"PENITENTIARYSHIP","The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court.[R.] Wood."
"PENITENTLY","In a penitent manner."
"PENK","A minnow. See Pink, n., 4. [Prov. Eng.] Walton."
"PENKNIFE","A small pocketknife; formerly, a knife used for making andmending quill pens."
"PENMANSHIP","The use of the pen in writing; the art of writing; style ormanner of writing; chirography; as, good or bad penmanship."
"PENNA","A perfect, or normal, feather."
"PENNACEOUS","Like or pertaining to a normal feather."
"PENNACH","A bunch of feathers; a plume. [Obs.] Holland."
"PENNACHED","Variegated; striped. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"PENNAGE","Feathery covering; plumage. [Obs.] Holland."
"PENNANT","Same as Pinnate."
"PENNATULA","Any one of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and alliedgenera of Alcyonaria, having a featherlike form; a sea-pen. Thezooids are situated along one edge of the side branches."
"PENNATULACEA","A division of alcyonoid corals, including the seapens andrelated kinds. They are able to move about by means of the hollowmuscular peduncle, which also serves to support them upright in themud. See Pennatula, and Illust. under Alcyonaria."
"PENNIFORM","Having the form of a feather or plume."
"PENNIGEROUS","Bearing feathers or quills."
"PENNILESS","Destitute of money; impecunious; poor.-- Pen'ni*less*ness, n."
"PENNINERVED","Pinnately veined or nerved."
"PENNIPOTENT","Strong of wing; strong on the wing. [Poetic] Davies (HolyRoode)."
"PENNON","A wing; a pinion. Milton."
"PENNY","Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination,with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which onethousand weight ten pounds."
"PENNY-A-LINER","One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line;a poor writer for hire; a hack writer. Thackeray."
"PENNYROYAL","An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe; also, a NorthAmerican plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in flavor. Bastardpennyroyal (Bot.) See Blue curls, under Blue."
"PENNYWEIGHT","A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentiethpart of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It wasanciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name."
"PENNYWORT","A European trailing herb (Linaria Cymbalaria) with roundish,reniform leaves. It is often cultivated in hanging baskets. March, orWater, pennywort. (Bot.) See under March."
"PENOCK","See Pend."
"PENOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to penology."
"PENOLOGIST","One versed in, or a student of, penology."
"PENOLOGY","The science or art of punishment. [Written also poenology.]"
"PENRACK","A rack for pens not in use."
"PENS","pl. of Penny. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PENSATIVE","Pensive. [Obs.] Shelton."
"PENSEL","A pencel. Chaucer."
"PENSIBLE","Held aloft. [Obs.] Bacon."
"PENSILE","Hanging; suspended; pendent; pendulous. Bacon.The long, pensile branches of the birches. W. Howitt."
"PENSILENESS","State or quality of being pensile; pendulousness."
"PENSION","A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium,Switzerland, etc."
"PENSIONER","In the university of Cambridge, England, one who pays for hisliving in commons; -- corresponding to commoner at Oxford. Ld.Lytton."
"PENSIVED","Made pensive. [R.] Shak."
"PENSIVELY","In a pensive manner."
"PENSIVENESS","The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness;seriousness. Hooker."
"PENT","Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up.Here in the body pent. J. Montgomery.No pent-up Utica contracts your powers. J. M. Sewall."
"PENTA-","Denoting the degree of five, either as regards quality,property, or composition; as, pentasulphide; pentoxide, etc. Alsoused adjectively."
"PENTABASIC","Capable of uniting with five molecules of a monacid base;having five acid hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by a basicradical; -- said of certain acids."
"PENTACAPSULAR","Having five capsules."
"PENTACHENIUM","A dry fruit composed of five carpels, which are covered by anepigynous calyx and separate at maturity."
"PENTACHLORIDE","A chloride having five atoms of chlorine in each molecule."
"PENTACID","Capable of neutralizing, or combining with, five molecules of amonobasic acid; having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution byacid residues; -- said of certain complex bases."
"PENTACLE","A figure composed of two equilateral triangles intersecting soas to form a six-pointed star, -- used in early ornamental art, andalso with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of theMiddle Ages."
"PENTACOCCOUS","Composed of five united carpels with one seed in each, ascertain fruits."
"PENTACONTER","See Penteconter."
"PENTACRININ","A red and purple pigment found in certain crinoids of the genusPentacrinus."
"PENTACRINITE","Any species of Pentacrinus."
"PENTACRINOID","An immature comatula when it is still attached by a stem, andthus resembles a Pentacrinus."
"PENTACRINUS","A genus of large, stalked crinoids, of which several speciesoccur in deep water among the West Indies and elsewhere."
"PENTACRON","A solid having five summits or angular points."
"PENTACROSTIC","A set of verses so disposed that the name forming the subjectof the acrostic occurs five times -- the whole set of verses beingdivided into five different parts from top to bottom."
"PENTAD","Any element, atom, or radical, having a valence of five, orwhich can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, fiveatoms of hydrogen or other monad; as, nitrogen is a pentad in theammonium compounds."
"PENTADACTYLOID","Having the form of, or a structure modified from, a pentadactyllimb."
"PENTADECANE","A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, (C15H32) found inpetroleum, tar oil, etc., and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- socalled from the fifteen carbon atoms in the molecule."
"PENTADECATOIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, pentadecane, or designatingan acid related to it."
"PENTADECYLIC","Same as Quindecylic."
"PENTADELPHOUS","Having the stamens arranged in five clusters, those of eachcluster having their filaments more or less united, as the flowers ofthe linden."
"PENTAFID","Divided or cleft into five parts."
"PENTAGLOT","A work in five different tongues."
"PENTAGON","A plane figure having five angles, and, consequently, fivesides; any figure having five angles. Regular pentagon, a pentagon inwhich the angles are all equal, and the sides all equal."
"PENTAGONAL","Having five corners or angles. Pentagonal dodecahedron. SeeDodecahedron, and Pyritohedron."
"PENTAGONALLY","In the form of a pentagon; with five angles. Sir T. Browne."
"PENTAGONOUS","Pentagonal."
"PENTAGRAM","A pentacle or a pentalpha. 'Like a wizard pentagram.' Tennyson."
"PENTAGYNIA","A Linn\u00e6an order of plants, having five styles or pistils."
"PENTAHEDRAL","Having five sides; as, a pentahedral figure."
"PENTAHEDRICAL","Pentahedral. [R.]"
"PENTAHEDRON","A solid figure having five sides."
"PENTAHEDROUS","Pentahedral. Woodward."
"PENTAIL","A peculiar insectivore (Ptilocercus Lowii) of Borneo; -- socalled from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at thebase and plumose at the tip."
"PENTALPHA","A five-pointed star, resembling five alphas joined at theirbases; -- used as a symbol."
"PENTAMERA","An extensive division of Coleoptera, including those thatnormally have five-jointed tarsi. It embraces about half of all theknown species of the Coleoptera."
"PENTAMERAN","One of the Pentamera."
"PENTAMEROUS","Divided into, or consisting of, five parts; also, arranged insets, with five parts in each set, as a flower with five sepals, fivepetals, five, or twice five, stamens, and five pistils."
"PENTAMERUS","A genus of extinct Paleozoic brachiopods, often very abundantin the Upper Silurian. Pentamerus limestone (Geol.), a Silurianlimestone composed largely of the shells of Pentamerus."
"PENTAMETER","A verse of five feet."
"PENTAMETHYLENE","A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C5H10, metameric with the amylenes,and the nucleus of a large number of derivatives; -- so named becauseregarded as composed of five methylene residues. Cf. Trimethylene,and Tetramethylene."
"PENTANDRIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants having five separate stamens."
"PENTANE","Any one of the three metameric hydrocarbons, C5H12, of themethane or paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, twoof which occur in petroleum. So called because of the five carbonatoms in the molecule."
"PENTANGLE","A pentagon. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"PENTANGULAR","Having five corners or angles. [R.]"
"PENTAPETALOUS","Having five petals, or flower leaves."
"PENTAPHYLLOUS","Having five leaves or leaflets."
"PENTAPODY","A measure or series consisting of five feet."
"PENTAPTOTE","A noun having five cases."
"PENTAPTYCH","A picture, or combination of pictures, consisting of acenterpiece and double folding doors or wings, as for an altarpiece."
"PENTARCHY","A government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers.P. Fletcher. 'The pentarchy of the senses.' A. Brewer."
"PENTASPAST","A purchase with five pulleys. [R.]"
"PENTASPERMOUS","Containing five seeds."
"PENTASTICH","A composition consisting of five verses."
"PENTASTICHOUS","Having, or arranged in, five vertical ranks, as the leaves ofan apple tree or a cherry tree."
"PENTASTOMIDA","Same as Linguatulina."
"PENTASTYLE","Having five columns in front; -- said of a temple or portico inclassical architecture.-- n."
"PENTATEUCH","The first five books of the Old Testament, collectively; --called also the Law of Moses, Book of the Law of Moses, etc."
"PENTATEUCHAL","Of or pertaining to the Pentateuch."
"PENTATHIONIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of sulphur obtained byleading hydrogen sulphide into a solution of sulphur dioxide; -- socalled because it contains five atoms of sulphur."
"PENTATHLON","A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great nationalgames of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling,throwing the discus, and throwing the spear."
"PENTAVALENT","Having a valence of five; -- said of certain atoms andradicals."
"PENTECONTER","A Grecian vessel with fifty oars. [Written also pentaconter.]"
"PENTECOSTAL","Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide."
"PENTECOSTALS","Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the motherchurch, at Pentecost. Shipley."
"PENTECOSTER","An officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men. Mitford."
"PENTECOSTY","A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called alsopentecostys. Jowett (Thucyd. )."
"PENTENE","Same as Amylene."
"PENTHOUSE","A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as overa door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively. 'The penthouse of hiseyes.' Sir W. Scott."
"PENTICE","A penthouse. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton."
"PENTILE","See Pantile."
"PENTINE","An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C5H8, of the acetylene series. Sameas Valerylene."
"PENTOIC","Pertaining to, or desingating, an acid (called also valericacid) derived from pentane."
"PENTONE","Same as Valylene."
"PENTOSE","Any of a group of sugars of the formula C5H10O5, as arabinose;-- so called from the five carbon atoms in the molecule. They are notfermented by yeast."
"PENTOXIDE","An oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in each molecule; as,phosphorus pentoxide, P2O5."
"PENTREMITE","Any species of Pentremites."
"PENTREMITES","A genus of crinoids belonging to the Blastoidea. They have fivepetal-like ambulacra."
"PENTROOF","See Lean-to."
"PENTROUGH","A penstock."
"PENTYL","The hypothetical radical, C5H11, of pentane and certain of itsderivatives. Same as Amyl."
"PENTYLIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, pentyl; as,pentylic alcohol"
"PENULT","The last syllable but one of a word; the syllable preceding thefinal one."
"PENULTIMA","Same as Penult."
"PENULTIMATE","Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllablebut one of a word."
"PENUMBRA","The shadow cast, in an eclipse, where the light is partly, butnot wholly, cut off by the intervening body; the space of partialillumination between the umbra, or perfect shadow, on all sides, andthe full light. Sir I. Newton."
"PENUMBRALA","Of or pertaining to a penumbra; resembling a penumbra;partially illuminated."
"PENWIPER","A cloth, or other material, for wiping off or cleaning ink froma pen."
"PENWOMAN","A female writer; an authoress. Johnson."
"PEON","See Poon."
"PEONAGE","The condition of a peon."
"PEONISM","Same as Peonage. D. Webster."
"PEONY","A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus P\u00e6onia. Ofthe four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennialherbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation. [Written alsop\u00e6ony, and piony.]"
"PEOPLE","To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; topopulate. 'Peopled heaven with angels.' Dryden.As the gay motes that people the sunbeams. Milton."
"PEOPLED","Stocked with, or as with, people; inhabited. 'The peopled air.'Gray."
"PEOPLELESS","Destitute of people. Poe."
"PEOPLER","A settler; an inhabitant. 'Peoplers of the peaceful glen.' J.S. Blackie."
"PEOPLISH","Vulgar. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PEORIAS","An Algonquin tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part ofIllinois."
"PEPASTIC","Same as Maturative."
"PEPLIS","A genus of plants including water purslane."
"PEPLUM"," A peplos. Hence: An overskirt hanging like an ancient peplos;also, a short fitted skirt attached to a waist or coat."
"PEPO","Any fleshy fruit with a firm rind, as a pumpkin, melon, orgourd. See Gourd."
"PEPPER","The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber(Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikesopposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, byextension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper,widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions ofthe earth."
"PEPPER BOX","A buttress on the left-hand wall of a fives court as the gameis played at Eton College, England."
"PEPPER DULSE","A variety of edible seaweed (Laurencia pinnatifida)distinguished for its pungency. [Scot.] Lindley."
"PEPPERBRAND","See 1st Bunt."
"PEPPERER","A grocer; -- formerly so called because he sold pepper. [Obs.]"
"PEPPERIDGE","A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) with very tough wood,handsome oval polished leaves, and very acid berries, -- the sourgum, or common tupelo. See Tupelo. [Written also piperidge andpipperidge.] Pepperidge bush (Bot.), the barberry."
"PEPPERING","Hot; pungent; peppery. Swift."
"PEPPERMINT","An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus Mentha (M.piperita), much used in medicine and confectionery."
"PEPPERWORT","See Peppergrass."
"PEPSIN","An unorganized proteolytic ferment or enzyme contained in thesecretory glands of the stomach. In the gastric juice it is unitedwith dilute hydrochloric acid (0.2 per cent, approximately) and thetwo together constitute the active portion of the digestive fluid. Itis the active agent in the gastric juice of all animals."
"PEPSINHYDROCHLORIC","Same as Peptohydrochloric."
"PEPSINOGEN","The antecedent of the ferment pepsin. A substance contained inthe form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands. It isreadily convertible into pepsin. Also called propepsin."
"PEPTIC","Pertaining to pepsin; resembling pepsin in its power ofdigesting or dissolving albuminous matter; containing or yieldingpepsin, or a body of like properties; as, the peptic glands."
"PEPTICS","The science of digestion."
"PEPTOGEN","A substance convertible into peptone."
"PEPTOGENIC","Same as Peptogenous."
"PEPTOGENOUS","Capable of yielding, or being converted into, peptone."
"PEPTOHYDROCHLORIC","Designating a hypothetical acid (called peptohydrochloric acid,pepsinhydrochloric acid, and chloropeptic acid) which is supposed tobe formed when pepsin and dilute (0.1-0.4 per cent) hydrochloric acidare mixed together."
"PEPTONIZE","To convert into peptone; to digest or dissolve by means of aproteolytic ferment; as, peptonized food."
"PEPTONOID","A substance related to peptone."
"PEPTONURIA","The presence of peptone, or a peptonelike body, in the urine."
"PEPTOTOXINE","A toxic alkaloid found occasionally associated with thepeptones formed from fibrin by pepsinhydrochloric acid."
"PEQUOTS","A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited Eastern Connecticut.[Written also Pequods.]"
"PER","Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each;as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; percuriam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is alsosometimes used with English words. Per annum, by the year; in eachsuccessive year; annually.-- Per cent, Per centum, by the hundred; in the hundred; -- usedesp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of interest, andthe like; commonly used in the shortened form per cent.-- Per diem, by the day. [For other phrases from the Latin, seeQuotations, Phrases, etc., from Foreign Languages, in theSupplement.]"
"PER DIEM","By the day; substantively (chiefly U. S.), an allowance oramount of so much by the day."
"PER-","Originally, denoting that the element to the name of which itis prefixed in the respective compounds exercised its highestvalence; now, only that the element has a higher valence than inother similar compounds; thus, barium peroxide is the highest oxideof barium; while nitrogen and manganese peroxides, so-called, are notthe highest oxides of those elements."
"PERACT","To go through with; to perform. [Obs.] Sylvester."
"PERACUTE","Very sharp; very violent; as, a peracute fever. [R.] Harvey."
"PERADVENTURE","By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing. 'If peradventurehe speak against me.' Shak.Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city. Gen. xviii.24."
"PERAEOPOD","One of the thoracic legs of a crustacean. See Illust. ofCrustacea."
"PERAGRATE","To travel over or through. [Obs.]"
"PERAGRATION","The act or state of passing through any space; as, theperagration of the moon in her monthly revolution. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"PERAMBULATE","To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for thepurpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing;specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a townor parish, by walking over the whole line."
"PERAMELES","Any marsupial of the genus Perameles, which includes numerousspecies found in Australia. They somewhat resemble rabbits in sizeand form. See Illust. under Bandicoot."
"PERBEND","See Perpender."
"PERBREAK","See Parbreak."
"PERBROMATE","A salt of perbromic acid."
"PERBROMIC","Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid, HBrO4,of bromine."
"PERBROMIDE","A bromide having a higher proportion of bromine than any otherbromide of the same substance or series."
"PERCA","A genus of fishes, including the fresh-water perch."
"PERCALE","A fine cotton fabric, having a linen finish, and often printedon one side, -- used for women's and children's wear."
"PERCALINE","A fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one color."
"PERCARBIDE","A compound containing a relatively large amount of carbon. [R.]"
"PERCARBURET","A percarbide. [Obsoles.]"
"PERCARBURETED","Combined with a relatively large amount of carbon."
"PERCASE","Perhaps; perchance. [Obs.] Bacon."
"PERCE","To pierce. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PERCEIVABLE","Capable of being perceived; perceptible.-- Per*ceiv'a*bly, adv."
"PERCEIVANCE","Power of perceiving. [Obs.] 'The senses and commonperceivance.' Milton."
"PERCEIVER","One who perceives (in any of the senses of the verb). Milton."
"PERCELY","Parsley. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PERCENTAGE","A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest,discount, or commission, on a hundred."
"PERCEPT","That which is perceived. Sir W. Hamilton.The modern discussion between percept and concept, the one sensuous,the other intellectual. Max M\u00fcller."
"PERCEPTIBLE","Capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible;perceivable.With a perceptible blast of the air. Bacon.-- Per*cep'ti*ble*ness, n.-- Per*cep'ti*bly, adv."
"PERCEPTION","The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, ofman's constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium orinstrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apperhendingmaterial objects or qualities through the senses; -- distinguishedfrom conception. Sir W. Hamilton.Matter hath no life nor perception, and is not conscious of its ownexistence. Bentley."
"PERCEPTIVE","Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having thefaculty or power of perceiving; used in perception. 'His perceptiveand reflective faculties.' Motley."
"PERCEPTIVITY","The quality or state of being perceptive; power of perception.Locke."
"PERCESOCES","An order of fishes including the gray mullets (Mugil), thebarracudas, the silversides, and other related fishes. So called fromtheir relation both to perches and to pikes."
"PERCH","To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.Wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. Shak."
"PERCHANCE","By chance; perhaps; peradventure."
"PERCHANT","A bird tied by the foot, to serve as decoy to other birds byits fluttering."
"PERCHER","A Paris candle anciently used in England; also, a large waxcandle formerly set upon the altar. [Obs.] Bailey."
"PERCHERON","One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche, an olddistrict of France; -- called also Percheron-Norman."
"PERCHLORATE","A salt of perchloric acid."
"PERCHLORIC","Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HClO4),of chlorine; -- called also hyperchloric."
"PERCHLORIDE","A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than anyother chloride of the same substance or series."
"PERCHROMIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a certain one of the highlyoxidized compounds of chromium, which has a deep blue color, and isproduced by the action of hydrogen peroxide."
"PERCIFORM","Pertaining to the Perciformes."
"PERCIFORMES","An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the trueperches (Percid\u00e6); the pondfishes (Centrarchid\u00e6); the sci\u00e6noids(Sci\u00e6nid\u00e6); the sparoids (Sparid\u00e6); the serranoids (Serranid\u00e6), andsome other related families."
"PERCIPIENT","Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipientbeing. Bentley.-- n."
"PERCLOSE","Same as Parclose."
"PERCOID","Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percid\u00e6.-- n."
"PERCOIDEA","Same as Perciformes."
"PERCOLATE","To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; tofilter; to strain. Sir M. Hale."
"PERCOLATION","The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration;straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting thevirtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly throughit."
"PERCOLATOR","One who, or that which, filters. '[Tissues] act aspercolators.' Henfrey."
"PERCOMORPHI","A division of fishes including the perches and related kinds."
"PERCULACED","Latticed. See Lattice, n., 2."
"PERCURRENT","Running through the entire length."
"PERCURSORY","Running over slightly or in haste; cursory. [R.]"
"PERCUSS","To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percussthe chest in medical examination.Flame percussed by air giveth a noise. Bacon."
"PERCUSSION","The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in orderto learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted orthe sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to beimmediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventingsubstance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate. Center ofpercussion. See under Center.-- Percussion bullet, a bullet containing a substance which isexploded by percussion; an explosive bullet.-- Percussion cap, a small copper cap or cup, containing fulminatingpowder, and used with a percussion lock to explode gunpowder.-- Percussion fuze. See under Fuze.-- Percussion lock, the lock of a gun that is fired by percussionupon fulminating powder.-- Percussion match, a match which ignites by percussion.-- Percussion powder, powder so composed as to ignite by slightpercussion; fulminating powder.-- Percussion sieve, Percussion table, a machine for sorting ores byagitation in running water."
"PERCUSSIVE","Striking against; percutient; as, percussive force."
"PERCUTIENT","Striking; having the power of striking.-- n."
"PERDICINE","Of or pertaining to the family Perdicid\u00e6, or partridges."
"PERDIE","See Parde. Spenser."
"PERDIFOIL","A deciduous plant; -- opposed to Ant: evergreen. J. Barton."
"PERDITIONABLE","Capable of being ruined; worthy of perdition. [R.] Pollok."
"PERDIX","A genus of birds including the common European partridge.Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include manyallied genera."
"PERDUELLION","Treason."
"PERDULOUS","Lost; thrown away. [Obs.] Abp. Bramhall."
"PERDURABILITY","Durability; lastingness. [Archaic] Chaucer."
"PERDURABLE","Very durable; lasting; continuing long. [Archaic] Chaucer.Shak.-- Per*dur'a*bly, adv. [Archaic]"
"PERDURE","To last or endure for a long time; to be perdurable or lasting.[Archaic]The mind perdures while its energizing may construct a thousandlines. Hickok."
"PERDY","Truly. See Parde. [Obs.]Ah, dame! perdy ye have not done me right. Spenser."
"PERE","A peer. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PEREGAL","Fully equal. [Obs.] Chaucer. 'Peregal to the best.' Spenser."
"PEREGRINATE","To travel from place to place, or from one country to another;hence, to sojourn in foreign countries."
"PEREGRINATION","A traveling from one country to another; a wandering; sojournin foreign countries. 'His peregrination abroad.' Bacon."
"PEREGRINATOR","One who peregrinates; one who travels about."
"PEREGRINE","Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic. [Speltalso pelegrine.] 'Peregrine and preternatural heat.' Bacon. Peregrinefalcon (Zo\u00f6l.), a courageous and swift falcon (Falco peregrinus),remarkable for its wide distribution over all the continents. Theadult plumage is dark bluish ash on the back, nearly black on thehead and cheeks, white beneath, barred with black below the throat.Called also peregrine hawk, duck hawk, game hawk, and great-footedhawk."
"PEREL","Apparel. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PEREMPT","To destroy; to defeat. [R.] Ayliffe."
"PEREMPTION","A quashing; a defeating. [Obs.]"
"PEREMPTORILY","In a peremptory manner; absolutely; positively. Bacon."
"PEREMPTORINESS","The quality of being peremptory; positiveness."
"PERENNIAL","Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root,or plant."
"PERENNIALLY","In a perennial manner."
"PERENNIBRANCHIATA","Those Batrachia which retain their gills through life, as themenobranchus."
"PERENNIBRANCHIATE","Having branch\u00e6, or gills, through life; -- said especially ofcertain Amphibia, like the menobranchus. Opposed to caducibranchiate."
"PERENNITY","The quality of being perennial. [R.] Derham."
"PERERRATION","A wandering, or rambling, through various places. [R.] Howell."
"PERFECT","Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said offlower. Perfect cadence (Mus.), a complete and satisfactory close inharmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant.-- Perfect chord (Mus.), a concord or union of sounds which isperfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the unison, octave,fifth, and fourth; a perfect consonance; a common chord in itsoriginal position of keynote, third, fifth, and octave.-- Perfect number (Arith.), a number equal to the sum of all itsdivisors; as, 28, whose aliquot parts, or divisors, are 14, 7, 4, 2,1. See Abundant number, under Abundant. Brande & C.-- Perfect tense (Gram.), a tense which expresses an act or statecompleted."
"PERFECTER","One who, or that which, makes perfect. 'The . . . perfecter ofour faith.' Barrow."
"PERFECTIBILIAN","A perfectionist. [R.] Ed. Rev."
"PERFECTIBILIST","A perfectionist. See also Illuminati, 2. [R.]"
"PERFECTIBILITY","The quality or state of being perfectible."
"PERFECTIBLE","Capable of becoming, or being made, perfect."
"PERFECTION","To perfect. [Obs.] Foote."
"PERFECTIONAL","Of or pertaining to perfection; characterized by perfection.[R.] Bp. Pearson."
"PERFECTIONATE","To perfect. Dryden."
"PERFECTIONISM","The doctrine of the Perfectionists."
"PERFECTIONIST","One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moralperfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moralperfection and sinlessness in this life. South."
"PERFECTIONMENT","The act of bringing to perfection, or the state of havingattained to perfection. [R.] I. Taylor."
"PERFECTIVE","Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring toperfection; -- usually followed by of. 'A perfective alteration.'Fuller.Actions perfective of their natures. Ray."
"PERFECTIVELY","In a perfective manner."
"PERFECTLY","In a perfect manner or degree; in or to perfection; completely;wholly; throughly; faultlessly. 'Perfectly divine.' Milton.As many as touched were made perfectly whole. Matt. xiv. 36."
"PERFECTNESS","The quality or state of being perfect; perfection. 'Charity,which is the bond of perfectness.' Col. iii. 14."
"PERFERVID","Very fervid; too fervid; glowing; ardent."
"PERFICIENT","Making or doing throughly; efficient; effectual. [R.]Blackstone."
"PERFIDIOUSLY","In a perfidious manner."
"PERFIDIOUSNESS","The quality of being perfidious; perfidy. Clarendon."
"PERFIDY","The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of apromise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; teachery.The ambition and perfidy of tyrants. Macaulay.His perfidy to this sacred engagement. DeQuincey."
"PERFIT","Perfect. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PERFIX","To fix surely; to appoint. [Obs.]"
"PERFLABLE","Capable of being blown through. [Obs.]"
"PERFLATE","To blow through. [Obs.] Harvey."
"PERFLATION","The act of perflating. [Obs.] Woodward."
"PERFOLIATE","Having the basal part produced around the stem; -- said ofleaves which the stem apparently passes directory through."
"PERFORATE","To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument;to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce orpenetrate the surface of. Bacon."
"PERFORATIVE","Having power to perforate or pierce."
"PERFORATOR","One who, or that which, perforates; esp., a cephalotome."
"PERFORCE","By force; of necessary; at any rate. Shak."
"PERFORM","To do, execute, or accomplish something; to acquit one's selfin any business; esp., to represent sometimes by action; to act apart; to play on a musical instrument; as, the players performpoorly; the musician performs on the organ."
"PERFORMABLE","Admitting of being performed, done, or executed; practicable."
"PERFORMANCE","The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action;execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as,the performance of an undertaking of a duty.Promises are not binding where the performance is impossible. Paley."
"PERFORMER","One who performs, accomplishes, or fulfills; as, a goodpromiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill andtraining in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on theharp."
"PERFRICATE","To rub over. Bailey."
"PERFUMATORY","Emitting perfume; perfuming. [R.] Sir E. Leigh."
"PERFUME","To fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.And Carmel's flowery top perfumes the skies. Pope."
"PERFUMERY","The art of preparing perfumes."
"PERFUNCTORILY","In a perfunctory manner; formally; carelessly. Boyle."
"PERFUNCTORINESS","The quality or state of being perfunctory."
"PERFUNCTURATE","To perform in a perfunctory manner; to do negligently. [R.]"
"PERFUSE","To suffuse; to fill full or to excess. Harvey."
"PERFUSION","The act of perfusing."
"PERFUSIVE","Of a nature to flow over, or to spread through."
"PERGOLA","Lit., an arbor or bower; specif.: (Italian art)"
"PERGOLO","A continuous colonnade or arcade; -- applied to the decorativegroups of windows, as in Venetian palazzi."
"PERHAPS","By chance; peradventure; perchance; it may be.And pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiventhee. Acts viii. 22."
"PERI","An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy,represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradisetill penance is accomplished. Moore."
"PERI-","A prefix used to signify around, by, near, over, beyond, or togive an intensive sense; as, perimeter, the measure around; perigee,point near the earth; periergy, work beyond what is needed;perispherical, quite spherical."
"PERIAGUA","See Pirogue."
"PERIANTHIUM","The perianth."
"PERIAPT","A charm worn as a protection against disease or mischief; anamulet. Coleridge.Now help, ye charming spells and periapts. Shak."
"PERIASTRAL","Among or around the stars. 'Comets in periastral passage.' R.A. Proctor."
"PERIASTRON","That point, in the real or apparent orbit of one star revolvingaround another, at which the former is nearest to the latter."
"PERIAUGER","See Pirogue. W. Irving."
"PERIBLAST","The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or cellnucleus, and undergoes segmentation.-- Per`i*blas'tic, a."
"PERIBLEM","Nascent cortex, or immature cellular bark."
"PERIBOLOS","In ancient architecture, an inclosed court, esp., onesurrounding a temple."
"PERIBRANCHIAL","Surrounding the branchi\u00e6; as, a peribranchial cavity."
"PERICAMBIUM","A layer of thin-walled young cells in a growing stem, in whichlayer certain new vessels originate."
"PERICARDIAN","Pericardiac."
"PERICARDIC","Pericardiac."
"PERICARDITUS","Inflammation of the pericardium. Dunglison."
"PERICARDIUM","The double baglike fold of serous membrane which incloses theheart."
"PERICARP","The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. ofCapsule, Drupe, and Legume."
"PERICELLULAR","Surrounding a cell; as, the pericellular lymph spacessurrounding ganglion cells."
"PERICHAETH","The leafy involucre surrounding the fruit stalk of mosses;perich\u00e6tium; perichete."
"PERICHAETIAL","Of or pertaining to the perich\u00e6th."
"PERICHAETIUM","Same as Perich\u00e6th."
"PERICHAETOUS","Surrounded by set\u00e6; -- said of certain earthworms (genusPerich\u00e6tus)."
"PERICHETE","Same as Perich\u00e6th."
"PERICHONDRIAL","Of or pertaining to the perichondrium; situated aroundcartilage."
"PERICHONDRITIS","Inflammation of the perichondrium."
"PERICHONDRIUM","The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely investscartilage, except where covering articular surfaces."
"PERICHORDAL","Around the notochord; as, a perichordal column. See Epichordal."
"PERICLINIUM","The involucre which surrounds the common receptacle incomposite flowers."
"PERICLITATE","To endanger. [Obs.]Periclitating, pardi! the whole family. Sterne."
"PERICOPE","A selection or extract from a book; especially (Theol.), aselection from the Bible, appointed to be read in the churches orused as a text for a sermon."
"PERICRANIAL","Of or pertaining to the pericranium."
"PERICRANIUM","The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the regionaround the cranium."
"PERICULOUS","Dangerous; full of peril. [Obs.]"
"PERICYSTITIS","Inflammation of the tissues surrounding the bladder."
"PERIDERM","The outer layer of bark."
"PERIDIASTOLE","The almost inappreciable time which elapses between the systoleand the diastole of the heart."
"PERIDIUM","The envelope or coat of certain fungi, such as the puffballsand earthstars."
"PERIDOT","Chrysolite."
"PERIDOTITE","An eruptive rock characterized by the presence of chrysolite(peridot). It also usually contains pyroxene, enstatite, chromite,etc. It is often altered to serpentine."
"PERIDROME","The space between the columns and the wall of the cella, in aGreek or a Roman temple."
"PERIECIANS","See Perioecians."
"PERIENTERON","The primitive perivisceral cavity."
"PERIERGY","A bombastic or labored style. [R.]"
"PERIGANGLIONIC","Surrounding a ganglion; as, the periganglionic glands of thefrog."
"PERIGASTRIC","Surrounding the stomach; -- applied to the body cavity ofBryozoa and various other Invertebrata."
"PERIGEAN","Pertaining to the perigee. Perigean tides, those spring tideswhich occur soon after the moon passes her perigee."
"PERIGENESIS","A theory which explains inheritance by the transmission of thetype of growth force possessed by one generation to another."
"PERIGENETIC","Of or pertaining to perigenesis."
"PERIGONE","A sac which surrounds the generative bodies in the gonophore ofa hydroid."
"PERIGONIUM","Same as Perigone."
"PERIGORD PIE","A pie made of truffles, much esteemed by epicures."
"PERIGRAPH","A careless or inaccurate delineation of anything. Etym: [R.]"
"PERIGYNIUM","Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shapedbody in the sedges, and the bristles or scales in some other generaof the Sedge family, or Cyperace\u00e6."
"PERIGYNOUS","Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on thecalyx; -- said of flower such as that of the cherry or peach."
"PERIL","Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or propertyto injury, loss, or destruction.In perils of waters, in perils of robbers. 2 Cor. xi. 26.Adventure hard With peril great achieved. Milton.At, or On, one's peril, with risk or danger to one; at the hazard of.'On thy soul's peril.' Shak."
"PERILLA","A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species (Perillaocimoides, or P. Nankinensis) is often cultivated for its purple orvariegated foliage."
"PERILYMPH","The fluid which surrounds the membranous labyrinth of theinternal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers inwhich the labyrinth lies."
"PERILYMPHANGIAL","Around, or at the side of, a lymphatic vessel."
"PERIMETER","The outer boundary of a body or figure, or the sum of all thesides."
"PERIMETRY","The art of using the perimeter; measurement of the field ofvision."
"PERIMORPH","A crystal of one species inclosing one of another species. SeeEndomorph."
"PERIMYSIUM","The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a muscle, andsends partitions inwards between the bundles of muscular fibers."
"PERINAEUM","See Perineum."
"PERINEAL","Of or pertaining to the perineum."
"PERINEOPLASTY","The act or process of restoring an injured perineum."
"PERINEORRHAPHY","The operation of sewing up a ruptured perineum."
"PERINEPHRITIS","Inflammation of the cellular tissue around the kidney.-- Per`i*ne*phrit'ic, a."
"PERINEUM","The region which is included within the outlet of the pelvis,and is traversed by the urinogenital canal and the rectum."
"PERINEURIAL","Surrounding nerves or nerve fibers; of or pertaining to theperineurium."
"PERINEURIUM","The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a bundle of nervefibers. See Epineurium, and Neurilemma."
"PERINUCLEAR","Of or pertaining to a nucleus; situated around a nucleus; as,the perinuclear protoplasm."
"PERIOD","One of the great divisions of geological time; as, the Tertiaryperiod; the Glacial period. See the Chart of Geology."
"PERIODATE","A salt of periodic acid."
"PERIODIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygenacid (HIO"
"PERIODICAL","A magazine or other publication which appears at stated orregular intervals."
"PERIODICALIST","One who publishes, or writes for, a periodical."
"PERIODICALLY","In a periodical manner."
"PERIODICALNESS","Periodicity."
"PERIODICITY","The quality or state of being periodical, or regularlyrecurrent; as, the periodicity in the vital phenomena of plants.Henfrey."
"PERIODIDE","An iodide containing a higher proportion of iodine than anyother iodide of the same substance or series."
"PERIODONTAL","Surrounding the teeth."
"PERIODOSCOPE","A table or other means for calculating the periodical functionsof women. Dunglison."
"PERIOPLE","The external smooth horny layer of the hoof of the horse andallied animals."
"PERIOPLIC","Of or pertaining to the periople; connected with the periople."
"PERIOSTEAL","Situated around bone; of or pertaining to the periosteum."
"PERIOSTEUM","The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely investsall bones except at the articular surfaces."
"PERIOSTITIS","Inflammation of the periosteum."
"PERIOSTRACUM","A chitinous membrane covering the exterior of many shells; --called also epidermis."
"PERIOTIC","Surrounding, or pertaining to the region surrounding, theinternal ear; as, the periotic capsule.-- n."
"PERIPATECIAN","A peripatetic. [Obs.]"
"PERIPATETICAL","Peripatetic. [R.] Hales."
"PERIPATETICISM","The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics. SeePeripatetic, n., 2. Lond. Sat. Rev."
"PERIPATUS","A genus of lowly organized arthropods, found in South Africa,Australia, and tropical America. It constitutes the order Malacopoda."
"PERIPETALOUS","Surrounding, or situated about, the petals."
"PERIPHERAL","External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion ofthe nervous system."
"PERIPHERY","The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure."
"PERIPHRASE","The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; aroundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution. 'Todescribe by enigmatic periphrases.' De Quincey."
"PERIPHRASIS","See Periphrase."
"PERIPHRASTICALLY","With circumlocution."
"PERIPLAST","Same as Periblast.-- Per`i*plas'tic, a. Huxley."
"PERIPNEUMONIC","Of or pertaining to peripneumonia."
"PERIPROCT","The region surrounding the anus, particularly of echinoderms."
"PERIPROCTITIS","Inflammation of the tissues about the rectum."
"PERIPTERAL","Having columns on all sides; -- said of an edifice. SeeApteral."
"PERIPTEROUS","Peripteral."
"PERIPTERY","The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of abird or a gliding a\u00ebroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motionof the air occur."
"PERIQUE","A kind of tobacco with medium-sized leaf, small stem, tough andgummy fiber, raised in Louisiana, and cured in its own juices, so asto be very dark colored, usually black. It is marketed in tightlywrapped rolls called carottes."
"PERISARC","The outer, hardened integument which covers most hydroids."
"PERISCIAN","Having the shadow moving all around."
"PERISCOPE","A general or comprehensive view. [R.]"
"PERISCOPIC","Viewing all around, or on all sides. Periscopic spectacles(Opt.), spectacles having concavo-convex or convexo-concave lenseswith a considerable curvature corresponding to that of the eye, toincrease the distinctness of objects viewed obliquely."
"PERISH","To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost;to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.I perish with hunger! Luke xv. 17.Grow up and perish, as the summer fly. Milton.The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking. Locke."
"PERISHABILITY","Perishableness."
"PERISHABLE","Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death; as,perishable goods; our perishable bodies."
"PERISHABLENESS","The quality or state of being perishable; liability to decay ordestruction. Locke."
"PERISHABLY","In a perishable degree or manner."
"PERISHMENT","The act of perishing. [R.] Udall."
"PERISOMA","Same as Perisome."
"PERISOME","The entire covering of an invertebrate animal, as echinoderm orcoelenterate; the integument."
"PERISPERM","The albumen of a seed, especially that portion which is formedoutside of the embryo sac.-- Per`i*sper'mic, a."
"PERISPOMENON","A word which has the circumflex accent on the last syllable.Goodwin."
"PERISPORE","The outer covering of a spore."
"PERISSAD","Odd; not even; -- said of elementary substances and of radicalswhose valence is not divisible by two without a remainder. Contrastedwith artiad."
"PERISSE","To perish. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PERISSODACTYL","One of the Perissodactyla."
"PERISSODACTYLA","A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have anodd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; -- opposedto Artiodactyla."
"PERISSOLOGICAL","Redundant or excessive in words. [R.]"
"PERISSOLOGY","Superfluity of words. [R.] G. Campbell."
"PERISTALSIS","Peristaltic contraction or action."
"PERISTALTIC","Applied to the peculiar wormlike wave motion of the intestinesand other similar structures, produced by the successive contractionof the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contentsonwards; as, peristaltic movement.-- Per`i*stal'tic*al*ly, adv."
"PERISTERIA","A genus of orchidaceous plants. See Dove plant."
"PERISTERION","The herb vervain (Verbena officinalis)."
"PERISTERITE","A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like apigeon's neck."
"PERISTEROMORPHOUS","Like or pertaining to the pigeons or Columb\u00e6."
"PERISTEROPODOUS","Having pigeonlike feet; -- said of those gallinaceous birdsthat rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods."
"PERISTOLE","Peristaltic action, especially of the intestines."
"PERISTOMA","Same as Peristome."
"PERISTOME","The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule ofmosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be eithersingle or double."
"PERISTOMIAL","Of or pertaining to a peristome."
"PERISTOMIUM","Same as Peristome."
"PERISTREPHIC","Turning around; rotatory; revolving; as, a peristrephicpainting (of a panorama)."
"PERISTYLE","A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically,a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, orsurrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in theformer sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Romandwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade."
"PERISYSTOLE","The interval between the diastole and systole of the heart. Itis perceptible only in the dying."
"PERITE","Skilled. [Obs.]"
"PERITHECIUM","An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding andenveloping the masses of fructification. Henslow."
"PERITOMOUS","Cleaving in more directions than one, parallel to the axis."
"PERITONAEUM","Same as Peritoneum."
"PERITONEAL","Of or pertaining to the peritoneum."
"PERITONEUM","The smooth serous membrane which lines the cavity of theabdomen, or the whole body cavity when there is no diaphragm, and,turning back, surrounds the viscera, forming a closed, or nearlyclosed, sac. [Written also periton\u00e6um.]"
"PERITONITIS","Inflammation of the peritoneum."
"PERITRACHEAL","Surrounding the trache\u00e6."
"PERITRICHA","A division of ciliated Infusoria having a circle of ciliaaround the oral disk and sometimes another around the body. Itincludes the vorticellas. See Vorticella."
"PERITROCHIUM","The wheel which, together with the axle, forms the axis inperitrochio, which see under Axis."
"PERITROPOUS","Peritropal."
"PERITYPHLITIS","Inflammation of the connective tissue about the c\u00e6cum."
"PERIUTERINE","Surrounding the uterus."
"PERIVASCULAR","Around the blood vessels; as, perivascular lymphatics."
"PERIVERTEBRAL","Surrounding the vertebr\u00e6."
"PERIVISCERAL","Around the viscera; as, the perivisceral cavity."
"PERIVITELLINE","Situated around the vitellus, or between the vitellus and zonapellucida of an ovum."
"PERIWIG","A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, andrepresenting the natural hair; a wig. Shak."
"PERIWINKLE","Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. Thecommon European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensivelyused as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on theAmerican coast. See Littorina."
"PERJENET","A kind of pear. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PERJURE","A perjured person. [Obs.] Shak."
"PERJURED","Guilty of perjury; having sworn falsely; forsworn. Shak.'Perjured persons.' 1 Tim. i. 10. 'Their perjured oath.' Spenser."
"PERJURER","One who is guilty of perjury; one who perjures or forswears, inany sense."
"PERJURY","At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact materialto the issue, made by a witness under oath in a competent judicialproceeding. By statute the penalties of perjury are imposed on themaking of willfully false affirmations."
"PERK","To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make ajaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk the ears; to perk up one'shead. Cowper. Sherburne."
"PERKIN","A kind of weak perry."
"PERKINISM","A remedial treatment, by drawing the pointed extremities of tworods, each of a different metal, over the affected part;tractoration, -- first employed by Dr. Elisha Perkins of Norwich,Conn. See Metallotherapy."
"PERKY","Perk; pert; jaunty; trim.There amid perky larches and pines. Tennyson."
"PERLACEOUS","Pearly; resembling pearl."
"PERLID","Any insect of the genus Perla, or family Perlid\u00e6. See Stonefly, under Stone."
"PERLITE","Same as Pearlite."
"PERLITIC","Relating to or resembling perlite, or pearlstone; as, theperlitic structure of certain rocks. See Pearlite."
"PERLOUS","Perilous. [Obs.] Spenser."
"PERLUSTRATION","The act of viewing all over. [Archaic] Howell."
"PERMANABLE","Permanent; durable. [Obs.] Lydgate."
"PERMANENT","Continuing in the same state, or without any change thatdestroys form or character; remaining unaltered or unremoved;abiding; durable; fixed; stable; lasting; as, a permanent impression.Eternity stands permanent and fixed. Dryden.Permanent gases (Chem. & Physics), hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, andcarbon monoxide; -- also called incondensible or incoercible gases,before their liquefaction in 1877.-- Permanent way, the roadbed and superstructure of a finishedrailway; -- so called in distinction from the contractor's temporaryway.-- Permanent white (Chem.), barium sulphate (heavy spar), used as awhite pigment or paint, in distinction from white lead, whichtarnishes and darkens from the formation of the sulphide."
"PERMANENTLY","In a permanent manner."
"PERMANGANATE","A salt of permanganic acid. Potassium permanganate. (Chem.) SeePotassium permanganate, under Potassium."
"PERMANGANIC","Pertaining to, or designating, one of the higher acids ofmanganese, HMnO4, which forms salts called permanganates."
"PERMANSION","Continuance. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"PERMEABILITY","The quality or state of being permeable. Magnetic permeability(Physics), the specific capacity of a body for magnetic induction, orits conducting power for lines of magnetic force. Sir W. Thomson."
"PERMEABLE","Capable of being permeated, or passed through; yieldingpassage; passable; penetrable; -- used especially of substances whichallow the passage of fluids; as, wood is permeable to oil; glass ispermeable to light. I. Taylor."
"PERMEABLY","In a permeable manner."
"PERMEANCE","Permeation; specif. (Magnetism),"
"PERMEANT","Passing through; permeating. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"PERMEATION","The act of permeating, passing through, or spreadingthroughout, the pores or interstices of any substance.Here is not a mere involution only, but a spiritual permeation andinexistence. Bp. Hall."
"PERMIAN","Belonging or relating to the period, and also to the formation,next following the Carboniferous, and regarded as closing theCarboniferous age and Paleozoic era.-- n."
"PERMIANS","A tribe belonging to the Finnic race, and inhabiting a portionof Russia."
"PERMISCIBLE","Capable of being mixed."
"PERMISS","A permitted choice; a rhetorical figure in which a thing iscommitted to the decision of one's opponent. [Obs.] Milton."
"PERMISSIBILITY","The quality of being permissible; permissibleness;allowableness."
"PERMISSIBLE","That may be permitted; allowable; admissible.-- Per*mis'si*ble*ness, n.-- Per*mis'si*bly, adv."
"PERMISSION","The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent;authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.High permission of all-ruling Heaven. Milton.You have given me your permission for this address. Dryden."
"PERMISSIVELY","In a permissive manner."
"PERMISTION","The act of mixing; the state of being mingled; mixture.[Written also permixtion.]"
"PERMIT","To grant permission; to allow."
"PERMITTANCE","The act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave. Milton."
"PERMITTEE","One to whom a permission or permit is given."
"PERMITTER","One who permits.A permitter, or not a hinderer, of sin. J. Edwards."
"PERMIX","To mix; to mingle. [Obs.]"
"PERMIXTION","See Permission."
"PERMULATOR","A special form of rotary converter with stationary commutatorand rotating brushes, in which the exciting field is induced by thealternating current in a short-circuited magnetic core instead ofbeing produced by an external magnet."
"PERMUTABLE","Capable of being permuted; exchangeable.-- Per*mut'a*ble*ness, n.-- Per*mut'a*bly, adv."
"PERMUTATION","Barter; exchange. Permutation lock, a lock in which the partscan be transposed or shifted, so as to require different arrangementsof the tumblers on different occasions of unlocking."
"PERMUTER","One who permutes."
"PERN","To take profit of; to make profitable. [Obs.] Sylvester."
"PERNANCY","A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes inkind, the receiving of profits. Blackstone."
"PERNEL","See Pimpernel. [Obs.]"
"PERNICION","Destruction; perdition. [Obs.] hudibras."
"PERNICIOUS","Quick; swift (to burn). [R.] Milton."
"PERNICITY","Swiftness; celerity. [R.] Ray."
"PERNICKETY PERNICKETTY","Finical or fussy; full of petty details. [Colloq.]"
"PERNIO","A chilblain."
"PERNOCTALIAN","One who watches or keeps awake all night."
"PERNOCTATION","The act or state of passing the whole night; a remaining allnight. 'Pernoctation in prayer.' Jer. Taylor."
"PERNOR","One who receives the profits, as of an estate."
"PERNOT FURNACE","A reverberatory furnace with a circular revolving hearth, --used in making steel."
"PERNYI MOTH","A silk-producing moth (Attacus Pernyi) which feeds upon theoak. It has been introduced into Europe and America from China."
"PEROFSKITE","A titanate of lime occurring in octahedral or cubic crystals.[Written also Perovskite.]"
"PEROGUE","See Pirogue."
"PERONATE","A term applied to the stipes or stalks of certain fungi whichare covered with a woolly substance which at length becomes powdery.Henslow."
"PERONEAL","Of or pertaining to the fibula; in the region of the fibula."
"PERORATE","To make a peroration; to harangue. [Colloq.]"
"PERORATION","The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summingup and enforcement of an argument. Burke."
"PEROXIDATION","Act, process, or result of peroxidizing; oxidation to aperoxide."
"PEROXIDE","An oxide containing more oxygen than some other oxide of thesame element. Formerly peroxides were regarded as the highest oxides.Cf. Per-, 2."
"PEROXIDIZE","To oxidize to the utmost degree, so as to form a peroxide."
"PERPEND","To weight carefully in the mind. [R.] 'Perpend my words.' Shak."
"PERPEND STONE","See Perpender."
"PERPENDER","A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on bothsides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpendstone, and perpent stone."
"PERPENDICLE","Something hanging straight down; a plumb line. [Obs.]"
"PERPENDICULAR","At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad isperpendicular to the line bc. Perpendicular style (Arch.), a namegiven to the latest variety of English Gothic architecture, whichprevailed from the close of the 14th century to the early part of the16th; -- probably so called from the vertical style of its windowmullions."
"PERPENDICULARITY","The quality or state of being perpendicular."
"PERPENDICULARLY","In a perpendicular manner; vertically."
"PERPENSION","Careful consideration; pondering. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"PERPENSITY","Perpension. [Obs.]"
"PERPENT STONE","See Perpender."
"PERPESSION","Suffering; endurance. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson."
"PERPETRABLE","Capable of being perpetrated. R. North."
"PERPETRATE","To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in abad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as,to perpetrate a foul deed.What the worst perpetrate, or best endure. Young."
"PERPETRATOR","One who perpetrates; esp., one who commits an offense or crime."
"PERPETUABLE","Capable of being perpetuated or continued.Varieties are perpetuable, like species. Gray."
"PERPETUAL","Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time;unfailing; everlasting; continuous.Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. Shak.Perpetual feast of nectared sweets. Milton.Circle of perpetual apparition, or occultation. See under Circle.-- Perpetual calendar, a calendar so devised that it may be adjustedfor any month or year.-- Perpetual curacy (Ch. of Eng.), a curacy in which all the tithesare appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed. Blackstone.-- Perpetual motion. See under Motion.-- Perpetual screw. See Endless screw, under Screw."
"PERPETUAL CALENDAR","A calendar that can be used perpetually or over a wide range ofyears. That of Capt. Herschel covers, as given below, dates from 1750to 1961 only, but is capable of indefinite extension."
"PERPETUALLY","In a perpetual manner; constantly; continually.The Bible and Common Prayer Book in the vulgar tongue, beingperpetually read in churches, have proved a kind of standard forlanguage. Swift."
"PERPETUALTY","The state or condition of being perpetual. [Obs.] Testament ofLove."
"PERPETUANCE","Perpetuity. [Obs.]"
"PERPETUATE","To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued,indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize.Addison. Burke."
"PERPETUATION","The act of making perpetual, or of preserving from extinctionthrough an endless existence, or for an indefinite period of time;continuance. Sir T. Browne."
"PERPLEX","Intricate; difficult. [Obs.] Glanvill."
"PERPLEXED","Entangled, involved, or confused; hence, embarrassd; puzzled;doubtful; anxious.-- Per*plex'ed*ly, adv.-- Per*plex'ed*ness, n."
"PERPLEXING","Embarrassing; puzzling; troublesome. 'Perplexing thoughts.'Milton."
"PERPLEXITY","The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled;complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind throughdoubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.By their own perplexities involved, They ravel more. Milton."
"PERPLEXIVENESS","The quality of being perplexing; tendency to perplex. [Obs.]Dr. H. More."
"PERPLEXLY","Perplexedly. [Obs.] Milton."
"PERPOTATION","The act of drinking excessively; a drinking bout. [Obs.]"
"PERQUISITE","Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with hisown money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent. Mozley& W."
"PERQUISITED","Supplied with perquisites. [Obs.] 'Perquisited varlets frequentstand.' Savage."
"PERQUISITION","A thorough inquiry of search. [R.] Berkeley."
"PERRADIAL","Situated around the radii, or radial tubes, of a radiate."
"PERRIE","Precious stones; jewels. [Obs.] [Written also perre, perrye,etc.] Chaucer."
"PERRIER","A short mortar used formerly for throwing stone shot. Hakluyt."
"PERRON","An out-of-door flight of steps, as in a garden, leading to aterrace or to an upper story; -- usually applied to medi\u00e6vel or laterstructures of some architectural pretensions."
"PERROQUET","See Paroquet, Parakeet."
"PERRUQUE","See Peruke."
"PERRUQUIER","A marker of perukes or wigs."
"PERRY","A fermented liquor made from pears; pear cider. Mortimer."
"PERS","Light blue; grayish blue; -- a term applied to different shadesat different periods.-- n."
"PERSALT","A term formerly given to the salts supposed to be formedrespectively by neutralizing acids with certain peroxides. [Obsoles.]"
"PERSANT","Piercing. [Obs.] Spenser."
"PERSCRUTATION","A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny. Carlyle"
"PERSECOT","See Persicot."
"PERSECUTOR","One who persecutes, or harasses. Shak."
"PERSECUTRIX","A woman who persecutes."
"PERSEID","One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiatingfrom the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragmentsonce connected with a comet visible in 1862."
"PERSEUS","A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Dana\u00eb, who slewthe Gorgon Medusa."
"PERSEVER","To persevere. [Obs.]"
"PERSEVERANCE","Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by astate of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and theperseverance of the saints. See Calvinism."
"PERSEVERANT","Persevering. [R.] 'Perseverant faith.' Whitby.-- Per`se*ver'ant*ly, adv. [R.]"
"PERSEVERE","To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursuesteadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spiteof counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give orabandon what is undertaken.Thrice happy, if they know Their happiness, and persevere upright.Milton."
"PERSEVERING","Characterized by perseverance; persistent.-- Per`se*ver'ing*ly, adv."
"PERSIAN","Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to theirlanguage. Persian berry, the fruit of Rhamnus infectorius, a kind ofbuckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly fromTrebizond.-- Persian cat. (Zo\u00f6l.) Same as Angora cat, under Angora.-- Persian columns (Arch.), columns of which the shaft represents aPersian slave; -- called also Persians. See Atlantes.-- Persian drill (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nutback and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder.-- Persian fire (Med.), malignant pustule.-- Persian powder. See Insect powder, under Insect.-- Persian red. See Indian red (a), under Indian.-- Persian wheel, a noria; a tympanum. See Noria."
"PERSIC","Of or relating to Persia.-- n."
"PERSICARIA","See Lady's thumb."
"PERSICO","= Persicot."
"PERSICOT","A cordial made of the kernels of apricots, nectarines, etc.,with refined spirit."
"PERSIENNE","Properly, printed calico, whether Oriental or of fancifuldesign with flowers, etc., in Western work. Hence, as extended inEnglish, material of a similar character."
"PERSIENNES","Window blinds having movable slats, similar to Venetian blinds."
"PERSIFLAGE","Frivolous or bantering talk; a frivolous manner of treating anysubject, whether serious or otherwise; light raillery. Hannah More."
"PERSIFLEUR","One who indulges in persiflage; a banterer; a quiz. Carlyle."
"PERSIMMON","An American tree (Diospyros Virginiana) and its fruit, foundfrom New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in appearance, butis very harsh and astringent until it has been exposed to frost, whenit becomes palatable and nutritious. Japanese persimmon, DiospyrosKaki and its red or yellow edible fruit, which outwardly resembles atomato, but contains a few large seeds."
"PERSIS","A kind of coloring matter obtained from lichens."
"PERSISM","A Persian idiom."
"PERSIST","To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continuesteadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conductagainst opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes conveying anunfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy.If they persist in pointing their batteries against particularpersons, no laws of war forbid the making reprisals. Addison.Some positive, persisting fops we know, Who, if once wrong, willneeds be always so. Pope.That face persists. It floats up; it turns over in my mind. Mrs.Browning."
"PERSISTENT","Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kindsometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teethor gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous."
"PERSISTENTLY","In a persistent manner."
"PERSISTING","Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent.-- Per*sist'ing*ly, adv."
"PERSISTIVE","See Persistent. Shak."
"PERSOLVE","To pay wholly, or fully. [Obs.] E. Hall."
"PERSON","Among Trinitarians, one of the three subdivisions of theGodhead (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost); an hypostasis.'Three persons and one God.' Bk. of Com. Prayer."
"PERSONA","Same as Person, n., 8."
"PERSONAL","Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. Personal action (Law),a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, ordamages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damagesfor an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery ofgoods or chattels; -- opposed to real action.-- Personal equation. (Astron.) See under Equation.-- Personal estate or property (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposedto real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporaryand movable, including all subjects of property not of a freeholdnature.-- Personal identity (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unityof the individual person, which is attested by consciousness.-- Personal pronoun (Gram.), one of the pronouns I, thou, he, she,it, and their plurals.-- Personal representatives (Law), the executors or administratorsof a person deceased.-- Personal rights, rights appertaining to the person; as, therights of a personal security, personal liberty, and privateproperty.-- Personal tithes. See under Tithe.-- Personal verb (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected tocorrespond with the three persons."
"PERSONALISM","The quality or state of being personal; personality. [R.]"
"PERSONALITY","That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, andcapacity of persons. Burrill."
"PERSONALIZE","To make personal. 'They personalize death.' H. Spencer."
"PERSONALTY","Personal property, as distinguished from realty or realproperty."
"PERSONATE","To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. [Obs.]In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. Milton."
"PERSONATION","The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person orcharacter of another."
"PERSONATOR","One who personates. 'The personators of these actions.' B.Jonson."
"PERSONEITY","Personality. [R.] Coleridge."
"PERSONIFICATION","A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstractidea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality;prosopopas, the floods clap their hands. 'Confusion heards hisvoice.' Milton."
"PERSONIFIER","One who personifies."
"PERSONIZE","To personify. [R.]Milton has personized them. J. Richardson."
"PERSONNEL","The body of persons employed in some public service, as thearmy, navy, etc.; -- distinguished from mat\u00e9riel."
"PERSPECTOGRAPH","An instrument for obtaining, and transferring to a picture, thepoints and outlines of objects, so as to represent them in theirproper geometrical relations as viewed from some one point."
"PERSPECTOGRAPHY","The science or art of delineating objects according to the lawsof perspective; the theory of perspective."
"PERSPICABLE","Discernible. [Obs.] Herbert."
"PERSPICACITY","The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or ofintelligence; acute discernment. Sir T. Browne."
"PERSPICACY","Perspicacity. [Obs.]"
"PERSPICIENCE","The act of looking sharply. [Obs.] Bailey."
"PERSPICIL","An optical glass; a telescope. [Obs.] Crashaw."
"PERSPIRABILITY","The quality or state of being perspirable."
"PERSPIRATIVE","Performing the act of perspiration; perspiratory."
"PERSPIRATORY","Of, pertaining to, or producing, perspiration; as, theperspiratory ducts."
"PERSPIRE","To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluidsthrough the pores of the skin; to sweat."
"PERSTREPEROUS","Noisy; obstreperous. [Obs.] Ford."
"PERSUADABLE","That may be persuaded.-- Per*suad'a*ble*ness, n.-- Per*suad'a*bly, adv."
"PERSUADE","To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion. Shak."
"PERSUADED","Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced.-- Per*suad'ed*ly, adv.-- Per*suad'ed*ness, n."
"PERSUADER","One who, or that which, persuades or influences. 'Powerfulpersuaders.' Milton."
"PERSUASIBILITY","Capability of being persuaded. Hawthorne."
"PERSUASIVE","Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as,persuasive eloquence. 'Persuasive words.' Milton."
"PERSUASORY","Persuasive. Sir T. Browne."
"PERSULPHATE","A sulphate of the peroxide of any base. [R.]"
"PERSULPHIDE","A sulphide containing more sulphur than some other compound ofthe same elements; as, iron pyrites is a persulphide; -- formerlycalled persulphuret."
"PERSULPHOCYANATE","A salt of persulphocyanic acid. [R.]"
"PERSULPHOCYANIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline substance(called also perthiocyanic acid), analogous to sulphocyanic acid, butcontaining more sulphur."
"PERSULPHOCYANOGEN","An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of chlorineor boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of potassium; --called also pseudosulphocyanogen, perthiocyanogen, and formerlysulphocyanogen."
"PERSULPHURET","A persulphide. [Obs.]"
"PERT","To behave with pertness. [Obs.] Gauden."
"PERTEREBRATION","The act of boring through. [Obs.] Ainsworth."
"PERTHIOCYANOGEN","Same as Persulphocyanogen."
"PERTHITE","A kind of feldspar consisting of a laminated intertexture ofalbite and orthoclase, usually of different colors.-- Per*thit'ic, a."
"PERTINACITY","The quality or state of being pertinacious; obstinacy;perseverance; persistency. Macaulay."
"PERTINACY","The quality or state of being pertinent; pertinence. [Obs.]"
"PERTINATE","Pertinacious. [Obs.]"
"PERTINATELY","Pertinaciously. [Obs.]"
"PERTLY","In a pert manner."
"PERTNESS","The quality or state of being pert."
"PERTRANSIENT","Passing through or over. [R.]"
"PERTURBABILITY","The quality or state of being perturbable."
"PERTURBABLE","Liable to be perturbed or agitated; liable to be disturbed ordisquieted."
"PERTURBANCE","Disturbance; perturbation. [R.] 'Perturbance of the mind.'Sharp."
"PERTURBATE","To perturb. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"PERTURBATION","A disturbance in the regular elliptic or other motion of aheavenly body, produced by some force additional to that which causesits regular motion; as, the perturbations of the planets are causedby their attraction on each other. Newcomb."
"PERTURBATIONAL","Of or pertaining to perturbation, esp. to the perturbations ofthe planets. 'The perturbational theory.' Sir J. Herschel."
"PERTURBATIVE","Tending to cause perturbation; disturbing. Sir J. Herschel."
"PERTURBATOR","A perturber. [R.]"
"PERTURBED","Agitated; disturbed; troubled. Shak.-- Per*turb'ed*ly, adv."
"PERTURBER","One who, or that which, perturbs, or cause perturbation."
"PERTUSATE","Pierced at the apex."
"PERTUSION","The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument; as,pertusion of a vein. [R.] Arbuthnot."
"PERTUSSIS","The whooping cough."
"PERUKE","A wig; a periwig."
"PERULA","One of the scales of a leaf bud."
"PERULE","Same as Perula."
"PERUSER","One who peruses."
"PERUVIAN","Of or pertaining to Peru, in South America.-- n."
"PERVASION","The act of pervading, passing, or spreading through the wholeextent of a thing. Boyle."
"PERVASIVE","Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of apervading quality. 'Civilization pervasive and general.' M. Arnold."
"PERVERSED","Turned aside. [Obs.]"
"PERVERSEDLY","Perversely. [Obs.]"
"PERVERSELY","In a perverse manner."
"PERVERSENESS","The quality or state of being perverse. 'Virtue hath someperverseness.' Donne."
"PERVERSION","The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; aturning from truth or right; a diverting from the true intent orobject; a change to something worse; a turning or applying to a wrongend or use. 'Violations and perversions of the laws.' Bacon."
"PERVERSITY","The quality or state of being perverse; perverseness."
"PERVERSIVE","Tending to pervert."
"PERVERT","To become perverted; to take the wrong course. [R.] Testamentof Love."
"PERVERTER","One who perverts (a person or thing). 'His own parents hisperverters.' South. 'A perverter of his law.' Bp. Stillingfleet."
"PERVERTIBLE","Capable of being perverted."
"PERVESTIGATE","To investigate thoroughly. [Obs.]"
"PERVESTIGATION","Thorough investigation. [Obs.] Chillingworth."
"PERVIAL","Pervious. [Obs.] -- Per'vi*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] Chapman."
"PERVICACIOUS","Obstinate; willful; refractory. [Obs.] -- Per`vi*ca'cious*ly,adv.-- Per`vi*ca'cious*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"PERVICACITY","Obstinacy; pervicaciousness. [Obs.] Bentley."
"PERVICACY","Pervicacity. [Obs.]"
"PERVIGILATION","Careful watching. [Obs.]"
"PERVIOUS","Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to thenostrils or birds."
"PERVIOUSNESS","The quality or state of being pervious; as, the perviousness ofglass. Boyle."
"PERVIS","See Parvis."
"PERY","A pear tree. See Pirie. [Obs.]"
"PES","The distal segment of the hind limb of vertebrates, includingthe tarsus and foot."
"PESADE","The motion of a horse when, raising his fore quarters, he keepshis hind feet on the ground without advancing; rearing."
"PESAGE","A fee, or toll, paid for the weighing of merchandise."
"PESANE","See Pusane."
"PESANTED","Made heavy or dull; debased. [Obs.] 'Pesanted to each lewdthought's control.' Marston."
"PESCHITO","See Peshito."
"PESE","A pea. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PESETA","A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to aboutnineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos."
"PESKY","Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive.[Colloq. & Low, U.S.] Judd."
"PESO","A Spanish dollar; also, an Argentine, Chilian, Colombian, etc.,coin, equal to from 75 cents to a dollar; also, a pound weight."
"PESSIMISM","The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature is orderedfor or tends to the worst, or that the world is wholly evil; --opposed to Ant: optimism."
"PESSIMIST","One who advocates the doctrine of pessimism; -- opposed to Ant:optimist."
"PESSIMISTICAL","Pessimistic."
"PESSIMIZE","To hold or advocate the doctrine of pessimism. London Sat. Rev."
"PESSULUS","A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventralextremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinxof birds."
"PESTALOZZIAN","Belonging to, or characteristic of, a system of elementaryeducation which combined manual training with other instruction,advocated and practiced by Jean Henri Pestalozzi (1746-1827), a Swissteacher.-- n."
"PESTALOZZIANISM","The system of education introduced by Pestalozzi."
"PESTERER","One who pesters or harasses."
"PESTERMENT","The act of pestering, or the state of being pestered; vexation;worry. 'The trouble and pesterment of children.' B. Franklin."
"PESTEROUS","Inclined to pester. Also, vexatious; encumbering; burdensome.[Obs.] Bacon."
"PESTFUL","Pestiferous. 'After long and pestful calms.' Coleridge."
"PESTHOUSE","A house or hospital for persons who are infected with anypestilential disease."
"PESTIDUCT","That which conveys contagion or infection. [Obs.] Donne."
"PESTIFEROUSLY","In a pestiferuos manner."
"PESTILENT","Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. 'Corrupt andpestilent.' Milton. 'What a pestilent knave is this same!' Shak."
"PESTILENTIALLY","Pestilently."
"PESTILENTIOUS","Pestilential. [Obs.]"
"PESTILENTLY","In a pestilent manner; mischievously; destructively. 'Above allmeasure pestilently noisome.' Dr. H. More."
"PESTILENTNESS","The quality of being pestilent."
"PESTILLATION","The act of pounding and bruising with a pestle in a mortar. SirT. Browne."
"PESTLE","To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with apestle; to use a pestle."
"PET","A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness. 'In a pet shestarted up.' Tennyson."
"PETAL","One of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of aflower. See Corolla, and Illust. of Flower."
"PETALED","Having petals; as, a petaled flower; -- opposed to Ant:apetalous, and much used in compounds; as, one-petaled, three-petaled, etc."
"PETALIFEROUS","Bearing petals."
"PETALIFORM","Having the form of a petal; petaloid; petal-shaped."
"PETALINE","Pertaining to a petal; attached to, or resembling, a petal."
"PETALISM","A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which theybanished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerousinfluence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; butolive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots."
"PETALITE","A rare mineral, occurring crystallized and in cleavable masses,usually white, or nearly so, in color. It is a silicate of aluminiaand lithia."
"PETALODY","The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens,into petals."
"PETALOID","Petaline."
"PETALOIDEOUS","Having the whole or part of the perianth petaline. Petaloideousdivision, that division of endogenous plants in which the perianth iswholly or partly petaline, embracing the Liliace\u00e6, Orchidace\u00e6,Amaryllide\u00e6, etc."
"PETALOSTICHA","An order of Echini, including the irregular sea urchins, as thespatangoids. See Spatangoid."
"PETALOUS","Having petals; petaled; -- opposed to Ant: apetalous."
"PETALUM","A petal."
"PETAR","See Petard. [Obs.] 'Hoist with his own petar.' Shak."
"PETARD","A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical orcylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank,to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges,etc. It has been superseded."
"PETASUS","The winged cap of Mercury; also, a broad-brimmed, low-crownedhat worn by Greeks and Romans."
"PETAURIST","Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus, Phalangista,Acrobata, and allied genera. See Flying mouse, under Flying, andPhalangister."
"PETECHIAE","Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due toextravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers,etc."
"PETECHIAL","Characterized by, or pertaining to, petechi\u00e6; spotted.Petechial fever, a malignant fever, accompanied with livid spots onthe skin."
"PETER","A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of theapostles, Peter boat, a fishing boat, sharp at both ends, originallyof the Baltic Sea, but now common in certain English rivers.-- Peter Funk, the auctioneer in a mock auction. [Cant, U.S.] --Peter pence, or Peter's pence. (a) An annual tax or tribute, formerlypaid by the English people to the pope, being a penny for everyhouse, payable on Lammas or St.Peter's day; -- called also Rome scot,and hearth money. (b) In modern times, a voluntary contribution madeby Roman Catholics to the private purse of the pope.-- Peter's fish (Zo\u00f6l.), a haddock; -- so called because the blackspots, one on each side, behind the gills, are traditionally said tohave been caused by the fingers of St. Peter, when he caught the fishto pay the tribute. The name is applied, also, to other fishes havingsimilar spots."
"PETEREL","See Petrel."
"PETERERO","See Pederero."
"PETERMAN","A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter. [An obs.local term in Eng.] Chapman."
"PETERSHAM","A rough, knotted woolen cloth, used chiefly for men'sovercoats; also, a coat of that material."
"PETERWORT","See Saint Peter's-wort, under Saint."
"PETIOLE","A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade withthe stem. See Illust. of Leaf."
"PETIOLED","Petiolate."
"PETIOLULATE","Supported by its own petiolule. Gray."
"PETIOLULE","A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet."
"PETIT","Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty. [Obs.,except in legal language.]By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of and recover avanishing notion. South.Petit constable, an inferior civil officer, subordinate to the highconstable.-- Petit jury, a jury of twelve men, impaneled to try causes at thebar of a court; -- so called in distinction from the grand jury.-- Petit larceny, the stealing of goods of, or under, a certainspecified small value; -- opposed to grand larceny. The distinctionis abolished in England.-- Petit ma\u00eetre (. Etym: [F., lit., little master.] A fop; acoxcomb; a ladies' man. Goldsmith.-- Petit serjeanty (Eng. Law), the tenure of lands of the crown, bythe service of rendering annually some implement of war, as a bow, anarrow, a sword, a flag, etc.-- Petit treason, formerly, in England, the crime of killing aperson to whom the offender owed duty or subjection, as one'shusband, master, mistress, etc. The crime is now not distinguishedfrom murder."
"PETIT MAL","The mildest form of epilepsy, with momentary faintness orunconsciousness, but without convulsions; -- opposed to grand mal."
"PETITE","Small, little; of a woman or girl, of small size and trimfigure."
"PETITION","To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; toentreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, orapplication to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petitionthe court; to petition the governor.You have . . . petitioned all the gods for my prosperity. Shak."
"PETITIONARILY","By way of begging the question; by an assumption. [R.] Sir T.Browne."
"PETITIONEE","A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition."
"PETITIONER","One who presents a petition."
"PETITIONING","The act of presenting apetition; a supplication."
"PETITOR","One who seeks or asks; a seeker; an applicant. [R.] Fuller."
"PETITORY","Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating. Sir W. Hamilton.Petitory suit or action (Admiralty Law), a suit in which the meretitle to property is litigated and sought to be enforced, asdistinguished from a possessory suit; also (Scots Law), a suitwherein the plaintiff claims something as due him by the defendant.Burrill."
"PETONG","See Packfong."
"PETRALOGY","See Petrology."
"PETRARY","An ancient war engine for hurling stones."
"PETRE","See Saltpeter."
"PETREAN","Of or pertaining to to rock. G. S. Faber."
"PETREL","Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belongingto the family Procellarid\u00e6. The small petrels, or Mother Carey'schickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and severalallied genera. Diving petrel, any bird of the genus Pelecanoides.They chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.-- Fulmar petrel, Giant petrel. See Fulmar.-- Pintado petrel, the Cape pigeon. See under Cape.-- Pintado petrel, any one of several small petrels, especiallyProcellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey's chicken, common on both sidesof the Atlantic."
"PETRESCENCE","The process of changing into stone; petrification."
"PETRESCENT","Petrifying; converting into stone; as, petrescent water. Boyle."
"PETRIFIC","Petrifying; petrifactive.Death with his mace petrific, cold and dry. Milton."
"PETRIFICATE","To petrify. [Obs.]Our hearts petrificated were. J. Hall (1646)."
"PETRINE","Of or pertaining to St.Peter; as, the Petrine Epistles."
"PETRO-","A combining form from Gr. rock, stone; as, petrology,petroglyphic."
"PETROGALE","Any Australian kangaroo of the genus Petrogale, as the rockwallaby (P. penicillata)."
"PETROGLYPHIC","Of or pertaining to petroglyphy."
"PETROGLYPHY","The art or operation of carving figures or inscriptions on rockor stone."
"PETROHYOID","Pertaining to petrous, oe periotic, portion of the skull andthe hyoid arch; as, the petrohyoid muscles of the frog."
"PETROL","Petroleum. [R.]"
"PETROLATUM","A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste orodor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portionsand purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass,transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as abland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials inointments. U. S. Pharm."
"PETROLEUM","Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenishinflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upperstrata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressureof the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of varioushydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much inappearance, composition, and properties. It is refined bydistillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline,paraffin, etc. Petroleum spirit, a volatile liquid obtained in thedistillation of crude petroleum at a temperature of 170\u00b0 Fahr., orbelow. The term is rather loosely applied to a considerable range ofproducts, including benzine and ligroin. The terms petroleum ether,and naphtha, are sometimes applied to the still more volatileproducts, including rhigolene, gasoline, cymogene, etc."
"PETROLINE","A paraffin obtained from petroleum from Rangoon in India, andpractically identical with ordinary paraffin."
"PETROLOGICALLY","According to petrology."
"PETROLOGIST","One who is versed in petrology."
"PETROMASTOID","Of or pertaining to the petrous and mastoid parts of thetemporal bone, periotic."
"PETROMYZONT","A lamprey."
"PETRONEL","A sort of hand cannon, or portable firearm, used in France inthe 15th century."
"PETROSILEX","Felsite."
"PETROSILICIOUS","Containing, or consisting of, petrosilex."
"PETROSTEARINE","A solid unctuous material, of which candles are made."
"PETROUS","Same as Petrosal."
"PETTICHAPS","See Pettychaps."
"PETTICOAT","A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the bodybelow the waist. Petticoat government, government by women, whetherin politics or domestic affairs. [Colloq.] -- Petticoat pipe(Locomotives), a short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle inthe smoke box, to equalize the draft."
"PETTIFOG","To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business ina petty or tricky way. 'He takes no money, but pettifogs gratis.' S.Butler."
"PETTIFOGGER","A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methodsare mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.A pettifogger was lord chancellor. Macaulay."
"PETTIFOGGERY","The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks;quibbles.Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries. Barrow."
"PETTIFOGGING","Paltry; quibbling; mean."
"PETTIFOGULIZE","To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks. DeQuincey."
"PETTILY","In a petty manner; frivolously."
"PETTINESS","The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness;meanness."
"PETTISH","Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper. 'Apettish kind of humor.' Sterne.-- Pet'tish*ly, adv.-- Pet'tish*ness, n."
"PETTITOES","The toes or feet of a pig, -- often used as food; sometimes, incontempt, the human feet. Shak."
"PETTO","The breast. In petto, in the breast; hence, in secrecy; inreserve."
"PETTY","Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate;as, a petty fault; a petty prince. Denham.Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all. Milton.Petty averages. See under Average.-- Petty cash, money expended or received in small items or amounts.-- Petty officer, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc.,corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army."
"PETTYCHAPS","Any one of several species of small European singing birds ofthe subfamily Sylviin\u00e6, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, andthe golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis)."
"PETTYWHIN","The needle furze. See under Needle."
"PETULANTLY","In a petulant manner."
"PETULCITY","Wantonness; friskiness. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"PETULCOUS","Wanton; frisky; lustful. [Obs.] J. V. Cane."
"PETUNE","To spray (tobacco) with a liquid intended to produce flavor oraroma."
"PETUNIA","A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnelform or salver-shapedcorollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia violacera,with reddish purple flowers, and P. nyctaginiflora, with whiteflowers. There are also many hybrid forms with variegated corollas."
"PETWORTH MARBLE","A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay atPetworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble."
"PETZITE","A telluride of silver and gold, related to hessite."
"PEUCEDANIN","A tasteless white crystalline substance, extracted from theroots of the sulphurwort (Peucedanum), masterwort (Imperatoria), andother related plants; -- called also imperatorin."
"PEUCIL","A liquid resembling camphene, obtained by treating turpentinehydrochloride with lime. [Written also peucyl.]"
"PEW","To furnish with pews. [R.] Ash."
"PEWEE","A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phoebe, or S.fuscus). Called also pewit, and phoebe."
"PEWET","Same as Pewit."
"PEWTERER","One whose occupation is to make utensils of pewter; apewtersmith. Shak."
"PEWTERY","Belonging to, or resembling, pewter; as, a pewtery taste."
"PEXITY","Nap of cloth. [Obs.]"
"PEYTREL","The breastplate of a horse's armor or harness. [Spelt alsopeitrel.] See Poitrel. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PEZIZA","A genus of fungi embracing a great number of species, some ofwhich are remarkable for their regular cuplike form and deep colors."
"PEZIZOID","Resembling a fungus of the genus Peziza; having a cuplike form."
"PFENNIG","A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of amark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency."
"PHACELLUS","One of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavityof certain jellyfishes."
"PHACOCHERE","The wart hog."
"PHACOID","Resembling a lentil; lenticular."
"PHACOLITE","A colorless variety of chabazite; the original was from Leipa,in Bohemia."
"PHACOPS","A genus of trilobites found in the Silurian and Devonianformations. Phacops bufo is one of the most common species."
"PHAEACIAN","Of or pertaining to the Ph\u00e6acians, a fabulous seafaring peoplefond of the feast, the lyre, and the dance, mentioned by Homer."
"PHAENOGAM","Any plant of the class Ph\u00e6nogamia."
"PHAENOGAMIA","The class of flowering plants including all which have trueflowers with distinct floral organs; phanerogamia."
"PHAENOGAMOUS","Having true flowers with with distinct floral organs;flowering."
"PHAENOMENON","See Phenomenon."
"PHAEOSPORE","A brownish zo\u00f6spore, characteristic of an order (Ph\u00e6ospore\u00e6) ofdark green or olive-colored alg\u00e6.-- Ph\u00e6`o*spor'ic, a."
"PHAETHON","The son of Helios (Phoebus), that is, the son of light, or ofthe sun. He is fabled to have obtained permission to drive thechariot of the sun, in doing which his want of skill would have setthe world on fire, had he not been struck with a thunderbolt byJupiter, and hurled headlong into the river Po."
"PHAETON","A handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, or Melit\u00e6a,Pha\u00ebton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spotsand marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; --called also Baltimore."
"PHAGEDENA","Of, like, or pertaining to, phagedena; used in the treatment ofphagedena; as, a phagedenic ulcer or medicine.-- n."
"PHAGEDENOUS","Phagedenic."
"PHAGOCYTE","A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes bytaking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to beremoved."
"PHAINOPEPLA","A small crested passerine bird (Pha\u00efnopepla nitens), native ofMexico and the Southern United States. The adult male is of a uniformglossy blue-black; the female is brownish. Called also blackflycatcher."
"PHAKOSCOPE","An instrument for studying the mechanism of accommodation."
"PHALAENA","A linn\u00e6an genus which included the moths in general."
"PHALAENID","Any moth of the family Phal\u00e6nid\u00e6, of which the cankerworms areexamples; a geometrid."
"PHALANGER","Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, andother genera of the family Phalangistid\u00e6. They are arboreal, and thespecies of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flyingphalanger, under Flying."
"PHALANGES",", pl. of Phalanx."
"PHALANGID","One of the Phalangoidea."
"PHALANGIOUS","Of or pertaining to Phalangoidea."
"PHALANGIST","Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The vulpinephalangist (P. vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown malebeing about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail."
"PHALANGITE","A soldier belonging to a phalanx. [Obs.]"
"PHALANGOIDEA","A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs orharvestman (Phalangium) and many similar kinds. They have long,slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; andchelate jaws. They breathe by trache\u00e6. Called also Phalangides,Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea."
"PHALANSTERE","A phalanstery."
"PHALANSTERIAN","Of or pertaining to phalansterianism."
"PHALANX","A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files closeand deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanxvarying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men. 'Incubic phalanx firm advanced.' Milton.The Grecian phalanx, moveless as a tower. Pope."
"PHALAROPE","Any species of Phalaropus and allied genera of small wadingbirds (Grall\u00e6), having lobate toes. They are often seen far fromland, swimming in large flocks. Called also sea goose."
"PHALLIC","Of or pertaining to the phallus, or to phallism."
"PHALLICISM","See Phallism."
"PHALLISM","The worship of the generative principle in nature, symbolizedby the phallus."
"PHALLUS","The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ fromwhich either may be derived."
"PHANAR","A quarter of Constantinople which, after the Turkish conquestof the city, became the chief Greek quarter; hence, the Greekofficials of Turkey, or phanariots, as a class."
"PHANE","See Fane. [Obs.] Joye."
"PHANERITE","Evident; visible. Phanerite series (Geol.), the uppermost partof the earth's crust, consisting of deposits produced by causes inobvious operation."
"PHANEROCARPAE","Same as Acraspeda."
"PHANEROCODONIC","Having an umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with a wide,open cavity beneath; -- said of certain jellyfishes."
"PHANEROCRYSTALLINE","Distinctly crystalline; -- used of rocks. Opposed to Ant:cryptocrystalline."
"PHANERODACTYLA","Same as Saurur\u00e6."
"PHANEROGAMIA","That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdomwhich contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants."
"PHANEROGAMIAN","Phanerogamous."
"PHANEROGLOSSAL","Having a conspicious tongue; -- said of certain reptiles andinsects."
"PHANTASCOPE","An optical instrument or toy, resembling the phenakistoscope,and illustrating the same principle; -- called also phantasmascope."
"PHANTASMA","A phantasm."
"PHANTASMAGORIAL","Of, relating to, or resembling phantasmagoria; phantasmagoric."
"PHANTASMAGORIC","Of or pertaining to phantasmagoria; phantasmagorial. Hawthorne."
"PHANTASMAGORY","See Phantasmagoria."
"PHANTASMAL","Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a phantasm;spectral; illusive."
"PHANTASMASCOPE","See Phantascope."
"PHANTASMATICAL","Phantasmal. Dr. H. More."
"PHANTASMATOGRAPHY","A description of celestial phenomena, as rainbows, etc."
"PHANTASY","See Fantasy, and Fancy."
"PHANTOM","That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; aspecter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. Pope.She was a phantom of delight. Wordsworth.Phantom ship. See Flying Dutchman, under Flying.-- Phantom tumor (Med.), a swelling, especially of the abdomen, dueto muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus, etc., simulating an actualtumor in appearance, but disappearing upon the administration of anan\u00e6sthetic."
"PHANTOM CIRCUIT","The equivalent of an additional circuit or wire, in reality notexisting, obtained by certain arrangements of real circuits, as insome multiplex telegraph systems."
"PHANTOMATIC","Phantasmal. [R.] Coleridge."
"PHARAON","See Pharaoh, 2."
"PHARAONIC","Of or pertaining to the Pharaohs, or kings of ancient Egypt."
"PHARISEAN","Following the practice of Pharisees; Pharisaic. [Obs.]'Pharisean disciples.' Milton."
"PHARISEE","One of a sect or party among the Jews, noted for a strict andformal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions ofthe elders, and whose pretensions to superior sanctity led them toseparate themselves from the other Jews."
"PHARISEEISM","See Pharisaism."
"PHARMACEUTICS","The science of preparing medicines."
"PHARMACEUTIST","One skilled in pharmacy; a druggist. See the Note underApothecary."
"PHARMACIST","One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmaceutist; a druggist."
"PHARMACODYMANICS","That branch of pharmacology which treats of the action and theeffects of medicines."
"PHARMACODYNAMICS","That branch of pharmacology which considers the mode of action,and the effects, of medicines. Dunglison."
"PHARMACOGNOSIS","That branch of pharmacology which treats of unpreparedmedicines or simples; -- called also pharmacography, andpharmacomathy."
"PHARMACOGNOSY","Pharmacognosis."
"PHARMACOGRAPHY","See Pharmacognosis."
"PHARMACOLITE","A hydrous arsenate of lime, usually occurring in silky fibersof a white or grayish color."
"PHARMACOLOGIST","One skilled in pharmacology."
"PHARMACOMATHY","See Pharmacognosis."
"PHARMACON","A medicine or drug; also, a poison. Dunglison."
"PHARMACOPOLIST","One who sells medicines; an apothecary."
"PHARMACOSIDERITE","A hydrous arsenate of iron occurring in green or yellowishgreen cubic crystals; cube ore."
"PHAROLOGY","The art or science which treats of lighthouses and signallights."
"PHAROS","A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen.He . . . built a pharos, or lighthouse. Arbuthnot."
"PHARYNGAL","Pharyngeal. H. Sweet."
"PHARYNGEAL","Of or pertaining to the pharynx; in the region of the pharynx."
"PHARYNGITIS","Inflammation of the pharynx."
"PHARYNGOBRANCHIAL","Of or pertaining to the pharynx and the branchi\u00e6; -- appliedespecially to the dorsal elements in the branchial arches of fishes.See Pharyngeal.-- n."
"PHARYNGOBRANCHII","Same as Leptocardia."
"PHARYNGOGNATHI","A division of fishes in which the lower pharyngeal bones areunited. It includes the scaroid, labroid, and embioticoid fishes."
"PHARYNGOLARYNGEAL","Of or pertaining both to pharynx and the larynx."
"PHARYNGOPNEUSTA","A group of invertebrates including the Tunicata andEnteropneusta.-- Pha*ryn`gop*neus'tal, a."
"PHARYNGOTOME","An instrument for incising or scarifying the tonsils, etc."
"PHARYNX","The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of themouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings throughthe nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings infishes and some amphibias."
"PHASCOLOME","A marsupial of the genus Phascolomys; a wombat."
"PHASE","A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycleof changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form ofenlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. See Illust.under Moon."
"PHASE ANGLE","The angle expressing phase relation."
"PHASE CONVERTER","A machine for converting an alternating current into analternating current of a different number of phases and the samefrequency."
"PHASE DISPLACEMENT","A charge of phase whereby an alternating current attains itsmaximum later or earlier. An inductance would cause a lag, a capacitywould cause an advance, in phase."
"PHASE RULE","A generalization with regard to systems of chemicalequilibrium, discovered by Prof. J. Willard Gibbs. It may be statedthus: The degree of variableness (number of degrees of freedom) of asystem is equal to the number of components minus the number ofphases, plus two. Thus, if the components be salt and water, and thephases salt, ice, saturated solution, and vapor, the system isinvariant, that is, there is only one set of conditions under whichthese four phases can exist in equilibrium. If only three phases beconsidered, the system is univariant, that is, the fixing of onecondition, as temperature, determines the others."
"PHASE SPLITTER","A device by which a single-phase current is split into two ormore currents differing in phase. It is used in starting single-phaseinduction motors."
"PHASE SPLITTING","The dephasing of the two parts of a single alternating currentin two dissimilar branches of a given circuit."
"PHASEL","The French bean, or kidney bean."
"PHASELESS","Without a phase, or visible form. [R.] 'A phaseless andincreasing gloom.' Poe."
"PHASEOLUS","A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean, thekidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. See Bean."
"PHASEOMANNITE","Same as Inosite."
"PHASING","Pertaining to phase or differences of phase."
"PHASING CURRENT","The momentary current between two alternating-currentgenerators when juxtaposed in parallel and not agreeing exactly inphase or period."
"PHASING TRANSFORMER","Any of several transformers (there must be at least two) forchanging phase."
"PHASIS","See Phase. Creech."
"PHASMID","Any orthopterous insect of the family Phasmid\u00e6, as a leafinsect or a stick insect."
"PHASSACHATE","The lead-colored agate; -- so called in reference to its color."
"PHATAGIN","The long-tailed pangolin (Manis tetradactyla); -- called alsoipi."
"PHEASANT","Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of thegenus Phasianus, and many other genera of the family Phasianid\u00e6,found chiefly in Asia."
"PHEASANTRY","A place for keeping and rearing pheasants. Gwilt."
"PHEBE","See Phoebe."
"PHEER","See 1st Fere. [Obs.] Spenser."
"PHEESE","To comb; also, to beat; to worry. [Obs. or Local] See Feaze, v."
"PHELLODERM","A layer of green parenchimatous cells formed on the inner sideof the phellogen."
"PHELLOGEN","The tissue of young cells which produces cork cells."
"PHELLOPLASTICS","Art of modeling in cork."
"PHENACITE","A glassy colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral crystals,sometimes used as a gem. It is a silicate of glucina, and receivesits name from its deceptive similarity to quartz."
"PHENAKISTOSCOPE","A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relativeattitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance ofan object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., inconsequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressionsof the retina. It is often arranged so that the figures may beprojected upon a screen."
"PHENALGIN","An ammoniated compound of phenyl and acetamide, used as ananalgesic and antipyretic. It resembles phenacetin in its therapeuticaction."
"PHENANTHRENE","A complex hydrocarbon, C14H10, found in coal tar, and obtainedas a white crystalline substance with a bluish fluorescence."
"PHENANTHRIDINE","A nitrogenous hydrocarbon base, C13H9N, analogous tophenanthrene and quinoline."
"PHENANTHROLINE","Either of two metameric nitrogenous hydrocarbon bases, C12H8N2,analogous to phenanthridine, but more highly nitrogenized."
"PHENE","Benzene. [Obs.]"
"PHENETOL","The ethyl ether of phenol, obtained as an aromatic liquid,C6H5.O.C2H5."
"PHENIC","Of, pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, phenyl orphenol. Phenic acid (Chem.), a phenol. [Obsoles.]"
"PHENICIAN","See Phoenician."
"PHENICIOUS","Of a red color with a slight mixture of gray. Dana."
"PHENICOPTER","A flamingo."
"PHENIX","A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by itsown act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem ofimmortality."
"PHENOCRYST","One of the prominent embedded crystals of a porphyry."
"PHENOGAMIA","Same as Ph\u00e6nogamia."
"PHENOLATE","A compound of phenol analogous to a salt."
"PHENOLOGY","The science of the relations between climate and periodicbiological phenomena, as the migrations and breeding of birds, theflowering and fruiting of plants, etc. -- Phe`no*log'ic*al (#), a. --Phe`no*log'ic*al*ly, adv. -- Phe*nol'o*gist (#), n."
"PHENOMENAL","Relating to, or of the nature of, a phenomenon; hence,extraordinary; wonderful; as, a phenomenal memory.-- Phe*nom'e*nal*ly, adv."
"PHENOMENALISM","That theory which limits positive or scientific knowledge tophenomena only, whether material or spiritual."
"PHENOMENIST","One who believes in the theory of phenomenalism."
"PHENOMENOLOGY","A description, history, or explanation of phenomena. 'Thephenomenology of the mind.' Sir W. Hamilton."
"PHENOSE","A sweet amorphous deliquescent substance obtained indirectlyfrom benzene, and isometric with, and resembling, dextrose."
"PHENYL","A hydrocarbon radical (C6H5) regarded as the essential residueof benzene, and the basis of an immense number of aromaticderivatives. Phenyl hydrate (Chem.), phenol or carbolic acid.-- Phenyl hydrazine (Chem.), a nitrogenous base (C6H5.N2H3) producedartificially as a colorless oil which unites with acids, ketones,etc., to form well-crystallized compounds."
"PHENYLAMINE","Any one of certain class of organic bases regarded as formedfrom ammonia by the substitution of phenyl for hydrogen."
"PHENYLENE","A hypothetic radical (C6H4) occurring in certain derivatives ofbenzene; as, phenylene diamine."
"PHENYLIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, phenyl. Phenylicalcohol (Chem.), phenol."
"PHEON","A bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin, with longbarbs which are engrailed on the inner edge."
"PHIAL","A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle formedicines; a vial."
"PHILABEG","See Filibeg."
"PHILADELPHIAN","Of or pertaining to Ptolemy Philadelphus, or to one of thecities named Philadelphia, esp. the modern city in Pennsylvania."
"PHILALETHIST","A lover of the truth. [Obs.] Brathwait."
"PHILANDER","To make love to women; to play the male flirt.You can't go philandering after her again. G. Eliot."
"PHILANDERER","One who hangs about women; a male flirt. [R.] C. Kingsley."
"PHILANTHROPE","A philanthropist. [Obs.] R. North."
"PHILANTHROPINISM","A system of education on so-called natural principles,attempted in Germany in the last century by Basedow, of Dessau."
"PHILANTHROPINIST","An advocate of, or believer in, philanthropinism."
"PHILANTHROPIST","One who practices philanthropy; one who loves mankind, andseeks to promote the good of others."
"PHILANTHROPISTIC","Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a philanthropist. [R.]Carlyle."
"PHILANTHROPY","Love to mankind; benevolence toward the whole human family;universal good will; desire and readiness to do good to all men; --opposed to misanthropy. Jer. Taylor."
"PHILATELIC","Of or pertaining to philately."
"PHILATELIST","One versed in philately; one who collects postage stamps."
"PHILATELY","The collection of postage stamps of various issues."
"PHILATHEA","An international, interdenominational organization of Bibleclasses of young women."
"PHILATORY","A kind of transparent reliquary with an ornamental top."
"PHILAUTY","Self-love; selfishness. [Obs.] Beaumont."
"PHILHARMONIC","Loving harmony or music."
"PHILHELLENE","A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist. Emerson."
"PHILHELLENIC","Of or pertaining to philhellenism."
"PHILHELLENISM","Love of Greece."
"PHILHELLENIST","A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks;particularly, one who supported them in their struggle forindependence against the Turks; a philhellene."
"PHILIBEG","See Filibeg. [Scot.]"
"PHILIPPIAN","Of or pertaining to Philippi, a city of ancient Macedonia.-- n."
"PHILIPPIUM","A rare and doubtful metallic element said to have beendiscovered in the mineral samarskite."
"PHILIPPIZE","To write or speak in the style of a philippic."
"PHILISTER","A Philistine; -- a cant name given to townsmen by students inGerman universities."
"PHILISTINISM","The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class calledPhilistines. See Philistine, 3. [Recent] Carlyle.On the side of beauty and taste, vulgarity; on the side of morals andfeeling, coarseness; on the side of mind and spirit, unintelligence,-- this is Philistinism. M. Arnold."
"PHILLYGENIN","A pearly crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition ofphillyrin."
"PHILLYREA","A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of theMediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive."
"PHILLYRIN","A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter whitecrystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a febrifuge."
"PHILO-","A combining form from Gr. fi`los loving, fond of, attached to;as, philosophy, philotechnic."
"PHILOGYNIST","A lover or friend of women; one who esteems woman as the highertype of humanity; -- opposed to Ant: misogynist."
"PHILOGYNY","Fondness for women; uxoriousness; -- opposed to Ant: misogyny.[R.] Byron."
"PHILOHELLENIAN","A philhellenist."
"PHILOLOGER","A philologist. Burton."
"PHILOLOGIAN","A philologist. [R.]"
"PHILOLOGIST","One versed in philology."
"PHILOLOGIZE","To study, or make critical comments on, language. Evelyn."
"PHILOLOGUE","A philologist. [R.] Carlyle."
"PHILOMATH","A lover of learning; a scholar. Chesterfield."
"PHILOMATHEMATIC","A philomath."
"PHILOMATHY","The love of learning or letters."
"PHILOMEL","Same as Philomela, the nightingale. [Poetic] Milton. Cowper."
"PHILOMELA","A genus of birds including the nightingales."
"PHILOMENE","The nightingale. [Obs.]"
"PHILOMOT","Of the color of a dead leaf. [Obs.] Addison."
"PHILOMUSICAL","Loving music. [R.]Busby."
"PHILOPENA","A present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social gamethat is played in various ways; also, the game itself. [Written alsofillipeen and phillippine.]"
"PHILOPROGENITIVE","Having the love of offspring; fond of children."
"PHILOPROGENITIVENESS","The love of offspring; fondness for children."
"PHILOSOPHASTER","A pretender to philosophy. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"PHILOSOPHATE","To play the philosopher; to moralize. [Obs.] Barrow."
"PHILOSOPHATION","Philosophical speculation and discussion. [Obs.] Sir W. Petty."
"PHILOSOPHE","A philosophaster; a philosopher. [R.] Carlyle."
"PHILOSOPHEME","A philosophical proposition, doctrine, or principle ofreasoning. [R.]This, the most venerable, and perhaps the most ancient, of Grecianmyths, is a philosopheme. Coleridge."
"PHILOSOPHER","Of or pertaining to philosophy; versed in, or imbued with, theprinciples of philosophy; hence, characterizing a philosopher;rational; wise; temperate; calm; cool.-- Phil`o*soph'ic*al*ly, adv."
"PHILOSOPHISM","Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry.Carlyle."
"PHILOSOPHIST","A pretender in philosophy."
"PHILOSOPHIZE","To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason andnature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign rationalcauses for their existence.Man philosophizes as he lives. He may philosophize well or ill, butphilosophize he must. Sir W. Hamilton."
"PHILOSOPHIZER","One who philosophizes."
"PHILOSTORGY","Natural affection, as of parents for their children. [R.]"
"PHILTER","A potion or charm intended to excite the passion of love.[Written also philtre.] Addison."
"PHIMOSIS","A condition of the penis in which the prepuce can not be drawnback so as to uncover the glans penis."
"PHITONESS","Pythoness; witch. [Obs.]"
"PHIZ","The face or visage. [Colloq.] Cowper."
"PHLEBITIS","Inflammation of a vein."
"PHLEBOGRAM","A tracing (with the sphygmograph) of the movements of a vein,or of the venous pulse."
"PHLEBOLOGY","A branch of anatomy which treats of the veins."
"PHLEBOTOMIST","One who practiced phlebotomy."
"PHLEBOTOMIZE","To let blood from by opening a vein; to bleed. [R.] Howell."
"PHLEBOTOMY","The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in thetreatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting."
"PHLEGETHON","One of the principal rivers of Hades, in the channel of whichfire flowed instead of water."
"PHLEGM","Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratoryand digestive passages."
"PHLEGMAGOGUE","A medicine supposed to expel phlegm."
"PHLEGMASIA","An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of theinternal organs. Phlegmasia dolens ( Etym: [NL.], milk leg."
"PHLEGMATICAL","Phlegmatic. Ash."
"PHLEGMATICALLY","In a phlegmatic manner."
"PHLEGMATICLY","Phlegmatically. [Obs.]"
"PHLEGMON","Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue."
"PHLEGMONOUS","Having the nature or properties of phlegmon; as, phlegmonouspneumonia. Harvey."
"PHLEME","See Fleam."
"PHLEUM","A genus of grasses, including the timothy (Phleum pratense),which is highly valued for hay; cat's-tail grass. Gray."
"PHLOEM","That portion of fibrovascular bundles which corresponds to theinner bark; the liber tissue; -- distinguished from xylem."
"PHLOGISTIAN","A believer in the existence of phlogiston."
"PHLOGISTIC","Of or pertaining to phlogiston, or to belief in its existence."
"PHLOGISTICAL","Phlogistic."
"PHLOGISTICATE","To combine phlogiston with; -- usually in the form and sense ofthe p. p. or the adj.; as, highly phlogisticated substances."
"PHLOGISTICATION","The act or process of combining with phlogiston."
"PHLOGISTON","The hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regardedby Stahl as a chemical element."
"PHLOGOGENOUS","Causing inflammation."
"PHLOGOPITE","A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red orcopperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia,with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic ofcrystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. See Mica."
"PHLOGOSIS","Inflammation of external parts of the body; erysipelatousinflammation."
"PHLOGOTIC","Of or pertaining to phlogisis."
"PHLORAMINE","A basic amido derivative of phloroglucin, having an astringenttaste."
"PHLORETIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, an organic acidobtained by the decomposition of phloretin."
"PHLORETIN","A bitter white crystalline substance obtained by thedecomposition of phlorizin, and formerly used to some extent as asubstitute for quinine."
"PHLORIZIN","A bitter white crystalline glucoside extracted from the rootbark of the apple, pear, cherry, plum, etc. [Formerly also writtenphloridzin.]"
"PHLOROGLUCIN","A sweet white crystalline substance, metameric with pyrogallol,and obtained by the decomposition of phloretin, and from certaingums, as catechu, kino, etc. It belongs to the class of phenols.[Called also phloroglucinol.]"
"PHLOROL","A liquid metameric with xylenol, belonging to the class ofphenols, and obtained by distilling certain salts of phloretic acid."
"PHLORONE","A yellow crystalline substance having a peculiar unpleasantodor, resembling the quinones, and obtained from beechwood tar andcoal tar, as also by the oxidation of xylidine; -- called alsoxyloquinone."
"PHLOX","A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purpleflowers. Phlox worm (Zo\u00f6l.), the larva of an American moth (Heliothisphloxiphaga). It is destructive to phloxes.-- Phlox subulata, the moss pink. See under Moss."
"PHLYCTENULAR","Characterized by the presence of small pustules, or whitishelevations resembling pustules; as, phlyctenular ophthalmia."
"PHOCA","A genus of seals. It includes the common harbor seal and alliedspecies. See Seal."
"PHOCACEAN","Any species of Phoca; a seal."
"PHOCAL","Pertaining to seals."
"PHOCENIC","Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; -- said of anacid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identicalwith valeric acid. Watts."
"PHOCENIN","See Delphin."
"PHOCINE","Of or pertaining to the seal tribe; phocal."
"PHOCODONT","One of the Phocodontia."
"PHOCODONTIA","A group of extinct carnivorous whales. Their teeth hadcompressed and serrated crowns. It includes Squalodon and alliedgenera."
"PHOEBE","The pewee, or pewit."
"PHOEBUS","Apollo; the sun god."
"PHOENICIAN","Of or pertaining to Phoenica.-- n."
"PHOENICIOUS","See Phenicious."
"PHOENICOPTERUS","A genus of birds which includes the flamingoes."
"PHOENIX","A genus of palms including the date tree."
"PHOLAD","Any species of Pholas."
"PHOLADEAN","Pholad."
"PHOLAS","Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of thegenus Pholas, or family Pholadid\u00e6. They bore holes for themselves inclay, peat, and soft rocks."
"PHONAL","Of or relating to the voice; as, phonal structure. Max M\u00fcller."
"PHONASCETICS","Treatment for restoring or improving the voice."
"PHONATION","The act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered; theutterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech."
"PHONAUTOGRAPH","An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to producea visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of aresonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by aflexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membranerecords the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a movingcylinder or plate."
"PHONE","Colloq. for Telephone."
"PHONEIDOSCOPE","An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies byoptical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which isstretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands,the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations."
"PHONETICALLY","In a phonetic manner."
"PHONETICIAN","One versed in phonetics; a phonetist."
"PHONETISM","The science which treats of vocal sounds. J. Peile."
"PHONETIZATION","The act, art, or process of representing sounds by phoneticsigns."
"PHONETIZE","To represent by phonetic signs. Lowell."
"PHONIC","Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic.Tyndall."
"PHONICS","See Phonetics."
"PHONO","A South American butterfly (Ithonia phono) having nearlytransparent wings."
"PHONO-","A combining form from Gr. sound, tone; as, phonograph,phonology."
"PHONOCAMPTIC","Reflecting sound. [R.] 'Phonocamptic objects.' Derham."
"PHONOGRAPH","An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproductionof audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists of arotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented,as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carryinga stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, thestylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material,and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the platein vibration, and reproduce the sound."
"PHONOGRAPHICALLY","In a phonographic manner; by means of phonograph."
"PHONOGRAPHIST","Phonographer."
"PHONOLITE","A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite,ha\u00fcynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck; -- calledalso clinkstone."
"PHONOLOGER","A phonologist."
"PHONOLOGIST","One versed in phonology."
"PHONOLOGY","The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by thehuman voice in speech, including the various distinctions,modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatiseon sounds."
"PHONOMETER","An instrument for measuring sounds, as to their intensity, orthe frequency of the vibrations."
"PHONOMOTOR","An instrument in which motion is produced by the vibrations ofa sounding body."
"PHONORGANON","A speaking machine."
"PHONOTYPE","A type or character used in phonotypy."
"PHONOTYPIST","One versed in phonotypy."
"PHONOTYPY","A method of phonetic printing of the English language, asdevised by Mr. Pitman, in which nearly all the ordinary letters andmany new forms are employed in order to indicate each elementarysound by a separate character."
"PHORMINX","A kind of lyre used by the Greeks. Mrs. Browning."
"PHORMIUM","A genus of liliaceous plants, consisting of one species(Phormium tenax). See Flax-plant."
"PHORONE","A yellow crystalline substance, having a geraniumlike odor,regarded as a complex derivative of acetone, and obtained fromcertain camphor compounds."
"PHORONIS","A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around themouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva(Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis."
"PHORONOMIA","See Phoronomics."
"PHORONOMICS","The science of motion; kinematics. [R.] Weisbach."
"PHOSGENE","Producing, or produced by, the action of light; -- formerlyused specifically to designate a gas now called carbonyl chloride.See Carbonyl."
"PHOSGENITE","A rare mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of a white,yellow, or grayish color and adamantine luster. It is achlorocarbonate of lead."
"PHOSPHAM","An inert amorphous white powder, PN2H, obtained by passingammonia over heated phosphorus. [Spelt also phosphame.] --Phos'pham'ic, a."
"PHOSPHATE","A salt of phosphoric acid."
"PHOSPHATIC","Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus, phosphoric acid, orphosphates; as, phosphatic nodules. Phosphatic diathesis (Med.), ahabit of body which leads to the undue excretion of phosphates withthe urine."
"PHOSPHATURIA","The excessive discharge of phosphates in the urine."
"PHOSPHENE","A luminous impression produced through excitation of the retinaby some cause other than the impingement upon it of rays of light, asby pressure upon the eyeball when the lids are closed. Cf. After-image."
"PHOSPHIDE","A binary compound of phosphorus."
"PHOSPHINE","A colorless gas, PH3, analogous to ammonia, and having adisagreeable odor resembling that of garlic. Called also hydrogenphosphide, and formerly, phosphureted hydrogen."
"PHOSPHINIC","Pertaining to, or designating, certain acids analogous to thephosphonic acids, but containing two hydrocarbon radicals, andderived from the secondary phosphines by oxidation."
"PHOSPHITE","A salt of phosphorous acid."
"PHOSPHONIC","Pertaining to, or designating, certain derivatives ofphosphorous acid containing a hydrocarbon radical, and analogous tothe sulphonic acid."
"PHOSPHONIUM","The hypothetical radical PH4, analogous to ammonium, andregarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine."
"PHOSPHOR-BRONZE","A variety of bronze possessing great hardness, elasticity, andtoughness, obtained by melting copper with tin phosphide. It containsone or two per cent of phosphorus and from five to fifteen per centof tin."
"PHOSPHORATE","To impregnate, or combine, with phosphorus or its compounds;as, phosphorated oil."
"PHOSPHOREOUS","Phosphorescent. [Obs.]"
"PHOSPHORESCE","To shine as phosphorus; to be phosphorescent; to emit aphosphoric light."
"PHOSPHORESCENT","Shining with a phosphoric light; luminous without sensibleheat.-- n."
"PHOSPHORICAL","Phosphoric."
"PHOSPHORITE","(min.) A massive variety of apatite."
"PHOSPHORITIC","Pertaining to phosphorite; resembling, or of the nature of,phosphorite."
"PHOSPHORIZE","To phosphorate."
"PHOSPHORIZED","Containing, or impregnated with, phosphorus."
"PHOSPHOROGENIC","Generating phosphorescence; as, phosphorogenic rays."
"PHOSPHOROSCOPE","An apparatus for observing the phosphorescence produced indifferent bodies by the action of light, and for measuring itsduration."
"PHOSPHOROUS","Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling or containingphosphorus; specifically, designating those compounds in whichphosphorus has a lower valence as contrasted with phosphoriccompounds; as, phosphorous acid, H3PO3."
"PHOSPHORUS","A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtainedas a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having acharacteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, mustbe preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinarytemperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It alwaysoccurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, inbones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of frictionmatches, and for many other purposes. The molecule contains fouratoms. Symbol P. Atomic weight 31.0."
"PHOSPHORUS STEEL","A steel in which the amount of phosphorus exceeds that ofcarbon."
"PHOSPHORYL","The radical PO, regarded as the typical nucleus of certaincompounds."
"PHOSPHURET","A phosphide. [Obsoles.]"
"PHOSPHURETED","Impregnated, or combined, with phosphorus. [Obsoles.] [Writtenalso phosphuretted.] Phosphureted hydrogen. (Chem.) See Phosphine."
"PHOTIC","Relating to the production of light by the lower animals."
"PHOTIC REGION","The uppermost zone of the sea, which receives the most light."
"PHOTICS","The science of light; -- a general term sometimes employed whenoptics is restricted to light as a producing vision. Knight."
"PHOTISM","A luminous image or appearance of a hallucinatory character."
"PHOTO","A contraction of Photograph. [Colloq.]"
"PHOTO-","A combining form from Gr. fw^s, fwto`s, light; as, photography,phototype, photometer."
"PHOTO-ELECTRIC","Acting by the operation of both light and electricity; -- saidof apparatus for producing pictures by electric light."
"PHOTO-ELECTRIC CELL","A cell (as one of two electrodes embedded in selenium) which byexposure to light generates an electric current."
"PHOTO-ELECTRICITY","Electricity produced by light."
"PHOTO-ELECTROGRAPH","An electrometer registering by photography."
"PHOTO-ELECTROTYPE","An electrotype plate formed in a mold made by photographing onprepared gelatine, etc."
"PHOTO-ENGRAVE","To engrave by a photomechanical process; to make a photo-engraving of. -- Pho`to-en*grav'er (#), n."
"PHOTO-ENGRAVING","The process of obtaining an etched or engraved plate from thephotographic image, to be used in printing; also, a picture producedby such a process."
"PHOTO-EPINASTY","A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface ofdorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposureto light. Encyc. Brit."
"PHOTO-ETCH","To engrave, or make an engraving of, by any photomechanicalprocess involving etching of the plate."
"PHOTO-ETCHING","A photo-engraving produced by any process involving the etchingof the plate."
"PHOTOBACTERIUM","A genus including certain comma-shaped marine bacteria whichemit bluish or greenish phosphorescence. Also, any micro\u00f6rganism ofthis group."
"PHOTOBIOTIC","Requiring light to live; incapable of living without light; as,photobiotic plant cells."
"PHOTOCERAMICS","Art or process of decorating pottery with photographicallyprepared designs. -- Pho`to*ce*ram'ic (#), a."
"PHOTOCHEMICAL","Of or pertaining to chemical action of light, or produced byit; as, the photochemical changes of the visual purple of the retina."
"PHOTOCHEMISTRY","The branch of chemistry which relates to the effect of light inproducing chemical changes, as in photography."
"PHOTOCHROMOGRAPHY","Art or process of printing colored photographs."
"PHOTOCHROMOTYPE","A colored print made photomechanically."
"PHOTOCHROMOTYPY","The art of making photochromotypes."
"PHOTOCHROMY","The art or process of reproducing colors by photography."
"PHOTOCHRONOGRAPHY","Art of recording or measuring intervals of time by thephotochronograph. -- Pho`to*chron`o*graph'ic (#), -graph'ic*al (#),a. -- -graph'ic*al*ly, adv."
"PHOTODROME","An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, whichwhen turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes oflight passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timingthe succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to bemotionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction."
"PHOTODYNAMICS","The relation of light to the movements of plants and theirorgans; the study of the phenomena of curvatures induced by thestimulus of light. --Pho`to*dy*nam'ic (#), Pho`to*dy*nam'ic*al (#),a."
"PHOTOGALVANOGRAPHY","The art or process of making photo-electrotypes. Sir D.Brewster."
"PHOTOGEN","A light hydrocarbon oil resembling kerosene. It is obtained bydistilling coal, paraffin, etc., and is used as a lubricant,illuminant, etc. [Written also photogene.]"
"PHOTOGENIC","Of or pertaining to photogeny; producing or generating light."
"PHOTOGENY","See Photography. [Obsoles.]"
"PHOTOGLYPHIC","Pertaining to the art of engraving by the action of light.[Written also photoglyptic.] Photoglyphic engraving, a process ofetching on copper, steel, or zinc, by means of the action of lightand certain chemicals, so that from the plate impressions may betaken. Sir D. Brewster."
"PHOTOGLYPHY","Photoglyphic engraving. See under Photoglyphic."
"PHOTOGLYPTIC","Same as Photoglyphic."
"PHOTOGRAM","A photograph. [R.]"
"PHOTOGRAMMETER","A phototheodolite, or a camera designed for use inphotogrammetry. --Pho`to*gram*met'ric (#), Pho`to*gram*met'ric*al(#), a."
"PHOTOGRAMMETRY","A method of surveying or map making by photography, used alsoin determining the height and motions of clouds, sea waves, and thelike."
"PHOTOGRAPH","A picture or likeness obtained by photography."
"PHOTOGRAPHER","One who practices, or is skilled in, photography."
"PHOTOGRAPHIST","A photographer."
"PHOTOGRAPHOMETER","An instrument for determining the sensibility of the platesemployed in photographic processes to luminous rays."
"PHOTOGRAPHONE","A device, consisting essentially of an electric arc and acamera, by which a series of photographs of the variations of the arcdue to sound waves are obtained for reproduction by means of aselenium cell and a telephone."
"PHOTOGRAVURE","A photoengraving; also, the process by which such a picture isproduced."
"PHOTOHELIOGRAPH","A modified kind of telescope adapted to taking photographs ofthe sun."
"PHOTOHELIOMETER","A double-lens instrument for measuring slight variations of thesun's diameter by photography, utilizing the common chord of twooverlapping images."
"PHOTOLITHOGRAPH","A lithographic picture or copy from a stone prepared by the aidof photography."
"PHOTOLITHOGRAPHER","One who practices, or one who employs, photolithography."
"PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to photolithography; produced byphotolithography."
"PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY","The art or process of producing photolithographs."
"PHOTOLOGIST","One who studies or expounds the laws of light."
"PHOTOLOGY","The doctrine or science of light, explaining its nature andphenomena; optics."
"PHOTOLUMINESCENT","Luminescent by exposure to light waves. --Pho`to*lu`mi*nes'cence (#), n."
"PHOTOMAGNETIC","Of or pertaining to photomagnetism."
"PHOTOMAGNETISM","The branch of science which treats of the relation of magnetismto light."
"PHOTOMECHANICAL","Pertaining to, or designating, any photographic process inwhich a printing surface is obtained without the intervention of handengraving."
"PHOTOMETER","An instrument for measuring the intensity of light, or, moreespecially, for comparing the relative intensities of differentlights, or their relative illuminating power."
"PHOTOMETRICIAN","One engaged in the scientific measurement of light."
"PHOTOMETRY","That branch of science which treats of the measurement of theintensity of light."
"PHOTOMEZZOTYPE","A photomechanical process similar to collotype."
"PHOTOMICROGRAPHY","The art of producing photomicrographs."
"PHOTONEPHOGRAPH","A nephoscope registering by photography, commonly consisting ofa pair of cameras used simultaneously."
"PHOTOPHILOUS","Light-loving; growing in strong light, as many plants."
"PHOTOPHOBIA","A dread or intolerance of light. Sir T. Watson."
"PHOTOPHONE","An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of raysof light. A. G. Bell."
"PHOTOPHONIC","Of or pertaining to photophone."
"PHOTOPHONY","The art or practice of using the photophone."
"PHOTOPLAY","A play for representation or exhibition by moving pictures;also, the moving-picture representation of a play."
"PHOTOPRINT","Any print made by a photomechanical process."
"PHOTOPSIA","An affection of the eye, in which the patient perceivesluminous rays, flashes, coruscations, etc. See phosphene."
"PHOTOPSY","Same as Photopsia."
"PHOTORELIEF","A printing surface in relief, obtained by photographic meansand subsequent manipulations. Knight."
"PHOTOSCOPE","Anything employed for the observation of light or luminouseffects."
"PHOTOSCOPIC","Of or pertaining to the photoscope or its uses."
"PHOTOSCULPTURE","A process in which, by means of a number of photographssimultaneously taken from different points of view on the same level,rough models of the figure or bust of a person or animal may be madewith great expedition."
"PHOTOSPHERE","A sphere of light; esp., the luminous envelope of the sun."
"PHOTOSPHERIC","Of or pertaining to the photosphere."
"PHOTOSYNTHESIS","The process of constructive metabolism by which carbohydratesare formed from water vapor and the carbon dioxide of the air in thechlorophyll-containing tissues of plants exposed to the action oflight. It was formerly called assimilation, but this is now commonlyused as in animal physiology. The details of the process are not yetclearly known. Baeyer's theory is that the carbon dioxide is reducedto carbon monoxide, which, uniting with the hydrogen of the water inthe cell, produces formaldehyde, the latter forming various sugarsthrough polymerization. Vines suggests that the carbohydrates aresecretion products of the chloroplasts, derived from decomposition ofpreviously formed proteids. The food substances are usually quicklytranslocated, those that accumulate being changed to starch, whichappears in the cells almost simultaneously with the sugars. Thechloroplasts perform photosynthesis only in light and within acertain range of temperature, varying according to climate. This isthe only way in which a plant is able to organize carbohydrates. Allplants without a chlorophyll apparatus, as the fungi, must beparasitic or saprophytic. --Pho`to*syn*thet'ic (#), a. --Pho`to*syn*thet'ic*al*ly (#), adv."
"PHOTOTELEGRAPHY","Telegraphy by means of light, as by the heliograph or thephotophone. Also, less properly, telephotography. --Pho`to*tel'e*graph (#), n. --Pho`to*tel`e*graph'ic (#), a."
"PHOTOTELESCOPE","A telescope adapted for taking photographs of the heavenlybodies."
"PHOTOTHEODOLITE","An arrangement of two photographic cameras, the plates of whichmay be brought into exactly the same plane, used in surveying and mapmaking. From the differences between two pictures taken at the samemoment, measurements in all dimensions of the region may be obtained."
"PHOTOTHERAPY","The application of light for therapeutic purposes, esp. fortreating diseases of the skin. -- Pho`to*the*rap'ic (#),Pho`to*ther`a*peu'tic (#), a."
"PHOTOTHERMIC","Of or pertaining to both light and heat."
"PHOTOTONUS","A motile condition in plants resulting from exposure to light.-- Pho`to*ton'ic, a."
"PHOTOTOPOGRAPHY","Photogrammetry. -- Pho`to*top`o*graph'ic (#),Pho`to*top`o*graph'ic*al (#), a."
"PHOTOTRICHROMATIC","Designating a photomechanical process for making reproductionsin natural colors by three printings."
"PHOTOTROPIC","Same as Heliotropic."
"PHOTOTROPISM","The tendency of growing plant organs to move or curve under theinfluence of light. In ordinary use the term is practicallysynonymous with heliotropism."
"PHOTOTYPE","A plate or block with a printing surface (usually in relief)obtained from a photograph; also, any one of the many methods ofprocesses by which such a printing surface is obtained."
"PHOTOTYPIC","Of or pertaining to a phototype or phototypy."
"PHOTOTYPOGRAPHY","Same as Phototypy."
"PHOTOTYPY","The art or process of producing phototypes."
"PHOTOVISUAL","Of certain achromatic lenses, having the same focus for theactinic and for the brightest of the visual rays."
"PHOTOXYLOGRAPHY","The process of producing a representation of an object on wood,by photography, for the use of the wood engraver."
"PHOTOZINCOGRAPH","A print made by photozincography.-- Pho`to*zin`co*graph'ic, a."
"PHOTOZINCOGRAPHY","A process, analogous to photolithography, for reproducingphotographed impressions transferred to zinc plate."
"PHRAGMOCONE","The thin chambered shell attached to the anterior end of abelemnite. [Written also phragmacone.]"
"PHRAGMOSIPHON","The siphon of a phragmocone."
"PHRASAL","Of the nature of a phrase; consisting of a phrase; as, aphrasal adverb. Earlc."
"PHRASE","A short clause or portion of a period."
"PHRASELESS","Indescribable. Shak."
"PHRASEOGRAM","A symbol for a phrase."
"PHRASEOLOGIST","A collector or coiner of phrases."
"PHRASING","The act or method of grouping the notes so as to form distinctmusical phrases."
"PHRATRY","A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens."
"PHREATIC","Subterranean; -- applied to sources supplying wells."
"PHRENETIC","One who is phrenetic. Harvey."
"PHRENIC","Of or pertaining to the diaphragm; diaphragmatic; as, thephrenic nerve."
"PHRENICS","That branch of science which relates to the mind; mentalphilosophy. [R.]"
"PHRENISM","See Vital force, under Vital."
"PHRENITIS","Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain,attended with acute fever and delirium; -- called also cephalitis."
"PHRENOGRAPH","An instrument for registering the movements of the diaphragm,or midriff, in respiration."
"PHRENOLOGER","A phrenologist."
"PHRENOLOGIC","Phrenological."
"PHRENOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to phrenology.-- Phren`o*log'ic*al*ly, adv."
"PHRENOLOGIST","One versed in phrenology; a craniologist."
"PHRENOMAGNETISM","The power of exciting the organs of the brain by magnetic ormesmeric influence."
"PHRENOSIN","A nitrogenous body, related to cerebrin, supposed to exist inthe brain."
"PHRENSIED","See Frenzied."
"PHRENSY","Violent and irrational excitement; delirium. See Frenzy."
"PHRENTIC","See Phrenetic. [Obs.]"
"PHRYGANEID","Any insect belonging to the Phryganeides."
"PHRYGANEIDES","A tribe of neuropterous insects which includes the caddiceflies; -- called also Trichoptera. See Trichoptera. [Written alsoPhryganides.]"
"PHRYGIAN","Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants. Phrygianmode (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek modes, very bold and vehementin style; -- so called because fabled to have been invented by thePhrygian Marsyas. Moore (Encyc. of Music).-- Phrygian stone, a light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice, --used by the ancients in dyeing, and said to be drying and astringent."
"PHRYGIAN CAP","A close-fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn byOrientals, assumed to have been conical in shape. It has been adoptedin modern art as the so-called liberty cap, or cap of liberty."
"PHTHALATE","A salt of phthalic acid."
"PHTHALEIN","One of a series of artificial organic dyes made as condensationproducts of the phenols with phthalic acid, and well represented byphenol phthale\u00efn. Their alkaline solutions are fluorescent. Phenolphthalein, a white or yellowish white crystalline substance made fromphthalic acid and phenol. Its solution in alkalies is brilliant red,but is decolorized by acids, and as this reaction is exceedinglydelicate it is used as an indicator."
"PHTHALIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid obtained by theoxidation of naphthalene and allied substances. Phthalic acid(Chem.), a white crystalline substance, C6H4.(CO2H)2, analogous tobenzoic acid, and employed in the brilliant dyestuffs called thephthaleins."
"PHTHALIDE","A lactone obtained by reduction of phthalyl chloride, as awhite crystalline substance; hence, by extension, any one of theseries of which phthalide proper is the type. [Written alsophthalid.]"
"PHTHALIMIDE","An imido derivative of phthalic acid, obtained as a whitecrystalline substance, C6H4.(CO)2NH, which has itself (likesuccinimide) acid properties, and forms a series of salts. Cf. Imidoacid, under Imido."
"PHTHALIN","A colorless crystalline substance obtained by reduction fromphthale\u00efn, into which it is easily converted by oxidation; hence, anyone of the series of which phthalin proper is the type."
"PHTHALYL","The hypothetical radical of phthalic acid."
"PHTHIRIASIS","A disease (morbus pediculous) consisting in the excessivemultiplication of lice on the human body."
"PHTHISIC","Same as Phthisis."
"PHTHISICAL","Of or pertaining to phthisis; affected with phthisis; wasting;consumptive."
"PHTHISICKY","Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty inbreathing."
"PHTHISIOLOGY","A treatise on phthisis. Dunglison."
"PHTHISIS","A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term was formerlyapplied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted topulmonary phthisis, or consumption. See Consumption. Fibroidphthisis. See under Fibroid."
"PHTHONGAL","Formed into, or characterized by, voice; vocalized; -- said ofall the vowels and the semivowels, also of the vocal or sonantconsonants g, d, b, l, r, v, z, etc."
"PHTHONGOMETER","An instrument for measuring vocal sounds. Whewell."
"PHTHOR","Fluorine. [Written also phthor.]"
"PHYCITE","See Erythrite, 1."
"PHYCOCHROME","A bluish green coloring matter of certain alg\u00e6."
"PHYCOGRAPHY","A description of seaweeds."
"PHYCOLOGY","The science of alg\u00e6, or seaweeds; algology."
"PHYCOMATER","A gelatin in which the alg\u00e6 spores have been supposed tovegetate."
"PHYCOMYCETES","A large, important class of parasitic or saprophytic fungi, thealgal or algalike fungi. The plant body ranges from anundifferentiated mass of protoplasm to a well-developed and much-branched mycelium. Reproduction is mainly sexual, by the formation ofconidia or sporangia; but the group shows every form of transitionfrom this method through simple conjugation to perfect sexualreproduction by egg and sperm in the higher forms. --Phy`co*my*ce'tous (#), a."
"PHYCOPHAEINE","A brown coloring matter found in certain alg\u00e6."
"PHYLACTER","A phylactery. Sandys."
"PHYLACTERED","Wearing a phylactery."
"PHYLACTOCARP","A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified instructure for the protection of the gonothec\u00e6."
"PHYLACTOLAEMATOUS","Of or pertaining to the Phylactol\u00e6ma."
"PHYLARCH","The chief of a phyle, or tribe."
"PHYLARCHY","The office of a phylarch; government of a class or tribe."
"PHYLE","A local division of the people in ancient Athens; a clan; atribe."
"PHYLLO-","A combining form from Gr. a leaf; as, phyllopod, phyllotaxy."
"PHYLLOBRANCHIA","A crustacean gill composed of lamell\u00e6."
"PHYLLOCLADIUM","A flattened stem or branch which more or less resembles a leaf,and performs the function of a leaf as regards respiration andassimilation."
"PHYLLOCYANIN","A blue coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll. [Writtenalso phyllocyanine.]"
"PHYLLOCYST","The cavity of a hydrophyllium."
"PHYLLODE","Same as Phyllodium."
"PHYLLODINEOUS","Having phyllodia; relating to phyllodia."
"PHYLLODIUM","A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually withvertical edges, as in the Australian acacias."
"PHYLLODY","A retrograde metamorphosis of the floral organs to thecondition of leaves."
"PHYLLOID","Resembling a leaf."
"PHYLLOMANIA","An abnormal or excessive production of leaves."
"PHYLLOME","A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf, orproduced by metamorphosis of a leaf."
"PHYLLOMORPHOSIS","The succession and variation of leaves during differentseasons. R. Brown."
"PHYLLOPHAGOUS","Substituting on leaves; leaf-eating."
"PHYLLOPHOROUS","Leaf-bearing; producing leaves."
"PHYLLOPOD","One of the Phyllopoda."
"PHYLLOPODA","An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species,most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or leaflikelegs, often very numerous, which they use in swimming. Called alsoBranchiopoda."
"PHYLLOPODOUS","Of or pertaining to the Phyllopoda."
"PHYLLORHINE","Of or pertaining to Phyllorhina and other related genera ofbats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils."
"PHYLLOSOMA","The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied genera).Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are verylong. Called also glass-crab, and glass-shrimp."
"PHYLLOSTOME","Any bat of the genus Phyllostoma, or allied genera, havinglarge membranes around the mouth and nose; a nose-leaf bat."
"PHYLLOSTOMID","A phyllostome."
"PHYLLOTACTIC","Of or pertaining to phyllotaxy."
"PHYLLOUS","Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, andpistils are phyllous organs."
"PHYLLOXANTHIN","A yellow coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll."
"PHYLLOXERA","A small hemipterous insect (Phylloxera vastatrix) allied to theaphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing greatdamage, especially in Europe."
"PHYLOGENETIC","Relating to phylogenesis, or the race history of a type oforganism.-- Phy*lo*ge*net'ic*al*ly, adv."
"PHYLON","A tribe."
"PHYLUM","One of the larger divisions of the animal kingdom; a branch; agrand division."
"PHYMA","A tubercle on any external part of the body."
"PHYSA","A genus of fresh-water Pulmonifera, having reversed spiralshells. See Pond snail, under Pond."
"PHYSALIA","A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes thePortuguese man-of-war."
"PHYSALIAE","An order of Siphonophora which includes Physalia."
"PHYSEMARIA","A group of simple marine organisms, usually classed as thelowest of the sponges. They have inflated hollow bodies."
"PHYSETER","The genus that includes the sperm whale."
"PHYSIANTHROPY","The philosophy of human life, or the doctrine of theconstitution and diseases of man, and their remedies."
"PHYSICALLY","In a physical manner; according to the laws of nature orphysics; by physical force; not morally.I am not now treating physically of light or colors. Locke."
"PHYSICIANED","Licensed as a physician. [Obs.] 'A physicianed apothecary.'Walpole."
"PHYSICISM","The tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with,physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and religion.Anthropomorphism grows into theology, while physicism (if I may socall it) develops into science. Huxley."
"PHYSICIST","One versed in physics."
"PHYSICKING","p. pr. & vb. n. fr. Physic, v. t."
"PHYSICO-","A combining form, denoting relation to, or dependence upon,natural causes, or the science of physics."
"PHYSICO-MATHEMATICS","Mixed mathematics."
"PHYSICO-PHILOSOPHY","The philosophy of nature."
"PHYSICO-THEOLOGY","Theology or divinity illustrated or enforced by physics ornatural philosophy."
"PHYSICOCHEMICAL","Involving the principles of both physics and chemistry;dependent on, or produced by, the joint action of physical andchemical agencies. Huxley."
"PHYSICOLOGIC","Logic illustrated by physics."
"PHYSICOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to physicologic. Swift."
"PHYSICOLOGY","Physics. [R.] -- Phys`i*col'o*gist, n. [R.]"
"PHYSICS","The science of nature, or of natural objects; that branch ofscience which treats of the laws and properties of matter, and theforces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural sciencewhich treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism,electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies;natural philosophy."
"PHYSIOCRAT","One of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18thcentury, founded a system of political economy based upon thesupremacy of natural order. F. A. Walker.-- Phys`i*o*crat'ic, a."
"PHYSIOGENY","The germ history of the functions, or the history of thedevelopment of vital activities, in the individual, being one of thebranches of ontogeny. See Morphogeny. Haeckel."
"PHYSIOGNOMER","Physiognomist."
"PHYSIOGNOMIST","Same as Physiognomy, 1."
"PHYSIOGNOMIZE","To observe and study the physiognomy of. [R.] Southey."
"PHYSIOGNOMMONIC","Physiognomic."
"PHYSIOGONY","The birth of nature. [R.] Coleridge."
"PHYSIOGRAPHY","The science which treats of the earth's exterior physicalfeatures, climate, life, etc., and of the physical movements orchanges on the earth's surface, as the currents of the atmosphere andocean, the secular variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.;physical geography."
"PHYSIOLATRY","The worship of the powers or agencies of nature; materialism inreligion; nature worship. 'The physiolatry of the Vedas.' M.Williams."
"PHYSIOLOGER","A physiologist."
"PHYSIOLOGIC","Physiological."
"PHYSIOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to physiology; relating to the science of thefunctions of living organism; as, physiological botany or chemistry."
"PHYSIOLOGICALLY","In a physiological manner."
"PHYSIOLOGIST","One who is versed in the science of physiology; a student ofthe properties and functions of animal and vegetable organs andtissues."
"PHYSIOLOGIZE","To speculate in physiology; to make physiologicalinvestigations. Cudworth."
"PHYSIOPHYLY","The tribal history of the functions, or the history of thepaleontological development of vital activities, -- being a branch ofphylogeny. See Morphophyly. Haeckel."
"PHYSIQUE","The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.With his white hair and splendid physique. Mrs. Stowe."
"PHYSNOMY","Physiogmony. [Obs.]"
"PHYSOCLIST","One of the Physoclisti."
"PHYSOCLISTI","An order of teleost in which the air bladder has no opening."
"PHYSOGRADE","Any siphonophore which has an air sac for a float, as thePhysalia."
"PHYSOPHORAE","An order of Siphonophora, furnished with an air sac, or float,and a series of nectocalyces. See Illust. under Nectocalyx."
"PHYSOPOD","One of the Physopoda; a thrips."
"PHYSOPODA","Same as Thysanoptera."
"PHYSOSTIGMINE","An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigmavenenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphousor crystalline; -- formerly called eserine, with which it wasregarded as identical."
"PHYSOSTOMI","An order of fishes in which the air bladder is provided with aduct, and the ventral fins, when present, are abdominal. It includesthe salmons, herrings, carps, catfishes, and others."
"PHYTELEPHAS","A genus of South American palm trees, the seeds of whichfurnish the substance called vegetable ivory."
"PHYTIVOROUS","Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous; as, phytivorousanimals. Ray."
"PHYTO-","A combining form from Gr. fyto`n a plant; as, phytochemistry,phytography."
"PHYTOCHEMICAL","Relating to phytochemistry. R. Hunt."
"PHYTOCHEMISTRY","Chemistry in its relation to vegetable bodies; vegetablechemistry. R. Hunt."
"PHYTOCHIMY","Phytochemistry. [Obsoles.]"
"PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL","Of or pertaining to phytogeography."
"PHYTOGEOGRAPHY","The geographical distribution of plants."
"PHYTOGLYPHIC","Relating to phytoglyphy."
"PHYTOGLYPHY","See Nature printing, under Nature."
"PHYTOGRAPHICAL","Of or pertaining to phytography."
"PHYTOGRAPHY","The science of describing plants in a systematic manner; also,a description of plants."
"PHYTOID","Resembling a plant; plantlike."
"PHYTOLACCA","A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries whichabound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed."
"PHYTOLITE","An old name for a fossil plant."
"PHYTOLITHOLOGIST","One versed in phytolithology; a paleobotanist."
"PHYTOLITHOLOGY","The branch of science which treats of fossil plants; -- usuallycalled paleobotany, sometimes paleophytology."
"PHYTOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to phytology; botanical."
"PHYTOLOGIST","One skilled in phytology; a writer on plants; a botanist.Evelyn."
"PHYTOLOGY","The science of plants; a description of the kinds andproperties of plants; botany. Sir T. Browne."
"PHYTON","One of the parts which by their repetition make up a floweringplant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves; aphytomer."
"PHYTONOMY","The science of the origin and growth of plants."
"PHYTOPATHOLOGIST","One skilled in diseases of plants."
"PHYTOPATHOLOGY","The science of diseases to which plants are liable."
"PHYTOPHAGA","A division of Hymenoptera; the sawflies."
"PHYTOPHAGIC","Phytophagous."
"PHYTOPHAGOUS","Feeding on plants; herbivorous; as, a phytophagous animal."
"PHYTOPHAGY","The eating of plants."
"PHYTOPHYSIOLOGY","Vegetable physiology."
"PHYTOTOMIST","One versed in phytotomy."
"PHYTOTOMY","The dissection of plants; vegetable anatomy."
"PHYTOZOARIA","Same as Infusoria."
"PHYZ","See Phiz."
"PI","A mass of type confusedly mixed or unsorted. [Written alsopie.]"
"PI CLOTH","A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs,etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps fromother fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent,with a slight tinge of pale yellow."
"PIA MATER","The delicate and highly vascular membrane immediately investingthe brain and spinal cord."
"PIACABA","See Piassava."
"PIACLE","A heinous offense which requires expiation. [R.] Howell."
"PIACULARITY","The quality or state of being piacular; criminality;wickedness. De Quincey."
"PIACULOUS","Same as Piacular."
"PIAL","Pertaining to the pia mater."
"PIAN","The yaws. See Yaws."
"PIANETTE","A small piano; a pianino."
"PIANINO","A pianette, or small piano."
"PIANISSIMO","Very soft; -- a direction to execute a passage as softly aspossible. (Abbrev. pp.)"
"PIANIST","A performer, esp. a skilled performer, on the piano."
"PIANO","Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certainpassage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.)"
"PIANOGRAPH","A form of melodiograph applied to a piano."
"PIAPEC","A West African pie (Ptilostomus Senegalensis)."
"PIARIST","One of a religious order who are the regular clerks of theScuole Pie (religious schools), an institute of secondary education,founded at Rome in the last years of the 16th century. Addis &Arnold."
"PIASSAVA","A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funiferaand Leopoldinia Piassaba), -- used in making brooms, and for otherpurposes. Called also pia\u00e7aba and piasaba."
"PIASTER","A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See Peso.The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of aboutthe value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo, wasworth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are nowworth about four and a half cents."
"PIASTRE","See Piaster."
"PIATION","The act of making atonement; expiation. [Obs.]"
"PIATTI","Cymbals. [Written also pyatti.]"
"PIAZZA","An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town;hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In theUnited States the word is popularly applied to a veranda.We walk by the obelisk, and meditate in piazzas. Jer. Taylor."
"PIBCORN","A wind instrument or pipe, with a horn at each end, -- used inWales."
"PIBROCH","A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which themusician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to thoseairs that are played on the bagpipe before the Highlanders when theygo out to battle. Jamieson."
"PIC","A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches."
"PICA","The genus that includes the magpies."
"PICADOR","A horseman armed with a lance, who in a bullfight receives thefirst attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him withoutattempting to kill him."
"PICAMAR","An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote ofbeechwood tar. It consists essentially of certain derivatives ofpyrogallol."
"PICAPARE","The finfoot."
"PICARD","One of a sect of Adamites in the fifteenth century; -- socalled from one Picard of Flanders. See Adamite."
"PICARESQUE","Applied to that class of literature in which the principalpersonage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue,an adventurer."
"PICARIAE","An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers,toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, andgoatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos,swifts, and humming birds."
"PICARIAN","Of or pertaining to Picari\u00e6.-- n."
"PICAROON","One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate;a corsair; a marauder; a sharper. Sir W. Temple."
"PICAYUNE","A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. SeeFippenny bit. [Local, U.S.]"
"PICAYUNISH","Petty; paltry; mean; as, a picayunish business. [Colloq. U.S.]"
"PICCAGE","Money paid at fairs for leave to break ground for booths.Ainsworth."
"PICCALILLI","A pickle of various vegetables with pungent species, --originally made in the East Indies."
"PICCOLO","A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higherthan the ordinary flute; an octave flute."
"PICE","A small copper coin of the East Indies, worth less than a cent.Malcom."
"PICEA","A genus of coniferous trees of the northen hemisphere,including the Norway spruce and the American black and white spruces.These trees have pendent cones, which do not readily fall to pieces,in this and other respects differing from the firs."
"PICENE","A hydrocarbon (C"
"PICEOUS","Of or pertaining to pitch; resembling pitch in color orquality; pitchy."
"PICHEY","A Brazilian armadillo (Dasypus minutus); the little armadillo.[Written also pichiy.]"
"PICHICIAGO","A small, burrowing, South American edentate (Chlamyphorustruncatus), allied to the armadillos. The shell is attached onlyalong the back. [Written also pichyciego.]"
"PICHURIM BEAN","The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury) ofa taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of sassafras, --sometimes used medicinally. Called also sassafras nut."
"PICI","A division of birds including the woodpeckers and wrynecks."
"PICIFORM","Of or pertaining to Piciformes."
"PICIFORMES","A group of birds including the woodpeckers, toucans, barbets,colies, kingfishes, hornbills, and some other related groups."
"PICINE","Of or pertaining to the woodpeckers (Pici), or to thePiciformes."
"PICK","A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends,wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- usedby quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used fordressing millstones."
"PICK-FAULT","One who seeks out faults."
"PICK-ME-UP","A stimulant, restorative, or tonic; a bracer. [Colloq.]"
"PICKABACK","On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback. [Written alsopickapack, pickback, and pickpack.]A woman stooping to take a child pickaback. R,Jefferies."
"PICKANINNY","A small child; especially, a negro or mulatto infant. [U.S. &West Indies]"
"PICKAPACK","Pickaback."
"PICKBACK","On the back."
"PICKED","Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes."
"PICKEER","To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish inadvance of an army. See Picaroon. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet."
"PICKEERER","One who pickeers. [Obs.]"
"PICKER","A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as toloosen and separate the fiber."
"PICKERING","The sauger of the St.Lawrence River."
"PICKERY","Petty theft. [Scot.] Holinshed."
"PICKET","A detached body of troops serving to guard an army fromsurprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; --called also outlying picket."
"PICKETEE","See Picotee."
"PICKING","The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks. [Eng.]Simmonds."
"PICKLE","See Picle."
"PICKLED","Preserved in a pickle."
"PICKLER","One who makes pickles."
"PICKMIRE","The pewit, or black-headed gull. [Prov. Eng.]"
"PICKNICK","See Picnic."
"PICKPACK","Pickaback."
"PICKPENNY","A miser; also, a sharper. Dr. H. More."
"PICKPOCKET","One who steals purses or other articles from pockets. Bentley."
"PICKPURSE","One who steals purses, or money from purses. Latimer. Shak."
"PICKSY","See Pixy."
"PICKTHANK","One who strives to put another under obligation; an officiousperson; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively.Smiling pickthanks, and base newsmongers. Shak."
"PICKTOOTH","A toothpick. [Obs.] Swift."
"PICNIC","Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributedsome dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party inwhich the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in theopen air, and from food carried by themselves)."
"PICNICKER","One who takes part in a picnic."
"PICOID","Like or pertaining to the Pici."
"PICOLINE","Any one of three isometric bases (C6H7N) related to pyridine,and obtained from bone oil, acrolein ammonia, and coal-tar naphtha,as colorless mobile liquids of strong odor; -- called also methylpyridine."
"PICOT","One of many small loops, as of thread, forming an ornamentalborder, as on a ribbon."
"PICQUET","See Piquet."
"PICRA","The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employedas a cathartic."
"PICRATE","A salt of picric acid."
"PICRIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a strong organic acid (calledpicric acid), intensely bitter."
"PICRITE","A dark green igneous rock, consisting largely of chrysolite,with hornblende, augite, biotite, etc."
"PICROLITE","A fibrous variety of serpentine."
"PICROMEL","A colorless viscous substance having a bitter-sweet taste."
"PICROTOXIN","A bitter white crystalline substance found in the cocculusindicus. It is a peculiar poisonous neurotic and intoxicant, andconsists of a mixture of several neutral substances."
"PICRYL","The hypothetical radical of picric acid, analogous to phenyl."
"PICTISH","Of or pertaining to Picts; resembling the Picts. 'The Pictishpeer.' Byron."
"PICTOGRAPH","A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea.-- Pic`to*graph'ic, a."
"PICTORIAL","Of or pertaining to pictures; illustrated by pictures; formingpictures; representing with the clearness of a picture; as, apictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination. 'Pictorial rhetoric.'Ruskin.-- Pic*to'ri*al*ly, adv."
"PICTS","A race of people of uncertain origin, who inhabited Scotland inearly times."
"PICTURA","Pattern of coloration."
"PICTURABLE","Capable of being pictured, or represented by a picture."
"PICTURAL","Pictorial. [R.] Sir W. Scott."
"PICTURE","To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent;to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind. 'I. . . do picture it in my mind.' Spenser.I have not seen him so pictured. Shak."
"PICTURED","Furnished with pictures; represented by a picture or pictures;as, a pictured scene."
"PICTURER","One who makes pictures; a painter. [R.] Fuller."
"PICTURESQUE","Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture;representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate to apicture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeablein a picture, natural or artificial; graphic; vivid; as, apicturesque scene or attitude; picturesque language.What is picturesque as placed in relation to the beautiful and thesublime It is . . . the characteristic pushed into a sensible excess.De Quincey.-- Pic`tur*esque'ly, adv.-- Pic`tur*esque'ness, n."
"PICTURESQUISH","Somewhat picturesque. [R.]"
"PICUL","A commercial weight varying in different countries and fordifferent commodities. In Borneo it is 135tan. [Written also pecul,and pecal.]"
"PICULET","Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus andallied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at thetips, as in ordinary woodpeckers."
"PICUS","A genus of woodpeckers, including some of the common Americanand European species."
"PIDDLER","One who piddles."
"PIDDLING","Trifling; trivial; frivolous; paltry; -- applied to persons andthings.The ignoble hucksterage of piddling tithes. Milton."
"PIDDOCK","Any species of Pholas; a pholad. See Pholas."
"PIE","The service book."
"PIECE","One of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn."
"PIECELESS","Not made of pieces; whole; entire."
"PIECELY","In pieces; piecemeal. [Obs.]"
"PIECEMEAL","Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. 'These piecemealguilts.' Gov. of Tongue."
"PIECEMEALED","Divided into pieces."
"PIECEWORK","Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based onthe amount of work done, rather than on the time employed.The reaping was piecework, at so much per acre. R. Jefferies."
"PIED","imp. & p. p. of Pi, or Pie, v."
"PIEDMONT","Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountainchain."
"PIEDMONTITE","A manganesian kind of epidote, from Piedmont. See Epidote."
"PIEDNESS","The state of being pied. Shak."
"PIEDOUCHE","A pedestal of small size, used to support small objects, asbusts, vases, and the like."
"PIEDSTALL","See Pedestal. [Obs.]"
"PIEMAN","A man who makes or sells pies."
"PIEND","See Peen."
"PIENO","Full; having all the instruments."
"PIEPLANT","A plant (Rheum Rhaponticum) the leafstalks of which are acid,and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb."
"PIERAGE","Same as Wharfage. Smart."
"PIERCE","To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or throughsomething, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally andfiguratively.And pierced to the skin, but bit no more. Spenser.She would not pierce further into his meaning. Sir P. Sidney."
"PIERCEABLE","That may be pierced."
"PIERCED","Penetrated; entered; perforated."
"PIERCEL","A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called alsopiercer."
"PIERCING","Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point;perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, apiercing instrument, or thrust. 'Piercing eloquence.' Shak.-- Pier'cing*ly, adv.-- Pier'cing*ness, n."
"PIERIAN","Of or pertaining to Pierides or Muses.Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. Pope."
"PIERID","Any butterfly of the genus Pieris and related genera. SeeCabbage butterfly, under Cabbage."
"PIERIDES","The Muses."
"PIERRE-PERDU","Blocks of stone or concrete heaped loosely in the water to makea foundation (as for a sea wall), a mole, etc."
"PIETA","A representation of the dead Christ, attended by the VirginMary or by holy women and angels. Mollett."
"PIETIST","One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17thcentury who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestantchurches; -- often applied as a term of reproach to those who make adisplay of religious feeling. Also used adjectively."
"PIETRA DURA","Hard and fine stones in general, such as are used for inlay andthe like, as distinguished from the softer stones used in building;thus, a Florentine mosaic is a familiar instance of work in pietradura, though the ground may be soft marble."
"PIEWIPE","The lapwing, or pewit. [Prov. Eng.]"
"PIEZOMETER","An instrument for measuring the compressibility of liquids."
"PIFFLE","To be sequeamish or delicate; hence, to act or talk triflinglyor ineffectively; to twaddle; piddle. [Dial. or Slang]"
"PIG","A piggin. [Written also pigg.]"
"PIG-EYED","Having small, deep-set eyes."
"PIG-HEADED","Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidityobstinate; perverse; stubborn. B. Jonson.-- Pig'-head`ed*ness, n."
"PIG-JAWED","Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with theupper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs."
"PIG-STICKING","Boar hunting; -- so called by Anglo-Indians. [Colloq.]Tackeray."
"PIGEON","Any bird of the order Columb\u00e6, of which numerous species occurin nearly all parts of the world."
"PIGEON-BREASTED","Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being soprominent as to constitute a deformity; chicken-breasted."
"PIGEON-HEARTED","Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. Beau. & Fl."
"PIGEON-LIVERED","Pigeon-hearted."
"PIGEONFOOT","The dove's-foot geranium (Geranium molle)."
"PIGEONHOLE","A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping ofletters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a rowof them to the compartments in a dovecote. Burke."
"PIGEONRY","A place for pigeons; a dovecote."
"PIGEONTOED","Having the toes turned in."
"PIGFOOT","A marine fish (Scorp\u00e6na porcus), native of Europe. It isreddish brown, mottled with dark brown and black."
"PIGG","A piggin. See 1st Pig. Sir W. Scott."
"PIGGERY","A place where swine are kept."
"PIGGIN","A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle,-- often used as a dipper."
"PIGGISH","Relating to, or like, a pig; greedy."
"PIGHT","Pitched; fixed; determined. [Obs.][His horse] pight him on the pommel of his head. Chaucer.I found him pight to do it. Shak."
"PIGHTEL","A small inclosure. [Written also pightle.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"PIGMEAN","See Pygmean."
"PIGMENT","Any one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetabletissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc."
"PIGMENTATION","A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter;as, pigmentation of the liver."
"PIGMENTED","Colored; specifically (Biol.), filled or imbued with pigment;as, pigmented epithelial cells; pigmented granules."
"PIGMENTOUS","Pigmental."
"PIGMY","See Pygmy. Pigmy falcon. (Zo\u00f6l.) Same as Falconet, 2 (a)."
"PIGNORATION","The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, tillsatisfaction is made. Burrill."
"PIGNORATIVE","Pledging, pawning. [R.]"
"PIGNUS","A pledge or pawn."
"PIGPEN","A pen, or sty, for pigs."
"PIGSKIN","The skin of a pig, -- used chiefly for making saddles; hence, acolloquial or slang term for a saddle."
"PIGSNEY","A word of endearment for a girl or woman. [Obs.] [Written alsopigsnie, pigsny, etc.] Chaucer."
"PIGSTY","A pigpen."
"PIGTAIL","A cue, or queue. J. & H. Smith."
"PIGTAILED","Having a tail like a pig's; as, the pigtailed baboon."
"PIGWEED","A name of several annual weeds. See Goosefoot, and Lamb's-quarters."
"PIGWIDGEON","A cant word for anything petty or small. It is used by Draytonas the name of a fairy."
"PIKA","Any one of several species of rodents of the genus Lagomys,resembling small tailless rabbits. They inhabit the high mountains ofAsia and America. Called also calling hare, and crying hare. SeeChief hare."
"PIKE","A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft orstaff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by thebayonet."
"PIKE-DEVANT","A pointed beard. [Obs.]"
"PIKED","Furnished with a pike; ending in a point; peaked; pointed.'With their piked targets bearing them down.' Milton."
"PIKETAIL","See Pintail, 1."
"PIKROLITE","See Picrolite."
"PILAGE","See Pelage."
"PILASTER","An upright architectural member right-angled in plan,constructionally a pier (See Pier, 1 (b)), but architecturallycorresponding to a column, having capital, shaft, and base to agreewith those of the columns of the same order. In most cases theprojection from the wall is one third of its width, or less."
"PILASTERED","Furnished with pilasters."
"PILAU","See Pillau."
"PILCH","A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.[Obs.]"
"PILCHARD","A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling theherring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in greatnumbers on the coast of England.Fools are as like husbands as pilchards are to herrings. Shak."
"PILCHER","A scabbard, as of a sword. [Obs.] Shak."
"PILCROW","a paragraph mark, . [Obs.] Tusser."
"PILE","A covering of hair or fur."
"PILE-WORN","Having the pile worn off; threadbare."
"PILED","Having a pile or point; pointed. [Obs.] 'Magus threw a spearwell piled.' Chapman."
"PILEIFORM","Having the form of a pileus or cap; pileate."
"PILEMENT","An accumulation; a heap. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"PILENTUM","An easy chariot or carriage, used by Roman ladies, and in whichthe vessels, etc., for sacred rites were carried."
"PILEORHIZA","A cap of cells which covers the growing extremity of a root; arootcap."
"PILEOUS","Consisting of, or covered with, hair; hairy; pilose."
"PILER","One who places things in a pile."
"PILES","The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus andlower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids.See Hemorrhoids."
"PILEUS","A kind of skull cap of felt."
"PILEWORM","The teredo."
"PILEWORT","A plant (Ranunculus Ficaria of Linn\u00e6us) whose tuberous rootshave been used in poultices as a specific for the piles. Forsyth."
"PILFER","To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; topractice petty theft."
"PILFERER","One who pilfers; a petty thief."
"PILFERING","Thieving in a small way. Shak.-- n."
"PILFERY","Petty theft. [R.] Sir T. North."
"PILGARLIC","One who has lost his hair by disease; a sneaking fellow, or onewho is hardly used."
"PILGRIM","Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages.'With pilgrim steps.' Milton. Pilgrim fathers, a name popularly givento the one hundred and two English colonists who landed from theMayflower and made the first settlement in New England at Plymouth in1620. They were separatists from the Church of England, and most ofthem had sojourned in Holland."
"PILGRIMIZE","To wander as a pilgrim; to go on a pilgrimage. [Obs.] B.Jonson."
"PILIDIUM","The free-swimming, hat-shaped larva of certain nemertean worms.It has no resemblance to its parent, and the young worm develops inits interior."
"PILIFERA","Same as Mammalia."
"PILIFORM","Resembling hairs or down."
"PILIGEROUS","Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous."
"PILING","The process of building up, heating, and working, fagots, orpiles, to form bars, etc."
"PILL","The peel or skin. [Obs.] 'Some be covered over with crusts, orhard pills, as the locusts.' Holland."
"PILL-WILLET","The willet."
"PILLAGE","To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; tospoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy.Mummius . . . took, pillaged, and burnt their city. Arbuthnot."
"PILLAGER","One who pillages. Pope."
"PILLAR","A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before acardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church. [Obs.] Skelton."
"PILLAR-BLOCK","See under Pillow."
"PILLARED","Supported or ornamented by pillars; resembling a pillar, orpillars. 'The pillared arches.' Sir W. Scott. 'Pillared flame.'Thomson."
"PILLARET","A little pillar. [R.] Fuller."
"PILLARIST","See Stylite."
"PILLAU","An Oriental dish consisting of rice boiled with mutton, fat, orbutter. [Written also pilau.]"
"PILLED","Stripped of hair; scant of hair; bald. [Obs.] 'Pilled beard.'Chaucer."
"PILLED-GARLIC","See Pilgarlic."
"PILLER","One who pills or plunders. [Obs.]"
"PILLERY","Plunder; pillage. [Obs.] Daniel."
"PILLION","A panel or cushion saddle; the under pad or cushion of saddle;esp., a pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a womanmay ride.His [a soldier's] shank pillion without stirrups. Spenser."
"PILLORIZE","To set in, or punish with, the pillory; to pillory. [R.]"
"PILLORY","A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and havingholes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust soas to be exposed in front of it. Shak."
"PILLOW","A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalizepressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.]"
"PILLOW LACE","Lace made by hand with bobbins on a pillow."
"PILLOWCASE","A removable case or covering for a pillow, usually of whitelinen or cotton cloth."
"PILLOWED","Provided with a pillow or pillows; having the head resting on,or as on, a pillow.Pillowedon buckler cold and hard. Sir W. Scott."
"PILLOWY","Like a pillow. Keats."
"PILLWORM","Any myriapod of the genus Iulus and allied genera which rollsup spirally; a galleyworm. See Illust. under Myriapod."
"PILLWORT","Any plant of the genus Pilularia; minute aquatic cryptograms,with small pill-shaped fruit; -- sometimes called peppergrass."
"PILOCARPINE","An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius)as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiareffect on the vasomotor system."
"PILONCE","Same as Pilon. [Texas]"
"PILONCILLO","Same as Pilon. [Texas]"
"PILOSE","Clothed thickly with pile or soft down."
"PILOSITY","The quality or state of being pilose; hairiness. Bacon."
"PILOT","One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.Dryden."
"PILOT BALLOON","A small, unmanned balloon sent up to indicate the direction ofair currents."
"PILOT FLAG","The flag hoisted at the fore by a vessel desiring a pilot, inthe United States the union jack, in Great Britain the British unionjack with a white border."
"PILOT VALVE","A small hand-operated valve to admit liquid to operate a valvedifficult to turn by hand."
"PILOT WHEEL","A wheel, usually with radial handles projecting from the rim,for traversing the saddle of a machine tool, esp. an automaticmachine tool, by hand."
"PILOUR","A piller; a plunderer. [Obs.]"
"PILOUS","See Pilose."
"PILPUL","Among the Jews, penetrating investigation, disputation, anddrawing of conclusions, esp. in Talmudic study. -- Pil'pul*ist (#),n. --Pil`pul*is'tic (#), a."
"PILSER","An insect that flies into a flame."
"PILULAR","Of or pertaining to pills; resembling a pill or pills; as, apilular mass."
"PILULOUS","Like a pill; small; insignificant. [R.] G. Eliot."
"PILWE","A pillow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PILY","Like pile or wool."
"PIMARIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in galipot, andisomeric with abietic acid."
"PIMELITE","An apple-green mineral having a greasy feel. It is a hydroussilicate of nickel, magnesia, aluminia, and iron."
"PIMENT","Wine flavored with spice or honey. See Pigment, 3. [Obs.]"
"PIMENTA","Same as Pimento."
"PIMENTO","Allspice; -- applied both to the tree and its fruit. SeeAllspice."
"PIMIENTO","The Spanish sweet pepper, the fruit of which is used as avegetable, to stuff olives, etc."
"PIMLICO","The friar bird."
"PIMOLA","An olive stuffed with a kind of sweet red pepper, or pimiento."
"PIMP","One who provides gratification for the lust of others; aprocurer; a pander. Swift."
"PIMPERNEL","A plant of the genus Anagallis, of which one species (A.arvensis) has small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes purple,blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather.Water pimpernel. (Bot.) See Brookweed."
"PIMPILLO","A West Indian name for the prickly pear (Opuntia); -- calledalso pimploes."
"PIMPINEL","The burnet saxifrage. See under Saxifrage."
"PIMPLE","Any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle, whether going onto suppuration or not. 'All eyes can see a pimple on her nose.' Pope."
"PIMPLED","Having pimples. Johnson."
"PIMPLY","Pimpled."
"PIMPSHIP","The office, occupation, or persom of a pimp. [R.]"
"PIN","To peen."
"PIN-EYED","Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalouscorolla, while the stamens are concealed in the tube; -- said ofdimorphous flowers. The opposite of Ant: thrum-eyed."
"PIN-FIRE","Having a firing pin to explode the cartridge; as, a pin-firerifle."
"PIN-TAILED","Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; --said of birds."
"PINACATE BUG","Any of several clumsy, wingless beetles of the genus Eleodes,found in the Pacific States."
"PINACOID","A plane parallel to two of the crystalline axes."
"PINACOLIN","A colorless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained bythe decomposition of pinacone; hence, by extension, any one of theseries of which pinacolin proper is the type. [Written alsopinacoline.]"
"PINACONE","A white crystalline substance related to the glycols, and madefrom acetone; hence, by extension, any one of a series of substancesof which pinacone proper is the type. [Written also pinakone.]"
"PINACOTHECA","A picture gallery."
"PINAFORE","An apron for a child to protect the front part of dress; atier."
"PINAKOTHEK","Pinacotheca."
"PINASTER","A species of pine (Pinus Pinaster) growing in Southern Europe."
"PINAX","A tablet; a register; hence, a list or scheme inscribed on atablet. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"PINCE-NEZ","Eyeglasses kept on the nose by a spring."
"PINCERS","See Pinchers."
"PINCH","To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. [Obs.]"
"PINCHBECK","An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal,composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It ismuch used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheapjewelry."
"PINCHCOCK","A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluidthrough the pipe."
"PINCHEM","The European blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]"
"PINCHER","One who, or that which, pinches."
"PINCHERS","An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws workingon a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawingnails, etc."
"PINCHFIST","A closefisted person; a miser."
"PINCHING","Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; apinching parsimony. Pinching bar, a pinch bar. See Pinch, n., 4.-- Pinching nut, a check nut. See under Check, n."
"PINCHINGLY","In a pinching way."
"PINCHPENNY","A miserly person."
"PINCOFFIN","A commercial preparation of garancin, yielding fine violettints."
"PINCPINC","An African wren warbler. (Drymoica textrix)."
"PINCUSHION","A small cushion, in which pins may be stuck for use."
"PINDARIC","Of or pertaining to Pindar, the Greek lyric poet; after thestyle and manner of Pindar; as, Pindaric odes.-- n."
"PINDARICAL","Pindaric.Too extravagant and Pindarical for prose. Cowley."
"PINDARISM","Imitation of Pindar."
"PINDARIST","One who imitates Pindar."
"PINDER","One who impounds; a poundkeeper. [Obs.]"
"PINE","Woe; torment; pain. [Obs.] 'Pyne of hell.' Chaucer."
"PINE-TREE STATE","Maine; -- a nickname alluding to the pine tree in its coat ofarms."
"PINEAL","Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone. Pinealgland (Anat.), a glandlike body in the roof of the third ventricle ofthe vertebrate brain; -- called also pineal body, epiphysis,conarium. In some animals it is connected with a rudimentary eye, theso-called pineal eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be theremnant of a dorsal median eye."
"PINEAPPLE","A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa); also, its fruit; -- socalled from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and externalappearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown,though conjectured to be American."
"PINEASTER","See Pinaster."
"PINEDROPS","A reddish herb (Pterospora andromedea) of the United States,found parasitic on the roots of pine trees."
"PINENCHYMA","Tabular parenchyma, a form of cellular tissue in which thecells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis."
"PINESAP","A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M. hypopitys),formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but moreprobably saprophytic."
"PINETUM","A plantation of pine trees; esp., a collection of living pinetrees made for ornamental or scientific purposes."
"PINEWEED","A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum Sarothra), commonin sandy soil in the Eastern United States."
"PINEY","See Piny."
"PINFEATHER","A feather not fully developed; esp., a rudimentary feather justemerging through the skin."
"PINFEATHERED","Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed."
"PINFOLD","A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined;a pound; a penfold. Shak.A parish pinfold begirt by its high hedge. Sir W. Scott."
"PING","The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or inpassing through the air."
"PING-PONG","To play ping-pong."
"PINGLE","A small piece of inclosed ground. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"PINGSTER","See Pinkster."
"PINGUEFACTION","A making of, or turning into, fat."
"PINGUICULA","See Butterwort."
"PINGUID","Fat; unctuous; greasy. [Obs.] 'Some clays are more pinguid.'Mortimer."
"PINGUIDINOUS","Containing fat; fatty. [Obs.]"
"PINGUITUDE","Fatness; a growing fat; obesity. [R.]"
"PINHOLD","A place where a pin is fixed."
"PINIC","Of or pertaining to the pine; obtained from the pine; formerly,designating an acid which is the chief constituent of common resin, -- now called abietic, or sylvic, acid."
"PININGLY","In a pining manner; droopingly. Poe."
"PINION","A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larvabores large holes in young peaches and apples."
"PINIONED","Having wings or pinions."
"PINIONIST","Any winged creature."
"PINITE","A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayishor greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and isderived from the alteration of other minerals, as iolite."
"PINK","A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky. Sir W.Scott. Pink stern (Naut.), a narrow stern."
"PINK STERN","See Chebacco, and 1st Pink."
"PINK-EYED","Having small eyes. Holland."
"PINK-STERNED","Having a very narrow stern; -- said of a vessel."
"PINKED","Pierced with small holes; worked in eyelets; scalloped on theedge. Shak."
"PINKISH","Somewhat pink."
"PINKNESS","Quality or state of being pink."
"PINKROOT","The root of Spigelia Marilandica, used as a powerful vermifuge;also, that of S. Anthelmia. See definition 2 (below)."
"PINKSTER","Whitsuntide. [Written also pingster and pinxter.] Pinksterflower (Bot.), the rosy flower of the Azalea nudiflora; also, theshrub itself; -- called also Pinxter blomachee by the New Yorkdescendants of the Dutch settlers."
"PINKY","See 1st Pink."
"PINNA","One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ."
"PINNACLE","An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in asmall spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in aproportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like.Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it isnecessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc.Some renowned metropolis With glistering spires and pinnacles around.Milton."
"PINNAGE","Poundage of cattle. See Pound. [Obs.]"
"PINNATELY","In a pinnate manner."
"PINNATIFID","Divided in a pinnate manner, with the divisions not reaching tothe midrib."
"PINNATILOBATE","Having lobes arranged in a pinnate manner."
"PINNATIPED","Having the toes bordered by membranes; fin-footed, as certainbirds."
"PINNER","One who pins or impounds cattle. See Pin, v. t. [Obs.]"
"PINNET","A pinnacle. [R.] Sir W. Scott."
"PINNIFORM","Shaped like a fin or feather. Sir J. Hill."
"PINNIGRADA","Same as Pinnipedia."
"PINNIGRADE","An animal of the seal tribe, moving by short feet that serve aspaddles."
"PINNIPEDES","Same as Steganopodes."
"PINNIPEDIA","A suborder of aquatic carnivorous mammals including the sealsand walruses; -- opposed to Fissipedia."
"PINNOTHERE","A crab of the genus pinnotheres. See Oyster crab, under Oyster."
"PINNULA","Same as Pinnule."
"PINNULATE","Having each pinna subdivided; -- said of a leaf, or of itspinn\u00e6."
"PINNULATED","Having pinnules."
"PINNULE","One of the small divisions of a decompound frond or leaf. SeeIllust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate."
"PINNYWINKLES","An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes intowhich the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs. [Written alsopilliewinkles.] [Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"PINOCLE","See Penuchle."
"PINPATCH","The common English periwinkle. [Prov. Eng.]"
"PINT","A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, --used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart."
"PINTADO","Any bird of the genus Numida. Several species are found inAfrica. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and thecrested pintados, are the best known. See Guinea fowl, under Guinea."
"PINTAIL","A northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of both continents. Theadult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also gray duck,piketail, piket-tail, spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, seapheasant, and gray widgeon."
"PINTLE","An upright pivot pin; as:(a) The pivot pin of a hinge.(b) A hook or pin on which a rudder hangs and turns.(c) A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of guncarriages.(d) A kingbolt of a wagon."
"PINTO","Lit., painted; hence, piebald; mottled; pied."
"PINTOS","A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco. Theyare remarkable for having the dark skin of the face irregularlyspotted with white. Called also speckled Indians."
"PINTSCH GAS","A kind of oil gas extensively used for lighting railroad cars,which carry it in compressed form."
"PINULE","One of the sights of an astrolabe. [Obs.]"
"PINUS","A large genus of evergreen coniferous trees, mostly found inthe northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs,spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those treeswhich have the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to merescales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usuallyin fascicles of two to seven. See Pine."
"PINWEED","Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North American herbs withbranching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers."
"PINWORM","A small nematoid worm (Oxyurus vermicularis), which isparasitic chiefly in the rectum of man. It is most common in childrenand aged persons."
"PINXIT","A word appended to the artist's name or initials on a painting,or engraved copy of a painting; as, Rubens pinxit, Rubens painted(this)."
"PINXTER","See Pinkster."
"PINY","Abounding with pines. [Written also piney.] 'The piny wood.'Longfellow."
"PIONED","A Shakespearean word of disputed meaning; perh., 'abounding inmarsh marigolds.'Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims. Shak."
"PIONEER","A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, andmake bridges, as an army advances."
"PIONER","A pioneer. [Obs.] Shak."
"PIONY","See Peony."
"PIOT","The magpie. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Holland."
"PIOUSLY","In a pious manner."
"PIP","A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness,discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus inthe mouth, forming a 'scale' on the tongue. By some the term pip isrestricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup bythem."
"PIPA","The Surinam toad (Pipa Americana), noted for its peculiarbreeding habits."
"PIPAGE","Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipeconduit; also, the charge for such transportation."
"PIPAL TREE","Same as Peepul tree."
"PIPE","The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow."
"PIPE CLAY","A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, -- used inmaking tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouringcloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments."
"PIPE LINE","A line of pipe with pumping machinery and apparatus forconveying liquids, esp. petroleum, between distant points."
"PIPE-LINE","To convey by a pipe line; to furnish with a pipe line or pipelines."
"PIPED","Formed with a pipe; having pipe or pipes; tubular."
"PIPEFISH","Any lophobranch fish of the genus Siphostoma, or Syngnathus,and allied genera, having a long and very slender angular body,covered with bony plates. The mouth is small, at the end of a long,tubular snout. The male has a pouch on his belly, in which theincubation of the eggs takes place."
"PIPEMOUTH","Any fish of the genus Fistularia; -- called also tobaccopipefish. See Fistularia."
"PIPER","See Pepper."
"PIPERACEOUS","Of or pertaining to the order of plants (Piperace\u00e6) of whichthe pepper (Piper nigrum) is the type. There are about a dozen generaand a thousand species, mostly tropical plants with pungent andaromatic qualities."
"PIPERIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, a complexorganic acid found in the products of different members of the Pepperfamily, and extracted as a yellowish crystalline substance."
"PIPERIDGE","Same as Pepperidge."
"PIPERIDINE","An oily liquid alkaloid, C5H11N, having a hot, peppery,ammoniacal odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by thedecomposition of piperine."
"PIPERINE","A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. Itis obtained from the black pepper (Piper nigrum) and other species."
"PIPERONAL","A white crystalline substance obtained by oxidation of pipericacid, and regarded as a complex aldehyde."
"PIPERYLENE","A hydrocarbon obtained by decomposition of certain piperidinederivatives."
"PIPESTEM","The hollow stem or tube of a pipe used for smoking tobacco,etc.Took a long reed for a pipestem. Longfellow."
"PIPESTONE","A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes.Cf. Catlinite."
"PIPETTE","A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in themiddle, and usually graduated, -- used for transferring or deliveringmeasured quantities."
"PIPEVINE","The Dutchman's pipe. See under Dutchman."
"PIPEWOOD","An ericaceous shrub (Leucotho\u00eb acuminata) of the southernUnited States, from the wood of which pipe bowls are made."
"PIPEWORT","Any plant of a genus (Eriocaulon) of aquatic or marsh herbswith soft grass-like leaves."
"PIPING","A small European bat (Vesperugo pipistrellus); -- called alsoflittermouse."
"PIPIT","Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging toAnthus and allied genera, of the family Motacillid\u00e6. They stronglyresemble the true larks in habits, colors, and the great length ofthe hind claw. They are, therefore, often called titlarks, and pipitlarks."
"PIPKIN","A small earthen boiler."
"PIPPUL TREE","Same as Peepul tree."
"PIPRA","Any one of numerous species of small clamatorial birdsbelonging to Pipra and allied genera, of the family Piprid\u00e6. The maleis usually glossy black, varied with scarlet, yellow, or sky blue.They chiefly inhabit South America."
"PIPRINE","Of or pertaining to the pipras, or the family Piprid\u00e6."
"PIPSISSEWA","A low evergreen plant (Chimaphila umbellata), with narrow,wedge-lanceolate leaves, and an umbel of pretty nodding fragrantblossoms. It has been used in nephritic diseases. Called alsoprince's pine."
"PIPY","Like a pipe; hollow-stemmed. Keats."
"PIQUANCY","The quality or state of being piquant."
"PIQUANT","Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent;as, a piquant anecdote. 'As piquant to the tongue as salt.' Addison.'Piquant railleries.' Gov. of Tongue."
"PIQUANTLY","In a piquant manner."
"PIQUE","A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goodsfor women and children, and for vestings, etc."
"PIQUEER","See Pickeer. [R.]"
"PIQUEERER","See Pickeerer. [R.]"
"PIQUET","See Picket. [R.]"
"PIRACY","Robbery on the high seas; the taking of property from others onthe open sea by open violence; without lawful authority, and withintent to steal; -- a crime answering to robbery on land."
"PIRAGUA","See Pirogue."
"PIRAI","Same as Piraya."
"PIRAMETER","A dynamometer for ascertaining the power required to drawcarriages over roads."
"PIRARUCU","Same as Arapaima."
"PIRATE","To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas."
"PIRATIC","Piratical."
"PIRATICAL","Of or pertaining to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing,piracy; as, a piratical undertaking. 'Piratical printers.' Pope.-- Pi*rat'ic*al*ly, adv."
"PIRAYA","A large voracious fresh-water fish (Serrasalmo piraya) of SouthAmerica, having lancet-shaped teeth."
"PIRIE","See Pirry."
"PIRIRIGUA","A South American bird (Guira guira) allied to the cuckoos."
"PIRN","A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin;also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of afishing rod. [Scot.]"
"PIROGUE","A dugout canoe; by extension, any small boat. [Writtenvariously periauger, perogue, piragua, periagua, etc.]"
"PIROUETTE","The whirling about of a horse."
"PISASPHALTUM","See Pissasphalt."
"PISAY","See Pis\u00e9."
"PISCARY","The right or privilege of fishing in another man's waters.Blackstone."
"PISCATION","Fishing; fishery. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"PISCATOR","A fisherman; an angler."
"PISCES","The class of Vertebrata that includes the fishes. The principaldivisions are Elasmobranchii, Ganoidei, and Teleostei."
"PISCICAPTURE","Capture of fishes, as by angling. [R.] W. H. Russell."
"PISCICULTURAL","Relating to pisciculture."
"PISCICULTURE","Fish culture. See under Fish."
"PISCICULTURIST","One who breeds fish."
"PISCIFORM","Having the form of a fish; resembling a fish."
"PISCINA","A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basinfor rinsing altar vessels."
"PISCINAL","Belonging to a fishpond or a piscina."
"PISCINE","Of or pertaining to a fish or fishes; as, piscine remains."
"PISCIVOROUS","Feeding or subsisting on fish."
"PISE","A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in betweenmolds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also pis\u00e9work. Gwilt."
"PISH","An exclamation of contempt."
"PISHU","The Canada lynx. [Written also peeshoo.]"
"PISIFORM","Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape; as, a pisiform ironore."
"PISMIRE","An ant, or emmet."
"PISOLITE","A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting ofaggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; -- calledalso peastone, peagrit."
"PISOLITIC","Composed of, containing, or resembling, pisolite."
"PISOPHALT","Pissasphalt. [Obs.]"
"PISS","To discharge urine, to urinate. Shak."
"PISSABED","A name locally applied to various wild plants, as dandelion,bluet, oxeye daisy, etc."
"PISSASPHALT","Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistence of tar,and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate betweenpetroleum and asphalt. [Written also pisasphaltum, pisasphalt, etc.]"
"PIST","(man.) See Piste."
"PISTACHE","The anacardiaceous tree Pistacia vera, which yields thepistachio nut; also, the nut itself and the flavoring extractprepared from it."
"PISTACHIO","The nut of the Pistacia vera, a tree of the order Anacardiace\u00e6,containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, which has a pleasanttaste, resembling that of the almond, and yields an oil of agreeabletaste and odor; -- called also pistachio nut. It is wholesome andnutritive. The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily.[Written also pistachia.]"
"PISTACHIO GREEN","A light yellowish green color resembling that of the pistachionut."
"PISTACIA","The name of a genus of trees, including the tree which bearsthe pistachio, the Mediterranean mastic tree (Pistacia Lentiscus),and the species (P. Terebinthus) which yields Chian or Cyprusturpentine."
"PISTACITE","Epidote."
"PISTAREEN","An old Spanish silver coin of the value of about twenty cents."
"PISTAZITE","Same as Pistacite."
"PISTE","The track or tread a horseman makes upon the ground he goesover. Johnson."
"PISTIC","Pure; genuine. [R.] Jer. Taylor."
"PISTIL","The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary,containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which iscommonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composedof one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it iscompound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary."
"PISTILLACEOUS","Growing on, or having nature of, the pistil; of or pertainingto a pistil. Barton."
"PISTILLATE","Having a pistil or pistils; -- usually said of flowers havingpistils but no stamens."
"PISTILLATION","The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation.[Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"PISTILLIDIUM","Same as Archegonium."
"PISTILLIFEROUS","Pistillate."
"PISTILLODY","The metamorphosis of other organs into pistils."
"PISTOL","The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand,-- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. SeeIllust. of Revolver. Pistol carbine, a firearm with a removable but-piece, and thus capable of being used either as a pistol or acarbine.-- Pistol pipe (Metal.), a pipe in which the blast for a furnace isheated, resembling a pistol in form.-- Pistol shot. (a) The discharge of a pistol. (b) The distance towhich a pistol can propel a ball."
"PISTOLADE","A pistol shot."
"PISTOLE","The name of certain gold coins of various values formerlycoined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to aquarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly thesame. There was an old Italian pistole worth about $5.40."
"PISTOLEER","One who uses a pistol. [R.] Carlyle."
"PISTOLET","A small pistol. Donne. Beau. & Fl."
"PISTON","A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against,fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder fittingwithin a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and forth. Itis used in steam engines to receive motion from the steam, and inpumps to transmit motion to a fluid; also for other purposes. Pistonhead (Steam Eng.), that part of a piston which is made fast to thepiston rod.-- Piston rod, a rod by which a piston is moved, or by which itcommunicates motion.-- Piston valve (Steam Eng.), a slide valve, consisting of a piston,or connected pistons, working in a cylindrical case which is providedwith ports that are traversed by the valve."
"PISTON RING","A spring packing ring, or any of several such rings, for apiston."
"PIT-HOLE","A pit; a pockmark."
"PITAHAYA","A cactaceous shrub (Cereus Pitajaya) of tropical America, whichyields a delicious fruit."
"PITAPAT","In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats.Lowell. 'The fox's heart went pitapat.' L'Estrange."
"PITCH","See Pitchstone. Amboyna pitch, the resin of Dammara australis.See Kauri.-- Burgundy pitch. See under Burgundy.-- Canada pitch, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree (AbiesCanadensis); hemlock gum.-- Jew's pitch, bitumen.-- Mineral pitch. See Bitumen and Asphalt.-- Pitch coal (Min.), bituminous coal.-- Pitch peat (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy luster.-- Pitch pine (Bot.), any one of several species of pine, yieldingpitch, esp. the Pinus rigida of North America."
"PITCH-BLACK","Black as pitch or tar."
"PITCH-DARK","Dark as a pitch; pitch-black."
"PITCH-FACED","Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cutaway, so as to give nearly true edges; -- said of squared stones thatare otherwise quarry-faced."
"PITCH-ORE","Pitchblende."
"PITCHBLENDE","A pitch-black mineral consisting chiefly of the oxide ofuranium; uraninite. See Uraninite."
"PITCHER","A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves ofcertain plants. American pitcher plants, the species of Sarracenia.See Sarracenia.-- Australian pitcher plant, the Cephalotus follicularis, a lowsaxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical leaves, someoblanceolate and entire, others transformed into little ovoidpitchers, longitudinally triple-winged and ciliated, the mouthcovered with a lid shaped like a cockleshell.-- California pitcher plant, the Darlingtonia California. SeeDarlingtonia.-- Pitcher plant, any plant with the whole or a part of the leavestransformed into pitchers or cuplike organs, especially the speciesof Nepenthes. See Nepenthes."
"PITCHERFUL","The quantity a pitcher will hold."
"PITCHFORK","A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves ofgrain, or the like."
"PITCHINESS","Blackness, as of pitch; darkness."
"PITCHING","A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides orcurrents. Pitching piece (Carp.), the horizontal timber supportingthe floor of a platform of a stairway, and against which thestringpieces of the sloping parts are supported."
"PITCHSTONE","An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster likepitch."
"PITCHWORK","The work of a coal miner who is paid by a share of his product."
"PITFALL","A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men; a trapof any kind. Sir T. North."
"PITFALLING","Entrapping; insnaring. [R.] 'Full of . . . contradiction andpitfalling dispenses.' Milton."
"PITH","The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of manyplants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenousclasses. It consists of cellular tissue."
"PITHECANTHROPUS","an animal of this genus. --Pith`e*can'thrope (#), n. --Pith`e*can'thro*poid (#), a."
"PITHECI","A division of mammals including the apes and monkeys. Sometimesused in the sense of Primates."
"PITHFUL","Full of pith. [R.] W. Browne."
"PITHILY","In a pithy manner."
"PITHINESS","The quality or state of being pithy."
"PITHLESS","Destitute of pith, or of strength; feeble. Dryden. 'Pithlessargumentation.' Glandstone."
"PITHSOME","Pithy; robust. [R.] 'Pithsome health and vigor.' R. D.Blackmore."
"PITIABLE","Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable;lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition;pitiable wretchedness."
"PITIER","One who pities. Gauden."
"PITMAN","The connecting rod in a sawmill; also, sometimes, a connectingrod in other machinery."
"PITPAN","A long, flat-bottomed canoe, used for the navigation of riversand lagoons in Central America. Squier."
"PITPAT","See Pitapat."
"PITTA","Any one of a large group of bright-colored clamatorial birdsbelonging to Pitta, and allied genera of the family Pittid\u00e6. Most ofthe species are varied with three or more colors, such as blue,green, crimson, yellow, purple, and black. They are called alsoground thrushes, and Old World ant thrushes; but they are not relatedto the true thrushes."
"PITTACAL","A dark blue substance obtained from wood tar. It consists ofhydrocarbons which when oxidized form the orange-yellow eupittoniccompounds, the salts of which are dark blue."
"PITTED","Having minute thin spots; as, pitted ducts in the vascularparts of vegetable tissue."
"PITTER","A contrivance for removing the pits from peaches, plums, andother stone fruit."
"PITTER-PATTER","A sound like that of alternating light beats. Also, a patteringof words."
"PITTLE-PATTLE","To talk unmeaningly; to chatter or prattle. [R.] Latimer."
"PITUITE","Mucus, phlegm."
"PITUITOUS","Consisting of, or resembling, pituite or mucus; full of mucus;discharging mucus. Pituitous fever (Med.), typhoid fever; entericfever."
"PITUITRIN","A substance or extract from the pituitary body."
"PITY","To be compassionate; to show pity.I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy. Jer. xiii. 14."
"PITYING","Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word.-- Pit'y*ing*ly, adv."
"PITYRIASIS","A superficial affection of the skin, characterized by irregularpatches of thin scales which are shed in branlike particles.Pityriasis versicolor Etym: [NL.] (Med.), a parasitic disease of theskin, characterized by the development of reddish or brownishpatches."
"PITYROID","Having the form of, or resembling, bran. Smart."
"PIU","A little more; as, pi\u00f9 allegro, a little more briskly."
"PIVOT","The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike thecompany or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivotman. Pivot bridge, a form of drawbridge in which one span, called thepivot span, turns about a central vertical axis.-- Pivot gun, a gun mounted on a pivot or revolving carriage, so asto turn in any direction.-- Pivot tooth (Dentistry), an artificial crown attached to the rootof a natural tooth by a pin or peg."
"PIVOTAL","Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to, orconstituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, thepivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a battle."
"PIX","See Pyx."
"PIXY-LED","Led by pixies; bewildered."
"PIZZICATO","A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger,instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.)"
"PIZZLE","The penis; -- so called in some animals, as the bull. Shak."
"PLACABILITY","The quality or state of being placable or appeasable; placabledisposition."
"PLACABLE","Capable of being appeased or pacified; ready or willing to bepacified; willing to forgive or condone.Methought I saw him placable and mild. Milton."
"PLACABLENESS","The quality of being placable."
"PLACARD","An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate orbackplate. Planch\u00e9."
"PLACATE","Same as Placard, 4 & 5."
"PLACATION","The act of placating. [R.] Puttenham (1589)."
"PLACE","Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usuallydefined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitudeand longitude. Place of arms (Mil.), a place calculated for therendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a saferetreat for hospitals, magazines, etc. Wilhelm.-- High place (Script.), a mount on which sacrifices were offered.'Him that offereth in the high place.' Jer. xlviii. 35.-- In place, in proper position; timely.-- Out of place, inappropriate; ill-timed; as, his remarks were outof place.-- Place kick (Football), the act of kicking the ball after it hasbeen placed on the ground.-- Place name, the name of a place or locality. London Academy.-- To give place, to make room; to yield; to give way; to giveadvantage. 'Neither give place to the devil.' Eph. iv. 27. 'Let allthe rest give place.' Shak.-- To have place, to have a station, room, or seat; as, such desirescan have no place in a good heart.-- To take place. (a) To come to pass; to occur; as, the ceremonywill not take place. (b) To take precedence or priority. Addison. (c)To take effect; to prevail. 'If your doctrine takes place.' Berkeley.'But none of these excuses would take place.' Spenser.-- To take the place of, to be substituted for."
"PLACE-KICK","To make a place kick; to make (a goal) by a place kick. --Place'-kick`er, n."
"PLACE-PROUD","Proud of rank or office. Beau. & Fl."
"PLACEBO","The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead."
"PLACEFUL","In the appointed place. [Obs.]"
"PLACELESS","Having no place or office."
"PLACEMAN","One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office undergovernment. Sir W. Scott."
"PLACENTA","The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with theparent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth."
"PLACENTAL","Of or pertaining to the Placentalia."
"PLACENTALIA","A division of Mammalia including those that have a placenta, orall the orders above the marsupials."
"PLACENTARY","Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system ofclassification."
"PLACENTATION","The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as,the placentation of mammals."
"PLACENTIFEROUS","Having or producing a placenta."
"PLACENTIFORM","Having the shape of a placenta, or circular thickened disksomewhat thinner about the middle."
"PLACENTIOUS","Pleasing; amiable. [Obs.] 'A placentious person.' Fuller."
"PLACER","One who places or sets. Spenser."
"PLACID","Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful;tranquil; quiet; gentle. 'That placid aspect and meek regard.'Milton. 'Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy.' Macaulay."
"PLACIDITY","The quality or state of being placid; calmness; serenity.Hawthorne."
"PLACIDLY","In a placid manner."
"PLACIDNESS","The quality or state of being placid."
"PLACIT","A decree or determination; a dictum. [Obs.] 'The placits andopinions of other philosophers.' Evelyn."
"PLACITORY","Of or pertaining to pleas or pleading, in courts of law. [Obs.]Clayton."
"PLACITUM","A court, or cause in court."
"PLACK","A small copper coin formerly current in Scotland, worth lessthan a cent.With not a plack in the pocket of the poet. Prof. Wilson."
"PLACODERM","One of the Placodermi."
"PLACODERMAL","Of or pertaining to the placoderms; like the placoderms."
"PLACODERMATA","Same as Placodermi."
"PLACODERMI","An extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids. The bodyand head were covered with large bony plates. See Illust. underPterichthys, and Coccosteus."
"PLACOGANOID","Pertaining to the Placoganoidei."
"PLACOGANOIDEI","A division of ganoid fishes including those that have largeexternal bony plates and a cartilaginous skeleton."
"PLACOID","Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, oftenbearing spines; pertaining to the placoids."
"PLACOIDES","A group of fishes including the sharks and rays; theElasmobranchii; -- called also Placoidei."
"PLACOIDIAN","One of the placoids."
"PLACOPHORA","A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. Theback is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora.See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura."
"PLAGA","A stripe of color."
"PLAGAL","Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; -- saidof certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to those calledauthentic, which ran from the tonic to its octave. Plagal cadence, acadence in which the final chord on the tonic is preceded by thechord on the subdominant."
"PLAGATE","Having plag\u00e6, or irregular enlongated color spots."
"PLAGE","A region; country. [Obs.] 'The plages of the north.' Chaucer."
"PLAGIARIST","One who plagiarizes; or purloins the words, writings, or ideasof another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; aplagiary."
"PLAGIARIZE","To steal or purloin from the writings of another; toappropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions ofanother)."
"PLAGIARY","To commit plagiarism."
"PLAGIHEDRAL","Having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as levogyrateand dextrogyrate crystals."
"PLAGIOCEPHALIC","Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull."
"PLAGIOCEPHALY","Oblique lateral deformity of the skull."
"PLAGIOCLASE","A general term used of any triclinic feldspar. See the Noteunder Feldspar."
"PLAGIONITE","A sulphide of lead and antimony, of a blackish lead-gray colorand metallic luster."
"PLAGIOSTOMATOUS","Same as Plagiostomous."
"PLAGIOSTOME","One of the Plagiostomi."
"PLAGIOSTOMI","An order of fishes including the sharks and rays; -- calledalso Plagiostomata."
"PLAGIOSTOMOUS","Of or pertaining to the Plagiostomi."
"PLAGIOTREMATA","Same as Lepidosauria."
"PLAGIOTROPIC","Having the longer axis inclined away from the vertical line."
"PLAGIUM","Manstealing; kidnaping."
"PLAGOSE","Fond of flogging; as, a plagose master. [R.]"
"PLAGUE","An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails inEgypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large citiesof Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, thegreat London plague. 'A plague upon the people fell.' Tennyson.Cattle plague. See Rinderpest.-- Plague mark, Plague spot, a spot or mark of the plague; hence, atoken of something incurable."
"PLAGUEFUL","Abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential; as,plagueful exhalations."
"PLAGUELESS","Free from plagues or the plague."
"PLAGUER","One who plagues or annoys."
"PLAGUILY","In a plaguing manner; vexatiously; extremely. [Colloq.]'Ronsard is so plaguily stiff and stately.' Landor."
"PLAGUY","Vexatious; troublesome; tormenting; as, a plaguy horse.[Colloq.] Also used adverbially; as, 'He is so plaguy proud.' Shak."
"PLAID","Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid;checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to oneanother; as, plaid muslin."
"PLAIDING","Plaid cloth."
"PLAIN","To lament; to bewail; to complain. [Archaic & Poetic] Milton.We with piteous heart unto you pleyne. Chaucer."
"PLAIN-DEALING","Practicing plain dealing; artless. See Plain dealing, underDealing. Shak."
"PLAIN-HEARTED","Frank; sincere; artless. Milton.-- Plain'-heart`ed*ness, n."
"PLAIN-LAID","Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as,a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage."
"PLAIN-SPOKEN","Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spokensincerely; as, plain-spoken words. Dryden."
"PLAINANT","One who makes complaint; the plaintiff. [Obs.]"
"PLAINING","Complaint. [Poetic] Shak."
"PLAINLY","In a plain manner; clearly."
"PLAINNESS","The quality or state of being plain."
"PLAINSMAN","One who lives in the plains."
"PLAINT","A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person setsforth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing.Blackstone."
"PLAINTFUL","Containing a plaint; complaining; expressing sorrow with anaudible voice. 'My plaintful tongue.' Sir P. Sidney."
"PLAINTIFF","One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedyfor an injury to his rights; -- opposed to Ant: defendant."
"PLAINTLESS","Without complaint; unrepining. 'Plaintless patience.' Savage."
"PLAISANCE","See Pleasance."
"PLAISE","See Plaice. [Obs.]"
"PLAISTER","See Plaster."
"PLAITED","Folded; doubled over; braided; figuratively, involved;intricate; artful.Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides. Shak."
"PLAITER","One who, or that which, plaits."
"PLANARIA","Any species of turbellarian worms belonging to Planaria, andmany allied genera. The body is usually flat, thin, and smooth. Somespecies, in warm countries, are terrestrial."
"PLANARIAN","One of the Planarida, or Dendrocoela; any turbellarian worm.-- Pla*na'ri*an, a."
"PLANARIDA","A division of Turbellaria; the Dendrocoela."
"PLANARIOID","Like the planarians."
"PLANARY","Of or pertaining to a plane. [R.]"
"PLANCH","A plank. [Obs.] Ld. Berners."
"PLANCHER","The under side of a cornice; a soffit."
"PLANCHET","A flat piece of metal; especially, a disk of metal ready to bestamped as a coin."
"PLANCHING","The laying of floors in a building; also, a floor of boards orplanks."
"PLANE","Any tree of the genus Platanus."
"PLANE TABLE","See under Plane, a."
"PLANE TREE","Same as 1st Plane."
"PLANE-PARALLEL","Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a pieceof glass."
"PLANER","A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, andmaking the surface even. Hansard. Planer centers. See under Center."
"PLANER TREE","A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica) relatedto the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit."
"PLANET","A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of amoderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet bythe absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. SeeSolar system."
"PLANETARIUM","An orrery. See Orrery."
"PLANETARY","Under the dominion or influence of a planet. 'Skilled in theplanetary hours.' Drayton."
"PLANETED","Belonging to planets. [R.] Young."
"PLANETOID","A body resembling a planet; an asteroid."
"PLANETOIDAL","Pertaining to a planetoid."
"PLANETULE","A little planet. [R.] Conybeare."
"PLANGENCY","The quality or state of being plangent; a beating sound. [R.]"
"PLANGENT","Beating; dashing, as a wave. [R.] 'The plangent wave.' H.Taylor."
"PLANIFOLIOUS","Flat-leaved."
"PLANIFORM","Having a plane surface; as, a planiform, gliding, or arthrodialarticulation."
"PLANIMETER","An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure,however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; aplatometer."
"PLANIMETRY","The mensuration of plane surfaces; -- distinguished fromstereometry, or the mensuration of volumes."
"PLANING","a. & vb. n. fr. Plane, v. t. Planing machine. (a) See Planer.(b) A complex machine for planing wood, especially boards, containingusually a rapidly revolving cutter, which chips off the surface insmall shavings as the piece to be planed is passed under it byfeeding apparatus."
"PLANIPENNATE","Of or pertaining to Planipennia."
"PLANIPENNIA","A suborder of Neuroptera, including those that have broad, flatwings, as the ant-lion, lacewing, etc. Called also Planipennes."
"PLANIPETALOUS","Having flat petals."
"PLANISH","To make smooth or plane, as a metallic surface; to condense,toughen, and polish by light blows with a hammer."
"PLANISHER","One who, or that which, planishes. Weale."
"PLANISHING","a. & vb. n. from Planish, v. t. Planishing rolls (Coining),rolls between which metal strips are passed while cold, to bring themto exactly the required thickness."
"PLANISPHERE","The representation of the circles of the sphere upon a plane;especially, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a planewith adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing theposition of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars,etc., for any given date or hour."
"PLANISPHERIC","Of or pertaining to a planisphere."
"PLANK","To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequentdrawing. Planked shad, shad split open, fastened to a plank, androasted before a wood fire."
"PLANK-SHEER","The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of avessel's frame."
"PLANKTON","All the animals and plants, taken collectively, which live ator near the surface of salt or fresh waters. --Plank*ton'ic (#), a."
"PLANLESS","Having no plan."
"PLANNER","One who plans; a projector."
"PLANO-","See Plani-."
"PLANO-CONCAVE","Plane or flat on one side, and concave on the other; as, aplano-concave lens. See Lens."
"PLANO-CONICAL","Plane or flat on one side, and conical on the other. Grew."
"PLANO-CONVEX","Plane or flat on one side, and convex on the other; as, aplano-convex lens. See Convex, and Lens."
"PLANO-HORIZONTAL","Having a level horizontal surface or position. Lee."
"PLANO-ORBICULAR","Plane or flat on one side, and spherical on the other."
"PLANO-SUBULATE","Smooth and awl-shaped. See Subulate."
"PLANOBLAST","Any free-swimming gonophore of a hydroid; a hydroid medusa."
"PLANOGAMETE","One of the motile ciliated gametes, or zo\u00f6gametes, found inisogamous plants, as many green alg\u00e6 (Chlorophyce\u00e6)."
"PLANOMETER","An instrument for gauging or testing a plane surface. SeeSurface gauge, under Surface."
"PLANOMETRY","The art or process of producing or gauging a plane surface."
"PLANORBIS","Any fresh-water air-breathing mollusk belonging to Planorbisand other allied genera, having shells of a discoidal form."
"PLANT","The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on atrade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate,and whatever represents investment of capital in the means ofcarrying on a business, but not including material worked upon orfinished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad."
"PLANT-CANE","A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from thecutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferiorquality, and is called rattoon."
"PLANT-EATING","Eating, or subsisting on, plants; as, a plant-eating beetle."
"PLANTABLE","Capable of being planted; fit to be planted. B. Edwards."
"PLANTAGE","A word used once by Shakespeare to designate plants in general,or anything that is planted.As true as steel, as plantage to the moon. Shak. (Troil. iii. sc. 2)."
"PLANTAIN","A treelike perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca) of tropicalregions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruitscalled plantains. See Musa."
"PLANTAL","Belonging to plants; as, plantal life. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"PLANTAR","Of or pertaining to the sole of the foot; as, the plantararteries."
"PLANTED","Fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a separatepiece of stuff; as, a planted molding."
"PLANTERSHIP","The occupation or position of a planter, or the management of aplantation, as in the United States or the West Indies."
"PLANTICLE","A young plant, or plant in embryo. E. Darwin."
"PLANTIGRADA","A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includesthe bears, raccoons, and allied species."
"PLANTIGRADE","A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole ofthe foot, as man, and the bears."
"PLANTING","The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation.[Eng.]"
"PLANTLESS","Without plants; barren of vegetation."
"PLANTLET","A little plant."
"PLANTOCRACY","Government by planters; planters, collectively. [R.]"
"PLANTULE","The embryo which has begun its development in the act ofgermination."
"PLANULA","In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formedfrom the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as togive rise to a central space, around which the cells arrangethemselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between themorula and gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with gastrula."
"PLANXTY","An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournfulcharacter."
"PLAQUE","Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, usedfor ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish,or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on theperson, as a brooch."
"PLAQUETTE","A small plaque, esp., in modern medal engraving, a small anddelicate bas-relief, whether cast or struck from a die, or of formother than circular."
"PLASH","To dabble in water; to splash. 'Plashing among bedded pebbles.'Keats.Far below him plashed the waters. Longfellow."
"PLASHET","A small pond or pool; a puddle."
"PLASHOOT","A hedge or fence formed of branches of trees interlaced, orplashed. [Obs.] Carew."
"PLASM","Same as Plasma."
"PLASMA","A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leekgreen, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was muchesteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments."
"PLASMATION","The act of forming or molding. [R.] Grafton."
"PLASMATOR","A former; a fashioner. [R.] 'The sovereign plasmator, GodAlmighty.' Urquhart."
"PLASMATURE","Form; mold. [R.]"
"PLASMIC","Of, pertaining to, or connected with, plasma; plasmatic."
"PLASMIN","A proteid body, separated by some physiologists from bloodplasma. It is probably identical with fibrinogen."
"PLASMODIAL","Of or pertaining to, or like, a plasmodium; as, the plasmodialform of a life cycle."
"PLASMODIUM","A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union ofamoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion."
"PLASMOGEN","The important living portion of protoplasm, considered achemical substance of the highest elaboration. Germ plasm andidioplasm are forms of plasmogen."
"PLASSON","The albuminous material composing the body of a cytode."
"PLASTER","An external application of a consistency harder than ointment,prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or othermaterial. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, andis used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect,to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster."
"PLASTERLY","Resembling plaster of Paris. [R.] 'Out of gypseous or plasterlyground.' Fuller."
"PLASTERWORK","Plastering used to finish architectural constructions, exterioror interior, especially that used for the lining of rooms. Ordinarly,mortar is used for the greater part of the work, and pure plaster ofParis for the moldings and ornaments."
"PLASTERY","Of the nature of plaster.The stone . . . is a poor plastery material. Clough."
"PLASTIC","a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic highpolymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plasticare used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 givesorigin of word as 1905]"
"PLASTICAL","See Plastic. [R.]"
"PLASTICALLY","In a plastic manner."
"PLASTICITY","Plastic force. Dunglison."
"PLASTIDOZOA","Same as Protoza."
"PLASTIDULE","One of the small particles or organic molecules of protoplasm.Haeckel."
"PLASTIN","A substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by someconsidered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus."
"PLASTRON","An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk."
"PLAT","To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait. 'Theyhad platted a crown of thorns.' Matt. xxvii. 29."
"PLATAN","The plane tree. Tennyson."
"PLATANIST","The soosoo."
"PLATANUS","A genus of trees; the plane tree."
"PLATE","A piece of money, usually silver money. [Obs.] 'Realms andislands were as plates dropp'd from his pocket.' Shak."
"PLATE-GILLED","Having flat, or leaflike, gills, as the bivalve mollusks."
"PLATEFUL","Enough to fill a plate; as much as a plate will hold."
"PLATEL","A small dish."
"PLATER","One who plates or coats articles with gold or silver; as, asilver plater."
"PLATERESQUE","Resembling silver plate; -- said of certain architecturalornaments."
"PLATETROPE","One of a pair of a paired organs."
"PLATFORM","A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or overthe floor of the magazine. See Orlop. Platform car, a railway carwithout permanent raised sides or covering; a f -- Platform scale, aweighing machine, with a flat platform on which objects are weighed."
"PLATHELMINTH","One of the Platyelminthes."
"PLATHELMINTHES","Same as Platyelminthes."
"PLATIN","See Platen."
"PLATINA","Platinum. Platina mohr, platinum black.-- Platina yellow, a pigment prepared from platinum."
"PLATINIC","Of, pertaining to, or containing, platinum; -- usedspecifically to designate those compounds in which the element has ahigher valence, as contrasted with the platinous compounds; as,platinic chloride (PtCl4)."
"PLATINICHLORIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid consisting ofplatinic chloride and hydrochloric acid, and obtained as a brownishred crystalline substance, called platinichloric, or chloroplatinic,acid."
"PLATINIFEROUS","Yielding platinum; as, platiniferous sand."
"PLATINIRIDIUM","A natural alloy of platinum and iridium occurring in grayishmetallic rounded or cubical grains with platinum."
"PLATINIZE","To cover or combine with platinum."
"PLATINOCHLORIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid consistingof platinous chloride and hydrochloric acid, called platinochloric,or chloroplatinous, acid."
"PLATINOCHLORIDE","A double chloride of platinum and some other metal or radical;a salt of platinochloric acid."
"PLATINOCYANIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid compoundof platinous cyanide and hydrocyanic acid. It is obtained as acinnaber-red crystalline substance."
"PLATINOCYANIDE","A double cyanide of platinum and some other metal or radical; asalt of platinocyanic acid."
"PLATINODE","A cathode. [R.]"
"PLATINOID","Resembling platinum."
"PLATINOUS","Of, pertaining to, or containing, platinum; -- usedspecifically to designate those compounds in which the element has alower valence, as contrasted with the platinic compounds; as,platinous chloride (PtCl2)."
"PLATINUM","A metallic element, intermediate in value between silver andgold, occurring native or alloyed with other metals, also as theplatinum arsenide (sperrylite). It is heavy tin-white metal which isductile and malleable, but very infusible, and characterized by itsresistance to strong chemical reagents. It is used for crucibles, forstills for sulphuric acid, rarely for coin, and in the form of foiland wire for many purposes. Specific gravity 21.5. Atomic weight194.3. Symbol Pt. Formerly called platina. Platinum black (Chem.), asoft, dull black powder, consisting of finely divided metallicplatinum obtained by reduction and precipitation from its solutions.It absorbs oxygen to a high degree, and is employed as an oxidizer.-- Platinum lamp (Elec.), a kind of incandescent lamp of which theluminous medium is platinum. See under Incandescent.-- Platinum metals (Chem.), the group of metallic elements which intheir chemical and physical properties resemble platinum. Theseconsist of the light platinum group, viz., rhodium, ruthenium, andpalladium, whose specific gravities are about 12; and the heavyplatinum group, viz., osmium, iridium, and platinum, whose specificgravities are over 21.-- Platinum sponge (Chem.), metallic platinum in a gray, porous,spongy form, obtained by reducing the double chloride of platinum andammonium. It absorbs oxygen, hydrogen, and certain other gases, to ahigh degree, and is employed as an agent in oxidizing."
"PLATITUDINARIAN","One addicted to uttering platitudes, or stale and insipidtruisms. 'A political platitudinarian.' G. Eliot."
"PLATITUDINIZE","To utter platitudes or truisms."
"PLATITUDINOUS","Abounding in platitudes; of the nature of platitudes; utteringplatitudes.-- Plat`i*tu'di*nous*ness, n."
"PLATLY","Flatly. See Plat, a. [Obs.]"
"PLATNESS","Flatness. [Obs.] Palsgrave."
"PLATOMETER","See Planimeter."
"PLATONIC","A follower of Plato; a Platonist."
"PLATONICALLY","In a Platonic manner."
"PLATONIST","One who adheres to the philosophy of Plato; a follower ofPlato. Hammond."
"PLATONIZE","To adopt the opinion of Plato or his followers. Milner."
"PLATONIZER","One who Platonizes."
"PLATT","See Lodge, n. Raymond."
"PLATTDEUTSCH","The modern dialects spoken in the north of Germany, takencollectively; modern Low German. See Low German, under German."
"PLATTEN","To flatten and make into sheets or plates; as, to plattencylinder glass."
"PLATTER","One who plats or braids."
"PLATTER-FACED","Having a broad, flat face."
"PLATTING","Plaited strips or bark, cane, straw, etc., used for making hatsor the like."
"PLATY","Like a plate; consisting of plates."
"PLATY-","A combining form from Gr. platy`s broad, wide, flat; as,platypus, platycephalous."
"PLATYCNEMIC","Of, relating to, or characterized by, platycnemism."
"PLATYCNEMISM","Lateral flattening of the tibia."
"PLATYCOELIAN","Flat at the anterior and concave at the posterior end; -- saidof the centra of the vertebr\u00e6 of some extinct dinouaurs."
"PLATYELMINTHES","A class of helminthes including the cestodes, or tapeworms, thetrematodes, and the turbellarians. Called also flatworms."
"PLATYHELMIA","Same as Platyelminthes. [Written also Platyelmia.]"
"PLATYMETER","An apparatus for measuring the capacity of condensers, or theinductive capacity of dielectrics."
"PLATYPOD","An animal having broad feet, or a broad foot."
"PLATYPODA","Same as Prosobranchiata."
"PLATYPTERA","A division of Pseudoneuroptera including the species which havefour broad, flat wings, as the termites, or white-ants, and the stoneflies (Perla)."
"PLATYPUS","The duck mole. See under Duck."
"PLATYRHINE","Having the nose broad; -- opposed to Ant: leptorhine.-- n. (Zo\u00f6l.)"
"PLATYRHINI","A division of monkeys, including the American species, whichhave a broad nasal septum, thirty-six teeth, and usually a prehensiletail. See Monkey. [Written also Platyrrhini.]"
"PLAUD","To applaud. [Obs.] Chapman."
"PLAUDIT","A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed.Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng. Longfellow."
"PLAUDITORY","Applauding; commending."
"PLAUSIBLEIZE","To render plausible. [R.]"
"PLAUSIBLENESS","Quality of being plausible."
"PLAYA","A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, NewMexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequentlybecomes dry by evaporation. Bartlett."
"PLAYBILL","A printed programme of a play, with the parts assigned to theactors."
"PLAYBOOK","A book of dramatic compositions; a book of the play. Swift."
"PLAYDAY","A day given to play or diversion; a holiday. Swift."
"PLAYFELLOW","A companion in amusements or sports; a playmate. Shak."
"PLAYFERE","A playfellow. [Obs.] [Also, playfeer, playphere.] Holinsheld."
"PLAYFUL","Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy;humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.-- Play'ful*ly, adv.-- Play'ful*ness, n."
"PLAYGAME","Play of children. Locke."
"PLAYGOER","One who frequents playhouses, or attends dramatic performances."
"PLAYGOING","Frequenting playhouses; as, the playgoing public.-- n."
"PLAYGROUND","A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of aschool."
"PLAYING","a. & vb. n. of Play. Playing cards. See under Card."
"PLAYMAKER","A playwright. [R.]"
"PLAYMATE","A companion in diversions; a playfellow."
"PLAYSOME","Playful; wanton; sportive. [R.] R. Browning.-- Play'some*ness, n. [R.]"
"PLAYTE","See Pleyt."
"PLAYTHING","A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.A child knows his nurse, and by degrees the playthings of a littlemore advanced age. Locke."
"PLAYTIME","Time for play or diversion."
"PLAYWRIGHT","A maker or adapter of plays."
"PLAYWRITER","A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright. Lecky."
"PLAZA","A public square in a city or town."
"PLEA","That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in astricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguishedfrom a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modernpractice, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration anddemand. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration isanswered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. Inchancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying uponone or more things as a cause why the suit should be eitherdismissed, delayed, or barred. In criminal practice, the plea is thedefendant's formal answer to the indictment or information presentedagainst him."
"PLEACH","To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; tointerlock. 'The pleached bower.' Shak."
"PLEAD","To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declarationof a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or toallege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in aless strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carryon the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry ona suit or plea. Blackstone. Burrill. Stephen."
"PLEADABLE","Capable of being pleaded; capable of being alleged in proof,defense, or vindication; as, a right or privilege pleadable at law.Dryden."
"PLEADER","One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas orpleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader."
"PLEADING","The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause byarguments."
"PLEADINGLY","In a pleading manner."
"PLEADINGS","The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, orwritten statements of the parties in support of their claims,proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue isjoined, and the question made to rest on some single point.Blackstone."
"PLEASANT","A wit; a humorist; a buffoon. [Obs.]"
"PLEASANT-TONGUED","Of pleasing speech."
"PLEASANTLY","In a pleasant manner."
"PLEASANTNESS","The state or quality of being pleasant."
"PLEASANTRY","That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor;cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulnessin conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage.The grave abound in pleasantries, the dull in repartees and points ofwit. Addison.The keen observation and ironical pleasantry of a finished man of theworld. Macaulay."
"PLEASED","Experiencing pleasure.-- Pleas'ed*ly, adv.-- Pleas'ed*ness, n."
"PLEASEMAN","An officious person who courts favor servilely; a pickthank.[Obs.] Shak."
"PLEASER","One who pleases or gratifies."
"PLEASING","Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion;agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing manners.'Pleasing harmony.' Shak. 'Pleasing features.' Macaulay.-- Pleas'ing*ly, adv.-- Pleas'ing*ness, n."
"PLEASURABLE","Capable of affording pleasure or satisfaction; gratifying;abounding in pleasantness or pleasantry.Planting of orchards is very . . . pleasurable. Bacon.O, sir, you are very pleasurable. B. Jonson.-- Pleas'ur*a*ble*ness, n.-- Pleas'ur*a*bly, adv."
"PLEASURE","To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify. Shak.[Rolled] his hoop to pleasure Edith. Tennyson."
"PLEASUREFUL","Affording pleasure. [R.]"
"PLEASURELESS","Devoid of pleasure. G. Eliot."
"PLEASURER","A pleasure seeker. Dickens."
"PLEASURIST","A person devoted to worldly pleasure. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"PLEAT","See Plait."
"PLEBE","A member of the lowest class in the military academy at WestPoint. [Cant, U.S.]"
"PLEBEIANIZE","To render plebeian, common, or vulgar."
"PLEBICOLIST","One who flatters, or courts the favor of, the common people; ademagogue. [R.]"
"PLEBIFICATION","A rendering plebeian; the act of vulgarizing. [R.]You begin with the attempt to popularize learning . . . but you willend in the plebification of knowledge. Coleridge."
"PLEBISCITARY","Of or pertaining to plebiscite. The Century."
"PLEBISCITE","A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, apopular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of1791. [Written also plebiscit.]Plebiscite we have lately taken, in popular use, from the French.Fitzed. Hall."
"PLEBISCITUM","A law enacted by the common people, under the superintendenceof a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without theintervention of the senate."
"PLECTILE","Woven; plaited. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"PLECTOGNATH","Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi.-- n."
"PLECTOGNATHI","An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone unitedwith the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary."
"PLECTOSPONDYLI","An extensive suborder of fresh-water physostomous fishes havingthe anterior vertebr\u00e6 united and much modified; the Eventognathi."
"PLECTOSPONDYLOUS","Of or pertaining to the Plectospondyli."
"PLECTRUM","A small instrument of ivory, wood, metal, or quill, used inplaying upon the lyre and other stringed instruments."
"PLED","imp. & p. p. of Plead [Colloq.] Spenser."
"PLEDGE","The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtorto a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, thecontract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being sodelivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; also, thatwhich is so delivered or deposited; something put in pawn."
"PLEDGEE","The one to whom a pledge is given, or to whom property pledgedis delivered."
"PLEDGELESS","Having no pledge."
"PLEDGER","One who pledges."
"PLEDGERY","A pledging; suretyship. [Obs.]"
"PLEDGET","A string of oakum used in calking."
"PLEGEPODA","Same as Infusoria."
"PLEIAD","One of the Pleiades."
"PLEIADES","The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled tohave been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky."
"PLEIN","Plan. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PLEIOCENE","See Pliocene."
"PLEIOPHYLLOUS","Having several leaves; -- used especially when several leavesor leaflets appear where normally there should be only one."
"PLEIOSAURUS","Same as Pliosaurus."
"PLEISTOCENE","Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following theTertiary, and immediately preceding man.-- n."
"PLENAL","Full; complete; as, a plenal view or act. [Obs.]"
"PLENARILY","In a plenary manner."
"PLENARINESS","Quality or state of being plenary."
"PLENARTY","The state of a benefice when occupied. Blackstone."
"PLENARY","Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license;plenary authority.A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. I. Watts.Plenary indulgence (R. C. Ch.), an entire remission of temporalpunishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins.-- Plenary inspiration. (Theol.) See under Inspiration."
"PLENE","Full; complete; plenary. [Obs.]"
"PLENICORN","A ruminant having solid horns or antlers, as the deer. Brande &C."
"PLENILUNARY","Of or pertaining to the full moon. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"PLENILUNE","The full moon. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"PLENIPOTENT","Possessing full power. [R.] Milton."
"PLENIPOTENTIARY","A person invested with full power to transact any business;especially, an ambassador or envoy to a foreign court, with fullpower to negotiate a treaty, or to transact other business."
"PLENISHING","Household furniture; stock. [Scot.]"
"PLENIST","One who holds that all space is full of matter."
"PLENITUDINARIAN","A plenist."
"PLENITUDINARY","Having plenitude; full; complete; thorough. [Obs.]"
"PLENTEVOUS","Plenteous. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PLENTY","Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency;specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply forhuman wants; abundance; copiousness. 'Plenty of corn and wine.' Gen.xxvii. 28. 'Promises Britain peace and plenty.' Shak.Houses of office stuffed with plentee. Chaucer.The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world.Thomson."
"PLENUM","That state in which every part of space is supposed to be fullof matter; -- opposed to vacuum. G. Francis."
"PLEOCHROIC","Having the property of pleochroism."
"PLEOCHROISM","The property possessed by some crystals, of showing differentcolors when viewed in the direction of different axes."
"PLEOCHROMATIC","Pleochroic."
"PLEOCHROMATISM","Pleochroism."
"PLEOCHROOUS","Pleochroic."
"PLEOMORPHIC","Pertaining to pleomorphism; as, the pleomorphic character ofbacteria."
"PLEOMORPHISM","The property of crystallizing under two or more distinctfundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism."
"PLEOMORPHOUS","Having the property of pleomorphism."
"PLEONASM","Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of morewords than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with myown eyes."
"PLEONAST","One who is addicted to pleonasm. [R.] C. Reade."
"PLEONASTE","A black variety of spinel."
"PLEONASTICALLY","In a pleonastic manner."
"PLEOPOD","One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. See Illust. underCrustacea."
"PLEROME","The central column of parenchyma in a growing stem or root."
"PLEROPHORY","Fullness; full persuasion. 'A plerophory of assurance.' Bp.Hall."
"PLESANCE","Pleasance. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PLESH","A pool; a plash. [Obs.] Spenser."
"PLESIMORPHISM","The property possessed by some substances of crystallizing inclosely similar forms while unlike in chemical composition."
"PLESIOMORPHOUS","Nearly alike in form."
"PLESIOSAUR","One of the Plesiosauria."
"PLESIOSAURIA","An extinct order of Mesozoic marine reptiles including thegenera Plesiosaurus, and allied forms; -- called also Sauropterygia."
"PLESIOSAURIAN","A plesiosaur."
"PLESIOSAURUS","A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having a very longneck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. It lived in theMesozoic age."
"PLESSIMETER","See Pleximeter."
"PLETE","To plead. [Obs.] P. Plowman."
"PLETHORETIC","Plethoric. [Obs.] Johnson."
"PLETHORIC","Haeving a full habit of body; characterized by plethora orexcess of blood; as, a plethoric constitution; -- used alsometaphorically. 'Plethoric phrases.' Sydney Smith. 'Plethoricfullness of thought.' De Quincey."
"PLETHORICAL","Plethoric. [R.] -- Ple*thor'ic*al*ly, adv. Burke."
"PLETHORY","Plethora. Jer. Taylor."
"PLETHYSMOGRAPH","An instrument for determining and registering the variations inthe size or volume of a limb, as the arm or leg, and hence thevariations in the amount of blood in the limb.-- Pleth`ys*mo*graph'ic, a."
"PLETHYSMOGRAPHY","The study, by means of the plethysmograph, of the variations insize of a limb, and hence of its blood supply."
"PLEURA","pl. of Pleuron."
"PLEURAL","Of or pertaining to the pleura or pleur\u00e6, or to the sides ofthe thorax."
"PLEURALGIA","Pain in the side or region of the ribs."
"PLEURAPOPHYSIS","One of the ventral processes of a vertebra, or the dorsalelement in each half of a hemal arch, forming, or corresponding to, avertebral rib.-- Pleu*rap`o*phys'i*al, a. Owen."
"PLEURENCHYMA","A tissue consisting of long and slender tubular cells, of whichwood is mainly composed."
"PLEURIC","Pleural."
"PLEURISY","An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever,pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into thepleural cavity. Pleurisy root. (Bot.) (a) The large tuberous root ofa kind of milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) which is used as a remedy forpleuritic and other diseases. (b) The plant itself, which has deeporange-colored flowers; -- called also butterfly weed."
"PLEURITE","Same as Pleuron."
"PLEURITIS","Pleurisy."
"PLEURO-","A combining form denoting relation to a side; specif.,connection with, or situation in or near, the pleura; as,pleuroperitoneum."
"PLEUROBRACHIA","A genus of ctenophores having an ovate body and two longplumose tentacles."
"PLEUROBRANCH","Any one of the gills of a crustacean that is attached to theside of the thorax."
"PLEUROBRANCHIA","Same as Pleurobranch."
"PLEUROCARP","Any pleurocarpic moss."
"PLEUROCENTRUM","One of the lateral elements in the centra of the vertebr\u00e6 insome fossil batrachians."
"PLEURODERES","A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not beretracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata isan example."
"PLEURODONT","Having the teeth consolidated with the inner edge of the jaw,as in some lizards."
"PLEURODYNIA","A painful affection of the side, simulating pleurisy, usuallydue to rheumatism."
"PLEURONECTOID","Pertaining to the Pleuronectid\u00e6, or Flounder family."
"PLEUROPERICARDIAL","Of or pertaining to the pleura and pericardium."
"PLEUROPERIPNEUMONY","Pleuropneumonia."
"PLEUROPERITONEAL","Of or pertaining to the pleural and peritoneal membranes orcavities, or to the pleuroperitoneum."
"PLEUROPERITONEUM","The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane liningthe body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; theperitoneum; -- used especially in the case of those animals in whichthe body cavity is not divided."
"PLEUROPNEUMONIA","Inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisyand pneumonia, esp. a kind of contagions and fatal lung plague ofcattle."
"PLEUROPTERA","A group of Isectivora, including the colugo."
"PLEUROSIGMA","A genus of diatoms of elongated elliptical shape, but havingthe sides slightly curved in the form of a letter S. Pleurosigmaangulatum has very fine striations, and is a favorite object fortesting the high powers of microscopes."
"PLEUROSTEON","The antero-lateral piece which articulates the sternum ofbirds."
"PLEUROTHOTONUS","A species of tetanus, in which the body is curved laterally.Quain. Dunglison."
"PLEUROTOMA","Any marine gastropod belonging to Pleurotoma, and ether alliedgenera of the family Pleurotmid\u00e6. The species are very numerous,especially in tropical seas. The outer lip has usually a posteriornotch or slit."
"PLEVIN","A warrant or assurance. [Obs.]"
"PLEXIFORM","Like network; complicated. Quincy."
"PLEXIMETER","A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber,placed in contact with body to receive the blow, in examination bymediate percussion. [Written also plexometer.]"
"PLEXURE","The act or process of weaving together, or interweaving; thatwhich is woven together. H. Brooke."
"PLEXUS","A network of vessels, nerves, or fibers."
"PLEY","See Play. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PLEYT","An old term for a river boat."
"PLIABILITY","The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; as,pliability of disposition. 'Pliability of movement.' Sir W. Scott."
"PLIANCY","The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancyof a rod. 'Avaunt all specious pliancy of mind.' Wordsworth."
"PLICA","A disease of the hair (Plica polonica), in which it becomestwisted and matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and ishence called also Polish plait. Dunglison."
"PLICATION","A folding or fold; a plait. Richardson."
"PLICATURE","A fold; a doubling; a plication. Dr. H. More."
"PLICIDENTINE","A form of dentine which shows sinuous lines of structure in atransverse section of the tooth."
"PLIED","imp. & p. p. of Ply."
"PLIERS","A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending orcutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as theparts of a watch, etc."
"PLIFORM","In the form of a ply, fold, or doubling. [Obs.] Pennant."
"PLIGHT","imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge. Chaucer."
"PLIGHTER","One who, or that which, plights."
"PLIM","To swell, as grain or wood with water. [Prov. Eng.] Grose."
"PLINTH","(Arch.) In classical architecture, a vertically faced memberimmediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowestmember of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base;a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trimare stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of Column."
"PLIOCENE","Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent divisionof the Tertiary age."
"PLIOHIPPUS","An extinct genus of horses from the Pliocene deposits. Eachfoot had a single toe (or hoof), as in the common horse."
"PLIOSAURUS","An extinct genus of marine reptiles allied to Plesiosaurus, buthaving a much shorter neck."
"PLITT","An instrument of punishment or torture resembling the knout,used in Russia."
"PLOC","A mixture of hair and tar for covering the bottom of a ship."
"PLOCE","A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way ofemphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted byit, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, 'His wife's awife indeed.' Bailey."
"PLOD","To walk on slowly or heavily.The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. Gray."
"PLODDER","One who plods; a drudge."
"PLODDING","Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized bylaborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; aman of plodding habits. --Plod'ding*ly, adv."
"PLONGE","To cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, bystirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs."
"PLONGEE","A slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plong\u00e9e of aparapet; the plong\u00e9e of a shell in its course. [Sometimes writtenplonge.]"
"PLOP","To fall, drop, or move in any way, with a sudden splash orslap, as on the surface of water."
"PLOT","A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to ascale."
"PLOT-PROOF","Secure against harm by plots. Shak."
"PLOTFUL","Abounding with plots."
"PLOTINIAN","Of pertaining to the Plotinists or their doctrines."
"PLOTINIST","A disciple of Plotinus, a celebrated Platonic philosopher ofthe third century, who taught that the human soul emanates from thedivine Being, to whom it reunited at death."
"PLOTTER","One who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator; aschemer. Dryden."
"PLOUGH","See Plow."
"PLOUTER","To wade or move about with splashing; to dabble; also, topotter; trifle; idle. [Scot. & Dial. Eng.]"
"PLOVER","Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging tothe family Charadrid\u00e6, and especially those belonging to thesubfamily Charadrins\u00e6. They are prized as game birds."
"PLOY","Sport; frolic. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"PLOYMENT","The act or movement of forming a column from a line of troopson some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deployment."
"PLUCK","To reject at an examination for degrees. C. Bront\u00e9. To pluckaway, to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to tear away.-- To pluck down, to pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a lowerstate.-- to pluck off, to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the skin.-- to pluck up. (a) To tear up by the roots or from the foundation;to eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy; as, to pluck up a plant; topluk up a nation. Jer. xii. 17. (b) To gather up; to summon; as, topluck up courage."
"PLUCKED","Having courage and spirit. [R.]"
"PLUCKILY","In a plucky manner."
"PLUCKINESS","The quality or state of being plucky."
"PLUCKLESS","Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted."
"PLUCKY","Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displayingpluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.If you're plucky, and not over subject to fright. Barham."
"PLUFF","To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs. [Scot.]"
"PLUG","A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached. [U. S.] --Hawse plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole.-- Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7.-- Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder instead ofa point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or toform a counterbore around it.-- Plug rod (Steam Eng.) , a rod attached to the beam for workingthe valves, as in the Cornish engine.-- Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case likethe plug of a faucet."
"PLUG BOARD","A switchboard in which connections are made by means of plugs."
"PLUGGER","One who, or that which, plugs."
"PLUM","The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and ofseveral other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usuallycalled plum tree.The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties of plum, of ourgardens, although growing into thornless trees, are believed to bevarieties of the blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. G.Bentham.are in bold format, like collocations."
"PLUMA","A feather."
"PLUMAGE","The entire clothing of a bird."
"PLUMASSARY","A plume or collection of ornamental feathers."
"PLUMASSIER","One who prepares or deals in ornamental plumes or feathers."
"PLUMB","A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to aline, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; aplummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below. Plumb bob. See Bob, 4.-- Plumb joint, in sheet-metal work, a lap joint, fastened bysolder.-- Plumb level. See under Level.-- Plumb line. (a) The cord by which a plumb bob is suspended; aplummet. (b) A line directed to the center of gravity of the earth.-- Plumb rule, a narrow board with a plumb line, used by buildersand carpenters."
"PLUMBAGE","Leadwork [R.]"
"PLUMBAGIN","A crystalline substance said to be found in the root of acertain plant of the Leadwort (Plumbago) family."
"PLUMBAGINEOUS","Pertaining to natural order (Plumbagine\u00e6) of gamopetalousherbs, of which plumbago is the type. The order includes also themarsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera."
"PLUMBAGINOUS","Resembling plumbago; consisting of, or containing, plumbago;as, a plumbaginous slate."
"PLUMBAGO","Same as Graphite."
"PLUMBER","One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, andrepairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for theconveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings."
"PLUMBER BLOCK","A pillow block."
"PLUMBIC","Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; -- usedspecifically to designate those compounds in which it has a highervalence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide."
"PLUMBIFEROUS","Producing or containing lead. Kirwan."
"PLUMBISM","A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead,common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as amongpainters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms,as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. See under Colic, Lead, andWrist."
"PLUMBOUS","Of, pertaining to, or containing, lead; -- used specifically todesignate those compounds in which it has a lower valence ascontrasted with plumbic compounds."
"PLUMBUM","The technical name of lead. See Lead."
"PLUMCOT","A cross between the plum and apricot."
"PLUME","An ornamental tuft of feathers."
"PLUMELESS","Without plumes."
"PLUMELET","A small plume.When rosy plumelets tuft the larch. Tennyson."
"PLUMERY","Plumes, collectively or in general; plumage. [R.] Southey."
"PLUMICORN","An ear tuft of feathers, as in the horned owls."
"PLUMIGEROUS","Feathered; having feathers. Bailey"
"PLUMILIFORM","Having the of a plume or feather. [R.]"
"PLUMIPED","Having feet covered with feathers.-- n."
"PLUMMING","The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the placewhere to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or tofind which way the lode inclines."
"PLUMMY","Of the nature of a plum; desirable; profitable; advantageous.[Colloq.] 'For the sake of getting something plummy.' G. Eliot."
"PLUMOSITE","Same as Jamesonite."
"PLUMOSITY","The quality or state of being plumose."
"PLUMP","Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plumpbaby; plump cheeks. Shak.The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. T. Carew."
"PLUMPER","A vote given to one candidate only, when two or more are to beelected, thus giving him the advantage over the others. A person whogives his vote thus is said to plump, or to plump his vote."
"PLUMPLY","Fully; roundly; plainly; without reserve. [Colloq.]"
"PLUMPNESS","The quality or state of being plump."
"PLUMPY","Plump; fat; sleek. 'Plumpy Bacchus.' Shak."
"PLUMULA","A plumule."
"PLUMULACEOUS","Downy; bearing down."
"PLUMULAR","Relating to a plumule."
"PLUMULARIA","Any hydroid belonging to Plumularia and other genera of thefamily Plumularid\u00e6. They generally grow in plumelike forms."
"PLUMULARIAN","Any Plumularia. Also used adjectively."
"PLUMULE","The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, orgrowing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. ofRadicle. Gray."
"PLUMULOSE","Having hairs branching out laterally, like the parts of afeather."
"PLUMY","Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery.'His plumy crest.' Addison. 'The plumy trees.' J. S. Blackie."
"PLUNDERAGE","The embezzlement of goods on shipboard. Wharton."
"PLUNDERER","One who plunders or pillages."
"PLUNGER","A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamyconsistence. Knight."
"PLUNKET","A kind of blue color; also, anciently, a kind of cloth,generally blue."
"PLUPERFECT","More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense whichdenotes that an action or event was completed at or before the timeof another past action or event.-- n."
"PLURAL","Relating to, or containing, more than one; designating two ormore; as, a plural word.Plural faith, which is too much by one. Shak.Plural number (Gram.), the number which designates more than one. SeeNumber, n., 8."
"PLURALISM","The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than oneecclesiastical living at a time. [Eng.]"
"PLURALIST","A clerk or clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiasticalbenefice. [Eng.]Of the parochial clergy, a large proportion were pluralists.Macaulay."
"PLURALITY","See Plurality of benefices, below. Plurality of benefices(Eccl.), the possession by one clergyman of more than one benefice orliving. Each benefice thus held is called a plurality. [Eng.]"
"PLURALIZATION","The act of pluralizing. H. Spencer."
"PLURALIZE","To hold more than one benefice at the same time. [Eng.]"
"PLURALIZER","A pluralist. [R.]"
"PLURALLY","In a plural manner or sense."
"PLURI-","A combining form from L. plus, pluris, more, many; aspluriliteral."
"PLURIES","A writ issued in the third place, after two former writs havebeen disregarded. Mozley & W."
"PLURIFARIOUS","Of many kinds or fashions; multifarious."
"PLURIFOLIOLATE","Having several or many leaflets."
"PLURILITERAL","Consisting of more letters than three.-- n."
"PLURILOCULAR","Having several cells or loculi; specifically (Bot.),"
"PLURIPAROUS","Producing several young at a birth; as, a pluriparous animal."
"PLURIPARTITE","Deeply divided into several portions."
"PLURIPRESENCE","Presence in more places than one. [R.] Johnson."
"PLURISY","Superabundance; excess; plethora. [Obs.] Shak."
"PLUS","More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished fromnegative; -- opposed to Ant: minus."
"PLUSH","A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer andsofter than the nap of velvet. Cowper."
"PLUSHY","Like plush; soft and shaggy. H. Kingsley."
"PLUTARCHY","Plutocracy; the rule of wealth. [R.]"
"PLUTEAL","Of or pertaining to a pluteus."
"PLUTEUS","The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, havingseveral long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods."
"PLUTO","The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; thedark and gloomy god of the Lower World. Pluto monkey (Zo\u00f6l.), a long-tailed African monkey (Cercopithecus pluto), having side whiskers.The general color is black, more or less grizzled; the frontal bandis white."
"PLUTOCRACY","A form of government in which the supreme power is lodged inthe hands of the wealthy classes; government by the rich; also, acontrolling or influential class of rich men."
"PLUTOCRAT","One whose wealth gives him power or influence; one of theplutocracy."
"PLUTOCRATIC","Of or pertaining to plutocracy; as, plutocratic ideas. Bagehot."
"PLUTOLOGY","The science which treats of wealth."
"PLUTONIAN","Plutonic. Poe."
"PLUTONISM","The theory, early advanced in geology, that the successiverocks of the earth''s crust were formed by igneous fusion; -- opposedto the Neptunian theory."
"PLUTONIST","One who adopts the geological theory of igneous fusion; aPlutonian. See Plutonism."
"PLUTUS","The son of Jason and Ceres, and the god of wealth. He wasrepresented as bearing a cornucopia, and as blind, because his giftswere bestowed without discrimination of merit."
"PLUVIAL","Produced by the action of rain."
"PLUVIAMETER","See Pluviometer."
"PLUVIAMETRICAL","See Pluviometrical."
"PLUVIAN","The crocodile bird."
"PLUVIOGRAPH","A self-registering rain gauge."
"PLUVIOGRAPHY","The branch of meteorology treating of the automaticregistration of the precipitation of rain, snow, etc.; also, thegraphic presentation of precipitation data."
"PLUVIOMETER","An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at anyplace in a given time; a rain gauge."
"PLUVIOMETRICAL","Of or pertaining to a pluviometer; determined by a pluviometer."
"PLUVIOMETRY","That department of meteorology that treats of the measurementof the precipitation of rain, snow, etc."
"PLUVIOSCOPE","A rain gauge."
"PLUVIOSE","The fifth month of the French republican calendar adopted in1793. It began January 20, and ended February 18. See Vend\u00e9miaire."
"PLUVIOUS","Abounding in rain; rainy; pluvial. Sir T. Browne."
"PLY","To work to windward; to beat."
"PLYER","One who, or that which, plies; specifically: (a) pl."
"PLYGHT","See Plight. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PLYMOUTH BRETHREN","The members of a religious sect which first appeared atPlymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, andreject all official ministry or clergy. Also called Brethren,Christian Brethren, Plymouthists, etc. The Darbyites are a divisionof the Brethren."
"PNEOMETER","A spirometer."
"PNEUMATICITY","The state of being pneumatic, or of having a cavity or cavitiesfilled with air; as, the pneumaticity of the bones of birds."
"PNEUMATICS","The scientific study or knowledge of spiritual beings and theirrelations to God, angels, and men."
"PNEUMATO-","A combining form from Gr. wind, air, breath, respiration; as,pneumatograph, pneumatology."
"PNEUMATOCELE","A distention of the scrotum by air; also, hernia of the lungs."
"PNEUMATOCYST","A cyst or sac of a siphonophore, containing air, and serving asa float, as in Physalia."
"PNEUMATOGARM","A tracing of the respiratory movements, obtained by apneumatograph or stethograph."
"PNEUMATOGRAPH","An instrument for recording the movements of the thorax orchest wall during respiration; -- also called stethograph."
"PNEUMATOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to pneumatology."
"PNEUMATOLOGIST","One versed in pneumatology."
"PNEUMATOLOGY","The science of spiritual being or phenomena of any description."
"PNEUMATOMETER","An instrument for measuring the amount of force exerted by thelungs in respiration."
"PNEUMATOMETRY","See Spirometry."
"PNEUMATOPHORE","One of the Pneumonophora."
"PNEUMATOTHORAX","See Pneumothorax."
"PNEUMO-","A combining form from Gr. a lung; as, pneumogastric,pneumology."
"PNEUMOCOCCUS","A form of micrococcus found in the sputum (and elsewhere) ofpersons suffering with pneumonia, and thought to be the cause of thisdisease."
"PNEUMOGASTRIC","Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach.-- n."
"PNEUMOGRAPH","Same as Pneumatograph."
"PNEUMOGRAPHY","A description of the lungs. Dunglison."
"PNEUMOLOGY","The science which treats of the lungs."
"PNEUMOMETER","A spirometer."
"PNEUMOMETRY","Measurement of the capacity of the lungs for air. Dunglison."
"PNEUMONIA","Inflammation of the lungs."
"PNEUMONIC","A medicine for affections of the lungs."
"PNEUMONITIC","Of or pertaining to pneumonitis."
"PNEUMONITIS","Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia."
"PNEUMONOMETER","A spirometer; a pneumometer."
"PNEUMONOPHORA","The division of Siphonophora which includes the Physalia andallied genera; -- called also Pneumatophor\u00e6."
"PNEUMONY","See Pneumonia."
"PNEUMOPHORA","A division of holothurians having an internal gill, orrespiratory tree."
"PNEUMOSKELETON","A chitinous structure which supports the gill in someinvertebrates."
"PNEUMOTHERAPY","The treatment of disease by inhalations of compressed orrarefied air."
"PNEUMOTHORAX","A condition in which air or other gas is present in the cavityof the chest; -- called also pneumatothorax."
"PNIGALION","Nightmare."
"PNYX","The place at Athens where the meetings of the people were heldfor making decrees, etc."
"POA","A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as thekinds called meadow grass, Kentucky blue grass, June grass, and speargrass (which see)."
"POACH","To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in abag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; tohunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon."
"POACHER","The American widgeon. [Local, U.S.] Sea poacher (Zo\u00f6l.), thelyrie."
"POACHINESS","The state of being poachy; marshiness."
"POACHY","Wet and soft; easily penetrated by the feet of cattle; -- saidof land"
"POCAN","The poke (Phytolacca decandra); -- called also pocan bush."
"POCHARD","See Poachard."
"POCK","A pustule raised on the surface of the body in variolous andvaccine diseases.Of pokkes and of scab every sore. Chaucer."
"POCK-BROKEN","Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten."
"POCK-FRETTEN","See Pockmarked."
"POCK-PITTED","Pockmarked; pitted."
"POCK-PUDDING","A bag pudding; a name of reproach or ridicule formerly appliedby the Scotch to the English."
"POCKARRED","See Pockmarked. [Obs.]"
"POCKET","A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in afloor, boxing, partitions, or the like."
"POCKET VETO","The retention by the President of the United States of a billunsigned so that it does not become a law, in virtue of the followingconstitutional provision (Const. Art. I., sec. 7, cl. 2): 'If anybill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundaysexcepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shallbe a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congressby their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall notbe a law.' Also, an analogous retention of a bill by a Stategovernor."
"POCKETBOOK","A small book or case for carrying papers, money, etc., in thepocket; also, a notebook for the pocket."
"POCKETFUL","As much as a pocket will hold; enough to fill a pocket; as,pocketfuls of chestnuts."
"POCKETKNIFE","A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle soas to admit of being carried in the pocket."
"POCKINESS","The state of being pocky."
"POCKMARK","A mark or pit made by smallpox."
"POCKMARKED","Marked by smallpox; pitted."
"POCKWOOD","Lignum-vit\u00e6."
"POCKY","Full of pocks; affected with smallpox or other eruptivedisease. Bp. Hall."
"POCO","A little; -- used chiefly in phrases indicating the time ormovement; as, poco pi\u00f9 allegro, a little faster; poco largo, ratherslow. Poco a poco Etym: [It.] (Mus.) Little by little; as, poco apoco crescendo, gradually increasing in loudness."
"POCOCK","Peacock. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"POCOCURANTE","A careless person; a trifler. [R.]"
"POCOCURANTISM","Carelessness; apathy; indifference. [R.] Carlyle."
"POCOSON","Low, wooded grounds or swamps in Eastern Maryland and Virginia.[Written also poquoson.] Washington."
"POCULENT","Fit for drink. [Obs.] 'Some those herbs which are not esculent,are . . . poculent.' Bacon."
"POCULIFORM","Having the shape of a goblet or drinking cup."
"POD","A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit.See Illust. of Angiospermous."
"PODAGRA","Gout in the joints of the foot; -- applied also to gout inother parts of body."
"PODAGROUS","Gouty; podagric."
"PODALGIA","pain in the foot, due to gout, rheumatism, etc."
"PODARTHRUM","The foot joint; in birds, the joint between the metatarsus andthe toes."
"PODDED","Having pods."
"PODDER","One who collects pods or pulse."
"PODETIUM","A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as inthe so-called reindeer moss."
"PODGY","Fat and short; pudgy."
"PODICAL","Anal; -- applied to certain organs of insects."
"PODICEPS","See Grebe."
"PODIUM","A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or aterrace wall. It is especially employed by arch\u00e6ologists in twosenses:(a) The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheater, from thetop of which the seats began.(b) The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a merefoundation, sometimes containing chambers. See Illust. of Column."
"PODLEY","A young coalfish."
"PODO-","A combining form or prefix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as,podocarp, podocephalous, podology."
"PODOBRANCH","One of branchi\u00e6 attached to the bases of the legs in Crustacea."
"PODOBRANCHIA","Same as Podobranch."
"PODOCARP","A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit."
"PODOCEPHALOUS","Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk."
"PODOGYNIUM","Same as Basigynium"
"PODOPHTHALMIA","The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having theeyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters,and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda."
"PODOPHTHALMITE","The eyestalk of a crustacean."
"PODOPHYLLIN","A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of severalsubstances."
"PODOPHYLLOUS","Having thin, flat, leaflike locomotive organs."
"PODOPHYLLUM","A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmatelylobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, theAmerican Podohyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan P. Emodi."
"PODOSCAPH","A canoe-shaped float attached to the foot, for walking onwater."
"PODOSPERM","The stalk of a seed or ovule."
"PODOSTOMATA","An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the type. SeeRhabdopleura."
"PODOTHECA","The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile."
"PODRIDA","A miscellaneous dish of meats. See Olla-podrida."
"PODURA","Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura andrelated genera; a springtail. Podura scale (Zo\u00f6l.), one of the minutescales with which the body of a podura is covered. They are used astest objects for the microscope."
"PODURID","Any species of Podura or allied genera.-- a."
"POE","Same as Pol."
"POEBIRD","The parson bird."
"POECILE","Same as Poicile."
"POECILOPOD","One of the Poecilopoda. Also used adjectively."
"POEMATIC","Pertaining to a poem, or to poetry; poetical. [R.] Coleridge."
"POENAMU","A variety of jade or nephrite, -- used in New Zealand for themanufacture of axes and weapons."
"POENOLOGY","See Penology."
"POEPHAGA","A group of herbivorous marsupials including the kangaroos andtheir allies.-- Po*eph'a*gous, a."
"POET","One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular geniusfor metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginativethinker or writer.The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven toearth, from earth to heaven. Shak.A poet is a maker, as the word signifies. Dryden.Poet laureate. See under Laureate."
"POETASTER","An inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poeticart.The talk of forgotten poetasters. Macaulay."
"POETASTRY","The works of a poetaster. [R.]"
"POETESS","A female poet."
"POETICALLY","In a poetic manner."
"POETICS","The principles and rules of the art of poetry. J. Warton."
"POETICULE","A poetaster. Swinburne."
"POETIZE","To write as a poet; to compose verse; to idealize.I versify the truth, not poetize. Donne."
"POETRY","An angle in the south transept of Westminster Abbey, London; --so called because it contains the tombs of Chaucer, Spenser, Dryden,Ben Jonson, Gray, Tennyson, Browning, and other English poets, andmemorials to many buried elsewhere."
"POETSHIP","The state or personality of a poet. [R.]"
"POGAMOGGAN","An aboriginal weapon consisting of a stone or piece of antlerfastened to the end of a slender wooden handle, used by AmericanIndians from the Great Plains to the Mackenzie River."
"POGY","The menhaden."
"POH","An exclamation expressing contempt or disgust; bah !"
"POHAGEN","See Pauhaugen."
"POI","A national food of the Hawaiians, made by baking and poundingthe kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which isallowed to ferment."
"POIGNANCY","The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy ofsatire; the poignancy of grief. Swift."
"POIGNANTLY","In a poignant manner."
"POIKILITIC","See Poecilitic."
"POIKILOCYTE","An irregular form of corpuscle found in the blood in cases ofprofound an\u00e6mia, probably a degenerated red blood corpuscle."
"POIKILOTHERMOUS","Poikilothermal."
"POINCIANA","A prickly tropical shrub (C\u00e6salpinia, formerly Poinciana,pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-redflowers with long crimson filaments."
"POINSETTIA","A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large andconspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers."
"POINT","To appoint. [Obs.] Spenser."
"POINT ALPHABET","An alphabet for the blind with a system of raised pointscorresponding to letters."
"POINT APPLIQUE","Lace having a needle-made design applied to a net ground, thisground often being machine-made."
"POINT SWITCH","A switch made up of a rail from each track, both rails beingtapered far back and connected to throw alongside the through rail ofeither track."
"POINT-BLANK","In a point-blank manner.To sin point-blank against God's word. Fuller."
"POINTAL","The pistil of a plant."
"POINTEL","See Pointal."
"POINTER","One who, or that which, points. Specifically:(a) The hand of a timepiece.(b) (Zo\u00f6l.) One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game,and with the nose point it out to sportsmen. (c) pl. (Astron.)"
"POINTING","The act or process of measuring, at the various distances fromthe surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece ofstatuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from theartist's model."
"POINTINGSTOCK","An object of ridicule or scorn; a laughingstock. Shak."
"POINTLESS","Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, apointless sword; a pointless remark."
"POINTLESSLY","Without point."
"POINTLETED","Having a small, distinct point; apiculate. Henslow."
"POINTREL","A graving tool. Knight."
"POINTSMAN","A man who has charge of railroad points or switches. [Eng.]"
"POISE","To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, tobe in suspense or doubt.The slender, graceful spars Poise aloft in air. Longfellow."
"POISER","The balancer of dipterous insects."
"POISON","To act as, or convey, a poison.Tooth that poisons if it bite. Shak."
"POISONER","One who poisons. Shak."
"POISONOUS","Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful;corrupting; noxious. Shak.-- Poi'son*ous*ly, adv.-- Poi'son*ous*ness, n."
"POISONSOME","Poisonous.[Obs.] Holland."
"POISURE","Weight. [Obs.]"
"POITREL","The breastplate of the armor of a horse. See Peytrel. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"POIZE","See Poise. [Obs.]"
"POKAL","A tall drinking cup."
"POKE","A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P.decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget,pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emeticand purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shootsare sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berriesare said to be used in Europe to color wine."
"POKEBAG","The European long-tailed titmouse; -- called also poke-pudding.[Prov. Eng.]"
"POKER","The poachard. [Prov. Eng.] Poker picture, a picture formed inimitation of bisterwashed drawings, by singeing the surface of woodwith a heated poker or other iron. Fairholt."
"POKER DICE","A game played with five dice in which the count is usuallymade, in order, by pairs, two pairs, three of a kind, full houses,four of a kind, and five of a kind (the highest throw), similar topoker; also, the dice used in this game, esp. when marked with theace, king, queen, jack, ten, and nine instead of the usual digits."
"POKERISH","Infested by pokers; adapted to excite fear; as, a pokerishplace. [Colloq. U. S.]There is something pokerish about a deserted dwelling. Lowell."
"POKET","A pocket. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"POKEWEED","See Poke, the plant."
"POKEY","See Poky."
"POKING","Drudging; servile. [Colloq.]Bred to some poking profession. Gray."
"POKING-STICK","A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting theplaits of ruffs. Shak."
"POLACCA","A vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean.The masts are usually of one piece, and without tops, caps, orcrosstrees."
"POLACK","A Polander. Shak."
"POLACRE","Same as Polacca, 1."
"POLANDER","A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Pole."
"POLAR","Pertaining to, reckoned from, or having a common radiatingpoint; as, polar co\u00f6rdinates. Polar axis, that axis of anastronomical instrument, as an equatorial, which is parallel to theearths axis.-- Polar bear (Zo\u00f6l.), a large bear (Ursus, or Thalarctos,maritimus) inhabiting the arctic regions. It sometimes measuresnearly nine feet in length and weighs 1,600 pounds. It is partiallyamphibious, very powerful, and the most carnivorous of all the bears.The fur is white, tinged with yellow. Called also White bear. SeeBear.-- Polar body, cell, or globule (Biol.), a minute cell whichseparates by karyokinesis from the ovum during its maturation. In thematuration of ordinary ova two polar bodies are formed, but inparthogenetic ova only one. The first polar body formed is usuallylarger than the second one, and often divides into two after itsseparation from the ovum. Each of the polar bodies removes maternalchromatin from the ovum to make room for the chromatin of thefertilizing spermatozo\u00f6n; but their functions are not fullyunderstood.-- Polar circles (Astron. & Geog.), two circles, each at a distancefrom a pole of the earth equal to the obliquity of the ecliptic, orabout 23\u00ba 28', the northern called the arctic circle, and thesouthern the antarctic circle.-- Polar clock, a tube, containing a polarizing apparatus, turningon an axis parallel to that of the earth, and indicating the hour ofthe day on an hour circle, by being turned toward the plane ofmaximum polarization of the light of the sky, which is always 90\u00bafrom the sun.-- Polar co\u00f6rdinates. See under 3d Co\u00f6rdinate.-- Polar dial, a dial whose plane is parallel to a great circlepassing through the poles of the earth. Math. Dict.-- Polar distance, the angular distance of any point on a spherefrom one of its poles, particularly of a heavenly body from the northpole of the heavens.-- Polar equation of a line or surface, an equation which expressesthe relation between the polar co\u00f6rdinates of every point of the lineor surface.-- Polar forces (Physics), forces that are developed and act inpairs, with opposite tendencies or properties in the two elements, asmagnetism, electricity, etc.-- Polar hare (Zo\u00f6l.), a large hare of Arctic America (Lepusarcticus), which turns pure white in winter. It is probably a varietyof the common European hare (L. timidus).-- Polar lights, the aurora borealis or australis.-- Polar, or Polaric, opposition or contrast (Logic), an oppositionor contrast made by the existence of two opposite conceptions whichare the extremes in a species, as white and black in colors; hence,as great an opposition or contrast as possible.-- Polar projection. See under Projection.-- Polar spherical triangle (Spherics), a spherical triangle whosethree angular points are poles of the sides of a given triangle. See4th Pole, 2.-- Polar whale (Zo\u00f6l.), the right whale, or bowhead. See Whale."
"POLARCHY","See Polyarchy."
"POLARIC","See Polar. [R.]"
"POLARILY","In a polary manner; with polarity. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"POLARIMETER","An instrument for determining the amount of polarization oflight, or the proportion of polarized light, in a partially polarizedray."
"POLARIMETRY","The art or process of measuring the polarization of light."
"POLARIS","The polestar. See North star, under North."
"POLARISCOPE","An instrument consisting essentially of a polarizer and ananalyzer, used for polarizing light, and analyzing its properties."
"POLARISCOPIC","Of or pertaining to the polariscope; obtained by the use of apolariscope; as, polariscopic observations."
"POLARISCOPY","The art or rocess of making observations with the polariscope."
"POLARISTIC","Pertaining to, or exhibiting, poles; having a polar arrangementor disposition; arising from, or dependent upon, the possession ofpoles or polar characteristics; as, polaristic antagonism."
"POLARITY","That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which itexhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite,or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to acontrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as,for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of amagnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sidesof a polarized ray of light, etc."
"POLARIZABLE","Susceptible of polarization."
"POLARIZATION","A peculiar affection or condition of the rays of light or heat,in consequence of which they exhibit different properties indifferent directions."
"POLARIZE","To communicate polarity to."
"POLARIZER","That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscopewhich receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflectingplate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doublyrefracting crystal."
"POLARY","Tending to a pole; having a direction toward a pole. [R.] SirT. Browne."
"POLATOUCHE","A flying squirrel (Sciuropterus volans) native of NorthernEurope and Siberia; -- called also minene."
"POLDER","A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of highembankments. [Holland & Belgium]"
"POLDWAY","A kind of coarse bagging, -- used for coal sacks. Weale."
"POLE","A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander."
"POLEDAVY","A sort of coarse canvas; poldway. [Obs.] Howell."
"POLELESS","Without a pole; as, a poleless chariot."
"POLEMARCH","In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but,afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect ofstrangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high militaryand civil officer."
"POLEMICAL","Polemic; controversial; disputatious.-- Po*lem'ic*al*ly, adv.Polemical and impertinent disputations. Jer. Taylor."
"POLEMICIST","A polemic. [R.]"
"POLEMICS","The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especiallyon religious subjects; that branch of theological science whichpertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy."
"POLEMIST","A polemic. [R.]"
"POLEMONIACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polemoniace\u00e6),which includes Polemonium, Phlox, Gilia, and a few other genera."
"POLEMONIUM","A genus of gamopetalous perennial herbs, including the Jacob'sladder and the Greek valerian."
"POLEMOSCOPE","An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arrangedfor seeing objects do not lie directly before the eye; -- called alsodiagonal, or side, opera glass."
"POLEMY","Warfare; war; hence, contention; opposition. [Obs.]"
"POLENTA","Pudding made of Indian meal; also, porridge made of chestnutmeal. [Italy]"
"POLER","One who poles."
"POLEWARDS","Toward a pole of the earth. 'The regions further polewards.'Whewell."
"POLEWIG","The European spotted goby (Gobius minutus); -- called alsopollybait. [Prov. Eng.]"
"POLEY","See Poly."
"POLIANITE","Manganese dioxide, occurring in tetragonal crystals nearly ashard as quartz."
"POLICATE","Same as Pollicate."
"POLICE","Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preservecivil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp orgarrison."
"POLICE POWER","The inherent power of a government to regulate its policeaffairs. The term police power is not definitely fixed in meaning. Inthe earlier cases in the United States it was used as including thewhole power of internal government, or the powers of governmentinherent in every sovereignty to the extent of its dominions (11Peters (U. S.) 102). The later cases have excepted from its domainthe development and administration of private law. Modern politicalscience defines the power as a branch of internal administration inthe exercise of which the executive should move within the lines ofgeneral principles prescribed by the constitution or the legislature,and in the exercise of which the most local governmentalorganizations should participate as far as possible (Burgess). Underthis limitation the police power, as affecting persons, is the powerof the state to protect the public against the abuse of individualliberty, that is, to restrain the individual in the exercise of hisrights when such exercise becomes a danger to the community. Thetendency of judicial and popular usage is towards this narrowerdefinition."
"POLICED","Regulated by laws for the maintenance of peace and order,enforced by organized administration. 'A policed kingdom.' Howell."
"POLICEMAN","A member of a body of police; a constable."
"POLICIAL","Relating to the police. [R.]"
"POLICIED","Policed. [Obs.] Bacon."
"POLICY","To regulate by laws; to reduce to order. [Obs.] 'Policying ofcities.' Bacon."
"POLING","The operation of dispersing worm casts over the walks withpoles."
"POLISH","Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.-- n."
"POLISHABLE","Capable of being polished."
"POLISHED","Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished;refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polishedverse."
"POLISHEDNESS","The quality of being polished."
"POLISHER","One who, or that which, polishes; also, that which is used inpolishing. Addison."
"POLISHING","a. & n. from Polish. Polishing iron, an iron burnisher; esp., asmall smoothing iron used in laundries.-- Polishing slate. (a) A gray or yellow slate, found in Bohemia andAuvergne, and used for polishing glass, marble, and metals. (b) Akind of hone or whetstone; hone slate.-- Polishing snake, a tool used in cleaning lithographic stones.-- Polishing wheel, a wheel or disk coated with, or composed of,abrading material, for polishing a surface."
"POLISHMENT","The act of polishing, or the state of being polished. [R.]"
"POLITE","To polish; to refine; to render polite. [Obs.] Ray."
"POLITESSE","Politeness."
"POLITIC","A politician. [Archaic] Bacon.Swiftly the politic goes; is it dark he borrows a lantern; Slowly thestatesman and sure, guiding his feet by the stars. Lowell."
"POLITICALISM","Zeal or party spirit in politics."
"POLITICASTER","A petty politician; a pretender in politics. Milton."
"POLITICIAN","Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful. 'Ill-meaningpolitician lords.' Milton."
"POLITICIST","A political writer. [R.]"
"POLITICLY","In a politic manner; sagaciously; shrewdly; artfully. Pope."
"POLITIZE","To play the politician; to dispute as politicians do. [Obs.]Milton."
"POLITURE","Polish; gloss. [Obs.] Donne."
"POLITZERIZATION","The act of inflating the middle ear by blowing air up the noseduring the act of swallowing; -- so called from Prof. Politzer ofVienna, who first practiced it."
"POLIVE","A pulley. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"POLKA","A lively Bohemian or Polish dance tune in 2-4 measure, with thethird quaver accented. Polka jacket, a kind of knit jacket worn bywomen."
"POLL","A parrot; -- familiarly so called."
"POLLAGE","A head or poll tax; hence, extortion. [Obs.] Foxe."
"POLLAN","A lake whitefish (Coregonus pollan), native of Ireland. Inappearance it resembles a herring."
"POLLARD","To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard willows.Evelyn."
"POLLAX","A poleax. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"POLLED","Deprived of a poll, or of something belonging to the poll.Specifically: (a) Lopped; -- said of trees having their tops cut off.(b) Cropped; hence, bald; -- said of a person. 'The polled bachelor.'Beau. & Fl. (c) Having cast the antlers; -- said of a stag. (d)Without horns; as, polled cattle; polled sheep."
"POLLEN","The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. SeeFlower, and Illust. of Filament. Pollen grain (Bot.), a particle orcall of pollen.-- Pollen mass, a pollinium. Gray.-- Pollen sac, a compartment of an anther containing pollen, --usually there are four in each anther.-- Pollen tube, a slender tube which issues from the pollen grain onits contact with the stigma, which it penetrates, thus conveying, itis supposed, the fecundating matter of the grain to the ovule."
"POLLENARIOUS","Consisting of meal or pollen."
"POLLENED","Covered with pollen. Tennyson."
"POLLENIFEROUS","Producing pollen; polliniferous."
"POLLENIN","A substance found in the pollen of certain plants. [R.]"
"POLLENIZE","To supply with pollen; to impregnate with pollen."
"POLLER","One who polls; specifically: (a) One who polls or lops trees.(b) One who polls or cuts hair; a barber. [R.] (c) One who extorts orplunders. [Obs.] Bacon. (d) One who registers voters, or one whoenters his name as a voter."
"POLLEX","The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, correspondingto the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the pollex isthe joint which bears the bastard wing."
"POLLICATE","Having a curved projection or spine on the inner side of a legjoint; -- said of insects."
"POLLICITATION","A promise without mutuality; a promise which has not beenaccepted by the person to whom it is made. Bouvier."
"POLLINATE","Pollinose."
"POLLINCTOR","One who prepared corpses for the funeral."
"POLLINIFEROUS","Producing pollen; polleniferous."
"POLLINIUM","A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids."
"POLLINOSE","Having the surface covered with a fine yellow dust, likepollen."
"POLLOCK","A marine gadoid fish (Pollachius carbonarius), native both ofthe European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and likeit is salted and dried. In England it is called coalfish, lob,podley, podling, pollack, etc."
"POLLUCITE","A colorless transparent mineral, resembling quartz, occurringwith castor or castorite on the island of Elba. It is a silicate ofalumina and c\u00e6sia. Called also pollux."
"POLLUTE","To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit forsacred use or service, or for social intercourse.Neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel,lest ye die. Num. xviii. 32.They have polluted themselves with blood. Lam. iv. 14."
"POLLUTED","Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched.-- Pol*lut'ed*ly, adv.-- Pol*lut'ed*ness, n."
"POLLUTER","One who pollutes. Dryden."
"POLLUTING","Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution.-- Pol*lut'ing*ly, adv."
"POLLUTION","The emission of semen, or sperm, at other times than in sexualintercourse. Dunglison."
"POLLUX","A fixed star of the second magnitude, in the constellationGemini. Cf. 3d Castor."
"POLLY","A woman's name; also, a popular name for a parrot."
"POLLYWOG","A polliwig."
"POLONAISE","Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland. [Written alsoPolonese.]"
"POLONESE","See Polonaise."
"POLONIUM","A supposed new element, a radioactive substance discovered byM. and MMe. Curie in pitchblende. It is closely related chemically tobismuth. It emits only alpha rays and is perhaps identical withradium F."
"POLONY","A kind of sausage made of meat partly cooked."
"POLRON","See Pauldron."
"POLT","A blow or thump. Halliwell.-- a."
"POLTROON","An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.Shak."
"POLTROONERY","Cowardice; want of spirit; pusillanimity."
"POLTROONISH","Resembling a poltroon; cowardly."
"POLVERINE","Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought fromthe Levant and Syria, -- used in the manufacture of fine glass."
"POLWIG","A polliwig. Holland."
"POLY","A whitish woolly plant (Teucrium Polium) of the order Labiat\u00e6,found throughout the Mediterranean region. The name, with sundryprefixes, is sometimes given to other related species of the samegenus. [Spelt also poley.] Poly mountain. See Poly-mountain, inVocabulary."
"POLY-","A combining form or prefix from Gr. poly`s, many; as, polygon,a figure of many angles; polyatomic, having many atoms; polychord,polyconic."
"POLYACID","Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, severalmolecules of a monobasic acid; having more than one hydrogen atomcapable of being replaced by acid radicals; -- said of certain bases;as, calcium hydrate and glycerin are polyacid bases."
"POLYACOUSTIC","Multiplying or magnifying sound.-- n."
"POLYACOUSTICS","The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds."
"POLYACRON","A solid having many summits or angular points; a polyhedron."
"POLYACTINIA","An old name for those Anthozoa which, like the actinias, havenumerous simple tentacles."
"POLYADELPHIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants having stamens united in three ormore bodies or bundles by the filaments."
"POLYANDRIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of monoclinous or hermaphrodite plants, havingmany stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle."
"POLYANDRIAN","Polyandrous."
"POLYANDRIC","Pertaining to, or characterized by, polyandry; mating withseveral males. 'Polyandric societies.' H. Spencer."
"POLYANDROUS","Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens, or anynumber above twenty, inserted in the receptacle."
"POLYANDRY","The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the sametime; -- contrasted with Ant: monandry."
"POLYARCHIST","One who advocates polyarchy; -- opposed to monarchist.Cudworth."
"POLYARCHY","A government by many persons, of whatever order or class.Cudworth."
"POLYAUTOGRAPHY","The act or practice of multiplying copies of one's ownhandwriting, or of manuscripts, by printing from stone, -- a speciesof lithography."
"POLYBASIC","Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, severalmolecules of a monacid base; having several hydrogen atoms capable ofbeing replaced by basic radicals; -- said of certain acids; as,sulphuric acid is polybasic."
"POLYBASITE","An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulphur, andantimony, with some copper and arsenic."
"POLYBRANCHIA","A division of Nudibranchiata including those which havenumerous branchi\u00e6 on the back."
"POLYBROMIDE","A bromide containing more than one atom of bromine in themolecule."
"POLYCARPELLARY","Composed of several or numerous carpels; -- said of such fruitsas the orange."
"POLYCHAETA","One of the two principal groups of Ch\u00e6topoda. It includes thosethat have prominent parapodia and fascicles of set\u00e6. See Illust.under Parapodia."
"POLYCHLORIDE","A chloride containing more than one atom of chlorine in themolecule."
"POLYCHOERANY","A government by many chiefs, princes, or rules. [Obs.]Cudworth."
"POLYCHORD","Having many strings."
"POLYCHREST","A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures manydiseases. [Obs.] Polychrest salt (Old Med. Chem.), potassiumsulphate, specifically obtained by fusing niter with sulphur."
"POLYCHROISM","Same as Pleochroism."
"POLYCHROITE","The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called becauseof the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- calledalso crocin, and safranin."
"POLYCHROMATE","A salt of a polychromic acid."
"POLYCHROMATIC","Showing a variety, or a change, of colors. Polychromatic acid(Old Chem.), a substance obtained by the action of nitric acid onaloes."
"POLYCHROME","Esculin; -- so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions.[R.]"
"POLYCHROMIC","Pertaining to, or designating, any one of several acids (knownonly in their salts) which contain more than one atom of chromium."
"POLYCHROMOUS","Of or pertaining to polychromy; many-colored; polychromatic."
"POLYCHROMY","The art or practice of combining different colors, especiallybrilliant ones, in an artistic way."
"POLYCHRONIOUS","Enduring through a long time; chronic."
"POLYCLINIC","A clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated;especially, an institution in which clinical instruction is given inall kinds of disease."
"POLYCONIC","Pertaining to, or based upon, many cones. Polyconic projection(Map Making), a projection of the earth's surface, or any portionthereof, by which each narrow zone is projected upon a conicalsurface that touches the sphere along this zone, the conical surfacebeing then unrolled. This projection differs from conic projection inthat latter assumes but one cone for the whole map. Polyconicprojection is that in use in the United States coast and geodeticsurvey."
"POLYCOTYLEDON","A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in theseed.-- Pol`y*cot`y*led'on*ous, a."
"POLYCOTYLEDONARY","Having the villi of the placenta collected into definitepatches, or cotyledons."
"POLYCRACY","Government by many rulers; polyarchy."
"POLYCROTIC","Of or pertaining to polycrotism; manifesting polycrotism; as, apolycrotic pulse; a polycrotic pulse curve."
"POLYCROTISM","That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve,or sphygmogram, shows several secondary crests or elevations; --contrasted with monocrotism and dicrotism."
"POLYCYSTID","Pertaining to the Polycystidea, or the Polycystina."
"POLYCYSTIDEA","A division of Gregarin\u00e6 including those that have two or moreinternal divisions of the body."
"POLYCYSTINA","A division of Radiolaria including numerous minute marinespecies. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often veryelegant in form and sculpture. Many have been found in the fossilstate."
"POLYCYSTINE","Pertaining to the Polycystina.-- n."
"POLYCYTTARIA","A division of Radiolaria. It includes those having one morecentral capsules."
"POLYDACTYLISM","The possession of more that the normal number of digits."
"POLYDIPSIA","Excessive and constant thirst occasioned by disease."
"POLYEDRON","See Polyhedron."
"POLYEDROUS","See Polyhedral."
"POLYEIDIC","Passing through several distinct larval forms; -- havingseveral distinct kinds of young."
"POLYEIDISM","The quality or state of being polyeidic."
"POLYEMBRYONATE","Consisting of, or having, several embryos; polyembryonic."
"POLYEMBRYONIC","Polyembryonate."
"POLYEMBRYONY","The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due eitherto the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac orto the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac."
"POLYFOIL","Same as Multifoil."
"POLYGALA","A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and atwo-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen,etc.); milkwort."
"POLYGALACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polygalace\u00e6) ofwhich Polygala is the type."
"POLYGALIC","Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, Polygala; specifically,designating an acrid glucoside (called polygalic acid, senegin,etc.), resembling, or possibly identical with, saponin."
"POLYGAMIAN","Polygamous."
"POLYGAMIST","One who practices polygamy, or maintains its lawfulness."
"POLYGAMIZE","To practice polygamy; to marry several wives. Sylvester.Coleridge."
"POLYGAMOUS","Pairing with more than one female.Most deer, cattle, and sheep are polygamous. Darwin."
"POLYGAMY","The state or habit of having more than one mate."
"POLYGASTRIAN","One of the Polygastrica. [Obs.]"
"POLYGASTRIC","Having several bellies; -- applied to muscles which are made upof several bellies separated by short tendons."
"POLYGASTRICA","The Infusoria. [Obs.]"
"POLYGENIC","Of or relating to polygeny; polygenetic."
"POLYGENISM","The doctrine that animals of the same species have sprung frommore than one original pair."
"POLYGENIST","One who maintains that animals of the same species have sprungfrom more than one original pair; -- opposed to monogenist."
"POLYGENOUS","Consisting of, or containing, many kinds; as, a polygenousmountain. Kirwan."
"POLYGLOTTOUS","Speaking many languages; polyglot. [R.] 'The polyglottoustribes of America.' Max M\u00fcller."
"POLYGON","A plane figure having many angles, and consequently many sides;esp., one whose perimeter consists of more than four sides; anyfigure having many angles. Polygon of forces (Mech.), a polygonalfigure, the sides of which, taken successively, represent, in lengthand direction, several forces acting simultaneously upon one point,so that the side necessary to complete the figure represents theresultant of those forces. Cf. Parallelogram of forces, underParallelogram."
"POLYGONACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants(Polygonace\u00e6), of which the knotweeds (species of Polygonum) are thetype, and which includes also the docks (Rumex), the buckwheat,rhubarb, sea grape (Coccoloba), and several other genera."
"POLYGONAL","Having many angles. Polygonal numbers, certain figuratenumbers. See under Figurate."
"POLYGONEUTIC","Having two or more broods in a season."
"POLYGONOMETRY","The doctrine of polygons; an extension of some of theprinciples of trigonometry to the case of polygons."
"POLYGONOUS","Polygonal."
"POLYGONUM","A genus of plants embracing a large number of species,including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc."
"POLYGONY","Any plant of the genus Polygonum."
"POLYGORDIUS","A genus of marine annelids, believed to be an ancient orancestral type. It is remarkable for its simplicity of structure andwant of parapodia. It is the type of the order Archiannelida, orGymnotoma. See Loeven's larva."
"POLYGRAM","A figure consisting of many lines. [R.] Barlow."
"POLYGRAPH","Pertaining to, or employed in, polygraphy; as, a polygraphicinstrument."
"POLYGROOVED","Having many grooves; as, a polygrooved rifle or gun (referringto the rifling)."
"POLYGYN","A plant of the order Polygynia."
"POLYGYNIA","A Linn\u00e6an order of plants having many styles."
"POLYGYNIST","One who practices or advocates polygyny. H. Spenser."
"POLYGYNY","The state or practice of having several wives at the same time;marriage to several wives. H. Spenser."
"POLYHALITE","A mineral usually occurring in fibrous masses, of a brick-redcolor, being tinged with iron, and consisting chiefly of thesulphates of lime, magnesia, and soda."
"POLYHEDRON","A body or solid contained by many sides or planes."
"POLYHEDROUS","Polyhedral."
"POLYHISTOR","One versed in various learning. [R.]"
"POLYHYMNIA","The Muse of lyric poetry."
"POLYIODIDE","A iodide having more than one atom of iodine in the molecule."
"POLYLOGY","Talkativeness. [R.]"
"POLYLOQUENT","Garrulous; loquacious. [R.]"
"POLYMASTISM","The condition of having more than two mamm\u00e6, or breasts."
"POLYMATHIC","Pertaining to polymathy; acquainted with many branches oflearning."
"POLYMATHIST","One versed in many sciences; a person of various learning."
"POLYMATHY","The knowledge of many arts and sciences; variety of learning.Johnson."
"POLYMENISCOUS","Having numerous facets; -- said of the compound eyes of insectsand crustaceans."
"POLYMER","Any one of two or more substances related to each other bypolymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substanceby chemical polymerization. [Formerly also written polymere.]"
"POLYMERIC","Having the same percentage composition (that is, having thesame elements united in the same proportion by weight), but differentmolecular weights; -- often used with with; thus, cyanic acid (CNOH),fulminic acid (C2N2O2H2), and cyanuric acid (C3N3O3H3), are polymericwith each other."
"POLYMERIZATION","The act or process of changing to a polymeric form; thecondition resulting from such change."
"POLYMERIZE","To cause polymerization of; to produce polymers from; toincrease the molecular weight of, without changing the atomicproportions; thus, certain acids polymerize aldehyde."
"POLYMEROUS","Having many parts or members in each set. Gray."
"POLYMNIA","See Polyhymnia."
"POLYMNITE","A stone marked with dendrites and black lines, and so disposedas to represent rivers, marshes, etc."
"POLYMORPH","A substance capable of crystallizing in several distinct forms;also, any one of these forms. Cf. Allomorph."
"POLYMORPHIC","Polymorphous."
"POLYMORPHISM","Same as Pleomorphism."
"POLYMORPHOSIS","The assumption of several structural forms without acorresponding difference in function; -- said of sponges, etc."
"POLYMORPHOUS","Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms; -- opposed tomonomorphic."
"POLYMORPHY","Existence in many forms; polymorphism."
"POLYMYODAE","Same as Oscines."
"POLYMYODOUS","Polymyoid."
"POLYMYOID","Having numerous vocal muscles; of or pertaining to thePolymyod\u00e6."
"POLYNEME","Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of thefamily Polynemid\u00e6. They have several slender filaments, often verylong, below the pectoral fin. Some of them yield isinglass of goodquality. Called also threadfish."
"POLYNEMOID","Of or pertaining to the polynemes, or the family Polynemid\u00e6."
"POLYNESIAN","Of or pertaining to Polynesia (the islands of the eastern andcentral Pacific), or to the Polynesians."
"POLYNESIANS","The race of men native in Polynesia."
"POLYNIA","The open sea supposed to surround the north pole. Kane."
"POLYNOMIAL","An expression composed of two or more terms, connected by thesigns plus or minus; as, a2 - 2ab + b2."
"POLYNUCLEAR","Containing many nuclei."
"POLYNUCLEOLAR","Having more than one nucleolus."
"POLYOMMATOUS","Having many eyes."
"POLYONOMOUS","Having many names or titles; polyonymous. Sir W. Jones."
"POLYONOMY","The use of a variety of names for the same object. G. S. Faber."
"POLYONYMOUS","Polyonomous."
"POLYORAMA","A view of many objects; also, a sort of panorama withdissolving views."
"POLYP","Same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid. [Writtenalso polype.] Fresh-water polyp, the hydra.-- Polyp stem (Zo\u00f6l.), that portion of the stem of a siphonophorewhich bears the polypites, or feeding zooids."
"POLYPAROUS","Producing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many."
"POLYPARY","Same as Polypidom."
"POLYPE","See Polyp."
"POLYPEAN","Of or pertaining to a polyp, or polyps."
"POLYPERYTHRIN","A coloring matter found in many simple Anthozoa and somehydroids."
"POLYPETALOUS","Consisting of, or having, several or many separate petals; as,a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant. Martyn."
"POLYPHAGOUS","Eating, or subsisting on, many kinds of food; as, polyphagousanimals."
"POLYPHAGY","The practice or faculty of subsisting on many kinds of food."
"POLYPHASE","Having or producing two or more phases; multiphase; as, apolyphase machine, a machine producing two or more pressure waves ofelectro-motive force, differing in phase; a polyphase current."
"POLYPHASER","A machine generating more than one pressure wave; amultiphaser."
"POLYPHEMUS","A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to theSilkworm family (Bombycid\u00e6). Its larva, which is very large, brightgreen, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on thesides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and othertrees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Called alsoAmerican silkworm."
"POLYPHONE","A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, asread, which is pronounced red or r\u00e8d."
"POLYPHONIC","Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts,progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint;contrapuntal; as, a polyphonic composition; -- opposed to homophonic,or monodic."
"POLYPHONISM","Polyphony."
"POLYPHONIST","A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist."
"POLYPHONOUS","Same as Polyphonic."
"POLYPHONY","Composition in mutually related, equally important parts whichshare the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed tohomophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the othersfilling out the harmony. See Counterpoint."
"POLYPHORE","A receptacle which bears many ovaries."
"POLYPHYLETIC","Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than oneroot form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposedto Ant: monophyletic."
"POLYPHYLLOUS","Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth."
"POLYPI","The Anthozoa."
"POLYPIDE","One of the ordinary zooids of the Bryozoa. [Spellt alsopolypid.]"
"POLYPIDOM","A coral, or corallum; also, one of the coral-like structuremade by bryozoans and hydroids."
"POLYPIER","A polypidom."
"POLYPIFERA","The Anthozoa."
"POLYPIFEROUS","Bearing polyps, or polypites."
"POLYPIPAROUS","Producing polyps."
"POLYPITE","A fossil coral."
"POLYPLACOPHORA","See Placophora."
"POLYPLASTIC","Assuming, or having the power of assuming, many forms; as, apolyplastic element which does not preserve its original shape."
"POLYPODE","A plant of the genus Polypodium; polypody. [Written alsopolypod.]"
"POLYPODIUM","A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. Thefructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori,scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There arenumerous species."
"POLYPODY","Any plant of the genus Polypodium."
"POLYPOID","Like a polyp; having the nature of a polyp, but lacking thetentacles or other parts."
"POLYPOMEDUSAE","Same as Hydrozoa."
"POLYPOROUS","Having many pores. Wright."
"POLYPORUS","A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute pores;also, any fungus of this genus."
"POLYPOUS","Of the nature of a polypus; having many feet or roots, like thepolypus; affected with polypus."
"POLYPRAGMATY","The state of being overbusy. [R.]"
"POLYPROTODONTA","A division of marsupials in which there are more fore incisorteeth in each jaw."
"POLYPTEROIDEI","A suborder of existing ganoid fishes having numerous fins alongthe back. The bichir, or Polypterus, is the type. See Illust. underCrossopterygian."
"POLYPTERUS","An African genus of ganoid fishes including the bichir."
"POLYPTOTON","A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases,numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, -- 'My own heart'sheart, and ownest own, farewell.'"
"POLYPUS","Same as Polyp."
"POLYRHIZOUS","Having numerous roots, or rootlets."
"POLYSCHEMATIST","Having, or existing in, many different forms or fashions;multiform."
"POLYSCOPE","A glass which makes a single object appear as many; amultiplying glass. Hutton."
"POLYSEPALOUS","Having the sepals separate from each other."
"POLYSILICIC","Of or pertaining to compounds formed by the condensation of twoor more molecules of silicic acid. Polysilicic acid (Chem.), any oneof a series of acids formed by the condensation of two or moremolecules of silicic acid, with elimination of water."
"POLYSPAST","A machine consisting of many pulleys; specifically, anapparatus formerly used for reducing luxations."
"POLYSPERMOUS","Containing many seeds; as, a polyspermous capsule or berry.Martyn."
"POLYSPERMY","Fullness of sperm, or seed; the passage of more than onespermatozo\u00f6n into the vitellus in the impregnation of the ovum."
"POLYSPOROUS","Containing many spores."
"POLYSTOMATA","A division of trematode worms having more two suckers. Calledalso Polystomea and Polystoma."
"POLYSTOME","Having many mouths."
"POLYSTYLE","Having many columns; -- said of a building, especially of aninterior part or court; as, a polystyle hall.-- n."
"POLYSULPHIDE","A sulphide having more than one atom of sulphur in themolecule; -- contrasted with monosulphide."
"POLYSULPHURET","A polysulphide. [Obsoles.]"
"POLYSYLLABICISM","Polysyllabism."
"POLYSYLLABICITY","Polysyllabism."
"POLYSYLLABISM","The quality or state of being polysyllabic."
"POLYSYLLABLE","A word of many syllables, or consisting of more syllables thanthree; -- words of less than four syllables being calledmonosyllables, dissyllables, and trisyllables."
"POLYSYNDETIC","Characterized by polysyndeton, or the multiplication ofconjunctions.-- Pol`y*syn*det'ic*al*ly, adv."
"POLYSYNDETON","A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in thesentence, 'We have ships and men and money and stores.' Opposed toasyndeton."
"POLYSYNTHESIS","The formation of a word by the combination of several simplewords, as in the aboriginal languages of America; agglutination.Latham."
"POLYSYNTHETIC","Characterized by polysynthesis; agglutinative. Polysynthetictwinning (Min.), repeated twinning, like that of the triclinicfeldspar, producing fine parallel bands in alternately reversedpositions."
"POLYSYNTHETICISM","Polysynthesis."
"POLYTECHNIC","Comprehending, or relating to, many arts and sciences; --applied particularly to schools in which many branches of art andscience are taught with especial reference to their practicalapplication; also to exhibitions of machinery and industrialproducts."
"POLYTECHNICAL","Polytechnic."
"POLYTECHNICS","The science of the mechanic arts."
"POLYTHALAMIA","A division of Foraminifera including those having amanychambered shell."
"POLYTHALAMOUS","Many-chambered; -- applied to shells of Foraminifera andcephalopods. See Illust. of Nautilus."
"POLYTHEISM","The doctrine of, or belief in, a plurality of gods.In the Old Testament, the gradual development of polytheism from theprimitive monotheism may be learned. Shaff-Herzog."
"POLYTHEIST","One who believes in, or maintains the doctrine of, a pluralityof gods."
"POLYTHEIZE","To adhere to, advocate, or inculcate, the doctrine ofpolytheism. Milman."
"POLYTHELISM","The condition of having more than two teats, or nipples."
"POLYTOCOUS","Bearing fruit repeatedly, as most perennial plants; polycarpic."
"POLYTOMOUS","Subdivided into many distinct subordinate parts, which,however, not being jointed to the petiole, are not true leaflets; --said of leaves. Henslow."
"POLYTOMY","A division into many members. F. Bowen."
"POLYTUNGSTATE","A salt of polytungstic acid."
"POLYTUNGSTIC","Containing several tungsten atoms or radicals; as, polytungsticacid. Polytungstic acid (Chem.), any one of several complex acids oftungsten containing more than one atom of tungsten."
"POLYTYPE","A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter intype, etc. (see citation); as, a polytype in relief.By pressing the wood cut into semifluid metal, an intaglio matrix isproduced: and from this matrix, in a similar way, a polytype inrelief is obtained. Hansard."
"POLYURIA","A persistently excessive flow of watery urine, with lowspecific gravity and without the presence of either albumin or sugar.It is generally accompanied with more or less thirst."
"POLYVALENT","Multivalent."
"POLYVE","A pulley. [Obs.]"
"POLYZOA","Same as Bryozoa. See Illust. under Bryozoa, and Phylactol\u00e6mata."
"POLYZOARIUM","Same as Polyzoary."
"POLYZOARY","The compound organism of a polyzoan."
"POLYZONAL","Consisting of many zones or rings. Polyzonal lens (Opt.), alens made up of pieces arranged zones or rings, -- used in thelanterns of lighthouses."
"POM-POM","A Vickers-Maxim one-pounder automatic machine cannon usingmetallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt attached to the gun; --popularly so called from its peculiar drumming sound in action.Sometimes, any of other similar automatic cannons."
"POMACE","The substance of apples, or of similar fruit, crushed bygrinding."
"POMACENTROID","Pertaining to the Pomacentrid\u00e6, a family of bright-coloredtropical fishes having spiny opercula; -- often called coral fishes."
"POMARINE","Having the nostril covered with a scale. Pomarine jager(Zo\u00f6l.), a North Atlantic jager (Stercorarius pomarinus) having theelongated middle tail feathers obtuse. The adult is black."
"POMATUM","A perfumed unguent or composition, chiefly used in dressing thehair; pomade. Wiseman."
"POME","A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpelsinclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle andpartly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear."
"POMEGRANATE","The fruit of the tree Punica Granatum; also, the tree itself(see Balaustine), which is native in the Orient, but is successfullycultivated in many warm countries, and as a house plant in colderclimates. The fruit is as large as an orange, and has a hard rindcontaining many rather large seeds, each one separately covered withcrimson, acid pulp."
"POMEL","A pommel. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"POMELO","A variety of shaddock, called also grape fruit."
"POMELY","Dappled. [Obs.] 'Pomely gray.' Chaucer."
"POMERANIAN","Of or pertaining to Pomerania, a province of Prussia on theBaltic Sea.-- n."
"POMEWATER","A kind of sweet, juicy apple. [Written also pomwater.] Shak."
"POMEY","A figure supposed to resemble an apple; a roundel, -- always ofa green color."
"POMICULTURE","The culture of fruit; pomology as an art."
"POMMAGE","See Pomage."
"POMME","Having the ends terminating in rounded protuberances or singleballs; -- said of a cross."
"POMME BLANCHE","The prairie turnip. See under Prairie."
"POMMEL","A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form; as:(a) The knob on the hilt of a sword. Macaulay.(b) The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.(c) The top (of the head). Chaucer.(d) A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion."
"POMMELION","The cascabel, or hindmost knob, of a cannon. [R.]"
"POMMETTE","Having two balls or protuberances at each end; -- said of across."
"POMOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to pomology."
"POMOLOGIST","One versed in pomology; one who culticvates fruit trees."
"POMOLOGY","The science of fruits; a treatise on fruits; the cultivation offruits and fruit trees."
"POMONA","The goddess of fruits and fruit trees."
"POMP","To make a pompons display; to conduct. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"POMPADOUR","A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low andsquare in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing itstraight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after theMarchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively."
"POMPATIC","Pompous. [Obs.] Barrow."
"POMPEIAN","Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, Pompeii, an ancientcity of Italy, buried by an eruption of Vesuvius in 79 a. d., andpartly uncovered by modern excavations."
"POMPEIAN RED","A brownish red approaching maroon, supposed to be imitated fromthe color of the wall panels of houses in Pompeii, which weredecorated during the last age of the Republic."
"POMPELMOUS","A shaddock, esp. one of large size."
"POMPET","The ball formerly used to ink the type."
"POMPHOLYX","Impure zinc oxide."
"POMPILLION","An ointment or pomatum made of black poplar buds. [Obs.]Cotgrave."
"POMPION","See Pumpion."
"POMPIRE","A pearmain. [Obs.]"
"POMPOLEON","See Pompelmous."
"POMPON","A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn by soldierson the front of the hat, instead of a feather."
"POMPOSITY","The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness. Thackeray."
"POMPOSO","Grand and dignified; in grand style."
"POMPTINE","See Pontine."
"POMWATER","Same as Pomewater."
"PONCELET","A unit of power, being the power obtained from an expenditureof one hundred kilogram-meters of energy per second. One ponceletequals g watts, when g is the value of the acceleration of gravity incentimeters."
"POND","A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, andusually of less extent than a lake. 'Through pond or pool.' Milton.Pond hen (Zo\u00f6l.), the American coot. See Coot (a).-- Pond lily (Bot.), the water lily. See under Water, and Illust.under Nymph\u00e6a.-- Pond snail (Zo\u00f6l.), any gastropod living in fresh-water ponds orlakes. The most common kinds are air-breathing snails (Pulmonifera)belonging to Limn\u00e6a, Physa, Planorbis, and allied genera. Theoperculated species are pectinibranchs, belonging to Melantho,Valvata, and various other genera.-- Pond spice (Bot.), an American shrub (Tetranthera geniculata) ofthe Laurel family, with small oval leaves, and axillary clusters oflittle yellow flowers. The whole plant is spicy. It grows in pondsand swamps from Virginia to Florida.-- Pond tortoise, Pond turtle (Zo\u00f6l.), any freshwater tortoise ofthe family Emydid\u00e6. Numerous species are found in North America."
"PONDER","To think; to deliberate; to muse; -- usually followed by on orover. Longfellow."
"PONDERABILITY","The quality or state of being ponderable."
"PONDERABLE","Capable of being weighed; having appreciable weight.-- Pon'der*a*ble*ness, n."
"PONDERAL","Estimated or ascertained by weight; -- distinguished fromnumeral; as, a ponderal drachma. [R.] Arbuthnot."
"PONDERANCE","Weight; gravity. [R.] Gregory."
"PONDERARY","Of or pertaining to weight; as, a ponderary system. [R.]M'Culloch."
"PONDERATE","To consider; to ponder. [R.]"
"PONDERATION","The act of weighing. [R.] Arbuthnot."
"PONDERER","One who ponders."
"PONDERING","Deliberating.-- Pon'der*ing*ly, adv."
"PONDEROSITY","The quality or state of being ponderous; weight; gravity;heaviness, ponderousness; as, the ponderosity of gold. Ray."
"PONDEROUSLY","In a ponderous manner."
"PONDEROUSNESS","The quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity."
"PONDFISH","Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishesbelonging to the family Centrarchid\u00e6; -- called also pond perch, andsunfish."
"PONDWEED","Any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, of which manyspecies are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers. Choke pondweed, anAmerican water weed (Anarcharis, or Elodea, Canadensis.) SeeAnacharis.-- Horned pondweed, the Zannichellia palustris, a slender, branchingaquatic plant, having pointed nutlets."
"PONE","A kind of johnnycake. [Written also paune.] [Southern U. S.]"
"PONENT","Western; occidental. [R.]Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. Milton."
"PONGEE","A fabric of undyed silk from India and China."
"PONGHEE","A Buddhist priest of the higher orders in Burmah. Malcom."
"PONGO","Any large ape; especially, the chimpanzee and the orang-outang."
"PONIARD","A kind of dagger, -- usually a slender one with a triangular orsquare blade.She speaks poniards, and every word stabs. Shak."
"PONIBILITY","The capability of being placed or located. [Obs.] Barrow."
"PONS","A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, butespecially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissuesituated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connectedat each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; themesocephalon. See Brain. Pons asinorum. Etym: [L., literally, bridgeof asses.] See Asses' bridge, under Ass."
"PONTAGE","A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges. Ayliffe."
"PONTEE","An iron rod used by glass makers for manipulating the hotglass; -- called also, puntil, puntel, punty, and ponty. See Fascet."
"PONTIC","Of or pertaining to the Pontus, Euxine, or Black Sea."
"PONTIFEX","A high priest; a pontiff."
"PONTIFF","A high priest. Especially:(a) One of the sacred college, in ancient Rome, which had the supremejurisdiction over all matters of religion, at the head of which wasthe Pontifex Maximus. Dr. W. Smith.(b) (Jewish Antiq.) The chief priest.(c) (R. C. Ch.) The pope."
"PONTIFICAL","The dress and ornaments of a pontiff. 'Dressed in fullpontificals.' Sir W. Scott."
"PONTIFICALITY","The state and government of the pope; the papacy. [R.] Bacon."
"PONTIFICALLY","In a pontifical manner."
"PONTIFICATE","To perform the duty of a pontiff."
"PONTIFICE","Bridgework; structure or edifice of a bridge. [R.] Milton."
"PONTIFICIAL","Papal; pontifical. [Obs.] 'Pontificial writers.' Burton."
"PONTIFICIAN","Of or pertaining to the pontiff or pope. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"PONTIL","Same as Pontee."
"PONTILE","Of or pertaining to the pons Varolii. See Pons."
"PONTINE","Of or pertaining to an extensive marshy district between Romeand Naples. [Written also Pomptine.]"
"PONTLEVIS","The action of a horse in rearing repeatedly and dangerously."
"PONTON","See Pontoon."
"PONTOON","A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a framecovered with canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float,used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops."
"PONTOONING","The act, art, or process of constructing pontoon bridges. 'Armyinstruction in pontooning.' Gen. W. T. Shermah."
"PONTVOLANT","A kind of light bridge, used in sieges, for surprising a postor outwork which has but a narrow moat; a flying bridge."
"PONTY","See Pontee."
"POOD","A Russian weight, equal to forty Russian pounds or aboutthirty-six English pounds avoirdupois."
"POODLE","A breed of dogs having curly hair, and often showing remarkableintelligence in the performance of tricks."
"POOH","Pshaw! pish! nonsense! -- an expression of scorn, dislike, orcontempt."
"POOH-POOH","To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if bysaying pooh! pooh! [Colloq.] Thackeray."
"POOKOO","A red African antelope (Kobus Vardoni) allied to the waterbuck."
"POOL","A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which thereceipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rataaccording to agreement."
"POOLER","A stick for stirring a tan vat."
"POOLING","The act of uniting, or an agreement to unite, an aggregation ofproperties belonging to different persons, with a view to commonliabilities or profits."
"POON","A name for several East Indian, or their wood, used for themasts and spars of vessels, as Calophyllum angustifolium, C.inophullum, and Sterculia foetida; -- called also peon."
"POONAC","A kind of oil cake prepared from the cocoanut. See Oil cake,under Cake."
"POONAH PAINTING","A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century, inwhich a thick opaque color is applied without background and withscarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc.,in imitation of Oriental work. Hence: Poonah brush, paper, painter,etc."
"POONGA OIL","A kind of oil used in India for lamps, and for boiling withdammar for pitching vessels. It is pressed from the seeds of aleguminous tree (Pongamia glabra)."
"POOP","See 2d Poppy."
"POOPING","The act or shock of striking a vessel's stern by a followingwave or vessel."
"POOR","So completely destitute of property as to be entitled tomaintenance from the public."
"POOR-JOHN","A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferiorquality.Poor-john and apple pies are all our fare. Sir J. Harrington."
"POOR-SPIRITED","Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.-- Poor'-spir`it*ed*ness, n."
"POOR-WILL","A bird of the Western United States (Phal\u00e6noptilus Nutalli)allied to the whip-poor-will."
"POOR-WILLIE","The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.]"
"POORBOX","A receptacle in which money given for the poor is placed."
"POORHOUSE","A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at publicexpense; an almshouse; a workhouse."
"POORLINESS","The quality or state of being poorly; ill health."
"POORLY","Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health. 'Having been poorly inhealth.' T. Scott."
"POORNESS","The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of theadjective). Bacon."
"POP","The European redwing. [Prov. Eng.] Pop corn. (a) Corn, ormaize, of peculiar excellence for popping; especially, a kind thegrains of which are small and compact. (b) Popped corn; which hasbeen popped."
"POPE","A fish; the ruff. Pope Joan, a game at cards played on a roundboard with compartments.-- Pope's eye, the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of thethigh of an ox or sheep. R. D. Blackmore.-- Pope's nose, the rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See Uropygium."
"POPELOTE","A word variously explained as 'a little puppet,' 'a littledoll,' or 'a young butterfly.' Cf. Popet. [Obs.]So gay a popelote, so sweet a wench. Chaucer."
"POPERY","The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehendingdoctrines and practices; -- generally used in an opprobrious sense."
"POPET","A puppet. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"POPGUN","A child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with apopping noise, by compression of air."
"POPISH","Of or pertaining to the pope; taught or ordained by the pope;hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; -- often usedopprobriously.-- Pop'ish*ly, adv.-- Pop'ish*ness, n."
"POPLEXY","Apoplexy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"POPLIN","A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted, -- used especially for women's dresses. Irish poplin, a fabric withsilk warp and worsted weft, made in Ireland."
"POPLITEAL","Of or pertaining to the ham; in the region of the ham, orbehind the knee joint; as, the popliteal space."
"POPLITIC","Popliteal."
"POPOVTSY","See Raskolnik."
"POPPER","A utensil for popping corn, usually a wire basket with a longhandle."
"POPPET","One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used tosupport a vessel in launching. Totten."
"POPPING","a. & n. from Pop. Popping crease. (Cricket) See under Crease."
"POPPLE","To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork onrough water; also, to bubble. Cotton."
"POPPY","Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showypolypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaversomniferum) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it tosome extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of Capsule.California poppy (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the genusEschscholtzia.-- Corn poppy. See under Corn.-- Horn, or Horned, poppy. See under Horn.-- Poppy bee (Zo\u00f6l.), a leaf-cutting bee (Anthocopa papaveris) whichuses pieces cut from poppy petals for the lining of its cells; --called also upholsterer bee.-- Prickly poppy (Bot.), Argemone Mexicana, a yellow-flowered plantof the Poppy family, but as prickly as a thistle.-- Poppy seed, the seed the opium poppy (P. somniferum).-- Spatling poppy (Bot.), a species of Silene (S. inflata). SeeCatchfly."
"POPULACE","The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehendingall persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, orprofession. Pope.To . . . calm the peers and please the populace. Daniel.They . . . call us Britain's barbarous populaces. Tennyson."
"POPULACY","Populace. [Obs.] Feltham."
"POPULARES","The people or the people's party, in ancient Rome, as opposedto the optimates."
"POPULARIZATION","The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people."
"POPULARIZE","To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the commonpeople; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy. 'Thepopularizing of religious teaching.' Milman."
"POPULARIZER","One who popularizes."
"POPULARLY","In a popular manner; so as to be generally favored or acceptedby the people; commonly; currently; as, the story was popularityreported.The victor knight, Bareheaded, popularly low had bowed. Dryden."
"POPULARNESS","The quality or state of being popular; popularity. Coleridge."
"POPULATE","Populous. [Obs.] Bacon."
"POPULATOR","One who populates."
"POPULICIDE","Slaughter of the people. [R.]"
"POPULIN","A glycoside, related to salicin, found in the bark of certainspecies of the poplar (Populus), and extracted as a sweet whitecrystalline substance."
"POPULISM","The political doctrines advocated by the People's party."
"POPULIST","A member of the People's party. -- Pop`u*lis'tic (#), a."
"POPULOSITY","Populousness.[Obs.]"
"PORAILLE","Poor people; the poor. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PORBEAGLE","A species of shark (Lamna cornubica), about eight feet long,having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called alsomackerel shark. [Written also probeagle.]"
"PORCATE","Having grooves or furrows broader than the intervening ridges;furrowed."
"PORCELAIN","Purslain. [Obs.]"
"PORCELAINIZED","Baked like potter's lay; -- applied to clay shales that havebeen converted by heat into a substance resembling porcelain."
"PORCELANITE","A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; --called also porcelain jasper."
"PORCH","A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether takenfrom the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the mainwall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes theporch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriageporch, under Carriage, and Loggia.The graceless Helen in the porch I spied Of Vesta's temple. Dryden."
"PORCINE","Of or pertaining to swine; characteristic of the hog. 'Porcinecheeks.' G. Eliot."
"PORCUPINE","Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the backcovered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a footlong. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is thebest known."
"PORE","To look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix theattention; to be absorbed; -- often with on or upon, and now usuallywith over.'Painfully to pore upon a book.' Shak.The eye grows weary with poring perpetually on the same thing.Dryden."
"POREBLIND","Nearsighted; shortsighted; purblind. [Obs.] Bacon."
"PORER","One who pores."
"PORIFERA","A grand division of the Invertebrata, including the sponges; --called also Spongi\u00e6, Spongida, and Spongiozoa. The principaldivisions are Calcispongi\u00e6, Keratosa or Fibrospongi\u00e6, and Silicea."
"PORIFERAN","One of the Polifera."
"PORIFERATA","The Polifera."
"PORIFORM","Resembling a pore, or small puncture."
"PORIME","A theorem or proposition so easy of demonstration as to bealmost self-evident. [R.] Crabb."
"PORINESS","Porosity. Wiseman."
"PORISM","A proposition affirming the possibility of finding suchconditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminateor capable of innumerable solutions. Playfair."
"PORITE","Any coral of the genus Porites, or family Poritid\u00e6."
"PORITES","An important genus of reef-building corals having small twelve-rayed calicles, and a very porous coral. Some species are branched,others grow in large massive or globular forms."
"PORK","The flesh of swine, fresh or salted, used for food."
"PORKER","A hog. Pope."
"PORKET","A young hog; a pig. [R.] Dryden. W. Howitt."
"PORKLING","A pig; a porket. Tusser."
"PORKWOOD","The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree(Pisonia obtusata) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called pigeonwood, beefwood, and corkwood."
"PORNERASTIC","Lascivious; licentious. [R.] F. Harrison."
"PORNOGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to pornography; lascivious; licentious; as,pornographic writing."
"PORNOGRAPHY","A treatise on prostitutes, or prostitution."
"POROSITY","The quality or state of being porous; -- opposed to density."
"POROTIC","A medicine supposed to promote the formation of callus."
"POROTYPE","A copy of a print, writing, etc., made by placing it upon achemically prepared paper which is acted upon by a gas whichpermeates the paper of the print, writing, etc."
"POROUS","Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in thesubstance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids;permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood. 'The veins ofporous earth.' Milton."
"POROUSLY","In a porous manner."
"PORPENTINE","Porcupine. [Obs.] Shak."
"PORPESSE","A porpoise. [Obs.]"
"PORPHYRACEOUS","Porphyritic."
"PORPHYRE","Porphyry. [Obs.] Locke."
"PORPHYRITE","A rock with a porphyritic structure; as, augite porphyrite."
"PORPHYRITIC","Relating to, or resembling, porphyry, that is, characterized bythe presence of distinct crystals, as of feldspar, quartz, or augite,in a relatively fine-grained base, often aphanitic orcryptocrystalline."
"PORPHYRIZATION","The act of porphyrizing, or the state of being porphyrized."
"PORPHYRIZE","To cause to resemble porphyry; to make spotted in composition,like porphyry."
"PORPHYROGENITISM","The principle of succession in royal families, especially amongthe Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if born after theaccession of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder sonwho was not so born. Sir T. Palgrave."
"PORPHYRY","A term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting ofa fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which crystals, asof feldspar or quartz, are disseminated. There are red, purple, andgreen varieties, which are highly esteemed as marbles. Porphyry shell(Zo\u00f6l.), a handsome marine gastropod shell (Oliva porphyria), havinga dark red or brown polished surface, marked with light spots, likeporphyry."
"PORPITA","A genus of bright-colored Siphonophora found floating in thewarmer parts of the ocean. The individuals are round and disk-shaped,with a large zooid in the center of the under side, surrounded bysmaller nutritive and reproductive zooids, and by slenderdactylozooids near the margin. The disk contains a central float, orpneumatocyst."
"PORPOISE","Any small cetacean of the genus Phoc\u00e6na, especially P.communis, or P. phoc\u00e6na, of Europe, and the closely allied Americanspecies (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, palerbeneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shortersnout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, andsnuffer."
"PORPORINO","A composition of quicksilver, tin, and sulphur, forming ayellow powder, sometimes used by medi\u00e6val artists, for the sake ofeconomy, instead of gold. Fairholt."
"PORPUS","A porpoise. [Obs.] Swift."
"PORRACEOUS","Resembling the leek in color; greenish. [R.] 'Porraceousvomiting.' Wiseman."
"PORRECT","Extended horizontally; stretched out."
"PORRECTION","The act of stretching forth."
"PORRET","A scallion; a leek or small onion. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"PORRIDGE","A food made by boiling some leguminous or farinaceoussubstance, or the meal of it, in water or in milk, making of broth orthin pudding; as, barley porridge, milk porridge, bean porridge, etc."
"PORRINGER","A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat orare fed; as, a silver porringer. Wordsworth."
"PORT","A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. Itcontains a large percentage of alcohol."
"PORT-ROYALIST","One of the dwellers in the Cistercian convent of Port Royal desChamps, near Paris, when it was the home of the Jansenists in the17th century, among them being Arnauld, Pascal, and other famousscholars. Cf. Jansenist."
"PORTABILITY","The quality or state of being portable; fitness to be carried."
"PORTABLENESS","The quality or state of being portable; portability."
"PORTACE","See Portass. [Obs.]"
"PORTAGE","A porthole. [Obs.] Shak."
"PORTAGE GROUP","A subdivision of the Chemung period in American geology. SeeChart of Geology."
"PORTAGUE","A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variouslyestimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one halfpounds sterling. [Obs.] [Written also portegue and portigue.]Ten thousand portagues, besides great pearls. Marlowe."
"PORTAL","The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these areterminated by inclined braces."
"PORTAMENTO","In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying orlifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another;a gliding from tone to tone."
"PORTANCE","See Port, carriage, demeanor. [Obs.] Spenser. Shak."
"PORTASS","A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously portace,portasse, portesse, portise, porthose, portos, portus, portuse, etc.][Obs.] Spenser. Camden.By God and by this porthors I you swear. Chaucer."
"PORTATE","Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, across portate."
"PORTATIVE","Capable of holding up or carrying; as, the portative force of amagnet, of atmospheric pressure, or of capillarity."
"PORTCLUSE","A portcullis. [Obs.]"
"PORTCRAYON","A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon."
"PORTCULLIS","A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung overthe gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance ofan enemy. 'Let the portcullis fall.' Sir W. Scott.She . . . the huge portcullis high updrew. Milton."
"PORTE","The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire,officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of thesultan's palace at which justice was administered."
"PORTE-COCHERE","A large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through abuilding. It is common to have the entrance door open upon thepassage of the porte-coch\u00e8re. Also, a porch over a driveway before anentrance door."
"PORTED","Having gates. [Obs.]We took the sevenfold-ported Thebes. Chapman."
"PORTEGUE","See Portague. [Obs.]"
"PORTEMONNAIE","A small pocketbook or wallet for carrying money."
"PORTENSION","The act of foreshowing; foreboding. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"PORTENT","That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portendsevil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign. Shak.My loss by dire portents the god foretold. Dryden."
"PORTENTIVE","Presaging; foreshadowing."
"PORTER","A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one whowaits at the door to receive messages. Shak.To him the porter openeth. John x. 3."
"PORTERESS","See Portress."
"PORTERHOUSE","A house where porter is sold. Porterhouse steak, a steak cutfrom a sirloin of beet, including the upper and under part."
"PORTESSE","See Porteass. [Obs.] Tyndale."
"PORTFIRE","A case of strong paper filled with a composition of niter,sulphur, and mealed powder, -- used principally to ignite the primingin proving guns, and as an incendiary material in shells."
"PORTGLAVE","A sword bearer. [Obs.]"
"PORTHOLE","An embrasure in a ship's side. See 3d Port."
"PORTHOOK","One of the iron hooks to which the port hinges are attached. J.Knowles."
"PORTHORS","See Portass. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PORTICO","A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classicalstyles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance of abuilding."
"PORTICOED","Furnished with a portico."
"PORTIERE","A curtain hanging across a doorway."
"PORTIGUE","See Portague. Beau. & Fl."
"PORTINGAL","Of or pertaining to Portugal; Portuguese. [Obs.] -- n."
"PORTIONER","See Portionist, 2."
"PORTIONIST","One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or morerectors or vicars."
"PORTIONLESS","Having no portion."
"PORTISE","See Portass. [Obs.]"
"PORTLAND CEMENT","A cement having the color of the Portland stone of England,made by calcining an artificial mixture of carbonate of lime andclay, or sometimes certain natural limestones or chalky clays. Itcontains a large proportion of clay, and hardens under water."
"PORTLAND STONE","A yellowish-white calcareous freestone from the Isle ofPortland in England, much used in building."
"PORTLAND VASE","A celebrated cinerary urn or vase found in the tomb of theEmperor Alexander Severus. It is owned by the Duke of Portland, andkept in the British Museum."
"PORTLAST","The portoise. See Portoise."
"PORTMAN","An inhabitant or burgess of a port, esp. of one of the CinquePorts."
"PORTMANTEAU","A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearingapparel, etc., on journeys. Thackeray."
"PORTMANTLE","A portmanteau. [Obs.]"
"PORTMOTE","In old English law, a court, or mote, held in a port town.[Obs.] Blackstone."
"PORTOIR","One who, or that which, bears; hence, one who, or that which,produces. [Obs.]Branches . . . which were portoirs, and bare grapes. Holland."
"PORTOISE","The gunwale of a ship. To lower the yards a-portoise, to lowerthem to the gunwale.-- To ride a portoise, to ride an anchor with the lower yards andtopmasts struck or lowered, as in a gale of wind."
"PORTOS","See Portass. [Obs.]"
"PORTPANE","A cloth for carrying bread, so as not to touch it with thehands. [Obs.]"
"PORTRAIT","To portray; to draw. [Obs.] Spenser."
"PORTRAITIST","A portrait painter. [R.] Hamerton."
"PORTRAITURE","To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray.[R.] Shaftesbury."
"PORTRAYAL","The act or process of portraying; description; delineation."
"PORTRAYER","One who portrays. Chaucer."
"PORTREEVE","A port warden."
"PORTRESS","A female porter. Milton."
"PORTSALE","Public or open sale; auction. [Obs.] Holland."
"PORTUARY","A breviary. [Eng.]"
"PORTUGUESE","Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants.-- n. sing. & pl."
"PORTULACA","A genus of polypetalous plants; also, any plant of the genus."
"PORTULACACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Portulacace\u00e6),of which Portulaca is the type, and which includes also the springbeauty (Claytonia) and other genera."
"PORWIGLE","See Polliwig."
"PORY","Porous; as, pory stone. [R.] Dryden."
"POSE","Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of theattitude of a lion, horse, or other beast."
"POSED","Firm; determined; fixed. 'A most posed . . . and gravebehavior.' [Obs.] Urquhart."
"POSER","One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicablequestion or fact. Bacon."
"POSIED","Inscribed with a posy.In poised lockets bribe the fair. Gay."
"POSINGLY","So as to pose or puzzle."
"POSIT","To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a principle. Sir W.Hamilton."
"POSITION","A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; --called also the rule of trial and error. Angle of position (Astron.),the angle which any line (as that joining two stars) makes withanother fixed line, specifically with a circle of declination.-- Double position (Arith.), the method of solving problems byproceeding with each of two assumed numbers, according to theconditions of the problem, and by comparing the difference of theresults with those of the numbers, deducing the correction to beapplied to one of them to obtain the true result.-- Guns of position (Mil.), heavy fieldpieces, not designed forquick movements.-- Position finder (Mil.), a range finder. See under Range.-- Position micrometer, a micrometer applied to the tube of anastronomical telescope for measuring angles of position in the fieldof view.-- Single position (Arith.), the method of solving problems, inwhich the result obtained by operating with an assumed number is tothe true result as the number assumed is to the number required.-- Strategic position (Mil.), a position taken up by an army or alarge detachment of troops for the purpose of checking or observingan opposing force."
"POSITIONAL","Of or pertaining to position.Ascribing unto plants positional operations. Sir T. Browne."
"POSITIVE","Corresponding with the original in respect to the position oflights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed;as, a positive picture."
"POSITIVELY","In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; withcertainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed tonegatively.Good and evil which is removed may be esteemed good or evilcomparatively, and positively simply. Bacon.Give me some breath, some little pause, my lord, Before I positivelyspeak herein. Shak.I would ask . . . whether . . . the divine law does not positivelyrequire humility and meekness. Sprat.Positively charged or electrified (Elec.), having a charge ofpositive electricity; -- opposed to Ant: negatively electrified."
"POSITIVENESS","The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness;certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a.Positiveness, pedantry, and ill manners. Swift.The positiveness of sins of commission lies both in the habitude ofthe will and in the executed act too; the positiveness of sins ofomission is in the habitude of the will only. Norris."
"POSITIVISM","A system of philosophy originated by M. Auguste Comte, whichdeals only with positives. It excludes from philosophy everything butthe natural phenomena or properties of knowable things, together withtheir invariable relations of coexistence and succession, asoccurring in time and space. Such relations are denominated laws,which are to be discovered by observation, experiment, andcomparison. This philosophy holds all inquiry into causes, bothefficient and final, to be useless and unprofitable."
"POSITIVIST","A believer in positivism.-- a."
"POSITIVITY","Positiveness. J. Morley."
"POSITURE","See Posture. [Obs.]"
"POSNET","A little basin; a porringer; a skillet."
"POSOLOGY","The science or doctrine of doses; dosology."
"POSPOLITE","A kind of militia in Poland, consisting of the gentry, which,in case of invasion, was summoned to the defense of the country."
"POSS","To push; to dash; to throw. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]A cat . . . possed them [the rats] about. Piers Plowman."
"POSSE","See Posse comitatus. In posse. See In posse in the Vocabulary."
"POSSE COMITATUS","The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned bythe sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, orexecuting any legal precept which is forcibly opposed. Blackstone."
"POSSESSION","The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power orcommand; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful orwrongful."
"POSSESSIONARY","Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession."
"POSSESSIVAL","Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessivaltermination. Earle."
"POSSESSIVE","Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicatingpossession. Possessive case (Eng. Gram.), the genitive case; the caseof nouns and pronouns which expresses ownership, origin, or somepossessive relation of one thing to another; as, Homer's admirers;the pear's flavor; the dog's faithfulness.-- Possessive pronoun, a pronoun denoting ownership; as, his name;her home; my book."
"POSSESSIVELY","In a possessive manner."
"POSSESSOR","One who possesses; one who occupies, holds, owns, or controls;one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of thatwhich is desirable; a proprietor. 'Possessors of eternal glory.' Law.As if he had been possessor of the whole world. Sharp."
"POSSESSORY","Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; ofthe nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessorylord. Possessory action or suit (Law), an action to regain or obtainpossession of something. See under Petitory."
"POSSET","A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some stronginfusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly. 'I havedrugged their posset.' Shak."
"POSSIBLE","Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived orthought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary tothe nature of things; -- sometimes used to express extremeimprobability; barely able to be, or to come to pass; as, possibly heis honest, as it is possible that Judas meant no wrong.With God all things are possible. Matt. xix. 26."
"POSSIBLY","In a possible manner; by possible means; especially, byextreme, remote, or improbable intervention, change, or exercise ofpower; by a chance; perhaps; as, possibly he may recover.Can we . . . possibly his love desert Milton.When possibly I can, I will return. Shak."
"POSSUM","An opossum. [Colloq. U. S.] To play possum, To act possum, tofeign ignorance, indifference or inattention, with the intent todeceive; to dissemble; -- in allusion to the habit of the opossum,which feigns death when attacked or alarmed."
"POST","Hired to do what is wrong; suborned. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys."
"POST NOTE","A note issued by a bank, payable at some future specified time,as distinguished from a note payable on demand. Burrill."
"POST OFFICE","See under 4th Post."
"POST-","A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure,postdot, postscript."
"POST-ABDOMEN","That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax; -- morecommonly called abdomen."
"POST-CAPTAIN","A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was 'posted,'in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from acommander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in theUnited States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was everrecognized in either service, and the term has fallen into disuse."
"POST-DISSEIZIN","A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which thedisseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ foundedon such subsequent disseizin, now abolished. Burrill. Tomlins."
"POST-DISSEIZOR","A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee hadbefore recovered of the same disseizor. Blackstone."
"POST-FINE","A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands,when the same was fully passed; -- called also the king's silver."
"POST-IMPRESSIONISM","In the broadest sense, the theory or practice of any of severalgroups of recent painters, or of these groups taken collectively,whose work and theories have in common a tendency to reaction againstthe scientific and naturalistic character of impressionism and neo-impressionism. In a strict sense the term post-impressionism is usedto denote the effort at self-expression, rather than representation,shown in the work of C\u00e9zanne, Matisse, etc.; but it is more broadlyused to include cubism, the theory or practice of a movement in bothpainting and  sculpture which lays stress upon volume as theimportant attribute of objects and attempts its expression by the useof geometrical figures or solids only; and futurism, a theory orpractice which attempts to place the observer within the picture andto represent simultaneously a number of consecutive movements andimpressions. In practice these theories and methods of the post-impressionists change with great rapidity and shade into one another,so that a picture may be both cubist and futurist in character. Theytend to, and sometimes reach, a condition in which bothrepresentation and traditional decoration are entirely abolished anda work of art becomes a purely subjective expression in an arbitraryand personal language."
"POST-MORTEM","After death; as, post-mortem rigidity. Post-mortem examination(Med.), an examination of the body made after the death of thepatient; an autopsy."
"POST-TEMPORAL","Situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region ofthe skull; -- applied especially to a bone which usually connects thesupraclavicle with the skull in the pectoral arch of fishes.-- n."
"POST-TRAGUS","A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of someanimals."
"POST-TYMPANIC","Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind theauditory meatus."
"POSTABLE","Capable of being carried by, or as by, post. [Obs.] W. Montagu."
"POSTACT","An act done afterward."
"POSTAGE","The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of aletter or other mailable matter by a public post. Postage stamp, agovernment stamp required to be put upon articles sent by mail inpayment of the postage, esp. an adhesive stamp issued and sold forthat purpose."
"POSTAL","Belonging to the post office or mail service; as, postalarrangements; postal authorities. Postal card, or Post card, a cardsold by the government for transmission through the mails, at a lowerrate of postage than a sealed letter. The message is written on oneside of the card, and the direction on the other.-- Postal money order. See Money order, under Money.-- Postal note, an order payable to bearer, for a sum of money (inthe United States less than five dollars under existing law), issuedfrom one post office and payable at another specified office.-- Postal Union, a union for postal purposes entered into by themost important powers, or governments, which have agreed to transportmail matter through their several territories at a stipulated rate."
"POSTANAL","Situated behind, or posterior to, the anus."
"POSTAXIAL","Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal;caudal; posterior; especially, behind, or on the caudal or posterior(that is, ulnar or fibular) side of, the axis of a vertebrate limb."
"POSTCAVA","The inferior vena cava.-- Post'ca`val, a. B. G. Wilder."
"POSTCLAVICLE","A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projectingbackward from the clavicle.-- Post`*cla*vic'u*lar, a."
"POSTCOMMISSURE","A transverse commisure in the posterior part of the roof of thethird ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commisure. B. G.Wilder."
"POSTCOMMUNION","The concluding portion of the communion service."
"POSTCORNU","The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B.G. Wilder."
"POSTDATE","Made or done after the date assigned.Of these [predictions] some were postdate; cunningly made after thething came to pass. Fuller."
"POSTDILUVIAN","One who lived after the flood."
"POSTEA","The return of the judge before whom a cause was tried, after averdict, of what was done in the cause, which is indorsed on the nisiprius record. Wharton."
"POSTEL","Apostle. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"POSTENCEPHALON","The metencephalon."
"POSTENTRY","An additional or subsequent entry."
"POSTERIOR","At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomyoften used for dorsal."
"POSTERIORITY","The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority oftime, or of an event; -- opposed to priority."
"POSTERIORLY","Subsequently in time; also, behind in position."
"POSTERIORS","The hinder parts, as of an animal's body. Swift."
"POSTERN","A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade andthe main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of theoutworks. Mahan."
"POSTERO","- (posterior, back; as, postero-inferior, situated back andbelow; postero-lateral, situated back and at the side."
"POSTEXIST","To exist after; to live subsequently. [Obs. or R.]"
"POSTEXISTENCE","Subsequent existence."
"POSTEXISTENT","Existing or living after. [R.] 'Postexistent atoms.' Cudworth."
"POSTFACT","Relating to a fact that occurs after another."
"POSTFACTUM","Same as Postfact."
"POSTFIX","A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another word;a suffix. Parkhurst."
"POSTFRONTAL","Situated behind the frontal bone or the frontal region of theskull; -- applied especially to a bone back of and below the frontalin many animals.-- n."
"POSTFURCA","One of the internal thoracic processes of the sternum of aninsect."
"POSTGENITURE","The condition of being born after another in the same family; -- distinguished from primogeniture. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"POSTGLENOID","Situated behind the glenoid fossa of the temporal bone."
"POSTGRADUATE","Of, pertaining to, or designating, the studies pursued aftergraduation, esp., after receiving the bachelor's degree at a college;graduate. -- n."
"POSTHASTE","Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier.Shak."
"POSTHETOMY","Circumcision. Dunglison."
"POSTHOUSE","Posthumos. [Obs.] I. Watts. Fuller."
"POSTHUMOUSLY","It a posthumous manner; after one's decease."
"POSTIC","Backward. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"POSTIL","A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture; as, thefirst postils were composed by order of Charlemagne."
"POSTILER","One who writers marginal notes; one who illustrates the text ofa book by notes in the margin. Sir T. Browne."
"POSTILION","One who rides and guides the first pair of horses of a coach orpost chaise; also, one who rides one of the horses when one pair onlyis used. [Written also postillion.]"
"POSTILLATE","To explain by marginal notes; to postil.Tracts . . . postillated by his own hand. C. Knight."
"POSTILLATION","The act of postillating; exposition of Scripture in preaching."
"POSTILLATOR","One who postillates; one who expounds the Scriptures verse byverse."
"POSTILLER","See Postiler."
"POSTING","The act of transferring an account, as from the journal to theledger. Posting house, a post house."
"POSTLIMINIAR","Contrived, done, or existing subsequently. 'Postliminious afterapplications of them to their purposes.' South."
"POSTLIMINIARY","Pertaining to, or involving, the right of postliminium."
"POSTLUDE","A voluntary at the end of a service."
"POSTMAN","One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court ofExchequer, who have precedence in motions; -- so called from theplace where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman.Whishaw."
"POSTMARK","The mark, or stamp, of a post office on a letter, giving theplace and date of mailing or of arrival."
"POSTMASTER-GENERAL","The chief officer of the post-office department of agovernment. In the United States the postmaster-general is a memberof the cabinet."
"POSTMASTERSHIP","The office of postmaster."
"POSTNARES","The posterior nares. See Nares."
"POSTNATAL","After birth; subsequent to birth; as, postnatal infanticide;postnatal diseases."
"POSTNATE","Subsequent. 'The graces and gifts of the spirit are postnate.'[Archaic] Jer. Taylor."
"POSTNUPTIAL","Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlementon a wife. Kent."
"POSTOBLONGATA","The posterior part of the medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder."
"POSTOCULAR","Same as Postorbital."
"POSTORAL","Situated behind, or posterior to, the mouth."
"POSTORBITAL","Situated behind the orbit; as, the postorbital scales of somefishes and reptiles.-- n."
"POSTPAID","Having the postage prepaid, as a letter."
"POSTPALATINE","Situated behind the palate, or behind the palatine bones."
"POSTPLIOCENE","Of or pertaining to the period immediately following thePliocene; Pleistocene. Also used as a noun. See Quaternary."
"POSTPONEMENT","The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a futuretime; a temporary delay. Macaulay."
"POSTPONENCE","The act of postponing, in sense 2. [Obs.] Johnson."
"POSTPONER","One who postpones."
"POSTPOSE","To postpone. [Obs.] Fuller."
"POSTPOSIT","To postpone. [Obs.] Feltham."
"POSTPOSITIONAL","Of or pertaining to postposition."
"POSTPOSITIVE","Placed after another word; as, a postpositive conjunction; apostpositive letter.-- Post*pos'i*tive*ly, adv."
"POSTPRANDIAL","Happening, or done, after dinner; after-dinner; as,postprandial speeches."
"POSTREMOGENITURE","The right of the youngest born. Mozley & W."
"POSTREMOTE","More remote in subsequent time or order."
"POSTRIDER","One who rides over a post road to carry the mails. Bancroft."
"POSTSCAPULA","The part of the scapula behind or below the spine, ormesoscapula."
"POSTSCAPULAR","Of or pertaining to the postscapula; infraspinous."
"POSTSCENIUM","The part of a theater behind the scenes; the back part of thestage of a theater."
"POSTSCRIBE","To make a postscript. [R.] T. Adams."
"POSTSCRIPT","A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signedby the writer; an addition made to a book or composition after themain body of the work has been finished, containing somethingomitted, or something new occurring to the writer. [Abbrev. P. S.]"
"POSTSCRIPTED","Having a postscript; added in a postscript. [R.] J. Q. Adams."
"POSTSCUTELLUM","The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect;the plate behind the scutellum."
"POSTSPHENOID","Of or pertaining to the posterior part of the sphenoid bone."
"POSTTERTIARY","Following, or more recent than, the Tertiary; Quaternary."
"POSTULANT","One who makes a request or demand; hence, a candidate."
"POSTULATE","The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction froman axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem.The distinction between a postulate and an axiom lies in this, --that the latter is admitted to be self-evident, while the former maybe agreed upon between two reasoners, and admitted by both, but notas proposition which it would be impossible to deny. Eng. Cyc."
"POSTULATED","Assumed without proof; as, a postulated inference. Sir T.Browne."
"POSTULATION","The act of postulating, or that which is postulated;assumption; solicitation; suit; cause."
"POSTULATORY","Of the nature of a postulate. Sir T. Browne."
"POSTULATUM","A postulate. Addison."
"POSTUMOUS","See Posthumous. [R.]"
"POSTURAL","Of or pertaining to posture."
"POSTURE","To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose theparts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to postureone's self; to posture a model. Howell."
"POSTURER","One who postures."
"POSTZYGAPOPHYSIS","A posterior zygapophysis."
"POSY","A flower; a bouquet; a nosegay. 'Bridegroom's posies.' Spenser.We make a difference between suffering thistles to grow among us, andwearing them for posies. Swift."
"POT","To place or inclose in pots; as:(a) To preserve seasoned in pots. 'Potted fowl and fish.' Dryden.(b) To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs.(c) To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, andplacing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through whichthe molasses drains off. B. Edwards.(d) (Billiards) To pocket."
"POT LACE","Lace whose pattern includes one or more representations ofbaskets or bowls from which flowers spring."
"POT LEAD","Graphite, or black lead, often used on the bottoms of racingvessels to diminish friction."
"POT SHOT","Lit., a shot fired simply to fill the pot; hence, a shot firedat an animal or person when at rest or within easy range, or firedsimply to kill, without reference to the rules of sport; a shotneedling no special skill."
"POT-AU-FEU","A dish of broth, meat, and vegetables prepared by boiling in apot, -- a dish esp. common among the French.  Grant Allen."
"POT-BELLIED","Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot."
"POT-BELLY","A protuberant belly."
"POT-SURE","Made confident by drink. [Obs.]"
"POT-VALIANT","Having the courage given by drink. Smollett."
"POTABLE","Fit to be drunk; drinkable. 'Water fresh and potable.' Bacon.-- n."
"POTABLENESS","The quality of being drinkable."
"POTAGE","See Pottage."
"POTAGER","A porringer. [Obs.] Grew."
"POTAGRO","See Potargo."
"POTALE","The refuse from a grain distillery, used to fatten swine."
"POTAMIAN","A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, orTrionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak.See Trionyx."
"POTAMOGRAPHY","An account or description of rivers; potamology."
"POTAMOLOGY","A scientific account or discussion of rivers; a treatise onrivers; potamography."
"POTAMOSPONGIAE","The fresh-water sponges. See Spongilla."
"POTANCE","The stud in which the bearing for the lower pivot of the vergeis made."
"POTARGO","A kind of sauce or pickle. King."
"POTASHES","Potash. [Obs.]"
"POTASSAMIDE","A yellowish brown substance obtained by heating potassium inammonia."
"POTASSIC","Pertaining to, or containing, potassium."
"POTASSIUM","An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined, asin the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the mineralssylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc. Atomic weight 39.0.Symbol K (Kalium)."
"POTASSOXYL","The radical KO, derived from, and supposed to exist in,potassium hydroxide and other compounds."
"POTATOR","A drinker. [R.] Southey."
"POTATORY","Of or pertaining to drinking. Ld. Lytton."
"POTBOILER","A term applied derisively to any literary or artistic work, andesp. a painting, done simply for money and the means of living.[Cant]"
"POTBOY","A boy who carries pots of ale, beer, etc.; a menial in a publichouse."
"POTCH","To thrust; to push. [Obs.] 'I 'll potch at him some way.' Shak."
"POTCHER","One who, or that which, potches. Potcher engine (Paper Making),a machine in which washed rags are stirred in a bleaching solution."
"POTECARY","An apothecary. [Obs.]"
"POTEEN","Whisky; especially, whisky illicitly distilled by the Irishpeasantry. [Written also potheen, and potteen.]"
"POTELOT","Molybdenum sulphide."
"POTENCE","Potency; capacity. [R.] Sir W. Hamilton."
"POTENCY","The quality or state of being potent; physical or moral power;inherent strength; energy; ability to effect a purpose; capability;efficacy; influence. 'Drugs of potency.' Hawthorne.A place of potency and away o' the state. Shak."
"POTENT","A staff or crutch. [Obs.]"
"POTENTACY","Sovereignty. [Obs.]"
"POTENTATE","One who is potent; one who possesses great power or sway; aprince, sovereign, or monarch.The blessed and only potentate. 1 Tim. vi. 15.Cherub and seraph, potentates and thrones. Milton."
"POTENTIAL","In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting inspace, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine theposition of a point, such that its differential coefficients withrespect to the co\u00f6rdinates are equal to the components of the forceat the point considered; -- also called potential function, or forcefunction. It is called also Newtonian potential when the force isdirected to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of thedistance from the center."
"POTENTIALITY","The quality or state of being potential; possibility, notactuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actuallyexhibited."
"POTENTIATE","To render active or potent. Coleridge."
"POTENTIOMETER","An instrument for measuring or comparing electrial potentialsor electro-motive forces."
"POTENTIZE","To render the latent power of (anything) available. Dunglison."
"POTENTLY","With great force or energy; powerfully; efficaciously. 'You arepotently opposed.' Shak."
"POTENTNESS","The quality or state of being potent; powerfulness; potency;efficacy."
"POTESTATE","A chief ruler; a potentate. [Obs.] Wyclif. 'An irouspotestate.' Chaucer."
"POTESTATIVE","Authoritative. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson."
"POTHECARY","An apothecary. [Obs.]"
"POTHEEN","See Poteen."
"POTHER","Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [Written alsopotter, and pudder.] 'What a pother and stir!' Oldham. 'Coming onwith a terrible pother.' Wordsworth."
"POTHOLE","A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by thegrinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water inwhat was at first a natural depression of the rock."
"POTHOUSE","An alehouse. T. Warton."
"POTICHE","A vase with a separate cover, the body usually rounded orpolygonal in plan with nearly vertical sides, a neck of smaller size,and a rounded shoulder."
"POTION","A draught; a dose; usually, a draught or dose of a liquidmedicine. Shak."
"POTLID","The lid or cover of a pot. Potlid valve, a valve covering around hole or the end of a pipe or pump barrel, resembling a potlidin form."
"POTLUCK","Whatever may chance to be in the pot, or may be provided for ameal.A woman whose potluck was always to be relied on. G. Eliot.To take potluck, to take what food may chance to be provided."
"POTOO","A large South American goatsucker (Nyctibius grandis)."
"POTOROO","Any small kangaroo belonging to Hypsiprymnus, Bettongia, andallied genera, native of Australia and Tasmania. Called also kangaroorat."
"POTPIE","A meat pie which is boiled instead of being baked."
"POTPOURRI","A medley or mixture. Specifically:(a) A ragout composed of different sorts of meats, vegetables, etc.,cooked together.(b) A jar or packet of flower leaves, perfumes, and spices, used toscent a room.(c) A piece of music made up of different airs strung together; amedley.(d) A literary production composed of parts brought together withoutorder or bond of connection."
"POTSDAM GROUP","A subdivision of the Primordial or Cambrian period in Americangeology; -- so named from the sandstone of Potsdam, New York. SeeChart of Geology."
"POTSHERD","A piece or fragment of a broken pot. Job ii. 8."
"POTSTONE","A variety of steatite sometimes manufactured into culinaryvessels."
"POTSURE","Made confident by drink. [Obs.]"
"POTT","A size of paper. See under Paper."
"POTTAGE","A kind of food made by boiling vegetables or meat, or bothtogether, in water, until soft; a thick soup or porridge. [Writtenalso potage.] Chaucer.Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils. Gen. xxv. 34."
"POTTAIN","Old pot metal. [Obs.] Holland."
"POTTEEN","See Poteen."
"POTTER","The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin. Potter's asthma (Med.),emphysema of the lungs; -- so called because very prevalent amongpotters. Parkers.-- Potter's clay. See under Clay.-- Potter's field, a public burial place, especially in a city, forpaupers, unknown persons, and criminals; -- so named from the fieldsouth of Jerusalem, mentioned in Matt. xxvii. 7.-- Potter's ore. See Alquifou.-- Potter's wheel, a horizontal revolving disk on which the clay ismolded into form with the hands or tools. 'My thoughts are whirledlike a potter's wheel.' Shak. Potter wasp (Zo\u00f6l.), a small solitarywasp (Eumenes fraternal) which constructs a globular nest of mud andsand in which it deposits insect larv\u00e6, such as cankerworms, as foodfor its young."
"POTTERN","Of or pertaining to potters. Pottern ore, a species of orewhich, from its aptness to vitrify like the glazing of potter'swares, the miners call by this name. Boyle."
"POTTO","Caries of the vertebr\u00e6, frequently resulting in curvature ofthe spine and paralysis of the lower extremities; -- so named fromPercival Pott, an English surgeon. Pott's fracture, a fracture of thelower end of the fibula, with displacement of the tibia. Dunglison."
"POU STO","A place to stand upon; a locus standi; hence, a foundation orbasis for operations."
"POUCH-MOUTHED","Having a pouch mouth; blobber-lipped."
"POUCH-SHELL","A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum)."
"POUCHET BOX","See Pouncet box."
"POUCHONG","A superior kind of souchong tea. De Colange."
"POUDRE","Dust; powder. [Obs.] Chaucer. Poudre marchant Etym: [seeMerchant], a kind of flavoring powder used in the Middle Ages. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"POUDRETTE","A manure made from night soil, dried and mixed with charcoal,gypsum, etc."
"POULAINE","A long pointed shoe. See Cracowes."
"POULARD","A pullet from which the ovaries have been removed to producefattening; hence, a fat pullet."
"POULDAVIS","Same as Poledavy. [Obs.]"
"POULDER","Powder. [Obs.]"
"POULDRON","See Pauldron."
"POULT","A young chicken, partridge, grouse, or the like. King. Chapman.Starling the heath poults or black game. R. Jefferise."
"POULTER","A poulterer. [Obs.] Shak."
"POULTERER","One who deals in poultry."
"POULTICE","A soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginoussubstance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.;a cataplasm. 'Poultice relaxeth the pores.' Bacon."
"POULTIVE","A poultice. [Obs.] W. Temple."
"POULTRY","Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs orfeathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese."
"POUNCE","To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or apattern."
"POUNCET BOX","A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or forholding perfumes. Shak."
"POUND","To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds."
"POUND-BREACH","The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals.Blackstone."
"POUNDAGE","The sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon the amountrealized by an execution; -- estimated in England, and formerly inthe United States, at so much of the pound. Burrill. Bouvier."
"POUNDAL","A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, beingthe force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one second, causesit to acquire by the of that time a velocity of one foot per second.It is about equal to the weight of half an ounce, and is 13,825dynes."
"POUNDCAKE","A kind of rich, sweet cake; -- so called from the ingredientsbeing used by pounds, or in equal quantities."
"POUNDING","The keeper of a pound."
"POUNDRATE","A rate or proportion estimated at a certain amount for eachpound; poundage."
"POUP","See Powp. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"POUPETON","A puppet, or little baby. [Obs.] Palsgrave."
"POUR","Poor. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"POURELICHE","Poorly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"POURER","One who pours."
"POURLIEU","See Purlieu."
"POURPARLER","A consultation preliminary to a treaty."
"POURPARTY","A division; a divided share. To make pourparty, to divide andapportion lands previously held in common."
"POURPOINT","A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and15th centuries; also, a name for the doublet of the 16th and 17thcenturies worn by civilians."
"POURPRESTURE","See Purpresture."
"POURSUIVANT","See Pursuivant."
"POURTRAY","See Portray."
"POURVEYANCE","See Purveyance."
"POUSSE","Pulse; pease. [Obs.] Spenser."
"POUSSE-CAFE","A drink served after coffee at dinner, usually one of severalliqueurs, or cordials, of different specific gravities poured so asto remain separate in layers; hence, such a drink of cordials servedat any time."
"POUSSETTE","A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance. Dickens."
"POUT","The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl. Carew."
"POUTER","A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for the extent towhich it is able to dilate its throat and breast."
"POUTING","Childish sullenness."
"POUTINGLY","In a pouting, or a sullen, manner."
"POVERT","Poverty. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"POVERTY","A small British lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeoides, or C.ferus); -- called also gwyniad and lake herring."
"POWDER-POSTED","Affected with dry rot; reduced to dust by rot. See Dry rot,under Dry. [U.S.]"
"POWDERED","Same as Sem\u00e9. Walpole."
"POWDERFLASK","A flask in which gunpowder is carried, having a charging tubeat the end."
"POWDERHORN","A horn in which gunpowder is carried."
"POWDERING","a. & n. from Powder, v. t. Powdering tub. (a) A tub or vesselin which meat is corned or salted. (b) A heated tub in which aninfected lecher was placed for cure. [Obs.] Shak."
"POWDERMILL","A mill in which gunpowder is made."
"POWDIKE","A dike a marsh or fen. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"POWDRY","See Powdery."
"POWER","Same as Poor, the fish."
"POWERFUL","Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore."
"POWERLESS","Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not ableto produce any effect.-- Pow'er*less*ly, adv.-- Pow'er*less*ness, n."
"POWLDRON","Same as Pauldron."
"POWP","See Poop, v. i. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"POWTER","See Pouter."
"POX","Strictly, a disease by pustules or eruptions of any kind, butchiefly or wholly restricted to three or four diseases, -- thesmallpox, the chicken pox, and the vaccine and the venereal diseases."
"POY NETTE","A bodkin. [Obs.]"
"POYNADO","A poniard. [Obs.] Lyly."
"POYNTEL","Paving or flooring made of small squares or lozenges setdiagonally. [Formerly written pointal.]"
"POYOU","A South American armadillo (Dasypus sexcinctus). Called alsosixbanded armadillo."
"POZE","See 5th Pose."
"PRAAM","A flat-bottomed boat or lighter, -- used in Holland and theBaltic, and sometimes armed in case of war. [Written also pram, andprame.]"
"PRACTICABILITY","The quality or state of being practicable; practicableness;feasibility. 'The practicability of such a project.' Stewart."
"PRACTICALITY","The quality or state of being practical; practicalness."
"PRACTICALIZE","To render practical. [R.] 'Practicalizing influences.' J. S.Mill."
"PRACTICALLY","1. In a practical way; not theoretically; really; as, to lookat things practically; practically worthless."
"PRACTICALNESS","Same as Practicality."
"PRACTICE","A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmeticto questions which occur in trade and business."
"PRACTICIAN","One who is acquainted with, or skilled in, anything bypractice; a practitioner."
"PRACTICK","Practice. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PRACTICO","A guide. [Cuba & Phil. Islands]  D. C. Worcester."
"PRACTISANT","An agent or confederate in treachery. [Obs.] Shak."
"PRACTISE","See Practice."
"PRACTISOUR","A practitioner. [Obs.]"
"PRACTIVE","Doing; active. [Obs.] Sylvester.-- Prac'tive*ly, adv. [Obs.]The preacher and the people both, Then practively did thrive. Warner."
"PRAD","A horse. [Colloq. Eng.]"
"PRAE-","A prefix. See Pre-."
"PRAECAVA","The superior vena cava.-- Pr\u00e6'ca`val, a. B. G. Wilder."
"PRAECOCES","A division of birds including those whose young are able to runabout when first hatched."
"PRAECOCIAL","Of or pertaining to the Pr\u00e6coces."
"PRAECOGNITA","This previously known, or which should be known in order tounderstand something else."
"PRAECOMMISSURE","A transverse commissure in the anterior part of the thirdventricle of the brain; the anterior cerebral commissure."
"PRAECORACOID","See Precoracoid."
"PRAECORDIA","The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium."
"PRAECORDIAL","Same as Precordial."
"PRAECORNU","The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G.Wilder."
"PRAEDIAL","See Predial."
"PRAEFLORATION","Same as Prefloration. Gray."
"PRAEFOLIATION","Same as Prefoliation. Gray."
"PRAEMAXILLA","See Premaxilla."
"PRAEMOLAR","See Premolar."
"PRAEMORSE","Same as Premorse."
"PRAEMUNITORY","See Premunitory."
"PRAENARES","The anterior nares. See Nares. B. G. Wilder."
"PRAENASAL","Same as Prenasal."
"PRAENOMEN","The first name of a person, by which individuals of the samefamily were distinguished, answering to our Christian name, as Caius,Lucius, Marcus, etc."
"PRAENOMINICAL","Of or pertaining to a pr\u00e6nomen. [Obs.] M. A. Lower."
"PRAEOPERCULUM","Same as Preoperculum.-- Pr\u00e6`o*per'cu*lar, a."
"PRAETER-","A prefix. See Preter-."
"PRAETERIST","See Preterist."
"PRAETERMIT","See Pretermit."
"PRAETEXTA","A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy beforehe was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about thecompletion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage.It was also worn by magistrates and priests."
"PRAETOR","See Pretor."
"PRAETORES","A division of butterflies including the satyrs."
"PRAETORIAN","See Pretorian."
"PRAETORIUM","See Pretorium."
"PRAEZYGAPOPHYSIS","Same as Prezygapophysis."
"PRAGMATICALLY","In a pragmatical manner."
"PRAGMATICALNESS","The quality or state of being pragmatical."
"PRAGMATISM","The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, thepragmatic, or philosophical, method.The narration of this apparently trifling circumstance belongs to thepragmatism of the history. A. Murphy."
"PRAGMATIST","One who is pragmatic."
"PRAGMATIZE","To consider, represent, or embody (something unreal) as fact;to materialize. [R.] 'A pragmatized metaphor.' Tylor."
"PRAIRIAL","The ninth month of the French Republican calendar, which datedfrom September 22, 1792. It began May, 20, and ended June 18. SeeVendemiaire."
"PRAIRIE STATE","Illinois; -- a nickname."
"PRAISABLE","Fit to be praised; praise-worthy; laudable; commendable. Wyclif(2 Tim. ii. 15)."
"PRAISABLY","In a praisable manner."
"PRAISE-MEETING","A religious service mainly in song. [Local, U. S.]"
"PRAISEFUL","Praiseworthy. [Obs.]"
"PRAISELESS","Without praise or approbation."
"PRAISEMENT","Appraisement. [Obs.]"
"PRAISEWORTHILY","In a praiseworthy manner. Spenser."
"PRAISEWORTHINESS","The quality or state of being praiseworthy."
"PRAISEWORTHY","Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthyaction; he was praiseworthy. Arbuthnot."
"PRAKRIT","Any one of the popular dialects descended from, or akin to,Sanskrit; -- in distinction from the Sanskrit, which was used as aliterary and learned language when no longer spoken by the people.Pali is one of the Prakrit dialects."
"PRAKRITIC","Pertaining to Prakrit."
"PRALINE","A confection made of nut kernels, usually of almonds, roastedin boiling sugar until brown and crisp."
"PRALLTRILLER","A melodic embellishment consisting of the quick alternation ofa principal tone with an auxiliary tone above it, usually the next ofthe scale; --called also the inverted mordente."
"PRANCER","A horse which prances.Then came the captain . . . upon a brave prancer. Evelyn."
"PRANDIAL","Of or pertaining to a repast, especially to dinner."
"PRANGOS","A genus of umbelliferous plants, one species of which (P.pabularia), found in Thibet, Cashmere, Afghanistan, etc., has beenused as fodder for cattle. It has decompound leaves with very longnarrow divisions, and a highly fragrant smell resembling that of newclover hay."
"PRANK","To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; -- often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink.In sumptuous tire she joyed herself to prank. Spenser."
"PRANKER","One who dresses showily; a prinker. 'A pranker or a dancer.'Burton."
"PRANKISH","Full of pranks; frolicsome."
"PRASE","A variety of cryptocrystalline of a leek-green color."
"PRASEO-","A combining form signifying green; as, praseocobalt, a greenvariety of cobalt."
"PRASEODYMIUM","An elementary substance, one of the constituents of didymium; -- so called from the green color of its salts. Symbol Ps. Atomicweight 143.6."
"PRASEOLITE","A variety of altered iolite of a green color and greasy luster."
"PRASINOUS","Grass-green; clear, lively green, without any mixture. Lindley."
"PRASOID","Resembling prase."
"PRATE","To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speakfoolishly; to babble.To prate and talk for life and honor. Shak.And make a fool presume to prate of love. Dryden."
"PRATEFUL","Talkative. [R.] W. Taylor."
"PRATER","One who prates. Shak."
"PRATIC","See Pratique."
"PRATINCOLE","Any bird of the Old World genus Glareola, or family Glareolid\u00e6,allied to the plovers. They have long, pointed wings and a forkedtail."
"PRATINGLY","With idle talk; with loquacity."
"PRATIQUE","Primarily, liberty of converse; intercourse; hence, acertificate, given after compliance with quarantine regulations,permitting a ship to land passengers and crew; -- a term usedparticularly in the south of Europe."
"PRATTLE","To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly andartlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk."
"PRATTLEMENT","Prattle. [R.] Jeffrey."
"PRATTLER","One who prattles. Herbert."
"PRAVITY","Deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moralcrookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as, thepravity of human nature. 'The pravity of the will.' South."
"PRAWN","Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustaceahaving slender legs and long antenn\u00e6. They mostly belong to thegenera Pandalus, Pal\u00e6mon, Pal\u00e6monetes, and Peneus, and are much usedas food. The common English prawn in Pal\u00e6mon serratus."
"PRAXINOSCOPE","An instrument, similar to the phenakistoscope, for presentingto view, or projecting upon a screen, images the natural motions ofreal objects."
"PRAY","See Pry. [Obs.] Spenser."
"PRAYER","One who prays; a supplicant."
"PRAYERFUL","Given to prayer; praying much or often; devotional. 'Theprayerful man.' J. S. Blackie.-- Prayer'ful*ly, adv.-- Prayer'ful*ness, n."
"PRAYERLESS","Not using prayer; habitually neglecting prayer to God; withoutprayer. 'The next time you go prayerless to bed.' Baxter.-- Prayer'less*ly, adv.-- Prayer'less*ness, n."
"PRAYING","a. & n. from Pray, v. Praying insect, locust, or mantis(Zo\u00f6l.), a mantis, especially Mantis religiosa. See Mantis.-- Praying machine, or Praying wheel, a wheel on which prayers arepasted by Buddhist priests, who then put the wheel in rapidrevolution. Each turn in supposed to have the efficacy of an oralrepetition of all the prayers on the wheel. Sometimes it is moved bya stream."
"PRAYINGLY","With supplication to God."
"PRE-","A prefix denoting priority (of time, place, or rank); as,precede, to go before; precursor, a forerunner; prefix, to fix orplace before; pre\u00ebminent eminent before or above others. Pre- issometimes used intensively, as in prepotent, very potent. [Writtenalso pr\u00e6-.]"
"PRE-RAPHAELITE","Popularly, any modern artist thought to be a would-be restorerof early ideas or methods, as one of the German painters often calledNazarenes, or one who paints and draws with extreme minuteness ofdetail."
"PREACCUSATION","Previous accusation."
"PREACE","Press. [Obs.] Spenser."
"PREACH","A religious discourse. [Obs.] Hooker."
"PREACHERSHIP","The office of a preacher. 'The preachership of the Rolls.'Macaulay."
"PREACHIFY","To discourse in the manner of a preacher. [Colloq.] Thackeray."
"PREACHING","The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art ofsermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious,earnest advice. Milner. Preaching cross, a cross, sometimessurmounting a pulpit, erected out of doors to designate a preachingplace.-- Preaching friars. See Dominican."
"PREACHMAN","A preacher; -- so called in contempt. [Obs.] Howell."
"PREACHMENT","A religious harangue; a sermon; -- used derogatively. Shak."
"PREACQUAINT","To acquaint previously or beforehand. Fielding."
"PREACQUAINTANCE","Previous acquaintance or knowledge. Harris."
"PREACT","To act beforehand; to perform previously."
"PREACTION","Previous action."
"PREADAMIC","Prior to Adam."
"PREADAMITIC","Existing or occurring before Adam; preadamic; as, preadamiticperiods."
"PREADJUSTMENT","Previous adjustment."
"PREADMINISTRATION","Previous administration. Bp. Pearson."
"PREADMISSION","Lit., previous admission; specif. (Engin.),"
"PREADMONISH","To admonish previously."
"PREADMONITION","Previous warning or admonition; forewarning."
"PREADVERTISE","To advertise beforehand; to preannounce publicly."
"PREAMBLE","A introductory portion; an introduction or preface, as to abook, document, etc.; specifically, the introductory part of astatute, which states the reasons and intent of the law."
"PREAMBULARY","Of or pertaining to a preamble; introductory; contained orprovided for in a preamble. 'A preambulary tax.' [R.] Burke."
"PREAMBULATE","To walk before. [R.] Jordan."
"PREAMBULATORY","Preceding; going before; introductory. [R.]Simon Magus had preambulatory impieties. Jer. Taylor."
"PREAMBULOUS","See Perambulatory. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"PREANNOUNCE","To announce beforehand. Coleridge."
"PREANTENULTIMATE","Being or indicating the fourth syllable from the end of a word,or that before the antepenult."
"PREAORTIC","In front, or on the ventral side, of the aorta."
"PREAPPOINT","To appoint previously, or beforehand. Carlyle."
"PREAPPOINTMENT","Previous appointment."
"PREAPPREHENSION","An apprehension or opinion formed before examination orknowledge. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"PREARM","To forearm. [R.]"
"PREARRANGE","To arrange beforehand."
"PREASE","To press; to crowd. [Obs.] -- n."
"PREASSURANCE","Previous assurance. Coleridge."
"PREATAXIC","Occurring before the symptom ataxia has developed; -- appliedto the early symptoms of locomotor ataxia."
"PREAUDIENCE","Precedence of rank at the bar among lawyers. Blackstone."
"PREAXIAL","Situated in front of any transverse axis in the body of ananimal; anterior; cephalic; esp., in front, or on the anterior, orcephalic (that is, radial or tibial) side of the axis of a limb."
"PREBENDAL","Of or pertaining to a prebend; holding a prebend; as, aprebendal priest or stall. Chesterfield."
"PREBENDARYSHIP","The office of a prebendary."
"PREBENDATE","To invest with the office of prebendary; to present to aprebend. [Obs.] Grafton."
"PREBENDSHIP","A prebendaryship. [Obs.] Foxe."
"PREBRONCHIAL","Situated in front of the bronchus; -- applied especially to anair sac on either side of the esophagus of birds."
"PRECALCULATE","To calculate or determine beforehand; to prearrange. Masson."
"PRECANT","One who prays. [R.] Coleridge."
"PRECATION","The act of praying; supplication; entreaty. Cotton."
"PRECAUTIONAL","Precautionary."
"PRECAUTIONARY","Of or pertaining to precaution, or precautions; as,precautionary signals."
"PRECAUTIOUS","Taking or using precaution; precautionary.-- Pre*cau'tious*ly, adv.-- Pre*cau'*tious*ness, n."
"PRECEDANEOUS","Preceding; antecedent; previous. [Obs.] Hammond."
"PRECEDENT","Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedentservices. Shak. 'A precedent injury.' Bacon. Condition precedent(Law), a condition which precede the vesting of an estate, or theaccruing of a right."
"PRECEDENTED","Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of alike kind. Walpole."
"PRECEDENTIAL","Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example forimitation; as, precedential transactions.All their actions in that time are not precedential to warrantposterity. Fuller."
"PRECEDENTLY","Beforehand; antecedently."
"PRECEDING","In the direction toward which stars appear to move. SeeFollowing, 2."
"PRECEL","To surpass; to excel; to exceed. [Obs.] Howell."
"PRECELLENT","Excellent; surpassing. [Obs.] Holland."
"PRECENTOR","A leader of a choir; a directing singer. Specifically:(a) The leader of the choir in a cathedral; -- called also thechanter or master of the choir. Hook.(b) The leader of the congregational singing in Scottish and otherchurches."
"PRECENTORSHIP","The office of a precentor."
"PRECEPT","A command in writing; a species of writ or process. Burrill."
"PRECEPTIAL","Preceptive. [Obs.][Passion] would give preceptial medicine to rage. Shak."
"PRECEPTION","A precept. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"PRECEPTIVE","Containing or giving precepts; of the nature of precepts;didactic; as, the preceptive parts of the Scriptures.The lesson given us here is preceptive to us. L'Estrange."
"PRECEPTORIAL","Of or pertaining to a preceptor."
"PRECEPTORY","Preceptive. 'A law preceptory.' Anderson (1573)."
"PRECEPTRESS","A woman who is the principal of a school; a female teacher."
"PRECESSION","The act of going before, or forward. Lunisolar precession.(Astron.) See under Lunisolar.-- Planetary precession, that part of the precession of theequinoxes which depends on the action of the planets alone.-- Precession of the equinoxes (Astron.), the slow backward motionof the equinoctial points along the ecliptic, at the rate of 50.2'annually, caused by the action of the sun, moon, and planets, uponthe protuberant matter about the earth's equator, in connection withits diurnal rotation; -- so called because either equinox, owing toits westerly motion, comes to the meridian sooner each day than thepoint it would have occupied without the motion of precession, andthus precedes that point continually with reference to the time oftransit and motion."
"PRECESSIONAL","Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement ofthe equinoxes."
"PRECESSOR","A predecessor. [Obs.] Fuller."
"PRECIEUSE","An affected woman of polite society, esp. one of the literarywomen of the French salons of the 17th century."
"PRECIOSITY","Preciousness; something precious. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"PRECIOUSLY","In a precious manner; expensively; extremely; dearly. Also usedironically."
"PRECIOUSNESS","The quality or state of being precious; costliness; dearness."
"PRECIPE","See Pr\u00e6cipe, and Precept."
"PRECIPIENT","Commanding; directing."
"PRECIPITABILITY","The quality or state of being precipitable."
"PRECIPITABLE","Capable of being precipitated, or cast to the bottom, as asubstance in solution. See Precipitate, n. (Chem.)"
"PRECIPITANT","Any force or reagent which causes the formation of aprecipitate."
"PRECIPITANTLY","With rash or foolish haste; in headlong manner. Milton."
"PRECIPITANTNESS","The quality or state of being precipitant; precipitation."
"PRECIPITATE","An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a concretestate by the action of some reagent added to the solution, or of someforce, such as heat or cold. The precipitate may fall to the bottom(whence the name), may be diffused through the solution, or may floatat or near the surface. Red precipitate (Old. Chem), mercuric oxide(HgO) a heavy red crystalline powder obtained by heating mercuricnitrate, or by heating mercury in the air. Prepared in the lattermanner, it was the precipitate per se of the alchemists.-- White precipitate (Old Chem.) (a) A heavy white amorphous powder(NH2.HgCl) obtained by adding ammonia to a solution of mercuricchloride or corrosive sublimate; -- formerly called also infusiblewhite precipitate, and now amido-mercuric chloride. (b) A whitecrystalline substance obtained by adding a solution of corrosivesublimate to a solution of sal ammoniac (ammonium chloride); --formerly called also fusible white precipitate."
"PRECIPITATELY","In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. Swift."
"PRECIPITATION","The act or process from a solution."
"PRECIPITATOR","One who precipitates, or urges on with vehemence or rashness.Hammond."
"PRECIPITIOUS","Precipitous. [Obs.] -- Prec`i*pi'tious*ly, adv. [Obs.] Dr. H.More."
"PRECIS","A concise or abridged statement or view; an abstract; asummary."
"PRECISIANISM","The quality or state of being a precisian; the practice of aprecisian. Milton."
"PRECISIANIST","A precisian."
"PRECISION","The quality or state of being precise; exact limitation;exactness; accuracy; strict conformity to a rule or a standard;definiteness.I have left out the utmost precisions of fractions. Locke."
"PRECISIVE","Cutting off; (Logic) exactly limiting by cutting off all thatis not absolutely relative to the purpose; as, precisive censure;precisive abstraction. I. Watts."
"PRECLUSION","The act of precluding, or the state of being precluded; ashutting out."
"PRECLUSIVE","Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering.-- Pre*clu'sive*ly, adv."
"PRECOCE","Precocious. [Obs.]"
"PRECOCES","Same as Pr\u00e6coces."
"PRECOCIOUSLY","In a precocious manner."
"PRECOETANEAN","One contemporary with, but older than, another. [Obs.] Fuller."
"PRECOGITATE","To cogitate beforehand. [R.] Sherwood."
"PRECOGITATION","Previous cogitation. [R.] Bailey."
"PRECOGNITION","A preliminary examination of a criminal case with reference toa prosecution. Erskine."
"PRECOGNIZABLE","Cognizable beforehand."
"PRECOGNOSCE","To examine beforehand, as witnesses or evidence.A committee of nine precognoscing the chances. Masson."
"PRECOLLECTION","A collection previously made. [R.]"
"PRECOMPOSE","To compose beforehand. Johnson."
"PRECONCEIT","An opinion or notion formed beforehand; a preconception.Hooker."
"PRECONCEIVE","To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form aprevious notion or idea of.In a dead plain the way seemeth the longer, because the eye hathpreconceived it shorter than the truth. Bacon."
"PRECONCEPTION","The act of preconceiving; conception or opinion previouslyformed."
"PRECONCERT","To concert or arrange beforehand; to settle by previousagreement."
"PRECONCERTED","Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand.-- Pre`con*cert'ed*ly, adv.-- Pre`con*cert'ed*ness, n."
"PRECONCERTION","The act of preconcerting; preconcert. Dr. T. Dwight."
"PRECONDEMN","To condemn beforehand.-- Pre*con`dem*na'tion, n."
"PRECONDITION","A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition."
"PRECONFORM","To conform by way anticipation. De Quincey."
"PRECONFORMITY","Anticipative or antecedent conformity. Coleridge."
"PRECONIZATE","To proclaim; to publish; also, to summon; to call. [Obs.] Bp.Burnet."
"PRECONIZATION","A formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to anecclesiastical dignity. Addis & Arnold."
"PRECONIZE","To approve by preconization."
"PRECONQUER","To conquer in anticipation. [R.] Fuller."
"PRECONSCIOUS","Of or pertaining to a state before consciousness."
"PRECONSENT","A previous consent."
"PRECONSIGN","To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of."
"PRECONSOLIDATED","Consolidated beforehand."
"PRECONSTITUTE","To constitute or establish beforehand."
"PRECONTRACT","To contract, engage, or stipulate previously."
"PRECONTRIVE","To contrive or plan beforehand."
"PRECORACOID","The anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united withthe clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians."
"PRECORDIAL","Situated in front of the heart; of or pertaining to thepr\u00e6cordia."
"PRECRURAL","Situated in front of the leg or thigh; as, the precrural glandsof the horse."
"PRECURRER","A precursor. [Obs.] Shak."
"PRECURSE","A forerunning. [Obs.] Shak."
"PRECURSIVE","Preceding; introductory; precursory. 'A deep precursive sound.'Coleridge."
"PRECURSOR","One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates itsapproach; a forerunner; a harbinger.Evil thoughts are the invisible, airy precursors of all the stormsand tempests of the soul. Buckminster."
"PRECURSORSHIP","The position or condition of a precursor. Ruskin."
"PRECURSORY","Preceding as a precursor or harbinger; indicating something tofollow; as, precursory symptoms of a fever."
"PREDACEAN","A carnivorous animal. Kirby."
"PREDACEOUS","Living by prey; predatory. Derham."
"PREDAL","Of or pertaining to prey; plundering; predatory. [R.] Boyse."
"PREDATE","To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier thanthe actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter."
"PREDATION","The act of pillaging. E. Hall."
"PREDATORILY","In a predatory manner."
"PREDATORY","Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous."
"PREDE","To prey; to plunder. [Obs.] Holinshed."
"PREDECAY","Premature decay."
"PREDECEASE","To die sooner than. 'If children predecease progenitors.' Shak."
"PREDECESSIVE","Going before; preceding. 'Our predecessive students.'Massinger."
"PREDECESSOR","One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state,position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, inany office or position.A prince who was as watchful as his predecessor had been over theinterests of the state. Prescott."
"PREDECLARE","To declare or announce beforehand; to preannounce. Milman."
"PREDEDICATION","A dedication made previously or beforehand."
"PREDEFINE","To define beforehand."
"PREDELIBERATION","Previous deliberation."
"PREDELINEATION","Previous delineation."
"PREDELLA","The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar;hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several picturesrunning along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frameat the foot of an altarpiece."
"PREDESIGN","To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine. Mitford."
"PREDESIGNATE","A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositionshaving their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none,etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions ofwhich the quantity is not so indicated."
"PREDESTINARIAN","Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinariancontroversy. Waterland."
"PREDESTINARIANISM","The system or doctrine of the predestinarians."
"PREDESTINARY","Predestinarian. [Obs.] Heylin."
"PREDESTINATE","Predestinated; foreordained; fated. 'A predestinate scratchedface.' Shak."
"PREDESTINATION","The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events;especially, the preordination of men to everlasting happiness ormisery. See Calvinism."
"PREDESTINATIVE","Determining beforehand; predestinating. [R.] Coleridge."
"PREDESTINE","To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate. Young."
"PREDESTINY","Predestination. [Obs.]"
"PREDETERMINABLE","Capable of being determined beforehand. Coleridge."
"PREDETERMINATE","Determined beforehand; as, the predeterminate counsel of God."
"PREDETERMINATION","The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand;as, the predetermination of God's will. Hammond."
"PREDETERMINE","To determine beforehand."
"PREDIASTOLIC","Preceding the diastole of the heart; as, a prediastolicfriction sound."
"PREDICABILITY","The quality or state of being predicable, or affirmable ofsomething, or attributed to something. Reid."
"PREDICABLE","Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something;affirmable; attributable."
"PREDICAMENT","See Category."
"PREDICAMENTAL","Of or pertaining to a predicament. John Hall (1646)."
"PREDICANT","Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence;preaching. 'The Roman predicant orders.' N. Brit. Rev."
"PREDICATE","To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.Sir M. Hale."
"PREDICATIVE","Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating,as, a predicative term.-- Pred'i*ca*tive*ly, adv."
"PREDICATORY","Affirmative; positive. Bp. Hall."
"PREDICROTIC","A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulsecurve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicroticwave.The predicrotic or tidal wave is best marked in a hard pulse, i. e.,where the blood pressure is high. Landois & Stirling."
"PREDICT","To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; topresage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet."
"PREDICTABLE","That may be predicted."
"PREDICTION","The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy.The predictions of cold and long winters. Bacon."
"PREDICTIONAL","Prophetic; prognostic. [R.]"
"PREDICTIVE","Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding.-- Pre*dict'ive*ly, adv."
"PREDICTOR","One who predicts; a foreteller."
"PREDICTORY","Predictive. [R.] Fuller."
"PREDIGEST","To subject (food) to predigestion or artificial digestion."
"PREDIGESTION","Artificial digestion of food for use in illness or impaireddigestion."
"PREDILECT","To elect or choose beforehand. [R.] Walter Harte."
"PREDILECTION","A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor ofsomething; predisposition to choose or like; partiality. Burke."
"PREDISCOVER","To discover beforehand."
"PREDISCOVERY","A previous discovery."
"PREDISPONENCY","The state of being predisposed; predisposition. [R.]"
"PREDISPONENT","Disposing beforehand; predisposing.-- n."
"PREDOMINANCE","The superior influence of a planet. Shak."
"PREDOMINANCY","Predominance. Bacon."
"PREDOMINANT","Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength,influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color;predominant excellence.Those help . . . were predominant in the king's mind. Bacon.Foul subordination is predominant. Shak."
"PREDOMINANTLY","In a predominant manner."
"PREDOMINATE","To be superior in number, strength, influence, or authority; tohave controlling power or influence; to prevail; to rule; to have themastery; as, love predominated in her heart.[Certain] rays may predominate over the rest. Sir. I. Newton."
"PREDOMINATION","The act or state of predominating; ascendency; predominance. W.Browne."
"PREDOOM","To foredoom."
"PREDORSAL","Situated in front of the back; immediately in front, or on theventral side the dorsal part of the vertebral column."
"PREDY","Cleared and ready for engagement, as a ship. Smart."
"PREEDY","With ease. [Prov. Eng.]"
"PREEF","Proof. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PREELECT","To elect beforehand."
"PREELECTION","Election beforehand."
"PREEMINENCE","The quality or state of being pre\u00ebminent; superiority inprominence or in excellence; distinction above others in quality,rank, etc.; rarely, in a bad sense, superiority or notoriety in evil;as, pre\u00ebminence in honor.The pre\u00ebminence of Christianity to any other religious scheme.Addison.Painful pre\u00ebminence! yourself to view Above life's weakness, and itscomforts too. Pope.Beneath the forehead's walled pre\u00ebminence. Lowell."
"PREEMINENT","Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent;superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of, others;rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad qualities; as,pre\u00ebminent in guilt.In goodness and in power pre\u00ebminent. Milton."
"PREEMINENTLY","In a pre\u00ebminent degree."
"PREEMPLOY","To employ beforehand. 'Pre\u00ebmployed by him.' Shak."
"PREEMPT","To settle upon (public land) with a right of preemption, asunder the laws of the United States; to take by pre\u00ebmption."
"PREEMPTION","The act or right of purchasing before others. Specifically:(a) The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king ofbuying provisions for his household in preference to others. [Eng.](b) The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularlythose of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixedprice in preference to all other applicants. Abbott."
"PREEMPTIONER","One who holds a prior to purchase certain public land. Abbott."
"PREEMPTIVE","Of or pertaining to pre\u00ebmption; having power to pre\u00ebmpt;pre\u00ebmpting."
"PREEMPTOR","One who pre\u00ebmpts; esp., one who pre\u00ebmpts public land."
"PREEMPTORY","Pertaining to pre\u00ebmption."
"PREEN","A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth."
"PREENGAGE","To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously;to preoccupy.But he was pre\u00ebngaged by former ties. Dryden."
"PREENGAGEMENT","Prior engagement, obligation, or attachment, as by contract,promise, or affection.My pre\u00ebngagements to other themes were not unknown to those for whomI was to write. Boyle."
"PREERECT","To erect beforehand."
"PREES","Press; throng. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PREESTABLISH","To establish beforehand."
"PREESTABLISHMENT","Settlement beforehand."
"PREETERNITY","Infinite previous duration. [R.] 'The world's pre\u00ebternity.'Cudworth."
"PREEXAMINATION","Previous examination."
"PREEXAMINE","To examine beforehand."
"PREEXIST","To exist previously; to exist before something else."
"PREEXISTENCY","Pre\u00ebxistence. [Obs.]"
"PREEXISTENT","Existing previously; preceding existence; as, a pre\u00ebxistentstate. Pope."
"PREEXISTENTISM","The theory of a pre\u00ebxistence of souls before their associationwith human bodies. Emerson."
"PREEXISTIMATION","Previous esteem or estimation. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"PREEXPECTATION","Previous expectation."
"PREFACE","The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass. Addis &Arnold. Proper preface (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.), a portion ofthe communion service, preceding the prayer of consecration,appointed for certain seasons."
"PREFACER","The writer of a preface."
"PREFATORIAL","Prefatory."
"PREFATORILY","In a prefatory manner; by way of preface."
"PREFATORY","Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory toa book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks.That prefatory addition to the Creed. Dryden."
"PREFECTORIAL","Of or pertaining to a prefect."
"PREFECTSHIP","The office or jurisdiction of a prefect."
"PREFECTURE","The office, position, or jurisdiction of a prefect; also, hisofficial residence."
"PREFECUNDATION","A term collectively applied to the changes or conditionspreceding fecundation, especially to the changes which the ovumundergoes before fecundation."
"PREFECUNDATORY","Of or pertaining to prefecundation."
"PREFERABILITY","The quality or state of being preferable; preferableness. J. S.Mill."
"PREFERABLE","Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; moredesirable; as, a preferable scheme. Addison."
"PREFERABLENESS","The quality or state of being preferable."
"PREFERABLY","In preference; by choice.To choose Plautus preferably to Terence. Dennis."
"PREFERENTIAL","Giving, indicating, or having a preference or precedence; as, apreferential claim; preferential shares."
"PREFERENTIAL VOTING","A system of voting, as at primaries, in which the voters areallowed to indicate on their ballots their preference (usually theirfirst and second choices) between two or more candidates for anoffice, so that if no candidate receives a majority of first choicesthe one receiving the greatest number of first and second choicestogether in nominated or elected."
"PREFERRER","One who prefers."
"PREFIDENCE","The quality or state of being prefident. [Obs.] Baxter."
"PREFIDENT","Trusting beforehand; hence, overconfident. [Obs.] Baxter."
"PREFIGURATE","To prefigure. [R.] Grafton."
"PREFIGURATION","The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.A variety of prophecies and prefigurations. Norris."
"PREFIGURATIVE","Showing by prefiguration. 'The prefigurative atonement.' Bp.Horne."
"PREFIGURE","To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types andsimilitudes; to foreshadow. 'Whom all the various types prefigured.'South."
"PREFIGUREMENT","The act of prefiguring; prefiguration; also, that which isprefigured. Carlyle."
"PREFINE","To limit beforehand. [Obs.] Knolles."
"PREFINITE","Prearranged. [Obs.] ' Set and prefinite time.' Holland."
"PREFINITION","Previous limitation. [Obs.] Fotherby."
"PREFIX","That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or syllablescombined or united with the beginning of a word to modify itssignification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure."
"PREFIXION","The act of prefixing. [R.] Bailey."
"PREFLORATION","\u00c6stivation."
"PREFOLIATION","Vernation."
"PREFORM","To form beforehand, or for special ends. 'Their natures andpreformed faculties. ' Shak."
"PREFORMATION","An old theory of the pre\u00ebxistence of germs. Cf. Embo\u00eetement."
"PREFORMATIVE","A formative letter at the beginning of a word. M. Stuart."
"PREFRONTAL","Situated in front of the frontal bone, or the frontal region ofthe skull; ectethmoid, as a certain bone in the nasal capsule of manyanimals, and certain scales of reptiles and fishes.-- n."
"PREFULGENCY","Superior brightness or effulgency. [R.] Barrow."
"PREGAGE","To pre\u00ebngage. [Obs.] Fuller."
"PREGLACIAL","Prior to the glacial or drift period."
"PREGNABLE","Capable of being entered, taken, or captured; expugnable; as, apregnable fort. [R.] Cotgrave."
"PREGNANCE","Pregnancy. [Obs.] Milton."
"PREGNANT","A pregnant woman. [R.] Dunglison."
"PREGNANTLY","In a pregnant manner; fruitfully; significantly."
"PREGRAVATE","To bear down; to depress. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"PREGRAVITATE","To descend by gravity; to sink. [R.] Boyle."
"PREGUSTANT","Tasting beforehand; having a foretaste. [R.] Ed. Rev."
"PREGUSTATION","The act of tasting beforehand; foretaste. [R.] Dr. Walker(1678)."
"PREHALLUX","An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial sideof the hallux."
"PREHEND","To lay hold of; to seize. [Obs.] Middleton."
"PREHENSI-BLE","Capable of being seized."
"PREHENSILE","Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, theprehensile tail of a monkey."
"PREHENSION","The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the handor other member."
"PREHENSORY","Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile."
"PREHISTORIC","Of or pertaining to a period before written history begins; as,the prehistoric ages; prehistoric man."
"PREHNITE","A pale green mineral occurring in crystalline aggregates havinga botryoidal or mammillary structure, and rarely in distinctcrystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime."
"PREHNITIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a tetrabasic acid of benzeneobtained as a white crystalline substance; -- probably so called fromthe resemblance of the wartlike crystals to the mammill\u00e6 on thesurface of prehnite."
"PREIGNITION","Ignition in an internal-combustion engine while the inlet valveis open or before compression is completed."
"PREINDESIGNATE","Having no sign expressive of quantity; indefinite. SeePredesignate."
"PREINDISPOSE","To render indisposed beforehand. Milman."
"PREINSTRUCT","To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More."
"PREINTIMATION","Previous intimation; a suggestion beforehand. T. Scott."
"PREJUDGE","To judge before hearing, or before full and sufficientexamination; to decide or sentence by anticipation; to condemnbeforehand.The committee of council hath prejudged the whole case, by callingthe united sense of both houses of Parliament' a universal clamor.'Swift."
"PREJUDGMENT","The act of prejudging; decision before sufficient examination."
"PREJUDICACY","Prejudice; prepossession. [Obs.] Sir. H. Blount."
"PREJUDICAL","Of or pertaining to the determination of some matter notpreviously decided; as, a prejudical inquiry or action at law."
"PREJUDICANT","Influenced by prejudice; biased. [R.] ' With not too hasty andprejudicant ears.' Milton."
"PREJUDICATE","To determine beforehand, especially to disadvantage; toprejudge.Our dearest friend Prejudicates the business. Shak."
"PREJUDICATELY","With prejudice."
"PREJUDICATIVE","Forming a judgment without due examination; prejudging. Dr. H.More."
"PREJUDICE","A bias on the part of judge, juror, or witness which interfereswith fairness of judgment."
"PREKNOWLEDGE","Prior knowledge."
"PRELAL","Of or pertaining to printing; typographical. [Obs.] Fuller."
"PRELATE","A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop,having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church."
"PRELATEITY","Prelacy. [Obs.] Milton."
"PRELATESHIP","The office of a prelate. Harmar."
"PRELATESS","A woman who is a prelate; the wife of a prelate. Milton."
"PRELATIAL","Prelatical. Beaconsfield."
"PRELATICALLY","In a prelatical manner; with reference to prelates. Milton.The last Georgic was a good prelude to the \u00c6neis."
"PRELATION","The setting of one above another; preference. [R.] Jer. Taylor."
"PRELATISM","Prelacy; episcopacy."
"PRELATIST","One who supports of advocates prelacy, or the government of thechurch by prelates; hence, a high-churchman. Hume.I am an Episcopalian, but not a prelatist. T. Scott."
"PRELATIZE","To bring under the influence of prelacy. Palfrey."
"PRELATRY","Prelaty; prelacy. [Obs.]"
"PRELATY","Prelacy. [Obs.] Milton."
"PRELECT","To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse."
"PRELECTION","A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company.'The prelections of Faber.' Sir M. Hale."
"PRELECTOR","A reader of lectures or discourses; a lecturer. Sheldon."
"PRELIMINARILY","In a preliminary manner."
"PRELIMINARY","Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse orbusiness; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse orbook; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures;preliminary examinations."
"PRELIMIT","To limit previously. [R.]"
"PRELOOK","To look forward. [Obs.] Surrey."
"PRELUDE","An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for theprincipal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.;especially (Mus.), a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; amovement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with recentcomposers often synonymous with overture.The last Georgic was a good prelude to the \u00c6nis Addison.The cause is more than the prelude, the effect is more than thesequel, of the fact. Whewell."
"PRELUDER","One who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude.Mason."
"PRELUDIAL","Of or pertaining to a prelude; of the nature of a prelude;introductory. [R.]"
"PRELUDIOUS","Preludial. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"PRELUMBAR","Situated immediately in front of the loins;- applied to thedorsal part of the abdomen."
"PRELUSIVE","Of the nature of a prelude; introductory; indicating thatsomething of a like kind is to follow. 'Prelusive drops.' Thomson. --Pre*lu'sive*ly, adv."
"PRELUSORILY","In a prelusory way."
"PRELUSORY","Introductory; prelusive. Bacon."
"PREMATURITY","The quality or state of being premature; early, or untimely,ripeness; as, the prematurity of genius."
"PREMAXILLA","A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose andmouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone;the intermaxilla. In man the premaxill\u00e6 become united and form theincisor part of the maxillary bone."
"PREMAXILLARY","Situated in front of the maxillary bones; pertaining to thepremaxill\u00e6; intermaxillary.-- n."
"PREMEDIATE","To advocate. [R.]"
"PREMEDITATE","To think on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contriveand design previously; as, to premeditate robbery.With words premeditated thus he said. Dryden."
"PREMEDITATELY","With premeditation. Burke."
"PREMEDITATION","The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previousdeliberation; forethought."
"PREMERIT","To merit or deserve beforehand. [Obs.] Eikon Basi"
"PREMICES","First fruits. [Obs.] Dryden."
"PREMIER","The first minister of state; the prime minister."
"PREMIERE","First; chief; as, a premi\u00e8re danseuse. -- n. fem.; pl. -mi\u00e8res(F. pre*my\u00e2r').(a) The leading woman of a group, esp. in a theatrical cast.(b) A first performance, as of a play; a first night."
"PREMIERSHIP","The office of the premier."
"PREMILLENNIAL",", Previous to the millennium."
"PREMIOUS","Rich in gifts. [R.] Clarke."
"PREMISE","Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from whichthe conclusion is drawn."
"PREMISS","Premise. Whately. I. Watts"
"PREMIT","To premise. [Obs.] Donne."
"PREMOLAR","Situated in front of the molar teeth. --n."
"PREMONISH","To forewarn; to admonish beforehand. [R.] Herrick.To teach, and to premonish. Bk. of Com. Prayer."
"PREMONISHMENT","Previous warning or admonition; forewarning. Sir H. Wotton."
"PREMONITION","Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, apremonition of danger."
"PREMONITOR","One who, or that which, gives premonition."
"PREMONITORY","Giving previous warning or notice; as, premonitory symptoms ofdisease.-- Pre*mon'i*to*ri*ly, adv."
"PREMONSTRANT","A Premonstratensian."
"PREMONSTRATE","To show beforehand; to foreshow. [R.] Herbert."
"PREMONSTRATENSIAN","One of a religious order of regular canons founded by St.Norbert at Pr\u00e9montr\u00e9, in France, in 1119. The members of the orderare called also White Canons, Norbertines, and Premonstrants."
"PREMONSTRATION","A showing beforehand; foreshowing."
"PREMONSTRATOR","One who, or that which, premonstrates. [R.]"
"PREMORSE","Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off. Premorse root orleaves (Bot.), such as have an abrupt, ragged, and irregulartermination, as if bitten off short."
"PREMOSAIC","Relating to the time before Moses; as, premosaic history."
"PREMOTION","Previous motion or excitement to action."
"PREMUNIRE","See Pr\u00e6munire."
"PREMUNITE","To fortify beforehand; to guard against objection. [Obs.]Fotherby."
"PREMUNITION","The act of fortifying or guarding against objections. [Obs.]"
"PREMUNITORY","Of or pertaining to a premunire; as, a premunitory process."
"PRENASAL","Situated in front of the nose, or in front of the nasalchambers."
"PRENATAL","Being or happening before birth."
"PRENDER","The power or right of taking a thing before it is offered.Burrill."
"PRENOMEN","See Pr\u00e6nomen."
"PRENOMINAL","Serving as a prefix in a compound name. Sir T. Browne."
"PRENOMINATE","Forenamed; named beforehand. [R.] 'Prenominate crimes.' Shak."
"PRENOMINATION","The act of prenominating; privilege of being named first. SirT. Browne."
"PRENOSTIC","A prognostic; an omen. [Obs.] Gower."
"PRENOTE","To note or designate beforehand. Foxe."
"PRENOTION","A notice or notion which precedes something else in time;previous notion or thought; foreknowledge. Bacon."
"PRENSATION","The act of seizing with violence. [Obs.] Barrow ."
"PRENTICE","An apprentice. [Obs. or Colloq.] Piers Plowman. 'My accuser ismy prentice.' Shak."
"PRENTICEHOOD","Apprenticehood. [Obs.]This jolly prentice with his master bode Till he was out nigh of hisprenticehood. Chaucer."
"PRENTICESHIP","Apprenticeship. [Obs. or Colloq.]He served a prenticeship who sets up shop. Pope."
"PRENUNCIATION","The act of announcing or proclaiming beforehand. [Obs.]"
"PRENUNCIOUS","Announcing beforehand; presaging. [Obs.] Blount."
"PREOBLONGATA","The anterior part of the medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder."
"PREOBTAIN","To obtain beforehand."
"PREOCCUPANCY","The act or right of taking possession before another; as, thepreoccupancy of wild land."
"PREOCULAR","Placed just in front of the eyes, as the antenn\u00e6 of certaininsects.-- n."
"PREOMINATE","To ominate beforehand; to portend. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"PREOPERCULAR","Situated in front of the operculum; pertaining to thepreoperculum.-- n."
"PREOPERCULUM","The anterior opercular bone in fishes."
"PREOPINION","Opinion previously formed; prepossession; prejudice. Sir T.Browne."
"PREOPTION","Right of first choice."
"PREORAL","Situated in front of, or anterior to, the mouth; as, preoralbands."
"PREORBITAL","a. (Anat.) Situated in front or the orbit."
"PREORDAIN","To ordain or appoint beforehand: to predetermine: toforeordain. Milton."
"PREORDER","To order to arrange beforehand; to foreordain. Sir W. Hamilton."
"PREORDINANCE","Antecedent decree or determination. Shak."
"PREORDINATE","Preordained. [R.] Sir T. Elyot."
"PREORDINATION","The act of foreordaining: previous determination. 'Thepreordination of God.' Bale."
"PREPARABLE","Capable of being prepared. 'Medicine preparable by art.' Boyle."
"PREPARATION","The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord,where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord thatfollows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the precedingconcord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension."
"PREPARATIVE","Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power ofpreparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory.Laborious quest of knowledge preparative to this work. South."
"PREPARATIVELY","By way of preparation."
"PREPARATOR","One who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection,specimens for preservation in collections, etc. Agassiz."
"PREPARATORY","Preparing the way for anything by previous measures ofadaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory;preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition."
"PREPARE","Preparation. [Obs.] Shak."
"PREPARED","Made fit or suitable; adapted; ready; as, prepared food;prepared questions.-- Pre*par'ed*ly, adv. Shak.-- Pre*par'ed*ness, n."
"PREPARER","One who, or that which, prepares, fits, or makes ready. Wood."
"PREPAY","To pay in advance, or beforehand; as, to prepay postage."
"PREPAYMENT","Payment in advance."
"PREPENIAL","Situated in front of, or anterior to, the penis."
"PREPENSE","To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate. [Obs.]Spenser. Sir T. Elyot."
"PREPENSELY","In a premeditated manner."
"PREPOLLENT","Having superior influence or power; prevailing; predominant.[R.] Boyle."
"PREPONDER","To preponderate [Obs.]"
"PREPONDERANT","Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literallyand figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderantimportance.-- Pre*pon'der*ant*ly, adv."
"PREPONDERATE","To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the scaleof a balance; figuratively, to exceed in influence, power, etc.;hence; to incline to one side; as, the affirmative sidepreponderated.That is no just balance in which the heaviest side will notpreponderate. Bp. Wilkins."
"PREPONDERATINGLY","In a preponderating manner; preponderantly."
"PREPONDERATION","The act or state of preponderating; preponderance; as, apreponderation of reasons. I. Watts."
"PREPOSE","To place or set before; to prefix. [Obs.] Fuller."
"PREPOSITION","A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in anadjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle usedwith a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) tomake a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usuallyplaced before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge ofiron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running."
"PREPOSITIONAL","Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of apreposition. Early.-- Prep`o*si'tion*al*ly, adv."
"PREPOSITIVE","Put before; prefixed; as, a prepositive particle.-- n."
"PREPOSITOR","A scholar appointed to inspect other scholars; a monitor. Todd."
"PREPOSITURE","The office or dignity of a provost; a provostship. Lowth."
"PREPOSSESSING","Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem,or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner.-- Pre`pos*sess'ing*ly, adv."
"PREPOSSESSOR","One who possesses, or occupies, previously. R. Brady."
"PREPOSTOR","See Prepositor."
"PREPOTENCY","The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as comparedwith the other, to transmit more than his or her own share ofcharacteristics to their offspring."
"PREPOTENT","Characterized by prepotency. Darwin."
"PREPROVIDE","To provide beforehand. 'The materials preprovided.' Fuller."
"PREPUBIC","Situated in front of, or anterior to, the pubis; pertaining tothe prepubis."
"PREPUBIS","A bone or cartilage, of some animals, situated in the middleline in front of the pubic bones."
"PREPUCE","The foreskin."
"PREPUTIAL","Of or pertaining to the prepuce."
"PRERAPHAELITE","Of or pertaining to the style called preraphaelitism; as, apreraphaelite figure; a preraphaelite landscape. Ruskin."
"PREREGNANT","One who reigns before another; a sovereign predecessor. [R.]Warner."
"PREREMOTE","More remote in previous time or prior order.In some cases two more links of causation may be introduced; one ofthem may be termed the preremote cause, the other the postremoteeffect. E. Darwin."
"PREREQUIRE","To require beforehand.Some things are prerequired of us. Bp. Hall."
"PREREQUISITE","Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposedeffect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success."
"PRERESOLVE","To resolve beforehand; to predetermine. Sir E. Dering."
"PREROGATIVED","Endowed with a prerogative, or exclusive privilege. [R.] Shak."
"PREROGATIVELY","By prerogative."
"PRESAGE","To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of.Dryden."
"PRESAGEFUL","Full of presages; ominous.Dark in the glass of some presageful mood. Tennyson."
"PRESAGER","One who, or that which, presages; a foreteller; a foreboder.Shak."
"PRESAGIOUS","Foreboding; ominous. [Obs.]"
"PRESBYOPE","One who has presbyopia; a farsighted person."
"PRESBYOPIA","A defect of vision consequent upon advancing age. It is due torigidity of the crystalline lens, which producepresbytia."
"PRESBYOPIC","Affected by presbyopia; also, remedying presbyopia; farsighted."
"PRESBYOPY","See Presbyopia."
"PRESBYTE","Same as Presbyope."
"PRESBYTER","One ordained to the second order in the ministry; -- calledalso priest.I rather term the one sort presbyter than priest. Hooker.New presbyter is but old priest writ large. Milton."
"PRESBYTERAL","Of or pertaining to a presbyter or presbytery; presbyterial."
"PRESBYTERATE","A presbytery; also, presbytership. Heber."
"PRESBYTERESS","A female presbyter. Bale."
"PRESBYTERIAL","Presbyterian. 'Presbyterial government.' Milton."
"PRESBYTERIAN","Of or pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiasticalgovernment by presbyters; relating to those who uphold churchgovernment by presbyters; also, to the doctrine, discipline, andworship of a communion so governed."
"PRESBYTERIANISM","That form of church government which invests presbyters withall spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, thefaith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively."
"PRESBYTERIUM","Same as Presbytery, 4."
"PRESBYTERSHIP","The office or station of a presbyter; presbyterate."
"PRESBYTERY","A judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certaindistrict, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish orchurch, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with thepastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches underits care, and next below the provincial synod in authority."
"PRESBYTIA","Presbyopia."
"PRESBYTIC","Same as Presbyopic."
"PRESBYTISM","Presbyopia."
"PRESCAPULA","The part of the scapula in front of, or above, the spine, ormesoscapula."
"PRESCAPULAR","(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the prescapula; supraspinous."
"PRESCIENCE","Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents. J.Edwards."
"PRESCIENT","Having knowledge of coming events; foreseeing; consciousbeforehand. Pope.Henry . . . had shown himself sensible, and almost prescient, of thisevent. Bacon."
"PRESCIENTLY","With presciense or foresight."
"PRESCIND","To consider by a separate act of attention or analysis. Sir W.Hamilton."
"PRESCINDENT","Cutting off; abstracting. [R.] Cheyne."
"PRESCIOUS","Foreknowing; having foreknowledge; as, prescious of ills. [R.]Dryden."
"PRESCRIBE","To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctorprescribed quinine."
"PRESCRIBER","One who prescribes."
"PRESCRIPT","Directed; prescribed. ' A prescript from of words.' Jer.Taylor."
"PRESCRIPTIBILITY",", The quality or state of being prescriptible. Story."
"PRESCRIPTIBLE","Depending on, or derived from, prescription; proper to beprescribed. Grafton."
"PRESCRIPTION","A direction of a remedy or of remedies for a disease, and themanner of using them; a medical recipe; also, a prescribed remedy."
"PRESCRIPTIVE","Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long-continued useand enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title; pleading thecontinuance and authority of long custom.The right to be drowsy in protracted toil has become prescriptive. J.M. Mason."
"PRESCRIPTIVELY","By prescription."
"PRESCUTUM","The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, ortergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is usually small andinconspicuous."
"PRESEANCE","Priority of place in sitting.[Obs.] Carew."
"PRESELECT","To select beforehand."
"PRESENSATION","Previous sensation, notion, or idea. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"PRESENSION","Previous perception. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"PRESENT","Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, alease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, ' Knowall men by these presents,' that is, by the writing itself, ' per hasliteras praesentes; ' -- in this sense, rarely used in the singular."
"PRESENTANEOUS","Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison.[Obs.] Harvey."
"PRESENTATION","exhibition; representation; display; appearance; semblance;show.Under the presentation of the shoots his wit. Shak."
"PRESENTATIVE","Having the right of presentation, or offering a clergyman tothe bishop for institution; as, advowsons are presentative,collative, or donative. Blackstone."
"PRESENTEE","One to whom something is presented; also, one who is presented;specifically (Eccl.), one presented to benefice. Ayliffe."
"PRESENTER","One who presents."
"PRESENTIAL","Implying actual presence; present, immediate. [Obs.]God's mercy is made presential to us. Jer. Taylor.-- Pre*sen'tial*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"PRESENTIALITY","State of being actually present. [Obs.] South."
"PRESENTIATE","To make present. [Obs.]"
"PRESENTIENT","Feeling or perceiving beforehand."
"PRESENTIFIC","Making present. [Obs.] -- Pres`en*tif'ic*ly, adv. [Obs.] Dr. H.More."
"PRESENTIFICAL","Presentific. [Obs.]"
"PRESENTIMENT","Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previousapprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction ofsomething unpleasant, distressing, or calamitous, about to happen;anticipation of evil; foreboding."
"PRESENTIMENTAL","Of nature of a presentiment; foreboding. [R.] Coleridge."
"PRESENTION","See Presension. [Obs.]"
"PRESENTIVE","Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind;presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguishedfrom symbolic.How greatly the word 'will' is felt to have lost presentive power inthe last three centuries. Earle.-- Pre*sent'ive*ly, adv.-- Pre*sent'ive*ness, n."
"PRESENTNESS","The quality or state of being present; presence. [Obs.]'Presentness of mind in danger.' Clarendon."
"PRESENTOIR","An ornamental tray, dish, or the like, used as a salver."
"PRESERVABLE","Capable of being preserved; admitting of preservation."
"PRESERVATION","The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state ofbeing preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay;security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; apicture in good preservation.Give us particulars of thy preservation. Shak."
"PRESERVATIVE","Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve,or to keep from injury, decay, etc."
"PRESERVATORY","Preservative. Bp. Hall."
"PRESHOW","To foreshow."
"PRESIDENCE","See Presidency. [Obs.]"
"PRESIDENT","Precedent. [Obs.] Bacon."
"PRESIDENTSHIP","The office and dignity of president; presidency. Hooker."
"PRESIDER","One who presides."
"PRESIDIARY","A guard. [Obs.] 'Heavenly presidiaries.' Bp. Hall."
"PRESIDING","a. & n. from Preside. Presiding elder. See under 2d Elder."
"PRESIDIO","A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; agarrison or guardhouse."
"PRESIGNIFICATION","The act of signifying or showing beforehand."
"PRESIGNIFY","To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage."
"PRESPHENOID","Situated in front of the sphenoid bone; of or pertaining to theanterior part of the sphenoid bone (i. e., the presphenoid bone).Presphenoid bone (Anat.), the anterior part of the body of thesphenoid bone in front of the basisphenoid. It is usually a separatebone in the young or fetus, but becomes a part of the sphenoid in theadult."
"PRESPHENOIDAL","Of or pertaining to the presphenoid bone; presphenoid."
"PRESPINAL","Prevertebral."
"PRESS","An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arborealin its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies fromrusty red to maroon and to brownish black."
"PRESS CAKE","A cake of compressed substance, as: in gunpowder manufacture,the cake resulting from compressing the meal powder; in the treatmentof coal tar, the pressed product at various stages of the process;or, in beet-sugar manufacture, the vegetable residue after the sugarjuice has been expressed."
"PRESS REVISE","A proof for final revision."
"PRESSBOARD","A kind of highly sized rag paper or board, sometimes containinga small admixture of wood pulp; -- so called because used originally,as now, in presses for pressing and finishing knit underwear."
"PRESSER","One who, or that which, presses. Presser bar, or Presser wheel(Knitting machine), a bar or wheel which closes the barbs of theneedles to enable the loops of the yarn to pass over them.-- Presser foot, the part of a sewing machine which rests on thecloth and presses it down upon the table of the machine."
"PRESSGANG","See Press gang, under Press."
"PRESSING","Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity.-- Press'ing*ly, adv."
"PRESSION","An endeavor to move."
"PRESSIROSTER","One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) including thosewhich have a compressed beak, as the plovers."
"PRESSIROSTRAL","Of or pertaining to the pressirosters."
"PRESSITANT","Gravitating; heavy. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"PRESSIVE","Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation. [R.]Bp. Hall."
"PRESSLY","Closely; concisely. [Obs.]"
"PRESSMAN","One of a press gang, who aids in forcing men into the navalservice; also, one forced into the service."
"PRESSOR","Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase ofpressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites thevasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteriesand consequently an increase of the arterial blood pressure; --opposed to depressor. Landois & Stirling."
"PRESSPACK","To pack, or prepare for packing, by means of a press."
"PRESSURE","The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force;a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, oftenestimated with reference to the upon a unit's area. Atmosphericpressure, Center of pressure, etc. See under Atmospheric, Center,etc.-- Back pressure (Steam engine), pressure which resists the motionof the piston, as the pressure of exhaust steam which does not findfree outlet.-- Fluid pressure, pressure like that exerted by a fluid. It is athrust which is normal and equally intense in all directions around apoint. Rankine.-- Pressure gauge, a gauge for indicating fluid pressure; amanometer."
"PRESSURE WIRES","Wires leading from various points of an electric system to acentral station, where a voltmeter indicates the potential of thesystem at those points."
"PRESSWORK","The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, orengravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.MacKellar."
"PREST","imp. & p. p. of Press."
"PRESTABLE","Payable. [Scot.]"
"PRESTATION","A payment of money; a toll or duty; also, the rendering of aservice. Burrill."
"PRESTER","One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or otherexcitement. [Obs.]"
"PRESTERNUM","The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium.-- Pre*ster'nal, a."
"PRESTIDIGITAL","Nimble-fingered; having fingers fit for prestidigitation, orjuggling. [R.] 'His prestidigital hand.' Charles Reade."
"PRESTIDIGITATION","Legerdemain; sleight of hand; juggling."
"PRESTIDIGITATOR","One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler."
"PRESTIGIATION","Legerdemain; prestidigitation. [Obs.]"
"PRESTIGIATOR","A juggler; prestidigitator. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"PRESTIGIATORY","Consisting of impostures; juggling. [Obs.] Barrow."
"PRESTIGIOUS","Practicing tricks; juggling. [Obs.] Cotton Mather."
"PRESTIMONY","A fund for the support of a priest, without the title of abenefice. The patron in the collator."
"PRESTISSIMO","Very quickly; with great rapidity."
"PRESTO","Quickly; rapidly; -- a direction for a quick, lively movementor performance; quicker than allegro, or any rate of time exceptprestissimo."
"PRESTRICTION","Obstruction, dimness, or defect of sight. [Obs.] Milton."
"PRESULTOR","A leader in the dance. [R.]"
"PRESUMABLE","Such as may be presumed or supposed to be true; that seemsentitled to belief without direct evidence."
"PRESUMABLY","In a presumable manner; by, or according to, presumption."
"PRESUMEDLY","By presumption."
"PRESUMER","One who presumes; also, an arrogant person. Sir H. Wotton."
"PRESUMINGLY","Confidently; arrogantly."
"PRESUMPTIVELY","By presumption, or supposition grounded or probability;presumably."
"PRESUMPTUOUSLY","In a presumptuous manner; arrogantly."
"PRESUMPTUOUSNESS","The quality or state of being presumptuous."
"PRESUPPOSAL","Presupposition. [R.] 'Presupposal of knowledge.' Hooker."
"PRESUPPOSE","To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take forgranted; to assume; as, creation presupposes a creator.Each [kind of knowledge] presupposes many necessary things learned inother sciences, and known beforehand. Hooker."
"PRESURMISE","A surmise previously formed. Shak."
"PRESYSTOLIC","Preceding the systole or contraction of the heart; as, thepresystolic friction sound."
"PRETEMPORAL","Situated in front of the temporal bone."
"PRETENDANT","A pretender; a claimant."
"PRETENDED","Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend.-- Pre*tend'ed*ly, adv."
"PRETENDENCE","The act of pretending; pretense. [Obs.] Daniel."
"PRETENDER","The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of JamesII., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to thethrone of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law.It is the shallow, unimproved intellects that are the confidentpretenders to certainty. Glanvill."
"PRETENDERSHIP","The character, right, or claim of a pretender. Swift."
"PRETENDINGLY","As by right or title; arrogantly; presumptuously. Collier."
"PRETENSED","Pretended; feigned. [Obs.] -- Pre*tens'ed*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"PRETENSEFUL","Abounding in pretenses."
"PRETENSELESS","Not having or making pretenses."
"PRETENTATIVE","Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental. [R.] Sir H. Wotton."
"PRETENTIOUS","Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than isone's; presuming; assuming.-- Pre*ten'tious*ly, adv.-- Pre*ten'tious*ness, n."
"PRETER-","A prefix signifying past, by, beyond, more than; as, preter-mission, a permitting to go by; preternatural, beyond or more than isnatural. [Written also pr\u00e6ter.]"
"PRETERHUMAN","More than human."
"PRETERIENT","Passed through; antecedent; previous; as, preterient states.[R.]"
"PRETERIMPERFECT","Old name of the tense also called imperfect."
"PRETERIST","One who believes the prophecies of the Apocalypse to have beenalready fulfilled. Farrar."
"PRETERIT","Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or stateas past."
"PRETERITE","Same as Preterit."
"PRETERITENESS","Same as Preteritness."
"PRETERITION","A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, asummary mention of it is made; as, 'I will not say, he is valiant, heis learned, he is just.' Called also paraleipsis."
"PRETERITIVE","Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certainverbs."
"PRETERITNESS","The quality or state of being past. Bentley. Lowell."
"PRETERLAPSED","Past; as, preterlapsed ages. [R.] Glanvill."
"PRETERLEGAL","Exceeding the limits of law. [R.]"
"PRETERMISSION","See Preterition."
"PRETERMIT","To pass by; to omit; to disregard. Bacon."
"PRETERNATURAL","Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to theregular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or miraculous;strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; uncommon; irregular; abnormal;as, a preternatural appearance; a preternatural stillness; apreternatural presentation (in childbirth) or labor.This vile and preternatural temper of mind. South."
"PRETERNATURALISM","The state of being preternatural; a preternatural condition."
"PRETERNATURALITY","Preternaturalness. [R.] Dr. John Smith."
"PRETERNATURALLY","In a preternatural manner or degree. Bacon."
"PRETERNATURALNESS","The quality or state of being preternatural."
"PRETERPERFECT","Old name of the tense also called preterit."
"PRETERPLUPERFECT","Old name of the tense also called pluperfect."
"PRETERTIARY","Earlier than Tertiary."
"PRETERVECTION","The act of carrying past or beyond. [R.] Abp. Potter."
"PRETEX","To frame; to devise; to disguise or excuse; hence, to pretend;to declare falsely. [Obs.]"
"PRETEXT","Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color orcover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.They suck the blood of those they depend on, under a pretext ofservice and kindness. L'Estrange.With how much or how little pretext of reason. Dr. H. More."
"PRETEXTURE","A pretext. [Obs.]"
"PRETIBIAL","Situated in front of the tibia."
"PRETOR","A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans."
"PRETORIAL","Pretorian. Burke."
"PRETORIAN","Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercisedby, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority.Pretorian bands or guards, or Pretorians (Rom. Hist.), the emperor'sbodyguards, instituted by the Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of1,000 men each.-- Pretorian gate (Rom. Antiq.), that one of the four gates in acamp which lay next the enemy. Brande & C."
"PRETORSHIP","The office or dignity of a pretor. J. Warton"
"PRETORTURE","To torture beforehand. Fuller."
"PRETTILY","In a pretty manner."
"PRETTINESS","The quality or state of being pretty; -- used sometimes in adisparaging sense.A style . . . without sententious pretension or antitheticalprettiness. Jeffrey."
"PRETTY","In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; --less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; prettycold weather.Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian. Atterbury."
"PRETTY-SPOKEN","Spoken or speaking prettily. [Colloq.]"
"PRETTYISH","Somewhat pretty. Walpole."
"PRETTYISM","Affectation of a pretty style, manner, etc. [R.] Ed. Rev."
"PRETYPIFY","To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type. Bp. Pearson."
"PRETZEL","A kind of German biscuit or cake in the form of a twisted ring,salted on the outside."
"PREVAILINGLY","So as to prevail."
"PREVAILMENT","Prevalence; superior influence; efficacy. [Obs.] Shak."
"PREVALENCE","The quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength,force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wideextension; as, the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of adisease; the prevalence of a rumor.The duke better knew what kind of argument were of prevalence withhim. Clarendon."
"PREVALENCY","See Prevalence."
"PREVALENTLY","In a prevalent manner. Prior."
"PREVARICATE","To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant,and makes a sham prosecution."
"PREVARICATOR","A sham dealer; one who colludes with a defendant in a shamprosecution."
"PREVE","To prove. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PREVENANCE","A going before; anticipation in sequence or order. 'The law ofprevenance is simply the well-known law of phenomenal sequence.'Ward."
"PREVENANCY","The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., in theway of favor or courtesy; hence, civility; obligingness. [Obs.]Sterne."
"PREVENE","To come before; to anticipate; hence, to hinder; to prevent.[Obs.] Philips."
"PREVENIENCE","The act of going before; anticipation. [R.]"
"PREVENIENT","Going before; preceding; hence, preventive. 'Prevenient gracedescending.' Milton."
"PREVENT","To come before the usual time. [Obs.]Strawberries . . . will prevent and come early. Bacon."
"PREVENTABILITY","The quality or state of being preventable."
"PREVENTABLE","Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventablediseases."
"PREVENTATIVE","That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive."
"PREVENTER","An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast. Preventer bolts, orPreventer plates (Naut.), fixtures connected with preventers tore\u00ebnforce other rigging.-- Preventer stay. (Naut.) Same as Preventer, 3."
"PREVENTINGLY","So as to prevent or hinder."
"PREVENTIONAL","Tending to prevent. [Obs.]"
"PREVENTIVE","That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that whichintercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; aprophylactic."
"PREVENTIVELY","In a preventive manner."
"PREVERTEBRAL","Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of thevertebral column; prespinal."
"PREVIOUS","Going before in time; being or happening before something else;antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness.The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er the mutteringearth. Thomson.Previous question. (Parliamentary Practice) See under Question, andcompare Closure.-- Previous to, before; -- often used adverbially for previously.'Previous to publication.' M. Arnold. 'A policy . . . his friends hadadvised previous to 1710.' J. H. Newman."
"PREVIOUSLY","Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed."
"PREVIOUSNESS","The quality or state of being previous; priority or antecedencein time."
"PREVISION","Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience. H. Spencer."
"PREVOYANT","Foreseeing; prescient. [R.] Mrs. Oliphant."
"PREWARN","To warn beforehand; to forewarn. [R.]"
"PREY","Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anythingtaken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, untoMoses, and Eleazar the priest. Num. xxxi. 12."
"PREYER","One who, or that which, preys; a plunderer; a waster; adevourer. Hooker."
"PREZYGAPOPHYSIS","An anterior zygapophysis."
"PRIAL","A corruption of pair royal. See under Pair, n."
"PRIAN","A fine, white, somewhat friable clay; also, the ore containedin a mixture of clay and pebbles. [Written also pryan.]"
"PRIAPEAN","A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisibleinto two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee inthe first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; --applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as tobe divisible into two portions of three feet each. Andrews."
"PRIAPISM","More or less permanent erection and rigidity of the penis, withor without sexual desire."
"PRIAPULACEA","A suborder of Gephyr\u00e6a, having a cylindrical body with aterminal anal opening, and usually with one or two caudal gills."
"PRICASOUR","A hard rider. [Obs.]"
"PRICED","Rated in price; valued; as, high-priced goods; low-pricedlabor."
"PRICEITE","A hydrous borate of lime, from Oregon."
"PRICK","A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco."
"PRICK-EARED","Having erect, pointed ears; -- said of certain dogs.Thou prick-eared cur of Iceland. Shak."
"PRICKER","A small marline spike having generally a wooden handle, -- usedin sailmaking. R. H. Dana, Ir."
"PRICKET","A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck. Shak."
"PRICKING-UP","The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths.Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat.In the United States called scratch coat. Brande & C."
"PRICKLE","To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points.Felt a horror over me creep, Prickle skin, and catch my breath.Tennyson."
"PRICKLINESS","The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles."
"PRICKLING","Prickly. [Obs.] Spenser."
"PRICKLOUSE","A tailor; -- so called in contempt. [Old slang] L'Estrange."
"PRICKLY","Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered withprickles; as, a prickly shrub. Prickly ash (Bot.), a prickly shrub(Xanthoxylum Americanum) with yellowish flowers appearing with theleaves. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic. The southernspecies is X. Carolinianum. Gray.-- Prickly heat (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of redpimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of the partsaffected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat glands, and is oftenbrought on by overheating the skin in hot weather.-- Prickly pear (Bot.), a name given to several plants of thecactaceous genus Opuntia, American plants consisting of fleshy,leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly joints inserted uponeach other. The sessile flowers have many petals and numerousstamens. The edible fruit is a large pear-shaped berry containingmany flattish seeds. The common species of the Northern AtlanticStates is Opuntia vulgaris. In the South and West are many others,and in tropical America more than a hundred more. O. vulgaris, O.Ficus-Indica, and O. Tuna are abundantly introduced in theMediterranean region, and O. Dillenii has become common in India.-- Prickly pole (Bot.), a West Indian palm (Bactris Plumierana), theslender trunk of which bears many rings of long black prickles.-- Prickly withe (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant (Cereustriangularis) having prickly, slender, climbing, triangular stems.-- Prickly rat (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of several species of South Americanburrowing rodents belonging to Ctenomys and allied genera. The hairis usually intermingled with sharp spines."
"PRICKMADAM","A name given to several species of stonecrop, used asingredients of vermifuge medicines. See Stonecrop."
"PRICKPUNCH","A pointed steel punch, to prick a mark on metal."
"PRICKSHAFT","An arrow. [Obs.]"
"PRICKSONG","Music written, or noted, with dots or points; -- so called fromthe points or dots with which it is noted down. [Obs.]He fights as you sing pricksong. Shak."
"PRICKWOOD","A shrub (Euonymus Europ\u00e6us); -- so named from the use of itswood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree."
"PRICKY","Stiff and sharp; prickly. Holland."
"PRIDE","A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- calledalso prid, and sandpiper."
"PRIDEFUL","Full of pride; haughty. Tennyson.-- Pride'ful*ly, adv.-- Pride'ful-ness, n."
"PRIDELESS","Without pride. Chaucer."
"PRIDIAN","Of or pertaining to the day before, or yesterday. [R.]Thackeray."
"PRIDINGLY","Proudly. [Obs.]"
"PRIE","The plant privet. [Obs.] Tusser."
"PRIED","imp. & p. p. of Pry."
"PRIEDIEU","A kneeling desk for prayers."
"PRIEF","Proof. [Obs.] Spenser. Lydgate."
"PRIER","One who pries; one who inquires narrowly and searches, or isinquisitive.So pragmatical a prier he is into divine secrets. Fuller."
"PRIEST","A presbyter elder; a minister; specifically:(a) (R. C. Ch. & Gr. Ch.) One who is authorized to consecrate thehost and to say Mass; but especially, one of the lowest orderpossessing this power. Murdock. (b) (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.)"
"PRIEST-RIDDEN","Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people.Swift."
"PRIESTCAP","A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called alsoswallowtail."
"PRIESTCRAFT","Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an illsense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management bypriests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religiousmotives or credulity of others.It is better that men should be governed by priestcraft than byviolence. Macaulay."
"PRIESTERY","Priests, collectively; the priesthood; -- so called incontempt. [R.] Milton."
"PRIESTESS","A woman who officiated in sacred rites among pagans. Abp.Potter."
"PRIESTING","The office of a priest. [Obs.] Milton."
"PRIESTISM","The influence, doctrines, principles, etc., of priests or thepriesthood. [R.]"
"PRIESTLESS","Without a priest. Pope."
"PRIESTLIKE","Priestly. B. Jonson."
"PRIESTLINESS","The quality or state of being priestly. R. Browning."
"PRIESTLY","Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal;befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestlyfarewell. Shak."
"PRIEVE","To prove. [Obs. or Scot.]"
"PRIG","To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"PRIGGERY","Priggism."
"PRIGGISH","Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical.-- Prig'gish*ly, adv.-- Prig'gish-ness, n."
"PRIGHTE","imp. of Prick. Chaucer."
"PRILL","The brill."
"PRILLION","Tin extracted from the slag."
"PRIM","The privet."
"PRIMA DONNA","The first or chief female singer in an opera."
"PRIMA FACIE","At first view; on the first appearance. Prima facie evidence(of a fact) (Law), evidence which is sufficient to establish the factunless rebutted. Bouvier."
"PRIMAGE","A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity tothe captain for his particular care of the goods (sometimes calledhat money), but now belonging to the owners or freighters of thevessel, unless by special agreement the whole or part is assigned tothe captain. Homans."
"PRIMAL","First; primary; original; chief.It hath the primal eldest curse upon it. Shak.The primal duties shine aloft like stars. Wordsworth."
"PRIMALITY","The quality or state of being primal. [Obs.]"
"PRIMARILY","In a primary manner; in the first place; in the first place; inthe first intention; originally."
"PRIMARINESS","The quality or state of being primary, or first in time, inact, or in intention. Norris."
"PRIMARY","Earliest formed; fundamental."
"PRIMATE","One of the Primates."
"PRIMATES","The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together withthe apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci."
"PRIMATESHIP","The office, dignity, or position of a primate; primacy."
"PRIMATIAL","Primatical. [R.] D'Anville (Trans. )."
"PRIMATICAL","Of or pertaining to a primate. Barrow."
"PRIME","The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonicalhour, succeeding to lauds.Early and late it rung, at evening and at prime. Spenser."
"PRIMER","One who, or that which, primes; specifically, an instrument ordevice for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussionpowder or other capable for igniting a charge of gunpowder."
"PRIMERO","A game at cards, now unknown. Shak."
"PRIMEROLE","See Primrose. [Obs.] 'She was a primerole.' Chaucer."
"PRIMEVAL","Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive;primary; as, the primeval innocence of man. 'This is the forestprimeval.' Longfellow.From chaos, and primeval darkness, came Light. Keats."
"PRIMEVALLY","In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times;originally. Darwin."
"PRIMEVOUS","Primeval. [Obs.]"
"PRIMIGENIAL","First born, or first of all; original; primary. SeePrimogenial."
"PRIMINE","The outermost of the two integuments of an ovule."
"PRIMING","The first coating of color, size, or the like, laid on canvas,or on a building, or other surface."
"PRIMIPARA","A woman who bears a child for the first time."
"PRIMIPAROUS","Belonging to a first birth; bearing young for the first time."
"PRIMIPILAR","Of or pertaining to the captain of the vanguard of a Romanarmy. Barrow."
"PRIMITIA","The first fruit; the first year's whole profit of anecclesiastical preferment.The primitias of your parsonage. Spenser."
"PRIMITIAL","Being of the first production; primitive; original. [Obs.]Ainsworth."
"PRIMITIVE","An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative."
"PRIMITIVENESS","The quality or state of being primitive; conformity toprimitive style or practice."
"PRIMITY","Quality of being first; primitiveness. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson."
"PRIMLY","In a prim or precise manner."
"PRIMNESS","The quality or state of being prim; affected formality orniceness; preciseness; stiffness."
"PRIMO","First; chief."
"PRIMOGENIAL","First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental;as, primogenial light. Glanvill."
"PRIMOGENITIVE","Of or pertaining to primogeniture. [R.]"
"PRIMOGENITOR","The first ancestor; a forefather."
"PRIMOGENITURE","The exclusive right of inheritance which belongs to the eldestson. Thus in England the right of inheriting the estate of the fatherbelongs to the eldest son, and in the royal family the eldest son ofthe sovereign is entitled to the throne by primogeniture. Inexceptional cases, among the female children, the crown descends byright of primogeniture to the eldest daughter only and her issue.Blackstone."
"PRIMOGENITURESHIP","The state or privileges of the firstborn. Burke."
"PRIMORDIAL","Of or pertaining to the lowest beds of the Silurian age,corresponding to the Acadian and Potsdam periods in American geology.It is called also Cambrian, and by many geologists is separated fromthe Silurian."
"PRIMORDIALISM","Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordialstate. H. Spencer."
"PRIMORDIALLY","At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally."
"PRIMORDIAN","A name given to several kinds of plums; as, red primordian,amber primordian, etc."
"PRIMORDIATE","Primordial. [R.] Boyle."
"PRIMP","To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up.[Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell."
"PRIMROSE","Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; -- hence, flowery; gay. 'The primrose path of dalliance.' Shak."
"PRIMROSE LEAGUE","A league of both sexes among the Conservatives, founded in1883. So called because primrose was (erroneously, it is said) takento be the favorite flower of the Conservative statesman BenjaminDisraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield."
"PRIMULA","The genus of plants including the primrose (Primula vera)."
"PRIMULACEOUS","Of or pertaining to an order of herbaceous plants (Primulace\u00e6),of which the primrose is the type, and the pimpernel, the cyclamen,and the water violet are other examples."
"PRIMUM MOBILE","In the Ptolemaic system, the outermost of the revolvingconcentric spheres constituting the universe, the motion of which wassupposed to carry with it all the inclosed spheres with their planetsin a daily revolution from east to west. See Crystalline heavens,under Crystalline.The motions of the greatest persons in a government ought to be, asthe motions of the planets, under primum mobile. Bacon."
"PRIMUS","One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, whopresides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privilegesbut no metropolitan authority. Internat. Cyc."
"PRIMY","Being in its prime. [Obs.] 'The youth of primy nature.' Shak."
"PRINCE","To play the prince. [R.] Shak."
"PRINCEDOM","The jurisdiction, sovereignty, rank, or estate of a prince.Thrones, princedoms, powers, dominions, I reduce. Milton."
"PRINCEHOOD","Princeliness. [Obs.] E. Hall."
"PRINCEKIN","A petty prince; a princeling.The princekins of private life. Thackeray."
"PRINCELESS","Without a prince. Fuller."
"PRINCELET","A petty prince. [R.]"
"PRINCELIKE","Princely. Shak."
"PRINCELINESS","The quality of being princely; the state, manner, or dignity ofa prince."
"PRINCELING","A petty prince; a young prince."
"PRINCELY","In a princely manner.My appetite was not princely got. Shak."
"PRINCESSE","A term applied to a lady's long, close-fitting dress made withwaist and skirt in one."
"PRINCESSLIKE","Like a princess."
"PRINCEWOOD","The wood of two small tropical American trees (Hameliaventricosa, and Cordia gerascanthoides). It is brownish, veined withlighter color."
"PRINCIFIED","Imitative of a prince. [R. & Colloq.] Thackeray."
"PRINCIPAL","The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing. Spenser. J. H.Walsh.(f) One of turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which theposts and center of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned. Oxf.Gloss.(g) A principal or essential point or rule; a principle. [Obs.]"
"PRINCIPALLY","In a principal manner; primarily; above all; chiefly; mainly."
"PRINCIPALNESS","The quality of being principal."
"PRINCIPATE","Principality; supreme rule. [Obs.] Barrow."
"PRINCIPIA","First principles; fundamental beginnings; elements; as.Newton's Principia."
"PRINCIPIAL","Elementary. [Obs.] Bacon."
"PRINCIPIANT","Relating to principles or beginnings. [R.] Jer. Taylor."
"PRINCIPIATE","To begin; to initiate. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale."
"PRINCIPIATION","Analysis into primary or elemental parts. [Archaic] Bacon."
"PRINCIPLE","Any original inherent constituent which characterizes asubstance, or gives it its essential properties, and which canusually be separated by analysis; -- applied especially to drugs,plant extracts, etc.Cathartine is the bitter, purgative principle of senna. Gregory.Bitter principle, Principle of contradiction, etc. See under Bitter,Contradiction, etc."
"PRINK","To dress or adjust one's self for show; to prank."
"PRINKER","One who prinks."
"PRINPRIDDLE","The longtailed titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]"
"PRINT","To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, orfrom stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in awider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book orother publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; toprint an edition of a book."
"PRINTA-BLE","Worthy to be published. [R.]"
"PRINTER","One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers,engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman. Printer'sdevil, Printer's gauge. See under Devil, and Gauge.-- Printer's ink. See Printing ink, below."
"PRINTERY","A place where cloth is printed; print works; also, a printingoffice. [R.]"
"PRINTING","The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, orfigures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of aprinter, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts;typography; also, the act of producing photographic prints. Blockprinting. See under Block.-- Printing frame (Photog.), a shallow box, usually having a glassfront, in which prints are made by exposure to light.-- Printing house, a printing office.-- Printing ink, ink used in printing books, newspapers, etc. It iscomposed of lampblack or ivory black mingled with linseed or nut oil,made thick by boiling and burning. Other ingredients are employed forthe finer qualities. Ure.-- Printing office, a place where books, pamphlets, or newspapers,etc., are printed.-- Printing paper, paper used in the printing of books, pamphlets,newspapers, and the like, as distinguished from writing paper,wrapping paper, etc.-- Printing press, a press for printing, books, newspaper,handbills, etc.-- Printing wheel, a wheel with letters or figures on its periphery,used in machines for paging or numbering, or in ticket-printingmachines, typewriters, etc.; a type wheel."
"PRINTING IN","A process by which cloud effects or other features not in theoriginal negative are introduced into a photograph. Portions, such asthe sky, are covered while printing and the blank space thus reservedis filled in by printing from another negative."
"PRINTING OUT","A method of printing, in which the image is fully brought outby the direct actinic action of light without subsequent developmentby means of chemicals."
"PRINTLESS","Making no imprint. Milton."
"PRINTSHOP","A shop where prints are sold."
"PRIOR","Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior;previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- usedelliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in thetime] prior to his marriage."
"PRIORATE","The dignity, office, or government, of a prior. T. Warton."
"PRIORESS","A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to anabbess."
"PRIORLY","Previously. [R.] Geddes."
"PRIORSHIP","The state or office of prior; priorate."
"PRIORY","A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; --sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and calledalso cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2."
"PRIS","See Price, and 1st Prize. [Obs.]"
"PRISCILLIANIST","A follower of Priscillian, bishop of Avila in Spain, in thefourth century, who mixed various elements of Gnosticism andManicheism with Christianity."
"PRISE","An enterprise. [Obs.] Spenser."
"PRISER","See 1st Prizer. [Obs.]"
"PRISM","A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, andparallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms."
"PRISM GLASS","Glass with one side smooth and the other side formed intosharp-edged ridges so as to reflect the light that passes through,used at windows to throw the light into the interior."
"PRISMATICALLY","In the form on manner of a prism; by means of a prism."
"PRISMATOIDAL","Having a prismlike form. Ure."
"PRISMOID","A body that approaches to the form of a prism."
"PRISMOIDAL","Having the form of a prismoid; as, prismoidal solids."
"PRISMY","Pertaining to a prism. [R.]"
"PRISONMENT","Imprisonment. [Obs.] Shak."
"PRISTINATE","Pristine; primitive. [Obs.] 'Pristinate idolatry.' Holinshed."
"PRISTINE","Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive;primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine mannersof a people; pristine vigor."
"PRITCHEL","A tool employed by blacksmiths for punching or enlarging thenail holes in a horseshoe."
"PRITHEE","A corruption of pray thee; as, I prithee; generally usedwithout I. Shak.What was that scream for, I prithee L'Estrange.Prithee, tell me, Dimple-chin. E. C. Stedman."
"PRITTLE-PRATTLE","Empty talk; trifling loquacity; prattle; -- used in contempt orridicule. [Colloq.] Abp. Bramhall."
"PRIVADO","A private friend; a confidential friend; a confidant. [Obs.]Fuller."
"PRIVATDOCENT","In the universities of Germany and some other Europeancountries, a licensed teacher or lecturer having no share in theuniversity government and dependent upon fees for remuneration."
"PRIVATE","A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of anoncommissioned officer. Macaulay."
"PRIVATEER","To cruise in a privateer."
"PRIVATEERING","Cruising in a privateer."
"PRIVATEERSMAN","An officer or seaman of a privateer."
"PRIVATIVE","Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to aword; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to suchprefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. un-, non-, -less."
"PRIVATIVELY","In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively.[R.] Hammond."
"PRIVATIVENESS","The state of being privative."
"PRIVET","An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used inhedges; -- called also prim. Egyptian privet. See Lawsonia.-- Evergreen privet, a plant of the genus Rhamnus. See Alatern.-- Mock privet, any one of several evergreen shrubs of the genusPhillyrea. They are from the Mediterranean region, and have been muchcultivated for hedges and for fancifully clipped shrubberies."
"PRIVILEGE","See Call, Put, Spread, etc. Breach of privilege. See underBreach.-- Question of privilege (Parliamentary practice), a question whichconcerns the security of a member of a legislative body in hisspecial privileges as such.-- Water privilege, the advantage of having machinery driven by astream, or a place affording such advantage. [ U. S.] -- Writ ofprivilege (Law), a writ to deliver a privileged person from custodywhen arrested in a civil suit. Blackstone."
"PRIVILEGED","Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right,advantage, or immunity. Privileged communication. (Law) (a) Acommunication which can not be disclosed without the consent of theparty making it, -- such as those made by a client to his legaladviser, or by persons to their religious or medical advisers. (b) Acommunication which does not expose the party making it to indictmentfor libel, -- such as those made by persons communicatingconfidentially with a government, persons consulted confidentially asto the character of servants, etc.-- Privileged debts (Law), those to which a preference in payment isgiven out of the estate of a deceased person, or out of the estate ofan insolvent. Wharton. Burrill.-- Privileged witnesses (Law) witnesses who are not obliged totestify as to certain things, as lawyers in relation to theirdealings with their clients, and officers of state as to statesecrets; also, by statute, clergymen and physicans are placed in thesame category, so far as concerns information received by themprofessionally."
"PRIVILY","In a privy manner; privately; secretly. Chaucer. 2 Pet. ii. 1."
"PRIVITY","The genitals; the privates."
"PRIVY","A partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing;one who has an interest in an estate created by another; a personhaving an interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which heis not himself a party. The term, in its proper sense, isdistinguished from party. Burrill. Wharton."
"PRIZABLE","Valuable. H. Taylor."
"PRIZE","To move with a lever; to force up or open; to pry. [Writtenalso prise.]"
"PRIZEMAN","The winner of a prize."
"PRIZER","One who estimates or sets the value of a thing; an appraiser.Shak."
"PRIZING","The application of a lever to move any weighty body, as a cask,anchor, cannon, car, etc. See Prize, n., 5."
"PRO","A Latin preposition signifying for, before, forth. Pro confessoEtym: [L.] (Law), taken as confessed. The action of a court of equityon that portion of the pleading in a particular case which thepleading on the other side does not deny.-- Pro rata. Etym: [L. See Prorate.] In proportion; proportion.-- Pro re nata Etym: [L.] (Law), for the existing occasion; asmatters are."
"PRO RATA","In proportion; proportionately; according to the share,interest, or liability of each."
"PRO THYALOSOMA","The investing portion, or spherical envelope, surrounding theeccentric germinal spot of the germinal vesicle."
"PRO-","A prefix signifying before, in front, forth, for, in behalf of,in place of, according to; as, propose, to place before; proceed, togo before or forward; project, to throw forward; prologue, partspoken before (the main piece); propel, prognathous; provide, to lookout for; pronoun, a word instead of a noun; proconsul, a personacting in place of a consul; proportion, arrangement according toparts."
"PROA","A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago,having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of anordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, andis kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frameextending several feet to windward. It has been called the flyingproa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known."
"PROACH","See Approach. [Obs.]"
"PROATLAS","A vertebral rudiment in front of the atlas in some reptiles."
"PROBABILIORISM","The doctrine of the probabiliorists."
"PROBABILIORIST","One who holds, in opposition to the probabilists, that a man isbound to do that which is most probably right."
"PROBABILISM","The doctrine of the probabilists."
"PROBABILIST","One who maintains that a man may do that which has aprobability of being right, or which is inculcated by teachers ofauthority, although other opinions may seem to him still moreprobable."
"PROBABILITY","Likelihood of the occurrence of any event in the doctrine ofchances, or the ratio of the number of favorable chances to the wholenumber of chances, favorable and unfavorable. See 1st Chance, n., 5."
"PROBABLY","In a probable manner; in likelihood.Distinguish between what may possibly and what will probably be done.L'Estrange."
"PROBACY","Proof; trial. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PROBAL","Approved; probable. [Obs.] Shak."
"PROBALITY","Probability. [Obs.] 'With as great probality.' Holland."
"PROBANG","A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on theend, for removing obstructions from the esophagus, etc."
"PROBATE","Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, aprobate record. Probate Court, or Court of Probate, a court for theprobate of wills.-- Probate duty, a government tax on property passing by will.[Eng.]"
"PROBATIONAL","Probationary."
"PROBATIONARY","Of or pertaining to probation; serving for trial.To consider this life . . . as a probationary state. Paley."
"PROBATIONERSHIP","The state of being a probationer; novitiate. Locke."
"PROBATIONSHIP","A state of probation."
"PROBATIVE","Serving for trial or proof; probationary; as, probativejudgments; probative evidence. South."
"PROBATOR","One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it, and accusedothers, his accomplices, in order to obtain pardon; a state'sevidence."
"PROBE","An instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances ofa wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of forexploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, etc. Parr. Probe,or Probe-pointed, scissors (Surg.), scissors used to open wounds, theblade of which, to be thrust into the orifice, has a button at theend. Wiseman."
"PROBE-POINTED","Having a blunt or button-shaped extremity; -- said of cuttinginstruments."
"PROBEAGLE","See Porbeagle."
"PROBITY","Tried virtue or integrity; approved moral excellence; honesty;rectitude; uprightness. 'Probity of mind.' Pope."
"PROBLEM","Anything which is required to be done; as, in geometry, tobisect a line, to draw a perpendicular; or, in algebra, to find anunknown quantity."
"PROBLEMATIST","One who proposes problems. [R.] Evelyn."
"PROBLEMATIZE","To propose problems. [R.] 'Hear him problematize.' B. Jonson."
"PROBOSCIDATE","Having a proboscis; proboscidial."
"PROBOSCIDEA","An order of large mammal"
"PROBOSCIDEAN","Proboscidian."
"PROBOSCIDIAL","Proboscidate."
"PROBOSCIDIAN","Pertaining to the Proboscidea.-- n."
"PROBOSCIDIFERA","An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods,including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouthat the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust.of Gastropoda, and of Winkle."
"PROBOSCIDIFORM","Having the form or uses of a proboscis; as, a proboscidiformmouth."
"PROBOSCIS","A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or connected withthe mouth, of various animals, and generally used in taking food ordrink; a snout; a trunk."
"PROCACIOUS","Pert; petulant; forward; saucy. [R.] Barrow."
"PROCACITY","Forwardness; pertness; petulance. [R.] Burton."
"PROCAMBIUM","The young tissue of a fibrovascular bundle before its componentcells have begun to be differentiated. Sachs."
"PROCATARCTIC","Beginning; predisposing; exciting; initial. [Obs.]"
"PROCATARXIS","The kindling of a disease into action; also, the procatarcticcause. Quincy."
"PROCEED","To begin and carry on a legal process."
"PROCEEDER","One who proceeds."
"PROCEEDING","The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.Blackstone. Proceedings of a society, the published record of itsaction, or of things done at its meetings."
"PROCEEDS","That which comes forth or results; effect; yield; issue;product; sum accruing from a sale, etc."
"PROCELEUSMATIC","Consisting of four short syllables; composed of feet of fourshort syllables each."
"PROCELLARIAN","One of a family of oceanic birds (Procellarid\u00e6) including thepetrels, fulmars, and shearwaters. They are often seen in greatabundance in stormy weather."
"PROCELLOUS","Stormy. [Obs.] Bailey."
"PROCEPHALIC","Pertaining to, or forming, the front of the head. Procephaliclobe (Zo\u00f6l.), that part of the head of an invertebrate animal whichis in front of the mouth."
"PROCEPTION","Preoccupation. [Obs.] Eikon Basilik"
"PROCERE","Of high stature; tall. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"PROCEREBRUM","The prosencephalon."
"PROCERES","An order of large birds; the Ratit\u00e6; -- called also Proceri."
"PROCERITE","The segment next to the flagellum of the antenn\u00e6 of Crustacea."
"PROCERITY","Height of stature; tallness. [R.] Johnson."
"PROCES VERBAL","An authentic minute of an official act, or statement of facts."
"PROCESS","Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone;anapophysis."
"PROCESSION","An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons, either from thesacristy to the choir, or from the choir around the church, within orwithout. Shipley."
"PROCESSIONAL","Of or pertaining to a procession; consisting in a procession.The processional services became more frequent. Milman."
"PROCESSIONALIST","One who goes or marches in a procession. [R.]"
"PROCESSIONARY","Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as,processionary service. Processionary moth (Zo\u00f6l.), any moth of thegenus Cnethocampa, especially C. processionea of Europe, whose larv\u00e6make large webs on oak trees, and go out to feed in regular order.They are covered with stinging hairs."
"PROCESSIONING","A proceeding prescribed by statute for ascertaining and fixingthe boundaries of land. See 2d Procession. [ Local, U. S.] Bouvier."
"PROCESSIVE","Proceeding; advancing.Because it is language, -- ergo, processive. Coleridge."
"PROCHEIN","Next; nearest. Prochein ami or amy ( (Law), the next friend.See under Next."
"PROCHORDAL","Situated in front of the notochord; -- applied especially toparts of the cartilaginous rudiments in the base of the skull."
"PROCHRONISM","The dating of an event before the time it happened; anantedating; -- opposed to Ant: metachronism."
"PROCHRONIZE","To antedate. Fitzed. Hall."
"PROCIDUOUS","Falling from its proper place."
"PROCINCT","A state of complete readiness for action. [Obs.] 'War inprocinct.' Milton."
"PROCLAIMER","One who proclaims."
"PROCLITIC","Leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words whichare so closely attached to the following word as not to have aseparate accent."
"PROCLIVE","Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous. [R.] Mrs.Browning."
"PROCLIVOUS","Having the incisor teeth directed forward."
"PROCOELE","A lateral cavity of the prosencephalon; a lateral ventricle ofthe brain. B. G. Wilder."
"PROCOELIA","Same as Procoele."
"PROCOELIAN","Concave in front; as, procoelian vertebr\u00e6, which have theanterior end of the centra concave and the posterior convex."
"PROCOELOUS","Same as Procoelian."
"PROCONSUL","An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without beinghimself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, aprovince. He was usually one who had previously been consul."
"PROCONSULATE","The office jurisdiction of a proconsul, or the term of hisoffice."
"PROCONSULSHIP","Proconsulate."
"PROCRASTINATE","To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; topostpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance. Dr. H. More.Hopeless and helpless \u00c6geon wend, But to procrastinate his lifelessend. Shak."
"PROCRASTINATION","The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a futuretime; delay; dilatoriness.Procrastination is the thief of time. Young."
"PROCRASTINATOR","One who procrastinates, or defers the performance of anything."
"PROCRASTINATORY","Of or pertaining to procrastination; dilatory."
"PROCRASTINE","To procrastinate. [Obs.]"
"PROCREANT","Generating; producing; productive; fruitful; assisting inprocreation. [R.] 'His pendent bed and procreant cradle.' Shak."
"PROCREATE","To generate and produce; to beget; to engender."
"PROCREATION","The act of begetting; generation and production of young.South."
"PROCREATIVE","Having the power to beget; generative. Sir M. Hale."
"PROCREATIVENESS","The power of generating."
"PROCREATOR","One who begets; a father or sire; a generator."
"PROCRIS","Any species of small moths of the genus Procris. The larv\u00e6 ofsome species injure the grapevine by feeding in groups upon theleaves."
"PROCRUSTEAN","Of or pertaining to Procrustes, or the mode of torturepracticed by him; producing conformity by violent means; as, theProcrustean treatment; a Procrustean limit. See Procrustes."
"PROCRUSTEANIZE","To stretch or contract according to some rule or standard."
"PROCRUSTES","A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied hisvictims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretchedor cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence themetaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes."
"PROCRUSTESIAN","See Procrustean."
"PROCTITIS","Inflammation of the rectum."
"PROCTOCELE","Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, fromrelaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsusani. Dunglison."
"PROCTODAEUM","See Mesenteron."
"PROCTOR","One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.Specifically:(a) A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go outto beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence abeggar. [Obs.] Nares.(b) (Eng. Law) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiasticalcauses. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor inequity. Wharton.(c) (Ch. of Eng.) A representative of the clergy in convocation.(d) An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforceobedience to the laws of the institution."
"PROCTORAGE","Management by a proctor, or as by a proctor; hence, control;superintendence; -- in contempt. 'The fogging proctorage of money.'Milton."
"PROCTORIAL","Of or pertaining to a proctor, esp. an academic proctor;magisterial."
"PROCTORICAL","Proctorial. [R.]"
"PROCTORSHIP","The office or dignity of a proctor; also, the term of hisoffice. Clarendon."
"PROCTOTOMY","An incision into the rectum, as for the division of astricture."
"PROCUMBENT","Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing;prostrate; as, a procumbent stem."
"PROCURABLE","Capable of being procured; obtainable. Boyle."
"PROCURATION","A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, nowto the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as acommutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- calledalso proxy. Procuration money (Law), money paid for procuring a loan.Blackstone."
"PROCURATOR","One who manages another's affairs, either generally or in aspecial matter; an agent; a proctor. Chaucer. Shak."
"PROCURATORIAL","Of or pertaining to a procurator, or proctor; made by aproctor. Ayliffe."
"PROCURATORSHIP","The office or term of a procurator. Bp. Pearson."
"PROCURATORY","Tending to, or authorizing, procuration."
"PROCURESS","A female procurer, or pander."
"PROCYON","a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Canis Minor,or the Little Dog."
"PROD","To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with somethingsharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, togoad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student. H. Taylor."
"PRODD","A crossbow. See Prod, 3."
"PRODIGAL","Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or otherthings without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish;wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal man; the prodigalson; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses.In fighting fields [patriots] were prodigal of blood. Dryden."
"PRODIGALITY","Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessiveliberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, andparsimony.'The prodigality of his wit.' Dryden."
"PRODIGALIZE","To act as a prodigal; to spend liberally. Sherwood."
"PRODIGALLY","In a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense; extravagantly;wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate prodigally dissipated.Nature not bounteous now, but lavish grows; Our paths with flowersshe prodigally strows. Dryden."
"PRODIGATE","To squander. Thackeray."
"PRODIGENCE","Waste; profusion; prodigality. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"PRODIGIOUSNESS","The quality or state of being prodigious; the state of havingqualities that excite wonder or astonishment; enormousness; vastness."
"PRODITION","Disclosure; treachery; treason. [Obs.] Ainsworth."
"PRODITOR","A traitor. [Obs.]"
"PRODITORY","Treacherous. [Obs.]"
"PRODROMAL","Of or pertaining to prodromes; as, the prodromal stage of adisease."
"PRODROME","A forerunner; a precursor."
"PRODROMOUS","Precursory. [R.]"
"PRODUCE","To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, toproduce a side of a triangle."
"PRODUCE RACE","A race to be run by the produce of horses named or described atthe time of entry."
"PRODUCEMENT","Production. [Obs.]"
"PRODUCENT","One who produces, or offers to notice. [Obs.] Ayliffe."
"PRODUCER","A furnace for producing combustible gas which is used for fuel."
"PRODUCIBILITY","The quality or state of being producible. Barrow."
"PRODUCIBLE","Capable of being produced, brought forward, brought forth,generated, made, or extended.-- Pro*du'ci*ble*ness, n."
"PRODUCT","The number or sum obtained by adding one number or quantity toitself as many times as there are units in another number; the numberresulting from the multiplication of two or more numbers; as, theproduct of the multiplication of 7 by 5 is 35. In general, the resultof any kind of multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication."
"PRODUCTIBILITY","The state of being productible; producibility. Ruskin."
"PRODUCTIBLE","Capable of being produced; producible."
"PRODUCTILE","Capable of being extended or prolonged; extensible; ductile."
"PRODUCTIVITY","The quality or state of being productive; productiveness.Emerson.Not indeed as the product, but as the producing power, theproductivity. Coleridge."
"PRODUCTRESS","A female producer."
"PRODUCTUS","An extinct genus of brachiopods, very characteristic of theCarboniferous rocks."
"PROEGUMINAL","Serving to predispose; predisposing; as, a proeguminal cause ofdisease."
"PROEM","Preface; introduction; preliminary observations; prelude.Thus much may serve by way of proem. Swift."
"PROEMIAL","Introductory; prefatory; preliminary. [R.] Hammond."
"PROEMPTOSIS","The addition of a day to the lunar calendar. [R.] SeeMetemptosis."
"PROFACE","Much good may it do you! -- a familiar salutation or welcome.[Obs.]Master page, good master page, sit. Proface! Shak."
"PROFANATE","To profane. [Obs.]"
"PROFANELY","In a profane manner.The character of God profanely impeached. Dr. T. Dwight."
"PROFANENESS","The quality or state of being profane; especially, the use ofprofane language."
"PROFANER","One who treats sacred things with irreverence, or defiles whatis holy; one who uses profane language. Hooker."
"PROFECTION","A setting out; a going forward; advance; progression. [Obs.]Sir T. Browne."
"PROFECTITIOUS","Proceeding from, as from a parent; derived, as from anancestor. [R.]The threefold distinction of profectitious, adventitious, andprofessional was ascertained. Gibbon."
"PROFERT","The exhibition or production of a record or paper in opencourt, or an allegation that it is in court."
"PROFESSED","Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed; as, aprofessed foe; a professed tyrant; a professed Christian. Theprofessed (R. C. Ch.) , a certain class among the Jesuits bound by aspecial vow. See the note under Jesuit."
"PROFESSEDLY","By profession."
"PROFESSION","The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religiousorder."
"PROFESSIONAL","A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for alivelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professionalworker."
"PROFESSIONALISM","The following of a profession, sport, etc., as an occupation; -- opposed to Ant: amateurism."
"PROFESSIONALIST","professional person. [R.]"
"PROFESSIONALLY","In a professional manner or capacity; by profession or calling;in the exercise of one's profession; one employed professionally."
"PROFESSORIAL","Of or pertaining to a professor; as, the professional chair;professional interest."
"PROFESSORIALISM","The character, manners, or habits of a professor. [R.]"
"PROFESSORIAT","See Professoriate."
"PROFESSORSHIP","The office or position of a professor, or public teacher.Walton."
"PROFESSORY","Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial. [R.] Bacon."
"PROFFERER","One who proffers something."
"PROFICIENT","One who has made considerable advances in any business, art,science, or branch of learning; an expert; an adept; as, proficientin a trade; a proficient in mathematics, music, etc."
"PROFICIENTLY","In a proficient manner."
"PROFICUOUS","Profitable; advantageous; useful. [Obs.] Harvey."
"PROFILE","A human head represented sidewise, or in a side view; the sideface or half face."
"PROFILING","In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at properintervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectionalform of the parapets at those points."
"PROFILIST","One who takes profiles."
"PROFIT","To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; toadvantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.The word preached did not profit them. Heb. iv. 2.It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy diligentlyexcellent pieces and beautiful designs. Dryden."
"PROFITABLE","Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative;useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable trade;profitable business; a profitable study or profession.What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to the emperor.Arbuthnot.-- Prof'it*a*ble*ness, n.-- Prof'it*a*bly, adv."
"PROFITING","Gain; advantage; profit.That thy profiting may appear to all. 1 Tim. iv. 15."
"PROFITLESS","Without profit; unprofitable. Shak."
"PROFLIGACY","The quality of state of being profligate; a profligate or veryvicious course of life; a state of being abandoned in moral principleand in vice; dissoluteness."
"PROFLIGATE","An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; adissolute person. 'Such a profligate as Antony.' Swift."
"PROFLIGATELY","In a profligate manner."
"PROFLIGATENESS","The quality of being profligate; an abandoned course of life;profligacy."
"PROFLIGATION","Defeat; rout; overthrow. [Obs.] Bacon."
"PROFLUENCE","Quality of being profluent; course. [R.] Sir H. Wotton."
"PROFLUENT","Flowing forward, [R.] 'In the profluent stream.' Milton."
"PROFOUND","To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate fardown. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"PROFOUNDLY","In a profound manner.Why sigh you so profoundly Shak."
"PROFOUNDNESS","The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth.Hooker."
"PROFULGENT","Shining forth; brilliant; effulgent. [Obs.] 'Profulgent inpreciousness.' Chaucer."
"PROFUNDITY","The quality or state of being profound; depth of place,knowledge, feeling, etc. 'The vast profundity obscure.' Milton."
"PROFUSE","To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; tosquander. [Obs.] Chapman."
"PROFUSELY","In a profuse manner."
"PROFUSENESS","Extravagance; profusion.Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness. Atterbury."
"PROFUSIVE","Profuse; lavish; prodigal.[Obs.]"
"PROGENERATE","To beget; to generate; to produce; to procreate; as, toprogenerate a race. [R.] Landor."
"PROGENERATION","The act of begetting; propagation. [R.]"
"PROGENITOR","An ancestor in the direct line; a forefather.And reverence thee their great progenitor. Milton."
"PROGENITORSHIP","The state of being a progenitor."
"PROGENITRESS","A female progenitor."
"PROGENITURE","A begetting, or birth. [R.]"
"PROGENY","Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals;children; offspring; race, lineage. ' Issued from the progeny ofkings.' Shak."
"PROGLOTTID","Proglottis."
"PROGLOTTIS","One of the free, or nearly free, segments of a tapeworm. Itcontains both male and female reproductive organs, and is capable ofa brief independent existence."
"PROGNATHI","A comprehensive group of mankind, including those that haveprognathous jaws."
"PROGNATHIC","Prognathous."
"PROGNATHISM","Projection of the jaws.-- Prog'na*thy, n."
"PROGNATHOUS","Having the jaws projecting beyond the upper part of the face; -- opposed to orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.Their countenances had the true prognathous character. Kane."
"PROGNOSIS","The act or art of foretelling the course and termination of adisease; also, the outlook afforded by this act of judgment; as, theprognosis of hydrophobia is bad."
"PROGNOSTIC","Indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing;aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease;prognostic signs."
"PROGNOSTICABLE","Capable of being prognosticated or foretold. Sir T. Browne."
"PROGNOSTICATE","To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; toprophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. Burke.I neither will nor can prognosticate To the young gaping heir hisfather's fate. Dryden."
"PROGNOSTICATOR","One who prognosticates; a foreknower or foreteller of a futurecourse or event by present signs. Isa. xlvii. 13."
"PROGRAM","Same as Programme."
"PROGRAMMA","Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, wasfixed on a tablet for public inspection previously to its beingproposed to the general assembly of the people."
"PROGRAMME","That which is written or printed as a public notice oradvertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline orexplanation of the order to be pursued, or the subjects embraced, inany public exercise, performance, or entertainment; a preliminarysketch. Programme music (Mus.), descriptive instrumental music whichrequires an argument or programme to explain the meaning of itsseveral movements."
"PROGRESS","To make progress in; to pass through. [Obs.] Milton."
"PROGRESSION","Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease ofnumbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, orharmonic."
"PROGRESSIONAL","Of or pertaining to progression; tending to, or capable of,progress."
"PROGRESSIST","One who makes, or holds to, progress; a progressionist."
"PROGRESSIVE PARTY","The political party formed, chiefly out of the Republicanparty, by the adherents of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidentialcampaign of 1912. The name Progressive party was chosen at themeeting held on Aug. 7, 1912, when the candidates were nominated andthe platform adopted.  Among the chief articles in the platform arethose demanding direct primaries, preferential primaries forpresidential nominations, direct election of United States senators,women's suffrage, and recall of judicial decisions in certain cases."
"PROGUE","To prog. [Obs.] P. Fletcher."
"PROHEME","Proem. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PROHIBITER","One who prohibits or forbids; a forbidder; an interdicter."
"PROHIBITIVE","That prohibits; prohibitory; as, a tax whose effect isprohibitive."
"PROHIBITORY","Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition;forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price. Prohibitoryindex. (R. C. Ch.) See under Index."
"PROIN","To lop; to trim; to prune; to adorn. [Obs.] Chaucer.The sprigs that did about it grow He proined from the leafy arms.Chapman."
"PROJECT","To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as,to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; -- sometimeswith on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon aplane. See Projection, 4."
"PROJECTILE","A part of mechanics which treats of the motion, range, time offlight, etc., of bodies thrown or driven through the air by animpelling force."
"PROJECTION","The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially,the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such adelineation as would result were the chief points of the objectthrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawnthrough it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, theprojection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differaccording to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection ineach."
"PROJECTMENT","Design; contrivance; projection. [Obs.] Clarendon."
"PROJECTOR","One who projects a scheme or design; hence, one who formsfanciful or chimerical schemes. L'Estrange."
"PROJECTURE","A jutting out beyond a surface."
"PROJET","A plan proposed; a draft of a proposed measure; a project."
"PROKE","To poke; to thrust. [Obs.] Holland."
"PROLAPSE","The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it isnaturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum.Dunglison."
"PROLAPSION","Prolapse. [ Written also prolaption.] [Obs.]"
"PROLAPSUS","Prolapse."
"PROLATE","Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the directionof a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed tooblate. Prolate cycloid. See the Note under Cycloid.-- Prolate ellipsoid or spheroid (Geom.), a figure generated by therevolution of an ellipse about its major axis. See Ellipsoid ofrevolution, under Ellipsoid."
"PROLATION","A medi\u00e6val method of determining of the proportionate durationof semibreves and minims. Busby."
"PROLATUM","A prolate spheroid. See Ellipsoid of revolution, underEllipsoid."
"PROLEG","One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of thelarv\u00e6 of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those ofLepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also proped, propleg, andfalseleg."
"PROLEGATE","The deputy or substitute for a legate."
"PROLEGOMENARY","Of the nature of a prolegomenon; preliminary; introductory;prefatory."
"PROLEGOMENON","A preliminary remark or observation; an introductory discourseprefixed to a book or treatise. D. Stokes (1659). Sir W. Scott."
"PROLEPSIS","An error in chronology, consisting in an event being datedbefore the actual time."
"PROLEPTICALLY","In a proleptical manner."
"PROLEPTICS","The art and science of predicting in medicine. Laycock."
"PROLETAIRE","One of the common people; a low person; also, the common peopleas a class or estate in a country."
"PROLETANEOUS","Having a numerous offspring. [R.]"
"PROLETARIAN","Of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to thecommonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar. 'Every citizen, if he were nota proletarian animal kept at the public cost.' De Quincey.-- n."
"PROLETARIAT","The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians."
"PROLETARIATE","The lower classes; beggars. 'The Italian proletariate.' J. A.Symonds."
"PROLETARY","A citizen of the lowest class, who served the state, not withproperty, but only by having children; hence, a common person."
"PROLICIDE","The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb orafter birth. Bouvier."
"PROLIFERATE","To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly."
"PROLIFERATION","The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cellformation. Virchow."
"PROLIFEROUS","Bearing offspring; -- applied to a flower from within whichanother is produced, or to a branch or frond from which anotherrises, or to a plant which is reproduced by buds or gemm\u00e6."
"PROLIFIC","Proliferous."
"PROLIFICACY","Prolificness. [R.]"
"PROLIFICAL","Producing young or fruit abundantly; fruitful; prolific.-- Pro*lif'ic*al*ly, adv."
"PROLIFICATE","To make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate. Sir T. Browne."
"PROLIFICATION","Reproduction by the growth of a plant, or part of a plant,directly from an older one, or by gemm\u00e6."
"PROLIFICNESS","The quality or state of being prolific; fruitfulness;prolificacy."
"PROLIXIOUS","Dilatory; tedious; superfluous. [Obs.] 'Lay by all nicety, andprolixious blushes.' Shak."
"PROLIXITY","The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minutedetail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings. 'For fulsomeness ofhis prolixitee.' Chaucer.Idly running on with vain prolixity. Drayton."
"PROLIXLY","In a prolix manner. Dryden."
"PROLIXNESS","Prolixity. Adam Smith."
"PROLL","To search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder. [Obs.] Barrow."
"PROLLER","Prowler; thief. [Obs.] Chapman."
"PROLOCUTORSHIP","The office of a prolocutor."
"PROLOG","Prologue."
"PROLOGIZE","To deliver a Prologue. [R.] Whewell."
"PROLOGIZER","One who prologizes. [R.]"
"PROLOGUE","To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue. [R.] Shak."
"PROLONGABLE","Capable of being prolonged; as, life is prolongable by care.Each syllable being a prolongable quantity. Rush."
"PROLONGATE","To prolong; to extend in space or in time. [R.]"
"PROLONGE","A rope with a hook and a toggle, sometimes used to drag a guncarriage or to lash it to the limber, and for various other purposes."
"PROLONGER","One who, or that which, causes an extension in time or space."
"PROLONGMENT","Prolongation."
"PROLUSION","A trial before the principal performance; a prelude; hence, anintroductory essay or exercise. 'Domestic prolusions.' Thackeray.Her presence was in some measure a restraint on the worthy divine,whose prolusion lasted. Sir W. Scott."
"PROMANATION","The act of flowing forth; emanation; efflux. [Obs.] Dr. H.More."
"PROMENADE","To walk for pleasure, display, or exercise."
"PROMENADER","One who promenades."
"PROMEROPS","Any one of several species of very brilliant birds belonging toPromerops, Epimarchus, and allied genera, closely related to theparadise birds, and mostly native of New Guinea. They have a longcurved beak and a long graduated tail."
"PROMETHEA","A large American bombycid moth (Callosamia promethea). Itslarva feeds on the sassafras, wild cherry, and other trees, andsuspends its cocoon from a branch by a silken band."
"PROMETHEUS","The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled bythe poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to haveformed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen fromheaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheusto Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver."
"PROMINENTLY","In a prominent manner."
"PROMISCUITY","Promiscuousness; confusion. H. Spencer."
"PROMISCUOUSLY","In a promiscuous manner."
"PROMISCUOUSNESS","The quality or state of being promiscuous."
"PROMISE","An engagement by one person to another, either in words or inwriting, but properly not under seal, for the performance ornonperformance of some particular thing. The word promise is used todenote the mere engagement of a person, without regard to theconsideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to whomit is made. Chitty. Parsons. Burrill."
"PROMISEE","The person to whom a promise is made."
"PROMISER","One who promises."
"PROMISING","Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance; as,promising person; a promising day.-- Prom'is*ing*ly, adv."
"PROMISOR","One who engages or undertakes; a promiser. Burrill."
"PROMISSIVE","Making a promise; implying a promise; promising. [R.]"
"PROMISSORILY","In a promissory manner. Sir T. Browne."
"PROMISSORY","Containing a promise or binding declaration of something to bedone or forborne. Promissory note (Law), a written promise to pay tosome person named, and at a time specified therein, or on demand, orat sight, a certain sum of money, absolutely and at all events; --frequently called a note of hand. Kent. Byles. Story."
"PROMONT","Promontory. [R.] Drayton."
"PROMONTORY","A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond theline of coast; a headland; a high cape.Like one that stands upon a promontory. Shak."
"PROMORPHOLOGICAL","Relating to promorphology; as, a promorphological conception."
"PROMORPHOLOGIST","One versed in the science of promorphology."
"PROMORPHOLOGY","Crystallography of organic forms; -- a division of morphologycreated by Haeckel. It is essentially stereometric, and relates to amathematical conception of organic forms. See Tectology."
"PROMOTE","To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to informagainst a person. [Obs.]"
"PROMOTION","The act of promoting, advancing, or encouraging; the act ofexalting in rank or honor; also, the condition of being advanced,encouraged, or exalted in honor; preferment. Milton.Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor fromthe south. Ps. lxxv. 6."
"PROMOTIVE","Tending to advance, promote, or encourage. Hume."
"PROMOVE","To move forward; to advance; to promote. [Obs.] Bp. Fell."
"PROMOVER","A promoter. [Obs.]"
"PROMPT","A limit of time given for payment of an account for producepurchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.To cover any probable difference of price which might arise beforethe expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is threemonths. J. S. Mill."
"PROMPT-BOOK","The book used by a prompter of a theater."
"PROMPT-NOTE","A memorandum of a sale, and time when payment is due, given tothe purchaser at a sale of goods."
"PROMPTITUDE","The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and actionwhen occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in obedience.Men of action, of promptitude, and of courage. I. Taylor."
"PROMPTLY","In a prompt manner."
"PROMPTUARY","Of or pertaining to preparation. [R.] Bacon."
"PROMPTURE","Suggestion; incitement; prompting. [R.] Shak. Coleridge."
"PROMULGATE","To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, ortidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council."
"PROMULGATION","The act of promulgating; publication; open declaration; as, thepromulgation of the gospel. South."
"PROMULGATOR","One who promulgates or publishes. Dr. H. More."
"PROMULGE","To promulgate; to publish or teach. Blackstone.Extraordinary doctrines these for the age in which they werepromulged. Prescott."
"PROMULGER","One who promulges or publishes what was before unknown.Atterbury."
"PROMUSCIS","The proboscis of hemipterous insects. See Illust. underHemiptera."
"PRONAOS","The porch or vestibule of a temple."
"PRONATE","Somewhat prone; inclined; as, pronate trees. Kane."
"PRONATOR","A muscle which produces pronation."
"PRONELY","In a prone manner or position."
"PRONEPHRIC","Of or pertaining to the pronephros."
"PRONG-HOE","A hoe with prongs to break the earth."
"PRONGED","Having prongs or projections like the tines of a fork; as, athree-pronged fork."
"PRONGHORN","An American antelope (Antilocapra Americana), native of theplain near the Rocky Mountains. The upper parts are mostly yellowishbrown; the under parts, the sides of the head and throat, and thebuttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually.Called also cabr\u00e9e, cabut, prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope."
"PRONITY","Proneness; propensity. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"PRONOMINAL","Belonging to, or partaking of the nature of, a pronoun."
"PRONOMINALIZE","To give the effect of a pronoun to; as, to pronominalize thesubstantives person, people, etc. Early."
"PRONOMINALLY","In a pronominal manner"
"PRONONCE","Strongly marked; decided, as in manners, etc."
"PRONOTARY","See Prothonotary."
"PRONOTUM","The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects. See Illust. ofColeoptera."
"PRONOUN","A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetitionof it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she,it, we, ye, and they."
"PRONOUNCE","Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. [Obs.] Milton."
"PRONOUNCEABLE","Capable of being pronounced."
"PRONOUNCED","Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided."
"PRONOUNCEMENT","The act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement."
"PRONOUNCER","One who pronounces, utters, or declares; also, a pronouncingbook."
"PRONOUNCING","Pertaining to, or indicating, pronunciation; as, a pronouncingdictionary."
"PRONUBIAL","Presiding over marriage. [R.]"
"PRONUCLEUS","One of the two bodies or nuclei (called male and femalepronuclei) which unite to form the first segmentation nucleus of animpregnated ovum."
"PRONUNCIAL","Of or pertaining to pronunciation; pronunciative."
"PRONUNCIAMENTO","A proclamation or manifesto; a formal announcement ordeclaration."
"PRONUNCIAMIENTO","See Pronunciamento."
"PRONUNCIATION","The art of manner of uttering a discourse publicly withpropriety and gracefulness; -- now called delivery. J. Q. Adams."
"PRONUNCIATOR","One who pronounces; a pronouncer."
"PRONUNCIATORY","Of or pertaining to pronunciation; that pronounces."
"PROOF","A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction orexamination; -- called also proof sheet."
"PROOF-ARM","To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-armherself. [R.] Beau. & Fl."
"PROOF-PROOF","Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong. 'That might haveshown to any one who was not proof-proof.' Whateley."
"PROOFLESS","Wanting sufficient evidence to induce belief; not proved.Boyle.-- Proof'less*ly, adv."
"PROP","A shell, used as a die. See Props."
"PROPAEDEUTICS","The preliminary learning connected with any art or science;preparatory instruction."
"PROPAGANDISM","The art or practice of propagating tenets or principles; zealin propagating one's opinions."
"PROPAGANDIST","A person who devotes himself to the spread of any system ofprinciples. 'Political propagandists.' Walsh."
"PROPAGATE","To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied bygeneration, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagaterapidly.No need that thou Should'st propagate, already infinite. Milton."
"PROPAGATIVE","Producing by propagation, or by a process of growth."
"PROPAGATOR","One who propagates; one who continues or multiplies."
"PROPAGULUM","A runner terminated by a germinating bud."
"PROPANE","A heavy gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H8, of the paraffin series,occurring naturally dissolved in crude petroleum, and also madeartificially; -- called also propyl hydride."
"PROPARGYL","Same as Propinyl."
"PROPAROXYTONE","A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult."
"PROPED","Same as Proleg."
"PROPEL","To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, orcause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls arepropelled by gunpowder."
"PROPEND","To lean toward a thing; to be favorably inclined or disposed;to incline; to tend. [R.] Shak.We shall propend to it, as a stone falleth down. Barrow."
"PROPENDENT","Inclining forward or toward. South."
"PROPENE","Same as Propylene."
"PROPENSE","Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone;as, women propense to holiness. Hooker.-- Pro*pense'ly, adv.-- Pro*pense'ness, n."
"PROPENSION","The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold.Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak."
"PROPENSITY","The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination;disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. 'A propensityto utter blasphemy.' Macaulay."
"PROPENYL","A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, C3H5, isomeric with allyland glyceryl, and regarded as the essential residue of glycerin. Cf.Allyl, and Glyceryl."
"PROPEPSIN","See Persinogen."
"PROPEPTONE","A product of gastric digestion intermediate between albumin andpeptone, identical with hemialbumose."
"PROPER","Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used asa charge. In proper, individually; privately. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.-- Proper flower or corolla (Bot.), one of the single florets, orcorollets, in an aggregate or compound flower.-- Proper fraction (Arith.) a fraction in which the numerator isless than the denominator.-- Proper nectary (Bot.), a nectary separate from the petals andother parts of the flower.-- Proper noun (Gram.), a name belonging to an individual, by whichit is distinguished from others of the same class; -- opposed to Ant:common noun; as, John, Boston, America.-- Proper perianth or involucre (Bot.), that which incloses only asingle flower.-- Proper receptacle (Bot.), a receptacle which supports only asingle flower or fructification."
"PROPERATE","To hasten, or press forward. [Obs.]"
"PROPERATION","The act of hastening; haste. [Obs.] T. Adams."
"PROPERISPOME","Properispomenon."
"PROPERISPOMENON","A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult."
"PROPERTIED","Possessing property; holding real estate, or other investmentsof money. 'The propertied and satisfied classes.' M. Arnold."
"PROPERTY","All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dressesof the actors; stage requisites.I will draw a bill of properties. Shak."
"PROPHANE","See Profane. [Obs.]"
"PROPHASIS","Foreknowledge of a disease; prognosis."
"PROPHECY","A book of prophecies; a history; as, the prophecy of Ahijah. 2Chron. ix. 29."
"PROPHESIER","A prophet. Shak."
"PROPHET","A mantis. School of the prophets (Anc. Jewish Hist.), a schoolor college in which young men were educated and trained for publicteachers or members of the prophetic order. These students werecalled sons of the prophets."
"PROPHETESS","A female prophet."
"PROPHETICALITY","Propheticalness."
"PROPHETICALLY","In a prophetical manner; by way of prediction."
"PROPHETICALNESS","The quality or state of being prophetical; power or capacity toforetell."
"PROPHETIZE","To give predictions; to foreshow events; to prophesy. [R.]'Prophetizing dreams.' Daniel."
"PROPHORIC","Enunciative. [R.]"
"PROPHRAGMA","An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first twodivisions of the thorax of insects."
"PROPHYLACTIC","A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; apreventive."
"PROPHYLAXIS","The art of preserving from, or of preventing, disease; theobservance of the rules necessary for the preservation of health;preservative or preventive treatment."
"PROPICE","Fit; propitious. [Obs.] E. Hall."
"PROPIDENE","The unsymmetrical hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, CH3.CH2.CH,analogous to ethylidene, and regarded as the type of certainderivatives of propane; -- called also propylidene."
"PROPINATION","The act of pledging, or drinking first, and then offering thecup to another. [Obs.] Abp. Potter."
"PROPINE","Same as Allylene."
"PROPINYL","A hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue ofpropine and allied compounds."
"PROPIOLATE","A salt of propiolic acid."
"PROPIOLIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called alsopropargylic acid) of the acetylene or tetrolic series, analogous topropionic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance.C3H2O2,CH.C.COOH"
"PROPIONATE","A salt of propionic acid."
"PROPIONE","The ketone of propionic acid, obtained as a colorless fragrantliquid."
"PROPIONIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acidwhich is produced in the distillation of wood, in the fermentation ofvarious organic substances, as glycerin, calcium lactate, etc., andis obtained as a colorless liquid having a sharp, pungent odor.Propionic acid is so called because it is the first or lowest memberof the fatty acid series whose salts have a fatty feel."
"PROPIONYL","The hypothetical radical C3H5O, regarded as the essentialresidue of propionic acid and certain related compounds."
"PROPITHECUS","A genus including the long-tailed, or diadem, indris. SeeIndris."
"PROPITIABLE","Capable of being propitiated."
"PROPITIATE","To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; toconciliate.Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god propitiate, andthe pest assuage. Pope."
"PROPITIATION","That which propitiates; atonement or atoning sacrifice;specifically, the influence or effects of the death of Christ inappeasing the divine justice, and conciliating the divine favor.He [Jesus Christ] is the propitiation for our sins. 1 John ii. 2."
"PROPITIATOR","One who propitiates or appeases."
"PROPITIATORILY","By way of propitiation."
"PROPITIATORY","Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employedin, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice. Sharp."
"PROPLASM","A mold; a matrix. [R.] Woodward."
"PROPLASTIC","Forming a mold."
"PROPLASTICS","The art of making molds for castings. [R.]"
"PROPLEG","Same as Proleg."
"PROPODIAL","Of or pertaining to the propodialia, or the parts of the limbsto which they belong."
"PROPODIALE","The bone of either the upper arm or the thing, the propodialiabeing the humerus and femur."
"PROPODITE","The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean; usually, thepenultimate joint."
"PROPOLIS","Same as Bee glue, under Bee."
"PROPONE","To propose; to bring forward."
"PROPONENT","Making proposals; proposing."
"PROPORTIONABLE","Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also,proportional; proportionate.-- Pro*por'tion*a*ble*ness, n.But eloquence may exist without a proportionable degree of wisdom.Burke.Proportionable, which is no longer much favored, was of our [i. e.,English writers'] own coining. Fitzed. Hall."
"PROPORTIONABLY","Proportionally. Locke."
"PROPORTIONAL","Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a meanproportional."
"PROPORTIONALITY","The state of being in proportion. Coleridge."
"PROPORTIONALLY","In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively; as, all partsof the building are proportionally large. Sir I. Newton."
"PROPORTIONATE","Adjusted to something else according to a proportion;proportional. Longfellow.What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke."
"PROPORTIONATELY","In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally."
"PROPORTIONATENESS","The quality or state of being proportionate. Sir M. Hale."
"PROPORTIONLESS","Without proportion; unsymmetrical."
"PROPORTIONMENT","The act or process of dividing out proportionally."
"PROPOSAL","The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intendedbusiness transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract."
"PROPOSE","Talk; discourse. [Obs.] Shak."
"PROPOSITION","A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of asubject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed orpropounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate isaffirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white."
"PROPOSITIONAL","Pertaining to, or in the nature of, a proposition; consideredas a proposition; as, a propositional sense. I. Watts."
"PROPOUND","To propose or name as a candidate for admission to communionwith a church."
"PROPOUNDER","One who propounds, proposes, or offers for consideration.Chillingworth."
"PROPRETOR","A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed tothe government of a province. [Written also propr\u00e6tor.]"
"PROPRIETARY","A monk who had reserved goods and effects to himself,notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession."
"PROPRIETOR","One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything,whether in possession or not; an owner; as, the proprietor of farm orof a mill."
"PROPRIETORIAL","Of or pertaining to ownership; proprietary; as, proprietorialrights."
"PROPRIETORSHIP","The state of being proprietor; ownership."
"PROPRIETRESS","A female proprietor."
"PROPROCTOR","A assistant proctor. Hook."
"PROPS","A game of chance, in which four sea shells, each called a prop,are used instead of dice."
"PROPTERYGIUM","The anterior of three principal cartilages in the fins of somefishes.-- Prop`ter*yg'i*al, a."
"PROPUGN","To contend for; to defend; to vindicate. [Obs.] Hammond."
"PROPUGNACLE","A fortress. [Obs.] Howell."
"PROPUGNATION","Means of defense; defense. [Obs.] Shak."
"PROPUGNER","A defender; a vindicator. 'Zealous propugners.' Gov. of Tongue."
"PROPULSATION","The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance.[Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"PROPULSE","To repel; to drive off or away. [Obs.] Cotgrave."
"PROPULSIVE","Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging. '[The]propulsive movement of the verse.' Coleridge."
"PROPULSORY","Propulsive."
"PROPYL","The hypothetical radical C3H7, regarded as the essentialresidue of propane and related compounds."
"PROPYLAEUM","Any court or vestibule before a building or leading into anyinclosure."
"PROPYLENE","A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon (C3H6) of the ethylene series,having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is producedartificially in various ways. Called also propene."
"PROPYLIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, propyl; as,propylic alcohol."
"PROPYLIDENE","See Propidene."
"PROPYLON","The porch, vestibule, or entrance of an edifice."
"PRORATABLE","Capable of being prorated, or divided proportionately. [U.S.]"
"PRORATE","To divide or distribute proportionally; to assess pro rata.[U.S.]"
"PRORE","The prow or fore part of a ship. [Poetic] 'Galleys withvermilion prores.' Pope."
"PRORECTOR","An officer who presides over the academic senate of a Germanuniversity. Heyse."
"PRORECTORATE","The office of prorector."
"PRORENAL","Pronephric."
"PROREPTION","A creeping on."
"PRORHINAL","Situated in front of the nasal chambers."
"PROROGATE","To prorogue. [R.]"
"PRORUPTION","The act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out. [R.] Sir T.Browne."
"PROSAICISM","The quality or state of being prosaic; a prosaic manner orstyle. [R.] Poe."
"PROSAISM","That which is in the form of prose writing; a prosaic manner.Coleridge."
"PROSAIST","A writer of prose; an unpoetical writer. 'An estimableprosaist.' I. Taylor."
"PROSAL","Of or pertaining to prose; prosaic. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"PROSCENIUM","The part where the actors performed; the stage."
"PROSCOLEX","An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia. See Redia."
"PROSCRIBER","One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits."
"PROSCRIPTIONAL","Proscriptive."
"PROSCRIPTIONIST","One who proscribes."
"PROSCRIPTIVE","Of or pertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of thenature of, proscription; proscribing. Burke.-- Pro*scrip'tive*ly, adv."
"PROSE","A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into theMass. See Sequence."
"PROSECTOR","One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually,the assistant of a professional anatomist."
"PROSECUTABLE","Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution."
"PROSECUTE","To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of somecrime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment,before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, toprosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot.To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes. Milton."
"PROSECUTOR","The person who institutes and carries on a criminal suitagainst another in the name of the government. Blackstone."
"PROSECUTRIX","A female prosecutor."
"PROSELYTE","A new convert especially a convert to some religion orreligious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party;thus, a Gentile converted to Judaism, or a pagan converted toChristianity, is a proselyte.Ye [Scribes and Pharisees] compass sea and land to make oneproselyte. Matt. xxiii. 15.Fresh confidence the speculatist takes From every harebrainedproselyte he makes. Cowper."
"PROSELYTIZE","To convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like; tobring, or cause to come, over; to proselyte.One of those whom they endeavor to proselytize. Burke."
"PROSELYTIZER","One who proselytes."
"PROSEMAN","A writer of prose. [R.]"
"PROSEMINARY","A seminary which prepares pupils for a higher institution. T.Warton."
"PROSEMINATION","Propagation by seed. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale."
"PROSENCEPHALIC","Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon."
"PROSENCHYMA","A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongatedcells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, as theprincipal cells of ordinary wood."
"PROSILIENCY","The act of leaping forth or forward; projection. 'Suchprosiliency of relief.' Coleridge."
"PROSILY","In a prosy manner."
"PROSIMETRICAL","Consisting both of prose and verse. Clarke."
"PROSIMIAE","Same as Lemuroidea."
"PROSINESS","The quality or state of being prosy; tediousness; tiresomeness."
"PROSING","Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosymanner. Sir W. Scott."
"PROSINGLY","Prosily."
"PROSIPHON","A minute tube found in the protocon"
"PROSIT","Lit., may it do (you) good; -- a salutation used in wellwishing, esp. among Germans, as in drinking healths."
"PROSLAVERY","Favoring slavery.-- n."
"PROSOBRANCH","One of the Prosobranchiata."
"PROSOBRANCHIATA","The highest division, or subclass, of gastropod mollusks,including those that have the gills situated anteriorly, or forwardof the heart, and the sexes separate."
"PROSOCOELE","The entire cavity of the prosencephalon. B. G. Wilder."
"PROSOCOELIA","Same as Prosocoele."
"PROSODIACAL","Prosodical."
"PROSODIACALLY","Prosodically."
"PROSODIAL","Prosodical."
"PROSODIAN","A prosodist. Rush."
"PROSODICAL","Of or pertaining to prosody; according to the rules of prosody.-- Pro*sod'ic*al*ly, adv."
"PROSODIST","One skilled in prosody."
"PROSODY","That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables,of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition."
"PROSOMA","The anterior of the body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; thethorax of an arthropod."
"PROSOPALGIA","Facial neuralgia."
"PROSOPOCEPHALA","Same as Scaphopoda."
"PROSOPOLEPSY","Respect of persons; especially, a premature opinion orprejudice against a person, formed from his external appearance. [R.]Addison."
"PROSOPOPOEIA","A figure by which things are represented as persons, or bywhich things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, afigure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or adeceased person is represented as alive and present. It includespersonification, but is more extensive in its signification."
"PROSOPULMONATA","A division of pulmonate mollusks having the breathing organsituated on the neck, as in the common snail."
"PROSPECT","To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, toprospect a district for gold."
"PROSPECTION","The act of looking forward, or of providing for future wants;foresight."
"PROSPECTIVELY","In a prospective manner."
"PROSPECTIVENESS","Quality of being prospective."
"PROSPECTLESS","Having no prospect."
"PROSPECTOR","One who prospects; especially, one who explores a region forminerals and precious metals."
"PROSPECTUS","A summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording aprospect of its nature; especially, an exposition of the scheme of anunpublished literary work."
"PROSPER","To favor; to render successful. 'Prosper thou our handiwork.'Bk. of Common Prayer.All things concur toprosper our design. Dryden."
"PROSPERITY","The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in anything goodor desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise;attainment of the object desired; good fortune; success; as,commercial prosperity; national prosperity.Now prosperity begins to mellow. Shak.Prosperities can only be enjoyed by them who fear not at all to losethe Jer. Taylor."
"PROSPHYSIS","A growing together of parts; specifically, a morbid adhesion ofthe eyelids to each other or to the eyeball. Dunglison."
"PROSPICIENCE","The act of looking forward."
"PROSTATE","Standing before; -- applied to a gland which is found in themales of most mammals, and is situated at the neck of the bladderwhere this joins the urethra.-- n."
"PROSTATIC","Of or pertaining to the prostate gland. Prostatic catheter.(Med.) See under Catheter."
"PROSTATITIS","Inflammation of the prostate."
"PROSTERNATION","Dejection; depression. [Obs.] Wiseman."
"PROSTERNUM","The ventral plate of the prothorax of an insect."
"PROSTHESIS","The addition to the human body of some artificial part, toreplace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye; -- called alsoprothesis."
"PROSTHETIC","Of or pertaining to prosthesis; prefixed, as a letter orletters to a word."
"PROSTIBULOUS","Of or pertaining to prostitutes or prostitution; meretricious.[Obs.] Bale."
"PROSTITUTE","Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamouspurposes.Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread. Prior"
"PROSTITUTOR","One who prostitutes; one who submits himself, of or offersanother, to vile purposes. Bp. Hurd."
"PROSTOMIUM","That portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of themouth.-- Pro*sto'mi*al, a."
"PROSTRATE","Trailing on the ground; procumbent."
"PROSTRATION","A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; greatoppression of natural strength and vigor."
"PROSTYLE","Having columns in front.-- n."
"PROSYLOGISM","A syllogism preliminary or logically essential to anothersyllogism; the conclusion of such a syllogism, which becomes apremise of the following syllogism."
"PROTACTIC","Giving a previous narrative or explanation, as of the plot orpersonages of a play; introductory. = 32,500 yrs.) Also calledbrevium, Uranium X2 and UX2."
"PROTAGON","A nitrogenous phosphorized principle found in brain tissue. Bydecomposition it yields neurine, fatty acids, and other bodies."
"PROTAGONIST","One who takes the leading part in a drama; hence, one who takeslead in some great scene, enterprise, conflict, or the like.Shakespeare, the protagonist on the great of modern poetry. DeQuincey."
"PROTAMIN","An amorphous nitrogenous substance found in the spermatic fluidof salmon. It is soluble in water, which an alkaline reaction, andunites with acids and metallic bases."
"PROTANDRIC","Having male sexual organs while young, and female organs laterin life.-- Pro*tan'trism, n."
"PROTANDROUS","Proterandrous."
"PROTASIS","The introductory or subordinate member of a sentence, generallyof a conditional sentence; -- opposed to apodosis. See Apodosis."
"PROTATIC","Of or pertaining to the protasis of an ancient play;introductory."
"PROTEACEOUS","Of or pertaining to the Proteace\u00e6, an order of apetalousevergreen shrubs, mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope or ofAustralia."
"PROTEANLY","In a protean manner. Cudworth."
"PROTECT","To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard;to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.The gods of Greece protect you! Shak."
"PROTECTINGLY","By way of protection; in a protective manner."
"PROTECTION","A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a countryfrom foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of suchdiscriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrictor prevent their importation; -- opposed to free trade. Writ ofprotection. (Law) (a) A writ by which the king formerly exempted aperson from arrest; -- now disused. [Eng.] Blackstone. (b) A judicialwrit issued to a person required to attend court, as party, juror,etc., intended to secure him from arrest in coming, staying, andreturning."
"PROTECTIONISM","The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See Protection, 4."
"PROTECTIONIST","One who favors protection. See Protection, 4."
"PROTECTIVE","Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. ' The favor of aprotective Providence.' Feltham. Protective coloring (Zo\u00f6l.),coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of aliving organism. Cf. Mimicry. Wallace.-- Protective tariff (Polit. Econ.), a tariff designed to secureprotection (see Protection, 4.), as distinguished from a tariffdesigned to raise revenue. See Tariff, and Protection, 4."
"PROTECTIVENESS","The quality or state of being protective. W. Pater."
"PROTECTOR","One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority;a regent.Is it concluded he shall be protector ! Shak."
"PROTECTORAL","Of or pertaining to a protector; protectorial; as, protectoralpower."
"PROTECTORIAL","Same as Protectoral."
"PROTECTORLESS","Having no protector; unprotected."
"PROTECTORSHIP",", The office of a protector or regent; protectorate."
"PROTEID","One of a class of amorphous nitrogenous principles, containing,as a rule, a small amount of sulphur; an albuminoid, as blood fibrin,casein of milk, etc. Proteids are present in nearly all animal fluidsand make up the greater part of animal tissues and organs. They arealso important constituents of vegetable tissues. See 2d Note underFood.-- Pro'te*id, a."
"PROTEIDEA","An order of aquatic amphibians having prominent external gillsand four legs. It includes Proteus and Menobranchus (Necturus).Called also Proteoidea, and Proteida."
"PROTEIFORM","Changeable in form; resembling a Proteus, or an amoeba."
"PROTEIN","A body now known as alkali albumin, but originally consideredto be the basis of all albuminous substances, whence its name.Protein crystal. (Bot.) See Crystalloid, n., 2."
"PROTEINACEOUS","Of or related to protein; albuminous; proteid."
"PROTEINOUS","Proteinaceuos."
"PROTELES","A South Africa genus of Carnivora, allied to the hyenas, butsmaller and having weaker jaws and teeth. It includes the aard-wolf."
"PROTEND","To hold out; to stretch forth. [Obs.]With his protended lance he makes defence. Dryden."
"PROTENSE","Extension.[Obs.] ' By due degrees and long protense.' Spenser."
"PROTENSION","A drawing out; extension. [R.] Sir W. Hamilton."
"PROTENSIVE","Drawn out; extended. [R.]Time is a protensive quantity. Sir W. Hamilton."
"PROTEOLYSIS","The digestion or dissolving of proteid matter by proteolyticferments."
"PROTEOLYTIC","Converting proteid or albuminous matter into soluble anddiffusible products, as peptones. ' The proteolytic ferment of thepancreas.' Foster."
"PROTEOSE","One of a class of soluble products formed in the digestion ofproteids with gastric and pancreatic juice, and also by thehydrolytic action of boiling dilute acids on proteids. Proteoses aredivided into the two groups, the primary and secondary proteoses."
"PROTERANDROUS","Having the stamens come to maturity before the pistil; --opposed to proterogynous."
"PROTERANDRY","The condition of being proterandrous."
"PROTERANTHOUS","Having flowers appearing before the leaves; -- said of certainplants. Gray."
"PROTEROGLYPHA","A suborder of serpents including those that have permanentlyerect grooved poison fangs, with ordinary teeth behind them in thejaws. It includes the cobras, the asps, and the sea snakes. Calledalso Proteroglyphia."
"PROTEROGYNOUS","Having the pistil come to maturity before the stamens;protogynous; -- opposed to proterandrous."
"PROTEROSAURUS","An extinct genus of reptiles of the Permian period. Called alsoProtosaurus."
"PROTERVITY","Peevishness; petulance. [Obs.] Fuller."
"PROTESTANCY","Protestantism. [R.]"
"PROTESTANT","One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered toLuther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration ofdissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet ofSpires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a generalcouncil; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christianwho does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church."
"PROTESTANTICAL","Protestant. [Obs.]"
"PROTESTANTISM","The quality or state of being protestant, especially againstthe Roman Catholic Church; the principles or religion of theProtestants."
"PROTESTANTLY","Like a Protestant; in conformity with Protestantism. [R.]Milton."
"PROTESTATION","Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which theparty interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact,protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same timeavoiding a direct affirmation or denial."
"PROTESTATOR","One who makes protestation; a protester."
"PROTESTER","One who protests a bill of exchange, or note."
"PROTESTINGLY","By way of protesting."
"PROTEUS","A sea god in the service of Neptune who assumed differentshapes at will. Hence, one who easily changes his appearance orprinciples."
"PROTHALLIUM","Same as Prothallus."
"PROTHALLUS","The minute primary growth from the spore of ferns and otherPteridophyta, which bears the true sexual organs; the o\u00f6phoricgeneration of ferns, etc."
"PROTHESIS","A credence table; -- so called by the Eastern or Greek Church."
"PROTHETIC","Of or pertaining to prothesis; as, a prothetic apparatus."
"PROTHONOTARYSHIP","Office of a prothonotary."
"PROTHORACIC","Of or pertaining to the prothorax."
"PROTHORAX","The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. SeeIllusts. of Butterfly and Coleoptera."
"PROTHYALOSOME","Same as Prothyalosoma."
"PROTIST","One of the Protista."
"PROTISTA","A provisional group in which are placed a number of lowmicroscopic organisms of doubtful nature. Some are probably plants,others animals."
"PROTISTON","One of the Protista."
"PROTO-DORIC","Pertaining to, or designating, architecture, in which thebeginnings of the Doric style are supposed to be found."
"PROTOCANONICAL","Of or pertaining to the first canon, or that which contains theauthorized collection of the books of Scripture; -- opposed todeutero-canonical."
"PROTOCATECHUIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acidwhich is obtained as a white crystalline substance from catechin,asafetida, oil of cloves, etc., and by distillation itself yieldspyrocatechin."
"PROTOCERCAL","Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebralcolumn, like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes;diphycercal."
"PROTOCOCCUS","A genus of minute unicellular alg\u00e6 including the red snow plant(Protococcus nivalis)."
"PROTOCOL","To make a protocol of."
"PROTOCOLIST","One who draughts protocols."
"PROTOCONCH","The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and othercephalopods."
"PROTOGINE","A kind of granite or gneiss containing a silvery talcosemineral."
"PROTOGYNOUS","Same as Proterogynous."
"PROTOHIPPUS","A genus of fossil horses from the Lower Pliocene. They hadthree toes on each foot, the lateral ones being small."
"PROTOMARTYR","The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, inany cause; -- applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr."
"PROTOMERITE","The second segment of one of the Gregarin\u00e6."
"PROTOMETALS","A finer form of metals, indicated by enhanced lines in theirspark spectra (which are also observed in the spectra of some stars),obtained at the highest available laboratory temperatures (Lockyer);as protocalcium, protochromium, protocopper, protonickel,protosilicon, protostrontium, prototitanium, protovanadium. --Pro`to*me*tal'ic (#), a."
"PROTOMORPHIC","Having the most primitive character; in the earliest form; as,a protomorphic layer of tissue. H. Spencer."
"PROTONEMA","The primary growth from the spore of a moss, usually consistingof branching confervoid filaments, on any part of which stem and leafbuds may be developed."
"PROTONOTARY","Same as Prothonotary."
"PROTOPAPAS","A protopope."
"PROTOPHYTE","Any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium,having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell division."
"PROTOPHYTOLOGY","Paleobotany."
"PROTOPINE","An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extractedas a white crystalline substance."
"PROTOPLASM","The viscid and more or less granular material of vegetable andanimal cells, possessed of vital properties by which the processes ofnutrition, secretion, and growth go forward; the so-called ' physicalbasis of life;' the original cell substance, cytoplasm, cytoblastema,bioplasm sarcode, etc."
"PROTOPLASMATIC","Protoplasmic."
"PROTOPLASMIC","Of or pertaining to protoplasm; consisting of, or resembling,protoplasm."
"PROTOPLAST","A first-formed organized body; the first individual, or pair ofindividuals, of a species.A species is a class of individuals, each of which is hypotheticallyconsidered to be the descendant of the same protoplast, or of thesame pair of protoplasts. Latham."
"PROTOPLASTA","A division of fresh-water rhizopods including those that have asoft body and delicate branched pseudopodia. The genus Gromia is oneof the best-known."
"PROTOPLASTIC","First-formed. Howell."
"PROTOPODITE","The basal portion, or two proximal and more or lessconsolidated segments, of an appendage of a crustacean."
"PROTOPOPE","One of the clergy of first rank in the lower order of secularclergy; an archpriest; -- called also protopapas."
"PROTOPTERUS","See Komtok."
"PROTOSALT","A salt derived from a protoxide base. [Obs.]"
"PROTOSILICATE","A silicate formed with the lowest proportion of silicic acid,or having but one atom of silicon in the molecule."
"PROTOSOMITE","One of the primitive segments, or metameres, of an animal."
"PROTOSULPHIDE","That one of a series of sulphides of any element which has thelowest proportion of sulphur; a sulphide with but one atom of sulphurin the molecule."
"PROTOSULPHURET","A protosulphide. [Obs.]"
"PROTOTHERIA","Same as Monotremata."
"PROTOTRACHEATA","Same as Malacopoda."
"PROTOTYPE","An original or model after which anything is copied; thepattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or thelike; a primary form; exemplar; archetype.They will turn their backs on it, like their great precursor andprototype. Burke."
"PROTOVERTEBRA","One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which themesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of theanterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral,somite. See Illust. of Ectoderm."
"PROTOVERTEBRAL","Of or pertaining to the protovertebr\u00e6."
"PROTOXIDE","That one of a series of oxides having the lowest proportion ofoxygen. See Proto-, 2 (b). protoxide of nitrogen, laughing gas, nowcalled hyponitrous oxideNO. See under Laughing."
"PROTOXIDIZE","To combine with oxygen, as any elementary substance, in suchproportion as to form a protoxide."
"PROTOZOA","The lowest of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom."
"PROTOZOAN","Of or pertaining to the Protozoa.-- n."
"PROTOZOIC","Of or pertaining to the Protozoa."
"PROTRACHEATA","Same as Malacopoda."
"PROTRACT","To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, withscale and protractor; to plot."
"PROTRACTED","Prolonged; continued. Protracted meeting,a religious meetingcontinued for many successive days. [U. S.] -- Pro*tract'ed*ly, adv.-- Pro*tract'ed*ness, n."
"PROTRACTER","A protractor."
"PROTRACTILE","Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile."
"PROTRACTIVE","Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing;delaying.He suffered their protractive arts. Dryden."
"PROTRACTOR","An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensivematter from a wound."
"PROTREPTICAL","Adapted to persuade; hortatory; persuasive. [Obs.] Bp. Ward."
"PROTRUDABLE","That may be protruded; protrusile. Darwin."
"PROTRUDE","To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond alimit; to project.The parts protrude beyond the skin. Bacon."
"PROTRUSILE","Capable of being protruded or thrust out; protractile;protrusive."
"PROTRUSIVELY","In a protrusive manner."
"PROTUBERANCE","That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond thesurrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; aprominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation. Solar protuberances(Astron.), certain rose-colored masses on the limb of the sun whichare seen to extend beyond the edge of the moon at the time of a solareclipse. They may be discovered with the spectroscope on any clearday. Called also solar prominences. See Illust. in Append."
"PROTUBERANCY","The quality or state of being protuberant; protuberance;prominence."
"PROTUBERANT","Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond thesurrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; aprotuberant eye.-- Pro*tu'ber*ant*ly, adv."
"PROTUBERATE","To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; tobulge out. S. Sharp."
"PROTUBERATION","The act of swelling beyond the surrounding surface. Cooke(1615)."
"PROTUBEROUS","Protuberant. [R.]"
"PROTURETER","The duct of a pronephros. Haeckel."
"PROTYLE","The hypothetical homogeneous cosmic material of the originaluniverse, supposed to have been differentiated into what arerecognized as distinct chemical elements."
"PROUDISH","Somewhat proud. Ash."
"PROUDLING","A proud or haughty person. Sylvester."
"PROUDLY","In a proud manner; with lofty airs or mien; haughtily;arrogantly; boastfully.Proudly he marches on, and void of fear. Addison."
"PROUDNESS","The quality of being proud; pride.Set aside all arrogancy and proudness. Latimer."
"PROUSTITE","A sulphide of arsenic and silver of a beautiful cochineal-redcolor, occurring in rhombohedral crystals, and also massive; rubysilver."
"PROVABLE","Capable of being proved; demonstrable.-- Prov'a*ble*ness, n.-- Prov'a*bly, adv."
"PROVANT","To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for. [Obs.]Nash."
"PROVE","To test, evince, ascertain, or verify, as the correctness ofany operation or result; thus, in subtraction, if the differencebetween two numbers, added to the lesser number, makes a sum equal tothe greater, the correctness of the subtraction is proved."
"PROVECT","Carried forward; advanced. [Obs.] 'Provect in years.' Sir T.Flyot."
"PROVECTION","A carrying forward, as of a final letter, to a following word;as, for example, a nickname for an ekename."
"PROVEDITOR","One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer,etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another. Jer. Taylor."
"PROVEDORE","A proveditor; a purveyor.Busied with the duties of a provedore. W. Irving."
"PROVEN","Proved. 'Accusations firmly proven in his mind.' Thackeray.Of this which was the principal charge, and was generally believed tobeproven, he was acquitted. Jowett (Thucyd. ).Not proven (Scots Law), a verdict of a jury that the guilt of theaccused is not made out, though not disproved. Mozley & W."
"PROVENANCE","Origin; source; provenience."
"PROVENCAL","Of or pertaining to Provence or its inhabitants."
"PROVENCIAL","Of or pertaining to Provence in France."
"PROVEND","See Provand. [Obs.]"
"PROVENIENCE","Origin; source; place where found or produced; provenance; --used esp. in the fine arts and in arch\u00e6ology; as, the provenience ofa patera."
"PROVENIENT","Forthcoming; issuing. [Rare]"
"PROVENT","See Provand. [Obs.]"
"PROVENTRICLE","Proventriculus."
"PROVENTRIULUS","The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop."
"PROVER","One who, or that which, proves."
"PROVERB","To write or utter proverbs. [R.]"
"PROVERBIALISM","A proverbial phrase."
"PROVERBIALIST","One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing; onewho composes, collects, or studies proverbs."
"PROVERBIALIZE","To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs."
"PROVERBIALLY","In a proverbial manner; by way of proverb; hence, commonly;universally; as, it is proverbially said; the bee is proverbiallybusy."
"PROVEXITY","Great advance in age. [Obs.]"
"PROVIDED","On condition; by stipulation; with the understanding; if; --usually followed by that; as, provided that nothing in this act shallprejudice the rights of any person whatever.Provided the deductions are logical, they seem almost indifferent totheir truth. G. H. Lewes."
"PROVIDENCE","A manifestation of the care and superintendence which Godexercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction.He that hath a numerous family, and many to provide for, needs agreater providence of God. Jer. Taylor."
"PROVIDENT","Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudentin preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; --sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal provident ofthe future.And of our good and of our dignity, How provident he is. Milton."
"PROVIDENTIAL","Effected by, or referable to, divine direction orsuperintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; aprovidential escape.-- Prov'i*den'tial*ly, adv."
"PROVIDENTLY","In a provident manner."
"PROVIDENTNESS","The quality or state of being provident; carefulness; prudence;economy."
"PROVIDER","One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures whatis wanted."
"PROVIDORE","One who makes provision; a purveyor. [R.] De Foe."
"PROVINCE","A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome,brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond thelimits of Italy. Wyclif (Acts xiii. 34). Milton."
"PROVINCIAL","A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, hasthe direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in agiven district, called a province of the order."
"PROVINCIALISM","A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or adistrict remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; aprovincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality. M.Arnold."
"PROVINCIALIST","One who lives in a province; a provincial."
"PROVINCIALITY","The quality or state of being provincial; peculiarity oflanguage characteristic of a province. T. Warton."
"PROVINCIALIZE","To render provincial. M. Arnold."
"PROVINCIALLY","In a provincial manner."
"PROVINCIATE","To convert into a province or provinces. [Obs.] Howell."
"PROVINE","To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground forpropagation. [Obs.] Johnson."
"PROVISION","A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice,comprehending nomination, collation, and installation."
"PROVISIONAL","Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for thetime being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, aprovisional government; a provisional treaty."
"PROVISIONALLY","By way of provision for the time being; temporarily. Locke."
"PROVISIONARY","Provisional. Burke."
"PROVISO","An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract,grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced, usuallybeginning with the word provided; a conditional stipulation thataffects an agreement, contract, law, grant, or the like; as, thecontract was impaired by its proviso.He doth deny his prisoners, But with proviso and exception. Shak."
"PROVISOR","One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision,6."
"PROVISORILY","In a provisory manner; conditionally; subject to a proviso; as,to admit a doctrine provisorily. Sir W. Hamilton."
"PROVISORSHIP","The office or position of a provisor. [R.] J. Webster."
"PROVOCATION","Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed, under thecircumstances, to create hot blood, and to excuse an assault made inretort or redress."
"PROVOCATIVE","Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting."
"PROVOCATIVENESS","Quality of being provocative."
"PROVOCATORY","Provocative."
"PROVOKABLE","That may be provoked."
"PROVOKE","To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incenseto action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence,commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, bytaunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offendintolerably; to cause to retaliate.Obey his voice, provoke him not. Ex. xxiii. 21.Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath. Eph. vi. 4.Such acts Of contumacy will provoke the Highest To make death in uslive. Milton.Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust Gray.To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it, what itprovokes in his own soul. J. Burroughs."
"PROVOKEMENT","The act that which, provokes; one who excites anger or otherpassion, or incites to action; as, a provoker of sedition.Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things. Shak."
"PROVOKING","Having the power or quality of exciting resentment; tending toawaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or treatment.-- Pro*vok'ing*ly, adv."
"PROVOSTSHIP","The office of a provost."
"PROW","The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vesselitself. Wordsworth.The floating vessel swum Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow rodetilting o'er the waves. Milton."
"PROWESS","Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery andskill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness. Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.He by his prowess conquered all France. Shak."
"PROWL","To rove or wander stealthily, esp. for prey, as a wild beast;hence, to prey; to plunder."
"PROWLER","One that prowls. Thomson."
"PROWLING","Accustomed to prowl, or engaged in roving stealthily, as forprey. 'A prowling wolf.' Milton.-- Prowl'ing*ly, adv."
"PROX","'The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented tothe people for their votes.' [Rhode Island] Bartlett."
"PROXENE","An officer who had the charge of showing hospitality to thosewho came from a friendly city or state."
"PROXENET","A negotiator; a factor. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"PROXENETISM","The action of a go-between or broker in negotiating immoralbargains between the sexes; procuring."
"PROXIMAD","Toward a proximal part; on the proximal side of; proximally."
"PROXIMALLY","On or toward a proximal part; proximad."
"PROXIMATE","Nearest; next immediately preceding or following. 'Proximateancestors.' J. S. Harford.The proximate natural causes of it [the deluge]. T. Burnet.Proximate analysis (Chem.), an analysis which determines theproximate principles of any substance, as contrasted with an ultimateanalysis.-- Proximate cause. (a) A cause which immediately precedes andproduces the effect, as distinguished from the remote, mediate, orpredisposing cause. I. Watts. (b) That which in ordinary naturalsequence produces a specific result, no independent disturbingagencies intervening.-- Proximate principle (Physiol. Chem.), one of a class of bodiesexisting ready formed in animal and vegetable tissues, and separableby chemical analysis, as albumin, sugar, collagen, fat, etc."
"PROXIMATELY","In a proximate manner, position, or degree; immediately."
"PROXIME","Next; immediately preceding or following. [Obs.]"
"PROXIMIOUS","Proximate. [Obs.]"
"PROXIMITY","The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation,influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, oralliance.If he plead proximity of blood That empty title is with easewithstood. Dryden."
"PROXIMO","In the next month after the present; -- often contracted toprox.; as, on the 3d proximo."
"PROXY","The written appointment of a proctor in suits in theecclesiastical courts. Burrill."
"PROXYSHIP","The office or agency of a proxy."
"PRUCE","Prussian leather. [Obs.] Dryden."
"PRUDE","A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who isoverscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudencein conduct and speech.Less modest than the speech of prudes. Swift."
"PRUDENCE","The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way ofcaution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy;frugality.Prudence is principally in reference to actions to be done, and duemeans, order, seasons, and method of doing or not doing. Sir M. Hale.Prudence supposes the value of the end to be assumed, and refers onlyto the adaptation of the means. It is the relation of right means forgiven ends. Whewell."
"PRUDENCY","Prudence. [Obs.] Hakluyt."
"PRUDENTIAL","That which relates to or demands the exercise of, discretion orprudence; -- usually in the pl.Many stanzas, in poetic measures, contain rules relating to commonprudentials as well as to religion. I. Watts."
"PRUDENTIALIST","One who is governed by, or acts from, prudential motives. [R.]Coleridge."
"PRUDENTIALITY","The quality or state of being prudential. Sir T. Browne."
"PRUDENTIALLY","In a prudential manner; prudently. South."
"PRUDENTLY","In a prudent manner."
"PRUDERY","The quality or state of being prudish; excessive or affectedscrupulousness in speech or conduct; stiffness; coyness. Cowper."
"PRUDHOMME","A trustworthy citizen; a skilled workman. See Citation under 3dCommune, 1."
"PRUDISH","Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedlysevere in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners.A formal lecture, spoke with prudish face. Garrick."
"PRUDISHLY","In a prudish manner."
"PRUINATE","Same as Pruinose."
"PRUINOSE","Frosty; covered with fine scales, hairs, dust, bloom, or thelike, so as to give the appearance of frost."
"PRUINOUS","Frosty; pruinose."
"PRUNE","To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt. Dryden."
"PRUNELLA","A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making shoes;a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for clergymen's gowns."
"PRUNELLE","A kind of small and very acid French plum; -- appliedespecially to the stoned and dried fruit."
"PRUNELLO","A species of dried plum; prunelle."
"PRUNER","Any one of several species of beetles whose larv\u00e6 gnaw thebranches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially theAmerican oak pruner (Asemum moestum), whose larva eats the pith ofoak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the insidenearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa."
"PRUNIFEROUS","Bearing plums."
"PRUNING","That which is cast off by bird in pruning her feathers;leavings. Beau. & Fl. Pruning hook, or Pruning knife, cuttinginstrument used in pruning trees, etc.-- Pruning shears, shears for pruning trees, vines, etc."
"PRUNUS","A genus of trees with perigynous rosaceous flowers, and asingle two-ovuled carpel which usually becomes a drupe in ripening."
"PRURIENT","Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lasciviouscuriosity or propensity; lustful.-- Pru'ri*ent*ly, adv.The eye of the vain and prurient is darting from object to object ofillicit attraction. I. Taylor."
"PRURIGINOUS","Tending to, or caused by, prurigo; affected by, or of thenature of, prurigo."
"PRURIGO","A papular disease of the skin, of which intense itching is thechief symptom, the eruption scarcely differing from the healthycuticle in color."
"PRURITUS","Itching."
"PRUSSIAN","Of or pertaining to Prussia.-- n."
"PRUSSIATE","A salt of prussic acid; a cyanide. Red prussiate of potash. SeePotassium ferricyanide, under Ferricyanide. Yellow prussiate ofpotash. See Potassium ferrocyanide, under Ferrocyanide."
"PRUSSIC","designating the acid now called hydrocyanic acid, but formerlycalled prussic acid, because Prussian blue is derived from it or itscompounds. See Hydrocyanic."
"PRUTENIC","Prussian; -- applied to certain astronomical tables publishedin the sixteenth century, founded on the principles of Copernicus, aPrussian."
"PRY","A lever; also, leverage. [Local, U. S. & Eng.] Pry pole, thepole which forms the prop of a hoisting gin, and stands facing thewindlass."
"PRYAN","See Prian."
"PRYING","Inspecting closely or impertinently."
"PRYINGLY","In a prying manner."
"PRYTANEUM","A public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a publichall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in whichofficial hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens andstrangers."
"PRYTANIS","A member of one of the ten sections into which the Atheniansenate of five hundred was divided, and to each of which belonged thepresidency of the senate for about one tenth of the year."
"PRYTANY","The period during which the presidency of the senate belongedto the prytanes of the section."
"PRYTHEE","See Prithee."
"PSALM","To extol in psalms; to sing; as, psalming his praises.Sylvester."
"PSALMIST","A clerk, precentor, singer, or leader of music, in the church."
"PSALMISTRY","The use of psalms in devotion; psalmody."
"PSALMODIST","One who sings sacred songs; a psalmist."
"PSALMODIZE","To practice psalmody. ' The psalmodizing art.' J. G. Cooper."
"PSALMODY","The act, practice, or art of singing psalms or sacred songs;also, psalms collectively, or a collection of psalms."
"PSALMOGRAPH","A writer of psalms; a psalmographer."
"PSALMOGRAPHY","The act or practice of writing psalms, or sacred songs."
"PSALTER","A rosary, consisting of a hundred and fifty beads,corresponding to the number of the psalms."
"PSALTERIAL","Of or pertaining to the psalterium."
"PSALTERY","A stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form ofwhich is not known.Praise the Lord with harp; sing unto him with the psaltery and aninstrument of ten strings. Ps. xxxiii. 2."
"PSAMMITE","A species of micaceous sandstone.-- Psam*mit'ic, a."
"PSAROLITE","A silicified stem of tree fern, found in abundance in theTriassic sandstone."
"PSELLISM","Indistinct pronunciation; stammering."
"PSEPHISM","A proposition adopted by a majority of votes; especially, oneadopted by vote of the Athenian people; a statute. J. P. Mahaffy."
"PSEUDAESTHESIA","False or imaginary feeling or sense perception such as occursin hypochondriasis, or such as is referred to an organ that has beenremoved, as an amputated foot."
"PSEUDEMBRYO","Of or pertaining to pseudepigraphy."
"PSEUDEPIGRAPHOUS","Inscribed with a false name. Cudworth."
"PSEUDEPIGRAPHY","The ascription of false names of authors to works."
"PSEUDHAEMAL","Pertaining to the vascular system of annelids. Pseudh\u00e6malfluid, the circulatory fluid, or blood, of annelids, analogous to theblood of vertebrates. It is often red, but is sometimes green orcolorless.-- Pseudh\u00e6mal vessels, the blood vessels of annelids."
"PSEUDO-","A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit,pretended, spurious; as, pseudo-apostle, a false apostle; pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy; pseudo-episcopacy, pseudo-form,pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used adjectively."
"PSEUDO-BULB","An a\u00ebrial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphyticorchidaceous plants."
"PSEUDO-CHINA","The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (S. Pseudo-china), found in America."
"PSEUDO-CONE","One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes ofcertain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others."
"PSEUDO-CUMENE","A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series, metameric with mesityleneand cumene, found in coal tar, and obtained as a colorless liquid."
"PSEUDO-DIPTERAL","Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the innerrange of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the spacebetween the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal totwo intercolumns and one column.-- n."
"PSEUDO-GALENA","False galena, or blende. See Blende (a)."
"PSEUDO-HEART","Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of thenature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to theexcretory system."
"PSEUDO-HYPERTHOPHIC","Falsely hypertrophic; as, pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis, avariety of paralysis in which the muscles are apparently enlarged,but are really degenerated and replaced by fat."
"PSEUDO-METALLIC","Falsely or imperfectly metallic; -- said of a kind of luster,as in minerals."
"PSEUDO-MONOCOTYLEDONOUS","Having two coalescent cotyledons, as the live oak and thehorse-chestnut."
"PSEUDO-PERIPTERAL","Falsely or imperfectly peripteral, as a temple having thecolumns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory only atthe ends or only at one end.-- n."
"PSEUDO-ROMANTIC","Falsely romantic.The false taste, the pseudo-romantic rage. De Quincey."
"PSEUDO-SYMMETRIC","Exhibiting pseudo-symmetry."
"PSEUDO-SYMMETRY","A kind of symmetry characteristic of certain crystals whichfrom twinning, or other causes, come to resemble forms of a systemother than that to which they belong, as the apparently hexagonalprisms of aragonite."
"PSEUDOBACTERIA","Microscopic organic particles, molecular granules, powderedinorganic substances, etc., which in form, size, and groupingresemble bacteria."
"PSEUDOBLEPSIS","False or depraved sight; imaginary vision of objects. Forsyth."
"PSEUDOBRANCH","Same as Pseudobranchia."
"PSEUDOBRANCHIA","A rudimentary branchia, or gill.-- Pseu`do*bran'chi*al, a."
"PSEUDOCARP","That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived fromthe ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig."
"PSEUDOCOELE","Same as Pseudocoelia."
"PSEUDOCOELIA","The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle. B.G. Wilder."
"PSEUDODOX","Not true in opinion or doctrine; false.-- n."
"PSEUDOFILARIA","One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission ofthe embryo during the development of certain Gregarin\u00e6."
"PSEUDOGRAPH","A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery."
"PSEUDOGRAPHY","False writing; forgery."
"PSEUDOHALTER","One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects(Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, ofDiptera."
"PSEUDOLOGIST","One who utters falsehoods; a liar."
"PSEUDOLOGY","Falsehood of speech. Arbuthnot."
"PSEUDOMORPH","A pseudomorphous crystal, as a crystal consisting of quartz,but having the cubic form of fluor spar, the fluor crystal havingbeen changed to quartz by a process of substitution."
"PSEUDOMORPHISM","The state of having, or the property of taking, a crystallineform unlike that which belongs to the species."
"PSEUDOMORPHOUS","Not having the true form. Pseudomorphous crystal, one which hasa form that does not result from its own powers of crystallization."
"PSEUDONAVICELLA","Same as Pseudonavicula."
"PSEUDONAVICULA","One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of Gregarin\u00e6 and someother Protozoa."
"PSEUDONEUROPTERA","division of insects (Zo\u00f6l.) reticulated wings, as in theNeuroptera, but having an active pupa state. It includes the dragonflies, May flies, white ants, etc. By some zo\u00f6logists they areclassed with the Orthoptera; by others, with the Neuroptera."
"PSEUDONEUROPTEROUS","Of or pertaining to the Pseudoneuroptera."
"PSEUDONYM","A fictitious name assumed for the time, as by an author; a penname. [Written also pseudonyme.]"
"PSEUDONYMITY","The using of fictitious names, as by authors."
"PSEUDONYMOUS","Bearing a false or fictitious name; as, a pseudonymous work.-- Pseu*don'y*mous*ly, adv.-- Pseu*don'y*mous*ness, n."
"PSEUDOPOD","Any protoplasmic filament or irregular process projecting fromany unicellular organism, or from any animal or plant call."
"PSEUDOPODIAL","Of or pertaining to a pseudopod, or to pseudopodia. See Illust.of Heliozoa."
"PSEUDOPODIUM","Same as Pseudopod."
"PSEUDOPUPA","A stage intermediate between the larva and pupa of bees andcertain other hymenopterous insects."
"PSEUDORHABDITE","One of the peculiar rodlike corpuscles found in the integumentof certain Turbellaria. They are filled with a soft granularsubstance."
"PSEUDOSCOPE","An instrument which exhibits objects with their proper reliefreversed; -- an effect opposite to that produced by the stereoscope.Wheatstone."
"PSEUDOSCOPIC","Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope; having itsparts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a pseudoscopic image."
"PSEUDOSCORPIONES","An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by largeclaws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; thefalse scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina.See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book."
"PSEUDOSPHERE","The surface of constant negative curvature generated by therevolution of a tractrix. This surface corresponds in non-Euclidianspace to the sphere in ordinary space. An important property of thesurface is that any figure drawn upon it can be displaced in any waywithout tearing it or altering in size any of its elements."
"PSEUDOSPORE","A peculiar reproductive cell found in some fungi."
"PSEUDOSTELLA","Any starlike meteor or phenomenon. [R.]"
"PSEUDOSTOMA","A group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any trueaperture among them."
"PSEUDOTETRAMERA","A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute andobscure, so that there appear to be but four joints.-- Pseu`do*te*tram'er*al, a."
"PSEUDOTINEA","The bee moth, or wax moth (Galleria)."
"PSEUDOTURBINAL","See under Turbinal."
"PSEUDOVARY","The organ in which pseudova are produced; -- called alsopseudovarium."
"PSEUDOVUM","An egglike germ produced by the agamic females of some insectsand other animals, and by the larv\u00e6 of certain insects. It is capableof development without fertilization. See Illust. of P\u00e6dogenesis."
"PSHAW","Pish! pooch! -- an exclamation used as an expression ofcontempt, disdain, dislike, etc. [Written also psha.]"
"PSILANTHROPIC","Pertaining to, or embodying, psilanthropy. 'A psilanthropicexplanation.' Coleridge."
"PSILANTHROPISM","Psilanthropy."
"PSILANTHROPIST","One who believes that Christ was a mere man. Smart."
"PSILANTHROPY","The doctrine of the merely human existence of Christ."
"PSILOLOGY","Love of empty of empty talk or noise. Coleridge."
"PSILOMELANE","A hydrous oxide of manganese, occurring in smooth, botryoidalforms, and massive, and having an iron-black or steel-gray color."
"PSILOPAEDES","birds whose young at first have down on the pteryl\u00e6 only; --called also Gymnop\u00e6des."
"PSILOPAEDIC","Having down upon the pteryl\u00e6 only; -- said of the young ofcertain birds."
"PSILOSOPHER","A superficial or narrow pretender to philosophy; a shamphilosopher."
"PSITTA-CO-FULVINE","A yellow pigment found in the feathers of certain parrots."
"PSITTACI","The order of birds which comprises the parrots."
"PSOAS","An internal muscle arising from the lumbar vertebr\u00e6 andinserted into the femur. In man there are usually two on each side,and the larger one, or great psoas, forms a part of the iliopsoas."
"PSORA","A cutaneous disease; especially, the itch."
"PSORIC","Of or pertaining to psora."
"PSOROSPERM","A minute parasite, usually the young of Gregarin\u00e6, in thepseudonavicula stage."
"PSYCHAGOGIC","Attractive; persuasive. J. Morley."
"PSYCHAGOGUE","A necromancer. [R.]"
"PSYCHAL","Of or pertaining to the soul; psychical. Bayne."
"PSYCHANALYSIS","A method or process of psychotherapeutic analysis based on thework of Dr. Sigmund Freud (1856- --) of Vienna. The method rests uponthe theory that hysteria is characteristically due to repression ofdesires consciously rejected but subconsciously persistent; itconsists in a close analysis of the patient's mental history, stressbeing laid upon the dream life, and of treatment by means ofsuggestion. -- Psy*chan`a*lyt'ic (#), a. -- Psy`cha*nal'y*sist (#),n."
"PSYCHE","A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros, orCupid. She is regarded as the personification of the soul."
"PSYCHIAN","Any small moth of the genus Psyche and allied genera (familyPsychid\u00e6). The larv\u00e6 are called basket worms. See Basket worm, underBasket."
"PSYCHIATRIC","Of or pertaining to psychiatria."
"PSYCHICS","Psychology."
"PSYCHISM","The doctrine of Quesne, that there is a fluid universallydiffused, end equally animating all living beings, the difference intheir actions being due to the difference of the individualorganizations. Fleming."
"PSYCHO-","A combining form from Gr. the soul, the mind, theunderstanding; as, psychology."
"PSYCHO-MOTOR","Of or pertaining to movement produced by action of the mind orwill."
"PSYCHOGENESIS","Genesis through an internal force, as opposed to naturalselection."
"PSYCHOGRAPHY","Spirit writing."
"PSYCHOLOGIST","One who is versed in, devoted to, psychology."
"PSYCHOLOGUE","A psychologist."
"PSYCHOLOGY","The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic orscientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul,so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the humansoul.Psychology, the science conversant about the phenomena of the mind,or conscious subject, or self. Sir W. Hamilton."
"PSYCHOMACHY","A conflict of the soul with the body."
"PSYCHOMANCY","Necromancy."
"PSYCHOMETRY","The art of measuring the duration of mental processes, or ofdetermining the time relations of mental phenomena.-- Psy`cho*met'ric, a."
"PSYCHOPANNYCHISM","The doctrine that the soul falls asleep at death, and does notwake until the resurrection of the body.-- Psy`cho*pan'ny*chism, n."
"PSYCHOPATHY","Mental disease. See Psychosis, 2.-- Psy`cho*path'ic, a.-- Psy*chop'a*thist, n."
"PSYCHOPHYSICAL","Of or pertaining to psychophysics; involving the action ormutual relations of the psychical and physical in man. Psychophysicaltime (Physiol.), the time required for the mind to transform asensory impression into a motor impulse. It is an important part ofphysiological or reaction time. See under Reaction."
"PSYCHOPHYSICS","The science of the connection between nerve action andconsciousness; the science which treats of the relations of thepsychical and physical in their conjoint operation in man; thedoctrine of the relation of function or dependence between body andsoul."
"PSYCHOPOMP","A leader or guide of souls . J. Fiske."
"PSYCHOSIS","A disease of the mind; especially, a functional mentaldisorder, that is, one unattended with evident organic changes."
"PSYCHOTHERAPEUTICS","The treatment of disease by acting on the mind, as bysuggestion; mind cure; psychotherapy."
"PSYCHOTHERAPY","Psychotherapeutics."
"PSYCHOZOIC","Designating, or applied to the Era of man; as, the psychozoicera."
"PSYCHROMETER","An instrument for measuring the tension of the aqueous vapor inthe atmosphere, being essentially a wet and dry bulb hygrometer."
"PSYCHROMETRICAL","Of or pertaining to the psychrometer or psychrometry."
"PSYCHROMETRY","Hygrometry."
"PSYLLA","Any leaping plant louse of the genus Psylla, or familyPsyllid\u00e6."
"PTARMIGAN","Any grouse of the genus Lagopus, of which numerous species areknown. The feet are completely feathered. Most of the species arebrown in summer, but turn white, or nearly white, in winter."
"PTENOGLOSSA","A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth of the radulaarranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs of afeather."
"PTENOGLOSSATE","Of or pertaining to the Ptenoglossa."
"PTERANODON","A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute of teeth.Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of wings oftwenty feet or more."
"PTERANODONTIA","A group of pterodactyls destitute of teeth, as in the genusPteranodon."
"PTERICHTHYS","A genus of Devonian fossil fishes with winglike appendages. Thehead and most of the body were covered with large bony plates. SeePlacodermi."
"PTERIDOLOGIST","One who is versed in pteridology."
"PTERIDOLOGY","That department of botany which treats of ferns."
"PTERIDOMANIA","A madness, craze, or strong fancy, for ferns. [R.] C. Kingsley."
"PTERIDOPHYTA","A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, clubmosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note underCryptogamia.-- Pter'i*do*phyte`, n."
"PTEROBRANCHIA","An order of marine Bryozoa, having a bilobed lophophore and anaxial cord. The genus Rhabdopleura is the type. Called alsoPodostomata. See Rhabdopleura."
"PTEROCERAS","A genus of large marine gastropods having the outer border ofthe lip divided into lobes; -- called also scorpion shell."
"PTEROCLETES","A division of birds including the sand grouse. They are in somerespects intermediate between the pigeons and true grouse. Calledalso Pteroclomorph\u00e6."
"PTERODACTYL","An extinct flying reptile; one of the Pterosauria. SeeIllustration in Appendix."
"PTERODACTYLI","Same as Pterosauria."
"PTEROGLOSSAL","Having the tongue finely notched along the sides, so as to havea featherlike appearance, as the toucans."
"PTERON","The region of the skull, in the temporal fossa back of theorbit, where the great wing of the sphenoid, the temporal, theparietal, and the frontal hones approach each other."
"PTEROPAPPI","Same as Odontotorm\u00e6."
"PTEROPHORE","Any moth of the genus Pterophorus and allied genera; a plumemoth. See Plume moth, under Plume."
"PTEROPOD","One of the Pteropoda."
"PTEROPODA","A class of Mollusca in which the anterior lobes of the foot aredeveloped in the form of broad, thin, winglike organs, with whichthey swim at near the surface of the sea."
"PTEROPODOUS","Of or pertaining to the Pteropoda."
"PTEROSAUR","A pterodactyl."
"PTEROSAURIA","An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; thepterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli, and Ornithosauria."
"PTEROSAURIAN","Of or pertaining to the Pterosauria."
"PTEROSTIGMA","A thickened opaque spot on the wings of certain insects."
"PTEROTIC","Of or pertaining to, or designating, a bone between the pro\u00f6ticand epiotic in the dorsal and outer part of the periotic capsule ofmany fishes.-- n."
"PTERYGIUM","A superficial growth of vascular tissue radiating in a fanlikemanner from the cornea over the surface of the eye."
"PTERYGOID","A pterygoid bone. Pterygoid bone (Anat.), a bone whichcorresponds to the inner plate of the pterygoid process of the humanskull, but which, in all vertebrates below mammals, is not connectedwith the posterior nares, but serves to connect the palatine boneswith the point of suspension of the lower jaw.-- Pterygoid process (Anat.), a process projecting downward fromeither side of the sphenoid bone, in man divided into two plates, aninner and an outer. The posterior nares pass through the space,called the pterygoid fossa, between the processes."
"PTERYGOMAXILLARY","Of or pertaining to the inner pterygoid plate, or pterygoidbone, and the lower jaw."
"PTERYGOPALATINE","Of or pertaining to the pterygoid processes and the palatinebones."
"PTERYGOPODIUM","A specially modified part of the ventral fin in maleelasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ, or clasper."
"PTERYGOQUADRATE","Of, pertaining to, or representing the pterygoid and quadratebones or cartilages."
"PTERYLA","One of the definite areas of the skin of a bird on whichfeathers grow; -- contrasted with apteria."
"PTERYLOGRAPHY","The study or description of the arrangement of feathers, or ofthe pteryl\u00e6, of birds."
"PTERYLOSIS","The arrangement of feathers in definite areas."
"PTILOCERQUE","The pentail."
"PTILOPAEDES","Same as Dasyp\u00e6des."
"PTILOPAEDIC","Having nearly the whole surface of the skin covered with down;dasyp\u00e6dic; -- said of the young of certain birds."
"PTILOPTERI","An order of birds including only the penguins."
"PTILOSIS","Same as Pterylosis."
"PTISAN","An aqueous medicine, containing little, if any, medicinalagent; a tea or tisane."
"PTOLEMAIC","Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer.Ptolemaic system (Astron.), the system maintained by Ptolemy, whosupposed the earth to be fixed in the center of the universe, withthe sun and stars revolving around it. This theory was received forages, until superseded by the Copernican system."
"PTOLEMAIST","One who accepts the astronomical system of Ptolemy."
"PTOMAINE","One of a class of animal bases or alkaloids formed in theputrefaction of various kinds of albuminous matter, and closelyrelated to the vegetable alkaloids; a cadaveric poison. Theptomaines, as a class, have their origin in dead matter, by whichthey are to be distinguished from the leucomaines."
"PTOSIS","Drooping of the upper eyelid, produced by paralysis of itslevator muscle."
"PTYALIN","An unorganized amylolytic ferment, on enzyme, present in humanmixed saliva and in the saliva of some animals."
"PTYALISM","Salivation, or an excessive flow of saliva. Quain."
"PTYALOGOGUE","A ptysmagogue."
"PTYSMAGOGUE","A medicine that promotes the discharge of saliva."
"PTYXIS","The way in which a leaf is sometimes folded in the bud."
"PUBBLE","Puffed out, pursy; pudgy; fat. [Obs.] Drant."
"PUBERAL","Of or pertaining to puberty."
"PUBERTY","The period when a plant first bears flowers."
"PUBERULENT","Very minutely downy."
"PUBES","The down of plants; a downy or villous substance which grows onplants; pubescence."
"PUBESCENCY","Pubescence."
"PUBIC","Of or pertaining to the pubes; in the region of the pubes; as,the pubic bone; the pubic region, or the lower part of thehypogastric region. See Pubes.(b) Of or pertaining to the pubis."
"PUBIS","The ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composingeither half of the pelvis; sharebone; pubic bone."
"PUBLIC SCHOOL","A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company,water company, etc., organized or chartered to follow a publiccalling or to render services more or less essential to the generalpublic convenience or safety."
"PUBLIC-HEARTED","Public-spirited. [R.]"
"PUBLIC-MINDED","Public-spirited.-- Pub'lic-mind`ed*ness, n."
"PUBLICAN","A farmer of the taxes and public revenues; hence, a collectorof toll or tribute. The inferior officers of this class were oftenoppressive in their exactions, and were regarded with greatdetestation.As Jesus at meat . . . many publicans and sinners came and sat downwith him and his disciples. Matt. 1x. 10.How like a fawning publican he looks! Shak."
"PUBLICIST","A writer on the laws of nature and nations; one who is versedin the science of public right, the principles of government, etc.The Whig leaders, however, were much more desirous to get rid ofEpiscopacy than to prove themselves consummate publicists andlogicians. Macaulay."
"PUBLICITY","The quality or state of being public, or open to the knowledgeof a community; notoriety; publicness."
"PUBLICITY PAMPHLET","A pamphlet which, in some States of the United States havingthe initiative or referendum, is mailed to the voters to inform themas to the nature of a measure submitted by the initiative orreferendum. The pamphlet contains a copy of the proposed law andarguments for and against it by those favoring and opposing it,respectively."
"PUBLISHABLE","Capable of being published; suitable for publication."
"PUBLISHER","One who publishes; as, a publisher of a book or magazine.For love of you, not hate unto my friend, Hath made me publisher ofthis pretense. Shak."
"PUCCOON","Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is usedby the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species ofLithospermum (L. hirtum, and L. canescens); also, the pigment itself."
"PUCE","Of a dark brown or brownish purple color."
"PUCEL","See Pucelle. [Obs.]"
"PUCELAGE","Virginity. [R.]"
"PUCELLE","A maid; a virgin. [Written also pucel.] [Obs.]Lady or pucelle, that wears mask or fan. B. Jonson.La Pucelle, the Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc."
"PUCERON","Any plant louse, or aphis."
"PUCHERITE","Vanadate of bismuth, occurring in minute reddish browncrystals."
"PUCK","A celebrated fairy, 'the merry wanderer of the night;' --called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc. Shak.He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall.Drayton."
"PUCKA","Good of its kind; -- variously used as implying substantial,real, fixed, sure, etc., and specif., of buildings, made of brick andmortar. [India]"
"PUCKBALL","A puffball."
"PUCKER","To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridgesand furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up themouth. 'His skin [was] puckered up in wrinkles.' Spectator."
"PUCKERER","One who, or that which, puckers."
"PUCKFIST","A puffball."
"PUCKISH","Resembling Puck; merry; mischievous. 'Puckish freaks.' J. R.Green."
"PUCRAS","See Koklass."
"PUD","Same as Pood."
"PUDDER","To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother orfuss; to potter; to meddle.Puddering in the designs or doings of others. Barrow.Others pudder into their food with their broad nebs. Holland."
"PUDDING","Same as Puddening. Pudding grass (Bot.), the true pennyroyal(Mentha Pulegium), formerly used to flavor stuffing for roast meat.Dr. Prior.-- Pudding pie, a pudding with meat baked in it. Taylor (1630).-- Pudding pipe (Bot.), the long, cylindrical pod of the leguminoustree Cassia Fistula. The seeds are separately imbedded in a sweetishpulp. See Cassia.-- Pudding sleeve, a full sleeve like that of the English clericalgown. Swift.-- Pudding stone. (Min.) See Conglomerate, n., 2.-- Pudding time. (a) The time of dinner, pudding being formerly thedish first eaten. [Obs.] Johnson. (b) The nick of time; criticaltime. [Obs.]Mars, that still protects the stout, In pudding time came to his aid.Hudibras."
"PUDDING-HEADED","Stupid. [Colloq.]"
"PUDDLE","To make a dirty stir. [Obs.] R. Junius."
"PUDDLE-BALL","The lump of pasty wrought iron as taken from the puddlingfurnace to be hammered or rolled."
"PUDDLE-BAR","An iron bar made at a single heat from a puddle-ball hammeringand rolling."
"PUDDLER","One who converts cast iron into wrought iron by the process ofpuddling."
"PUDDLING","The art or process of converting cast iron into wrought iron orsteel by subjecting it to intense heat and frequent stirring in areverberatory furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances, bywhich it is freed from a portion of its carbon and other impurities.Puddling furnace, a reverberatory furnace in which cast iron isconverted into wrought iron or into steel by puddling."
"PUDDLY","Consisting of, or resembling, puddles; muddy; foul. 'Thickpuddly water.' Carew."
"PUDDOCK","A small inclosure. [Written also purrock.] [Prov. Eng.]"
"PUDENCY","Modesty; shamefacedness. 'A pudency so rosy.' Shak."
"PUDENDA","The external organs of generation."
"PUDENDAL","Of or pertaining to the pudenda, or pudendum."
"PUDENDUM","The external organs of generation, especially of the female;the vulva."
"PUDGY","Short and fat or sturdy; dumpy; podgy; as, a short, pudgylittle man; a pudgy little hand. Thackeray."
"PUDIC","Of or pertaining to the external organs of generation."
"PUDICAL","Pudic."
"PUDICITY","Modesty; chastity. Howell."
"PUDU","A very small deer (Pudua humilis), native of the Chilian Andes.It has simple spikelike antlers, only two or three inches long."
"PUE","To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds. Halliwell."
"PUEBLO","A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes ofArizona and New Mexico. It is often of large size and several storieshigh, and is usually built either of stone or adobe. The term is alsoapplied to any Indian village in the same region. Pueblo Indians(Ethnol.), any tribe or community of Indians living in pueblos. Theprincipal Pueblo tribes are the Moqui, the Zu\u00f1i, the Keran, and theTewan."
"PUEFELLOW","A pewfellow. [Obs.]"
"PUER","The dung of dogs, used as an alkaline steep in tanning.Simmonds."
"PUERCO","A hog. Puerco beds (Geol.), a name given to certain stratabelonging to the earliest Eocene. They are developed in NorthwesternNew Mexico, along the Rio Puerco, and are characterized by theirmammalian remains."
"PUERILE","Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.The French have been notorious through generations for their puerileaffectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents. DeQuincey."
"PUERILELY","In a puerile manner; childishly."
"PUERILENESS","The quality of being puerile; puerility."
"PUERPERAL","Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever."
"PUERPEROUS","Bearing children. [R.]"
"PUET","The pewit."
"PUFF","Puffed up; vain. [R.] Fanshawe."
"PUFF-LEG","Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of thegenus Eriocnemis having large tufts of downy feathers on the legs."
"PUFF-LEGGED","Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs."
"PUFFBALL","A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and otherspecies of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; --called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin."
"PUFFER","A kier."
"PUFFERY","The act of puffing; bestowment of extravagant commendation."
"PUFFIN","An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks, andhaving a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called alsobottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and seaparrot."
"PUFFINESS","The quality or state of being puffy."
"PUFFING","a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t. Puffing adder. (Zo\u00f6l.) Same asPuff adder (b), under Puff.-- Puffing pig (Zo\u00f6l.), the common porpoise."
"PUFFINGLY","In a puffing manner; with vehement breathing or shortness ofbreath; with exaggerated praise."
"PUG","Chaff; the refuse of grain. [Obs.] Holland."
"PUG NOSE","A short, thick nose; a snubnose.-- Pug'-nosed`, a. Pug-nose eel (Zo\u00f6l.), a deep-water marine eel(Simenchelys parasiticus) which sometimes burrows into the flesh ofthe halibut."
"PUG-FACED","Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced."
"PUGGAREE","Same as Puggry."
"PUGGER","To pucker. [Obs.]"
"PUGGERED","Puckered. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"PUGGING","Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards ofa floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the UnitedStates usually called deafening."
"PUGH","Pshaw! pish! -- a word used in contempt or disdain."
"PUGIL","As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers.[Obs.] Bacon."
"PUGILISM","The practice of boxing, or fighting with the fist."
"PUGILIST","One who fights with his fists; esp., a professional prizefighter; a boxer."
"PUGILISTIC","Of or pertaining to pugillism."
"PUGNACIOUS","Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting.--Pug*na'cious*ly, adv.-- Pug*na'cious*ness, n."
"PUGNACITY","Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness. ' Anational pugnacity of character.' Motley."
"PUH","The same as Pugh."
"PUISNE","Younger or inferior in rank; junior; associate; as, a chiefjustice and three puisne justices of the Court of Common Pleas; thepuisne barons of the Court of Exchequer. Blackstone."
"PUISNY","Puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled. [R.]A puisny tilter, that spurs his horse but on one side. Shak."
"PUISSANCE","Power; strength; might; force; potency. ' Youths of puissance.'Tennyson.The power and puissance of the king. Shak."
"PUISSANT","Powerful; strong; mighty; forcible; as, a puissant prince orempire. ' Puissant deeds.' Milton.Of puissant nations which the world possessed. Spenser.And worldlings in it are less merciful, And more puissant. Mrs.Browning."
"PUISSANTLY","In a puissant manner; powerfully; with great strength."
"PUISSANTNESS","The state or quality of being puissant; puissance; power."
"PUIT","A well; a small stream; a fountain; a spring. [Obs.]The puits flowing from the fountain of life. Jer. Taylor."
"PUKE","To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew.The infant Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. Shak."
"PUKKA","Same as Pucka. [India]"
"PULAS","The East Indian leguminous tree Butea frondosa. See Gum Butea,under Gum. [Written also pales and palasa.]"
"PULER","One who pules; one who whines or complains; a weak person."
"PULEX","A genus of parasitic insects including the fleas. See Flea."
"PULICENE","Pertaining to, or abounding in, fleas; pulicose."
"PULING","A cry, as of a chicken,; a whining or whimpering.Leave this faint puling and lament as I do. Shak."
"PULINGLY","With whining or complaint."
"PULKHA","A Laplander's traveling sledge. See Sledge."
"PULL","To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite waspulled."
"PULLAIL","Poultry. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"PULLBACK","The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to holdit party open at a fixed point."
"PULLDEVIL","A number of fishhooks rigidly fastened back to be pulledthrough the water to catch fish."
"PULLED","Plucked; pilled; moulting. ' A pulled hen.' Chaucer."
"PULLEN","Poultry. [Obs.]"
"PULLER","One who, or that which, pulls.Proud setter up and puller down of kings. Shak."
"PULLET","A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl. Pullet sperm, thetreadle of an egg. [Obs.] Shak."
"PULLEY","A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmittingpower from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery,or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord,rope, or chain."
"PULLICATE","A kind of checked cotton or silk handkerchief."
"PULLMAN CAR","A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortenedto Pullman."
"PULLULATE","To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly. Warburton."
"PULLULATION","A germinating, or budding. Dr. H. More."
"PULLUS","A chick; a young bird in the downy stage."
"PULMOCUTANEOUS","Of or pertaining to the lungs and the akin; as, thepulmocutaneous arteries of the frog."
"PULMOGASTEROPODA","Same as Pulmonata."
"PULMOGRADE","Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglikemovement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medus\u00e6."
"PULMOMETER","A spirometer."
"PULMOMETRY","The determination of the capacity of the lungs."
"PULMONARIAN","Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spidersand scorpions. Also used adjectively."
"PULMONARY","Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic.Pulmonary artery. See the Note under Artery."
"PULMONATA","An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphroditegastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs,and many pond snails, as Limn\u00e6a and Planorbis."
"PULMONATE","One of the Pulmonata."
"PULMONATED","same as Pulmonate (a)."
"PULMONIBRANCHIATA","Same as Pulmonata."
"PULMONIBRANCHIATE","Same as Pulmonate."
"PULMONIC","Relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.-- n."
"PULMONIFERA","Same as Pulmonata."
"PULMONIFEROUS","Having lungs; pulmonate."
"PULMOTOR","An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumpingoxygen or air or a mixture of the two into and out of the lungs, asof a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonousgases, or the like, or of one who has been stunned by an electricalshock."
"PULP","A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft,undissolved animal or vegetable matter. Specifically:(a) (Anat.) A tissue or part resembling pulp; especially, the soft,highly vascular and sensitive tissue which fills the central cavity,called the pulp cavity, of teeth.(b) (Bot.) The soft, succulent part of fruit; as, the pulp of agrape.(c) The exterior part of a coffee berry. B. Edwards.(d) The material of which paper is made when ground up and suspendedin water."
"PULPATOON","A kind of delicate confectionery or cake, perhaps made from thepulp of fruit. [Obs.] Nares."
"PULPINESS","the quality or state of being pulpy."
"PULPIT","Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as, a pulpitorator; pulpit eloquence."
"PULPITED","Placed in a pulpit. [R.]Sit . . . at the feet of a pulpited divine. Milton."
"PULPITEER","One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher; -- so called incontempt. Howell.We never can think it sinful that Burns should have been humorous onsuch a pulpiteer. Prof. Wilson."
"PULPITER","A preacher. [Obs.]"
"PULPITICAL","Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the pulpit. [R.] --Pul*pit'ic*al*ly, adv. [R.] Chesterfield."
"PULPITISH","Of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching. Chalmers."
"PULPITRY","The teaching of the pulpit; preaching. [R. & Obs.] ' Merepulpitry.' Milton."
"PULPOUS","Containing pulp; pulpy. ' Pulpous fruit.' J. Philips.-- Pulp'ous*ness, n."
"PULPY","Like pulp; consisting of pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as, thepulpy covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or a cherry."
"PULQUE","An intoxicating Mexican drink. See Agave."
"PULSATE","To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.The heart of a viper or frog will continue to pulsate long after itis taken from the body. E. Darwin."
"PULSATILLA","A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower.This genus is now merged in Anemone. Some species, as AnemonePulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone patens, are usedmedicinally."
"PULSATION","A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of anartery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse."
"PULSATIVE","Beating; throbbing."
"PULSATOR","That which beats or throbs in working."
"PULSATORY","Capable of pulsating; throbbing. Sir H. Wotton. ."
"PULSE","Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.If all the world Should, in a pet of temperance, feed on pulse.Milton."
"PULSELESS","Having no pulsation; lifeless."
"PULSELESSNESS","The state of being pulseless."
"PULSIFIC","Exciting the pulse; causing pulsation."
"PULSIMETER","A sphygmograph."
"PULSION","The act of driving forward; propulsion; -- opposed to Ant:suction or Ant: traction. [R.]"
"PULSIVE","Tending to compel; compulsory. [R.] 'The pulsive strain ofconscience.' Marston."
"PULT","To put. [Obs.] Piers Plowman."
"PULTACEOUS","Macerated; softened; nearly fluid."
"PULU","A vegetable substance consisting of soft, elastic, yellowishbrown chaff, gathered in the Hawaiian Islands from the young frondsof free ferns of the genus Cibotium, chiefly C. Menziesii; -- usedfor stuffing mattresses, cushions, etc., and as an absorbent."
"PULVERABLE","Capable of being reduced to fine powder. Boyle."
"PULVERACEOUS","Having a finely powdered surface; pulverulent."
"PULVERATE","To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverize. [R.]"
"PULVERINE","Ashes of barilla. Ure."
"PULVERIZABLE","Admitting of being pulverized; pulverable. Barton."
"PULVERIZATION","The action of reducing to dust or powder."
"PULVERIZE","To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, orthe like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding orbeating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must bepursued."
"PULVERIZER","One who, or that which, pulverizes."
"PULVEROUS","Consisting of dust or powder; like powder."
"PULVERULENCE","The state of being pulverulent; abundance of dust or powder;dustiness."
"PULVERULENT","Consisting of, or reducible to, fine powder; covered with dustor powder; powdery; dusty."
"PULVIL","A sweet-scented powder; pulvillio. [Written also pulville.][Obs.] Gay."
"PULVILLUS","One of the minute cushions on the feet of certain insects."
"PULVINAR","A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the humanbrain."
"PULVINIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by thedecomposition of vulpinic acid, as a white crystalline substance."
"PULVINULUS","Same as Pulvillus."
"PUMA","A large American carnivore (Felis concolor), found from Canadato Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, orbrownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also catamount,cougar, American lion, mountain lion, and panther or painter."
"PUME","A stint."
"PUMICATE","To make smooth with pumice. [R.]"
"PUMICE","A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color,the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrousstructure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement ofwatery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. inthe form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also pumicestone."
"PUMICE STONE","Same as Pumice."
"PUMICED","Affected with a kind of chronic laminitis in which there is agrowth of soft spongy horn between the coffin bone and the hoof wall.The disease is called pumiced foot, or pumice foot."
"PUMICEOUS","Of or pertaining to pumice; resembling pumice."
"PUMICIFORM","Resembling, or having the structure of, pumice."
"PUMMACE","Same as Pomace."
"PUMMEL","Same as Pommel."
"PUMP","A low shoe with a thin sole. Swift."
"PUMPAGE","That which is raised by pumps, or the work done by pumps.The pumpage last year amounted to . . . gallons. Sci. Amer."
"PUMPER","One who pumps; the instrument or machine used in pumping.Boyle."
"PUMPERNICKEL","A sort of bread, made of unbolted rye, which forms the chieffood of the Westphalian peasants. It is acid but nourishing."
"PUMPET","A pompet. Pumpet ball (Print.), a ball for inking types; apompet."
"PUMPING","a. & n. from pump. Pumping engine, a steam engine and pumpcombined for raising water. See Steam engine."
"PUMPION","See Pumpkin."
"PUMPKIN","A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, --used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion. Pumpkin seed. (a)The flattish oval seed of the pumpkin. (b) (Zo\u00f6l.) The commonpondfish."
"PUMY","Large and rounded. [Obs.]A gentle stream, whose murmuring wave did play Amongst the pumystones. Spenser."
"PUN","To pound. [Obs.]He would pun thee into shivers with his fist. Shak."
"PUNA","A cold arid table-land, as in the Andes of Peru."
"PUNCH","A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (ormilk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; --specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claretpunch, champagne punch, etc. Milk punch, a sort of punch made withspirit, milk, sugar, spice, etc.-- Punch bowl, a large bowl in which punch is made, or from which itis served.-- Roman punch, a punch frozen and served as an ice."
"PUNCHEON","A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; anintermediate stud. Oxf. Gloss."
"PUNCHER","One who, or that which, punches."
"PUNCHIN","See Puncheon."
"PUNCHINELLO","A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a characterrepresented as fat, short, and humpbacked. Spectator."
"PUNCHY","Short and thick, or fat."
"PUNCTATOR","One who marks with points. specifically, one who writes Hebrewwith points; -- applied to a Masorite. E. Robinson."
"PUNCTICULAR","Comprised in, or like, a point; exact. [Obs. & R.] Sir T.Browne."
"PUNCTIFORM","Having the form of a point."
"PUNCTILIO","A nice point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, or proceeding;particularity or exactness in forms; as, the punctilios of a publicceremony.They will not part with the least punctilio in their opinions andpractices. Fuller."
"PUNCTILIOUS","Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms ofbehavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in thesmallest particulars. 'A punctilious observance of divine laws.'Rogers. 'Very punctilious copies of any letters. The Nation.Punctilious in the simple and intelligible instances of common life.I. Taylor.-- Punc*til'ious*ly, adv.-- Punc*til'ious*ness, n."
"PUNCTION","A puncturing, or pricking; a puncture."
"PUNCTIST","A punctator. E. Henderson."
"PUNCTUALIST","One who is very exact in observing forms and ceremonies.Milton."
"PUNCTUALITY","The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherenceto the exact time of an engagement; exactness."
"PUNCTUALLY","In a punctual manner; promptly; exactly."
"PUNCTUALNESS","Punctuality; exactness."
"PUNCTUATE","To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc.,by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing themeaning."
"PUNCTUATION","The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing ordiscourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition intosentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as toelucidate the author's meaning."
"PUNCTUATIVE","Of or belonging to points of division; relating to punctuation.The punctuative intonation of feeble cadence. Rush."
"PUNCTUATOR","One who punctuates, as in writing; specifically, a punctator."
"PUNCTUIST","A punctator."
"PUNCTUM","A point. Punctum c\u00e6cum. Etym: [L., blind point.] (Anat.) Sameas Blind spot, under Blind.-- Punctum proximum, near point. See under Point.-- Punctum remotum, far point. See under Point.-- Punctum vegetationis Etym: [L., point of vegetation] (Bot.), theterminal cell of a stem, or of a leaf bud, from which new growthoriginates."
"PUNCTURATION","The act or process of puncturing. See Acupuncture."
"PUNCTURE","To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; toprick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin."
"PUNCTURED","Produced by puncture; having the characteristics of a puncture;as, a punctured wound."
"PUNDIT","A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in theSanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of theHindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official. [Written alsopandit.] [India]"
"PUNDLE","A short and fat woman; a squab. [Obs.]"
"PUNESE","A bedbug. [R or Obs.]"
"PUNG","A kind of plain sleigh drawn by one horse; originally, a rudeoblong box on runners. [U.S.]Sledges or pungs, coarsely framed of split saplings, and surmountedwith a large crockery crate. Judd.They did not take out the pungs to-day. E. E. Hale."
"PUNGENCE","Pungency."
"PUNGENCY","The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness;sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia. 'The pungency ofmenaces.' Hammond."
"PUNGENT","Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp."
"PUNGENTLY","In a pungent manner; sharply."
"PUNGLED","Shriveled or shrunken; -- said especially of grain which haslost its juices from the ravages of insects, such as the wheat midge,or Trips (Thrips cerealium)."
"PUNGY","A small sloop or shallop, or a large boat with sails."
"PUNICE","See Punese. [Obs. or R.]"
"PUNINESS","The quality or state of being puny; littleness; pettiness;feebleness."
"PUNISHABLE","Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of beingpunished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses.That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by lawas punishable as to be a traitor. Milton.-- Pun'ish*a*ble*ness, n."
"PUNISHER","One who inflicts punishment."
"PUNISHMENT","A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convictedoffender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes ofreformation and prevention."
"PUNITION","Punishment. [R.] Mir. for Mag."
"PUNITIVE","Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, orinflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice.If death be punitive, so, likewise, is the necessity imposed upon manof toiling for his subsistence. I. Taylor.We shall dread a blow from the punitive hand. Bagehot."
"PUNITORY","Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive.God . . . may make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same timeboth prudential and punitory. A. Tucker."
"PUNKA","A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike framecovered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept inmotion by pulling a cord. [Hindostan] [Written also punkah.] Malcom."
"PUNKIE","A minute biting fly of the genus Ceratopogon or allied genus ofthe family Chironomid\u00e6, found in swarms in various densely wooded ormountaneous regions. [U. S.]"
"PUNKIN","A pumpkin. [Colloq. U. S.]"
"PUNKLING","A young strumpet. [Obs.]"
"PUNNER","A punster. Beau. & Fl."
"PUNNET","A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers."
"PUNNOLOGY","The art or practice of punning; paronomasia. [R.] Pope."
"PUNSTER","One who puns, or is skilled in, or given to, punning; aquibbler; a low wit."
"PUNT","To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.She heard . . . of his punting at gaming tables. Thackeray."
"PUNT-OUT","A punt made from the goal line by a player of the side whichhas made a touchdown to one of his own side for a fair catch, fromwhich an attempt to kick a goal may be made."
"PUNTELLO","One of the points sometimes drilled as guides for cutting awaysuperfluous stone."
"PUNTER","One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the bankeror dealer, as in baccara and faro. Hoyle."
"PUNTO","A point or hit. Punto diritto Etym: [It.], a direct stroke orhit.-- Punto reverso Etym: [It. riverso reverse], a backhanded stroke.Halliwell. 'Ah, the immortal passado! the punto reverso!' Shak."
"PUNTY","See Pontee."
"PUNY","Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble;inferior; petty.A puny subject strikes at thy great glory. Shak.Breezes laugh to scorn our puny speed. Keble."
"PUOY","Same as Poy, n., 3."
"PUP","To bring forth whelps or young, as the female of the caninespecies."
"PUPA","Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usuallyimmediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage."
"PUPAL","Of or pertaining to a pupa, or the condition of a pupa."
"PUPATE","To become a pupa."
"PUPATION","the act of becoming a pupa."
"PUPE","A pupa."
"PUPELO","Cider brandy. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett."
"PUPIGEROUS","Bearing or containing a pupa; -- said of dipterous larv\u00e6 whichdo not molt when the pupa is formed within them."
"PUPIL","The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of theeye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris. Pin-hole pupil (Med.), thepupil of the eye when so contracted (as it sometimes is in typhus, oropium poisoning) as to resemble a pin hole. Dunglison."
"PUPILAGE","The state of being a pupil.As sons of kings, loving in pupilage, Have turned to tyrants whenthey came to power. Tennyson."
"PUPILLARITY","The period before puberty, or from birth to fourteen in males,and twelve in females."
"PUPILLARY","Of or pertaining to the pupil of the eye."
"PUPILLOMETER","An instrument for measuring the size of the pupil of the pupilof the eye."
"PUPIPARA","A division of Diptera in which the young are born in a stagelike the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and otherparasites. Called also Homaloptera."
"PUPIVORA","A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumonflies, which destroy the larv\u00e6 and pup\u00e6 of insects."
"PUPIVOROUS","Feeding on the pup\u00e6 of insects."
"PUPLICAN","Publican. [Obs.]"
"PUPPET","The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.Puppet master. Same as Puppetman.-- Puppet play, a puppet show.-- Puppet player, one who manages the motions of puppets.-- Puppet show, a mock drama performed by puppets moved by wires.-- Puppet valve, a valve in the form of a circular disk, whichcovers a hole in its seat, and opens by moving bodily away from theseat while remaining parallel with it, -- used in steam engines,pumps, safety valves, etc. Its edge is often beveled, and fits in aconical recess in the seat when the valve is closed. See the valvesshown in Illusts. of Plunger pump, and Safety valve, under Plunger,and Safety."
"PUPPETISH","Resembling a puppet in appearance or action; of the nature of apuppet."
"PUPPETMAN","A master of a puppet show."
"PUPPETRY","Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or puppetshow; hence, mere form or show; affectation.Puppetry of the English laws of divorce. Chambers."
"PUPPY","The young of a canine animal, esp. of the common dog; a whelp."
"PUPPYHOOD","The time or state of being a puppy; the time of being young andundisciplined."
"PUPPYISH","Like a puppy."
"PUPPYISM","Extreme meanness, affectation, conceit, or impudence. A.Chalmers."
"PUR","To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does whenpleased. [Written also purr.]"
"PURANA","One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskritlanguage which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation ofworlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reignsof the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. Theprincipal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the samenumber of supplementary books called Upa Puranas."
"PURANIC","Pertaining to the Puranas."
"PURBECK BEDS","The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone,belonging to the O\u00f6litic group. See the Chart of Geology."
"PURBECK STONE","A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck in England."
"PURCELANE","Purslane. [Obs.]"
"PURCHASABLE","Capable of being bought, purchased, or obtained for aconsideration; hence, venal; corrupt.Money being the counterbalance to all things purchasable by it, asmuch as you take off from the value of money, so much you add to theprice of things exchanged. Locke."
"PURCHASE","Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descentor inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement. Blackstone.Purchase criminal, robbery. [Obs.] Spenser.-- Purchase money, the money paid, or contracted to be paid, foranything bought. Berkeley.-- Worth, or At, [so many] years' purchase, a phrase by which thevalue or cost of a thing is expressed in the length of time requiredfor the income to amount to the purchasing price; as, he bought theestate at a twenty years' purchase. To say one's life is not worth aday's purchase in the same as saying one will not live a day, or isin imminent peril."
"PURCHASER","One who acquires an estate in lands by his own act oragreement, or who takes or obtains an estate by any means other thanby descent or inheritance."
"PURDAH","A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and whitestripes, used for curtains. McElrath."
"PURE","Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.Thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure tablebefore the Lord. Lev. xxiv. 6."
"PURED","Purified; refined. [Obs.] 'Bread of pured wheat.' 'Pured gold.'Chaucer."
"PUREE","A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp andrubbing it through a sieve; as, a pur\u00e9e of fish, or of potatoes;especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated."
"PURENESS","The state of being pure (in any sense of the adjective)."
"PURFILE","A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women'sgowns; -- called also bobbinwork. [Obs.] Piers Plowman."
"PURFLE","To ornament with a bordure of emines, furs, and the like; also,with gold studs or mountings."
"PURFLED","Ornamented; decorated; esp., embroidered on the edges. Purfledwork (Arch.), delicate tracery, especially in Gothic architecture."
"PURFLING","Ornamentation on the border of a thing; specifically, theinlaid border of a musical instrument, as a violin."
"PURGAMENT","A cathartic; a purgative. [Obs.] Bacon."
"PURGATION","The clearing of one's self from a crime of which one waspublicly suspected and accused. It was either canonical, which wasprescribed by the canon law, the form whereof used in the spiritualcourt was, that the person suspected take his oath that he was clearof the matter objected against him, and bring his honest neighborswith him to make oath that they believes he swore truly; or vulgar,which was by fire or water ordeal, or by combat. See Ordeal. Wharton.Let him put me to my purgation. Shak."
"PURGATIVE","Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic.-- n. (Med.)"
"PURGATIVELY","In a purgative manner."
"PURGATORIAN","One who holds to the doctrine of purgatory. Boswell."
"PURGATORY","Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory. Burke."
"PURGE","To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in asimilar manner."
"PURGER","One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, acathartic medicine."
"PURGERY","The part of a sugarhouse where the molasses is drained off fromthe sugar."
"PURGING","That purges; cleansing. Purging flax (Bot.), an annual Europeanplant of the genus Linum (L. catharticum); dwarf wild flax; -- socalled from its use as a cathartic medicine."
"PURI","See Euxanthin."
"PURIFICATIVE","Having power to purify; tending to cleanse. [R.]"
"PURIFICATOR","One who, or that which, purifies; a purifier."
"PURIFICATORY","Serving or tending to purify; purificative."
"PURIFIER","One who, or that which, purifies or cleanses; a cleanser; arefiner."
"PURIFORM","In the form of pus."
"PURIFY","To grow or become pure or clear."
"PURIM","A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted tocommemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations ofHaman. Esther ix. 26."
"PURISM","Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice,especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to purity.'His political purism.' De Quincey.The English language, however, . . . had even already become toothoroughly and essentially a mixed tongue for his doctrine of purismto be admitted to the letter. Craik."
"PURIST","Of or pertaining to purists or purism."
"PURITAN","One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first twoStuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simplerforms of faith and worship than those established by law; --originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of theearly population of New England."
"PURITANICALLY","In a puritanical manner."
"PURITANISM","The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans."
"PURITANIZE","To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conformto the practice of Puritans. Bp. Montagu."
"PURITY","The condition of being pure. Specifically:(a) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, thepurity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.(b) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt. 'The purity of a linenvesture.' Holyday.(c) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity;as, purity of heart or of life.(d) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.(e) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper wordsor phrases; as, purity of style."
"PURL","To decorate with fringe or embroidery. 'Nature's cradle moreenchased and purled.' B. Jonson."
"PURLIEU","In root construction, a horizontal member supported on theprincipals and supporting the common rafters."
"PURLING","The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also,the murmur it makes in so doing."
"PURLOIN","To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to takeby theft; to filch.Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold. Milton.when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin Dryden."
"PURLOINER","One who purloins. Swift."
"PURPARTY","A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to acoparcener. [Written also purpart, and pourparty.]I am forced to eat all the game of your purparties, as well as my ownthirds. Walpole."
"PURPLE","Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple orblue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the bandedpurple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula."
"PURPLEHEART","A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color,obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genusCopaifera (C. pubiflora, bracteata, and officinalis). Used fordecorative veneering. See Copaiba."
"PURPLEWOOD","Same as Purpleheart."
"PURPLISH","Somewhat purple. Boyle."
"PURPORT","To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; -- often with an object clause or infinitive.They in most grave and solemn wise unfolded Matter which littlepurported. Rowe."
"PURPORTLESS","Without purport or meaning."
"PURPOSE","To have a purpose or intention; to discourse. [Obs.] Spenser."
"PURPOSEDLY","In a purposed manner; according to purpose or design;purposely.A poem composed purposedly of the Trojan war. Holland."
"PURPOSEFUL","Important; material. 'Purposeful accounts.' Tylor.-- Pur'pose*ful*ly, adv."
"PURPOSELESS","Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall.-- Pur'pose*less*ness, n."
"PURPOSELY","With purpose or design; intentionally; with predetermination;designedly.In composing this discourse, I purposely declined all offensive anddispleasing truths. Atterbury.So much they scorn the crowd, that if the throng By chance go right,they purposely go wrong. Pope."
"PURPOSIVE","Having or indicating purpose or design. 'Purposive characters.'Bastian.Purposive modification of structure in a bone. Owen.It is impossible that the frog should perform actions morepurposivethan these. Huxley."
"PURPRE","Purple. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PURPRESTURE","Wrongful encroachment upon another's property; esp., anyencroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be common orpublic, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc. [Written alsopourpresture.]"
"PURPRISE","A close or inclosure; the compass of a manor. Bacon."
"PURPURA","A disease characterized by livid spots on the skin fromextravasated blood, with loss of muscular strength, pain in thelimbs, and mental dejection; the purples. Dunglison."
"PURPURATE","Of or pertaining to purpura."
"PURPURE","Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines decliningfrom the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or fromsinister chief to dexter base)."
"PURPUREAL","Of a purple color; purple."
"PURPUREO-","A combining form signifying of a purple or purple-red color.Specif. (Chem.), used in designating certain brilliant purple-redcompounds of cobaltic chloride and ammonia, similar to theroseocobaltic compounds. See Cobaltic."
"PURPURIC","Of or pertaining to purpura. Dunglison."
"PURPURIN","A dyestuff resembling alizarin, found in madder root, andextracted as an orange or red crystalline substance."
"PURPURIPAROUS","Producing, or connected with, a purple-colored secretion; as,the purpuriparous gland of certain gastropods."
"PURPUROGENOUS","Having the power to produce a purple color; as, thepurpurogenous membrane, or choroidal epithelium, of the eye. SeeVisual purple, under Visual."
"PURR","To murmur as a cat. See Pur."
"PURRE","The dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]"
"PURREE","A yellow coloring matter. See Euxanthin."
"PURROCK","See Puddock, and Parrock."
"PURSE","To steal purses; to rob. [Obs. & R.]I'll purse: . . . I'll bet at bowling alleys. Beau. & Fl."
"PURSE-PROUD","Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession ofriches."
"PURSEFUL","All that is, or can be, contained in a purse; enough to fill apurse."
"PURSER","A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of theprovisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now calledpaymaster."
"PURSERSHIP","The office of purser. Totten."
"PURSET","A purse or purse net. B. Jonson."
"PURSINESS","State of being pursy."
"PURSIVE","Pursy. [Obs.] Holland."
"PURSIVENESS","Pursiness. [Obs. & R.]"
"PURSLAIN","Same as Purslane."
"PURSLANE","An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent,obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads,garnishing, and pickling. Flowering purslane, or Great floweredpurslane, the Portulaca grandiflora. See Portulaca.-- Purslane tree, a South African shrub (Portulacaria Afra) withmany small opposite fleshy obovate leaves.-- Sea purslane, a seashore plant (Arenaria peploides) with crowdedopposite fleshy leaves.-- Water purslane, an aquatic plant (Ludwiqia palustris) butslightly resembling purslane."
"PURSUABLE","Capable of being, or fit to be, pursued, followed, orprosecuted. Sherwood."
"PURSUAL","The act of pursuit. [R.]"
"PURSUANT","Acting in consequence or in prosecution (of anything); hence,agreeable; conformable; following; according; -- with to or of.The conclusion which I draw from these premises, pursuant to thequery laid down, is, etc. Waterland."
"PURSUE","To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to actas a prosecutor. Burrill."
"PURSUER","A plaintiff; a prosecutor."
"PURSUIT","Prosecution. [Obs.]That pursuit for tithes ought, and of ancient time did pertain to thespiritual court. Fuller.Curve of pursuit (Geom.), a curve described by a point which is ateach instant moving towards a second point, which is itself movingaccording to some specified law."
"PURSUIVANT","A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but dischargingsimilar duties; -- called also pursuivant at arms; an attendant ofthe heralds. Also used figuratively.The herald Hope, forerunning Fear, And Fear, the pursuivant of Hope.Longfellow."
"PURSY","Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled withpampering; as, pursy insolence. Shak.Pursy important he sat him down. Sir W. Scot."
"PURTENANCE","That which pertains or belongs to something; esp., the heard,liver, and lungs of an animal. [Obs.] ' The purtenaunces ofpurgatory.' Piers Plowman.Roast [it] with fire, his head with his legs, and with the purtenance[Rev. Ver., inwards] thereof. Ex. xii. 9."
"PURULENT","Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus;attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation."
"PURULENTLY","In a purulent manner."
"PURVEYANCE","A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at anappraised value in preference to all others, and oven without theowner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has longbeen abolished. Wharton."
"PURVIEW","The limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of itsintention or provisions. Marshall.Profanations within the purview of several statutes. Bacon."
"PUS","The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by theprocess of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleatedcells floating in a clear liquid."
"PUSANE","A piece of armor for the breast; often, an addition to, orre\u00ebnforcement of. the breastplate; -- called also pesane."
"PUSEYISM","The principles of Dr. Pusey and others at Oxford, England, asexhibited in various publications, esp. in a series which appearedfrom 1833 to 1841, designated ' Tracts for the Times;' tractarianism.See Tractarianism."
"PUSEYITE","One who holds the principles of Puseyism; -- often usedopprobriously."
"PUSH","A pustule; a pimple. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Bacon."
"PUSH BUTTON","A simple device, resembling a button in form, so arranged thatpushing it closes an electric circuit, as of an electric bell."
"PUSHER","One who, or that which, pushes."
"PUSHING","Pressing forward in business; enterprising; driving; energetic;also, forward; officious, intrusive.-- Push'ing*ly, adv."
"PUSHPIN","A child's game played with pins. L. Estrange."
"PUSIL","Very small; little; petty. [Obs.] Bacon."
"PUSILLANIMITY","The quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit;cowardliness.The badge of pusillanimity and cowardice. Shak.It is obvious to distinguished between an act of . . . pusillanimityand an act of great modesty or humility. South."
"PUSILLANIMOUSLY","With pusillanimity."
"PUSLEY","Purslane. [Colloq. U. S]"
"PUSSY","See Pursy. [Colloq. or Low]"
"PUSTULANT","Producing pustules.-- n."
"PUSTULAR","1. Of or pertaining to pustules; as, pustular prominences;pustular eruptions."
"PUSTULATE","To form into pustules, or blisters."
"PUSTULATION","The act of producing pustules; the state of being pustulated."
"PUSTULE","A vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed base,containing pus. Malignant pustule. See under Malignant."
"PUSTULOUS","Resembling, or covered with, pustules; pustulate; pustular."
"PUT","A pit. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PUT-OFF","A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse.L'Estrange."
"PUT-UP","Arranged; plotted; -- in a bad sense; as, a put-up job.[Colloq.]"
"PUTAGE","Prostitution or fornication on the part of a woman."
"PUTAMEN","The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit. See Endocarp."
"PUTANISM","Habitual lewdness or prostitution of a woman; harlotry."
"PUTATIVE","Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putativefather of a child. 'His other putative (I dare not say feigned)friends.' E. Hall.Thus things indifferent, being esteemed useful or pious, becamecustomary, and then came for reverence into a putative and usurpedauthority. Jer. Taylor."
"PUTCHUCK","Same as Pachak."
"PUTEAL","An inclosure surrounding a well to prevent persons from fallinginto it; a well curb. Weale."
"PUTELI","Same as Patela."
"PUTERY","Putage. [Obs.]"
"PUTID","Rotten; fetid; stinking; base; worthless. Jer. Taylor. 'Thyputid muse.' Dr. H. More."
"PUTLOG","One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks formingthe floor of a scaffold are laid, -- one end resting on the ledger ofthe scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarilyfor the purpose. Oxf. Gloss."
"PUTOUR","A keeper of a brothel; a procurer. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PUTREDINOUS","Proceeding from putrefaction, or partaking of the putrefactiveprocess; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten."
"PUTREFY","To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot. Isa. 1. 6."
"PUTRESCE","To become putrescent or putrid; to putrefy."
"PUTRESCENCE","The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter."
"PUTRESCIBLE","Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as,putrescible substances."
"PUTRESCIN","A nontoxic diamine, C4H12N2, formed in the putrefaction of theflesh of mammals and some other animals."
"PUTRIDITY","The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness."
"PUTRIDNESS","Putridity. Floyer."
"PUTRIFACTED","Putrefied. [Obs.]What vermin bred of putrifacted slime. Marston."
"PUTRIFICATION","Putrefaction."
"PUTRIFY","To putrefy."
"PUTRILAGE","That which is undergoing putrefaction; the products ofputrefaction."
"PUTRY","Putrid. [Obs.] Marston."
"PUTT","A stroke made on the putting green to play the ball into ahole."
"PUTTEE","Same as Putty, a kind of gaiter."
"PUTTER","To act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter."
"PUTTER-ON","An instigator. Shak."
"PUTTIER","One who putties; a glazier."
"PUTTING","The throwing of a heavy stone, shot, etc., with the hand raisedor extended from the shoulder; -- originally, a Scottish game.Putting stone, a heavy stone used in the game of putting."
"PUTTING GREEN","The green, or plot of smooth turf, surrounding a hole. 'Theterm putting green shall mean the ground within twenty yards of thehole, excepting hazards.'  Golf Rules."
"PUTTOCK","See Futtock. [Obs.]"
"PUTTY","A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or softcarbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten or kneaded tothe consistence of dough, -- used in fastening glass in sashes,stopping crevices, and for similar purposes. Putty powder, an oxideof tin, or of tin and lead in various proportions, much used inpolishing glass, metal, precious stones, etc."
"PUTTY-FACED","White-faced; -- used contemptuously. Clarke."
"PUTTYROOT","An American orchidaceous plant (Aplectrum hyemale) whichflowers in early summer. Its slender naked rootstock produces eachyear a solid corm, filled with exceedingly glutinous matter, whichsends up later a single large oval evergreen plaited leaf. Calledalso Adam-and-Eve."
"PUY","See Poy."
"PUZZEL","A harlot; a drab; a hussy. [Obs.] Shak."
"PUZZLE-HEADED","Having the head full of confused notions. Johnson."
"PUZZLEDOM","The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley."
"PUZZLEMENT","The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford."
"PUZZLER","One who, or that which, puzzles or perplexes.Hebrew, the general puzzler of old heads. Brome."
"PUZZLINGLY","In a puzzling manner."
"PYAEMIA","A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption into theblood of morbid matters usually originating in a wound or localinflammation. It is characterized by the development of multipleabscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularlyrecurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion."
"PYAEMIC","Of or pertaining to py\u00e6mia; of the nature of py\u00e6mia."
"PYCNASPIDEAN","Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with smallirregular scales; -- said of certain birds."
"PYCNIDIUM","In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of theinner walls of which spores are produced."
"PYCNITE","A massive subcolumnar variety of topaz."
"PYCNODONT","Any fossil fish belonging to the Pycnodontini. They havenumerous round, flat teeth, adapted for crushing."
"PYCNODONTINI","An extinct order of ganoid fishes. They had a compressed body,covered with dermal ribs (pleurolepida) and with enameled rhomboidalscales."
"PYCNOGONID","One of the Pycnogonida."
"PYCNOGONIDA","A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small andthin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also Pantopoda."
"PYCNOMETER","A specific gravity bottle; a standard flask for measuring andcomparing the densities of liquids. [Also written pyknometer.]"
"PYCNOSTYLE","See under Intercolumniation. -n."
"PYE","See 2d Pie (b)."
"PYEBALD","See Piebald."
"PYELITIS","Inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney."
"PYEMIA","See Py\u00c6mia."
"PYET","A magpie; a piet. [Prov. Eng.]Here cometh the worthy prelate as pert as a pyet. Sir W. Scott."
"PYGAL","Situated in the region of the rump, or posterior end of thebackbone; -- applied especially to the posterior median plates in thecarapace of chelonians."
"PYGIDIUM","The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacean, and certaininsects. See Illust. of Limulus and Trilobite."
"PYGMY","One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes,and were destroyed."
"PYGOBRANCHIA","A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks having the branchi\u00e6 ina wreath or group around the anal opening, as in the genus Doris."
"PYGOPOD","One of the Pygopodes."
"PYGOPODES","A division of swimming birds which includes the grebes, divers,auks, etc., in which the legs are placed far back."
"PYGOPODOUS","Of or pertaining to the Pygopodes."
"PYGOSTYLE","The plate of bone which forms the posterior end of thevertebral column in most birds; the plowshare bone; the vomer. It isformed by the union of a number of the last caudal vertebr\u00e6, andsupports the uropigium."
"PYIN","An albuminoid constituent of pus, related to mucin, possibly amixture of substances rather than a single body."
"PYJAMA","In India and Persia, thin loose trowsers or drawers; in Europeand America, drawers worn at night, or a kind of nightdress withlegs. [Written also paijama.]"
"PYKAR","An ancient English fishing boat."
"PYLA","The passage between the iter and optocoele in the brain. B. G.Wilder."
"PYLAGORE","a deputy of a State at the Amphictyonic council."
"PYLANGIUM","The first and undivided part of the aortic trunk in theamphibian heart.-- Py*lan'gi*al, a."
"PYLORIC","Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pylorus; as, thepyloric end of the stomach."
"PYNE","See Pine. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PYNOUN","A pennant. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"PYOCYANIN","A blue coloring matter found in the pus from old sores,supposed to be formed through the agency of a species of bacterium(Bacillus pyocyaneus).C13H10N2O"
"PYOGENIC","Producing or generating pus."
"PYOID","Of or pertaining to pus; of the nature of, or like, pus. Pyoidcorpuscles (Med.), cells of a size larger than pus corpuscles,containing two or more of the latter."
"PYOPNEUMOTHORAX","Accumulation of air, or other gas, and of pus, in the pleuralcavity."
"PYOT","The magpie. See Piet."
"PYOXANTHOSE","A greenish yellow crystalline coloring matter found withpyocyanin in pus."
"PYRACANTH","The evergreen thorn (Crat\u00e6gus Pyracantha), a shrub native ofEurope."
"PYRAL","Of or pertaining to a pyre. [R.]"
"PYRALID","Any moth of the family Pyralid\u00e6. The species are numerous andmostly small, but some of them are very injurious, as the bee moth,meal moth, hop moth, and clover moth."
"PYRAMID","A solid figure contained by a plane rectilineal figure as baseand several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases aresides of the base."
"PYRAMIDAL","Same as Tetragonal. Pyramidal numbers (Math.), certain seriesof figurate numbers expressing the number of balls or points that maybe arranged in the form of pyramids. Thus 1, 4, 10, 20, 35, etc., aretrangular pyramidal numbers; and 1, 5, 14, 30, 55, etc., are squarepyramidal numbers."
"PYRAMIDALLY","Like a pyramid."
"PYRAMIDION","The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk."
"PYRAMIDOID","A solid resembling a pyramid; -- called also pyramoid. Barlow."
"PYRAMIS","A pyramid."
"PYRAMOID","See Pyramidoid."
"PYRARGYRITE","Ruby silver; dark red silver ore. It is a sulphide of antimonyand silver, occurring in rhombohedral crystals or massive, and is ofa dark red or black color with a metallic adamantine luster."
"PYRE","A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead areburned; hence, any pile to be burnt.For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thickflaming shot a dismal glare. Pope."
"PYRENA","A nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel of a drupe. Gray."
"PYRENE","One of the less volatile hydrocarbons of coal tar, obtained asa white crystalline substance, C16H10."
"PYRENEAN","Of or pertaining to the Pyrenees, a range of mountainsseparating France and Spain.-- n."
"PYRENOID","A transparent body found in the chromatophores of certainInfusoria."
"PYRETHRIN","A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor,and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called alsoPyrethrum camphor."
"PYRETHRINE","An alkaloid extracted from the root of the pellitory of Spain(Anacyclus pyrethrum)."
"PYRETIC","Of or pertaining to fever; febrile."
"PYRETOLOGY","A discourse or treatise on fevers; the doctrine of fevers.Hooper."
"PYREXIA","The febrile condition."
"PYRGOM","A variety of pyroxene; -- called also fassaite."
"PYRHELIOMETER","An instrument for measuring the direct heating effect of thesun's rays."
"PYRIDIC","Related to, or formed from, pyridin or its homologues; as, thepyridic bases."
"PYRIDINE","A nitrogenous base, C5H5N, obtained from the distillation ofbone oil or coal tar, and by the decomposition of certain alkaloids,as a colorless liquid with a peculiar pungent odor. It is the nucleusof a large number of organic substances, among which severalvegetable alkaloids, as nicotine and certain of the ptoma\u00efnes, may bementioned. See Lutidine."
"PYRIDYL","A hypothetical radical, C5H4N, regarded as the essentialresidue of pyridine, and analogous to phenyl."
"PYRIFORM","Having the form of a pear; pear-shaped."
"PYRITACEOUS","Of or pertaining to pyrites. See Pyritic."
"PYRITE","A common mineral of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliantmetallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system; iron pyrites;iron disulphide.Hence sable coal his massy couch extends, And stars of gold thesparkling pyrite blends. E. Darwin."
"PYRITES","A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides ofiron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color."
"PYRITIFEROUS","Containing or producing pyrites."
"PYRITIZE","To convert into pyrites."
"PYRITOHEDRAL","Like pyrites in hemihedral form."
"PYRITOHEDRON","The pentagonal dodecahedron, a common form of pyrite."
"PYRITOID","Pyritohedron. [R.]"
"PYRITOLOGY","The science of blowpipe analysis."
"PYRITOUS","Pyritic."
"PYRO","Abbreviation of pyrogallic acid. [Colloq.]"
"PYROACETIC","Pertaining to, and designating, a substance (acetone) obtainedby the distillation of the acetates. It is now called also pyroaceticether, and formerly was called pyroacetic spirit."
"PYROACID","An acid obtained by sybjecting another acid to the action ofheat. Cf. Pyro-."
"PYROANTIMONATE","A salt of pyroantimonic acid."
"PYROANTIMONIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of antimony analogous topyrophosphoric acid."
"PYROARSENATE","A salt of pyroarsenic acid."
"PYROARSENIC","Pertaining to or designating, an acid of arsenic analogous topyrophosphoric acid."
"PYROBORATE","A salt of pyroboric acid."
"PYROBORIC","Pertaining to derived from, or designating, an acid, H2B4O7(called also tetraboric acid), which is the acid ingredient ofordinary borax, and is obtained by heating boric acid."
"PYROCATECHIN","A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, of the phenol series,found in various plants; -- so called because first obtained bydistillation of gum catechu. Called also catechol, oxyphenol. etc."
"PYROCHLORE","A niobate of calcium, cerium, and other bases, occurringusually in octahedrons of a yellowish or brownish color and resinousluster; -- so called from its becoming grass-green on being subjectedto heat under the blowpipe."
"PYROCITRIC","Pertaining to, or designating, any one of three acids obtainedby the distillation of citric acid, and called respectivelycitraconic, itaconic, and mesaconic acid."
"PYROCOLL","A yellow crystalline substance allied to pyrrol, obtained bythe distillation of gelatin."
"PYROELECTRIC","Pertaining to, or dependent on, pyroelectricity; receivingelectric polarity when heated."
"PYROELECTRICITY","Electricity developed by means of heat; the science whichtreats of electricity thus developed."
"PYROGALLATE","A salt of pyrogallic acid; an ether of pyrogallol."
"PYROGALLIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid calledpyrogallol. See Pyrogallol."
"PYROGALLOL","A phenol metameric with phloroglucin, obtained by thedistillation of gallic acid as a poisonous white crystallinesubstance having acid properties, and hence called also pyrogallicacid. It is a strong reducer, and is used as a developer inphotography and in the production of certain dyes."
"PYROGEN","A poison separable from decomposed meat infusions, and supposedto be formed from albuminous matter through the agency of bacteria."
"PYROGENIC","Producing heat; -- said of substances, as septic poisons, whichelevate the temperature of the body and cause fever."
"PYROGENOUS","Produced by fire; igneous. Mantell. ."
"PYROGNOSTIC","Of or pertaining to characters developed by the use of heat;pertaining to the characters of minerals when examined before theblowpipe; as, the pyrognostic characters of galena."
"PYROGNOSTICS","The characters of a mineral observed by the use of theblowpipe, as the degree of fusibility, flame coloration, etc."
"PYROGRAPH","A production of pyrography."
"PYROGRAPHY","A process of printing, ornamenting, or carving, by burning withheated instruments."
"PYROGRAVURE","Pyrography; also, a design or picture made by pyrography."
"PYROLATOR","A fire worshiper. [R.] Southey."
"PYROLATRY","The worship of fire. Young."
"PYROLIGNITE","A crude acetate produced by treating pyroligneous acid with ametal or basic compound; as, pyrolignite of iron (iron liquor)."
"PYROLIGNOUS","Same as Pyroligneous."
"PYROLITHIC","Same as Pyrouric, or Cyanuric."
"PYROLOGIST","One who is versed in, or makes a study of, pyrology."
"PYROLOGY","That branch of physical science which treats of the properties,phenomena, or effects of heat; also, a treatise on heat."
"PYROLUSITE","Manganese dioxide, a mineral of an iron-black or dark steel-gray color and metallic luster, usually soft. Pyrolusite parts withits oxygen at a red heat, and is extensively used in discharging thebrown and green tints of glass (whence its name)."
"PYROMAGNETIC","Acting by the agency of heat and magnetism; as, a pyromagneticmachine for producing electric currents."
"PYROMALATE","A salt of pyromalic acid. [Obs.]"
"PYROMALIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called maleic acid."
"PYROMANCY","Divination by means of fire."
"PYROMANIA","An insane disposition to incendiarism."
"PYROMANTIC","Of or pertaining to pyromancy."
"PYROMETER","An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodiesby heat."
"PYROMETRY","The art of measuring degrees of heat, or the expansion ofbodies by heat."
"PYROMORPHITE","Native lead phosphate with lead chloride, occurring in brightgreen and brown hexagonal crystals and also massive; -- so calledbecause a fused globule crystallizes in cooling."
"PYROMORPHOUS","Having the property of crystallizing by the agency of fire."
"PYROMUCATE","A salt of pyromucic acid."
"PYROMUCIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid obtainedas a white crystalline substance by the distillation of mucic acid,or by the oxidation of furfurol."
"PYRONE","An unsaturated cyclic compound, C5H4O2, of which two varietiesare known, a and g. g-pyrone is the parent substance of severalnatural yellow dyestuffs."
"PYRONOMICS","The science of heat."
"PYROPE","A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color, frequentlywith a tinge of orange. It is used as a gem. See the Note underGarnet."
"PYROPHANE","A mineral which is opaque in its natural state, but is said tochange its color and become transparent by heat."
"PYROPHANOUS","Rendered transparent by heat."
"PYROPHONE","A musical instrument in which the tones are produced by flamesof hydrogen, or illuminating gas, burning in tubes of different sizesand lengths."
"PYROPHORUS","Any one of several substances or mixtures which phosphoresce orignite spontaneously on exposure to air, as a heated mixture of alum,potash, and charcoal, or a mixture of charcoal and finely dividedlead."
"PYROPHOSPHATE","A salt of pyrophosphoric acid."
"PYROPHOSPHORIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, H4P2O7, which isobtained as a white crystalline substance. Its salts are obtained byheating the phosphates."
"PYROPHYLLITE","A mineral, usually of a white or greenish color and pearlyluster, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of alumina."
"PYROSCOPE","An instrument for measuring the intensity of heat radiatingfrom a fire, or the cooling influence of bodies. It is a differentialthermometer, having one bulb coated with gold or silver leaf. [R.]"
"PYROSIS","See Water brash, under Brash."
"PYROSMALITE","A mineral, usually of a pale brown or of a gray or grayishgreen color, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron andmanganese; -- so called from the odor given off before the blowpipe."
"PYROSOME","Any compound ascidian of the genus Pyrosoma. The pyrosomes formlarge hollow cylinders, sometimes two or three feet long, which swimat the surface of the sea and are very phosphorescent."
"PYROSULPHATE","A salt of pyrosulphuric acid."
"PYROSULPHURIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also disulphuricacid) obtained by distillation of certain sulphates, as a colorless,thick, oily liquid, H2S2O7 resembling sulphuric acid. It is used inthe solution of indigo, in the manufacture of alizarin, and indehydration."
"PYROTARTARIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a whitecrystalline substance by the distillation of tartaric acid."
"PYROTARTRATE","A salt of pyrotartaric acid."
"PYROTECHNIAN","A pyrotechnist."
"PYROTECHNICIAN","A pyrotechnist."
"PYROTECHNICS","The art of making fireworks; the manufacture and use offireworks; pyrotechny."
"PYROTECHNIST","One skilled in pyrotechny; one who manufactures fireworks.Steevens."
"PYROTHONIDE","A kind of empyreumatic oil produced by the combustion oftextures of hemp, linen, or cotton in a copper vessel, -- formerlyused as a remedial agent. Dunglison."
"PYROTIC","Caustic. See Caustic.-- n. (Med.)"
"PYROTRITARTARIC","Designating an acid which is more commonly called uric acid."
"PYROTUNGSTIC","Polytungstic. See Metatungstic."
"PYROVANADIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of vanadium, analogousto pyrophosphoric acid."
"PYROXANTHIN","A yellow crystalline hydrocardon extracted from crude woodspirit; -- called also eblanin."
"PYROXENE","A common mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, with aprismatic angle of nearly 90\u00ba, and also in massive forms which areoften laminated. It varies in color from white to dark green andblack, and includes many varieties differing in color andcomposition, as diopside, malacolite, salite, coccolite, augite, etc.They are all silicates of lime and magnesia with sometimes aluminaand iron. Pyroxene is an essential constituent of many rocks,especially basic igneous rocks, as basalt, gabbro, etc."
"PYROXENIC","Containing pyroxene; composed chiefly of pyroxene."
"PYROXENITE","A rock consisting essentially of pyroxene."
"PYROXYLE","See Pyroxylic, -yl."
"PYROXYLIC","Derived from wood by distillation; -- formerly used indesignating crude wood spirit."
"PYROXYLIN","A substance resembling gun cotton in composition andproperties, but distinct in that it is more highly nitrified and issoluble in alcohol, ether, etc.; -- called also pyroxyle."
"PYRRHIC","Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics; containingpyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse."
"PYRRHICIST","One two danced the pyrrhic."
"PYRRHONISM","Skepticism; universal doubt."
"PYRRHONIST","A follower of Pyrrho; a skeptic."
"PYRROL","A nitrogenous base found in coal tar, bone oil, and otherdistillates of organic substances, and also produced synthetically asa colorless liquid, C4H5N, having on odor like that of chloroform. Itis the nucleus and origin of a large number of derivatives. So calledbecause it colors a splinter of wood moistened with hydrochloric acida deep red."
"PYRROLINE","A nitrogenous base, C4H7N, obtained as a colorless liquid bythe reduction of pyrrol."
"PYRULA","A genus of large marine gastropods. having a pear-shaped shell.It includes the fig-shells. See Illust. in Appendix."
"PYRURIC","Same as Pyro\u00fcric."
"PYRUS","A genus of rosaceous trees and shrubs having pomes for fruit.It includes the apple, crab apple, pear, chokeberry, sorb, andmountain ash."
"PYRUVIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also pyroracemicacid) obtained, as a liquid having a pungent odor, by thedistillation of racemic acid."
"PYRUVIL","A complex nitrogenous compound obtained by heating togetherpyruvic acid and urea."
"PYTHAGOREAN","Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born about582 b. c.), or his philosophy.The central thought of the Pythagorean philosophy is the idea ofnumber, the recognition of the numerical and mathematical relationsof things. Encyc. Brit.Pythagorean proposition (Geom.), the theorem that the squaredescribed upon the hypothenuse of a plane right-angled triangle isequal to the sum of the squares described upon the other two sides.-- Pythagorean system (Astron.), the commonly received system ofastronomy, first taught by Pythagoras, and afterward revived byCopernicus, whence it is also called the Copernican system.-- Pythagorean letter. See Y."
"PYTHAGOREANISM","The doctrines of Pythagoras or the Pythagoreans.As a philosophic school Pythagoreanism became extinct in Greece aboutthe middle of the 4th century [B. C.]. Encyc. Brit."
"PYTHAGORISM","The doctrines taught by Pythagoras."
"PYTHAGORIZE","To speculate after the manner of Pythagoras."
"PYTHIAD","The period intervening between one celebration of the Pythiangames and the next."
"PYTHIAN","Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to thepriestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles at Delphi. Pythian games(Gr. Antiq.), one of the four great national festivals of ancientGreece, celebrated near Delphi, in honor of Apollo, the conqueror ofthe dragon Python, at first once in eight years, afterward once infour."
"PYTHOCENIC","Producing decomposition, as diseases which are supposed to beaccompanied or caused by decomposition."
"PYTHON","Any species of very large snakes of the genus Python, andallied genera, of the family Pythonid\u00e6. They are nearly allied to theboas. Called also rock snake."
"PYTHONESS","The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece."
"PYTHONIC","Prophetic; oracular; pretending to foretell events."
"PYTHONISM","The art of predicting events after the manner of the priestessof Apollo at Delphi; equivocal prophesying."
"PYTHONIST","A conjurer; a diviner."
"PYTHONOMORPHA","Same as Mosasauria."
"PYURIA","A morbid condition in which pus is discharged in the urine."
"PYX","The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host isreserved."
"PYXIDATE","Having a pyxidium."
"PYXIE","Same as Pixy."
"PYXIS","A pyxidium."
"Q",", the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, has but onesound (that of k), and is always followed by u, the two letterstogether being sounded like kw, except in some words in which the uis silent. See Guide to Pronunciation, \u00a7 249. Q is not found inAnglo-Saxon, cw being used instead of qu; as in cwic, quick; cwen,queen. The name (ku) is from the French ku, which is from the Latinname of the same letter; its form is from the Latin, which derivedit, through a Greek alphabet, from the Phoenician, the ultimateorigin being Egyptian. Etymologically, q or qu is most nearly relatedto a (ch, tch), p, q, and wh; as in cud, quid, L. equus, ecus, horse,Gr. equine, hippic; L. quod which, E. what; L. aquila, E. eaqle; E.kitchen, OE. kichene, AS. cycene, L. coquina."
"QUA","In so far as; in the capacity or character of; as.It is with Shelley's biographers qua biographers that we have todeal. London Spectator."
"QUA-BIRD","The American night heron. See under Night."
"QUAB","An unfledged bird; hence, something immature or unfinished.Ford."
"QUACHA","The quagga."
"QUACK","A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorantpractitioner."
"QUACK GRASS","See Quitch grass."
"QUACKERY","The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; falsepretensions to any art; empiricism. Carlyle."
"QUACKISH","Like a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery. Burke."
"QUACKISM","Quackery. Carlyle."
"QUACKLE","To suffocate; to choke. [Prov. Eng.]"
"QUACKSALVER","One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of theefficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank.[Obs.] Burton."
"QUAD","A quadrat."
"QUADRABLE","That may be sqyared, or reduced to an equivalent square; --said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactlyfound, and expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms."
"QUADRAGENARIOUS","Consisting of forty; forty years old."
"QUADRAGENE","An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days ofancient canonical penance."
"QUADRAGESIMA","The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. QuadragesimaSunday, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter."
"QUADRAGESIMAL","Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten."
"QUADRAGESIMALS","Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese onMid-Lent Sunday."
"QUADRANGLE","A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides;any figure having four angles."
"QUADRANGULAR","Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal.-- Quad*ran'gu*lar*ly, adv."
"QUADRANS","A fourth part of the coin called an as. See 3d As, 2."
"QUADRANT","The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle,an arc of 90\u00ba, or one subtending a right angle at the center."
"QUADRANTAL","Of or pertaining to a quadrant; also, included in the fourthpart of a circle; as, quadrantal space. Quadrantal triangle, aspherical triangle having one side equal to a quadrant or arc of 90\u00ba.-- Quadrantal versor, a versor that expresses rotation through oneright angle."
"QUADRAT","A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used inspacing and in blank lines. [Abbrev. quad.]"
"QUADRATE","A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; asquare; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.At which command, the powers militant That stood for heaven, inmighty quadrate joined. Milton."
"QUADRATIC","Tetragonal."
"QUADRATICS","That branch of algebra which treats of quadratic equations."
"QUADRATOJUGAL","The quadratojugal bone. Quadratojugal bone (Anat.), a bone atthe base of the lower jaw in many animals."
"QUADRATRIX","A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as thequadratrix, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen."
"QUADRATURE","The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the samearea as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of acircle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of afigure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, twoordinates, and the axis of abscissas."
"QUADRENNIALLY","Once in four years."
"QUADRENNIUM","A space or period of four years."
"QUADRI-","A combining form meaning four, four times, fourfold; as,quadricapsular, having four capsules."
"QUADRIBASIC","Same as Tetrabasic."
"QUADRIBLE","Quadrable. [R.]"
"QUADRIC","Of or pertaining to the second degree."
"QUADRICAPSULAR","Having four capsules."
"QUADRICEPS","The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into fourparts which unite in a single tendon at the knee."
"QUADRICIPITAL","Of or pertaining to the quadriceps."
"QUADRICORN","Any quadricornous animal."
"QUADRICORNOUS","Having four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a quadricornousbeetle."
"QUADRICOSTATE","Having four ribs."
"QUADRIDENTATE","Having four teeth; as, a quadridentate leaf."
"QUADRIENNIAL","Same as Quadrennial."
"QUADRIFARIOUS","Arranged in four rows or ranks; as, quadrifarious leaves.Loudon."
"QUADRIFID","Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts; as, a quadrifidperianth; a quadrifid leaf."
"QUADRIFURCATED","Having four forks, or branches."
"QUADRIGA","A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast."
"QUADRIGENARIOUS","Consisting of four hundred."
"QUADRIJUGATE","Same as Quadrijugous."
"QUADRIJUGOUS","Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf."
"QUADRILATERAL","Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular."
"QUADRILATERALNESS","The property of being quadrilateral."
"QUADRILITERAL","Consisting of four letters."
"QUADRILLE","A game played by four persons with forty cards, being theremainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights arediscarded. Hoyle."
"QUADRILLION","According to the French notation, which is followed also uponthe Continent and in the United States, a unit with fifteen ciphersannexed; according to the English notation, the number produced byinvolving a million to the fourth power, or the number represented bya unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note underNumeration."
"QUADRILOCULAR","Having four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart."
"QUADRIN","A small piece of money, in value about a farthing, or a halfcent. [Obs.]"
"QUADRINODAL","Possessing four nodes; as, quadrinodal curves."
"QUADRINOMIAL","A polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus orminus."
"QUADRINOMICAL","Quadrinomial."
"QUADRINOMINAL","Quadrinomial. Sir W. R. Hamilton."
"QUADRIPARTITE","Divided into four parts."
"QUADRIPARTITELY","In four parts."
"QUADRIPARTITION","A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, ataking the fourth part of any quantity or number."
"QUADRIPENNATE","Having four wings; -- said of insects."
"QUADRIPHYLLOUS","Having four leaves; quadrifoliate."
"QUADRIREME","A galley with four banks of oars or rowers."
"QUADRISECTION","A subdivision into four parts."
"QUADRISULCATE","Having four hoofs; as, a quadrisulcate foot; a quadrisulcateanimal."
"QUADRISYLLABLE","A word consisting of four syllables. De Quincey."
"QUADRIVALENCE","The quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence."
"QUADRIVALENT","Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, beingreplaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- saidof certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon arequadrivalent elements."
"QUADRIVALVE","Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, aquadrivalve pericarp."
"QUADRIVALVULAR","Having four valves; quadrivalve."
"QUADRIVIAL","Having four ways meeting in a point. B. Jonson."
"QUADRIVIUM","The four 'liberal arts,' arithmetic, music, geometry, andastronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium."
"QUADROON","The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a personquarter-blooded. [Written also quarteron, quarteroon, and quateron.]"
"QUADROXIDE","A tetroxide. [R.]"
"QUADRUMANA","A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; --so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the greattoe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana wereconsidered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included manalone."
"QUADRUMANE","One of the Quadrumana."
"QUADRUMANOUS","Having four hands; of or pertaining to the Quadrumana."
"QUADRUPED","Having four feet."
"QUADRUPEDAL","Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped."
"QUADRUPLANE","An a\u00ebroplane with four superposed main supporting surfaces."
"QUADRUPLE","Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruplealliance. Quadruple time (Mus.), that in which each measure isdivided into four equal parts."
"QUADRUPLEX","Fourfold; folded or doubled twice. Quadruplex system (ElectricTelegraph), a system by which four messages, two in each direction,may be sent simultaneously over the wire."
"QUADRUPLICATE","To make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple."
"QUADRUPLICATION","The act of making fourfold; a taking four times the simple sumor amount."
"QUADRUPLY","To a fourfold quantity; so as to be, or cause to be, quadruple;as, to be quadruply recompensed."
"QUAERE","Inquire; question; see; -- used to signify doubt or to suggestinvestigation."
"QUAESTOR","Same as Questor."
"QUAFF","To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow inlarge draughts. 'Quaffed off the muscadel.' Shak.They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality andjoy. Milton."
"QUAFFER","One who quaffs, or drinks largely."
"QUAG","A quagmire. [R.] 'Crooked or straight, through quags or thornydells.' Cowper."
"QUAGGA","A South African wild ass (Equus, or Hippotigris, quagga). Theupper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and behind andbeneath, with dark stripes on the face, neck, and fore part of thebody."
"QUAGGY","Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under thefoot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy. 'O'er the watery strath, orquaggy moss.' Collins."
"QUAGMIRE","Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet. 'Aspot surrounded by quagmires, which rendered it difficult of access.'Palfrey."
"QUAIL","To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; tosubdue. [Obs.] Spenser."
"QUAILY","The upland plover. [Canadian]"
"QUAINTLY","In a quaint manner. Shak."
"QUAINTNESS","The quality of being quaint. Pope."
"QUAIR","A quire; a book. [Obs.] ' The king's quhair.' James I. (ofScotland)."
"QUAKE","To cause to quake. [Obs.] Shak."
"QUAKERESS","A woman who is a member of the Society of Friends."
"QUAKERISH","Like or pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike."
"QUAKERISM","The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers."
"QUAKERLIKE","Like a Quaker."
"QUAKERLY","Resembling Quakers; Quakerlike; Quakerish. Macaulay."
"QUAKERY","Quakerism. [Obs.] Hallywell."
"QUAKETAIL","A wagtail."
"QUAKINESS","The state of being quaky; liability to quake."
"QUAKING","a. & n. from Quake, v. Quaking aspen (Bot.), an Americanspecies of poplar (Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which tremblein the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen. SeeAspen.-- Quaking bog, a bog of forming peat so saturated with water thatit shakes when trodden upon.-- Quaking grass. (Bot.) (a) One of several grasses of the genusBriza, having slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets, whichquake and rattle in the wind. Briza maxima is the large quakinggrass; B. media and B. minor are the smaller kinds. (b) Rattlesnakegrass (Glyceria Canadensis)."
"QUAKINGLY","In a quaking manner; fearfully. Sir P. Sidney."
"QUAKY","Shaky, or tremulous; quaking."
"QUALIFIABLE","Capable of being qualified; abatable; modifiable. Barrow."
"QUALIFICATIVE","That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying termor statement.How many qualificatives, correctives, and restrictives he insertethin this relation. Fuller."
"QUALIFICATOR","An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causesfor trial in the ecclesiastical courts."
"QUALIFIEDLY","In the way of qualification; with modification orqualification."
"QUALIFIEDNESS","The state of being qualified."
"QUALIFIER",", One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies,reduces, tempers or restrains."
"QUALITATIVE","Relating to quality; having the character of quality.-- Qual'i*ta*tive*ly, adv. Qualitative analysis (Chem.), analysiswhich merely determines the constituents of a substance without anyregard to the quantity of each ingredient; -- contrasted withquantitative analysis."
"QUALITIED","Furnished with qualities; endowed. [Obs.] 'He was wellqualitied.' Chapman."
"QUALMISH","Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor;inclined to vomit. Shak.-- Qualm'ish*ly, adv.-- Qualm'ish*ness, n."
"QUAMASH","See Camass."
"QUAMOCLIT","Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine(Quamoclit vulgaris, now called Ipomoea Quamoclit). The genus is nowmerged in Ipomoea."
"QUANDARY","A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty."
"QUANDONG","The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree (Fusanusacuminatus) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also quandang."
"QUANDY","The old squaw. [Local, U. S.]"
"QUANNET","A flat file having the handle at one side, so as to be usedlike a plane."
"QUANT","A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent itfrom sinking into the mud; a setting pole."
"QUANTIC","A homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables, ingeneral containing only positive integral powers of the variables,and called quadric, cubic, quartic, etc., according as it is of thesecond, third, fourth, fifth, or a higher degree. These are furthercalled binary, ternary, quaternary, etc., according as they containtwo, three, four, or more variables; thus, the quantic is a binarycubic."
"QUANTIFICATION","Modification by a reference to quantity; the introduction ofthe element of quantity.The quantification of the predicate belongs in part to Sir WilliamHamilton; viz., in its extension to negative propositions. DeQuincey."
"QUANTIFY","To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix orexpress the quantity of; to rate."
"QUANTITATIVE","Relating to quantity.-- Quan'ti*ta*tive*ly, adv. Quantitative analysis (Chem.), analysiswhich determines the amount or quantity of each ingredient of asubstance, by weight or by volume; -- contrasted with qualitativeanalysis."
"QUANTITIVE","Estimable according to quantity; quantitative. Sir K. Digby."
"QUANTITIVELY","So as to be measurable by quantity; quantitatively."
"QUANTIVALENCE","Valence. [Archaic]"
"QUANTIVALENT","Of or pertaining to quantivalence. [Archaic]"
"QUANTUM","A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by aboundary. W. K. Clifford. Quantum meruit ( Etym: [L., as much as hemerited] (Law), a count in an action grounded on a promise that thedefendant would pay to the plaintiff for his service as much as heshould deserve.-- Quantum sufficit (, or Quantum suff. Etym: [L., as much suffices](Med.), a sufficient quantity.-- Quantum valebat ( Etym: [L., as much at it was worth] (Law), acount in an action to recover of the defendant, for goods sold, asmuch as they were worth. Blackstone."
"QUAP","To quaver. [Obs.] See Quob."
"QUAQUAVERSAL","Dipping toward all points of the compass round a center, asbeds of lava round a crater."
"QUAR","A quarry. [Prov. Eng.] B. Jonson."
"QUARANTINE","The period of forty days during which the widow had theprivilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband diedseized. Quarantine flag, a yellow flag hoisted at the fore of avessel or hung from a building, to give warning of an infectiousdisease; -- called also the yellow jack, and yellow flag."
"QUARL","A medusa, or jellyfish. [R.]The jellied quarl that flings At once a thousand streaming stings. J.R. Drake."
"QUARREL","Any small square or quadrangular member; as:(a) A square of glass, esp. when set diagonally.(b) A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, etc., makethe form nearly square.(c) A square or lozenge-shaped paving tile."
"QUARRELET","A little quarrel. See 1st Quarrel, 2. [Obs.] 'Quarrelets ofpearl [teeth].' Herrick."
"QUARRELING","Engaged in a quarrel; apt or disposed to quarrel; as,quarreling factions; a quarreling mood.-- Quar'rel*ing*ly, adv."
"QUARRELLOUS","Quarrelsome. [Obs.] [Written also quarrellous.] Shak."
"QUARRELSOME","Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention;easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric."
"QUARRIED","Provided with prey.Now I am bravely quarried. Beau. & Fl."
"QUARRIER","A worker in a stone quarry."
"QUARRY","Same as 1st Quarrel. [Obs.] Fairfax."
"QUARRY-FACED","Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothedwith the chisel or point; -- said of stones."
"QUARRY-MAN","A man who is engaged in quarrying stones; a quarrier."
"QUART","The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.[Obs.]Camber did possess the western quart. Spenser."
"QUARTAN","Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day,reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever."
"QUARTANE","Butane, each molecule of which has four carbon atoms."
"QUARTATION","The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) ofalloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reducethe fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metalsexcept the gold; -- called also inquartation. Compare Parting."
"QUARTE","Same as 2d Carte."
"QUARTENE","Same as Butylene."
"QUARTENYLIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic acidseries, metameric with crotonic acid, and obtained as a colorlessliquid; -- so called from having four carbon atoms in the molecule.Called also isocrotonic acid."
"QUARTER","The encampment on one of the principal passages round a placebesieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys.(i) (Naut.) The after-part of a vessel's side, generallycorresponding in extent with the quarter-deck; also, the part of theyardarm outside of the slings.(j) (Her.) One of the divisions of an escutcheon when it is dividedinto four portions by a horizontal and a perpendicular line meetingin the fess point."
"QUARTER ROUND","An ovolo."
"QUARTER-DECK","That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including thepoop deck when there is one."
"QUARTER-SAW","To saw (a log) into quarters; specif., to saw into quarters andthen into boards, as by cutting alternately from each face of aquarter, to secure lumber that will warp relatively little or showthe grain advantageously."
"QUARTERAGE","A quarterly allowance."
"QUARTERFOIL","An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils."
"QUARTERHUNG","Having trunnions the axes of which lie below the bore; -- saidof a cannon."
"QUARTERING","Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directlyastern; -- said of waves or any moving object."
"QUARTERLY","A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in ayear."
"QUARTERMASTER","An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions,storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for aregiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies."
"QUARTERON","A quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of ahundred. Piers Plowman."
"QUARTERPACE","A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a rightangle only. See Halfpace."
"QUARTERSTAFF","A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense andoffense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed inthe middle, and the other between the middle and the end."
"QUARTIC","Of the fourth degree."
"QUARTILE","Same as Quadrate."
"QUARTINE","A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from theoutside."
"QUARTO","Having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of aquarto."
"QUARTRIDGE","Quarterage. [Obs.]"
"QUARTZ","A form of silica, or silicon dioxide (SiO2), occurring inhexagonal crystals, which are commonly colorless and transparent, butsometimes also yellow, brown, purple, green, and of other colors;also in cryptocrystalline massive forms varying in color and degreeof transparency, being sometimes opaque."
"QUARTZIFEROUS","Consisting chiefly of quartz; containing quartz."
"QUARTZITE","Massive quartz occurring as a rock; a metamorphosed sandstone;-- called also quartz rock."
"QUARTZOID","A form of crystal common with quartz, consisting of two six-sided pyramids, base to base."
"QUARTZOSE","Containing, or resembling, quartz; partaking of the nature orqualities of quartz."
"QUARTZOUS","Quarzose."
"QUARTZY","Quartzose."
"QUAS","A kind of beer. Same as Quass."
"QUASH","Same as Squash."
"QUASHEE","A negro of the West Indies."
"QUASI","As if; as though; as it were; in a manner sense or degree;having some resemblance to; qualified; -- used as an adjective, or aprefix with a noun or an adjective; as, a quasi contract, an impliedcontract, an obligation which has arisen from some act, as if from acontract; a quasi corporation, a body that has some, but not all, ofthe peculiar attributes of a corporation; a quasi argument, thatwhich resembles, or is used as, an argument; quasi historical,apparently historical, seeming to be historical."
"QUASI CORPORATION","A corporation consisting of a person or body of personsinvested with some of the qualities of an artificial person, thoughnot expressly incorporated, esp. the official of certain municipaldivisions such as counties, schools districts, and the towns of someStates of the United States, certain church officials, as achurchwarden, etc."
"QUASIMODO","The first Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday."
"QUASS","A thin, sour beer, made by pouring warm water on rye or barleymeal and letting it ferment, -- much used by the Russians. [writtenalso quas.]"
"QUASSATION","The act of shaking, or the state of being shaken. Gayton."
"QUASSIA","The wood of several tropical American trees of the orderSimarube\u00e6, as Quassia amara, Picr\u00e6na excelsa, and Simaruba amara. Itis intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as asubstitute for hops in making beer."
"QUASSIN","The bitter principle of quassia, extracted as a whitecrystalline substance; -- formerly called quassite. [Written alsoquassiin, and quassine.]"
"QUAT","To satiate; to satisfy. [Prov. Eng.]"
"QUATA","The coaita."
"QUATCH","Squat; flat. [Obs.] Shak."
"QUATER-COUSIN","A cousin within the first four degrees of kindred."
"QUATERNARY","Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as,the Quaternary age, or Age of man."
"QUATERNATE","Composed of, or arranged in, sets of four; quaternary; as,quaternate leaves."
"QUATERNION","The quotient of two vectors, or of two directed right lines inspace, considered as depending on four geometrical elements, and asexpressible by an algebraic symbol of quadrinomial form."
"QUATERON","See 2d Quarteron."
"QUATORZAIN","A poem of fourteen lines; a sonnet. R. H. Stoddard."
"QUATORZE","The four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the game ofpiquet; -- so called because quatorze counts as fourteen points."
"QUATRAIN","A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately. Dryden."
"QUATRE","A card, die. or domino, having four spots, or pips"
"QUATTROCENTO","The fifteenth century, when applied to Italian art orliterature; as, the sculpture of the quattrocento; quattrocentostyle. --Quat`tro*cen'tist (#), n."
"QUATUOR","A quartet; -- applied chiefly to instrumental compositions."
"QUAVE","See Quaver. [Obs.]"
"QUAVEMIRE","See Quagmire. [Obs.]"
"QUAVER","To utter with quavers.We shall hear her quavering them . . . to some sprightly airs of theopera. Addison."
"QUAVERER","One who quavers; a warbler."
"QUAY","A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the sideof a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience inloading and unloading vessels. [Written also key.]"
"QUAYAGE","Wharfage. [Also keyage.]"
"QUAYD","p. p. of Quail. [Obs.] Spenser."
"QUE","A half farthing. [Obs.]"
"QUEACH","A thick, bushy plot; a thicket. [Obs.] Chapman."
"QUEASILY","In a queasy manner."
"QUEASINESS","The state of being queasy; nausea; qualmishness; squeamishness.Shak."
"QUEBEC GROUP","The middle of the three groups into which the rocks of theCanadian period have been divided in the American Lower Siluriansystem. See the Chart of Geology."
"QUEBRACHO","A Chilian apocynaceous tree (Aspidosperma Quebracho); also, itsbark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspnoea of the lung, orbronchial diseases; -- called also white quebracho, to distinguish itfrom the red quebracho, a Mexican anacardiaceous tree (LoxopterygiumLorentzii) whose bark is said to have similar properties. J. Smith(Dict. Econ. Plants)."
"QUEBRITH","Sulphur. [Obs.]"
"QUEEN","The most powerful, and except the king the most important,piece in a set of chessmen."
"QUEEN OLIVE","Properly, a kind of superior olive grown in the region ofSeville, Spain. It is large size and oblong shape with a small butlong pit; it is cured when green, keeps well, and has a delicateflavor. Loosely, any olive of similar character."
"QUEEN TRUSS","A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss."
"QUEEN-POST","One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framedtruss of similar form. See King-post."
"QUEENCRAFT","Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen.Elizabeth showed much queencraft in procuring the votes of thenobility. Fuller."
"QUEENDOM","The dominion, condition, or character of a queen. Mrs.Browning."
"QUEENFISH","A California sci\u00e6noid food fish (Seriphys politus). The back isbluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery. Called also kingfish."
"QUEENHOOD","The state, personality, or character of a queen; queenliness.Tennyson."
"QUEENING","Any one of several kinds of apples, as summer queening, scarletqueening, and early queening. An apple called the queening wascultivated in England two hundred years ago."
"QUEENLINESS","The quality of being queenly; the; characteristic of a queen;stateliness; eminence among women in attractions or power."
"QUEENLY","Like, becoming, or suitable to, a queen."
"QUEENSHIP","The state, rank, or dignity of a queen."
"QUEENSLAND NUT","The nut of an Australian tree (Macadamia ternifolia). It isabout an inch in diameter, and contains a single round edible seed,or sometimes two hemispherical seeds. So called from Queensland inAustralia."
"QUEER","Counterfeit money. [Slang] To shove the queer, to putcounterfeit money in circulation. [Slang]"
"QUEERISH","Rather queer; somewhat singular."
"QUEERLY","In a queer or odd manner."
"QUEERNESS","The quality or state of being queer."
"QUEEST","The European ringdove (Columba palumbus); the cushat. [Writtenalso quist, queeze, quice, queece.] See Ringdove."
"QUEGH","A drinking vessel. See Quaich."
"QUEINT","See Quaint. [Obs.]"
"QUEINTISE","See Quaintise. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"QUELL","Murder. [Obs.] Shak."
"QUELLIO","A ruff for the neck. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"QUELQUECHOSE","A trifle; a kickshaw. Donne."
"QUEME","To please. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"QUEMEFUL","Kindly; merciful. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"QUENCH","To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool. [R.]Dost thou think in time She will not quench! Shak."
"QUENCHABLE","Capable of being quenched."
"QUENCHER","One who, or that which, quenches. Hammond."
"QUENCHLESS","Incapable of being quenched; inextinguishable; as, quenchlessfire or fury. 'Once kindled, quenchless evermore.' Byron."
"QUENELLE","A kind of delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as adish by itself or for garnishing."
"QUENOUILLE TRAINING","A method of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone ordistaff by tying down the branches and pruning."
"QUERCITANNIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a tannic acid found in oak barkand extracted as a yellowish brown amorphous substance."
"QUERCITE","A white crystalline substance, C6H7(OH)5, found in acorns, thefruit of the oak (Quercus). It has a sweet taste, and is regarded asa pentacid alcohol."
"QUERCITIN","A yellow crystalline substance, occurring quite widelydistributed in the vegetable kingdom, as is apple-tree bark, horse-chestnut leaves, etc., but originally obtained by the decompositionof quercitrin. Called also meletin."
"QUERCITRIN","A glucoside extracted from the bark of the oak (Quercus) as abitter citron-yellow crystalline substance, used as a pigment andcalled quercitron."
"QUERCUS","A genus of trees constituted by the oak. See Oak."
"QUERELE","A complaint to a court. See Audita Querela. [Obs.] Ayliffe."
"QUERENT","A complainant; a plaintiff."
"QUERIMONIOUS","Complaining; querulous; apt to complain.-- Quer`i*mo'ni*ous*ly, adv.-- Quer`i*mo'ni*ous*ness, n."
"QUERIMONY","A complaint or complaining. [Obs.] E. Hall."
"QUERIST","One who inquires, or asks questions. Swift."
"QUERKEN","To stifle or choke. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"QUERL","To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord,thread, or rope. [Local, U.S.]"
"QUERN","A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turnedby hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills.Shak.They made him at the querne grind. Chaucer."
"QUERPO","The inner or body garments taken together. See Cuerpo. Dryden."
"QUERRY","A groom; an equerry. [Obs.]"
"QUERULENTIAL","Querulous. [R.]"
"QUESAL","The long-tailed, or resplendent, trogon (Pharomachus mocinno,formerly Trogon resplendens), native of Southern Mexico and CentralAmerica. Called alsoquetzal, and golden trogon."
"QUEST","To search for; to examine. [R.] Sir T. Herbert."
"QUESTANT","One who undertakes a quest; a seeker. [Obs.] Shak."
"QUESTER","One who seeks; a seeker. [Obs.]"
"QUESTIONABILITY","The state or condition of being questionable. Stallo."
"QUESTIONABLENESS","The quality or state of being questionable, doubtful, orsuspicious."
"QUESTIONABLY","In a questionable manner."
"QUESTIONARY","Inquiring; asking questions; testing. 'Questionary epistles.'Pope."
"QUESTIONER","One who asks questions; an inquirer. 'Little time for idlequestioners.' Tennyson."
"QUESTIONIST","A candidate for honors or degrees who is near the time of hisexamination."
"QUESTIONLESS","Unquestioning; incurious. [R.]"
"QUESTIONNAIRE","= Questionary, above."
"QUESTMAN","One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. ofabuses of weights and measures. Specifically:(a) A churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman. Blount. [Obs.](b) A collector of parish rents. Blount. [Obs.]"
"QUESTMONGER","One who lays informations, and encourages petty lawsuits.[Obs.] Bacon."
"QUESTOR","An officer who had the management of the public treasure; areceiver of taxes, tribute, etc.; treasurer of state. [Written alsoqu\u00e6stor.]"
"QUESTORSHIP","The office, or the term of office, of a questor."
"QUESTRIST","A seeker; a pursuer. [Obs.] 'Hot questrists after him.' Shak."
"QUESTUARY","Studious of profit. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"QUET","The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]"
"QUEUE","To fasten, as hair, in a queue."
"QUEY","A heifer. [Scot.]"
"QUI VIVE","The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; -- used like theEnglish challenge: 'Who comes there' To be on the qui vive, to be onguard; to be watchful and alert, like a sentinel."
"QUIB","A quip; a gibe."
"QUIBBLER","One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster."
"QUIBBLINGLY","Triflingly; evasively."
"QUICA","A small South American opossum (Didelphys quica), native ofGuiana and Brazil. It feeds upon insects, small birds, and fruit."
"QUICE","See Queest."
"QUICH","To stir. [Obs.]He could not move nor quich at all. Spenser."
"QUICHUAN","Designating, or pertaining to, a linguistic stock of SouthAmerican Indians, including the majority of the civilized tribes ofthe ancient Peruvian Empire with some wild tribes never subjugated bythe Incas. Most of these Indians are short, but heavy and strong.They are brachycephalic and of remarkably low cranial capacity.Nevertheless, they represent one of the highest of native Americancivilizations, characterized by agricultural, military, andadministrative skill rather than by science or literature, althoughthey were adept potters, weavers, and goldsmiths, and preserved bythe aid of the mnemonic quipu a body of legendary lore in partwritten down since the introduction of writing."
"QUICK","In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste;speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick.If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed.Locke."
"QUICK-SCENTED","Acute of smell."
"QUICK-SIGHTED","Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or todiscern. Locke. --Quick'-sight`ed*ness, n."
"QUICK-WITTED","Having ready wit Shak."
"QUICK-WITTEDNESS","Readiness of wit. 'Celtic quick-wittedness.' M. Arnold."
"QUICKBEAM","See Quicken tree."
"QUICKEN","To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper;as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced."
"QUICKEN TREE","The European rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, andquickenbeam. See Rowan tree."
"QUICKENER","One who, or that which, quickens."
"QUICKENING","The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the mother,occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. It hasbeen popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed ofindependent life."
"QUICKENS","Quitch grass."
"QUICKHATCH","The wolverine."
"QUICKLIME","Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet itdevelops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2."
"QUICKLY","Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick."
"QUICKSAND","Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially,a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes foundat the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous,from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking intoit.Life hath quicksands, -- Life hath snares! Longfellow."
"QUICKSET","A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge;specifically, the hawthorn."
"QUICKSILVER","The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquidsilver. Quicksilver horizon, a mercurial artificial horizon. Seeunder Horizon.-- Quicksilver water, a solution of mercury nitrate used inartificial silvering; quick water."
"QUICKSILVERED","Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilverand tinfoil."
"QUICKSILVERING","The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass."
"QUICKSTEP","A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing."
"QUID","A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco."
"QUIDAM","Somebody; one unknown. Spenser."
"QUIDDANY","A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup andmarmalade."
"QUIDDATIVE","Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing;quidditative."
"QUIDDIT","A subtilty; an equivocation. [Obs.] Shak.By some strange quiddit or some wrested clause. Drayton."
"QUIDDITATIVE","Quiddative."
"QUIDDLE","To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to usefulsubjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle."
"QUIDNUNC","One who is curious to know everything that passes; one whoknows, or pretends to know, all that is going on. 'The idle storiesof quidnuncs.' Motley."
"QUIESCE","To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. M. Stuart."
"QUIESCENT","Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in 'day' and 'say.'"
"QUIESCENTLY","In a quiescent manner."
"QUIET","To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, besoon quieted down."
"QUIETAGE","Quietness. [Obs.] Spenser."
"QUIETER","One who, or that which, quiets."
"QUIETISM","The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religionconsists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests andanxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation ofGod and his attributes."
"QUIETIST","One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth centuryby Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism."
"QUIETISTIC","Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism."
"QUIETNESS","The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise,agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity;calmness.I would have peace and quietness. Shak."
"QUIETSOME","Calm; still. [Obs.] Spenser."
"QUIETUDE","Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity. Shelley."
"QUIETUS","Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation;that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak."
"QUILLAIA BARK","The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native ofChili. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkalinesubstances, and is used commonly by the Chilians instead of soap.Also called soap bark."
"QUILLBACK","An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, or Carpiodes,cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, andskimback."
"QUILLED","Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills. 'A sharp-quilled porcupine.' Shak. Quilled suture (Surg.), a variety of stitchin which the threads after being passed deeply through the edges of awound are secured about two quills or bodies of similar shape, inorder to produce a suitable degree of pressure."
"QUILLET","Subtilty; nicety; quibble. 'Nice, sharp quillets of the law.'Shak."
"QUILLWORT","Any plant or species of the genus Isoetes, cryptogamous plantswith a cluster of elongated four-tubed rushlike leaves, rising from acorm, and containing spores in their enlarged and excavated bases.There are about seventeen American species, usually growing in themud under still, shallow water. So called from the shape of the shapeof the leaves."
"QUILT","Anything that is quilted; esp., a quilted bed cover, or a skirtworn by women; any cover or garment made by putting wool, cotton,etc., between two cloths and stitching them together; also, any outerbed cover.The beds were covered with magnificent quilts. Arbuthnot."
"QUILTER","One who, or that which, quilts."
"QUILTING","A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel."
"QUIN","A European scallop (Pecten opercularis), used as food. [Prov.Eng.]"
"QUINALDINE","A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor, C9H6N.CH3, firstobtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and aniline, andregarded as a derivative of quinoline; -- called also methylquinoline. [Written also chinaldine.]"
"QUINARY","Consisting of five; arranged by fives. Boyle. Quinary system(Zo\u00f6l.), a fanciful classification based on the hypothesis that eachgroup contains five types."
"QUINATE","Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composedof five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole."
"QUINAZOL","A complex nitrogenous base related to cinnoline. [Written alsochinazol.]"
"QUINCE","a quince tree or shrub. Japan quince (Bot.), an Eastern Asiaticshrub (Cydonia, formerly Pyrus, Japonica) and its very fragrant butinedible fruit. The shrub has very showy flowers, usually red, butsometimes pink or white, and is much grown for ornament.-- Quince curculio (Zo\u00f6l.), a small gray and yellow curculio(Conotrachelus crat\u00e6gi) whose larva lives in quinces.-- Quince tree (Bot.), the small tree (Cydonia vulgaris) whichproduces the quince."
"QUINCEWORT","The squinancy. Called also quinsywort."
"QUINCH","To stir; to wince. [Obs.] Spenser."
"QUINCUNCIAL","Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla soimbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other hasone edge exterior and one interior; as, quincuncial \u00e6stivation.Quincuncial phyllotaxy (Bot.), an arrangement of five leaves in aspiral, each leaf two fifths of a circle from the next."
"QUINCUNCIALLY","In the manner or order of a quincunx."
"QUINCUNX","The position of planets when distant from each other fivesigns, or 150\u00ba. Hutton."
"QUINDECAGON","A plane figure with fifteen angles, and consequently fifteensides."
"QUINDECEMVIR","One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty wasto take care of the Sibylline books."
"QUINDECEMVIRATE","The body or office of the quindecemviri."
"QUINDECONE","An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C15H26, of the valylene series,produced artificially as an oily liquid. [Written also quindekone.]"
"QUINDECYLIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acidseries, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also pentadecylicacid."
"QUINDEM","A fifteenth part. [Obs.]"
"QUINDISM","A fifteenth. [Obs.] Prynne."
"QUINHYDRONE","A green crystalline substance formed by the union of quinonewith hydroquinone, or as an intermediate product in the oxidation ofhydroquinone or the reduction of quinone. [Written also chinhydrone.]"
"QUINIA","Quinine."
"QUINIBLE","An interval of a fifth; also, a part sung with such intervals.[Obs.] 'He sang . . . a loud quynyble.' Chaucer."
"QUINIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or connected with, quinine andrelated compounds; specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous acidobtained from cinchona bark, coffee, beans, etc., as a whitecrystalline substance. [Written also chinic, kinic.]"
"QUINICINE","An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heatfrom quinine, with which it is isomeric."
"QUINIDINE","An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine, found incertain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a bitterwhite crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used somewhat as afebrifuge. [Written also chinidine.]"
"QUININE","An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species ofcinchona (esp. Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white crystallinesubstance, C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension (Med.), any of the saltsof this alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc., employedas a febrifuge or antiperiodic. Called also quinia, quinina, etc.[Written also chinine.]"
"QUININIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid obtained as ayellow crystalline substance by the oxidation of quinine."
"QUINIZARIN","A yellow crystalline substance produced artificially. It isisomeric with alizarin."
"QUINIZINE","any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, certain of which areused as antipyretics."
"QUINNAT","The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called alsochouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It isof great commercial importance. [Written also quinnet.]"
"QUINOA","The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used inChili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made."
"QUINOGEN","A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids."
"QUINOIDINE","A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product in thetreatment of cinchona bark. It consists of a mixture of severalalkaloids. [Written also chinoidine.]"
"QUINOLINE","A nitrogenous base, C9H7N obtained as a pungent colorlessliquid by the distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar, etc. It thenucleus of many organic bodies, especially of certain alkaloids andrelated substances; hence, by extension, any one of the series ofalkaloidal bases of which quinoline proper is the type. [Written alsochinoline.]"
"QUINOLOGIST","One who is versed in quinology."
"QUINOLOGY","The science which treats of the cultivation of the cinchona,and of its use in medicine."
"QUINONE","A crystalline substance, C6H4O2 (called also benzoketone),first obtained by the oxidation of quinic acid and regarded as adouble ketone; also, by extension, any one of the series of whichquinone proper is the type. [Written also chinone, kinone.]"
"QUINOVIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline acid obtained fromsome varieties of cinchona bark. [Written also chinovic, andkinovic.]"
"QUINOVIN","An amorphous bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and otherbarks. Called also quinova bitter, and quinova. [Written alsochinovin, and kinovin.]"
"QUINOXALINE","Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous bases obtained bythe union of certain aniline derivatives with glyoxal or with certainketones. [Written also chinoxaline.]"
"QUINOXYL","The hypothetical radical of certain quinone derivatives relatedto rhodizonic acid."
"QUINOYL","A radical of which quinone is the hydride, analogous to phenyl.[Written also kinoyl.]"
"QUINQUAGESIMA","Fiftieth. Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday which is thefiftieth day before Easter, both days being included in thereckoning; -- called also Shrove Sunday."
"QUINQUANGULAR","Having five angles or corners."
"QUINQUARTICULAR","Relating to the five articles or points; as, thequinquarticular controversy between Arminians and Calvinists. [Obs.]Bp. Sanderson."
"QUINQUE FOLIOLATE","Having five leaflets. Gray."
"QUINQUE-","A combining form meaning five, five times, fivefold; as,quinquefid, five-cleft; quinquedentate, five-toothed."
"QUINQUEANGLED","Having five angles; quinquangular."
"QUINQUEFARIOUS","Arranged in five vertical rows; pentastichous. Gray."
"QUINQUEFID","Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into fivesegments; as, a quinquefid leaf or corolla."
"QUINQUELITERAL","Consisting of five letters."
"QUINQUELOBED","Same as Quinquelobate."
"QUINQUELOCULAR","Having five cells or loculi; five-celled; as, a quinquelocularpericarp."
"QUINQUENERVED","Having five nerves; -- said of a leaf with five nearly equalnerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole."
"QUINQUENNALIA","Public games celebrated every five years."
"QUINQUENNIAL","Occurring once in five years, or at the end of every fiveyears; also, lasting five years. A quinquennial event."
"QUINQUENNIUM","Space of five years."
"QUINQUEPARTITE","Divided into five parts almost to the base."
"QUINQUEREME","A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenianquinquereme."
"QUINQUESYLLABLE","A word of five syllables."
"QUINQUEVIR","One of five commissioners appointed for some special object."
"QUINQUINA","Peruvian bark."
"QUINQUIVALENT","Same as Pentavalent."
"QUINSY","An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent, especially ofthe fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling, painful andimpeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever. Itsometimes creates danger of suffocation; -- called also squinancy,and squinzey."
"QUINT","The interval of a fifth."
"QUINTAIN","An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel. [Writtenalso quintin.]"
"QUINTAN","Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring everyfifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever.-- n. (Med.)"
"QUINTEL","See Quintain."
"QUINTESSENCE","To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to aquintessence. [R.] Stirling. 'Truth quintessenced and raised to thehighest power.' J. A. Symonds."
"QUINTESSENTIAL","Of the nature of a quintessence; purest. 'Quintessentialextract of mediocrity.' G. Eliot."
"QUINTIC","Of the fifth degree or order.-- n. (Alg.)"
"QUINTILE","The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of thezodiac, or 72\u00ba. Hutton."
"QUINTILLLION","According to the French notation, which is used on theContinent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit witheighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a numberproduced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit withthirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration."
"QUINTIN","See Quintain."
"QUINTINE","The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as aninnermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine."
"QUINTOLE","A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of fourof the same species."
"QUINTROON","The off-spring of an octoroon and a white person."
"QUINTUPLE","Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount;fivefold. Quintuple time (Mus.), a time having five beats in ameasure. It is seldom used."
"QUINZAINE","The fifteenth day after a feast day, including both in thereckoning. [Written also quinzain.]"
"QUINZE","A game at cards in which the object is to make fifteen points."
"QUIP","A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; agibe.Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles. Milton.He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er.Tennyson."
"QUIPO","Same as Quipu."
"QUIPU","A contrivance employed by the ancient Peruvians, Mexicans,etc., as a substitute for writing and figures, consisting of a maincord, from which hung at certain distances smaller cords of variouscolors, each having a special meaning, as silver, gold, corn,soldiers. etc. Single, double, and triple knots were tied in thesmaller cords, representing definite numbers. It was chiefly used forarithmetical purposes, and to register important facts and events.[Written also quipo.] Tylor.The mysterious science of the quipus . . . supplied the Peruvianswith the means of communicating their ideas to one another, and oftransmitting them to future generations. Prescott."
"QUIRBOILLY","Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape.Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly usedfor armor. [Obs.] 'His jambeux were of quyrboilly.' Chaucer."
"QUIRE","See Choir. [Obs.] Spenser.A quire of such enticing birds. Shak."
"QUIRINAL","Of, pertaining to, or designating, the hill Collis Quirinalis,now Monte Quirinale (one of the seven hills of Rome), or a modernroyal place situated upon it. Also used substantively."
"QUIRISTER","A chorister. See Chorister. [R.] Thomson."
"QUIRITATION","A crying for help. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"QUIRITE","One of the Quirites."
"QUIRITES","Roman citizens."
"QUIRK","A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot orfloor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink.Gwilt."
"QUIRKED","Having, or formed with, a quirk or quirks."
"QUIRKISH",", Consisting of quirks; resembling a quirk. Barrow."
"QUIRKY","Full of quirks; tricky; as, a quirky lawyer."
"QUIRL","See Querl."
"QUIRPELE","The Indian ferret."
"QUIRT","A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide T.Roosevelt."
"QUISH","See Cuish."
"QUIT","Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native oftropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit."
"QUITCH","Same as Quitch grass."
"QUITCH GRASS","A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long runningrootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and sobecomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass,quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix."
"QUITCLAIM","A release or relinquishment of a claim; a deed of release; aninstrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim, which oneperson has, or is supposed to have, in or to an estate held byhimself or another, is released or relinquished, the grantorgenerally covenanting only against persons who claim under himself."
"QUITE","See Quit. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"QUITLY","Quite. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"QUITRENT","A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which thetenant is quit from other service. Blackstone."
"QUITS","See the Note under Quit, a."
"QUITTABLE","Capable of being quitted."
"QUITTAL","Return; requital; quittance. [Obs.]"
"QUITTANCE","To repay; to requite. [Obs.] Shak."
"QUITTOR","A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse'sfoot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffinbone."
"QUITTURE","A discharge; an issue. [Obs.]To cleanse the quitture from thy wound. Chapman."
"QUIVER","Nimble; active. [Obs.] ' A little quiver fellow.' Shak."
"QUIVERINGLY","With quivering motion."
"QUIXOTIC","Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric;apt to be deluded. 'Feats of quixotic gallantry.' Prescott."
"QUIXOTICALLY","In a quixotic way."
"QUIXOTISM","That form of delusion which leads to extravagant and absurdundertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic idealof duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote inknight-errantry."
"QUIXOTRY","Quixotism; visionary schemes."
"QUIZ","To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.]"
"QUIZZER","One who quizzes; a quiz."
"QUIZZICAL","Relating to quizzing: given to quizzing; of the nature of aquiz; farcical; sportive.-- Quiz'zic*al*ly, adv."
"QUIZZISM","The act or habit of quizzing."
"QUO WARRANTO","A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by whatwarrant a person or a corporation acts, or exercises certain powers.Blackstone."
"QUOB","To throb; to quiver. [Local & Vulgar]"
"QUOD","A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; hence, a prison. [Slang]'Flogged or whipped in quod.' T. Hughes."
"QUODDIES","Herring taken and cured or smoked near Quoddy Head, Maine, ornear the entrance of Passamaquoddy Ray."
"QUODLIBET","A medley improvised by several performers."
"QUODLIBETARIAN","One who discusses any subject at pleasure."
"QUODLIBETICAL","Not restricted to a particular subject; discussed for curiosityor entertainment.-- Quod`li*bet'ic*al*ly, adv."
"QUOIF","See Coif. Shak."
"QUOIFFURE","See Coiffure."
"QUOIL","See Coil. [Obs.]"
"QUOIN","Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now,commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corneris marked."
"QUOIT","A game played with quoits. Shak."
"QUOKE","imp. of Quake. Chaucer."
"QUOLL","A marsupial of Australia (Dasyurus macrurus), about the size ofa cat."
"QUONDAM","Having been formerly; former; sometime. 'This is the quondamking.' Shak."
"QUOOK","imp. of Quake. [Obs.] Spenser."
"QUOP","See Quob."
"QUORUM","Such a number of the officers or members of any body as iscompetent by law or constitution to transact business; as, a quorumof the House of Representatives; a constitutional quorum was notpresent."
"QUOTA","A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assignedto each in a division. 'Quota of troops and money.' Motley."
"QUOTABLE","Capable or worthy of being quoted; as, a quotable writer; aquotable sentence.-- Quot`a*bit'i*ty, n. Poe."
"QUOTATION","The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds,or any commodity; also the price named."
"QUOTATIONIST","One who makes, or is given to making, quotations.The narrow intellectuals of quotationists. Milton."
"QUOTE","To name the current price of."
"QUOTER","One who quotes the words of another."
"QUOTH","Said; spoke; uttered; -- used only in the first and thirdpersons in the past tenses, and always followed by its nominative,the word or words said being the object; as, quoth I. quoth he. 'Letme not live, quoth he.' Shak."
"QUOTHA","Indeed; forsooth.To affront the blessed hillside drabs and thieves With mended morals,quotha, -- fine new lives ! Mrs. Browning."
"QUOTIDIAN","Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever."
"QUOTIENT","The number resulting from the division of one number byanother, and showing how often a less number is contained in agreater; thus, the quotient of twelve divided by four is three."
"QUOTIETY","The relation of an object to number. Krauth-Fleming."
"QUOTUM","Part or proportion; quota. [R.] 'A very small quotum.' MaxM\u00fcller."
"QURAN","See Koran."
"R","R, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocalconsonant.  It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. SeeGuide to Pronunciation, \u00a7\u00a7 178, 179, and 250-254. 'R is the dog'sletter and hurreth in the sound.'  B. Jonson."
"RA","A roe; a deer. [Obs.]  Chaucer."
"RA-","A prefix, from the Latin re and ad combined, coming to usthrough the French and Italian. See Re-, and Ad-."
"RAASH","The electric catfish. [Written also raasch.]"
"RAB","A rod or stick used by masons in mixing hair with mortar."
"RABAT","A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed inbaking."
"RABATE","To recover to the fist, as a hawk. [Obs.]"
"RABATINE","A collar or cape. [Obs.]  Sir W. Scott."
"RABATO","A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato.[Obs.] Shak."
"RABBATE","To abate or diminish. [Obs.] --n."
"RABBI","Master; lord; teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honorfor a teacher or doctor of the law. 'The gravest rabbies.'  Milton."
"RABBIN","Same as Rabbi."
"RABBINIC","The language or dialect of the rabbins; the later Hebrew."
"RABBINICALLY","In a rabbinical manner; after the manner of the rabbins."
"RABBINIST","One among the Jews who adhered to the Talmud and the traditionsof the rabbins, in opposition to the Karaites, who rejected thetraditions."
"RABBINITE","Same as Rabbinist."
"RABBITING","The hunting of rabbits.  T. Hughes."
"RABBITRY","A place where rabbits are kept; especially, a collection ofhutches for tame rabbits."
"RABBLE","An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimmingmolten iron in the process of puddling."
"RABBLE-ROUT","A tumultuous crowd; a rabble; a noisy throng."
"RABBLEMENT","A tumultuous crowd of low people; a rabble. 'Rude rablement.'Spenser."
"RABBLER","A scraping tool for smoothing metal."
"RABDOIDAL","See Sagittal. [Written also rhabdoidal.]"
"RABDOLOGY","The method or art of performing arithmetical operations bymeans of Napier's bones. See Napier's bones. [Written alsorhabdology.]"
"RABDOMANCY","Divination by means of rods or wands. [Written alsorhabdomancy.]  Sir T. Browne."
"RABIDITY","Rabidness; furiousness."
"RABIDLY","In a rabid manner; with extreme violence."
"RABIDNESS","The quality or state of being rabid."
"RABIES","Same as Hydrophobia (b); canine madness."
"RABINET","A kind of small ordnance formerly in use. [Written alsorabanet.] Ainsworth."
"RABIOUS","Fierce. [Obs.]  Daniel."
"RABOT","A rubber of hard wood used in smoothing marble to be polished.Knight."
"RACA","A term of reproach used by the Jews of our Savior's time,meaning 'worthless.'"
"RACAHOUT","A preparation from acorns used by the Arabs as a substitute forchocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids."
"RACCOON","A North American nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) allied tothe bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, bandedwith black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white.Called also coon, and mapach."
"RACE","A game, match, etc., open only to losers in early stages ofcontests."
"RACE SUICIDE","The voluntary failure of the members of a race or people tohave a number of children sufficient to keep the birth rate equal tothe death rate."
"RACEABOUT","A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundredsquare feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having ashort bowsprit."
"RACEMATE","A salt of racemic acid."
"RACEME","A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-floweredlateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry. Compound raceme,one having the lower pedicels developed into secondary racemes."
"RACEMED","Arranged in a raceme, or in racemes."
"RACEMIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in many kinds ofgrapes. It is also obtained from tartaric acid, with which it isisomeric, and from sugar, gum, etc., by oxidation. It is a sour whitecrystalline substance, consisting of a combination of dextrorotatoryand levorotatory tartaric acids. Gregory."
"RACEMIFEROUS","Bearing racemes, as the currant."
"RACEMIFORM","Having the form of a raceme. Gray."
"RACEMOSE","Resembling a raceme; growing in the form of a raceme; as,(Bot.) racemose berries or flowers; (Anat.) the racemose glands, inwhich the ducts are branched and clustered like a raceme. Gray."
"RACEMOUS","See Racemose."
"RACEMULE","A little raceme."
"RACEMULOSE","Growing in very small racemes."
"RACER","The common American black snake."
"RACHIALGIA","A painful affection of the spine; especially, Pott's disease;also, formerly, lead colic."
"RACHIDIAN","Of or pertaining to the rachis; spinal; vertebral. Same asRhachidian."
"RACHILLA","Same as Rhachilla."
"RACHIODONT","Same as Rhachiodont."
"RACHIS","The spine; the vertebral column."
"RACHITIC","Of or pertaining to rachitis; affected by rachitis; rickety."
"RACHITIS","Literally, inflammation of the spine, but commonly applied tothe rickets. See Rickets."
"RACHITOME","A dissecting instrument for opening the spinal canal. [Writtenalso rachiotome.]"
"RACIAL","Of or pertaining to a race or family of men; as, the racialcomplexion."
"RACILY","In a racy manner."
"RACINESS","The quality of being racy; peculiar and piquant flavor.The general characteristics of his [Cobbett's] style wereperspicuity, unequaled and inimitable; . . . a purity always simple,and raciness often elegant. London Times."
"RACING","a. & n. from Race, v. t. & i. Racing crab (Zo\u00f6l.), anocypodian."
"RACK","Same as Arrack."
"RACK-RENT","A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; anexcessive or unreasonably high rent. Blackstone."
"RACKABONES","A very lean animal, esp. a horse. [Colloq. U. S.]"
"RACKAROCK","A Sprengel explosive consisting of potassium chlorate and mono-nitrobenzene."
"RACKET","To strike with, or as with, a racket.Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another. Hewyt."
"RACKET-TAIL","Any one of several species of humming birds of the genusSteganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped."
"RACKET-TAILED","Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers."
"RACKETER","One who makes, or engages in, a racket."
"RACKETT","An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, havingventages but not keys."
"RACKETY","Making a tumultuous noise."
"RACKING","Spun yarn used in racking ropes."
"RACKTAIL","An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let offthe striking mechanism of a repeating clock."
"RACKWORK","Any mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion."
"RACLE","See Rakel. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RACLENESS","See Rakelness. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RACONTEUR","A relater; a storyteller."
"RACOONDA","The coypu."
"RACOVIAN","One of a sect of Socinians or Unitarians in Poland."
"RACQUET","See Racket."
"RAD","imp. & p. p. of Read, Rede. Spenser."
"RADDE","imp. of Read, Rede. Chaucer."
"RADDLE","To interweave or twist together.Raddling or working it up like basket work. De Foe."
"RADDOCK","The ruddock. [Prov. Eng.]"
"RADE","A raid. [Scot.]"
"RADEAU","A float; a raft.Three vessels under sail, and one at anchor, above Split Rock, andbehind it the radeau Thunderer. W. Irving."
"RADIAL","Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like,radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zo\u00f6l.)radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery. Radial symmetry.(Biol.) See under Symmetry."
"RADIAL ENGINE","An engine, usually an internal-combustion engine of a certaintype (the radial type) having several cylinders arranged radiallylike the spokes of a complete wheel. The semiradial engine hasradiating cylinders on only one side of the crank shaft."
"RADIALE","The bone or cartilage of the carpus which articulates with theradius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in man."
"RADIALLY","In a radial manner."
"RADIAN","An arc of a circle which is equal to the radius, or the anglemeasured by such an arc."
"RADIANT","Giving off rays; -- said of a bearing; as, the sun radiant; acrown radiant."
"RADIANT ENGINE","A semiradial engine. See Radial engine, above."
"RADIANTLY","In a radiant manner; with glittering splendor."
"RADIARY","A radiate. [Obs.]"
"RADIATA","An extensive artificial group of invertebrates, having all theparts arranged radially around the vertical axis of the body, and thevarious organs repeated symmetrically in each ray or spheromere."
"RADIATE","Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike thedisk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc."
"RADIATE-VEINED","Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from theapex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of thegrapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant."
"RADIATED","Belonging to the Radiata."
"RADIATELY","In a radiate manner; with radiation or divergence from acenter."
"RADIATIFORM","Having the marginal florets enlarged and radiating but notligulate, as in the capitula or heads of the cornflower, Gray."
"RADIATIVE","Capable of radiating; acting by radiation. Tyndall."
"RADIATOR","That which radiates or emits rays, whether of light or heat;especially, that part of a heating apparatus from which the heat isradiated or diffused; as, a stream radiator."
"RADICAL","Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source ofderivation; as, a radical verbal form."
"RADICALISM","The quality or state of being radical; specifically, thedoctrines or principles of radicals in politics or social reform.Radicalism means root work; the uprooting of all falsehoods andabuses. F. W. Robertson."
"RADICALNESS","Quality or state of being radical."
"RADICANT","Taking root on, or above, the ground; rooting from the stem, asthe trumpet creeper and the ivy."
"RADICATE","Radicated."
"RADICATED","Rooted; specifically:(a) (Bot.) Having roots, or possessing a well-developed root.(b) (Zo\u00f6l.) Having rootlike organs for attachment."
"RADICATION","The disposition of the roots of a plant."
"RADICEL","A small branch of a root; a rootlet."
"RADICIFLOROUS","Rhizanthous."
"RADICIFORM","Having the nature or appearance of a radix or root."
"RADICULAR","Of or performance to roots, or the root of a plant."
"RADICULE","A radicle."
"RADICULOSE","Producing numerous radicles, or rootlets."
"RADII","pl. of Radius."
"RADIO-","A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, aradius or ray; specifically (Anat.), with the radius of the forearm;as, radio-ulnar, radiomuscular, radiocarpal."
"RADIO-ACTIVE","Capable of luminescence under the action of cathode rays, Xrays, or any of the allied forms of radiation. -- Ra`di*o-ac*tiv'i*ty, n."
"RADIO-FLAGELLATA","A group of Protozoa having both flagella and pseudopodia."
"RADIOCONDUCTOR","A substance or device that has its conductivity altered in someway by electric waves, as a coherer."
"RADIOGRAPH","A picture produced by the R\u00f6ntgen rays upon a sensitivesurface, photographic or fluorescent, especially a picture of opaqueobjects traversed by the rays."
"RADIOGRAPHY","Art or process of making radiographs. -- Ra`di*o*graph'ic (#),*graph'ic*al (#), a. --Ra`di*o*graph'ic*al*ly, adv."
"RADIOLARIA","Order of rhizopods, usually having a siliceous skeleton, orshell, and sometimes radiating spicules. The pseudopodia project fromthe body like rays. It includes the polycystines. See Polycystina."
"RADIOLARIAN","Of or pertaining to the Radiolaria.-- n."
"RADIOLI","The barbs of the radii of a feather; barbules."
"RADIOLITE","A hippurite."
"RADIOMETER","A forestaff."
"RADIOMETRY","The use of the radiometer, or the measurement of radiation. --Ra`di*o*met'ric (#), a."
"RADIOMICROMETER","A very sensitive modification or application of the thermopile,used for indicating minute changes of radiant heat, or temperature."
"RADIOPHARE","A radiotelegraphic station serving solely for determining theposition of ships. The radius of operation of such stations wasrestricted by the International Radiotelegraphic Convention (1912) to30 nautical miles."
"RADIOPHONE","An apparatus for the production of sound by the action ofluminous or thermal rays. It is essentially the same as thephotophone."
"RADIOPHONY","The art or practice of using the radiophone."
"RADIOPTICON","See Projector, above."
"RADIOSCOPY","Direct observation of objects opaque to light by means of someother form of radiant energy, as the R\u00f6ntgen rays. -- Ra`di*o*scop'ic(#), *scop'ic*al (#), a."
"RADIOTELEGRAM","A message transmitted by radiotelegraph."
"RADIOTELEGRAPH","A wireless telegraph."
"RADIOTELEGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to radiotelegraphy; employing, or used oremployed in, radiotelegraphy."
"RADIOTELEGRAPHY","Telegraphy using the radiant energy of electrical (Hertzian)waves; wireless telegraphy; -- the term adopted for use by theRadiotelegraphic Convention of 1912."
"RADIOTELEPHONE","A wireless telephone. -- Ra`di*o*te*leph'o*ny (#), n."
"RADIOTHERAPY","Treatment of disease by means of R\u00f6ntgen rays or other forms ofradioactivity."
"RADIOTHORIUM","A radioactive substance apparently formed as a product fromthorium."
"RADISH","The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant(Paphanus sativus); also, the whole plant. Radish fly (Zo\u00f6l.), asmall two-winged fly (Anthomyia raphani) whose larv\u00e6 burrow inradishes. It resembles the onion fly.-- Rat-tailed radish (Bot.), an herb (Raphanus caudatus) having along, slender pod, which is sometimes eaten.-- Wild radish (Bot.), the jointed charlock."
"RADIUM","An intensely radioactive metallic element found (combined) inminute quantities in pitchblende, and various other uranium minerals.Symbol, Ra; atomic weight, 226.4. Radium was discovered by M. andMme. Curie, of Paris, who in 1902 separated compounds of it by atedious process from pitchblende. Its compounds color flames carmineand give a characteristic spectrum. It resembles barium chemically.Radium preparations are remarkable for maintaining themselves at ahigher temperature than their surroundings, and for their radiations,which are of three kinds: alpha rays, beta rays, and gamma rays (seethese terms). By reason of these rays they ionize gases, affectphotographic plates, cause sores on the skin, and produce many otherstriking effects. Their degree of activity depends on the proportionof radium present, but not on its state of chemical combination or onexternal conditions.The radioactivity of radium is therefore anatomic property, and is explained as result from a disintegration ofthe atom. This breaking up occurs in at least seven stages; thesuccessive main products have been studied and are called radiumemanation or exradio, radium A, radium B, radium C, etc. (Theemanation is a heavy gas, the later products are solids.) Theseproducts are regarded as unstable elements, each with an atomicweight a little lower than its predecessor. It is possible that leadis the stable end product. At the same time the light gas helium isformed; it probably consists of the expelled alpha particles. Theheat effect mentioned above is ascribed to the impacts of theseparticles. Radium, in turn, is believed to be formed indirectly by animmeasurably slow disintegration of uranium."
"RADIUS","A right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle tothe periphery; the semidiameter of a circle or sphere."
"RADIUS VECTOR","A straight line (or the length of such line) connecting anypoint, as of a curve, with a fixed point, or pole, round which thestraight line turns, and to which it serves to refer the successivepoints of a curve, in a system of polar co\u00f6rdinates. See Co\u00f6rdinate,n."
"RADIX","A primitive, from which spring other words; a radical; a root;an etymon."
"RADULA","The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- calledalso lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore."
"RADULIFORM","Rasplike; as, raduliform teeth."
"RAFF","To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by apromiscuous sweep. [Obs.]Causes and effects which I thus raff up together. Carew."
"RAFFAELESQUE","Raphaelesque."
"RAFFIA","A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from theleaves of a palm tree of the genus Raphia. J. Smith (Dict. Econ.Plants)."
"RAFFINOSE","A colorless crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained fromthe molasses of the sugar beet."
"RAFFISH","Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff;worthless; low.A sad, raffish, disreputable character. Thackeray."
"RAFFLE","To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch."
"RAFFLER","One who raffles."
"RAFFLESIA","A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically uponthe roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have acarrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (RafflesiaArnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet."
"RAFT","imp. & p. p. of Reave. Spenser."
"RAFTE","imp. of Reave. Chaucer."
"RAFTER","A raftsman."
"RAFTING","The business of making or managing rafts."
"RAFTSMAN","A man engaged in rafting."
"RAFTY","Damp; musty. [Prov. Eng.]"
"RAG","To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.[Prov. Eng.] Pegge."
"RAGAMUFFIN","The long-tailed titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]"
"RAGE","To enrage. [Obs.] Shak."
"RAGEFUL","Full of rage; expressing rage. [Obs.] 'Rageful eyes.' Sir P.Sidney."
"RAGERY","Wantonness. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RAGGED","Ragged; rough. [Obs.] 'A stony and raggie hill.' Holland."
"RAGHUVANSA","A celebrated Sanskrit poem having for its subject the Raghudynasty."
"RAGING","a. & n. from Rage, v. i.-- Ra'*ging*ly, adv."
"RAGIOUS","Raging; furious; rageful. [Obs.] -- Ra'gious*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"RAGLAN","A loose overcoat with large sleeves; -- named from Lord Raglan,an English general."
"RAGMAN","A man who collects, or deals in, rags."
"RAGOUT","A dish made of pieces of meat, stewed, and highly seasoned; as,a ragout of mutton."
"RAGPICKER","One who gets a living by picking up rags and refuse things inthe streets."
"RAGTIME","Time characterized by syncopation, as in many negro melodies.[Colloq.]"
"RAGWEED","A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisi\u00e6folia) withfinely divided leaves; hogweed. Great ragweed, a coarse American herb(Ambrosia trifida), with rough three-lobed opposite leaves."
"RAGWORK","A kind of rubblework. In the United States, any rubblework ofthin and small stones."
"RAGWORT","A name given to several species of the composite genus Senecio."
"RAIA","A genus of rays which includes the skates. See Skate."
"RAIAE","The order of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sawfishes,skates, and rays; -- called also Raj\u00e6, and Rajii."
"RAID","To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided theborder counties."
"RAIDER","One who engages in a raid. [U.S.]"
"RAIFFEISEN","Designating, or pertaining to, a form of co\u00f6perative bankfounded among the German agrarian population by Friedrich WilhelmRaiffeisen (1818-88); as, Raiffeisen banks, the Raiffeisen system,etc. The banks are unlimited-liability institutions making smallloans at a low rate of interest, for a designated purpose, to worthymembers only."
"RAIL","An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women. Fairholt."
"RAILER","One who rails; one who scoffs, insults, censures, or reproacheswith opprobrious language."
"RAILING","Expressing reproach; insulting.Angels which are greater in power and might, bring not railingaccusation against them. 2 Pet. ii. 11."
"RAILINGLY","With scoffing or insulting language."
"RAILLERY","Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language;satirical merriment.Let raillery be without malice or heat. B. Jonson.Studies employed on low objects; the very naming of them issufficient to turn them into raillery. Addison."
"RAILLEUR","A banterer; a jester; a mocker. [R.] Wycherley."
"RAILROADING","The construction of a railroad; the business of managing oroperating a railroad. [Colloq. U. S.]"
"RAIN","Reign. [Obs.] Spenser."
"RAIN-TIGHT","So tight as to exclude rain as, a rain-tight roof."
"RAINBOW","A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the severalcolors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphereopposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun'srays in drops of falling rain."
"RAINBOWED","Formed with or like a rainbow."
"RAINDEER","See Reindeer. [Obs.]"
"RAINDROP","A drop of rain."
"RAINFALL","A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, thatfalls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region.Supplied by the rainfall of the outer ranges of Sinchul andSingaleleh. Hooker."
"RAININESS","The state of being rainy."
"RAINLESS","Destitute of rain; as, a rainless region."
"RAINY","Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as, rainy day or season."
"RAIP","A rope; also, a measure equal to a rod. [Scot.]"
"RAIS","Same as 2d Reis."
"RAISABLE","Capable of being raised."
"RAISE","To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is, to createit. Burrill. To raise a blockade (Mil.), to remove or break up ablockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed inenforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.-- To raise a check, note, bill of exchange, etc., to increasefraudulently its nominal value by changing the writing, figures, orprinting in which the sum payable is specified.-- To raise a siege, to relinquish an attempt to take a place bybesieging it, or to cause the attempt to be relinquished.-- To raise steam, to produce steam of a required pressure.-- To raise the wind, to procure ready money by some temporaryexpedient. [Colloq.] -- To raise Cain, or To raise the devil, tocause a great disturbance; to make great trouble. [Slang]"
"RAISER","One who, or that which, raises (in various senses of the verb)."
"RAISONNE","Arranged systematically, or according to classes or subjects;as, a catalogue raisonn\u00e9. See under Catalogue."
"RAIVEL","A separator. [Scot.]"
"RAJ","Reign; rule. [India]"
"RAJA","Same as Rajah."
"RAJAH","A native prince or king; also, a landholder or person ofimportance in the agricultural districts. [India]"
"RAJAHSHIP","The office or dignity of a rajah."
"RAKE","A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, ornearly so; -- called also rake-vein. Gill rakes. (Anat.) See under1st Gill."
"RAKE-VEIN","See Rake, a mineral vein."
"RAKEHELL","A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake.It seldom doth happen, in any way of life, that a sluggard and arakehell do not go together. Barrow."
"RAKEL","Hasty; reckless; rash. [Obs.] Chaucer.-- Ra'kel*ness, n. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RAKER","See Gill rakers, under 1st Gill."
"RAKERY","Debauchery; lewdness.The rakery and intrigues of the lewd town. R. North."
"RAKESHAME","A vile, dissolute wretch. [Obs.] Milton."
"RAKESTALE","The handle of a rake.That tale is not worth a rakestele. Chaucer."
"RAKISH","Dissolute; lewd; debauched.The arduous task of converting a rakish lover. Macaulay."
"RAKISHLY","In a rakish manner."
"RAKISHNESS","The quality or state of being rakish."
"RAKU WARE","A kind of earthenware made in Japan, resembling Satsuma ware,but having a paler color."
"RALE","An adventitious sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanyingthe normal respiratory sounds. See Rhonchus."
"RALLENTANDO","Slackening; -- a direction to perform a passage with a gradualdecrease in time and force; ritardando."
"RALLIANCE","The act of rallying."
"RALLIER","One who rallies."
"RALLIES","A French political group, also known as the ConstitutionalRight from its position in the Chambers, mainly monarchists whorallied to the support of the Republic in obedience to the encyclicalput forth by Pope Leo XIII. in Feb., 1892."
"RALLINE","Pertaining to the rails."
"RALLY","To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or throwninto confusion; to gather again; to reunite."
"RALPH","A name sometimes given to the raven."
"RALSTONITE","A fluoride of alumina and soda occurring with the Greenlandcryolite in octahedral crystals."
"RAMAGE","Wild; untamed. [Obs.]"
"RAMAGIOUS","Wild; not tame. [Obs.]Now is he tame that was so ramagious. Remedy of Love."
"RAMAL","Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branch; rameal."
"RAMAYANA","The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. Thehero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita."
"RAMBERGE","Formerly, a kind of large war galley."
"RAMBLE","A bed of shale over the seam. Raymond."
"RAMBLER","One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer."
"RAMBLING","Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, orbuilding."
"RAMBLINGLY","In a rambling manner."
"RAMBOOZE","A beverage made of wine, ale (or milk), sugar, etc. [Obs.]Blount."
"RAMBUTAN","A Malayan fruit produced by the tree Nephelium lappaceum, andclosely related to the litchi nut. It is bright red, oval in shape,covered with coarse hairs (whence the name), and contains a pleasantacid pulp. Called also ramboostan."
"RAMEAL","Same as Ramal. Gray."
"RAMEAN","A Ramist. Shipley."
"RAMED","Having the frames, stem, and sternpost adjusted; -- said of aship on the stocks."
"RAMEE","See Ramie."
"RAMEKIN","See Ramequin. [Obs.]"
"RAMENTA","Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots ofsome plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns. Gray."
"RAMENTACEOUS","Covered with ramenta."
"RAMEOUS","Ramal."
"RAMEQUIN","A mixture of cheese, eggs, etc., formed in a mold, or served onbread. [Written also ramekin.]"
"RAMIE","The grasscloth plant (Boehmeria nivea); also, its fiber, whichis very fine and exceedingly strong; -- called also China grass, andrhea. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass."
"RAMIFLOROUS","Flowering on the branches."
"RAMIFORM","Having the form of a branch."
"RAMIFY","To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art,subject, scheme."
"RAMIGEROUS","Bearing branches; branched."
"RAMIPAROUS","Producing branches; ramigerous."
"RAMIST","A follower of Pierre Ram\u00e9, better known as Ramus, a celebratedFrench scholar, who was professor of rhetoric and philosophy at Parisin the reign of Henry II., and opposed the Aristotelians."
"RAMLINE","A line used to get a straight middle line, as on a spar, orfrom stem to stern in building a vessel."
"RAMMEL","Refuse matter. [Obs.]Filled with any rubbish, rammel and broken stones. Holland."
"RAMMER","One who, or that which, rams or drives. Specifically:(a) An instrument for driving anything force; as, a rammer fordriving stones or piles, or for beating the earth to more solidity.(b) A rod for forcing down the charge of a gun; a ramrod.(c) (Founding) An implement for pounding the sand of a mold to renderit compact."
"RAMMISH","Like a ram; hence, rank; lascivious. 'Their savor is sorammish.' Chaucer."
"RAMMISHNESS","The quality of being rammish."
"RAMMY","Like a ram; rammish. Burton."
"RAMOLLESCENCE","A softening or mollifying. [R.]"
"RAMOON","A small West Indian tree (Trophis Americana) of the Mulberryfamily, whose leaves and twigs are used as fodder for cattle."
"RAMOSE","Branched, as the stem or root of a plant; having lateraldivisions; consisting of, or having, branches; full of branches;ramifying; branching; branchy."
"RAMOUS","Ramose."
"RAMP","An inclined plane serving as a communication between differentinterior levels."
"RAMPACIOUS","High-spirited; rampageous. [Slang] Dickens."
"RAMPAGE","Violent or riotous behavior; a state of excitement, passion, ordebauchery; as, to be on the rampage. [Prov. or Low.] Dickens."
"RAMPAGEOUS","Characterized by violence and passion; unruly; rampant. [Prov.or Low]In the primitive ages of a rampageous antiquity. Galt."
"RAMPALLIAN","A mean wretch. [Obs.] Shak."
"RAMPANCY","The quality or state of being rampant; excessive action ordevelopment; exuberance; extravagance. 'They are come to this heightand rampancy of vice.' South."
"RAMPANT","Rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking; -- said of abeast of prey, especially a lion. The right fore leg and right hindleg should be raised higher than the left. Rampant arch. (a) An archwhich has one abutment higher than the other. (b) Same as Rampantvault, below.-- Rampant gardant (Her.), rampant, but with the face turned to thefront.-- Rampant regardant, rampant, but looking backward.-- Rampant vault (Arch.), a continuous wagon vault, or cradle vault,whose two abutments are located on an inclined planed plane, such asthe vault supporting a stairway, or forming the ceiling of astairway."
"RAMPANTLY","In a rampant manner."
"RAMPART","A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which theparapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanentfortification. Mahan."
"RAMPE","The cuckoopint."
"RAMPIER","See Rampart. [Obs.]"
"RAMPION","A plant (Campanula Rapunculus) of the Bellflower family, with atuberous esculent root; -- also called ramps."
"RAMPIRE","A rampart. [Archaic]The Trojans round the place a rampire cast. Dryden."
"RAMPLER","A rambler."
"RAMROD","The rod used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loadingfirearm."
"RAMSHACKLE","Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.There came . . . my lord the cardinal, in his ramshackle coach.Thackeray."
"RAMSON","A broad-leaved species of garlic (Allium ursinum), common inEuropean gardens; -- called also buckram."
"RAMSTED","A yellow-flowered weed; -- so named from a Mr. Ramsted whointroduced it into Pennsylvania. See Toad flax. Called also Ramstedweed."
"RAMTIL","A tropical African asteraceous shrub (Guizotia abyssinica)cultivated for its seeds (called ramtil, or niger, seeds) which yielda valuable oil used for food and as an illuminant."
"RAMULOSE","Having many small branches, or ramuli."
"RAMULOUS","Ramulose."
"RAMULUS","A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similarorganisms."
"RAMUS","A branch; a projecting part or prominent process; aramification."
"RAMUSCULE","A small ramus, or branch."
"RAN","imp. of Run."
"RANA","A genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frogs."
"RANAL","Having a general affinity to ranunculaceous plants. Ranalalliance (Bot.), a name proposed by Lindley for a group of naturalorders, including Ranunculace\u00e6, Magnoliace\u00e6, Papaverace\u00e6, and othersrelated to them."
"RANCESCENT","Becoming rancid or sour."
"RANCH","To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent strainingor contortion. [R.] Dryden. 'Hasting to raunch the arrow out.'Spenser."
"RANCHMAN","An owner or occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman.[Western U. S.]"
"RANCID","Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change ordecomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter."
"RANCIDITY","The quality or state of being rancid; a rancid scent or flavor,as of old oil. Ure."
"RANCIDLY","In a rancid manner."
"RANCIDNESS","The quality of being rancid."
"RANCOR","The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice;inveterate hatred. 'To stint rancour and dissencioun.' Chaucer.It would not be easy to conceive the passion, rancor, and malice oftheir tongues and hearts. Burke."
"RANCOROUS","Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeplymalignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent.So flamed his eyes with rage and rancorous ire. Spenser."
"RANCOROUSLY","In a rancorous manner."
"RAND","To rant; to storm. [Obs.]I wept, . . . and raved, randed, and railed. J. Webster."
"RANDALL GRASS","The meadow fescue (Festuca elatior). See under Grass."
"RANDAN","The product of a second sifting of meal; the finest part of thebran. [Prov. Eng.]"
"RANDING","The act or process of making and applying rands for shoes."
"RANDOM","The direction of a rake-vein. Raymond."
"RANDOMLY","In a random manner."
"RANDON","Random. [Obs.] Spenser."
"RANEDEER","See Reindeer. [Obs.]"
"RANEE","Same as Rani."
"RANFORCE","See Re\u00ebnforce. [Obs.] Bailey."
"RANG","imp. of Ring, v. t. & i."
"RANGE","To be native to, or to live in; to frequent."
"RANGEMENT","Arrangement. [Obs.] Waterland."
"RANGERSHIP","The office of the keeper of a forest or park. [Eng.]"
"RANGLE","To range about in an irregular manner. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Halliwell."
"RANGY","Inclined or able to range, or rove about, for considerabledistances; apt or suited for much roving, --chiefly used of cattle."
"RANI","A queen or princess; the wife of a rajah. [Written also ranee.][India]"
"RANINE","Of or pertaining to the frogs and toads."
"RANK","Rankly; stoutly; violently. [Obs.]That rides so rank and bends his lance so fell. Fairfax."
"RANKER","One who ranks, or disposes in ranks; one who arranges."
"RANKLE","To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame. [R.] Beau. & Fl."
"RANKLY","With rank or vigorous growth; luxuriantly; hence, coarsely;grossly; as, weeds grow rankly."
"RANKNESS","The condition or quality of being rank."
"RANNEL","A prostitute. [Obs.]"
"RANNY","The erd shrew. [Scot.]"
"RANSACK","To make a thorough search.To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead. Chaucer."
"RANSOM","A sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and thedischarge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporalpunishment. Blackstone. Ransom bill (Law), a war contract, valid bythe law of nations, for the ransom of property captured at sea andits safe conduct into port. Kent."
"RANSOMABLE","Such as can be ransomed."
"RANSOMER","One who ransoms or redeems."
"RANSOMLESS","Incapable of being ransomed; without ransom. Shak."
"RANT","To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language,without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic intalk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher.Look where my ranting host of the Garter comes! Shak."
"RANTERISM","The practice or tenets of the Ranters."
"RANTINGLY","In a ranting manner."
"RANTIPOLE","A wild, romping young person. [Low] Marrya"
"RANTISM","Ranterism."
"RANTY","Wild; noisy; boisterous."
"RANULA","A cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct ofthe submaxillary gland."
"RANUNCULACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Ranunculace\u00e6),of which the buttercup is the type, and which includes also thevirgin's bower, the monkshood, larkspur, anemone, meadow rue, andpeony."
"RANUNCULUS","A genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, includingcrowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi (R. Asiaticus, R.aconitifolius, etc.) in which the flowers are double and of variouscolors."
"RANZ DES VACHES","The name for numerous simple, but very irregular, melodies ofthe Swiss mountaineers, blown on a long tube called the Alpine horn,and sometimes sung."
"RAP","A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn. Knight."
"RAPACES","Same as Accipitres."
"RAPAREE","See Rapparee."
"RAPE","Sexual connection with a woman without her consent. See Age ofconsent, under Consent, n. statutory rape."
"RAPFULLY","Violently. [Obs.]"
"RAPHAELESQUE","Like Raphael's works; in Raphael's manner of painting."
"RAPHAELISM","The principles of painting introduced by Raphael, the Italianpainter."
"RAPHAELITE","One who advocates or adopts the principles of Raphaelism."
"RAPHANY","A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, notuncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed tobe caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock(Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is nowknown to be a form of ergotism."
"RAPHE","A line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers, especially in themedian line; as, the raphe of the tongue."
"RAPHIDES","See Rhaphides."
"RAPID","The part of a river where the current moves with greatswiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; -- usually in theplural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence.Row, brothers, row the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and thedaylight's past. Moore."
"RAPID-FIRE MOUNT","A mount permitting easy and quick elevation or depression andtraining of the gun, and fitting with a device for taking up therecoil."
"RAPIDITY","The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity;velocity; as, the rapidity of growth or improvement."
"RAPIDLY","In a rapid manner."
"RAPIDNESS","Quality of being rapid; rapidity."
"RAPIER","A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, usedonly for thrusting. Rapier fish (Zo\u00f6l.), the swordfish. [Obs.] Grew."
"RAPIERED","Wearing a rapier. 'Scarletcoated, rapiered figures.' Lowell."
"RAPILLI","Lapilli."
"RAPINE","To plunder. Sir G. Buck."
"RAPINOUS","Given to rapine. [Obs.]"
"RAPPAGE","The enlargement of a molt caused by rapping the pattern."
"RAPPAREE","A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- socalled from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary. [Written alsoraparee.]"
"RAPPED","imp. & p. p. of Rap, to strike."
"RAPPEE","A pungent kind of snuff made from the darker and ranker kindsof tobacco leaves."
"RAPPEL","The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms."
"RAPPORT","Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord.'T is obvious what rapport there is between the conceptions andlanguages in every country. Sir W. Temple.En` rap`port' ( Etym: [F.], in accord, harmony, or sympathy; having amutual, especially a private, understanding; in mesmerism, in thatrelation of sympathy which permits influence or communication."
"RAPPROCHEMENT","Act or fact of coming or being drawn near or together;establishment or state of cordial relations."
"RAPSCALLION","A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow. [Colloq.] Howitt."
"RAPT","imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away."
"RAPTER","A raptor. [Obs.] Drayton."
"RAPTOR","A ravisher; a plunderer. [Obs.]"
"RAPTORES","Same as Accipitres. Called also Raptatores."
"RAPTORIOUS","Raptorial."
"RAPTURE","To transport with excitement; to enrapture. [Poetic] Thomson."
"RAPTURIST","An enthusiast. [Obs.] J. Spencer."
"RAPTURIZE","To put, or be put, in a state of rapture. [R.]"
"RAPTUROUS","Ecstatic; transporting; ravishing; feeling, expressing, ormanifesting rapture; as, rapturous joy, pleasure, or delight;rapturous applause."
"RAPTUROUSLY","In a rapturous manner."
"RARE","Early. [Obs.]Rude mechanicals that rare and late Work in the market place.Chapman."
"RAREBIT","A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See Welsh rabbit, underRabbit."
"RAREE-SHOW","A show carried about in a box; a peep show. Pope."
"RAREFACTION","The act or process of rarefying; the state of being rarefied; -- opposed to condensation; as, the rarefaction of air."
"RAREFIABLE","Capable of being rarefied. Boyle."
"RAREFY","To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlargewithout adding any new portion of matter to; -- opposed to condense."
"RARENESS","The state or quality of being rare.And let the rareness the small gift commend. Dryden."
"RARERIPE","Early ripe; ripe before others, or before the usual season."
"RARIFICATION","See Rarefaction. [R.] Am. Chem. Journal."
"RAS","See 2d Reis."
"RASANTE","Sweeping; grazing; -- applied to a style of fortification inwhich the command of the works over each other, and over the country,is kept very low, in order that the shot may more effectually sweepor graze the ground before them. H. L. Scott."
"RASCAL","Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low;mean; base. 'The rascal many.' Spencer. 'The rascal people.' Shak.While she called me rascal fiddler. Shak."
"RASCALDOM","State of being a rascal; rascality; domain of rascals; rascals,collectively. Emerson."
"RASCALESS","A female rascal. [Humorous]"
"RASCALLION","A low, mean wretch [Written also rascalion.]"
"RASCALLY","Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; -- oftenin humorous disparagement, without implication of dishonesty.Our rascally porter is fallen fast asleep. Swift."
"RASE","To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.[Obs.]"
"RASH","A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or noelevation. Canker rash. See in the Vocabulary.-- Nettle rash. See Urticaria.-- Rose rash. See Roseola.-- Tooth rash. See Red-gum."
"RASHER","A California rockfish (Sebastichthys miniatus)."
"RASHFUL","Rash; hasty; precipitate. [Obs.]"
"RASHLING","A rash person. [Obs.]"
"RASHLY","In a rush manner; with precipitation.He that doth anything rashly, must do it willingly; for he was freeto deliberate or not. L'Estrange."
"RASHNESS","The quality of state of being rash.We offend . . . by rashness, which is an affirming or denying, beforewe have sufficiently informed ourselves. South."
"RASKOLNIK","One of the separatists or dissenters from the established orGreek church in Russia. [Written also rascolnik.]"
"RASORES","An order of birds; the Gallin\u00e6."
"RASORIAL","Of or pertaining to the Rasores, or gallinaceous birds, as thepeacock, domestic fowl, patridge, and the like."
"RASOUR","Rasor. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RASPATORIUM","See Raspatory."
"RASPATORY","A surgeon's rasp. Wiseman."
"RASPER","One who, or which, rasps; a scraper."
"RASPIS","The raspberry. [Obs.] Langham."
"RASPY","Like a rasp, or the sound made by a rasp; grating. R. D.Blackmore."
"RASSE","A carnivore (Viverricula Mallaccensis) allied to the civet butsmaller, native of China and the East Indies. It furnishes a perfumeresembling that of the civet, which is highly prized by the Javanese.Called also Malacca weasel, and lesser civet."
"RAT","One of the several species of small rodents of the genus Musand allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, andships, especially the Norway, or brown, rat (M. Alexandrinus). Thesewere introduced into Anerica from the Old World."
"RAT-TAIL","Like a rat's tale in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round,slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File."
"RAT-TAILED","Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat. Rat-tailedlarva (Zo\u00f6l.), the larva of a fly of the genus Eristalis. SeeEristalis.-- Rat-tailed serpent (Zo\u00f6l.), the fer-de-lance.-- Rat-tailed shrew (Zo\u00f6l.), the musk shrew."
"RATA","A New Zealand forest tree (Metrosideros robusta), also, itshard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs."
"RATABILITY","The quality or state of being ratable."
"RATAFIA","A spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries,apricots, peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar;-- a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, cura\u00e7ao, etc.[Written also ratifia and ratafee.]"
"RATAN","See Rattan."
"RATANY","Same as Rhatany."
"RATAPLAN","The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse."
"RATCH","Same as Rotche."
"RATCHEL","Gravelly stone. [Prov. Eng.]"
"RATE","To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.Spencer.Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy! Shak.Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming them from it,and rating them for it. Barrow."
"RATEABLE","See Ratable."
"RATEL","Any carnivore of the genus Mellivora, allied to the weasels andthe skunks; -- called also honey badger."
"RATEPAYER","One who pays rates or taxes."
"RATER","One who rates or estimates."
"RATFISH","Same as Rat-tail."
"RATH","Coming before others, or before the usual time; early. [Obs. orPoetic]Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies. Milton."
"RATHER","Prior; earlier; former. [Obs.]Now no man dwelleth at the rather town. Sir J. Mandeville."
"RATHRIPE","Rareripe, or early ripe.-- n."
"RATHSKELLER","Orig., in Germany, the cellar or basement of the city hall,usually rented for use as a restaurant where beer is sold; hence, abeer saloon of the German type below the street level, where,usually, drinks are served only at tables and simple food may also behad; -- sometimes loosely used, in English, of what are essentiallybasement restaurants where liquors are served."
"RATIFICATION","The act of ratifying; the state of being ratified;confirmation; sanction; as, the ratification of a treaty."
"RATIFIER","One who, or that which, ratifies; a confirmer. Shak."
"RATIFY","To approve and sanction; to make valid; to establish; tosettle; especially, to give sanction to, as something done by anagent or servant; as, to ratify an agreement, treaty, or contract; toratify a nomination.It is impossible for the divine power to set a seal to a lie byratifying an imposture with such a miracle. South."
"RATIHABITION","Confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract. [Obs.]Jer. Tailor."
"RATIO","The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another ofthe same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of thefirst by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed by a to bby a/b; or (less commonly) the second is made the dividend; as, a:b =b/a."
"RATIOCINATE","To reason, esp. deductively; to offer reason or argument."
"RATIOCINATION","The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions frompremises; deductive reasoning."
"RATIOCINATIVE","Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting inthe comparison of proportions or facts, and the deduction ofinferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a ratiocinativeprocess.The ratiocinative meditativeness of his character. Coleridge."
"RATIOCINATORY","Ratiocinative. [R.]"
"RATION","To supply with rations, as a regiment."
"RATIONAL","Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of acompound; graphic; -- said of formul\u00e6. See under Formula. Rationalhorizon. (Astron.) See Horizon, 2 (b).-- Rational quantity (Alg. ), one that can be expressed without theuse of a radical sign, or in extract parts of unity; -- opposed toirrational or radical quantity.-- Rational symptom (Med.), one elicited by the statements of thepatient himself and not as the result of a physical examination."
"RATIONALE","An explanation or exposition of the principles of some opinion,action, hypothesis, phenomenon, or like; also, the principlesthemselves."
"RATIONALISM","The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religiousopinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, oropposed to, revelation."
"RATIONALIST","One who accepts rationalism as a theory or system; also,disparagingly, a false reasoner. See Citation under Reasonist."
"RATIONALITY","The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason;possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.When God has made rationality the common portion of mankind, how cameit to be thy inclosure Gov. of Tongue.Well-directed intentions, whose rationalities will never bear a rigidexamination. Sir T. Browne."
"RATIONALIZATION","The act or process of rationalizing."
"RATIONALIZE","To render rational; to free from radical signs or quantities."
"RATIONALLY","In a rational manner."
"RATIONALNESS","The quality or state of being rational; rationality."
"RATITAE","An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, orabsent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu,and apteryx are examples."
"RATITATE","Of or pertaining to the Ratit\u00e6."
"RATITE","Of or pertaining to the Ratit\u00e6.-- n."
"RATON","A small rat. [Obs.] Piers Plowman."
"RATOON","Same as Rattoon, v. i."
"RATSBANE","Rat poison; white arsenic."
"RATSBANED","Poisoned by ratsbane."
"RATTAN","One of the long slender flexible stems of several species ofpalms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some areAfrican and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used forwalking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords andcordage, and many other purposes."
"RATTEEN","A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled."
"RATTEN","To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's employment(as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as,to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike. [Trades-union Cant]J. McCarthy."
"RATTINET","A woolen stuff thinner than ratteen."
"RATTLE","Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce aratting sound."
"RATTLE-BRAINED","Giddy; rattle-headed."
"RATTLE-HEADED","Noisy; giddy; unsteady."
"RATTLE-PATED","Rattle-headed. 'A noisy, rattle-pated fellow.' W. Irving."
"RATTLEHEAD","An empty, noisy talker."
"RATTLEMOUSE","A bat. [Obs.] Puttenham."
"RATTLEPATE","A rattlehead. C. Kingsley."
"RATTLER","One who, or that which, rattles."
"RATTLESNAKE","Any one of several species of venomous American snakesbelonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. Theyhave a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tailwhich make a sharp ratting sound when shaken. The common rattlesnakeof the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamondrattlesnake of the south (C. adamanteus), are the best known. SeeIllust. of Fang. Ground rattlesnake (Zo\u00f6l.), a small rattlesnake(Caudisona, or Sistrurus, miliaria) of the Southern United States,having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on its head.-- Rattlesnake fern (Bot.), a common American fern (BotrychiumVirginianum) having a triangular decompound frond and a long-stalkedpanicle of spore cases rising from the middle of the frond.-- Rattlesnake grass (Bot.), a handsome American grass (GlyceriaCanadensis) with an ample panicle of rather large ovate spikelets,each one composed of imbricated parts and slightly resembling therattle of the rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass.-- Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under Plantain.-- Rattlesnake root (Bot.), a name given to certain American speciesof the composite genus Prenanthes (P. alba and P. serpentaria),formerly asserted to cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Calling alsolion's foot, gall of the earth, and white lettuce.-- Rattlesnake's master (Bot.) (a) A species of Agave (AgaveVirginica) growing in the Southern United States. (b) Anumbelliferous plant (Eryngium yucc\u00e6folium) with large bristly-fringedlinear leaves. (c) A composite plant, the blazing star (Liatrissquarrosa).-- Rattlesnake weed (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus Hieracium(H. venosum); -- probably so named from its spotted leaves. See alsoSnakeroot."
"RATTLETRAP","Any machine or vehicle that does not run smoothly. [Colloq.] A.Trollope."
"RATTLEWEED","Any plant of the genus Astragalus. See Milk vetch."
"RATTLEWINGS","The golden-eye."
"RATTLEWORT","Same as Rattlebox."
"RATTLINGS","Ratlines."
"RATTOON","One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year'sgrowth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane."
"RAUCID","Hoarse; raucous [R.] Lamb."
"RAUCITY","Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, theraucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice."
"RAUCOUS","Hoarse; harsh; rough; as, a raucous, thick tone. 'His voiceslightly raucous.' Aytoun.-- Rau'cous*ly, adv."
"RAUGHT","imp. & p. p. of Reach. Shak."
"RAUNCH","See Ranch. Spenser."
"RAUNSOUN","Ransom. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RAVAGE","Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction;devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages offire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time.Would one think 't were possible for love To make such ravage in anoble soul Addison."
"RAVAGER","One who, or that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler."
"RAVE","One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or asleigh."
"RAVEHOOK","A tool, hooked at the end, for enlarging or clearing seams forthe reception of oakum."
"RAVELER","One who ravels."
"RAVELIN","A detached work with two embankments with make a salient angle.It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place.Formerly called demilune and half-moon."
"RAVEN","A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to thecrow, but larger. It is native of the northern part of Europe, Asiaand America, and is noted for its sagacity. Sea raven (Zo\u00f6l.), thecormorant."
"RAVENALA","A genus of plants related to the banana."
"RAVENING","Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion. Luke xi. 39."
"RAVENOUS","A fine quality of sailcloth. Ham. Nav. Encyc."
"RAVER","One who raves."
"RAVIN","Ravenous. [Obs.] Shak."
"RAVING","Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic.-- Rav'ing*ly, adv."
"RAVISHER","One who ravishes (in any sense)."
"RAVISHING","Rapturous; transporting."
"RAVISHINGLY","In a ravishing manner."
"RAVISSANT","In a half-raised position, as if about to spring on prey."
"RAW","A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touchone on the raw.Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is a raw. DeQuincey."
"RAWBONE","Rawboned. [Obs.] Spencer."
"RAWBONED","Having little flesh on the bones; gaunt. Shak."
"RAWHEAD","A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, rawhead andbloodybones."
"RAWHIDE","A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw)hide twisted."
"RAWISH","Somewhat raw. [R.] Marston."
"RAWNESS","The quality or state of being raw."
"RAY","Array; order; arrangement; dress. [Obs.]And spoiling all her gears and goodly ray. Spenser."
"RAY GRASS","A perennial European grass (Lolium perenne); -- called also ryegrass, and red darnel. See Darnel, and Grass. Italian ray, or rye,grass. See Darnel, and Grass."
"RAYAH","A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax.[Turkey.]"
"RAYLESS","Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, arayless sky; rayless eyes."
"RAYON","Ray; beam. [Obs.] Spenser."
"RAYONNANT","Darting forth rays, as the sun when it shines out."
"RAZE","A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same asrace, a root."
"RAZED","Slashed or striped in patterns. [Obs.] 'Two Provincial roses onmy razed shoes.' Shak."
"RAZEE","An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reducedto the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate.Totten."
"RAZOR","A task of a wild boar. Razor fish. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) A smallMediterranean fish (Coryph\u00e6na novacula), prized for the table. (b)The razor shell.-- Razor grass (Bot.), a West Indian plant (Scleria scindens), thetriangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharpteeth.-- Razor grinder (Zo\u00f6l.), the European goat-sucker.-- Razor shell (Zo\u00f6l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solenand allied genera, especially Solen, or Ensatella, ensis, andAmericana, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell,resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also rasor clam, razorfish, knife handle.-- Razor stone. Same as Novaculite.-- Razor strap, or razor strop, a strap or strop used in sharpeningrazors."
"RAZOR-BACKED","Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog,perch, etc."
"RAZORABLE","Ready for the razor; fit to be shaved. [R.] Shak."
"RAZORBACK","The rorqual."
"RAZZIA","A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a rai"
"RE","A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of thediatonic scale of C; in the American system, to the second tone ofany diatonic scale."
"RE SIGN","Resignation. [Obs.] Beau & Fl."
"RE-","A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, tolean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call outagainst; repugn, to fight against; recognition, a knowing again;rejoin, to join again; reiterate, reassure. Combinations containingthe prefix re- are readily formed, and are for the most part ofobvious signification."
"RE-ALLY","To bring together again; to compose or form anew. Spenser."
"RE-COLLECT","To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops.God will one day raise the dead, re-collecting our scattered dust.Barrow."
"RE-CREATE","To create or form anew.On opening the campaign of 1776, instead of re\u00ebnforcing, it wasnecessary to re-create, the army. Marshall."
"RE-CREATION","A forming anew; a new creation or formation."
"RE-CREATIVE","Creating anew; as, re-creative power."
"RE-DEMPTION","The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed;repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemptionof prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo.Specifically:(a) (Law) The liberation of an estate from a mortgage, or the takingback of property mortgaged, upon performance of the terms orconditions on which it was conveyed; also, the right of redeeming andre\u00ebntering upon an estate mortgaged. See Equity of redemption, underEquity.(b) (Com.) Performance of the obligation stated in a note, bill,bond, or other evidence of debt, by making payment to the holder.(c) (Theol.) The procuring of God's favor by the sufferings and deathof Christ; the ransom or deliverance of sinners from the bondage ofsin and the penalties of God's violated law.In whom we have redemption through his blood. Eph. i. 7."
"RE-FERMENT","To ferment, or cause to ferment, again. Blackmore."
"RE-FORM","To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or totake a new form; as, to re-form the line after a charge."
"RE-FORMATION","The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, thereformation of a column of troops into a hollow square."
"RE-LET","To let anew, as a hous."
"RE-MARK","To mark again, or a second time; to mark anew."
"RE-PRESENT","To present again; as, to re-present the points of an argument."
"RE-PRESENTATION","The act of re-presenting, or the state of being presentedagain; a new presentation; as, re-presentation of facts previouslystated."
"RE-REITERATE","To reiterate many times. [R.] 'My re-reiterated wish.'Tennyson."
"RE-RESOLVE","To resolve again.Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. Young."
"RE-SEARCH","To search again; to examine anew."
"RE-SIGN","To affix one's signature to, a second time; to sign again."
"RE-SOUND","To sound again or anew."
"RE-STORE","To store again; as, the goods taken out were re-stored."
"RE-TURN","To turn again."
"REABSORB","To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has beeneffused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, toreabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids."
"REABSORPTION","The act or process of rearbsorbing."
"REACCESS","A second access or approach; a return. Hakewill."
"REACCUSE","To accuse again. Cheyne."
"REACH","An effort to vomit. [R.]"
"REACHABLE","Being within reach."
"REACHLESS","Being beyond reach; lofty.Unto a reachless pitch of praises hight. Bp. Hall."
"REACT","To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to reacta play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome."
"REACTANCE","The influence of a coil of wire upon an alternating currentpassing through it, tending to choke or diminish the current, or thesimilar influence of a condenser; inductive resistance. Reactance ismeasured in ohms. The reactance of a circuit is equal to thecomponent of the impressed electro-motive force at right angles tothe current divided by the current, that is, the component of theimpedance due to the self-inductance or capacity of the circuit."
"REACTANCE COIL","A choking coil."
"REACTION","The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents upon eachother, or the action upon such chemical agents of some form ofenergy, as heat, light, or electricity, resulting in a chemicalchange in one or more of these agents, with the production of newcompounds or the manifestation of distinctive characters. SeeBlowpipe reaction, Flame reaction, under Blowpipe, and Flame."
"REACTIONARY","Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionarymovements."
"REACTIONIST","A reactionary. C. Kingsley."
"REACTIVE","Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature ofreaction.-- Re*act'ive*ly, adv.-- Re*act'ive*ness, n."
"REACTOR","A choking coil."
"READ","Rennet. See 3d Reed. [Prov. Eng.]"
"READABILITY","The state of being readable; readableness."
"READABLE","Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worthreading; interesting.-- Read'a*ble*ness, n.-- Read'a*bly, adv,."
"READDRESS","To address a second time; -- often used reflexively.He readdressed himself to her. Boyle."
"READEPT","To regain; to recover. [Obs.]"
"READEPTION","A regaining; recovery of something lost. [Obs.] Bacon."
"READERSHIP","The office of reader. Lyell."
"READINESS","The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness;aptitude; willingness.They received the word with all readiness of mind. Acts xvii. 11."
"READJOURN","To adjourn a second time; to adjourn again."
"READJOURNMENT","The act of readjourning; a second or repeated adjournment."
"READJUST","To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order orrelation; to rearrange."
"READJUSTER","One who, or that which, readjusts; in some of the States of theUnited States, one who advocates a refunding, and sometimes a partialrepudiation, of the State debt without the consent of the State'screditors."
"READJUSTMENT","A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment."
"READMISSION","The act of admitting again, or the state of being readmitted;as, the readmission fresh air into an exhausted receiver; thereadmission of a student into a seminary."
"READMIT","To admit again; to give entrance or access to again.Whose ear is ever open, and his eye Gracious to readmit thesuppliant. Milton."
"READMITTANCE","Allowance to enter again; a second admission."
"READOPT","To adopt again. Young."
"READORN","To adorn again or anew."
"READVANCE","To advance again."
"READVERTENCY","The act of adverting to again, or of reviewing. [R.] Norris."
"READY","A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, atwhich the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptlythe next command, which is, aim. All ready, ready in everyparticular; wholly equipped or prepared. '[I] am all redy at yourhest.' Chaucer.-- Ready money, means of immediate payment; cash. ''Tis all theready money fate can give.' Cowley.-- Ready reckoner, a book of tables for facilitating computations,as of interest, prices, etc.-- To make ready, to make preparation; to get in readiness."
"READY-MADE","Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not madeto order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes."
"READY-WITTED","Having ready wit."
"REAFFIRM","To affirm again."
"REAFFOREST","To convert again into the forest, as a region of country."
"REAFFORESTATION","The act or process of converting again into a forest."
"REAGENT","A substance capable of producing with another a reaction,especially when employed to detect the presence of other bodies; atest."
"REAGGRAVATION","The last monitory, published after three admonitions and beforethe last excommunication."
"REAGREE","To agree again."
"REAK","A rush. [Obs.] 'Feeds on reaks and reeds.' Drant."
"REAL","A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money ofaccount, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system."
"REALGAR","Arsenic sulphide, a mineral of a brilliant red color; redorpiment. It is also an artificial product."
"REALISM","Fidelity to nature or to real life; representation withoutidealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence tothe actual fact."
"REALIST","One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains thatgenerals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species ofthings, represent real existences, and are not mere names, asmaintained by the nominalists."
"REALISTIC","Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of therealists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination."
"REALISTICALLY","In the realistic manner."
"REALITY","Loyalty; devotion. [Obs.]To express our reality to the emperor. Fuller."
"REALIZABLE","Capable of being realized."
"REALIZATION","The act of realizing, or the state of being realized."
"REALIZE","To convert any kind of property into money, especially propertyrepresenting investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.Wary men took the alarm, and began to realize, a word now firstbrought into use to express the conversion of ideal property intosomething real. W. Irving."
"REALIZER","One who realizes. Coleridge."
"REALIZING","Serving to make real, or to impress on the mind as a reality;as, a realizing view of the danger incurred.-- Re'al*i`zing*ly, adv."
"REALLEGE","To allege again. Cotgrave."
"REALLIANCE","A renewed alliance."
"REALLY","Royally. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REALMLESS","Destitute of a realm. Keats."
"REALNESS","The quality or condition of being real; reality."
"REAM","Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.]"
"REAME","Realm. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REAMER","One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument withcutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, forenlarging a round hole, as a bore of a cannon, etc."
"REAMPUTATION","The second of two amputations performed upon the same member."
"REANIMATE","To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse newlife, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as,to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; toreanimate languid spirits. Glanvill."
"REANIMATION","The act or operation of reanimating, or the state of beingreanimated; reinvigoration; revival."
"REANNEX","To annex again or anew; to reunite. 'To reannex that duchy.'Bacon."
"REANNEXATION","Act of reannexing."
"REANSWER","To answer in return; to repay; to compensate; to make amendsfor.Which in weight to reanswer, his pettiness would bow under. Shak."
"REAP","To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather aharvest.They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Ps. cxxvi. 5."
"REAPPAREL","To clothe again."
"REAPPEAR","To appear again."
"REAPPEARANCE","A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearingagain."
"REAPPLICATION","The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied."
"REAPPLY","To apply again."
"REAPPOINT","To appoint again."
"REAPPOINTMENT","The act of reappointing, or the state of being reappointed."
"REAPPORTION","To apportion again."
"REAPPORTIONMENT","A second or a new apportionment."
"REAPPROACH","To approach again or anew."
"REAR","Early; soon. [Prov. Eng.]Then why does Cuddy leave his cot so rear! Gay."
"REAR-HORSE","A mantis."
"REARER","One he, or that which, rears."
"REARGUE","To argue anew or again."
"REARGUMENT","An arguing over again, as of a motion made in court."
"REARLY","Early. [Obs.] Beau. & Ft."
"REARMOST","Farthest in the rear; last."
"REARRANGE","To arrange again; to arrange in a different way."
"REARRANGEMENT","The act of rearranging, or the state of being rearranged."
"REARWARD","The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also usedfiguratively. Shak."
"REASCEND","To rise, mount, or climb again."
"REASCENSION","The act of reascending; a remounting."
"REASCENT","A returning ascent or ascension; acclivity. Cowper."
"REASON","Ratio; proportion. [Obs.] Barrow. By reason of, by means of; onaccount of; because of. 'Spain is thin sown of people, partly byreason of the sterility of the soil.' Bacon. In reason, In allreason, in justice; with rational ground; in a right view.When anything is proved by as good arguments as a thing of that kindis capable of, we ought not, in reason, to doubt of its existence.Tillotson.-- It is reason, it is reasonable; it is right. [Obs.]Yet it were great reason, that those that have children should havegreatest care of future times. Bacon."
"REASONABLE","Reasonable; tolerably. [Obs.]I have a reasonable good ear in music. Shak."
"REASONABLENESS","Quality of being reasonable."
"REASONER","One who reasons or argues; as, a fair reasoner; a closereasoner; a logical reasoner."
"REASONIST","A rationalist. [Obs.]Such persons are now commonly called 'reasonists' and 'rationalists,'to distinguish them from true reasoners and rational inquirers.Waterland."
"REASSEMBLAGE","Assemblage a second time or again."
"REASSEMBLE","To assemble again."
"REASSERT","To assert again or anew; to maintain after an omission to doso.Let us hope . . . we may have a body of authors who will reassert ourclaim to respectability in literature. Walsh."
"REASSERTION","A second or renewed assertion of the same thing."
"REASSESSMENT","A renewed or second assessment."
"REASSIGN","To assign back or again; to transfer back what has beenassigned."
"REASSIGNMENT","The act of reassigning."
"REASSIMILATE","To assimilate again.-- Re`as*sim`i*la'tion, n."
"REASSOCIATE","To associate again; to bring again into close relatoins."
"REASSUME","To assume again or anew; to resume.-- Re`as*sump'tion, n."
"REASSURANCE","Same as Reinsurance."
"REASSURER","One who reassures."
"REASTY","Rusty and rancid; -- applied to salt meat. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Tusser.-- Reas'ti*ness, n. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"REATA","A lariat."
"REATTACH","To attach again."
"REATTACHMENT","The act of reattaching; a second attachment."
"REATTAIN","To attain again."
"REATTAINMENT","The act of reattaining."
"REATTEMPT","To attempt again."
"REAUME","Realm. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REAUMUR","Of or pertaining to Ren\u00e9 Antoine Ferchault de R\u00e9aumur;conformed to the scale adopted by R\u00e9aumur in graduating thethermometer he invented.-- n."
"REAVE","To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob;to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. 'To reave his life.' Spenser.He golden apples raft of the dragon. Chaucer.By privy stratagem my life at home. Chapman.To reave the orphan of his patrimony. Shak.The heaven caught and reft him of his tongue. Tennyson."
"REAVER","One who reaves. [Archaic]"
"REAWAKE","To awake again."
"REBANISH","To banish again."
"REBAPTISM","A second baptism."
"REBAPTIZE","To baptize again or a second time."
"REBAPTIZER","One who rebaptizes."
"REBARBARIZE","To reduce again to barbarism.-- Re*bar`ba*ri*za'tion, n.Germany . . . rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars.Sir W. Hamilton."
"REBATE","To abate; to withdraw. [Obs.] Foxe."
"REBATEMENT","Same as 3d Rebate, v."
"REBATO","Same as Rabato. Burton."
"REBEC","An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled theviolin, having three strings, and being played with a bow. [Writtenalso rebeck.] Milton.He turn'd his rebec to a mournful note. Drayton."
"REBEL","Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt;rebellious; as, rebel troops.Whoso be rebel to my judgment. Chaucer.Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. Milton."
"REBELDOM","A region infested by rebels; rebels, considered collectively;also, conduct o Thackeray."
"REBELLER","One who rebels; a rebel."
"REBELLIOUS","Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel of the nature of rebelsor of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force.'Thy rebellious crew.' 'Proud rebellious arms.' Milton.-- Re*bel'lious*ly, adv.-- Re*bel'lious*ness, n."
"REBELLOW","To bellow again; to repeat or echo a bellow.The cave rebellowed, and the temple shook. Dryden."
"REBITING","The act or process of deepening worn lines in an etched plateby submitting it again to the action if acid. Fairholt."
"REBLOOM","To bloom again. Crabbe."
"REBLOSSOM","To blossom again."
"REBOANT","Rebellowing; resounding loudly. [R.] Mrs. Browning."
"REBOATION","Repetition of a bellow. [R.] Bp. Patrick."
"REBORN","Born again."
"REBOUND","To send back; to reverberate.Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound. Dryden."
"REBOZO","A kind of mantilla worn by women over the head and shoulders,and sometimes over part of the face. [Mexico & Sp. Amer.]"
"REBRACE","To brace again. Gray."
"REBREATHE","To breathe again."
"REBUCOUS","Rebuking. [Obs.]She gave unto him many rebucous words. Fabyan."
"REBUFF","To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repelor repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously."
"REBUILD","To build again, as something which has been demolished; toconstruct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city."
"REBUILDER","One who rebuilds. Bp. Bull."
"REBUKABLE","Worthy of rebuke or reprehension; reprehensible. Shak."
"REBUKE","To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain byexpression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; tochide; to reprove; to admonish.The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered, Nor to rebuke the richoffender feared. Dryden."
"REBUKEFUL","Containing rebuke; of the nature of rebuke. [Obs.] --Re*buke'ful*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"REBUKER","One who rebukes."
"REBUKINGLY","By way of rebuke."
"REBULLITION","The act of boiling up or effervescing. [R.] Sir H. Wotton."
"REBURY","To bury again. Ashmole."
"REBUS","A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of theperson to whom it belongs. See Canting arms, under Canting."
"REBUT","To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, orcountervailing proof. Abbott."
"REBUTTABLE","Capable of being rebutted."
"REBUTTAL","The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroythe effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit."
"REBUTTER","The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff'ssurrejoinder."
"RECADENCY","A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse. W.Montagu."
"RECALCITRANT","Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance oropposition; refractory."
"RECALCITRATE","To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff.The more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and recalcitrate histricks. De Quincey."
"RECALCITRATION","A kicking back again; opposition; repugnance; refractoriness."
"RECALL","A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers arerecalled from duty, labor, etc. Wilhelm."
"RECALLABLE","Capable of being recalled."
"RECALLMENT","Recall. [R.] R. Browning."
"RECANT","To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinionsformerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to takeback openly; to retract; to recall.How soon . . . ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent andvoid! Milton."
"RECANTATION","The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a formerone; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.The poor man was imprisoned for this discovery, and forced to make apublic recantation. Bp. Stillingfleet."
"RECANTER","One who recants."
"RECAPACITATE","To qualify again; to confer capacity on again. Atterbury."
"RECAPITULATE","To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, oressay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or argumentsof; to relate in brief; to summarize."
"RECAPITULATION","The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement orenumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in apreceding discourse, argument, or essay."
"RECAPITULATOR","One who recapitulates."
"RECAPITULATORY","Of the nature of a recapitulation; containing recapitulation."
"RECAPPER","A tool used for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to acartridge shell in reloading it."
"RECAPTION","The act of retaking, as of one who has escaped after arrest;reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, orchildren, without force or violence, from one who has taken them andwho wrongfully detains them. Blackstone. Writ of recaption (Law), awrit to recover damages for him whose goods, being distrained forrent or service, are distrained again for the same cause.Wharton."
"RECAPTOR","One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had beenpreviously taken."
"RECAPTURE","To capture again; to retake."
"RECARBONIZE","To restore carbon to; as, to recarbonize iron in converting itinto steel."
"RECARNIFY","To convert again into flesh. [Obs.] Howell."
"RECARRIAGE","Act of carrying back."
"RECARRY","To carry back. Walton."
"RECCHE","To reck. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RECCHELES","Reckless. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RECEDE","To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor;as, to recede conquered territory."
"RECEIPT","To give a receipt, as for money paid."
"RECEIPTMENT","The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after thecommission of a felony. Burrill."
"RECEIPTOR","One who receipts; specifically (Law), one who receipts forproperty which has been taken by the sheriff."
"RECEIT","Receipt. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RECEIVABILITY","The quality of being receivable; receivableness."
"RECEIVABLE","Capable of being received.-- Re*ceiv'a*ble*ness, n. Bills receivable. See under 6th Bill."
"RECEIVE","To bat back (the ball) when served. Receiving ship, one onboard of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept tilldrafted for service."
"RECEIVEDNESS","The state or quality of being received, accepted, or current;as, the receivedness of an opinion. Boyle."
"RECEIVER","A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and holdin trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation,pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate andeffects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to windingup its affairs, in certain cases. Bouvier."
"RECEIVERSHIP","The state or office of a receiver."
"RECELEBRATE","To celebrate again, or anew.-- Re*cel`e*bra'tion, n."
"RECENCY","The state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; lateorigin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of atransaction, of a wound, etc."
"RECENSE","To review; to revise. [R.] Bentley."
"RECENSIONIST","One who makes recensions; specifically, a critical editor."
"RECENT","Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recentshells."
"RECENTER","To center again; to restore to the center. Coleridge."
"RECENTLY","Newly; lately; freshly; not long since; as, advices recentlyreceived."
"RECENTNESS","Quality or state of being recent."
"RECEPTACULAR","Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it; as, thereceptacular chaff or scales in the sunflower."
"RECEPTACULUM","A receptacle; as, the receptaculum of the chyle."
"RECEPTARY","Generally or popularly admitted or received. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"RECEPTIBLE","Such as may be received; receivable."
"RECEPTIVE","Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in,absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptivemind.Imaginary space is receptive of all bodies. Glanvill."
"RECEPTIVENESS","The quality of being receptive."
"RECEPTIVITY","The power or capacity of receiving impressions, as those of theexternal senses."
"RECEPTORY","Receptacle. [Obs.] Holland."
"RECESS","A sinus."
"RECESSION","The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim,or a demand. South.Mercy may rejoice upon the recessions of justice. Jer. Taylor."
"RECESSIONAL","Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal. Recessional hymn,a hymn sung in a procession returning from the choir to the robingroom."
"RECESSIVE","Going back; receding."
"RECHABITE","One of the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, all ofwhom by his injunction abstained from the use of intoxicating drinksand even from planting the vine. Jer. xxxv. 2-19. Also, in moderntimes, a member of a certain society of abstainers from alcoholicliquors."
"RECHANGE","To change again, or change back."
"RECHARTER","A second charter; a renewal of a charter. D. Webster."
"RECHASE","To chase again; to chase or drive back."
"RECHAUFFE","A dish of food that has been warmed again, hence, fig.,something made up from old material; a rehash."
"RECHEAT","A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when theyhave lost track of the game."
"RECHERCHE","Sought out with care; choice. Hence: of rare quality, elegance,or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind."
"RECHLESS","Reckless. [Obs.] P. Plowman."
"RECHOOSE","To choose again."
"RECIDIVATE","To baskslide; to fall again. [Obs.]"
"RECIDIVATION","A falling back; a backsliding. Hammond."
"RECIDIVISM","The state or quality of being recidivous; relapse, specif.(Criminology),"
"RECIDIVIST","One who is recidivous or is characterized by recidivism; anincorrigible criminal. -- Re*cid`i*vis'tic (#), a."
"RECIDIVOUS","Tending or liable to backslide or r"
"RECIPE","A formulary or prescription for making some combination,mixture, or preparation of materials; a receipt; especially, aprescription for medicine."
"RECIPIANGLE","An instrument with two arms that are pivoted together at oneend, and a graduated arc, -- used by military engineers for measuringand laying off angles of fortifications."
"RECIPIENT","A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, orthat to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, thereceiver of a still."
"RECIPROCAL","Reflexive; -- applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimeslimited to such pronouns as express mutual action."
"RECIPROCALITY","The quality or condition of being reciprocal; reciprocalness.[R.]"
"RECIPROCALLY","In the manner of reciprocals. Reciprocally proportional (Arith.& Alg.), proportional, as two variable quantities, so that the oneshall have a constant ratio to the reciprocal of the other."
"RECIPROCALNESS","The quality or condition of being reciprocal; mutual return;alternateness."
"RECIPROCATE","To move forward and backward alternately; to recur invicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies, And draws and blowsreciprocating air. Dryden.Reciprocating engine, a steam, air, or gas engine, etc., in which thepiston moves back and forth; -- in distinction from a rotary engine,in which the piston travels continuously in one direction in acircular path.-- Reciprocating motion (Mech.), motion alternately backward andforward, or up and down, as of a piston rod."
"RECIPROCORNOUS","Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of aram. [R.] Ash."
"RECIPROCOUS","Reciprocal. [Obs.]"
"RECIPROK","Reciprocal. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"RECIPROQUE","Reciprocal. Bacon."
"RECISION","The act of cutting off. Sherwood."
"RECITAL","A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; --distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, orviolin recital."
"RECITATION","The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor."
"RECITATIVE","A species of musical recitation in which the words aredelivered in manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, apiece of music intended for such recitation; -- opposed to melisma."
"RECITATIVO","Recitative."
"RECITE","To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5."
"RECITER","One who recites; also, a book of extracts for recitation."
"RECK","To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; -- oftenfollowed by of. [Archaic]Then reck I not, when I have lost my life. Chaucer.I reck not though I end my life to-day. Shak.Of me she recks not, nor my vain desire. M. Arnold."
"RECKLING","Needing care; weak; feeble; as, a reckling child. H. Taylor.-- n."
"RECKONER","One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculation,tables, etc., to assist in reckoning.Reckoners without their host must reckon twice. Camden."
"RECLAIM","To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attemptto recover possession of.A tract of land [Holland] snatched from an element perpetuallyreclaiming its prior occupancy. W. Coxe."
"RECLAIMABLE","That may be reclaimed."
"RECLAIMANT","One who reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts."
"RECLAIMER","One who reclaims."
"RECLAIMLESS","That can not be reclaimed."
"RECLASP","To clasp or unite again."
"RECLINANT","Bending or leaning backward."
"RECLINATE","Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of astem or leaf, is lower than the base."
"RECLINATION","The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a verticalplane which it intersects in a horizontal line. Brande & C."
"RECLINE","To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc., to place in arecumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.The mother Reclined her dying head upon his breast. Dryden."
"RECLINED","Falling or turned downward; reclinate."
"RECLINER","One who, or that which, reclines."
"RECLOSE","To close again. Pope."
"RECLOTHE","To clothe again."
"RECLUDE","To open; to unclose. [R.] Harvey."
"RECLUSE","Shut up, sequestered; retired from the world or from publicnotice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; arecluse lifeIn meditation deep, recluse From human converse. J. Philips."
"RECLUSELY","In a recluse or solitary manner."
"RECLUSENESS","Quality or state of being recluse."
"RECLUSION","A state of retirement from the world; seclusion."
"RECLUSIVE","Affording retirement from society. 'Some reclusive andreligious life.' Shak."
"RECLUSORY","The habitation of a recluse; a hermitage."
"RECOCT","To boil or cook again; hence, to make over; to vamp up; toreconstruct. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"RECOCTION","A second coction or preparation; a vamping up."
"RECOGNITION","The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized;acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials,solemn recognition in the church of God. Hooker."
"RECOGNITOR","One of a jury impaneled on an assize. Blackstone."
"RECOGNITORY","Pertaining to, or connected with, recognition."
"RECOGNIZABILITY","The quality or condition of being recognizable."
"RECOGNIZABLE","Capable of being recognized. [Written also recognisable.] --Rec'og*ni`za*bly, adv."
"RECOGNIZATION","Recognition. [R.]"
"RECOGNIZE","To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as,A, B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars. [Written alsorecognise.]"
"RECOGNIZEE","The person in whose favor a recognizance is made. [Written alsorecognisee.] Blackstone."
"RECOGNIZER","One who recognizes; a recognizor. [Written also recogniser.]"
"RECOGNOSCE","To recognize. [R. & Obs.] Boyle."
"RECOIL","To draw or go back. [Obs.] Spenser."
"RECOILER","One who, or that which, recoils."
"RECOILINGLY","In the manner of a recoil."
"RECOILMENT","Recoil. [R.]"
"RECOIN","To coin anew or again."
"RECOLLECT","A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans.[Written also Recollet.] Addis & Arnold."
"RECOLLECTIVE","Having the power of recollecting. J. Foster."
"RECOLLET","Same as Recollect, n."
"RECOLONIZATION","A second or renewed colonization."
"RECOLONIZE","To colonize again."
"RECOMBINATION","Combination a second or additional time."
"RECOMBINE","To combine again."
"RECOMFORT","To comfort again; to console anew; to give new strength to.Bacon.Gan her recomfort from so sad affright. Spenser."
"RECOMFORTLESS","Without comfort. [Obs.]"
"RECOMFORTURE","The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort. [Obs.] Shak."
"RECOMMENCE","To commence again or anew."
"RECOMMENCEMENT","A commencement made anew."
"RECOMMENDABLE","Suitable to be recommended; worthy of praise; commendable.Glanvill.-- Rec`om*mend'a*ble*ness, n.-- Rec`om*mend'a*bly, adv."
"RECOMMENDATIVE","That which recommends; a recommendation. [Obs.]"
"RECOMMENDATORY","Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift."
"RECOMMENDER","One who recommends."
"RECOMMISSION","To commission again; to give a new commission to.Officers whose time of service had expired were to be recommissioned.Marshall."
"RECOMMIT","To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, torefer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the samecommittee."
"RECOMPACT","To compact or join anew. 'Recompact my scattered body.' Donne."
"RECOMPENSATION","Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendantis met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff."
"RECOMPENSE","To give recompense; to make amends or requital. [Obs.]"
"RECOMPENSEMENT","Recompense; requital. [Obs.] Fabyan."
"RECOMPENSER","One who recompenses.A thankful recompenser of the benefits received. Foxe."
"RECOMPENSIVE","Of the nature of recompense; serving to recompense. Sir T.Browne."
"RECOMPILATION","A new compilation."
"RECOMPILE","To compile anew."
"RECOMPILEMENT","The act of recompiling; new compilation or digest; as, arecompilement of the laws. Bacon."
"RECOMPOSER","One who recomposes."
"RECOMPOSITION","The act of recomposing."
"RECONCENTRADO","Lit., one who has been reconcentrated; specif., in Cuba, thePhilippines, etc., during the revolution of 1895-98, one of the ruralnoncombatants who were concentrated by the military authorities inareas surrounding the fortified towns, and later were reconcentratedin the smaller limits of the towns themselves."
"RECONCENTRATE","To concentrate again; to concentrate thoroughly."
"RECONCENTRATION","The act of reconcentrating or the state of beingreconcentrated; esp., the act or policy of concentrating the ruralpopulation in or about towns and villages for convenience inpolitical or military administration, as in Cuba during therevolution of 1895-98."
"RECONCILABLE","Capable of being reconciled; as, reconcilable adversaries; anact reconciable with previous acts.The different accounts of the numbers of ships are reconcilable.Arbuthnot.-- Rec'on*ci`la*ble*ness, n.-- Rec'on*ci`la*bly, adv."
"RECONCILE","To become reconciled. [Obs.]"
"RECONCILEMENT","Reconciliation. Milton."
"RECONCILER","One who reconciles."
"RECONCILIATORY","Serving or tending to reconcile. Bp. Hall."
"RECONDENSATION","The act or process of recondensing."
"RECONDENSE","To condense again."
"RECONDITORY","A repository; a storehouse. [Obs.] Ash."
"RECONDUCT","To conduct back or again. 'A guide to reconduct thy steps.'Dryden."
"RECONFIRM","To confirm anew. Clarendon."
"RECONFORT","To recomfort; to comfort. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RECONJOIN","To join or conjoin anew. Boyle."
"RECONQUER","To conquer again; to recover by conquest; as, to reconquer arevolted province."
"RECONQUEST","A second conquest."
"RECONSECRATE","To consecrate anew or again."
"RECONSECRATION","Renewed consecration."
"RECONSIDER","To take up for renewed consideration, as a motion or a votewhich has been previously acted upon."
"RECONSIDERATION","The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered;as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body."
"RECONSOLATE","To console or comfort again. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton."
"RECONSOLIDATE","To consolidate anew or again."
"RECONSOLIDATION","The act or process of reconsolidating; the state of beingreconsolidated."
"RECONSTRUCT","To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again oranew.Regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed. Macaulay."
"RECONSTRUCTION","The act or process of reorganizing the governments of theStates which had passed ordinances of secession, and ofre\u00ebstablishing their constitutional relations to the nationalgovernment, after the close of the Civil War."
"RECONSTRUCTIVE","Reconstructing; tending to reconstruct; as, a reconstructivepolicy."
"RECONTINUANCE","The act or state of recontinuing."
"RECONTINUE","To continue anew."
"RECONVENE","To convene or assemble again; to call or come together again."
"RECONVENTION","A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against theplaintiff before the same judge. Burrill. Bouvier."
"RECONVERSION","A second conversion."
"RECONVERT","To convert again. Milton."
"RECONVERTIBLE","Capable of being reconverted; convertible again to the originalform or condition."
"RECONVEYANCE","Act of reconveying."
"RECOPY","To copy again."
"RECORDANCE","Remembrance. [Obs.]"
"RECORDATION","Remembrance; recollection; also, a record. [Obs.] Shak."
"RECORDER","A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet. [Obs.]'Flutes and soft recorders.' Milton."
"RECORDERSHIP","The office of a recorder."
"RECORDING","Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; --applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance whichmakes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge or telegraph."
"RECORPORIFICATION","The act of investing again with a body; the state of beingfurnished anew with a body. [R.] Boyle."
"RECOUCH","To retire again to a couch; to lie down again. [Obs.] Sir H.Wotton."
"RECOUNT","To count or reckon again."
"RECOUNTMENT","Recital. [Obs.] Shak."
"RECOUPER","One who recoups. Story."
"RECOUPMENT","The act of recouping."
"RECOURSEFUL","Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately. [Obs.]Drayton."
"RECOVER","To cover again. Sir W. Scott."
"RECOVERABLE","Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of beingbrought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune,etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt isrecoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable.A prodigal course Is like the sun's; but not, like his, recoverable.Shak.If I am recoverable, why am I thus Cowper.-- Re*cov'er*a*ble*ness, n."
"RECOVERANCE","Recovery. [Obs.]"
"RECOVEREE","The person against whom a judgment is obtained in commonrecovery."
"RECOVERER","One who recovers."
"RECOVEROR","The demandant in a common recovery after judgment. Wharton."
"RECOVERY","The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by averdict and judgment of court."
"RECREANCE","Recreancy."
"RECREANCY","The quality or state of being recreant."
"RECREANT","One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited,cowardly wretch. Blackstone.You are all recreants and dastards! Shak."
"RECREATE","To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, torefresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; todivert; to amuse; to gratify.Painters, when they work on white grounds, place before them colorsmixed with blue and green, to recreate their eyes, white wearying . .. the sight more than any. Dryden.St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge.Jer. Taylor.These ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their aromatic scent.Dr. H. More."
"RECREATION","The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated;refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement;diversion; sport; pastime."
"RECREATIVE","Tending to recreate or refresh; recreating; giving new vigor oranimation; reinvigorating; giving relief after labor or pain;amusing; diverting.Let the music of them be recreative. Bacon.--- Rec're*a`tive*ly, adv.-- Rec're*a`tive*ness, n."
"RECREMENTAL","Recrementitious."
"RECREMENTITIAL","Of the nature of a recrement. See Recrement,2 (b).'Recrementitial fluids.' Dunglison."
"RECREMENTITIOUS","Of or pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement ordross. Boyle."
"RECRIMINATE","To return one charge or accusation with another; to chargebackfault or crime upon an accuser.It is not my business to recriminate, hoping sufficiently toBp.Stillingfleet."
"RECRIMINATION","The act of recriminating; an accusation brought by the accusedagainst the accuser; a counter accusation.Accusations and recriminations passed back ward and forward betweenthe contending parties. Macaulay."
"RECRIMINATIVE","Recriminatory."
"RECRIMINATOR","One who recriminates."
"RECRIMINATORY","Having the quality of recrimination; retorting accusation;recriminating."
"RECROSS","To cross a second time."
"RECRUDENCY","Recrudescence."
"RECRUDESCE","To be in a state of recrudescence; esp., to come into renewedfreshness, vigor, or activity; to revive."
"RECRUITER","One who, or that which, recruits."
"RECRUITMENT","The act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment ofmen for an army."
"RECRYSTALLIZATION","The process or recrystallizing."
"RECRYSTALLIZE","To crystallize again. Henry."
"RECTAL","Of or pertaining to the rectum; in the region of the rectum."
"RECTANGLE","A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angledparallelogram."
"RECTANGLED","Rectangular. Hutton."
"RECTANGULAR","Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.-- Rec*tan'gu*lar*ly (r, adv.-- Rec*tan'gu*lar*ness, n."
"RECTANGULARITY","The quality or condition of being rectangular, or right-angled."
"RECTI-","A combining form signifying straight; as, rectilineal, havingstraight lines; rectinerved."
"RECTIFIABLE","Admitting, as a curve, of the construction of a straight l"
"RECTIFICATION","The determination of a straight line whose length is equal aportion of a curve. Rectification of a globe (Astron.), itsadjustment preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem."
"RECTIFICATOR","That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a distillingapparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated from theless volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation; arectifier."
"RECTIFY","To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, bywhich the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser;as, to rectify spirit of wine."
"RECTILINEARITY","The quality or state of being rectilinear. Coleridge."
"RECTILINEOUS","Rectilinear. [Obs.] Ray."
"RECTINERVED","Having the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves."
"RECTION","See Government, n., 7. Gibbs."
"RECTIROSTRAL","Having a straight beak."
"RECTISERIAL","Arranged in exactly vertical ranks, as the leaves on stems ofmany kinds; -- opposed to curviserial."
"RECTITIS","Proctitis. Dunglison."
"RECTO","A writ of right."
"RECTO-","A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to,the rectum; as, recto-vesical."
"RECTO-UTERINE","Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus."
"RECTO-VESICAL","Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the bladder."
"RECTOR","A clergyman in charge of a parish."
"RECTORAL","Pertaining to a rector or governor."
"RECTORATE","The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship."
"RECTORIAL","Pertaining to a rector or a rectory; rectoral. Shipley."
"RECTOVAGINAL","Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina."
"RECTRESS","A rectoress. B. Jonson."
"RECTRIX","One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird."
"RECTUM","The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so named becausesupposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. underDigestive."
"RECTUS","A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye."
"RECUBATION","Recumbence. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"RECULE","To recoil. [Obs.] Spenser."
"RECUMB","To lean; to recline; to repose. [Obs.] J. Allen (1761)."
"RECUMBENCE","The act of leaning, resting, or reclining; the state of beingrecumbent."
"RECUMBENCY","Recumbence."
"RECUMBENT","Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of theRomans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle.-- Re*cum'bent*ly, adv."
"RECUPERABLE","Recoverable. Sir T. Elyot."
"RECUPERATE","To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce."
"RECUPERATION","Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health orstrength."
"RECUPERATOR","Same as Regenerator."
"RECURE","Cure; remedy; recovery. [Obs.]But whom he hite, without recure he dies. Fairfax."
"RECURELESS","Incapable of cure. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"RECURRENT","Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve orartery. Recurrent fever. (Med.) See Relapsing fever, under Relapsing.-- Recurrent pulse (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears (whenthe radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the distal side ofthe point of pressure through the arteries of the palm of the hand.-- Recurrent sensibility (Physiol.), the sensibility manifested bythe anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal cord (their stimulationcausing pain) owing to the presence of sensory fibers from thecorresponding sensory or posterior roots."
"RECURSANT","Displayed with the back toward the spectator; -- saidespecially of an eagle."
"RECURSION","The act of recurring; return. [Obs.] Boyle."
"RECURVATE","Recurved."
"RECURVATION","The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bendingor flexure backward."
"RECURVE","To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back ordown."
"RECURVED","Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, abird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals."
"RECURVIROSTER","A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet."
"RECURVIROSTRAL","Having the beak bent upwards."
"RECURVITY","Recurvation."
"RECURVOUS","Recurved. Derham."
"RECUSANCY","The state of being recusant; nonconformity. Coke."
"RECUSANT","Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history,refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or toconform to the established rites of the church; as, a recusant lord.It stated him to have placed his son in the household of the Countessof Derby, a recusant papist. Sir W. Scott."
"RECUSATION","The act of refusing a judge or challenging that he shall nottry the cause, on account of his supposed partiality. Blackstone."
"RECUSATIVE","Refusing; denying; negative. [R.] Jer. Taylor."
"RECUSE","To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judgeshall not try the cause. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby."
"RECUSSION","The act of beating or striking back."
"RED",". imp. & p. p. of Read. Spenser."
"RED-GUM","An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, inearly infancy; tooth rash; strophulus. Good."
"RED-HOT","Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hotballs. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent; as, a red-hot radical.Shak."
"RED-LETTER","Of or pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters. Red-letter day, a day that is fortunate or auspicious; -- so called inallusion to the custom of marking holy days, or saints' days, in theold calendars with red letters."
"RED-LIGHT DISTRICT","A district or neighborhood in which disorderly resorts arefrequent; -- so called in allusion to the red light kept in front ofmany such resorts at night. [Colloq. or Cant]"
"RED-RIBAND","The European red band fish, or fireflame. See Rend fish."
"RED-SHORT","Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; -- said of certain kinds ofiron.-- Red'-short`ness, n."
"RED-TAILED","Having a red tail. Red-tailed hawk (Zo\u00f6l.), a large NorthAmerican hawk (Buteo borealis). When adult its tail is chestnut red.Called also hen hawck, and red-tailed buzzard."
"RED-TAPE","Pertaining to, or characterized by, official formality. See Redtape, under Red, a."
"RED-TAPISM","Strict adherence to official formalities. J. C. Shairp."
"RED-TAPIST","One who is tenacious of a strict adherence to officialformalities. Ld. Lytton."
"REDACT","To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put inshape (matter for publication); to edit."
"REDACTEUR","See Redactor."
"REDACTION","The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest."
"REDACTOR","One who redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; aneditor. Carlyle."
"REDAN","A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form asalient angle toward the enemy."
"REDARGUE","To disprove; to refute; toconfute; to reprove; to convict.[Archaic]How shall I . . . suffer that God should redargue me at doomsday, andthe angels reproach my lukewarmness Jer. Taylor.Now this objection to the immediate cognition of external objectshas, as far as I know, been redargued in three different ways. Sir W.Hamilton."
"REDARGUTION","The act of redarguing; refutation. [Obs. or R.] Bacon."
"REDARGUTORY","Pertaining to, or containing, redargution; refutatory. [R.]"
"REDBACK","The dunlin. [U. S.]"
"REDBELLY","The char."
"REDBREAST","The long-eared pondfish. See Pondfish."
"REDBUD","A small ornamental leguminous tree of the American species ofthe genus Cercis. See Judas tree, under Judas."
"REDCAP","The European goldfinch."
"REDCOAT","One who wears a red coat; specifically, a red-coated Britishsoldier."
"REDDE","obs. imp. of Read, or Rede. Chaucer."
"REDDEN","To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to."
"REDDENDUM","A clause in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out ofwhat had been granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved ina lease. Cruise."
"REDDISH","Somewhat red; moderately red.-- Red'dish*ness, n."
"REDDITIVE","Answering to an interrogative or inquiry; conveying a reply;as, redditive words."
"REDDLE","Red chalk. See under Chalk."
"REDDOUR","Rigor; violence. [Obs.] Gower."
"REDEEM","Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and thepenalties of God's violated law.Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a cursefor us. Gal. iii. 13."
"REDEEMABILITY","Redeemableness."
"REDEEMABLENESS","The quality or state of being redeemable; redeemability."
"REDELESS","Without rede or counsel. [Obs.]"
"REDELIBERATE","To deliberate again; to reconsider."
"REDELIVERANCE","A second deliverance."
"REDEMAND","To demand back; to demand again."
"REDEMISE","To demise back; to convey or transfer back, as an estate."
"REDEMONSTRATE","To demonstrate again, or anew.Every truth of morals must be redemonstrated in the experience of theindividual man before he is capable of utilizing it as a constituentof character or a guide in action. Lowell."
"REDEMPTIBLE","Redeemable."
"REDEMPTIONARY","One who is, or may be, redeemed. [R.] Hakluyt."
"REDEMPTIONIST","A monk of an order founded in 1197; -- so called because theorder was especially devoted to the redemption of Christians held incaptivity by the Mohammedans. Called also Trinitarian."
"REDEMPTIVE","Serving or tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the redemptivework of Christ."
"REDEMPTORIST","One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded inNaples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introducedonto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of theCongregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. inmissions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage inthe instruction of youth."
"REDEMPTORY","Paid for ransom; serving to redeem. 'Hector's redemptoryprice.' Chapman."
"REDEMPTURE","Redemption. [Obs.]"
"REDENTED","Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented."
"REDEPOSIT","To deposit again."
"REDESCEND","To descend again. Howell."
"REDEVELOP","To develop again; specif. (Photog.),"
"REDFIN","A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropismegalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins.Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, ofthe Mississippi valley."
"REDFINCH","The European linnet."
"REDHEAD","A kind of milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica) with red flowers. Itis used in medicine."
"REDHIBITION","The annulling of a sale, and the return by the buyer of thearticle sold, on account of some defect."
"REDHIBITORY","Of or pertaining to redhibition; as, a redhibitory action orfault."
"REDHOOP","The male of the European bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]"
"REDHORN","Any species of a tribe of butterflies (Fugacia) including thecommon yellow species and the cabbage butterflies. The antenn\u00e6 areusually red."
"REDIA","A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within thesporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turnproduces, in the same way, either another generation of redi\u00e6, orelse cercari\u00e6 within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse.See Illustration in Appendix."
"REDIENT","Returning. [R.]"
"REDIF","A reserve force in the Turkish army, or a soldier of thereserve. See Army organization, above."
"REDIGEST","To digest, or reduce to form, a second time. Kent."
"REDIMINISH","To diminish again."
"REDINGOTE","A long plain double-breasted outside coat for women."
"REDINTEGRATE","Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed. Bacon."
"REDINTEGRATION","Restoration of a mixed body or matter to its former nature andstate. [Achaic.] Coxe."
"REDIRECT","Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party callinghim, after the cross-examination."
"REDISBURSE","To disburse anew; to give, or pay, back. Spenser."
"REDISCOVER","To discover again."
"REDISPOSE","To dispose anew or again; to readjust; to rearrange. A. Baxter."
"REDISSEIZE","To disseize anew, or a second time. [Written also redisseise.]"
"REDISSEIZIN","A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to havedassezed the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ whichlay in such a case. Blackstone."
"REDISSEIZOR","One who redisseizes."
"REDISSOLVE","To dissolve again."
"REDISTILL","To distill again."
"REDISTRAINER","One who distrains again."
"REDISTRIBUTE","To distribute again.-- Re*dis`tri*bu'tion (-tr, n."
"REDISTRICT","To divide into new districts."
"REDITION","Act of returning; return. [Obs.] Chapman."
"REDIVIDE","To divide anew."
"REDIVIVUS","Living again; revived; restored."
"REDLY","In a red manner; with redness."
"REDMOUTH","Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genusDiabasis, or H\u00e6mulon, of the Southern United States, having theinside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt."
"REDNESS","The quality or state of being red; red color."
"REDOLENT","Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented;odorous; smelling; -- usually followed by of. 'Honey redolent ofspring.' Dryden.-- Red'o*lent*ly, adv.Gales . . . redolent of joy and youth. Gray."
"REDOUBLE","To double again or repeatedly; to increase by continued orrepeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply.So they Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe. Shak.n. An optional bid made by the side currently holding the highest bidfor the contract, after the opposing side has doubled. This bidincreases the score for successfully making the contract, andincreases the penalties for failing. The score or penalty depends onthe number of tricks over or under the contract, according to adefined schedule, and depending on the vulnerability of the sideattempting the contract."
"REDOUBT","To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread. [R.]"
"REDOUBTABLE","Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero;hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque. [Written alsoredoutable.]"
"REDOUBTED","Formidable; dread. 'Some redoubled knight.' Spenser.Lord regent, and redoubted Burgandy. Shak."
"REDOUBTING","Reverence; honor. [Obs.]In redoutyng of Mars and of his glory. Chaucer."
"REDOWA","A Bohemian dance of two kinds, one in triple time, like awaltz, the other in two-four time, like a polka. The former is mostin use."
"REDPOLE","Same as Redpoll."
"REDRAFT","To draft or draw anew."
"REDRAW","To draw again; to make a second draft or copy of; to redraft."
"REDRESS","To dress again."
"REDRESSAL","Redress."
"REDRESSER","One who redresses."
"REDRESSIBLE","Such as may be redressed."
"REDRESSIVE","Tending to redress. Thomson."
"REDRESSLESS","Not having redress; such as can not be redressed; irremediable.Sherwood."
"REDRESSMENT","The act of redressing; redress. Jefferson."
"REDROOT","A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jerseytea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthestinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from RhodeIsland to Florida."
"REDSEAR","To be brittle when red-hot; to be red-short. Moxon."
"REDSKIN","A common appellation for a North American Indian; -- so calledfrom the color of the skin. Cooper."
"REDTHROAT","A small Australian singing bird (Phyrrhol\u00e6mus brunneus). Theupper parts are brown, the center of the throat red."
"REDTOP","A kind of grass (Agrostis vulgaris) highly valued in the UnitedStates for pasturage and hay for cattle; -- called also Englishgrass, and in some localities herd's grass. See Illustration inAppendix. The tall redtop is Triodia seslerioides."
"REDUB","To refit; to repair, or make reparation for; hence, to repay orrequite. [Obs.]It shall be good that you redub that negligence. Wyatt.God shall give power to redub it with some like requital to theFrench. Grafton."
"REDUCE","To bring to the metallic state by separating from impurities;hence, in general, to remove oxygen from; to deoxidize; to combinewith, or to subject to the action of, hydrogen; as, ferric iron isreduced to ferrous iron; or metals are reduced from their ores; --opposed to Ant: oxidize."
"REDUCEMENT","Reduction. Milton."
"REDUCENT","Tending to reduce.-- n."
"REDUCER","One who, or that which, reduces."
"REDUCIBLE","Capable of being reduced."
"REDUCIBLENESS","Quality of being reducible."
"REDUCING","a & n. from Reduce. Reducing furnace (Metal.), a furnace forreducing ores.-- Reducing pipe fitting, a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, atee, etc., for connecting a large pipe with a smaller one.-- Reducing valve, a device for automatically maintaining adiminished pressure of steam, air, gas, etc., in a pipe, or otherreceiver, which is fed from a boiler or pipe in which the pressure ishigher than is desired in the receiver."
"REDUCT","To reduce. [Obs.] W. Warde."
"REDUCTIBILITY","The quality of being reducible; reducibleness."
"REDUCTION","The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6. and Toreduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t."
"REDUCTIVE","Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing.-- n."
"REDUCTIVELY","By reduction; by consequence."
"REDUIT","A central or retired work within any other work."
"REDUNDANTLY","In a refundant manner."
"REDUPLICATE","Valvate with the margins curved outwardly; -- said of the"
"REDUPLICATION","The doubling of a stem or syllable (more or less modified),with the effect of changing the time expressed, intensifying themeaning, or making the word more imitative; also, the syllable thusadded; as, L. tetuli; poposci."
"REDUPLICATIVE","Double; formed by reduplication; reduplicate. I. Watts."
"REDUVID","Any hemipterous insect of the genus Redivius, or familyReduvid\u00e6. They live by sucking the blood of other insects, and somespecies also attack man."
"REDWEED","The red poppy (Papaver Rhoeas). Dr. Prior."
"REDWING","A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts areorange red. Called also redwinged thrush. (b) A North Americanpasserine bird (Agelarius phoeniceus) of the family Icterid\u00e6. Themale is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered withorange, on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-wingedtroupial, marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird."
"REDWITHE","A west Indian climbing shrub (Combretum Jacquini) with slenderreddish branchlets."
"REE","See Rei."
"REEBOK","The peele. [Written also rehboc and rheeboc.]"
"REECHO","To give echoes; to return back, or be reverberated, as an echo;to resound; to be resonant.And a loud groan re\u00ebchoes from the main. Pope."
"REECHY","Smoky; reeky; hence, begrimed with dirt. [Obs.]"
"REED","Red. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REED-MACE","The cat-tail."
"REEDBUCK","See Rietboc."
"REEDEN","Consisting of a reed or reeds.Through reeden pipes convey the golden flood. Dryden."
"REEDIFICATION","The act re\u00ebdifying; the state of being re\u00ebdified."
"REEDIFY","To edify anew; to build again after destruction. [R.] Milton."
"REEDING","A small convex molding; a reed (see Illust. (i) of Molding);one of several set close together to decorate a surface; also,decoration by means of reedings; -- the reverse of fluting."
"REEDLESS","Destitute of reeds; as, reedless banks."
"REEDLING","The European bearded titmouse (Panurus biarmicus); -- calledalso reed bunting, bearded pinnock, and lesser butcher bird."
"REEDWORK","A collective name for the reed stops of an organ."
"REEF","A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia.Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore. Reef builder (Zo\u00f6l.),any stony coral which contributes material to the formation of coralreefs.-- Reef heron (Zo\u00f6l.), any heron of the genus Demigretta; as, theblue reef heron (D.jugularis) of Australia."
"REEF-BAND","A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in thepart where the eyelet holes for reefing are made. Totten."
"REEFER","One who reefs; -- a name often given to midshipmen. Marryat."
"REEFING","The process of taking in a reef. Reefing bowsprit, a bowspritso rigged that it can easily be run in or shortened by slidinginboard, as in cutters."
"REEFY","Full of reefs or rocks."
"REEK","A rick. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"REEL","A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the musicto the dance; -- often called Scotch reel. Virginia reel, the commonname throughout the United States for the old English 'countrydance,' or contradance (contredanse). Bartlett."
"REELECT","To elect again; as, to re\u00eblect the former governor."
"REELECTION","Election a second time, or anew; as, the re\u00eblection of a formerchief."
"REELER","The grasshopper warbler; -- so called from its note. [Prov.Eng.]"
"REELIGIBLE","Eligble again; capable of re\u00eblection; as, re\u00ebligible to thesame office.-- Re*\u00ebl`i*gi*bil'i*ty (r, n."
"REEM","The Hebrew name of a horned wild animal, probably the Urus."
"REEMBARK","To put, or go, on board a vessel again; to embark again."
"REEMBARKATION","A putting, or going, on board a vessel again."
"REEMBODY","To embody again."
"REEMBRACE","To embrace again."
"REEMERGE","To emerge again."
"REEMERGENCE","Act of re"
"REENACT","To enact again."
"REENACTION","The act of re"
"REENACTMENT","The enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal ofa law."
"REENCOURAGE","To encourage again."
"REENDOW","To endow again."
"REENFORCE","To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support;as, to re\u00ebnforce an argument; to re\u00ebnforce a garment; especially, tostrengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or withadditional ships, as a fleet. [Written also reinforce.]"
"REENFORCED CONCRETE","Concrete having within its mass a system of strengthening ironor steel supports. = Ferro-concrete."
"REENGAGE","To engage a second time or again."
"REENGAGEMENT","A renewed or repeated engagement."
"REENGRAVE","To engrave anew."
"REENJOY","To enjoi anew. Pope."
"REENJOYMENT","Renewed enjoiment."
"REENKINDLE","To enkindle again."
"REENLIST","To enlist again."
"REENLISTMENT","A renewed enlistment."
"REENSLAVE","To enslave again."
"REENTER","To cut deeper, as engraved lines on a plate of metal, when theengraving has not been deep enough, or the plate has become worn inprinting."
"REENTERING","The process of applying additional colors, by applications ofprinting blocks, to patterns already partly colored."
"REENTHRONE","To enthrone again; to replace on a throne."
"REENTHRONEMENT","A second enthroning."
"REENTRANCE","The act entereing again; re Hooker."
"REENTRANT","Re\u00ebntering; pointing or directed inwardds; as, a re angle."
"REENTRY","A resuming or retaking possession of what one has latelyforegone; -- applied especially to land; the entry by a lessor uponthe premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or performthe covenants in the lease. Burrill. Card of re\u00ebtry, (Whist), a cardthat by winning a trick will bring one the lead at an advanced periodof the hand."
"REERECT","To erect again."
"REERMOUSE","See Rearmouse."
"REESTABLISH","To establish anew; to fix or confirm again; to restore; as, tore\u00ebstablish a covenant; to re\u00ebstablish health."
"REESTABLISHER","One who establishes again."
"REESTABLISHMENT","The act re\u00ebstablishing; the state of being re\u00ebstablished.Addison."
"REESTATE","To re\u00ebstablish. [Obs.] Walis."
"REEVE","The female of the ruff."
"REEXAMINABLE","Admitting of being re\u00ebxamined or reconsidered. Story."
"REEXAMINATION","A repeated examination. See under Examination."
"REEXAMINE","To examine anew. Hooker."
"REEXCHANGE","To exchange anew; to reverse (a previous exchange)."
"REEXHIBIT","To exhibit again."
"REEXPEL","To expel again."
"REEXPERIENCE","A renewed or repeated experience."
"REEXPORT","To export again, as what has been imported."
"REEXPORTATION","The act of re\u00ebxporting, or of exporting an import. A. Smith."
"REEXPULSION","Renewed or repeated expulsion. Fuller."
"REEZED","Grown rank; rancid; rusty. [Obs.] 'Reezed bacon.' Marston."
"REFACTION","Recompense; atonemet; retribution. [Obs.] Howell."
"REFAIT","A drawn game; specif. (Trente et quarante),"
"REFAR","To go over again; to repeat. [Obs.]To him therefore this wonder done refar. Fairfax."
"REFASHION","To fashion anew; to form or mold into shape a second time.MacKnight."
"REFASHIONMENT","The act of refashioning, or the state of being refashioned.[R.] Leigh Hunt."
"REFASTEN","To fasten again."
"REFECT","To restore after hunger or fatique; to refresh. [Archaic] SirT. Browne."
"REFECTION","Refreshment after hunger or fatique; a repast; a lunch.[His] feeble spirit inly felt refection. Spenser.Those Attic nights, and those refections of the gods. Curran."
"REFECTIVE","Refreshing; restoring."
"REFECTORY","A room for refreshment; originally, a dining hall inmonasteries or convents."
"REFEL","To refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister.[Obs.]How he refelled me, and how I replied. Shak."
"REFERABLE","Capable of being referred, or considered in relation tosomething else; assignable; ascribable. [Written also referrible.]It is a question among philosophers, whether all the attractionswhich obtain between bodies are referable to one general cause. W.Nicholson."
"REFEREE","One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter indispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it."
"REFERENCE","The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to amaster or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts andreport to the court."
"REFERENTIAL","Containing a reference; pointing to something out of itself;as, notes for referential use.-- Ref`er*en'tial*ly, adv."
"REFERMENT","The act of referring; reference. Laud."
"REFERRER","One who refers."
"REFERRIBLE","Referable. Hallam."
"REFIGURE","To figure again. Shak."
"REFILL","To fill, or become full, again."
"REFIND","To find again; to get or experience again. Sandys."
"REFINED","Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured;delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments.Refined wits who honored poesy with their pens. Peacham.-- Re*fin'ed*ly (r, adv.-- Re*fin'ed*ness, n."
"REFINER","One who, or that which, refines."
"REFIT","To obtain repairs or supplies; as, the fleet returned to refit."
"REFITMENT","The act of refitting, or the state of being refitted."
"REFIX","To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller."
"REFLAME","To kindle again into flame."
"REFLECTIBLE","Capable of being reflected, or thrown back; reflexible."
"REFLECTINGLY","With reflection; also, with censure; reproachfully. Swift."
"REFLECTION","The transference of an excitement from one nerve fiber toanother by means of the nerve cells, as in reflex action. See Reflexaction, under Reflex. Angle of reflection, the angle which anything,as a ray of light, on leaving a reflecting surface, makes with theperpendicular to the surface.-- Angle of total reflection. (Opt.) Same as Critical angle, underCritical."
"REFLECTIVE","Reflexive; reciprocal.-- Re*flect'ive*ly, adv.-- Re*flect'ive*ness, n. 'Reflectiveness of manner.' J. C. Shairp."
"REFLET","Luster; special brilliancy of surface; -- used esp. in ceramicsto denote the peculiar metallic brilliancy seen in lustered potterysuch as majolica; as, silver reflet; gold reflet."
"REFLEX","Of, pertaining to, or produced by, stimulus or excitationwithout the necessary intervention of consciousness. Reflex action(Physiol.), any action performed involuntarily in consequence of animpulse or impression transmitted along afferent nerves to a nervecenter, from which it is reflected to an efferent nerve, and so callsinto action certain muscles, organs, or cells.-- Reflex nerve (Physiol.), an excito-motory nerve. See Exito-motory."
"REFLEXED","Bent backward or outward."
"REFLEXIBILITY","The quality or capability of being reflexible; as, thereflexibility of the rays of light. Sir I. Newton."
"REFLEXIBLE","Capable of being reflected, or thrown back.The light of the sun consists of rays differently refrangible andreflexible. Cheyne."
"REFLEXION","See Reflection. Chaucer."
"REFLEXITY","The state or condition of being reflected. [R.]"
"REFLEXIVE","Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect tosomething past.Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith. Hammond."
"REFLEXLY","In a reflex manner; reflectively."
"REFLOAT","Reflux; ebb. [Obs.] Bacon."
"REFLORESCENCE","A blossoming anew of a plant after it has apparently ceasedblossoming for the season."
"REFLOURISH","To flourish again."
"REFLOW","To flow back; to ebb."
"REFLOWER","To flower, or cause to flower, again. Sylvester."
"REFLUCTUATION","A flowing back; refluence."
"REFLUENT","Flowing back; returning; ebbing. Cowper.And refluent through the pass of fear The battle's tide was poured.Sir W. Scott."
"REFLUEUS","Refluent. [Obs.]"
"REFLUX","Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action."
"REFOCILLATE","To refresh; to revive. [Obs.] Aubrey."
"REFOCILLATION","Restoration of strength by refreshment. [Obs.] Middleton."
"REFOLD","To fold again."
"REFOMENT","To foment anew."
"REFOREST","To replant with trees; to reafforest; to reforestize."
"REFORESTIZATION","The act or process of reforestizing."
"REFORESTIZE","To convert again into a forest; to plant again with trees."
"REFORGE","To forge again or anew; hence, to fashion or fabricate anew; tomake over. Udall."
"REFORGER","One who reforges."
"REFORM","To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore toa former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worseto better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate man; toreform corrupt manners or morals.The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an age; but thatof a good one will not reform it. Swift."
"REFORMABLE","Capable of being reformed. Foxe."
"REFORMADE","A reformado. [Obs.]"
"REFORMALIZE","To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness. [R.]"
"REFORMATIVE","Forming again; having the quality of renewing form;reformatory. Good."
"REFORMATORY","Tending to produce reformation; reformative."
"REFORMED","Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandmentof the company or troop; -- said of an officer. [Eng.]"
"REFORMER","One of those who commenced the reformation of religion in thesixteenth century, as Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli, and Calvin."
"REFORMIST","A reformer."
"REFORMLY","In the manner of a reform; for the purpose of reform. [Obs.]Milton."
"REFORTIFICATION","A fortifying anew, or a second time. Mitford."
"REFORTIFY","To fortify anew."
"REFOSSION","The act of digging up again. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"REFOUND","imp. & p. p. of Refind, v. t."
"REFOUNDER","One who refounds."
"REFRACTABLE","Capable of being refracted."
"REFRACTED","Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refractedstem or leaf."
"REFRACTING","Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium.Refracting angle of a prism (Opt.), the angle of a triangular prismincluded between the two sides through which the refracted beampasses in the decomposition of light.-- Refracting telescope. (Opt.) See under Telescope."
"REFRACTIVE","Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a directcourse; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractivepowers. Refractive index. (Opt.) See Index of refraction, underIndex.-- Absolute refractive index (Opt.), the index of refraction of asubstances when the ray passes into it from a vacuum.-- Relative refractive index (of two media) (Opt.), the ratio of thesine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refractionfor a ray passing out of one of the media into the other."
"REFRACTIVENESS","The quality or condition of being refractive."
"REFRACTOMETER","A contrivance for exhibiting and measuring the refraction oflight."
"REFRACTOR","Anything that refracts; specifically: (Opt.)"
"REFRACTORILY","In a refractory manner; perversely; obstinately."
"REFRACTORINESS","The quality or condition of being refractory."
"REFRACTURE","A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon."
"REFRAGABLE","Capable of being refuted; refutable. [R.] --Ref'ra*ga*ble*ness, n. [R.] -- Ref`*ra*ga*bil'i*ty (-b, n. [R.]"
"REFRAGATE","To oppose. [R.] Glanvill."
"REFRAIN","To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof;to forbear; to abstain.Refrain from these men, and let them alone. Acts v. 38.They refrained therefrom [eating flesh] some time after. Sir T.Browne."
"REFRAINER","One who refrains."
"REFRAINMENT","Act of refraining. [R.]"
"REFRAME","To frame again or anew."
"REFRANGIBILITY","The quality of being refrangible."
"REFRANGIBLE","Capable of being refracted, or turned out of a direct course,in passing from one medium to another, as rays of light.-- Re*fran'gi*ble*ness, n."
"REFRENATION","The act of refraining. [Obs.]"
"REFRESH","The act of refreshing. [Obs.] Daniel."
"REFRESHER","An extra fee paid to counsel in a case that has been adjournedfrom one term to another, or that is unusually protracted.Ten guineas a day is the highest refresher which a counsel cancharge. London Truth."
"REFRESHFUL","Full of power to refresh; refreshing.-- Re*fresh'ful*ly, adv."
"REFRESHING","Reviving; reanimating.-- Re*fresh'ing*ly, adv.-- Re*fresh'ing*ness, n."
"REFRET","Refrain. [Obs.] Bailey."
"REFREYD","To chill; to cool. [Obs.]Refreyded by sickness . . . or by cold drinks. Chaucer."
"REFRICATION","A rubbing up afresh; a brightening. [Obs.]A continual refrication of the memory. Bp. Hall."
"REFRIGERANT","Cooling; allaying heat or fever. Bacon."
"REFRIGERATE","To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool."
"REFRIGERATION","The act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state ofbeing cooled."
"REFRIGERATIVE","Cooling; allaying heat.-- n."
"REFRIGERATOR","That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool.Specifically:(a) A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually bymeans of ice.(b) An apparatus for rapidly cooling heated liquids or vapors,connected with a still, etc. Refrigerator car (Railroad), a freightcar constructed as a refrigerator, for the transportation of freshmeats, fish, etc., in a temperature kept cool by ice."
"REFRIGERATORY","Mitigating heat; cooling."
"REFRIGERIUM","Cooling refreshment; refrigeration. [Obs.] South."
"REFRINGENCY","The power possessed by a substance to refract a ray; as,different substances have different refringencies. Nichol."
"REFRINGENT","Pertaining to, or possessing, refringency; refractive;refracting; as, a refringent prism of spar. Nichol."
"REFT","Bereft.Reft of thy sons, amid thy foes forlorn. Heber."
"REFUGE","To shelter; to protect. [Obs.]"
"REFUGEE","The quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splender; radiance."
"REFULGENT","Casting a bright light; radiant; brilliant; resplendent;shining; splendid; as, refulgent beams.-- Re*ful'gent*ly, adv.So conspicuous and refulgent a truth. Boyle."
"REFUND","To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a newfund; as, to refund a railroad loan."
"REFUNDER","One who refunds."
"REFUNDMENT","The act of refunding; also, that which is refunded. [R.] Lamb."
"REFURBISH","To furbish anew."
"REFURNISH","To furnish again."
"REFURNISHMENT","The act of refurnishing, or state of being refurnished.The refurnishment was in a style richer than before. L. Wallace."
"REFUSABLE","Capable of being refused; admitting of refusal."
"REFUSE","To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, ora flank), out of the regular aligment when troops aras, to refuse theright wing while the left wing attacks."
"REFUSER","One who refuses or rejects."
"REFUT","Refuge. 'Thou haven of refut.' [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REFUTABILITY","The quality of being refutable."
"REFUTABLE","Admitting of being refuted or disproved; capable of beingproved false or erroneous."
"REFUTAL","Act of refuting; refutation."
"REFUTATION","The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state ofbeing refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of anargument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument orcountervailing proof.Same of his blunders seem rather to deserve a flogging than arefutation. Macaulay."
"REFUTATORY","Tending tu refute; refuting."
"REFUTE","To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, orcountervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute;as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions ortheories; to refute a disputant.There were so many witnesses in these two miracles that it isimpossible to refute such multitudes. Addison."
"REFUTER","One who, or that which, refutes."
"REGAIN","To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped orbeen lost; to reach again."
"REGAL","Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority,pomp, or sway. 'The regal title.' Shak.He made a scorn of his regal oath. Milton."
"REGALE","A prerogative of royalty. [R.] Johnson."
"REGALEMENT","The act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment;entertainment."
"REGALER","One who regales."
"REGALIA","A kind of cigar of large size and superior quality; also, thesize in which such cigars are classed."
"REGALIAN","Pertaining to regalia; pertaining to the royal insignia orprerogatives. Hallam."
"REGALISM","The doctrine of royal prerogative or supremacy. [R.] CardinalManning."
"REGALLY","In a regal or royal manner."
"REGARD","To look attentively; to consider; to notice. [Obs.] Shak."
"REGARDABLE","Worthy of regard or notice; to be regarded; observable. [R.]Sir T. Browne."
"REGARDANT","Looking behind or backward; as, a lion regardant."
"REGARDER","An officer appointed to supervise the forest. Cowell."
"REGARDFUL","Heedful; attentive; observant.-- Re*gard'ful*ly, adv.Let a man be very tender and regardful of every pious motion made bythe Spirit of God to his heart. South."
"REGARDING","Concerning; respecting."
"REGATHER","To gather again."
"REGATTA","Originally, a gondola race in Venice; now, a rowing or sailingrace, or a series of such races."
"REGEL","See Rigel."
"REGELATE","To freeze together again; to undergo regelation, as ice."
"REGELATION","The act or process of freezing anew, or together,as two piecesof ice."
"REGENCE","Rule. [Obs.] Hudibras."
"REGENERACY","The state of being regenerated. Hammond."
"REGENERATE","Born anew; become Christian; renovated in heart; changed from anatural to a spiritual state."
"REGENERATENESS","The quality or state of being rgenerate."
"REGENERATION","The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, orof being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations andpurposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart.He saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the HolyChost. Tit. iii. 5."
"REGENERATIVE","Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as,regenerative influences. H. Bushnell. Regenerative furnace (Metal.),a furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and airfor supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace."
"REGENERATIVELY","So as to regenerate."
"REGENERATOR","A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burningfurnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by beingbrought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which havebeen previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas."
"REGENERATORY","Having power to renew; tending to reproduce; regenerating. G.S. Faber."
"REGENESIS","New birth; renewal.A continued regenesis of dissenting sects. H. Spenser."
"REGENT","A resident master of arts of less than five years' standing, ora doctor of less than twwo. They were formerly privileged to lecturein the schools. Regent bird (Zo\u00f6l.), a beautiful Australian bowerbird (Sericulus melinus). The male has the head, neck, and largepatches on the wings, bright golden yellow, and the rest of theplumage deep velvety black; -- so called in honor of the Prince ofWales (afterward George IV.), who was Prince Regent in the reign ofGeorge III.-- The Regents of the University of the State of New York, themembers of a corporate body called the University of New York. Theyhave a certain supervisory power over the incorporated institutionfor Academic and higher education in the State."
"REGENT DIAMOND","A famous diamond of fine quality, which weighs about 137 caratsand is among the state jewels of France. It is so called from theDuke of Orleans, Regent of France, to whom it was sold in 1717 byPitt the English Governor of Madras (whence also called the Pittdiamond), who bought it of an Indian merchant in 1701."
"REGENTESS","A female regent. [R.] Cotgrave."
"REGENTSHIP","The office of a regent; regency."
"REGERMINATE","To germinate again.Perennial plants regerminate several years successively. J. Lee."
"REGERMINATION","A germinating again or anew."
"REGEST","A register. [Obs.] Milton."
"REGET","To get again."
"REGIAN","An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist. [Obs.] Fuller."
"REGIBLE","Governable; tractable. [Obs.]"
"REGICIDAL","Pertaining to regicide, or to one committing it; having thenature of, or resembling, regicide. Bp. Warburton."
"REGIDOR","One of a body of officers charged with the government ofSpanish municipalities, corresponding to the English alderman."
"REGILD","To gild anew."
"REGIME","The condition of a river with respect to the rate of its flow,as measured by the volume of water passing different cross sectionsin a given time, uniform r\u00e9gime being the condition when the flow isequal and uniform at all the cross sections. The ancient r\u00e9gime, orAncien r\u00e9gime Etym: [F.], the former political and social system, asdistinguished from the modern; especially, the political and socialsystem existing in France before the Revolution of 1789."
"REGIMEN","a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view toimproving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attainingsome particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes usedsynonymously with hygiene."
"REGIMENT","A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by acolonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten."
"REGIMENTAL","Belonging to, or concerning, a regiment; as, regimentalofficers, clothing. Regimental school, in the British army, a schoolfor the instruction of the private soldiers of a regiment, and theirchildren, in the rudimentary branches of education."
"REGIMENTALLY","In or by a regiment or regiments; as, troops classifiedregimentally."
"REGIMENTALS","The uniform worn by the officers and soldiers of a regiment;military dress; -- formerly used in the singular in the same sense.Colman."
"REGIMINAL","Of or relating to regimen; as, regiminal rules."
"REGIONAL","Of or pertaining to a particular region; sectional."
"REGIOUS","Regal; royal. [Obs.] Harrington."
"REGISTER","One who registers or records; a registrar; a recorder;especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recordingcertain transactions or events; as, a register of deeds."
"REGISTERING","Recording; -- applied to instruments; having an apparatus whichregisters; as, a registering thermometer. See Recording."
"REGISTERSHIP","The office of a register."
"REGISTRANT","One who registers; esp., one who , by virtue of securing anofficial registration, obtains a certain right or title ofpossession, as to a trade-mark."
"REGISTRAR","One who registers; a recorder; a keeper of records; as, aregistrar of births, deaths, and marriages. See Register, n., 3."
"REGISTRARSHIP","The office of a registrar."
"REGISTRARY","A registrar. [Obs.]"
"REGISTRATE","To register. [R.]"
"REGISTRATION","The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of anorgan."
"REGIUS","Of or pertaining to a king; royal. Regius professor, anincumbent of a professorship founded by royal bounty, as in anEnglish university."
"REGIVE","To give again; to give back."
"REGLE","To rule; to govern. [Obs.] 'To regle their lives.' Fuller."
"REGLEMENT","Regulation. [Obs.]The reformation and reglement of usuary. Bacon."
"REGLEMENTARY","Regulative. [R.]"
"REGLET","A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the parts ormembers of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled,turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or otherornaments. See Illust. (12) of Column."
"REGMA","A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, eachwhich at length breaks open at the inner angle."
"REGMACARP","Any dry dehiscent fruit."
"REGNAL","Of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch; as, regnal years."
"REGNANCY","The condition or quality of being regnant; sovereignty; rule.Coleridge."
"REGNATIVE","Ruling; governing. [Obs.]"
"REGNE","See Reign. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REGRADE","To retire; to go back. [Obs.] W. Hales."
"REGRAFT","To graft again."
"REGRANT","To grant back; to grant again or anew. Ayliffe."
"REGRATE","To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so asto give it a fresh appearance."
"REGRATER","One who regrates."
"REGRATERY","The act or practice of regrating."
"REGRATIATORY","A returning or giving of thanks. [Obs.] Skelton."
"REGRATOR","One guilty of regrating."
"REGREDE","To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's orbit.[R.] Todhunter."
"REGREDIENCE","A going back; a retrogression; a return. [R.] Herrick."
"REGREET","To greet again; to resalute; to return a salutation to; togreet. Shak."
"REGRESS","To go back; to return to a former place or state. Sir T.Browne."
"REGRESSION","The act of passing back or returning; retrogression;retrogradation. Sir T. Browne. Edge of regression (of a surface)(Geom.), the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; --called also a cuspidal edge.-- Regression point (Geom.), a cusp."
"REGRESSIVELY","In a regressive manner."
"REGRET","To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with asense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (thehappening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; toregret lost opportunities or friends.Calmly he looked on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, orthere to fear. Pope.In a few hours they [the Israelites] began to regret their slavery,and to murmur against their leader. Macaulay.Recruits who regretted the plow from which they had been violentlytaken. Macaulay."
"REGRETFUL","Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining.-- Re*gret'ful*ly, adv."
"REGROW","To grow again.The snail had power to regrow them all [horns, tongue, etc.] A. B.Buckley."
"REGROWTH","The act of regrowing; a second or new growth. Darwin.The regrowth of limbs which had been cut off. A. B. Buckley."
"REGUARDANT","Same as Regardant."
"REGUERDON","To reward. [Obs.] Shak."
"REGULABLE","Capable of being regulated. [R.]"
"REGULAR","Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape;as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin."
"REGULARIA","A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular,sea urchins."
"REGULARITY","The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity ofoutline; the regularity of motion."
"REGULARIZE","To cause to become regular; to regulate. [R.]"
"REGULARLY","In a regular manner; in uniform order; methodically; in dueorder or time."
"REGULARNESS","Regularity. Boyle."
"REGULATIVE","Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all otherknowledge; furnishing fundamental principles; as, the regulativeprinciples, or principles a priori; the regulative faculty. Sir W.Hamilton."
"REGULATOR","A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a)The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length ofthe hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b)The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling theadmission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive."
"REGULINE","Of or pertaining to regulus."
"REGULIZE","To reduce to regulus; to separate, as a metal from extraneousmatter; as, to regulize antimony. [Archaic]"
"REGULUS","The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impurestate, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting andreduction of ores."
"REGURGITATE","To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pouror throw back in great quantity."
"REGURGITATION","the reversal of the natural direction in which the current orcontents flow through a tube or cavity of the body. Quain."
"REHABILITATE","To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, ordignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualifyagain; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, orprivilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law.Restoring and rehabilitating the party. Burke."
"REHABILITATION","The act of rehabilitating, or the state of being rehabilitated.Bouvier. Walsh."
"REHASH","To hash over again; to prepare or use again; as, to rehash oldarguments."
"REHEAR","To hear again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause inChancery."
"REHEARSAL","The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition;specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice,in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise. Chaucer.In rehearsal of our Lord's Prayer. Hooker.Here's marvelous convenient place for our rehearsal. Shak.Dress rehearsal (Theater), a private preparatory performance of adrama, opera, etc., in costume."
"REHEARSE","To recite or repeat something for practice. 'There will werehearse.' Shak."
"REHEARSER","One who rehearses."
"REHIBITION","The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the groundof defect or frand."
"REHIBITORY","Of or relating to rehibition; as, a rehibitory action."
"REHIRE","To hire again."
"REHYPOTHECATE","To hypothecate again.-- Re`hy*poth`e*ca'tion, n."
"REI","A portuguese money of account, in value about one tenth of acent. [Spelt also ree.]"
"REICHSRATH","The parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which has itsown diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower House,or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives."
"REICHSSTAND","A free city of the former German empire."
"REICHSTAG","The Diet, or House of Representatives, of the German empire,which is composed of members elected for a term of three years by thedirect vote of the people. See Bundesrath."
"REIF","Robbery; spoil. [Obs.]"
"REIGLE","A hollow cut or channel for quiding anything; as, the reigle ofa side post for a flood gate. Carew."
"REIGLEMENT","Rule; regulation. [Obs.] Bacon. Jer. Taylor."
"REIGNER","One who reigns. [R.]"
"REILLUME","To light again; to cause to shine anew; to relume; toreillumine. 'Thou must reillume its spark.' J. R. Drake."
"REILLUMINATE","To enlighten again; to reillumine."
"REILLUMINATION","The act or process of enlightening again."
"REILLUMINE","To illumine again or anew; to reillume."
"REIM","A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, --used for twisting into ropes, etc. [South Africa] Simmonds."
"REIMBARK","See Re."
"REIMBODY","To imbody again. Boyle."
"REIMBURSABLE","Capable of being repaid; repayable.A loan has been made of two millions of dollars, reimbursable in tenyears. A. Hamilton."
"REIMBURSEMENT","The act reimbursing. A. Hamilton."
"REIMBURSER","One who reimburses."
"REIMPLANT","To implant again."
"REIMPORT","To import again; to import what has been exported; to bringback. Young."
"REIMPORTATION","The act of reimporting; also, that which is reimported."
"REIMPORTUNE","To importune again."
"REIMPOSE","To impose anew."
"REIMPREGNATE","To impregnate again or anew. Sir T. Browne."
"REIMPRESS","To impress anew."
"REIMPRESSION","A second or repeated impression; a reprint."
"REIMPRINT","To imprint again."
"REIMPRISON","To imprison again."
"REIMPRISONMENT","The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned."
"REIN","To be guided by reins. [R.] Shak."
"REINAUGURATE","To inaugurate anew."
"REINCIT","To incite again."
"REINCORPORATE","To incorporate again."
"REINCREASE","To increase again."
"REINCUR","To incur again."
"REINDEER","Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, foundin the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, andhaving long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tinespalmate."
"REINDUCE","To induce again."
"REINETTE","A name given to many different kinds of apples, mostly ofFrench origin."
"REINFECT","To infect again."
"REINFECTIOUS","Capable of reinfecting."
"REINFORCE","See Re\u00ebnforce, v. t."
"REINFORCEMENT","See Re\u00ebnforcement."
"REINFUND","To flow in anew. [Obs.] Swift."
"REINGRATIATE","To ingratiate again or anew. Sir. T. Herbert."
"REINHABIT","To inhabit again. Mede."
"REINLESS","Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked orrestrained."
"REINSERT","To insert again."
"REINSERTION","The act of reinserting."
"REINSPECT","To inspect again."
"REINSPECTION","The act of reinspecting."
"REINSPIRE","To inspire anew. Milton."
"REINSPIRIT","To give fresh spirit to."
"REINSTALL","To install again. Milton."
"REINSTALLMENT","A renewed installment."
"REINSTATE","To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restoreto a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, toreinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom.For the just we have said already thet some of them were reinstatedin their pristine happiness and felicity. Glanvill."
"REINSTATEMENT","The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re"
"REINSTATION","Reinstatement. [R.]"
"REINSTRUCT","To instruct anew."
"REINSURER","One who gives reinsurance."
"REINTEGRATE","To renew with regard to any state or quality; to restore; tobring again together into a whole, as the parts off anything; toreas, to reintegrate a nation. Bacon."
"REINTEGRATION","A renewing, or making whole again. See Redintegration."
"REINTER","To inter again."
"REINTERROGATE","To interrogate again; to question repeatedly. Cotgrave."
"REINTHRONE","See Re\u00ebnthrone."
"REINTHRONIZE","To enthrone again.[Obs.]"
"REINTRODUCE","To introduce again.-- Re*in`tro*duc'tion (-d, n."
"REINVEST","To invest again or anew."
"REINVESTIGATE","To investigate again.-- Re`in*ves`ti*ga'tion (-g, n."
"REINVESTMENT","The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment."
"REINVIGORATE","To invigorate anew."
"REINVOLVE","To involve anew."
"REIS","The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money ofaccount, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents."
"REIS EFFENDI","A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers ofstate. He was chancellor of the empire, etc."
"REISSUABLE","Capable of being reissued."
"REISSUE","To issue a second time."
"REIT","Sedge; seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"REITER","A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenthcenturies."
"REITERANT","Reiterating. [R.] Mrs. Browning."
"REITERATE","To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes,to repeat.That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself damnation.Milton.You never spoke what did become you less Than this; which toreiterate were sin. Shak."
"REITERATEDLY","Repeatedly."
"REITERATION","The act of reiterating; that which is reiterated."
"REITERATIVE","A word expressing repeated or reiterated action."
"REIVER","See Reaver. Ruskin."
"REJECTABLE","Capable of being, or that ought to be, rejected."
"REJECTAMENTA","Things thrown out or away; especially, things excreted by aliving organism. J. Fleming."
"REJECTANEOUS","Not chosen orr received; rejected. [Obs.] 'Profane,rejectaneous, and reprobate people.' Barrow."
"REJECTER","One who rejects."
"REJECTION","Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected."
"REJECTITIOUS","Implying or requiring rejection; rejectable. Cudworth."
"REJECTIVE","Rejecting, or tending to reject."
"REJECTMENT","Act of rejecting; matter rejected, or thrown away. Eaton."
"REJOICE","To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to havepleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted. 'O, rejoice beyond acommon joy.' Shak.I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. Ps. xxxi. 7."
"REJOICEMENT","Rejoicing. [Obs.]"
"REJOICER","One who rejoices."
"REJOICINGLY","With joi or exultation."
"REJOIN","To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication."
"REJOINDER","The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication."
"REJOINDURE","Act of joining again. [Obs.] 'Beguiles our lips of allrejoindure' (i.e., kisses). Shak."
"REJOLT","A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil. [R.]These inward rejolts and recoilings of the mind. South."
"REJOURN","To adjourn; to put off. [Obs.] Shak."
"REJOURNMENT","Adjournment. [Obs.]"
"REJUDGE","To judge again; to reRejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. Pope."
"REJUVENATE","To render young again."
"REJUVENATION","Rejuvenescence."
"REJUVENESCENCE","A method of cell formation in which the entire protoplasm of anold cell escapes by rupture of the cell wall, and then develops a newcell wall. It is seen sometimes in the formation of zo"
"REJUVENESCENCY","Rejuvenescence."
"REJUVENESCENT","Becoming, or causing to become, rejuvenated; rejuvenating."
"REJUVENIZE","To rejuvenate."
"REKINDLE","To kindle again."
"REKNE","To reckon. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RELADE","To lade or load again."
"RELAID","imp. & p. p. of Relay."
"RELAIS","A narrow space between the foot of the rampart and the scarp ofthe ditch, serving to receive the earth that may crumble off or bewashed down, and prevent its falling into the ditch. Wilhelm."
"RELAND","To land again; to put on land, as that which had been shippedor embarked."
"RELAPSE","To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, orunbelief; to backslide.They enter into the justified state, and so continue all along,unless they relapse. Waterland."
"RELAPSER","One who relapses. Bp. Hall."
"RELAPSING","Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to aformer worse state. Relapsing fever (Med.), an acute, epidemic,contagious fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia,and some other regions. It is marked by one or two remissions of thefever, by articular and muscular pains, and by the presence, duringthe paroxism of spiral bacterium (Spiroch\u00e6te) in the blood. It is notusually fatal. Called also famine fever, and recurring fever."
"RELATED","Same as Relative, 4."
"RELATEDNESS","The state or condition of being related; relationship;affinity. [R.] Emerson."
"RELATER","One who relates or narrates."
"RELATIONIST","A relative; a relation. [Obs.]"
"RELATIONSHIP","The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or otheralliance. Mason."
"RELATIVE","Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent;as, a relative pronoun."
"RELATIVELY","In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else;not absolutely.Consider the absolute affections of any being as it is in itself,before you consider it relatively. I. Watts."
"RELATIVENESS","The state of being relative, or having relation; relativity."
"RELATIVITY","The state of being relative; as, the relativity of a subject.Coleridge."
"RELATOR","A private person at whose relation, or in whose behalf, theattorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quowarranto to be filed."
"RELATRIX","A female relator."
"RELAX","Relaxation. [Obs.] Feltham."
"RELAXABLE","Capable of being relaxed."
"RELAXANT","A medicine that relaxes; a laxative."
"RELAXATIVE","Having the quality of relaxing; laxative.-- n."
"RELAY","To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement."
"RELAY CYLINDER","In a variable expansion central-valve engine, a small auxiliaryengine for automatically adjusting the steam distribution to the loadon the main engine.[Webster 1913 Suppl.]"
"RELAY GOVERNOR","A speed regulator, as a water-wheel governor, embodying therelay principle.[Webster 1913 Suppl.]"
"RELBUN","The roots of the Chilian plant Calceolaria arachnoidea, -- usedfor dyeing crimson."
"RELEASABLE","That may be released."
"RELEASE","To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back."
"RELEASEE","One to whom a release is given."
"RELEASEMENT","The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation.Milton."
"RELEASER","One who releases, or sets free."
"RELEASOR","One by whom a release is given."
"RELEGATE","To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; totransfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.It [the Latin language] was relegated into the study of the scholar.Milman."
"RELEGATION","The act of relegating, or the state of being relegated;removal; banishment; exile."
"RELENT","Stay; stop; delay. [Obs.]Nor rested till she came without relent Unto the land of Amazona.Spenser."
"RELENTLESS","Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible tothe distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting;unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism.For this the avenging power employs his darts,.. Thus will persist,relentless in his ire. Dryden.-- Re*lent'less*ly, adv.-- Re*lent'less*ness, n."
"RELENTMENT","The act or process of retenting; the state of having relented.Sir T. Browne."
"RELESSE","To release. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RELESSEE","See Releasee."
"RELESSOR","See Releasor."
"RELEVANT","Sufficient to support the cause."
"RELEVANTLY","In a relevant manner."
"RELEVATION","A raising or lifting up. [Obs.]"
"RELIABILITY","The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness."
"RELIABLE","Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance orreliance; trustworthy. 'A reliable witness to the truth of themiracles.' A. Norton.The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object.Coleridge.According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own villageof Elizabethtown was not much more reliable, being peopled in thoseagitated times by 'unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-lookingTories, and very knavish Whigs.' W. Irving."
"RELIANT","Having, or characterized by, reliance; confident; trusting."
"RELICLY","In the manner of relics. [Obs.]"
"RELICT","A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obbliged by law to marry hisrelict, and so to raise up seed to his brother Eli. South."
"RELICTED","Left uncovered, as land by recession of water. Bouvier."
"RELICTION","A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leavingdry land; land left uncovered by such recession. Burrill."
"RELIEF","A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paidto the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, onstrict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on thedeath of the tenant."
"RELIEFFUL","Giving relief. [Obs.]"
"RELIEFLESS","Destitute of relief; also, remediless."
"RELIER","One who relies."
"RELIEVABLE","Capable of being relieved; fitted to recieve relief. Sir M.Hale."
"RELIEVEMENT","The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief;release. [Archaic.]"
"RELIEVER","One who, or that which, relieves."
"RELIEVING","Serving or tending to relieve. Relieving arch (Arch.), adischarging arch. See under Discharge, v. t.-- Relieving tackle. (Naut.) (a) A temporary tackle attached to thetiller of a vessel during gales or an action, in case of accident tothe tiller ropes. (b) A strong tackle from a wharf to a careenedvessel, to prevent her from going over entirely, and to assist inrighting her. Totten. Craig."
"RELIEVO","See Relief, n., 5."
"RELIGHT","To light or kindle anew."
"RELIGION","A monastic or religious order subject to a regulated mode oflife; the religious state; as, to enter religion. Trench.A good man was there of religion. Chaucer."
"RELIGIONARY","Relating to religion; pious; as, religionary professions.[Obs.]"
"RELIGIONIST","One earnestly devoted or attached to a religion; a religiouszealot.The chief actors on one side were, and were to be, the Puritanreligionists. Palfrey.It might be that an Antinomian, a Quaker, or otherheterodoreligionists, was to be scourged out of the town. Hawthorne."
"RELIGIONIZE","To bring under the influence of religion. [R.] Mallock."
"RELIGIONLESS","Destitute of religion."
"RELIGIOSITY","The quality of being religious; religious feeling or sentiment;religiousness. [R.] M. Arnold."
"RELIGIOUS","A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secularconcern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk orfriar; a nun. Addison."
"RELIGIOUSLY","In a religious manner. Drayton."
"RELIGIOUSNESS","The quality of being religious."
"RELIK","Relic. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RELINQUENT","Relinquishing. [R.]"
"RELINQUISHER","One who relinquishes."
"RELINQUISHMENT","The act of relinquishing."
"RELIQUARY","A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics arekept."
"RELIQUE","See Relic. Chaucer."
"RELIQUIAE","Same as Induvi\u00e6."
"RELIQUIAN","Of or pertaining to a relic or relics; of the nature of arelic. [R.]"
"RELIQUIDATE","To liquidate anew; to adjust a second time."
"RELIQUIDATION","A second or renewed liquidation; a renewed adjustment. A.Hamilton."
"RELISH","To have a pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification;to have a flavor.Had I been the finder-out of this secret, it would not have relishedamong my other discredits. Shak.A theory, which, how much soever it may relish of wit and invention,hath no foundation in nature. Woodward."
"RELISHABLE","Capable of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying."
"RELIVE","To live again; to revive."
"RELOAD","To load again, as a gun."
"RELOAN","A second lending of the same thing; a renewal of a loan."
"RELOCATE","To locate again."
"RELOCATION","Renewal of a lease."
"RELODGE","To lodge again."
"RELOVE","To love in return. [Obs.] Boyle."
"RELUCENT","Reflecting light; shining; glittering; glistening; bright;luminous; splendid.Gorgeous banners to the sun expand Their streaming volumes ofrelucent gold. Glover."
"RELUCT","To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; todraw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance.Apt to reluct at the excesses of it [passion]. Walton."
"RELUCTANTLY","In a reluctant manner."
"RELUCTATE","To struggle against anything; to resist; to oppose. [Obs.] 'Todelude their reluctating consciences.' Dr. H. More."
"RELUCTATION","Repugnance; resistance; reluctance. [Obs.] Bacon."
"RELUCTIVITY","Specific reluctance."
"RELUME","To rekindle; to light again.Relumed her ancient light, not kindled new. Pope.I know not where is that Promethean heat That can thy light relume.Shak."
"RELY","To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of theveracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty offacts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; --with on, formerly also with in.Go in thy native innocence; rely On what thou hast of virtue. Milton.On some fond breast the parting soul relies. Gray."
"REMADE","imp. & p. p. of Remake."
"REMAIN","To await; to be left to. [Archaic]The easier conquest now remains thee. Milton."
"REMAINDER","The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or afterany deduction."
"REMAINDER-MAN","One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined.See Remainder, n., 3. Blackstone."
"REMAKE","To make anew."
"REMAND","To recommit; to send back.Remand it to its former place. South.Then were they remanded to the cage again. Bunyan."
"REMANDMENT","A remand."
"REMANENT","That which remains; a remnant; a residue."
"REMANET","A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; apostponed case. [Eng.]"
"REMARK","To make a remark or remarks; to comment."
"REMARKABLE","Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous;hence, uncommon; extraordinary.'T is remarkable, that they Talk most who have the least to say.Prior.There is nothing left remarlable Beneath the visiting moon. Shak."
"REMARKER","One who remarks."
"REMARRIAGE","A second or repeated marriage."
"REMARRY","To marry again."
"REMAST","To furnish with a new mast or set of masts."
"REMASTICATE","To chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as the cud."
"REMASTICATION","The act of masticating or chewing again or repeatedly."
"REMBERGE","See Ramberge."
"REMBLAI","Earth or materials made into a bank after having beenexcavated."
"REMBLE","To remove. [Prov.Eng.] Grose. Tennyson."
"REME","Realm. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REMEAN","To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret.[Obs.] Wyclif."
"REMEANT","Coming back; returning. [R.] 'Like the remeant sun.' C.Kingsley."
"REMEASURE","To measure again; to retrace.They followed him . . . The way they came, their steps remeasuredright. Fairfax."
"REMEDE","Remedy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REMEDIABLE","Capable of being remedied or cured.-- Re*me'di*a*ble*ness, n. -Re*me'di*a*bly, adv."
"REMEDIAL","Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removalor abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment.Statutes are declaratory or remedial. Blackstone.It is an evil not compensated by any beneficial result; it is notremedial, not conservative. I. Taylor."
"REMEDIALLY","In a remedial manner."
"REMEDIATE","Remedial. [R.] Shak."
"REMEDY","The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for awrong. Civil remedy. See under Civil.-- Remedy of the mint (Coinage), a small allowed deviation from thelegal standard of weight and fineness; -- called also tolerance."
"REMELT","To melt again."
"REMEMBER","To execise or have the power of memory; as, some rememberbetter than others. Shak."
"REMEMBERABLE","Capable or worthy of being remembered.-- Re*mem'ber*a*bly, adv.The whole vale of Keswick is so rememberable. Coleridge."
"REMEMBERER","One who remembers."
"REMEMORATE","To recall something by means of memory; to remember. [Obs.]Bryskett."
"REMEMORATION","A recalling by the faculty of memory; remembrance. [Obs. & R.]Bp. Montagu."
"REMEMORATIVE","Tending or serving to remind. [R.]"
"REMENANT","A remnant. [Obs.]"
"REMERGE","To merge again. 'Remerging in the general Soul.' Tennyson."
"REMIFORM","Shaped like an oar."
"REMIGES","The quill feathers of the wings of a bird."
"REMIGRATE","To migrate again; to go back; to return. Boyle."
"REMIGRATION","Migration back to the place from which one came. Sir M. Hale."
"REMIND","To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembranceof; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person).When age itself, which will not be defied, shall begin to arrest,seize, and remind us of our mortality. South."
"REMINDER","One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awakenremembrance."
"REMINDFUL","Tending or adapted to remind; careful to remind. Southey."
"REMINISCENCY","Reminiscence. [Obs.]"
"REMINISCENT","Recalling to mind, or capable of recalling to mind; havingremembrance; reminding one of something.Some other of existence of which we have been previously conscious,and are now reminiscent. Sir W. Hamilton."
"REMINISCENTIAL","Of or pertaining to reminiscence, or remembrance. Sir T.Browne."
"REMIPED","Having feet or legs that are used as oars; -- said of certaincrustaceans and insects."
"REMISE","To send, give, or grant back; torelease a claim to; to resignor surrender by deed; to return. Blackstone."
"REMISS","Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful orprompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy;behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity;languid; slow.Thou never wast remiss, I bear thee witness. Milton.These nervous, bold; those languid and remiss. Roscommon.Its motion becomes more languid and remiss. Woodward."
"REMISSFUL","Inclined to remit punishment; lenient; clement. Drayton."
"REMISSIBILITY","The state or quality of being remissible. Jer. Taylor."
"REMISSIBLE","Capable of being remitted or forgiven. Feltham."
"REMISSION","A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violenceof a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in whichthe disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement."
"REMISSIVE","Remitting; forgiving; abating. Bp. Hacket."
"REMISSLY","In a remiss or negligent manner; carelessly."
"REMISSNESS","Quality or state of being remiss."
"REMISSORY","Serving or tending to remit, or to secure remission; remissive.'A sacrifice expiatory or remissory.' Latimer."
"REMIT","To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment ofa demand, account, draft, etc.; as, he remitted the amount by mail."
"REMITMENT","The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted;remission.Disavowing the remitment of Claudius. Milton."
"REMITTAL","A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of thefirst fruits. Swift."
"REMITTEE","One to whom a remittance is sent."
"REMITTENT","Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions.Remittent fever (Med.), a fever in which the symptoms temporarilyabate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See Malarialfever, under Malarial."
"REMITTER","The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right hehad before; the restitution of one who obtains possession of propertyunder a defective title, to his rights under some valid title byvirtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only bysuit. Bouvier."
"REMITTOR","One who makes a remittance; a remitter."
"REMIX","To mix again or repeatedly."
"REMNANT","Remaining; yet left. [R.] 'Because of the remnant dregs of hisdisease.' Fuller.And quiet dedicate her remnant life To the just duties of an humblewife. Prior."
"REMODEL","To model or fashion anew; to change the form of.The corporation had been remodeled. Macaulay."
"REMODIFICATION","The act of remodifying; the state of being remodified."
"REMODIFY","To modify again or anew; to reshape."
"REMOLLIENT","Mollifying; softening. [R.]"
"REMONETIZATION","The act of remonetizing."
"REMONETIZE","To restore to use as money; as, to remonetize silver."
"REMONSTRANCE","Same as Monstrance."
"REMONSTRANT","Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urgingreasons in opposition to something."
"REMONSTRANTLY","In a remonstrant manner."
"REMONSTRATE","To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest;hence, to prove; to demonstrate. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.I will remonstrate to you the third door. B. Jonson."
"REMONSTRATION","The act of remonstrating; remonstrance. [R.] Todd."
"REMONSTRATIVE","Having the character of a remonstrance; expressingremonstrance."
"REMONSTRATOR","One who remonstrates; a remonsrant. Bp. Burnet."
"REMONTANT","Rising again; -- applied to a class of roses which bloom morethan once in a season; the hybrid perpetual roses, of which theJacqueminot is a well-known example."
"REMONTOIR","See under Escapement."
"REMORA","Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis,Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish."
"REMORATE","To hinder; to delay. [Obs.] Johnson."
"REMORD","To excite to remorse; to rebuke. [Obs.] Skelton."
"REMORDENCY","Remorse; compunction; compassion. [Obs.] Killingbeck."
"REMORSED","Feeling remorse. [Obs.]"
"REMORSELESS","Being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute ofsensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless. 'Remorselessadversaries.' South. 'With remorseless cruelty.' Milton."
"REMOTE","Separated by intervals greater than usual.-- Re*mote'ly, adv.-- Re*mote'ness, n."
"REMOULD","See Remold."
"REMOUNT","To mount again."
"REMOVABLE","Admitting of being removed. Ayliffe.-- Re*mov`a*bil'i*ty (-, n."
"REMOVAL","The act of removing, or the state of being removed."
"REMOVE","To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; tomove or go from one residence, position, or place to another.Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane, I can not taint with fear.Shak."
"REMOVER","One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks. Bacon."
"REMUABLE","That may be removed; removable. [Obs.] Gower."
"REMUE","To remove. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REMUGIENT","Rebellowing. Dr. H. More."
"REMUNERABLE","Admitting, or worthy, of remuneration.-- Re*mu`ner*a*bil'i*ty (r, n."
"REMUNERATE","To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, orother sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men forlabor."
"REMUNERATIVE","Affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment forservices; a remunerative business. -Re*mu'ner*a*tive*ly, adv.-- Re*mu'ner*a*tive*ness, n."
"REMUNERATORY","Remunerative. Johnson."
"REMURMUR","To murmur again; to utter back, or reply, in murmurs.The trembling trees, in every plain and wood, Her fate remurmur tothe silver flood. Pope."
"REN","See Renne. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RENABLE","Reasonable; also, loquacious. [Obs.] 'Most renable of tongue.'Piers Plowman.-- Ren'a*bly, adv. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RENAISSANCE","A new birth, or revival. Specifically:(a) The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival ofclassical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and thesimilar revival following in other countries.(b) The style of art which prevailed at this epoch.The Renaissance was rather the last stage of the Middle Ages,emerging from ecclesiastical and feudal despotism, developing whatwas original in medi\u00e6val ideas by the light of classic arts andletters. J. A. Symonds (Encyc. Brit. )."
"RENAISSANT","Of or pertaining to the Renaissance."
"RENAL","Of or pertaining to the kidneys; in the region of the kidneys.Renal calculus (Med.), a concretion formed in the excretory passagesof the kidney.-- Renal capsules or glands, the suprarenal capsules. See underCapsule.-- Renal casts, Renal colic. (Med.) See under Cast, and Colic."
"RENAL-PORTAL","Both renal and portal. See Portal."
"RENAME","To give a new name to."
"RENARD","A fox; -- so called in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry.[Written also reynard.]"
"RENARDINE","Of or pertaining to Renard, the fox, or the tales in whichRenard is mentioned."
"RENASCENCY","State of being renascent."
"RENASCIBLE","Capable of being reproduced; ablle to spring again into being."
"RENATE","Born again; regenerate; renewed. [Obs.] Beau & Fl."
"RENAVIGATE","To navigate again."
"RENAY","To deny; to disown. [Obs.]"
"RENCONTRE","Same as Rencounter, n."
"RENCOUNTER","To meet unexpectedly; to encounter in a hostile manner; to comein collision; to skirmish."
"REND","To be rent or torn; to become parted; to sepparate; to split.Jer. Taylor."
"RENDER","One who rends."
"RENDERABLE","Capable of being rendered."
"RENDERING","The act of one who renders, or that which is rendered.Specifically: (a) A version; translation; as, the rendering of theHebrew text. Lowth. (b) In art, the presentation, expression, orinterpretation of an idea, theme, or part. (c) The act of laying thefirst coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework. (d) The coat ofplaster thus laid on. Gwilt. (e) The process of trying out orextracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat."
"RENDEZVOUS","To assemble or meet at a particular place."
"RENDIBLE","Capable of being rent or torn."
"RENDROCK","A kind of dynamite used in blasting. [U.S.]"
"RENEGADE","One faithless to principle or party. Specifically:(a) An apostate from Christianity or from any form of religiousfaith.James justly regarded these renegades as the most serviceable toolsthat he could employ. Macaulay."
"RENEGADO","See Renegade."
"RENEGAT","A renegade. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RENEGATION","A denial. [R.] 'Absolute renegation of Christ.' Milman."
"RENEGE","To deny; to disown. [Obs.] Shak.All Europe high (all sorts of rights reneged) Against the trith andthee unholy leagued. Sylvester."
"RENERVE","To nerve again; to give new vigor to; to reinvigorate."
"RENEW","To make new spiritually; to regenerate.Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. xii. 2."
"RENEWABILITY","The quality or state of being renewable. [R.]"
"RENEWABLE","Capable of being renewed; as, a lease renewable at pleasure.Swift."
"RENEWAL","The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, therenewal of a treaty."
"RENEWEDLY","Again; once more. [U.S.]"
"RENEWEDNESS","The state of being renewed."
"RENEWER","One who, or that which, renews."
"RENEYE","To deney; to reject; to renounce. [Obs.]For he made every man reneye his law. Chaucer."
"RENIDIFICATION","The act of rebuilding a nest."
"RENIFORM","Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; areniform leaf."
"RENNE","To plunder; -- only in the phrase 'to rape and renne.' Seeunder Rap, v. t., to snatch. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RENNER","A runner. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RENNET","A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette.Mortimer."
"RENNETED","Provided or treated with rennet. [R.] 'Pressed milk renneted.'Chapman."
"RENNETING","Same as 1st Rennet."
"RENNING","See 2d Rennet. [Obs.]Asses' milk is holden for to be thickest, and therefore they use itinstead of renning, to turn milk. Holland."
"RENOMEE","Renown. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RENOUNCE","To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a cardof another suit. To renounce probate (Law), to decline to act as theexecutor of a will. Mozley & W."
"RENOUNCEMENT","The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation. Shak."
"RENOUNCER","One who renounces."
"RENOVATE","To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.All nature feels the reniovating force Of winter. Thomson."
"RENOVATION","The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovatedor renewed. Thomson.There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation ofthe world. Rabbler."
"RENOVATOR","One who, or that which, renovates. Foster."
"RENOVEL","To renew; to renovate. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RENOVELANCE","Renewal. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RENOWME","Renown. [Obs.]The glory and renowme of the ancectors. Robynson (More's Utopia)."
"RENOWMED","Renowned. [Obs.]"
"RENOWN","To make famous; to give renown to. [Obs.]For joi to hear me so renown his son. Chapman.The bard whom pilfered pastorals renown. Pope."
"RENOWNED","Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguishedqualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king. 'Somerenowned metropolis with glistering spires.' Milton.These were the renouwned of the congregation. Num. i. 61."
"RENOWNEDLY","With renown."
"RENOWNER","One who gives renown. [R.]"
"RENOWNFUL","Having great renown; famous. 'Renownful Scipio.' Marston."
"RENOWNLESS","Without renown; inglorius."
"RENSSELAERITE","A soft, compact variety of talc,, being an altered pyroxene. Itis often worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles."
"RENT","To rant. [R. & Obs.] Hudibras."
"RENTABLE","Capable of being rented, or suitable for renting."
"RENTAGE","Rent. [Obs.]"
"RENTE","In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; thebonds, shares, stocks, etc.,, which represent governmentindebtedness."
"RENTER","One who rents or leases an estate; -- usually said of a lesseeor tenant."
"RENTERER","One who renters."
"RENTIER","One who has a fixed income, as from lands, stocks, or the like."
"RENUMERATE","To recount."
"RENUNCIATION","Formal declination to take out letters of administration, or toassume an office, privilege, or right."
"RENUNCIATORY","Pertaining to renunciation; containing or declaring arenunciation; as, renunciatory vows."
"RENVERSE","To reverse. [Obs.]Whose shield he bears renverst. Spenser."
"RENVERSEMENT","A reversing. [Obs.]"
"RENVOY","To send back. [Obs.] 'Not dismissing or renvoying her.' Bacon."
"REOBTAIN","To obtain again."
"REOBTAINABLE","That may be reobtained."
"REOCCUPY","To occupy again."
"REOMETER","Same as Rheometer."
"REOPEN","To open again."
"REOPPOSE","To oppose again."
"REORDAIN","To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considereddefective. Bp. Burnet."
"REORDER","To order a second time."
"REORDINATION","A second ordination."
"REORGANIZATION","The act of reorganizing; a reorganized existence; as,reorganization of the troops."
"REORGANIZE","To organize again or anew; as, to reorganize a society or anarmy."
"REORIENT","Rising again. [R.]The life reorient out of dust. Tennyson."
"REOSTAT","See Rheostat."
"REOTROPE","See Rheotrope."
"REP","A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and havinga transversely corded or ribbed surface."
"REP-SILVER","Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieuof the customary service of reaping his corn or grain."
"REPACE","To pace again; to walk over again in a contrary direction."
"REPACIFY","To pacify again."
"REPACK","To pack a second time or anew; as, to repack beef; to repack atrunk."
"REPACKER","One who repacks."
"REPAGANIZE","To paganize anew; to bring back to paganism."
"REPAID","imp. & p. p. of Repay."
"REPAINT","To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint theground of a picture."
"REPAIRABLE","Reparable. Gauden."
"REPAIRER","One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends."
"REPAIRMENT","Act of repairing."
"REPAND","Having a slightly undulating margin; -- said of leaves."
"REPARABILITY","The quality or state of being reparable."
"REPARABLE","Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state,or made good; restorable; as, a reparable injury."
"REPARABLY","In a reparable manner."
"REPARATIVE","Repairing, or tending to repair. Jer. Taylor."
"REPAREL","A change of apparel; a second or different suit. [Obs.] Beau &Fl."
"REPARTEE","A smart, ready, and witty reply.Cupid was as bad as he; Hear but the youngster's repartee. Prior."
"REPARTIMIENTO","A partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, anassessment of taxes. W. Irving."
"REPARTOTION","Another, or an additional, separation into parts."
"REPASS","To pass again; to pass or travel over in the oppositedirection; to pass a second time; as, to repass a bridge or a river;to repass the sea."
"REPASSAGE","The act of repassing; passage back. Hakluyt."
"REPASSANT","Counterpassant."
"REPAST","To supply food to; to feast; to take food. [Obs.] 'Repast themwith my blood.' Shak.He then, also, as before, left arbitrary the dieting and repasting ofour minds. Milton."
"REPASTER","One who takes a repast. [Obs.]"
"REPASTURE","Food; entertainment. [Obs.]Food for his rage, repasture for his den. Shak."
"REPATRIATE","To restore to one's own country."
"REPATRIATION","Restoration to one's country."
"REPAYABLE","Capable of being, or proper to be , repaid; due; as, a loanrepayable in ten days; services repayable in kind."
"REPEALABILITY","The quality or state of being repealable."
"REPEALABLE","Capable of being repealed.-- Re*peal'a*ble*ness, n."
"REPEALER","One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, anadvocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between GreatBritain and Ireland."
"REPEALMENT","Recall, as from banishment. [Obs.]"
"REPEAT","To repay or refund (an excess received). To repeat one's self,to do or say what one has already done or said.-- To repeat signals, to make the same signals again; specifically,to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters."
"REPEATEDLY","More than once; again and again; indefinitely."
"REPEATER","One who, or that which, repeats. Specifically:(a) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of aspring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.(b) A repeating firearm.(c) (Teleg.) An instrument for resending a telegraphic messageautomatically at an intermediate point.(d) A person who votes more than once at an election. [U.S.](e) See Circulating decimal, under Decimal.(f) (Naut.) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoistof signal is duplicated. Ham. Nav. Encyc."
"REPEATING","Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given resultmany times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch.Repeating circle. See the Note under Circle, n., 3.-- Repeating decimal (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See underDecimal.-- Repeating firearm, a firearm that may be discharged many times inquick succession; especially: (a) A form of firearm so constructedthat by the action of the mechanism the charges are successivelyintroduced from a chamber containing them into the breech of thebarrel, and fired. (b) A form in which the charges are held in, anddischarged from, a revolving chamber at the breech of the barrel. SeeRevolver, and Magazine gun, under Magazine.-- Repeating instruments (Astron. & Surv.), instruments forobserving angles, as a circle, theodolite, etc., so constructed thatthe angle may be measured several times in succession, and different,but successive and contiguous, portions of the graduated limb, beforereading off the aggregate result, which aggregate, divided by thenumber of measurements, gives the angle, freed in a measure fromerrors of eccentricity and graduation.-- Repeating watch. See Repeater (a)"
"REPEDATION","A stepping or going back. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"REPEL","To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exerciserepulsion."
"REPELLENT","Driving back; able or tending to repel."
"REPELLER","One who, or that which, repels."
"REPENT","Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems. Gray."
"REPENTANCE","The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrowfor what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition forsin. Chaucer.Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 20.Repentance is a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God.Hammond.Repentance is the relinquishment of any practice from the convictionthat it has offended God. Sorrow, fear, and anxiety are properly notparts, but adjuncts, of repentance; yet they are too closelyconnected with it to be easily separated. Rambler."
"REPENTANT","One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent."
"REPENTANTLY","In a repentant manner."
"REPENTER","One who repents."
"REPENTINGLY","With repentance; penitently."
"REPENTLESS","Unrepentant. [R.]"
"REPEOPLE","To people anew."
"REPERCEPTION","The act of perceiving again; a repeated perception of the sameobject.No external praise can give me such a glow as my own solitaryreperception and ratification of what is fine. Keats."
"REPERCUSS","To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate.Perceiving all the subjacent country, . . . to repercuss such a lightas I could hardly look against. Evelyn."
"REPERCUSSION","Rapid reiteration of the same sound."
"REPERCUSSIVE","A repellent. [Obs.] Bacon."
"REPERTITIOUS","Found; gained by finding. [Obs.]"
"REPERTOIRE","A list of drams, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a companyor a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform."
"REPERUSAL","A second or repeated perusal."
"REPERUSE","To peruse again. Ld. Lytton."
"REPETEND","That part of a circulating decimal which recurs continually, adinfinitum: -- sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and lastrepetend is 283."
"REPETITION","The act of repeating, singing,"
"REPETITIONER","One who repeats. [Obs.]"
"REPETITIOUS","Repeating; containing repetition. [U.S.] Dr. T. Dwight."
"REPETITIVE","Containing repetition; repeating. [R.]"
"REPETITOR","A private instructor."
"REPINE","Vexation; mortification. [Obs.] Shak."
"REPINER","One who repines."
"REPININGLY","With repening or murmuring."
"REPKIE","Any edible sea urchin. [Alaska]"
"REPLACEABILITY","The quality, state, or degree of being replaceable."
"REPLACEABLE","Capable of being replaced (by), or of being exchanged (for);as, the hydrogen of acids is replaceable by metals or by basicradicals."
"REPLACEMENT","The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes."
"REPLAIT","To plait or fold again; to fold, as one part over another,again and again."
"REPLANT","To plant again."
"REPLANTABLE","That may be planted again."
"REPLANTATION","The act of planting again; a replanting. [R.] Hallywell."
"REPLEAD","To plead again."
"REPLEADER","A second pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right ofpleading again.Whenever a repleader is granted, the pleadings must begin de novo.Blackstone."
"REPLENISH","To recover former fullness. [Obs.]The humors will not replenish so soon. Bacon."
"REPLENISHER","One who replenishes."
"REPLETE","Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding. 'Hiswords replete with guile.' Milton.When he of wine was replet at his feast. Chaucer.In heads repiete with thoughts of other men. Cowper."
"REPLETENESS","The state of being replete."
"REPLETION","Fullness of blood; plethora."
"REPLETIVE","Tending to make replete; filling.-- Re*ple'tive*ly, adv."
"REPLETORY","Repletive. [R.]"
"REPLEVIABLE","Capable of being replevied."
"REPLEVIN","A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods andchattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedypeculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now bebrought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention. Bouvier."
"REPLEVISABLE","Repleviable. Sir M. Hale."
"REPLEVY","To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods andchattels wrongfuly taken or detained), upon giving security to trythe right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determinedagainst the plaintiff, to return the property replevied."
"REPLICA","A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or satue, made by themaker of the original."
"REPLICANT","One who replies."
"REPLICATE","To reply. [Obs.]"
"REPLICATION","The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to thedefendant's plea."
"REPLIER","One who replies. Bacon."
"REPLUM","The framework of some pods, as the cress, which remains afterthe valves drop off. Gray."
"REPLY","To answer a defendant's plea."
"REPLYER","See Replier. Bacon."
"REPOLISH","To polish again."
"REPONE","To replace. R. Baillie."
"REPOPULATION","The act of repeopling; act of furnishing with a populationanew."
"REPORT","To return or present as the result of an examination orconsideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committeereported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, orreported the results of an inquiry."
"REPORTABLE","Capable or admitting of being reported."
"REPORTAGE","SAme as Report. [Obs.]"
"REPORTER","One who reports. Specifically: (a) An officer or person whomakees authorized statements of law proceedings and decisions, or oflegislative debates. (b) One who reports speeches, the proceedings ofpublic meetings, news, etc., for the newspapers.Of our tales judge and reportour. Chaucer."
"REPORTINGLY","By report or common fame."
"REPORTORIAL","Of or pertaining to a reporter or reporters; as, thereportorial staff of a newspaper."
"REPOSANCE","Reliance. [Obs.] John Hall."
"REPOSE","A rest; a pause."
"REPOSED","Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest. Bacon.-- Re*pos'ed*ly (r, adv.-- Re*pos'ed*ness, n."
"REPOSEFUL","Full of repose; quiet."
"REPOSER","One who reposes."
"REPOSIT","To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safetyor preservation; to place; to store.Others reposit their young in holes. Derham."
"REPOSITION","The act of repositing; a laying up."
"REPOSITOR","An instrument employed for replacing a displaced organ or part."
"REPOSITORY","A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, forsafety or preservation; a depository. Locke."
"REPOSSESS","To possess again; as, to repossess the land. Pope. To repossessone's self of (something), to acquire again (something lost)."
"REPOSSESSION","The act or the state of possessing again."
"REPOSURE","Rest; quiet.In the reposure of most soft content. Marston."
"REPOUR","To pour again."
"REPOUSSAGE","Art or process of hammering out or pressing thin metal from thereverse side: (1) in producing repouss\u00e9 work; (2) in leveling up anypart of an etched plate that has been worked so as to cause adepression."
"REPOUSSE","Repouss\u00e9 work. Repouss\u00e9 work, ornamentation of metal in reliefby pressing or hammering on the reverse side."
"REPREFE","Reproof. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REPREHEND","To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking,or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; tochide; to blame; to censure. Chaucer.Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was not rich, forthat he gave six crowns for a small fish. Bacon.Pardon me for reprehending thee. Shak.In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . . . are severelyreprehended. Dryden.I nor advise nor reprehend the choice. J. Philips."
"REPREHENDER","One who reprehends."
"REPREHENSIBLE","Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable.-- Rep`re*hen'si*ble*ness, n.-- Rep`re*hen'si*bly, adv."
"REPREHENSION","Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.This Basilius took as though his mistress had given him a secretreprehension that he had not showed more gratefulness to Dorus. SirP. Sidney."
"REPREHENSIVE","Containing reprehension; conveying reproof. South.-- Rep`re*hen'sive*ly, adv."
"REPREHENSORY","Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, reprehensory complaint.Johnson."
"REPRESENT","To form or image again in consciousness, as an object ofcognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehendedby direct presentation). See Presentative,3.The general capability of knowledge necessarily requires that,besides the power of evoking out of unconsciousness one portion ofour retained knowledge in preference to another, we posses thefaculty of representing in consciousness what is thus evoked . . .This representative Faculty is Imagination or Phantasy. Sir. W.Hamilton."
"REPRESENTABLE","Capable of being represented."
"REPRESENTANCE","Representation; likeness. [Obs.] Donne."
"REPRESENTANT","Appearing or acting for another; representing."
"REPRESENTATIONARY","Implying representation; representative. [R.]"
"REPRESENTATIVE","Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originallypresentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representativeknowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8."
"REPRESENTATIVELY","In a representative manner; vicariously."
"REPRESENTATIVENESS","The quality or state of being representative.Dr. Burnet observes, that every thought is attended withconssciousness and representativeness. Spectator."
"REPRESENTMENT","Representation. [Obs.]"
"REPRESS","To press again."
"REPRESSER","One who, or that which, represses."
"REPRESSIBLE","Capable of being repressed."
"REPRESSIVE","Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts ormeasures.-- Re*press'ive*ly, adv."
"REPREVABLE","Reprovable. [Obs.]"
"REPREVE","To reprove. [Obs.] 'Repreve him of his vice.' Chaucer."
"REPRIEFE","Repreve. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REPRIEVAL","Reprieve. Overbury."
"REPRIMAND","Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment ofhim. Macaulay."
"REPRIMANDER","One who reprimands."
"REPRIMER","A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spentcartridge shells, so that the shells be used again."
"REPRINT","A second or a new impression or edition of any printed work;specifically, the publication in one country of a work previouslypublished in another."
"REPRINTER","One who reprints."
"REPRISE","Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, asrent charge, rent seck, pensions, annuities, and the like. [Writtenalso reprizes.] Burrill."
"REPRISTINATE","To restore to an original state. [R.] Shedd."
"REPRISTINATION","Restoration to an original state; renewal of purity. [R.] R.Browning."
"REPRIVE","To take back or away. [Obs.] Spenser."
"REPRIZE","See Reprise. [Obs.] Spenser."
"REPRIZES","See Repise, n., 2."
"REPROACHER","One who reproaches."
"REPROACHLESS","Being without reproach."
"REPROBACY","Reprobation. [R.]"
"REPROBANCE","Reprobation. [Obs.] Shak."
"REPROBATE","One morally abandoned and lost.I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to theking. Sir W. Raleigh."
"REPROBATENESS","The state of being reprobate."
"REPROBATER","One who reprobates."
"REPROBATION","The predestination of a certain number of the human race asreprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment."
"REPROBATIONER","One who believes in reprobation. See Reprobation,2. South."
"REPROBATIVE","Of or pertaining to reprobation; expressing reprobation."
"REPROBATORY","Reprobative."
"REPRODUCE","To produce again. Especially:(a) To bring forward again; as, to reproduce a witness; to reproducecharges; to reproduce a play.(b) To cause to exist again.Those colors are unchangeable, and whenever all those rays with thosetheir colors are mixed again they reproduce the same white light asbefore. Sir I. Newton."
"REPRODUCER","One who, or that which, reproduces. Burke."
"REPRODUCTION","the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring."
"REPRODUCTIVE","Tending, or pertaining, to reproduction; employed inreproduction. Lyell."
"REPRODUCTORY","Reproductive."
"REPROVABLE","Worthy of reproof or censure. Jer. Taylor."
"REPROVAL","Reproof. Sir P. Sidney."
"REPROVER","One who, or that which, reproves."
"REPROVINGLY","In a reproving manner."
"REPRUNE","To prune again or anew.Yet soon reprunes her wing to soar anew. Young."
"REPTANT","Same as Repent."
"REPTANTIA","A divisiom of gastropods; the Pectinibranchiata."
"REPTATION","The act of creeping."
"REPTATORY","Creeping."
"REPTILE","An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or bymeans of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like.An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in thepublic path; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside,and let the reptile live. Cowper."
"REPTILIA","A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually coveredwith scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles andone ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that ofbirds."
"REPTILIAN","Belonging to the reptiles. Reptilian age (Geol.), that part ofgeological time comprising the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceousperiods, and distinguished as that era in which the class of reptilesattained its highest expansion; -- called also the Secondary orMezozoic age."
"REPUBLICAN","A member of the Republican party."
"REPUBLICANIZE","To change, as a state, into a republic; to republicanprinciples; as, France was republicanized; to republicanize therising generation. D. Ramsay."
"REPUBLICATE","To make public again; to republish. [Obs.]"
"REPUBLICATION","A second publication, or a new publication of something beforepublished, as of a former will, of a volume already published, or thelike; specifically, the publication in one country of a work firstissued in another; a reprint.If there be many testaments, the last overthrows all the former; butthe republication of a former will revokes one of a later date, andestablishes the first. Blackstone."
"REPUBLISH","To publish anew; specifically, to publish in one country (awork first published in another); also, to revive (a will) by reSubsecquent to the purchase or contract, the devisor republished hiswill. Blackstone."
"REPUBLISHER","One who republishes."
"REPUDIABLE","Admitting of repudiation; fit or proper to be put away."
"REPUDIATION","The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as,the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc."
"REPUDIATOR","One who repudiates."
"REPUGN","To fight against; to oppose; to resist. [R.]Stubbornly he did repugn the truth. Shak."
"REPUGNABLE","Capable of being repugned or resisted. [R.] Sir T. North."
"REPUGNANT","Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being atvariance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also,distasteful in a high degree; offensive; -- usually followed by to,rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant toher nature.[His sword] repugnant to command. Shak.There is no breach of a divine law but is more or less repugnant untothe will of the Lawgiver, God himself. Perkins."
"REPUGNANTLY","In a repugnant manner."
"REPUGNATE","To oppose; to fight against. [Obs.]"
"REPUGNER","One who repugns."
"REPULLULATE","To bud again.Though tares repullulate, there is wheat still left in the field.Howell."
"REPULLULATION","The act of budding again; the state of having budded again."
"REPULSELESS","Not capable of being repulsed."
"REPULSER","One who repulses, or drives back."
"REPULSION","The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, bywhich bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede fromeach other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecularrepulsion; electrical repulsion."
"REPULSORY","Repulsive; driving back."
"REPURCHASE","To buy back or again; to regain by purchase. Sir M. Hale."
"REPURIFY","To purify again."
"REPUTABLE","Having, or worthy of, good repute; held in esteem; honorable;praiseworthy; as, a reputable man or character; reputable conduct.In the article of danger, it is as reputable to elude an enemy asdefeat one. Broome."
"REPUTATION","The character imputed to a person in the community in which helives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character inissue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of acase."
"REPUTATIVELY","By repute."
"REPUTE","To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think;to reckon.Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sightJob xviii. 3.The king your father was reputed for A prince most prudent. Shak."
"REPUTEDLY","In common opinion or estimation; by repute."
"REPUTELESS","Not having good repute; disreputable; disgraceful; inglorius.[R.] Shak."
"REQUERE","To require. [Obs.]"
"REQUESTER","One who requests; a petitioner."
"REQUICKEN","To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to. Shak."
"REQUIEM","A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul.We should profane the service of the dead To sing a requiem and suchrest to her As to peace-parted souls. Shak."
"REQUIETORY","A sepulcher. [Obs.] Weever."
"REQUIN","The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); -- socalled on account of its causing requiems to be sung."
"REQUIRABLE","Capable of being required; proper to be required. Sir M. Hale."
"REQUIRER","One who requires."
"REQUISITE","That which is required, or is necessary; somethingindispensable.God, on his part, has declared the requisites on ours; what we mustdo to obtain blessings, is the great business of us all to know.Wake."
"REQUISITION","A formal demand made by one state or government upon anotherfor the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice. Kent.(b) (Law) A notarial demand of a debt. Wharton.(c) (Mil.) A demand by the invader upon the people of an invadedcountry for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc.Farrow.(d) A formal application by one officer to another for things neededin the public service; as, a requisition for clothing, troops, ormoney."
"REQUISITIONIST","One who makes or signs a requisition."
"REQUISITIVE","Expressing or implying demand. [R.] Harris."
"REQUISITOR","One who makes reqisition; esp., one authorized by a requisitionto investigate facts."
"REQUISITORY","Sought for; demanded. [R.] Summary on Du Bartas (1621)."
"REQUITABLE","That may be requited."
"REQUITAL","The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, goodor bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense;as, the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation, orpunishment; as, the requital of evil deeds.No merit their aversion can remove, Nor ill requital can efface theirlove. Waller."
"REQUITE","To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (anequivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; toreturn (evil) for evil; to punish.He can requite thee; for he knows the charma That call fame on suchgentle acts as these. Milton.Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requiteit with thy hand. Ps. x. 14."
"REQUITEMENT","Requital [Obs.] E. Hall."
"REQUITER","One who requites."
"REREBRACE","Armor for the upper part of the arm. Fairholt."
"REREDEMAIN","A backward stroke. [Obs.]"
"REREFIEF","A fief held of a superior feudatory; a fief held by an undertenant. Blackstone."
"REREIGN","To reign again."
"REREMOUSE","A rearmouse."
"REREWARD","The rear quard of an army. [Obs.]"
"RES","A thing; the particular thing; a matter; a point. Res gestae [L., things done] (Law), the facts which form the environmentof a litigated issue. Wharton.-- Res judicata [L.] (Law), a thing adjudicated; a matter no longeropen to controversy."
"RESAIL","To sail again; also, to sail back, as to a former port."
"RESALE","A sale at second hand, or at retail; also, a second sale.Bacon."
"RESALGAR","Realgar. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RESALUTE","To salute again."
"RESAW","To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, whichhas already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards,etc."
"RESCAT","To ransom; to release; to rescue. [Obs.] Howell."
"RESCINDABLE","Capable of being rescinded."
"RESCINDMENT","The act of rescinding; rescission."
"RESCISSION","The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as,the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment."
"RESCISSORY","Tending to rescind; rescinding.To pass a general act rescissory (as it was called), annulling allthe Parliaments that had been held since the year 1633. Bp. Burnet."
"RESCOUS","See Rescue,2. [Obs.]"
"RESCOWE","To rescue. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RESCRIPT","The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particularpersons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.In their rescripts and other ordinances, the Roman emperors spoke inthe plural number. Hare."
"RESCRIPTION","A writing back; the answering of a letter. Loveday."
"RESCRIPTIVE","Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; hence,deciding; settling; determining."
"RESCRIPTIVELY","By rescript. Burke."
"RESCUABLE","That may be rescued."
"RESCUE","To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, orevil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from astate of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy;to rescue seamen from destruction.Had I been seized by a hungry lion, I would have been a breakfast tothe best, Rather than have false Proteus rescue me. Shak."
"RESCUELESS","Without rescue or release."
"RESCUER","One who rescues."
"RESCUSSEE","The party in whose favor a rescue is made. Crabb."
"RESCUSSOR","One who makes an unlawful rescue; a rescuer. Burril."
"RESE","To shake; to quake; to tremble. [Obs.] 'It made all the gatesfor to rese.' Chaucer."
"RESEARCH","Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles;laborius or continued search after truth; as, researches of humanwisdom.The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on theresults of the researches of antiquaries. Macaulay."
"RESEARCHER","One who researches."
"RESEARCHFUL","Making researches; inquisitive. [R.] Coleridge."
"RESEAU","A system of lines forming small squares of standard size, whichis photographed, by a separate exposure, on the same plate with starimages to facilitate measurements, detect changes of the film, etc.(b) In lace, a ground or foundation of regular meshes, like network."
"RESECT","To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting."
"RESECTION","The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of theends of the bones in a false articulation."
"RESEDA","A genus of plants, the type of which is mignonette."
"RESEEK","To seek again. J. Barlow."
"RESEIZE","To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have beendisseized.The sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattelsthereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of thejustices of assize. Blackstone."
"RESEIZER","The taking of lands into the hands of the king where a generallivery, or oustre le main, was formerly mis-sued, contrary to theform and order of law."
"RESEIZURE","A second seizure; the act of seizing again. Bacon."
"RESELL","To sell again; to sell what has been bought or sold; to retail."
"RESEMBLABLE","Admitting of being compared; like. [Obs.] Gower."
"RESEMBLANT","Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. [R.] Gower."
"RESEMBLER","One who resembles."
"RESEMBLINGLY","So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness."
"RESEMINATE","To produce again by means of seed. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne."
"RESEND","To send on from an intermediate station by means of a repeater."
"RESENTER","One who resents. Sir H. Wotton."
"RESENTFUL","Inclined to resent; easily provoked to anger; irritable.-- Re*sent'ful*ly, adv."
"RESENTIMENT","Resentment. [Obs.]"
"RESENTIVE","Resentful. [R.] Thomson."
"RESERATE","To unlock; to open. [Obs.] Boyle."
"RESERVANCE","Reservation. [R.]"
"RESERVATIVE","Tending to reserve or keep; keeping; reserving."
"RESERVATORY","A place in which things are reserved or kept. Woodward."
"RESERVE","A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle,reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a forceor body of troops kept for an exigency."
"RESERVE CITY","In the national banking system of the United States, any ofcertain cities in which the national banks are required (U. S. Rev.Stat. sec. 5191) to keep a larger reserve (25 per cent) than theminimum (15 per cent) required of all other banks. The banks incertain of the reserve cities (specifically called central reservecities) are required to keep their reserve on hand in cash; banks inother reserve cities may keep half of their reserve as deposits inthese banks (U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5195)."
"RESERVEE","One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; -- contrasted withreservor."
"RESERVER","One who reserves."
"RESERVIST","A member of a reserve force of soldiers or militia. [Eng.]"
"RESERVOIR","A small intercellular space, often containing Receivingreservoir (Water Works), a principal reservoir into which an aqueductor rising main delivers water, and from which a distributingreservoir draws its supply."
"RESERVOR","One who reserves; a reserver."
"RESET","To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset adiamond."
"RESETTER","One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal."
"RESETTLE","To settle again. Swift."
"RESETTLEMENT","Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, theresettlement of lees.The resettlement of my discomposed soul. Norris."
"RESHAPE","To shape again."
"RESHIP","To ship again; to put on board of a vessel a second time; tosend on a second voyage; as, to reship bonded merchandise."
"RESHIPMENT","The act of reshipping; also, that which is reshippped."
"RESHIPPER","One who reships."
"RESIANCE","Residence; abode. [Obs.] Bacon."
"RESIANT","Resident; present in a place. [Obs.]In which her kingdom's throne is chiefly resiant. Spenser."
"RESIDENCE","The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed tononresidence."
"RESIDENCIA","In Spanish countries, a court or trial held, sometimes as longas six months, by a newly elected official, as the governor of aprovince, to examine into the conduct of a predecessor."
"RESIDENTER","A resident. [Obs. or Colloq.]"
"RESIDENTIARY","Having residence; as, a canon residentary; a residentiaryguardian. Dr. H. More."
"RESIDENTIARYSHIP","The office or condition of a residentiary."
"RESIDENTSHIP","The office or condition of a resident."
"RESIDER","One who resides in a place."
"RESIDUAL","Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken.Residual air (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungswhich can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort.It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. Supplemental air,under Supplemental.-- Residual error. (Mensuration) See Error, 6 (b).-- Residual figure (Geom.), the figure which remains after a lessfigure has been taken from a greater one.-- Residual magnetism (Physics), remanent magnetism. See underRemanent.-- Residual product, a by product, as cotton waste from a cottonmill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc.-- Residual quantity (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts ofwhich are connected by the negative sign, as a-b.-- Residual root (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as sq.root(a-b)."
"RESIDUARY","Consisting of residue; as, residuary matter; pertaining to theresidue, or part remaining; as, the residuary advantage of an estate.Ayliffe. Residuary clause (Law), that part of the testator's will inwhich the residue of his estate is disposed of.-- Residuary devise (Law), the person to whom the residue of realestate is devised by a will.-- Residuary legatee (Law), the person to whom the residue ofpersonal estate is bequeathed."
"RESIDUE","That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of inhis will by particular and special legacies and devises, and whichremains after payment of debts and legacies."
"RESIDUOUS","Remaining; residual. Landor."
"RESIDUUM","That which is left after any process of separation orpurification; that which remains after certain specified deductionsare made; residue.'I think so,' is the whole residuum . . . after evaporating theprodigious pretensions of the zealot demagogue. L. Taylor."
"RESIEGE","To seat again; to reinstate. [Obs.] Spenser."
"RESIGNED","Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur.A firm, yet cautious mind; Sincere, thought prudent; constant, yetresigned. Pope."
"RESIGNEDLY","With submission."
"RESIGNEE","One to whom anything is resigned, or in whose favor aresignation is made."
"RESIGNER","One who resigns."
"RESIGNMENT","The act of resigning."
"RESILE","To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose. J. Ellis."
"RESILIENT","Leaping back; rebounding; recoling."
"RESILITION","Resilience. [R.]"
"RESIN","Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammablesubstances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors ofelectricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether,alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin(see Rosin)."
"RESINACEOUS","Having the quality of resin; resinous."
"RESINATE","Any one of the salts the resinic acids."
"RESINIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, resin; as, the resinic acids."
"RESINIFEROUS","Yielding resin; as, a resiniferous tree or vessel."
"RESINIFORM","Having the form of resin."
"RESINO-ELECTRIC","Containing or exhibiting resinous electricity."
"RESINOID","Somewhat like resin."
"RESINOUS","Of or pertaining to resin; of the nature of resin; resemblingor obtained from resin. Resinous electricity (Elec.), electricitywhich is exited by rubbing bodies of the resinous kind. See Negativeelectricity, under Negative."
"RESINOUSLY","By means, or in the manner, of resin."
"RESINOUSNESS","The quality of being resinous."
"RESINY","Like resin; resinous."
"RESIPISCENCE","Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance. [R.]Bp. Montagu."
"RESIST","To make opposition. Shak."
"RESISTANCE","The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; thatpower of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressureof another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, theresistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance ofa target to projectiles."
"RESISTANCE FRAME","A rheostat consisting of an open frame on which are stretchedspirals of wire. Being freely exposed to the air, they radiate heatrapidly."
"RESISTANT","Making resistance; resisting.-- n."
"RESISTER","One who resists."
"RESISTFUL","Making much resistance."
"RESISTIBLE","Capable of being resisted; as, a resistible force. Sir M. Hale.-- Re*sist'i*ble*ness, n.-- Re*sist'i*bly, adv."
"RESISTING","Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium.-- Re*sist'ing ly, adv."
"RESISTIVE","Serving to resist. B. Jonsosn."
"RESOLUBLE","Admitting of being resolved; resolvable; as, bodies resolubleby fire. Boyle.-- Res'o*lu*ble*ness, n."
"RESOLUTELY","In a resolute manner; with fixed purpose; boldly; firmly;steadily; with perseverance.Some.. facts he examines, some he resolutely denies. Swift."
"RESOLUTENESS","The quality of being resolute."
"RESOLUTION","The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution ofan equation or problem."
"RESOLUTIONER","One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in adeclaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in theScottish Church in the 17th century.He was sequestrated afterwards as a Resolutioner. Sir W. Scott."
"RESOLUTIONIST","One who makes a resolution."
"RESOLUTIVE","Serving to dissolve or relax. [R.] Johnson."
"RESOLUTORY","Resolutive. [R.]"
"RESOLVABILITY","The quality or condition of being resolvable; resolvableness."
"RESOLVABLE","Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation intoconstituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admittingsolution or explanation; as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideasor difficulties."
"RESOLVABLENESS","The quality of being resolvable; resolvability."
"RESOLVE","To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several things to bedone, in order to obtain what is required; to find the answer to, orthe result of. Hutton."
"RESOLVED","Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; -- usually placedafter its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich.That makes him a resolved enemy. Jer. Taylor.I am resolved she shall not settle here. Fielding."
"RESOLVEDNESS","Fixedness of purpose; firmness; resolution. Dr. H. More."
"RESOLVENT","Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent."
"RESONANCE","A prolongation or increase of any sound, eithar by reflection,as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enoughto return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations inother bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musicalinstruments. Pulmonary resonance (Med.), the sound heard onpercussing over the lungs.-- Vocal resonance (Med.), the sound transmitted to the ear whenauscultation is made while the patient is speaking."
"RESONANCY","Resonance."
"RESONANT","Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound;resounding; echoing back.Through every hour of the golden morning, the streets were resonantwith female parties of young and old. De Quincey."
"RESONANTLY","In a reasonant manner."
"RESONATOR","Anything which resounds; specifically, a vessel in the form ofa cylinder open at one end, or a hollow ball of brass with twoapertures, so contrived as to greatly intensify a musical tone by itsresonance. It is used for the study and analysis of complex sounds."
"RESORB","To swallow up.Now lifted by the tide, and now resorbed. Young."
"RESORBENT","Swallowing up. Wodhull."
"RESORCIN","A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series,obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc.,with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used inmaking certain dyestuffs, as phthale\u00efn, fluoresce\u00efn, and eosin."
"RESORCYLIC","Of, or pertaining to, or producing, resorcin; as, resorcylicacid."
"RESORPTION","The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again;reabsorption."
"RESORT","Active power or movement; spring. [A Gallicism] [Obs.]Some . . . know the resorts and falls of business that can not sinkinto the main of it. Bacon."
"RESORTER","One who resorts; a frequenter."
"RESOUN","Reason. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RESOUND","Return of sound; echo. Beaumont."
"RESOURCE","Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that can beconverted into supplies; available means or capabilities of any kind.Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for every countrywhich is connected, but not incorporated, with another country ofgreater resources. Macaulay."
"RESOURCEFUL","Full of resources."
"RESOURCELESS","Destitute of resources. Burke.-- Re*source'less*ness, n. R. Browning."
"RESOW","To sow again. Bacon."
"RESOWN","To resound. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RESPECT","An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to sendone's respects to another."
"RESPECTABILITY","The state or quality of being respectable; the state or qualitywhich deserves or commands respect."
"RESPECTANT","Placed so as to face one another; -- said of animals."
"RESPECTER","One who respects. A respecter of persons, one who regards orjudges with partiality.Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x.34."
"RESPECTFUL","Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment.With humble joi and with respectful fear. Prior.-- Re*spect'ful*ly, adv.-- Re*spect'ful*ness, n."
"RESPECTING","With regard or relation to; regarding; concerning; as,respecting his conduct there is but one opinion."
"RESPECTION","The act of respecting; respect; regard. [Obs.]Without difference or respection of persons. Tyndale."
"RESPECTLESS","Having no respect; without regard; regardless.Rather than again Endure, respectless, their so moving cChapman.-- Re*spect'less*ness, n. [R.] Shelton."
"RESPELL","To spell again."
"RESPERSE","To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"RESPERSION","The act of sprinkling or scattering. [Obs.]"
"RESPIRABILITY","The quality or state of being respirable; respirableness."
"RESPIRABLE","Suitable for being breathed; adapted for respiration.-- Re*spir'a*ble*ness, n."
"RESPIRATION","The act of resping or breathing; the act of taking in andgiving out air; the aggregate of those processes bu which oxygen isintroduced into the system, and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid,removed."
"RESPIRATIONAL","Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirationaldifficulties."
"RESPIRATIVE","Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirative organs."
"RESPIRATOR","A divice of gauze or wire, covering the mouth or nose, toprevent the inhalation of noxious substances, as dust or smoke. Beingwarmed by the breath, it tempers cold air passing through it, and mayalso be used for the inhalation of medicated vapors."
"RESPIRATORY","Of or pertaining to respiration; serving for respiration; as,the respiratory organs; respiratory nerves; the respiratory function;respiratory changes. Respiratory foods. (Physiol.) See 2d Note underFood, n., 1.-- Respiratory tree (Zo\u00f6l.), the branched internal gill of certainholothurians."
"RESPIRE","To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it fromthem, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality ofthe blood."
"RESPITE","To give or grant a respite to. Specifically:(a) To delay or postpone; to put off.(b) To keep back from execution; to reprieve.Forty days longer we do respite you. Shak."
"RESPITELESS","Without respite. Baxter."
"RESPLENDENT","Shining with brilliant luster; very bright.-- Re*splen'dent*ly, adv.With royal arras and resplendent gold. Spenser."
"RESPLENDISHANT","Resplendent; brilliant. [R. & Obs.] Fabyan."
"RESPLENDISHING","Resplendent. [Obs.]"
"RESPLIT","To split again."
"RESPOND","A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of achapter."
"RESPONDENT","Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according;corresponding.Wealth respondent to payment and contributions. Bacon."
"RESPONDENTIA","A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs frombottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself. Bouvier."
"RESPONSAL","Answerable. [Obs.]"
"RESPONSELESS","Giving no response."
"RESPONSION","The first university examination; -- called also little go. Seeunder Little, a."
"RESPONSORIAL","Responsory; antiphonal. J. H. Newman."
"RESPONSORY","Containing or making answer; answering. Johnson."
"RESSALDAR","In the Anglo-Indian army, a native commander of a ressala."
"REST","To arrest. [Obs.]"
"REST CURE","Treatment of severe nervous disorder, as neurasthenia, by restand isolation with systematic feeding and the use of massage andelectricity."
"REST-HARROW","A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, toughroots."
"RESTAGNANT","Stagnant; motionless. [Obs.] Boyle."
"RESTAGNATE","To stagnate; to cease to flow. [Obs.] Wiseman."
"RESTAGNATION","Stagnation. [Obs.]"
"RESTANT","Persistent."
"RESTATE","To state anew. Palfrey."
"RESTAURANT","An eating house."
"RESTAURATE","To restore. [Obs.]"
"RESTAURATEUR","The keeper of an eathing house or a restaurant."
"RESTAURATION","Restoration. [Obs.] Cower."
"RESTIFF","Restive. [Obs.]"
"RESTIFFNESS","Restiveness. [Obs.]"
"RESTIFORM","Formed like a rope; -- applied especially to several ropelikebundles or masses of fibers on the dorsal side of the medullaoblongata."
"RESTILY","In a resty manner. [Obs.]"
"RESTINCTION","Act of quenching or extingishing. [Obs.]"
"RESTINESS","The quality or state of being resty; sluggishness. [Obs.]The snake by restiness and lying still all winter. Holland."
"RESTING","a. & n. from Rest, v. t. & i. Resting spore (Bot.), a spore incertain orders of alg\u00e6, which remains quiescent, retaining itsvitality, for long periods of time. C. E. Bessey."
"RESTINGUISH","To quench or extinguish. [Obs.] R. Field."
"RESTITUTE","To restore to a former state. [R.] Dyer."
"RESTITUTION","The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, therestitution of an elastic body."
"RESTITUTOR","One who makes restitution. [R]."
"RESTIVE","Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward;stubborn; drawing back.Restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going forward, as somehorses do. E. Philips (1658).The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts which were todrag him [Abraham Holmes] to the gallows became restive, and wentback. Macaulay."
"RESTORABLE","Admitting of being restored; capable of being reclaimed; as,restorable land. Swift.-- Re*stor'a*ble*ness, n."
"RESTORAL","Restoration. [Obs.] Barrow."
"RESTORATIONER","A Restorationist."
"RESTORATIONISM","The belief or doctrines of the Restorationists."
"RESTORATIONIST","One who believes in a temporary future punishment and a finalrestoration of all to the favor and presence of God; a Universalist."
"RESTORATIVE","Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore.Destroys life's enemy, Hunger, with sweet restorative delight.Milton."
"RESTORATIVELY","In a restorative manner."
"RESTORATOR","A restaurateur."
"RESTORATORY","Restorative. [R.]"
"RESTORE","To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a stateof ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; torecover. 'To restore and to build Jerusalem.' Dan. ix. 25.Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions. Prior.And his hand was restored whole as the other. Mark iii. 5."
"RESTOREMENT","Restoration. [Obs.]"
"RESTORER","One who, or that which, restores."
"RESTRAINABLE","Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne."
"RESTRAINEDLY","With restraint. Hammond."
"RESTRAINER","One who, or that which, restrains."
"RESTRAINMENT","The act of restraining."
"RESTRENGTHEN","To strengthen again; to fortify anew."
"RESTRICT","Restricted. [Obs.]"
"RESTRICTIONARY","Restrictive. [R.]"
"RESTRINGE","To confine; to contract; to stringe. [Obs.]"
"RESTRINGENCY","Quality or state of being restringent; astringency. [Obs.] SirW. Petty."
"RESTRINGENT","Restringing; astringent; styptic. [Obs.] -- n."
"RESTRIVE","To strive anew."
"RESTY","Disposed to rest; indisposed toexercton; sluggish; also,restive. [Obs.] Burton.Where the master is too resty or too rich to say his own prayers.Milton."
"RESUBJECTION","A second subjection."
"RESUBLIME","To sublime again. Newton.-- Re*sub`li*ma'tion, n."
"RESUDATION","Act of sweating again."
"RESULTANCE","The act of resulting; that which results; a result. Donne."
"RESULTANT","Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or followingas a result or consequence. Resultant force or motion (Mech.), aforce which is the result of two or more forces acting conjointly, ora motion which is the result of two or more motions combined. SeeComposition of forces, under Composition."
"RESULTATE","A result. [Obs.] 'The resultate of their counsil.' BAcon."
"RESULTFUL","HAving results or effects."
"RESULTIVE","Resultant. [Obs.] Fuller."
"RESULTLESS","Being without result; as, resultless investigations."
"RESUMABLE","Capable of, or admitting of, being resumed. Sir M. HAle."
"RESUME","A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or briefrecapitulation.The exellent little r\u00e9sum\u00e9 thereof in Dr. Landsborough's book. C.Kingsley."
"RESUMMON","To summon again."
"RESUMMONS","A second summons."
"RESUMPTION","The taking again into the king's hands of such lands ortenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions or othererror."
"RESUMPTIVE","Taking back; resuming, or tending toward resumption; as,resumptive measures."
"RESUPINATE","Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed,as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants."
"RESUPINATED","Resupinate."
"RESUPINATION","The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate,or reversed.Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a resupination of thefigure. Sir H. Wotton."
"RESUPINE","Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless. Sir K. Digby.He spake, and, downward swayed, fell resupine, With his huge neckaslant. Cowper."
"RESUPPLY","To supply again."
"RESURGENCE","The act of rising again; resurrection."
"RESURGENT","Rising again, as from the dead. Coleridge."
"RESURRECTIONIST","One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection.[Slang]"
"RESURRECTIONIZE","To raise from the dead. [R.] Southey."
"RESURVEY","To survey again or anew; to review. Shak."
"RESUSCITABLE","Capable of resuscitation; as, resuscitable plants. Boyle."
"RESUSCITANT","One who, or that which resuscitates. Also used adjectively."
"RESUSCITATE","Restored to life. [R.] Bp. Gardiner."
"RESUSCITATION","The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated.The subject of resuscitation by his sorceries. Sir W. Scott."
"RESUSCITATIVE","Tending to resuscitate; reviving; revivifying."
"RESUSCITATOR","One who, or that which, resuscitates."
"RET","See Aret. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RETABLE","A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases ofwlowers, etc."
"RETAIL","The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; --opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at secondhand."
"RETAILER","One who retails anything; as, a retailer of merchandise; aretailer of gossip."
"RETAILMENT","The act of retailing."
"RETAINABLE","Capable of being retained."
"RETAINAL","The act of retaining; retention."
"RETAINMENT","The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More."
"RETAKER","One who takes again what has been taken; a recaptor. Kent."
"RETALIATE","To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of thesame kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in abad sense.]One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should beretaliated. Sir T. Herbert.It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors,whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearingthe first aggressors. Swift."
"RETALIATION","The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like;retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., aneye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.God . . . takes what is done to others as done to himself, and bypromise obloges himself to full retaliation. Calamy."
"RETALIATIVE","Same as Retaliatory."
"RETALIATORY","Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; asretaliatory measures."
"RETARD","To stay back. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne."
"RETARDATION","The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord byprolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into theintermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension byresolving upwards instead of downwards."
"RETARDATIVE","Tending, or serving, to retard."
"RETARDER","One who, or that which, retards."
"RETARDMENT","The act of retarding; retardation. Cowley."
"RETCH","To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. [Writtenalso reach.]Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew inarticulatewith retching.) Byron."
"RETCHLESS","Careless; reckless. [Obs.] Dryden. --- Retch'less*ly, adv.-- Retch'less*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"RETE","A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of bloodvessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network."
"RETECIOUS","Resembling network; retiform."
"RETECTION","Act of disclosing or uncovering something concealed. [Obs.]Boyle."
"RETELL","To tell again."
"RETENE","A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It isextracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins."
"RETENT","That which is retained. Hickok."
"RETENTION","The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property untila debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien.Erskine. Craig. Retention cyst (Med.), a cyst produced by obstructionof a duct leading from a secreting organ and the consequent retentionof the natural secretions."
"RETENTIVE","Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive tothe strength of spirit. Shak."
"RETENTIVELY","In a retentive manner."
"RETENTIVENESS","The quality of being retentive."
"RETENTIVITY","The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity ofa magnet."
"RETENTOR","A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp.when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata."
"RETEPORE","Any one of several species of bryozoans of the genus Retepora.They form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of thinfenestrated fronds."
"RETEX","To annual, as orders. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket."
"RETEXTURE","The act of weaving or forming again. Carlyle."
"RETHOR","A rhetorician; a careful writer. [Obs.]If a rethor couthe fair endite. Chaucer."
"RETHORYKE","Rhetoric. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RETIARIUS","A gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary and atrident for despatching him."
"RETIARY","Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey."
"RETICENCE","A figure by which a person really speaks of a thing while hemakes a show as if he would say nothingon the subject."
"RETICENCY","Reticence."
"RETICENT","Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative."
"RETICULAR","Of or pertaining to a reticulum."
"RETICULARIA","An extensive division of rhizopods in which the pseudopodia aremore or less slender and coalesce at certain points, formingirregular meshes. It includes the shelled Foraminifera, together withsome groups which lack a true shell."
"RETICULARIAN","One of the Reticularia."
"RETICULARLY","In a reticular manner."
"RETICULATION","The quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; thatwhich is reticulated; network; an organization resembling a net.The particular net you occupy in the great reticulation. Carlyle."
"RETICULOSA","Same as Reticularia."
"RETICULOSE","Forming a network; characterized by a reticulated sructure.Reticulose rhizopod (Zo\u00f6l.), a rhizopod in which the pseudopodiablend together and form irregular meshes."
"RETIFORM","Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike;as, the retiform coat of the eye."
"RETINA","The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe ofthe eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerveterminate. See Eye."
"RETINACULUM","One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms."
"RETINAL","Of or pertaining to the retina. Retinal purple (Physiol.Chem.), the visual purple."
"RETINALITE","A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow orgreenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster."
"RETINERVED","Having reticulated veins."
"RETINEUM","That part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds infunction with the retina of a vertebrate."
"RETINIC","Of or pertaining to resin; derived from resin; specifically,designating an acid found in certain fossil resins and hydrocarbons."
"RETINITE","An inflammable mineral resin, usually of a yellowish browncolor, found in roundish masses, sometimes with coal."
"RETINITIS","Inflammation of the retina."
"RETINOID","Resinlike, or resinform; resembling a resin without being such."
"RETINOL","A hydrocarbon oil obtained by the distillation of resin, --used in printer's ink."
"RETINOPHORA","One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axialpart of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, andcontain the terminal nerve fibrill\u00e6. See Illust. under Ommatidium."
"RETINOPHORAL","Of or pertaining to retinophor\u00e6."
"RETINOSCOPY","The study of the retina of the eye by means of theophthalmoscope."
"RETINUE","The body of retainers who follow a prince or otherdistinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite.Others of your insolent retinue. Shak.What followers, what retinue canst thou gain Milton.To have at one's retinue, to keep or employ as a retainer; to retain.[Obs.] Chaucer."
"RETINULA","One of the group of pigmented cells which surround theretinophor\u00e6 of invertebrates. See Illust. under Ommatidium."
"RETINULATE","Having, or characterized by, retinul"
"RETIPED","A bird having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi."
"RETIRACY","Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way. [U.S.]Bartlett.What one of our great men used to call dignified retiracy. C. A.Bristed."
"RETIRADE","A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which maybe disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. Itusually consists of two faces which make a re\u00ebntering angle."
"RETIRE","A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that theyare to retire, or fall back."
"RETIRER","One who retires."
"RETISTENE","A white crystalline hydrocarbon produced indirectly fromretene."
"RETITELAE","A group of spiders which spin irregular webs; -- called alsoRetitelari\u00e6."
"RETOLD","imp. & p. p. of Retell."
"RETORSION","Same as Retortion."
"RETORT","To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.Pope."
"RETORTER","One who retorts."
"RETORTION","Retaliation. Wharton."
"RETORTIVE","Containing retort."
"RETOSS","To toss back or again."
"RETOUCH","To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork."
"RETOUCHER","One who retouches."
"RETRACT","The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe."
"RETRACTABLE","Capable of being retracted; retractile."
"RETRACTATE","To retract; to recant. [Obs.]"
"RETRACTATION","The act of retracting what has been said; recantation."
"RETRACTIBLE","Retractable."
"RETRACTILE","CApable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as,the claws of a cat are retractile."
"RETRACTIVE","Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.-- Re*tract'ive*ly, adv."
"RETRACTOR","One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically:(a) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridgeshell from the barrel. (b) (Surg.)"
"RETRAICT","Retreat. [Obs.] Bacon."
"RETRAIT","A portrait; a likeness. [Obs.]Whose fair retrait I in my shield do bear. Spenser."
"RETRANSFORM","To transform anew or back.-- Re`trans*for*ma'tion, n."
"RETRANSLATE","To translate anew; especially, to translate back into theoriginal language."
"RETRAXIT","The withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court bythe plaintiff, by which he forever lost his right of action.Blackstone."
"RETREAD","To tread again."
"RETREAT","To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; towithdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.The rapid currents drive Towards the retreating sea their furioustide. Milton."
"RETREATFUL","Furnishing or serving as a retreat. [R.] 'Our retreatfulflood.' Chapman."
"RETREATMENT","The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira. [R.] D'Urfey."
"RETRENCH","To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions."
"RETRENCHMENT","A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense ofthe position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work;or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms fora capitulation."
"RETRIAL","A secdond trial, experiment, or test; a second judicial trial,as of an accused person."
"RETRIBUTE","To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, orpunishment; to requite; as, to retribute one for his kindness; toretribute just punishment to a criminal. [Obs. or R.] Locke."
"RETRIBUTER","One who makes retribution."
"RETRIBUTION","Of or pertaining to retribution; of the nature of retribution;involving retribution or repayment; as, retributive justice;retributory comforts."
"RETRIEVABLE","That may be retrieved or recovered; admitting of retrieval.-- Re*triev'a*ble*ness, n.-- Re*triev'a*bly, adv."
"RETRIEVAL","The act retrieving."
"RETRIEVE","To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded;as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. Walsh."
"RETRIEVEMENT","Retrieval."
"RETRIEVER","A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or tofind and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded."
"RETRIM","To trim again."
"RETRIMENT","Refuse; dregs. [R.]"
"RETRO-","A prefix or combining form signifying backward, back; as,retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a looking back."
"RETROACT","To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to beretrospective."
"RETROACTIVE","Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action;affecting what is past; retrospective. Beddoes. Retroactive law orstatute (Law), one which operates to make criminal or punishable, orin any way expressly to affect, acts done prior to the passing of thelaw."
"RETROACTIVELY","In a retroactive manner."
"RETROCEDE","To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a formerproprietor."
"RETROCEDENT","Disposed or likely to retrocede; -- said of diseases which gofrom one part of the body to another, as the gout."
"RETROCESSION","Metastasis of an eruption or a tumor from the surface to theinterior of the body."
"RETROCHOIR","Any extension of a church behind the higggggggh altar, as achapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line ofthe back or eastern face of the altar."
"RETROCOPULANT","Copulating backward, or from behind."
"RETROCOPULATION","Copulation from behind. Sir T. Browne."
"RETRODUCTION","A leading or bringing back."
"RETROFLEXION","The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed. Cf.Retroversion."
"RETROGENERATIVE","Begetting young by retrocopulation."
"RETROGRADE","Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession ofthe signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet. Hutton.And if he be in the west side in that condition, then is heretrograde. Chaucer."
"RETROGRADINGLY","By retrograding; so as to retrograde."
"RETROGRESS","Retrogression. [R.] H. Spenser."
"RETROGRESSION","Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower stateof organization or structure, as when an animal, approachingmaturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected fromits earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrogradedevelopment, and regressive metamorphism."
"RETROGRESSIVE","Passing from a higher to a lower condition; declining from amore perfect state of organization; regressive."
"RETROGRESSIVELY","In a retrogressive manner."
"RETROMINGENCY","The quality or state of being retromingent. Sir T. Browne."
"RETROMINGENT","Organized so as to discharge the urine backward.-- n. (Zo\u00f6l.)"
"RETROPULSIVE","Driving back; repelling."
"RETRORSE","Bent backward or downward.-- Re*trorse'ly, adv."
"RETROSPECT","To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past.It may be useful to retrospect to an early period. A. Hamilton."
"RETROSPECTION","The act, or the faculty, of looking back on things past."
"RETROSPECTIVELY","By way of retrospect."
"RETROUSSE","Turned up; -- said of a pug nose."
"RETROVACCINATION","The inoculation of a cow with human vaccine virus."
"RETROVERSION","A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turnedor bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of theuterus."
"RETROVERT","To turn back."
"RETROVERTED","In a state of retroversion."
"RETRUDE","To thrust back. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"RETRUSE","Abstruse. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"RETRUSION","The act of retruding, or the state of being retruded.In virtue of an endless remotion or retrusion of the constituentcause. Coleridge."
"RETRY","To try (esp. judicially) a second time; as, to retry a case; toretry an accused person."
"RETTE","See Aret. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RETTERY","A place or establishment where flax is retted. See Ret. Ure."
"RETUND","To blunt; to turn, as an edge; figuratively, to cause to beobtuse or dull; as, to retund confidence. Ray. Cudworth."
"RETURN","To bat (the ball) back over the net."
"RETURNABLE","Legally required to be returned, delivered, given, or rendered;as, a writ or precept returnable at a certain day; a verdictreturnable to the court."
"RETURNER","One who returns."
"RETURNLESS","Admitting no return. Chapman."
"RETUSE","Having the end rounded and slightly indented; as, a retuseleaf."
"REULE","Rule. [Obs.]"
"REUME","Realm. [Obs.]"
"REUNITE","To unite again; to join after separation or variance. Shak."
"REUNITEDLY","In a reunited manner."
"REUNITION","A second uniting. [R.]"
"REURGE","To urge again."
"REVACCINATE","To vaccinate a second time or again.-- Re*vac`ci*na'tion(#), n."
"REVALESCENCE","The act of growing well; the state of being revalescent.Would this prove that the patient's revalescence had been independentof the medicines given him Coleridge."
"REVALESCENT","Growing well; recovering strength."
"REVALUATION","A second or new valuation."
"REVAMP","To vamp again; hence, topatch up; to reconstruct."
"REVE","To reave. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REVEAL","The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like,between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of thewall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., thewhole thickness of the wall; the jamb. [Written also revel.]"
"REVEALABILITY","The quality or state of being revealable; revealableness."
"REVEALABLE","Capable of being revealed.-- Re*veal'a*ble*ness, n."
"REVEALER","One who, or that which, reveals."
"REVEALMENT","Act of revealing. [R.]"
"REVEGETATE","To vegetate anew."
"REVEILLE","The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to givenotice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for thesentinels to forbear challenging. 'Sound a reveille.' Dryden.For at dawning to assail ye Here no bugles sound reveille. Sir W.Scott."
"REVEL","See Reveal. [R.]"
"REVELATE","To reveal. [Obs.] Frith. Barnes."
"REVELATOR","One who makes a revelation; a revealer. [R.]"
"REVELER","One who revels. 'Moonshine revelers.' Shak."
"REVELLENT","Causing revulsion; revulsive.-- n. (Med.)"
"REVELMENT","The act of reveling."
"REVELOUS","Fond of festivity; given to merrymaking or reveling. [Obs.]Companionable and revelous was she. Chaucer."
"REVELRY","The act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity; reveling.And pomp and feast and revelry. Milton."
"REVENDICATE","To reclaim; to demand the restoration of. [R.] Vattel (Trans.)."
"REVENDICATION","The act of revendicating. [R.] Vattel (Trans. )"
"REVENGE","To take vengeance; -- with upon. [Obs.] 'A bird that willrevenge upon you all.' Shak."
"REVENGEABLE","Capable of being revenged; as, revengeable wrong. Warner."
"REVENGEANCE","Vengeance; revenge. [Obs.]"
"REVENGEFUL","Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious;revenging; wreaking revenge.If thy revengeful heart can not forgive. Shak.May my hands . . . Never brandish more rebvengeful steel. Shak."
"REVENGELESS","Unrevenged. [Obs.] Marston."
"REVENGEMENT","Revenge. [Obs.]He 'll breed revengement and a scourge for me. Shak."
"REVENGER","One who revenges. Shak."
"REVENGING","Executing revenge; revengeful.-- Re*ven'ging*ly, adv. Shak."
"REVERB","To echo. [Obs.] Shak."
"REVERBERANT","Having the quality of reverberation; reverberating."
"REVERBERATION","The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflectinglight or heat, or re\u00ebchoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays froma mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberationof voices; the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace."
"REVERBERATIVE","Of the nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate;reflective.This reverberative influence is that which we have intended above, asthe influence of the mass upon its centers. I. Taylor."
"REVERBERATOR","One who, or that which, produces reverberation."
"REVERBERATORY","Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation;reverberative. Reverberatory furnace. See the Note under Furnace."
"REVERDURE","To cover again with verdure. Ld. Berners."
"REVERE","To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection,mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor inestimation.Marcus Aurelius, whom he rather revered as his father than treated ashis partner in the empire. Addison."
"REVERENCE","To regard or treat with reverence; to regard with respect andaffection mingled with fear; to venerate.Let . . . the wife see that she reverence her husband. Eph. v. 33.Those that I reverence those I fear, the wise. Shak."
"REVERENCER","One who regards with reverence. 'Reverencers of crowned heads.'Swift."
"REVEREND","Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear andaffection; venerable.A reverend sire among them came. Milton.They must give good example and reverend deportment in the face oftheir children. Jer. Taylor."
"REVERENDLY","Reverently. [Obs.] Foxe."
"REVERENTIAL","Proceeding from, or expressing, reverence; having a reverentquality; reverent; as, reverential fear or awe. 'A reverential esteemof things sacred.' South."
"REVERENTIALLY","In a reverential manner."
"REVERENTLY","In a reverent manner; in respectful regard."
"REVERER","One who reveres."
"REVERS","A part turned or folded back so as to show the inside, or apiece put on in imitation of such a part, as the lapel of a coat."
"REVERSAL","Intended to reverse; implying reversal. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet."
"REVERSE","Reversed; as, a reverse shell. Reverse bearing (Surv.), thebearing of a back station as observed from the station next inadvance.-- Reverse curve (Railways), a curve like the letter S, formed oftwo curves bending in opposite directions.-- Reverse fire (Mil.), a fire in the rear.-- Reverse operation (Math.), an operation the steps of which aretaken in a contrary order to that in which the same or similar stepsare taken in another operation considered as direct; an operation inwhich that is sought which in another operation is given, and thatgiven which in the other is sought; as, finding the length of apendulum from its time of vibration is the reverse operation tofinding the time of vibration from the length."
"REVERSED","Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgmentor decree. Reversed positive or negative (Photog.), a picturecorresponding with the original in light and shade, but reversed asto right and left. Abney."
"REVERSEDLY","In a reversed way."
"REVERSELESS","Irreversible. [R.] A. SEward."
"REVERSELY","In a reverse manner; on the other hand; on the opposite. Bp.Pearson."
"REVERSER","One who reverses."
"REVERSIBILITY","The quality of being reversible. Tyndall."
"REVERSIBLY","In a reversible manner."
"REVERSING","Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of beingreversed. Reversing engine, a steam engine having a reversing gear bymeans of which it can be made to run in either direction at will.-- Reversing gear (Mach.), gear for reversing the direction ofrotation at will."
"REVERSION","The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, byoperation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residueof an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effectin possession, by operation of law, after the termination of alimited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him. Kent."
"REVERSIONARY","Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to beenjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a particularestate; as, a reversionary interest or right."
"REVERSIONER","One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands ortenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated.Blackstone."
"REVERSIS","A certain game at cards."
"REVERT","To change back. See Revert, v. i. To revert a series (Alg.), totreat a series, as y = a + bx + cx2 + etc., where one variable y isexpressed in powers of a second variable x, so as to find therefromthe second variable x, expressed in a series arranged in powers of y."
"REVERTED","Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curvedtwice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S."
"REVERTENT","A remedy which restores the natural order of the invertedirritative motions in the animal system. [Obs.] E. Darwin."
"REVERTIBLE","Capable of, or admitting of, reverting or being reverted; as, arevertible estate."
"REVERTIVE","Reverting, or tending to revert; returning.-- Re*vert'ive*ly, adv.The tide revertive, unattracted, leaves A yellow waste of idle sandsbehind. Thomson."
"REVERY","Same as Reverie."
"REVEST","To take effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to formerowner; as, the title or right revels in A after alienation."
"REVESTIARY","The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments,etc., are kept; -- now contracted into vestry."
"REVESTRY","Same as Revestiary. [Obs.]"
"REVESTTURE","Vesture. [Obs.]Richrevesture of cloth of gold. E. Hall."
"REVET","To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or othermaterial."
"REVETMENT","A facing of wood, stone, or any other material, to sustain anembankment when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope;also, a retaining wall. [Written also rev\u00eatement ("
"REVIBRATE","To vibrate back or in return.-- Re`vi*bra'tion, n."
"REVICT","To reconquer. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"REVICTION","Return to life. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"REVICTUAL","To victual again."
"REVIE","To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higherwager. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"REVIEW","To look back; to make a review."
"REVIEWABLE","Capable of being reviewed."
"REVIEWAL","A review. [R.] Southey."
"REVIEWER","One who reviews or re\u00ebxamines; an inspector; one who examinespublications critically, and publishes his opinion upon their merits;a professional critic of books."
"REVIGORATE","Having new vigor or strength; invigorated anew. [R.] Southey."
"REVILE","To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language;to reproach. 'And did not she herself revile me there' Shak.Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. 1 Pet. ii. 23."
"REVILEMENT","The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach;abuse. Spenser."
"REVILER","One who reviles. 1. Cor. vi. 10."
"REVILING","Reproach; abuse; vilification.Neither be ye afraid of their revilings. Isa. li. 7."
"REVINCE","To overcome; to refute, as error. [Obs.] Foxe."
"REVINDICATE","To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back.Mitford."
"REVIRESCENCE","A growing green or fresh again; renewal of youth or vigor.[Obs.]"
"REVISABLE","That may be revised."
"REVISAL","The act of revising, or reviewing and re\u00ebxamining forcorrection and improvement; revision; as, the revisal of amanuscript; the revisal of a proof sheet; the revisal of a treaty."
"REVISE","To compare (a proof) with a previous proof of the same matter,and mark again such errors as have not been corrected in the type."
"REVISER","One who revises."
"REVISION","Of or pertaining to revision; revisory."
"REVISITATION","The act of revisiting."
"REVISORY","Having the power or purpose to revise; revising. Story."
"REVITALIZE","To restore vitality to; to bring back to life. L. S. Beale."
"REVIVABLE","That may be revived."
"REVIVAL","The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.Specifically:(a) Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature.(b) Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the dramaand literature.(c) Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; aperiod of religious awakening; special religious interest.(d) Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; -- applied tothe health, spirits, and the like.(e) Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state ofsomething, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.(f) Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.(g) (Law) Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, therevival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revokedwill, etc.(h) Revivification, as of a metal. See Revivification, 2."
"REVIVALISM","The spirit of religious revivals; the methods of revivalists."
"REVIVALIST","A clergyman or layman who promotes revivals of religion; anadvocate for religious revivals; sometimes, specifically, aclergyman, without a particular charge, who goes about to promoterevivals. Also used adjectively."
"REVIVALISTIC","Pertaining to revivals."
"REVIVE","To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal."
"REVIVEMENT","Revival. [R.]"
"REVIVER","One who, or that which, revives."
"REVIVIFICATE","To revive; to recall or restore to life. [R.]"
"REVIVIFICATION","The reduction of a metal from a state of combination to itsmetallic state."
"REVIVIFY","To cause to revive.Some association may revivify it enough to make it flash, after along oblivion, into consciousness. Sir W. Hamilton."
"REVIVING","Returning or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating. Milton.-- Re*viv'ing*ly, adv."
"REVIVISCENT","Able or disposed to revive; reviving. E. Darwin."
"REVIVOR","Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage ofany of the parties, -- done by a bill of revivor. Blackstone."
"REVOCABILITY","The quality of being revocable; as, the revocability of a law."
"REVOCABLE","Capable of being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; arevocable covenant.-- Rev'o*ca*ble*ness, n.-- Rev'o*ca*bly, adv."
"REVOCATE","To recall; to call back. [Obs.]"
"REVOCATORY","Of or pertaining to revocation; tending to, or involving, arevocation; revoking; recalling."
"REVOICE","To refurnish with a voice; to refit, as an organ pipe, so as torestore its tone."
"REVOKE","To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, inviolation of the rule of the game; to renege. Hoyle."
"REVOKEMENT","Revocation. [R.] Shak."
"REVOKER","One who revokes."
"REVOKINGLY","By way of revocation."
"REVOLTER","One who revolts."
"REVOLTING","Causing abhorrence mixed with disgust; exciting extremerepugnance; loathsome; as, revolting cruelty.-- Re*volt'ing*ly, adv."
"REVOLUBLE","Capable of revolving; rotatory; revolving. [Obs.]Us, then, to whom the thrice three year Hath filled his revoluble orbsince our arrival here, I blame not. Chapman."
"REVOLUTE","Rolled backward or downward."
"REVOLUTION","The motion of any body, as a planet or satellite, in a curvedline or orbit, until it returns to the same point again, or to apoint relatively the same; -- designated as the annual, anomalistic,nodical, sidereal, or tropical revolution, according as the point ofreturn or completion has a fixed relation to the year, the anomaly,the nodes, the stars, or the tropics; as, the revolution of the earthabout the sun; the revolution of the moon about the earth."
"REVOLUTIONARY","Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, orpromoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures;revolutionary agitators."
"REVOLUTIONER","One who is engaged in effecting a revolution; a revolutionist.Smollett."
"REVOLUTIONISM","The state of being in revolution; revolutionary doctrines orprinciples."
"REVOLUTIONIST","One engaged in effecting a change of government; a favorer ofrevolution. Burke."
"REVOLUTIONIZE","To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionizea government. Ames.The gospel . . . has revolutionized his soul. J. M. Mason."
"REVOLUTIVE","Inclined to revolve things in the mind; meditative. [Obs.]Feltham."
"REVOLVABLE","That may be revolved."
"REVOLVEMENT","Act of revolving. [R.]"
"REVOLVENCY","The act or state of revolving; revolution. [Archaic]Its own revolvency upholds the world. Cowper."
"REVOLVER","One who, or that which, revolves; specifically, a firearm (commonly a pistol) with several chambers or barrels so arranged as torevolve on an axis, and be discharged in succession by the same lock;a repeater."
"REVOLVING","Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used alsofiguratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the revolution ofthe earth.But grief returns with the revolving year. Shelley.Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass. Cowper.Revolving firearm. See Revolver.-- Revolving light, a light or lamp in a lighthouse so arranged asto appear and disappear at fixed intervals, either by being turnedabout an axis so as to show light only at intervals, or by having itslight occasionally intercepted by a revolving screen."
"REVULSE","To pull back with force. [R.] Cowper."
"REVULSION","The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part ofthe body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually appliedto a more active form of counter irritation."
"REVULSIVE","Causing, or tending to, revulsion."
"REW","A row. [Obs.] Chaucer. 'A rew of sundry colored stones.'Chapman."
"REWAKE","To wake again."
"REWARD","To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a goodsense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercyas truth will accord. Piers Plowman.Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 1 Sam.xxiv. 17.I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them thathate me. Deut. xxxii. 41.God rewards those that have made use of the single talent. Hammond."
"REWARDABLE","Worthy of reward.-- Re*ward'a*ble*ness, n.-- Re*ward'a*bly, adv."
"REWARDER","One who rewards."
"REWARDFUL","Yielding reward. [R.]"
"REWARDLESS","Having, or affording, no reward."
"REWE","Tu rue. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REWEL BONE","An obsolete phrase of disputed meaning, -- perhaps, smooth orpolished bone.His saddle was of rewel boon. Chaucer."
"REWET","A gunlock. [R.]"
"REWFUL","Rueful. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REWIN","To win again, or win back.The Palatinate was not worth the rewinning. Fuller."
"REWLE","Rule. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REWME","Realm. [Obs.] Piers Plowman."
"REWRITE","To write again. Young."
"REWTH","Ruth. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REX","A king. To play rex, to play the king; to domineer. [Obs.]"
"REYN","Rain or rein. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REYNARD","An appelation applied after the manner of a proper name to thefox. Same as Renard."
"REYSE","To raise. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"REZ-DE-CHAUSSEE","The ground story of a building, either on a level with thestreet or raised slightly above it; -- said esp. of buildings on thecontinent of Europe."
"RHABARBARATE","Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb. Floyer."
"RHABDITE","A minute smooth rodlike or fusiform structure found in thetissues of many Turbellaria."
"RHABDOCOELA","A suborder of Turbellaria including those that have a simplecylindrical, or saclike, stomach, without an intestine."
"RHABDOCOELOUS","Of or pertaining to the Rhabdocoela."
"RHABDOIDAL","See Sagittal."
"RHABDOLITH","A minute calcareous rodlike structure found both at the surfaceand the bottom of the ocean; -- supposed by some to be a calcareousalga."
"RHABDOLOGY","Same as Rabdology."
"RHABDOM","One of numerous minute rodlike structures formed of two or morecells situated behind the retinul\u00e6 in the compound eyes of insects,etc. See Illust. under Ommatidium."
"RHABDOMANCY","Same as Rabdomancy."
"RHABDOMERE","One of the several parts composing a rhabdom."
"RHABDOPHORA","An extinct division of Hydrozoa which includes thegraptolities."
"RHABDOPLEURA","A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the tubular cells have acentralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a bilobedlophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or Podostomata"
"RHABDOSPHERE","A minute sphere composed of rhabdoliths."
"RHACHIALGIA","See Rachialgia."
"RHACHIDIAN","Of or pertaining to the rhachis; as, the rhachidian teeth of amollusk."
"RHACHIGLOSSA","A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscisand three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes manyof the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives,purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append."
"RHACHILLA","A branch of inflorescence; the zigzag axis on which the floretsare arranged in the spikelets of grasses."
"RHACHIODONT","Having gular teeth formed by a peculiar modification of theinferior spines of some of the vertebr\u00e6, as certain South Africansnakes (Dasypelits) which swallow birds' eggs and use these gularteeth to crush them."
"RHACHIS","The spine."
"RHACHITIS","See Rachitis."
"RHADAMANTHINE","Of or pertaining to Rhadamanthus; rigorously just; as, aRhadamanthine judgment."
"RHAETIAN","Rhetian."
"RHAMADAN","See Ramadan."
"RHAMNACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees(Rhamnace\u00e6, or Rhamne\u00e6) of which the buckthorn (Rhamnus) is the type.It includes also the New Jersey tea, the supple-jack, and one of theplants called lotus (Zizyphus)."
"RHAMNUS","A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The CaliforniaRhamnus Purchianus and the European R. catharticus are used inmedicine. The latter is used for hedges."
"RHAMPHORHYNCHUS","A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported aleathery expansion at the tip."
"RHAMPHOTHECA","The horny covering of the bill of birds."
"RHAPHE","The continuation of the seed stalk along the side of ananatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam. [Written alsoraphe.] Gray."
"RHAPHIDES","Minute transparent, often needlle-shaped, crystals found in thetissues of plants. [Written also raphides.]"
"RHAPONTICINE","Chrysophanic acid."
"RHAPSODE","A rhapsodist. [R.] Grote."
"RHAPSODER","A rhapsodist. [Obs.]"
"RHAPSODIZE","To utter as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody Sterne."
"RHAPSODOMANCY","Divination by means of verses."
"RHAPSODY","A composition irregular in form, like an improvisation; as,Liszt's 'Hungarian Rhapsodies.'"
"RHEA","The ramie or grass-cloth plant. See Grass-cloth plant, underGrass."
"RHEAE","A suborder of struthious birds including the rheas."
"RHEEBOC","The peele. [Written also reebok.]"
"RHEIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly calledchrysophanic acid) found in rhubarb (Rheum). [Obsoles.]"
"RHEIN","Chrysophanic acid."
"RHEINBERRY","One of the berries or drupes of the European buckthorn; also,the buckthorn itself."
"RHEMATIC","Having a verb for its base; derived from a verb; as, rhematicadjectives. Ftzed. Hall."
"RHEMISH","Of or pertaining to Rheimis, or Reima, in France. RhemishTestament, the English version of the New Testament used by RomanCatholics. See Douay Bible."
"RHENISH","Of or pertaining to the river Rhine; as, Rhenish wine.-- n."
"RHEOCHORD","A metallic wire used for regulating the resistance of acircuit, or varying the strength of an electric current, by insertinga greater or less length of it in the circuit."
"RHEOCRAT","A kind of motor speed controller permitting of very gradualvariation in speed and of reverse. It is especially suitable for usewith motor driven machine tools."
"RHEOMETER","An instrument for measuring currents, especially the force orintensity of electrical currents; a galvanometer."
"RHEOMETRIC","Of or pertaining to a rheometer or rheometry. Lardner."
"RHEOMETRY","The calculus; fluxions. [R.]"
"RHEOMOTOR","Any apparatus by which an electrical current is originated.[R.]"
"RHEOSCOPE","An instrument for detecting the presence or movement ofcurrents, as of electricity."
"RHEOSTAT","A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength ofelectrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation ofresistance which can be varied at will. Wheatstone. --Rhe`o*stat'ic,a."
"RHEOTOME","An instrument which periodically or otherwise interrupts anelectric current. Wheatstone."
"RHEOTROPE","An instrument for reversing the direction of an electriccurrent. [Written also reotrope.]"
"RHESUS","A monkey; the bhunder."
"RHETIAN","Pertaining to the ancient Rh\u00e6ti, or Rh\u00e6tians, or to Rh\u00e6tia,their country; as, the Rhetian Alps, now the country of Tyrol and theGrisons."
"RHETIC","Same as Rh\u00e6tic."
"RHETIZITE","Same as Rh\u00e6tizite."
"RHETOR","A rhetorician. [Obs.] Hammond."
"RHETORICAL","Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting,rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise;a rhetorical flourish.They permit him to leave their poetical taste ungratified, providedthat he gratifies their rhetorical sense. M. Arnold.-- Rhe*tor'ic*al*ly, adv.-- Rhe*tor'ic*al*ness, n."
"RHETORICATE","To play the orator. [Obs.] South."
"RHETORICATION","Rhetorical amplification. [Obs.] Waterland."
"RHETORICIAN","Suitable to a master of rhetoric. 'With rhetorician pride.'Blackmore."
"RHETORIZE","To play the orator. Colgrave."
"RHEUM","A genus of plants. See Rhubarb."
"RHEUMATIC","Of or pertaining to rheumatism; as, rheumatic pains oraffections; affected with rheumatism; as, a rheumatic old man;causing rheumatism; as, a rheumatic day.That rheumatic diseases do abound. Shak."
"RHEUMATISM","A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple,local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, butalso extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart.Inflammatory rheumatism (Med.), acute rheumatism attended with fever,and attacking usually the larger joints, which become swollen, hot,and very painful.-- Rheumatism root. (Bot.) See Twinleaf."
"RHEUMATISMAL","Of or pertaining to rheumatism."
"RHEUMATISMOID","Of or resembling rheum or rheumatism."
"RHEUMIC","Pertaining to, or characterized by, rheum. Rheumic diathesis.See Dartrous diathesis, under Dartrous."
"RHEUMIDES","The class of skin disease developed by the dartrous diathesis.See under Dartrous."
"RHEUMY","Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum;affected with rheum.His head and rheumy eyes distill in showers. Dryden.And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air To add unto his sickness. Shak."
"RHIGOLENE","A mixture of volatile hydrocarbons intermediate between gsoleneand cymogene. It is obtained in the purification of crude petroleum,and is used as a refregerant."
"RHIME","See Rhyme. [Obs.]"
"RHINAL","Og or pertaining to the nose or olfactory organs."
"RHINASTER","The borele."
"RHINE","A water course; a ditch. [Written also rean.] [Prov. Eng.]Macaulay."
"RHINENCEPHALIC","Of or pertaining to the rhinencephalon."
"RHINENCEPHALON","The division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon,consisting of the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nervesarise."
"RHINESTONE","A colorless stone of high luster, made of paste. It is muchused as an inexpensive ornament."
"RHINITIS","Infllammation of the nose; esp., inflammation of the mucousmembrane of the nostrils."
"RHINO","Gold and silver, or money. [Cant] W. Wagstaffe.As long as the rhino lasted. Marryat."
"RHINO-","A combining form from Greek the nose, as in rhinolith,rhinology."
"RHINOCEROS","Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, andseveral allied genera of the family Rhinocerotid\u00e6, of which severalliving, and many extinct, species are known. They are large andpowerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical medianhorns on the snout."
"RHINOCEROTE","A rhinoceros. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"RHINOCEROTIC","Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros. [R.]"
"RHINOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to rhinology."
"RHINOLOGIST","One skilled in rhinology."
"RHINOLOGY","The science which treats of the nose, and its diseases."
"RHINOLOPHID","Any species of the genus Rhinilophus, or family Rhinolophid\u00e6,having a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat."
"RHINOLOPHINE","Like or pertaining to the rhinolophids, or horseshoe bats."
"RHINOPHORE","One of the two tentacle-like organs on the back of the head orneck of a nudibranch or tectibranch mollusk. They are usuallyretractile, and often transversely furrowed or plicate, and areregarded as olfactory organs. Called also dorsal tentacles. SeeIllust. under Pygobranchia, and Opisthobranchia."
"RHINOPLASTIC","Of or pertaining to rhinoplasty; as, a rhinoplastic operation."
"RHINOPLASTY","Plastic surgery of the nose to correct deformity or to replacelost tissue. Tissue may be transplanted from the patient's cheek,forehead, arm, etc., or even from another person."
"RHINOPOME","Any old-world bat of the genus Rhinopoma. The rhinopomes have along tail extending beyond the web, and inhabit caves and tombs."
"RHINOSCLEROMA","A rare disease of the skin, characterized by the development ofvery hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first uponthe nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, esp. the lips,palate, and throat. J. V. Shoemaker."
"RHINOSCOPE","A small mirror for use in rhinoscopy."
"RHINOSCOPIC","Of or pertaining to rhinoscopy."
"RHINOSCOPY","The examination or study of the soft palate, posterior nares,etc., by means of a laryngoscopic mirror introduced into the pharynx."
"RHINOTHECA","The sheath of the upper mandible of a bird."
"RHIPIDOGLOSSA","A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of long,divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. Itincludes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix."
"RHIPIPTER","One of the Rhipiptera, a group of insects having wings whichfold like a fan; a strepsipter."
"RHIPIPTERAN","Same as Rhipipter."
"RHIZANTHOUS","Producing flowers from a rootstock, or apparently from a root."
"RHIZINE","A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses oron lichens; a rhizoid."
"RHIZOCARPOUS","Having perennial rootstocks or bulbs, but annual floweringstems; -- said of all perennial herbs."
"RHIZOCEPHALA","A division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites ofCrustacea. They adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. SeeIllusration in Appendix."
"RHIZODONT","A reptile whose teeth are rooted in sockets, as the crocodile."
"RHIZOGAN","Prodicing roots."
"RHIZOGEN","One of a proposed class of flowering plants growning on theroots of other plants and destitute of green foliage."
"RHIZOID","A rootlike appendage."
"RHIZOMA","SAme as Rhizome."
"RHIZOMATOUS","Having the nature or habit of a rhizome or rootstock."
"RHIZOME","A rootstock. See Rootstock."
"RHIZOPHAGA","A division of marsupials. The wombat is the type."
"RHIZOPHAGOUS","Feeding on roots; root-eating."
"RHIZOPHORA","A genus of trees including the mangrove. See Mangrove."
"RHIZOPHOROUS","Bearing roots."
"RHIZOPOD","One of the Rhizopoda."
"RHIZOPODA","An extensive class of Protozoa, including those which havepseudopodia, by means of which they move about and take their food.The principal groups are Lobosa (or Amoebea), Helizoa, Radiolaria,and Foraminifera (or Reticularia). See Protozoa."
"RHIZOPODOUS","Of or pertaining to the rhizopods."
"RHIZOSTOMATA","A suborder of Medus\u00e6 which includes very large species withoutmarginal tentacles, but having large mouth lobes closely united atthe edges. See Illust. in Appendix."
"RHIZOSTOME","One of the Rhizostomata."
"RHIZOTAXIS","The arrangement of the roots of plants."
"RHOB","See 1st Rob."
"RHODAMMONIUM","Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, rhodium andammonia; -- said of certain complex compounds."
"RHODANATE","A salt of rhodanic acid; a sulphocyanate. [Obsoles.]"
"RHODANIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly calledsulphocyanic acid) which frms a red color with ferric salts.[Obsoles.]"
"RHODEORETIN","Same as Convolvuln."
"RHODIAN","Of or pertaining to Rhodes, an island of the Mediterranean.-- n."
"RHODIC","Of or pertaining to rhodium; containing rhodium."
"RHODIUM","A rare element of the light platinum group. It is found inplatinum ores, and obtained free as a white inert metal which it isvery difficult to fuse. Symbol Rh. Atomic weight 104.1. Specificgravity 12."
"RHODIZONIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a colorless crystallinesubstance (called rhodizonic acid, and carboxylic acid) obtained frompotassium carboxide and from certain quinones. It forms brilliantred, yellow, and purple salts."
"RHODOCHROSITE","Manganese carbonate, a rose-red mineral sometimes occuringcrystallized, but generally massive with rhombohedral cleavage likecalcite; -- called also dialogite."
"RHODOCRINITE","A rose encrinite."
"RHODODENDRON","A genus of shrubs or small trees, often having handsomeevergreen leaves, and remarkable for the beauty of their flowers;rosebay."
"RHODOMONTADE","See Rodomontade."
"RHODOMONTADER","See Rodomontador."
"RHODONITE","Manganese spar, or silicate of manganese, a mineral occuringcrystallised and in rose-red masses. It is often used as anornamental stone."
"RHODOPHANE","The red pigment contained in the inner segments of the cones ofthe retina in animals. See Chromophane. W. K\u00dchne."
"RHODOPSIN","The visual purple. See under Visual."
"RHODOSPERM","Any seaweed with red spores."
"RHOMB","An equilateral parallelogram, or quadrilateral figure whosesides are equal and the opposite sides parallel. The angles may beunequal, two being obtuse and two acute, as in the cut, or the anglesmay be equal, in which case it is usually called a square."
"RHOMB SPAR","A variety of dolomite."
"RHOMBIC","Same as Orthorhombic."
"RHOMBOGANOID","A ganoid fish having rhombic enameled scales; one of theRhomboganoidei."
"RHOMBOGANOIDEI","Same as Ginglymodi."
"RHOMBOGENE","A dicyemid which produces infusorialike embryos; -- opposed tonematogene. See Dicyemata. [Written also rhombogen.]"
"RHOMBOHEDRAL","Related to the rhombohedron; presenting the form of arhombohedron, or a form derivable from a rhombohedron; relating to asystem of forms including the rhombohedron and scalenohedron.Rhombohedral iron ore (Min.) See Hematite.-- Rhombohedral system (Crystallog.), a division of the hexagonalsystem embracing the rhombohedron, scalenohedron, etc."
"RHOMBOHEDRIC","Rhombohedral."
"RHOMBOHEDRON","A solid contained by six rhomboids; a parallelopiped."
"RHOMBOID","An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having onlythe opposite sides equal, the length and with being different."
"RHOMBOID-OVATE","Between rhomboid and ovate, or oval, in shape."
"RHOMBOIDAL","Having, or approaching, the shape of a rhomboid."
"RHOMBOIDES","A rhomboid. [R.] Milton."
"RHOMBUS","Same as Rhomb, 1."
"RHONCHAL","Rhonchial."
"RHONCHIAL","Of or pertaining to a rhonchus; produced by rhonchi. Rhonchialfremitus. Etym: [L. fremitus a dull roaring or murmuring.] (Med.) Avibration of the chest wall that may be felt by the hand laid uponits surface. It is caused in the production of rhonchi in thebronchial tubes."
"RHONCHISONANT","Making a snorting noise; snorting. [R.]"
"RHONCHUS","An adventitious whistling or snoring sound heard onauscultation of the chest when the air channels are partiallyobstructed. By some writers the term rhonchus is used as equivalentto r\u00e2le in its widest sense. See R\u00e2le."
"RHOPALIC","Applied to a line or verse in which each successive word hasone more syllable than the preceding."
"RHOPALIUM","One of the marginal sensory bodies of medus\u00e6 belonging to theDiscophora."
"RHOPALOCERA","A division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. Theydiffer from other Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antenn\u00e6."
"RHOTACISM","An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically(Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, tochange s to r, as wese to were."
"RHUBARB","The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheumand order Polygonace\u00e6."
"RHUBARBY","Like rhubarb."
"RHUMB","A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle;-- called also rhumb line, and loxodromic curve. See Loxodromic. Tosail on a rhumb, to sail continuously on one course, following arhumb line."
"RHUS","A genus of shrubs and small treets. See Sumac."
"RHUSMA","A mixtire of caustic lime and orpiment, or tersulphide ofarsenic, -- used in the depilation of hides. Knight."
"RHYME","Correspondence of sound in the terminating words or syllablesof two or more verses, one succeeding another immediately or at nogreat distance. The words or syllables so used must not begin withthe same consonant, or if one begins with a vowel the other mustbegin with a consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be thesame, as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be any.For rhyme with reason may dispense, And sound has right to governsense. Prior."
"RHYMELESS","Destitute of rhyme. Bp. Hall."
"RHYMER","One who makes rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; apoor poet; a poetaster.This would make them soon perceive what despicaple creatures ourcommon rhymers and playwriters be. Milton."
"RHYMERY","The art or habit of making rhymes; rhyming; -- in contempt."
"RHYMESTER","A rhymer; a maker of poor poetry. Bp. Hall. Byron."
"RHYMIC","Pertaining to rhyme."
"RHYMIST","A rhymer; a rhymester. Johnston."
"RHYNCHOBDELLEA","A suborder of leeches including those that have a protractileproboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type."
"RHYNCHOCEPHALA","An order of reptiles having biconcave vertebr\u00e6, immovablequadrate bones, and many other peculiar osteological characters.Hatteria is the only living genus, but numerous fossil genera areknown, some of which are among the earliest of reptiles. SeeHatteria. Called also Rhynchocephalia."
"RHYNCHOCOELA","Same as Nemertina.-- Rhyn`cho*coe'lous, a."
"RHYNCHOLITE","A fossil cephalopod beak."
"RHYNCHONELLA","A genus of brachiopods of which some species are still living,while many are found fossil."
"RHYNCHOPHORA","A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the snoutbeetles, curculios, or weevils."
"RHYNCHOPHORE","One of the Rhynchophora."
"RHYNCHOTA","Same as Hemiptera. [Written also Rhyncota.]"
"RHYOLITE","A quartzose trachyte, an igneous rock often showing a fluidalstructure.-- Rhy`o*lit'ic, a."
"RHYPAROGRAPHY","In ancient art, the painting of genre or still-life pictures."
"RHYSIMETER","An instrument, acting on the principle of Pitot's tube, formeasuring the velocity of a fluid current, the speed of a ship, etc."
"RHYTHM","Movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent;the measured beat or pulse which marks the character and expressionof the music; symmetry of movement and accent. Moore (Encyc. )"
"RHYTHMER","One who writes in rhythm, esp. in poetic rhythm or meter. [R.]One now scarce counted a rhythmer, formerly admitted for a poet.Fuller."
"RHYTHMICALLY","In a rhythmical manner."
"RHYTHMICS","The department of musical science which treats of the length ofsounds."
"RHYTHMING","Writing rhythm; verse making. 'The rhythming monk.' Fuller."
"RHYTHMLESS","Being without rhythm. Coleridge."
"RHYTHMOMETER","An instrument for marking time in musical movements. SeeMetronome."
"RHYTHMUS","Rhythm."
"RHYTINA","See Rytina."
"RIAL","A Spanish coin. See Real. [Obs.]"
"RIANT","Laughing; laughable; exciting gayety; gay; merry; delightful tothe view, as a landscape.In such cases the sublimity must be drawn from the other sources,with a strict caution, howewer, against anything light and riant.Burke."
"RIB","One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column andsupporting the lateral walls of the thorax."
"RIBALD","A low, vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow.Spenser. Pope.Ribald was almost a class name in the feudal system . . . He was hispatron's parasite, bulldog, and tool . . . It is not to be wonderedat that the word rapidly became a synonym for everything ruffianlyand brutal. Earle."
"RIBALDISH","Like a ribald. Bp. Hall."
"RIBALDROUS","Of a ribald quality. [R.]"
"RIBALDRY","The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency;obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent language, butformerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct.The ribaldry of his conversation moved Macaulay."
"RIBAN","See Ribbon. [Obs.] Piers Plowman."
"RIBAND","See Ribbon. Riband jasper (Min.), a variety of jasper havingstripes of different colors, as red and green."
"RIBANDED","Ribboned. B. Jonson."
"RIBAUD","A ribald. [Obs.] P. Plowman."
"RIBAUDEQUIN","Filthy; obscene; ribald. [Obs.]"
"RIBAUDRY","Ribaldry. [Obs.] Spenser."
"RIBAUDY","Ribaldry. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RIBAULD","A ribald. [Obs.] Spenser."
"RIBBAND","A ribbon. Pope."
"RIBBED","Intercalated with slate; -- said of a seam of coal. Raymond."
"RIBBING","An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for thesupport of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of someplants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like."
"RIBBON","Same as Rib-band."
"RIBBONISM","The principles and practices of the Ribbonmen. See RibbonSociety, under Ribbon."
"RIBBONMAN","A member of the Ribbon Society. See Ribbon Society, underRibbon."
"RIBBONWOOD","A malvaceous tree (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand, the barkof which is used for cordage."
"RIBES","A genus of shrubs including gooseberries and currants of manykinds."
"RIBIBLE","A small threestringed viol; a rebec. Moore (Encyc. of Music).All can be play on gittern or ribible. Chaucer."
"RIBLESS","Having no ribs."
"RIBROAST","To beat soundly. [Slang]"
"RIBWORT","A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow,ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, ripple grass, ribwortplantain."
"RICE","A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. Thisplant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain formsa large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it growschiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed. Ant rice. (Bot.)See under Ant.-- French rice. (Bot.) See Amelcorn.-- Indian rice., a tall reedlike water grass (Zizania aquatica),bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food byNorth American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the NorthernStates. Called also water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc.-- Mountain rice, any species of an American genus (Oryzopsis) ofgrasses, somewhat resembling rice.-- Rice bunting. (Zo\u00f6l.) Same as Ricebird.-- Rice hen (Zo\u00f6l.), the Florida gallinule.-- Rice mouse (Zo\u00f6l.), a large dark-colored field mouse (Calomyspalistris) of the Southern United States.-- Rice paper, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture of fancy articles.It is made by cutting the pith of a large herb (Fatsia papyrifera,related to the ginseng) into one roll or sheet, which is flattenedout under pressure. Called also pith paper.-- Rice troupial (Zo\u00f6l.), the bobolink.-- Rice water, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantityof rice in water.-- Rice-water discharge (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice water inappearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, incholera.-- Rice weevil (Zo\u00f6l.), a small beetle (Calandra, or Sitophilus,oryz\u00e6) which destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out theinterior; -- called also black weevil."
"RICE-SHELL","Any one of numerous species of small white polished marineshells of the genus Olivella."
"RICH","To enrich. [Obs.] Gower."
"RICHESSE","Wealth; riches. See the Note under Riches. [Obs.]Some man desireth for to have richesse. Chaucer.The richesse of all heavenly grace. Spenser."
"RICHLY","In a rich manner."
"RICHNESS","The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of theadjective)."
"RICHWEED","An herb (Pilea pumila) of the Nettle family, having a smooth,juicy, pellucid stem; -- called also clearweed."
"RICINELAIDIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric modification ofricinoleic acid obtained as a white crystalline solid."
"RICINELAIDIN","The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a whitecrystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid."
"RICINIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly,designating an acid now called ricinoleic acid."
"RICININE","A bitter white crystalline alkaloid extracted from the seeds ofthe castor-oil plant."
"RICINOLEATE","A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called palmate."
"RICINOLEIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a fatty acid analogous to oleicacid, obtained from castor oil as an oily substance, Cricinolic."
"RICINOLEIN","The glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as acharacteristic constituent of castor oil; -- formerly called palmin."
"RICINOLIC","Ricinoleic."
"RICINUS","A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but onespecies (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil issexpressed. See Palma Christi."
"RICK","A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air,usually protected from wet with thatching.Golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals beyond thehedgerows. G. Eliot."
"RICKER","A stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat."
"RICKETISH","Rickety. [Obs.] Fuller."
"RICKETS","A disease which affects children, and which is characterized bya bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged andspongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature,together with clear and often premature mental faculties. Theessential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition ofearthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with thismalady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis."
"RICKRACK","A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid."
"RICKSTAND","A flooring or framework on which a rick is made."
"RICOCHET","A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gunis fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown alongthe surface of water. Ricochet firing (Mil.), the firing of guns orhowitzers, usually with small charges, at an elevation of only a fewdegrees, so as to cause the balls or shells to bound or skip alongthe ground."
"RICTAL","Of or pertaining to the rictus; as, rictal bristles."
"RICTURE","A gaping. [Obs.]"
"RICTUS","The gape of the mouth, as of birds; -- often resricted to thecorners of the mouth."
"RID","imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i. [Archaic]He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted. Thackeray."
"RIDABLE","Suitable for riding; as, a ridable horse; a ridable road."
"RIDDEN","p. p. of Ride."
"RIDDER","One who, or that which, rids."
"RIDDLE","Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; apuzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence,anything ambiguous or puzzling.To wring from me, and tell to them, my secret, That solved the riddlewhich I had proposed. Milton.'T was a strange riddle of a lady. Hudibras."
"RIDDLER","One who riddles (grain, sand, etc.)."
"RIDDLING","Speaking in a riddle or riddles; containing a riddle. 'Riddlingtriplets.' Tennyson.-- Rid'dling, adv."
"RIDE","To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or fracturedfragments. To ride a hobby, to have some favorite occupation orsubject of talk.-- To ride and tie, to take turn with another in labor and rest; --from the expedient adopted by two persons with one horse, one of whomrides the animal a certain distance, and then ties him for the use ofthe other, who is coming up on foot. Fielding.-- To ride down. (a) To ride over; to trample down in riding; tooverthrow by riding against; as, to ride down an enemy. (b) (Naut.)To bear down, as on a halyard when hoisting a sail.-- To ride out (Naut.), to keep safe afloat during (a storm) whileriding at anchor or when hove to on the open sea; as, to ride out thegale. to ride the lightning, (Colloq.) to be executed byelectrocution in an electric chair."
"RIDEAU","A small mound of earth; ground slightly elevated; a smallridge."
"RIDEN","imp. pl. & p. p. of Ride. Chaucer."
"RIDENT","Laughing. [R.] Thackeray."
"RIDER","A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on anexamination paper."
"RIDERLESS","Having no rider; as, a riderless horse. H. Kingsley."
"RIDGE","The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle,especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sidesof a roof or a vault."
"RIDGEBAND","The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, andsupports the shafts of a cart; -- called also ridgerope, and ridger.Halliwell."
"RIDGEBONE","The backbone. [Obs.]Blood . . . lying cluttered about the ridgebone. Holland."
"RIDGEL","Same as Ridgelling."
"RIDGELET","A little ridge."
"RIDGELING","A half-castrated male animal."
"RIDGEPOLE","The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the raftersare secured."
"RIDGEROPE","See Life line (a), under Life."
"RIDGINGLY","So as to form ridges."
"RIDGY","Having a ridge or ridges; rising in a ridge. 'Lifted on a ridgywave.' Pope."
"RIDICLE","Ridicule. [Obs.] Foxe."
"RIDICULE","To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridiculetoward or respecting.I 've known the young, who ridiculed his rage. Goldsmith."
"RIDICULER","One who ridicules."
"RIDICULIZE","To make ridiculous; to ridicule. [Obs.] Chapman."
"RIDICULOSITY","The quality or state of being ridiculous; ridiculousness; also,something ridiculous. [Archaic] Bailey."
"RIDING","One of the three jurisdictions into which the county of York,in England, is divided; -- formerly under the government of reeve.They are called the North, the East, and the West, Riding.Blackstone."
"RIDOTTO","A favorite Italian public entertainment, consisting of musicand dancing, -- held generally on fast eves. Brande & C.There are to be ridottos at guinea tickets. Walpole."
"RIE","See Rye. [Obs.] Holland. Rie grass. (Bot.) (a) A kind of wildbarley (Hordeum pratense). Dr. Prior. (b) Ray grass. Dr. Prior."
"RIEF","Robbery. [Obs. or Scot.]"
"RIETBOC","The reedbuck, a South African antelope (Cervicapraarundinacea); -- so called from its frequenting dry places coveredwith high grass or reeds. Its color is yellowish brown. Called alsoinghalla, and rietbok."
"RIFACIMENTO","A remaking or recasting; an adaptation, esp. of a literary workor musical composition."
"RIFFLE","A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across thebottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold whenauriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, orsteps in such a trough. Also called ripple."
"RIFFLER","A curved file used in carving wool and marble."
"RIFFRAFF","Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society. Beau & Fl."
"RIFLE","A body of soldiers armed with rifles."
"RIFLEBIRD","Any one of several species of beautiful birds of Australia andNew Guinea, of the genera Ptiloris and Craspidophora, allied to theparadise birds."
"RIFLEMAN","A soldier armed with a rifle."
"RIFLER","One who rifles; a robber."
"RIFT","p. p. of Rive. Spenser."
"RIFTER","A rafter. [Obs.] Holland."
"RIG","A ridge. [Prov. or Scott.]"
"RIG-VEDA","See Veda."
"RIGA FIR","A species of pine (Pinus sylvestris), and its wood, whichaffords a valuable timber; -- called also Scotch pine, and red oryellow deal. It grows in all parts of Europe, in the Caucasus, and inSiberia."
"RIGADOON","A gay, lively dance for one couple, -- said to have beenborrowed from Provence in France. W. Irving.Whose dancing dogs in rigadoons excel. Wolcott."
"RIGARION","See Irrigation. [Obs.]"
"RIGEL","A fixed star of the first magnitude in the left foot of theconstellation Orion. [Written also Regel.]"
"RIGESCENT","Growing stiff or numb."
"RIGGING","DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc.,that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchasesfor adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of Ship and Sails. Runningrigging (Naut.), all those ropes used in bracing the yards, makingand shortening sail, etc., such as braces, sheets, halyards, clewlines, and the like.-- Standing rigging (Naut.), the shrouds and stays."
"RIGGISH","Like a rig or wanton. [Obs.] 'Riggish and unmaidenly.' Bp.Hall."
"RIGGLE","See Wriggle."
"RIGHT","Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, aftercareening."
"RIGHT-ABOUT","A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in theopposite direction; also, the quarter directly opposite; as, to turnto the right-about. To send to the right-about, to cause to turntoward the opposite point or quarter; -- hence, of troops, to causeto turn and retreat. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott."
"RIGHT-ANGLED","Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angledtriangle."
"RIGHT-HANDED","Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- saidof spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria. Right-handed screw, ascrew, the threads of which, like those of a common wood screw, windspirally in such a direction that screw advances away from theobserver when turned with a right-handed movement in a fixed nut."
"RIGHT-HANDEDNESS","The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill;dexterity."
"RIGHT-HEARTED","Having a right heart or disposition.-- Right'-heart`ed*ness, n."
"RIGHT-LINED","Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle."
"RIGHT-MINDED","Having a right or honest mind.-- Right'-mind`ed*ness, n."
"RIGHT-RUNNING","Straight; direct."
"RIGHTEN","To do justice to. [Obs.]Relieve [marginal reading, righten] the opressed. Isa. i. 17."
"RIGHTEOUS","Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to alltheir due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, orsin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution.Fearless in his righteous cause. Milton."
"RIGHTEOUSED","Made righteous. [Obs.]"
"RIGHTEOUSLY","In a righteous manner; as, to judge righteously."
"RIGHTEOUSNESS","The state of being right with God; justification; the work ofChrist, which is the ground justification.There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us,which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth offaith, hope, and charity, and other Christian virtues. Hooker.Only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received byfaith alone. Westminster Catechism."
"RIGHTER","One who sets right; one who does justice or redresses wrong.Shelton."
"RIGHTFULLY","According to right or justice."
"RIGHTLESS","Destitute of right. Sylvester."
"RIGHTNESS","Straightness; as, the rightness of a line. Bacon."
"RIGHTWARD","Toward the right.Rightward and leftward rise the rocks. Southey."
"RIGHTWISE","Righteous. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"RIGHTWISELY","Righteously. [Obs.]"
"RIGHTWISENESS","Righteousness. [Obs.]In doom and eke in rightwisnesse. Chaucer."
"RIGIDLY","In a rigid manner; stiffly."
"RIGIDNESS","The quality or state of being rigid."
"RIGIDULOUS","Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle."
"RIGLET","See Reglet."
"RIGMAROLE","A succession of confused or nonsencial statements; foolishtalk; nonsense. [Colloq.]Often one's dear friend talks something which one scruples to callrigmarole. De Quincey."
"RIGOL","A circle; hence, a diadem. [Obs.] Shak."
"RIGOLETTE","A woman's light scarflike head covering, usually knit orcrocheted of wool."
"RIGOLL","A musical instrument formerly in use, consisting of severalsticks bound together, but separated by beads, and played with astick with a ball at its end. Moore (Encyc. of Music. )."
"RIGOR","A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; aconvulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceeding a fever.Rigor caloris ( Etym: [L., rigor of heat] (Physiol.), a form of rigormortis induced by heat, as when the muscle of a mammal is heated toabout 50\u00baC.-- Rigor mortis ( Etym: [L. , rigor of death] , death stiffening;the rigidity of the muscles that occurs at death and lasts tilldecomposition sets in. It is due to the formation of myosin by thecoagulation of the contents of the individual muscle fibers."
"RIGORIST","One who is rigorous; -- sometimes applied to an extremeJansenist."
"RIGSDAG","See Legislature, Denmark."
"RIGSDALER","A Danish coin worth about fifty-four cents. It was former unitof value in Denmark."
"RIKSDALER","A Swedish coin worth about twenty-seven cents. It was formerlythe unit of value in Sweden."
"RILIEVO","Same as Relief, n.,5."
"RILL","See Rille."
"RILLE","One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of thetelescope, on the surface of the moon."
"RILLET","A little rill. Burton."
"RILY","Roily. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]"
"RIM","To furnish with a rim; to border."
"RIM-FIRE","Having the percussion fulminate in a rim surrounding the base,distinguished from center-fire; -- said of cartridges; also, usingrim-fire cartridges; as, a rim-fire gun. Such cartridges are nowlittle used."
"RIMA","A narrow and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure."
"RIMAU DAHAN","The clouded tiger cat (Felis marmorata) of Southern Asia andthe East Indies."
"RIMBASE","A short cylinder connecting a trunnion with the body of acannon. See Illust. of Cannon."
"RIME","A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack. Sir T.Browne."
"RIMER","A rhymer; a versifier."
"RIMEY","To compose in rhyme; to versify. [Obs.][Lays] rimeyed in their first Breton tongue. Chaucer."
"RIMMER","An implement for cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim ofanything, as the edges of pies, etc.; also, a reamer. Knight."
"RIMOSE","Having long and nearly parallel clefts or chinks, like those inthe bark of trees."
"RIMOSELY","In a rimose manner."
"RIMOSITY","State of being rimose."
"RIMOUS","Rimose."
"RIMPLE","A fold or wrinkle. See Rumple."
"RIMY","Abounding with rime; frosty."
"RINCON","An interior corner; a nook; hence, an angular recess or hollowbend in a mountain, river, cliff, or the like. [Western & Southern U.S.] D. S. Jordan."
"RIND","The external covering or coat, as of flesh, fruit, trees, etc.;skin; hide; bark; peel; shell.Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind With all thy charms,although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled. Milton.Sweetest nurind. Shak."
"RINDERPEST","A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neatcattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattleplague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain."
"RINDLE","A small water course or gutter. Ash."
"RINDLESS","Destitute of a rind."
"RINDY","Having a rind or skin. Ash."
"RINE","See Rind. [Obs.] Spenser."
"RINED","Having a rind [Obs.] Milton."
"RINFORZANDO","Increasing; strengthening; -- a direction indicating a suddenincrease of force (abbreviated rf., rfz.) Cf. Forzando, andSforzando."
"RING","A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of acircular line or hoop."
"RING ARMATURE","An armature for a dynamo or motor having the conductors woundon a ring."
"RING WINDING","Armature winding in which the wire is wound round the outer andinner surfaces alternately of an annular or cylindrical core."
"RING-NECKED","Having a well defined ring of color around the neck. Ring-necked duck (Zool.), an American scaup duck (Aythya collaris). Thehead, neck, and breast of the adult male are black, and a narrow, butconspicuous, red ring encircles the neck. This ring is absent in thefemale. Called also ring-neck, ring-necked blackhead, ringbill,tufted duck, and black jack."
"RING-STREAKED","Having circular streaks or lines on the body; as, ring-streakedgoats."
"RING-TAILED","Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color. Ring-tailed cat (Zo\u00f6l.), the cacomixle.-- Ring-tailed eagle (Zo\u00f6l.), a young golden eagle."
"RINGBILL","The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also ring-billedblackhead. See Scaup."
"RINGBIRD","The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Calledalso ring bunting."
"RINGBOLT","An eyebolt having a ring through the eye."
"RINGBONE","A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter between or on thesmall pastern and the great pastern bones. J. H. Walsh."
"RINGDOVE","A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a whitecrescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also woodpigeon, and cushat."
"RINGENT","Having the lips widely separated and gaping like an open mouth;as a ringent bilabiate corolla."
"RINGER","A crowbar. Simmonds."
"RINGHEAD","An instrument used for stretching woolen cloth."
"RINGING","a & n. from Ring, v. Ringing engine, a simple form of piledriver in which the monkey is lifted by men pulling on ropes."
"RINGINGLY","In a ringing manner."
"RINGLESTONE","The ringed dotterel, or ring plover. [Prov.Eng.]"
"RINGMAN","The ring finger. [Obs.] Ascham"
"RINGMASTER","One in charge of the performances (as of horses) within thering in a circus."
"RINGNECK","Any one of several species of small plovers of the genus\u00c6gialitis, having a ring around the neck. The ring is black insummer, but becomes brown or gray in winter. The semipalmated plover(\u00c6. semipalmata) and the piping plover (\u00c6. meloda) are common NorthAmerican species. Called also ring plover, and ring-necked plover."
"RINGSAIL","See Ringtail,2."
"RINGSTRAKED","Ring-streaked.Cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. Gen. xxx. 39."
"RINGTAIL","A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as thehen harrier."
"RINGTOSS","A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it willcatch upon an upright stick."
"RINGWORM","A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of avegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patchescovered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on thebody, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties are distinguishedas Tinea circinata, Tinea tonsurans, etc., but all are caused by thesame parasite (a species of Trichophyton)."
"RINKER","One who skates at a rink. [Colloq.]"
"RINKING","Skating in a rink. [Colloq.]"
"RINSE","The act of rinsing."
"RINSER","One who, or that which, rinses."
"RIOT","The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawfulassembly of three or more persons in the execution of some privateobject. To run riot, to act wantonly or without restraint."
"RIOTER","One who engages in a riot. See Riot, n., 3."
"RIOTISE","Excess; tumult; revelry. [Obs.]His life he led in lawless riotise. Spenser."
"RIOTOUR","A rioter. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RIOTRY","The act or practice of rioting; riot. 'Electioneering riotry.'Walpole."
"RIP","A wicker fish basket."
"RIP CORD","A cord by which the gas bag of a balloon may be ripped open fora limited distance to release the gas quickly and so cause immediatedescent."
"RIPARIAN","Of or pertaining to the bank of a river; as, riparian rights."
"RIPARIOUS","Growing along the banks of rivers; riparian."
"RIPE","The bank of a river. [Obs.]"
"RIPELY","Maturely; at the fit time. Shak."
"RIPENESS","The state or quality of being ripe; maturity;; completeness;perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of manhood; ripenessof judgment.Time, which made them their fame outlive, To Cowley scarce didripeness give. Denham."
"RIPIDOLITE","A translucent mineral of a green color and micaceous structure,belonging to the chlorite group; a hydrous silicate of alumina,magnesia, and iron; -- called also clinochlore."
"RIPIENIST","A player in the ripieno portion of an orchestra. See Ripieno."
"RIPIENO","Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; -- a term applied tothose instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra,but are not obbligato."
"RIPPER","An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as agovernor or mayor, large powers of appointment and removal of headsof departments or other subordinate officials. [Polit. Cant, U. S.]"
"RIPPING CORD","= Rip cord."
"RIPPING PANEL","A long patch, on a balloon, to be ripped off, by the rip cord,at landing, in order to allow the immediate escape of gas and instantdeflation of the bag."
"RIPPING STRIP","= Ripping panel."
"RIPPLE","An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing theseeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc."
"RIPPLE-MARKED","HAving ripple marks."
"RIPPLET","A small ripple."
"RIPPLINGLY","In a rippling manner."
"RIPPLY","Having ripples; as, ripply water; hence, resembling the soundof rippling water; as, ripply laughter; a ripply cove. Keats."
"RIPRAP","A foundation or sustaining wall of stones thrown togetherwithout order, as in deep water or on a soft bottom."
"RIPSAW","A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set, usedfor cutting wood in the direction of the fiber; -- called alsoripping saw."
"RIPTOWEL","A gratuity given to tenants after they had reaped their lord'scorn. [Obs.]"
"RIS","A bough or branch; a twig. [Obs.]As white as is the blossom upon the ris. Chaucer."
"RISE","To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposingstone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form."
"RISER","A shaft excavated from below upward."
"RISH","A rush (the plant). [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RISIBILITY","The quality of being risible; as, risibility is peculiar to thehuman species.A strong and obvious disposition to risibility. Sir W. Scott."
"RISING","More than; exceeding; upwards of; as, a horse rising six yearsof age. [Colloq. & Low, U.S.]"
"RISK","Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property. To run a risk,to incur hazard; to encounter danger."
"RISKER","One who risks or hazards. Hudibras."
"RISKFUL","Risky. [R.] Geddes."
"RISKY","Attended with risk or danger; hazardous. 'A risky matter.' W.Collins.Generalization are always risky. Lowell."
"RISORIAL","Pertaining to, or producing, laughter; as, the risorialmuscles."
"RISOTTO","A kind of pottage."
"RISSE","imp. of Rise. B. Jonson."
"RISSOID","Any one of very numerous species of small spiral gastropods ofthe genus Rissoa, or family Rissoid\u00e6, found both in fresh and saltwater."
"RISSOLE","A small ball of rich minced meat or fish, covered with pastryand fried."
"RIST","3d pers. sing. pres. of Rise, contracted from riseth. Chaucer."
"RIT","3d pers. ssing. pres. of Ride, contracted from rideth. Chaucer."
"RITARDANDO","Retarding; -- a direction for slower time; rallentado."
"RITE","The act of performing divine or solemn service, as establishedby law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemnduty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry.He looked with indifference on rites, names, and forms ofecclesiastical polity. Macaulay."
"RITENUTO","Held back; holding back; ritardando."
"RITRATTO","A picture. Sterne."
"RITUAL","Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service orsacrifices; the ritual law."
"RITUALIST","One skilled un, or attached to, a ritual; one who advocates orpractices ritualism."
"RITUALISTIC","Pertaining to, or in accordance with, a ritual; adhering toritualism."
"RITUALLY","By rites, or by a particular rite."
"RIVAGE","A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certainrivers."
"RIVAL","Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competitionfor superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.The strenuous conflicts and alternate victories of two rivalconfederacies of statesmen. Macaulay."
"RIVALESS","A female rival. [Obs.] Richardson."
"RIVALRY","The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; acompetition. 'Keen contention and eager rivalries.' Jeffrey."
"RIVALSHIP","Rivalry. [R.] B. Jonson."
"RIVE","To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rivetimber for rails or shingles.I shall ryve him through the sides twain. Chaucer.The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. Shak.Brutus hath rived my heart. Shak."
"RIVEL","To contract into wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, riveledfruit; riveled flowers. [Obs.] Pope. 'Riveled parchments.' Walpole."
"RIVEN","p. p. & a. from Rive."
"RIVER","One who rives or splits."
"RIVERED","Supplied with rivers; as, a well rivered country."
"RIVERET","A rivulet. [Obs.] Drayton."
"RIVERHOOD","The quality or state of being a river. 'Useful riverhood.' H.Miller."
"RIVERLING","A rivulet. [R.] Sylvester."
"RIVERSIDE","The side or bank of a river."
"RIVERY","Having rivers; as, a rivery country. Drayton."
"RIVET","A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates orpieces of material together, by passing it through them and thenbeating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out andform a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends.With busy hammers closing rivets up. Shak. Rivet joint, or Rivetedjoint, a joint between two or more pieces secured by rivets."
"RIVETER","One who rivets."
"RIVIERE","A necklace of diamonds or other precious stones, esp. one ofseveral strings."
"RIVOSE","Marked with sinuate and irregular furrows."
"RIVULET","A small stream or brook; a streamlet.By fountain or by shady rivulet He sought them. Milton."
"RIX-DOLLAR","A name given to several different silver coins of Denmark,Holland, Sweden,, NOrway, etc., varying in value from about 30 centsto $1.10; also, a British coin worth about 36 cents, used in Ceylonand at the Cape of Good Hope. See Rigsdaler, Riksdaler, and Rixdaler."
"RIXATION","A brawl or quarrel. [Obs.]"
"RIXATRIX","A scolding or quarrelsome woman; a scold. Burrill."
"RIXDALER","A Dutch silver coin, worth about $1.00."
"RIZZAR","To dry in the sun; as, rizzared haddock. [Scot.]"
"ROACH","A cockroach."
"ROACH-BACKED","Having a back like that of roach; -- said of a horse whose backa convex instead of a concave curve."
"ROAD","A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance fromthe shore; a roadstead; -- often in the plural; as, Hampton Roads.Shak."
"ROADBED","In railroads, the bed or foundation on which the superstructure(ties, rails, etc.) rests; in common roads, the whole material laidin place and ready for travel."
"ROADLESS","Destitute of roads."
"ROADMAKER","One who makes roads."
"ROADSIDE","Land adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or highwaythat borders the traveled part. Also used ajectively."
"ROADSTEAD","An anchorage off shore. Same as Road, 4.Moored in the neighboring roadstead. Longfellow."
"ROADSTER","A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage toanother by means of the tides. Ham. Nav. Encyc."
"ROADWAY","A road; especially, the part traveled by carriages. Shak."
"ROAM","To go from place to place without any certain purpose ordirection; to rove; to wander.He roameth to the carpenter's house. Chaucer.Daphne roaming through a thorny wood. Shak."
"ROAMER","One who roams; a wanderer."
"ROAR","To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.This last action will roar thy infamy. Ford."
"ROARER","A horse subject to roaring. See Roaring, 2."
"ROARING","An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud,peculiar noise in breathing under exertion; the making of the noiseso caused. See Roar, v. i., 5."
"ROARING FORTIES","The middle latitudes of the southern hemisphere. So called fromthe boisterous and prevailing westerly winds, which are especiallystrong in the South Indian Ocean up to 50\u00ba S."
"ROARINGLY","In a roaring manner."
"ROAST","To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores."
"ROASTING","a. & n., from Roast, v. Roasting ear, an ear of Indian corn atthat stage of development when it is fit to be eaten roasted.-- Roasting jack, a machine for turning a spit on which meat isroasted."
"ROB","The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation ofthe juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. Itis sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. [Written also rhob, androhob.]"
"ROBAND","See Roperand."
"ROBBER","One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or moneyfrom the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear.Some roving robber calling to his fellows. Milton."
"ROBBERY","The crime of robbing. See Rob, v. t., 2."
"ROBBIN","A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities aresometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice inMalabar weighs about 84 pounds. Simmonds."
"ROBE","To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as, fieldsrobed with green.The sage Chaldeans robed in white appeared. Pope.Such was his power over the expression of his countenance, that hecould in an instant shake off the sternness of winter, and robe it inthe brightest smiles of spring. Wirt."
"ROBE-DE-CHAMBRE","A dressing gown, or morning gown."
"ROBERT","See Herb Robert, under Herb."
"ROBIN GOODFELLOW","A celebrated fairy; Puck. See Puck. Shak."
"ROBING","The act of putting on a robe. Robing room, a room whereofficial robes are put on, as by judges, etc."
"ROBINIA","A genus of leguminous trees including the common locust ofNorth America (Robinia Pseudocacia)."
"ROBLE","The California white oak (Quercus lobata)."
"ROBORANT","Strengthening.-- n. (Med.)"
"ROBORATE","To give strength or support to; to confirm. [Obs.] Fuller."
"ROBORATION","The act of strengthening. [Obs.] Coles."
"ROBUSTIOUS","Robust. [Obs. or Humorous] W. Irving.In Scotland they had handled the bishops in a more robustious manner.Milton.-- Ro*bus'tious*ly, adv.-- Ro*bus'tious*ness, n."
"ROBUSTLY","In a robust manner."
"ROBUSTNESS","The quality or state of being robust."
"ROC","A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology. [Written also rock, andrukh.] Brande & C."
"ROCAMBOLE","A name of Allium Scorodoprasum and A. Ascalonium, two kinds ofgarlic, the latter of which is also called shallot."
"ROCCELLIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the oxalicseries found in archil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and other lichens,and extracted as a white crystalline substance C17H32O4."
"ROCCELLIN","A red dyestuff, used as a substitute for cochineal, archil,etc. It consists of the sodium salt of a complex azo derivative ofnaphtol."
"ROCHE","Rock. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ROCHE ALUM","A kind of alum occuring in small fragments; -- so called fromRocca, in Syria, whence alum is said to have been obtained; -- alsocalled rock alum."
"ROCHE MOUTONNEE","See Sheepback."
"ROCHELIME","Lime in the lump after it is burned; quicklime. [Eng.]"
"ROCHELLE","A seaport town in France. Rochelle powders. Same as Seidlitzpowders.-- Rochelle salt (Chem.), the double tartrate of sodium andpotassium, a white crystalline substance. It has a cooling, saline,slightly bitter taste and is employed as a mild purgative. It wasdiscovered by Seignette, an apothecary of Rochelle, and is calledalso Seignete's salt."
"ROCHET","A linen garment resembling the surplise, but with narrowersleeves, also without sleeves, worn by bishops, and by some otherecclesiastical dignitaries, in certain religious ceremonies.They see no difference between an idler with a hat and nationalcockade, and an idler in a cowl or in a rochet. Burke."
"ROCHING CASK","A tank in which alum is crystallized from a solution."
"ROCK","See Roc."
"ROCK SHAFT","A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving,-- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives andcommunicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steamengines; -- called also rocker, rocking shaft, and way shaft."
"ROCK STAFF","An oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of the bellows ofa forge."
"ROCKAWAY","Formerly, a light, low, four-wheeled carriage, with standingtop, open at the sides, but having waterproof curtains which could belet down when occasion required; now, a somewhat similar, butheavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front, and having a door ateach side."
"ROCKER","Same as Rock shaft. Rocker arm (Mach.), an arm borne by a rockshaft. To be off one's rocker, to be insane."
"ROCKERED","Shaped like a rocker; curved; as, a rockered keel."
"ROCKERY","A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set withplants."
"ROCKET","To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the presentparticiple or as an adjective. [Eng.]An old cock pheasant came rocketing over me. H. R. Haggard."
"ROCKETER","A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, risesstraight in the air like a rocket. [Eng.]"
"ROCKINESS","The state or quality of being rocky."
"ROCKING","Having a swaying, rolling, or back-and-forth movement; used forrocking. Rocking shaft. (Mach.) See Rock shaft."
"ROCKING-CHAIR","A chair mounted on rockers, in which one may rock."
"ROCKING-HORSE","The figure of a horse, mounted upon rockers, for children toride."
"ROCKING-STONE","A stone, often of great size and weight, resting upon anotherstone, and so exactly poised that it can be rocked, or slightlymoved, with but little force."
"ROCKLESS","Being without rocks. Dryden."
"ROCKLING","Any species of small marine fishes of the genera Onos andRhinonemus (formerly Motella), allied to the cod. They have three orfour barbels."
"ROCKROSE","A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum, lowshrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European H.vulgare and the American frostweed, H. Canadense. Cretan rockrose, arelated shrub (Cistus Creticus), one of the plants yielding thefragrant gum called ladanum."
"ROCKSUCKER","A lamprey."
"ROCKWEED","Any coarse seaweed growing on sea-washed rocks, especiallyFucus."
"ROCKWOOD","Ligniform asbestus; also, fossil wood."
"ROCKWORK","Stonework in which the surface is left broken and rough."
"ROCOA","The orange-colored pulp covering the seeds of the tropicalplant Bixa Orellana, from which annotto is prepared. See Annoto."
"ROCOCO","A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe inthe latter part of the eighteenth century."
"RODDY","Full of rods or twigs."
"RODE","Redness; complexion. [Obs.] 'His rode was red.' Chaucer."
"RODENT","One of the Rodentia."
"RODENTIA","An order of mammals having two (rarely four) large incisorteeth in each jaw, distant from the molar teeth. The rats, squirrels,rabbits, marmots, and beavers belong to this order."
"RODEO","A round-up. See Round-up. [Western U.S.]"
"RODGE","The gadwall. [Prov.Eng.]"
"RODOMEL","Juice of roses mixed with honey. Simmonds."
"RODOMONT","A vain or blustering boaster; a braggart; a braggadocio. Sir T.Herbert."
"RODOMONTADE","Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant.I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither soirrational nor impossible. Dryden."
"RODOMONTADIST","One who boasts."
"RODOMONTADO","Rodomontade."
"RODOMONTADOR","A rodomontadist."
"RODSMAN","One who carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in asurveying party. G. W. Cable."
"RODY","Ruddy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ROE","The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially whenstill inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely,to the sperm and the testes of the male."
"ROEBUCK","A small European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capr\u00e6a) havingerect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, thesmallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It alwaysprefers a mountainous country, or high grounds."
"ROED","Filled with roe."
"ROEDEER","The roebuck."
"ROESTONE","Same as O\u00f6lite."
"ROGATION","The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a law to be passedby the people; a proposed law or decree."
"ROGATORY","Seeking information; authorized to examine witnesses orascertain facts; as, a rogatory commission. Woolsey."
"ROGER","A black flag with white skull and crossbones, formerly used bypirates; -- called also Jolly Roger."
"ROGUE","A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp."
"ROGUESHIP","The quality or state of being a rogue. [Jocose] 'Yourrogueship.' Dryden."
"ROGUY","Roguish. [Obs.] L'Estrange."
"ROHOB","An inspissated juice. See Rob."
"ROIAL","Royal. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ROILY","Turbid; as, roily water."
"ROIN","See Royne. [Obs.]"
"ROINISH","See Roynish. [Obs.]"
"ROINT","See Aroint."
"ROIST","See Roister."
"ROISTER","To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy, vaunting,or turbulent.I have a roisting challenge sent amongst The dull and factious noblesof the Greeks. Shak."
"ROISTERER","A blustering, turbulent fellow.If two roisterers met, they cocked their hats in each other faces.Macaulay."
"ROISTERLY","Blustering; violent. [R.]"
"ROKAMBOLE","See Rocambole."
"ROKE","Parched Indian corn, pounded up and mixed with sugar; -- calledalso yokeage. [Local, U.S.]"
"ROKELAY","A short cloak. [Written also rockelay, rocklay, etc.] [Scot.]"
"ROKY","Misty; foggy; cloudy. [Prov. Eng.] Ray."
"ROLE","A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence,a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now takenthe r\u00f4le of philanthropist. Title r\u00f4le, the part, or character, whichgives the title to a play, as the part of Hamlet in the play of thatname."
"ROLL","To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; tobring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contactwith another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts thathave been in contact are equal."
"ROLLABLE","Capable of being rolled."
"ROLLER","One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast,sometimes in calm weather."
"ROLLER BEARING","A bearing containing friction rollers."
"ROLLER COASTER","An amusement railroad in which cars coast by gravity over along winding track, with steep pitches and ascents."
"ROLLEY","A small wagon used for the underground work of a mine.Tomlison."
"ROLLIC","To move or play in a careless, swaggering manner, with afrolicsome air; to frolic; to sport; commonly in the form rollicking.[Colloq.]He described his friends as rollicking blades. T. Hook."
"ROLLING-PIN","A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which pasteor dough may be rolled out and reduced to a proper thickness."
"ROLLWAY","A place prepared for rolling logs into a stream."
"ROLLY-POLY","A kind of pudding made of paste spread with fruit, rolled intoa cylindrical form, and boiled or steamed.-- a."
"ROLLY-POOLY","A game in which a ball, rolling into a certain place, wins.[Written also rouly-pouly.]"
"ROLY-POLY","Rolly-poly."
"ROMAGE","See Rummage. [Obs.] Shak."
"ROMAIC","Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to itslanguage.-- n."
"ROMAJIKAI","An association, including both Japanese and Europeans, havingfor its object the changing of the Japanese method of writing bysubstituting Roman letters for Japanese characters."
"ROMAN CALENDAR","The calendar of the ancient Romans, from which our moderncalendars are derived. It is said to have consisted originally of tenmonths, Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis,September, October, November, and December, having a total of 304days. Numa added two months, Januarius at the beginning of the year,and Februarius at the end, making in all 355 days. He also ordered anintercalary month, Mercedinus, to be inserted every second year.Later the order of the months was changed so that January should comebefore February. Through abuse of power by the pontiffs to whose careit was committed, this calendar fell into confusion. It was replacedby the Julian calendar. In designating the days of the month, theRomans reckoned backward from three fixed points, the calends, thenones, and the ides. The calends were always the first day of themonth. The ides fell on the 15th in March, May, July (Quintilis), andOctober, and on the 13th in other months. The nones came on theeighth day (the ninth, counting the ides) before the ides. Thus, Jan.13 was called the ides of January, Jan. 12, the day before the ides,and Jan. 11, the third day before the ides (since the ides count asone), while Jan. 14 was the 19th day before the calends of February."
"ROMANCE","A short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumentalpiece in ballad style; a romanza."
"ROMANCER","One who romances."
"ROMANCIST","A romancer. [R.]"
"ROMANCY","Romantic. [R.]"
"ROMANESQUE","Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied sometimes to thedebased style of the later Roman empire, but esp. to the moredeveloped architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th."
"ROMANISH","Pertaining to Romanism."
"ROMANISM","The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion."
"ROMANIST","One who adheres to Romanism."
"ROMANIZER","One who Romanizes."
"ROMANSCH","The language of the Grisons in Switzerland, a corruption of theLatin. [Written also Romansch, and Rumonsch.]"
"ROMANT","A romaunt. [Obs.]"
"ROMANTICAL","Romantic."
"ROMANTICALY","In a romantic manner."
"ROMANTICISM","A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities;specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; --applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought torevive certain mediHe [Lessing] may be said to have begun the revolt from pseudo-classicism in poetry, and to have been thus unconsciously the founderof romanticism. Lowell."
"ROMANTICIST","One who advocates romanticism in modern literature. J. R.Seeley."
"ROMANTICLY","Romantically. [R.] Strype."
"ROMANTICNESS","The state or quality of being romantic; widness; fancifulness.Richardson."
"ROMANZA","See Romance,5."
"ROMAUNT","A romantic story in verse; as, the 'Romaunt of the Rose.'O, hearken, loving hearts and bold, Unto my wild romaunt. Mrs.Browning."
"ROMBLE","Rumble. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ROMBOWLINE","Old, condemned canvas, rope, etc., unfit for use except inchafing gear. [Written also rumbowline.]"
"ROMEKIN","A drinking cup. [Written also romkin.] [Obs.] Halliwell."
"ROMEWARD","Toward Rome, or toward the Roman Catholic Church."
"ROMIC","A method of notation for all spoken sounds, proposed by Mr.Sweet; -- so called because it is based on the common Roman-letteralphabet. It is like the pal\u00e6otype of Mr. Ellis in the general plan,but simpler."
"ROMISH","Belonging or relating to Rome, or to the Roman Catholic Church;-- frequently used in a disparaging sense; as, the Romish church; theRomish religion, ritual, or ceremonies."
"ROMIST","A Roman Catholic. [R.] South."
"ROMP","To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about inplay."
"ROMPING","Inclined to romp; indulging in romps.A little romping girl from boarding school. W. Irving."
"ROMPINGLY","In a romping manner."
"ROMPISH","Given to rude play; inclined to romp. --- Romp'ish, adv.-- Romp'ish*ness, n."
"ROMPU","Broken, as an ordinary; cut off, or broken at the top, as achevron, a bend, or the like."
"RONCADOR","Any one of several species of California sci\u00e6noid food fishes,especially Roncador Stearnsi, which is an excellent market fish, andthe red roncador (Corvina, or Johnius, saturna)."
"RONCHIL","An American marine food fish (Bathymaster signatus) of theNorth Pacific coast, allied to the tilefish. [Written also ronquil.]"
"RONCO","See Croaker, n., 2. (a). [Texas]"
"RONDACHE","A circular shield carried by foot soldiers."
"RONDE","A kind of script in which the heavy strokes are nearly upright,giving the characters when taken together a round look."
"RONDEAU","See Rondo,1."
"RONDEL","A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion. [Obs.]"
"RONDELETIA","A tropical genus of rubiaceous shrubs which often havebrilliant flowers."
"RONDO","A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively,cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each ofthe other strains. 'The Rondo-form was the earliest and most frequentdefinite mold for musical construction.' Grove."
"RONG","imp. & p. p. of Ring. Chaucer."
"RONGEUR","An instrument for removing small rough portions of bone."
"RONIN","In Japan, under the feudal system, a samurai who had renouncedhis clan or who had been discharged or ostracized and had become awanderer without a lord; an outcast; an outlaw."
"RONT","A runt. [Obs.] Spenser."
"RONTGEN","Of or pertaining to the German physicist Wilhelm KonradR\u00f6ntgen, or the rays discovered by him; as, R\u00f6ntgen apparatus."
"RONTGEN RAY","Any of the rays produced when cathode rays strike upon surfaceof a solid (as the wall of the vacuum tube). R\u00f6ntgen rays are notedfor their penetration of many opaque substances, as wood and flesh,their action on photographic plates, and their fluorescent effects.They were called X rays by their discoverer, W. K. R\u00f6ntgen. They alsoionize gases, but cannot be reflected, or polarized, or deflected bya magnetic field. They are regarded as nonperiodic, transverse pulsesin the ether. They are used in examining opaque objects, as forlocating fractures or bullets in the human body."
"RONTGENIZE","To render (air or other gas) conducting by the passage ofR\u00f6ntgen rays."
"ROODEBOK","The pallah."
"ROODY","Rank in growth. [Prov.Eng.]"
"ROOF","The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing)and all the materials and construction necessary to carry andmaintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of abuilding with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, somewriters call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roofmask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceilingonly, in cases where it has farther covering."
"ROOFER","One who puts on roofs."
"ROOFING","The wedging, as of a horse or car, against the top of anunderground passage. Raymond."
"ROOFLET","A small roof, covering, or shelter."
"ROOFTREE","The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself.Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the rooftree fall.Tennyson."
"ROOFY","Having roofs. [R.] Dryden."
"ROOK","Mist; fog. See Roke. [Obs.]"
"ROOKY","Misty; gloomy. [Obs.]Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood. Shak."
"ROOM","To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to roomtogether."
"ROOMAGE","Space; place; room. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton."
"ROOMER","A lodger. [Colloq.]"
"ROOMFUL","Abounding with room or rooms; roomy. 'A roomful house.' [R.]Donne."
"ROOMILY","Spaciously."
"ROOMINESS","The quality or state of being roomy; spaciousness; as, theroominess of a hall."
"ROOMLESS","Being without room or rooms. Udall."
"ROOMMATE","One of twe or more occupying the same room or rooms; one whoshares the occupancy of a room or rooms; a chum."
"ROOMSOME","Roomy. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"ROOMTH","Room; space. [Obs.] Drayton."
"ROOMTHY","Roomy; spacious. [Obs.] Fuller."
"ROOMY","Having ample room; spacious; large; as, a roomy mansion; aroomy deck. Dryden."
"ROON","Vermilion red; red. [R.]Her face was like the lily roon. J. R. Drake."
"ROOP","See Roup. [Prov. Eng.]"
"ROOSA OIL","The East Indian name for grass oil. See under Grass."
"ROOST","Roast. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ROOSTCOCK","The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"ROOSTER","The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. [U.S.]Nor, when they [the Skinners and Cow Boys] wrung the neck of arooster, did they trouble their heads whether he crowed for Congressor King George. W. Irving."
"ROOT","To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine rootsthe earth."
"ROOTCAP","A mass of parenchym"
"ROOTED","Having taken root; firmly implanted; fixed in the heart. 'Arooted sorrow.' Shak.-- Root'*ed*ly, adv.-- Root'ed*ness, n."
"ROOTER","One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots."
"ROOTERY","A pile of roots, set with plants, mosses, etc., and used as anornamental object in gardening."
"ROOTLESS","Destitute of roots."
"ROOTLET","A radicle; a little root."
"ROOTSTOCK","A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s"
"ROOTY","Full of roots; as, rooty ground."
"ROPALIC","See Rhopalic."
"ROPE","The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds. Rope ladder, aladder made of ropes.-- Rope mat., a mat made of cordage, or strands of old rope.-- Rope of sand, something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble unionor tie; something not to be relied upon.-- Rope pump, a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope raiseswater by the momentum communicated to the water by its adhesion tothe rope.-- Rope transmission (Mach.), a method of transmitting power, asbetween distant places, by means of endless ropes running overgrooved pulleys.-- Rope's end, a piece of rope; especially, one used as a lash ininflicting punishment.-- To give one rope, to give one liberty or license; to let one goat will uncheked."
"ROPE-YARN","the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a ropeare made."
"ROPEBAND","A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the headof the sail to the spar. [Written also roband, and robbin.]"
"ROPEDANCER","One who dances, walks, or performs acrobatic feats, on a ropeextended through the air at some height.-- Rope'dan`cing, n."
"ROPERY","To punish with a rope's end."
"ROPEWALK","A long, covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes aremanufactured."
"ROPEWALKER","A ropedancer."
"ROPILY","In a ropy manner; in a viscous or glutinous manner."
"ROPINESS","Quality of being ropy; viscosity."
"ROPISH","Somewhat ropy."
"ROPY","capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance;stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees."
"ROQUE","A form of croquet modified for greater accuracy of play. Thecourt has a wood border often faced with rubber, used as a cushion inbank shots. The balls are 3\u00bc in. in diameter, the cage (center archesor wickets) 3 3/8 in. wide, the other arches 3\u00bd in. wide."
"ROQUELAURE","A cloak reaching about to, or just below, the knees, worn inthe 18th century. [Written also roquelo.]"
"ROQUET","To hit, as another's ball, with one's own ball."
"RORAL","Of or pertaining to dew; consisting of dew; dewy. [R.] M.Green."
"RORATION","A falling of dew. [R.]"
"RORIC","Of or pertaining to dew; resembling dew; dewy. Roric figures(Physics), figures which appear upon a polished surface, as glass,when objects which have been near to, or in contact with, the surfaceare removed and the surface breathed upon; -- called also Moser'simages."
"RORID","Dewy; bedewed. [R.] T. Granger."
"RORIFEROUS","generating or producing dew. [R.]"
"RORIFLUENT","Flowing with dew. [R.]"
"RORQUAL","A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalusantiquorum, or Bal\u00e6noptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and stronglongitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback."
"RORULENT","Having the surface appearing as if dusty, or covered with finedew."
"RORY","Dewy. [R.]And shook his wings with rory May-dew wet. Fairfax."
"ROSACIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also lithicacid) found in certain red precipitates of urine. See Uric. [Obs.]"
"ROSALGAR","realgar. [Obs.] chaucer."
"ROSALIA","A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successivelyrepeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence."
"ROSANILINE","A complex nitrogenous base, C20H21N3O, obtained by oxidizing amixture of aniline and toluidine, as a colorless crystallinesubstance which forms red salts. These salts are essential componentsof many of the socalled aniline dyes, as fuchsine, aniline red, etc.By extension, any one of the series of substances derived from, orrelated to, rosaniline proper."
"ROSARIAN","A cultivator of roses."
"ROSARY","A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited inorder, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers arecounted.His idolized book, and the whole rosary of his prayers. Milton."
"ROSCID","Containing, or consisting of, dew; dewy. [R.] Bacon."
"ROSCOELITE","A green micaceous mineral occurring in minute scales. It isessentially a silicate of aluminia and potash containing vanadium."
"ROSE","imp. of Rise."
"ROSE WATER","Water tinctured with roses by distillation."
"ROSE-CUT","Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed oftriangular facets in rows; -- said of diamonds and other preciousstones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n."
"ROSE-RED","Red as a rose; specifically (Zo\u00f6l.), of a pure purplish redcolor. Chaucer."
"ROSE-RIAL","A name of several English gold coins struck in different reignsand having having different values; a rose noble."
"ROSE-WATER","Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice ordelicate; sentimental. 'Rose-water philantropy.' Carlyle."
"ROSEAL","resembling a rose in smell or color. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot."
"ROSEBUD","The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partiallyopen."
"ROSEBUSH","The bush or shrub which bears roses."
"ROSEDROP","A ruddy eruption upon the nose caused by drinking ardentspirits; a grog blossom."
"ROSEFINCH","Any one of numerous species of Asiatic finches of the generaCarpodacus, and Propasser, and allied genera, in which the male ismore or less colored with rose red."
"ROSEFISH","A large marine scorp\u00e6noid food fish (Sebastes marinus) found onthe northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch,hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream, andbergylt."
"ROSEINE","See Magenta."
"ROSELITE","A hydrous arsenite of cobalt, occuring in small red crystals,allied to erythrite."
"ROSELLA","A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) oftenkept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, thethroat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, andthe breast yellow."
"ROSELLE","a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the eastand West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for makingtarts and jelly and an acid drink."
"ROSEMALOES","The liquid storax of the East Indian Liquidambar orientalis."
"ROSEMARY","A labiate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow grayishleaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain, andItaly, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell, anda warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery,etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy.There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Shak.Marsh rosemary. (a) A little shrub (Andromeda polifolia) growing incold swamps and having leaves like those of the rosemary. (b) Seeunder Marsh.-- Rosemary pine, the loblolly pine. See under Loblolly."
"ROSEN","Consisting of roses; rosy. [Obs.]"
"ROSEO-","A prefix (also used adjectively) signifying rose-red;specifically used to designate certain rose-red compounds (calledroseo-cobaltic compounds) of cobalt with ammonia. Cf. Luteo-."
"ROSEOLA","A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring incircumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternatelyfading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which ischaracterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also roserash.-- Ro*se'o*lous, a."
"ROSER","A rosier; a rosebush. [Obs.]"
"ROSEROOT","A fleshy-leaved herb (Rhodiola rosea); rosewort; -- so calledbecause the roots have the odor of roses."
"ROSERY","A place where roses are cultivated; a nursery of roses. SeeRosary, 1."
"ROSET","A red color used by painters. Peacham."
"ROSETTA STONE","A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingualinscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key wasobtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt. Brande & C."
"ROSETTA WOOD","An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomelyveined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork.Ure."
"ROSETTE","An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used indecoration."
"ROSEWOOD","A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked andvariegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminoustrees of the genera Dalbergia and Mach\u00e6rium. The finest kind is fromBrazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra. African rosewood,the wood of the leguminous tree Pterocarpus erinaceus.-- Jamaica rosewood, the wood of two West Indian trees (Amyrisbalsamifera, and Linocieria ligustrina).-- New South Wales rosewood, the wood of Trichilia glandulosa, atree related to the margosa."
"ROSEWORM","The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterousinsects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose,especially Cac\u00e6cia rosaceana, which rolls up the leaves for a nest,and devours both the leaves and buds."
"ROSICRUCIAN","One who, in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th,claimed to belong to a secret society of philosophers deeply versedin the secrets of nature, -- the alleged society having existed, itwas stated, several hundred years."
"ROSIED","Decorated with roses, or with the color of roses."
"ROSIER","A rosebush; roses, collectively. [Obs.]Crowned with a garland of sweet rosier. Spenser."
"ROSILY","In a rosy manner. M. Arnold."
"ROSIN","The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off thevolatile oil of turpentine; colophony. Rosin oil, an oil obtainedfrom the resin of the pine tree, -- used by painters and forlubricating machinery, etc."
"ROSINESS","The quality of being rosy."
"ROSINY","like rosin, or having its qualities."
"ROSLAND","heathy land; land full of heather; moorish or watery land.[prov. Eng.]"
"ROSMARINE","A fabulous sea animal which was reported to climb by means ofits teeth to the tops of rocks to feed upon the dew.And greedly rosmarines with visages deforme. Spenser."
"ROSOLIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a complex red dyestuff (calledrosolic acid) which is analogous to rosaniline and aurin. It isproduced by oxidizing a mixture of phenol and cresol, as a dark redamorphous mass, C20H16O3, which forms weak salts with bases, andstable ones with acids. Called also methyl aurin, and, formerly,corallin."
"ROSS","The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees.[Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]"
"ROSSEL","Light land; rosland. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Mortimer."
"ROSSEL CURRENT","A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westwardfrom the Fiji Islands to New Guinea."
"ROSSELLY","Loose; light. [Obs.] Mortimer."
"ROST","See Roust. [Scot.] Jemieson."
"ROSTEL","same as Rostellum."
"ROSTELLAR","Pertaining to a rostellum."
"ROSTELLATE","Having a rostellum, or small beak; terminating in a beak."
"ROSTELLIFORM","Having the form of a rostellum, or small beak."
"ROSTELLUM","A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a smallrostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of theoperculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a tapeworm."
"ROSTER","A register or roll showing the order in which officers,enlisted men, companies, or regiments are called on to serve."
"ROSTRA","See Rostrum, 2."
"ROSTRAL","Of or pertaining to the beak or snout of an animal, or the beakof a ship; resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or theirdecorations.[Monuments] adorned with rostral crowns and naval ornaments. Addison."
"ROSTRIFERA","A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the headprolonged into a snout which is not retractile."
"ROSTRIFORM","Having the form of a beak."
"ROSTRULUM","A little rostrum, or beak, as of an insect."
"ROSTRUM","The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations,pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so calledbecause after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks ofcaptured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected inRome for the use of public orators."
"ROSULATE","Arranged in little roselike clusters; -- said of leaves andbracts."
"ROSY","Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red;blushing; also, adorned with roses.A smile that glowed Celestial rosy-red, love's proper hue. Milton.While blooming youth and gay delight Sit thy rosy cheeks confessed.Prior."
"ROT","A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to becaused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below."
"ROTA","A short-lived political club established in 1659 byJ.Harrington to inculcate the democratic doctrine of election of theprincipal officers of the state by ballot, and the annual retirementof a portion of Parliament."
"ROTACISM","See Rhotacism."
"ROTAL","Relating to wheels or to rotary motion; rotary. [R.]"
"ROTALITE","Any fossil foraminifer of the genus Rotalia, abundant in thechalk formation. See Illust. under Rhizopod."
"ROTARY","Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling,the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion.Rotary engine, steam engine in which the continuous rotation of theshaft is produced by the direct action of the steam upon rotatingdevices which serve as pistons, instead of being derived from areciprocating motion, as in the ordinary engine; a steam turbine; --called also rotatory engine.-- Rotary pump, a pump in which the fluid is impelled by rotatingdevices which take the place of reciprocating buckets or pistons.-- Rotary shears, shears, as for cloth, metal, etc., in whichrevolving sharp-edged or sharp-cornered wheels do the cutting.-- Rotary valve, a valve acting by continuous or partial rotation,as in the four-way cock."
"ROTASCOPE","Same as Gyroscope, 1."
"ROTATE","Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as,a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalouscorolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one."
"ROTATED","Turned round, as a wheel; also, wheel-shaped; rotate."
"ROTATION","Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of,or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity."
"ROTATIVE","turning, as a wheel; rotary; rotational.This high rotative velocity of the sun must cause an equatorial riseof the solar atmosphere. Siemens.Rotative engine, a steam engine in which the reciprocating motion ofthe piston is transformed into a continuous rotary motion, as bymeans of a connecting rod, a working beam and crank, or anoscillating cylinder."
"ROTATOR","that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle whichpartially rotates or turns some part on its axis."
"ROTATORIA","Same as Rotifera."
"ROTATORY","Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, therotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization.Nichol."
"ROTCHE","A very small arctic sea bird (Mergulus alle, or Alle alle)common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; -- called alsolittle auk, dovekie, rotch, rotchie, and sea dove."
"ROTCHET","The European red gurnard (Trigla pini)."
"ROTE","A root. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ROTELLA","Any one of numerous species of small, polished, brightcoloredgastropods of the genus Rotella, native of tropical seas."
"ROTHER","Bovine.-- n."
"ROTIFER","One of the Rotifera. See Illust. in Appendix."
"ROTIFERA","An order of minute worms which usually have one or two groupsof vibrating cilia on the head, which, when in motion, often give anappearance of rapidly revolving wheels. The species are very numerousin fresh waters, and are very diversified in form and habits."
"ROTIFORM","Same as Rotate."
"ROTOGRAPH","A photograph printed by a process in which a strip or roll ofsensitized paper is automatically fed over the negative so that aseries of prints are made, and are then developed, fixed, cut apart,and washed at a very rapid rate."
"ROTOR","The rotating part of a generator or motor."
"ROTTA","See Rota."
"ROTTEN","Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rottenmeat. Hence:(a) Offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting.You common cry or curs! whose breath I hate As reek of the rottenfens. Shak."
"ROTULA","The patella, or kneepan."
"ROTULAR","Of or pertaining to the rotula, or kneepan."
"ROTUND","orbicular, or nearly so. Gray."
"ROTUNDA","A round building; especially, one that is round both on theoutside and inside, like the Pantheon at Rome. Less properly, butvery commonly, used for a large round room; as, the rotunda of theCapitol at Washington."
"ROTUNDATE","Rounded; especially, rounded at the end or ends, or at thecorners."
"ROTUNDIFOLIOUS","Having round leaves."
"ROTUNDNESS","Roundness; rotundity."
"ROTUNDO","See Rotunda."
"ROTURER","A roturier. [Obs.] Howell."
"ROTURIER","A person who is not of noble birth; specif., a freeman whoduring the prevalence of feudalism held allodial land."
"ROTY","To make rotten. [Obs.]Well bet is rotten apple out of hoard, Than that it roty all theremenant. Chaucer."
"ROUBLE","A coin. See Ruble."
"ROUCHE","See Ruche."
"ROUE","One devoted to a life of sensual pleasure; a debauchee; a rake."
"ROUET","A small wheel formerly fixed to the pan of firelocks fordischarging them. Crabb."
"ROUGE","red. [R.] Rouge et noir ( Etym: [F., red and black], a game atcards in which persons play against the owner of the bank; -- socalled because the table around which the players sit has certaincompartments colored red and black, upon which the stakes aredeposited. Hoyle."
"ROUGE DRAGON","One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms."
"ROUGECROIX","One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms."
"ROUGH","In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.Sleeping rough on the trenches, and dying stubbornly in their boats.Sir W. Scott."
"ROUGH-FOOTED","Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove. [R.] Sherwood."
"ROUGH-GRAINED","Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, havingcoarse traits of character; not polished; brisque."
"ROUGH-LEGGED","Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird.rough-legged hawk. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Roughleg."
"ROUGHCASTER","One who roughcasts."
"ROUGHDRAW","To draw or delineate rapidly and by way of a first sketch."
"ROUGHDRY","in laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing."
"ROUGHEN","To make rough."
"ROUGHHEAD","The redfin."
"ROUGHHEWER","One who roughhews."
"ROUGHING-IN","The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process ofapplying it."
"ROUGHINGS","Rowen. [Prov. Eng.]"
"ROUGHISH","Somewhat rough."
"ROUGHLEG","Any one of several species of large hawks of the genusArchibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard."
"ROUGHLY","In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely;austerely."
"ROUGHNESS","The quality or state of being rough."
"ROUGHRIDER","One who breaks horses; especially (Mil.), a noncommissionedofficer in the British cavalry, whose duty is to assist the ridingmaster."
"ROUGHSCUFF","A rough, coarse fellow; collectively, the lowest class of thepeople; the rabble; the riffraff. [Colloq. U.S.]"
"ROUGHSETTER","A mason who builds rough stonework."
"ROUGHSHOD","Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshodhorse. To ride roughshod, to pursue a course regardless of the painor distress it may cause others."
"ROUGHSTRINGS","Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a woodenstair for their support."
"ROUGHT","imp. of Reach."
"ROUGHTAIL","Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltid\u00e6; --so called from their rough tails."
"ROUGHWORK","To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, orfinish. Moxon."
"ROUGHWROUGHT","Wrought in a rough, unfinished way; worked over coarsely."
"ROUK","See 5th Ruck, and Roke. [Obs.]"
"ROULADE","A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, orsixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as inHandel's oratorios."
"ROULEAU","A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or somethingresembling such a roll."
"ROULETTE","the curve traced by any point in the plane of a given curvewhen the latter rolls, without sliding, over another fixed curve. SeeCycloid, and Epycycloid."
"ROULY-POULY","See Rolly-pooly."
"ROUMANIAN","Of or pertaining to Roumania."
"ROUNCE","The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the formof type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; -- sometimesapplied to the whole apparatus by which the form is moved under theplaten."
"ROUNCEVAL","Large; strong; -- from the gigantic bones shown atRoncesvalles, and alleged to be those of old heroes. [Obs.]"
"ROUNCY","A common hackney horse; a nag. [Obs.]he rode upon a rouncy as he could. Chaucer."
"ROUND","To whisper. [obs.] Shak. Holland.The Bishop of Glasgow rounding in his ear, 'Ye are not a wise man,' .. . he rounded likewise to the bishop, and said, 'Wherefore broughtye me here' Calderwood."
"ROUND-ARM","Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, byswinging the arm horizontally. R. A. Proctor."
"ROUND-BACKED","Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered."
"ROUND-SHOULDERED","Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed."
"ROUND-UP","The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle byriding around them and driving them in. [Western U.S.]"
"ROUNDABOUTNESS","The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness."
"ROUNDED","Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial.See Guide to Pronunciation, \u00a7 11."
"ROUNDEL","A rondelay. 'Sung all the roundel lustily.' Chaucer.Come, now a roundel and a fairy song. Shak."
"ROUNDELAY","See Rondeau, and Rondel."
"ROUNDER","An English game somewhat resembling baseball; also, anotherEnglish game resembling the game of fives, but played with afootball.Now we play rounders, and then we played prisoner's base. Bagehot."
"ROUNDHEAD","A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in theDictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. Toone."
"ROUNDHEADED","Having a round head or top."
"ROUNDING","Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish."
"ROUNDISH","Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure.-- Round'ish*ness, n."
"ROUNDLET","A little circle. J. Gregory."
"ROUNDRIDGE","To form into round ridges by plowing. B. Edwards."
"ROUNDSMAN","A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector overthe rounds of the patrolmen."
"ROUNDTOP","A top; a platform at a masthead; -- so called because formerlyround in shape."
"ROUNDURE","Roundness; a round or circle. [Obs.] Shak."
"ROUNDWORM","A nematoid worm."
"ROUNDY","Round. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"ROUP","To cry or shout; hence, to sell by auction. [Scot.] Jamieson."
"ROUSANT","Rising; -- applied to a bird in the attitude of rising; also,sometmes, to a bird in profile with wings addorsed."
"ROUSE","To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope,without the assistance of mechanical appliances."
"ROUSER","A stirrer in a copper for boiling wort."
"ROUSINGLY","In a rousing manner."
"ROUSSETTE","A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus vulgaris)inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yardacross the expanded wings."
"ROUST","To rouse; to disturb; as, to roust one out. [Prov. Eng. &Local, U.S.]"
"ROUSTABOUT","A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, whomoves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in anopprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs.[Western U.S.]"
"ROUT","To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly. [Obs. or Scot.]Chaucer."
"ROUT CAKE","A kind of rich sweet cake made for routs, or evening parties."
"ROUTE","The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to bepassed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.Wide through the furzy field their route they take. Gay."
"ROUTHE","Ruth; sorrow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ROUTINARY","Involving, or pertaining to, routine; ordinary; customary. [R.]Emerson."
"ROUTINISM","the practice of doing things with undiscriminating, mechanicalregularity."
"ROUTINIST","One who habituated to a routine."
"ROUTISH","Uproarious; riotous. [Obs.]"
"ROUTOUSLY","With that violation of law called a rout. See 5th Rout, 4."
"ROUX","A thickening, made of flour, for soups and gravies."
"ROVE","To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation,not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blankrange).Fair Venusson that with thy cruel dart At that good knoght cunninglydidst rove. Spenser."
"ROVER","A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go outif it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player ofsuch a ball."
"ROVING","The act of one who roves or wanders."
"ROVINGLY","In a wandering manner."
"ROVINGNESS","The state of roving."
"ROW","Rough; stern; angry. [Obs.] 'Lock he never so row.' Chaucer."
"ROWABLE","That may be rowed, or rowed upon. 'That long barren fen, oncerowable.' B. Jonson."
"ROWAN","Rowan tree. Rowan barry, a barry of the rowan tree."
"ROWAN TREE","A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, butwith pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followedby little bright red berries. Called also roan tree, and mountainash. The name is also applied to two American trees of similar habit(Pyrus Americana, and P. sambucifolia)."
"ROWBOAT","A boat designed to be propelled by oars instead of sails."
"ROWDY","One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow.M. Arnold."
"ROWDYDOW","Hubbub; uproar. [Vulgar]"
"ROWDYDOWDY","Uproarious. [Vulgar]"
"ROWDYISH","Resembling a rowdy in temper or conduct; characteristic of arowdy."
"ROWDYISM","the conduct of a rowdy."
"ROWED","Formed into a row, or rows; having a row, or rows; as, atwelve-rowed ear of corn."
"ROWEL","A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses,answering to a seton in human surgery."
"ROWEL BONE","See rewel bone. [Obs.]"
"ROWER","One who rows with an oar."
"ROWETT","See Rowen."
"ROWLOCK","A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar inrowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat,sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edgeof the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, orof a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting theoar."
"ROWN","see Roun. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"ROWPORT","An opening in the side of small vessels of war, near thesurface of the water, to facilitate rowing in calm weather."
"ROXBURGH","A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, thesides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, but the front and bottomleft uncut."
"ROY","A king. [obs.]"
"ROYAL","A small sail immediately above the topgallant sail. Totten."
"ROYAL SPADE","A spade when spades are trumps under the condition that everytrick over six taken by the successful bidder has a score value of 9;-- usually in pl."
"ROYALET","A petty or powerless king. [R.]there were at this time two other royalets, as only kings by hisleave. Fuller."
"ROYALISM","the principles or conduct of royalists."
"ROYALIST","An adherent of a king (as of Charles I. in England, or of theBourbons in france); one attached to monarchical government.Where Ca'ndish fought, the Royalists prevailed. Waller."
"ROYALIZATION","The act of making loyal to a king. [R.] Saintsbury."
"ROYALIZE","to make royal. Shak."
"ROYALLY","In a royal or kingly manner; like a king; as becomes a king.His body shall be royally interred. Dryden."
"ROYNE","To bite; to gnaw. [Written also roin.] [Obs.] Spenser."
"ROYNISH","Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome. [Written alsoroinish.] [Obs.] 'The roynish clown.' Shak."
"ROYSTON CROW","See Hooded crow, under Hooded."
"ROYTELET","A little king. [Archaic] Heylin. Bancroft."
"ROYTISH","Wild; irregular. [Obs.]"
"RU BIBLE","A ribble. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RUBA-DUB","The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, aclamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.The rubadub of the abolition presses. D. Webster."
"RUBAIYAT","Quatrians; as, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Sometimes in pl.construed as sing., a poem in such stanzas."
"RUBATO","Robbed; borrowed. Temple rubato. Etym: [It.] (Mus.) Borrowedtime; -- a term applied to a style of performance in which some tonesare held longer than their legitimate time, while others areproportionally curtailed."
"RUBBAGE","Rubbish. [Obs.]"
"RUBBERIZE","To coat or impregnate with rubber or a rubber solution orpreparation, as silk."
"RUBBIDGE","Rubbish. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"RUBBING","a. & n. from Rub, v."
"RUBBISH","Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff;trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallenbuildings; ruins; d\u00e9bris.What rubbish and what offal! Shak.he saw the town's one half in rubbish lie. Dryden.Rubbish pulley. See Gin block, under Gin."
"RUBBLE","A mass or stratum of fragments or rock lying under thealluvium, and derived from the neighboring rock. Lyell."
"RUBBLESTONE","See Rubble, 1 and 2."
"RUBBLEWORK","Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular insize and shape."
"RUBBLY","Relating to, or containing, rubble."
"RUBEDINOUS","Reddish. [R.] M. Stuart."
"RUBEFACIENT","Making red.-- n. (Med.)"
"RUBEFACTION","The act or process of making red."
"RUBELET","A little ruby. Herrick."
"RUBELLA","An acute specific disease with a dusky red cutaneous eruptionresembling that of measles, but unattended by catarrhal symptoms; --called also German measles."
"RUBELLITE","A variety of tourmaline varying in color from a pale rose to adeep ruby, and containing lithium."
"RUBERYTHRINIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from madderroot. It is a yellow crystalline substance from which alizarin isobtained."
"RUBESCENCE","The quality or state of being rubescent; a reddening; a flush."
"RUBESCENT","Growing or becoming red; tending to redness."
"RUBIACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of plants(Rubiace\u00e6) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and includingabout three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousandspecies. Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvianbark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the treesbearing the edible fruits called genipap and Sierre Leone peach,besides many plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance of theirblossoms."
"RUBIACIN","A substance found in madder root, and probably identical withruberythrinic acid."
"RUBIAN","One of several color-producing glycosides found in madder root."
"RUBIANIC","pertaining to, or derived from, rubian; specifically,designating an acid called also ruberythrinic acid. [Obs.]"
"RUBICAN","Colored a prevailing red, bay, or black, with flecks of whiteor gray especially on the flanks; -- said of horses. Smart."
"RUBICELLE","A variety of ruby of a yellowish red color, from Brazil."
"RUBICON","A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, theprovince alloted to Julius C\u00e6sar."
"RUBICUND","Inclining to redness; ruddy; red. 'His rubicund face.'Longfellow."
"RUBICUNDITY","The quality or state of being rubicund; ruddiness.To parade your rubicundity and gray hairs. Walpole."
"RUBIDIC","Of or pertaining to rubidium; containing rubidium."
"RUBIDINE","A nitrogenous base homologous with pyridine, obtained from coaltar as an oily liquid, C11H17N; also, any one of the group odmetameric compounds of which rubidine is the type."
"RUBIDIUM","A rare metallic element. It occurs quite widely, but in smallquantities, and always combined. It is isolated as a soft yellowishwhite metal, analogous to potassium in most of its properties. SymbolRb. Atomic weight, 85.2."
"RUBIFIC","Making red; as, rubific rays. Grew."
"RUBIFICATION","The act of making red. Howell."
"RUBIFORM","Having the nature or quality of red; as, the rubiform rays ofthe sun. [R.] Sir I. newton."
"RUBIFY","To redden. [R.] 'Waters rubifying.' Chaucer."
"RUBIGO","same as Rust, n., 2."
"RUBIN","A ruby. [Obs.] Spenser."
"RUBIOUS","Red; ruddy. [Obs.] Shak."
"RUBIRETIN","One of the red dye products extracted from madder root, andprobably identical with ruberythrinic acid."
"RUBLE","The unit of monetary value in Russia. It is divided into 100copecks, and in the gold coin of the realm (as in the five and tenruble pieces) is worth about 77 cents. The silver ruble is a coinworth about 60 cents. [Written also rouble.]"
"RUBRIC","That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typographywhich was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions. Hence,specifically:(a) A titlepage, or part of it, especially that giving the date andplace of printing; also, the initial letters, etc., when printed inred.(b) (Law books) The title of a statute; -- so called as beinganciently written in red letters. Bell.(c) (Liturgies) The directions and rules for the conduct of service,formerly written or printed in red; hence, also, an ecclesiastical orepiscopal injunction; -- usually in the plural.All the clergy in England solemnly pledge themselves to observe therubrics. Hook."
"RUBRICATE","Marked with red. Sp"
"RUBRICITY","Redness. [R.]"
"RUBSTONE","A stone for scouring or rubbing; a whetstone; a rub."
"RUBUS","A genus of rosaceous plants, including the raspberry andblackberry."
"RUBY","A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging toviolet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a redcrystallized variety of corundum."
"RUBY-TAILED","Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red."
"RUBYTAIL","A European gold wasp (Chrysis ignita) which has the under sideof the abdomen bright red, and the other parts deep bluish green witha metallic luster. The larva is parasitic in the nests of other waspsand of bees."
"RUBYTHROAT","Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging toTrochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has onthe throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallicreflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern UnitedStates (Trochilus colubris)."
"RUBYWOOD","red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood."
"RUCERVINE","Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rucervus, whichincludes the swamp deer of India."
"RUCHING","A ruche, or ruches collectively."
"RUCK","A roc. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] Drayton."
"RUCTATION","The act of belching wind."
"RUCTION","An uproar; a quarrel; a noisy outbreak. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"RUD","The rudd."
"RUDBECKIA","A genus of composite plants, the coneflowers, consisting ofperennial herbs with showy pedunculate heads, having a hemisphericalinvolucre, sterile ray flowers, and a conical chaffy receptacle.There are about thirty species, exclusively North American. Rudbeckiahirta, the  black-eyed Susan, is a common weed in meadows."
"RUDD","A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family (Leuciscuserythrophthalmus). It is about the size and shape of the roach, butit has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises.Called also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue variety iscalled azurine, or blue roach."
"RUDDER","A riddle or sieve. [Prov. Eng.]"
"RUDDERHEAD","The upper end of the rudderpost, to which the tiller isattashed."
"RUDDERHOLE","The hole in the deck through which the rudderpost passes."
"RUDDERLESS","Without a rudder."
"RUDDERPOST","The shank of a rudder, having the blade at one end and theattachments for operating it at the other."
"RUDDERSTOCK","The main part or blade of the rudder, which is connected byhinges, or the like, with the sternpost of a vessel."
"RUDDIED","Made ruddy or red."
"RUDDILY","In a ruddy manner. Byron."
"RUDDINESS","The quality or state of being ruddy; as, the ruddiness of thecheeks or the sky."
"RUDDLE","To raddle or twist. [Obs.]"
"RUDDOCK","The European robin. 'The tame ruddock and the coward kite.'Chaucer."
"RUDDY","To make ruddy. [R.] Sir W. Scott."
"RUDENTURE","Cabling. See Cabling. gwilt."
"RUDERARY","Of or pertaining to rubbish.. [Obs.] Bailey."
"RUDESBY","An uncivil, turbulent fellow. [Obs.] Shak."
"RUDIMENT","An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never developed."
"RUDIMENTAL","Rudimentary. Addison."
"RUDIMENTARY","Very imperfectly developed; in an early stage of development;embryonic."
"RUDISH","Somewhat rude. Foote."
"RUDISTES","An extinct order or suborder of bivalve mollusks characteristicof the Cretaceous period; -- called also Rudista. See Illust. underHippurite."
"RUDITY","Rudeness; ignorance. [R.]"
"RUDMASDAY","Either of the feasts of the Holy Cross, occuring on May 3 andSeptember 14, annually."
"RUDOLPHINE","Pertaining to, or designating, a set of astronomical tablescomputed by Kepler, and founded on the observations of Tycho Brahe; -- so named from Rudolph II., emperor of Germany."
"RUE","A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having astrong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used inmedicine.Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had muchto see. Milton.They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy water, incense,sulphur, rue, which from thence, as we suppose, came to be calledherb of grace. Jer. Taylor."
"RUELL BONE","See rewel bone. [Obs.]"
"RUELLE","A private circle or assembly at a private house; a circle.[Obs.] Dryden."
"RUFESCENT","Reddish; tinged with red."
"RUFF","To trump."
"RUFFED","Furnished with a ruff. Ruffed grouse (Zo\u00f6l.), a North Americangrouse (Bonasa umbellus) common in the wooded districts of theNorthern United States. The male has a ruff of brown or blackfeathers on each side of the neck, and is noted for the loud drummingsound he makes during the breeding season. Called also tippet grouse,partridge, birch partridge, pheasant, drummer, and white-flesher.-- ruffed lemur (Zo\u00f6l.), a species of lemur (lemur varius) having aconspicuous ruff on the sides of the head. Its color is varied withblack and white. Called also ruffed maucaco."
"RUFFIAN","brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffianrage."
"RUFFIANAGE","Ruffians, collectively; a body of ruffians. 'The vilestruffianage.' Sir F. Palgrave."
"RUFFIANISH","Having the qualities or manners of a ruffian; ruffianly."
"RUFFIANLIKE","Ruffianly. Fulke."
"RUFFIANLY","Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian;violent; brutal."
"RUFFIANOUS","Ruffianly. [Obs.] Chapman."
"RUFFIN","Disordered. [Obs.]His ruffin rainment all was stained with blood. Spenser."
"RUFFLE","To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum."
"RUFFLELESS","Having no ruffle."
"RUFFLEMENT","The act of ruffling. [R.]"
"RUFIGALLIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained fromgallic acid as a brown or red crystalline substance, and is relatedto rufiopin and anthracene."
"RUFIOPIN","A yellowish red crystalline substance related to anthracene,and obtained from opianic acid."
"RUFOL","A phenol derivative of anthracene obtained as a whitecrystalline substance, which on oxidation produces a red dyestuffrelated to anthraquinone."
"RUFOUS","Reddish; of a yellowish red or brownish red color; tawny."
"RUFT","Eructation; belching. [Obs.]"
"RUFTERHOOD","A kind of hood for a hawk."
"RUG","To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.[Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"RUG-GOWNED","Wearing a coarse gown or shaggy garment made of rug. Beau. &Fl."
"RUG-HEADED","Having shaggy hair; shock-headed. [Obs.]Those rough rug-headed kerns. Shak."
"RUGA","A wrinkle; a fold; as, the rug\u00e6 of the stomach."
"RUGATE","Having alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled. Dana."
"RUGGING","A coarse kind of woolen cloth, used for wrapping, blanketing,etc."
"RUGGY","Rugged; rough. [Obs.] 'With ruggy, ashy hairs.' Chaucer."
"RUGIN","A nappy cloth. [Obs.] Wiseman."
"RUGINE","An instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; araspatory."
"RUGOSA","An extinct tribe of fossil corals, including numerous species,many of them of large size. They are characteristic of the Paleozoicformations. The radiating septs, when present, are usually inmultiples of four. See Cyathophylloid."
"RUGOSE","Wrinkled; full of wrinkles; specifically (Bot.), having theveinlets sunken and the spaces between them elevated, as the leavesof the sage and horehound."
"RUGOSITY","The quality or state of being rugose."
"RUGOUS","Wrinkled; rugose."
"RUGULOSE","Somewhat rugose."
"RUIN","To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to maketo perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty orbankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow.this mortal house I'll ruin. Shak.By thee raised, I ruin all my foes. Milton.The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. Franklin.By the fireside there are old men seated, Seeling ruined cities inthe ashes. Longfellow."
"RUINABLE","Capable of being ruined."
"RUINATE","To fall; to tumble. [Obs.]"
"RUINATION","The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined."
"RUINER","One who, or that which, ruins."
"RUINIFORM","Having the appearance of ruins, or of the ruins of houses; --said of certain minerals."
"RUKH","A large bird, supposed by some to be the same as the extinctEpiornis of Madagascar. [Obs.]"
"RULABLE","That may be ruled; subject to rule; accordant or conformable torule. Bacon."
"RULE","An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an ordermade between parties to an action or a suit. Wharton."
"RULE-MONGER","A stickler for rules; a slave of rules [R.] Hare."
"RULELESS","Destitute of rule; lawless. Spenser."
"RULING","A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oraldecision, as in excluding evidence."
"RULINGLY","In a ruling manner; so as to rule."
"RULLICHIES","Chopped meat stuffed into small bags of tripe. They are cut inslices and fried. [Local, New York]"
"RULY","orderly; easily restrained; -- opposed to Ant: unruly. [Obs.]Gascoigne."
"RUM","A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, orfrom the scumming of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses,or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes usedcolloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicatingliquor. Rum bud, a grog blossom. [Colloq.] -- Rum shrub, a drinkcomposed of rum, water, sugar, and lime juice or lemon juice, withsome flavoring extract."
"RUMBLE","To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. SeeRumble, n., 4."
"RUMBLER","One who, or that which, rumbles."
"RUMBLING","a. & n. from Rumble, v. i."
"RUMBLINGLY","In a rumbling manner."
"RUMBO","grog. [Obs.] Sir W. Scott."
"RUMBOWLINE","Same as Rombowline."
"RUMEN","The first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. SeeIllust. below."
"RUMICIN","A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock(Rumex crispus) and identical with chrysophanic acid."
"RUMINAL","Ruminant; ruminating. [R.]"
"RUMINANT","Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has beenswallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia."
"RUMINANTIA","A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This divisionincludes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, andallies."
"RUMINANTLY","In a ruminant manner; by ruminating, or chewing the cud."
"RUMINATE","Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filledwith softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North Americanpapaw."
"RUMINATION","The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has beenswallowed, -- occasionally oberved as a morbid phenomenon in man."
"RUMINATIVE","Inclined to, or engaged in, rumination or meditation."
"RUMINATOR","One who ruminates or muses; a meditator."
"RUMKIN","A popular or jocular name for a drinking vessel. [Obs.]"
"RUMMAGE","A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, theact of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packagesincident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage. [Obs.]"
"RUMMAGER","A person on shipboard whose business was to take charge ofstowing the cargo; -- formerly written roomager, and romager. [Obs.]The master must provide a perfect mariner, called a romager, to rangeand bestow all merchandise. Hakluyt."
"RUMMER","A large and tall glass, or drinking cup. [Obs.] J. Philips."
"RUMMY","Of or pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummyflavor."
"RUMNEY","A sort of Spanish wine. [Obs.]"
"RUMOR","To report by rumor; to tell.'T was rumored My father 'scaped from out the citadel. Dryden."
"RUMORER","A teller of news; especially, one who spreads false reports.Shak."
"RUMP-FED","A Shakespearean word of uncertain meaning. Perhaps 'fattened inthe rump, pampered.' 'The rump-fed ronyon.'"
"RUMPER","A member or a supporter of the Rump Parliament. I. Disraeli."
"RUMPLE","To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; towrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled and raggedScoth paper for twenty of your fairest assignats. Burke."
"RUMPLED","Wrinkled; crumpled. Pope."
"RUMPLESS","Destitute of a rump."
"RUMPLY","Rumpled. Carlyle."
"RUMPUS","A disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel. [Colloq.]"
"RUMSELLER","One who sells rum; one who deals in intoxicating liquors;especially, one who sells spirituous beverages at retail."
"RUN","To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instantin each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- sodistinguished from walking in athletic competition. As thing run,according to the usual order, conditions, quality, etc.; on theaverage; without selection or specification.-- To let run (Naut.), to allow to pass or move freely; to slackenor loosen.-- To run after, to pursue or follow; to search for; to endeavor tofind or obtain; as to run after similies. Locke.-- To run away, to flee; to escape; to elope; to run without controlor guidance.-- To run away with. (a) To convey away hurriedly; to accompany inescape or elopement. (b) To drag rapidly and with violence; as, ahorse runs away with a carriage.-- To run down. (a) To cease to work or operate on account of theexhaustion of the motive power; -- said of clocks, watches, etc. (b)To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.-- To run down a coast, to sail along it.-- To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an office.-- To run in or into. (a) To enter; to step in. (b) To come incollision with.-- To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.] -- To runin with. (a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] T. Baker. (b)(Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as, to run in withthe land.-- To run mad, To run mad after or on. See under Mad.-- To run on. (a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on fora year or two without a settlement. (b) To talk incessantly. (c) Tocontinue a course. (d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse withsarcasm; to bear hard on. (e) (Print.) To be continued in the samelines, without making a break or beginning a new paragraph.-- To run out. (a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runsout Michaelmas. (b) To extend; to spread. 'Insectile animals . . .run all out into legs.' Hammond. (c) To expatiate; as, to run outinto beautiful digressions. (d) To be wasted or exhausted; to becomepoor; to become extinct; as, an estate managed without economy willsoon run out.And had her stock been less, no doubt She must have long ago run out.Dryden.-- To run over. (a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquorruns over. (b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily. (c) Toride or drive over; as, to run over a child.-- To run riot, to go to excess.-- To run through. (a) To go through hastily; as to run through abook. (b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.-- To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing seed,as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease growing; to losevital force, as the body or mind.-- To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as, accountsof goods credited run up very fast.But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had run up intogreat bushes, or rather dwarf trees. Sir W. Scott.-- To run with. (a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as,the streets ran with blood. (b) To flow while charged with someforeign substance. 'Its rivers ran with gold.' J. H. Newman."
"RUN-AROUND","A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting thebone. [Colloq.]"
"RUNAGATE","A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See Renegade.Bunyan.Wretched runagates from the jail. De Quincey.Who has not been a runagate from duty Hare."
"RUNCATION","A weedling. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"RUNCH","The wild radish. Dr. Prior."
"RUNCINATE","Pinnately cut with the lobes pointing downwards, as the leaf ofthe dandelion."
"RUNDEL","A moat with water in it; also, a small stream; a runlet. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell."
"RUNDLE","One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel."
"RUNDLET","A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from 3to 20 gallons, but it usually holds about 14 [Written also runlet.]"
"RUNE","Old Norse poetry expressed in runes.Runes were upon his tongue, As on the warrior's sword. Longfellow.Rune stone, a stone bearing a runic inscription."
"RUNER","A bard, or learned man, among the ancient Goths. Sir W. Temple."
"RUNG","imp. & p. p. of Ring."
"RUNGHEAD","The upper end of a floor timber in a ship."
"RUNIC","Of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as,runic verses; runic letters; runic names; runic rhyme. Runic staff.See Clog almanac, under Clog.-- Runic wand, a willow wand bearing runes, formerly thought to havebeen used by the heathen tribes of Northern Europe in magicalceremonies."
"RUNLET","A little run or stream; a streamlet; a brook.To trace out to its marshy source every runlet that has cast in itstiny pitcherful with the rest. Lowell."
"RUNNEL","A rivulet or small brook.Buddling rundels joined the sound. Collins.By the very sides of the way . . . there are slow runnels, in whichone can see the minnows swimming. Masson."
"RUNNER","A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or endand there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the commoncinquefoil."
"RUNNET","See Rennet."
"RUNNING","Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a runningvine."
"RUNNINGLY","In a running manner."
"RUNNION","See Ronion."
"RUNOLOGY","The science of runes.-- Ru*nol'o*gist, n."
"RUNROUND","A felon or whitlow. [Colloq. U.S.]"
"RUNT","Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others ofits kind; -- applied particulary to domestic animals."
"RUNTY","Like a runt; diminutive; mean."
"RUPEE","A silver coin, and money of account, in the East Indies."
"RUPELLARY","Rocky. [Obs.] 'This rupellary nidary.' Evelyn."
"RUPIA","An eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamedbase and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which driesup, forming a blackish crust."
"RUPIAL","Of or pertaining to rupia."
"RUPICOLA","A genus of beautiful South American passerine birds, includingthe cock of the rock."
"RUPICOLINE","Rock-inhabiting."
"RUPTION","A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture. 'By ruption orapertion.' Wiseman."
"RUPTUARY","One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier. [R.]The exclusion of the French ruptuaries ('roturiers,' for history mustfind a word for this class when it speaks of other nations) from theorder of nobility. Chenevix."
"RUPTURE","Hernia. See Hernia."
"RUPTURED","Having a rupture, or hernia."
"RURALES","The gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies,including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas."
"RURALIST","One who leads a rural life. Coventry."
"RURALIZE","To render rural; to give a rural appearance to."
"RURALLY","In a rural manner; as in the country."
"RURALNESS","The quality or state of being rural."
"RURICOLIST","An inhabitant of the country. [R.] Bailey."
"RURIDECANAL","Of or pertaining to a rural dean; as, a ruridecanal district;the ruridecanal intellect. [R.]"
"RURIGENOUS","Born in the country. [Obs.]"
"RUSE","An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraund; deceit. Ruse deguerre ( Etym: [F.], a stratagem of war."
"RUSH","A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plantswith soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus."
"RUSH-BEARING","A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, whenthe parishioners brought rushes to strew the church. [Eng.] Nares."
"RUSHBUCKLER","A bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler.[Obs.]That flock of stout, bragging rushbucklers. Robynson (More's Utopia)."
"RUSHED","Abounding or covered with rushes."
"RUSHER","One who rushes. Whitlock."
"RUSHINESS","The quality or state of abounding with rushes."
"RUSHINGLY","In a rushing manner."
"RUSHLIGHT","A rush candle, or its light; hence, a small, feeble light."
"RUSHLIKE","Resembling a rush; weak."
"RUSINE","Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rusa, whichincludes the sambur deer (Rusa Aristotelis) of India. Rusine antler(Zo\u00f6l.), an antler with the brow tyne simple, and the beam forked atthe tip."
"RUSMA","A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by theTurks. See Rhusma."
"RUSS","Of or pertaining to the Russians."
"RUSSETING","See Russet, n., 2 and 4."
"RUSSETY","Of a russet color; russet."
"RUSSIA","A country of Europe and Asia. Russia iron, a kind of sheet ironmade in Russia, having a lustrous blue-black surface.-- Russia leather, a soft kind of leather, made originally in Russiabut now elsewhere, having a peculiar odor from being impregnated withan oil obtained from birch bark. It is much used in bookbinding, onaccount of its not being subject to mold, and being proof againstinsects.-- Russia matting, matting manufactured in Russia from the innerbark of the linden (Tilia Europ\u00e6a)."
"RUSSIAN","Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language.-- n."
"RUSSIAN CHURCH","The established church of the Russian empire. It forms aportion, by far the largest, of the Eastern Church and is governed bythe Holy Synod. The czar is the head of the church, but he has neverclaimed the right of deciding questions of theology and dogma."
"RUSSIANIZE","To make Russian, or more or less like the Russians; as, toRussianize the Poles."
"RUSSIFICATION","The act or process of being Russified."
"RUSSIFY","To Russianize; as, to Russify conquered tribes."
"RUSSOPHOBIA","Morbid dread of Russia or of Russian influence."
"RUST","The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moistair, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension,any metallic film of corrosion."
"RUSTFUL","Full of rust; resembling rust; causing rust; rusty. 'Rustfulsloth.' Quarles."
"RUSTICAL","Rustic. 'Rustical society.' Thackeray.-- Rus'tic*al*ly, adv.-- Rus'tic*al*ness, n."
"RUSTICATE","To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize. Pope."
"RUSTICATED","resembling rustic work. See Rustic work (a), under Rustic."
"RUSTICATION","Rustic work."
"RUSTICITY","The quality or state of being rustic; rustic manners; rudeness;simplicity; artlessness.The sweetness and rusticity of a pastoral can not be so wellexpressed in any other tongue as in the Greek, when rightly mixed andqualified with the Doric dialect. Addison.The Saxons were refined from their rusticity. Sir W. Scott."
"RUSTICLY","In a rustic manner; rustically. Chapman."
"RUSTILY","In a rusty state."
"RUSTINESS","The quality or state of being rusty."
"RUSTLE","To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves."
"RUSTLESS","Free from rust."
"RUSTY","Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust;affected with rust; rubiginous."
"RUT","Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various othermammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists."
"RUTA-BAGA","A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoidyellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See Turnip."
"RUTACEOUS","Of or pertaining to plants of a natural order (Rutac\u00e6) of whichthe rue is the type, and which includes also the orange, lemon,dittany, and buchu."
"RUTATE","A salt of rutic acid."
"RUTHENIC","Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically,designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence ascontrasted with ruthenious compounds."
"RUTHENIOUS","Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; designating thosecompounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with rutheniccompounds."
"RUTHENIUM","A rare element of the light platinum group, found associatedwith platinum ores, and isolated as a hard, brittle steel-gray metalwhich is very infusible. Symbol Ru. Atomic weight 103.5. Specificgravity 12.26. See Platinum metals, under Platinum."
"RUTHFUL","Full of ruth; as:(a) Pitiful; tender.(b) Full of sorrow; woeful.(c) Causing sorrow. Shak.-- Ruth'ful*ly, adv."
"RUTHLESS","Having no ruth; cruel; pitiless.Their rage the hostile bands restrain, All but the ruthless monarchof the main. Pope.-- Ruth'less*ly, adv.-- Ruth'less*ness, n."
"RUTIC","pertaining to, or obtained from, rue (Ruta); as, rutic acid,now commonly called capric acid."
"RUTILANT","Having a reddish glow; shining.Parchments . . . colored with this rutilant mixture. Evelin."
"RUTILATE","To shine; to emit rays of light. [Obs.] Ure."
"RUTILE","A mineral usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliantmetallic adamantine luster, occurring in tetragonal crystals. Incomposition it is titanium dioxide, like octahedrite and brooklite."
"RUTILIAN","Any species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to Rurila andallied genera, as the spotted grapevine beetle (Pelidnota punctata)."
"RUTIN","A glucoside resembling, but distinct from, quercitrin. Rutin isfound in the leaves of the rue (Ruta graveolens) and other plants,and obtained as a bitter yellow crystalline substance which yieldsquercitin on decomposition."
"RUTINOSE","A disaccharide present in glycosides. Prepared from rutin byhydrolysis with rhamnodiastase. 6-O-a-L-rhamnosyl-D-glucose;C12H22O10."
"RUTTER","A horseman or trooper. [Obs.]Such a regiment of rutters Never defied men braver. Beau. & Fl."
"RUTTERKIN","An old crafty fox or beguiler -- a word of contempt. [Obs.]Cotgrave."
"RUTTIER","A chart of a course, esp. at sea. [Obs.]"
"RUTTISH","Inclined to rut; lustful; libidinous; salacious. Shak.-- Rut'tish*ness, n."
"RUTTLE","A rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty ofbreathing; a rattle. [Obs.]"
"RUTTY","Ruttish; lustful."
"RUTYLENE","A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H18, of the acetylene series. It isproduced artificially."
"RYAL","Royal. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RYDER","A gold coin of Zealand [Netherlands] equal to 14 florins, about$ 5.60."
"RYE","A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale),closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes alarge portion of the breadstuff used by man."
"RYND","A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone bywhich the stone is supported on the spindle."
"RYOT","A peasant or cultivator of the soil. [India]The Indian ryot and the Egyptian fellah work for less pay than anyother laborers in the world. The Nation."
"RYPOPHAGOUS","Eating, or subsisting on, filth."
"RYS","A branch. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RYSH","Rush, a plant. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"RYSIMETER","See Rhysimeter."
"RYTH","A ford. [Obs.]"
"RYTINA","A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong andmanatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); -- called alsoSteller's sea cow. [Written also Rhytina.]"
"S","the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonanat,and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. Ithas two principal sounds; one a more hissing, as in sack, this; theother a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise.Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure,measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning ofwords, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound isdetermined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, d\u00e9bris.With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide topronunciation, t\\'c5 255-261."
"SAADH","See Sadh."
"SAAN","Same as Bushmen."
"SABADILLA","A Mexican liliaceous plant (Sch\u00e6nocaulon officinale); also, itsseeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used inmedicine as an emetic and purgative."
"SABAEAN","Same as Sabianism."
"SABAEANISM","Same as Sabianism."
"SABAL","A genus of palm trees including the palmetto of the SouthernUnited States."
"SABBAT","In medi\u00e6val demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which demonsand sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies."
"SABBATARIAN","Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians."
"SABBATARIANISM","The tenets of Sabbatarians. Bp. Ward. (1673)."
"SABBATHLESS","Without Sabbath, or intermission of labor; hence, withoutrespite or rest. Bacon."
"SABBATISM","Intermission of labor, as upon the Sabbath; rest. Dr. H. More."
"SABBATON","A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a partof the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress."
"SABEAN","Same as Sabian."
"SABEISM","Same as Sabianism."
"SABELLA","A genus of tubiculous annelids having a circle of plumose gillsaround head."
"SABELLIAN","Pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. SeeSabellian, n."
"SABELLIANISM","The doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n."
"SABELLOID","Like, or related to, the genus Sabella.-- Sa*bel'loid, n."
"SABIAN","An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenlybodies. [Written also Sab\u00e6an, and Sabean.]"
"SABIANISM","The doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion; that speciesof idolatry which consists in worshiping the sun, moon, and stars;heliolatry. [Written also Sab\u00e6anism.]"
"SABICU","The very hard wood of a leguminous West Indian tree (LysilonaSabicu), valued for shipbuilding."
"SABINE","Of or pertaining to the ancient Sabines, a people of Italy.-- n."
"SABLE","A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina)native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, --noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur."
"SABOT","A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag andprojectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, apiece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove ofthe rifling."
"SABOTIERE","A kind of freezer for ices."
"SABRE","See Saber."
"SABRETASCHE","A leather case or pocket worn by cavalry at the left side,suspended from the sword belt. Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci. )."
"SABRINA WORK","A variety of appliqu\u00e9 work for quilts, table covers, etc.Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework)."
"SABULOSE","Growing in sandy places."
"SABULOSITY","The quality of being sabulous; sandiness; grittiness."
"SABULOUS","Sandy; gritty."
"SAC","See Sace."
"SACALAIT","A kind of fresh-water bass; the crappie. [Southern U.S.]"
"SACAR","See Saker."
"SACCADE","A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching thereins on a sudden and with one pull."
"SACCATE","Having the form of a sack or pouch; furnished with a sack orpouch, as a petal."
"SACCHARIC","Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, saccharine substances;specifically, designating an acid obtained, as a white amorphousgummy mass, by the oxidation of mannite, glucose, sucrose, etc."
"SACCHARIFEROUS","Producing sugar; as, sacchariferous canes."
"SACCHARIFY","Toconvert into, or to impregnate with, sugar."
"SACCHARILLA","A kind of muslin."
"SACCHARIMETER","An instrument for ascertain the quantity of saccharine matterin any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers' and distillers'worts. [Written also saccharometer.]"
"SACCHARIMETRICAL","Of or pertaining to saccharimetry; obtained saccharimetry."
"SACCHARIMETRY","The act, process or method of determining the amount and kindof sugar present in sirup, molasses, and the like, especially by theemployment of polarizing apparatus."
"SACCHARIN","A bitter white crystalline substance obtained from thesaccharinates and regarded as the lactone of saccharinic acid; -- socalled because formerly supposed to be isomeric with cane sugar(saccharose)."
"SACCHARINE","Of or pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar;producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine matter."
"SACCHARINIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharin; specifically,designating a complex acid not known in the free state but well knownin its salts, which are obtained by boiling dextrose and levulose(invert sugar) with milk of lime."
"SACCHARIZE","To convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar."
"SACCHAROMETER","A saccharimeter."
"SACCHAROMYCES","A genus of budding fungi, the various species of which have thepower, to a greater or less extent, or splitting up sugar intoalcohol and carbonic acid. They are the active agents in producingfermentation of wine, beer, etc. Saccharomyces cerevisi\u00e6 is the yeastof sedimentary beer. Also called Torula."
"SACCHAROMYCETES","A family of fungi consisting of the one genus Saccharomyces."
"SACCHARONATE","A salt of saccharonic acid."
"SACCHARONIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharone; specifically,designating an unstable acid which is obtained from saccharone (a) byhydration, and forms a well-known series of salts."
"SACCHAROSE","Cane sugar; sucrose; also, in general, any one of the group ofwhich saccharose, or sucrose proper, is the type. See Sucrose."
"SACCHAROUS","Saccharine."
"SACCHARUM","A genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane."
"SACCHOLACTATE","A salt of saccholactactic acid; -- formerly called alsosaccholate. [Obs.] See Mucate."
"SACCHOLACTIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called mucicacid; saccholic. [Obs.]"
"SACCHOLIC","Saccholatic. [Obs.]"
"SACCHULMATE","A salt of sacchulmic acid."
"SACCHULMIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a darkamorphous substance by the long-continued boiling of sucrose withvery dilute sulphuric acid. It resembles humic acid. [Written alsosacculmic.]"
"SACCHULMIN","An amorphous huminlike substance resembling sacchulmic acid,and produced together with it."
"SACCIFEROUS","Bearing a sac."
"SACCIFORM","Having the general form of a sac."
"SACCOGLOSSA","Same as Pellibranchiata."
"SACCULAR","Like a sac; sacciform."
"SACCULATED","Furnished with little sacs."
"SACCULE","A little sac; specifically, the sacculus of the ear."
"SACCULO-COCHLEAR","pertaining to the sacculus and cochlea of the ear."
"SACCULO-UTRICULAR","Pertaining to the sacculus and utriculus of the ear."
"SACCULUS","A little sac; esp., a part of the membranous labyrinth of theear. See the Note under Ear."
"SACCUS","A sac."
"SACERDOTAL","Of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests;relating to the priesthood; priesty; as, sacerdotal dignity;sacerdotal functions.The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the ascendency whichnaturally and properly belongs to intellectual superiority. Macaulay."
"SACERDOTALISM","The system, style, spirit, or character, of a priesthood, orsacerdotal order; devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order."
"SACERDOTALLY","In a sacerdotal manner."
"SACHEL","A small bag. See Satchel."
"SACHEM","A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore."
"SACHEMDOM","The government or jurisdiction of a sachem. Dr. T. Dwight."
"SACHEMSHIP","Office or condition of a sachem."
"SACHET","A scent bag, or perfume cushion, to be laid amonghandkerchiefe, garments, etc., to perfume them."
"SACIETY","Satiety. [Obs.] Bacon."
"SACK","A anme formerly given to various dry Spanish wines. 'Sherrissack.' Shak. Sack posset, a posset made of sack, and some otheringredients."
"SACK-WINGED","Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of thewing; -- said of certain bats of the genus Saccopteryx."
"SACKAGE","The act of taking by storm and pillaging; sack. [R.] H. Roscoe."
"SACKBUT","A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived thatit can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; --said to be the same as the trombone. [Written also sagbut.] Moore(Encyc. of Music)."
"SACKCLOTH","Linen or cotton cloth such a sacks are made of; coarse cloth;anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress,mortification, or penitence.Gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. 2 Sam. iii. 31.Thus with sackcloth I invest my woe. Sandys."
"SACKCLOTHED","Clothed in sackcloth."
"SACKER","One who sacks; one who takes part in the storm and pillage of atown."
"SACKFUL","As much as a sack will hold."
"SACKING","Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made."
"SACKLESS","Quiet; peaceable; harmless; innocent. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"SACQUE","Same as 2d Sack, 3."
"SACRAL","Of or pertaining to the sacrum; in the region of the sacrum."
"SACRAMENT","One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ, thehead of the Christian church, to be observed by his followers; hence,specifically, the eucharist; the Lord's Supper."
"SACRAMENTAL","That which relates to a sacrament. Bp. Morton."
"SACRAMENTALISM","The doctrine and use of sacraments; attashment of excessiveimportance to sacraments."
"SACRAMENTALIST","One who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence ofChrist;s body and blood in the holy eucharist. Shipley."
"SACRAMENTALLY","In a sacrament manner."
"SACRAMENTARIAN","A name given in the sixteenth century to those German reformerswho rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holyeucharist."
"SACRAMENTIZE","To administer the sacraments. [R.]Both to preach and sacramentize. Fuller."
"SACRATE","To consecrate. [Obs.]"
"SACRATION","Consecration. [Obs.]"
"SACRE","See Sakker."
"SACRED","Employed in sacrifice. [R.] Johnson."
"SACRIFICABLE","Capable of being offered in sacrifice. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"SACRIFICANT","One who offers a sacrifice. [R.]"
"SACRIFICATOR","A sacrificer; one who offers a sacrifice. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"SACRIFICATORY","Offering sacrifice. [R.] Sherwood."
"SACRIFICE","To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed onthe altar; to offer sacrifice.O teacher, some great mischief hath befallen To that meek man, whowell had sacrificed. Milton."
"SACRIFICER","One who sacrifices."
"SACRIFICIAL","Of or pertaining to sacrifice or sacrifices; consisting insacrifice; performing sacrifice. 'Sacrificial rites.' Jer. Taylor."
"SACRILEGE","The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; thealienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has beenappropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses.And the hid treasures in her sacred tomb With sacrilege to dig.Spenser.Families raised upon the ruins of churches, and enriched with thespoils of sacrilege. South."
"SACRILEGIOUS","Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involvingsacrilege; profane; impious.Above the reach of sacrilegious hands. pope.-- Sac`ri*le'gious*ly, adv.-- Sac`ri*le'gious*ness, n."
"SACRILEGIST","One guilty of sacrilege."
"SACRING","a. & n. from Sacre. Sacring bell. See Sanctus bell, underSanctus."
"SACRIST","A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy outmusic for the choir, and take care of the books."
"SACRISTAN","An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils ormovables, and of the church in general; a sexton."
"SACRISTY","A apartment in a church where the sacred utensils, vestments,etc., are kept; a vestry."
"SACRO-","A combining form denoting connection with, or relation to, thesacrum, as in sacro-coccyageal, sacro-iliac, sacrosciatic."
"SACROSANCT","Sacred; inviolable. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"SACROSCIATIC","Of or pertaining to both the sacrum and the hip; as, thesacrosciatic formina formed by the sacrosciatic ligaments whichconnect the sacrum and hip bone."
"SACROVERTEBRAL","Of or pertaining to the sacrum and that part of the vertebralcolumn immediately anterior to it; as, the sacrovertebral angle."
"SACRUM","That part of the vertebral column which is directly connectedwith, or forms a part of, the pelvis."
"SACS","A tribe of Indians, which, together with the Foxes, formerlyoccupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin. [Written also Sauks.]"
"SAD","To make sorrowful; to sadden. [Obs.]How it sadded the minister's spirits! H. Peters."
"SADDA","A work in the Persian tongue, being a summary of the Zend-Avesta, or sacred books."
"SADDEN","To make sad. Specifically:(a) To render heavy or cohesive. [Obs.]Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it dothto clay lands. Mortimer."
"SADDER","Same as Sadda."
"SADDLE","A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped toreceive the end of another spar."
"SADDLE-SHAPED","Shaped like a saddle. Specifically:(a) (Bot.) Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper part arounded form. Henslow.(b) (Geol.) Bent on each side of a mountain or ridge, without beingbroken at top; -- said of strata."
"SADDLEBACK","Same as Saddle-backed. Saddleback roof. (Arch.) See Saddleroof, under Saddle."
"SADDLEBAGS","Bags, usually of leather, united by straps or a band, formerlymuch used by horseback riders to carry small articles, one baghanging on each side."
"SADDLEBOW","The bow or arch in the front part of a saddle, or the pieceswhich form the front."
"SADDLECLOTH","A cloth under a saddle, and extending out behind; a housing."
"SADDLED","Having a broad patch of color across the back, like a saddle;saddle-backed."
"SADDLER","One who makes saddles."
"SADDLETREE","The frame of a saddle.For saddletree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin. Cowper."
"SADDUCAIC","Pertaining to, or like, the Sadducees; as, Sadducaicreasonings."
"SADDUCEE","One of a sect among the ancient Jews, who denied theresurrection, a future state, and the existence of angels.-- Sad`du*ce'an, a."
"SADDUCIZE","To adopt the principles of the Sadducees. Atterbury."
"SADH","A member of a monotheistic sect of Hindoos. Sadhs resemble theQuakers in many respects. Balfour (cyc. of India)."
"SADIRON","An iron for smoothing clothes; a flatiron."
"SADR","A plant of the genus Ziziphus (Z. lotus); -- so called by theArabs of Barbary, who use its berries for food. See Lotus (b)."
"SAENGERBUND","A singers' union; an association of singers or singing clubs,esp. German."
"SAENGERFEST","A festival of singers; a German singing festival."
"SAFE","A place for keeping things in safety. Specifically:(a) A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel,etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for money, valuable papers,or the like.(b) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securingprovisions from noxious animals or insects."
"SAFE-CONDUCT","That which gives a safe, passage; either(a) a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or aforeign country, or(b) a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person toenable him to travel with safety. Shak."
"SAFE-KEEPING","The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or fromescape; care; custody."
"SAFE-PLEDGE","A surety for the appearance of a person at a given time.Bracton."
"SAFEGUARD","To guard; to protect. Shak."
"SAFELY","In a safe manner; danger, injury, loss, or evil consequences."
"SAFENESS","The quality or state of being safe; freedom from hazard,danger, harm, or loss; safety; security; as the safeness of anexperiment, of a journey, or of a possession."
"SAFETY","Same as Safety touchdown, below. Safety arch (Arch.), adischarging arch. See under Discharge, v. t.-- Safety belt, a belt made of some buoyant material, or which iscapable of being inflated, so as to enable a person to float inwater; a life preserver.-- Safety buoy, a buoy to enable a person to float in water; asafety belt.-- Safety cage (Mach.), a cage for an elevator or mine lift, havingappliances to prevent it from dropping if the lifting rope shouldbreak.-- Safety lamp. (Mining) See under Lamp.-- Safety match, a match which can be ignited only on a surfacespecially prepared for the purpose.-- Safety pin, a pin made in the form of a clasp, with a guardcovering its point so that it will not prick the wearer.-- safety plug. See Fusible plug, under Fusible.-- Safety switch. See Switch.-- Safety touchdown (Football), the act or result of a player'stouching to the ground behind his own goal line a ball which receivedits last impulse from a man on his own side; -- distinguished fromtouchback. See Touchdown.-- Safety tube (Chem.), a tube to prevent explosion, or to controldelivery of gases by an automatic valvular connection with the outerair; especially, a bent funnel tube with bulbs for adding thosereagents which produce unpleasant fumes or violent effervescence.-- Safety valve, a valve which is held shut by a spring or weightand opens automatically to permit the escape of steam, or confinedgas, water, etc., from a boiler, or other vessel, when the pressurebecomes too great for safety; also, sometimes, a similar valveopening inward to admit air to a vessel in which the pressure is lessthan that of the atmosphere, to prevent collapse."
"SAFETY BICYCLE","A bicycle with equal or nearly equal wheels, usually 28 inchesdiameter, driven by pedals connected to the rear (driving) wheel by amultiplying gear."
"SAFFLOW","The safflower. [Obs.]"
"SAFFLOWER","An annual composite plant (Carthamus tinctorius), the flowersof which are used as a dyestuff and in making rouge; bastard, orfalse, saffron."
"SAFFRON","A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowerswith large yellow stigmas. See Crocus."
"SAFFRONY","Having a color somewhat like saffron; yellowish. Lord (1630)."
"SAFRANINE","An orange-red nitrogenous dyestuff produced artificailly byoxidizing certain aniline derivatives, and used in dyeing silk andwool; also, any one of the series of which safranine proper is thetype."
"SAG","To cause to bend or give way; to load."
"SAGA","A Scandinavian legend, or heroic or mythic tradition, among theNorsemen and kindred people; a northern European popular historicalor religious tale of olden time.And then the blue-eyed Norseman told A saga of the days of old.Longfellow."
"SAGACITY","The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of senseperceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness ofjudgment; shrewdness.Some [brutes] show that nice sagacity of smell. Cowper.Natural sagacity improved by generous education. V. Knox."
"SAGAMORE","The head of a tribe among the American Indians; a chief; --generally used as synonymous with sachem, but some writtersdistinguished between them, making the sachem a chief of the firstrank, and a sagamore one of the second rank. 'Be it sagamore, sachem,or powwow.' Longfellow."
"SAGAPEN","Sagapenum."
"SAGAPENUM","A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of Ferula. It hasbeen used in hysteria, etc., but is now seldom met with. U. S. Disp."
"SAGATHY","A mixed woven fabric of silk and cotton; or silk and wool;sayette; also, a light woolen fabric."
"SAGE","A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a manvenerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a gravephilosopher.At his birth a star, Unseen before in heaven, proclaims him come, Andguides the Eastern sages. Milton."
"SAGEBRUSH","A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the orderComposit\u00e6, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of theAmerican plains; -- called also sagebush, and wild sage."
"SAGEBRUSH STATE","Nevada; -- a nickname."
"SAGELY","In a sage manner; wisely."
"SAGENE","A Russian measure of length equal to about seven English feet."
"SAGENESS","The quality or state of being sage; wisdom; sagacity; prudence;gravity. Ascham."
"SAGENITE","Acicular rutile occurring in reticulated forms imbedded inquartz."
"SAGENITIC","Resembling sagenite; -- applied to quartz when containingacicular crystals of other minerals, most commonly rutile, alsotourmaline, actinolite, and the like."
"SAGGING","A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, inconsequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward inthe middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging."
"SAGINATE","To make fat; to pamper. [R.] 'Many a saginated boar.' Cowper."
"SAGINATION","The act of fettening or pampering. [R.] Topsell."
"SAGITTA","A small constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow."
"SAGITTARY","A centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with abow and quiver. Shak."
"SAGITTATE","Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal anglesprolonged downward."
"SAGITTATED","Sagittal; sagittate."
"SAGITTOCYST","A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure whichmay be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria."
"SAGO","A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, muchused for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick;also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared fromthe stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chieflyfrom the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycasrevoluta, Zamia integrifolia, atc.). Portland sago, a kind of sagoprepared from the corms of the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).-- Sago palm. (Bot.) (a) A palm tree which yields sago. (b) Aspecies of Cycas (Cycas revoluta).-- Sago spleen (Med.), a morbid condition of the spleen, produced byamyloid degeneration of the organ, in which a cross section showsscattered gray translucent bodies looking like grains of sago."
"SAGOIN","A marmoset; -- called also sagouin."
"SAGUM","The military cloak of the Roman soldiers."
"SAGUS","A genus of palms from which sago is obtained."
"SAGY","Full of sage; seasoned with sage."
"SAHIBAH","A lady; mistress. [India]"
"SAHIDIC","Same as Thebaic."
"SAHLITE","See Salite."
"SAHUI","A marmoset."
"SAI","See Capuchin, 3 (a)."
"SAIBLING","A European mountain trout (Salvelinus alpinus); -- called alsoBavarian charr."
"SAIC","A kind of ketch very common in the Levant, which has neithertopgallant sail nor mizzen topsail."
"SAID","imp. & p. p. of Say."
"SAIGA","An antelope (Saiga Tartarica) native of the plains of Siberiaand Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated horns, and tufts oflong hair beneath the eyes and ears."
"SAIKYR","Same as Saker. [Obs.]"
"SAILABLE","Capable of being sailed over; navigable; as, a sailable river."
"SAILBOAT","A boat propelled by a sail or sails."
"SAILCLOTH","Duck or canvas used in making sails."
"SAILING","The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as,globular sailing; oblique sailing."
"SAILLESS","Destitute of sails. Pollok."
"SAILMAKER","One whose occupation is to make or repair sails.-- Sail'mak`ing, n."
"SAILOR","One who follows the business of navigating ships or othervessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; oneof the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman."
"SAILY","Like a sail. [R.] Drayton."
"SAIM","Lard; grease. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]"
"SAIMIR","The squirrel monkey."
"SAIN","Said. Shak."
"SAINT","One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.] Saint Andrew's cross(a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under Cross. (b)(Bot.) A low North American shrub (Ascyrum Crux-Andr\u00e6, the petals ofwhich have the form of a Saint Andrew's cross. Gray.-- Saint Anthony's cross, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6, underCross.-- Saint Anthony's fire, the erysipelas; -- popularly so calledbecause it was supposed to have been cured by the intercession ofSaint Anthony.-- Saint Anthony's nut (Bot.), the groundnut (Bunium flexuosum); --so called because swine feed on it, and St. Anthony was once aswineherd. Dr. Prior.-- Saint Anthony's turnip (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a favoritefood of swine. Dr. Prior.-- Saint Barnaby's thistle (Bot.), a kind of knapeweed (Centaureasolstitialis) flowering on St. Barnabas's Day, June 11th. Dr. Prior.-- Saint Bernard (Zo\u00f6l.), a breed of large, handsome dogs celebratedfor strength and sagacity, formerly bred chiefly at the Hospice ofSt. Bernard in Switzerland, but now common in Europe and America.There are two races, the smooth-haired and the rough-haired. SeeIllust. under Dog.-- Saint Catharine's flower (Bot.), the plant love-a-mist. See underLove.-- Saint Cuthbert's beads (Paleon.), the fossil joints of crinoidstems.-- Saint Dabeoc's heath (Bot.), a heatherlike plant (Dab\u00e6ciapolifolia), named from an Irish saint.-- Saint Distaff's Day. See under Distaff.-- Saint Elmo's fire, a luminious, flamelike appearance, sometimesseen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some prominent point on a ship,particularly at the masthead and the yardams. It has also beenobserved on land, and is due to the discharge of electricity fromelevated or pointed objects. A single flame is called a Helena, or aCorposant; a double, or twin, flame is called a Castor and Pollux, ora double Corposant. It takes its name from St. Elmo, the patron saintof sailors.-- Saint George's cross (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a fieldargent, the field being represented by a narrow fimbriation in theensign, or union jack, of Great Britain.-- Saint George's ensign, a red cross on a white field with a unionjack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the distinguishingbadge of ships of the royal navy of England; -- called also the whiteensign. Brande & C.-- Saint George's flag, a smaller flag resembling the ensign, butwithout the union jack; used as the sign of the presence and commandof an admiral. [Eng.] Brande & C.-- Saint Gobain glass (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime plateglass, so called from St.Gobain in France, where it was manufactured.-- Saint Ignatius's bean (Bot.), the seed of a tree of thePhilippines (Strychnos Ignatia), of properties similar to the nuxvomica.-- Saint Jame's shell (Zo\u00f6l.), a pecten (Vola Jacob\u00e6us) worn bypiligrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under Scallop.-- Saint Jame's wort (Bot.), a kind of ragwort (Senecio Jacob\u00e6a).-- Saint John's bread. (Bot.) See Carob.-- Saint John's-wort (Bot.), any plant of the genus Hypericum, mostspecies of which have yellow flowers; -- called also John's-wort.-- Saint Leger, the name of a race for three-year-old horses runannually in September at Doncaster, England; -- instituted in 1776 byCol. St. Leger.-- Saint Martin's herb (Bot.), a small tropical American violaceousplant (Sauvagesia erecta). It is very mucilaginous and is used inmedicine."
"SAINT-SIMONIAN","A follower of the Count de St. Simon, who died in 1825, and whomaintained that the principle of property held in common, and thejust division of the fruits of common labor among the members ofsociety, are the true remedy for the social evils which exist. Brande& C."
"SAINT-SIMONIANISM","The principles, doctrines, or practice of the Saint-Simonians;-- called also Saint-Simonism."
"SAINT-SIMONISM","A system of socialism in which the state owns all the propertyand the laborer is entitled to share according to the quality andamount of his work, founded by Saint Simon (1760-1825)."
"SAINTDOM","The state or character of a saint. [R.] Tennyson."
"SAINTESS","A female saint. [R.] Bp. Fisher."
"SAINTISH","Somewhat saintlike; -- used ironically."
"SAINTISM","The character or quality of saints; also, hypocritical pretenseof holiness. Wood."
"SAINTLIKE","Resembling a saint; suiting a saint; becoming a saint; saintly.Glossed over only with a saintlike show. Dryden."
"SAINTLINESS","Quality of being saintly."
"SAINTLY","Like a saint; becoming a holy person.So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity. Milton."
"SAINTOLOGIST","One who writes the lives of saints. [R.]"
"SAINTSHIP","The character or qualities of a saint."
"SAITH","3d pers. sing. pres. of Say. [Archaic]"
"SAITHE","The pollock, or coalfish; -- called also sillock. [Scot.]"
"SAIVA","One of an important religious sect in India which regards Sivawith peculiar veneration."
"SAIVISM","The worship of Siva."
"SAJENE","Same as Sagene."
"SAJOU","Same as Sapajou."
"SAKE","Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason;interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly insuch phrases as, for the sake, for his sake, for man's sake, formercy's sake, and the like; as, to commit crime for the sake of gain;to go abroad for the sake of one's health.Moved with wrath and shame and ladies; sake. Spenser.I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake. Gen. viii.21.Will he draw out, For anger's sake, finite to infinite Milton.Knowledge is for the sake of man, and not man for the sake ofknowledge. Sir W. Hamilton."
"SAKER","A small piece of artillery. Wilhelm.On the bastions were planted culverins and sakers. Macaulay.The culverins and sakers showing their deadly muzzles over therampart. Hawthorne."
"SAKERET","The male of the saker (a)."
"SAKI","Any one of several species of South American monkeys of thegenus Pithecia. They have large ears, and a long hairy tail which isnot prehensile."
"SAKTI","The divine energy, personified as the wife of a deity (Brahma,Vishnu, Siva, etc.); the female principle."
"SAL","An East Indian timber tree (Shorea robusta), much used forbuilding purposes. It is of a light brown color, close-grained, anddurable. [Written also saul.]"
"SALAAM","Same as Salam.Finally, Josiah might have made his salaam to the exciseman just ashe was folding up that letter. Prof. Wilson."
"SALABILITY","The quality or condition of being salable; salableness. Duke ofArgyll."
"SALABLE","Capable of being sold; fit to be sold; finding a ready market.-- Sal'a*ble*ness, n.-- Sal'a*bly, adv."
"SALACIOUS","Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous. Dryden.-- Sa*la'cious*ly, dv.-- Sa*la'cious*ness, n."
"SALACITY","Strong propensity to venery; lust; lecherousness."
"SALADE","A helmet. See Sallet."
"SALADING","Vegetable for salad."
"SALAERATUS","See Saleratus."
"SALAGANE","The esculent swallow. See under Esculent."
"SALAL-BERRY","The edible fruit of the Gaultheria Shallon, an ericaceous shrubfound from California northwards. The berries are about the size of acommon grape and of a dark purple color."
"SALAM","A salutation or compliment of ceremony in the east by word oract; an obeisance, performed by bowing very low and placing the rightpalm on the forehead. [Written also salaam.]"
"SALAMANDER","Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging toSalamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and various allied genera,especially those that are more or less terrestrial in their habits."
"SALAMANDRINA","A suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders."
"SALAMANDRINE","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a salamander; enduring fire.Addison."
"SALAMANDROID","Like or pertaining to the salamanders."
"SALAMANDROIDEA","A division of Amphibia including the Salamanders and alliedgroups; the Urodela."
"SALAMSTONE","A kind of blue sapphire brought from Ceylon. Dana."
"SALANGANA","The salagane."
"SALARIED","Receiving a salary; paid by a salary; having a salary attached;as, a salaried officer; a salaried office."
"SALARY","Saline [Obs.]"
"SALE","See 1st Sallow. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SALEB","See Salep."
"SALEBROSITY","Roughness or ruggedness. [Obs.] Feltham."
"SALEBROUS","Rough; rugged. [Obs.]"
"SALEP","The dried tubers of various species of Orchis, and Eulophia. Itis used to make a nutritious beverage by treating the powderedpreparation with hot water. U. S. Disp."
"SALERATUS","A\u00ebrated salt; a white crystalline substance having an alkalinetaste and reaction, consisting of sodium bicarbonate (see underSodium.) It is lagerly used in cooking, with sour milk (lactic acid)or cream of tartar as a substitute for yeast. It is also aningridient of most baking powders, and is used in the preparation ofeffervescing drinks."
"SALESMAN","One who sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goodsor merchandise."
"SALESWOMAN","A woman whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise."
"SALEWORK","Work or things made for sale; hence, work done carelessly orslightingly. Shak."
"SALIAN","Denoting a tribe of Franks who established themselves early inthe fourth century on the river Sala [now Yssel]; Salic.-- n."
"SALIANT","Same as Salient."
"SALIAUNCE","Salience; onslaught. [Obs.] 'So fierce saliaunce.' Spenser."
"SALIC","Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law socalled. [Also salique.] Salic law. (a) A code of laws formed by theSalian Franks in the fifth century. By one provision of this codewomen were excluded from the inheritance of landed property. (b)Specifically, in modern times, a law supposed to be a specialapplication of the above-mentioned provision, in accordance withwhich males alone can inherit the throne. This law has obtained inFrance, and at times in other countries of Europe, as Spain."
"SALICACEOUS","Belonging or relating to the willow."
"SALICIN","A glucoside found in the leaves of several species of willow(Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystallinesubstance.salicyl alcohol glucoside, salicyl alcohol b-D-glucopyranoside, saligenin b-D-glucopyranoside, C13H18O7. It is usedin biochemistry as a standard substrate for evaluating the potency ofb-glucosidase in enzymatic preparations. It is also an analgesic."
"SALICYL","The hypothetical radical of salicylic acid and of certainrelated compounds."
"SALICYLAL","A thin, fragrant, colorless oil, HO.C6H4.CHO, found in theflowers of meadow sweet (Spir\u00e6a), and also obtained by oxidation ofsaligenin, etc. It reddens on exposure. Called also salycylol,salicylic aldehyde, and formerly salicylous, or spiroylous, acid."
"SALICYLATE","A salt of salicylic acid."
"SALICYLIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid formerlyobtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide, and now made inlarge quantities from phenol (carbolic acid) by the action of carbondioxide on heated sodium phenolate. It is a white crystallinesubstance. It is used as an antiseptic, and in its salts in thetreatment of rheumatism. Called also hydroxybenzoic acid."
"SALICYLIDE","A white crystalline substance obtained by dehydration ofsalicylic acid."
"SALICYLITE","A compound of salicylal; -- named after the analogy of a salt."
"SALICYLOL","Same as Salicylal."
"SALICYLOUS","Pertaining to, or designating, a substance called salicylousacid, and now salicylal. [Obs.]"
"SALIENCY","Quality of being salient; hence, vigor. 'A fatal lack of poeticsaliency.' J. Morley."
"SALIENT","Projectiong outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed tore\u00ebntering. See Illust. of Bastion."
"SALIENTLY","In a salient manner."
"SALIFEROUS","Producing, or impregnated with, salt. Saliferous rocks (Geol.),the New Red Sandstone system of some geologists; -- so calledbecause, in Europe, this formation contains beds of salt. Thesaliferous beds of New York State belong largely to the Salina periodof the Upper Silurian. See the Chart of Geology."
"SALIFIABLE","Capable of neutralizing an acid to form a salt; -- said ofbases; thus, ammonia is salifiable."
"SALIFICATION","The act, process, or result of salifying; the state of beingsalified."
"SALIGENIN","A phenol alcohol obtained, by the decomposition of salicin, asa white crystalline substance; -- called also hydroxy-benzyl alcohol."
"SALIGOT","The water chestnut (Trapa natans)."
"SALIMETER","An instrument for measuring the amount of salt present in anygiven solution. [Written also salometer.]"
"SALIMETRY","The art or process of measuring the amount of salt in asubstance."
"SALINA PERIOD","The period in which the American Upper Silurian system,containing the brine-producing rocks of central New York, was formed.See the Chart of Geology."
"SALINATION","The act of washing with salt water. [R. & Obs..] Greenhill."
"SALINE","A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in theearth."
"SALINENESS","The quality or state of being salt; saltness."
"SALINIFEROUS","Same as Saliferous."
"SALINIFORM","Having the form or the qualities of a salt, especially ofcommon salt."
"SALINITY","Salineness. Carpenter."
"SALINOMETER","A salimeter."
"SALINOUS","Saline. [Obs.]"
"SALIQUE","Salic. Shak.She fulmined out her scorn of laws salique. Tennyson."
"SALIRETIN","A yellow amorphous resinoid substance obtained by the action ofdilute acids on saligenin."
"SALISBURIA","The ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba, or Salisburia adiantifolia)."
"SALITE","To season with salt; to salt. [Obs.]"
"SALIVA","The secretion from the salivary glands."
"SALIVAL","Salivary."
"SALIVANT","Producing salivation."
"SALIVARY","Of or pertaining to saliva; producing or carrying saliva; as,the salivary ferment; the salivary glands; the salivary ducts, etc."
"SALIVATE","To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivationor ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury. over.; as, salivate overthe prospects of high profits from an enterprise."
"SALIVATION","The act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion ofsaliva, often accompained with soreness of the mouth and gums;ptyalism."
"SALIVOUS","Pertaining to saliva; of the nature of saliva."
"SALLENDERS","An eruption on the hind leg of a horse. [Written alsosellanders, and sellenders.]On the inside of the hock, or a little below it, as well as at thebend of the knee, there is occasionally a scurfy eruption called'mallenders' in the fore leg, and 'sallenders' in the hind leg.Youatt."
"SALLET","A light kind of helmet, with or without a visor, introducedduring the 15th century. [Written also salade.]Then he must have a sallet wherewith his head may be saved. Latimer."
"SALLIANCE","Salience. [Obs.]"
"SALLOW","A name given to certain species of willow, especially thosewhich do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc.Sallow thorn (Bot.), a European thorny shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides)much like an El\u00e6agnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used formaking jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye."
"SALLOWISH","Somewhat sallow. Dickens."
"SALLOWNESS","The quality or condition of being sallow. Addison."
"SALLY","To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as abody of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make asally.They break the truce, and sally out by night. Dryden.The foe retires, -- she heads the sallying host. Byron."
"SALLY LUNN","A tea cake slighty sweetened, and raised with yeast, baked inthe form of biscuits or in a thin loaf, and eaten hot with butter."
"SALLYMAN","The velella; -- called also saleeman."
"SALM","Psalm. [Obs.] Piers plowman."
"SALMI","Same as Salmis."
"SALMIAC","Sal ammoniac. See under Sal."
"SALMIS","A ragout or partky roasted game stewed with sauce, wine, bread,and condiments suited to provoke appetite."
"SALMON","Any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo andallied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe andEastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are themost important species. They are extensively preserved for food. SeeQuinnat."
"SALMONET","A salmon of small size; a samlet."
"SALMONOID","Like, or pertaining to, the Salmonid\u00e6, a family of fishesincluding the trout and salmon.-- n."
"SALOGEN","A halogen. [Obs.]"
"SALOL","A white crystalline substance consisting of phenol salicylate."
"SALOMETER","See Salimeter."
"SALOMETRY","Salimetry."
"SALON","An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in theplural, faschionable parties; circles of fashionable society."
"SALOOP","An aromatic drink prepared from sassafras bark and otheringredients, at one time much used in London. J. Smith (Dict. econ.Plants). Saloop bush (Bot.), an Australian shrub (Rhagodia hastata)of the Goosefoot family, used for fodder."
"SALP","Any species of Salpa, or of the family Salpid\u00e6."
"SALPA","A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanictunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. SeeIllustration in Appendix."
"SALPICON","Chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or otherjoints; stuffing; farce. Bacon."
"SALPINGITIS","Inflammation of the salpinx."
"SALPINX","The Eustachian tube, or the Fallopian tube."
"SALSAFY","See Salsify."
"SALSAMENTARIOUS","Salt; salted; saline. [R.]"
"SALSE","A mud volcano, the water of which is often impregnated withsalts, whence the name."
"SALSIFY","See Oyster plant (a), under Oyster."
"SALSO-ACID","Having a taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both saltand acid. [R.]"
"SALSODA","See Sal soda, under Sal."
"SALSOLA","A genus of plants including the glasswort. See Glasswort."
"SALSUGINOUS","Growing in brackish places or in salt marches."
"SALT","The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid base; thus,sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or greenvitriol."
"SALT RHEUM","A popular name, esp. in the United States, for variouscutaneous eruptions, particularly for those of eczema. See Eczema."
"SALT-GREEN","Sea-green in color. Shak."
"SALTANT","In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especiallyto the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey,etc."
"SALTARELLA","See Saltarello."
"SALTARELLO","A popular Italian dance in quick 3-4 or 6-8 time, runningmostly in triplets, but with a hop step at the beginning of eachmeasure. See Tarantella."
"SALTATE","To leap or dance. [R.]"
"SALTATION","An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearanceof a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races.We greatly suspect that nature does make considerable jumps in theway of variation now and then, and that these saltations give rise tosome of the gaps which appear to exist in the series of known forms.Huxley."
"SALTATORIA","A division of Orthoptera including grasshoppers, locusts, andcrickets."
"SALTATORIOUS","Capable of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, asaltatorious insect or leg."
"SALTATORY","Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping ordancing. Saltatory evolution (Biol.), a theory of evolution whichholds that the transmutation of species is not always gradual, butthat there may come sudden and marked variations. See Saltation.-- Saltatory spasm (Med.), an affection in which pressure of thefoot on a floor causes the patient to spring into the air, so as tomake repeated involuntary motions of hopping and jumping. J. Ross."
"SALTBUSH","An Australian plant (Atriplex nummularia) of the Goosefootfamily."
"SALTCAT","A mixture of salt, coarse meal lime, etc., attractive topigeons."
"SALTCELLAR","Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or othermaterial, used for holding salt on the table."
"SALTER","One who makes, sells, or applies salt; one who salts meat orfish."
"SALTERN","A building or place where salt is made by boiling or byevaporation; salt works."
"SALTFOOT","A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of thetable. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot."
"SALTIE","The European dab."
"SALTIER","See Saltire."
"SALTIGRADAE","A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leapupon their prey; the leaping spiders."
"SALTIGRADE","Having feet or legs formed for leaping."
"SALTIMBANCO","A mountebank; a quack. [Obs.] [Written also santibanco.]Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and charlatans. Sir T. browne."
"SALTIRE","A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one ofthe honorable ordinaries."
"SALTIREWISE","In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoningof a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend anda bend sinister, and crossing at the center."
"SALTISH","Somewhat salt.-- Salt'ish*ly, adv.-- Salt'ish*ness, n."
"SALTLESS","Destitute of salt; insipid."
"SALTLY","With taste of salt; in a salt manner."
"SALTMOUTH","A wide-mouthed bottle with glass stopper for holding chemicals,especially crystallized salts."
"SALTNESS","The quality or state of being salt, or state of being salt, orimpregnated with salt; salt taste; as, the saltness of sea water."
"SALTPETROUS","Pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities;impregnated with saltpeter. [Obs.]"
"SALTWORT","A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, asthe Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort. Black saltwort,the sea milkwort."
"SALTY","Somewhat salt; saltish."
"SALUBRIOUS","Favorable to health; healthful; promoting health; as,salubrious air, water, or climate."
"SALUBRITY","The quality of being salubrious; favorableness to thepreservation of health; salubriousness; wholesomeness; healthfulness;as, the salubrity of the air, of a country, or a climate. 'A sweet,dry small of salubrity.' G. W. Cable."
"SALUE","To salute. [Obs.]There was no 'good day' and no saluyng. Chaucer."
"SALUTATION","The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by thecustomary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing goodwill or courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting orgreeting.In all public meetings or private addresses, use those forms ofsalutation, reverence, and decency usual amongst the most soberpersons. Jer. Taylor."
"SALUTATORIAN","The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annualCommencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonlyassigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second inscholarship. [U.S.]"
"SALUTATORILY","By way of salutation."
"SALUTATORY","Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome;greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces theexercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, inAmerican colleges."
"SALUTE","To honor, as some day, person, or nation, by a discharge ofcannon or small arms, by dipping colors, by cheers, etc."
"SALUTER","One who salutes."
"SALUTIFEROUS","Bringing health; healthy; salutary; beneficial; as,salutiferous air. [R.]Innumerable powers, all of them salutiferous. Cudworth."
"SALUTIFEROUSLY","Salutarily. [R.]"
"SALVABILITY","The quality or condition of being salvable; salvableness. [R.]In the Latin scheme of redemption, salvability was not possibleoutside the communion of the visible organization. A. V. G. Allen."
"SALVABLE","Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation. Dr. H. More.-- Sal'va*ble*ness, n.-- Sal'va*bly, adv."
"SALVAGE","Savage. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SALVATION","The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability toeternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness.To earn salvation for the sons of men. Milton.Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 10."
"SALVATIONIST","An evangelist, a member, or a recruit, of the Salvation Army."
"SALVATORY","A place where things are preserved; a repository. [R.] Sir M.Hale."
"SALVE","Hail!"
"SALVER","One who salves, or uses salve as a remedy; hence, aquacksalver, or quack. [Obs.]"
"SALVER-SHAPED","Tubular, with a speading border. See Hypocraterimorphous."
"SALVIA","A genus of plants including the sage. See Sage."
"SALVIFIC","Tending to save or secure safety. [Obs.]"
"SALVO","An exception; a reservation; an excuse.They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations. Eilon Basilike."
"SALVOR","One who assists in saving a ship or goods at sea, without beingunder special obligation to do so. Wheaton."
"SAM","Together. [Obs.] 'All in that city sam.' Spenser."
"SAMARA","A dry, indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as thatof the ash, maple, and elm; a key or key fruit."
"SAMARE","See Simar."
"SAMARITAN","Of or pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine.-- n."
"SAMARIUM","A rare metallic element of doubtful identity."
"SAMAROID","Resembling a samara, or winged seed vessel."
"SAMARRA","See Simar."
"SAMARSKITE","A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallicluster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and ceriummetals."
"SAMBO","A colloquial or humorous appelation for a negro; sometimes, theoffspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo."
"SAMBOO","Same as Sumbur."
"SAMBUCUS","A genus of shrubs and trees; the elder."
"SAMBUKE","An ancient stringed instrument used by the Greeks, theparticular construction of which is unknown."
"SAMBUR","An East Indian deer (Rusa Aristotelis) having a mane on itsneck. Its antlers have but three prongs. Called also gerow. The nameis applied to other species of the genus Rusa, as the Bornean sambur(R. equina)."
"SAMELINESS","Sameness, 2. [R.] Bayne."
"SAMETTE","See Samite. [Obs.]"
"SAMIAN","Of or pertaining to the island of Samos.Fill high the cup with Samian wine. Byreon.Samian earth, a species of clay from Samoa, formerly used in medicineas an astringent."
"SAMIEL","A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey,from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and thekamsin of Syria."
"SAMIOT","Samian."
"SAMISEN","A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling aguitar or banjo."
"SAMITE","A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven withgold. Tennyson.In silken samite she was light arrayed. Spenser."
"SAMLET","The parr."
"SAMMIER","A machine for pressing the water from skins in tanning. Knight."
"SAMOAN","Of or pertaining to the Samoan Islands (formerly calledNavigators' Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean, or theirinhabitants.-- n."
"SAMOVAR","A metal urn used in Russia for making tea. It is filled withwater, which is heated by charcoal placed in a pipe, with chimneyattached, which passes through the urn."
"SAMOYEDES","An ignorant and degraded Turanian tribe which occupies aportion of Northern Russia and a part of Siberia.Samoyeds."
"SAMP","An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, whichis cooked by by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy."
"SAMPAN","A Chinese boat from twelve to fifteen feet long, covered with ahouse, and sometimes used as a permanent habitation on the inlandwaters. [Written also sanpan.]"
"SAMPLER","A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeastyliquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure. S. W.Williams."
"SAMSON","An Israelite of Bible record (see Judges xiii.), distinguishedfor his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physicalstrength. Samson post. (a) (Naut.) A strong post resting on thekeelson, and supporting a beam of the keelson, and supporting a beamof the deck; also, a temporary or movable pilar carrying a leadingblock or pulley for various purposes. Brande & C. (b) In deepwellboring, the post which supports the walking beam of the apparatus."
"SAMURAI","In the former feudal system of Japan, the class or a member ofthe class, of military retainers of the daimios, constituting thegentry or lesser nobility. They possessed power of life and deathover the commoners, and wore two swords as their distinguishing mark.Their special rights and privileges were abolished with the fall offeudalism in 1871."
"SAN JOSE SCALE","A very destructive scale insect (Aspidiotus perniciosus) thatinfests the apple, pear, and other fruit trees. So called becausefirst introduced into the United States at San Jos\u00e9, California."
"SANABILITY","The quality or state of being sanable; sanableness;curableness."
"SANABLE","Capable of being healed or cured; susceptible of remedy."
"SANABLENESS","The quality of being sanable."
"SANATION","The act of healing or curing. [Obs.] Wiseman."
"SANATIVE","Having the power to cure or heal; healing; tending to heal;sanatory.-- San'a*tive*ness, n."
"SANATORIUM","An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort forinvalids. See Sanitarium."
"SANATORY","Conducive to health; tending to cure; healing; curative;sanative.Sanatory ordinances for the protection of public health, such asquarantine, fever hospitals, draining, etc. De Quincey."
"SANBENITO","See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus."
"SANCHO","The nine of trumps in sancho pedro."
"SANCHO PEDRO","A variety of auction pitch in which the nine (sancho) and five(pedro) of trumps are added as counting cards at their pip value, andthe ten of trumps counts game."
"SANCTIFICATE","To sanctify. [Obs.] Barrow."
"SANCTIFIED","Made holy; also, made to have the air of sanctity;sanctimonious."
"SANCTIFIER","One who sanctifies, or makes holy; specifically, the HolySpirit."
"SANCTIFYINGLY","In a manner or degree tending to sanctify or make holy."
"SANCTILOQUENT","Discoursing on heavenly or holy things, or in a holy manner."
"SANCTIMONIAL","Sanctimonius. [Obs.]"
"SANCTIMONY","Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity;especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretendedholiness; hypocritical devoutness.Her pretense is a pilgrimage; . . . which holy undertaking with mostaustere sanctimony she accomplished. Shak."
"SANCTION","To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.Would have counseled, or even sanctioned, such perilous experiments.De Quincey."
"SANCTIONARY","Of, pertaining to, or giving, sanction."
"SANCTITUDE","Holiness; sacredness; sanctity. [R.] milton."
"SANCTUARIZE","To shelter by means of a sanctuary or sacred privileges. [Obs.]Shak."
"SANCTUARY","A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site.Hence, specifically:(a) The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holyof Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into whichno person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and he onlyonce a year, to intercede for the people; also, the most sacred partof the tabernacle; also, the temple at Jerusalem.(b) (Arch.) The most sacred part of any religious building, esp. thatpart of a Christian church in which the altar is placed.(c) A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divineservice is performed; a church, temple, or other place of worship.(d) A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection;shelter; refuge; protection.These laws, whoever made them, bestowed on temples the privelege ofsanctuary. Milton.These admirable works of painting were made fuel for the fire; butsome relics of it took sanctuary under ground, and escaped the commondestiny. Dryden.Wildlife sanctuary, a tract of land set aside by law for thepreservation of wildlife, in which no hunting is permitted."
"SANCTUM","A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved forpersonal use; as, an editor's sanctum. Sanctum sanctorum Etym: [L.] ,the Holy of Holies; the most holy place, as in the Jewish temple."
"SANCTUS","A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of thecommunion service, of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus,sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; -- called also Tersanctus."
"SAND","Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabiaand Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of thetide. 'The Libyan sands.' Milton. 'The sands o'Dee.' C. Kingsley."
"SAND-BLIND","Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind. Shak."
"SAND-LOT","Lit., of or pert. to a lot or piece of sandy ground, -- hence,pert. to, or characteristic of, the policy or practices of thesocialistic or communistic followers of the Irish agitator DenisKearney, who delivered many of his speeches in the open sand lotsabout San Francisco; as, the sand-lot constitution of California,framed in 1879, under the influence of sand-lot agitation."
"SANDAL","Same as Sendal.Sails of silk and ropes of sandal. Longfellow."
"SANDALIFORM","Shaped like a sandal or slipper."
"SANDALWOOD","Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. [Archaic]"
"SANDBAGGER","An assaulter whose weapon is a sand bag. See Sand bag, underSand."
"SANDEMANIAN","A follower of Robert Sandeman, a Scotch sectary of theeighteenth century. See Glassite."
"SANDEMANIANISM","The faith or system of the Sandemanians. A. Fuller."
"SANDERLING","A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) verycommon on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called alsocurwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover."
"SANDERS","An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the redsandalwood. See under Sandalwood."
"SANDERS-BLUE","See Saundersblue."
"SANDEVER","See Sandiver. [Obs.]"
"SANDFISH","A small marine fish of the Pacific coast of North America(Trichodon trichodon) which buries itself in the sand."
"SANDGLASS","An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. SeeHourglass."
"SANDHILLER","A nickname given to any 'poor white' living in the pine woodswhich cover the sandy hills in Georgia and South Carolina. [U.S.]"
"SANDINESS","The quality or state of being sandy, or of being of a sandycolor."
"SANDISH","Approaching the nature of sand; loose; not compact. [Obs.]Evelyn."
"SANDIVER","A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from thematerials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is skimmedoff; -- called also glass gall. [Formerly written also sandever.]"
"SANDIX","A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate oflead, but inferior to true minium. [Written also sandyx.] [Obs.]"
"SANDMAN","A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rubtheir eyes as if there were sand in them."
"SANDNECKER","A European flounder (Hippoglossoides limandoides); -- calledalso rough dab, long fluke, sand fluke, and sand sucker."
"SANDPAPER","Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used forsmoothing and polishing."
"SANDPIPER","Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birdsbelonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied generaof the family Tringid\\'91."
"SANDPIT","A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken."
"SANDRE","A Russian fish (Lucioperca sandre) which yields a valuable oil,called sandre oil, used in the preparation of caviare."
"SANDSTONE","A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common orsiliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand."
"SANDWICH","Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat,cheese, or the like, between them."
"SANDWORT","Any plant of the genus Arenaria, low, tufted herbs (orderCaryophyllace\\'91.)"
"SANDYX","See Sandix."
"SANENESS","The state of being sane; sanity."
"SANG","imp. of Sing."
"SANG-FROID","Freedom from agitation or excitement of mind; coolness intrying circumstances; indifference; calmness. Burke."
"SANGAREE","Wine and water sweetened and spiced, -- a favorite West Indiandrink."
"SANGIAC","See Sanjak."
"SANGUIFEROUS","Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries,veins, capillaries."
"SANGUIFICATION","The production of blood; the conversion of the products ofdigestion into blood; hematosis."
"SANGUIFIER","A producer of blood."
"SANGUIFLUOUS","Flowing or running with blood."
"SANGUIFY","To produce blood from."
"SANGUIGENOUS","Producing blood; as, sanguigenous food."
"SANGUINACEOUS","Of a blood-red color; sanguine."
"SANGUINARIA","A genus of plants of the Poppy family."
"SANGUINARILY","In a sanguinary manner."
"SANGUINARINESS","The quality or state of being sanguinary."
"SANGUINE","Bloodstone."
"SANGUINELESS","Destitute of blood; pale. [R.]"
"SANGUINELY","In a sanguine manner."
"SANGUINENESS","The quality of being sanguine."
"SANGUINITY","The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness. Swift."
"SANGUINIVOROUS","Subsisting on blood."
"SANGUINOLENCY","The state of being sanguinolent, or bloody."
"SANGUINOLENT","Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody; as, sanguinolent sputa."
"SANGUISUGE","A bloodsucker, or leech."
"SANGUIVOROUS","Subsisting upon blood; -- said of certain blood-sucking batsand other animals. See Vampire."
"SANHEDRIST","A member of the sanhedrin. Schaeffer (Lange's Com. )."
"SANHITA","A collection of vedic hymns, songs, or verses, forming thefirst part of each Veda."
"SANICLE","Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sanicula, reputed to havehealing powers."
"SANIDINE","A variety of orthoclase feldspar common in certain eruptiverocks, as trachyte; -- called also glassy feldspar."
"SANIES","A thin, serous fluid commonly discharged from ulcers or foulwounds."
"SANIOUS","pertaining to sanies, or partaking of its nature andappearance; thin and serous, with a slight bloody tinge; as, thesanious matter of an ulcer."
"SANITARIAN","Of or pertaining to health, or the laws of health; sanitary."
"SANITARIST","A sanitarian."
"SANITARIUM","A health station or retreat; a sanatorium. 'A sanitarium fortroops.' L. Oliphant."
"SANITARY","Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preservehealth; relating to the preservation or restoration of health;hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory.Sanitary Commission. See under Commission."
"SANITATION","The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitaryconditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures;hygiene.How much sanitation has advanced during the last half century. H.Hartshorne."
"SANITY","The condition or quality of being sane; soundness of health ofbody or mind, especially of the mind; saneness."
"SANJAK","A district or a subvision of a vilayet. [Turkey]"
"SANK","imp. of Sink."
"SANKHA","A chank shell (Turbinella pyrum); also, a shell bracelet ornecklace made in India from the chank shell."
"SANKHYA","A Hindoo system of philosophy which refers all things to souland a rootless germ called prakriti, consisting of three elements,goodness, passion, and darkness. Whitworth."
"SANNOP","same as Sannup. Bancroft."
"SANNUP","A male Indian; a brave; -- correlative of squaw."
"SANNY","The sandpiper. [prov. Eng.]"
"SANS","Without; deprived or destitute of. Rarely used as an Englishword. 'Sans fail.' Chaucer.Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. Shak."
"SANS-CULOTTIC","pertaining to, or involving, sans-culottism; radical;revolutionary; Jacobinical. Carlyle."
"SANS-CULOTTISM","Extreme republican principles; the principles or practice ofthe sans-culottes."
"SANS-SOUCI","Without care; free and easy."
"SANSCRIT","See Sanskrit."
"SANSKRIT","The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete invernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary andsacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and tothe principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by itsmore perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitivelanguage from which they are all descended, is a most importantassistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit,and Veda."
"SANSKRITIC","Sanskrit."
"SANSKRITIST","One versed in Sanskrit."
"SANTAL","A colorless crystalline substance, isomeric with piperonal, buthaving weak acid properties. It is extracted from sandalwood."
"SANTALACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Santalace\u00e6), ofwhich the genus Santalum is the type, and which includes the buffalonut and a few other North American plants, and many peculiar plantsof the southern hemisphere."
"SANTALIC","Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sandalwood (Santalum); --used specifically to designate an acid obtained as a resinous or redcrystalline dyestuff, which is called also santalin."
"SANTALIN","Santalic acid. See Santalic."
"SANTALUM","A genus of trees with entire opposite leaves and smallapetalous flowers. There are less than a dozen species, occuring fromIndia to Australia and the Pacific Islands. See Sandalwood."
"SANTEES","One of the seven confederated tribes of Indians belonging tothe Sioux, or Dakotas."
"SANTER","See Saunter."
"SANTON","A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as asaint: also, a hermit."
"SANTONATE","A salt of santonic acid."
"SANTONIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid (distinct fromsantoninic acid) obtained from santonin as a white crystallinesubstance."
"SANTONIN","A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extractedfrom the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. Itoccassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects toappear as if seen through a yellow glass."
"SANTONINATE","A salt of santoninic acid."
"SANTONINIC","Of or pertaining to santonin; -- used specifically to designatean acid not known in the free state, but obtained in its salts."
"SAO","Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalin\u00e6cia, especially H.tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tuberesembling a quill in color and texture."
"SAP","To pierce with saps."
"SAPADILLO","See Sapodila."
"SAPAJO","The sapajou."
"SAPAJOU","Any one of several species of South American monkeys of thegenus Cebus, having long and prehensile tails. Some of the speciesare called also capuchins. The bonnet sapajou (C. subcristatus), thegolden-handed sapajou (C. chrysopus), and the white-throated sapajou(C. hypoleucus) are well known species. See Capuchin."
"SAPAN WOOD","A dyewood yielded by C\u00e6salpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminoustree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the originalBrazil wood. [Written also sappan wood.]"
"SAPFUL","Abounding in sap; sappy."
"SAPHEAD","A weak-minded, stupid fellow; a milksop. [Low]"
"SAPID","Having the power of affecting the organs of taste; possessingsavor, or flavor.Camels, to make the water sapid, do raise the mud with their feet.Sir T. Browne."
"SAPIDITY","The quality or state of being sapid; taste; savor; savoriness.Whether one kind of sapidity is more effective than another. M. S.Lamson."
"SAPIDNESS","Quality of being sapid; sapidity.When the Israelites fancied the sapidness and relish of thefleshpots, they longed to taste and to return. Jer. Taylor."
"SAPIENCE","The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge.Cowper.Woman, if I might sit beside your feet, And glean your scatteredsapience. Tennyson."
"SAPIENT","Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt.Where the sapient king Held dalliance with his fair Egyptian spouse.Milton."
"SAPIENTIAL","Having or affording wisdom.-- Sa`pi*en'tial*ly, adv.The sapiential books of the Old [Testament]. Jer. Taylor."
"SAPIENTIOUS","Sapiential. [Obs.]"
"SAPIENTIZE","To make sapient. [R.] Coleridge."
"SAPIENTLY","In a sapient manner."
"SAPINDACEOUS","Of or pertaining to an order of trees and shrubs (Sapindace\u00e6),including the (Typical) genus Sapindus, the maples, the margosa, andabout seventy other genera."
"SAPINDUS","A genus of tropical and subtropical trees with pinnate leavesand panicled flowers. The fruits of some species are used instead ofsoap, and their round black seeds are made into necklaces."
"SAPLING","A young tree. Shak."
"SAPODILLA","A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also,its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum. [Written also sapadillo,sappadilo, sappodilla, and zapotilla.] Sapodilla plum (Bot.), thefruit of Achras Sapota. It is about the size of an ordinary quince,having a rough, brittle, dull brown rind, the flesh being of a dirtyyellowish white color, very soft, and deliciously sweet. Called alsonaseberry. It is eatable only when it begins to be spotted, and ismuch used in desserts."
"SAPOGENIN","A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition ofsaponin."
"SAPONACEOUS","Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy."
"SAPONACITY","The quality or state of being saponaceous."
"SAPONARY","Saponaceous. Boyle."
"SAPONIFIABLE","Capable of conversion into soap; as, a saponifiable substance."
"SAPONIFICATION","The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion intosoap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and otherethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate."
"SAPONIFIER","That which saponifies; any reagent used to causesaponification."
"SAPONIFY","To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), tosubject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergoin decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate."
"SAPONIN","A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root ofsoapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It isextracted as a white amorphus powder, which occasions a soapy latherin solution, and produces a local an\u00e6stesia. Formerly called alsostruthiin, quilaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, anyone of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type."
"SAPONITE","A hydrous silicate of magnesia and aluminia. It occurs in soft,soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities intrap rock."
"SAPONUL","A soapy mixture obtained by treating an essential oil with analkali; hence, any similar compound of an essential oil. [Writtenalso saponule.] [Obs.]"
"SAPOR","Power of affecting the organs of taste; savor; flavor; taste.There is some sapor in all aliments. Sir T. Browne."
"SAPORIFIC","Having the power to produce the sensation of taste; producingtaste, flavor, or relish."
"SAPOROSITY","The quality of a body by which it excites the sensation oftaste."
"SAPOROUS","Having flavor or taste; yielding a taste. [R.] Bailey."
"SAPOTA","The sapodilla."
"SAPOTACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sapotace\u00e6) of (mostlytropical) trees and shrubs, including the star apple, the Lucuma, ornatural marmalade tree, the gutta-percha tree (Isonandra), and theIndia mahwa, as well as the sapodilla, or sapota, after which theorder is named."
"SAPPAN WOOD","Sapan wood."
"SAPPARE","Kyanite. [Written also sappar.]"
"SAPPER","One who saps; specifically (Mil.), one who is employed inworking at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like."
"SAPPHIC","Belonging to, or in the manner of, Sappho; -- said of a certainkind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting offive feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, thesecond is a spondee, and the third a dactyl."
"SAPPHIRE","Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp.,the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem.of rubies, sapphires, and of pearl\u00e9s white. Chaucer."
"SAPPHIRINE","Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the color, or anyquality of sapphire. 'Sapphirine degree of hardness.' Boyle."
"SAPPHO","Any one of several species of brilliant South American hummingbirds of the genus Sappho, having very bright-colored and deeplyforked tails; -- called also firetail."
"SAPPINESS","The quality of being sappy; juiciness."
"SAPPODILLA","See Sapodilla."
"SAPPY","Abounding in sap; resembling, or consisting lagerly of,sapwood."
"SAPROPHAGAN","One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon dacaying animal andvegetable substances; a carrion beetle."
"SAPROPHAGOUS","Feeding on carrion."
"SAPROPHYTE","Any plant growing on dacayed animal or vegetable matter, asmost fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as theIndian pipe."
"SAPROPHYTIC","Feeding or growing upon decaying anomal or vegetable matter;pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes."
"SAPROPHYTISM","State or fact of being saprophytic."
"SAPSAGO","A kind of Swiss cheese, of a greenish color, flavored withmelilot."
"SAPSKULL","A saphead. [Low]"
"SAPUCAIA","A Brazilian tree. See Lecythis, and Monkey-pot. [Written alsosapucaya.] Sapucaia nut (Bot.), the seed of the sapucaia; -- calledalso paradise nut."
"SAPWOOD","The alburnum, or part of the wood on any exogenous tree next tothe bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flowsmost freely; -- distinguished from Heartwood."
"SARABAITE","One of certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the earlychurch."
"SARABAND","A slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in tripletime; also, the air itself.She has brought us the newest saraband from the court of Queen Mab.Sir W. Scott."
"SARACEN","Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, thecommon term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile tothe crusaders. Saracen's consound (Bot.), a kind of ragewort (SenecioSaracenicus), anciently used to heal wounds."
"SARASIN","See Sarrasin."
"SARASWATI","The sakti or wife of Brahma; the Hindoo goddess of learning,music, and poetry."
"SARCASM","A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered withsome degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest.The sarcasms of those critics who imagine our art to be a matter ofinspiration. Sir J. Reynolds."
"SARCASMOUS","Sarcastic. [Obs.] 'Sarcasmous scandal.' Hubidras."
"SARCASTICALLY","In a sarcastic manner."
"SARCEL","One of the outer pinions or feathers of the wing of a bird,esp. of a hawk."
"SARCELED","Cut through the middle."
"SARCELLE","The old squaw, or long-tailed duck."
"SARCENET","A species of fine thin silk fabric, used for linings, etc.[Written also sarsenet.]Thou green sarcenet flap for a sore eye. Shak."
"SARCIN","Same as Hypoxanthin."
"SARCINA","A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especiallyin those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. Theindividual organisms undergo division along two perpendicularpartitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions,giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively; as, asarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group. Sarcina form (Biol.), thetetrad form seen in the division of a dumb-bell group of micrococciinto four; -- applied particularly to bacteria. See micrococcus."
"SARCLE","To weed, or clear of weeds, with a hoe. [Obs.] Ainsworth."
"SARCOBASIS","A fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells, which containbut few seeds and cohere about a common style, as in the mallows."
"SARCOBLAST","A minute yellowish body present in the interior of certainrhizopods."
"SARCOCARP","the fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, orepicarp, and the stone, or endocarp, as in a peach. See Illust. ofEndocarp."
"SARCOCELE","Any solid tumor of the testicle."
"SARCODE","A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous materialforming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm."
"SARCODIC","Of or pertaining to sarcode."
"SARCOID","Resembling flesh, or muscle; composed of sarcode."
"SARCOLACTIC","relating to muscle and milk; as, sarcolactic acid. See Lacticacid, under Lactic."
"SARCOLEMMA","The very thin transparent and apparently homogenous sheathwhich incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma."
"SARCOLINE","Flesh-colored."
"SARCOLOGY","That part of anatomy which treats of the soft parts. Itincludes myology, angiology, neurology, and splanchnology."
"SARCOMA","A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to manyvarieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growthmade up of cells resembling those of fetal development without anyproper intercellular substance."
"SARCOMATOUS","Of or pertaining to sarcoma; resembling sarcoma."
"SARCOPHAGA","A suborder of carnivorous and insectivorous marsupialsincluding the dasyures and the opossums."
"SARCOPHAGAN","Any animal which eats flesh, especially any carnivorousmarsupial."
"SARCOPHAGOUS","Feeding on flesh; flesh-eating; carnivorous."
"SARCOPHAGY","The practice of eating flesh."
"SARCOPHILE","A flesh-eating animal, especially any one of the carnivorousmarsupials."
"SARCOPTES","A genus of parasitic mites including the itch mites."
"SARCOPTID","Any species of the genus Sarcoptes and related genera of mites,comprising the itch mites and mange mites.-- a."
"SARCORHAMPHI","A division of raptorial birds composing the vultures."
"SARCOSEPTUM","One of the mesenteries of an anthozoan."
"SARCOSIN","A crystalline nitrogenous substance, formed in thedecomposition of creatin (one of the constituents of muscle tissue).Chemically, it is methyl glycocoll."
"SARCOTIC","Producing or promoting the growth of flesh. [R.] -- n."
"SARCOUS","Fleshy; -- applied to the minute stryctural elements, calledsarcous elements, or sarcous disks, of which striated muscular fiberis composed."
"SARCULATION","A weeding, as with a hoe or a rake."
"SARD","A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownishred color. See the Note under Chalcedony."
"SARDACHATE","A variety of agate containing sard."
"SARDEL","A precious stone. See Sardius."
"SARDINE","Any one of several small species of herring which are commonlypreserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or Europeansardine (Clupea pichardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) issimilar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly theyoung of the common herring and of the menhaden."
"SARDINIAN","Of or pertaining to the island, kingdom, or people of Sardinia.-- n."
"SARDIUS","A precious stone, probably a carnelian, one of which was set inAaron's breastplate. Ex. xxviii. 17."
"SARDOIN","Sard; carnelian."
"SARDONIAN","Sardonic. [Obs.] 'With Sardonian smile.' Spenser."
"SARDONIC","Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking,malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile,or some facial semblance of gayety.Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And grief isforced to laugh against her will. Sir H. Wotton.The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian. Burke.Sardonic grin or laugh, an old medical term for a spasmodic affectionof the muscles of the face, giving it an appearance of laughter."
"SARDONYX","A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony inalternate layers."
"SAREE","The principal garment of a Hindoo woman. It consists of a longpiece of cloth, which is wrapped round the middle of the body, aportion being arranged to hang down in front, and the remainderpassed across the bosom over the left shoulder."
"SARGASSO","The gulf weed. See under Gulf. Sargasso Sea, a large tract ofthe North Atlantic Ocean where sargasso in great abundance floats onthe surface."
"SARGASSUM","A genus of alg\u00e6 including the gulf weed."
"SARGO","Any one of several species of sparoid fishes belonging toSargus, Pomodasys, and related genera; -- called also sar, andsaragu."
"SARI","Same as Saree."
"SARIGUE","A small South American opossum (Didelphys opossum), having fourwhite spots on the face."
"SARK","A shirt. [Scot.]"
"SARKIN","Same as Hypoxanthin."
"SARKING","Thin boards for shealting, as above the rafters, and under theshingles or slates, and for similar purposes."
"SARMENT","A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawbwrry. SeeRunner."
"SARMENTACEOUS","Bearing sarments, or runners, as the strawberry."
"SARMENTOUS","Sarmentose."
"SARN","A pavement or stepping-stone. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson."
"SARONG","A sort of petticoat worn by both sexes in Java and the MalayArchipelago. Balfour (Cyc. of India)"
"SAROS","A Chaldean astronomical period or cycle, the length of whichhas been variously estimated from 3,600 years to 3,600 days, or alittle short of 10 years. Brande & C."
"SARPLAR","A large bale or package of wool, containing eighty tods, or2,240 pounds, in weight. [Eng.]"
"SARPLIER","A coarse cloth made of hemp, and used for packing goods, etc.[Written also sarpelere.] Tyrwhitt."
"SARPO","A large toadfish the Southern United States and the Gulf ofMexico (Batrachus tau, var. pardus)."
"SARRACENIA","A genus of American perrenial herbs growing in bogs; theAmerican pitcher plant."
"SARSA","Sarsaparilla. [Written also sarza.]"
"SARSAPARILLIN","See Parillin."
"SARSE","A fine sieve; a searce. [Obs.]"
"SARSEN","One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the Englishchalk downs; -- called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone. [Eng.]"
"SARSENET","See Sarcenet."
"SART","An assart, or clearing. [Obs.] Bailey."
"SARTORIAL","Of or pertaining to thesartorius muscle."
"SARTORIUS","A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arisesfrom the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So namedbecause its contraction was supposed to produce the position of thelegs assumed by the tailor in sitting."
"SARUM USE","A liturgy, or use, put forth about 1087 by St. Osmund, bishopof Sarum, based on Anglo-Saxon and Norman customs."
"SASH","A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, orotherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn by women and children as anornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers,members of societies, etc."
"SASHERY","A collection of sashes; ornamentation by means of sashes. [R.]Distinguished by their sasheries and insignia. Carlyle."
"SASHOON","A kind of pad worn on the leg under the boot. [Obs.] Nares."
"SASIN","The Indian antelope (Antilope bezoartica, or cervicapra), notedfor its beauty and swiftness. It has long, spiral, divergent horns."
"SASSAFRAS","An American tree of the Laurel family (Sassafras officinale);also, the bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell and taste.Australian sassafras, a lofty tree (Doryophora Sassafras) witharomatic bark and leaves.-- Chilian sassafras, an aromatic tree (Laurelia sempervirens).-- New Zealand sassafras, a similar tree (Laurelia Nov\u00e6 Zelandi\u00e6).-- Sassafras nut. See Pichurim bean.-- Swamp sassafras, the sweet bay (Magnolia glauca). See Magnolia."
"SASSANAGE","Stones left after sifting. Smart."
"SASSARARA","A word used to emphasize a statement. [Obs.]Out she shall pack, with a sassarara. Goldsmith."
"SASSE","A sluice or lock, as in a river, to make it more navigable.[Obs.] Pepys."
"SASSENACH","A Saxon; an Englishman; a Lowlander. [Celtic] Sir W. Scott."
"SASSY BARK","The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophl\u00e6umGuineense, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and alsomedicinally; -- called also mancona bark."
"SASTRA","Same as Shaster."
"SASTRUGI","Incorrect, but common, var. of Zastrugi."
"SAT","imp. of Sit. [Written also sate.]"
"SATAN","The grand adversary of man; The Devil, or Prince of darkness;the chief of the fallen angels; the archfiend.I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Luke x. 18."
"SATANISM","The evil and malicious disposition of Satan; a diabolicalsprit. [R.]"
"SATANIST","A very wicked-person. [R.] Granger."
"SATANOPHANY","An incarnation of Satan; a being possessed by a demon. [R.] O.A. Brownson."
"SATCHEL","A little sack or bag for carrying papers, books, or smallarticles of wearing apparel; a hand bag. [Spelled also sachel.]The whining schoolboy with his satchel. Shak."
"SATE","To satisfy the desire or appetite of; to satiate; to glut; tosurfeit.Crowds of wanderers sated with the business and pleasure of greatcities. Macaulay."
"SATEEN","A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossysurface resembling satin."
"SATELESS","Insatiable. [R.] Young."
"SATELLITE","A secondary planet which revolves about another planet; as, themoon is a satellite of the earth. See Solar system, under Solar.Satellite moth (Zo\u00f6l.), a handsome European noctuid moth (Scopelosomasatellitia)."
"SATELLITIOUS","Pertaining to, or consisting of, satellites. [R.] Cheyne."
"SATHANAS","Satan. [Obs.] Chaucer. Wyclif."
"SATIATE","Filled to satiety; glutted; sated; -- followed by with or of.'Satiate of applause.' Pope."
"SATIATION","Satiety."
"SATIETY","The state of being satiated or glutted; fullness ofgratification, either of the appetite or of any sensual desire;fullness beyond desire; an excess of gratification which exciteswearisomeness or loathing; repletion; satiation.In all pleasures there is satiety. Hakewill.But thy words, with grace divine Imbued, bring to their sweetness nosatiety. Milton."
"SATIN","A silk cloth, of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof,which has a glossy surface.Cloths of gold and satins rich of hue. Chaucer.Denmark satin, a kind of lasting; a stout worsted stuff, woven with asatin twill, used for women's shoes.-- Farmer's satin. See under Farmer.-- Satin bird (Zo\u00f6l.), an Australian bower bird. Called also satingrackle.-- Satin flower (Bot.) See Honesty, 4.-- Satin spar. (Min.) (a) A fine fibrous variety of calcite, havinga pearly luster. (b) A similar variety of gypsum.-- Satin sparrow (Zo\u00f6l.), the shining flycatcher (Myiagra nitida) ofTasmania and Australia. The upper surface of the male is richblackish green with a metallic luster.-- Satin stone, satin spar."
"SATIN WEAVE","A style of weaving producing smooth-faced fabric in which thewarp interlaces with the filling at points distributed over thesurface."
"SATINETTE","One of a breed of fancy frilled pigeons allied to the owls andturbits, having the body white, the shoulders tricolored, and thetail bluish black with a large white spot on each feather."
"SATINWOOD","The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree(Chloroxylon Swietnia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used incabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species ofprickly ash (Xanthoxylum Carib\u00e6um) growing in Florida and the WestIndies."
"SATINY","Like or composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satinyappearance; a satiny texture."
"SATION","A sowing or planting. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"SATIRIST","One who satirizes; especially, one who writes satire.The mighty satirist, who . . . had spread through the Whig ranks.Macaulay."
"SATIRIZE","To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censurewith keenness or severe sarcasm.It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as topraise well a man of distinguished virtues. Swift."
"SATISFACTIVE","Satisfactory. [Obs.]Satisfactive discernment of fish. Sir T. Browne."
"SATISFIABLE","That may be satisfied."
"SATISFIER","One who satisfies."
"SATISFYINGLY","So as to satisfy; satisfactorily."
"SATIVE","Sown; propagated by seed. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"SATLE","To settle. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SATRAP","The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a pettyautocrat despot."
"SATRAPAL","Of or pertaining to a satrap, or a satrapy."
"SATRAPESS","A female satrap."
"SATRAPICAL","Satrapal. [R.]"
"SATRAPY","The government or jurisdiction of a satrap; a principality.Milton."
"SATSUMA WARE","A kind of ornamental hard-glazed pottery made at Satsuma inKiushu, one of the Japanese islands."
"SATURABLE","Capable of being saturated; admitting of saturation.-- Sat`u*ra*bil'i*ty, n."
"SATURANT","Impregnating to the full; saturating."
"SATURATE","To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert bychemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturatephosphorus with chlorine."
"SATURATED","Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; -- said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is asaturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated."
"SATURATION","The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or ofcombining it to its fullest extent."
"SATURATOR","One who, or that which, saturates."
"SATURDAY","The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Fridayand preceding Sunday."
"SATURITY","The state of being saturated; fullness of supply. [Obs.]Warner."
"SATURN","One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus andTerra (Heaven and Earth), anf the father of Jupiter. Thecorresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time."
"SATURNALIA","the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originallyduring one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period ofunrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even tothe slaves."
"SATURNIAN","Of or pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from themildness and wisdom of his government, is called the golden age."
"SATURNICENTRIC","Appearing as if seen from the center of the planet Saturn;relating or referred to Saturn as a center."
"SATURNINE","Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling,lead, which was formerly called Saturn. [Archaic] Saturnine colic(Med.), lead colic."
"SATURNISM","Plumbum. Quain."
"SATURNIST","A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament. W. browne."
"SATYR","A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and partgoat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness.Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, From the glad soundwould not be absent long. Milton."
"SATYRIASIS","Immoderate venereal appetite in the male. Quain."
"SATYRION","Any one of several kinds of orchids. [Obs.]"
"SAUBA ANT","A South American ant (Ecodoma cephalotes) remarkable for havingtwo large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones, and for theimmense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant cuts off leaves ofplants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus oftendoes great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants."
"SAUCE","A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with thestump."
"SAUCE-ALONE","Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack."
"SAUCEBOX","A saucy, impudent person; especially, a pert child.Saucebox, go, meddle with your lady's fan, And prate not here! A.Brewer."
"SAUCEPAN","A small pan with a handle, in which sauce is prepared over afire; a stewpan."
"SAUCILY","In a saucy manner; impudently; with impertinent boldness.Addison."
"SAUCINESS","The quality or state of being saucy; that which is saucy;impertinent boldness; contempt of superiors; impudence.Your sauciness will jest upon my love. Shak."
"SAUERKRAUT","Cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of itsown juice with salt, -- a German dish."
"SAUF","Safe. [Obs.] haucer."
"SAUFLY","Safely. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SAUGER","An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion Canadense); --called also gray pike, blue pike, hornfish, land pike, sand pike,pickering, and pickerel."
"SAUKS","Same as Sacs."
"SAUL","Soul. [Obs.]"
"SAULIE","A hired mourner at a funeral. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"SAULT","A rapid in some rivers; as, the Sault Ste. Marie. [U.S.]Bartlett."
"SAUNDERS","See Sandress."
"SAUNDERS-BLUE","A kind of color prepared from calcined lapis lazuli;ultramarine; also, a blue prepared from carbonate of copper. [Writtenalso sanders-blue.]"
"SAUNTER","To wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner;to lounge; to stroll; to loiter.One could lie under elm trees in a lawn, or saunter in meadows by theside of a stream. Masson."
"SAUNTERER","One who saunters."
"SAUR","Soil; dirt; dirty water; urine from a cowhouse. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SAUREL","Any carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially T.trachurus, or T. saurus, of Europe and America, and T. picturatus ofCalifornia. Called also skipjack, and horse mackarel."
"SAURIA","A division of Reptilia formerly established to include theLacertilia, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and other groups. By some writersthe name is restricted to the Lacertilia."
"SAURIAN","Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, the Sauria.-- n."
"SAURIOID","Same as Sauroid."
"SAUROBATRACHIA","The Urodela."
"SAUROGNATHOUS","Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, thevomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers.(Pici)."
"SAUROIDICHNITE","The fossil track of a saurian."
"SAUROPODA","An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs having the feet of asaurian type, instead of birdlike, as they are in many dinosaurs. Itincludes the Largest Known land animals, belonging to Brontosaurus,Camarasaurus, and alied genera. See Illustration in Appendix."
"SAUROPSIDA","A comprehensive group of vertebrates, comprising the reptilesand birds."
"SAUROPTERYGIA","Same as Plesiosauria."
"SAURURAE","An extinct order of birds having a long vertebrated tail withquills along each side of it. Arch\u00e6opteryx is the type. SeeArch\u00e6opteryx, and Odontornithes."
"SAURY","A slender marine fish (Scombresox saurus) of Europe andAmerica. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish,gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, andEgypt herring."
"SAUSEFLEM","Having a red, pimpled face. [Obs.] [Written also sawceflem.]Chaucer."
"SAUSSURITE","A tough, compact mineral, of a white, greenish, or grayishcolor. It is near zoisite in composition, and in part, at least, hasbeen produced by the alteration of feldspar."
"SAUTE","p. p. of Sauter. C. Owen."
"SAUTER","To fry lightly and quickly, as meat, by turning ot tossing itover frequently in a hot pan greased with a little fat."
"SAUTERELLE","An instrument used by masons and others to trace and formangles."
"SAUTERNE","A white wine made in the district of sauterne, France."
"SAUTRIE","Psaltery. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SAUVEGARDE","The monitor."
"SAVABLE","capable of, or admitting of, being saved.In the person prayed for there ought to be the great disposition ofbeing in a savable condition. Jer. Taylor."
"SAVABLENESS","Capability of being saved."
"SAVACIOUN","Salvation. [Obs.]"
"SAVAGE","To make savage. [R.]Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf. South"
"SAVAGELY","In a savage manner."
"SAVAGENESS","The state or quality of being savage.Wolves and bears, they say, Casting their savageness aside have doneLike offices of pity. Shak."
"SAVAGISM","The state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men,or of men in their native wildness and rudeness."
"SAVANILLA","The tarpum. [Local, U.S.]"
"SAVANNA","A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usuallyfound in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- butdestitute of trees. [Spelt also savannah.]Savannahs are clear pieces land without woods. Dampier.Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbingapocyneous plants of the genus Echites.-- Savanna sparrow (Zo\u00f6l.), an American sparrow (Ammodramussandwichensis or Passerculus savanna) of which several varieties arefound on grassy plains from Alaska to the Eastern United States.-- Savanna wattle (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of thegenus Citharexylum."
"SAVANT","A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; aperson eminent for acquirements."
"SAVE","The herb sage, or salvia. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SAVE-ALL","Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss.Specifically:(a) A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so thatthey be burned.(b) (Naut.) A small sail sometimes set under the foot of anothersail, to catch the wind that would pass under it. Totten. (c) Atrough to prevent waste in a paper-making machine."
"SAVEABLE","See Savable."
"SAVELOY","A kind of dried sausage. McElrath."
"SAVELY","Safely. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SAVEMENT","The act of saving. [Obs.]"
"SAVER","One who saves."
"SAVING","1. Preserving; rescuing.He is the saving strength of his anointed. Ps. xxviii. 8."
"SAVIORESS","A female savior. [Written also saviouress.] [R.] Bp. Hall."
"SAVORILY","In a savory manner."
"SAVORINESS","The quality of being savory."
"SAVORLESS","Having no savor; destitute of smell or of taste; insipid."
"SAVORLY","Savory. [Obs.]"
"SAVOROUS","Having a savor; savory. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"SAVORY","Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell. [Written alsosavoury.]The chewing flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savory herb. Milton."
"SAVOY","A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major),having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use."
"SAVOYARD","A native or inhabitant of Savoy."
"SAW","imp. of See."
"SAW PALMETTO","See under Palmetto."
"SAW-SET","An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a littlesidewise, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thicknessof the blade, to prevent friction; -- called also saw-wrest."
"SAW-TOOTHED","Having a tooth or teeth like those of a saw; serrate."
"SAW-WHET","A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of eartufts and having feathered toes; -- called also Acadian owl."
"SAW-WORT","Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; -- so named fromthe serrated leaves of most of the species."
"SAW-WREST","See Saw-set."
"SAWARRA NUT","See Souari nut."
"SAWBELLY","The alewife. [Local, U.S.]"
"SAWBILL","The merganser. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SAWBONES","A nickname for a surgeon."
"SAWBUCK","A sawhorse."
"SAWCEFLEM","See Sauseflem. [Obs.]"
"SAWDER","A corrupt spelling and pronunciation of solder. Soft sawder,seductive praise; flattery; blarney. [Slang]"
"SAWDUST","Dust or small fragments of wood 9or of stone, etc.) made by thecutting of a saw."
"SAWER","One who saws; a sawyer."
"SAWFISH","Any one of several species of elasmobranch fishes of the genusPristis. They have a sharklike form, but are more nearly allied tothe rays. The flattened and much elongated snout has a row of stouttoothlike structures inserted along each edge, forming a sawlikeorgan with which it mutilates or kills its prey."
"SAWFLY","Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belongingto the family Tenthredinid\u00e6. The female usually has an ovipositorcontaining a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions inthe leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs. The larv\u00e6resemble those of Lepidoptera."
"SAWHORSE","A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, onwhich sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called alsobuck, and sawbuck."
"SAWMILL","A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber."
"SAWNEB","A merganser. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SAWTOOTH","An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molarsserrated; -- called also crabeating seal."
"SAWTRY","A psaltery. [Obs.] Dryden."
"SAWYER","The bowfin. [Local, U.S.]"
"SAX","A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofingslates."
"SAX-TUBA","A powerful instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Romanbuccina, or tuba."
"SAXATILE","Of or pertaining to rocks; living among rocks; as, a saxatileplant."
"SAXHORN","A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instrumentswith valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Sax (known as Adolphe Sax),of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands and inorchestras."
"SAXICAVA","Any species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava.Some of the species are noted for their power of boring holes inlimestone and similar rocks."
"SAXICAVID","Of or pertaining to the saxicavas.-- n."
"SAXICAVOUS","Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain molluskswhich live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust. ofLithodomus."
"SAXICOLINE","Stone-inhabiting; pertaining to, or having the characteristicsof, the stonechats."
"SAXICOLOUS","Growing on rocks."
"SAXIFRAGA","A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about onehundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage."
"SAXIFRAGACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Saxifragace\u00e6) ofwhich saxifrage is the type. The order includes also the alum root,the hydrangeas, the mock orange, currants and gooseberries, and manyother plants."
"SAXIFRAGANT","Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous. [R.] -- n."
"SAXIFRAGE","Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbsgrowing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions. Burnetsaxifrage, a European umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella Saxifraga).-- Golden saxifrage, a low half-sacculent herb (Chrysospleniumoppositifolium) growing in rivulets in Europe; also, C. Americanum,common in the United States. See also under Golden.-- Meadow saxifrage, or Pepper saxifrage. See under Meadow."
"SAXIFRAGOUS","Dissolving stone, especially dissolving stone in the bladder."
"SAXON","Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or theirlanguage.(b) Anglo-Saxon.(c) Of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants. Saxon blue(Dyeing), a deep blue liquid used in dyeing, and obtained bydissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid. Brande & C.-- Saxon green (Dyeing), a green color produced by dyeing withyellow upon a ground of Saxon blue."
"SAXONIC","relating to the saxons or Anglo-Saxons."
"SAXONISM","An idiom of the Saxon or Anglo-Saxon language. T. Warton."
"SAXONIST","One versed in the Saxon language."
"SAXONITE","See Mountain soap, under Mountain."
"SAXONY YARN","A fine grade of woolen yarn twisted somewhat harder andsmoother than zephyr yarn."
"SAXOPHONE","A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking ofthe qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet."
"SAY","Saw. Chaucer."
"SAYER","One who says; an utterer.Mr. Curran was something much better than a sayer of smart sayings.Jeffrey."
"SAYETTE","A mixed stuff, called also sagathy. See Sagathy."
"SAYING","That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially aproverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern booksenrolled. Milton."
"SAYMAN","One who assays. [Obs.]"
"SAYMASTER","A master of assay; one who tries or proves. [Obs.] 'Greatsaymaster of state.' D. Jonson."
"SAYND","obs. p. p. of Senge, to singe. Chaucer."
"SCAB","A slight iregular protuberance which defaces the surface of acasting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold."
"SCABBARD","The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept;a sheath.Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade. Fairfax.Scabbard fish (Zo\u00f6l.), a long, compressed, silver-colored t\u00e6nioidfish (Lepidopus caudatus, or argyreus), found on the European coasts,and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called frostfishand considered an excellent food fish."
"SCABBARD PLANE","See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard."
"SCABBEDNESS","Scabbiness."
"SCABBILY","In a scabby manner."
"SCABBINESS","The quality or state of being scabby."
"SCABBLE","See Scapple."
"SCABIES","The itch."
"SCABIOUS","Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabiouseruptions. Arbuthnot."
"SCABLING","A fragment or chip of stone. [Written also scabline.]"
"SCABREDITY","Roughness; ruggedness. [Obs.] Burton."
"SCABROUSNESS","The quality of being scabrous."
"SCABWORT","Elecampane."
"SCAFFOLD","An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming ashelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuy\u00e8res in a blastfurnace."
"SCAFFOLDAGE","A scaffold. [R.] Shak."
"SCAGLIA","A reddish variety of limestone."
"SCAGLIOLA","An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble,formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, thesurface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble,spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished."
"SCALA","A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of thehumerus."
"SCALABLE","Capable of being scaled."
"SCALAR","In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, butnot direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has bothmagnitude and direction."
"SCALARIA","Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genusScalaria, or family Scalarid\u00e6, having elongated spiral turretedshells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. Thecolor is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, andwentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap."
"SCALARIFORM","Like or pertaining to a scalaria."
"SCALARY","Resembling a ladder; formed with steps. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"SCALAWAG","A scamp; a scapegrace. [Spelt also scallawag.] [Slang, U.S.]Bartlett."
"SCALD","A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, orby steam."
"SCALDER","A Scandinavian poet; a scald."
"SCALDFISH","A European flounder (Arnoglosus laterna, or Psetta arnoglossa);-- called also megrin, and smooth sole."
"SCALDIC","Of or pertaining to the scalds of the Norsemen; as, scaldicpoetry."
"SCALE","The sign or constellation Libra. Platform scale. See underPlatform. tip the scales, influence an action so as to change anoutcome from one likely result to another."
"SCALE-WINGED","Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, asthe lepidoptera; scaly-winged."
"SCALEBACK","Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the familyPolynoid\u00e6, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra,along the back. See Illust. under Ch\u00e6topoda."
"SCALEBOARD","A thin slip of wood used to justify a page. [Obs.] Crabb."
"SCALED","Having feathers which in form, color, or arrangement somewhatresemble scales; as, the scaled dove. Scaled dove (Zo\u00f6l.), anyAmerican dove of the genus Scardafella. Its colored feather tipsresemble scales."
"SCALELESS","Destitute of scales."
"SCALENE","A triangle having its sides and angles unequal."
"SCALENOHEDRAL","Of or pertaining to a scalenohedron."
"SCALENOHEDRON","A pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system, inclosed bytwelve faces, each a scalene triangle."
"SCALER","One who, or that which, scales; specifically, a dentist'sinstrument for removing tartar from the teeth."
"SCALINESS","The state of being scaly; roughness."
"SCALIOLA","Same as Scagliola."
"SCALL","A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp.It is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head. Lev. xiii. 30."
"SCALLED","Scabby; scurfy; scall. [Obs.] 'With scalled brows black.'Chaucer. Scalled head. (Med.) See Scald head, under Scald, a."
"SCALLION","A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native ofPalestine; the eschalot, or shallot."
"SCALLOP","Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of thegenus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinid\u00e6. The shell isusually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated ina characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some thespecies is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacob\u00e6us) occurs onthe coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrimsas a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell.See Pecten, 2."
"SCALLOPED","Baked in a scallop; cooked with crumbs. Scalloped oysters(Cookery), opened oysters baked in a deep dish with alternate layersof bread or cracker crumbs, seasoned with pepper, nutmeg, and butter.This was at first done in scallop shells."
"SCALLOPER","One who fishes for scallops."
"SCALLOPING","Fishing for scallops."
"SCALP","A bed of oysters or mussels. [Scot.]"
"SCALPEL","A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, andin dissecting."
"SCALPER","Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping."
"SCALPING","a. & n. from Scalp. Scalping iron (Surg.), an instrument usedin scraping foul and carious bones; a raspatory.-- Scalping knife, a knife used by north American Indians inscalping."
"SCALPRIFORM","Shaped like a chisel; as, the scalpriform incisors of rodents."
"SCALY","Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb;covered with scales; as, a scaly stem. Scaly ant-eater (Zo\u00f6l.), thepangolin."
"SCALY-WINGED","Scale-winged."
"SCAMBLE","To mangle. [Obs.] Mortimer."
"SCAMBLER","1. One who scambles."
"SCAMBLINGLY","In a scambling manner; with turbulence and noise; with boldintrusiveness."
"SCAMILLUS","A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic andCorinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller sizehorizontally than the pedestal."
"SCAMMONIATE","Made from scammony; as, a scammoniate aperient."
"SCAMMONY","A species of bindweed or Convolvulus (C. Scammonia)."
"SCAMP","A rascal; a swindler; a rogue. De Quincey."
"SCAMPAVIA","A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians inthe early part of the nineteenth century."
"SCAMPER","To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner;to hasten away. Macaulay.The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering about the roomafter a mouse. S. Sharpe."
"SCAMPERER","One who scampers. Tyndell."
"SCAMPISH","Of or like a scamp; knavish; as, scampish conduct."
"SCANDAL","Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and isreproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of thecourt, or is contrary to good manners. Daniell."
"SCANDALOUSNESS","Quality of being scandalous."
"SCANDALUM MAGNATUM","A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of aperson of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag."
"SCANDENT","Climbing."
"SCANDIA","A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium."
"SCANDIC","Of or pertaining to scandium; derived from, or containing,scandium."
"SCANDINAVIAN","Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, andDenmark.-- n."
"SCANDIUM","A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence waspredicated under the provisional name ekaboron by means of theperiodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis incertain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It hasnot yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44"
"SCANSION","The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of averse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise."
"SCANSORES","An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. Theyare distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists."
"SCANT","To fail, of become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants."
"SCANTILY","In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly;parsimoniously.His mind was very scantily stored with materials. Macaulay."
"SCANTINESS","Quality condition of being scanty."
"SCANTLE","To be deficient; to fail. [Obs.] Drayton."
"SCANTLET","A small pattern; a small quantity. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale."
"SCANTLING","Not plentiful; small; scanty. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"SCANTNESS","The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness;insufficiency; scantiness. 'Scantness of outward things.' Barrow."
"SCAPE","A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem,as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like."
"SCAPE-WHEEL","the wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into theteeth of which the pallets play."
"SCAPEGALLOWS","One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.[Colloq.] Dickens."
"SCAPEGOAT","A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of thepeople, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.Lev. xvi. 10."
"SCAPEGRACE","A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless.Beaconsfield."
"SCAPELESS","Destitute of a scape."
"SCAPEMENT","Same as Escapement, 3."
"SCAPHANDER","The case, or impermeable apparel, in which a diver can workwhile under water."
"SCAPHISM","An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, byconfining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smearedwith honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects untilhe died."
"SCAPHITE","Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belongingto the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell.Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation."
"SCAPHOCEPHALIC","Of, pertaining to, or affected with, scaphocephaly."
"SCAPHOCEPHALY","A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault isnarrow, clongated, and more or less boat-shaped."
"SCAPHOCERITE","A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of theantenn\u00e6 of many Crustacea."
"SCAPHOGNATHITE","A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxillaof decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw thewater through the gill cavity."
"SCAPHOID","Resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped.-- n."
"SCAPHOLUNAR","Of or pertaining to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus.-- n."
"SCAPHOPODA","A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shellopen at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, andmany long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium,or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called alsoProsopocephala, and Solenoconcha."
"SCAPIFORM","Resembling scape, or flower stm."
"SCAPOLITE","A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and incleavable masses. It is esentially a silicate of aluminia and soda."
"SCAPULA","The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; theshoulder blade."
"SCAPULAR","Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder Scapular arch(Anat.), the pectoral arch. See under pectoral.-- Scapular region, or Scapular tract (Zo\u00f6l.), a definitelongitudinal area over the shoulder and along each side of the backof a bird, from which the scapular feathers arise."
"SCAPULARY","Same as Scapular, a."
"SCAPULET","A secondary mouth fold developed at the base of each of thearmlike lobes of the manubrium of many rhizostome medus\u00e6. SeeIllustration in Appendix."
"SCAPULO-","A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,or relation to, the scapula or the shoulder; as, the scapulo-clavicular articulation, the articulation between the scapula andclavicle."
"SCAPUS","See 1st Scape."
"SCAR","A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf,leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support.See Illust. under Axillary."
"SCARABAEUS","Same as Scarab."
"SCARABOID","Of or pertaining to the family Scarab\u00e6id\u00e6, an extensive groupwhich includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbleding, and many similarlamellicorn beetles."
"SCARAMOUCH","A personage in the old Italian comedy (derived from Spain)characterized by great boastfulness and poltroonery; hence, a personof like characteristics; a buffoon."
"SCARCEMENT","An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats,leaving a shelf or footing."
"SCARD","A shard or fragment. [Obs.]"
"SCARE","To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so my shoot islost. Shak.To scare away, to drive away by frightening.-- To scare up, to find by search, as if by beating for game.[Slang]"
"SCARECROW","The black tern. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SCARF","A cormorant. [Scot.]"
"SCARFSKIN","See Epidermis."
"SCARIFICATION","The act of scarifying."
"SCARIFICATOR","An instrument, principally used in cupping, containing severallancets moved simultaneously by a spring, for making slightincisions."
"SCARIFIER","The instrument used for scarifying."
"SCARIFY","To stir the surface soil of, as a field."
"SCARLATINA","Scarlet fever.-- Scar`la*ti'nal, a.-- Scar*lat'i*nous (# or #), a."
"SCARLESS","Free from scar. Drummond."
"SCARLET","A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, -- of manytints and shades; a vivid or bright red color."
"SCARN","Dung. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ray. Scarn bee (Zo\u00f6l.), a dungbeetle."
"SCAROID","Of or pertaining to the Scarid\u00e6, a family of marine fishesincluding the parrot fishes."
"SCARP","A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only halfas broad as the latter."
"SCARRING","A scar; a mark.We find upon the limestone rocks the scarrings of the ancient glacierwhich brought the bowlder here. Tyndall."
"SCARRY","Bearing scars or marks of wounds."
"SCARUS","A Mediterranean food fish (Sparisoma scarus) od excellentquality and highly valued by the Romans; -- called also parrot fish."
"SCARY","Barren land having only a thin coat of grass. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SCASELY","Scarcely; hardly. [Obs. or Colloq.] Robynson (More's Utopia)"
"SCAT","Go away; begone; away; -- chiefly used in driving off a cat."
"SCATCH","A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called alsoscatchmouth. Bailey."
"SCATCHES","Stilts. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SCATE","See Skate, for the foot."
"SCATEBROUS","Abounding with springs. [Obs.]"
"SCATH","Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune. [Written alsoscathe.]But she was somedeal deaf, and that was skathe. Chaucer.Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall, Whose freedom shall theeturn to greatest scath. Spenser.Wherein Rome hath done you any scath, Let him make treblesatisfaction. Shak."
"SCATHFUL","Harmful; doing damage; pernicious. Shak.-- Scath'ful*ness, n."
"SCATHLESS","Unharmed. R. L. Stevenson.He, too, . . . is to be dismissed scathless. Sir W. Scott."
"SCATHLY","Injurious; scathful. [Obs.]"
"SCATTER","To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as,clouds scatter after a storm."
"SCATTER-BRAIN","A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentrationor attention. [Written also scatter-brains.]"
"SCATTER-BRAINED","Giddy; thoughtless."
"SCATTERED","Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scatteredleaves.-- Scat'tered*ly, adv.-- Scat'tered*ness, n."
"SCATTERGOOD","One who wastes; a spendthrift."
"SCATTERING","Going or falling in various directions; not united oragregated; divided among many; as, scattering votes."
"SCATTERINGLY","In a scattering manner; dispersedly."
"SCATTERLING","One who has no fixed habitation or residence; a vagabond.[Obs.] 'Foreign scatterlings.' Spenser."
"SCATURIENT","Gushing forth; full to overflowing; effusive. [R.]A pen so scaturient and unretentive. Sir W. Scott."
"SCATURIGINOUS","Abounding with springs. [Obs.]"
"SCAUP","A scaup duck. See below. Scaup duck (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of severalspecies of northern ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adultmales are, in large part, black. The three North American speciesare: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var. nearctica), calledalso broadbill, bluebill, blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, andraft duck; the lesser scaup duck (A. affinis), called also littlebluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler; the tufted, or ring-necked,scaup duck (A. collaris), called also black jack, ringneck, ringbill,ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of Ring-necked, under Ring-necked. The common European scaup, or mussel, duck (A.marila),closely resembles the American variety."
"SCAUPER","A tool with a semicircular edge, -- used by engravers to clearaway the spaces between the lines of an engraving. Fairholt."
"SCAUR","A precipitous bank or rock; a scar."
"SCAVAGE","A toll duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors,sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within theirprecincts. Cowell."
"SCAVENGE","To cleanse, as streets, from filth. C. Kingsley."
"SCAVENGER","A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, byscraping or sweeping, and carrying off the fifth. The name is alsoapplied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anythinginjurious to health. Scavenger beetle (Zo\u00f6l.), any beetle which feedson decaying substances, as the carrion beetle.-- Scavanger crab (Zo\u00f6l.), any crab which feeds on dead animals, asthe spider crab.-- Scavenger's daughter Etym: [corrupt. of Skevington's daughter],an instrument of torture invented by Sir W. Skevington, which socompressed the body as to force the blood to flow from nostrils. andsometimes from the hands and feet. Am. Cyc."
"SCAVENGING","Act or process of expelling the exhaust gases from the cylinderby some special means, as, in many four-cycle engines, by utilizingthe momentum of the exhaust gases in a long exhaust pipe."
"SCAZON","A choliamb."
"SCELERAT","A villian; a criminal. [Obs.] Cheyne."
"SCELESTIC","Evil; wicked; atrocious. [Obs.] 'Scelestic villainies.'Feltham."
"SCELET","A mummy; a skeleton. [Obs.] olland."
"SCENARIO","A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of anopera."
"SCENARY","Scenery. [Obs.] Dryden."
"SCENE","To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. [Obs.]Abp. Sancroft."
"SCENEFUL","Having much scenery. [R.]"
"SCENEMAN","The man who manages the movable scenes in a theater."
"SCENESHIFTER","One who moves the scenes in a theater; a sceneman."
"SCENOGRAPH","A perspective representation or general view of an object."
"SCENOGRAPHY","The art or act of representing a body on a perspective plane;also, a representation or description of a body, in all itsdimensions, as it appears to the eye. Greenhill."
"SCENTINGLY","By scent. [R.] Fuller."
"SCENTLESS","Having no scent.The scentless and the scented rose. Cowper."
"SCEPSIS","Skepticism; skeptical philosophy. [R.]Among their products were the system of Locke, the scepsis of Hume,the critical philosophy of kant. J. martineau."
"SCEPTERELLATE","Having a straight shaft with whorls of spines; -- said ofcertain sponge spicules. See Illust. under Spicule."
"SCEPTRAL","Of or pertaining to a scepter; like a scepter."
"SCERN","To discern; to perceive. [Obs.]"
"SCHADE","Shade; shadow. [Obs.]"
"SCHAH","See Shah."
"SCHAPPE","A silk yarn or fabric made out of carded spun silk."
"SCHATCHEN","A person whose business is marriage brokage; a marriage broker,esp. among certain Jews."
"SCHEDIASM","Cursory writing on a loose sheet. [R.]"
"SCHEDULE","A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document;especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexedto a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc."
"SCHEELIN","Scheelium. [Obs.]"
"SCHEELITE","Calcium tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale yellowish colorand of the tetragonal system of crystallization."
"SCHEELIUM","The metal tungsten. [Obs.]"
"SCHEIK","See Sheik."
"SCHELLY","The powan. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SCHEMA","An outline or image universally applicable to a generalconception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as,five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding andsucceeding event are a schema of cause and effect."
"SCHEMATIC","Of or pertaining to a scheme or a schema."
"SCHEMATISM","Combination of the aspects of heavenly bodies."
"SCHEMATIST","One given to forming schemes; a projector; a schemer. Swift."
"SCHEMATIZE","To form a scheme or schemes."
"SCHEME","A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for anymoment o at a given event.A blue case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity. Sir W. Scott."
"SCHEMEFUL","Full of schemes or plans."
"SCHEMER","One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; anintriguer.Schemers and confederates in guilt. Paley."
"SCHEMING","Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing.-- Schem'ing*ly, adv."
"SCHEMIST","A schemer. [R.] Waterland."
"SCHENE","An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirthy-two to sixty stadia."
"SCHENKBEER","A mild German beer."
"SCHERBET","See Sherbet."
"SCHERIF","See Sherif."
"SCHERZANDO","In a playful or sportive manner."
"SCHERZO","A playful, humorous movement, commonly in 3-4 measure, whichoften takes the place of the old minuet and trio in a sonata or asymphony."
"SCHESIS","A figure of speech whereby the mental habitude of an adversaryor opponent is feigned for the purpose of arguing against him. Crabb."
"SCHIEDAM","Holland gin made at Schiedam in the Netherlands."
"SCHILLER","The peculiar bronzelike luster observed in certain minerals, ashypersthene, schiller spar, etc. It is due to the presence of minuteinclusions in parallel position, and in sometimes of secondaryorigin. Schiller spar (Min.), an altered variety of enstatite,exhibiting, in certain positions, a bronzelike luster."
"SCHILLERIZATION","The act or process of producing schiller in a mineral mass."
"SCHILLING","Any one of several small German and Dutch coins, worth fromabout one and a half cents to about five cents."
"SCHINDYLESIS","A form of articulation in which one bone is received into agroove or slit in another."
"SCHIRRHUS","See Scirrhus."
"SCHISM","Division or separation; specifically (Eccl.), permanentdivision or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity amongpeople of the same religious faith; the offense of seeking to producedivision in a church without justifiable cause.Set bounds to our passions by reason, to our errors by truth, and toour schisms by charity. Eikon Basilike."
"SCHISMA","An interval equal to half a comma."
"SCHISMATIC","Of or pertaining to schism; implying schism; partaking of thenature of schism; tending to schism; as, schismatic opinions orproposals."
"SCHISMATICAL","Same as Schismatic.-- Schismat'ic*al*ly, adv.-- Schis*mat'ic*al*ness, n."
"SCHISMATIZE","To make part in schism; to make a breach of communion in thechurch."
"SCHISMLESS","Free from schism."
"SCHIST","Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (seeFoliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs orslates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist,consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and oftenfeldspar."
"SCHISTACEOUS","Of a slate color."
"SCHISTIC","Schistose."
"SCHISTOSITY","The quality or state of being schistose."
"SCHIZO-","A combining form denoting division or cleavage; as,schizogenesis, reproduction by fission or cell division."
"SCHIZOCARP","A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions."
"SCHIZOCOELE","See Enterocoele."
"SCHIZOCOELOUS","Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a schizocoele."
"SCHIZOGENESIS","reproduction by fission. Haeckel."
"SCHIZOGNATH","Any bird with a schizognathous palate."
"SCHIZOGNATHAE","The schizognathous birds."
"SCHIZOGNATHISM","the condition of having a schizognathous palate."
"SCHIZOGNATHOUS","Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other andfrom the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes,grouse, and many other birds."
"SCHIZOMYCETES","An order of Schizophyta, including the so-called fission fungi,or bacteria. See Schizophyta, in the Supplement."
"SCHIZONEMERTEA","A group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit alongeach side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix."
"SCHIZONT","In certain Sporozoa, a cell formed by the growth of asporozoite or merozoite (in a cell or corpuscle of the host) whichsegment by superficial cleavage, without encystment or conjugation,into  merozoites."
"SCHIZOPELMOUS","Having the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely separate,and the flexor hallicus going to the first toe only."
"SCHIZOPHYTE","One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the classification ofCohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that multiply byfission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not."
"SCHIZOPOD","one of the Schizopoda. Also used adjectively."
"SCHIZOPODA","A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of thethoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) forswimming."
"SCHIZORHINAL","Having the nasal bones separate."
"SCHLICH","The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin,separated by the water in certain wet processes. [Written also slich,slick.]"
"SCHMELZE","A kind of glass of a red or ruby color, made in Bohemia."
"SCHNAPPS","Holland gin. [U.S.]"
"SCHNEIDERIAN","Discovered or described by C. V. Schneider, a German anatomistof the seventeenth century. Schneiderian membrane, the mucousmembrane which lines the nasal chambers; the pituitary membrane."
"SCHNORRER","Among the Jews, a beggar."
"SCHOHARIE GRIT","The formation belonging to the middle of the three subdivisionsof the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system; -- socalled from Schoharie, in New York, where it occurs. See the Chart ofGeology."
"SCHOLARITY","Scholarship. [Obs.] . Jonson."
"SCHOLARLIKE","Scholarly. Bacon."
"SCHOLARLY","Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of ascholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique.-- adv."
"SCHOLASTIC","See the Note under Jesuit."
"SCHOLASTICAL","Scholastic."
"SCHOLASTICALLY","In a scholastic manner."
"SCHOLASTICISM","The method or subtitles the schools of philosophy; scholasticformality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.The spirit of the old scholasticism . . . spurned laboriousinvestigation and slow induction. J. P. Smith."
"SCHOLIA","See Scholium."
"SCHOLIAST","A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.No . . . quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts . . . ever marredthe effect of his grave temperate discourses. Macaulay."
"SCHOLIASTIC","Of or pertaining to a scholiast, or his pursuits. Swift."
"SCHOLIAZE","To write scholia. [Obs.] Milton."
"SCHOLICAL","Scholastic. [Obs.] ales."
"SCHOLION","A scholium.A judgment which follows immediately from another is sometimes calleda corollary, or consectary . . . One which illustrates the sciencewhere it appears, but is not an integral part of it, is a scholion.Abp. Thomson (Laws of Thought)."
"SCHOLY","A scholium. [Obs.] Hooker."
"SCHOOL","A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish."
"SCHOOL-TEACHER","One who teaches or instructs a school.-- School'-teach`ing, n."
"SCHOOLBOOK","A book used in schools for learning lessons."
"SCHOOLBOY","A boy belonging to, or attending, a school."
"SCHOOLDAME","A schoolmistress."
"SCHOOLERY","Something taught; precepts; schooling. [Obs.] penser."
"SCHOOLFELLOW","One bred at the same school; an associate in school."
"SCHOOLGIRL","A girl belonging to, or attending, a school."
"SCHOOLHOUSE","A house appropriated for the use of a school or schools, or forinstruction."
"SCHOOLING","Collecting or running in schools or shoals.Schooling species like the herring and menhaden. G. B. Goode."
"SCHOOLMAID","A schoolgirl. Shak."
"SCHOOLMAN","One versed in the niceties of academical disputation or ofschool divinity."
"SCHOOLMATE","A pupil who attends the same school as another."
"SCHOOLMISTRESS","A woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school-teacher."
"SCHOOLROOM","A room in which pupils are taught."
"SCHOOLSHIP","A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in which navalapprentices receive their education at the expense of the state, andare trained for service as sailors. Also, a vessel used as a reformschool to which boys are committed by the courts to be disciplined,and instructed as mariners."
"SCHOOLWARD","Toward school. Chaucer."
"SCHOONER","Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two topsails onone or both masts and was called a topsail schooner. About 1840,longer vesels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use,and since that time vesels with four masts and even with six masts,so rigged, are built. Schooners with more than two masts aredesignated three-masted schooners, four-masted schooners, etc. SeeIllustration in Appendix."
"SCHORL","Black tourmaline. [Written also shorl.]"
"SCHORLACEOUS","Partaking of the nature and character of schorl; resemblingschorl."
"SCHORLOUS","Schorlaceous."
"SCHORLY","Pertaining to, or containing, schorl; as, schorly granite."
"SCHREIBERSITE","A mineral occurring in steel-gray flexible folia. It containsiron, nickel, and phosphorus, and is found only in meteoric iron."
"SCHRODE","See Scrod."
"SCHWANPAN","Chinese abacus."
"SCIAENOID","Of or pertaining to the Sci\u00e6nid\u00e6, a family of marine fisheswhich includes the meagre, the squeteague, and the kingfish."
"SCIAGRAPH","An old term for a vertical section of a building; -- calledalso sciagraphy. See Vertical section, under Section."
"SCIAGRAPHICAL","Pertaining to sciagraphy.-- Sci`a*graph'ic*al*ly, adv."
"SCIAGRAPHY","Same as Siagraph."
"SCIAMACHY","See Sciomachy."
"SCIATIC","Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting,the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic pains."
"SCIATICA","Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized byparoxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thing, or inthe leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciaticnerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painfulaffections of the hip and the parts adjoininhg. See Ischiadicpassion, under Ischiadic."
"SCIATICAL","Sciatic."
"SCIATICALLY","With, or by means of, sciatica."
"SCIBBOLETH","Shibboleth. [Obs.]"
"SCIENCE","To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; toinstruct. [R.] Francis."
"SCIENT","Knowing; skillful. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"SCIENTER","Knowingly; willfully. Bouvier."
"SCIENTIAL","Pertaining to, or producing, science. [R.] Milton."
"SCIENTIFICAL","Scientific. Locke."
"SCIENTIFICALLY","In a scientific manner; according to the rules or principles ofscience.It is easier to believe than to be scientifically instructed. Locke."
"SCIENTIST","One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devotedto scientific study; a savant. [Recent]"
"SCILICET","To wit; namely; videlicet; -- often abbreviated to sc., or ss."
"SCILLAIN","A glucoside extracted from squill (Scilla) as a light poroussubstance."
"SCILLITIN","A bitter principle extracted from the bulbs of the squill(Scilla), and probably consisting of a complex mixture of severalsubstances."
"SCINCOID","Of or pertaining to the family Scincid\u00e6, or skinks.-- n."
"SCINCOIDEA","A tribe of lizards including the skinks. See Skink."
"SCINCOIDIAN","Any one of numerous species of lizards of the family Scincid\u00afr tribe Scincoidea. The tongue is not extensile. The body and tailare covered with overlapping scales, and the toes are margined. SeeIllust. under Skink."
"SCINIPH","Some kind of stinging or biting insect, as a flea, a gnat, asandly, or the like. Ex. viii. 17 (Douay version)."
"SCINK","A skink."
"SCINTILLA","A spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle. R. North."
"SCINTILLANT","Emitting sparks, or fine igneous particles; sparkling. M.Green."
"SCINTILLOUS","Scintillant. [R.]"
"SCINTILLOUSLY","In a scintillant manner. [R.]"
"SCIOGRAPHY","See Sciagraphy."
"SCIOLISM","The knowledge of a sciolist; superficial knowledge."
"SCIOLIST","One who knows many things superficially; a pretender toscience; a smatterer.These passages in that book were enough to humble the presumption ofour modern sciolists, if their pride were not as great as theirignorance. Sir W. Temple.A master were lauded and scolists shent. R. Browning."
"SCIOLISTIC","Of or pertaining to sciolism, or a sciolist; partaking ofsciolism; resembling a sciolist."
"SCIOLOUS","Knowing superficially or imperfectly. Howell."
"SCIOMACHY","A fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary orfutile combat. [Written also scimachy.] Cowley."
"SCIOMANCY","Divination by means of shadows."
"SCIOPTIC","Of or pertaining to an optical arrangement for forming imagesin a darkened room, usually called scioptic ball. Scioptic ball(Opt.), the lens of a camera obscura mounted in a wooden ball whichfits a socket in a window shutter so as to be readily turned, likethe eye, to different parts of the landscape."
"SCIOPTICON","A kind of magic lantorn."
"SCIOPTICS","The art or process of exhibiting luminous images, especiallythose of external objects, in a darkened room, by arrangements oflenses or mirrors."
"SCIOPTRIC","Scioptic."
"SCIOT","Of or pertaining to the island Scio (Chio or Chios).-- n."
"SCIOTHERIC","Of or pertaining to a sundial. Sciotheric telescope (Dialing),an instrument consisting of a horizontal dial, with a telescopeattached to it, used for determining the time, whether of day ornight."
"SCIOUS","Knowing; having knowledge. 'Brutes may be and are scious.'Coleridge."
"SCIRE FACIAS","A judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring theparty proceeded against to show cause why the party bringing itshould not have advantage of such record, or (as in the case of scirefacias to repeal letters patent) why the record should not beannulled or vacated. Wharton. Bouvier."
"SCIRRHOID","Resembling scirrhus. Dungliston."
"SCIRRHOSITY","A morbid induration, as of a gland; stste of being scirrhous."
"SCIRRHOUS","Proceeding from scirrhus; of the nature of scirrhus; indurated;knotty; as, scirrhous affections; scirrhous disease. [Written alsoskirrhous.]"
"SCISCITATION","The act of inquiring; inquiry; demand. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"SCISE","To cut; to penetrate. [Obs.]The wicked steel scised deep in his right side. Fairfax."
"SCISSIBLE","Capable of being cut or divided by a sharp instrument. [R.]con."
"SCISSIL","See Scissel."
"SCISSILE","Capable of being cut smoothly; scissible. [R.] Arbuthnot."
"SCISSION","The act of dividing with an instrument having a sharp edge.Wiseman."
"SCISSIPARITY","Reproduction by fission."
"SCISSOR","To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid ofscissors. Massinger."
"SCISSORS","A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consistingof two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center,by which they are held together. Often called a pair of scissors.[Formerly written also cisors, cizars, and scissars.] Scissorsgrinder (Zo\u00f6l.), the European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SCISSORS-TAILED","Having the outer feathers much the longest, the othersdecreasing regularly to the median ones."
"SCISSORSBILL","See Skimmer."
"SCISSORSTAIL","A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the SouthernUnited States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is lightgray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at thebase of the crown feathers."
"SCISSURE","A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; afissure. Hammond."
"SCITAMINEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Scitamime\u00e6),mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, andthe plants producing turmeric and arrowroot."
"SCIURINE","Of or pertaining to the Squirrel family.-- n."
"SCIUROID","Resembling the tail of a squirrel; -- generally said ofbranches which are close and dense, or of spikes of grass likebarley."
"SCIUROMORPHA","A tribe of rodents containing the squirrels and allied animals,such as the gophers, woodchucks, beavers, and others."
"SCIURUS","A genus of reodents comprising the common squirrels."
"SCLAFF","To scrape (the club) on the ground, in a stroke, before hittingthe ball; also, to make (a stroke) in that way."
"SCLAUNDRE","Slander. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SCLAVIC","Same as Slavic."
"SCLAVISM","Same as Slavism."
"SCLAVONIAN","Same as Slavonian."
"SCLAVONIC","Same as Slavonic."
"SCLENDER","Slender. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SCLERAGOGY","Severe discipline. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket."
"SCLEREMA","Induration of the cellular tissue. Sclerema of adults. SeeScleroderma.-- Sclerema neonatorum ( Etym: [NL., of the newborn], an affectioncharacterized by a peculiar hardening and rigidity of the cutaneousand subcutaneous tissues in the newly born. It is usually fatal.Called also skinbound disease."
"SCLERENCHYMA","Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened orhardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. SeeSclerotic."
"SCLERENCHYMATOUS","Pertaining to, or composed of, sclerenchyma."
"SCLERENCHYME","Sclerenchyma."
"SCLERITE","A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especiallya spicule of the Alcyonaria."
"SCLERITIS","See Sclerottis."
"SCLEROBASE","The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem oraxis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also foot secretion.See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and Coenenchyma.-- Scler`o*ba'sic, a."
"SCLERODERMA","A disease of adults, characterized by a diffuse rigidity andhardness of the skin."
"SCLERODERMATA","The stony corals; the Madreporaria."
"SCLEROGEN","The thickening matter of woody cells; lignin."
"SCLEROGENOUS","Making or secreting a hard substance; becoming hard."
"SCLEROID","Having a hard texture, as nutshells."
"SCLEROMA","Induration of the tissues. See Sclerma, Scleroderma, andSclerosis."
"SCLEROMETER","An instrument for determining with accuracy the degree ofhardness of a mineral."
"SCLEROSED","Affected with sclerosis."
"SCLEROSIS","Induration; hardening; especially, that form of indurationproduced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connectivetissue."
"SCLEROSKELETON","That part of the skeleton which is developed in tendons,ligaments, and aponeuroses."
"SCLEROTAL","Sclerotic.-- n."
"SCLEROTIC","Of or pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye; sclerotical."
"SCLEROTICAL","Sclerotic."
"SCLEROTITIS","Inflammation of the sclerotic coat."
"SCLEROTIUM","A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the Clavicepspurpurea, which produced ergot."
"SCLEROTOME","One of the bony, cartilaginous, or membranous partitoins whichseparate the myotomes.-- Scler`o*tom'ic, a."
"SCLEROUS","Hard; indurated; sclerotic."
"SCOAT","To prop; to scotch. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SCOBBY","The chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SCOBIFORM","Having the form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings."
"SCOFF","To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt byderisive acts or language; -- often with at.Thuth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came toscoff, remained to pray. Goldsmith."
"SCOFFER","One who scoffs. 2 Pet. iii. 3."
"SCOFFERY","The act of scoffing; scoffing conduct; mockery. Holinshed."
"SCOFFINGLY","In a scoffing manner. Broome."
"SCOKE","Poke (Phytolacca decandra)."
"SCOLAY","See Scoley. [Obs.]"
"SCOLD","To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utterharsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; --often with at; as, to scold at a servant.Pardon me, lords, 't is the first time ever I was forced to scold.Shak."
"SCOLDING","a. & n. from Scold, v. Scolding bridle, an iron frame. SeeBrank, n., 2."
"SCOLDINGLY","In a scolding manner."
"SCOLE","School. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SCOLECIDA","Same as Helminthes."
"SCOLECITE","A zeolitic mineral occuring in delicate radiating groups ofwhite crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia and lime. Calledalso lime mesotype."
"SCOLECOMORPHA","Same as Scolecida."
"SCOLEY","To go to school; to study. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SCOLIOSIS","A lateral curvature of the spine."
"SCOLITHUS","A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed tobe the fossil burrow of a marine worm."
"SCOLLOP","See Scallop."
"SCOLOPACINE","Of or pertaining to the Scolopacid\u00e6, or Snipe family."
"SCOLOPENDRA","A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. SeeCentiped."
"SCOLOPENDRINE","Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra."
"SCOLYTID","Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of thegenus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively."
"SCOMBER","A genus of acanthopterygious fishes which includes the commonmackerel."
"SCOMBEROID","Same as Scombroid."
"SCOMBRIFORMES","A division of fishes including the mackerels, tunnies, andallied fishes."
"SCOMBROID","Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family.-- n."
"SCOMFISH","To suffocate or stifle; to smother. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]"
"SCOMFIT","Discomfit. [Obs.]"
"SCONCE","A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for acandle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.Tapers put into lanterns or sconces of several-colored, oiled paper,that the wind might not annoy them. Evelyn.Golden sconces hang not on the walls. Dryden."
"SCONCHEON","A squinch."
"SCONE","A cake, thinner than a bannock, made of wheat or barley or oatmeal. [Written variously, scon, skone, skon, etc.] [Scot.] Burns."
"SCOOP","A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certainsubstances or foreign bodies."
"SCOOPER","The avocet; -- so called because it scoops up the mud to obtainfood."
"SCOOT","To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away. [Colloq. &Humorous, U.S.]"
"SCOPARIN","A yellow gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom(Cytisus scoparius) accompanying sparte\u00efne."
"SCOPATE","Having the surface closely covered with hairs, like a brush."
"SCOPELINE","Scopeloid."
"SCOPELOID","Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus Scopelus, or familyScopelod\u00e6, which includes many small oceanic fishes, most of whichare phosphorescent.-- n. (Zo\u00f6l.)"
"SCOPIFEROUS","Bearing a tuft of brushlike hairs."
"SCOPIFORM","Having the form of a broom or besom. 'Zeolite, stelliform orscopiform.' Kirwan."
"SCOPIPED","Same as Scopuliped."
"SCOPPET","To lade or dip out. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"SCOPS OWL","Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus Scopshaving ear tufts like those of the horned owls, especially theEuropean scops owl (Scops giu), and the American screech owl. (S.Asio)."
"SCOPULIPED","Any species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush of hairsused for collecting pollen, as the hive bees and bumblebees."
"SCOPULOUS","Full of rocks; rocky. [Obs.]"
"SCORBUTE","Scurry. [Obs.] Purchas."
"SCORBUTUS","Scurvy."
"SCORCE","Barter. [Obs.] See Scorse."
"SCORCHING","Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.-- Scorch'ing*ly, adv.-- Scorch'ing*ness, n."
"SCORE","The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of acomposition, with the parts for all the different instruments orvoices written on staves one above another, so that they can be readat a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, wasdrawn through all the parts. Moore (Encyc. of Music). In score(Mus.), having all the parts arranged and placed in juxtaposition.Smart.-- To quit scores, to settle or balance accounts; to render anequivalent; to make compensation.Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noblefruits that issue from it South."
"SCORER","One who, or that which, scores."
"SCORIAC","Scoriaceous. E. A. Poe."
"SCORIACEOUS","Of or pertaining to scoria; like scoria or the recrement ofmetals; partaking of the nature of scoria."
"SCORIE","The young of any gull. [Written also scaurie.] [prov. Eng.]"
"SCORIFICATION","The act, process, or result of scorifying, or reducing to aslag; hence, the separation from earthy matter by means of a slag;as, the scorification of ores."
"SCORIFIER","One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flatbowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove theearth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a leadbutton."
"SCORIFORM","In the form of scoria."
"SCORIFY","To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuseso as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead,soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence,to separate from, or by means of, a slag."
"SCORIOUS","Scoriaceous. Sir T. Browne."
"SCORN","To scoff; to act disdainfully.He said mine eyes were black and my hair black, And, now Iremembered, scorned at me. Shak."
"SCORNER","One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, ascoffer at religion. 'Great scorners of death.' Spenser.Superly he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.Prov. iii. 34."
"SCORNY","Deserving scorn; paltry. [Obs.]"
"SCORODITE","A leek-green or brownish mineral occurring in orthorhombiccrystals. It is a hydrous arseniate of iron. [Written alsoskorodite.]"
"SCORPAENOID","Of or pertaining to the family Scorp\u00e6nid\u00e6, which includes thescorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many otherfood fishes. [Written also scorp\u00e6nid.] See Illust. under Rockfish."
"SCORPENE","A marine food fish of the genus Scorp\u00e6na, as the Europeanhogfish (S. scrofa), and the California species (S. guttata)."
"SCORPER","Same as Scauper."
"SCORPIO","A scorpion."
"SCORPIODEA","Same as Scorpiones."
"SCORPION","Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the orderscorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and acaudal sting."
"SCORPIONES","A division of arachnids comprising the scorpions."
"SCORPIONIDEA","Same as Scorpiones."
"SCORPIONWORT","A leguminous plant (Ornithopus scorpides) of Southern Europe,having curved pods."
"SCORSE","Barter; exchange; trade. [Obs.]And recompensed them with a better scorse. Spenser."
"SCORTATORY","Pertaining to lewdness or fornication; lewd."
"SCOT","A name for a horse. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SCOT-FREE","Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe.Do as much for this purpose, and thou shalt pass scot-free. Sir W.Scott.Then young Hay escaped scot-free to Holland. A. Lang."
"SCOTCH","Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants;Scottish. Scotch broom (Bot.), the Cytisus scoparius. See Broom.-- Scotch dipper, or Scotch duck (Zo\u00f6l.), the bufflehead; -- calledalso Scotch teal, and Scotchman.-- Scotch fiddle, the itch. [Low] Sir W. Scott.-- Scotch mist, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain.-- Scotch nightingale (Zo\u00f6l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] --Scotch pebble. See under pebble.-- Scotch pine (Bot.) See Riga fir.-- Scotch thistle (Bot.), a species of thistle (Onopordonacanthium); -- so called from its being the national emblem of theScotch."
"SCOTCH RITE","The ceremonial observed by one of the Masonic systems, calledin full the Ancient and Accepted Scotch Rite; also, the systemitself, which confers thirty-three degrees, of which the first threeare nearly identical with those of the York rite."
"SCOTCH TERRIER","One of a breed of small terriers with long, rough hair."
"SCOTCH-HOPPER","Hopscotch."
"SCOTCHING","Dressing stone with a pick or pointed instrument."
"SCOTCHMAN","A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and otherrigging to prevent chafe by the running gear. Ham. Nav. Encyc."
"SCOTER","Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genusOidemia."
"SCOTH","To clothe or cover up. [Obs.]"
"SCOTIA","A concave molding used especially in classical architecture."
"SCOTIST","A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan scholastic(d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy andtheology, in opposition to the Thomists, or followers of ThomasAquinas, the Dominican scholastic."
"SCOTOGRAPH","An instrument for writing in the dark, or without seeing.Maunder."
"SCOTOMA","Scotomy."
"SCOTOMY","Obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of adark spot before the eye."
"SCOTOSCOPE","An instrument that discloses objects in the dark or in a faintlight. [Obs.] Pepys."
"SCOTS","Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scotslaw; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.)."
"SCOTSMAN","See Scotchman."
"SCOTTERING","The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest.[Prov. Eng.]"
"SCOTTICISM","An idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland orScotchmen.That, in short, in which the Scotticism of Scotsmen most intimatelyconsists, is the habit of emphasis. Masson."
"SCOTTICIZE","To cause to become like the Scotch; to make Scottish. [R.]"
"SCOTTISH","Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country,or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottishchief; a Scottish dialect."
"SCOTTISH TERRIER","Same as Scotch terrier."
"SCOUNDREL","A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man withouthonor or virtue.Go, if your ancient, but ignoble bloodHas crept through soundrels ever since the flood. Pope."
"SCOUNDRELDOM","The domain or sphere of scoundrels; scoundrels, collectively;the state, ideas, or practices of scoundrels. Carlyle."
"SCOUNDRELISM","The practices or conduct of a scoundrel; baseness; rascality.Cotgrave."
"SCOUR","To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or searchthoroughly; as, to scour the coast.Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain. Pope.Scouring barrel, a tumbling barrel. See under Tumbling.-- Scouring cinder (Metal.), a basic slag, which attacks the liningof a shaft furnace. Raymond.-- Scouring rush. (Bot.) See Dutch rush, under Dutch.-- Scouring stock (Woolen Manuf.), a kind of fulling mill."
"SCOURAGE","Refuse water after scouring."
"SCOURGER","One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely.The West must own the scourger of the world. Byron."
"SCOURSE","See Scorse. [Obs.]"
"SCOUSE","A sailor's dish. Bread scouse contains no meat; lobscousecontains meat, etc. See Lobscouse. Ham. Nav. Encyc."
"SCOUT","A swift sailing boat. [Obs.]So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner andconversation of the passengers. Pepys."
"SCOVEL","A mop for sweeping ovens; a malkin."
"SCOW","A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends."
"SCOWLINGLY","In a scowling manner."
"SCRABBED EGGS","A Lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, andseasoned with butter, salt, and pepper. Halliwell."
"SCRABBLE","To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, toscrabble paper."
"SCRAFFLE","To scramble or struggle; to wrangle; also, to be industrious.[Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"SCRAG-NECKED","Having a scraggy neck."
"SCRAGGEDNESS","Quality or state of being scragged."
"SCRAGGILY","in a scraggy manner."
"SCRAGGINESS","The quality or state of being scraggy; scraggedness."
"SCRAGLY","See Scraggy."
"SCRAMBLED EGGS","Eggs of which the whites and yolks are stirred together whilecooking, or eggs beaten slightly, often with a little milk, andstirred while cooking."
"SCRAMBLING","Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling.-- Scram'bling*ly, adv.A huge old scrambling bedroom. Sir W. Scott."
"SCRANCH","To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; tocraunch. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]"
"SCRANKY","Thin; lean. [Scot.]"
"SCRANNEL","Slight; thin; lean; poor. HavingGrate on their scranned pipes of wretched straw. Milton."
"SCRANNY","Thin; lean; meager; scrawny; scrannel. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"SCRAP","The crisp substance that remains after trying out animal fat;as, pork scraps."
"SCRAPBOOK","A blank book in which extracts cut from books and papers may bepasted and kept."
"SCRAPEPENNY","One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser."
"SCRAPING","Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, orthat which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.-- Scrap'ing*ly, adv."
"SCRAPPILY","In a scrappy manner; in scraps. Mary Cowden Clarke."
"SCRAPPLE","An article of food made by boiling together bits or scraps ofmeat, usually pork, and flour or Indian meal."
"SCRAPPY","Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity orconsistency; as, a scrappy lecture.A dreadfully scrappy dinner. Thackeray."
"SCRAT","To scratch. [Obs.] Burton."
"SCRATCH","To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance ofthe game. [Cant, U.S.]"
"SCRATCH COAT","The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. SeePricking-up."
"SCRATCHBACK","A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used bydrawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons. [Eng.]"
"SCRATCHBRUSH","A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal."
"SCRATCHER","One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zo\u00f6l.), anyrasorial bird."
"SCRATCHING","With the action of scratching."
"SCRATCHWEED","Cleavers."
"SCRATCHWORK","See Scratch coat."
"SCRATCHY","Characterized by scratches."
"SCRAW","A turf. [Obs.] Swift."
"SCRAWL","See Crawl. [Obs.] Latimer."
"SCRAWLER","One who scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer."
"SCRAWNY","Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny."
"SCRAY","A tern; the sea swallow. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also sgraye.]"
"SCREABLE","Capable of being spit out. [Obs.] Bailey."
"SCREAK","To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak,as a door or wheel."
"SCREAM","To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharpoutcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek;to screech.I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry. Shak.And scream thyself as none e'er screamed before. Pope."
"SCREAMER","Any one of three species of South American birds constitutingthe family Anhimid\u00e6, and the suborder Palamede\u00e6. They have two spineson each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They areeasily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. Thecrested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The hornedscreamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta."
"SCREE","A pebble; a stone; also, a heap of stones or rocky d\u00e9bris.[Prov. Eng.] Southey."
"SCREECH","To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as interror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek. 'The screech owl,screeching loud.' Shak."
"SCREECHERS","The picarian birds, as distinguished from the singing birds."
"SCREECHY","Like a screech; shrill and harsh."
"SCREEN","A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height forseparation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle fromthe choir, or the like."
"SCREENINGS","The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc."
"SCREW","A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitudetermed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is used toexpress the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made toconsist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translationparallel to that axis."
"SCREW-CUTTING","Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cuttinglathe."
"SCREW-DRIVER","A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place.It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw."
"SCREWER","One who, or that which, screws."
"SCREWING","a. & n. from Screw, v. t. Screwing machine. See Screw machine,under Screw."
"SCRIBABLE","Capable of being written, or of being written upon. [R.]"
"SCRIBATIOUS","Skillful in, or fond of, writing. [Obs.] Barrow."
"SCRIBBET","A painter's pencil."
"SCRIBBLE","To card coarsely; to run through the scribling machine."
"SCRIBBLEMENT","A scribble. [R.] oster."
"SCRIBBLER","One who scribles; a literary hack.The scribbler, pinched with hunger, writes to dine. Granville."
"SCRIBBLING","The act or process of carding coarsely. Scribbing machine, themachine used for the first carding of wool or other fiber; -- calledalso scribbler."
"SCRIBBLINGLY","In a scribbling manner."
"SCRIBE","A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law andtraditions; one who read and explained the law to the people."
"SCRIBER","A sharp-pointed tool, used by joiners for drawing lines onstuff; a marking awl."
"SCRIBISM","The character and opinions of a Jewish scribe in the time ofChrist. F. W. Robertson."
"SCRID","A screed; a shred; a fragment. [R.]"
"SCRIGGLE","To wriggle. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SCRIM","Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking,checking, etc."
"SCRIMER","A fencing master. [Obs.] Shak."
"SCRIMMAGE","The struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play."
"SCRIMP","To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put onshort allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp thepattern of a coat."
"SCRIMPING","a. & n. from Scrimp, v. t. Scrimping bar, a device used inconnection with a calico printing machine for stretching the fabricbreadthwise so that it may be smooth for printing. Knight."
"SCRIMPINGLY","In a scrimping manner."
"SCRIMPNESS","The state of being scrimp."
"SCRIMPTION","A small portion; a pittance; a little bit. [Prov. Eng.]Halliwell."
"SCRIMSHAW","To ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and(usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines. [Sailor's cant.U.S.]"
"SCRINE","A chest, bookcase, or other place, where writings orcuriosities are deposited; a shrine. [Obs.]But laid them up in immortial scrine. Spenser."
"SCRINGE","To cringe. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]"
"SCRIP","A small bag; a wallet; a satchel. [Archaic] Chaucer.And in requital ope his leathern scrip. Milton."
"SCRIPPAGE","The contents of a scrip, or wallet. [Obs.] Shak."
"SCRIPT","Type made in imitation of handwriting."
"SCRIPTORIUM","In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing orcopying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing.Writing rooms, or scriptoria, where the chief works of Latinliterature . . . were copied and illuminated. J. R. Green."
"SCRIPTORY","Of or pertaining to writing; expressed in writing; used inwriting; as, scriptory wills; a scriptory reed. [R.] Swift."
"SCRIPTURAL","Contained in the Scriptures; according to the Scriptures, orsacred oracles; biblical; as, a scriptural doctrine."
"SCRIPTURALISM","The quality or state of being scriptural; literal adherence tothe Scriptures."
"SCRIPTURALIST","One who adheres literally to the Scriptures."
"SCRIPTURALLY","In a scriptural manner."
"SCRIPTURALNESS","Quality of being scriptural."
"SCRIPTURIAN","A Scripturist. [Obs.]"
"SCRIPTURIST","One who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures,or who endeavors to regulate his life by them.The Puritan was a Scripturist with all his heart, if as yet withimperfect intelligence . . . he cherished the scheme of looking tothe Word of God as his sole and universal directory. Palfrey."
"SCRIT","Writing; document; scroll. [Obs.] 'Of every scrit and bond.'Chaucer."
"SCRITCH","A screech. [R.]Perhaps it is the owlet's scritch. Coleridge."
"SCROBICULA","One of the smooth areas surrounding the tubercles of a seaurchin."
"SCROBICULAR","Pertaining to, or surrounding, scrobicul\u00e6; as, scrobiculartubercles."
"SCRODDLED WARE","Mottled pottery made from scraps of differently colored clays."
"SCROFULA","A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especiallymanifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of thelymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by atendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations ofthe skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by adiminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and thecapacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to betuberculous in character, and may develop into general or localtuberculosis (consumption)."
"SCROFULIDE","Any affection of the skin dependent on scrofula."
"SCROG","A stunted shrub, bush, or branch. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"SCROGGY","Abounding in scrog; also, twisted; stunted. [Prov. Eng. &Scot.] Halliwell."
"SCROLL","An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays,usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament islargely of some scroll pattern."
"SCROLLED","Formed like a scroll; contained in a scroll; adorned withscrolls; as, scrolled work."
"SCROPHULARIA","A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes;figwort."
"SCROPHULARIACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of gamopetalousplants (Scrophulariace\u00e6, or Scrophularine\u00e6), usually having irregulardidynamous flowers and a two-celled pod. The order includes themullein, foxglove, snapdragon, figwort, painted cup, yellow rattle,and some exotic trees, as the Paulownia."
"SCROTAL","Of or pertaining to the scrotum; as, scrotal hernia."
"SCROTIFORM","Purse-shaped; pouch-shaped."
"SCROTOCELE","A rupture or hernia in the scrotum; scrotal hernia."
"SCROTUM","The bag or pouch which contains the testicles; the cod."
"SCROUGE","To crowd; to squeeze. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]"
"SCROYLE","A mean fellow; a wretch. [Obs.] hak."
"SCRUB","To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wetbrush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaningor brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate."
"SCRUBBED","Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby."
"SCRUBBER","A gas washer. See under Gas."
"SCRUBBOARD","A baseboard; a mopboard."
"SCRUBBY","Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as,a scrubby cur. 'Dense, scrubby woods.' Duke of Argull."
"SCRUBSTONE","A species of calciferous sandstone. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SCRUFF","Scurf. [Obs.]"
"SCRUMMAGE","See Scrimmage."
"SCRUMPTIOUS","Nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine. [Slang]"
"SCRUNCH","To scranch; to crunch. Dickens."
"SCRUPLE","To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, onaccount of considerations of conscience or expedience.We are often over-precise, scrupling to say or do those things whichlawfully we may. Fuller.Men scruple at the lawfulness of a set form of divine worship. South."
"SCRUPLER","One who scruples."
"SCRUPULIST","A scrupler. [Obs.]"
"SCRUPULIZE","To perplex with scruples; to regard with scruples. [Obs.] Bp.Montagu."
"SCRUPULOSITY","The quality or state of being scruppulous; doubt; doubtfulnessrespecting decision or action; caution or tenderness from the far ofdoing wrong or ofending; nice regard to exactness and propierty;precision.The first sacrilege is looked on with horror; but when they have madethe breach, their scrupulosity soon retires. Dr. H. More.Careful, even to scrupulosity, . . . to keep their Sabbath. South."
"SCRUTABLE","Discoverable by scrutiny, inquiry, or critical examination.[R.] r. H. More."
"SCRUTATION","Search; scrutiny. [Obs.]"
"SCRUTATOR","One who scrutinizes; a close examiner or inquirer. Ayliffe."
"SCRUTIN DE LISTE","Voting for a group of candidates for the same kind of office onone ticket or ballot, containing a list of them; -- the method, usedin France, as from June, 1885, to Feb., 1889, in elections for theChamber of Deputies, each elector voting for the candidates for thewhole department in which he lived, as disting. from scrutind'arrondissement (da`r\u00f4N`des`m\u00e4N'), or voting by each elector for thecandidate or candidates for his own arrondissement only."
"SCRUTINEER","A scrutinizer; specifically, an examiner of votes, as at anelection."
"SCRUTINIZE","To examine closely; to inspect or observe with criticalattention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures ofadministration; to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals.Whose votes they were obliged to scrutinize. Ayliffe.Thscrutinized his face the closest. G. W. Cable."
"SCRUTINIZER","One who scrutinizes."
"SCRUTINOUS","Closely examining, or inquiring; careful; sctrict.-- Scru'ti*nous*ly, adv."
"SCRUTINY","An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, whowere to receive baptism on Easter Day."
"SCRUTOIRE","A escritoire; a writing desk."
"SCRUZE","To squeeze, compress, crush, or bruise. [Obs. or Low] Spenser."
"SCRY","To descry. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SCUD","To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little orno sail spread."
"SCUDDLE","To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle."
"SCUFF","The back part of the neck; the scruff. [Prov. Eng.] Ld. Lytton."
"SCUG","To hide. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"SCULL","The skull. [Obs.]"
"SCULLION","A scalion."
"SCULLIONLY","Like a scullion; base. [Obs.] Milton."
"SCULP","To sculpture; to carve; to engrave. [Obs. or Humorous.] Sandys."
"SCULPTILE","Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"SCULPTRESS","A female sculptor."
"SCULPTURAL","Of or pertaining to sculpture. G. Eliot."
"SCULPTURE","To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal;to carve; to engrave. Sculptured tortoise (Zo\u00f6l.), a common NorthAmerican wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is markedwith strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures."
"SCULPTURESQUE","After the manner of sculpture; resembling, or relating to,sculpture."
"SCUM","To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also usedfiguratively.Life, and the interest of life, have stagnated and scummed over. A.K. H. Boyd."
"SCUMBER","To void excrement. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Massinger."
"SCUMBLE","To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin washof opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump,or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce asoftened effect."
"SCUMMER","To scumber. [Obs.] Holland."
"SCUMMY","Covered with scum; of the nature of scum. Sir P. Sidney."
"SCUNNER","To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]"
"SCUP","A swing. [Local, U.S.]"
"SCUPPAUG","See 2d Scup."
"SCUPPER","An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, sothat water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called also scupperhole."
"SCUPPERNONG","An American grape, a form of Vitis vulpina, found in theSouthern Atlantic States, and often cultivated."
"SCUR","To move hastily; to scour. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"SCURF","Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as inthe goosefoot. Gray."
"SCURFF","The bull trout. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SCURFINESS","Scurf."
"SCURFY","Having or producing scurf; covered with scurf; resemblingscurf."
"SCURRIER","One who scurries."
"SCURRILE","Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; grossly opprobriousor loudly jocose in language; scurrilous; as, scurrile taunts.The wretched affectation of scurrile laughter. Cowley.A scurrile or obscene jest will better advance you at the court ofCharles than father's ancient name. Sir W. Scott."
"SCURRIT","the lesser tern (Sterna minuta). [Prov. Eng.]"
"SCURRY","To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, therabbit scurried away."
"SCURVILY","In a scurvy manner."
"SCURVINESS","The quality or state of being scurvy; vileness; meanness."
"SCURVY","A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about thethighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums,and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompaniedby paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It isoccasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, butespecially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a longtime to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing thewaste of the system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors andsoldiers. Scurvy grass Etym: [Scurvy + grass; or cf. Icel. skarfakalscurvy grass.] (Bot.) A kind of cress (Cochlearia officinalis)growing along the seacoast of Northern Europe and in arctic regions.It is a remedy for the scurvy, and has proved a valuable food toarctic explorers. The name is given also to other allied species ofplants."
"SCUT","The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail isshort, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself.'He ran like a scut.' Skelton.How the Indian hare came to have a long tail, wheras that part inothers attains no higher than a scut. Sir T. Browne.My doe with the black scut. Shak."
"SCUTA","See Scutum."
"SCUTAGE","Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. SeeEscuage."
"SCUTAL","Of or pertaining to a shield.A good example of these scutal monstrosities. Cussans."
"SCUTATE","Protected or covered by bony or horny plates, or large scales."
"SCUTCH GRASS","A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass:also Illustration in Appendix."
"SCUTCHEONED","Emblazoned on or as a shield.Scutcheoned panes in cloisters old. Lowell."
"SCUTE","A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on theleg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake."
"SCUTELLA","See Scutellum."
"SCUTELLATION","the entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as onthe legs and feet of a bird."
"SCUTELLIFORM","Having the form of a scutellum."
"SCUTELLIPLANTAR","Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on theposterior side, of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds."
"SCUTELLUM","A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of theproper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens."
"SCUTIBRANCH","Scutibranchiate.-- n."
"SCUTIBRANCHIA","Same as Scutibranchiata."
"SCUTIBRANCHIAN","One of the Scutibranchiata."
"SCUTIBRANCHIATA","An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart with two auriclesand one ventricle. The shell may be either spiral or shieldlike."
"SCUTIBRANCHIATE","Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of orpertaining to the Scutibranchiata.-- n."
"SCUTIFEROUS","Carrying a shield or buckler."
"SCUTIFORM","Shield-shaped; scutate."
"SCUTIGER","Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera. Theysometimes enter buildings and prey upon insects."
"SCUTIPED","Having the anterior surface of the tarsus covered withscutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete bandsterminating at a groove on each side; -- said of certain birds."
"SCUTTER","To run quickly; to scurry; to scuttle. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SCUTTLE","To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; toscuddle.With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the houseto wake the baron. Sir W. Scott."
"SCUTUM","An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered withleather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry."
"SCYBALA","Hardened masses of feces."
"SCYE","Arm scye, a cutter's term for the armhole or part of thearmhole of the waist of a garnment. [Cant]"
"SCYLE","To hide; to secrete; to conceal. [Obs.]"
"SCYLLA","A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpoolCharybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classicalliterature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them wasformerly considered perilous; hence, the saying 'Between Scylla andCharybdis,' signifying a great peril on either hand."
"SCYLLAEA","A genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the smallbranched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy laterallobes, and on the median caudal crest."
"SCYLLARIAN","One of a family (Scyllarid\u00e6) of macruran Crustacea, remarkablefor the depressed form of the body, and the broad, flat antenn\u00e6. Alsoused adjectively."
"SCYLLITE","A white crystalline substance of a sweetish taste, resemblinginosite and metameric with dextrose. It is extracted from the kidneyof the dogfish (of the genus Scylium), the shark, and the skate."
"SCYMETAR","See Scimiter."
"SCYPHA","See Scyphus, 2 (b)."
"SCYPHIFORM","Cup-shaped."
"SCYPHISTOMA","The young attached larva of Discophora in the stage when itresembles a hydroid, or actinian."
"SCYPHOBRANCHII","An order of fishes including the blennioid and gobioid fishes,and other related families."
"SCYPHOPHORI","An order of fresh-water fishes inhabiting tropical Africa. Theyhave rudimentary electrical organs on each side of the tail."
"SCYPHUS","A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans,esp. by poor folk."
"SCYTHE","A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots."
"SCYTHED","Armed scythes, as a chariot.Chariots scythed, On thundering axles rolled. Glover."
"SCYTHEMAN","One who uses a scythe; a mower. Macaulay."
"SCYTHESTONE","A stone for sharpening scythes; a whetstone."
"SCYTHEWHET","Wilson's thrush; -- so called from its note. [Local, U.S.]"
"SCYTHIAN","Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern partof Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language orinhabitants. Scythian lamb. (Bot.) See Barometz."
"SCYTODERMATA","Same as Holothurioidea."
"SDAIN","Disdain. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SDEIGN","To disdain. [Obs.]But either sdeigns with other to partake. Spenser."
"SEA","A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so calledfrom its size.He made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round incompass, and five cubits the height thereof. 2 Chron. iv. 2."
"SEA ACORN","An acorn barnacle (Balanus)."
"SEA ANCHOR","See Drag sail, under 4th Drag."
"SEA ANEMONE","Any one of numerous species of soft-bodied Anthozoa, belongingto the order Actrinaria; an actinian."
"SEA APPLE","The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), oftenfound floating in the sea. A. Grisebach."
"SEA ARROW","A squid of the genus Ommastrephes. See Squid."
"SEA BARROW","A sea purse."
"SEA BASS","((Zo\u00f6l.) (a) A large marine food fish (Serranus, orCentropristis, atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of theUnited States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or lessvaried with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally,blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch. (b)A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white seabass, and sea salmon."
"SEA BAT","See Batfish (a)."
"SEA BEAN","Same as Florida bean."
"SEA BEAST","Any large marine mammal, as a seal, walrus, or cetacean."
"SEA BIRD","Any swimming bird frequenting the sea; a sea fowl."
"SEA BLITE","A plant (Su\u00e6da maritima) of the Goosefoot family, growing insalt marches."
"SEA BOW","See Marine rainbow, under Rainbow."
"SEA BOY","A boy employed on shipboard."
"SEA BREACH","A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea.L'Estrange."
"SEA BREAM","Any one of several species of sparoid fishes, especially thecommon European species (Pagellus centrodontus), the Spanish (P.Oweni), and the black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus); -- called alsoold wife."
"SEA BRIEF","Same as Sea letter."
"SEA BUG","A chiton."
"SEA BUTTERFLY","A pteropod."
"SEA CABBAGE","See Sea kale, under Kale."
"SEA CALF","The common seal."
"SEA CANARY","The beluga, or white whale."
"SEA CAPTAIN","The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea."
"SEA CARD","Mariner's card, or compass."
"SEA CHART","A chart or map on which the lines of the shore, islands,shoals, harbors, etc., are delineated."
"SEA CHICKWEED","A fleshy plant (Arenaria peploides) growing in large tufts inthe sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called also seasandwort, and sea purslane."
"SEA CLAM","Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the openseacoast, especially those of the family Mactrid\u00e6, as the commonAmerican species. (Mactra, or Spisula, solidissima); -- called alsobeach clam, and surf clam."
"SEA COAL","Coal brought by sea; -- a name by which mineral coal wasformerly designated in the south of England, in distinction fromcharcoal, which was brought by land. Sea-coal facing (Founding),facing consisting of pulverized bituminous coal."
"SEA COB","The black-backed gull."
"SEA COCOA","A magnificent palm (Lodoicea Sechellarum) found only in theSeychelles Islands. The fruit is an immense two-lobed nut. It wasfound floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree was known, andcalled sea cocoanut, and double cocoanut."
"SEA COLANDER","A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond of whichis punctured with many little holes."
"SEA COLEWORT","Sea cabbage."
"SEA COMPASS","The mariner's compass. See under Compass."
"SEA COOT","A scoter duck."
"SEA CORN","A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species ofwhelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize."
"SEA COW","Any crustacean of the genus Palinurus and allied genera, as theEuropean spiny lobster (P. vulgaris), which is much used as anarticle of food. See Lobster."
"SEA CUCUMBER","Any large holothurian, especially one of those belonging to thegenus Pentacta, or Cucumaria, as the common American and Europeanspecies. (P. frondosa)."
"SEA DACE","The European sea perch."
"SEA DAFFODIL","A European amarylidaceous plant (Pancratium maritimum)."
"SEA DOG","The dogfish.(b) The common seal."
"SEA DOTTEREL","The turnstone."
"SEA DOVE","The little auk, or rotche. See Illust. of Rotche."
"SEA DRAKE","The pewit gull."
"SEA DUCK","Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent theseacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and mollusks. The scoters,eiders, old squaw, and ruddy duck are examples. They may bedistinguished by the lobate hind toe."
"SEA EAGLE","Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the genusHali\u00e6etus and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle. (H.pelagicus), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; theEuropean white-tailed eagle (H. albicilla); and the Indian white-tailed sea eagle, or fishing eagle (Polioa\u00ebtus ichthya\u00ebtus). The baldeagle and the osprey are also sometimes classed as sea eagles."
"SEA EEL","The conger eel."
"SEA EGG","A sea urchin."
"SEA ELEPHANT","A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the Antarcticseas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains a length ofthirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose ofthe adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot inlength. Another species of smaller size (M. angustirostris) occurs onthe coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct."
"SEA FAN","Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especiallyGorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies."
"SEA FEATHER","Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form."
"SEA FENNEL","Samphire."
"SEA FERN","Any gorgonian which branches like a fern."
"SEA FIGHT","An engagement between ships at sea; a naval battle."
"SEA FIR","A sertularian hydroid, especially Sertularia abietina, whichbranches like a miniature fir tree."
"SEA FLOWER","A sea anemone, or any related anthozoan."
"SEA FOAM","Meerschaum; -- called also sea froth."
"SEA FOWL","Any bird which habitually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet,gull, tern, or petrel; also, all such birds, collectively."
"SEA FOX","The thrasher shark. See Thrasher."
"SEA FROTH","See Sea foam, 2."
"SEA GAUGE","See under Gauge, n."
"SEA GINGER","A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora, especially M.alcicornis, of the West Indies and Florida. So called because itstings the tongue like ginger. See Illust. under Millepore."
"SEA GIRDLES","A kind of kelp (Laminaria digitata) with palmately cleftfronds; -- called also sea wand, seaware, and tangle."
"SEA GOD","A marine deity; a fabulous being supposed to live in, or havedominion over, the sea, or some particular sea or part of the sea, asNeptune."
"SEA GODDESS","A goddess supposed to live in or reign over the sea, or somepart of the sea."
"SEA GOOSE","A phalarope."
"SEA GOWN","A gown or frock with short sleeves, formerly worn by mariners.Shak."
"SEA GRAPE","The clusters of gelatinous egg capsules of a squid (Loligo)."
"SEA GRASS","Eelgrass."
"SEA GREEN","The green color of sea water."
"SEA GUDGEON","The European black goby (Gobius niger)."
"SEA GULL","Any gull living on the seacoast."
"SEA HARE","Any tectibranchiate mollusk of the genus Aplysia. See Aplysia."
"SEA HAWK","A jager gull."
"SEA HEATH","A low perennial plant (Frankenia l\u00e6vis) resembling heath,growing along the seashore in Europe."
"SEA HEDGEHOG","A sea urchin."
"SEA HEN","the common guillemot; -- applied also to various other seabirds."
"SEA HOG","The porpoise."
"SEA HOLLY","An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium."
"SEA HOLM","A small uninhabited island."
"SEA HULVER","Sea holly."
"SEA JELLY","A medusa, or jellyfish."
"SEA KALE","See under Kale."
"SEA KING","One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives inroving the seas in search of plunder and adventures; a Norse piratechief. See the Note under Viking."
"SEA LACES","A kind of seaweed (Chorda Filum) having blackish cordlikefronds, often many feet long."
"SEA LAMPREY","The common lamprey."
"SEA LANGUAGE","The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant."
"SEA LAVENDER","See Marsh rosemary, under Marsh."
"SEA LAWYER","The gray snapper. See under Snapper."
"SEA LEGS","Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weatherat sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vesselis rolling or pitching in a rough sea. [Sailor's Cant] Totten."
"SEA LEMON","Any one of several species of nudibranchiate mollusks of thegenus Doris and allied genera, having a smooth, thick, convex yellowbody."
"SEA LEOPARD","Any one of several species of spotted seals, especiallyOgmorhinus leptonyx, and Leptonychotes Weddelli, of the AntarcticOcean. The North Pacific sea leopard is the harbor seal."
"SEA LETTER","The customary certificate of national character which neutralmerchant vessels are bound to carry in time of war; a passport for avessel and cargo."
"SEA LETTUCE","The green papery fronds of several seaweeds of the genus Ulva,sometimes used as food."
"SEA LEVEL","The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the samelevel with the sea."
"SEA LILY","A crinoid."
"SEA LION","Any one of several large species of seals of the familyOtariid\u00e6 native of the Pacific Ocean, especially the southern sealion (Otaria jubata) of the South American coast; the northern sealion (Eumetopias Stelleri) found from California to Japan; and theblack, or California, sea lion (Zalophus Californianus), which iscommon on the rocks near San Francisco."
"SEA LOACH","The three-bearded rockling. See Rockling."
"SEA LOUSE","Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa,Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes."
"SEA MANTIS","A squilla."
"SEA MARGE","Land which borders on the sea; the seashore. Shak.You are near the sea marge of a land teeming with life. J. Burroughs."
"SEA MAT","Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which formfrondlike corals."
"SEA MAW","The sea mew."
"SEA MEW","A gull; the mew."
"SEA MILE","A geographical mile. See Mile."
"SEA MILKWORT","A low, fleshy perennial herb (Glaux maritima) found alongnorthern seashores."
"SEA MONK","See Monk seal, under Monk."
"SEA MONSTER","Any large sea animal."
"SEA MOSS","Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss."
"SEA MUD","A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore,sometimes used as a manure; -- called also sea ooze."
"SEA NEEDLE","See Garfish (a)."
"SEA NETTLE","A jellyfish, or medusa."
"SEA ONION","The officinal squill. See Squill."
"SEA OOZE","Same as Sea mud. Mortimer."
"SEA ORANGE","A large American holothurian (Lophothuria Fabricii) having abright orange convex body covered with finely granulated scales. Itsexpanded tentacles are bright red."
"SEA OTTER","An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris, or marina) found in theNorth Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued, especially by theChinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is larger, with feetmore decidedly webbed. Sea-otter's cabbage (Bot.), a gigantic kelp ofthe Pacific Ocean (Nereocystis Lutkeana). See Nereocystis."
"SEA OWL","The lumpfish."
"SEA PAD","The puffin."
"SEA PARROT","The puffin."
"SEA PARTRIDGE","The gilthead (Crenilabrus melops), a fish of the Britishcoasts."
"SEA PASS","A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war,to show their nationality; a sea letter or passport. See Passport."
"SEA PEACH","A beautiful American ascidian (Cynthia, or Halocynthia,pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety surface, and color of aripe peach."
"SEA PEAR","A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia."
"SEA PHEASANT","The pintail duck."
"SEA PIE","The oyster catcher, a limicoline bird of the genus H\u00e6matopus."
"SEA PIET","See 1st Sea pie."
"SEA PIGEON","The common guillemot."
"SEA PINK","See Thrift."
"SEA PLOVER","the black-bellied plover."
"SEA POOL","A pool of salt water. Spenser."
"SEA POPPY","The horn poppy. See under Horn."
"SEA PORCUPINE","Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose body iscovered with spines. See Illust. under Diodon."
"SEA PORK","An American compound ascidian (Amor\u00e6cium stellatum) which formslarge whitish masses resembling salt pork."
"SEA PORT","A port on the seashore, or one accessible for seagoing vessels.Also used adjectively; as, a seaport town."
"SEA PUDDING","Any large holothurian. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SEA PURSE","The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks."
"SEA PURSLANE","See under Purslane."
"SEA PYE","See 1st Sea pie."
"SEA PYOT","See 1st Sea pie."
"SEA QUAIL","The turnstone."
"SEA RAT","The chim\u00e6ra."
"SEA REED","The sea-sand reed. See under Reed."
"SEA RISK","Risk of injury, destruction, or loss by the sea, or while atsea."
"SEA ROBBER","A pirate; a sea rover."
"SEA ROBIN","See under Robin, and Illustration in Appendix."
"SEA ROCKET","See under Rocket."
"SEA ROOM","Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud,without peril of running ashore or aground. Totten."
"SEA ROVER","One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber; apirate; also, a piratical vessel."
"SEA SALT","Common salt, obtained from sea water by evaporation."
"SEA SANDPIPER","The purple sandpiper."
"SEA SANDWORT","See Sea chickweed."
"SEA SAURIAN","Any marine saurian; esp. (Paleon.) the large extinct species ofMosasaurus, Icthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and related genera."
"SEA SCURF","Any bryozoan which forms rounded or irregular patches of coralon stones, seaweeds, etc."
"SEA SERPENT","Any marine snake. See Sea snake."
"SEA SLATER","Any isopod crustacean of the genus Ligia."
"SEA SNAKE","Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of thefamily Hydrophid\u00e6, having a flattened tail and living entirely in thesea, especially in the warmer parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.They feed upon fishes, and are mostly of moderate size, but somespecies become eight or ten feet long and four inches broad."
"SEA SQUIRT","An ascidian. See Illust. under Tunicata."
"SEA STAR","A starfish, or brittle star."
"SEA SURGEON","A surgeon fish."
"SEA SWALLOW","See Cornish chough, under Chough."
"SEA TANG","A kind of seaweed; tang; tangle.To their nests of sedge and sea tang. Longfellow."
"SEA TERM","A term used specifically by seamen; a nautical word or phrase."
"SEA THIEF","A pirate. Drayton."
"SEA THONGS","A kind of blackish seaweed (Himanthalia lorea) found on thenorthern coasts of the Atlantic. It has a thonglike forking processrising from a top-shaped base."
"SEA TITLING","The rock pipit."
"SEA TRUMPET","A great blackish seaweed of the Southern Ocean, having a hollowand expanding stem and a pinnate frond, sometimes twenty feet long."
"SEA TURN","A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea. Ham. Nav. Encyc."
"SEA UNICORN","The narwhal."
"SEA URCHIN","Any one of numerous species of echinoderms of the orderEchinoidea."
"SEA WALL","A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea."
"SEA WHIP","A gorgonian having a simple stem."
"SEA WILLOW","A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches."
"SEA WING","A wing shell (Avicula)."
"SEA WITHWIND","(Bot.) A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus Soldanella) growing onthe seacoast of Europe."
"SEA WOOD LOUSE","A sea slater."
"SEA WOODCOCK","The bar-tailed godwit."
"SEA WORMWOOD","A European species of wormwood (Artemisia maritima) growing bythe sea."
"SEA WRACK","See Wrack."
"SEA-BAR","A tern."
"SEA-BLUBBER","A jellyfish."
"SEA-BORDERING","Bordering on the sea; situated beside the sea. Drayton."
"SEA-BUILT","Built at, in, or by the sea."
"SEA-EAR","Any species of ear-shaped shells of the genus Haliotis. SeeAbalone."
"SEA-GREEN","Of a beautiful bluish green color, like sea water on soundings."
"SEA-ISLAND","Of or pertaining to certain islands along the coast of SouthCarolina and Georgia; as, sea-island cotton, a superior cotton oflong fiber produced on those islands."
"SEA-MAIL","A gull; the mew."
"SEA-MELL","The sea mew."
"SEA-ORB","A globefish."
"SEA-PEN","A pennatula."
"SEA-ROVING",", a. Cruising at random on the ocean."
"SEA-WALLED","Surrounded, bounded, or protected by the sea, as if by a wall.Shak."
"SEABEACH","A beach lying along the sea. 'The bleak seabeach.' Longfellow."
"SEABEARD","A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts."
"SEABOARD","The seashore; seacoast. Ld. Berners."
"SEABOAT","A chitin."
"SEABORD","See Seaboard."
"SEABOUND","Bounded by the sea."
"SEACOAST","The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean.Also used adjectively."
"SEAFARER","One who follows the sea as a business; a mariner; a sailor."
"SEAFARING","Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man."
"SEAGIRT","Surrounded by the water of the sea or ocean; as, a seagirtisle. Milton."
"SEAGOING","Going upon the sea; especially, sailing upon the deep sea; --used in distinction from coasting or river, as applied to vessels."
"SEAH","A Jewish dry measure containing one third of an an ephah."
"SEAK","Soap prepared for use in milling cloth."
"SEAL","Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocid\u00e6 andOtariid\u00e6."
"SEAL-BROWN","Of a rich dark brown color, like the fur of the fur seal afterit is dyed."
"SEALER","One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to sealwrits or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like."
"SEALING WAX","A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as amaterial for seals, as for letters, documents, etc."
"SEALSKIN","The skin of a seal; the pelt of a seal prepared for use, esp.of the fur seal; also, a garment made of this material."
"SEAM","Grease; tallow; lard. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] Shak. Dryden."
"SEAMAN","A merman; the male of the mermaid. [R.] 'Not to mentionmermaids or seamen.' Locke."
"SEAMANLIKE","Having or showing the skill of a practical seaman."
"SEAMANSHIP","The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, ofworking a ship."
"SEAMARK","Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide tomariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, atree, a steeple, or the like. Shak."
"SEAMED","Out of condition; not in good condition; -- said of a hawk."
"SEAMING","The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshesof the net are attached. Seaming machine, a machine for uniting theedges of sheet-metal plates by bending them and pinching themtogether."
"SEAMLESS","Without a seam.Christ's seamless coat, all of a piece. Jer. Taylor."
"SEAMSTER","One who sews well, or whose occupation is to sew. [Obs.]"
"SEAMSTRESS","A woman whose occupation is sewing; a needlewoman."
"SEAMSTRESSY","The business of a seamstress."
"SEAMY","Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them. 'Many a seamyscar.' Burns.Everything has its fair, as well as its seamy, side. Sir W. Scott."
"SEAN","A seine. See Seine. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SEANCE","A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting ofspiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called."
"SEANNACHIE","A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved andrepeated the traditions of the tribes; also, a genealogist. [Writtenalso senachy.] [Scot.]"
"SEAPIECE","A picture representing a scene at sea; a marine picture.Addison."
"SEAPOY","See Sepoy."
"SEAQUAKE","A quaking of the sea."
"SEAR","The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked orhalf cocked. Sear spring, the spring which causes the sear to catchin the notches by which the hammer is held."
"SEARCE","A fine sieve. [Obs.]"
"SEARCH","To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration,or examination; to hunt.Once more search with me. Shak.It sufficeth that they have once with care sifted the matter, andsearched into all the particulars. Locke."
"SEARCHABLE","Capable of being searched."
"SEARCHABLENESS","Quality of being searchable."
"SEARCHER","One who, or that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; aninquirer; an examiner; a trier. Specifically:(a) Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies ofthe dead, and report the cause of death. Graunt.(b) An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships,merchandise, luggage, etc.(c) An inspector of leather. [Prov. Eng.](d) (Gun.) An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, todetect cavities.(e) An implement for sampling butter; a butter trier.(j) (Med.) An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder,etc."
"SEARCHING","Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, asearching discourse; a searching eye. 'Piercing, searching, biting,cold.' Dickens.-- Search'ing*ly, adv.-- Search'ing*ness, n."
"SEARCHLESS","Impossible to be searched; inscrutable; impenetrable."
"SEARCLOTH","Cerecloth. Mortimer."
"SEARED","Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; notsusceptible to moral influences.A seared conscience and a remorseless heart. Macaulay."
"SEAREDNESS","The state of being seared or callous; insensibility. Bp. Hall."
"SEASCAPE","A picture representing a scene at sea. [Jocose] Thackeray."
"SEASHELL","The shell of any marine mollusk."
"SEASHORE","All the ground between the ordinary highwater and low-watermarks."
"SEASICK","Affected with seasickness."
"SEASICKNESS","The peculiar sickness, characterized by nausea and prostration,which is caused by the pitching or rolling of a vessel."
"SEASIDE","The land bordering on, or adjacent to, the sea; the seashore.Also used adjectively."
"SEASONABLE","Occurring in good time, in due season, or in proper time forthe purpose; suitable to the season; opportune; timely; as, aseasonable supply of rain.Mercy is seasonable in the time of affliction. Ecclus. xxxv. 20.-- Sea'son*a*ble*ness, n.-- Sea'son*a*bly, adv."
"SEASONAGE","A seasoning. [Obs.] outh."
"SEASONAL","Of or pertaining to the seasons. Seasonal dimorphism (Zo\u00f6l.),the condition of having two distinct varieties which appear atdifferent seasons, as certain species of butterflies in which thespring brood differs from the summer or autumnal brood."
"SEASONER","One who, or that which, seasons, or gives a relish; aseasoning."
"SEASONLESS","Without succession of the seasons."
"SEAT","A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, avalve seat. Seat worm (Zo\u00f6l.), the pinworm."
"SEATLESS","Having no seat."
"SEAVE","A rush. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"SEAVY","Overgrown with rushes. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SEAWAND","See Sea girdles."
"SEAWARD","Directed or situated toward the sea. Donne.Two still clouds . . . sparkled on their seaward edges like a frostedfleece. G. W. Cable."
"SEAWARE","Seaweed; esp., coarse seaweed. See Ware, and Sea girdles."
"SEAWEED","Any marine plant of the class Alg\u00e6, as kelp, dulse, Fucus,Ulva, etc."
"SEAWIFE","A European wrasse (Labrus vetula)."
"SEAWORTHINESS","The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist theordinary violence of wind and weather. Kent."
"SEAWORTHY","Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargowith safety; as, a seaworthy ship."
"SEBACEOUS","Pertaining to, or secreting, fat; composed of fat; having theappearance of fat; as, the sebaceous secretions of some plants, orthe sebaceous humor of animals. Sebaceous cyst (Med.), a cyst formedby distention of a sebaceous gland, due to obstruction of itsexcretory duct.-- Sebaceous glands (Anat.), small subcutaneous glands, usuallyconnected with hair follicles. They secrete an oily semifluid matter,composed in great part of fat, which softens and lubricates the hairand skin."
"SEBACIC","Of or pertaining to fat; derived from, or resembling, fat;specifically, designating an acid (formerly called also sebic, andpyroleic, acid), obtained by the distillation or saponification ofcertain oils (as castor oil) as a white crystalline substance."
"SEBAT","The eleventh month of the ancient Hebrew year, approximatelycorresponding with February. W. Smith (Bibl. Dict. )."
"SEBATE","A salt of sebacic acid."
"SEBESTEN","The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees(Cordia Myxa, and C. latifolia), sometimes used medicinally inpectoral diseases."
"SEBIC","See Sebacic. [Obs.]"
"SEBIFEROUS","Producing vegetable tallow."
"SEBIPAROUS","Same as Sebiferous."
"SEBORRHEA","A morbidly increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon theskin; stearrhea."
"SECALE","A genus of cereal grasses including rye."
"SECANCY","A cutting; an intersection; as, the point of secancy of oneline by another. [R.] Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. )."
"SECANT","Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line."
"SECCO","Dry. Secco painting, or Painting in secco, painting on dryplaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, which is on wet orfresh plaster."
"SECEDE","To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; toseparate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire;especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body."
"SECEDER","One of a numerous body of Presbyterians in Scotland who secededfrom the communion of the Established Church, about the year 1733,and formed the Secession Church, so called."
"SECERN","To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose. Arbuthnot."
"SECERNENT","Secreting; secretory."
"SECERNMENT","The act or process of secreting."
"SECESS","Retirement; retreat; secession. [Obs.] R. H. More."
"SECESSION","The withdrawal of a State from the national Union. SecessionChurch (in Scotland). See Seceder."
"SECESSIONISM","The doctrine or policy of secession; the tenets of secession;the tenets of secessionists."
"SECESSIONIST","One who holds to the belief that a State has the right toseparate from the Union at its will."
"SECHE","To seek. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SECHIUM","The edible fruit of a West Indian plant (Sechium edule) of theGourd family. It is soft, pear-shaped, and about four inches long,and contains a single large seed. The root of the plant resembles ayam, and is used for food."
"SECK","Barren; unprofitable. See Rent seck, under Rent."
"SECKEL","A small reddish brown sweet and juicy pear. It originated on afarm near Philadelphia, afterwards owned by a Mr. Seckel."
"SECLE","A century. [Obs.] Hammond."
"SECLUSION","The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded;separation from society or connection; a withdrawing; privacy; as, tolive in seclusion.O blest seclusion from a jarring world, which he, thus occupied,enjoys! Cowper."
"SECLUSIVE","Tending to seclude; keeping in seclusion; secluding;sequestering."
"SECOND","An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best;esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour."
"SECOND-CLASS","Of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; a second-class passage."
"SECOND-RATE","Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rateship; second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion. Dryden."
"SECOND-SIGHT","The power of discerning what is not visible to the physicaleye, or of foreseeing future events, esp. such as are of a disastrouskind; the capacity of a seer; prophetic vision.he was seized with a fit of second-sight. Addison.Nor less availed his optic sleight, And Scottish gift of second-sight. Trumbull."
"SECOND-SIGHTED","Having the power of second-sight. Addison."
"SECONDARINESS","The state of being secondary.Full of a girl's sweet sense of secondariness to the object of herlove. Mrs. Oliphant."
"SECONDARY","Possessing some quality, or having been subject to someoperation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondarysalt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary."
"SECONDER","One who seconds or supports what another attempts, affirms,moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion."
"SECONDLY","In the second place."
"SECONDO","The second part in a concerted piece."
"SECRE","Secret; secretive; faithful to a secret. [Obs.]To be holden stable and secre. Chaucer."
"SECRELY","Secretly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SECRENESS","Secrecy; privacy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SECRET","The parts which modesty and propriety require to be concealed;the genital organs. In secret, in a private place; in privacy orsecrecy; in a state or place not seen; privately.Bread eaten in secret is pleasant. Prov. ix. 17."
"SECRET SERVICE","The detective service of a government. In the United States, intime of peace the bureau of secret service is under the treasurydepartment, and in time of war it aids the war department in securinginformation concerning the movements of the enemy."
"SECRETAGE","A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employedto impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs. Ure."
"SECRETARIAL","Of or pertaining to a secretary; befitting a secretary. [R.]Secretarial, diplomatic, or other official training. Carlyle."
"SECRETARY","The secretary bird. Secretary Bird. Etym: [So called inallusion to the tufts of feathers at the back of its head, which werefancifully thought to resemble pens stuck behind the ear.] (Zo\u00f6l.) Alarge long-legged raptorial bird (Gypogeranus serpentarius), nativeof South Africa, but now naturalized in the West Indies and someother tropical countries. It has a powerful hooked beak, a crest oflong feathers, and a long tail. It feeds upon reptiles of variouskinds, and is much prized on account of its habit of killing anddevouring snakes of all kinds. Called also serpent eater."
"SECRETARYSHIP","The office, or the term of office, of a secretary."
"SECRETE","To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process ofsecretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion.Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, wedo not known. Carpenter."
"SECRETION","The act of secreting; the process by which material isseparated from the blood through the agency of the cells of thevarious glands and elaborated by the cells into new substances so asto form the various secretions, as the saliva, bile, and otherdigestive fluids. The process varies in the different glands, andhence are formed the various secretions."
"SECRETIST","A dealer in secrets. [Obs.]"
"SECRETITIOUS","Parted by animal secretion; as, secretitious humors. Floyer."
"SECRETIVE","Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, asecretive disposition."
"SECRETIVENESS","The faculty or propensity which impels to reserve, secrecy, orconcealment."
"SECRETLY","In a secret manner."
"SECRETO-MOTORY","Causing secretion; -- said of nerves which go to glands andinfluence secretion."
"SECRETORY","Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office secretion;secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves.-- n."
"SECT","A cutting; a scion. [Obs.] Shak."
"SECTANT","One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinateplanes. Specif. (Crystallog.), one of the parts of a crystal intowhich it is divided by the axial planes."
"SECTARIAN","Pertaining to a sect, or to sects; peculiar to a sect;bigotedly attached to the tenets and interests of a denomination; as,sectarian principles or prejudices."
"SECTARIANISM","The quality or character of a sectarian; devotion to theinterests of a party; excess of partisan or denominational zeal;adherence to a separate church organization."
"SECTARIANIZE","To imbue with sectarian feelings; to subject to the control ofa sect."
"SECTARISM","Sectarianism. [Obs.]"
"SECTARIST","A sectary. [R.] T. Warton."
"SECTARY","A sectarian; a member or adherent of a sect; a follower ordisciple of some particular teacher in philosophy or religion; onewho separates from an established church; a dissenter.I never knew that time in England when men of truest religion werenot counted sectaries. Milton."
"SECTATOR","A follower; a disciple; an adherent to a sect. [Obs.] Sir W.Raleigh."
"SECTILE","Capable of being cut; specifically (Min.), capable of beingsevered by the knife with a smooth cut; -- said of minerals."
"SECTILITY","The state or quality of being sectile."
"SECTION","The figure made up of all the points common to a superficiesand a solid which meet, or to two superficies which meet, or to twolines which meet. In the first case the section is a superficies, inthe second a line, and in the third a point."
"SECTIONALISM","A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to asection of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished fromnational. [U. S.]"
"SECTIONALITY","The state or quality of being sectional; sectionalism."
"SECTIONALIZE","To divide according to gepgraphical sections or localinterests. [U. S.]The principal results of the struggle were to sectionalize parties.Nicilay & Hay (Life of Lincoln)."
"SECTIONALLY","In a sectional manner."
"SECTIONIZE","To form into sections. [R.]"
"SECTISM","Devotion to a sect. [R.]"
"SECTIST","One devoted to a sect; a soetary. [R.]"
"SECTIUNCLE","A little or petty sect. [R.] 'Some new sect or sectiuncle.' J.Martineau."
"SECTOR","A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and theincluded arc."
"SECTORAL","Of or pertaining to a sector; as, a sectoral circle."
"SECTORIAL","Adapted for cutting.-- n."
"SECULAR","Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confinedto a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as,a secular priest.He tried to enforce a stricter discipline and greater regard formorals, both in the religious orders and the secular clergy.Prescett."
"SECULARIST","One who theoretically rejects every form of religious faith,and every kind of religious worship, and accepts only the facts andinfluences which are derived from the present life; also, one whobelieves that education and other matters of civil policy should bemanaged without the introduction of a religious element."
"SECULARITY","Supreme attention to the things of the present life;worldliness.A secularity of character which makes Christianity and its principaldoctrines distasteful or unintelligible. I. Taylor."
"SECULARIZATION","The act of rendering secular, or the state of being renderedsecular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversionfrom religious to lay or secular possession and uses; as, thesecularization of church property."
"SECULARLY","In a secular or worldly manner."
"SECULARNESS","The quality or state of being secular; worldliness; worldly-minded-ness."
"SECUND","Arranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk.Gray."
"SECUNDATE","To make prosperous. [R.]"
"SECUNDATION","Prosperity. [R.]"
"SECUNDINE","The second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within theprimine."
"SECUNDO-GENITURE","A right of inheritance belonging to a second son; a property orpossession so inherited.The kingdom of Naples . . . was constituted a secundo-geniture ofSpain. Bancroft."
"SECURABLE","That may be secured."
"SECURELY","In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; withoutdanger; safely.His daring foe . . . securely him defied. Milton."
"SECUREMENT","The act of securing; protection. [R.]Society condemns the securement in all cases of perpetual protectionby means of perpetual imprisonment. C. A. Ives."
"SECURENESS","The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear;want of vigilance; security."
"SECURER","One who, or that which, secures."
"SECURIFERA","The Serrifera."
"SECURIFORM","Having the form of an ax hatchet."
"SECURIPALP","One of a family of beetles having the maxillary palpiterminating in a hatchet-shaped joint."
"SEDAN","A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a singleperson, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedanchair."
"SEDATE","Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; notpassionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, ortemper.Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temperwhich is so necessary to contemplate truth. I. Watts.Whatsoever we feel and know Too sedate for outward show. Wordsworth."
"SEDATION","The act of calming, or the state of being calm. [R.] Coles."
"SEDATIVE","Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize; specifically (Med.),allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain."
"SEDENT","Sitting; inactive; quiet. [R.]"
"SEDENTARILY","In a sedentary manner."
"SEDENTARINESS","Quality of being sedentary."
"SEDENTARY","Remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached to someobject; as, the oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles aresedentary crustaceans. Sedentary spider (Zo\u00f6l.), one of a tribe ofspiders which rest motionless until their prey is caught in theirweb."
"SEDERUNT","A sitting, as of a court or other body.'T is pity we have not Burn's own account of that long sederunt.Prof. Wilson.Acts of sederunt (Scots Law), ordinances of the Court of Session forthe ordering of processes and expediting of justice. Bell."
"SEDGE","Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs,often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangularjointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaveswhich are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are severalhundred species."
"SEDGED","Made or composed of sedge.With your sedged crowns and ever-harmless looks. Shak."
"SEDGY","Overgrown with sedge.On the gentle Severn''s sedgy bank. Shak."
"SEDILIA","Seats in the chancel of a church near the altar for theofficiating clergy during intervals of service. Hook."
"SEDIMENT","The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed."
"SEDIMENTAL","Sedimentary."
"SEDIMENTARY","Of or pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containingmatter that has subsided. Sedimentary rocks. (Geol.) See Aqueousrocks, under Aqueous."
"SEDIMENTATION","The act of depositing a sediment; specifically (Geol.), thedeposition of the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed."
"SEDITIONARY","An inciter or promoter of sedition. Bp. Hall."
"SEDLITZ","Same as Seidlitz."
"SEDUCER","One who, or that which, seduces; specifically, one who prevailsover the chastity of a woman by enticements and persuasions.He whose firm faith no reason could remove, Will melt before thatsoft seducer, love. Dryden."
"SEDUCIBLE","Capable of being seduced; corruptible."
"SEDUCING","Seductive. 'Thy sweet seducing charms.' Cowper.-- Se*du'cing*ly, adv."
"SEDUCTIVE","Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flatteringappearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer.This may enable us to understand how seductive is the influence ofexample. Sir W. Hamilton."
"SEDUCTIVELY","In a seductive manner."
"SEDUCTRESS","A woman who seduces."
"SEDULITY","The quality or state of being sedulous; diligent and assiduousapplication; constant attention; unremitting industry; sedulousness.The industrious bee, by his sedulity in summer, lives in honey allthe winter. Feltham."
"SEDULOUS","Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, andpersevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object;steadily industrious; assiduous; as, the sedulous bee.What signifies the sound of words in prayer, without the affection ofthe heart, and a sedulous application of the proper means that maynaturally lead us to such an end L'Estrange."
"SEDUM","A genus of plants, mostly perennial, having succulent leavesand cymose flowers; orpine; stonecrop. Gray."
"SEECATCH","A full-grown male fur seal. [Alaska]"
"SEED","The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used inthe plural."
"SEED-LAC","A species of lac. See the Note under Lac."
"SEEDCAKE","A sweet cake or cooky containing aromatic seeds, as caraway.Tusser."
"SEEDCOD","A seedlip. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SEEDER","One who, or that which, sows or plants seed."
"SEEDINESS","The quality or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; astate of wretchedness or exhaustion. [Colloq.] G. Eliot.What is called seedness, after a debauch, is a plain proof thatnature has been outraged. J. S. Blackie."
"SEEDLESS","Without seed or seeds."
"SEEDLING","A plant reared from the seed, as distinguished from onepropagated by layers, buds, or the like."
"SEEDMAN","Seedsman."
"SEEDNESS","Seedtime. [Obs.] Shak."
"SEEDTIME","The season proper for sowing.While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat,and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. Gen. viii.22."
"SEEING","(but originally a present participle). In view of the fact(that); considering; taking into account (that); insmuch as; since;because; -- followed by a dependent clause; as, he did well, seeingthat he was so young.Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me Gen. xxvi. 27."
"SEEK","Sick. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SEEK-NO-FURTHER","A kind of choice winter apple, having a subacid taste; --formerly called go-no-further."
"SEEK-SORROW","One who contrives to give himself vexation. [Archaic.] Sir P.Sidney."
"SEEKER","One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in GreatBritain, who professed to be seeking the true church, ministry, andsacraments.A skeptic [is] ever seeking and never finds, like our new upstartsect of Seekers. Bullokar."
"SEEL","To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing throughthe lids threads which were fastened over the head. Bacon.Fools climbs to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves for want ofbetter light, mount till they end their flight with falling. J.Reading."
"SEELILY","In a silly manner. [Obs.]"
"SEELY","See Silly. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SEEM","To appear, or to appear to be; to have a show or semblance; topresent an appearance; to look; to strike one's apprehension or fancyas being; to be taken as. 'It now seemed probable.' Macaulay.Thou picture of what thou seem'st. Shak.All seemed well pleased; all seemed, but were not all. Milton.There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; but the end thereofare the ways of death. Prov. xiv. 12.It seems, it appears; it is understood as true; it is said.A prince of Italy, it seems, entertained his misstress on a greatlake. Addison."
"SEEMER","One who seems; one who carries or assumes an appearance orsemblance.Hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be.Shak."
"SEEMING","Having a semblance, whether with or without reality; apparent;specious; befitting; as, seeming friendship; seeming truth.My lord, you have lost a friend indeed; And I dare swear you borrownot that face Of seeming sorrow, it is sure your own. Shak."
"SEEMINGLY","In appearance; in show; in semblance; apparently; ostensibly.This the father seemingly complied with. Addison."
"SEEMINGNESS","Semblance; fair appearance; plausibility. Sir K. Digby."
"SEEMLESS","Unseemly. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SEEMLILY","In a seemly manner. [Obs.]"
"SEEMLINESS","The quality or state of being seemly: comeliness; propriety."
"SEEMLY","Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character;suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous.He had a seemly nose. Chaucer.I am a woman, lacking wit To make a seemly answer to such persons.Shak.Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer and seemlierfor Christian men than the hot pursuit of these controversies.Hooker."
"SEEMLYHED","Comely or decent appearance. [Obs.] Rom. of R. Spenser."
"SEEN","of See."
"SEER","Sore; painful. [Prov. Eng.] Ray."
"SEERESS","A female seer; a prophetess."
"SEERFISH","A scombroid food fish of Maderia (Cybium Commersonii)."
"SEERHAND","A kind of muslin of a texture between nainsook and mull."
"SEERSHIP","The office or quality of a seer."
"SEERSUCKER","A light fabric, originally made in the East Indies, of silk andlinen, usually having alternating stripes, and a slightly craped orpuckered surface; also, a cotton fabric of similar appearance."
"SEERWOOD","Dry wood. [Written also searwood.] [Obs.] Dryden."
"SEESAW","Same as Crossruff."
"SEET","Sate; sat. Chaucer."
"SEETH","imp. of Seethe. Chaucer."
"SEETHE","To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, toseethe flesh. [Written also seeth.]Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of theprophets. 2 Kings iv. 38."
"SEETHER","A pot for boiling things; a boiler.Like burnished gold the little seether shone. Dryden."
"SEG","A castrated bull. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell."
"SEGAR","See Cigar."
"SEGGAR","A case or holder made of fire clay, in which fine pottery isinclosed while baking in the kin. [Written also saggar, sagger, andsegger.] Ure."
"SEGGE","The hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"SEGMENT","A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane; especially,that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc of thatcircle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord; as, thesegment acb in the Illustration."
"SEGMENTATION","The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically(Biol.), a self-division into segments as a result of growth; cellcleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous cell formation.Segmentation cavity (Biol.), the cavity formed by the arrangement ofthe cells in segmentation or cleavage of the ovum; the cavity of theblastosphere. In the gastrula stage, the segmentation cavity in whichthe mesoblast is formed lies between the entoblast and ectoblast. SeeIllust. of Invagination.-- Segmentation nucleus (Biol.), the body formed by fusion of themale and female pronucleus in an impregnated ovum. See the Note underPronucleus.-- Segmentation of the ovum, or Egg cleavage (Biol.), the process bywhich the embryos of all the higher plants and animals are derivedfrom the germ cell. In the simplest case, that of small ova destituteof food yolk, the ovum or egg divides into two similar halves orsegments (blastomeres), each of these again divides into two, and soon, thus giving rise to a mass of cells (mulberry mass, or morula),all equal and similar, from the growth and development of which thefuture animal is to be formed. This constitutes regular segmentation.Quite frequently, however, the equality and regularity of cleavage isinterfered with by the presence of food yolk, from which resultsunequal segmentation. See Holoblastic, Meroblastic, Alecithal,Centrolecithal, Ectolecithal, and Ovum.-- Segmentation sphere (Biol.), the blastosphere, or morula. SeeMorula."
"SEGMENTED","Divided into segments or joints; articulated."
"SEGNO","A sign. See Al segno, and Dal segno."
"SEGO","A liliaceous plant (Calochortus Nuttallii) of Western NorthAmerica, and its edible bulb; -- so called by the Ute Indians and theMormons."
"SEGREGATE","Separated from others of the same kind."
"SEGREGATION","Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or intocavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizingprocess."
"SEICHES","Local oscillations in level observed in the case of some lakes,as Lake Geneva."
"SEID","A descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima and nephewAli."
"SEIDLITZ","Of or pertaining to Seidlitz, a village in Bohemia. [Writtenalso Sedlitz.] Seidlitz powders, effervescing salts, consisting oftwo separate powders, one of which contains forty grains of sodiumbicarbonate mixed with two drachms of RochellRochelle powders.-- Seidlitz water, a natural water from Seidlitz, containingmagnesium, sodium, calcium, and potassium sulphates, with calciumcarbonate and a little magnesium chloride. It is used as an aperient."
"SEIGH","obs. imp. sing. of See. Saw. Chaucer."
"SEIGNIORAL","Of or pertaining to a seignior; seigneurial. 'Kingly orseignioral patronage.' Burke."
"SEIGNIORALTY","The territory or authority of a seignior, or lord. Milman."
"SEIGNIORIAL","Same as Seigneurial."
"SEIGNIORIZE","To lord it over. [Obs.]As proud as he that seigniorizeth hell. Fairfax."
"SEINE","A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, andthe other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when itsends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish. Seineboat, a boat specially constructed to carry and pay out a seine."
"SEINER","One who fishes with a seine."
"SEINING","Fishing with a seine."
"SEINT","A girdle. [Obs.] 'Girt with a seint of silk.' Chaucer."
"SEINTUARY","Sanctuary. [Obs.]"
"SEIRFISH","Same as Seerfish."
"SEIROSPORE","One of several spores arranged in a chain as in certain alg\u00e6 ofthe genus Callithamnion."
"SEISE","See Seize. Spenser."
"SEISIN","See Seizin. Spenser."
"SEISMOGRAM","The trace or record of an earth tremor, made by means of aseismograph."
"SEISMOGRAPH","An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motionsof earthquakes."
"SEISMOGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to a seismograph; indicated by a seismograph."
"SEISMOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to seismology.-- Seis`mo*log'ic*al*ly, adv."
"SEISMOLOGY","The science of earthquakes."
"SEISMOMETER","An instrument for measuring the direction, duration, and forceof earthquakes and like concussions."
"SEISMOMETRIC","Of or pertaining to seismometry, or seismometer; as,seismometric instruments; seismometric measurements."
"SEISMOMETRY","The mensuration of such phenomena of earthquakes as can beexpressed in numbers, or by their relation to the co\u00f6rdinates ofspace."
"SEISMOSCOPE","A seismometer."
"SEITY","Something peculiar to one's self. [R.] Tatler."
"SEIZABLE","That may be seized."
"SEIZE","To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legalauthority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods."
"SEIZER","One who, or that which, seizes."
"SEIZIN","Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may beeither in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession,the latter when there is a right to such possession by constructionof law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership.Burrill."
"SEIZOR","One who seizes, or takes possession."
"SEIZURE","Sitting, as a lion or other beast. Sejant rampant, sitting withthe forefeet lifted up. Wright."
"SEJEIN","To separate. [Obs.]"
"SEJUNCTION","The act of disjoining, or the state of being disjoined. [Obs.]Bp. Pearson."
"SEJUNGIBLE","Capable of being disjoined. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson."
"SEKE","Sick. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SEKES","A place in a pagan temple in which the images of the deitieswere inclosed."
"SELACHIAN","One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix."
"SELACHII","An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; thePlagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei."
"SELACHOIDEI","Same as Selachii."
"SELACHOSTOMI","A division of ganoid fishes which includes the paddlefish, inwhich the mouth is armed with small teeth."
"SELAGINELLA","A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, butproducing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Manyspecies are cultivated in conservatories."
"SELAH","A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms;by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musicalperformance of the song.Beyond the fact that Selach is a musical term, we know absolutelynothing about it. Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.)"
"SELCOUTH","Rarely known; unusual; strange. [Obs.][She] wondered much at his so selcouth case. Spenser."
"SELD","Rare; uncommon; unusual. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser."
"SELDEN","Seldom. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SELDOM","Rarely; not often; not frequently.Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one. Hooker."
"SELDOMNESS","Rareness. Hooker."
"SELDSEEN","Seldom seen. [Obs.] Drayton."
"SELDSHEWN","Rarely shown or exhibited. [Obs.] Shak."
"SELECT","Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuableor exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicelychosen; selected; choice.A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fitaudience round a far greater teacher. Macaulay."
"SELECTEDLY","With care and selection. [R.]"
"SELECTION","The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice,by preference."
"SELECTIVE","Selecting; tending to select.This selective providence of the Almighty. Bp. Hall."
"SELECTMAN","One of a board of town officers chosen annually in the NewEngland States to transact the general public business of the town,and have a kind of executive authority. The number is usually fromthree to seven in each town.The system of delegated town action was then, perhaps, the same whichwas defined in an 'order made in 1635 by the inhabitants ofCharlestown at a full meeting for the government of the town, byselectmen;' the name presently extended throughout New England tomunicipal governors. Palfrey."
"SELECTNESS","The quality or state of being select."
"SELECTOR","One who selects."
"SELENATE","A salt of selenic acid; -- formerly called also seleniate."
"SELENHYDRIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen selenide, H2Se,regarded as an acid analogous to sulphydric acid."
"SELENIC","Of or pertaining to selenium; derived from, or containing,selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which theelement has a higher valence as contrasted with selenious compounds."
"SELENIDE","A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded asbinary; as, ethyl selenide."
"SELENIFEROUS","Containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, seleniferouspyrites."
"SELENIO-","A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presenceof selenium or its compounds; as, selenio-phosphate, a phosphatehaving selenium in place of all, or a part, of the oxygen."
"SELENIOUS","Of, pertaining to, or containing, selenium; specifically,designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valenceas contrasted with selenic compounds."
"SELENITE","A salt of selenious acid."
"SELENIUM","A nonmetallic element of the sulphur group, and analogous tosulphur in its compounds. It is found in small quantities withsulphur and some sulphur ores, and obtained in the free state as adark reddish powder or crystalline mass, or as a dark metallic-looking substance. It exhibits under the action of light a remarkablevariation in electric conductivity, and is used in certain electricapparatus. Symbol Se. Atomic weight 78.9."
"SELENIURET","A selenide. [Obs.]"
"SELENIURETED","Combined with selenium as in a selenide; as, seleniuretedhydrogen. [Written also seleniuretted.] [Obsoles.]"
"SELENOCENTRIC","As seen or estimated from the center of the moon; with the mooncentral."
"SELENOGRAPH",", n. A picture or delineation of the moon's surface, or of anypart of it."
"SELENOGRAPHER","One skilled in selenography. Wright."
"SELENOGRAPHIST","A selenographer."
"SELENOGRAPHY","The science that treats of the physical features of the moon; -- corresponding to physical geography in respect to the earth.'Accurate selenography, or description of the moon.' Sir T. Browne."
"SELENOLOGY","That branch of astronomy which treats of the moon.-- Sel`e*no*log'i*cal, a."
"SELENONIUM","A hypothetical radical of selenium, analogous to sulphonium.[R.]"
"SELF","Same; particular; very; identical. [Obs., except in thecompound selfsame.] 'On these self hills.' Sir. W. Raleigh.To shoot another arrow that self way Which you did shoot the first.Shak.At that self moment enters Palamon. Dryden."
"SELF-ABASED","Humbled by consciousness of inferiority, unworthiness, guilt,or shame."
"SELF-ABASING","Lowering or humbling one's self."
"SELF-ABHORRENCE","Abhorrence of one's self."
"SELF-ABNEGATION","Self-denial; self-renunciation; self-sacrifice."
"SELF-ACCUSED","Accused by one's self or by one's conscience. 'Die self-accused.' Cowper."
"SELF-ACTING","Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially ofa machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself whatis usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feedapparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press."
"SELF-ACTION","Action by, or originating in, one's self or itself."
"SELF-ACTIVE","Acting of one's self or of itself; acting without depending onother agents."
"SELF-ACTIVITY","The quality or state of being self-active; self-action."
"SELF-ADJUSTING","Capable of assuming a desired position or condition withrelation to other parts, under varying circumstances, withoutrequiring to be adjusted by hand; -- said of a piece in machinery.Self-adjusting bearing (Shafting), a bearing which is supported insuch a manner that it may tip to accomodate flexure or displacementof the shaft."
"SELF-ADMIRATION","Admiration of one's self."
"SELF-AFFAIRS","One's own affairs; one's private business. [Obs.] Shak."
"SELF-AFFRIGHTED","Frightened at or by one's self. Shak."
"SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT","The aggrandizement of one's self."
"SELF-ANNIHILATED","Annihilated by one's self."
"SELF-ANNIHILATION","Annihilation by one's own acts; annihilation of one's desires.Addison."
"SELF-APPLAUSE","Applause of one's self."
"SELF-APPLYING","Applying to or by one's self."
"SELF-APPROVING","Approving one's own action or character by one's own judgment.One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers andof loud huzzas. Pope."
"SELF-ASSERTING","asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; hence,putting one's self forward in a confident or assuming manner."
"SELF-ASSERTION","The act of asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims;the quality of being self-asserting."
"SELF-ASSERTIVE","Disposed to self-assertion; self-asserting."
"SELF-ASSUMED","Assumed by one's own act, or without authority."
"SELF-ASSURED","Assured by or of one's self; self-reliant; complacent."
"SELF-BANISHED","Exiled voluntarily."
"SELF-BEGOTTEN","Begotten by one's self, or one's own powers."
"SELF-BINDER","A reaping machine containing mechanism for binding the graininto sheaves."
"SELF-BORN","Born or produced by one's self."
"SELF-CENTRATION","The quality or state of being self-centered."
"SELF-CHARITY","Self-love. [Obs.] Shak."
"SELF-COLOR","A color not mixed or variegated."
"SELF-COLORED","Being of a single color; -- applied to flowers, animals, andtextile fabrics."
"SELF-COMMAND","Control over one's own feelings, temper, etc.; self-control."
"SELF-COMMUNE","Self-communion. [R.]"
"SELF-COMMUNICATIVE","Imparting or communicating by its own powers."
"SELF-COMMUNION","Communion with one's self; thoughts about one's self."
"SELF-COMPLACENCY","The quality of being self-complacent. J. Foster."
"SELF-COMPLACENT","Satisfied with one's own character, capacity, and doings; self-satisfied."
"SELF-CONCEIT","Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powersor endowments."
"SELF-CONCEITED","Having an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments;vain; conceited.-- Self`-con*ceit'ed*ness, n."
"SELF-CONCERN","Concern for one's self."
"SELF-CONDEMNATION","Condemnation of one's self by one's own judgment."
"SELF-CONFIDENCE","The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance.A feeling of self-confidence which supported and sustained him.Beaconsfield."
"SELF-CONFIDENT","Confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on one'sjudgment or ability; self-reliant.-- Self`-con'fi*dent*ly, adv."
"SELF-CONJUGATE","Having the two things that are conjugate parts of the samefigure; as, self-conjugate triangles."
"SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS","The quality or state of being self-conscious."
"SELF-CONSIDERING","Considering in one's own mind; deliberating. Pope."
"SELF-CONSISTENCY","The quality or state of being self-consistent."
"SELF-CONSISTENT","Consistent with one's self or with itself; not deviation fromthe ordinary standard by which the conduct is guided; logicallyconsistent throughout; having each part consistent with the rest."
"SELF-CONSUMING","Consuming one's self or itself."
"SELF-CONTAINED","Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplateor framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relationsof the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machineitself. Self-contained steam engine. (a) A steam engine having bothbearings for the crank shaft attached to the frame of the engine. (b)A steam engine and boiler combined and fastened together; a portablesteam engine."
"SELF-CONTRADICTION","The act of contradicting one's self or itself; repugnancy inconceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, oneof which contradicts the other; as, to be and not to be at the sametime is a self-contradiction."
"SELF-CONTRADICTORY","Contradicting one's self or itself."
"SELF-CONTROL","Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self;self-command."
"SELF-CONVICTED","Convicted by one's own consciousness, knowledge, avowal, oracts."
"SELF-CONVICTION","The act of convicting one's self, or the state of being self-convicted."
"SELF-CREATED","Created by one's self; not formed or constituted by another."
"SELF-CULTURE","Culture, training, or education of one's self by one's ownefforts."
"SELF-DECEIT","The act of deceiving one's self, or the state of being self-deceived; self-deception."
"SELF-DECEIVED","Deceived or misled respecting one's self by one's own mistakeor error."
"SELF-DECEPTION","Self-deceit."
"SELF-DEFENCE","See Self-defense."
"SELF-DEFENSE","The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation.In self-defense (Law), in protection of self, -- it being permittedin law to a party on whom a grave wrong is attempted to resist thewrong, even at the peril of the life of the assailiant. Wharton."
"SELF-DEFENSIVE","Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, orreputation."
"SELF-DEGRADATION","The act of degrading one's self, or the state of being sodegraded."
"SELF-DELATION","Accusation of one's self. [R.] Milman."
"SELF-DELUSION","The act of deluding one's self, or the state of being thusdeluded."
"SELF-DENIAL","The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's owndesires; self-sacrifice."
"SELF-DENYING","Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing.-- Self`-de*ny'ing*ly, adv."
"SELF-DEPENDENT","Dependent on one's self; self-depending; self-reliant."
"SELF-DEPENDING","Depending on one's self."
"SELF-DEPRAVED","Corrupted or depraved by one's self. Milton."
"SELF-DESTROYER","One who destroys himself; a suicide."
"SELF-DESTRUCTION","The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide. Milton."
"SELF-DESTRUCTIVE","Destroying, or tending to destroy, one's self or itself;rucidal."
"SELF-DETERMINATION","Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts orstates without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to thevoluntary or activity."
"SELF-DETERMINING","Capable of self-determination; as, the self-determining powerof will."
"SELF-DEVISED","Devised by one's self."
"SELF-DEVOTED","Devoted in person, or by one's own will. Hawthorne."
"SELF-DEVOTEMENT","Self-devotion. [R.]"
"SELF-DEVOTION","The act of devoting one's self, or the state of being self-devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or happinessfor the sake of others; self-sacrifice."
"SELF-DEVOURING","Devouring one's self or itself. Danham."
"SELF-DIFFUSIVE","Having power to diffuse itself; diffusing itself. Norris."
"SELF-DISCIPLINE","Correction or government of one's self for the sake ofimprovement."
"SELF-DISTRUST","Want of confidence in one' self; diffidence."
"SELF-EDUCATED","Educated by one's own efforts, without instruction, or withoutpecuniary assistance from others."
"SELF-ELECTIVE","Having the right of electing one's self, or, as a body, ofelecting its own members."
"SELF-ENJOYMENT","Enjoyment of one's self; self-satisfaction."
"SELF-ESTEEM","The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency."
"SELF-ESTIMATION","The act of estimating one's self; self-esteem."
"SELF-EVIDENCE","The quality or state of being self-evident. Locke."
"SELF-EVIDENT","Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty orconviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evidentproposition or truth.-- Self`-ev'i*dent*ly, adv."
"SELF-EVOLUTION","Evolution of one's self; development by inherent quality orpower."
"SELF-EXALTATION","The act of exalting one's self, or the state of being soexalted."
"SELF-EXAMINANT","One who examines himself; one given to self-examination.The humiliated self-examinant feels that there is evil in our natureas well as good. Coleridge."
"SELF-EXAMINATION","An examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives,particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties."
"SELF-EXCITE","To energize or excite (the field magnets of a dynamo) byinduction from the residual magnetism of its cores, leading all or apart of the current thus produced through the field-magnet coils."
"SELF-EXISTENCE","Inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue of a being'sown nature, and independent of any other being or cause; -- anattribute peculiar to God. Blackmore."
"SELF-EXISTENT","Existing of or by himself,independent of any other being orcause; -- as, God is the only self-existent being."
"SELF-EXPLAINING","Explaining itself; capable of being understood withoutexplanation."
"SELF-EXPOSURE","The act of exposing one's self; the state of being so exposed."
"SELF-FERTILIZATION","The fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same flowerand without outer aid; autogamy."
"SELF-FERTILIZED","Fertilized by pollen from the same flower."
"SELF-GLORIOUS","Springing from vainglory or vanity; vain; boastful. Dryden."
"SELF-GRATULATION","Gratulation of one's self."
"SELF-HARDENING","Designating, or pert. to, any of various steels that hardenwhen heated to above a red heat and cooled in air, usually in a blastof cold air with moderate rapidity, without quenching. Such steelsare alloys of iron and carbon with manganese, tungsten and manganese,chromium, molybdenum and manganese, etc. They are chiefly used ashigh-speed steels. -- Self`-hard'en*ed, a."
"SELF-HEAL","A blue-flowered labiate plant (Brunella vulgaris); the healall."
"SELF-HEALING","Having the power or property of healing itself."
"SELF-HELP","The act of aiding one's self, without depending on the aid ofothers."
"SELF-HOMICIDE","The act of killing one's self; suicide. Hakewill."
"SELF-IGNORANCE","Ignorance of one's own character, powers, and limitations."
"SELF-IGNORANT","Ignorant of one's self."
"SELF-IMPARTING","Imparting by one's own, or by its own, powers and will. Norris."
"SELF-IMPORTANCE","An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, esp.as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit."
"SELF-IMPORTANT","Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's ownimportance or merit."
"SELF-IMPOSED","Voluntarily taken on one's self; as, self-imposed tasks."
"SELF-IMPOSTURE","Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit. South."
"SELF-INDIGNATION","Indignation at one's own character or actions. Baxter."
"SELF-INDUCTION","Induction in a circuit due to the action of one portion of acurrent upon an adjacent portion during periods of varying currentstrength. The nature of the induction is such as to oppose the actionwhich produces it."
"SELF-INDULGENCE","Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- theopposite of self-restraint, and self-denial."
"SELF-INDULGENT","Indulging one's appetites, desires, etc., freely."
"SELF-INTEREST","Private interest; the interest or advantage of one's self."
"SELF-INTERESTED","Particularly concerned for one's own interest or happiness."
"SELF-INVOLUTION","Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought;reverie."
"SELF-JUSTIFIER","One who excuses or justifies himself. J. M. Mason."
"SELF-KINDLED","Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power. Dryden."
"SELF-KNOWLEDGE","Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers,limitations, etc."
"SELF-LIFE","Life for one's self; living solely or chiefly for one's ownpleasure or good."
"SELF-LOVE","The love of one's self; desire of personal happiness; tendencyto seek one's own benefit or advantage. Shak.Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul. Pope."
"SELF-LUMINOUS","Possessing in itself the property of emitting light. Sir D.Brewster."
"SELF-MADE","Made by one's self. Self-made man, a man who has risen frompoverty or obscurity by means of his own talentss or energies."
"SELF-METTLE","Inborn mettle or courage; one's own temper. [Obs.] Shak."
"SELF-MOTION","Motion given by inherent power, without external impulse;spontaneus or voluntary motion.Matter is not induced with self-motion. Cheyne."
"SELF-MOVED","Moved by inherent power., without the aid of external impulse."
"SELF-MOVING","Moving by inherent power, without the aid of external impulse."
"SELF-MURDER","Suicide."
"SELF-MURDERER","A suicide."
"SELF-NEGLECTING","A neglecting of one's self, or of one's own interests.Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin As self-neglecting. Shak."
"SELF-ONE","Secret. [Obs.] Marston."
"SELF-OPINION","Opinion, especially high opinion, of one's self; an overweeningestimate of one's self or of one's own opinion. Collier."
"SELF-OPINIONED","Having a high opinion of one's self; opinionated; conceited.South."
"SELF-ORIGINATING","Beginning wwith, or springing from, one's self."
"SELF-PARTIALITY","That partiality to himself by which a man overrates his ownworth when compared with others. Kames."
"SELF-PERPLEXED","Perplexed by doubts originating in one's own mind."
"SELF-POSITED","Disposed or arranged by an action originating in one's self orin itself.These molecular blocks of salt are self-posited. Tyndall."
"SELF-POSITING","The act of disposing or arranging one's self or itself.The self-positing of the molecules. R. Watts."
"SELF-POSSESSED","Composed or tranquill in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed."
"SELF-POSSESSION","The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command;presence of mind; composure."
"SELF-PRAISE","Praise of one's self."
"SELF-PRESERVATION","The preservation of one's self from destruction or injury."
"SELF-PROPAGATING","Propagating by one's self or by itself."
"SELF-REGISTERING","Registering itself; -- said of any instrument so contrived asto record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously orat stated times, as at the maxima and minima of variations; as, aself-registering anemometer or barometer."
"SELF-REGULATED","Regulated by one's self or by itself."
"SELF-REGULATIVE","Tending or serving to regulate one's self or itself. Whewell."
"SELF-RELIANCE","Reliance on one's own powers or judgment; self-trust."
"SELF-RELIANT","Reliant upon one's self; trusting to one's own powers orjudgment."
"SELF-RENUNCIATION","The act of renouncing, or setting aside, one's own wishes,claims, etc.; self-sacrifice."
"SELF-REPELLENCY","The quality or state of being self-repelling."
"SELF-REPELLING","Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repeleach other; as, gases are self-repelling."
"SELF-REPETITION","Repetition of one's self or of one's acts; the saying or doingwhat one has already said or done."
"SELF-REPROACH","The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's ownconscience."
"SELF-REPROACHED","Reproached by one's own conscience or judgment."
"SELF-REPROACHING","Reproaching one's self.-- Self`-re*proach'ing*ly, adv."
"SELF-REPROOF","The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct byone's own judgment."
"SELF-REPROVED","Reproved by one's own conscience or one's own sense of guilt."
"SELF-REPROVING","Reproving one's self; reproving by consciousness of guilt."
"SELF-REPROVINGLY","In a self-reproving way."
"SELF-REPUGNANT","Self-contradictory; inconsistent. Brougham."
"SELF-REPULSIVE","Self-repelling."
"SELF-RESPECT","Respect for one's self; regard for one's character; laudableself-esteem."
"SELF-RESTRAINED","Restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's ownpower or will."
"SELF-RESTRAINT","Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command."
"SELF-REVERENCE","A reverent respect for one's self. Tennyson."
"SELF-RIGHTEOUS","Righteous in one's own esteem; pharisaic."
"SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS","The quality or state of being self-righteous; pharisaism."
"SELF-SACRIFICE","The act of sacrificing one's self, or one's interest, forothers; self-devotion."
"SELF-SACRIFICING","Yielding up one's own interest, ffeelings, etc; sacrificingone's self."
"SELF-SATISFACTION","The quality or state of being self-satisfied."
"SELF-SATISFIED","Satisfied with one's self or one's actions; self-complacent."
"SELF-SATISFYING","Giving satisfaction to one's self."
"SELF-SEEKER","One who seeks only his own interest, advantage, or pleasure."
"SELF-SEEKING","Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish. Arbuthnot."
"SELF-SLAUGHTER","Suicide. Shak."
"SELF-STARTER","A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressedair, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means ofstarting the engine without cranking it by hand."
"SELF-SUFFICIENCY","The quality or state of being self-sufficient."
"SELF-SUFFICING","Sufficing for one's self or for itself, without needingexternal aid; self-sufficient.-- Self`-suf*fi'cing*ness, n. J. C. Shairp."
"SELF-SUSPENDED","Suspended by one's self or by itself; balanced. Southey."
"SELF-SUSPICIOUS","Suspicious or distrustful of one's self. Baxter."
"SELF-TAUGHT","Taught by one's own efforts."
"SELF-TORMENTOR","One who torments himself."
"SELF-TORTURE","The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted onone's self."
"SELF-TRUST","Faith in one's self; self-reliance."
"SELF-UNED","One with itself; separate from others. [Obs.] Sylvester."
"SELF-VIEW","A view if one's self; specifically, carefulness or regard forone's own interests"
"SELF-WILL","One's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy."
"SELF-WILLED","Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes ofothers; obstinate."
"SELF-WILLEDNESS","Obstinacy. Sir W. Scott."
"SELF-WORSHIP","The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit."
"SELF-WRONG","Wrong done by a person himself. Shak."
"SELFHOOD","Existence as a separate self, or independent person; consciouspersonality; individuality. Bib. Sacra."
"SELFISH","Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human actionare derived from love of self.Hobbes and the selfish school of philosophers. Fleming."
"SELFISHLY","In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only orchiefly."
"SELFISHNESS","The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard toone's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to theadvancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, withoutregarding those of others.Selfishness,- a vice utterly at variance with the happiness of himwho harbors it, and, as such, condemned by self-love. Sir J.Mackintosh."
"SELFISM","Concentration of one's interests on one's self; self-love;selfishness. Emerson."
"SELFIST","A selfish person. [R.] I. Taylor."
"SELFLESS","Having no regard to self; unselfish.Lo now, what hearts have men! they never mount As high as woman inher selfless mood. Tennyson."
"SELFLESSNESS","Quality or state of being selfless."
"SELFNESS","Selfishness. [Obs.] Sir. P. Sidney."
"SELFSAME","Precisely the same; the very same; identical.His servant was healed in the selfsame hour. Matt. viii. 13."
"SELION","A short piece of land in arable ridges and furrows, ofuncertain quantity; also, a ridge of land lying between two furrows.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"SELJUKIAN","Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embracedMohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faithand rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or theempire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13thcentury. J. H. Newman."
"SELL","Self. [Obs. or Scot.] B. Jonson."
"SELLER","One who sells. Chaucer."
"SELTERS WATER","A mineral water from Sellers, in the district of Nassan,Germany, containing much free carbonic acid."
"SELTZER WATER","See Selters water."
"SELTZO-GENE","A gazogene."
"SELVAGEE","A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns ormarline, -- used for stoppers, straps, etc."
"SELVE","Self; same. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SELVES","pl. of Self."
"SELY","Silly. [Obs.] Chaucer. Wyclif."
"SEMAEOSTOMATA","A division of Discophora having large free mouth lobes. Itincludes Aurelia, and Pelagia. Called also Semeostoma. See Illustr.under Discophora, and Medusa."
"SEMAPHORE","A signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by thedisposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc."
"SEMAPHORICALLY","By means a semaphore."
"SEMAPHORIST","One who manages or operates a semaphore."
"SEMASIOLOGY","The science of meanings or sense development (of words); theexplanation of the development and changes of the meanings of words.--Se*ma`si*o*log'ic*al (#), a."
"SEMATIC","Significant; ominous; serving as a warning of danger; --appliedesp. to the warning colors or forms of certain animals."
"SEMATOLOGY","The doctrine of signs as the expression of thought orreasoning; the science of indicating thought by signs. Smart."
"SEMATROPE","An instrument for signaling by reflecting the rays of the sunin different directions. Knight."
"SEMBLABLE","Like; similar; resembling. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SEMBLABLY","In like manner. [Obs.] Shak."
"SEMBLATIVE","Resembling. [Obs.]And all is semblative a woman's part. Shak."
"SEMBLE","It seems; -- chiefly used impersonally in reports and judgmentsto express an opinion in reference to the law on some point notnecessary to be decided, and not intended to be definitely settled inthe cause."
"SEMBLING","The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or otherinsects by exposing the female confined in a cage."
"SEME","Sprinkled or sown; -- said of field, or a charge, when strewedor covered with small charges."
"SEMELE","A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus."
"SEMEN","The seed of plants."
"SEMENIFEROUS","Seminiferous."
"SEMESTER","A period of six months; especially, a term in a college oruneversity which divides the year into two terms."
"SEMI CIRCUMFERENCE","Half of a circumference."
"SEMI CRUSTACEOUS","Half crustaceous; partially crustaceous."
"SEMI PUPA","The young of an insect in a stage between the larva and pupa."
"SEMI-","A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly;as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectlytransparent."
"SEMI-ARIAN","A member of a branch of the Arians which did not acknowledgethe Son to be consubstantial with the Father, that is, of the samesubstance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with theFather, not by nature, but by a peculiar privilege."
"SEMI-ARIANISM","The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Arians."
"SEMI-CHRISTIANIZED","Half Christianized."
"SEMI-DIESEL","Designating an internal-combustion engine of a type resemblingthe Diesel engine in using as fuel heavy oil which is injected in aspray just before the end of the compression stroke and is firedwithout electrical ignition. The fuel is sprayed into an iron box(called a hot bulb or hot pot) opening into the combustion chamber,and heated for ignition by a blast-lamp until the engine is running,when it is, ordinarily, kept red hot by the heat of combustion."
"SEMI-PELAGIAN","A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448),who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, andmaintaining the necessity of the Spirit's influence, while, on theother hand, he rejected the Augustinian doctrines of election, theinability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of thesaints."
"SEMI-PELAGIANISM","The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Pelagians."
"SEMI-SAXON","Half Saxon; -- specifically applied to the languageintermediate between Saxon and English, belonging to the period 1150-1250."
"SEMIACID","Slightly acid; subacid."
"SEMIACIDIFIED","Half acidified."
"SEMIADHERENT","Adherent part way."
"SEMIAMPLEXICAUL","Partially amplexicaul; embracing the stem half round, as aleaf."
"SEMIANGLE","The half of a given, or measuring, angle."
"SEMIANNUAL","Half-yearly."
"SEMIANNUALLY","Every half year."
"SEMIANNULAR","Having the figure of a half circle; forming a semicircle. Grew."
"SEMIAXIS","One half of the axis of an"
"SEMIBARBARIAN","Half barbarous; partially civilized.-- n."
"SEMIBARBARIC","Half barbarous or uncivilized; as, semibarbaric display."
"SEMIBARBARISM","The quality or state of being half barbarous or uncivilized."
"SEMIBARBAROUS","Half barbarous."
"SEMIBREVE","A note of half the time or duration of the breve; -- nowusually called a whole note. It is the longest note in general use."
"SEMIBRIEF","A semibreve. [R.]"
"SEMIBULL","A bull issued by a pope in the period between his election andcoronation."
"SEMICALCAREOUS","Half or partially calcareous; as, a semicalcareous plant."
"SEMICALCINED","Half calcined; as, semicalcined iron."
"SEMICASTRATE","To deprive of one testicle.-- Sem`i*cas*tra'tion,n."
"SEMICENTENNIAL","Of or pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fiftyyears; as, a semicentennial commemoration."
"SEMICHAOTIC","Partially chaotic."
"SEMICHORUS","A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion ofthe voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the fullchoir."
"SEMICIRCLED","Semicircular. Shak."
"SEMICIRCULAR","Having the form of half of a circle. Addison. Semicircularcanals (Anat.), certain canals of the inner ear. See under Ear."
"SEMICIRQUE","A semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills.Wordsworth."
"SEMICOLON","The punctuation mark [;] indicating a separation between partsor members of a sentence more distinct than that marked by a comma."
"SEMICOLUMN","A half column; a column bisected longitudinally, or along itsaxis."
"SEMICOLUMNAR","Like a semicolumn; flat on one side and round on the other;imperfectly columnar."
"SEMICOMPACT","Half compact; imperfectly indurated."
"SEMICONSCIOUS","Half conscious; imperfectly conscious. De Quincey."
"SEMICOPE","A short cope, or an inferier kind of cope. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SEMICRYSTALLINE","Half crystalline; -- said of certain cruptive rocks composedpartly of crystalline, partly of amorphous matter."
"SEMICUBICAL","Of or pertaining to the square root of the cube of a quantity.Semicubical parabola, a curve in which the ordinates are proportionalto the square roots of the cubes of the abscissas."
"SEMIDEISTICAL","Half deisticsl; bordering on deism. S. Miller."
"SEMIDEMIQUAVER","A demisemiquaver; a thirty-second note."
"SEMIDETACHED","Half detached; partly distinct or separate. Semidetached house,one of two tenements under a single roof, but separated by a partywall. [Eng.]"
"SEMIDIAMETER","Half of a diameter; a right line, or the length of a rightline, drawn from the center of a circle, a sphere, or other curvedfigure, to its circumference or periphery; a radius."
"SEMIDIAPASON","An imperfect octave."
"SEMIDIAPENTE","An imperfect or diminished fifth. Busby."
"SEMIDIAPHANEITY","Half or imperfect transparency; translucency. [R.] Boyle."
"SEMIDIAPHANOUS","Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent. Woodward."
"SEMIDIATESSARON","An imperfect or diminished fourth. [R.]"
"SEMIDITONE","A lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone. [R.]"
"SEMIDOME","A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, orone of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or thelike. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere."
"SEMIDOUBLE","An office or feast celebrated with less solemnity than thedouble ones. See Double, n., 8."
"SEMIFABLE","That which is part fable and part truth; a mixture of truth andfable. De Quincey."
"SEMIFLEXED","Half bent."
"SEMIFLORET","See Semifloscule."
"SEMIFLOSCULAR","Semiflosculous."
"SEMIFLOSCULE","A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into astrap-shaped petal; -- called also semifloret."
"SEMIFLOSCULOUS","Having all the florets ligulate, as in the dandelion."
"SEMIFLUID","Imperfectly fluid.-- n."
"SEMIFORM","A half form; an imperfect form."
"SEMIFORMED","Half formed; imperfectly formed; as, semiformed crystals."
"SEMIGLUTIN","A peptonelike body, insoluble in alcohol, formed by boilingcollagen or gelatin for a long time in water. Hemicollin, a likebody, is also formed at the same time, and differs from semiglutin bybeing partly soluble in alcohol."
"SEMIHISTORICAL","Half or party historical. Sir G. C. Lewis."
"SEMIHORAL","Half-hourly."
"SEMIINDURATED","Imperfectly indurated or hardened."
"SEMILAPIDIFIED","Imperfectly changed into stone. Kirwan."
"SEMILENS","The half of a lens divided along a plane passing through itsaxis."
"SEMILENTICULAR","Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens.Kirwan."
"SEMILIGNEOUS","Half or partially ligneous, as a stem partly woody and partlyherbaceous."
"SEMILIQUID","Half liquid; semifluid."
"SEMILIQUIDITY","The quality or state of being semiliquid; partial liquidity."
"SEMILOGICAL","Half logical; partly logical; said of fallacies. Whately."
"SEMILOR","A yellowish alloy of copper and zinc. See Simplor."
"SEMILUNAR","Shaped like a half moon. Semilunar bone (Anat.), a bone of thecarpus; the lunar. See Lunar, n.-- Semilunar, or Sigmoid, valves (Anat.), the valves at thebeginning of the aorta and of the pulmonary artery which prevent theblood from flowing back into the ventricle."
"SEMILUNARY","Semilunar."
"SEMILUNATE","Semilunar."
"SEMILUNE","The half of a lune."
"SEMIMETAL","An element possessing metallic properties in an inferior degreeand not malleable, as arsenic, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum,uranium, etc. [Obs.]"
"SEMIMETALLIC","Of or pertaining to a semimetal; possessing metallic propertiesin an inferior degree; resembling metal."
"SEMIMONTHLY","Coming or made twice in a month; as, semimonthly magazine; asemimonthly payment.-- n."
"SEMIMUTE","Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed orpartially lost."
"SEMINAL","A seed. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"SEMINALITY","The quality or state of being seminal. Sir T. Browne."
"SEMINAR","A group of students engaged, under the guidance of aninstructor, in original research in a particular line of study, andin the exposition of the results by theses, lectures, etc.; -- calledalso seminary."
"SEMINARY","Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.]"
"SEMINATE","To sow; to spread; to propagate. [R.] Waterhouse."
"SEMINATION","Natural dispersion of seeds. Martyn."
"SEMINED","Thickly covered or sown, as with seeds. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"SEMINIFEROUS","Seed-bearing; producing seed; pertaining to, or connected with,the formation of semen; as, seminiferous cells or vesicles."
"SEMINIFICATION","Propagation from seed. [R.] Sir M. Hale."
"SEMINIST","A believer in the old theory that the newly created being isformed by the admixture of the seed of the male with the supposedseed of the female."
"SEMINOLES","A tribe of Indians who formerly occupied Florida, where some ofthem still remain. They belonged to the Creek Confideration."
"SEMINOSE","A carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickenedendosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow sirup having asweetish-bitter taste."
"SEMINUDE","Partially nude; half naked."
"SEMINYMPH","The pupa of insects which undergo only a slight change inpassing to the imago state."
"SEMIOCCASIONALLY","Once in a while; on rare occasions. [Colloq. U. S.]"
"SEMIOFFICIAL","Half official; having some official authority or importance;as, a semiofficial statement.-- Sem`i*of*fi'cial*ly, adv."
"SEMIOPACOUS","Semiopaque."
"SEMIOPAL","A variety of opal not possessing opalescence."
"SEMIOPAQUE","Half opaque; only half transparent."
"SEMIORBICULAR","Having the shape of a half orb or sphere."
"SEMIOTIC","Same as Semeiotic."
"SEMIOTICS","Same as Semeiotics."
"SEMIOVAL","Half oval."
"SEMIOVATE","Half ovate."
"SEMIOXYGENATED","Combined with oxygen only in part. Kirwan."
"SEMIPAGAN","Half pagan."
"SEMIPARABOLA","One branch of a parabola, being terminated at the principalvertex of the curve."
"SEMIPED","A half foot in poetry."
"SEMIPEDAL","Containing a half foot."
"SEMIPELLUCID","Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem."
"SEMIPELLUCIDITY","The qualiti or state of being imperfectly transparent."
"SEMIPENNIFORM","Half or partially penniform; as, a semipenniform muscle."
"SEMIPERMANENT","Half or partly permanent."
"SEMIPERSPICUOUS","Half transparent; imperfectly clear; semipellucid."
"SEMIPHLOGISTICATED","Partially impregnated with phlogiston."
"SEMIPLUME","A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of anordinary feather."
"SEMIPRECIOUS","Somewhat precious; as, semiprecious stones or metals."
"SEMIPROOF","Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness.[Obs.] Bailey."
"SEMIQUAVER","A note of half the duration of the quaver; -- now usuallycalled a sixsteenth note."
"SEMIQUINTILE","An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half ofthe quintile, or thirty-six degrees."
"SEMIRADIAL","Half radial."
"SEMIRADIAL ENGINE","See Radial engine, above."
"SEMIRECONDITE","Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect whenhalf covered by the shield of the thorax."
"SEMIRING","One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchialtubes of most birds. The semerings form an essential part of thesyrinx, or musical organ, of singing birds."
"SEMISAVAGE","Half savage."
"SEMISEXTILE","An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each otherthe twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees. Hutton."
"SEMISOLID","Partially solid."
"SEMISOUN","A half sound; a low tone. [Obs.] 'Soft he cougheth with asemisoun.' Chaucer."
"SEMISPHEROIDAL","Formed like a half spheroid."
"SEMISTEEL","Puddled steel. [U. S. ]"
"SEMITA","A fasciole of a spatangoid sea urchin."
"SEMITANGENT","The tangent of half an arc."
"SEMITE","One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively.[Written also Shemite.]"
"SEMITERETE","Half terete."
"SEMITERTIAN","Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidianintermittent.-- n."
"SEMITIC","Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to thatdivision of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, andrelated races. [Written also Shemitic.] Semitic language, a name usedto designate a group of Asiatic and African languages, some livingand some dead, namely: Hebrew and Phoenician, Aramaic, Assyrian,Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic). Encyc. Brit."
"SEMITISM","A Semitic idiom; a word of Semitic origin. [Written alsoShemitism.]"
"SEMITONE","Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smallerintervals of the diatonic scale."
"SEMITONIC","Of or pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a semitone, or ofsemitones."
"SEMITONTINE","Lit., half-tontine; -- used to designate a form of tontine lifeinsurance. See Tontine insurance. --Sem`i*ton*tine', n."
"SEMITRANSEPT","The half of a transept; as, the north semitransept of a church."
"SEMITRANSLUCENT","Slightly clear; transmitting light in a slight degree."
"SEMITRANSPARENCY","Imperfect or partial transparency."
"SEMITRANSPARENT","Half or imperfectly transparent."
"SEMIVERTICILLATE","Partially verticillate."
"SEMIVIF","Only half alive. [Obs.] Piers Plowman."
"SEMIVITREOUS","Partially vitreous."
"SEMIVITRIFIED","Half or imperfectly vitrified; partially converted into glass."
"SEMIVOCAL","Of or pertaining to a semivowel; half cocal; imperfectlysounding."
"SEMIWEEKLY","Coming, or made, or done, once every half week; as, asemiweekly newspaper; a semiweekly trip.-- n."
"SEMOLELLA","See Semolina."
"SEMOLINA","The fine, hard parts of wheat, rounded by the attrition of themillstones, -- used in cookery."
"SEMOLINO","Same as Semolina."
"SEMOULE","Same as Semolina."
"SEMPERVIRENT","Always fresh; evergreen. [R.] Smart."
"SEMPERVIVE","The houseleek."
"SEMPERVIVUM","A genus of fleshy-leaved plants, of which the houseleek(Sempervivum tectorum) is the commonest species."
"SEMPITERNE","Sempiternal. [Obs.]"
"SEMPITERNITY","Future duration without end; the relation or state of beingsempiternal. Sir M. Hale."
"SEMPRE","Always; throughout; as, sempre piano, always soft."
"SEMPSTER","A seamster. [Obs.]"
"SEMPSTRESS","A seamstress.Two hundred sepstress were employed to make me shirts. Swift."
"SEMPSTRESSY","Seamstressy."
"SEMSTER","A seamster. [Obs.]"
"SEMUNCIA","A Roman coin equivalent to one twenty-fourth part of a Romanpound."
"SEN","A Japanese coin, worth about one half of a cent."
"SENARY","Of six; belonging to six; containing six. Dr. H. More."
"SENATE","A body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles ofthe nation, and having supreme legislative authority.The senate was thus the medium through which all affairs of the wholegovernment had to pass. Dr. W. Smith."
"SENATOR","A member of the king's council; a king's councilor. Burrill."
"SENATORIALLY","In a senatorial manner."
"SENATORIAN","Senatorial. [R.] De Quincey."
"SENATORIOUS","Senatorial. [Obs.]"
"SENATORSHIP","The office or dignity of a senator. Carew."
"SENATUSCONSULT","A decree of the Roman senate."
"SEND","To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as toendanger her masts. Totten. To send for, to request or require bymessage to come or be brought."
"SENDAL","A light thin stuff of silk. [Written also cendal, and sendal.]Chaucer.Wore she not a veil of twisted sendal embroidered with silver Sir W.Scott."
"SENDER","One who sends. Shak."
"SENECAS","A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western NewYork. This tribe was the most numerous and most warlike of the FiveNations. Seneca grass(Bot.), holy grass. See under Holy.-- Seneca eil, petroleum or naphtha.-- Seneca root, or Seneca snakeroot (Bot.), the rootstock of anAmerican species of milkworth (Polygala Senega) having an aromaticbut bitter taste. It is often used medicinally as an expectorant anddiuretic, and, in large doses, as an emetic and cathartic. [Writtenalso Senega root, and Seneka root.]"
"SENECIO","A very large genus of composite plants including the groundseland the golden ragwort."
"SENECTITUDE","Old age. [R.] 'Senectitude, weary of its toils.' H. Miller."
"SENEGA","Seneca root."
"SENEGAL","Gum senegal. See under Gum."
"SENEGIN","A substance extracted from the rootstock of the Polygala Senega(Seneca root), and probably identical with polygalic acid."
"SENESCENCE","The state of growing old; decay by time."
"SENESCENT","Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time. 'The night wassenescent.' Poe. 'With too senescent air.' Lowell."
"SENESCHAL","An officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in theMiddle Ages, who had the superintendence of feasts and domesticceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing ofjustice, and was given high military commands.Then marshaled feast Served up in hall with sewers and seneschale.Milton.Philip Augustus, by a famous ordinance in 1190, first establishedroyal courts of justice, held by the officers called baitiffs, orseneschals, who acted as the king's lieutenants in his demains.Hallam."
"SENESCHALSHIP","The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a seneschal."
"SENGE","To singe. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SENGREEN","The houseleek."
"SENILE","Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristicof, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senileweakness. 'Senile maturity of judgment.' Boyle. Senile gangrene(Med.), a form of gangrene occuring particularly in old people, andcaused usually by insufficient blood supply due to degeneration ofthe walls of the smaller arteries."
"SENILITY","The quality or state of being senile; old age."
"SENIORITY","The quality or state of being senior."
"SENIORIZE","To exercise authority; to rule; to lord it. [R.] Fairfax."
"SENIORY","Seniority. [Obs.] Shak."
"SENNA","The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia.(C. acutifolia. C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuablebut nauseous cathartic medicine."
"SENNACHY","See Seannachie."
"SENNET","A signal call on a trumpet or cornet for entrance or exit onthe stage. [Obs.]"
"SENNIGHT","The space of seven nights and days; a week. [Written alsose'nnight.] [Archaic.] Shak. Tennyson."
"SENNIT","A braided cord or fabric formed by plaiting together rope yarnsor other small stuff."
"SENOCULAR","Having six eyes. [R.] Derham."
"SENONIAN","In european geology, a name given to the middle division of theUpper Cretaceous formation."
"SENS","Since. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SENSATE","To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense,or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor.As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those of the otherare by the eye. R. Hooke."
"SENSATION","An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made uponthe central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory orafferent nerve or one of the organs of sense; a feeling, or state ofconsciousness, whether agreeable or disagreeable, produced either byan external object (stimulus), or by some change in the internalstate of the body.Perception is only a special kind of knowledge, and sensation aspecial kind of feeling. . . . Knowledge and feeling, perception andsensation, though always coexistent, are always in the inverse ratioof each other. Sir W. Hamilton."
"SENSATIONALISM","The doctrine held by Condillac, and by some ascribed to Locke,that our ideas originate solely in sensation, and consist ofsensations transformed; sensualism; -- opposed to intuitionalism, andrationalism."
"SENSATIONALIST","An advocate of, or believer in, philosophical sensationalism."
"SENSE","A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objectsby means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or senseorgans) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of thebody; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. SeeMuscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense, underTemperature.Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep. Shak.What surmounts the reach Of human sense I shall delineate. Milton.The traitor Sense recalls The soaring soul from rest. Keble."
"SENSEFUL","Full of sense, meaning, or reason; reasonable; judicious. [R.]'Senseful speech.' Spenser. 'Men, otherwise senseful and ingenious.'Norris."
"SENSELESS","Destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to, sense; withoutsensibility or feeling; unconscious; stupid; foolish; unwise;unreasonable.You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things. Shak.The ears are senseless that should give us hearing. Shak.The senseless grave feels not your pious sorrows. Rowe.They were a senseless, stupid race. Swift.They would repent this their senseless perverseness when it would betoo late. Clarendon.--- Sense'less*ly, adv.-- Sense'less*ness, n."
"SENSIBILITY","The quality or state of being sensible, or capable ofsensation; capacity to feel or perceive."
"SENSIFACIENT","Converting into sensation. Huxley."
"SENSIFEROUS","Exciting sensation; conveying sensation. Huxley."
"SENSIFIC","Exciting sensation."
"SENSIFICATORY","Susceptible of, or converting into, sensation; as, thesensificatory part of a nervous system. Huxley."
"SENSIGENOUS","Causing or exciting sensation. Huxley."
"SENSISM","Same as Sensualism, 2 & 3."
"SENSIST","One who, in philosophy, holds to sensism."
"SENSITIVITY","The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly inscience and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.Sensitivity and emotivity have also been used as the scientific termfor the capacity of feeling. Hickok."
"SENSITIZE","To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on bythe actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or plate."
"SENSITIZER","An agent that sensitizes.The sensitizer should be poured on the middle of the sheet. Wilis &Clements (The Platinotype)."
"SENSITOMETER","An instrument or apparatus for comparing and grading thesensitiveness of plates, films, etc., as a screen divided intosquares of different shades or colors, from which a picture is madeon the plate to be tested."
"SENSITORY","See Sensory."
"SENSIVE","Having sense or sensibility; sensitive. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"SENSOR","Sensory; as, the sensor nerves."
"SENSORI-VOLITIONAL","Concerned both in sensation and volition; -- applied to thosenerve fibers which pass to and from the cerebro-spinal axis, and arerespectively concerned in sensation and volition. Dunglison."
"SENSORIAL","Of or pertaining to the sensorium; as, sensorial faculties,motions, powers. A. Tucker."
"SENSORIUM","The seat of sensation; the nervous center or centers to whichimpressions from the external world must be conveyed before they canbe perceived; the place where external impressions are localized, andtransformed into sensations, prior to being reflected to other partsof the organism; hence, the whole nervous system, when animated, sofar as it is susceptible of common or special sensations."
"SENSORY","Same as Sensorium."
"SENSUALISM","The doctrine that all our ideas, or the operations of theunderstanding, not only originate in sensation, but are transformedsensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism; sensism."
"SENSUALITY","The quality or state of being sensual; devotedness to thegratification of the bodily appetites; free indulgence in carnal orsensual pleasures; luxuriousness; voluptuousness; lewdness.Those pampered animals That rage in savage sensuality. Shak.They avoid dress, lest they should have affections tainted by anysensuality. Addison."
"SENSUALIZATION","The act of sensualizing, or the state of being sensualized."
"SENSUALIZE","To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; todebase by carnal gratifications; to carnalize; as, sensualized bypleasure. Pope.By the neglect of prayer, the thoughts are sensualized. T. H.Skinner."
"SENSUALLY","In a sensual manner."
"SENSUALNESS","Sensuality; fleshliness."
"SENSUISM","Sensualism."
"SENSUOSITY","The quality or state of being sensuous; sensuousness. [R.]"
"SENT","See Scent, v. & n. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SENTENCE","In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronouncedin a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passedon a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by ajudgical tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is exclusively usedto denote the judgment in criminal cases.Received the sentence of the law. Shak."
"SENTENCE METHOD","A method of teaching reading by giving first attention tophrases and sentences and later analyzing these into their verbal andalphabetic components; -- contrasted with alphabet and word methods."
"SENTENCER","One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation."
"SENTENTIALLY","In a sentential manner."
"SENTENTIARIST","A sententiary. Barnas Sears (Life of Luther)."
"SENTENTIARY","One who read lectures, or commented, on the Sentences of PeterLombard, Bishop of Paris (1159-1160), a school divine. R. Henry."
"SENTENTIOSITY","The quality or state of being sententious. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"SENTERY","A sentry. [Obs.] Milton."
"SENTEUR","Scent. [Obs.] Holland."
"SENTIENT","Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception.Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentientextremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs ortissues."
"SENTIENTLY","In a sentient or perceptive way."
"SENTIMENTALISM","The quality of being sentimental; the character or behavior ofa sentimentalist; sentimentality."
"SENTIMENTALIST","One who has, or affects, sentiment or fine feeling."
"SENTIMENTALITY","The quality or state of being sentimental."
"SENTIMENTALIZE","To regard in a sentimental manner; as, to sentimentalize asubject."
"SENTIMENTALLY","In a sentimental manner."
"SENTINE","A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer. [Obs.] Latimer."
"SENTINEL","A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean,remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called alsosentinel crab."
"SENTISECTION","Painful vivisection; -- opposed to callisection. B. G. Wilder."
"SENTRY","A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel."
"SENZA","Without; as, senza stromenti, without instruments."
"SEOR","A Spanish title of courtesy corresponding to the English Mr. orSir; also, a gentleman."
"SEORA","A Spanish title of courtesy given to a lady; Mrs.; Madam; also,a lady."
"SEORITA","A Spanish title of courtesy given to a young lady; Miss; also,a young lady."
"SEPAL","A leaf or division of the calyx."
"SEPALED","Having one or more sepals."
"SEPALINE","Relating to, or having the nature of, sepals."
"SEPALODY","The metamorphosis of other floral organs into sepals orsepaloid bodies."
"SEPALOID","Like a sepal, or a division of a calyx."
"SEPALOUS","Having, or relating to, sepals; -- used mostly in composition.See under Sepal."
"SEPARABILITY","Quality of being separable or divisible; divisibility;separableness."
"SEPARABLE","Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided;as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from thesubstance in which they exist.-- Sep'a*ra*ble*ness, n.-- Sep'a*ra*bly, adv.Trials permit me not to doubt of the separableness of a yellowtincture from gold. Boyle."
"SEPARATE","To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdrawfrom one another; as, the family separated."
"SEPARATICAL","Of or pertaining to separatism in religion; schismatical. [R.]Dr. T. Dwight."
"SEPARATING","Designed or employed to separate. Separating funnel (Chem.), afunnel, often globe-shaped, provided with a stopcock for the separatedrawing off of immiscible liquids of different specific gravities."
"SEPARATION","The act of separating, or the state of being separated, orseparate. Specifically:(a) Chemical analysis.(b) Divorce.(c) (Steam Boilers) The operation of removing water from steam.Judicial separation (Law), a form of divorce; a separation of man andwife which has the effect of making each a single person for alllegal purposes but without ability to contract a new marriage. Mozley& W."
"SEPARATISM","The character or act of a separatist; disposition to withdrawfrom a church; the practice of so withdrawing."
"SEPARATIST","One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one whowithdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from anestablished church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; asectary.Heavy fines on divines who should preach in any meeting of separatist. Macaulay."
"SEPARATISTIC","Of or pertaining to separatists; characterizing separatists;schismatical."
"SEPARATIVE","Causing, or being to cause, separation. 'Separative virtue ofextreme cold.' Boyle."
"SEPARATOR","One who, or that which, separates. Specifically:(a) (Steam Boilers) A device for depriving steam of particles ofwater mixed with it.(b) (Mining) An apparatus for sorting pulverized ores into grades, orseparating them from gangue. (c) (Weaving)"
"SEPARATORY","Separative. Cheyne."
"SEPARATRIX","The decimal point; the dot placed at the left of a decimalfraction, to separate it from the whole number which it follows. Theterm is sometimes also applied to other marks of separation."
"SEPAWN","See Supawn. [Local, U.S.]"
"SEPELIBLE","Admitting of burial. [Obs.] Bailey."
"SEPELITION","Burial. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"SEPHARDIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Jews (the Sephardim,also called Spanish or Portuguese Jews) descended from Jewishfamilies driven from Spain by the Inquisition."
"SEPHARDIM","Jews who are descendants of the former Jews of Spain andPortugal. They are as a rule darker than the northern Jews, and havemore delicate features."
"SEPHEN","A large sting ray of the genus Trygon, especially T. sephen ofthe Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. The skin is an article of commerce."
"SEPIA","Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition;also, made of, or done in, sepia."
"SEPIC","Of or pertaining to sepia; done in sepia; as, a sepic drawing."
"SEPIDACEOUS","Like or pertaining to the cuttlefishes of the genus Sepia."
"SEPIMENT","Something that separates; a hedge; a fence. [R.] Bailey."
"SEPIOLITE","Meerschaum. See Meerschaum."
"SEPIOSTARE","The bone or shell of cuttlefish. See Illust. under Cuttlefish."
"SEPON","See Supawn. [Local, U.S.]"
"SEPOSE","To set apart. [Obs.] Donne."
"SEPOSIT","To set aside; to give up. [Obs.]"
"SEPOSITION","The act of setting aside, or of giving up. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"SEPOY","A native of India employed as a soldier in the service of aEuropean power, esp. of Great Britain; an Oriental soldierdisciplined in the European manner."
"SEPPUKU","Same as Hara-kiri.Seppuku, or hara-kiri, also came into vogue. W. E. Griffis."
"SEPSIN","A soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is alsoformed in the putrefaction of proteid matter in general."
"SEPSIS","The poisoning of the system by the introduction of putrescentmaterial into the blood."
"SEPT","A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor;-- used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland.The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized,and all his sept followed his example. S. Lover."
"SEPTAEMIA","Septic\u00e6mia."
"SEPTAL","Of or pertaining to a septum or septa, as of a coral or ashell."
"SEPTANE","See Heptane. [R.]"
"SEPTANGLE","A figure which has seven angles; a heptagon. [R.]"
"SEPTANGULAR","Heptagonal."
"SEPTARIUM","A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone,intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite,barite, or other minerals."
"SEPTATE","Divided by partition or partitions; having septa; as, a septatepod or shell."
"SEPTEMBER","The ninth month of the year, containing thurty days."
"SEPTEMBERER","A Setembrist. Carlyle."
"SEPTEMBRIST","An agent in the massacres in Paris, committed in patrioticfrenzy, on the 22d of September, 1792."
"SEPTEMFLUOUS","Flowing sevenfold; divided into seven streams or currents. [R.]Fuller."
"SEPTEMPARTITE","Divided nearly to the base into seven parts; as, aseptempartite leaf."
"SEPTEMTRIOUN","Septentrion. [Obs.]"
"SEPTEMVIR","One of a board of seven men associated in some office."
"SEPTEMVIRATE","The office of septemvir; a government by septimvirs."
"SEPTENARY","The number seven. [R.] Holinshed."
"SEPTENATE","Having parts in sevens; heptamerous."
"SEPTENNATE","A period of seven years; as, the septennate during which thePresident of the French Republic holds office."
"SEPTENNIALLY","Once in seven years."
"SEPTENTRIAL","Septentrional. Drayton."
"SEPTENTRIO","The constellation Ursa Major."
"SEPTENTRION","The north or northern regions. Shak.Both East West, South and Septentrioun. Chaucer."
"SEPTENTRIONALITY","Northerliness."
"SEPTENTRIONALLY","Northerly."
"SEPTENTRIONATE","To tend or point toward the north; to north. Sir T. Browne."
"SEPTFOIL","A European herb, the tormentil. See Tormentil."
"SEPTI-","A combining form meaning seven; as, septifolious, seven-leaved;septi-lateral, seven-sided."
"SEPTIC","Of the seventh degree or order.-- n. (Alg.)"
"SEPTICAEMIA","A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorptioninto it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It ismarked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of thedifferent serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and otherorgans."
"SEPTICALLY","In a septic manner; in a manner tending to promoteputrefaction."
"SEPTICIDAL","Dividing the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence inwhich a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into itscomponent carpels."
"SEPTICITY","Tendency to putrefaction; septic quality."
"SEPTIFARIOUS","Turned in seven different ways."
"SEPTIFEROUS","Bearing a partition; -- said of the valves of a capsule."
"SEPTIFLUOUS","Flowing in seven streams; septemfluous."
"SEPTIFOLIOUS","Having seven leaves."
"SEPTIFORM","Having the form of a septum."
"SEPTIFRAGAL","Breaking from the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscencein which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, andthese remain attached to the common axis."
"SEPTILATERAL","Having seven sides; as, a septilateral figure."
"SEPTILLION","According to the French method of numeration (which is followedalso in the United States), the number expressed by a unit withtwenty-four ciphers annexed. According to the English method, thenumber expressed by a unit with forty-two ciphers annexed. SeeNumeration."
"SEPTIMOLE","A group of seven notes to be played in the time of four or six."
"SEPTINSULAR","Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic ofthe Ionian Isles."
"SEPTISYLLABLE","A word of seven syllables."
"SEPTOIC","See Heptoic. [R.]"
"SEPTOMAXILLARY","Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situatedin the region of these parts.-- n."
"SEPTUAGENARIAN","A person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary."
"SEPTUAGENARY","Consisting of seventy; also, seventy years old.-- n."
"SEPTUAGESIMA","The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is aboutseventy days before Easter."
"SEPTUAGESIMAL","Consisting of seventy days, years, etc.; reckoned by seventies.Our abridged and septuagesimal age. Sir T. Browne."
"SEPTUAGINT","A Greek version of the Old Testament; -- so called because itwas believed to be the work of seventy (or rather of seventy-two)translators."
"SEPTUARY","Something composed of seven; a week. [R.] Ash."
"SEPTULATE","Having imperfect or spurious septa."
"SEPTULUM","A little septum; a division between small cavities or parts."
"SEPTUM","A partition that separates the cells of a fruit."
"SEPTUOR","A septet."
"SEPTUPLE","Seven times as much; multiplied by seven; sevenfold."
"SEQUACIOUSNESS","Quality of being sequacious."
"SEQUACITY","Quality or state of being sequacious; sequaciousness. Bacon."
"SEQUELA","One who, or that which, follows. Specifically:(a) An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents. 'Coleridge and hissequela.' G. P. Marsh.(b) That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference;conclusion; suggestion.Sequel\u00e6, or thoughts suggested by the preceding aphorisms. Coleridge.(c) (Med.)"
"SEQUENCE","Simple succession, or the coming after in time, withoutasserting or implying causative energy; as, the reactions of chemicalagents may be conceived as merely invariable sequences."
"SEQUENTIAL","Succeeding or following in order.-- Se*quen'tial*ly, adv."
"SEQUESTER","To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties incontroversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; toseize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, andhold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken,or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clearshimself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate.Formerly the goods of a defendant in chancery were, in the lastresort, sequestered and detained to enforce the decrees of the court.And now the profits of a benefice are sequestered to pay the debts ofecclesiastics. Blackstone."
"SEQUESTERED","Retired; secluded. 'Sequestered scenes.' Cowper.Along the cool, sequestered vale of life. Gray."
"SEQUESTRABLE","Capable of being sequestered; subject or liable tosequestration."
"SEQUESTRAL","Of or pertaining to a sequestrum. Quian."
"SEQUESTRATE","To sequester."
"SEQUESTRUM","A portion of dead bone which becomes separated from the soundportion, as in necrosis."
"SEQUIN","An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck atVenice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the otherItalian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey.It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The differentkinds vary somewhat in value. [Written also chequin, and zequin.]"
"SEQUOIA","A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, SequoiaWashingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the 'big tree' of California, andS. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height."
"SEQUOIENE","A hydrocarbon (C13H10) obtained in white fluorescent crystals,in the distillation products of the needles of the California 'bigtree' (Sequoia gigantea)."
"SERAC","A pinnacle of ice among the crevasses of a glacier; also, oneof the blocks into which a glacier breaks on a steep grade."
"SERAI","A palace; a seraglio; also, in the East, a place for theaccommodation of travelers; a caravansary, or rest house."
"SERALBUMEN","Serum albumin."
"SERANG","The boatswain of a Lascar or East Ondian crew."
"SERAPE","A blanket or shawl worn as an outer garment by the SpanishAmericans, as in Mexico."
"SERAPH","One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs ofwings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is representedas one of a class of angels. Isa. vi. 2.As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph thatadores and burns. Pope.Seraph moth (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of numerous species of geometrid mothsof the genus Lobophora, having the hind wings deeply bilobed, so thatthey seem to have six wings."
"SERAPHICISM","The character, quality, or state of a seraph; seraphicalness.[R.] Cudworth."
"SERAPHIM","The Hebrew plural of Seraph. Cf. Cherubim."
"SERAPHINA","A seraphine."
"SERAPHINE","A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting ofa thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. Ithas a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similarkeybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is aportable variety of this instrument."
"SERAPIS","An Egyptian deity, at first a symbol of the Nile, and so offertility; later, one of the divinities of the lower world. Hisworship was introduced into Greece and Rome."
"SERASKIER","A general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire;especially, the commander-in-chief of minister of war."
"SERASKIERATE","The office or authority of a seraskier."
"SERBONIAN","Relating to the lake of Serbonis in Egypt, which by reason ofthe sand blowing into it had a deceptive appearance of being solidland, but was a bog.A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog . . . Where armies whole havesunk. Milton."
"SERE","Dry; withered. Same as Sear.But with its sound it shook the sails That were so thin and sere.Coleridge."
"SEREIN","A mist, or very fine rain, which sometimes falls from a clearsky a few moments after sunset. Tyndall."
"SERENADE","To entertain with a serenade."
"SERENADER","One who serenades."
"SERENE","Evening air; night chill. [Obs.] 'Some serene blast me.' B.Jonson."
"SERENENESS","Serenity. Feltham."
"SERENITUDE","Serenity. [Obs.]"
"SERF","A servant or slave employed in husbandry, and in some countriesattached to the soil and transferred with it, as formerly in Russia.In England, at least from the reign of Henry II, one only, and thatthe inferior species [of villeins], existed . . . But by the customsof France and Germany, persons in this abject state seem to have beencalled serfs, and distinguished from villeins, who were only bound tofixed payments and duties in respect of their lord, though, as itseems, without any legal redress if injured by him. Hallam."
"SERGE","A woolen twilled stuff, much used as material for clothing forboth sexes. Silk serge, a twilled silk fabric used mostly by tailorsfor lining parts of gentlemen's coats."
"SERGEANCY","The office of a sergeant; sergeantship. [Written alsoserjeancy.]"
"SERGEANT","A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of thecivil law; -- called also serjeant at law. [Eng.] Blackstone."
"SERGEANTCY","Same as Sergeancy."
"SERGEANTRY","See Sergeanty. [R.] [Written also serjeantry.]"
"SERGEANTSHIP","The office of sergeant."
"SERGEANTY","Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service notdue to any lord, but to the king only. [Written also serjeanty.]Grand sergeanty, a particular kind of tenure by which the tenant wasbound to do some special honorary service to the king in person, asto carry his banner, his sword, or the like. Tomlins. Cowell.Blackstone.-- Petit sergeanty. See under Petit."
"SERIAL","Of or pertaining to rows. Gray. Serial homology. (Biol.) Seeunder Homology.-- Serial symmetry. (Biol.) See under Symmetry."
"SERIALITY","The quality or state of succession in a series; sequence. H.Spenser."
"SERIALLY","In a series, or regular order; in a serial manner; as, arrangedserially; published serially."
"SERIATE","Arranged in a series or succession; pertaining to a series.-- Se'ri*ate*ly, adv."
"SERIATIM","In regular order; one after the other; severally."
"SERIATION","Arrangement or position in a series."
"SERICEOUS","Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as,a sericeous leaf."
"SERICIN","A gelatinous nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk andother similar fiber by boiling water; -- called also silk gelatin."
"SERICITE","A kind of muscovite occuring in silky scales having a fibrousstructure. It is characteristic of sericite schist."
"SERICTERIUM","A silk gland, as in the silkworms."
"SERICULTURE","The raising of silkworms."
"SERIE","Series. [Obs.]"
"SERIEMA","A large South American bird (Dicholophus, or Cariama cristata)related to the cranes. It is often domesticated. Called also cariama."
"SERIES","Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including severalsubordinate related groups."
"SERIES TURNS","The turns in a series circuit."
"SERIES WINDING","A winding in which the armature coil and the field-magnet coilare in series with the external circuits; -- opposed to shuntwinding. --Se'ries-wound`, a."
"SERIGRAPH","An autographic device to test the strength of raw silk."
"SERIN","A European finch (Serinus hortulanus) closely related to thecanary."
"SERINE","A white crystalline nitrogenous substance obtained by theaction of dilute sulphuric acid on silk gelatin."
"SERIPH","See Ceriph."
"SERMOCINATION","The making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing. [Obs.] Peacham."
"SERMOCINATOR","One who makes sermons or speeches. [Obs.] Howell."
"SERMON","To speak; to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon. [Obs.]Holinshed.What needeth it to sermon of it more Chaucer."
"SERMONEER","A sermonizer. B. Jonson."
"SERMONER","A preacher; a sermonizer. [Derogative or Jocose.] Thackeray."
"SERMONET","A short sermon. [Written also sermonette.]"
"SERMONING","The act of discoursing; discourse; instruction; preaching.[Obs.] Chaucer."
"SERMONISH","Resembling a sermon. [R.]"
"SERMONIST","See Sermonizer."
"SERMONIZE","To preach or discourse to; to affect or influence by means of asermon or of sermons. [R.]Which of us shall sing or sermonize the other fast asleep Landor."
"SERMONIZER","One who sermonizes."
"SEROLIN","Same as Ceroon."
"SEROSE","Serous. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"SEROSITY","A thin watery animal fluid, as synovial fluid and pericardialfluid."
"SEROTINE","The European long-eared bat (Vesperugo serotinus)."
"SEROTINOUS","Appearing or blossoming later in the season than is customarywith allied species."
"SEROUS","The thar."
"SERPENS","A constellation represented as a serpent held by Serpentarius."
"SERPENT","Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a largesnake. See Illust. under Ophidia."
"SERPENT-TONGUED","Having a forked tongue, like a serpent."
"SERPENTARIA","The fibrous aromatic root of the Virginia snakeroot(Aristolochia Serpentaria)."
"SERPENTARIUS","A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio andHercules; -- called also Ophiuchus."
"SERPENTIFORM","Having the form of a serpent."
"SERPENTIGENOUS","Bred of a serpent."
"SERPENTINE","Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of aserpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like amoving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as,serpentine braid.Thy shape Like his, and color serpentine. Milton."
"SERPENTINELY","In a serpentine manner."
"SERPENTINIAN","See 2d Ophite."
"SERPENTINIZE","To convert (a magnesian silicate) into serpentine.-- Ser`pen*tin`i*za'tion, n."
"SERPENTINOUS","Relating to, or like, serpentine; as, a rock serpentinous incharacter."
"SERPENTIZE","To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and thenin the opposite; to meander; to wind; to serpentine. [R.]The river runs before the door, and serpentizes more than you canconceive. Walpole."
"SERPET","A basket. [Obs.] Ainsworth."
"SERPETTE","A pruning knife with a curved blade. Knight."
"SERPIGINOUS","Creeping; -- said of lesions which heal over one portion whilecontinuing to advance at another."
"SERPIGO","A dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm."
"SERPOLET","Wild thyme."
"SERPULA","Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genusSerpula and allied genera of the family Serpulid\u00e6. They secrete acalcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but issometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike andoften bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculumto close the aperture of its tube when it retracts."
"SERPULITE","A fossil serpula shell."
"SERR","To crowd, press, or drive together. [Obs.] Bacon."
"SERRANOID","Any fish of the family Serranid\u00e6, which includes the stripedbass, the black sea bass, and many other food fishes.-- a. (Zo\u00f6l.)"
"SERRATIROSTRAL","Having a toothed bill, like that of a toucan."
"SERRATOR","The ivory gull (Larus eburneus)."
"SERRICATED","Covered with fine silky down."
"SERRICORN","Having serrated antenn"
"SERRIED","Crowded; compact; dense; pressed together.Nor seemed it to relax their serried files. Milton."
"SERRIFERA","A division of Hymenoptera comprising the sawflies."
"SERRIROSTRES","Same as Lamellirostres."
"SERROUS","Like the teeth off a saw; jagged. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"SERRULA","The red-breasted merganser."
"SERRY","To crowd; to press together."
"SERTULARIA","A genus of delicate branching hydroids having small sessilehydrothec\u00e6 along the sides of the branches."
"SERTULARIAN","Any species of Sertularia, or of Sertularid\u00e6, a family ofhydroids having branched chitinous stems and simple sessilehydrothec\u00e6. Also used adjectively."
"SERUM-THERAPY","The treatment of disease by the injection of blood serum fromimmune animals."
"SERVABLE","Capable of being preserved. [R.]"
"SERVAGE","Serfage; slavery; servitude. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SERVAL","An African wild cat (Felis serval) of moderate size. It hasrather long legs and a tail of moderate length. Its color is tawny,with black spots on the body and rings of black on the tail."
"SERVALINE","Related to, or resembling, the serval."
"SERVANT","To subject. [Obs.] Shak."
"SERVANTESS","A maidservant. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"SERVANTRY","A body of servants; servants, collectively. [R.]"
"SERVE","To lead off in delivering (the ball)."
"SERVIAN","Of or pertaining to Servia, a kingdom of Southern Europe.-- n."
"SERVICE","The act of bringing to notice, either actually orconstructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, theservice of a subpoena or an attachment."
"SERVICE UNIFORM","The uniform prescribed in regulations for active or routineservice, in distinction from dress, full dress, etc. In the UnitedStates army it is of olive-drab woolen or khaki-colored cotton, withall metal attachments of dull-finish bronze, with the exceptional ofinsignia of rank, which are of gold or silver finish."
"SERVICEAGE","Servitude. [Obs.] Fairfax."
"SERVIENT","Subordinate. [Obs. except in law.] Dyer. Servient tenement orestate (Law), that on which the burden of a servitude or an easementis imposed. Cf. Dominant estate, under Dominant. Gale & Whately."
"SERVIETTE","A table napkin."
"SERVILE","An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposedto radical."
"SERVILELY","In a servile manner; slavishly."
"SERVILENESS","Quality of being servile; servility."
"SERVILITY","The quality or state of being servile; servileness.To be a queen in bondage is more vile Than is a slave in baseservility. Shak."
"SERVING","a & n. from Serve. Serving board (Naut.), a flat piece of woodused in serving ropes.-- Serving maid, a female servant; a maidservant.-- Serving mallet (Naut.), a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet,used in serving ropes.-- Serving man, a male servant, or attendant; a manservant.-- Serving stuff (Naut.), small lines for serving ropes."
"SERVITE","One of the order of the Religious Servants of the Holy Virgin,founded in Florence in 1223."
"SERVITOR","An undergraduate, partly supported by the college funds, whoseduty it formerly was to wait at table. A servitor corresponded to asizar in Cambridge and Dublin universities."
"SERVITORSHIP","The office, rank, or condition of a servitor. Boswell."
"SERVITUDE","A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or personfor use or convenience, contrary to the common right."
"SERVITURE","Servants, collectively. [Obs.]"
"SERVITUTE","Servitude. [Obs.]"
"SERVO-MOTOR","A relay apparatus; specif.:(a) An auxiliary motor, regulated by a hand lever, for quickly andeasily moving the reversing gear of a large marine engine into anydesired position indicated by that of the hand lever, which controlsthe valve of the motor.(b) In a Whitehead torpedo, a compressed-air motor, for moving therudders so as to correct deviations from the course."
"SERYE","A series. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SESAME","Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum (S.Indicum, and S. orientale), from the seeds of which an oil isexpressed; also, the small obovate, flattish seeds of these plants,sometimes used as food. See Benne. Open Sesame, the magical commandwhich opened the door of the robber's den in the Arabian Nights' taleof 'The Forty Thieves;' hence, a magical password.-- Sesame grass. (Bot.) Same as Gama grass."
"SESAMOID","Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages;sesamoidal. Sesamoid bones, Sesamoid cartilages (Anat.), small bonesor cartilages formed in tendons, like the patella and pisiform inman."
"SESAMOIDAL","Sesamoid."
"SESBAN","A leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata) which furnishes a fiberused for making ropes."
"SESQUI-","A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting that threeatoms or equivalents of the substance to the name of which it isprefixed are combined with two of some other element or radical; as,sesquibromide, sesquicarbonate, sesquichloride, sesquioxide."
"SESQUIALTER","Sesquialteral."
"SESQUIALTEROUS","Sesquialteral."
"SESQUIBASIC","Containing, or acting as, a base in the proportions of a sesquicompound."
"SESQUIDUPLICATE","Twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratioof two and a half to one. Sesquiduplicate ratio (Math.), the ratio oftwo and a half to one, or one in which the greater term contains thelesser twice and a half, as that of 50 to 20."
"SESQUIOXIDE","An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (orradicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, Al2O3 is asesquioxide."
"SESQUIPLICATE","Subduplicate of the triplicate; -- a term applied to ratios;thus, a and a' are in the sesquiplicate ratio of b and b', when a isto a' as the square root of the cube of b is to the square root ofthe cube of b', or a:a'::sq. rootb3:sq. rootb'3.The periodic times of the planets are in the sesquiplicate ratio oftheir mean distances. Sir I. Newton."
"SESQUISALT","A salt derived from a sesquioxide base, or made up on theproportions of a sesqui compound."
"SESQUISULPHIDE","A sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three atomsof sulphur to two of the other ingredient; -- formerly called alsosesquisulphuret; as, orpiment, As2S3 is arsenic sesquisulphide."
"SESQUITERTIAL","Sesquitertian."
"SESQUITONE","A minor third, or interval of three semitones."
"SESS","To lay a tax upon; to assess. [Obs.]"
"SESSA","Hurry; run. [Obs.] Shak."
"SESSILE","Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without apetiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom."
"SESSILE-EYED","Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; -- opposed tostalk-eyed. Sessile-eyed Crustacea, the Arthrostraca."
"SESSIONAL","Of or pertaining to a session or sessions."
"SESSPOOL","Same as Cesspool."
"SESTERCE","A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth partof a denarius, and originally containing two asses and a half,afterward four asses, -- equal to about two pence sterling, or fourcents."
"SESTET","A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; asextet; -- called also sestuor. [Written also sestett, sestette.]"
"SESTETTO","A sestet."
"SESTINE","See Sextain."
"SESTUOR","A sestet."
"SET","To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type;to set a page. To set abroach. See Abroach. [Obs.] Shak.-- To set against, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or tooppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one thing againstanother.-- To set agoing, to cause to move.-- To set apart, to separate to a particular use; to separate fromthe rest; to reserve.-- To set a saw, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate onebeing bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to the other side,so that the opening made by the saw may be a little wider than thethickness of the back, to prevent the saw from sticking.-- To set aside. (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit;to neglect; to reject; to annul.Setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavor to know thetruth, and yield to that. Tillotson.(b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of one's income.(c) (Law) See under Aside.-- To set at defiance, to defy.-- To set at ease, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the heart atease.-- To set at naught, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise. 'Ye haveset at naught all my counsel.' Prov. i. 25.-- To set a trap, snare, or gin, to put it in a proper condition orposition to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan to deceive and drawanother into one's power.-- To set at work, or To set to work. (a) To cause to enter on workor action, or to direct how tu enter on work. (b) To apply one'sself; -- used reflexively.-- To set before. (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit. (b)To propose for choice to; to offer to.-- To set by. (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject. (b) Toattach the value of (anything) to. 'I set not a straw by thydreamings.' Chaucer.-- To set by the compass, to observe and note the bearing orsituation of by the compass.-- To set case, to suppose; to assume. Cf. Put case, under Put, v.t. [Obs.] Chaucer.-- To set down. (a) To enter in writing; to register.Some rules were to be set down for the government of the army.Clarendon.(b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.This law we may name eternal, being that order which God . . . hathset down with himself, for himself to do all things by. Hooker.(c) To humiliate.-- To set eyes on, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.-- To set fire to, or To set on fire, to communicate fire to; fig.,to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to irritate.-- To set flying (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc., insteadof extending with rings or the like on a stay; -- said of a sail.-- To set forth. (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; toexhibt; to display. (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear.Waller. (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty galleys, set forth by theVenetians. Knolles.-- To set forward. (a) To cause to advance. (b) To promote.-- To set free, to release from confinement, imprisonment, orbondage; to liberate; to emancipate.-- To set in, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.[Obs.]If you please to assist and set me in, I will recollect myself.Collier.-- To set in order, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method. 'Therest will I set in order when I come.' 1 Cor. xi. 34.-- To set milk. (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that thecream may rise to the surface. (b) To cause it to become curdled asby the action of rennet. See 4 (e).-- To set much, or little, by, to care much, or little, for.-- To set of, to value; to set by. [Obs.] 'I set not an haw of hisproverbs.' Chaucer.-- To set off. (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to aparticular purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of anestate. (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.They . . . set off the worst faces with the best airs. Addison.(c) To give a flattering description of.-- To set off against, to place against as an equivalent; as, to setoff one man's services against another's.-- To set on or upon. (a) To incite; to instigate. 'Thou, traitor,hast set on thy wife to this.' Shak. (b) To employ, as in a task. 'Set on thy wife to observe.' Shak. (c) To fix upon; to attachstrongly to; as, to set one's heart or affections on some object. Seedefinition 2, above.-- To set one's cap for. See under Cap, n.-- To set one's self against, to place one's self in a state ofenmity or opposition to.-- To set one's teeth, to press them together tightly.-- To set on foot, to set going; to put in motion; to start.-- To set out. (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as,to set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an estate; to setout the widow's thirds. (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.] (c)To adorn; to embellish.An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with jewels, nothing can become.Dryden.(d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]The Venetians pretend they could set out, in case of great necessity,thirty men-of-war. Addison.(e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.I could set out that best side of Luther. Atterbury.(f) To show; to prove. [R.] 'Those very reasons set out how heinoushis sin was.' Atterbury. (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.-- To set over. (a) To appoint or constitute as supervisor,inspector, ruler, or commander. (b) To assign; to transfer; toconvey.-- To set right, to correct; to put in order.-- To set sail. (Naut.) See under Sail, n.-- To set store by, to consider valuable.-- To set the fashion, to determine what shall be the fashion; toestablish the mode.-- To set the teeth on edge, to affect the teeth with a disagreeablesensation, as when acids are brought in contact with them.-- To set the watch (Naut.), to place the starboard or port watch onduty.-- To set to, to attach to; to affix to. 'He . . . hath set to hisseal that God is true.' John iii. 33.-- To set up. (a) To erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set up abuilding, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a pillar. (b)Hence, to exalt; to put in power. 'I will . . . set up the throne ofDavid over Israel.' 2 Sam. iii. 10. (c) To begin, as a newinstitution; to institute; to establish; to found; as, to set up amanufactory; to set up a school. (d) To enable to commence a newbusiness; as, to set up a son in trade. (e) To place in view; as, toset up a mark. (f) To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up thevoice.I'll set up such a note as she shall hear. Dryden.(g) To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as, to set up anew opinion or doctrine. T. Burnet. (h) To raise from depression, orto a sufficient fortune; as, this good fortune quite set him up. (i)To intoxicate. [Slang] (j) (Print.) To put in type; as, to set upcopy; to arrange in words, lines, etc., ready for printing; as, toset up type.-- To set up the rigging (Naut.), to make it taut by means oftackles. R. H. Dana, Jr."
"SET CHISEL","A kind of chisel or punch, variously shaped, with a broad flatend, used for stripping off rivet heads, etc."
"SET-FAIR","In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface. Knight."
"SET-OFF","A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filedor set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand."
"SET-STITCHED","Stitched according to a formal pattern. 'An old set-stichedchair, valanced, and fringed with party-colored worsted bobs.'Sterne."
"SET-TO","A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like. [Colloq.]Halliwell."
"SETA","Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; asthe hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, thehairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on theleaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss."
"SETBACK","Offset, n., 4."
"SETDOWN","The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by aretort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such effect."
"SETEE","See 2d Settee."
"SETEN","obs. imp. pl. of Sit. Sat. Chaucer."
"SETEWALE","See Cetewale. [Obs.]"
"SETFOIL","See Septfoil."
"SETHEN","See Since. [Obs.]"
"SETHIC","See Sothic."
"SETIFEROUS","Producing, or having one or more, bristles."
"SETIFORM","Having the form or structure of set\u00e6."
"SETIGER","An annelid having set\u00e6; a ch\u00e6topod."
"SETIGEROUS","Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or set\u00e6;setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of anannelid; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a bristle."
"SETIM","See Shittim."
"SETIPAROUS","Producing set\u00e6; -- said of the organs from which the set\u00e6 ofannelids arise."
"SETIREME","A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on themargin."
"SETNESS","The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy. 'Thestarched setness of a sententious writer.' R. Masters."
"SETON","A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen or thelike, introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to forman issue; also, the issue so formed."
"SETOUT","A display, as of plate, equipage, etc.; that which isdisplayed. [Coloq.] Dickens."
"SETT","See Set, n., 2 (e) and 3."
"SETTEE","A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several personsat once."
"SETTER","A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from across between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usuallytrained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixedposition, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching."
"SETTERWORT","The bear's-foot (Helleborus foetidus); -- so called because theroot was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps ofcattle. Called also pegroots. Dr. Prior."
"SETTING-UP EXERCISE","Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drillingrecruits, for the purpose of giving an erect carriage, supplemuscles, and an easy control of the limbs."
"SETTLEDNESS","The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state. [R.]Bp. Hall."
"SETTLING","That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs;sediment. Milton. Settling day, a day for settling accounts, as inthe stock market."
"SETULA","A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta."
"SETULE","A setula."
"SETULOSE","Having small bristles or set\u00e6."
"SETWALL","A plant formerly valued for its restorative qualities(Valeriana officinalis, or V. Pyrenaica). [Obs.] [Written alsosetwal.] Chaucer."
"SEVEN","One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make oneweek. Seven sciences. See the Note under Science, n., 4.-- Seven stars (Astron.), the Pleiades.-- Seven wonders of the world. See under Wonders.-- Seven-year apple (Bot.), a rubiaceous shrub (Genipa clusiifolia)growing in the West Indies; also, its edible fruit.-- Seven-year vine (Bot.), a tropical climbing plant (Ipomoeatuberosa) related to the morning-glory."
"SEVEN-SHOOTER","A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers forcartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading.[Colloq.]"
"SEVEN-THIRTIES","A name given to three several issues of United States Treasurynotes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of $50 and over,bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirtyhundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years they were allredeemed or funded."
"SEVEN-UP","The game of cards called also all fours, and old sledge. [U.S.]"
"SEVENFOLD","Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased toseven times the size or amount. 'Sevenfold rage.' Milton."
"SEVENNIGHT","A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights. SeeSennight."
"SEVENSCORE","Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty.The old Countess of Desmond . . . lived sevenscore years. Bacon."
"SEVENTEEN","One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeenyears."
"SEVENTEENTH","An interval of two octaves and a third."
"SEVENTHLY","In the seventh place."
"SEVENTY","Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine."
"SEVENTY-FOUR","A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns."
"SEVER","To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever anestate in joint tenancy. Blackstone."
"SEVERABLE","Capable of being severed. Encyc. Dict."
"SEVERAL","By itself; severally. [Obs.]Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehoudses.Robynson (More's Utopia)."
"SEVERALITY","Each particular taken singly; distinction. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"SEVERALIZE","To distinguish. [Obs.]"
"SEVERALLY","Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually.There must be an auditor to check and revise each severally byitself. De Quincey."
"SEVERALTY","A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; aholding by individual right.Forests which had never been owned in severalty. Bancroft.Estate in severalty (Law), an estate which the tenant holds in hisown right, without being joined in interest with any other person; --distinguished from joint tenancy, coparcenary, and common.Blackstone."
"SEVERANCE","The act of dividing; the singling or severing of two or morethat join, or are joined, in one writ; the putting in several orseparate pleas or answers by two or more disjointly; the destructionof the unity of interest in a joint estate. Bouvier."
"SEVERITY","The quality or state of being severe. Specifically: --(a) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as,the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline orgovernment; severity of penalties. 'Strict age, and sour severity.'Milton.(b) The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree;extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain oranguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter.(c) Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severitypracticed on prisoners of war.(d) Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test.Confining myself to the severity of truth. Dryden."
"SEVERY","A bay or compartment of a vaulted ceiling. [Written alsocivery.]"
"SEVOCATION","A calling aside. [Obs.]"
"SEVRES BLUE","A very light blue."
"SEVRES WARE","Porcelain manufactured at S\u00e8vres, France, ecpecially in thenational factory situated there."
"SEW","Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. [Obs.] Gower.I will not tell of their strange sewes. Chaucer."
"SEWE","To perform the duties of a sewer. See 3d Sewer. [Obs.]"
"SEWEL","A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hungup to prevent deer from breaking into a place. Halliwell."
"SEWELLEL","A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), nativeof the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhatresembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Itshead is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, graybeneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontid\u00e6. Called also boomer,showt'l, and mountain beaver."
"SEWEN","A British trout usually regarded as a variety (var. Cambricus)of the salmon trout."
"SEWER","A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of aleaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopterisnubeculana)"
"SEWIN","Same as Sewen."
"SEWSTER","A seamstress. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"SEX-","A combining form meaning six; as, sexdigitism; sexennial."
"SEXAGENARIAN","A person who is sixty years old."
"SEXAGENARY","Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding bysixties; sixty years old. Sexagenary arithmetic. See underSexagesimal.-- Sexagenary, or Sexagesimal, scale (Math.), a scale of numbers inwhich the modulus is sixty. It is used in treating the divisions ofthe circle."
"SEXAGESIMA","The second Sunday before Lent; -- so called as being about thesixtieth day before Easter."
"SEXAGESIMAL","Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty. Sexagesimalfractions or numbers (Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whosedenominators are some power of sixty; as, astronomical fractions,because formerly there were no others used in astronomicalcalculations.-- Sexagesimal, or Sexagenary, arithmetic, the method of computingby the sexagenary scale, or by sixties.-- Sexagesimal scale (Math.), the sexagenary scale."
"SEXANGLE","A hexagon. [R.] Hutton."
"SEXANGULARLY","Hexagonally. [R.]"
"SEXAVALENT","See Sexivalent. [R.]"
"SEXDIGITISM","The state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on afoot."
"SEXDIGITIST","One who has six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot."
"SEXED","Belonging to sex; having sex; distinctively male of female; as,the sexed condition."
"SEXENARY","Proceeding by sixes; sextuple; -- applied especially to asystem of arithmetical computation in which the base is six."
"SEXENNIAL","Lasting six years, or happening once in six years.-- n."
"SEXENNIALLY","Once in six years."
"SEXISYLLABIC","Having six syllables. Emerson."
"SEXISYLLABLE","A word of six syllables."
"SEXIVALENT","Hexavalent. [R.]"
"SEXLESS","Having no sex."
"SEXLOCULAR","Having six cells for seeds; six-celled; as, a sexlocularpericarp."
"SEXLY","Pertaining to sex. [R.]Should I ascribe any of these things unto myself or my sexlyweakness, I were not worthy to live. Queen Elizabeth."
"SEXRADIATE","Having six rays; -- said of certain sponge spicules. SeeIllust. of Spicule."
"SEXTAIN","A stanza of six lines; a sestine."
"SEXTANS","A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as."
"SEXTANT","The sixth part of a circle."
"SEXTARY","An ancient Roman liquid and dry measure, about equal to anEnglish pint."
"SEXTEYN","A sacristan. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SEXTIC","Of the sixth degree or order.-- n. (Alg.)"
"SEXTILE","Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance ofsixty degrees. Glanvill."
"SEXTILLION","According to the method of numeration (which is followed alsoin the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-oneciphers annexed. According to the English method, a million raised tothe sixth power, or the number expressed by a unit with thirty-sixciphers annexed. See Numeration."
"SEXTO","A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into sixleaves."
"SEXTODECIMO","Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size ofone fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to makesixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume."
"SEXTOLET","A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the timeof four."
"SEXTON","An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care ofthe church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging tothe church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to performother duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ringthe bell, etc. Sexton beetle (Zo\u00f6l.), a burying beetle."
"SEXTONESS","A female sexton; a sexton's wife."
"SEXTONRY","Sextonship. [Obs.] Ld. Bernes."
"SEXTONSHIP","The office of a sexton. Swift."
"SEXTRY","See Sacristy. [Obs.]"
"SEXTUPLE","Divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure."
"SEXUAL","Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex;peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating tothe distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, orbased upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse,connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexualgeneration. Sexual dimorphism (Biol.), the condition of having one ofthe sexes existing in two forms, or varieties, differing in color,size, etc., as in many species of butterflies which have two kinds offemales.-- Sexual method (Bot.), a method of classification proposed byLinn\u00e6us, founded mainly on difference in number and position of thestamens and pistils of plants.-- Sexual selection (Biol.), the selective preference of one sex forcertain characteristics in the other, such as bright colors, musicalnotes, etc.; also, the selection which results from certainindividuals of one sex having more opportunities of pairing with theother sex, on account of greater activity, strength, courage, etc.;applied likewise to that kind of evolution which results from suchsexual preferences. Darwin.In these cases, therefore, natural selection seems to have actedindependently of sexual selection. A. R. Wallace."
"SEXUALIST","One who classifies plants by the sexual method of Linn\u00e6us."
"SEXUALITY","The quality or state of being distinguished by sex. Lindley."
"SEXUALIZE","To attribute sex to."
"SEXUALLY","In a sexual manner or relation."
"SEYND","of Senge, to singe. Chaucer."
"SEYNT","A gridle. See 1st Seint. [Obs.]"
"SFUMATO","Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as togive a misty appearance; -- said of a painting."
"SGRAFFITO","Scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style,in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so asto form the design from a dark ground underneath."
"SHAB","The itch in animals; also, a scab. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"SHABBED","Shabby. [Obs.] Wood."
"SHABBILY","In a shabby manner."
"SHABBINESS","The quality or state of being sghabby."
"SHABRACK","The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse."
"SHACKATORY","A hound. [Obs.]"
"SHACKLE","Stubble. [Prov. Eng.] Pegge."
"SHACKLOCK","A sort of shackle. [Obs.]"
"SHACKLY","Shaky; rickety. [Colloq. U. S.]"
"SHAD","Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herringfamily. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundanton the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring tospawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, oralose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less importantspecies. [Written also chad.]"
"SHAD-SPIRIT","See Shadbird (a)"
"SHAD-WAITER","A lake whitefish; the roundfish. See Roundfish."
"SHADD","Rounded stones containing tin ore, lying at the surface of theground, and indicating a vein. Raymond."
"SHADDE","obs. imp. of Shed. Chaucer."
"SHADDOCK","A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a largespecies of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous."
"SHADE","The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. SeeDef. 1, above."
"SHADEFUL","Full of shade; shady."
"SHADELESS","Being without shade; not shaded."
"SHADER","One who, or that which, shades."
"SHADILY","In a shady manner."
"SHADINESS",", n. Quality or state of being shady."
"SHADOOF","A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raisingwater from the Nile for irrigation."
"SHADOWINESS","The quality or state of being shadowy."
"SHADOWISH","Shadowy; vague. [Obs.] Hooker."
"SHADOWLESS","Having no shadow."
"SHADRACH","A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed ofits intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the threeHebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace ofNebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)"
"SHAFFLE","To hobble or limp; to shuffle. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.]"
"SHAFFLER","A hobbler; one who limps; a shuffer. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.]"
"SHAFIITE","A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or OrthodoxMohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafe\u00ef."
"SHAFT","A rod at the end of a heddle.(j) (Mach.) A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or morejournals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one ormore wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion;as, the shaft of a steam engine. See Illust. of Countershaft."
"SHAFTED","Having a shaft; -- applied to a spear when the head and theshaft are of different tinctures."
"SHAFTING","Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts forcommunicating motion."
"SHAG","A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine."
"SHAG-HAIRED","Having shaggy hair. Shak."
"SHAG-RAG","The unkempt and ragged part of the community. [Colloq. orSlang.] R. Browning."
"SHAGBARK","A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Calledalso shellbark. See Hickory.(b) The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree witha red coiled-up pod."
"SHAGEBUSH","A sackbut. [Obs.]"
"SHAGGED","Shaggy; rough. Milton.-- Shag'ged*ness, n. Dr. H. More."
"SHAGGINESS","The quality or state of being shaggy; roughness; shaggedness."
"SHAGGY","Rough with long hair or wool.About his shoulders hangs the shaggy skin. Dryden."
"SHAGREEN","To chagrin. [Obs.]"
"SHAH","The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries,especially Persia. [Written also schah.] Shah Nameh. Etym: [Per.,Book of Kings.] A celebrated historical poem written by Firdousi,being the most ancient in the modern Persian language. Brande & C."
"SHAHIN","A large and swift Asiatic falcon (Falco pregrinator) highlyvalued in falconry."
"SHAIK","See Sheik."
"SHAIL","To walk sidewise. [Obs.] L'Estrange."
"SHAKE","obs. p. p. of Shake. Chaucer."
"SHAKEDOWN","A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor oron chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw forthis purpose. Sir W. Scott."
"SHAKEFORK","A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork. [Obs.]"
"SHAKER","A variety of pigeon. P. J. Selby."
"SHAKERESS","A female Shaker."
"SHAKERISM","Doctrines of the Shakers."
"SHAKESPEAREAN","Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or hisworks. [Written also Shakespearian, Shakspearean, Shakspearian,Shaksperean, Shaksperian.etc.]"
"SHAKINESS","Quality of being shaky."
"SHAKINGS","Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc. Ham. Nav.Encyc."
"SHAKO","A kind of military cap or headress."
"SHAKUDO","An alloy of copper, invented by the Japanese, having a verydark blue color approaching black."
"SHALE","A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and oftenfriable, structure. Bituminous shale. See under Bituminous."
"SHALLI","See Challis."
"SHALLON","An evergreen shrub (Gaultheria Shallon) of Northwest America;also, its fruit. See Salal-berry."
"SHALLOON","A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff.In blue shalloon shall Hannibal be clad. Swift."
"SHALLOP","A boat.[She] thrust the shallop from the floating strand. Spenser."
"SHALLOT","A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters,and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot."
"SHALLOW","The rudd. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SHALLOW-BODIED","Having a moderate depth of hold; -- said of a vessel."
"SHALLOW-BRAINED","Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South."
"SHALLOW-HEARTED","Incapable of deep feeling. Tennyson."
"SHALLOW-PATED","Shallow-brained."
"SHALLOW-WAISTED","Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depressionamidships; -- said of a vessel."
"SHALLOWLY","In a shallow manner."
"SHALLOWNESS","Quality or state of being shallow."
"SHALM","See Shawm. [Obs.] Knolles."
"SHALT","2d per. sing. of Shall."
"SHALY","Resembling shale in structure."
"SHAM","False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a shamfight.They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by theAthenians. Jowett (Thucyd)"
"SHAMA","A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India,noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement itimitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy.Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rumpwhite, the under parts chestnut."
"SHAMAN","A priest of Shamanism; a wizard among the Shamanists."
"SHAMANIC","Of or pertaining to Shamanism."
"SHAMANISM","The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which stillsurvives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizardpriest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially thegood spirits of ancestors. Encyc. Brit."
"SHAMANIST","An adherent of Shamanism."
"SHAMBLE","One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another,to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform,and thus raised to a higher level."
"SHAMBLING","Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a shamblingtrot; shambling legs."
"SHAME","To be ashamed; to feel shame. [R.]I do shame To think of what a noble strain you are. Shak."
"SHAME-PROOF","Shameless. Shak."
"SHAMEFACED","Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful;modest.Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise. Dryden."
"SHAMEFAST","Modest; shamefaced.-- Shame'fast*ly, adv.-- Shame'fast*ness, n. [Archaic] See Shamefaced.Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness. Chaucer.[Conscience] is a blushing shamefast spirit. Shak.Modest apparel with shamefastness. 1 Tim. ii. 9 (Rev. Ver.)."
"SHAMER","One who, or that which, disgraces, or makes ashamed. Beau & Fl."
"SHAMMER","One who shams; an impostor. Johnson."
"SHAMMY","The chamois."
"SHAMOYING","A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, whichconsists in frizzing the skin, and working oil into it to supply theplace of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the like) ordinarily usedin tanning."
"SHAMPOO","The act of shampooing."
"SHAMPOOER","One who shampoos."
"SHAMROCK","A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. Thelegend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use inillustrating the doctrine of the trinity."
"SHANDRYDAN","A jocosely depreciative name for a vehicle. [Ireland]"
"SHANDYGAFF","A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer. [Eng.]"
"SHANGHAI","To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in thiscondition. [Written also shanghae.] [Slang, U.S.]"
"SHANK","See Chank."
"SHANKBEER","See Schenkbeer."
"SHANKED","Having a shank."
"SHANKER","See Chancre."
"SHANNY","The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-greenwith irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head."
"SHANTY","Jaunty; showy. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SHAPE","To suit; to be adjusted or conformable. [R.] Shak."
"SHAPELESS","Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry ofdimensions; misshapen; -- opposed to Ant: shapely.-- Shape'less*ness, n.The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. Pope."
"SHAPELINESS","The quality or state of being shapely."
"SHAPOO","The o\u00f6rial."
"SHAPS","Chaparajos. [Western U. S.]"
"SHARD","A plant; chard. [Obs.] Dryden."
"SHARD-BORNE","Borne on shards or scaly wing cases. 'The shard-borne beetle.'Shak."
"SHARDED","Having elytra, as a beetle."
"SHARDY","Having, or consisting of, shards."
"SHARE","To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, orsuffer with others.A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share in the goodsof his father. Locke."
"SHAREBEAM","The part of the plow to which the share is attached."
"SHAREBONE","The public bone."
"SHAREBROKER","A broker who deals in railway or other shares and securities."
"SHAREHOLDER","One who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund orproperty."
"SHARER","One who shares; a participator; a partaker; also, a divider; adistributer."
"SHAREWORT","A composite plant (Aster Tripolium) growing along the seacoastof Europe."
"SHARK","Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the orderPlagiostomi, found in all seas."
"SHARKER","One who lives by sharking."
"SHARKING","Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts anddishonest devices."
"SHAROCK","An East Indian coin of the value of 12"
"SHARP","Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice,as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated."
"SHARP-CUT","Cut sharply or definitely, or so as to make a clear, well-defined impression, as the lines of an engraved plate, and the like;clear-cut; hence, having great distinctness; well-defined; clear."
"SHARP-SET","Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keenhunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set.The town is sharp-set on new plays. Pope."
"SHARP-SIGHTED","Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally andfiguratively.-- Sharp`-sight`ed*ness, n."
"SHARP-WITTED","Having an acute or nicely discerning mind."
"SHARPEN","To make sharp. Specifically:(a) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, tosharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw.(b) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more readyor ingenious.The air . . . sharpened his visual ray To objects distant far.Milton.He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens ourskill. Burke."
"SHARPER","A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats inbargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester.Sharpers, as pikes, prey upon their own kind. L'Estrange."
"SHARPIE","A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two mastscarrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Havensharpies, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where theyoriginated. [Local, U.S.]"
"SHARPLING","A stickleback. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SHARPLY","In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.They are more sharply to be chastised and reformed than the rudeIrish. Spenser.The soldiers were sharply assailed with wants. Hayward.You contract your eye when you would see sharply. Bacon."
"SHARPNESS","The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness."
"SHARPSAW","The great titmouse; -- so called from its harsh call notes.[Prov. Eng.]"
"SHARPSHOOTER","One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a goodmarksman."
"SHARPSHOOTING","A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keencontest of wit or argument."
"SHASTA","A mountain peak, etc., in California."
"SHASTA DAISY","A large-flowered garden variety of the oxeye daisy."
"SHASTA FIR","A Californian fir (Abies shastensis)."
"SHASTA SAM","A game like California Jack, except that the pack drawn from isturned face down."
"SHATHMONT","A shaftment. [Scot.]"
"SHATTER","To be broken into fragments; to falSome fragile bodies break but where the force is; some shatter andfly in many places. Bacon."
"SHATTERY","Easily breaking into pieces; not compact; loose of texture;brittle; as, shattery spar."
"SHAVE","obs. p. p. of Shave. Chaucer.His beard was shave as nigh as ever he can. Chaucer."
"SHAVELING","A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; -- used incontempt.I am no longer a shaveling than while my frock is on my back. Sir W.Scott."
"SHAVER","A tool or machine for shaving. A note shaver, a person who buysnotes at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest. [Cant,U.S.]"
"SHAW","The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips,etc. [Scot.] Jamieson."
"SHAWFOWL","The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shootat. Johnson."
"SHAWL","A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or othertextile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loosecovering for the neck and shoulders. India shawl, a kind of richshawl made in India from the wool of the Cashmere goat. It is wovenin pieces, which are sewed together.-- Shawl goat (Zo\u00f6l.), the Cashmere goat."
"SHAWM","A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to haveresembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form. [Written alsoshalm, shaum.] Otway.Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute. Drayton."
"SHAWNEES","A tribe of North American Indians who occupied Western New Yorkand part of Ohio, but were driven away and widely dispersed by theIroquois."
"SHAY","A chaise. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]"
"SHEA TREE","An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia, or Butyrospermum, Parkii),from the seeds of which a substance resembling butter is obtained;the African butter tree."
"SHEADING","A tithing, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is acoroner, or chief constable. The island is divided into sixsheadings."
"SHEAF","A sheave. [R.]"
"SHEAFY","Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resemblinga sheaf."
"SHEAL","Same as Sheeling. [Scot.]"
"SHEALING","The outer husk, pod, or shell, as of oats, pease, etc.; sheal;shell. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"SHEAR","To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4."
"SHEAR STEEL","See under Shear."
"SHEARBILL","The black skimmer. See Skimmer."
"SHEARD","See Shard. [Obs.]"
"SHEARING","The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into aface of coal. Shearing machine. (a) A machine with blades, or rotarydisks, for dividing plates or bars of metal. (b) A machine forshearing cloth."
"SHEARLING","A sheep but once sheared."
"SHEARMAN","One whose occupation is to shear cloth."
"SHEARN","Dung; excrement. [Obs.] [Written also shern.] Holland."
"SHEARS","The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or sliderest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust.under Lathe. Rotary shears. See under Rotary."
"SHEARWATER","Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of thegenus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels,but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the duskyshearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), arewell-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon."
"SHEATFISH","A European siluroid fish (Silurus glanis) allied to the cat-fishes. It is the largest fresh-water fish of Europe, sometimesbecoming six feet or more in length. See Siluroid."
"SHEATH-WINGED","Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle."
"SHEATHBILL","Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis,and family Chionid\u00e6, native of the islands of the Antarctic.seas."
"SHEATHED","Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, whichis the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate."
"SHEATHER","One who sheathes."
"SHEATHFISH","Same as Sheatfish."
"SHEATHING","from Sheathe. Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leavesof grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants."
"SHEATHLESS","Without a sheath or case for covering; unsheathed."
"SHEATHY","Forming or resembling a sheath or case. Sir T. Browne."
"SHEAVE","A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, andset in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley. Sheavehole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in whichto fix a sheave."
"SHEAVED","Made of straw. [Obs.] Shak."
"SHEBANDER","A harbor master, or ruler of a port, in the East Indies.[Written also shebunder.]"
"SHEBANG","A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop.[Slang,U.S.]"
"SHEBEEN","A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and otherexcisable liquors are illegally and privately sold. [Ireland]"
"SHECHINAH","See Shekinah."
"SHECKLATON","A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SHED","A slight or temporary structure built to shade or sheltersomething; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut;as, a wagon shed; a wood shed.The first Aletes born in lowly shed. Fairfax.Sheds of reeds which summer's heat repel. Sandys."
"SHEDDER","A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediatelyafterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the ediblecrabs, which are most prized while in this state."
"SHEDDING","The chaffinch; -- so named from its call note. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SHEELING","A hut or small cottage in an expessed or a retired place (as ona mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds,fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed. [Writtenalso sheel, shealing, sheiling, etc.] [Scot.]"
"SHEELY","Same as Sheelfa."
"SHEEN","Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny. [R., exceptin poetry.]This holy maiden, that is so bright and sheen. Chaucer.Up rose each warrier bold and brave, Glistening in filed steel andarmor sheen. Fairfax."
"SHEENLY","Brightly. [R.] Mrs. Browning."
"SHEENY","Bright; shining; radiant; sheen. 'A sheeny summer morn.'Tennyson."
"SHEEP","Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis,native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerousin Asia."
"SHEEP-FACED","Over-bashful; sheepish."
"SHEEP-HEADED","Silly; simple-minded; stupid. Taylor (1630)"
"SHEEP-SHEARER","One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep."
"SHEEPBACK","A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep.-- produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonn\u00e9e; --usually in the plural."
"SHEEPBERRY","The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genusViburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, thetree itself. Called also nannyberry."
"SHEEPBITE","To bite or nibble like a sheep; hence, to practice pettythefts. [Obs.] Shak."
"SHEEPBITER","One who practices petty thefts. [Obs.] Shak.There are political sheepbiters as well as pastoral; betrayers ofpublic trusts as well as of private. L'Estrange."
"SHEEPFOLD","A fold or pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected orconfined."
"SHEEPHOOK","A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on thelegs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook. Dryden."
"SHEEPMASTER","A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep. 2 Kingsiii. 4."
"SHEEPRACK","The starling."
"SHEEPSHANK","A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened."
"SHEEPSHEAD","A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus, orDiplodus, probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the UnitedStates. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds."
"SHEEPSPLIT","A split of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made bysplitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine."
"SHEEPY","Resembling sheep; sheepish. Testament of Love."
"SHEER","Clean; quite; at once. [Obs.] Milton."
"SHEERLY","At once; absolutely. [Obs.]"
"SHEERWATER","The shearwater."
"SHEET","In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper,cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expandedsuperficies. Specifically:(a) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used forwrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as anarticle of bedding next to the body.He fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain vesseldescending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the fourcorners. Acts x. 10, 11.If I do die before thee, prithee, shroud me In one of those samesheets. Shak."
"SHEET ANCHOR","A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel;-- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor."
"SHEET CABLE","The cable belonging to the sheet anchor."
"SHEET CHAIN","A chain sheet cable."
"SHEETFUL","Enough to fill a sheet; as much as a sheet can hold."
"SHEETING","A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protectingan embankment."
"SHEIK","The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, thechief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also applied toMohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade. [Written also scheik,shaik, sheikh.]"
"SHEKEL","A jocose term for money."
"SHEKINAH","The visible majesty of the Divine Presence, especially whenresting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat, in theTabernacle, or in the Temple of Solomon; -- a term used in theTargums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians. [Writtenalso Shechinah.] Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.)"
"SHELD","Variegated; spotted; speckled; piebald. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SHELDFOWL","The common sheldrake. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SHELDRAKE","Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of thegenus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiaticspecies. (T. cornuta, or tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goosein form and habit, but breeds in burrows."
"SHELDUCK","The sheldrake. [Written also shellduck.]"
"SHELF","A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at adistance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament."
"SHELL","The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks,crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as thecuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, thehard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise,and the like.(e) (Zo\u00f6l.) Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering."
"SHELL-LESS",", a. Having no shell. J. Burroughs."
"SHELLAPPLE","See Sheldafle."
"SHELLBARK","A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose andpeeling; a shagbark; also, its nut."
"SHELLED","Having a shell."
"SHELLER","One who, or that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a cornsheller."
"SHELLFISH","Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell,either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, orcrustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs."
"SHELLING","Groats; hulled oats. Simmonds."
"SHELLPROOF","Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof."
"SHELLWORK","Work composed of shells, or adorned with them. Cotgrave."
"SHELLY","Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell.'The shelly shore.' Prior.Shrinks backward in his shelly cave. Shak."
"SHELTER","To take shelter.There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool.Milton."
"SHELTERLESS","Destitute of shelter or protection.Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies. Rowe."
"SHELTERY","Affording shelter. [R.]"
"SHELVE","To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelvesfrom the shore."
"SHELVING","Sloping gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore. Shak.'Shelving arches.' Addison."
"SHELVY","Sloping gradually; shelving.The shore was shelving and shallow. Shak."
"SHEMITE","A descendant of Shem."
"SHEMITISM","See Semitism."
"SHENDFUL","Destructive; ruinous; disgraceful. [Obs.] -- Shend'ful*ly, adv.[Obs.] Fabyan."
"SHENDSHIP","Harm; ruin; also, reproach; disgrace. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SHENT","obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Shend, for shendeth. Chaucer."
"SHEOL","The place of departed spirits; Hades; also, the grave.For thou wilt not leave my soul to sheel. Ps. xvi. 10. (Rev. Ver.)"
"SHEPEN","A stable; a shippen. [Obs.]The shepne brenning with the blacke smoke. Chaucer."
"SHEPHERD","To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as ashepherd. [Poetic]White, fleecy clouds . . .Shepherded by the slow, unwilling wind. Shelley."
"SHEPHERDESS","A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass.She put herself into the garb of a shepherdess. Sir P. Sidney."
"SHEPHERDIA","A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belongingto the same family as El\u00e6agnus; also, any plant of this genus. SeeBuffalo berry, under Buffalo."
"SHEPHERDISH","Resembling a shepherd; suiting a shepherd; pastoral. Sir T.Sidney."
"SHEPHERDISM","Pastoral life or occupation."
"SHEPHERDLING","A little shepherd."
"SHEPHERDLY","Resembling, or becoming to, a shepherd; pastoral; rustic. [R.]Jer. Taylor."
"SHEPSTER","A seamstress. [Obs.] Caxton."
"SHERARDIZE","To subject to the process of vapor galvanizing (which see,below)."
"SHERD","A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd.See Shard.The thigh . . . which all in sherds it drove. Chapman."
"SHERIAT","The sacred law of the Turkish empire."
"SHERIFF","The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrustedthe execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs andprocesses, and the preservation of the peace."
"SHERN","See Shearn. [Obs.]"
"SHERRIS","Sherry. [Obs.] Shak."
"SHERRY","A Spanish light-colored dry wine, made in Andalusia. Asprepared for commerce it is colored a straw color or a deep amber bymixing with it cheap wine boiled down. Sherry cobbler, a beverageprepared with sherry wine, water, lemon or orange, sugar, ice, etc.,and usually imbided through a straw or a glass tube."
"SHERRYVALLIES","Trousers or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on theoutside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trouserswhen riding on horseback. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett."
"SHET","To shut. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer."
"SHETE","To shoot. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SHETH","The part of a plow which projects downward beneath the beam,for holding the share and other working parts; -- also calledstandard, or post."
"SHETLAND PONY","One of a small, hardy breed of horses, with long mane and tail,which originated in the Shetland Islands; a sheltie."
"SHEW","See Show."
"SHEWBREAD","See Showbread."
"SHEWEL","A scarecrow. [Obs.] Trench."
"SHEWER","One who shews. See Shower."
"SHEWN","p. p. of Shew."
"SHIAH","Same as Shiite."
"SHIBBOLETH","Also in an extended sense.The th, with its twofold value, is . . . the shibboleth offoreigners. Earle."
"SHICER","An unproductive mine; a duffer. [Australia]"
"SHIDE","A thin board; a billet of wood; a splinter. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SHIE","See Shy, to throw."
"SHIED","imp. & p. p. of Shy."
"SHIEL","A sheeling. [Scot.] Burns."
"SHIELD","In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim andcontaining the fructification, or asci."
"SHIELD-BEARER","Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes ashieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves."
"SHIELDDRAKE","A sheldrake."
"SHIELDLESS","Destitute of a shield, or of protection.-- Shield'less*ly, adv.-- Shield'less*ness, n."
"SHIELDTAIL","Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltid\u00e6,native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which cannot be dilated."
"SHIELING","A hut or shelter for shepherds of fishers. See Sheeling.[Scot.]"
"SHIFT","To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum;-- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted."
"SHIFTABLE","Admitting of being shifted."
"SHIFTER","An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, andshifting the salt provisions."
"SHIFTINESS","The quality or state of being shifty.Diplomatic shiftiness and political versatility. J. A. Syminds."
"SHIFTINGLY","In a shifting manner."
"SHIFTLESS","Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients;characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one'sown support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy;improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftlessmanagement.-- Shift'less*ly, adv.-- Shift'less*ness, n."
"SHIFTY","Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients orcontrivance. Wright.Shifty and thrifty as old Greek or modern Scot, there were few thingshe could not invent, and perhaps nothing he could not endure. C.Kingsley."
"SHILF","Straw. [Obs.]"
"SHILL","To shell. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"SHILLING","In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner.I am somewhat dainty in making a resolution, because when I make it,I keep it; I don't stand shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do't. Congreve."
"SHILLY-SHALLY","To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupyone's self with trifles."
"SHILOH","A word used by Jacob on his deathbed, and interpretedvariously, as 'the Messiah,' or as the city 'Shiloh,' or as 'Rest.'"
"SHILY","See Shyly."
"SHIM","A thin piece of metal placed between two parts to make a fit."
"SHIMMER","To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shinefaintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.The shimmering glimpses of a stream. Tennyson."
"SHIMMERING","A gleam or glimmering. 'A little shimmering of a light.'Chaucer."
"SHIMMY","A chemise. [Colloq.]"
"SHIN","A fish plate for rails. Knight. Shin bone (Anat.), the tibia.-- Shin leaf (Bot.), a perennial ericaceous herb (Pyrola elliptica)with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish whiteflowers."
"SHIN SHU","The leading and most progressive Buddhist sect of Japan,resting its faith rather upon Amida than Gautama Buddha. Rites andceremonies are held useless without uprightness."
"SHINDLE","A shingle; also, a slate for roofing. [Obs.] Holland."
"SHINE","Shining; sheen. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SHINER","That which shines. Specifically:(a) A luminary.(b) A bright piece of money. [Slang]Has she the shiners, d' ye think Foote.black eye.(c) (Zo\u00f6l.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater Americancyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and alliedgenera; as the redfin (Notropis megalops), and the golden shiner(Notemigonus chrysoleucus) of the Eastern United States; also looselyapplied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, orhorsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada. (d)(Zo\u00f6l.)"
"SHINESS","See Shyness."
"SHINGLE","Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or acollection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore andelsewhere."
"SHINGLES","A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way aroundthe body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violentneuralgic pain."
"SHINGLING","The process of expelling scori\u00e6 and other impurities byhammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron. Shinglinghammer, a ponderous hammer moved by machinery, used in shinglingpuddled iron.-- Shingling mill, a mill or forge where puddled iron is shingled."
"SHINGLY","Abounding with shingle, or gravel."
"SHINHOPPLE","The hobblebush."
"SHINING","Emission or reflection of light."
"SHININGNESS","Brightness. J. Spence."
"SHINNEY","The game of hockey; -- so called because of the liability ofthe players to receive blows on the shin. Halliwell."
"SHINPLASTER","Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated invalue; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar.[U. S.]"
"SHINTOIST","An adherent of Shintoism."
"SHINTY","A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in thegame. Jamieson."
"SHINY","Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.Like distant thunder on a shiny day. Dryden."
"SHIP","Pay; reward. [Obs.]In withholding or abridging of the ship or the hire or the wages ofservants. Chaucer."
"SHIP-RIGGED","Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each withsquare sails."
"SHIPBOARD","A ship's side; hence, by extension, a ship; -- found chiefly inadverbial phrases; as, on shipboard; a shipboard."
"SHIPBUILDER","A person whose occupation is to construct ships and othervessels; a naval architect; a shipwright."
"SHIPBUILDING","Naval architecturel the art of constructing ships and othervessels."
"SHIPFUL","As much or as many as a ship will hold; enough to fill a ship."
"SHIPHOLDER","A shipowner."
"SHIPLESS","Destitute of ships. Gray."
"SHIPLET","A little ship. [R.] Holinshed."
"SHIPLOAD","The load, or cargo, of a ship."
"SHIPMAN","A seaman, or sailor. [Obs. or Poetic] Chaucer. R. Browning.About midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to somecountry. Acts xxvii. 27.Shipman's card, the mariner's compass. [Obs.] Shak."
"SHIPMASTER","The captain, master, or commander of a ship. Jonah i. 6."
"SHIPMATE","One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellowsailor."
"SHIPOWNER","Owner of a ship or ships."
"SHIPPEN","A stable; a cowhouse. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.]"
"SHIPPER","One who sends goods from one place to another not in the samecity or town, esp. one who sends goods by water."
"SHIPPING NOTE","A document used in shipping goods by sea. In the case of freegoods the shipping notes are the receiving note, addressed by theshipper to the chief officer of the vessel, requesting him to receiveon board specified goods, and a receipt for the mate to sign, onreceiving whose signature it is called the mate's receipt, and issurrendered by the shipper for the bills of lading."
"SHIPPO","Cloisonn\u00e9 enamel on a background of metal or porcelain."
"SHIPPON","A cowhouse; a shippen. [Prov. Eng.]Bessy would either do fieldwork, or attend to the cows, the shippon,or churn, or make cheese. Dickens."
"SHIPSHAPE","Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy;orderly.Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's modeof tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner.De Quincey.Keep everything shipshape, for I must go Tennyson."
"SHIPWORM","Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo andallied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive towooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo."
"SHIPWRIGHT","One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of shipsor other vessels."
"SHIPYARD","A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired."
"SHIRAZ","A kind of Persian wine; -- so called from the place whence itis brought."
"SHIRE HORSE","One of an English breed of heavy draft horses believed to bedescended largely from the horses used in war in the days of heavyarmor. They are the  largest of the British draft breeds, and havelong hair on the back of the cannons and fetlocks. Brown or bay withwhite on the face and legs is now the commonest color."
"SHIRK","One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids theperformance of duty or labor."
"SHIRKER","One who shirks. Macaulay."
"SHIRKY","Disposed to shirk. [Colloq.]"
"SHIRL","Shrill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"SHIRLEY","The bullfinch."
"SHIRR","A series of close parallel runnings which are drawn up so as tomake the material between them set full by gatherings; -- called alsoshirring, and gauging."
"SHIRRED","Made or gathered into a shirr; as, a shirred bonnet."
"SHIRT","A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made ofcotton, linen, or other material; -- formerly used of the under-garment of either sex, now commonly restricted to that worn by menand boys.Several persons in December had nothing over their shoulders buttheir shirts. Addison.She had her shirts and girdles of hair. Bp. Fisher."
"SHIRT WAIST","A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut andstyle, worn by women or children; -- in England called a blouse."
"SHIRT-WAIST SUIT","A costume consisting of a plain belted waist and skirt of thesame material."
"SHIRTING","Cloth, specifically cotton cloth, suitable for making shirts."
"SHIRTLESS","Not having or wearing a shirt. Pope.-- Shirt'less*ness, n."
"SHITTLE","A shuttle. [Obs.] Chapman."
"SHITTLECOCK","A shuttlecock. [Obs.]"
"SHITTLENESS","Instability; inconstancy. [Obs.]The vain shittlenesse of an unconstant head. Baret."
"SHIVER","A variety of blue slate."
"SHIVER-SPAR","A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; --called also slate spar."
"SHIVERINGLY","In a shivering manner."
"SHIZOKU","The Japanese warrior gentry or middle class, formerly calledsamurai; also, any member of this class."
"SHOAD","A train of vein material mixed with rubbish; fragments of orewhich have become separated by the action of water or the weather,and serve to direct in the discovery of mines. [Written also shode.]"
"SHOADING","The tracing of veins of metal by shoads. [Written alsoshoding.] Pryce."
"SHOAL","A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- saidespecially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. 'Great shoals of people.'Bacon.Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides. Waller."
"SHOALINESS","The quality or state of being shoaly; little depth of water;shallowness."
"SHOALING","Becoming shallow gradually. 'A shoaling estuary.' Lyell."
"SHOALY","Full of shoals, or shallow places.The tossing vessel sailed on shoaly ground. Dryden."
"SHOAR","A prop. See 3d Shore."
"SHOAT","A young hog. Same as Shote."
"SHOCK","A lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in someBaltic ports to loose goods."
"SHOCK-HEAD","Shock-headed. Tennyson."
"SHOCK-HEADED","Having a thick and bushy head of hair."
"SHOCKDOG","See 7th Shock, 1."
"SHOCKING","Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causingto recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting.The grossest and most shocking villainies. Secker.-- Shock'ing*ly, adv.-- Shock'ing*ness, n."
"SHOD","f Shoe."
"SHODDY","Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddycloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham;pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy.Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious pride. ComptonReade."
"SHODDY FEVER","A febrile disease characterized by dyspnoa and bronchitiscaused by inhaling dust."
"SHODDYISM","The quality or state of being shoddy. [Colloq.] See the Noteunder Shoddy, n."
"SHODE","See Shoad, Shoading."
"SHODER","A package of gold beater's skins in which gold is subjected tothe second process of beating."
"SHOEBILL","A large African wading bird (Bal\u00e6niceps rex) allied to thestorks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollenbill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) ofBeak."
"SHOEBLACK","One who polishes shoes."
"SHOELESS","Destitute of shoes. Addison."
"SHOEMAKING","The business of a shoemaker."
"SHOER","One who fits shoes to the feet; one who furnishes or puts onshoes; as, a shoer of horses."
"SHOG","A shock; a jog; a violent concussion or impulse. [R. or Scot.]"
"SHOGGLE","To joggle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Pegge."
"SHOGUN","A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the militarygovernor of the eastern provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation ofpower the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons) became finally thevirtual rulers of Japan. The title was abolished in 1867. [Writtenvariously, Shiogun, Shiogoon, etc.]"
"SHOGUNATE","The office or dignity of a Shogun. [Written also Siogoonate.]"
"SHOLA","See Sola."
"SHOLE","A plank fixed beneath an object, as beneath the rudder of avessel, to protect it from injury; a plank on the ground under theend of a shore or the like."
"SHONDE","Harm; disgrace; shame. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SHONE","imp. & p. p. of Shine."
"SHOO","Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening awayanimals, especially fowls."
"SHOOI","The Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus);- so calledfrom its cry. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SHOOK","imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of Shake."
"SHOON","pl. of Shoe. [Archaic] Chaucer.They shook the snow from hats and shoon. Emerson."
"SHOOP","imp. of Shape. Shaped. Chaucer."
"SHOOT","An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down whichtimber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage,either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushesrapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the endsof a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course. [Written alsochute, and shute.] [U. S.] To take a shoot, to pass through a shootinstead of the main channel; to take the most direct course. [U.S.]"
"SHOOTING","Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting. Shootingboard (Joinery), a fixture used in planing or shooting the edge of aboard, by means of which the plane is guided and the board held true.-- Shooting box, a small house in the country for use in theshooting season. Prof. Wilson.-- Shooting gallery, a range, usually covered, with targets forpractice with firearms.-- Shooting iron, a firearm. [Slang, U.S.] -- Shooting star. (a)(Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing suddenly,darts quickly across some portion of the sky, and then as suddenlydisappears, leaving sometimes, for a few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also falling star. Shooting stars are small cosmical bodieswhich encounter the earth in its annual revolution, and which becomevisible by coming with planetary velocity into the upper regions ofthe atmosphere. At certain periods, as on the 13th of November and10th of August, they appear for a few hours in great numbers,apparently diverging from some point in the heavens, such displaysbeing known as meteoric showers, or star showers. These bodies,before encountering the earth, were moving in orbits closely alliedto the orbits of comets. See Leonids, Perseids. (b) (Bot.) TheAmerican cowslip (Dodecatheon Meadia). See under Cowslip.-- Shooting stick (Print.), a tapering piece of wood or iron, usedby printers to drive up the quoins in the chase. Hansard."
"SHOOTY","Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly. [Prev. Eng.]Grose."
"SHOP","imp. of Shape. Shaped. Chaucer."
"SHOPBOARD","A bench or board on which work is performed; a workbench.South."
"SHOPBOOK","A book in which a tradesman keeps his accounts. Locke."
"SHOPBOY","A boy employed in a shop."
"SHOPEN","p. p. of Shape. Chaucer."
"SHOPGIRL","A girl employed in a shop."
"SHOPKEEPER","A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- indistinction from one who sells by wholesale. Addison."
"SHOPLIFTER","One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privatelyfrom a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasionto steal."
"SHOPLIFTING","Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from ashop."
"SHOPLIKE","Suiting a shop; vulgar. B. Jonson."
"SHOPMAID","A shopgirl."
"SHOPPER","One who shops."
"SHOPPISH","Having the appearance or qualities of a shopkeeper, or shopman."
"SHOPSHIFT","The trick of a shopkeeper; deception. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"SHOPWALKER","One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf.Floorwalker."
"SHOPWOMAN","A woman employed in a shop."
"SHOPWORN","Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in ashop."
"SHORAGE","Duty paid for goods brought on shore. Grabb."
"SHORE","imp. of Shear. Chaucer."
"SHORELESS","Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent;as, a shoreless ocean. Young."
"SHORELING","See Shorling."
"SHORER","One who, or that which, shores or props; a prop; a shore."
"SHOREWARD","Toward the shore."
"SHORING","See Schorl, Schorlaceous."
"SHORN","p. p. of Shear."
"SHORT","Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, shortpastry."
"SHORT CIRCUIT","A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively lowresistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity."
"SHORT-CIRCUIT","To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any twopoints of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance."
"SHORT-DATED","Having little time to run from the date. 'Thy short-datedlife.' Sandys."
"SHORT-HANDED","Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants orhelpers."
"SHORT-JOINTED","Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plantor an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short."
"SHORT-LIVED","Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, ashort-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-livedpassion."
"SHORT-SPOKEN","Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt.[Colloq.]"
"SHORT-WAISTED","Having a short waist."
"SHORT-WINDED","Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficultrespiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons. May."
"SHORT-WITED","Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect orjudgment."
"SHORTAGE","Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by somerequirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts."
"SHORTCAKE","An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard,rolled thin, and baked."
"SHORTCLOTHES","Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trouserswhich reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings."
"SHORTCOMING","The act of falling, or coming short; as:(a) The failure of a crop, or the like.(b) Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty."
"SHORTEN","To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northernlatitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold."
"SHORTENER","One who, or that which, shortens."
"SHORTENING","That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard,etc."
"SHORTHAND","A compendious and rapid method or writing by substitutingcharacters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.;short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography."
"SHORTHEAD","A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called bysailors."
"SHORTHORN","One of a breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having shorthorns. The breed was developed in England."
"SHORTNESS","The quality or state of being short; want of reach orextension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; theshortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; theshortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness ofbreath."
"SHORTSTOP","The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and thirdbases."
"SHORTWING","Any one of several species of small wrenlike Asiatic birdshaving short wings and a short tail. They belong to Brachypterix,Callene, and allied genera."
"SHORY","Lying near the shore. [Obs.]"
"SHOSHONES","A linguistic family or stock of North American Indians,comprising many tribes, which extends from Montana and Idaho intoMexico. In a restricted sense the name is applied especially to theSnakes, the most northern of the tribes."
"SHOT","imp. & p. p. Shoot."
"SHOT SAMPLES","Samples taken for assay from  a molten metallic mass pouring aportion into water, to granulate it."
"SHOT-CLOG","A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning,for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them. [OldSlang]Thou common shot-clog, gull of all companies. Chapman."
"SHOT-FREE","Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof. [Obs.] Feltham."
"SHOT-PROOF","Impenetrable by shot."
"SHOTE","A fish resembling the trout. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Garew."
"SHOTGUN","A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especiallydesigned for firing small shot at short range, and killing smallgame."
"SHOTS","The refuse of cattle taken from a drove. [Prov. Eng.]Halliwell."
"SHOTTED","Having a shot attached; as, a shotten suture."
"SHOUGH","A shockdog."
"SHOULD","Used as an auxiliary verb, to express a conditional orcontingent act or state, or as a supposition of an actual fact; also,to express moral obligation (see Shall); e. g.: they should have comelast week; if I should go; I should think you could go. 'You havedone that you should be sorry for.' Shak."
"SHOULDER","The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limbis connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; theprojection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint."
"SHOULDER-SHOTTEN","Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse. Shak."
"SHOULDERED","Having shoulders; -- used in composition; as, a broad-shouldered man. 'He was short-shouldered.' Chaucer."
"SHOUT","To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, orexultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.Shouting of the men and women eke. Chaucer.They shouted thrice: what was the last cry for Shak.To shout at, to utter shouts at; to deride or revile with shouts."
"SHOUTER","One who shouts."
"SHOVE","The act of shoving; a forcible push.I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove. Swift."
"SHOVEL","An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or lesshollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth,coal, grain, or other loose substances. Shovel hat, a broad-brimmedhat, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front like a shovel, -- worn by some clergy of the English Church. [Colloq.] -- Shovelspur(Zo\u00f6l.), a flat, horny process on the tarsus of some toads, -- usedin burrowing.-- Steam shovel, a machine with a scoop or scoops, operated by asteam engine, for excavating earth, as in making railway cuttings."
"SHOVEL-NOSED","Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, orshoveler."
"SHOVELARD","Shoveler. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SHOVELBILL","The shoveler."
"SHOVELER","A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America.It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomelyvariegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; thehead and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill,shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosedduck (S. rhynchotis), is a similar species."
"SHOVELFUL","As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel."
"SHOVELHEAD","A shark (Sphryna tiburio) allied to the hammerhead, and nativeof the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- calledalso bonnet shark."
"SHOVEN","p. p. of Shove. Chaucer."
"SHOW","A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood,occuring a short time before labor."
"SHOWBREAD","Bread of exhibition; loaves to set before God; -- the term usedin translating the various phrases used in the Hebrew and Greek todesignate the loaves of bread which the priest of the week placedbefore the Lord on the golden table in the sanctuary. They were madeof fine flour unleavened, and were changed every Sabbath. The loaves,twelve in number, represented the twelve tribes of Israel. They wereto be eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place. [Written alsoshewbread.] Mark ii. 26."
"SHOWER","To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. Shak."
"SHOWERFUL","Full of showers. Tennyson."
"SHOWERINESS","Quality of being showery."
"SHOWERLESS","Rainless; freo from showers."
"SHOWILY","In a showy manner; pompously; with parade."
"SHOWINESS","The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade;ostentation."
"SHOWISH","Showy; ostentatious. Swift."
"SHOWMAN","One who exhibits a show; a proprietor of a show."
"SHOWN","p. p. of Show."
"SHOWROOM","A room or apartment where a show is exhibited."
"SHOWY",", a. Etym: [Compar. Showier (; superl. Showiest.]"
"SHRAG","A twig of a tree cut off. [Obs.]"
"SHRAGGER","One who lops; one who trims trees. [Obs.] Huloet."
"SHRAM","To cause to shrink or shrivel with cold; to benumb. [Prov.Eng.]"
"SHRANK","imp. of Shrink."
"SHRAPNEL","Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen.H. Shrapnel of the British army.-- n."
"SHREDCOOK","The fieldfare; -- so called from its harsh cry before rain.[Prov. Eng.]"
"SHREDDY","Consisting of shreds."
"SHREDLESS","Having no shreds; without a shred.And those which waved are shredless dust ere now. Byron."
"SHREW","Wicked; malicious. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SHREWISH","having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition;froward; peevish.My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours. Shak.-- Shrew'ish*ly, adv.-- Shrew'ish*ness, n."
"SHREWMOUSE","A shrew; especially, the erd shrew."
"SHRIEK","To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birdsand beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.It was the owl that shrieked. Shak.At this she shrieked aloud; the mournful train Echoed her grief.Dryden."
"SHRIEKER","One who utters a shriek."
"SHRIEVAL","Of or pertaining to a sheriff."
"SHRIEVALTY","The office, or sphere of jurisdiction, of a sheriff;sheriffalty.It was ordained by 28 Edward I that the people shall have election ofsheriff in every shire where the shrievalty is not of inheritance.Blackstone."
"SHRIEVE","A sheriff. [Obs.] Shak."
"SHRIGHT","imp. & p. p. of Shriek.She cried alway and shright. Chaucer."
"SHRIKE","Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the familyLaniid\u00e6, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Mostshrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike(Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), andseveral others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale themon thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. Seeunder Butcher."
"SHRILL","Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercingtone or sound; -- said a sound, or of that which produces a sound.Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give To sounds confused.Shak.Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high. Byron."
"SHRILL-GORGED","Having a throat which produces a shrill note. [R.] Shak."
"SHRILL-TONGUED","Having a shrill voice. 'When shrill-tongued Fulvia scolds.'Shak."
"SHRILLNESS","The quality or state of being shrill."
"SHRILLY","In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice."
"SHRIMP","To contract; to shrink. [Obs.]"
"SHRIMPER","One who fishes for shrimps."
"SHRINE","To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine. 'Shrined inhis sanctuary.' Milton."
"SHRINK","The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil;withdrawal.Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. LeighHunt."
"SHRINKER","One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger."
"SHRINKING","from Shrink. Shrinking head (Founding), a body of molten metalconnected with a mold for the purpose of supplying metal tocompensate for the shrinkage of the casting; -- called also sinkinghead, and riser."
"SHRINKINGLY","In a shrinking manner."
"SHRIVALTY","Shrievalty. Johnson."
"SHRIVE","To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confessionand absolution. Spenser."
"SHRIVEL","To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and formcorrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivelswith age; -- often with up."
"SHRIVEN","p. p. of Shrive."
"SHRIVER","One who shrives; a confessor."
"SHRIVING","Shrift; confession. Spenser."
"SHROFF","A banker, or changer of money. [East Indies]"
"SHROFFAGE","The examination of coins, and the separation of the good fromthe debased. [East Indies]"
"SHROOD","To trim; to lop. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SHROPSHIRE","An English breed of black-faced hornless sheep similar to theSouthdown, but larger, now extensively raised in many parts of theworld."
"SHROUD","A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lowershrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts andare passed around the head of the lower masts."
"SHROUD-LAID","Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart,or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage."
"SHROUDED","Provided with a shroud or shrouds. Shrouded gear (Mach.), acogwheel or pinion having flanges which form closed ends to thespaces between the teeth and thus strengthen the teeth by tying themtogether."
"SHROUDING","The shrouds. See Shroud, n., 7."
"SHROUDLESS","Without a shroud."
"SHROUDY","Affording shelter. [R.] Milton."
"SHROVE","imp. of Shrive. Shrove Sunday, Quinguagesima Sunday.-- Shrove Tuesday, the Tuesday following Quinguagesima Sunday, andpreceding the first day of Lent, or Ash Wednesday."
"SHROVETIDE","The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially theperiod between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and themorning of Ash Wednesday."
"SHROVING","The festivity of Shrovetide. [Obs.]"
"SHROW","A shrew. [Obs.] Shak."
"SHROWD","See Shrood. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SHRUB","A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice,and sugar, with spirit to preserve it."
"SHRUBBINESS","Quality of being shrubby."
"SHRUBLESS","having no shrubs. Byron."
"SHRUFF","Rubbish. Specifically: (a) Dross or refuse of metals. [Obs.](b) Light, dry wood, or stuff used for fuel. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SHRUG","To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way ofexpressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like.He shrugs his shoulders when you talk of securities. Addison."
"SHRUNKEN","from Shrink."
"SHUCK","A shock of grain. [Prev.Eng.]"
"SHUCKER","One who shucks oysters or clams"
"SHUDDER","To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiverwith cold; to quake. 'With shuddering horror pale.' Milton.The shuddering tennant of the frigid zone. Goldsmith."
"SHUDDERINGLY","In a shuddering manner."
"SHUDE","The husks and other refuse of rice mills, used to adulterateoil cake, or linseed cake."
"SHUFFLEBOARD","See Shovelboard."
"SHUFFLECAP",",.A play performed by shaking money in a hat or cap. [R.]Arbuthnot."
"SHUFFLER","Either one of the three common American scaup ducks. See Scaupduck, under Scaup."
"SHUFFLEWING","The hedg sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SHUFFLING","In a shuffling manner."
"SHUMAC","Sumac."
"SHUN","To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escapefrom; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned todeclare unto you all the counsel of God. Acts xx. 26,27.Scarcity and want shall shun you. Shak."
"SHUNLESS","Not to be shunned; inevitable; unavoidable. [R.] 'Shunlessdestiny.' Shak."
"SHUNT","To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer."
"SHUNT VALVE","A valve permitting a fluid under pressure an easier avenue ofescape than normally; specif., a valve, actuated by the governor,used in one system of marine-engine governing to connect both ends ofthe low-pressure cylinder as a supplementary control."
"SHUNT WINDING","A winding so arranged as to divide the armature current andlead a portion of it around the field-magnet coils; -- opposed toseries winding. --Shunt'-wound` (#), a."
"SHUNTER","A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another."
"SHUT","To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shutshard. To shut up, to cease speaking. [Colloq.] T. Hughes."
"SHUTE","Same as Chute, or Shoot."
"SHUTTERED","Furnished with shutters."
"SHUTTLE","To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.I had to fly far and wide, shutting athwart the big Babel, whereverhis calls and pauses had to be. Carlyle."
"SHUTTLECOCK","A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by abattledoor in play; also, the play itself."
"SHUTTLECORK","See Shuttlecock."
"SHUTTLEWISE","Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle."
"SHWAN-PAN","See Schwan-pan."
"SHY","To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- saidespecially of horses."
"SHYLY","In a shy or timid manner; not familiarly; with reserve.[Written also shily.]"
"SHYNESS","The quality or state of being shy. [Written also shiness.]Frequency in heavenly contemplation is particularly important toprevent a shyness bewtween God and thy soul. Baxter."
"SHYSTER","A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especiallylegal business, in a mean and dishonest way. [Slang, U.S.]"
"SI","A syllable applied, in solmization, to the note B; morerecently, to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale. It wasadded to Guido's scale by Le Maire about the end of the 17th century."
"SI QUIS","A notification by a candidate for orders of his intention toinquire whether any impediment may be alleged against him."
"SIAGA","The ahu, or jairou."
"SIALOGOGUE","An agent which promotes the flow of saliva."
"SIAMANG","A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has thesecond and third toes partially united by a web."
"SIAMESE","Of or pertaining to Siam, its native people, or their language."
"SIB","A blood relation. [Obs.] Nash."
"SIBBENS","A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws.It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules andsoft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. In theOrkneys the name is applied to the itch. [Written also sivvens.]"
"SIBERIAN","Of or pertaining to Siberia, a region comprising all northernAsia and belonging to Russia; as, a Siberian winter.-- n."
"SIBILANT","Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing;as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds.-- n."
"SIBILATE","To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s;to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation."
"SIBILATION","Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.He, with a long, low sibilation, stared. Tennyson."
"SIBILATORY","Hissing; sibilant."
"SIBILOUS","Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant. [R.] Pennant."
"SIBYL","A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy."
"SIBYLIST","One who believes in a sibyl or the sibylline prophecies.Cudworth."
"SIBYLLINE","Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed bysibyls; like the productions of sibyls. Sibylline books. (a) (Rom.Antiq.) Books or documents of prophecies in verse concerning the fateof the Roman empire, said to have been purchased by Tarquin the Proudfrom a sibyl. (b) Certain Jewish and early Christian writingspurporting to have been prophetic and of sibylline origin. They datefrom 100 b. c. to a. d. 500."
"SIC","Such. [Scot.]"
"SICAMORE","See Sycamore."
"SICCA","A seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively to designate thesilver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192grains. Sicca rupee, an East Indian coin, valued nominally at abouttwo shillings sterling, or fifty cents."
"SICCATE","To dry. [R.]"
"SICCATION","The act or process of drying. [R.] Bailey."
"SICCATIVE","Drying; causing to dry.-- n."
"SICCIFIC","Causing dryness."
"SICCITY","Dryness; aridity; destitution of moisture. [Obs.]The siccity and dryness of its flesh. Sir T. Browne."
"SICE","The number six at dice."
"SICER","A strong drink; cider. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SICH","Such. [Obs. or Colloq.] Spenser."
"SICILIAN","Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants. Sicilianvespers, the great massacre of the French in Sicily, in the year1282, on the evening of Easter Monday, at the hour of vespers."
"SICILIANO","A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a ratherslow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure; also, the music tothe dance."
"SICILIENNE","A kind of rich poplin."
"SICK","Sickness. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SICK-BRAINED","Disordered in the brain."
"SICKENING","Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust;nauseating.-- Sick'en*ing*ly, adv."
"SICKER","To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack. [Alsowritten sigger, zigger, and zifhyr.] [Prov. Eng.]"
"SICKLE","A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo.Sickle pod (Bot.), a kind of rock cress (Arabis Canadensis) havingvery long curved pods."
"SICKLED","Furnished with a sickle."
"SICKLEMAN","One who uses a sickle; a reaper.You sunburned sicklemen, of August weary. Shak."
"SICKLER","One who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper."
"SICKLESS","Free from sickness. [R.]Give me long breath, young beds, and sickless ease. Marston."
"SICKLIED","Made sickly. See Sickly, v."
"SICKLINESS","The quality or state of being sickly."
"SICKLY","In a sick manner or condition; ill.My people sickly [with ill will] beareth our marriage. Chaucer."
"SICLE","A shekel. [Obs.]The holy mother brought five sicles and a pair of turtledoves toredeem the Lamb of God. Jer. Taylor."
"SIDA","A genus of malvaceous plants common in the tropics. All thespecies are mucilaginous, and some have tough ligneous fibers whichare used as a substitute for hemp and flax. Balfour (Cyc. of India)."
"SIDDOW","Soft; pulpy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"SIDE","Long; large; extensive. [Obs. or Scot.] Shak.His gown had side sleeves down to mid leg. Laneham.Side action, in breech-loading firearms, a mechanism for operatingthe breech block, which is moved by a lever that turns sidewise.-- Side arms, weapons worn at the side, as sword, bayonet, pistols,etc.-- Side ax, an ax of which the handle is bent to one side.-- Side-bar rule (Eng. Law.), a rule authorized by the courts to begranted by their officers as a matter of course, without formalapplication being made to them in open court; -- so called becauseanciently moved for by the attorneys at side bar, that is,informally. Burril.-- Side box, a box or inclosed seat on the side of a theater.To insure a side-box station at half price. Cowper.-- Side chain, one of two safety chains connecting a tender with alocomotive, at the sides.-- Side cut, a canal or road branching out from the main one. [U.S.]-- Side dish, one of the dishes subordinate to the main course.-- Side glance, a glance or brief look to one side.-- Side hook (Carp.), a notched piece of wood for clamping a boardto something, as a bench.-- Side lever, a working beam of a side-lever engine.-- Side-lever engine, a marine steam engine having a working beam ofeach side of the cylinder, near the bottom of the engine,communicating motion to a crank that is above them.-- Side pipe (Steam Engine), a steam or exhaust pipe connecting theupper and lower steam chests of the cylinder of a beam engine.-- Side plane, a plane in which the cutting edge of the iron is atthe side of the stock.-- Side posts (Carp.), posts in a truss, usually placed in pairs,each post set at the same distance from the middle of the truss, forsupporting the principal rafters, hanging the tiebeam, etc.-- Side rod. (a) One of the rods which connect the piston-rodcrosshead with the side levers, in a side-lever engine. (b) SeeParallel rod, under Parallel.-- Side screw (Firearms), one of the screws by which the lock issecured to the side of a firearm stock.-- Side table, a table placed either against the wall or aside fromthe principal table.-- Side tool (Mach.), a cutting tool, used in a lathe or planer,having the cutting edge at the side instead of at the point.-- Side wind, a wind from one side; hence, an indirect attack, orindirect means. Wright."
"SIDE SLIP","See Skid, below."
"SIDE-CHAIN THEORY","A theory proposed by Ehrlich as a chemical explanation ofimmunity phenomena. In brief outline it is as follows: Animal cellsand bacteria are complex aggregations of molecules, which arethemselves complex. Complex molecules react with one another throughcertain of their side chains, but only when these side chains have adefinite correspondence in structure (this account for the specificaction of antitoxins)."
"SIDE-SLIP","See Skid, below."
"SIDE-TAKING","A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction. Bp. Hall."
"SIDE-WHEEL","Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels;as, a side-wheel steamer."
"SIDEBOARD","A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments andshelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.At a stately sideboard, by the wine, That fragrant smell diffused.Milton."
"SIDEBONE","A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter and at the sides ofthe coronet and coffin bone of a horse. J. H. Walsh."
"SIDED","Having (such or so many) sides; -- used in composition; as,one-sided; many-sided."
"SIDEFLASH","A disruptive discharge between a conductor traversed by anoscillatory current of high frequency (as lightning) and neighboringmasses of metal, or between different parts of the same conductor."
"SIDEHILL","The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent. [U. S.]"
"SIDELING","Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew.A fellow nailed up maps . . . some sideling, and others upside down.Swift."
"SIDELONG","Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelongglance.The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love. Goldsmith."
"SIDEPIECE","The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door orwindow."
"SIDER","One who takes a side."
"SIDERAL","Affecting unfavorably by the supposed influence of the stars;baleful. 'Sideral blast.' Milton."
"SIDERATED","Planet-struck; blasted. [Obs.]"
"SIDERATION","The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast inplants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, asin apoplexy or paralysis. [Obs.] Ray."
"SIDEREAL","Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated,marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position inrespect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; asidereal day. Sidereal clock, day, month, year. See under Clock, Day,etc.-- Sideral time, time as reckoned by sideral days, or, taking thesidereal day as the unit, the time elapsed since a transit of thevernal equinox, reckoned in parts of a sidereal day. This is,strictly, apparent sidereal time, mean sidereal time being reckonedfrom the transit, not of the true, but of the mean, equinoctialpoint."
"SIDEREALIZE","To elevate to the stars, or to the region of the stars; toetherealize.German literature transformed, siderealized, as we see it in Goethe,reckons Winckelmann among its initiators. W. Pater."
"SIDEREOUS","Sidereal. [Obs.]"
"SIDERITE","Any plant of the genus Sideritis; ironwort."
"SIDEROGRAPHIST","One skilled in siderography."
"SIDEROGRAPHY","The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, theprocess, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of anengraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a softsteel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over asoft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. Theprocess has been superseded by electrotypy."
"SIDEROLITE","A kind of meteorite. See under Meteorite."
"SIDEROMANCY","Divination by burning straws on red-hot iron, and noting themanner of their burning. Craig."
"SIDEROSCOPE","An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in anysubstance by means of a very delicate combination of magneticneedles."
"SIDEROSIS","A sort of pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by theinhalation of particles of iron."
"SIDEROSTAT","An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved byclockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixeddirection; -- a more general term for heliostat."
"SIDEROXYLON","A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hardwood; ironwood."
"SIDESADDLE","A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet onone side of the animal mounted. Sidesaddle flower (Bot.), a plantwith hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called alsohuntsman's cup. See Sarracenia."
"SIDEWALK","A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; afoot pavement. [U.S.]"
"SIDEWAYS","Toward the side; sidewise.A second refraction made sideways. Sir I. Newton.His beard, a good palm's length, at least, . . . Shot sideways, likea swallow's wings. Longfellow."
"SIDEWISE","On or toward one side; laterally; sideways.I saw them mask their awful glance Sidewise meek in gossamer lids.Emerson."
"SIDING","The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether madeof weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or thelike."
"SIDLE","To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, tosidle through a crowd or narrow opening. Swift.He . . . then sidled close to the astonished girl. Sir W. Scott."
"SIEGE","To besiege; to beset. [R.]Through all the dangers that can siege The life of man. Buron."
"SIEGEWORK","A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted."
"SIEMENS-MARTIN PROCESS","See Open-hearth process, etc., under Open."
"SIEMENS-MARTIN STEEL","See Open-hearth steel, under Open."
"SIENITE","See Syenite."
"SIENITIC","See Syenitic."
"SIENNA","Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron ormanganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw stateor burnt. Burnt sienna, sienna made of a much redder color by theaction of fire.-- Raw sienna, sienna in its natural state, of a transparentyellowish brown color."
"SIENNESE","Of or pertaining to Sienna, a city of Italy."
"SIERRA","A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated orirregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada.The wild sierra overhead. Whitter."
"SIESTA","A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or afterdinner; a midday nap."
"SIEUR","Sir; -- a title of respect used by the French."
"SIEVA","A small variety of the Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus)."
"SIFAC","The white indris of Madagascar. It is regarded by the nativesas sacred."
"SIFFLEMENT","The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.[Obs.] A. Brewer."
"SIFILET","The six-shafted bird of paradise. See Paradise bird, underParadise."
"SIFTER","Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so calledbecause it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by meansof the lamell"
"SIG","Urine. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SIGAULTIAN","Pertaining to Sigault, a French physician. See Symphyseotomy."
"SIGGER","Same as Sicker. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SIGH-BORN","Sorrowful; mournful. [R.] 'Sigh-born thoughts.' De Quincey."
"SIGHER","One who sighs."
"SIGHING","Uttering sighs; grieving; lamenting. 'Sighing millions.'Cowper.-- Sigh'ing*ly, adv."
"SIGHT","To take aim by a sight."
"SIGHT-HOLE","A hole for looking through; a peephole. 'Stop all sight-holes.'Shak."
"SIGHT-SEEING","Engaged in, or given to, seeing sights; eager for novelties orcuriosities."
"SIGHT-SEER","One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager fornovelties or curiosities."
"SIGHT-SHOT","Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown. [R.]Cowley."
"SIGHTED","Having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner; -- used incomposition; as, long-sighted, short-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp-sighted, and the like."
"SIGHTFUL","Easily or clearly seen; distinctly visible; perspicuous. [Obs.]Testament of Love."
"SIGHTFULNESS","The state of being sightful; perspicuity. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"SIGHTING","from Sight, v. t. Sighting shot, a shot made to ascertainwhether the sights of a firearm are properly adjusted; a trial shot."
"SIGHTLINESS","The state of being sightly; comeliness; conspicuousness."
"SIGHTPROOF","Undiscoverable to sight.Hidden in their own sightproof bush. Lowell."
"SIGHTSMAN","One who reads or performs music readily at first sight. [R.]Busby."
"SIGIL","A seal; a signature. Dryden.Of talismans and sigils knew the power. Pope."
"SIGILLARIA","Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale, orgiven as presents, on the last two days of the Saturnalia; hence, thelast two, or the sixth and seventh, days of the Saturnalia."
"SIGILLARID","One of an extinct family of cryptagamous trees, including thegenus Sigillaria and its allies."
"SIGILLATED","Decorated by means of stamps; -- said of pottery."
"SIGILLATIVE","Fit to seal; belonging to a seal; composed of wax. [R.]"
"SIGILLUM","A seal."
"SIGLA","The signs, abbreviations, letters, or characters standing forwords, shorthand, etc., in ancient manuscripts, or on coins, medals,etc. W. Savage."
"SIGMA","The Greek letter S, or s). It originally had the form of theEnglish C."
"SIGMODONT","Any one of a tribe (Sigmodontes) of rodents which includes allthe indigenous rats and mice of America. So called from the form ofthe ridges of enamel on the crowns of the worn molars. Also usedadjectively."
"SIGMOIDALLY","In a sigmoidal manner."
"SIGN","That by which anything is made known or represented; that whichfurnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.Specifically:(a) A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as indicating thewill of some deity; a prodigy; an omen.(b) An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine will, oras manifesting an interposition of the divine power for some specialend; a miracle; a wonder.Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God.Rom. xv. 19.It shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearkento the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice ofthe latter sign. Ex. iv. 8."
"SIGNABLE","Suitable to be signed; requiring signature; as, a legaldocument signable by a particular person."
"SIGNALIST","One who makes signals; one who communicates intelligence bymeans of signals."
"SIGNALITY","The quality or state of being signal or remarkable. [Obs.] SirT. Browne."
"SIGNALLY","In a signal manner; eminently."
"SIGNALMAN","A man whose business is to manage or display signals;especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroadtrains are run or warned."
"SIGNALMENT","The act of signaling, or of signalizing; hence, description bypeculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks. Mrs. Browning."
"SIGNATE","Having definite color markings."
"SIGNATION","Sign given; marking. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"SIGNATORY","A signer; one who signs or subscribes; as, a conference ofsignatories."
"SIGNATURE","An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposedto be indicated.Some plants bear a very evident signature of their nature and use.Dr. H. More."
"SIGNATURIST","One who holds to the doctrine of signatures impressed uponobjects, indicative of character or qualities. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"SIGNBOARD","A board, placed on or before a shop, office, etc., on whichssome notice is given, as the name of a firm, of a business, or thelike."
"SIGNER","One who signs or subscribes his name; as, a memorial with ahundred signers."
"SIGNET","A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereignin sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under thesign manual; -- called also privy signet.I had my father's signet in my purse. Shak.Signet ring, a ring containing a signet or private seal.-- Writer to the signet (Scots Law), a judicial officer who prepareswarrants, writs, etc.; originally, a clerk in the office of thesecretary of state."
"SIGNETED","Stamped or marked with a signet."
"SIGNIFER","Bearing signs. [Obs.] 'The signifer sphere, or zodiac.'Holland."
"SIGNIFICANT","That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.Wordsworth.In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts. Shak."
"SIGNIFICANTLY","In a significant manner."
"SIGNIFICATE","One of several things signified by a common term. Whately."
"SIGNIFICATOR","One who, or that which, signifies.In this diagram there was one significator which pressed remarkablyupon our astrologer's attention. Sir W. Scott."
"SIGNIFICATORY","Significant.-- n."
"SIGNIFICAVIT","Formerly, a writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificategiven by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the spaceof forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himselfto the authority of the church. Crabb."
"SIGNIOR","Sir; Mr. The English form and pronunciation for the ItalianSignor and the Spanish Se\u00f1or."
"SIGNIORIZE","To exercise dominion over; to lord it over. [Obs.] Shelton."
"SIGNIORSHIP","State or position of a signior."
"SIGNIORY","Same as Seigniory."
"SIGNORA","Madam; Mrs; -- a title of address or respect among theItalians."
"SIGNORINA","Miss; -- a title of address among the Italians."
"SIGNPOST","A post on which a sign hangs, or on which papers are placed togive public notice of anything."
"SIKE","A gutter; a stream, such as is usually dry in summer. [Prov.Eng. & Scot.]"
"SIKHS","A religious sect noted for warlike traits, founded in thePunjab at the end of the 15th century."
"SILAGE","Short for Ensilage."
"SILE","To strain, as fresh milk. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SILENCE","Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, orkeep silence. Shak."
"SILENE","A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with aviscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly. Bon Sil\u00e8ne.See Sil\u00e8ne, in the Vocabulary."
"SILENT","Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in'fable.'"
"SILENTIARY","One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, onesworn not to divulge secre"
"SILENTIOUS","Habitually silent; taciturn; reticent. [R.]"
"SILENTLY","In a silent manner."
"SILENTNESS","State of being silent; silence."
"SILENUS","See Wanderoo."
"SILESIAN","Of or pertaining to Silesia.-- n."
"SILEX","Silica, SiO2 as found in nature, constituting quarz, and mostsands and sandstones. See Silica, and Silicic."
"SILHOUETTE","A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with ablack color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears tobe."
"SILICA","Silicon dioxide, SiO"
"SILICATE","A salt of silicic acid."
"SILICATED","Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica; as, silicatedhydrogen; silicated rocks. Silicated soap, a hard soap containingsilicate of soda."
"SILICATIZATION","Silicification."
"SILICEA","Same as Silicoidea."
"SILICEOUS","Of or pertaining to silica; containing silica, or partaking ofits nature. [Written also silisious.]"
"SILICIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica;specifically, designating compounds of silicon; as, silicic acid.Silicic acid (Chem.), an amorphous gelatinous substance, Si(HO)4,very unstable and easily dried to silica, but forming many stablesalts; -- called also orthosilicic, or normal silicic, acid."
"SILICICALCAREOUS","Consisting of silica and calcareous matter."
"SILICIDE","A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary. [R.]Hydrogen silicide (Chem.), a colorless, spontaneously inflammablegas, SiH4, produced artifically from silicon, and analogous tomethane; -- called also silico-methane, silicon hydride, and formerlysiliciureted hydrogen."
"SILICIFEROUS","Producing silica; united with silica."
"SILICIFICATION","Thae act or process of combining or impregnating with siliconor silica; the state of being so combined or impregnated; as, thesilicification of wood."
"SILICIFIED","Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica, especially thelatter; as, silicified wood."
"SILICIFY","To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with thecompounds of silicon.The specimens found . . . are completely silicified. Say."
"SILICIOIDEA","Same as Silicoidea."
"SILICIOUS","See Siliceous."
"SILICISPONGIAE","Same as Silicoidea."
"SILICITED","Silicified. [Obs.]"
"SILICIUM","See Silicon."
"SILICIURETED","Combined or impregnated with silicon. [Obsoles.] Siliciuretedhydrogen. (Chem.) Hydrogen silicide. [Obs.]"
"SILICLE","A seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it islong. See Silique."
"SILICO-","A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presenceof silicon or its compounds; as, silicobenzoic, silicofluoride, etc."
"SILICOFLUORIC","Containing, or composed of, silicon and fluorine; especially,denoting the compounds called silicofluorides. Silicofluoric acid(Chem.), a compound of hydrofluoric acid and silicon fluoride, knownonly in watery solution. It is produced by the action of siliconfluoride on water, and is regarded as an acid, H2SiF6, and the typeand origin of the silicofluorides."
"SILICOFLUORIDE","A fluosilicate; a salt of silicofluoric acid."
"SILICOIDEA","An extensive order of Porifera, which includes those that havethe skeleton composed mainly of siliceous fibers or spicules."
"SILICON","A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurscombined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state,usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystallinesubstance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is silica, or commonquartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to oxygen, themost abundant element of the earth's crust. Silicon ischaracteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon isof the organic world. Symbol Si. Atomic weight 28. Called alsosilicium."
"SILICOTUNGSTIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series ofdouble acids of silicon and tungsten, known in the free state, andalso in their salts (called silicotungstates)."
"SILICULA","A silicle."
"SILICULE","A silicle."
"SILICULOSE","Bearing silicles; pertaining to, or resembling, silicles."
"SILIGINOSE","Made of fine wheat. [Obs.] Bailey."
"SILING","from Sile to strain. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.] Siling dish, acolander. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"SILIQUA","Same as Silique."
"SILIQUE","An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valveswith a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either margin.The seeds are attached to both edges of the dissepiment, alternatelyupon each side of it."
"SILIQUIFORM","Having the form of a silique."
"SILIQUOSA","A Linn\u00e6an order of plants including those which bear siliques."
"SILK-STOCKING","Wearing silk stockings (which among men were formerly wornchiefly by the luxurious or aristocratic); hence, elegantly dressed;aristocratic; luxurious; -- chiefly applied to men, often by way ofreproach."
"SILKEN","To render silken or silklike. Dyer."
"SILKMAN","A dealer in silks; a silk mercer. Shak."
"SILKNESS","Silkiness. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"SILKWEED","Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seedvessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed."
"SILKWORM","The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths,which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoonbefore changing to a pupa."
"SILL","The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontalpiece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, orsupports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of aloom, and the like. Hence:(a) The timber or stone at the foot of a door; the threshold.(b) The timber or stone on which a window frame stands; or, thelowest piece in a window frame.(c) The floor of a gallery or passage in a mine.(d) A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gatesto shut against. Sill course (Arch.), a horizontal course of stone,terra cotta, or the like, built into a wall at the level of one ormore window sills, these sills often forming part of it."
"SILLABUB","A dish made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forminga soft curd; also, sweetened cream, flavored with wine and beaten toa stiff froth. [Written also syllabub.]"
"SILLER","Silver. [Scot.]"
"SILLILY","In a silly manner; foolishly. Dryden."
"SILLIMANITE","Same as Fibrolite."
"SILLINESS","The quality or state of being silly."
"SILLOCK","The pollock, or coalfish."
"SILLON","A work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it.Crabb."
"SILLYHOW","A caul. See Caul, n., 3. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"SILO","A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so asto exclude air and outside moisture. See Ensilage."
"SILT","Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water."
"SILTY","Full of silt; resembling silt."
"SILUNDUM","A form of silicon carbide, produced in the electric furnace,possessing great hardness, and high electrical resistance, and notsubject to oxidation below 2880\u00ba F., or 1600\u00ba C."
"SILURE","A fish of the genus Silurus, as the sheatfish; a siluroid."
"SILURIAN","Of or pertaining to the country of the ancient Silures; -- aterm applied to the earliest of the Paleozoic eras, and also to thestrata of the era, because most plainly developed in that country."
"SILURIDAN","Any fish of the family Silurid or of the order Siluroidei."
"SILUROID","Belonging to the Siluroidei, or Nematognathi, an order offishes including numerous species, among which are the Americancatfishes and numerous allied fresh-water species of the Old World,as the sheatfish (Silurus glanis) of Europe.-- n."
"SILUROIDEI","An order of fishes, the Nematognathi."
"SILURUS","A genus of large malacopterygious fishes of the orderSiluroidei. They inhabit the inland waters of Europe and Asia."
"SILVAN","Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody.[Written also sylvan.]Betwixt two rows of rocks, a silvan scene Appears above, and grovesforever green. Dryden."
"SILVANITE","See Sylvanite."
"SILVATE","Same as Sylvate."
"SILVER","A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, verymalleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is foundnative, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine,etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite,etc. Silver is one of the 'noble' metals, so-called, not being easilyoxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great varietyof articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specificgravity 10.5."
"SILVER CERTIFICATE","A certificate issued by a government that there has beendeposited with it silver to a specified amount, payable to the beareron demand. In the United States and its possessions, it is issuedagainst the deposit of silver coin, and is not legal tender, but isreceivable for customs, taxes, and all public dues."
"SILVER STATE","Nevada; -- a nickname alluding to its silver mines."
"SILVER-GRAY","Having a gray color with a silvery luster; as, silver-grayhair."
"SILVERBACK","The knot."
"SILVERBERRY","A tree or shrub (El\u00e6agnus argentea) with silvery foliage andfruit. Gray."
"SILVERBILL","An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica ofIndia, and M. cantans of Africa."
"SILVERBOOM","See Leucadendron."
"SILVERFIN","A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (NotropisWhipplei)."
"SILVERINESS","The state of being silvery."
"SILVERING","The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass,etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance resemblingsilver; also, the firm do laid on; as, the silvering of a glassspeculum."
"SILVERITE","One who favors the use or establishment of silver as a monetarystandard; -- so called by those who favor the gold standard. [Colloq.or Cant]"
"SILVERIZE","To cover with silver."
"SILVERLESS","Having no silcver; hence, without money; impecunious. PiersPlowman."
"SILVERLING","A small silver coin. [Obs.]A thousand vines at a thousand silverings. Isa. vii. 23."
"SILVERLY","Like silver in appearance or in sound.Let me wipe off this honorable dew, That silverly doth progress onthy cheeks. Shak."
"SILVERN","Made of silver. [Archaic.] Wyclif (Acts xix. 24).Speech is silvern; silence is golden. Old Proverb."
"SILVERSIDES","Any one of several species of small fishes of the familyAtherinid\u00e6, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. Thecommon species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is veryabundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, andtinker. Brook silversides (Zo\u00f6l.), a small fresh-water North Americanfish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the marine silversides."
"SILVERSMITH","One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments,etc., of silver; a worker in silver."
"SILVERSPOT","Any one of numerous species of butterflies of the genusArgynnis and allied genera, having silvery spots on the under side ofthe wings. See Illust. under Aphrodite."
"SILVERWARE","Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, madeof silver."
"SILVERWEED","A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having theleaves silvery white beneath."
"SILVICULTURE","See Sylviculture."
"SIMA","A cyma."
"SIMAGRE","A grimace. [Obs.] Dryden."
"SIMAR","A woman's long dress or robe; also light covering; a scarf.[Written also cimar, cymar, samare, simare.]"
"SIMARRE","See Simar. Sir W. Scott."
"SIMBLOT","The harness of a drawloom."
"SIMIA","A Linn\u00e6an genus of Quadrumana which included the types ofnumerous modern genera. By modern writers it is usually restricted tothe genus which includes the orang-outang."
"SIMIAL","Simian; apelike."
"SIMIAN","Of or pertaining to the family Simiad\u00e6, which, in its widestsense, includes all the Old World apes and monkeys; also, apelike.-- n."
"SIMILAR","That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as inquality, form, etc."
"SIMILARITY","The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance;as, a similarity of features.Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts,than men hasten to extend it to all. Sir W. Hamilton."
"SIMILARLY","In a similar manner."
"SIMILARY","Similar. [Obs.]Rhyming cadences of similarly words. South."
"SIMILATIVE","Implying or indicating likeness or resemblance. [R.]In similative or instrumental relation to a pa. pple. [pastparticiple], as almond-leaved, -scented, etc. New English Dict."
"SIMILE","A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or moreof its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical orimaginative comparison.A good swift simile, but something currish. Shak."
"SIMILITER","The technical name of the form by which either party, inpleading, accepts the issue tendered by his opponent; -- calledsometimes a joinder in issue."
"SIMILITUDINARY","Involving or expressing similitude. [Obs.] Coke."
"SIMILIZE","To liken; to compare; as, to similize a person, thing, or act.Lowell."
"SIMILOR","An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a goldencolor. Ure."
"SIMIOUS","Of or pertaining to the Simian.That strange simious, schoolboy passion of giving pain to others.Sydney Smith."
"SIMITAR","See Scimiter."
"SIMMER","To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.I simmer as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth to boil.Palsgrave."
"SIMON-PURE","Genuine; true; real; authentic; -- a term alluding to thecomedy character Simon Pure, who is impersonated by another and isobliged to prove himself to be the 'real Simon Pure.'"
"SIMONIAC","One who practices simony, or who buys or sells preferment inthe church. Ayliffe."
"SIMONIACAL","Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting ofsimony.-- Sim'o*ni`a*cal*ly, adv.The flagitious profligacy of their lives, and the simoniacal arts bywhich they grasped at the popedom. J. S. Harford."
"SIMONIAL","Simoniacal. [Obs.]"
"SIMONIAN","One of the followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent ofcertain heretical sects in the early Christian church."
"SIMONIOUS","Simoniacal. [Obs.] Milton."
"SIMONIST","One who practices simony."
"SIMONY","The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; thecorrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice formoney or reward. Piers Plowman."
"SIMOUS","Having a very flat or snub nose, with the end turned up."
"SIMPAI","A long-tailed monkey (Semnopitchecus melalophus) native ofSumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks arefawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white.Called also black-crested monkey, and sinp\u00e6."
"SIMPER","A constrained, self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile;a smirk.The conscious simper, and the jealous leer. Pope."
"SIMPERER","One who simpers. Sir W. Scott.A simperer that a court affords. T. Nevile."
"SIMPERING","from Simper, v."
"SIMPERINGLY","In a simpering manner."
"SIMPLE","Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf."
"SIMPLE-HEARTED","Sincere; inguenuous; guileless. Sir W. Scott."
"SIMPLE-MINDED","Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting;devoid of duplicity. Blackstone.-- Sim'ple-mind`ed*ness, n."
"SIMPLENESS","The quality or state of being simple; simplicity. Shak."
"SIMPLER","One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; asimplist. Simpler's joy. (Bot.) Vervain."
"SIMPLESS","Simplicity; silliness. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SIMPLETON","A person of weak intellect; a silly person."
"SIMPLICIAN","One who is simple. [Obs.] Arnway."
"SIMPLIFICATION","The act of simplifying. A. Smith."
"SIMPLIFY","To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by givingthe explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doingor making.The collection of duties is drawn to a point, and so far simplified.A. Hamilton.It is important, in scientific pursuits, to be caitious insimplifying our deductions. W. Nicholson."
"SIMPLIST","One skilled in simples, or medicinal plants; a simpler. Sir T.Browne."
"SIMPLISTIC","Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist. [R.] Wilkinson."
"SIMPLITY","Simplicity. [Obs.]"
"SIMPLOCE","See Symploce."
"SIMPLY","See Simulacrum. [Obs.]"
"SIMULACRUM","A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; -- nowusually in a derogatory sense.Beneath it nothing but a great simulacrum. Thackeray."
"SIMULAR","One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which,simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender. [Obs.] Shak.Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars,and painted sepulchers. Tyndale."
"SIMULATE","Feigned; pretended. Bale."
"SIMULATION","The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which isfeigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, whichdisguises or conceals what is true."
"SIMULATOR","One who simulates, or feigns. De Quincey."
"SIMULATORY","Simulated, or capable of being simulated. Bp. Hall."
"SIMULTANEITY","The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness."
"SIMULTANEOUS","Existing, happening, or done, at the same time; as,simultaneous events.-- Si`mul*ta'ne*ous*ly, adv.-- Si`mul*ta'ne*ous*ness, n. Simultaneous equations (Alg.), two ormore equations in which the values of the unknown quantities enteringthem are the same at the same time in both or in all."
"SIMULTY","Private grudge or quarrel; as, domestic simulties. [Obs.] B.Jonson."
"SIN","Old form of Since. [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.]Sin that his lord was twenty year of age. Chaucer."
"SINALBIN","A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard (Brassica alba,formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white crystallinesubstance."
"SINAMINE","A bitter white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtainedindirectly from oil of mustard and ammonia; -- called also allylmelamine."
"SINAPATE","A salt of sinapic acid."
"SINAPIC","Of or pertaining to sinapine; specifically, designating an acid(C11H12O5) related to gallic acid, and obtained by the decompositionof sinapine, as a white crystalline substance."
"SINAPINE","An alkaloid occuring in the seeds of mustard. It is extracted,in combination with sulphocyanic acid, as a white crystallinesubstance, having a hot, bitter taste. When sinapine is isolated itis unstable and undergoes decomposition."
"SINAPIS","A disused generic name for mustard; -- now called Brassica."
"SINAPISIN","A substance extracted from mustard seed and probably identicalwith sinalbin. [Obs.]"
"SINAPISM","A plaster or poultice composed principally of powdered mustardseed, or containing the volatile oil of mustard seed. It is apowerful irritant."
"SINAPOLEIC","Of or pertaining to mustard oil; specifically, designating anacid of the oleic acid series said to occur in mistard oil."
"SINAPOLINE","A nitrogenous base, CO.(NH.C3H5)2, related to urea, extractedfrom mustard oil, and also produced artifically, as a whitecrystalline substance; -- called also diallyl urea."
"SINCALINE","Choline. [Written also sinkaline.]"
"SINCE","From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to;subsequently to; after; -- usually with a past event or time for theobject.The Lord hath blessed thee, since my coming. Gen. xxx. 30.I have a model by which he build a nobler poem than any extant sincethe ancients. Dryden."
"SINCERELY","In a sincere manner. Specifically:(a) Purely; without alloy. Milton.(b) Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one'smind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely."
"SINCERENESS","Same as Sincerity. Beau & Fl."
"SINCERITY","The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind orintention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or falsepretense; sincereness.I protest, in the sincerity of love. Shak.Sincerity is a duty no less plain than important. Knox."
"SINCH","A saddle girth made of leather, canvas, woven horsehair, orwoven grass. [Western U.S.]"
"SINCIPITAL","Of or pertaining to the sinciput; being in the region of thesinciput."
"SINCIPUT","The fore part of the head."
"SINDI","A native of Sind, India, esp. one of the native Hindoo stock."
"SINDON","A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the craniummade by a trephine. Dunglison."
"SINE","Without."
"SINECURAL","Of or pertaining to a sinecure; being in the nature of asinecure."
"SINECURE","To put or place in a sinecure."
"SINECURISM","The state of having a sinecure."
"SINECURIST","One who has a sinecure."
"SINEW","A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon."
"SINEW-SHRUNK","Having the sinews under the belly shrunk by excessive fatigue."
"SINEWINESS","Quality of being sinewy."
"SINEWISH","Sinewy. [Obs.] Holinshed."
"SINEWLESS","Having no sinews; hence, having no strength or vigor."
"SINEWOUS","Sinewy. [Obs.] Holinshed."
"SINFUL","Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal;unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. Piers Plowman.Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. Isa. i. 4.-- Sin'ful*ly, adv.-- Sin'ful*ness, n."
"SING-SING","The kob."
"SINGE","A burning of the surface; a slight burn."
"SINGER","One who, or that which, singes. Specifically:(a) One employed to singe cloth.(b) A machine for singeing cloth."
"SINGERESS","A songstress. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"SINGHALESE","Same as Cingalese."
"SINGING","from Sing, v. Singing bird. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) Popularly, any birdthat sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.-- Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book oftunes.-- Singing falcon or hawk. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Chanting falcon, underChanting.-- Singing fish (Zo\u00f6l.), a California toadfish (Porichthysporosissimus).-- Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas,burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within thetube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called alsochemical harmonicon.-- Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music.-- Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed insinging."
"SINGINGLY","With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune; in a singingtone. G. North (1575)."
"SINGLE","To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of ahorse. See Single-foot.Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a disagreeable gait,which seems to be a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the twolegs of one side are raised almost but not quite, simultaneously.Such horses are said to single, or to be single-footed. W. S. Clark."
"SINGLE TAX","A tax levied upon land alone, irrespective of improvements, --advocated by certain economists as the sole source of public revenue."
"SINGLE-ACTING","Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting orexerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of areciprocating engine, pump, etc."
"SINGLE-BREASTED","Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning,and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast."
"SINGLE-FOOT","An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footedpace. See Single, v. i.Single-foot is an irregular pace, rather rare, distinguished by theposterior extremities moving in the order of a fast walk, and theanterior extremities in that of a slow trot. Stillman (The Horse inMotion.)"
"SINGLE-HANDED","Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted."
"SINGLE-HEARTED","Having an honest heart; free from duplicity.-- Sin'gle-heart'ed*ly, adv."
"SINGLE-MINDED","Having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single-hearted."
"SINGLE-SURFACED","Having one surface; -- said specif. of a\u00ebroplanes or a\u00ebrocurvesthat are covered with fabric, etc., on only one side."
"SINGLES","See Single, n., 2."
"SINGLET","An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; -- opposed todoublet. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SINGLETON","In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of any suitheld at the deal by a player; as, to lead a singleton."
"SINGLETREE","The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessedhorse are fixed; a whiffletree."
"SINGSONG","Drawling; monotonous."
"SINGSPIEL","A dramatic work, partly in dialogue and partly in song, of akind popular in Germany in the latter part of the 18th century. Itwas often comic, had modern characters, and patterned its music onfolk song with strictly subordinated accompaniment."
"SINGSTER","A songstress. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"SINGULAR","Existing by itself; single; individual.The idea which represents one . . . determinate thing, is called asingular idea, whether simple, complex, or compound. I. Watts."
"SINGULARIST","One who affects singularity. [Obs.]A clownish singularist, or nonconformist to ordinary usage. Borrow."
"SINGULARIZE","To make singular or single; to distinguish. [R.]"
"SINGULT","A sigh or sobbing; also, a hiccough. [Obs.] Spenser. W. Browne."
"SINGULTOUS","Relating to, or affected with, hiccough. Dunglison."
"SINGULTUS","Hiccough."
"SINIC","Of or pertaining to the Chinese and allied races; Chinese."
"SINICAL","Of or pertaining to a sine; employing, or founded upon, sines;as, a sinical quadrant."
"SINICISM","Anything peculiar to the Chinese; esp., a Chinese peculiarityin manners or customs."
"SINIGRIN","A glucoside found in the seeds of black mustard (Brassicanigra, formerly Sinapis nigra) It resembles sinalbin, and consists ofa potassium salt of myronic acid."
"SINISTER-HANDED","Left-handed; hence, unlucky. [Obs.] Lovelace."
"SINISTERLY","In a sinister manner. Wood."
"SINISTRAD","Toward the left side; sinistrally."
"SINISTRAL","Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left;reversed; -- said of certain spiral shells."
"SINISTRALITY","The quality or state of being sinistral."
"SINISTRALLY","Toward the left; in a sinistral manner. J. Le Conte."
"SINISTRIN","A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achro\u00f6dextrin,extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- socalled because it is levorotatory."
"SINISTRORSAL","Rising spirally from right to left (of the spectator);sinistrorse."
"SINISTRORSE","Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line; -- the opposite of dextrorse. See Dextrorse."
"SINKER","One who, or that which, sinks. Specifically:(a) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it.(b) In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or otherdevices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles. Dividingsinker, in knitting machines, a sinker between two jack sinkers andacting alternately with them.-- Jack sinker. See under Jack, n.-- Sinker bar. (a) In knitting machines, a bar to which one set ofthe sinkers is attached. (b) In deep well boring, a heavy bar forminga connection between the lifting rope and the boring tools, above thejars."
"SINKING","from Sink. Sinking fund. See under Fund.-- Sinking head (Founding), a riser from which the mold is fed asthe casting shrinks. See Riser, n., 4.-- Sinking pump, a pump which can be lowered in a well or a mineshaft as the level of the water sinks."
"SINLESS","Free from sin. Piers Plowman.-- Sin'less*ly, adv.-- Sin'less*ness, n."
"SINNER","One who has sinned; especially, one who has sinned withoutrepenting; hence, a persistent and incorrigible transgressor; onecondemned by the law of God."
"SINNERESS","A woman who sins. [Obs.]"
"SINNET","See Sennit ."
"SINOLOGICAL","Relating to the Chinese language or literature."
"SINOLOGIST","A sinilogue."
"SINOLOGUE","A student of Chinese; one versed in the Chinese language,literature, and history."
"SINOLOGY","That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of theChinese, their language, literature, etc."
"SINOPER","Sinople."
"SINOPITE","A brickred ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red paint."
"SINOPLE","Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color,sometimes with a tinge of yellow."
"SINQUE","See Cinque. [Obs.] Beau & Fl."
"SINSRING","Same as Banxring."
"SINTER","Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron whenhammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals. Calcareoussinter, a loose banded variety of calcite formed by deposition fromlime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine.-- Ceraunian sinter, fulgurite.-- Siliceous sinter, a light cellular or fibrous opal; especially,geyserite (see Geyserite). It has often a pearly luster, and is thencalled pearl sinter."
"SINTOC","A kind of spice used in the East Indies, consisting of the barkof a species of Cinnamomum. [Written also sindoc.]"
"SINUATE","Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; havingrounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy."
"SINUATED","Same as Sinuate."
"SINUATION","A winding or bending in and out."
"SINUOSE","Sinuous. Loudon."
"SINUOUS","Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form;winding; crooked.-- Sin'u*ous*ly, adv.Streaking the ground with sinuous trace. Milton.Gardens bright with sinuous rills. Coleridge."
"SINUPALLIATE","Having a pallial sinus. See under Sinus."
"SINUS","A cavity; a depression. Specifically:(a) A cavity in a bone or other part, either closed or with a narrowopening.(b) A dilated vessel or canal."
"SINUSOID","The curve whose ordinates are proportional to the sines of theabscissas, the equation of the curve being y = a sin x. It is alsocalled the curve of sines."
"SINUSOIDAL","Of or pertaining to a sinusoid; like a sinusoid."
"SIOGOON","See Shogun."
"SIOGOONATE","See Shogunate."
"SIOUX","See Dakotas."
"SIOUX STATE","North Dakota; -- a nickname."
"SIP","To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; totake a sip or sips of something.[She] raised it to her mouth with sober grace; Then, sipping, offeredto the next in place. Dryden."
"SIPAGE","See Seepage. [Scot. & U.S.]"
"SIPE","See Seep. [Scot. & U.S.]"
"SIPHILIS","Syphilis."
"SIPHOID","A siphon bottle. See under Siphon, n."
"SIPHON","To convey, or draw off, by means of a siphon, as a liquid fromone vessel to another at a lower level."
"SIPHONAGE","The action of a siphon."
"SIPHONAL","Of or pertaining to a siphon; resembling a siphon. Siphonalstomach (Zo\u00f6l.), a stomach which is tubular and bent back uponitself, like a siphon, as in the salmon."
"SIPHONARID","Any one of numerous species of limpet-shaped pulmonategastropods of the genus Siphonaria. They cling to rocks between highand low water marks and have both lunglike organs and gills.-- Si`pho*na'rid, a."
"SIPHONATA","A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantleborder is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called alsoSiphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug."
"SIPHONATE","Belonging to the Siphonata."
"SIPHONET","One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the hinder part of theabdomen of aphids. They give exit to the honeydew. See Illust. underAphis."
"SIPHONIA","A former name for a euphorbiaceous genus (Hevea) of SouthAmerican trees, the principal source of caoutchouc."
"SIPHONIATA","Same as Siphonata."
"SIPHONIC","Of or pertaining to a siphon."
"SIPHONIFER","Any cephalopod having a siphonate shell."
"SIPHONIFEROUS","Siphon-bearing, as the shell of the nautilus and othercephalopods."
"SIPHONIUM","A bony tube which, in some birds, connects the tympanium withthe air chambers of the articular piece of the mandible."
"SIPHONOBRANCHIATA","A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or bothsides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water entersthe gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous inthis group."
"SIPHONOBRANCHIATE","Having a siphon, or siphons, to convey water to the gills;belonging or pertaining to the Siphonobranchiata.-- n."
"SIPHONOGLYPHE","A gonidium."
"SIPHONOPHORA","An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which formcomplex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids ofvarious kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming organs,others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as reproductivezooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita."
"SIPHONOPHORAN","Belonging to the Siphonophora.-- n."
"SIPHONOPHORE","One of the Siphonophora."
"SIPHONOPODA","A division of Scaphopoda including those in which the footterminates in a circular disk."
"SIPHORHINAL","Having tubular nostrils, as the petrels."
"SIPHORHINIAN","A siphorhinal bird."
"SIPHUNCLE","The tube which runs through the partitions of chamberedcephalopod shells."
"SIPHUNCLED","Having a siphuncle; siphunculated."
"SIPHUNCULAR","Of or pertaining to the siphuncle."
"SIPHUNCULATED","Having a siphuncle. Huxley."
"SIPID","Having a taste or flavorl savory; sapid. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"SIPPER","One whi sips."
"SIPPET","A small sop; a small, thin piece of toasted bread soaked inmilk, broth, or the like; a small piece of toasted or fried bread cutinto some special shape and used for garnishing.Your sweet sippets in widows' houses. Milton."
"SIPPLE","To sip often. [Obs. or Scot.]"
"SIPPLING","Sipping often. [Obs.] 'Taken after a sippling sort.' Holland."
"SIPUNCULACEA","A suborder of Gephyrea, including those which have the bodyunarmed and the intestine opening anteriorly."
"SIPUNCULOID","Pertaining to the Sipunculoidea.-- n."
"SIRASKIER","See Seraskier."
"SIRASKIERATE","See Seraskierate."
"SIRBONIAN","See Serbonian."
"SIRDAR","A native chief in Hindostan; a headman. Malcom."
"SIRE","To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially ofstallions."
"SIREDON","The larval form of any salamander while it still has externalgills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl (AmblystomaMexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but whichunder more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normalsalamanders. See also Axolotl."
"SIREN","One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, oftwo, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and tosing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas; Their song is death,and makes destruction please. Pope."
"SIRENE","See Siren, 6."
"SIRENIA","An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including themanatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera."
"SIRENIAN","Any species of Sirenia."
"SIRENICAL","Like, or appropriate to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive.Here's couple of sirenical rascals shall enchant ye. Marton."
"SIRENIZE","To use the enticements of a siren; to act as a siren; tofascinate."
"SIRIUS","The Dog Star. See Dog Star."
"SIRKEER","Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genusTaccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer (T. sirkee)."
"SIRLOIN","A loin of beef, or a part of a loin. [Written also surloin.]"
"SIRNAME","See Surname."
"SIROC","See Sirocco. [Poetic] Emerson."
"SIROCCO","An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chieflyexperienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily."
"SIRRAH","A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger,contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a manor boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded byah. Not used in the plural. 'Ah, sirrah mistress.' Beau & Fl.Go, sirrah, to my cell. Shak."
"SIRT","A quicksand. [Obs.]"
"SIRVENTE","A peculiar species of poetry, for the most part devoted tomoral and religious topics, and commonly satirical, -- often used bythe troubadours of the Middle Ages."
"SIS","A colloquial abbreviation of Sister."
"SISCOWET","A large, fat variety of the namaycusa found in Lake Superior; -- called also siskawet, siskiwit."
"SISE","An assize. [Obs.]"
"SISEL","The suslik."
"SISER","Cider. See Sicer. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SISKIWIT","The siscowet."
"SISMOGRAPH","See Seismograph."
"SISMOMETER","See Seismometer."
"SISS","To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss whentouched with a wet finger. [Colloq. U. S.; Local, Eng.]"
"SISSOO","A leguminous tree (Dalbergia Sissoo) of the northern parts ofIndia; also, the dark brown compact and durable timber obtained fromit. It is used in shipbuilding and for gun carriages, railway ties,etc."
"SIST","To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop."
"SISTER","To be sister to; to resemble closely. [Obs.] Shak."
"SISTER-IN-LAW","The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one'sbrother; sometimes, the wife of one's husband's or wife's brother."
"SISTERING","Contiguous. [Obs.] Shak."
"SISTERLY","Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterlykindness; sisterly remorse. Shak."
"SISTINE","Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus. Sistine chapel, a chapel inthe Vatican at Rome, built by Pope Sixtus IV., and decorated withfrescoes by Michael Angelo and others."
"SISTREN","Sisters. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SISTRUM","An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through whichpassed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by whichit was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, andused especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia."
"SISYPHEAN","Relating to Sisyphus; incessantly recurring; as, Sisypheanlabors."
"SISYPHUS","A king of Corinth, son of \u00c6olus, famed for his cunning. He waskilled by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto toroll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled backagain, making his task incessant."
"SIT","obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth."
"SITED","Having a site; situated. [Obs.][The garden] sited was in fruitful soil. Chaucer."
"SITFAST","Fixed; stationary; immovable. [R.]'T is good, when you have crossed the sea and back, To find thesitfast acres where you left them. Emerson."
"SITH","Since; afterwards; seeing that. [Obs.]We need not fear them, sith Christ is with us. Latimer.Sith thou art rightful judge. Chaucer."
"SITHE","To sigh."
"SITHED","Scythed. [Obs.] T. Warton."
"SITHEMAN","A mower. [Obs.] Marston."
"SITHEN","Since; afterwards. See 1st Sith. [Obs.]Fortune was first friend and sithen foe. Chaucer."
"SITHTHEN","See Sithen. [Obs.]Siththen that the world began. Chaucer."
"SITOLOGY","A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetics. [Writtenalso sitiology.]"
"SITOPHOBIA","A version to food; refusal to take nourishment. [Written alsositiophobia.]"
"SITTEN","p. p. of Sit, for sat."
"SITTINE","Of or pertaining to the family Sittid\u00e6, or nuthatches."
"SITTING","Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which,sits."
"SITUATE","To place. [R.] Landor."
"SITUS","The method in which the parts of a plant are arranged; also,the position of the parts. Henslow."
"SITZ BATH","A tub in which one bathes in a sitting posture; also, a bath sotaken; a hip bath."
"SIVA","One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger ordestroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power ofnature."
"SIVAN","The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; -- supposedto correspond nearly with our month of June."
"SIVATHERIUM","A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiaryformation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of aproboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being largeand branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much largerthan any exsisting species."
"SIVER","To simmer. [Obs.] Holland."
"SIVVENS","See Sibbens."
"SIWIN","Same as Sewen."
"SIX","One more than five; twice three; as, six yards. Six Nations(Ethnol.), a confederation of North American Indians formed by theunion of the Tuscaroras and the Five Nations.-- Six points circle. (Geom.) See Nine points circle, under Nine."
"SIX-FOOTER","One who is six feet tall. [Colloq. U.S.]"
"SIX-SHOOTER","A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times withoutreloading especially, a six-chambered revolver. [Colloq. U.S.]"
"SIXFOLD","Six times repeated; six times as much or as many."
"SIXPENCE","An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half ashilling, or about twelve cents."
"SIXPENNY","Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf."
"SIXSCORE","Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty."
"SIXTEEN","Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more."
"SIXTEENMO","See Sextodecimo."
"SIXTEENTH","An interval comprising two octaves and a second. Moore (Encyc.of Music.)"
"SIXTH","The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale."
"SIXTHLY","In the sixth place. Bacon."
"SIXTY","Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore."
"SIXTY-FOURTH","Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into whicha thing is divided. Sixty-fourth note (Mus.), the sixty-fourth partof a whole note; a hemi-demi-semiquaver."
"SIZAR","One of a body of students in the universities of Cambridge(Eng.) and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, areexempted from paying college fees and charges. A sizar correspondedto a servitor at Oxford.The sizar paid nothing for food and tuition, and very little forlodging. Macaulay."
"SIZARSHIP","The position or standing of a sizar."
"SIZE","Six."
"SIZEL","Same as Scissel, 2."
"SIZINESS","The quality or state of being sizy; viscousness."
"SIZING","Food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student."
"SIZY","Sizelike; viscous; glutinous; as, sizy blood. Arbuthnot."
"SIZZLE","To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, witha hissing sound. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] Forby."
"SIZZLING","from Sizzle."
"SKADDLE","Hurt; damage. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ray."
"SKADDON","The larva of a bee. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SKAG","An additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to preventlateral motion. See Skeg."
"SKAIN","See Skein. [Obs.]"
"SKAINSMATE","A messmate; a companion. [Obs.]Scurvy knave! I am none of his firt-gills; I am none of hisskainsmates. Shak."
"SKAITH","See Scatch. [Scot.]"
"SKALD","See 5th Scald."
"SKALDIC","See Scaldic. Max M\u00fcller."
"SKALL","To scale; to mount. [Obs.]"
"SKART","The shag. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SKATE","A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of ashoe, -- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for movingrapidly on ice.Batavia rushes forth; and as they sweep, On sounding skates, athousand different ways, In circling poise, swift as the winds,along, The then gay land is maddended all to joy. Thomson.Roller skate. See under Roller."
"SKATER","Any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects belonging toGerris, Pyrrhocoris, Prostemma, and allied genera. They have longlegs, and run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating."
"SKATOL","A constituent of human f\u00e6ces formed in the small intestines asa product of the putrefaction of albuminous matter. It is also foundin reduced indigo. Chemically it is methyl indol, C9H9N."
"SKAYLES","[sq. root159.] Skittles. [Obs.]"
"SKEAN","A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlandersof Scotland. [Variously spelt.] 'His skean, or pistol.' Spenser."
"SKEDADDLE","To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; torun away. [Slang, U. S.]"
"SKEE","A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the footfor sliding."
"SKEED","See Skid."
"SKEEL","A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream. [Prov. Eng.& Scot.] Grose."
"SKEET","A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel,and formerly to wet the sails or deck."
"SKEG","A kind of oats. Farm. Encyc."
"SKEGGER","The parr. Walton."
"SKEIN","A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm ofan axle. Knight."
"SKEINE","See Skean."
"SKELDER","To deceive; to cheat; to trick. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"SKELET","A skeleton. See Scelet."
"SKELETAL","Pertaining to the skeleton."
"SKELETOGENOUS","Forming or producing parts of the skeleton."
"SKELETOLOGY","That part of anatomy which treats of the skeleton; also, atreatise on the skeleton."
"SKELETON","Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely ofthe framework or outlines; having only certain leading features ofanything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal. Skeleton bill, abill or draft made out in blank as to the amount or payee, but signedby the acceptor. [Eng.] -- Skeleton key, a key with nearly the wholesubstance of the web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards of alock; a master key; -- used for opening locks to which it has notbeen especially fitted.-- Skeleton leaf, a leaf from which the pulpy part has been removedby chemical means, the fibrous part alone remaining.-- Skeleton proof, a proof of a print or engraving, with theinscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs being takenbefore the engraving is finished.-- Skeleton regiment, a regiment which has its complement ofofficers, but in which there are few enlisted men.-- Skeleton shrimp (Zo\u00f6l.), a small crustacean of the genusCaprella. See Illust. under L\u00e6modipoda."
"SKELETONIZE","To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to itsskeleton. Pop. Sci. Monthly."
"SKELETONIZER","Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves,leaving the skeleton; as, the apple-leaf skeletonizer."
"SKELLUM","A scoundrel. [Obs. or Scot.] Pepys. Burns."
"SKELLY","To squint. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"SKELP","To strike; to slap. [Scot.] C. Reade."
"SKELTER","To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away oroff. [Colloq.] A. R. Wallace."
"SKEN","To squint. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SKENE","See Skean. C. Kingsley."
"SKEPTIC","A doubter as to whether any fact or truth can be certainlyknown; a universal doubter; a Pyrrhonist; hence, in modern usage,occasionally, a person who questions whether any truth or fact can beestablished on philosophical grounds; sometimes, a critical inquirer,in opposition to a dogmatist.All this criticism [of Hume] proceeds upon the erroneous hypothesisthat he was a dogmatist. He was a skeptic; that is, he accepted theprinciples asserted by the prevailing dogmatism: and only showed thatsuch and such conclusions were, on these principles, inevitable. SirW. Hamilton."
"SKEPTICISM","The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known;the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universaldoubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy ofconfidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; criticalinvestigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption orassertion of certain principles."
"SKEPTICIZE","To doubt; to pretend to doubt of everything. [R.]To skepticize, where no one else will . . . hesitate. Shaftesbury."
"SKERRY","A rocky isle; an insulated rock. [Scot.]"
"SKETCH","An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough orincomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the finearts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves theartist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminarystudy for an original work."
"SKETCHBOOK","A book of sketches or for sketches."
"SKETCHER","One who sketches."
"SKETCHILY","In a sketchy or incomplete manner. 'Sketchily descriptive.'Bartlett."
"SKETCHINESS","The quality or state of being sketchy; lack of finish;incompleteness."
"SKETCHY","Containing only an outline or rough form; being in the mannerof a sketch; incomplete.The execution is sketchy throughout; the head, in particular, is leftin the rough. J. S. Harford."
"SKEW","Awry; obliquely; askew."
"SKEWBALD","Marked with spots and patches of white and some color otherthan black; -- usually distinguished from piebald, in which thecolors are properly white and black. Said of horses."
"SKEWER","A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or forkeeping it in form while roasting.Meat well stuck with skewers to make it look round. Swift."
"SKI","Same as Skee."
"SKID","Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it inhandling a cargo. Totten.(b) One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to forman inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything ismoved by sliding or rolling.(c) One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supportinganything, as a boat, a barrel, etc."
"SKIDDAW","The black guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SKIDPAN","See Skid, n., 1. [Eng.]"
"SKIED","imp. & p. p. of Sky, v. t."
"SKIEY","See Skyey. Shelley."
"SKIFF","A small, light boat.The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff. Milton.Skiff caterpillar (Zo\u00f6l.), the larva of a moth (Limacodes scapha); --so called from its peculiar shape."
"SKIFFLING","Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing."
"SKILDER","To beg; to pilfer; to skelder. [Prov. Eng.& Scot.] Sir W.Scott."
"SKILFUL","See Skilful."
"SKILL","To know; to understand. [Obs.]To skill the arts of expressing our mind. Barrow."
"SKILL-LESS","Wanting skill. Shak."
"SKILLED","Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterityin its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; --often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry."
"SKILLET","A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle,used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat."
"SKILLIGALEE","A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out toprisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal,sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army.[Written also skilligolee, skillygalee, etc.]"
"SKILLING","A bay of a barn; also, a slight addition to a cottage. [Prov.Eng.]"
"SKILTS","A kind of large, coarse, short trousers formerly worn. [Local,U. S.] Bartlett."
"SKILTY","The water rail. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SKIM","Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed. Skim coat, the final orfinishing coat of plaster.-- Skim colter, a colter for paring off the surface of land.-- Skim milk, skimmed milk; milk from which the cream has beentaken."
"SKIMBACK","The quillback. [Local, U.S.]"
"SKIMBLE-SCAMBLE","Rambling; disorderly; unconnected. [Colloq.]Such a deal of skimble-scamble stuff. Shak."
"SKIMITRY","See Skimmington."
"SKIMMER","Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops,allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed andmuch longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly along thesurface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimmingout small fishes. The American species (R. nigra) is common on thesouthern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, andshearbill."
"SKIMMERTON","See Skimmington."
"SKIMMINGLY","In a skimming manner."
"SKIMMINGTON","A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is toride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward,carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeeringneighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpeckedman. The custom was in vogue in parts of England."
"SKIMP","To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq.U.S.]"
"SKIN","The external membranous integument of an animal."
"SKIN-DEEP","Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial. Lowell."
"SKINBOUND","Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh;hidebound. Skinbound disease. (Med.) See Sclerema neonatorum, underSclerema."
"SKINCH","To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect asaving. [Prev. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]"
"SKINFLINT","A penurious person; a miser; a niggard. Sir W. Scott."
"SKINFUL","As much as a skin can hold."
"SKINK","Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmlesslizards of the family Scincid\u00e6, common in the warmer parts of all thecontinents."
"SKINKER","One who serves liquor; a tapster."
"SKINLESS","Having no skin, or a very thin skin; as, skinless fruit."
"SKINNINESS","Quality of being skinny."
"SKINNY","Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh. 'Herskinny lips.' Shak.He holds him with a skinny hand. Coleridge."
"SKIP","An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoistingmineral and rock."
"SKIPJACK","An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle."
"SKIPPER","The saury (Scomberesox saurus)."
"SKIPPINGLY","In a skipping manner; by skips, or light leaps."
"SKIRL","To utter in a shrill tone; to scream. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"SKIRLCOCK","The missel thrush; -- so called from its harsh alarm note.[Prev. Eng.]"
"SKIRLCRAKE","The turnstone. [Prev. Eng.]"
"SKIRLING","A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl. [Prov. Eng. &Scot.] Sir W. Scott.When the skirling of the pipes cleft the air his cold eyes softened.Mrs. J. H. Ewing."
"SKIRMISH","To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmishor skirmishes; to act as skirmishers."
"SKIRMISHER","One who skirmishes. Specifically: pl. (Mil.)"
"SKIRR","To ramble over in order to clear; to scour. [Archaic] Shak."
"SKIRRET","An umbelliferous plant (Sium, or Pimpinella, Sisarum). It is anative of Asia, but has been long cultivated in Europe for its edibleclustered tuberous roots, which are very sweet."
"SKIRRHUS","See Scirrhus."
"SKIRT","To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers. S. S. Smith."
"SKIRTING","A skirting board. [R.]"
"SKIT","To cast reflections on; to asperse. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Crose."
"SKITTER","To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that ittouches only at intervals; to skip."
"SKITTLE","Pertaining to the game of skittles. Skittle alley, an alley orcourt in which the game of skittles is played.-- Skittle ball, a disk or flattish ball of wood for throwing at thepins in the game of skittles."
"SKITTLE-DOG","The piked dogfish."
"SKITTLES","An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwingwooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins."
"SKITTY","A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skittycoot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen. [Prov.Eng.]"
"SKIVE","The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facetsof the gem."
"SKLAYRE","A vell. [Obs.]"
"SKLERE","To shelter; to cover. [Obs.]"
"SKONCE","See Sconce."
"SKOPSTER","The saury. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SKOPTSY","See Raskolnik."
"SKORODITE","See Scorodite."
"SKOUT","A guillemot."
"SKOWITZ","The silver salmon."
"SKREEN","See Screen. [Obs.]"
"SKRIKE","To shriek. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SKRIMMAGE","See Scrimmage."
"SKRIMP","See Scrimp."
"SKRINGE","See Scringe."
"SKRITE","The skrike. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SKUA","Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- calledalso boatswain."
"SKUE","See Skew."
"SKULK","To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lieclose, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk. 'Want skulks in holesand crevices.' W. C. Bryant.Discovered and defeated of your prey, You skulked behind the fence,and sneaked away. Dryden."
"SKULKINGLY","In a skulking manner."
"SKULL","A school, company, or shoal. [Obs.]A knavish skull of boys and girls did pelt at him. Warner.These fishes enter in great flotes and skulls. Holland."
"SKULLCAP","Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whoseflower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised."
"SKULLFISH","A whaler's name for a whale more than two years old."
"SKULPIN","See Sculpin."
"SKUN","See Scum."
"SKUNK","Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores ofthe genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near theanus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects atpleasure as a means of defense."
"SKUNKBALL","The surf duck."
"SKUNKISH","Like the skunk, especially in odor."
"SKUNKTOP","The surf duck."
"SKUNKWEED","Skunk cabbage."
"SKURRY","See Scurry."
"SKUTE","A boat; a small vessel. [Obs.] Sir R. Williams."
"SKUTTERUDITE","A mineral of a bright metallic luster and tin-white to palelead-gray color. It consist of arsenic and cobalt."
"SKY PILOT","A person licensed as a pilot. [Slang]"
"SKY-BLUE","Having the blue color of the sky; azure; as, a sky-blue stone.Wordsworth."
"SKY-HIGH",", adv. & a. Very high. [Colloq.]"
"SKYE TERRIER","See Terrier."
"SKYED","Surrounded by sky. [Poetic & R.] 'The skyed mountain.' Thomson."
"SKYEY","Like the sky; ethereal; being in the sky. 'Skyey regions.'Thackeray.Sublime on the towers of my skyey bowers, Lightning, my pilot, sits.Shelley."
"SKYISH","Like the sky, or approaching the sky; lofty; ethereal. [R.]Shak."
"SKYLARK","A lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the commonspecies (Alauda arvensis) found in Europe and in some parts of Asia,and celebrated for its melodious song; -- called also sky laverock.See under Lark."
"SKYLARKING","The act of running about the rigging of a vessel in sport;hence, frolicking; scuffing; sporting; carousing. [Colloq.]"
"SKYLIGHT","A window placed in the roof of a building, in the ceiling of aroom, or in the deck of a ship, for the admission of light fromabove."
"SKYMAN","An a\u00ebronaut. [Slang]"
"SKYROCKET","A rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species offireworks."
"SKYSAIL","The sail set next above the royal. See Illust. under Sail."
"SKYSCRAPER","A name for the one of the fancy sails alleged to have beensometimes set above the skysail. [Obs.](b) A very tall building.(c) Hence, anything usually large, high, or excessive. [Slang orColloq.]"
"SKYWARD","Toward the sky."
"SLAB","The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SLAB-SIDED","Having flat sides; hence, tall, or long and lank. [Colloq. U.S.]"
"SLABBER","To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly,like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool. [Written also slaver,and slobber.]"
"SLABBERER","One who slabbers, or drools; hence, an idiot."
"SLABBERY","Like, or covered with, slabber or slab; slippery; sloppy."
"SLABBINESS","Quality of being slabby."
"SLABBING","Adapted for forming slabs, or for dressing flat surfaces.Slabbing machine, a milling machine."
"SLACK","Small coal; also, coal dust; culm. Raymond."
"SLACKEN","A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mixwith the ores of metals to prevent their fusion. [Written alsoslakin.]"
"SLACKLY","In a slack manner. Trench."
"SLACKNESS","The quality or state of being slack."
"SLAGGY","Of or pertaining to slag; resembling slag; as, slaggy cobalt."
"SLAIE","A weaver's reed; a sley."
"SLAKELESS","Not capable of being slaked."
"SLAKIN","Slacken."
"SLAM","To come or swing against something, or to shut, with suddenforce so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutterslams."
"SLAM-BANG","With great violence; with a slamming or banging noise.[Colloq.]"
"SLANDER","Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; inmodern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false,malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogationof another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation. Burril."
"SLANDERER","One who slanders; a defamer; a calumniator. Jer. Taylor."
"SLANG","imp. of Sling. Slung. [Archaic]"
"SLANG-WHANGER","One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan. [Colloq. orHumorous] W. Irving."
"SLANGINESS","Quality of being slangy."
"SLANGOUS","Slangy. [R.] John Bee."
"SLANGY","Of or pertaining to slang; of the nature of slang; disposed touse slang. [Written also slangey.]"
"SLANK","imp. & p. p. of Slink."
"SLANT","To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lieobliquely; to slope.On the side of younder slanting hill. Dodsley."
"SLANTING","Oblique; sloping.-- Slant'ing*ly, adv."
"SLAP","A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with somethingbroad."
"SLAPDASH","To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or roughmanner; to roughcast; as, to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall, orto slapdash a wall. [Colloq.] Halliwell."
"SLAPE","Slippery; smooth; crafty; hypocritical. [Prov. Eng.] Slape ale,plain ale, as opposed to medicated or mixed ale. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SLAPEFACE","A soft-spoken, crafty hypocrite. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"SLAPJACK","A flat batter cake cooked on a griddle; a flapjack; agriddlecake. [Local, U.S.]"
"SLAPPER","Very large; monstrous; big. [Slang.]"
"SLASH","To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edgedinstrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cuthastily and carelessly.Hewing and slashing at their idle shades. Spenser."
"SLASH PINE","A kind of pine tree (Pinus Cubensis) found in Southern Floridaand the West Indies; -- so called because it grows in 'slashes.'"
"SLASHED","Divided into many narrow parts or segments by sharp incisions;laciniate."
"SLASHER","A machine for applying size to warp yarns."
"SLASHY","Wet and dirty; slushy. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SLAT","A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats ofa window blind."
"SLATE","An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates;argillite; argillaceous schist."
"SLATE-COLOR","A dark bluish gray color."
"SLATE-GRAY","Of a dark gray, like slate."
"SLATER","One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings."
"SLATT","A slab of stone used as a veneer for coarse masonry. Knight."
"SLATTER","To be careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard todress and neatness; to be wasteful. Ray."
"SLATTERN","A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is notneat and nice."
"SLATTERNLINESS","The quality or state of being slatternly; slovenliness;untidiness."
"SLATTERNLY","Resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty.-- adv."
"SLATTERPOUCH","A dance or game played by boys, requiring active exercise.[Obs.] Gayton."
"SLATTING","Slats, collectively."
"SLATY","Resembling slate; having the nature, appearance, or properties,of slate; composed of thin parallel plates, capable of beingseparated by splitting; as, a slaty color or texture. Slaty cleavage(Min.), cleavage, as of rocks, into thin leaves or plates, like thoseof slate; -- applied especially to those cases in which the planes ofcleavage are not parallel to the planes of stratification. It is nowbelieved to be caused by the compression which the strata haveundergone.-- Slaty gneiss (Min.), a variety of gneiss in which the scales ofmica or crystals of hornblende, which are usually minute, form thinlamin\u00e6, rendering the rock easily cleavable."
"SLAUGHTER","The act of killing. Specifically:(a) The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life;carnage.On war and mutual slaughter bent. Milton."
"SLAUGHTERER","One who slaughters."
"SLAUGHTERHOUSE","A house where beasts are butchered for the market."
"SLAUGHTERMAN","One employed in slaughtering. Shak."
"SLAUGHTEROUS","Destructive; murderous. Shak. M. Arnold.-- Slaugh'ter*ous*ly, adv."
"SLAV","One of a race of people occupying a large part of Eastern andNorthern Europe, including the Russians, Bulgarians, Roumanians,Servo-Croats, Slovenes, Poles, Czechs, Wends or Sorbs, Slovaks, etc.[Written also Slave, and Sclav.]"
"SLAVE","See Slav."
"SLAVEBORN","Born in slavery."
"SLAVEHOLDER","One who holds slaves."
"SLAVEHOLDING","Holding persons in slavery."
"SLAVEOCRACY","See Slavocracy."
"SLAVER","To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile withdrivel; to slabber."
"SLAVERER","A driveler; an idiot."
"SLAVERING","Drooling; defiling with saliva.-- Slav'er*ing*ly, adv."
"SLAVEY","A maidservant. [Colloq. & Jocose Eng.]"
"SLAVIC","Slavonic.-- n."
"SLAVISH","Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave;servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavishdependance on the great.-- Slav'ish*ly, adv.-- Slav'ish*ness, n."
"SLAVISM","The common feeling and interest of the Slavonic race."
"SLAVOCRACY","The persons or interest formerly representing slaverypolitically, or wielding political power for the preservation oradvancement of slavery. [U. S.]"
"SLAVONIAN","A native or inhabitant of Slavonia; ethnologically, a Slav."
"SLAW","Sliced cabbage served as a salad, cooked or uncooked."
"SLAY","To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill;to put an end to; to destroy.With this sword then will I slay you both. Chaucer.I will slay the last of them with the sword. Amos ix. 1.I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk. Shak."
"SLAYER","One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destrroyer of life."
"SLAZY","See Sleazy."
"SLE","To slay. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SLEAVE","To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads;to sley; -- a weaver's term."
"SLEAVED","Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk.Holinshed."
"SLEAZINESS","Quality of being sleazy."
"SLEAZY","Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as,sleazy silk or muslin. [Spelt also slazy.]"
"SLED","To convey or transport on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber."
"SLEDGE","To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges. Howitt."
"SLEE","To slay. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SLEEK","With ease and dexterity. [Low]"
"SLEEKLY","In a sleek manner; smoothly."
"SLEEKNESS","The quality or state of being sleek; smoothness and glossinessof surface."
"SLEEP","imp. of Sleep. Slept. Chaucer."
"SLEEP-AT-NOON","A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers atmidday; a kind of goat's beard. Dr. Prior."
"SLEEP-CHARGED","Heavy with sleep."
"SLEEPER","An animal that hibernates, as the bear."
"SLEEPFUL","Strongly inclined to sleep; very sleepy.-- Sleep'ful*ness, n."
"SLEEPILY","In a sleepy manner; drowsily."
"SLEEPINESS","The quality or state of being sleepy."
"SLEEPING","from Sleep. Sleeping car, a railway car or carrriage, arrangedwith apartments and berths for sleeping.-- Sleeping partner (Com.), a dormant partner. See under Dormant.-- Sleeping table (Mining), a stationary inclined platform on whichpulverized ore is washed; a kind of buddle."
"SLEEPISH","Disposed to sleep; sleepy; drowsy.Your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security. Ford."
"SLEEPMARKEN","See 1st Hag, 4."
"SLEEPWAKER","On in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep."
"SLEEPWAKING","The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep."
"SLEEPWALKER","One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist."
"SLEEPWALKING","Walking in one's sleep."
"SLEEPYHEAD","The ruddy duck."
"SLEER","A slayer. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SLEET","The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to thetrunnions."
"SLEETCH","Mud or slime, such as that at the bottom of rivers. [Scot.]"
"SLEETINESS","The state of being sleety."
"SLEETY","Of or pertaining to sleet; characterized by sleet; as, a sleetystorm; sleety weather."
"SLEEVE","See Sleave, untwisted thread."
"SLEEVED","Having sleeves; furnished with sleeves; -- often incomposition; as, long-sleeved."
"SLEEVEFISH","A squid."
"SLEEVEHAND","The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband.[Obs.] Shak."
"SLEID","To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie.Shak."
"SLEIGH","Sly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SLEIGHTFUL","Cunning; dexterous. [Obs.]"
"SLEIGHTLY","Cunningly. [Obs.] Huloet."
"SLEIGHTY","Cunning; sly. [Obs.] Huloet."
"SLENDER","Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, theslender vowels long e and i.-- Slen'der*ly, adv.-- Slen'der*ness, n."
"SLENT","See Slant. [Obs.]"
"SLEP","imp. of Sleep. Slept. Chaucer."
"SLEPEZ","A burrowing rodent (Spalax typhlus), native of Russia and AsiaMinor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute ofeyes. Called also mole rat."
"SLEPT","imp. & p. p. of Sleep."
"SLEUTH","The track of man or beast as followed by the scent. [Scot.]Halliwell."
"SLEUTHHOUND","A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, abloodhound. [Spelt variously slouthhound, sluthhound, etc.]"
"SLEW","imp. of Slay."
"SLEWED","Somewhat drunk. [Slang]"
"SLEWTH","Sloth; idleness. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SLEY","To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed;-- a term used by weavers. See Sleave, and Sleid."
"SLIBBER","Slippery. [Obs.] Holland."
"SLICER","One who, or that which, slices; specifically, the circular sawof the lapidary."
"SLICK","Sleek; smooth. 'Both slick and dainty.' Chapman."
"SLICKEN","Sleek; smooth. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SLICKENS","The pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter soilof hydraulic mines. [Local, U. S.]"
"SLICKER","That which makes smooth or sleek. Specifically:(a) A kind of burnisher for leather.(b) (Founding) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a moldafter the withdrawal of the pattern."
"SLICKING","Narrow veins of ore."
"SLICKNESS","The state or quality of being slick; smoothness; sleekness."
"SLID","imp. & p. p. of Slide."
"SLIDDEN","p. p. of Slide."
"SLIDDER","To slide with interruption. [Obs.] Dryden."
"SLIDE","To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassationof sound."
"SLIDEGROAT","The game of shovelboard. [Obs.]"
"SLIDER","See Slidder. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SLIDEWAY","A way along which something slides."
"SLIDOMETER","An instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railwaycars occasioned by sudden stopping."
"SLIGHT","Sleight. Spenser."
"SLIGHTEN","To slight. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"SLIGHTER","One who slights."
"SLIGHTFUL","See Sleightful. [Obs.]"
"SLIGHTING","Characterized by neglect or disregard."
"SLIGHTINGLY","In a slighting manner."
"SLIGHTNESS","The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness;superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard."
"SLIGHTY","Slight. [Obs.] Echard."
"SLIK","Such. [Obs. or Scot.]"
"SLIKENSIDES","Same as Slickensides."
"SLILY","See Slyly. South."
"SLIME","Bitumen. [Archaic]Slime had they for mortar. Gen. xi. 3."
"SLIMILY","In a slimy manner."
"SLIMINESS","The quality or state of being slimy."
"SLIMLY","In a state of slimness; in a slim manner; slenderly."
"SLIMNESS","The quality or state of being slim."
"SLIMSY","Flimsy; frail. [Colloq. U.S.]"
"SLIMY","Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature ofslime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime;yielding, or abounding in, slime.Slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. Coleridge."
"SLINESS","See Slyness."
"SLING","To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory toattaching a hoisting or lowering tackle."
"SLINGER","One who slings, or uses a sling."
"SLINK","To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow thatslinks her calf."
"SLINKY","Thin; lank. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]"
"SLIP","A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struckoff by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in thegalley."
"SLIP-ON","A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of acloak. [Scot.]"
"SLIPBOARD","A board sliding in grooves."
"SLIPCOAT CHEESE","A rich variety of new cheese, resembling butter, but white.Halliwell."
"SLIPES","Sledge runners on which a skip is dragged in a mine."
"SLIPKNOT","knot which slips along the rope or line around which it ismade."
"SLIPPAGE","The act of slipping; also, the amount of slipping."
"SLIPPER","A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, toreceive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe,and gib. Slipper animalcule (Zo\u00f6l.), a ciliated infusorian of thegenus Paramecium.-- Slipper flower.(Bot.) Slipperwort.-- Slipper limpet, or Slipper shell (Zo\u00f6l.), a boat shell."
"SLIPPERED","Wearing slippers. Shak."
"SLIPPERILY","In a slippery manner."
"SLIPPERINESS","The quality of being slippery."
"SLIPPERNESS","Slipperiness. [Obs.]"
"SLIPPERWORT","See Calceolaria."
"SLIPPINESS","Slipperiness. [R.] 'The slippiness of the way.' Sir W. Scott."
"SLIPPY","Slippery."
"SLIPSHOE","A slipper. Halliwell."
"SLIPSKIN","Evasive. [Obs.] Milton."
"SLIPSLOP","Weak, poor, or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse orwriting."
"SLIPSTRING","One who has shaken off restraint; a prodigal. [Obs.] Cotgrave."
"SLIPTHRIFT","A spendthrift. [Obs.]"
"SLISH","A cut; as, slish and slash. [Colloq.] Shak."
"SLIT","3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide. Chaucer."
"SLIT-SHELL","Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly,spiral gastropod shells having a deep slit in the outer lip. Manyfossil species are known, and a few living ones are found in deepwater in tropical seas."
"SLITHER","To slide; to glide. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SLITTER","One who, or that which, slits."
"SLITTING","from Slit. Slitting file. See Illust. (i) of File.-- Slitting mill. (a) A mill where iron bars or plates are slit intonarrow strips, as nail rods, and the like. (b) A machine used bylapidaries for slicing stones, usually by means of a revolving disk,called a slicer, supplied with diamond powder.-- Slitting roller, one of a pair of rollers furnished with ribsentering between similar ribs in the other roller, and cutting likeshears, -- used in slitting metals."
"SLIVE","To sneak. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SLIVER","To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very smallpieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood. Shak.They 'll sliver thee like a turnip. Sir W. Scott."
"SLOAKAN","A species of seaweed. [Spelled also slowcawn.] See 3d Laver."
"SLOAM","A layer of earth between coal seams."
"SLOAT","A narrow piece of timber which holds together large pieces; aslat; as, the sloats of a cart."
"SLOBBER","See Slabber."
"SLOBBERY","Wet; sloppy, as land. Shak."
"SLOCKING","from Slock. Slocking stone, a rich piece of ore displayed inorder to tempt persons to embark in a mining enterprise."
"SLOE","A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of theblackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself."
"SLOG","To hit hard, esp. with little attention to aim or the like, asin cricket or boxing; to slug. [Cant or Slang]"
"SLOGAN","The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland;hence, any rallying cry. Sir W. Scott."
"SLOGGER","A hard hitter; a slugger. [Cant or Slang]  T. Hughes."
"SLOGGY","Sluggish. [Obs.]Somnolence that is sloggy slumbering Chaucer."
"SLOKE","See Sloakan."
"SLOOM","Slumber. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SLOOMY","Sluggish; slow. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SLOOP","A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of aboom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typicalsloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, whilethose of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloopusually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadthof beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidlyapproximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop maycarry a centerboard. See Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix. Sloopof war, formerly, a vessel of war rigged either as a ship, brig, orschooner, and mounting from ten to thirty-two guns; now, any warvessel larger than a gunboat, and carrying guns on one deck only."
"SLOP","Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed;water from wash-bowls, etc. Slop basin, or Slop bowl, a basin or bowlfor holding slops, especially for receiving the rinsings of tea orcoffee cups at the table.-- Slop molding (Brickmaking), a process of manufacture in which thebrick is carried to the drying ground in a wet mold instead of on apallet."
"SLOPE","Sloping. 'Down the slope hills.' Milton.A bank not steep, but gently slope. Bacon."
"SLOPENESS","State of being slope. Sir H. Wotton."
"SLOPEWISE","Obliquely. [Obs.] Carew."
"SLOPING","Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from ahorizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting.-- Slop'ing*ly, adv.The sloping land recedes into the clouds. Cowper."
"SLOPPINESS","The quality or state of being sloppy; muddiness."
"SLOPPY","Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something sloppedover; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road."
"SLOPSELLER","One who sells slops, or ready-made clothes. See 4th Slop, 3."
"SLOPSHOP","A shop where slops. or ready-made clothes, are sold."
"SLOPWORK","The manufacture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing; also,such clothing; hence, hasty, slovenly work of any kind.No slopwork ever dropped from his [Carlyle's] pen. Froude."
"SLOPY","Sloping; inclined."
"SLOT","To shut with violence; to slam; as, to slot a door. [Obs. orProv. Eng.]"
"SLOT MACHINE","A machine the operation of which is started by dropping a coininto a slot, for delivering small articles of merchandise, showingone's weight, exhibiting pictures, throwing dice, etc."
"SLOTH","Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constitutingthe family Bradypodid\u00e6, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have longexserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnishedwith teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail arerudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico."
"SLOTHFUL","Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is agreat waster. Prov. xviii. 9.-- Sloth'ful*ly, adv.-- Sloth'ful*ness, n."
"SLOTHHOUND","See Sleuthhound."
"SLOTTED","Having a slot."
"SLOTTING","The act or process of making slots, or mortises."
"SLOUCH","To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouththe hat."
"SLOUCHING","Hanging down at the side; limp; drooping; without firmness orshapeliness; moving in an ungainly manner."
"SLOUCHY","Slouching. [Colloq.]"
"SLOUGH","Slow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SLOUGHING","The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects andcrustaceans; ecdysis."
"SLOUGHY","Full of sloughs, miry."
"SLOVEN","A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; -- thecorrelative term to slattern, or slut. Pope.He became a confirmed sloven. Macaulay."
"SLOVENLINESS","The quality or state of being slovenly."
"SLOVENLY","a slovenly manner."
"SLOVENNESS","Slovenliness. [Obs.] Fuller."
"SLOVENRY","Slovenliness. [Obs.] Shak."
"SLOW","imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Chaucer."
"SLOW-WITTED","Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence."
"SLOWBACK","A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer. [Old Slang] Dr. Favour."
"SLOWH","imp. of Slee,to slay. Chaucer."
"SLOWHOUND","A sleuthhound. [R.]"
"SLOWLY","In a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; notrashly; not readly; tardly."
"SLOWNESS","The quality or state of being slow."
"SLOWS","Milk sickness."
"SLOWWORM","A lecertilian reptile; the blindworm."
"SLOYD","Lit., skilled mechanical work, such as that required in woodcarving; trade work; hence, a system (usually called the sloydsystem) of manual training in the practical use of the tools andmaterials used in the trades, and of instruction in the making anduse of the plans and specifications connected with trade work. Thesloyd system derives its name from the fact that it was adopted orlargely developed from a similar Swedish system, in which woodcarving was a chief feature. Its purpose is not only to affordpractical skill in some trade, but also to develop the pupilsmentally and physically."
"SLUB","A roll of wool slightly twisted; a rove; -- called alsoslubbing."
"SLUBBER","A slubbing machine."
"SLUBBERDEGULLION","A mean, dirty wretch. [Low]"
"SLUBBERINGLY","In a slovenly, or hurried and imperfect, manner. [Low] Drayton."
"SLUBBING","from Slub. Slubbing billy, or Slubbing machine, the machine bywhich slubs are formed."
"SLUDGE","See Slime, 4. Sludge hole, the hand-hole, or manhole, in asteam boiler, by means of which sediment can be removed."
"SLUDGE ACID","Impure dark-colored sulphuric acid that has been used in therefining of petroleum."
"SLUDGER","A bucket for removing mud from a bored hole; a sand pump."
"SLUDY","Miry; slushy."
"SLUE","To turn about a fixed point, usually the center or axis, as aspar or piece of timber; to turn; -- used also of any heavy body."
"SLUG","Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusksbelonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell iseither small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. Theyare closely allied to the land snails."
"SLUG-HORN","An erroneous form of the Scotch word slughorne, or sloggorne,meaning slogan."
"SLUGABED","One who indulges in lying abed; a sluggard. [R.] 'Fie, youslugabed!' Shak."
"SLUGGARD","A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone.Go to the ant, thou sluggard; considered her ways, and be wise. Prov.vi. 6."
"SLUGGARDIZE","To make lazy. [R.] Shak."
"SLUGGARDY","The state of being a sluggard; sluggishness; sloth. Gower.Idleness is rotten sluggardy. Chaucer."
"SLUGGER","One who strikes heavy blows; hence, a boxer; a prize fighter.[Cant or Slang]"
"SLUGGY","Sluggish. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SLUGS","Half-roasted ore."
"SLUGWORM","Any caterpillar which has the general appearance of a slug, asdo those of certain moths belonging to Limacodes and allied genera,and those of certain sawflies."
"SLUICE","A long box or trough through which water flows, -- used forwashing auriferous earth. Sluice gate, the sliding gate of a sluice."
"SLUICEWAY","An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice;specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so thatlogs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient placeof delivery."
"SLUICY","Falling copiously or in streams, as from a sluice.And oft whole sheets descend of sluicy rain. Dryden."
"SLUM","Same as Slimes."
"SLUMBER","Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep orsound; repose.He at last fell into a slumber, and thence into a fast sleep, whichdetained him in that place until it was almost night. Bunyan.Fast asleep It is no matter; Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber.Shak.Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes. Dryden."
"SLUMBERER","One who slumbers; a sleeper."
"SLUMBERINGLY","In a slumbering manner."
"SLUMBERLESS","Without slumber; sleepless."
"SLUMBERY","Sleepy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SLUMBROUS","Slumberous. Keats."
"SLUMGUM","The impure residue, consisting of cocoons, propolis, etc.,remaining after the wax is extracted from honeycombs."
"SLUMMING","Visiting slums."
"SLUMP","The gross amount; the mass; the lump. [Scot.]"
"SLUMPY","Easily broken through; boggy; marshy; swampy. [Prov. Eng. &Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett."
"SLUNG","imp. & p. p. of Sling. Slung shot, a metal ball of small size,with a string attached, used by ruffians for striking."
"SLUNK","imp. & p. p. of Slink."
"SLUR","To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connectsmoothly in performing, as several notes or tones. Busby."
"SLURRED","Marked with a slur; performed in a smooth, gliding style, likenotes marked with a slur."
"SLUSH","A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright partsof machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are paintedto be preserved from oxidation."
"SLUSHY","Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or half-meltedsnow; as, the streets are slushy; the snow is slushy. 'A dark,drizzling, slushy day.' Blackw. Mag."
"SLUTCH","Slush. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SLUTCHY","Slushy. [Prov. Eng.] Pennant."
"SLUTHHOUND","Sleuthhound."
"SLUTTERY","The qualities and practices of a slut; sluttishness;slatternlines. Drayton."
"SLUTTISH","Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness;disorderly; as, a sluttish woman.Why is thy lord so slutish, I thee pray. Chaucer.An air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthyfarmer. Sir W. Scott.-- Slut'tish*ly, adv.-- Slut'tish*ness, n."
"SLY","Slyly. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser."
"SLYBOOTS","A humerous appellation for a sly, cunning, or waggish person.Slyboots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Goldsmith."
"SLYLY","In a sly manner; shrewdly; craftily.Honestly and slyly he it spent. Chaucer."
"SLYNESS","The quality or state of being sly."
"SLYPE","A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transeptand chapter house of a monastery. [Eng.]"
"SMACK","A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, usedchiefly in the coasting and fishing trade."
"SMACKING","A sharp, quick noise; a smack.Like the faint smacking of an after kiss. Dryden."
"SMALL","Smallclothes. [Colloq.] Hood. Dickens."
"SMALLAGE","A biennial umbelliferous plant (Apium graveolens) native of theseacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and evenpoisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery."
"SMALLCLOTHES","A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. SeeBreeches."
"SMALLISH","Somewhat small. G. W. Cable."
"SMALLNESS","The quality or state of being small."
"SMALLPOX","A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized bya peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first acollection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequentlyumbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick crusts which sloughafter a certain time, often leaving a pit, or scar."
"SMALLS","See Small, n., 2, 3."
"SMALLSWORD","A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the swordworn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century."
"SMALLY","In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness. [R.] Ascham."
"SMALT","A deep blue pigment or coloring material used in various arts.It is a vitreous substance made of cobalt, potash, and calcinedquartz fused, and reduced to a powder."
"SMALT-BLUE","Deep blue, like smalt."
"SMARAGD","The emerald. [Obs.] Bale."
"SMARAGDINE","Of or pertaining to emerald; resembling emerald; of an emeraldgreen."
"SMARAGDITE","A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite andsome varietis of gabbro."
"SMART","To cause a smart in. 'A goad that . . . smarts the flesh.' T.Adams."
"SMARTEN","To make smart or spruce; -- usually with up. [Colloq.]She had to go and smarten herself up somewhat. W. Black."
"SMARTLE","To waste away. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SMARTLY","In a smart manner."
"SMARTNESS","The quality or state of being smart."
"SMARTWEED","An acrid plant of the genus Polygonum (P. Hydropiper), whichproduces smarting if applied where the skin is tender."
"SMASH","To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.Here everything is broken and smashed to pieces. Burke."
"SMATCH","Taste; tincture; smack. [Obs.]Thy life hath had some smatch of honor in it. Shak."
"SMATTER","Superficial knowledge; a smattering."
"SMATTERER","One who has only a slight, superficial knowledge; a sciolist."
"SMATTERING","A slight, superficial knowledge of something; sciolism.I had a great desire, not able to attain to a superficial skill inany, to have some smattering in all. Burton."
"SMEAR DAB","The sand fluke (b). [Prov. Eng.]"
"SMEARCASE","Cottage cheese. [Local, U. S.]"
"SMEARED","Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, thesmeared dagger moth (Apatela oblinita)."
"SMEARY","Tending to smear or soil; adhesive; viscous. Rowe."
"SMEATH","The smew. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SMECTITE","A hydrous silicate of alumina, of a greenish color, which, incertain states of humidity, appears transparent and almostgelatinous."
"SMEETH","To smoke; to blacken with smoke; to rub with soot. [Obs.]"
"SMEGMA","The matter secreted by any of the sebaceous glands.Specifically:(a) The soapy substance covering the skin of newborn infants.(b) The cheesy, sebaceous matter which collects between the glanspenis and the foreskin."
"SMEGMATIC","Being of the nature of soap; soapy; cleansing; detersive."
"SMEIR","A salt glaze on pottery, made by adding common salt to anearthenware glaze."
"SMELL-LESS","Destitute of smell; having no odor.Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint. Beau & Fl."
"SMELLING SALTS","An aromatic preparation of carbonate of ammonia and, often,some scent, to avoid or relieve faintness, headache, or the like."
"SMELT","of Smell."
"SMELTER","One who, or that which, smelts."
"SMELTERY","A house or place for smelting."
"SMELTIE","A fish, the bib. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SMELTING","a. & n. from Smelt. Smelting furnace (Metal.), a furnace inwhich ores are smelted or reduced."
"SMERK","See Smirk."
"SMERLIN","A small loach."
"SMICKER","To look amorously or wantonly; to smirk."
"SMICKERING","Amorous glance or inclination. [Obs.] 'A smickering to ouryoung lady.' Dryden."
"SMICKET","A woman's under-garment; a smock. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Johnson."
"SMICKLY","Smugly; finically. [Obs.] Ford."
"SMIDDY","A smithy. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"SMIFT","A match for firing a charge of powder, as in blasting; a fuse."
"SMIGHT","To smite. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SMILACIN","See Parrilin."
"SMILELESS","Not having a smile."
"SMILER","One who smiles. Tennyson."
"SMILET","A little smile. [R.]Those happy smilets That played on her ripe lip. Shak."
"SMILINGLY","In a smiling manner. Shak."
"SMILINGNESS","Quality or state of being smiling.And made despair a smilingness assume. Byron."
"SMILODON","An extinct genus of saber-toothed tigers. See Mach."
"SMILT","To melt. [Obs.] Mortimer."
"SMINTHURID","Any one of numerous small species of springtails, of the familySminthurid, -- usually found on flowers. See Illust. underCollembola."
"SMIRCH","To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; tosmutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully.I'll . . . with a kind of umber smirch my face. Shak."
"SMIRK","To smile in an affected or conceited manner; to smile withaffected complaisance; to simper."
"SMIRKINGLY","With smirking; with a smirk."
"SMIRKY","Smirk; smirking."
"SMIT","imp. & p. p. of Smite. Spenser.Smit with the beauty of so fair a scene. Cowper."
"SMITE","To strike; to collide; to beat. [Archaic]The heart meleth, and the knees smite together. Nah. ii. 10."
"SMITER","One who smites.I give my back to the smiters. Isa. l. 6."
"SMITH","To beat into shape; to fprge. [Obs.] Chaucer.What smith that any [weapon] smitheth. Piers Plowman."
"SMITHCRAFT","The art or occupation of a smith; smithing. [R.] Sir W.Raleigh."
"SMITHER","Fragments; atoms; finders. [Prov. Eng.]Smash the bottle to smithers. Tennyson."
"SMITHEREENS","Fragments; atoms; smithers. [Colloq.] W. Black."
"SMITHING","The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into anydesired shape. Moxon."
"SMITHSONIAN","Of or pertaining to the Englishman J.L.M. Smithson, or to thenational institution of learning which he endowed at Washington,D.C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports.-- n."
"SMITHSONITE","Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic,reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green, or browncolor. See Note under Calamine."
"SMITHY","The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; astithy. [Written also smiddy.]Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands. Lonfellow."
"SMITT","Fine clay or ocher made up into balls, used for marking sheep.[Eng.] Woodsward."
"SMITTEN","p. p. of Smite."
"SMITTLE","To infect. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SMOCK","Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of orpertaining to a woman. Smock mill, a windmill of which only the capturns round to meet the wind, in distinction from a post mill, whosewhole building turns on a post.-- Smock race, a race run by women for the prize of a smock. [Prov.Eng.]"
"SMOCK FROCK","A coarse frock, or shirt, worn over the other dress, as by farmlaborers. Macaulay."
"SMOCK-FACED","Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced;girlish. Fenton."
"SMOCKLESS","Wanting a smock. Chaucer."
"SMOKABLE","Capable of being smoked; suitable or ready to be smoked; as,smokable tobacco."
"SMOKE BALL","Same as Puffball."
"SMOKE-DRY","To dry by or in smoke."
"SMOKEHOUSE","A building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to adense smoke."
"SMOKEJACK","A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheelmoved by the current of ascending air in a chimney."
"SMOKELESS","Making or having no smoke. 'Smokeless towers.' Pope."
"SMOKELESS POWDER","A high-explosive gunpowder whose explosion produces little, ifany, smoke."
"SMOKESTACK","A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe whichcarries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel,etc."
"SMOKILY","In a smoky manner."
"SMOKINESS","The quality or state of being smoky."
"SMOKING","from Smoke. Smoking bean (Bot.), the long pod of the catalpa,or Indian-bean tree, often smoked by boys as a substitute for cigars.-- Smoking car, a railway car carriage reserved for the use ofpassengers who smoke tobacco."
"SMOKY","To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed.Palsgrave."
"SMOLT","A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired itssilvery color."
"SMOOCH","See Smutch."
"SMOOR","To suffocate or smother. [Written also smore.] [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.] Sir T. More. Burns."
"SMOOTH","Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface;frictionless."
"SMOOTH-CHINNED","Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton."
"SMOOTH-SPOKEN","Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued."
"SMOOTH-TONGUED","Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering."
"SMOOTHBORE","Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguishedfrom rifled.-- n."
"SMOOTHEN","To make smooth. [Obs.]"
"SMOOTHER","One who, or that which, smooths."
"SMOOTHING","fr. Smooth, v. Smoothing iron, an iron instrument with apolished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron.-- Smoothing plane, a short, finely set plane, for smoothing andfinishing work."
"SMOOTHLY","In a smooth manner."
"SMOOTHNESS","Quality or state of being smooth."
"SMORE","To smother. See Smoor. [Obs.]Some dying vomit blood, and some were smored. Du Bartas."
"SMOTE","imp. (and rare p. p.) of Smite."
"SMOTERLICH","Dirty foul. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SMOTHERED MATE","Checkmate given when movement of the king is completelyobstructed by his own men."
"SMOTHERINESS","The quality or state of being smothery."
"SMOTHERINGLY","In a smothering manner."
"SMOTHERY","Tending to smother; stifling."
"SMOUCH","To kiss closely. [Obs.] P. Stubbes."
"SMOULDER","See Smolder."
"SMOULDRY","See Smoldry."
"SMUDGINESS","The quality or state of being smudged, soiled, or blurred. C.A. Young."
"SMUG","Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce;affectedly precise; smooth and prim.They be so smug and smooth. Robynson (More's Utopia).The smug and scanty draperies of his style. De Quincey.A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow. Beau & Fl."
"SMUGGLE","To import or export in violation of the customs laws."
"SMUGLY","In a smug manner. [R.] Gay."
"SMUGNESS","The quality or state of being smug."
"SMUT","Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in theimmediate locality of faults."
"SMUTCH","A stain; a dirty spot. B. Jonson."
"SMUTCHIN","Snuff. [Obs.] Howell."
"SMYRNIOT","Of or pertaining to Smyrna.-- n."
"SNACKET","See Snecket. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SNACOT","A pipefish of the genus Syngnathus. See Pipefish."
"SNAFFLE","A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placedin the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having nocurb; -- called also snaffle bit."
"SNAG","One of the secondary branches of an antler. Snag boat, asteamboat fitted with apparatus for removing snags and otherobstructions in navigable streams. [U.S.] -- Snag tooth. Same asSnag, 2.How thy snag teeth stand orderly, Like stakes which strut by thewater side. J. Cotgrave."
"SNAGGED","Full of snags; snaggy."
"SNAIL","A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curvedoutline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of,another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock."
"SNAIL-LIKE","Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress."
"SNAIL-PACED","Slow-moving, like a snail.Bid the snail-paced Ajax arm for shame. Shak."
"SNAILFISH","See Sea snail (a)."
"SNAKE","Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent,whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent."
"SNAKEBIRD","The wryneck."
"SNAKENECK","The snakebird, 1."
"SNAKEROOT","Any one of several plants of different genera and species, mostof which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remediesfor the bites of serpents; also, the roots of any of these."
"SNAKESTONE","An ammonite; -- so called from its form, which resembles thatof a coiled snake."
"SNAKISH","Having the qualities or characteristics of a snake; snaky."
"SNAP","A snap beetle."
"SNAPE","To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclinedsurface."
"SNAPHEAD","A hemispherical or rounded head to a rivet or bolt; also, aswaging tool with a cavity in its face for forming such a roundedhead."
"SNAPPER","Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of thegenus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern coasts of the United Statesand on both coasts of tropical America."
"SNAPPING","a. & n. from Snap, v. Snapping beetle. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Snap beetle,under Snap.-- Snapping turtle. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle(Chelydra serpentina) common in the fresh waters of the UnitedStates; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey by a snap ofits jaws. Called also mud turtle. (b) See Alligator snapper, underAlligator."
"SNAPPY","Snappish. [Colloq.]"
"SNAPSACK","A knapsack. [Obs.] South."
"SNAPWEED","See Impatiens."
"SNAR","To snarl. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SNARE","An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, forremoving tumors, etc., by avulsion. Snare drum, the smaller commonmilitary drum, as distinguished from the bass drum; -- so calledbecause (in order to render it more resonant) it has stretched acrossits lower head a catgut string or strings."
"SNARER","One who lays snares, or entraps."
"SNARL","To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware)by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface."
"SNARLER","One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling,quarrelsome fellow."
"SNARLING","from Snarl, v. Snarling iron, a tool with a long beak, used inthe process of snarling. When one end is held in a vise, and theshank is struck with a hammer, the repercussion of the other end, orbeak, within the article worked upon gives the requisite blow forproducing raised work. See 1st Snarl."
"SNARY","Resembling, or consisting of, snares; entangling; insidious.Spiders in the vault their snary webs have spread. Dryden."
"SNAST","The snuff, or burnt wick, of a candle. [Obs.] Bacon."
"SNATCH","To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often withat; as, to snatch at a rope."
"SNATCH BLOCK","a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive thebight of a rope."
"SNATCHER","One who snatches, or takes abruptly."
"SNATCHINGLY","By snatching; abruptly."
"SNATH","The handle of a scythe; a snead. [Variously written in Englandsnead, sneed, sneath, sneeth, snathe, etc.; in Scotland writtensned.]"
"SNATHE","To lop; to prune. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SNATTOCK","A chip; a alice. [Prov. Eng.] Gayton."
"SNAW","Snow. [Obs. or Scot.] Burns."
"SNEAK","To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. [Obs.] '[Slander]sneaks its head.' Wake."
"SNEAK CURRENT","A current which, though too feeble to blow the usual fuse or toinjure at once telegraph or telephone instruments, will in time burnthem out."
"SNEAK-CUP","One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass. [Obs.]Shak."
"SNEAKINESS","The quality of being sneaky."
"SNEAKING","Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness andcourage; underhand; mean; crouching.-- Sneak'ing*ly, adv.-- Sneak'ing*ness, n."
"SNEAKSBY","A paltry fellow; a sneak. [Obs.] 'Such a bashful sneaksby.'Barrow."
"SNEAKY","Like a sneak; sneaking."
"SNEAP","A reprimand; a rebuke. [Obs.]My lord, I will not undergo this sneap without reply. Shak."
"SNEB","To reprimand; to sneap. [Obs.] 'Scold and sneb the good oak.'Spenser."
"SNECK","To fasten by a hatch; to latch, as a door. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]Sneck up, be silent; shut up; hold your peace. Shak."
"SNECKET","A door latch, or sneck. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SNED","To lop; to snathe. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SNEERER","One who sneers."
"SNEERFUL","Given to sneering. [Obs.]"
"SNEERINGLY","In a sneering manner."
"SNEEZE","To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently,by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritationof the inner membrane of the nose. Not to be sneezed at, not to bedespised or contemned; not to be treated lightly. [Colloq.] 'He hadto do with old women who were not to be sneezed at.' Prof. Wilson."
"SNEEZEWEED","A yellow-flowered composite plant (Helenium autumnale) the odorof which is said to cause sneezing."
"SNEEZEWOOD","The wood of a South African tree. See Neishout."
"SNEEZEWORT","A European herbaceous plant (Achillea Ptarmica) allied to theyarrow, having a strong, pungent smell."
"SNEEZING","The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal passageswhile the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by theapproximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue."
"SNELL","Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp. [Archaic or Prov. Eng. &Scot.]That horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man. Dr. J. Brown."
"SNET","The fat of a deer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"SNEW","To snow; to abound. [Obs.]It snewed in his house of meat and drink. Chaucer."
"SNIB","To check; to sneap; to sneb. [Obs.]Him would he snib sharply for the nones. Chaucer."
"SNICK","A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional."
"SNICKER","A half suppressed, broken laugh. [Written also snigger.]"
"SNIDE","Tricky; deceptive; contemptible; as, a snide lawyer; snidegoods. [Slang]"
"SNIFF","To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done asa gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.So ye grow squeamish, gods, and sniff at heaven. M. Arnold."
"SNIFFING","A rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut andthe air drawn in through the nose."
"SNIFFLE","To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SNIFTING","from Snift. Snifting valve, a small valve opening into theatmosphere from the cylinder or condenser of a steam engine, to allowthe escape of air when the piston makes a stroke; -- so called fromthe noise made by its action."
"SNIG","To chop off; to cut. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SNIGGER","See Snicker. Thackeray."
"SNIGGLE","To fish for eels by thrusting the baited hook into their holesor hiding places. Walton."
"SNIP","To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shearsor scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; tosnatch away.Curbed and snipped in my younger years by fear of my parents fromthose vicious excrescences to which that age was subject. Fuller.The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores . . .but I snipped some of it for my own share. De Foe."
"SNIP-SNAP","A tart dialogue with quick replies. [R.] Pope."
"SNIPE","Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of thefamily Scolopacid\u00e6, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak."
"SNIPPACK","The common snipe. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SNIPPER","One who snips."
"SNIPPER-SNAPER","A small, insignificant fellow. [Colloq.]"
"SNIPPET","A small part or piece.To be cut into snippets and shreds. F. Harrison."
"SNIPPETY","Ridiculously small; petty. 'Snippety facts.' London Spectator."
"SNIPY","Like a snipe."
"SNITE","A snipe. [Obs. or Scot.] Carew."
"SNIVEL","Mucus from the nose; snot."
"SNIVELER","One who snivels, esp. one who snivels habitually."
"SNIVELY","Running at the nose; sniveling pitiful; whining."
"SNOB","A townsman. [Canf]"
"SNOBBERY","The quality of being snobbish; snobbishness."
"SNOBBISH","Of or pertaining to a snob; characteristic of, or befitting, asnob; vulgarly pretentious.-- Snob'bish*ly, adv."
"SNOBBISHNESS","Vulgar affectation or ostentation; mean admiration of meanthings; conduct or manners of a snob."
"SNOBBISM","Snobbery."
"SNOBBY","Snobbish. [R.] E. B. Ramsay."
"SNOBLING","A little snob. [Jocose] Thackeray."
"SNOBOCRACY","Snobs, collectively. [Hybrid & Recent] C. Kingsley."
"SNOD","A fillet; a headband; a snood. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"SNOFF","A short candle end used for igniting a fuse. Raymond."
"SNOOD","To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood. [Scot.]"
"SNOODED","Wearing or having a snood. 'The snooded daughter.' Whittier."
"SNOOK","To lurk; to lie in ambush. [Obs.]"
"SNOOZE","A short sleep; a nap. [Colloq.]"
"SNORE","To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep."
"SNORER","One who snores."
"SNORING","The act of respiring through the open mouth so that thecurrents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvulaand soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. Itis usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily."
"SNORT","The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting."
"SNORTER","The wheather; -- so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SNOT","To blow, wipe, or clear, as the nose."
"SNOTTER","To snivel; to cry or whine. [Prov. Eng.] Grose."
"SNOTTERY","Filth; abomination. [Obs.]To purge the snottery of our slimy time. Marston."
"SNOTTY","Foul with snot; hence, mean; dirty.-- Snort'ti*ly, adb.-- Snot'ti*ness, n."
"SNOUT","To furnish with a nozzle or point."
"SNOUTY","Resembling a beast's snout.The nose was ugly, long, and big, Broad and snouty like a pig. Otway."
"SNOW","A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that shehas a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysailis hoisted."
"SNOW BANNER","A bannerlike stream of snow blown into the air from a mountainpeak, often having a pinkish color and extending horizontally forseveral miles across the sky."
"SNOW-BLIND","Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow.-- Snow'-blind`ness, n."
"SNOW-BOUND","Enveloped in, or confined by, snow. Whittier."
"SNOW-BROTH","Snow and water mixed, or snow just melted; very cold liquor.Shak."
"SNOW-CAPPED","Having the top capped or covered with snow; as, snow-cappedmountains."
"SNOW-WHITE","White as snow; very white. 'Snow-white and rose-red' Chaucer."
"SNOWBALL","The Guelder-rose. Snowball tree (Bot.), the Guelder-rose."
"SNOWBERRY","A name of several shrubs with white berries; as, theSymphoricarpus racemosus of the Northern United States, and theChiococca racemosa of Florida and tropical America. Creepingsnowberry. (Bot.) See under Creeping."
"SNOWCAP","A very small humming bird (Microch\u00e6ra albocoronata) native ofNew Grenada."
"SNOWDRIFT","A bank of drifted snow."
"SNOWDROP","A bulbous plant (Galanthus nivalis) bearing white flowers,which often appear while the snow is on the ground. It is cultivatedin gardens for its beauty. Snowdrop tree. See Silver-bell tree, underSilver, a."
"SNOWFLAKE","See Snowbird, 1."
"SNOWFLECK","See Snowbird, 1."
"SNOWL","The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.]"
"SNOWLESS","Destitute of snow."
"SNOWSHED","A shelter to protect from snow, esp. a long roof over anexposed part of a railroad."
"SNOWSHOE","A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about onethird as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having asupport and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking onsoft snow."
"SNOWSHOEING","Traveling on snowshoes."
"SNOWSHOER","One who travels on snowshoes; an expert in using snowshoes. W.G. Beers."
"SNOWSLIP","A large mass or avalanche of snow which slips down the side ofa mountain, etc."
"SNOWSTORM","A storm with falling snow."
"SNUB","To sob with convulsions. [Obs.] Bailey."
"SNUB-NOSED","Having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the snub-nosed eel. Snub-nosed cachalot (Zo\u00f6l.), the pygmy sperm whale."
"SNUDGE","To lie snug or quiet. [Obs.] Herbert."
"SNUFF","The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burningor not.If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers, you have achance that it may fall into a dish of soup. Swift."
"SNUFFBOX","A small box for carrying snuff about the person."
"SNUFFER","The common porpoise."
"SNUFFERS","An instrument for cropping and holding the snuff of a candle."
"SNUFFINGLY","In a snuffing manner."
"SNUFFLE","To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when itis obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.One clad in purple Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . .Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat. Dryden."
"SNUFFLER","One who snuffles; one who uses cant."
"SNUG","Same as Lug, n., 3."
"SNUGGERY","A snug, cozy place. [Colloq.] Dickens."
"SNUGGLE","To move one way and the other so as to get a close place; tolie close for comfort; to cuddle; to nestle."
"SNUGLY","In a snug manner; closely; safely."
"SNUGNESS","The quality or state of being snug."
"SNY","An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel."
"SNYING","A curved plank, placed edgewise, to work in the bows of avessel. R. H. Dana, Jr."
"SO","Provided that; on condition that; in case that; if.Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose play upon the earth,so truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing andprohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Milton."
"SO-CALLED","So named; called by such a name (but perhaps called thus withdoubtful propriety)."
"SO-SO","Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable;indifferent.In some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of baconhangs up for a show. Goldsmith.He [Burns] certainly wrote some so-so verses to the Tree of Liberty.Prof. Wilson."
"SOAKAGE","The act of soaking, or the state of being soaked; also, thequantity that enters or issues by soaking."
"SOAKING","Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain.-- Soak'ing*ly, adv."
"SOAKY","Full of moisture; wet; soppy."
"SOAL","See Sole, the fish. [Obs.]"
"SOAM","A chain by which a leading horse draws a plow. Knight."
"SOAP","A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather,and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fatsor oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, andconsists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids(oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf.Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition orproperties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not."
"SOAPBERRY TREE","Any tree of the genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, thefleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen;-- also called soap tree."
"SOAPFISH","Any serranoid fish of the genus Rhypticus; -- so called fromthe soapy feeling of its skin."
"SOAPINESS","Quality or state of being soapy."
"SOAPROOT","A perennial herb (Gypsophila Struthium) the root of which isused in Spain as a substitute for soap."
"SOAPSTONE","See Steatite, and Talc."
"SOAPSUDS","Suds made with soap."
"SOAPWORT","A common plant (Saponaria officinalis) of the Pink family; --so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in water, producea lather like that from soap. Called also Bouncing Bet."
"SOAR","The act of soaring; upward flight.This apparent soar of the hooded falcon. Coleridge."
"SOARING","from Soar.-- Soar'ing*ly, adv."
"SOAVE","Sweet."
"SOAVEMENTE","Sweetly."
"SOB","To soak. [Obs.] Mortimer."
"SOBBING","A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis beingsuddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs."
"SOBER","To make sober.There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largelysobers us again. Pope."
"SOBER-MINDED","Having a disposition or temper habitually sober.-- So'ber-mind`ed*ness, n."
"SOBERIZE","To sober. [R.] Crabbe."
"SOBERLY","In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely;seriously."
"SOBERNESS","The quality or state of being sober."
"SOBOLIFEROUS","Producing soboles. See Illust. of Houseleek."
"SOBRANJE","The unicameral national assembly of Bulgaria, elected for aterm of five years by universal suffrage of adult males."
"SOBRIQUET","An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname.[Sometimes less correctly written soubriquet.]"
"SOCAGE","A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinateservice; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight's service, inwhich the obligations were uncertain. The service must be certain, inorder to be denominated socage, as to hold by fealty and twentyshillings rent. [Written also soccage.]"
"SOCAGER","A tennant by socage; a socman."
"SOCIABILITY","The quality of being sociable; sociableness."
"SOCIABLENESS","The quality of being sociable."
"SOCIABLY","In a sociable manner."
"SOCIAL","Naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of manyindividual plants of the same species."
"SOCIALISM","A theory or system of social reform which contemplates acomplete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitabledistribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term isoften employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme.See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism.[Socialism] was first applied in England to Owen's theory of socialreconstruction, and in France to those also of St. Simon and Fourier. . . The word, however, is used with a great variety of meaning, . .. even by economists and learned critics. The general tendency is toregard as socialistic any interference undertaken by society onbehalf of the poor, . . . radical social reform which disturbs thepresent system of private property . . . The tendency of the presentsocialism is more and more to ally itself with the most advanceddemocracy. Encyc. Brit.We certainly want a true history of socialism, meaning by that ahistory of every systematic attempt to provide a new social existencefor the mass of the workers. F. Harrison."
"SOCIALIST","One who advocates or practices the doctrines of socialism."
"SOCIALITY","The quality of being social; socialness."
"SOCIALLY","In a social manner; sociably."
"SOCIALNESS","The quality or state of being social."
"SOCIATE","Associated. [Obs.]"
"SOCIETARIAN","Of or pertaining to society; social.The all-sweeping besom of societarian reformation. Lamb."
"SOCIETARY","Societarian. [R.]"
"SOCINIAN","Of or pertaining to Socinus, or the Socinians."
"SOCINIANISM","The tenets or doctrines of Faustus Socinus, an Italiantheologian of the sixteenth century, who denied the Trinity, thedeity of Christ, the personality of the Devil, the native and totaldepravity of man, the vicarious atonement, and the eternity of futurepunishment. His theory was, that Christ was a man divinelycommissioned, who had no existence before he was conceived by theVirgin Mary; that human sin was the imitation of Adam's sin, and thathuman salvation was the imitation and adoption of Christ's virtue;that the Bible was to be interpreted by human reason; and that itslanguage was metaphorical, and not to be taken literally."
"SOCINIANIZE","To cause to conform to Socinianism; to regulate by, or imbuewith, the principles of Socinianism."
"SOCIOLOGIST","One who treats of, or devotes himself to, the study ofsociology. J. S. Mill."
"SOCIOLOGY","That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution,phenomena, and development of human society; social science. H.Spencer."
"SOCK","A plowshare. Edin. Encyc."
"SOCKDOLAGER","A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, bymeans of a spring, as soon as the fish bites. [U. S.]"
"SOCKETED","Having a socket. Dawkins."
"SOCKLESS","Destitute of socks or shoes. B. & Fl."
"SOCKY","Wet; soaky. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SOCMAN","One who holds lands or tenements by socage; a socager. Cowell."
"SOCMANRY","Tenure by socage."
"SOCOME","A custom of tenants to grind corn at the lord's mill. Cowell."
"SOCOTRINE","Of or pertaining to Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean, onthe east coast of Africa.-- n."
"SOCRATICALLY","In the Socratic method."
"SOCRATISM","The philosophy or the method of Socrates."
"SOCRATIST","A disciple or follower of Socrates."
"SOD","The rock dove. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SODAIC","Pertaining to, or containing, soda. 'Sodaic powder.' Ure."
"SODALITE","A mineral of a white to blue or gray color, occuring commonlyin dodecahedrons, also massive. It is a silicate of alumina and sodawith some chlorine."
"SODALITY","Specifically, a lay association for devotion or for charitablepurposes."
"SODAMIDE","A greenish or reddish crystalline substance, NaNH2, obtained bypassing ammonia over heated sodium."
"SODDEN","Boiled; seethed; also, soaked; heavy with moisture; saturated;as, sodden beef; sodden bread; sodden fields."
"SODDEN-WITTED","Heavy; dull. Shak."
"SODDY","Consisting of sod; covered with sod; turfy. Cotgrave."
"SODER","See Solder."
"SODGER","Var. of Soldier. [Dial. or Slang]"
"SODIC","Of or pertaining to sodium; containing sodium."
"SODIO-","A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presenceof sodium or one of its compounds."
"SODIUM","A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature alwaysoccuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolatedas a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so readily oxidized that itcombines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept underpetroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in manysalts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtainingother metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercialproduct. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 23. Specific gravity0.97. Sodium amalgam, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usuallyproduced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which is used as areducing agent, and otherwise.-- Sodium bicarbonate, a white crystalline substance, HNaCO3, with aslight alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. It isfound in many mineral springs and also produced artificially,. It isused in cookery, in baking powders, and as a source of carbonic acidgas (carbon dioxide) for soda water. Called also cooking soda,saleratus, and technically, acid sodium carbonate, primary sodiumcarbonate, sodium dicarbonate, etc.-- Sodium carbonate, a white crystalline substance, Na2CO3.10H2O,having a cooling alkaline taste, found in the ashes of many plants,and produced artifically in large quantities from common salt. It isused in making soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent inmany chemical industries. Called also sal soda, washing soda, orsoda. Cf. Sodium bicarbonate, above and Trona. Sodium chloride,common, or table, salt, NaCl.-- Sodium hydroxide, a white opaque brittle solid, NaOH, having afibrous structure, produced by the action of quicklime, or of calciumhydrate (milk of lime), on sodium carbonate. It is a strong alkali,and is used in the manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp forpaper, etc. Called also sodium hydrate, and caustic soda. Byextension, a solution of sodium hydroxide."
"SODIUM SULPHATE","A salt well known as a catharic under the name of Glauber'ssalt, which term is properly applied to the hydrate, Na2SO4.10H2O."
"SODOMITICAL","Pertaining to, or of the nature of, sodomy.-- Sod`om*it'ic*al*ly, adv."
"SODOMY","Carnal copulation in a manner against nature; buggery. Gen.xix. 5."
"SOE","A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.] Dr. H. More."
"SOEVER","A word compounded of so and ever, used in composition with who,what, where, when, how, etc., and indicating any out of all possibleor supposable persons, things, places, times, ways, etc. It issometimes used separate from the pronoun or adverb.For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.Luke xii. 48.What great thing soever a man proposed to do in his life, he shouldthink of achieving it by fifty. Sir W. Temple."
"SOFA","A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; -- much used as a comfortable piece of furniture.Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round. Cowper.Sofa bed, a sofa so contrived that it may be extended to form a bed;-- called also sofa bedstead."
"SOFFIT","The under side of the subordinate parts and members ofbuildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, orthe like. See Illust. of Lintel."
"SOFI","Same as Sufi."
"SOFISM","Same as Sufism."
"SOFT","A soft or foolish person; an idiot. [Colloq.] G. Eliot."
"SOFT STEEL","Steel low in carbon; mild steel; ingot iron."
"SOFT-FINNED","Having the fin rays cartilaginous or flexible; without spines;-- said of certain fishes."
"SOFT-HEADED","Weak in intellect."
"SOFT-HEARTED","Having softness or tenderness of heart; susceptible of pity orother kindly affection; gentle; meek.-- Soft'-heart`ed*ness, n."
"SOFT-SPOKEN","Speaking softly; having a mild or gentle voice; hence, mild;affable."
"SOFTA","Any one attached to a Mohammedan mosque, esp. a student of thehigher branches of theology in a mosque school. [Written alsosophta.]"
"SOFTEN","To make soft or more soft. Specifically: --(a) To render less hard; -- said of matter.Their arrow's point they soften in the flame. Gay."
"SOFTENER","One who, or that which, softens. [Written also, less properly,softner.]"
"SOFTENING","from Soften, v. Softening of the brain, or Cerebral softening(Med.), a localized softening of the brain substance, due tohemorrhage or inflammation. Three varieties, distinguished by theircolor and representing different stages of the morbid process, areknown respectively as red, yellow, and white, softening."
"SOFTISH","Somewhat soft. De Witt Clinton."
"SOFTLING","A soft, effeminate person; a voluptuary. [R.] Bp. Woolton. ."
"SOFTLY","In a soft manner."
"SOFTNER","See Softener."
"SOFTNESS","The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to Ant:hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective."
"SOGER","Var. of Soldier. [Dial. or Slang]  R. H. Dana, Jr."
"SOGGINESS","The quality or state of being soggy; soddenness; wetness."
"SOGGY","Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as,soggy land or timber."
"SOHO","Ho; -- a word used in calling from a distant place; asportsman's halloo. Shak."
"SOI-DISANT","Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be."
"SOIL","To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, withfresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them outto pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), topurge by feeding on green food; as, to soil a horse."
"SOIL PIPE","A pipe or drain for carrying off night soil."
"SOILINESS","Stain; foulness. [R.] Bacon."
"SOILLESS","Destitute of soil or mold."
"SOILURE","Stain; pollution. Shak.Then fearing rust or soilure, fashioned for it A case of silk.Tennyson."
"SOILY","Dirty; soiled. [Obs.] Fuller."
"SOIREE","An evening party; -- distinguished from levee, and matin\u00e9e."
"SOJA","An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine Soja) the seeds of whichare used in preparing the sauce called soy."
"SOJER","Var. of Soldier. [Dial. or Slang]"
"SOJOURN","To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporaryresident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanenthabitation; to delay; to tarry.Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there. Gen. xii. 30.Home he goeth, he might not longer sojourn. Chaucer.The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned threedays. Hayward."
"SOJOURNER","One who sojourns.We are strangers before thee, and sojourners. 1. Chron. xxix. 15."
"SOJOURNING","The act or state of one who sojourns."
"SOJOURNMENT","Temporary residence, as that of a stranger or a traveler. [R.]"
"SOKE","See Soc."
"SOKEMAN","See Socman."
"SOKEMANRY","See Socmanry."
"SOKO","An African anthropoid ape, supposed to be a variety of thechimpanzee."
"SOL","Gold; -- so called from its brilliancy, color, and value.Chaucer."
"SOL-FA","To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, door ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order.Yet can I neither solfe ne sing. Piers Plowman."
"SOLA","See Solus."
"SOLACE","To take comfort; to be cheered. Shak."
"SOLACEMENT","The act of solacing, or the state of being solaced; also, thatwhich solaces. [R.]"
"SOLACIOUS","Affording solace; as, a solacious voice. [Obs.] Bale."
"SOLAN GOOSE","The common gannet."
"SOLANACEOUS","Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order Solanace\u00e6, ofwhich the nightshade (Solanum) is the type. The order includes alsothe tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red pepper, and manymore."
"SOLAND","A solan goose."
"SOLANDER","See Sallenders."
"SOLANIA","Solanine."
"SOLANICINE","An alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid onsolanidine, as a tasteless yellow crystalline substance."
"SOLANIDINE","An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine, as awhite crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste."
"SOLANINE","A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries ofcommon nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and frompotato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid,burning taste; -- called also solonia, and solanina."
"SOLANO","A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in theMediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain."
"SOLANOID","Resembling a potato; -- said of a kind of cancer."
"SOLANUM","A genus of plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum), theeggplant (S. melongena, and several hundred other species;nightshade."
"SOLAR","A loft or upper chamber; a garret room. [Obs.] [Written alsosoler, solere, sollar.] Oxf. Gloss."
"SOLAR MYTH","A myth which essentially consists of allegory based upon ideasas to the sun's course, motion, influence, or the like."
"SOLAR PARALLAX","The parallax of the sun, that is, the angle subtended at thesun by the semidiameter of the earth. It is 8.'80, and is thefundamental datum."
"SOLARIUM","Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral shells ofthe genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical, andusually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Calledalso perspective shell."
"SOLARIZATION","Injury of a photographic picture caused by exposing it for toolong a time to the sun's light in the camera; burning; excessiveinsolation."
"SOLARIZE","To injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun in thecamera; to burn."
"SOLARY","Solar. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"SOLAS","Solace. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SOLATIUM","Anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or loss;a compensation; esp., an additional allowance, as for injuredfeelings."
"SOLD","imp. & p. p. of Sell."
"SOLDAN","A sultan. [Obs.] Milton."
"SOLDANEL","A plant of the genus Soldanella, low Alpine herbs of thePrimrose family."
"SOLDANRIE","The country ruled by a soldan, or sultan. [Poet.] Sir W. Scott."
"SOLDER","A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting adjacentmetallic edges or surfaces; a metallic coment. Hence, anything whichunites or cements. Hard solder, a solder which fuses only at a redheat, as one composed of zinc and copper, or silver and copper, etc.-- Soft solder, a solder fusible at comparatively low temperatures;as, plumbers' solder, consisting of two parts lead and one part tin,is a soft solder."
"SOLDERER","One who solders."
"SOLDERING","from Solder, v. t. Soldering iron, Soldering tool, aninstrument for soldering, consisting of a bit or bolt of copperhaving a pointed or wedge-shaped end, and furnished with a handle."
"SOLDIER","The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.) [Prov. Eng.]"
"SOLDIERESS","A female soldier. [Obs.]"
"SOLDIERLIKE","Like a soldier; soldierly."
"SOLDIERLY","Like or becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic;honorable; soldierlike. 'Soldierly discipline.' Sir P. Sidney."
"SOLDIERSHIP","Military qualities or state; martial skill; behavior becoming asoldier. [R.] Shak."
"SOLDIERWOOD","A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the WestIndies. The flowers have long tassels of purple stamens."
"SOLDO","A small Italian coin worth a sou or a cent; the twentieth partof a lira."
"SOLE","The bottom of the body of a plow; -- called also slade; also,the bottom of a furrow.(b) (Far.) The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protectsthe more tender parts.(c) (Fort.) The bottom of an embrasure.(d) (Naut.) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of therudder, to make it even with the false keel. Totten.(e) (Mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; -- applied to horizontalveins or lodes. Sole leather, thick, strong, used for making thesoles of boots and shoes, and for other purposes."
"SOLE TRADER","A feme sole trader."
"SOLECIST","One who commits a solecism. Blackwall."
"SOLECISTIC","Solecistical."
"SOLECISTICAL","Pertaining to, or involving, a solecism; incorrect. 'He thoughtit made the language solecistical and absurd.' Blackwall."
"SOLECISTICALLY","In a solecistic manner."
"SOLECIZE","To commit a solecism. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"SOLELY","Singly; alone; only; without another; as, to rest a causesolely one argument; to rely solelyn one's own strength."
"SOLEMN","Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with alllegal requirements; as, probate in solemn form. Burrill. Jarman.Greenleaf. Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant, 2."
"SOLEMNESS","Solemnness.Some think he wanted solemnes. Sir H. Wotton."
"SOLEMNITY","A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to dueform; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid."
"SOLEMNIZATE","To solemnize; as, to solemnizate matrimony. [R.] Bp. Burnet."
"SOLEMNIZATION","The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of amarriage."
"SOLEMNIZE","Solemnization. [R.]Though spoused, yet wanting wedlock's solemnize. Spenser."
"SOLEMNIZER","One who solemnizes."
"SOLEMNLY","In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally.There in deaf murmurs solemnly are wise. Dryden.I do solemnly assure the reader. Swift."
"SOLEMNNESS","The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity;impressiveness; gravity; as, the solemnness of public worship.[Written also solemness.]"
"SOLEMPNE","Solemn; grand; stately; splendid; magnificent. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SOLEN","A cradle, as for a broken limb. See Cradle, 6."
"SOLENACEAN","Any species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the familySolenid\u00e6."
"SOLENACEOUS","Of or pertaining to the solens or family Solenid\u00e6."
"SOLENESS","The state of being sole, or alone; singleness. [R.]Chesterfield."
"SOLENETTE","A small European sole (Solea minuta)."
"SOLENOCONCHA","Same as Scaphopoda."
"SOLENODON","Either one of two species of singular West Indian insectivores,allied to the tenrec. One species (Solendon paradoxus), native of St.Domingo, is called also agouta; the other (S. Cubanus), found inCuba, is called almique."
"SOLENOGASTRA","An order of lowly organized Mollusca belonging to theIsopleura. A narrow groove takes the place of the foot of othergastropods."
"SOLENOGLYPH","Pertaining to the Selenoglypha. See Ophidia.-- n."
"SOLENOGLYPHA","A suborder of serpents including those which have tubularerectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang."
"SOLENOID","An electrodynamic spiral having the conjuctive wire turned backalong its axis, so as to neutralize that component of the effect ofthe current which is due to the length of the spiral, and reduce thewhole effect to that of a series of equal and parallel circularcurrents. When traversed by a current the solenoid exhibits polarityand attraction or repulsion, like a magnet."
"SOLENOSTOMI","A tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular snout. Thefemale carries the eggs in a ventral pouch."
"SOLEPLATE","A loft or garret. See Solar, n. Sir W. Scott."
"SOLERT","Skillful; clever; crafty. [Obs.] Cudworth."
"SOLERTIOUSNESS","The quality or state of being solert. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket."
"SOLESHIP","The state of being sole, or alone; soleness. [R.] Sir E.Dering."
"SOLFANARIA","A sulphur mine."
"SOLFATARA","A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors,steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanicactivity."
"SOLFEGGIARE","To sol-fa. See Sol-fa, v. i."
"SOLFEGGIO","The system of arranging the scale by the names do, re, mi, fa,sol, la, si, by which singing is taught; a singing exercise uponthese syllables."
"SOLFERINO","A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one of thedyes derived from aniline; -- so called from Solferino in Italy,where a battle was fought about the time of its discovery."
"SOLI","pl. of Solo."
"SOLICITANT","One who solicits."
"SOLICITATE","Solicitous. [Obs.] Eden."
"SOLICITOR-GENERAL","The second law officer in the government of Great Britain;also, a similar officer under the United States government, who isassociated with the attorney-general; also, the chief law officer ofsome of the States."
"SOLICITOUS","Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or toavoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful. 'Solicitous of myreputation.' Dryden. 'He was solicitous for his advice.' Calerendon.Enjoy the present, whatsoever it be, and be not solicitous about thefuture. Jer. Taylor.The colonel had been intent upon other things, and not enoughsolicitous to finish the fortifications. Clarendon.-- So*lic'it*ous*ly, adv.-- So*lic'it*ous*ness, n."
"SOLICITRESS","A woman who solicits."
"SOLICITUDE","The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned byfear of evil or desire good; anxiety.The many cares and great labors of worldly men, their solicitude andoutward shows. Sir W. Raleigh.The mother looked at her with fond solicitude. G. W. Cable."
"SOLID","Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid footcontains 1,728 solid inches."
"SOLID-DRAWN","Drawn out from a heated solid bar, as by a process of spiralrolling which first hollows the bar and then expands the cavity byforcing the bar over a pointed mandrel fixed in front of the rolls; -- said of a weldless tube."
"SOLIDAGO","A genus of yellow-flowered composite perennial herbs; golden-rod."
"SOLIDARE","A small piece of money. [Obs.] Shak."
"SOLIDARITY","An entire union or consolidation of interests andresponsibilities; fellowship; community.Solidarity [a word which we owe to the French Communists], signifiesa fellowship in gain and loss, in honor and dishonor, in victory anddefeat, a being, so to speak, all in the same boat. Trench.The solidarity . . . of Breton and Welsh poetry. M. Arnold."
"SOLIDARY","Having community of interests and responsibilities.Men are solidary, or copartners; and not isolated. M. Arnold."
"SOLIDATE","To make solid or firm. [Obs.] Cowley."
"SOLIDIFIABLE","Capable of being solidified."
"SOLIDIFICATION","Act of solidifying, or state of being solidified."
"SOLIDIFY","To make solid or compact.Every machine is a solidified mechanical theorem. H. Spencer."
"SOLIDISM","The doctrine that refers all diseases to morbid changes of thesolid parts of the body. It rests on the view that the solids aloneare endowed with vital properties, and can receive the impression ofagents tending to produce disease."
"SOLIDIST","An advocate of, or believer in, solidism. Dunglison."
"SOLIDITY","The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed space."
"SOLIDLY","In a solid manner; densely; compactly; firmly; truly."
"SOLIDUNGULA","A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and relatedspecies, constituting the family Equid\u00e6."
"SOLIDUNGULAR","Solipedous."
"SOLIDUNGULATE","Same as Soliped."
"SOLIDUNGULOUS","Solipedous."
"SOLIFIDIAN","One who maintains that faith alone, without works, issufficient for justification; -- opposed to nullifidian. Hammond."
"SOLIFIDIANISM","The state of Solifidians."
"SOLIFORM","Like the sun in form, appearance, or nature; resembling thesun. [R.] 'Soliform things.' Cudworth."
"SOLIFUGAE","A division of arachnids having large, powerful fangs and asegmented abdomen; -- called also Solpugidea, and Solpugides."
"SOLILOQUIZE","To utter a soliloquy; to talk to one's self."
"SOLIPED","A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses andasses; a solidungulate. [Written also solipede.]The solipeds, or firm-hoofed animals, as horses, asses, and mules,etc., -- they are, also, in mighty number. Sir T. Browne."
"SOLIPEDOUS","Having single hoofs."
"SOLIPSISM","Egotism. Krauth-Fleming."
"SOLISEQUIOUS","Following the course of the sun; as, solisequious plants. [R.]Sir T. Browne."
"SOLITARIAN","A hermit; a solitary. [Obs.] Sir R. Twisden."
"SOLITARIETY","The state of being solitary; solitariness. [Obs.] Cudworth."
"SOLITARILY","In a solitary manner; in solitude; alone. Mic. vii. 14."
"SOLITARINESS","Condition of being solitary."
"SOLITARY","Not associated with others of the same kind. Solitary ant(Zo\u00f6l.), any solitary hymenopterous insect of the family Mutillid\u00e6.The female of these insects is destitute of wings and has a powerfulsting. The male is winged and resembles a wasp. Called also spiderant.-- Solitary bee (Zo\u00f6l.), any species of bee which does not formcommunities.-- Solitary sandpiper (Zo\u00f6l.), an American tattler (Totanussolitarius).-- Solitary snipe (Zo\u00f6l.), the great snipe. [Prov. Eng.] -- Solitarythrush (Zo\u00f6l.) the starling. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SOLIVAGANT","Wandering alone. [R.] T. Grander."
"SOLIVAGOUS","Solivagant."
"SOLLAR","A platform in a shaft, especially one of those between theseries of ladders in a shaft."
"SOLLEIN","Sullen; sad. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SOLLERET","A flexible steel shoe (or one of the plates forming such ashoe), worn with medi\u00e6val armor."
"SOLMIZATION","The act of sol-faing. [Written also solmisation.]"
"SOLO","A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a singleperson on an instrument, or sung by a single voice."
"SOLO WHIST","A card game played with the full pack ranking as at whist, eachplayer declaring for which of seven different points he proposes toplay."
"SOLOIST","One who sings or plays a solo."
"SOLOMON","One of the kings of Israel, noted for his superior wisdom andmagnificent reign; hence, a very wise man.-- Sol`o*mon'ic, a. Solomon's seal (Bot.), a perennial liliaceousplant of the genus Polygonatum, having simple erect or curving stemsrising from thick and knotted rootstocks, and with white or greenishnodding flowers. The commonest European species is Polygonatummultiflorum. P. biflorum and P. giganteum are common in the EasternUnited States. See Illust. of Rootstock. False Solomon's seal (Bot.),any plant of the liliaceous genus Smilacina having small whitishflowers in terminal racemes or panicles."
"SOLON","A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, alegislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically."
"SOLPUGID","Of or pertaining to the Solifug\u00e6.-- n."
"SOLPUGIDEA","Same as Solifug\u00e6."
"SOLUBILITY","The tendency to separate readily into parts by spuriousarticulations, as the pods of tick trefoil."
"SOLUBLENESS","Quality or state of being soluble."
"SOLUTE","Not adhering; loose; -- opposed to adnate; as, a solutestipule."
"SOLUTION","The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, orgaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid,is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product reulting fromsuch absorption."
"SOLUTIVE","Tending to dissolve; loosening; laxative. Bacon."
"SOLVABLENESS","Quality of being solvable."
"SOLVE","To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up out to a resultor conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve difficulties; to solvea problem.True piety would effectually solve such scruples. South.God shall solve the dark decrees of fate. Tickell."
"SOLVENCY","The quality or state of being solvent."
"SOLVEND","A substance to be dissolved. [R.]"
"SOLVENT","A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in,solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriatesolvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercuryor acids of metal, etc."
"SOLVER","One who, or that which, solves."
"SOLVIBLE","See Solvable."
"SOLY","Solely. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SOMA","The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck,trunk, and tail. B. G. Wilder."
"SOMATICAL","Somatic."
"SOMATICS","The science which treats of the general properties of matter;somatology."
"SOMATIST","One who admits the existence of material beings only; amaterialist. Glanvill."
"SOMATOCYST","A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophora. SeeIllust. under Nectocalyx."
"SOMATOME","See Somite."
"SOMATOPLEURE","The outer, or parietal, one of the two lamell\u00e6 into which thevertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, andfrom which the walls of the body and the amnion are developed. SeeSplanchopleure."
"SOMATOPLEURIC","of or pertaining to the somatopleure."
"SOMATOTROPISM","A directive influence exercised by a mass of matter upongrowing organs. Encyc. Brit."
"SOMBRERO","A kind of broad-brimmed hat, worn in Spain and in SpanishAmerica. Marryat."
"SOMBROUS","Gloomy; somber. 'Tall and sombrous pines.' Longfellow.-- Som'brous*ly, adv.-- Som'brous*ness, n."
"SOMEDEAL","In some degree; somewhat. [Written also sumdel, sumdeale, andsumdele.] [Obs.] 'She was somedeal deaf.' Chaucer.Thou lackest somedeal their delight. Spenser."
"SOMEHOW","In one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated;by some means; as, the thing must be done somehow; he lives somehow.By their action upon one another they may be swelled somehow, so asto shorten the length. Cheyne."
"SOMETHING",", adv. In some degree; somewhat; to some exrent; at somedistance. Shak.I something fear my father's wrath. Shak.We have something fairer play than a reasoner could have expectedformerly. Burke.My sense of touch is something coarse. Tennyson.It must be done to-night, And something from the palace. Shak."
"SOMETIME","Having been formerly; former; late; whilom.Our sometime sister, now our queen. Shak.Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized. Talfourd."
"SOMETIMES","Former; sometime. [Obs.]Thy sometimes brother's wife. Shak."
"SOMEWHAT","In some degree or measure; a little.His giantship is gone, somewhat crestfallen. Milton.Somewhat back from the village street. Longfellow."
"SOMEWHEN","At some indefinite time. [R.]"
"SOMEWHERE","In some place unknown or not specified; in one place oranother. 'Somewhere nigh at hand.' Milton."
"SOMEWHILE","Once; for a time.Though, under color of shepherds, somewhile There crept in wolves,full of fraund and guile. Spenser."
"SOMEWHITHER","To some indeterminate place; to some place or other.Driven by the winds of temptation somewhither. Barrow."
"SOMITE","One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal,esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is composed; somatome; metamere.-- So*mit`ic, a."
"SOMMEIL","Slumber; sleep."
"SOMMERSET","See Somersault."
"SOMNAMBULAR","Of or pertaining to somnambulism; somnambulistic. Mrs.Browning."
"SOMNAMBULATE","To walk when"
"SOMNAMBULATION","The act of walking in sleep."
"SOMNAMBULATOR","A somnambulist."
"SOMNAMBULE","A somnambulist."
"SOMNAMBULIC","Somnambulistic."
"SOMNAMBULISM","A condition of the nervous system in which an individual duringsleep performs actions approppriate to the waking state; a state ofsleep in which some of the senses and voluntary powers are partiallyawake; noctambulism."
"SOMNAMBULIST","A person who is subject to somnambulism; one who walks in hissleep; a sleepwalker; a noctambulist."
"SOMNAMBULISTIC","Of or pertaining to a somnambulist or somnambulism; affected bysomnambulism; appropriate to the state of a somnambulist.Whether this was an intentional and waking departure, or asomnambulistic leave-taking and waking in her sleep, may remain asubject of contention. Dickens."
"SOMNE","To summon. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SOMNER","A summoner; esp., one who summons to an ecclesiastical court.[Obs.] Piers Plowman."
"SOMNIAL","Of or pertaining to sleep or dreams.The somnial magic superinducted on, without suspending, the activepowers of the mind. Coleridge."
"SOMNIATIVE","Somnial; somniatory. [R.]"
"SOMNIATORY","Pertaining to sleep or dreams; somnial. [Obs. or R.] Urquhart."
"SOMNICULOUS","Inclined to sleep; drowsy; sleepy. [Obs.]"
"SOMNIFEROUS","Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; dormitive; as, asomniferous potion. Walton."
"SOMNIFIC","Causing sleep; somniferous."
"SOMNIFUGOUS","Driving away sleep. [Obs.]"
"SOMNILOQUENCE","The act of talking in one's sleep; somniloquism."
"SOMNILOQUISM","The act or habit of talking in one's sleep; somniloquy.Coleridge."
"SOMNILOQUIST","One who talks in his sleep."
"SOMNILOQUOUS","Apt to talk in sleep."
"SOMNILOQUY","A talking in sleep; the talking of one in a state ofsomnipathy. [R.] Coleridge."
"SOMNIPATHIST","A person in a state of somniapathy."
"SOMNIPATHY","Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like.[Written also somnopathy.]"
"SOMNOLENT","Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep.-- Som'no*lent*ly, adv.He had no eye for such phenomens, because he had a somnolent want ofinterest in them. De Quincey."
"SOMNOLISM","The somnolent state induced by animal magnetism. Thomas (Med.Dict.)."
"SOMNOPATHY","Somnipathy."
"SOMNOUR","A summoner; an apparitor; a sompnour. [Obs.] Piers Plowman."
"SOMONOUR","A summoner. [Obs.]"
"SOMPNE","To summon; to cite. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SOMPNOUR","A summoner. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SON","Jesus Christ, the Savior; -- called the Son of God, and the Sonof man.We . . . do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior ofthe world. 1 John iv. 14.Who gave His Son sure all has given. Keble."
"SON-IN-LAW","The husband of one's daughter; a man in his relationship to hiswife's parents.To take me as for thy son in lawe. Chaucer."
"SONANT","Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocalsound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced;tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- sid of the vowels,semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonantsb, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f,etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate.-- n."
"SONATA","An extended composition for one or two instruments, consistingusually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas for thepiano, for the violin and piano, etc."
"SONATINA","A short and simple sonata."
"SONDELI","The musk shrew. See under Musk."
"SONDERCLASS","A special class of small yachts developed in Germany under thepatronage of Emperor William and Prince Henry of Prussia, and socalled because these yachts do not conform to the restrictions forthe regular classes established by the rules of the InternationalYacht Racing Union. In yachts of the sonderclass, as prescribed forthe season of 1911, the  aggregate of the length on water line,extreme beam, and extreme draft must be not more than 32 feet; theweight, not less than 4,035 pounds (without crew); the sail area, notmore than 550 square yards; and the cost of construction (forAmerican boats) not more than $2400. The crew must be amateurs andcitizens of the country in which the yacht was built."
"SONGCRAFT","The art of making songs or verse; metrical composition;versification.A half-effected inscription. Written with little skill of songcraft.Longfellow."
"SONGFUL","Disposed to sing; full of song."
"SONGISH","Consisting of songs. [R.] Dryden."
"SONGLESS","Destitute of the power of song; without song; as, songlessbirds; songless woods."
"SONGSTER","A singing bird."
"SONGSTRESS","A woman who sings; a female singing bird. Thomson."
"SONIFER","A kind of ear trumpet for the deaf, or the partially deaf."
"SONIFEROUS","Sounding; producing sound; conveying sound."
"SONIFICATION","The act of producing sound, as the stridulation of insects."
"SONLESS","Being without a son. Marston.As no baron who was sonless could give a husband to his daughter,save with his lord's consent. J. R. Green."
"SONNET","To compose sonnets. 'Strains that come almost to sonneting.'Milton."
"SONNETEER","A composer of sonnets, or small poems; a small poet; -- usuallyin contempt.What woful stuff this madrigal would be In some starved hackneysonneteer or me! Pope."
"SONNETER","A composer of sonnets."
"SONNETIST","A sonneter, or sonneteer. Bp. Hall."
"SONNETIZE","To compose sonnets."
"SONNISH","Like the sun; sunny; golden. [Obs.] 'Her sonnish hairs.'Chaucer."
"SONNITE","See Sunnite."
"SONOMETER","An instrument for exhibiting the transverse vibrations ofcords, and ascertaining the relations between musical notes. Itconsists of a cord stretched by weight along a box, and divided intodifferent lengths at pleasure by a bridge, the place of which isdetermined by a scale on the face of the box."
"SONORAN","Pertaining to or designating the arid division of the Australzone, including the warmer parts of the western United States andcentral Mexico. It is divided into the Upper Sonoran, which lies nextto the Transition zone, and the Lower Sonoran, next to the Tropical."
"SONORIFIC","Producing sound; as, the sonorific quality of a body. [R.] I.Watts."
"SONORITY","The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness."
"SONOROUS","Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi. Sonorous figures (Physics), figuresformed by the vibrations of a substance capable of emitting a musicaltone, as when the bow of a violin is drawn along the edge of a pieceof glass or metal on which sand is strewed, and the sand arrangesitself in figures according to the musical tone. Called also acousticfigures.-- Sonorous tumor (Med.), a tumor which emits a clear, resonantsound on percussion.-- So*no'rous*ly, adv.-- So*no'rous*ness, n."
"SONSHIP","The state of being a son, or of bearing the relation of a son;filiation. Dr. H. More."
"SONSY","See Soncy. [Scot.] Burns."
"SONTAG","A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman'sdress."
"SONTIES","Probably from 'saintes' saints, or from sanctities; -- used asan oath. [Obs.] Shak."
"SOOCHONG","Same as Souchong."
"SOODRA","Same as Sudra."
"SOOJEE","Same as Suji."
"SOON","Speedy; quick. [Obs.] Shak."
"SOONEE","See Sunnite."
"SOONER","In the western United States, one who settles on governmentland before it is legally open to settlement in order to gain theprior claim that the law gives to the first settler when the land isopened to settlement; hence, any one who does a thing prematurely oranticipates another in acting in order to gain an unfair advantage."
"SOONER STATE","Oklahoma; -- a nickname."
"SOONLY","Soon. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"SOORD","Skin of bacon. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"SOORMA","A preparation of antimony with which Mohammedan men anointtheir eyelids."
"SOOSHONG","See Souchong."
"SOOSOO","A kind of dolphin (Platanista Gangeticus) native of the riverGanges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhatspatulate beak. [Written also susu.]"
"SOOT","A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuelin the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, andadheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke;strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colorssmoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke."
"SOOTERKIN","A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch womenfrom sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurativesense; an abortive scheme.Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit. Pope."
"SOOTHER","One who, or that which, soothes."
"SOOTHFAST","Firmly fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true; genuine;real; also, truthful; faithful. [Archaic] -- Sooth'fast`ness, n.[Archaic] 'In very soothfastness.' Chaucer.Why do not you . . . bear leal and soothfast evidence in her behalf,as ye may with a clear conscience! Sir W. Scott."
"SOOTHING","from Soothe, v."
"SOOTHINGLY","In a soothing manner."
"SOOTHLY","In truth; truly; really; verily. [Obs.] 'Soothly for to say.'Chaucer."
"SOOTHNESS","Truth; reality. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SOOTHSAY","To foretell; to predict. 'You can not soothsay.' Shak. 'Oldsoothsaying Glaucus' spell.' Milton."
"SOOTHSAYER","A mantis."
"SOOTINESS","The quality or state of being sooty; fuliginousness. Johnson."
"SOOTISH","Sooty. Sir T. Browne."
"SOOTY","To black or foul with soot. [R.]Sootied with noisome smoke. Chapman."
"SOP","To steep or dip in any liquid."
"SOPE","See Soap. [Obs.]"
"SOPH","A contraction of Soph ister. [Colloq.]"
"SOPHI","See Sufi."
"SOPHIME","Sophism. [Obs.]I trow ye study aboute some sophime. Chaucer."
"SOPHISM","The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist;hence, any fallacy designed to deceive.When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one, then itis properly called a sophism, or 'fallacy'. I. Watts.Let us first rid ourselves of sophisms, those of depraved men, andthose of heartless philosophers. I. Taylor."
"SOPHISTER","A student who is advanced beyond the first year of hisresidence."
"SOPHISTICATE","To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; topervert; as, to sophisticate wine. Howell.To sophisticate the understanding. Southey.Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate,not to refine. M. Arnold.They purchase but sophisticated ware. Dryden."
"SOPHISTICATION","The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophisticationof drugs. Boyle."
"SOPHISTICATOR","One who sophisticates."
"SOPHOMORE","One belonging to the second of the four classes in an Americancollege, or one next above a freshman. [Formerly written alsosophimore.]"
"SOPHTA","See Softa."
"SOPITE","To lay asleep; to put to sleep; to quiet. [Obs.]The king's declaration for the sopiting of all Arminian heresies.Fuller."
"SOPITION","The act of putting to sleep, or the state of being put tosleep; sleep. [Obs.]Dementation and sopition of reason. Sir T. Browne."
"SOPOR","Profound sleep from which a person can be roused only withdifficulty."
"SOPORATE","To lay or put to sleep; to stupefy. [Obs.] Cudworth."
"SOPORIFEROUS","Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific. 'Soporiferous medicine.'Swift. --- Sop`o*rif'er*ous*ly, adv.-- Sop`o*rif'er*ous*ness, n."
"SOPORIFIC","Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, thesoporific virtues of opium."
"SOPPER","One who sops. Johnson."
"SOPPING","more recent version of soppy. Used esp. in phrase sopping wet."
"SOPPY","Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture; very wet orsloppy.It [Yarmouth] looked rather spongy and soppy. Dickens."
"SOPRA","Above; before; over; upon."
"SOPRANIST","A treble singer."
"SOPSAVINE","See Sops of wine, under Sop."
"SORA","A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the EasternUnited States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white,the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of thehead and neck slate-colored. Called also American rail, Carolinarail, Carolina crake, common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken,and orto. King sora, the Florida gallinule."
"SORANCE","Soreness. [Obs.]"
"SORBATE","A salt of sorbic acid."
"SORBEFACIENT","Producing absorption.-- n."
"SORBENT","An absorbent. [R.]"
"SORBET","A kind of beverage; sherbet. Smolett."
"SORBIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, the rowan tree, or sorb;specifically, designating an acid, C"
"SORBILE","Fit to be drunk or sipped. [Obs.]"
"SORBIN","An unfermentable sugar, isomeric with glucose, found in theripe berries of the rowan tree, or sorb, and extracted as a sweetwhite crystalline substance; -- called also mountain-ash sugar."
"SORBITE","A sugarlike substance, isomeric with mannite and dulcite, foundwith sorbin in the ripe berries of the sorb, and extracted as a sirupor a white crystalline substance.-- Sor*bit'ic, a."
"SORBITION","The act of drinking or sipping. [Obs.]"
"SORBONICAL","Belonging to the Sorbonne or to a Sorbonist. Bale."
"SORBONIST","A doctor of the Sorbonne, or theological college, in theUniversity of Paris, founded by Robert de Sorbon, a. d. 1252. It wassuppressed in the Revolution of 1789."
"SORCERER","A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician. Bacon.Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers. Ex. vii. 11."
"SORCERESS","A female sorcerer."
"SORCERING","Act or practice of using sorcery."
"SORCEROUS","Of or pertaining to sorcery."
"SORCERY","Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evilspirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic; necromancy;witchcraft; enchantment.Adder's wisdom I have learned, To fence my ear against thy sorceries.Milton."
"SORD","See Sward. [R.] Milton."
"SORDES","Foul matter; excretion; dregs; filthy, useless, or rejectedmatter of any kind; specifically (Med.), the foul matter thatcollects on the teeth and tongue in low fevers and other conditionsattended with great vital depression."
"SORDET","A sordine."
"SORDIDLY","Sordidness. [Obs.]"
"SORDIDNESS","The quality or state of being sordid."
"SORDINE","See Damper, and 5th Mute."
"SORE","Reddish brown; sorrel. [R.] Sore falcon. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Sore, n.,1."
"SOREDIA","pl. of Soredium."
"SOREDIATE","Soredi\u00efferous."
"SOREDIUM","A patch of granular bodies on the surface of the thallus oflichens."
"SOREE","Same as Sora."
"SOREHEAD","One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like.[Slang, U.S.]"
"SOREHON","Formerly, in Ireland, a kind of servile tenure which subjectedthe tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wishedto indulge in a revel. Spenser."
"SOREL","A young buck in the third year. See the Note under Buck. Shak."
"SORELY","In a sore manner; grievously; painfully; as, to be sorelyafflicted."
"SOREMA","A heap of carpels belonging to one flower."
"SORENESS","The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as,the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction."
"SOREX","A genus of small Insectivora, including the common shrews."
"SORGHE","The three-beared rocking, or whistlefish. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SORGO","Indian millet and its varieties. See Sorghum."
"SORI","pl. of Sorus."
"SORICINE","Of or pertaining to the Shrew family (Soricid\u00e6); like a shrewin form or habits; as, the soricine bat (Glossophaga soricina)."
"SORITES","An abridged form of stating of syllogisms in a series ofpropositions so arranged that the predicate of each one that precedesforms the subject of each one that follows, and the conclusion unitesthe subject of the first proposition with the predicate of the lastproposition, as in following example; --The soul is a thinking agent; A thinking agent can not be severedinto parts; That which can not be severed can not be destroyed;Therefore the soul can not be destroyed."
"SORITICAL","Of or pertaining to a sorites; resembling a sorites."
"SORN","To obtrude one's self on another for bed and board. [Scot.] SirW. Scott."
"SORNER","One who obtrudes himself on another for bed and board. [Scot.]De Quncey."
"SORORAL","Relating to a sister; sisterly. [R.]"
"SORORICIDE","The murder of one's sister; also, one who murders or killsone's own sister. Johnson."
"SORORIZE","To associate, or hold fellowship, as sisters; to have sisterlyfeelings; -- analogous to fraternize. [Recent & R.]"
"SOROSIS","A woman's club; an association of women. [U. S.]"
"SORRAGE","The blades of green or barley. [Obs.] Bailey."
"SORRANCE","Same as Sorance. [Obs.]"
"SORREL","Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse."
"SORRENTO WORK","Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated withinlay, made at or near Sorrento, Italy. Hence, more rarely, jig-sawwork and the like done anywhere."
"SORRILY","In a sorry manner; poorly.Thy pipe, O Pan, shall help, though I sing sorrily. Sir P. Sidney."
"SORRINESS","The quality or state of being sorry."
"SORROW","The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss ofany good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectationof good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret;unhappiness; sadness. Milton.How great a sorrow suffereth now Arcite! Chaucer.The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. Rambler."
"SORROWED","Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful. [Obs.] Shak."
"SORROWLESS","Free from sorrow."
"SORS","A lot; also, a kind of divination by means of lots. SortesHomeric\u00e6 or Virgilian\u00e6 Etym: [L., Homeric or Virgilian lots], a formof divination anciently practiced, which consisted in taking thefirst passage on which the eye fell, upon opening a volume of Homeror Virgil, or a passage drawn from an urn which several weredeposited, as indicating future events, or the proper course to bepursued. In later times the Bible was used for the same purpose byChristians."
"SORT","Chance; lot; destiny. [Obs.]By aventure, or sort, or cas [chance]. Chaucer.Let blockish Ajax draw The sort to fight with Hector. Shak."
"SORTABLY","Suitable. [Obs.] otgrave."
"SORTAL","Pertaining to a sort. [Obs.] Locke."
"SORTANCE","Suitableness; agreement. [Obs.] hak."
"SORTER","One who, or that which, sorts."
"SORTES","pl. of Sors."
"SORTIE","The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from abesieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally."
"SORTILEGE","The act or practice of drawing lots; divination by drawinglots.A woman infamous for sortileges and witcheries. Sir W. Scott."
"SORTILEGIOUS","Pertaining to sortilege."
"SORTILEGY","Sortilege. [R.] De Quincey."
"SORTITION","Selection or appointment by lot. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"SORTMENT","Assortiment. [Obs.]"
"SORUS","One of the fruit dots, or small clusters of sporangia, on theback of the fronds of ferns."
"SORWE","Sorrow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SORWEFUL","Sorrowful. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SORY","Green vitriol, or some earth imregnated with it."
"SOS","The letters signified by the signal ( . . . ---. . . )prescribed by the International Radiotelegraphic Convention of 1912for use by ships in distress."
"SOSS","To fall at once into a chair or seat; to sit lazily. [Obs.]Swift."
"SOSTENUTO","Sustained; -- applied to a movement or passage the sounds ofwhich are to sustained to the utmost of the nominal value of thetime; also, to a passage the tones of which are to be somewhatprolonged or protacted."
"SOT","Sottish; foolish; stupid; dull. [Obs.] 'Rich, but sot.'Marston."
"SOTADEAN","Sotadic."
"SOTADIC","Pertaining to, or resembling, the lascivious compositions ofthe Greek poet Sotades.-- n."
"SOTE","Sweet. [Obs.] Chaucer. Fairfax."
"SOTERIOLOGY","The doctrine of salvation by Jesus Christ."
"SOTHE","Sooth. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SOTILTE","Subtlety. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SOTTED","a. & p. p. of Sot. Befooled; deluded; besotted. [Obs.] 'Thissotted priest.' Chaucer."
"SOTTERY","Folly. [Obs.] Gauden."
"SOTTISH","Like a sot; doltish; very foolish; drunken.How ignorant are sottish pretenders to astrology! Swift."
"SOTTO VOCE","With a restrained voice or moderate force; in an undertone."
"SOU","An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to, and nowdisplaced by, the five-centime piece (sou."
"SOUARI NUT","The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree(Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with the tea plant; --also called butternut. [Written also sawarra nut.]"
"SOUBAH","See Subah."
"SOUBAHDAR","See Subahdar."
"SOUBRETTE","A female servant or attendant; specifically, as a term of thetheater, a lady's maid, in comedies, who acts the part of anintrigante; a meddlesome, mischievous female servant or young woman."
"SOUBRIQUET","See Sobriquet."
"SOUCE","See 1st Souse."
"SOUCHONG","A kind of black tea of a fine quality."
"SOUDAN","A sultan. [Obs.]"
"SOUFFLE","A murmuring or blowing sound; as, the uterine souffle heardover the pregnant uterus."
"SOUFFLEE","Filled with air by beating, and baked; as, an omelette souffl\u00e9."
"SOUGH","A sow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SOUGHT","imp. & p. p. of Seek."
"SOUKE","To suck. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SOUL","Sole. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SOULED","Furnished with a soul; possessing soul and feeling; -- usedchiefly in composition; as, great-souled Hector. 'Grecian chiefs . .. largely souled.' Dryden."
"SOULILI","A long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus mitratus).The head, the crest, and the upper surface of the tail, are black."
"SOULLESS","Being without a soul, or without greatness or nobleness ofmind; mean; spiritless.Slave, souless villain, dog! Shak."
"SOULLESSLY","In a soulless manner. Tylor."
"SOUN","Sound. [Obs.] aucer."
"SOUND","The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemedarticle of food."
"SOUND-BOARD","A sounding-board.To many a row of pipes the sound-board breathes. Milton."
"SOUNDABLE","Capable of being sounded."
"SOUNDAGE","Dues for soundings."
"SOUNDER","One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrumentused in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications beingread by sound."
"SOUNDING","Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words.Dryden."
"SOUNDING BALLOON","An unmanned balloon sent aloft for meteorological or a\u00ebronauticpurposes."
"SOUNDING-BOARD","A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in aviolin, and in some other musical instruments."
"SOUNDLESS","Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable. Shak."
"SOUNDLY","In a sound manner."
"SOUNDNESS","The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness oftimber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning orargument; soundness of faith."
"SOUNE","To sound. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SOUNST","Soused. See Souse. [Obs.]"
"SOUP","A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by boiling meat andvegetables, or either of them, in water, -- commonly seasoned orflavored; strong broth. Soup kitchen, an establishment for preparingand supplying soup to the poor.-- Soup ticket, a ticket conferring the privilege of receiving soupat a soup kitchen."
"SOUPCON","A suspicion; a suggestion; hence, a very small portion; ataste; as, coffee with a soup\u00e7on of brandy; a soup\u00e7on of coquetry."
"SOUPE-MAIGRE","Soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butterand a few condiments."
"SOUPLE","That part of a flail which strikes the grain. Knight."
"SOUPY","Resembling soup; souplike."
"SOUR","A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.Spenser."
"SOURCROUT","See Sauerkraut."
"SOURDE","To have origin or source; to rise; to spring. [Obs.]Now might men ask whereof that pride sourdeth. Chaucer."
"SOURING","Any sour apple."
"SOURISH","Somewhat sour; moderately acid; as, sourish fruit; a sourishtaste."
"SOURKROUT","Same as Sauerkraut."
"SOURLY","In a sour manner; with sourness."
"SOURNESS","The quality or state of being sour."
"SOURS","Source. See Source. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SOURSOP","The large succulent and slightly acid fruit of a small tree(Anona muricata) of the West Indies; also, the tree itself. It isclosely allied to the custard apple."
"SOURWOOD","The sorrel tree."
"SOUSE","To swoop or plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall suddenly;to rush with speed; to make a sudden attack.For then I viewed his plunge and souse Into the foamy main. Marston.Jove's bird will souse upon the timorous hare. J. Dryden. Jr."
"SOUSLIK","See Suslik."
"SOUT","Soot. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SOUTACHE","A kind of narrow braid, usually of silk; -- also known asRussian braid."
"SOUTAGE","That in which anything is packed; bagging, as for hops. [Obs.]Halliwell."
"SOUTANE","A close garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts reaching tothe ankles, and buttoned in front from top to bottom; especially, theblack garment of this shape worn by the clergy in France and Italy astheir daily dress; a cassock."
"SOUTER","A shoemaker; a cobbler. [Obs.] Chaucer.There is no work better than another to please God: . . . to washdishes, to be a souter, or an apostle, -- all is one. Tyndale."
"SOUTERLY","Of or pertaining to a cobbler or cobblers; like a cobbler;hence, vulgar; low. [Obs.]"
"SOUTERRAIN","A grotto or cavern under ground. [Obs.] Arbuthnot."
"SOUTH","Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southerndirection from the point of observation or reckoning; proceedingtoward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south;southern; as, the south pole. 'At the south entry.' Shak. South-Seatea (Bot.) See Yaupon."
"SOUTHCOTTIAN","A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwomanwho, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached andprophesied, and committed many impious absurdities."
"SOUTHDOWN","Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hillssouth of the Thames, in England. Southdown sheep (Zo\u00f6l.), acelebrated breed of shortwooled, hornless sheep, highly valued onaccount of the delicacy of their flesh. So called from the SouthDowns where the breed originated."
"SOUTHEAST","The point of the compass equally distant from the south and theeast; the southeast part or region."
"SOUTHEASTER","A storm, strong wind, or gale coming from the southeast."
"SOUTHEASTERN","Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly."
"SOUTHER","A strong wind, gale, or storm from the south."
"SOUTHERLINESS","The quality or state of being southerly; direction toward thesouth."
"SOUTHERLY","Southern."
"SOUTHERN","Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from,the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. Southern Cross(Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containingseveral bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross.-- Southern Fish (Astron.), a constelation of the southernhemisphere (Piscis Australis) containing the bright star Fomalhaut.-- Southern States (U.S. Hist. & Geog.), the States of the AmericanUnion lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas,Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being aslave State, was classed as one of the Southern States."
"SOUTHERNER","An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the SouthernStates of North America; opposed to Northerner."
"SOUTHERNLINESS","Southerliness."
"SOUTHERNLY","Somewhat southern.-- adv."
"SOUTHERNMOST","Farthest south."
"SOUTHERNWOOD","A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) havingaromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer."
"SOUTHING","Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; southdeclination; south latitude."
"SOUTHLY","Southerly. [Obs. & R.]"
"SOUTHMOST","Farthest toward the south; southernmost. [R.] Milton."
"SOUTHNESS","A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward thesouth pole. Faraday."
"SOUTHPAW","Using the left hand in pitching; said of a pitcher. [Cant]"
"SOUTHREN","Southern. [Obs.] 'I am a Southren man.' Chaucer."
"SOUTHRON","An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country; formerly,a name given in Scotland to any Englishman."
"SOUTHSAY","See Soothsay. [Obs.]"
"SOUTHSAYER","See Soothsayer. [Obs.]"
"SOUTHWARD","Toward the south."
"SOUTHWARDLY","In a southern direction."
"SOUTHWEST","The point of the compass equally from the south and the west;the southwest part or region."
"SOUTHWESTERLY","To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; asouthwesterly wind."
"SOUTHWESTERN","Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail asouthwestern course."
"SOUVENIR","That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; akeepsake."
"SOVEREIGN","Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, asthe ursula and the viceroy."
"SOVEREIGNIZE","To exercise supreme authority. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert."
"SOVEREIGNLY","In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely.Chaucer."
"SOVEREIGNTY","The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being asovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power;dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which issovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided intomany sovereignties.Woman desiren to have sovereignty As well over their husband as overtheir love. Chaucer."
"SOVRAN","A variant of Sovereign. [Poetic]On thy bald, awful head, O sovran Blanc. Coleridge."
"SOW","To sew. See Sew. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SOWANS","See Sowens."
"SOWAR","In India, a mounted soldier."
"SOWBANE","The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), -- said to be fatal toswine."
"SOWCE","See Souse. [Obs.]"
"SOWDAN","Sultan. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SOWDANESSE","A sultaness. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SOWENS","A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, made fromthe husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by which commonstarch is made; -- called flummery in England. [Written also sowans,and sowins.]"
"SOWER","One who, or that which, sows."
"SOWINS","See Sowens."
"SOWL","See Soul, v. i. [Obs.]"
"SOWN","p. p. of Sow."
"SOWNE","To sound. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SOWSE","See Souse. [Obs.] ryden."
"SOWTER","See Souter. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"SOY","The soja, a kind of bean. See Soja."
"SOYLE","To solve, to clear up; as, to soyl all other texts. [Obs.]Tyndate."
"SOYNED","Filled with care; anxious. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag."
"SPA","A spring or mineral water; -- so called from a place of thisname in Belgium."
"SPAAD","A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus. [Obs.] oodward."
"SPACE","One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of thestaff. Absolute space, Euclidian space, etc. See under Absolute,Euclidian, etc.-- Space line (Print.), a thin piece of metal used by printers toopen the lines of type to a regular distance from each other, and forother purposes; a lead. Hansard.-- Space rule (Print.), a fine, thin, short metal rule of the sameheight as the type, used in printing short lines in tabular matter."
"SPACEFUL","Wide; extensive. Sandys."
"SPACELESS","Without space. Coleridge."
"SPACIAL","See Spatial."
"SPACIALLY","See Spatially. Sir W,Hamilton."
"SPAD","A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinneriron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stationsin underground surveying."
"SPADASSIN","A bravo; a bully; a duelist. Ld. Lytton."
"SPADDLE","A little spade. [Obs.]"
"SPADE","A hart or stag three years old. [Written also spaid, spayade.]"
"SPADEBONE","Shoulder blade. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SPADEFISH","An American market fish (Ch\u00e6todipterus faber) common on thesouthern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy."
"SPADEFOOT","Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus, esp. S.Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States; -- called also spade toad."
"SPADEFUL","As much as a spade will hold or lift."
"SPADER","One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a diggingmachine."
"SPADICEOUS","Bearing flowers on a spadix; of the nature of a spadix."
"SPADICOSE","Spadiceous."
"SPADILLE","The ace of spades in omber and quadrille."
"SPADIX","A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called aspathe."
"SPADO","An impotent person."
"SPADROON","A sword, especially a broadsword, formerly used both to cut andthrust."
"SPAE","To foretell; to divine. [Scot.]"
"SPAEMAN","A prophet; a diviner. [Scot.]"
"SPAEWIFE","A female fortune teller. [Scot.]"
"SPAGHETTI","A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter."
"SPAGYRIC","A spagyrist. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"SPAID","See 1st Spade."
"SPAKE","imp. of Speak."
"SPAKENET","A net for catching crabs. Halliwell."
"SPAKY","Specky. [Obs.] hapman."
"SPALDING KNIFE","A spalting knife."
"SPALE","A strengthening cross timber."
"SPALL","The shoulder. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SPALPEEN","A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- oftenused in good-humored contempt or ridicule. [Colloq.]"
"SPALT","Spelter. [Colloq.]"
"SPALTING KNIFE","A knife used in splitting codfish. [Written also spaldingknife.]"
"SPAN","imp. & p. p. of Spin."
"SPAN-NEW","Quite new; brand-new; fire-new. 'A span-new archbishop'schair.' Fuller."
"SPANAEMIA","A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state inwhich the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood,are deficient."
"SPANAEMIC","Of or pertaining to span\u00e6mia; having impoverished blood."
"SPANCEL","A rope used for tying or hobbling the legs of a horse or cow.[Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.] Grose."
"SPANDOGS","A pair of grappling dogs for hoisting logs and timber."
"SPANDREL","The irregular triangular space between the curve of an arch andthe inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer moldings oftwo contiguous arches and a horizontal line above them, or anotherarch above and inclosing them."
"SPANE","To wean. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"SPANG","To spangle. [Obs.]"
"SPANGLE","To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn withsmall, distinct, brilliant bodies; as, a spangled breastplate. Donne.What stars do spangle heaven with such beauty Shak.Spangled coquette (Zo\u00f6l.), a tropical humming bird (Lophornisregin\u00e6). See Coquette, 2."
"SPANGLER","One who, or that which, spangles."
"SPANGLY","Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spanglylight."
"SPANIARD","A native or inhabitant of Spain."
"SPANIEL","One of a breed of small dogs having long and thick hair andlarge drooping ears. The legs are usually strongly feathered, and thetail bushy. See Illust. under Clumber, and Cocker."
"SPANISH","Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards. Spanish bayonet(Bot.), a liliaceous plant (Yucca alorifolia) with rigid spine-tippedleaves. The name is also applied to other similar plants of theSouthwestern United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.-- Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.-- Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork. Ure.-- Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub (Spartium junceum)having many green flexible rushlike twigs.-- Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having a darkreddish brown color, due to the presence of sesquioxide of iron.-- Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa) ofTexas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but having pinnateleaves and a three-seeded fruit.-- Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single blocks.A double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks. Luce(Textbook of Seamanship).-- Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called becauseobtained from Aragon in Spain.-- Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant (lepidium Cadamines), aspecies of peppergrass.-- Spanish curiew (Zo\u00f6l.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.] -- Spanishdaggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.-- Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree (CordiaGerascanthus) furnishing hard and useful timber.-- Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained bycalcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.-- Spanish flag (Zo\u00f6l.), the California rockfish (Sebastichthysrubrivinctus). It is conspicuously colored with bands of red andwhite.-- Spanish fly (Zo\u00f6l.), a brilliant green beetle, common in thesouth of Europe, used for raising blisters. See Blister beetle underBlister, and Cantharis.-- Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.-- Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.-- Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.-- Spanish leather. See Cordwain.-- Spanish mackerel. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) A species of mackerel (Scombercolias) found both in Europe and America. In America called chubmackerel, big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel. (b) In the UnitedStates, a handsome mackerel having bright yellow round spots(Scomberomorus maculatus), highly esteemed as a food fish. The nameis sometimes erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. underMackerel.-- Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern portion ofthe Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous coast, embracing theroute traversed by Spanish treasure ships from the New to the OldWorld.-- Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia.-- Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed (Bidens bipinnata)having achenia armed with needlelike awns.-- Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium) of thesouth of Europe.-- Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under Potato.-- Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian red, butslightly yellower and warmer. Fairholt.-- Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a jib-headedsail.-- Spanish sheep (Zo\u00f6l.), a merino.-- Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk bypulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white pigment.-- Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope woundabout it, into which a marline spike is thrust to serve as a lever."
"SPANK","To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap."
"SPANKER","The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sailattached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver. See Illust.under Sail. Totten."
"SPANKING BREEZE","a strong breeze."
"SPANLESS","Incapable of being spanned."
"SPANNER","A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for movingthe valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam."
"SPANNISHING","The full blooming of a flower. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"SPANPIECE","The collar of a roof; sparpiece."
"SPANWORM","The larva of any geometrid moth, as the cankeworm; a geometer;a measuring worm."
"SPAR","An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable andsomewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It wasespecially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferousvein. Blue spar, Cube spar, etc. See under Blue, Cube, etc."
"SPAR-HUNG","Hung with spar, as a cave."
"SPARABLE","A kind of small nail used by shoemakers."
"SPARADA","A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); --called also shiner."
"SPARADRAP","Any adhesive plaster."
"SPARBLE","To scatter; to disperse; to rout. [Obs.]The king's host was sparbled and chased. Fabyan."
"SPARE","The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after havingknocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pinsare knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, asingle spare."
"SPAREFUL","Sparing; chary. [Obs.] Fairfax.-- Spare'ful*ness, n. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"SPARELESS","Unsparing. Sylvester."
"SPARELY","In a spare manner; sparingly."
"SPARENESS","The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness."
"SPARER","One who spares."
"SPARERIB","A piece of pork, consisting or ribs with little flesh on them."
"SPARGE","To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper."
"SPARGEFACTION","The act of sprinkling. [Obs.] Swift."
"SPARGER","A vessel with a perforated cover, for sprinkling with a liquid;a sprinkler."
"SPARHAWK","The sparrow hawk. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SPARING","Spare; saving; frugal; merciful. Bacon.-- Spar'ing*ly, adv.-- Spar'ing*ness, n."
"SPARK","To sparkle. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SPARK GAP","The space filled with air or other dielectric between highpotential terminals (as of an electrostatic machine, induction coil,or condenser), through which the discharge passes; the air gap of ajump spark."
"SPARK PLUG","In internal-combustion engines with electric ignition, a plug,screwed into the cylinder head, having through it an insulated wirewhich is connected with the induction coil or magneto circuit on theoutside, and forms, with another terminal on the base of the plug, aspark gap inside the cylinder."
"SPARKER","A spark arrester."
"SPARKFUL","Lively; brisk; gay. [Obs.] 'Our sparkful youth.' Camden."
"SPARKLE","To emit in the form or likeness of sparks. 'Did sparkle forthgreat light.' Spenser."
"SPARKLER","One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an improvidentperson. [Obs.]"
"SPARKLET","A small spark. [Obs.]"
"SPARKLINESS","Vivacity. [Obs.] Aubrey."
"SPARKLING","Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as,sparkling wine; sparkling eyes.-- Spar'kling*ly, adv.-- Spar'kling*ness, n."
"SPARLYRE","The calf of the leg. [Obs.] Wyclif (Deut. xxviii. 35)."
"SPAROID","of or pertaining to the Sparid\u00e6, a family of spinous-finnedfishes which includes the scup, sheepshead, and sea bream.-- n."
"SPARPIECE","The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. Gwilt."
"SPARPOIL","To scatter; to spread; to disperse. [Obs.]"
"SPARROW","One of many species of small singing birds of the familyFringillig\u00e6, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Manysparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow,or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for itsfamiliarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and itsfecundity. See House sparrow, under House."
"SPARROWGRASS","Asparagus. [Colloq.] See the Note under Asparagus."
"SPARROWWORT","An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica (E. passerina)."
"SPARRY","Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with spar;having a confused crystalline structure; spathose. Sparry iron(Min.), siderite. See Siderite (a).-- Sparry limestone (Min.), a coarsely crystalline marble."
"SPARSE","Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied tobranches, leaves, peduncles, and the like."
"SPARSEDLY","Sparsely. [Obs.]"
"SPARSELY","In a scattered or sparse manner."
"SPARSENESS","The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness ofpopulation."
"SPARSIM","Sparsely; scatteredly; here and there."
"SPARTAN","of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta;hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey.-- n."
"SPARTEINE","A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom(Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oilyliquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste."
"SPARTERIE","Articles made of the blades or fiber of the Lygeum Spartum andStipa (or Macrochloa) tenacissima, kinds of grass used in Spain andother countries for making ropes, mats, baskets, nets, andmattresses. Loudon."
"SPARTH","An Anglo-Saxon battle-ax, or halberd. [Obs.]He hath a sparth of twenty pound of weight. Chaucer."
"SPARVE","The hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SPARY","Sparing; parsimonious. [Obs.]"
"SPASM","An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more musclesor muscular fibers."
"SPASMATICAL","Spasmodic. [Obs.]"
"SPASMODIC","Of or pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring in, orcharacterized by, spasms; as, a spasmodic asthma."
"SPASMODICAL","Same as Spasmodic, a.-- Spas*mod'ic*al*ly, adv."
"SPASTIC","Of or pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially, pertaining totonic spasm; tetanic."
"SPASTICALLY","Spasmodically."
"SPAT","imp. of Spit. [Obs. or R.]"
"SPATANGOID","Of or pertaining to the Spatangoidea.-- n."
"SPATANGOIDEA","An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having a more orless heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-like ambulacra above.The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on the under side."
"SPATANGUS","A genus of heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to theSpatangoidea."
"SPATCHCOCK","See Spitchcock."
"SPATE","A river flood; an overflow or inundation. Burns.Gareth in a showerful spring Stared at the spate. Tennyson."
"SPATHA","A spathe."
"SPATHACEOUS","Having a spathe; resembling a spathe; spathal."
"SPATHAL","Furnished with a spathe; as, spathal flowers. Howitt."
"SPATHE","A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix,as in aroid plants and palms. See the Note under Bract, and Illust.of Spadix."
"SPATHED","Having a spathe or calyx like a sheath."
"SPATHIC","Like spar; foliated or lamellar; spathose. Spathic iron (Min.),siderite. See Siderite (a)."
"SPATHIFORM","Resembling spar in form. 'The ocherous, spathiform, andmineralized forms of uranite.' Lavoisier (Trans.)."
"SPATHOSE","See Spathic."
"SPATHOUS","Spathose."
"SPATHULATE","See Spatulate."
"SPATIAL","Of or pertaining to space. 'Spatial quantity and relations.' L.H. Atwater."
"SPATIALLY","As regards space."
"SPATIATE","To rove; to ramble. [Obs.] Bacon."
"SPATTER","To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; tosputter.That mind must needs be irrecoverably depraved, which, . . . tastingbut once of one just deed, spatters at it, and abhors the relish everafter. Milton."
"SPATTER-DOCK","The common yellow water lily (Nuphar advena)."
"SPATTERDASHED","Wearing spatterdashes. [Colloq.] Thackeray."
"SPATTERDASHES","Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud;long gaiters."
"SPATTLE","Spawl; spittle. [Obs.] Bale."
"SPATTLING-POPPY","A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothyfrom the action of captured insects."
"SPATULA","An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhatflexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs incompounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette."
"SPATULATE","Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish, witha long, narrow, linear base. [Also written spathulate.]"
"SPAULD","The shoulder. [Scot.]"
"SPAVIN","A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developedon the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, theswelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation,and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed. Harbaugh. Bog spavin, asoft swelling produced by distention of the capsular ligament of thehock; -- called also blood spavin.-- Bone spavin, spavin attended with exostosis; ordinary spavin."
"SPAVINED","Affected with spavin."
"SPAW","See Spa."
"SPAWL","A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall."
"SPAWLING","That which is spawled, or spit out."
"SPAWN","The buds or branches produced from underground stems."
"SPAWNER","A mature female fish.The barbel, for the preservation or their seed, both the spawner andthe milter, cover their spawn with sand. Walton."
"SPAY","To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; tocastrate (a female animal)."
"SPEAKERSHIP","The office of speaker; as, the speakership of the House ofRepresentatives."
"SPEAR","To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear afish."
"SPEARER","One who uses a spear; as, a spearer of fish."
"SPEARHEAD","The pointed head, or end, of a spear."
"SPEARMAN","One who is armed with a spear. Acts xxiii. 23."
"SPEARMINT","A species of mint (Mentha viridis) growing in moist soil. Itvields an aromatic oil. See Mint, and Mentha."
"SPEARWOOD","An Australian tree (Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough wood,used by the natives for spears."
"SPEARWORT","A name given to several species of crowfoot (Ranunculus) whichhave spear-shaped leaves."
"SPEARY","Having the form of a spear."
"SPECE","Species; kind. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SPECHT","A woodpecker. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] Sherwood."
"SPECIALISM","Devotion to a particular and restricted part or branch ofknowledge, art, or science; as, medical specialism."
"SPECIALIST","One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medicalspecialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular partsof the body, as the eye, the ear, the nerves, etc."
"SPECIALITY","See Specialty, 3."
"SPECIALIZATION","The setting spart of a particular organ for the performance ofa particular function. Darwin."
"SPECIALIZE","To supply with an organ or organs having a special function orfunctions."
"SPECIALTY","A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; awriting, under seal, given as security for a debt particularlyspecified. Chitty. Bouvier. Wharton (Law Dict.).Let specialties be therefore drawn between us. Shak."
"SPECIE","abl. of L. species sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie,that is, in sort, in kind, in (its own) form.'[The king] expects a return in specie from them' [i. e., kindnessfor kindness]. Dryden.In specie (Law), in precise or definite form; specifically; accordingto the exact terms; of the very thing."
"SPECIES","A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, anddesignated by a common name; a conception subordinated to anotherconception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which itdiffers in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extendingto fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as agenus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respectto European, American, or the like, as species."
"SPECIFIABLE","Admitting specification; capable of being specified."
"SPECIFIC","Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body;preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not ongeneral principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases ofmalaria.In fact, all medicines will be found specific in the perfection ofthe science. Coleridge.Specific character (Nat. Hist.), a characteristic or characteristicsdistinguishing one species from every other species of the samegenus.-- Specific disease (Med.) (a) A disease which produces adeterminate definite effect upon the blood and tissues or upon somespecial tissue. (b) A disease which is itself uniformly produced by adefinite and peculiar poison or organism.-- Specific duty. (Com.) See under Duty.-- Specific gravity. (Physics) See under Gravity.-- Specific heat (Physics), the quantity of heat required to raisetemperature of a body one degree, taking as the unit of measure thequantity required to raise the same weight of water from zero to onedegree; thus, the specific heat of mercury is 0.033, that of waterbeing 1.000.-- Specific inductive capacity (Physics), the effect of a dielectricbody in producing static electric induction as compared with that ofsome other body or bodies referred to as a standard.-- Specific legacy (Law), a bequest of a particular thing, as of aparticular animal or piece of furniture, specified and distinguishedfrom all others. Wharton. Burrill.-- Specific name (Nat., Hist.), the name which, appended to the nameof the genus, constitutes the distinctive name of the species; --originally applied by Linn\u00e6us to the essential character of thespecies, or the essential difference. The present specific name he atfirst called the trivial name.-- Specific performance (Law), the peformance of a contract oragreement as decreed by a court of equity."
"SPECIFICAL","Specific. Bacon."
"SPECIFICALLY","In a specific manner."
"SPECIFICALNESS","The quality of being specific."
"SPECIFICATE","To show, mark, or designate the species, or the distinguishingparticulars of; to specify. [Obs.] ir M. Hale."
"SPECIFICNESS","The quality or state of being specific."
"SPECIFY","To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate inwords so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the usesof a plant; to specify articles purchased.He has there given us an exact geography of Greece, where thecountries and the uses of their soils are specified. Pope."
"SPECILLUM","See Stylet, 2."
"SPECIMEN","A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number ofthings, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or ofwhat is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man'shandwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one's art."
"SPECK","The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat ofthe hippopotamus. Speck falls (Naut.), falls or ropes rove throughblocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whalingvessel."
"SPECKLE","A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance orcolor from that of the thing itself.An huge great serpent, all with speckles pied. Spebser."
"SPECKLED","Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color fromthat of the rest of the surface. Speckled Indians (Ethnol.), thePintos.-- Speckled trout. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) The common American brook trout. SeeTrout. (b) The rainbow trout."
"SPECKLED-BELLY","The gadwall. [Local, U.S.]"
"SPECKLED-BILL","The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)."
"SPECKLEDNESS","The quality of being speckled."
"SPECKSIONEER","The chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up the speck,or blubber; -- so called among whalers."
"SPECKT","A woodpecker. See Speight."
"SPECTACLE","An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a lightframe, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organsof vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light."
"SPECTACLED","Having the eyes surrounded by color markings, or patches ofnaked skin, resembling spectacles. Spectacled bear (Zo\u00f6l.), a SouthAmerican bear (Tremarclos ornatus) which inhabits the high mountainsof Chili and Peru. It has a light-colored ring around each eye.-- Spectacled coot, or Spectacled duck (Zo\u00f6l.), the surf scoter, orsurf duck. [Local, U.S.] -- Spectacled eider (Zo\u00f6l.) See Eider.-- Spectacled goose (Zo\u00f6l.), the gannet.-- Spectacled snake (Zo\u00f6l.), the cobra de capello."
"SPECTANT","Looking forward."
"SPECTATION","Regard; aspect; appearance. Harvey."
"SPECTATOR","One who on; one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who ispersonally present at, and sees, any exhibition; as, the spectatorsat a show. 'Devised and played to take spectators.' Shak."
"SPECTATORIAL","Of or pertaining to a spectator. Addison."
"SPECTATORSHIP","A female beholder or looker-on. 'A spectatress of the wholescene.' Jeffrey."
"SPECTIONEER","Same as Specsioneer."
"SPECTRAL","Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum; as,spectral colors; spectral analysis. Spectral lemur. (Zo\u00f6l.) SeeTarsius."
"SPECTRALLY","In the form or manner of a specter."
"SPECTRE","See Specter."
"SPECTROBOLOMETER","A combination of spectroscope and bolometer for determining thedistribution of energy in a spectrum. --Spec`tro*bo`lo*met'ric (#),a."
"SPECTROELECTRIC","Pert. to or designating any form of spark tube the electricdischarge within which is used in spectroscopic observations."
"SPECTROGRAM","A photograph, map, or diagram of a spectrum."
"SPECTROHELIOGRAM","A photograph of the sun made by monochromatic light, usually ofthe calcium line (k), and showing the sun's facul\u00e6 and prominences."
"SPECTROHELIOGRAPH","An apparatus for making spectroheliograms, consisting of aspectroscopic camera used in combination with a telescope, andprovided with clockwork for moving the  sun's image across the slit.-- Spec`tro*he`li*o*graph'ic (#), a."
"SPECTROLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to spectrology; as, spectrological studies orexperiments.-- Spec`tro*log'ic*al*ly, adv."
"SPECTROLOGY","The science of spectrum analysis in any or all of its relationsand applications."
"SPECTROMETER","A spectroscope fitted for measurements of the luminious spectraobserved with it."
"SPECTROMETRY","Art or process of using the spectrometer, or of measuring wavelengths of rays of a spectrum. -- Spec`tro*met'ric (#), a."
"SPECTROPHONE","An instrument constructed on the principle of the photophoneand used in spectrum analysis as an adjunct to the spectroscope. --Spec`tro*phon'ic (#), a."
"SPECTROPHOTOMETER","An instrument for measuring or comparing the intensites of thecolors of the spectrum."
"SPECTROPHOTOMETRY","The art of comparing, photometrically, the brightness of twospectra, wave length by wave length; the use of thespectrophotometer. --Spec`tro*pho`to*met'ric (#), a."
"SPECTROSCOPE","An optical instrument for forming and examining spectra (asthat of solar light, or those produced by flames in which differentsubstances are volatilized), so as to determine, from the position ofthe spectral lines, the composition of the substance."
"SPECTROSCOPIST","One who investigates by means of a spectroscope; one skilled inthe use of the spectroscope."
"SPECTROSCOPY","The use of the spectroscope; investigations made with thespectroscope."
"SPECULAR","Of or pertaining to a speculum; conducted with the aid of aspeculum; as, a specular examination."
"SPECULATE","To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, andinfer conclusions respecting them a priori."
"SPECULATION","The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given orassumed.(d) (Com.) The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc.,in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with theexpectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading onanticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading inwhich the profit expected is the difference between the retail andwholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets. 1year) is considered investment.Sudden fortunes, indeed, are sometimes made in such places, by whatis called the trade of speculation. A. Smith.Speculation, while confined within moderate limits, is the agent forequalizing supply and demand, and rendering the fluctuations of priceless sudden and abrupt than they would otherwise be. F. A. Walker."
"SPECULATIST","One who speculates, or forms theories; a speculator; atheorist.The very ingenious speculatist, Mr. Hume. V. Knox."
"SPECULATOR","One who speculates. Specifically: (a) An observer; acontemplator; hence, a spy; a watcher. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.(b) One who forms theories; a theorist.A speculator who had dared to affirm that the human soul is by naturemortal. Macaulay.(c) (Com.)"
"SPECULATORIAL","Speculatory; speculative. [Obs.]"
"SPECULIST","One who observes or considers; an observer. [R.] Goldsmith."
"SPECULUM","An instrument for dilating certain passages of the body, andthrowing light within them, thus facilitating examination or surgicaloperations."
"SPED","imp. & p. p. of Speed."
"SPEECE","Species; sort. [Obs.]"
"SPEECH","To make a speech; to harangue. [R.]"
"SPEECHFUL","Full of speech or words; voluble; loquacious. [R.]"
"SPEECHIFICATION","The act of speechifying. [Used humorously or in contempt.]"
"SPEECHIFIER","One who makes a speech or speeches; an orator; a declaimer.[Used humorously or in contempt.] G. Eliot."
"SPEECHIFY","To make a speech; to harangue. [Used derisively or humorously.]"
"SPEECHIFYING","The act of making a speech or speeches. [Used derisively orhumorously.]The dinner and speechifying . . . at the opening of the annual seasonfor the buckhounds. M. Arnold."
"SPEECHING","The act of making a speech. [R.]"
"SPEECHMAKER","One who makes speeches; one accustomed to speak in a publicassembly."
"SPEED COUNTER","A device for automatically counting the revolutions orpulsations of an engine or other machine; -- called also simplycounter."
"SPEEDER","A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings."
"SPEEDFUL","Full of speed (in any sense). [Obs.]"
"SPEEDFULLY","In a speedful manner. [Obs.]"
"SPEEDILY","In a speedy manner."
"SPEEDINESS","The quality or state of being speedy."
"SPEEDLESS","Being without speed."
"SPEEDWELL","Any plant of the genus Veronica, mostly low herbs with paleblue corollas, which quickly fall off."
"SPEEDY","Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid inmotion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot.I will wish her speedy strength. Shak.Darts, which not the good could shun, The speedy ould outfly. Dryden."
"SPEER","A sphere. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SPEET","To stab. [Obs.] Gammer Gurton's Needle."
"SPEIGHT","A woodpecker; -- called also specht, spekt, spight. [Obs. orProv. Eng.]"
"SPEIR","To ask. See Spere. Sir W. Scott."
"SPEISKOBALT","Smaltite."
"SPEISS","A regulus consisting essentially of nickel, obtained as aresidue in fusing cobalt and nickel ores with silica and sodiumcarbonate to make smalt."
"SPEKBOOM","The purslane tree of South Africa, -- said to be the favoritefood of elephants. Balfour (Cyc. of India)."
"SPEKE","To speak. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SPEKEHOUSE","The parlor or reception room of a convent. [Obs.]"
"SPELDING","A haddock or other small fish split open and dried in the sun;-- called also speldron. [Scot.]"
"SPELICANS","See Spilikin."
"SPELK","A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter.[Prov. Eng.] Grose."
"SPELL","A spelk, or splinter. [Obs.] Holland."
"SPELLABLE","Capable of being spelt. Carlyle."
"SPELLBIND","To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; tofascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. -- Spell'bind`er (#), n."
"SPELLBOUND","Bound by, or as by, a spell."
"SPELLFUL","Abounding in spells, or charms.Here, while his eyes the learned leaves peruse, Each spellful mysteryexplained he views. Hoole."
"SPELLING","The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters;orthography."
"SPELLKEN","A theater. [Slang] Byron."
"SPELLWORK","Power or effect of magic; that which is wrought by magic;enchantment.Like those Peri isles of light That hang by spellwork in the air.Moore."
"SPELT","imp. & p. p. of Spell. Spelled."
"SPELTER","Zinc; -- especially so called in commerce and arts."
"SPELUNC","A cavern; a cave. [Obs.] Piers Plowman."
"SPENCER","One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.]Promptorium Parvulorum."
"SPEND","To break ground; to continue working."
"SPENDER","One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; aspendthrift."
"SPENDING","The act of expending; expenditure. Spending money, money setapart for extra (not necessary) personal expenses; pocket money.[Colloq.]"
"SPENDTHRIFT","One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal;one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively.A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. Mrs. R. H. Davis."
"SPENDTHRIFTY","Spendthrift; prodigal. [R.]"
"SPENSERIAN","Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specificallyapplied to the stanza used in his poem 'The Fa\u00ebrie Queene.'"
"SPENT","Exhausted of spawn or sperm; -- said especially of fishes.Spent ball, a ball shot from a firearm, which reaches an objectwithout having sufficient force to penetrate it."
"SPERABLE","Within the range of hpe; proper to be hoped for. [Obs.] Bacon."
"SPERAGE","Asperagus. [Obs.] Sylvester."
"SPERATE","Hoped for, or to be hoped for. [R.] Bouvier."
"SPERE","To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.][Written also speer, speir.] Jamieson."
"SPERGE","A charge of wash for the still. Knight."
"SPERM","The male fecundating fluid; semen. See Semen. Sperm cell(Physiol.), one of the cells from which the spermatozoids aredeveloped.-- Sperm morula. (Biol.) Same as Spermosphere."
"SPERM WHALE","A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having ahead of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In theupper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, orcase, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows tothe length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer partsof all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale. Pygmysperm whale (Zo\u00f6l.), a small whale (Kogia breviceps), seldom twentyfeet long, native of tropical seas, but occasionally found on theAmerican coast. Called also snub-nosed cachalot.-- Sperm-whale porpoise (Zo\u00f6l.), a toothed cetacean (Hypero\u00f6donbidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic and valued for its oil.The adult becomes about twenty-five feet long, and its head is verylarge and thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale."
"SPERMACETI","A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head ofthe sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc.It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethaland other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after theremoval of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin. Spermacetiwhale (Zo\u00f6l.), the sperm whale."
"SPERMALIST","See Spermist."
"SPERMAPHORE","That part of the ovary from which the ovules arise; theplacenta."
"SPERMARY","An organ in which spermatozoa are developed; a sperm gland; atesticle."
"SPERMATHECA","A small sac connected with the female reproductive organs ofinsects and many other invertebrates, serving to receive and retainthe spermatozoa."
"SPERMATIC","Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, thespermatic vessels, etc. Spermatic cord (Anat.), the cord whichsuspends the testicle within the scrotum. It is made up of aconnective tissue sheath inclosing the spermatic duct andaccompanying vessels and nerves."
"SPERMATICAL","Spermatic."
"SPERMATIN","A substance allied to alkali albumin and to mucin, present insemen, to which it is said to impart the mucilaginous character."
"SPERMATISM","The emission of sperm, or semen."
"SPERMATIUM","One of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles ofcertain fungi. J. H. Balfour."
"SPERMATIZE","To yield seed; to emit seed, or sperm. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"SPERMATOBLAST","Same as Spermoblast."
"SPERMATOCYTE","Same as Spermoblast."
"SPERMATOGEMMA","Same as Spermosphere."
"SPERMATOGENESIS","The development of the spermatozoids."
"SPERMATOGENETIC","Relating to, or connected with, spermatogenesis; as,spermatogenetic function."
"SPERMATOGENOUS","Sperm-producing."
"SPERMATOGONIUM","A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminaltubules. It divides into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells(spermoblast), which in turn give rise to spermatozoids."
"SPERMATOID","Spermlike; resembling sperm, or semen."
"SPERMATOPHORE","Same as Spermospore."
"SPERMATOPHOROUS","Producing seed, or sperm; seminiferous; as, the so-calledspermatophorous cells."
"SPERMATOPHYTA","A phylum embracing the highest plants, or those that produceseeds; the  seed plants, or flowering plants. They form the mostnumerous group, including over 120,000 species. In general, the groupis characterized by the marked development of the sporophyte, withgreat differentiation of its parts (root, stem, leaves, flowers,etc.); by the extreme reduction of the gametophyte; and by thedevelopment of seeds. All the Spermatophyta are heterosporous;fertilization of the egg cell is either through a pollen tube emittedby the microspore or (in a few gymnosperms) by spermatozoids. Thephrase 'flowering plants' is less distinctive than 'seed plants,'since the conifers, grasses, sedges, oaks, etc., do not produceflowers in the popular sense. For this reason the terms Anthrophyta,Ph\u00e6nogamia, and Panerogamia have been superseded as names of thephylum by Spermatophyta."
"SPERMATOPHYTE","Any plant of the phylum Spermatophyta. -- Sper`ma*to*phyt'ic(#), a."
"SPERMATOSPORE","Same as Spermospore."
"SPERMATOZOID","The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential elementin fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usuallyprovided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of activemotion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more orless ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Calledalso spermatozo\u00f6n. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid."
"SPERMATOZOOID","A spermatozoid."
"SPERMIC","Of or pertaining to sperm, or semen."
"SPERMIDIUM","An achenium."
"SPERMISM","The theory, formerly held by many, that the sperm orspermatozo\u00f6n contains the germ of the future embryo; animalculism."
"SPERMIST","A believer in the doctrine, formerly current, of encasement inthe male (see Encasement), in which the seminal thread, orspermatozoid, was considered as the real animal germ, the head beingthe true animal head and the tail the body."
"SPERMOBLAST","One of the cells formed by the diivision of the spermospore,each of which is destined to become a spermatozoid; a spermatocyte; aspermatoblast."
"SPERMOCOCCUS","The nucleus of the sperm cell."
"SPERMODERM","The covering of a seed; -- sometimes limited to the outer coator testa. Lindley."
"SPERMOGONIUM","A conceptacle of certain lichens, which contains spermatia."
"SPERMOLOGIST","One who treats of, or collects, seeds. Bailey."
"SPERMOPHILE","Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; gopher. SeeIllust. under Gopher."
"SPERMOPHORE","A spermatophore."
"SPERMOPHYTA","Plants which produce seed; ph\u00e6nogamia. These plants constitutethe highest grand division of the vegetable kingdom."
"SPERMOPHYTE","Any plant which produces true seeds; -- a term recentlyproposed to replace ph\u00e6nogam."
"SPERMOPHYTIC","Capable of producing seeds; ph\u00e6nogamic."
"SPERMOPLASMA","The protoplasm of the sperm cell. Haeckel."
"SPERMOSPHERE","A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated division of amale germinal cell (spermospore), each constituent cell (spermoblast)of which is converted into a spermatozoid; a spermatogemma."
"SPERMOSPORE","The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking up ofwhich the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the spermatozoids; aspermatospore. Balfour."
"SPERMULE","A sperm cell. Haeckel."
"SPERRYLITE","An arsenide of platinum occuring in grains and minute isometriccrystals of tin-white color. It is found near Sudbury, OntarioCanada, and is the only known compound of platinum occuring innature."
"SPERSE","To disperse. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SPESSARTITE","A manganesian variety of garnet."
"SPET","To spit; to throw out. [Obs.]"
"SPETCHES","Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue ismade."
"SPEW","That which is vomited; vomit."
"SPEWER","One who spews."
"SPEWINESS","The state of being spewy."
"SPEWY","Wet; soggy; inclined to spew."
"SPHACEL","Gangrene."
"SPHACELATE","To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; tomortify."
"SPHACELATION","The process of becoming or making gangrenous; mortification."
"SPHACELUS","Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough."
"SPHAERENCHYMA","Vegetable tissue composed of thin-walled rounded cells, -- amodification of parenchyma."
"SPHAERIDIUM","A peculiar sense organ found upon the exterior of most kinds ofsea urchins, and consisting of an oval or sherical head surmounting ashort pedicel. It is generally supposed to be an olfactory organ."
"SPHAEROSPORE","One of the nonsexual spores found in red alg\u00e6; a tetraspore."
"SPHAERULITE","Same as Spherulite."
"SPHAGNICOLOUS","Growing in moss of the genus Sphagnum."
"SPHAGNOUS","Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss;abounding in peat or bog moss."
"SPHAGNUM","A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with redor green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss."
"SPHALERITE","Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena,etc. See Blende (a)."
"SPHENE","A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of ayellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium andcalcium; titanite."
"SPHENETHMOID","Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidalregions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal.Sphenethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which surrounds theanterior end of the brain in many amphibia; the girdle bone."
"SPHENETHMOIDAL","Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone; sphenoethmoid."
"SPHENISCAN","Any species of penguin."
"SPHENO-","A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in sphenomaxillary,sphenopalatine."
"SPHENODON","Same as Hatteria."
"SPHENOETHMOIDAL","Sphenethmoid."
"SPHENOGRAM","A cuneiform, or arrow-headed, character."
"SPHENOGRAPHER","One skilled in sphenography; a sphenographist."
"SPHENOGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to sphenography."
"SPHENOGRAPHIST","A sphenographer."
"SPHENOGRAPHY","The art of writing in cuneiform characters, or of decipheringinscriptions made in such characters."
"SPHENOID","Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone. Sphenoid bone (Anat.),an irregularly shaped bone in front of the occipital in the base ofthe skull of the higher vertebrates. It is composed of several fetalbones which become united the adult. See Alisphenoid, Basisphenoid,Orbitosphenoid, Presphenoid."
"SPHENOIDAL","Pertaining to, or resembling, a sphenoid."
"SPHENOTIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, the sphenotic bone.Sphenotic bone (Anat.), a bone on the anterior side of the auditorycapsule of many fishes, and connected with, or adjoining, thesphenoid bone."
"SPHERE","A body or space contained under a single surface, which inevery part is equally distant from a point within called its center."
"SPHERICITY","The quality or state of being spherial; roundness; as, thesphericity of the planets, or of a drop of water."
"SPHERICLE","A small sphere."
"SPHERICS","The doctrine of the sphere; the science of the properties andrelations of the circles, figures, and other magnitudes of a sphere,produced by planes intersecting it; spherical geometry andtrigonometry."
"SPHEROBACTERIA","See the Note under Microbacteria."
"SPHEROCONIC","A nonplane curve formed by the intersection of the surface ofan oblique cone with the surface of a sphere whose center is at thevertex of the cone."
"SPHEROGRAPH","An instrument for facilitating the practical use of spherics innavigation and astronomy, being constructed of two cardboardscontaining various circles, and turning upon each other in such amanner that any possible spherical triangle may be readily found, andthe measures of the parts read off by inspection."
"SPHEROID","A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectlyspherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipseabout one of its axes. Oblate spheroid, Prolate spheroid. See Oblate,Prolate, and Ellipsoid."
"SPHEROIDAL","Having the form of a spheroid.-- Sphe*roid'al*ly, adv. Spheroidal state (Physics.), the state of aliquid, as water, when, on being thrown on a surface of highly heatedmetal, it rolls about in spheroidal drops or masses, at a temperatureseveral degrees below ebullition, and without actual contact with theheated surface, -- a phenomenon due to the repulsive force of heat,the intervention of a cushion of nonconducting vapor, and the coolingeffect of evaporation."
"SPHEROMERE","Any one of the several symmetrical segments arranged around thecentral axis and composing the body of a radiate anmal."
"SPHEROMETER","An instrument for measuring the curvature of spherical surface,as of lenses for telescope, etc."
"SPHEROSIDERITE","Siderite occuring in spheroidal masses."
"SPHEROSOME","The body wall of any radiate animal."
"SPHERULATE","Covered or set with spherules; having one or more rows ofspherules, or minute tubercles."
"SPHERULE","A little sphere or spherical body; as, quicksilver, when pouredupon a plane, divides itself into a great number of minute spherules."
"SPHERULITE","A minute spherical crystalline body having a radiatedstructure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian andpearlstone."
"SPHERULITIC","Of or pertaining to a spherulite; characterized by the presenceof spherulites."
"SPHEX","Any one of numerous species of sand wasps of the genus Sphexand allied genera. These wasps have the abdomen attached to thethorax by a slender pedicel. See Illust. of Sand wasp, under Sand.Sphex fly (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of numerous species of small dipterousflies of the genus Conops and allied genera. The form of the body issimilar to that of a sphex."
"SPHIGMOMETER","See Sphygmometer."
"SPHINCTER","A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends toclose, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder."
"SPHINGID","A sphinx."
"SPHINX","Any one of numerous species of large moths of the familySphingid\u00e6; -- called also hawk moth."
"SPHRAGIDE","Lemnian earth."
"SPHRAGISTICS","The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc.,esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents."
"SPHRIGOSIS","A condition of vegetation in which there is too abundant growthof the stem and leaves, accompanied by deficiency of flowers andfruit."
"SPHYGMIC","Of or pertaining to the pulse."
"SPHYGMOGRAM","A tracing, called a pulse tracing, consisting of a series ofcurves corresponding with the beats of the heart, obtained by theapplication of the sphygmograph."
"SPHYGMOGRAPH","An instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicatesgraphically the movements or character of the pulse. See Sphygmogram."
"SPHYGMOGRAPHIC","Relating to, or produced by, a sphygmograph; as, asphygmographic tracing."
"SPHYGMOMETER","An instrument for measuring the strength of the pulse beat; asphygmograph."
"SPHYGMOPHONE","An electrical instrument for determining by the ear the rhythmof the pulse of a person at a distance."
"SPHYGMOSCOPE","Same as Sphygmograph."
"SPHYRAENOID","Of or pertaining to the Sphyr\u00e6nid\u00e6, a family of marine fishesincluding the barracudas."
"SPIAL","A spy; a scout. [Obs.] Bacon."
"SPICA","A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses,from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance toa spike of a barley."
"SPICCATO","Detached; separated; -- a term indicating that every note is tobe performed in a distinct and pointed manner."
"SPICEBUSH","Spicewood."
"SPICENUT","A small crisp cake, highly spiced."
"SPICEWOOD","An American shrub (Lindera Benzoin), the bark of which has aspicy taste and odor; -- called also Benjamin, wild allspice, andfever bush."
"SPICIFEROUS","Bearing ears, or spikes; spicate. [Obs.] Bailey."
"SPICIFORM","Spike-shaped. Gray."
"SPICILY","In a spicy manner."
"SPICINESS","The quality or state of being spicy."
"SPICK","A spike or nail. [Prov. Eng.] Spick and span, quite new; thatis, as new as a spike or nail just made and a chip just split; brand-new; as, a spick and span novelty. See Span-new. Howell."
"SPICKNEL","An umbelliferous herb (Meum Athamanticum) having finely dividedleaves, common in Europe; -- called also baldmoney, mew, andbearwort. [Written also spignel.]"
"SPICOSE","Having spikes, or ears, like corn spikes."
"SPICOSITY","The state of having, or being full of, ears like corn. [R.]Bailey."
"SPICOUS","See Spicose."
"SPICULAR","Resembling a dart; having sharp points."
"SPICULATE","Covered with minute spicul\u00e6, or pointed fleshy appendages;divided into small spikelets."
"SPICULE","Same as Spicula."
"SPICULIFORM","Having the shape of a spicule."
"SPICULIGENOUS","Producing or containing spicules."
"SPICULISPONGIAE","A division of sponges including those which have independentsiliceous spicules."
"SPICULUM","Same as Spicule."
"SPIDER","Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the orderAraneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, orfalcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or threepairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threadsof silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young.Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon whichthey prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and aresituated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. underAraneina."
"SPIDER STITCH","A stitch in lace making used to fill in open spaces withthreads resembling a cobweb."
"SPIDERED","Infested by spiders; cobwebbed. Wolcott."
"SPIDERLIKE","Like a spider. Shak."
"SPIDERWORT","An American endogenous plant (Tradescantia Virginica), withlong linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is sometimesextended to other species of the same genus."
"SPIED","imp. & p. p. of Spy."
"SPIEGEL IRON","A fusible white cast iron containing a large amount of carbon(from three and a half to six per cent) and some manganese. When themanganese reaches twenty-five per cent and upwards it has a granularstructure, and constitutes the alloy ferro manganese, largely used inthe manufacture of Bessemer steel. Called also specular pig iron,spiegel, and spiegeleisen."
"SPIEGELEISEN","See Spiegel iron."
"SPIGHT","Spite. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SPIGNEL","Same as Spickenel."
"SPIGNET","An aromatic plant of America. See Spikenard."
"SPIGOT","A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug ofa faucet or cock. Spigot and faucet joint, a joint for uniting pipes,formed by the insertion of the end of one pipe, or pipe fitting, intoa socket at the end of another."
"SPIGURNEL","Formerly the title of the sealer of writs in chancery. Mozley &W."
"SPIKE","A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arrangedon an unbranched elongated axis. Spike grass (Bot.), either of twotall perennial American grasses (Uniola paniculata, and U. latifolia)having broad leaves and large flattened spikelets.-- Spike rush. (Bot.) See under Rush.-- Spike shell (Zo\u00f6l.), any pteropod of the genus Styliola having aslender conical shell.-- Spike team, three horses, or a horse and a yoke of oxen,harnessed together, a horse leading the oxen or the span. [U.S.]"
"SPIKED","Furnished or set with spikes, as corn; fastened with spikes;stopped with spikes.A youth, leaping over the spiked pales, . . . was caught by thosespikes. Wiseman."
"SPIKEFISH","See Sailfish (a)"
"SPIKELET","A small or secondary spike; especially, one of the ultimateparts of the in florescence of grasses. See Illust. of Quaking grass."
"SPIKENARD","An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the Araliaracemosa, often called spignet, and used as a medicine. The spikenardof the ancients is the Nardostachys Jatamansi, a native of theHimalayan region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair isstill prepared in India."
"SPIKETAIL","The pintail duck. [Local, U.S.]"
"SPILE","To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, asa cask."
"SPILIKIN","One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone,or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in agame, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikins), a game played withsuch pieces; pushpin. [Written also spillikin, spilliken.]"
"SPILL","To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory,etc.; to inlay. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SPILLER","A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks seton snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called trawl fishing,bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing."
"SPILLIKIN","See Spilikin."
"SPILLWAY","A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, toprevent too great pressure on the dam."
"SPILT","imp. & p. p. of Spill. Spilled."
"SPILTER","Any one of the small branches on a stag's head. [Obs.] Howell."
"SPILTH","Anything spilt, or freely poured out; slop; effusion. [Archaic]'With drunken spilth of wine.' Shak.Choicest cates, and the flagon's best spilth. R. Browning."
"SPIN","To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, bybending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand toolor roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe. To spin a yarn(Naut.), to tell a story, esp. a long or fabulous tale.-- To spin hay (Mil.), to twist it into ropes for convenientcarriage on an expedition.-- To spin street yarn, to gad about gossiping. [Collog.]"
"SPINA BIFIDA","A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleftat its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project asan elastic swelling from the gap thus formed."
"SPINACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant spinach, or thefamily of plants to which it belongs."
"SPINAL","Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the backbone, orvertebral column; rachidian; vertebral."
"SPINATE","Bearing a spine; spiniform."
"SPINDLE","The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe ordrilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carriesa tool or center, etc.(b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding millturns.(c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed."
"SPINDLE-LEGGED","Having long, slender legs."
"SPINDLE-SHANKED","Having long, slender legs. Addison."
"SPINDLE-SHAPED","Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; --applied chiefly to roots."
"SPINDLELEGS","A spindlehanks."
"SPINDLESHANKS","A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or incontempt."
"SPINDLETAIL","The pintail duck. [Local, U.S.]"
"SPINDLEWORM","The larva of a noctuid mmoth (Achatodes ze\u00e6) which feeds insidethe stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage. It issmooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots acrosseach segment."
"SPINDLING","Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and slender; as, aspindling tree; a spindling boy."
"SPINDRIFT","Same as Spoondrift."
"SPINE","A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn."
"SPINE-FINNED","Having fine supported by spinous fin rays; -- said of certainfishes."
"SPINE-TAILED","Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. Spine-tailed swift. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Spinetail (a)."
"SPINEBACK","A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins."
"SPINEBILL","Any species of Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus.They are related to the honey eaters."
"SPINED","Furnished with spines; spiny."
"SPINEL","Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwroughtinkle. Knight."
"SPINELESS","Having no spine."
"SPINESCENCE","The state or quality of being spinescent or spiny; also, aspiny growth or covering, as of certain animals."
"SPINESCENT","Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid,leafless point; armed with spines. Gray."
"SPINET","A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, butsmaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, soundedby means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly muchused. Dumb spinet. (Mus.) See Manichordon."
"SPINETED","Slit; cleft. [Obs. & R.]"
"SPINI-SPIRULATE","Having spines arranged spirally. See Spicule."
"SPINIFEROUS","Producing spines; bearing thorns or spines; thorny; spiny."
"SPINIFORM","Shaped like a spine."
"SPINIGEROUS","Bearing a spine or spines; thorn-bearing."
"SPININESS","Quality of being spiny."
"SPINK","The chaffinch."
"SPINNAKER","A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when runningbefore the wind."
"SPINNER","A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makeswhen darting through the air."
"SPINNERET","One of the special jointed organs situated on the under side,and near the end, of the abdomen of spiders, by means of which theyspin their webs. Most spiders have three pairs of spinnerets, butsome have only two pairs. The ordinary silk line of the spider iscomposed of numerous smaller lines jointed after issuing from thespinnerets."
"SPINNERULE","One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets ofspiders."
"SPINNEY","Same as Spinny. T. Hughes."
"SPINNING","from Spin. Spinning gland (Zo\u00f6l.), one of the glands which formthe material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other larv\u00e6.-- Spinning house, formerly a common name for a house of correctionin England, the women confined therein being employed in spinning.-- Spinning jenny (Mach.), an engine or machine for spinning wool orcotton, by means of a large number of spindles revolvingsimultaneously.-- Spinning mite (Zo\u00f6l.), the red spider.-- Spinning wheel, a machine for spinning yarn or thread, in which awheel drives a single spindle, and is itself driven by the hand, orby the foot acting on a treadle."
"SPINNY","A small thicket or grove with undergrowth; a clump of trees.[Written also spinney, and spinny.]The downs rise steep, crowned with black fir spinnies. C. Kingsley."
"SPINOSE","Full of spines; armed with thorns; thorny."
"SPINOSITY","The quality or state of being spiny or thorny; spininess."
"SPINOZISM","The form of Pantheism taught by Benedict Spinoza, that there isbut one substance, or infinite essence, in the universe, of which theso-called material and spiritual beings and phenomena are only modes,and that one this one substance is God. [Written also Spinosism.]"
"SPINOZIST","A believer in Spinozism."
"SPINSTER","An unmarried or single woman; -- used in legal proceedings as atitle, or addition to the surname.If a gentlewoman be termed a spinster, she may abate the writ. Coke."
"SPINSTRESS","A woman who spins. T. Brown."
"SPINSTRY","The business of one who spins; spinning. [Obs.] Milton."
"SPINTHARISCOPE","A small instrument containing a minute particle of a radiumcompound mounted in front of a fluorescent screen and viewed withmagnifying lenses. The tiny flashes produced by the continualbombardment of the screen by the a rays are thus rendered visible. --Spin*thar`i*scop'ic (#), a."
"SPINULE","A minute spine. Dana."
"SPINULESCENT","Having small spines; somewhat thorny."
"SPINY","See Spinny."
"SPIODEA","An extensive division of marine Annelida, including those thatare without oral tentacles or cirri, and have the gills, whenpresent, mostly arranged along the sides of the body. They generallylive in burrows or tubes."
"SPIRABLE","Capable of being breathed; respirable. [Obs.] Nash."
"SPIRACLE","The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, andallied animals."
"SPIRACULAR","Of or pertaining to a spiracle."
"SPIRAEA","A genus of shrubs or perennial herbs including the meadowsweetand the hardhack."
"SPIRAEIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the meadowsweet (Spir\u00e6a);formerly, designating an acid which is now called salicylic acid."
"SPIRAL","Of or pertaining to a spiral; like a spiral. Spiral gear, orSpiral wheel (Mach.), a gear resembling in general a spur gear, buthaving its teeth cut at an angle with its axis, or so that they formsmall portions of screws or spirals.-- Spiral gearing, a kind of gearing sometimes used in lightmachinery, in which spiral gears, instead of bevel gears, are used totransmit motion between shafts that are not parallel.-- Spiral operculum, an operculum whih has spiral lines of growth.-- Spiral shell, any shell in which the whorls form a spiral orhelix.-- Spiral spring. See the Note under Spring, n., 4."
"SPIRALITY","The quality or states of being spiral."
"SPIRALLY","In a spiral form, manner, or direction."
"SPIRALOZOOID","One of the special defensive zooids of certain hydroids. Theyhave the form of long, slender tentacles, and bear lasso cells."
"SPIRANT","A term used differently by different authorities; -- by some asequivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all the continuousconsonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further exception,by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by otherslimited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch, --thus excluding the sibilants, as well as the nasals, liquids, andsemivowels. See Guide to Pronunciation, \u00a7\u00a7 197-208."
"SPIRANTHY","The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower."
"SPIRATION","The act of breathing. [Obs.] Barrow."
"SPIRE","To breathe. [Obs.] Shenstone."
"SPIRED","Having a spire; being in the form of a spire; as, a spiredsteeple. Mason."
"SPIRICLE","One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of someseeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers. Gray."
"SPIRIFER","Any one of numerous species of fossil brachipods of the genusSpirifer, or Delthyris, and allied genera, in which the longcalcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, oneach side."
"SPIRILLUM","A genus of common motile micro\u00f6rganisms (Spirobacteria) havingthe form of spiral-shaped filaments. One species is said to be thecause of relapsing fever."
"SPIRING","Shooting up in a spire or spires. 'The spiring grass.' Dryton."
"SPIRIT","Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors havingmuch alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors."
"SPIRITALLY","By means of the breath. [Obs.] Holder."
"SPIRITFUL","Full of spirit; spirited. [R.]The spiritful and orderly life of our own grown men. Milton.-- Spir'it*ful*ly, adv.-- Spir'it*ful*ness, n."
"SPIRITISM","Spiritualsm."
"SPIRITIST","A spiritualist."
"SPIRITOSO","Spirited; spiritedly; -- a direction to perform a passage in ananimated, lively manner."
"SPIRITOUSNESS","Quality of being spiritous. [R.]"
"SPIRITUAL","A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2.He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor intemporals. Lowell."
"SPIRITUAL-MINDED","Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holydesires and affections.-- Spir'it*u*al-mind`ed*ness, n."
"SPIRITUALISM","The doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that all whichexists is spirit, or soul -- that what is called the external worldis either a succession of notions impressed on the mind by the Deity,as maintained by Berkeley, or else the mere educt of the mind itself,as taught by Fichte."
"SPIRITUALIST","Spiritualistic. Taylor."
"SPIRITUALISTIC","Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism."
"SPIRITUALITY","That which belongs to the church, or to a person as anecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.During the vacancy of a see, the archbishop is guardian of thespiritualities thereof. Blackstone."
"SPIRITUALIZATION","The act of spiritualizing, or the state of being spiritualized."
"SPIRITUALIZE","To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnatewith, spirit."
"SPIRITUALIZER","One who spiritualizes."
"SPIRITUALLY","In a spiritual manner; with purity of spirit; like a spirit."
"SPIRITUALNESS","The quality or state of being spiritual or spiritual-minded;spirituality."
"SPIRITUALTY","An ecclesiastical body; a spirituality. Shak."
"SPIRITUELLE","Of the nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit; pure;refined; ethereal."
"SPIRITUOSITY","The quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness. [R.]"
"SPIRITUOUSNESS","The quality or state of being spirituous. [R.] Boyle."
"SPIRKETING","The planking from the waterways up to the port sills. Totten."
"SPIRLING","Sparling. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SPIROBACTERIA","See the Note under Microbacteria."
"SPIROGRAPH","An instrument for recording the respiratory movements, as thesphygmograph does those of the pulse."
"SPIROMETER","An instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs, orthe volume of air which can be expelled from the chest after thedeepest possible inspiration. Cf. Pneumatometer."
"SPIROMETRY","The act or process of measuring the chest capacity by means ofa spirometer."
"SPIROSCOPE","A wet meter used to determine the breathing capacity of thelungs."
"SPIRT","Same as Spurt."
"SPIRTLE","To spirt in a scattering manner."
"SPIRULA","A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal,siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of whichare not in contact."
"SPIRULATE","Having the color spots, or structural parts, arranged spirally."
"SPIRY","Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.Hid in the spiry volumes of the snake. Dryden."
"SPISS","Thick; crowded; compact; dense. [Obs.]This spiss and . . . copious, yet concise, treatise. Brerewood."
"SPISSATED","Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated;thickened. [R.]The spissated juice of the poppy. Bp. Warburton."
"SPISSITUDE","The quality or state of being spissated; as, the spissitude ofcoagulated blood, or of any coagulum. Arbuthnot."
"SPIT","To attend to a spit; to use a spit. [Obs.]She's spitting in the kitchen. Old Play."
"SPIT BALL","A pitched ball in throwing which the pitcher grips the ballbetween two, or three, fingers on one side (which is made slippery,as by saliva) and the thumb on the other side, and delivers it sothat it slips off the fingers with the least possible friction. Whenpitched directly overhand a spit ball darts downward, when pitchedwith the arm extended sidewise it darts down and out. [Cant] -- Spitballer."
"SPIT CURL","A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the templeor forehead with spittle, or other adhesive substance. [Colloq.]"
"SPIT-VENOM","Poison spittle; poison ejected from the mouth. [R.] Hooker."
"SPITAL","A hospital. [Obs.] Shak."
"SPITALHOUSE","A hospital. [Obs.]"
"SPITBALL","Paper chewed, and rolled into a ball, to be thrown as amissile."
"SPITBOX","A vessel to receive spittle."
"SPITCHCOCK","To split (as an eel) lengthwise, and broil it, or fry it in hotfat."
"SPITCHCOCKED","Broiled or fried after being split lengthwise; -- said of eels."
"SPITEFUL","Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy,or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person or act. Shak.-- Spite'ful*ly, adv. Spite'ful*ness, n."
"SPITFIRE","A violent, irascible, or passionate person. [Colloq.] Grose."
"SPITFUL","A spadeful. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SPITOUS","Having spite; spiteful. [Obs.]"
"SPITOUSLY","Spitefully. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SPITSCOCKED","Spitchcocked."
"SPITTED","p. p. of Spit, v. i., to eject, to spit. [Obs.]"
"SPITTER","One who ejects saliva from the mouth."
"SPITTLE","See Spital. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"SPITTLY","Like spittle; slimy. [Obs.]"
"SPITTOON","A spitbox; a cuspidor."
"SPITZ DOG","A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair, usuallywhite; -- called also Pomeranian dog, and louploup."
"SPITZENBURGH","A kind of red and yellow apple, of medium size and spicyflavor. It originated at Newtown, on Long Island."
"SPLANCHNAPOPHYSIS","Any element of the skeleton in relation with the alimentarycanal, as the jaws and hyoidean apparatus.-- Splanch`nap`o*phys'i*al, a. Mivart."
"SPLANCHNIC","Of or pertaining to the viscera; visceral."
"SPLANCHNO-SKELETON","That part of the skeleton connected with the sense organs andthe viscera. Owen."
"SPLANCHNOGRAPHY","Splanchnology."
"SPLANCHNOLOGY","That part of anatomy which treats of the viscera; also, atreatise on the viscera."
"SPLANCHNOPLEURE","The inner, or visceral, one of the two lamell\u00e6 into which thevertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, andfrom which the walls of the enteric canal and the umbilical vesicleare developed. See Somatopleure.-- Splanch`no*pleu'ric, a."
"SPLANCHNOTOMY","The dissection, or anatomy, of the viscera."
"SPLANDREL","See Spandrel. [R.]"
"SPLASH","To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such away as to spatter."
"SPLASHBOARD","A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by amud or water from the horse's heels; -- in the United States commonlycalled dashboard."
"SPLASHY","Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashedabout; slushy."
"SPLATTER","To spatter; to splash."
"SPLATTERDASH","Uproar. Jamieson."
"SPLAY","Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly;as, splay shoulders.Sonwthing splay, something blunt-edged, unhandy, and infelicitous. M.Arnold."
"SPLAYFOOT","A foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot."
"SPLAYMOUTH","A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision. Dryden."
"SPLAYMOUTHED","Having a splaymouth. T. Brown."
"SPLEEN","A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomachor intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the vascularsystem; the milt. Its exact function in not known."
"SPLEENFUL","Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful;melancholy.Myself have calmed their spleenful mutiny. Shak.Then rode Geraint, a little spleenful yet, Across the bridge thatspann'd the dry ravine. Tennyson."
"SPLEENISH","Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful.-- Spleen'ish*ly, adv.-- Spleen'ish*ness, n."
"SPLEENLESS","Having no spleen; hence, kind; gentle; mild. [Obs.] Chapman."
"SPLEENWORT","Any fern of the genus Asplenium, some species of which wereanciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen."
"SPLEGET","A cloth dipped in a liquid for washing a sore. Crabb."
"SPLENALGIA","Pain over the region of the spleen."
"SPLENCULUS","A lienculus."
"SPLENDIDIOUS","Splendid. [Obs.]"
"SPLENDIDLY","In a splendid manner; magnificently."
"SPLENDIDNESS","The quality of being splendid."
"SPLENDIDOUS","Splendid. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"SPLENDIFEROUS","Splendor-bearing; splendid. Bale (1538). 'A splendiferouswoman.' Haliburton. [Now used humorously.]"
"SPLENDOR","Splendid. Drayton."
"SPLENETIC","Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.'Splenetic guffaw.' G. Eliot.You humor me when I am sick; Why not when I am splenetic Pope."
"SPLENETICAL","Splenetic."
"SPLENETICALLY","In a splenetical manner."
"SPLENIAL","The splenial bone."
"SPLENIC","Of or pertaining to the spleen; lienal; as, the splenic vein.Splenic apoplexy or fever. (Med.) See Anthrax, n., 3."
"SPLENICAL","Splenic."
"SPLENISH","Spleenish. [Obs.] Drayton."
"SPLENITIS","Inflammation of the spleen."
"SPLENITIVE","Splenetic. Shak.Even and smooth as seemed the temperament of the nonchalant, languidVirginian -- not splenitive or rash. T. N. Page."
"SPLENIUM","The thickened posterior border of the corpus callosum; -- socalled in allusion to its shape."
"SPLENIUS","A flat muscle of the back of the neck."
"SPLENIZATION","A morbid state of the lung produced by inflammation, in whichits tissue resembles that of the spleen."
"SPLENOCELE","Hernia formed by the spleen."
"SPLENOGRAPHY","A description of the spleen."
"SPLENOID","Resembling the spleen; spleenlike."
"SPLENOLOGY","The branch of science which treats of the spleen."
"SPLEUCHAN","A pouch, as for tobacco. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"SPLICE","A junction or joining made by splicing."
"SPLINING","Of or pertaining to a spline. Splining machine, a machine toolfor cutting grooves, key seats, or slots; a slotting machine."
"SPLINT","A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep inplace, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone whenset."
"SPLINTER","To become split into long pieces."
"SPLINTERPROOF","Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells."
"SPLINTERY","Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, thesplintery fracture of a mineral."
"SPLIT","To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up;as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. To split hairs,to make distinctions of useless nicety."
"SPLIT DYNAMOMETER","An electric dynamometer having two coils so arranged that onecarries the primary current, and the other the secondary current, ofa transformer."
"SPLIT INFINITIVE","A simple infinitive with to, having a modifier between the verband the to; as in, to largely decrease. Called also cleft infinitive."
"SPLIT KEY","A key split at one end like a split pin, for the same purpose."
"SPLIT STITCH","A stitch used in stem work to produce a fine line, much used inold church embroidery to work the hands and faces of figures."
"SPLIT STUFF","Timber sawn into lengths and then split."
"SPLIT SWITCH","= Point switch."
"SPLIT WHEEL","= Split pulley."
"SPLIT-TONGUED","Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards."
"SPLITFEET","The Fissipedia."
"SPLITTER","One who, or that which, splits."
"SPLOTCH","A spot; a stain; a daub. R. Browning."
"SPLOTCHY","Covered or marked with splotches."
"SPLURGE","A blustering demonstration, or great effort; a great display.[Slang, U.S.] Bartlett."
"SPLUTTER","To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter. [Colloq.]Carleton."
"SPLUTTERER","One who splutters."
"SPODOMANCY","Divination by means of ashes."
"SPODOMANTIC","Relating to spodomancy, or divination by means of ashes. C.Kingsley."
"SPODUMENE","A mineral of a white to yellowish, purplish, or emerald-greencolor, occuring in prismatic crystals, often of great size. It is asilicate of aluminia and lithia. See Hiddenite."
"SPOFFISH","Earnest and active in matters of no moment; bustling. [Colloq.Eng.] Dickens."
"SPOILABLE","Capable of being spoiled."
"SPOILFIVE","A certain game at cards in which, if no player wins three ofthe five tricks possible on any deal, the game is said to be spoiled."
"SPOILFUL","Wasteful; rapacious. [Poetic]"
"SPOILSMAN","One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; inUnited States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand forpublic office on the ground of partisan service; also, one whosanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service."
"SPOILSMONGER","One who promises or distributes public offices and theiremoluments as the price of services to a party or its leaders."
"SPOKE","imp. of Speak."
"SPOKESHAVE","A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokesof wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work."
"SPOKESMAN","One who speaks for another.He shall be thy spokesman unto the people. Ex. iv. 16."
"SPOLIATE","To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob."
"SPOLIATION","Injury done to a document."
"SPOLIATIVE","Serving to take away, diminish, or rob; esp. (Med.), serving todiminish sensibily the amount of blood in the body; as, spoliativebloodletting."
"SPOLIATOR","One who spoliates; a spoiler."
"SPOLIATORY","Tending to spoil; destructive; spoliative."
"SPONDEE","A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin wordleges."
"SPONDULICS","Money. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett."
"SPONG","An irregular, narrow, projecting part of a field. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SPONGE","Any one of numerous species of Spongi\u00e6, or Porifera. SeeIllust. and Note under Spongi\u00e6."
"SPONGELET","See Spongiole."
"SPONGEOUS","Resembling sponge; having the nature or qualities of sponge."
"SPONGIAE","The grand division of the animal kingdom which includes thesponges; -- called also Spongida, Spongiaria, Spongiozoa, andPorifera."
"SPONGIDA","Spongi\u00e6."
"SPONGIFORM","Resembling a sponge; soft and porous; porous."
"SPONGILLA","A genus of siliceous spongea found in fresh water."
"SPONGIN","The chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlikesubstance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucinand glycocoll."
"SPONGINESS","The quality or state of being spongy. Dr. H. More."
"SPONGING","a. & n. from Sponge, v. Sponging house (Eng. Law), a bailiff'sor other house in which debtors are put before being taken to jail,or until they compromise with their creditors. At these housesextortionate charges are commonly made for food, lodging, etc."
"SPONGIOLE","A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet forabsorbing water; -- called also spongelet."
"SPONGIOLITE","One of the microsporic siliceous spicules which occurabundantly in the texture of sponges, and are sometimes found fossil,as in flints."
"SPONGIOPILIN","A kind of cloth interwoven with small pieces of sponge andrendered waterproof on one side by a covering of rubber. Whenmoistend with hot water it is used as a poultice."
"SPONGIOZOA","See Spongl\u00e6."
"SPONGOBLAST","One of the cells which, in sponges, secrete the spongin, or thematerial of the horny fibers."
"SPONGOID","Resembling sponge; like sponge."
"SPONK","See Spunk."
"SPONSAL","Relating to marriage, or to a spouse; spousal."
"SPONSIBLE","responsible; worthy of credit. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"SPONSION","An act or engagement on behalf of a state, by an agent notspecially authorized for the purpose, or by one who exceeds thelimits of authority."
"SPONSIONAL","Of or pertaining to a pledge or agreement; responsible. [R.]He is righteous even in that representative and sponsional person heput on. Abp. Leighton."
"SPONSORIAL","Pertaining to a sponsor."
"SPONSORSHIP","State of being a sponsor."
"SPONTOON","A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferiorofficers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to thesoldiers."
"SPOOK","The chim\u00e6ra."
"SPOOL","A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollowcylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread oryarn upon. Spool stand, an article holding spools of thread, turningon pins, -- used by women at their work."
"SPOOLER","One who, or that which, spools."
"SPOOM","To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; tobe driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part ofthe sails spread; to scud under bare poles. [Written also spoon.]When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale, My heaving wishes helpto fill the sail. Dryden."
"SPOON","See Spoom. [Obs.]We might have spooned before the wind as well as they. Pepys."
"SPOON-BILLED","Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end."
"SPOON-MEAT","Food that is, or must be, taken with a spoon; liquid food.'Diet most upon spoon-meats.' Harvey."
"SPOONDRIFT","Spray blown from the tops waves during a gale at sea; also,snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also spindrift."
"SPOONEY","Weak-minded; demonstratively fond; as, spooney lovers. [Speltalso spoony.] [Colloq.]"
"SPOONFLOWER","The yautia."
"SPOONILY","In a spoony manner."
"SPOONWOOD","The mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia)."
"SPOONWORM","A gephyrean worm of the genus Thalassema, having a spoonlikeprobiscis."
"SPOONWORT","Scurvy grass."
"SPOONY","Same as Spooney."
"SPOOR","The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of anelephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa."
"SPORADES","Stars not included in any constellation; -- called alsoinformed, or unformed, stars."
"SPORADIAL","Sporadic. [R.]"
"SPORADIC","Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind,or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball;a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower. Sporadicdisease (Med.), a disease which occurs in single and scattered cases.See the Note under Endemic, a."
"SPORADICAL","Sporadic."
"SPORADICALLY","In a sporadic manner."
"SPORANGIOPHORE","The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as Trichomanes), whichbears the sporangia."
"SPORANGIUM","A spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc."
"SPORID","A sporidium. Lindley."
"SPORIDIFEROUS","Bearing sporidia."
"SPORIFEROUS","Bearing or producing spores."
"SPORIFICATION","Spore formation. See Spore formation (b), under Spore."
"SPOROCYST","An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a series of larvalforms in the agamic reproduction of various trematodes and otherparasitic worms. The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but inits turn produces other larv\u00e6 by internal budding, or by thesubdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minutegerms. See Redia."
"SPOROGENESIS","reproduction by spores."
"SPOROGONY","The growth or development of an animal or a zooid from anonsexual germ."
"SPOROPHORIC","Having the nature of a sporophore."
"SPOROPHYTE","In plants exhibiting alternation of generations, the generationwhich bears asexual spores; -- opposed to gametophyte. It is notclearly differentiated in the life cycle of the lower plants. --Spo`ro*phyt'ic (#), a."
"SPOROZOA","An extensive division of parasitic Protozoa, which increase bysporulation. It includes the Gregarinida."
"SPOROZOID","Same as Zo\u00f6spore."
"SPOROZOITE","In certain Sporozoa, a small active, usually elongate, sickle-shaped or somewhat amoboid spore, esp. one of those produced bydivision of the passive spores into which the zygote divides. Thesporozoites reproduce asexually."
"SPORRAN","A large purse or pouch made of skin with the hair or fur on,worn in front of the kilt by Highlanders when in full dress."
"SPORT","A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which hassome peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal varietyor growth. See Sporting plant, under Sporting."
"SPORTABILITY","Sportiveness. [Obs.]"
"SPORTAL","Of or pertaining to sports; used in sports. [R.] 'Sportalarms.' Dryden."
"SPORTER","One who sports; a sportsman.As this gentleman and I have been old fellow sporters, I have afrienship for him. Goldsmith."
"SPORTING","Of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibitingthe character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports. Sportingbook, a book containing a record of bets, gambling operations, andthe like. C. Kingsley.-- Sporting house, a house frequented by sportsmen, gamblers, andthe like.-- Sporting man, one who practices field sports; also, a horseracer, a pugilist, a gambler, or the like.-- Sporting plant (Bot.), a plant in which a single bud or offsetsuddenly assumes a new, and sometimes very different, character fromthat of the rest of the plant. Darwin."
"SPORTINGLY","In sport; sportively.The question you there put, you do it, I suppose, but sportingly.Hammond."
"SPORTIVE","Tending to, engaged in, or provocate of, sport; gay;froliscome; playful; merry.Is it I That drive thee from the sportive court Shak.-- Sport'ive*ly, adv.-- Sport'ive*ness, n."
"SPORTLESS","Without sport or mirth; joyless."
"SPORTLING","A little person or creature engaged in sports or in play.When again the lambkins play --Pretty sportlings, full of May.Philips."
"SPORTSMAN","One who pursues the sports of the field; one who hunts, fishes,etc."
"SPORTSMANSHIP","The practice of sportsmen; skill in field sports."
"SPORTULA","A gift; a present; a prize; hence, an alms; a largess.To feed luxuriously, to frequent sports and theaters, to run for thesportula. South."
"SPORTULARY","Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions. [Obs.] Bp.Hall."
"SPORTULE","A charitable gift or contribution; a gift; an alms; a dole; alargess; a sportula. [Obs.] Ayliffe."
"SPORULATION","The act or process of forming spores; spore formation. SeeIllust. of Bacillus, b."
"SPORULE","A small spore; a spore."
"SPORULIFEROUS","Producing sporules."
"SPOT","A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spoton its head just above its beak."
"SPOT CASH","Cash paid or ready for payment at once upon delivery ofproperty purchased."
"SPOT STROKE","The pocketing of the red ball in a top corner pocket from offits own spot so as to leave the cue ball in position for an easywinning hazard in either top corner pocket."
"SPOTLESS","Without a spot; especially, free from reproach or impurity;pure; untained; innocent; as, a spotless mind; spotless behavior.A spotless virgin, and a faultless wife. Waller."
"SPOTLIGHT","The projected spot or circle of light used to illuminatebrilliantly a single person or object or group on the stage; leavingthe rest of the stage more or less unilluminated; hence, conspicuouspublic notice. [Cant or Colloq.]"
"SPOTTED","Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. 'Thespotted panther.' Spenser. Spotted fever (Med.), a name applied tovarious eruptive fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinalmeningitis.-- Spotted tree (Bot.), an Australian tree (Flindersia maculosa); --so called because its bark falls off in spots."
"SPOTTEDNESS","State or quality of being spotted."
"SPOTTER","One who spots."
"SPOTTINESS","The state or quality of being spotty."
"SPOTTY","Full of spots; marked with spots."
"SPOUSAGE","Espousal. [Obs.] Bale."
"SPOUSAL","Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial;conjugal; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments. Wordsworth."
"SPOUSE","To wed; to espouse. [Obs.]This markis hath her spoused with a ring. Chaucer.Though spoused, yet wanting wedlock's solemnize. Spenser.She was found again, and spoused to Marinell. Spenser."
"SPOUSE-BREACH","Adultery. [Obs.]"
"SPOUSELESS","Destitute of a spouse; unmarried."
"SPOUSESS","A wife or bride. [Obs.] Fabyan."
"SPOUTER","One who, or that which, spouts."
"SPOUTFISH","A marine animal that spouts water; -- applied especially tocertain bivalve mollusks, like the long clams (Mya), which spout, orsquirt out, water when retiring into their holes."
"SPOUTLESS","Having no spout. Cowper."
"SPOUTSHELL","Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Apporhais having anelongated siphon. See Illust. under Rostrifera."
"SPRACK","Quick; lively' alert. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"SPRAD","p. p. of Spread. Chaucer."
"SPRADDE","imp. of Spread. Chaucer."
"SPRAG","A young salmon. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SPRAIN","To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden andexcessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretchinjuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle."
"SPRAINTS","The dung of an otter."
"SPRANG","imp. of Spring."
"SPRAWLS","Small branches of a tree; twigs; sprays. [Prov. Eng.]Halliwell."
"SPRAYBOARD","See Dashboard, n., 2 (b)."
"SPRAYER","One that sprays; any instrument for vaporizing and sprayingliquids."
"SPREAD","An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points."
"SPREAD-EAGLE","Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style;defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; aspread-eagle speech. [Colloq.& Humorous]"
"SPREAD-EAGLED","1. To place in a spread-eagle position, especially as a meansof punishment. 2. being in a position with the arms and legs extendedfully."
"SPREADINGLY",", adv. Increasingly.The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton."
"SPRECHERY","Movables of an inferior description; especially, such as havebeen collected by depredation. [Scot]"
"SPREE","A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic; a carousal.[Colloq.]"
"SPRENGE","To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] Wyclif (1 Pet. i. 2)."
"SPRENGEL PUMP","A form of air pump in which exhaustion is produced by a streamof mercury running down a narrow tube, in the manner of an aspirator;-- named from the inventor."
"SPRENT","p. p. of Sprenge. Sprinkled.All the ground with purple blood was sprent. Spenser."
"SPREW","Thrush. [Local, U.S.]"
"SPREYND","p. p. of Sprenge. Sprinkled.When spreynd was holy water. Chaucer."
"SPRIG","A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point."
"SPRIGGED","Having sprigs."
"SPRIGGY","Full of sprigs or small branches."
"SPRIGHT","To haunt, as a spright. [Obs.] Shak."
"SPRIGHTFUL","Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk;nimble; gay. [Obs.] -- Spright'ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] Shak.-- Spright'ful*ness, n. [Obs.]Spoke like a sprightful gentlemen. Shak.Steeds sprightful as the light. Cowley."
"SPRIGHTLESS","Destitute of life; dull; sluggish."
"SPRIGHTLINESS","The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life;briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.In dreams, observe with what a sprightliness and alacrity does she[the soul] exert herself! Addison."
"SPRIGHTLY","Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous;airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance.'Sprightly wit and love inspires.' Dryden.The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope."
"SPRING","An active, springly young man. [Obs.] 'There came two springalsof full tender years.' Spenser.Joseph, when he was sold to Potiphar, that great man, was a fairyoung springall. Latimer."
"SPRING STEEL","A variety of steel, elastic, strong, and tough, rolled forsprings, etc."
"SPRINGAL","An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows bymeans of a spring."
"SPRINGBOARD","An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often byelastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or inexercising."
"SPRINGE","A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with asudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; asnare.As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak."
"SPRINGER","The grampus."
"SPRINGHALT","A kind of lameness in horse. See Stringhalt. Shak."
"SPRINGHEAD","A fountain or source."
"SPRINGINESS","The state or quality of being springly. Boyle."
"SPRINGLE","A springe. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SPRINGLET","A little spring.But yet from out the little hill Oozes the slender springlet still.Sir W. Scott."
"SPRINGTAIL","Any one of numerous species of small apterous insects belongingto the order Thysanura. They have two elastic caudal stylets whichcan be bent under the abdomen and then suddenly extended like aspring, thus enabling them to leap to a considerable distance. SeeCollembola, and Podura."
"SPRINGTIDE","The time of spring; springtime. Thomson."
"SPRINGTIME","The season of spring; springtide."
"SPRINT","To run very rapidly; to run at full speed.A runner [in a quarter-mile race] should be able to sprint the wholeway. Encyc. Brit."
"SPRINTER","One who sprints; one who runs in sprint races; as, a championsprinter."
"SPRIT","To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; tospurt out. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"SPRITE","The green woodpecker, or yaffle."
"SPROCKET WHEEL","Same as Chain wheel."
"SPROD","A salmon in its second year. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SPRONG","imp. of Spring. Sprung."
"SPROUT","Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts. Johnson. Brussels sprouts(Bot.) See under Brussels."
"SPRUCE","Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce(P. excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P. alba andP. nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest. See Picea."
"SPRUE","Same as Sprew."
"SPRUG","To make smart. [Obs.]"
"SPRUNG","imp. & p. p. of Spring."
"SPRUNT","To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward or outward.[Obs.] To sprunt up, to draw one's self up suddenly, as in anger ordefiance; to bristle up. [Local, U.S.]"
"SPRUNTLY","In a sprunt manner; smartly; vigorously; youthfully. [Obs.] B.Jonson."
"SPRY","Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active. [U.S.& Local Eng.]She is as spry as a cricket. S. Judd (Margaret).If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not halfso spry. Emerson."
"SPUE","See Spew."
"SPUILZIE","See Spulzie."
"SPUKE","See Spook."
"SPULLER","One employed to inspect yarn, to see that it is well spun, andfit for the loom. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SPULZIE","Plunder, or booty. [Written also spuilzie, and spulye.] Sir W.Scott."
"SPUME","Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, oragitation; froth; foam; scum.Materials dark and crude, Of spiritous and fiery spume. Milton."
"SPUMEOUS","Spumous. [Obs.] r. H. More."
"SPUMESCENCE","The state of being foamy; frothiness."
"SPUMESCENT","Resembling froth or foam; foaming."
"SPUMID","Spumous; frothy. [Obs.]"
"SPUMIFEROUS","Producing foam."
"SPUMINESS","The quality or condition of being spumy; spumescence."
"SPUN","imp. & p. p. of Spin. Spun hay, hay twisted into ropes forconvenient carriage, as on a military expedition.-- Spun silk, a cheap article produced from floss, or short-fibered,broken, and waste silk, carded and spun, in distinction from the longfilaments wound from the cocoon. It is often mixed with cotton.-- Spun yarn (Naut.), a line formed of two or more rope-yarnsloosely twisted."
"SPUNGE","A sponge. [Obs.]"
"SPUNKY","Full of spunk; quick; spirited. [Colloq.]"
"SPUR","Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certainburds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on acock's leg."
"SPUR-ROYAL","A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having astar on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns ofElizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings. [Writtenalso spur-rial, and spur-ryal.]"
"SPUR-SHELL","Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of thegenus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the margintoothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur."
"SPUR-WINGED","Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. Spur-wingedgoose (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of several species of long-legged Africangeese of the genus Plectropterus and allied genera, having a strongspur on the bend of the wing, as the Gambo goose (P. Gambensis) andthe Egyptian, or Nile, goose (Alopochen \u00c6gyptiaca).-- Spur-winged plover (Zo\u00f6l.), an Old World plover (Hoplopterusspinosus) having a sharp spur on the bend of the wing. It inhabitsNorthern Africa and the adjacent parts of Asia and Europe."
"SPURGALL","A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur."
"SPURGE","To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast frombeer in course of fermentation. [Obs.] W. Cartright."
"SPURGEWORT","Any euphorbiaceous plant. Lindley."
"SPURGING","A purging. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"SPURLESS","Having no spurs."
"SPURLING","A tern. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser."
"SPURLING-LINE","The line which forms the communication between the steeringwheel and the telltale."
"SPURN","A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass."
"SPURN-WATER","A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water."
"SPURNER","One who spurns."
"SPURRER","One who spurs."
"SPURREY","See Spurry."
"SPURRIER","One whose occupation is to make spurs. B. Jonson. 'The saddlersand spurriers would be ruined by thousands.' Macaulay."
"SPURRY","An annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiformleaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder. [Written also spurrey.]Sand spurry (Bot.), any low herb of the genus Lepigonum, mostly foundin sandy places."
"SPURT","To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, asliquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small streamor jet; to spirt.Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, Spurts in thegardener's eyes who turns the cock. Pope."
"SPURTLE","To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner. [Obs.] Drayton."
"SPURWAY","A bridle path. [R.]"
"SPUT","An annular re\u00ebnforce, to strengthen a place where a hole ismade."
"SPUTATION","The act of spitting; expectoration. Harvey."
"SPUTATIVE","Inclined to spit; spitting much. Sir H. Wotton."
"SPUTE","To dispute; to discuss. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"SPUTTER","To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with aspluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without controlover the organs of speech.In the midst of caresses, and without the last pretend incitement, tosputter out the basest accusations. Swift."
"SPUTTERER","One who sputters."
"SPUTUM","That which is expectorated; a salival discharge; spittle;saliva."
"SPY","To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state ofconcealment; to espy; to see.One in reading, skipped over all sentences where he spied a note ofadmiration. Swift."
"SPYBOAT","A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence.Arbuthnot."
"SPYGLASS","A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects."
"SPYISM",", n. Act or business of spying. [R.]"
"SQUAB","A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when veryfat and not fully fledged."
"SQUAB-CHICK","A young chicken before it is fully fledged. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SQUABASH","To crush; to quash; to squash. [Colloq. or Slang, Scot.] Sir W.Scott."
"SQUABBISH","Thick; fat; heavy."
"SQUABBLE","To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or aremixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has beenset up."
"SQUABBLER","One who squabbles; a contentious person; a brawler."
"SQUABBY","Short and thick; suqabbish."
"SQUACCO","A heron (Ardea comata) found in Asia, Northern Africa, andSouthern Europe."
"SQUAD","A small party of men assembled for drill, inspection, or otherpurposes."
"SQUADRON","A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops, andaverging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men."
"SQUADRONED","Formed into squadrons, or squares. [R.] Milton."
"SQUAIL","To throw sticls at cocks; to throw anything about awkwardly orirregularly. [Prov. Eng.] Southey."
"SQUAIMOUS","Squeamish. [Obs.]"
"SQUALI","The suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks."
"SQUALID","Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.Uncomed his locks, and squalid his attrie. Dryden.Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of large capitals.Macaulay."
"SQUALIDITY","The quality or state of being squalid; foulness; filthiness."
"SQUALIDLY","In a squalid manner."
"SQUALIDNESS","Quality or state of being squalid."
"SQUALL","A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.The gray skirts of a lifting squall. Tennyson.Black squall, a squall attended with dark, heavy clouds.-- Thick squall, a black squall accompanied by rain, hail, sleet, orsnow. Totten.-- White squall, a squall which comes unexpectedly, without beingmarked in its approach by the clouds. Totten."
"SQUALLER","One who squalls; a screamer."
"SQUALLY","Interrupted by unproductive spots; -- said of a flied ofturnips or grain. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"SQUALODON","A genus of fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia; -- socalled because their are serrated, like a shark's."
"SQUALODONT","Pertaining to Squalodon."
"SQUALOID","Like or pertaining to a shark or sharks."
"SQUALOR","Squalidness; foulness; filthness; squalidity.The heterogenous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly thesame aspect of squalor. Taylor.To bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes. Dickens."
"SQUAM","An oilskin hat or southwester; -- a fisherman's name. [U. S.]"
"SQUAMA","A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting ofepithelium."
"SQUAMACEOUS","Squamose."
"SQUAMATA","A division of edentates having the body covered with large,imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins."
"SQUAMDUCK","The American eider duck. [Local, U.S.]"
"SQUAME","The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean."
"SQUAMELLA","A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on thereceptacle in many composite plants; a palea."
"SQUAMELLATE","Furnished or covered with little scales; squamulose."
"SQUAMIFORM","Having the shape of a scale."
"SQUAMIGEROUS","Bearing scales."
"SQUAMIPEN","Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal finspartially covered with scales."
"SQUAMOID","Resembling a scale; also, covered with scales; scaly."
"SQUAMOSAL","The squamous part of the temporal bone, or a bonecorrespondending to it, under Temporal."
"SQUAMOZYGOMATIC","Of or pertaining to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; --applied to a bone, or a center of ossification, in some fetal skulls.-- n."
"SQUAMULA","One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers ofgrasses; a lodicule."
"SQUAMULATE","Same as Squamulose."
"SQUAMULE","Same as Squamula."
"SQUAMULOSE","Having little scales; squamellate; squamulate."
"SQUANDER","The act of squandering; waste."
"SQUANDERER","One who squanders."
"SQUANDERINGLY","In a squandering manner."
"SQUARE","An instrument having at least one right angle and two or morestraight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of severalforms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc."
"SQUARE-RIGGED","Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally bythe middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a shipand a brig are square-rigged vessels."
"SQUARE-TOED","Having the toe square.Obsolete as fardingales, ruffs, and square-toed shoes. V. Knox."
"SQUARE-TOES","A precise person; -- used contemptuously or jocularly.Thackeray."
"SQUARELY","In a square form or manner."
"SQUARENESS","The quality of being square; as, an instrument to try thesquareness of work."
"SQUARISH","Nearly square. Pennant."
"SQUARROSE","Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough;jagged; as:(a) (Bot. & Zo\u00f6l.) Consisting of scales widely divaricating; havingscales, small leaves, or other bodies, spreading widely from the axison which they are crowded; -- said of a calyx or stem. (b) (Bot.)"
"SQUARROSO-DENTATE","Having the teeth bent out of the plane of the lamina; -- saidof a leaf."
"SQUARROUS","Squarrose."
"SQUARRULOSE","Somewhat squarrose; slightly squarrose. Gray."
"SQUASH","An American animal allied to the weasel. [Obs.] Goldsmith."
"SQUASHER","One who, or that which, squashes."
"SQUASHINESS","The quality or state of being squashy, or soft."
"SQUASHY","Easily squashed; soft."
"SQUAT","The angel fish (Squatina angelus"
"SQUATEROLE","The black-bellied plover."
"SQUATTER","See Squat snipe, under Squat. Squatter sovereignty, the rightclaimed by the squatters, or actual residents, of a Territory of theUnited States to make their own laws. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett."
"SQUATTY","Squat; dumpy. J. Burroughs."
"SQUAW","A female; a woman; -- in the language of Indian tribes of theAlgonquin family, correlative of sannup. Old squaw. (Zo\u00f6l.) See underOld."
"SQUAW MAN","A white man who has married an Indian squaw; sometimes, one whohas gained tribal rights by such a marriage; -- often a term ofcontempt. [Western U. S.]"
"SQUAW VINE","The partridge berry (Mitchella repens)."
"SQUAWBERRY","A local name for the partridge berry; also, for the deerberry.[U. S.]"
"SQUAWK","To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly. Squawkingthrush (Zo\u00f6l.), the missel turush; -- so called from its note whenalarmed. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SQUAWL","See Squall."
"SQUAWROOT","A scaly parasitic plant (Conopholis Americana) found in oakwoods in the United States; -- called also cancer root."
"SQUAWWEED","The golden ragwort. See under Ragwort."
"SQUEAK","A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either ofthe human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made bycarriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipeor reed."
"SQUEAKER","The Australian gray crow shrile (Strepera anaphonesis); -- socalled from its note."
"SQUEAKINGLY","In a squeaking manner."
"SQUEAL","A shrill, somewhat prolonged cry."
"SQUEAMISH","Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice toexcess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended attrifling improprieties.Quoth he, that honor's very squeamish That takes a basting for ablemish. Hudibras.His muse is rustic, and perhaps too plain The men of squeamish tasteto entertain. Southern.So ye grow squeamish, Gods, and sniff at heaven. M. Arnold."
"SQUEAMOUS","Squeamish. [Obs.]"
"SQUEASINESS","Queasiness. [Obs.]"
"SQUEASY","Queasy; nice; squeamish; fastidious; scrupulous. [Obs.] Bp.Earle."
"SQUEEGEE","Same as Squilgee."
"SQUEEGEE ROLLER","A small India-rubber roller with a handle, used esp. inprinting and photography as a squeegee."
"SQUEEZE","To press; to urge one's way, or to pass, by pressing; to crowd;-- often with through, into, etc.; as, to squeeze hard to get througha crowd."
"SQUEEZING","That which is forced out by pressure; dregs."
"SQUELCH","To quell; to crush; to silence or put down. [Colloq.]Oh 't was your luck and mine to be squelched. Beau. & Fl.If you deceive us you will be squelched. Carlyle."
"SQUETEAGUE","An American sci\u00e6noid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on theAtlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish.It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent reflections. Calledalso weakfish, squitee, chickwit, and sea trout. The spottedsqueteague (C. nebulosus) of the Southern United States is a similarfish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It iscalled also spotted weakfish, and, locally, sea trout, and seasalmon."
"SQUIB","A kind of slow match or safety fuse."
"SQUID","Any one of numerous species of ten-armed cephalopods having along, tapered body, and a caudal fin on each side; especially, anyspecies of Loligo, Ommastrephes, and related genera. See Calamary,Decacerata, Dibranchiata."
"SQUIER","A square. See 1st Squire. [Obs.]Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by thesquier. Shak."
"SQUIFFY","Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. [Slang]  Kipling."
"SQUIGGLE","To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lipsclosed. [Prov. Eng.] Forby."
"SQUILGEE","Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kindof scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- usedfor removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel'sdeck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc.[Written also squillgee, squillagee, squeegee.]"
"SQUILLA","Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squillaand allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on theseashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda."
"SQUILLITIC","Of or pertaining to squills. [R.] 'Squillitic vinegar.'Holland."
"SQUINCH","A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room tosupport a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drumrests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon."
"SQUINSY","See Quinsy. [Obs.]"
"SQUINT","To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross-eyed."
"SQUINT-EYE","An eye that squints. Spenser."
"SQUINTER","One who squints."
"SQUINTIFEGO","Squinting. [Obs. & R.]"
"SQUINTING","a. & n. from Squint, v.-- Squint'ing*ly, adv."
"SQUINY","To squint. [Obs.] Shak."
"SQUINZEY","See Quinsy. [Obs.]"
"SQUIRALTY","Same as Squirarchy.That such weight and influence be put thereby into the hands of thesquiralty of my kingdom. Sterne."
"SQUIRARCH","One who belongs to the squirarchy.-- Squir'arch*al, a."
"SQUIRARCHY","The gentlemen, or gentry, of a country, collectively. [Writtenalso squirearchy.]"
"SQUIRE","A square; a measure; a rule. [Obs.] 'With golden squire.'Spenser."
"SQUIREEN","One who is half squire and half farmer; -- used humorously.[Eng.] C. Kingsley."
"SQUIREHOOD","The rank or state of a squire; squireship. Swift."
"SQUIRELING","A petty squire. Tennyson."
"SQUIRELY","Becoming a squire; like a squire."
"SQUIRESHIP","Squirehood."
"SQUIRM","To twist about briskly with contor"
"SQUIRR","See Squir."
"SQUIRREL","Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to thegenus Sciurus and several allied genera of the famly Sciurid\u00e6.Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and stronghind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but manyspecies live in burrows."
"SQUIRT","To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice;as, to squirt water.The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco in his cheek,and squirted the juice into the fire grate. Sir W. Scott.Squirting cucumber. (Bot.) See Ecballium."
"SQUIRTER","One who, or that which, squirts."
"SQUIRY","The body of squires, collectively considered; squirarchy.[Obs.]The flower of chivalry and squiry. Ld. Berbers."
"SQUITCH GRASS","Quitch grass."
"SQUITEE","The squeteague; -- called also squit."
"STAB CULTURE","A culture made by inoculating a solid medium, as gelatin, withthe puncture of a needle or wire. The growths are usually ofcharacteristic form."
"STABAT MATER","A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words,commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot ofthe cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary,and is sung by Catholics when making 'the way of the cross' (ViaCrucis). See Station, 7 (c)."
"STABBER","A small marline spike; a pricker."
"STABBINGLY","By stabbing; with intent to injure covertly. Bp. Parker."
"STABILIMENT","The act of making firm; firm support; establishment. [R.] Jer.taylor.They serve for stabiliment, propagation, and shade. Derham."
"STABILITATE","To make stable; to establish. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"STABLE","To fix; to establish. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"STABLE STAND","The position of a man who is found at his standing in theforest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer,or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- oneof the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer.Wharton."
"STABLENESS","The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established;stability."
"STABLER","A stable keeper. De Foe."
"STABLISH","To settle permanently in a state; to make firm; to establish;to fix. [Obs.] 2 Sam. vii. 13."
"STABLISHMENT","Establishment. [Obs.]"
"STABLY","In a stable manner; firmly; fixedly; steadily; as, a governmentstably settled."
"STACCATO","Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction to performthe notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. Itis opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents writtenover or under the notes, or by dots when the performance is to beless distinct and emphatic."
"STACK","To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile;as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood. Tostack arms (Mil.), to set up a number of muskets or rifles together,with the bayonets crossing one another, and forming a sort of conicalpile."
"STACK-GUARD","A covering or protection, as a canvas, for a stack."
"STACKET","A stockade. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"STACKING","from Stack. Stacking band, Stacking belt, a band or rope usedin binding thatch or straw upon a stack.-- Stacking stage, a stage used in building stacks."
"STACKSTAND","A staging for supporting a stack of hay or grain; a rickstand."
"STACKYARD","A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain. A. Smith."
"STACTE","One of the sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in thepreparation of incense. It was perhaps an oil or other form of myrrhor cinnamon, or a kind of storax. Ex. xxx. 34."
"STADE","A stadium. Donne."
"STADIMETER","A horizontal graduated bar mounted on a staff, used as astadium, or telemeter, for measuring distances."
"STADTHOLDER","Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces ofHolland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province."
"STAFETTE","An estafet. [R.] arlyle."
"STAFF","The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; --formerly called stave."
"STAFFIER","An attendant bearing a staff. [Obs.] 'Staffiers on foot.'Hudibras."
"STAFFISH","Stiff; harsh. [Obs.] Ascham."
"STAFFMAN","A workman employed in silk throwing."
"STAG","The European wren. [Prov. Eng.] Stag beetle (Zo\u00f6l.), any one ofnumerous species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to Lucanus andallied genera, especially L. cervus of Europe and L. dama of theUnited States. The mandibles are large and branched, or forked,whence the name. The lava feeds on the rotten wood of dead trees.Called also horned bug, and horse beetle.-- Stag dance, a dance by men only. [slang, U.S.] -- Stag hog(Zo\u00f6l.), the babiroussa.-- Stag-horn coral (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of several species of largebranching corals of the genus Madrepora, which somewhat resemble theantlers of the stag, especially Madrepora cervicornis, and M.palmata, of Florida and the West Indies.-- Stag-horn fern (Bot.), an Australian and West African fern(Platycerium alcicorne) having the large fronds branched like astag's horns; also, any species of the same genus.-- Stag-horn sumac (Bot.), a common American shrub (Rhus typhina)having densely velvety branchlets. See Sumac.-- Stag party, a party consisting of men only. [Slang, U. S.] --Stag tick (Zo\u00f6l.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the familyHippoboscid\u00e6, which lives upon the stag and in usually wingless. Thesame species lives also upon the European grouse, but in that casehas wings."
"STAG-EVIL","A kind of palsy affecting the jaw of a horse. Crabb."
"STAG-HORNED","Having the mandibles large and palmate, or branched somewhatlike the antlers of a stag; -- said of certain beetles."
"STAGE","One of several marked phases or periods in the development andgrowth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage;zoea stage. Stage box, a box close to the stage in a theater.-- Stage carriage, a stagecoach.-- Stage door, the actor's and workmen's entrance to a theater.-- Stage lights, the lights by which the stage in a theater isilluminated.-- Stage micrometer, a graduated device applied to the stage of amicroscope for measuring the size of an object.-- Stage wagon, a wagon which runs between two places for conveyingpassengers or goods.-- Stage whisper, a loud whisper, as by an actor in a theater,supposed, for dramatic effect, to be unheard by one or more of hisfellow actors, yet audible to the audience; an aside. stage of thegame, [Colloq.] stage n. 10."
"STAGE DIRECTOR","One who prepares a play for production. He arranges the detailsof the stage settings, the business to be used, all stage effects,and instructs the actors, excepting usually the star, in the generalinterpretation of their parts."
"STAGE FRIGHT","Nervousness felt before an audience."
"STAGE MANAGER","One in control of the stage during the production of a play. Hedirects the stage hands, property man, etc., has charge of alldetails behind the curtain, except the acting, and has a generaloversight of the actors. Sometimes he is also the stage director."
"STAGE-STRUCK","Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate desire tobecome an actor."
"STAGECOACH","A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or placeto another, for the conveyance of passengers."
"STAGECOACHMAN","One who drives a stagecoach."
"STAGEHOUSE","A house where a stage regularly stops for passengers or a relayof horses."
"STAGELY","Pertaining to a stage; becoming the theater; theatrical. [Obs.]Jer. Taylor."
"STAGEPLAY","A dramatic or theatrical entertainment. Dryden."
"STAGEPLAYER","An actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to representcharacters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated stageplayer."
"STAGERY","Exhibition on the stage. [Obs.]"
"STAGGARD","The male red deer when four years old."
"STAGGER","A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling,unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopleticor sleepy staggers."
"STAGGERBUSH","An American shrub (Andromeda Mariana) having clusters ofnodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is said topoison lambs and calves. Gray."
"STAGGERINGLY","In a staggering manner."
"STAGGERWORT","A kind of ragwort (Senecio Jacob\u00e6a)."
"STAGHOUND","A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag,the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct."
"STAGING","A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc.,as in building."
"STAGIRITE","A native of, or resident in, Stagira, in ancient Macedonia;especially, Aristotle. [Written also Stagyrite.]"
"STAGNANCY","State of being stagnant."
"STAGNANTLY","In a stagnant manner."
"STAGNATE","Stagnant. [Obs.] 'A stagnate mass of vapors.' Young."
"STAGWORM","The larve of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon thestag, as , which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyiaauribarbis, which lives in the nostrils."
"STAGY","Having an air or manner characteristic of the stage;theatrical; artificial; as, a stagy tone or bearing; --chiefly useddepreciatively."
"STAHLIAN","Pertaining to, or taught by, Stahl, a German physician andchemist of the 17th century; as, the Stahlian theory of phlogiston."
"STAID","imp. & p. p. of Stay."
"STAIDLY","In a staid manner, sedately."
"STAIDNESS","The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness;sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or Ant: levity.If sometimes he appears too gray, yet a secret gracefulness of youthaccompanies his writings, though the staidness and sobriety of agewanting. Dryden."
"STAIL","A handle, as of a mop; a stale. [Eng.]"
"STAIN","To give or receive a stain; to grow dim."
"STAINLESS","Free from stain; immaculate. Shak.The veery care he took to keep his name Stainless, with some wasevidence of shame. Crabbe."
"STAINLESSLY","In a stainless manner."
"STAIRCASE","A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing,balusters, etc.To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of architecture. SirH. Wotton.Staircase shell. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) Any scalaria, or wentletrap. (b) Anyspecies of Solarium, or perspective shell."
"STAIRHEAD","The head or top of a staircase."
"STAIRWAY","A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase. 'A rude and narrowstairway.' Moore."
"STAITH","A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf fordischarging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels."
"STAITHMAN","A man employed in weighing and shipping at a staith. [Eng.]"
"STAKE-DRIVER","The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- socalled because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving astake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen."
"STAKEHEAD","A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarnswhich are kept apart by pins in the bar."
"STAKEHOLDER","The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are depositedwhen a wager is laid."
"STAKTOMETER","A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice atthe point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding thenumber of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. SeePipette. Sir D. Brewster."
"STAL","Stole."
"STALACTIFORM","Like a stalactite; resembling a stalactite."
"STALACTITES","A stalactite. [Obs.] Woodward."
"STALACTITIFORM","Having the form of a stalactite; stalactiform."
"STALAGMITE","A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite,formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence,a similar deposit of other material."
"STALDER","A wooden frame to set casks on. [Prov. Eng.]"
"STALE","The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.[Written also steal, stele, etc.]But seeling the arrow's stale without, and that the head did go Nofurther than it might be seen. Chapman."
"STALEMATE","The position of the king when he can not move without beingplaced on check and there is no other piece which can be moved."
"STALENESS","The quality or state of being stale."
"STALK","An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of aplant, from which the volutes and helices spring."
"STALK-EYED","Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed tosessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans. Stalked-eyed crustaceans. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Podophthalmia."
"STALKED","Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem. Stalked barnacle(Zo\u00f6l.), a goose barnacle, or anatifer; -- called also stalkbarnacle.-- Stalked crinoid (Zo\u00f6l.), any crinoid having a jointed stem."
"STALKLESS","Having no stalk."
"STALKY","Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk.At the top [it] bears a great stalky head. Mortimer."
"STALL","The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post andstall, under Post. Stall reader, one who reads books at a stall wherethey are exposed for sale.Cries the stall reader, 'Bless us! what a word onA titlepage is this!' Milton."
"STALL-FEED","To feed and fatten in a stall or on dry fodder; as, to stall-feed an ox."
"STALLAGE","The right of erecting a stalls in fairs; rent paid for a stall."
"STALLATION","Installation. [Obs.]"
"STALLED","Put or kept in a stall; hence, fatted. 'A stalled ox.' Prov.xv. 17."
"STALLER","A standard bearer. obtaining Fuller."
"STALLING","Stabling. Tennyson."
"STALLION","A male horse not castrated; a male horse kept for breeding."
"STALLMAN","One who keeps a stall for the sale of merchandise, especiallybooks. Sterne."
"STALLON","A slip from a plant; a scion; a cutting. [R.] Holished."
"STALWARTLY","In a stalwart manner."
"STALWARTNESS","The quality of being stalwart."
"STAMEN","The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing thepollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament."
"STAMENED","Furnished with stamens."
"STAMIN","A kind of woolen cloth. [Written also stamine.] [Obs.]"
"STAMINA","See Stamen."
"STAMINAL","Of or pertaining to stamens or stamina; consisting in stamens."
"STAMINATE","To indue with stamina. [R.]"
"STAMINIFEROUS","Bearing or having stamens."
"STAMINODE","A staminodium."
"STAMINODIUM","An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortivestamen."
"STAMMEL","A large, clumsy horse. [Prov. Eng.] Wright."
"STAMMER","To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; tohesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty;to stutter.I would thou couldst stammer, that thou mightest pour this concleadman out of thy mouth, as wine comes out of a narrow-mouthed bottle,either too much at once, or none at all. Shak."
"STAMMERER","One who stammers."
"STAMMERING","Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering.-- Stam'mer*ing*ly, adv."
"STAMP","A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; aplate. [Obs.]At Venice they put out very curious stamps of the several edificeswhich are most famous for their beauty and magnificence. Addison."
"STAMPEDE","A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number ofanimals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight ordispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.She and her husband would join in the general stampede. W. Black."
"STAMPING","from Stamp, v. Stamping ground, a place frequented, and muchtrodden, by animals, wild or domesticated; hence (Colloq.), the sceneof one's labors or exploits; also, one's favorite resort. [U.S.] --Stamping machine, a machine for forming metallic articles orimpressions by stamping.-- Stamping mill (Mining), a stamp mill."
"STANCH","To cease, as the flowing of blood.Immediately her issue of blood stanched. Luke viii. 44."
"STANCHEL","A stanchion."
"STANCHER","One who, or that which, stanches, or stops, the flowing, as ofblood."
"STANCHION","A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake orpost, used for a support or stay."
"STANCHLY","In a stanch manner."
"STANCHNESS","The quality or state of being stanch."
"STAND","To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to standfor the harbor.From the same parts of heaven his navy stands. Dryden."
"STAND-BY","One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something uponwhich one relies for constant use or in an emergency."
"STANDAGE","A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine."
"STANDARD","The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy establishedby authority.By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coinedout of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot."
"STANDARD-BRED","Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to aregistered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted bythe National Association of Trotting-horse Breeders. [U. S.]"
"STANDARD-WING","A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has twolong special feathers standing erect on each wing."
"STANDARDIZE","To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust thestrength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis."
"STANDEL","A young tree, especially one reserved when others are cut.[Obs.] Fuller."
"STANDER","See Legislature, above."
"STANDER-BY","One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander."
"STANDERGRASS","A plant (Orchis mascula); -- called also standerwort, and longpurple. See Long purple, under Long."
"STANDGALE","See Stannel. [Prov. Eng.]"
"STANDISH","A stand, or case, for pen and ink.I bequeath to Dean Swift, Esq., my large silver standish. Swift."
"STANDPIPE","A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and areservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large verticalpipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as togive it sufficient head to rise to the required level at a distance."
"STANDPOINT","A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; aposition from which objects or principles are viewed, and accordingto which they are compared and judged."
"STANDSTILL","A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a stateor rest."
"STANE","A stone. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]"
"STANG","imp. of Sting. [Archaic]"
"STANHOPE","A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage,without a top; -- so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it wascontrived."
"STANIEL","See Stannel."
"STANIELRY","Hawking with staniels, -- a base kind of falconry. [Obs.]"
"STANK","Weak; worn out. [Obs.] Spenser."
"STANNARY","Of or pertaining to tin mines, or tin works.The stannary courts of Devonshire and Cornwall, for theadministration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courtsof record. Blackstone."
"STANNATE","A salt of stannic acid."
"STANNEL","The kestrel; -- called also standgale, standgall, stanchel,stand hawk, stannel hawk, steingale, stonegall. [Written alsostaniel, stannyel, and stanyel.]With what wing the staniel checks at it. Shak."
"STANNIC","Of or pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin;specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has ahigher valence as contrasted with stannous compounds. Stannic acid.(a) A hypothetical substance, Sn(OH)4, analogous to silic acid, andcalled also normal stannic acid. (b) Metastannic acid.-- Stannic chloride, a thin, colorless, fuming liquid, SnCl4, usedas a mordant in calico printing and dyeing; -- formerly called spiritof tin, or fuming liquor of Libavius.-- Stannic oxide, tin oxide, SnO2, produced artificially as a whiteamorphous powder, and occurring naturally in the mineral cassiterite.It is used in the manufacture of white enamels, and, under the nameof putty powder, for polishing glass, etc."
"STANNIFEROUS","Containing or affording tin."
"STANNO-","A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation to,or connection with, tin, or including tin as an ingredient."
"STANNOFLUORIDE","Any one of a series of double fluorides of tin (stannum) andsome other element."
"STANNOSO-","A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation to,or connection with, certain stannnous compounds."
"STANNOTYPE","A photograph taken upon a tin plate; a tintype."
"STANNOUS","Pertaining to, or containing, tin; specifically, designatingthose compounds in which the element has a lower valence ascontrasted with stannic compounds. Stannous chloride (Chem.), a whitecrystalline substance, SnCl2.(H2O)2, obtained by dissolving tin inhydrochloric acid. It is used as a mordant in dyeing."
"STANNUM","The technical name of tin. See Tin."
"STANZA","An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber."
"STANZAIC","Pertaining to, or consisting of, stanzas; as, a couplet instanzaic form."
"STAPEDIAL","Of or pertaining to stapes."
"STAPELIA","An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the naturalorder Asclepiadace\u00e6 (Milkweed family). They are succulent plantswithout leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them avery grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that ofcarrion."
"STAPES","The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, orstirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear."
"STAPHYLINE","Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate."
"STAPHYLINID","Any rove beetle."
"STAPHYLOMA","A protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, astaphyloma of the cornea."
"STAPHYLOMATOUS","Of or pertaining to staphyloma; affected with staphyloma."
"STAPHYLOPLASTY","The operation for restoring or replacing the soft palate whenit has been lost. Dunglison.-- Staph`y*lo*plas'tic, a."
"STAPHYLOTOMY","The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting."
"STAPLE","To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton."
"STAR","A planet supposed to influence one's destiny; (usually pl.) aconfiguration of the planets, supposed to influence fortune.O malignant and ill-brooding stars. Shak.Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. Addison."
"STAR DRIFT","Similar and probably related motion of the stars of anasterism, as distinguished from apparent change of place due to solarmotion.-- ## = star streaming --"
"STAR STEREOGRAM","A view of the universe of brighter stars as it would appear toan observer transported into space outside or beyond our universe ofstars."
"STAR-BLIND","Half blind."
"STAR-BOWLINES","The men in the starboard watch. [Obs.] R. H. Dana, Jr."
"STAR-CHAMBER","An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases,mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. Itconsisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only withthe addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor orexamine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolished by theLong Parliament in 1641. Encyc. Brit."
"STAR-CROSSED","Not favored by the stars; ill-fated. [Poetic] Shak.Such in my star-crossed destiny. Massinger."
"STAR-READ","Doctrine or knowledge of the stars; star lore; astrology;astronomy. [Obs.]Which in star-read were wont have best insight. Spenser."
"STAR-SPANGLED","Spangled or studded with stars. Star-spangled banner, thepopular name for the national ensign of the United States. F. S. Key."
"STARBOARD","That side of a vessel which is one of the right hand of aperson who stands on board facing the bow; -- opposed to Ant:larboard, or Ant: port."
"STARCH","Stiff; precise; rigid. [R.] Killingbeck."
"STARCHEDNESS","The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners;formality."
"STARCHER","One who starches."
"STARCHLY","In a starched or starch manner."
"STARCHNESS","Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of manner;preciseness."
"STARCHWORT","The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality ofstarch."
"STARCHY","Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise."
"STARCRAFT","Astrology. [R.] Tennyson."
"STARE","The starling. [Obs.]"
"STARER","One who stares, or gazes."
"STARF","Starved. Chaucer."
"STARFINCH","The European redstart."
"STARFISH","Any one of numerous species of echinoderms belonging to theclass Asterioidea, in which the body is star-shaped and usually hasfive rays, though the number of rays varies from five to forty ormore. The rays are often long, but are sometimes so short as toappear only as angles to the disklike body. Called also sea star,five-finger, and stellerid."
"STARGASER","Any one of several species of spiny-rayed marine fishesbelonging to Uranoscopus, Astroscopus, and allied genera, of thefamily Uranoscopid\u00e6. The common species of the Eastern United Statesare Astroscopus anoplus, and A. guttatus. So called from the positionof the eyes, which look directly upward."
"STARINGLY","With a staring look."
"STARK","Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mind. Shak.Held him strangled in his arms till he was stark dead. Fuller.Stark naked, wholly naked; quite bare.Strip your sword stark naked. Shak."
"STARKLY","In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.Its onward force too starky pent In figure, bone, and lineament.Emerson."
"STARKNESS","The quality or state of being stark."
"STARLESS","Being without stars; having no stars visible; as, a starlessnight. Milton."
"STARLIGHT","The light given by the stars.Nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet.Milton."
"STARLING","Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. TheEuropean starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black,with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is asociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called alsostare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastorcontra."
"STARLIT","Lighted by the stars; starlight."
"STARMONGER","A fortune teller; an astrologer; -- used in contempt. B.Jonson."
"STARN","The European starling. [Prov. Eng.]"
"STARNOSE","A curious American mole (Condylura cristata) having the noseexpanded at the end into a stellate disk; -- called also star-nosedmole."
"STAROST","A nobleman who possessed a starosty. [Poland]"
"STAROSTY","A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life. [Poland]Brande & C."
"STARPROOF","Impervious to the light of the stars; as, a starproof elm.[Poetic] Milton."
"STARRINESS","The quality or state of being starry; as, the starriness of theheavens."
"STARSHINE","The light of the stars. [R.]The starshine lights upon our heads. R. L. Stevenson."
"STARSHOOT","See Nostoc."
"STARSTONE","Asteriated sapphire."
"START","To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, tostart a water cask."
"START-UP","Upstart. [R.] Walpole."
"STARTFUL","Apt to start; skittish. [R.]"
"STARTFULNESS","Aptness to start. [R.]"
"STARTHROAT","Any humming bird of the genus Heliomaster. The feathers of thethroat have a brilliant metallic luster."
"STARTING","from Start, v. Starting bar (Steam Eng.), a hand lever forworking the values in starting an engine.-- Starting hole, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.] -- Starting point, thepoint from which motion begins, or from which anything starts.-- Starting post, a post, stake, barrier, or place from whichcompetitors in a race start, or begin the race."
"STARTINGLY","By sudden fits or starts; spasmodically. Shak."
"STARTISH","Apt to start; skittish; shy; -- said especially of a horse.[Colloq.]"
"STARTLE","To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destructionAddison."
"STARTLINGLY","In a startling manner."
"STARTLISH","Easily startled; apt to start; startish; skittish; -- saidespecially of a hourse. [Colloq.]"
"STARVATION","The act of starving, or the state of being starved."
"STARVEDLY","In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously.Some boasting housekeeper which keepth open doors for one day, . . .and lives starvedly all the year after. Bp. Hall."
"STARVELING","One who, or that which, pines from lack or food, or nutriment.Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling.Shak."
"STASIMON","In the Greek tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued withoutthe interruption of dialogue or anap\u00e6stics. Liddell & Scott."
"STASIS","A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, duenot to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to someabnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of thephenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation."
"STATABLE","That can be stated; as, a statablegrievance; the question atissue is statable."
"STATAL","Of, pertaining to, or existing with reference to, a State ofthe American Union, as distinguished from the general government.[R.]I have no knowledge of any other kind of political citizenship,higher or lower, statal or national. Edward Bates."
"STATANT","In a standing position; as, a lion statant."
"STATARIAN","Fixed; settled; steady; statary. [Obs.]"
"STATARIANLY","Fixedly; steadly. [Obs.]"
"STATARY","Fixed; settled. [Obs.] 'The set and statary times of paring ofnails and cutting hair.' Sir T. Browne."
"STATE","A statement; also, a document containing a statement. [R.] SirW. Scott."
"STATE SOCIALISM","A form of socialism, esp. advocated in Germany, which, whileretaining the right of private property and the institution of thefamily and other features of the present form of the state, wouldintervene by various measures intended to give or maintain equalityof opportunity, as compulsory state insurance, old-age pensions,etc., answering closely to socialism of the chair."
"STATECRAFT","The art of conducting state affairs; state management;statesmanship."
"STATEDLY","At stated times; regularly."
"STATEFUL","Full of state; stately. [Obs.] 'A stateful silence.' Marston."
"STATEHOOD","The condition of being a State; as, a territory seekingStatehood."
"STATEHOUSE","The building in which a State legislature holds its sessions; aState capitol. [U. S.]"
"STATELESS","Without state or pomp."
"STATELILY","In a stately manner."
"STATELINESS","The quality or state of being stately.For stateliness and majesty, what is comparable to a horse Dr. H.More."
"STATELY","Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as,statelymanners; a stately gait. 'The stately homes of England!' Mrs.Hemans. 'Filled with stately temples.' Prescott.Here is a stately style indeed! Shak."
"STATEMONGER","One versed in politics, or one who dabbles in state affairs."
"STATEPRISON","See under State, n."
"STATER","One who states."
"STATESMANLIKE","Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman."
"STATESMANLY","Becoming a statesman."
"STATESMANSHIP","The qualifications, duties, or employments of a statesman."
"STATESWOMAN","A woman concerned in public affairs.A rare stateswoman; I admire her bearing. B. Jonson."
"STATHMOGRAPH","A contrivance for recording the speed of a railway train.Knight."
"STATICALLY","In a statical manner."
"STATICS","That branch of mechanics which treats of the equilibrium offorces, or relates to bodies as held at rest by the forces acting onthem; -- distinguished from dynamics. Social statics, the study ofthe conditions which concern the existence and permanence of thesocial state."
"STATING","The act of one who states anything; statement; as, thestatingof one's opinions."
"STATION","The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a speciesnaturally occurs; a habitat. (e) (Naut.)"
"STATIONAL","Of or pertaining to a station. [R.]"
"STATIONARINESS","The quality or state of being stationary; fixity."
"STATIONARY","One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet whenapparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion. Holland."
"STATIONERY","The articles usually sold by stationers, as paper, pens, ink,quills, blank books, etc."
"STATISM","The art of governing a state; statecraft; policy. [Obs.]The enemies of God . . . call our religion statism. South."
"STATIST","Of or pertaining to statistics; as, statistical knowledge,statistical tabulation."
"STATISTICALLY","In the way of statistics."
"STATISTICIAN","One versed in statistics; one who collects and classifies factsfor statistics."
"STATISTICS","Classified facts respecting the condition of the people in astate, their health, their longevity, domestic economy, arts,property, and political strength, their resources, the state of thecountry, etc., or respecting any particular class or interest;especially, those facts which can be stated in numbers, or in tablesof numbers, or in any tabular and classified arrangement."
"STATISTOLOGY","See Statistics, 2."
"STATIVE","Of or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts orquarters. [Obs. or R.]"
"STATOBLAST","One of a peculiar kind of internal buds, or germs, produced inthe interior of certain Bryozoa and sponges, especially in the fresh-water species; -- also called winter buds."
"STATOCRACY","Government by the state, or by political power, in distinctionfrom government by ecclesiastical power. [R.] O. A. Brownson."
"STATOR","A stationary part in or about which another part (the rotor)revolves, esp. when both are large; as,(a) (Elec.) The stationary member of an electrical machine, as of aninduction motor.(b) (Steam Turbine) The case inclosing a turbine wheel; the body ofstationary blades or nozzles."
"STATUA","A statue. [Obs.]They spake not a word; But, like dumb statuas or breathing stones,Gazed each on other. Shak."
"STATUARY","The art of carving statues or images as representatives of realpersons or things; a branch of sculpture. Sir W. Temple."
"STATUE","To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into astatue. 'The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.'Feltham."
"STATUED","Adorned with statues. 'The statued hall.' Longfellow. 'Statuedniches.' G. Eliot."
"STATUELESS","Without a statue."
"STATUELIKE","Like a statue; motionless."
"STATUESQUE","Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a statue;having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue artisticallymade; as, statuesquelimbs; a statuesque attitude.Their characters are mostly statuesque even in this respect, thatthey have no background. Hare."
"STATUESQUELY","In a statuesque manner; in a way suggestive of a statue; like astatue.A character statuesquely simple in its details. Lowell."
"STATUETTE","A small statue; -- usually applied to a figure much less thanlife size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clayas a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from afigure in terra cotta or the like. Cf. Figurine."
"STATUMINATE","To prop or support. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"STATURE","The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of thehuman body.Foreign men of mighty stature came. Dryden."
"STATURED","Arrived at full stature. [R.]"
"STATUS","State; condition; position of affairs."
"STATUTABLY","Conformably to statute."
"STATUTORY","Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as,a statutory provision."
"STAUROLITE","A mineral of a brown to black color occurring in prismaticcrystals, often twinned so as to form groups resembling a cross. Itis a silicate of aluminia and iron, and is generally found imbeddedin mica schist. Called also granatite, and grenatite."
"STAUROLITIC","Of or pertaining to staurolite; resembling or containingstaurolite."
"STAUROSCOPE","An optical instrument used in determining the position of theplanes of light-vibration in sections of crystals."
"STAUROTIDE","Staurolite."
"STAVE","The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between whichmusical notes are written or pointed; the staff. [Obs.] Stavejointer, a machine for dressing the edges of staves."
"STAVES","pl. of Staff. 'Banners, scarves and staves.' R. Browning. Also(stavz),"
"STAVESACRE","A kind of larkspur (Delphinium Staphysagria), and its seeds,which are violently purgative and emetic. They are used as aparasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish."
"STAVEWOOD","A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It isone of the trees which yields quassia."
"STAVING","A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling awater wheel."
"STAW","To be fixed or set; to stay. [Prov. Eng.]"
"STAY","A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by beingextended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to somepart of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aftstays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays.See Illust. of Ship. In stays, or Hove in stays (Naut.), in the actor situation of staying, or going about from one tack to another. R.H. Dana, Jr.-- Stay holes (Naut.), openings in the edge of a staysail throughwhich the hanks pass which join it to the stay.-- Stay tackle (Naut.), a tackle attached to a stay and used forhoisting or lowering heavy articles over the side.-- To miss stays (Naut.), to fail in the attempt to go about.Totten.-- Triatic stay (Naut.), a rope secured at the ends to the heads ofthe foremast and mainmast with thimbles spliced to its bight intowhich the stay tackles hook."
"STAYED","Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid.Bacon. Pope."
"STAYEDLY","Staidly. See Staidly. [R.]"
"STAYER","One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or thatwhich, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man,etc., that has endurance, an a race."
"STAYLACE","A lace for fastening stays."
"STAYLESS","Without stop or delay. Mir. for Mag."
"STAYMAKER","One whose occupation is to make stays."
"STAYNIL","The European starling. [Prov. Eng.]"
"STAYSAIL","Any sail extended on a stay."
"STAYSHIP","A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them."
"STEADFASTLY","In a steadfast manner; firmly.Steadfast believe that whatever God has revealed is infallibly true.Wake."
"STEADFASTNESS","The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness;constancy. 'The steadfastness of your faith.' Col. ii. 5.To prove her wifehood and her steadfastness. Chaucer."
"STEADILY","In a steady manner."
"STEADINESS","The quality or state of being steady.Steadiness is a point of prudence as well as of courage. L'Estrange."
"STEADING","The brans, stables, cattle-yards, etc., of a farm; -- calledalso onstead, farmstead, farm offices, or farmery. [Prov. Eng. &Scot.]"
"STEADY","To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling, orfalling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant, regular,or resolute."
"STEAK","A slice of beef, broiled, or cut for broiling; -- also extendedto the meat of other large animals; as, venison steak; bear steak;pork steak; turtle steak."
"STEAL","A handle; a stale, or stele. [Archaic or Prov. Eng.]And in his hand a huge poleax did bear. Whose steale was iron-studdedbut not long. Spenser."
"STEALER","The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem orstern."
"STEALINGLY","By stealing, or as by stealing, furtively, or by an invisiblemotion. Sir P. Sidney."
"STEALTHFUL","Given to stealth; stealthy. [Obs.] -- Stealth'ful*ly, adv.[Obs.] -- Stealth'ful*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"STEALTHILY","In a stealthy manner."
"STEALTHINESS","The state, quality, or character of being stealthy; stealth."
"STEALTHLIKE","Stealthy; sly. Wordsworth."
"STEALTHY","Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived;secret; furtive; sly.[Withered murder] with his stealthy pace, . . . Moves like a ghost.Shak."
"STEAM ENGINE","An engine moved by steam."
"STEAMBOAT","A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used ofriver or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers."
"STEAMBOATING","The shearing of a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, orout of boards. Knight."
"STEAMER","The steamer duck. Steamer duck (Zo\u00f6l.), a sea duck (Tachyerescinereus), native of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego, which swims anddives with great agility, but which, when full grown, is incapable offlight, owing to its very small wings. Called also loggerhead, racehorse, and side wheel duck."
"STEAMINESS","The quality or condition of being steamy; vaporousness;mistness."
"STEAMSHIP","A ship or seagoing vessel propelled by the power of steam; asteamer."
"STEAMY","Consisting of, or resembling, steam; full of steam; vaporous;misty. Cowper."
"STEAN","See Steen. Spenser."
"STEANINGP","See Steening."
"STEAPSIN","An unorganized ferment or enzyme present in pancreatic juice.It decomposes neutral fats into glycerin and fatty acids."
"STEARATE","A salt of stearic acid; as, ordinary soap consists largely ofsodium or potassium stearates."
"STEARIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow; resemblingtallow. Stearic acid (Chem.), a monobasic fatty acid, obtained in theform of white crystalline scales, soluble in alcohol and ether. Itmelts to an oily liquid at 69\u00b0C.C18H36O2, CH3.(CH2)16.COOH; sodiumstearate, with sodium palmitate, is the main component of ordinarybar soaps (Such as Ivory soap)."
"STEARIN","One of the constituents of animal fats and also of somevegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especiallycharacterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerablequantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the meltingpoint, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compoundof glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence istechnically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate."
"STEAROLIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acetyleneseries, isologous with stearis acid, and obtained, as a whitecrystalline substance, from ole\u00efc acid."
"STEARONE","The ketone of stearic acid, obtained as a white crystallinesubstance, (C17H35)2.CO, by the distillation of calcium stearate."
"STEAROPTENE","The more solid ingredient of certain volatile oils; --contrasted with el\u00e6optene."
"STEARRHEA","seborrhea."
"STEARYL","The hypothetical radical characteristic of stearic acid."
"STEATITE","A massive variety of talc, of a grayish green or brown color.It forms extensive beds, and is quarried for fireplaces and forcoarse utensils. Called also potstone, lard stone, and soapstone."
"STEATITIC","Pertaining to, or of the nature of, steatite; containing orresembling steatite."
"STEATOMA","A cyst containing matter like suet."
"STEATOMATOUS","Of the nature of steatoma."
"STEATOPYGA","A remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans ofcertain tribes, especially of Hottentot women."
"STEATOPYGOUS","Having fat buttocks.Specimens of the steatopygous Abyssinian breed. Burton."
"STEE","A ladder. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [Written also stey.]"
"STEED","A horse, especially a spirited horse for state of war; -- usedchiefly in poetry or stately prose. 'A knight upon a steed.' Chaucer.Mounted upon a hot and fiery steed. Shak."
"STEEDLESS","Having no steed; without a horse."
"STEEL","A variety of iron intermediate in composition and propertiesbetween wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half ofone per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consistingof an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron,can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases,and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon."
"STEELBOW GOODS","Those goods on a farm, such as corn, cattle, implementshusbandry, etc., which may not be carried off by a removing tenant,as being the property of the landlord."
"STEELER","One who points, edges, or covers with steel."
"STEELHEAD","A North Pacific salmon (Salmo Gairdneri) found from NorthernCalifornia to Siberia; -- called also hardhead, and preesil."
"STEELINESS","The quality of being steely."
"STEELING","The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel;specifically, acierage. See Steel, v."
"STEELYARD","A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspendedfrom the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and acounterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produceequilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated)indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also inthe plural form, steelyards."
"STEEM","See Esteem. [Obs.] Spenser."
"STEEN","To line, as a well, with brick, stone, or other hard material.[Written also stean, and stein.]"
"STEENBOK","Same as Steinbock."
"STEENING","A lining made of brick, stone, or other hard material, as for awell. [Written also steaning.]"
"STEEP","Bright; glittering; fiery. [Obs.]His eyen steep, and rolling in his head. Chaucer."
"STEEP-DOWN","Deep and precipitous, having steep descent. [R.]Wash me in steep-down gulfs of liquid fire. Shak."
"STEEP-UP","Lofty and precipitous. [R.]Her stand she takes upon a steep-up hill. Shak."
"STEEPEN","To become steep or steeper.As the way steepened . . . I could detect in the hollow of the hillsome traces of the old path. H. Miller."
"STEEPER","A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped."
"STEEPINESS","Steepness. Howell."
"STEEPISH","Somewhat steep. Carlyle."
"STEEPLE","A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole ofa structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire. 'A weathercockon a steeple.' Shak. Rood steeple. See Rood tower, under Rood.-- Steeple bush (Bot.), a low shrub (Spir\u00e6a tomentosa) having densepanicles of minute rose-colored flowers; hardhack.-- Steeple chase, a race across country between a number ofhorsemen, to see which can first reach some distant object, as achurch steeple; hence, a race over a prescribed course obstructed bysuch obstacles as one meets in riding across country, as hedges,walls, etc.-- Steeple chaser, one who rides in a steeple chase; also, a horsetrained to run in a steeple chase.-- Steeple engine, a vertical back-acting steam engine having thecylinder beneath the crosshead.-- Steeple house, a church. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"STEEPLECHASING","The act of riding steeple chases."
"STEEPLED","Furnished with, or having the form of, a steeple; adorned withsteeples. Fairfax."
"STEEPLY","In a steep manner; with steepness; with precipitous declivity."
"STEEPY","Steep; precipitous. [Poetic]No more, my goats, shall I belong you climb The steepy cliffs, orcrop the flow'ry thyme. Dryden."
"STEER","A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; acastrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note underOx."
"STEERABLE","Capable of being steered; dirigible."
"STEERAGEWAY","A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render avessel governable by the helm."
"STEERER","One who steers; as, a boat steerer."
"STEERING","from Steer, v. Steering wheel (Naut.), the wheel by means ofwhich the rudder of a vessel is turned and the vessel is steered."
"STEERLESS","Having no rudder. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"STEERLING","A young small steer."
"STEERSMAN","One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel. Milton."
"STEERSMATE","One who steers; steersman. [Obs.] Milton."
"STEEVE","To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or withthe line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc."
"STEEVING","See Steeve, n. (a)."
"STEG","A gander. [Written also stag.] [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"STEGANOGRAPHIST","One skilled in steganography; a cryptographer."
"STEGANOGRAPHY","The art of writing in cipher, or in characters which are notintelligible except to persons who have the key; cryptography."
"STEGANOPHTHALMATA","The Discophora, or Phanerocarp\u00e6. Called also Steganophthalmia."
"STEGANOPOD","One of the Steganopodes."
"STEGANOPODES","A division of swimming birds in which all four toes are unitedby a broad web. It includes the pelicans, cormorants, gannets, andothers."
"STEGANOPODOUS","Having all four toes webbed together."
"STEGNOSIS","Constipation; also, constriction of the vessels or ducts."
"STEGNOTIC","Tending to render costive, or to diminish excretions ordischarges generally.-- n."
"STEGOCEPHALA","An extinct order of amphibians found fossil in the Mesozoicrocks; called also Stegocephali, and Labyrinthodonta."
"STEGOSAURIA","An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs, including the generaStegosaurus, Omosaurus, and their allies."
"STEGOSAURUS","A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerfuldermal armature of plates and spines."
"STEIK","See Steek. [Scot.]"
"STEIN","See Steen."
"STEINGALE","The stannel. [Prov. Eng.]"
"STEINING","See Steening."
"STEINKIRK","Same as Steenkirk."
"STEINKLE","The wheater. [Prov. Eng.]"
"STELA","A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc."
"STELE","Same as Stela.One of these steles, containing the Greek version of the ordinance,has recently been discovered. I. Taylor (The Alphabet)."
"STELENE","Resembling, or used as, a stela; columnar. [R.]"
"STELL","To place or fix firmly or permanently. [Obs.] Shak."
"STELLATION","Radiation of light. [Obs.]"
"STELLED","Firmly placed or fixed. [Obs.] 'The stelled fires' [the stars].Shak."
"STELLER","The rytina; -- called also stellerine."
"STELLERID","A starfish."
"STELLERIDA","An extensive group of echinoderms, comprising the starfishesand ophiurans."
"STELLIFEROUS","Having, or abounding with, stars."
"STELLIFORM","Like a star; star-shaped; radiated."
"STELLIFY","To turn into a star; to cause to appear like a star; to placeamong the stars, or in heaven. [Obs. or R.] B. Jonson."
"STELLION","A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), common about the EasternMediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded withblack, with small stellate spots. Called also hardim, and starlizard."
"STELLIONATE","Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name; -- chieflyapplied to sales of the same property to two different persons, orselling that for one's own which belongs to another, etc. Erskine."
"STELLULATE","Minutely stellate."
"STELMATOPODA","Same as Gymnol\u00e6mata."
"STELOGRAPHY","The art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars. [R.]Stackhouse."
"STEM","A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship areunited at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel,and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part ofa vessel; the bow."
"STEM-CLASPING","Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf orpetiole."
"STEM-WINDER","A stem-winding watch. [Colloq.]"
"STEM-WINDING","Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-windingwatch."
"STEMLESS","Having no stem; (Bot.) acaulescent."
"STEMLET","A small or young stem."
"STEMMER","One who, or that which, stems (in any of the senses of theverbs)."
"STEMMERY","A large building in which tobacco is stemmed. [U. S.] Bartlett."
"STEMMY","Abounding in stems, or mixed with stems; -- said of tea, driedcurrants, etc. [Colloq.]"
"STEMPLE","A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step."
"STEMSON","A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apronin a ship's frame near the bow."
"STENCH","To stanch. [Obs.] Harvey."
"STENCHY","Having a stench. [Obs.] Dyer."
"STENCIL","A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used inpainting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which isthen laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushedover it. Called also stencil plate."
"STENCILER","One who paints or colors in figures by means of stencil.[Written also stenciller.]"
"STENODERM","Any species of bat belonging to the genus Stenoderma, native ofthe West Indies and South America. These bats have a short orrudimentary tail and a peculiarly shaped nose membrane."
"STENODERMINE","Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includesseveral West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats."
"STENOGRAPH","To write or report in stenographic characters."
"STENOGRAPHER","One who is skilled in stenography; a writer of shorthand."
"STENOGRAPHIST","A stenographer."
"STENOGRAPHY","The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations orcharacters for whole words; shorthand."
"STENOPHYLLOUS","Having narrow leaves."
"STENOSIS","A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, ororifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture inbeing applied especially to diffused rather than localizedcontractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and notspasmodic."
"STENOSTOME","Having a small or narrow mouth; -- said of certain small groundsnakes (Opoterodonta), which are unable to dilate their jaws."
"STENT","To keep within limits; to restain; to cause to stop, or cease;to stint.Then would he weep, he might not be stent. Chaucer.Yet n'ould she stent Her bitter railing and foul revilement. Spenser."
"STENTING","An opening in a wall in a coal mine. [Written also stenton.][Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"STENTOR","Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genusStentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have abell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia aroundthe spiral terminal disk. See Illust. under Heterotricha."
"STENTORIAN","Of or pertaining to a stentor; extremely loud; powerful; as, astentorian voice; stentorian lungs."
"STENTORIN","A blue coloring matter found in some stentors. See Stentor, 2."
"STENTORIOUS","Stentorian. [R.]"
"STENTORONIC","Stentorian. [Obs.]"
"STENTOROPHONIC","Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian. [Obs.]Of this stentorophonic horn of Alexander there is a preserved in theVatican. Derham."
"STEP","To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect. To step off,to measure by steps, or paces; hence, to divide, as a space, or toform a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers."
"STEP-","A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son,daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of isnot a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent;as, a stepmother to X is the wife of the father of X, married by himafter the death of the mother of X. See Stepchild, Stepdaughter,Stepson, etc."
"STEP-DOWN","Transforming or converting a current of high potential orpressure into one of low pressure; as, a step-down transformer."
"STEP-UP","Transforming or converting a low-pressure current into one ofhigh pressure; as, a step-up transformer."
"STEPBROTHER","A brother by the marriage of one's father with the mother ofanother, or of one's mother with the father of another."
"STEPDAME","A stepmother. Spenser."
"STEPDAUGHTER","A daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage."
"STEPFATHER","The husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage."
"STEPHANION","The point on the side of the skull where the temporal line, orupper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture."
"STEPHANITE","A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black color andmetallic luster; called also black silver, and brittle silver ore."
"STEPHANOTIS","A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar,Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, andlarge white waxy flowers in cymes."
"STEPLADDER","A portable set of steps."
"STEPMOTHER","The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage."
"STEPPARENT","Stepfather or stepmother."
"STEPPE","One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia,generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of theprairies in Western North America. See Savanna. Steppe murrain.(Far.) See Rinderpest."
"STEPPED","Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets orparts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key. Steppedgear, a cogwheel of which the teeth cross the face in a series ofsteps."
"STEPPER","One who, or that which, steps; as, a quick stepper."
"STEPSISTER","A daughter of one's stepfather or stepmother by a formermarriage."
"STEPSON","A son of one's husband or wife by a former marriage."
"STEPSTONE","A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in enteringthe house."
"STERCOBILIN","A coloring matter found in the f\u00e6ces, a product of thealteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal canal, -- identicalwith hydrobilirubin."
"STERCOLIN","Same as Serolin (b)."
"STERCORACEOUS","Of or pertaining to dung; partaking of the nature of, orcontaining, dung."
"STERCORANISM","The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists."
"STERCORANIST","A nickname formerly given to those who held, or were alleged tohold, that the consecrated elements in the eucharist undergo theprocess of digestion in the body of the recipient."
"STERCORARIAN","A Stercoranist."
"STERCORARY","A place, properly secured from the weather, for containingdung."
"STERCORATE","Excrement; dung. [Obs.]"
"STERCORATION","Manuring with dung. [Obs.] Bacon."
"STERCORIANISM","The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists."
"STERCORIN","Same as Serolin (b)."
"STERCORY","Excrement; dung. [Obs.]"
"STERCULIACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sterculiace\u00e6) ofpolypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical. The cacao (TheobromaCacao) is the most useful plant of the order."
"STERE","A unit of cubic measure in the metric system, being a cubicmeter, or kiloliter, and equal to 35.3 cubic feet, or nearly 1"
"STERELMINTHA","Same as Platyelminthes."
"STEREO-","A combining form meaning solid, hard, firm, as in stereo-chemistry, stereography."
"STEREO-CHEMISTRY","Chemistry considered with reference to the space relations ofatoms."
"STEREOBATE","The lower part or basement of a building or pedestal; -- usedloosely for several different forms of basement."
"STEREOCHROME","Stereochromic picture."
"STEREOCHROMIC","Pertaining to the art of stereochromy; produced bystereochromy.-- Ste`re*o*chro'mic*al*ly, adv."
"STEREOCHROMY","A style of painting on plastered walls or stone, in which thecolors are rendered permanent by sprinklings of water, in which ismixed a proportion of soluble glass (a silicate of soda)."
"STEREOELECTRIC","Of or pertaining to the generation of electricity by means ofsolid bodies alone; as, a stereoelectric current is one obtained bymeans of solids, without any liquid."
"STEREOGRAM","A diagram or picture which represents objects in such a way asto give the impression of relief or solidity; also, a stereograph."
"STEREOGRAPH","Any picture, or pair of pictures, prepared for exhibition inthe stereoscope. Stereographs are now commonly made by means ofphotography."
"STEREOGRAPHICALLY","In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane."
"STEREOGRAPHY","The art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane; abranch of solid geometry which shows the construction of all solidswhich are regularly defined."
"STEREOMETER","Of or pertaining to stereometry; performed or obtained bystereometry.-- Ste`re*o*met'ric*al*ly, adv."
"STEREOMETRY","The art of measuring and computing the cubical contents ofbodies and figures; -- distinguished from planimetry."
"STEREOMONOSCOPE","An instrument with two lenses, by which an image of a singlepicture projected upon a screen of ground glass is made to present anappearance of relief, and may be viewed by several persons at once."
"STEREOPLASM","The solid or insoluble portion of the cell protoplasm. SeeHygroplasm."
"STEREOPTICON","An instrument, consisting essentially of a magic lantern inwhich photographic pictures are used, by which the image of alandscape, or any object, may be thrown upon a screen in such amanner as to seem to stand out in relief, so as to form a strikingand accurate representation of the object itself; also, a pair ofmagic lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views."
"STEREOSCOPE","An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance ofsolid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bendingof the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from pointsof view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, andby refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as toappear as one to the observer."
"STEREOSCOPIST","One skilled in the use or construction of stereoscopes."
"STEREOSCOPY","The art or science of using the stereoscope, or of constructingthe instrument or the views used with it."
"STEREOSTATIC","Geostatic."
"STEREOTOMY","The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures orsections, as arches, and the like; especially, the art ofstonecutting."
"STEREOTYPER","One who stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates, or worksin a stereotype foundry."
"STEREOTYPIC","Of or pertaining to stereotype, or stereotype plates."
"STEREOTYPIST","A stereotyper."
"STEREOTYPOGRAPHER","A stereotype printer."
"STEREOTYPOGRAPHY","The act or art of printing from stereotype plates."
"STEREOTYPY","The art or process of making stereotype plates."
"STERHYDRAULIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a kind of hydraulic press;resembling such a press in action or principle. Sterhydraulic press,an hydraulic press producing pressure or motion by the introductionof a solid substance (as a long rod, or a cord wound on a roller)into a cylinder previously filled with a liquid."
"STERILITY","Quality of being sterile; infecundity; also, the state of beingfree from germs or spores."
"STERILIZATION","The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also,the state of being sterile."
"STERILIZER","One that sterilizes anything; specif., an apparatus forsterilizing an organic fluid or mixture."
"STERLET","A small sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) found in the Caspian Seaand its rivers, and highly esteemed for its flavor. The finestcaviare is made from its roe."
"STERLING","Same as Starling, 3."
"STERN","The black tern."
"STERN-WHEEL","Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer."
"STERN-WHEELER","A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels.[Colloq. U.S.]"
"STERNAGE","Stern. [R.] Shak."
"STERNAL","Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the sternum.Sternal ribs. See the Note under Rib, n., 1."
"STERNBERGITE","A sulphide of silver and iron, occurring in soft flexiblelamin\u00e6 varying in color from brown to black."
"STERNEBRA","One of the segments of the sternum.-- Ster'ne*bral, a."
"STERNED","Having a stern of a particular shape; -- used in composition;as, square-sterned."
"STERNER","A director. [Obs. & R.] Dr. R. Clerke."
"STERNFOREMOST","With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence,figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner.A fatal genius for going sternforemost. Lowell."
"STERNITE","The sternum of an arthropod somite."
"STERNLY","In a stern manner."
"STERNMOST","Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost shipin a convoy."
"STERNNESS","The quality or state of being stern."
"STERNO-","A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,or relation to, the sternum; as, sternocostal, sternoscapular."
"STERNOCORACOID","Of or pertaining to the sternum and the coracoid."
"STERNOCOSTAL","Of or pertaining to the sternum and the ribs; as, thesternocostal cartilages."
"STERNOHYOID","Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone orcartilage."
"STERNOMASTOID","Of or pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process."
"STERNOTHYROID","Of or pertaining to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage."
"STERNPOST","A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected onthe extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the endsof the planks or plates of the vessel."
"STERNSMAN","A steersman. [Obs.]"
"STERNSON","The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted;-- called also stern knee."
"STERNUM","A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginousplates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton ofmost vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone."
"STERNUTATION","The act of sneezing. Quincy."
"STERNUTATIVE","Having the quality of provoking to sneeze."
"STERNUTATORY","Sternutative.-- n."
"STERNWAY","The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost."
"STERQUILINOUS","Pertaining to a dunghill; hence, mean; dirty; paltry. [Obs.]Howell."
"STERRE","A star. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"STERRINK","The crab-eating seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) of the AntarcticOcean."
"STERROMETAL","Any alloy of copper, zinc, tin, and iron, of which cannon aresometimes made."
"STERT","Started. Chaucer."
"STERTE","p. p. of Start. Chaucer."
"STERTORIOUS","Stertorous. [R.]"
"STERTOROUS","Characterized by a deep snoring, which accompaines inspirationin some diseases, especially apoplexy; hence, hoarsely breathing;snoring.Burning, stertorous breath that hurt her cheek. Mrs. Browning.The day has ebbed away, and it is night in his room, before hisstertorous breathing lulls. Dickens."
"STERVE","To die, or cause to die; to perish. See Starve. [Obs.] Chaucer.Spenser."
"STET","Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify thatsomething once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain."
"STETHAL","One of the higher alcohols of the methane series, homologouswith ethal, and found in small quantities as an ethereal salt ofstearic acid in spermaceti."
"STETHOGRAPH","See Pneumatograph."
"STETHOMETER","An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a givenpoint of the chest wall, during respiration; -- also calledthoracometer."
"STETHOSCOPE","An instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs ofthe chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of theexaminer the sounds produced in the thorax."
"STETHOSCOPIST","One skilled in the use of the stethoscope."
"STETHOSCOPY","The art or process of examination by the stethoscope."
"STEVE","To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold. See Steeve."
"STEVEDORE","One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port; onewho stows a cargo in a hold."
"STEW","To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; toseethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, withoutboiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples."
"STEWARD","To manage as a steward. [Obs.]"
"STEWARDESS","A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passengervessels to attend to the wants of female passengers."
"STEWARDLY","In a manner, or with the care, of a steward. [R.]To be stewardly dispensed, not wastefully spent. Tooker."
"STEWARDSHIP","The office of a steward. Shak."
"STEWISH","Suiting a stew, or brothel. Bp. Hall."
"STEWPAN","A pan used for stewing."
"STEWPOT","A pot used for stewing."
"STEY","See Stee."
"STHENIC","Strong; active; -- said especially of morbid states attendedwith excessive action of the heart and blood vessels, andcharacterized by strength and activity of the muscular and nervoussystem; as, a sthenic fever. Sthenic theory. See Stimulism (a)."
"STIACCIATO","The lowest relief, -- often used in Italian sculpture of the15th and 16th centuries."
"STIAN","A sty on the eye. See Styan."
"STIBBORN","Stubborn. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"STIBIAL","Like, or having the qualities of, antimony; antimonial."
"STIBIALISM","Antimonial intoxication or poisoning. Dunglison."
"STIBIATED","Combined or impregnated with antimony (stibium). Stibiatedtartar. See Tartar emetic, under Tartar."
"STIBIC","Antimonic; -- used with reference to certain compounds ofantimony."
"STIBICONITE","A native oxide of antimony occurring in masses of a yellowcolor."
"STIBINE","Antimony hydride, or hydrogen antimonide, a colorless gasproduced by the action of nascent hydrogen on antimony. It has acharacteristic odor and burns with a characteristic greenish flame.Formerly called also antimoniureted hydrogen."
"STIBIOUS","Antimonious. [R.]"
"STIBIUM","The technical name of antimony."
"STIBNITE","A mineral of a lead-gray color and brilliant metallic luster,occurring in prismatic crystals; sulphide of antimony; -- called alsoantimony glance, and gray antimony."
"STIBONIUM","The hypothetical radical SbH4, analogous to ammonium; -- calledalso antimonium."
"STICCADO","An instrument consisting of small bars of wood, flat at thebottom and rounded at the top, and resting on the edges of a kind ofopen box. They are unequal in size, gradually increasing from thesmallest to the largest, and are tuned to the diatonic scale. Thetones are produced by striking the pieces of wood with hard ballsattached to flexible sticks."
"STICHIC","Of or pertaining to stichs, or lines; consisting of stichs, orlines. [R.]"
"STICHIDIUM","A special podlike or fusiform branch containing tetraspores. Itis found in certain red alg\u00e6."
"STICHOMANCY","Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard."
"STICHOMETRICAL","Of or pertaining to stichometry; characterized by stichs, orlines."
"STICHWORT","A kind of chickweed (Stellaria Holostea). [Written alsostitchwort.]"
"STICK","A composing stick. See under Composing. It is usually a frameof metal, but for posters, handbills, etc., one made of wood is used."
"STICK-LAC","See the Note under Lac."
"STICK-SEED","A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, withsmall blue flowers and prickly nutlets."
"STICK-TIGHT","Beggar's ticks."
"STICKED","Stuck.And in the sand her ship sticked so fast. Chaucer.They sticked not to give their bodies to be burnt. Sir T. Browne."
"STICKER","In the organ, a small wooden rod which connects (in part) a keyand a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing."
"STICKFUL","As much set type as fills a composing stick."
"STICKINESS","The quality of being sticky; as, the stickiness of glue orpaste."
"STICKING","a. & n. from Stick, v. Sticking piece, a piece of beef cut fromthe neck. [Eng.] -- Sticking place, the place where a thing sticks,or remains fast; sticking point.But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail.Shak.-- Sticking plaster, an adhesive plaster for closing wounds, and forsimilar uses.-- Sticking point. Same as Sticking place, above."
"STICKIT","Stuck; spoiled in making. [Scot.] Stickit minister, a candidatefor the clerical office who fails, disqualified by incompetency orimmorality."
"STICKLE","A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below awaterfall. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Patient anglers, standing all the day Near to some shallow stickle ordeep bay. W. Browne."
"STICKLEBACK","Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genusGasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or moresharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, andconstruct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, andprickleback."
"STICKLER","One who stickles. Specifically: --(a) One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; anumpire. [Obs.]Basilius, the judge, appointed sticklers and trumpets whom the othersshould obey. Sir P. Sidney.Our former chiefs, like sticklers of the war, First sought to inflamethe parties, then to poise. Dryden."
"STICKTAIL","The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.]"
"STICKY","Having the quality of sticking to a surface; adhesive; gluey;viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious.Herbs which last longest are those of strong smell, and with a stickystalk. Bacon."
"STIDDY","An anvil; also, a smith shop. See Stithy. [Prov. Eng.]Halliwell."
"STIFF","Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiffvessel; -- opposed to crank. Totten."
"STIFF-BACKED","Obstinate. J. H. Newman."
"STIFF-HEARTED","Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious. Ezek. ii. 4."
"STIFF-NECKED","Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-neckedpride; a stiff-necked people. Ex. xxxii. 9."
"STIFF-NECKEDNESS","The quality or state of being stiff-necked; stubbornness."
"STIFF-TAILED","Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid."
"STIFFEN","To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.Like bristles rose my stiffening hair. Dryden.The tender soil then stiffening by degrees. Dryden.Some souls we see, Grow hard and stiffen with adversity. Dryden."
"STIFFENER","One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiffcloth in a cravat."
"STIFFISH","Somewhat stiff."
"STIFFLY","In a stiff manner."
"STIFFNESS","The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of clothor of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.The vices of old age have the stiffness of it too. South."
"STIFFTAIL","The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.]"
"STIFLE","The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hindleg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to theknee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse.Stifle bone, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella, orkneepan."
"STIFLED","Stifling.The close and stifled study. Hawthorne."
"STIFLER","See Camouflet."
"STIGMA","That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is fitted toreceive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and iscommonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and ofFlower."
"STIGMARIA","The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria."
"STIGMATA","pl. of Stigma."
"STIGMATIC","Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata. Stigmatic geometry,or Stigmatics, that science in which the correspondence of index andstigma (see Stigma, 7) is made use of to establish geometricalproportions."
"STIGMATICALLY","With a stigma, or mark of infamy or deformity."
"STIGMATIST","One believed to be supernaturally impressed with the marks ofChrist's wounds. See Stigma, 8."
"STIGMATIZATION","The production of stigmata upon the body. See Stigma, 8."
"STIGMATOSE","Same as Stigmatic."
"STIGONOMANCY","Divination by writing on the bark of a tree."
"STIKE","Stanza. [Obs.] Sackville."
"STILAR","Of or pertaining to the style of a dial. [Written also stylar.]"
"STILBENE","A hydrocarbon, C14H12, produced artificially in large, finecrystals; -- called also diphenyl ethylene, toluylene, etc."
"STILBITE","A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate ofalumina and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike aggregations ofcrystals, also in radiated masses. It is of a white or yellowishcolor, with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Called alsodesmine."
"STILE","One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the primarymembers of a frame, into which the secondary members are mortised."
"STILET","See Stylet, 2."
"STILETTO","To stab or kill with a stiletto. Bacon."
"STILL","To drop, or flow in drops; to distill. [Obs.] Spenser."
"STILL-BURN","To burn in the process of distillation; as, to still-burnbrandy."
"STILL-CLOSING","Ever closing. [Obs.] 'Still-clothing waters.' Shak."
"STILL-HUNT","A hunting for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or undercover; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any objectquietly and cautiously.-- Still'-hunt`er, n.-- Still'-hunt`ing, n. [U.S.]"
"STILLAGE","A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor. Knight."
"STILLATITIOUS","Falling in drops; drawn by a still."
"STILLBIRTH","The birth of a dead fetus."
"STILLER","One who stills, or quiets."
"STILLHOUSE","A house in which distillation is carried on; a distillery."
"STILLICIDE","A continual falling or succession of drops; rain water fallingfrom the eaves. Bacon."
"STILLICIDIOUS","Falling in drops. [Obs.]"
"STILLIFORM","Having the form of a drop. Owen."
"STILLING","A stillion. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"STILLION","A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for potterywhile drying."
"STILLSON WRENCH","A pipe wrench having an adjustable L-shaped jaw piece slidingin a sleeve that is pivoted to, and loosely embraces, the handle.Pressure on the handle increases the grip."
"STILLSTAND","A standstill. [R.] Shak."
"STILLY","Still; quiet; calm.The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore."
"STILPNOMELANE","A black or greenish black mineral occurring in foliated flates,also in velvety bronze-colored incrustations. It is a hydroussilicate of iron and alumina."
"STILT","Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus andallied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender.Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer."
"STILTBIRD","See Stilt, n., 3."
"STILTED","Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, astilted style; stilted declamation. Stilted arch (Arch.), an arch inwhich the springing line is some distance above the impost, the spacebetween being occupied by a vertical member, molded or ornamented, asa continuation of the archivolt, intrados, etc."
"STILTIFY","To raise upon stilts, or as upon stilts; to stilt."
"STILTY","Unreasonably elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty style."
"STIME","A slight gleam or glimmer; a glimpse. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"STIMULANT","Produced increased vital action in the organism, or in any ofits parts."
"STIMULATE","To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of(a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity."
"STIMULATION","The irritating action of various agents (stimuli) on muscles,nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked;especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves,or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve isthrown into a state of activity; irritation."
"STIMULATIVE","Having the quality of stimulating.-- n."
"STIMULATOR","One who stimulates."
"STIMULATRESS","A woman who stimulates."
"STING","Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially whenconnected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound bypiercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee orwasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a stingray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied tothe fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion."
"STINGAREE","Any sting ray. See under 6th Ray."
"STINGBULL","The European greater weever fish (Trachinus draco), which iscapable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of itsdorsal fin. See Weever."
"STINGER","One who, or that which, stings.Professor E. Forbes states that only a small minority of the medus\u00e6of our seas are stingers. Owen."
"STINGFISH","The weever."
"STINGILY","In a stingy manner."
"STINGINESS","The quality or state of being stingy."
"STINGING","Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflictingacute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent;biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke.-- Sting'ing*ly, adv. Stinging cell. (Zo\u00f6l.) Same as Lasso cell,under Lasso."
"STINGLESS","Having no sting."
"STINGO","Old beer; sharp or strong liquor. [Old Slang]Shall I set a cup of old stingo at your elbow Addison."
"STINGTAIL","A sting ray."
"STINGY","Stinging; able to sting."
"STINK","To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgustingodor."
"STINKARD","The teledu of the East Indies. It emits a disagreeable odor."
"STINKBALL","A composition of substances which in combustion emit asuffocating odor; -- used formerly in naval warfare."
"STINKER","Any one of the several species of large antarctic petrels whichfeed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odor, as the giantfulmar."
"STINKHORN","A kind of fungus of the genus Phallus, which emits a fetidodor."
"STINKING","from Stink, v. Stinking badger (Zo\u00f6l.), the teledu.-- Stinking cedar (Bot.), the California nutmeg tree; also, arelated tree of Florida (Torreya taxifolia)."
"STINKINGLY","In a stinking manner; with an offensive smell."
"STINKPOT","The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under Musk."
"STINKSTONE","One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar, whichemit a fetid odor on being struck; -- called also swinestone."
"STINKWEED","Stramonium. See Jamestown weed, and Datura."
"STINKWOOD","A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell,as that of the Foetidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of theSouth African Ocotea bullata."
"STINT","To stop; to cease. [Archaic]They can not stint till no thing be left. Chaucer.And stint thou too, I pray thee. Shak.The damsel stinted in her song. Sir W. Scott."
"STINTANCE","Restraint; stoppage. [Obs.]"
"STINTEDNESS","The state of being stinted."
"STINTER","One who, or that which, stints."
"STINTLESS","Without stint or restraint.The stintlesstears of old Heraclitus. Marston."
"STIPEL","The stipule of a leaflet. Gray."
"STIPELLATE","Having stipels."
"STIPEND","Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily,monthly, or annually."
"STIPENDIARIAN","Acting from mercenary considerations; stipendiary. A. Seward."
"STIPENDIARY","Receiving wages, or salary; performing services for a statedprice or compensation.His great stipendiary prelates came with troops of evil-appointedhorseman not half full. Knolles."
"STIPENDIATE","To provide with a stipend, or salary; to support; to pay.Evelyn.It is good to endow colleges, and to found chairs, and to stipendiateprofessors. I. Taylor."
"STIPENDLESS","Having no stipend."
"STIPITATE","Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds ofmost ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants."
"STIPITIFORM","Having the shape of a stalk; stalklike."
"STIPPLE","A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or smallpoints instead of lines."
"STIPTIC","See Styptic."
"STIPULA","A stipule."
"STIPULARY","Of or pertaining to stipules; stipular."
"STIPULATE","Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf."
"STIPULATION","A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in thenature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain. Bouvier.Wharton."
"STIPULATOR","One who stipulates, contracts, or covenants."
"STIPULE","An appendage at the base of petioles or leaves, usuallysomewhat resembling a small leaf in texture and appearance."
"STIPULED","Furnished with stipules, or leafy appendages."
"STIRABOUT","A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certainconsistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixedtogether and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding."
"STIRIATED","Adorned with pendants like icicles."
"STIRIOUS","Resembling icicles. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"STIRK","A young bullock or heifer. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"STIRLESS","Without stirring; very quiet; motionless. 'Lying helpless andstirless.' Hare."
"STIRP","Stock; race; family. [Obs.] Bacon."
"STIRPICULTURE","The breeding of special stocks or races."
"STIRPS","Stock; race; family. Blackstone."
"STIRRAGE","The act of stirring; stir; commotion. [Obs.] T. Granger."
"STIRRER","One who, or that which, stirs something; also, one who movesabout, especially after sleep; as, an early stirrer. Shak. Stirrerup, an instigator or inciter. Atterbury."
"STIRRING","Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active inbusiness; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed toa busy life.A more stirring and intellectual age than any which had gone beforeit. Southey."
"STIRRUP","Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and usedas a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron."
"STIRT","Started; leaped.They privily be stirt into a well. Chaucer."
"STIRTE","imp. of Start, v. i. & t. Chaucer."
"STITCH","A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of theneedle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.You have gone a good stitch. Bunyan.In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take nodeep stitch in making their furrows. Holland."
"STITCHEL","A kind of hairy wool. [Prov.]"
"STITCHER","One who stitches; a seamstress."
"STITCHERY","Needlework; -- in comtempt. Shak."
"STITCHWORT","See Stichwort."
"STITH","Strong; stiff; rigid. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"STITHY","To forge on an anvil.The forge that stithied Mars his helm. Shak."
"STIVE","To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and close;to render stifling. Sandys.His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors of one kindor other. Sir H. Wotton."
"STIVER","A Dutch coin, and money of account, of the value of two cents,or about one penny sterling; hence, figuratively, anything of littleworth."
"STIVES","Stews; a brothel. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"STOAK","To stop; to choke."
"STOAT","The ermine in its summer pelage, when it is reddish brown, butwith a black tip to the tail. The name is sometimes applied also toother brown weasels."
"STOCAH","A menial attendant. [Obs.] Spenser."
"STOCCADE","See Stockade."
"STOCCADO","A stab; a thrust with a rapier. Shak."
"STOCHASTIC","Conjectural; able to conjecture. [Obs.] Whitefoot."
"STOCK","Same as Stock account, below."
"STOCK-BLIND","Blind as a stock; wholly blind."
"STOCK-STILL","Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still.His whole work stands stock-still. Sterne."
"STOCKADE","A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth incontact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form abarrier, or defensive fortification. [Written also stoccade.]"
"STOCKBROKER","A broker who deals in stocks."
"STOCKDOVE","A common European wild pigeon (Columba \u00e6nas), so called becauseat one time believed to be the stock of the domestic pigeon, or,according to some, from its breeding in the stocks, or trunks, oftrees."
"STOCKER","One who makes or fits stocks, as of guns or gun carriages, etc."
"STOCKFISH","Young fresh cod."
"STOCKHOLDER","One who is a holder or proprietor of stock in the public funds,or in the funds of a bank or other stock company."
"STOCKINET","An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of whichstockings, under-garments, etc., are made."
"STOCKING","A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit orwoven. Blue stocking. See Bluestocking.-- Stocking frame, a machine for knitting stockings or other hosierygoods."
"STOCKINGER","A stocking weaver."
"STOCKISH","Like a stock; stupid; blockish.Since naught so stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for thetime doth change his nature. Shak."
"STOCKJOBBER","One who speculates in stocks for gain; one whose occupation isto buy and sell stocks. In England a jobber acts as an intermediarybetween brokers."
"STOCKJOBBING","The act or art of dealing in stocks; the business of astockjobber."
"STOCKMAN","A herdsman; a ranchman; one owning, or having charge of, herdsof live stock. [Australia & U.S.] W. Howitt."
"STOCKWORK","A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata orveins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers orstories."
"STODGY","Wet. [Prov. Eng.] G. Eliot."
"STOGY","heavy; coarse; clumsy. [Colloq.]"
"STOICHIOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to stoichiology."
"STOICHIOLOGY","The doctrine of the elementary requisites of mere thought. SirW. Hamilton."
"STOICHIOMETRY","The art or process of calculating the atomic proportions,combining weights, and other numerical relations of chemical elementsand their compounds."
"STOICITY","Stoicism. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"STOKE","To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires offurnaces, steamers, etc."
"STOKEHOLD","The space, or any of the spaces, in front of the boilers of aship, from which the furnaces are fed; the stokehole of a ship; also,a room containing a ship's boilers; as, forced draft with  closedstokehold; -- called also, in American ships, fireroom."
"STOKEHOLE","The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in frontof the furnace, where the stokers stand."
"STOKEY","Close; sultry. [Prov. Eng.]"
"STOLA","A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman women.The stola was not allowed to be worn by courtesans, or by women whohad been divorced from their husbands. Fairholt."
"STOLE","imp. of Steal."
"STOLED","Having or wearing a stole.After them flew the prophets, brightly stoled In shining lawn. G.Fletcher."
"STOLEN","p. p. of Steal."
"STOLID","Hopelessly insensible or stupid; not easily aroused or excited;dull; impassive; foolish."
"STOLIDITY","The state or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect;obtuseness; stupidity.Indocile, intractable fools, whose stolidity can baffle allarguments, and be proof against demonstration itself. Bentley."
"STOLIDNESS","Same as Stolidity."
"STOLON","A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end orat the joints; a stole."
"STOLONIFEROUS","Producing stolons; putting forth suckers."
"STOMA","One of the minute apertures between the cells in many serousmembranes."
"STOMACH","An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior partof the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity inwhich digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. SeeDigestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric."
"STOMACHAL","A stomachic. Dunglison."
"STOMACHER","An ornamental covering for the breast, worn originally both bymen and women. Those worn by women were often richly decorated.A stately lady in a diamond stomacher. Johnson."
"STOMACHFUL","Willfully obstinate; stubborn; perverse. [Obs.] --Stom'ach*ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Stom'ach*ful*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"STOMACHIC","A medicine that strengthens the stomach and excites its action."
"STOMACHING","Resentment. [Obs.]"
"STOMACHOUS","Stout; sullen; obstinate. [Obs.]With stern looks and stomachous disdain. Spenser."
"STOMACHY","Obstinate; sullen; haughty.A little, bold, solemn, stomachy man, a great professor of piety. R.L. Stevenson."
"STOMAPOD","One of the Stomapoda."
"STOMAPODA","An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipedsare leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They have alarge and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of the stomach andheart; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Calledalso Gastrula, Stomatopoda, and Squilloidea."
"STOMATE","A stoma."
"STOMATIC","Of or pertaining to a stoma; of the nature of a stoma."
"STOMATIFEROUS","Having or producing stomata."
"STOMATITIS","Inflammation of the mouth."
"STOMATODA","A division of Protozoa in which a mouthlike opening exists."
"STOMATODAEUM","Same as Stomod\u00e6um."
"STOMATODE","Having a mouth; -- applied to certain Protozoa.-- n."
"STOMATOGASTRIC","Of or pertaining to the mouth and the stomach; as, thestomatogastric ganglion of certain Mollusca."
"STOMATOLOGY","Scientific study or knowledge of the mouth."
"STOMATOPLASTIC","Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where theaperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed."
"STOMATOPLASTY","Plastic surgery of the mouth."
"STOMATOPOD","One of the Stomatopoda."
"STOMATOPODA","Same as Stomapoda."
"STOMATOPODOUS","Of or pertaining to the Stomatopoda."
"STOMATOSCOPE","An apparatus for examining the interior of the mouth."
"STOMATOUS","Having a stoma."
"STOMODAEUM","A part of the alimentary canal. See under Mesenteron."
"STOMP","To stamp with the foot. [Colloq.] 'In gallant procession, thepriests mean to stomp.' R. Browning."
"STOND","To stand. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"STONE","A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys orbladder; the disease arising from a calculus."
"STONE-BLIND","As blind as a stone; completely blind."
"STONE-COLD","Cold as a stone.Stone-cold without, within burnt with love's flame. Fairfax."
"STONE-DEAD","As dead as a stone."
"STONE-DEAF","As deaf as a stone; completely deaf."
"STONE-HEARTED","Hard-hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling."
"STONE-HORSE","Stallion. [Obs.] Mortimer."
"STONE-STILL","As still as a stone. Shak."
"STONEBIRD","The yellowlegs; -- called also stone snipe. See Tattler, 2.[Local, U.S.]"
"STONEBOW","A kind of crossbow formerly used for shooting stones. Shak."
"STONEBRASH","A subsoil made up of small stones or finely-broken rock; brash."
"STONEBREARER","A machine for crushing or hammering stone. Knight."
"STONEBUCK","See Steinbock."
"STONECRAY","A distemper in hawks."
"STONECROP","Any low succulent plant of the genus Sedum, esp. Sedum acre,which is common on bare rocks in Europe, and is spreading in parts ofAmerica. See Orpine. Virginian, or Ditch, stonecrop, an Americanplant (Penthorum sedoides)."
"STONECUTTER","One whose occupation is to cut stone; also, a machine fordressing stone."
"STONECUTTING","Hewing or dressing stone."
"STONEGALL","See Stannel. [Prov. Eng.]"
"STONEHATCH","The ring plover, or dotterel. [Prov. Eng.]"
"STONEHENGE","An assemblage of upright stones with others placed horizontallyon their tops, on Salisbury Plain, England, -- generally supposed tobe the remains of an ancient Druidical temple."
"STONEROOT","A North American plant (Collinsonia Canadensis) having a veryhard root; horse balm. See Horse balm, under Horse."
"STONESMICKLE","The stonechat; -- called also stonesmitch. [Prov. Eng.]"
"STONEWARE","A species of coarse potter's ware, glazed and baked."
"STONEWEED","Any plant of the genus Lithospermum, herbs having a fruitcomposed of four stony nutlets."
"STONEWORK","Work or wall consisting of stone; mason's work of stone.Mortimer."
"STONEWORT","Any plant of the genus Chara; -- so called because they areoften incrusted with carbonate of lime. See Chara."
"STONILY","In a stony manner."
"STONINESS","The quality or state of being stony."
"STONISH","Stony. [R.] 'Possessed with stonish insensibility.' Robynson(More's Utopia)."
"STONT","3d pers. sing. present of Stand."
"STOOD","imp. & p. p. of Stand."
"STOOK","A small collection of sheaves set up in the field; a shock; inEngland, twelve sheaves."
"STOOL","A plant from which layers are propagated by bending itsbranches into the soil. P. Henderson."
"STOOLBALL","A kind of game with balls, formerly common in England, esp.with young women.Nausicaa With other virgins did at stoolball play. Chapman."
"STOOM","To stum. [R.]"
"STOOP","Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; theDutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, anout-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, withplatform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distanceabove the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform,entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door. [U. S.]"
"STOOPER","One who stoops."
"STOOPING","from Stoop.-- Stoop'ing*ly, adv."
"STOOR","To rise in clouds, as dust. [Prov. Eng.]"
"STOP","To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing themagainst the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any waythe vibrating part."
"STOP ORDER","An order that aims to limit losses by fixing a figure at whichpurchases shall be sold or sales bought in, as where stock is boughtat 100 and the broker is directed to sell if the market price dropsto 98."
"STOP-GAP","That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, atemporary expedient.Moral prejudices are the stop-gaps of virtue. Hare."
"STOP-OVER","Permitting one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or ticket.See To stop over, under Stop, v. i. [Railroad Cant, U.S.]"
"STOPE","A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working facesof which present the appearance of a flight of steps."
"STOPING","The act of excavating in the form of stopes."
"STOPLESS","Not to be stopped. Davenant."
"STOPPAGE","The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action;also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulationof the blood; the stoppage of commerce."
"STOPPED","Made by complete closure of the mouth organs; shut; -- said ofcertain consonants (p, b, t, d, etc.). H. Sweet."
"STOPPER","A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with alanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something. Totten."
"STOPPING","A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air."
"STOPPING-OUT","A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those partswhich are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or othercovering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on theother parts."
"STOPPLE","That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper;as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple."
"STOPSHIP","A remora. It was fabled to stop ships by attaching itself tothem. Sylvester."
"STOR","See Stoor. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"STORAX","Any one of a number of similar complex resins obtained from thebark of several trees and shrubs of the Styrax family. The mostcommon of these is liquid storax, a brown or gray semifluid substanceof an agreeable aromatic odor and balsamic taste, sometimes used inperfumery, and in medicine as an expectorant."
"STORE","Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some specificobject; supplies, as of provisions, arms, ammunition, and the like;as, the stores of an army, of a ship, of a family.His swine, his horse, his stoor, and his poultry. Chaucer.In store, in a state of accumulation; in keeping; hence, in a stateof readiness. 'I have better news in store for thee.' Shak.-- Store clothes, clothing purchased at a shop or store; -- indistinction from that which is home-made. [Colloq. U.S.] -- Storepay, payment for goods or work in articles from a shop or store,instead of money. [U.S.] -- To set store by, to value greatly; tohave a high appreciation of.-- To tell no store of, to make no account of; to consider of noimportance."
"STORED","Collected or accumulated as a reserve supply; as, storedelectricity.It is charged with stored virtue. Bagehot."
"STORER","One who lays up or forms a store."
"STOREROOM","Room in a storehouse or repository; a room in which articlesare stored."
"STORESHIP","A vessel used to carry naval stores for a fleet, garrison, orthe like."
"STOREY","See Story."
"STORGE","Parental affection; the instinctive affection which animalshave for their young."
"STORIAL","Historical. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"STORIER","A relater of stories; an historian. [Obs.] Bp. Peacock."
"STORIFY","To form or tell stories of; to narrate or describe in a story.[Obs.]"
"STORK","Any one of several species of large wading birds of the familyCiconid\u00e6, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are foundboth in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia andseveral allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba) is thebest known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, achimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) isnative of Asia, Africa, and Europe. Black-necked stork, the EastIndian jabiru.-- Hair-crested stork, the smaller adjutant of India (LeptoptilosJavanica).-- Giant stork, the adjutant.-- Marabou stork. See Marabou.-- Saddle-billed stork, the African jabiru. See Jabiru.-- Stork's bill (Bot.), any plant of the genus Pelargonium; -- socalled in allusion to the beaklike prolongation of the axis of thereceptacle of its flower. See Pelargonium."
"STORK-BILLED","Having a bill like that of the stork."
"STORM","A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt oftroops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls,forcing the gates, or the like."
"STORM-BEAT","Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms. Spenser."
"STORMFINCH","The storm petrel."
"STORMFUL","Abounding with storms. 'The stormful east.' Carlyle.-- Storm'ful*ness, n."
"STORMGLASS","A glass vessel, usually cylindrical, filled with a solutionwhich is sensitive to atmospheric changes, indicating by a cloudedappearance, rain, snow, etc., and by clearness, fair weather."
"STORMILY","In a stormy manner."
"STORMINESS","The state of being stormy; tempestuousness; biosteruousness;impetuousness."
"STORMING","from Storm, v. Storming party (Mil.), a party assigned to theduty of making the first assault in storming a fortress."
"STORMLESS","Without storms. Tennyson."
"STORMWIND","A heavy wind; a wind that brings a storm; the blast of a storm.Longfellow."
"STORTHING","The Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election once inthree years, but holding annual sessions."
"STORVEN","p. p. of Starve. Chaucer."
"STORY","A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or thespace between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building'sexterior considered architecturally, which need not correspondexactly with the stories within. [Written also storey.]"
"STORY-TELLING","Being accustomed to tell stories.-- n."
"STORYBOOK","A book containing stories, or short narratives, either true orfalse."
"STOTE","See Stoat."
"STOUND","To be in pain or sorrow. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"STOUP","A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches forcontaining the holy water with which those who enter, dipping theirfingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also holy-water stoup."
"STOUR","A battle or tumult; encounter; combat; disturbance; passion.[Obs.] Fairfax. 'That woeful stowre.' Spenser.She that helmed was in starke stours [fierce conflicts]. Chaucer."
"STOUT","A strong malt liquor; strong porter. Swift."
"STOUT-HEARTED","Having a brave heart; courageous.-- Stout'-heart'ed*ness, n."
"STOUTISH","Somewhat stout; somewhat corpulent."
"STOUTLY","In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately; as, he stoutlydefended himself."
"STOUTNESS","The state or quality of being stout."
"STOVE","imp. of Stave."
"STOVEHOUSE","A hothouse."
"STOVEPIPE","Pipe made of sheet iron in length and angular or curved piecesfitting together, -- used to connect a portable stove with a chimneyflue. Stovepipe hat, the common tall silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]"
"STOVER","Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.Where live nibbling sheep, And flat meads thatched with stover themto keep. Shak.Thresh barley as yet but as need shall require, Fresh threshed forstover thy cattle desire. Tusser."
"STOWAWAY","One who conceals himself board of a vessel about to leave port,or on a railway train, in order to obtain a free passage."
"STOWBOARD","A place into which rubbish is put. [Written also stowbord.]"
"STOWING","A method of working in which the waste is packed into the spaceformed by excavating the vein."
"STOWRE","See Stour, a. [Obs.]"
"STRABISM","Strabismus."
"STRABISMOMETER","An instrument for measuring the amount of strabismus."
"STRABISMUS","An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes cannot be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to unduecontraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscleswhich move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye."
"STRABOTOMY","The operation for the removal of squinting by the division ofsuch muscles as distort the eyeball."
"STRADDLE","To place one leg on one side and the other on the other sideof; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse."
"STRADDLING","Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in twocircles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3.Knight."
"STRADOMETRICAL","Of, or relating to, the measuring of streets or roads. [R.]"
"STRAGGLE","The act of straggling. [R.] Carlyle."
"STRAGGLING","from Straggle, v."
"STRAGGLINGLY","In a straggling manner."
"STRAGULUM","The mantle, or pallium, of a bird."
"STRAIGHT","A variant of Strait, a. [Obs. or R.]Egypt is a long country, but it is straight, that is to say, narrow.Sir J. Mandeville."
"STRAIGHT-JOINT","Having straight joints. Specifically:(a) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that thejoints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boardsthemselves. Brandle & C.(b) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring puttogether without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge toedge."
"STRAIGHT-LINED","Having straight lines."
"STRAIGHT-OUT","Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence,unqualified; thoroughgoing. [Colloq. U.S.]Straight-out and generous indignation. Mrs. Stowe."
"STRAIGHT-PIGHT","Straight in form or upright in position; erect. [Obs.] Shak."
"STRAIGHT-SPOKEN","Speaking with directness; plain-spoken. [Colloq. U.S.] Lowell."
"STRAIGHTEDGE","A board, or piece of wood or metal, having one edge perfectlystraight, -- used to ascertain whether a line is straight or asurface even, and for drawing straight lines."
"STRAIGHTEN","A variant of Straiten. [Obs. or R.]"
"STRAIGHTENER","One who, or that which, straightens."
"STRAIGHTFORTH","Straightway. [Obs.]"
"STRAIGHTFORWARD","Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating;honest; frank.-- adv."
"STRAIGHTHORN","An orthoceras."
"STRAIGHTLY","In a right line; not crookedly."
"STRAIGHTNESS","The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, thestraightness of a path."
"STRAIGHTWAY","Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.He took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi. . .. And straightway the damsel arose. Mark v. 41,42."
"STRAIGHTWAYS","Straightway. [Obs.]"
"STRAIK","A strake."
"STRAIN","To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form orvolume, as forces on a beam to bend it."
"STRAINABLY","Violently. Holinshed."
"STRAINING","from Strain. Straining piece (Arch.), a short piece of timberin a truss, used to maintain the ends of struts or rafters, and keepthem from slipping. See Illust. of Queen-post."
"STRAINT","Overexertion; excessive tension; strain. [Obs.] Spenser."
"STRAIT","A variant of Straight. [Obs.]"
"STRAIT-HANDED","Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly. [R.] -- Strait'-hand`ed*ness,n. [R.]"
"STRAIT-JACKET","A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or thosewho are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed atthe ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back."
"STRAIT-WAISTCOAT","Same as Strait-jacket."
"STRAITNESS","The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinchedcondition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof theircircumstances."
"STRAKE","imp. of Strike. Spenser."
"STRALE","Pupil of the eye. [Prov. Eng.]"
"STRAM","To spring or recoil with violence. [Prov. Eng.]"
"STRAMASH","To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy. [Scot. & Prov.Eng.]"
"STRAMAZOUN","A direct descending blow with the edge of a sword. [Obs.] B.Jonson."
"STRAMONIUM","A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura,and Jamestown weed."
"STRAMONY","Stramonium."
"STRAND","One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., ofwhich a rope is composed."
"STRANG","Strong. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell."
"STRANGE","Strangely. [Obs.]Most strange, but yet most truly, will I speak. Shak."
"STRANGENESS","The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of theadjective)."
"STRANGER","One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mereintruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as,actual possession of land gives a good title against a strangerhaving no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely asa pledge; a mere stranger to the levy."
"STRANGLE","To be strangled, or suffocated."
"STRANGLE HOLD","In wrestling, a hold by which one's opponent is choked. It isusually not allowed."
"STRANGLEABLE","Capable of being strangled. [R.] Chesterfield."
"STRANGLER","One who, or that which, strangles. 'The very strangler of theiramity.' Shak."
"STRANGLES","A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of thethroat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells."
"STRANGULATE","Strangulated."
"STRANGULATED","Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended witharrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction orcompression; as, a strangulated hernia."
"STRANGULATION","Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as ofthe throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, ofthe passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases ofhernia."
"STRANGURIOUS","Of or pertaining to strangury. Cheyne."
"STRANGURY","A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced byspasmodic muscular contraction."
"STRANY","The guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]"
"STRAP","A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holdingtimbers or parts of a machine. (b) (Naut.)"
"STRAP-SHAPED","Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla."
"STRAPPADO","A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted indrawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to thelength of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated. Shak."
"STRAPPING","Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. [Colloq.]There are five and thirty strapping officers gone. Farquhar."
"STRAPPLE","To hold or bind with, or as with, a strap; to entangle. [Obs.]Chapman."
"STRAPWORK","A kind of ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or bandfolded, crossed, and interlaced."
"STRASS","A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial pastegems, which consists essentially of a complex borosilicate of leadand potassium. Cf. Glass."
"STRATA","pl. of Stratum."
"STRATAGEM","An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, ingeneral, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination.Fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. Shak.Those oft are stratagems which error seem, Nor is it Homer nods, butwe that dream. Pope."
"STRATAGEMICAL","Containing stratagem; as, a stratagemical epistle. [R.] Swift."
"STRATARITHMETRY","The art of drawing up an army, or any given number of men, inany geometrical figure, or of estimating or expressing the number ofmen in such a figure."
"STRATEGETICS","Strategy."
"STRATEGICS","Strategy."
"STRATEGIST","One skilled in strategy, or the science of directing greatmilitary movements."
"STRATEGUS","The leader or commander of an army; a general."
"STRATH","A valley of considerable size, through which a river runs; avalley bottom; -- often used in composition with the name of theriver; as, Strath Spey, Strathdon, Strathmore. [Scot.]The long green strath of Napa valley. R. L. Stevenson."
"STRATHSPEY","A lively Scottish dance, resembling the reel, but slower; also,the tune."
"STRATICULATE","Characterized by the presence of thin parallel strata, orlayers, as in an agate."
"STRATIFICATION","The deposition of material in successive layers in the growthof a cell wall, thus giving rise to a stratified appearance."
"STRATIFIED","Having its substance arranged in strata, or layers; as,stratified rock."
"STRATIFORM","Having the form of strata."
"STRATIFY","To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in theearth; to arrange in strata."
"STRATIGRAPHY","That branch of geology which treats of the arrangement andsuccession of strata."
"STRATO-CIRRUS","An alto-stratus cloud."
"STRATO-CUMULUS","Large balls or rolls of dark cloud which frequently cover thewhole sky, esp. in winter, and give it at times an undulatedappearance."
"STRATOCRACY","A military government; government by military chiefs and anarmy."
"STRATOGRAPHY","A description of an army, or of what belongs to an army."
"STRATONIC","Of or pertaining to an army. [R.]"
"STRATOTIC","Warlike; military. [R.]"
"STRATUM","A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes,and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as itlies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively."
"STRATUS","A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontalband or layer. See Cloud."
"STRAUGHT","imp. & p. p. of Stretch."
"STRAW","To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow. Chaucer."
"STRAW-COLORED","Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n."
"STRAW-CUTTER","An instrument to cut straw for fodder."
"STRAWBERRY","A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of ared color, the fruit of a plant of the genus Fragaria, of which thereare many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. The commonAmerican strawberry is Fragaria virginiana; the European, F. vesca.There are also other less common species. Strawberry bass. (Zo\u00f6l.)See Calico bass, under Calico.-- Strawberry blite. (Bot.) See under Blite.-- Strawberry borer (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of several species of insectswhose larv\u00e6 burrow in the crown or roots of the strawberry vine.Especially: (a) The root borer (Anarsia lineatella), a very smalldark gray moth whose larv\u00e6 burrow both in the larger roots and crown,often doing great damage. (b) The crown borer (Tyloderma fragari\u00e6), asmall brown weevil whose larva burrows in the crown and kills theplant.-- Strawberry bush (Bot.), an American shrub (Euonymus Americanus),a kind of spindle tree having crimson pods and the seeds covered witha scarlet aril.-- Strawberry crab (Zo\u00f6l.), a small European spider crab (Eurynomeaspera); -- so called because the back is covered with pinktubercles.-- Strawberry fish (Zo\u00f6l.), the amadavat.-- Strawberry geranium (Bot.), a kind of saxifrage (Saxifragasarmentosa) having reniform leaves, and producing long runners likethose of the strawberry.-- Strawberry leaf. (a) The leaf of the strawberry. (b) The symbolof the rank or estate of a duke, because the ducal coronet is twinedwith strawberry leaves. 'The strawberry leaves on her chariot panelsare engraved on her ladyship's heart.' Thackeray.-- Strawberry-leaf roller (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of several species ofmoths whose larv\u00e6 roll up, and feed upon, the leaves of thestrawberry vine; especially, Phoxopteris fragari\u00e6, and Eccopsispermundana.-- Strawberry moth (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of several species of moth whoselarv\u00e6 feed on the strawberry vines; as: (a) The smeared dagger(Apatela oblinita), whose large hairy larva is velvety black with tworows of bright yellow spots on each side. (b) A geometrid (Angeronacrocataria) which is yellow with dusky spots on the wings. Calledalso currant moth.-- Strawberry pear (Bot.), the red ovoid fruit of a West Indianplant of the genus Cereus (C. triangularia). It has a sweetishflavor, and is slightly acid, pleasant, and cooling. Also, the plantbearing the fruit.-- Strawberry sawfly (Zo\u00f6l.), a small black sawfly (Emphytusmaculatus) whose larva eats the leaves of the strawberry vine.-- Strawberry tomato. (Bot.) See Alkekengi.-- Strawberry tree. (Bot.) See Arbutus.-- Strawberry vine (Bot.), the plant which yields the strawberry.-- Strawberry worm (Zo\u00f6l.), the larva of any moth which feeds on thestrawberry vine."
"STRAWBOARD","Pasteboard made of pulp of straw."
"STRAWED","imp. & p. p. of Straw. [Obs.]"
"STRAWWORM","A caddice worm."
"STRAWY","Of or pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw. Shak."
"STRAY","To cause to stray. [Obs.] Shak."
"STRAYER","One who strays; a wanderer."
"STRE","Straw. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"STREAK","To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body. [Obs.or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"STREAKY","Same as Streaked, 1. 'The streaky west.' Cowper."
"STREAM","To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; topour; as, his eyes streamed tears.It may so please that she at length will stream Some dew of graceinto my withered heart. Spenser."
"STREAM CLOCK","An instrument for ascertaining the velocity of the blood in avessel."
"STREAM GOLD","Gold in alluvial deposits; placer gold."
"STREAM LINE","The path of a constituent particle of a flowing fluidundisturbed by eddies or the like."
"STREAM WHEEL","A wheel used for measuring, by its motion when submerged, thevelocity of flowing water; a current wheel."
"STREAMER","A searcher for stream tin."
"STREAMFUL","Abounding in streams, or in water. 'The streamful tide.'Drayton."
"STREAMINESS","The state of being streamy; a trailing. R. A. Proctor."
"STREAMING","Sending forth streams."
"STREAMLESS","Destitute of streams, or of a stream, as a region of country,or a dry channel."
"STREAMLET","A small stream; a rivulet; a rill."
"STREAMLINE","Of or pert. to a stream line; designating a motion or flow thatis free from turbulence, like that of a particle in a streamline;hence, designating a surface, body, etc., that is designed so as toafford an unbroken flow of a fluid about it, esp. when the resistanceto flow is the least possible; as, a streamline body for anautomobile or airship."
"STREE","Straw. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"STREEK","To stretch; also, to lay out, as a dead body. See Streak. [Obs.or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"STREEL","To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly,swaying in a kind of zigzag motion. [Colloq.] Thackeray."
"STREEN","See Strene. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"STREET","Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; nowcommonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellingsor business houses.He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto the field.Coverdale.At home or through the high street passing. Milton."
"STREETWALKER","A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers."
"STREETWARD","An officer, or ward, having the care of the streets. [Obs.]Cowell."
"STREIGHT","See 2nd Strait. [Obs.]"
"STREIGHTEN","See Straiten. [Obs.]"
"STREIN","To strain. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"STREIT","Drawn. [Obs.]Pyrrhus with his streite sword. Chaucer."
"STREITE","Narrowly; strictly; straitly. [Obs.]"
"STRELITZ","A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standingarmy; also, the guard itself."
"STRELITZIA","A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape ofGood Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiarrichly colored flowers."
"STRENE","Race; offspring; stock; breed; strain. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"STRENGTH","To strengthen. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"STRENGTHEN","To grow strong or stronger.The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth,and strengthens with his strength. Pope."
"STRENGTHENER","One who, or that which, gives or adds strength. Sir W. Temple."
"STRENGTHENING","That strengthens; giving or increasing strength.-- Strength'en*ing*ly, adv. Strengthening plaster (Med.), a plastercontaining iron, and supposed to have tonic effects."
"STRENGTHFUL","Abounding in strength; full of strength; strong.-- Strength'ful*ness, n.Florence my friend, in court my faction Not meanly strengthful.Marston."
"STRENGTHING","A stronghold. [Obs.]"
"STRENGTHLESS","Destitute of strength. Boyle."
"STRENGTHNER","See Strengthener."
"STRENGTHY","Having strength; strong. [Obs.]"
"STRENUITY","Strenuousness; activity. [Obs.] Chapman."
"STRENUOUS","Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold;valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; astrenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country.And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes. Chapman.Strenuous, continuous labor is pain. I. Taylor.-- Stren'u*ous*ly, adv.-- Stren'u*ous*ness, n."
"STREPENT","Noisy; loud. [R.] Shenstone."
"STREPEROUS","Loud; boisterous. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"STREPITORES","A division of birds, including the clamatorial and picarianbirds, which do not have well developed singing organs."
"STREPSIPTERA","A group of small insects having the anterior wings rudimentary,and in the form of short and slender twisted appendages, while theposterior ones are large and membranous. They are parasitic in thelarval state on bees, wasps, and the like; -- called also Rhipiptera.See Illust. under Rhipipter."
"STREPSIPTEROUS","Of or pertaining to Strepsiptera."
"STREPSORHINA","Same as Lemuroidea."
"STREPSORHINE","Having twisted nostrils; -- said of the lemurs.-- n. (Zo\u00f6l.)"
"STREPTOBACTERIA","A so-called variety of bacterium, consisting in reality ofseveral bacteria linked together in the form of a chain."
"STREPTOCOCCUS","A long or short chain of micrococci, more or less curved."
"STREPTONEURA","An extensive division of gastropod Mollusca in which the loopor visceral nerves is twisted, and the sexes separate. It is nearlyto equivalent to Prosobranchiata."
"STREPTOTHRIX","A genus of bacilli occurring of the form of long, smooth andapparently branched threads, either straight or twisted."
"STRESS","The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain;force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies,or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to itsdirection, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension,shear or tangential stress. Rankine.Stress is the mutual action between portions of matter. ClerkMaxwell."
"STRESSFUL","Having much stress. Rush."
"STRETCH","To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the shipstretched to the eastward. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Stretch out, an order torowers to extend themselves forward in dipping the oar."
"STRETCHER","A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line ofdirection of the wall. Gwilt."
"STRETCHING","from Stretch, v. Stretching course (Masonry), a course orseries of stretchers. See Stretcher, 2. Britton."
"STREWMENT","Anything scattered, as flowers for decoration. [Obs.] Shak."
"STREWN","p. p. of Strew."
"STRIA","A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.Oxf. Gloss."
"STRIATE","To mark with stria\u00e6. 'Striated longitudinally.' Owen."
"STRIATUM","The corpus striatum."
"STRIATURE","A stria."
"STRICH","An owl. [Obs.] Spenser."
"STRICK","A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.Knight."
"STRICKLE","An instrument used for smoothing the surface of a core."
"STRICKLER","See Strickle."
"STRICKLESS","See Strickle. [Prov. Eng.]"
"STRICT","Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of theplants or their flower clusters."
"STRICTION","The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.Line of striction (Geom.), the line on a skew surface that cuts eachgenerator in that point of it that is nearest to the succeedinggenerator."
"STRICTLY","In a strict manner; closely; precisely."
"STRICTNESS","Quality or state of being strict."
"STRICTURE","A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf.Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, andSpasmodic. Arbuthnot."
"STRICTURED","Affected with a stricture; as, a strictured duct."
"STRID","A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, whichlooks as if it might be crossed at a stride. [Prov. Eng.] Howitt.This striding place is called the Strid. Wordsworth."
"STRIDE","The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a longstep; as, a masculine stride. Pope.God never meant that man should scale the heavens By strides of humanwisdom. Cowper."
"STRIDENT","Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill. 'A stridentvoice.' Thackeray."
"STRIDOR","A harsh, shrill, or creaking noise. Dryden."
"STRIDULATE","To make a shrill, creaking noise; specifically (Zo\u00f6l.),"
"STRIDULATION","The act of stridulating. Specifically: (Zo\u00f6l.)(a) The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbingtogether certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many insects,especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, andlocusts.(b) The noise itself."
"STRIDULATOR","That which stridulates. Darwin."
"STRIDULATORY","Stridulous; able to stridulate; used in stridulating; adaptedfor stridulation. Darwin."
"STRIDULOUS","Making a shrill, creaking sound. Sir T. Browne.The Sarmatian boor driving his stridulous cart. Longfellow.Stridulous laryngitis (Med.), a form of croup, or laryngitis, inchildren, associated with dyspnoea, occurring usually at night, andmarked by crowing or stridulous breathing."
"STRIFEFUL","Contentious; discordant.The ape was strifeful and ambitious. Spenser."
"STRIGATE","Having transverse bands of color."
"STRIGES","The tribe of birds which comprises the owls."
"STRIGIL","An instrument of metal, ivory, etc., used for scraping the skinat the bath."
"STRIGILLOSE","Set with stiff, slender bristles."
"STRIGINE","Of or pertaining to owls; owl-like."
"STRIGMENT","Scraping; that which is scraped off. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"STRIGOSE","Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf."
"STRIGOUS","Strigose. [R.]"
"STRIKE","To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall,or inward at a slight angle."
"STRIKING","a. & n. from Strike, v. Striking distance, the distance throughwhich an object can be reached by striking; the distance at which aforce is effective when directed to a particular object.-- Striking plate. (a) The plate against which the latch of a doorlock strikes as the door is closed. (b) A part of the centering of anarch, which is driven back to loosen the centering in striking it."
"STRIKLE","See Strickle."
"STRING","An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheerstrake on the outside and bolted to it."
"STRINGBOARD","Same as Stringpiece."
"STRINGCOURSE","A horizontal band in a building, forming a part of the design,whether molded, projecting, or carved, or in any way distinguishedfrom the rest of the work."
"STRINGENCY","The quality or state of being stringent."
"STRINGENDO","Urging or hastening the time, as to a climax."
"STRINGENT","Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive;rigid; severe; as, stringent rules.They must be subject to a sharper penal code, and to a more stringentcode of procedure. Macaulay.-- Strin'gent*ly, adv.-- Strin'gent*ness, n."
"STRINGER","A longitudinal sleeper."
"STRINGHALT","An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, oran involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raisethe hock. [Written also springhalt.]"
"STRINGINESS","Quality of being stringy."
"STRINGLESS","Having no strings.His tongue is now a stringless instrument. Shak."
"STRIP","To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc."
"STRIP-LEAF","Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing."
"STRIPE","A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets ofalternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast ofappearance."
"STRIPED","Having stripes of different colors; streaked. Striped bass.(Zo\u00f6l.) See under Bass.-- Striped maple (Bot.), a slender American tree (AcerPennsylvanicum) with finely striped bark. Called also stripeddogwood, and moosewood.-- Striped mullet. (Zo\u00f6l.) See under Mullet, 2.-- Striped snake (Zo\u00f6l.), the garter snake.-- Striped squirrel (Zo\u00f6l.), the chipmunk."
"STRIPLING","A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing fromboyhood to manhood; a lad.Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. 1 Sam. xvii. 56."
"STRIPPER","One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine forstripping cards."
"STRIPPET","A small stream. [Obs.] 'A little brook or strippet.' Holinshed."
"STRIPPING","The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking."
"STRISORES","A division of passerine birds including the humming birds,swifts, and goatsuckers. It is now generally considered an artificialgroup."
"STRIVED","Striven.Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel. Rom. xv. 20."
"STRIVEN","p. p. of Strive."
"STRIVER","One who strives."
"STRIVING","from Strive.-- Striv'ing*ly, adv."
"STRIX","One of the flutings of a column."
"STROBILATION","The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely,as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission.See Illust. under Syllidian."
"STROBILE","A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an amentin certain plants, as the hop or pine; a cone. See Cone, n., 3."
"STROBILIFORM","Shaped like a strobile."
"STROBILINE","Of or pertaining to a strobile; strobilaceous; strobiliform;as, strobiline fruits."
"STROCKLE","A shovel with a turned-up edge, for frit, sand, etc. [Writtenalso strocal, strocle, strokal.]"
"STRODE","See Strude. [Obs.]"
"STROKE","Struck."
"STROKER","One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking.Cures worked by Greatrix the stroker. Bp. Warburton."
"STROKESMAN","The man who rows the aftermost oar, and whose stroke is to befollowed by the rest. Totten."
"STROKING","The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order."
"STROLL","To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.These mothers stroll to beg sustenance for their helpless infants.Swift."
"STROLLER","One who strolls; a vagrant."
"STROMA","A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of thethallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia."
"STROMATIC","Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds."
"STROMATOLOGY","The history of the formation of stratified rocks."
"STROMB","Any marine univalve mollusk of the genus Strombus and alliedgenera. See Conch, and Strombus."
"STROMBITE","A fossil shell of the genus Strombus."
"STROMBOID","Of, pertaining to, or like, Strombus."
"STROMBULIFORM","Formed or shaped like a top."
"STROMBUS","A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outerlip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and handsomespecies commonly called conch shells, or conchs. See Conch."
"STROMEYERITE","A steel-gray mineral of metallic luster. It is a sulphide ofsilver and copper."
"STROND","Strand; beach. [Obs.] Shak."
"STRONG","Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market."
"STRONG-MINDED","Having a vigorous mind; esp., having or affecting masculinequalities of mind; -- said of women.-- Strong'-mind`ed*ness, n."
"STRONGHAND","Violence; force; power.It was their meaning to take what they needed by stronghand. Sir W.Raleigh."
"STRONGHOLD","A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place ofsecurity."
"STRONGISH","Somewhat strong."
"STRONGLY","In a strong manner; so as to be strong in action or inresistance; with strength; with great force; forcibly; powerfully;firmly; vehemently; as, a town strongly fortified; he objectedstrongly."
"STRONGYLID","Strongyloid."
"STRONGYLOID","Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasiticnematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some ofthe species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, andbronchial tubes, are often very injurious.-- n."
"STRONTIA","An earth of a white color resembling lime in appearance, andbaryta in many of its properties. It is an oxide of the metalstrontium."
"STRONTIAN","Strontia."
"STRONTIANITE","Strontium carbonate, a mineral of a white, greenish, oryellowish color, usually occurring in fibrous massive forms, butsometimes in prismatic crystals."
"STRONTIC","Of or pertaining to strontium; containing, or designating thecompounds of, strontium."
"STRONTITIC","Strontic."
"STRONTIUM","A metallic element of the calcium group, always naturallyoccurring combined, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc.It is isolated as a yellowish metal, somewhat malleable but harderthan calcium. It is chiefly employed (as in the nitrate) to colorpyrotechnic flames red. Symbol Sr. Atomic weight 87.3. A radioactiveisotope of strontium produced by certain nuclear reactions, andconstituting one of the prominent harmful components of radioactivefallout from nuclear explosions; also called radiostrontium. It has ahalf-life of 28 years."
"STROOK","imp. of Strike. Dryden."
"STROOT","To swell out; to strut. [Obs.] Chapman."
"STROP","A strap; specifically, same as Strap, 3."
"STROPHANTHUS","A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularlytwisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is usedmedicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant."
"STROPHE","In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus whileturning from the right to the left of the orchestra; hence, thestrain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Alsosometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note underAntistrophe."
"STROPHIC","Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, strophes."
"STROPHIOLE","A crestlike excrescence about the hilum of certain seeds; acaruncle."
"STROPHULUS","See Red-gum, 1."
"STROUD","A kind of coarse blanket or garment used by the North AmericanIndians."
"STROUDING","Material for strouds; a kind of coarse cloth used in trade withthe North American Indians."
"STROUT","To swell; to puff out; to project. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"STROVE","imp. of Strive."
"STROW","Same as Strew.Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa.Milton.A manner turbid . . . and strown with blemished. M. Arnold."
"STROWL","To stroll. [Obs.]"
"STROWN","p. p. of Strow."
"STROY","To destroy. [Obs.] Tusser."
"STRUCK","imp. & p. p. of Strike. Struck jury (Law), a special jury,composed of persons having special knowledge or qualifications,selected by striking from the panel of jurors a certain number foreach party, leaving the number required by law to try the cause."
"STRUCKEN","p. p. of Strike. Shak."
"STRUCTURAL","Of or pertaining to organit structure; as, a structural elementor cell; the structural peculiarities of an animal or a plant.Structural formula. (Chem.) See Rational formula, under Formula.empirical formula."
"STRUCTURAL SHAPE","The shape of a member especially adapted to structuralpurposes, esp. in giving the greatest strength with the leastmaterial. Hence, Colloq.,"
"STRUCTURE","Manner of organization; the arrangement of the differenttissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organicstructure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellularstructure."
"STRUCTURED","Having a definite organic structure; showing differentiation ofparts.The passage from a structureless state to a structured state isitself a vital process. H. Spencer."
"STRUCTURELESS","Without a definite structure, or arrangement of parts; withoutorganization; devoid of cells; homogeneous; as, a structurelessmembrane."
"STRUCTURIST","One who forms structures; a builder; a constructor. [R.]"
"STRUDE","A stock of breeding mares. [Written also strode.] [Obs.]Bailey."
"STRUGGLER","One who struggles."
"STRULL","A bar so placed as to resist weight."
"STRUM","To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, inan unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano."
"STRUMA","Scrofula."
"STRUMATIC","Scrofulous; strumous."
"STRUMOSE","Strumous."
"STRUMOUS","Scrofulous; having struma."
"STRUMOUSNESS","The state of being strumous."
"STRUMPET","A prostitute; a harlot. Shak."
"STRUMSTRUM","A rude musical instrument somewhat like a cittern. [R.]Dampier."
"STRUNG","imp. & p. p. of String."
"STRUNT","Spirituous liquor. [Scot.] Burns."
"STRUNTIAN","A kind of worsted braid, about an inch broad. [Scot.] Jamieson."
"STRUSE","A Russian river craft used for transporting freight."
"STRUT","In general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust orpressure in the direction of its own length. See Brace, and Illust.of Frame, and Roof."
"STRUTHIAN","Struthious."
"STRUTHIO","A genus of birds including the African ostriches."
"STRUTHIOIDEA","Same as Struthiones."
"STRUTHIONINE","Struthious."
"STRUTHIOUS","Of or pertaining to the Struthiones, or Ostrich tribe."
"STRUTTER","One who struts."
"STRUTTING","from Strut, v.-- Strut'ting*ly, adv."
"STRUVITE","A crystalline mineral found in guano. It is a hydrous phosphateof magnesia and ammonia."
"STRYCHNIA","Strychnine."
"STRYCHNIC","Of or pertaining to strychnine; produced by strychnine; as,strychnic compounds; strychnic poisoning; specifically (Chem.),"
"STRYCHNINE","A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained fromvarious species of plants, especially from species of Loganiace\u00e6, asfrom the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean (Strychnos Ignatia) and fromnux vomica. It is obtained as a white crystalline substance, having avery bitter acrid taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in theform of the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called alsostrychnia, and formerly strychnina."
"STRYCHNOS","A genus of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Loganiace\u00e6.See Nux vomica."
"STRYPHNIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid,obtained by the action of acetic acid and potassium nitrite on uricacid, as a yellow crystalline substance, with a bitter, astringenttaste."
"STUBBEDNESS","The quality or state of being stubbed."
"STUBBINESS","The state of being stubby."
"STUBBLE","The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left inthe ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle.'After the first crop is off, they plow in the wheast stubble.'Mortimer. Stubble goose (Zo\u00f6l.), the graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.]Chaucer.-- Stubble rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble."
"STUBBLY","Covered with stubble; stubbled."
"STUBBORN","Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding;persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; notyielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said ofpersons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak;as stubborn as a mule. 'Bow, stubborn knees.' Shak. 'Stubbornattention and more than common application.' Locke. 'StubbornStoics.' Swift.And I was young and full of ragerie [wantonness] Stubborn and strong,and jolly as a pie. Chaucer.These heretics be so stiff and stubborn. Sir T. More.Your stubborn usage of the pope. Shak."
"STUCCO","To overlay or decorate with stucco, or fine plaster."
"STUCCOER","One who stuccoes."
"STUCCOWORK","Work done in stucco."
"STUCK","imp. & p. p. of Stick."
"STUCK-UP","Self-important and supercilious, [Colloq.]The airs of small, stuck-up, men. A. K. H. Boyd."
"STUCKLE","A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook."
"STUD","A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place wherethey are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding,etc.In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred ofexcellent shape, vigor, and size. Sir W. Temple.He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win platesfrom Tories. Macaulay."
"STUD-HORSE","A stallion, esp. one kept for breeding."
"STUDBOOK","A genealogical register of a particular breed or stud ofhorses, esp. thoroughbreds."
"STUDDERY","A stud, or collection of breeding horses and mares; also, aplace for keeping a stud. [Obs.]King Henry the Eighth erected a noble studdery. Holinshed."
"STUDDING","Material for studs, or joists; studs, or joists, collectively;studs."
"STUDDING SAIL","A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of avessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to asmall spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. ofSail. Toten."
"STUDENTRY","A body of students. [R.]"
"STUDENTSHIP","The state of being a student."
"STUDFISH","Any one of several species of small American minnows of thegenus Fundulus, as F. catenatus."
"STUDIEDLY","In a studied manner."
"STUDIER","A student. [R.] W. Irving.Lipsius was a great studier of the stoical philosophy. Tillotson."
"STUDIO","The working room of an artist."
"STUDY","A representation or rendering of any object or scene intended,not for exhibition as an original work of art, but for theinformation, instruction, or assistance of the maker; as, a study ofheads or of hands for a figure picture."
"STUFA","A jet of steam issuing from a fissure in the earth."
"STUFF","A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which themasts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication. Ham.Nav. Encyc."
"STUFFER","One who, or that which, stuffs."
"STUFFINESS","The quality of being stuffy."
"STUFFING","Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, acomposition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing."
"STUKE","Stucco. [Obs.]"
"STULL","A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish;also, a framework of boards to protect miners from falling stones.[Prov. Eng.]"
"STULM","A shaft or gallery to drain a mine. [Local, Eng.] Bailey."
"STULP","A short, stout post used for any purpose, a to mark a boundary.[Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"STULTIFICATION","The act of stultifying, or the state of being stultified."
"STULTIFIER","One who stultifies."
"STULTIFY","To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that theperformance of some act may be avoided."
"STULTILOQUENCE","Silly talk; babbling."
"STULTILOQUENT","Given to, or characterized by, silly talk; babbling.-- Stul*til'o*quent*ly, adv."
"STULTILOQUY","Foolish talk; silly discource; babbling. Jer. Taylor."
"STULTY","Foolish; silly. [Obs.] Testament of Love."
"STUM","To renew, as wine, by mixing must with it and raising a newfermentation.We stum our wines to renew their spirits. Floyer."
"STUMBLER","One who stumbles."
"STUMBLING-BLOCK","Any cause of stumbling, perplexity, or error.We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and untothe Greeks foolishness. 1 Cor. i. 23."
"STUMBLING-STONE","A stumbling-block.This stumbling-stone we hope to take away. T. Burnet."
"STUMBLINGLY","In a stumbling manner."
"STUMP","The legs; as, to stir one's stumps. [Slang]"
"STUMP-TAILED","Having a short, thick tail. Stump-tailed lizard (Zo\u00f6l.), asingular Australian scincoid lizard (Trachydosaurus rugosus) having ashort, thick tail resembling its head in form; -- called alsosleeping lizard."
"STUMPINESS","The state of being stumpy."
"STUN","The condition of being stunned."
"STUNDIST","One of a large sect of Russian dissenters founded, about 1860,in the village of Osnova, near Odessa, by a peasant, Onishchenko, whohad apparently been influenced by a German sect settled near there.They zealously practice Bible reading and reject priestly dominionand all external rites of worship. -- Stun'dism (#), n."
"STUNG","imp. & p. p. of Sting."
"STUNK","imp. & p. p. of Stink."
"STUNSAIL","A contraction of Studding sail.With every rag set, stunsails, sky scrapers and all. Lowell."
"STUNT","To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent thegrowth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt aplant.When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a nation, and stuntthe growth of its active energies, the ill or may do is beyond allcalculation. Burke."
"STUNTED","Dwarfed.-- Stunt'ed*ness, n."
"STUNTNESS","Stuntedness; brevity. [R.] Earle."
"STUPA","A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha."
"STUPE","Cloth or flax dipped in warm water or medicaments and appliedto a hurt or sore."
"STUPEFACIENT","Producing stupefaction; stupefactive.-- n. (Med.)"
"STUPEFACTION","The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.[Written also stupifaction.]Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a hardness andstupefaction upon it. South."
"STUPEFACTIVE","Same as Stupefacient. [Written also stupifactive.]"
"STUPEFIED","Having been made stupid."
"STUPEFIEDNESS","Quality of being stupid."
"STUPEFIER","One who, or that which, stupefies; a stupefying agent."
"STUPENDOUS","Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing inmagnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile. 'A stupendous sum.'Macaulay.All are but parts of one stupendous whole. Pope.-- Stu*pen'dous*ly, adv.-- Stu*pen'dous*ness, n."
"STUPEOUS","Resembling tow; having long, loose scales, or matted filaments,like tow; stupose."
"STUPIFY","See Stupefy."
"STUPOSE","Composed of, or having, tufted or matted filaments like tow;stupeous."
"STUPRATE","To ravish; to debauch. [R.] Heywood."
"STUPRATION","Violation of chastity by force; rape. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"STUPRUM","Stupration."
"STURB","To disturb. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"STURDILY","In a sturdy manner."
"STURDINESS","Quality of being sturdy."
"STURDY","A disease in sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, orby dullness and stupor."
"STURGEON","Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoidfishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the familyAcipenserid\u00e6. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on thecoasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe,and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from theair bladder."
"STURIONES","An order of fishes including the sturgeons."
"STURIONIAN","One of the family of fishes of which the sturgeon is the type."
"STURK","See Stirk. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"STURNOID","Like or pertaining to the starlings."
"STURT","To vex; to annoy; to startle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"STURTION","A corruption of Nasturtion."
"STUT","To stutter. [Obs.] Skelton."
"STUTTER","To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak withspasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.Trembling, stuttering, calling for his confessor. Macaulay."
"STUTTERER","One who stutters; a stammerer."
"STUTTERING","The act of one who stutters; -- restricted by somephysiologists to defective speech due to inability to form the propersounds, the breathing being normal, as distinguished from stammering."
"STY","To shut up in, or as in, a sty. Shak."
"STYAN","See Sty, a boil. [R.] De quincey."
"STYCA","An anglo-Saxon copper coin of the lowest value, being worthhalf a farthing. S. M. Leake."
"STYCERIN","A triacid alcohol, related to glycerin, and obtained fromcertain styryl derivatives as a yellow, gummy, amorphous substance; -- called also phenyl glycerin."
"STYE","See Sty, a boil."
"STYGIAL","Stygian. [R.] Skelton."
"STYGIAN","Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal.See Styx.At that so sudden blaze, the Stygian throng Bent their aspect.Milton."
"STYLAGALMAIC","Performing the office of columns; as, Atlantes and Caryatidesare stylagalmaic figures or images. [Written also stylogalmaic.]"
"STYLAR","See Stilar."
"STYLASTER","Any one of numerous species of delicate, usually pink,calcareous hydroid corals of the genus Stylaster."
"STYLE","The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicatesthe hour. See Gnomon. (f) Etym: [Probably fr. Gr. (Bot.)"
"STYLET","A small poniard; a stiletto."
"STYLIFEROUS","Bearing one or more styles."
"STYLIFORM","Having the form of, or resembling, a style, pin, or pen;styloid."
"STYLISH","Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, thedisplay of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress,house, manner.-- Styl'ish*ly, adv.-- Styl'ish*ness, n."
"STYLIST","One who is a master or a model of style, especially in writingor speaking; a critic of style.Distinguished as a stylist, for ease. Fitzed. Hall."
"STYLISTIC","Of or pertaining to style in language. [R.] 'Stylistictrifles.' J. A. Symonds.The great stylistic differences in the works ascribed to him[Wyclif]. G. P. Marsh."
"STYLITE","One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived onthe tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; -- calledalso pillarist and pillar saint."
"STYLO-","A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,or relation to, the styloid process of the temporal bone; as,stylohyal, stylomastoid, stylomaxillary."
"STYLOBATE","The uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavementupon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See Sub-base."
"STYLOGLOSSAL","Of or pertaining to styloid process and the tongue."
"STYLOGRAPH","A stylographic pen."
"STYLOGRAPHICAL","Same as Stylographic, 1.-- Sty`lo*graph'ic*al*ly, adv."
"STYLOGRAPHY","A mode of writing or tracing lines by means of a style on cardsor tablets."
"STYLOHYAL","A segment in the hyoidean arch between the epihyal andtympanohyal."
"STYLOHYOID","Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the hyoid bone."
"STYLOID","Of or pertaining to the styloid process. Styloid process(Anat.), a long and slender process from the lower side of thetemporal bone of man, corresponding to the tympanohyal and stylohyalof other animals."
"STYLOMASTOID","Of or pertaining to the styloid and mastoid processes of thetemporal bone."
"STYLOMAXILLARY","Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla."
"STYLOMETER","An instrument for measuring columns."
"STYLOMMATA","Same as Stylommatophora."
"STYLOMMATOPHORA","A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at thetips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs.See Illust. under Snail."
"STYLOMMATOPHOROUS","Of or pertaining to Stylommatophora."
"STYLOPODIUM","An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferousplants."
"STYLOPS","A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval state, onbees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group Strepsiptera,formerly considered a distinct order, but now generally referred tothe Coleoptera. See Strepsiptera."
"STYLUS","An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1. That needle-shapedpart at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in thegroove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect theundulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrationswhich are transmitted to a system (since 1920 electronic) whichconverts the signal into sound; also called needle. The stylus isfrequently composed of metal or diamond. 3. The needle-like deviceused to cut the grooves which record the sound on the original discduring recording of a phonograph record. 4. (Computers)"
"STYPHNATE","A salt of styphnic acid."
"STYPHNIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline astringentacid, (NO2)3.C6H.(OH)2, obtained by the action of nitric acid onresorcin. Styphnic acid resembles picric acid, but is not bitter. Itacts like a strong dibasic acid, having a series of well definedsalts."
"STYPTIC","Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality ofrestraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.[Written also stiptic.] Styptic weed (Bot.), an American leguminousherb (Cassia occidentalis) closely related to the wild senna."
"STYPTICAL","Styptic; astringent."
"STYPTICITY","The quality or state of being styptic; astringency."
"STYRACIN","A white crystalline tasteless substance extracted from gumstorax, and consisting of a salt of cinnamic acid with cinnamicalcohol."
"STYRAX","A genus of shrubs and trees, mostly American or Asiatic,abounding in resinous and aromatic substances. Styrax officinalisyields storax, and S. Benzoin yields benzoin."
"STYROL","See Styrolene."
"STYROLENE","An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C8H8, obtained by the distillationof storax, by the decomposition of cinnamic acid, and by thecondensation of acetylene, as a fragrant, aromatic, mobile liquid; --called also phenyl ethylene, vinyl benzene, styrol, styrene, andcinnamene."
"STYRONE","A white crystalline substance having a sweet taste and ahyacinthlike odor, obtained by the decomposition of styracin; --properly called cinnamic, or styryl, alcohol."
"STYRYL","A hypothetical radical found in certain derivatives ofstyrolene and cinnamic acid; -- called also cinnyl, or cinnamyl."
"STYTHE","Choke damp."
"STYTHY","See Stithy."
"STYX","The principal river of the lower world, which had to be crossedin passing to the regions of the dead."
"SUABILITY","Liability to be sued; the state of being subjected by law tocivil process."
"SUABLE","Capable of being sued; subject by law to be called to answer incourt. Story."
"SUADE","To persuade. [Obs.]"
"SUADIBLE","Suasible. [Obs.] Wyclif (James iii. 17)."
"SUAGE","To assuage. [Obs.] Dryden."
"SUANT","Spread equally over the surface; uniform; even. [Written alsosuent.] [Local, U.S. & Prov. Eng.] -- Su'ant*ly, adv. [Local, U.S. &Prov. Eng.]"
"SUASIBLE","Capable of being persuaded; easily persuaded."
"SUASION","The act of persuading; persuasion; as, moral suasion."
"SUASIVE","Having power to persuade; persuasive; suasory. South. 'Genialand suasive satire.' Earle.-- Sua'sive*ly, adv."
"SUASORY","Tending to persuade; suasive."
"SUAVE","Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner;bland.-- Suave'ly, adv."
"SUAVIFY","To make affable or suave."
"SUAVILOQUENT","Sweetly speaking; using agreeable speech. [R.]"
"SUAVILOQUY","Sweetness of speech. [R.]"
"SUB","A subordinate; a subaltern. [Colloq.]"
"SUB JUDICE","Before the judge, or court; not yet decided; under judicialconsideration."
"SUB-","A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signifiedby the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a smallproportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide,suboxide, etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent tobasic; as, subacetate or basic acetate. [Obsoles.]"
"SUB-BASE","The lowest member of a base when divided horizontally, or of abaseboard, pedestal, or the like."
"SUB-BASS","The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; thefundamental or ground bass. [Written also sub-base.] Ayliffe."
"SUBACETATE","An acetate containing an excess of the basic constituent."
"SUBACID","Moderately acid or sour; as, some plants have subacid juices.-- n."
"SUBACRID","Moderalely acrid or harsh."
"SUBACROMIAL","Situated beneath the acromial process of the scapula."
"SUBACT","To reduce; to subdue. [Obs.] Bacon."
"SUBACTION","The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodiescombletely. [Obs.] Bacon."
"SUBACUTE","Moderalely acute."
"SUBADUNCATE","Somewhat hooked or curved."
"SUBADVOCATE","An under or subordinate advocate."
"SUBAERIAL","Beneath the sky; in the open air; specifically (Geol.), takingplace on the earth's surface, as opposed to subaqueous."
"SUBAGENCY","A subordinate agency."
"SUBAGENT","A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part,of the business intrusted to the latter. Bouvier. Chitty."
"SUBAGITATION","Unlawful sexual intercourse. [Obs.]"
"SUBAH","A province; a government, as of a viceroy; also, a subahdar.[India]"
"SUBAHDAR","A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in theBritish native army. [India]"
"SUBAID","To aid secretly; to assist in a private manner, or indirectly.[R.] Daniel."
"SUBALMONER","An under almoner."
"SUBALPINE","Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains,but considerably below the snow line."
"SUBALTERN","Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a relatedproposition. Subaltern genus. (Logic) See under Genus."
"SUBALTERNANT","A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2. Whately."
"SUBALTERNATE","A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. SeeSubaltern, 2."
"SUBALTERNATING","Subalternate; successive."
"SUBALTERNATION","The state of being subalternate; succession of turns;subordination."
"SUBANGULAR","Slightly angular."
"SUBAPENNINE","Under, or at the foot of, the Apennine mountains; -- applied,in geology, to a series of Tertiary strata of the older Plioceneperiod."
"SUBAPICAL","Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part just belowthe apex."
"SUBAQUANEOUS","Subaqueous. [Obs.]"
"SUBARCTIC","Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just without thearctic circle."
"SUBARRATION","The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the partof the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or otherpresents, upon the woman."
"SUBARYTENOID","Situated under the arytenoid cartilage of the larynx."
"SUBASTRAL","Beneath the stars or heavens; terrestrial. Bp. Warburton."
"SUBASTRINGENT","Somewhat astringent."
"SUBATOM","A hypothetical component of a chemical atom, on the theory thatthe elements themselves are complex substances; -- called alsoatomicule."
"SUBAUD","To understand or supply in an ellipsis. [R.]"
"SUBAUDITION","The act of understanding, or supplying, something notexpressed; also, that which is so understood or supplied. Trench."
"SUBAXILLARY","Situated under the axilla, or armpit."
"SUBBASAL","Near the base."
"SUBBEADLE","An under beadle."
"SUBBRACHIAL","Of or pertaining to the subbrachians."
"SUBBRACHIALES","A division of soft-finned fishes in which the ventral fins aresituated beneath the pectorial fins, or nearly so."
"SUBBRACHIAN","One of the Subbrachiales."
"SUBBREED","A race or strain differing in certain characters from theparent breed; an incipient breed."
"SUBBRONCHIAL","Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the bronchi; as, thesubbronchial air sacs of birds."
"SUBCALIBER","Smaller than the caliber of a firearm. [Written alsosubcalibre.] Subcaliber projectile, a projectile having a smallerdiameter than the caliber of the arm from which it is fired, and towhich it is fitted by means of a sabot. Knight."
"SUBCARBONATE","A carbonate containing an excess of the basic constituent."
"SUBCARBONIFEROUS","Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Carboniferousformations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a marineformation characterized in general by beds of limestone.-- n."
"SUBCARBURETED","United with, or containing, carbon in less than the normalproportion. [Written also subcarburetted.] [Obsoles.]"
"SUBCAUDAL","Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the tail; as, thesubcaudal, or chevron, bones."
"SUBCELESTIAL","Being beneath the heavens; as, subcelestial glories. Barrow."
"SUBCELLAR","A cellar beneath another story wholly or partly underground;usually, a cellar under a cellar."
"SUBCHANTER","An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; asuccentor."
"SUBCIRCULAR","Nearly circular."
"SUBCLASS","One of the natural groups, more important than an order, intowhich some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous subclass ofexogens."
"SUBCLAVIAN","Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavianarteries."
"SUBCOLUMNAR","Having an imperfect or interrupted columnar structure."
"SUBCOMMITTEE","An under committee; a part or division of a committee.Yet by their sequestrators and subcommittees abroad . . . thoseorders were commonly disobeyed. Milton."
"SUBCOMPRESSED","Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed."
"SUBCONCAVE","Slightly concave. Owen."
"SUBCONFORMABLE","Partially conformable."
"SUBCONICAL","Slightly conical."
"SUBCONJUNCTIVAL","Situated under the conjunctiva."
"SUBCONSCIOUSNESS","The state or quality of being subconscious; a state of mind inwhich perception and other mental processes occur without distinctconsciousness."
"SUBCONSTELLATION","A subordinate constellation. Sir T. Browne."
"SUBCONTRACT","A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract."
"SUBCONTRACTOR","One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from theprincipal contractor."
"SUBCONTRARY","Having, or being in, a contrary order; -- said of a section ofan oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallelto the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is acircle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as tohave a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not beingparallel. Brande & C."
"SUBCORACOID","Situated under the coracoid process of the scapula; as, thesubcoracoid dislocation of the humerus."
"SUBCORDATE","Somewhat cordate; somewhat like a heart in shape."
"SUBCOSTAL","Situated below the costas, or ribs; as, the subcostal muscles."
"SUBCRANIAL","Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the cranium; facial."
"SUBCRUSTACEOUS","Occurring beneath a crust or scab; as, a subcrustaceouscicatrization."
"SUBCRYSTALLINE","Imperfectly crystallized."
"SUBCUTANEOUS","Situated under the skin; hypodermic.-- Sub`cu*ta'ne*ous*ly, adv. Subcutaneous operation (Surg.), anoperation performed without opening that part of the skin oppositeto, or over, the internal section."
"SUBCUTICULAR","Situated under the cuticle, or scarfskin."
"SUBDEACON","One belonging to an order in the Roman Catholic Church, nextinterior to the order of deacons; also, a member of a minor order inthe Greek Church."
"SUBDEAN","An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean. Ayliffe."
"SUBDEANERY","Office or rank of subdean."
"SUBDECANAL","Of or pertaining to a subdean or subdeanery."
"SUBDECUPLE","Containing one part of ten."
"SUBDELEGATE","A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers."
"SUBDENTED","Indented beneath."
"SUBDEPARTMENT","A subordinate department; a bureau. See the Note under Bureau."
"SUBDEPOSIT","That which is deposited beneath something else."
"SUBDERISORIOUS","Ridiculing with moderation. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"SUBDERIVATIVE","A word derived from a derivative, and not directly from theroot; as, 'friendliness' is a subderivative, being derived from'friendly', which is in turn a derivative from 'friend.'"
"SUBDIACONATE","Of or pertaining to a subdeacon, or to the office or rank of asubdeacon."
"SUBDIAL","Of or pertaining to the open air; being under the open sky.[R.] N. Bacon."
"SUBDIALECT","A subordinate dialect."
"SUBDICHOTOMY","A subordinate, or inferior, division into parts; a subdivision.[R.]Many subdichatomies of petty schisms. Milton."
"SUBDILATED","Partially dilated."
"SUBDITITIOUS","Put secretly in the place of something else; foisted in. [R.]"
"SUBDIVERSIFY","To diversify aggain what is already diversified. [R.] Sir M.Hale."
"SUBDIVIDE","To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part intosmaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided.The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and thosecolonies were subdivided into many others. Dryden."
"SUBDIVINE","Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree. Bp.Hall."
"SUBDIVISIBLE","Susceptible of subdivision."
"SUBDOLOUS","Sly; crafty; cunning; artful. [R.]"
"SUBDOMINANT","The fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic; -- so calledas being under the dominant."
"SUBDUABLE","Able to be subdued."
"SUBDUAL","Act of subduing. Bp. Warburton."
"SUBDUEMENT","Subdual. [Obs.] Shak."
"SUBDUER","One who, or that which, subdues; a conqueror. Spenser."
"SUBDULCID","Somewhat sweet; sweetish. [R.]"
"SUBDUPLE","Indicating one part of two; in the ratio of one to two.Subduple ratio, the ratio of 1 to 2: thus, 3:6 is a subduple ratio,as 6:3 is a duple ratio."
"SUBDUPLICATE","Expressed by the square root; -- said of ratios. Subduplicateratio, the ratio of the square roots, or the square root of a ratio;thus, the subduplicate ratio of a to b is *a to *b, or *a/b."
"SUBDURAL","Situated under the dura mater, or between the dura mater andthe arachnoid membrane."
"SUBEDITOR","An assistant editor, as of a periodical or journal."
"SUBELONGATE","Not fully elongated; somewhat elongated."
"SUBENDOCARDIAL","Situated under the endocardium."
"SUBENDYMAL","Situated under the endyma."
"SUBEPIDERMAL","Situated immediately below the epidermis."
"SUBEPIGLOTTIC","Situated under the epiglottis."
"SUBEPITHELIAL","Situated under the epithelium."
"SUBEQUAL","Nearly equal."
"SUBERATE","A salt of suberic acid."
"SUBEREOUS","Of or pertaining to cork; of the nature of cork; suberose."
"SUBERIC","Of or pertaining to cork; specifically, designating an acid, C"
"SUBERIN","A material found in the cell walls of cork. It is amodification of lignin."
"SUBERITE","Any sponge of the genus Suberites and allied genera. Thesesponges have a fine and compact texture, and contain minute siliceousspicules."
"SUBERIZATION","Conversion of the cell walls into cork tissue by development ofsuberin; -- commonly taking place in exposed tissues, as when acallus forms over a wound. Suberized cell walls are impervious towater."
"SUBERIZE","To effect suberization of."
"SUBERONE","Having a corky texture."
"SUBESOPHAGEAL","Situated beneath the esophagus. [Written also suboesophageal.]Subesophageal ganglion (Zo\u00f6l.), a large special ganglion situatedbeneath the esophagus of arthropods, annelids, and some otherinvertebrates."
"SUBFAMILY","One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, intowhich certain families are divided."
"SUBFIBROUS","Somewhat fibrous."
"SUBFUSCOUS","Duskish; moderately dark; brownish; tawny."
"SUBFUSK","Subfuscous. [Obs.] Tatler."
"SUBGELATINOUS","Imperfectly or partially gelatinous."
"SUBGENERIC","Of or pertaining to a subgenus."
"SUBGENUS","A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species whichdiffer from other species of the genus in some important character orcharacters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus ofRhododendron."
"SUBGLACIAL","Pertaining or belonging to the under side of a glacier; beingbeneath a glacier; as, subglacial streams."
"SUBGLOBOSE","Not quite globose."
"SUBGLOBULAR","Nearly globular."
"SUBGLOSSAL","Situated under the tongue; sublingual."
"SUBGLOTTIC","Situated below the glottis; -- applied to that part of thecavity of the larynx below the true vocal cords."
"SUBGLUMACEOUS","Somewhat glumaceous."
"SUBGOVERNOR","A subordinate or assistant governor."
"SUBGRANULAR","Somewhat granular."
"SUBGROUP","A subdivision of a group, as of animals. Darwin."
"SUBHASTATION","A public sale or auction. [R.] Bp. Burnet."
"SUBHEPATIC","Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the liver; --applied to the interlobular branches of the portal vein."
"SUBHORNBLENDIC","Containing hornblende in a scattered state; of or relating torocks containing disseminated hornblende."
"SUBHUMERATE","To place the shoulders under; to bear. [Obs.]Nothing surer ties a friend than freely to subhumerate the burdenwhich was his. Feltham."
"SUBHYALOID","Situated under the hyaliod membrane."
"SUBHYOIDEAN","Situated or performed beneath the hyoid bone; as, subhyoideanlaryngotomy."
"SUBIMAGO","A stage in the development of certain insects, such as the Mayflies, intermediate between the pupa and imago. In this stage, theinsect is able to fly, but subsequently sheds a skin before becomingmature. Called also pseudimago."
"SUBINCUSATION","A slight charge or accusation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"SUBINDEX","A number or mark placed opposite the lower part of a letter orsymbol to distinguish the symbol; thus, a0, b1, c2, xn, have 0, 1, 2,and n as subindices."
"SUBINDICATE","To indicate by signs or hints; to indicate imperfectly. [R.]Dr. H. More."
"SUBINDICATION","The act of indicating by signs; a slight indication. [R.] 'Thesubindication and shadowing of heavenly things.' Barrow."
"SUBINDIVIDUAL","A division of that which is individual.An individual can not branch itself into subindividuals. Milton."
"SUBINDUCE","To insinuate; to offer indirectly. [Obs.] Sir E. Dering."
"SUBINFER","To infer from an inference already made. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"SUBINGRESSION","Secret entrance. [R.] Boyle."
"SUBINTESTINAL","Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the intestine."
"SUBINVOLUTION","Partial or incomplete involution; as, subinvolution of theuterus."
"SUBITANEOUS","Sudden; hasty. [Obs.] Bullokar.-- Sub`i*ta'ne*ous*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"SUBITANY","Subitaneous; sudden; hasty. [Obs.] Hales."
"SUBITO","In haste; quickly; rapidly."
"SUBJECT","That of which anything is affirmed or predicated; the theme ofa proposition or discourse; that which is spoken of; as, thenominative case is the subject of the verb.The subject of a proposition is that concerning which anything isaffirmed or denied. I. Watts."
"SUBJECT-MATTER","The matter or thought presented for consideration in somestatement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought orstudy.As to the subject-matter, words are always to be understood as havinga regard thereto. Blackstone.As science makes progress in any subject-matter, poetry recedes fromit. J. H. Newman."
"SUBJECTIST","One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist."
"SUBJECTIVE","Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writeror an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjectivewriter."
"SUBJECTIVISM","Any philosophical doctrine which refers all knowledge to, andfounds it upon, any subjective states; egoism."
"SUBJECTIVIST","One who holds to subjectivism; an egoist."
"SUBJECTIVITY","The quality or state of being subjective; character of thesubject."
"SUBJECTLESS","Having no subject."
"SUBJECTNESS","Quality of being subject. [R.]"
"SUBJICIBLE","Capable of being subjected. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"SUBJOIN","To add after something else has been said or written; to ANNEX;as, to subjoin an argument or reason."
"SUBJOINDER","An additional remark. [R.]"
"SUBJUGATE","To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; toconquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolutecontrol of another; to vanquish.He subjugated a king, and called him his 'vassal.' Baker."
"SUBJUGATION","The act of subjugating, or the state of being subjugated."
"SUBJUGATOR","One who subjugates; a conqueror."
"SUBJUNCTIVE","Subjoined or added to something before said or written.Subjunctive mood (Gram.), that form of a verb which express theaction or state not as a fact, but only as a conception of the mindstill contingent and dependent. It is commonly subjoined, or added assubordinate, to some other verb, and in English is often connectedwith it by if, that, though, lest, unless, except, until, etc., as inthe following sentence: 'If there were no honey, they [bees] wouldhave no object in visiting the flower.' Lubbock. In some languages,as in Latin and Greek, the subjunctive is often independent of anyother verb, being used in wishes, commands, exhortations, etc."
"SUBKINGDOM","One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, orvegetable kingdom, as, in zo\u00f6logy, the Vertebrata, Tunicata,Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Coelentera, andthe Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia."
"SUBLAPSARIAN","Same as Infralapsarian."
"SUBLAPSARIANISM","Infralapsarianism."
"SUBLAPSARY","Sublapsarian. Johnson."
"SUBLATE","To take or carry away; to remove. [R.] E. Hall."
"SUBLATION","The act of taking or carrying away; removal. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"SUBLATIVE","Having power, or tending, to take away. [R.] Harris."
"SUBLEASE","A lease by a tenant or lessee to another person; an underlease.Bouvier."
"SUBLESSEE","A holder of a sublease."
"SUBLET","To underlet; to lease, as when a lessee leases to anotherperson."
"SUBLIBRARIAN","An under or assistant librarian."
"SUBLIEUTENANT","An inferior or second lieutenant; in the British service, acommissioned officer of the lowest rank."
"SUBLIGATION","The act of binding underneath. [R.]"
"SUBLIMABLE","Capable of being sublimed or sublimated.-- Sub*lim'a*ble*ness, n. Boyle."
"SUBLIMATE","A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purifiedproduct so obtained. Corrosive sublimate. (Chem.) See underCorrosive."
"SUBLIMATED","Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified.[Words] whose weight best suits a sublimated strain. Dryden."
"SUBLIMATION","The act or process of subliming, or the state or result ofbeing sublimed."
"SUBLIMATORY","Used for sublimation; as, sublimatory vessels. Boyle."
"SUBLIME","That which is sublime; -- with the definite article; as:(a) A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing; a style thatexpresses lofty conceptions.The sublime rises from the nobleness of thoughts, the magnificence ofwords, or the harmonious and lively turn of the phrase. Addison."
"SUBLIMED","Having been subjected to the process of sublimation; hence,also, purified. 'Sublimed mercurie.' Chaucer."
"SUBLIMELY","In a sublime manner."
"SUBLIMENESS","The quality or state of being sublime; sublimity."
"SUBLIMIFICATION","The act of making sublime, or state of being made sublime."
"SUBLIMINAL","Existing in the mind, but below the surface or threshold ofconsciousness; that is, existing as feeling rather than as clearideas."
"SUBLINEATION","A mark of a line or lines under a word in a sentence, or underanother line; underlining."
"SUBLINGUA","A process or fold below the tongue in some animals."
"SUBLITION","The act or process of laying the ground in a painting. [R.]"
"SUBLITTORAL","Under the shore. Smart."
"SUBLOBULAR","Situated under, or at the bases of, the lobules of the liver."
"SUBLUMBAR","Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lumbar region ofthe vertebral column."
"SUBLUNARY","Any worldly thing. [Obs.]"
"SUBLUXATION","An incomplete or partial dislocation."
"SUBMAMMARY","Situated under the mamm\u00e6; as, submammary inflammation."
"SUBMARINE","Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as,submarine navigators; submarine plants. Submarine armor, a waterproofdress of strong material, having a helmet into which air forbreathing is pumped through a tube leading from above the surface toenable a diver to remain under water.-- Submarine cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph.-- Submarine mine. See Torpedo, 2 (a)."
"SUBMARSHAL","An under or deputy marshal."
"SUBMEDIAL","Lying under the middle."
"SUBMEDIAN","Next to the median (on either side); as, the submedian teeth ofmollusks."
"SUBMEDIANT","The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third belowthe keynote; the superdominant."
"SUBMENTAL","Situated under the chin; as, the submental artery."
"SUBMENTUM","The basal part of the labium of insects. It bears the mentum."
"SUBMERGE","To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered,as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included.Some say swallows submerge in ponds. Gent. Mag."
"SUBMERGENCE","The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged;submersion."
"SUBMERSE","Submersed."
"SUBMERSED","Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants."
"SUBMETALLIC","Imperfectly metallic; as, a submetallic luster."
"SUBMINISTER","To supply; to afford. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale."
"SUBMINISTRANT","Subordinate; subservient. [Obs.] Bacon."
"SUBMINISTRATE","To supply; to afford; to subminister. [Obs.] Harvey."
"SUBMINISTRATION","The act of subministering. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton."
"SUBMISSION","An agreement by which parties engage to submit any matter ofcontroversy between them to the decision of arbitrators. Wharton (LawDict.). Bouvier."
"SUBMISSLY","In a submissive manner; with a submission. [Archaic] Jer.Taylor."
"SUBMISSNESS","Submissiveness. [Obs.]"
"SUBMITTER","One who submits. Whitlock."
"SUBMONISH","To suggest; to prompt. [R.] 'The submonishing inclinations ofmy senses.' T. Granger."
"SUBMONITION","Suggestion; prompting. [R.] T. Granger."
"SUBMUCOUS","Situated under a mucous membrane."
"SUBMULTIPLE","A number or quality which is contained in another an exactnumber of times, or is an aliquot part of it; thus, 7 is thesubmultiple of 56, being contained in it eight times."
"SUBMUSCULAR","Situated underneath a muscle or muscles."
"SUBNARCOTIC","Moderately narcotic."
"SUBNASAL","Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middlepoint of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture."
"SUBNASCENT","Growing underneath. [R.] Evelyn."
"SUBNECT","To tie or fasten beneath; to join beneath. [R.] Pope."
"SUBNEX","To subjoin; to subnect. [Obs.] Holland."
"SUBNORMAL","That part of the axis of a curved line which is interceptedbetween the ordinate and the normal."
"SUBNOTATION","A rescript. Bouvier."
"SUBNOTOCHORDAL","Situated on the ventral side of the notochord; as, thesubnotochordal rod."
"SUBNUVOLAR","Under the clouds; attended or partly covered or obscured byclouds; somewhat cloudy. [R. & Poetic]Subnuvolar lights of evening sharply slant. Milnes."
"SUBOBSCURELY","Somewhat obscurely or darkly. [R.] Donne."
"SUBOBTUSE","Partially obtuse."
"SUBOCCIPITAL","Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput; as, thesuboccipital, or first cervical, nerve."
"SUBOCULAR","Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the eye."
"SUBOFFICER","An under or subordinate officer."
"SUBOPERCULAR","Situated below the operculum; pertaining to the suboperculum.-- n."
"SUBOPERCULUM","The lower opercular bone in fishes."
"SUBORDER","A division of an order; a group of genera of a little lowerrank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family;as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of Composit\u00e6."
"SUBORDINACY","The quality or state of being subordinate, or subject tocontrol; subordination, as, to bring the imagination to act insubordinacy to reason. Spectator."
"SUBORDINARY","One of several heraldic bearings somewhat less common than anordinary. See Ordinary."
"SUBORDINATE","One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguishedfrom a principal. Milton."
"SUBORDINATIVE","Tending to subordinate; expressing subordination; used tointroduce a subordinate sentence; as, a subordinative conjunction."
"SUBORN","To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury,such oath being actually taken. Sir W. O. Russell."
"SUBORNATION","The act of suborning; the crime of procuring a person to takesuch a false oath as constitutes perjury. Blackstone."
"SUBORNER","One who suborns or procures another to take, a false oath; onewho procures another to do a bad action."
"SUBOVAL","Somewhat oval; nearly oval."
"SUBOVATE","Nearly in the form of an egg, or of the section of an egg, buthaving the inferior extremity broadest; nearly ovate."
"SUBOVATED","Subovate. [R.]"
"SUBOXIDE","An oxide containing a relatively small amount of oxygen, andless than the normal proportion; as, potassium suboxide, K4O."
"SUBPEDUNCULAR","Situated beneath the peduncle; as, the subpeduncular lobe ofthe cerebellum."
"SUBPEDUNCULATE","Supported on, or growing from, a very short stem; having ashort peduncle."
"SUBPELLUCID","Somewhat pellucid; nearly pellucid."
"SUBPENA","See Subpoena."
"SUBPENTANGULAR","Nearly or approximately pentangular; almost pentangular."
"SUBPERICARDIAL","Situated under the cardiac pericardium."
"SUBPERIOSTEAL","Situated under the periosteum. Subperiosteal operation (Surg.),a removal of bone effected without taking away the periosteum."
"SUBPERITONEAL","Situated under the peritoneal membrane."
"SUBPETIOLAR","Concealed within the base of the petiole, as the leaf buds ofthe plane tree."
"SUBPLEURAL","Situated under the pleural membrane."
"SUBPODOPHYLLOUS","Situated under the podophyllous tissue of the horse's foot."
"SUBPOENA","A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of theperson on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which adefendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff'sbill. [Written also subpena.] Subpoena ad testificandum (. Etym:[NL.] A writ used to procure the attendance of a witness for thepurpose of testifying.-- Subpoena duces tecum (. Etym: [NL.] A writ which requires awitness to attend and bring certain documents."
"SUBPOENAL","Required or done under penalty. Gauden."
"SUBPOLAR","Situated below the poles."
"SUBPOLYGONAL","Approximately polygonal; somewhat or almost polygonal."
"SUBPREHENSILE","Somewhat prehensile; prehensile in an inferior degree."
"SUBPRIOR","The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists theprior."
"SUBPUBIC","Situated under, or posterior to, the pubic bones."
"SUBPULMONARY","Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lungs."
"SUBPURCHASER","A purchaser who buys from a purchaser; one who buys at secondhand."
"SUBPYRIFORM","Somewhat pyriform."
"SUBQUADRATE","Nearly or approximately square; almost square."
"SUBQUADRUPLE","Containing one part of four; in the ratio of one to four; as,subquadruple proportion. Bp. Wilkins."
"SUBQUINQUEFID","Almost quinquefid; nearly quinquefid."
"SUBQUINTUPLE","Having the ratio of one to five; as, subquintuple proportion.Bp. Wilkins."
"SUBREADER","An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts oflaw the reader is to discourse upon. [Eng.] Crabb."
"SUBRECTOR","An assistant restor. [Eng.]"
"SUBRELIGION","A secondary religion; a belief or principle held in a quasireligious veneration.Loyalty is in the English a subreligion. Emerson."
"SUBREPTION","The act of obtaining a favor by surprise, or by unfairrepresentation through suppression or fraudulent concealment offacts. Bp. Hall."
"SUBREPTITIOUS","Surreptitious. [Obs.] -- Sub`rep*ti'tious*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"SUBREPTIVE","Surreptitious. [Obs.]"
"SUBRIGID","Somewhat rigid or stiff."
"SUBRIGUOUS","Watered or wet beneath; well-watered. [Obs.] Blount."
"SUBROGATE","To put in the place of another; to substitute. Barrow."
"SUBROGATION","The act of subrogating. Specifically: (Law)"
"SUBROTUND","Somewhat rotund."
"SUBSACRAL","Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the sacrum."
"SUBSALINE","Moderately saline or salt."
"SUBSALT","A basic salt. See the Note under Salt."
"SUBSANNATION","Derision; mockery. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"SUBSCRIBABLE","Capable of being subscribed. [R.]"
"SUBSCRIPT","Written below or underneath; as, iota subscript. (See underIota.) Specifically (Math.), said of marks, figures, or letters(suffixes), written below and usually to the right of other lettersto distinguish them; as, a, n, 2, in the symbols Xa, An, Y2. SeeSuffix, n., 2, and Subindex."
"SUBSCRIPTION","The acceptance of articles, or other tests tending to promoteuniformity; esp. (Ch. of Eng.), formal assent to the Thirty-nineArticles and the Book of Common Prayer, required before ordination."
"SUBSCRIPTIVE","Of or pertaining to a subscription, or signature. 'Thesubscriptive part.' Richardson.-- Sub*scrip'tive*ly, adv."
"SUBSECUTE","To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue. [Obs.]To follow and detain him, if by any possibility he could besubsecuted and overtaken. E. Hall."
"SUBSECUTIVE","Following in a train or succession. [R.]"
"SUBSELLIUM","One of the stalls of the lower range where there are tworanges. See Illust. of Stall."
"SUBSEMITONE","The sensible or leading note, or sharp seventh, of any key;subtonic."
"SUBSENSIBLE","Deeper than the reach of the senses. 'That subsensible world.'Tyndall."
"SUBSEPTUPLE","Having the ratio of one to seven. Bp. Wilkins."
"SUBSEQUENTLY","At a later time; afterwards."
"SUBSEROUS","Situated under a serous membrane."
"SUBSERVE","To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservientto; to help forward; to promote.It is a great credit to know the ways of captivating Nature, andmaking her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all theintrigues of policy. Glanvill."
"SUBSERVIENT","Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity;serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.Scarce ever reading anything which he did not make subservient in onekind or other. Bp. Fell.These ranks of creatures are subservient one to another. Ray.Their temporal ambition was wholly subservient to their proselytizingspirit. Burke."
"SUBSERVIENTLY","In a subservient manner."
"SUBSESQUI-","A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting the combination ofconstituents (especially electro-negative and electro-positivebodies) in the proportion of two to three; as, a subsesqui acetate,i. e., a salt having two equivalents of acetic acid to three of thebase."
"SUBSEXTUPLE","Having the ratio of one to six; as, a subsextuple proportion.Bp. Wilkins."
"SUBSIDE","The act or process of subsiding.The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions. Bp.Warburton."
"SUBSIDIARILY","In a subsidiary manner; so as to assist."
"SUBSIDIARY","One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies;an assistant; an auxiliary. Hammond."
"SUBSIDIZE","To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by thepayment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise,with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship line.He employed the remittances from Spain to subsidize a large body ofGerman mercenaries. Prescott."
"SUBSIGN","To sign beneath; to subscribe. [R.] Camden."
"SUBSIGNATION","The act of writing the name under something, as forattestation. [R.] Shelton."
"SUBSILICATE","A basic silicate."
"SUBSIST","To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, tosubsist one's family.He laid waste the adjacent country in order to render it moredifficult for the enemy to subsist their army. Robertson."
"SUBSISTENCE","Same as Hypostasis, 2. Hooker."
"SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT","A staff department of the United States army charged, under thesupervision of the Chief of Staff, with the purchasing and issuing tothe army of such supplies as make up the  ration. It also supplies,for authorized sales, certain articles of food and other minorstores. It is commanded by any officer of the rank of brigadiergeneral, called commissary general, and the department is popularlycalled the Commissary Department."
"SUBSISTENCY","Subsistence. [R.]"
"SUBSIZAR","An under sizar; a student of lower rank than a sizar.[Cambridge Univ. Eng.]Bid my subsizar carry my hackney to the buttery and give him hisbever. J. Fletcher."
"SUBSOIL","The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneaththe surface soil. Subsoil plow, a plow having a share and standardbut no moldboard. It follows in the furrow made by an ordinary plow,and loosens the soil to an additional depth without bringing it tothe surface. Knight."
"SUBSOLARY","Being under the sun; hence, terrestrial; earthly; mundane. [R.]"
"SUBSPECIES","A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, butbased on characters more important than those which characterizeordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race."
"SUBSPHENOIDAL","Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of thesphenoid bone."
"SUBSPHERICAL","Nearly spherical; having a figure resembling that of a sphere."
"SUBSTANCE","Same as Hypostasis, 2."
"SUBSTANCELESS","Having no substance; unsubstantial. [R.] Coleridge."
"SUBSTANT","Substantial; firm. [R.] '[The glacier's] substant ice.' TheCentury."
"SUBSTANTIALITY","The quality or state of being substantial; corporiety;materiality.The soul is a stranger to such gross substantiality. Glanvill."
"SUBSTANTIALIZE","To make substantial."
"SUBSTANTIALLY","In a substantial manner; in substance; essentially.In him all his Father shone, Substantially expressed. Milton.The laws of this religion would make men, if they would truly observethem, substantially religious toward God, chastle, and temperate.Tillotson."
"SUBSTANTIALNESS","The quality or state of being substantial; as, thesubstantialness of a wall or column."
"SUBSTANTIALS","Essential parts. Ayliffe."
"SUBSTANTIATION","The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof."
"SUBSTANTIVAL","Of or pertaining to a substantive; of the nature ofsubstantive.-- Sub`stan*ti'val*ly, adv."
"SUBSTANTIVE","A noun or name; the part of speech which designates somethingthat exists, or some object of thought, either material orimmaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, aresubstantives."
"SUBSTANTIVELY","As a substantive, name, or noun; as, an adjective may be usedsubstantively."
"SUBSTANTIVENESS","The quality or state of being substantive."
"SUBSTANTIVIZE","To convert into a substantive; as, to substantivize anadjective. Fitzed. Hall."
"SUBSTILE","See Substyle."
"SUBSTITUENT","Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, orentering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed."
"SUBSTITUTE","One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place ofanother; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu ofsomething else; specifically (Mil.),"
"SUBSTITUTED","Containing substitutions or replacements; having been subjectedto the process of substitution, or having some of its parts replaced;as, alcohol is a substituted water; methyl amine is a substitutedammonia. Substituted executor (Law), an executor appointed to act inplace of one removed or resigned."
"SUBSTITUTION","The designation of a person in a will to take a devise orlegacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee byincapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him. Burrill."
"SUBSTITUTIONAL","Of or pertaining to substitution; standing in the place ofanother; substituted.-- Sub`sti*tu'tion*al*ly, adv."
"SUBSTITUTIONARY","Of or pertaining to substitution; substitutional."
"SUBSTITUTIVE","Tending to afford or furnish a substitute; making substitution;capable of being substituted. Bp. Wilkins."
"SUBSTRACT","To subtract; to withdraw. [Obs.] Barrow."
"SUBSTRACTION","See Subtraction, 3."
"SUBSTRATE","A substratum. [R.]"
"SUBSTRATUM","The permanent subject of qualities or cause of phenomena;substance."
"SUBSTRUCT","To build beneath something; to lay as the foundation. [R.]He substructs the religion of Asia as the base. Emerson."
"SUBSTRUCTION","Underbuilding; the foundation, or any preliminary structureintended to raise the lower floor or basement of a building above thenatural level of the ground.It is a magnificent strong building, with a substruction veryremarkable. Evelyn."
"SUBSTRUCTURE","Same as Substruction."
"SUBSTYLAR","Pertaining to the substyle."
"SUBSTYLE","A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial iserected; being the common section of the face of the dial and a planeperpendicular to it passing through the style. [Written alsosubstile.] Hutton."
"SUBSULPHATE","A sulphate with an excess of the base."
"SUBSULPHIDE","A nonacid compound consisting of one equivalent of sulphur andmore than one equivalent of some other body, as a metal."
"SUBSULTIVE","Subsultory. [R.] Berkley."
"SUBSULTORY","Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts. [R.] --Sub*sul'to*ri*ly, adv. [R.]Flippancy opposed to solemnity, the subsultory to the continuous, --these are the two frequent extremities to which the French mannerbetrays men. De Quincey."
"SUBSULTUS","A starting, twitching, or convulsive motion."
"SUBSUMABLE","Capable of being subsumed. J. B. Stallo."
"SUBSUME","To take up into or under, as individual under species, speciesunder genus, or particular under universal; to place (any onecognition) under another as belonging to it; to include undersomething else.To subsume one proposition under another. De Quincey.A principle under which one might subsume men's most strenuousefforts after righteousness. W. Pater."
"SUBSUMPTIVE","Relating to, or containing, a subsumption. Coleridge."
"SUBTANGENT","The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangentdrawn to the same point in a curve."
"SUBTARTAREAN","Being or living under Tartarus; infernal. 'Subtartareanpowers.' Pope."
"SUBTECTACLE","A space under a roof; a tabernacle; a dwelling. [Obs.] Davies(Holy Roode)."
"SUBTEGULANEOUS","Under the roof or eaves; within doors. [R.]"
"SUBTENANT","One who rents a tenement, or land, etc., of one who is also atenant; an undertenant."
"SUBTEND","To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a trianglewhich subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc."
"SUBTENSE","A line subtending, or stretching across; a chord; as, thesubtense of an arc."
"SUBTEPID","Slightly tepid."
"SUBTERETE","Somewhat terete."
"SUBTERFUGE","That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; anartifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, orto justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion.Affect not little shifts and subterfuges, to avoid the force of anargument. I. Watts.By a miserable subterfuge, they hope to render this position safe byrendering it nugatory. Burke."
"SUBTERRANE","A cave or room under ground. [R.] J. Bryant."
"SUBTERRANEAL","Subterranean. [Obs.]"
"SUBTERRANITY","A place under ground; a subterrany. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"SUBTERRANY","Subterranean. [Obs.] Bacon.-- n."
"SUBTERRENE","Subterraneous. [Obs.]"
"SUBTERRESTRIAL","Subterranean."
"SUBTHALAMIC","Situated under the optic thalamus."
"SUBTILIATE","To make thin or rare. [Obs.] Harvey.-- Sub`til*i*a'tion, n. [Obs.] Boyle."
"SUBTILISM","The quality or state of being subtile; subtility; subtlety.The high orthodox subtilism of Duns Scotus. Milman."
"SUBTILITY","Subtilty. [R.]"
"SUBTILIZATION","The operation of making so volatile as to rise in steam orvapor."
"SUBTILIZE","To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions. Milner."
"SUBTILIZER","One who subtilizes."
"SUBTLENESS","The quality or state of being subtle; subtlety."
"SUBTLY","In a subtle manner; slyly; artfully; cunningly.Thou seest how subtly to detain thee I devise. Milton."
"SUBTONIC","Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting oftone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmedand otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or thenasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- aterm introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide toPronunciation, \u00a7\u00a7155, 199-202."
"SUBTORRID","Nearly torrid."
"SUBTRACT","To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct;as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4."
"SUBTRACTION","The taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of thesame kind or denomination; an operation for finding the differencebetween two numbers or quantities."
"SUBTRACTIVE","Having the negative sign, or sign minus."
"SUBTRAHEND","The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another."
"SUBTRANSLUCENT","Not perfectly translucent."
"SUBTRANSPARENT","Not perfectly transparent."
"SUBTREASURER","The public officer who has charge of a subtreasury. [U. S.]"
"SUBTREASURY","A subordinate treasury, or place of deposit; as, the UnitedStates subtreasury at New York. [U. S.]"
"SUBTRIANGULAR","Nearly, but not perfectly, triangular. Darwin."
"SUBTRIBE","A division of a tribe; a group of genera of a little lower rankthan a tribe."
"SUBTRIHEDRAL","Approaching the form of a three-sided pyramid; as, thesubtrihedral crown of a tooth. Owen."
"SUBTRIPLE","Containing a third, or one part to three. Bp. Wilkins."
"SUBTRIPLICATE","Expressed by the cube root; -- said especially of ratios.Subtriplicate ratio, the ratio of the cube root; thus, thesubtriplicate ratio of a to b is cube roota to cube rootb, or cuberoota/b."
"SUBTROPICAL","Nearly tropical."
"SUBTRUDE","To place under; to insert. [R.]"
"SUBTURRICULATE","Somewhat turriculate."
"SUBTUTOR","An under tutor."
"SUBTYPICAL","Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or othergroup; slightly aberrant."
"SUBULICORNES","A division of insects having slender or subulate antenn\u00e6. Thedragon flies and May flies are examples."
"SUBULIFORM","Subulate."
"SUBULIPALP","One of a group of carabid beetles having slender palpi."
"SUBUMBONAL","Beneath or forward of the umbos of a bivalve shell."
"SUBUMBRELLA","The integument of the under surface of the bell, or disk-shapedbody, of a jellyfish."
"SUBUNDATION","A flood; a deluge. [Obs.] Huloet."
"SUBUNGUAL","Under the nail or hoof."
"SUBURBAN","Of or pertaining to suburbs; inhabiting, or being in, thesuburbs of a city. 'Suburban taverns.' Longfellow.Suburban villas, highway-side retreats, . . . Delight the citizen.Cowper."
"SUBURBED","Having a suburb or suburbs on its outer part."
"SUBURETHRAL","Situated under the urethra, or under its orifice."
"SUBVAGINAL","Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, thesubvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve."
"SUBVARIETY","A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety."
"SUBVENE","To come under, as a support or stay; to happen.A future state must needs subvene to prevent the whole edifice fromfalling into ruin. Bp. Warburton."
"SUBVENTANEOUS","Produced by the wind. [Obs.]"
"SUBVENTION","To subventionize."
"SUBVENTIONIZE","To come to the aid of; to subsidize; to support."
"SUBVENTITIOUS","Helping; aiding; supporting. Urquhart."
"SUBVERSE","To subvert. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SUBVERSION","The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned;entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin;destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion ofdespotic power; the subversion of the constitution.The subversion [by a storm] of woods and timber . . . through mywhole estate. Evelyn.Laws have been often abused to the oppression and subversion of thatorder they were intended to preserve. Rogers."
"SUBVERSIONARY","Promoting destruction."
"SUBVERSIVE","Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin.Lying is a vice subversive of the very ends and design ofconversation. Rogers."
"SUBVERT","To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive.They have a power given to them like that of the evil principle, tosubvert and destroy."
"SUBVERTANT","Reserved. [R.]"
"SUBVERTEBRAL","Situated beneath, or on the ventral side of, the vertebralcolumn; situated beneath, or inside of, the endoskeleton; hypaxial;hyposkeletal."
"SUBVERTER","One who, or that which, subverts; an overthrower. Sir T. More."
"SUBVERTIBLE","That may be subverted."
"SUBVITALIZED","Imperfectly vitalized; having naturally but little vital poweror energy."
"SUBVOCAL","Same as Subtonic."
"SUBWAY","An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under astreet, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., areconducted."
"SUBWORKER","A subordinate worker or helper. South."
"SUBZONAL","Situated under a zone, or zona; -- applied to a membranebetween the zona radiata and the umbilical vesicle in the mammalembryo."
"SUBZYGOMATIC","Situated under the zygoma or zygomatic process."
"SUCCADE","Sweetmeats, or preserves in sugar, whether fruit, vegetables,or confections. Blakely. Succade gourd. (Bot.) Same as Vegetablemarrow, under Vegetable."
"SUCCEDANE","A succedaneum. [Obs.]"
"SUCCEDANEOUS","Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the placeof something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another.Sir T. Browne."
"SUCCEDANEUM","One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; thatwhich is used for something else; a substitute; specifically (Med.),"
"SUCCEEDANT","Succeeding one another; following."
"SUCCEEDER","A successor. Shak. Tennyson."
"SUCCEEDING","The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that whichsucceeds, or follows after; consequence. Shak."
"SUCCENTOR","A subchanter."
"SUCCESSARY","Succession. [Obs.]My peculiar honors, not derived From successary, but purchased withmy blood. Beau. & Fl."
"SUCCESSFUL","Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success;accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence,prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; asuccessful experiment; a successful enterprise.Welcome, nephews, from successful wars. Shak."
"SUCCESSIONAL","Of or pertaining to a succession; existing in a regular order;consecutive. 'Successional teeth.' Flower.-- Suc*ces'sion*al*ly, adv."
"SUCCESSIONIST","A person who insists on the importance of a regular successionof events, offices, etc.; especially (Eccl.), one who insists thatapostolic succession alone is valid."
"SUCCESSIVELY","In a successive manner.The whiteness, at length, changed successively into blue, indigo, andviolet. Sir I. Newton."
"SUCCESSIVENESS","The quality or state of being successive."
"SUCCESSLESS","Having no success.Successless all her soft caresses prove. Pope.-- Suc*cess'less*ly, adv.-- Suc*cess'less*ness, n."
"SUCCESSOR","One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place whichanother has left, and sustains the like part or character; --correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king.Chaucer.A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of chattels, withoutnaming their successors, vests an absolute property in them so londas the corporation subsists. Blackstone."
"SUCCIDUOUS","Ready to fall; falling. [R.]"
"SUCCIFEROUS","Producing or conveying sap."
"SUCCINAMATE","A salt of succinamic acid."
"SUCCINAMIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide derivative ofsuccinic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, and forminga series of salts."
"SUCCINATE","A salt of succinic acid."
"SUCCINIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating adibasic acid, C"
"SUCCINIMIDE","A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, C2H4.(CO)2.NH,obtained by treating succinic anhydride with ammonia gas. It is atypical imido acid, and forms a series of salts. See Imido acid,under Imido."
"SUCCINOUS","Succinic. [R.]"
"SUCCINURATE","A salt of succinuric acid."
"SUCCINURIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide, analogous tosuccinamic acid, which is obtained as a white crystalline substanceby heating urea with succinic anhydride. It is known also in itssalts."
"SUCCINYL","A hypothetical radical characteristic of succinic acid andcertain of its derivatives."
"SUCCISE","Appearing as if a part were cut off at the extremity."
"SUCCISION","The act of cutting down, as of trees; the act of cutting off.[R.]"
"SUCCOR","tiono run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve whenin difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver fromsuffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city. [Written alsosuccour.]He is able to succor them that are tempted. Heb. ii. 18."
"SUCCORABLE","Capable of being succored or assisted; admitting of relief."
"SUCCORER","One who affords succor; a helper."
"SUCCORLESS","Destitute of succor. Thomson."
"SUCCORY","A plant of the genus Cichorium. See Chicory."
"SUCCOTASH","Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish is borrowedfrom the native Indians. [Written also suckatash.]"
"SUCCOTEAGUE","The squeteague."
"SUCCUBA","A female demon or fiend. See Succubus.Though seeming in shape a woman natural Was a fiend of the kind thatsuccub\u00e6 some call. Mir. for Mag."
"SUCCUBINE","Of or pertaining to succuba."
"SUCCUBOUS","Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one iscovered by the base of the next higher leaf, as in hepatic mosses ofthe genus Plagiochila."
"SUCCUBUS","The nightmare. See Nightmare, 2."
"SUCCULA","A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn itround, but without any drum."
"SUCCULENT","Full of juice; juicy. Succulent plants (Bot.), plants whichhave soft and juicy leaves or stems, as the houseleek, the liveforever, and the species of Mesembryanthemum."
"SUCCULENTLY","In a succulent manner."
"SUCCULOUS","Succulent; juicy. [R.]"
"SUCCUMB","To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumbunder calamities; to succumb to disease."
"SUCCUMBENT","Submissive; yielding. [R.] Howell."
"SUCCURSAL","Serving to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary.[R.]Not a city was without its cathedral, surrounded by its succursalchurches, its monasteries, and convents. Milman."
"SUCCUS","The expressed juice of a plant, for medicinal use. Succusentericus (. Etym: [NL., literally, juice of the intestines.](Physiol.) A fluid secreted in small by certain glands (probably theglands of Lieberk\u00fchn) of the small intestines. Its exact action issomewhat doubtful."
"SUCCUSSION","The act of shaking; a shake; esp. (Med.), a shaking of the bodyto ascertain if there be a liquid in the thorax."
"SUCCUSSIVE","Characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up and downmovement, and not merely tremulous oscillation; as, the succussivemotion in earthquakes."
"SUCHOSPONDYLOUS","Having dorsal vertebr\u00e6 with long and divided transverseprocesses; -- applied to certain reptiles."
"SUCHWISE","In a such a manner; so."
"SUCKANHOCK","A kind of seawan. See Note under Seawan."
"SUCKATASH","See Succotash. Bartlett."
"SUCKEN","The jurisdiction of a mill, or that extent of ground astrictedto it, the tenants of which are bound to bring their grain thither tobe ground."
"SUCKER","A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; --so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of theplant."
"SUCKER STATE","Illinois; -- a nickname."
"SUCKET","A sweetmeat; a dainty morsel. Jer. Taylor."
"SUCKFISH","A sucker fish."
"SUCKING","Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially,young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf.I suppose you are a young barrister, sucking lawyer, or that sort ofthing. Thackeray.Sucking bottle, a feeding bottle. See under Bottle.-- Sucking fish (Zo\u00f6l.), the remora. See Remora. Baird.-- Sucking pump, a suction pump. See under Suction.-- Sucking stomach (Zo\u00f6l.), the muscular first stomach of certaininsects and other invertebrates which suck liquid food."
"SUCKLE","A teat. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert."
"SUCKLER","An animal that suckles its young; a mammal."
"SUCRATE","A compound of sucrose (or of some related carbohydrate) withsome base, after the analogy of a salt; as, sodium sucrate."
"SUCRE","A silver coin of Ecuador, worth 68 cents."
"SUCROSE","A common variety of sugar found in the juices of many plants,as the sugar cane, sorghum, sugar maple, beet root, etc. It isextracted as a sweet, white crystalline substance which is valuableas a food product, and, being antiputrescent, is largely used in thepreservation of fruit. Called also saccharose, cane sugar, etc. Byextension, any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose,maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type."
"SUCTION","The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids,by exhausting the air. Suction chamber, the chamber of a pump intowhich the suction pipe delivers.-- Suction pipe, Suction valve, the induction pipe, and inductionvalve, of a pump, respectively.-- Suction pump, the common pump, in which the water is raised intothe barrel by atmospheric pressure. See Illust. of Pump."
"SUCTORIAL","Adapted for sucking; living by sucking; as, the humming birdsare suctorial birds."
"SUCTORIAN","A cartilaginous fish with a mouth adapted for suction, as thelampery."
"SUCTORIOUS","Suctorial. [R.]"
"SUDAMINA","Minute vesicles surrounded by an area of reddened skin,produced by excessive sweating."
"SUDARIUM","The handkerchief upon which the Savior is said to haveimpressed his own portrait miraculously, when wiping his face withit, as he passed to the crucifixion."
"SUDARY","A napkin or handkerchief. [Obs. or R.] Wyclif. R. Browning."
"SUDATION","A sweating. [Obs.]"
"SUDATORIUM","A sudatory. Dunglison."
"SUDATORY","Sweating; perspiring."
"SUDD","A tangled mass of floating vegetal matter obstructingnavigation. [Central Africa]"
"SUDDEN","Suddenly; unexpectedly. [R.]Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered. Milton."
"SUDDENTY","Suddenness; a sudden. [Scot.] On a suddenty, on a sudden.[Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"SUDORAL","Of or pertaining to sweat; as, sudoral eruptions."
"SUDORIFEROUS","Producing, or secreting, sweat; sudoriparous. Sudoriferousglands (Anat.), small convoluted tubular glands which are situated inthe subcutaneous tissues and discharge by minute orifices in thesurface of the skin; the sweat glands."
"SUDORIFIC","Causing sweat; as, sudorific herbs.-- n."
"SUDORIPAROUS","Same as Sudoriferous."
"SUDOROUS","Consisting of sweat. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"SUDRA","The lowest of the four great castes among the Hindoos. SeeCaste. [Written also Soorah, Soodra, and Sooder.]"
"SUDS","Water impregnated with soap, esp. when worked up into bubblesand froth. In the suds, in turmoil or difficulty. [Colloq.] Beau. &Fl."
"SUE","To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk."
"SUEDE","Swedish glove leather, --usually made from lambskins tannedwith willow bark. Also used adjectively; as, su\u00e8de gloves."
"SUENT","Uniformly or evenly distributed or spread; even; smooth. SeeSuant. Thoreau."
"SUENTLY","Evenly; smoothly."
"SUER","One who sues; a suitor."
"SUET","The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harderfat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, whenmelted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow."
"SUETY","Consisting of, or resembling, suet; as, a suety substance."
"SUF-","A form of the prefix Sub-."
"SUFFERING","The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured;distress, loss, or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or sorrow;sufferings by want or by wrongs. 'Souls in sufferings tried.' Keble."
"SUFFICE","To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); tobe equal to the end proposed; to be adequate. Chaucer.To recount almighty works, What words or tongue of seraph can sufficeMilton."
"SUFFICIENCE","Sufficiently. [Obs.]"
"SUFFICIENTLY","To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose,or gives content; enough; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food;a man sufficiently qualified for the discharge of his officialduties."
"SUFFICING","Affording enough; satisfying.-- Suf*fi'cing*ly, adv.-- Suf*fi'cing*ness, n."
"SUFFISANCE","Sufficiency; plenty; abundance; contentment. [Obs.]He could in little thing have suffisaunce. Chaucer."
"SUFFISANT","Sufficient. [Obs.]"
"SUFFIX","A subscript mark, number, or letter. See Subscript, a."
"SUFFIXION","The act of suffixing, or the state of being suffixed."
"SUFFIXMENT","Suffixion. [R.] Earle."
"SUFFLATE","To blow up; to inflate; to inspire. [R.] T. Ward."
"SUFFLATION","The act of blowing up or inflating. [R.] Coles."
"SUFFOCATE","Suffocated; choked. Shak."
"SUFFOCATING","from Suffocate, v.-- Suf'fo*ca`ting*ly, adv."
"SUFFOCATION","The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; deathcaused by smothering or choking."
"SUFFOCATIVE","Tending or able to choke or stifle. 'Suffocative catarrhs.'Arbuthnot."
"SUFFOSSION","A digging under; an undermining. [R.] Bp. Hall."
"SUFFRAGAN","Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop."
"SUFFRAGANSHIP","The office of a suffragan."
"SUFFRAGANT","Suffragan. [Obs.]"
"SUFFRAGATE","To vote or vote with. [Obs.] 'Suffragating tribes.' Dryden."
"SUFFRAGATOR","One who assists or favors by his vote. [Obs.]"
"SUFFRAGE","The right to vote; franchise."
"SUFFRAGETTE","A woman who advocates the right to vote for women; a womansuffragist."
"SUFFRAGINOUS","Of or pertaining to the hock of a beast. [Obs.]"
"SUFFRAGO","The heel joint."
"SUFFRANCE","Sufferance. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SUFFRUTESCENT","Slightly woody at the base."
"SUFFRUTICOSE","Woody in the lower part of the stem, but with the yearlybranches herbaceous, as sage, thyme, hyssop, and the like."
"SUFFRUTICOUS","Suffruticose."
"SUFFUMIGATE","To apply fumes or smoke to the parts of, as to the body inmedicine; to fumigate in part."
"SUFFUMIGATION","The operation of suffumigating."
"SUFFUMIGE","A medical fume. [Obs.] Harvey."
"SUFFUSE","To overspread, as with a fluid or tincture; to fill or cover,as with something fluid; as, eyes suffused with tears; cheekssuffused with blushes.When purple light shall next suffuse the skies. Pope."
"SUFFUSION","A blending of one color into another; the spreading of onecolor over another, as on the feathers of birds."
"SUFI","A title or surname of the king of Persia."
"SUFISM","A refined mysticism among certain classes of Mohammedans,particularly in Persia, who hold to a kind of pantheism and practiceextreme asceticism in their lives. [Written also sofism.]"
"SUG","A kind of worm or larva. Walton."
"SUGAR","In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling downthe sirup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach orreach the state of granulation; -- with the preposition off. [Local,U.S.]"
"SUGAR-HOUSE","A building in which sugar is made or refined; a sugarmanufactory."
"SUGARED","Sweetened. 'The sugared liquor.' Spenser."
"SUGARINESS","The quality or state of being sugary, or sweet."
"SUGARLESS","Without sugar; free from sugar."
"SUGARPLUM","A kind of candy or sweetneat made up in small balls or disks."
"SUGESCENT","Of or pertaining to sucking. [R.] Paley."
"SUGGEST","To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.]And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial, venialfault, Recurring and suggesting still. Tennyson."
"SUGGESTER","One who suggests. Beau. & Fl."
"SUGGESTION","Information without oath; an entry of a material fact orcircumstance on the record for the information of the court, at thedeath or insolvency of a party."
"SUGGESTIVE","Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation.-- Sug*gest'ive*ly, adv.-- Sug*gest'ive*ness, n."
"SUGGESTIVE MEDICINE","Treatment by commands or positive statements addressed to amore or less hypnotized patient."
"SUGGESTMENT","Suggestion. [R.]They fancy that every thought must needs have an immediate outwardsuggestment. Hare."
"SUGGESTRESS","A woman who suggests. 'The suggestress of suicides.' DeQuincey."
"SUGGIL","To defame. [Obs.] Abp. Parker."
"SUGGILLATE","To beat livid, or black and blue. Wiseman."
"SUGGILLATION","A livid, or black and blue, mark; a blow; a bruise."
"SUI GENERIS","Of his or its own kind."
"SUICIDAL","Partaking of, or of the nature of, the crime or suicide.-- Su'i*ci`dal*ly, adv."
"SUICIDICAL","Suicidal. [Obs.]"
"SUICIDISM","The quality or state of being suicidal, or self-murdering. [R.]"
"SUICISM","Selfishness; egoism. [R.] Whitlock."
"SUILLAGE","A drain or collection of filth. [Obs.] [Written also sulliage,and sullage.] Sir H. Wotton."
"SUILLINE","Of or pertaining to a hog or the Hog family (Suid\u00e6)."
"SUINE","A mixture of oleomargarine with lard or other fattyingredients. It is used as a substitute for butter. See Butterine."
"SUING","The process of soaking through anything. [Obs.] Bacon."
"SUINGLY","In succession; afterwards. [Obs.] Sir T. More."
"SUINT","A peculiar substance obtained from the wool of sheep,consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters. Itis used as a source of potash and also for the manufacture of gas."
"SUIOGOTHS","The Scandinavian Goths. See the Note under Goths."
"SUIST","One who seeks for things which gratify merely himself; aselfish person; a selfist. [R.] Whitlock."
"SUIT","The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action orprocess for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to acourt for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, acivil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery.I arrest thee at the suit of Count Orsino. Shak.In England the several suits, or remedial instruments of justice, aredistinguished into three kinds -- actions personal, real, and mixed.Blackstone."
"SUITABILITY","The quality or state of being suitable; suitableness."
"SUITABLE","Capable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming;agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one's station; languagesuitable for the subject.-- Suit'a*ble*ness, n.-- Suit'a*bly, adv."
"SUITE","One of the old musical forms, before the time of the morecompact sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in thesame key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes anelaborate prelude. Some composers of the present day affect the suiteform."
"SUITING","Among tailors, cloth suitable for making entire suits ofclothes."
"SUITRESS","A female supplicant. Rowe."
"SUJI","Indian wheat, granulated but not pulverized; a kind ofsemolina. [Written also soojee.]"
"SULA","A genus of sea birds including the booby and the common gannet."
"SULCATION","A channel or furrow."
"SULCIFORM","Having the form of a sulcus; as, sulciform markings."
"SULCUS","A furrow; a groove; a fissure."
"SULEAH FISH","A coarse fish of India, used in making a breakfast relishcalled burtah."
"SULK","A furrow. [Obs.]"
"SULKER","One who sulks."
"SULKILY","In a sulky manner."
"SULKINESS","The quality or state of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness;as, sulkiness of disposition."
"SULKS","The condition of being sulky; a sulky mood or humor; as, to bein the sulks."
"SULKY","Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic."
"SULL","A plow. [Obs.] Ainsworth."
"SULLAGE","The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle."
"SULLEN","Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness; as, to have thesullens. [Obs.] Shak."
"SULLEVATE","To rouse; to excite. [Obs.] Daniel."
"SULLIAGE","Foulness; filth. [Obs.]Though we wipe away with never so much care the dirt thrown at us,there will be left some sulliage behind. Gov. of Tongue."
"SULLY","To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; --used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully aperson's reputation.Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke. Roscommon.No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity. Atterbury."
"SULPHACID","An acid in which, to a greater or less extent, sulphur plays apart analogous to that of oxygen in an oxyacid; thus, thiosulphuricand sulpharsenic acids are sulphacids; -- called also sulphoacid. Seethe Note under Acid, n., 2."
"SULPHAMATE","A salt of sulphamic acid."
"SULPHAMIC","Of or pertaining to a sulphamide; derived from, or related to,a sulphamide; specifically, designating an amido acid derivative,NH2.SO2.OH, of sulphuric acid (analogous to sulphonic acid) which isnot known in the free state, but is known in its salts."
"SULPHAMIDE","Any one of a series of amido compounds obtained by treatingsulphuryl chloride with various amines."
"SULPHANILIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anilene sulphonic acidwhich is obtained as a white crystalline substance."
"SULPHANTIMONATE","A salt of sulphantimonic acid."
"SULPHANTIMONIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid ofantimony (called also thioantimonic acid) analogous to sulpharsenicacid."
"SULPHANTIMONIOUS","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid ofantimony (called also thioantimonious acid) analogous tosulpharsenious acid."
"SULPHANTIMONITE","A salt of sulphantimonious acid."
"SULPHARSENATE","A salt of sulpharsenic acid."
"SULPHARSENIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid(called also thioarsenic acid) analogous to arsenic acid, and knownonly in its salts."
"SULPHARSENIOUS","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid(called also thioarsenious acid) analogous to arsenious acid, andknown only in its salts."
"SULPHARSENITE","A salt of sulpharsenious acid."
"SULPHATE","A salt of sulphuric acid."
"SULPHATIC","Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, a sulphate orsulphates."
"SULPHATO-","A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting a sulphate asan ingredient in certain double salts; as, sulphato-carbonate. [R.]"
"SULPHAURATE","A salt of sulphauric acid."
"SULPHAURIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid ofgold (aurum), known only in its salts."
"SULPHIDE","A binary compound of sulphur, or one so regarded; -- formerlycalled sulphuret. Double sulphide (Chem.), a compound of twosulphides.-- Hydrogen sulphide. (Chem.) See under Hydrogen.-- Metallic sulphide, a binary compound of sulphur with a metal."
"SULPHINATE","A salt of a sulphinic acid."
"SULPHINDIGOTIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic acid obtained,as a blue solution, by dissolving indigo in sulphuric acid; --formerly called also cerulic sulphuric acid, but properly calledindigo-disulphonic acid."
"SULPHINE","Any one of a series of basic compounds which consistessentially of sulphur united with hydrocarbon radicals. In generalthey are oily or crystalline deliquescent substances having apeculiar odor; as, trimethyl sulphine, (CH3)3S.OH. Cf. Sulphonium."
"SULPHINIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of acidsregarded as acid ethereal salts of hyposulphurous acid; as, methylsulphinic acid, CH3.SO.OH, a thick unstable liquid."
"SULPHINIDE","A white or yellowish crystalline substance, C6H4.(SO2.CO).NH,produced artificially by the oxidation of a sulphamic derivative oftoluene. It is the sweetest substance known, having over two hundredtimes the sweetening power of sugar, and is known in commerce underthe name of saccharine. It has acid properties and forms salts (whichare inaccurately called saccharinates). I. Remsen."
"SULPHION","A hypothetical radical, SO4, regarded as forming the acid ornegative constituent of sulphuric acid and the sulphates inelectrolytic decomposition; -- so called in accordance with thebinary theory of salts. [Written also sulphione.]"
"SULPHIONIDE","A binary compound of sulphion, or one so regarded; thus,sulphuric acid, Hsulphionide."
"SULPHITE","A salt of sulphurous acid."
"SULPHO-","A prefix (also used adjectively) designating sulphur as aningredient in certain compounds. Cf. Thio-."
"SULPHOARSENIC","Of, pertaining to, or containing, sulphur and arsenic; -- saidof an acid which is the same as arsenic acid with the substitution ofsulphur for oxygen."
"SULPHOCARBONATE","A salt of sulphocarbonic acid; a thiocarbonate."
"SULPHOCARBONIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid, H2CSO2 (calledalso thiocarbonic acid), or an acid, H2CS3, analogous to carbonicacid, obtained as a yellow oily liquid of a pungent odor, and formingsalts."
"SULPHOCYANATE","A salt of sulphocyanic acid; -- also called thiocyanate, andformerly inaccurately sulphocyanide. Ferric sulphocyanate (Chem.), adark red crystalline substance usually obtained in a blood-redsolution, and recognized as a test for ferric iron."
"SULPHOCYANIC","Of, pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a sulphacid,HSCN, analogous to cyanic acid, and obtained as a colorlessdeliquescent crystalline substance, having a bitter saline taste, andnot poisonous."
"SULPHOCYANIDE","See Sulphocyanate."
"SULPHOCYANOGEN","See Persulphocyanogen. [Obs.]"
"SULPHONAL","A substance employed as a hypnotic, produced by the union ofmercaptan and acetone."
"SULPHONATE","A salt of sulphonic acid."
"SULPHONE","Any one of a series of compounds analogous to the ketones, andconsisting of the sulphuryl group united with two hydrocarbonradicals; as, dimethyl sulphone, (CH.SO"
"SULPHONIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, a sulphone; -- usedspecifically to designate any one of a series of acids (regarded asacid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained by the oxidation ofthe mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric acid with certain aromaticbases (as benzene); as, phenyl sulphonic acid, C6H5.SO2.OH, a stablecolorless crystalline substance. Sulphonic group (Chem.), thehypothetical radical, SO2.OH, the characteristic residue of sulphonicacids."
"SULPHONIUM","A hypothetical radical, SH3, regarded as the type and nucleusof the sulphines."
"SULPHOPHOSPHATE","A salt of sulphophosphoric acid."
"SULPHOPHOSPHITE","A salt of sulphophosphorous acid."
"SULPHOPHOSPHORIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid ofphosphorus, analogous to phosphoric acid, and known in its salts."
"SULPHOPHOSPHOROUS","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical acid ofphosphorus, analogous to phosphorous acid, and known in its salts."
"SULPHOSALT","A salt of a sulphacid."
"SULPHOSTANNATE","A salt of sulphostannic acid."
"SULPHOSTANNIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid of tin (moreexactly called metasulphostannic acid), which is obtained as a darkbrown amorphous substance, H"
"SULPHOTUNGSTATE","A salt of sulphotungstic acid."
"SULPHOTUNGSTIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, hypothetical sulphacid oftungsten (called also sulphowolframic acid), analogous to sulphuricacid, and known in its salts."
"SULPHOVINIC","Of, pertaining to, and formerly designating, ethylsulphuricacid."
"SULPHUR","A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities,either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (asgypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed withgypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out.Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinaryoctohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96."
"SULPHUR-BOTTOM","A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having ayellowish belly; especially, S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, andS. borealis of the North Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale."
"SULPHURATE","Sulphureous. [Poetic & R.] Dr. H. More."
"SULPHURATION","The act or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur orits compounds; also, the state of being so combined or impregnated."
"SULPHURATOR","An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the actionof, sulphur; especially, an apparatus for fumigating or bleaching bymeans of the fumes of burning sulphur."
"SULPHUREITY","The quality or state of being sulphureous. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"SULPHUREOUS","Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, orbrimstone; impregnated with sulphur.Her snakes united, sulphureous waters drink. Pope.-- Sul*phu're*ous*ly, adv.-- Sul*phu're*ous*ness, n."
"SULPHURET","A sulphide; as, a sulphuret of potassium. [Obsoles.]"
"SULPHURETED","Combined or impregnated with sulphur; sulphurized. [Writtenalso sulphuretted.] Sulphureted hydrogen. (Chem.) See Hydrogensulphide, under Hydrogen."
"SULPHURIC","Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designatingthose compounds in which the element has a higher valence ascontrasted with the sulphurous compounds; as, sulphuric acid.Sulphuric acid. (a) Sulphur trioxide (see under Sulphur); -- formerlyso called on the dualistic theory of salts. [Obs.] (b) A heavy,corrosive, oily liquid, H2SO4, colorless when pure, but usuallyyellowish or brownish, produced by the combined action of sulphurdioxide, oxygen (from the air), steam, and nitric fumes. It attacksand dissolves many metals and other intractable substances, sets freemost acids from their salts, and is used in the manufacture ofhydrochloric and nitric acids, of soda, of bleaching powders, etc. Itis also powerful dehydrating agent, having a strong affinity forwater, and eating and corroding paper, wood, clothing, etc. It isthus used in the manufacture of ether, of imitation parchment, and ofnitroglycerin. It is also used in etching iron, in removing ironscale from forgings, in petroleum refining, etc., and in general itsmanufacture is the most important and fundamental of all the chemicalindustries. Formerly called vitriolic acid, and now popularlyvitriol, and oil of vitriol.-- Fuming sulphuric acid, or Nordhausen sulphuric acid. SeeDisulphuric acid, under Disulphuric.-- Sulphuric anhydride, sulphur trioxide. See under Sulphur.-- Sulphuric ether, common an\u00e6sthetic ether; -- so called becausemade by the catalytic action of sulphuric acid on alcohol. See Ether,3 (a)."
"SULPHURINE","Sulphureous. [R.]"
"SULPHURING","Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; theprocess of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur."
"SULPHURIZE","To combine or impregnate with sulphur or any of its compounds;as, to sulphurize caoutchouc in vulcanizing."
"SULPHURWORT","The hog's fennel. See under Fennel."
"SULPHURY","Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having thequalities of sulphur."
"SULPHURYL","The hypothetical radical SO2; -- called also sulphon. Sulphurylchloride, a chloride, pungent, fuming liquid, SO2.Cl2, obtained bythe action of phosphorus pentachloride on sulphur trioxide. Ontreatment with water it decomposes into sulphuric and hydrochloricacids, and is hence called also sulphuric chloranhydride."
"SULPHYDRATE","A compound, analogous to a hydrate, regarded as a salt ofsulphydric acid, or as a derivative of hydrogen sulphide in which onehalf of the hydrogen is replaced by a base (as potassium sulphydrate,KSH), or as a hydrate in which the oxygen has been wholly orpartially replaced by sulphur."
"SULPHYDRIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen sulphide, which isregarded as an acid, especially when in solution."
"SULPICIAN","One of an order of priests established in France in 1642 toeducate men for the ministry. The order was introduced soonafterwards into Canada, and in 1791 into the United States. [Writtenalso Sulpitian.]"
"SULTAN","A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, theruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; -- officially socalled. Sultan flower. (Bot.) See Sweet sultan, under Sweet."
"SULTAN-RED","Having a deep red color."
"SULTANA","A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in AsiaticTurkey. Sultana bird (Zo\u00f6l.), the hyacinthine, or purple, gallinule.See Illust. under Gallinule."
"SULTANATE","The rule or dominion of a sultan; sultanship."
"SULTANESS","A sultana."
"SULTANIC","Pertaining to a sultan."
"SULTANRY","The dominions of a sultan. Bacon."
"SULTANSHIP","The office or dignity of a sultan."
"SULTANY","Sultanry. [Obs.] Fuller."
"SULTRILY","In a sultry manner."
"SULTRINESS","The quality or state of being sultry."
"SULU","A member of the most prominent tribe of the Moro tribes,occupying the Sulu Archipelago; also, their language."
"SUM","A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out.Macaulay.A sum in arithmetic wherein a flaw discovered at a particular pointis ipso facto fatal to the whole. Gladstone.A large sheet of paper . . . covered with long sums. Dickens.Algebraic sum, as distinguished from arithmetical sum, the aggregateof two or more numbers or quantities taken with regard to theirsigns, as + or -, according to the rules of addition in algebra;thus, the algebraic sum of -2, 8, and -1 is 5.-- In sum, in short; in brief. [Obs.] 'In sum, the gospel . . .prescribes every virtue to our conduct, and forbids every sin.'Rogers."
"SUMATRA LEAF","A thin, elastic, uniformly light-colored tobacco leaf, raisedin Sumatra and extensively used for cigar wrappers."
"SUMATRAN","Of or pertaining to Sumatra or its inhabitants.-- n."
"SUMBUL","The musky root of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, FerulaSumbul. It is used in medicine as a stimulant. [Written also sumbal.]-- Sum*bul'ic, a."
"SUMERIAN","Of or pertaining to the region of lower Babylonia, which wasanciently called Sumer, or its inhabitants or their language."
"SUMLESS","Not to be summed up or computed; so great that the amount cannot be ascertained; incalculable; inestimable. 'Sumless treasure.'Pope."
"SUMMARILY","In a summary manner."
"SUMMARIST","One who summarized."
"SUMMARIZE","To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly.Chambers."
"SUMMARY","A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; anabstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substanceof a fuller account."
"SUMMATION","The act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also, anaggregate.Of this series no summation is possible to a finite intellect. DeQuincey."
"SUMMER","One who sums; one who casts up an account."
"SUMMER-FALLOW","To plow and work in summer, in order to prepare for wheat orother crop; to plow and let lie fallow."
"SUMMERHOUSE","A rustic house or apartment in a garden or park, to be used asa pleasure resort in summer. Shak."
"SUMMERLINESS","The quality or state of being like summer. [R.] Fuller."
"SUMMERSTIR","To summer-fallow."
"SUMMERTIDE","Summer time."
"SUMMERTREE","A summer. See 2d Summer."
"SUMMERY","Of or pertaining to summer; like summer; as, a summery day."
"SUMMIST","One who sums up; one who forms an abridgment or summary. Sir E.Dering."
"SUMMIT","The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in whichthe hinge is situated. Summit level, the highest level of a canal, arailroad, or the like, in surmounting an ascent."
"SUMMITLESS","Having no summit."
"SUMMON","To call upon to surrender, as a fort."
"SUMMONER","One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, apetty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear in court;an apparitor."
"SUMMONS","A warning or citation to appear in court; a writtennotification signed by the proper officer, to be served on a person,warning him to appear in court at a day specified, to answer to theplaintiff, testify as a witness, or the like."
"SUMMUM BONUM","The supreme or highest good, -- referring to the object ofhuman life."
"SUMNER","A summoner. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"SUMOOM","See Simoom."
"SUMP","A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metalon its first fusion. Ray."
"SUMPH","A dunce; a blockhead. [Scot.]"
"SUMPITAN","A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, -- used by thesavages of Borneo and adjacent islands."
"SUMPTER","Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; asumpter mule. Bacon."
"SUMPTION","The major premise of a syllogism."
"SUMPTUARY","Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure. Bacon.Sumptuary laws or regulations, laws intended to restrain or limit theexpenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc.; laws whichregulate the prices of commodities and the wages of labor; laws whichforbid or restrict the use of certain articles, as of luxuriousapparel."
"SUMPTUOSITY","Expensiveness; costliness; sumptuousness. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh."
"SUMPTUOUS","Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence,luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table;sumptuous apparel.We are too magnificient and sumptuous in our tables and attendance.Atterbury.She spoke, and turned her sumptuous head, with eyes Of shiningexpectation fixed on mine. Tennyson.-- Sump'tu*ous*ly, adv.-- Sump'tu*ous*ness, n."
"SUN","See Sunn."
"SUN STAR","See Sun star, under Sun."
"SUN-BURNER","A circle or cluster of gas-burners for lighting and ventilatingpublic buildings."
"SUN-DRIED","Dried by the heat of the sun. 'Sun-dried brick.' Sir T.Herbert."
"SUN-STRUCK","Overcome by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-strucksoldiers."
"SUNBEAM","A beam or ray of the sun. 'Evening sunbeams.' Keble.Thither came Uriel, gliding through the even On a sunbeam. Milton."
"SUNBLINK","A glimpse or flash of the sun. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"SUNBONNET","A bonnet, generally made of some thin or light fabric,projecting beyond the face, and commonly having a cape, -- worn bywomen as a protection against the sun."
"SUNBOW","A rainbow; an iris. Byron."
"SUNBURN","To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan.Sunburnt and swarthy though she be. Dryden."
"SUNBURNING","Sunburn; tan. Boyle."
"SUNBURST","A burst of sunlight."
"SUNCUP","A yellow flowered evening primrose (Taraxia, syn. Onothera,ovata) native of California."
"SUNDART","Sunbeam. [R.] Mrs. Hemans."
"SUNDAY","The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians torest from secular employments, and to religious worship; theChristian Sabbath; the Lord's Day. Advent Sunday, Low Sunday, PassionSunday, etc. See under Advent, Low, etc."
"SUNDER","To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting,or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide;to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends.It is sundered from the main land by a sandy plain. Carew."
"SUNDEW","Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves arebeset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid thatglitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects. After aninsect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and the leafdigests it. Called also lustwort."
"SUNDIAL","An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow ofa gnomon, or style, on a plate. Sundial shell (Zo\u00f6l.), any shell ofthe genus Solarium. See Solarium."
"SUNDOG","A luminous spot occasionally seen a few degrees from the sun,supposed to be formed by the intersection of two or more halos, or ina manner similar to that of halos."
"SUNDOWNER","A tramp or vagabond in the Australian bush; -- so called fromhis coming to sheep stations at sunset of ask for supper and a bed,when it is too late to work; -- called also traveler and swagman (butnot all swagmen are sundowners)."
"SUNDRIES","Many different or small things; sundry things."
"SUNDRILY","In sundry ways; variously."
"SUNDROPS","Any one of the several species of Kneiffia, esp. K. fruticosa(syn. Onothera fruticosa), of the Evening-primrose family, havingflowers that open by daylight."
"SUNDRYMAN","One who deals in sundries, or a variety of articles."
"SUNFLOWER","Any plant of the genus Helianthus; -- so called probably fromthe form and color of its flower, which is large disk with yellowrays. The commonly cultivated sunflower is Helianthus annuus, anative of America."
"SUNFLOWER STATE","Kansas; a nickname."
"SUNG","imp. & p. p. of Sing."
"SUNGLASS","A convex lens of glass for producing heat by converging thesun's rays into a focus. 'Lighting a cigar with a sunglass.'Hawthorne."
"SUNGLOW","A rosy flush in the sky seen after sunset."
"SUNK","imp. & p. p. of Sink. Sunk fence, a ditch with a retainingwall, used to divide lands without defacing a landscape; a ha-ha."
"SUNKEN","Lying on the bottom of a river or other water; sunk."
"SUNLESS","Destitute or deprived of the sun or its rays; shaded; shadowed.The sunken glen whose sunless shrubs must weep. Byron."
"SUNLIGHT","The light of the sun. Milton."
"SUNLIKE","Like or resembling the sun. 'A spot of sunlike brilliancy.'Tyndall."
"SUNLIT","Lighted by the sun."
"SUNN","An East Indian leguminous plant (Crotalaria juncea) and itsfiber, which is also called sunn hemp. [Written also sun.]"
"SUNNA","A collection of traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedansas of equal authority with the Koran."
"SUNNIAH","One of the sect of Sunnites."
"SUNNINESS","The quality or state of being sunny."
"SUNNITE","One of the orthodox Mohammedans who receive the Sunna as ofequal importance with the Koran."
"SUNNUD","A charter or warrant; also, a deed of gift. [India]"
"SUNNY","See Sunfish (b)."
"SUNPROOF","Impervious to the rays of the sun. 'Darksome yew, sunproof.'Marston."
"SUNSHADE","Anything used as a protection from the sun's rays.Specifically:(a) A small parasol.(b) An awning."
"SUNSHINE","Sunshiny; bright. Shak. 'Sunshine hours.' Keble."
"SUNSQUALL","Any large jellyfish."
"SUNSTED","Solstice. [Obs.] 'The summer sunsted.' Holland."
"SUNSTONE","Aventurine feldspar. See under Aventurine."
"SUNSTROKE","Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part ofthe body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers,with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure toexcessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil."
"SUNUP","Sunrise. [Local, U.S.]Such a horse as that might get over a good deal of ground atwixtsunup and sundown. Cooper."
"SUNWARD","Toward the sun."
"SUNWISE","In the direction of the sun's apparent motion, or from the eastsouthward and westward, and so around the circle; also, in the samedirection as the movement of the hands of a watch lying face upward."
"SUP","To take into the mouth with the lips, as a liquid; to take ordrink by a little at a time; to sip.There I'll sup Balm and nectar in my cup. Crashaw."
"SUPAWN","Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush. [Written also sepawn,sepon, and suppawn.] [Local, U.S.]"
"SUPE","A super. [Theatrical Cant]"
"SUPER","A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2. [Theatrical Cant]"
"SUPER-","A prefix formerly much used to denote that the ingredient tothe name of which it was prefixed was present in a large, orunusually large, proportion as compared with the other ingredients;as in calcium superphosphate. It has been superseded by per-, bi-,di-, acid, etc. (as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acidsulphate), which retain the old meanings of super-, but with sharperdefinition. Cf. Acid, a., Bi-, Di-, and Per-."
"SUPERABLE","Capable of being overcome or conquered; surmountable.Antipathies are generally superable by a single effort. Johnson.-- Su'per*a*ble*ness, n.-- Su'per*a*bly, adv."
"SUPERABOUND","To be very abundant or exuberant; to be more than sufficient;as, the country superabounds with corn."
"SUPERABUNDANCE","The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundantquantity; redundancy; excess."
"SUPERABUNDANT","Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; redundant;as, superabundant zeal.-- Su`per*a*bun'dant*ly, adv."
"SUPERACIDULATED","Acidulated to excess. [R.]"
"SUPERADD","To add over and above; to add to what has been added; to annex,as something extrinsic.The strength of any living creature, in those external motion, issomething distinct from, and superadded unto, its natural gravity.Bp. Wilkins.The peacock laid it extremely to heart that he had not thenightingale's voice superadded to the beauty of his plumes.L'Estrange."
"SUPERADDITION","The act of adding something in excess or something extraneous;also, something which is added in excess or extraneously.This superaddition is nothing but fat. Arbuthnot."
"SUPERADVENIENT","Coming upon; coming in addition to, or in assistance of,something. [R.]He has done bravely by the superadvenient assistance of his God. Dr.H. More."
"SUPERALIMENTATION","The act of overfeeding, or making one take food in excess ofthe natural appetite for it."
"SUPERALTAR","A raised shelf or stand on the back of an altar, on whichdifferent objects can be placed; a predella or gradino."
"SUPERANGELIC","Superior to the angels in nature or rank. [R.] Milman."
"SUPERANNUATE","To last beyond the year; -- said of annual plants. [Obs.]Bacon."
"SUPERANNUATION","The state of being superannuated, or too old for office orbusiness; the state of being disqualified by old age; decrepitude.The world itself is in a state of superannuation. Cowper.Slyness blinking through the watery eye of superannuation. Coleridge."
"SUPERBIATE","To make (a person) haughty. [Obs. & R.] Feltham."
"SUPERCARBONATE","A bicarbonate. [Obsoles.]"
"SUPERCARBURETED","Bicarbureted. [Written also supercarburetted.] [Obsoles.]"
"SUPERCARGO","An officer or person in a merchant ship, whose duty is tomanage the sales, and superintend the commercial concerns, of thevoyage."
"SUPERCARPAL","Situated above, or in the upper part of, the carpus."
"SUPERCHARGE","To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to superchargea rose upon a fess."
"SUPERCHEMICAL","Above or beyond chemistry; inexplicable by chemical laws. J. LeConte."
"SUPERCHERY","Deceit; fraud; imposition. [Obs. & R.]"
"SUPERCILIARY","Having a distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, thesuperciliary woodpecker."
"SUPERCILIOUS","Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant;as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior.-- Su`per*cil'i*ous*ly, adv.-- Su`per*cil'i*ous*ness, n."
"SUPERCILIUM","The eyebrow, or the region of the eyebrows."
"SUPERCOLUMNIATION","The putting of one order above another; also, an architecturalwork produced by this method; as, the putting of the Doric order inthe ground story, Ionic above it, and Corinthian or Composite abovethis."
"SUPERCONCEPTION","Superfetation. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"SUPERCONSEQUENCE","Remote consequence. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"SUPERCRESCENCE","That which grows upon another growing thing; a parasite. [R.]Sir T. Browne."
"SUPERCRESCENT","Growing on some other growing thing. [R.] Johnson."
"SUPERCRETACEOUS","Same as Supracretaceous."
"SUPERCURIOUS","Excessively curious or inquisitive. Evelyn."
"SUPERDOMINANT","The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; --called also submediant."
"SUPERDREADNOUGHT","See Dreadnought, above."
"SUPEREMINENT","Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence;as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ.-- Su`per*em'i*nent*ly, adv."
"SUPEREROGANT","Supererogatory. [Obs.]"
"SUPEREROGATE","To do more than duty requires; to perform works ofsupererogation; to atone (for a dificiency in another) by means of asurplus action or quality.The fervency of one man in prayer can not supererogate for thecoldness of another. Milton."
"SUPEREROGATION","The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty ornecessity requires. Works of supererogation (R. C. Ch.), those gooddeeds believed to have been performed by saints, or capable of beingperformed by men, over and above what is required for their ownsalvation."
"SUPEREROGATIVE","Supererogatory."
"SUPEREROGATORY","Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by dutyor necessity; as, supererogatory services. Howell."
"SUPERESSENTIAL","Essential above others, or above the constitution of a thing.J. Ellis."
"SUPERETHICAL","More than ethical; above ethics. Bolingbroke."
"SUPEREXALT","To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others. Barrow."
"SUPEREXALTATION","Elevation above the common degree. Holyday."
"SUPEREXCELLENCE","Superior excellence; extraordinary excellence."
"SUPEREXCELLENT","Excellent in an uncommon degree; very excellent. Drayton."
"SUPEREXCINATION","Excessive, or more than normal, excitation."
"SUPEREXCRESCENCE","Something growing superfluously."
"SUPERFAMILY","A group intermediate between a family and a suborder."
"SUPERFECUNDATION","Fertilization of two ova, at the same menstruation, by twodifferent acts of coition."
"SUPERFECUNDITY","Superabundant fecundity or multiplication of the species."
"SUPERFETATE","To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth ofthe offspring.The female . . . is said to superfetate. Grew."
"SUPERFETATION","The formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnationoccurring after another impregnation but before the birth of theoffspring produced by it. This is possible only when there is adouble uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of thesecond impregnation.In then became a superfetation upon, and not an ingredient in, thenational character. Coleridge."
"SUPERFETE","To superfetate. [Obs.]"
"SUPERFICE","A superficies. [Obs.] Dryden."
"SUPERFICIALIST","One who attends to anything superficially; a superficial orshallow person; a sciolist; a smatterer."
"SUPERFICIALITY","The quality or state of being superficial; also, that which issuperficial. Sir T. Browne."
"SUPERFICIALIZE","To attend to, or to treat, superficially, or in a shallow orslighting way. [R.]It is a characteristic weakness of the day to superficialize evil. E.P. Whipple."
"SUPERFICIARY","One to whom a right of surface occupation is granted; one whopays quitrent for a house built upon another man's ground."
"SUPERFINENESS","The state of being superfine."
"SUPERFINICAL","Extremely finical."
"SUPERFLUENCE","Superfluity. [Obs.] Hammond."
"SUPERFLUITANT","Floating above or on the surface. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.-- Su`per*flu'i*tance, n. [Obs.]"
"SUPERFLUOUS","More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary bysuperabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluousprice. Shak.An authority which makes all further argument or illustrationsuperfluous. E. Everett.Superfluous interval (Mus.), an interval that exceeds a major orperfect interval by a semitone."
"SUPERFLUX","Superabundance; superfluity; an overflowing. [R.] Shak."
"SUPERFOETATION","Superfetation."
"SUPERFOLIATION","Excess of foliation. Sir T. Browne."
"SUPERFRONTAL","A cloth which is placed over the top of an altar, and oftenhangs down a few inches over the frontal."
"SUPERFUSE","To pour (something) over or on something else. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"SUPERHEAT","To heat, as steam, apart from contact with water, until itresembles a perfect gas."
"SUPERHEATER","An apparatus for superheating steam."
"SUPERHIVE","A removable upper part of a hive. The word is sometimescontracted to super."
"SUPERHUMAN","Above or beyond what is human; sometimes, divine; as,superhuman strength; superhuman wisdom."
"SUPERIMPOSE","To lay or impose on something else; as, a stratum of earthsuperimposed on another stratum.-- Su`per*im`po*si'tion, n."
"SUPERIMPREGNATION","The act of impregnating, or the state of being impregnated, inaddition to a prior impregnation; superfetation."
"SUPERINCUMBENT","Lying or resting on something else."
"SUPERINDUCE","To bring in, or upon, as an addition to something.Long custom of sinning superinduces upon the soul new and absurddesires. South."
"SUPERINDUCEMENT","Superinduction."
"SUPERINDUCTION","The act of superinducing, or the state of being superinduced.South."
"SUPERINFUSE","To infuse over. [R.]"
"SUPERINJECTION","An injection succeeding another."
"SUPERINSPECT","To over see; to superintend by inspection. [R.] Maydman."
"SUPERINSTITUTION","One institution upon another, as when A is instituted andadmitted to a benefice upon a title, and B instituted and admittedupon the presentation of another. Bailey."
"SUPERINTELLECTUAL","Being above intellect."
"SUPERINTEND","To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to overseewith the power of direction; to take care of with authority; tosupervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or theconstruction of a fort.The king may appoint a council, who may superintend the works of thisnature. Bacon."
"SUPERINTENDENCE","The act of superintending; care and oversight for the purposeof direction; supervision. Barrow."
"SUPERINTENDENCY","The act of superintending; superintendence. Boyle."
"SUPERINTENDENT","Overseeing; superintending."
"SUPERINTENDER","A superintendent. [R.]"
"SUPERINVESTITURE","An outer vestment or garment. [R.] Bp. Horne."
"SUPERIOR","The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like."
"SUPERIORESS","A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; alady superior."
"SUPERIORITY","The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as,superiority of rank; superiority in merit."
"SUPERIORLY","In a superior position or manner."
"SUPERJACENT","Situated immediately above; as, superjacent rocks."
"SUPERLATION","Exaltation of anything beyond truth or propriety. [Obs.] B.Jonson."
"SUPERLATIVE","Expressing the highest or lowest degree of the quality, manner,etc., denoted by an adjective or an adverb. The superlative degree isformed from the positive by the use of -est, most, or least; as,highest, most pleasant, least bright.-- Su`per*la'tive*ly, adv.-- Su`per*la'tive*ness, n."
"SUPERLUCRATION","Excessive or extraordinary gain. [Obs.] Davenant."
"SUPERMAN","= Overman, above."
"SUPERMATERIAL","Being above, or superior to, matter."
"SUPERMAXILLA","The supermaxilla."
"SUPERMAXILLARY","Supermaxillary."
"SUPERMEDIAL","Above the middle."
"SUPERMUNDANE","Being above the world; -- opposed to inframundane. Cudworth."
"SUPERMUNDIAL","Supermundane. [Obs.]"
"SUPERNACULAR","Like supernaculum; first-rate; as, a supernacular wine. [R.]Thackeray."
"SUPERNATANT","Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant onwater. SUPERNATANTSu`per*na'tant, n. (Chem.)"
"SUPERNATATION","The act of floating on the surface of a fluid. Sir T. Browne."
"SUPERNATURAL","Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature;miraculous."
"SUPERNATURALISM","The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency in theproduction of the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, andin the grace which renews and sanctifies men, -- in opposition to thedoctrine which denies the agency of any other than physical ornatural causes in the case. [Written also supranaturalism.]"
"SUPERNATURALIST","One who holds to the principles of supernaturalism."
"SUPERNATURALISTIC","Of or pertaining to supernaturalism."
"SUPERNATURALITY","The quality or state of being supernatural."
"SUPERNATURALIZE","To treat or regard as supernatural."
"SUPERNATURALLY","In a supernatural manner."
"SUPERNATURALNESS","The quality or state of being supernatural."
"SUPEROCCIPITAL","Supraoccipital."
"SUPERORDER","A group intermediate in importance between an order and asubclass."
"SUPERORDINATION","The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied;especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during hislifetime, of his successor. Fuller."
"SUPEROXIDE","See Peroxide. [Obs.]"
"SUPERPARTICULAR","Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater termover the less is a unit, as the ratio of 1 to 2, or of 3 to 4. [Obs.]Hutton."
"SUPERPARTIENT","Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater termover the less is more than a unit, as that of 3 to 5, or 7 to 10.[Obs.] Hutton."
"SUPERPHOSPHATE","An acid phosphate. Superphosphate of lime (Com. Chem.), afertilizer obtained by trating bone dust, bone black, or phosphoritewith sulphuric acid, whereby the insoluble neutral calcium phosphate,Ca3(PO4)2, is changed to the primary or acid calcium phosphateCa(H2PO4)2, which is soluble and therefore available for the soil."
"SUPERPHYSICAL","Above or beyond physics; not explainable by physical laws.Something superphysical and superchemical. J. Le Conte."
"SUPERPLANT","A plant growing on another, as the mistletoe; an epiphyte.[Obs.] Bacon."
"SUPERPLEASE","To please exceedingly. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"SUPERPLUS","Surplus. [Obs.] Goldsmith."
"SUPERPLUSAGE","Surplusage. [Obs.] 'There yet remained a superplusage.' Bp.Fell."
"SUPERPOLITIC","More than politic; above or exceeding policy. Milton."
"SUPERPONDERATE","To wiegh over and above. [Obs.]"
"SUPERPOSABLE","Capable of being superposed, as one figure upon another."
"SUPERPOSE","To lay (a figure) upon another in such a manner that all theparts of the one coincide with the parts of the other; as, tosuperpose one plane figure on another."
"SUPERPOSITION","The act of superposing, or the state of being superposed; as,the superposition of rocks; the superposition of one plane figure onanother, in geometry."
"SUPERPRAISE","To praise to excess.To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts. Shak."
"SUPERPROPORTION","Overplus or excess of proportion. Sir K. Digby."
"SUPERPURGATION","Excessive purgation. Wiseman."
"SUPERREFLECTION","The reflection of a reflected image or sound. [R.] Bacon."
"SUPERREGAL","More than regal; worthy of one greater than a king. Waterland."
"SUPERREWARD","To reward to an excessive degree. Bacon."
"SUPERROYAL","Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing andwriting paper. See the Note under Paper, n."
"SUPERSACRAL","Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the sacrum."
"SUPERSALIENCY","The act of leaping on anything. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"SUPERSALIENT","Leaping upon. [Obs.]"
"SUPERSALT","An acid salt. See Acid salt (a), under Salt, n."
"SUPERSATURATE","To add to beyond saturation; as, to supersaturate a solution."
"SUPERSATURATION","The operation of supersaturating, or the state of beingsupersaturated."
"SUPERSCRIBE","To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the like)on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the like, on theoutside or cover of (anything); as, to superscribe a letter."
"SUPERSCRIPT","Superscription. [Obs.] 'I will overglance the superscript.'Shak."
"SUPERSCRIPTION","That part of a prescription which contains the Latin wordrecipe (Take) or the sign"
"SUPERSECULAR","Being above the world, or secular things. Bp. Hall."
"SUPERSEDE","To omit; to forbear."
"SUPERSEDEAS","A writ of command to suspend the powers of an officer incertain cases, or to stay proceedings under another writ. Blackstone."
"SUPERSEDURE","The act of superseding, or setting aside; supersession; as, thesupersedure of trial by jury. A. Hamilton."
"SUPERSEMINATE","To sow, as seed, over something previously sown. [Obs.]That can not be done with joy, when it shall be indifferent to anyman to superseminate what he please. Jer. Taylor."
"SUPERSEMINATION","The sowing of seed over seed previously sown. [Obs.] Abp.Bramhall."
"SUPERSENSIBLE","Beyond the reach of the senses; above the natural powers ofperception."
"SUPERSENSITIVE","Excessively sensitive; morbidly sensitive.-- Su`per*sen'si*tive*ness, n."
"SUPERSENSUAL","Supersensible."
"SUPERSERVICEABLE","Overofficious; doing more than is required or desired. 'Asuperserviceable, finical rogue.' Shak."
"SUPERSESSION","The act of superseding, or the state of being superseded;supersedure.The general law of diminishing return from land would have undergone,to that extent, a temporary supersession. J. S. Mill."
"SUPERSOLAR","Above the sun. Emerson."
"SUPERSPHENOIDAL","Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of thesphenoid bone."
"SUPERSPINOUS","Supraspinuos."
"SUPERSTITIONIST","One addicted to superstition. [Obs.] 'Blind superstitionists.'Dr. H. More."
"SUPERSTRAIN","To overstrain. Bacon."
"SUPERSTRATUM","A stratum, or layer, above another."
"SUPERSTRUCT","To build over or upon another structure; to erect upon afoundation.This is the only proper basis on which to superstruct first innocencyand then virtue. Dr. H. More."
"SUPERSTRUCTIVE","Built or erected on something else. Hammond."
"SUPERSTRUCTOR","One who builds a superstructure. [R.] R. North."
"SUPERSTRUCTURE","all that part of a building above the basement. Also usedfiguratively.You have added to your natural endowments the superstructure ofstudy. Dryden."
"SUPERSUBSTANTIAL","More than substantial; spiritual. 'The heavenlysupersubstantial bread.' Jer. Taylor."
"SUPERSUBTLE","To subtle. Shak."
"SUPERSULPHATE","An acid sulphate. [Obs.]"
"SUPERSULPHURETED","Supersulphurized. [Obs.] [Written also -sulphuretted.]"
"SUPERSULPHURIZE","To impregnate or combine with an excess of sulphur."
"SUPERTAX","A tax in addition to the usual or normal tax; specif., in theUnited Kingdom, an income tax of sixpence for every pound in additionto the normal income tax of one shilling and twopence for everypound, imposed, by the Finance Act of 1909-1910 (c. 8, ss 66, 72), onthe amount by which the  income of any person exceeds \u00a33,000 when histotal income exceeds \u00a35,000."
"SUPERTEMPORAL","That which is more than temporal; that which is eternal. [R.]"
"SUPERTERRANEAN","Being above ground. 'Superterranean quarries.' Mrs. Trollope."
"SUPERTERRENE","Being above ground, or above the earth. [R.]"
"SUPERTERRESTRIAL","Being above the earth, or above what belongs to the earth.Buckminster."
"SUPERTONIC","The note next above the keynote; the second of the scale.Busby."
"SUPERTRAGICAL","Tragical to excess."
"SUPERTUBERATION","The production of young tubers, as potatoes, from the old whilestill growing."
"SUPERVACANEOUS","Serving no purpose; superfluous; needless. [Obs.] Howell."
"SUPERVENE","To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur withreference or relation to something else; to happen upon or aftersomething else; to be added; to take place; to happen.Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter unlessimpressed by divine power. Bentley.A tyrany immediately supervened. Burke."
"SUPERVENIENT","Coming as something additional or extraneous; comingafterwards.That branch of belief was in him supervenient to Christian practice.Hammond.Divorces can be granted, a mensa et toro, only for supervenientcauses. Z. Swift."
"SUPERVENTION","The act of supervening. Bp. Hall."
"SUPERVISAL","Supervision. Walpole."
"SUPERVISE","Supervision; inspection. [Obs.]"
"SUPERVISION","The act of overseeing; inspection; superintendence; oversight."
"SUPERVISIVE","Supervisory. [R.]"
"SUPERVISORY","Of or pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers."
"SUPERVIVE","To survive; to outlive. [Obs.]"
"SUPERVOLUTE","Having a plainted and convolute arrangement in the bud, as inthe morning-glory."
"SUPINATOR","A muscle which produces the motion of supination."
"SUPINE","A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of theinfinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that in -um being sometimescalled the former supine, and that in -u the latter supine."
"SUPINITY","Supineness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"SUPPAGE","What may be supped; pottage. [Obs.] Hooker."
"SUPPALPATION","The act of enticing by soft words; enticement. [Obs.]"
"SUPPARASITATION","The act of flattering to gain favor; servile approbation.[Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"SUPPARASITE","To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite. [Obs.] Dr. R.Clerke."
"SUPPAWN","See Supawn."
"SUPPEDANEOUS","Being under the feet. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"SUPPEDITATE","To supply; to furnish. [Obs.] Hammond."
"SUPPEDITATION","Supply; aid afforded. [Obs.] Bacon."
"SUPPER","A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal."
"SUPPERLESS","Having no supper; deprived of supper; as, to go supperless tobed. Beau. & Fl."
"SUPPLACE","To replace. [R.] J. Bascom."
"SUPPLANTATION","The act of supplanting or displacing.Habitual supplantation of immediate selfishness. Cloeridge."
"SUPPLANTER","One who supplants."
"SUPPLE","To become soft and pliant.The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell. Dryden."
"SUPPLE-CHAPPED","Having a limber tongue. [R.] 'A supple-chapped flatterer.'Marston."
"SUPPLELY","In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly. Cotgrave."
"SUPPLEMENT","The number of degrees which, if added to a specified arc, makeit 180\u00b0; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180degrees, or an arc falls short of a semicircle."
"SUPPLEMENTATION","The act of supplementing. C. Kingsley."
"SUPPLENESS","The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness;pliancy."
"SUPPLETORY","That which is to supply what is wanted.Invent suppletories to excuse an evil man. Jer. Taylor."
"SUPPLIAL","The act of supplying; a supply. 'The supplial of apreposition.' Fitzed. Hall."
"SUPPLIANCE","That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification;satisfaction. [R.]The perfume and suppliance of a minute. Shak."
"SUPPLIANT","One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreatssubmissively.Hear thy suppliant's prayer. Dryden."
"SUPPLICANCY","Supplication. [R.]"
"SUPPLICANT","Entreating; asking submissively. Shak.-- Sup'pli*cant*ly, adv."
"SUPPLICAT","A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that theconditions have been complied with."
"SUPPLICATE","To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.A man can not brook to supplicate or beg. Bacon."
"SUPPLICATINGLY","In a supplicating manner."
"SUPPLICATION","A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some militarysuccess, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert theanger of the gods."
"SUPPLICATOR","One who supplicates; a supplicant."
"SUPPLICATORY","Containing supplication; humble; earnest."
"SUPPLIER","One who supplies."
"SUPPLY","Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything;as, a supply tank or valve. Supply system (Zo\u00f6l.), the system oftubes and canals in sponges by means of which food and water areabsorbed. See Illust. of Spongi\u00e6."
"SUPPLYANT","Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory. [Obs.] Shak."
"SUPPLYMENT","A supplying or furnishing; supply. [Obs.] Shak."
"SUPPORTABLE","Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable.-- Sup*port'a*ble*ness, n.-- Sup*port'a*bly, adv."
"SUPPORTANCE","Support. [Obs.] Shak."
"SUPPORTATION","Maintenance; support. [Obs.] Chaucer. Bacon."
"SUPPORTER","A knee placed under the cathead."
"SUPPORTFUL","Abounding with support. [Obs.] Chapman."
"SUPPORTLESS","Having no support. Milton."
"SUPPORTMENT","Support. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton."
"SUPPORTRESS","A female supporter. [R.]You are my gracious patroness and supportress. Massinger."
"SUPPOSABLE","Capable of being supposed, or imagined to exist; as, that isnot a supposable case.-- Sup*pos'a*ble*ness, n.-- Sup*pos'a*bly, adv."
"SUPPOSAL","The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed;supposition; opinion. Shak.Interest, with a Jew, never proceeds but upon supposal, at least, ofa firm and sufficient bottom. South."
"SUPPOSE","To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion. Acts ii. 15."
"SUPPOSEER","One who supposes."
"SUPPOSITIONAL","Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural; supposed.South."
"SUPPOSITIVE","Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed.-- Sup*pos'i*tive*ly, adv. Hammond."
"SUPPOSITOR","An apparatus for the introduction of suppositories into therectum."
"SUPPOSITORY","A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., acylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter."
"SUPPOSURE","Supposition; hypothesis; conjecture. [Obs.] Hudibras."
"SUPPRESSIBLE","That may be suppressed."
"SUPPRESSION","Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as,suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, whichsignifies that the secretion or excretion is retained withoutexpulsion. Quain."
"SUPPRESSIVE","Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing."
"SUPPRESSOR","One who suppresses."
"SUPPRISE","To surprise. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SUPPURANT","A suppurative."
"SUPPURATE","To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates."
"SUPPURATIVE","Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration. Suppurative fever(Med.), py\u00e6mia."
"SUPPUTATE","To suppute. [Obs.]"
"SUPPUTATION","Reckoning; account. [Obs.]"
"SUPPUTE","To reckon; to compute; to suppose; to impute. [Obs.] Drayton."
"SUPRA","Over; above; before; also, beyond; besides; -- much used as aprefix."
"SUPRA-ACROMIAL","Situated above the acromial process of the scapula."
"SUPRA-ANGULAR","See Surangular."
"SUPRA-AURICULAR","Situated above the ear coverts, or auriculars; -- said ofcertain feathers of birds.-- n."
"SUPRA-AXILLARY","Growing above the axil; inserted above the axil, as a peduncle.See Suprafoliaceous."
"SUPRA-ETHMOID","Above, or on the dorsal side of, the ethmoid bone or cartilage."
"SUPRA-ILIUM","The cartilaginous cap at the sacral end of the ilium of someanimals."
"SUPRA-OESOPHAGAL","See Supra-esophagal."
"SUPRABRANCHIAL","Situated above the branchi\u00e6; -- applied especially to the upperdivision of the gill cavity of bivalve mollusks."
"SUPRACILIARY","Superciliary."
"SUPRACLAVICLE","A bone which usually connects the clavicle with the post-temporal in the pectorial arch of fishes."
"SUPRACLAVICULAR","Situated above a condyle or condyles."
"SUPRACOSTAL","Situated above, or on the outside of, the ribs."
"SUPRACRANIAL","Situated above, or in the roof of, the cranium."
"SUPRACRETACEOUS","Lying above the chalk; Supercretaceous."
"SUPRADECOMPOUND","More than decompound; divided many times."
"SUPRAFOLIACEOUS","Inserted into the stem above the leaf, petiole, or axil, as apeduncle or flower."
"SUPRAGLOTIC","Situated above the glottis; -- applied to that part of thecavity of the larynx above the true vocal cords."
"SUPRAHEPATIC","Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the liver; -- appliedto the branches of the hepatic veins."
"SUPRAHYOID","Hyomental."
"SUPRALAPSARIAN","One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decreeof election determined that man should fall, in order that theopportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a partof the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formedbefore or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf.Infralapsarian."
"SUPRALAPSARIANISM","The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Supralapsarians."
"SUPRALAPSARY","Supralapsarian."
"SUPRALORAL","Situated above the lores; as, the supraloral feathers of abird.-- n."
"SUPRAMAXILLA","The upper jaw or maxilla."
"SUPRAMUNDANE","Being or situated above the world or above our system;celestial."
"SUPRANATURALISM","The state of being supernatural; belief in supernatural agencyor revelation; supernaturalism."
"SUPRANATURALIST","A supernaturalist."
"SUPRAOCCIPITAL","Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of orpertaining to the supraoccipital bone.-- n."
"SUPRAOCULAR","Above the eyes; -- said of certain scales of fishes andreptiles."
"SUPRAPEDAL","Situated above the foot of a mollusk; as, the suprapedal gland."
"SUPRAPROTEST","An acceptance of a bill by a third person after protest fornonacceptance by the drawee. Burrill."
"SUPRARENAL","Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys.-- n."
"SUPRASPHENOIDAL","Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidalappendage, or pituitary body."
"SUPRASPINAL","Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above,or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column,or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula."
"SUPRASTAPEDIAL","Of, pertaining to, or designating, that part of the columellaof the ear which projects above the connection with the stapes, as inmany animals.-- n."
"SUPRASTERNAL","Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum."
"SUPRATEMPORAL","Situated above the temporal bone or temporal fossa.-- n."
"SUPRATROCHLEAR","Situated over or above a trochlea or trochlear surface; --applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve."
"SUPRAVAGINAL","Situated above or outside a sheath or vaginal membrane."
"SUPRAVISION","Supervision. [Obs.]"
"SUPRAVISOR","A supervisor. [Obs.]"
"SUPRAVULGAR","Being above the vulgar or common people. [R.] Collier."
"SUPREMACY","The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power;highest or supreme authority or power; as, the supremacy of a king ora parliament.The usurped power of the pope being destroyed, the crown was restoredto its supremacy over spiritual men and causes. Blackstone.Oath supremacy, an oath which acknowledges the supremacy of thesovereign in spiritual affairs, and renounced or abjures thesupremacy of the pope in ecclesiastical or temporal affairs. [Eng.]Brande & C."
"SUPREME","Situated at the highest part or point. The Supreme, theAlmighty; God."
"SUPREMELY","In a supreme manner."
"SUPREMITY","Supremacy. [Obs.] Fuller."
"SUR-","A prefix signifying over, above, beyond, upon."
"SURA","One of the sections or chapters of the Koran, which are onehundred and fourteen in number."
"SURADANNI","A valuable kind of wood obtained on the shores of the DemeraraRiver in South America, much used for timbers, rails, naves andfellies of wheels, and the like."
"SURADDITION","Something added or appended, as to a name. [Obs.] Shak."
"SURAH","A soft twilled silk fabric much used for women's dresses; --called also surah silk."
"SURAL","Of or pertaining to the calf of the leg; as, the suralarteries."
"SURANCE","Assurance. [Obs.] Shak."
"SURANGULAR","Above the angular bone; supra-angular; -- applied to a bone ofthe lower jaw in many reptiles and birds.-- n."
"SURBASE","A cornice, or series of moldings, on the top of the base of apedestal, podium, etc. See Illust. of Column."
"SURBASED","Having the vertical height from springing line to crown lessthan the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch issurbased."
"SURBEAT","Same as Surbate. [Obs.]"
"SURBED","To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a positiondifferent from that which it had in the quarry.It . . . has something of a grain parallel with the horizon, andtherefore should not be surbedded. Gilbert White."
"SURBET","Same as Surbate. [Obs.]"
"SURCEASE","Cessation; stop; end. 'Not desire, but its surcease.'Longfellow.It is time that there were an end and surcease made of this immodestand deformed manner of writing. Bacon."
"SURCEASEANCE","Cessation. [Obs.]"
"SURCHARGEMENT","The act of surcharging; also, surcharge, surplus. [Obs.]Daniel."
"SURCHARGER","One who surcharges."
"SURCINGLE","The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round thewaist."
"SURCINGLED","Bound with the surcingle."
"SURCLE","A little shoot; a twig; a sucker. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"SURCLOY","To surfeit. [Obs.]"
"SURCREW","Increase; addition; surplus. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton."
"SURCULATE","To purne; to trim. [Obs.] Cockeram."
"SURCULATION","Act of purning. [Obs.]"
"SURCULOSE","Producing suckers, or shoots resembling suckers."
"SURD","Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rationalnumbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; asurd number."
"SURDAL","Same as Surd, a., 3."
"SURDINY","A sardine. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"SURDITY","Deafness. [Obs.]"
"SURE","In a sure manner; safely; certainly. 'Great, sure, shall be thymeed.' Spenser.'T is pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. Byron."
"SURE-FOOTED","Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse."
"SUREMENT","A making sure; surety. [Obs.]Every surement and every bond. Chaucer."
"SURENESS","The state of being sure; certainty.For more sureness he repeats it. Woodward.The law holds with equal sureness for all right action. Emerson."
"SURESBY","One to be sure of, or to be relied on. [Obs.]There is one which is suresby, as they say, to serve, if anythingwill serve. Bradford."
"SURETISHIP","Suretyship. Prov. xi. 15."
"SURETY","One who is bound with and for another who is primarily liable,and who is called the principal; one who engages to answer foranother's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or forperformance of some act; a bondsman; a bail.He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. Prov. xi. 15."
"SURETYSHIP","The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answerfor the debt, default, or miscarriage of another. Bouvier."
"SURF","The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon asloping beach. Surf bird (Zo\u00f6l.), a ploverlike bird of the genusAphriza, allied to the turnstone.-- Surf clam (Zo\u00f6l.), a large clam living on the open coast,especially Mactra, or Spisula, solidissima. See Mactra.-- Surf duck (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of several species of sea ducks of thegenus Oidemia, especially O. percpicillata; -- called also surfscoter. See the Note under Scoter.-- Surf fish (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of numerous species of Californiaembiotocoid fishes. See Embiotocoid.-- Surf smelt. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Smelt.-- Surf whiting. (Zo\u00f6l.) See under Whiting."
"SURFACE","A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness;superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface."
"SURFACE LOADING","The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotientobtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loadedflying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supportingsurface."
"SURFACE TENSION","That property, due to molecular forces, which exists in thesurface film of all liquids and tends to bring the contained volumeinto a form having the least superficial area. The thickness of thisfilm, amounting to less than a thousandth of a millimeter, isconsidered to equal the radius of the sphere of molecular action,that is, the greatest distance at which there is cohesion between twoparticles. Particles lying below this film, being equally acted onfrom all sides, are in equilibrium as to forces of cohesion, butthose in the film are on the whole attracted inward, and tensionresults."
"SURFACER","A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal,stone, etc."
"SURFBOAT","A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with apronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and ofcontact with the beach."
"SURFEIT-WATER","Water for the cure of surfeits. [Obs.] Locke."
"SURFEITER","One who surfeits. Shak."
"SURFER","The surf duck. [U. S.]"
"SURFMAN","One who serves in a surfboat in the life-saving service."
"SURFOOT","Tired or sore of foot from travel; lamed. [Obs.] Nares."
"SURFY","Consisting of, abounding in, or resembling, surf; as, a surfyshore.Scarce had they cleared the surfy waves That foam around thosefrightful caves. Moore."
"SURGE","To slip along a windlass."
"SURGEFUL","Abounding in surges; surgy. 'Tossing the surgeful tides.'Drayton."
"SURGELESS","Free from surges; smooth; calm."
"SURGENT","Rising; swelling, as a flood. [R.] Robert Greene."
"SURGEON","Any one of numerous species of ch\u00e6todont fishes of the familyTeuthid\u00e6, or Acanthurid\u00e6, which have one or two sharp lancelikespines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also surgeonfish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon. Surgeon apothecary,one who unites the practice of surgery with that of the apothecary.Dunglison.-- Surgeon dentist, a dental surgeon; a dentist.-- Surgeon fish. See def. 2, above.-- Surgeon general. (a) In the United States army, the chief of themedical department. (b) In the British army, a surgeon ranking nextbelow the chief of the medical department."
"SURGEONCY","The office or employment of a surgeon, as in the naval ormilitary service."
"SURGEONRY","Surgery. [Obs.]"
"SURGICAL","Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means ofsurgery; used in surgery; as, a surgical operation; surgicalinstruments. Surgical fever. (Med.) (a) Py\u00e6mia. (b) Traumatic fever,or the fever accompanying inflammation."
"SURGICALLY","By means of surgery."
"SURGY","Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surgesin motion or appearance; swelling. 'Over the surgy main.' Pope."
"SURICAT","Same as Zenick. [Written also suricate, surikate.]"
"SURINAM TOAD","A species of toad native of Surinam. See Pipa."
"SURINTENDANT","Superintendent. [R.]"
"SURLILY","In a surly manner."
"SURLINESS","The quality or state of being surly."
"SURLING","A sour, morose fellow. [Obs.] Camden."
"SURLOIN","A loin of beef, or the upper part of the loin. See Sirloin, themore usual, but not etymologically preferable, orthography."
"SURMARK","A mark made on the molds of a ship, when building, to showwhere the angles of the timbers are to be placed. [Written alsosirmark.]"
"SURMISABLE","Capable of being surmised; as, a surmisable result."
"SURMISAL","Surmise. [R.] Milton."
"SURMISE","To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slightgrounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew That what before she butsurmised, was true. Dryden.This change was not wrought by altering the form or position of theearth, as was surmised by a very learned man, but by dissolving it.Woodward."
"SURMISER","One who surmises."
"SURMISING","from Surmise, v."
"SURMOUNTABLE","Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable.-- Sur*mount'a*ble*ness, n."
"SURMOUNTED","Having its vertical height greater than the half span; -- saidof an arch."
"SURMOUNTER","One who, or that which, surmounts."
"SURMULLET","Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millid\u00e6,esp. the European species (Millus surmulletus), which is highlyprized as a food fish. See Mullet."
"SURMULOT","The brown, or Norway, rat."
"SURNAME","To name or call by an appellation added to the original name;to give a surname to.Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surnamehimself by the name of Israel. Isa. xliv. 5.And Simon he surnamed Peter. Mark iii. 16."
"SURNOMINAL","Of or pertaining to a surname or surnames."
"SUROXIDATE","To combine with oxygen so as to form a suroxide or peroxide.[Obs.]"
"SUROXIDE","A peroxide. [Obs.]"
"SURPASS","To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.This would surpass Common revenge and interrupt his joy. Milton."
"SURPASSABLE","That may be surpassed."
"SURPASSING","Eminently excellent; exceeding others. 'With surpassing glorycrowned.' Milton.-- Sur*pass'ing*ly, adv.-- Sur*pass'ing*ness, n."
"SURPHUL","To surfel. [Obs.] Marston."
"SURPLICE","A white garment worn over another dress by the clergy of theRoman Catholic, Episcopal, and certain other churches, in some oftheir ministrations. Surplice fees (Eccl.), fees paid to the Englishclergy for occasional duties."
"SURPLICED","Wearing a surplice."
"SURPLUS","Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as,surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.When the price of corn falleth, men give over surplus tillage, andbreak no more ground. Carew."
"SURPLUSAGE","Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to thecase, and which may be rejected."
"SURPRISAL","The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise.How to secure the lady from surprisal. Milton.Because death is uncertain, let us prevent its surprisal. Barrow."
"SURPRISEMENT","Surprisal. [Obs.] Daniel."
"SURPRISER","One who surprises."
"SURPRISING","Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonderand astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape fromdanger.-- Sur*pris'ing*ly, adv.-- Sur*pris'ing*ness, n."
"SURREBOUND","To give back echoes; to re\u00ebcho. [Obs.] Chapman."
"SURREBUT","To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter."
"SURREBUTER","The reply of a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter."
"SURREIN","To override; to exhaust by riding. [Obs.] Shak."
"SURREJOIN","To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder."
"SURREJOINDER","The answer of a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder."
"SURRENDER","To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principalsurrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state,or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder orreversion."
"SURRENDEREE","The person to whom a surrender is made. Mozley & W."
"SURRENDERER","One who surrenders."
"SURRENDEROR","One who makes a surrender, as of an estate. Bouvier."
"SURRENDRY","Surrender. [Obs.]"
"SURREPTITIOUS","Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made orintroduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitiouspassage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods.-- Sur`rep*ti'tious*ly, adv."
"SURREY","A four-wheeled pleasure carriage, (commonly two-seated)somewhat like a phaeton, but having a straight bottom."
"SURROGATE","To put in the place of another; to substitute. [R.] Dr. H.More."
"SURROGATESHIP","The office of a surrogate."
"SURROGATION","The act of substituting one person in the place of another.[R.] Killingbeck."
"SURROUND","To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so asto cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city."
"SURROUNDING","Inclosing; encircling."
"SURROYAL","One of the terminal branches or divisions of the beam of theantler of the stag or other large deer."
"SURSANURE","A wound healed or healing outwardly only. [Obs.]Of a sursanure In surgery is perilous the cure. Chaucer."
"SURSEANCE","Peace; quiet. [Obs.] Bacon."
"SURSOLID","The fifth power of a number; as, a is the sursolid of a, or 32that of 2. [R.] Hutton."
"SURSTYLE","To surname. [R.]"
"SURSUM CORDA","In the Eucharist, the versicles immediately before the preface,inviting the people to join in the service by 'lifting up the heart'to God."
"SURTAX","An additional or extra tax."
"SURTOUT","A man's coat to be worn over his other garments; an overcoat,especially when long, and fitting closely like a body coat. Gay."
"SURTURBRAND","A fibrous brown coal or bituminous wood."
"SURUCUCU","See Bush master, under Bush."
"SURVEILLANCE","Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision.That sort of surveillance of which . . . the young have accused theold. Sir W. Scott."
"SURVEILLANT","One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor."
"SURVENE","To supervene upon; to come as an addition to. [Obs.]A suppuration that survenes lethargies. Harvey."
"SURVENUE","A sudden or unexpected coming or stepping on. [Obs.]"
"SURVEYAL","Survey. [R.] Barrow."
"SURVEYANCE","Survey; inspection. [R.]"
"SURVEYING","That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art ofdetermining the area of any portion of the earth's surface, thelength and directions of the bounding lines, the contour of thesurface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the whole on paper;the act or occupation of making surveys. Geodetic surveying, geodesy.-- Maritime, or Nautical, surveying, that branch of surveying whichdetermines the forms of coasts and harbors, the entrances of rivers,with the position of islands, rocks, and shoals, the depth of water,etc.-- Plane surveying. See under Plane, a.-- Topographical surveying, that branch of surveying which involvesthe process of ascertaining and representing upon a plane surface thecontour, physical features, etc., of any portion of the surface ofthe earth."
"SURVEYORSHIP","The office of a surveyor."
"SURVIEW","To survey; to make a survey of. [Obs.] 'To surview his ground.'Spenser."
"SURVISE","To look over; to supervise. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"SURVIVAL","Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, theorigin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known.The close bearing of the doctrine of survival on the study of mannersand customs. Tylor.Survival of the fittest. (Biol.) See Natural selection, underNatural."
"SURVIVE","To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than;to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event. Cowper.I'll assure her of Her widowhood, be it that she survive me, In allmy lands and leases whatsoever. Shak."
"SURVIVENCY","Survivorship. [R.]"
"SURVIVER","One who survives; a survivor."
"SURVIVING","Remaining alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving friends;surviving customs."
"SURVIVOR","The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two persons having ajoint interest in anything. Blackstone."
"SURVIVORSHIP","The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a jointinterest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death ofother. Blackstone. Chance of survivorship, the chance that a personof a given age has of surviving another of a giving age; thus, by theCarlisle tables of mortality the chances of survivorship for twopersons, aged 25 and 65, are 89 and 11 respectively, or about 8 to 1that the elder die first."
"SUSCEPTION","The act of taking; reception."
"SUSCEPTIVE","Susceptible. I. Watts.-- Sus*cep'tive*ness, n."
"SUSCEPTIVITY","Capacity for receiving; susceptibility. [R.] Wollaston."
"SUSCEPTOR","One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; asponsor; a guardian. Puller. Shipley."
"SUSCIPIENCY","Admission. [R.]"
"SUSCIPIENT","Receiving; admitting. [R.]"
"SUSCITABILITY","Capability of being suscitated; excitability. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"SUSCITATE","To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action. [Obs.]"
"SUSCITATION","The act of raising or exciting. [R.]A mere suscitation or production of a thing. South."
"SUSLIK","A ground squirrel (Spermophilus citillus) of Europe and Asia.It has large cheek pouches. [Written also souslik.]"
"SUSPECT","To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to besuspicious.If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at time. Shak."
"SUSPECTABLE","That may be suspected."
"SUSPECTED","Distrusted; doubted.-- Sus*pect'ed*ly, adv.-- Sus*pect'ed*ness, n."
"SUSPECTER","One who suspects."
"SUSPECTFUL","Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious; as,to be suspectful of the motives of others. Milton.-- Sus*pect'ful*ness, n."
"SUSPECTION","Suspicion. [Obs.]"
"SUSPECTIOUSNESS","Suspiciousness; cause for suspicion. [Obs. & R.] Ld. Berners."
"SUSPEND","To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, tofacilitate chemical action. To suspend payment (Com.), to ceasepaying debts or obligations; to fail; -- said of a merchant, a bank,etc."
"SUSPENDER","One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of strapsor braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers."
"SUSPENSATION","The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended,especially for a short time; temporary suspension."
"SUSPENSE","A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when therent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of landand rent. Suspense account (Bookkeeping), an account in whichreceipts or disbursements are temporarily entered until their properposition in the books is determined."
"SUSPENSELY","In suspense. [Obs.] Hales."
"SUSPENSIBILITY","The quality or state of being suspensible."
"SUSPENSIBLE","Capable of being suspended; capable of being held from sinking."
"SUSPENSION","A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectationof what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusionfrom the arguments or observations employed."
"SUSPENSIVE","Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causinginterruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful. 'In suspensive thoughts.'Beaumont. 'A suspensive veto.' Macaulay.The provisional and suspensive attitude. J. Morley.Suspensive condition (Scots Law), a condition precedent, or acondition without the performance of which the contract can not becompleted."
"SUSPENSOR","The cord which suspends the embryo; and which is attached tothe radicle in the young state; the proembryo."
"SUSPENSORIUM","Anything which suspends or holds up a part: especially, themandibular suspensorium (a series of bones, or of cartilagesrepresenting them) which connects the base of the lower jaw with theskull in most vertebrates below mammals."
"SUSPENSORY","Of or pertaining to a suspensorium."
"SUSPICABLE","Liable to suspicion; suspicious. [Obs.]It is a very suspicable business. Dr. H. more."
"SUSPICIENCY","Suspiciousness; suspicion. [Obs.] Hopkins."
"SUSPICION","To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt. [Obs. or Low]South."
"SUSPIRATION","The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deeprespiration; a sigh.Windy suspiration of forced breath. Shak."
"SUSPIRE","To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe. Shak.Fireflies that suspire In short, soft lapses of transported flame.Mrs. Browning."
"SUSPIRED","Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted. [Obs.] SirH. Wotton."
"SUSTAIN","One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.[Obs.]I waked again, for my sustain was the Lord. Milton."
"SUSTAINABLE","Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is notsustainable."
"SUSTAINED","Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as,sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note inmusic."
"SUSTAINER","One who, or that which, sustains. Waterland."
"SUSTAINMENT","The act of sustaining; maintenance; support. Milton. Lowell."
"SUSTALTIC","Mournful; -- said of a species of music among the ancientGreeks. Busby."
"SUSTENTACLE","Sustenance. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"SUSTENTACULAR","Supporting; sustaining; as, a sustentacular tissue."
"SUSTENTATE","To sustain. [R.] C. Reade."
"SUSTENTATION","The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism ismaintained in a normal condition of weight and growth. Sustentationfund (Eccl.), a fund of a religious body for support of itsministers, chapels, etc.; as, the sustentation fund of the FreeChurch of Scotland."
"SUSTENTATIVE","Adapted to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate; as,sustentative citations or quotations. Sustentative functions(Physiol.), those functions of the body which affect its materialcomposition and thus determine its mass."
"SUSTENTION","Sustentation. [R. or Colloq.]In fine images, in sustention, in irony, they surpass anything thatBurke ever wrote. J. Morley."
"SUSU","See Soosoo."
"SUSURRANT","Whispering. [R.] 'The soft susurrant sigh.' Poetry of Anti-Jacobin."
"SUSURRATION","A whispering; a soft murmur. 'Soft susurrations of the trees.'Howell."
"SUSURRINGLY","In the manner of a whisper. [Obs.]"
"SUSURROUS","Whispering; rustling; full of whispering sounds. [R.]"
"SUSURRUS","The act of whispering; a whisper; a murmur. De Quincey.The soft susurrus and sighs of the branches. Longfellow."
"SUTILE","Done by stitching. [R.] Boswell."
"SUTLER","A person who follows an army, and sells to the troopsprovisions, liquors, and the like."
"SUTLERSHIP","The condition or occupation of a sutler."
"SUTLING","Belonging to sutlers; engaged in the occupation of a sutler.Addison."
"SUTOR","A kind of sirup made by the Indians of Arizona from the fruitof some cactaceous plant (probably the Cereus giganteus)."
"SUTRA","A body of Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on grammar,meter, law, and philosophy, and forming a connecting link between theVedic and later Sanscrit literature. Balfour (Cyc. of India)."
"SUTTEEISM","The practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan."
"SUTTLE","The weight when the tare has been deducted, and tret is yet tobe allowed. M"
"SUTURAL","Taking place at a suture; as, a sutural de."
"SUTURALLY","In a sutural manner."
"SUTURATED","Sewed or knit together; united by a suture; stitched."
"SUTURE","The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, likethose between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulationitself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic."
"SUTURED","Having a suture or sutures; knit or united together. Pennant."
"SUWARROW","The giant cactus (Cereus giganteus); -- so named by the Indiansof Arizona. Called also saguaro."
"SUZERAIN","A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lordparamount."
"SUZERAINTY","The dominion or authority of a suzerain; paramount authority."
"SWA","So. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SWAB","To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as afterwashing; as, to swab the desk of a ship. [Spelt also swob.]"
"SWABBER","To swab. [R.]"
"SWAD","A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. Raymond."
"SWADDLE","Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddlingband.They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison."
"SWADDLEBILL","The shoveler. [Local, U.S.]"
"SWADDLER","A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist. Shipley."
"SWADDLING","from Swaddle, v. Swaddling band, Swaddling cloth, or Swaddlingclout, a band or cloth wrapped round an infant, especially round anewborn infant.Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in amanger. Luke ii. 12."
"SWAG-BELLIED","Having a prominent, overhanging belly. Shak."
"SWAGBELLY","Any large tumor developed in the abdomen, and neitherfluctuating nor sonorous. Dunglison."
"SWAGE","See Assuage. [Obs.]"
"SWAGGER","To bully. [R.] Swift."
"SWAGGERER","One who swaggers; a blusterer; a bully; a boastful, noisyfellow. Shak."
"SWAGGIE","A swagman. [Australia]"
"SWAGGY","Inclined to swag; sinking, hanging, or leaning by its weight.Sir T. Browne."
"SWAGMAN","A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called alsoswagsman, swagger, and swaggie."
"SWAGSMAN","A swagman. [Australia]"
"SWAINISH","Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain; rustic; ignorant. 'Anungentle and swainish beast.' Milton.-- Swain'ish*ness, n. Emerson."
"SWAINLING","A little swain. [R.]"
"SWAINMOTE","A court held before the verders of the forest as judges, by thesteward of the court, thrice every year, the swains, or freeholders,within the forest composing the jury. [Written also swanimote, andsweinmote.] Blackstone."
"SWAINSHIP","The condition of a swain."
"SWAIP","To walk proudly; to sweep along. [Prov. Eng.] Todd."
"SWAL","Swelled. Chaucer."
"SWALE","A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; amoor; a fen. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]"
"SWALLET","Water breaking in upon the miners at their work; -- so calledamong tin miners. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SWALLOW","Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the familyHirundinid\u00e6, especially one of those species in which the tail isdeeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for theswiftness and gracefulness of their flight."
"SWALLOW-TAILED","United by dovetailing; dovetailed. Swallow-tailed duck (Zo\u00f6l.),the old squaw.-- Swallow-tailed gull (Zo\u00f6l.), an Arctic gull (Xema furcata), whichhas a deeply forked tail.-- Swallow-tailed hawk or kite (Zo\u00f6l.), the fork-tailed kite.-- Swallow-tailed moth (Zo\u00f6l.), a European moth (Urapteryxsambucaria) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings."
"SWALLOWER","One who swallows; also, a glutton. Tatler."
"SWALLOWFISH","The European sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). It has largepectoral fins."
"SWALLOWTAIL","A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail."
"SWAM","imp. of Swim."
"SWAMP","Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, butnot usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. Tennyson.A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees and shrubs,while the latter produce only herbage, plants, and mosses. FarmingEncyc. (E. Edwards, Words).Swamp blackbird. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Redwing (b).-- Swamp cabbage (Bot.), skunk cabbage.-- Swamp deer (Zo\u00f6l.), an Asiatic deer (Rucervus Duvaucelli) ofIndia.-- Swamp hen. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird(Porphyrio bellus); -- called also goollema. (b) An Australian watercrake, or rail (Porzana Tabuensis); -- called also little swamp hen.(c) The European purple gallinule.-- Swamp honeysuckle (Bot.), an American shrub (Azalea, orRhododendron, viscosa) growing in swampy places, with fragrantflowers of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called alsoswamp pink.-- Swamp hook, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs.Cf. Cant hook.-- Swamp itch. (Med.) See Prairie itch, under Prairie.-- Swamp laurel (Bot.), a shrub (Kalmia glauca) having small leaveswith the lower surface glaucous.-- Swamp maple (Bot.), red maple. See Maple.-- Swamp oak (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which growin swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak (Quercus palustris), swampwhite oak (Q. bicolor), swamp post oak (Q. lyrata).-- Swamp ore (Min.), big ore; limonite.-- Swamp partridge (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of several Australian game birdsof the genera Synoicus and Excalfatoria, allied to the Europeanpartridges.-- Swamp robin (Zo\u00f6l.), the chewink.-- Swamp sassafras (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genusMagnolia (M. glauca) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-whiteblossoms; -- called also sweet bay.-- Swamp sparrow (Zo\u00f6l.), a common North American sparrow (MelospizaGeorgiana, or M. palustris), closely resembling the song sparrow. Itlives in low, swampy places.-- Swamp willow. (Bot.) See Pussy willow, under Pussy."
"SWAMPY","Consisting of swamp; like a swamp; low, wet, and spongy; as,swampy land."
"SWAN","Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging toCygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygnin\u00e6. They have alarge and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for theirgraceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species arewhite. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song,especially at the time of its death."
"SWAN-HOPPING","A corruption of Swan-upping. [Eng.] Encyc. Brit."
"SWAN-UPPING","A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans andmark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; -- called alsoswan-hopping. [Eng.] Encyc. Brit."
"SWANG","imp. of Swing."
"SWANHERD","One who tends or marks swans; as, the royal swanherd ofEngland."
"SWANIMOTE","See Swainmote."
"SWANLIKE","Resembling a swan."
"SWANMARK","A mark of ownership cut on the bill or swan. [Eng.] Encyc.Brit."
"SWANNERY","A place where swans are bred. 'The largest swannery inEngland.' Encyc. Brit."
"SWANNY","Swanlike; as, a swanny glossiness of the neck. Richardson."
"SWANPAN","The Chinese abacus; a schwanpan. S. W. Williams."
"SWAP","Hastily. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SWAPE","See Sweep, n., 12."
"SWARD","To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward.Mortimer."
"SWARDED","Covered with sward. Mrs. Browning."
"SWARDY","Covered with sward or grass."
"SWARE","imp. of Swear. [Obs. or Poetic]Cophetua sware a royal oath. Tennyson."
"SWARF","To grow languid; to faint. [Scot.] 'To swarf for very hunger.'Sir W. Scott."
"SWARM","To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with thearms and legs alternately. See Shin. [Colloq.]At the top was placed a piece of money, as a prize for those whocould swarm up and seize it. W. Coxe."
"SWARMSPORE","One of innumerable minute, motile, reproductive bodies,produced asexually by certain alg\u00e6 and fungi; a zo\u00f6spore."
"SWART","Sward. [Obs.] Holinshed."
"SWARTBACK","The black-backed gull (Larus marinus); -- called also swarbie.[Prov. Eng.]"
"SWARTH","Swart; swarthy. 'A swarth complexion.' Chapman."
"SWARTHILY","In a swarthy manner; with a tawny hue; duskily."
"SWARTHINESS","The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or darkcomplexion; tawniness."
"SWARTHNESS","Swarthiness. [R.] Dr. R. Clerke."
"SWARTHY","Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as,swarthy faces. 'A swarthy Ethiope.' Shak.Their swarthy hosts would darken all our plains. Addison."
"SWARTINESS","Swarthiness. [Obs.]"
"SWARTISH","Somewhat swart, dark, or tawny."
"SWARTNESS","The quality or state of being swart."
"SWARTY","Swarthy; tawny. [Obs.] Burton."
"SWASH","An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of thework. Moxon. Swash plate (Mach.), a revolving circular plate, setobliquely on its shaft, and acting as a cam to give a reciprocatingmotion to a rod in a direction parallel to the shaft."
"SWASHBUCKLER","A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; aswaggerer. Milton."
"SWASHER","One who makes a blustering show of valor or force of arms.Shak."
"SWASHWAY","Same as 4th Swash, 2."
"SWASHY","Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SWAT","imp. of Sweat. Chaucer."
"SWATE","imp. of Sweat. Thomson."
"SWATHE","To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers.Their children are never swathed or bound about with any thing whenthey are first born. Abp. Abbot."
"SWATHER","A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncutfallen grain and marking the limit of the swath."
"SWATTE","imp. of Sweat. Chaucer."
"SWAY","To hoist; as, to sway up the yards."
"SWAY-BACKED","Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as theresult of injury or weakness; -- said of horses and other animals."
"SWAY-BRACING","The horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents its swaying."
"SWAYED","Bent down, and hollow in the back; sway-backed; -- said of ahorse. Shak."
"SWAYFUL","Able to sway. [R.] Rush."
"SWAYING","An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- saidof the backs of horses. Crabb."
"SWEAL","To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste awaywithout feeding the flame. [Written also swale.] Sir W. Scott."
"SWEAR","To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of astatement; he swore against the prisoner."
"SWEARING","from Swear, v.Idle swearing is a cursedness. Chaucer."
"SWEAT","The fluid which is excreted from the skin of an animal; thefluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a transparent, colorless,acid liquid with a peculiar odor, containing some fatty acids andmineral matter; perspiration. See Perspiration.In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread. Gen. iii. 19."
"SWEATILY","In a sweaty manner."
"SWEATINESS","Quality or state of being sweaty."
"SWEATING","a. & n. from Sweat, v. Sweating bath, a bath producing sensiblesweat; a stove or sudatory.-- Sweating house, a house for sweating persons in sickness.-- Sweating iron, a kind of knife, or a piece of iron, used toscrape off sweat, especially from horses; a horse scraper.-- Sweating room. (a) A room for sweating persons. (b) (Dairying) Aroom for sweating cheese and carrying off the superfluous juices.-- Sweating sickness (Med.), a febrile epidemic disease whichprevailed in some countries of Europe, but particularly in England,in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, characterized by profusesweating. Death often occured in a few hours."
"SWEDE","A Swedish turnip. See under Turnip."
"SWEDENBORGIAN","One who holds the doctrines of the New Jerusalem church, astaught by Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish philosopher and religiouswriter, who was born a. d. 1688 and died 1772. Swedenborg claimed tohave intercourse with the spiritual world, through the opening of hisspiritual senses in 1745. He taught that the Lord Jesus Christ, ascomprehending in himself all the fullness of the Godhead, is the oneonly God, and that there is a spiritual sense to the Scriptures,which he (Swedenborg) was able to reveal, because he saw thecorrespondence between natural and spiritual things."
"SWEDENBORGIANISM","The doctrines of the Swedenborgians."
"SWEDISH","Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants. Swedish turnip.(Bot.) See under Turnip."
"SWEENY","An atrophy of the muscles of the shoulder in horses; also,atrophy of any muscle in horses. [Written also swinney.]"
"SWEEP","To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of ariver with a net."
"SWEEP-SAW","A bow-saw."
"SWEEPAGE","The crop of hay got in a meadow. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SWEEPER","One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep;as, a carpet sweeper.It is oxygen which is the great sweeper of the economy. Huxley."
"SWEEPING","Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter,as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everythingbefore it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, asweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation.-- Sweep'ing*ly, adv. -Sweep'ing*ness, n."
"SWEEPINGS","Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of astreet."
"SWEEPSTAKES","The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a givensum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, oris divided among several, as may be previously agreed."
"SWEEPWASHER","One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from thesweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, orplaces where these metals are used."
"SWEEPY","Moving with a sweeping motion.The branches bend before their sweepy away. Dryden."
"SWEET","Sweetly. Shak."
"SWEET-BREASTED","Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf. Breast,n., 6. [Obs.]"
"SWEET-SCENTED","Having a sweet scent or smell; fragrant. Sweet-scented shrub(Bot.), a shrub of the genus Calycanthus, the flowers of which, whencrushed, have a fragrance resembling that of strawberries."
"SWEET-SOP","A kind of custard apple (Anona squamosa). See under Custard."
"SWEETBREAD","The pancreas."
"SWEETBRIER","A kind of rose (Rosa rubiginosa) with minutely glandular andfragrant foliage. The small-flowered sweetbrier is Rosa micrantha."
"SWEETEN","To become sweet. Bacon."
"SWEETENER","One who, or that which, sweetens; one who palliates; that whichmoderates acrimony."
"SWEETHEART","A lover of mistress."
"SWEETHEARTING","Making love. 'To play at sweethearting.' W. Black."
"SWEETISH","Somewhat sweet.-- Sweet'ish*ness, n."
"SWEETLY","In a sweet manner."
"SWEETMEAT","A boat shell (Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast.[Local, U.S.]"
"SWEETNESS","The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of theadjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness."
"SWEETROOT","Licorice."
"SWEETWATER","A variety of white grape, having a sweet watery juice; -- alsocalled white sweetwater, and white muscadine."
"SWEETWEED","A name for two tropical American weeds (Capraria biflora, andScoparia dulcis) of the Figwort family."
"SWEETWORT","Any plant of a sweet taste."
"SWEIGH","Sway; movement. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SWEINMOTE","See Swainmote. [Obs.]"
"SWELL","To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of anote."
"SWELLDOM","People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively.[Jocose]"
"SWELLFISH","Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish,puffer, or diodon."
"SWELLING","an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulousswelling.The superficies of such plates are not even, but have many cavitiesand swellings. Sir I. Newton."
"SWELLISH","Dandified; stylish. [Slang]"
"SWELLTOAD","A swellfish."
"SWELT","imp. of Swell."
"SWELTRY","Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry. [R.] Evelyn."
"SWELVE","To swallow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SWEPT","imp. & p. p. of Sweep."
"SWERD","See Sward, n. & v. [Obs.]"
"SWERVE","To turn aside. Gauden."
"SWEVEN","A vision seen in sleep; a dream. [Obs.] Wycliff (Acts ii. 17).I defy both sweven and dream. Chaucer."
"SWICH","Such. [Obs.]Swich things as that I know I will declare. Chaucer."
"SWIETENIA","A genus of meliaceous trees consisting of one species(Sweitenia Mahogoni), the mahogany tree."
"SWIFT","Swiftly. [Obs. or Poetic] Shak.Ply swift and strong the oar. Southey."
"SWIFTER","To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the oppositeshrouds nearer."
"SWIFTFOOT","Nimble; fleet. Mir. for Mag."
"SWIFTLET","Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiaticswifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted forfurnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible."
"SWIFTLY","In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.Wyclif."
"SWIFTNESS","The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness;celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; theswiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body;swiftness of thought, etc."
"SWIG","A tackle with ropes which are not parallel."
"SWILL","To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily.Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring sliced beef, andswilling pork, and punch, and cider. Smollett."
"SWILLER","One who swills."
"SWILLINGS","See Swill, n., 1."
"SWIM","To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, thehead swims."
"SWIMBEL","A moaning or sighing sound or noise; a sough. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SWIMMER","A protuberance on the leg of a horse."
"SWIMMERET","One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed,appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites ofmany crustaceans. They are used as fins in swimming."
"SWIMMING","The act of one who swims."
"SWIMMINGLY","In an easy, gliding manner, as if swimming; smoothly;successfully; prosperously."
"SWIMMINGNESS","Act or state of swimming; suffusion. 'A swimmingness in theeye.' Congreve."
"SWINCK","See Swink."
"SWINDLE","To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, toswindle a man out of his property.Lammote . . . has swindled one of them out of three hundred livres.Carlyle."
"SWINDLER","One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practiceof defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat."
"SWINDLERY","Swindling; rougery. [R.] 'Swindlery and blackguardism.'Carlyle."
"SWINE","Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domesticalspecies. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which,when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically calledboar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog. 'A great herd ofswine.' Mark v. 11. Swine grass (Bot.), knotgrass (Polygonumaviculare); -- so called because eaten by swine.-- Swine oat (Bot.), a kind of oat sometimes grown for swine.-- Swine's cress (Bot.), a species of cress of the genus Senebiera(S. Coronopus).-- Swine's head, a dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] Chaucer.-- Swine thistle (Bot.), the sow thistle."
"SWINE-POX","A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesiclescontaining a watery fluid; the water pox. Pepys."
"SWINEBREAD","The truffle."
"SWINECASE","A hogsty. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SWINECOTE","A hogsty. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SWINECRUE","A hogsty. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SWINEFISH","The wolf fish."
"SWINEHERD","A keeper of swine."
"SWINEPIPE","The European redwing. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SWINERY","Same as Piggery. [R.]"
"SWINESTONE","See Stinkstone."
"SWINESTY","A sty, or pen, for swine."
"SWING","To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, aship swings with the tide."
"SWINGDEVIL","The European swift. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SWINGE","See Singe. [Obs.] Spenser."
"SWINGEBUCKLER","A swashbuckler; a bully; a roiserer. [Obs.] Shak."
"SWINGEING","Huge; very large. [Colloq.] Arbuthnot. Byron.-- Swinge'ing*ly, adv. Dryden."
"SWINGEL","The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain inthrashing; the swiple."
"SWINGER","One who swings or whirls."
"SWINGLE","A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long,with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; -- called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand."
"SWINGLEBAR","A swingletree. De Quincey."
"SWINGLETAIL","The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher."
"SWINGLETREE","A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree."
"SWINGLING","from Swingle, v. t. Swingling tow, the coarse part of flax,separated from the finer by swingling and hatcheling."
"SWINGTREE","The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; thewhiffletree."
"SWINISH","Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine;hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot. 'Swinishgluttony.' Milton.-- Swin'ish*ly, adv.-- Swin'ish*ness, n."
"SWINK","To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic]Or swink with his hands and labor. Chaucer.For which men swink and sweat incessantly. Spenser.The swinking crowd at every stroke pant 'Ho.' Sir Samuel Freguson."
"SWINKER","A laborer. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SWINNEY","See Sweeny."
"SWIPE","Poor, weak beer; small beer. [Slang, Eng.] [Written alsoswypes.] Craig."
"SWIPLE","That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; aswingel. [Written also swipel, and swipple.]"
"SWIPPER","Nimble; quick. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Slang]"
"SWIRL","To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy. 'The river swirledalong.' C. Kingsley."
"SWISH","To dash; to swash."
"SWISS","A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Switzer; the people ofSwitzerland."
"SWITCH","A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, fortransferring cars from one track to another."
"SWITCHEL","A beverage of molasses and water, seasoned with vinegar andginger. [U. S.]"
"SWITCHING","from Switch, v. Switching engine, a locomotive for switchingcars from one track to another, and making up trains; -- called alsoswitch engine. [U.S.]"
"SWITCHMAN","One who tends a switch on a railway."
"SWITCHY","Whisking. [Colloq.] Coombe."
"SWITHE","Instantly; quickly; speedily; rapidly. [Obs.]That thou doest, do thou swithe. Wyclif (John xiii. 27)."
"SWITZER","A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Swiss."
"SWIVE","To copulate with (a woman). [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SWIVEL","A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin,in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis."
"SWIVEL-EYED","Squint-eyed. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SWIZZLE","To drink; to swill. Halliwell."
"SWOB","See Swab."
"SWOBBER","Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting at the game ofwhist. [Written also swabber.] Swift."
"SWOLLEN","p. p. of Swell."
"SWOLN","Contraction of Swollen, p. p. Milton."
"SWOM","imp. of Swim. Shak."
"SWOON","To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparentsuspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; --often with away.The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. Lam. ii. 11.The most in years . . . swooned first away for pain. Dryden.He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy. Tatler."
"SWOONING","from Swoon, v.-- Swoon'ing*ly, adv."
"SWOOP","A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; theact of swooping.The eagle fell, . . . and carried away a whole litter of cubs at aswoop. L'Estrange."
"SWOOPSTAKE","See Sweepstake. [Obs.]"
"SWOP","Same as Swap. Dryden."
"SWORD","One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom issuspended. Sword arm, the right arm.-- Sword bayonet, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and whichcan be used as a sword.-- Sword bearer, one who carries his master's sword; an officer inLondon who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad.-- Sword belt, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne atthe side.-- Sword blade, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword.-- Sword cane, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger,as in a sheath.-- Sword dance. (a) A dance in which swords are brandished andclashed together by the male dancers. Sir W. Scott. (b) A danceperformed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them.-- Sword fight, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords;swordplay.-- Sword grass. (Bot.) See Gladen.-- Sword knot, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword.-- Sword law, government by the sword, or by force; violence.Milton.-- Sword lily. (Bot.) See Gladiolus.-- Sword mat (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so calledfrom a wooden implement used in its manufacture.-- Sword shrimp (Zo\u00f6l.), a European shrimp (Pasiph\u00e6a sivado) havinga very thin, compressed body.-- Sword stick, a sword cane.-- To measure swords with one. See under Measure, v. t.-- To put to the sword. See under Put."
"SWORD-SHAPED","Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of theIris, cattail, and the like."
"SWORDBILL","A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long,slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird."
"SWORDED","Girded with a sword. Milton."
"SWORDER","One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier;a cutthroat. [Obs.] Shak."
"SWORDFISH","A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1. Swordfish sucker(Zo\u00f6l.), a remora (Remora brachyptera) which attaches itself to theswordfish."
"SWORDICK","The spotted gunnel (Mur\u00e6noides gunnellus). [Prov. Eng.]"
"SWORDING","Slashing with a sword. Tennyson."
"SWORDLESS","Destitute of a sword."
"SWORDMAN","A swordsman. 'Sinewy swordmen.' Shak."
"SWORDPLAY","Fencing; a sword fight."
"SWORDPLAYER","A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use ofthe sword."
"SWORDSMANSHIP","The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword.Cowper."
"SWORE","imp. of Swear."
"SWORN","p. p. of Swear. Sworn brothers, originally, companions in armswho took an oath to share together good and bad fortune; hence,faithful friends.-- Sworn enemies, determined or irreconcilable enemies.-- Sworn friends, close friends."
"SWOUND","See Swoon, v. & n. [Prov. Eng. or Archaic] Shak. Dryden.The landlord stirred As one awaking from a swound. Longfellow."
"SWOWN","Swoon. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SWUM","imp. & p. p. of Swim."
"SWUNG","imp. & p. p. of Swing."
"SWYTHE","Quickly. See Swithe. [Obs.]"
"SY","Saw. Chaucer."
"SYB","See Sib. [Obs. or Scot.]"
"SYBARITE","A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary."
"SYBARITISM","Luxuriousness; effeminacy; wantonness; voluptuousness."
"SYCAMINE","See Sycamore."
"SYCE","A groom. [India]"
"SYCEE","Silver, pounded into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used ascurrency. The most common weight is about one pound troy. [China]McElrath."
"SYCHNOCARPOUS","Having the capacity of bearing several successive crops offruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants."
"SYCITE","A nodule of flint, or a pebble, which resembles a fig. [Obs.]"
"SYCOCERIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by theoxidation of sycoceryl alcohol."
"SYCOCERYL","A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essentialingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of anAustralian species of fig."
"SYCOCK","The missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]"
"SYCONES","A division of calcareous sponges."
"SYCOPHANCY","The character or characteristic of a sycophant. Hence: -(a) False accusation; calumniation; talebearing. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.(b) Obsequious flattery; servility.The sycophancy of A.Philips had prejudiced Mr. Addison against Pope.Bp. Warburton."
"SYCOPHANT","To play the sycophant."
"SYCOPHANTCY","Sycophancy. [Obs.]"
"SYCOPHANTISH","Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering.-- Syc'o*phant`ish*ly, adv.Sycophantish satirists that forever humor the prevailing folly. DeQuincey."
"SYCOPHANTISM","Sycophancy."
"SYCOPHANTIZE","To play the sycophant."
"SYCOPHANTRY","Sycophancy. [Obs.]"
"SYCOSIS","A pustular eruption upon the scalp, or the beared part of theface, whether due to ringworm, acne, or impetigo."
"SYDEROLITE","A kind of Bohemian earthenware resembling the Wedgwood ware."
"SYE","Saw. Chaucer."
"SYKE","See Sike. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"SYKER","See Sicker. [Obs.]"
"SYLE","A young herring (Clupea harengus). [Also written sile.]But our folk call them syle, and nought but syle, And when they'regrown, why then we call them herring. J. Ingelow."
"SYLLABARIUM","A syllabary."
"SYLLABARY","A table of syllables; more especially, a table of theindivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as theJapanese and Cherokee, instead of letters. S. W. Williams."
"SYLLABE","Syllable. [R.] B. Jonson."
"SYLLABICALLY","In a syllabic manner."
"SYLLABICATE","To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify."
"SYLLABICATION","The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividingwords into syllables. See Guide to Pron., \u00a7275."
"SYLLABIFICATION","Same as Syllabication. Rush.Syllabification depends not on mere force, but on discontinuity offorce. H. Sweet."
"SYLLABIFY","To form or divide into syllables."
"SYLLABISM","The expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, ratherthan by an alphabet or by signs for words. I. Taylor (The Alphabet)."
"SYLLABIST","One who forms or divides words into syllables, or is skilled indoing this."
"SYLLABIZE","To syllabify. Howell."
"SYLLABLE","To pronounce the syllables of; to utter; to articulate. Milton."
"SYLLABUB","Same as Syllabub."
"SYLLABUS","A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like;an abstract."
"SYLLEPSIS","A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal andmetaphorical sense at the same time."
"SYLLIDIAN","Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the familySyllid\u00e6."
"SYLLOGISM","The regular logical form of every argument, consisting of threepropositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and thelast, the conclusion. The conclusion necessarily follows from thepremises; so that, if these are true, the conclusion must be true,and the argument amounts to demonstration;"
"SYLLOGISTICALLY","In a syllogistic manner."
"SYLLOGIZATION","A reasoning by syllogisms. [Obs. or R.] Harris."
"SYLLOGIZE","To reason by means of syllogisms.Men have endeavored . . . to teach boys to syllogize, or framearguments and refute them, without any real inward knowledge of thequestion. I. Watts."
"SYLLOGIZER","One who syllogizes."
"SYLPH","Any one of several species of very brilliant South Americanhumming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, theblue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus)."
"SYLPHID","A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph. 'The place of thesylphid queen.' J. R. Drake.Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief give ear, Fays, fairies, genii,elves, and demons, hear. Pope."
"SYLPHINE","Like a sylph."
"SYLPHISH","Sylphlike. Carlyle."
"SYLPHLIKE","Like a sylph; airy; graceful.Sometimes a dance . . . Displayed some sylphlike figures in its maze.Byron."
"SYLVA","Same as Silva."
"SYLVAN","A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, arustic.Her private orchards, walled on every side, To lawless sylvans allaccess denied. Pope."
"SYLVANITE","A mineral, a telluride of gold and silver, of a steel-gray,silver-white, or brass-yellow color. It often occurs in implantedcrystals resembling written characters, and hence is called graphictellurium. [Written also silvanite.]"
"SYLVANIUM","An old name for tellurium. [Written also silvanium.]"
"SYLVATE","A salt of sylvic acid."
"SYLVATIC","Sylvan. [R.]"
"SYLVESTRIAN","Sylvan. [R.]"
"SYLVIC","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products;specifically, designating an acid called also abeitic acid, which isthe chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from Pinus sylvestris,and other species)."
"SYLVICOLINE","Of or pertaining to the family of warblers (Sylvicolid\u00e6). SeeWarbler."
"SYLVICULTURE","The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes;forestry; arboriculture."
"SYLVICULTURIST","One who cultivates forest trees, especially as a business."
"SYM-","See Syn-."
"SYMBAL","See Cimbal. [Obs.]"
"SYMBIOSIS","The living together in more or less imitative association oreven close union of two dissimilar organisms. In a broad sense theterm includes parasitism, or antagonistic, or antipathetic,symbiosis, in which the association is disadvantageous or destructiveto one of the organisms, but ordinarily it is used of cases where theassociation is advantageous, or often necessary, to one or both, andnot harmful to either. When there is bodily union (in extreme casesso close that the two form practically a single body, as in the unionof alg\u00e6 and fungi to form lichens, and in the inclusion of alg\u00e6 inradiolarians) it is called conjunctive symbiosis; if there is noactual union of the organisms (as in the association of ants withmyrmecophytes), disjunctive symbiosis."
"SYMBIOTIC","Pertaining to, or characterized by, or living in, a state ofsymbiosis. -- Sym`bi*ot'ic*al (#), a. -- Sym`bi*ot'ic*al*ly (#), adv."
"SYMBOL","Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, arelation, or an abbreviation."
"SYMBOLIC","See Symbolics."
"SYMBOLICS","The study of ancient symbols; esp. (Theol.),"
"SYMBOLISM","The science of creeds; symbolics."
"SYMBOLIST","One who employs symbols."
"SYMBOLIZATION","The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation. Sir T.Browne."
"SYMBOLIZER","One who symbolizes."
"SYMBOLOGICAL","Pertaining to a symbology; versed in, or characterized by,symbology."
"SYMBOLOGIST","One who practices, or who is versed in, symbology."
"SYMBOLOGY","The art of expressing by symbols."
"SYMBRANCHII","An order of slender eel-like fishes having the gill openingsconfluent beneath the neck. The pectoral arch is generally attachedto the skull, and the entire margin of the upper jaw is formed by thepremaxillary. Called also Symbranchia."
"SYMMETRAL","Commensurable; symmetrical. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"SYMMETRIAN","One eminently studious of symmetry of parts. [R.] Sir P.Sidney."
"SYMMETRIC","Symmetrical."
"SYMMETRICAL","Having the organs or parts of one side correspponding withthose of the other; having the parts in two or more series of organsthe same in number; exhibiting a symmetry.See Symmetry, 2."
"SYMMETRICIAN","Same as Symmetrian. [R.] Holinshed."
"SYMMETRIST","One eminently studious of symmetry of parts. Sir H. Wotton."
"SYMMETRIZE","To make proportional in its parts; to reduce to symmetry.Burke."
"SYMMETRY","The law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity inform and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts, suchthat an animal may be divided into parts which are structurallysymmetrical."
"SYMPATHETICAL","Sympathetic."
"SYMPATHETICALLY","In a sympathetic manner."
"SYMPATHIST","One who sympathizes; a sympathizer. [R.] Coleridge."
"SYMPATHIZER","One who sympathizes."
"SYMPETALOUS","Having the petals united; gamopetalous."
"SYMPHONIC","Relating to, or in the manner of, symphony; as, the symphonicform or style of composition."
"SYMPHONIOUS","Symphonic."
"SYMPHONIST","A composer of symphonies."
"SYMPHONIZE","To agree; to be in harmony. [R.] Boyle."
"SYMPHYLA","An order of small apterous insects having an elongated body,with three pairs of thoracic and about nine pairs of abdominal legs.They are, in many respects, intermediate between myriapods and trueinsects."
"SYMPHYSEAL","Of or pertaining to to symphysis."
"SYMPHYSEOTOMY","The operation of dividing the symphysis pubis for the purposeof facilitating labor; -- formerly called the Sigualtian section.[Written also symphysotomy.] Dunglison."
"SYMPHYSOTOMY","Symphyseotomy."
"SYMPHYTISM","Coalescence; a growing into one with another word. [R.]Some of the phrasal adverbs have assumed the form of single words, bythat symphytism which naturally attaches these light elements to eachother. Earle."
"SYMPIESOMETER","A sensitive kind of barometer, in which the pressure of theatmosphere, acting upon a liquid, as oil, in the lower portion of theinstrument, compresses an elastic gas in the upper part."
"SYMPLECTIC","Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above thequadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unitestogether the other bones of the suspensorium.-- n."
"SYMPLOCE","The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and anotherat the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heavento view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth."
"SYMPODE","A sympodium."
"SYMPODIAL","Composed of superposed branches in such a way as to imitate asimple axis; as, a sympodial stem."
"SYMPODIUM","An axis or stem produced by dichotomous branching in which oneof the branches is regularly developed at the expense of the other,as in the grapevine."
"SYMPOSIAC","Of or pertaining to compotations and merrymaking; happeningwhere company is drinking together; as, symposiac meetings.Symposiac disputations amongst my acquaintance. Arbuthnot."
"SYMPOSIARCH","The master of a feast."
"SYMPOSIAST","One engaged with others at a banquet or merrymaking. SydneySmith."
"SYMPOSION","A drinking together; a symposium. 'Our symposion last night.'Sir W. Scott."
"SYMPTOM","Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible changein the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind orphases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond oursight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited.Like the sick man, we are expiring with all sorts of good symptoms.Swift."
"SYMPTOMATOLOGY","The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicinewhich treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology."
"SYN-","A prefix meaning with, along with, together, at the same time.Syn- becomes sym- before p, b, and m, and syl- before l."
"SYNAGOGICAL","Of or pertaining to a synagogue."
"SYNALEPHA","A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel ordiphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong;as, th' army, for the army. [Written also synaloepha.]"
"SYNALLAGMATIC","Imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; as, asynallagmatic contract. Bouvier."
"SYNALLAXINE","Having the outer and middle toes partially united; -- said ofcertain birds related to the creepers."
"SYNALOEPHA","Same as Synalepha."
"SYNANGIUM","The divided part beyond the pylangium in the aortic trunk ofthe amphibian heart.-- Syn*an'gi*al, a."
"SYNANTHEROUS","Having the stamens united by their anthers; as, synantherousflowers."
"SYNANTHESIS","The simultaneous maturity of the anthers and stigmas of ablossom. Gray."
"SYNANTHOUS","Having flowers and leaves which appear at the same time; --said of certain plants."
"SYNANTHROSE","A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in the tubersof the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), in the dahlia, andother Composit\u00e6."
"SYNAPTA","A genus of slender, transparent holothurians which havedelicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. SeeIllustration in Appendix."
"SYNAPTASE","A ferment resembling diastase, found in bitter almonds. Cf.Amygdalin, and Emulsin."
"SYNAPTICULA","One of numerous calcareous processes which extend between, andunite, the adjacent septa of certain corals, especially of thefungian corals."
"SYNARCHY","Joint rule or sovereignity. [R.] Stackhouse."
"SYNARTESIS","A fastening or knitting together; the state of being closelyjointed; close union. [R.] Coleridge."
"SYNARTHRODIA","Synarthrosis.-- Syn`ar*thro'di*al, a. Dunglison."
"SYNARTHROSIS","Immovable articulation by close union, as in sutures. Itsometimes includes symphysial articulations also. See the Note underArticulation, n., 1."
"SYNASTRY","Concurrence of starry position or influence; hence, similarityof condition, fortune, etc., as prefigured by astrologicalcalculation. [R.] Motley."
"SYNAXIS","A congregation; also, formerly, the Lord's Supper. Jer. Taylor."
"SYNCARP","A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in asolid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia; also, asimilar multiple fruit, as a mulberry."
"SYNCARPIUM","Same as Syncarp."
"SYNCARPOUS","Composed of several carpels consolidated into one ovary."
"SYNCATEGOREMATIC","Not capable of being used as a term by itself; -- said ofwords, as an adverb or preposition."
"SYNCHONDROSIS","An immovable articulation in which the union is formed bycartilage.-- Syn`chon*dro'si*al, a."
"SYNCHONDROTOMY","Symphyseotomy."
"SYNCHORESIS","A concession made for the purpose of retorting with greaterforce."
"SYNCHRONAL","Happening at, or belonging to, the same time; synchronous;simultaneous. Dr. H. More."
"SYNCHRONICAL","Happening at the same time; synchronous. Boyle.-- Syn*chron'ic*al*ly, adv."
"SYNCHRONISM","A representation, in the same picture, of two or events whichoccured at different times."
"SYNCHRONISTIC","Of or pertaining to synchronism; arranged according tocorrespondence in time; as, synchronistic tables."
"SYNCHRONIZATION","The act of synchronizing; concurrence of events in respect totime."
"SYNCHRONIZE","To agree in time; to be simultaneous.The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress,synchronized with that of Christianity. De Quincey."
"SYNCHRONOLOGY","Contemporaneous chronology."
"SYNCHRONOUS","Happening at the same time; simultaneous.-- Syn'chro*nous*ly, adv."
"SYNCHRONY","The concurrence of events in time; synchronism. [R.]Geological contemporaneity is the same as chronological synchrony.Huxley."
"SYNCHYSIS","A derangement or confusion of any kind, as of words in asentence, or of humors in the eye. Sparkling synchysis (Med.), acondition in which the vitreous humor is softened and containssparkling scales of cholesterin."
"SYNCLASTIC","Curved toward the same side in all directions; -- said ofsurfaces which in all directions around any point bend away from atangent plane toward the same side, as the surface of a sphere; --opposed to anticlastic. Sir W. Thomson."
"SYNCLINAL","Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane; as, asynclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold; -- opposed toanticlinal."
"SYNCLINE","A synclinal fold."
"SYNCLINICAL","Synclinal. [R.]"
"SYNCLINORIUM","A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of ageosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement andupturning. Dana."
"SYNCOPAL","Of or pertaining to syncope; resembling syncope."
"SYNCOPATE","To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters orsyllables from the middle; as, 'Gloster' is a syncopated form of'Gloucester.'"
"SYNCOPATION","The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking oneor more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope."
"SYNCOPE","An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllablesfrom the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for every."
"SYNCOPIST","One who syncopates. Addison."
"SYNCOPIZE","To syncopate."
"SYNCOTYLEDONOUS","Having united cotyledonous."
"SYNCRETIC","Uniting and blending together different systems, as ofphilosophy, morals, or religion. Smart."
"SYNCRETISM","Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably atvariance with each other.He is plotting a carnal syncretism, and attempting the reconcilementof Christ and Belial. Baxter.Syncretism is opposed to eclecticism in philosophy. Krauth-Fleming."
"SYNCRETIST","One who attempts to unite principles or parties which areirreconcilably at variance; specifically (Eccl. Hist.),"
"SYNCRISIS","A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons arecompared. Crabb."
"SYNCYTIUM","Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wantingand the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of acontinuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as inordinary striped muscle."
"SYNDACTYLE","Any bird having syndactilous feet."
"SYNDACTYLIC","Syndactilous."
"SYNDACTYLOUS","Having the toes firmly united together for some distance, andwithout an intermediate web, as the kingfishers; gressorial."
"SYNDESMOGRAPHY","A description of the ligaments; syndesmology."
"SYNDESMOLOGY","That part of anatomy which treats of ligaments."
"SYNDESMOSIS","An articulation formed by means of ligaments."
"SYNDIC","An agent of a corporation, or of any body of men engaged in abusiness enterprise; an advocate or patron; an assignee."
"SYNDICALISM","The theory, plan, or practice of trade-union action (originallyas advocated and practiced by the French Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration G\u00e9n\u00e9rale duTravail) which aims to abolish the present political and socialsystem by means of the general strike (as distinguished from thelocal or sectional strike) and direct action of whatever kind (asdistinguished from action which takes effect only through the mediumof political action) -- direct action including any kind of actionthat is directly effective, whether it be a simple strike, a peacefulpublic demonstration, sabotage, or revolutionary violence. By thegeneral strike and direct action syndicalism aims to establish asocial system in which the means and processes of production are inthe control of local organizations of workers, who are manage themfor the common good."
"SYNDICALIST","One who advocates or practices syndicalism. --Syn`dic*al*is'tic(#), a."
"SYNDICATE","To judge; to censure. [Obs.]"
"SYNDICATION","Act or process of syndicating or forming a syndicate."
"SYNDROME","Concurrence. [R.] Glanvill."
"SYNDYASMIAN","Pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually; -- saidof animals during periods of procreation and while rearing theiroffspring. Morgan."
"SYNE","Since; seeing. [Scot.]"
"SYNECDOCHE","A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for thewhole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as,the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as,cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creaturefor a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc. Bain."
"SYNECDOCHICAL","Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.Isis is used for Themesis by a synecdochical kind of speech, or by apoetical liberty, in using one for another. Drayton."
"SYNECDOCHICALLY","By synecdoche."
"SYNECHIA","A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the corneaor to the capsule of the crystalline lens."
"SYNECPHONESIS","A contraction of two syllables into one; synizesis."
"SYNEDRAL","Growing on the angles of a stem, as the leaves in some speciesof Selaginella."
"SYNENTOGNATHI","An order of fishes, resembling the Physoclisti, without spinesin the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. It includes the true flyingfishes."
"SYNEPY","The interjunction, or joining, of words in uttering the clausesof sentences."
"SYNERESIS","Same as Syn\u00e6resis."
"SYNERGETIC","Working together; co\u00f6perating; as, synergetic muscles."
"SYNERGISM","The doctrine or theory, attributed to Melanchthon, that in theregeneration of a human soul there is a co\u00f6peration, or joint agency,on the part both of God and of man."
"SYNERGIST","A remedy which has an action similar to that of another remedy,and hence increases the efficiency of that remedy when combined withit."
"SYNERGY","Combined action; especially (Med.),"
"SYNESIS","A construction in which adherence to some element in the sensecauses a departure from strict syntax, as in 'Philip went down toSamaria and preached Christ unto them.'"
"SYNGENESIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants in which the stamens are united bythe anthers."
"SYNGENESIS","A theory of generation in which each germ is supposed tocontain the germs of all subsequent generations; -- the opposite ofepigenesis."
"SYNGNATHI","A suborder of lophobranch fishes which have an elongated snoutand lack the ventral and first dorsal fins. The pipefishes and seahorses are examples.-- Syng'na*thous, a."
"SYNGRAPH","A writing signed by both or all the parties to a contract orbond."
"SYNIZESIS","An obliteration of the pupil of the eye."
"SYNNEOROSIS","Syndesmosis."
"SYNOCHA","See Synochus. [Obs.]"
"SYNOCHAL","Of or pertaining to synocha; like synocha. [Obs.]"
"SYNOCHUS","A continuous fever. [Obs.]"
"SYNOCIL","A sense organ found in certain sponges. It consists of severalfilaments, each of which arises from a single cell."
"SYNOD","An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on churchmatters."
"SYNODAL","Synodical. Milton."
"SYNODICALLY","In a synodical manner; in a synod; by the authority of a synod.'Synodically agreed upon.' R. Nelson."
"SYNODIST","An adherent to a synod.These synodists thought fit in Latin as yet to veil their decreesfrom vulgar eyes. Fuller."
"SYNOECIOUS","Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses,having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle."
"SYNOMOCY","Sworn brotherhood; a society in ancient Greece nearlyresembling a modern political club."
"SYNONYM","One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language)which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words whichhave very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often beused interchangeably. See under Synonymous. [Written also synonyme.]All languages tend to clear themselves of synonyms as intellectualculture advances, the superfluous words being taken up andappropriated by new shades and combinations of thought evolved in theprogress of society. De Quincey.His name has thus become, throughout all civilized countries, asynonym for probity and philanthropy. Macaulay.In popular literary acceptation, and as employed in specialdictionaries of such words, synonyms are words sufficiently alike ingeneral signification to be liable to be confounded, but yet sodifferent in special definition as to require to be distinguished. G.P. Marsh."
"SYNONYMA","Synonyms. [Obs.] Fuller."
"SYNONYMAL","Synonymous. [Obs.]"
"SYNONYMALLY","Synonymously. [Obs.]"
"SYNONYME","Same as Synonym."
"SYNONYMIC","The science, or the scientific treatment, of synonymous words."
"SYNONYMICON","A dictionary of synonyms. C. J. Smith."
"SYNONYMIST","One who collects or explains synonyms."
"SYNONYMIZE","To express by a synonym or synonyms; to give the synonym orsynonyms corresponding to.This word 'fortis' we may synonymize after all these fashions: stout,hardy, valiant, doughty, courageous, adventurous, brave, bold,daring, intrepid. Camden."
"SYNONYMOUS","Having the character of a synonym; expressing the same thing;conveying the same, or approximately the same, idea.-- Syn*on'y*mous*ly, adv.These words consist of two propositions, which are not distinct insense, but one and the same thing variously expressed; for wisdom andunderstanding are synonymous words here. Tillotson."
"SYNONYMY","A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify adiscourse."
"SYNOPSIS","A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arrangedas to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary ofa discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.That the reader may see in one view the exactness of the method, aswell as force of the argument, I shall here draw up a short synopsisof this epistle. Bp. Warburton."
"SYNOPTIC","One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. SeeSynoptist."
"SYNOPTIST","Any one of the authors of the three synoptic Gospels, whichgive a history of our Lord's life and ministry, in distinction fromthe writer of John's Gospel, which gives a fuller record of histeachings."
"SYNOSTEOLOGY","That part of anatomy which treats of joints; arthrology."
"SYNOSTEOSIS","Union by means of bone; the complete closing up andobliteration of sutures."
"SYNOSTOSIS","Same as Synosteosis."
"SYNOVIA","A transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which contains mucinand secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid."
"SYNOVIAL","Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia. Synovialcapsule, a closed sac of synovial membrane situated between thearticular surfaces at diarthrodial joints.-- Synovial fluid, synovia.-- Synovial membrane, the dense and very smooth connective tissuemembrane which secretes synovia and surrounds synovial capsules andother synovial cavities."
"SYNOVITIS","Inflammation of the synovial membrane."
"SYNPELMOUS","Having the two main flexor tendons of the toes blendedtogether."
"SYNSEPALOUS","Having united sepals; gamosepalous."
"SYNTAXIS","Syntax. [R.] B. Jonson."
"SYNTERESIS","Prophylaxis. [Obs.]"
"SYNTERETIC","Preserving health; prophylactic. [Obs.]"
"SYNTERETICS","That department of medicine which relates to the preservationof health; prophylaxis. [Obs.]"
"SYNTHERMAL","Having the same degree of heat."
"SYNTHESIS","The art or process of making a compound by putting theingredients together, as contrasted with analysis; thus, water ismade by synthesis from hydrogen and oxygen; hence, specifically, thebuilding up of complex compounds by special reactions, whereby theircomponent radicals are so grouped that the resulting substances areidentical in every respect with the natural articles when such occur;thus, artificial alcohol, urea, indigo blue, alizarin, etc., are madeby synthesis."
"SYNTHESIST","One who employs synthesis, or who follows synthetic methods."
"SYNTHESIZE","Artificial. Cf. Synthesis, 2."
"SYNTHETICALLY","In a synthetic manner."
"SYNTHETIZE","To combine; to unite in regular structure. [R.]"
"SYNTOMY","Brevity; conciseness. [R.]"
"SYNTONIC","Of or pert. to syntony; specif., designating, or pert. to, asystem of wireless telegraphy in which the transmitting and receivingapparatus are in syntony with, and only with, one another. --Syn*ton'ic*al (#), a. --Syn*ton'ic*al*ly, adv."
"SYNTONIN","A proteid substance (acid albumin) formed from the albuminousmatter of muscle by the action of dilute acids; -- formerly calledmusculin. See Acid albumin, under Albumin."
"SYNTONIZE","To adjust or devise so as to emit or respond to electricoscillations of a certain wave length; to tune; specif., to put (twoor more instruments or systems of wireless telegraphy) in syntonywith each other. -- Syn`to*ni*za'tion (#), n."
"SYNTONIZER","One that syntonizes; specif., a device consisting essentiallyof a variable inductance coil and condenser with a pair of adjustablespark balls, for attuning the time periods of antenn\u00e6 in wirelesstelegraphy (called also syntonizing coil)."
"SYNTONY","State of being adjusted to a certain wave length; agreement ortuning between the time period of an apparatus emitting electricoscillations and that of a receiving apparatus, esp. in wirelesstelegraphy."
"SYPHERING","The lapping of chamfered edges of planks to make a smoothsurface, as for a bulkhead."
"SYPHILIDE","A cutaneous eruption due to syphilis."
"SYPHILIS","The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectiousdisease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditarytransmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary,secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under Primary, Secondary, andTertiary.Treponema pallidum. Usu. tretable with penicillin or otherbeta-lactam antibiotics."
"SYPHILITIC","Of or pertaining to syphilis; of the nature of syphilis;affected with syphilis.-- n."
"SYPHILITICALLY","In a syphilitic manner; with venereal disease."
"SYPHILIZATION","Inoculation with the syphilitic virus, especially when employedas a preventive measure, like vaccination."
"SYPHILIZE","To inoculate with syphilis."
"SYPHILODERM","A cutaneous affection due to syphilis."
"SYPHILODERMATOUS","Of or pertaining to the cutaneous manifestations of syphilis."
"SYPHILOID","Resembling syphilis."
"SYPHILOLOGIST","One skilled in syphilology."
"SYPHILOLOGY","That branch of medicine which treats of syphilis."
"SYPHON","See Syphon."
"SYRACUSE","A red wine of Italy."
"SYREN","See Siren. [R.]"
"SYRIAC","Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriacversion of the Pentateuch.-- n."
"SYRIACISM","A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism."
"SYRIAN","Of or pertaining to Syria; Syriac.-- n."
"SYRIANISM","A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity of the Syrian language; aSyriacism. Paley."
"SYRIASM","A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism; a Syriacism. M. Stuart.The Scripture Greek is observed to be full of Syriasms and Hebraisms.Bp. Warburton."
"SYRINGE","A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, orfor purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barreland piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or withoutvalves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexibletube; -- used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc.Garden syringe. See Garden."
"SYRINGEAL","Of or pertaining to the syrinx; as, the syringeal muscle."
"SYRINGIN","A glucoside found in the bark of the lilac (Syringa) andextracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called alsolilacin."
"SYRINGOCOELE","The central canal of the spinal cord. B. G. Wilder."
"SYRINGOTOME","A small blunt-pointed bistoury, -- used in syringotomy."
"SYRINGOTOMY","The operation of cutting for anal fistula."
"SYRINX","A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; -- called alsopandean pipes."
"SYRMA","A long dress, trailing on the floor, worn by tragic actors inGreek and Roman theaters."
"SYRPHIAN","Of or pertaining to the syrphus flies.-- n. (Zo\u00f6l.)"
"SYRPHUS FLY","Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genusSyrphus and allied genera. They are usually bright-colored, withyellow bands, and hover around plants. The larv\u00e6 feed upon plantlice, and are, therefore, very beneficial to agriculture."
"SYRT","A quicksand; a bog. [R.] Young."
"SYRTIC","Of or pertaining to a syrt; resembling syrt, or quicksand. [R.]Ed. Rev."
"SYRTIS","A quicksand.Quenched in a boggy syrtis, neither sea Nor good dry land. Milton."
"SYSSARCOSIS","The junction of bones by intervening muscles."
"SYSTALTIC","Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction anddilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart."
"SYSTASIS","A political union, confederation, or league. [R.] Burke."
"SYSTEM","The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n."
"SYSTEMATICALLY","In a systematic manner; methodically."
"SYSTEMATISM","The reduction of facts or principles to a system. Dunglison."
"SYSTEMATIZATION","The act or operation of systematizing."
"SYSTEMATIZE","To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically;to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals;to systematize one's work; to systematize one's ideas.Diseases were healed, and buildings erected, before medicine andarchitecture were systematized into arts. Harris."
"SYSTEMATIZER","One who systematizes.Aristotle may be called the systematizer of his master's doctrines.Harris."
"SYSTEMATOLOGY","The doctrine of, or a treatise upon, systems. Dunglison."
"SYSTEMIC","Of or pertaining to the general system, or the body as a whole;as, systemic death, in distinction from local death; systemiccirculation, in distinction from pulmonic circulation; systemicdiseases. Systemic death. See the Note under Death, n., 1."
"SYSTEMIZATION","The act or process of systematizing; systematization."
"SYSTEMIZE","To reduce to system; to systematize."
"SYSTEMIZER","One who systemizes, or reduces to system; a systematizer."
"SYSTEMLESS","Not agreeing with some artificial system of classification."
"SYSTOLE","The shortening of the long syllable."
"SYSTOLIC","Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp.,ralating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur. Dunglison."
"SYSTYLE","Having a space equal to two diameters or four modules betweentwo columns; -- said of a portico or building. See Intercolumniation.-- n."
"SYTHE","Scythe. [Obs. or R.]"
"SYZYGIAL","Pertaining to a syzygy."
"SYZYGY","The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a planet, at which itis in conjunction or opposition; -- commonly used in the plural."
"T CART","See under T."
"T CONNECTION","The connection of two coils diagrammatically as a letter T,chiefly used as a connection for passing transformers. When the threefree ends are connected to a source of three-phase current, two-phasecurrent may be derived from the secondary circuits. The reversearrangement may be used to transform from two-phase. -- T'-connected,a."
"T IRON","See under T."
"T RAIL","See under T."
"T SQUARE","See under T."
"TA","To take. [Obs. or Scot.]  Cursor Mundi."
"TAAS","A heap. See Tas. [Obs.]  Chaucer."
"TABACCO","Tobacco. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"TABANUS","A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies."
"TABARD","A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from theweather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with thearms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garmentadopted for heralds. [Spelt also taberd.]"
"TABARET","A stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture."
"TABASCO SAUCE","A kind of very pungent sauce made from red peppers."
"TABASHEER","A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consistslargely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the EastIndies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux,piles, and various other diseases."
"TABBINET","A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface. [Written alsotabinet.]"
"TABEFACTION","A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease."
"TABEFY","To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate. [R.]  Harvey."
"TABELLION","A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similarofficer in France during the old monarchy."
"TABER","Same as Tabor.  Nahum ii. 7."
"TABERD","See Tabard."
"TABERNACLE","To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed."
"TABES","Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hecticfever, with no well-marked local symptoms."
"TABESCENT","Withering, or wasting away."
"TABETIC","Of or pertaining to tabes; of the nature of tabes; affectedwith tabes; tabid. -- n."
"TABID","Affected by tabes; tabetic."
"TABINET","See Tabbinet.  Thackeray."
"TABLE","To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternatescores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf."
"TABLE WORK","Typesetting of tabular nmatter, or the type matter set intabular form."
"TABLE-LAND","A broad, level, elevated area of land; a plateau.The toppling crags of Duty scaled, Are close upon the shining table-lands To which our God himself is moon and sun. Tennyson."
"TABLEAU VIVANT","Same as Tableau, n., 2."
"TABLEBOOK","A tablet; a notebook.Put into your tablebook whatever you judge worthly. Dryden."
"TABLECLOTH","A cloth for covering a table, especially one with which a tableis covered before the dishes, etc., are set on for meals."
"TABLEMAN","A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. SeeTable, n., 10. [R.] Bacon."
"TABLEMENT","A table. [Obs.]Tablements and chapters of pillars. Holland."
"TABLESPOON","A spoon of the largest size commonly used at the table; --distinguished from teaspoon, dessert spoon, etc."
"TABLESPOONFUL","As much as a tablespoon will hold; enough to fill a tablespoon.It is usually reckoned as one half of a fluid ounce, or four fluiddrams."
"TABLET","A kind of pocket memorandum book."
"TABLEWARE","Ware, or articles collectively, for table use."
"TABLING","The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores orprojections, as in shipbuilding."
"TABLOID","A compressed portion of one or more drugs or chemicals, or offood, etc."
"TABOO","A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approachto, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict ofreligious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands ofPolynesia; interdiction. [Written also tabu.]"
"TABOR","A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, bothbeing played by the same person. [Written also tabour, and taber.]"
"TABORER","One who plays on the tabor. Shak."
"TABORET","A small tabor. [Written also tabouret.]"
"TABORINE","A small, shallow drum; a tabor."
"TABORITE","One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution inthe fifteenth century; -- so called from Tabor, a hill or fortresswhere they encamped during a part of their struggles."
"TABOUR","See Tabor."
"TABRERE","A taborer. [Obs.] Spenser."
"TABRET","A taboret. Young."
"TABU","See Taboo."
"TABULA","One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certaincorals and hydroids. Tabula rasa ( Etym: [L.], a smoothed tablet;hence, figuratively, the mind in its earliest state, before receivingimpressions from without; -- a term used by Hobbes, Locke, andothers, in maintaining a theory opposed to the doctrine of innateideas."
"TABULAR","Having the form of, or pertaining to, a table (in any of theuses of the word). Specifically: --(a) Having a flat surface; as, a tabular rock.(b) Formed into a succession of flakes; laminated.Nodules . . . that are tabular and plated. Woodward."
"TABULARIZATION","The act of tabularizing, or the state of being tabularized;formation into tables; tabulation."
"TABULARIZE","To tabulate."
"TABULATA","An artificial group of stony corals including those which havetransverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora andFavosites are examples."
"TABULATION","The act of forming into a table or tables; as, the tabulationof statistics."
"TAC","A kind of customary payment by a tenant; -- a word used in oldrecords. Cowell. Burrill."
"TAC-AU-TAC","The parry which is connected with a riposte; also, a series ofquick attacks and parries in which neither fencer gains a point."
"TACAUD","The bib, or whiting pout. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TACE","The cross, or church, of St. Antony. See Illust. (6), underCross, n. Mollett."
"TACET","It is silent; -- a direction for a vocal or instrumental partto be silent during a whole movement."
"TACHE","Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; abutton. [Obs.] Ex. xxvi. 6."
"TACHHYDRITE","A hydrous chloride of calcium and magnesium occurring inyellowish masses which rapidly deliquesce upon exposure. It is foundin the salt mines at Stassfurt."
"TACHINA","Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina andallied genera. Their larv\u00e6 are external parasites of other insects."
"TACHISTOSCOPE","An apparatus for exposing briefly to view a screen bearingletters or figures. It is used in studying the range of attention, orthe power of distinguishing separate objects in a single impression."
"TACHOGRAPH","A recording or registering tachometer; also, its autographicrecord."
"TACHOMETER","An instrument for measuring the velocity, or indicating changesin the velocity, of a moving body or substance. Specifically: --(a) An instrument for measuring the velocity of running water in ariver or canal, consisting of a wheel with inclined vanes, which isturned by the current. The rotations of the wheel are recorded byclockwork.(b) An instrument for showing at any moment the speed of a revolvingshaft, consisting of a delicate revolving conical pendulum which isdriven by the shaft, and the action of which by change of speed movesa pointer which indicates the speed on a graduated dial.(c) (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood;a h\u00e6matachometer."
"TACHOMETRY","Measurement by a tachometer; the science or use of tachometers."
"TACHYDIDAXY","A short or rapid method of instructing. [R.]"
"TACHYGLOSSA","A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eatersof Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna."
"TACHYGRAPH","An example of tachygraphy; esp., an ancient Greek or Romantachygraphic manuscript."
"TACHYGRAPHER","One who writes shorthand; a stenographer; esp., an ancientGreek or Roman notary."
"TACHYGRAPHY","The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing;stenography. I. Taylor (The Alphabet)."
"TACHYLYTE","A vitreous form of basalt; -- so called because decompposableby acids and readily fusible."
"TACHYMETRY","The science or use of the tachymeter. -- Ta`chy*met'ric (#), a."
"TACHYSCOPE","An early form of antimated-picture machine, devised in 1889 byOtto Ansch\u00fctz of Berlin, in which the chronophotographs were mountedupon the periphery of a rotating wheel."
"TACIT","Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent;as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing anobjection.-- Tac'it*ly, adv.The tacit and secret theft of abusing our brother in civil contracts.Jer. Taylor."
"TACITURN","Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk orspeak.-- Tac'i*turn*ly, adv."
"TACITURNITY","Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in thecompany of strangers. V. Knox.The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense.Macaulay."
"TACK","A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack. [Obs. or Colloq.]Drayton."
"TACKER","One who tacks."
"TACKET","A small, broad-headed nail. [Scot.] Jamieson."
"TACKEY","See Tacky."
"TACKING","A union of securities given at different times, all of whichmust be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose hisclaim. Bouvier."
"TACKLE","The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase wheremore than one block is used. Fall and tackle. See the Note underPulley.-- Fishing tackle. See under Fishing, a.-- Ground tackle (Naut.), anchors, cables, etc.-- Gun tackle, the apparatus or appliances for hauling cannon in orout.-- Tackle fall, the rope, or rather the end of the rope, of atackle, to which the power is applied.-- Tack tackle (Naut.), a small tackle to pull down the tacks of theprincipal sails.-- Tackle board, Tackle post (Ropemaking), a board, frame, or post,at the end of a ropewalk, for supporting the spindels, or whirls, fortwisting the yarns."
"TACKLED","Made of ropes tacked together.My man shall be with thee, And bring thee cords made like a tackledstair. Shak."
"TACKSMAN","One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, orlessee. Sir W. Scott.The tacksmen, who formed what may be called the 'peerage' of thelittle community, must be the captains. Macaulay."
"TACKY","Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., whennot well dried. [U. S.]"
"TACONIC","Designating, or pertaining to, the series of rocks forming theTaconic mountains in Western New England. They were once supposed tobe older than the Cambrian, but later proved to belong to the LowerSilurian and Cambrian."
"TACT","The stroke in beating time."
"TACTABLE","Capable of being touched; tangible. [R.] 'They [women] beingcreated to be both tractable and tactable.' Massinger."
"TACTFUL","Full of tact; characterized by a discerning sense of what isright, proper, or judicious."
"TACTIC","See Tactics."
"TACTICIAN","One versed in tactics; hence, a skillful maneuverer; an adroitmanager."
"TACTILE","Of or pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch;perceiving, or perceptible, by the touch; capable of being touched;as, tactile corpuscles; tactile sensations. 'Tactile sweets.'Beaumont. 'Tactile qualities.' Sir M. Hale. Tactile sense (Physiol.),the sense of touch, or pressure sense. See Touch.The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of theskin; it is geatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm.H. N. Martin."
"TACTILITY","The quality or state of being tactile; perceptibility by touch;tangibleness."
"TACTION","The act of touching; touch; contact; tangency. 'Externaltaction.' Chesterfield."
"TACTLESS","Destitute of tact."
"TACTUAL","Of or pertaining to the sense, or the organs, of touch; derivedfrom touch.In the lowest organisms we have a kind of tactual sense diffused overthe entire body. Tyndall."
"TADPOLE","The young aquatic larva of any amphibian. In this stage itbreathes by means of external or internal gills, is at firstdestitute of legs, and has a finlike tail. Called also polliwig,polliwog, porwiggle, or purwiggy."
"TAEDIUM","See Tedium."
"TAEL","A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillingssterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of oneounce and a third. [Written also tale.]"
"TAENIA","A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapewormsof man. See Tapeworm."
"TAENIADA","Same as T\u00e6nioidea."
"TAENIATA","A division of Ctenophora including those which have a long,ribbonlike body. The Venus's girdle is the most familiar example."
"TAENIDIUM","The chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the trache\u00e6 ofinsects. See Illust. of Trachea."
"TAENIOGLOSSA","An extensive division of gastropod mollusks in which theodontophore is long and narrow, and usually bears seven rows ofteeth. It includes a large number of families both marine and fresh-water."
"TAENIOGLOSSATE","Of or pertaining to the T\u00e6nioglossa."
"TAENIOID","Like or pertaining to T\u00e6nia."
"TAENIOIDEA","The division of cestode worms which comprises the tapeworms.See Tapeworm."
"TAENIOLA","One of the radial partitions which separate the internalcavities of certain medus\u00e6."
"TAENIOSOMI","An order of fishes remarkable for their long and compressedform. The ribbon fishes are examples. See Ribbon fish, under Ribbon."
"TAFFERER","See Taffrail."
"TAFFRAIL","The upper part of a ship's stern, which is flat like a table onthe top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around aship's stern. [Written also tafferel.]"
"TAFIA","A variety of rum. [West Indies]"
"TAG","A sale of usually used items (such as furniture, clothing,household items or bric-a-brac), conducted by one or a small group ofindividuals, at a location which is not a normal retailestablishment."
"TAG DAY","A day on which contributions to some public or private charityor fund are solicited promiscuously on the street, and tags given tocontributors to wear as an evidence of their having contributed. Suchsolicitation is now subject to legal restriction in various places."
"TAG-RAG","The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, andbobtail, under Bobtail.If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, I am no trueman. Shak."
"TAGBELT","Same as Tagsore. [Obs.]"
"TAGGER","Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge. Knight."
"TAGLET","A little tag."
"TAGLIA","A peculiar combination of pulleys. Brande & C."
"TAGLIACOTAIN","Of or pertaining to Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon; as, theTagliacotian operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by him.[Also Taliacotian, and Tagliacozzian.]"
"TAGLIONI","A kind of outer coat, or overcoat; -- said to be so named aftera celebrated Italian family of professional dancers.He ought certainly to exchange his taglioni, or comfortablegreatcoat, for a cuirass of steel. Sir W. Scott."
"TAGLOCK","An entangled lock, as of hair or wool. Nares."
"TAGNICATE","The white-lipped peccary."
"TAGSORE","Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriationproduced by contact with the feces; -- called also tagbelt. [Obs.]"
"TAGUAN","A large flying squirrel (Pteromys petuarista). Its body becomestwo feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long."
"TAGUICATI","The white-lipped peccary."
"TAHA","The African rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor)."
"TAHALEB","A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa."
"TAHITIAN","Of or pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean.-- n."
"TAHR","Same as Thar."
"TAI","Designating, or pertaining to, the chief linguistic stock ofIndo-China, including the peoples of Siamese and Shan speech."
"TAIL","Limitation; abridgment. Burrill. Estate in tail, a limited,abridged, or reduced fee; an estate limited to certain heirs, andfrom which the other heirs are precluded; -- called also estate tail.Blackstone."
"TAIL-BAY","One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the otheron a girder; also, the space between a wall and the nearest girder ofa floor. Cf. Case-bay."
"TAIL-WATER","Water in a tailrace."
"TAILAGE","See Tallage."
"TAILBLOCK","A block with a tail. See Tail, 9."
"TAILBOARD","The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can beremoved or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading."
"TAILED","Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; --chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc.Snouted and tailed like a boar. Grew."
"TAILING","The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.Gwilt."
"TAILLE","Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon hissubjects.The taille, as it still subsists in France, may serve as an exampleof those ancient tallages. It was a tax upon the profits of thefarmer, which they estimate by the stock that he has upon the farm.A. Smith."
"TAILLESS","Having no tail. H. Spencer."
"TAILLIE","Same as Tailzie."
"TAILOR","The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.] Salt-water tailor (Zo\u00f6l.), thebluefish. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.-- Tailor bird (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of numerous species of small Asiaticand East Indian singing birds belonging to Orthotomus, Prinia, andallied genera. They are noted for the skill with which they sewleaves together to form nests. The common Indian species are O.longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail covertsyellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headedtailor bird (O. coronatus), which has the top of the head goldenyellow and the back and wings pale olive-green."
"TAILOR-MADE","Made by a tailor or according to a tailor's fashion; -- saidspecif. of women's garments made with certain closeness of fit,simplicity of ornament, etc."
"TAILORESS","A female tailor."
"TAILORING","The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress."
"TAILPIECE","One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing.See Illust. of Header."
"TAILPIN","The center in the spindle of a turning lathe."
"TAILRACE","The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, areconducted away."
"TAILSTOCK","The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries thedead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the livespindle."
"TAILZIE","An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession iscut off, and an arbitrary one substituted. [Written also tailzee.]"
"TAIN","Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors. Knight."
"TAINT","To thrust ineffectually with a lance. [Obs.]"
"TAINTLESS","Free from taint or infection; pure."
"TAINTLESSLY","In a taintless manner."
"TAINTURE","Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot. [R.] Shak."
"TAINTWORM","A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva."
"TAIRA","Same as Tayra."
"TAIRN","See Tarn. Coleridge."
"TAIT","A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (Tarsipesrostratus) about the size of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a longtongue, and very few teeth, and feeds upon honey and insects. Calledalso noolbenger."
"TAJ MAHAL","A marble mausoleum built at Agra, India, by the Mogul EmperorShah Jahan, in memory of his favorite wife. In beauty of design andrich decorative detail it is one of the best examples of Saracenicarchitecture."
"TAKE","Taken. Chaucer."
"TAKE-IN","Imposition; fraud. [Colloq.]"
"TAKE-OFF","An imitation, especially in the way of caricature."
"TAKE-UP","That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in asewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises,in completing a stitch."
"TAKEN","p. p. of Take."
"TAKER","One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehended."
"TAKING-OFF","Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t.The deep damnation of his taking-off. Shak."
"TALAPOIN","A small African monkey (Cercopithecus, or Miopithecus,talapoin) -- called also melarhine."
"TALARIA","Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to theankles, -- chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury."
"TALBOT","A sort of dog, noted for quick scent and eager pursuit of game.[Obs.] Wase (1654)."
"TALBOTYPE","Same as Calotype."
"TALC","A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, orgrayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydroussilicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granularvariety. Indurated talc, an impure, slaty talc, with a nearly compacttexture, and greater hardness than common talc; -- called also talcslate."
"TALCUM","Same as Talc."
"TALE","See Tael."
"TALEBEARER","One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently ormaliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makesmischief.Spies and talebearers, encouraged by her father, did their best toinflame her resentment. Macaulay."
"TALEBEARING","Telling tales officiously."
"TALED","A kind of quadrangular piece of cloth put on by the Jews whenrepeating prayers in the synagogues. Crabb."
"TALEFUL","Full of stories. [R.] Thomson."
"TALEGALLA","A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey.See Brush turkey."
"TALENTED","Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentallygifted. Abp. Abbot (1663)."
"TALES","Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about thecourthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurorsregularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter. Blount.Blackstone. (b) syntactically sing."
"TALESMAN","A person called to make up a deficiency in the number of jurorswhen a tales is awarded. Wharton."
"TALETELLER","One who tells tales or stories, especially in a mischievous orofficious manner; a talebearer; a telltale; a tattler."
"TALEWISE","In a way of a tale or story."
"TALIACOTIAN","See Tagliacotian."
"TALIATION","Retaliation. [Obs.]Just heav'n this taliation did decree. Beaumont."
"TALION","Retaliation. [R.] Holinshed."
"TALIPES","The deformity called clubfoot. See Clubfoot."
"TALIPOT","A beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), anative of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty orseventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaveswhich are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions,and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper."
"TALISMAN","Of or pertaining to a talisman; having the properties of atalisman, or preservative against evils by occult influence; magical."
"TALKATIVE","Given to much talking."
"TALL","A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferiortenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also tailage,taillage.]"
"TALLAGE","To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage."
"TALLIER","One who keeps tally."
"TALLIS","Same as Tallith."
"TALLNESS","The quality or state of being tall; height of stature."
"TALLOW-FACE","One who has a sickly, pale complexion. Shak."
"TALLOW-FACED","Having a sickly complexion; pale. Burton."
"TALLOWER","An animal which produces tallow."
"TALLOWING","The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also,the property in animals of producing tallow."
"TALLOWISH","Having the qualities of tallow."
"TALLOWY","Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy."
"TALLWOOD","Firewood cut into billets of a certain length. [Obs.] [Eng.]"
"TALLY","To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.W. C. Russell. Tally on (Naut.), to dovetail together."
"TALMUD","The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised inthe Pentateuch."
"TALMUDISM","The teachings of the Talmud, or adherence to them."
"TALMUDIST","One versed in the Talmud; one who adheres to the teachings ofthe Talmud."
"TALMUDISTIC","Resembling the Talmud; Talmudic."
"TALON","One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the faceof an elephant's tooth."
"TALPA","A genus of small insectivores including the common Europeanmole."
"TALUS","The astragalus."
"TAMABILITY","The quality or state of being tamable; tamableness."
"TAMABLE","Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness orsavage ferociousness.-- Tam'a*ble*ness, n."
"TAMALE","A Mexican dish made of crushed maize mixed with minced meat,seasoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, and steamed."
"TAMANDU","A small ant-eater (Tamandua tetradactyla) native of thetropical parts of South America."
"TAMANOIR","The ant-bear."
"TAMARIC","A shrub or tree supposed to be the tamarisk, or perhaps somekind of heath. [Obs.]He shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see whengood shall come. Jer. xvii. 6 (Douay version)."
"TAMARIN","Any one of several species of small squirrel-like SouthAmerican monkeys of the genus Midas, especially M. ursulus."
"TAMARISK","Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of whichare European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, andsmall flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (T. mannifera) is thesource of one kind of manna. Tamarisk salt tree, an East Indian tree(Tamarix orientalis) which produces an incrustation of salt."
"TAMBAC","See Tombac. [Obs.]"
"TAMBOUR","A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine."
"TAMBOURIN","An old Proven\u00e7al dance of a lively character, common on thestage."
"TAMBOURINE","A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin,played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel."
"TAMBREET","The duck mole."
"TAMBURIN","See Tambourine. Spenser."
"TAME","To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; todistribute; to deal out. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country, and keeps thepoor from starving. Then he tameth his stacks of corn, which not hiscovetousness, but providence, hath reserved for time of need. Fuller."
"TAMEABLE","Tamable. Bp. Wilkins."
"TAMELESS","Incapable of being tamed; wild; untamed; untamable. Bp. Hall.-- Tame'less*ness, n."
"TAMELY","In a tame manner."
"TAMENESS","The quality or state of being tame."
"TAMER","One who tames or subdues."
"TAMIAS","A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk."
"TAMIL","Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language. [Writtenalso Tamul.]"
"TAMILIAN","Tamil."
"TAMKIN","A tampion. Johnson (Dict.)."
"TAMPAN","A venomous South African tick. Livingstone."
"TAMPEON","See Tampion. Farrow."
"TAMPERER","One who tampers; one who deals unfairly."
"TAMPION","A plug for upper end of an organ pipe."
"TAMPOE","The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) ofthe Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple."
"TAMPON","A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of thebody in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application ofmedicine."
"TAMPOON","The stopper of a barrel; a bung."
"TAMUL","Tamil."
"TAMWORTH","One of a long-established English breed of large pigs. They arered, often spotted with black, with a long snout and erect orforwardly pointed ears, and are valued as bacon producers."
"TAN","See Picul."
"TANA","Same as Banxring."
"TANAGER","Any one of numerous species of bright-colored singing birdsbelonging to Tanagra, Piranga, and allied genera. The scarlet tanager(Piranga erythromelas) and the summer redbird (Piranga rubra) arecommon species of the United States."
"TANAGRINE","Of or pertaining to the tanagers."
"TANAGROID","Tanagrine."
"TANATE","An Asiatic wild dog (Canis procyonoides), native of Japan andadjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also raccoondog."
"TANDEM","One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed anddriven one before another, instead of abreast."
"TANDEM CART","A kind of two-wheeled vehicle with seats back to back, thefront one somewhat elevated."
"TANDEM ENGINE","A steam engine having two or more steam cylinders in line, witha common piston rod."
"TANDEM SYSTEM","= Cascade system."
"TANG","A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus). Dr. Prior. Tangsparrow (Zo\u00f6l.), the rock pipit. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TANGALUNG","An East Indian civet (Viverra tangalunga)."
"TANGELO","A hybrid between the tangerine orange and the grapefruit, orpomelo; also, the fruit."
"TANGENCE","Tangency. [R.]"
"TANGENCY","The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching."
"TANGENT","A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion ofthe straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point oftangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, theaxis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. SeeTrigonometrical function, under Function. Artificial, or Logarithmic,tangent, the logarithm of the natural tangent of an arc.-- Natural tangent, a decimal expressing the length of the tangentof an arc, the radius being reckoned unity.-- Tangent galvanometer (Elec.), a form of galvanometer having acircular coil and a short needle, in which the tangent of the angleof deflection of the needle is proportional to the strength of thecurrent.-- Tangent of an angle, the natural tangent of the arc subtending ormeasuring the angle.-- Tangent of an arc, a right line, as ta, touching the arc of acircle at one extremity a, and terminated by a line ct, passing fromthe center through the other extremity o."
"TANGENT SPOKE","A tension spoke of a bicycle or similar wheel, securedtangentially to the hub."
"TANGENTAL","Tangential."
"TANGENTIAL","Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.Tangential force (Mech.), a force which acts on a moving body in thedirection of a tangent to the path of the body, its effect being toincrease or diminish the velocity; -- distinguished from a normalforce, which acts at right angles to the tangent and changes thedirection of the motion without changing the velocity.-- Tangential stress. (Engin.) See Shear, n., 3."
"TANGENTIALLY","In the direction of a tangent."
"TANGERINE","A kind of orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper colorand higher flavor. It is said to have been produced in America fromthe mandarin. [Written also tangierine.]"
"TANGFISH","The common harbor seal. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TANGHINIA","The ordeal tree. See under Ordeal."
"TANGIBILITY","The quality or state of being tangible."
"TANGLE","To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle."
"TANGLEFISH","The sea adder, or great pipefish of Europe."
"TANGLINGLY","In a tangling manner."
"TANGRAM","A Chinese toy made by cutting a square of thin wood, or othersuitable material, into seven pieces, as shown in the cut, thesepieces being capable of combination in various ways, so as to form agreat number of different figures. It is now often used in primaryschools as a means of instruction."
"TANGUE","The tenrec."
"TANGUN","A piebald variety of the horse, native of Thibet."
"TANGWHAUP","The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TANIER","An aroid plant (Caladium sagitt\u00e6folium), the leaves of whichare boiled and eaten in the West Indies. [Written also tannier.]"
"TANIST","In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of acastle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry.This family [the O'Hanlons] were tanists of a large territory withinthe present county of Armagh. M. A. Lower."
"TANISTRY","In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietorhad only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election."
"TANITE","A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, usedfor making grinding wheels, slabs, etc."
"TANK","A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight;also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls. Simmonds."
"TANKA","A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and isoften rowed by women. Called also tankia. S. W. Williams."
"TANKARD","A large drinking vessel, especially one with a cover.Marius was the first who drank out of a silver tankard, after themanner of Bacchus. Arbuthnot."
"TANKIA","See Tanka."
"TANKLING","A tinkling. [Obs.]"
"TANLING","One tanned by the sun. [R.]Hot summer's tanlings and The shrinking slaves of winter. Shak."
"TANNABLE","That may be tanned."
"TANNAGE","A tanning; the act, operation, or result of tanning. [R.]They should have got his cheek fresh tannage. R. Browning."
"TANNATE","A salt of tannic acid."
"TANNER","One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them intoleather by the use of tan."
"TANNIC","Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as,tannic acid. Tannic acid. (Chem.) (a) An acid obtained from nutgallsas a yellow amorphous substance, C14H10O9, having an astringenttaste, and forming with ferric salts a bluish-black compound, whichis the basis of common ink. Called also tannin, and gallotannic acid.(b) By extension, any one of a series of astringent substancesresembling tannin proper, widely diffused through the vegetablekingdom, as in oak bark, willow, catechu, tea, coffee, etc."
"TANNIER","See Tanier."
"TANNIGEN","A compound obtained as a yellowish gray powder by the action ofacetyl chloride or acetic anhydride or ordinary tannic acid. It isused as an intestinal astringent, and locally in rhinitis andpharyngitis."
"TANNIN","Same as Tannic acid, under Tannic."
"TANNING","The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan,v. t., 1."
"TANREC","Same as Tenrec."
"TANSY","Any plant of the composite genus Tanacetum. The common tansy(T. vulgare) has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and avery bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes."
"TANT","A small scarlet arachnid."
"TANTALATE","A salt of tantalic acid."
"TANTALIC","Of or pertaining to tantalum; derived from, or containing,tantalum; specifically, designating any one of a series of acidsanalogous to nitric acid and the polyacid compounds of phosphorus."
"TANTALISM","A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting bythe hope or near approach of good which is not attainable;tantalization. Addison.Is not such a provision like tantalism to this people Josiah Quincy."
"TANTALITE","A heavy mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic luster.It is essentially a tantalate of iron."
"TANTALIZATION","The act of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized. Gayton."
"TANTALIZE","To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view andexciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations bykeeping that good out of reach; to tease; to torment.Thy vain desires, at strife Within themselves, have tantalized thylife. Dryden."
"TANTALIZER","One who tantalizes."
"TANTALIZINGLY","In a tantalizing or teasing manner."
"TANTALUM","A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, astantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powderwhich becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight182.0. Formerly called also tantalium."
"TANTALUS","A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises. Tantalus'scup (Physics), a philosophical toy, consisting of a cup, within whichis the figure of a man, and within the figure a siphon, the longerarm of which passes down through the bottom of the cup, and allowsthe escape of any liquid that may be poured in, when it reaches ashigh as the bend of the siphon, which is just below the level of themouth of the figure in the cup."
"TANTAMOUNT","Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.A usage nearly tantamount to constitutional right. Hallam.The certainty that delay, under these circumstances, was tantamountto ruin. De Quincey."
"TANTIVY","Swiftly; speedily; rapidly; -- a fox-hunting term; as, to ridetantivy."
"TANTRA","A ceremonial treatise related to Puranic and magic literature;esp., one of the sacred works of the worshipers of Sakti. -- Tan'tric(-trik), a."
"TANTRISM","The system of doctrines and  rites taught in the tantras. --Tan'trist (#), n."
"TANTRUM","A whim, or burst of ill-humor; an affected air. [Colloq.]Thackeray."
"TANYARD","An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; atannery."
"TANYSTOMATA","A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is largeand contains lancelike mandibles and maxill\u00e6. The horseflies androbber flies are examples."
"TAOISM","One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state.-- Ta'o*ist, a. & n."
"TAOTAI","In China, an official at the head of the civil and militaryaffairs of a circuit, which consists of two or more fu, orterritorial departments; --called also, by foreigners, intendant ofcircuit. Foreign consuls and commissioners associated with taotais assuperintendants of trade at the treaty ports are ranked with thetaotai."
"TAP","A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights insoldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about aquarter of an hour after tattoo. Wilhelm."
"TAPA","A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner barkof the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also kapa."
"TAPAYAXIN","A Mexican spinous lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) having a headsomewhat like that of a toad; -- called also horned toad."
"TAPELINE","A painted tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches, feet,etc., and often inclosed in a case, -- used for measuring."
"TAPER","Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward oneend; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers."
"TAPERED","Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir. [R.] T.Warton."
"TAPERING","Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.-- Ta'per*ing*ly, adv."
"TAPERNESS","The quality or state of being taper; tapering form; taper.Shenstone."
"TAPESTRY","A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen orother thread by hand, the designs being usually more or lesspictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. Theterm is also applied to different kinds of embroidery. Tapestrycarpet, a kind of carpet, somewhat resembling Brussels, in which thewarp is printed before weaving, so as to produce the figure in thecloth.-- Tapestry moth. (Zo\u00f6l.) Same as Carpet moth, under Carpet."
"TAPESTRY BEETLE","A small black dermestoid beetle (Attagenus piceus) whose larvafeeds on tapestry, carpets, silk, fur, flour, and various othergoods."
"TAPET","Worked or figured stuff; tapestry. [R.] Spenser."
"TAPETI","A small South American hare (Lepus Braziliensis)."
"TAPETUM","An area in the pigmented layer of the choroid coat of the eyein many animals, which has an iridescent or metallic luster and helpsto make the eye visible in the dark. Sometimes applied to the wholelayer of pigmented epithelium of the choroid."
"TAPEWORM","Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T\u00e6niaand many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed ofnumerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward theend of the body being much larger and longer than the anterior ones,and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small,destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (whichvary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, withhooks for adhesion to the walls of the intestines of the animals inwhich they are parasitic. The larv\u00e6 (see Cysticercus) live in theflesh of various creatures, and when swallowed by another animal ofthe right species develop into the mature tapeworm in its intestine.See Illustration in Appendix."
"TAPHOUSE","A house where liquors are retailed."
"TAPHRENCHYMA","Same as Bothrenchyma."
"TAPINAGE","A lurking or skulking. [Obs.] Gower."
"TAPIOCA","A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thuspartly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of thecassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups.See Cassava."
"TAPIR","Any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulatesbelonging to Tapirus, Elasmognathus, and allied genera. They have along prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and stout legs, a short,thick tail, and short, close hair. They have three toes on the hindfeet, and four toes on the fore feet, but the outermost toe is oflittle use."
"TAPIROID","Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir family."
"TAPIS","Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table. On, or Upon,the tapis, on the table, or under consideration; as, to lay a motionin Parliament on the tapis."
"TAPISER","A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer. [R.] Chaucer."
"TAPISH","To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; tocrouch; hence, to hide one's self. [Written also tappis, tappish,tappice.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]As a hound that, having roused a hart, Although he tappish ne'er sosoft. Chapman."
"TAPLASH","Bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor. [Obs. orProv. Eng.]The taplash of strong ale and wine. Taylor (1630)."
"TAPLINGS","The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flailare united. Halliwell."
"TAPOA TAFA","A small carnivorous marsupial (Phascogale penicillata) havinglong, soft fur, and a very long tail with a tuft of long hairs at theend; -- called also brush-tailed phascogale."
"TAPPEN","An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine ofbears and other animals during hibernation."
"TAPPER","The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- calledalso tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, woodtapper, hickwall, and pump borer. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TAPPESTER","A female tapster. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TAPPET","A lever or projection moved by some other piece, as a cam, orintended to tap or touch something else, with a view to producechange or regulate motion. G. Francis. Tappet motion, a valve motionworked by tappets from a reciprocating part, without an eccentric orcam, -- used in steam pumps, etc."
"TAPPET ROD","A rod carrying a tappet or tappets, as one for closing thevalves in a Cornish pumping engine."
"TAPPOON","A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam upthe water so as to overflow a field. [U. S.]"
"TAPROOM","A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.The ambassador was put one night into a miserable taproom, full ofsoldiers smoking. Macaulay."
"TAPROOT","The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directlydownward to a considerable depth without dividing."
"TAPSTER","One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor."
"TAQUA-NUT","A Central American name for the ivory nut."
"TAR","A sailor; a seaman. [Colloq.] Swift."
"TARANIS","A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, butconfounded by the Romans with Jupiter."
"TARANTASS","A low four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The carriage boxrests on two long, springy poles which run from the fore to the hindaxletree. When snow falls, the wheels are taken off, and the body ismounted on a sledge."
"TARANTISM","A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and anuncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by thebite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure exceptby protraced dancing to appropriate music. [Written also tarentism.]"
"TARANTULA","Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposedto be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantulaapuli\u00e6). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are largespecies of Mygale. [Written also tarentula.] Tarantula killer, a verylarge wasp (Pompilus formosus), which captures the Texan tarantula(Mygale Hentzii) and places it in its nest as food for its young,after paralyzing it by a sting."
"TARANTULATED","Bitten by a tarantula; affected with tarantism."
"TARBOGAN","See Toboggan."
"TARBOOSH","A red cap worn by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimesalone and sometimes swathed with linen or other stuff to make aturban. See Fez."
"TARDATION","The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation. [Obs.]"
"TARDIGRADA","A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted forthe slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3."
"TARDIGRADE","Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada."
"TARDIGRADOUS","Moving slowly; slow-paced. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"TARDILY","In a tardy manner; slowly."
"TARDINESS","The quality or state of being tardy."
"TARDITATION","Tardiness. [Obs.]To instruct them to avoid all snares of tarditation, in the Lord'saffairs. Herrick."
"TARDITY","Slowness; tardiness. [R.] Sir K. Digby."
"TARDO","Slow; -- a direction to perform a passage slowly."
"TARDY","To make tardy. [Obs.] Shak."
"TARE","Tore."
"TARED","Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as,tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates."
"TARENTE","A harmless lizard of the Gecko family (PlatydactylusMauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries,especially among old walls and ruins."
"TARENTISM","See Tarantism."
"TARENTULA","See Tarantula."
"TARGE","A shield or target. [Obs. or Poetic] 'A buckler on a targe.'Chaucer."
"TARGET","The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff."
"TARGETED","Furnished, armed, or protected, with a target."
"TARGETEER","One who is armed with a target or shield. [Written alsotargetier.]"
"TARGUM","A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the OldTestament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect."
"TARGUMIST","The writer of a Targum; one versed in the Targums."
"TARIFF","To make a list of duties on, as goods."
"TARIN","The siskin. [Prov.]"
"TARING","The common tern; -- called also tarret, and tarrock. [Prov.Eng.]"
"TARLATAN","A kind of thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses."
"TARN","A mountain lake or pool.A lofty precipice in front, A silent tarn below. Wordsworth."
"TARNISH","To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by analternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish,dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; totarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color. 'Tarnished lace.'Fuller. Used also figuratively; as, to tarnish one's honor."
"TARNISHER","One who, or that which, tarnishes."
"TARO","A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var.esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. Theyhave large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy rootstocks, whichare cooked and used for food in tropical countries."
"TAROT","A game of cards; -- called also taroc. Hoyle."
"TARPAN","A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian Sea."
"TARPEIAN","Pertaining to or designating a rock or peak of the Capitolinehill, Rome, from which condemned criminals were hurled."
"TARPON","Same as Tarpum."
"TARPUM","A very large marine fish (Megapolis Atlanticus) of the SouthernUnited States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feetin length, and has large silvery scales. The scales are a staplearticle of trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also tarpon,sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, and jewfish."
"TARQUINISH","Like a Tarquin, a king of ancient Rome; proud; haughty;overbearing."
"TARRACE","See Trass. [Obs.]"
"TARRAGON","A plant of the genus Artemisa (A. dracunculus), much used inFrance for flavoring vinegar."
"TARRAS","See Trass. [Obs.]"
"TARRE","To set on, as a dog; to incite. [Obs.] Shak."
"TARRIANCE","The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness. [Archaic] Shak.And after two days' tarriance there, returned. Tennyson."
"TARRIER","One who, or that which, tarries."
"TARRY","Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar."
"TARSAL","Of or pertaining to the tarsus (either of the foot or eye).-- n."
"TARSALE","One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus; esp., one of theseries articulating with the metatarsals."
"TARSE","The male falcon."
"TARSECTOMY","The operation of excising one or more of the bones of thetarsus."
"TARSEL","A male hawk. See Tercel. [Obs.]"
"TARSI","pl. of Tarsus."
"TARSIER","See Tarsius."
"TARSIUS","A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyesand ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- calledalso malmag, spectral lemur, podji, and tarsier."
"TARSO-","A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,or relation to, the tarsus; as, tarsometatarsus."
"TARSOMETATARSUS","The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formedby the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus."
"TARSORRHAPHY","An operation to diminish the size of the opening betweeneyelids when enlarged by surrounding cicatrices."
"TARSOTOMY","The operation of cutting or removing the tarsal cartilages."
"TARSUS","The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists ofform two to five joints."
"TART","A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containingjelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie."
"TARTAN","Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands ofvarious colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, anypattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern.MacCullummore's heart will be as cold as death can make it, when itdoes not warm to the tartan. Sir W. Scott.The sight of the tartan inflamed the populace of London with hatred.Macaulay."
"TARTAR","A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consistingessentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure creamof tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and,in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also argol, winestone, etc."
"TARTARATED","Tartrated."
"TARTAREOUS","Having the surface rough and crumbling; as, many lichens aretartareous."
"TARTARIAN","The name of some kinds of cherries, as the Black Tartarian, orthe White Tartarian."
"TARTARIC","Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling,tartar. Tartaric acid. (a) An acid widely diffused throughout thevegetable kingdom, as in grapes, mountain-ash berries, etc., andobtained from tartar as a white crystalline substance,C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2, having a strong pure acid taste. It is used inmedicine, in dyeing, calico printing, photography, etc., and also asa substitute for lemon juice. Called also dextro-tartaric acid. (b)By extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids (racemic acid,levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid) of which tartaric acidproper is the type."
"TARTARINE","Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar.[Obs.]"
"TARTARIZE","To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar. [R.]Tartarized antimony (Med. Chem.), tartar emetic."
"TARTAROUS","Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of itsqualities; tartareous."
"TARTARUM","See 1st Tartar."
"TARTARUS","The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as farbelow Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as theplace of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the laterpoets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or theLower World in general."
"TARTARY","Tartarus. [Obs.] Spenser."
"TARTISH","Somewhat tart."
"TARTLET","A small tart. V. Knox."
"TARTLY","In a tart manner; with acidity."
"TARTNESS","The quality or state of being tart."
"TARTRALIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a whiteamorphous deliquescent substance, C8H10O11; -- called alsoditartaric, tartrilic, or tartrylic acid."
"TARTRAMATE","A salt of tartramic acid."
"TARTRAMIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primaryacid amide derivative of tartaric acid."
"TARTRAMIDE","An acid amide derivative of tartaric acid, obtained as a whitecrystalline substance."
"TARTRATE","A salt of tartaric acid."
"TARTRATED","Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaricacid."
"TARTRAZINE","An artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder, andregarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and sulphonicacids."
"TARTRELIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, C4H4O5, oftartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline deliquescentsubstance."
"TARTRO-","A combining form (also used adjectively) used in chemistry todenote the presence of tartar or of some of its compounds orderivatives."
"TARTRONATE","A salt of tartronic acid."
"TARTRONIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called alsohydroxy malonic acid) obtained, by reducing mesoxalic acid, as awhite crystalline substance."
"TARTRONYL","A hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic residueof tartronic acid and certain of its derivatives."
"TARTROVINIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain acid composed oftartaric acid in combination with ethyl, and now called ethyltartaricacid."
"TARWEED","A name given to several resinous-glandular composite plants ofCalifornia, esp. to the species of Grindelia, Hemizonia, and Madia."
"TAS","A heap. [Obs.] 'The tas of bodies slain.' Chaucer."
"TASCO","A kind of clay for making melting pots. Percy Smith."
"TASIMER","An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extension ormovements of solid bodies. It consists essentially of a small rod,disk, or button of carbon, forming part of an electrical circuit, theresistance of which, being varied by the changes of pressure producedby the movements of the object to be measured, causes variations inthe strength of the current, which variations are indicated by asensitive galvanometer. It is also used for measuring minute changesof temperature. T. A. Edison."
"TASK WAGE","A wage paid by the day, or some fixed period, on condition thata minimum task be performed. When the workman is paid in proportionfor excess over the minimum, the wage is one for piece-work."
"TASKMASTER","One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; onewhose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer. Ex. i. 11.All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my greatTaskmaster's eye. Milton."
"TASKWORK","Work done as a task; also, work done by the job; piecework."
"TASLET","A piece of armor formerly worn to guard the things; a tasse."
"TASMANIAN","Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land.-- n. A native or inhabitant of Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.), inthe plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania, but isnow extinct. Tasmanain cider tree. (Bot.) See the Note underEucalyptus.-- Tasmanain devil. (Zo\u00f6l.) See under Devil.-- Tasmanain wolf (Zo\u00f6l.), a savage carnivorous marsupial; -- calledalso zebra wolf. See Zebra wolf, under Wolf."
"TASSE","A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to theancient corselet."
"TASSEL","A male hawk. See Tercel."
"TASSET","A defense for the front of the thigh, consisting of one or moreiron plates hanging from the belt on the lower edge of the corselet."
"TASTABLE","Capable of worthy of being tasted; savory; relishing."
"TASTE","The one of the five senses by which certain properties ofbodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contactwith the organs of taste."
"TASTER","One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem ofcertain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, butare destitute of mouths. See Siphonophora."
"TASTILY","In a tasty manner."
"TASTING","The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; thefaculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors."
"TASTO","A key or thing touched to produce a tone. Tasto solo, singletouch; -- in old music, a direction denoting that the notes in thebass over or under which it is written should be performed alone, orwith no other chords than unisons and octaves."
"TAT","Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, orjute. [India]"
"TATAUPA","A South American tinamou (Crypturus tataupa)."
"TATCH","A spot or stain; also, a trick. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot."
"TATH","3d pers. sing. pres. of Ta, to take."
"TATOU","The giant armadillo (Priodontes gigas) of tropical SouthAmerica. It becomes nearly five feet long including the tail. It isnoted for its burrowing powers, feeds largely upon dead animals, andsometimes invades human graves."
"TATOUAY","An armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical partsof South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed ofsmall, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round andtapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feetare very large. Called also tatouary, and broad-banded armadillo."
"TATOUHOU","The peba."
"TATT","To make (anything) by tatting; to work at tatting; as, tattededging."
"TATTA","A bamboo frame or trellis hung at a door or window of a house,over which water is suffered to trickle, in order to moisten and coolthe air as it enters. [India]"
"TATTER","One who makes tatting. Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework)."
"TATTERDEMALION","A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin. L'Estrange."
"TATTING","A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiarstitch. Tatting shuttle, the shuttle on which the thread used intatting is wound."
"TATTLE","Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.[They] told the tattle of the day. Swift."
"TATTLER","Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipersbelonging to the genus Totanus."
"TATTLERY","Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle."
"TATTLING","Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales.-- Tat'tling*ly, adv."
"TATTOO","A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night,giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quartersin garrison, or to their tents in camp. The Devil's tattoo. See underDevil."
"TATTY","A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at adoor or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.[India]"
"TATU","Same as Tatou."
"TATUSIID","Any armadillo of the family Tatusiid\u00e6, of which the peba andmule armadillo are examples. Also used adjectively."
"TAU","The common American toadfish; -- so called from a markingresembling the Greek letter tau (t). Tau cross. See Illust. 6, ofCross."
"TAUGHT","See Taut. Totten."
"TAUNT","Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. Totten."
"TAUNTER","One who taunts."
"TAUNTING","from Taunt, v.Every kind of insolent and taunting reflection. Burke."
"TAUNTINGLY","In a taunting manner."
"TAUNTRESS","A woman who taunts."
"TAUR","The constellation Taurus. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TAURICORNOUS","Having horns like those of a bull. Sir T. Browne."
"TAURID","Any of a group of meteors appearing November 20-23; -- socalled because they appear to radiate from a point in Taurus."
"TAURIDOR","A bull Sir W. Scott."
"TAURIFORM","Having the form of a bull."
"TAURINE","Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle."
"TAUROCHOLATE","A salt of taurocholic acid; as, sodium taurocholate, whichoccurs in human bile."
"TAUROCHOLIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a conjugate acid (calledtaurocholic acid) composed of taurine and cholic acid, presentabundantly in human bile and in that of carnivora. It is exceedinglydeliquescent, and hence appears generally as a thick, gummy mass,easily soluble in water and alcohol. It has a bitter taste."
"TAUROMACHIAN","Of or pertaining to bullfights.-- n."
"TAUROMACHY","Bullfighting."
"TAURUS","A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle."
"TAURYLIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found of a urine of neatcattle, and probably identical with cresol."
"TAUT","Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that istightly strained."
"TAUTAUG","Same as Tautog."
"TAUTEGORICAL","Expressing the same thing with different words; -- opposed toallegorical. [R.] Coleridge."
"TAUTOCHRONE","A curved line, such that a heavy body, descending along it bythe action of gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in thesame time, wherever in the curve it may begin to fall; as, aninverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a tautochrone."
"TAUTOCHRONOUS","Occupying the same time; pertaining to, or having theproperties of, a tautochrone."
"TAUTOG","An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) ofthe Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearlyblack, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Calledalso blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll. [Written alsotautaug.]"
"TAUTOLOGIC","Tautological."
"TAUTOLOGICAL","Involving tautology; having the same signification; as,tautological expression.-- Tau`to*log'ic*al*ly, adv. Tautological echo, an echo that repeatsthe same sound or syllable many times."
"TAUTOLOGIST","One who uses tautological words or phrases."
"TAUTOLOGIZE","To repeat the same thing in different words."
"TAUTOLOGOUS","Repeating the same thing in different words; tautological. [R.]Tooke."
"TAUTOLOGY","A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needlessrepetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a representationof anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself, as inthe following lines: --The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in cloudsbrings on the day. Addison."
"TAUTOMERIC","Relating to, or characterized by, tautomerism."
"TAUTOMERISM","The condition, quality, or relation of metameric substances, ortheir respective derivatives, which are more or less interchangeable,according as one form or the other is the more stable. It is aspecial case of metamerism; thus, the lactam and the lactim compoundsexhibit tautomerism."
"TAUTOPHONICAL","Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating thesame sound."
"TAUTOPHONY","Repetition of the same sound."
"TAUTOZONAL","Belonging to the same zone; as, tautozonal planes."
"TAVERN","A public house where travelers and other transient guests areaccomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, inmodern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in smallquantities."
"TAVERNER","One who keeps a tavern. Chaucer. Camden."
"TAVERNING","A feasting at taverns. [Obs.] 'The misrule of our tavernings.'Bp. Hall."
"TAVERNMAN","The keeper of a tavern; also, a tippler. [Obs.]"
"TAW","Tow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TAWDRILY","In a tawdry manner."
"TAWDRINESS","Quality or state of being tawdry.A clumsy person makes his ungracefulness more ungraceful bytawdriness of dress. Richardson."
"TAWDRY","A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair;hence, a necklace in general. [Obs.]Of which the Naiads and the blue Nereids make Them tawdries for theirnecks. Drayton."
"TAWER","One who taws; a dresser of white leather."
"TAWERY","A place where skins are tawed."
"TAWNINESS","The quality or state of being tawny."
"TAWNY","Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or personswho are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion. 'Aleopard's tawny and spotted hide.' Longfellow."
"TAWS","A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by aschoolmaster. [Written also tawes, tawis, and tawse.] [Scot.]Never use the taws when a gloom can do the turn. Ramsay."
"TAX","To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, totax the cost of an action in court."
"TAX CERTIFICATE","The certificate issued to the purchaser of land at a tax salecertifying to the sale and the payment of the consideration thereof,and entitling the purchaser upon certain conditions and at a certaintime thereafter to a deed or instrument of conveyance (called a taxdeed) of the land, to be executed by the proper officer."
"TAXABILITY","The quality or state of being taxable; taxableness."
"TAXABLE","That may be legally charged by a court against the plaintiff ofdefendant in a suit; as, taxable costs.-- Tax'a*ble*ness, n.-- Tax'a*bly, adv."
"TAXASPIDEAN","Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangularand arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds."
"TAXATION","The act of taxing, or assessing a bill of cost."
"TAXEL","The American badger."
"TAXEOPODA","An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations."
"TAXGATHERER","One who collects taxes or revenues.-- Tax'gath`er*ing, n."
"TAXIARCH","An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division ofan army. Milford."
"TAXICORN","One of a family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antenn\u00e6 arelargest at the tip. Also used adjectively."
"TAXIDERMIC","Of or pertaining to the art of preparing and preserving theskins of animals."
"TAXIDERMIST","A person skilled in taxidermy."
"TAXIDERMY","The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins ofanimals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets."
"TAXINE","A poisonous alkaloid of bitter taste extracted from the leavesand seeds of the European yew (Taxus baccata). Called alsotaxia.C35H47NO10"
"TAXIS","Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinalobstruction, for the purpose of reducing it. Dunglison."
"TAXLESS","Free from taxation."
"TAXOLOGY","Same as Taxonomy."
"TAXONOMIC","Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws andprinciples of classification; classificatory."
"TAXONOMIST","One skilled in taxonomy."
"TAXONOMY","That division of the natural sciences which treats of theclassification of animals and plants; the laws or principles ofclassification."
"TAXOR","Same as Taxer, n., 2."
"TAXPAYER","One who is assessed and pays a tax."
"TAYLOR-WHITE PROCESS","A process (invented about 1899 by Frederick W. Taylor andMaunsel B. White) for giving toughness to self-hardening steels. Thesteel is heated almost to fusion, cooled to a temperature of from700\u00ba to 850\u00ba C. in molten lead, further cooled in oil, reheated tobetween 370\u00ba and 670\u00ba C., and cooled in air."
"TAYRA","A South American carnivore (Galera barbara) allied to thegrison. The tail is long and thick. The length, including the tail,is about three feet. [Written also taira.]"
"TAZEL","The teasel. [Obs.]"
"TAZZA","An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl,resting on a pedestal and often having handles."
"TCHAWYTCHA","The quinnat salmon. [Local, U.S.]"
"TCHICK","A slight sound such as that made by pressing the tongue againstthe roof of the mouth and explosively sucking out the air at oneside, as in urging on a horse. -- v. i."
"TE-HEE","A tittering laugh; a titter. ''Te-hee,' quoth she.' Chaucer."
"TEA","To take or drink tea. [Colloq.]"
"TEA-SAUCER","A small saucer in which a teacup is set."
"TEABERRY","The checkerberry."
"TEACH","To give instruction; to follow the business, or to perform theduties, of a preceptor.And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach. Chaucer.The priests thereof teach for hire. Micah iii. 11."
"TEACHABLE","Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receiveinstruction; docile.We ought to bring our minds free, unbiased, and teachable, to learnour religion from the Word of God. I. Watts."
"TEACHABLENESS","Willingness to be taught."
"TEACHE","One of the series of boilers in which the cane juice is treatedin making sugar; especially, the last boiler of the series. Ure."
"TEACHING","The act or business of instructing; also, that which is taught;instruction."
"TEACHLESS","Not teachable. [R.] Shelley."
"TEACUP","A small cup from which to drink tea."
"TEACUPFUL","As much as a teacup can hold; enough to fill a teacup."
"TEAGLE","A hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift. [Prov.Eng.]"
"TEAGUE","An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt. Johnson."
"TEAK","A tree of East Indies (Tectona grandis) which furnishes anextremely strong and durable timber highly valued for shipbuildingand other purposes; also, the timber of the tree. [Written alsoteek.] African teak, a tree (Oldfieldia Africana) of Sierra Leone;also, its very heavy and durable wood; -- called also African oak.-- New Zeland teak, a large tree (Vitex littoralis) of New Zeland;also, its hard, durable timber."
"TEAKETTLE","A kettle in which water is boiled for making tea, coffee, etc."
"TEAL","Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of thegenus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion. The male ishandsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on thewings."
"TEAM","A flock of wild ducks."
"TEAMED","Yoked in, or as in, a team. [Obs.]Let their teamed fishes softly swim. Spenser."
"TEAMING","Contract work. [R.] Knight."
"TEAMSTER","One who drives a team."
"TEAMWORK","Work done by a team, as distinguished from that done bypersonal labor."
"TEAPOT","A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from which itis poured into teacups."
"TEAPOY","An ornamental stand, usually with three legs, having caddiesfor holding tea."
"TEAR","A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in smallamount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and theeyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarilythe secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, butwhen it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows thelids.And yet for thee ne wept she never a tear. Chaucer."
"TEAR-FALLING","Shedding tears; tender. [Poetic] 'Tear-falling pity.' Shak."
"TEAR-THUMB","A name given to several species of plants of the genusPolygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles."
"TEARER","One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raveswith violence."
"TEARFUL","Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearfuleyes.-- Tear'ful*ly, adv.-- Tear'ful*ness, n."
"TEARLESS","Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling.-- Tear'less*ly, adv.-- Tear'less*ness, n."
"TEARPIT","A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer andantelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being openedat pleasure and secretes a waxy substance."
"TEASE","To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles orsimilar instruments."
"TEASEL","A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D.fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly,hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising anap on woolen cloth."
"TEASELER","One who uses teasels for raising a nap on cloth. [Written alsoteaseller, teasler.]"
"TEASELING","The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels.[Written also teaselling, teazling.]"
"TEASER","A jager gull. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TEASLE","See Teasel."
"TEASPOON","A small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc.,and for other purposes."
"TEASPOONFUL","As much as teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon; --usually reckoned at a fluid dram or one quarter of a tablespoonful."
"TEAT","A small protuberance or nozzle resembling the teat of ananimal."
"TEATED","Having protuberances resembling the teat of an animal."
"TEATHE","See Tath. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TEATISH","Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.[Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"TEAZE-HOLE","The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced."
"TEAZEL","See Teasel."
"TEAZER","The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glass works.Tomlinson."
"TEAZLE","See Teasel."
"TEBETH","The tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering toa part of December with a part of January. Esther ii. 16."
"TECHILY","In a techy manner."
"TECHINESS","The quality or state of being techy."
"TECHNIC","Technical."
"TECHNICAL","Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to anyscience, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any art,science, or business; as, the words of an indictment must betechnical. Blackstone."
"TECHNICALLY","In a technical manner; according to the signification of termsas used in any art, business, or profession."
"TECHNICALNESS","The quality or state of being technical; technicality."
"TECHNICALS","Those things which pertain to the practical part of an art,science, or profession; technical terms; technics."
"TECHNICIAN","A technicist; esp., one skilled particularly in the technicaldetails of his work."
"TECHNICIST","One skilled to technics or in one or more of the practicalarts."
"TECHNICOLOGICAL","Technological; technical. [R.] Dr. J. Scott."
"TECHNICOLOGY","Technology. [R.]"
"TECHNICS","The doctrine of arts in general; such branches of learning asrespect the arts."
"TECHNIPHONE","A dumb gymnastic apparatus for training the hands of pianistsand organists, as to a legato touch."
"TECHNIQUE","Same as Technic, n."
"TECHNISM","Technicality."
"TECHNOGRAPHY","Description of the arts and  crafts of tribes and peoples. --Tech`no*graph'ic, Tech`no*graph'ic*al (#), a."
"TECHNOLOGIC","Technological."
"TECHNOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to technology."
"TECHNOLOGIST","One skilled in technology; one who treats of arts, or of theterms of arts."
"TECHNOLOGY","Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of theindustrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, asspinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc."
"TECHY","Peevish; fretful; irritable."
"TECTIBRANCH","One of the Tectibranchiata. Also used adjectively."
"TECTIBRANCHIA","Same as Tectibranchiata."
"TECTIBRANCHIATA","An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gillsare usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a foldof the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicateand often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells areexamples."
"TECTIBRANCHIATE","Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to theTectibranchiata.-- n."
"TECTLY","Covertly; privately; secretly. [Obs.] Holinshed."
"TECTOLOGY","A division of morphology created by Haeckel; the science oforganic individuality constituting the purely structural portion ofmorphology, in which the organism is regarded as composed of organicindividuals of different orders, each organ being considered anindividual. See Promorphology, and Morphon."
"TECTONIC","Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural."
"TECTONICS","The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels,dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to theend for which they are designed, and in conformity with artisticsentiments and ideas."
"TECTORIAL","Of or pertaining to covering; -- applied to a membraneimmediately over the organ of Corti in the internal ear."
"TECTRICES","The wing coverts of a bird. See Covert, and Illust. of Bird."
"TECUM","See Tucum."
"TED","To spread, or turn from the swath, and scatter for drying, asnew-mowed grass; -- chiefly used in the past participle.The smell of grain or tedded grass. Milton.The tedded hay and corn sheaved in one field. Coleridge."
"TEDDER","A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite itsdrying."
"TEDESCO","German; -- used chiefly of art, literature, etc."
"TEDGE","The gate of a mold, through which the melted metal is poured;runner, geat."
"TEDIOSITY","Tediousness. [Obs.]"
"TEDIOUS","Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity,slowness, or the like; wearisome.-- Te'di*ous*ly, adv.-- Te'di*ous*ness, n.I see a man's life is a tedious one. Shak.I would not be tedious to the court. Bunyan."
"TEDIUM","Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness. [Written also t\u00e6dium.]Cowper.To relieve the tedium, he kept plying them with all manner of bams.Prof. Wilson.The tedium of his office reminded him more strongly of the willingscholar, and his thoughts were rambling. Dickens."
"TEE","A short piece of pipe having a lateral outlet, used to connecta line of pipe with a pipe at a right angle with the line; -- socalled because it resembles the letter T in shape."
"TEE IRON","See T iron, under T."
"TEE-TO-TUM","A workingmen's resort conducted under religious influences as acounteractant to the drinking saloon. [Colloq. or Cant]"
"TEEING GROUND","The space from within which the ball must be struck inbeginning the play for each hole."
"TEEK","See Teak. [Obs.]"
"TEEL","Sesame. [Sometimes written til.] Teel oil, sesame oil."
"TEELSEED","The seed of sesame."
"TEEM","To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, withmolten metal."
"TEEMER","One who teems, or brings forth."
"TEEMING","Prolific; productive.Teeming buds and cheerful appear. Dryden."
"TEEMLESS","Not fruitful or prolific; barren; as, a teemless earth.[Poetic] Dryden."
"TEEN","Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain. [Archaic] Chaucer. Spenser.With public toil and private teen Thou sank'st alone. M. Arnold."
"TEENAGE","The longer wood for making or mending fences. [Prov. Eng.]Halliwell."
"TEEND","To kindle; to burn. [Obs.] Herrick."
"TEENFUL","Full of teen; harmful; grievous; grieving; afflicted. [Obs.]Piers Plowman."
"TEENS","The years of one's age having the termination -teen, beginningwith thirteen and ending with nineteen; as, a girl in her teens."
"TEENY","Very small; tiny. [Colloq.]"
"TEEONG","The mino bird."
"TEEST","A tinsmith's stake, or small anvil."
"TEETAN","A pipit. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TEETEE","Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South Americanmonkeys belonging to Callithrix, Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as,the collared teetee (Callithrix torquatus), and the squirrel teetee(Chrysothrix sciurea). Called also pinche, titi, and saimiri. SeeSquirrel monkey, under Squirrel."
"TEETER","To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or thelike, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter. [U. S.][The bobolink] alit upon the flower, and teetered up and down. H. W.Beecher."
"TEETER-TAIL","The spotted sandpiper. See the Note under Sandpiper."
"TEETH","pl. of Tooth."
"TEETHING","The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomenaattending their issue through the gums; dentition."
"TEETOTAL","Entire; total. [Colloq.]"
"TEETOTALER","One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks."
"TEETOTALISM","The principle or practice of entire abstinence, esp. fromintoxicating drinks."
"TEETOTALLY","Entirely; totally. [Colloq.]"
"TEETOTUM","A child's toy, somewhat resembling a top, and twirled by thefingers.The staggerings of the gentleman . . . were like those of a teetotumnearly spent. Dickens."
"TEETUCK","The rock pipit. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TEEUCK","The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TEEWIT","The pewit. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TEG","A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year.[Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"TEGMEN","The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin anddelicate; the endopleura."
"TEGMENTAL","Of or pertaining to a tegument or tegmentum; as, the tegmentallayer of the epiblast; the tegmental cells of the taste buds."
"TEGMENTUM","A covering; -- applied especially to the bundles oflongitudinal fibers in the upper part of the crura of the cerebrum."
"TEGUEXIN","A large South American lizard (Tejus teguexin). It becomesthree or four feet long, and is blackish above, marked with yellowishspots of various sizes. It feeds upon fruits, insects, reptiles,young birds, and birds' eggs. The closely allied species Tejusrufescens is called red teguexin."
"TEGULA","A small appendage situated above the base of the wings ofHymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum."
"TEGULAR","Of or pertaining to a tile; resembling a tile, or arranged liketiles; consisting of tiles; as, a tegular pavement.-- Teg'u*lar*ly, adv."
"TEGULATED","Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping liketiles; -- said of a kind of ancient armor. Fairholt."
"TEGUMENTARY","Of or pertaining to a tegument or teguments; consisting ofteguments; serving as a tegument or covering."
"TEIL","The lime tree, or linden; -- called also teil tree."
"TEIND","A tithe. [Scot.] Jamieson."
"TEINE","See Teyne. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TEINLAND","Land granted by the crown to a thane or lord. Burrill."
"TEINOSCOPE","An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct thechromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of objectsseen through the prisms are increased or diminished; -- called alsoprism telescope. Sir D. Brewster."
"TEINT","Tint; color; tinge, See Tint. [Obs.]Time shall . . . embrown the teint. Dryden."
"TEINTURE","Color; tinge; tincture. [Obs.] Holland."
"TEK","A Siberian ibex."
"TEL-EL-AMARNA","A station on the Nile, midway between Thebes and Memphis,forming the site of the capital of Amenophis IV., whose archivechamber was discovered there in 1887. A collection of tablets (calledthe Tel-el-Amarna, or the Amarna, tablets) was found here, formingthe Asiatic correspondence (Tel-el-Amarna letters) of Amenophis IV.and his father, Amenophis III., written in cuneiform characters. Itis an important source of our knowledge of Asia from about 1400 to1370 b. c.."
"TELAMONES","Same as Atlantes."
"TELANGIECTASIS","Dilatation of the capillary vessels."
"TELANGIECTASY","Telangiectasis."
"TELARLY","In a weblike manner. [Obs.] 'Telarly interwoven.' Sir T.Browne."
"TELARY","Of or pertaining to a web; hence, spinning webs; retiary.'Pictures of telary spiders.' Sir T. Browne."
"TELAUTOGRAM","A message transmitted and recorded by a teleautograph."
"TELAUTOGRAPH","A facsimile telegraph for reproducing writing, pictures, maps,etc. In the transmitter the motions of the pencil are communicated bylevers to two rotary shafts, by which variations in current areproduced in two separate circuits. In the receiver these variationsare utilized by electromagnetic devices and levers to move a pen asthe pencil moves. --Tel`au*tog'ra*phist (#), n."
"TELECHIROGRAPH","An instrument for  telegraphically transmitting and receivinghandwritten messages, as photographically by a beam of light from amirror."
"TELEDU","An East Indian carnivore (Mydaus meliceps) allied to thebadger, and noted for the very offensive odor that it emits, somewhatresembling that of a skunk. It is a native of the high mountains ofJava and Sumatra, and has long, silky fur. Called also stinkingbadger, and stinkard."
"TELEGA","A rude four-wheeled, springless wagon, used among the Russians."
"TELEGONY","The supposed influence of a father upon offspring subsequent tohis own, begotten of the same mother by another father. --Te*leg'o*nous (#), a."
"TELEGRAM","A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch."
"TELEGRAMMIC","Pertaining to, or resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise;brief. [R.]"
"TELEGRAPH","An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligencerapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcertedvisible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by meansof words and signs, transmitted by electrical action."
"TELEGRAPH PLANT","An East Indian tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans), whose lateralleaflets jerk up and down like the arms of a semaphore, and alsorotate on their axes."
"TELEGRAPHER","One who sends telegraphic messages; a telegraphic operator; atelegraphist."
"TELEGRAPHIC","Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by atelegraph; as, telegraphic signals; telegraphic art; telegraphicintelligence."
"TELEGRAPHICAL","Telegraphic.-- Tel`e*graph'ic*al*ly, adv."
"TELEGRAPHIST","One skilled in telegraphy; a telegrapher."
"TELEGRAPHONE","An instrument for recording and reproducing sound by localmagnetization of a steel wire, disk, or ribbon, moved against thepole of a magnet connected electrically with a telephone receiver, orthe like."
"TELEGRAPHOSCOPE","An instrument for telegraphically transmitting a picture andreproducing its image as a positive or negative. The transmitterincludes a camera obscura and a row of minute selenium cells. Thereceiver includes an oscillograph, ralay, equilibrator, and aninduction coil the sparks from which perforate a paper with tinyholes that form the image."
"TELEGRAPHY","The science or art of constructing, or of communicating bymeans of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy."
"TELEHYDROBAROMETER","An instrument for indicating the level of water in a distanttank or reservior."
"TELELECTRIC","Of or pertaining to transmission, as of music, to a distance byelectricity."
"TELELECTROSCOPE","Any apparatus for making distant objects visible by the aid ofelectric transmission."
"TELEMECHANIC","Designating, or pert. to, any device for operating mechanismsat a distance. --Tel`e*mech'a*nism (#), n."
"TELEMETEOROGRAPH","Any apparatus recording meteorological phenomena at a distancefrom the measuring apparatus, as by electricity or by compressed air;esp., an apparatus recording conditions at many distant stations at acentral office. -- Tel`e*me`te*or*o*graph'ic (#), a."
"TELEMETER","An instrument used for measuring the distance of an object froman observer; as, a telescope with a micrometer for measuring theapparent diameter of an object whose real dimensions are known."
"TELEMETROGRAPH","A combination of the camera lucida and telescope for drawingand measuring distant objects. -- Tel`e*me*trog'ra*phy (#), n. --Tel`e*met`ro*graph'ic (#), a."
"TELEMOTOR","A hydraulic device by which the movement of the wheel on thebridge operates the steering gear at the stern."
"TELENERGY","Display of force or energy at a distance, or without contact; -- applied to mediumistic phenomena. -- Tel`en*er'gic (#), a."
"TELENGISCOPE","An instrument of such focal length that it may be used as anobserving telescope for objects close at hand or as a long-focusedmicroscope."
"TELEOCEPHIAL","An extensive order of bony fishes including most of the commonmarket species, as bass, salmon, cod, perch, etc."
"TELEOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to teleology, or the doctrine of design.-- Te`le*o*log'ic*al*ly, adv."
"TELEOLOGIST","One versed in teleology."
"TELEOLOGY","The doctrine of the final causes of things; specif. (Biol.),"
"TELEOPHORE","Same as Gonotheca."
"TELEORGANIC","Vital; as, teleorganic functions."
"TELEOSAUR","Any one of several species of fossil suarians belonging toTeleosaurus and allied genera. These reptiles are related to thecrocodiles, but have biconcave vertebr\u00e6."
"TELEOSAURUS","A genus of extinct crocodilian reptiles of the Jurassic period,having a long and slender snout."
"TELEOST","One of the Teleosti. Also used adjectively."
"TELEOSTEAN","Of or pertaining to the teleosts.-- n."
"TELEOSTEI","A subclass of fishes including all the ordinary bony fishes asdistinguished from the ganoids."
"TELEOSTOMI","An extensive division of fishes including the ordinary fishes(Teleostei) and the ganoids."
"TELEOZOIC","Having tissued composed of cells."
"TELEPATHY","The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts,feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communicationthrough the ordinary channels of sensation.-- Tel`e*path'ic, a.-- Te*lep'a*thist, n."
"TELEPHEME","A message by a telephone. [Recent]"
"TELEPHONE","An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulatespeech, at a distance."
"TELEPHONE EXCHANGE","A central office in which the wires of telephones may beconnected to permit conversation."
"TELEPHONICALLY","By telephonic means or processes; by the use of the telephone."
"TELEPHONY","The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as withthe telephone."
"TELEPHOTE","A telelectric apparatus for producing images of visible objectsat a distance."
"TELEPHOTO","Telephotographic; specif., designating a lens consisting of acombination of lenses specially designed to give a large image of adistant object in a camera of relatively short focal length."
"TELEPHOTOGRAPH","A photograph, image, or impression, reproduced by or taken witha telephotographic apparatus."
"TELEPHOTOGRAPHIC","Designating, or pertaining to, the process of telephotography."
"TELEPOLARISCOPE","A polariscope arranged to be attached to a telescope. Lockyer."
"TELERYTHIN","A red crystalline compound related to, or produced from,erythrin. So called because regarded as the end of the series oferythrin compounds."
"TELESCOPE","An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as theheavenly bodies."
"TELESCOPE BAG","An adjustable traveling bag consisting of two cases, the largerslipping over the other."
"TELESCOPIC SIGHT","A sight consisting of a small telescope, as on a compass orrifle."
"TELESCOPICALLY","In a telescopical manner; by or with the telescope."
"TELESCOPIST","One who uses a telescope. R. A. Proctor."
"TELESCOPY","The art or practice of using or making telescopes."
"TELESEISM","A seismic movement or shock far from the  recording instrument.-- Tel`e*seis'mic (#), a."
"TELESEME","A system of apparatus for electric signals providing forautomatic transmission of a definite number of different signals orcalls, as in connection with hotel annunciators."
"TELESM","A kind of amulet or magical charm. [Obs.] J. Gregory."
"TELESPECTROSCOPE","A spectroscope arranged to be attached to a telescope forobservation of distant objects, as the sun or stars. Lockyer."
"TELESTEREOGRAPH","An instrument for telegraphically reproducing a photograph. --Tel`e*ste`re*og'ra*phy (#), n."
"TELESTEREOSCOPE","A stereoscope adapted to view distant natural objects orlandscapes; a telescopic stereoscope."
"TELESTIC","Tending or relating to a purpose or an end. [R.] Cudworth."
"TELESTICH","A poem in which the final letters of the lines, takenconsequently, make a name. Cf. Acrostic."
"TELETHERMOMETER","An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distantpoint, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise."
"TELEUTOSPORE","The thick-celled winter or resting spore of the rusts (orderUredinales), produced in late summer. See Illust. of Uredospore."
"TELFORD","Designating, or pert. to, a road pavement having a surface ofsmall stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam roadby its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedgedtightly, in the interstices; as, telford pavement, road, etc."
"TELFORDIZE","To furnish (a road) with a telford pavement."
"TELHARMONIC","Of or pertaining to telharmonium."
"TELIC","Denoting the final end or purpose, as distinguished fromecbatic. See Ecbatic. Gibbs."
"TELL","That which is told; tale; account. [R.]I am at the end of my tell. Walpole."
"TELLABLE","Capable of being told."
"TELLEN","Any species of Tellina."
"TELLERSHIP","The office or employment of a teller."
"TELLINA","A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, andoften handsomely colored shells."
"TELLING","Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech.-- Tell'ing*ly, adv."
"TELLTALE","Telling tales; babbling. 'The telltale heart.' Poe."
"TELLURAL","Of or pertaining to the earth. [R.]"
"TELLURATE","A salt of telluric acid."
"TELLURET","A telluride. [Obsoles.]"
"TELLURETED","Combined or impregnated with tellurium; tellurized. [Writtenalso telluretted.] [Obsoles.] Tellureted hydrogen (Chem.), hydrogentelluride, H2Te, a gaseous substance analogous to hydrogen sulphide;-- called also tellurhydric acid."
"TELLURHYDRIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen telluride, which isregarded as an acid, especially when in solution."
"TELLURIAN","Of or pertaining to the earth. De Quincey."
"TELLURIC","Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or resembling,tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which theelement has a higher valence as contrasted with tellurous compounds;as, telluric acid, which is analogous to sulphuric acid. Telluricbismuth (Min.), tetradymite.-- Telluric silver (Min.), hessite."
"TELLURIDE","A compound of tellurium with a more positive element orradical; -- formerly called telluret."
"TELLURISM","An hypothesis of animal magnetism propounded by Dr. Keiser, inGermany, in which the phenomena are ascribed to the agency of atelluric spirit or influence. [R.] S. Thompson."
"TELLURITE","A salt of tellurous acid."
"TELLURIUM","A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium,occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white metallicluster, but usually combined with metals, as with gold and silver inthe mineral sylvanite, with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te.Atomic weight 125.2. Graphic tellurium. (Min.) See Sylvanite.-- Tellurium glance (Min.), nagyagite; -- called also blacktellurium."
"TELLURIZE","To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium;-- chiefly used adjectively in the past participle; as, tellurizedores."
"TELLUROUS","Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or containing,tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which theelement has a lower valence as contrasted with telluric compounds;as, tellurous acid, which is analogous to sulphurous acid."
"TELODYNAMIC","Relating to a system for transmitting power to a distance bymeans of swiftly moving ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys oflarge diameter."
"TELOOGOO","See Telugu. D. O. Allen."
"TELOTROCHA","An annelid larva having telotrochal bands of cilia."
"TELOTYPE","An electric telegraph which prints the messages in letters andnot in signs."
"TELPHER","A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by meansof electricity. Fleeming Jenkin. Telpher line, or Telpher road, anelectric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads aremoved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the line."
"TELPHERAGE","The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.Fleeming Jenkin."
"TELSON","The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomenof Crustacea and other articulates. See Thoracostraca."
"TELUGU","Of or pertaining to the Telugu language, or the Telugus."
"TEMBLOR","An earthquake. [Western U. S.]"
"TEMERARIOUS","Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong;audacious; reckless; heedless.-- Tem`er*a'ri*ous*ly, adv.I spake against temerarious judgment. Latimer."
"TEMERATION","Temerity. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"TEMERITY","Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness;rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war."
"TEMEROUS","Temerarious. [Obs.]"
"TEMPEAN","Of or pertaining to Temple, a valley in Thessaly, celebrated byGreek poets on account of its beautiful scenery; resembling Temple;hence, beautiful; delightful; charming."
"TEMPER","To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron orsteel.The tempered metals clash, and yield a silver sound. Dryden."
"TEMPERA","A mode or process of painting; distemper."
"TEMPERABLE","Capable of being tempered.The fusible, hard, and temperable texture of metals. Emerson."
"TEMPERAMENT","A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes,and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of aground tone are mutually modified and in part canceled, until theirnumber reduced to the actual practicable scale of twelve tones to theoctave. This scale, although in so far artificial, is yet closelysuggestive of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning,although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it hasthe convenience that the same twelve fixed tones answer for every keyor scale, C# becoming identical with D, and so on."
"TEMPERAMENTAL","Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional. [R.] Sir T.Browne."
"TEMPERANCY","Temperance."
"TEMPERATE","To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper. [Obs.]It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. Marston."
"TEMPERATELY","In a temperate manner."
"TEMPERATENESS","The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness;temperance."
"TEMPERATIVE","Having power to temper. [R.] T. Granger."
"TEMPERATURE","Condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicatedby the sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degreeof heat or cold; as, the temperature of the air; high temperature;low temperature; temperature of freezing or of boiling."
"TEMPERED","Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) atemper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword."
"TEMPERER","One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine inwhich lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water."
"TEMPERING","The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness orsoftness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the processof giving to steel the degree of hardness required for variouspurposes, consisting usually in first plunging the article, whenheated to redness, in cold water or other liquid, to give an excessof hardness, and then reheating it gradually until the hardness isreduced or drawn down to the degree required, as indicated by thecolor produced on a polished portion, or by the burning of oil.Tempering color, the shade of color that indicates the degree oftemper in tempering steel, as pale straw yellow for lancets, razors,and tools for metal; dark straw yellow for penknives, screw taps,etc.; brown yellow for axes, chisels, and plane irons; yellow tingedwith purple for table knives and shears; purple for swords and watchsprings; blue for springs and saws; and very pale blue tinged withgreen, too soft for steel instruments."
"TEMPEST","To disturb as by a tempest. [Obs.]Part huge of bulk Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempestthe ocean. Milton."
"TEMPESTIVE","Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers. [Obs.] Heywood.-- Tem*pes'tive*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"TEMPESTIVILY","The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness.[Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"TEMPESTUOUS","Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling atempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; atempestuous night; a tempestuous debate.-- Tem*pes'tu*ous*ly, adv.-- Tem*pes'tu*ous*ness, n.They saw the Hebrew leader, Waiting, and clutching his tempestuousbeard. Longfellow."
"TEMPLAR","Of or pertaining to a temple. [R.]Solitary, family, and templar devotion. Coleridge."
"TEMPLATE","Same as Templet."
"TEMPLE","A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretchedtransversely."
"TEMPLED","Supplied with a temple or temples, or with churches; inclosedin a temple.I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills. S. F. Smith."
"TEMPLET","A short piece of timber, iron, or stone, placed in a wall undera girder or other beam, to distribute the weight or pressure."
"TEMPO","The rate or degree of movement in time. A tempo giusto(joos'to) Etym: [It.], in exact time; -- sometimes, directing areturn to strict time after a tempo rubato.-- Tempo rubato. See under Rubato."
"TEMPORAL","Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporalbone; a temporal artery. Temporal bone, a very complex bone situatedin the side of the skull of most mammals and containing the organ ofhearing. It consists of an expanded squamosal portion above the ear,corresponding to the squamosal and zygoma of the lower vertebrates,and a thickened basal petrosal and mastoid portion, corresponding tothe periotic and tympanic bones of the lower vertebrates."
"TEMPORALLY","In a temporal manner; secularly. [R.] South."
"TEMPORALNESS","Worldliness. [R.] Cotgrave."
"TEMPORANEOUS","Temporarity. [Obs.] Hallywell."
"TEMPORARILY","In a temporary manner; for a time."
"TEMPORARINESS","The quality or state of being temporary; -- opposed toperpetuity."
"TEMPORARY","Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limitedtime; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.Temporary government of the city. Motley.Temporary star. (Astron.) See under Star."
"TEMPORIST","A temporizer. [Obs.]Why, turn a temporist, row with the tide. Marston."
"TEMPORIZATION","The act of temporizing. Johnson."
"TEMPORIZER","One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complieswith the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.A sort of temporizers, ready to embrace and maintain all that is, orshall be, proposed, in hope of preferment. Burton."
"TEMPORIZINGLY","In a temporizing or yielding manner."
"TEMPORO-","A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,or relation to, the temple, or temporal bone; as, temporofacial."
"TEMPORO-AURICULAR","Of or pertaining to both the temple and the ear; as, thetemporo-auricular nerve."
"TEMPOROFACIAL","Of or pertaining to both the temple and the face."
"TEMPOROMALAR","Of or pertaining to both the temple and the region of the malarbone; as, the temporomalar nerve."
"TEMPOROMAXILLARY","Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone andthe maxilla."
"TEMPS","Time. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TEMPSE","See Temse. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"TEMPTABILITY","The quality or state of being temptable; lability totemptation."
"TEMPTABLE","Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted. Cudworth."
"TEMPTATIONLESS","Having no temptation or motive; as, a temptationless sin. [R.]Hammond."
"TEMPTATIOUS","Tempting. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TEMPTER","One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil,regarded as the great enticer to evil. 'Those who are bent to dowickedly will never want tempters to urge them on.' Tillotson.So glozed the Tempter, and his proem tuned. Milton."
"TEMPTING","Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive;enticing; as, tempting pleasures.-- Tempt'ing*ly, adv.-- Tempt'ing*ness, n."
"TEMPTRESS","A woman who entices.She was my temptress, the foul provoker. Sir W. Scott."
"TEMSE","A sieve. [Written also tems, and tempse.] [Prov. Eng.]Halliwell. Temse bread, Temsed bread, Temse loaf, bread made of flourbetter sifted than common fluor. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TEMULENT","Intoxicated; drunken. [R.]"
"TEMULENTIVE","Somewhat temulent; addicted to drink. [R.] R. Junius."
"TEN","One more than nine; twice five.With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea. Dryden."
"TEN-POUNDER","A large oceanic fish (Elops saurus) found in the tropical partsof all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait."
"TEN-STRIKE","A knocking down of all ten pins at one delivery of the ball.[U. S.]"
"TENABILITY","The quality or state of being tenable; tenableness."
"TENABLE","Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against anassailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as, atenable fortress, a tenable argument.If you have hitherto concealed his sight, Let it be tenable in yoursilence still. Shak.I would be the last man in the world to give up his cause when it wastenable. Sir W. Scott."
"TENABLENESS","Same as Tenability."
"TENACE","The holding by the fourth hand of the best and third best cardsof a suit led; also, sometimes, the combination of best with thirdbest card of a suit in any hand."
"TENACITY","The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear withouttearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit areaof the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds persquare inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to producerupture."
"TENACULUM","An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to ahandle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like."
"TENACY","Tenaciousness; obstinacy. [Obs.] Barrow."
"TENAILLE","An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, betweentwo bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin."
"TENAILLON","A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increasetheir strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or coverthe shoulders of the bastions."
"TENANT","One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by anykind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, forlife, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation ortemporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is inanother; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone,under Tenement, 2. Blount. Wharton."
"TENANT SAW","See Tenon saw, under Tenon."
"TENANTABLE","Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant.-- Ten'ant*a*ble*ness, n."
"TENANTLESS","Having no tenants; unoccupied; as, a tenantless mansion. Shak."
"TENCH","A European fresh-water fish (Tinca tinca, or T. vulgaris)allied to the carp. It is noted for its tenacity of life."
"TEND","To make a tender of; to offer or tender. [Obs.]"
"TENDENCE","Tendency. [Obs.]"
"TENDENCY","Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, orresult; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effector result.Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a moreparticular tendency to the good of their country. Addison.In every experimental science, there is a tendency toward perfection.Macaulay."
"TENDER","A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them withprovisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like."
"TENDER-HEARTED","Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions orinfluence; affectionate; pitying; sensitive.-- Ten'der-heart`ed*ly, adv.-- Ten'der-heart`ed*ness, n.Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them.2 Chron. xiii. 7.Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted. Eph. iv. 32."
"TENDER-HEFTED","Having great tenderness; easily moved. [Obs.] Shak."
"TENDERFOOT","A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudenessof pioneer life. [Slang, Western U.S.]"
"TENDERLING","One of the first antlers of a deer."
"TENDERLOIN","A strip of tender flesh on either side of the vertebral columnunder the short ribs, in the hind quarter of beef and pork. Itconsists of the psoas muscles."
"TENDERLY","In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; ina manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly.Chaucer."
"TENDERNESS","The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of theadjective)."
"TENDMENT","Attendance; care. [Obs.]"
"TENDON","A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connectivetissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew. Tendon reflex(Physiol.), a kind of reflex act in which a muscle is made tocontract by a blow upon its tendon. Its absence is generally a signof disease. See Knee jerk, under Knee."
"TENDONOUS","Tendinous."
"TENDOSYNOVITIS","See Tenosynovitis."
"TENDRAC","Any one of several species of small insectivores of the familyCentetid\u00e6, belonging to Ericulus, Echinope, and related genera,native of Madagascar. They are more or less spinose and resemble thehedgehog in habits. The rice tendrac (Oryzorictes hora) is veryinjurious to rice crops. Some of the species are called also tenrec."
"TENDRE","Tender feeling or fondness; affection."
"TENDRESSE","Tender feeling; fondness. [Obs., except as a French word]"
"TENDRIL","A slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomesattached to a supporting body, after which the tendril usuallycontracts by coiling spirally."
"TENDRON","A tendril. [Obs.] Holland."
"TENDRY","A tender; an offer. [Obs.] Heylin."
"TENE","See 1st and 2d Teen. [Obs.]"
"TENEBRAE","The matins and lauds for the last three days of Holy Week,commemorating the sufferings and death of Christ, -- usually sung onthe afternoon or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, insteadof on the following days."
"TENEBRICOSE","Tenebrous; dark; gloomy. [Obs.]"
"TENEBRIFIC","Rendering dark or gloomy; tenebrous; gloomy.It lightens, it brightens, The tenebrific scene. Burns.Where light Lay fitful in a tenebrific time. R. Browning."
"TENEBRIFICOUS","Tenebrific.Authors who are tenebrificous stars. Addison."
"TENEBRIOUS","Tenebrous. Young."
"TENEBROSE","Characterized by darkness or gloom; tenebrous."
"TENEBROSITY","The quality or state of being tenebrous; tenebrousness. Burton."
"TENEBROUS","Dark; gloomy; dusky; tenebrious.-- Ten'e*brous*ness, n.The most dark, tenebrous night. J. Hall (1565).The towering and tenebrous boughts of the cypress. Longfellow."
"TENEMENT","That which is held of another by service; property which oneholds of a lord or proprietor in consideration of some military orpecuniary service; fief; fee."
"TENEMENTAL","Of or pertaining to a tenement; capable of being held bytenants. Blackstone."
"TENEMENTARY","Capable of being leased; held by tenants. Spelman."
"TENENT","A tenet. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson."
"TENERAL","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a condition assumed by theimago of certain Neuroptera, after exclusion from the pupa. In thisstate the insect is soft, and has not fully attained its maturecoloring."
"TENERIFFE","A white wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart,produced in Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands; -- called alsoVidonia."
"TENERITY","Tenderness. [Obs.] Ainsworth."
"TENESMIC","Of or pertaining to tenesmus; characterized by tenesmus."
"TENESMUS","An urgent and distressing sensation, as if a discharge from theintestines must take place, although none can be effected; -- alwaysreferred to the lower extremity of the rectum. Vesical tenesmus, asimilar sensation as to the evacuation of urine, referred to theregion of the bladder."
"TENET","Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which aperson holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or ofCicero.That al animals of the land are in their kind in the sea, . . . is atenet very questionable. Sir T. Browne.The religious tenets of his family he had early renounced withcontempt. Macaulay."
"TENFOLD","In tens; consisting of ten in one; ten times repeated.The grisly Terror . . . grew tenfold More dreadful and deform.Milton."
"TENIA","See T\u00e6nia."
"TENIOID","See T\u00e6noid."
"TENNANTITE","A blackish lead-gray mineral, closely related to tetrahedrite.It is essentially a sulphide of arsenic and copper."
"TENNE","A tincture, rarely employed, which is considered as an orangecolor or bright brown. It is represented by diagonal lines fromsinister to dexter, crossed by vertical lines."
"TENNIS","A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motionby striking it with a racket or with the open hand. Shak.His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playingtennis, . . . were familiar to all London. Macaulay.Court tennis, the old game of tennis as played within walled courtsof peculiar construction; -- distinguished from lawn tennis.-- Lawn tennis. See under Lawn, n.-- Tennis court, a place or court for playing the game of tennis.Shak."
"TENNO","Lit., King of Heaven; -- a title of the emperor of Japan as thehead of the Shinto religion."
"TENNU","The tapir."
"TENNYSONIAN","Of or pertaining to Alfred (Lord) Tennyson, the English poet(1809-92); resembling, or having some of the characteristics of, hispoetry, as simplicity, pictorial quality, sensuousness, etc."
"TENON","A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it,and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure togetherthe parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passesentirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise iscut, and shows on the other side. Cf. Tooth, Tusk. Tenon saw, a sawwith a thin blade, usually stiffened by a brass or steel back, forcutting tenons. [Corruptly written tenant saw.] Gwilt."
"TENONIAN","Discovered or described by M. Tenon, a French anatomist.Tenonian capsule (Anat.), a lymphatic space inclosed by a delicatemembrane or fascia (the fascia of Tenon) between the eyeball and thefat of the orbit; -- called also capsule of Tenon."
"TENONITIS","Inflammation of a tendon."
"TENOR","An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figuresof it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance orgeneral import of the instrument. Bouvier."
"TENORRHAPHY","Suture of a tendon."
"TENOSITIS","Inflammation of a tendon."
"TENOSYNOVITIS","Inflammation of the synovial sheath enveloping a tendon."
"TENOTOME","A slender knife for use in the operation of tenotomy."
"TENOTOMY","The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon."
"TENPENNY","Valued or sold at ten pence; as, a tenpenny cake. See 2d Penny,n."
"TENPINS","A game resembling ninepins, but played with ten pins. SeeNinepins. [U. S.]"
"TENREC","A small insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of Madagascar,but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; --called also tanrec. The name is applied to other allied genera. SeeTendrac."
"TENSE","One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by addingauxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or eventsignified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication oftime."
"TENSIBILITY","The quality or state of being tensible; tensility."
"TENSIBLE","Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensible.Gold . . . is likewise the most flexible and tensible. Bacon."
"TENSILED","Made tensile. [R.]"
"TENSILITY","The quality or state of being tensile, or capable of extension;tensibility; as, the tensility of the muscles. Dr. H. Mere."
"TENSION","The force by which a part is pulled when forming part of anysystem in equilibrium or in motion; as, the tension of a srtingsupporting a weight equals that weight."
"TENSIONED","Extended or drawn out; subjected to tension. 'A highlytensioned string.' Tyndall."
"TENSITY","The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness;tension; tenseness."
"TENSIVE","Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction.A tensive pain from distension of the parts. Floyer."
"TENSOR","A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense."
"TENSURE","Tension. [Obs.] Bacon."
"TENT","A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia orMalaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta."
"TENTACLE","A more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched,proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals,being either an organ of sense, prehension, or motion. Tentaclesheath (Zo\u00f6l.), a sheathlike structure around the base of thetentacles of many mollusks."
"TENTACLED","Having tentacles."
"TENTACULAR","Of or pertaining to a tentacle or tentacles."
"TENTACULATA","A division of Ctenophora including those which have two longtentacles."
"TENTACULIFERA","Same as Suctoria, 1."
"TENTACULIFEROUS","Producing or bearing tentacles."
"TENTACULIFORM","Shaped like a tentacle."
"TENTACULITE","Any one of numerous species of small, conical fossil shellsfound in Paleozoic rocks. They are supposed to be pteropods."
"TENTACULOCYST","One of the auditory organs of certain medus\u00e6; -- called alsoauditory tentacle."
"TENTACULUM","A tentacle."
"TENTAGE","A collection of tents; an encampment. [Obs.] Drayton."
"TENTATION","A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials orexperiments. Knight."
"TENTATIVE","Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.'A slow, tentative manner.' Carlyle.-- Ten*ta'tive*ly, adv."
"TENTED","Covered with tents."
"TENTER","A kind of governor."
"TENTFUL","As much, or as many, as a tent will hold."
"TENTH","The interval between any tone and the tone represented on thetenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale andthree of the octave above; the octave of the third."
"TENTHLY","In a tenth manner."
"TENTHREDINIDES","A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies."
"TENTIF","Attentive. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TENTIFLY","Attentively. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TENTMAKER","One whose occupation it is to make tents. Acts xviii. 3."
"TENTORIUM","A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum fromthe cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skullcalled the bony tentorium."
"TENTORY","The awning or covering of a tent. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"TENTWORT","A kind of small fern, the wall rue. See under Wall."
"TENUATE","To make thin; to attenuate. [R.]"
"TENUIFOLIOUS","Having thin or narrow leaves."
"TENUIOUS","Rare or subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to dense. [Obs.] Glanvill."
"TENUIROSTER","One of the Tenuirostres."
"TENUIROSTRAL","Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as thehumming birds."
"TENUIROSTRES","An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, asthe humming birds."
"TENUIS","One of the three surd mutes k, p, t; -- so called in relationto their respective middle letters, or medials, g, b, d, and theiraspirates, x, f, th. The term is also applied to the correspondingletters and articulate elements in other languages."
"TENUOUS","Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument."
"TENURE","The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior."
"TEOCALLI","Literally, God's house; a temple, usually of pyramidal form,such as were built by the aborigines of Mexico, Yucatan, etc.And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums madeof serpent's skin. Longfellow."
"TEOSINTE","A large grass (Euchl\u00e6na luxurians) closely related to maize. Itis native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated forfodder in the Southern United States and in many warm countries.Called also Guatemala grass."
"TEPAL","A division of a perianth. [R.]"
"TEPEE","An Indian wigwam or tent."
"TEPEFACTION","Act of tepefying."
"TEPEFY","To make or become tepid, or moderately warm. Goldsmith."
"TEPHRAMANCY","Divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had beenconsumed in sacrifice."
"TEPHRITE","An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase andeither leucite or nephelite, or both."
"TEPHROITE","A silicate of manganese of an ash-gray color."
"TEPHROSIA","A genus of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs, mostly found intropical countries, a few herbaceous species being North American.The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the name."
"TEPID","Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays; tepidvapors.-- Tep'id*ness, n."
"TEPIDITY","The quality or state of being tepid; moderate warmth;lukewarmness; tepidness. Jer. Taylor."
"TEPOR","Gentle heat; moderate warmth; tepidness. Arbuthnot."
"TEQUILA","An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district ofTequila, Mexico."
"TER-","A combining form from L. ter signifying three times, thrice.See Tri-, 2."
"TER-TENANT","See Terre-tenant."
"TERACONIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by thedistillation of terebic acid, and homologous with citraconic acid."
"TERACRYLIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylicseries, obtained by the distillation of terpenylic acid, as an onlysubstance having a peculiar cheesy odor."
"TERAPH","See Teraphim."
"TERAPHIM","Images connected with the magical rites used by thoseIsraelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal religion.Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites for oracular answers. Dr.W. Smith (Bib. Dict.)."
"TERAPIN","See Terrapin."
"TERATICAL","Wonderful; ominous; prodigious. [Obs.] Wollaston."
"TERATOGENY","The formation of monsters."
"TERATOID","Resembling a monster; abnormal; of a pathological growth,exceedingly complex or highly organized. S. D. Gross."
"TERATOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to teratology; as, teratological changes."
"TERATOMA","A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made upof a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage andmuscle."
"TERBIC","Of, pertaining to, or containing, terbium; also, designatingcertain of its compounds."
"TERBIUM","A rare metallic element, of uncertain identification, supposedto exist in certain minerals, as gadolinite and samarskite, withother rare ytterbium earth. Symbol Tr or Tb. Atomic weight 150."
"TERCE","See Tierce."
"TERCEL","See Tiercel. Called also tarsel, tassel. Chaucer."
"TERCELET","A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet. Chaucer."
"TERCELLENE","A small male hawk. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"TERCENTENARY","Including, or relating to, an interval of three hundred years.-- n."
"TERCET","A triplet. Hiles."
"TERCINE","A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule andsurrounding the embryo sac. Cf. Quintine."
"TEREBATE","A salt of terebic acid."
"TEREBENE","A polymeric modification of terpene, obtained as a whitecrystalline camphorlike substance; -- called also camphene. Byextension, any one of a group of related substances."
"TEREBENTHENE","Oil of turpentine. See Turpentine."
"TEREBIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, terbenthene (oil ofturpentine); specifically, designating an acid, C7H10O4, obtained bythe oxidation of terbenthene with nitric acid, as a white crystallinesubstance."
"TEREBILENIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid, C7H8O4,obtained as a white crystalline substance by a modified oxidation ofterebic acid."
"TEREBINTH","The turpentine tree."
"TEREBINTHIC","Of or pertaining to turpentine; resembling turpentine;terbinthine; as, terbinthic qualities."
"TEREBINTHINATE","Impregnating with the qualities of turpentine; terbinthine."
"TEREBINTHINE","Of or pertaining to turpentine; consisting of turpentine, orpartaking of its qualities."
"TEREBRA","A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire.They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell."
"TEREBRANT","Boring, or adapted for boring; -- said of certain Hymenoptera,as the sawflies."
"TEREBRANTIA","A division of Hymenoptera including those which have anovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies."
"TEREBRATE","To perforate; to bore; to pierce. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"TEREBRATING","Boring; perforating; -- applied to molluskas which form holesin rocks, wood, etc."
"TEREBRATION","The act of terebrating, or boring. [R.] Bacon."
"TEREBRATULA","A genus of brachiopods which includes many living and somefossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak, through whichprojects a short peduncle for attachment. Called also lamp shell."
"TEREBRATULID","Any species of Terebratula or allied genera. Used alsoadjectively."
"TEREBRATULIFORM","Having the general form of a terebratula shell."
"TEREDINE","A borer; the teredo."
"TEREDO","A genus of long, slender, wormlike bivalve mollusks which boreinto submerged wood, such as the piles of wharves, bottoms of ships,etc.; -- called also shipworm. See Shipworm. See Illust. in App."
"TEREK","A sandpiper (Terekia cinerea) of the Old World, breeding in thefar north of eastern Europe and Asia and migrating to South Africaand Australia. It frequents rivers."
"TEREPHTHALATE","A salt of terephthalic acid."
"TEREPHTHALIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of thearomatic series, metameric with phthalic acid, and obtained, as atasteless white crystalline powder, by the oxidation of oil ofturpentine; -- called also paraphthalic acid. Cf. Phthalic."
"TERET","Round; terete. [Obs.] Fotherby."
"TERETE","Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems ofplants."
"TERETIAL","Rounded; as, the teretial tracts in the floor of the fourthventricle of the brain of some fishes. Owen."
"TERETOUS","Terete. [Obs.]"
"TERGAL","Of or pertaining to back, or tergum. See Dorsal."
"TERGANT","Showing the back; as, the eagle tergant. [Written alsotergiant.]"
"TERGEMINOUS","Threefold; thrice-paired. Blount."
"TERGIFEROUS","Carrying or bearing upon the back. Tergiferous plants (Bot.),plants which bear their seeds on the back of their leaves, as ferns."
"TERGITE","The dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulateanimal. See Illust. under Coleoptera."
"TERGIVERSATE","To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.[R.] Bailey."
"TERGIVERSATOR","One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion."
"TERIN","A small yellow singing bird, with an ash-colored head; theEuropean siskin. Called also tarin."
"TERM","A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is theterm of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid."
"TERM DAY","A day which is a term (as for payment of rent), or is a day ina term, as of the sitting of a court; esp., one of a series ofspecial days, designated by scientists of different nations orstations, for making synoptic magnetic, meteorological, or otherphysical observations."
"TERM INSURANCE","Insurance for a specified term providing for no payment to theinsured except upon losses during the term, and becoming void uponits expiration."
"TERM POLICY","A policy of term insurance."
"TERMA","The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wallof the third ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder."
"TERMAGANCY","The quality or state of being termagant; turbulence;tumultuousness; as, a violent termagancy of temper."
"TERMAGANT","Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome;scolding.-- Ter'ma*gant*ly, adv.A termagant, imperious, prodigal, profligate wench. Arbuthnot."
"TERMATARIUM","Any nest or dwelling of termes, or white ants."
"TERMATARY","Same as Termatarium."
"TERMER","One who has an estate for a term of years or for life."
"TERMES","A genus of Pseudoneuroptera including the white ants, ortermites. See Termite."
"TERMINABLE","Capable of being terminated or bounded; limitable.-- Ter'mi*na*ble*ness, n. Terminable annuity, an annuity for astated, definite number of years; -- distinguished from life annuity,and perpetual annuity."
"TERMINAL","Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, aterminal bud, flower, or spike. Terminal moraine. See the Note underMoraine.-- Terminal statue. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3.-- Terminal velocity. (a) The velocity acquired at the end of abody's motion. (b) The limit toward which the velocity of a bodyapproaches, as of a body falling through the air."
"TERMINALIA","A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 inhonor of Terminus, the god of boundaries."
"TERMINANT","Termination; ending. [R.] Puttenham."
"TERMINATION","The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the partadded to a stem in inflection."
"TERMINATIONAL","Of or pertaining to termination; forming a termination."
"TERMINATIVE","Tending or serving to terminate; terminating; determining;definitive. Bp. Rust.-- Ter'mi*na*tive*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor."
"TERMINATOR","The dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminatedpart of the moon."
"TERMINATORY","Terminative."
"TERMINE","To terminate. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"TERMINER","A determining; as, in oyer and terminer. See Oyer."
"TERMINISM","The doctrine held by the Terminists."
"TERMINIST","One of a class of theologians who maintain that God has fixed acertain term for the probation of individual persons, during whichperiod, and no longer, they have the offer to grace. Murdock."
"TERMINOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to terminology.-- Ter`mi*no*log'ic*al*ly, adv."
"TERMINUS","The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statuewas properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman,satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in theground on a boundary line."
"TERMITE","Any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insectsbelonging to Termes and allied genera; -- called also white ant. SeeIllust. of White ant."
"TERMLY","Occurring every term; as, a termly fee. [R.] Bacon."
"TERMONOLOGY","Terminology. [R.]"
"TERMOR","Same as Termer, 2."
"TERN","Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds,allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various alliedgenera."
"TERNARY","Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, aselements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as havingdifferent functions or relations in the molecule; thus, sodichydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound."
"TERNATE","Having the parts arranged by threes; as, ternate branches,leaves, or flowers.-- Ter'nate*ly, adv."
"TERNEPLATE","Thin iron sheets coated with an alloy of lead and tin; -- socalled because made up of three metals."
"TERNION","The number three; three things together; a ternary. Bp. Hall."
"TERPENE","Any one of a series of isomeric hydrocarbons of pleasantaromatic odor, occurring especially in coniferous plants andrepresented by oil of turpentine, but including also certainhydrocarbons found in some essential oils."
"TERPENTIC","Terpenylic."
"TERPENYLIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C8H12O4 (calledalso terpentic acid), homologous with terebic acid, and obtained as awhite crystalline substance by the oxidation of oil of turpentinewith chromic acid."
"TERPILENE","A polymeric form of terpene, resembling terbene."
"TERPIN","A white crystalline substance regarded as a hydrate of oil ofturpentine."
"TERPINOL","Any oil substance having a hyacinthine odor, obtained by theaction of acids on terpin, and regarded as a related hydrate."
"TERPSICHORE","The Muse who presided over the choral song and the dance,especially the latter."
"TERPSICHOREAN","Of or pertaining to Terpsichore; of or pertaining to dancing."
"TERRA","The earth; earth. Terra alba Etym: [L., white earth] (Com.), awhite amorphous earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum,aluminium silicate (kaolin), or some similar ingredient, as magnesia.It is sometimes used to adulterate certain foods, spices, candies,paints, etc.-- Terra cotta. Etym: [It., fr. terra earth + cotta, fem. of cottocooked, L. coctus, p.p. of coquere to cook. See Cook, n.] Baked clay;a kind of hard pottery used for statues, architectural decorations,figures, vases, and the like.-- Terr\u00e6 filius Etym: [L., son of the earth], formerly, oneappointed to write a satirical Latin poem at the public acts in theUniversity of Oxford; -- not unlike the prevaricator at Cambridge,England.-- Terra firma Etym: [L.], firm or solid earth, as opposed to water.-- Terra Japonica. Etym: [NL.] Same as Gambier. It was formerlysupposed to be a kind of earth from Japan.-- Terra Lemnia Etym: [L., Lemnian earth], Lemnian earth. See underLemnian.-- Terra ponderosa Etym: [L., ponderous earth] (Min.), barite, orheavy spar.-- Terra di Sienna. See Sienna."
"TERRA INCOGNITA","An unknown land; unexplored country."
"TERRACE","A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, alake, or sometimes the sea."
"TERRACULTURE","Cultivation on the earth; agriculture. [R.] --Ter`ra*cul'tur*al, a. [R.]"
"TERRANE","A group of rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearlyequivalent to formation, but used somewhat less comprehensively."
"TERRAPIN","Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh andbrackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written alsoterapin, terrapen, terrapene, and turapen.]"
"TERRAQUEOUS","Consisting of land and water; as, the earth is a terraqueousglobe. Cudworth.The grand terraqueous spectacle From center to circumferenceunveiled. Wordsworth."
"TERRAR","See 2d Terrier, 2."
"TERRAS","See ."
"TERRE-TENANT","One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant.[Written also ter-tenant.]"
"TERRE-VERTE","An olive-green earth used as a pigment. See Glauconite."
"TERREEN","See Turren."
"TERREITY","Quality of being earthy; earthiness. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"TERREL","A spherical magnet so placed that its poles, equator, etc.,correspond to those of the earth. [Obs.] Chambers."
"TERREMOTE","An earthquake. [Obs.] Gower."
"TERRENE","A tureen. [Obs.] Walpole."
"TERRENITY","Earthiness; worldliness. [Obs.] 'A dull and low terrenity.'Feltham."
"TERREOUS","Consisting of earth; earthy; as, terreous substances; terreousparticles. [Obs.]"
"TERREPLEIN","The top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, onwhich the cannon are placed. See Illust. of Casemate."
"TERRESTRE","Terrestrial; earthly. [Obs.] 'His paradise terrestre.' Chaucer."
"TERRESTRIAL","An inhabitant of the earth."
"TERRESTRIFY","To convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth;to make earthy. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"TERRESTRIOUS","Terrestrial. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"TERRET","One of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, throughwhich the reins pass."
"TERRICOLAE","A division of annelids including the common earthworms andallied species."
"TERRIENNIAK","The arctic fox."
"TERRIER","An auger or borer. [Obs.]"
"TERRIFIC","Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread;terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight."
"TERRIFICAL","Terrific. [R.]"
"TERRIFICALLY","In a terrific manner."
"TERRIGENOUS","Earthborn; produced by the earth."
"TERRITORIAL WATERS","The waters under the territorial jurisdiction of a state;specif., the belt (often called the marine belt or territorial sea)of sea subject to such jurisdiction, and subject only to the right ofinnocent passage by the vessels of other states."
"TERRITORIALLY","In regard to territory; by means of territory."
"TERRITORIED","Possessed of territory. [R.]"
"TERRORISM","The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode ofgovernment by terror or intimidation. Jefferson."
"TERRORIST","One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, anagent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign ofTerror in France. Burke."
"TERRORIZE","To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.Humiliated by the tyranny of foreign despotism, and terrorized byecclesiastical authority. J. A. Symonds."
"TERRORLESS","Free from terror. Poe."
"TERRY","A kind of heavy colored fabric, either all silk, or silk andworsted, or silk and cotton, often called terry velvet, used forupholstery and trimmings."
"TERSANCTUS","An ancient ascription of praise (containing the word 'Holy' --in its Latin form, 'Sanctus' -- thrice repeated), used in the Mass ofthe Roman Catholic Church and before the prayer of consecration inthe communion service of the Church of England and the ProtestantEpiscopal Church. Cf. Trisagion."
"TERSULPHIDE","A trisulphide."
"TERSULPHURET","A trisulphide. [R.]"
"TERTIAL","Same as Tertiary."
"TERTIAN","Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever."
"TERTIARY","Possessing some quality in the third degree; having beensubjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, atertiary alcohol, amine, or salt. Cf. Primary, and Secondary.(CH3)3C.OH."
"TERTIATE","To examine, as the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of agun; or, in general, to examine the thickness of, as ordnance, inorder to ascertain its strength."
"TERTIUM QUID","A third somewhat; something mediating, or regarded as being,between two diverse or incompatible substances, natures, orpositions."
"TERUTERO","The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wingsare furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing."
"TERZA RIMA","A peculiar and complicated system of versification, borrowed bythe early Italian poets from the Troubadours."
"TERZETTO","A composition in three voice parts; a vocal (rarely aninstrumental) trio."
"TESSELAR","Formed of tesser\u00e6, as a mosaic."
"TESSELLATA","A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species inwhich the body is covered with tessellated plates."
"TESSELLATE","To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion ofFrance. Macaulay."
"TESSELLATED","Marked like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf."
"TESSELLATION","The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed. J.Forsyth."
"TESSERA","A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like,having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients formosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and likepurposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as aticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successfulgladiators, and as a token for various other purposes. Fairholt."
"TESSERAIC","Diversified by squares; done in mosaic; tessellated. [Obs.] SirR. Atkyns (1712)."
"TESSERAL","Isometric."
"TESSULAR","Tesseral."
"TEST","A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are meltedfor trial and refinement.Our ingots, tests, and many mo. Chaucer."
"TESTACEA","Invertebrate animals covered with shells, especially mollusks;shellfish."
"TESTACEAN","Onr of the Testacea."
"TESTACEOGRAPHY","The science which treats of testaceans, or shellfish; thedescription of shellfish. [R.]"
"TESTACEOLOGY","The science of testaceous mollusks; conchology. [R.]"
"TESTACEOUS","Having a dull red brick color or a brownish yellow color.Testaceous animals (Zo\u00f6l.), animals having a firm, calcareous shell,as oysters and clams, thus distinguished from crustaceous animals,whose shells are more thin and soft, and consist of several joints,or articulations, as lobsters and crabs."
"TESTACY","The state or circumstance of being testate, or of leaving avalid will, or testament, at death."
"TESTAMENT","A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a persondeclares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after hisdeath."
"TESTAMENTAL","Of or pertaining to a testament; testamentary.Thy testamental cup I take, And thus remember thee. J. Montgomery."
"TESTAMENTATION","The act or power of giving by testament, or will. [R.] Burke."
"TESTAMENTIZE","To make a will. [Obs.] Fuller."
"TESTAMUR","A certificate of merit or proficiency; -- so called from theLatin words, Ita testamur, with which it commences."
"TESTATE","Having made and left a will; as, a person is said to dietestate. Ayliffe."
"TESTATION","A witnessing or witness. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"TESTATOR","A man who makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death."
"TESTATRIX","A woman who makes and leaves a will at death; a femaletestator."
"TESTER","An old French silver coin, originally of the value of abouteighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later tosixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; --often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston. Shak."
"TESTERN","A sixpence; a tester. [Obs.]"
"TESTES","pl. of Teste, or of Testis."
"TESTICARDINES","A division of brachiopods including those which have acalcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratulaand Spirifer are examples."
"TESTICLE","One of the essential male genital glands which secrete thesemen."
"TESTICOND","Having the testicles naturally concealed, as in the case of thecetaceans."
"TESTICULAR","Of or pertaining to the testicle."
"TESTIERE","A piece of plate armor for the head of a war horse; a tester."
"TESTIF","Testy; headstrong; obstinate. [Obs.]Testif they were and lusty for to play. Chaucer."
"TESTIFICATION","The act of testifying, or giving testimony or evidence; as, adirect testification of our homage to God. South."
"TESTIFICATOR","A testifier."
"TESTIFIER","One who testifies; one who gives testimony, or bears witness toprove anything; a witness."
"TESTIFY","To make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation, for thepurpose of establishing, or making proof of, some fact to a court; togive testimony in a cause depending before a tribunal.One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.Num. xxxv. 30."
"TESTIMONIAL","Relating to, or containing, testimony."
"TESTIMONY","The two tables of the law.Thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.Ex. xxv. 16."
"TESTINESS","The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.Testiness is a disposition or aptness to be angry. Locke."
"TESTING","The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel;cupellation. Testing machine (Engin.), a machine used in thedetermination of the strength of materials, as iron, stone, etc., andtheir behavior under strains of various kinds, as elongation,bending, crushing, etc."
"TESTIS","A testicle."
"TESTON","A tester; a sixpence. [Obs.]"
"TESTONE","A silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, orabout eleven cents. Homans."
"TESTOON","An Italian silver coin. The testoon of Rome is worth 1s. 3d.sterling, or about thirty cents. Homans."
"TESTUDINAL","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tortoise."
"TESTUDINARIOUS","Of or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise; resembling atortoise shell; having the color or markings of a tortoise shell."
"TESTUDINATA","An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises.The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsalshell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called theplastron, each of which consists of several plates."
"TESTUDINEOUS","Resembling the shell of a tortoise."
"TESTUDO","A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number ofdiverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species,such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Gr\u00e6ca) and the gopher ofthe Southern United States."
"TESTY","Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.Must I observe you must I stand and crouch Under your testy humorShak.I was displeased with myself; I was testy. Latimer."
"TETANIC","Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus;as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction.This condition of muscle, this fusion of a number of simple spasmsinto an apparently smooth, continuous effort, is known as tetanus, ortetanic contraction. Foster."
"TETANIN","A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through theagency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has diedof tetanus; -- so called because it produces tetanus as one of itsprominent effects."
"TETANIZATION","The production or condition of tetanus."
"TETANIZE","To throw, as a muscle, into a state of permanent contraction;to cause tetanus in. See Tetanus, n., 2."
"TETANOID","Resembling tetanus."
"TETANOMOTOR","An instrument from tetanizing a muscle by irritating its nerveby successive mechanical shocks."
"TETANUS","A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from awound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of thevoluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, itis called locked-jaw, or lickjaw, and it takes various names from thevarious incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm."
"TETANY","A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished fromit by being less severe and having intermittent spasms."
"TETARD","A gobioid fish (Eleotris gyrinus) of the Southern UnitedStates; -- called also sleeper."
"TETARTOHEDRAL","Having one fourth the number of planes which are requisite tocomplete symmetry.-- Te*tar`to*he'dral*ly, adv."
"TETARTOHEDRISM","The property of being tetartohedral."
"TETAUG","See Tautog. [R.]"
"TETCHINESS","See Techiness."
"TETCHY","See Techy. Shak."
"TETE","A kind of wig; false hair."
"TETE-A-TETE","Private; confidential; familiar.She avoided t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate walks with him. C. Kingsley."
"TETE-DE-PONT","A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, forcovering the communications across a river; a bridgehead."
"TETEL","A large African antelope (Alcejaphus tora). It has widelydivergent, strongly ringed horns."
"TETHER","A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to astake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits."
"TETHER-BALL","A game played with rackets and a ball suspended by a stringfrom an upright pole, the object of each side being to wrap thestring around the pole by striking the ball in a direction oppositeto the other."
"TETHYDAN","A tunicate."
"TETHYODEA","A division of Tunicata including the common attached ascidians,both simple and compound. Called also Tethioidea."
"TETHYS","A genus of a large naked mollusks having a very large, broad,fringed cephalic disk, and branched dorsal gills. Some of the speciesbecome a foot long and are brilliantly colored."
"TETRA-","A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting fourproportional or combining parts of the substance or ingredientdenoted by the term to which it is prefixed, as in tetra-chloride,tetroxide."
"TETRABASIC","Capable of neutralizing four molecules of a monacid base;having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by bases;quadribasic; -- said of certain acids; thus, normal silicic acid,Si(OH)4, is a tetrabasic acid."
"TETRABORIC","Same as Pyroboric."
"TETRABRANCHIATA","An order of Cephalopoda having four gills. Among living speciesit includes only the pearly nautilus. Numerous genera and species arefound in the fossil state, such as Ammonites, Baculites, Orthoceras,etc."
"TETRABRANCHIATE","Of or pertaining to the Tetrabranchiata.-- n."
"TETRACARPEL","Composed of four carpels."
"TETRACHORD","A scale series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or firstand last, constituted a fourth. These extremes were immutable; thetwo middle sounds were changeable."
"TETRACHOTOMOUS","Having a division by fours; separated into four parts orseries, or into series of fours."
"TETRACID","Capable of neutralizing four molecules of a monobasic acid;having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement ba acids or acidatoms; -- said of certain bases; thus, erythrine, C4H6(OH)4, is atetracid alcohol."
"TETRACOCCOUS","Having four cocci, or carpels."
"TETRACOLON","A stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four versesor lines. Crabb."
"TETRACORALLA","Same as Rugosa."
"TETRACTINELLID","Any species of sponge of the division Tetractinellida. Alsoused adjectively."
"TETRACTINELLIDA","A division of Spongi\u00e6 in which the spicules are siliceous andhave four branches diverging at right angles. Called alsoTetractinellin\u00e6."
"TETRAD","A tetravalent or quadrivalent atom or radical; as, carbon is atetrad."
"TETRADACTYLOUS","Having, or characterized by, four digits to the foot or hand."
"TETRADECANE","A light oily hydrocarbon, C14H30, of the marsh-gas series; --so called from the fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule."
"TETRADECAPODA","Same as Arthrostraca."
"TETRADIC","Of or pertaining to a tetrad; possessing or having thecharacteristics of a tetrad; as, a carbon is a tetradic element."
"TETRADITE","A person in some way remarkable with regard to the number four,as one born on the fourth day of the month, or one who reverencedfour persons in the Godhead. Smart."
"TETRADON","See Tetrodon."
"TETRADONT","See Tetrodont."
"TETRADYMITE","A telluride of bismuth. It is of a pale steel-gray color andmetallic luster, and usually occurs in foliated masses. Calles alsotelluric bismuth."
"TETRADYNAMIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants having six stamens, four of which arelonger than the others."
"TETRADYNAMIAN","A plant of the order Tetradynamia."
"TETRAGON","A plane figure having four sides and angles; a quadrangle, as asquare, a rhombus, etc."
"TETRAGONAL","Of or pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or sides;thus, the square, the parallelogram, the rhombus, and the trapeziumare tetragonal fingers."
"TETRAGRAMMATON","The mystic number four, which was often symbolized to representthe Deity, whose name was expressed by four letters among someancient nations; as, the Hebrew JeHoVaH, Greek qeo`s, Latin deus,etc."
"TETRAGYNIA","A Linn\u00e6an order of plants having four styles."
"TETRAHEDRALLY","In a tetrahedral manner."
"TETRAHEDRITE","A sulphide of antimony and copper, with small quantities ofother metals. It is a very common ore of copper, and some varietiesyield a considerable presentage of silver. Called also gray copperore, fahlore, and panabase."
"TETRAHEDRON","A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles."
"TETRAHEXAHEDRAL","Pertaining to a tetrahexahedron."
"TETRAHEXAHEDRON","A solid in the isometric system, bounded by twenty-four equaltriangular faces, four corresponding to each face of the cube."
"TETRAKISHEXAHEDRON","A tetrahexahedron."
"TETRAKOSANE","A hydrocarbon, C24H50, resembling paraffin, and like itbelonging to the marsh-gas series; -- so called from having twenty-four atoms of carbon in the molecule."
"TETRALOGY","A group or series of four dramatic pieces, three tragedies andone satyric, or comic, piece (or sometimes four tragedies),represented consequently on the Attic stage at the Dionysiacfestival."
"TETRAMERA","A division of Coleoptera having, apparently, only four tarsaljoints, one joint being rudimentary."
"TETRAMEROUS","Having the parts arranged in sets of four; as, a tetramerousflower."
"TETRAMETER","A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, iniambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in other kindsof verse, of four feet."
"TETRAMORPH","The union of the four attributes of the Evangelists in onefigure, which is represented as winged, and standing on winged fierywheels, the wings being covered with eyes. The representations of itare evidently suggested by the vision of Ezekiel (ch. i.)"
"TETRANDRIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants having four stamens."
"TETRAONID","A bird belonging to the tribe of which the genus Tetrao is thetype, as the grouse, partridge, quail, and the like. Used alsoadjectively."
"TETRAPETALOUS","Containing four distinct petals, or flower leaves; as, atetrapetalous corolla."
"TETRAPHENOL","Furfuran. [Obs.]"
"TETRAPHYLLOUS","Having four leaves; consisting of four distinct leaves orleaflets."
"TETRAPLA","A Bible consisting of four different Greek versions arranged infour columns by Origen; hence, any version in four languages or fourcolumns."
"TETRAPNEUMONA","A division of Arachnida including those spiders which have fourlungs, or pulmonary sacs. It includes the bird spiders (Mygale) andthe trapdoor spiders. See Mygale."
"TETRAPNUEMONIAN","One of the Tetrapneumona."
"TETRAPOD","An insect characterized by having but four perfect legs, ascertain of the butterflies."
"TETRAPODY","A set of four feet; a measure or distance of four feet."
"TETRAPTERAN","An insect having four wings."
"TETRAPTEROUS","Having four wings."
"TETRAPTOTE","A noun that has four cases only. Andrews."
"TETRARCH","A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, anysubordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or sovereign."
"TETRARCHATE","A tetrarchy."
"TETRARCHICAL","Of or pertaining to a tetrarch or tetrarchy. Bolingbroke."
"TETRARCHY","The district under a Roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdictionof a tetrarch; a tetrarchate."
"TETRASCHISTIC","Characterized by division into four parts."
"TETRASEPALOUS","Having four sepals."
"TETRASPASTON","A machine in which four pulleys act together. Brande & C."
"TETRASPERMOUS","Having four seeds. Tetraspermous plant, a plant which producesfour seeds in each flower."
"TETRASPORE","A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurringin red seaweeds.-- Tet`ra*spor'ic, a."
"TETRASTICH","A stanza, epigram, or poem, consisting of four verses or lines.Pope."
"TETRASTYLE","Having four columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, orcolonnade.-- n."
"TETRASYLLABLE","A word consisting of four syllables; a quadrisyllable."
"TETRATHECAL","Having four loculaments, or thec\u00e6."
"TETRATHIONATE","A salt of tetrathionic acid."
"TETRATHIONIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a thionic derivative, H"
"TETRAVALENCE","The quality or state of being tetravalent; quadrivalence."
"TETRAVALENT","Having a valence of four; tetratomic; quadrivalent."
"TETRAXILE","Having four branches diverging at right angles; -- said ofcertain spicules of sponges."
"TETRAZO-","A combining form (also used adjectively), designating any oneof a series of double derivatives of the azo and diazo compoundscontaining four atoms of nitrogen."
"TETRAZOLE","A crystalline acid substance, CH2N4, which may be regarded aspyrrol in which nitrogen atoms replace three CH groups; also, any ofvarious derivatives of the same."
"TETRAZONE","Any one of a certain series of basic compounds containing achain of four nitrogen atoms; for example, ethyl tetrazone,(C2H5)2N.N2.N(C2H5)2, a colorless liquid having an odor of leeks."
"TETRICITY","Crabbedness; perverseness. [Obs.]"
"TETRICOUS","Tetric. [Obs.]"
"TETRINIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex ketonic acid,C5H6O3, obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- so calledbecause once supposed to contain a peculiar radical of four carbonatoms. Called also acetyl-acrylic acid."
"TETRODON","Any one of numerous species of plectognath fishes belonging toTetrodon and allied genera. Each jaw is furnished with two large,thick, beaklike, bony teeth. [Written also tetradon.]"
"TETRODONT","Of or pertaining to the tetrodons.-- n."
"TETROL","A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C4H4, analogous to benzene; -- socalled from the four carbon atoms in the molecule. Tetrol phenol,furfuran. [Obs.]"
"TETROLIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C3H3.CO2H, of theacetylene series, homologous with propiolic acid, obtained as a whitecrystalline substance."
"TETROSE","A monosaccharide derived from a certain alcohol."
"TETROXIDE","An oxide having four atoms of oxygen in the molecule; aquadroxide; as, osmium tetroxide, OsO."
"TETRYL","Butyl; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule."
"TETRYLENE","Butylene; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in themolecule."
"TETTER","A vesicular disease of the skin; herpes. See Herpes. Honeycombtetter (Med.), favus.-- Moist tetter (Med.), eczema.-- Scaly tetter (Med.), psoriasis. Tetter berry (Bot.), the whitebryony."
"TETTER-TOTTER","A certain game of children; seesaw; -- called also titter-totter, and titter-cum-totter."
"TETTEROUS","Having the character of, or pertaining to, tetter."
"TETTERWORT","A plant used as a remedy for tetter, -- in England thecalendine, in America the bloodroot."
"TETTIGONIAN","Any one of numerous species of Hemiptera belonging toTettigonia and allied genera; a leaf hopper."
"TETTISH","Captious; testy. [Written also teatish.] [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"TETTIX","The cicada. [Obs. or R.]"
"TETTY","Testy; irritable. [Obs.] Burton."
"TEUFIT","The lapwing; -- called also teuchit. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TEUK","The redshank. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TEUTONIC","The language of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages,collectively."
"TEUTONICISM","A mode of speech peculiar to the Teutons; a Teutonic idiom,phrase, or expression; a Teutonic mode or custom; a Germanism."
"TEW","To work hard; to strive; to fuse. [Local]"
"TEWAN","A tribe of American Indians including many of the Pueblos ofNew Mexico and adjacent regions."
"TEWED","Fatigued; worn with labor or hardship. [Obs. or Local] Mir. forMag."
"TEWHIT","The lapwing; -- called also teewheep. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TEWTAW","To beat; to break, as flax or hemp. [Obs.] Mortimer."
"TEXAS","A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing thepilot house, officers' cabins, etc. [Western U.S.] Knight."
"TEXAS LEAGUER","A short fly that falls too far out to be handled by aninfielder and too close in to be caught by an outfielder. [Cant]"
"TEXT","The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence. [R.]"
"TEXT HAND","A large hand in writing; -- so called because it was thepractice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes ina smaller hand."
"TEXT-HAND","A large hand in writing; -- so called because it was thepractice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes ina smaller hand."
"TEXTILE","Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts;woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textilefabrics. Textile cone (Zo\u00f6l.), a beautiful cone shell (Conustextilis) in which the colors are arranged so that they resemblecertain kinds of cloth."
"TEXTMAN","One ready in quoting texts. [R.] Bp. Sanderston."
"TEXTORIAL","Of or pertaining to weaving. T. Warton."
"TEXTRINE","Of or pertaining to weaving, textorial; as, the textrine art.Denham."
"TEXTUALIST","A textman; a textuary. Lightfoot."
"TEXTUALLY","In a textual manner; in the text or body of a work; inaccordance with the text."
"TEXTUARIST","A textuary. [R.]"
"TEXTUEL","Textual. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TEXTUIST","A textualist; a textman. [Obs.]The crabbed textualists of his time. Milton."
"TEXTURAL","Of or pertaining to texture."
"TEXTURE","A tissue. See Tissue."
"TEXTURY","The art or process of weaving; texture. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"TEYNE","A thin plate of metal. [Obs.] 'A teyne of silver.' Chaucer."
"TH","In Old English, the article the, when the following word beganwith a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of theword. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend,thingot, etc., are found for the absence, the array, the eagle, theend, etc."
"THAK","To thwack. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"THALAMENCEPHALON","The segment of the brain next in front of the midbrain,including the thalami, pineal gland, and pituitary body; thediencephalon; the interbrain."
"THALAMIC","Of or pertaining to a thalamus or to thalami."
"THALAMOCOELE","The cavity or ventricle of the thalamencephalon; the thirdventricle."
"THALAMOPHORA","Same as Foraminifera."
"THALAMUS","A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricleof the brain; -- called also optic thalamus."
"THALASSIAN","Any sea tortoise."
"THALASSIC","Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocksformed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom."
"THALASSINIAN","Any species of Thalaassinid\u00e6, a family of burrowing macrurousCrustacea, having a long and soft abdomen."
"THALASSOGRAPHY","The study or science of the life of marine organisms. Agassiz."
"THALER","A German silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, orabout 73 cents."
"THALIACEA","A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species,such as Salpa and Doliolum."
"THALIAN","Of or pertaining to Thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy;comic."
"THALLATE","A salt of a hypothetical thallic acid."
"THALLENE","A hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkablefor its intense yellowish green fluorescence."
"THALLIC","Of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing,thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which theelement has a higher valence as contrasted with the thallouscompounds; as, thallic oxide."
"THALLINE","Consisting of a thallus."
"THALLIOUS","See Thallous."
"THALLIUM","A rare metallic element of the aluminium group found in someminerals, as certain pyrites, and also in the lead-chamber deposit inthe manufacture of sulphuric acid. It is isolated as a heavy, soft,bluish white metal, easily oxidized in moist air, but preserved bykeeping under water. Symbol Tl. Atomic weight 203.7."
"THALLOGEN","One of a large class or division of the vegetable kingdom,which includes those flowerless plants, such as fungi, alg\u00e6, andlichens, that consist of a thallus only, composed of cellular tissue,or of a congeries of cells, or even of separate cells, and never showa distinction into root, stem, and leaf."
"THALLOID","Resembling, or consisting of, thallus."
"THALLOPHYTA","A phylum of plants of very diverse habit and structure,including the alg\u00e6, fungi, and lichens. The simpler forms, as manyblue-green alg\u00e6, yeasts, etc., are unicellular and reproducevegetatively or  by means of asexual spores; in the higher forms theplant body is a thallus, which may be filamentous or may consist ofplates of cells; it is commonly undifferentiated into stem, leaves,and roots, and shows no distinct tissue systems; the fronds of manyalg\u00e6, however, are modified to serve many of the functions of theabove-named organs. Both asexual and sexual reproduction, often of acomplex type, occur in these forms. The Thallophyta exist almostexclusively as gametophytes, the sporophyte being absent orrudimentary. By those who do not separate the Myxophyta from theTallophyta as a distinct phylum the latter is treated as thelowermost group in the vegetable kingdom."
"THALLOPHYTE","Same as Thallogen."
"THALLOUS","Of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing,thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which theelement has a lower valence as contrasted with the thallic compounds.[Written also thallious.]"
"THALLUS","A solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or morelayers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, butsometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and branching, andforming the substance of the thallogens."
"THAMNOPHILE","A bush shrike."
"THAMYN","An Asiatic deer (Rucervus Eldi) resembling the swamp deer; --called also Eld's deer."
"THAN","A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectivesand adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better,other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the objectcompared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the objectcompared is placed in the objective case, and than is then consideredby some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object isexpressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I wouldrather suffer than that you should want.Behold, a greater than Solomon is here. Matt. xii. 42.Which when Beelzebub perceived, than whom, Satan except, none highersat. Milton.It's wiser being good than bad; It's safer being meek than fierce;It's fitter being sane than mad. R. Browning."
"THANA","A police station. [India] Kipling."
"THANAGE","The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction;thanedom."
"THANATOID","Deathlike; resembling death. Dunglison."
"THANATOLOGY","A description, or the doctrine, of death. Dunglison."
"THANATOPSIS","A view of death; a meditation on the subject of death. Bryant."
"THANE","A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Ofthese there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended thekings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and theordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particularjurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title wasdisused, and baron took its place."
"THANEDOM","The property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage. Sir W. Scott."
"THANEHOOD","The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes,collectively. J. R. Green."
"THANESHIP","The state or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, theseignioralty of a thane."
"THANK","A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of asense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, orgratitude; -- now generally used in the plural. 'This ceremonialthanks.' Massinger.If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye forsinners also do even the same. Luke vi. 33.What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and constant, willneither do, nor permit others under his charge to do, that which heapproves not, especially in matter of sin Milton.Thanks, thanks to thee, most worthy friend, For the lesson thou hasttaught. Longfellow.His thanks, Her thanks, etc., of his or her own accord; with his orher good will; voluntary. [Obs.]Full sooth is said that love ne lordship, Will not, his thanks, haveno fellowship. Chaucer.-- In thank, with thanks or thankfulness. [Obs.] -- Thank offering,an offering made as an expression of thanks."
"THANKLY","Thankfully. [Obs.] Sylvester (Du Bartas)."
"THANKSGIVE","To give or dedicate in token of thanks. [Obs. or R.] Mede."
"THANKSGIVER","One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness. Barrow."
"THANKWORTHINESS","The quality or state of being thankworthy."
"THANKWORTHY","Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious.For this thankworthy, if a man, for conscience toward God, enduregrief, suffering wrongfully. 1 Pet. ii. 19."
"THAR","A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas. Ithas small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of theneck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to theknees. Called also serow, and imo. [Written also thaar, and tahr.]"
"THARMS","Twisted guts. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ascham."
"THAROS","A small American butterfly (Phycoides tharos) having the uppersurface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outermargins black with small white crescents; -- called also pearlcrescent."
"THATCH","A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leavesof which are used for thatching. Thatch sparrow, the house sparrow.[Prov. Eng.]"
"THATCHER","One who thatches."
"THAUGHT","See Thwart."
"THAUMATOLATRY","Worship or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous things.[R.]The thaumatolatry by which our theology has been debased for morethan a century. Hare."
"THAUMATROPE","An optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of animpression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn."
"THAUMATURGE","A magician; a wonder worker. Lowell."
"THAUMATURGICS","Feats of legerdemain, or magical performances."
"THAUMATURGIST","One who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker.Carlyle."
"THAUMATURGUS","A miracle worker; -- a title given by the Roman Catholics tosome saints."
"THAUMATURGY","The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic;legerdemain. T. Warton."
"THAVE","Same as Theave. [Prov. Eng.]"
"THAW","To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften,or dissolve."
"THAWY","Liquefying by heat after having been frozen; thawing; melting."
"THE","See Thee. [Obs.] Chaucer. Milton."
"THEA","A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant."
"THEANDRIC","Relating to, or existing by, the union of divine and humanoperation in Christ, or the joint agency of the divine and humannature. Murdock."
"THEANTHROPIST","One who advocates, or believes in, theanthropism."
"THEANTHROPY","Theanthropism."
"THEARCHIC","Divinely sovereign or supreme. [R.]He [Jesus] is the thearchic Intelligence. Milman."
"THEARCHY","Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy."
"THEATRAL","Of or pertaining to a theater; theatrical. [Obs.]"
"THEATRIC","Theatrical.Woods over woods in gay, theatric pride. Goldsmith."
"THEATRICAL","Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenicrepresentations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers;histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances;theatrical gestures.-- The*at`ri*cal'i*ty, n.-- The*at'ric*al*ly, adv.No meretricious aid whatever has been called in -- no trick, noillusion of the eye, nothing theatrical. R. Jefferies."
"THEATRICALS","Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs.Such fashionable cant terms as `theatricals,' and `musicals,'invented by the flippant Topham, still survive among hisconfraternity of frivolity. I. Disraeli."
"THEAVE","A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old.[Written also thave.] [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"THEBAIC","Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designatinga version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of greatvalue by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidicversion."
"THEBAID","A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in Boeotia."
"THEBAINE","A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in smallquantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic actionresembling that of strychnine."
"THEBAN","Of or pertaining to Thebes. Theban year (Anc. Chron.), theEgyptian year of 365 days and 6 hours. J. Bryant."
"THECAL","Of or pertaining to a theca; as, a thecal abscess."
"THECASPOROUS","Having the spores in thec\u00e6, or cases."
"THECATA","Same as Thecophora."
"THECLA","Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterfliesbelonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, andelfin."
"THECODACTYL","Any one of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having thetoes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can beconcealed."
"THECODONT","Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of thejaws."
"THECODONTIA","A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebr\u00e6 and theteeth implanted in sockets."
"THECOPHORA","A division of hydroids comprising those which have thehydranths in thec\u00e6 and the gonophores in capsules. The campanulariansand sertularians are examples. Called also Thecata. See Illust. underHydroidea."
"THECOSOMATA","An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have ashell. See Pteropoda.-- The`co*so'ma*tous, a."
"THEDOM","Success; fortune; luck; chance. [Obs.]Evil thedom on his monk's snout. Chaucer."
"THEE","To thrive; to prosper. [Obs.] 'He shall never thee.' Chaucer.Well mote thee, as well can wish your thought. Spenser."
"THEFT","The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking andremoving of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightfulowner of the same; larceny."
"THEFTBOTE","The receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or acompensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent thatthe thief shall escape punishment."
"THEGN","Thane. See Thane. E. A. Freeman."
"THEGNHOOD","Thanehood. E. A. Freeman."
"THEIFORM","Having the form of tea."
"THEINE","See Caffeine. Called also theina."
"THEIR","The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, theirhouses; their country."
"THEISM","The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, asopposed to atheism, pantheism, or polytheism."
"THEIST","One who believes in the existence of a God; especially, one whobelieves in a personal God; -- opposed to atheist."
"THELPHUSIAN","One of a tribe of fresh-water crabs which live in or on thebanks of rivers in tropical countries."
"THELYTOKOUS","Producing females only; -- said of certain female insects."
"THEM","The objective case of they. See They.Go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. Matt. xxv. 9.Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessedof my Father. Matt. xxv. 34."
"THEMATIC","Of or pertaining to the theme of a word. See Theme, n., 4."
"THEME","A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part ofa noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonicvariations) in declension or conjugation; stem."
"THEMIS","The goddess of law and order; the patroness of existing rights."
"THEMSELVES","The plural of himself, herself, and itself. See Himself,Herself, Itself."
"THENADAYS","At that time; then; in those days; -- correlative to nowadays.[R.]"
"THENARDITE","Anhydrous sodium sulphate, a mineral of a white or brown colorand vitreous luster."
"THENCEFORTH","From that time; thereafter.If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted it isthenceforth good for nothing. Matt. v. 13."
"THENCEFORWARD","From that time onward; thenceforth."
"THENCEFROM","From that place. [Obs.]"
"THEOBROMA","A genus of small trees. See Cacao."
"THEOBROMIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from cacaobutter (from the Theobroma Cacao), peanut oil (from Arachis hypog\u00e6a),etc., as a white waxy crystalline substance."
"THEOBROMINE","An alkaloidal ureide, C7H8N4O2, homologous with and resemblingcaffeine, produced artificially, and also extracted from cacao andchocolate (from Theobroma Cacao) as a bitter white crystallinesubstance; -- called also dimethyl xanthine."
"THEOCHRISTIC","Anointed by God."
"THEOCRASY","An intimate union of the soul with God in contemplation, -- anideal of the Neoplatonists and of some Oriental mystics."
"THEOCRAT","One who lives under a theocratic form of government; one who incivil affairs conforms to divine law."
"THEODOLITE","An instrument used, especially in trigonometrical surveying,for the accurate measurement of horizontal angles, and also usuallyof vertical angles. It is variously constructed."
"THEODOLITIC","Of or pertaining to a theodolite; made by means of atheodolite; as, theodolitic observations."
"THEOGONIC","Of or relating to theogony."
"THEOGONISM","Theogony. [R.]"
"THEOGONIST","A writer on theogony."
"THEOGONY","The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathentheology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities;also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the Theogony ofHesiod."
"THEOLOGASTER","A pretender or quack in theology. [R.] Burton."
"THEOLOGER","A theologian. Cudworth."
"THEOLOGIAN","A person well versed in theology; a professor of theology ordivinity; a divine."
"THEOLOGIC","Theological."
"THEOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to theology, or the science of God and ofdivine things; as, a theological treatise.-- The`o*log'ic*al*ly, adv."
"THEOLOGICS","Theology. Young."
"THEOLOGIST","A theologian."
"THEOLOGIZE","To render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to asystem of theology.School divinity was but Aristotle's philosophy theologized. Glanvill."
"THEOLOGIZER","One who theologizes; a theologian. [R.] Boyle."
"THEOLOGY","The science of God or of religion; the science which treats ofthe existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws andgovernment, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are topractice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) 'the knowledgederivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealedtruth, the science of Christian faith and life.'Many speak of theology as a science of religion [instead of 'scienceof God'] because they disbelieve that there is any knowledge of Godto be attained. Prof. R. Flint (Enc. Brit.).Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the region of theintellect what religion represents in the heart and life of man.Gladstone.Ascetic theology, Natural theology. See Ascetic, Natural.-- Moral theology, that phase of theology which is concerned withmoral character and conduct.-- Revealed theology, theology which is to be learned only fromrevelation.-- Scholastic theology, theology as taught by the scholastics, or asprosecuted after their principles and methods.-- Speculative theology, theology as founded upon, or influenced by,speculation or metaphysical philosophy.-- Systematic theology, that branch of theology of which the aim isto reduce all revealed truth to a series of statements that togethershall constitute an organized whole. E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.)."
"THEOMACHIST","One who fights against the gods; one who resists God of thedivine will."
"THEOMANCY","A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles amongheathen nations."
"THEOPATHY","Capacity for religious affections or worship."
"THEOPHANIC","Of or pertaining to a theopany; appearing to man, as a god."
"THEOPHANY","A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually asan incarnation."
"THEOPHILANTHROPIC","Pertaining to theophilanthropy or the theophilanthropists."
"THEOPHILANTHROPISM","The doctrine of the theophilanthropists; theophilanthropy."
"THEOPHILANTHROPIST","A member of a deistical society established at Paris during theFrench revolution."
"THEOPHILANTHROPY","Theophilanthropism. Macaulay."
"THEOPHILOSOPHIC","Combining theism and philosophy, or pertaining to thecombination of theism and philosophy."
"THEOPNEUSTED","Divinely inspired; theopneustic. [R.]"
"THEOPNEUSTIC","Given by the inspiration of the Spirit of God."
"THEOPNEUSTY","Divine inspiration; the supernatural influence of the DivineSpirit in qualifying men to receive and communicate revealed truth."
"THEORBIST","One who plays on a theorbo."
"THEORBO","An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, withtwo sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed byfrets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass stringsused as open notes."
"THEOREM","A statement of a principle to be demonstrated."
"THEOREMATIST","One who constructs theorems."
"THEOREMIC","Theorematic. Grew."
"THEORETICS","The speculative part of a science; speculation.At the very first, with our Lord himself, and his apostles, asrepresented to us in the New Testament, morals come beforecontemplation, ethics before theoretics. H. B. Wilson."
"THEORIC","Relating to, or skilled in, theory; theoretically skilled.[Obs.]A man but young, Yet old in judgment, theoric and practic In allhumanity. Massinger."
"THEORICA","Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, andpublic entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and ingifts to the people; -- also called theoric fund."
"THEORICAL","Theoretic. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"THEORICALLY","In a theoretic manner. [Obs.]"
"THEORIST","One who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation; aspeculatist. Cowper.The greatest theoretists have given the preference to such agovernment as that which obtains in this kingdom. Addison."
"THEORIZATION","The act or product of theorizing; the formation of a theory ortheories; speculation."
"THEORIZE","To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely bytheory; to speculate."
"THEORIZER","One who theorizes or speculates; a theorist."
"THEORY","A theosophist."
"THEOSOPHISM","Belief in theosophy. Murdock."
"THEOSOPHIST","One addicted to theosophy.The theosophist is one who gives you a theory of God, or of the worksof God, which has not reason, but an inspiration of his own, for itsbasis. R. A. Vaughan."
"THEOSOPHISTICAL","Of or pertaining to theosophy; theosophical."
"THEOSOPHIZE","To practice theosophy. [R.]"
"THEOSOPHY","Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attainintercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhumanknowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations ofsome ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the Germanfire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed,knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinaryillumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of thedivine mind, and the interior relations of the divine nature."
"THERAPEUTAE","A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dweltin the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a workattributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are nowmuch discredited."
"THERAPEUTIC","One of the Therapeut\u00e6."
"THERAPEUTICS","That part of medical science which treats of the discovery andapplication of remedies for diseases."
"THERAPEUTIST","One versed in therapeutics, or the discovery and application ofremedies."
"THERAPY","Therapeutics."
"THERE-ANENT","Concerning that. [Scot.]"
"THEREAGAIN","In opposition; against one's course. [Obs.]If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer."
"THEREAT","Before that time; beforehand. [Obs.]Many a winter therebiforn. Chaucer."
"THEREFOR","For that, or this; for it.With certain officers ordained therefore. Chaucer."
"THEREFROM","From this or that.Turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left. John.xxiii. 6."
"THEREIN","In that or this place, time, or thing; in that particular orrespect. Wyclif.He pricketh through a fair forest, Therein is many a wild beast.Chaucer.Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. Gen. ix.7.Therein our letters do not well agree. Shak."
"THEREINTO","Into that or this, or into that place. Bacon.Let not them . . . enter thereinto. Luke xxi. 21."
"THEREOF","Of that or this.In the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. Gen. ii.17."
"THEREOLOGY","Therapeutios."
"THEREON","On that or this. Chaucer.Then the king said, Hang him thereon. Esther vii. 9."
"THERETOFORE","Up to that time; before then; -- correlative with heretofore."
"THEREUNDER","Under that or this."
"THEREUNTO","Unto that or this; thereto; besides. Shak."
"THEREWHILE","At that time; at the same time. [Obs.] Laud."
"THERF","Not fermented; unleavened; -- said of bread, loaves, etc.[Obs.]Pask and the feast of therf loaves. Wyclif."
"THERIAL","Theriac. [R.] Holland."
"THERIODONT","One of the Theriodontia. Used also adjectively."
"THERIODONTA","Same as Theriodontia."
"THERIODONTIA","An extinct order of reptiles found in the Permian and Triassicformations in South Africa. In some respects they resembledcarnivorous mammals. Called also Theromorpha."
"THERIOTOMY","Zo\u00f6tomy."
"THERMAE","Springs or baths of warm or hot water."
"THERMAL","Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit;thermal waters.The thermal condition of the earth. J. D. Forbes.Thermal conductivity, Thermal spectrum. See under Conductivity, andSpectrum.-- Thermal unit (Physics), a unit chosen for the comparison orcalculation of quantities of heat. The unit most commonly employed isthe amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram orone pound of water from zero to one degree Centigrade. See Calorie,and under Unit."
"THERMALLY","In a thermal manner."
"THERMANTIDOTE","A device for circulating and cooling the air, consistingessentially of a kind of roasting fan fitted in a window and incasedin wet tatties. [India]"
"THERMETOGRAPH","A self-registering thermometer, especially one that registersthe maximum and minimum during long periods. Nichol."
"THERMIC","Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermiclines. Thermic balance. See Bolometer.-- Thermic fever (Med.), the condition of fever produced bysunstroke. See Sunstroke.-- Thermic weight. (Mech.) Same as Heat weight, under Heat."
"THERMIDOR","The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, --commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note underVend\u00e9miaire."
"THERMIFUGINE","An artificial alkaloid of complex composition, resemblingthalline and used as an antipyretic, -- whence its name."
"THERMO-","A combining form from Gr. qe`rmh heat, qermo`s hot, warm; as inthermochemistry, thermodynamic."
"THERMOBAROGRAPH","An instrument for recording simultaneously the pressure andtemperature of a gas; a combined thermograph and barograph."
"THERMOBAROMETER","An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point ofwater."
"THERMOBATTERY","A thermoelectric battery; a thermopile."
"THERMOCAUTERY","Cautery by the application of heat. Paquelin's thermocautery,thermocautery by means of a hollow platinum point, which is keptconstantly hot by the passage through it of benzine vapor."
"THERMOCHEMISTRY","That branch of chemical science which includes theinvestigation of the various relations existing between chemicalaction and that manifestation of force termed heat, or thedetermination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemicalactions."
"THERMOCHROIC","Pert. to or designating heat rays that have undergone selectiveabsorption and are therefore analogous to colored light rays."
"THERMOCHROSY","The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light,of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal inrate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances."
"THERMOCOUPLE","A thermoelectric couple."
"THERMOCURRENT","A current, as of electricity, developed, or set in motion, bythe action of heat."
"THERMODIN","A white crystalline substance derived from urethane, used inmedicine as an antipyretic, etc."
"THERMODYNAMIC","Relating to thermodynamics; caused or operated by force due tothe application of heat. Thermodynamic function. See Heat weight,under Heat."
"THERMODYNAMICS","The science which treats of the mechanical action or relationsof heat."
"THERMOELECTRIC","Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents."
"THERMOELECTRICITY","Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note underElectricity."
"THERMOELECTROMETER","An instrument for measuring the strength of an electric currentin the heat which it produces, or for determining the heat developedby such a current."
"THERMOGEN","Caloric; heat; regarded as a material but imponderablesubstance."
"THERMOGENIC","Relating to heat, or to the production of heat; producing heat;thermogenous; as, the thermogenic tissues."
"THERMOGENOUS","Producing heat; thermogenic."
"THERMOGRAM","The trace or record made by means of a thermograph."
"THERMOGRAPH","An instrument for automatically recording indications of thevariation of temperature."
"THERMOGRAPHY","Any process of writing involving the use of heat."
"THERMOJUNCTION","A junction of two dissimilar conductors used to produce athermoelectric current, as in one form of pyrometer; a thermocouple."
"THERMOLOGY","A discourse on, or an account of, heat. Whewell."
"THERMOLUMINESCENCE","Luminescence exhibited by a substance on being moderatelyheated. It is shown esp. by certain substances that have been exposedto the action of light or to the cathode rays. ---lu`mi*nes'cent (#),a."
"THERMOLYSIS","The resolution of a compound into parts by heat; dissociationby heat."
"THERMOLYTIC","Of or pertaining to thermolysis."
"THERMOLYZE","To subject to thermolysis; to dissociate by heat."
"THERMOMAGNETISM","Magnetism as affected or caused by the action of heat; therelation of heat to magnetism."
"THERMOMETER","An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on theprinciple that changes of temperature in bodies are accompained byproportional changes in their volumes or dimensions."
"THERMOMETRICALLY","In a thermometrical manner; by means of a thermometer."
"THERMOMETROGRAPH","An instrument for recording graphically the variations oftemperature, or the indications of a thermometer."
"THERMOMETRY","The estimation of temperature by the use of a thermometricapparatus."
"THERMOMOTOR","A heat engine; a hot-air engine."
"THERMOMULTIPLIER","Same as Thermopile."
"THERMONEUTRALITY","Neutrality as regards heat effects."
"THERMOPHILIC","Heat-loving; -- applied esp. to certain bacteria."
"THERMOPHORE","An apparatus for conveying heat, as a case containing materialwhich retains its heat for a considerable period."
"THERMOPILE","An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slightdifferences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars ofantimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacitiesfor the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer,which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced inthe system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat."
"THERMOREGULATOR","A device for the automatic regulation of temperature; athermostat."
"THERMOSCOPE","An instrument for indicating changes of temperature withoutindicating the degree of heat by which it is affected; especially, aninstrument contrived by Count Rumford which, as modified by ProfessorLeslie, was afterward called the differential thermometer."
"THERMOSCOPIC","Of or pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of thethermoscope; as, thermoscopic observations."
"THERMOSIPHON","An arrangement of siphon tubes for assisting circulation in aliquid."
"THERMOSTABLE","Capable of being heated to or somewhat above 55\u00ba C. withoutloss of special properties; -- said of immune substances, etc."
"THERMOSTAT","A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by theunequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, asin opening or closing the damper of a stove, or the like, as the heatbecomes greater or less than is desired."
"THERMOSTATIC","Of or pertaining to the thermostat; made or effected by meansof the thermostat."
"THERMOSYSTALTIC","Influenced in its contraction by heat or cold; -- said of amuscle."
"THERMOTACTIC","Of or retaining to thermotaxis."
"THERMOTANK","A tank containing pipes through which circulates steam, water,air, or the like, for heating or cooling; -- used in some heating andventilation systems."
"THERMOTAXIC","Pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of temperaturein the animal body; as, the thermotaxic nervous system."
"THERMOTENSILE","Pertaining to the variation of tensile strength with thetemperature."
"THERMOTENSION","A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heatingit to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in thatstate, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which thestrength is afterward to be exerted."
"THERMOTHERAPY","Treatment of disease by heat, esp. by hot air."
"THERMOTICS","The science of heat. Whewell."
"THERMOTONUS","A condition of tonicity with respect to temperature."
"THERMOTROPIC","Manifesting thermotropism."
"THERMOTROPISM","The phenomenon of turning towards a source of warmth, seen inthe growing parts of some plants."
"THERMOTYPE","A picture (as of a slice of wood) obtained by first wetting theobject slightly with hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid, thentaking an impression with a press, and next strongly heating thisimpression."
"THERMOTYPY","The art or process of obtaining thermotypes."
"THERMOVOLTAIC","Of or relating to heat and electricity; especially, relating tothermal effects produced by voltaic action. Faraday."
"THEROID","Resembling a beast in nature or habit; marked by animalcharacteristics; as, theroid idiocy."
"THEROMORPHA","See Theriodonta."
"THEROPODA","An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are lessbirdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than inthe Ornithopoda. It includes the repacious genera Megalosaurus,Creosaurus, and their allies."
"THESAURUS","A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially ofknowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like adictionary or cyclopedia."
"THESE","The plural of this. See This."
"THESICLE","A little or subordinate thesis; a proposition."
"THESIS","An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition orhypothesis."
"THESMOTHETE","A lawgiver; a legislator; one of the six junior archons atAthens."
"THESPIAN","Of or pertaining to Thespis; hence, relating to the drama;dramatic; as, the Thespian art.-- n."
"THESSALIAN","Of or pertaining to Thessaly in Greece. Shak.-- n."
"THESSALONIAN","Of or pertaining to Thessalonica, a city of Macedonia.-- n."
"THETA","A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English;-- sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judgeson their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being thefirst letter of the Greek qa`natos, death. Theta function (Math.),one of a group of functions used in developing the properties ofelliptic functions."
"THETICAL","Laid down; absolute or positive, as a law. Dr. H. More."
"THETINE","Any one of a series of complex basic sulphur compoundsanalogous to the sulphines."
"THEURGIST","One who pretends to, or is addicted to, theurgy. Hallywell."
"THEWY","Having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy;strong."
"THEY","The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively,but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to personswithout an antecedent expressed.Jolif and glad they went unto here [their] rest And casten hem [them]full early for to sail. Chaucer.They of Italy salute you. Heb. xiii. 24.Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness.Matt. v. 6."
"THIALDINE","A weak nitrogenous sulphur base, C6H13NS2."
"THIALOL","A colorless oily liquid, (C2H5)2S2, having a strong garlicodor; -- called also ethyl disulphide. By extension, any one of theseries of related compounds."
"THIBETAN","Of or pertaining to Thibet.-- n."
"THIBETIAN","Same as Thibetan."
"THIBLE","A slice; a skimmer; a spatula; a pudding stick. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.] Ainsworth."
"THICK","To thicken. [R.]The nightmare Life-in-death was she, Who thicks man's blood withcold. Coleridge."
"THICK WIND","A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated withnoise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema."
"THICK-HEADED","Having a thick skull; stupid."
"THICK-KNEE","A stone curlew. See under Stone."
"THICK-SKINNED","Having a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse.Holland."
"THICK-SKULLED","Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow tolearn."
"THICK-WINDED","Affected with thick wind."
"THICKBILL","The bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]"
"THICKEN","To make thick (in any sense of the word). Specifically: --(a) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.(b) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth;to thicken ranks of trees or men.(c) To strengthen; to confirm. [Obs.]And this may to thicken other proofs. Shak."
"THICKENING","Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker."
"THICKET","A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as,a ram caught in a thicket. Gen. xxii. 13."
"THICKHEAD","Any one of several species of Australian singing birds of thegenus Pachycephala. The males of some of the species are bright-colored. Some of the species are popularly called thrushes."
"THICKISH","Somewhat thick."
"THICKLY","In a thick manner; deeply; closely."
"THICKNESS","The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses ofthe adjective)."
"THICKSKIN","A coarse, gross person; a person void of sensibility orsinsitiveness; a dullard."
"THICKSKULL","A dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull. Entick."
"THIDER","Thither. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"THIDERWARD","Thitherward. [Obs.]"
"THIEFLY","Like a thief; thievish; thievishly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"THIENONE","A ketone derivative of thiophene obtained as a whitecrystalline substance, (C4H3S)2.CO, by the action of aluminiumchloride and carbonyl chloride on thiophene."
"THIENYL","The hypothetical radical C4H3S, regarded as the essentialresidue of thiophene and certain of its derivatives."
"THIEVE","To practice theft; to steal."
"THIGH","The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and thetrunk. See Femur."
"THIGMOTACTIC","Of or pertaining to thigmotaxis."
"THIGMOTAXIS","The property possessed by living protoplasm of contracting, andthus moving, when touched by a solid or fluid substance."
"THILK","That same; this; that. [Obs.] 'I love thilk lass.' Spenser.Thou spake right now of thilke traitor death. Chaucer."
"THILL","The floor of a coal mine. Raymond. Thill coupling, a device forconnecting the thill of a vehicle to the axle."
"THILLER","The horse which goes between the thills, or shafts, andsupports them; also, the last horse in a team; -- called also thillhorse."
"THIMBLE","Any thimble-shaped appendage or fixure. Specifically: --(a) A tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pinpasses.(b) A fixed or movable ring, tube, or lining placed in a hole.(c) A tubular cone for expanding a flue; -- called ferrule inEngland."
"THIMBLEBERRY","A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common inAmerica."
"THIMBLEEYE","The chub mackerel. See under Chub."
"THIMBLEFUL","As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.For a thimbleful of golf, a thimbleful of love. Dryden."
"THIMBLERIG","A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shapedlike thimbles, and a small ball or little pea."
"THIMBLERIGGER","One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain."
"THIMBLEWEED","Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbssomewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conicalreceptacles."
"THIN","Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sownthin.Spain is thin sown of people. Bacon."
"THIN-SKINNED","Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable."
"THINE","A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, nowsuperseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, butmaintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usuallanguage of the Friends, or Quakers."
"THING","Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack orstore one's things. [Colloq.]"
"THINKABLE","Capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable. Sir W.Hamilton."
"THINKER","One who thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in aparticular manner; as, a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherentthinker."
"THINKING","Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regulartrain of ideas; as, man is a thinking being.-- Think'ing*ly, adv."
"THINLY","In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; notthickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinlyinhabited."
"THINNER","One who thins, or makes thinner."
"THINNESS","The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of theword)."
"THINNISH","Somewhat thin."
"THINOLITE","A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a largescale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada."
"THIO-","A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presenceof sulphur. See Sulpho-."
"THIOCARBONATE","A sulphocarbonate."
"THIOCARBONIC","Same as Sulphocarbonic."
"THIOCYANATE","Same as Sulphocyanate."
"THIOCYANIC","Same as Sulphocyanic."
"THIONAPHTHENE","A double benzene and thiophene nucleus, C8H6S, analogous tonaphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of derivatives.[Written also thionaphtene.]"
"THIONIC","Of or pertaining to sulphur; containing or resembling sulphur;specifically, designating certain of the thio compounds; as, thethionic acids. Cf. Dithionic, Trithionic, Tetrathionic, etc."
"THIONINE","An artificial red or violet dyestuff consisting of a complexsulphur derivative of certain aromatic diamines, and obtained as adark crystalline powder; -- called also phenylene violet."
"THIONOL","A red or violet dyestuff having a greenish metallic luster. Itis produced artificially, by the chemical dehydration of thionine, asa brown amorphous powder."
"THIONOLINE","A beautiful fluorescent crystalline substance, intermediate incomposition between thionol and thionine."
"THIONYL","The hypothetical radical SO, regarded as an essentialconstituent of certain sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl chloride."
"THIOPHENE","A sulphur hydrocarbon, C4H4S, analogous to furfuran andbenzene, and acting as the base of a large number of substances whichclosely resemble the corresponding aromatic derivatives."
"THIOPHENIC","Of, pertaining to, or derived from, thiophene; specifically,designating a certain acid analogous to benzoic acid."
"THIOPHENOL","A colorless mobile liquid, C6H5.SH, of an offensive odor, andanalogous to phenol; -- called also phenyl sulphydrate."
"THIOPHTHENE","A double thiophene nucleus, C6H4S2, analogous to thionaphthene,and the base of a large series of compounds. [Written alsothiophtene.]"
"THIOSULPHATE","A salt of thiosulphuric acid; -- formerly called hyposulphite."
"THIOSULPHURIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an unstable acid, H2S2O3,analogous to sulphuric acid, and formerly called hyposulphurous acid."
"THIOTOLENE","A colorless oily liquid, C4H3S.CH3, analogous to, andresembling, toluene; -- called also methyl thiophene."
"THIOXENE","Any one of three possible metameric substances, which aredimethyl derivatives of thiophene, like the xylenes from benzene."
"THIRD","The third tone of the scale; the mediant."
"THIRD-BOROUGH","An under constable. Shak. Johnson."
"THIRD-PENNY","A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed atthe country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by theearl."
"THIRD-RAIL SYSTEM","A system in which a third rail is used for carrying the currentfor operating the motors, the rail being insulated from the groundand the current being taken off by means of contact brushes or otherdevices."
"THIRDINGS","The third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground atthe tenant's death, due to the lord for a heriot, as within the manorof Turfat in Herefordshire."
"THIRDLY","In the third place. Bacon."
"THIRL","To bore; to drill or thrill. See Thrill. [Obs. or Prov.]That with a spear was thirled his breast bone. Chaucer."
"THIRLAGE","The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract orlaw, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken,to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding. Erskine."
"THIRST","To have a thirst for. [R.]He seeks his keeper's flesh, and thirsts his blood. Prior."
"THIRSTER","One who thirsts."
"THIRSTILY","In a thirsty manner."
"THIRSTINESS","The state of being thirsty; thirst."
"THIRSTLE","The throstle. [Prov. Eng.]"
"THIRTEEN","One more than twelve; ten and three; as, thirteen ounces orpounds."
"THIRTEENTH","The interval comprising an octave and a sixth."
"THIRTIETH","The quotient of a unit divided by thirty; one of thirty equalparts."
"THIRTY","Being three times ten; consisting of one more than twenty-nine;twenty and ten; as, the month of June consists of thirty days."
"THIRTY-SECOND","Being one of thirty-two equal parts into which anything isdivided. Thirty-second note (Mus.), the thirty-second part of a wholenote; a demi-semiquaver."
"THISTLE","Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially thoseof the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often alsoapplied to other prickly plants. Blessed thistle, Carduus benedictus,so named because it was formerly considered an antidote to the biteof venomous creatures.-- Bull thistle, Cnicus lanceolatus, the common large thistle ofneglected pastures.-- Canada thistle, Cnicus arvensis, a native of Europe, butintroduced into the United States from Canada.-- Cotton thistle, Onopordon Acanthium.-- Fuller's thistle, the teasel.-- Globe thistle, Melon thistle, etc. See under Globe, Melon, etc.-- Pine thistle, Atractylis gummifera, a native of the Mediterraneanregion. A vicid gum resin flows from the involucre.-- Scotch thistle, either the cotton thistle, or the musk thistle,or the spear thistle; -- all used national emblems of Scotland.-- Sow thistle, Sonchus oleraceus.-- Spear thistle. Same as Bull thistle.-- Star thistle, a species of Centaurea. See Centaurea.-- Torch thistle, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus Cereus. SeeCereus.-- Yellow thistle, Cincus horridulus. Thistle bird (Zo\u00f6l.), theAmerican goldfinch, or yellow-bird (Spinus tristis); -- so called onaccount of its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. underGoldfinch.-- Thistle butterfly (Zo\u00f6l.), a handsomely colored Americanbutterfly (Vanessa cardui) whose larva feeds upon thistles; -- calledalso painted lady.-- Thistle cock (Zo\u00f6l.), the corn bunting (Emberiza militaria).[Prov. Eng.] -- Thistle crown, a gold coin of England of the reign ofJames I., worth four shillings.-- Thistle finch (Zo\u00f6l.), the goldfinch; -- so called from itsfondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.] -- Thistle funnel, a funnelhaving a bulging body and flaring mouth."
"THITHERTO","To that point; so far. [Obs.]"
"THITHERWARD","To ward that place; in that direction.They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward. Jer. l.5."
"THITSEE","The varnish tree of Burmah (Melanorrhoea usitatissima)."
"THLIPSIS","Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an externalcause."
"THO","The. [Obs.] Spenser."
"THOLE","To bear; to endure; to undergo. [Obs. or Scot.] Gower.So much woe as I have with you tholed. Chaucer.To thole the winter's steely dribble. Burns."
"THOMAS PROCESS","Same as Basic process, above."
"THOMIST","A follower of Thomas Aquinas. See Scotist."
"THOMITE","A Thom\u00e6an."
"THOMSENOLITE","A fluoride of aluminium, calcium, and sodium occurring with thecryolite of Greenland."
"THOMSON PROCESS","A process of electric welding in which heat is developed by alarge current passing through the metal."
"THOMSONIAN","Of or pertaining to Thomsonianism.-- n."
"THOMSONIANISM","An empirical system which assumes that the human body iscomposed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and thatvegetable medicines alone should be used; -- from the founder, Dr.Samuel Thomson, of Massachusetts."
"THOMSONITE","A zeolitic mineral, occurring generally in masses of a radiatedstructure. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda.Called also mesole, and comptonite."
"THONG","A strap of leather; especially, one used for fasteninganything.And nails for loosened spears, and thongs for shields, provide.Dryden.Thong seal (Zo\u00f6l.), the bearded seal. See the Note under Seal."
"THOOID","Of or pertaining to a group of carnivores, including the wovelsand the dogs."
"THOR","The god of thunder, and son of Odin."
"THORACENTESIS","The operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let outliquids contained in the cavity of the chest."
"THORACIC","Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest. Thoracic duct(Anat.), the great trunk of the lymphatic vessels, situated on theventral side of the vertebral column in the thorax and abdomen. SeeIllust. of Lacteal."
"THORACICA","A division of cirripeds including those which have six thoracicsegments, usually bearing six pairs of cirri. The common barnaclesare examples."
"THORACOMETER","Same as Stethometer."
"THORACOPLASTY","A remodeling or reshaping of the thorax; especially, theoperation of removing the ribs, so as to obliterate the pleuralcavity in cases of empyema."
"THORACOSTRACA","An extensive division of Crustacea, having a dorsal shield orcarapec"
"THORACOTOMY","The operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision."
"THORAL","Of or pertaining to a bed. [R.]"
"THORAX","The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen,containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which aresupported by the dorsal vertebr\u00e6, the ribs, and the sternum, andwhich the heart and lungs are situated; the chest."
"THORIA","A rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide ofthorium; -- formerly called also thorina."
"THORIC","Of or pertaining to thorium; designating the compounds ofthorium."
"THORITE","A mineral of a brown to black color, or, as in the varietyorangite, orange-yellow. It is essentially a silicate of thorium."
"THORIUM","A metallic element found in certain rare minerals, as thorite,pyrochlore, monazite, etc., and isolated as an infusible graymetallic powder which burns in the air and forms thoria; -- formerlycalled also thorinum. Symbol Th. Atomic weight 232.0."
"THORN","Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, anyspecies of the genus Crat\u00e6gus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspurthorn."
"THORN-HEADED","Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm(Zo\u00f6l.), any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called alsothornhead."
"THORNBACK","A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike spines on itsback."
"THORNBILL","Any one of several species of small, brilliantly coloredAmerican birds of the genus Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender,sharp bill, and feed upon honey, insects, and the juice of the sugarcane."
"THORNBIRD","A small South American bird (Anumbius anumbii) allied to theovenbirds of the genus Furnarius). It builds a very large and complexnest of twigs and thorns in a bush or tree."
"THORNBUT","The turbot."
"THORNLESS","Destitute of, or free from, thorns."
"THORNSET","Set with thorns. Dyer."
"THORNTAIL","A beautiful South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii),having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. Thehead is ornamented with a long, pointed crest."
"THORO","Thorough. [Reformed spelling.]"
"THOROUGH","Through. [Obs.] Spenser. Shak."
"THOROUGH BASS","The representation of chords by figures placed under the base;figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as synonymous withharmony."
"THOROUGH-BRACE","A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attachedto springs, or serving as a spring. See Illust. of Chaise."
"THOROUGH-LIGHTED","Provided with thorough lights or windows at opposite sides, asa room or building. Gwilt."
"THOROUGHBRED","Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; --said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of suchbreeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like.-- n."
"THOROUGHLY","In a thorough manner; fully; entirely; completely."
"THOROUGHNESS","The quality or state of being thorough; completeness."
"THOROUGHPACED","Perfect in what is undertaken; complete; going all lengths; as,a thoroughplaced Tory or Whig.If she be a thoroughplaced impostor. Sir W. Scott."
"THOROUGHPIN","A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse,caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequentexcessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so calledbecause there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg,appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through."
"THOROUGHSPED","Fully accomplished; thoroughplaced. [R.] Swift."
"THOROUGHSTITCH","So as to go the whole length of any business; fully;completely. [Obs.]Preservance alone can carry us thoroughstitch. L'Estrange."
"THOROUGHWORT","Same as Boneset."
"THOROW","Through. [Obs.] 'Thorow bramble, pits, and floods.' Beau. & Fl."
"THOSE","The plural of that. See That."
"THOTH","The god of eloquence and letters among the ancient Egyptians,and supposed to be the inventor of writing and philosophy. Hecorresponded to the Mercury of the Romans, and was usuallyrepresented as a human figure with the head of an ibis or a lamb."
"THOU","The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denotingthe person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used inaddressing persons in the solemn or poetical style.Art thou he that should come Matt. xi. 3."
"THOUGH","Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that;if.Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. Job xiii. 15.Not that I so affirm, though so it seem. Milton."
"THOUGHT","imp. & p. p. of Think."
"THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE","Telepathy."
"THOUSAND LEGS","A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm."
"THOUSANDFOLD","Multiplied by a thousand."
"THOUSANDTH","The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a thousandequal parts into which a unit is divided."
"THRACIAN","Of or pertaining to Thrace, or its people.-- n."
"THRACK","To load or burden; as, to thrack a man with property. [Obs.]South."
"THRACKSCAT","Metal still in the mine. [Obs.]"
"THRALDOM","The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state ofservitude. [Written also thralldom.]Women are born to thraldom and penance And to be under man'sgovernance. Chaucer.He shall rule, and she in thraldom live. Dryden."
"THRALL","Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall;bond; enslaved. [Obs.] Spenser.The fiend that would make you thrall and bond. Chaucer."
"THRALL-LIKE","Resembling a thrall, or his condition, feelings, or the like;slavish.Servile and thrall-like fear. Milton."
"THRALLDOM","Thraldom."
"THRANITE","One of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in atrireme."
"THRAPPLE","Windpipe; throttle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"THRASHEL","An instrument to thrash with; a flail. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Halliwell."
"THRASHING","a. & n. from Thrash, v. Thrashing floor, Threshing-floor, orThreshing floor, a floor or area on which grain is beaten out.-- Thrashing machine, a machine for separating grain from the straw."
"THRASONICAL","Of or pertaining to Thraso; like, or becoming to, Thraso;bragging; boastful; vainglorious.-- Thra*son'ic*al*ly, adv.C\u00e6sar's thrasonical brag of 'I came, saw, and overcame.' Shak."
"THRASTE","To thrust. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"THRAW","See Throse. [Scot.] Burns."
"THREAD-SHAPED","Having the form of a thread; filiform."
"THREADBARENESS","The state of being threadbare."
"THREADEN","Made of thread; as, threaden sails; a threaden fillet. [Obs.]Shak."
"THREADFIN","Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus andallied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments."
"THREADINESS","Quality of being thready."
"THREADWORM","Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm andfilaria."
"THREAP","To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [Prov. Eng. &Scot.]It's not for a man with a woman to threap. Percy's Reliques."
"THREAT","The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury onanother; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; meance;threatening; denunciation.There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. Shak."
"THREATEN","To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threateningappearance.Though the seas threaten, they are merciful. Shak."
"THREATENER","One who threatens. Shak."
"THREATENING","a. & n. from Threaten, v.-- Threat'en*ing*ly, adv. Threatening letters (Law), letterscontaining threats, especially those designed to extort money, or toobtain other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters."
"THREATFUL","Full of threats; having a menacing appearance. Spenser.-- Threat'ful*ly, adv."
"THREAVE","Same as Thrave. [Obs.]"
"THREE","One more than two; two and one. 'I offer thee three things.' 2Sam. xxiv. 12.Three solemn aisles approach the shrine. Keble."
"THREE-COAT","Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plasteringwhich consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, ascalled in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishingcoat."
"THREE-COLOR","Designating, or pert. to, a photomechanical process employingprintings in three colors, as red, yellow, and blue."
"THREE-CORNERED","Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three-cornered stem."
"THREE-DECKER","A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks."
"THREE-FLOWERED","Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers."
"THREE-HANDED","Said of games or contests where three persons play against eachother, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards."
"THREE-LOBED","Having three lobes. Three-lobed leaf (Bot.), a leaf dividedinto three parts, the sinuses extending not more than half way to themiddle, and either the parts of the sinuses being rounded."
"THREE-MILE","Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, orthe limit of the marine belt (the three-mile belt or zone) of threemiles included in territorial waters (which see) of a state."
"THREE-NERVED","Having three nerves. Three-nerved leaf (Bot.), a leaf havingthree distinct and prominent ribs, or nerves, extending from thebase."
"THREE-PARTED","Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite. Three-parted leaf (Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts down to the base,but not entirely separate."
"THREE-PILE","An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet,having a fine, thick pile.I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile. Shak."
"THREE-PLY","Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together inweaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold."
"THREE-POINTED","Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate."
"THREE-PORT","Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycleinternal-combustion engine in which the mixture enters the crank casethrough a port uncovered by the piston near the end of its stroke."
"THREE-QUARTER","Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said ofportraitures. Three-quarter length, a portrait showing the figure tothe hips only."
"THREE-SCORE","Thrice twenty; sixty."
"THREE-SIDED","Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp."
"THREE-SQUARE","Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle;-- said especially of a kind of file."
"THREE-TORQUE SYSTEM OF CONTROL","Any system of rudders by which the pilot can exert a turningmoment about each of the three rectangular axes of an a\u00ebroplane orairship."
"THREE-VALVED","Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with threevalves; as, a three-valved pericarp."
"THREE-WAY","Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes;as, a three-way cock or valve."
"THREEFOLD","Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefoldjustice.A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Eccl. iv. 12."
"THREEPENCE","A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny. [Eng.]"
"THREEPENNY","Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor;mean."
"THRENE","Lamentation; threnody; a dirge. Shak.The threns . . . of the prophet Jeremiah. Jer. Taylor."
"THRENODE","A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song."
"THRENODIST","One who composes, delivers, or utters, a threnode, or threnody."
"THRENODY","A song of lamentation; a threnode. Sir T. Herbert."
"THREPE","To call; to term. [Obs.] 'Luna silver we threpe.' Chaucer."
"THREPSOLOGY","The doctrine of nutrition; a treatise on nutrition."
"THRESH","Same as Thrash.He would thresh, and thereto dike and delve. Chaucer."
"THRESH-FOLD","Threshold. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"THRESHER","Same as Thrasher."
"THRESHWOLD","Threshold. [Obs.]"
"THRESTE","To thrust. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"THRETTEEN","Thirteen. [Obs. or Scot.]"
"THRETTY","Thirty. [Obs. or Scot.] Burns."
"THREW","imp. of Throw."
"THRIBBLE","Triple; treble; threefold. [Prov. Eng. or Colloq.] Halliwell."
"THRICECOCK","The missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]"
"THRID","Third. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"THRIFALLOW","See Thryfallow, and Trifallow. [R.] Tusser."
"THRIFT","One of several species of flowering plants of the generaStatice and Armeria. Common thrift (Bot.), Armeria vulgaris; -- alsocalled sea pink."
"THRIFTINESS","The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift."
"THRIFTLESS","Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs.-- Thrift'less*ly, adv.-- Thrift'less*ness, n."
"THRILL","A warbling; a trill."
"THRILLANT","Piercing; sharp; thrilling. [Obs.] 'His thrillant spear.'Spenser."
"THRILLING","Causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving;as, a thrilling romance.-- Thrill'ing*ly, adv.-- Thrill'ing*ness, n."
"THRING","To press, crowd, or throng. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"THRIPS","Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especiallythose which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (Thripscerealium)."
"THRIST","Thrist. [Obs.] Spenser."
"THRITTENE","Thirteen. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"THRIVEN","p. p. of Thrive."
"THRIVER","One who thrives, or prospers."
"THRIVINGLY","In a thriving manner."
"THRIVINGNESS","The quality or condition of one who thrives; prosperity;growth; increase."
"THROAT","The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of thefunnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. Gwilt."
"THROATBAND","Same as Throatlatch."
"THROATBOLL","The Adam's apple in the neck. [Obs. or R.]By the throatboll he caught Aleyn. Chaucer."
"THROATING","A drip, or drip molding."
"THROATLATCH","A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under ahorse's throat."
"THROATWORT","A plant (Campanula Trachelium) formerly considered a remedy forsore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla."
"THROATY","Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice. 'Hard, throatywords.' Howell."
"THROB","To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; tobeat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart,pulse, etc.My heart Throbs to know one thing. Shak.Here may his head lie on my throbbing breast. Shak."
"THRODDEN","To grow; to thrive. [Prov. Eng.] Grose."
"THROE","To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize."
"THROMBIN","The fibrin ferment which produces the formation of fibrin fromfibrinogen."
"THROMBOSIS","The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the siteof obstruction; -- distinguished from embolism, which is produced bya clot or foreign body brought from a distance.-- Throm*bot'ic, a."
"THRONE","A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaninggiven by the schoolmen. Milton.Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing. Young."
"THRONELESS","Having no throne."
"THRONG","To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as amultitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.I have seen the dumb men throng to see him. Shak."
"THRONGLY","In throngs or crowds. [Obs.]"
"THROP","A thorp. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"THROPPLE","The windpipe. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"THROSTLE","The song thrush. See under Song."
"THROSTLING","A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under thethroat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation."
"THROTTLE","The throttle valve. Throttle lever (Steam Engine), the handlever by which a throttle valve is moved, especially in a locomotive.-- Throttle valve (Steam Engine), a valve moved by hand or by agovernor for regulating the supply of steam to the steam chest. Inone form it consists of a disk turning on a transverse axis."
"THROTTLER","See Flasher, 3 (b). [Prov. Eng.]"
"THROUGH","Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving fromthe beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, a through line; athrough ticket; a through train. Also, admitting of passage through;as, a through bridge. Through bolt, a bolt which passes through allthe thickness or layers of that which it fastens, or in which it isfixed.-- Through bridge, a bridge in which the floor is supported by thelower chords of the tissues instead of the upper, so that travel isbetween the trusses and not over them. Cf. Deck bridge, under Deck.-- Through cold, a deep-seated cold. [Obs.] Holland.-- Through stone, a flat gravestone. [Scot.] [Written also throughstane.] Sir W. Scott.-- Through ticket, a ticket for the whole journey.-- Through train, a train which goes the whole length of a railway,or of a long route."
"THROUGHLY","Thoroughly. [Obs.] Bacon.Wash me throughly from mine iniquity. Ps. li. 2.To dare in fields is valor; but how few Dare to be throughly valiantto be true Dryden."
"THROUGHOUT","Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, everypart of; as, to search throughout the house.Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star,throughout the year. Milton."
"THROVE","imp. of Thrive."
"THROW","Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. [Obs.] Spenser.Dryden."
"THROW-CROOK","An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw."
"THROW-OFF","A start in a hunt or a race. [Eng.]"
"THROWE","A turning lathe. [Prov. Eng.]"
"THROWER","One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or twistssilk; a throwster. (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine."
"THROWING","a. & n. from Throw, v. Throwing engine, Throwing mill, Throwingtable, or Throwing wheel (Pottery), a machine on which earthenware isfirst rudely shaped by the hand of the potter from a mass of clayrevolving rapidly on a disk or table carried by a vertical spindle; apotter's wheel."
"THROWING STICK","An instrument used by various savage races for throwing aspear; -- called also throw stick and spear thrower. One end of thestick receives the butt of the spear, as upon a hook or thong, andthe other end is grasped with the hand, which also holds the spear,toward the middle, above it with the finger and thumb, the effectbeing to bring the place of support nearer the center of the spear,and practically lengthen the arm in the act of throwing."
"THROWN","a. & p. p. from Throw, v. Thrown silk, silk thread consistingof two or more singles twisted together like a rope, in a directioncontrary to that in which the singles of which it is composed aretwisted. M'Culloch.-- Thrown singles, silk thread or cord made by three processes oftwisting, first into singles, two or more of which are twistedtogether making dumb singles, and several of these twisted togetherto make thrown singles."
"THROWSTER","One who throws or twists silk; a thrower."
"THRU","Through. [Ref. spelling.]"
"THRUM","A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen."
"THRUM-EYED","Having the anthers raised above the stigma, and visible at thethroat of the corolla, as in long-stamened primroses; -- the reverseof pin-eyed."
"THRUMMY","Like thrums; made of, furnished with, or characterized by,thrums. Dampier.On her head thrummy cap she had. Chalkhill."
"THRUMWORT","A kind of amaranth (Amarantus caudatus). Dr. Prior."
"THRUOUT","Throughout. [Ref. spelling.]"
"THRUSH","Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging toTurdus and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of theirsongs."
"THRUSHEL","The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]"
"THRUSHER","The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]"
"THRUST","Thrist. [Obs.] Spenser."
"THRUSTER","One who thrusts or stabs."
"THRUSTING","The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curdby the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made. [Written alsothrutchthings.] [Prov. Eng.] Thrusting screw, the screw of a screwpress, as for pressing curd in making cheese. [R.]"
"THRUSTLE","The throstle, or song thrust. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]When he heard the thrustel sing. Chaucer."
"THRYES","Thrice. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"THRYFALLOW","To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. [R.][Written also thrifallow.] Tusser."
"THUD","A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by strikingwith, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also,the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a cannonball striking the earth.At every new thud of the blast, a sob arose. Jeffrey.At intervals there came some tremendous thud on the side of thesteamer. C. Mackay."
"THUG","One of an association of robbers and murderers in India whopracticed murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives.They have been nearly exterminated by the British government."
"THUGGEE","The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs. 'One of thesuppressors of Thuggee.' J. D. Hooker."
"THUJA","A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable forthe distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike,closely imbricated, or compressed leaves. [Written also thuya.] SeeThyine wood."
"THULE","The name given by ancient geographers to the northernmost partof the habitable world. According to some, this land was Norway,according to others, Iceland, or more probably Mainland, the largestof the Shetland islands; hence, the Latin phrase ultima Thule,farthest Thule."
"THULIA","Oxide of thulium."
"THULIUM","A rare metallic element of uncertain properties and identity,said to have been found in the mineral gadolinite."
"THUMB","The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing fromthe other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. SeePollex.Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. Chaucer.Thumb band, a twist of anything as thick as the thumb. Mortimer.-- Thumb blue, indigo in the form of small balls or lumps, used bywasherwomen to blue linen, and the like.-- Thumb latch, a door latch having a lever formed to be pressed bythe thumb.-- Thumb mark. (a) The mark left by the impression of a thumb, as onthe leaves of a book. Longfellow. (b) The dark spot over each foot infinely bred black and tan terriers.-- Thumb nut, a nut for a screw, having wings to grasp between thethumb and fingers in turning it; also, a nut with a knurled rim forthe same perpose.-- Thumb ring, a ring worn on the thumb. Shak.-- Thumb stall. (a) A kind of thimble or ferrule of iron, orleather, for protecting the thumb in making sails, and in other work.(b) (Mil.) A buckskin cushion worn on the thumb, and used to closethe vent of a cannon while it is sponged, or loaded.-- Under one's thumb, completely under one's power or influence; ina condition of subservience. [Colloq.]"
"THUMBBIRD","The goldcrest. [Prov. Eng.]"
"THUMBKIN","An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; athumbscrew."
"THUMBLESS","Without a thumb. Darwin."
"THUMMIE","The chiff-chaff. [Prov. Eng.]"
"THUMMIM","A mysterious part or decoration of the breastplate of theJewish high priest. See the note under Urim."
"THUMP","To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as tocause a dull sound.These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers Have in their own landbeaten, bobbed, and thumped. Shak."
"THUMPER","One who, or that which, thumps."
"THUMPING","Heavy; large. [Colloq.]"
"THUNDER","To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish,as a threat or denunciation.Oracles severe Were daily thundered in our general's ear. Dryden.An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an ecclesiasticalcensure. Ayliffe."
"THUNDERBIRD","An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephalagutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow,and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throatedthickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, gutturalthrush, and black-breasted flycatcher."
"THUNDERBOLT","A belemnite, or thunderstone. Thunderbolt beetle (Zo\u00f6l.), along-horned beetle (Arhopalus fulminans) whose larva bores in thetrunk of oak and chestnut trees. It is brownish and bluish-black,with W-shaped whitish or silvery markings on the elytra."
"THUNDERBURST","A burst of thunder."
"THUNDERCLAP","A sharp burst of thunder; a sudden report of a discharge ofatmospheric electricity. 'Thunderclaps that make them quake.'Spenser.When suddenly the thunderclap was heard. Dryden."
"THUNDERCLOUD","A cloud charged with electricity, and producing lightning andthunder."
"THUNDERER","One who thunders; -- used especially as a translation of L.tonans, an epithet applied by the Romans to several of their gods,esp. to Jupiter.That dreadful oath which binds the Thunderer. Pope."
"THUNDERFISH","A large European loach (Misgurnus fossilis)."
"THUNDERHEAD","A rounded mass of cloud, with shining white edges; a cumulus, -- often appearing before a thunderstorm."
"THUNDERING","Thunder. Rev. iv. 5."
"THUNDERLESS","Without thunder or noise."
"THUNDERPROOF","Secure against the effects of thunder or lightning."
"THUNDERSHOWER","A shower accompanied with lightning and thunder."
"THUNDERSTONE","A belemnite. See Belemnite."
"THUNDERSTORM","A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder."
"THUNDERWORM","A small, footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard (RhineuraFloridana) allied to Amphisb\u00e6na, native of Florida; -- so calledbecause it leaves its burrows after a thundershower."
"THUNDERY","Accompanied with thunder; thunderous. [R.] 'Thundery weather.'Pennant."
"THUNDROUS","Thunderous; sonorous. 'Scraps of thunderous epic.' Tennyson."
"THUNNY","The tunny. [R.]"
"THURGH","Through. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"THURGHFARE","Thoroughfare. [Obs.]This world is but a thurghfare full of woe. Chaucer."
"THURIBLE","A censer of metal, for burning incense, having various forms,held in the hand or suspended by chains; -- used especially at mass,vespers, and other solemn services. Fairholt."
"THURIFEROUS","Producing or bearing frankincense."
"THURIFICATION","The act of fuming with incense, or the act of burning incense."
"THURINGIAN","Of or pertaining to Thuringia, a country in Germany, or itspeople.-- n."
"THURINGITE","A mineral occurring as an aggregation of minute scales havingan olive-green color and pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate ofaluminia and iron."
"THURL","To cut through, as a partition between one working and another."
"THURLING","Same as Thurl, n., 2 (a)."
"THURROK","The hold of a ship; a sink. [Obs.]Small drops of water that enter through a little crevice into thethurrok and into the bottom of a ship. Chaucer."
"THURSDAY","The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and precedingFriday. Holy Thursday. See under Holy."
"THURST","The ruins of the fallen roof resulting from the removal of thepillars and stalls. Raymond."
"THUS","The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from theNorway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers."
"THUSSOCK","See Tussock. [Obs.]"
"THUYA","Same as Thuja."
"THUYIN","A substance extracted from trees of the genus Thuja, or Thuya,and probably identical with quercitrin. [Written also thujin.]"
"THWACK","A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump.With many a stiff thwack, many a bang, Hard crab tree and old ironrang. Hudibras."
"THWAITE","The twaite."
"THWART","Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. [Obs.] Milton."
"THWARTER","A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, orconvulsive motions."
"THWARTINGLY","In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart."
"THWARTLY","Transversely; obliquely."
"THWARTNESS","The quality or state of being thwart; obliquity; perverseness."
"THWITE","To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Chaucer."
"THWITTLE","To cut or whittle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Palsgrave."
"THY","Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine,possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly inthe solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in thepredicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.Our father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdomcome. Thy will be done. Matt. vi. 9,10.These are thy glorious works, Parent of good. Milton."
"THYINE WOOD","The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree(Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata. The treeis of the Cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic resin calledsandarach. Rev. xviii. 12."
"THYLACINE","The zebra wolf. See under Wolf."
"THYMATE","A compound of thymol analogous to a salt; as, sodium thymate."
"THYME","Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus. The garden thyme (Thymusvulgaris) is a warm, pungent aromatic, much used to give a relish toseasoning and soups.Ankle deep in moss and flowery thyme. Cowper.Cat thyme, a labiate plant (Teucrium Marum) of the Mediterraneanreligion. Cats are said to be fond of rolling on it. J. Smith (Dict.Econ. Plants).-- Wild thyme, Thymus Serpyllum, common on banks and hillsides inEurope.I know a bank where the wild thyme blows. Shak."
"THYMENE","A liquid terpene obtained from oil of thyme."
"THYMIATECHNY","The art of employing perfumes in medicine. [R.] Dunglison."
"THYMIC","Of or pertaining to the thymus gland."
"THYMOL","A phenol derivative of cymene, C10H13.OH, isomeric withcarvacrol, found in oil of thyme, and extracted as a whitecrystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and strongantiseptic properties; -- called also hydroxy cymene."
"THYMUS","Of, pertaining to, or designating, the thymus gland.-- n."
"THYMY","Abounding with thyme; fragrant; as, a thymy vale. Akenside.Where'er a thymy bank he found, He rolled upon the fragrant ground.Gay."
"THYRO-","A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,or relation to, the thyroid body or the thyroid cartilage; as,thyrohyal."
"THYROARYTENOID","Of or pertaining to both the thyroid and arytenoid cartilagesof the larynx."
"THYROHYAL","One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidatedwith the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns,as in man."
"THYROHYOID","Of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx and thehyoid arch."
"THYROID","Of or pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid cartilage, orthyroid artery; thyroideal. Thyroid cartilage. See under Larynx.-- Thyroid body, or Thyroid gland (Anat.), a glandlike but ductlessbody, or pair of bodies, of unknown function, in the floor of themouth or the region of the larynx. In man and most mammals it is ahighly vascular organ, partly surrounding the base of the larynx andthe upper part of the trachea.-- Thyroid dislocation (Surg.), dislocation of the thigh bone intothe thyroid foramen.-- Thyroid foramen, the obturator foramen."
"THYROIDEAL","Thyroid."
"THYROTOMY","The operation of cutting into the thyroid cartilage."
"THYRSE","A thyrsus."
"THYRSUS","A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilacand horse-chestnut."
"THYSANOPTER","One of the Thysanoptera."
"THYSANOPTERA","A division of insects, considered by some writers a distinctorder, but regarded by others as belonging to the Hemiptera. They areall of small size, and have narrow, broadly fringed wings withrudimentary nervures. Most of the species feed upon the juices ofplants, and some, as those which attack grain, are very injurious tocrops. Called also Physopoda. See Thrips."
"THYSANOPTERAN","One of the Thysanoptera."
"THYSANOPTEROUS","Of or pertaining to the Thysanoptera."
"THYSANURA","An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudalappendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, orprojecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, andthe Collembola, or springtails. Called also Thysanoura. See Lepisma,and Podura."
"THYSANURAN","One of the Thysanura. Also used adjectively."
"THYSANUROUS","Of or pertaining to the Thysanura."
"THYSBE","A common clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe)."
"THYSELF","An emphasized form of the personal pronoun of the secondperson; -- used as a subject commonly with thou; as, thou thyselfshalt go; that is, thou shalt go, and no other. It is sometimes used,especially in the predicate, without thou, and in the nominative aswell as in the objective case.Thyself shalt see the act. Shak.Ere I do thee, thou to thyself wast cruel. Milton."
"TIAR","A tiara. [Poetic] Milton. Tennyson."
"TIARAED","Adorned with, or wearing, a tiara."
"TIB-CAT","A female cat. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"TIBIA","The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the twobones of the leg or hind limb below the knee."
"TIBIAL","A tibial bone; a tibiale."
"TIBIALE","The bone or cartilage of the tarsus which articulates with thetibia and corresponds to a part of the astragalus in man and mostmammals."
"TIBICINATE","To play on a tibia, or pipe. [R.]"
"TIBIO-","A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,or relation to, the tibia; as, tibiotarsus, tibiofibular."
"TIBIOTARSUS","The large bone between the femur and tarsometatarsus in the legof a bird. It is formed by the union of the proximal part of thetarsus with the tibia."
"TIBRIE","The pollack. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TIC","A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles;especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face;twitching; velication; -- called also spasmodic tic. Dunglison. Ticdouloureux (. Etym: [F., fr. tic a knack, a twitching + douloureuxpainful.] (Med.) Neuralgia in the face; face ague. See under Face."
"TICE","To entice. [Obs.] The Coronation."
"TICEMENT","Enticement. [Obs.]"
"TICHORRHINE","A fossil rhinoceros with a vertical bony medial septumsupporting the nose; the hairy rhinoceros."
"TICK","Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick."
"TICKEN","See Ticking. [R.] R. Browning."
"TICKER","One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, asa watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc. Ticker tape Tape fromor designed to be used in a stock ticker, usu. of paper and beingnarrow but long.-- Stock ticker, an electro-mechanical information receiving deviceconnected by telegraphic wire to a stock exchange, and which printsout the latest transactions or news on stock exchanges, commonlyfound in the offices of stock brokers. By 1980 largely superseded byelectronic stock quotation devices. ticker tape parade A parade tohonor a person, held in New York City, during which people in thetall buildings of Manhattan throw large quantities of paper,confetti, paper ribbons, or the like onto the parading group. Thename comes form the ticker tape originally thrown onto the paradewhen it passed stockbrokers' offices in lower Manhattan, before stocktickers became obsolete."
"TICKET","A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as anotice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.Specifically: --(a) A little note or notice. [Obs. or Local]He constantly read his lectures twice a week for above forty years,giving notice of the time to his auditors in a ticket on the schooldoors. Fuller."
"TICKETING","A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; -- socalled from the tickets upon which are written the bids of thebuyers."
"TICKING","A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticksfor beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes ofdifferent colors, as white and blue; -- called also ticken."
"TICKLE-FOOTED","Uncertain; inconstant; slippery. [Obs. & R.] Beau. & Fl."
"TICKLENBURG","A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the WestIndies."
"TICKLENESS","Unsteadiness. [Obs.]For hoard hath hate, and climbing tickleness. Chaucer."
"TICKTACK","With a ticking noise, like that of a watch."
"TICPOLONGA","A very venomous viper (Daboia Russellii), native of Ceylon andIndia; -- called also cobra monil."
"TID","Tender; soft; nice; -- now only used in tidbit."
"TIDAL","Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides;periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as, tidalwaters.The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And liftsus unawares Out of all meaner cares. Longfellow.Tidal air (Physiol.), the air which passes in and out of the lungs inordinary breathing. It varies from twenty to thirty cubic inches.-- Tidal basin, a dock that is filled at the rising of the tide.-- Tidal wave. (a) See Tide wave, under Tide. Cf. 4th Bore. (b) Avast, swift wave caused by an earthquake or some extraordinarycombination of natural causes. It rises far above high-water mark andis often very destructive upon low-lying coasts."
"TIDBIT","A delicate or tender piece of anything eatable; a deliciousmorsel. [Written also titbit.]"
"TIDDE","imp. of Tide, v. i. Chaucer."
"TIDDLEDYWINKS","A game in which the object is to snap small disks of bone,ivory, or the like, from a flat surface, as of a table, into a smallcup or basket; --called also tiddlywinks. [U. S.]"
"TIDDLYWINKS","Same as Tiddledywinks.  Kipling."
"TIDE","The period of twelve hours. Atmospheric tides, tidal movementsof the atmosphere similar to those of the ocean, and produced in thesame manner by the attractive forces of the sun and moon.-- Inferior tide. See under Inferior, a.-- To work double tides. See under Work, v. t.-- Tide day, the interval between the occurrences of two consecutivemaxima of the resultant wave at the same place. Its length varies asthe components of sun and moon waves approach to, or recede from, oneanother. A retardation from this cause is called the lagging of thetide, while the acceleration of the recurrence of high water istermed the priming of the tide. See Lag of the tide, under 2d Lag.-- Tide dial, a dial to exhibit the state of the tides at any time.-- Tide gate. (a) An opening through which water may flow freelywhen the tide sets in one direction, but which closes automaticallyand prevents the water from flowing in the other direction. (b)(Naut.) A place where the tide runs with great velocity, as through agate.-- Tide gauge, a gauge for showing the height of the tide;especially, a contrivance for registering the state of the tidecontinuously at every instant of time. Brande & C.-- Tide lock, a lock situated between an inclosed basin, or a canal,and the tide water of a harbor or river, when they are on differentlevels, so that craft can pass either way at all times of the tide; -- called also guard lock.-- Tide mill. (a) A mill operated by the tidal currents. (b) A millfor clearing lands from tide water.-- Tide rip, a body of water made rough by the conflict of opposingtides or currents.-- Tide table, a table giving the time of the rise and fall of thetide at any place.-- Tide water, water affected by the flow of the tide; hence,broadly, the seaboard.-- Tide wave, or Tidal wave, the swell of water as the tide moves.That of the ocean is called primitive; that of bays or channelsderivative. Whewell.-- Tide wheel, a water wheel so constructed as to be moved by theebb or flow of the tide."
"TIDE-RODE","Swung by the tide when at anchor; -- opposed to wind-rode."
"TIDED","Affected by the tide; having a tide. 'The tided Thames.' Bp.Hall."
"TIDELAND","Land that is overflowed by tide water; hence, land near thesea."
"TIDELESS","Having no tide."
"TIDESMAN","A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship tosecure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter."
"TIDEWAITER","A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods frommerchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties. Swift."
"TIDEWAY","Channel in which the tide sets."
"TIDIFE","The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TIDILY","In a tidy manner."
"TIDINESS","The quality or state of being tidy."
"TIDING","Tidings. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TIDINGS","Account of what has taken place, and was not before known;news.I shall make my master glad with these tidings. Shak.Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismaltidings when he frowned. Goldsmith."
"TIDOLOGY","A discourse or treatise upon the tides; that part of sciencewhich treats of tides. J. S. Mill."
"TIDY","The wren; -- called also tiddy. [Prov. Eng.]The tidy for her notes as delicate as they. Drayton."
"TIDYTIPS","A California composite plant (Layia platyglossa), the flower ofwhich has yellow rays tipped with white."
"TIE","A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, oneof the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it inplace."
"TIE-ROD","A rod used as a tie. See Tie."
"TIEBAR","A flat bar used as a tie."
"TIEBEAM","A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principalrafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. ofTimbers, under Roof. Gwilt."
"TIENDA","In Cuba, Mexico, etc., a booth, stall, or shop wheremerchandise is sold."
"TIER","One who, or that which, ties."
"TIERCE","The third tone of the scale. See Mediant."
"TIERCE-MAJOR","See Tierce, 4."
"TIERCET","A triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together."
"TIERS ETAT","The third estate, or commonalty, in France, answering to thecommons in Great Britain; -- so called in distinction from, and asinferior to, the nobles and clergy."
"TIETICK","The meadow pipit. [Prov. Eng]."
"TIEWIG","A wig having a tie or ties, or one having some of the curlstied up; also, a wig tied upon the head. Wright. V. Knox."
"TIFF","To be in a pet.She tiffed with Tim, she ran from Ralph. Landor."
"TIFFANY","A species of gause, or very silk.The smoke of sulphur . . . is commonly used by women to whitentiffanies. Sir T. Browne."
"TIFFIN","A lunch, or slight repast between breakfast and dinner; --originally, a Provincial English word, but introduced into India, andbrought back to England in a special sense."
"TIFFISH","Inclined to tiffs; peevish; petulant."
"TIFT","A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.After all your fatigue you seem as ready for a tift with me as if youhad newly come from church. Blackwood's Mag."
"TIGELLA","That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; thecaulicle or radicle."
"TIGELLE","Same as Tigella."
"TIGER-EYE","A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster,obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an alteredform of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite."
"TIGER-FOOT","Same as Tiger's-foot."
"TIGER-FOOTED","Hastening to devour; furious."
"TIGERINE","Tigerish; tigrine. [R.]"
"TIGERISH","Like a tiger; tigrish."
"TIGH","A close, or inclosure; a croft. [Obs.] Cowell."
"TIGHT","p. p. of Tie. Spenser."
"TIGHTEN","To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee round thedusty plain. Fawkes.Tightening pulley (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is forced,against a driving belt to tighten it."
"TIGHTENER","That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley."
"TIGHTER","A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer. [Obs.]"
"TIGHTLY","In a tight manner; closely; nearly."
"TIGHTNESS","The quality or condition of being tight."
"TIGHTS","Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of thebody and the legs."
"TIGLIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7CO2H (calledalso methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic acid, andobtained from croton oil (from Croton Tiglium) as a white crystallinesubstance."
"TIGRESS","The female of the tiger. Holland."
"TIGRINE","Resembling the tiger in color; as, the tigrine cat (Felistigrina) of South America."
"TIGRISH","Resembling a tiger; tigerish."
"TIKE","A tick. See 2d Tick. [Obs.]"
"TIKOR","A starch or arrow-root made from the tubes of an East Indianzinziberaceous plant (Curcuma angustifolia); also, the plant itself."
"TIKUS","The bulau."
"TIL","See Till. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TIL TREE","See Teil."
"TILBURY","A kind of gig or two-wheeled carriage, without a top or cover.[Written also tilburgh.]"
"TILDE","The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, inSpanish words [thus, \u00f1, l], indicating that, in pronunciation, thesound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of theinitial, or consonantal, y."
"TILE","To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile aMasonic lodge."
"TILE-DRAIN","To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain."
"TILEFISH","A large, edible, deep-water food fish (Lopholatiluscham\u00e6leonticeps) more or less thickly covered with large, round,yellow spots."
"TILER","A man whose occupation is to cover buildings with tiles.Bancroft."
"TILERY","A place where tiles are made or burned; a tile kiln."
"TILESEED","Any plant of the genus Geissois, having seeds overlapping liketiles on a roof."
"TILESTONE","A kind of laminated shale or sandstone belonging to some of thelayers of the Upper Silurian."
"TILIA","A genus of trees, the lindens, the type of the family Tiliace\u00e6,distinguished by the winglike bract coalescent with the peduncle, andby the indehiscent fruit having one or two seeds. There are abouttwenty species, natives of temperate regions.  Many species areplanted as ornamental shade trees, and the tough fibrous inner barkis a valuable article of commerce. Also, a plant of this genus."
"TILIACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants(Tiliace\u00e6) of which the linden (Tilia) is the type. The orderincludes many plants which furnish a valuable fiber, as the jute."
"TILL","A vetch; a tare. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TILLABLE","Capable of being tilled; fit for the plow; arable."
"TILLANDSIA","A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the SouthernUnited States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, calledlong moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a veryslender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts onthe branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses."
"TILLER","One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman."
"TILLMAN","A man who tills the earth; a husbandman. [Obs.] Tusser."
"TILLODONT","One of the Tillodontia."
"TILLODONTIA","An extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eoceneformation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, androdents. Called also Tillodonta."
"TILLOT","A bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dressgoods. McElrath."
"TILLOW","See 3d Tiller."
"TILLY-VALLY","A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used asexpressive of contempt, or when anything said was reject as triflingor impertinent. [Written also tille-vally, tilly-fally, tille-fally,and otherwise.] Shak."
"TILMUS","Floccillation."
"TILT","A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended overthe sternsheets of a boat. Tilt boat (Naut.), a boat covered withcanvas or other cloth.-- Tilt roof (Arch.), a round-headed roof, like the canopy of awagon."
"TILT HAMMER","A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which islifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving shaft; atrip hammer."
"TILT-MILL","A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process oftilting is carried on."
"TILT-UP","Same as Tip-up."
"TILT-YARD","A yard or place for tilting. 'The tilt-yard of Templestowe.'Sir W. Scott."
"TIM-WHISKEY","A kind of carriage. See Whiskey. Southery."
"TIMAL","The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TIMALINE","Of or pertaining to the genus Timalus or family Timalid\u00e6, whichincludes the babblers thrushes, and bulbuls."
"TIMBAL","A kettledrum. See Tymbal."
"TIMBALE","A seasoned preparation, as of chicken, lobster, cheese, orfish, cooked in a drum-shaped mold; also, a pastry case, usuallysmall, filled with a cooked mixture."
"TIMBER","A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines,sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins,in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer. [Writtenalso timbre.]"
"TIMBERHEAD","The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and servingfor belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also kevel head."
"TIMBERING","The act of furnishing with timber; also, timbers, collectively;timberwork; timber."
"TIMBERLING","A small tree. [Eng.]"
"TIMBERMAN","A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine. Weale."
"TIMBERWORK","Work made of timbers."
"TIMBRE","See 1st Timber."
"TIMBREL","A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highestantiquity.Miriam . . . took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went outafter her with timbrels and with dances. Ex. xv. 20."
"TIMBURINE","A tambourine. [Obs.]"
"TIME","Tense."
"TIME POLICY","A policy limited to become void at a specified time; -- oftencontrasted with voyage policy."
"TIME SIGNATURE","A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placedafter the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also calledrhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which thedenominator indicates the kind of note taken as time unit for thebeat, and the numerator, the number of these to the measure."
"TIME-HONORED","Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, byreason of antiquity, or long continuance."
"TIME-TABLE","A plane surface divided in one direction with linesrepresenting hours and minutes, and in the other with linesrepresenting miles, and having diagonals (usually movable strings)representing the speed and position of various trains."
"TIMEFUL","Seasonable; timely; sufficiently early. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh."
"TIMELESSLY","In a timeless manner; unseasonably. [R.] Milton."
"TIMELINESS","The quality or state of being timely; seasonableness;opportuneness."
"TIMELING","A timeserver. [Obs.]"
"TIMELY","Early; soon; in good season.Timely advised, the coming evil shun. Prior.Thanks to you, That called me timelier than my purpose hither, For Ihave gained by it. Shak."
"TIMENOGUY","A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engageor foul the running rigging in working a ship."
"TIMEOUS","Timely; seasonable. [R. or Scot.] -- Time'ous*ly, adv. [R. orScot.]"
"TIMEPIECE","A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show theprogress of time; a chronometer."
"TIMEPLEASER","One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they maybe; a timeserver.Timepleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness. Shak."
"TIMER","A timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small intervals oftime can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for timing thespeed of horses, machinery, etc."
"TIMESAVING","Saving time; as, a timesaving expedient."
"TIMESERVER","One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one whoobsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in abad sense."
"TIMESERVING","Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or thehumors of those in power."
"TIMID","Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous;not bold; fearful; shy.Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare. Thomson."
"TIMIDITY","The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness."
"TIMIDOUS","Timid. [Obs.] Hudibras."
"TIMIST","A performer who keeps good time."
"TIMMER","Same as 1st Timber. [Scot.]"
"TIMOCRATIC","Belonging to, or constituted by, timocracy. Sir G. C. Lewis."
"TIMONEER","A helmsman. [R.]"
"TIMORSOME","Easily frightened; timorous. [Written also timersome.] [Scot.]Sir W. Scott."
"TIMOUS","Timely; seasonable. [Obs.] Bacon.-- Tim'ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"TIMPANO","See Tympano."
"TIN","An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineralcassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleableat ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easilyoxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect itfrom rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form thereflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal,and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, orstannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4."
"TINAMIDES","A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous."
"TINAMOU","Any one of several species of South American birds belonging toTinamus and allied genera."
"TINCAL","Crude native borax, formerly imported from Thibet. It was oncethe chief source of boric compounds. Cf. Borax."
"TINCHEL","A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive spaceand gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within anarrow compass. [Scot.]We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their tinchel cows the game!Sir W. Scott."
"TINCT","Tined; tinged. [Archaic] Spenser."
"TINCTORIAL","Of or relating to color or colors; imparting a color; as,tinctorial matter. Ure."
"TINCTURE","One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory."
"TIND","To kindle. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson."
"TINDER","Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from aspark, as scorched linen. German tinder. Same as Amadou.-- Tinder box, a box in which tinder is kept."
"TINE","Trouble; distress; teen. [Obs.] 'Cruel winter's tine.' Spenser."
"TINEA","A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially toringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis."
"TINEAN","Any species of Tinea, or of the family Tineid\u00e6, which includesnumerous small moths, many of which are injurious to woolen and furgoods and to cultivated plants. Also used adjectively."
"TINED","Furnished with tines; as, a three-tined fork."
"TINEID","Same as Tinean."
"TINEMAN","An officer of the forest who had the care of vert and venisonby night. [Obs.]"
"TINET","Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges. [Obs.Eng.]"
"TING","A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling."
"TINGE","To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as,to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degreewith the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or byapplication to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain;as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellowcolor by saffron.His [Sir Roger's] virtues, as well as imperfections, are tinged by acertain extravagance. Addison."
"TINGENT","Having the power to tinge. [R.]As for the white part, it appears much less enriched with the tingentproperty. Boyle."
"TINGER","One who, or that which, tinges."
"TINGID","Of or pertaining to the genus Tingis."
"TINGIS","A genus of small hemipterous insects which injure trees bysucking the sap from the leaves. See Illustration in Appendix."
"TINK","To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle. Wyclif (1 Cor. xiii.1)."
"TINKER","A small mortar on the end of a staff."
"TINKERING","The act or work of a tinker."
"TINKERLY","After the manner of a tinker. [R.]"
"TINKLE","To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds."
"TINKLER","A tinker. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TINKLING","A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It oftenassociates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects."
"TINMAN","A manufacturer of tin vessels; a dealer in tinware."
"TINMOUTH","The crappie. [U.S.]"
"TINNEN","Made or consisting of tin. [Obs.]"
"TINNIENT","Emitting a clear sound. [Obs.]"
"TINNITUS","A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in theears; -- called also tinnitus aurium."
"TINNOCK","The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TINNY","Pertaining to, abounding with, or resembling, tin. 'The tinnystrand.' Drayton."
"TINSEL","Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial. 'Tinseltrappings.' Milton."
"TINSELLY","Like tinsel; gaudy; showy, but cheap."
"TINSMITH","One who works in tin; a tinner."
"TINSTONE","Cassiterite."
"TINT","A slight coloring. Specifically: --(a) A pale or faint tinge of any color.Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass. Pope.Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline. Harte."
"TINTAMAR","A hideous or confused noise; an uproar. [Obs.] Howell."
"TINTERNELL","A certain old dance. [Obs.] Halliwell."
"TINTIE","The wren. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TINTINNABULATION","A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. Poe."
"TINTINNABULOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the tinkling of a bell;having a tinkling sound; tintinnabular. De Quincey."
"TINTINNABULUM","A bell; also, a set or combination of bells or metal platesused as a musical instrument or as a toy."
"TINTO","A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts,and, when old, resembling tawny port."
"TINTOMETER","An apparatus for the determination of colors by comparison witharbitrary standards; a colorimeter."
"TINTYPE","Same as Ferrotype."
"TINWARE","Articles made of tinned iron."
"TINY","Very small; little; puny.When that I was and a little tiny boy. Shak."
"TIP","A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hatcrown."
"TIP-UP","The spotted sandpiper; -- called also teeter-tail. See underSandpiper."
"TIPCART","A cart so constructed that the body can be easily tipped, inorder to dump the load."
"TIPCAT","A game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends,called a cat, is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, so as to flyinto the air.In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood staringwildly upward with his stick in his hand. Macaulay."
"TIPPER","A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from aparticular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one ThomasTipper. [Eng.]"
"TIPPING","A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on theflute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing."
"TIPPLE","To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge inthe frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, todrink frequently in small quantities, but without absolutedrunkeness.Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and those fewgenerally found it more agreeable to tipple in alehouses than to pacethe streets. Macaulay."
"TIPPLED","Intoxicated; inebriated; tipsy; drunk. [R.] Dryden."
"TIPPLING-HOUSE","A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities,to be drunk on the premises."
"TIPSIFY","To make tipsy. [Colloq.] Thackeray."
"TIPSILY","In a tipsy manner; like one tipsy."
"TIPSINESS","The state of being tipsy."
"TIPSTER","One who makes a practice of giving or selling tips, or privatehints or information, esp. for use in gambling upon the probableoutcome of events, as horse races."
"TIPSTOCK","The detachable or movable fore part of a gunstock, lyingbeneath the barrel or barrels, and forming a hold for the left hand."
"TIPTOE","The end, or tip, of the toe.He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes]. Chaucer.Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by. Spenser.To be, or To stand, a tiptoe or on tiptoe, to be awake or alive toanything; to be roused; to be eager or alert; as, to be a tiptoe withexpectation."
"TIPTOP","The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything. [Colloq.]"
"TIPULA","Any one of many species of long-legged dipterous insectsbelonging to Tipula and allied genera. They have long and slenderbodies. See Crane fly, under Crane."
"TIPULARY","Of or pertaining to the tipulas."
"TIRADE","A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a ramblinginvective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitterlanguage.Here he delivers a violent tirade against persons who profess to knowanything about angels. Quarterly Review."
"TIRAILLEUR","Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in theFrench army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoythe enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term isnow applied to all troops acting as skirmishers."
"TIRE","A tier, row, or rank. See Tier. [Obs.]In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. Milton."
"TIRED","Weary; fatigued; exhausted."
"TIREDNESS","The state of being tired, or weary."
"TIRELESS","Untiring."
"TIRELING","Tired; fatigued. [Obs.]"
"TIRESOME","Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing;tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse.-- Tire'some*ly, adv.-- Tire'some*ness, n."
"TIRING-HOUSE","A tiring-room. [Obs.] Shak."
"TIRING-ROOM","The room or place where players dress for the stage."
"TIRMA","The oyster catcher. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TIRO","Same as Tyro."
"TIRONIAN","Of or pertaining to Tiro, or a system of shorthand said to havebeen introduced by him into ancient Rome."
"TIRRALIRRA","A verbal imitation of a musical sound, as of the note of a larkor a horn.The lark, that tirra lyra chants. Shak.'Tirralira, ' by the river, Sang Sir Lancelot. Tennyson."
"TIRRIT","A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess inShakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror."
"TIRWIT","The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TISANE","See Ptisan."
"TISAR","The fireplace at the side of an annealing oven. Knight."
"TISIC","Consumption; phthisis. See Phthisis."
"TISICKY","Consumptive, phthisical."
"TISRI","The seventh month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answeringto a part of September with a part of October."
"TISSUE","One of the elementary materials or fibres, having a uniformstructure and a specialized function, of which ordinary animals andplants are composed; a texture; as, epithelial tissue; connectivetissue."
"TISSUED","Clothed in, or adorned with, tissue; also, variegated; as,tissued flowers. Cowper.And crested chiefs and tissued dames Assembled at the clarion's call.T. Warton."
"TITAN","Titanic.The Titan physical difficulties of his enterprise. I. Taylor."
"TITAN CRANE","A massive crane with an overhanging counterbalanced armcarrying a traveler and lifting crab, the whole supported by acarriage mounted on track rails. It is used esp. for setting heavymasonry blocks for piers, breakwaters, etc."
"TITANATE","A salt of titanic acid."
"TITANIC","Of or relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancientmythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanicstructures."
"TITANIFEROUS","Containing or affording titanium; as, titaniferous magnetite."
"TITANITE","See Sphene."
"TITANITIC","Pertaining to, or containing, titanium; as, a titaniticmineral."
"TITANIUM","An elementary substance found combined in the mineralsmanaccanite, rutile, sphene, etc., and isolated as an infusible iron-gray amorphous powder, having a metallic luster. It burns when heatedin the air. Symbol Ti. Atomic weight 48.1."
"TITANO-","A combining form (also used adjectively) designating certaindouble compounds of titanium with some other elements; as, titano-cyanide, titano-fluoride, titano-silicate, etc."
"TITANOTHERIUM","A large American Miocene mammal, allied to the rhinoceros, andmore nearly to the extinct Brontotherium."
"TITANOUS","Designating certain compounds of titanium in which that elementhas a lower valence as contrasted with titanic compounds."
"TITBIT","Same as Tidbit."
"TITH","Tight; nimble. [Obs.]Of a good stirring strain too, she goes tith. Beau. & Fl."
"TITHABLE","Subject to the payment of tithes; as, tithable lands."
"TITHE","Tenth. [Obs.]Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand. Shak."
"TITHING","A number or company of ten householders who, dwelling near eachother, were sureties or frankpledges to the king for the goodbehavior of each other; a decennary. Blackstone."
"TITHINGMAN","The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected topreside over the tithing."
"TITHLY","Tightly; nimbly. [Obs.] 'I have seen him trip it tithly.' Beau.& Fl."
"TITHONIC","Of, pertaining to, or denoting, those rays of light whichproduce chemical effects; actinic. [R.]"
"TITHONICITY","The state or property of being tithonic; actinism. [R.]"
"TITHONOGRAPHIC","Of, relating to, or produced by, the chemical action of rays oflight; photographic."
"TITHONOMETER","An instrument or apparatus for measuring or detectingtithonicity; an actinometer. [R.]"
"TITHYMAL","Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias."
"TITI","Same as Teetee."
"TITILLATE","To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather.The pungent grains of titillating dust. Pope."
"TITILLATIVE","Tending or serving to titillate, or tickle; tickling."
"TITLARK","Any one of numerous small spring birds belonging to Anthus,Corydalla, and allied genera, which resemble the true larks in colorand in having a very long hind claw; especially, the European meadowpipit (Anthus pratensis)."
"TITLE","The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of abook."
"TITLE-PAGE","The page of a book which contains it title.The world's all title-page; there's no contents. Young."
"TITLED","Having or bearing a title."
"TITLELESS","Not having a title or name; without legitimate title. 'Atitleless tyrant.' Chaucer."
"TITLER","A large truncated cone of refined sugar."
"TITMAL","The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TITMOUSE","Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singingbirds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also tit, andtomtit."
"TITRATE","To analyse, or determine the strength of, by means of standardsolutions. Cf. Standardized solution, under Solution."
"TITRATED","Standardized; determined or analyzed by titration; as, titratedsolutions."
"TITRATION","The act or process of titrating; a substance obtained bytitrating."
"TITTER","To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upperteeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle.A group of tittering pages ran before. Longfellow."
"TITTER-TOTTER","See Teeter."
"TITTEREL","The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TITTIMOUSE","Titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TITTLE","A particle; a minute part; a jot; an iota.It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the lawto fail. Luke xvi. 17.Every tittle of this prophecy is most exactly verified. South."
"TITTLE-TATTLE","To talk idly; to prate. Shak."
"TITTLE-TATTLING","The act or habit of parting idly or gossiping."
"TITTLEBAT","The three-spined stickleback. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TITTUP","To behave or move in a lively or restless manner, as animpatient horse; to caper; to prance; to frisk.  Kipling."
"TITTUPPY","Given to tittuping; gay; lively; prancing; also, shaky;unsteady."
"TITTY","A little teat; a nipple. [Familiar]"
"TITUBATION","The act of stumbling, rocking, or rolling; a reeling. Quain."
"TITULAR","Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to anoffice or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, atitular prince.If these magnificent titles yet remain Not merely titular. Milton.Titular bishop. See under Bishop."
"TITULARITY","The quality or state of being titular. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"TITULARLY","In a titular manner; nominally; by title only."
"TITULARY","A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds anoffice or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not."
"TITULED","Having a title. [Obs.] Fuller."
"TIVER","A kind of ocher which is used in some parts of England inmarking sheep. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TIVOLI","A game resembling bagatelle, played on a special oblong boardor table (Tivoli board or table), which has a curved upper end, a setof numbered compartments at the lower end, side alleys, and thesurface studded with pins and sometimes furnished with numbereddepressions or cups."
"TIVY","With great speed; -- a huntsman's word or sound. Dryden."
"TIZA","See Ulexite."
"TLINKIT","The Indians of a seafaring group of tribes of southern Alaskacomprising the Koluschan stock. Previous to deterioration fromcontact with the whites they were the foremost traders of thenorthwest. They built substantial houses of cedar adorned with  totempoles, and were expert stone carvers and copper workers. Slavery, thepotlatch, and the use of immense labrets were characteristic. Manynow work in the salmon industry."
"TMESIS","The separation of the parts of a compound word by theintervention of one or more words; as, in what place soever, forwhatsoever place."
"TO-","An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compoundverbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See thesewords in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, underAll, adv."
"TO-BEAT","To beat thoroughly or severely. [Obs.] Layamon."
"TO-BREAK","To break completely; to break in pieces. [Obs.]With nose and mouth to-broke. Chaucer."
"TO-BREST","To burst or break in pieces. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TO-DAY","On this day; on the present day.Worcester's horse came but to-day. Shak."
"TO-DO","Bustle; stir; commotion; ado. [Colloq.]"
"TO-FALL","A lean-to. See Lean-to."
"TO-NAME","A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, orused instead of it. [Scot.] Jamieson."
"TO-REND","To rend in pieces. [Obs.]The wolf hath many a sheep and lamb to-rent. Chaucer."
"TOAD","Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to thegenus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the familyBufonid\u00e6. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits exceptduring the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of thespecies burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth tofeed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin inwhich are glands that secrete an acrid fluid."
"TOADEATER","A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a flatterer;a toady. V. Knox.You had nearly imposed upon me, but you have lost your labor. You'retoo zealous a toadeater, and betray yourself. Dickens."
"TOADFLAX","An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrowleaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also butter andeggs, flaxweed, and ramsted."
"TOADHEAD","The golden plover. [Local, U.S.]"
"TOADISH","Like a toad. [Obs.] A. Stafford."
"TOADLET","A small toad. [R.] Coleridge."
"TOADSTONE","A local name for the igneous rocks of Derbyshire, England; --said by some to be derived from the German todter stein, meaning deadstone, that is, stone which contains no ores."
"TOADSTOOL","A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genusAgaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decayingorganic matter."
"TOADY","To fawn upon with mean sycophancy."
"TOADYISM","The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy;servile adulation."
"TOASTING","a. & n. from Toast, v. Toasting fork, a long-handled fork fortoasting bread, cheese, or the like, by the fire."
"TOASTMASTER","A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, andannounces the toasts."
"TOAT","The handle of a joiner's plane. Knight."
"TOBACCO","An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family,much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it isnarcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiarsmell, and an acrid taste."
"TOBACCONING","Smoking tobacco. [Obs.] 'Tobacconing is but a smoky play.'[Obs.] Sylvester."
"TOBIAS FISH","The lant, or sand eel."
"TOBIE","A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered atone end. [Local, U. S.]"
"TOBINE","A stout twilled silk used for dresses."
"TOBIT","A book of the Apocrypha."
"TOBOGGAN","A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one orboth ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes;also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over softand deep snow. [Written also tobogan, and tarbogan.]"
"TOBY","A small jug, pitcher, or mug, generally used for ale, shapedsomewhat like a stout man, with a cocked hat forming the brim."
"TOCCATA","An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat inthe free and brilliant style of the prelude, fantasia, or capriccio."
"TOCHER","Dowry brought by a bride to her husband. [Scot.] Burns."
"TOCKAY","A spotted lizard native of India."
"TOCO","A toucan (Ramphastos toco) having a very large beak. SeeIllust. under Toucan."
"TOCOLOGY","The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department ofmedicine which treats of parturition. [Written also tokology.]"
"TOCORORO","A cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus) having a serrated bill anda tail concave at the end."
"TOCSIN","An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose ofalarm.The loud tocsin tolled their last alarm. Campbell."
"TOD","To weigh; to yield in tods. [Obs.]"
"TODDLE","To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child."
"TODDLER","One who toddles; especially, a young child. Mrs. Gaskell."
"TODY","Any one of several species of small insectivorous West Indianbirds of the genus Todus. They are allied to the kingfishers."
"TOE","One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man oran animal. 'Each one, tripping on his toe.' Shak."
"TOE DROP","A morbid condition of the foot in which the toe is depressedand the heel elevated."
"TOE HOLD","A hold in which the agressor bends back his opponent's foot."
"TOED","Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely, said of aboard, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any partof a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing."
"TOFF","A fop; a beau; a swell. [Slang, Eng.]  Kipling."
"TOFT","A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt ordecayed house."
"TOFTMAN","The owner of a toft. See Toft, 3."
"TOFUS","Tufa. See under Tufa, and Toph."
"TOG","To put toggery, or togs, on; to dress; -- usually with out,implying care, elaborateness, or the like. [Colloq. or Slang]Harper's Weekly."
"TOGA","The loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans, consistingof a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching asemicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the border of the togapr\u00e6texta. Toga pr\u00e6texta. Etym: [L.], a toga with a broad purpleborder, worn by children of both sexes, by magistrates, and bypersons engaged in sacred rites.-- Toga virilis Etym: [L.], the manly gown; the common toga. Thiswas assumed by Roman boys about the time of completing theirfourteenth year."
"TOGATED","Dressed in a toga or gown; wearing a gown; gowned. [R.] Sir M.Sandys."
"TOGED","Togated. [Obs. or R.] Shak."
"TOGGERY","Clothes; garments; dress; as, fishing toggery. [Colloq.] togs"
"TOGGLE","A wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a groove around itsmiddle, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope to be secured to anyother loop or bight or ring; a kind of button or frog capable ofbeing readily engaged and disengaged for temporary purposes."
"TOGHT","Taut. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TOGS","Clothes; garments; toggery. [Colloq. or Slang]"
"TOGUE","The namaycush."
"TOHEW","To hew in pieces. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TOHUBOHU","Chaos; confusion."
"TOIL","A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for takingprey; -- usually in the plural.As a Numidian lion, when first caught, Endures the toil that holdshim. Denham.Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found. Dryden."
"TOILER","One who toils, or labors painfully."
"TOILETTE","See Toilet, 3."
"TOILFUL","Producing or involving much toil; laborious; toilsome; as,toilful care. Mickle."
"TOILINETTE","A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp ofcotton and silk, -- used for w"
"TOILLESS","Free from toil."
"TOILSOME","Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome;as, toilsome work.What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks Milton.-- Toil'some*ly, adv.-- Toil'some*ness, n."
"TOISE","An old measure of length in France, containing six French feet,or about 6.3946 French feet."
"TOISON","A sheep's fleece."
"TOKAY","A grape of an oval shape and whitish color."
"TOKEN","A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed toindicate, the approach of death. [Obs.]Like the fearful tokens of the plague, Are mere forerunners of theirends. Beau. & Fl."
"TOKENED","Marked by tokens, or spots; as, the tokened pestilence. [Obs.]Shak."
"TOKENLESS","Without a token."
"TOKIN","A tocsin. [Obs.] Halliwell."
"TOL","To take away. See Toll."
"TOLA","A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180grains."
"TOLANE","A hydrocarbon, C14H10, related both to the acetylene and thearomatic series, and produced artificially as a white crystallinesubstance; -- called also diphenyl acetylene."
"TOLBOOTH","See Tollbooth."
"TOLD","imp. & p. p. of Tell."
"TOLE","To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasingor desirable; to allure by some bait. [Written also toll.]Whatever you observe him to be more frighted at then he should, tolehim on to by insensible degrees, till at last he masters thedifficulty."
"TOLEDO","A sword or sword blade made at Toledo in Spain, which city wasfamous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the excellence of itsweapons."
"TOLERABILITY","The quality or state of being tolerable. [R.] Fuller.Wordsworth."
"TOLERANCE","The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearingdoses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious orfatal. Tolerance of the mint. (Coinage) Same as Remedy of the mint.See under Remedy."
"TOLERANT","Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing;ingulgent."
"TOLERATE","To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition orhindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not torestrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices.Crying should not be tolerated in children. Locke.We tolerate them because property and liberty, to a degree, requirethat toleration. Burke."
"TOLL","To take away; to vacate; to annul."
"TOLLABLE","Subject to the payment of toll; as, tollable goods. Wright."
"TOLLAGE","Payment of toll; also, the amount or quantity paid as toll.Drayton."
"TOLLBOOTH","To imprison in a tollbooth. [R.]That they might tollbooth Oxford men. Bp. Corbet."
"TOLLER","A toll gatherer. 'Tollers in markets.' Piers Plowman."
"TOLLETANE","Of or pertaining to Toledo in Spain; made in Toledo. [Obs.]'Tables Tolletanes.' Chaucer."
"TOLLGATE","A gate where toll is taken."
"TOLLHOUSE","A house occupied by a receiver of tolls."
"TOLLMAN","One who receives or collects toll; a toll gatherer. Cowper."
"TOLMEN","See Dolmen."
"TOLSESTER","A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords ofsome manors by their tenants, for liberty to brew and sell ale.Cowell."
"TOLSEY","A tollbooth; also, a merchants' meeting place, or exchange.[Obs.] Halliwell."
"TOLT","A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removedinto a country court. Cowell."
"TOLTEC","One of a race which formerly occupied Mexico.-- Tol'te*can, a."
"TOLU","A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiagode Tolu, in New Granada. See Balsam of Tolu, under Balsam. Tolu tree(Bot.), a large tree (Myroxylon toluiferum), the wood of which is redin the center, and has an aromatic rose odor. It affords the balsamcalled tolu."
"TOLUATE","A salt of any one of the toluic acids."
"TOLUENE","A hydrocarbon, C6H5.CH3, of the aromatic series, homologouswith benzene, and obtained as a light mobile colorless liquid, bydistilling tolu balsam, coal tar, etc.; -- called also methylbenzene, phenyl methane, etc."
"TOLUENYL","Tolyl. [Obs.]"
"TOLUIC","Pertaining to, or designating, one of three metameric acids,CH3.C6H4.CO2H, which are related to toluene and analogous to benzoicacids. They are white crystalline substances, and are calledrespectively orthotoluic acid, metatoluic acid, and paratoluic acid."
"TOLUID","A complex double tolyl and toluidine derivative of glycocoll,obtained as a white crystalline substance."
"TOLUIDINE","Any one of three metameric amido derivatives of tolueneanalogous to aniline, and called respectively orthtoluidine,metatoluidine, and paratoluidine; especially, the commonest one, orparatoluidine, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance."
"TOLURIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of three isomericcrystalline acids, C9H10ON.CO2H, which are toluyl derivatives ofglycocoll."
"TOLUTATION","A pacing or ambling. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"TOLUYL","Any one of the three hypothetical radicals corresponding to thethree toluic acids."
"TOLYL","The hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C6H4, regarded as characteristicof certain compounds of the aromatic series related to toluene; as,tolyl carbinol."
"TOLYLENE","A hydrocarbon radical, C6H4.(CH2)2, regarded as characteristicof certain toluene derivatives."
"TOLYPEUTINE","The apar."
"TOM","The knave of trumps at gleek. [Obs.]"
"TOM AND JERRY","A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon,cloves, etc., and beaten up with eggs."
"TOM-TOM","See Tam-tam."
"TOMAHAWK","A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It wasoriginally made of stone, but afterwards of iron."
"TOMALEY","The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; --called also tomalline."
"TOMAN","A money of account in Persia, whose value varies greatly atdifferent times and places. Its average value may be reckoned atabout two and a half dollars."
"TOMATO","The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family (Lycopersicumesculentun); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called alsolove apple, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but oftenirregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow color, and iseaten either cooked or uncooked. Tomato gall (Zo\u00f6l.), a large gallconsisting of a mass of irregular swellings on the stems and leavesof grapevines. They are yellowish green, somewhat tinged with red,and produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly (Lasiopteravitis).-- Tomato sphinx (Zo\u00f6l.), the adult or imago of the tomato worm. Itclosely resembles the tobacco hawk moth. Called also tomato hawkmoth. See Illust. of Hawk moth.-- Tomato worm (Zo\u00f6l.), the larva of a large hawk moth (Sphinx, orMacrosila, quinquemaculata) which feeds upon the leaves of the tomatoand potato plants, often doing considerable damage. Called alsopotato worm."
"TOMB","To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.I tombed my brother that I might be blessed. Chapman."
"TOMBAC","An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containingabout 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, or Dutch, brass.It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves issometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes whitetombac. [Written also tombak, and tambac.]"
"TOMBESTER","A female dancer. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TOMBLESS","Destitute of a tomb."
"TOMBOY","A romping girl; a hoiden. [Colloq.] J. Fletcher."
"TOMBSTONE","A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of thedeceased."
"TOMCAT","A male cat, especially when full grown or of large size."
"TOME","As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of alarger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume.Tomes of fable and of dream. Cowper.A more childish expedient than that to which he now resorted is notto be found in all the tomes of the casuists. Macaulay."
"TOMELET","All small tome, or volume. [R.]"
"TOMENTOSE","Covered with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; atomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane."
"TOMENTOUS","Tomentose."
"TOMENTUM","The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves orstems of some plants."
"TOMFOOL","A great fool; a trifler."
"TOMFOOLERY","Folly; trifling."
"TOMIUM","The cutting edge of the bill of a bird."
"TOMJOHN","A kind of open sedan used in Ceylon, carried by a single poleon men's shoulders."
"TOMMY ATKINS","Any white regular soldier of the British army; also, suchsoldiers collectively; -- said to be fictitious name inserted in themodels given to soldiers to guide them in filling out account blanks,etc."
"TOMNODDY","A sea bird, the puffin. [Prov.Eng.]"
"TOMOPTERIS","A genus of transparent marine annelids which swim actively atthe surface of the sea. They have deeply divided or forked finlikeorgans (parapodia). This genus is the type of the order, or suborder,Gymnocopa."
"TOMORN","To-morrow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TOMORROW","On the day after the present day; on the next day; on themorrow.Summon him to-morrow to the Tower. Shak."
"TOMPION","A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone.Knight."
"TOMPON","An inking pad used in lithographic printing."
"TOMRIG","A rude, wild, wanton girl; a hoiden; a tomboy. Dennis."
"TOMTATE","A Florida and West Indian grunt (Bathystoma, or H\u00e6mulon,rimator); also, any of various allied species."
"TON","pl. of Toe. Chaucer."
"TON MILE","A unit of measurement of the freight transportation performedby a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total ofwhich consists of the sum of the products obtained by multiplying theaggregate weight of each shipment in tons during the given period bythe number of miles for which it is carried."
"TON MILEAGE","Ton miles collectively; esp., the total ton miles performed bya railroad in a given period."
"TONALITY","The principle of key in music; the character which acomposition has by virtue of the key in which it is written, orthrough the family relationship of all its tones and chords to thekeynote, or tonic, of the whole.The predominance of the tonic as the link which connects all thetones of a piece, we may, with F\u00e9tis, term the principle of tonality.Helmholtz."
"TONCA BEAN","See Tonka bean."
"TONE","Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted toexpress emotion or passion.Eager his tone, and ardent were his eyes. Dryden."
"TONED","Having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as, high-toned; sweet-toned. Toned paper, paper having a slight tint, indistinction from paper which is quite white."
"TONELESS","Having no tone; unmusical."
"TONGA","A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plantsupposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum."
"TONGKANG","A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the MalayArchipelago."
"TONGO","The mangrove; -- so called in the Pacific Islands."
"TONGS","An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, orlong shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by anelastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals ormetals; -- often called a pair of tongs."
"TONGUE","an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebratesand connected with the hyoid arch."
"TONGUE-PAD","A great talker. [Obs.]"
"TONGUE-SHAPED","Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong,and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shapedleaf."
"TONGUE-SHELL","Any species of Lingula."
"TONGUE-TIE","Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of thefr\u00e6num, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums. Dunglison."
"TONGUEBIRD","The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TONGUED","Having a tongue.Tongued like the night crow. Donne."
"TONGUEFISH","A flounder (Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast ofthe United States."
"TONGUELET","A little tongue."
"TONGUESTER","One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip.[Poetic.]Step by step we rose to greatness; through the tonguesters we mayfall. Tennyson."
"TONGUEWORM","Any species of Linguatulina."
"TONGUY","Ready or voluble in speaking; as, a tonguy speaker. [Writtenalso tonguey.] [Colloq.]"
"TONIC","Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system;obviating the effects of debility, and restoring heatly functions.Tononic spasm. (Med.) See the Note under Spasm."
"TONICAL","Tonic. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"TONICITY","The state of healty tension or partial contraction of musclefibers while at rest; tone; tonus."
"TONIGHT","The present or the coming night; the night after the presentday."
"TONITE","An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton."
"TONKA BEAN","The seed of a leguminous tree (Dipteryx odorata), native ofGuiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in thescenting of snuff. Called also tiononquin bean. [Written also toncabean, tonga bean.]"
"TONNE","A tun. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TONNIHOOD","The female of the bullfinch; -- called also tonyhoop. [Prov.Eng.]"
"TONNISH","In the ton; fashionable; modish.-- Ton'nish*ness, n."
"TONOMETER","An instrument for determining the rate of vibrations in tones."
"TONOMETRY","The act of measuring with a tonometer; specifically (Med.),measurement of tension, esp. the tension of the eyeball."
"TONOPHANT","A modification of the kaleidophon, for showing composition ofacoustic vibrations. It consists of two thin slips of steel weldedtogether, their length being adjystable by a screw socket."
"TONOUS","Abounding in tone or sound."
"TONQUIN BEAN","See Tonka bean."
"TONSIL","One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at thesides of the fauces. The tonsils are sometimes called the almonds,from their shape."
"TONSILAR","Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic. [Written alsotonsillar.]"
"TONSILE","Capable of being clipped."
"TONSILITIC","Tonsilar. [Written also tonsillitic.]"
"TONSILITIS","Inflammation of the tonsil; quinsy. [Written also, and moreusually, tonsillitis.]"
"TONSILOTOME","An instrument for removing the tonsils."
"TONSILOTOMY","The operation of removing the tonsil, or a portion thereof."
"TONSOR","A barber. Sir W. Scott."
"TONSORIAL","Of or pertaining to a barber, or shaving."
"TONSURED","Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald.A tonsured head in middle age forlorn. Tennyson."
"TONTINE","An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raisedon life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuityis shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, athis death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goesto the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to theterms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as,tontine insurance.Too many of the financiers by professions are apt to see nothing inrevenue but banks, and circulations, and annuities on lives, andtontines, and perpetual rents, and all the small wares of the shop.Burke."
"TONTINE INSURANCE","Insurance in which the benefits of the insurance aredistributed upon the tontine principle. Under the old, or fulltontine, plan, all benefits were forfeited on lapsed policies, on thepolicies of those who died within the tontine period only the face ofthe policy was paid without any share of the surplus, and thesurvivor at the end of the tontine period received the entiresurplus. This plan of tontine insurance has been replaced in theUnited States by the semitontine plan, in which the surplus isdivided among the holders of policies in force at the termination ofthe tontine period, but the reverse for the paid-up value is paid onlapsed policies, and on the policies of those that have died the faceis paid. Other modified forms are called free tontine, deferreddividend, etc., according to the nature of the tontine arrangement."
"TONUS","Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus."
"TONY","A simpleton. L'Estrange.A pattern and companion fit For all the keeping tonies of the pit.Dryden."
"TOOK","imp. of Take."
"TOOL STEEL","Hard steel, usually crucible steel, capable of being temperedso as to be suitable for tools."
"TOOL-REST","the part that supports a tool-post or a tool."
"TOOLING","Work perfomed with a tool.The fine tooling and delicate tracery of the cabinet artist is lostupon a building of colossal proportions. De Quincey."
"TOOM","Empty. [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.] Wyclif."
"TOON","pl. of Toe. Chaucer."
"TOONWOOD","Same as Toon."
"TOOT","To see; to spy. [Obs.] P. Plowman."
"TOOTER","One who toots; one who plays upon a pipe or horn. B. Jonson."
"TOOTH","One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws,or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of mostvertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and masticationof food."
"TOOTHACHE","Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia. Toothache grass(Bot.), a kind of grass (Ctenium Americanum) having a very pungenttaste.-- Toothache tree. (Bot.) (a) The prickly ash. (b) A shrub of thegenus Aralia (A. spinosa)."
"TOOTHBACK","Any notodontian."
"TOOTHBILL","A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris)native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, inseveral characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout andstrongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teethtoward the end. or ts color is chocolate red. Called also toothbilledpigeon, and manu-mea."
"TOOTHBRUSH","A brush for cleaning the teeth."
"TOOTHDRAWER","One whose business it is to extract teeth with instruments; adentist. Shak."
"TOOTHED","Having marginal projecting points; dentate. Toothed whale(Zo\u00f6l.), any whale of the order Denticete. See Denticete.-- Toothed wheel, a wheel with teeth or projections cut or set onits edge or circumference, for transmitting motion by their action onthe engaging teeth of another wheel."
"TOOTHFUL","Toothsome. [Obs.]"
"TOOTHING","Bricks alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in orderthat they may be bonded into a continuation of it when the remainderis carried up. Toothing plane, a plane of which the iron is formedinto a series of small teeth, for the purpose of roughening surfaces,as of veneers."
"TOOTHLESS","Having no teeth. Cowper."
"TOOTHLET","A little tooth, or like projection."
"TOOTHLETED","Having a toothlet or toothlets; as, a toothleted leaf. [Writtenalso toothletted.]"
"TOOTHPICK","A pointed instument for clearing the teeth of substances lodgedbetween them."
"TOOTHPICKER","A toothpick. [Obs.] Shak."
"TOOTHSHELL","Any species of Dentalium and allied genera having a tooth-shaped shell. See Dentalium."
"TOOTHSOME","Grateful to the taste; palable.-- Tooth'some*ly, adv.-- Tooth'some*ness, n.Though less toothsome to me, they were more wholesome for me. Fuller."
"TOOTHWORT","A plant whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certainplants of the genus Lathr\u00e6a, and various species of Dentaria. SeeCoralwort."
"TOOTHY","Toothed; with teeth. [R] Croxall."
"TOOTLE","To toot gently, repeatedly, or continuously, on a windinstrument, as a flute; also, to make a similar noise by any means.'The tootling robin.'  John Clare."
"TOOZOO","The ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TOP","A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves onits surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process oftwisting."
"TOP FERMENTATION","An alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells arecarried to the top of the fermening liquid. It proceeds with someviolence and requires a temperature of 14-30\u00ba C. (58-86\u00ba F.). It isused in the production of ale, porter, etc., and of wines high inalcohol, and in distilling."
"TOP OUT","To top off; to finish by putting on a cap of top (uppermost)course (called a top`ping-out' course)."
"TOP RAKE","The angle that the front edge of the point of a tool is setback from the normal to the surface being cut."
"TOP-ARMOR","A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped withnetting."
"TOP-BLOCK","A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used,hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- used in swaying and lowering thetopmast. Totten."
"TOP-BOOTS","High boots, having generally a band of some kind of light-colored leather around the upper part of the leg; riding boots."
"TOP-CHAIN","A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, toprevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shotaway."
"TOP-CLOTH","A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashedto the top in action to protect the topmen."
"TOP-DRAIN","To drain the surface of, as land; as, to top-drain a field orfarm."
"TOP-DRAINING","The act or practice of drining the surface of land."
"TOP-DRESS","To apply a surface dressing of manureto,as land."
"TOP-DRESSING","The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface ofland; also, manure so applied."
"TOP-HAMPER","The upper rigging, spars, etc., of a ship. [Written also tophamper.]All the ships of the fleet . . . were so encumbered with tophamper,so overweighted in proportion to their draught of water, that theycould bear but little canvas, even with smooth seas and light andfavorable winds. Motley."
"TOP-HEAVY","Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part. SirH. Wotton."
"TOP-LIGHT","A lantern or light on the top of a vessel."
"TOP-PROUD","Proud to the highest degree. [R.] 'This top-proud fellow.'Shak."
"TOP-ROPE","A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for otherpurposes."
"TOP-SHAPED","Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apexdownward; turbinate."
"TOP-SHELL","Any one of numerous species of marine top_shaped shells of thegenus Thochus, or family Trochid\u00e6."
"TOP-TACKLE","A tackle used in hoisting and lowering the topmast."
"TOP-TIMBERS","The highest timbers on the side of a vessel, being those abovethe futtocks. R. H. Dana, Jr."
"TOP-TOOL","A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from atool inserted in the anvil and on which the work is placed."
"TOPARCH","The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governorof a toparchy.The prince and toparch of that country. Fuller."
"TOPARCHY","A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a pettycountry governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided intoten toparchies. Fuller."
"TOPAU","The rhinocerous bird (a)."
"TOPAZ","A mineral occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish andpellucid, also colorless, and of greenesh, bluish, or brownishshades. It sometimes occurs massive and opaque. It is a fluosilicateof alumina, and is used as a gem."
"TOPAZOLITE","A topaz-yellow variety of garnet."
"TOPCOAT","An outer coat; an overcoat."
"TOPE","A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument. oftenerected over a Buddhish relic."
"TOPEK","An ESkimo house made of material other than snow, esp. onehaving walls of turf, driftwood, rock, or skin, and a roof of skinsof the walrus or seal. In Alaska it is often partially undergroundand covered with timber and turf. Topeks are also used by Indians ofthe lower Yukon region."
"TOPER","One who topes, or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard; asot."
"TOPET","The European crested titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TOPFUL","Full to the top, ore brim; brimfull. 'Topful of direstcruelty.' Shak.[He] was so topful of himself, that he let it spill on all thecompany. I. Watts."
"TOPGALLANT","Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb,or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, thetopgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration ofShip."
"TOPH","kind of sandstone."
"TOPHACEOUS","Gritty; sandy; rough; stony."
"TOPHET","A place lying east or southeast of Jerusalem, in the valley ofHinnom. [Written also Topheth.]And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children ofHinnom. 2 Kings xxiii. 10."
"TOPHIN","Same as Toph."
"TOPHUS","One of the mineral concretions about the joints, and in othersituations, occurring chiefly in gouty persons. They consist usuallyof urate of sodium; when occurring in the internal organs they arealso composed of phosphate of calcium."
"TOPI","An antelope (Damaliscus corrigum jimela) having a glossypurplish brown coat. It is related to the blesbok and is native ofBritish East Africa. Also, any of various related varieties of otherdistricts south of the Sahara."
"TOPIARIAN","Of or pertaining to the ornamental cutting and trimming oftrees, hedges, etc.; practicing ornamental gardening. [R.] 'Thetopiarian artist.' Sir W. Scott.All the pedantries of the topiarian art. C. Kingsley."
"TOPIARY","Of or pertaining to ornamental gardening; produced by cutting,trimming, etc.; topiarian. Topiary work, arbors, shrubbery, hedges,or the like, cut and trimmed into fanciful forms, as of animals,building, etc."
"TOPIC","A treatise on forms of argument; a system or scheme of forms orcommonplaces of argument or oratory; as, the Topics of Aristotle.These topics, or loci, were no other than general ideas applicable toa great many different subjects, which the orator was directed toconsult. Blair.In this question by [reason] I do not mean a distinct topic, but atranscendent that runs through all topics. Jer. Taylor."
"TOPICAL","Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; accordingto topics."
"TOPICALLY","In a topical manner; with application to, or limitation of, aparticular place or topic."
"TOPKNOT","A small Europen flounder (Rhoumbus punctatus). The name is alsoapplied to allied species."
"TOPLESS","Having no top, or no visble fop; hence, fig.: very lofty;supreme; unequaled. ' The topless Apennines.' 'Topless fortunes.'Beau. & Fl."
"TOPMAN","A man stationed in the top."
"TOPMAST","The second mast, or that which is next above the lower mast,and below the topgallant mast."
"TOPMOST","Highest; uppermost; as, the topmost cliff; the topmost branchof a tree.The nightngale may claim the topmost bough. Cowper."
"TOPOGRAPHER","One who is skilled in the science of topography; one whodescribes a particular place, town, city, or tract of land.Dante is the one authorized topographer of the medi\u00e6val hell. Milman."
"TOPOGRAPHIST","A topographer."
"TOPOGRAPHY","The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, ortract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation anddescription in minute detail of any place or region."
"TOPOLOGY","The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associatingthe thing or subject to be remembered with some place. [R.]"
"TOPONOMY","The designation of position and direction. B. G. Wilder."
"TOPONYM","A name of a place; more broadly, a name, as in the binomialname of a plant, based on, or derived from, a place name, or based onthe location of the thing named."
"TOPONYMY","A system of toponyms; the use of toponyms. -- To*pon'y*mal (#),Top`o*nym'ic (#), Top`o*nym'ic*al (#), a."
"TOPOPHONE","A double ear trumpet for estimating the direction from whichsounds proceed, esp. for the use of navigators."
"TOPPIECE","A small wig for the top of the head; a toupee."
"TOPPING","The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than theother."
"TOPPINGLY","In a topping or proud manner."
"TOPPLE","To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.Though castles topple on their warders' heads. Shak."
"TOPS-AND-BOTTOMS","Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned inan oven, -- used as food for infants.'T is said that her top-and-bottoms were gilt. Hood."
"TOPSAIL","In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermostsail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furledin working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail setupon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship.Topsail schooner. (Naut.) See Schooner, and Illustration in Appendix."
"TOPSOIL","The upper layer of soil; surface soil."
"TOPSOILING","The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before anexcavation or embankment is begun."
"TOPSTONE","A stone that is placed on the top, or which forms the top."
"TOPSY-TURVY","In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upsidedown; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy."
"TOQUE","A variety of the bonnet monkey."
"TOQUET","See Toque, 1."
"TOR","To scratch to pieces. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TORBERNITE","A mineral occurring in emerald-green tabular crystals having amicaceous structure. It is a hydrous phosphate of uranium and copper.Called also copper uranite, and chalcolite."
"TORC","Same as Torque, 1."
"TORCH","A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as ofresinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large,flaring flame.They light the nuptial torch. Milton.Torch thistle. (Bot.) See under Thistle."
"TORCH RACE","A race by men carrying torches, as in ancient Greece."
"TORCHBEARER","One whose office it is to carry a torch."
"TORCHER","One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch. [Obs.]Shak."
"TORCHLIGHT","The light of a torch, or of torches. Also adjectively; as, atorchlight procession."
"TORCHON LACE","a simple thread lace worked upon a pillow with coarse thread;also, a similar lace made by machinery."
"TORCHON PAPER","Paper with a rough surface; esp., handmade paper of greathardness for the use of painters in water colors."
"TORCHWOOD","The inflammable wood of certain trees (Amyris balsamifera, A.Floridana, etc.); also, the trees themselves."
"TORCHWORT","The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet,anciently served for torches. Called also torch, and hig-taper."
"TORE","imp. of Tear."
"TOREADOR","A bullfighter."
"TORET","A Turret. [Obs.]"
"TOREUMATOGRAPHY","A description of sculpture such as bas-relief in metal."
"TOREUMATOLOGY","The art or the description of scupture such as bas-relief inmetal; toreumatography."
"TOREUTIC","In relief; pertaining to sculpture in relief, especially ofmetal; also, pertaining to chasing such as surface ornamentation inmetal."
"TORGOCH","The saibling. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TORILTO","A species of Turnix (Turnix sylvatica) native of Spain andNorthen Africa."
"TORINESE","Of or pertaining to Turin.-- n. sing. & pl."
"TORMENT","An engine for casting stones. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot."
"TORMENTFUL","Full of torment; causing, or accompainied by, torment;excruciating. [R.] Tillotson."
"TORMENTIL","A rosaceous herb (Potentilla Tormentilla), the root of which isused as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, ortormina, in diarrhea."
"TORMENTING","Causing torment; as, a tormenting dream.-- Tor*ment'ing*ly, adv."
"TORMENTISE","Torture; torment. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TORMENTOR","An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow,but running upon wheels. Hebert."
"TORMENTRESS","A woman who torments.Fortune ordinarily cometh after to whip and punish them, as thescourge and tormentress of glory and honor. Holland."
"TORMENTRY","Anything producing torment, annoyance, or pain. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TORMINA","acute, colicky pains; gripes."
"TORMINOUS","Affected with tormina; griping."
"TORN","p. p. of Tear."
"TORNADO","A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempestdistinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion,usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents ofrain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a smallcyclone."
"TORNARIA","The peculiar free swimming larva of Balanoglossus. See Illust.in Append."
"TOROSE","Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; havingthe surface covered with rounded prominences."
"TOROSITY","The quality or state of being torose."
"TOROUS","Torose."
"TORPEDINOUS","Of or pertaining to a torpedo; resembling a torpedo; exerting abenumbing influence; stupefying; dull; torpid.Fishy were his eyes; torpedinous was his manner. De Quincey."
"TORPEDO","Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging toTorpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have thepower of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, andnumbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical."
"TORPEDO BODY","An automobile body which is built so that the side surfaces areflush. [Cant]"
"TORPEDO BOOM","A spar formerly carried by men-of-war, having a torpedo on itsend."
"TORPEDO CATCHER","A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats."
"TORPEDO SHELL","A shell longer than a deck-piercing shell, with thinner wallsand a larger cavity for the bursting charge, which consists of about130 pounds of high explosive. It has no soft cap, and is intended toeffect its damage by the powerful explosion which follows on slightresistance. It is used chiefly in 12-inch mortars."
"TORPEDO STATION","A headquarters for torpedo vessels and their supplies, usuallyhaving facilities for repairs and for instruction and experiments.The principal torpedo station of the United States is at Newport,R.I."
"TORPEDO STERN","A broad stern without overhang, flattened on the bottom, usedin some torpedo and fast power boats. It prevents settling in thewater at high speed."
"TORPEDO TUBE","A tube fixed below or near the water line through which atorpedo is fired, usually by a small charge of gunpowder. On torpedovessels the tubes are on deck and usually in broadside, on largervessels usually submerged in broadside and fitted with a movableshield which is pushed out from the vessel's side to protect thetorpedo until clear, but formerly sometimes in the bow. In submarinetorpedo boats they are in the bow."
"TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER","A larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedoboat, originally intended principally for the destruction of torpedoboats, but later used also as a more formidable torpedo boat."
"TORPEDOIST","One skilled in the theory or use of torpedoes; also, one whofavors the use of torpedoes."
"TORPENT","Having no motion or activity; incapable of motion; benumbed;torpid. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"TORPESCENCE","The quality or state or being torpescent; torpidness; numbness;stupidity."
"TORPESCENT","Becoming torpid or numb. Shenstone."
"TORPIDITY","Same as Torpidness."
"TORPIDLY","In a torpid manner."
"TORPIDNESS","The qualityy or state of being torpid."
"TORPIFY","To make torpid; to numb, or benumb."
"TORPITUDE","Torpidness. [Obs.] 'In a kind of torpitude, or sleeping state.'Derham."
"TORPORIFIC","Tending to produce torpor."
"TORQUATE","Collared; having a torques, or distinct colored ring around theneck."
"TORQUATED","Having or wearing a torque, or neck chain."
"TORQUE","That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces. J.Thomson."
"TORQUED","Twisted; bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which forms afigure like the letter S."
"TORQUES","A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its coloror structure; a collar."
"TORREFACTION","The act or process of torrefying, or the state of beingtorrefied. Bp. Hall."
"TORREFY","To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatileingredients; to roast, as ores."
"TORRENS SYSTEM","A system of registration of titles to land (as distinct fromregistration of deeds) introduced into South Australia by the RealProperty (or Torrens) Act (act 15 of 1857-58), drafted by Sir RobertTorrens (1814-84). Its essential feature is the guaranty by thegovernment of properly registered titles. The system has beengenerally adopted in Australia and British Columbia, and in itsoriginal or a modified form in some other countries, including someStates of the United States. Hence Torrens title, etc."
"TORRENT","Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream. 'Waves of torrent fire.'Milton."
"TORRICELLIAN","Of or pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher andmathematician, who, in 1643, discovered that the rise of a liquid ina tube, as in the barometer, is due to atmospheric pressure. SeeBarometer. Torricellian tube, a glass tube thirty or more inches inlength, open at the lower end and hermetically sealed at the upper,such as is used in the barometer.-- Torricellian vacuum (Physics), a vacuum produced by filling witha fluid, as mercury, a tube hermetically closed at one end, and,after immersing the other end in a vessel of the same fluid, allowingthe inclosed fluid to descend till it is counterbalanced by thepressure of the atmosphere, as in the barometer. Hutton."
"TORRIDITY","Torridness. [R.]"
"TORRIDNESS","The quality or state of being torrid or parched."
"TORRIL","A worthless woman; also, a worthless horse. [Prov. Eng.]Halliwell."
"TORROCK","A gull. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TORSADE","A twisted cord; also, a molded or worked ornament of similarform."
"TORSAL","A torsel. Knight."
"TORSE","A wreath."
"TORSEL","A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.Gwilt"
"TORSIBILLTY","The tendency, as of a rope, to untwist after being twisted."
"TORSION","That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material,returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has beentwisted; torsibility. Angle of torsion (of a curve) (Geom.), theindefinitely small angle between two consecutive osculating planes ofa curve of double curvature.-- Moment of torsion (Mech.) the moment of a pair of equal andopposite couples which tend to twist a body.-- Torsion balance (Physics.), an instrument for estimating veryminute forces, as electric or magnetic attractions and repulsions, bythe torsion of a very slender wire or fiber having at its lowerextremity a horizontal bar or needle, upon which the forces act.-- Torsion scale, a scale for weighing in which the fulcra of thelevers or beams are strained wires or strips acting by torsion."
"TORSION ELECTROMETER","A torsion balance used for measuring electric attraction orrepulsion."
"TORSION GALVANOMETER","A galvanometer in which current is measured by torsion."
"TORSION HEAD","That part of a torsion balance from which the wire or filamentis suspended."
"TORSION INDICATOR","An autographic torsion meter."
"TORSION METER","An instrument for determining the torque on a shaft, and hencethe horse power of an engine, esp. of a marine engine of high power,by measuring the amount of twist of a given length of the shaft.Called also torsimeter, torsiometer, torsometer."
"TORSIONAL","Of or pertaining to torsion; resulting from torsion, or theforce with which a thread or wire returns to a state of rest afterhaving been twisted round its axis; as, torsional force."
"TORSO","The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; insculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as,the torso of Hercules."
"TORT","Any civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not involving abreach of contract) for which an action will lie; a form of action,in some parts of the United States, for a wrong or injury. Executorde son tort. See under Executor.-- Tort feasor (Law), a wrongdoer; a trespasser. Wharton."
"TORTA","a flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for thepatio process."
"TORTEAU","A roundel of a red color."
"TORTICOLLIS","See Wryneck."
"TORTILE","Twisted; wreathed; coiled."
"TORTILITY","The quality or state of being tortile, twisted, or wreathed."
"TORTILLA","An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated ironor stone."
"TORTION","Torment; pain. [Obs.] Bacon."
"TORTIOUS","Imploying tort, or privat injury for which the law givesdamages; involing tort."
"TORTIOUSLY","In a tortous manner."
"TORTIVE","Twisted; wreathed. Shak."
"TORTOISE","Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the orderTestudinata."
"TORTRICID","Of or pertaining to Tortix, or the family Tortricid\u00e6."
"TORTRIX","Any one of numerous species of small moths of the familyTortricid\u00e6, the larv\u00e6 of which usually roll up the leaves of plantson which they live; -- also called leaf roller."
"TORTULOUS","Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord."
"TORTUOSE","Wreathed; twisted; winding. Loudon"
"TORTUOSLTY","the quality or state of being tortuous."
"TORTUOUS","Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (fromCapricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely. [Obs.]Skeat.Infortunate ascendent tortuous. Chaucer.--Tor'tu*ous*ly, adv.-- Tor'tu*ous*ness, n."
"TORTURABLE","Capable of being tortured."
"TORTURER","One who tortures; a tormentor."
"TORTURINGLY","So as to torture. Beau. & Fl."
"TORTUROUS","Involving, or pertaining to, torture. [R.] 'The torturouscrucifixion.' I. Disraeli."
"TORULAFORM","Having the appearance of a torula; in the form of a littlechain; as, a torulaform string of micrococci."
"TORULOSE","Same as Torose."
"TORULOUS","Same as Torose."
"TORUS","A lage molding used in the bases of columns. Its profile issemicircular. See Illust. of Molding. Brande&C."
"TORVED","Stern; grim. See Torvous. [Obs.]But yesterday his breath Awed Rome, and his least torved frown wasdeath. J. Webster (1654)."
"TORVITY","Sourness or severity of countenance; sterness. [Obs.]"
"TORVOUS","Sour of aspect; of a severe countenance; stern; grim. [Obs.]That torvous, sour look produced by anger. Derham."
"TORY","A member of the conservative party, as opposed to theprogressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is nowcalled the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of exsisting royaland ecclesiastical authority."
"TORYISM","The principles of the Tories."
"TOSCATTER","To scatter in pieces; to divide. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TOSE","To tease, or comb, as wool. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.]"
"TOSH","Neat; trim. [Scot.] Jomieson."
"TOSHRED","To cut into shreads or pieces. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TOSS",", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tossed (; (less properly Tost ); p. pr. &vb. n. Tossing.] Etym: [ W. tosiaw, tosio, to jerk, toss, snatch,tosa quick jerk, a toss, a snatch. ]"
"TOSSEL","See Tassel."
"TOSSER","Ohe who tosser. J. Fletcher."
"TOSSILY","In a tossy manner. [R.]"
"TOSSPOT","A toper; one habitually given to strong drink; a drunkard.Shak."
"TOSSY","Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud;contemptuous; scornful; affectedly indifferent; as, a tossycommonplace. [R.] C. Kingsley."
"TOST","imp. & p. p. of Toss."
"TOSTO","Quick; rapid. Pui tosto ( Etym: [It.] (Mus.), faster; morerapid."
"TOSWINK","To labor excessively. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TOTA","The grivet."
"TOTAL","Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, atotal departure from the evidence; a total loss. ' Total darkness.''To undergo myself the total crime.' Milton. Total abstinence. SeeAbstinence, n., 1.-- Total depravity. (Theol.) See Original sin, under Original."
"TOTALIS","The total."
"TOTALISATOR","Same as Totalizator."
"TOTALIZATION","Act of totalizing, or state of being totalized."
"TOTALIZATOR","A machine for registering and indicating the number and natureof bets made on horse races, as in Australia and South Africa. Calledalso totalizer."
"TOTALIZE","To make total, or complete;to reduce to completeness.Coleridge."
"TOTALIZER","Same as Totalizator."
"TOTALLY","In a total manner; wholly; entirely."
"TOTALNESS","The quality or state of being total; entireness; totality."
"TOTARA","A coniferous tree (Podocarpus totara), next to the kauri themost valuable timber tree of New Zeland. Its hard reddish wood isused for furniture and building, esp. in wharves, bridges, etc. Alsomahogany pine."
"TOTE","To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; -- acolloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes."
"TOTEAR","To tear or rend in pieces. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TOTEM","A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by theNord American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or aclan.And they painted on the grave posts Of the graves, yet unforgotten,Each his own ancestral totem Each the symbol of his household;Figures of the bear and reindeer, Of the turtle, crane, and beaver.Longfellow.The totem,the clan deity, the beast or bird who in some supernaturalway attends tothe clan and watches over it. Bagehot."
"TOTEMIC","Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism."
"TOTEMIST","One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem.-- To`tem*is'tic, a."
"TOTER","The stone roller. See Stone roller (a), under Stone."
"TOTIPALMATE","Having all four toes united by a web;-said of certain seabirds, as the pelican and the gannet. See Illust. under Aves."
"TOTIPALMI","A division of swimming birds including those that havetotipalmate feet."
"TOTIPRESENCE","Omnipresence. [Obs.] A. Tucker."
"TOTIPRESENT","Omnipresence. [Obs.] A. Tucker."
"TOTTERER","One who totters."
"TOTTERINGLY","In a tottering manner."
"TOTTERY","Trembling or vaccilating, as if about to fall; unsteady;shaking. Johnson."
"TOTTLE","To walk in a wavering, unsteady manner; to toddle; to topple.[Colloq.]"
"TOTTLISH","Trembling or tottering, as if about to fall; un steady.[Colloq. U.S.]"
"TOTTY","Unsteady; dizzy; tottery. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.] Sir W. Scott.For yet his noule [head] was totty of the must. Spenser."
"TOTY","Totty. [Obs.]My head is totty of my swink to-night. Chaucer."
"TOUCAN","Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating birds of tropicalAmerica belonging to Ramphastos, Pteroglossus, and allied genera ofthe family Ramphastid\u00e6. They have a very large, but light and thin,beak, often nearly as long as the body itself. Most of the speciesare brilliantly colored with red, yellow, white, and black instriking contrast."
"TOUCANET","A small toucan."
"TOUCH","To be tangent to. See Tangent, a."
"TOUCH-BOX","A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldierswho used matchlocks, to kindle the match."
"TOUCH-NEEDLE","A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in someknown proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles ofgold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article andthe bar on a touchstone."
"TOUCH-PAPER","Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used asa match for firing gunpowder, and the like."
"TOUCHABLE","Capable of being touched; tangible.-- Touch'a*ble*ness, n."
"TOUCHBACK","The act of touching the football down by a player behind hisown goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; --distinguished from safety touchdown."
"TOUCHDOWN","The act of touching the football down behind the opponents'goal . Safety touchdown. See under Safety."
"TOUCHHOLE","The vent of a cannot or other firearm, by which fire iscommunicateed to the powder of the charge."
"TOUCHILY","In a touchy manner."
"TOUCHINESS","The quality or state of being touchy peevishness; irritability;irascibility."
"TOUCHING","Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale.-- Touch'ing*ly, adv."
"TOUCHSTONE","Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test thepurity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stonewhen it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite."
"TOUCHY","Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire.[Colloq.]It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy about personalattacks. Saintsbury."
"TOUGH-CAKE","See Tough-pitch (b)."
"TOUGH-HEAD","The ruddy duck. [ Local U.S. ]"
"TOUGHEN","To grow or make tough, or tougher."
"TOUGHISH","Tough in a slight degree."
"TOUGHLY","In a tough manner."
"TOUGHNESS","The quality or state of being tough."
"TOUITE","The wood warbler. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TOUPETTIT","The crested titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TOUR","A tower. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TOURACO","Same as Turacou."
"TOURBILLION","An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, soas to form a scroll of fire. G. Francis."
"TOURING CAR","An automobile designed for touring; specif., a roomy car, not alimousine, for five or more passengers."
"TOURIST","One who makes a tour, or performs a journey in a circuit."
"TOURMALINE","A mineral occurring usually in three-sided or six-sided prismsterminated by rhombohedral or scalenohedral planes. Black tourmaline(schorl) is the most common variety, but there are also othervarieties, as the blue (indicolite), red (rubellite), also green,brown, and white. The red and green varieties when transparent arevalued as jewels. [Written also turmaline .]"
"TOURN","The sheriff's turn, or court."
"TOURNERY","Work turned on a lathe; turnery.[Obs.] See Turnery. Evelyn."
"TOURNEY","A tournament. Bacon.At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. Spenser.We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time forhalf the work. Tennyson."
"TOURNIQUET","An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentiallyof a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which istightened by a screw or other means."
"TOURNOIS","A former French money of account worth 20 sous, or a franc. Itwas thus called in distinction from the Paris livre, which contained25 sous."
"TOURNURE","To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. [Prov. Eng.] Shak.As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed. Spenser."
"TOUS-LES-MOIS","A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, oftensold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adulterating cocoa. It ismade from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably C. edulis,the tubers of which are edible every month in the year."
"TOUSE","A pulling; a disturbance. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"TOUSEL","Same as Tousle. [Colloq.]"
"TOUSER","One who touses. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TOUSLE","To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse. [Colloq.]"
"TOUSY","Tousled; tangled; rough; shaggy. [Colloq.]"
"TOUT","One who secretly watches race horses which are in course oftraining, to get information about their capabilities, for use inbetting. [Cant. Eng.]"
"TOUT-ENSEMBLE","All together; hence, in costume, the fine arts, etc., thegeneral effect of a work as a whole, without regard to the executionof the separate perts."
"TOUTER","One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance,shops, and the like: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office.[Colloq.]The prey of ring droppers, . . . duffers, touters, or any of thosebloodless sharpers who are, perhaps, better known to the police.Dickens."
"TOUZE","See Touse. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TOW","The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from thefiner part by the hatchel or swingle."
"TOW-HEAD","The hooded merganser. [ Local, U.S. ]"
"TOWALL","A towel. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TOWARDLINESS","The quality or state of being towardly; docility;tractableness.The beauty and towardliness of these children moved her brethren toenvy. Sir W. Raleigh."
"TOWARDLY","Same as Toward, a., 2.He's towardly and will come on apace. Dryden."
"TOWARDNESS","Quality or state of being toward."
"TOWARDS","See Toward."
"TOWEL","A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for dryinganything wet, as the person after a bath. Towel gourd (Bot.), thefruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Luffa \u00c6gyptiaca; also, the plantitself. The fruit is very fibrous, and, when separated from its rindand seeds, is used as a sponge or towel. Called also Egyptian bathsponge, and dishcloth."
"TOWELING","Cloth for towels, especially such as is woven in long pieces tobe cut at will, as distinguished from that woven in towel lengthswith borders, etc. [Written also towelling.]"
"TOWER","To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high;hence, to soar.On the other side an high rock towered still. Spenser.My lord protector's hawks do tower so well. Shak."
"TOWERED","Adorned or defended by towers.Towered cities please us then. Milton."
"TOWERY","Having towers; adorned or defended by towers. [R.] 'Towerycities.' Pope."
"TOWHEE","The chewink."
"TOWILLY","The sanderling; -- so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TOWLINE","A line used to tow vessels; a towrope."
"TOWN-CRIER","A town officer who makes proclamations to the people; thepublic crier of a town."
"TOWNED","Having towns; containing many towns. [Obs.] Hakluyt."
"TOWNHALL","A public hall or building, belonging to a town, where thepublic offices are established, the town council meets, the peopleassemble in town meeting, etc."
"TOWNHOUSE","A building devoted to the public used of a town; a townhall."
"TOWNISH","Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a town; like the town.[R.] Turbervile."
"TOWNLESS","Having no town. Howell."
"TOWNLET","A small town. North Brit. Rev."
"TOWNSFOLK","The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, indistinction from country people; townspeople."
"TOWNSPEOPLE","The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinctionfrom country people; townsfolk."
"TOWPATH","A path traveled by men or animals in towing boats; -- calledalso towing path."
"TOWROPE","A rope used in towing vessels."
"TOWSER","A familiar name for a dog. [ Written also Towzer. ]"
"TOWY","Composed of, or like, tow."
"TOXALBUMIN","Any of a class of toxic substances of protein nature; a toxin."
"TOXICANT","A poisonous agent or drug, as opium; an intoxicant."
"TOXICATION","Poisoning."
"TOXICITY","The quality or state of being toxic or poisonous;poisonousness."
"TOXICOGENIC","Producing toxic products; as, toxicogenic germs or bacteria."
"TOXICOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to toxicology.-- Tox`i*co*log'ic*al*ly, adv."
"TOXICOLOGIST","One versed in toxicology; the writer of a treatise on poisons."
"TOXICOLOGY","The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes,and recignition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science."
"TOXICOMANIA","Toxiphobia. A. S. Taylor."
"TOXIFERA","Same as Toxoglossa."
"TOXIPHOBIA","An insane or greatly exaggerated dread of poisons."
"TOXODON","A gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America,having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta."
"TOXODONTA","An extinct order of Mammalia found in the South AmericanTertiary formation. The incisor teeth were long and curved andprovided with a persistent pulp. They are supposed to be related bothto the rodents and ungulates. Called also Toxodontia."
"TOXOGLOSSA","A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula areconverted into poison fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, andTerebra, are examples. See Illust. of Cone, n., 4, Pleurotoma, andTerebra."
"TOXOID","An altered form of a toxin, possessing little or no toxicpower."
"TOXOPHILITE","A lover of archery; one devoted to archery."
"TOXOTES","A genus of fishes comprising the archer fishes. See Archerfish."
"TOY","A headdress of linen or woolen, that hangs down over theshoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; -- called also toymutch. [Scot.] 'Having, moreover, put on her clean toy, rokelay, andscarlet plaid.' Sir W. Scott."
"TOYEAR","This year. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TOYER","One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks; a trifler."
"TOYFUL","Full of trifling play. [Obs.] Donne."
"TOYHOUSE","A house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse."
"TOYINGLY","In a toying manner."
"TOYMAN","One who deals toys."
"TOYSHOP","A shop where toys are sold."
"TOYSOME","Disposed to toy; trifling; wanton. [R.] Ford."
"TOZE","To pull violently; to touse. [Obs.]"
"TOZY","Soft, like wool that has been teased.-- To'zi*ness, n."
"TRABEA","A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes.-- worn by kings, consuls, and augurs. Dr. W. Smith."
"TRABEATED","Furnished with an entablature."
"TRABEATION","Same as Entablature."
"TRABECULA","A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in theframework of an organ part."
"TRABECULAR","Of or pertaining to a trabecula or trabecul\u00e6; composed oftrabecul\u00e6."
"TRABECULATE","Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem."
"TRABU","Same as Trubu."
"TRACE","One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extendingfrom the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicleor thing to be drawn; a tug."
"TRACEABLE","Capable of being traced.-- Trace'a*ble*ness, n.-- Trace'a/bly, adv."
"TRACER","One who, or that which, traces."
"TRACERY","Ornamental work with rambled lines. Especially: --(a) The decorative head of a Gothic window."
"TRACHEA","The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung."
"TRACHEAL","Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea."
"TRACHEARIA","A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only bymeans of trache\u00e6. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, andharvestmen."
"TRACHEARY","Tracheal; breathing by means of trache\u00e6.-- n. (Zo\u00f6l.)"
"TRACHEATA","An extensive division of arthropods comprising all those whichbreathe by trache\u00e6, as distinguished from Crustacea, which breathe bymeans of branchi\u00e6."
"TRACHEATE","Breathing by means of trache\u00e6; of or pertaining to theTracheata."
"TRACHEID","A wood cell with spiral or other markings and closedthroughout, as in pine wood."
"TRACHEITIS","Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe."
"TRACHELIDAN","Any one of a tribe of beetles (Trachelides) which have the headsupported on a pedicel. The oil beetles and the Cantharides areexamples."
"TRACHELIPOD","One of the Trachelipoda."
"TRACHELIPODA","An extensive artificial group of gastropods comprising allthose which have a spiral shell and the foot attached to the base ofthe neck."
"TRACHELIPODOUS","Having the foot united with the neck; of or pertainingto theTrachelipoda."
"TRACHELOBRANCHIATE","Having the gills situated upon the neck; -- said of certainmollusks."
"TRACHELORRHAPHY","The operation of sewing up a laceration of the neck of theuterus."
"TRACHENCHYMA","A vegetable tissue consisting of trache\u00e6."
"TRACHEOBRANCHIA","One of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insectlarv\u00e6. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of otherinsects."
"TRACHEOBRONCHIAL","Pertaining both to the tracheal and bronchial tubes, or totheir junction; -- said of the syrinx of certain birds."
"TRACHEOPHONAE","A group of passerine birds having the syrinx at the lower endof the trachea."
"TRACHEOSCOPY","Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of amirror."
"TRACHEOTOMY","The operation of making an opening into the windpipe."
"TRACHINOID","Of, pertaining to, or like, Trachinus, a genus of fishes whichincludes the weevers. See Weever."
"TRACHITIS","Tracheitis."
"TRACHOMA","Granular conjunctivitis due to a specific micrococcus. --Tra*chom'a*tous (#), a."
"TRACHYCARPOUS","Rough-fruited. Gray."
"TRACHYMEDUSAE","A division of acalephs in which the development is direct fromthe eggs, without a hydroid stage. Some of the species are parasiticon other medus\u00e6."
"TRACHYSPERMOUS","Rough-seeded. Gray."
"TRACHYSTOMATA","An order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including Siren andPseudobranchus. They have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form,and have no teeth except a small patch on the palate. The externalgills are persistent through life."
"TRACHYTE","An igneous rock,usually light gray in color and breaking with arough surface. It consists chiefly of orthoclase feldspar withsometimes hornblende and mica."
"TRACHYTIC","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, trachyte."
"TRACHYTOID","Resembling trachyte; -- used to define the structure of certainrocks."
"TRACK","The entire lower surface of the foot;-said of birds, ect."
"TRACK-ROAD","A towing path."
"TRACKAGE","The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage."
"TRACKER","In the organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a keyand a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling."
"TRACKLAYER","Any workman engaged in work involved in putting the track inplace. [U. S. & Canada] -- Track'lay`ing, n."
"TRACKLESS","Having no track; marked by no footsteps; untrodden; as, atrackless desert.To climb the trackless mountain all unseen. Byron.-- Track'less*ly, adv.-Track'less*ness, n."
"TRACKMAN","One employed on work on the track; specif., a trackwalker."
"TRACKSCOUT","See Trackschuyt."
"TRACKWALKER","A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of tracks."
"TRACKWAY","Any of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or thelike, laid in a public roadway otherwise formed of an inferiorpavement, as cobblestones, to provide an easy way for wheels."
"TRACT","A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent;a short treatise, especially on practical religion.The church clergy at that writ the best collection of tracts againstpopery that ever appeared. Swift.Tracts for the Times. See Tractarian."
"TRACTABILITY","The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility;tractableness."
"TRACTARIAN","One of the writers of the Oxford tracts, called 'Tracts for theTimes,' issued during the period 1833-1841, in which series of papersthe sacramental system and authority of the Church, and the value oftradition, were brought into prominence. Also, a member of the HighChurch party, holding generally the principles of the Tractarianwriters; a Puseyite."
"TRACTARIANISM","The principles of the Tractarians, or of those personsaccepting the teachings of the 'Tracts for the Times.'"
"TRACTATE","A treatise; a tract; an essay.Agreeing in substance with Augustin's, from whose fourteenth Tractateon St. John the words are translated. Hare."
"TRACTATION","Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion. [Obs.]A full tractation of the points controverted. Bp. Hall."
"TRACTATOR","One who writes tracts; specif., a Tractarian. [R.] C. Kingsley."
"TRACTILE","Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. Bacon."
"TRACTILITY","The quality of being tractile; ductility. Derham."
"TRACTIONAL","Of or relating to traction."
"TRACTITE","A Tractarian."
"TRACTITIOUS","Treating of; handling. [R.]"
"TRACTIVE","Serving to draw; pulling; attracting; as, tractive power."
"TRACTOR","Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used in thetreatment called Perkinism."
"TRACTORATION","See Perkinism."
"TRACTORY","A tractrix."
"TRACTRIX","A curve such that the part of the tangent between the point oftangency and a given straight line is constant; -- so called becauseit was conceived as described by the motion of one end of a tangentline as the other end was drawn along the given line."
"TRAD","imp. of Tread. Chaucer."
"TRADE","The trade winds."
"TRADE-MARK","A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by amanufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of usingwhich is recognized by law."
"TRADED","Professional; practiced. [Obs.] Shak."
"TRADEFUL","Full of trade; busy in traffic; commercial. Spenser."
"TRADELESS","Having no trade or traffic. Young."
"TRADESCANTIA","A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew."
"TRADESFOLK","People employed in trade; tradesmen. [R.] Swift."
"TRADESPEOPLE","People engaged in trade; shopkeepers."
"TRADESWOMAN","A woman who trades, or is skilled in trade."
"TRADITION","To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down. [Obs.]The following story is . . . traditioned with very much creditamongst our English Catholics. Fuller."
"TRADITIONALISM","A system of faith founded on tradition; esp., the doctrine thatall religious faith is to be based solely upon what is delivered fromcompetent authority, exclusive of rational processes."
"TRADITIONALIST","An advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a traditionist."
"TRADITIONALLY","In a traditional manner."
"TRADITIONARILY","By tradition."
"TRADITIONARY","Traditional.The reveries of the Talmud, a collection of Jewish traditionaryinterpolations. Buckminster."
"TRADITIVE","Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age,by oral communication; traditional. [R.] Jer. Taylor.Suppose we on things traditive divide. Dryden."
"TRADITOR","A deliverer; -- a name of infamy given to Christians whodelivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to theirpersecutors to save their lives. Milner."
"TRADUCEMENT","The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure;defamation; calumny. [R.] Shak."
"TRADUCENT","Slanderous. [R.] Entick."
"TRADUCIAN","A believer in traducianism."
"TRADUCIANISM","The doctrine that human souls are produced by the act ofgeneration; -- opposed to creationism, and infusionism."
"TRADUCINGLY","In a traducing manner; by traduction; slanderously."
"TRADUCT","To derive or deduce; also, to transmit; to transfer. [Obs.]Fotherby."
"TRADUCTION","A process of reasoning in which each conclusion applies to justsuch an object as each of the premises applies to. Jevons."
"TRADUCTIVE","Capable of being deduced; derivable. [R.] Bp. Warburton."
"TRAFFIC","To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for aconsideration."
"TRAFFIC MILE","Any unit of the total obtained by adding the passenger milesand ton miles in a railroad's transportation for a given period; -- aterm and practice of restricted or erroneous usage."
"TRAFFICABLE","Capable of being disposed of in traffic; marketable. [Obs.] Bp.Hall."
"TRAFFICKER","One who traffics, or carries on commerce; a trader; a merchant."
"TRAFFICLESS","Destitute of traffic, or trade."
"TRAGACANTH","A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub(Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species ofAstragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes orfilaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into amucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic inmedicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth."
"TRAGEDIENNE","A woman who plays in tragedy."
"TRAGEDIOUS","Like tragedy; tragical. [Obs.] 'Tragedious history.' Fabyan."
"TRAGI-COMEDY","A kind of drama representing some action in which serious andcomic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the nature bothof tragedy and comedy.The noble tragi-comedy of 'Measure for Measure.' Macaulay."
"TRAGI-COMI-PASTORAL","Partaking of the nature of, or combining, tragedy, comedy, andpastoral poetry. [R.] Gay."
"TRAGOPAN","Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genusCeriornis. They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, theback and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, andthe head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. Thecrimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (C. satyra), of India is one ofthe best-known species."
"TRAGUS","The prominence in front of the external opening of the ear. SeeIllust. under Ear."
"TRAIL","To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and theupper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right handnear the middle."
"TRAIL ROPE","Same as Guide rope, above."
"TRAILER","One who, or that which, trails."
"TRAILING","a. & vb. n. from Trail. Trailing arbutus. (Bot.) See underArbutus.-- Trailing spring, a spring fixed in the axle box of the trailingwheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as to assist indeadening any shock which may occur. Weale.-- Trailing wheel, a hind wheel of a locomotive when it is not adriving wheel; also, one of the hind wheels of a carriage."
"TRAILING EDGE","A following edge. See Advancing edge, above."
"TRAIN","To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to aproper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train youngtrees.He trained the young branches to the right hand or to the left.Jeffrey."
"TRAIN DISPATCHER","An official who gives the orders on a railroad as to therunning of trains and their right of way."
"TRAIN OIL","Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling."
"TRAINABLE","Capable of being trained or educated; as, boys trainable tovirtue. Richardson."
"TRAINBAND","A band or company of an organized military force instituted byJames I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to theLondon militia. [Eng.]He felt that, without some better protection than that of thetrainbands and Beefeaters, his palace and person would hardly besecure. Macaulay.A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. Cowper."
"TRAINBEARER","One who holds up a train, as of a robe."
"TRAINEL","A dragnet. [Obs.] Holland."
"TRAINING","The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising,disciplining, etc.; education. Fan training (Hort.), the operation oftraining fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shallradiate from the stem like a fan.-- Horizontal training (Hort.), the operation of training fruittrees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall spread outlaterally in a horizontal direction.-- Training college. See Normal school, under Normal, a.-- Training day, a day on which a military company assembles fordrill or parade. [U. S.] -- Training ship, a vessel on board of whichboys are trained as sailors."
"TRAINY","Belonging to train oil. [Obs.] Gay."
"TRAIPSE","To walk or run about in a slatternly, careless, or thoughtlessmanner. [Colloq.] Pope."
"TRAITEUR","The keeper of an eating house, or restaurant; a restaurateur.Simmonds."
"TRAITOR","Traitorous. [R.] Spenser. Pope."
"TRAITORESS","A traitress. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"TRAITORLY","Like a traitor; treacherous; traitorous. [Obs.] 'Traitorlyrascals.' Shak."
"TRAITORY","Treachery. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TRAITRESS","A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress.Dryden."
"TRAJECT","To throw or cast through, over, or across; as, to traject thesun's light through three or more cross prisms. [R.] Sir I. Newton."
"TRAJECTORY","The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or cometin its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air."
"TRALATION","The use of a word in a figurative or extended sense; ametaphor;a trope. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"TRALATITION","A change, as in the use of words; a metaphor."
"TRALATITIOUSLY",", adv. In a tralatitious manner; metephorically. Holder."
"TRALINEATE","To deviate; to stray; to wander. [Obs.] Dryden."
"TRALUCENCY","Translucency; as, the tralucency of a gem. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"TRALUCENT","Translucent. [Obs.]The air's tralucent gallery. Sir. J. Davies."
"TRAM","A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together,used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best qualityof velvets and silk goods."
"TRAMA","The loosely woven substance which lines the chambers within thegleba in certain Gasteromycetes."
"TRAMBLE","To wash, as tin ore, with a shovel in a frame fitted for thepurpose. Smart."
"TRAMMEL WHEEL","A circular plate or a cross, with two or more cross groovesintersecting at the center, used on the end of a shaft to transmitmotion to another shaft not in line with the first."
"TRAMMELED","Having blazes, or white marks, on the fore and hind foot of oneside, as if marked by trammels; -- said of a horse. [Written alsotrammelled.]"
"TRAMMING","The act or process of forming trams. See 2d Tram."
"TRAMONTANA","A dry, cold, violent, northerly wind of the Adriatic."
"TRAMONTANE","Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other sideof the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous."
"TRAMP","To travel; to wander; to stroll."
"TRAMPER","One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp.Dickens."
"TRAMPLE","The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced bytrampling. Milton.The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. Lowell."
"TRAMPLER","One who tramples; one who treads down; as, a trampler onnature's law. Cowper."
"TRAMPOOSE","To walk with labor, or heavily; to tramp. [Law, U. S.]Bartlett."
"TRAMRAIL","An overhead rail forming a track on which a trolley runs toconvey a load, as in a shop."
"TRAMROAD","A road prepared for easy transit of trams or wagons, by formingthe wheel tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of stone, or platesof iron."
"TRANATION","The act of swimming over. [Obs.] Bailey."
"TRANCE","A condition, often simulating death, in which there is a totalsuspension of the power of voluntary movement, with abolition of allevidences of mental activity and the reduction to a minimum of allthe vital functions so that the patient lies still and apparentlyunconscious of surrounding objects, while the pulsation of the heartand the breathing, although still present, are almost or altogetherimperceptible.He fell down in a trance. Chaucer."
"TRANECT","A ferry. [Obs.] Shak."
"TRANGRAM","Something intricately contrived; a contrived; a puzzle. [Cant &Obs.] Arbuthnot."
"TRANNEL","A treenail. [R.] Moxon."
"TRANQUIL","Quiet; calm; undisturbed; peaceful; not agitated; as, theatmosphere is tranquil; the condition of the country is tranquil.A style clear, tranquil, easy to follow. De Quincey."
"TRANQUILLITY","The quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; composure."
"TRANQUILLY","In a tranquil manner; calmly."
"TRANQUILNESS","Quality or state of being tranquil."
"TRANS-","A prefix, signifying over, beyond, through and through, on theother side, as in transalpine, beyond the Alps; transform, to formthrough and through, that is, anew, transfigure."
"TRANSACT","To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transactcommercial business; to transact business by an agent."
"TRANSACTION","An adjustment of a dispute between parties by mutual agreement.Transaction of a society, the published record of what it has done oraccomplished."
"TRANSACTOR","One who transacts, performs, or conducts any business. Derham."
"TRANSALPINE","Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, thatis, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining to theregion or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine Gaul; --opposed to cisalpine. ' Transalpine garbs.' Beau. & Fl."
"TRANSANIMATE","To animate with a soul conveyed from another body. [R.] Bp. J.King (1608)."
"TRANSANIMATION","The conveyance of a soul from one body to another. [R.] Fuller."
"TRANSAUDIENT","Permitting the passage of sound. [R.] Lowell."
"TRANSCALENCY","The quality or state of being transcalent."
"TRANSCALENT","Pervious to, or permitting the passage of, heat."
"TRANSCENDENT","Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of humanknowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerningwhat lies beyond the reach of the human intellect."
"TRANSCENDENTAL","In the Kantian system, of or pertaining to that which can bedetermined a priori in regard to the fundamental principles of allhuman knowledge. What is transcendental, therefore, transcendsempiricism; but is does not transcend all human knowledge, or becometranscendent. It simply signifies the a priori or necessaryconditions of experience which, though affording the conditions ofexperience, transcend the sphere of that contingent knowledge whichis acquired by experience."
"TRANSCENDENTALISM","The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaininga priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge."
"TRANSCENDENTALIST","One who believes in transcendentalism."
"TRANSCENDENTALITY","The quality or state of being transcendental."
"TRANSCENDENTALLY","In a transcendental manner."
"TRANSCENDENTLY","In a transcendent manner."
"TRANSCENDENTNESS","Same as Transcendence."
"TRANSCENSION","The act of transcending, or surpassing; also, passage over.[Obs.] Chapman."
"TRANSCOLATE","To cause to pass through a sieve or colander; to strain, asthrough a sieve. [Obs.] Harvey."
"TRANSCOLATION","Act of transcolating, or state of being transcolated. [Obs.]Bp. Stillingfleet."
"TRANSCONTINENTAL","Extending or going across a continent; as, a transcontinentalrailroad or journey."
"TRANSCORPORATE","To transmigrate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"TRANSCRIBBLER","A transcriber; -- used in contempt.He [Aristotle] has suffered vastly from the transcribblers, as allauthors of great brevity necessarily must. Gray."
"TRANSCRIBE","To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, totranscribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter."
"TRANSCRIBER","One who transcribes, or writes from a copy; a copier; acopyist."
"TRANSCRIPT","A written version of what was said orally; as, a transcript ofa trial."
"TRANSCRIPTION","An arrangement of a composition for some other instrument orvoice than that for which it was originally written, as thetranslating of a song, a vocal or instrumental quartet, or even anorchestral work, into a piece for the piano; an adaptation; anarrangement; -- a name applied by modern composes for the piano to amore or less fanciful and ornate reproduction on their own instrumentof a song or other piece not originally intended for it; as, Listzt'stranscriptions of songs by Schubert."
"TRANSCRIPTIVE","Done as from a copy; having the style or appearance of atranscription. [R.] -- Tran*scrip'tive*ly, adv. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"TRANSCUR","To run or rove to and fro. [Obs.] Bacon."
"TRANSCURRENCE","A roving hither and thither."
"TRANSCURSION","A rambling or ramble; a passage over bounds; an excursion.[Obs.] Howell."
"TRANSDIALECT","To change or translate from one dialect into another. [R.] Bp.Warburton."
"TRANSDUCTION","The act of conveying over. [R.] Entick."
"TRANSE","See Trance. [Obs.]"
"TRANSELEMENTATION","Transubstantiation. [Obs.]"
"TRANSENNE","A transom. [Obs.]"
"TRANSEPT","The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right anglesto the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In thebasilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothicchurches these project these project greatly, and should be calledthe arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the armsthemselves as the transepts."
"TRANSEXION","Change of sex. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"TRANSFEMINATE","To change into a woman, as a man. [Obs. & R.] Sir T. Browne."
"TRANSFER","The conveyance of right, title, or property, either real orpersonal, from one person to another, whether by sale, by gift, orotherwise.I shall here only consider it as a transfer of property. Burke."
"TRANSFERABILITY","The quality or state of being transferable."
"TRANSFEREE","The person to whom a transfer in made."
"TRANSFERENCE","The act of transferring; conveyance; passage; transfer."
"TRANSFEROGRAPHY","The act or process of copying inscriptions, or the like, bymaking transfers."
"TRANSFERRENCE","See Transference."
"TRANSFERRER","One who makes a transfer or conveyance."
"TRANSFERRIBLE","Capable of being transferred; transferable."
"TRANSFIGURATE","To transfigure; to transform. [R.]"
"TRANSFIGURATION","A feast held by some branches of the Christian church on the6th of August, in commemoration of the miraculous change abovementioned."
"TRANSFIX","To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, totransfix one with a dart."
"TRANSFIXION","The act of transfixing, or the state of being transfixed, orpierced. Bp. Hall."
"TRANSFLUENT","Passing or flowing through a bridge; -- said of water. Wright."
"TRANSFLUX","A flowing through, across, or beyond. [R.]"
"TRANSFORATE","To bore through; to perforate. [Obs.]"
"TRANSFORM","To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure,into another from without altering its value."
"TRANSFORMABLE","Capable of being transformed or changed."
"TRANSFORMATION","The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed;change of form or condition. Specifically: --(a) (Biol.)"
"TRANSFORMATIVE","Having power, or a tendency, to transform."
"TRANSFORMER","One who, or that which, transforms. Specif. (Elec.), anapparatus for producing from a given electrical current anothercurrent of different voltage."
"TRANSFORMISM","The hypothesis, or doctrine, that living beings have originatedby the modification of some other previously existing forms of livingmatter; -- opposed to abiogenesis. Huxley."
"TRANSFREIGHT","To transfrete. [Obs.] Waterhouse."
"TRANSFRETATION","The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea. [Obs.] Sir J.Davies."
"TRANSFRETE","To pass over a strait or narrow sea. [Written alsotransfreight.] [Obs.] E. Hall."
"TRANSFUND","To pour from one vessel into another; to transfuse. [Obs.]Barrow."
"TRANSFUSE","To transfer, as blood, from the veins or arteries of one man oranimal to those of another."
"TRANSFUSIBLE","Capable of being transfused; transferable by transfusion."
"TRANSFUSION","The act or operation of transferring the blood of one man oranimal into the vascular system of another; also, the introduction ofany fluid into the blood vessels, or into a cavity of the body fromwhich it can readily be adsorbed into the vessels; intrafusion; as,the peritoneal transfusion of milk."
"TRANSFUSIVE","Tending to transfuse; having power to transfuse."
"TRANSGRESS","To offend against the law; to sin.Who transgressed in the thing accursed. I Chron. ii. 7."
"TRANSGRESSION","The act of transgressing, or of passing over or beyond any law,civil or moral; the violation of a law or known principle ofrectitude; breach of command; fault; offense; crime; sin.Forgive thy people . . . all their transgressions wherein they havetransgressed against thee. I Kings viii. 50.What rests, but that the mortal sentence pass On his transgression,death denounced that day Milton.The transgression is in the stealer. Shak."
"TRANSGRESSIONAL","Of pertaining to transgression; involving a transgression."
"TRANSGRESSIVE","Disposed or tending to transgress; faulty; culpable. -"
"TRANSGRESSIVELY","In a transgressive mannerAdam, perhaps, . . . from the transgressive infirmities of himself,might have erred alone. Sir T. Browne."
"TRANSGRESSOR","One who transgresses; one who breaks a law, or violates acommand; one who violates any known rule or principle of rectitude; asinner.The way of transgressors is hard. Prov. xiii. 15."
"TRANSHAPE","To transshape. [R.] J. Webster (1623)."
"TRANSHIP","Same as Transship."
"TRANSHIPMENT","Same as Transshipment."
"TRANSHUMAN","More than human; superhuman. [R.]Words may not tell of that transhuman change. H. F. Cary."
"TRANSHUMANIZE","To make more than human; to purity; to elevate above humanity.[R.]Souls purified by sorrow and self-denial, transhumanized to thedivine abstraction of pure contemplation. Lowell."
"TRANSIENT","That which remains but for a brief time. Glanvill."
"TRANSIRE","A customhouse clearance for a coasting vessel; a permit."
"TRANSISTHMIAN","Extending across an isthmus, as at Suez or Panama."
"TRANSIT","To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body)."
"TRANSITION","A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; amodulation."
"TRANSITION ZONE","The zone lying between the Boreal and Sonoran zones of NorthAmerica. It includes an eastern or humid subdivision and a westernarid one of corresponding temperature comprising the northern GreatPlains and the lower slopes of the mountains of the western UnitedStates and Mexico. Called also Neutral zone."
"TRANSITIONAL","Of or pertaining to transition; involving or denotingtransition; as, transitional changes; transitional stage."
"TRANSITIONARY","Transitional."
"TRANSITIVE","Passing over to an object; expressing an action which is notlimited to the agent or subject, but which requires an object tocomplete the sense; as, a transitive verb, for example, he holds thebook.-- Tran'si*tive*ly, adv.-- Tran'si*tive*ness, n."
"TRANSITORILY","In a transitory manner; with brief continuance."
"TRANSITORINESS","The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage ordeparture."
"TRANSITORY","Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting;evanescent.Comfort and succor all those who, in this transitory life, are introuble. Bk. of Com. Prayer.It was not the transitory light of a comet, which shines and glowsfor a wile, and then . . . vanishes into nothing. South.Transitory action (Law), an action which may be brought in anycounty, as actions for debt, and the like; -- opposed to localaction. Blackstone. Bouvier."
"TRANSLATABLE","Capable of being translated, or rendered into another language."
"TRANSLATE","To remove, as a bishop, from one see to another. 'Fisher,Bishop of Rochester, when the king would have translated him fromthat poor bishopric to a better, . . . refused.' Camden."
"TRANSLATION","A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; atralation. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"TRANSLATITIOUS","Metaphorical; tralatitious; also, foreign; exotic. [Obs.]Evelyn."
"TRANSLATIVE","tropical; figurative; as, a translative sense. [R.] Puttenham."
"TRANSLATOR","A repeating instrument. [Eng.]"
"TRANSLATORSHIP","The office or dignity of a translator."
"TRANSLATORY","Serving to translate; transferring. [R.] Arbuthnot."
"TRANSLATRESS","A woman who translates."
"TRANSLAVATION","A laving or lading from one vessel to another. [Obs.] Holland."
"TRANSLITERATE","To express or represent in the characters of another alphabet;as, to transliterate Sanskrit words by means of English letters. A.J. Ellis."
"TRANSLITERATION","The act or product of transliterating, or of expressing wordsof a language by means of the characters of another alphabet."
"TRANSLOCATION","removal of things from one place to another; substitution ofone thing for another.There happened certain translocations at the deluge. Woodward."
"TRANSLUCENTLY","In a translucent manner."
"TRANSLUCID","Translucent. [R.] Bacon."
"TRANSLUNARY","Being or lying beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; -- opposed tosublunary. [Obs.]Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave,translunary things That the first poets had. Drayton."
"TRANSMARINE","Lying or being beyond the sea. Howell."
"TRANSMEATE","To pass over or beyond. [Obs.]"
"TRANSMEATION","The act of transmeating; a passing through or beyond. [Obs.]"
"TRANSMEW","To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose. [Archaic] Chaucer.Spenser.To transmew thyself from a holy hermit into a sinful forester. Sir W.Scott."
"TRANSMIGRANT","Migrating or passing from one place or state to another;passing from one residence to another.-- n."
"TRANSMIGRATOR","One who transmigrates. J. Ellis."
"TRANSMIGRATORY","Passing from one body or state to another."
"TRANSMISSIBILITY","The quality of being transmissible."
"TRANSMISSIBLE","Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable ofbeing passed through any body or substance."
"TRANSMISSION","The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting tohis successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, orprivilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die withoutenjoying or exercising it."
"TRANSMISSION DYNAMOMETER","A dynamometer in which power is measured, without beingabsorbed or used up, during transmission."
"TRANSMISSIONIST","An adherent of a theory, the transmission theory, that thebrain serves to 'transmit,' rather than to originate, conclusions,and hence that consciousness may exist independently of the brain."
"TRANSMISSIVE","Capable of being transmitted; derived, or handed down, from oneto another.Itself a sun, it with transmissive light Enlivens worlds denied tohuman sight. Prior."
"TRANSMITTAL","Transmission. Swift."
"TRANSMITTANCE","Transmission."
"TRANSMITTER","One who, or that which, transmits; specifically, that portionof a telegraphic or telephonic instrument by means of which a messageis sent; -- opposed to receiver."
"TRANSMITTIBLE","Capable of being transmitted; transmissible."
"TRANSMOGRIFICATION","The act of transmogrifying, or the state of beingtransmogrified; transformation. [Colloq.]Clive, who wrote me about the transmogrification of our schoolfellow,an attorney's son. Thackeray."
"TRANSMOGRIFY","To change into a different shape; to transform. [Colloq.]Fielding."
"TRANSMOVE","To move or change from one state into another; to transform.[Obs.] Spenser."
"TRANSMUTABILITY","The quality of being transmutable."
"TRANSMUTABLE","Capable of being transmuted or changed into a differentsubstance, or into into something of a different form a nature;transformable.The fluids and solids of an animal body are easily transmutable intoone another. Arbuthnot.-- Trans*mut'a*ble*ness, n.-- Trans*mut'a*bly, adv."
"TRANSMUTATION","The change or reduction of one figure or body into another ofthe same area or solidity, but of a different form, as of a triangleinto a square. [R.]"
"TRANSMUTATIONIST","One who believes in the transmutation of metals or of species."
"TRANSMUTE","To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; totransform.The caresses of parents and the blandishments of friends transmute usinto idols. Buckminster.Transmuting sorrow into golden joy Free from alloy. H. Smith."
"TRANSMUTER","One who transmutes."
"TRANSMUTUAL","Reciprocal; commutual. [R.] Coleridge."
"TRANSNATATION","The act of swimming across, as a river."
"TRANSNATURE","To transfer or transform the nature of. [Obs.]We are transelemented, or transnatured. Jewel."
"TRANSOM","A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between adoor and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal, as mullion isthe vertical, bar across an opening. See Illust. of Mullion."
"TRANSPADANE","Lying or being on the further side of the river Po withreference to Rome, that is, on the north side; -- opposed tocispadane."
"TRANSPALATINE","Situated beyond or outside the palatine bone; -- said of a bonein the skull of some reptiles."
"TRANSPARE","To be, or cause to be, transparent; to appear, or cause toappear, or be seen, through something. [Obs.] Stirling."
"TRANSPARENCE","The quality or state of being transparent; transparency."
"TRANSPASS","To pass over; as, Alexander transpassed the river. [Obs.] J.Gregory."
"TRANSPASSABLE","Capable of being transpassed, or crossed over. [Obs.]"
"TRANSPATRONIZE","To transfer the patronage of. [Obs.] Warner."
"TRANSPECIATE","To change from one species to another; to transform. [Obs.]Power to transpeciate a man into a horse. Sir T. Browne."
"TRANSPICUOUS","Transparent; pervious to the sight. [R.] 'The wide,transpicuous air.' Milton."
"TRANSPIERCE","To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through.The sides transpierced return a rattling sound. Dryden."
"TRANSPIRABLE","Capable of being transpired, or of transpiring."
"TRANSPIRATION","The act or process of transpiring or excreting in the form ofvapor; exhalation, as through the skin or other membranes of thebody; as, pulmonary transpiration, or the excretion of aqueous vaporfrom the lungs. Perspiration is a form of transpiration. Cudworth."
"TRANSPIRATORY","Of or relating to transpiration."
"TRANSPIRE","To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; toexhale."
"TRANSPLACE","To remove across some space; to put in an opposite or anotherplace. [R.]It [an obelisk] was transplaced . . . from the left side of theVatican into a more eminent place. Bp. Wilkins."
"TRANSPLANTATION","The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and the insertionof them in another place where there is a lesion; as, thetransplantation of tissues in autoplasty. 3. (Surg.)"
"TRANSPLANTER","One who transplants; also, a machine for transplanting trees."
"TRANSPLENDENCY","Quality or state of being transplendent. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"TRANSPLENDENT","Resplendent in the highest degree. [R.] -- Tran*splen'dent*ly,adv. [R.]"
"TRANSPORTABILITY","The quality or state of being transportable."
"TRANSPORTAL","Transportation; the act of removing from one locality toanother. 'The transportal of seeds in the wool or fur of quadrupeds.'Darwin."
"TRANSPORTANCE","Transportation. [Obs.] 'Give me swift transportance.' Shak."
"TRANSPORTANT","Transporting; as, transportant love. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"TRANSPORTED","Conveyed from one place to another; figuratively, carried awaywith passion or pleasure; entranced.-- Trans*port'ed*ly, adv.-- Trans*port'ed*ness, n."
"TRANSPORTER","One who transports."
"TRANSPORTING","That transports; fig., ravishing.Your transporting chords ring out. Keble."
"TRANSPORTINGLY","So as to transport."
"TRANSPORTMENT","The act of transporting, or the state of being transported;transportation. [R.]"
"TRANSPOSABLE","That may transposed; as, a transposable phrase."
"TRANSPOSAL","The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed;transposition."
"TRANSPOSE","To bring, as any term of an equation, from one side over to theother, without destroying the equation; thus, if a + b = c, and wemake a = c - b, then b is said to be transposed."
"TRANSPOSER","One who transposes."
"TRANSPOSITION","The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed.Specifically: --(a) (Alg.)"
"TRANSPOSITIONAL","Of or pertaining to transposition; involving transposition.Pegge."
"TRANSPOSITIVE","Made by transposing; consisting in transposition; transposable."
"TRANSPRINT","To transfer to the wrong place in printing; to print out ofplace. [R.] Coleridge."
"TRANSPROSE","To change from prose into verse; to versify; also, to changefrom verse into prose. [Obs.] Dryden."
"TRANSREGIONATE","Foreign. [Obs.] Holinshed."
"TRANSSHAPE","To change into another shape or form; to transform. [Writtenalso transhape.] Shak."
"TRANSSHIP","To transfer from one ship or conveyance to another. [Writtenalso tranship.]"
"TRANSSHIPMENT","The act of transshipping, or transferring, as goods, from oneship or conveyance to another. [Written also transhipment.]"
"TRANSSUMMER","See Transom, 2."
"TRANSUBSTANTIATE","To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, intothe flesh and blood of Christ."
"TRANSUBSTANTIATION","The doctrine held by Roman Catholics, that the bread and winein the Mass is converted into the body and blood of Christ; --distinguished from consubstantiation, and impanation."
"TRANSUBSTANTIATOR","One who maintains the doctrine of transubstantiation. Barrow."
"TRANSUDATION","Same as Exosmose."
"TRANSUDATORY","Of or pertaining to transudation; passing by transudation."
"TRANSUDE","To pass, as perspirable matter does, through the pores orinterstices of textures; as, liquor may transude through leather orwood."
"TRANSUME","To change; to convert. [R.] Crashaw."
"TRANSUMPT","A copy or exemplification of a record. [Obs.] Lord Herbert."
"TRANSUMPTION","Act of taking from one place to another. [R.] South."
"TRANSUMPTIVE","Taking from one to another; metaphorical. [R.] 'A transumptivekind of speech.' Drayton.Fictive, descriptive, digressive, transumptive, and withaldefinitive. Lowell."
"TRANSVASATE","To pour out of one vessel into another. [Obs.] Cudworth."
"TRANSVASATION","The act or process of pouring out of one vessel into another.[Obs.] Holland."
"TRANSVECTION","The act of conveying or carrying over. [R.]"
"TRANSVERBERATE","To beat or strike through. [Obs.]"
"TRANSVERSAL","Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.-- Trans*ver'sal*ly, adv."
"TRANSVERSE","Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; --often opposed to Ant: longitudinal. Transverse axis (of an ellipse orhyperbola) (Geom.), that axis which passes through the foci.-- Transverse partition (Bot.), a partition, as of a pericarp, atright angles with the valves, as in the siliques of mustard."
"TRANSVERSELY","In a transverse manner."
"TRANSVERSION","The act of changing from prose into verse, or from verse intoprose."
"TRANSVERT","To cause to turn across; to transverse. [Obs.] Craft of Lovers(1448)."
"TRANSVERTIBLE","Capable of being transverted. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"TRANSVOLATION","The act of flying beyond or across. Jer. Taylor."
"TRANT","To traffic in an itinerary manner; to peddle. [Written alsotraunt.] [Obs.]"
"TRANTER","One who trants; a peddler; a carrier. [Written also traunter.][Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"TRAP","To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially ofhorses.Steeds . . . that trapped were in steel all glittering. Chaucer.To deck his hearse, and trap his tomb-black steed. Spenser.There she found her palfrey trapped In purple blazoned with armorialgold. Tennyson."
"TRAP SHOOTING","Shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeonssprung into the air, from a trap. -- Trap shooter."
"TRAPAN","A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. See 3d Trepan. South."
"TRAPANNER","One who trapans, or insnares."
"TRAPBALL","An old game of ball played with a trap. See 4th Trap, 4."
"TRAPDOOR","A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof orfloor."
"TRAPE","To walk or run about in an idle or slatternly manner; totraipse. [Obs. or Colloq.]"
"TRAPES","A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman. [Obs. orColloq.]"
"TRAPEZATE","Having the form of a trapezium; trapeziform."
"TRAPEZE","A trapezium. See Trapezium, 1."
"TRAPEZIFORM","Having the form of a trapezium; trapezoid."
"TRAPEZIUM","A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two areparallel."
"TRAPEZOHEDRAL","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trapezohedron."
"TRAPEZOID","A plane four-sided figure, having two sides parallel to eachother."
"TRAPEZOIDAL","Tranpezohedral."
"TRAPHOLE","See Trou-de-loup."
"TRAPPEAN","Of or pertaining to trap; being of the nature of trap."
"TRAPPER","A boy who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery or level.Raymond."
"TRAPPIST","A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which wasestablished by Armand de Ranc\u00e9 in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappein Normandy. Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline. Theywere introduced permanently into the United States in 1848, and havemonasteries in Iowa and Kentucky."
"TRAPPOUS","Of or performance to trap; resembling trap, or partaking of itsform or qualities; trappy."
"TRAPPURES","Trappings for a horse. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TRAPPY","Same as Trappous."
"TRAPS","Small or portable articles for dress, furniture, or use; goods;luggage; things. [Colloq.]"
"TRAPSTICK","A stick used in playing the game of trapball; hence, fig., aslender leg. Addison."
"TRASH","To follow with violence and trampling. [R.] The Puritan (1607)."
"TRASHILY","In a trashy manner."
"TRASHINESS","The quality or state of being trashy."
"TRASHY","Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless;useless; as, a trashy novel."
"TRASS","A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachyticcinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort ofplaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns andother reservoirs of water. [Formerly written also tarras, tarrace,terras.]"
"TRAULISM","A stammering or stuttering. [Obs.] Dalgarno."
"TRAUMATIC","A traumatic medicine."
"TRAUMATISM","A wound or injury directly produced by causes external to thebody; also, violence producing a wound or injury; as, rupture of thestomach caused by traumatism."
"TRAUNCE","See Trance. [Obs.]"
"TRAUNT","Same as Trant. [Obs.]"
"TRAUNTER","Same as Tranter. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"TRAVAIL","To harass; to tire. [Obs.]As if all these troubles had not been sufficient to travail therealm, a great division fell among the nobility. Hayward."
"TRAVAILOUS","Causing travail; laborious. [Obs.] Wyclif.-- Trav'ail*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"TRAVE","A crossbeam; a lay of joists. Maundrell."
"TRAVEL","An account, by a traveler, of occurrences and observationsduring a journey; as, a book of travels; -- often used as the titleof a book; as, Travels in Italy."
"TRAVEL-TAINTED","Harassed; fatigued with travel. [Obs.] Shak."
"TRAVELED","Having made journeys; having gained knowledge or experience bytraveling; hence, knowing; experienced. [Written also travelled.]The traveled thane, Athenian Aberdeen. Byron."
"TRAVELER","A traveling crane. See under Crane."
"TRAVERS","Across; athwart. [Obs.]The earl . . . caused . . . high trees to be hewn down, and laidtravers one over another. Ld. Berners."
"TRAVERSE","Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as,paths cut with traverse trenches.Oak . . . being strong in all positions, may be better trusted incross and traverse work. Sir H. Wotton.The ridges of the fallow field traverse. Hayward.Traverse drill (Mach.), a machine tool for drilling slots, in whichthe work or tool has a lateral motion back and forth; also, adrilling machine in which the spindle holder can be adjustedlaterally."
"TRAVERSE DRILL","A machine tool for drilling slots, in which the work or toolhas a lateral motion back and forth; also, a drilling machine inwhich the spindle holder can be adjusted laterally."
"TRAVERSER","One who traverses, or denies."
"TRAVERSING","Adjustable laterally; having a lateral motion, or a swingingmotion; adapted for giving lateral motion. Traversing plate (Mil.),one of two thick iron plates at the hinder part of a gun carriage,where the handspike is applied in traversing the piece. Wilhelm.-- Traversing platform (Mil.), a platform for traversing guns."
"TRAVERTINE","A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hardand semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs orstreams holding lime in solution. Extensive deposits exist at Tivoli,near Rome."
"TRAVESTY","Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; --applied to a book or shorter composition. [R.]"
"TRAWL","To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl."
"TRAWLBOAT","A boat used in fishing with trawls or trawlnets."
"TRAWLERMAN","A fisherman who used unlawful arts and engines to catch fish.[Obs.] Cowell."
"TRAWLNET","Same as Trawl, n., 2."
"TRAWLWARP","A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging atrawlnet."
"TRAY","To betray; to deceive. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TRAY-TRIP","An old game played with dice. [Obs.] Shak."
"TRAYFUL","As much as a tray will hold; enough to fill a tray."
"TRAYS","See Trais. Chaucer."
"TREACHER","A traitor; a cheat. [Obs.]Treacher and coward both. Beau. & Fl."
"TREACHEROUS","Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance orfaith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious inprivate life; betraying a trust; faithless.Loyal father of a treacherous son. Shak.The treacherous smile, a mask for secret hate. Cowper."
"TREACHERY","Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonableor perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason."
"TREACLE","A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1.We kill the viper, and make treacle of him. Jer. Taylor."
"TREACLY","Like, or composed of, treacle."
"TREAD","The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot isplaced."
"TREAD-SOFTLY","Spurge nettle. See under Nettle."
"TREADBOARD","See Tread, n., 5."
"TREADER","One who treads. Isa. xvi. 10."
"TREADFOWL","A cock. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TREADLE","The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread."
"TREADMILL","A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the peripheryof a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as ameans of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs,etc., treading an endless belt."
"TREADWHEEL","A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, orpushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill."
"TREAGUE","A truce. [Obs.] Spenser."
"TREASONABLE","Pertaining to treason; consisting of treason; involving thecrime of treason, or partaking of its guilt.Most men's heads had been intoxicated with imaginations of plots andtreasonable practices. Clarendon."
"TREASONOUS","Treasonable. Shak.The treasonous book of the Court of King James. Pepys."
"TREASURE","To collect and deposit, as money or other valuable things, forfuture use; to lay up; to hoard; usually with up; as, to treasure upgold."
"TREASURE-HOUSE","A house or building where treasures and stores are kept."
"TREASURE-TROVE","Any money, bullion, or the like, found in the earth, orotherwise hidden, the owner of which is not known. In England suchtreasure belongs to the crown; whereas similar treasure found in thesea, or upon the surface of the land, belongs to the finder if noowner appears."
"TREASURER","One who has the care of a treasure or treasure or treasury; anofficer who receives the public money arising from taxes and duties,or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disbursesit upon orders made by the proper authority; one who has charge ofcollected funds; as, the treasurer of a society or corporation. Lordhigh treasurer of England, formerly, the third great officer of thecrown. His office is now executed by five persons styled the lordscommissioners of the treasury, or treasury lords."
"TREASURERSHIP","The office of treasurer."
"TREASURESS","A woman who is a treasurer. [R.]"
"TREASURY STOCK","Issued stock of an incorporated company held by the companyitself."
"TREAT","To care for medicinally or surgically; to manage in the use ofremedies or appliances; as, to treat a disease, a wound, or apatient."
"TREATABLE","Manageable; tractable; hence, moderate; not violent. [Obs.] ' Atreatable disposition, a strong memory.' R. Parr.A kind of treatable dissolution. Hooker.The heats or the colds of seasons are less treatable than with us.Sir W. Temple."
"TREATABLY","In a treatable manner. [Obs.]"
"TREATER","One who treats; one who handles, or discourses on, a subject;also, one who entertains."
"TREATISER","One who writes a treatise. [Obs.]"
"TREATURE","Treatment. [Obs.] Fabyan."
"TREBLE","Trebly; triply. [Obs.] J. Fletcher."
"TREBLENESS","The quality or state of being treble; as, the trebleness oftones. Bacon."
"TREBLET","Same as Triblet."
"TREBLY","In a treble manner; with a threefold number or quantity;triply. Swift."
"TRECENTIST","A member of the trecento, or an imitator of itscharacteristics."
"TRECENTO","The fourteenth century, when applied to Italian art,literature, etc. It marks the period of Dante, Petrarch, andboccaccio in literature, and of Giotto in painting."
"TRECHOMETER","An odometer for vehicles. Knight."
"TRECKSCHUYT","A covered boat for goods and passengers, used on the Dutch andFlemish canals."
"TREDDLE","The dung of sheep or hares. Holland."
"TREDILLE","A game at cards for three."
"TREE","Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually overtwenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk."
"TREE BURIAL","Disposal of the dead by placing the corpse among the branchesof a tree or in a hollow trunk, a practice among many primitivepeoples."
"TREE CALF","A bright brown polished calfskin binding of  books, stainedwith a conventional treelike design."
"TREEBEARD","A pendulous branching lichen (Usnea barbata); -- so called fromits resemblance to hair."
"TREEFUL","The quantity or number which fills a tree."
"TREELESS","Destitute of trees. C. Kingsley."
"TREEN","pl. of Tree. ' The shady treen.' Fairfax."
"TREENAIL","A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel tothe timbers or to each other. [Written also trenail, and trunnel.]"
"TREF","Ceremonially unclean, according to the Jewish law; -- opposedto kosher."
"TREFLE","A species of time; -- so called from its resemblance in form toa trefoil."
"TREFOIL","Any plant of the genus Trifolium, which includes the whiteclover, red clover, etc.; -- less properly, applied also to thenonesuch, or black medic. See Clover, and Medic."
"TREFOILED","Same as Tr\u00e9fl\u00e9."
"TREGET","Guile; trickery. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"TREGETOUR","A juggler who produces illusions by the use of elaboratemachinery. [Obs.]Divers appearances Such as these subtle tregetours play. Chaucer."
"TREGETRY","Trickery; also, a trick. [Obs.] Rom. of R."
"TREHALA","An amorphous variety of manna obtained from the nests andcocoons of a Syrian coleopterous insect (Larinus maculatus, L.nidificans, etc.) which feeds on the foliage of a variety of thistle.It is used as an article of food, and is called also nest sugar."
"TREHALOSE","Mycose; -- so called because sometimes obtained from trehala."
"TREILLAGE","Latticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a trellis.Spectator.I shall plant the roses against my treillage to-morrow. Walpole."
"TREK","The act of trekking; a drawing or a traveling; a journey; amigration. [Chiefly South Africa]"
"TREKKER","One that treks. [Written also trecker.] [South Africa]  JamesBryce."
"TREKOMETER","A field range finger used in the British service."
"TRELLIS","A structure or frame of crossbarred work, or latticework, usedfor various purposes, as for screens or for supporting plants."
"TRELLISED","Having a trellis or trellises.Cottages trellised over with exotic plants. Jeffrey."
"TREMANDO","Trembling; -- used as a direction to perform a passage with ageneral shaking of the whole chord."
"TREMATODE","One of the Trematodea. Also used adjectively."
"TREMATODEA","An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in theinternal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many speciesare found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species areparasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important,are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usuallyhave a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and arefurnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the speciesare hermaphrodite. Called also Trematoda, and Trematoidea. See Fluke,Tristoma, and Cercaria."
"TREMATOID","f or pertaining to the Trematodea. See Illustration inAppendix."
"TREMBLE","An involuntary shaking or quivering.I am all of a tremble when I think of it. W. Black."
"TREMBLER","One who trembles."
"TREMBLING","Shaking; tottering; quivering.-- Trem'bling*ly, adv. Trembling poplar (Bot.), the aspen."
"TREMELLA","A genus of gelatinous fungi found in moist grounds."
"TREMENDOUS","Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish orterrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as,a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall.A tremendous mischief was a foot. Motley."
"TREMEX","A genus of large hymenopterous insects allied to the sawflies.The female lays her eggs in holes which she bores in the trunks oftrees with her large and long ovipositor, and the larva bores in thewood. See Illust. of Horntail."
"TREMIE","An apparatus for depositing and consolidating concrete underwater, essentially a tube of wood or sheet metal with a hooperliketop. It is usually handled by a crane."
"TREMOLANDO","Same as Tremando."
"TREMOLITE","A white variety of amphibole, or hornblende, occurring in long,bladelike crystals, and coarsely fibrous masses."
"TREMOR","A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratorymotion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or old.He fell into an universal tremor of all his joints. Harvey."
"TREN","A fish spear. [Obs.] Ainsworth."
"TRENAIL","Same as Treenail."
"TRENCH","To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart orbreastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench. Pope.No more shall trenching war channel her fields. Shak."
"TRENCHAND","Trenchant. [Obs.] Spenser."
"TRENCHANTLY","In a trenchant, or sharp, manner; sharply; severely."
"TRENCHMORE","A kind of lively dance of a rude, boisterous character. Also,music in triple time appropriate to the dance. [Obs.]All the windows in the town dance new trenchmore. Beau. & Fl."
"TREND","To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend;as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest."
"TRENDER","One whose business is to free wool from its filth. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TRENDLE","A wheel, spindle, or the like; a trundle. [Obs.]The shaft the wheel, the wheel, the trendle turns. Sylvester."
"TRENNEL","Corrupt form of Treenail."
"TRENTAL","An office and mass for the dead on the thirtieth day afterdeath or burial. 'Their trentals and their shrifts.' Spenser."
"TRENTE ET QUARANTE","Same as Rouge et noir, under Rouge."
"TRENTON PERIOD","A subdivision in the lower Silurian system of America; -- sonamed from Trenton Falls, in New York. The rocks are mostlylimestones, and the period is divided into the Trenton, Utica, andCincinnati epochs. See the Chart of Geology."
"TREPAN","A crown-saw or cylindrical saw for perforating the skull,turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See Trephine."
"TREPANG","Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of whichare dried and extensively used as food in China; -- called also b\u00eachede mer, sea cucumber, and sea slug. [Written also tripang.]"
"TREPANIZE","To trepan. [Obs.] 'By trepanizing the skull.' Jer. Taylor."
"TREPANNER","One who trepans. ' Pitiful trepanners and impostors.' Gauden."
"TREPEGET","A trebuchet. [Obs.]"
"TREPHINE","An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on thetrepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like thatof a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin."
"TREPID","Trembling; quaking. Thackeray."
"TREPIDATION","A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; amotion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain smallchanges in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars."
"TREPIDITY","Trepidation. [R.]"
"TRES-TINE","The third tine above the base of a stag's antler; the royalantler."
"TRES-TYNE","In the antler of a stag, the third tyne above the base. Thistyne appears in the third year. In those deer in which the brow tynedoes not divide, the tres-tyne is the second tyne above the base. SeeIllust. under Rucervine, and under Rusine."
"TRESAYLE","A grandfather's grandfather. [Obs.] Writ of tresayle (O. Eng.Law), a writ which lay for a man claiming as heir to hisgrandfather's grandfather, to recover lands of which he had beendeprived by an abatement happening on the ancestor's death. Mozley &W."
"TRESOR","Treasure. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TRESPASS","To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the landof another."
"TRESPASSER","One who commits a trespass; as:(a) (Law) One who enters upon another's land, or violates his rights.(b) A transgressor of the moral law; an offender; a sinner."
"TRESSEL","A trestle."
"TRESSFUL","Tressy. [R.] Sylvester."
"TRESSURE","A kind of border similar to the orle, but of only half thebreadth of the latter."
"TRESSURED","Provided or bound with a tressure; arranged in the form of atressure.The tressured fleur-de-lis he claims To wreathe his shield. Sir W.Scott."
"TRESSY","Abounding in tresses. J. Baillie."
"TRESTLETREE","One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on theopposite sides of the masthead, to support the crosstrees and theframe of the top; -- generally used in the plural. Totten."
"TRESTLEWORK","A viaduct, pier, scaffold, or the like, resting on trestlesconnected together."
"TRET","3d pers. sing. pres. of Tread, for treadeth. Chaucer."
"TRETABLE","Tractable; moderate. [Obs.]By nature debonaire and tretable. Chaucer."
"TRETHING","A tax; an impost. [Obs.] Johnson."
"TREVAT","A weaver's cutting instrument; for severing the loops of thepile threads of velvet."
"TREVET","A stool or other thing supported by three legs; a trivet."
"TREWS","Trowsers; especially, those of the Scotch Highlanders. 'He worethe trews, or close trowsers, made of tartan.' Sir W. Scott."
"TREWTH","Truth. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TREY","Three, at cards, dice, or dominoes; a card, die, or domino ofthree spots or pips.Seven is my chance and thine is cinq and trey. Chaucer."
"TRI-","A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting three proportional orcombining part, or the third degree of that to the name of which itis prefixed; as in trisulphide, trioxide, trichloride."
"TRIABLE","Liable to undergo a judicial examination; properly coming underthe cognizance of a court; as, a cause may be triable before onecourt which is not triable in another."
"TRIABLENESS","Quality or state of being triable."
"TRIACID","Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monobasic acid orthe equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms which may be acidradicals; -- said of certain bases; thus, glycerin is a triacid base."
"TRIACLE","See Treacle. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TRIACONTAHEDRAL","Having thirty sides."
"TRIACONTER","A vessel with thirty banks of oars, or, as some say, thirtyranks of rowers."
"TRIAD","An element or radical whose valence is three. Triads of theWelsh bards, poetical histories, in which the facts recorded aregrouped by threes, three things or circumstances of a kind beingmentioned together.-- Hindoo triad. See Trimurti."
"TRIADELPHOUS","Having stamens joined by filaments into three bundles. SeeIllust. under Adelphous."
"TRIADIC","Having the characteristics of a triad; as, boron is triadic."
"TRIAKISOCTAHEDRON","A trigonal trisoctahedron."
"TRIAL","The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause beforea competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact in acourt of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in issuein a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose ofdetermining such issue."
"TRIAL BALANCE","The testing of a ledger to discover whether the debits andcredits balance, by finding whether the sum of the personal creditsincreased by the difference between the debit and credit sums in themerchandise and other impersonal accounts equals the sum of personaldebits. The equality would not show that the items were all correctlyposted."
"TRIALITY","Three united; state of being three. [R.] H. Wharton."
"TRIALOGUE","A discourse or colloquy by three persons."
"TRIAMIDE","An amide containing three amido groups."
"TRIAMINE","An amine containing three amido groups."
"TRIANDER","Any one of the Triandria."
"TRIANDRIA","A Linn\u00e6an class of plants having three distinct and equalstamens."
"TRIANGLE","A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles."
"TRIANGLED","Having three angles; triangular."
"TRIANGULAR","Oblong or elongated, and having three lateral angles; as, atriangular seed, leaf, or stem. Triangular compasses, compasses withthree legs for taking off the angular points of a triangle, or anythree points at the same time.-- Triangular crab (Zo\u00f6l.), any maioid crab; -- so called becausethe carapace is usually triangular.-- Triangular numbers (Math.), the series of numbers formed by thesuccessive sums of the terms of an arithmetical progression, of whichthe first term and the common difference are 1. See Figurate numbers,under Figurate."
"TRIANGULARES","The triangular, or maioid, crabs. See Illust. under Maioid, andIllust. of Spider crab, under Spider."
"TRIANGULARITY","The quality or state of being triangular. Bolingbroke."
"TRIANGULARLY","In a triangular manner; in the form of a triangle. Dampier."
"TRIANGULATION","The series or network of triangles into which the face of acountry, or any portion of it, is divided in a trigonometricalsurvey; the operation of measuring the elements necessary todetermine the triangles into which the country to be surveyed issupposed to be divided, and thus to fix the positions and distancesof the several points connected by them."
"TRIARCHY","Government by three persons; a triumvirate; also, a countryunder three rulers. Holland."
"TRIARIAN","Occupying the third post or rank. [Obs.] Cowley."
"TRIARTICULATE","Having three joints."
"TRIAS","The formation situated between the Permian and Lias, and sonamed by the Germans, because consisting of three series of strata,which are called in German the Bunter sandstein, Muschelkalk, andKeuper."
"TRIASSIC","Of the age of, or pertaining to, the Trias.-- n."
"TRIATIC","A term used in the phrase triatic stay. See under Stay."
"TRIBAL","Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; as, a tribal scepter.Bp. Warburton."
"TRIBALISM","The state of existing in tribes; also, tribal feeling; tribalprejudice or exclusiveness; tribal peculiarities or characteristics."
"TRIBASIC","Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monacid base, ortheir equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms capable of replacementby basic elements on radicals; -- said of certain acids; thus, citricacid is a tribasic acid."
"TRIBBLE","A frame on which paper is dried. Knight."
"TRIBE","A number of species or genera having certain structuralcharacteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals."
"TRIBOMETER","An instrument to ascertain the degree of friction in rubbingsurfaces. Brande & C."
"TRIBRACH","A poetic foot of three short syllables, as, m\u00e8l\u00ec\\'dcs."
"TRIBRACTEATE","Having three bracts."
"TRIBULATION","That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severeaffliction.When tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by andby he is offended. Matt. xiii. 21.In the world ye shall have tribulation. John. xvi. 33."
"TRIBUNARY","Of or pertaining to tribunes; as, tribunary powers orauthority."
"TRIBUNATE","The state or office of a tribune; tribuneship."
"TRIBUNE","An officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect themfrom the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend theirliberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by thesenate and consuls."
"TRIBUNESHIP","The office or power of a tribune."
"TRIBUNITIOUS","Tribunician; tribunitial. [Obs.] Bacon."
"TRIBUTARILY","In a tributary manner."
"TRIBUTARINESS","The quality or state of being tributary."
"TRIBUTE","A certain proportion of the ore raised, or of its value, givento the miner as his recompense. Pryce. Tomlinson. Tribute money,money paid as a tribute or tax.-- Tribute pitch. (Mining) See under Tributer. [Eng.]"
"TRIBUTER","One who works for a certain portion of the ore, or its value.[Eng.]"
"TRICA","An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surfacemarked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows."
"TRICARBALLYLIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex tribasic organicacid, C3H5.(CO2H)3 occurring naturally in unripe beet roots, andproduced artificially from glycerin as a white crystalline substance."
"TRICARBIMIDE","See under Cyanuric."
"TRICE","To haul and tie up by means of a rope."
"TRICENNARIOUS","Of or pertaining to thirty years; tricennial. [R.]"
"TRICENNIAL","Of or pertaining to thirty years; consisting of thirty years;occurring once in every thirty years."
"TRICENTENARY","Including, or relating to, the interval of three hundred years;tercentenary.-- n."
"TRICEPS","A muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor of theforearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the olecranon atthe elbow."
"TRICHIASIS","A disease of the eye, in which the eyelashes, being turned inupon the eyeball, produce constant irritation by the motion of thelids."
"TRICHINA","A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, inthe larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in thevoluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. Wheninsufficiently cooked meat containing the larv\u00e6 is swallowed by man,they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and theovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of youngwhich find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectlyby means of the blood. Their presence in the muscles and theintestines in large numbers produces trichinosis."
"TRICHINIASIS","Trichinosis."
"TRICHINIZE","To render trichinous; to affect with trichin\u00e6; -- chiefly usedin the past participle; as, trichinized pork."
"TRICHINOSCOPE","An apparatus for the detection of trichin\u00e6 in the flesh ofanimals, as of swine."
"TRICHINOSIS","The disease produced by the presence of trichin\u00e6 in the musclesand intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, andsymptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently fatal."
"TRICHINOUS","Of or pertaining to trichin\u00e6 or trichinosis; affected with, orcontaining, trichin\u00e6; as, trichinous meat."
"TRICHITE","A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common inobsidian. See Illust. of Crystallite."
"TRICHIURIFORM","Like or pertaining to the genus Trichiurus or familyTrichiurid\u00e6, comprising the scabbard fishes and hairtails."
"TRICHIUROID","Of, like, or pertaining to, Trichiurus."
"TRICHIURUS","A genus of fishes comprising the hairtails. See Hairtail."
"TRICHLORIDE","A chloride having three atoms of chlorine in the molecule."
"TRICHOBRANCHIA","The gill of a crustacean in which the branchial filaments areslender and cylindrical, as in the crawfishes."
"TRICHOCYST","A lasso cell."
"TRICHOGYNE","The slender, hairlike cell which receives the fertilizingparticles, or antherozoids, in red seaweeds.-- Trich`o*gyn'ic, a."
"TRICHOMANES","Any fern of the genus Trichomanes. The fronds are very delicateand often translucent, and the sporangia are borne on threadlikereceptacles rising from the middle of cup-shaped marginal involucres.Several species are common in conservatories; two are native in theUnited States."
"TRICHOMATOSE","Affected with a disease which causes agglutination and mattingtogether; -- said of the hair when affected with plica. See Plica, 1."
"TRICHOME","A hair on the surface of leaf or stem, or any modification of ahair, as a minute scale, or star, or gland. The sporangia of fernsare believed to be of the nature of trichomes.-- Tri*chom'a*tous, a."
"TRICHOPHORE","The special cell in red alg\u00e6 which produces or bears atrichogyne. See Illust. of Trichogyne."
"TRICHOPTER","One of the Trichoptera."
"TRICHOPTERA","A suborder of Neuroptera usually having the wings covered withminute hairs. It comprises the caddice flies, and is considered bysome to be a distinct order."
"TRICHOPTERAN","One of the Trichoptera."
"TRICHOPTEROUS","Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the Trichoptera."
"TRICHORD","An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings."
"TRICHOSCOLICES","An extensive group of wormlike animals characterized by beingmore or less covered with cilia."
"TRICHOTOMOUS","Divided into three parts, or into threes; three-forked; as, atrichotomous stem. Martyn."
"TRICHOTOMY","Division into three parts."
"TRICHROIC","Exhibiting trichroism; pleochroic; pleochroism."
"TRICHROISM","The quality possessed by some crystals of presenting differentcolors in three different directions."
"TRICHROMATIC","Having or existing in three different phases of color; havingthree distinct color varieties; -- said of certain birds and insects."
"TRICHROMATISM","The quality, state, or phenomenon of being trichromatic."
"TRICHROMIC","If, pertaining to, or consisting of, three colors or colorsensations."
"TRICIPITAL","Having three heads, or three origins; as, a tricipital muscle."
"TRICK","The whole number of cards played in one round, and consistingof as many cards as there are players.On one nice trick depends the general fate. Pope."
"TRICKER","One who tricks; a trickster."
"TRICKERY","The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture."
"TRICKINESS","The quality of being tricky."
"TRICKING","Given to tricks; tricky. Sir W. Scott."
"TRICKISH","Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deceptionand cheating; knavish.-- Trick'ish*ly, adv.-- Trick'ish*ness, n."
"TRICKLE","To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.His salt tears trickled down as rain. Chaucer.Fast beside there trickled softly down A gentle stream. Spenser."
"TRICKMENT","Decoration. [Obs.] ' No trickments but my tears.' Beau. & Fl."
"TRICKSINESS","The quality or state of being tricksy; trickiness. G. Eliot."
"TRICKSTER","One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat."
"TRICKSY","Exhibiting artfulness; trickish. 'My tricksy spirit!' Shak.he tricksy policy which in the seventeenth century passed for statewisdom. Coleridge."
"TRICKTRACK","An old game resembling backgammon."
"TRICKY","Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish."
"TRICLINATE","Triclinic."
"TRICLINIARY","Of or pertaining to a triclinium, or to the ancient mode ofreclining at table."
"TRICLINIC","Having, or characterized by, three unequal axes intersecting atoblique angles. See the Note under crystallization."
"TRICOCCOUS","Having three cocci, or roundish carpels. Gray."
"TRICOLORED","Having three colors."
"TRICORNIGEROUS","Having three horns."
"TRICOSTATE","Three-ribbed; having three ribs from the base."
"TRICOT","A fabric of woolen, silk, or cotton knitted, or women toresemble knitted work."
"TRICROTIC","Of or pertaining to tricrotism; characterized by tricrotism."
"TRICROTISM","That condition of the arterial pulse in which there is a triplebeat. The pulse curve obtained in the sphygmographic tracingcharacteristic of tricrotism shows two secondary crests in additionto the primary."
"TRICROTOUS","Tricrotic."
"TRICURVATE","Curved in three directions; as, a tricurvate spicule (seeIllust. of Spicule)."
"TRICUSPID","Of or pertaining to the tricuspid valves; as, tricuspidobstruction. Tricuspid valve (Anat.), the valve, consisting of threetriangular membranous flaps, at the opening of the right auricle intothe right ventricle in the heart of most mammals; -- sometimes calledthe tricuspid valves, each flap being regarded as a valve."
"TRICUSPIDATE","Three-pointed; ending in three points; as, a tricuspidate leaf."
"TRICYCLE","A three-wheeled velocipede. See Illust. under Velocipede. Cf.Bicycle."
"TRIDACNA","A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coralreefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species (T. gigas) oftenweighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used forbaptismal fonts. Called also paw shell, and fountain shell."
"TRIDACTYLOUS","Tridactyl."
"TRIDDLER","The jacksnipe. [Local, U.S.]"
"TRIDE","Short and ready; fleet; as, a tride pace; -- a term used bysportsmen. Bailey."
"TRIDECANE","A hydrocarbon, C13H28, of the methane series, which is aprobable ingredient both of crude petroleum and of kerosene, and isproduced artificially as a light colorless liquid."
"TRIDECATOIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, that acid of the fatty acidsheterologous with tridecane. It is a white crystalline substance."
"TRIDECATYLENE","A hydrocarbon, C13H26, of the ethylene series, corresponding totridecane, and obtained from Burmah petroleum as a light colorlessliquid; -- called also tridecylene, and tridecene."
"TRIDENT","A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, -- the commonattribute of Neptune."
"TRIDENTED","Having three prongs; trident; tridentate; as, a tridented mace.[R.] Quarles."
"TRIDENTIFEROUS","Bearing a trident."
"TRIDENTINE","Of or pertaining to Trent, or the general church council heldin that city."
"TRIDIAPASON","A triple octave, or twenty-second. Busby."
"TRIDIMENSIONAL","Having three dimensions; extended in three differentdirections."
"TRIDING","A riding. See Trithing."
"TRIDUAN","Lasting three lays; also, happening every third day. [R.]Blount."
"TRIDYMITE","Pure silica, like quartz, but crystallizing in hexagonaltables. It is found in trachyte and similar rocks."
"TRIED","imp. & p. p. of Try. Also adj."
"TRIEDRAL","See Trihedral."
"TRIENNIAL","Something which takes place or appears once in three years."
"TRIENNIALLY","Once in three years."
"TRIENS","A Roman copper coin, equal to one third of the as. See 3d As,2."
"TRIER","A person appointed according to law to try challenges ofjurors; a trior. Burrill."
"TRIERARCHY","The office duty of a trierarch."
"TRIETERICAL","Kept or occurring once in three years; triennial. [R.] J.Gregory."
"TRIETERICS","Festival games celebrated once in three years. [R.] May."
"TRIETHYLAMINE","A tertiary amine analogous to trimethylamine."
"TRIFACIAL","See Trigeminal."
"TRIFALLOW","To plow the third time before sowing, as land. Mortimer."
"TRIFARIOUS","Facing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, as theleaves of veratrum."
"TRIFASCIATED","Having, or surrounded by, three fasci\u00e6, or bands."
"TRIFID","Cleft to the middle, or slightly beyond the middle, into threeparts; three-cleft."
"TRIFISTULARY","Having three pipes. Sir T. Browne."
"TRIFLE","To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, ordignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivialamusements.They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us.Hooker.To trifle with, to play the fool with; to treat without respect orseriousness; to mock; as, to trifle with one's feelings, or withsacred things."
"TRIFLER","One who trifles. Waterland."
"TRIFLING","Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, atrifling debt; a trifling affair.-- Tri'fling*ly, adv.-- Tri'fling*ness, n."
"TRIFLUCTUATION","A concurrence of three waves. [Obs.] 'A trifluctuation ofevils.' Sir T. Browne."
"TRIFOLIOLATE","(Bot.) Having three leaflets."
"TRIFOLIUM","A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers andusually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species, all ofwhich are called clover. See Clover."
"TRIFOLY","Sweet trefoil. [Obs.]She was crowned with a chaplet of trifoly. B. Jonson."
"TRIFORIUM","The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the roof ofthe aisles of a church, often forming a rich arcade in the interiorof the church, above the nave arches and below the clearstorywindows."
"TRIFORM","Having a triple form or character. 'This triform antagonism.'I. Taylor.Goddess Triform, I own thy triple spell. Lowell."
"TRIFORMITY","The state of being triform, or of having a threefold shape."
"TRIG","To fill; to stuff; to cram. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"TRIGAMIST","One who has been married three times; also, one who has threehusbands or three wives at the same time."
"TRIGAMOUS","Having three sorts of flowers in the same head, -- male,female, and hermaphrodite, or perfect, flowers."
"TRIGAMY","The act of marrying, or the state of being married, threetimes; also, the offense of having three husbands or three wives atthe same time."
"TRIGASTRIC","Having three bellies; -- said of a muscle. Dunglison."
"TRIGEMINAL","Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranialnerves, which divide on each side of the head into three mainbranches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth;trifacial."
"TRIGEMINOUS","Born three together; being one of three born at the same birth;also, threefold. E. Phillip"
"TRIGENIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7N3O2, obtained,by the action of the vapor of cyanic acid on cold aldehyde, as awhite crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste and faintsmell; -- called also ethidene- or ethylidene-biuret."
"TRIGER PROCESS","A method of sinking through water-bearing ground, in which theshaft is lined with tubbing and provided with an air lock, work beingproceeded with under air pressure."
"TRIGESIMO-SECUNDO","Having thirty-two leaves to a sheet; as, a trigesimo-secundoform, book, leaf, size, etc."
"TRIGGER","A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detentas a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lockwhich is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge thepiece. Trigger fish (Zo\u00f6l.), a large plectognath fish (BalistesCarolinensis or B. capriscus) common on the southern coast of theUnited States, and valued as a food fish in some localities. Itsrough skin is used for scouring and polishing in the place ofsandpaper. Called also leather jacket, and turbot."
"TRIGINTAL","A trental."
"TRIGLYCERIDE","A glyceride formed by the replacement of three hydrogen atomsin glycerin by acid radicals."
"TRIGLYPH","An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at equalintervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightlyprojecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel andperpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts,or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut uponeach of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. See Illust. ofEntablature."
"TRIGNESS","The quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness.Their spars had no man-of-war trigness. Kane."
"TRIGON","The cutting region of the crown of an upper molar, usually theanterior part. That of a lower molar is the Tri'go*nid."
"TRIGONAL","Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a trigonalstem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles."
"TRIGONE","A smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the bladder,limited by the apertures of the ureters and urethra."
"TRIGONIA","A genus of pearly bivalve shells, numerous extinct species ofwhich are characteristic of the Mesozoic rocks. A few living speciesexist on the coast of Australia."
"TRIGONOCEROUS","Having horns with three angles, like those of some species ofgoats."
"TRIGONODONT","See Trituberculy."
"TRIGONOUS","Same as Trigonal."
"TRIGRAM","Same as Trigraph."
"TRIGRAMMATIC","Containing three letters or characters, or three sets ofletters or characters."
"TRIGRAMMIC","Same as Trigrammatic."
"TRIGRAPH","Three letters united in pronunciation so as to have but onesound, or to form but one syllable, as -ieu in adieu; a triphthong."
"TRIGYN","Any one of the Trigynia."
"TRIGYNIA","A Linn\u00e6an order of plants having three pistils or styles."
"TRIHEDRAL","Having three sides or faces; thus, a trihedral angle is a solidangle bounded by three plane angles. [Written also triedral.]"
"TRIHEDRON","A figure having three sides."
"TRIHORAL","Occurring once in every three hours."
"TRIHYBRID","A hybrid whose parents differ by three pairs of contrastingMendelian characters."
"TRIJUGATE","In three pairs; as, a trijugate leaf, or a pinnate leaf withthree pairs of leaflets."
"TRIJUGOUS","Same as Trijugate."
"TRIKOSANE","A hydrocarbon, C23H48, of the methane series, resemblingparaffin; -- so called because it has twenty-three atoms of carbon inthe molecule."
"TRILATERAL","Having three sides; being three-sided; as, a trilateraltriangle.-- Tri*lat'er*al*ly, adv.-- Tri*lat'er*al*ness, n."
"TRILEMMA","A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the majorpremises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. SeeDilemma."
"TRILINEAR","Of, pertaining to, or included by, three lines; as, trilinearco\u00f6rdinates."
"TRILINGUAL","Containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed inthree languages.The much-noted Rosetta stone . . . bears upon its surface atrilingual inscription. I. Taylor."
"TRILINGUAR","See Trilingual."
"TRILITERAL","Consisting of three letters; trigrammic; as, a triliteral rootor word.-- n."
"TRILITERALISM","Same as Triliterality."
"TRILITH","Same as Trilithon. Mollett."
"TRILITHIC","Pertaining to a trilith."
"TRILITHON","A monument consisting of three stones; especially, such amonument forming a kind of doorway, as among the ancient Celts."
"TRILL","To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding eachother; to trickle. Sir W. Scott.And now and then an ample tear trilled down Her delicate cheek. Shak.Whispered sounds Of waters, trilling from the riven stone. Glover."
"TRILLACHAN","The oyster catcher. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TRILLING","A compound crystal, consisting of three individuals."
"TRILLION","According to the French notation, which is used upon theContinent generally and in the United States, the number expressed bya unit with twelve ciphers annexed; a million millions; according tothe English notation, the number produced by involving a million tothe third power, or the number represented by a unit with eighteenciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration."
"TRILLIUM","A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved nightshade; --so called because all the parts of the plant are in threes."
"TRILLO","A trill or shake. See Trill."
"TRILOBATE","Having three lobes."
"TRILOBATION","The state of being trilobate."
"TRILOBED","Same as Trilobate."
"TRILOBITA","An extinct order of arthropods comprising the trilobites."
"TRILOBITE","Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging tothe order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian andDevonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic.So named from the three lobes usually seen on each segment."
"TRILOBITIC","Of, pertaining to or containing, trilobites; as, trilobiticrocks."
"TRILOCULAR","Having three cells or cavities; as, a trilocular capsule; atrilocular heart."
"TRILOGY","A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in onesense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historicaland poetical picture. Shakespeare's ' Henry VI.' is an example.On the Greek stage, a drama, or acted story, consisted in reality ofthree dramas, called together a trilogy, and performed consecutivelyin the course of one day. Coleridge."
"TRIM","To dress, as timber; to make smooth."
"TRIMACULATED","Marked with three spots, or macul\u00e6."
"TRIMELLIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain tribasic acid(called also trimellitic acid) metameric with trimesitic acid."
"TRIMEMBRAL","Having, or consisting of, three members."
"TRIMERA","A division of Coleoptera including those which have but threejoints in the tarsi."
"TRIMERAN","One of the Trimera. Also used adjectively."
"TRIMEROUS","Having the parts in threes."
"TRIMESITIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a tribasic acid,C6H3.(CO2)3, of the aromatic series, obtained, by the oxidation ofmesitylene, as a white crystalline substance. [Written alsotrimesic.]"
"TRIMESTER","A term or period of three months."
"TRIMESTRAL","Trimestrial. Southey."
"TRIMESTRIAL","Of or pertaining to a trimester, or period of three months;occurring once in every three months; quarterly."
"TRIMETER","Consisting of three poetical measures.-- n."
"TRIMETHYL","(Chem.) A prefix or combining form (also used adjectively)indicating the presence of three methyl groups."
"TRIMETHYLAMINE","A colorless volatile alkaline liquid, N.(CH3)3, obtained fromherring brine, beet roots, etc., with a characteristic herringlikeodor. It is regarded as a substituted ammonia containing three methylgroups."
"TRIMETHYLENE","A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric with propylene andobtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of compoundsanalogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons."
"TRIMETRIC","Same as Orthorhombic."
"TRIMETRICAL","Same as Trimeter."
"TRIMLY","In a trim manner; nicely."
"TRIMMER","A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floorframing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoidbringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header."
"TRIMMING","a. from Trim, v.The Whigs are, essentially, an inefficient, trimming, halfway sort ofa party. Jeffrey.Trimming joist (Arch.), a joist into which timber trimmers areframed; a header. See Header. Knight."
"TRIMMINGLY","In a trimming manner."
"TRIMNESS","The quality or state of being trim; orderliness; compactness;snugness; neatness."
"TRIMORPH","A substance which crystallizes in three distinct forms, orwhich has three distinct physical states; also, any one of thesedistinct forms. See Trimorphism, 1."
"TRIMORPHISM","The property of crystallizing in three forms fundamentallydistinct, as is the case with titanium dioxide, which crystallizes inthe forms of rutile, octahedrite, and brookite. See Pleomorphism."
"TRIMURTI","The triad, or trinity, of Hindoo gods, consisting of Brahma,the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer. [Spelledalso Trimurtti.]"
"TRIMYARIAN","A lamellibranch which has three muscular scars on each valve."
"TRINAL","Threefold. 'Trinal unity.' Milton.In their trinal triplicities on high. Spenser."
"TRINDLE","See Trundle."
"TRINE","Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth,and thickness."
"TRINERVATE","Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the baseto the apex; -- said of a leaf. Gray."
"TRINGA","A genus of limicoline birds including many species ofsandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper."
"TRINGLE","A curtain rod for a bedstead."
"TRINGOID","Of or pertaining to Tringa, or the Sandpiper family."
"TRINITARIAN","Of or pertaining to the Trinity, the doctrine of the Trinity,or believers in that doctrine."
"TRINITARIANISM","The doctrine of the Trinity; the doctrine that there are threedistinct persons in the Godhead."
"TRINITROCELLULOSE","Gun cotton; -- so called because regarded as containing threenitro groups."
"TRINITROPHENOL","Picric acid."
"TRINITY","The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the HolyGhost) in one Godhead, so that all the three are one God as tosubstance, but three persons as to individuality."
"TRINIUNITY","Triunity; trinity. [Obs.]As for terms of trinity, triniunity, . . . and the like, they rejectthem as scholastic notions. Milton."
"TRINK","A kind of fishing net. [Obs.] Crabb."
"TRINKET","A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast,probably on a lateen yard.Sailing always with the sheets of mainsail and trinket warily in ourhands. Hakluyt."
"TRINKETER","One who trinkets. [Obs.]"
"TRINKETRY","Ornaments of dress; trinkets, collectively.No trinketry on front, or neck, or breast. Southey."
"TRINKLE","To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper. [Obs.]Wright."
"TRINOCTIAL","Lasting during three nights; comprising three nights."
"TRINODAL","Having three knots or nodes; having three points from which aleaf may shoot; as, a trinodal stem."
"TRINOMIAL","A quantity consisting of three terms, connected by the sign +or -; as, x + y + z, or ax + 2b - c2."
"TRINOMINAL","Trinomial."
"TRINUCLEUS","A genus of Lower Silurian trilobites in which the glabella andcheeks form three rounded elevations on the head."
"TRIO","Of the value of three oboli; hence, mean; worthless. [Obs.]It may pass current . . . for a triobolar ballad. Cheyne."
"TRIOCTILE","An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they arethree octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, 135 degrees,distant from each other. Hutton."
"TRIOECIA","The third order of the Linn\u00e6an class Polygamia."
"TRIOECIOUS","Having three sorts of flowers on the same or on differentplants, some of the flowers being staminate, others pistillate, andothers both staminate and pistillate; belonging to the orderTrioecia."
"TRIOLE","Same as Triplet."
"TRIOLEIN","See Olein."
"TRIOLET","A short poem or stanza of eight lines, in which the first lineis repeated as the fourth and again as the seventh line, the secondbeing, repeated as the eighth. Brande & C."
"TRIONAL","A compound similar to sulphonal, used as a hypnotic inmedicine."
"TRIONYCHOIDEA","A division of chelonians which comprises Trionyx and alliedgenera; -- called also Trionychoides, and Trionychina."
"TRIONYX","A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shellimperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They arenoted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise,soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle."
"TRIOR","Same as Trier, 2 and 3."
"TRIOXIDE","An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen; as, sulphurtrioxide, SO3; -- formerly called tritoxide."
"TRIP","To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressedspring, as by removing a latch or detent."
"TRIP HAMMER","A tilt hammer."
"TRIPALMITATE","A palmitate derived from three molecules of palmitic acid."
"TRIPALMITIN","See Palmitin."
"TRIPANG","See Trepang."
"TRIPARTED","Parted into three piece; having three parts or pieces; -- saidof the field or of a bearing; as, a cross triparted."
"TRIPARTIBLE","Divisible into three parts."
"TRIPARTIENT","Dividing into three parts; -- said of a number which exactlydivides another into three parts."
"TRIPARTITELY","In a tripartite manner."
"TRIPARTITION","A division by threes, or into three parts; the taking of athird part of any number or quantity."
"TRIPASCHAL","Including three passovers."
"TRIPE-DE-ROCHE","Same as Rock tripe, under Rock."
"TRIPEDAL","Having three feet."
"TRIPEL","Same as Tripoli."
"TRIPEMAN","A man who prepares or sells tripe."
"TRIPENNATE","Same as Tripinnate."
"TRIPERSONAL","Consisting of three persons. Milton."
"TRIPERSONALIST","A Trinitarian."
"TRIPERSONALITY","The state of existing as three persons in one Godhead; trinity."
"TRIPERY","A place where tripe is prepared or sold. London Quart. Rev."
"TRIPESTONE","A variety of anhydrite composed of contorted plates fancied toresemble pieces of tripe."
"TRIPETALOID","Having the form or appearance of three petals; appearing as iffurnished with three petals."
"TRIPETALOUS","Having three petals, or flower leaves; three-petaled."
"TRIPHANE","Spodumene."
"TRIPHTHONG","A combination of three vowel sounds in a single syllable,forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of three vowelcharacters, representing together a single sound; a trigraph; as,eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples of triphthongs."
"TRIPHTHONGAL","Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three vowelsounds pronounced together in a single syllable."
"TRIPHYLINE","Triphylite."
"TRIPHYLITE","A mineral of a grayish-green or bluish color, consisting of thephosphates of iron, manganese, and lithia."
"TRIPHYLLOUS","Having three leaves; three-leaved."
"TRIPINNATE","Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis."
"TRIPINNATIFID","Thrice pinnately cleft; -- said of a pinnatifid leaf when itssegments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also arepinnatifid."
"TRIPITAKA","The three divisions, or 'baskets' (pitakas), of buddhistscriptures, -- the Vinayapitaka [Skr. Vinayapitsaka] , or Basket ofDiscipline; Suttapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Discourses; andAbhidhammapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Metaphysics."
"TRIPLASIAN","Three-fold; triple; treble. [Obs.] Cudworth."
"TRIPLE","To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as,to triple the tax on coffee."
"TRIPLE-CROWNED","Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope."
"TRIPLE-HEADED","Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dogCerberus."
"TRIPLE-TAIL","An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer partsof all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts ofthe United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brownor blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extendback on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which areused in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, blackperch, grouper, and flasher."
"TRIPLET","Three verses rhyming together."
"TRIPLEX","Havingthree principal operative parts or motions, so as toproduce a three-fold effect."
"TRIPLICATE","Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled. Triplicate ratio(Math.), the ratio of the cubes of two quantities; thus, thetriplicate ratio of a to b is a3: b3."
"TRIPLICATE-TERNATE","Triternate."
"TRIPLICATION","Same as Surrejoinder."
"TRIPLICITY","The quality or state of being triple, or threefold; trebleness.In their trinal triplicities on high. Spenser."
"TRIPLICOSTATE","Three-ribbed."
"TRIPLITE","A mineral of a dark brown color, generally with a fibrous,massive structure. It is a fluophosphate of iron and manganese."
"TRIPLOBLASTIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, that condition of the ovumin which there are three primary germinal layers, or in which theblastoderm splits into three layers."
"TRIPLOIDITE","A manganese phosphate near triplite, but containing hydroxylinstead of fluorine."
"TRIPLY","In a triple manner."
"TRIPMADAM","Same as Prickmadam."
"TRIPODIAN","An ancient stringed instrument; -- so called because, in form,it resembled the Delphic tripod."
"TRIPODY","Three metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure."
"TRIPOLI","An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used inpolishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of thesiliceous shells of diatoms."
"TRIPOLITAN","Of or pertaining to Tripoli or its inhabitants; Tripoline.-- n."
"TRIPPANT","See Tripping, a., 2."
"TRIPPET","A cam, wiper, or projecting piece which strikes another piecerepeatedly."
"TRIPPING","Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on theground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as ahart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing."
"TRIPPINGLY","In a tripping manner; with a light, nimble, quick step; withagility; nimbly.Sing, and dance it trippingly. Shak.Speak the speech . . . trippingly on the tongue. Shak."
"TRIPTOTE","A noun having three cases only."
"TRIPTYCH","Anything in three parts or leaves. Specifically: --(a) A writing tablet in three parts, two of which fold over on themiddle part.(b) A picture or altarpiece in three compartments."
"TRIPUDIARY","Of or pertaining to dancing; performed by dancing. [R.] 'Tripudiary augurations.' Sir T. Browne."
"TRIPUDIATE","To dance. [R.] Cockeram."
"TRIPUDIATION","The act of dancing. [R.] Bacon. Carlyle."
"TRIQUADRANTAL","Having three quadrants; thus, a triquadrantal triangle is onewhose three sides are quadrants, and whose three angles areconsequently right angles."
"TRIQUETRAL","Triquetrous."
"TRIQUETROUS","Three sided, the sides being plane or concave; having threesalient angles or edges; trigonal."
"TRIQUETRUM","One of the bones of the carpus; the cuneiform. See Cuneiform(b)."
"TRIRECTANGULAR","Having three right angles. See Triquadrantal."
"TRIREME","An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars."
"TRIRHOMBOIDAL","Having three rhombic faces or sides."
"TRISACRAMENTARIAN","One who recognizes three sacraments, and no more; -- namely,baptism, the Lord's Supper, and penance. See Sacrament."
"TRISAGION","An ancient anthem, -- usually known by its Latin nametersanctus.See Tersanctus."
"TRISECT","To cut or divide into three equal parts."
"TRISECTED","Divided into three parts or segments by incisions extending tothe midrib or to the base; -- said of leaves."
"TRISECTION","The division of a thing into three parts, Specifically: (Geom.)the division of an angle into three equal parts."
"TRISERALOUS","Having three sepals, or calyx leaves."
"TRISMUS","The lockjaw."
"TRISNITRATE","A nitrate formed from three molecules of nitric acid; also,less properly, applied to certain basic nitrates; as, trisnitrate ofbismuth."
"TRISOCTAHEDRON","A solid of the isometric system bounded by twenty-four equalfaces, three corresponding to each face of an octahedron. Tetragonaltrisoctahedron, a trisoctahedron each face of which is aquadrilateral; called also trapezohedron and icositetrahedron.-- Trigonal trisoctahedron, a trisoctahedron each face of which isan isosceles triangle."
"TRISPERMOUS","Containing three seeds; three-seeded; as, a trispermouscapsule."
"TRISPLANCHNIC","Of or pertaining to the three great splanchnic cavities,namely, that of the head, the chest, and the abdomen; -- applied tothe sympathetic nervous system."
"TRIST","To trust. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TRISTE","A cattle fair. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TRISTEARATE","Tristearin."
"TRISTEARIN","See Stearin."
"TRISTFUL","Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. Shak.Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful, Heart so full of care and cumber.Longfellow."
"TRISTFULLY","In a tristful manner; sadly."
"TRISTICHOUS","Arranged in three vertical rows."
"TRISTITIATE","To make sad. [Obs.] Feltham."
"TRISTOMA","Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging toTristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and twosmall anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklikebodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes."
"TRISTY","See Trist, a. [Obs.] Ashmole."
"TRISULC","Something having three forks or prongs, as a trident. [Obs.]'Jupiter's trisulc.' Sir T. Browne."
"TRISULCATE","Having three furrows, forks, or prongs; having three grooves orsulci; three-grooved."
"TRISULPHIDE","A sulphide containing three atoms of sulphur."
"TRISYLLABLE","A word consisting of three syllables only; as, a-ven-ger."
"TRITE","Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost noveltyand interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject.-- Trite'ly, adv.-- Trite'ness, n."
"TRITERNATE","Three times ternate; -- applied to a leaf whose petioleseparates into three branches, each of which divides into three partswhich each bear three leafiets."
"TRITHEISM","The opinion or doctrine that the Father, Son, and Holy Spiritare three distinct Gods."
"TRITHEIST","One who believes in tritheism."
"TRITHEITE","A tritheist. [Obs.] E. Phillips."
"TRITHING","One of three ancient divisions of a county in England; -- nowcalled riding. [Written also riding.] Blackstone."
"TRITHIONATE","A salt of trithionic acid."
"TRITHIONIC","Of or pertaining to, or designating, a certain thionic acid,H2S3O6 which is obtained as a colorless, odorless liquid."
"TRITICAL","Trite. [Obs.] T. Warton.-- Trit'ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Trit'ic*al*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"TRITICIN","A carbohydrate isomeric with dextrin, obtained from quitchgrass (Agropyrum, formerly Triticum, repens) as a white amorphoussubstance."
"TRITICUM","A genus of grasses including the various species of wheat."
"TRITON","A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, andthe trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters ashaving the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lowerpart like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell.Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, Or hear old Triton blowhis wreathed horn. Wordsworth."
"TRITONE","A superfluous or augmented fourth. [R.]"
"TRITORIUM","Same as Triturium."
"TRITOVUM","An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin previous tohatching from the egg."
"TRITOZOOID","A zooid of the third generation in asexual reproduction."
"TRITUBERCULY","A theory of the development of mammalian molar teeth. Theprimitive stage is that of simple cones, as in reptiles. The simplecone then developed a smaller cone in front and another behind. Next,a cingulum was developed, and the three cones became arranged in atriangle, the two smaller cusps having moved to the outer side inupper and to the inner in lower molars. This primitive triangle iscalled the trigon or trigonid and this stage the tritubercular ortrigonodont. The trigon being a cutting apparatus, an extension ofthe posterior part of the crown was developed in lower molars forcrushing, and a smaller corresponding part appeared in upper molars.Another large cone then arose, usually from the cingulum. In morecomplex forms, smaller intermediate cusps appeared."
"TRITURABLE","Capable of being triturated. Sir T. Browne."
"TRITURATION","The act of triturating, or reducing to a fine or impalpablepowder by grinding, rubbing, bruising, etc. Paley."
"TRITURE","A rubbing or grinding; trituration. [Obs.] Cheyne."
"TRITURIUM","A vessel for separating liquids of different densities.[Written also tritorium.]"
"TRITYL","Propyl. [R.]"
"TRITYLENE","Propylene. [R.]"
"TRIUMPH","A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of ageneral who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy."
"TRIUMPHAL","Of or pertaining to triumph; used in a triumph; indicating, orin honor of, a triumph or victory; as, a triumphal crown; a triumphalarch.Messiah his triumphal chariot turned. Milton."
"TRIUMPHANTLY","In a triumphant manner."
"TRIUMPHER","One who was honored with a triumph; a victor."
"TRIUMPHING","Having or celebrating a triumph; victorious; triumphant.-- Tri'umph*ing*ly, adv."
"TRIUMVIR","One of tree men united in public office or authority."
"TRIUMVIRY","A triumvirate. [Obs.] Shak."
"TRIUNE","Being three in one; -- an epithet used to express the unity ofa trinity of persons in the Godhead."
"TRIUNGULUS","The active young larva of any oil beetle. It has feet armedwith three claws, and is parasitic on bees. See Illust. of Oilbeetle, under Oil."
"TRIUNITY","The quality or state of being triune; trinity. Dr. H. More."
"TRIVALENCE","The quality or state of being trivalent."
"TRIVALENT","Having a valence of three; capable of being combined with,substituted for, or compared with, three atoms of hydrogen; -- saidof triad atoms or radicals; thus, nitrogen is trivalent in ammonia."
"TRIVALVE","Anything having three valves, especially a shell."
"TRIVALVULAR","Having three valves; three-valved."
"TRIVANT","A truant. [Obs.] Burton."
"TRIVERBIAL","Pertaining to, or designating, certain days allowed to thepretor for hearing causes, when be might speak the threecharacteristic words of his office, do, dico, addico. They werecalled dies fasti."
"TRIVIAL","One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. [Obs.]Skelton. Wood."
"TRIVIALISM","A trivial matter or method; a triviality. Carlyle."
"TRIVIALLY","In a trivial manner."
"TRIVIALNESS","Quality or state of being trivial."
"TRIVIUM","The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively."
"TRIWEEKLY","Occurring or appearing three times a week; thriceweekly; as, atriweekly newspaper.-- adv."
"TROAD","See Trode. [Obs.]"
"TROAT","To cry, as a buck in rutting time."
"TROCAR","A stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for exploringtissues or for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy. [Written alsotrochar.]"
"TROCHA","A line of fortifications, usually rough, constructed to preventthe passage of an enemy across a region. [Sp. Amer.]"
"TROCHAIC","A trochaic verse or measure. Dryden."
"TROCHAL","Resembling a wheel. Trochal disk (Zo\u00f6l.), the cephalic disk ofa rotifer. It is usually surrounded by a fringe of cilia."
"TROCHANTER","One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outerbeing called the great trochanter, and the inner the smalltrochanter."
"TROCHANTERIC","Of or pertaining to one or both of the trochanters."
"TROCHANTINE","The second joint of the leg of an insect, -- often united withthe coxa."
"TROCHAR","See Trocar."
"TROCHE","A medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one of circular form."
"TROCHEE","A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short,as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the secondunaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus."
"TROCHIL","The crocodile bird.The crocodile . . . opens his chaps to let the trochil in to pick histeeth, which gives it the usual feeding. Sir T. Herbert."
"TROCHILI","A division of birds comprising the humming birds."
"TROCHILIC","OF or pertaining to rotary motion; having power to draw out orturn round. 'By art trochilic.' Camden."
"TROCHILICS","The science of rotary motion, or of wheel work. Wilkins."
"TROCHILIDIST","One who studies, or is versed in, the nature and habits ofhumming birds, or the Trochilid\u00e6. Gould."
"TROCHILOS","The crocodile bird, or trochil."
"TROCHILUS","An annular molding whose section is concave, like the edge of apulley; -- called also scotia."
"TROCHING","One of the small branches of a stag's antler."
"TROCHISCUS","A kind of tablet or lozenge; a troche."
"TROCHISK","See Trochiscus. [Obs.] Bacon."
"TROCHITE","A wheel-like joint of the stem of a fossil crinoid."
"TROCHLEA","A pulley. [Obs.]"
"TROCHLEAR","Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, orconnected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular surface; thetrochlear muscle of the eye. Trochlear nerve. See Pathetic nerve,under Pathetic."
"TROCHLEARY","Pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; trochlear; as,the trochleary, or trochlear, nerve."
"TROCHOID","The curve described by any point in a wheel rolling on a line;a cycloid; a roulette; in general, the curve described by any pointfixedly connected with a moving curve while the moving curve rollswithout slipping on a second fixed curve, the curves all being in oneplane. Cycloids, epicycloids, hypocycloids, cardioids, etc., are alltrochoids."
"TROCHOIDAL","Of or pertaining to a trochoid; having the properties of atrochoid."
"TROCHOMETER","A contrivance for computing the revolutions of a wheel; anodometer."
"TROCHOSPHERE","A young larval form of many annelids, mollusks, and bryozoans,in which a circle of cilia is developed around the anterior end."
"TROCHUS","Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells belongingto Trochus and many allied genera of the family Trochid\u00e6. Some of thespecies are called also topshells."
"TROCO","An old English game; -- called also lawn billiards."
"TROD","imp. & p. p. of Tread."
"TRODDEN","p. p. of Tread."
"TRODE","imp. of Tread.On burnished hooves his war-horse trode. Tennyson."
"TROGLODYTE","One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead ofconstructing dwellings; a cave dweller. Most of the primitive racesof man were troglodytes.In the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the hurtful water itbeareth called the 'mad lake.' Holland."
"TROGLODYTES","A genus of apes including the chimpanzee."
"TROGON","Any one of numerous species of beautiful tropical birdsbelonging to the family Trogonid\u00e6. They are noted for the brilliantcolors and the resplendent luster of their plumage."
"TROGONOID","Like or pertaining to the trogons."
"TROGUE","A wooden trough, forming a drain. Raymond."
"TROIC","Pertaining to Troy; Trojan. Gladstone."
"TROILITE","Native iron protosulphide, FeS. It is known only in meteoricirons, and is usually in imbedded nodular masses of a bronze color."
"TROILUS","A large, handsome American butterfly (Euphoeades, or Papilio,troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings,and blue spots on the rear wings."
"TROILUS BUTTERFLY","A large American butterfly (Papilio troilus). It is black, withyellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue on the rear."
"TROIS POINT","The third point from the outer edge on each player's hometable."
"TROJAN","Of or pertaining to ancient Troy or its inhabitants.-- n."
"TROLL","A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive size,but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, andlike places; a witch. Troll flower. (Bot.) Same as Globeflower (a)."
"TROLLER","One who trolls."
"TROLLEY CAR","A motor car to which the current is conveyed by means of atrolley."
"TROLLEY WIRE","A heavy conducting wire on which the trolley car runs and fromwhich it receives the current."
"TROLLMYDAMES","The game of nineholes. [Written also trolmydames.] [Obs.] Shak."
"TROLLOP","A stroller; a loiterer; esp., an idle, untidy woman; aslattern; a slut; a whore."
"TROLLOPEE","A kind of loose dress for women. [Obs.] Goldsmith."
"TROMBONE","A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought bysome to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts,bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bentdouble, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that bychange of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of theinstrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rareinstances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the familyof wind instruments whose scale, both diatonic and chromatic, iscomplete without the aid of keys or pistons, and which can slide fromnote to note as smoothly as the human voice or a violin. Softlyblown, it has a rich and mellow sound, which becomes harsh andblatant when the tones are forced; used with discretion, its effectis often solemn and majestic."
"TROMMEL","A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.Raymond."
"TROMP","A blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part ofa vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, iscarried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it isled to a furnace. [Written also trompe, and trombe.]"
"TROMPIL","An aperture in a tromp."
"TRON","See 3d Trone, 2. [Obs. or Scott.]"
"TRONA","A native double salt, consisting of a combination of neutraland acid sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.2HNaCO3.2H2O, occurring as a whitecrystalline fibrous deposit from certain soda brine springs andlakes; -- called also urao, and by the ancients nitrum."
"TRONAGE","A toll or duty paid for weighing wool; also, the act ofweighing wool. [Obs.] Nares."
"TRONATOR","An officer in London whose duty was to weigh wool. [Obs.]"
"TRONE","A throne. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TROOP","Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, ordragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by acaptain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to thecompany in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; abattery."
"TROOPBIRD","Any troupial."
"TROOPER","A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horseof a cavalryman."
"TROOPFOWL","The American scaup duck. [Local, U. S.]"
"TROOPIAL","Same as Troupial."
"TROOPMEAL","By troops; in crowds. [Obs.]So, troopmeal, Troy pursued a while, laying on with swords and darts.Chapman."
"TROOPSHIP","A vessel built or fitted for the conveyance of troops; atransport. [Eng.]"
"TROOSTITE","Willemite."
"TROPAEOLIN","A name given to any one of a series of orange-red dyestuffsproduced artificially from certain complex sulphonic acid derivativesof azo and diazo hydrocarbons of the aromatic series; -- so calledbecause of the general resemblance to the shades of nasturtium(Trop\u00e6olum)."
"TROPEINE","Any one of a series of artificial ethereal salts derived fromthe alkaloidal base tropine."
"TROPHI","The mouth parts of an insect, collectively, including thelabrum, labium, maxill\u00e6, mandibles, and lingua, with theirappendages."
"TROPHIC","Of or connected with nutrition; nitritional; nourishing; as,the so-called trophic nerves, which have a direct influence onnutrition."
"TROPHIED","Adorned with trophies.The trophied arches, storied halls, invade. Pope."
"TROPHONIAN","Of or pertaining to Trophonius, his architecture, or his caveand oracle."
"TROPHOSOME","The nutritive zooids of a hydroid, collectively, asdistinguished from the gonosome, or reproductive zooids."
"TROPHOSPERM","The placenta."
"TROPHY","A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of battle,or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimestrophies were erected in the chief city of the conquered people."
"TROPIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained fromatropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystallinesubstance slightly soluble in water."
"TROPICAL","Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being ofthe nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical. Jer. Taylor.The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude betweenthe tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intendedby it. South.Tropic month. See Lunar month, under Month.-- Tropic year, the solar year; the period occupied by the sun inpassing from one tropic or one equinox to the same again, having amean length of 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 46.0 seconds, which is20 minutes, 23.3 seconds shorter than the sidereal year, on accountof the precession of the equinoxes."
"TROPICALLY","In a tropical manner; figuratively; metaphorically."
"TROPIDINE","An alkaloid, C8H13N, obtained by the chemical dehydration oftropine, as an oily liquid having a coninelike odor."
"TROPILIDENE","A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the dry distillation oftropine with quicklime. It is regarded as being homologous withdipropargyl."
"TROPINE","A white crystalline alkaloid, C8H15NO, produced by decomposingatropine."
"TROPISM","Modification of the direction of growth."
"TROPIST","One who deals in tropes; specifically, one who avoids theliteral sense of the language of Scripture by explaining it as meretropes and figures of speech."
"TROPOLOGIZE","To use in a tropological sense, as a word; to make a trope of.[R.]If . . . Minerva be tropologized into prudence. Cudworth."
"TROPOLOGY","A rhetorical mode of speech, including tropes, or changes fromthe original import of the word. Sir T. Browne."
"TROPPO","Too much; as, allegro ma non troppo, brisk but not too much so."
"TROSSERS","Trousers. [Obs.] Shak."
"TROT","To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pacecalled a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering. Totrot out, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces; hence,to bring forward, as for exhibition. [Slang.]"
"TROTHLESS","Faitless; false; treacherous.Thrall to the faithless waves and trothless sky. Fairfax."
"TROTHPLIGHT","To betroth. [Obs.]"
"TROTHPLIGHTED","Having fidelity pledged."
"TROTTOIR","Footpath; pavement; sidewalk.Headless bodies trailed along the trottoirs. Froude."
"TROU-DE-LOUP","A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructedas an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointedstake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes."
"TROUBADOUR","One of a school of poets who flourished from the eleventh tothe thirteenth century, principally in Provence, in the south ofFrance, and also in the north of Italy. They invented, and especiallycultivated, a kind of lyrical poetry characterized by intricacy ofmeter and rhyme, and usually of a romantic, amatory strain."
"TROUBLABLE","Causing trouble; troublesome. [Obs.] troublable ire.' Chaucer."
"TROUBLE","Troubled; dark; gloomy. [Obs.] 'With full trouble cheer.'Chaucer."
"TROUBLER","One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; adisturber; as, a troubler of the peace.The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller."
"TROUBLESOME","Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.This troublesome world. Book of Common Prayer.These troublesome disguises that we wear. Milton.My mother will never be troublesome to me. Pope."
"TROUBLOUS","Full of trouble; causing trouble. 'In doubtful time oftroublous need.' Byron.A tall ship tossed in troublous seas. Spenser."
"TROUGH-SHELL","Any bivalve shell of the genus Mactra. See Mactra."
"TROUL","See Troll."
"TROUNCE","To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; tocastigate. [Colloq.]"
"TROUPE","A company or troop, especially the company pf performers in aplay or an opera."
"TROUPIAL","Any one of numerous species of bright-colored American birdsbelonging to Icterus and allied genera, especially Icterus icterus, anative of the West Indies and South America. Many of the species arecalled orioles in America. [Written also troopial.]"
"TROUSE","Trousers. [Obs.] Spenser."
"TROUSERING","Cloth or material for making trousers."
"TROUSERS","A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to theknee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately. pants; usedattrib. in the singular, as a trouser leg; see pant"
"TROUSSE","A case for small implements; as, a surgeon's trousse."
"TROUSSEAU","The collective lighter equipments or outfit of a bride,including clothes, jewelry, and the like; especially, that which isprovided for her by her family."
"TROUT","Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to Salmo,Salvelinus, and allied genera of the family Salmonid\u00e6. They arehighly esteemed as game fishes and for the quality of their flesh.All the species breed in fresh water, but after spawning many of themdescend to the sea if they have an opportunity."
"TROUT-COLORED","White, with spots of black, bay, or sorrel; as, a trout-coloredhorse."
"TROUTBIRD","The American golden plover. [Local, U. S.]"
"TROUTLET","A little trout; a troutling. Hood."
"TROUTLING","A little trout; a troutlet."
"TROW","A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearingfish. Knight."
"TROWEL","A tool used for smoothing a mold. Trowel bayonet. See Spadebayonet, under Spade.-- Fish trowel. See Fish slice, under Fish."
"TROWELED","Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweledstucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint.[Written also trowelled.]"
"TROWELFUL","As much as a trowel will hold; enough to fill a trowel."
"TROWL","See Troll."
"TROWSED","Wearing trousers. [Obs.]"
"TROWSERS","Same as Trousers."
"TROY","Troy weight. Troy weight, the weight which gold and silver,jewels, and the like, are weighed. It was so named from Troyes, inFrance, where it was first adopted in Europe. The troy ounce issupposed to have been brought from Cairo during the crusades. In thisweight the pound is divided into 12 ounces, the ounce into 20pennyweights, and the pennyweight into 24 grains; hence, the troyounce contains 480 grains, and the troy pound contains 5760 grains.The avoirdupois pound contains 7000 troy grains; so that 175 poundstroy equal 144 pounds avoirdupois, or 1 pound troy = 0.82286 of apound avoirdupois, and 1 ounce troy = 1apothecaries' weight, used inweighing medicines, etc. In the standard weights of the UnitedStates, the troy ounce is divided decimally down to the"
"TROYOUNCE","See Troy ounce, under Troy weight, above, and under Ounce."
"TRUANCY","The act of playing truant, or the state of being truant; as,addicted to truancy."
"TRUAND","See Truant. [Obs.]"
"TRUANT","One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, onewho stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk.Dryden.I have a truant been to chivalry. Shak.To play truant, to stray away; to loiter; especially, to stay out ofschool without leave. Sir T. Browne"
"TRUANTLY","Like a truant; in idleness."
"TRUANTSHIP","The conduct of a truant; neglect of employment; idleness;truancy. Ascham."
"TRUB","A truffle. [Obs.]"
"TRUBTALL","A short, squat woman. [Obs.] Ainsworth."
"TRUBU","An East India herring (Clupea toli) which is extensively caughtfor the sake of its roe and for its flesh."
"TRUCE","A suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders of opposingforces; a temporary cessation of hostilities, for negotiation orother purpose; an armistice."
"TRUCEBREAKER","One who violates a truce, covenant, or engagement."
"TRUCELESS","Without a truce; unforbearing.Two minds in one, and each a truceless guest. H. Brooke."
"TRUCHMAN","An interpreter. See Dragoman. [Obs.]And after, by the tongue, Her truchman, she reports the mind's eachthrow. B. Jonson."
"TRUCIDATION","The act of killing. [Obs.]"
"TRUCK","A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or morepairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry andguide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie inEngland. Trucks usually have four or six wheels."
"TRUCKAGE","The practice of bartering goods; exchange; barter; truck.The truckage of perishing coin. Milton."
"TRUCKER","One who trucks; a trafficker.No man having ever yet driven a saving bargain with this greattrucker for souls. South."
"TRUCKING","The business of conveying goods on trucks."
"TRUCKLE","A small wheel or caster. Hudibras."
"TRUCKLE-BED","A low bed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; atrundle-bed. 'His standing bed and truckle-bed.' Shak."
"TRUCKLER","One who truckles, or yields servilely to the will of another."
"TRUCKMAN","One who does business in the way of barter or exchange."
"TRUCULENTLY","In a truculent manner."
"TRUDGE","To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily.And trudged to Rome upon my naked feet. Dryden."
"TRUDGEMAN","A truchman. [Obs.]"
"TRUDGEN STROKE","A racing stroke in which a double over-arm motion is used; --so called from its use by an amateur named Trudgen, but oftenerroneously written trudgeon."
"TRUE","In accordance with truth; truly. Shak."
"TRUE-BLUE","Of inflexible honesty and fidelity; -- a term derived from thetrue, or Coventry, blue, formerly celebrated for its unchangingcolor. See True blue, under Blue."
"TRUE-BORN","Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, atrue-born Englishman."
"TRUE-HEARTED","Of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless ordeceitful; as, a truhearted friend.-- True'-heart`ed*ness, n."
"TRUE-PENNY","An honest fellow. Shak. Bacon."
"TRUELOVE","A plant. See Paris."
"TRUENESS","The quality of being true; reality; genuineness; faithfulness;sincerity; exactness; truth."
"TRUFFLE","Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi,usually of a blackish color. The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum)and the English truffle (T. \u00e6stivum) are much esteemed as articles offood. Truffle worm (Zo\u00f6l.), the larva of a fly of the genus Leiodes,injurious to truffles. Truffle pig, a pig used for finding truffles."
"TRUFFLED","Provided or cooked with truffles; stuffed with truffles; as, atruffled turkey."
"TRUGGING-HOUSE","A brothel. [Obs.] Robert Greene."
"TRUISM","An undoubted or self-evident truth; a statement which ispliantly true; a proposition needing no proof or argument; -- opposedto falsism.Trifling truisms clothed in great, swelling words. J. P. Smith."
"TRUISMATIC","Of or pertaining to truisms; consisting of truisms. [R.]"
"TRUITE","Having a delicately crackled surface; --applied to porcelian,etc."
"TRULLIZATION","The act of laying on coats of plaster with a trowel."
"TRUMP","A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry.We shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, atthe last trump. 1 Cor. xv. 51, 52.The wakeful trump of doom. Milton."
"TRUMPERY","Worthless or deceptive in character. 'A trumpery little ring.'Thackeray."
"TRUMPET","A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war andmilitary exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consistsof a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenientshape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves islimited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpetscapable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tonewithin their compass, although at the expense of the true ringingquality of tone.The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms. Dryden."
"TRUMPET-SHAPED","Tubular with one end dilated, as the flower of the trumpetcreeper."
"TRUMPET-TONGUED","Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech."
"TRUMPETER","A large edible fish (Latris hecateia) of the family Cirrhitid\u00e6,native of Tasmania and New Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much asfifty or sixty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish."
"TRUMPETING","A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft. Raymond."
"TRUMPETS","A plant (Sarracenia flava) with long, hollow leaves."
"TRUMPETWOOD","A tropical American tree (Cecropia peltata) of the Breadfruitfamily, having hollow stems, which are used for wind instruments; --called also snakewood, and trumpet tree."
"TRUMPIE","The Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)."
"TRUMPLIKE","Resembling a trumpet, esp. in sound; as, a trumplike voice.Chapman."
"TRUNCAL","Of or pertaining to the trunk, or body."
"TRUNCATE","To cut off; to lop; to maim."
"TRUNCATED","Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equallyinclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge."
"TRUNCATION","The replacement of an edge or solid angle by a plane,especially when the plane is equally inclined to the adjoining faces."
"TRUNCH","A stake; a small post. [Obs.]"
"TRUNCHEON","To beat with a truncheon. Shak."
"TRUNCHEONED","Having a truncheon."
"TRUNCHEONEER","A person armed with a truncheon. [Written also truncheoner.]"
"TRUNCUS","The thorax of an insect. See Trunk, n., 5."
"TRUNDLE-BED","A low bed that is moved on trundles, or little wheels, so thatit can be pushed under a higher bed; a truckle-bed; also, sometimes,a simiral bed without wheels. Chapman."
"TRUNDLEHEAD","One of the disks forming the ends of a lantern wheel or pinion."
"TRUNDLETAIL","A round or curled-up tail; also, a dog with such a tail. Shak."
"TRUNK","That part of a pilaster which is between the base and thecapital, corresponding to the shaft of a column."
"TRUNK ENGINE","An engine having a trunk piston, as most internal combustionengines."
"TRUNK PISTON","In a single-acting engine, an elongated hollow piston, open atthe end, in which the end of the connecting rod is pivoted. Thepiston rod, crosshead and stuffing box are thus dispensed with."
"TRUNK STEAMER","A freight steamer having a high hatch coaming extending almostcontinuously fore and aft, but not of whaleback form at the sides."
"TRUNKBACK","The leatherback."
"TRUNKED","Having (such) a trunk.Thickset with strong and well-trunked trees. Howell."
"TRUNKFISH","Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging tothe genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontid\u00e6, having an angularbody covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Someof the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish."
"TRUNKFUL","As much as a trunk will hold; enough to fill a trunk."
"TRUNKWORK","Work or devices suitable to be concealed; a secret stratagem.[Obs.]"
"TRUNNEL","A trundle. [R.]"
"TRUNNION","A cylindrical projection on each side of a piece, whether gun,mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on the cheeks of thecarriage. See Illust. of Cannon."
"TRUNNIONED","Provided with trunnions; as, the trunnioned cylinder of anoscillating steam engine."
"TRUSION","The act of pushing or thrusting. [R.] Bentley."
"TRUSS","A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up thereduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes."
"TRUSSING","The timbers, etc., which form a truss, taken collectively.Weale."
"TRUST","An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee orgrantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, orfor the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; aconfidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termedthe trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui quetrust."
"TRUST COMPANY","Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee.Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business."
"TRUSTEE","A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to beapplied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or forpublic uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit ofanother; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another areattached in a trustee process. Trustee process (Law), a process bywhich a creditor may attach his debtor's goods, effects, and credits,in the hands of a third person; -- called, in some States, theprocess of foreign attachment, garnishment, or factorizing process.[U. S.]"
"TRUSTEE PROCESS","The process of attachment by garnishment. [U. S.]"
"TRUSTEE STOCK","High-grade stock in which trust funds may be legally invested.[Colloq.]"
"TRUSTEESHIP","The office or duty of a trustee."
"TRUSTER","One who makes a trust; -- the correlative of trustee."
"TRUSTILY","In a trusty manner."
"TRUSTINESS","The quality or state of being trusty."
"TRUSTING","Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting; trustful.-- Trust'ing*ly, adv."
"TRUSTLESS","That may not be trusted; not worthy of trust; unfaithful.-- Trust'less*ness, n."
"TRUSTWORTHY","Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty.-- Trust'wor`thi*ness, n."
"TRUTH","To assert as true; to declare. [R.]Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have truthed itheaven. Ford."
"TRUTH-LOVER","One who loves the truth.Truth-lover was our English Duke. Tennyson."
"TRUTH-TELLER","One who tells the truth.Truth-teller was our England's Alfred named. Tennyson."
"TRUTHFUL","Full of truth; veracious; reliable.-- Truth'ful*ly, adv.-- Truth'ful*ness, n."
"TRUTHLESS","Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious; faithless.-- Truth'less*ness, n."
"TRUTHNESS","Truth. [Obs. & R.] Marston."
"TRUTHY","Truthful; likely; probable. [R.] 'A more truthy import.' W. G.Palgrave."
"TRUTINATION","The act of weighing. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"TRUTTACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trout; as, fish of thetruttaceous kind."
"TRY","To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnessesor other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try acause, or a criminal."
"TRY COCK","A cock for withdrawing a small quantity of liquid, as fortesting."
"TRY-SQUARE","An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for laying offright angles off right angles, and testing whether work is square."
"TRYGON","Any one of several species of large sting rays belonging toTrygon and allied genera."
"TRYING","Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as,a trying occasion or position."
"TRYOUT","A test by which the fitness of a player or contestant to remainin a certain class is determined."
"TRYPSIN","A proteolytic ferment, or enzyme, present in the pancreaticjuice. Unlike the pepsin of the gastric juice, it acts in a neutralor alkaline fluid, and not only converts the albuminous matter of thefood into soluble peptones, but also, in part, into leucin andtyrosin."
"TRYPSINOGEN","The antecedent of trypsin, a substance which is contained inthe cells of the pancreas and gives rise to the trypsin."
"TRYPTIC","Relating to trypsin or to its action; produced by trypsin; as,trypsin digestion."
"TRYPTONE","The peptone formed by pancreatic digestion; -- so calledbecause it is formed through the agency of the ferment trypsin."
"TRYSAIL","A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lowermast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lowermast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer. Totten."
"TRYST","To mutually agree to meet at a certain place. [Scot.]"
"TRYSTER","One who makes an appointment, or tryst; one who meets withanother."
"TRYSTING","An appointment; a tryst. Trysting day, an arranged day ofmeeting or assembling, as of soldiers, friends, and the like.And named a trysting day, And bade his messengers ride forth East andwest and south and north, To summon his array. Macaulay.-- Trysting place, a place designated for the assembling of soldiers,the meeting of parties for an interview, or the like; a rendezvous.Byron."
"TSAR","The title of the emperor of Russia. See Czar."
"TSCHAKMECK","The chameck."
"TSCHEGO","A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla andchimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the chimpanzee.It is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped nests in trees.Called also tscheigo, tschiego, nschego, nscheigo."
"TSEBE","The springbok."
"TSETSE","A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whosebite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, butharmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it aboundsuninhabitable during certain seasons of the year. [Written alsotzetze, and tsetze.]"
"TSUNG TU","A viceroy or governor-general, the highest provincial officialin China, with civil and military authority over one or moreprovinces."
"TSUNG-LI YAMEN","The board or department of foreign affairs in the Chinesegovernment. See Yamen."
"TUATARA","A large iguanalike reptile (Sphenodon punctatum) formerlycommon in New Zealand, but now confined to certain islets near thecoast. It reaches a length of two and a half feet, is dark olive-green with small white or yellowish specks on the sides, and hasyellow spines along the back, except on the neck."
"TUATERA","See Hatteria."
"TUB","To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant."
"TUBAL","Of or pertaining to a tube; specifically, of or pertaining toone of the Fallopian tubes; as, tubal pregnancy."
"TUBBY","Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and withoutresonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound; as, atubby violin."
"TUBE","The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla."
"TUBE-SHELL","Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around itssiphon, as the watering-shell."
"TUBEFORM","In the form of a tube; tubular; tubiform."
"TUBER","A tuberosity; a tubercle."
"TUBERCLE","A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, thedeposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of ahard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, whichgradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It ismost frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption. Tuberclebacillus (Med.), a minute vegetable organism (Bacillus tuberculosis)discovered by Koch, a German physician, in the sputum of consumptivepatients and in tuberculous tissue, and believed to be the excitingcause of tubercles and tuberculosis."
"TUBERCLED","Having tubercles; affected with, tubercles; tuberculate; as, atubercled lung or stalk."
"TUBERCULAR","Characterized by the development of tubercles; as, tuberculardiathesis."
"TUBERCULARIZE","To infect with tuberculosis. --Tu*ber`cu*lar*i*za'tion (#), n."
"TUBERCULIN","A fluid containing the products formed by the growth of thetubercle bacillus in a suitable culture medium."
"TUBERCULIN TEST","The hypodermic injection of tuberculin, which has little or noeffect with healthy cattle, but causes a marked rise in temperaturein tuberculous animals."
"TUBERCULIZATION","The development of tubercles; the condition of one who isaffected with tubercles."
"TUBERCULOCIDIN","A special substance contained in tuberculin, supposed to be theactive agent of the latter freed from various impurities."
"TUBERCULOID","Resembling a tubercle."
"TUBERCULOSED","Affected with tuberculosis."
"TUBERCULOSIS","A constitutional disease characterized by the production oftubercles in the internal organs, and especially in the lungs, whereit constitutes the most common variety of pulmonary consumption."
"TUBERCULUM","A tubercle."
"TUBERIFEROUS","Producing or bearing tubers."
"TUBEROSE","A plant (Polianthes tuberosa) with a tuberous root and aliliaceous flower. It is much cultivated for its beautiful andfragrant white blossoms."
"TUBEROUS","Consisting of, or bearing, tubers; resembling a tuber.-- Tu'ber*ous*ness, n."
"TUBEWORM","Any annelid which constructs a tube; one of the Tubicol\u00e6."
"TUBFISH","The sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). See Illust. underGurnard. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TUBFUL","As much as a tub will hold; enough to fill a tub."
"TUBICINATE","To blow a trumpet."
"TUBICOLAE","A division of annelids including those which construct, andhabitually live in, tubes. The head or anterior segments usually beargills and cirri. Called also Sedentaria, and Capitibranchiata. SeeSerpula, and Sabella."
"TUBICOLAR","Tubicolous."
"TUBICOLE","One of the Tubicol\u00e6."
"TUBICOLOUS","Inhabiting a tube; as, tubicolous worms."
"TUBICORN","Any ruminant having horns composed of a bony axis covered witha horny sheath; a hollow-horned ruminant."
"TUBICORNOUS","Having hollow horns."
"TUBIFORM","Having the form of a tube; tubeform. 'Tubiform cells.'Carpenter."
"TUBINARES","A tribe of sea birds comprising the petrels, shearwaters,albatrosses, hagdons, and allied birds having tubular horny nostrils."
"TUBIPORA","A genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral (calledorgan-pipe coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical tubesunited at intervals by transverse plates. These corals are usuallyred or purple and form large masses. They are natives of the tropicalparts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans."
"TUBIPORE","Any species of the genus Tubipora."
"TUBIPORITE","Any fossil coral of the genus Syringopora consisting of acluster of upright tubes united together by small transverse tubules."
"TUBIVALVE","A shell or tube formed by an annelid, as a serpula."
"TUBMAN","One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court ofExchequer. Cf. Postman, 2."
"TUBULAR","Having the form of a tube, or pipe; consisting of a pipe;fistular; as, a tubular snout; a tubular calyx. Also, containing, orprovided with, tubes. Tubular boiler. See under Boiler.-- Tubular breathing (Med.), a variety of respiratory sound, heardon auscultation over the lungs in certain cases of disease,resembling that produced by the air passing through the trachea.-- Tubular bridge, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or tube,made of iron plates riveted together, as the Victoria bridge over theSt. Lawrence, at Montreal, Canada, and the Britannia bridge over theMenai Straits.-- Tubular girder, a plate girder having two or more vertical webswith a space between them."
"TUBULARIA","A genus of hydroids having large, naked, flowerlike hydranthsat the summits of long, slender, usually simple, stems. Thegonophores are small, and form clusters at the bases of the outertentacles."
"TUBULARIAE","See Tubularida."
"TUBULARIAN","Any hydroid belonging to the suborder Tubularida."
"TUBULARIDA","An extensive division of Hydroidea; the tubularians; -- calledalso Athecata, Gymnoblastea, and Tubulari\u00e6."
"TUBULATE","Tubular; tubulated; tubulous."
"TUBULATED","Made in the form of a small tube; provided with a tube, orelongated opening. Tubulated bottle or retort (Chem.), a bottle orretort having a stoppered opening for the introduction or removal ofmaterials."
"TUBULATION","The act of shaping or making a tube, or of providing with atube; also, a tube or tubulure; as, the tubulation of a retort."
"TUBULATURE","A tubulure."
"TUBULE","A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as, theuriniferous tubules of the kidney."
"TUBULIBRANCHIAN","One of the Tubulibranchiata."
"TUBULIBRANCHIATA","A group of gastropod mollusks having a tubular shell. Vermetusis an example."
"TUBULICOLE","Any hydroid which has tubular chitinous stems."
"TUBULIDENTATE","Having teeth traversed by canals; -- said of certain edentates."
"TUBULIFORM","Having the form of a small tube."
"TUBULIPORE","Any one of numerous species of Bryozoa belonging to Tubuliporaand allied genera, having tubular calcareous calicles."
"TUBULURE","A short tubular opening at the top of a retort, or at the topor side of a bottle; a tubulation."
"TUCAN","The Mexican pocket gopher (Geomys Mexicanus). It resembles thecommon pocket gopher of the Western United States, but is larger.Called also tugan, and tuza."
"TUCET","See Tucket, a steak. [Obs.]"
"TUCH","A dark-colored kind of marble; touchstone. [Obs.] Sir J.Harrington."
"TUCK","A long, narrow sword; a rapier. [Obs.] Shak.He wore large hose, and a tuck, as it was then called, or rapier, oftremendous length. Sir W. Scot."
"TUCK POINTING","The finishing of joints along the center lines with a narrowridge of putty or fine lime mortar."
"TUCK-NET","See Tuck, n., 2."
"TUCKAHOE","A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic UnitedStates, growing under ground like a truffle and often attainingimmense size. The real nature is unknown. Called also Indian bread,and Indian loaf."
"TUCKER","A fuller. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TUCKET","A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare. [Obs.] Tucketsonance, the sound of the tucket. [Obs.]Let the trumpets sound The tucket sonance and the note to mount.Shak."
"TUCUM","A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of aBrazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings,etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called also tecum, andtecum fiber."
"TUCUMA","A Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum Tucuma) which furnishes an ediblefruit."
"TUDOR","Of or pertaining to a royal line of England, descended fromOwen Tudor of Wales, who married the widowed queen of Henry V. Thefirst reigning Tudor was Henry VII.; the last, Elizabeth. Tudor style(Arch.), the latest development of Gothic architecture in England,under the Tudors, characterized by flat four-centered arches, shallowmoldings, and a profusion of paneling on the walls."
"TUE","The parson bird."
"TUE-IRON","See Tuy\u00e8re."
"TUE-IRONS","A pair of blacksmith's tongs."
"TUEFALL","See To-fall. [Eng.]"
"TUESDAY","The third day of the week, following Monday and precedingWednesday."
"TUET","The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TUF-TAFFETA","A silk fabric formerly in use, having a nap or pile. [Writtenalso tuft-taffeta.]"
"TUFACEOUS","Pertaining to tufa; consisting of, or resembling, tufa."
"TUFF","Same as Tufa."
"TUFFOON","See Typhoon. [R.]"
"TUFT","To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts."
"TUFTHUNTER","A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially inEnglish universities; a toady. See 1st Tuft, 3. [Cant, Eng.]Halliwell."
"TUFTHUNTING","The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, orpersons of quality, especially in English universities. [Cant, Eng.]"
"TUG","A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called alsosteam tug, tugboat, and towboat."
"TUGAN","Same as Tucan."
"TUGBOAT","See Tug, n., 3."
"TUGGER","One who tugs."
"TUGGINGLY","In a tugging manner; with laborious pulling."
"TUILLE","In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. SeeIllust. of Tasses."
"TUITIONARY","Of or pertaining to tuition."
"TUKO-TUKO","A burrowing South American rodent (Ctenomys Braziliensis). Ithas small eyes and ears and a short tail. It resembles the pocketgopher in size, form, and habits, but is more nearly allied to theporcupines. [Written also tucu-tuco.]"
"TULA METAL","An alloy of silver, copper, and lead made at Tula in Russia.[Written also toola metal.]"
"TULE","A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and S. Tatora) growingabundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere."
"TULIP","Any plant of the liliaceous genus Tulipa. Many varieties arecultivated for their beautiful, often variegated flowers. Tulip tree.(a) A large American tree bearing tuliplike flowers. SeeLiriodendron. (b) A West Indian malvaceous tree (Paritium, orHibiscus, tiliaceum)."
"TULIP-EARED","Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certaindogs."
"TULIP-SHELL","A large, handsomely colored, marine univalve shell (Fasciolariatulipa) native of the Southern United States. The name is sometimesapplied also to other species of Fasciolaria."
"TULIPIST","A person who is especially devoted to the cultivation oftulips. Sir T. Browne."
"TULIPOMANIA","A violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation of tulips;-- a word said by Beckman to have been coined by Menage."
"TULIPOMANIAC","One who is affected with tulipomania."
"TULIPWOOD","The beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a Brazilian tree(Physocalymna floribunda), much used by cabinetmakers for inlaying.Queensland tulipwood, the variegated wood of an Australiansapindaceous tree (Harpullia pendula). J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants)."
"TULL","To allure; to tole. [Obs.]With empty hands men may no hawkes tull. Chaucer."
"TULLE","A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc."
"TULLIAN","Belonging to, or in the style of, Tully (Marcus TulliusCicero)."
"TULLIBEE","A whitefish (Coregonus tullibee) found in the Great Lakes ofNorth America; -- called also mongrel whitefish."
"TUM-TUM","A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain quitesoft in a wooden mortar."
"TUMBLE","Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall."
"TUMBLE-DOWN","Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house.[Colloq.]"
"TUMBLEBUG","See Tumbledung."
"TUMBLEDUNG","Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging toScarab\u00e6us, Copris, Phan\u00e6us, and allied genera. The female lays hereggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by means of her hindlegs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she buries it."
"TUMBLER","A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of agunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notchesfor sear point to enter."
"TUMBLERFUL","As much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler."
"TUMBLEWEED","Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in theautumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over thefields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus,etc."
"TUMBLING","a. & vb. n. from Tumble, v. Tumbling barrel. Same as Rumble,n., 4.-- Tumbling bay, an overfall, or weir, in a canal."
"TUMEFACIENT","Producing swelling; tumefying."
"TUMEFACTION","The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into atumor; a swelling. Arbuthnot."
"TUMEFY","To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up.To swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but the tenor of thethought. De Quincey."
"TUMESCENCE","The act of becoming tumid; the state of being swollen;intumescence."
"TUMESCENT","Slightly tumid; swollen, as certain moss capsules."
"TUMIDITY","The quality or state of being tumid."
"TUMMALS","A great quantity or heap. Weale."
"TUMOR","A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of thebody; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; aneoplasm."
"TUMORED","Distended; swelled. [R.] 'His tumored breast.' R. Junius."
"TUMP","A little hillock; a knoll. Ainsworth."
"TUMPLINE","A strap placed across a man's forehead to assist him incarrying a pack on his back. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett."
"TUMULAR","Consisting in a heap; formed or being in a heap or hillock.Pinkerton."
"TUMULATE","To cover, as a corpse, with a mound or tomb; to bury. [Obs.]"
"TUMULOSE","Tumulous. [R.] Bailey."
"TUMULOSITY","The quality or state of being tumulous; hilliness. [R.] Bailey."
"TUMULOUS","Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose. [R.] Bailey."
"TUMULT","To make a tumult; to be in great commotion. [Obs.]Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt. Milton."
"TUMULTER","A maker of tumults. [Obs.]He severely punished the tumulters. Milton."
"TUMULTUARILY","In a tumultuary manner."
"TUMULTUARINESS","The quality or state of being tumultuary."
"TUMULTUATE","To make a tumult. [Obs.] 'He will murmur and tumultuate.'South."
"TUMULTUATION","Irregular or disorderly movement; commotion; as, thetumultuation of the parts of a fluid. [Obs.] Boyle."
"TUMULUS","An artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave,particularly over the graves of persons buried in ancient times; abarrow."
"TUN","A fermenting vat."
"TUN-BELLIED","Having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped like a tun;pot-bellied."
"TUN-DISH","A tunnel. [Obs.] Shak."
"TUN-GREAT","Having the circumference of a tun. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TUNA","The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly."
"TUNABLE","Capable of being tuned, or made harmonious; hence, harmonious;musical; tuneful.-- Tun'a*ble*ness, n.-- Tun'a*bly, adv.And tunable as sylvan pipe or song. Milton."
"TUNDRA","A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia."
"TUNEFUL","Harmonious; melodious; musical; as, tuneful notes. ' Tunefulbirds.' Milton.-- Tune'ful*ly, adv.-- Tune'ful*ness, n."
"TUNER","One who tunes; especially, one whose occupation is to tunemusical instruments."
"TUNGSTATE","A salt of tungstic acid; a wolframate."
"TUNGSTEN","A rare element of the chromium group found in certain minerals,as wolfram and scheelite, and isolated as a heavy steel-gray metalwhich is very hard and infusible. It has both acid and basicproperties. When alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatlyincreases its hardness. Symbol W (Wolframium). Atomic weight, 183.6.Specific gravity, 18."
"TUNGSTEN LAMP","An electric glow lamp having filaments of metallic tungsten.Such lamps, owing to the refractory nature of the metal, may bemaintained at a very high temperature and require an expenditure ofonly about 1.25 watts per candle power."
"TUNGSTEN STEEL","A steel containing a small amount of tungsten, noted fortenacity and hardness, even under a considerable degree of heat.Magnets made of it are said to be highly permanent. It often containsmanganese."
"TUNGSTENIC","Of or pertaining to tungsten; containing tungsten; as,tungstenic ores. [R.]"
"TUNGSTIC","Of or pertaining to tungsten; derived from, or resembling,tungsten; wolframic; as, tungstic oxide. Tungstic acid, an acid oftungsten, H2WO4, analogous to sulphuric and chromic acids."
"TUNGSTITE","The oxide of tungsten, a yellow mineral occurring in apulverulent form. It is often associated with wolfram."
"TUNGUSES","A group of roving Turanian tribes occupying Eastern Siberia andthe Amoor valley. They resemble the Mongols. [Written alsoTungooses.]"
"TUNGUSIC","Of or pertaining to the Tunguses; as, the Tungusic dialects."
"TUNHOOF","Ground ivy; alehoof."
"TUNIC","An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. Itwas made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, andwas confined at the waist by a girdle."
"TUNICARY","One of the Tunicata."
"TUNICATA","A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in somerespects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by somewriters united with the latter. They were formerly classed withacephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm externaltunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, onefor the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx isusually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series ofciliated slits, and serves as a gill."
"TUNICATE","One of the Tunicata."
"TUNICIN","Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic,of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, thecellulose of the vegetable kingdom."
"TUNICLE","A short, close-fitting vestment worn by bishops under thedalmatic, and by subdeacons."
"TUNING","a. & n. from Tune, v. Tuning fork (Mus.), a steel instrumentconsisting of two prongs and a handle, which, being struck, gives acertain fixed tone. It is used for tuning instruments, or forascertaining the pitch of tunes."
"TUNK","A sharp blow; a thump. [Prov. Eng. or Colloq. U. S.]"
"TUNKER","Same as Dunker."
"TUNNAGE","See Tonnage."
"TUNNEL","A level passage driven across the measures, or at right anglesto veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from thedrift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by thetunnel. Tunnel head (Metal.), the top of a smelting furnace where thematerials are put in.-- Tunnel kiln, a limekiln in which coal is burned, as distinguishedfrom a flame kiln, in which wood or peat is used.-- Tunnel net, a net with a wide mouth at one end and narrow at theother.-- Tunnel pit, Tunnel shaft, a pit or shaft sunk from the top of theground to the level of a tunnel, for drawing up the earth and stones,for ventilation, lighting, and the like."
"TUNNEL STERN","A design of motor-boat stern, for  use in shallow waters, inwhich the propeller is housed in a tunnel and does not extend belowthe greatest draft."
"TUNNY","Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging tothe Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Orcynus orAlbacora thynnus) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the AtlanticOcean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and isextensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it iscalled horse mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse.[Written also thynny.]"
"TUP","A ram."
"TUPAI","Any one of the tupaiids."
"TUPAIID","Any one of several species of East Indian and Asiaticinsectivores of the family Tupaiid\u00e6, somewhat resembling squirrels insize and arboreal habits. The nose is long and pointed."
"TUPELO","A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood family,having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood iscrossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also black gum, sourgum, and pepperidge. Largo tupelo, or Tupelo gum (Bot.), an Americantree (Nyssa uniflora) with softer wood than the tupelo.-- Sour tupelo (Bot.), the Ogeechee lime."
"TUPI","An Indian of the tribe from which the Tupian stock takes itsname, dwelling, at the advent of the Portuguese, about the mouth ofthe Amazon. Also, their language, which is the basis of the Indiantrade language of the Amazon."
"TUPIAN","Designating, or pert. to, a linguistic stock of South AmericanIndians comprising the most important Brazilian tribes. Agriculture,pottery, and stone working were practiced by them at the time of theconquest. The Tupi and the Guarani were originally the most powerfulof the stock, which is hence also called Tupi-Guaranian."
"TUPMAN","A man who breeds, or deals in tups. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TUQUE","A kind of warm cap winter wear, made from a knit bag withclosed tapered ends by pushing one end within the other, thus makinga conical cap of double thickness."
"TUR","The urus."
"TURACIN","A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers ofseveral species of turacou; whence the name. It contains nearly sixper cent of copper."
"TURACOU","Any one of several species of plantain eaters of the genusTuracus, native of Africa. They are remarkable for the peculiar greenand red pigments found in their feathers. [Written also touraco, andtouracou.]"
"TURACOVERDIN","A green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou. SeeTuracin."
"TURANIAN","Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family oflanguages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic,Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europeand Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, thepeople who speak these languages."
"TURATT","The hare kangaroo."
"TURBAN","The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell."
"TURBAN-SHELL","A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly socalled from a fancied resemblance to a turban."
"TURBAN-TOP","A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhatglobular pileus (Helvella, or Gyromitra, esculenta.)."
"TURBAND","A turban. Balfour (Cyc. of Ind.)."
"TURBANED","Wearing a turban. ' A malignant and a turbaned Turk.' Shak."
"TURBANT","A turban. [Obs.] Milton.I see the Turk nodding with his turbant. Howell."
"TURBARY","A right of digging turf on another man's land; also, the groundwhere turf is dug."
"TURBELLARIA","An extensive group of worms which have the body coveredexternally with vibrating cilia. It includes the Rhabdocoela andDendrocoela. Formerly, the nemerteans were also included in thisgroup."
"TURBELLARIAN","One of the Turbellaria. Also used adjectively."
"TURBETH","See Turpeth."
"TURBIDITY","Turbidness."
"TURBIDNESS","The quality or state of being turbid; muddiness; foulness."
"TURBILLION","A whirl; a vortex. Spectator."
"TURBINACEOUS","Of or pertaining to peat, or turf; of the nature of peat, orturf; peaty; turfy. Sir. W. Scott."
"TURBINAL","Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; -- applied to thethin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support theolfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers."
"TURBINATE","To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]"
"TURBINATION","The act of spinning or whirling, as a top."
"TURBINE","A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, butusually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against whichthe water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outwardfrom a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from abovedownward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel."
"TURBINELLA","A genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy shellwith conspicuous folds on the columella."
"TURBINITE","A petrified shell resembling the genus Turbo. [R.]"
"TURBINOID","Like or pertaining to Turbo or the family Turbinid\u00e6."
"TURBIT","The turbot."
"TURBITE","A fossil turbo."
"TURBITH","See Turpeth."
"TURBO","Any one of numerous marine gastropods of the genus Turbo orfamily Turbinid\u00e6, usually having a turbinate shell, pearly on theinside, and a calcareous operculum."
"TURBOGENERATOR","An electric generator or dynamo which is combined on one framewith a turbomotor, by which it is driven."
"TURBULENCE","The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state;tumult; disorder; agitation. Shak.The years of . . . warfare and turbulence which ensued. Southey."
"TURBULENCY","Turbulence.What a tale of terror now its turbulency tells! Poe."
"TURBULENTLY","In a turbulent manner."
"TURCISM","A mode of speech peculiar to the Turks; a Turkish idiom orexpression; also, in general, a Turkish mode or custom."
"TURDIFORMES","A division of singing birds including the thrushes and alliedkinds."
"TURDUS","A genus of singing birds including the true thrushes."
"TUREEN","A large, deep vessel for holding soup, or other liquid food, atthe table. [Written also terreen.]"
"TUREENFUL","As much as a tureen can hold; enough to fill a tureen."
"TURF","To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border ofa terrace. A. Tucker."
"TURFEN","Made of turf; covered with turf."
"TURFINESS","Quality or state of being turfy."
"TURFING","The act or process of providing or covering with turf. Turfingiron, or Turfing spade, an implement for cutting, and paring off,turf."
"TURFITE","A votary of the turf, or race course; hence, sometimes, ablackleg. [Colloq.] Thackeray."
"TURFLESS","Destitute of turf."
"TURFMAN","A turfite; a votary of the turf, or race course. [Colloq.]"
"TURGESCE","To become turgid; to swell or be inflated. [R.]"
"TURGESCENT","Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big."
"TURGIDITY","The quality or state of being turgid."
"TURGIDOUS","Turgid. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"TURIO","A shoot or sprout from the ground. Gray."
"TURIOLE","The golden oriole. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TURION","Same as Turio."
"TURIONIFEROUS","Producing shoots, as asparagus. Barton."
"TURK","The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum.Turk's cap. (Bot.) (a) Turk's-cap lily. See under Lily. (b) A tulip.(c) A plant of the genus Melocactus; Turk's head. See Melon cactus,under Melon.-- Turk's head. (a) (Naut.) A knot of turbanlike form worked on arope with a piece of small line. R. H. Dana, Jr. (b) (Bot.) SeeTurk's cap (c) above.-- Turk's turban (Bot.), a plant of the genus Ranunculus; crowfoot."
"TURKEIS","Turkish. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TURKEY","An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.Turkey carpet, a superior kind of carpet made in Asia Minor andadjoining countries, having a deep pile and composed of pure woolwith a weft of different material. It is distinguishable by itscoloring and patterns from similar carpets made in India andelsewhere.-- Turkey oak. (Bot.) See Cerris.-- Turkey red. (a) A brilliant red imparted by madder to cottons,calicoes, etc., the fiber of which has been prepared previously withoil or other fatty matter. (b) Cloth dyed with this red.-- Turkey sponge. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Toilet sponge, under Sponge.-- Turkey stone, a kind of oilstone from Turkey; novaculite; --called also Turkey oilstone."
"TURKEY-TROT","An eccentric ragtime dance, danced with the feet well apart andwith a characteristic rise on the ball of the foot, followed by adrop upon the heel. The original form, owning to the positionsassumed by the dancers, is offensively suggestive. Similar dances arethe bunny hug and grizzly bear, so called in allusion to themovements and the positions assumed by the partners in dancing."
"TURKEYS","Turkish. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TURKIC","Turkish."
"TURKIS","Turquois. [Obs.]"
"TURKISH","Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks.-- n."
"TURKISM","Same as Turcism."
"TURKLE","A turtle. [Obs. or Illiterate]"
"TURKO","One of a body of native Algerian tirailleurs in the Frencharmy, dressed as a Turk. [Written also Turco.]"
"TURKO-IRANIAN","Designating, or pert. to, a mixed racial type including theAfghans, and characterized chiefly by stature above mean, faircomplexion, dark, or sometimes gray, eyes, brachycephaly, and verylong, prominent, and moderately narrow nose."
"TURKOIS","Turquoise."
"TURKOMAN","Same as Turcoman."
"TURLUPIN","One of the precursors of the Reformation; -- a nicknamecorresponding to Lollard, etc."
"TURM","A troop; a company. [Obs. or Poetic]Legions and cohorts, turms of horse and wings. Milton."
"TURMALINE","See Tourmaline."
"TURMERIC","An East Indian plant of the genus Curcuma, of the Gingerfamily."
"TURMEROL","Turmeric oil, a brownish yellow, oily substance extracted fromturmeric by ligroin."
"TURMOIL","Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance;worrying confusion.And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, A blessed soul doth inElysium. Shak."
"TURN","To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitutefor any sort which is exhausted. To turn about, to face to anotherquarter; to turn around.-- To turn again, to come back after going; to return. Shak.-- To turn against, to become unfriendly or hostile to.-- To turn aside or away. (a) To turn from the direct course; towithdraw from a company; to deviate. (b) To depart; to remove. (c) Toavert one's face.-- To turn back, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction; toretrace one's steps.-- To turn in. (a) To bend inward. (b) To enter for lodgings orentertainment. (c) To go to bed. [Colloq.] -- To turn into, to enterby making a turn; as, to turn into a side street.-- To turn off, to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as, theroad turns off to the left.-- To turn on or upon. (a) To turn against; to confront in hostilityor anger. (b) To reply to or retort. (c) To depend on; as, the resultturns on one condition.-- To turn out. (a) To move from its place, as a bone. (b) To bendor point outward; as, his toes turn out. (c) To rise from bed.[Colloq.] (d) To come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out tothe fire. (e) To prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, thecropsturned out poorly.-- To turn over, to turn from side to side; to roll; to tumble.-- To turn round. (a) To change position so as to face in anotherdirection. (b) To change one's opinion; to change from one view orparty to another.-- To turn to, to apply one's self to; have recourse to; to referto. 'Helvicus's tables may be turned to on all occasions.' Locke.-- To turn to account, profit, advantage, or the like, to be madeprofitable or advantageous; to become worth the while.-- To turn under, to bend, or be folded, downward or under.-- To turn up. (a) To bend, or be doubled, upward. (b) To appear; tocome to light; to transpire; to occur; to happen."
"TURN-BUCKLE","The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blueamorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calicoprinting, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian."
"TURN-SICK","Giddy. [Obs.] Bacon."
"TURNBROACH","A turnspit. [Obs.] ' One that was her turnbroach.' Beau. & Fl."
"TURNCOAT","One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; anapostate.He is a turncoat, he was not true to his profession. Bunyan."
"TURNEP","See Turnip. [Obs.]"
"TURNER","A variety of pigeon; a tumbler."
"TURNERITE","A variety of monazite."
"TURNEY","Tourney. [Obs.] Chaucer. 'In open turney.' Spenser. Milton."
"TURNHALLE","A building used as a school of gymnastics."
"TURNICIMORPHAE","A division of birds including Turnix and allied genera,resembling quails in appearance but differing from them anatomically."
"TURNING","The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning fromthe material turned."
"TURNINGNESS","The quality of turning; instability; tergiversation. [Obs.] SirP. Sidney."
"TURNIP","The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of acruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plantitself. [Formerly written also turnep.] Swedish turnip (Bot.), a kindof turnip. See Ruta-baga.-- Turnip flea (Zo\u00f6l.), a small flea-beetle (Haltica, orPhyllotreta, striolata), which feeds upon the turnip, and oftenseriously injures it. It is black with a stripe of yellow on eachelytron. The name is also applied to several other small insectswhich are injurious to turnips. See Illust. under Flea-beetle.-- Turnip fly. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) The turnip flea. (b) A two-winged fly(Anthomyia radicum) whose larv\u00e6 live in the turnip root."
"TURNIP-SHELL","Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells belongingto Rapa and allied genera, somewhat turnip-shaped."
"TURNIX","Any one of numerous species of birds belonging to Turnix orHemipodius and allied genera of the family Turnicid\u00e6. These birdsresemble quails and partridges in general appearance and in some oftheir habits, but differ in important anatomical characteristics. Thehind toe is usually lacking. They are found in Asia, Africa, SouthernEurope, the East Indian Islands, and esp. in Australia and adjacentislands, where they are called quails (see Quail, n., 3.). SeeTurnicimorph\u00e6."
"TURNKEY","An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teethwith a twist."
"TURNOVER","Admitting of being turned over; made to be turned over; as, aturnover collar, etc."
"TURNPIKE","A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise. [R.] Turnpike man, a man who collects tolls at a turnpike.-- Turnpike road, a road on which turnpikes, or tollgates, areestablished by law, in order to collect from the users tolls todefray the cost of building, repairing, etc."
"TURNPLATE","A turntable."
"TURNSPIT","A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crookedlegs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on whichmeat was roasting."
"TURNSTONE","Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas andArenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American andEuropean species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called fromtheir habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks andother aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, seaquail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake. Black turnstone, theCalifornia turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala). The adult in summer ismostly black, except some white streaks on the chest and forehead,and two white loral spots."
"TURNTABLE","A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars,locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called alsoturnplate."
"TURNUS","A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, nowregarded as one of the forms of Papilio, or Jasoniades, glaucus. Thewings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange-red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called alsotiger swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail."
"TURNVEREIN","A company or association of gymnasts and athletes."
"TURONIAN","One of the subdivisions into which the Upper Cretaceousformation of Europe is divided."
"TURPENTINE","A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of theterebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native ofthe Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferoustrees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir."
"TURPENTINE STATE","North Carolina; -- a nickname alluding to its extensiveproduction of turpentine."
"TURPETH","The root of Ipomoea Turpethum, a plant of Ceylon, Malabar, andAustralia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative; -- sometimescalled vegetable turpeth."
"TURPIN","A land tortoise. [Obs.]"
"TURPITUDE","Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions;shameful wickedness; depravity. Shak."
"TURQUOISE","Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineralturquoise."
"TURREL","A certain tool used by coopers. Sherwood."
"TURRET","A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at oneof the angles of a larger structure."
"TURRET DECK","A narrow superstructure running from stem to stern on the upperdeck of a steam cargo vessel having a rounded gunwale and sidescurved inward convexly."
"TURRET STEAMER","A whaleback steamer with a hatch coaming, usually about sevenfeet high, extending almost continuously fore and aft."
"TURRIBANT","A turban. [Obs.]With hundred turrets like a turribant. Spenser."
"TURRICAL","Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower."
"TURRILITE","Any fossil ammonite of the genus Turrilites. The shell forms anopen spiral with the later whorls separate."
"TURRITELLA","Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and alliedgenera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed ofmany whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny multispiraloperculum."
"TURRITELLOID","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the turritellas."
"TURTLE","The turtledove."
"TURTLE PEG","A sharp steel spear attached to a cord, used in taking seaturtles. -- Turtle pegging."
"TURTLE-FOOTED","Slow-footed. [R.] 'Turtle-footed Peace.' Ford."
"TURTLE-SHELL","The turtle cowrie."
"TURTLEDOVE","Any one of numerous species of pigeons belonging to Turtur andallied genera, native of various parts of the Old World; especially,the common European species (Turtur vulgaris), which is noted for itsplaintive note, affectionate disposition, and devotion to its mate."
"TURTLEHEAD","An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having whiteflowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead,shell flower, and balmony."
"TURTLER","One who catches turtles or tortoises. 'The Jamaica turtlers.'Dampier."
"TURTLING","The act, practice, or art of catching turtles. Marryat."
"TURVES","pl. of Turf."
"TUSCAN","Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specificallydesignating one of the five orders of architecture recognized anddescribed by the Italian writers of the 16th century, orcharacteristic of the order. The original of this order was not usedby the Greeks, but by the Romans under the Empire. See Order, andIllust. of Capital."
"TUSCARORAS","A tribe of North American Indians formerly living on the Neuseand Tar rivers in North Carolina. They were conquered in 1713, afterwhich the remnant of the tribe joined the Five Nations, thus formingthe Six Nations. See Six Nations, under Six."
"TUSCOR","A tush of a horse."
"TUSH","An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush,tush! do not speak of it.Tush, say they, how should God perceive it Bk. of Com. Prayer (Ps.lxxiii. 11)."
"TUSK","Same as Torsk."
"TUSK-SHELL","See 2d Tusk, n., 2."
"TUSKED","Furnished with tusks.The tusked boar out of the wood. Milton."
"TUSKER","An elephant having large tusks."
"TUSKY","Having tusks. 'The scar indented by the tusky oar.' Dryden."
"TUSSAC GRASS","Tussock grass."
"TUSSAL","Pertaining to, or manifested by, cough."
"TUSSICULAR","Of or pertaining to a cough. Dunglison."
"TUSSIS","A cough."
"TUSSIVE","Pertaining to a cough; caused by coughing."
"TUSSLE","To struggle, as in sport; to scuffle; to struggle with.[Colloq.]"
"TUSSOCK","Same as Tussock grass, below."
"TUSSOCKY","Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with,tussocks, or tufts."
"TUSSUCK","See Tussock. Grew."
"TUT","Be still; hush; -- an exclamation used for checking orrebuking."
"TUT-MOUTHED","Having a projecting under jaw; prognathous. [Obs.] Holland."
"TUT-NOSE","A snub nose. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TUT-WORK","Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the amountdone being usually reckoned by the fathom. Tomlinson."
"TUT-WORKMAN","One who does tut-work. Tomlinson."
"TUTELAGE","Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or athing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses.This, of all advantages, is the greatest . . . the most tutelary ofmorals. Landor."
"TUTELE","Tutelage. [Obs.] Howell."
"TUTOR","One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of,some person or thing. Specifically: --(a) A treasurer; a keeper. 'Tutour of your treasure.' Piers Plowman.(b) (Civ. Law) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and hisestate; a guardian.(c) A private or public teacher.(d) (Eng. Universities) An officer or member of some hall, whoinstructs students, and is responsible for their discipline.(e) (Am. Colleges) An instructor of a lower rank than a professor."
"TUTORAGE","The office or occupation of a tutor; tutorship; guardianship."
"TUTORESS","A woman who performs the duties of a tutor; an instructress. E.Moore."
"TUTORIAL","Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, atutor."
"TUTORISM","Tutorship. [R.]"
"TUTORIZE","To teach; to instruct.I . . . shall tutorize him some day. J. H. Newman."
"TUTORSHIP","The office, duty, or care of a tutor; guardianship; tutelage.Hooker."
"TUTORY","Tutorage. [Obs.] Holinshed."
"TUTRESS","Tutoress. [Obs.] Selden."
"TUTRIX","A female guardian; a tutoress. [R.] Smollett."
"TUTSAN","A plant of the genus Hypericum (H. Androsoemum), from which ahealing ointment is prepared in Spain; -- called also parkleaves."
"TUTTI","All; -- a direction for all the singers or players to performtogether. Moore (Encyc. of Music)."
"TUTTI-FRUTTI","A confection of different kinds of preserved fruits. -- a."
"TUTTY","A yellow or brown amorphous substance obtained as a sublimationproduct in the flues of smelting furnaces of zinc, and consisting ofa crude zinc oxide."
"TUUM","Lit., thine; that which is thine; -- used in meum and tuum. See2d Meum."
"TUYERE","A nozzle, mouthpiece, or fixture through which the blast isdelivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of aforge. [Corruptly written also tweer, and twier.] Tuy\u00e8re arch, theembrasure, in the wall of a blast furnace through which the tuy\u00e8reenters."
"TUZ","A lock or tuft of hair. [Obs.] Dryden."
"TUZA","The tucan."
"TWADDLE","To talk a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties aredecayed; to prate; to prattle. Stanyhurst."
"TWADDLER","One who prates in a weak and silly manner, like one whosefaculties are decayed."
"TWADDLING","a. & n. from Twaddle, v."
"TWADDY","Idle trifling; twaddle."
"TWAGGER","A lamb. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TWAIN","Two;- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetryand burlesque. 'Children twain.' Chaucer.And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.Matt. v. 41.In twain, in halves; into two parts; asunder.When old winder split the rocks in twain. Dryden.-- Twain cloud. (Meteor.) Same as Cumulo-stratus."
"TWAITE","A European shad; -- called also twaite shad. See Shad."
"TWANG","A tang. See Tang a state. [R.]"
"TWANGLE","To twang.While the twangling violin Struck up with Soldier-laddie. Tennyson."
"TWANK","To cause to make a sharp twanging sound; to twang, or twangle.Addison."
"TWANKAY","See Note under Tea, n., 1."
"TWATTLE","To prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble; to chatter; totwaddle; as, a twattling gossip. L'Estrange."
"TWATTLER","One who twattles; a twaddler."
"TWAY","Two; twain. [Obs.] Spenser."
"TWAYBLADE","Any one of several orchidaceous plants which have only twoleaves, as the species of Listera and of Liparis. [Written alsotwyblade.]"
"TWEAG","To tweak. [Obs.]"
"TWEAK","To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as,to tweak the nose. Shak."
"TWEED","A soft and flexible fabric for men's wear, made wholly of woolexcept in some inferior kinds, the wool being dyed, usually in twocolors, before weaving."
"TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE","Two things practically alike; -- a phrase coined by John Byrom(1692-1793) in his satire 'On the Feuds between Handel andBononcini.'"
"TWEEL","See Twill."
"TWEER","Same as Tuy\u00e8re."
"TWEEZERS","Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes."
"TWELFTH","An interval comprising an octave and a fifth."
"TWELFTH-CAKE","An ornamented cake distributed among friends or visitors on thefestival of Twelfth-night."
"TWELFTH-DAY","See Twelfthtide."
"TWELFTH-NIGHT","The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas,observed as a festival by various churches."
"TWELFTH-SECOND","A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, suchthat 1012 (ten trillion) of these units make one second."
"TWELFTHTIDE","The twelfth day after Christmas; Epiphany; -- called alsoTwelfth-day."
"TWELVE","One more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen. Twelve-men's morris. See the Note under Morris.-- Twelve Tables. (Rom. Antiq.) See under Table."
"TWELVEMO","See Duodecimo."
"TWELVEMONTH","A year which consists of twelve calendar months.I shall laugh at this a twelvemonth hence. Shak."
"TWELVEPENCE","A shilling sterling, being about twenty-four cents."
"TWELVEPENNY",", Sold for a shilling; worth or costing a shilling."
"TWELVESCORE","Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty."
"TWENTY-FOURMO","Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a twenty-fourmo form,book, leaf, size, etc.-- n."
"TWENTYFOLD","Twenty times as many."
"TWEY","Two. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TWEYFOLD","Twofold. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"TWIBILLED","Armed or provided with a twibil or twibils."
"TWIDDLE","To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, totwiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key. [Written also twidle.]Thackeray."
"TWIFALLOW","To plow, or fallow, a second time (land that has been oncefallowed)."
"TWIFOLD","Twofold; double. [Obs.]"
"TWIG","To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.]"
"TWIGGEN","Made of twigs; wicker. [Obs.]"
"TWIGGER","A fornicator. [Eng.] Halliwell."
"TWIGGY","Of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; like a twig or twigs; fullof twigs; abounding with shoots. ' Twiggy trees.' Evelyn."
"TWIGHT","To twit. [Obs.] Spenser."
"TWIGHTE","imp. of Twitch. Chaucer."
"TWIGLESS","Having no twigs."
"TWIGSOME","Full of, or abounding in, twigs; twiggy. [R.] ' Twigsometrees.' Dickens."
"TWILL","To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonallines or ribs on the surface."
"TWILLY","A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of arevolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy orwillying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil,n., 6, and Willy. Tomlinson."
"TWILT","A quilt. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TWIN","Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts."
"TWINBORN","Born at the same birth."
"TWINER","Any plant which twines about a support."
"TWINGE","To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer akeen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges."
"TWINING","Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing bywinding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant."
"TWINK","To twinkle. [Obs.]"
"TWINKLER","One who, or that which, twinkles, or winks; a winker; an eye."
"TWINLEAF","See Jeffersonia."
"TWINLIKE","Closely resembling; being a counterpart.-- Twin'like`ness, n."
"TWINLING","A young or little twin, especially a twin lamb."
"TWINNED","Composed of parts united according to a law of twinning. SeeTwin, n., 4."
"TWINNER","One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins. Tusser."
"TWINNING","The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals,in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance withsome definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning (accomplishedfor example by pressure), the process by which this reversal isbrought about. Polysynthetic twinning, repeated twinning of crystallamell\u00e6, as that of the triclinic feldspars.-- Repeated twinning, twinning of more than two crystals, or partsof crystals.-- Twinning axis, Twinning plane. See the Note under Twin, n."
"TWINTER","A domestic animal two winters old. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TWIRE","A twisted filament; a thread. [Obs.] Locke."
"TWIRE-PIPE","A vagabond musician. [Obs.]You are an ass, a twire-pipe. Beau. & Fl.You looked like Twire-pipe, the taborer. Chapman."
"TWIRL","To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turnrapidly with the fingers.See ruddy maids, Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.Dodsley.No more beneath soft eve's consenting star Fandango twirls his jocundcastanet. Byron."
"TWIST","A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steeltwisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist.(h) (Firearms & Ord.) The spiral course of the rifling of a gunbarrel or a cannon.(i) A beverage made of brandy and gin. [Slang]"
"TWISTE","imp. of Twist. Chaucer."
"TWISTED","Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence,perverted. Twisted curve (Geom.), a curve of double curvature. SeePlane curve, under Curve.-- Twisted surface (Geom.), a surface described by a straight linemoving according to any law whatever, yet so that the consecutivepositions of the line shall not be in one plane; a warped surface."
"TWISTER","A girder. Craig."
"TWISTICAL","Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest. [Slang,U. S.] Bartlett."
"TWISTING","a. & n. from Twist. Twisting pair. (Kinematics) See under Pair,n., 7."
"TWIT","To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect,misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; totaunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.This these scoffers twitted the Christian with. Tillotson.\u00c6sop minds men of their errors, without twitting them for what isamiss. L'Estrange."
"TWITCH","To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quickmotion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thingout of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes.Thrice they twitched the diamond in her ear. Pope."
"TWITCH GRASS","See Quitch grass."
"TWITCHER","One who, or that which, twitches."
"TWITLARK","The meadow pipit. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TWITTER","One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider."
"TWITTINGLY","In a twitting manner; with upbraiding."
"TWITTLE-TWATTLE","Tattle; gabble. L'Estrange."
"TWO","One and one; twice one. 'Two great lights.' Gen. i. 16. 'Twoblack clouds.' Milton."
"TWO-CAPSULED","Having two distinct capsules; bicapsular."
"TWO-CLEFT","Divided about half way from the border to the base into twosegments; bifid."
"TWO-CYCLE","A two-stroke cycle for an internal-combustion engine. --Two'-cy`cle, a."
"TWO-DECKER","A vessel of war carrying guns on two decks."
"TWO-EDGED","Having two edges, or edges on both sides; as, a two-edgedsword."
"TWO-FOOT","Measuring two feet; two feet long, thick, or wide; as, a two-foot rule."
"TWO-FORKED","Divided into two parts, somewhat after the manner of a fork;dichotomous."
"TWO-HAND","Employing two hangs; as, the two-hand alphabet. SeeDactylology."
"TWO-LIPPED","Divided in such a manner as to resemble the two lips when themouth is more or less open; bilabiate."
"TWO-NAME","Having or bearing two names; as, two-name paper, that is,negotiable paper on which at least two persons are severally liableas separate makers, or, usually, one as maker and one as indorser.[Colloq.]"
"TWO-PARTED","Divided from the border to the base into two distinct parts;bipartite."
"TWO-PORT","Having two ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycleinternal-combustion engine in which the admission of the mixture tothe crank case is through a suction valve."
"TWO-RANKED","Alternately disposed on exactly opposite sides of the stem soas to from two ranks; distichous."
"TWO-SIDED","Symmetrical."
"TWO-SPEED","Adapted for producing or for receiving either of two speeds; --said of a power-transmitting device."
"TWO-STEP","A kind of round dance in march or polka time; also, a piece ofmusic for this dance. [U. S.]"
"TWO-TO-ONE","Designating, or pert. to, a gear for reducing or increasing avelocity ratio two to one."
"TWO-TONGUED","Double-tongued; deceitful. Sandys."
"TWO-WAY","Serving to connect at will one pipe or channel with either oftwo others; as, a two-way cock."
"TWOFOLD","Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; atwofold sense; a twofold argument."
"TWOPENCE","A small coin, and money of account, in England, equivalent totwo pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving bythe sovereign on Maundy Thursday."
"TWOPENNY","Of the value of twopence."
"TWYBLADE","See Twayblade."
"TY-ALL","Something serving to tie or secure. [Obs.] Latimer."
"TYBURN TICKET","A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon toconviction, exempting him from certain parish and ward offices."
"TYCHISM","Any theory which conceives chance as an objective reality;esp., a theory of evolution which considers that variation may bepurely fortuitous."
"TYCHONIC","Of or pertaining to Tycho Brahe, or his system of astronomy."
"TYCOON","The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief ofthe Japanese army, was known to foreigners."
"TYDY","Same as Tidy."
"TYE","A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, andis made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to atackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered."
"TYER","One who ties, or unites. [R.]"
"TYFOON","See Typhoon."
"TYGER","A tiger. [Obs.]"
"TYING","p. pr. of Tie."
"TYKE","See 2d Tike."
"TYLARUS","One of the pads on the under surface of the toes of birds."
"TYLER","See 2d Tiler."
"TYLOPODA","A tribe of ungulates comprising the camels."
"TYLOSIS","An intrusion of one vegetable cell into the cavity of another,sometimes forming there an irregular mass of cells. Goodale."
"TYMBAL","A kind of kettledrum. [Written also trimbal.]A tymbal's sound were better than my voice. Prior."
"TYMP","A hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part of thearchway in which the dam stands."
"TYMPAN","A panel; a tympanum."
"TYMPANAL","Tympanic."
"TYMPANIC","Of or pertaining to the tympanum. Tympanic bone (Anat.), a boneof the skull which incloses a part of the tympanum and supports thetympanic membrane.-- Tympanic membrane. (Anat.) See the Note under Ear."
"TYMPANIST","One who beats a drum. [R.]"
"TYMPANITES","A flatulent distention of the belly; tympany."
"TYMPANITIC","Of, pertaining to, or affected with, tympanites."
"TYMPANITIS","Inflammation of the lining membrane of the middle ear."
"TYMPANIZE","To drum. [R.] Coles."
"TYMPANO","A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote thekettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum. [Written also timpano.]"
"TYMPANO-","A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,or relation to, the tympanum; as in tympanohyal, tympano-Eustachian."
"TYMPANOHYAL","Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch.-- n."
"TYMPANUM","One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of theprairie chicken and other species of grouse."
"TYMPANY","A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites. Fuller."
"TYND","To shut; to close. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"TYNE","To lose. [Obs. or Scot.] 'His bliss gan he tyne.' PiersPlowman. Sir W. Scott."
"TYNY","Small; tiny. [Obs.]"
"TYPAL","Relating to a type or types; belonging to types; serving as atype; typical. Owen."
"TYPE","A general form or structure common to a number of individuals;hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or other group,combining the essential characteristics; an animal or plantpossessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of aspecies, genus, or other group. Also, a group or division of animalshaving a certain typical or characteristic structure of bodymaintained within the group.Since the time of Cuvier and Baer . . . the whole animal kingdom hasbeen universally held to be divisible into a small number of maindivisions or types. Haeckel.(b) (Fine Arts)"
"TYPESETTER","One who, or that which, sets type; a compositor; a machine forsetting type."
"TYPESETTING","The act or art of setting type."
"TYPEWRITE","To write with a typewriter. [Recent]"
"TYPEWRITING","The act or art of using a typewriter; also, a print made with atypewriter."
"TYPHLITIS","Inflammation of the c\u00e6cum."
"TYPHLOSOLE","A fold of the wall which projects into the cavity of theintestine in bivalve mollusks, certain annelids, starfishes, and someother animals."
"TYPHOEAN","Of or pertaining to Typhoeus (ti*fo'us), the fabled giant ofGreek mythology, having a hundred heads; resembling Typhoeus."
"TYPHOID","Of or pertaining to typhus; resembling typhus; of a low gradelike typhus; as, typhoid symptoms. Typhoid fever, a disease formerlyconfounded with typhus, but essentially different from the latter. Itis characterized by fever, lasting usually three or more weeks,diarrh\u00e6a with evacuations resembling pea soup in appearance, andprostration and muscular debility, gradually increasing and oftenbecoming profound at the acme of the disease. Its local lesions are ascanty eruption of spots, resembling flea bites, on the belly,enlargement of the spleen, and ulceration of the intestines over theareas occupied by Peyer's glands. The virus, or contagion, of thisfever is supposed to be a microscopic vegetable organism, orbacterium. Called also enteric fever. See Peyer's glands.-- Typhoid state, a condition common to many diseases, characterizedby profound prostration and other symptoms resembling those oftyphus."
"TYPHOMALARIAL","Pertaining to typhoid fever and malaria; as, typhomalarialfever, a form of fever having symptoms both of malarial and typhoidfever."
"TYPHOMANIA","A low delirium common in typhus fever."
"TYPHOON","A violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwindoccurring in the Chinese seas."
"TYPHOS","Typhus. [Obs.]"
"TYPHOTOXIN","A basic substance, C7H17NO2, formed from the growth of thetyphoid bacillus on meat pulp. It induces in small animals lethargicconditions with liquid dejecta."
"TYPHOUS","Of or pertaining to typhus; of the nature of typhus."
"TYPHUS","A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks,attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked bya copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called jailfever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jailfever, under Jail."
"TYPIC","Typical. 'Typic shades.' Boyle."
"TYPICAL","Combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of agroup; as, a typical genus.-- Typ'ic*al*ly, adv.-- Typ'ic*al*ness, n."
"TYPIFICATION","The act of typifying, or representing by a figure."
"TYPIFIER","One who, or that which, typifies. Bp. Warburton."
"TYPIFY","To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that was slain, and thescapegoat in the wilderness. Sir T. Browne."
"TYPIST","A person who operates a typewriting machine; a typewriter."
"TYPO","A compositor. [Colloq.]"
"TYPOCOSMY","A representation of the world. [R.]"
"TYPOGRAPH","A machine for setting type or for casting lines of type andsetting them."
"TYPOGRAPHER","A printer. T. Warton."
"TYPOLITE","A stone or fossil which has on it impressions or figures ofplants and animals."
"TYPOLITHOGRAPHY","A branch of lithography in which impressions from printers'types are transferred to stone for reproduction. --Ty`po*lith`o*graph'ic (#), a."
"TYPOLOGY","A discourse or treatise on types."
"TYPOTHETAE","Printers; -- used in the name of an association of the masterprinters of the United States and Canada, called The United Typothet\u00e6of America."
"TYRAN","A tyrant. [Obs.]Lordly love is such a tyran fell. Spenser."
"TYRANNESS","A female tyrant. [Obs.] 'That proud tyranness.' Spenser.Akenside."
"TYRANNICIDAL","Of or pertaining to tyrannicide, or the murder of a tyrant.Booth."
"TYRANNISH","Like a tyrant; tyrannical. [Obs.] 'The proud tyrannish Roman.'Gower."
"TYRANNIZE","To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule withunjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others notpermitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity notnecessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince willoften tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize overtheir servants or apprentices."
"TYRANNOUS","Tyrannical; arbitrary; unjustly severe; despotic. Sir P.Sidney.-- Tyr'an*nous*ly, adv."
"TYRANT","Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birdsbelonging to the family Tyrannid\u00e6; -- called also tyrant bird."
"TYRE","Curdled milk. [India]"
"TYRIAN","A native of Tyre."
"TYRO","A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of anybranch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject; anovice. [Written also tiro.]The management of tyros of eighteen Is difficult. Cowper."
"TYROCINY","The state of being a tyro, or beginner; apprenticeship. [Obs.]Blount."
"TYROLITE","A translucent mineral of a green color and pearly or vitreousluster. It is a hydrous arseniate of copper."
"TYRONISM","The state of being a tyro, or beginner. [Written alsotironism.]"
"TYROSIN","A white crystalline nitrogenous substance present in smallamount in the pancreas and spleen, and formed in large quantity fromthe decomposition of proteid matter by various means, -- as bypancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as of cheese, by the action ofboiling acids, etc. Chemically, it consists of oxyphenol andamidopropionic acid, and by decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, orsome other benzol derivative. [Written also tyrosine.]"
"TYROTOXICON","A ptomaine discovered by Vaughan in putrid cheese and otherdairy products, and producing symptoms similar to cholera infantum.Chemically, it appears to be related to, or identical with,diazobenzol."
"TYROTOXINE","Same as Tyrotoxicon."
"TYSONITE","A fluoride of the cerium metals occurring in hexagonal crystalsof a pale yellow color. Cf. Fluocerite."
"TYSTIE","The black guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]"
"TYTHE","See Tithe."
"TYTHING","See Tithing."
"TZAR","The emperor of Russia. See Czar."
"TZETZE","Same as Tsetse."
"U","U, the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is acursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly usedinterchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels andconsonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being usedonly as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The trueprimary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which itstill retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of long oo, asin tool, and short oo, as in wood, answering to the French ou intour. Etymologically U is most closely related to o, y (vowel), w,and v; as in two, duet, dyad, twice; top, tuft; sop, sup; auspice,aviary. See V, also O and Y. See Guide to Pronunciation, \u00a7\u00a7 130-144."
"U-SHAPED","Having the form of the letter U; specif. (Phys. Geog.),"
"UAKARI","Same as Ouakari."
"UBEROUS","Fruitful; copious; abundant; plentiful. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert."
"UBERTY","Fruitfulness; copiousness; abundance; plenty. [Obs.] Florio."
"UBIQUARIAN","Ubiquitous. [R.]"
"UBIQUITARINESS","Quality or state of being ubiquitary, or ubiquitous. [R.]Fuller."
"UBIQUITARY","Ubiquitous. Howell."
"UBIQUITIST","Same as Ubiquist."
"UBIQUITOUS","Existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the sametime; omnipresent.-- U*biq'ui*tous*ly, adv.In this sense is he ubiquitous. R. D. Hitchcock."
"UBIQUITY","The doctrine, as formulated by Luther, that Christ's glorifiedbody is omnipresent."
"UCHEES","A tribe of North American Indians belonging to the Creekconfederation."
"UCKEWALLIST","One of a sect of rigid Anabaptists, which originated in 1637,and whose tenets were essentially the same as those of theMennonists. In addition, however, they held that Judas and themurderers of Christ were saved. So called from the founder of thesect, Ucke Wallis, a native of Friesland. Eadie."
"UDAL","In Shetland and Orkney, a freehold; property held by udal, orallodial, right."
"UDDER","The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and stored; --popularly called the bag in cows and other quadrupeds. See Mamma.A lioness, with udders all drawn dry. Shak."
"UDDERED","Having an udder or udders."
"UDOMETER","A rain gauge."
"UGH","An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Itsutterance is usually accompanied by a shudder."
"UGLESOME","Ugly. [Obs.] 'Such an uglesome countenance.' Latimer."
"UGLIFY","To disfigure; to make ugly. [R.] Mad. D'Arblay."
"UGLILY","In an ugly manner; with deformity."
"UGLINESS","The quality or state of being ugly."
"UGLY","A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq.Eng.] C. Kingsley."
"UGRIAN","A Mongolian race, ancestors of the Finns. [Written alsoUigrian.]"
"UGSOME","Ugly; offensive; loathsome. [Obs.] -- Ug'some*ness, n. [Obs.]'The horror and ugsomeness of death.' Latimer."
"UHLAN","One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin, firstintroduced into European armies in Poland. They are armed withlances, pistols, and sabers, and are employed chiefly as skirmishers."
"UINTATHERIUM","An extinct genus of large Eocene ungulates allied to Dinoceras.This name is sometimes used for nearly all the known species of thegroup. See Dinoceras."
"UITLANDER","A foreigner; an outlander. [South Africa]"
"UKASE","In Russia, a published proclamation or imperial order, havingthe force of law."
"ULAN","See Uhlan."
"ULARBURONG","A large East Indian nocturnal tree snake (Dipsas dendrophila).It is not venomous."
"ULCER","A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body,discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one ofthe natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in aconstitutional disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguishedfrom an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the depth ofthe tissues."
"ULCERABLE","Capable of ulcerating."
"ULCERATE","To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous."
"ULCERATED","Affected with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers; as, an ulceratedsore throat."
"ULCERATION","The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; thestate of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer."
"ULCERATIVE","Of or pertaining to ulcers; as, an ulcerative process."
"ULCERED","Ulcerous; ulcerated."
"ULCEROUS","A little ulcer. [R.]"
"ULE","A Mexican and Central American tree (Castilloa elastica and C.Markhamiana) related to the breadfruit tree. Its milky juice containscaoutchouc. Called also ule tree."
"ULEMA","A college or corporation in Turkey composed of the hierarchy,namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctorsof law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice."
"ULEXITE","A mineral occurring in white rounded crystalline masses. It isa hydrous borate of lime and soda."
"ULLAGE","The amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of beingfull; wantage; deficiency."
"ULLET","A European owl (Syrnium aluco) of a tawny color; -- called alsouluia."
"ULLMANNITE","A brittle mineral of a steel-gray color and metallic luster,containing antimony, arsenic, sulphur, and nickel."
"ULLUCO","See Melluc."
"ULMACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a suborder of urticaceous plants, of whichthe elm is the type."
"ULMATE","A salt of ulmic acid."
"ULMIC","Pertaining to ulmin; designating an acid obtained from ulmin."
"ULMIN","A brown amorphous substance found in decaying vegetation. Cf.Humin. [Formerly written ulmine.]"
"ULMUS","A genus of trees including the elm."
"ULNA","The postaxial bone of the forearm, or branchium, correspondingto the fibula of the hind limb. See Radius."
"ULNAGE","Measurement by the ell; alnage."
"ULNAR","Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow; as, the ulnarnerve."
"ULNARE","One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus, which articulateswith the ulna and corresponds to the cuneiform in man."
"ULODENDRON","A genus of fossil trees."
"ULOID","Resembling a scar; scarlike."
"ULONATA","A division of insects nearly equivalent to the true Orthoptera."
"ULOTRICHAN","Of or pertaining to the Ulotrichi.-- n."
"ULOTRICHI","The division of mankind which embraces the races having woollyor crispy hair. Cf. Leiotrichi."
"ULOTRICHOUS","Having woolly or crispy hair; -- opposed to leiotrichous."
"ULSTER","A long, loose overcoat, worn by men and women, originally madeof frieze from Ulster, Ireland."
"ULTERIOR","Ulterior side or part. [R.] Coleridge."
"ULTERIORLY","More distantly or remotely."
"ULTIMA","Most remote; furthest; final; last. Ultima ratio Etym: [L.],the last reason or argument; the last resort.-- Ultima Thule. [L.] See Thule."
"ULTIMATELY","As a final consequence; at last; in the end; as, afflictionsoften tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove blessings."
"ULTIMATION","State of being ultimate; that which is ultimate, or final;ultimatum. [R.] Swift."
"ULTIMATUM","A final proposition, concession, or condition; especially, thefinal propositions, conditions, or terms, offered by either of theparties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most favorable terms anegotiator can offer, the rejection of which usually puts an end tothe hesitation."
"ULTIME","Ultimate; final. [Obs.] Bacon."
"ULTIMITY","The last stage or consequence; finality. [Obs.] Bacon."
"ULTIMO","In the month immediately preceding the present; as, on the 1stultimo; -- usually abbreviated to ult. Cf. Proximo."
"ULTION","The act of taking vengeance; revenge. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"ULTRA","Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical;uncompromising; as, an ultra reformer; ultra measures."
"ULTRA VIRES","Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase usedfrequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations inexcess of their chartered or statutory rights."
"ULTRA-","A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having incomposition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly whenjoined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine,ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations ithas the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common,natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic,ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc."
"ULTRAGASEOUS","Having the properties exhibited by gases under very lowpressures (one millionth of an atmosphere or less). Matter under thiscondition, which has been termed the fourth state of matter, issometimes called radiant matter."
"ULTRAGE","Outrage. [Obs.]"
"ULTRAISM","The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, asradical reform, and the like. Dr. H. More."
"ULTRAIST","One who pushes a principle or measure to extremes; anextremist; a radical; an ultra."
"ULTRAMARINE","Situated or being beyond the sea. Burke."
"ULTRAMONTANE","Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond theAlps, in respect to the one who speaks."
"ULTRAMONTANISM","The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church whomaintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used bythose living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; --rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of thoseliving north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf.Gallicanism."
"ULTRAMONTANIST","One who upholds ultramontanism."
"ULTRAMUNDANE","Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system.Boyle."
"ULTRARED","Situated beyond or below the red rays; as, the ultrated rays ofthe spectrum, which are less refrangible than the red."
"ULTRATROPICAL","Situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics; extratropical;also, having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer than thetropics."
"ULTRAVIOLET","Lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end; -- saidof rays more refrangible than the extreme violet rays of thespectrum."
"ULTRAZODIACAL","Outside the zodiac; being in that part of the heavens that ismore than eight degrees from the ecliptic; as, ultrazodiacal planets,that is, those planets which in part of their orbits go beyond thezodiac."
"ULTRONEOUS","Spontaneous; voluntary. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.-- Ul*tro'ne*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Ul*tro'ne*ous*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"ULULA","A genus of owls including the great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) ofArctic America, and other similar species. See Illust. of Owl."
"ULULANT","Howling; wailing."
"ULULATE","To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.Sir T. Herbert."
"ULULATION","A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing.He may fright others with his ululation. Wither."
"ULVA","A genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including thekinds called sea lettuce."
"UMBE","About. [Obs.] Layamon."
"UMBECAST","To cast about; to consider; to ponder. [Obs.] Sir T. Malory."
"UMBEL","A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiatefrom a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple orcompound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another littleumbel, called umbellet, or umbellule."
"UMBELLAR","Of or pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an umbel."
"UMBELLET","A small or partial umbel; an umbellule."
"UMBELLIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, certain umbelliferous plants;as, umbellic acid. Umbellic acid. (Chem.) (a) Anisic acid. [Obs.] (b)A yellow powder obtained from umbelliferone."
"UMBELLIFER","A plant producing an umbel or umbels."
"UMBELLIFERONE","A tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3, found in thebark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by thedistillation of certain gums from the Umbellifer\u00e6, as galbanum,asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-coumarin."
"UMBELLULARIA","A genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a cluster of largeflowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long, slender stemwhich stands upright in the mud, supported by a bulbous base."
"UMBELLULE","An umbellet."
"UMBER","A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors,obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxidesof iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before beingused, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is calledraw umber. See Burnt umber, below."
"UMBERY","Of or pertaining to umber; like umber; as, umbery gold."
"UMBILIC","An umbilicus. See Umbilicus, 5 (b)."
"UMBILICAL","Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic."
"UMBILICATION","A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the center ofa rounded body; as, the umbilication of a smallpox vesicle; also, thecondition of being umbilicated."
"UMBILICUS","The depression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen,which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from thefetus; the navel."
"UMBLE PIE","A pie made of umbles. See To eat humble pie, under Humble."
"UMBLES","The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes,entrails, in general. [Written also humbles.] Johnson."
"UMBO","One of the lateral prominence just above the hinge of a bivalveshell."
"UMBRA","Any one of several species of sci\u00e6noid food fishes of the genusUmbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (U. cirrhosa), which ishighly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre, and umbrine.Umbra tree (Bot.), a tree (Phytolacca diocia) of the same genus aspokeweed. It is native of South America, but is now grown in southernEurope. It has large dark leaves, and a somber aspect. The juice ofits berries is used for coloring wine. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants)."
"UMBRACULIFEROUS","Bearing something like an open umbrella."
"UMBRACULIFORM","Having the form of anything that serves to shade, as a treetop, an umbrella, and the like; specifically (Bot.), having the formof an umbrella; umbrella-shaped."
"UMBRATE","To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow. [Obs.]"
"UMBRATILE","Umbratic. [R.] B. Jonson."
"UMBRATIOUS","Suspicious; captious; disposed to take umbrage. [Obs. & R.] SirH. Wotton."
"UMBRE","See Umber."
"UMBREL","An umbrella. [Obs. or Colloq.]Each of them besides bore their umbrels. Shelton."
"UMBRELLA","The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish."
"UMBRETTE","See Umber, 4."
"UMBRIFEROUS","Casting or making a shade; umbrageous.-- Um*brif'er*ous*ly, adv."
"UMBRIL","A umbrere. [Obs.]"
"UMBRINE","See Umbra, 2."
"UMBROSE","Shady; umbrageous. [Obs.]"
"UMBROSITY","The quality or state of being umbrose; shadiness. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"UMHOFO","An African two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus, or Rhinoceros,simus); -- called also chukuru, and white rhinoceros."
"UMLAUT","The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by theinfluence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerlyfollowed."
"UMLAUTED","Having the umlaut; as, umlauted vowels.There is so natural connection between umlauted forms and plurality.Earle."
"UMPIRE","A third person, who is to decide a controversy or questionsubmitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement. Blackstone."
"UMPIRESHIP","Umpirage; arbitrament. Jewel."
"UMPRESS","Female umpire. [R.] Marston."
"UMPTEEN","An indefinite number, usu. more than ten and less than onehundred; a lot. Often used hyperbolically, and usually expressing thenotion of more than the usual number or more than I would like; --'I've told you umpteen times not to do that.' umpteenth. Ordinal ofumpteen, with corresponding signification."
"UMQUHILE","Some time ago; formerly. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.-- a."
"UN-","An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed: (a)To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple negative, of theaction of the verb to which it is prefixed; as in uncoil, undo,unfold. (b) To nouns to form verbs expressing privation of the thing,quality, or state expressed by the noun, or separation from it; as inunchild, unsex. Sometimes particles and participial adjectives formedwith this prefix coincide in form with compounds of the negativeprefix un- (see 2d Un-); as in undone (from undo), meaningunfastened, ruined; and undone (from 2d un- and done) meaning notdone, not finished. Un- is sometimes used with an intensive forcemerely; as in unloose."
"UN-MOSAIC","Not according to Moses; unlike Moses or his works.By this reckoning Moses should be most un Mosaic. Milton."
"UN-ROMANIZED","Not subjected to the principles or usages of the Roman CatholicChurch."
"UNA BOAT","The English name for a catboat; -- so called because Una wasthe name of the first boat of this kind taken to England. D. Kemp."
"UNABILITY","Inability. [Obs.]"
"UNABLE","Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge,skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; -- nowusually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase; as, unablefor work; unable to bear fatigue.Sapless age and weak unable limbs. Shak."
"UNABLED","Disabled. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"UNABLENESS","Inability. [Obs.] Hales."
"UNABRIDGED","Not abridged, or shortened; full; complete; entire; whole."
"UNABSORBABLE","Not absorbable; specifically (Physiol.), not capable ofabsorption; unable to pass by osmosis into the circulating blood; as,the unabsorbable portion of food."
"UNACCEPTABILITY","The quality of being unacceptable; unacceptableness."
"UNACCEPTABLE","Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant;disagreeable; displeasing; offensive.-- Un`ac*cept'a*ble*ness, n.-- Un`ac*cept'a*bly, adv."
"UNACCESSIBLE","Inaccessible. Herbert."
"UNACCOMPLISHED","Not accomplished or performed; unfinished; also, deficient inaccomplishment; unrefined."
"UNACCOMPLISHMENT","The state of being unaccomplished. [Obs.] Milton."
"UNACCOUNTABILITY","The quality or state of being unaccountable."
"UNACCURATE","Inaccurate. Boyle."
"UNACCURATENESS","Inaccuracy. Boyle."
"UNACQUAINTANCE","The quality or state of being unacquainted; want ofacquaintance; ignorance.He was then in happy unacquaintance with everything connected withthat obnoxious cavity. Sir W. Hamilton."
"UNACQUAINTEDNESS","Unacquaintance. Whiston."
"UNACTIVE","Inactive; listless. [R.]While other animals unactive range. Milton."
"UNACTIVENESS","Inactivity. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"UNADVISABLE","Not advisable; inadvisable; inexpedient. Lowth.-- Un`ad*vis'a*bly, adv."
"UNAFILED","Undefiled. [Obs.] Gower."
"UNAIDABLE","Incapable of being aided. 'Her unaidable estate.' Shak."
"UNALIENABLE","Inalienable; as, unalienable rights. Swift.-- Un*al'ien*a*bly, adv."
"UNALIST","An ecclesiastical who holds but one benefice; -- distinguishedfrom pluralist. [Eng.] V. Knox."
"UNALLIED","Not allied; having no ally; having no connection or relation;as, unallied species or genera."
"UNALLOYED","Not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed;unqualified; pure; as, unalloyed metals; unalloyed happiness.I enjoyed unalloyed satisfaction in his company. Mitford."
"UNALMSED","Not having received alms. [Obs. & R.] Pollock."
"UNAMBIGUITY","Absence of ambiguity; clearness; perspicuity."
"UNAMBITION","The absence of ambition. [R.] F. W. Newman."
"UNAMIABILITY","The quality or state of being unamiable; moroseness."
"UNAMIABLE","Not amiable; morose; ill-natured; repulsive.-- Un*a'mi*a*bly, adv."
"UNANCHOR","To loose from the anchor, as a ship. De Quincey."
"UNANELED","Not aneled; not having received extreme unction. Shak."
"UNANIMATE","Unanimous. [Obs.]"
"UNANIMITY","The quality or state of being unanimous."
"UNANSWERABILITY","The quality of being unanswerable; unanswerableness."
"UNANSWERABLE","Not answerable; irrefutable; conclusive; decisive; as, he havean unanswerable argument.-- Un*an'swer*a*ble*ness, n.-- Un*an'swer*a*bly, adv."
"UNAPPALLED","Not appalled; not frightened; dauntless; undaunted. Milton."
"UNAPPAREL","To divest of clothing; to strip. [Obs.] Donne."
"UNAPPLIABLE","Inapplicable. Milton."
"UNAPPLICABLE","Inapplicable."
"UNAPPROPRIATE","To take from private possession; to restore to the possessionor right of all; as, to unappropriate a monopoly. [R.] Milton."
"UNAQUIT","Unrequited. [R. & Obs.] Gower."
"UNARM","To disarm. Sir T. Browne."
"UNARMED","Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles,spurs, claws, etc."
"UNARTFUL","Lacking art or skill; artless. Congreve.-- Un*art'ful*ly, adv. Swift. Burke."
"UNARTISTIC","Inartistic."
"UNASCRIED","Not descried. [Obs.]"
"UNASERVED","Not served. [Obs.]"
"UNASSENTED","Not assented; -- said specif. of stocks or bonds the holders ofwhich refuse to deposit them by way of assent to an agreementaltering their status, as in a readjustment."
"UNASSUMING","Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming;humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassumingmanners."
"UNATTACHED","Not assigned to any company or regiment."
"UNATTENTIVE","Inattentive; careless."
"UNATTIRE","To divest of attire; to undress."
"UNAU","The two-toed sloth (Cholopus didactylus), native of SouthAmerica. It is about two feet long. Its color is a uniform grayishbrown, sometimes with a reddish tint."
"UNAUDIENCED","Not given an audience; not received or heard."
"UNAUSPICIOUS","Inauspicious. Rowe."
"UNAUTHORIZE","To disown the authority of; to repudiate."
"UNAVOIDABLE","Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void. Blackstone.Unavoidable hemorrhage (Med.), hemorrhage produced by the afterbirth,or placenta, being situated over the mouth of the womb so as torequire detachment before the child can be born.-- Un`a*void'a*ble*ness, n.-- Un`a*void'a*bly, adv."
"UNAWARE","Not aware; not noticing; giving no heed; thoughtless;inattentive. Swift."
"UNAWARES",", Without design or preparation; suddenly; withoutpremeditation, unexpectedly. 'Mercies lighting unawares.' J. H.Newman.Lest unawares we lose This our high place, our sanctuary, our hill.Milton.At unaware, or At unawares, unexpectedly; by surprise.He breaks at unawares upon our walks. Dryden.So we met In this old sleepy town an at unaware. R. Browning."
"UNBAG","To pour, or take, or let go, out of a bag or bags."
"UNBALANCED","Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debtand credit; as, an unbalanced account; unbalanced books."
"UNBALLAST","To free from ballast; to discharge ballast from. Totten."
"UNBALLASTED","Freed from ballast; having discharged ballast."
"UNBANED","Wanting a band or string; unfastened. [Obs.] Shak."
"UNBANK","To remove a bank from; to open by, or as if by, the removal ofa bank. H. Taylor."
"UNBAR","To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to unbara gate. Heber."
"UNBARK","To deprive of the bark; to decorticate; to strip; as, to unbarka tree. Bacon."
"UNBARREL","To remove or release from a barrel or barrels."
"UNBARRICADE","To unbolt; to unbar; to open.You shall not unbarricade the door. J. Webster (1623)."
"UNBARRICADOED","Not obstructed by barricades; open; as, unbarricadoed streets.Burke."
"UNBASHFUL","Not bashful or modest; bold; impudent; shameless. Shak."
"UNBAY","To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds orincloses; to let loose; to open. [Obs.]I ought . . . to unbay the current of my passion. Norris."
"UNBE","To cause not to be; to cause to be another. [Obs. & R.]How oft, with danger of the field beset, Or with home mutinies, wouldhe unbe Himself! Old Pay."
"UNBEAR","To remove or loose the bearing rein of (a horse)."
"UNBEAT","To deliver from the form or nature of a beast."
"UNBECOME","To misbecome. [Obs.] Bp. Sherlock."
"UNBECOMING","Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper.My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden.-- Un`be*com'ing*ly, adv.-- Un`be*com'ing*ness, n."
"UNBED","To raise or rouse from bed.Eels unbed themselves and stir at the noise of thunder. Wa"
"UNBEDINNED","Not filled with din."
"UNBEFOOL","To deliver from the state of a fool; to awaken the mind of; toundeceive."
"UNBEGET","To deprive of existence. Dryden."
"UNBEGILT","Not gilded; hence, not rewarded with gold."
"UNBEGUILE","To set free from the influence of guile; to undeceive. 'Thenunbeguile thyself.' Donne."
"UNBEGUN","Not yet begun; also, existing without a beginning."
"UNBEHOVELY","Not behooving or becoming; unseemly. [Obs. & R.] Gower."
"UNBEING","Not existing. [Obs.] 'Beings yet unbeing.' Sir T. Browne."
"UNBEKNOWN","Not known; unknown. [Colloq.]"
"UNBELIEVED","Not believed; disbelieved."
"UNBELT","To remove or loose the belt of; to ungird."
"UNBENEVOLENCE","Absence or want of benevolence; ill will."
"UNBENIGN","Not benign; malignant."
"UNBENUMB","To relieve of numbness; to restore sensation to."
"UNBEREAVEN","Unbereft. [R.]"
"UNBEREFT","Not bereft; not taken away."
"UNBESEEM","To be unbecoming or unsuitable to; to misbecome."
"UNBESEEMING","Unbecoming; not befitting.-- Un`be*seem'ing*ly, adv.-- Un`be*seem'ing*ness, n."
"UNBESPEAK","To unsay; hence, to annul or cancel. [Obs.] Pepys."
"UNBETHINK","To change the mind of (one's self). [Obs.]"
"UNBEWARE","Unawares. [Obs.] Bale."
"UNBEWITCH","To free from a spell; to disenchant. [R.] South."
"UNBIAS","To free from bias or prejudice. Swift."
"UNBIASED","Free from bias or prejudice; unprejudiced; impartial.-- Un*bi'ased*ness, n."
"UNBIND","To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings;to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind aprisoner's arms; to unbind a load."
"UNBISHOP","To deprive, as a city, of a bishop; to deprive, as a clergyman,of episcopal dignity or rights. [R.] 'Then he unbishops himself.'Milton."
"UNBIT","To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits; as, tounbit a cable. Totten."
"UNBLEMISHED","Not blemished; pure; spotless; as, an unblemished reputation orlife. Addison."
"UNBLESS","To deprive of blessings; to make wretched. [Obs.] Shak."
"UNBLESTFUL","Unblessed. [R.] Sylvester."
"UNBLIND","To free from blindness; to give or restore sight to; to openthe eyes of. [R.] J. Webster (1607)."
"UNBLINDFOLD","To free from that which blindfolds. Spenser."
"UNBLOODY","Not bloody. Dryden. Unbloody sacrifice. (a) A sacrifice inwhich no victim is slain. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Mass."
"UNBLUSHING","Not blushing; shameless.-- Un*blush'ing*ly, adv."
"UNBODY","To free from the body; to disembody.Her soul unbodied of the burdenous corse. Spenser."
"UNBOLT","To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to unbar; to open. 'Heshall unbolt the gates.' Shak."
"UNBONNET","To take a bonnet from; to take off one's bonnet; to uncover;as, to unbonnet one's head. Sir W. Scott."
"UNBOOKED","Not written in a book; unrecorded. 'UnbookedEnglish life.'Masson."
"UNBOOT","To take off the boots from."
"UNBORN","Not born; no yet brought into life; being still to appear;future.Some unborn sorrow, ripe in fortune's womb. Shak.See future sons, and daughters yet unborn. Pope."
"UNBORROWED","Not borrowed; being one's own; native; original."
"UNBOSOM","To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; toconfess; -- often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one's self.Milton."
"UNBOSOMER","One who unbosoms, or discloses. [R.] 'An unbosomer of secrets.'Thackeray."
"UNBOTTOMED","Deprived of a bottom."
"UNBOUND","imp. & p. p. of Unbind."
"UNBOUNDABLY","Infinitely. [Obs.]I am . . . unboundably beholding to you. J. Webster (1607)."
"UNBOUNDED","Having no bound or limit; as, unbounded space; an, unboundedambition. Addison.-- Un*bound'ed*ly, adv.-- Un*bound'ed*ness, n."
"UNBOW","To unbend. [R.] Fuller."
"UNBOWED","Not bent or arched; not bowed down. Byron."
"UNBOWEL","To deprive of the entrails; to disembowel. Dr. H. More."
"UNBOX","To remove from a box or boxes."
"UNBOY","To divest of the traits of a boy. [R.] Clarendon."
"UNBRACE","To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace adrum; to unbrace the nerves. Spenser."
"UNBRAID","To separate the strands of; to undo, as a braid; to unravel; todisentangle."
"UNBREAST","To disclose, or lay open; to unbosom. [Obs.] P. Fletcher,"
"UNBREECH","To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings orcoverings. Pennant."
"UNBREWED","Not made by brewing; unmixed; pure; genuine. [R.] Young."
"UNBRIDLE","To free from the bridle; to set loose."
"UNBRIDLED","Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence,unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions. 'Unbridledboldness.' B. Jonson.Lands deluged by unbridled floods. Wordsworth.-- Un*bri'dled*ness, n. Abp. Leighton."
"UNBROKEN","Not broken; continuous; unsubdued; as, an unbroken colt."
"UNBUCKLE","To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe.'Unbuckle anon thy purse.' Chaucer."
"UNBUILD","To demolish; to raze. 'To unbuild the city.' Shak."
"UNBUNDLE","To release, as from a bundle; to disclose."
"UNBUNG","To remove the bung from; as, to unbung a cask."
"UNBURIABLE","Not ready or not proper to be buried. Tennyson."
"UNBURROW","To force from a burrow; to unearth."
"UNBURTHEN","To unburden; to unload."
"UNBURY","To disinter; to exhume; fig., to disclose."
"UNBUSIED","Not required to work; unemployed; not busy. [R.]These unbusied persons can continue in this playing idleness till itbecome a toil. Bp. Rainbow"
"UNBUTTON","To loose the buttons of; to unfasten."
"UNBUXOM","Disobedient. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.-- Un*bux'om*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Un*bux'om*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"UNCAGE","To loose, or release, from, or as from, a cage."
"UNCALLED-FOR","Not called for; not required or needed; improper; gratuitous;wanton."
"UNCALM","To disturb; to disquiet. Dryden."
"UNCAMP","To break up the camp of; to dislodge from camp. [R.]If they could but now uncamp their enemies. Milton."
"UNCANNY","Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly. Sir W. Scott.-- Un*can'ni*ness, n. G. Eliot."
"UNCAP","To remove a cap or cover from."
"UNCAPABLE","Incapable. [Obs.] 'Uncapable of conviction.' Locke."
"UNCAPE","To remove a cap or cape from. [Obs.]"
"UNCAPPER","An instrument for removing an explode cap from a cartridgeshell."
"UNCARDINAL","To degrade from the cardinalship."
"UNCARED","Not cared for; not heeded; -- with for."
"UNCARNATE","Not fleshy; specifically, not made flesh; not incarnate. [R.]Sir T. Browne."
"UNCART","To take from, or set free from, a cart; to unload."
"UNCASE","To display, or spread to view, as a flag, or the colors of amilitary body."
"UNCASTLE","To take a castle from; to turn out of a castle."
"UNCAUSED","Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal.A. Baxter."
"UNCAUTELOUS","Incautious. [Obs.]"
"UNCAUTIOUS","Incautious."
"UNCAUTIOUSLY","Incautiously."
"UNCE","A claw. [Obs.]"
"UNCEASABLE","Not capable of being ended; unceasing. [R.]"
"UNCENTURY","To remove from its actual century. [R.]It has first to uncentury itself. H. Drummond."
"UNCERTAIN","To make uncertain. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh."
"UNCERTAINLY","In an uncertain manner."
"UNCESSANT","Incessant. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.-- Un*ces'sant*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"UNCHAIN","To free from chains or slavery; to let loose. Prior."
"UNCHAPLAIN","To remove from a chaplaincy."
"UNCHARIOT","To throw out of a chariot. Pope."
"UNCHARITABLE","Not charitable; contrary to charity; severe in judging; harsh;censorious; as, uncharitable opinions or zeal. Addison.-- Un*char'i*ta*ble*ness, n.-- Un*char'i*ta*bly, adv."
"UNCHARITY","Uncharitableness. Tennyson.'T were much uncharity in you. J. Webster."
"UNCHARM","To release from a charm, fascination, or secret power; todisenchant. Beau. & Fl."
"UNCHARNEL","To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the grave; toexhume. Byron."
"UNCHASTE","Not chaste; not continent; lewd.-- Un*chaste'ly, adv.-- Un*chaste'ness, n."
"UNCHASTITY","The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; incontinence."
"UNCHECKABLE","Not capable of being checked or stopped. [R.]"
"UNCHRISTEN","To render unchristian. [Obs. & R.] Milton."
"UNCHRISTENED","Not christened; as, an unchristened child."
"UNCHRISTIAN","To make unchristian. [Obs.] South."
"UNCHRISTIANIZE","To turn from the Christian faith; to cause to abandon thebelief and profession of Christianity."
"UNCHRISTIANLY","Unchristian. Milton."
"UNCHRISTIANNESS","The quality or state of being unchristian. [R.] Eikon Basilike."
"UNCIA","A twelfth part, as of the Roman as; an ounce."
"UNCIAL","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of lettersused in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. Theletters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokesusually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as earlyas the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th centurya. d., being superseded by the cursive style."
"UNCIATIM","Ounce by ounce."
"UNCIFORM","Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from;hooklike. Unciform bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus at the bases ofthe fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum."
"UNCINATA","A division of marine ch\u00e6topod annelids which are furnished withuncini, as the serpulas and sabellas."
"UNCINATE","Hooked; bent at the tip in the form of a hook; as, an uncinateprocess."
"UNCINATUM","The unciform bone."
"UNCINUS","One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks found in largenumbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the Uncinata."
"UNCIPHER","To decipher; as, to uncipher a letter. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple."
"UNCIRCUMCISED","Not circumcised; hence, not of the Israelites. 'Thisuncircumcised Philistine.' 1 Sam. xvii. 26."
"UNCIRCUMCISION","People not circumcised; the Gentiles."
"UNCITY","To deprive of the rank or rights of a city. [Obs.]"
"UNCIVILITY","Incivility. [Obs.]"
"UNCIVILIZATION","The state of being uncivilized; savagery or barbarism. [R.]"
"UNCIVILTY","In an uncivil manner."
"UNCLASP","To loose the clasp of; to open, as something that is fastened,or as with, a clasp; as, to unclasp a book; to unclasp one's heart."
"UNCLEANSABLE","Incapable of being cleansed or cleaned."
"UNCLENCH","Same as Unclinch."
"UNCLESHIP","The office or position of an uncle. Lamb."
"UNCLEW","To unwind, unfold, or untie; hence, to undo; to ruin. Shak."
"UNCLINCH","To cause to be no longer clinched; to open; as, to unclinch thefist. [Written also unclench.]"
"UNCLING","To cease from clinging or adhering. [Obs.] Milton."
"UNCLOAK","To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak orcover; to unmask; to reveal."
"UNCLOG","To disencumber of a clog, or of difficulties and obstructions;to free from encumbrances; to set at liberty. Shak."
"UNCLOISTER","To release from a cloister, or from confinement or seclusion;to set free; to liberate."
"UNCLOTHE","To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked. I. Watts.[We] do groan being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, butclothed upon. 2 Cor. v. 4."
"UNCLOTHED","Divested or stripped of clothing. Byron."
"UNCLOUD","To free from clouds; to unvail; to clear from obscurity, gloom,sorrow, or the like. Beau. & Fl."
"UNCLUE","To unwind; to untangle."
"UNCLUTCH","To disengage, as a clutch."
"UNCO","Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distantin manner; reserved. [Scot.]"
"UNCOACH","To detach or loose from a coach. [Obs.] Chapman."
"UNCOFFLE","To release from a coffle."
"UNCOIF","To deprive of the coif or cap. Young."
"UNCOIL","To unwind or open, as a coil of rope. Derham."
"UNCOLT","To unhorse. [Obs. & R.] Shak."
"UNCOMBINE","To separate, as substances in combination; to release fromcombination or union. [R.] Daniel."
"UNCOMEATABLE","Not to be come at, or reached; inaccessible. [Colloq.] Addison.My honor is infallible and uncomeatable. Congreve."
"UNCOMELY","Not comely.-- adv. In an uncomely manner. 1 Cor. vii. 36."
"UNCOMMON","Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable;strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat;uncommon courage."
"UNCOMPLETE","Incomplete. Pope."
"UNCOMPREHEND","To fail to comprehend. [R.] Daniel."
"UNCOMPROMISING","Not admitting of compromise; making no truce or concessions;obstinate; unyielding; inflexible.-- Un*com'pro*mi`sing*ly, adv."
"UNCONCEIVABLE","Inconceivable. [Obs.] Locke.-- Un`con*ceiv'a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] -- Un`con*ceiv'a*bly, adv.[Obs.]"
"UNCONCERN","Want of concern; absence of anxiety; freedom from solicitude;indifference.A listless unconcern, Cold, and averting from our neighbor's good.Thomson."
"UNCONCERNED","Not concerned; not anxious or solicitous; easy in mind;carelessly secure; indifferent; as, to be unconcerned at what hashappened; to be unconcerned about the future.-- Un`con*cern'ed*ly, adv.-- Un`con*cern'ed*ness, n.Happy mortals, unconcerned for more. Dryden."
"UNCONCERNING","Not interesting of affecting; insignificant; not belonging toone. [Obs.] Addison."
"UNCONCERNMENT","The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share orconcern; unconcernedness. [Obs.] South."
"UNCONCLUSIVE","Inconclusive. [Obs.]"
"UNCONDITIONAL","Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made withoutcondition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender.O, pass not, Lord, an absolute decree, Or bind thy sentenceunconditional. Dryden.-- Un`con*di'tion*al*ly, adv."
"UNCONDITIONED","Not subject to condition or limitations; infinite; absolute;hence, inconceivable; incogitable. Sir W. Hamilton. The unconditioned(Metaph.), all that which is inconceivable and beyond the realm ofreason; whatever is inconceivable under logical forms or relations."
"UNCONFIDENCE","Absence of confidence; uncertainty; doubt."
"UNCONFORM","Unlike. [Obs.]Not unconform to other shining globes. Milton."
"UNCONFORMABILITY","Want of parallelism between one series of strata and another,especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlierstrata before the latter were deposited."
"UNCONFORMABLE","Not conformable; not lying in a parallel position; as,unconformable strata.-- Un`con*form'a*ble*ness, n.-- Un`con*form'a*bly, adv."
"UNCONFORMIST","A nonconformist. [Obs.]"
"UNCONFORMITY","Want of parallelism between strata in contact."
"UNCONFOUND","To free from a state of confusion, or of being confounded.Milton."
"UNCONFOUNDED","Not confounded. Bp. Warburton."
"UNCONGEAL","To thaw; to become liquid again. Tennyson."
"UNCONNING","Not knowing; ignorant. [Obs.] Chaucer.-- n."
"UNCONQUERABLE","Not conquerable; indomitable.-- Un*con'quer*a*bly, adv."
"UNCONSECRATE","To render not sacred; to deprive of sanctity; to desecrate.[Obs.] South."
"UNCONSEQUENTIAL","Inconsequential. Johnson."
"UNCONSIDERATE","Inconsiderate; heedless; careless. [Obs.] Daniel.-- Un`con*sid'er*ate*ness, n. [Obs.] Hales."
"UNCONSIDERED","Not considered or attended to; not regarded; inconsiderable;trifling.A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. Shak."
"UNCONSONANT","Incongruous; inconsistent. 'A thing unconsonant.' Hooker."
"UNCONSPICUOUS","Inconspicuous. [R.] Ed. Rev."
"UNCONSTANCY","Inconstancy. [Obs.] 'The unconstancy of the foundation.'Fuller."
"UNCONSTANT","Not constant; inconstant; fickle; changeable. [Obs.] Shak.-- Un*con'stant*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Un*con'stant*ness, n. [Obs.]"
"UNCONSTITUTIONAL","Not constitutional; not according to, or consistent with, theterms of a constitution of government; contrary to the constitution;as, an unconstitutional law, or act of an officer. Burke.-- Un*con`sti*tu'tion*al'i*ty, n.-- Un*con`sti*tu'tion*al-ly, adv."
"UNCONSTRAINT","Freedom from constraint; ease. Felton."
"UNCONSUMMATE","Not consummated; not accomplished. [Obs.] Dryden."
"UNCONTESTABLE","Incontestable."
"UNCONTINENT","Not continent; incontinent. Wyclif (2 Tim. iii. 3)."
"UNCONTROVERSORY","Not involving controversy. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"UNCONTROVERTIBLE","Incontrovertible."
"UNCONTROVERTIBLY","Incontrovertibly."
"UNCONVENIENT","Inconvenient. Bale.-- Un`con*ven'ient*ly, adv. Udall."
"UNCONVERSION","The state of being unconverted; impenitence. [R.]"
"UNCORD","To release from cords; to loosen the cord or cords of; tounfasten or unbind; as, to uncord a package."
"UNCORK","To draw the cork from; as, to uncork a bottle."
"UNCORRECT","Incorrect. Dryden."
"UNCORRIGIBLE","Incorrigible; not capable of correction. [Obs.]"
"UNCORRUPT","Incorrupt."
"UNCORRUPTIBLE","Incorruptible. 'The glory of the uncorruptible God.' Rom. i.23."
"UNCORRUPTION","Incorruption."
"UNCOUPLE","To loose, as dogs, from their couples; also, to set loose; todisconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars."
"UNCOURTLINESS","Absence of courtliness; rudeness; rusticity. Addison."
"UNCOUS","Hooklike; hooked. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"UNCOVENABLE","Not covenable; inconvenient. [Obs.] Wyclif (1 Tim. iv. 7)."
"UNCOVENANTED","Not having entered into relationship with God through theappointed means of grace; also, not promised or assured by the divinepromises or conditions; as, uncovenanted mercies."
"UNCOWL","To divest or deprive of a cowl. Pope."
"UNCREATE","To deprive of existence; to annihilate.Who can uncreate thee, thou shalt know. Milton."
"UNCREATEDNESS","The quality or state of being uncreated."
"UNCREDIBLE","Incredible. Bacon."
"UNCREDIT","To cause to be disbelieved; to discredit. [Obs.] Fuller."
"UNCREDITABLE","Discreditable. [Obs.]"
"UNCROWN","To deprive of a crown; to take the crown from; hence, todiscrown; to dethrone.He hath done me wrong, And therefore I'll uncrown him ere't be long.Shak."
"UNCRUDDED","Not cruddled, or curdled. [Obs.]Her breast like to a bowl of cream uncrudded. Spenser."
"UNCTIOUS","Unctuous. [Obs.]"
"UNCTUOSITY","Quality or state of being unctuous. Sir T. Browne."
"UNCULPABLE","Inculpable; not blameworthy. [R.] Hooker."
"UNCULT","Not cultivated; rude; illiterate. [Obs.]"
"UNCULTURE","Want of culture. 'Idleness, ill husbandry . . . unculture.' Bp.Hall."
"UNCUNNING","Ignorant. [Obs.]I am young and uncunning, as thou wost [knowest]. Chaucer."
"UNCUNNINGLY","Ignorantly. [Obs.]"
"UNCUNNINGNESS","Ignorance. [Obs.]"
"UNCURABLE","Incurable."
"UNCURABLY","In an uncurable manner."
"UNCURBABLE","Not capable of being curbed. Shak."
"UNCURL","To loose from curls, or ringlets; to straighten out, asanything curled or curly.He sheaths his paw, uncurls his angry mane. Dryden."
"UNCURRENT","Not current. Specifically: Not passing in common payment; notreceivable at par or full value; as, uncurrent notes. Shak."
"UNCURSE","To free from a curse or an execration. Shak."
"UNCURTAIN","To remove a curtain from; to reveal. Moore."
"UNCUS","A hook or claw."
"UNCUSTOMABLE","Not customable, or subject to custom duties."
"UNCUSTOMED","Uncustomable; also, not having paid duty or customs. Smollett."
"UNCUT VELVET","A fabric woven like velvet, but with the loops of the warpthreads uncut."
"UNCUTH","Unknown; strange. [Obs.] -- n."
"UNCYPHER","See Uncipher."
"UNDAM","To free from a dam, mound, or other obstruction. Dryden."
"UNDAMPNED","Uncondemned. [Obs.] Wyclif (Acts xvi. 37)."
"UNDATED","Rising and falling in waves toward the margin, as a leaf;waved."
"UNDAUNTABLE","Incapable of being daunted; intrepid; fearless; indomitable.Bp. Hall."
"UNDAUNTED","Not daunted; not subdued or depressed by fear. Shak."
"UNDE","Waving or wavy; -- applied to ordinaries, or division lines."
"UNDEADLY","Not subject to death; immortal. [Obs.] -- Un*dead'li*ness, n.[Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNDEAF","To free from deafness; to cause to hear. [Obs.] Shak."
"UNDECAGON","A figure having eleven angles and eleven sides."
"UNDECANE","A liquid hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the methane series, found inpetroleum; -- so called from its containing eleven carbon atoms inthe molecule."
"UNDECEIVE","To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception,fraud, fallacy, or mistake. South."
"UNDECENCY","Indecency. [Obs.] 'Decency and undecency.' Jer. Taylor."
"UNDECENNARY","Occurring once in every period of eleven years; undecennial.An undecennary account laid before Parliament. E. Stiles."
"UNDECENNIAL","Occurring or observed every eleventh year; belonging to, orcontinuing, a period of eleven years; undecennary; as, an undecennialfestival."
"UNDECENT","Indecent. [Obs.]"
"UNDECIDE","To reverse or recant, as a previous decision."
"UNDECISIVE","Indecisive. [R.] Glanvill."
"UNDECK","To divest of ornaments. Shak."
"UNDECOLIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C11H18O2, of thepropiolic acid series, obtained indirectly from undecylenic acid as awhite crystalline substance."
"UNDECREED","Not decreed."
"UNDECYL","The radical regarded as characteristic of undecylic acid."
"UNDECYLENIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid C11H20O2, homologouswith acrylic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance bythe distillation of castor oil."
"UNDECYLIC","Related to, derived from, or containing, undecyl; specifically,designating that member of the fatty acids which corresponds toundecane, and is obtained as a white crystalline substance, C11H22O2."
"UNDEFATIGABLE","Indefatigable. [Obs.] 'Undefatigable pains.' Camden."
"UNDEFEASIBLE","Indefeasible. [Obs.]"
"UNDEFINE","To make indefinite; to obliterate or confuse the definition orlimitations of."
"UNDEIFY","To degrade from the state of deity; to deprive of the characteror qualities of a god; to deprive of the reverence due to a god.Addison."
"UNDENIABLY","In an undeniable manner."
"UNDEPARTABLE","Incapable of being parted; inseparable. [Obs.] Chaucer. Wyclif."
"UNDER","In a lower, subject, or subordinate condition; in subjection; -- used chiefly in a few idiomatic phrases; as, to bring under, toreduce to subjection; to subdue; to keep under, to keep insubjection; to control; to go under, to be unsuccessful; to fail.I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection. 1 Cor. ix. 27.The minstrel fell, but the foeman's chain Could not bring his proudsoul under. Moore."
"UNDER-AGE","Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion;hence, raw; green; immature; boyish; childish. [Obs.]I myself have loved a lady, and pursued her with a great deal ofunder-age protestation. J. Webster."
"UNDER-ARM","Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, thatis, not swung far out from the body; underhand. Cf. Over-arm andRound-Arm."
"UNDER-GARMENT","A garment worn below another."
"UNDERACT","To perform inefficiently, as a play; to act feebly."
"UNDERACTION","Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary tothe main story; an episode.The least episodes or underactions . . . are parts necessary orconvenient to carry on the main design. Dryden."
"UNDERACTOR","A subordinate actor."
"UNDERAGENT","A subordinate agent."
"UNDERAID","To aid clandestinely. [Obs.]"
"UNDERBACK","A vessel which receives the wort as it flows from the mashingtub."
"UNDERBEARER","One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one ofthose who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer, orpallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall."
"UNDERBID","To bid less than, as when a contract or service is offered tothe lowest bidder; to offer to contract, sell, or do for a less pricethan."
"UNDERBIND","To bind beneath. Fairfax."
"UNDERBOARD","Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly;underhand. See the Note under Aboveboard."
"UNDERBRACE","To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below. Cowper."
"UNDERBRED","Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow.Goldsmith."
"UNDERBRUSH","Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growingbeneath large trees; undergrowth."
"UNDERBUILDER","A subordinate or assistant builder.An underbuilder in the house of God. Jer. Taylor."
"UNDERBUILDING","Same as Substruction."
"UNDERBUY","To buy at less than the real value or worth; to buy cheaperthan. [R.] J. Fletcher."
"UNDERCAST","To cast under or beneath."
"UNDERCHAMBERLAIN","A deputy chamberlain of the exchequer."
"UNDERCHANTER","Same as Subchanter."
"UNDERCHAPS","The lower chaps or jaw. Paley."
"UNDERCHARGE","A charge that is less than is usual or suitable."
"UNDERCLAY","A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containingthe roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria."
"UNDERCLIFF","A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that hasfallen from the higher cliff above."
"UNDERCLOTHES","Clothes worn under others, especially those worn next the skinfor warmth."
"UNDERCLOTHING","Same as Underclothes."
"UNDERCONDUCT","A lower conduit; a subterranean conduit. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton."
"UNDERCONSUMPTION","Consumption of less than is produced; consumption of less thanthe usual amount. F. A. Walk"
"UNDERCRAFT","A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors. [R.]Sterne."
"UNDERCREEP","To creep secretly or privily. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNDERCREST","To support as a crest; to bear. [Obs. & R.] Shak."
"UNDERCROFT","A subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church (seeCrypt), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred purpose."
"UNDERCRY","To cry aloud. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNDERCURRENT","Running beneath the surface; hidden. [R.] 'Undercurrent woe.'Tennyson."
"UNDERCUT","The lower or under side of a sirloin of beef; the fillet."
"UNDERDEALING","Crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; unfair practice;trickery. Milton."
"UNDERDELVE","To delve under. [Obs.]"
"UNDERDIG","To dig under or beneath; to undermine. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNDERDITCH","To dig an underground ditches in, so as to drain the surface;to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm."
"UNDERDO","To do less than is requisite or proper; -- opposed to overdo.Grew."
"UNDERDOER","One who underdoes; a shirk."
"UNDERDOLVEN","p. p. of Underdelve."
"UNDERDOSE","A dose which is less than required; a small or insufficientdose."
"UNDERDRAIN","An underground drain or trench with openings through which thewater may percolate from the soil or ground above."
"UNDERDRESSED","Not dresses enough."
"UNDERESTIMATE","To set to"
"UNDERFACTION","A subordinate party or faction."
"UNDERFACULTY","An inferior or subordinate faculty."
"UNDERFARMER","An assistant farmer."
"UNDERFEED","To feed with too little food; to supply with an insufficientquantity of food."
"UNDERFELLOW","An underling [R.] Sir P. Sidney."
"UNDERFILLING","The filling below or beneath; the under part of a building. SirH. Wotton."
"UNDERFOLLOW","To follow closely or immediately after. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNDERFOOT","Under the feet; underneath; below. See Under foot, under Foot,n."
"UNDERFRINGE","A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something.Broad-faced, with underfringe of russet beard. Tennyson."
"UNDERFURNISH","To supply with less than enough; to furnish insufficiently.Collier."
"UNDERFURROW","To cover as under a furrow; to plow in; as, to underfurrow seedor manure."
"UNDERGET","To get under or beneath; also, to understand. [Obs.] R. ofGloucester."
"UNDERGIRD","To blind below; to gird round the bottom.They used helps, undergirding the ship. Acts xxvii. 17."
"UNDERGLAZE","Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze, that is,before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said ofcolors in porcelain painting."
"UNDERGOD","A lower or inferio"
"UNDERGORE","To gore underneath."
"UNDERGOWN","A gown worn under another, or under some other article ofdress.An undergown and kirtle of pale sea-green silk. Sir W. Scott."
"UNDERGRADUATE","A member of a university or a college who has not taken hisfirst degree; a student in any school who has not completed hiscourse."
"UNDERGRADUATESHIP","The position or condition of an undergraduate."
"UNDERGROAN","To groan beneath. [Obs.]Earth undergroaned their high-raised feet. Chapman."
"UNDERGROUND","The place or space beneath the surface of the ground;subterranean space.A spirit raised from depth of underground. Shak."
"UNDERGROUND INSURANCE","Wildcat insurance."
"UNDERGROVE","A grove of shrubs or low trees under taller ones. Wordsworth."
"UNDERGROW","To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or height.Wyclif."
"UNDERGROWN","Of small stature; not grown to a full height or size."
"UNDERGROWTH","That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or smalltrees growing among large trees. Milton."
"UNDERGRUB","To undermine. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"UNDERHAND","Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or,as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow."
"UNDERHANDEDLY","In an underhand manner."
"UNDERHANG","To hang under or down; to suspend. Holland."
"UNDERHANGMAN","An assistant or deputy hangman. Shak."
"UNDERHEAD","A blockhead, or stupid person; a dunderhead. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne."
"UNDERHEAVE","To heave or lift from below. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNDERHEW","To hew less than is usual or proper; specifically, to hew, as apiece of timber which should be square, in such a manner that itappears to contain a greater number of cubic feet than it really doescontain. Haldeman."
"UNDERHONEST","Not entirely honest. [R.] 'We think him overproud andunderhonest.' Shak."
"UNDERHUNG","Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; -- said of a sliding door. Forney."
"UNDERJAW","The lower jaw. Paley."
"UNDERJOIN","To join below or beneath; to subjoin. Wyclif."
"UNDERKEEP","To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress. [Obs.] Spenser."
"UNDERKEEPER","A subordinate keeper or guardian. Gray."
"UNDERKIND","An inferior kind. Dryden."
"UNDERKINGDOM","A subordinate or dependent kingdom. Tennyson."
"UNDERLABORER","An assistant or subordinate laborer. Locke."
"UNDERLAID","Laid or placed underneath; also, having something laid or lyingunderneath."
"UNDERLAY","To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein,fault, or lode."
"UNDERLAYER","A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any requireddepth. Weale."
"UNDERLEAF","A prolific sort of apple, good for cider. [Obs.] Mortimer."
"UNDERLEASE","A lease granted by a tenant or lessee; especially, a leasegranted by one who is himself a lessee for years, for any fewer orless number of years than he himself holds; a sublease. Burrill."
"UNDERLETTER","A tenant or lessee who grants a lease to another."
"UNDERLIE","To lie below or under."
"UNDERLING","An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean,sorry fellow. Milton.he fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that weare underlings. Shak."
"UNDERLIP","The lower lip."
"UNDERLOAD STARTER","A motor starter provided with an underload switch."
"UNDERLOAD SWITCH","A switch which opens a circuit when the current falls below acertain predetermined value, used to protect certain types of motorsfrom running at excessive speed upon decrease of load."
"UNDERLOCK","A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep."
"UNDERLOCKER","A person who inspects a mine daily; -- called also underviewer."
"UNDERLYING","Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlyingstrata of a locality; underlying principles."
"UNDERMANNED","Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed."
"UNDERMASTED","Having masts smaller than the usual dimension; -- said ofvessels. Totten."
"UNDERMASTER","A master subordinate to the principal master; an assistantmaster."
"UNDERMATCH","One who is not a match for another. Fuller."
"UNDERMINER","One who undermines."
"UNDERMINISTER","To serve, or minister to, in a subordinate relation. [Obs.]Wyclif."
"UNDERMINISTRY","A subordinate or inferior ministry. Jer. Taylor."
"UNDERMIRTH","Suppressed or concealed mirth. [Obs.] The Coronation."
"UNDERMONEYED","Bribed. [R.] Fuller."
"UNDERMOST","Lowest, as in place, rank, or condition. Addison."
"UNDERN","The time between; the time between sunrise and noon;specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in themorning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, becauseformerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later, theafternoon; the time between dinner and supper. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Betwixt undern and noon was the field all won. R. of Brunne.In a bed of worts still he lay Till it was past undern of the day.Chaucer."
"UNDERNEATH","Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channelunderneath the soil.Or sullen mole, that runneth underneath. Milton."
"UNDERNICENESS","A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety."
"UNDEROFFICER","A subordinate officer."
"UNDERPART","A subordinate part.It should be lightened with underparts of mirth. Dryden."
"UNDERPAY","To pay inadequately."
"UNDERPEEP","To peep under. 'The flame . . . would underpeep her lids.' [R.]Shak."
"UNDERPEER","To peer under. [R.]"
"UNDERPEOPLED","Not fully peopled."
"UNDERPIGHT","imp. of Underpitch."
"UNDERPITCH","To fill underneath; to stuff. [Obs.]He drank and well his girdle underpight. Chaucer."
"UNDERPLANT","To plant under; specif. (Forestry),"
"UNDERPLAY","To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of afuture advantage."
"UNDERPOISE","To weigh, estimate, or rate below desert; to undervalue. [R.]Marston."
"UNDERPOSSESSOR","One who possesses or holds anything subject to the superior ofanother. Jer. Taylor."
"UNDERPRAISE","To praise below desert."
"UNDERPRIZE","To undervalue; to underestimate. Shak."
"UNDERPRODUCTION","The production of less than is demanded or of less than theusual supply. F. A. Walker."
"UNDERPROOF","Containing less alcohol than proof spirit. See Proof spirit,under Spirit."
"UNDERPROP","To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; touphold.Underprop the head that bears the crown. Fenton."
"UNDERPROPORTIONED","Of inadequate or inferior proportions; small; poor.Scanty and underproportioned returns of civility. Collier."
"UNDERPROPPER","One who, or that which, underprops or supports."
"UNDERPULL","To exert one's influence secretly. [Obs.] Ld. North."
"UNDERPULLER","One who underpulls. [Obs.]"
"UNDERPUT","To put or send under. [Obs.]"
"UNDERRATE","To rate too low; to rate below the value; to undervalue. Burke."
"UNDERRECKON","To reckon below what is right or proper; to underrate. Bp.Hall."
"UNDERRUN","To run or pass under; especially (Naut.), to pass along andunder, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of examiningit."
"UNDERSAIL","To sail alongshore. [Obs.]"
"UNDERSAILED","Inadequately equipped with sails. [Obs.]"
"UNDERSATURATED","Not fully saturated; imperfectly saturated."
"UNDERSAY","To say by way of derogation or contradiction. [Obs.] Spenser."
"UNDERSCORE","To draw a mark or line under; to underline. J. Tucker."
"UNDERSECRETARY","A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; anassistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury."
"UNDERSELL","To sell the same articles at a lower price than; to sellcheaper than."
"UNDERSERVANT","An inferior servant."
"UNDERSET","To prop or support. Bacon."
"UNDERSETTER","One who, or that which, undersets or supports; a prop; asupport; a pedestal."
"UNDERSETTING","Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal. Sir H.Wotton."
"UNDERSHAPEN","Under the usual shape or size; small; dwarfish. [Poetic]His dwarf, a vicious undershapen thing. Tennyson."
"UNDERSHERIFF","A sheriff's deputy."
"UNDERSHERIFFRY","Undershrievalty. [Obs.]"
"UNDERSHIRT","A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; -- called alsoundervest."
"UNDERSHOOT","To shoot short of (a mark)."
"UNDERSHOT","Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upperones, as in the bulldog."
"UNDERSHRIEVALTY","The office or position of an undersheriff."
"UNDERSHRIEVE","A low shrub; a woody plant of low stature."
"UNDERSHRUB","Partly shrublike."
"UNDERSHUT","Closed from beneath. Undershut valve (Mach.), a valve whichshuts by being lifted against a seat facing downward. Knight."
"UNDERSIDE","The lower or lowest side of anything. Paley."
"UNDERSIGN","To write one's name at the foot or end of, as a letter or anylegal instrument. The undersigned, the person whose name is signed,or the persons whose names are signed, at the end of a document; thesubscriber or subscribers."
"UNDERSIZED","Of a size less than is common."
"UNDERSKINKER","Undertapster. [Obs.]"
"UNDERSKIRT","A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress."
"UNDERSKY","The lower region of the sky.Floating about the undersky. Tennyson."
"UNDERSLEEVE","A sleeve of an under-garment; a sleeve worn under another,"
"UNDERSOIL","The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil."
"UNDERSOLD","p. p. of Undersell."
"UNDERSPARRED","Having spars smaller than the usual dimension; -- said ofvessels."
"UNDERSPEND","To spend less than."
"UNDERSPORE","To raise with a spar, or piece of wood, used as a lever. [Obs.]Give me a staff that I may underspore. Chaucer."
"UNDERSTAIR","Of or pertaining to the kitchen, or the servants' quarters;hence, subordinate; menial. [Obs.]"
"UNDERSTAIRS","The basement or cellar."
"UNDERSTANDABLE","Capable of being understood; intelligible. Chillingworth."
"UNDERSTANDER","One who understands, or knows by experience. [R.] Dryden."
"UNDERSTANDING","Knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding man."
"UNDERSTANDINGLY","In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledgeor comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a questionunderstandingly; to act or judge understandingly.The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be understandinglydisbelieved. J. Hawes."
"UNDERSTATE","To state or represent less strongly than may be donetruthfully."
"UNDERSTATEMENT","The act of understating, or the condition of being understated;that which is understated; a statement below the truth."
"UNDERSTOCK","To supply insufficiently with stock. A. Smith."
"UNDERSTOOD","imp. & p. p. of Understand."
"UNDERSTRAPPER","A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling.This was going to the fountain head at once, not applying to theunderstrappers. Goldsmith."
"UNDERSTRAPPING","Becoming an understrapper; subservient. [R.] Sterne."
"UNDERSTRATUM","The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil,rests; subsoil."
"UNDERSTROKE","To underline or underscore. Swift."
"UNDERSTUDY","To study, as another actor's part, in order to be hissubstitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part."
"UNDERSUIT","A suit worn under another suit; a suit of underclothes."
"UNDERTAKABLE","Capable of being undertaken; practicable."
"UNDERTAPSTER","Assistant to a tapster."
"UNDERTAXED","Taxed too little, or at a lower rate than others."
"UNDERTENANCY","Tenancy or tenure under a tenant or lessee; the tenure of anundertenant."
"UNDERTENANT","The tenant of a tenant; one who holds lands or tenements of atenant or lessee."
"UNDERTHING","Something that is inferior and of little worth. [Obs.] Beau. &Fl."
"UNDERTONE","A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud thanusual."
"UNDERTOOK","imp. of Undertake."
"UNDERTOW","The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves arebreaking upon the shore."
"UNDERTREASURER","An assistant treasurer."
"UNDERTURN","To turn upside down; to subvert; to upset. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNDERVALUATION","The act of undervaluing; a rate or value not equal to the realworth."
"UNDERVALUE","A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth;undervaluation. Milton."
"UNDERVALUER","One who undervalues."
"UNDERVERSE","The lower or second verse. [Obs.]"
"UNDERVEST","An undershirt."
"UNDERVIEWER","See Underlooker."
"UNDERWEAR","That which is worn under the outside clothing; underclothes."
"UNDERWEEN","To undervalue. [Obs.]"
"UNDERWENT","imp. of Undergo."
"UNDERWING","One of the posterior wings of an insect."
"UNDERWITTED","Weak in intellect; half-witted; silly. [R.] Bp. Kennet."
"UNDERWOOD","Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees; coppice;underbrush; -- formerly used in the plural.Shrubs and underwoods look well enough while they grow within theshade of oaks and cedars. Addison."
"UNDERWORK","Inferior or subordinate work; petty business. Addison."
"UNDERWRITE","To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk ofinsurance on a vessel or the like."
"UNDERWRITER","One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurancepolicy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer."
"UNDERWRITING","The business of an underwriter,"
"UNDERYOKE","To subject to the yoke; to make subject. Wyclif."
"UNDESERVE","To fail to deserve. [Obs.] Milton."
"UNDESERVER","One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy. [Obs.]Shak."
"UNDESIGNING","Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere;artless; simple."
"UNDESTROYABLE","Indestructible."
"UNDETERMINABLE","Not determinable; indeterminable. Locke."
"UNDETERMINATE","Nor determinate; not settled or certain; indeterminate. South.-- Un`de*ter'mi*nate*ness, n. Dr. H. More."
"UNDETERMINATION","Indetermination. Sir M. Hale."
"UNDEVIL","To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise.[Obs.]They boy having gotten a habit of counterfeiting . . . would not beundeviled by all their exorcisms. Fuller."
"UNDEVOTION","Absence or want of devotion."
"UNDID","imp. of Undo."
"UNDIFFERENTIATED","Not differentiated; specifically (Biol.), homogenous, or nearlyso; -- said especially of young or embryonic tissues which have notyet undergone differentiation (see Differentiation, 3), that is,which show no visible separation into their different structuralparts."
"UNDIGENOUS","Generated by water. [R.] Kirwan."
"UNDIGESTIBLE","Indigestible."
"UNDIGHT","To put off; to lay aside, as a garment. [Obs.] Spenser."
"UNDIGNE","Unworthy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"UNDINE","One of a class of fabled female water spirits who might receivea human soul by intermarrying with a mortal."
"UNDIOCESED","Unprovided with a diocese; having no diocese. Milton."
"UNDIRECT","To misdirect; to mislead. [Obs.]who make false fires to undirect seamen in a tempest. Fuller."
"UNDIRECTLY","Indirectly. Strype."
"UNDISCERNING","Want of discernment. [R.] Spectator."
"UNDISCLOSE","To keep close or secret. [Obs.] Daniel."
"UNDISCREET","Indiscreet. Chaucer.-- Un`dis*creet'ly, adv.-- -- Un`dis*creet'ness.-- Un`dis*cre'tion, n. Indiscretion."
"UNDISPOSEDNESS","Indisposition; disinclination."
"UNDISPUTABLE","Indisputable. Addison.-- Un*dis'pu*ta*ble*ness, n."
"UNDISTINCTIVE","Making no distinctions; not discriminating; impartial.As undistinctive Death will come here one day. Dickens."
"UNDISTINCTLY","Indistinctly."
"UNDIVIDED","Not lobed, cleft, or branched; entire."
"UNDIVIDUAL","Indivisible. [Obs.]True courage and courtesy are undividual companions. Fuller."
"UNDIVISIBLE","Indivisible."
"UNDOCK","To take out of dock; as, to undock a ship."
"UNDOER","One who undoes anything; especially, one who ruins another."
"UNDOMESTICATE","To make wild or roving."
"UNDONE","p. p. of Undo."
"UNDOUBLE","To unfold, or render single."
"UNDOUBTABLE","Indubitable."
"UNDOUBTED","Not doubted; not called in question; indubitable; indisputable;as, undoubted proof; undoubted hero.-- Un*doubt'ed*ly, adv."
"UNDRAPE","To strip of drapery; to uncover or unveil."
"UNDRAW","To draw aside or open; to draw back.Angels undrew the curtain of the throne. Young."
"UNDRESS","To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress awound."
"UNDUBITABLE","Indubitable; as, an undubitable principle. [Obs.] Locke."
"UNDUENESS","The quality of being undue."
"UNDUKE","To deprive of dukedom. Swift."
"UNDULANT","Undulating. [R.]"
"UNDULARY","Moving like waves; undulatory. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"UNDULATE","Same as Undulated."
"UNDULATED","Waved obtusely up and down, near the margin, as a leaf orcorolla; wavy."
"UNDULATING","Rising and falling like waves; resembling wave form or motion;undulatory; rolling; wavy; as, an undulating medium; undulatingground.-- Un'du*la`ting*ly. adv."
"UNDULATION","A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side to side, in anyfluid or elastic medium, propagated continuously among its particles,but with no translation of the particles themselves in the directionof the propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration."
"UNDULATIONIST","One who advocates the undulatory theory of light. Whewell."
"UNDULATIVE","Consisting in, or accompanied by, undulations; undulatory."
"UNDULATORY","Moving in the manner of undulations, or waves; resembling themotion of waves, which successively rise or swell rise or swell andfall; pertaining to a propagated alternating motion, similar to thatof waves. Undulatory theory, or Wave theory (of light) (Opt.), thattheory which regards its various phenomena as due to undulations inan ethereal medium, propagated from the radiant with immense, butmeasurable, velocities, and producing different impressions on theretina according to their amplitude and frequency, the sensation ofbrightness depending on the former, that of color on the latter. Theundulations are supposed to take place, not in the direction ofpropagation, as in the air waves constituting sound, buttransversely, and the various phenomena of refraction, polarization,interference, etc., are attributable to the different affections ofthese undulations in different circumstances of propagation. It iscomputed that the frequency of the undulations corresponding to theseveral colors of the spectrum ranges from 458 millions of millionsper second for the extreme red ray, to 727 millions of millions forthe extreme violet, and their lengths for the same colors, from thethirty-eight thousandth to the sixty thousandth part of an inch. Thetheory of ethereal undulations is applicable not only to thephenomena of light, but also to those of heat."
"UNDULL","To remove the dullness of; to clear. [Obs.] Whitlock."
"UNDULOUS","Undulating; undulatory."
"UNDULY","In an undue manner."
"UNDUMPISH","To relieve from the dumps. [Obs.] Fuller."
"UNDUST","To free from dust. [Obs.]"
"UNDWELLABLE","Uninhabitable. [Obs.] 'A land undwellable.' Wyclif."
"UNDWELT","Not lived (in); -- with in."
"UNDYING","Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal; as, the undyingsouls of men."
"UNEARED","Not eared, or plowed. Shak."
"UNEARNED","Not earned; not gained by labor or service. Unearned increment(Polit. Econ.), a increase in the value of land due to no labor orexpenditure on the part of the owner, but to natural causes, such asthe increase of population, the growth of a town in the vicinity, orthe like. Some hold that this should belong to the nation."
"UNEARTH","To drive or draw from the earth; hence, to uncover; to bringout from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose; as, to uneartha secret.To unearth the roof of an old tree. Wordsworth."
"UNEARTHLY","Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird;appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound.-- Un*earth'li*ness, n."
"UNEASE","Want of ease; uneasiness. [Obs.]"
"UNEASILY","In an uneasy manner."
"UNEATH","Not easy; difficult; hard. [Obs.]Who he was, uneath was to descry. Spenser."
"UNEDGE","To deprive of the edge; to blunt. J. Fletcher."
"UNEFECTUAL","Ineffectual. 'His uneffectual fire.' Shak."
"UNELASTIC","Not elastic; inelastic."
"UNELASTICITY","Inelasticity."
"UNELEGANT","Inelegant."
"UNELIGIBLE","Ineligible. Roger"
"UNEMBARRASSED","Not embarrassed. Specifically: --(a) Not perplexed in mind; not confused; as, the speaker appearedunembarrassed.(b) Free from pecuniary difficulties or encumbrances; as, he and hisproperty are unembarrassed.(c) Free from perplexing connection; as, the question comes intocourt unembarrassed with irrelevant matter."
"UNEMBARRASSMENT","Freedom from embarrassment."
"UNEMPIRICALLY","Not empirically; without experiment or experience."
"UNEMPLOYMENT","Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. ineconomics, of the condition of various social classes whentemporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for shortperiods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent."
"UNENCUMBER","To free from incumbrance; to disencumber."
"UNENDLY","Unending; endless. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"UNENTANGLE","To disentangle."
"UNEQUAL","Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical."
"UNEQUALABLE","Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. [Obs.] Boyle."
"UNEQUALED","Not equaled; unmatched; unparalleled; unrivaled; exceeding;surpassing; -- in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled excellence;unequaled ingratitude or baseness. [Written also unequalled.]"
"UNEQUALLY","In an unequal manner. Unequally pinnate (Bot.), pinnate, butwith an odd number of leaflets."
"UNEQUALNESS","The quality or state of being unequal; inequality; unevenness.Jer. Taylor."
"UNEQUITABLE","Inequitable."
"UNEQUITY","Want of equity or uprightness; injustice; wickedness; iniquity.[Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNEQUIVOCAL","Not equivocal; not doubtful; not ambiguous; evident; sincere;plain; as, unequivocal evidence; unequivocal words.-- Un`e*quiv'o*cal*ly, adv.-- Un`e*quiv'o*cal*ness, n."
"UNERRING","Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain;sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God.Hissing in air the unerring weapon flew. Dryden."
"UNERRINGLY","In an unerring manner."
"UNESSENTIAL","Something not constituting essence, or something which is notof absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials ofreligion."
"UNESSENTIALLY","In an unessential manner."
"UNESTABLISH","To disestablish. [R.]The Parliament demanded of the king to unestablish that prelaticalgovernment. Milton."
"UNEVITABLE","Inevitable. [Obs.]"
"UNEXACT","Not exact; inexact."
"UNEXAMPLED","Having no example or similar case; being without precedent;unprecedented; unparalleled. 'A revolution . . . unexampled forgrandeur of results.' De Quincey."
"UNEXCEPTIONABLE","Not liable to any exception or objection; unobjectionable;faultless; good; excellent; as, a man of most unexceptionablecharacter.-- Un`ex*cep'tion*a*ble*ness, n.-- Un`ex*cep'tion*a*bly, adv."
"UNEXCEPTIVE","Not exceptive; not including, admitting, or being, anexception."
"UNEXCUSABLE","Inexcusable. Hayward.-- Un`ex*cus'a*ble*ness, n."
"UNEXHAUSTIBLE","Inexhaustible."
"UNEXPECTATION","Absence of expectation; want of foresight. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"UNEXPECTED","Not expected; coming without warning; sudden.-- Un`ex*pect'ed*ly, adv.-- Un`ex*pect'ed*ness, n."
"UNEXPEDIENT","Inexpedient. [Obs.]"
"UNEXPENSIVE","Inexpensive. Milton."
"UNEXPERIENCE","Inexperience. [Obs.]"
"UNEXPERIENT","Inexperienced. [Obs.]"
"UNEXPERT","Not expert; inexpert. Milton."
"UNEXPERTLY","In an unexpert manner."
"UNEXPRESSIBLE","Inexpressible. Tillotson.-- Un`ex*press'i*bly, adv."
"UNEXTINGUISHABLE","Inextinguishable.-- Un`ex*tin'guish*a*bly, adv."
"UNEXTRICABLE","Not extricable; inextricable. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"UNFACE","To remove the face or cover from; to unmask; to expose."
"UNFAILABLE","Infallible. [Obs.] 'This unfailable word of truth.' Bp. Hall."
"UNFAILING","Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure.Dryden.-- Un*fail'ing*ly, adv.-- Un*fail'ing*ness, n."
"UNFAIR","To deprive of fairness or beauty. [R.] Shak."
"UNFAITH","Absence or want of faith; faithlessness; distrust; unbelief.[R.]Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers: Unfaith in aught is wantof faith in all. Tennyson."
"UNFALLIBLE","Infallible. Shak."
"UNFASTEN","To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie."
"UNFAVORABLE","Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging.-- Un*fa'vor*a*ble*ness, n.-- Un*fa'vor*a*bly, adv."
"UNFEATHER","To deprive of feathers; to strip. [R.]"
"UNFEATURED","Wanting regular features; deformed. 'Visage rough, deformed,unfeatured, and a skin of buff.' Dryden."
"UNFEATY","Not feat; not dexterous; unskillful; clumsy. [Obs.] Sir P.Sidney."
"UNFEIGNED","Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere;genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man. 'Good faithunfeigned.' Chaucer.-- Un*feign'ed*ly, adv.-- Un*feign'ed*ness, n."
"UNFELLOW","To prevent from being a fellow or companion; to separate fromone's fellows; to dissever.Death quite unfellows us. Mrs. Browning."
"UNFELLOWED","Being without a fellow; unmatched; unmated. Shak."
"UNFENCE","To strip of a fence; to remove a fence from."
"UNFERTILE","Not fertile; infertile; barren.-- Un*fer'tile*ness, n."
"UNFESTLICH","Unfit for a feast; hence, jaded; worn. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"UNFETTER","To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; tounshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind."
"UNFEUDALIZE","To free from feudal customs or character; to make not feudal.Carlyle."
"UNFILE","To remove from a file or record."
"UNFILED","Not defiled; pure. [Obs.] Surrey."
"UNFILIAL","Unsuitable to a son or a daughter; undutiful; not becoming achild.-- Un*fil'ial*ly, adv."
"UNFINISHED","Not finished, not brought to an end; imperfect; incomplete;left in the rough; wanting the last hand or touch; as, an unfinishedhouse; an unfinished picture; an unfinished iron casting."
"UNFIRM","Infirm. [R.] Dryden."
"UNFIRMNESS","Infirmness. [R.]"
"UNFIT","To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength,skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate;to disqualify; as, sickness unfits a man for labor; sin unfits us forthe society of holy beings."
"UNFLEDGED","Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed;immature. Dryden."
"UNFLESH","To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton. 'Unfleshedhumanity.' Wordsworth."
"UNFLESHLY","Not pertaining to the flesh; spiritual."
"UNFLEXIBLE","Inflexible."
"UNFLINCHING","Not flinching or shrinking; unyielding.-- Un*flinch'ing*ly, adv."
"UNFLOWER","To strip of flowers. [R.] G. Fletcher."
"UNFOLD","To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed.The wind blows cold While the morning doth unfold. J. Fletcher."
"UNFOLDER","One who, or that which, unfolds."
"UNFOLDMENT","The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded.The extreme unfoldment of the instinctive powers. C. Morris."
"UNFOOL","To restore from folly, or from being a fool. [Obs.] Shak."
"UNFORESEE","To fail to foresee. Bp. Hacket."
"UNFORESEEABLE","Incapable of being foreseen. South."
"UNFORESKINNED","Deprived of the foreskin; circumcised. [R.] Milton."
"UNFORGETTABLE","Not forgettable; enduring in memory.Pungent and unforgettable truths. Emerson."
"UNFORM","To decompose, or resolve into parts; to destroy the form of; tounmake. [R.] Good."
"UNFORMED","Unorganized; without definite shape or structure; as, anunformed, or unorganized, ferment. Unformed stars (Astron.), starsnot grouped into any constellation; informed stars. See Sporades."
"UNFORTUNATE","Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attendedwith misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; anunfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business.-- n."
"UNFRAME","To take apart, or destroy the frame of. Dryden."
"UNFRANGIBLE","Infrangible. [Obs.] 'Impassible and unfrangible.' Jer. Taylor."
"UNFRANKABLE","Not frankable; incapable of being sent free by publicconveyance."
"UNFRAUGHT","Not fraught; not burdened."
"UNFREE","Not free; held in bondage.There had always been a slave class, a class of the unfree, among theEnglish as among all German peoples. J. R. Green"
"UNFREEZE","To thaw. [Obs.]"
"UNFREQUENCY","Infrequency."
"UNFREQUENT","Infrequent. J. H. Newman.-- Un*fre'quent*ly adv."
"UNFREQUENTED","Rarely visited; seldom or never resorted to by human beings;as, an unfrequented place or forest. Addison."
"UNFRET","To smooth after being fretted. [Obs.]"
"UNFRIEND","One not a friend; an enemy. [R.] Carlyle."
"UNFRIENDED","Wanting friends; not befriended; not countenanced or supported.Goldsmith.If Richard indeed does come back, it must be alone, unfollowed,unfriended. Sir W. Scott."
"UNFRIENDSHIP","The state or quality of being unfriendly; unfriendliness;enmity.An act of unfriendship to my sovereign person. Sir W. Scott."
"UNFROCK","To deprive or divest or a frock; specifically, to deprive ofpriestly character or privilege; as, to unfrock a priest."
"UNFRUITFUL","Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile;barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil;an unfruitful life or effort.-- Un*fruit'ful*ly, adv.-- Un*fruit'ful*ness, n."
"UNFUMED","Not exposed to fumes; not fumigated. Milton."
"UNFURL","To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open orspread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag."
"UNFURNISH","To strip of furniture; to divest; to strip."
"UNFUSIBLE","Infusible. [R.]"
"UNGAIN","Ungainly; clumsy; awkward; also, troublesome; inconvenient.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Beau. & Pl."
"UNGAINLINESS","The state or quality of being ungainly; awkwardness."
"UNGAINLY","In an ungainly manner."
"UNGEAR","To strip of gear; to unharness; to throw out of gear."
"UNGELD","A person so far out of the protection of the law, that if hewere murdered, no geld, or fine, should be paid, or composition madeby him that killed him. Cowell. Burrill."
"UNGENEROUS","Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.The victor never will impose on Cato Ungenerous terms. Addison."
"UNGENEROUSLY","In an ungenerous manner."
"UNGENITURED","Destitute of genitals; impotent. [R.] Shak."
"UNGENTLE","Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind. Shak.That ungentle flavor which distinguishes nearly all our native anduncultivated grapes. Hawthorne.-- Un*gen'tle*ness, n.-- Un*gen'tly, adv."
"UNGET","To cause to be unbegotten or unborn, or as if unbegotten orunborn. [R.]I 'll disown you, I 'll disinherit you, I 'll unget you. Sheridan."
"UNGIFTED","Being without gifts, especially native gifts or endowments.Cowper."
"UNGIRD","To loose the girdle or band of; to unbind; to unload.He ungirded his camels. Gen. xxiv. 32."
"UNGIVE","To yield; to relax; to give way. [Obs.]"
"UNGKA","The siamang; -- called also ungka ape."
"UNGKA-PUTI","The agile gibbon; -- called also ungka-pati, and ungka-etam.See Gibbon."
"UNGLAZE","To strip of glass; to remove the glazing, or glass, from, as awindow."
"UNGLORIFY","To deprive of glory. [R.] I. Watts."
"UNGLORIOUS","Inglorious. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNGLOVE","To take off the glove or gloves of; as, to unglove the hand.Beau. & Fl."
"UNGLUE","To separate, part, or open, as anything fastened with glue.She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes, And asks if it be time torise. Swift."
"UNGORED","Not stained with gore; not bloodied. Sylvester."
"UNGOVERNABLE","Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, orrestrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions.-- Un*gov'ern*a*bly, adv. Goldsmith."
"UNGOWN","To strip of a gown; to unfrock."
"UNGOWNED","Stripped of a gown; unfrocked."
"UNGRACEFUL","Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient inbeauty and elegance; inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful manners;ungraceful speech.The other oak remaining a blackened and ungraceful trunk. Sir W.Scott.-- Un*grace'ful*ly, adv.-- Un*grace'ful*ness, n."
"UNGRATE","Displeasing; ungrateful; ingrate. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor."
"UNGRAVE","To raise or remove from the grave; to disinter; to untomb; toexhume. [Obs.] Fuller."
"UNGUARD","To deprive of a guard; to leave unprotected. [R.] Sterne."
"UNGUEAL","Ungual."
"UNGUENT","A lubricant or salve for sores, burns, or the like; anointment. Cowper."
"UNGUENTARY","Like an unguent, or partaking of its qualities."
"UNGUENTOUS","Unguentary."
"UNGUESTLIKE","In a manner not becoming to a guest. [R.] Milton."
"UNGUICAL","Ungual."
"UNGUICULAR","Of or pertaining to a claw or a nail; ungual."
"UNGUICULATA","An extensive division of Mammalia including those having clawsor nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (Ungulata)."
"UNGUICULATE","One of the Unguiculata."
"UNGUIFEROUS","Producing, having, or supporting nails or claws."
"UNGUIFORM","Having the form of a claw or claws."
"UNGUINOUS","Consisting of, or resembling, fat or oil; oily; unctuous;oleaginous."
"UNGUIS","One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect."
"UNGULA","A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid ofrevolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; -- so called fromits resemblance to the hoof of a horse."
"UNGULAR","Of or pertaining to a hoof, claw, or talon; ungual."
"UNGULATA","An extensive group of mammals including all those that havehoofs. It comprises the Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla."
"UNGULATE","Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1."
"UNGULED","Hoofed, or bearing hoofs; -- used only when these are of atincture different from the body."
"UNGULIGRADE","Having, or walking on, hoofs."
"UNGULOUS","Same as Ungulate."
"UNHAIR","To deprive of hair, or of hairs; as, to unhair hides forleather.I 'll unhair thy head. Shak."
"UNHALLOW","To profane; to desecrate.The vanity unhallows the virtue. L'Estrange."
"UNHALLOWED","Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked.In the cause of truth, no unhallowed violence . . . is eithernecessary or admissible. E. D. Griffin."
"UNHAND","To loose from the hand; to let go.Hold off! unhand me, gray beard loon! Eftsoons his hand dropped he.Coleridge."
"UNHANDY","Clumsy; awkward; as, an Unhandy man."
"UNHAP","Ill luck; misfortune. [Obs.] 'The cause of her unhap.' Sir P.Sidney."
"UNHAPPIED","Made unhappy. [Obs.] Shak."
"UNHARBOR","To drive from harbor or shelter."
"UNHARMONIOUS","Inharmonious; unsymmetrical; also, unmusical; discordant.Swift.-- Un`har*mo'ni*ous*ly, adv."
"UNHASP","To unloose the hasp of; to unclose."
"UNHAT","To take off the hat of; to remove one's hat, especially as amark of respect. H. Spenser."
"UNHEAL","Misfortune; calamity; sickness. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"UNHEALTH","Unsoundness; disease."
"UNHEARD-OF","New; unprecedented; unparalleled. Swift."
"UNHEART","To cause to lose heart; to dishearten. [Obs.] Shak."
"UNHEEDY","Incautious; precipitate; heedless. [Obs.] Milton."
"UNHEIRED","Destitute of an heir.To leave him utterly unheired. Chapman."
"UNHELE","Same as Unheal, n. [Obs.]"
"UNHELM","To deprive of the helm or helmet. Sir W. Scott."
"UNHELMED","Divested or deprived of the helm or helmet."
"UNHELMET","To deprive of the helmet. Sir W. Scott."
"UNHIDE","To bring out from concealment; to discover. [Obs.] P. Fletcher."
"UNHINGEMENT","The act unhinging, or the state of being unhinged."
"UNHITCH","To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; tounfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace."
"UNHOARD","To take or steal from a hoard; to pilfer. Milton."
"UNHOLD","To cease to hold; to unhand; to release. [Obs.] Otway."
"UNHOLY","Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked;impious.-- Un*ho'li*ly, adv.-- Un*ho'li*ness, n."
"UNHONEST","Dishonest; dishonorable. Ascham.-- Un*hon'est*ly, adv. Udall."
"UNHOOD","To remove a hood or disguise from. Quarterly Rev."
"UNHOOK","To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening orunfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress."
"UNHOOP","To strip or deprive of hoops; to take away the hoops of."
"UNHOPED","Not hoped or expected. 'With unhoped success.' Dryden.Blessings of friends, which to my door Unasked, unhoped, have come.J. N. Newman."
"UNHOPED-FOR","Unhoped; unexpected."
"UNHORSE","To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount; also, to take ahorse or horses from; as, to unhorse a rider; to unhorse a carriage.Cowper."
"UNHOSED","Without hose."
"UNHOSPITABLE","Inhospitable."
"UNHOUSE","To drive from a house or habitation; to dislodge; hence, todeprive of shelter."
"UNHOUSED","Driven from a house; deprived of shelter."
"UNHOUSELED","Not having received the sacrament. [Obs.] [Written alsounhouselled.]To die like the houseless dog on yonder common, unshriven andunhouseled. Sir W. Scott."
"UNHUMAN","Not human; inhuman."
"UNHUMANIZE","To render inhuman or barbarous. J. Barlow."
"UNHUSKED","Not husked; having the husk on."
"UNI-","A prefix signifying one, once; as in uniaxial, unicellular."
"UNIAXAL","Uniaxial.-- U`ni*ax'al*ly, adv."
"UNIAXIAL","Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction."
"UNIAXIALLY","In a uniaxial manner."
"UNIBRANCHIATE","Having but one gill, as certain molluscs."
"UNICAMERAL","Having, or consisting of, a single chamber; -- said of alegislative assembly. [R.] F. Lieber."
"UNICAPSULAR","Having but one capsule to each flower."
"UNICARINATED","Having one ridge or keel. Craig."
"UNICELLED","Unicellular."
"UNICELLULAR","Having, or consisting of, but a single cell; as, a unicellularorganism."
"UNICENTRAL","Having a single center of growth. Unicentral development, thatform of development which takes place primarily around a singlecentral point, as in the lowest of unicellular organisms."
"UNICITY","The condition of being united; quality of the unique;unification.Not unity, but what the schoolmen call unicity. De Quincey.The unicity we strive not to express, for that is impossible, but todesignate by the nearest analogy. Coleridge."
"UNICLINAL","See Nonoclinal."
"UNICOLOROUS","Having the surface of a uniform color."
"UNICORN","The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird."
"UNICORNOUS","Having but a single horn; -- said of certain insects.'Unicornous beetles.' Sir T. Browne."
"UNICOSTATE","Having a single rib or strong nerve running upward from thebase; -- said of a leaf."
"UNICURSAL","That can be passed over in a single course; -- said of a curvewhen the co\u00f6rdinates of the point on the curve can be expressed asrational algebraic functions of a single parameter th."
"UNIDEAED","Having no ideas; senseless; frivolous. 'Unideaed girls.' Mrs.Hemans.He [Bacon] received the unideaed page [Villiers] into his intimacy.Lord Campbell."
"UNIDIMENSIONAL","Having but one dimension. See Dimension."
"UNIFACIAL","Having but one front surface; as, some foliaceous corals areunifacial, the polyp mouths being confined to one surface."
"UNIFIC","Making one or unity; unifying."
"UNIFICATION","The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.Unification with God was the final aim of the Neoplatonicians.Fleming."
"UNIFIER","One who, or that which, unifies; as, a natural law is a unifierof phenomena."
"UNIFILAR","Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread,wire, fiber, or the like; as, unifilar suspension. Unifilarmagnetometer (Physics), an instrument which consists of a magneticbar suspended at its center of gravity by a long thread, constitutinga delicate means for accurately measuring magnetic intensities, alsofor determining declinations of the magnetic needle."
"UNIFLAGELLATE","Having but one flagellum; as, uniflagellate organisms."
"UNIFLOROUS","Bearing one flower only; as, a uniflorous peduncle."
"UNIFOLLIATE","Having only one leaf."
"UNIFOLLILATE","Having only one leaflet, as the leaves of the orange tree."
"UNIFORM","A dress of a particular style or fashion worn by persons in thesame service or order by means of which they have a distinctiveappearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of the police, of theFreemasons, etc.There are many things which, a soldier will do in his plain clotheswhich he scorns to do in his uniform. F. W. Robertson.In full uniform (Mil.), wearing the whole of the prescribed uniform,with ornaments, badges of rank, sash, side arms, etc.-- Uniform sword, an officer's sword of the regulation patternprescribed for the army or navy."
"UNIFORMAL","Uniform. [Obs.] Herrick."
"UNIFORMISM","The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of theearth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used,more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism."
"UNIFORMITARIAN","Of, pertaining to, or designating, the view or doctrine thatexisting causes, acting in the same manner and with essentially thesame intensity as at the present time, are sufficient to account forall geological changes."
"UNIFORMITARIANISM","The uniformitarian doctrine."
"UNIFORMLY","In a uniform manner; without variation or diversity; by aregular, constant, or common ratio of change; with even tenor; as, atemper uniformly mild. To vary uniformly (Math.), to vary with theratio of the corresponding increments constant; -- said of twodependent quantities with regard to each other."
"UNIFROMNESS","The quality or state of being uniform; uniformity."
"UNIFY","To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view asone.A comprehensive or unifying act of the judging faculty. De Quincey.Perception is thus a unifying act. Sir W. Hamilton."
"UNIGENITURE","The state of being the only begotten. [R.] Bp. Pearson."
"UNIGENOUS","Being of one kind; being of the same genus."
"UNIJUGATE","Having but one pair of leaflets; -- said of a pinnate leaf."
"UNILABIATE","Having one lip only; as, a unilabiate corolla."
"UNILATERAL","Pertaining to one side; one-sided; as, a unilateral raceme, inwhich the flowers grow only on one side of a common axis, or are allturned to one side. Unilateral contract (Law), a contract orengagement requiring future action only by one party."
"UNILITERAL","Consisting of one letter only; as, a uniliteral word or sign."
"UNILOBAR","Consisting of a single lobe."
"UNILOCULAR","Having one cell or cavity only; as, a unilocular capsule orshell."
"UNIMITABLE","Inimitable. [Obs.]"
"UNIMPAIRABLE","That can not be impaired. Hakewill."
"UNIMPEACHABLE","Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt fromliability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault;irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation;unimpeachable testimony. Burke.-- Un`im*peach'a*ble*ness, n.-- Un`im*peach'a*bly, adv."
"UNIMPLICATE","Not implicated. 'Unimplicate in folly.' R. Browning."
"UNIMPORTANCE","Want of importance; triviality. Johnson."
"UNIMUSCULAR","Having only one adductor muscle, and one muscular impression oneach valve, as the oyster; monomyarian."
"UNINCUMBERED","Free from any temporary estate or interest, or from mortgage,or other charge or debt; as, an estate unincumbered with dower."
"UNINFRINGIBLE","That may not be infringed; as, an uninfringible monopoly."
"UNINTELLIGENCE","Absence or lack of intelligence; unwisdom; ignorance. Bp. Hall."
"UNINTERESSED","Uninterested; unaffected. [Obs.] Glanvill."
"UNINTERMISSION","Want or failure of intermission. [R.] Bp. Parker."
"UNINUCLEATED","Possessed of but a single nucleus; as, a uninucleated cell."
"UNIO","Any one of numerous species of fresh-water mussels belonging toUnio and many allied genera."
"UNIOCULAR","Of, pertaining to, or seated in, one eye; monocular."
"UNION","A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or thelike, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feedpipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting forconnecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as tofacilitate disconnection."
"UNIONISTIC","Of or pertaining to union or unionists; tending to promote orpreserve union."
"UNIOVULATE","Containing but one ovule."
"UNIPARA","A woman who has borne one child."
"UNIPAROUS","Producing but one egg or young at a time."
"UNIPED","Having only one foot. Wright."
"UNIPERSONAL","Used in only one person, especially only in the third person,as some verbs; impersonal."
"UNIPERSONALIST","One who believes that the Deity is unipersonal."
"UNIPHONOUS","Having but one sound, as the drum. [R.]"
"UNIPLICATE","Having, or consisting of, but one fold."
"UNIPOLAR","Having, or acting by means of, one pole only."
"UNIQUE","Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled;unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole.-- U*nique'ly, adv.-- U*nique'ness, n."
"UNIQUITY","The quality or state of being unique; uniqueness. [R.] Walpole."
"UNIRADIATED","Having but one ray."
"UNIRAMOUS","Having but one branch."
"UNISEPTATE","Having but one septum, or partition; -- said of two-celledfruits, such as the silicles of cruciferous plants."
"UNISERIAL","Having only one row or series."
"UNISERIATE","Having one line or series; uniserial.-- U`ni*se'ri*ate*ly, adv."
"UNISEXUAL","Having one sex only, as plants which have the male and femaleflowers on separate individuals, or animals in which the sexes are inseparate individuals; dioecious; -- distinguished from bisexual, orhermaphrodite. See Dioecious."
"UNISILICATE","A salt of orthosilicic acid, H4SiO4; -- so called because theratio of the oxygen atoms united to the basic metals and siliconrespectively is 1:1; for example, Mg2SiO4 or 2MgO.SiO2."
"UNISON","Identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds proceeding from anequality in the number of vibrations made in a given time by two ormore sonorous bodies. Parts played or sung in octaves are also saidto be in unison, or in octaves."
"UNISONAL","Being in unison; unisonant.-- U*nis'o*nal*ly, adv."
"UNISONANCE","Accordance of sounds; unison."
"UNISONANT","Being in unison; having the same degree of gravity oracuteness; sounded alike in pitch."
"UNISONOUS","Being in unison; unisonant. Busby."
"UNIT","The least whole number; one.Units are the integral parts of any large number. I. Watts."
"UNITABLE","Capable of union by growth or otherwise. Owen."
"UNITARIAN","One who denies the doctrine of the Trinity, believing that Godexists only in one person; a unipersonalist; also, one of adenomination of Christians holding this belief."
"UNITARIANISM","The doctrines of Unitarians."
"UNITARIANIZE","To change or turn to Unitarian views."
"UNITE","United; joint; as, unite consent. [Obs.] J. Webster."
"UNITED","Combined; joined; made one. United Brethren. (Eccl.) SeeMoravian, n.-- United flowers (Bot.), flowers which have the stamens and pistilsin the same flower.-- The United Kingdom, Great Britain and Ireland; -- so named sinceJanuary 1, 1801, when the Legislative Union went into operation.-- United Greeks (Eccl.), those members of the Greek Church whoacknowledge the supremacy of the pope; -- called also uniats."
"UNITEDLY","In an united manner. Dryden."
"UNITER","One who, or that which, unites."
"UNITERABLE","Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. [Obs.] 'To play awayan uniterable life.' Sir T. Browne."
"UNITION","The act of uniting, or the state of being united; junction.[Obs.] Wiseman."
"UNITIVE","Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce,union. Jer. Taylor."
"UNITIVELY","In a unitive manner. Cudworth."
"UNITIZE","To reduce to a unit, or one whole; to form into a unit; tounify."
"UNITUDE","Unity. [R.] H. Spenser."
"UNITY","Any definite quantity, or aggregate of quantities or magnitudestaken as one, or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; thus,in a table of natural sines, the radius of the circle is regarded asunity."
"UNIVALENCE","The quality or state of being univalent."
"UNIVALENT","Having a valence of one; capable of combining with, or of beingsubstituted for, one atom of hydrogen; monovalent; -- said of certainatoms and radicals."
"UNIVALVE","A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell iscomposed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs."
"UNIVALVIA","Same as Gastropoda."
"UNIVALVULAR","Same as Univalve, a."
"UNIVARIANT","Having one degree of freedom or variability."
"UNIVERSAL","Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes,etc.; as, a universal milling machine."
"UNIVERSALIAN","Of or pertaining to Universalism; Universalist. [R.]"
"UNIVERSALISM","The doctrine or belief that all men will be saved, or madehappy, in the future state."
"UNIVERSALIST","One who believes in Universalism; one of a denomination ofChristians holding this faith."
"UNIVERSALISTIC","Of or pertaining to the whole; universal."
"UNIVERSALITY","The quality or state of being universal; unlimited extension orapplication; generality; -- distinguished from particularity; as, theunversality of a proposition; the unversality of sin; the unversalityof the Deluge."
"UNIVERSALIZE","To make universal; to generalize. Coleridge."
"UNIVERSALLY","In a universal manner; without exception; as, God's laws areuniversally binding on his creatures."
"UNIVERSALNESS","The quality or state of being universal; universality."
"UNIVERSE","All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole;the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the mundus of the Latins;the world; creation.How may I Adore thee, Author of this universe And all this good toman! Milton."
"UNIVERSITY EXTENSION","The extension of the advantages of university instruction bymeans of lectures and classes at various centers."
"UNIVERSOLOGICAL","Of or pertaining to universology."
"UNIVERSOLOGIST","One who is versed in universology."
"UNIVERSOLOGY","The science of the universe, and the relations which itinvolves."
"UNIVOCACY","The quality or state of being univocal. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"UNIVOCAL","A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to allthe species it embraces."
"UNIVOCALLY","In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; notequivocally.How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and mortal, if thevenial be not sin Bp. Hall."
"UNIVOCATION","Agreement of name and meaning. [Obs.] Whiston."
"UNJOIN","To disjoin."
"UNJOINT","To disjoint."
"UNJOINTED","Having no joint or articulation; as, an unjointed stem."
"UNJUSTICE","Want of justice; injustice. [Obs.] Hales."
"UNKARD","See Unked. [Prov. Eng.]"
"UNKE","A European aquatic toad (Bombinator igneus). Its back is dark;its belly is marked with crimson. Called also feuerkr\u00f6te."
"UNKEMMED","Unkempt. [Obs.]"
"UNKENT","Unknown; strange. [Obs. or Scot.] W. Browne."
"UNKETH","Uncouth. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"UNKIND","Having no race or kindred; childless. [Obs. & R.] Shak."
"UNKINDLINESS","Unkindness. Tennyson."
"UNKINDRED","Not kindred; not of the same kin. [Obs.] Rowe.-- Un*kin'dred*ly, a."
"UNKING","To cause to cease to be a king. [R.]Shall his condescension, therefore, unking him South."
"UNKINGSHIP","The quality or condition of being unkinged; abolition ofmonarchy. [Obs.]Unkingship was proclaimed, and his majesty's statues thrown down.Evelyn."
"UNKISS","To cancel or annul what was done or sealed by a kiss; to cancelby a kiss. [Obs.]Let me unkiss the oath 'twixt thee and me. Shak."
"UNKLE","See Uncle. [Obs.]"
"UNKNIGHT","To deprive of knighthood. Fuller."
"UNKNIT","To undo or unravel what is knitted together.Fie, fie! unknit that threatening unkind brow. Shak."
"UNKNOT","To free from knots; to untie."
"UNKNOW","Unknown. [Obs.] 'French of Paris was to her unknow.' Chaucer."
"UNKNOWLEDGED","Not acknowledged or recognized. [Obs.]For which bounty to us lent Of him unknowledged or unsent. B. Jonson."
"UNKNOWN","Not known; not apprehended.-- Un*known'ness, n. [R.] Camden."
"UNLACE","To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to castoff, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel. Totten."
"UNLAND","To deprive of lands."
"UNLAP","To unfold. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNLASH","To loose, as that which is lashed or tied down."
"UNLATCH","To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door."
"UNLAUGH","To recall, as former laughter. [Obs. & R.] Sir T. More."
"UNLAW","To impose a fine upon; to fine."
"UNLAWED","Not having the claws and balls of the forefeet cut off; -- saidof dogs."
"UNLAWFUL","Not lawful; contrary to law.-- Un*law'ful*ly, adv.-- Un*law'ful*ness, n. Unlawful assembly. (Law) See under Assembly."
"UNLAWLIKE","Not according to law; being or done in violation of law;unlawful. Milton."
"UNLAY","To untwist; as, to unlay a rope."
"UNLEASH","To free from a leash, or as from a leash; to let go; torelease; as, to unleash dogs."
"UNLEAVENED","Not leavened; containing no leaven; as, unleavened bread."
"UNLESS","Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in thesentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that not; if itbe not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail unless we areindustrious."
"UNLICKED","Not licked; hence, not properly formed; ungainly. Cf. To lickinto shape, under Lick, v. Shak."
"UNLIKELIHOOD","Absence of likelihood."
"UNLIKELINESS","The quality or state of being unlikely."
"UNLIKELY","In an unlikely manner."
"UNLIKEN","To make unlike; to dissimilate. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNLIKENESS","The quality or state of being unlike; want of resemblance;dissimilarity. Tennyson."
"UNLIMBER","To detach the limber from; as, to unlimber a gun."
"UNLIMITABLE","Illimitable. Locke."
"UNLINE","To take the lining out of; hence, to empty; as, to unline one'spurse."
"UNLINK","To separate or undo, as links; to uncoil; to unfasten. Shak."
"UNLIQUIDATED","Not liquidated; not exactly ascertained; not adjusted orsettled. Unliquidated damages (Law), penalties or damages notascertained in money. Burrill."
"UNLISTED","Not listed; specif. (New York Stock Exchange),"
"UNLIVE","To [R.] Glanvill."
"UNLIVED","Bereft or deprived of life. [Obs.] Shak."
"UNLOAD","To perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now."
"UNLOADER","One who, or that which, unloads; a device for unloading, as hayfrom a wagon."
"UNLODGE","To dislodge; to deprive of lodgment. Carew."
"UNLOOK","To recall or retract, as a look. [R.] Richardson."
"UNLOOKED","Not observed or foreseen; unexpected; -- generally with for.'Unlooked success.' Denham.She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all. Pope."
"UNLOOKED-FOR","Not looked for; unexpected; as, an unlooked-for event."
"UNLOOSE","To make loose; to loosen; to set free. Shak."
"UNLOOSEN","To loosen; to unloose."
"UNLORD","To deprive of the rank or position of a lord. Milton."
"UNLORDED","Deprived of the rank of a lord."
"UNLOVE","To cease to love; to hate. [Obs.]"
"UNLOVELY","Not lovely; not amiable; possessing qualities that excitedislike; disagreeable; displeasing; unpleasant.-- Un*love'li*ness, n."
"UNLUCKILY","In an unlucky manner."
"UNLUCKINESS","Quality or state of being unlucky."
"UNLUST","Listlessness; disinclination. [Obs.] 'Idleness and unlust.'Chaucer."
"UNLUTE","To separate, as things cemented or luted; to take the lute orthe clay from. Boyle."
"UNMADE","Not yet made or formed; as, an unmade grave. Shak."
"UNMAGISTRATE","To divest of the office or authority of a magistrate. [Obs.]Milton."
"UNMAIDEN","To ravish; to deflower. [Obs.]"
"UNMAKE","To destroy the form and qualities of; to deprive of being; touncreate.God does not make or unmake things to try experiments. T. Burnet."
"UNMANACLE","To free from manacles. Tennyson."
"UNMANHOOD","Absence or lack of manhood. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"UNMANNED","Deprived of manly qualities; deficient in vigor, strength,courage, etc.; weak; effeminate."
"UNMANNERLY","Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude.-- adv."
"UNMANTLE","To divest of a mantle; to uncover.Nay, she said, but I will unmantle you. Sir W. Scott."
"UNMARRY","To annul the marriage of; to divorce. Milton."
"UNMARTYR","To degrade from the rank of a martyr. [Obs.] Fuller."
"UNMASCULATE","To emasculate. [Obs.] Fuller."
"UNMASK","To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose."
"UNMASTERABLE","Incapable of being mastered or subdued. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"UNMATERIAL","Not material; immaterial. [Obs.] Daniel."
"UNMEANT","Not meant or intended; unintentional. Dryden."
"UNMEASURABLE","Immeasurable. Swift.-- Un*meas'ur*a*ble*ness, n.-- Un*meas'ur*a*bly, adv."
"UNMECHANIZED","Not mechanized. Paley."
"UNMEET","Not meet or fit; not proper; unbecoming; unsuitable; -- usuallyfollowed by for. 'Unmeet for a wife.' Tennyson.And all unmeet our carpet floors. Emerson.-- Un*meet'ly, adv.-- Un*meet'ness, n."
"UNMEMBER","To deprive of membership, as in a church."
"UNMENTIONABLES","The breeches; trousers. [Jocose]"
"UNMERCHANTABLE","Not merchantable; not fit for market; being of a kind, quality,or quantity that is unsalable. McElrath."
"UNMERCIED","Unmerciful; merciless. [Obs.] Drayton."
"UNMERCIFUL","Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman;merciless; unkind.-- Un*mer'ci*ful*ly, adv.-- Un*mer'ci*ful*ness, n."
"UNMERCILESS","Utterly merciless. [Obs.] Joye."
"UNMEW","To release from confinement or restraint. Keats."
"UNMINGLE","To separate, as things mixed. Bacon."
"UNMISTAKABLE","Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain;obvious; evident.-- Un`mis*tak'a*bly, adv."
"UNMONEYED","Destitute of money; not rich. [Written also unmonied.]Shenstone."
"UNMONOPOLIZE","To recover or release from the state of being monopolized. [R.]Unmonopolizing the rewards of learning and industry. Milton."
"UNMOOR","To weigh anchor. Sir W. Scott."
"UNMORAL","Having no moral perception, quality, or relation; involving noidea of morality; -- distinguished from both moral and immoral.-- Un`mo*ral'i*ty, n."
"UNMORALIZED","Not restrained or tutored by morality. Norris."
"UNMORRISED","Not arrayed in the dress of a morris dancer. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"UNMORTISE","To loosen, unfix, or separate, as things mortised together.Tennyson."
"UNMOTHERED","Deprived of a mother; motherless."
"UNMOVABLE","Immovable. 'Steadfast, unmovable.' 1 Cor. xv. 58. Locke."
"UNMOVABLY","Immovably. [R.] J. Ellis."
"UNMOVED","Not moved; fixed; firm; unshaken; calm; apathetic.-- Un*mov'ed*ly, adv."
"UNMUTABLE","Immutable. [Obs.]"
"UNMUZZLE","To loose from a muzzle; to remove a muzzle from."
"UNNAIL","To remove the nails from; to unfasten by removing nails."
"UNNAPPED","Finished without a nap.I did not attempt her with a threadbare name, Unnapped withmeritorious actions. Beau. & Fl."
"UNNATURAL","Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order ofnature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes."
"UNNATURALIZE","To make unnatural. [R.] Hales."
"UNNATURE","To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrarynature. [Obs.]A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were unnaturing them, doth sobridle them [the elements]. Sir P. Sidney."
"UNNEAR","Not near; not close to; at a distance from. [Obs.] Davies(Muse's Sacrifice)."
"UNNECESSARY","Not necessary; not required under the circumstances; unless;needless; as, unnecessary labor, care, or rigor.-- Un*nec'es*sa*ri*ly, adv.-- Un*nec'es*sa*ri*ness, n."
"UNNECESSITY","The state of being unnecessary; something unnecessary. [Obs.]"
"UNNEIGHBORED","Being without neigbors. Cowper."
"UNNEIGHBORLY","Not neighborly; distant; reserved; solitary; exclusive.-- adv."
"UNNERVATE","Enervate. [Obs.]"
"UNNERVE","To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; toenfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm.Unequal match'd, . . . The unnerved father falls. Shak."
"UNNEST","To eject from a nest; to unnestle. [R.] T. Adams."
"UNNESTLE","Same as Unnest. [R.]"
"UNNOBLE","Ignoble. Shak."
"UNNOBLY","Ignobly. J. Fletcher."
"UNNOOKED","Without nooks and corners; guileless. [Obs.] 'Unnookedsimplicity.' Marston."
"UNNOTIFY","To retract or withdraw a notice of. Walpole."
"UNNUMBERED","Not numbered; not counted or estimated; innumerable. Dryden."
"UNNUMERABLE","Innumerable. [Obs.] 'An unnumerable multitude.' Udall."
"UNNUN","To remove from condition of being a nun. [R.]Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves. Fuller."
"UNOBEDIENCE","Disobedience. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNOBEDIENT","Disobedient. [Obs.] Milton."
"UNOBSERVANCE","Want or neglect of observance; inobservance. Whitlock."
"UNOBTRUSIVE","Not obtrusive; not presuming; modest.-- Un`ob*tru'sive*ly, adv.-- Un`ob*tru'sive*ness, n."
"UNOFFENSIVE","Inoffensive."
"UNOFTEN","Not often. [Obs.]"
"UNOIL","To remove the oil from. Dryden."
"UNOPERATIVE","Producing no effect; inoperative. [Obs.] South."
"UNOPERCULATED","Destitute of an operculum, or cover."
"UNORDER","To countermand an order for. [R.]"
"UNORDERLY","Disorderly. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson."
"UNORDINATE","Disorderly; irregular; inordinate. [R.] -- Un*or'di*nate*ly,adv. [R.]"
"UNORGANIZED","Not organized; being without organic structure; specifically(Biol.), not having the different tissues and organs characteristicof living organisms, nor the power of growth and development; as, theunorganized ferments. See the Note under Ferment, n., 1."
"UNORIGINATELY","Without origin."
"UNOSSIFIED","Destitute of a bony structure."
"UNPACKER","One who unpacks."
"UNPAGANIZE","To cause to cease to be pagan; to divest of pagan character.[R.] Cudworth."
"UNPAINT","To remove the paint from; to efface, as a painting. Parnell."
"UNPAIRED","Not paired; not suited or matched.And minds unpaired had better think alone. Crabbe."
"UNPALPED","Destitute of a palp."
"UNPANNEL","To take the saddle off; to unsaddle. [Obs.] Jervas."
"UNPARADISE","To deprive of happiness like that of paradise; to renderunhappy. [R.] Young."
"UNPARAGONED","Having no paragon or equal; matchless; peerless. [R.]Your unparagoned mistress is dead. Shak."
"UNPARALLELED","Having no parallel, or equal; unequaled; unmatched.The unparalleled perseverance of the armies of the United States,under every suffering and discouragement, was little short of amiracle. Washington."
"UNPARCHED","Dried up; withered by heat. [Obs.] 'My tongue . . . unparched.'Crashaw."
"UNPARDONABLE","Not admitting of pardon or forgiveness; inexcusable."
"UNPARENTED","Having no parent, or no acknowledged parent. [R.]"
"UNPARLIAMENTARY","Not parliamentary; contrary to the practice of parliamentarybodies.-- Un*par`lia*men'ta*ri*ness, n."
"UNPARTIAL","Impartial. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.-- Un*par'tial*ly, adv. [Obs.] Hooker."
"UNPASSABLE","Impassable. E. A. Freeman.-- Un*pass'a*ble*ness, n. Evelyn."
"UNPASSIONATE","Not passionate; dispassionate.-- Un*pas'sion*ate*ly, adv."
"UNPASTOR","To cause to be no longer pastor; to deprive of pastorship. [R.]Fuller."
"UNPATHED","Not having a path. Shak."
"UNPATHWAYED","Pathless. [R.] 'The smooth, unpathwayed plain.' Wordsworth."
"UNPATIENCE","Impatience. [Obs.]"
"UNPATIENT","Impatient. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNPAY","To undo, take back, or annul, as a payment. Shak."
"UNPEACE","Absence or lack of peace. [Obs.] Testament of Love."
"UNPEDIGREED","Not distinguished by a pedigree. [R.] Pollok."
"UNPEELED","Thoroughly stripped; pillaged. [Obs.] Shak."
"UNPEERABLE","Incapable of having a peer, or equal."
"UNPEERED","Having no peer; unequaled; unparalleled. 'Unpeered excellence.'Marston."
"UNPEG","To remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; to open. Shak."
"UNPEN","To release from a pen or from confinement. 'If a man unpensanother's water.' Blackstone."
"UNPENETRABLE","Impenetrable."
"UNPENITENT","Impenitent. Sandys."
"UNPEOPLE","To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate. Shak."
"UNPEREGAL","Unequal. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"UNPERFECT","To mar or destroy the perfection of. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"UNPERFECTION","Want of perfection; imperfection. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNPERISHABLE","Imperishable."
"UNPERISHABLY","Imperishably."
"UNPERPLEX","To free from perplexity. [R.] Donne."
"UNPERSUASION","The state of not being persuaded; disbelief; doubt. [R.] Abp.Leighton."
"UNPERVERT","To free from perversion; to deliver from being perverted; toreconvert. [Obs.]"
"UNPHILOSOPHIZE","To degrade from the character of a philosopher. [R.] Pope."
"UNPICK","To pick out; to undo by picking."
"UNPICKED","Picked out; picked open."
"UNPIN","To loose from pins; to remove the pins from; to unfasten; as,to unpin a frock; to unpin a frame."
"UNPINION","To loose from pinions or manacles; to free from restraint.Goldsmith."
"UNPITOUSTY","Impiety. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNPITY","Want of piety. [Obs.]"
"UNPLACABLE","Implacable. [Obs.]"
"UNPLACED","Not placed."
"UNPLAID","To deprive of a plaid."
"UNPLAINED","Not deplored or bewailed; unlamented. [Obs.] Spenser."
"UNPLAT","To take out the folds or twists of, as something previouslyplatted; to unfold; to unwreathe."
"UNPLAUSIVE","Not approving; disapproving. [Obs.] Shak."
"UNPLEASANT","Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.-- Un*pleas'ant*ly, adv.-- Un*pleas'ant*ness, n."
"UNPLEASIVE","Unpleasant. [Obs.] 'An unpleasive passion.' Bp. Hall."
"UNPLEAT","To remove the plaits of; to smooth. W. Browne."
"UNPLIGHT","To unfold; to lay open; to explain. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"UNPLUMB","To deprive of lead, as of a leaden coffin. [R.] Burke."
"UNPLUME","To strip of plumes or feathers; hence, to humiliate."
"UNPOISON","To remove or expel poison from. [Obs.] South."
"UNPOLISH","To deprive of polish; to make impolite."
"UNPOLITE","Not polite; impolite; rude.-- Un`po*lite'ly, adv.-- Un`po*lite'ness, n."
"UNPOLITIC","Impolitic; imprudent."
"UNPOLLED","Not polled. Specifically:(a) Not enumerated or registered; as, an unpolled vote or voter.(b) Not plundered. [Obs.] 'Unpoll'd Arabian wealth.' Fanshawe."
"UNPORTUNATE","Importunate; troublesome with requests. [Obs.] Golden Boke."
"UNPORTUOUS","Having no ports. [Obs.] 'An unportuous coast.' Burke."
"UNPOSSESS","To be without, or to resign, possession of. [Obs.]"
"UNPOSSIBILITY","Impossibility. [R.] 'Utter unpossibility.' Poe."
"UNPOSSIBLE","Impossible. [R.]"
"UNPOWER","Want of power; weakness. [Obs.] Piers Plowman."
"UNPOWERFUL","Not powerful; weak. Cowley."
"UNPRACTICABLE","Impracticable; not feasible."
"UNPRACTICAL","Not practical; impractical. 'Unpractical questions.' H. James.I like him none the less for being unpractical. Lowell."
"UNPRAISE","To withhold praise from; to deprive of praise. [R.]"
"UNPRAY","To revoke or annul by prayer, as something previously prayedfor. [R.] Sir M. Hale."
"UNPRAYABLE","Not to be influenced or moved by prayers; obdurate. [R.]Wyclif."
"UNPRAYED","Not prayed for. [Obs.] Sir T. More."
"UNPREACH","To undo or overthrow by preaching. [R.] De Foe."
"UNPRECEDENTED","Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case;not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled.-- Un*prec'e*dent*ed*ly, adv."
"UNPREDICT","To retract or falsify a previous prediction. Milton."
"UNPRELATED","Deposed from the office of prelate."
"UNPRICED","Not priced; being without a fixed or certain value; also,priceless. 'Amethyst unpriced.' Neale (Rhythm of St. Bernard)."
"UNPRIEST","To deprive of priesthood; to unfrock. [R.] Milton."
"UNPRINCE","To deprive of the character or authority of a prince; to divestof principality of sovereignty. [R.] Swift."
"UNPRINCIPLE","To destroy the moral principles of. [R.]"
"UNPRINCIPLED","Being without principles; especially, being without right moralprinciples; also, characterized by absence of principle.-- Un*prin'ci*pled*ness, n."
"UNPRISON","To take or deliver from prison."
"UNPROBABLY","Improbably."
"UNPROFICIENCY","Want of proficiency or improvement. Bp. Hall."
"UNPROFIT","Want of profit; unprofitableness. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNPROFITED","Profitless. [R.] Shak."
"UNPROMISE","To revoke or annul, as a promise. Chapman."
"UNPROP","To remove a prop or props from; to deprive of support."
"UNPROPER","Not proper or peculiar; improper. [Obs.] -- Un*prop'er*ly, adv.[Obs.]"
"UNPROSELYTE","To convert or recover from the state of a proselyte. Fuller."
"UNPROTESTANTIZE","To render other than Protestant; to cause to change fromProtestantism to some other form of religion; to deprive of someProtestant feature or characteristic.The attempt to unprotestantize the Church of England. Froude."
"UNPROVIDE","To deprive of necessary provision; to unfurnish.Lest her . . . beauty unprovide my mind again. Shak."
"UNPROVIDENT","Improvident. [Obs.] 'Who for thyself art so unprovident.' Shak."
"UNPRUDENCE","Imprudence. [Obs.]"
"UNPRUDENT","Imprudent. [Obs.]"
"UNPRUDENTIAL","Imprudent. [Obs.] 'The most unwise and unprudential act.'Milton."
"UNPUCKER","To smooth away the puckers or wrinkles of."
"UNPURE","Not pure; impure.-- Un*pure'ly, adv.-- Un*pure'ness, n."
"UNQUALIFY","To disqualify; to unfit. Swift."
"UNQUALITIED","Deprived of the usual faculties. [Obs.] Shak."
"UNQUEEN","To divest of the rank or authority of queen. Shak."
"UNQUICK","Not quick. [R.] Daniel."
"UNQUIET","To disquiet. [Obs.] Ld. Herbert."
"UNQUIETUDE","Uneasiness; inquietude."
"UNRAVEL","To become unraveled, in any sense."
"UNRAVELMENT","The act of unraveling, or the state of being unraveled."
"UNRAZORED","Not shaven. [R.] Milton."
"UNREADINESS","The quality or state of being unready."
"UNREADY","To undress. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"UNREAL","Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal."
"UNREALITY","The quality or state of being unreal; want of reality."
"UNREALIZE","To make unreal; to idealize.His fancy . . . unrealizes everything at a touch. Lowell."
"UNREALLY","In an unreal manner; ideally."
"UNREASON","Want of reason; unreasonableness; absurdity. Abbot of Unreason.See Abbot of Misrule, under Abbot."
"UNREASONABLE","Not reasonable; irrational; immoderate; exorbitant.-- Un*rea'son*a*ble*ness, n.-- Un*rea'son*a*bly, adv."
"UNREASONED","Not supported by reason; unreasonable. 'Unreasoned habits.'Burke."
"UNREAVE","To unwind; to disentangle; to loose. [Obs.] Spenser."
"UNREAVED","Not torn, split, or parted; not torn to pieces. [Obs.] Bp.Hall."
"UNREBUKABLE","Not deserving rebuke or censure; blameless. 1 Tim. vi. 14."
"UNRECURING","Incurable. [Obs.] 'Some unrecuring wound.' Shak."
"UNREDEEMED","Not redeemed."
"UNREEVE","To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, orthe like."
"UNREFORMATION","Want of reformation; state of being unreformed. [Obs.] Bp.Hall."
"UNREGENERACY","The quality or state of being unregenerate. Glanvill."
"UNREGENERATION","Unregeneracy."
"UNREIN","To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from. Addison."
"UNRELENTING","Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel.-- Un`re*lent'ing*ly, adv.-- Un`re*lent'ing*ness, n."
"UNRELIABLE","Not reliable; untrustworthy. See Reliable.-- Un`re*li'a*ble*ness, n.Alcibiades . . . was too unsteady, and (according to Mr. Coleridge'scoinage) 'unreliable;' or perhaps, in more correct English, too'unrelyuponable.' De Quincey."
"UNRELIGIOUS","Irreligious. Wordsworth."
"UNREMEMBRANCE","Want of remembrance; forgetfulness. I. Watts."
"UNREMITTING","Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering; as,unremitting exertions. Cowper.-- Un`re*mit'ting*ly, adv.-- Un`re*mit'ting*ness, n."
"UNREMORSELESS","Utterly remorseless. [Obs. & R.] 'Unremorseless death.' Cowley."
"UNREPENTANCE","Impenitence. [R.]"
"UNREPRIEVABLE","Not capable of being reprieved. Shak."
"UNREPROACHABLE","Not liable to be reproached; irreproachable."
"UNREPUTABLE","Disreputable."
"UNRESERVE","Absence of reverse; frankness; freedom of communication. T.Warton."
"UNRESERVED","Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part;unrestrained.-- Un`re*serv'ed*ly, adv.-- Un`re*serv'ed*ness, n."
"UNRESISTANCE","Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance. Bp. Hall."
"UNRESISTIBLE","Irresistible. W. Temple."
"UNRESPECT","Disrespect. [Obs.] 'Unrespect of her toil.' Bp. Hall."
"UNRESPONSIBLE","Irresponsible. Fuller.-- Un`re*spon'si*ble*ness, n."
"UNREST","Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness; uneasiness;disquietude.Is this, quoth she, the cause of your unrest! Chaucer.Can calm despair and wild unrest Be tenants of a single breastTennyson."
"UNRESTRAINT","Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license."
"UNRESTY","Causing unrest; disquieting; as, unresty sorrows. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"UNREVENUED","Not furnished with a revenue. [R.] Milton."
"UNREVERENCE","Absence or lack of reverence; irreverence. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNREVERENT","Irreverent. [R.] Shak."
"UNREVERENTLY","Irreverently. [R.] B. Jonson."
"UNRIDDLE","To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; as, to unriddle anenigma or a mystery. Macaulay.And where you can't unriddle, learn to trust. Parnell."
"UNRIDDLER","One who unriddles. Lovelace."
"UNRIG","To strip of rigging; as, to unrig a ship. Totten."
"UNRIGHT","Not right; wrong. [Obs.] Gower."
"UNRIGHTWISE","Unrighteous. [Obs.] Wyclif.-- Un*right'wise`ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"UNRINGED","Not having a ring, as in the nose. 'Pigs unringed.' Hudibras."
"UNRIOTED","Free from rioting. [Obs.] 'A chaste, unrioted house.' May(Lucan)."
"UNRIP","To rip; to cut open. Bacon."
"UNRIPENESS","Quality or state of being unripe."
"UNRIVALED","Having no rival; without a competitor; peerless. [Spelt alsounrivalled.] Pope."
"UNRIVET","To take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boilerplates."
"UNROBE","To disrobe; to undress; to take off the robes."
"UNROOF","To strip off the roof or covering of, as a house. Shak."
"UNROOFED","Stripped of a roof, or similar covering.Broken carriages, dead horses, unroofed cottages, all indicated themovements. Sir W. Scott."
"UNROOST","To drive from the roost. Shak."
"UNROOT","To tear up by the roots; to eradicate; to uproot."
"UNRUFFLE","To cease from being ruffled or agitated. Dryden."
"UNRUFFLED","Not ruffled or agitated; smooth; calm; tranquil; quiet.Calm and unruffled as a summer's sea. Addison."
"UNRULIMENT","Unruliness. [Obs.] 'Breaking forth with rude unruliment.'Spenser."
"UNRULINESS","Quality or state unruly."
"UNRULY","Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed toviolate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy;unruly boy; unruly conduct.But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadlypoison. James iii. 8."
"UNRUMPLE","To free from rumples; to spread or lay even,"
"UNSACRAMENT","To deprive of sacramental character or efficacy; as, tounsacrament the rite of baptism. [Obs.]"
"UNSAD","Unsteady; fickle. [Obs.]O, stormy people, unsad and ever untrue. Chaucer."
"UNSADDEN","To relieve from sadness; to cheer. [R.] Whitlock."
"UNSADNESS","Infirmity; weakness. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNSAFETY","The quality or state of being in peril; absence of safety;insecurity. Bacon."
"UNSAINT","To deprive of saintship; to deny sanctity to. [R.] South."
"UNSAINTLY","Unbecoming to a saint. Gauden."
"UNSALABLE","Not salable; unmerchantable.-- n."
"UNSANCTIFICATION","Absence or lack of sanctification. Shak."
"UNSATIABILITY","Quality of being unsatiable; insatiability. [Obs.]"
"UNSATIABLE","Insatiable. [Obs.] Hooker.-- Un*sa'ti*a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] -- Un*sa'ti*a*bly, adv. [Obs.]"
"UNSATIATE","Insatiate. Dr. H. More."
"UNSATISFACTION","Dissatisfaction. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"UNSATURATED","Capable of taking up, or of uniting with, certain otherelements or compounds, without the elimination of any side product;thus, aldehyde, ethylene, and ammonia are unsaturated."
"UNSATURATION","The quality or state of being unsaturated."
"UNSAY","To recant or recall, as what has been said; to refract; to takeback again; to make as if not said.You can say and unsay things at pleasure. Goldsmith."
"UNSCALE","To divest of scales; to remove scales from.[An eagle] purging and unscaling her long-abused sight at thefountain itself of heavenly radiance. Milton."
"UNSCAPABLE","Not be escaped; inevitable. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNSCIENCE","Want of science or knowledge; ignorance. [Obs.]If that any wight ween a thing to be otherwise than it is, it is notonly unscience, but it is deceivable opinion. Chaucer."
"UNSCREW","To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen orwithdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it."
"UNSCRUPULOUS","Not scrupulous; unprincipled.-- Un*scru'pu*lous*ly, adv.-- Un*scru'pu*lous*ness, n."
"UNSCRUTABLE","Inscrutable. [R.]"
"UNSCUTCHEONED","Destitute of an escutcheon. [R.] Pollock."
"UNSEAM","To open the seam or seams of; to rip; to cut; to cut open.Shak."
"UNSEARCHABLE","Not searchable; inscrutable; hidden; mysterious.The counsels of God are to us unsearchable. Rogers.-- Un*search'a*ble*ness, n.-- Un*search'a*bly, adv."
"UNSEASONABLE","Not seasonable; being, done, or occurring out of the properseason; ill-timed; untimely; too early or too late; as, he called atan unseasonable hour; unseasonable advice; unseasonable frosts;unseasonable food.-- Un*sea'son*a*ble*ness, n.-- Un*sea'son*a*bly, adv."
"UNSECRET","To disclose; to divulge. [Obs.] Bacon."
"UNSECULARIZE","To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular things;to alienate from the world."
"UNSECURE","Insecure. [R.] Milton."
"UNSEEL","To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled; hence, togive light to; to enlighten. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"UNSEEM","Not to seem. [Obs.] Shak."
"UNSEEMING","Unbeseeming; not fit or becoming."
"UNSEEMLINESS","The quality or state of being unseemly; unbecomingness. Udall."
"UNSEEMLY","Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent.An unseemly outbreak of temper. Hawthorne."
"UNSELDOM","Not seldom; frequently. [R.]"
"UNSELY","Not blessed or happy; wretched; unfortunate. [Written alsounsilly.] [Obs.] Chaucer.-- Un*se'li*ness, n. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"UNSEMINARED","Deprived of virility, or seminal energy; made a eunuch. [Obs.]"
"UNSENSED","Wanting a distinct meaning; having no certain signification.[R.] Puller."
"UNSENSIBLE","Insensible. [Obs.]"
"UNSENSUALIZE","To elevate from the domain of the senses; to purify. Coleridge."
"UNSEPARABLE","Inseparable. [Obs.] 'In love unseparable.' Shak."
"UNSERVICE","Neglect of duty; idleness; indolence. [Obs.] Massinger."
"UNSET","Not set; not fixed or appointed."
"UNSETTLE","To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix;to displace; to disorder; to confuse."
"UNSETTLEDNESS","The quality or state of being unsettled."
"UNSETTLEMENT","The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled;disturbance. J. H. Newman."
"UNSEVEN","To render other than seven; to make to be no longer seven.[Obs. & R.] 'To unseven the sacraments of the church of Rome.'Fuller."
"UNSEW","To undo, as something sewn, or something inclosed by sewing; torip apart; to take out the stitches of."
"UNSEX","To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex; esp.,to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or the like; as, tounsex a woman."
"UNSEXUAL","Not sexual; not proper or peculiar to one of the sexes. DeQuincey."
"UNSHACKLE","To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; tounfetter. Addison."
"UNSHAKABLE","Not capable of being shaken; firm; fixed. Shak. J. S. Mill."
"UNSHAKED","Unshaken. [Obs.] Shak."
"UNSHALE","To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover. [Obs.]I will not unshale the jest before it be ripe. Marston."
"UNSHAPE","To deprive of shape, or of proper shape; to disorder; toconfound; to derange. [R.] Shak."
"UNSHEATHE","To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, asa sword. To unsheathe the sword, to make war."
"UNSHELL","To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to hatch."
"UNSHELVE","To remove from, or as from, a shelf."
"UNSHENT","Not shent; not disgraced; blameless. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"UNSHERIFF","To depose from the office of sheriff. [R.]"
"UNSHET","To unshut. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"UNSHIP","To remove or detach, as any part or implement, from its properposition or connection when in use; as, to unship an oar; to unshipcapstan bars; to unship the tiller."
"UNSHIPMENT","The act of unshipping, or the state of being unshipped;displacement."
"UNSHOT","To remove the shot from, as from a shotted gun; to unload."
"UNSHOUT","To recall what is done by shouting. [Obs.] Shak."
"UNSHROUD","To remove the shroud from; to uncover. P. Fletcher."
"UNSHRUBBED","Being without shrubs."
"UNSHUT","To open, or throw open. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"UNSHUTTER","To open or remove the shutters of. T. Hughes."
"UNSIGHT","Doing or done without sight; not seeing or examining. [Colloq.]Unsight unseen, a colloquial phrase, denoting unseeing unseen, orunseen repeated; as, to buy a thing unsight unseen, that is, withoutseeing it.For to subscribe, unsight, unseen, To a new church discipline.Hudibras.There was a great confluence of chapmen, that resorted from everypart, with a design to purchase, which they were to do 'unsightunseen.' Spectator."
"UNSIGHTABLE","Invisible. [Obs.]"
"UNSIGHTED","Not aimed by means of a sight; also, not furnished with asight, or with a properly adjusted sight; as, to shoot and unsightedrife or cannon."
"UNSIGNIFICANT","Insignificant. [Obs.] Holland."
"UNSILLY","See Unsely. [Obs.]"
"UNSIMPLICITY","Absence of simplicity; artfulness. C. Kingsley."
"UNSIN","To deprive of sinfulness, as a sin; to make sinless. [Obs.]Feltham."
"UNSINCERE","Not sincere or pure; insincere. [Obs.] Dryden.-- Un`sin*cere'ness, n. [Obs.]"
"UNSINCERITY","The quality or state of being unsincere or impure; insincerity.[Obs.] Boyle."
"UNSINEW","To deprive of sinews or of strength. [R.] Dryden."
"UNSISTER","To separate, as sisters; to disjoin. [Poetic & R.] Tennyson."
"UNSISTERLY","Not sisterly. Richardson."
"UNSISTING","Unresisting. [Obs.] 'The unsisting postern.' Shak."
"UNSITTING","Not sitting well; unbecoming. [Obs.] 'Unsitting words.' Sir T.More."
"UNSKILL","Want of skill; ignorance; unskillfulness. [Obs.] Sylvester."
"UNSLACKED","Not slacked; unslaked; as, unslacked lime."
"UNSLAKED","Not slaked; unslacked; as, an unslaked thirst; unslaked lime."
"UNSLING","To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; torelease from the slings. Totten."
"UNSLUICE","To sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of; to let flow; todischarge. Dryden."
"UNSOCIABILITY","The quality or state of being unsociable; unsociableness."
"UNSOCIABLE","Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionshipor conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person ortemper.-- Un*so'cia*ble*ness, n.-- Un*so'cia*bly, adv."
"UNSOCKET","To loose or take from a socket."
"UNSOFT","Not soft; hard; coarse; rough. [Obs.] 'Bristles of his beardunsoft.' Chaucer."
"UNSOLDER","To separate or disunite, as what has been soldered; hence, todivide; to sunder. [Formerly written also unsoder.] Tennyson."
"UNSOLDIERED","Not equipped like a soldier; unsoldierlike. [Obs.] J. Fletcher."
"UNSOLEMNIZE","To divest of solemnity."
"UNSONABLE","Incapable of being sounded. [Obs.]"
"UNSONSY","Not soncy (sonsy); not fortunate. [Scot.]"
"UNSOOT","Not sweet. [Obs.] Spenser."
"UNSORROWED","Not sorrowed for; unlamented. Beau. & Fl."
"UNSOUL","To deprive of soul, spirit, or principle. [R.] Shelton."
"UNSOUND","Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased.-- Un*sound'ly, adv.-- Un*sound'ness, n."
"UNSPAR","To take the spars, stakes, or bars from. [R.] Sir W. Scott."
"UNSPEAK","To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay. [R.]Shak."
"UNSPEAKABLE","Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequatelydescribed; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakablegrief or rage.-- Un*speak'a*bly, adv.Ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. 1 Pet. i. 8."
"UNSPECIALIZED","Not specialized; specifically (Biol.), not adapted, or setapart, for any particular purpose or function; as, an unspecializedunicellular organism. W. K. Brooks."
"UNSPED","Not performed; not dispatched. [Obs.] Garth."
"UNSPELL","To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from theinfluence of a spell; to disenchant. [R.]Such practices as these, . . . The more judicious Israelitesunspelled. Dryden."
"UNSPHERE","To remove, as a planet, from its sphere or orb. Shak."
"UNSPIKE","To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon."
"UNSPILT","Not spilt or wasted; not shed."
"UNSPIN","To untwist, as something spun."
"UNSPIRIT","To dispirit. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple."
"UNSPIRITALIZE","To deprive of spiritually. South."
"UNSPLEENED","Deprived of a spleen."
"UNSPOTTED","Not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially, free frommoral stain; unblemished; immaculate; as, an unspotted reputation.-- Un*spot'ted*ness, n."
"UNSQUIRE","To divest of the title or privilege of an esquire. Swift."
"UNSTABLE","Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change oroverthrow.-- Un*sta'ble*ness, n. Chaucer. Unstable equilibrium. See Stableequilibrium, under Stable."
"UNSTACK","To remove, or take away, from a stack; to remove, as somethingconstituting a stack."
"UNSTARCH","To free from starch; to make limp or pliable."
"UNSTATE","To deprive of state or dignity. [R.]High-battled C\u00e6sar will unstate his happiness. Shak."
"UNSTEEL","To disarm; to soften. Richardson."
"UNSTEP","To remove, as a mast, from its step."
"UNSTICK","To release, as one thing stuck to another. Richardson."
"UNSTILL","Not still; restless. [R.]"
"UNSTING","To disarm of a sting; to remove the sting of. [R.] 'Elegantdissertations on virtue and vice . . . will not unsting calamity.' J.M. Mason."
"UNSTITCH","To open by picking out stitches; to take out, or undo, thestitches of; as, to unstitch a seam. Collier."
"UNSTOCKINGED","Destitute of stockings. Sir W. Scott."
"UNSTRAIN","To relieve from a strain; to relax. B. Jonson."
"UNSTRATIFIED","Not stratified; -- applied to massive rocks, as granite,porphyry, etc., and also to deposits of loose material, as theglacial till, which occur in masses without layers or strata."
"UNSTRENGTH","Want of strength; weakness; feebleness. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNSTRIATED","Nonstriated; unstriped."
"UNSTRING","Used also figuratively; as, his nerves were unstrung by fear."
"UNSTRIPED","Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped musclefibers."
"UNSUBSTANTIAL","Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical."
"UNSUBSTANTIALIZE","To make unsubstantial. [R.]"
"UNSUBSTANTIATION","A divesting of substantiality."
"UNSUCCEEDABLE","Not able or likely to succeed. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"UNSUCCESS","Want of success; failure; misfortune. Prof. Wilson."
"UNSUCCESSFUL","Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate;meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy.-- Un`suc*cess'ful*ly, adv.-- Un`suc*cess'ful*ness, n."
"UNSUFFERABLE","Insufferable. [Obs.] Hooker.-- Un*suf'fer*a*bly, adv. [Obs.]"
"UNSUFFERING","Inability or incapability of enduring, or of being endured.[Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNSUFFICIENT","Insufficient. [Obs.]"
"UNSUIT","Not to suit; to be unfit for. [Obs.] Quarles."
"UNSUPPORTABLE","Insupportable; unendurable.-- Un`sup*port'a*ble*ness, n. Bp. Wilkins.-- Un`sup*port'a*bly, adv."
"UNSURED","Not made sure. [Obs.]Thy now unsured assurance to the crown. Shak."
"UNSURETY","Want of surety; uncertainty; insecurity; doubt. [Obs.] Sir T.More."
"UNSURMOUNTABLE","Insurmountable. Locke."
"UNSUSPICION","The quality or state of being unsuspecting. Dickens."
"UNSWADDLE","To take a swaddle from; to unswathe."
"UNSWATHE","To take a swathe from; to relieve from a bandage; to unswaddle.Addison."
"UNSWAYABLE","Not capable of being swayed. Shak."
"UNSWEAR","To recant or recall, as an oath; to recall after having sworn;to abjure. J. Fletcher."
"UNSWEAT","To relieve from perspiration; to ease or cool after exercise ortoil. [R.] Milton."
"UNSWELL","To sink from a swollen state; to subside. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"UNSYMMETRICAL","Not symmetrical; being without symmetry, as the parts of aflower when similar parts are of different size and shape, or whenthe parts of successive circles differ in number. See Symmetry."
"UNSYMMETRICALLY","Not symmetrically."
"UNSYMPATHY","Absence or lack of sympathy."
"UNTACK","To separate, as what is tacked; to disjoin; to release.being untacked from honest cares. Barrow."
"UNTACKLE","To unbitch; to unharness. [Colloq.] Tusser."
"UNTALKED","Not talked; not mentioned; -- often with of. Shak."
"UNTANGIBILITY","Intangibility."
"UNTANGIBLE","Intangible. [R.]"
"UNTANGIBLY","Intangibly. [R.]"
"UNTANGLE","To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve;as, to untangle thread.Untangle but this cruel chain. Prior."
"UNTAPPICE","to come out of concealment. [Obs.] Massinger."
"UNTASTE","To deprive of a taste for a thing. [R.] Daniel."
"UNTEAM","To unyoke a team from. [R.] Jer. Taylor."
"UNTEMPER","To deprive of temper, or of the proper degree of temper; tomake soft."
"UNTEMPERATE","Intemperate. [Obs.]"
"UNTEMPERATELY","Intemperately. [Obs.]"
"UNTEMPTER","One who does not tempt, or is not a tempter. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNTENANT","To remove a tenant from. [R.] Coleridge."
"UNTENT","To bring out of a tent. [R.] Shak."
"UNTENTED","Having no tent or tents, as a soldier or a field."
"UNTHANK","No thanks; ill will; misfortune. [Obs.]Unthank come on his head that bound him so. Chaucer."
"UNTHINK","To recall or take back, as something thought. Shak."
"UNTHINKER","A person who does not think, or does not think wisely."
"UNTHRIFT","Unthrifty. [Obs.]"
"UNTHRIFTFULLY","Not thriftily. [Obs.] 'Unthriftfully spent.' Sir J. Cheke."
"UNTHRIFTINESS","The quality or state or being unthrifty; profuseness;lavishness. Udall."
"UNTHRIFTY","Not thrifty; profuse. Spenser."
"UNTHRONE","To remove from, or as from, a throne; to dethrone. Milton."
"UNTIE","To become untied or loosed."
"UNTIGHTEN","To make less tight or tense; to loosen."
"UNTIL","As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to thetime that; till. See Till, conj.In open prospect nothing bounds our eye, Until the earth seems joinedunto the sky. Dryden.But the rest of the dead lives not again until the thousand yearswere finished. Rev. xx. 5."
"UNTILE","To take the tiles from; to uncover by removing the tiles."
"UNTIME","An unseasonable time. [Obs.]A man shall not eat in untime. Chaucer."
"UNTIMELINESS","Unseasonableness."
"UNTIMELY","Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, orimproper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimelyfrosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death."
"UNTIMEOUS","Untimely. [R.] Sir W. Scott."
"UNTIMEOUSLY","Untimely; unseasonably. [R.]"
"UNTITHED","Not subjected tithes."
"UNTO","Until; till. [Obs.] 'Unto this year be gone.' Chaucer."
"UNTOLERABLE","Intolerable. [Obs.]"
"UNTOMB","To take from the tomb; to exhume; to disinter. Fuller."
"UNTONGUE","To deprive of a tongue, or of voice. [Obs.] Fuller."
"UNTOOTH","To take out the teeth of. Cowper."
"UNTOWARD","Toward. [Obs.] Gower."
"UNTOWARDLY","Perverse; froward; untoward. 'Untowardly tricks and vices.'Locke."
"UNTRAMMELED","Not hampered or impeded; free. [Written also untrammelled.]"
"UNTREAD","To tread back; to retrace. Shak."
"UNTREASURE","To bring forth or give up, as things previously treasured. 'Thequaintness with which he untreasured, as by rote, the stores of hismemory.' J. Mitford."
"UNTREASURED","Deprived of treasure. [Obs.] Shak."
"UNTREATABLE","Incapable of being treated; not practicable. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"UNTRENCHED","Being without trenches; whole; intact. [Obs.]"
"UNTRESSED","Not tied up in tresses; unarranged; -- said of the hair.Chaucer."
"UNTROWABLE","Incredible. [Obs.] 'Untrowable fairness.' Wyclif."
"UNTRUE","Untruly. [Obs. or Poetic] Chaucer."
"UNTRUISM","Something not true; a false statement. [Recent & R.] A.Trollope."
"UNTRUNKED","Separated from its trunk or stock. [Obs.]"
"UNTRUSS","To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie orunfasten; to let out; to undress. [R.] Dryden."
"UNTRUST","Distrust. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"UNTRUTHFUL","Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact.-- Un*truth'ful*ly, adv.-- Un*truth'ful*ness, n."
"UNTUCK","To unfold or undo, as a tuck; to release from a tuck or fold."
"UNTUNE","To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to putout of tune. Shak."
"UNTURN","To turn in a reserve way, especially so as to open something;as, to unturn a key. Keats."
"UNTURNED","Not turned; not revolved or reversed. To leave no stoneunturned, to leave nothing untried for accomplishing one's purpose.[He] left unturned no stone To make my guilt appear, and hide hisown. Dryden."
"UNTWAIN","To rend in twain; to tear in two. [Obs.] Skelton."
"UNTWINE","To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; todisentangle; to untie.It requires a long and powerful counter sympathy in a nation tountwine the ties of custom which bind a people to the established andthe old. Sir W. Hamilton."
"UNTWIRL","To untwist; to undo. Ash."
"UNTY","To untie. [Archaic] Young."
"UNUSAGE","Want or lack of usage. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"UNUSUAL","Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person ofunusual grace or erudition.-- Un*u'su*al*ly, adv.-- Un*u'su*al*ness, n."
"UNUSUALITY","Unusualness. Poe."
"UNUTTERABLE","Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced;inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish.Sighed and looked unutterable things. Thomson.-- Un*ut'ter*a*ble*ness, n.-- Un*ut'ter*a*bly, adv."
"UNVAIL","See Unveil."
"UNVARIABLE","Invariable. Donne."
"UNVEIL","To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; todisclose to view; to reveal; as, she unveiled her face."
"UNVEILER","One who removes a veil."
"UNVERACITY","Want of veracity; untruthfulness; as, unveracity of heart.Carlyle."
"UNVESSEL","To cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty. [Obs.] Ford."
"UNVICAR","To deprive of the position or office a vicar. [R.] Strype."
"UNVIOLABLE","Inviolable."
"UNVISARD","To take the vizard or mask from; to unmask. [Written alsounvizard.] [Obs.] Milton."
"UNVISIBLE","Invisible. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNVISIBLY","Invisibly. [Obs.]"
"UNVITIATED","Not vitiated; pure."
"UNVOLUNTARY","Involuntary. [Obs.] Fuller."
"UNVOTE","To reverse or annul by vote, as a former vote. [R.] Bp, Burnet."
"UNVOWELED","Having no vowel sounds or signs. [Written also unvowelled.]Skinner."
"UNVULGARIZE","To divest of vulgarity; to make to be not vulgar. Lamb."
"UNVULNERABLE","Invulnerable. [Obs.]"
"UNWARES","Unawares; unexpectedly; -- sometimes preceded by at. [Obs.]Holinshed."
"UNWARILY","In an unwary manner."
"UNWARINESS","The quality or state of being unwary; carelessness;heedlessness."
"UNWARM","To lose warmth; to grow cold. [R.]"
"UNWARP","To restore from a warped state; to cause to be linger warped."
"UNWARPED","Not warped; hence, not biased; impartial."
"UNWARRANTABLE","Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable;illegal; unjust; improper.-- Un*war'rant*a*ble*ness, n.-- Un*war'rant*a*bly, adv."
"UNWARRANTED","Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty;unwarrantable."
"UNWASHED","Not washed or cleansed; filthy; unclean."
"UNWASHEN","Not washed. [Archaic] 'To eat with unwashen hands.' Matt. xv.20."
"UNWEARIED","Not wearied; not fatigued or tired; hence, persistent; nottiring or wearying; indefatigable.-- Un*wea'ried*ly, adv.-- Un*wea'ried*ness, n."
"UNWEARY","To cause to cease being weary; to refresh. [Obs.] Dryden."
"UNWEAVE","To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven."
"UNWEDGEABLE","Not to be split with wedges. [Obs.] Shak."
"UNWEETING","Unwitting. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.-- Un*weet'ing*ly, adv. [Obs.] Milton."
"UNWEIGHED","Not weighed; not pondered or considered; as, an unweighedstatement."
"UNWEIGHING","Not weighing or pondering; inconsiderate. Shak."
"UNWELL","Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having,catamenial; menstruant."
"UNWELLNESS",", n. Quality or state of being unwell."
"UNWEMMED","Not blemished; undefiled; pure. [Obs.] Wyclif.With body clean and with unwemmed thought. Chaucer."
"UNWHOLE","Not whole; unsound. [Obs.]"
"UNWIELDY","Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous.'A fat, unwieldy body of fifty-eight years old.' Clarendon.-- Un*wield'i*ly, adv.-- Un*wield'i*ness, n."
"UNWILD","To tame; to subdue. [Obs. & R.] Sylvester."
"UNWILL","To annul or reverse by an act of the will. Longfellow."
"UNWILLED","Deprived of the faculty of will or volition. Mrs. Browning."
"UNWILLING","Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwillingservant.And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, 'Keepyour piece nine years.' Pope.-- Un*will'ing*ly, adv.-- Un*will'ing*ness, n."
"UNWIND","To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound oruntwisted."
"UNWISDOM","Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity;ignorance.Sumptuary laws are among the exploded fallacies which we haveoutgrown, and we smile at the unwisdom which could except to regulateprivate habits and manners by statute. J. A. Froude."
"UNWISE","Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet;foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures."
"UNWISELY","In an unwise manner; foolishly."
"UNWISH","To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing. [Obs.]Now thou hast unwished five thousand men. Shak."
"UNWIT","To deprive of wit. [Obs.] Shak."
"UNWITCH","To free from a witch or witches; to fee from witchcraft. [R.]B. Jonson."
"UNWITTING","Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant.-- Un*wit'ting*ly, adv."
"UNWOMAN","To deprive of the qualities of a woman; to unsex. [R.] R.Browning."
"UNWONDER","To divest of the quality of wonder or mystery; to interpret; toexplain. [R.] Fuller."
"UNWONT","Unwonted; unused; unaccustomed. [Archaic] Sir W. Scott."
"UNWORK","To undo or destroy, as work previously done."
"UNWORLDLY","Not worldly; spiritual; holy. Hawthorne.-- Un*world'li*ness, n."
"UNWORMED","Not wormed; not having had the worm, or lytta, under the tonguecut out; -- said of a dog."
"UNWORSHIP","To deprive of worship or due honor; to dishonor. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"UNWORTH","Unworthy. [Obs.] Milton."
"UNWORTHY","Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving;worthless; unbecoming; -- often with of.-- Un*wor'thi*ly, adv.-- Un*wor'thi*ness, n."
"UNWRAP","To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded. Chaucer."
"UNWRAY","See Unwrie. [Obs.]"
"UNWREATHE","To untwist, uncoil, or untwine, as anything wreathed."
"UNWRIE","To uncover. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"UNWRINKLE","To reduce from a wrinkled state; to smooth."
"UNWRITE","To cancel, as what is written; to erase. Milton."
"UNWROKEN","Not revenged; unavenged. [Obs.] Surrey."
"UNYOLDEN","Not yielded. [Obs.] '[By] force . . . is he taken unyolden.'Sir T. Browne."
"UNZONED","Not zoned; not bound with a girdle; as, an unzoned bosom.Prior."
"UP","The state of being up or above; a state of elevation,prosperity, or the like; -- rarely occurring except in the phrase upsand downs. [Colloq.] Ups and downs, alternate states of elevation anddepression, or of prosperity and the contrary. [Colloq.]They had their ups and downs of fortune. Thackeray."
"UP-LINE","A line or track leading from the provinces toward themetropolis or a principal terminus; the track upon which up-trainsrun. See Up-train. [Eng.]"
"UP-OVER","Designating a method of shaft excavation by drifting to a pointbelow, and then raising instead of sinking."
"UP-TO-DATE","Extending to the present time; having style, manners,knowledge, or other qualities that are abreast of the times. 'Ageneral up-to-date style of presentment.'  Nature."
"UP-WIND","Against the wind."
"UPAS","A tree (Antiaris toxicaria) of the Breadfruit family, common inthe forests of Java and the neighboring islands. Its secretions arepoisonous, and it has been fabulously reported that the atmosphereabout it is deleterious. Called also bohun upas."
"UPBEAR","To bear up; to raise aloft; to support in an elevatedsituation; to sustain. Spenser.One short sigh of breath, upbore Even to the seat of God. Milton.A monstrous wave upbore The chief, and dashed him on the craggyshore. Pope."
"UPBIND","To bind up. [R.] Collins."
"UPBLOW","To inflate. [Obs.] Spenser."
"UPBRAID","To utter upbraidings. Pope."
"UPBREAK","To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface."
"UPBREATHE","To breathe up or out; to exhale. [Obs.] Marston."
"UPBREED","To rear, or bring up; to nurse. 'Upbred in a foreign country.'Holinshed."
"UPBROUGHT","Brought up; educated. [Obs.] Spenser."
"UPBUOYANCE","The act of buoying up; uplifting. [R.] Coleridge."
"UPBURST","The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface;an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter."
"UPCAST","Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. Addison."
"UPCAUGHT","Seized or caught up. ' She bears upcaught a mariner away.'Cowper."
"UPCHEER","To cheer up. Spenser."
"UPCLIMB","To climb up; to ascend.Upclomb the shadowy pine above the woven copse. Tennyson."
"UPCOIL","To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil."
"UPCOUNTRY","In an upcountry direction; as, to live upcountry. [Colloq.]"
"UPCURL","To curl up. [R.] Tennyson."
"UPDIVE","To spring upward; to rise. [R.] Davies (Microcosmos)."
"UPDRAW","To draw up. [R.] Milton."
"UPEND","To end up; to set on end, as a cask."
"UPEYGAN","The borele."
"UPFILL","To fill up. [Obs.]"
"UPFLOW","To flow or stream up. Southey."
"UPFLUNG","Flung or thrown up."
"UPGATHER","To gather up; to contract; to draw together. [Obs.]Himself he close upgathered more and more. Spenser."
"UPGAZE","To gaze upward. Byron."
"UPGIVE","To give up or out. [Obs.]"
"UPGROW","To grow up. [R.] Milton."
"UPGROWTH","The process or result of growing up; progress; development.The new and mighty upgrowth of poetry in Italy. J. R. Green."
"UPGUSH","A gushing upward. Hawthorne."
"UPHAF","imp. of Upheave. Chaucer."
"UPHAND","Lifted by the hand, or by both hands; as, the uphand sledge.[R.] Moxon."
"UPHANG","To hang up. Spenser."
"UPHASP","To hasp or faster up; to close; as, sleep uphasps the eyes.[R.] Stanyhurst."
"UPHEAPED","Piled up; accumulated.God, which shall repay all with upheaped measure. Udall."
"UPHEAVAL","The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., anelevation of a portion of the earth's crust. Lubbock."
"UPHEAVE","To heave or lift up from beneath; to raise. Milton."
"UPHELD","imp. & p. p. of Uphold."
"UPHER","A fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty toforty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for scaffoldings, andsometimes for slight and common roofs, for which use it is split.[Spelt also ufer.] [Eng.] Gwilt."
"UPHILL","Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill."
"UPHILT","To thrust in up to the hilt; as, to uphilt one's sword into anenemy. [R.] Stanyhurst."
"UPHOARD","To hoard up. [Obs.] Shak."
"UPHOLSTER","To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) withhangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings incloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster aroom with curtains."
"UPHOLSTERER","One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, andthe like; one who upholsters. Upholsterer bee. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Poppy bee,under Poppy."
"UPHOLSTERY","The articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; the business orwork of an upholsterer."
"UPHROE","Same as Euphroe."
"UPKEEP","The act of keeping up, or maintaining; maintenance. 'Horseartillery . . . expensive in the upkeep.'  Scribner's Mag."
"UPLANDER","The upland sandpiper. [Local, U. S.]"
"UPLANDISH","Of or pertaining to uplands; dwelling on high lands. [Obs.]Chapman."
"UPLAY","To hoard. [Obs.] Donne."
"UPLEAD","To lead upward. [Obs.]"
"UPLEAN","To lean or incline upon anything. [Obs.] Spenser."
"UPLIFT","To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift thearm; to uplift a rock. Cowper.Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave,and eyes That sparkling blazed. Milton."
"UPLOCK","To lock up. [Obs.] Shak."
"UPLOOK","To look or gaze up. [Obs.]"
"UPMOST","Highest; topmost; uppermost. Spenser. Dryden."
"UPOKORORO","An edible fresh-water New Zealand fish (Prototroctesoxyrhynchus) of the family Haplochitonid\u00e6. In general appearance andhabits, it resembles the northern lake whitefishes and trout. Calledalso grayling."
"UPON","On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it isinterchangeable. 'Upon an hill of flowers.' Chaucer.Our host upon his stirrups stood anon. Chaucer.Thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar. Ex. xxix. 21.The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. Judg. xvi. 9.As I did stand my watch upon the hill. Shak.He made a great difference between people that did rebel uponwantonness, and them that did rebel upon want. Bacon.This advantage we lost upon the invention of firearms. Addison.Upon the whole, it will be necessary to avoid that perpetualrepetition of the same epithets which we find in Homer. Pope.He had abandoned the frontiers, retiring upon Glasgow. Sir. W. Scott.Philip swore upon the Evangelists to abstain from aggression in myabsence. Landor."
"UPPENT","A Pent up; confined. [Obs.]"
"UPPER","Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place,position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip;the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature. Theupper hand, the superiority; the advantage. See To have the upperhand, under Hand. Jowett (Thucyd.).-- Upper Bench (Eng. Hist.), the name of the highest court of commonlaw (formerly King's Bench) during the Commonwealth.-- Upper case, the top one of a pair of compositor's cases. See theNote under 1st Case, n., 3.-- Upper covert (Zo\u00f6l.), one of the coverts situated above the basesof the tail quills.-- Upper deck (Naut.), the topmost deck of any vessel; the spardeck.-- Upper leather, the leather for the vamps and quarters of shoes.-- Upper strake (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually ofhard wood, and heavier than the other strakes.-- Upper ten thousand, or (abbreviated) Upper ten, the ten thousand,more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class;the aristocracy. [Colloq.] -- Upper topsail (Naut.), the upper halfof a double topsail.-- Upper works (Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a vessel thatare properly above water.-- Upper world. (a) The atmosphere. (b) Heaven. (c) This world; theearth; -- in distinction from the underworld."
"UPPERMOST","Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost;supreme.Whatever faction happens to be uppermost. Swift."
"UPPERTENDOM","The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten,under Upper. [Colloq.]"
"UPPILE","To pile, or heap, up. Southey."
"UPPISH","Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority.[Colloq.] T. Brown.-- Up'pish*ly, adv. [Colloq.] -- Up'pish*ness, n. [Colloq.]"
"UPPLIGHT","imp. & p. p. of Uppluck."
"UPPLUCK","To pull or pluck up. [Obs.]"
"UPPRICKED","Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal. Mason."
"UPPROP","To prop up. Donne."
"UPRAISE","To raise; to lift up."
"UPREAR","To raise; to erect. Byron."
"UPRIDGED","Raised up in a ridge or ridges; as, a billow upridged. Cowper."
"UPRIGHT","Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building.See Illust. of Frame."
"UPRIGHTEOUSLY","In an upright or just manner. [Obs.] Shak."
"UPRIGHTLY","In an upright manner."
"UPRIGHTNESS","the quality or state of being upright."
"UPRISE","The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising. [R.]Did ever raven sing so like a lark, That gives sweet tidings of thesun's uprise Shak."
"UPRIST","Uprising. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"UPROAR","Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion;bustle and clamor.But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar.Acts xvii. 5."
"UPROARIOUS","Making, or accompanied by, uproar, or noise and tumult; as,uproarious merriment.-- Up*roar'i*ous*ly, adv.-- Up*roar'i*ous*ness, n."
"UPROLL","To roll up. Milton."
"UPROOT","To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; toremove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.Trees uprooted left their place. Dryden.At his command the uprooted hills retired. Milton."
"UPROUSE","To rouse up; to rouse from sleep; to awake; to arouse. Shak."
"UPRUN","To run up; to ascend.The young sun That in the Ram is four degrees uprun. Chaucer.[A son] of matchless might, who, like a thriving plant, Upran tomanhood. Cowper."
"UPRUSH","To rush upward. Southey."
"UPSAROKAS","See Crows."
"UPSEEK","To seek or strain upward. 'Upseeking eyes suffused with . . .tears.' Southey."
"UPSEND","To send, cast, or throw up.As when some island situate afar . . . Upsends a smoke to heaven.Cowper."
"UPSET","To become upset."
"UPSETTING","Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. [Scot.] Jamieson."
"UPSETTING THERMOMETER","A thermometer by merely inverting which the temperature may beregistered. The column of mercury is broken and, as it remains untilthe instrument is reset, the reading may be made at leisure."
"UPSHOOT","To shoot upward. 'Trees upshooting high.' Spenser."
"UPSHOT","Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; theresult; the consummation.I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the upshot. Shak.We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the upshotof man's pleasurable existence. De Quincey."
"UPSIDE","The upper side; the part that is uppermost. To be upsides with,to be even with. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W. Scott. T. Hughes.-- Upside down. Etym: [Perhaps a corruption of OE. up so down,literally, up as down.] With the upper part undermost; hence, inconfusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy. Shak.These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also.Acts xvii. 6."
"UPSIDOWN","See Upsodown. [Obs. or Colloq.] Spenser."
"UPSILON","The 20th letter (U, u) of the Greek alphabet, a vowel havingoriginally the sound of oo as in room, becoming before the 4thcentury b. c. that French u or Ger. \u00fc. Its equivalent in English is uor y."
"UPSITTING","A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive andentertain her friends. [Obs.]To invite your lady's upsitting. Beau. & Fl."
"UPSKIP","An upstart. [Obs.] Latimer."
"UPSNATCH","To snatch up. [R.]"
"UPSOAR","To soar or mount up. Pope."
"UPSODOWN","Upside down. [Obs. or Colloq.] Wyclif.In man's sin is every manner order or ordinance turned upsodown.Chaucer."
"UPSPEAR","To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass. [R.]Cowper."
"UPSPRING","To spring up. Tennyson."
"UPSPURNER","A spurner or contemner; a despiser; a scoffer. [Obs.] Joye."
"UPSTAIRS","Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story."
"UPSTAND","To stand up; to be erected; to rise. Spenser. Milton.At once upstood the monarch, and upstood The wise Ulysses. Cowper."
"UPSTARE","To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous.'Rearing fiercely their upstaring crests.' Spenser."
"UPSTART","To start or spring up suddenly. Spenser. Tennyson."
"UPSTAY","To sustain; to support. [Obs.] 'His massy spear upstayed.'Milton."
"UPSTERTE","imp. & p. p. of Upstart."
"UPSTIR","Insurrection; commotion; disturbance. [Obs.] Sir J. Cheke."
"UPSTREAM","Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current."
"UPSTREET","Toward the higher part of a street; as, to walk upstreet. G. W.Gable."
"UPSTROKE","An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by awriting instrument when moving upward, or from the body of thewriter, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter thus made.Some upstroke of an Alpha and Omega. Mrs. Browning."
"UPSUN","The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; thetime between sunrise and sunset."
"UPSWARM","To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms. [R.] Shak.Cowper."
"UPSWAY","To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club. [R.] Sir W.Scott."
"UPSWELL","To swell or rise up."
"UPSYTURVY","Upside down; topsy-turvy. [Obs.] Robert Greene."
"UPTAKE","To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.] Wyclif.Spenser."
"UPTEAR","To tear up. Milton."
"UPTHROW","To throw up. Drayton."
"UPTHUNDER","To send up a noise like thunder. [R.] Coleridge."
"UPTIE","To tie up. Spenser."
"UPTILL","To; against. [Obs. & R.]She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Leaned her breast uptill a thorn.Shak."
"UPTOWN","To or in the upper part of a town; as, to go uptown. [Colloq.U. S.]"
"UPTRACE","To trace up or out."
"UPTRAIN","To train up; to educate. [Obs.] 'Daughters which were welluptrained.' Spenser."
"UPTURN","To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn theground in plowing. 'A sea of upturned faces.' D. Webster.So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostril wide into themurky air. Milton."
"UPUPA","A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe."
"UPWAFT","To waft upward. Cowper."
"UPWARD","Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; withupward course."
"UPWHIRL","To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirlingmotion."
"UPWIND","To wind up. Spenser."
"UPWREATH","To rise with a curling motion; to curl upward, as smoke.Longfellow."
"UPYAT","imp. of Upgive. Chaucer."
"URACHUS","A cord or band of fibrous tissue extending from the bladder tothe umbilicus."
"URAEMIA","Accumulation in the blood of the principles of the urine,producing dangerous disease."
"URAEMIC","Of or pertaining to ur\u00e6mia; as, ur\u00e6mic convulsions."
"URAEUM","The posterior half of an animal."
"URAEUS","A serpent, or serpent's head and neck, represented on the frontof the headdresses of divinities and sovereigns as an emblem ofsupreme power."
"URAL","Pertaining to, or designating, the Urals, a mountain rangebetween Europe and Asia."
"URAL-ALTAIC","Of or pertaining to the Urals and the Altai; as the Ural-Altaic, or Turanian, languages."
"URALI","See Curare."
"URALITE","Amphibole resulting from the alternation of pyroxene byparamorphism. It is not uncommon in massive eruptive rocks."
"URALITIZATION","The change of pyroxene to amphibole by paramorphism."
"URAMIL","Murexan."
"URAN-UTAN","The orang-utang"
"URANATE","A salt of uranic acid."
"URANIA","One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne, andpatron of astronomy."
"URANIAN","Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus; as, the Uranian year."
"URANIC","Pertaining to, resembling, or containing uranium; specifically,designating those compounds in which uranium has a valence relativelyhigher than in uranous compounds."
"URANIN","An alkaline salt of fluorescein, obtained as a brownish redsubstance, which is used as a dye; -- so called from the peculiaryellowish green fluorescence (resembling that of uranium glass) ofits solutions. See Fluorescein."
"URANINITE","A mineral consisting chiefly of uranium oxide with some lead,thorium, etc., occurring in black octahedrons, also in masses with apitchlike luster; pitchblende."
"URANISCOPLASTY","The process of forming an artificial palate."
"URANITE","A general term for the uranium phosphates, autunite, or limeuranite, and torbernite, or copper uranite."
"URANITIC","Of or pertaining to uranium; containing uranium."
"URANIUM","An element of the chromium group, found in certain rareminerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy,hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxideis used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which isaccompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used asa pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239."
"URANOGRAPHIST","One practiced in uranography."
"URANOGRAPHY","A description or plan of the heavens and the heavenly bodies;the construction of celestial maps, globes, etc.; uranology."
"URANOLITE","A meteorite or a\u00ebrolite. [Obs.] Hutton."
"URANOLOGY","A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly bodies;the study of the heavens; uranography."
"URANOMETRIA","A uranometry."
"URANOMETRY","A chart or catalogue of fixed stars, especially of starsvisible to the naked eye."
"URANOPLASTY","The plastic operation for closing a fissure in the hard palate."
"URANOSCOPY","Observation of the heavens or heavenly bodies."
"URANOSO-","A combining form (also used adjectively) from uranium; -- usedin naming certain complex compounds; as in uranoso-uranic oxide,uranoso-uranic sulphate."
"URANOUS","Pertaining to, or containing, uranium; designating thosecompounds in which uranium has a lower valence as contrasted with theuranic compounds."
"URANUS","The son or husband of Gaia (Earth), and father of Chronos(Time) and the Titans."
"URANYL","The radical UO2, conveniently regarded as a residue of manyuranium compounds."
"URAO","See Trona."
"URATE","A salt of uric acid; as, sodium urate; ammonium urate."
"URATIC","Of or containing urates; as, uratic calculi."
"URBANE","Courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant."
"URBANISTE","A large and delicious pear or Flemish origin."
"URBANIZE","To render urban, or urbane; to refine; to polish. Howell."
"URBICOLAE","An extensive family of butterflies, including those known asskippers (Hesperiad\u00e6)."
"URBICOLOUS","Of or pertaining to a city; urban. [R.]"
"URCEOLAR","Urceolate."
"URCEOLE","A vessel for water for washing the hands; also, one to holdwine or water."
"URCEOLUS","Any urn-shaped organ of a plant."
"URCHIN","A hedgehog."
"URCHON","The urchin, or hedgehog."
"URDU","The language more generally called Hindoostanee."
"URE","Use; practice; exercise. [Obs.] Fuller.Let us be sure of this, to put the best in ure That lies in us.Chapman."
"UREA","A very soluble crystalline body which is the chief constituentof the urine in mammals and some other animals. It is also present insmall quantity in blood, serous fluids, lymph, the liver, etc."
"UREAL","Of or pertaining to urea; containing, or consisting of, urea;as, ureal deposits."
"UREAMETER","An apparatus for the determination of the amount of urea inurine, in which the nitrogen evolved by the action of certainreagents, on a given volume of urine, is collected and measured, andthe urea calculated accordingly."
"URECHITIN","A glucoside extracted from the leaves of a certain plant(Urechitis suberecta) as a bitter white crystalline substance."
"URECHITOXIN","A poisonous glucoside found accompanying urechitin, andextracted as a bitter white crystalline substance."
"UREDO","One of the stages in the life history of certain rusts(Uredinales), regarded at one time as a distinct genus. It is asummer stage preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage. SeeUredinales, in the Supplement."
"UREDOSPORE","The thin-walled summer spore which is produced during the so-called Uredo stage of certain rusts. See (in the Supplement)Uredinales, Heteroecious, etc."
"UREIDE","Any one of the many complex derivatives of urea; thus,hydantoin, and, in an extended dense, guanidine, caffeine, et., areureides. [Written also ureid.]"
"URETER","The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the bladderor cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each kidney."
"URETERITIS","Inflammation of the ureter. Dunglison."
"URETHANE","A white crystalline substance, NH2.CO.OC2H5, produced by theaction of ammonia on ethyl carbonate. It is used somewhat in medicineas a hypnotic. By extension, any one of the series of relatedsubstances of which urethane proper is the type."
"URETHRA","The canal by which the urine is conducted from the bladder anddischarged."
"URETHRAL","Of or pertaining to the urethra. Urethral fever (Med.), feveroccurring as a consequence of operations upon the urethra."
"URETHRITIS","Inflammation of the urethra."
"URETHROPLASTY","An operation for the repair of an injury or a defect in thewalls of the urethra.-- U*re`thro*plas'tic, a."
"URETHROSCOPE","An instrument for viewing the interior of the urethra."
"URETHROSCOPY","Examination of the urethra by means of the urethroscope."
"URETHROTOME","An instrument for cutting a urethral stricture."
"URETHROTOMY","An incision of the urethra, esp. incision for relief ofurethral stricture."
"URETIC","Of or pertaining to the urine; diuretic; urinary; as, ureticmedicine."
"URGENCE","Urgency. [Obs.]"
"URGENCY","The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure;as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion."
"URGENT","Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; callingfor immediate attention; instantly important. 'The urgent hour.'Shak.Some urgent cause to ordain the contrary. Hooker.The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send themout of the land in haste. Ex. xii. 33."
"URGENTLY","In an urgent manner."
"URGER","One who urges. Beau. & Fl."
"URIC","Of or pertaining to urine; obtained from urine; as, uric acid.Uric acid, a crystalline body, present in small quantity in the urineof man and most mammals. Combined in the form of urate of ammonia, itis the chief constituent of the urine of birds and reptiles, formingthe white part. Traces of it are also found in the various organs ofthe body. It is likewise a common constituent, either as the freeacid or as a urate, of urinary or renal calculi and of the so-calledgouty concretions. From acid urines, uric acid is frequentlydeposited, on standing in a cool place, in the form of a reddishyellow sediment, nearly always crystalline. Chemically, it iscomposed of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen, C5H4N4O3, and bydecomposition yields urea, among other products. It can be madesynthetically by heating together urea and glycocoll. It was formerlycalled also lithic acid, in allusion to its occurrence in stone, orcalculus."
"URIM","A part or decoration of the breastplate of the high priestamong the ancient Jews, by which Jehovah revealed his will on certainoccasions. Its nature has been the subject of conflictingconjectures.Thou shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and theThummim. Ex. xxviii. 30.And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not,neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. 1 Sam. xxviii. 6."
"URINARIUM","A reservoir for urine, etc., for manure."
"URINARY","A urinarium; also, a urinal."
"URINATE","To discharge urine; to make water."
"URINATION","The act or process of voiding urine; micturition."
"URINATIVE","Provoking the flow of urine; uretic; diuretic. [R.] Bacon."
"URINATOR","One who dives under water in search of something, as forpearls; a diver. [R.] Ray."
"URINE","In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds andreptiles, a solid or semisolid excretion."
"URINIFEROUS","Bearing or conveying urine; as, uriniferous tubules."
"URINIPAROUS","Producing or preparing urine; as, the uriniparous tubes in thecortical portion of the kidney."
"URINOGENITAL","Pertaining to the urinary and genital organs; genitourinary;urogenital; as, the urinogenital canal."
"URINOMETER","A small hydrometer for determining the specific gravity ofurine."
"URINOMETRY","The estimation of the specific gravity of urine by theurinometer."
"URITE","One of the segments of the abdomen or post-abdomen ofarthropods."
"URITH","The bindings of a hedge. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"URN","A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about threegallons and a haft, wine measure. It was haft the amphora, and fourtimes the congius."
"URN-SHAPED","Having the shape of an urn; as, the urn-shaped capsules of somemosses."
"URNAL","Of or pertaining to an urn; effected by an urn or urns. 'Urnalinterments.' Sir T. Browne."
"URNFUL","As much as an urn will hold; enough to fill an urn."
"URO-","A combining form fr. Gr. o'y^ron, urine."
"UROBILIN","A yellow pigment identical with hydrobilirubin, abundant in thehighly colored urine of fever, and also present in normal urine. SeeUrochrome."
"UROCELE","A morbid swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of urineinto it."
"UROCERATA","A division of boring Hymenoptera, including Tremex and alliedgenera. See Illust. of Horntail."
"UROCHORD","The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and ofcertain adult tunicates. [Written also urocord.]"
"UROCHORDA","Same as Tunicata."
"UROCHORDAL","Of or pertaining to the Urochorda."
"UROCHROME","A yellow urinary pigment, considered by Thudichum as the onlypigment present in normal urine. It is regarded by Maly as identicalwith urobilin."
"UROCHS","See Aurochs."
"UROCORD","See Urochord."
"UROCYST","The urinary bladder."
"URODELA","An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and oftenlong. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied animals."
"URODELE","One of the Urodela."
"URODELIAN","Of or pertaining to the Urodela.-- n."
"UROERYTHRIN","A reddish urinary pigment, considered as the substance whichgives to the urine of rheumatism its characteristic color. It alsocauses the red color often seen in deposits of urates."
"UROGASTRIC","Behind the stomach; -- said of two lobes of the carapace ofcertain crustaceans."
"UROGENITAL","Same as Urinogenital."
"UROGLAUCIN","A body identical with indigo blue, occasionally found in theurine in degeneration of the kidneys. It is readily formed byoxidation or decomposition of indican."
"UROHAEMATIN","Urinary h\u00e6matin; -- applied to the normal coloring matter ofthe urine, on the supposition that it is formed either directly orindirectly (through bilirubin) from the h\u00e6matin of the blood. SeeUrochrome, and Urobilin."
"UROHYAL","Of or pertaining to one or more median and posterior elementsin the hyoidean arch of fishes.-- n."
"UROLOGY","See Uronology."
"UROMERE","Any one of the abdominal segments of an arthropod."
"URONOLOGY","That part of medicine which treats of urine. Dunglison."
"UROPOD","Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean, especiallyone of the posterior ones, which are often larger than the rest, anddifferent in structure, and are used chiefly in locomotion. SeeIllust. of Crustacea, and Stomapoda."
"UROPODAL","Of or pertaining to a uropod."
"UROPOETIC","Producing, or favoring the production of, urine."
"UROPYGIAL","Of or pertaining to the uropygium, or prominence at the base ofthe tail feathers, in birds. Uropygial gland, a peculiar sebaceousgland at the base of the tail feathers in most birds. It secretes anoily fluid which is spread over the feathers by preening."
"UROPYGIUM","The prominence at the posterior extremity of a bird's body,which supports the feathers of the tail; the rump; -- sometimescalled pope's nose."
"UROSACRAL","Of or pertaining to both the caudal and sacral parts of thevertebral column; as, the urosacral vertebr\u00e6 of birds."
"UROSCOPY","The diagnosis of diseases by inspection of urine. Sir T.Browne."
"UROSOME","The abdomen, or post-abdomen, of arthropods."
"UROSTEGE","One of the plates on the under side of the tail of a serpent."
"UROSTEON","A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum ofsome birds."
"UROSTERNITE","The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres ofinsects and other arthropods."
"UROSTYLE","A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of thevertebral column in some fishes and amphibians."
"UROX","The aurochs."
"UROXANATE","A salt of uroxanic acid."
"UROXANIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H8N4O6, which isobtained, as a white crystalline substance, by the slow oxidation ofuric acid in alkaline solution."
"UROXANTHIN","Same as Indican."
"URRHODIN","Indigo red, a product of the decomposition, or oxidation, ofindican. It is sometimes found in the sediment of pathologicalurines. It is soluble in ether or alcohol, giving the solution abeautiful red color. Also called indigrubin."
"URRY","A sort of blue or black clay lying near a vein of coal."
"URSA","Either one of the Bears. See the Phrases below. Ursa MajorEtym: [L.], the Great Bear, one of the most conspicuous of thenorthern constellations. It is situated near the pole, and containsthe stars which form the Dipper, or Charles's Wain, two of which arethe Pointers, or stars which point towards the North Star.-- Ursa Minor Etym: [L.], the Little Bear, the constellation nearestthe north pole. It contains the north star, or polestar, which issituated in the extremity of the tail."
"URSAL","The ursine seal. See the Note under 1st Seal."
"URSIFORM","Having the shape of a bear."
"URSINE","Of or pertaining to a bear; resembling a bear. Ursine baboon.(Zo\u00f6l.) See Chacma.-- Ursine dasyure (Zo\u00f6l.), the Tasmanian devil.-- Ursine howler (Zo\u00f6l.), the araguato. See Illust. under Howler.-- Ursine seal. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Sea bear, and the Note under 1st Seal."
"URSON","The Canada porcupine. See Porcupine."
"URSUK","The bearded seal."
"URSULA","A beautiful North American butterfly (Basilarchia, orLimenitis, astyanax). Its wings are nearly black with red and bluespots and blotches. Called also red-spotted purple."
"URSULINE","One of an order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici, atBrescia, in Italy, about the year 1537, and so called from St.Ursula, under whose protection it was placed. The order wasintroduced into Canada as early as 1639, and into the United Statesin 1727. The members are devoted entirely to education."
"URSUS","A genus of Carnivora including the common bears."
"URTICA","A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle, n."
"URTICACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticace\u00e6) of plants, ofwhich the nettle is the type. The order includes also the hop, theelm, the mulberry, the fig, and many other plants."
"URTICAL","Resembling nettles; -- said of several natural orders allied tourticaceous plants."
"URTICARIA","The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transienteruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning orstinging sensation and with itching; uredo."
"URTICATE","To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy. G.A. Sala."
"URTICATION","The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; --sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis."
"URUBU","The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from theSouthern United States to South America. See Vulture."
"URUS","A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bosurus or primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to havestill existed in the time of Julius C\u00e6sar. It had very large horns,and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, andtur."
"URVA","The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India.The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and awhite streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder."
"US","The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- theobjective case of we. See We. 'Tell us a tale.' Chaucer.Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. vi. 11."
"USABLE","Capable of being used."
"USAGER","One who has the use of anything in trust for another. [Obs.]Daniel."
"USANCE","The time, fixed variously by the usage between differentcountries, when a bill of exchange is payable; as, a bill drawn onLondon at one usance, or at double usance."
"USANT","Using; accustomed. [Obs.] 'Usant for to steal.' Chaucer."
"USE","The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as,the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; theRoman use; etc.From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but one use. Pref. toBook of Common Prayer."
"USEFUL","Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having powerto produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful towardadvancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; as,vessels and instruments useful in a family; books useful forimprovement; useful knowledge; useful arts.To what can I useful! Milton."
"USEFULLY","In a useful manner."
"USEFULNESS","The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness;advantage. Addison."
"USELESS","Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no goodend; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed;unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity.Not to sit idle with so great a gift Useless, and thence ridiculous.Milton."
"USER","Enjoyment of property; use. Mozley & W."
"USHER","To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger;to forerun; -- sometimes followed by in or forth; as, to usher in astranger; to usher forth the guests; to usher a visitor into theroom.The stars that usher evening rose. Milton.The Examiner was ushered into the world by a letter, setting forththe great genius of the author. Addison."
"USHERANCE","The act of ushering, or the state of being ushered in. [Obs.]Shaftesbury."
"USHERDOM","The office or position of an usher; ushership; also, ushers,collectively. [R.]"
"USHERLESS","Destitute of an usher. Marston."
"USHERSHIP","The office of an usher; usherdom."
"USITATIVE","Denoting usual or customary action. 'The usitative aorist.'Alford."
"USNEA","A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long,gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is thecommon bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northernforests."
"USNIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid obtained, as ayellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of lichens (Usnea,Parmelia, etc.)."
"USSELF","Ourselves. [Obs.] Wyclif. Piers Plowman. Chaucer."
"USTION","The act of burning, or the state of being burned. [R.] Johnson."
"USTORIOUS","Having the quality of burning. [R.] I. Watts."
"USTULATE","Blackened as if burned."
"USTULATION","The operation of expelling one substance from another by heat,as sulphur or arsenic from ores, in a muffle."
"USUAL","Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice,or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual;common.Consultation with oracles was a thing very usual and frequent intheir times. Hooker.We can make friends of these usual enemies. Baxter.-- U'su*al*ly, adv.-- U'su*al*ness, n."
"USUCAPTION","The acquisition of the title or right to property by theuninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed by law;-- the same as prescription in common law."
"USUFRUCT","The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate orother thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance.Burrill."
"USUFRUCTUARY","A person who has the use of property and reaps the profits ofit. Wharton."
"USURE","To practice usury; to charge unlawful interest. [Obs.] 'Theusuringb senate.' Shak.I usured not ne to me usured any man. Wyclif (Jer. xv. 10)."
"USURP","To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right;as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; tousurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossesshim.Alack, thou dost usurp authority. Shak.Another revolution, to get rid of this illegitimate and usurpedgovernment, would of course be perfectly justifiable. Burke."
"USURPANT","Usurping; encroaching. [Obs.] Gauden."
"USURPATORY","Marked by usurpation; usurping. [R.]"
"USURPATURE","Usurpation. [R.] 'Beneath man's usurpature.' R. Browning."
"USURPER","One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally onsovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of therights of a patron.A crown will not want pretenders to claim it, not usurpers, if theirpower serves them, to possess it. South."
"USURPINGLY","In a usurping manner."
"USURY","Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower forthe use of money."
"UT","The first note in Guido's musical scale, now usually supersededby do. See Solmization."
"UTAS","The eighth day after any term or feast; the octave; as, theutas of St. Michael. Cowell.The marriage was celebrated and Canterbury, and in the utas of St.Hilary next ensuing she was crowned. Holinshed."
"UTENSIL","That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, aninstrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farmingbusiness.Wagons fraught with utensils of war. Milton."
"UTEROGESTATION","Gestation in the womb from conception to birth; pregnancy.Pritchard."
"UTEROVAGINAL","Pertaining to both the uterus and the vagina."
"UTERUS","The organ of a female mammal in which the young are developedprevious to birth; the womb."
"UTES","An extensive tribe of North American Indians of the Shoshonestock, inhabiting Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and adjacentregions. They are subdivided into several subordinate tribes, some ofwhich are among the most degraded of North American Indians."
"UTI POSSIDETIS","The basis or principle of a treaty which leaves belligerentsmutually in possession of what they have acquired by their armsduring the war. Brande & C."
"UTIA","Any species of large West Indian rodents of the genus Capromys,or Utia. In general appearance and habits they resemble rats, butthey are as large as rabbits."
"UTICA","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the TrentonPeriod of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New Yorkby beds of shale."
"UTILE","Profitable; useful. [Obs.]"
"UTILITARIAN","One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism.The utilitarians are for merging all the particular virtues into one,and would substitute in their place the greatest usefulness, as thealone principle to which every question respecting the morality ofactions should be referred. Chalmers.But what is a utilitarian Simply one who prefers the useful to theuseless; and who does not Sir W. Hamilton."
"UTILITY","Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value.See Note under Value, 2.Value in use is utility, and nothing else, and in political economyshould be called by that name and no other. F. A. Walker."
"UTILIZABLE","Capable of being utilized; as, the utilizable products of thegas works."
"UTILIZATION","The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized."
"UTILIZE","To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to makeuse of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one'sopportunities.In former ages, the mile-long corridors, with their numerous alcoves,might have been utilized as . . . dungeons. Hawthorne."
"UTIS","See Utas. [Obs.]"
"UTLARY","Outlawry. [Obs.] Camden."
"UTMOST","The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power,degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost.We have tried the utmost of our friends. Shak."
"UTOPIAN","Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal;chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginaryperfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness."
"UTOPIANISM","The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticableschemes of human perfection; optimism."
"UTOPIANIST","An Utopian; an optimist."
"UTOPICAL","Utopian; ideal. [Obs.] 'Utopical perfection.' Bp. Hall."
"UTOPIST","A Utopian."
"UTRAQUIST","One who receives the eucharist in both kinds; esp., one of abody of Hussites who in the 15th century fought for the right to dothis. Called also Calixtines."
"UTRICLE","A microscopic cell in the structure of an egg, animal, orplant."
"UTRICULARIA","A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersedleaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium,"
"UTRICULATE","Resembling a bladder; swollen like a bladder; inflated;utricular. Dana."
"UTRICULOID","Resembling a bladder; utricular; utriculate. Dana."
"UTRICULUS","A little sac, or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of themembranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under Ear."
"UTTERABLE","Capable of being uttered."
"UTTERANCE","The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. [Obs.]Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our men toskirmish one against another to the utterance. Holland."
"UTTERER","One who utters. Spenser."
"UTTEREST","Uttermost.To the utterest proof of her courage. Chaucer."
"UTTERLESS","Incapable of being uttered. [Obs.]A clamoring debate of utterless things. Milton."
"UTTERLY","In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as,utterly ruined; it is utterly vain."
"UTTERMORE","Further; outer; utter. [Obs. & R.] Holland."
"UTTERMOST","Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highestdegree; as, the uttermost extent or end. 'In this uttermostdistress.' Milton."
"UTTERNESS","The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity;utmost; uttermost. [R.]"
"UVA","A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds andhaving a thin skin, as a grape."
"UVA-URSI","The bearberry."
"UVATE","A conserve made of grapes."
"UVEA","The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes appliedto the whole iris together with the choroid coat."
"UVEOUS","Resembling a grape."
"UVIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, grapes; specifically,designating an organic acid, C7H8O3 (also called pyrotritartaricacid), obtained as a white crystalline substance by the decompositionof tartaric and pyrotartaric acids."
"UVITIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, CH3C6H3(CO2H)2,obtained as a white crystalline substance by the partial oxidation ofmesitylene; -- called also mesitic acid."
"UVITONIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained as awhite crystalline substance by the action of ammonia on pyrotartaricacid."
"UVROU","See Euphroe."
"UVULA","The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior borderof the soft palate."
"UVULAR","Of or pertaining to a uvula."
"UVULATOME","An instrument for removing the uvula."
"UVULATOMY","The operation of removing the uvula."
"UVULITIS","Inflammation of the uvula."
"UWAROWITE","Ouvarovite."
"UXORIAL","Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife; uxorious;also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife. [R.]The speech [of Zipporah, Ex. iv. 25] is not a speech of reproach orindignation, but of uxorial endearment. Geddes."
"UXORICIDAL","Of or pertaining to uxoricide; tending to uxoricide."
"UXORIOUS","Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being adependent husband. 'Uxorious magistrates.' Milton.How wouldst thou insult, When I must live uxorious to thy will Inperfect thraldom! Milton.-- Uxo*o'ri*ous*ly, adv.-- Ux*o'ri*ous*ness, n."
"UZEMA","A Burman measure of twelve miles."
"V HOOK","A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shapedlike the letter V."
"V MOTH","A common gray European moth (Halia vauaria) having a V-shapedspot of dark brown on each of the fore wings."
"VAAGMER","The dealfish. [Written also vaagm\u00e6r, and vaagmar.]"
"VACANT","Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier;as, a vacant estate. Bouvier. Vacant succession (Law), one that isclaimed by no person, or where all the heirs are unknown, or whereall the known heirs to it have renounced it. Burrill."
"VACANTLY","In a vacant manner; inanely."
"VACATION","Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time betweenthe end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.'With lawyers in the vacation.' Shak.(b) The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of aneducational institution between terms; holidays; as, the springvacation.(c) The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when asee, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant."
"VACATUR","An order of court by which a proceeding is set aside orannulled."
"VACCARY","A cow house, dairy house, or cow pasture. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Wright."
"VACCINA","Vaccinia."
"VACCINAL","Of or pertaining to vaccinia or vaccination."
"VACCINATE","To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, calledvaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows."
"VACCINATION","The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating withthe cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox.Cf. Inoculation."
"VACCINATOR","One who, or that which, vaccinates."
"VACCINE","Of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, orcaused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine disease.-- n."
"VACCINE POINT","See Point, n., 26."
"VACCINIA","Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox."
"VACCINIST","A vaccinator."
"VACCINIUM","A genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds ofblueberries and the true cranberries."
"VACHER","A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman. [Southwestern U. S.]Bartlett."
"VACHETTE CLASP","A piece of strong steel wire with the ends curved and pointed,used on toe or quarter cracks to bind the edges together and preventmotion. It is clasped into two notches, one on each side of thecrack, burned into the wall with a cautery iron."
"VACILLANCY","The quality or state of being vacillant, or wavering. [R.] Dr.H. More."
"VACILLANT","Vacillating; wavering; fluctuating; irresolute."
"VACILLATING","Inclined to fluctuate; wavering. Tennyson.-- Vac'il*la`ting*ly, adv."
"VACILLATORY","Inclined to vacillate; wavering; irresolute. Hawthorne."
"VACUATE","To make void, or empty. [R.]"
"VACUATION","The act of emptying; evacuation. [R.]"
"VACUIST","One who holds the doctrine that the space between the bodies ofthe universe, or the molecules and atoms of matter., is a vacuum; --opposed to plenist."
"VACUNA","The goddess of rural leisure, to whom the husbandmen sacrificedat the close of the harvest. She was especially honored by theSabines."
"VACUOLATED","Full of vacuoles, or small air cavities; as, vacuolated cells."
"VACUOLATION","Formation into, or multiplication of, vacuoles."
"VACUOLE","A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organiccells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or somespecial chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm. Contractilevacuole. (Zo\u00f6l.) See under Contractile, and see Illusts. ofInfusoria, and Lobosa.-- Food vacuole. (Zo\u00f6l.) See under Food, and see Illust. ofInfusoria."
"VACUOUS","Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.Boundless the deep, because I am who fill Infinitude; nor vacuous thespace. Milton.That the few may lead selfish and vacuous days. J. Morley."
"VACUOUSNESS","The quality or state of being vacuous; emptiness; vacuity. W.Montagu."
"VACUUM","A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way ofdistinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, aspace, as the interior of a closed vessel, which has been exhaustedto a high or the highest degree by an air pump or other artificialmeans; as, water boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum."
"VACUUM CLEANER","A machine for cleaning carpets, tapestry, upholstered work,etc., by suction."
"VADANTES","An extensive artificial group of birds including the wading,swimming, and cursorial birds."
"VADE","To fade; hence, to vanish. [Obs.] ' Summer leaves all vaded.'Shak.They into dust shall vade. Spenser."
"VADE MECUM","A book or other thing that a person carries with him as aconstant companion; a manual; a handbook."
"VADIMONY","A bond or pledge for appearance before a judge on a certainday. [Obs.]"
"VADIUM","Pledge; security; bail. See Mortgage. Vadium vivum Etym: [LL.](Law), a living pledge, which exists where an estate is granted untila debt is paid out of its proceeds."
"VAE","See Voe. [Scot.]"
"VAFROUS","Crafty; cunning; sly; as, vafrous tricks. [Obs.] Feltham."
"VAGABOND","One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling,or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honestlivelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence, a worthless person; a rascal.A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be. Gen. iv. 12."
"VAGABONDAGE","The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wanderingabout in idleness; vagrancy."
"VAGABONDISM","Vagabondage."
"VAGABONDIZE","To play the vagabond; to wander about in idleness."
"VAGABONDRY","Vagabondage."
"VAGAL","Of or pertaining to the vagus, or pneumogastric nerves;pneumogastric."
"VAGANCY","A wandering; vagrancy. [Obs.]A thousand vagancies of glory and desight. Milton."
"VAGANTES","A tribe of spiders, comprising some of those which take theirprey in a web, but which also frequently run with agility, and chaseand seize their prey."
"VAGARIOUS","Given to, or characterized by, vagaries; capricious; whimsical;crochety."
"VAGIENT","Crying like a child. [Obs.]"
"VAGINA","The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various otherinvertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca."
"VAGINAL","Of or pertaining to the vagina of the genital canal; as, thevaginal artery."
"VAGINANT","Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing. Vaginant leaf(Bot.), a leaf investing the stem or branch by its base, which hasthe form of a tube."
"VAGINATI","A tribe of birds comprising the sheathbills."
"VAGINERVOSE","Having the nerves, or veins, placed in apparent disorder."
"VAGINICOLA","A genus of Infusoria which form minute vaselike or tubularcases in which they dwell."
"VAGINISMUS","A painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina, often renderingcopulation impossible."
"VAGINITIS","Inflammation of the vagina, or the genital canal, usually ofits mucous living membrane."
"VAGINOPENNOUS","Having elytra; sheath-winged. [R.]"
"VAGINULE","A vaginula."
"VAGISSATE","To caper or frolic. [Obs.]"
"VAGOUS","Wandering; unsettled. [Obs.] Ayliffe."
"VAGRANCY","The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without asettled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism.Threatened away into banishment and vagrancy. Barrow."
"VAGRANT","One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settledhabitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue;a vagabond.Vagrants and outlaws shall offend thy view. Prior."
"VAGRANTLY","In a vagrant manner."
"VAGRANTNESS","State of being vagrant; vagrancy."
"VAGUE","An indefinite expanse. [R.]The gray vague of unsympathizing sea. Lowell."
"VAGUELY","In a vague manner.What he vaguely hinted at, but dared not speak. Hawthorne."
"VAGUENESS","The quality or state of being vague."
"VAGUS","Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.-- n."
"VAIL","Same as Veil."
"VAILER","One who vails. [Obs.] Overbury."
"VAIMURE","An outer, or exterior. wall. See Vauntmure. [Obs.] Hakluyt."
"VAIN","Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain. Forvain. See In vain. [Obs.] Shak.-- In vain, to no purpose; without effect; ineffectually. ' In vaindoth valor bleed.' Milton. ' In vain they do worship me.' Matt. xv.9.-- To take the name of God in vain, to use the name of God withlevity or profaneness."
"VAINGLORIOUS","Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.'Arrogant and vainglorious expression.' Sir M. Hale.-- Vain`glo'ri*ous*ly, adv.-- Vain`glo'ri*ous*ness, n."
"VAINGLORY","Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; emptypride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.He had nothing of vainglory. Bacon.The man's undone forever; for if Hector break not his neck i' thecombat, he'll break't himself in vainglory. Shak."
"VAINLY","In a vain manner; in vain."
"VAINNESS","The quality or state of being vain."
"VAIR","The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth centuryas fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of thatperiod in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, andprelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shieldsplaced close together, and alternately white and blue. Fairholt.No vair or ermine decked his garment. Sir W. Scott.Counter vair (Her.), a fur resembling vair, except in the arrangementof the patches or figures."
"VAIRY","Charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. SeeVair."
"VAISHNAVA","A worshiper of the god Vishnu in any of his incarnations."
"VAISHNAVISM","The worship of Vishnu."
"VAISYA","The third of the four great original castes among the Hindoos,now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile classof Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1."
"VAIVODE","See Waywode."
"VAKEEL","A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador. [India]"
"VALANCE","To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings ordrapery.His old fringed chair valanced around with party-colored worstedbobs. Sterne."
"VALE","A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley. 'Make me a cottage in the vale.' Tennyson.Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above. Montgomery.In those fair vales, by nature formed to please. Harte."
"VALEDICTION","A farewell; a bidding farewell. Donne."
"VALEDICTORIAN","One who pronounces a valedictory address; especially, inAmerican colleges, the student who pronounces the valedictory of thegraduating class at the annual commencement, usually the student whoranks first in scholarship."
"VALEDICTORY","Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion ofleave-taking; as, a valedictory oration."
"VALENCE","The degree of combining power of an atom (or radical) as shownby the number of atoms of hydrogen (or of other monads, as chlorine,sodium, etc.) with which it will combine, or for which it can besubstituted, or with which it can be compared; thus, an atom ofhydrogen is a monad, and has a valence of one; the atoms of oxygen,nitrogen, and carbon are respectively dyads, triads, and tetrads, andhave a valence respectively of two, three, and four."
"VALENCIA","A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wooland the warp of silk or cotton. [Written also valentia.]"
"VALENCIENNES LACE","A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in France. Each pieceis made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same person and withthe same thread, the pattern being worked in the net."
"VALENTIA","See Valencia."
"VALENTINIAN","One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; --so called from Valentinus, the founder."
"VALERAMIDE","The acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a whitecrystalline substance."
"VALERATE","A salt of valeric acid."
"VALERIAN","Any plant of the genus Valeriana. The root of the officinalvalerian (V. officinalis) has a strong smell, and is much used inmedicine as an antispasmodic. Greek valerian (Bot.), a plant(Polemonium c\u00e6ruleum) with blue or white flowers, and leavesresembling those of the officinal valerian."
"VALERIANACEOUS","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order(Valerianacc\u00e6) of which the valerian is the type. The order includesalso the corn salads and the oriental spikenard."
"VALERIANATE","A valerate."
"VALERIANIC","Performance to, or obtained from, valerian root; specifically,designating an acid which is usually called valeric acid."
"VALERIC","Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of threemetameric acids, of which the typical one (called also inactivevaleric acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtained from valerian root and othersources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acidtaste, and an odor of old cheese. Active valeric acid, a metamericvariety which turns the plane of polarization to the right, althoughformed by the oxidation of a levorotatory amyl alcohol."
"VALERIDINE","A base, C10H19N, produced by heating valeric aldehyde withammonia. It is probably related to the conine alkaloids."
"VALERIN","A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter,dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightlyunpleasant odor."
"VALERITRINE","A base, C15H27N, produced together with valeridine, which itresembles."
"VALERO-","A combining form (also used adjectively) indicating derivationfrom, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valericacid; as in valerolactone, a colorless oily liquid produced as theanhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid."
"VALERONE","A ketone of valeric acid obtained as an oily liquid."
"VALERYL","The hypothetical radical C5H9O, regarded as the essentialnucleus of certain valeric acid derivatives."
"VALERYLENE","A liquid hydrocarbon, C5H8; -- called also pentine."
"VALET","A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron. Valet de chambre( Etym: [F.], a body servant, or personal attendant."
"VALETUDINARIAN","Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly;infirm.My feeble health and valetudinarian stomach. Coleridge.The virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue, not avaletudinarian virtue. Macaulay."
"VALETUDINARIANISM","The condition of a valetudinarian; a state of feeble health;infirmity."
"VALETUDINARY","Infirm; sickly; valetudinarian.-- Val`e*tu'di*na*ri*ness, n.It renders the habit of society dangerously. Burke."
"VALETUDINOUS","Valetudinarian. [Obs.] 'The valetudinous condition of KingEdward.' Fuller."
"VALHALLA","The palace of immortality, inhabited by the souls of heroesslain in battle."
"VALID","Having legal strength or force; executed with the properformalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside;as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; avalid claim or title; a valid marriage."
"VALIDATE","To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to.The chamber of deputies . . . refusing to validate at once theelection of an official candidate. London Spectator."
"VALIDATION","The act of giving validity. [R.] Knowles."
"VALIDITY","Legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a thingwhich renders it supportable in law, or equity; as, the validity of awill; the validity of a contract, claim, or title."
"VALIDLY","In a valid manner; so as to be valid."
"VALIDNESS","The quality or state of being valid."
"VALINCH","A tube for drawing liquors from a cask by the bunghole.[Written also velinche.]"
"VALISE","A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes ofother material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., ofa traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau."
"VALKYRIA","One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and beautiful,who presided over battle and marked out those who were to be slain,and who also ministered at the feasts of heroes in Valhalla. [Writtenalso Valkyr, and Walkyr.]"
"VALKYRIAN","Of or pertaining to the Valkyrias; hence, relating to battle.'Ourself have often tried Valkyrian hymns.' Tennyson."
"VALLANCY","A large wig that shades the face. [Obs.]"
"VALLAR","Of or pertaining to a rampart. Vallar crown (Rom. Antiq.), acircular gold crown with palisades, bestowed upon the soldier whofirst surmounted the rampart and broke into the enemy's camp."
"VALLARY","Same as Vallar."
"VALLATION","A rampart or intrenchment."
"VALLATORY","Of or pertaining to a vallation; used for a vallation; as,vallatory reads. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"VALLECULA","A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separatesthe hemispheres of the cerebellum."
"VALLUM","A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification."
"VALONIA","A genus of marine green alg\u00e6, in which the whole frond consistsof a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length."
"VALORIZATION","Act or process of attempting to give an arbitrary market valueor price to a commodity by governmental interference, as bymaintaining a purchasing fund, making loans to producers to enablethem to hold their products, etc.; -- used chiefly of such action byBrazil."
"VALOROUS","Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant;intrepid.-- Val'or*ous*ly, adv."
"VALSALVIAN","Of or pertaining to Valsalva, an Italian anatomist of the 17thcentury. Valsalvian experiment (Med.), the process of inflating themiddle ear by closing the mouth and nostrils, and blowing so as topuff out the cheeks."
"VALUABLE","A precious possession; a thing of value, especially a smallthing, as an article of jewelry; -- used mostly in the plural.The food and valuables they offer to the gods. Tylor."
"VALUABLENESS","The quality of being valuable."
"VALUABLY","So as to be of value."
"VALUATOR","One who assesses, or sets a value on, anything; an appraiser.Swift."
"VALUE","Worth estimated by any standard of purchasing power, especiallyby the market price, or the amount of money agreed upon as anequivalent to the utility and cost of anything.An article may be possessed of the highest degree of utility, orpower to minister to our wants and enjoyments, and may be universallymade use of, without possessing exchangeable value. M'Culloch.Value is the power to command commodities generally. A. L. Chapin(Johnson's Cys.).Value is the generic term which expresses power in exchange. F. A.Walker.His design was not to pay him the value of his pictures, because theywere above any price. Dryden."
"VALUED","Highly regarded; esteemed; prized; as, a valued contributor; avalued friend. Valued policy. See under Policy."
"VALUED POLICY","A policy in which the value of the goods, property, or interestinsured is specified; -- opposed to open policy."
"VALUED-POLICY LAW","A law requiring insurance companies to pay to the insured, incase of total loss, the full amount of the insurance, regardless ofthe actual value of the property at the time of the loss."
"VALUELESS","Being of no value; having no worth."
"VALUER","One who values; an appraiser."
"VALURE","Value. [Obs.] Ld. Berners."
"VALVASOR","See Vavasor."
"VALVATA","A genus of small spiral fresh-water gastropods having anoperculum."
"VALVE","One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, whichpermit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in onedirection, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as,the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves."
"VALVE-SHELL","Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata."
"VALVED","Having a valve or valve; valvate."
"VALVELET","A little valve; a valvule; especially, one of the pieces whichcompose the outer covering of a pericarp."
"VALVULA","A little valve or fold; a valvelet; a valvule."
"VALVULE","A small valvelike process."
"VALYLENE","A volatile liquid hydrocarbon, C5H6, related to ethylene andacetylene, but possessing the property of unsaturation in the thirddegree. It is the only known member of a distinct series ofcompounds. It has a garlic odor."
"VAMBRACE","The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to thewrist."
"VAMOSE","To depart quickly; to depart from. [Written also vamos, andvamoose.] [Slang, Eng. & U. S.]"
"VAMP","To advance; to travel. [Obs.]"
"VAMPER","One who vamps; one who pieces an old thing with something new;a cobbler."
"VAMPIRE","Either one of two or more species of South American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. Thesebats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong, sharp cuttingincisors with which they make punctured wounds from which they suckthe blood of horses, cattle, and other animals, as well as man,chiefly during sleep. They have a c\u00e6cal appendage to the stomach, inwhich the blood with which they gorge themselves is stored."
"VAMPLATE","A round of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to protect thehand. [Written also vamplet.]"
"VAMURE","See Vauntmure. [Obs.]"
"VAN","The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also,the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing orin battle.Standards and gonfalons, twixt van and rear, Stream in the air.Milton."
"VAN-COURIER","One sent in advance; an avant-courier; a precursor."
"VANADATE","A salt of vanadic acid. [Formerly also vanadiate.]"
"VANADIC","Pertaining to, or obtained from, vanadium; containing vanadium;specifically distinguished those compounds in which vanadium has arelatively higher valence as contrasted with the vanadious compounds;as, vanadic oxide. Vanadic acid (Chem.), an acid analogous tophosphoric acid, not known in the free state but forming a well-knownseries of salts."
"VANADINITE","A mineral occurring in yellowish, and ruby-red hexagonalcrystals. It consist of lead vanadate with a small proportion of leadchloride."
"VANADIOUS","Pertaining to, or containing, vanadium; specifically,designating those compounds in which vanadium has a lower valence ascontrasted with the vanadic compounds; as, vanadious acid. [Sometimeswritten also vanadous.]"
"VANADITE","A salt of vanadious acid, analogous to a nitrite or aphosphite."
"VANADIUM","A rare element of the nitrogen-phosphorus group, foundcombined, in vanadates, in certain minerals, and reduced as aninfusible, grayish-white metallic powder. It is intermediate betweenthe metals and the non-metals, having both basic and acid properties.Sumbol V (or Vd, rarely). Atomic weight 51.2."
"VANADIUM BRONZE","A yellow pigment consisting of a compound of vanadium."
"VANADOUS","Of or pertaining to vanadium; obtained from vanadium; -- saidof an acid containing one equivalent of vanadium and two of oxygen."
"VANADYL","The hypothetical radical VO, regarded as a characterizedresidue of certain vanadium compounds."
"VANDAL","One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore ofthe Baltic, the most barbarous and fierce of the northern nationsthat plundered Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying themonuments of art and literature."
"VANDALISM","The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty;hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction ordefacement of their monuments."
"VANDYKE","Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used orrepresented by Vandyke. 'His Vandyke dress.' Macaulay. [Written alsoVandyck.] Vandyke brown (Paint.), a pigment of a deepsemitranssparent brown color, supposed to be the color used byVandyke in his pictures.-- Vandyke collar or cape, a broad collar or cape of linen and lacewith a deep pointed or scalloped edge, worn lying on the shoulders; -- so called from its appearance in pictures by Vandyke.-- Vandyke edge, an edge having ornamental triangular points."
"VANDYKE BEARD","A trim, pointed beard, such as those often seen in pictures byVandyke."
"VANE","The rhachis and web of a feather taken together."
"VANESSA","Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterfliesbelonging to Vanessa and allied genera. Many of these species havethe edges of the wings irregularly scalloped."
"VANESSIAN","A vanessa."
"VANFESS","A ditch on the outside of the counterscarp, usually full ofwater."
"VANG","A rope to steady the peak of a gaff."
"VANGLO","Benne (Sesamum orientale); also, its seeds; -- so called in theWest Indies."
"VANGUARD","The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard;the van."
"VANILLA","A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants natives of tropicalAmerica."
"VANILLATE","A salt of vanillic acid."
"VANILLIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, vanilla or vanillin; resemblingvanillin; specifically, designating an alcohol and an acidrespectively, vanillin being the intermediate aldehyde."
"VANILLIN","A white crystalline aldehyde having a burning taste andcharacteristic odor of vanilla. It is extracted from vanilla pods,and is also obtained by the decomposition of coniferin, and by theoxidation of eugenol."
"VANILLOES","An inferior kind of vanilla, the pods of Vanilla Pompona."
"VANILLYL","The hypothetical radical characteristic of vanillic alcohol."
"VANILOQUENCE","Vain or foolish talk. [Obs.]"
"VANISH","The brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differingmore or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in aleordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with avanish of oo as in foot. Rush."
"VANISHING","a. & n. from Vanish, v. Vanishing fraction (Math.), a fractionwhich reduces to the form Math. Dict.-- Vanishing line (Persp.), the intersection of the parallel of anyoriginal plane and picture; one of the lines converging to thevanishing point.-- Vanishing point (Persp.), the point to which all parallel linesin the same plane tend in the representation. Gwilt.-- Vanishing stress (Phon.), stress of voice upon the closingportion of a syllable. Rush."
"VANISHMENT","A vanishing. [Obs.]"
"VANITY BOX","A small box, usually jeweled or of precious metal and worn on achain, containing a mirror, powder puff, and other small toiletarticles for a woman."
"VANJAS","The Australian pied crow shrike (Strepera graculina). It isglossy bluish black, with the under tail coverts and the tips andbases of the tail feathers white."
"VANNER","A machine for concentrating ore. See Frue vanner."
"VANNER HAWK","The kestrel. [Prov. Eng.]"
"VANNING","A process by which ores are washed on a shovel, or in a vanner."
"VANQUISH","A disease in sheep, in which they pine away. [Written alsovinquish.]"
"VANQUISHABLE","That may be vanquished."
"VANQUISHER","One who, or that which, vanquishes. Milton."
"VANQUISHMENT","The act of vanquishing, or the state of being vanquished. Bp.Hall."
"VANSIRE","An ichneumon (Herpestes galera) native of Southern Africa andMadagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white.Called also vondsira, and marsh ichneumon."
"VANT","See Vaunt. [Obs.]"
"VANT-COURIER","An avant-courier. See Van-courier. [Obs.] Holland."
"VANTAGE","The first point after deuce."
"VANTAGE GAME","The first game after the set is deuce. See Set, n., 9."
"VANTAGE POINT","A point giving advantage; vantage ground."
"VANWARD","Being on, or towards, the van, or front. 'The vanwardfrontier.' De Quincey."
"VAP","That which is vapid, insipid, or lifeless; especially, thelifeless part of liquor or wine. [Obs.]In vain it is to wash a goblet, if you mean to put it nothing but thedead lees and vap of wine. Jer. Taylor."
"VAPID","Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid;flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid stateof the blood.A cheap, bloodless reformation, a guiltless liberty, appear flat andvapid to their taste. Burke.-- Vap'id*ly, adv.-- Vap'id*ness, n."
"VAPIDITY","The quality or state of being vapid; vapidness."
"VAPOR","Any substance in the gaseous, or a\u00ebriform, state, the conditionof which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid."
"VAPOR GALVANIZING","A process for coating metal (usually iron or steel) surfaceswith zinc by exposing them to the vapor of zinc instead of, as inordinary galvanizing, to molten zinc; -- called also Sherardizing.Vapor galvanizing is accomplished by heating the articles to begalvanized together with zinc dust in an air tight receptacle to atemperature of about 600\u00ba F., which is 188\u00ba below the melting pointof zinc, or by exposing the articles to vapor from molten zinc in aseparate receptacle, using hydrogen or other reducing gas to preventoxidation."
"VAPORABILITY","The quality or state of being vaporable."
"VAPORABLE","Capable of being converted into vapor by the agency of heat;vaporizable."
"VAPORATE","To emit vapor; to evaporate. [R.]"
"VAPORATION","The act or process of converting into vapor, or of passing offin vapor; evaporation. [R.]"
"VAPORER","One who vapors; a braggart. Vaporer moth. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Orgyia."
"VAPORIFEROUS","Conveying or producing vapor."
"VAPORIFIC","Producing vapor; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, intovapor; thus, volatile fluids are vaporific; heat is a vaporificagent."
"VAPORIFORM","Existing in a vaporous form or state; as, steam is a vaporiformsubstance."
"VAPORIMETER","An instrument for measuring the volume or the tension of anyvapor; specifically, an instrument of this sort used as analcoholometer in testing spirituous liquors."
"VAPORING","Talking idly; boasting; vaunting.-- Va'por*ing*ly, adv."
"VAPORIZABLE","Capable of being vaporized into vapor."
"VAPORIZATION","The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of beingconverted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor;specifically, the conversion of water into steam, as in a steamboiler."
"VAPORIZE","To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whethernaturally or artificially. Vaporizing surface. (Steam Boilers) SeeEvaporating surface, under Evaporate, v. t."
"VAPORIZER","One who, or that which, vaporizes, or converts into vapor."
"VAPOROSE","Full of vapor; vaporous."
"VAPOROUSNESS","The quality of being vaporous."
"VAPULATION","The act of beating or whipping. [Obs.]"
"VAQUERO","One who has charge of cattle, horses, etc.; a herdsman.[Southwestern U. S.]"
"VARA","A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The varanow in use equals 33.385 inches. Johnson's Cyc."
"VARAN","The monitor. See Monitor, 3."
"VARANGIAN","One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in the 9thcentury; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date, theimperial bodyguard at Constantinople."
"VARANUS","A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa. Itincludes the monitors. See Monitor, 3."
"VARE","A wand or staff of authority or justice. [Obs.]His hand a vare of justice did uphold. Dryden."
"VAREC","The calcined ashes of any coarse seaweed used for themanufacture of soda and iodine; also, the seaweed itself; fucus;wrack."
"VARGUENO","A decorative cabinet, of a form originating in Spain, the bodybeing rectangular and supported on legs or an ornamental frameworkand the front opening downwards on hinges to serve as a writing desk."
"VARI","The ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta) of Madagascar. Its long tailis annulated with black and white."
"VARIABILITY","The power possessed by living organisms, both animal andvegetable, of adapting themselves to modifications or changes intheir environment, thus possibly giving rise to ultimate variation ofstructure or function."
"VARIABLE","A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity whichadmits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; avariable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y arevariables."
"VARIABLENESS","The quality or state of being variable; variability. James i.17."
"VARIABLY","In a variable manner."
"VARIANCE","A disagreement or difference between two parts of the samelegal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, -- asbetween the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation andthe proof. Bouvier. A variance, in disagreement; in a state ofdissension or controversy; at enmity. 'What cause brought him so soonat variance with himself' Milton."
"VARIANT","Something which differs in form from another thing, thoughreally the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; avariant of a story or a word."
"VARIATE","To alter; to make different; to vary."
"VARIATION","Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation,derivation, etc."
"VARICELLA","Chicken pox."
"VARICES","See Varix."
"VARICIFORM","Resembling a varix."
"VARICOCELE","A varicose enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord;also, a like enlargement of the veins of the scrotum."
"VARICOSE","Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said ofelastic stockings, bandages. and the like."
"VARICOSIS","The formation of varices; varicosity."
"VARICOTOMY","Excision of a varicosity."
"VARICOUS","Varicose. [Obs.]"
"VARIED","Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a variedexperience; varied interests; varied scenery.-- Va'ried*ly, adv.The varied fields of science, ever new. Cowper."
"VARIEGATE","To diversify in external appearance; to mark with differentcolors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble ofdifferent colors.The shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds tothe beauty of the stone. Woodward."
"VARIEGATED","Having marks or patches of different colors; as, variegatedleaves, or flowers.Ladies like variegated tulips show. Pope."
"VARIEGATION","The act of variegating or diversifying, or the state of beingdiversified, by different colors; diversity of colors."
"VARIER","A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety. [Poetic]Pious variers from the church. Tennyson."
"VARIETAL","Of or pertaining to a variety; characterizing a variety;constituting a variety, in distinction from an individual or species.Perplexed in determining what differences to consider as specific,and what as varietal. Darwin."
"VARIETAS","A variety; -- used in giving scientific names, and oftenabbreviated to var."
"VARIETY SHOW","A stage entertainment of successive separate performances,usually songs, dances, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketches,exhibitions of trained animals, or any specialties. Often looselycalled vaudeville show."
"VARIFORM","Having different shapes or forms."
"VARIFORMED","Formed with different shapes; having various forms; variform."
"VARIFY","To make different; to vary; to variegate. [R.] Sylvester."
"VARIOLA","The smallpox."
"VARIOLAR","Variolous."
"VARIOLATION","Inoculation with smallpox."
"VARIOLIC","Variolous."
"VARIOLITE","A kind of diorite or diabase containing imbedded whitishspherules, which give the rock a spotted appearance."
"VARIOLITIC","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, variolite."
"VARIOLOID","Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease calledvarioloid."
"VARIOLOUS","Of or pertaining to the smallpox; having pits, or sunkenimpressions, like those of the smallpox; variolar; variolic."
"VARIOMETER","An instrument for comparing magnetic forces, esp. in theearth's magnetic field."
"VARIORUM","Containing notes by different persons; -- applied to apublication; as, a variorum edition of a book."
"VARIOUSLY","In various or different ways."
"VARISCITE","An apple-green mineral occurring in reniform masses. It is ahydrous phosphate of alumina."
"VARISSE","An imperfection on the inside of the hind leg in horses,different from a curb, but at the same height, and frequentlyinjuring the sale of the animal by growing to an unsightly size.Craig."
"VARIX","A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein."
"VARK","The bush hog, or boshvark."
"VARLETRY","The rabble; the crowd; the mob.Shall they hoist me up, And show me to the shouting varletry Ofcensuring Rome. Shak."
"VARNISHING","The act of laying on varnish; also, materials for varnish."
"VARSITY","Colloq. contr. of University."
"VARTABED","A doctor or teacher in the Armenian church. Members of thisorder of ecclesiastics frequently have charge of dioceses, withepiscopal functions."
"VARUNA","The god of the waters; the Indian Neptune. He is regarded asregent of the west, and lord of punishment, and is represented asriding on a sea monster, holding in his hand a snaky cord or noosewith which to bind offenders, under water."
"VARUS","A deformity in which the foot is turned inward. See Talipes."
"VARVEL","In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of thejesses. [Written also vervel.]"
"VARVELED","Having varvels, or rings. [Written also varvelled, andvervelled.]"
"VARY","To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under newaspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4."
"VARYING","a. & n. from Vary. Varying hare (Zo\u00f6l.), any hare or rabbitwhich becomes white in winter, especially the common hare of theNorthern United States and Canada."
"VAS","A vessel; a duct. Vas deferens; pl. Vasa deferentia. Etym: [L.vas vessel + deferens carrying down.] (Anat.) The excretory duct of atesticle; a spermatic duct."
"VASCULAR","Of or pertaining to the higher division of plants, that is, theph\u00e6nogamous plants, all of which are vascular, in distinction fromthe cryptogams, which to a large extent are cellular only. Vascularplants (Bot.), plants composed in part of vascular tissue, as allflowering plants and the higher cryptogamous plants, or those of theclass Pteridophyta. Cf. Cellular plants, Cellular.-- Vascular system (Bot.), the body of associated ducts and woodyfiber; the fibrovascular part of plants.-- Vascular tissue (Bot.), vegetable tissue composed partly ofducts, or sap tubes.-- Water vascular system (Zo\u00f6l.), a system of vessels in annelids,nemerteans, and many other invertebrates, containing a circulatingfluid analogous to blood, but not of the same composition. Inannelids the fluid which they contain is usually red, but in some itis green, in others yellow, or whitish."
"VASCULARITY","The quality or state of being vascular."
"VASCULOSE","One of the substances of which vegetable tissue is composed,differing from cellulose in its solubility in certain media."
"VASCULUM","Same as Ascidium, n., 1."
"VASE","The calyx of a plant."
"VASE CLOCK","A clock whose decorative case has the general form of a vase,esp. one in which there is no ordinary dial, but in which a part of avase revolves while a single stationary indicator serves as a hand."
"VASE-SHAPED","Formed like a vase, or like a common flowerpot."
"VASECTOMY","Resection or excision of the vas deferens."
"VASELINE","A yellowish translucent substance, almost odorless andtasteless, obtained as a residue in the purification of crudepetroleum, and consisting essentially of a mixture of several of thehigher members of the paraffin series. It is used as an unguent, andfor various purposes in the arts. See the Note under Petrolatum.[Written also vaselin.]"
"VASIFORM","Having the form of a vessel, or duct. Vasiform tissue (Bot.),tissue containing vessels, or ducts."
"VASO-INHIBITORY","See Vasodilator."
"VASOCONSTRICTOR","Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, thevasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction ofthe blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also calledvasohypertonic. n."
"VASODENTINE","A modified form of dentine, which is permeated by bloodcapillaries; vascular dentine."
"VASODILATOR","Causing dilation or relaxation of the blood vessels; as, thevasodilator nerves, stimulation of which causes dilation of the bloodvessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vaso-inhibitory, and vasohypotonic nerves, since their stimulation causesrelaxation and rest."
"VASOFORMATIVE","Concerned in the development and formation of blood vessels andblood corpuscles; as, the vasoformative cells."
"VASOMOTOR","Causing movement in the walls of vessels; as, the vasomotormechanisms; the vasomotor nerves, a system of nerves distributed overthe muscular coats of the blood vessels. Vasomotor center, the chiefdominating or general center which supplies all the unstriped musclesof the arterial system with motor nerves, situated in a part of themedulla oblongata; a center of reflex action by the working of whichafferent impulses are changed into efferent, -- vasomotor impulsesleading either to dilation or constriction of the blood vessels."
"VASSAL","The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land ofsuperior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; afeudal tenant. Burrill."
"VASSALESS","A female vassal. [R.] Spenser."
"VASSALRY","The body of vassals. [R.]"
"VAST","A waste region; boundless space; immensity. 'The watery vast.'Pope.Michael bid sound The archangel trumpet. Through the vast of heavenIt sounded. Milton."
"VASTATION","A laying waste; waste; depopulation; devastation. [Obs.] Bp.Hall."
"VASTEL","See Wastel. [Obs.] Fuller."
"VASTIDITY","Vastness; immensity. [Obs.] 'All the world's vastidity.' Shak."
"VASTITY","Vastness. [Obs.]The huge vastity of the world. Holland."
"VASTLY","To a vast extent or degree; very greatly; immensely. Jer.Taylor."
"VASTNESS","The quality or state of being vast."
"VASTY","Vast; immense. [R.]I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Shak."
"VASUM","A genus including several species of large marine gastropodshaving massive pyriform shells, with conspicuous folds on thecolumella."
"VAT","A vessel for holding holy water."
"VATFUL","As much as a vat will hold; enough to fill a vat."
"VATICAL","Of or pertaining to a prophet; prophetical. Bp. Hall."
"VATICAN","A magnificent assemblage of buildings at Rome, near the churchof St. Peter, including the pope's palace, a museum, a library, afamous chapel, etc."
"VATICAN COUNCIL","The council held under Pope Pius IX. in Vatican at Rome, in1870, which promulgated the dogma of papal infallibility."
"VATICANISM","The doctrine of papal supremacy; extreme views in support ofthe authority of the pope; ultramontanism; -- a term used only bypersons who are not Roman Catholics."
"VATICANIST","One who strongly adheres to the papal authority; anultramontanist."
"VATICIDE","The murder, or the murderer, of a prophet. 'The caitiffvaticide.' Pope."
"VATICINAL","Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic. T. Warton."
"VATICINATE","To prophesy; to foretell; to practice prediction; to utterprophecies."
"VATICINATION","Prediction; prophecy.It is not a false utterance; it is a true, though an impetuous,vaticination. I. Taylor."
"VATICINATOR","One who vaticinates; a prophet."
"VATICINE","A prediction; a vaticination. [Obs.] Holinshed."
"VAUDOUX","See Voodoo."
"VAULT","An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. Gray."
"VAULTAGE","Vaulted work; also, a vaulted place; an arched cellar. [Obs.]Shak."
"VAULTED","Arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of manyringent flowers."
"VAULTER","One who vaults; a leaper; a tumbler. B. Jonson."
"VAULTY","Arched; concave. [Obs.] 'The vaulty heaven.' Shak."
"VAUNCE","To advance. [Obs.] Spenser."
"VAUNT","To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth,attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; tobrag.Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what he is, doesincline him to disvalue what he has. Gov. of Tongue."
"VAUNT-COURIER","See Van-courier. [Obs.] Shak."
"VAUNTER","One who vaunts; a boaster."
"VAUNTFUL","Given to vaunting or boasting; vainly ostentatious; boastful;vainglorious."
"VAUNTINGLY","In a vaunting manner."
"VAUNTMURE","A false wall; a work raised in front of the main wall. [Writtenalso vaimure, and vamure.] Camden."
"VAUQUELINITE","Chromate of copper and lead, of various shades of green."
"VAUT","To vault; to leap. [Obs.] Spenser."
"VAUTY","Vaulted. 'The haughty vauty welkin.' [Obs.] Taylor (1611)."
"VAVASOR","The vassal or tenant of a baron; one who held under a baron,and who also had tenants under him; one in dignity next to a baron; atitle of dignity next to a baron. Burrill. 'A worthy vavasour.'Chaucer. [Also written vavasour, vavassor, valvasor, etc.]Vavasours subdivide again to vassals, exchanging land and cattle,human or otherwise, against fealty. Motley."
"VAVASORY","The quality or tenure of the fee held by a vavasor; also, thelands held by a vavasor."
"VAWARD","The fore part; van. [Obs.]Since we have the vaward of the day. Shak."
"VAZA PARROT","Any one of several species of parrots of the genus Coracopsis,native of Madagascar; -- called also vasa parrot."
"VEADAR","The thirteenth, or intercalary, month of the Jewishecclesiastical calendar, which is added about every third year."
"VEAL","The flesh of a calf when killed and used for food."
"VECTION","Vectitation. [Obs.]"
"VECTITATION","The act of carrying, or state of being carried. [Obs.]"
"VECTOR","A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or avelocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are thesame their magnitudes equal. Cf. Scalar."
"VECTURE","The act of carrying; conveyance; carriage. [Obs.] Bacon."
"VEDA","The ancient sacred literature of the Hindoos; also, one of thefour collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, andAtharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of thatliterature."
"VEDANTA","A system of philosophy among the Hindoos, founded on scatteredtexts of the Vedas, and thence termed the 'Anta,' or end orsubstance. Balfour (Cyc. of India.)"
"VEDANTIC","Of or pertaining to the Vedas."
"VEDANTIST","One versed in the doctrines of the Vedantas."
"VEDETTE","A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost ofan army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger; a vidette."
"VEDRO","A Russian liquid measure, equal to 3.249 gallons of U.S.standard measure, or 2.706 imperial gallons. McElrath."
"VEER","To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to thewest or north. 'His veering gait.' Wordsworth.And as he leads, the following navy veers. Dryden.an ordinary community which is hostile or friendly as passion or asinterest may veer about. Burke.To veer and haul (Naut.), to vary the course or direction; -- said ofthe wind, which veers aft and hauls forward. The wind is also said toveer when it shifts with the sun."
"VEERING","Shifting.-- Veer'ing*ly, adv."
"VEERY","An American thrush (Turdus fuscescens) common in the NorthernUnited States and Canada. It is light tawny brown above. The breastis pale buff, thickly spotted with brown. Called also Wilson'sthrush.Sometimes I hear the veery's clarion. Thoreau."
"VEGA","A brilliant star of the first magnitude, the brightest of thoseconstituting the constellation Lyra."
"VEGETABILITY","The quality or state of being vegetable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"VEGETABLE","Plants having distinct flowers and true seeds. { 1.Dicotyledons (called also Exogens).-- Seeds with two or more cotyledons. Stems with the pith, woodyfiber, and bark concentrically arranged. Divided into two subclasses:Angiosperms, having the woody fiber interspersed with dotted orannular ducts, and the seed contained in a true ovary; Gymnosperms,having few or no ducts in the woody fiber, and the seeds naked. 2.Monocotyledons (called also Endogens).-- Seeds with single cotyledon. Stems with slender bundles of woodyfiber not concentrically arranged, and with no true bark.} II.Cryptogamia."
"VEGETAL","A vegetable. [R.] B. Jonson."
"VEGETALITY","The quality or state of being vegetal, or exhibiting thosephysiological phenomena which are common to plants and animals. SeeVegetal, a., 2."
"VEGETARIAN","One who holds that vegetables and fruits are the only properfood for man. Strict vegetarians eat no meat, eggs, or milk."
"VEGETARIANISM","The theory or practice of living upon vegetables and fruits."
"VEGETATE","To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as,a vegetating papule."
"VEGETATION","An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially uponthe valves of the heart. Vegetation of salts (Old Chem.), acrystalline growth of an arborescent form."
"VEGETATIVE","Having relation to growth or nutrition; partaking of simplegrowth and enlargement of the systems of nutrition, apart from thesensorial or distinctively animal functions; vegetal.-- Veg'e*ta*tive*ly, adv.-- Veg'e*ta*tive*ness, n."
"VEGETE","Lively; active; sprightly; vigorous. [Obs.]Even her body was made airy and vegete. Jer. Taylor."
"VEGETISM","Vegetal state or characteristic."
"VEGETIVE","Having the nature of a plant; vegetable; as, vegetive life.[R.] Tusser."
"VEGETO-ANIMAL","Partaking of the nature both of vegetable and animal matter; --a term sometimes applied to vegetable albumen and gluten, from theirresemblance to similar animal products."
"VEGETOUS","Vigorous; lively; active; vegete. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"VEHEMENCY","Vehemence. [R.]The vehemency of your affection. Shak."
"VEHEMENTLY","In a vehement manner."
"VEHICLE","A substance in which medicine is taken."
"VEHICLED","Conveyed in a vehicle; furnished with a vehicle. M. Green."
"VEHICULAR","Of or pertaining to a vehicle; serving as a vehicle; as, avehicular contrivance."
"VEHICULARY","Vehicular."
"VEHICULATE","To convey by means of a vehicle; to ride in a vehicle. Carlyle."
"VEHICULATION","Movement of vehicles."
"VEHICULATORY","Vehicular. Carlyle."
"VEHMGERICHT","A vehmic court."
"VEHMIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain secret tribunalsflourished in Germany from the end of the 12th century to the middleof the 16th, usurping many of the functions of the government whichwere too weak to maintain law and order, and inspiring dread in allwho came within their jurisdiction. Encyc. Brit."
"VEIL","A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a patenveil; an altar veil."
"VEILED","Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden. 'Words used to convey aveiled meaning.' Earle."
"VEILED PLATE","A fogged plate."
"VEILING","A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils."
"VEILLESS","Having no veil. Tennyson."
"VEIN","One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous orarterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2."
"VEIN QUARTZ","Quartz occurring as gangue in a vein."
"VEINAL","Pertaining to veins; venous. [R.]"
"VEINED","Having fibrovascular threads extending throughout the lamina;as, a veined leaf."
"VEINLESS","Having no veins; as, a veinless leaf."
"VEINLET","A small vein."
"VEINOUS","Marked with veins; veined; veiny.The excellent old gentleman's nails are long and leaden, and hishands lean and veinous. Dickens."
"VEINSTONE","The nonmetalliferous mineral or rock material which accompaniesthe ores in a vein, as quartz, calcite, barite, fluor spar, etc.; --called also veinstuff."
"VEINY","Full of veins; veinous; veined; as, veiny marble."
"VELAR","Having the place of articulation on the soft palate; guttural;as, the velar consonants, such as k and hard q."
"VELARIUM","The marginal membrane of certain medus\u00e6 belonging to theDiscophora."
"VELATE","Having a veil; veiled."
"VELDT","A region or tract of land; esp., the open field; grass country.[South Africa]"
"VELDT SORE","An infective sore mostly on the hands and feet, oftencontracted in walking on the veldt and apparently due to a specificmicro\u00f6rganism."
"VELE","A veil. [Obs.] Spenser."
"VELELLA","Any species of oceanic Siphonophora belonging to the genusVelella."
"VELIFEROUS","Carrying or bearing sails. [Obs.] 'Veliferous chariots.'Evelyn."
"VELIGER","Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the state when it isfurnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming."
"VELITATION","A dispute or contest; a slight contest; a skirmish. [R.] Sir M.Hale.After a short velitation we parted. Evelyn."
"VELIVOLANT","Flying with sails; passing under full sail. [R.]"
"VELL","The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennetbag. [Prov. Eng.]"
"VELLEITY","The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition.Locke."
"VELLET","Velvet. [Obs.] Spenser."
"VELLICATE","To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve in itsextremity, are not very dangerous. Arbuthnot."
"VELLICATION","A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber,especially of the face."
"VELLICATIVE","Having the power of vellicating, plucking, or twitching;causing vellication."
"VELLON","A word occurring in the phrase real vellon. See the Note underIts Real."
"VELLUM","A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, andrendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and forbinding books. Vellum cloth, a fine kind of cotton fabric, made verytransparent, and used as a tracing cloth."
"VELLUMY","Resembling vellum."
"VELOCIMETER","An apparatus for measuring speed, as of machinery or vessels,but especially of projectiles."
"VELOCIPEDE","A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider.Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on theroadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal orpedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, andcausing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two,three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle."
"VELOCIPEDIST","One who rides on a velocipede."
"VELOCITY","Rate of motion; the relation of motion to time, measured by thenumber of units of space passed over by a moving body or point in aunit of time, usually the number of feet passed over in a second. Seethe Note under Speed. Angular velocity. See under Angular.-- Initial velocity, the velocity of a moving body at starting;especially, the velocity of a projectile as it leaves the mouth of afirearm from which it is discharged.-- Relative velocity, the velocity with which a body approaches orrecedes from another body, whether both are moving or only one.-- Uniform velocity, velocity in which the same number of units ofspace are described in each successive unit of time.-- Variable velocity, velocity in which the space described variesfrom instant, either increasing or decreasing; -- in the former casecalled accelerated velocity, in the latter, retarded velocity; theacceleration or retardation itself being also either uniform orvariable.-- Virtual velocity. See under Virtual."
"VELOURS","One of many textile fabrics having a pile like that of velvet."
"VELTFARE","The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]"
"VELUM","Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranouspartitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate."
"VELURE","Velvet. [Obs.] 'A woman's crupper of velure.' Shak."
"VELUTINA","Any one of several species of marine gastropods belonging toVelutina and allied genera."
"VELUTINOUS","Having the surface covered with a fine and dense silkypubescence; velvety; as, a velutinous leaf."
"VELVERD","The veltfare. [Prov. Eng.]"
"VELVERET","A kind of velvet having cotton back."
"VELVET","Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. ' Thecowslip's velvet head.' Milton."
"VELVETBREAST","The goosander. [Local, U. S.]"
"VELVETEEN","A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet;cotton velvet."
"VELVETING","The fine shag or nap of velvet; a piece of velvet; velvetgoods."
"VELVETLEAF","A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves,as the Abutilon Avicenn\u00e6, the Cissampelos Pareira, and the Lavateraarborea, and even the common mullein."
"VELVETY","Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate."
"VENA","A vein. Vena cava; pl. Ven\u00e6 cav\u00e6. Etym: [L., literally, hollowvein.] (Anat.) Any one of the great systemic veins connected directlywith the heart.-- Vena contracta. Etym: [L., literally, contractedvein.] (Hydraulics) The contracted portion of a liquid jet at andnear the orifice from which it issues.-- Vena port\u00e6; pl. Ven\u00c6 port\u00e6. Etym: [L., literally, vein of theentrance.] (Anat.) The portal vein of the liver. See under Portal."
"VENADA","The pudu."
"VENAL","Of or pertaining to veins; venous; as, venal blood. [R.]"
"VENALITY","The quality or state of being venal, or purchasable;mercenariness; prostitution of talents, offices, or services, formoney or reward; as, the venality of a corrupt court; the venality ofan official.Complaints of Roman venality became louder. Milton."
"VENALLY","In a venal manner."
"VENANTES","The hunting spiders, which run after, or leap upon, their prey."
"VENARY","Of or, pertaining to hunting."
"VENATICA","See Vinatico."
"VENATION","The arrangement or system of veins, as in the wing of aninsect, or in the leaves of a plant. See Illust. in Appendix."
"VENATORIAL","Or or pertaining to hunting; venatic. [R.]"
"VEND","To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; tomake an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell; as, to vendgoods; to vend vegetables."
"VENDACE","A European lake whitefish (Coregonus Willughbii, or C.Vandesius) native of certain lakes in Scotland and England. It isregarded as a delicate food fish. Called also vendis."
"VENDEE","The person to whom a thing is vended, or sold; -- thecorrelative of vendor."
"VENDEMIAIRE","The first month of the French republican calendar, dating fromSeptember 22, 1792."
"VENDER","One who vends; one who transfers the exclusive right ofpossessing a thing, either his own, or that of another as his agent,for a price or pecuniary equivalent; a seller; a vendor."
"VENDETTA","A blood feud; private revenge for the murder of a kinsman."
"VENDIBILITY","The quality or state of being vendible, or salable."
"VENDIBLE","Capable of being vended, or sold; that may be sold; salable.The regulating of prices of things vendible. Bacon."
"VENDITATE","To cry up. as if for sale; to blazon. [Obs.] Holland."
"VENDITATION","The act of setting forth ostentatiously; a boastful display.[Obs.] B. Jonson."
"VENDITION","The act of vending, or selling; sale."
"VENDOR","A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee."
"VENDS","See Wends."
"VENDUE","A public sale of anything, by outcry, to the highest bidder; anauction. [Obsoles.] Vendue master, one who is authorized to sell anyproperty by vendue; an auctioneer. [Obsoles.]"
"VENEER","To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other materialfor outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniturewith mahogany. Used also figuratively.As a rogue in grain Veneered with sanctimonious theory. Tennyson."
"VENEFICAL","Veneficial. [Obs.] 'Venefical instruments.' B. Jonson."
"VENEFICE","The act or practice of poisoning. [Obs.]"
"VENEMOUS","Venomous. [Obs.]"
"VENENATE","To poison; to infect with poison. [R.] Harvey."
"VENENE","Poisonous; venomous. [Obs.]"
"VENENOSE","Poisonous. [Obs.]"
"VENERABILITY","The quality or state of being venerable; venerableness. Dr. H.More."
"VENERACEA","An extensive tribe of bivalve mollusks of which the genus Venusis the type. The shells are usually oval, or somewhat heartshaped,with a conspicuous lunule. See Venus."
"VENERATE","To regard with reverential respect; to honor with mingledrespect and awe; to reverence; to revere; as, we venerate parents andelders.And seemed to venerate the sacred shade. Dryden.I do not know a man more to be venerated for uprightness of heart andloftiness of genius. Sir W. Scott."
"VENERATION","The act of venerating, or the state of being venerated; thehighest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with awe; afeeling or sentimental excited by the dignity, wisdom, or superiorityof a person, by sacredness of character, by consecration to sacredservices, or by hallowed associations.We find a secret awe and veneration for one who moves about us inregular and illustrious course of virtue. Addison."
"VENERATOR","One who venerates. Jer. Taylor"
"VENEREAL","The venereal disease; syphilis."
"VENEREAN","Devoted to the offices of Venus, or love; venereal. [Obs.] 'Iam all venerean in feeling.' Chaucer."
"VENEROUS","Venereous. [Obs.] Burton."
"VENERY","Sexual love; sexual intercourse; coition.Contentment, without the pleasure of lawful venery, is continence; ofunlawful, chastity. Grew."
"VENESECTION","The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood;bloodletting; phlebotomy."
"VENETIAN","Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy. Venetian blind, a blindfor windows, doors, etc., made of thin slats, either fixed at acertain angle in the shutter, or movable, and in the latter case sodisposed as to overlap each other when close, and to show a series ofopen spaces for the admission of air and light when in otherpositions.-- Venetian carpet, an inexpensive carpet, used for passages andstairs, having a woolen warp which conceals the weft; the pattern istherefore commonly made up of simple stripes.-- Venetian chalk, a white compact or steatite, used for marking oncloth, etc.-- Venetian door (Arch.), a door having long, narrow windows orpanes of glass on the sides.-- Venetian glass, a kind of glass made by the Venetians, fordecorative purposes, by the combination of pieces of glass ofdifferent colors fused together and wrought into various ornamentalpatterns.-- Venetian red, a brownish red color, prepared from sulphate ofiron; -- called also scarlet ocher.-- Venetian soap. See Castile soap, under Soap.-- Venetian sumac (Bot.), a South European tree (Rhus Cotinus) whichyields the yellow dyewood called fustet; -- also called smoke tree.-- Venetian window (Arch.), a window consisting of a main windowwith an arched head, having on each side a long and narrow windowwith a square head."
"VENEW","A bout, or turn, as at fencing; a thrust; a hit; a veney.[Obs.] Fuller."
"VENEY","A bout; a thrust; a venew. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Three veneys for a dish of stewed prunes. Shak."
"VENGE","To avenge; to punish; to revenge. [Obs.] See Avenge, andRevenge. Chaucer. 'To venge me, as I may.' Shak."
"VENGEABLE","Revengeful; deserving revenge. [Obs.] Spenser.-- Venge'a*bly, adv. [Obs.]"
"VENGEANCELY","Extremely; excessively. [Obs.] 'He loves that vengeancely.'Beau. & Fl."
"VENGEFUL","Vindictive; retributive; revengeful. 'Vengeful ire.' Milton.-- Venge'ful*ly, adv."
"VENGEMENT","Avengement; penal retribution; vengeance. [Obs.] Spenser."
"VENGER","An avenger. [Obs.] Spenser."
"VENIABLE","Venial; pardonable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.-- Ve'ni*a*bly, adv. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne."
"VENIALITY","The quality or state of being venial; venialness. Jer. Taylor."
"VENIN","A toxic substance contained in the venom of poisonous snakes;also, a (supposedly identical) toxic substance obtained by thecleavage of an albumose."
"VENITE","The 95th Psalm, which is said or sung regularly in the publicworship of many churches. Also, a musical composition adapted to thisPsalm."
"VENOM","To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. [R.] 'Venomedvengeance.' Shak."
"VENOMOUS","Having a poison gland or glands for the secretion of venom, ascertain serpents and insects."
"VENOSE","Having numerous or conspicuous veins; veiny; as, a venosefrond."
"VENOSITY","A condition in which the circulation is retarded, and theentire mass of blood is less oxygenated than it normally is."
"VENOUS","Of or pertaining to a vein or veins; as, the venous circulationof the blood."
"VENT","Sale; opportunity to sell; market. [Obs.] Shelton.There is no vent for any commodity but of wool. Sir W. Temple."
"VENTAGE","A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent. Shak."
"VENTAIL","That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission ofair, -- sometimes in the visor. Spenser.Her ventail up so high that he descried Her goodly visage and herbeauty's pride. Fairfax."
"VENTER","One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes. [R.]Barrow."
"VENTHOLE","A touchhole; a vent."
"VENTIDUCT","A passage for wind or air; a passage or pipe for ventilatingapartments. Gwilt."
"VENTILATIVE","Of or pertaining to ventilation; adapted to secure ventilation;ventilating; as, ventilative apparatus."
"VENTILATOR","A contrivance for effecting ventilation; especially, acontrivance or machine for drawing off or expelling foul or stagnantair from any place or apartment, or for introducing that which isfresh and pure."
"VENTOSE","A ventouse. [Obs.] Holland."
"VENTOSITY","Quality or state of being ventose; windiness; hence, vainglory;pride. Bacon."
"VENTOUSE","A cupping glass. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"VENTRAD","Toward the ventral side; on the ventral side; ventrally; --opposed to dorsad."
"VENTRAL","Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventralside, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, theventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; -- opposedto Ant: dorsal."
"VENTRICLE","A cavity, or one of the cavities, of an organ, as of the larynxor the brain; specifically, the posterior chamber, or one of the twoposterior chambers, of the heart, which receives the blood from theauricle and forces it out from the heart. See Heart."
"VENTRICULAR","Of or pertaining to a ventricle; bellied."
"VENTRICULITE","Any one of numerous species of siliceous fossil spongesbelonging to Ventriculites and allied genera, characteristic of theCretaceous period."
"VENTRICULOUS","Somewhat distended in the middle; ventricular."
"VENTRILOCUTION","Ventriloquism."
"VENTRILOQUIAL","Ventriloquous."
"VENTRILOQUISM","The act, art, or practice of speaking in such a manner that thevoice appears to come, not from the person speaking, but from someother source, as from the opposite side of the room, from the cellar,etc."
"VENTRILOQUIST","One who practices, or is skilled in, ventriloquism.Ventriloquist monkey (Zo\u00f6l.), the onappo; -- so called from thecharacter of its cry."
"VENTRILOQUIZE","To practice ventriloquism; to speak like a ventriloquist."
"VENTRILOQUOUS","Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist or ventriloquism."
"VENTRILOQUY","Same as Ventriloquism."
"VENTRIMESON","See Meson."
"VENTRO-","A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,or relation to, the abdomen; also, connection with, relation to, ordirection toward, the ventral side; as, ventrolateral; ventro-inguinal."
"VENTRO-INGUINAL","Pertaining both to the abdomen and groin, or to the abdomen andinguinal canal; as, ventro-inguinal hernia."
"VENTURESOME","Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous;bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act.-- Ven'ture*some*ly, adv.-- Ven'ture*some*ness, n."
"VENTURINE","Gold powder for covering varnished surfaces."
"VENTUROUS","Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, aventurous soldier. Spenser.This said, he paused not, but with venturous arm He plucked, hetasted. Milton.-- Ven'tur*ous*ly, adv.-- Ven'tur*ous*ness, n."
"VENTUSE","See Ventouse. [Obs.]"
"VENUE","A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in whichanything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an actionis laid.The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venuewhere the demand is made. Blackstone."
"VENULE","A small vein; a veinlet; specifically (Zo\u00f6l.), one of the smallbranches of the veins of the wings in insects."
"VENULOSE","Full of venules, or small veins."
"VENUS","The goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or lovedeified."
"VENUST","Beautiful. [R.] E. Waterhouse."
"VERACIOUSLY","In a veracious manner."
"VERACITY","The quality or state of being veracious; habitual observance oftruth; truthfulness; truth; as, a man of veracity."
"VERANDA","An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house,forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia.The house was of adobe, low, with a wide veranda on the three sidesof the inner court. Mrs. H. H. Jackson."
"VERATRALBINE","A yellowish amorphous alkaloid extracted from the rootstock ofVeratrum album."
"VERATRATE","A salt of veratric acid."
"VERATRIA","Veratrine."
"VERATRIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus Veratrum.Veratric acid (Chem.), an acid occurring, together with veratrine, inthe root of white hellebore (Veratrum album), and in sabadilla seed;-- extracted as a white crystalline substance which is related toprotocatechuic acid."
"VERATRINA","Same as Veratrine."
"VERATRINE","A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root hellebore(Veratrum) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crystalline powder,having an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used externally, asin ointments, in the local treatment of neuralgia and rheumatism.Called also veratria, and veratrina."
"VERATROL","A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the decomposition of veratricacid, and constituting the dimethyl ether of pyrocatechin."
"VERATRUM","A genus of coarse liliaceous herbs having very poisonousqualities."
"VERB","A word which affirms or predicates something of some person orthing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering ofaction."
"VERBAL","Of or pertaining to a verb; as, a verbal group; deriveddirectly from a verb; as, a verbal noun; used in forming verbs; as, averbal prefix. Verbal inspiration. See under Inspiration.-- Verbal noun (Gram.), a noun derived directly from a verb or verbstem; a verbal. The term is specifically applied to infinitives, andnouns ending in -ing, esp. to the latter. See Gerund, and -ing, 2.See also, Infinitive mood, under Infinitive."
"VERBALISM","Something expressed verbally; a verbal remark or expression."
"VERBALIST","A literal adherent to, or a minute critic of, words; aliteralist."
"VERBALITY","The quality or state of being verbal; mere words; bare literalexpression. [R.] 'More verbality than matter.' Bp. Hall."
"VERBALIZATION","The act of verbalizing, or the state of being verbalized."
"VERBALIZE","To convert into a verb; to verbify."
"VERBARIAN","Of or pertaining to words; verbal. [R.] Coleridge."
"VERBARIUM","A game in word making. See Logomachy, 2."
"VERBATIM","Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a storyverbatim as another has related it. Verbatim et literatim Etym:[LL.], word for word, and letter for letter."
"VERBENA","A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species areextensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers;vervain."
"VERBENACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order (Verbenace\u00e6) ofgamopetalous plants of which Verbena is the type. The order includesalso the black and white mangroves, and many plants noted formedicinal use or for beauty of bloom."
"VERBENATE","To strew with verbena, or vervain, as in ancient sacrifices andrites."
"VERBERATE","To beat; to strike. [Obs.] 'The sound . . . rebounds again andverberates the skies.' Mir. for Mag."
"VERBIAGE","The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense;a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness.Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking. W. Irving.This barren verbiage current among men. Tennyson."
"VERBIFY","To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize. [R.]Earle."
"VERBOSE","Abounding in words; using or containing more words than arenecessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, averbose speaker; a verbose argument.Too verbose in their way of speaking. Ayliffe.-- Ver*bose'ly, adv.-- Ver*bose'ness, n."
"VERBOSITY","The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more wordsthan are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage.The worst fault, by far, is the extreme diffuseness and verbosity ofhis style. Jeffrey."
"VERDANCY","The quality or state of being verdant."
"VERDANTLY","In a verdant manner."
"VERDICT","The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matterof fact in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to theirexamination and determination; the finding or decision of a jury onthe matter legally submitted to them in the course of the trial of acause."
"VERDIGRIS","A green poisonous substance used as a pigment and drug,obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper, and consistingessentially of a complex mixture of several basic copper acetates."
"VERDIN","A small yellow-headed bird (Auriparus flaviceps) of LowerCalifornia, allied to the titmice; -- called also goldtit."
"VERDINE","A commercial name for green aniline dye."
"VERDINGALE","See Farthingale. [Spelled also verdingall.] [Obs.]"
"VERDIT","Verdict. Chaucer."
"VERDITURE","The faintest and palest green."
"VERDOY","Charged with leaves, fruits, flowers, etc.; -- said of aborder."
"VERDURE","Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure ofthe meadows in June.A wide expanse of living verdure, cultivated gardens, shady groves,fertile cornfields, flowed round it like a sea. Motley."
"VERDURED","Covered with verdure. Poe."
"VERDURELESS","Destitute of verdure."
"VERDUROUS","Covered with verdure; clothed with the fresh green ofvegetation; verdured; verdant; as, verdurous pastures. Milton."
"VERECUND","Rashful; modest. [Obs.]"
"VERECUNDIOUS","Verecund. [Obs.] 'Verecundious generosity.' Sir H. Wotton."
"VERECUNDITY","The quality or state of being verecund; modesty. [Obs.]"
"VEREIN","A union, association, or society; -- used in names of Germanorganizations."
"VERETILLUM","Any one of numerous species of club-shaped, compound Alcyonariabelonging to Veretillum and allied genera, of the tribe Pennatulacea.The whole colony can move about as if it were a simple animal."
"VERGE","The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court,within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's householdhad special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff,which the marshal bore."
"VERGEBOARD","The ornament of woodwork upon the gable of a house, usedextensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended from theedge of the projecting roof (see Verge, n., 4), and in positionparallel to the gable wall. Called also bargeboard."
"VERGENCY","The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as measureof the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays. [R.] HumphreyLloyd."
"VERGER","One who carries a verge, or emblem of office. Specifically: --(a) An attendant upon a dignitary, as on a bishop, a dean, a justice,etc. [Eng.] Strype.(b) The official who takes care of the interior of a church building."
"VERGETTE","Divided by pallets, or pales; paly. W. Berry."
"VERIDICAL","Truth-telling; truthful; veracious. [R.] Carlyle."
"VERIFIABLE","Capable of being verified; confirmable. Bp. Hall."
"VERIFICATIVE","Serving to verify; verifying; authenciating; confirming."
"VERIFIER","One who, or that which, verifies."
"VERILOQUENT","Speaking truth; truthful. [Obs.]"
"VERILY","In very truth; beyond doubt or question; in fact; certainly.Bacon.Trust in the Lord and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the verily thoushalt be fed. Ps. xxxvii. 3."
"VERINE","An alkaloid obtained as a yellow amorphous substance by thedecomposition of veratrine."
"VERISIMILAR","Having the appearance of truth; probable; likely. 'Howverisimilar it looks.' Carlyle."
"VERISIMILITUDE","The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance oftruth; probability; likelihood.Verisimilitude and opinion are an easy purchase; but true knowledgeis dear and difficult. Glanvill.All that gives verisimilitude to a narrative. Sir. W. Scott."
"VERISIMILITY","Verisimilitude. [Obs.]The verisimility or probable truth. Sir T. Browne."
"VERISIMILOUS","Verisimilar. [Obs.]"
"VERITABLE","Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine.'The veritable Deity.' Sir W. Hamilton.-- Ver'i*ta*bly, adv."
"VERITAS","The Bureau Veritas. See under Bureau."
"VERMEOLOGIST","One who treats of vermes, or worms; a helminthologist."
"VERMEOLOGY","A discourse or treatise on worms; that part of zo\u00f6logy whichtreats of worms; helminthology. [R.]"
"VERMETID","Any species of vermetus."
"VERMETUS","Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging toVermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetid\u00e6. Their shells areregularly spiral when young, but later in life the whorls becomeseparate, and the shell is often irregularly bent and contorted likea worm tube."
"VERMICELLI","The flour of a hard and small-grained wheat made into dough,and forced through small cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender,wormlike form, whence the Italian name. When the paste is made inlarger tubes, it is called macaroni."
"VERMICIDE","A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer.Pereira."
"VERMICIOUS","Of or pertaining to worms; wormy."
"VERMICULAR","Of or pertaining to a worm or worms; resembling a worm; shapedlike a worm; especially, resembling the motion or track of a worm;as, the vermicular, or peristaltic, motion of the intestines. SeePeristaltic. 'A twisted form vermicular.' Cowper."
"VERMICULATE","To form or work, as by inlaying, with irregular lines orimpressions resembling the tracks of worms, or appearing as if formedby the motion of worms."
"VERMICULATED","Made or marked with irregular wavy lines or impressions;vermiculate. Vermiculated work, or Vermicular work (Arch.), rusticwork so wrought as to have the appearance of convoluted worms, or ofhaving been eaten into by, or covered with tracks of, worms. Gwilt."
"VERMICULATION","A very fine wavy crosswise color marking, or a patch of suchmarkings, as on the feathers of birds."
"VERMICULE","A small worm or insect larva; also, a wormlike body. [R.]Derham."
"VERMICULITE","A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They arehydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kindof mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out intowormlike forms."
"VERMIFORM","Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, thevermiform process of the cerebellum. Vermiform appendix (Anat.), aslender blind process of the c\u00e6cum in man and some other animals; --called also vermiform appendage, and vermiform process. Small solidbodies, such as grape seeds or cherry stones, sometimes lodge in it,causing serious, or even fatal, inflammation. See Illust. underDigestion."
"VERMIFORMIA","A tribe of worms including Phoronis. See Phoronis."
"VERMIFUGAL","Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel, worms or vermin;anthelmintic."
"VERMIFUGE","A medicine or substance that expels worms from animal bodies;an anthelmintic."
"VERMIL","See Vermeil. [Obs.] Spenser."
"VERMILION","A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtainedeither from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine redcolor, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc."
"VERMILY","Vermeil. [Obs.] Spenser."
"VERMINATE","To breed vermin."
"VERMINLY","Resembling vermin; in the manner of vermin. [Obs.] Gauden."
"VERMINOUSLY","In a verminous manner."
"VERMIPAROUS","Producing or breeding worms. 'Vermiparous animals.' Sir T.Browne."
"VERMIVOROUS","Devouring worms; feeding on worms; as, vermivorous birds."
"VERMUTH","A liqueur made of white wine, absinthe, and various aromaticdrugs, used to excite the appetite. [Written also vermouth.]"
"VERNACLE","See Veronica, 1. [Obs.]"
"VERNACULAR","Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth ornature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as,English is our vernacular language. 'A vernacular disease.' Harvey.His skill the vernacular dialect of the Celtic tongue. Fuller.Which in our vernacular idiom may be thus interpreted. Pope."
"VERNACULARISM","A vernacular idiom."
"VERNACULARIZATION","The act or process of making vernacular, or the state of beingmade vernacular. Fitzed. Hall."
"VERNACULARLY","In a vernacular manner; in the vernacular. Earle."
"VERNACULOUS","Scoffing; scurrilous. [A Latinism. Obs.] 'Subject to thepetulancy of every vernaculous orator.' B. Jonson."
"VERNAGE","A kind of sweet wine from Italy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"VERNANT","Flourishing, as in spring; vernal. [Obs.] 'Vernant flowers.'Milton."
"VERNATE","To become young again. [Obs.]"
"VERNATION","The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regardstheir folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation."
"VERNICLE","A Veronica. See Veronica, 1. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.A vernicle had he sowed upon his cap. Chaucer."
"VERNICOSE","Having a brilliantly polished surface, as some leaves."
"VERNIER","A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduatedinstrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer,for indicating parts of divisions. It is so graduated that a certainconvenient number of its divisions are just equal to a certainnumber, either one less or one more, of the divisions of theinstrument, so that parts of a division are determined by observingwhat line on the vernier coincides with a line on the instrument.Vernier calipers, Vernier gauge, a gauge with a graduated bar and asliding jaw bearing a vernier, used for accurate measurements.-- Vernier compass, a surveyor's compass with a vernier for theaccurate adjustment of the zero point in accordance with magneticvariation.-- Vernier transit, a surveyor's transit instrument with a verniercompass."
"VERNILE","Suiting a salve; servile; obsequious. [R.]The example . . . of vernile scurrility. De Quincey."
"VERNILITY","Fawning or obsequious behavior; servility. [R.] Bailey."
"VERNINE","An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover,etc., as a white crystalline substance."
"VERNISH","Varnish. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"VERNONIN","A glucoside extracted from the root of a South African plant ofthe genus Vernonia, as a deliquescent powder, and used as a mildheart tonic."
"VERONESE","Of or pertaining to Verona, in Italy.-- n. sing. & pl."
"VERONICA","A genus scrophulariaceous plants; the speedwell. See Speedwell."
"VERRAY","Very; true. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"VERRAYMENT","Verily; truly. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"VERREL","See Ferrule. [Obs.]"
"VERRICULATE","Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches."
"VERRUCIFORM","Shaped like a wart or warts."
"VERRUCOSE","Covered with wartlike elevations; tuberculate; warty;verrucous; as, a verrucose capsule."
"VERRUCOUS","Verrucose."
"VERRUCULOSE","Minutely verrucose; as, a verruculose leaf or stalk."
"VERRUGAS","An endemic disease occurring in the Andes in Peru,characterized by warty tumors which ulcerate and bleed. It isprobably due to a special bacillus, and is often fatal."
"VERS","A verse or verses. See Verse. [Obs.] 'Ten vers or twelve.'Chaucer."
"VERS DE SOCIETE","See Society verses, under Society."
"VERSABILITY","The quality or state of being versable. [R.] Sterne"
"VERSABLE","Capable of being turned. [R.]"
"VERSABLENESS","Versability. [R.]"
"VERSAL","Universal. [Obs. or Colloq.] Shak."
"VERSANT","Familiar; conversant. [R.]Men not versant with courts of justice. Sydney Smith."
"VERSATILE","Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a versatile anther,which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easilyturned around; a versatile toe of a bird.-- Ver'sa*tile*ly, adv.-- -- Ver'sa*tile*ness, n."
"VERSATILITY","The quality or state of being versatile; versatileness."
"VERSE","To tell in verse, or poetry. [Obs.]Playing on pipes of corn and versing love. Shak."
"VERSED","Acquainted or familiar, as the result of experience, study,practice, etc.; skilled; practiced.Deep versed in books and shallow in himself. Milton.Opinions . . . derived from studying the Scriptures, wherein he wasversed beyond any person of his age. Southey.These men were versed in the details of business. Macaulay."
"VERSEMAN","Same as Versemonger. Prior."
"VERSEMONGER","A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry;a poetaster; a rhymer; -- used humorously or in contempt."
"VERSER","A versifier. B. Jonson."
"VERSET","A verse. [Obs.] Milton."
"VERSICLE","A little verse; especially, a short verse or text said or sungin public worship by the priest or minister, and followed by aresponse from the people.The psalms were in number fifteen, . . . being digested intoversicles. Strype."
"VERSICULAR","Of or pertaining to verses; designating distinct divisions of awriting."
"VERSIFICATION","The act, art, or practice, of versifying, or making verses; theconstruction of poetry; metrical composition."
"VERSIFICATOR","A versifier. [R.] 'The best versificator next Virgil.' Dryden."
"VERSIFY","To make verses.I'll versify in spite, and do my best. Dryden."
"VERSION","A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected fromits normal position without being bent upon itself. See Anteversion,and Retroversion."
"VERSIONIST","One who makes or favors a version; a translator. [R.]"
"VERSO","The reverse, or left-hand, page of a book or a folded sheet ofpaper; -- opposed to recto."
"VERSOR","The turning factor of a quaternion."
"VERST","A Russian measure of length containing 3,500 English feet.[Written also werst.]"
"VERSUAL","Of or pertaining to a verse."
"VERSUS","Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; -- chiefly used inlegal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs."
"VERSUTE","Crafty; wily; cunning; artful. [R.]"
"VERT","The color green, represented in a drawing or engraving byparallel lines sloping downward toward the right."
"VERTEBER","A vertebra. [Obs.]"
"VERTEBRA","One of the serial segments of the spinal column."
"VERTEBRAL","Of or pertaining to a vertebr\u00e6, or the vertebral column;spinal; rachidian."
"VERTEBRALLY","At or within a vertebra or vertebr\u00e6; -- distinguished frominterverterbrally."
"VERTEBRARTERIAL","Of or pertaining to a vertebr\u00e6 and an artery; -- said of theforamina in the transverse processes of cervical vertebr\u00e6 and of thecanal which they form for the vertebral artery and vein."
"VERTEBRATA","One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, comprisingall animals that have a backbone composed of bony or cartilaginousvertebr\u00e6, together with Amphioxus in which the backbone isrepresented by a simple undivided notochord. The Vertebrata alwayshave a dorsal, or neural, cavity above the notochord or backbone, anda ventral, or visceral, cavity below it. The subdivisions or classesof Vertebrata are Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces,Marsipobranchia, and Leptocardia."
"VERTEBRATE","One of the Vertebrata."
"VERTEBRE","A vertebra. [Obs.]"
"VERTEBRO-","A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,or relation to, a vertebra, vertebr\u00e6, or vertebral column; as invertebrocostal."
"VERTEBRO-ILIAC","Iliolumbar."
"VERTEX","A turning point; the principal or highest point; top; summit;crown; apex. Specifically: --(a) (Anat.)"
"VERTICAL","A vertical line, plane, or circle. Prime vertical, Primevertical dial. See under Prime, a."
"VERTICALITY","The quality or state of being vertical; verticalness. [R.]The different points of the verticality. Sir T. Browne."
"VERTICALLY","In a vertical manner, position, or direction; perpendicularly;as, to look down vertically; to raise a thing vertically."
"VERTICALNESS","Quality or state of being vertical."
"VERTICIL","A circle either of leaves or flowers about a stem at the samenode; a whorl. [Written also verticel.]"
"VERTICILLASTER","A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed oftwo opposite axillary cymes, as in mint. See Illust. of Whorl."
"VERTICILLUS","A whorl; a verticil."
"VERTICITY","The quality or power of turning; revolution; rotation. [R.]Locke.I hardly believe he hath from elder times unknown the verticity ofthe loadstone. Sir T. Browne."
"VERTICLE","An axis; hinge; a turning point. E. Waterhouse."
"VERTIGINATE","Turned round; giddy. [R.] Coleridge."
"VERTIGO","Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head inwhich objects, though stationary, appear to move in variousdirections, and the person affected finds it difficult to maintain anerect posture; giddiness. Quian."
"VERTILINEAR","Straight; rectilinear. [R.]"
"VERTUOUS","Virtuous; powerful. [Obs.] Spenser."
"VERUMONTANUM","An elevation, or crest, in the wall of the urethra where theseminal ducts enter it."
"VERVAIN","Any plant of the genus Verbena. Vervain mallow (Bot.), aspecies of mallow (Malva Alcea) with rose-colored flowers."
"VERVE","Excitement of imagination such as animates a poet, artist, ormusician, in composing or performing; rapture; enthusiasm; spirit;energy."
"VERVEL","See Varvel."
"VERVET","A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, orLelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked withblack. The cheeks and belly are reddish white."
"VERY","True; real; actual; veritable.Whether thou be my very son Esau or not. Gen. xxvii. 21.He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeatetha matter separateth very friends. Prov. xvii. 9.The very essence of truth is plainness and brightness. Milton.I looked on the consideration of public service or public ornament tobe real and very justice. Burke."
"VESBIUM","A rare metallic element of which little is known. It is said byScacchi to have been extracted from a yellowish incrustation from thecracks of a Vesuvian lava erupted in 1631."
"VESE","Onset; rush; violent draught or wind. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"VESICA","A bladder. Vesica piscis. Etym: [L., dish bladder.] (Eccl. Art)A glory, or aureole, of oval shape, or composed of two arcs ofcircles usually represented as surrounding a divine personage. Morerarely, an oval composed of two arcs not representing a glory; asolid oval, etc."
"VESICAL","Of or pertaining to the bladder. Dunglison."
"VESICANT","A vesicatory."
"VESICATE","To raise little bladders or blisters upon; to inflame andseparate the cuticle of; to blister. Wiseman."
"VESICATION","The process of vesicating, or of raising blisters."
"VESICATORY","Tending, or having power, to raise a blister.-- n."
"VESICLE","A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell.Specifically: --(a) (Bot.)"
"VESICO-","A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,or relation to, the bla; as in vesicoprostatic, vesicovaginal."
"VESICOPROSTATIC","Of a pertaining to the bladder and the prostrate gland."
"VESICOUTERINE","Of or pertaining to the bladder and the uterus."
"VESICOVAGINAL","Of or pertaining to the bladder and the vagina."
"VESICULA","A vesicle."
"VESICULARIA","Any one of numerous species of marine Bryozoa belonging toVesicularia and allied genera. They have delicate tubular cellsattached in clusters to slender flexible stems."
"VESICULATA","The campanularian medus\u00e6."
"VESICULATE","Bladdery; full of, or covered with, bladders; vesicular."
"VESICULATION","The state of containing vesicles, or the process by whichvesicles are formed."
"VESICULITIS","Inflammation of a vesicle."
"VESPA","A genus of Hymenoptera including the common wasps and hornets."
"VESPER","The evening star; Hesper; Venus, when seen after sunset; hence,the evening. Shak."
"VESPERAL","Vesper; evening. [R.]"
"VESPERTILIO","A genus of bats including some of the common smallinsectivorous species of North America and Europe."
"VESPERTILIONES","A tribe of bats including the common insectivorous bats ofAmerica and Europe, belonging to Vespertilio and allied genera. Theylack a nose membrane."
"VESPERTILIONINE","Of or pertaining to the Vespertiliones."
"VESPERTINAL","Vespertine. Lowell."
"VESPERTINE","Blossoming in the evening."
"VESPIARY","A nest, or habitation, of insects of the wasp kind."
"VESPILLO","One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night forburial.Like vespilloes or grave makers. Sir T. Browne."
"VESSEL","Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids arecontained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins,lymphatics, etc."
"VESSELFUL","As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel."
"VEST","To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate;also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or futureenjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession. Bouvier."
"VESTA","One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identicalwith the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of thehearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it."
"VESTAL","Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth;hence, pure; chaste."
"VESTALES","A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, orgossamer-winged butterflies."
"VESTED","Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vestedrights; vested interests. Vested legacy (Law), a legacy the right towhich commences in pr\u00e6senti, and does not depend on a contingency;as, a legacy to one to be paid when he attains to twenty-one years ofage is a vested legacy, and if the legatee dies before the testator,his representative shall receive it. Blackstone.-- Vested remainder (Law), an estate settled, to remain to adetermined person, after the particular estate is spent. Blackstone.Kent."
"VESTED SCHOOL","In Ireland, a national school which has been built by the aidof grants from the board of Commissioners of National Education andis secured for educational purposes by leases to the commissionersthemselves, or to the commissioners and the trustees."
"VESTIARIAN","Of or pertaining to a vestiary or vestments."
"VESTIARY","A wardrobe; a robing room; a vestry. Fuller."
"VESTIBULAR","Of or pertaining to a vestibule; like a vestibule."
"VESTIBULE","The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber nextthe entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall. Vestibule of the ear. (Anat.)See under Ear.-- Vestibule of the vulva (Anat.), a triangular space between thenymph\u00e6, in which the orifice of the urethra is situated.-- Vestibule train (Railroads), a train of passenger cars having thespace between the end doors of adjacent cars inclosed, so as to admitof leaving the doors open to provide for intercommunication betweenall the cars."
"VESTIBULED TRAIN","Same as Vestibule  train, under Vestibule."
"VESTIBULUM","A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus andanus open."
"VESTIGATE","To investigate. [Obs.]"
"VESTIGE","The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; atrace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by somethingwhich is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains; as,the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges of formerpopulation.What vestiges of liberty or property have they left Burke.Ridicule has followed the vestiges of Truth, but never usurped herplace. Landor."
"VESTIGIAL","Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a vestige."
"VESTING","Cloth for vests; a vest pattern."
"VESTITURE","In vestiture. [R.]"
"VESTLET","Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the genusCerianthus. These animals have a long, smooth body tapering to thebase, and two separate circles of tentacles around the mouth. Theyform a tough, flexible, feltlike tube with a smooth internal lining,in which they dwell, whence the name."
"VESTMENT","A covering or garment; some part of clothing or dress;specifically (Eccl.), any priestly garment. 'Royal vestiment.'Chaucer. 'Priests in holy vestments.' Shak.The sculptor could not give vestments suitable to the quality of thepersons represented. Dryden."
"VESTRY","A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manageparochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry."
"VESTRYMAN","A member of a vestry; especially (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a memberother than a warden. See Vestry."
"VESTURED","Covered with vesture or garments; clothed; enveloped.We be vestured with poor cloth. Ld. Berners."
"VESUVIAN","Of or pertaining to Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples."
"VESUVIANITE","A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, and also massive,of a brown to green color, rarely sulphur yellow and blue. It is asilicate of alumina and lime with some iron magnesia, and is commonat Vesuvius. Also called idocrase."
"VESUVINE","A trade name for a brown dyestuff obtained from certain basicazo compounds of benzene; -- called also Bismarck brown, Manchesterbrown, etc."
"VETCH","Any leguminous plant of the genus Vicia, some species of whichare valuable for fodder. The common species is V. sativa."
"VETCHLING","Any small leguminous plant of the genus Lathyrus, especially L.Nissolia."
"VETERAN","Long exercised in anything, especially in military life and theduties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteranofficer or soldier; veteran skill.The insinuating eloquence and delicate flattery of veterandiplomatists and courtiers. Macaulay."
"VETERANIZE","To re\u00ebnlist for service as a soldier. [U.S.] Gen. W. T.Sherman."
"VETERINARIAN","One skilled in the diseases of cattle or domestic animals; aveterinary surgeon."
"VETERINARY","Of or pertaining to the art of healing or treating the diseasesof domestic animals, as oxen, horses, sheep, etc.; as, a veterinarywriter or school."
"VETIVER","An East Indian grass (Andropogon muricatus); also, its fragrantroots which are much used for making mats and screens. Also calledkuskus, and khuskhus. [Sometimes written vetivert, and vitivert.]"
"VETO","To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as alegislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto anappropriation bill."
"VETOIST","One who uses, or sustains the use of, the veto."
"VETTURA","An Italian four-wheeled carriage, esp. one let for hire; ahackney coach."
"VETUST","Venerable from antiquity; ancient; old. [Obs.]"
"VEX","To be irritated; to fret. [R.] Chapman."
"VEXER","One who vexes or troubles."
"VEXIL","A vexillum."
"VEXILLARY","A standard bearer. Tennyson."
"VEXILLATION","A company of troops under one vexillum."
"VEXILLUM","The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the standard."
"VEXINGLY","In a vexing manner; so as to vex, tease, or irritate. Tatler."
"VI-APPLE","See Otaheite apple."
"VIA","A road way. Via Lactea Etym: [L.] (Anat.), the Milky Way, orGalaxy. See Galaxy, 1.-- Via media Etym: [L.] (Theol.), the middle way; -- a name appliedto their own position by the Anglican high-churchmen, as beingbetween the Roman Catholic Church and what they term extremeProtestantism."
"VIABILITY","The quality or state of being viable. Specifically: --(a) (Law)"
"VIABLE","Capable of living; born alive and with such form anddevelopment of organs as to be capable of living; -- said of anewborn, or a prematurely born, infant."
"VIADUCT","A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches orsupported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high abovethe ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valleyor a gorge. Cf. Trestlework."
"VIAGE","A voyage; a journey. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gower."
"VIAL","A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with anarrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial ofmedicine. [Written also phial.]Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquorthou off. Shak."
"VIAMETER","An odometer; -- called also viatometer."
"VIAND","An article of food; provisions; food; victuals; -- used chieflyin the plural. Cowper.Viands of various kinds allure the taste. Pope."
"VIANDER","A feeder; an eater; also, one who provides viands, or food; ahost. [Obs.] Holinshed."
"VIARY","Of or pertaining to roads; happening on roads. [Obs.]"
"VIATECTURE","The art of making roads or ways for traveling, including theconstruction of bridges, canals, viaducts, etc. [R.] R. Park."
"VIATIC","Of or pertaining to a journey or traveling."
"VIATICUM","An allowance for traveling expenses made to those who were sentinto the provinces to exercise any office or perform any service."
"VIATOMETER","A viameter."
"VIBICES","More or less extensive patches of subcutaneous extravasation ofblood."
"VIBRACULUM","One of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts withwhich certain bryozoans are furnished. They are regarded as speciallymodified zooids, of nearly the same nature as Avicularia."
"VIBRANCY","The state of being vibrant; resonance."
"VIBRANT","Vibrating; tremulous; resonant; as, vibrant drums. Longfellow."
"VIBRATILE","Adapted to, or used in, vibratory motion; having the power ofvibrating; vibratory; as, the vibratile organs of insects."
"VIBRATILITY","The quality or state of being vibratile; disposition tovibration or oscillation. Rush."
"VIBRATION","A limited reciprocating motion of a particle of an elastic bodyor medium in alternately opposite directions from its position ofequilibrium, when that equilibrium has been disturbed, as when astretched cord or other body produces musical notes, or particles ofair transmit sounds to the ear. The path of the particle may be in astraight line, in a circular arc, or in any curve whatever."
"VIBRATIUNCLE","A small vibration. [R.] Chambers."
"VIBRATIVE","; vibratory. 'A vibrative motion.' Sir I. Newton."
"VIBRATOR","A trembler, as of an electric bell. (2)"
"VIBRATORY","Consisting in, or causing, vibration, or oscillation;vibrating; as, a vibratory motion; a vibratory power."
"VIBRIO","A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightlysinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an individual ofthis genus."
"VIBRISSA","One of the specialized or tactile hairs which grow about thenostrils, or on other parts of the face, in many animals, as the so-called whiskers of the cat, and the hairs of the nostrils of man."
"VIBROGRAPH","An instrument to observe and record vibrations."
"VIBURNUM","A genus of shrubs having opposite, petiolate leaves and cymoseflowers, several species of which are cultivated as ornamental, asthe laurestine and the guelder-rose."
"VICAR","The incumbent of an appropriated benefice."
"VICARIAN","A vicar. [Obs.] Marston."
"VICARIATE","Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious. Barrow."
"VICARIOUS","Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action whichreplaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhagereplacing menstruation."
"VICARIOUSLY","In a vicarious manner."
"VICARSHIP","The office or dignity of a vicar."
"VICARY","A vicar. [Obs.]"
"VICE","A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same asVise."
"VICE-REGAL","Of or pertaining to a viceroy or viceroyalty. Macaulay."
"VICED","Vicious; corrupt. [Obs.] Shak."
"VICEGERENCY","The office of a vicegerent. South."
"VICEGERENT","Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution,or in the place of another. Milton."
"VICEMAN","A smith who works at the vice instead of at the anvil."
"VICENARY","Of or pertaining to twenty; consisting of twenty."
"VICEROY","A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, orLimenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black linesalong the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins.The larv\u00e6 feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees."
"VICEROYALTY","The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy."
"VICEROYSHIP","Viceroyalty."
"VICETY","Fault; defect; coarseness. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"VICHY WATER","A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially aneffervescent solution of sodium, calcium, and magnetism carbonates,with sodium and potassium chlorides; also, by extension, anyartificial or natural water resembling in composition the Vichy waterproper. Called also, colloquially, Vichy."
"VICIATE","See Vitiate. [R.]"
"VICINAGE","The place or places adjoining or near; neighborhood; vicinity;as, a jury must be of the vicinage. 'To summon the Protestantgentleman of the vicinage.' Macaulay.Civil war had broken up all the usual ties of vicinage and goodneighborhood. Sir W. Scott."
"VICINAL","Near; vicine. T. Warton. Vicinal planes (Min.), subordinateplanes on a crystal, which are very near to the fundamental planes inangles, and sometimes take their place. They have in general verycomplex symbols."
"VICINE","Near; neighboring; vicinal. [R.] Glanvill."
"VICIOSITY","Vitiosity. [R.]"
"VICISSITUDINARY","Subject to vicissitudes. Donne."
"VICISSITUDINOUS","Full of, or subject to, changes."
"VICISSY DUCK","A West Indian duck, sometimes domesticated."
"VICKERS-MAXIM AUTOMATIC MACHINE GUN","An automatic machine gun in which the mechanism is worked bythe recoil, assisted by the pressure of gases from the muzzle, whichexpand in a gas chamber against a disk attached to the end of thebarrel, thus moving the latter to the rear with increased recoil, andagainst the front wall of the gas chamber, checking the recoil of thesystem."
"VICKERS-MAXIM GUN","One of a system of ordnance, including machine, quick-fire,coast, and field guns, of all calibers, manufactured by the combinedfirms of Vickers' Sons of Sheffield and Maxim of Birmingham andelsewhere, England."
"VICONTIEL","Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country.Vicontiel rents. See Vicontiels.-- Vicontiel writs, such writs as were triable in the sheriff, orcounty, court."
"VICONTIELS","Things belonging to the sheriff; especially, farms (called alsovicontiel rents) for which the sheriff used to pay rent to the king."
"VICOUNT","See Viscount."
"VICTIMATE","To make a victim of; to sacrifice; to immolate. [Obs.]Bullokar."
"VICTIMIZE","To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat."
"VICTOR","Victorious. 'The victor Greeks.' Pope."
"VICTORESS","A victress. [Obs.] Spenser."
"VICTORIA","A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen Victoria. TheVictoria regia is a native of Guiana and Brazil. Its large, spreadingleaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim fromthree to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimesattain a diameter of nearly two feet."
"VICTORIA CRAPE","A kind of cotton crape."
"VICTORIAN","Of or pertaining to the reign of Queen Victoria of England; as,the Victorian poets. Victorian period. See Dionysian period, underDyonysian."
"VICTORINE","A woman's fur tippet."
"VICTORIOUS","Of or pertaining to victory, or a victor' being a victor;bringing or causing a victory; conquering; winning; triumphant; as, avictorious general; victorious troops; a victorious day.But I shall rise victorious, and subdue My vanquisher. Milton.Now are our brows bound wind victorious wreaths. Shak.-- Vic*to'ri*ous*ly, adv.-- Vic*to'ri*ous*ness, n."
"VICTORIUM","A probable chemical element discovered by Sir William Crookesin 1898. Its nitrate is obtained byy practical decomposition andcrystallization of yttrium nitrate. At. wt., about 117."
"VICTORY","The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in anycontest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition;conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of Ant: defeat.Death is swallowed up in victory. 1 Cor. xv. 54.God on our side, doubt not of victory. Shak.Victory may be honorable to the arms, but shameful to the counsels,of a nation. Bolingbroke."
"VICTRESS","A woman who wins a victory; a female victor."
"VICTRICE","A victress. [R.] B. Jonson."
"VICTRIX","Victress. C. Bront\u00e9."
"VICTUAL","To supply with provisions for subsistence; to provide withfood; to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to victual aship.I must go victual Orleans forthwith. Shak."
"VICTUALAGE","Victuals; food. [R.] 'With my cargo of victualage.' C. Bront\u00e9."
"VICTUALING","Of or pertaining to victuals, or provisions; supplyingprovisions; as, a victualing ship."
"VICTUALS","Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared forthe table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance;meat; viands.Then had we plenty of victuals. Jer. xliv. 17."
"VICTUS","Food; diet."
"VIDA FINCH","The whidah bird."
"VIDAME","One of a class of temporal officers who originally representedthe bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and becamefeudal nobles."
"VIDE","imperative sing. of L. videre, to see; -- used to directattention to something; as, vide supra, see above."
"VIDELICET","To wit; namely; -- often abbreviated to viz."
"VIDETTE","Same Vedette."
"VIDONIA","A dry white wine, of a tart flavor, produced in Teneriffe; --called also Teneriffe."
"VIDUAGE","The state of widows or of widowhood; also, widows,collectively."
"VIDUAL","Of or pertaining to the state of a widow; widowed. [R.] Jer.Taylor."
"VIDUATION","The state of being widowed or bereaved; loss; bereavement. [R.]"
"VIDUITY","Widowhood. [R.] 'Chaste viduity.' Ld. Ellenborough."
"VIE","A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also,a challenge; a wager. [Obs.]We 'll all to church together instantly, And then a vie for boys. J.Fletcher."
"VIELLE","An old stringed instrument played upon with a wheel; a hurdy-gurdy."
"VIENNA PASTE","A caustic application made up of equal parts of caustic potashand quicklime; -- called also Vienna caustic."
"VIENNESE","Of or pertaining to Vienna, or people of Vienna.-- n. sing. & pl."
"VIERKLEUR","The four-colored flag of the South African Republic, orTransvaal, -- red, white, blue, and green."
"VIEWER","A person appointed to inspect highways, fences, or the like,and to report upon the same."
"VIEWINESS","The quality or state of being viewy, or of having unpracticalviews."
"VIEWLESS","Not perceivable by the eye; invisible; unseen. 'Viewlesswinds.' Shak.Swift through the valves the visionary fair Repassed, and viewlessmixed with common air. Pope."
"VIFDA","In the Orkney and Shetland Islands, beef and mutton hung anddried, but not salted. [Scot.] [Written also vivda.] Jamieson."
"VIGESIMAL","Twentieth; divided into, or consisting of, twenties or twentyparts. Tylor."
"VIGESIMATION","The act of putting to death every twentieth man. [R.]"
"VIGESIMO-QUARTO","Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a vigesimo-quartoform, book, leaf, size, etc."
"VIGILANCY","Vigilance. [Obs.] Fuller."
"VIGILANT","Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide forsafety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary. 'Be sober, bevigilant.' 1 Pet. v. 8.Sirs, take your places, and be vigilant. Shak."
"VIGILANTLY","In a vigilant manner."
"VIGILY","A vigil. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"VIGINTIVIRATE","The office of the vigintiviri, a body of officers of governmentconsisting of twenty men; also, the vigintiviri. [R.]"
"VIGNETTE","A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used inGothic architecture."
"VIGONIA","Of or pertaining to the vicu\u00f1a; characterizing the vicu\u00f1a; --said of the wool of that animal, used in felting hats, and for otherpurposes. Prescott."
"VIGOR","To invigorate. [Obs.] Feltham."
"VIGORITE","An explosive containing nitroglycerin. It is used in blasting."
"VIGOROSO","Vigorous; energetic; with energy; -- a direction to perform apassage with energy and force."
"VIKING","One belonging to the pirate crews from among the Northmen, whoplundered the coasts of Europe in the eighth, ninth, and tenthcenturies.Of grim Vikings, and the rapture Of the sea fight, and the capture,And the life of slavery. Longfellow."
"VILANY","Villainy. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"VILAYET","One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of theOttoman Empire; -- formerly called eyalet."
"VILD","Vile. [Obs.] 'That vild race.' Spenser.-- Vild'ly, adv. [Obs.] Spenser."
"VILED","Abusive; scurrilous; defamatory; vile. [Obs.] 'Viled speeches.'Hayward."
"VILEYNS","Villainous. [Obs.] 'Vileyns sinful deeds make a churl.'Chaucer."
"VILIFICATION","The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse. South."
"VILIFIER","One who vilifies or defames."
"VILIPEND","To value lightly; to depreciate; to slight; to despise.To vilipend the art of portrait painting. Longfellow."
"VILIPENDENCY","Disesteem; slight; disparagement. [R.] E. Waterhouse."
"VILITY","Vileness; baseness. [Obs.] Kennet."
"VILL","A small collection of houses; a village. 'Every manor, town, orvill.' Sir M. Hale.Not should e'er the crested fowl From thorp or vill his matins soundfor me. Wordsworth."
"VILLA","A country seat; a country or suburban residence of somepretensions to elegance. Dryden. Cowper."
"VILLAGE","A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a townor city. Village cart, a kind of two-wheeled pleasure carriagewithout a top."
"VILLAGER","An inhabitant of a village.Brutus had rather be a villager Than to repute himself a son of RomeUnder these hard condition. Shak."
"VILLAGERY","Villages; a district of villages. [Obs.] 'The maidens of thevillagery.' Shak."
"VILLAIN","One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or invillenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.[In this sense written also villan, and villein.]If any of my ansectors was a tenant, and a servant, and held hislands as a villain to his lord, his posterity also must do so, thoughaccidentally they become noble. Jer. Taylor."
"VILLAKIN","A little villa. [R.] Gay."
"VILLAN","A villain. [R.]"
"VILLANAGE","The state of a villain, or serf; base servitude; tenure oncondition of doing the meanest services for the lord. [In this sensewritten also villenage, and villeinage.]I speak even now as if sin were condemned in a perpetual villanage,never to be manumitted. Milton.Some faint traces of villanage were detected by the curious so lateas the days of the Stuarts. Macaulay."
"VILLANEL","A ballad. [Obs.] Cotton."
"VILLANELLA","An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing."
"VILLANELLE","A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first andthird verse of the first stanza alternating as the third verse ineach successive stanza and forming a couplet at the close. E. W.Gosse."
"VILLANETTE","A small villa. [R.]"
"VILLANIZE","To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile. [R.]Were virtue by descent, a noble name Could never villanize hisfather's fame. Dryden."
"VILLANIZER","One who villanizes. [R.]"
"VILLANY","See Villainy."
"VILLATIC","Of or pertaining to a farm or a village; rural. 'Tame villaticfowl.' Milton."
"VILLEIN","See Villain, 1."
"VILLENAGE","Villanage. Blackstone."
"VILLENOUS","Of or pertaining to a villein."
"VILLI",", pl. of Villus."
"VILLIFORM","Having the form or appearance of villi; like close-set fibers,either hard or soft; as, the teeth of perch are villiform."
"VILLOSE","See Villous."
"VILLOSITY","A coating of long, slender hairs."
"VILLOUS","Furnished or clothed with villi."
"VILLUS","One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascularmembranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the smallintestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbingsurface."
"VIM","Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor. [Colloq.]"
"VIMEN","A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch."
"VIMINAL","Of or pertaining to twigs; consisting of twigs; producingtwigs."
"VIMINEOUS","Producing long, slender twigs or shoots."
"VIN ORDINAIRE","A cheap claret, used as a table wine in France."
"VINAIGRETTE","A sauce, made of vinegar, oil, and other ingredients, -- usedesp. for cold meats."
"VINASSE","The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar,-- used in the manufacture of potassium carbonate."
"VINATICO","Madeira mahogany; the coarse, dark-colored wood of the PerseaIndica."
"VINCENTIAN","Of or pertaining to Saint Vincent de Paul, or founded by him.[R.]"
"VINCETOXIN","A glucoside extracted from the root of the white swallowwort(Vincetoxicum officinale, a plant of the Asclepias family) as abitter yellow amorphous substance; -- called also asclepiadin, andcynanchin."
"VINCIBILITY","The quality or state of being vincible, vincibleness."
"VINCIBLE","Capable of being overcome or subdued; conquerable. 'He, notvincible in spirit . . . drew his sword.' Hayward. 'Vincible by humanaid.' Paley. Vincible ignorance (Theol.), ignorance within theindividual's control and for which, therefore, he is responsiblebefore God."
"VINCIBLENESS","The quality or state of being vincible."
"VINCTURE","A binding. [Obs.]"
"VINCULUM","A straight, horizontal mark placed over two or more members ofa compound quantity, which are to be subjected to the same operation,as in the expression x2 + y2 - x + y."
"VINDEMIAL","Of or pertaining to a vintage, or grape harvest. [R.]"
"VINDEMIATE","To gather the vintage. [Obs.] Evelyn."
"VINDEMIATION","The operation of gathering grapes. [Obs.] Bailey."
"VINDICABLE","Capable of being vindicated.-- Vin`di*ca*bil'i*ty, n."
"VINDICATION","The claiming a thing as one's own; the asserting of a right ortitle in, or to, a thing. Burrill."
"VINDICATOR","One who vindicates; one who justifies or maintains. Locke."
"VINE-CLAD","Covered with vines."
"VINEAL","Of or pertaining to vines; containing vines. [R.] Sir T.Browne."
"VINED","Having leaves like those of the vine; ornamented with vineleaves. 'Vined and figured columns.' Sir H. Wotton."
"VINEDRESSER","One who cultivates, prunes, or cares for, grapevines; a laborerin a vineyard.The sons of the shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. Isa.lxi. 5."
"VINEGAR","To convert into vinegar; to make like vinegar; to render souror sharp. [Obs.]Hoping that he hath vinegared his senses As he was bid. B. Jonson."
"VINEGAR FLY","Any of several fruit flies, esp. Drosophila ampelopophila,which breed in imperfectly sealed preserves and in pickles."
"VINEGARETTE","See Vinaigrette, n., 2."
"VINEGARROON","A whip scorpion, esp. a large Mexican species (Thelyphonusgiganteus) popularly supposed to be very venomous; -- from the odorthat it emits when alarmed."
"VINEGARY","Having the nature of vinegar; sour; unamiable."
"VINER","A vinedresser. [Obs.]"
"VINETTE","A sprig or branch. [Archaic] Halliwell."
"VINEWED","Same as Vinnewed."
"VINEYARD","An inclosure or yard for grapevines; a plantation of vinesproducing grapes."
"VINEYARDIST","One who cultivates a vineyard."
"VINGT ET UN","A game at cards, played by two or more persons. The fortune ofeach player depends upon obtaining from the dealer such cards thatthe sum of their pips, or spots, is twenty-one, or a number near toit."
"VINGTUN","Contraction for Vingt et un."
"VINIC","Of or pertaining to wine; as, vinic alcohol."
"VINICULTURE","The cultivation of the vine, esp. for making wine; viticulture."
"VINIFICATION","The conversion of a fruit juice or other saccharine solutioninto alcohol by fermentation."
"VINNEWED","Moldy; musty. [Written also vinewed.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Vin'newed*ness, n. [Obs.]Many of Chaucer's words are become, as it were, vinnewed and hoarywith over-long lying. F. Beaumont."
"VINNY","Vinnewed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"VINOLENCY","Drunkennes. [Obs.]"
"VINOLENT","Given to wine; drunken; intemperate. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"VINOMETER","An instrument for determining the strength or purity of wine bymeasuring its density."
"VINOSE","Vinous."
"VINOSITY","The quality or state of being vinous."
"VINOUS","Of or pertaining to wine; having the qualities of wine; as, avinous taste."
"VINQUISH","See Vanquish, n."
"VINTAGER","One who gathers the vintage."
"VINTAGING","The act of gathering the vintage, or crop of grapes."
"VINTNER","One who deals in wine; a wine seller, or wine merchant."
"VINTRY","A place where wine is sold. [Obs.] Ainsworth."
"VINUM","Wine, --chiefly used in Pharmacy in the name of solutions ofsome medicinal substance in wine; as: vina medicata, medicated wines;vinum opii, wine of opium."
"VINY","Of or pertaining to vines; producing, or abounding in, vines.P. Fletcher."
"VINYL","The hypothetical radical C2H3, regarded as the characteristicresidue of ethylene and that related series of unsaturatedhydrocarbons with which the allyl compounds are homologous."
"VIOL","A stringed musical instrument formerly in use, of the same formas the violin, but larger, and having six strings, to be struck witha bow, and the neck furnished with frets for stopping the strings.Me softer airs befit, and softer strings Of lute, or viol still, moreapt for mournful things. Milton."
"VIOLA","A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kindsof violets."
"VIOLABLE","Capable of being violated, broken, or injured.-- Vi'o*la*bly, adv."
"VIOLACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants, of which theviolet is the type. It contains about twenty genera and two hundredand fifty species."
"VIOLANILINE","A dyestuff of the induline group, made from aniline, and usedas a substitute for indigo in dyeing wool and silk a violet-blue or agray-blue color."
"VIOLANTIN","A complex nitrogenous substance, produced as a yellowcrystalline substance, and regarded as a complex derivative ofbarbituric acid."
"VIOLAQUERCITRIN","A yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the pansy (Violatricolor), and decomposing into glucose and quercitrin."
"VIOLASCENT","Violescent. [R.]"
"VIOLATION","The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; thestate of being violated. Specifically: --(a) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation oflaw or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc. 'The violationof my faith.' Shak.(b) An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuoustreatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church. Udall.(c) Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.(d) Ravishment; rape; outrage. Shak."
"VIOLATIVE","Violating, or tending to violate."
"VIOLATOR","One who violates; an infringer; a profaner; a ravisher."
"VIOLE","A vial. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"VIOLENCE","To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel.[Obs.] B. Jonson."
"VIOLENT","An assailant. [Obs.] Dr. H. More."
"VIOLENTLY","In a violent manner."
"VIOLESCENT","Tending to a violet color; violascent."
"VIOLET","Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species. Theviolets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of manyof the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or ofseveral colors, as the pansy (Viola tricolor)."
"VIOLET-EAR","Any tropical humming bird of the genus Petasophora, havingviolet or purplish ear tufts."
"VIOLET-TIP","A very handsome American butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis).Its wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and haveviolet tips."
"VIOLIN","A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; afiddle."
"VIOLINIST","A player on the violin."
"VIOLIST","A player on the viol."
"VIOLONCELLIST","A player on the violoncello."
"VIOLONCELLO","A stringed instrument of music; a bass viol of four strings, ora bass violin with long, large strings, giving sounds an octave lowerthan the viola, or tenor or alto violin."
"VIOLONE","The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having stringstuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; --called also double bass. [Written also violono.]"
"VIOLOUS","Violent. [Obs.] J. Fletcher."
"VIOLURIC","Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitroso derivativeof barbituric acid. It is obtained as a white or yellow crystallinesubstance, and forms characteristic yellow, blue, and violet salts."
"VIPER","Any one of numerous species of Old World venomous makesbelonging to Vipera, Clotho, Daboia, and other genera of the familyViperid\u00e6.There came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. Actsxxviii. 3."
"VIPERINA","See Viperoidea."
"VIPERINE","Of or pertaining to a viper or vipers; resembling a viper.Viperine snake. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) Any venomous snake of the familyViperid\u00e6. (b) A harmless snake resembling a viper in form or color,esp. Tropidonotus viperinus, a small European species which resemblesthe viper in color."
"VIPERISH","Somewhat like a viper; viperous."
"VIPEROID","Like or pertaining to the vipers."
"VIPEROUS","Having the qualities of a viper; malignant; venomous; as, aviperous tongue. 'This viperous slander.' Shak.-- Vi'per*ous*ly, adv."
"VIRAGINIAN","Of or pertaining to a virago; having the qualities of a virago.Milton."
"VIRAGINITY","The qualities or characteristics of a virago."
"VIRE","An arrow, having a rotary motion, formerly used with thecrossbow. Cf. Vireton. Gower."
"VIRELAY","An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes,and composed in short lines, with a refrain.Of such matter made he many lays, Songs, complains, roundels,virelayes. Chaucer.To which a lady sung a virelay. Dryden."
"VIRENT","Green; not withered. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"VIREO","Any one of numerous species of American singing birds belongingto Vireo and allied genera of the family Vireonid\u00e6. In many of thespecies the back is greenish, or olive-colored. Called also greenlet."
"VIRESCENCE","The act or state of becoming green through the formation ofchlorophyll."
"VIRESCENT","Beginning to be green; slightly green; greenish."
"VIRETON","An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placedat an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying."
"VIRGALIEU","A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with meltingflesh of delicious flavor; -- more properly called White Doyenn\u00e9.[Written also virgaloo, vergalieu, vergaloo, etc.]"
"VIRGATE","Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight andslender."
"VIRGATED","Striped; streaked. [Obs.]"
"VIRGE","A wand. See Verge. [Obs.]"
"VIRGER","See Verger. [Obs.]"
"VIRGILIAN","Of or pertaining to Virgil, the Roman poet; resembling thestyle of Virgil. [Spelt also Vergilian.]The rich Virgilian rustic measure Of Lari Maxume. Tennyson."
"VIRGIN","See Virgo."
"VIRGINAL","Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.'Chastity and honor virginal.' Spenser. Virginal generation (Biol.),parthenogenesis.-- Virginal membrane (Anat.), the hymen."
"VIRGINHOOD","Virginity; maidenhood."
"VIRGINIA","One of the States of the United States of America.-- a."
"VIRGOULEUSE","An old French variety of pear, of little value."
"VIRGULARIAN","Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonariabelonging to Virgularia and allied genera of the family Virgularid\u00e6.These corals are allied to the sea-pens, but have a long rodlikerhachis inclosing a slender, round or square, calcareous axis. Thepolyps are arranged in transverse rows or clusters along each side ofthe rhachis."
"VIRGULATE","Shaped like a little twig or rod."
"VIRGULE","A comma. [R.]In the MSS. of Chaucer, the line is always broken by a c\u00e6sura in themiddle, which is pointed by a virgule. Hallam."
"VIRIAL","A certain function relating to a system of forces and theirpoints of application, -- first used by Clausius in the investigationof problems in molecular physics."
"VIRID","Green. [Obs.]The virid marjoram Her sparkling beauty did but see. Crompton."
"VIRIDESCENCE","Quality or state of being viridescent."
"VIRIDESCENT","Slightly green; greenish."
"VIRIDINE","A greenish, oily, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C12H19N7, obtainedfrom coal tar, and probably consisting of a mixture of severalmetameric compounds which are higher derivatives of the basepyridine."
"VIRIDITE","A greenish chloritic mineral common in certain igneous rocks,as diabase, as a result of alternation."
"VIRIDNESS","Viridity; greenness."
"VIRILE","Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man;characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful;specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine,and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs."
"VIRILITY","The quality or state of being virile; developed manhood;manliness; specif., the power of procreation; as, exhaustion.'Virility of visage.' Holland."
"VIRIPOTENT","Developed in manhood; hence, able to beget; marriageable.[Obs.]Being not of ripe years, not viripotent. Holinshed."
"VIRMILION","See Vermilion. [R.]"
"VIROLE","A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn."
"VIROLED","Furnished with a virole or viroles; -- said of a horn or abugle when the rings are of different tincture from the rest of thehorn."
"VIROSE","Having a nauseous odor; fetid; poisonous. [R.]"
"VIRTU","A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities. J. Spence. Anarticle, or piece, of virtu, an object of art or antiquity; acuriosity, such as those found in museums or private collections.I had thoughts, in my chambers to place it in view, To be shown to myfriends as a piece of virt\u00f9. Goldsmith."
"VIRTUALLY","In a virtual manner; in efficacy or effect only, and notactually; to all intents and purposes; practically."
"VIRTUATE","To make efficacious; to give virtue of efficacy. [Obs.] Harvey."
"VIRTUE","One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers. Milton.Cardinal virtues. See under Cardinal, a.-- In, or By, virtue of, through the force of; by authority of. 'Heused to travel through Greece by virtue of this fable, which procuredhim reception in all the towns.' Addison. 'This they shall attain,partly in virtue of the promise made by God, and partly in virtue ofpiety.' Atterbury.-- Theological virtues, the three virtues, faith, hope, and charity.See 1 Cor. xiii. 13."
"VIRTUELESS","Destitute of virtue; without efficacy or operating qualities;powerless.Virtueless she wished all herbs and charms. Fairfax."
"VIRTUOSO","A performer on some instrument, as the violin or the piano, whoexcels in the technical part of his art; a brilliant concert player."
"VIRTUOSOSHIP","The condition, pursuits, or occupation of a virtuoso. Bp. Hurd."
"VIRULENTED","Made virulent; poisoned. [Obs.]"
"VIRULENTLY","In a virulent manner."
"VIS MAJOR","A superior force which under certain circumstances is held toexempt from contract obligations; inevitable accident; -- a civil-lawterm used as nearly equivalent to, but broader than, the common-lawterm act of God (which see)."
"VIS-A-VIS","Face to face."
"VISA","See Vis."
"VISAGE","The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; --chiefly applied to the human face. Chaucer. 'A visage of demand.'Shak.His visage was so marred more than any man. Isa. lii. 14.Love and beauty still that visage grace. Waller."
"VISAGED","Having a visage. Shak."
"VISARD","A mask. See Visor."
"VISAYAN","A member of the most numerous of the native races of thePhilippines, occupying the Visayan Islands and the northern coastMindanao; also, their language. The Visayans possessed a nativeculture and alphabet."
"VISCERA","pl. of Viscus."
"VISCERAL","Of or pertaining to the viscera; splanchnic."
"VISCERATE","To deprive of the viscera, or entrails; to eviscerate; todisembowel."
"VISCEROSKELETAL","Of or pertaining to the framework, or skeleton, or skeleton, ofthe viscera; as, the visceroskeletal system of muscles. Mivart."
"VISCID","Sticking or adhering, and having a ropy or glutinousconsistency; viscous; glutinous; sticky; tenacious; clammy; as,turpentine, tar, gums, etc., are more or less viscid."
"VISCIDITY","The quality or state of being viscid; also, that which isviscid; glutinous concretion; stickiness."
"VISCIN","A clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted from themucilaginous sap of the mistletoe (Viscum album), holly, etc., andconstituting an essential ingredient of birdlime."
"VISCOIDAL","Somewhat viscous. Cf. Mobile, a., 2."
"VISCOSIMETER","An instrument for measuring the degree of viscosity of liquids,as solutions of gum."
"VISCOSITY","A quality analogous to that of a viscous fluid, supposed to becaused by internal friction, especially in the case of gases."
"VISCOUNT","An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, orearl; the sheriff of the county."
"VISCOUNTCY","The dignity or jurisdiction of a viscount. Sir B. Burke."
"VISCOUNTESS","The wife of a viscount."
"VISCOUS","Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency;viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice.-- Vis'cous*ness, n."
"VISCUM","A genus of parasitic shrubs, including the mistletoe of Europe."
"VISCUS","One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in thegreat cavities of the body of an animal; -- especially used in theplural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen."
"VISE","An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw,lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing. [Writtenalso vice.]"
"VISHNU","A divinity of the modern Hindoo trimurti, or trinity. He isregarded as the preserver, while Brahma is the creator, and Siva thedestroyer of the creation."
"VISIBILITY","The quality or state of being visible."
"VISIBLE SPEECH","A system of characters invented by Prof. Alexander MelvilleBell to represent all sounds that may be uttered by the speechorgans, and intended to be suggestive of the position of the organsof speech in uttering them."
"VISIGOTH","One of the West Goths. See the Note under Goth.-- Vis`i*goth'ic, a."
"VISION","The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by whichcolors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciatedas a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitiveretina, an expansion of the optic nerve."
"VISIONAL","Of or pertaining to a vision."
"VISIONARINESS","The quality or state of being visionary."
"VISIONED","Having the power of seeing visions; inspired; also, seen invisions. [R.] Shelley."
"VISIONIST","A visionary."
"VISIONLESS","Destitute of vision; sightless."
"VISIT","To come to for the purpose of chastising, rewarding,comforting; to come upon with reward or retribution; to appear beforeor judge; as, to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath.[God] hath visited and redeemed his people. Like i. 68."
"VISITABLE","Liable or subject to be visited or inspected. 'All hospitalsbuilt since the Reformation are visitable by the king or lordchancellor.' Ayliffe."
"VISITANT","One who visits; a guest; a visitor.When the visitant comes again, he is no more a stranger. South."
"VISITATION","The act of a naval commander who visits, or enters on board, avessel belonging to another nation, for the purpose of ascertainingher character and object, but without claiming or exercising a rightof searching the vessel. It is, however, usually coupled with theright of search (see under Search), visitation being used for thepurpose of search."
"VISITATORIAL","Of or pertaining to visitation, or a judicial visitor orsuperintendent; visitorial.An archdeacon has visitatorial power. Ayliffe.The queen, however, still had over the church a visitatorial power ofvast and undefined extent. Macaulay."
"VISITE","A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace worn by women insummer."
"VISITER","A visitor."
"VISITING","a. & vb. n. from Visit. Visiting ant. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Driver ant,under Driver.-- Visiting book, a book in which a record of visits received, made,and to be made, is kept. Thackeray.-- Visiting card. See under Card."
"VISITORIAL","Same as Visitatorial."
"VISIVE","Of or pertaining to the sight; visual. [Obs.]I can not satisfy myself how men should be so little surprised aboutthis visive faculty. Berkeley."
"VISNE","Neighborhood; vicinity; venue. See Venue."
"VISNOMY","Face; countenance. [Colloq.] Spenser. Lamb."
"VISON","The mink."
"VISORED","Wearing a visor; masked.Visored falsehood and base forgery. Milton."
"VISTA","A view; especially, a view through or between interveningobjects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like;hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue.The finished garden to the view Its vistas opens, and its alleysgreen. Thomson.In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you seenothing but the gallows. Burke.The shattered tower which now forms a vista from his window. Sir W.Scott."
"VISTO","A vista; a prospect. [R.] Gay.Through the long visto of a thousand years. Young."
"VISUALIZE","To make visual, or visible; to see in fancy. [Written alsovisualise.]No one who has not seen them [glaciers] can possibly visualize them.Lubbock."
"VISUALIZER","One who visualizes or is proficient in visualization; esp.(Physiol.),"
"VITAILLE","Food; victuals. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Chaucer."
"VITAL","A vital part; one of the vitals. [R.]"
"VITALIC","Pertaining to life; vital. [R.]"
"VITALISM","The doctrine that all the functions of a living organism aredue to an unknown vital principle distinct from all chemical andphysical forces."
"VITALIST","A believer in the theory of vitalism; -- opposed to physicist."
"VITALISTIC","Pertaining to, or involving, vitalism, or the theory of aspecial vital principle."
"VITALITY","The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life;vital force; animation; as, the vitality of eggs or vegetable seeds;the vitality of an enterprise."
"VITALIZATION","The act or process of vitalizing, or infusing the vitalprinciple."
"VITALIZE","To endow with life, or vitality; to give life to; to makealive; as, vitalized blood."
"VITALLY","In a vital manner."
"VITASCOPE","A form of machine for exhibiting animated pictures."
"VITELLARY","Vitelline."
"VITELLIGENOUS","Producing yolk, or vitelline substance; -- applied to certaincells (also called nutritive, or yolk, cells) formed in the ovariesof many insects, and supposed to supply nutriment to the developingova."
"VITELLIN","An albuminous body, belonging to the class of globulins,obtained from yolk of egg, of which it is the chief proteidconstituent, and from the seeds of many plants. From the latter itcan be separated in crystalline form."
"VITELLINE","Of or pertaining to the yolk of eggs; as, the vitellinemembrane, a smooth, transparent membrane surrounding the vitellus."
"VITELLOGENE","A gland secreting the yolk of the eggs in trematodes,turbellarians, and some other helminths."
"VITELLUS","The contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk. See Illust. ofOvum."
"VITIATION","The act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated;depravation; corruption; invalidation; as, the vitiation of theblood; the vitiation of a contract.The vitiation that breeds evil acts. G. Eliot."
"VITICULOSE","Having long and slender trailing stems."
"VITICULTURAL","Of or pertaining to viticulture."
"VITICULTURE","The cultivation of the vine; grape growing."
"VITICULTURIST","One engaged in viticulture."
"VITILIGO","A rare skin disease consisting in the development of smooth,milk-white spots upon various parts of the body."
"VITILITIGATE","To contend in law litigiously or cavilously. [Obs.]"
"VITILITIGATION","Cavilous litigation; cavillation. [Obs.] Hudibras."
"VITIOSITY","Viciousness; depravity.The perverseness and vitiosity of man's will. South."
"VITIS","A genus of plants including all true grapevines."
"VITOE","See Durukuli."
"VITRAGE","A curtain of light and translucent material intended to besecured directly to the woodwork of a French casement window or aglazed door."
"VITRELLA","One of the transparent lenslike cells in the ocelli of certainarthropods."
"VITREO-ELECTIC","Containing or exhibiting positive, or vitreous, electricity."
"VITREOUSNESS","The quality or state of being vitreous."
"VITRESCENCE","The quality or state of being vitreous; glassiness, or thequality of being vitrescent; capability of conversion into glass;susceptibility of being formed into glass. Kirwan."
"VITRESCENT","Capable of being formed into glass; tending to become glass."
"VITRESCIBLE","That may be vitrified; vitrifiable."
"VITRIC","Having the nature and qualities of glass; glasslike; --distinguished from ceramic."
"VITRIFACTION","The act, art, or process of vitrifying; also, the state ofbeing vitrified."
"VITRIFACTURE","The manufacture of glass and glassware."
"VITRIFIABLE","Capable of being vitrified, or converted into glass by heat andfusion; as, flint and alkalies are vitrifiable."
"VITRIFICABLE","Vitrifiable. [Obs.]"
"VITRIFICATE","To convert into glass; to vitrify. [Obs.] Bacon."
"VITRIFICATION","Same as Vitrifaction. Sir T. Browne. Ure."
"VITRIFIED","Converted into glass."
"VITRIFORM","Having the form or appearance of glass; resembling glass;glasslike."
"VITRIFY","To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassysubstance, by heat and fusion."
"VITRINA","A genus of terrestrial gastropods, having transparent, verythin, and delicate shells, -- whence the name."
"VITRINE","A glass show case for displaying fine wares, specimens, etc."
"VITRIOLATE","Vitriolated. [R.]"
"VITRIOLATED","Changed into a vitriol or a sulphate, or subjected to theaction of sulphuric acid or of a sulphate; as, vitriolated potash, i.e., potassium sulphate."
"VITRIOLATION","The act, process, or result of vitriolating."
"VITRIOLIC","Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling,vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste. Cf. Vitriol. Vitriolicacid (Old Chem.), (a) sulphuric acid. See Vitriol (b). [Colloq.]"
"VITRIOLIZABLE","Capable of being converted into a vitriol."
"VITRIOLIZATION","The act of vitriolizing, or the state of being vitriolized;vitriolation."
"VITRIOLIZE","To convert into a vitriol; to vitriolate."
"VITRIOLOUS","See Vitriolic. [Obs.]"
"VITRITE","A kind of glass which is very hard and difficult to fuse, usedas an insulator in electrical lamps and other apparatus."
"VITRO-DI-TRINA","A kind of Venetian glass or glassware in which white threadsare embedded in transparent glass with a lacelike or netlike effect."
"VITRUVIAN","Of or pertaining to Vitruvius, an ancient Roman architect.Vitruvian scroll (Arch.), a name given to a peculiar pattern ofscrollwork, consisting of convolved undulations. It is used inclassical architecture. Oxf. Gloss."
"VITTA","One of the oil tubes in the fruit of umbelliferous plants."
"VITTATE","Bearing or containing vitt\u00e6."
"VITULINE","Of or pertaining to a calf or veal."
"VITUPERABLE","Liable to, or deserving, vituperation, or severe censure."
"VITUPERATE","To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; tocensure severely or abusively; to rate."
"VITUPERATION","The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.When a man becomes untractable and inaccessible by fierceness andpride, then vituperation comes upon him. Donne."
"VITUPERATIVE","Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by,abuse; scolding; abusive.-- Vi*tu'per*a*tive*ly, adv.Vituperative appellations derived from their real or supposed illqualities. B. Jonson."
"VITUPERATOR","One who vituperates, or censures abusively."
"VITUPERRIOUS","Worthy of vituperation; shameful; disgraceful. [Obs.]"
"VIVA VOCE","By word of mouth; orally."
"VIVACE","Brisk; vivacious; with spirit; -- a direction to perform apassage in a brisk and lively manner."
"VIVACIOUS","Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial.[R.]"
"VIVACITY","The quality or state of being vivacious. Specifically: --(a) Tenacity of life; vital force; natural vigor. [Obs.] The vivacityof some of these pensioners is little less than a miracle, they livedso long. Fuller."
"VIVANDIER","In Continental armies, esp. the French, a sutler."
"VIVANDIERE","In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a womanaccompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to thesoldiers; a female sutler."
"VIVARIUM","A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising livinganimals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, etc."
"VIVARY","A vivarium. 'That . . . vivary of fowls and beasts.' Donne."
"VIVDA","See Vifda."
"VIVE","Long live, that is, success to; as, vive le roi, long live theking; vive la bagatelle, success to trifles or sport."
"VIVELY","In a lively manner. [Obs.]If I see a thing vively represented on the stage. B. Jonson."
"VIVENCY","Manner of supporting or continuing life or vegetation. [Obs.]Sir T. Browne."
"VIVERRA","A genus of carnivores which comprises the civets."
"VIVERRINE","Of or pertaining to the Viverrid\u00e6, or Civet family."
"VIVERS","Provisions; victuals. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]I 'll join you at three, if the vivers can tarry so long. Sir W.Scott."
"VIVES","A disease of brute animals, especially of horses, seated in theglands under the ear, where a tumor is formed which sometimes ends insuppuration."
"VIVIANITE","A hydrous phosphate of iron of a blue to green color, growingdarker on exposure. It occurs in monoclinic crystals, also fibrous,massive, and earthy."
"VIVIDITY","The quality or state of being vivid; vividness. [R.]"
"VIVIFICATE","To bring back a metal to the metallic form, as from an oxide orsolution; to reduce. [Obs.]"
"VIVIFICATION","One of the changes of assimilation, in which proteid matterwhich has been transformed, and made a part of the tissue or tissuecells, is endowed with life, and thus enabled to manifest thephenomena of irritability, contractility, etc. McKendrick."
"VIVIFICATIVE","Able or tending to vivify, animate, or give life; vivifying."
"VIVIFY","To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; toanimate.Sitting on eggs doth vivify, not nourish. Bacon."
"VIVIPARA","An artificial division of vertebrates including those thatproduce their young alive; -- opposed to Ovipara."
"VIVIPARITY","The quality or condition of being viviparous. H. Spencer."
"VIVIPAROUS","Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as thoseplants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbsinstead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on theplant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed tooviparous. Viviparous fish. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Embiotocoid.-- Viviparous shell (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of numerous species ofoperculated fresh-water gastropods belonging to Viviparus, Melantho,and allied genera. Their young, when born, have a well-developedspiral shell."
"VIVIPAROUSLY","In a viviparous manner."
"VIVIPAROUSNESS","The quality of being viviparous; viviparity."
"VIVISECT","To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive. [Colloq.] Pop.Sci. Monthly."
"VIVISECTION","The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose ofmaking physiological investigations."
"VIVISECTIONAL","Of or pertaining to vivisection."
"VIVISECTIONIST","One who practices or advocates vivisection; a vivisector."
"VIVISECTOR","A vivisectionist."
"VIXENISH","Of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen."
"VIXENLY","Like a vixen; vixenish. Barrow."
"VIZ","To wit; that is; namely."
"VIZARD","A mask; a visor. [Archaic] 'A grotesque vizard.' Sir W. Scott.To mislead and betray them under the vizard of law. Milton."
"VIZARDED","Wearing a vizard. [R.] Shak."
"VIZCACHA","Same as Viscacha."
"VIZIER","A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey andother Oriental countries. [Written also visier, vizir, and vizer.]Grand vizier, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; -- calledalso vizier-azem."
"VIZIER-AZEM","A grand vizier. See under Vizier."
"VIZIERATE","The office, dignity, or authority of a vizier."
"VIZIERIAL","Of, pertaining to, or issued by, a vizier. [Written alsovizirial.]"
"VIZIR","See Vizier."
"VIZOR","See Visor."
"VLISSMAKI","The diadem indris. See Indris."
"VOCABLE","A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered ascomposed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning.Swamped near to drowning in a tide of ingenious vocables. Carlyle."
"VOCABULIST","The writer or maker of a vocabulary; a lexicographer."
"VOCAL","A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech,unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonicelement; a tonic; -- distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal."
"VOCALIC","Of or pertaining to vowel sounds; consisting of the vowelsounds. Earle.The Gaelic language being uncommonly vocalic. Sir W. Scott."
"VOCALIST","A singer, or vocal musician, as opposed to an instrumentalist."
"VOCALNESS","The quality of being vocal; vocality."
"VOCATION","A calling by the will of God. Specifically: --(a) The bestowment of God's distinguishing grace upon a person ornation, by which that person or nation is put in the way ofsalvation; as, the vocation of the Jews under the old dispensation,and of the Gentiles under the gospel. 'The golden chain of vocation,election, and justification.' Jer. Taylor.(b) A call to special religious work, as to the ministry.Every member of the same [the Church], in his vocation and ministry.Bk. of Com. Prayer."
"VOCATIVE","Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically(Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or formof the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing isaddressed; as, Domine, O Lord."
"VOCIFERANCE","Vociferation; noise; clamor. [R.] R. Browning."
"VOCIFERANT","Noisy; clamorous. Gauden. R. Browning."
"VOCIFERATE","To cry out with vehemence; to exclaim; to bawl; to clamor.Cowper."
"VOCIFERATION","The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance ofthe voice.Violent gesture and vociferation naturally shake the hearts of theignorant. Spectator.Plaintive strains succeeding the vociferations of emotion or of pain.Byron."
"VOCIFERATOR","One who vociferates, or is clamorous. [R.]"
"VOCIFEROUS","Making a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy; as, vociferous heralds.-- Vo*cif'er*ous*ly, adv.-- Vo*cif'er*ous*ness, n."
"VOCULE","A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as thatheard on separating the lips in pronouncing p or b. Rush.-- Voc'u*lar, a."
"VODANIUM","A supposed element, afterward found to be a mixture of severalmetals, as copper, iron, lead, nickel, etc."
"VODKA","A Russian drink distilled from rye."
"VOE","An inlet, bay, or creek; -- so called in the Orkney andShetland Islands. Jamieson."
"VOGLE","Same as Vugg."
"VOICE","Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in theconsonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated,utterance; tone; -- distinguished from mere breath sound as heard inf, s, sh, etc., and also whisper."
"VOICED","Uttered with voice; pronounced with vibrations of the vocalcords; sonant; -- said of a sound uttered with the glottis narrowed.Voiced stop, Voice stop (Phon.), a stopped consonant made with tonefrom the larynx while the mouth organs are closed at some point; asonant mute, as b, d, g hard."
"VOICEFUL","Having a voice or vocal quality; having a loud voice or manyvoices; vocal; sounding.Beheld the Iliad and the Odyssey Rise to the swelling of the voicefulsea. Coleridge."
"VOICELESS","Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd.Voiceless stop (Phon.), a consonant made with no audible sound exceptin the transition to or from another sound; a surd mute, as p, t, k.-- Voice'less*ly, adv.-- Voice'less*ness, n."
"VOID","Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation orratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2. Void space (Physics), a vacuum."
"VOIDABLE","Capable of being avoided, or of being adjudged void, invalid,and of no force; capable of being either avoided or confirmed.If the metropolitan . . . grants letters of administration, suchadministration is not, but voidable by sentence. Ayliffe."
"VOIDANCE","A ejection from a benefice."
"VOIDED","Having the inner part cut away, or left vacant, a narrow borderbeing left at the sides, the tincture of the field being seen in thevacant space; -- said of a charge."
"VOIDER","One of the ordinaries, much like the flanch, but less roundedand therefore smaller."
"VOIDING","Receiving what is ejected or voided. 'How in our voiding lobbyhast thou stood' Shak."
"VOIDNESS","The quality or state of being void;"
"VOIR DIRE","An oath administered to a witness, usually before being swornin chief, requiring him to speak the truth, or make true answers inreference to matters inquired of, to ascertain his competency to giveevidence. Greenleaf. Ld. Abinger."
"VOITURE","A carriage. Arbuthnot."
"VOIVODE","See Waywode. Longfellow."
"VOL-AU-VENT","A light puff paste, with a raised border, filled, after baking,usually with a ragout of fowl, game, or fish."
"VOLACIOUS","Apt or fit to fly. [R.]"
"VOLAGE","Light; giddy. [Obs.]They wroughten all their lust volage. Chaucer."
"VOLANT","Represented as flying, or having the wings spread; as, an eaglevolant. Volant piece (Anc. Armor), an adjustable piece of armor, forguarding the throat, etc., in a joust."
"VOLANTE","A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba."
"VOLAR","Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of thefoot."
"VOLARY","See Volery. [Obs.]"
"VOLATILE","A winged animal; wild fowl; game. [Obs.] Chaucer. Sir T.Browne."
"VOLATILIZABLE","Capable of being volatilized."
"VOLATILIZATION","The act or process of volatilizing, or rendering volatile; thestate of being volatilized."
"VOLATILIZE","To render volatile; to cause to exhale or evaporate; to causeto pass off in vapor.The water . . . dissolving the oil, and volatilizing it by theaction. Sir I. Newton."
"VOLATOR","Same as Volador, 1."
"VOLBORTHITE","A mineral occurring in small six-sided tabular crystals of agreen or yellow color. It is a hydrous vanadate of copper and lime."
"VOLCANIAN","Volcanic. [R.] Keats."
"VOLCANIC NECK","A column of igneous rock formed by congelation of lava in theconduit of a volcano and later exposed by the removal of surroundingrocks."
"VOLCANIC WIND","A wind associated with a volcanic outburst and due to theeruption or to convection currents over hot lava."
"VOLCANICALLY","Like a volcano."
"VOLCANICITY","Quality or state of being volcanic; volcanic power."
"VOLCANISM","Volcanic power or action; volcanicity."
"VOLCANITY","The quality or state of being volcanic, or volcanic origin;volcanicity. [R.]"
"VOLCANIZATION","The act of volcanizing, or the state of being volcanized; theprocess of undergoing volcanic heat, and being affected by it."
"VOLCANIZE","To subject to, or cause to undergo, volcanic heat, and to beaffected by its action."
"VOLCANO","A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, fromwhich lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected;-- often popularly called a burning mountain."
"VOLE","A deal at cards that draws all the tricks. Swift."
"VOLGE","The common sort of people; the crowd; the mob. [Obs.] Fuller."
"VOLITABLE","Volatilizable. [Obs.]"
"VOLITATION","The act of flying; flight. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"VOLITIENT","Exercising the will; acting from choice; willing, or havingpower to will. 'What I do, I do volitient, not obedient.' Mrs.Browning."
"VOLITIONAL","Belonging or relating to volition. 'The volitional impulse.'Bacon."
"VOLITIVE","Used in expressing a wish or permission as, volitiveproposition."
"VOLKSLIED","A popular song, or national air."
"VOLKSRAAD","A legislative assembly or parliament of any one of severalcountries colonized by the Dutch, esp. that of the South AfricanRepublic, or the Transvaal, and that of the Orange Free State."
"VOLLEY","To discharge with, or as with, a volley."
"VOLLEY BALL","A game played by volleying a large inflated ball with the handsover a net 7 ft. 6 in. high."
"VOLLEYED","Discharged with a sudden burst, or as if in a volley; as,volleyed thunder."
"VOLOST","In the greater part of Russia, a division for local governmentconsisting of a group of mirs, or village communities; a canton."
"VOLOW","To baptize; -- used in contempt by the Reformers. [Obs.]Tyndale."
"VOLPLANE","To glide in a flying machine."
"VOLT","A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways rounda center makes two concentric tracks."
"VOLT AMPERE","A unit of electric measurement equal to the product of a voltand an ampere. For direct current it is a measure of power and is thesame as a watt; for alternating current it is a measure of apparentpower."
"VOLTA","A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying thatthe part is to be repeated one, two, or more times; as, una volta,once. Seconda volta, second time, points to certain modifications inthe close of a repeated strain."
"VOLTA-ELECTRIC","Of or pertaining to voltaic electricity, or voltaism."
"VOLTA-ELECTROMETER","An instrument for the exact measurement of electric currents."
"VOLTAGE","Electric potential or potential difference, expressed in volts."
"VOLTAGRAPHY","In electrotypy, the act or art of copying, in metals depositedby electrolytic action, a form or pattern which is made the negativeelectrode. [R.]"
"VOLTAIREAN","Of or relating to Voltaire, the French author. J. Morley."
"VOLTAIRISM","The theories or practice of Voltaire. J. Morley."
"VOLTAISM","That form of electricity which is developed by the chemicalaction between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity;also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; -- calledalso galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showingthe remarkable influence of this agent on animals."
"VOLTAMETER","An instrument for measuring the voltaic electricity passingthrough it, by its effect in decomposing water or some other chemicalcompound acting as an electrolyte."
"VOLTAMMETER","A wattmeter."
"VOLTAPLAST","A form of voltaic, or galvanic, battery suitable for useelectrotyping. G. Francis."
"VOLTATYPE","An electrotype. [R.]"
"VOLTI","Turn, that is, turn over the leaf. Volti subito Etym: [It.](Mus.), turn over quickly."
"VOLTIGEUR","One of a picked company of irregular riflemen in each regimentof the French infantry."
"VOLTMETER","An instrument for measuring in volts the differences ofpotential between different points of an electrical circuit."
"VOLTZITE","An oxysulphide of lead occurring in implanted sphericalglobules of a yellowish or brownish color; -- called also voltzine."
"VOLUBILITY","The quality or state of being voluble (in any of the senses ofthe adjective)."
"VOLUBLE","Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, thevoluble stem of hop plants. Voluble stem (Bot.), a stem that climbsby winding, or twining, round another body.-- Vol'u*ble*ness, n.-- Vol'u*bly, adv."
"VOLUME","Amount, fullness, quantity, or caliber of voice or tone. Atomicvolume, Molecular volume (Chem.), the ratio of the atomic andmolecular weights divided respectively by the specific gravity of thesubstance in question.-- Specific volume (Physics & Chem.), the quotient obtained bydividing unity by the specific gravity; the reciprocal of thespecific gravity. It is equal (when the specific gravity is referredto water at 4\u00ba C. as a standard) to the number of cubic centimetersoccupied by one gram of the substance."
"VOLUMENOMETER","An instrument for measuring the volume of a body, especially asolid, by means of the difference in tension caused by its presenceand absence in a confined portion of air."
"VOLUMENOMETRY","The method or process of measuring volumes by means of thevolumenometer."
"VOLUMESCOPE","An instrument consisting essentially of a glass tube providedwith a graduated scale, for exhibiting to the eye the changes ofvolume of a gas or gaseous mixture resulting from chemical action,and the like."
"VOLUMETER","An instrument for measuring the volumes of gases or liquids byintroducing them into a vessel of known capacity."
"VOLUMETRIC","Of or pertaining to the measurement of volume. Volumetricanalysis (Chem.), that system of the quantitative analysis ofsolutions which employs definite volumes of standardized solutions ofreagents, as measured by burettes, pipettes, etc.; also, the analysisof gases by volume, as by the eudiometer."
"VOLUMETRICAL","Volumetric.-- Vol`u*met'ric*al*ly, adv."
"VOLUMINOUS","Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically: --(a) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.But ended foul in many a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast. Milton.Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and voluminous curtains havelong since fallen. De Quincey."
"VOLUMIST","One who writes a volume; an author. [Obs.] Milton."
"VOLUNTARILY","In a voluntary manner; of one's own will; spontaneously."
"VOLUNTARINESS","The quality or state of being voluntary; spontaneousness;specifically, the quality or state of being free in the exercise ofone's will."
"VOLUNTARISM","Any theory which conceives will to be the dominant factor inexperience or in the constitution of the world; -- contrasted withintellectualism. Schopenhauer and Fichte are typical exponents of thetwo types of metaphysical voluntarism, Schopenhauer teaching that theevolution of the universe is the activity of a blind and irrationalwill, Fichte holding that the intelligent activity of the ego is thefundamental fact of reality."
"VOLUNTARY","Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, thewill; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movementsof the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such asthe movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which arethe agents in voluntary motion."
"VOLUNTARYISM","The principle of supporting a religious system and itsinstitutions by voluntary association and effort, rather than by theaid or patronage of the state."
"VOLUNTEER","One who enters into service voluntarily, but who, when inservice, is subject to discipline and regulations like othersoldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary memberof the organized militia of a country as distinguished from thestanding army."
"VOLUNTEER NAVY","A navy of vessels fitted out and manned by volunteers who sailunder the flag of the regular navy and subject to naval discipline.Prussia in 1870, in the Franco-German war, organized such a navy,which was commanded by merchant seamen with temporary commissions,with the claim (in which England acquiesced) that it did not comewithin the meaning of the term privateer."
"VOLUNTEER STATE","Tennessee; -- a nickname."
"VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA","A religious and philanthropic organization, similar to theSalvation Army, founded (1896) by Commander and Mrs. BallingtonBooth."
"VOLUPERE","A woman's cap. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"VOLUPTUARY","A voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment hischief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of sensualappetites.A good-humored, but hard-hearted, voluptuary. Sir W. Scott."
"VOLUPTY","Voluptuousness. [Obs.]"
"VOLUTA","Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marinegastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera."
"VOLUTATION","A rolling of a body; a wallowing. [R.] Sir T. Browne."
"VOLUTE","A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ioniccapital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in theCorinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, alsoHelix, and Stale."
"VOLUTED","Having a volute, or spiral scroll."
"VOLUTION","A whorl of a spiral shell."
"VOLVA","A saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as theplant develops."
"VOLVOX","A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about onefiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water, themotion being produced by minute colorless cilia. It has beenconsidered as belonging to the flagellate Infusoria, but is nowreferred to the vegetable kingdom, and each globule is considered acolony of many individuals. The commonest species is Volvox globator,often called globe animalcule."
"VOLYER","A lurcher. [Prov. Eng.]"
"VOMERINE","Of or pertaining to the vomer."
"VOMIC NUT","Same as Nux vomica."
"VOMICINE","See Brucine."
"VOMIT","To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; tospew."
"VOMITING","The spasmodic ejection of matter from the stomach through themouth."
"VOMITION","The act or power of vomiting. Grew."
"VOMITIVE","Causing the ejection of matter from the stomach; emetic."
"VOMITO","The yellow fever in its worst form, when it is usually attendedwith black vomit. See Black vomit."
"VOMITORY","Causing vomiting; emetic; vomitive."
"VONDSIRA","Same as Vansire."
"VOODOO","Of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodooincantations."
"VOODOOISM","A degraded form of superstition and sorcery, said to includehuman sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites. It isprevalent among the negroes of Hayti, and to some extent in theUnited States, and is regarded as a relic of African barbarism."
"VOORTREKER","One who treks before or first; a pioneer. [South Africa]"
"VORACIOUS","Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow;ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man orappetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. Dampier.-- Vo*ra'cious*ly, adv.-- Vo*ra'cious*ness, n."
"VORACITY","The quality of being voracious; voraciousness."
"VORAGINOUS","Pertaining to a gulf; full of gulfs; hence, devouring. [R.]Mallet."
"VORTEX","A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter,endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also theaxis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted to account for theformation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composingit, by a theory of vortices."
"VORTEX FILAMENT","A vortex tube of infinitesimal cross section."
"VORTEX FRINGE","The region immediately surrounding a disk moving flatwisethrough air; -- so called because the air has a cyclic motion as invortex ring."
"VORTEX LINE","A line, within a rotating fluid, whose tangent at every pointis the instantaneous axis of rotation as that point of the fluid."
"VORTEX RING","A ring-shaped mass of moving fluid which, by virtue of itsmotion of rotation around an axis disposed in circular form, attainsa more or less distinct separation from the surrounding medium andhas many of the properties of a solid."
"VORTEX THEORY","The theory, advanced by Thomson (Lord Kelvin) on the basis ofinvestigation by Helmholtz, that the atoms are vortically movingring-shaped masses (or masses of other forms having a similarinternal motion) of a homogeneous, incompressible, frictionlessfluid. Various properties of such atoms (vortex atoms) can bemathematically deduced."
"VORTEX TUBE","An imaginary tube within a rotating fluid, formed by drawingthe vortex lines through all points of a closed curve."
"VORTICAL","Of or pertaining to a vortex or vortexes; resembling a vortexin form or motion; whirling; as, a vortical motion.-- Vor'ti*cal*ly, adv."
"VORTICEL","A vorticella."
"VORTICELLA","Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging toVorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellid\u00e6. Theyhave a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating ciliaaround the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractilestems, either simple or branched."
"VORTICOSE","Vortical; whirling; as, a vorticose motion."
"VORTIGINOUS","Moving rapidly round a center; vortical. [R.] Cowper."
"VOTARESS","A woman who is a votary. Shak."
"VOTARIST","A votary.Like a sad votarist in palmer's weed. Milton."
"VOTARY","Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted;promised.Votary resolution is made equipollent to custom. Bacon."
"VOTE","To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, eitherviva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in electingpersons to office, in passing laws, regulations, etc., or in decidingon any proposition in which one has an interest with others.The vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration of justice,and, indirectly, to encourage the crime. L. Beecher.To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires a greatamount of information. F. W. Robertson."
"VOTER","One who votes; one who has a legal right to vote, or give hissuffrage; an elector; a suffragist; as, as, an independent voter."
"VOTING","a. & n. from Vote, v. Voting paper, a form of ballot containingthe names of more candidates than there are offices to be filled, thevoter making a mark against the preferred names. [Eng.]"
"VOTIST","One who makes a vow. [Obs.] Chapman."
"VOTIVE","Given by vow, or in fulfillment of a vow; consecrated by a vow;devoted; as, votive offerings; a votive tablet. 'Votive incense.'Keble.We reached a votive stone, that bears the name Of Aloys Reding.Wordsworth.Embellishments of flowers and votive garlands. Motley.Votive medal, a medal struck in grateful commemoration of someauspicious event.-- Votive offering, an offering in fulfillment of a religious vow,as of one's person or property.-- Vo'tive*ly, adv.-- Vo'tive*ness, n."
"VOTRESS","A votaress. Dryden."
"VOUCH","To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good awarranty of title.He vouches the tenant in tail, who vouches over the common vouchee.Blackstone."
"VOUCHEE","The person who is vouched, or called into court to support ormake good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery.Blackstone."
"VOUCHMENT","A solemn assertion. [R.]"
"VOUCHOR","Same as Voucher, 3 (b)."
"VOUCHSAFE","To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop.Chaucer.Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. Bk. of Com.Prayer.Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold What power the charms ofbeauty had of old. Dryden."
"VOUCHSAFEMENT","The act of vouchsafing, or that which is vouchsafed; a gift orgrant in condescension. Glanvill."
"VOUSSOIR","One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed."
"VOW","To make a vow, or solemn promise.Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldestvow and not pay. Eccl. v. 5."
"VOW-FELLOW","One bound by the same vow as another. [R.] Shak."
"VOWEL","A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonancein the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving toeach several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound ofspeech; -- distinguished from a consonant in that the latter, whethermade with or without vocality, derives its character in every casefrom some kind of obstructive action by the mouth organs. Also, aletter or character which represents such a sound. See Guide toPronunciation, \u00a7\u00a7 5, 146-149."
"VOWELED","Furnished with vowels. [Written also vowelled.] Dryden."
"VOWELISH","Of the nature of a vowel. [R.] 'The power [of w] is alwaysvowelish.' B. Jonson."
"VOWELISM","The use of vowels. [R.]"
"VOWELIZE","To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to."
"VOWER","One who makes a vow. Bale."
"VOX","A voice. Vox humana ( Etym: [L., human voice] (Mus.), a reedstop in an organ, made to imitate the human voice."
"VOX ANGELICA","An organ stop of delicate stringlike quality, having for eachfinger key a pair of pipes, of which one is tuned slightly sharp togive a wavy effect to their joint tone."
"VOYAGE","To take a voyage; especially, to sail or pass by water.A mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.Wordsworth."
"VOYAGEABLE","That may be sailed over, as water or air; navigable."
"VOYAGER","One who voyages; one who sails or passes by sea or water."
"VOYAGEUR","A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the furcompanies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land, toand from the remote stations in the Northwest."
"VRAISEMBLANCE","The appearance of truth; verisimilitude."
"VULCAN","The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; --answering to the Greek Heph\u00e6stus."
"VULCAN POWDER","A dynamite composed of nitroglycerin (30 parts), sodium nitrate(52.5), charcoal (10.5), and sulphur (7), used in mining andblasting."
"VULCANIAN","Volcanic."
"VULCANICITY","Volcanicity."
"VULCANISM","Volcanism."
"VULCANIST","A volcanist."
"VULCANITE","Hard rubber produced by vulcanizing with a large proportion ofsulphur."
"VULCANIZATION","The act or process of imparting to caoutchouc, gutta-percha, orthe like, greater elasticity, durability, or hardness by heating withsulphur under pressure."
"VULCANIZE","To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, bythe process of vulcanization. Vulcanized fiber, paper, paper pulp, orother fiber, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as toform a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc.Knight.-- Vulcanized rubber, India rubber, vulcanized."
"VULCANIZER","One who, or that which, vulcanizes; esp., an apparatus forvulcanizing caoutchouc."
"VULCANO","A volcano. [Obs.]"
"VULCANOLOGY","The science which treats of phenomena due to plutonic action,as in volcanoes, hot springs, etc. [R.]"
"VULGARIAN","A vulgar person; one who has vulgar ideas. Used alsoadjectively."
"VULGARIZATION","The act or process of making vulgar, or common."
"VULGARIZE","To make vulgar, or common.Exhortation vulgarized by low wit. V. Knox."
"VULGARLY","In a vulgar manner."
"VULGARNESS","The quality of being vulgar."
"VULGATE","An ancient Latin version of the Scripture, and the only versionwhich the Roman Church admits to be authentic; -- so called from itscommon use in the Latin Church."
"VULNERABILITY","The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerableness."
"VULNERABLENESS","The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerability."
"VULNERARY","Useful in healing wounds; adapted to the cure of externalinjuries; as, vulnerary plants or potions. 'Such vulnerary remedies.'Sir W. Scott.-- n. Etym: [Cf. F. vuln\u00e9raire.] (Med.)"
"VULNERATE","To wound; to hurt. [Obs.]"
"VULNERATION","The act of wounding, or the state of being wounded. [Obs.]"
"VULNEROSE","Full of wounds; wounded."
"VULNOSE","Having wounds; vulnerose. [R.]"
"VULPES","A genus of Carnivora including the foxes."
"VULPIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid obtainedfrom a lichen (Cetraria vulpina) as a yellow or red crystallinesubstance which on decomposition yields pulvinic acid."
"VULPICIDE","One who kills a fox, except in hunting; also, the act of sokilling a fox. [Written also vulpecide.]"
"VULPINE","Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy; cunning;crafty; artful. Vulpine phalangist (Zo\u00f6l.), an Australian carnivorousmarsupial (Phalangista, or Trichosurus, vulpina); -- called alsovulpine phalanger, and vulpine opossum."
"VULPINIC","Same as Vulpic."
"VULPINISM","The quality of being cunning like the fox; craft; artfulness.[R.]He was without guile, and had no vulpinism at all. Carlyle."
"VULPINITE","A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish white color,used for ornamental purposes."
"VULTERN","The brush turkey (Talegallus Lathami) of Australia. See Brushturkey."
"VULTURE","Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging toVultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the familyVulturid\u00e6."
"VULTURINE","Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a vulture inqualities or looks; as, the vulturine sea eagle (GypohieraxAngolensis); vulturine rapacity.The vulturine nose, which smells nothing but corruption, is no creditto its possessor. C. Kingsley."
"VULTURISH","Vulturous."
"VULTURISM","The quality or state of being like a vulture; rapaciousness."
"VULTUROUS","Like a vulture; rapacious."
"VULVA","The external parts of the female genital organs; sometimes, theopening between the projecting parts of the external organs."
"VULVIFORM","Like a cleft with projecting edges."
"VULVITIS","Inflammation of the vulva."
"VULVO-UTERINE","Pertaining both to the vulva and the uterus."
"VULVOVAGINAL","Pertaining both to the vulva and the vagina."
"VYCE","A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel headwhile the staves are being closed around it. Knight."
"VYING","a. & n. from Vie.-- Vy'ing*ly, adv."
"W","W, the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usuallya consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second elementof certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form andits name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form ofthe Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is mostrelated to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes inEngland, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the onefor the other, as weal for veal, and veal for weal; wine for vine,and vine for wine, etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, \u00a7\u00a7 266-268."
"WAAG","The grivet."
"WAAHOO","The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicinemade from it."
"WABBLE","To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other;to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis ofrotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning orwhirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles. wobble."
"WABBLY","Inclined to wabble; wabbling."
"WAD","Woad. [Obs.]"
"WADDIE","See Waddy."
"WADDLE","To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to theother, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily andtotteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child waddles when hebegins to walk; a goose waddles. Shak.She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace. Young."
"WADDLER","One who, or that which, waddles."
"WADDLINGLY","In a waddling manner."
"WADDY","To attack or beat with a waddy."
"WADDYWOOD","An Australian tree (Pittosporum bicolor); also, its wood, usedin making waddies."
"WADE","Woad. [Obs.] Mortimer."
"WADER","Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food,especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- calledalso wading bird. See Illust. g, under Aves."
"WADING","a. & n. from Wade, v. Wading bird. (Zo\u00f6l.) See Wader, 2."
"WADMOL","A coarse, hairy, woolen cloth, formerly used for garments bythe poor, and for various other purposes. [Spelled also wadmal,wadmeal, wadmoll, wadmel, etc.] Beck (Draper's Dict.). Sir W. Scott."
"WADSET","A kind of pledge or mortgage. [Written also wadsett.]"
"WADSETTER","One who holds by a wadset."
"WADY","A ravine through which a brook flows; the channel of a watercourse, which is dry except in the rainy season."
"WAE","A wave. [Obs.] Spenser."
"WAEG","The kittiwake. [Scot.]"
"WAFER","A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.Wafers piping hot out of the gleed. Chaucer.The curious work in pastry, the fine cakes, wafers, and marchpanes.Holland.A woman's oaths are wafers -- break with making B. Jonson."
"WAFERER","A dealer in the cakes called wafers; a confectioner. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"WAFT","To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.And now the shouts waft near the citadel. Dryden."
"WAFTAGE","Conveyance on a buoyant medium, as air or water. Shak.Boats prepared for waftage to and fro. Drayton."
"WAFTURE","The act of waving; a wavelike motion; a waft. R. Browning.An angry wafture of your hand. Shak."
"WAG","To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to andfro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body;as, to wag the head.No discerner durst wag his tongue in censure. Shak.Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.Jer. xviii. 16."
"WAG-HALTER","One who moves or wears a halter; one likely to be hanged.[Colloq. & Obs.]I can tell you, I am a mad wag-halter. Marston."
"WAGATI","A small East Indian wild cat (Felis wagati), regarded by someas a variety of the leopard cat."
"WAGE","To give security for the performance of. Burrill. To wagebattle (O. Eng. Law), to give gage, or security, for joining in theduellum, or combat. See Wager of battel, under Wager, n. Burrill.-- To wage one's law (Law), to give security to make one's law. SeeWager of law, under Wager, n."
"WAGEL","See Waggel."
"WAGENBOOM","A south African proteaceous tree (Protea grandiflora); also,its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels."
"WAGER","A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certainsum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one ofthem, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.Bouvier."
"WAGERER","One who wagers, or lays a bet."
"WAGERING","Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers. Wageringpolicy. (Com.) See Wager policy, under Policy."
"WAGES","A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paidfor labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2.The wages of sin is death. Rom. vi. 23.Wages fund (Polit. Econ.), the aggregate capital existing at any timein any country, which theoretically is unconditionally destined to bepaid out in wages. It was formerly held, by Mill and other politicaleconomists, that the average rate of wages in any country at any timedepended upon the relation of the wages fund to the number oflaborers. This theory has been greatly modified by the discovery ofother conditions affecting wages, which it does not take intoaccount. Encyc. Brit."
"WAGGEL","The young of the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus),formerly considered a distinct species. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WAGGERY","The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportivetrick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as,the waggery of a schoolboy. Locke.A drollery and lurking waggery of expression. W. Irving."
"WAGGIE","The pied wagtail. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WAGGLE","To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with awagging motion; to waddle.Why do you go nodding and waggling so L'Estrange."
"WAGNERIAN","Of, pertaining to, or resembling the style of, Richard Wagner,the German musical composer."
"WAGNERITE","A fluophosphate of magnesia, occurring in yellowish crystals,and also in massive forms."
"WAGON","The Dipper, or Charles's Wain."
"WAGON-HEADED","Having a top, or head, shaped like the top of a covered wagon,or resembling in section or outline an inverted U, thus as, awagonheaded ceiling."
"WAGON-ROOFED","Having a roof, or top, shaped like an inverted U; wagon-headed."
"WAGONER","The constellation Charles's Wain, or Ursa Major. See Ursamajor, under Ursa."
"WAGONETTE","A kind of pleasure wagon, uncovered and with seats extendedalong the sides, designed to carry six or eight persons besides thedriver."
"WAGONFUL","As much as a wagon will hold; enough to fill a wagon; awagonload."
"WAGONLOAD","Same as Wagonful."
"WAGONRY","Conveyance by means of a wagon or wagons. [Obs.] Milton."
"WAGONWRIGHT","One who makes wagons."
"WAGTAIL","Any one of many species of Old World singing birds belonging toMotacilla and several allied genera of the family Motacillid\u00e6. Theyhave the habit of constantly jerking their long tails up and down,whence the name. Field wagtail, any one of several species ofwagtails of the genus Budytes having the tail shorter, the legslonger, and the hind claw longer and straighter, than do the waterwagtails. Most of the species are yellow beneath. Called also yellowwagtail.-- Garden wagtail, the Indian black-breasted wagtail (NemoricolaIndica).-- Pied wagtail, the common European water wagtail (Motacillalugubris). It is variegated with black and white. The name is appliedalso to other allied species having similar colors. Called also pieddishwasher.-- Wagtail flycatcher, a true flycatcher (Sauloprocta motacilloides)common in Southern Australia, where it is very tame, and frequentsstock yards and gardens and often builds its nest about houses; --called also black fantail.-- Water wagtail. (a) Any one of several species of wagtails of therestricted genus Motacilla. They live chiefly on the shores of pondsand streams. (b) The American water thrush. See Water thrush.-- Wood wagtail, an Asiatic wagtail; (Calobates sulphurea) having aslender bill and short legs."
"WAH","The panda."
"WAHABEE","A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer ofMohammedanism. His doctrines prevail particularly among the Bedouins,and the sect, though checked in its influence, extends to most partsof Arabia, and also into India. [Written also Wahaby.]"
"WAHOO","A dark blue scombroid food fish (Acanthocibium solandri orpetus) of Florida and the West Indies."
"WAI WU PU","The Department of Foreign Affairs in the Chinese government."
"WAID","Oppressed with weight; crushed; weighed down. [Obs.] Tusser."
"WAIF","Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, suchgoods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended,which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of thefelon, took him, and brought him to justice. Blackstone."
"WAIFT","A waif. [Obs.] Spenser."
"WAIL","To choose; to select. [Obs.] 'Wailed wine and meats.' Henryson."
"WAILER","One who wails or laments."
"WAILERESS","A woman who wails. [Obs.]"
"WAILFUL","Sorrowful; mournful. ' Like wailful widows.' Spenser. 'Wailfulsonnets.' Shak."
"WAILINGLY","In a wailing manner."
"WAILMENT","Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket."
"WAIMENT","See Wayment. [Obs.]"
"WAINABLE","Capable of being plowed or cultivated; arable; tillable. [Obs.]Cowell."
"WAINAGE","A finding of carriages, carts, etc., for the transportation ofgoods, produce, etc. Ainsworth."
"WAINBOTE","See Cartbote. See also the Note under Bote."
"WAINSCOT","A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usuallymade in panels."
"WAINWRIGHT","Same as Wagonwright."
"WAIR","A piece of plank two yard Bailey."
"WAISTCLOTH","A covering of canvas or tarpaulin for the hammocks, stowed onthe nettings, between the quarterdeck and the forecastle."
"WAISTCOATEER","One wearing a waistcoat; esp., a woman wearing one uncovered,or thought fit for such a habit; hence, a loose woman; strumpet.[Obs.]Do you think you are here, sir, Amongst your waistcoateers, your basewenches Beau. & Fl."
"WAISTCOATING","A fabric designed for waistcoats; esp., one in which there is apattern, differently colored yarns being used."
"WAISTER","A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationedin the waist of a vessel of war. R. H. Dana, Jr."
"WAIT","Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in thesingular. [Obs.] Halliwell."
"WAIT-A-BIT","Any of several plants bearing thorns or stiff hookedappendages, which catch and tear the clothing, as:(a) The greenbrier.(b) Any of various species of hawthorn.(c) In South Africa, one of numerous acacias and mimosas.(d) The grapple plant.(e) The prickly ash."
"WAITING","a. & n. from Wait, v. In waiting, in attendance; as, lords inwaiting. [Eng.] -- Waiting gentlewoman, a woman who waits upon aperson of rank.-- Waiting maid, Waiting woman, a maid or woman who waits uponanother as a personal servant."
"WAITINGLY","By waiting."
"WAITRESS","A female waiter or attendant; a waiting maid or waiting woman."
"WAIVE","A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t.,3 (b), and the Note."
"WAIVER","The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, orprivilege."
"WAIVURE","See Waiver. [R.]"
"WAIWODE","See Waywode."
"WAKE","The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, anytrack; as, the wake of an army.This effect followed immediately in the wake of his earliestexertions. De Quincey.Several humbler persons . . . formed quite a procession in the dustywake of his chariot wheels. Thackeray."
"WAKE-ROBIN","Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, thecuckoopint (Arum maculatum)."
"WAKEFUL","Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.Dissembling sleep, but wakeful with the fright. Dryden.-- Wake'ful*ly, adv.-- Wake'ful*ness, n."
"WAKEN","To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.Early, Turnus wakening with the light. Dryden."
"WAKENER","One who wakens."
"WAKENING","The revival of an action. Burrill.They were too much ashamed to bring any wakening of the processagainst Janet. Sir W. Scott."
"WAKER","One who wakes."
"WAKETIME","Time during which one is awake. [R.] Mrs. Browning."
"WAKF","The granting or dedication of property in trust for a piouspurpose, that is, to some object that tends to the good of mankind,as to support a mosque or caravansary, to provide for support ofone's family, kin, or neighbors, to benefit some particular person orpersons and afterward the poor, etc.; also, the trust so created, orthe property in trust."
"WAKIF","The person creating a wakf."
"WALAWAY","See Welaway. [Obs.]"
"WALD","A forest; -- used as a termination of names. See Weald."
"WALDENSES","A sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of theRoman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven bypersecution to the valleys of Piedmont, where the sect survives. Theyprofess substantially Protestant principles."
"WALDENSIAN","Of or pertaining to the Waldenses.-- n."
"WALDGRAVE","In the old German empire, the head forest keeper."
"WALDHEIMIA","A genus of brachiopods of which many species are found in thefossil state. A few still exist in the deep sea."
"WALE","A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together andin position. Knight."
"WALER","A horse imported from New South Wales; also, any Australianhorse. [Colloq.]  Kipling."
"WALHALLA","See Valhalla."
"WALING","Same as Wale, n., 4."
"WALK","To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full.[Obs. or Scot.] To walk the plank, to walk off the plank into thewater and be drowned; -- an expression derived from the practice ofpirates who extended a plank from the side of a ship, and compelledthose whom they would drown to walk off into the water; figuratively,to vacate an office by compulsion. Bartlett."
"WALK-MILL","A fulling mill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"WALK-OVER","In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has nocompetitor for the prize; hence, colloquially, a one-sided contest;an uncontested, or an easy, victory."
"WALKABLE","Fit to be walked on; capable of being walked on or over. [R.]Swift."
"WALKER","A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space forinspection; a forester."
"WALKING","a. & n. from Walk, v. Walking beam. See Beam, 10.-- Walking crane, a kind of traveling crane. See under Crane.-- Walking fern. (Bot.) See Walking leaf, below.-- Walking fish (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of numerous species of Asiaticfishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, some of which, as O. marulius,become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gillslined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid inrespiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances overthe land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest fortheir young. Called also langya.-- Walking gentleman (Theater), an actor who usually fillssubordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but fewwords. [Cant] -- Walking lady (Theater), an actress who usually fillssuch parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant]-- Walking leaf. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern (Camptosorusrhizophyllus); -- so called because the fronds taper into slenderprolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing newplants. (b) (Zo\u00f6l.) A leaf insect. See under Leaf.-- Walking papers, or Walking ticket, an order to leave; dismissal,as from office. [Colloq.] Bartlett.-- Walking stick. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for handfor support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zo\u00f6l.) A stickinsect; -- called also walking straw. See Illust. of Stick insect,under Stick.-- Walking wheel (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel drivenby the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; atreadwheel."
"WALKYR","See Valkyria."
"WALL","A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; awale. Wall knot, a knot made by unlaying the strands of a rope, andmaking a bight with the first strand, then passing the second overthe end of the first, and the third over the end of the second andthrough the bight of the first; a wale knot. Wall knots may be singleor double, crowned or double-crowned."
"WALL STREET","A street towards the southern end of the borough of Manhattan,New York City, extending from Broadway to the East River; -- socalled from the old wall which extended along it when the citybelonged to the Dutch. It is the chief financial center of the UnitedStates, hence the name is often used for the money market and thefinancial interests of the country."
"WALL-EYED","Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color. Booth."
"WALL-PLAT","The spotted flycatcher. It builds its nest on walls. [Prov.Eng.]"
"WALL-SIDED","Having sides nearly perpendicular; -- said of certain vesselsto distinguish them from those having flaring sides, or sidestumbling home (see under Tumble, v. i.)."
"WALLABA","A leguminous tree (Eperua falcata) of Demerara, with pinnateleaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is usedfor palings and shingles. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants)."
"WALLABY","Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genusHalmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smallerspecies, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H.thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district andbushy plains. [Written also wallabee, and whallabee.]"
"WALLACHIAN","Of or pertaining to Wallachia, a former principality, now partof the kingdom, of Roumania. -- n."
"WALLACK","See Wallachian."
"WALLAH","A black variety of the jaguar; -- called also tapir tiger.[Written also walla.]"
"WALLAROO","Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus Macropus,especially M. robustus, sometimes called the great wallaroo."
"WALLBIRD","The spotted flycatcher. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WALLER","One who builds walls."
"WALLERIAN DEGENERATION","A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result oftheir division; -- so called from Dr. Waller, who published anaccount of it in 1850."
"WALLETEER","One who carries a wallet; a foot traveler; a tramping beggar.[Colloq.] Wright."
"WALLFLOWER","A perennial, cruciferous plant (Cheiranthus Cheiri), withsweet-scented flowers varying in color from yellow to orange and deepred. In Europe it very common on old walls."
"WALLHICK","The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor). [Prov. Eng.]"
"WALLOONS","A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium whichcomprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Li\u00e9ge, and Luxembourg, andabout one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people.Used also adjectively. [Written also Wallons.] 'A base Walloon . . .thrust Talbot with a spear.' Shak. Walloon guard, the bodyguard ofthe Spanish monarch; -- so called because formerly consisting ofWalloons."
"WALLOP","To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop. [Prov. Eng.& Scot.]"
"WALLOW","To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean. 'Wallowthyself in ashes.' Jer. vi. 26."
"WALLOWER","A lantern wheel; a trundle."
"WALLOWISH","Flat; insipid. [Obs.] Overbury."
"WALLWORT","The dwarf elder, or danewort (Sambucus Ebulus)."
"WALM","To roll; to spout; to boil up. [Obs.] Holland."
"WALNUT","The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus Juglans; also, thetree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species are allnatives of the north temperate zone."
"WALRUS","A very large marine mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Sealfamily, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and powerfultusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these in procuring foodand in fighting. It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin. It feedslargely on mollusks. Called also morse."
"WALTER","To roll or wallow; to welter. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"WALTRON","A walrus. [Obs.] Woodward."
"WALTY","Liable to roll over; crank; as, a walty ship. [R.] Longfellow."
"WALTZ","A dance performed by two persons in circular figures with awhirling motion; also, a piece of music composed in triple measurefor this kind of dance."
"WALTZER","A person who waltzes."
"WALWE","To wallow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WALY","An exclamation of grief. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"WAMBLE","Disturbance of the stomach; a feeling of nausea. Holland."
"WAMBLE-CROPPED","Sick at the stomach; also, crestfallen; dejected. [Slang]"
"WAMMEL","To move irregularly or awkwardly; to wamble, or wabble. [Prov.Eng.]"
"WAMP","The common American eider."
"WAMPUM","Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians asmoney, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.Round his waist his belt of wampum. Longfellow.Girded with his wampum braid. Whittier."
"WAN","Won. Chaucer."
"WANDER","To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to strollthrough. [R.] '[Elijah] wandered this barren waste.' Milton."
"WANDERER","One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one whodeviates from duty."
"WANDERING","a. & n. from Wander, v. Wandering albatross (Zo\u00f6l.), the greatwhite albatross. See Illust. of Albatross.-- Wandering cell (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses thepower of spontaneous movement, as one of the white corpuscles of theblood.-- Wandering Jew (Bot.), any one of several creeping species ofTradescantia, which have alternate, pointed leaves, and a soft,herbaceous stem which roots freely at the joints. They are commonlycultivated in hanging baskets, window boxes, etc.-- Wandering kidney (Med.), a morbid condition in which one kidney,or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain directions; --called also floating kidney, movable kidney.-- Wandering liver (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver, similarto wandering kidney.-- Wandering mouse (Zo\u00f6l.), the whitefooted, or deer, mouse. SeeIllust. of Mouse.-- Wandering spider (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of a tribe of spiders thatwander about in search of their prey."
"WANDERINGLY","In a wandering manner."
"WANDERMENT","The act of wandering, or roaming. [Obs.] Bp. Hall."
"WANDEROO","A large monkey (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It isblack, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encirclingthe face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon,and great wanderoo. [Written also ouanderoo.]"
"WANDY","Long and flexible, like a wand. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett."
"WANE","To cause to decrease. [Obs.] B. Jonson."
"WANEY","A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log notperfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring. SeeWany, a."
"WANG","See Whang. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"WANGAN","A boat for conveying provisions, tools, etc.; -- so called byMaine lumbermen. [Written also wangun.] Bartlett."
"WANGER","A pillow for the cheek; a pillow. [Obs. & R.]His bright helm was his wanger. Chaucer."
"WANGHEE","The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointedcane, of the genus Phyllostachys. The slender stems are much used forwalking sticks. [Written also whanghee.]"
"WANGO","A boomerang."
"WANHOPE","Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion.[Obs.] Piers Plowman. 'Wanhope and distress.' Chaucer."
"WANHORN","An East Indian plant (K\u00e6mpferia Galanga) of the Ginger family.See Galanga."
"WANIAND","The wane of the moon. [Obs.] Halliwell."
"WANING","The act or process of waning, or decreasing.This earthly moon, the Church, hath fulls and wanings, and sometimesher eclipses. Bp. Hall."
"WANION","A word of uncertain signification, used only in the phrase witha wanion, apparently equivalent to with a vengeance, with a plague,or with misfortune. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Latimer."
"WANKLE","Not to be depended on; weak; unstable. [Prov. Eng.] Grose."
"WANLY","In a wan, or pale, manner."
"WANNED","Made wan, or pale."
"WANNESS","The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color;paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever."
"WANNISH","Somewhat wan; of a pale hue.No sun, but a wannish glare, In fold upon fold of hueless cloud.Tennyson."
"WANT","A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequentdeposition took place. [Eng.]"
"WANTAGE","That which is wanting; deficiency."
"WANTING","Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy;as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion."
"WANTLESS","Having no want; abundant; fruitful."
"WANTON","To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness. [Obs.]"
"WANTONIZE","To behave wantonly; to frolic; to wanton. [R.] Lamb."
"WANTONNESS","The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint;sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness. Gower.The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and turn them intowantonness. Eikon Basilike.Young gentlemen would be as sad as night Only for wantonness. Shak."
"WANTRUST","Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence;distrust. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WANTWIT","One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool. [Obs.]Shak."
"WANTY","A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load uponthe back of a beast; also, a leather tie; a short wagon rope. [Prov.Eng.]"
"WANY","To wane. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WANZE","To wane; to wither. [Obs.]"
"WAP","To beat; to whap. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Sir T. Malory."
"WAPACUT","The American hawk owl. See under Hawk."
"WAPATOO","The edible tuber of a species of arrowhead (Sagittariavariabilis); -- so called by the Indians of Oregon. [Written alsowappato.]"
"WAPED","Cast down; crushed by misery; dejected. [Obs.]"
"WAPENTAKE","In some northern counties of England, a division, or district,answering to the hundred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire,and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds.[Written also wapentac.] Selden. Blackstone."
"WAPINSCHAW","An exhibition of arms. according to the rank of the individual,by all persons bearing arms; -- formerly made at certain seasons ineach district. [Scot.] Jamieson. Sir W. Scott."
"WAPITI","The American elk (Cervus Canadensis). It is closely related tothe European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size."
"WAPPATO","See Wapatoo."
"WAPPENED","A word of doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare.This [gold] is itThat makes the wappen'd widow wed again."
"WAPPER","To cause to shake; to tremble; to move tremulously, as fromweakness; to totter. [Obs.]"
"WAPPET","A small yelping cur. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WAPPING","Yelping. [R.] Fuller."
"WAR","Ware; aware. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WAR-BEATEN","Warworn."
"WARBLE","See Wormil."
"WARBLER","Any one of numerous species of small Old World singing birdsbelonging to the family Sylviid\u00e6, many of which are noted songsters.The bluethroat, blackcap, reed warbler (see under Reed), and sedgewarbler (see under Sedge) are well-known species."
"WARBLINGLY","In a warbling manner."
"WARD-CORN","The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch,n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise.Burrill."
"WARDCORPS","Guardian; one set to watch over another. [Obs.] 'Though thoupreyedest Argus . . . to be my wardcorps.' Chaucer."
"WARDEN","A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting.[Obs.]I would have had him roasted like a warden. Beau. & Fl.Warden pie, a pie made of warden pears. [Obs.] Shak."
"WARDIAN","Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure forkeeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants froma distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from theinventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman."
"WARDMOTE","Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, acourt formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults inmatters relating to the watch, police, and the like. Brande & C.'Wards and wardmotes.' Piers Plowman."
"WARDROOM","A room occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers of awar vessel. See Gunroom. Totten."
"WARDSMAN","A man who keeps ward; a guard. [R.] Sydney Smith."
"WARE","Wore."
"WAREFUL","Wary; watchful; cautious. [Obs.]"
"WAREFULNESS","Wariness; cautiousness. [Obs.] 'Full of warefulness.' Sir P.Sidney."
"WAREGA FLY","(Zo\u00f6l.) A Brazilian fly whose larv\u00e6 live in the skin of man andanimals, producing painful sores."
"WAREHOUSE","A storehouse for wares, or goods. Addison."
"WAREHOUSING","The act of placing goods in a warehouse, or in a customhousestore. Warehousing system, an arrangement for lodging importedarticles in the customhouse stores, without payment of duties untilthey are taken out for home consumption. If re\u00ebxported, they are notcharged with a duty. See Bonded warehouse, under Bonded, a."
"WARELESS","Unwary; incautious; unheeding; careless; unaware. [Obs.]And wareless of the evil That by themselves unto themselves iswrought. Spenser."
"WARELY","Cautiously; warily. [Obs.]They bound him hand and foot with iron chains, And with continualwatch did warely keep. Spenser."
"WARENCE","Madder."
"WAREROOM","A room in which goods are stored or exhibited for sale."
"WARES","See 4th Ware."
"WARFARE","To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars. Camden."
"WARFARER","One engaged in warfare; a military man; a soldier; a warrior."
"WARHABLE","Fit for war. [Obs.] 'Warhable youth.' Spenser."
"WARIANGLE","The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also w\u00fcrger,worrier, and throttler. [Written also warriangle, weirangle, etc.][Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"WARILY","In a wary manner."
"WARIMENT","Wariness. [Obs.] Spenser."
"WARINE","A South American monkey, one of the sapajous."
"WARINESS","The quality or state of being wary; care to foresee and guardagainst evil; cautiousness. 'An almost reptile wariness.' G. W.Cable.To determine what are little things in religion, great wariness is tobe used. Sprat."
"WARISH","To protect from the effects of; hence, to cure; to heal. [Obs.]My brother shall be warished hastily. Chaucer.Varro testifies that even at this day there be some who warish andcure the stinging of serpents with their spittle. Holland."
"WARK","Work; a building. [Obs. or Scot.] Spenser."
"WARKLOOM","A tool; an implement. [Scot.]"
"WARLIKENESS","Quality of being warlike."
"WARLING","One often quarreled with; -- darling. [Obs.]Better be an old man's darling than a young man's warling. Camde"
"WARLOCK","A male witch; a wizard; a sprite; an imp. [Written alsowarluck.] Dryden.It was Eyvind Kallda's crew Of warlocks blue, With their caps ofdarkness hooded! Longfellow."
"WARLOCKRY","Impishness; magic."
"WARLY","Warlike. Burns."
"WARM","Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; --said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and itscompounds."
"WARM-BLOODED","Having warm blood; -- applied especially to those animals, asbirds and mammals, which have warm blood, or, more properly, thepower of maintaining a nearly uniform temperature whatever thetemperature of the surrounding air. See Homoiothermal."
"WARM-HEARTED","Having strong affection; cordial; sincere; hearty; sympathetic.-- Warm'-heart`ed*ness, n."
"WARMER","One who, or that which, warms."
"WARMFUL","Abounding in capacity to warm; giving warmth; as, a warmfulgarment. [R.] Chapman."
"WARMING","a. & n. from Warm, v. Warming pan, a long-handled covered paninto which live coals are put, -- used for warming beds. Shak."
"WARMLY","In a warm manner; ardently."
"WARMNESS","Warmth. Chaucer."
"WARMONGER","One who makes ar a trade or business; a mercenary. [R.]Spenser."
"WARMOUTH","An American freshwater bream, or sunfish (Ch\u00e6nobryttusgulosus); -- called also red-eyed bream."
"WARMTH","The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors;hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work ofcolor."
"WARMTHLESS","Being without warmth; not communicating warmth; cold. [R.]Coleridge."
"WARN","To refuse. [Written also wern, worn.] [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WARNER","One who warns; an admonisher."
"WARNING","Giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; as, a warningvoice.That warning timepiece never ceased. Longfellow.Warning piece, Warning wheel (Horol.), a piece or wheel whichproduces a sound shortly before the clock strikes."
"WARNINGLY","In a warning manner."
"WARNSTORE","To furnish. [Obs.] 'To warnstore your house.' Chaucer."
"WARP","To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached toa buoy, anchor, or other fixed object."
"WARP KNITTING","A kind of knitting in which a number of threads areinterchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side."
"WARPAGE","The act of warping; also, a charge per ton made on shipping insome harbors."
"WARPATH","The route taken by a party of Indians going on a warlikeexpedition. Schoolcraft. On the warpath, on a hostile expedition;hence, colloquially, about to attack a person or measure."
"WARPROOF","Valor tried by war."
"WARRAGAL","The dingo."
"WARRANDICE","The obligation by which a person, conveying a subject or aright, is bound to uphold that subject or right against every claim,challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to theconveyance; warranty. [Written also warrandise.] Craig."
"WARRANTABLE","Authorized by commission, precept, or right; justifiable;defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always warrantable by lawand justice; falsehood is never warrantable.His meals are coarse and short, his employment warrantable, his sleepcertain and refreshing. South.-- War'rant*a*ble*ness, n.-- War'rant*bly, adv."
"WARRANTEE","The person to whom a warrant or warranty is made."
"WARRANTER","One who assures, or covenants to assure; one who contracts tosecure another in a right, or to make good any defect of title orquality; one who gives a warranty; a guarantor; as, the warranter ofa horse."
"WARRANTISE","Authority; security; warranty. [Obs.] Shak."
"WARRANTOR","One who warrants."
"WARRANTY","A covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of freeholdand his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and, incase of eviction by title paramount, to yield other lands of equalvalue in recompense. This warranty has long singe become obsolete,and its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among theseis the covenant of warranty, which runs with the land, and is in thenature of a real covenant. Kent."
"WARRAY","To make war upon. [Obs.] Fairfax. 'When a man warrayeth truth.'Chaucer."
"WARRE","Worse. [Obs.]They say the world is much warre than it wont. Spenser."
"WARRENER","The keeper of a warren."
"WARRIANGLE","See Wariangle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"WARRIE","See Warye. [Obs.]"
"WARRIN","An Australian lorikeet (Trichoglossus multicolor) remarkablefor the variety and brilliancy of its colors; -- called also blue-bellied lorikeet, and blue-bellied parrot."
"WARRIOR","A man engaged or experienced in war, or in the military life; asoldier; a champion.Warriors old with ordered spear and shield. Milton.Warrior ant (Zo\u00f6l.), a reddish ant (Formica sanguinea) native ofEurope and America. It is one of the species which move in armies tocapture and enslave other ants."
"WARRIORESS","A female warrior. [Obs.] Spenser."
"WARRY","See Warye. [Obs.]"
"WART","A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargementof its vascular papill\u00e6, and thickening of the epidermis which coversthem."
"WART HOG","Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs ofthe genus Phacochoerus. These animals have a pair of large, rough,fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes.The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The bodyis scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. TheSouth African species (Phacochoerus \u00c6thiopicus) is the best known.Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. \u00c6liani) is native ofthe coasts of the Red Sea."
"WARTED","Having little knobs on the surface; verrucose; as, a wartedcapsule."
"WARTLESS","Having no wart."
"WARTWEED","Same as Wartwort."
"WARTWORT","A name given to several plants because they were thought to bea cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), andthe nipplewort (Lampsana communis)."
"WARTY-BACK","An American fresh-water mussel (Quadrula pustulosa). Its shellis used in making buttons."
"WARWICKITE","A dark brown or black mineral, occurring in prismatic crystalsimbedded in limestone near Warwick, New York. It consists of theborate and titanate of magnesia and iron."
"WARWORN","Worn with military service; as, a warworn soldier; a warworncoat. Shak."
"WARYE","To curse; to curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex.[Obs.] [Spelled also warrie, warry, and wary.] 'Whom I thus blame andwarye.' Chaucer."
"WAS","The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in theindicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was."
"WASE","A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressureof burdens carried upon the head. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"WASH","Washy; weak. [Obs.]Their bodies of so weak and wash a temper. Beau. & Fl."
"WASH DRAWING","In water-color painting, work in, or a work done chiefly in,washes, as distinguished from that done in stipple, in body color,etc."
"WASH SALE","A sale made in washing. See Washing, n., 3, above."
"WASH STAND","In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so thatcarriages or automobiles may be washed there and the water run off.[Cant]"
"WASH-OFF","Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; -- saidof colors not fixed by steaming or otherwise."
"WASHABLE","Capable of being washed without damage to fabric or color."
"WASHBOARD","A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keepthe sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lowerdeck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard. Mar. Di"
"WASHBOWL","A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face,etc."
"WASHDISH","Same as Washerwoman, 2. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WASHED","Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different color;-- said of the colors of certain birds and insects."
"WASHED SALE","Same as Wash sale."
"WASHEN","p. p. of Wash. Chaucer."
"WASHER","A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub,sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening."
"WASHERMAN","A man who washes clothes, esp. for hire, or for others."
"WASHERWOMAN","The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating thewater with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants.[Prov. Eng.]"
"WASHHOUSE","An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; alaundry."
"WASHINESS","The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak."
"WASHINGTONIAN","A member of the Washingtonian Society."
"WASHOE PROCESS","The process of treating silver ores by grinding in pans or tubswith the addition of mercury, and sometimes of chemicals such as bluevitriol and salt."
"WASHOUT","The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portionof the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet;also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where theearth has been washed away."
"WASHPOT","A pot containing melted tin into which the plates are dipped tobe coated."
"WASHSTAND","A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, andother requisites for washing the person."
"WASHTUB","A tub in which clothes are washed."
"WASITE","A variety of allanite from Sweden supposed to contain wasium."
"WASIUM","A rare element supposed by Bahr to have been extracted fromwasite, but now identified with thorium."
"WASP","Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects,esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includesthe true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets."
"WASSAIL","Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, awassail bowl. 'Awassail candle, my lord, all tallow.' Shak. Wassailbowl, a bowl in which wassail was mixed, and placed upon the table.'Spiced wassail bowl.' J. Fletcher. 'When the cloth was removed, thebutler brought in a huge silver vessel . . . Its appearance washailed with acclamation, being the wassail bowl so renowned inChristmas festivity.' W. Irving.-- Wassail cup, a cup from which wassail was drunk."
"WASSAILER","One who drinks wassail; one who engages in festivity,especially in drinking; a reveler.The rudeness and swilled insolence Of such late wassailers. Milton."
"WAST","The second person singular of the verb be, in the indicativemood, imperfect tense; -- now used only in solemn or poetical style.See Was."
"WASTAGE","Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste."
"WASTE","To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or bysuffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay."
"WASTEBASKET","A basket used in offices, libraries, etc., as a receptacle forwaste paper."
"WASTEBOARD","See Washboard, 3."
"WASTEBOOK","A book in which rough entries of transactions are made,previous to their being carried into the journal."
"WASTEL","A kind of white and fine bread or cake; -- called also wastelbread, and wastel cake. [Obs.]Roasted flesh or milk and wasted bread. Chaucer.The simnel bread and wastel cakes, which were only used at the tablesof the highest nobility. Sir W. Scott."
"WASTETHRIFT","A spendthrift. [Obs.]"
"WASTEWEIR","An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, ofsuperfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like."
"WASTING","Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, awasting disease; a wasting fortune. Wasting palsy (Med.), progressivemuscular atrophy. See under Progressive."
"WASTOR","A waster; a thief. [Obs. or R.] [Written also wastour.]Chaucer. Southey."
"WASTOREL","See Wastrel. [Obs.]"
"WATCH","To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in itsplace; -- said of a buoy. To watch over, to be cautiously observantof; to inspect, superintend, and guard."
"WATCH MEETING","A religious meeting held in the closing hours of the year."
"WATCHDOG","A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to givenotice of the approach of intruders."
"WATCHER","One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligentobserver; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during thenight."
"WATCHES","The leaves of Sarace. See Trumpets."
"WATCHET","Pale or light blue. [Obs.] 'Watchet mantles.' Spenser.Who stares in Germany at watchet eyes Dryden."
"WATCHFUL","Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely;observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated orguarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with againstbefore the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the growthof vicious habits. 'Many a watchful night.' Shak. 'Happy watchfulshepherds.' Milton.'Twixt prayer and watchful love his heart dividing. Keble."
"WATCHMAKER","One whose occupation is to make and repair watches."
"WATCHTOWER","A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, theapproach of danger, or the like."
"WATER","A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance;as, ammonia water. U. S. Pharm."
"WATER AGRIMONY","A kind of bur marigold (Bidens tripartita) found in wet placesin Europe."
"WATER ALOE","See Water soldier."
"WATER ANTELOPE","See Water buck."
"WATER ARUM","An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is aninhabitant of the north temperate zone."
"WATER BACK","See under 1st Back."
"WATER BAILIFF","An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels.[Eng.]"
"WATER BALLAST","Water confined in specially constructed compartments in avessel's hold, to serve as ballast."
"WATER BAROMETER","A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure areindicated by the motion of a column of water instead of mercury. Itrequires a column of water about thirty-three feet in height."
"WATER BATH","A device for regulating the temperature of anything subjectedto heat, by surrounding the vessel containing it with another vesselcontaining water which can be kept at a desired temperature; also, avessel designed for this purpose."
"WATER BATTERY","A voltaic battery in which the exciting fluid is water."
"WATER BEAR","Any species of Tardigrada, 2. See Illust. of Tardigrada."
"WATER BED","A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabricand filled with water. It is used in hospitals for bedriddenpatients."
"WATER BEECH","The American hornbeam. See Hornbeam."
"WATER BEETLE","Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging toDytiscus and allied genera of the family Dytiscid\u00e6, and to variousgenera of the family Hydrophilid\u00e6. These beetles swim with greatagility, the fringed hind legs acting together like oars."
"WATER BELLOWS","Same as Tromp."
"WATER BIRD","Any aquatic bird; a water fowl."
"WATER BLACKBIRD","The European water ousel, or dipper."
"WATER BOATMAN","A boat bug."
"WATER BRAIN","A disease of sheep; gid."
"WATER BRASH","See under Brash."
"WATER BREATHER","Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills."
"WATER BRIDGE","See Water table."
"WATER BUCK","A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native ofCentral Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a goodswimmer. It has a white ring around the rump. Called also photomok,water antelope, and waterbok."
"WATER BUFFALO","The European buffalo."
"WATER BUTT","A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water.Dickens."
"WATER CALTROP","The water chestnut."
"WATER CAN","Any one of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily; --so called from the shape of the seed vessel. See Nuphar, and cf.Candock. Dr. Prior."
"WATER CANKER","See Canker, n., 1."
"WATER CART","A cart carrying water; esp., one carrying water for sale, orfor sprinkling streets, gardens, etc."
"WATER CAVY","The capybara."
"WATER CELERY","A very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in ditchesand wet places; -- called also cursed crowfoot."
"WATER CELL","A cell containing water; specifically (Zo\u00f6l.), one of the cellsor chambers in which water is stored up in the stomach of a camel."
"WATER CEMENT","Hydraulic cement."
"WATER CHESTNUT","The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World waterplants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard andsharp points; also, the plant itself; -- called also water caltrop."
"WATER CHEVROTAIN","A large West African chevrotain (Hy\u00e6moschus aquaticus). It hasa larger body and shorter legs than the other allied species. Calledalso water deerlet."
"WATER CHICKEN","The common American gallinule."
"WATER CHICKWEED","A small annual plant (Montia fontana) growing in wet places insouthern regions."
"WATER CHINQUAPIN","The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhatresemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin."
"WATER CLOCK","An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall,or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra."
"WATER COCK","A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia,India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is blackand has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head.Called also kora."
"WATER COURSE","A running stream of water having a bed and banks; the easementone may have in the flowing of such a stream in its accustomedcourse. A water course may be sometimes dry. Angell. Burrill."
"WATER CRAFT","Any vessel or boat plying on water; vessels and boats,collectively."
"WATER CRANE","A goose-neck apparatus for supplying water from an elevatedtank, as to the tender of a locomotive."
"WATER CRESS","A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growingusually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, andused for salad and as an antiscorbutic."
"WATER CROWFOOT","An aquatic kind of buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis), used asfood for cattle in parts of England. Great water crowfoot, anAmerican water plant (Ranunculus multifidus), having deep yellowflowers."
"WATER CURE","Hydropathy."
"WATER DECK","A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon'shorse. Wilhelm."
"WATER DEERLET","See Water chevrotain."
"WATER DEVIL","The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophiluspiceus), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water beetle."
"WATER DOCK","A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American waterdock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum."
"WATER DOG","A dog accustomed to the water, or trained to retrievewaterfowl. Retrievers, waters spaniels, and Newfoundland dogs are sotrained."
"WATER DRAIN","A drain or channel for draining off water."
"WATER DRAINAGE","The draining off of water."
"WATER DRESSING","The treatment of wounds or ulcers by the application of water;also, a dressing saturated with water only, for application to awound or an ulcer."
"WATER DROPWORT","A European poisonous umbelliferous plant (Enanthe fistulosa)with large hollow stems and finely divided leaves."
"WATER EAGLE","The osprey."
"WATER ELDER","The guelder-rose."
"WATER ELEPHANT","The hippopotamus. [R.]"
"WATER ENGINE","An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, anengine or machine for extinguishing fires; a fire engine."
"WATER FLAG","A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having brightyellow flowers."
"WATER FLANNEL","A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of aEuropean fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata)."
"WATER FLEA","Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostracabelonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; -- so called becausethey swim with sudden leaps, or starts."
"WATER FLOUNDER","The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus). [Local, U. S.]"
"WATER FOX","The carp; -- so called on account of its cunning. Walton."
"WATER FRAME","A name given to the first power spinning machine, becausedriven by water power."
"WATER FURROW","A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keepingthe surface soil dry."
"WATER GAGE","See Water gauge."
"WATER GANG","A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, todrain water out of marshes. Burrill."
"WATER GAS","See under Gas."
"WATER GATE","A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted,prevented, or regulated."
"WATER GAVEL","A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in someriver or water."
"WATER GERMANDER","A labiate plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy places inEurope."
"WATER GILDING","The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces bycovering them with a thin coating of amalgam of gold, and thenvolatilizing the mercury by heat; -- called also wash gilding."
"WATER GLASS","See Soluble glass, under Glass."
"WATER GOD","A fabulous deity supposed to dwell in, and preside over, somebody of water."
"WATER GRASS","The water cress. (3)"
"WATER GRUEL","A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal, orother farinaceous substance, boiled and seasoned."
"WATER HARE","A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on ornear the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also waterrabbit, and swamp hare."
"WATER HEMP","See under Hemp."
"WATER HEN","Any gallinule."
"WATER HOG","The capybara."
"WATER HOREHOUND","Bugleweed."
"WATER HYACINTH","Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genusEichhornia, related to the pickerel weed."
"WATER ICE","Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as aconfection."
"WATER INCH","Same as Inch of water, under Water."
"WATER JACKET","A chamber surrounding a vessel or tube in which water may becirculated, thereby regulating the temperature or supply of heat tothe vessel. Used in laboratory and manufacturing equipment. water-jacketed. Having a water jacket; -- as, a water-jacketed condenser."
"WATER JOINT","A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightlyhigher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken ordished. The raised surface is intended to prevent the settling ofwater in the joints."
"WATER JUNKET","The common sandpiper."
"WATER LAVEROCK","The common sandpiper."
"WATER LEG","See Leg, 7."
"WATER LEMON","The edible fruit of two species of passion flower (Passifloralaurifolia, and P. maliformis); -- so called in the West Indies."
"WATER LETTUCE","A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters,and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves. J. Smith (Dict.Econ. Plants)."
"WATER LILY","A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymph\u00e6a,distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers.See Nymph\u00e6a."
"WATER LIME","Hydraulic lime."
"WATER LINE","Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallelwith the surface of the water at various heights from the keel."
"WATER LIZARD","Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of theNile. See Monitor, n., 3."
"WATER LOCUST","A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which growsin the swamps of the Mississippi valley."
"WATER MEADOW","A meadow, or piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept ina state of fertility by being overflowed with water from someadjoining river or stream."
"WATER MEASURE","A measure formerly used for articles brought by water, ascoals, oysters, etc. The water-measure bushel was three gallonslarger than the Winchester bushel. Cowell."
"WATER MEASURER","Any one of numerous species of water; the skater. See Skater,n., 2."
"WATER METER","A contrivance for measuring a supply of water delivered orreceived for any purpose, as from a street main."
"WATER MILFOIL","Any plant of the genus Myriophyllum, aquatic herbs with whorledleaves, the submersed ones pinnately parted into capillary divisions."
"WATER MILL","A mill whose machinery is moved by water; -- distinguished froma windmill, and a steam mill."
"WATER MINT","A kind of mint (Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, andsometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot."
"WATER MITE","Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachnaand allied genera of the family Hydrachnid\u00e6, usually having the legsfringed and adapted for swimming. They are often red or red and blackin color, and while young are parasites of fresh-water insects andmussels. Called also water tick, and water spider."
"WATER MOCCASIN","A venomous North American snake (Ancistrodon piscivorus) alliedto the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It lives in or aboutpools and ponds, and feeds largely of fishes. Called also watersnake, water adder, water viper."
"WATER MONITOR","A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. Itfrequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes fiveor six feet long. Called also two-banded monitor, and kabaragoya. Thename is also applied to other aquatic monitors."
"WATER MONKEY","A jar or bottle, as of porous earthenware, in which water iscooled by evaporation."
"WATER MOUSE","Any one of several species of mice belonging to the genusHydromys, native of Australia and Tasmania. Their hind legs arestrong and their toes partially webbed. They live on the borders ofstreams, and swim well. They are remarkable as being the only rodentsfound in Australia."
"WATER MURRAIN","A kind of murrain affecting cattle. Crabb."
"WATER NEWT","Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders; a triton."
"WATER NYMPH","A goddess of any stream or other body of water, whether one ofthe Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides."
"WATER OAT","Indian rice. See under Rice."
"WATER OPOSSUM","See Yapock, and the Note under Opossum."
"WATER ORDEAL","Same as Ordeal by water. See the Note under Ordeal, n., 1."
"WATER PARSNIP","Any plant of the aquatic umbelliferous genus Sium, poisonousherbs with pinnate or dissected leaves and small white flowers."
"WATER PARTING","A summit from the opposite sides of which rain waters flow todifferent streams; a line separating the drainage districts of twostreams or coasts; a divide."
"WATER PARTRIDGE","The ruddy duck. [Local, U. S.]"
"WATER PENNYWORT","Marsh pennywort. See under Marsh."
"WATER PIET","The water ousel."
"WATER PIG","The capybara."
"WATER PILLAR","A waterspout. [Obs.]"
"WATER PIMPERNEL","A small white-flowered shrub; brookweed."
"WATER PIPE","A pipe for conveying water."
"WATER PITCHER","One of a family of plants having pitcher-shaped leaves. Thesidesaddle flower (Sarracenia purpurea) is the type."
"WATER PLANT","A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant."
"WATER PLANTAIN","A kind of plant with acrid leaves. See under 2d Plantain."
"WATER PLATE","A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom orjacket. Knight."
"WATER POA","Meadow reed grass. See under Reed."
"WATER POCKET","A water hole in the bed of an intermittent stream, esp. thebowl at the foot of a cliff over which the stream leaps when in theflood stage. [Western U. S.]"
"WATER POISE","A hydrometer."
"WATER PORE","A pore by which the water tubes of various invertebrates openexternally."
"WATER POX","A variety of chicken pox, or varicella. Dunglison."
"WATER PRIVILEGE","The advantage of using water as a mechanical power; also, theplace where water is, or may be, so used. See under Privilege."
"WATER PURSLANE","See under Purslane."
"WATER QUALM","See Water brash, under Brash."
"WATER RABBIT","See Water hare."
"WATER RADISH","A coarse yellow-flowered plant (Nasturtium amphibium) relatedto the water cress and to the horse-radish."
"WATER RAIL","Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, asthe common European species (Rallus aquaticus). See Illust. of Rail."
"WATER RAM","An hydraulic ram."
"WATER RATE","A rate or tax for a supply of water."
"WATER RICE","Indian rice. See under Rice."
"WATER ROCKET","A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellowflowers."
"WATER SAIL","A small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under adriver boom, and reaching nearly to the water."
"WATER SAPPHIRE","A deep blue variety of iolite, sometimes used as a gem; --called also saphir d'eau."
"WATER SCORPION","See Nepa."
"WATER SCREW","A screw propeller."
"WATER SHIELD","An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floatingoval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly."
"WATER SHREW","Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet andcapable of swimming actively. The two common European species(Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The mostcommon American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palustris), israrely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits."
"WATER SNAIL","Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limn\u00e6a,and allied genera; a pond snail."
"WATER SOLDIER","An aquatic European plant (Stratiotes aloides) with bayonet-shaped leaves."
"WATER SOUCHY","A dish consisting of small fish stewed and served in a littlewater. [Written also water souchet.] See Zoutch."
"WATER SPANIEL","A curly-haired breed of spaniels, naturally very fond of thewater."
"WATER SPEEDWELL","A kind of speedwell (Veronica Anagallis) found in wet places inEurope and America."
"WATER SPINNER","The water spider."
"WATER SPRITE","A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water. J. R.Drake."
"WATER STAR GRASS","An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, andyellow star-shaped blossoms."
"WATER STARWORT","See under Starwort."
"WATER SUPPLY","A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as inreservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, orthe like."
"WATER TABBY","A kind of waved or watered tabby. See Tabby, n., 1."
"WATER TABLE","A molding, or other projection, in the wall of a building, tothrow off the water, -- generally used in the United States for thefirst table above the surface of the ground (see Table, n., 9), thatis, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning ofthe upper wall."
"WATER TENDER","In the United States navy, a first-class petty officer incharge in a fireroom. He 'tends' water to the boilers, sees thatfires are properly cleaned and stoked, etc. There is also a rating ofchief water tender, who is a chief petty officer."
"WATER THERMOMETER","A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, forascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains itsmaximum density. This is about 39\u00ba Fahr., or 4\u00ba Centigrade; and fromthat point down to 32\u00ba Fahr., or 0\u00ba Centigrade, or the freezingpoint, it expands."
"WATER THIEF","A pirate. [R.] Shak."
"WATER THYME","See Anacharis."
"WATER TICK","Same as Water mite."
"WATER TIGER","A diving, or water, beetle, especially the larva of a waterbeetle. See Illust. b of Water beetle."
"WATER TORCH","The common cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the spike of which makesa good torch soaked in oil. Dr. Prior."
"WATER TOWER","A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections,and used for discharging water upon burning buildings."
"WATER TREE","A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, or potatoria) of WesternAfrica, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems."
"WATER TREFOIL","The buck bean."
"WATER TU TUYERE","A tuy\u00e8re kept cool by water circulating within a casing. It isused for hot blast."
"WATER TU TWIST","Yarn made by the throstle, or water frame."
"WATER TUBE","One of a system of tubular excretory organs having externalopenings, found in many invertebrates. They are believed to beanalogous in function to the kidneys of vertebrates. See Illust.under Trematodea, and Sporocyst."
"WATER TUPELO","A species of large tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) growing in swamps inthe southern of the United States. See Ogeechee lime."
"WATER TURKEY","The American snakebird. See Snakebird."
"WATER VINE","Any plant of the genus Phytocrene, climbing shrubs of Asia andAfrica, the stems of which are singularly porous, and when cut streamwith a limpid potable juice."
"WATER VIOLET","See under Violet."
"WATER VIPER","See Water moccasin."
"WATER VOLE","See under Vole."
"WATER WAGTAIL","See under Wagtail."
"WATER WAY","Same as Water course."
"WATER WILLOW","An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with longwillowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers."
"WATER WING","One of two walls built on either side of the junction of abridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of thebridge and the bank from the action of the current."
"WATER-BEARER","The constellation Aquarius."
"WATER-BOUND","Prevented by a flood from proceeding."
"WATER-CLOSET","A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance forintroducing a stream of water to cleanse it."
"WATER-COLORIST","One who paints in water colors."
"WATER-FURROW","To make water furrows in."
"WATER-LAID","Having a left-hand twist; -- said of cordage; as, a water-laid,or left-hand, rope."
"WATER-LOGGED","Filled or saturated with water so as to be heavy, unmanageable,or loglike; -- said of a vessel, when, by receiving a great quantityof water into her hold, she has become so heavy as not to bemanageable by the helm."
"WATER-RET","To ret, or rot, in water, as flax; to water-rot."
"WATER-ROT","To rot by steeping in water; to water-ret; as, to water-rothemp or flax."
"WATER-SOAK","To soak water; to fill the interstices of with water."
"WATER-STANDING","Tear-filled. [R.] 'Many an orphan's water-standing eye.' Shak."
"WATER-TIGHT","So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky."
"WATER-WHITE","A vinelike plant (Vitis Carib\u00e6a) growing in parched districtsin the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which issometimes used for quenching thirst."
"WATER-WITHE","A vinelike plant (Vitis Carib\u00e6a) growing in parched districtsin the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which issometimes used for quenching thirst."
"WATERAGE","Money paid for transportation of goods, etc., by water. [Eng.]"
"WATERBOARD","A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water. Ham.Nav. Encyc."
"WATERBOK","A water buck."
"WATERCOURSE","One of the holes in floor or other plates to permit water toflow through."
"WATERER","One who, or that which, waters."
"WATERFALL","An arrangement of a woman's back hair over a cushion or framein some resemblance to a waterfall."
"WATERFLOOD","A flood of water; an inundation."
"WATERFOWL","Any bird that frequents the water, or lives about rivers,lakes, etc., or on or near the sea; an aquatic fowl; -- used alsocollectively."
"WATERHORSE","A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain."
"WATERIE","The pied wagtail; -- so called because it frequents ponds."
"WATERINESS","The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity."
"WATERING","a. & n. from Water, v. Watering call (Mil.), a sound of trumpetor bugle summoning cavalry soldiers to assemble for the purpose ofwatering their horses.-- Watering cart, a sprinkling cart. See Water.-- Watering place. (a) A place where water may be obtained, as for aship, for cattle, etc. (b) A place where there are springs ofmedicinal water, or a place by the sea, or by some large body ofwater, to which people resort for bathing, recreation, boating, etc.-- Watering pot. (a) A kind of bucket fitted with a rose, orperforated nozzle, -- used for watering flowers, paths, etc. (b)(Zo\u00f6l.) Any one of several species of marine bivalve shells of thegenus Aspergillum, or Brechites. The valves are small, andconsolidated with the capacious calcareous tube which incases theentire animal. The tube is closed at the anterior end by a convexdisk perforated by numerous pores, or tubules, and resembling therose of a watering pot.-- Watering trough, a trough from which cattle, horses, and otheranimals drink."
"WATERISHNESS","The quality of being waterish."
"WATERLEAF","Any plant of the American genus Hydrophyllum, herbs havingwhite or pale blue bell-shaped flowers. Gray."
"WATERLESS","Destitute of water; dry. Chaucer."
"WATERMARK","See Water line, 2. [R.]"
"WATERMELON","The very large ovoid or roundish fruit of a cucurbitaceousplant (Citrullus vulgaris) of many varieties; also, the plant itself.The fruit sometimes weighs many pounds; its pulp is usually pink incolor, and full of a sweet watery juice. It is a native of tropicalAfrica, but is now cultivated in many countries. See Illust. ofMelon."
"WATERPOT","A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for sprinklingwater on cloth, plants, etc."
"WATERPROOF","Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious towater; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof."
"WATERSCAPE","A sea view; -- distinguished from landscape. [Jocose] Fairholt."
"WATERSHOOT","That which serves to guard from falling water; a drip ordripstone."
"WATERSPOUT","A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of atornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimesover the land."
"WATERTATH","A kind of coarse grass growing in wet grounds, and supposed tobe injurious to sheep. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WATERWAY","Heavy plank or timber extending fore and aft the whole lengthof a vessel's deck at the line of junction with the sides, forming achannel to the scuppers, which are cut through it. In iron vesselsthe waterway is variously constructed."
"WATERWEED","See Anacharis."
"WATERWORK","Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, --formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry. Shak. Fairholt."
"WATERWORN","Worn, smoothed, or polished by the action of water; as,waterworn stones."
"WATERWORT","Any plant of the natural order Elatine\u00e6, consisting of twogenera (Elatine, and Bergia), mostly small annual herbs growing inthe edges of ponds. Some have a peppery or acrid taste."
"WATT","A unit of power or activity equal to 107 C.G.S. units of power,or to work done at the rate of one joule a second. An English horsepower is approximately equal to 746 watts."
"WATTEAU","Having the appearance of that which is seen in pictures byAntoine Watteau, a French painter of the eighteenth century; --saidesp. of women's garments; as, a Watteau bodice."
"WATTEAU BACK","The back of a woman's gown in which one or more very broadfolds are carried from the neck to the floor without being held in atthe waist, while the front and sides of the gown are shaped to theperson and have a belt or its equivalent."
"WATTLEBIRD","Any one of several species of honey eaters belonging toAnthoch\u00e6ra and allied genera of the family Meliphagid\u00e6. These birdsusually have a large and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hangingdown below each ear. They are natives of Australia and adjacentislands."
"WATTLED","Furnished with wattles, or pendent fleshy processes at the chinor throat.The wattled cocks strut to and fro. Longfellow."
"WATTLESS","Without any power (cf. Watt); -- said of an alternating currentor component of current when it differs in phase by ninety degreesfrom the electromotive force which produces it, or of anelectromotive force or component thereof when the current it producesdiffers from it in phase by 90 degrees."
"WATTLING","The act or process of binding or platting with twigs; also, thenetwork so formed.Made with a wattling of canes or sticks. Dampier."
"WATTMETER","An instrument for measuring power in watts, -- much used inmeasuring the energy of an electric current."
"WAUL","To cry as a cat; to squall; to wail. [Written also wawl.]The helpless infant, coming wauling and crying into the world. Sir W.Scott."
"WAUR","Worse. [Scot.]Murder and waur than number. Sir W. Scott."
"WAVE","See Wave. Sir H. Wotton. Burke."
"WAVE-WORN","Worn by the waves.The shore that o'er his wave-worn basis bowed. Shak."
"WAVED","Having undulations like waves; -- said of one of the lines inheraldry which serve as outlines to the ordinaries, etc."
"WAVELESS","Free from waves; undisturbed; not agitated; as, the wavelesssea."
"WAVELET","A little wave; a ripple."
"WAVELLITE","A hydrous phosphate of alumina, occurring usually inhemispherical radiated forms varying in color from white to yellow,green, or black."
"WAVER","A sapling left standing in a fallen wood. [Prov. Eng.]Halliwell."
"WAVERER","One who wavers; one who is unsettled in doctrine, faith,opinion, or the like. Shak."
"WAVERINGLY","In a wavering manner."
"WAVERINGNESS","The quality or state of wavering."
"WAVESON","Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, orsea."
"WAVEY","The snow goose. [Canadian, & Local U. S.]"
"WAVINESS","The quality or state of being wavy."
"WAVURE","See Waivure. [R.]"
"WAVY","Undulating on the border or surface; waved."
"WAWASKEESH","The wapiti, or wapiti, or American elk."
"WAWE","Woe. [Obs.]"
"WAWL","See Waul. Shak."
"WAX","Cerumen, or earwax. See Cerumen.(b) A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excludingair, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etchingwax, etc.(c) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing theirthread.(d) (Zo\u00f6l.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by severalspecies of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below.(e) (Bot.) A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. SeeVegetable wax, under Vegetable. (f) (Min.)"
"WAXBERRY","The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. SeeBayberry, and Candleberry tree."
"WAXBILL","Any one of numerous species of finchlike birds belonging toEstrelda and allied genera, native of Asia, Africa, and Australia.The bill is large, conical, and usually red in color, resemblingsealing wax. Several of the species are often kept as cage birds."
"WAXBIRD","The waxwing."
"WAXINESS","Quality or state of being waxy."
"WAXWING","Any one of several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis,in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with smallhorny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. The Bohemian waxwing (seeunder Bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also waxbird."
"WAXWORK","An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens). It bears aprofusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, anddisplay the scarlet coverings of the seeds."
"WAXWORKS","An exhibition of wax figures, or the place of exhibition."
"WAXY","Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive;soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. 'Waxy to persuasion.'Bp. Hall. Waxy degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See underAmyloid.-- Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver affectedby waxy degeneration."
"WAY","Away. [Obs. or Archaic] Chaucer. To do way, to take away; toremove. [Obs.] 'Do way your hands.' Chaucer.-- To make way with, to make away with. See under Away. [Archaic]"
"WAY SHAFT","A rock shaft."
"WAY-GOING","Going away; departing; of or pertaining to one who goes away.Way-going crop (Law of Leases), a crop of grain to which tenants foryears are sometimes entitled by custom; grain sown in the fall to bereaped at the next harvest; a crop which will not ripen until afterthe termination of the lease. Burrill."
"WAY-GOOSE","See Wayz-goose, n., 2. [Eng.]"
"WAY-WISE","Skillful in finding the way; well acquainted with the way orroute; wise from having traveled."
"WAYBILL","A list of passengers in a public vehicle, or of the baggage orgods transported by a common carrier on a land route. When the goodsare transported by water, the list is called a bill of lading."
"WAYBREAD","The common dooryard plantain (Plantago major)."
"WAYBUNG","An Australian insessorial bird (Corcorax melanorhamphus) notedfor the curious actions of the male during the breeding season. It isblack with a white patch on each wing."
"WAYED","Used to the way; broken. [R.]A horse that is not well wayed; he starts at every bird that fliesout the hedge. Selden."
"WAYFARE","To journey; to travel; to go to and fro. [Obs.]A certain Laconian, as he wayfared, came unto a place where theredwelt an old friend of his. Holland."
"WAYFARER","One who travels; a traveler; a passenger."
"WAYFARING","Traveling; passing; being on a journey. 'A wayfaring man.'Judg. xix. 17. Wayfaring tree (Bot.), a European shrub (Viburnumlantana) having large ovate leaves and dense cymes of small whiteflowers.-- American wayfaring tree (Bot.), the (Viburnum lantanoides)."
"WAYGATE","The tailrace of a mill. Knight."
"WAYK","Weak. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WAYLAY","To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way;especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob,or slay; to beset in ambush.Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto, and Gadshill shall rob those men that wehave already waylaid. Shak.She often contrived to waylay him in his walks. Sir W. Scott."
"WAYLAYER","One who waylays another."
"WAYLESS","Having no road or path; pathless."
"WAYLEWAY","See Welaway. [Obs.]"
"WAYMAKER","One who makes a way; a precursor. [R.] Bacon."
"WAYMARK","A mark to guide in traveling."
"WAYMENT","To lament; to grieve; to wail. [Written also waiment.] [Obs.]Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten. Chaucer.For what boots it to weep and wayment, When ill is chanced Spenser."
"WAYSIDE","The side of the way; the edge or border of a road or path."
"WAYWARD","Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful.My wife is in a wayward mood. Shak.Wayward beauty doth not fancy move. Fairfax.Wilt thou forgive the wayward thought Keble.-- Way'ward*ly, adv.-- Way'ward*ness, n."
"WAYWISER","An instrument for measuring the distance which one has traveledon the road; an odometer, pedometer, or perambulator.The waywiser to a coach, exactly measuring the miles, and showingthem by an index. Evelyn."
"WAYWODE","Originally, the title of a military commander in variousSlavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns orprovinces. It was assumed for a time by the rulers of Moldavia andWallachia, who were afterwards called hospodars, and has also beengiven to some inferior Turkish officers. [Written also vaivode,voivode, waiwode, and woiwode.]"
"WAYWODESHIP","The office, province, or jurisdiction of a waywode."
"WAYWORN","Wearied by traveling."
"WE","The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first person;the word with which a person in speaking or writing denotes a numberor company of which he is one, as the subject of an action expressedby a verb."
"WEAK","Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market."
"WEAK-HEARTED","Having little courage; of feeble spirit; dispirited; faint-hearted. 'Weak-hearted enemies.' Shak."
"WEAK-KNEED","Having weak knees; hence, easily yielding; wanting resolution.H. James."
"WEAK-MINDED","Having a weak mind, either naturally or by reason of disease;feebleminded; foolish; idiotic.-- Weak'-mind`ed*ness, n."
"WEAKEN","To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, ordetermination; to become less positive or resolute; as, the patientweakened; the witness weakened on cross-examination. 'His notionweakens, his discernings are lethargied.' Shak."
"WEAKENER","One who, or that which, weakens. '[Fastings] weakeners of sin.'South."
"WEAKFISH","Any fish of the genus Cynoscion; a squeteague; -- so calledfrom its tender mouth. See Squeteague. Spotted weakfish (Zo\u00f6l.), thespotted squeteague."
"WEAKISH","Somewhat weak; rather weak."
"WEAKISHNESS","Quality or state of being weakish."
"WEAKLING","A weak or feeble creature. Shak. 'All looking on him as aweakling, which would post to the grave.' Fuller.We may not be weaklings because we have a strong enemy. Latimer."
"WEAKLY","In a weak manner; with little strength or vigor; feebly."
"WEAL","The mark of a stripe. See Wale."
"WEAL-BALANCED","Balanced or considered with reference to public weal. [Obs.]Shak."
"WEALD","A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an opencountry; -- often used in place names.Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald, And heard thespirits of the waste and weald Moan as she fled. Tennyson.Weald clay (Geol.), the uppermost member of the Wealden strata. SeeWealden."
"WEALDEN","Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Cretaceousformation in England and on the Continent, which overlies the O\u00f6liticseries."
"WEALDISH","Of or pertaining to a weald, esp. to the weald in the county ofKent, England. [Obs.] Fuller."
"WEALFUL","Weleful. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WEALSMAN","A statesman; a politician. [R.] Shak."
"WEALTHFUL","Full of wealth; wealthy; prosperous. [R.] Sir T. More.-- Wealth'ful*ly, adv. [R.]"
"WEALTHILY","In a wealthy manner; richly.I come to wive it wealthily in Padua. Shak."
"WEALTHINESS","The quality or state of being wealthy, or rich; richness;opulence."
"WEAN","A weanling; a young child.I, being but a yearling wean. Mrs. Browning."
"WEANEDNESS","Quality or state of being weaned."
"WEANEL","A weanling. [Obs.] Spenser."
"WEANLING","a. & n. from Wean, v.The weaning of the whelp is the great test of the skill of the kennelman. J. H. Walsh.Weaning brash. (Med.) See under Brash."
"WEAPON","A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants arefurnished. Concealed weapons. See under Concealed.-- Weapon salve, a salve which was supposed to cure a wound by beingapplied to the weapon that made it. [Obs.] Boyle."
"WEAPONED","Furnished with weapons, or arms; armed; equipped."
"WEAPONLESS","Having no weapon."
"WEAPONRY","Weapons, collectively; as, an array of weaponry. [Poetic]"
"WEAR","Same as Weir."
"WEARABLE","Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn."
"WEARIABLE","That may be wearied."
"WEARIFUL","Abounding in qualities which cause weariness; wearisome.-- Wea'ri*ful*ly, adv."
"WEARILESS","Incapable of being wearied."
"WEARILY","In a weary manner."
"WEARINESS","The quality or state of being weary or tried; lassitude;exhaustion of strength; fatigue.With weariness and wine oppressed. Dryden.A man would die, though he were neither valiant nor miserable, onlyupon a weariness to do the same thing so oft over and over. Bacon."
"WEARING","Pertaining to, or designed for, wear; as, wearing apparel."
"WEARISOME","Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisomemarch; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book.These high wild hills and rough uneven ways Draws out our miles, andmakes them wearisome. Shak."
"WEARY","To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to wearyof an undertaking."
"WEASAND","The windpipe; -- called also, formerly, wesil. [Formerly,written also, wesand, and wezand.]Cut his weasand with thy knife. Shak."
"WEASEL","Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to thegenus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender,elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movementsand for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc.The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn whitein winter; others are brown at all seasons. Malacca weasel, therasse.-- Weasel coot, a female or young male of the smew; -- so calledfrom the resemblance of the head to that of a weasel. Called alsoweasel duck.-- Weasel lemur, a short-tailed lemur (Lepilemur mustelinus). It isreddish brown above, grayish brown below, with the throat white."
"WEASEL-FACED","Having a thin, sharp face, like a weasel."
"WEASER","The American merganser; -- called also weaser sheldrake.[Local, U. S.]"
"WEASINESS","Quality or state of being weasy; full feeding; sensualindulgence. [Obs.] Joye."
"WEASY","Given to sensual indulgence; gluttonous. [Obs.] Joye."
"WEATHER","To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; toweather another ship."
"WEATHER MAP","A map or chart showing the principal meteorological elements ata given hour and over an extended region. Such maps usually show theheight of the barometer, the temperature of the air, the relativehumidity, the state of the weather, and the direction and velocity ofthe wind. Isobars and isotherms outline the general distribution oftemperature and pressure, while shaded areas indicate the sectionsover which rain has just fallen. Other lines inclose areas where thetemperature has fallen or risen markedly. In tabular form are shownchanges of pressure and of temperature, maximum and minimumtemperatures, and total rain for each weather station since the lastissue, usually 12 hours."
"WEATHER SIGNAL","Any signal giving information about the weather. The systemused by the United States Weather Bureau includes temperature, coldor hot wave, rain or snow, wind direction, storm, and hurricanesignals."
"WEATHER STATION","A station for taking meteorological observations, makingweather forecasts, or disseminating such information. Such stationsare of the first order when they make observations of all theimportant elements either hourly or by self-registering instruments;of the second order when only important observations are taken; ofthe third order when simpler work is done, as to record rainfall andmaximum and minimum temperatures."
"WEATHER-BEATEN","Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to theweather, especially to severe weather. Shak."
"WEATHER-BIT","A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without thebits."
"WEATHER-BITTEN","Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather.Coleridge."
"WEATHER-BOARD","To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order toexclude rain, snow, etc. Gwilt."
"WEATHER-BOUND","Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather;as, a weather-bound vessel."
"WEATHER-DRIVEN","Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather. Carew."
"WEATHER-FEND","To defend from the weather; to shelter. Shak.[We] barked the white spruce to weather-fend the roof. Emerson."
"WEATHERBIT","To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass.Totten."
"WEATHERCOCK","To supply with a weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for.Whose blazing wyvern weathercock the spire. Tennyson."
"WEATHERED","Made sloping, so as to throw off water; as, a weathered corniceor window sill."
"WEATHERGLASS","An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere,especially changes of atmospheric pressure, and hence changes ofweather, as a barometer or baroscope. Poor man's weatherglass. (Bot.)See under Poor."
"WEATHERING","The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color,texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges."
"WEATHERLINESS","The quality of being weatherly."
"WEATHERLY","Working, or able to sail, close to the wind; as, a weatherlyship. Cooper."
"WEATHERMOST","Being farthest to the windward."
"WEATHERPROOF","Proof against rough weather."
"WEATHERWISE","Skillful in forecasting the changes of the weather. Hakluyt."
"WEATHERWISER","Something that foreshows the weather. [Obs.] Derham."
"WEATHERWORN","Worn by the action of, or by exposure to, the weather."
"WEAVE","A particular method or pattern of weaving; as, the cassimereweave."
"WEAVER","A weaver bird."
"WEAVERFISH","See Weever."
"WEAVING","An incessant motion of a horse's head, neck, and body, fromside to side, fancied to resemble the motion of a hand weaver inthrowing the shuttle. Youatt."
"WEAZAND","See Weasand. [Obs.]"
"WEAZEN","Thin; sharp; withered; wizened; as, a weazen face.They were weazen and shriveled. Dickens."
"WEAZENY","Somewhat weazen; shriveled. [Colloq.] 'Weazeny, baked pears.'Lowell."
"WEB","A weaver. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WEB-FINGERED","Having the fingers united by a web for a considerable part oftheir length."
"WEB-FOOTED","Having webbed feet; palmiped; as, a goose or a duck is a web-footed fowl."
"WEB-TOED","Having the toes united by a web for a considerable part oftheir length."
"WEBBED","Having the toes united by a membrane, or web; as, the webbedfeet of aquatic fowls."
"WEBBER","One who forms webs; a weaver; a webster. [Obs.]"
"WEBBING","A woven band of cotton or flax, used for reins, girths, bedbottoms, etc."
"WEBBY","Of or pertaining to a web or webs; like a web; filled orcovered with webs.Bats on their webby wings in darkness move. Crabbe."
"WEBER","The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of current.See Coulomb, and Amp. [Obs.]"
"WEBEYE","See Web, n., 8."
"WEBFOOT","Any web-footed bird."
"WEBSTER","A weaver; originally, a female weaver. [Obs.] Brathwait."
"WEBSTERITE","A hydrous sulphate of alumina occurring in white reniformmasses."
"WEBWORM","Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larv\u00e6 eatthe leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which they retreatwhen not feeding."
"WED","A pledge; a pawn. [Obs.] Gower. Piers Plowman.Let him be ware, his neck lieth to wed [i. e., for a security].Chaucer."
"WEDDAHS","See Veddahs."
"WEDDER","See Wether. Sir W. Scott."
"WEDDING","Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials.Simple and brief was the wedding, as that of Ruth and of Boaz.Longfellow."
"WEDER","Weather. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WEDGE","A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base, tworectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and twotriangular ends."
"WEDGE GEAR","A friction gear wheel with wedge-shaped circumferentialgrooves. -- Wedge gearing."
"WEDGE-FORMED","Having the form of a wedge; cuneiform. Wedge-formed characters.See Arrow-headed characters, under Arrowheaded."
"WEDGE-SHAPED","Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to thebase; as, a wedge-shaped leaf."
"WEDGE-SHELL","Any one of numerous species of small marine bivalves belongingto Donax and allied genera in which the shell is wedge-shaped."
"WEDGE-TAILED","Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest,the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or lessattenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe,under Wood. Wedge-tailed eagle, an Australian eagle (Aquila audax)which feeds on various small species of kangaroos, and on lambs; --called also mountain eagle, bold eagle, and eagle hawk.-- Wedge-tailed gull, an arctic gull (Rhodostethia rosea) in whichthe plumage is tinged with rose; -- called also Ross's gull."
"WEDGEBILL","An Australian crested insessorial bird (Sphenostoma cristatum)having a wedge-shaped bill. Its color is dull brown, like the earthof the plains where it lives."
"WEDGEWISE","In the manner of a wedge."
"WEDGWOOD WARE","A kind of fine pottery, the most remarkable being what iscalled jasper, either white, or colored throughout the body, andcapable of being molded into the most delicate forms, so that fineand minute bas-reliefs like cameos were made of it, fit even forbeing set as jewels."
"WEDGY","Like a wedge; wedge-shaped."
"WEDLOCK","To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.] 'Man thuswedlocked.' Milton."
"WEDNESDAY","The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday. AshWednesday. See in the Vocabulary."
"WEE","A little; a bit, as of space, time, or distance. [Obs. orScot.]"
"WEECH-ELM","The wych-elm. [Obs.] Bacon."
"WEED","A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, whichattacks women in childbed. [Scot.]"
"WEEDER","One who, or that which, weeds, or frees from anything noxious."
"WEEDERY","Weeds, collectively; also, a place full of weeds or for growingweeds. [R.] Dr. H. More."
"WEEDING","a. & n. from Weed, v. Weeding chisel, a tool with a dividedchisel-like end, for cutting the roots of large weeds under ground.-- Weeding forceps, an instrument for taking up some sorts of plantsin weeding.-- Weeding fork, a strong, three-pronged fork, used in clearingground of weeds; -- called also weeding iron.-- Weeding hook. Same as Weed hook, under 3d Weed.-- Weeding iron. See Weeding fork, above.-- Weeding tongs. Same as Weeding forceps, above."
"WEEDING-RHIM","A kind of implement used for tearing up weeds esp. on summerfallows. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WEEDLESS","Free from weeds or noxious matter."
"WEEDY","Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments. [R. or Colloq.]She was as weedy as in the early days of her mourning. Dickens."
"WEEK","A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbathor Sunday to the next.I fast twice in the week. Luke xviii. 12."
"WEEK-END","The end of the week; specif., though loosely, the periodobserved commonly as a holiday, from Saturday noon or Friday night toMonday; as, to visit one for a week-end; also, a house party during aweek-end."
"WEEKLY","A publication issued once in seven days, or appearing once aweek."
"WEEKWAM","See Wigwam. [R.]"
"WEEL","Well. [Obs. or Scot.]"
"WEEN","To think; to imagine; to fancy. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser.Milton.I have lost more than thou wenest. Chaucer.For well I ween, Never before in the bowers of light Had the form ofan earthly fay been seen. J. R. Drake.Though never a dream the roses sent Of science or love's compliment,I ween they smelt as sweet. Mrs. Browning."
"WEEP","The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry."
"WEEPER","The capuchin. See Capuchin, 3 (a)."
"WEEPFUL","Full of weeping or lamentation; grieving. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"WEEPING","The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding oftears."
"WEEPING-RIPE","Ripe for weeping; ready to weep. [Obs.] Shak."
"WEEPINGLY","In a weeping manner."
"WEERISH","See Wearish. [Obs.]"
"WEESEL","See Weasel."
"WEET","Wet. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WEET-BIRD","The wryneck; -- so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WEETINGLY","Knowingly. [Obs.] Spenser."
"WEETLESS","Unknowing; also, unknown; unmeaning. [Obs.] Spenser."
"WEETWEET","A throwing toy, or implement, of the Australian aborigines,consisting of a cigar-shaped stick fastened at one end to a flexibletwig. It weighs in all about two ounces, and is about two feet long."
"WEEVER","Any one of several species of edible marine fishes belonging tothe genus Trachinus, of the family Trachinid\u00e6. They have a broadspinose head, with the eyes looking upward. The long dorsal fin issupported by numerous strong, sharp spines which cause painfulwounds."
"WEEVIL","Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora,in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many ofthe species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larv\u00e6 ofsome of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out theinterior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and thegrain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larv\u00e6 of otherspecies bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and variousother plants, as the pine weevils (see under Pine). See also Peaweevil, Rice weevil, Seed weevil, under Pea, Rice, and Seed."
"WEEVILED","Infested by weevils; as, weeviled grain. [Written alsoweevilled.]"
"WEEVILY","Having weevils; weeviled. [Written also weevilly.]"
"WEEZEL","See Weasel."
"WEFT","imp. & p. p. of Wave."
"WEFTAGE","Texture. [Obs.] Grew."
"WEGOTISM","Excessive use of the pronoun we; -- called also weism. [Colloq.or Cant]"
"WEHRWOLF","See Werewolf."
"WEIGH","A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.An expedition was got under weigh from New York. Thackeray.The Athenians . . . hurried on board and with considerable difficultygot under weigh. Jowett (Thucyd.)."
"WEIGH-HOUSE","A building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed."
"WEIGHABLE","Capable of being weighed."
"WEIGHAGE","A duty or toil paid for weighing merchandise. Bouvier."
"WEIGHBEAM","A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- alsocalled weighmaster's beam."
"WEIGHBOARD","Clay intersecting a vein. Weale."
"WEIGHBRIDGE","A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed;platform scales."
"WEIGHER","One who weighs; specifically, an officer whose duty it is toweigh commodities."
"WEIGHING","a. & n. from Weigh, v. Weighing cage, a cage in which smallliving animals may be conveniently weighed.-- Weighing house. See Weigh-house.-- Weighing machine, any large machine or apparatus for weighing;especially, platform scales arranged for weighing heavy bodies, asloaded wagons."
"WEIGHLOCK","A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and theirtonnage is settled."
"WEIGHMASTER","One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.;one licensed as a public weigher."
"WEIGHT","The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to thepower which moves it. [Obs.] Atomic weight. (Chem.) See under Atomic,and cf. Element.-- Dead weight, Feather weight, Heavy weight, Light weight, etc. Seeunder Dead, Feather, etc.-- Weight of observation (Astron. & Physics), a number expressingthe most probable relative value of each observation in determiningthe result of a series of observations of the same kind."
"WEIGHTILY","In a weighty manner."
"WEIGHTINESS","The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force;importance; impressiveness."
"WEIGHTLESS","Having no weight; imponderable; hence, light. Shak."
"WEIGHTY","An acute infectious febrile disease, resembling typhoid fever,with muscular pains, disturbance of the digestive organs, jaundice,etc."
"WEIRD","To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.]Jamieson."
"WEIRDNESS","The quality or state of being weird."
"WEISM","Same as Wegotism."
"WEISMANNISM","The theories and teachings in regard to heredity propounded bythe German biologist August Weismann, esp. in regard to germ plasm asthe basis of heredity and the impossibility of transmitting acquiredcharacteristics; -- often called neo-Darwinism."
"WEISS BEER","A light-colored highly effervescent beer made by the top-fermentation process."
"WEIVE","See Waive. [Obs.] Gower."
"WEKA","A New Zealand rail (Ocydromus australis) which has wings soshort as to be incapable of flight."
"WEKAU","A small New Zealand owl (Sceloglaux albifacies). It has shortwings and long legs, and lives chiefly on the ground."
"WEKEEN","The meadow pipit. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WEL-BEGONE","Surrounded with happiness or prosperity. [Obs.]Fair and rich and young and wel-begone. Chaucer."
"WELAWAY","Alas! [Obs.]Then welaway, for she undone was clean. Wyatt."
"WELCH","See Welsh. [R.]"
"WELCHER","See Welsher."
"WELCHMAN","See Welshman. [R.]"
"WELCOME","To salute with kindness, as a newcomer; to receive andentertain hospitably and cheerfully; as, to welcome a visitor; towelcome a new idea. 'I welcome you to land.' Addison.Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wishthee long. Milton."
"WELCOMELY","In a welcome manner."
"WELCOMENESS","The quality or state of being welcome; gratefulness;agreeableness; kind reception."
"WELCOMER","One who welcomes; one who salutes, or receives kindly, anewcomer. Shak."
"WELD","To wield. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WELD STEEL","A compound of iron, such as puddled steel, made withoutcomplete fusion."
"WELDABLE","Capable of being welded."
"WELDER","One who welds, or unites pieces of iron, etc., by welding."
"WELE","Prosperity; happiness; well-being; weal. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WELEFUL","Producing prosperity or happiness; blessed. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WELEW","To welk, or wither. [Obs.]"
"WELFARE","Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment ofhealth and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil orcalamity; prosperity; happiness.How to study for the people's welfare. Shak.In whose deep eyes Men read the welfare of the times to come.Emerson."
"WELFARING","Faring well; prosperous; thriving. [Obs.] 'A welfaring person.'Chaucer."
"WELK","To wither; to fade; also, to decay; to decline; to wane. [Obs.]When ruddy Phwelk in west. Spenser.The church, that before by insensible degrees welked and impaired,now with large steps went down hill decaying. Milton."
"WELKED","See Whelked."
"WELKIN","The visible regions of the air; the vault of heaven; the sky.On the welkne shoon the sterres lyght. Chaucer.The fair welkin foully overcast. Spenser.When storms the welkin rend. Wordsworth."
"WELL","A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which runbranches or galleries."
"WELL-BEING","The state or condition of being well; welfare; happiness;prosperity; as, virtue is essential to the well-being of men or ofsociety."
"WELL-BORN","Born of a noble or respect able family; not of mean birth."
"WELL-BRED","Having good breeding; refined in manners; polite; cultivated.I am as well-bred as the earl's granddaughter. Thackera"
"WELL-FAVORED","Handsome; wellformed; beautiful; pleasing to the eye.Rachel was beautiful and well-favored. Gen. xxix. 17."
"WELL-INFORMED","Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnishedwith authentic knowledge; intelligent."
"WELL-INTENTIONED","Having upright intentions or honorable purposes.Dutchmen who had sold themselves to France, as the wellintentionedparty. Macaulay."
"WELL-KNOWN","Fully known; generally known or acknowledged.A church well known with a well-known rite. M. Arnold."
"WELL-LIKING","Being in good condition. [Obs. or Archaic]They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fatand well-liking. Bk. of Com. Prayer (Ps. xcii.)."
"WELL-MANNERED","Polite; well-bred; complaisant; courteous. Dryden."
"WELL-MEANER","One whose intention is good. 'Well-meaners think no harm.'Dryden."
"WELL-MEANING","Having a good intention."
"WELL-NATURED","Good-natured; kind.Well-natured, temperate, and wise. Denham."
"WELL-NIGH","Almost; nearly. Chaucer."
"WELL-PLIGHTED","Being well folded. [Obs.] 'Her well-plighted frock.' Spenser."
"WELL-READ","Of extensive reading; deeply versed; -- often followed by in."
"WELL-SEEN","Having seen much; hence, accomplished; experienced. [Obs.]Beau. & Fl.Well-seen in arms and proved in many a fight. Spenser."
"WELL-SPED","Having good success."
"WELL-WILLER","One who wishes well, or means kindly. [R.] 'A well-willer ofyours.' Brydges."
"WELL-WISH","A wish of happiness. 'A well-wish for his friends.' Addison."
"WELLADAY","Alas! Welaway! Shak."
"WELLAT","The king parrakeet See under King."
"WELLDOER","One who does well; one who does good to another; a benefactor."
"WELLDOING","A doing well; right performance of duties. Also usedadjectively."
"WELLDRAIN","To drain, as land; by means of wells, or pits, which receivethe water, and from which it is discharged by machinery."
"WELLFARE","See Welfare. [Obs.]"
"WELLHEAD","A source, spring, or fountain.At the wellhead the purest streams arise. Spenser.Our public-school and university life is a great wellhead of new andirresponsible words. Earle."
"WELLINGTON BOOT","A riding boot for men, the front of which came above the knee;also, a similar shorter boot worn under the trousers."
"WELLINGTONIA","A name given to the 'big trees' (Sequoia gigantea) ofCalifornia, and still used in England. See Sequoia."
"WELLINGTONS","A kind of long boots for men."
"WELLSPRING","A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it; but theinstruction of fools is folly. Prov. xvi. 22."
"WELLWISHER","One who wishes another well; one who is benevolently orfriendlily inclined."
"WELS","The sheatfish; -- called also waller."
"WELSBACH","Of or pertaining to Auer von Welsbach or the incandescent gasburner invented by him. -- Welsbach burner, a burner in which thecombustion of a mixture of air and gas or vapor is employed to heatto incandescence a mantle composed of thoria and ceria. The mantle ismade by soaking a 'stocking' in a solution of nitrates of thorium andcerium (approx. 99 : 1), drying, and, for use, igniting to burn thethread and convert the nitrates into oxides, which remain as afragile ash. The light far exceeds that obtained from the same amountof gas with the ordinary fishtail burner, but has a slight greenishhue."
"WELSH","Of or pertaining to Wales, or its inhabitants. [Sometimeswritten also Welch.] Welsh flannel, a fine kind of flannel made fromthe fleece of the flocks of the Welsh mountains, and largelymanufactured by hand.-- Welsh glaive, or Welsh hook, a weapon of war used in former timesby the Welsh, commonly regarded as a kind of poleax. Fairholt. Craig.-- Welsh mortgage (O. Eng. Law), a species of mortgage, being aconveyance of an estate, redeemable at any time on payment of theprincipal, with an understanding that the profits in the mean timeshall be received by the mortgagee without account, in satisfactionof interest. Burrill.-- Welsh mutton, a choice and delicate kind of mutton obtained froma breed of small sheep in Wales.-- Welsh onion (Bot.), a kind of onion (Allium fistulosum) havinghollow inflated stalks and leaves, but scarcely any bulb, a native ofSiberia. It is said to have been introduced from Germany, and issupposed to have derived its name from the German term w\u00e4lschforeign.-- Welsh parsley, hemp, or halters made from hemp. [Obs. & Jocular]J. Fletcher.-- Welsh rabbit. See under Rabbit."
"WELSHER","One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a chanceof being able to pay; one who receives money to back certain horsesand absconds with it. [Written also welcher.] [Slang, Eng.]"
"WELSOME","Prosperous; well. [Obs.] Wyclif.-- Wel'some*ly, adv. Wyclif."
"WELT","A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending aroundthe ends. Welt joint, a joint, as of plates, made with a welt,instead of by overlapping the edges. See Weld, n., 1 (d)."
"WELTANSCHAUUNG","Lit., world view; a conception of the course of events in, andof the purpose of, the world as a whole, forming a philosophical viewor apprehension of the universe; the general idea embodied in acosmology."
"WELTE","imp. of Weld, to wield. Chaucer."
"WELTER","To wither; to wilt. [R.]Weltered hearts and blighted . . . memories. I. Taylor."
"WELTSCHMERTZ","Sorrow or sadness over the present or future evils or woes ofthe world in general; sentimental pessimism."
"WELWITSCHIA","An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the orderGnetace\u00e6. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and nevermore than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed,and at length split into diverging segments."
"WEM","The abdomen; the uterus; the womb. [Obs.]"
"WEMLESS","Having no wem, or blemish; spotless. [Obs.] 'Virgin wemless.'Chaucer."
"WEN","An indolent, encysted tumor of the skin; especially, asebaceous cyst."
"WEN-LI","The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonicalbooks and of all composition pretending to literary standing. Itemploys a classical or academic diction, and a more condensed andsententious style than Mandarin, and differs also in the doubling andarrangement of words."
"WENCH","To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame."
"WENCHER","One who wenches; a lewd man."
"WENCHLESS","Being without a wench. Shak."
"WEND","p. p. of Wene. Chaucer."
"WENDE","imp. of Wene. Chaucer."
"WENDIC","The language of the Wends."
"WENDS","A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and easternparts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists."
"WENE","To ween. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WENLOCK GROUP","The middle subdivision of the Upper Silurian in Great Britain;-- so named from the typical locality in Shropshire."
"WENNEL","See Weanel. [Obs.] Tusser."
"WENONA","A sand snake (Charina plumbea) of Western North America, of thefamily Erycid\u00e6."
"WENT","imp. & p. p. of Wend; -- now obsolete except as the imperfectof go, with which it has no etymological connection. See Go.To the church both be they went. Chaucer."
"WENTLETRAP","Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marineshells of the genus Scalaria, especially Scalaria pretiosa, which wasformerly highly valued; -- called also staircase shell. See Scalaria."
"WEP","imp. of Weep."
"WEPEN","Weapon. [Obs.]"
"WEPT","imp. & p. p. of Weep."
"WERCHE","To work. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WERE","To wear. See 3d Wear. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WEREGILD","The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed,partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of avassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer.[Written also weregeld, weregelt, etc.] Blackstone."
"WEREWOLF","A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, eithertemporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, bywitchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves,formerly general, is not now extinct.The werwolf went about his prey. William of Palerne.The brutes that wear our form and face, The werewolves of the humanrace. Longfellow."
"WERN","To refuse. [Obs.]He is too great a niggard that will wern A man to light a candle athis lantern. Chaucer."
"WERNERIAN","Of or pertaining to A. G. Werner, The German mineralogist andgeologist, who classified minerals according to their externalcharacters, and advocated the theory that the strata of the earth'scrust were formed by depositions from water; designating, oraccording to, Werner's system."
"WERNERITE","The common grayish or white variety of soapolite."
"WEROOLE","An Australian lorikeet (Ptilosclera versicolor) noted for thevariety of its colors; -- called also varied lorikeet."
"WERRE","War. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WERREY","To warray. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WERST","See Verst."
"WERT",", The second person singular, indicative and subjunctive moods,imperfect tense, of the verb be. It is formed from were, with theending -t, after the analogy of wast. Now used only in solemn orpoetic style."
"WERYANGLE","See Wariangle. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WESAND","See Weasand. [Obs.]"
"WESH","Washed. Chaucer."
"WESIL","See Weasand. [Obs.]"
"WESLEYAN","Of or pertaining to Wesley or Wesleyanism."
"WESLEYANISM","The system of doctrines and church polity inculcated by JohnWesley (b. 1703; d. 1791), the founder of the religious sect calledMethodist; Methodism. See Methodist, n., 2."
"WEST","Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a westerndirection from the point of observation or reckoning; proceedingtoward the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is onetoward the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from thewest.This shall be your west border. Num. xxxiv. 6.West end, the fashionable part of London, commencing from the east,at Charing Cross."
"WEST INDIAN","A native of, or a dweller in, the West Indies."
"WESTERING","Passing to the west.Toward heaven's descent had sloped his westering wheel. Milton."
"WESTERLY","Of or pertaining to the west; toward the west; coming from thewest; western."
"WESTERNER","A native or inhabitant of the west."
"WESTERNMOST","Situated the farthest towards the west; most western."
"WESTING","The distance, reckoned toward the west, between the twomeridians passing through the extremities of a course, or portion ofa ship's path; the departure of a course which lies to the west ofnorth."
"WESTLING","A westerner. [R.]"
"WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY","See under Assembly."
"WESTMOST","Lying farthest to the west; westernmost."
"WESTWARD","Lying toward the west.Yond same star that's westward from the pole. Shak."
"WESTWARDLY","In a westward direction."
"WESTY","Dizzy; giddy. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WET","Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as,the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction inwhich dry heat or fusion is employed."
"WET NURSE","A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of anotherwoman. Cf. Dry nurse."
"WET PLATE","A plate the film of which retains its sensitiveness only whilewet. The film used in such plates is of collodion impregnated withbromides and iodides. Before exposure the plate is immersed in asolution of silver nitrate, and immediately after exposure it isdeveloped and fixed."
"WET-BULB THERMOMETER","That one of the two similar thermometers of a psychrometer thebulb of which is moistened; also, the entire instrument."
"WET-SHOD","Having the feet, or the shoes on the feet, wet."
"WETBIRD","The chaffinch, whose cry is thought to foretell rain. [Prov.Eng.]"
"WETHER","A castrated ram."
"WETTISH","Somewhat wet; moist; humid."
"WEVIL","See Weevil."
"WEX","To grow; to wax. [Obs.] Chaucer. 'Each wexing moon.' Dryden."
"WEY","Way; road; path. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WEYLE","To wail. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WEYLEWAY","See Welaway. [Obs.]"
"WEYVE","To waive. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WEZAND","See Weasand. [Obs.]"
"WHACK","To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; tothrash; to make with whacks. [Colloq.]Rodsmen were whackingtheir way through willow brakes. G. W. Cable."
"WHACKING","Very large; whapping. [Colloq.]"
"WHAHOO","An American tree, the winged elm. (Ulmus alata)."
"WHALA","To lash with stripes; to wale; to thrash; to drub. [Prov. Eng.& Colloq. U. S.] Halliwell. Bartlett."
"WHALE","Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one ofthe large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long.Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone."
"WHALEBACK","A form of vessel, often with steam power, having sharp ends anda very convex upper deck, much used on the Great Lakes, esp. forcarrying grain."
"WHALEBOAT","A long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen."
"WHALEBONE","A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upperjaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays,fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen."
"WHALEMAN","A man employed in the whale fishery."
"WHALER","A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery."
"WHALING","The hunting of whales."
"WHALL","A light color of the iris in horses; wall-eye. [Written alsowhaul.]"
"WHALLY","Having the iris of light color; -- said of horses. 'Whallyeyes.' Spenser."
"WHAME","A breeze fly."
"WHAMMEL","To turn over. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WHAN","When. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WHANG","A leather thong. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]"
"WHANGDOODLE","An imaginary creature, of undefined character. [Slang]"
"WHANGHEE","See Wanghee."
"WHARF","The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea. [Obs.] 'The fatweed that roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf.' Shak. Wharf boat, akind of boat moored at the bank of a river, and used for a wharf, inplaces where the height of the water is so variable that a fixedwharf would be useless. [U. S.] Bartlett.-- Wharf rat. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) The common brown rat. (b) A neglected boywho lives around the wharfs. [Slang]"
"WHARFING","A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks drivenas piles and secured by ties. Knight."
"WHARFINGER","A man who owns, or has the care of, a wharf."
"WHARP","A kind of fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as apolishing powder. [Eng.]"
"WHAT","Something; thing; stuff. [Obs.]And gave him for to feed, Such homely what as serves the simpleSpenser."
"WHATEVER","Anything soever which; the thing or things of any kind; beingthis or that; of one nature or another; one thing or another;anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all particulars that;-- used both substantively and adjectively.Whatever fortune stays from his word. Shak.Whatever Earth, all-bearing mother, yields. Milton.Whatever be its intrinsic value. J. H. Newman."
"WHATNOT","A kind of stand, or piece of furniture, having shelves forbooks, ornaments, etc.; an \u00e9tag\u00e8re."
"WHATSO","Whatsoever; whosoever; whatever; anything that. [Obs.]Whatso he were, of high or low estate. Chaucer.Whatso the heaven in his wide vault contains. Spenser."
"WHATSOEVER","Whatever. 'In whatsoever shape he lurk.' Milton.Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. Gen. xxxi. 16."
"WHAUL","Same as Whall."
"WHAUP","See Whaap. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WHEAL","A pustule; a whelk. Wiseman."
"WHEALWORM","The harvest mite; -- so called from the wheals, caused by itsbite."
"WHEAT","A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, whichfurnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grainmost largely used by the human race."
"WHEAT RUST","A disease of wheat and other grasses caused by the rust fungusPuccinia graminis; also, the fungus itself."
"WHEATBIRD","A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch."
"WHEATEAR","A small European singing bird (Saxicola oenanthe). The male iswhite beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripethrough each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, butwhite at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell,dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail."
"WHEATEN","Made of wheat; as, wheaten bread. Cowper."
"WHEATSEL BIRD","The male of the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WHEATWORM","A small nematode worm (Anguillula tritici) which attacks thegrains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut,each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minuteyoung of the worm."
"WHEDER","Whether. [Obs.]"
"WHEEDLE","To flatter; to coax; to cajole."
"WHEEL","A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on anaxis by the reaction of the escaping gases.(f) (Poetry) The burden or refrain of a song."
"WHEEL BASE","The figure inclosed by lines through the points contact of thewheels of a vehicle, etc., with the surface or rails on which theyrun; more esp., the length of this figure between the points ofcontact of the two extreme wheels on either side."
"WHEEL OF FORTUNE","A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which isspun horizontally, articles or sums to which certain marks on itscircumference point when it stops being distributed according tovarying rules."
"WHEEL-SHAPED","Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcelyany tube; as, a wheel-shaped corolla."
"WHEEL-WORN","Worn by the action of wheels; as, a wheel-worn road."
"WHEELBAND","The tire of a wheel."
"WHEELBARROW","A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handlesand one wheel, and is rolled by a single person."
"WHEELBIRD","The European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WHEELED","Having wheels; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a four-wheeled carriage."
"WHEELER","A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels;-- used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler."
"WHEELMAN","One who rides a bicycle or tricycle; a cycler, or cyclist."
"WHEELSWARF","See Swarf."
"WHEELWORK","A combination of wheels, and their connection, in a machine ormechanism."
"WHEELWRIGHT","A man whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and wheeledvehicles, as carts, wagons, and the like."
"WHEELY","Circular; suitable to rotation."
"WHEEN","A quantity; a goodly number. [Scot.] 'A wheen other dogs.' SirW. Scott."
"WHEEZE","To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound,as persons affected with asthma. 'Wheezing lungs.' Shak."
"WHEEZY","Breathing with difficulty and with a wheeze; wheezing. Usedalso figuratively."
"WHEFT","See Waft, n., 4."
"WHELK","Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belongingto Buccinum and allied genera; especially, Buccinum undatum, commonon the coasts both of Europe and North America, and much used as foodin Europe. Whelk tingle, a dog whelk. See under Dog."
"WHELKED","Having whelks; whelky; as, whelked horns. Shak."
"WHELP","One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the barrel of acapstan or a windless; -- usually in the plural; as, the whelps of awindlass."
"WHENAS","Whereas; while [Obs.]Whenas, if they would inquire into themselves, they would find nosuch matter. Barrow."
"WHENCEEVER","Whencesoever. [R.]"
"WHENCEFORTH","From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. [Obs.]Spenser."
"WHENCESOEVER","From what place soever; from what cause or source soever.Any idea, whencesoever we have it. Locke."
"WHENEVER","At whatever time. 'Whenever that shall be.' Milton."
"WHENNES","Whence. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WHENSOEVER","At what time soever; at whatever time; whenever. Mark xiv. 7."
"WHERE","Whereas.And flight and die is death destroying death; Where fearing dyingpays death servile breath. Shak."
"WHEREAS","At which place; where. [Obs.] Chaucer.At last they came whereas that lady bode. Spenser."
"WHEREBY","Wherever; -- a contracted and poetical form. Cowper."
"WHEREFORE","the reason why. [Colloq.]"
"WHEREFORM","From which; from which or what place. Tennyson."
"WHERENESS","The quality or state of having a place; ubiety; situation;position. [R.]A point hath no dimensions, but only a whereness, and is next tonothing. Grew."
"WHEREOUT","Out of which. [R.]The cleft whereout the lightning breaketh. Holland."
"WHERESO","Wheresoever. [Obs.]"
"WHERESOEVER","In what place soever; in whatever place; wherever."
"WHERETHROUGH","Through which. [R.] 'Wherethrough that I may know.' Chaucer.Windows . . . wherethrough the sun Delights to peep, to gaze thereinon thee. Shak."
"WHEREUNTO","Same as Whereto."
"WHEREUPON","Upon which; in consequence of which; after which.The townsmen mutinied and sent to Essex; whereupon he came thither.Clarendon."
"WHEREVER","At or in whatever place; wheresoever.He can not but love virtue wherever it is. Atterbury."
"WHEREWITH","The necessary means or instrument.So shall I have wherewith to answer him. Ps. cxix. 42.The wherewith to meet excessive loss by radiation. H. Spencer."
"WHEREWITHAL","Wherewith. 'Wherewithal shall we be clothed' Matt. vi. 31.Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way Ps. cxix. 9.[The builders of Babel], still with vain design, New Babels, had theywherewithal, would build. Milton."
"WHERRET","A box on the ear. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"WHERRY","A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuiceis expressed; -- sometimes called crab wherry. [Prov. Eng.]Halliwell."
"WHERSO","Wheresoever. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WHETHER","Which (of two); which one (of two); -- used interrogatively andrelatively. [Archaic]Now choose yourself whether that you liketh. Chaucer.One day in doubt I cast for to compare Whether in beauties' glory didexceed. Spenser.Whether of them twain did the will of his father Matt. xxi. 31."
"WHETHERING","The retention of the afterbirth in cows. Gardner."
"WHETILE","The green woodpecker, or yaffle. See Yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WHETSTONE","A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, orsharpening, edge tools.The dullness of the fools is the whetstone of the wits. Shak.Diligence is to the understanding as the whetstone to the razor.South."
"WHETTLEBONES","The vertebr\u00e6 of the back. [Prov. Eng.] Dunglison."
"WHEW","A sound like a half-formed whistle, expressing astonishment,scorn, or dislike. Whew duck, the European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WHEWELLITE","Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monocliniccrystals."
"WHEWER","The European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WHEY","The serum, or watery part, of milk, separated from the morethick or coagulable part, esp. in the process of making cheese. Inthis process, the thick part is called curd, and the thin part whey."
"WHEY CURE","Treatment with whey as a drink and in baths."
"WHEY-FACED","Having a pale or white face, as from fright. 'Whey-facedcavaliers.' Aytoun."
"WHEYEY","Of the nature of, or containing, whey; resembling whey;wheyish. Bacon."
"WHEYFACE","One who is pale, as from fear."
"WHEYISH","Somewhat like whey; wheyey. J. Philips.-- Whey'ish*ness, n."
"WHICH","Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; thatone (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will leadyou to town."
"WHIDAH BIRD","Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to thegenus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season themale has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also vida finch,whidah finch, whydah bird, whydah finch, widow bird, and widow finch."
"WHIDER","Whither. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WHIFF","The marysole, or sail fluke."
"WHIFFET","A little whiff or puff."
"WHIFFLE","A fife or small flute. [Obs.] Douce."
"WHIFFLER","The golden-eye. [Local, U.S.]"
"WHIFFLETREE","Same as Whippletree."
"WHIG","Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweetherbs, used as a cooling beverage. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"WHIGGAMORE","A Whig; -- a cant term applied in contempt to ScotchPresbyterians. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott."
"WHIGGARCHY","Government by Whigs. [Cont] Swift."
"WHIGGERY","The principles or practices of the Whigs; Whiggism."
"WHIGGISH","Of or pertaining to Whigs; partaking of, or characterized by,the principles of Whigs."
"WHIGGISHLY","In a Whiggish manner."
"WHIGGISM","The principles of the Whigs."
"WHIGLING","A petty or inferior Whig; -- used in contempt. Spectator."
"WHILE","To cause to pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness ordisgust; to spend or pass; -- usually followed by away.The lovely lady whiled the hours away. Longfellow."
"WHILERE","A little while ago; recently; just now; erewhile. [Obs.]Helpeth me now as I did you whilere. Chaucer.He who, with all heaven's heraldry, whilere Entered the world.Milton."
"WHILES","During the time that; while. [Archaic] Chaucer. Fuller.Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way withhim. Matt. v. 25."
"WHILK","A kind of mollusk, a whelk. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WHILOM","Formerly; once; of old; erewhile; at times. [Obs. or Poetic]Spenser.Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, There was a duke that highteTheseus. Chaucer."
"WHILST","While. [Archaic]Whilst the emperor lay at Antioch. Gibbon.The whilst, in the meantime; while. [Archaic.] Shak."
"WHIM","The European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WHIMBREL","Any one of several species of small curlews, especially theEuropean species (Numenius ph\u00e6opus), called also Jack curlew, halfcurlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix.Hudsonian or, Eskimo, whimbreal, the Hudsonian curlew."
"WHIMLING","One given to whims; hence, a weak, childish person; a child.Go, whimling, and fetch two or three grating loaves. Beau. & Fl."
"WHIMMY","Full of whims; whimsical.The study of Rabbinical literature either finds a man whimmy or makeshim so. Coleridge."
"WHIMPER","To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; tocomplain; as, a child whimpers.Was there ever yet preacher but there were gainsayers that spurned,that winced, that whimpered against him Latimer."
"WHIMPERER","One who whimpers."
"WHIMPLE","See Wimple."
"WHIMSEY","To fill with whimseys, or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.[R.]To have a man's brain whimsied with his wealth. J. Fletcher."
"WHIMSICALITY","The quality or state of being whimsical; whimsicalness."
"WHIMSICALLY","In a whimsical manner; freakishly."
"WHIMSICALNESS","The quality or state of being whimsical; freakishness;whimsical disposition."
"WHIMSY","A whimsey."
"WHINBERRY","The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moorsamong the whins, or furze. Dr. Prior."
"WHINCHAT","A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; --called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet."
"WHINE","To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to mean with achildish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or thelike, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain or to beg in amean, unmanly way; to moan basely. 'Whining plovers.' Spenser.The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a whiningaccent, craving liberty. Sir P. Sidney.Dost thou come here to whine Shak."
"WHINER","One who, or that which, whines."
"WHINGE","To whine. [Scot.] Burns."
"WHINGER","A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as aweapon. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]The chief acknowledged that he had corrected her with his whinger.Sir W. Scott."
"WHININGLY","In a whining manner; in a tone of mean complaint."
"WHINNER","To whinny. [Colloq.]"
"WHINNY","To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh."
"WHINOCK","The small pig of a litter. [Local, U. S.]"
"WHINSTONE","A provincial name given in England to basaltic rocks, andapplied by miners to other kind of dark-colored unstratified rockswhich resist the point of the pick.-- for example, to masses of chert. Whin-dikes, and whin-sills, arenames sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt."
"WHIP","To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; towhisk; as, he whipped around the corner.With speed from thence he whipped. Sackville.Two friends, traveling, met a bear upon the way; the one whips up atree, and the other throws himself flat upon the ground. L'Estrange."
"WHIP-POOR-WILL","An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to thenighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of the peculiarnotes which it utters in the evening. [Written also whippowil.]"
"WHIP-SHAPED","Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, andtapering; as, a whip-shaped root or stem."
"WHIP-TOM-KELLY","A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies andFlorida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo."
"WHIPCORD","A kind of hard-twisted or braided cord, sometimes used formaking whiplashes."
"WHIPGRAFT","To graft by cutting the scion and stock in a certain manner.See Whip grafting, under Grafting."
"WHIPLASH","The lash of a whip, -- usually made of thongs of leather, or ofcords, braided or twisted."
"WHIPPER","A kind of simple willow."
"WHIPPERSNAPPER","A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person. [Colloq.]'Little whippersnappers like you.' T. Hughes."
"WHIPPING","a & n. from Whip, v. Whipping post, a post to which offendersare tied, to be legally whipped."
"WHIPPLETREE","The cornel tree. Chaucer."
"WHIPSAW","A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame,and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw."
"WHIPSTAFF","A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering."
"WHIPSTALK","A whipstock."
"WHIPSTER","A nimble little fellow; a whippersnapper.Every puny whipster gets my sword. Shak."
"WHIPSTICK","Whip handle; whipstock."
"WHIPSTITCH","The act or process of whipstitching."
"WHIPSTOCK","The rod or handle to which the lash of a whip is fastened."
"WHIPT","Whipped."
"WHIPWORM","A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasiticin the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but isvery long and threadlike anteriorly."
"WHIR","To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly ormore quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz.The partridge bursts away on whirring wings. Beattie."
"WHIRL","A whorl. See Whorl."
"WHIRL-BLAST","A whirling blast or wind.A whirl-blast from behind the hill. Wordsworth."
"WHIRLABOUT","Something that whirls or turns about in a rapid manner; awhirligig."
"WHIRLBAT","Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or toaugment the force of it; -- applied by poets to the cestus of ancientboxers.The whirlbat and the rapid race shall be Reserved for C\u00e6sar. Dryden."
"WHIRLER","One who, or that which, whirls."
"WHIRLICOTE","An open car or chariot. [Obs.]Of old time coaches were not known in this island, but chariots, orwhirlicotes. Stow."
"WHIRLIGIG","Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging to Gyrinus andallied genera. The body is firm, oval or boatlike in form, andusually dark colored with a bronzelike luster. These beetles livemostly on the surface of water, and move about with great celerity ina gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to dive andswim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also weaver, whirlwig, andwhirlwig beetle."
"WHIRLING","a. & n. from Whirl, v. t. Whirling table. (a) (Physics) Anapparatus provided with one or more revolving disks, with weights,pulleys, and other attachments, for illustrating the phenomena andlaws of centrifugal force, and the like. (b) A potter's wheel."
"WHIRLPIT","A whirlpool. [Obs.] 'Raging whirlpits.' Sandys."
"WHIRLWIG","A whirligig."
"WHIRRY","To whir. [Obs.]"
"WHIRTLE","A perforated steel die through which wires or tubes are drawnto form them."
"WHISK","A game at cards; whist. [Obs.] Taylor (1630)."
"WHISKER","That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face,or upon the chin, or upon both; as, side whiskers; chin whiskers."
"WHISKERED","Having elongated hairs, feathers, or bristles on the cheeks.The whiskered vermin race. Grainger."
"WHISKERLESS","Being without whiskers."
"WHISKET","A small lathe for turning wooden pins."
"WHISKEY","Same as Whisky, a liquor."
"WHISKIN","A shallow drinking bowl. [Prov. Eng.] Ray."
"WHISKING","An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc.,especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the UnitedStates, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, butin Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley. Bourbonwhisky, corn whisky made in Bourbon County, Kentucky.-- Crooked whisky. See under Crooked.-- Whisky Jack (Zo\u00f6l.), the Canada jay (Perisoreus Canadensis). Itis noted for its fearless and familiar habits when it frequents thecamps of lumbermen in the winter season. Its color is dull grayishblue, lighter beneath. Called also moose bird."
"WHISP","See Wisp."
"WHISPERING","a. & n. from Whisper. v. t. Whispering gallery, or Whisperingdome, one of such a form that sounds produced in certain parts of itare concentrated by reflection from the walls to another part, sothat whispers or feeble sounds are audible at a much greater distancethan under ordinary circumstances."
"WHISPERINGLY","In a whisper, or low voice; in a whispering manner; withwhispers. Tennyson."
"WHISPEROUSLY","Whisperingly. [R.]"
"WHIST","Be silent; be still; hush; silence."
"WHISTLEFISH","A gossat, or rockling; -- called also whistler, three-beardedrockling, sea loach, and sorghe."
"WHISTLER","The hoary, or northern, marmot (Arctomys pruinosus)."
"WHISTLEWING","The American golden-eye."
"WHISTLEWOOD","The moosewood, or striped maple. See Maple."
"WHISTLING","a. & n. from Whistle, v. Whistling buoy. (Naut.) See underBuoy.-- Whistling coot (Zo\u00f6l.), the American black scoter.-- Whistling Dick. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) An Australian shrike thrush(Colluricincla Selbii). (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.] --Whistling duck. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) The golden-eye. (b) A tree duck.-- Whistling eagle (Zo\u00f6l.), a small Australian eagle (Haliastursphenurus); -- called also whistling hawk, and little swamp eagle.-- Whistling plover. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) The golden plover. (b) The black-bellied, or gray, plover.-- Whistling snipe (Zo\u00f6l.), the American woodcock.-- Whistling swan. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) The European whooper swan; -- calledalso wild swan, and elk. (b) An American swan (Olor columbianus). Seeunder Swan.-- Whistling teal (Zo\u00f6l.), a tree duck, as Dendrocygna awsuree ofIndia.-- Whistling thrush. (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) Any one of several species ofsinging birds of the genus Myiophonus, native of Asia, Australia, andthe East Indies. They are generally black, glossed with blue, andhave a patch of bright blue on each shoulder. Their note is a loudand clear whistle. (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WHISTLINGLY","In a whistling manner; shrilly."
"WHISTLY","In a whist manner; silently. [Obs.]"
"WHIT","The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; aniota; -- generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negativesentence. 'Samuel told him every whit.' 1 Sam. iii. 18. 'Every whitas great.' South.So shall I no whit be behind in duty. Shak.It does not me a whit displease. Cowley."
"WHITE","Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris,and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbagebutterfly, under Cabbage. Black and white. See under Black.-- Flake white, Paris white, etc. See under Flack, Paris, etc.-- White of a seed (Bot.), the albumen. See Albumen, 2.-- White of egg, the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds the yolkin an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In a hen's egg it isalkaline, and contains about 86 per cent of water and 14 per cent ofsolid matter, the greater portion of which is egg albumin. Itlikewise contains a small amount of globulin, and traces of fats andsugar, with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60\u00ba C. it coagulatesto a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it contains. Parr.-- White of the eye (Anat.), the white part of the ball of the eyesurrounding the transparent cornea."
"WHITE ELEPHANT","Something requiring much care and expense and yielding littleprofit; any burdensome possession. [Slang]"
"WHITE FLY","Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of thegenus Aleyrodes, allied to scale insects. They are usually coveredwith a white or gray powder."
"WHITE FRIAR","A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from thewhite cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite."
"WHITE HORSE","A large mass of tough sinewy substance in the head of spermwhales, just above the upper jaw and extending in streaks into thejunk above it. It resembles blubber, but contains no oil. Also, thepart of the head in which it occurs."
"WHITE MUSTARD","A kind of mustard (Sinapis alba) with rough-hairy foliage, along-beaked hispid pod, and pale seeds, which yield mustard andmustard oil. The plant is also grown for forage."
"WHITE PERSON","A person of the Caucasian race (6 Fed. Rep. 256). In the timeof slavery in the United States white person was generally construedas a person without admixture of colored blood. In various statutesand decisions in different States since 1865 white person isconstrued as in effect: one not having any negro blood (Ark., Okla.);one having less than one eighth of negro blood (Ala., Fla., Ga.,Ind., Ky., Md., Minn., Miss., Mo., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex.); onehaving less than one fourth (Mich., Neb., Ore., Va.); one having lessthan one half (Ohio)."
"WHITE PLAGUE","Tuberculosis, esp. of the lungs."
"WHITE SLAVE","A woman held in involuntary confinement for purposes ofprostitution; loosely, any woman forced into unwilling prostitution."
"WHITE SLAVER","A person engaged in procuring or holding a woman or women forunwilling prostitution."
"WHITE SLAVING","The action of one who procures or holds a woman or women forunwilling prostitution."
"WHITE-BLAZE","See White-face."
"WHITE-EAR","The wheatear."
"WHITE-EYE","Any one of several species of small Old World singing of thegenus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z.coerulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of whitefeathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-eyedtit."
"WHITE-FACE","A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost tothe nose; -- called also white-blaze."
"WHITE-FOOT","A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock andthe coffin."
"WHITE-FRONTED","Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. White-fronted goose (Zo\u00f6l.), the white brant, or snow goose. See Snowgoose, under Snow."
"WHITE-HEART","A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin."
"WHITE-HOT","White with heat; heated to whiteness, or incandescence."
"WHITE-LIMED","Whitewashed or plastered with lime. 'White-limed walls.' Shak."
"WHITE-LIVERED","Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous;dastardly.They must not be milksops, nor white-livered knights. Latimer."
"WHITE-POT","A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, etc.,baked in a pot. King."
"WHITE-WATER","A dangerous disease of sheep."
"WHITEBACK","The canvasback."
"WHITEBEAM","The common beam tree of England (Pyrus Aria); -- so called fromthe white, woolly under surface of the leaves."
"WHITEBEARD","An old man; a graybeard."
"WHITEBILL","The American coot."
"WHITEBLOW","Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow."
"WHITEBOYISM","The conduct or principle of the Whiteboys."
"WHITECOAT","The skin of a newborn seal; also, the seal itself. [Sealers'Cant]"
"WHITEFLAW","A whitlow. [Obs.] Holland."
"WHITEHEAD","A form of self-propelling torpedo."
"WHITELY","Like, or coming near to, white. [Obs.]"
"WHITEN","To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hairwhitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in springwhiten with blossoms."
"WHITENER","One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; awhitewasher."
"WHITENESS","A flock of swans."
"WHITERUMP","The American black-tailed godwit."
"WHITES","Leucorrh"
"WHITESIDE","The golden-eye."
"WHITESTER","A bleacher of lines; a whitener; a whitster. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WHITETAIL","The Virginia deer."
"WHITETHORN","The hawthorn."
"WHITETHROAT","Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. thecommon European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear,nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or goldenwarbler (S. hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat (S. curruca)."
"WHITETOP","Fiorin."
"WHITEWALL","The spotted flycatcher; -- so called from the white color ofthe under parts. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WHITEWASHER","One who whitewashes."
"WHITEWEED","A perennial composite herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) withconspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grasslands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy."
"WHITEWOOD","The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree(Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building,etc."
"WHITFLAW","Whitlow. [Obs.] 'The nails fallen off by whitflaws.' Herrick."
"WHITHERSOEVER","To whatever place; to what place soever; wheresoever; as, Iwill go whithersoever you lead."
"WHITHERWARD","In what direction; toward what or which place. R. of Brunne.Whitherward to turn for a good course of life was by no means tooapparent. Carlyle."
"WHITILE","The yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WHITING-MOP","A young whiting. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WHITISH","Covered with an opaque white powder."
"WHITISHNESS","The quality or state of being whitish or somewhat white."
"WHITLEATHER","The paxwax. See Paxwax."
"WHITLING","A young full trout during its second season. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WHITLOW","An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the lastphalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation mayoccupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually appliedto a felon or inflammation of the periosteal structures of the bone."
"WHITLOW-WORT","Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow."
"WHITMONDAY","The day following Whitsunday; -- called also Whitsun Monday."
"WHITNEYITE","an arsenide of copper from Lake Superior."
"WHITSON","See Whitsun. [Obs.]"
"WHITSOUR","A sort of apple."
"WHITSTER","A whitener; a bleacher; a whitester. [Obs.]The whitsters in Datchet mead. Shak."
"WHITSUN","Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsunweek; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals."
"WHITSUNDAY","The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; afestival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the HolySpirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said,because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptizedappeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments."
"WHITSUNTIDE","The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days-- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time ofPentecost. R. of Gloucester."
"WHITTEN TREE","Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and V. Opulus), socalled on account of their whitish branches."
"WHITTERICK","The curlew. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WHITTLE","A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife. 'A butcher'swhittle.' Dryden. 'Rude whittles.' Macaulay.He wore a Sheffield whittle in his hose. Betterton."
"WHITTLINGS","Chips made by one who whittles; shavings cut from a stick witha knife."
"WHITTRET","A weasel. [Scot.]"
"WHITTUESDAY","The day following Whitmonday; -- called also Whitsun Tuesday."
"WHITWALL","Same as Whetile."
"WHITWORTH BALL","A prejectile used in the Whitworth gun."
"WHITWORTH GUN","A form of rifled cannon and small arms invented by Sir JosephWhitworth, of Manchester, England."
"WHITY-BROWN","Of a color between white and brown. Pegge."
"WHIZ","To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ballflying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissingor whistling sound. [Written also whizz.]It flew, and whizzing, cut the liquid way. Dryden."
"WHIZZINGLY","With a whizzing sound."
"WHOA","Stop; stand; hold. See Ho, 2."
"WHOBUB","Hubbub. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"WHOEVER","Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who;as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be. 'Whoever envies orrepines.' Milton. 'Whoever the king favors.' Shak."
"WHOLE-HOOFED","Having an undivided hoof, as the horse."
"WHOLE-LENGTH","Representing the whole figure; -- said of a picture or statue.-- n."
"WHOLE-SOULED","Thoroughly imbued with a right spirit; noble-minded; devoted."
"WHOLENESS","The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound;entireness; totality; completeness."
"WHOLESALE","Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguishedfrom retail. By wholesale, in the mass; in large quantities; withoutdistinction or discrimination.Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throwcontempt upon it by wholesale. I. Watts."
"WHOM","The objective case of who. See Who."
"WHOMSOEVER","The objective of whosoever. See Whosoever.The Most High ruleth in the kingdow of men, and giveth it towhomsoever he will. Dan. iv. 17."
"WHOOBUB","Hubbub. [Obs.] Shak."
"WHOOP","The hoopoe."
"WHOOPER","One who, or that which, whooops. Woopher swan. (Zo\u00f6l.) See theNote under Swan."
"WHOOPING","a. & n. from Whoop, v. t. Whooping cough (Med.), a violent,convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, andconsisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorousinspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough. Dunglison.-- Whooping crane (Zo\u00f6l.), a North American crane (Crus Americana)noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters.-- Whooping swan (Zo\u00f6l.), the whooper swan. See the Note under Swan."
"WHOOT","To hoot. [Obs.]"
"WHOP","Same as Whap. Forby."
"WHORE","A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men,especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; aharlot. Wyclif."
"WHOREDOM","The sin of worshiping idols; idolatry.O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled; they willnot . . . turn unto their God. Hos. v. 3, 4."
"WHOREMASTERLY","Having the character of a whoremaster; lecherous; libidinous."
"WHOREMONGER","A whoremaster; a lecher; a man who frequents the society ofwhores."
"WHORESON","A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; -- usedgenerally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively.[Archaic] Shak."
"WHORISH","Resembling a whore in character or conduct; addicted tounlawful pleasures; incontinent; lewd; unchaste.-- Whor'ish*ly, adv.-- Whor'ish*ness, n."
"WHORL","A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, aboutthe same part or joint of a stem."
"WHORLED","Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl orwhorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves."
"WHORLER","A potter's wheel."
"WHORT","The whortleberry, or bilberry. See Whortleberry (a)."
"WHORTLE","The whortleberry, or bilberry.[He] looked ahead of him from behind a tump of whortles. R. D.Blackmore."
"WHOSE","The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which.Whose daughter art thou tell me, I pray thee. Gen. xxiv. 23.The question whose solution I require. Dryden."
"WHOSESOEVER","The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever."
"WHOSO","Whosoever. Piers Plowman.Whoso shrinks or falters now, . . . Brand the craven on his brow!Whittier."
"WHOSOEVER","Whatsoever person; any person whatever that; whoever.Whosoever will, let him take . . . freely. Rev. xxii. 17."
"WHOT","Hot. [Obs.] Spenser."
"WHUR","A humming or whirring sound, like that of a body moving throughthe air with velocity; a whir."
"WHURRY","To whisk along quickly; to hurry. [R.]Whurrying the chariot with them to the shore. Vicars."
"WHURT","See Whort."
"WHY","A young heifer. [Prov. Eng.] Grose."
"WHY-NOT","A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason;a sudden conclusive happening. [Obs.]When the church Was taken with a why-not in the lurch. Hudibras.This game . . . was like to have been lost with a why-not. Nug\u00e6Antiq."
"WICH","A variant of 1st Wick."
"WICHITAS","A tribe of Indians native of the region between the Arkansasand Red rivers. They are related to the Pawnees. See Pawnees."
"WICK","A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape,or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillaryattraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the meltedtallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, insmall successive portions, to be burned.But true it is, that when the oil is spent The light goes out, andwick is thrown away. Spenser."
"WICKE","Wicked. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. 'With full wikke intent.'Chaucer."
"WICKED","Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wickedlamp."
"WICKEDLY","In a wicked manner; in a manner, or with motives and designs,contrary to the divine law or the law of morality; viciously;corruptly; immorally.I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. 2 Sam. xxiv. 17."
"WICKEN TREE","Same as Quicken tree."
"WICKER","Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork.Each one a little wicker basket had, Made of fine twigs, entrail\u00e9dcuriously. Spenser."
"WICKERED","Made of, secured by, or covered with, wickers or wickerwork.Ships of light timber, wickered with osier between, and covered overwith leather. Milton."
"WICKERWORK","A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such atexture."
"WICKET","The space between the pillars, in postand-stall working.Raymond. Wicket door, Wicket gate, a small door or gate; a wicket.See def. 1, above. Bunyan.-- Wicket keeper (Cricket), the player who stands behind the wicketto catch the balls and endeavor to put the batsman out."
"WICKING","the material of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely braidedor twisted cord or tape of cotton."
"WICKIUP WICKYUP","Vars of Wikiup."
"WICOPY","See Leatherwood."
"WIDDY","A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as ofbirch. [Scot.]"
"WIDE","Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed,condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to primary as used by Mr.Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained byMr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; asexplained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of thetongue. The wide of e (eve) is \u00ee (\u00eell); of a (ate) is \u00ea (\u00eand), etc.See Guide to Pronunciation, \u00a7 13-15."
"WIDE-ANGLE","Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary; -- appliedto certain lenses of relatively short focus. Lenses for ordinarypurposes have an angle of 50\u00ba or less. Wide-angle lenses may cover asmuch as 100\u00ba and are useful for photographing at short range, but thepictures appear distorted."
"WIDE-AWAKE","Fully awake; not Dickens."
"WIDEGAP","The angler; -- called also widegab, and widegut."
"WIDEN","To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase thewidth of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen astocking."
"WIDESPREAD","Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far andwide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement."
"WIDEWHERE","Widely; far and wide. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WIDGEON","Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especiallythose belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The commonEuropean widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American widgeon (A.Americana) are the most important species. The latter is called alsobaldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck,and whitebelly. Bald-faced, or Green-headed, widgeon, the Americanwidgeon.-- Black widgeon, the European tufted duck.-- Gray widgeon. (a) The gadwall. (b) The pintail duck.-- Great headed widgeon, the poachard.-- Pied widgeon. (a) The poachard. (b) The goosander. Saw-billedwidgeon, the merganser.-- Sea widgeon. See in the Vocabulary.-- Spear widgeon, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.] -- Spoonbilledwidgeon, the shoveler.-- White widgeon, the smew.-- Wood widgeon, the wood duck."
"WIDISH","Moderately wide. Tyndall."
"WIDOW","A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not marriedagain; one living bereaved of a husband. 'A poor widow.' Chaucer.Grass widow. See under Grass.-- Widow bewitched, a woman separated from her husband; a grasswidow. [Colloq.] Widow-in-mourning (Zo\u00f6l.), the macavahu.-- Widow monkey (Zo\u00f6l.), a small South American monkey (Callithrixlugens); -- so called on account of its color, which is black exceptthe dull whitish arms, neck, and face, and a ring of pure whitearound the face.-- Widow's chamber (Eng. Law), in London, the apparel and furnitureof the bedchamber of the widow of a freeman, to which she wasformerly entitled."
"WIDOW BIRD","See Whidan bird."
"WIDOW-HUNTER","One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune.Addison."
"WIDOW-MAKER","One who makes widows by destroying husbands. [R.] Shak."
"WIDOW-WAIL","A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) foundin Southern Europe."
"WIDOWER","A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not marriedagain. Shak."
"WIDOWERHOOD","The state of being a widower."
"WIDOWLY","Becoming or like a widow."
"WIDTH","The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth;wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door."
"WIDUAL","Of or pertaining to a widow; vidual. [Obs.] Bale."
"WIDWE","A widow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WIELDABLE","Capable of being wielded."
"WIELDANCE","The act or power of wielding. [Obs.] 'Our weak wieldance.' Bp.Hall."
"WIELDER","One who wields or employs; a manager; a controller.A wielder of the great arm of the war. Milton."
"WIELDING","Power; authority; rule. [Obs.]To have them in your might and in your wielding. Chaucer."
"WIELDLESS","Not to be wielded; unmanageable; unwieldy. [R.] 'Wieldlessmight.' Spenser."
"WIELDSOME","Admitting of being easily wielded or managed. [Obs.] Golding."
"WIELDY","Capable of being wielded; manageable; wieldable; -- opposed tounwieldy. [R.] Johnson."
"WIENER SCHNITZEL","A veal cutlet variously seasoned garnished, often with lemon,sardines, and capers."
"WIER","Same as Weir."
"WIERANGLE","Same as Wariangle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]"
"WIERY","Wet; moist; marshy. [Obs.]"
"WIFELESS","Without a wife; unmarried. Chaucer."
"WIFELIKE","Of, pertaining to, or like, a wife or a woman. ' Wifelikegovernment.' Shak."
"WIFELY","Becoming or life; of or pertaining to a wife. 'Wifelypatience.' Chaucer.With all the tenderness of wifely love. Dryden."
"WIG","To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.[Slang]"
"WIGAN","A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protectthe lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses,etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire,England."
"WIGEON","A widgeon. [R.]"
"WIGGED",", a. Having the head covered with a wig; wearing a wig."
"WIGGLE","To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bendrapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; tosquirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wigglesin the water. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]"
"WIGGLER","The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- calledalso wiggletail."
"WIGHER","To neigh; to whinny. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl."
"WIGHT","Weight. [Obs.]"
"WIGHTLY","Swiftly; nimbly; quickly. [Obs.]"
"WIGLESS","Having or wearing no wig."
"WIGWAG","To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side accordingto a code adopted for the purpose. [Colloq.]"
"WIGWAM","An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made ofa framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats; -- calledalso tepee. [Sometimes written also weekwam.]Very spacious was the wigwam, Made of deerskin dressed and whitened,With the gods of the Dacotahs Drawn and painted on its curtains.Longfellow."
"WIKE","A temporary mark or boundary, as a bough of a tree set up inmarking out or dividing anything, as tithes, swaths to be mowed incommon ground, etc.; -- called also wicker. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WIKIUP","The hut used by the nomadic Indian tribes of the arid regionsof the west and southwest United States, typically elliptical inform, with a rough frame covered with reed mats or grass orbrushwood."
"WIKKE","Wicked. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WILD","Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel."
"WILD-CAT","Running without control; running along the line without atrain; as, a wild-cat locomotive."
"WILDEBEEST","The gnu."
"WILDED","Become wild. [R.]An old garden plant escaped and wilded. J. Earle."
"WILDER","To bewilder; to perplex.Long lost and wildered in the maze of fate. Pope.Again the wildered fancy dreams Of spouting fountains, frozen as theyrose. Bryant."
"WILDERING","A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which hasrun wild, or escaped from cultivation."
"WILDERMENT","The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.And snatched her breathless from beneath This wilderment of wreck anddeath. Moore."
"WILDGRAVE","A waldgrave, or head forest keeper. See Waldgrave.The wildgrave winds his bugle horn. Sir W. Scott."
"WILDING","A wild or uncultivated plant; especially, a wild apple tree orcrab apple; also, the fruit of such a plant. Spenser.Ten ruddy wildings in the wood I found. Dryden.The fruit of the tree . . . is small, of little juice, and badquality. I presume it to be a wilding. Landor."
"WILDISH","Somewhat wild; rather wild. 'A wildish destiny.' Wordsworth."
"WILDLY","In a wild manner; without cultivation; with disorder; rudely;distractedly; extravagantly."
"WILDNESS","The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamedstate; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness;irregularity; distraction."
"WILDWOOD","A wild or unfrequented wood. Also used adjectively; as,wildwood flowers; wildwood echoes. Burns."
"WILE","A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; asly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand againstthe wiles of the devil. Eph. vi. 11.Not more almighty to resist our might, Than wise to frustrate all ourplots and wiles. Milton."
"WILEFUL","Full of wiles; trickish; deceitful."
"WILFLEY TABLE","An inclined percussion table, usually with longitudinal groovesin its surface, agitated by side blows at right angles to the flow ofthe pulp; -- so called after the inventor."
"WILINESS","The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile."
"WILK","See Whelk. [Obs.]"
"WILL","The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner inwhich he would have his property or estate disposed of after hisdeath; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makesdisposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament;devise. See the Note under Testament, 1."
"WILLEMITE","A silicate of zinc, usually occurring massive and of a greenishyellow color, also in reddish crystals (troostite) containingmanganese."
"WILLER","One who wills."
"WILLET","A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); -- calledalso pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler, or snipe, ducksnipe, and stone curlew. Carolina willet, the Hudsonian godwit."
"WILLIER","One who works at a willying machine."
"WILLINGLY","In a willing manner; with free will; without reluctance;cheerfully. Chaucer.The condition of that people is not so much to be envied as somewould willingly represent it. Addison."
"WILLINGNESS","The quality or state of being willing; free choice or consentof the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do orforbear.Sweet is the love which comes with willingness. Dryden."
"WILLOCK","See Ignis fatuus."
"WILLOW","Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species,most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow,desolation, or desertion. 'A wreath of willow to show my forsakenplight.' Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost,the person beloved, is said to wear the willow.And I must wear the willow garland For him that's dead or false tome. Campbell."
"WILLOW-HERB","A perennial herb (Epilobium spicatum) with narrow willowlikeleaves and showy rose-purple flowers. The name is sometimes made toinclude other species of the same genus. Spiked willow-herb, aperennial herb (Lythrum Salicaria) with willowy leaves and spikedpurplish flowers."
"WILLOW-THORN","A thorny European shrub (Hippopha\u00eb rhamnoides) resembling awillow."
"WILLOWED","Abounding with willows; containing willows; covered orovergrown with willows. 'Willowed meads.' Collins."
"WILLOWER","A willow. See Willow, n., 2."
"WILLOWISH","Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow; willowy.Walton."
"WILLY","Same as 1st Willow, 2."
"WILLY NILLY","See Will I, nill I, etc., under 3d Will."
"WILLYING","The process of cleansing wool, cotton, or the like, with awilly, or willow. Willying machine. Same as 1st Willow, 2"
"WILNE","To wish; to desire. [Obs.] 'He willneth no destruction.'Chaucer."
"WILT","2d pers. sing. of Will."
"WILTON CARPET","A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, butdiffering from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elasticvelvet pile; -- so called because made originally at Wilton, England."
"WILWE","Willow. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WILY","Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagemto accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle. 'Wily andwise.' Chaucer. 'The wily snake.' Milton.This false, wily, doubling disposition of mind. South."
"WIMBLE","An instrument for boring holes, turned by a handle.Specifically:(a) A gimlet. ' It is but like the little wimble, to let in thegreater auger.' Selden.(b) A stonecutter's brace for boring holes in stone.(c) An auger used for boring in earth."
"WIMBREL","The whimbrel."
"WIMPLE","To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits;to ripple; to undulate. 'Wimpling waves.' Longfellow.For with a veil, that wimpled everywhere, Her head and face was hid.Spenser.With me through . . . meadows stray, Where wimpling waters make theirway. Ramsay."
"WIN","To extract, as ore or coal. Raymond."
"WINCE","The act of one who winces."
"WINCER","One who, or that which, winces, shrinks, or kicks."
"WINCEY","Linsey-woolsey."
"WINCH","To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness."
"WINCING","The act of washing cloth, dipping it in dye, etc., with awince. Wincing machine. (a) A wince. Ure. (b) A succession of winces.See Wince. Knight."
"WINCOPIPE","A little red flower, no doubt the pimpernel, which, when itopens in the morning, is supposed to bode a fair day. See Pimpernel.There is small red flower in the stubble fields, which country peoplecall the wincopipe; which if it opens in the morning, you may be surea fair day will follow. Bacon."
"WIND","The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; awinding."
"WIND SIGNAL","In general, any signal announcing information concerning winds,and esp. the expected approach of winds whose direction and force aredangerous to shipping, etc. The wind-signal system of the UnitedStates Weather Bureau consists of storm, information, hurricane, hotwind, and inland storm signals."
"WIND-BREAK","To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust. [R.]'T would wind-break a mule to vie burdens with her. Ford."
"WIND-BROKEN","Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture,dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so thatwhile the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two;affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a horse.Youatt."
"WIND-FERTILIZED","Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind."
"WIND-PLANT","A windflower."
"WIND-RODE","Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the courseof the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tideopposed to each other. Totten."
"WIND-SHAKEN","Shaken by the wind; specif. (Forestry),"
"WIND-SUCKER","The kestrel. B. Jonson."
"WIND-SUCKING","A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing ofair; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. SeeCribbing, 4."
"WIND-UP","Act of winding up, or closing; a concluding act or part; theend."
"WINDAGE","The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun andthat of the shot fired from it."
"WINDAS","See 3d Windlass. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WINDBORE","The lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine.Ansted."
"WINDBOUND","prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound."
"WINDER","One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that eachtread is broader at one end than at the other; -- distinguished fromflyer."
"WINDFALLEN","Blown down by the wind."
"WINDFLOWER","The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to openonly when the wind was blowing. See Anemone."
"WINDGALL","A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of ahorse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to containair."
"WINDHOVER","The kestrel; -- called also windbibber, windcuffer, windfanner.[Prov. Eng.]"
"WINDING","A call by the boatswain's whistle."
"WINDINGLY","In a winding manner."
"WINDLACE","See Windlass. [Obs.]Two arblasts, . . . with windlaces and quarrels. Sir W. Scott."
"WINDLASS","A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift."
"WINDLE","The redwing. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WINDLESS","A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. AgrostisSpica-ventis. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Shelley."
"WINDMILL","A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the actionof the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from ahorizontal shaft. Chaucer."
"WINDORE","A window. [Obs.] Hudibras."
"WINDOW","The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or otherframework, which closes a window opening."
"WINDOWED","Having windows or openings. [R.] 'Looped and windowedraggedness.' Shak."
"WINDOWLESS","Destitute of a window. Carlyle."
"WINDOWPANE","See Pane, n., (3) b. [In this sense, written also window pane.]"
"WINDOWY","Having little crossings or openings like the sashes of awindow. [R.] Donne."
"WINDPIPE","The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; thetrachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung."
"WINDROW","To arrange in lines or windrows, as hay when newly made. Forby."
"WINDSOR","A town in Berkshire, England. Windsor bean. (Bot.) See underBean.-- Windsor chair, a kind of strong, plain, polished, wooden chair.Simmonds.-- Windsor soap, a scented soap well known for its excellence."
"WINDSTORM","A storm characterized by high wind with little or no rain."
"WINDTIGHT","So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind. Bp. Hall."
"WINDWARD","The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to thewindward; -- opposed to Ant: leeward. To lay an anchor to thewindward, a figurative expression, signifying to adopt precautionaryor anticipatory measures for success or security."
"WINEBIBBER","One who drinks much wine. Prov. xxiii. 20.-- Wine'bib`bing, n."
"WINEGLASS","A small glass from to drink wine."
"WINEGLASSFUL","As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a wineglass.It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls."
"WINELESS","destitute of wine; as, wineless life."
"WINERY","A place where grapes are converted into wine."
"WINESAP","A variety of winter apple of medium size, deep red color, andyellowish flesh of a rich, rather subacid flavor."
"WING","One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of apteropod, used as an organ in swimming.(b) (Bot.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides ofcertain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.(c) (Bot.) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower."
"WING-HANDED","Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as thebats and pterodactyls."
"WING-LEAVED","Having pinnate or pinnately divided leaves."
"WINGED","Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elmand the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate."
"WINGER","One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, beingsmaller than such as are stowed more amidships. Totten."
"WINGFISH","A sea robin having large, winglike pectoral fins. See Searobin, under Robin."
"WINGLESS","Having no wings; not able to ascend or fly. Wingless bird(Zo\u00f6l.), the apteryx."
"WINGLET","A bastard wing, or alula."
"WINGMANSHIP","Power or skill in flying. [R.] Duke of Argyll."
"WINK","To cause (the eyes) to wink.[Colloq.]"
"WINKINGLY","In a winking manner; with the eye almost closed. Peacham."
"WINKLE-HAWK","A rectangular rent made in cloth; -- called also winkle-hole.[Local, U. S.] Bartlett."
"WINNARD","The redwing. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WINNEBAGOES","A tribe of North American Indians who originally occupied theregion about Green Bay, Lake Michigan, but were driven back from thelake and nearly exterminated in 1640 by the IIlinnois."
"WINNER","One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, orgaming."
"WINNING","Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winningaddress. 'Each mild and winning note.' Keble."
"WINNINGLY","In a winning manner."
"WINNINGNESS","The quality or state of being winning. 'Winningness in style.'J. Morley."
"WINNINISH","The land-locked variety of the common salmon. [Canada]"
"WINNOW","To separate chaff from grain.Winnow not with every wind. Ecclus. v. 9."
"WINNOWER","One who, or that which, winnows; specifically, a winnowingmachine."
"WINNOWING","The act of one who, or that which, winnows."
"WINROW","A windrow."
"WINSING","Winsome. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WINSOMENESS","The characteristic of being winsome; attractiveness of manner.J. R. Green."
"WINTER","To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.Because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more partadvised to depart thence. Acts xxvii. 12."
"WINTER-BEATEN","Beaten or harassed by the severe weather of winter. Spenser."
"WINTER-GROUND","To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection orshelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant.The ruddock would . . . bring thee all this, Yea, and furred mossbesides, when flowers are none To winter-ground thy corse. Shak."
"WINTER-PROUD","Having too rank or forward a growth for winter.When either corn is winter-proud, or other plants put forth and budtoo early. Holland."
"WINTER-RIG","To fallow or till in winter. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WINTERGREEN","A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter."
"WINTERKILL","To kill by the cold, or exposure to the inclemency of winter;as, the wheat was winterkilled. [U. S.]"
"WINTERLY","Like winter; wintry; cold; hence, disagreeable, cheerless; as,winterly news. [R.] Shak.The sir growing more winterly in the month of April. Camden."
"WINTERTIDE","Winter time. Tennyson."
"WINTERWEED","A kind of speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) which spreadschiefly in winter. Dr. Prior."
"WINTERY","Wintry."
"WINTRY","Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs towinter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery.Touch our chilled hearts with vernal smile, Our wintry course do thoubeguile. Keble."
"WINY","Having the taste or qualities of wine; vinous; as, grapes of awiny taste. Dampier."
"WINZE","A small shaft sunk from one level to another, as for thepurpose of ventilation."
"WIPE","The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WIPER","A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece,as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers,lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their ownweight; a kind of cam."
"WIRBLE","To whirl; to eddy. [R.]The waters went wirbling above and around. Owen. Meredith."
"WIRCHE","To work [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WIRE GUN","= Wire-wound gun."
"WIRE TAPPER","One that taps, or cuts in on, telegraph wires and interceptsmessages; hence (Slang),"
"WIRE-DRAWER","One who draws metal into wire."
"WIRE-HEEL","A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast."
"WIRE-PULLER","One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one whooperates by secret means; an intriguer.Political wire-pullers and convention packers. Lowell."
"WIRE-PULLING","The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secretinfluence or management, especially in politics; intrigue."
"WIRE-TAILED","Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long,slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules."
"WIRE-WORKER","One who manufactures articles from wire."
"WIRE-WOUND GUN","A gun in the construction of which an inner tube (either entireor in segments) is wound with wire under tension to insure greatersoundness and uniformity of resistance. In modern construction hoopsand jackets are shrunk on over the wire."
"WIREDRAW","To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, orthe like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction."
"WIRELESS","Having no wire; specif. (Elec.),"
"WIREWORK","Work, especially openwork, formed of wires."
"WIRINESS","The quality of being wiry."
"WIS","Certainly; really; indeed. [Obs.] 'As wis God helpe me.'Chaucer."
"WISARD","See Wizard."
"WISDOM LITERATURE","The class of ancient Hebrew writings which deal reflectivelywith general ethical and religious topics, as distinguished from theprophetic and liturgical literature, and from the law. It iscomprised chiefly in the books of Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiasticus,Ecclesiastes, and Wisdom of Solomon. The 'wisdom' (Hokhmah) of thesewritings consists in detached sage utterances on concrete issues oflife, without the effort at philosophical system that appeared in thelater Hellenistic reflective writing beginning with Philo Jud\u00e6us."
"WISE","Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion. 'All armed incomplete wise.' Spenser.To love her in my beste wyse. Chaucer.This song she sings in most commanding wise. Sir P. Sidney.Let not these blessings then, sent from above, Abused be, or spilt inprofane wise. Fairfax."
"WISE-HEARTED","Wise; knowing; skillful; sapient; erudite; prudent. Ex. xxviii.3."
"WISE-LIKE","Resembling that which is wise or sensible; judicious.The only wise-like thing I heard anybody say. Sir W. Scott."
"WISELING","One who pretends to be wise; a wiseacre; a witling. Donne."
"WISELY","In a wise manner; prudently; judiciously; discreetly; withwisdom.And wisely learn to curb thy sorrows wild. Milton."
"WISENESS","Wisdom. [Obs.] Spenser."
"WISH-WASH","Any weak, thin drink."
"WISHABLE","Capable or worthy of being wished for; desirable. Udall."
"WISHBONE","The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; -- calledalso merrythought, and wishing bone. See Merrythought, and Furculum."
"WISHEDLY","According to wish; conformably to desire. [Obs.] Chapman."
"WISHER","One who wishes or desires; one who expresses a wish. Shak."
"WISHING","a. & n. from Wish, v. t. Wishing bone. See Wishbone.-- Wishing cap, a cap fabled to give one whatever he wishes for whenwearing it."
"WISHLY","According to desire; longingly; with wishes. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.] Chapman."
"WISHTONWISH","The prairie dog."
"WISHY-WASHY","Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; --originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless.A weak wishy-washy man who had hardly any mind of his own. A.Trollope."
"WISKET","A whisket, or basket. [Prov. Eng.] Ainsworth."
"WISLY","Certainly. [Obs.] 'God so wisly have mercy on me.' Chaucer."
"WISPEN","Formed of a wisp, or of wisp; as, a wispen broom. [Obs.]"
"WISSE","To show; to teach; to inform; to guide; to direct. [Obs.]Ere we depart I shall thee so well wisse That of mine house ne shaltthou never misse. Chaucer."
"WIST","Knew."
"WISTARIA","A genus of climbing leguminous plants bearing long, pendulousclusters of pale bluish flowers."
"WISTIT","A small South American monkey; a marmoset. [Written alsowistiti, and ouistiti.]"
"WISTLY","Attentively; observingly. [Obs.] Shak."
"WISTONWISH","See Wishtonwish."
"WIT","To know; to learn. 'I wot and wist alway.' Chaucer."
"WIT-CRACKER","One who breaks jests; a joker. [Obs.] Shak."
"WIT-SNAPPER","One who affects repartee; a wit-cracker. [Obs.] Shak."
"WIT-STARVED","Barren of wit; destitute of genius. Examiner."
"WITAN","Lit., wise men; specif. (A.-S. Hist.),"
"WITCH","A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or otherfat, and used as a taper. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WITCH-ELM","See Wych-elm."
"WITCH-HAZEL","The wych-elm.(b) An American shrub or small tree (Hamamelis Virginica), whichblossoms late in autumn."
"WITCH-TREE","The witch-hazel."
"WITCHING","That witches or enchants; suited to enchantment or witchcraft;bewitching. 'The very witching time of night.' Shak.-- Witch'ing*ly, adv."
"WITCHUCK","The sand martin, or bank swallow. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WITE","To reproach; to blame; to censure; also, to impute as blame.[Obs. or Scot.] Spenser.Though that I be jealous, wite me not. Chaucer.There if that I misspeak or say, Wite it the ale of Southwark, I youpray. Chaucer."
"WITELESS","Blameless. [Obs.] Spenser."
"WITEN","pl. pres. of Wit. Chaucer."
"WITENAGEMOTE","A meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature, ofEngland in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman Conquest."
"WITFISH","The ladyfish (a)."
"WITFUL","Wise; sensible. [R.] Chapman."
"WITH","See Withe."
"WITHAL","With; -- put after its object, at the end of sentence or clausein which it stands. [Obs.]This diamond he greets your wife withal. Shak.Whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal. Lev.v. 3."
"WITHAMITE","A variety of epidote, of a reddish color, found in Scotland."
"WITHDRAW","To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away;as, he withdrew from the company. 'When the sea withdrew.' King Horn."
"WITHDRAWAL","The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.Fielding."
"WITHDRAWER","One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts."
"WITHDRAWING-ROOM","A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room;a drawing-room.A door in the middle leading to a parlor and withdrawing-room. Sir W.Scott."
"WITHDRAWMENT","The act of withdrawing; withdrawal. W. Belsham."
"WITHE","An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring,through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured; awythe. R. H. Dana, Jr."
"WITHE-ROD","A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlikeshoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves."
"WITHER-WRUNG","Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse."
"WITHERBAND","A piece of iron in a saddle near a horse's withers, tostrengthen the bow."
"WITHERED","Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away.-- With'ered*ness, n. Bp. Hall."
"WITHERING","Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade.-- With'er*ing*ly, adv."
"WITHERITE","Barium carbonate occurring in white or gray six-sided twincrystals, and also in columnar or granular masses."
"WITHERLING","A withered person; one who is decrepit. [Obs.] Chapman."
"WITHERNAM","A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goodswhich were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a takingby way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in the expression capias inwithernam, which is the name of a writ used in connection with theaction of replevin (sometimes called a writ of reprisal), whichissues to a defendant in replevin when he has obtained judgment for areturn of the chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on thewrit of return. Blackstone."
"WITHERS","The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base ofthe neck. See Illust. of Horse.Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung. Shak."
"WITHHOLDER","One who withholds."
"WITHHOLDMENT","The act of withholding."
"WITHINFORTH","Within; inside; inwardly. [Obs.] Wyclif.[It is much greater] labor for to withinforth call into mind, withoutsight of the eye withoutforth upon images, what he before knew andthought upon. Bp. Peacock."
"WITHINSIDE","In the inner parts; inside. [Obs.] Graves."
"WITHOUT","Unless; except; -- introducing a clause.You will never live to my age without you keep yourselves in breathwith exercise, and in heart with joyfulness. Sir P. Sidney."
"WITHOUT-DOOR","Outdoor; exterior. [Obs.] 'Her without-door form.' Shak."
"WITHOUTEN","Without. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WITHOUTFORTH","Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WITHSAY","To contradict; to gainsay; to deny; to renounce. [Obs.] Gower.If that he his Christendom withsay. Chaucer."
"WITHSET","To set against; to oppose. [Obs.] 'Their way he them withset.'R. of Brunne."
"WITHSTAND","To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical ormoral force; as, to withstand an attack of troops; to withstandeloquence or arguments. Piers Plowman.I withstood him to the face. Gal. ii. 11.Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast. The little tyrantof his fields withstood. Gray."
"WITHSTANDER","One who withstands, or opposes; an opponent; a resisting power."
"WITHSTOOD","oWithstand."
"WITHVINE","Quitch grass."
"WITHWIND","A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).He bare a burden ybound with a broad list, In a withewyndes wiseybounden about. Piers Plowman."
"WITHWINE","Same as Withvine."
"WITHY","The osier willow (Salix viminalis). See Osier, n. (a)."
"WITING","Knowledge. [Obs.] 'Withouten witing of any other wight.'Chaucer."
"WITLESS","Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence,indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment. 'Witless bravery.'Shak.A witty mother! witless else her son. Shak.Witless pity breedeth fruitless love. Fairfax.-- Wit'less*ly, adv.-- Wit'less*ness, n."
"WITLING","A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender towit or smartness.A beau and witing perished in the forming. Pope.Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks! Goldsmith."
"WITNESS","To see the execution of, as an instrument, and subscribe it forthe purpose of establishing its authenticity; as, to witness a bondor a deed."
"WITNESSER","One who witness."
"WITTED","Having (such) a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy."
"WITTICASTER","A witling. [R.] Milton."
"WITTICISM","A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty;an attempt at wit; a conceit. Milton.He is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticisms; allwhich are below the dignity of heroic verse. Addison."
"WITTIFIED","Possessed of wit; witty. [R.] R. North."
"WITTILY","In a witty manner; wisely; ingeniously; artfully; with it; witha delicate turn or phrase, or with an ingenious association of ideas.Who his own harm so wittily contrives. Dryden."
"WITTINESS","The quality of being witty."
"WITTINGLY","Knowingly; with knowledge; by design."
"WITTOL","The wheatear. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WITTOLLY","Like a wittol; cuckoldly. [Obs.] Shak."
"WITTS","Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping. Knight."
"WITWORM","One who, or that which, feeds on or destroys wit. [Obs.] B.Jonson."
"WIVE","To marry, as a man; to take a wife.Wherefore we pray you hastily to wive. Chaucer."
"WIVEHOOD","Wifehood. [Obs.] Spenser."
"WIVELESS","Wifeless. [Obs.] Homilies."
"WIVELY","Wifely. [Obs.] Udall."
"WIVES",", pl of Wife."
"WIZARDLY","Resembling or becoming a wizard; wizardlike; weird."
"WIZARDRY","The character or practices o 'He acquired a reputationbordering on wizardry.' J. A. Symonds."
"WIZEN","To wither; to dry. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"WIZEN-FACED","Having a shriveled, thin, withered face."
"WIZENED","Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as, a wizened oldman."
"WLATSOME","Loathsome; disgusting; hateful. [Obs.]Murder is . . . wlatsom and abhominable to God. Chaucer."
"WO","See Woe. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WOAD","An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria). It wasformerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from itsleaves."
"WOAD-WAXEN","A leguminous plant (Genista tinctoria) of Europe and RussianAsia, and adventitious in America; -- called also greenwood,greenweed, dyer's greenweed, and whin, wood-wash, wood-wax, and wood-waxen."
"WOADED","Colored or stained with woad. 'Man tattoed or woaded, winter-clad in skins.' Tennyson."
"WOALD","See Weld."
"WOBBLE","See Wabble."
"WODE","Mad. See Wood, a. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer."
"WODEGELD","A geld, or payment, for wood. Burrill."
"WODEN","A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of theScandinavians. Wednesday is named for him. See Odin."
"WOE","Woeful; sorrowful. [Obs.]His clerk was woe to do that deed. Robert of Brunne.Woe was this knight and sorrowfully he sighed. Chaucer.And looking up he waxed wondrous woe. Spenser."
"WOE-BEGONE","Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow;woeful. Chaucer.So woe-begone was he with pains of love. Fairfax."
"WOESOME","Woeful. [Obs.] Langhorne."
"WOKE","Wake."
"WOL","See 2d Will. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WOLD","See Weld."
"WOLDE","imp. of Will. See Would."
"WOLF","Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivoresbelonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog.The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf(Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (C. occidentalis),and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and maythus attack large animals and even man."
"WOLFBERRY","An American shrub (Symphoricarpus occidentalis) which bearssoft white berries."
"WOLFFIAN","Discovered, or first described, by Caspar Friedrich Wolff(1733-1794), the founder of modern embryology. Wolffian body, themesonephros.-- Wolffian duct, the duct from the Wolffian body."
"WOLFHOUND","Originally, a large hound used in hunting wolves; now, any oneof certain breeds of large dogs, some of which are nearly identicalwith the great Danes."
"WOLFISH","Like a wolf; having the qualities or form of a wolf; as, awolfish visage; wolfish designs.-- Wolf'ish*ly, adv.-- Wolf'ish*ness, n."
"WOLFKIN","A little or young wolf. Tennyson."
"WOLFLING","A young wolf. Carlyle."
"WOLFRAM","Same as Wolframite."
"WOLFRAM STEEL","Same as Tungsten steel."
"WOLFRAMATE","A salt of wolframic acid; a tungstate."
"WOLFRAMIC","Of or pertaining to wolframium. See Tungstic."
"WOLFRAMITE","Tungstate of iron and manganese, generally of a brownish orgrayish black color, submetallic luster, and high specific gravity.It occurs in cleavable masses, and also crystallized. Called alsowolfram."
"WOLFRAMIUM","The technical name of the element tungsten. See Tungsten."
"WOLFSBANE","A poisonous plant (Aconitum Lycoctonum), a kind of monkshood;also, by extension, any plant or species of the genus Aconitum. SeeAconite."
"WOLL","See 2d Will. [Obs.]"
"WOLLASTONITE","A silicate of lime of a white to gray, red, or yellow color,occurring generally in cleavable masses, rarely in tabular crystals;tabular spar."
"WOLLE","Wool. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WOLVERENE STATE","Michigan; -- a nickname."
"WOLVES","pl. of Wolf."
"WOLVISH","Wolfish. Shak."
"WOMAN","Womanhood. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WOMANISH","Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman;effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful sense.See the Note under Effeminate. ' Thy tears are womanish.' Shak. 'Womanish entreaties.' Macaulay.A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish, but audible, strong,and manlike. Ascham.-- Wom'an*ish*ly, adv.-- Wom'an*ish*ness, n."
"WOMANIZE","To make like a woman; to make effeminate. [Obs.] V. Knox."
"WOMANKIND","The females of the human race; women, collectively.A sanctuary into which womankind, with her tools of magic, the broomand mop, has very infrequent access. Hawthorne."
"WOMANLESS","Without a woman or women."
"WOMANLIKE","Like a woman; womanly.Womanlike, taking revenge too deep. Tennyson."
"WOMANLINESS","The quality or state of being womanly.There is nothing wherein their womanliness is more honestly garnishedthan with silence. Udall."
"WOMANLY","Becoming a woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior. Arbuthnot.A blushing, womanly discovering grace. Donne."
"WOMB","The uterus. See Uterus."
"WOMBAT","Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials ofthe genus Phascolomys, especially the common species (P. ursinus).They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots."
"WOMBY","Capacious. [Obs.] Shak."
"WOMEN","pl. of Woman."
"WON","imp. & p. p. of Win."
"WONDER","Wonderful. [Obs.] Gower.After that he said a wonder thing. Chaucer."
"WONDER-WORKER","One who performs wonders, or miracles."
"WONDER-WORKING","Doing wonders or surprising things."
"WONDERED","Having performed wonders; able to perform wonderful things.[Obs.] Shak."
"WONDERER","One who wonders."
"WONDERFUL","Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange;astonishing."
"WONDERINGLY","In a wondering manner."
"WONDERLAND","A land full of wonders, or marvels. M. Arnold."
"WONDERLY","Wonderfully; wondrously. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WONDERMENT","Surprise; astonishment; a wonderful appearance; a wonder.Bacon.All the common sights they view, Their wonderment engage. Sir W.Scott."
"WONDEROUS","Same as Wondrous."
"WONDERS","See Wondrous. [Obs.]They be wonders glad thereof. Sir T. More."
"WONDERSTRUCK","Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise. Dryden."
"WONDERWORK","A wonderful work or act; a prodigy; a miracle.Such as in strange land He found in wonderworks of God and Nature'shand. Byron."
"WONDROUS","In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree; wonderfully.For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, Are, as when women,wondrous fond of place. Pope.And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold.Coleridge."
"WONE","To dwell; to abide. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.Their habitation in which they woned. Chaucer."
"WONG","A field. [Obs.] Spelman. 'Woods and wonges.' Havelok the Dane."
"WONGER","See Wanger. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WONING","Dwelling. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WONT","Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used. 'Ashe was wont to go.' Chaucer.If the ox were wont to push with his horn. Ex. xxi. 29."
"WONTED","Accustomed; customary; usual.Again his wonted weapon proved. Spenser.Like an old piece of furniture left alone in its wonted corner. SirW. Scott.She was wonted to the place, and would not remove. L'Estrange."
"WONTEDNESS","The quality or state of being accustomed. [R.] Eikon Basilike."
"WONTLESS","Unaccustomed. [Obs.] Spenser."
"WOO","To court; to make love. Dryden."
"WOOD","Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic. [Obs.][Written also wode.]Our hoste gan to swear as [if] he were wood. Chaucer."
"WOOD GUM","Xylan."
"WOOD HYACINTH","A European squill (Scilla nonscripta) having a scape bearing araceme of drooping blue, purple, white, or sometimes pink, bell-shaped flowers."
"WOOD TICK","Any one of several species of ticks of the genus Ixodes whoseyoung cling to bushes, but quickly fasten themselves upon the bodiesof any animal with which they come in contact. When they attachthemselves to the human body they often produce troublesome sores.The common species of the Northern United States is Ixodesunipunctata."
"WOOD-BOUND","Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows."
"WOOD-LAYER","A young oak, or other timber plant, laid down in a hedge amongthe whitethorn or other plants used in hedges."
"WOOD-NOTE","A wild or natural note, as of a forest bird. [R.]Or sweetest Shakespeare, fancy's child, Warble his native wood-noteswild. Milton."
"WOOD-SARE","A kind of froth seen on herbs. [Obs.]"
"WOOD-SERE","The time when there no sap in the trees; the winter season.[Written also wood-seer.] [Obs.] Tusser."
"WOODBIND","Woodbine. Dryden.A garland . . . of woodbind or hawthorn leaves. Chaucer."
"WOODCHUCK","A common large North American marmot (Arctomys monax). It isusually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray. It makesextensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops. Calledalso ground hog."
"WOODCOCK","Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birdsbelonging to the genera Scolopax and Philohela. They are mostlynocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds."
"WOODCRACKER","The nuthatch. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WOODCRAFT","Skill and practice in anything pertaining to the woods,especially in shooting, and other sports in the woods.Men of the glade and forest! leave Your woodcraft for the field offight. Bryant."
"WOODCUT","An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut,under Wood."
"WOODED","Supplied or covered with wood, or trees; as, land wooded andwatered.The brook escaped from the eye down a deep and wooded dell. Sir W.Scott."
"WOODENLY","Clumsily; stupidly; blockishly. R. North."
"WOODENNESS","Quality of being wooden; clumsiness; stupidity; blockishness.We set our faces against the woodenness which then characterizedGerman philology. Sweet."
"WOODHEWER","A woodpecker."
"WOODHOLE","A place where wood is stored."
"WOODHOUSE","A house or shed in which wood is stored, and sheltered from theweather."
"WOODINESS","The quality or state of being woody. Evelyn."
"WOODKNACKER","The yaffle."
"WOODLAND","Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which treesare suffered to grow, either for fuel or timber.Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth andwater seem to strive again. Pope.Woodlands and cultivated fields are harmoniously blended. Bancroft."
"WOODLANDER","A dweller in a woodland."
"WOODLESS","Having no wood; destitute of wood. Mitford.-- Wood'less*ness, n."
"WOODLY","In a wood, mad, or raving manner; madly; furiously. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"WOODMEIL","See Wadmol."
"WOODMONGER","A wood seller. [Obs.]"
"WOODNESS","Anger; madness; insanity; rage. [Obs.] Spenser.Woodness laughing in his rage. Chaucer."
"WOODPECK","A woodpecker. [Obs.]"
"WOODPECKER","Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging toPicus and many allied genera of the family Picid\u00e6."
"WOODROCK","A compact woodlike variety of asbestus."
"WOODSMAN","A woodman; especially, one who lives in the forest."
"WOODSTONE","A striped variety of hornstone, resembling wood in appearance."
"WOODSY","Of or pertaining to the woods or forest. [Colloq. U. S.]It [sugar making] is woodsy, and savors of trees. J. Burroughs."
"WOODWALL","The yaffle. [Written also woodwale, and woodwele.]"
"WOODWARD","An officer of the forest, whose duty it was to guard the woods."
"WOODWARDIA","A genus of ferns, one species of which (Woodwardia radicans) isa showy plant in California, the Azores, etc."
"WOODWORK","Work made of wood; that part of any structure which is wroughtof wood."
"WOODWORM","See Wood worm, under Wood."
"WOOER","One who wooes; one who courts or solicits in love; a suitor. 'Athriving wooer.' Gibber."
"WOOFELL","The European blackbird. 'The woofell near at hand that hath agolden bill.' Drayton."
"WOOFY","Having a close texture; dense; as, a woofy cloud. J. Baillie."
"WOOHOO","The sailfish."
"WOOINGLY","In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness. Shak."
"WOOK","Woke. Chaucer."
"WOOL","A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs onthe surface of certain plants. Dead pulled wool, wool pulled from acarcass.-- Mineral wool. See under Mineral.-- Philosopher's wool. (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, under Zinc.-- Pulled wool, wool pulled from a pelt, or undressed hide.-- Slag wool. Same as Mineral wool, under Mineral.-- Wool ball, a ball or mass of wool.-- Wool burler, one who removes little burs, knots, or extraneousmatter, from wool, or the surface of woolen cloth.-- Wool comber. (a) One whose occupation is to comb wool. (b) Amachine for combing wool.-- Wool grass (Bot.), a kind of bulrush (Scirpus Eriophorum) withnumerous clustered woolly spikes.-- Wool scribbler. See Woolen scribbler, under Woolen, a.-- Wool sorter's disease (Med.), a disease, resembling malignantpustule, occurring among those who handle the wool of goats andsheep.-- Wool staple, a city or town where wool used to be brought to theking's staple for sale. [Eng.] -- Wool stapler. (a) One who deals inwool. (b) One who sorts wool according to its staple, or itsadaptation to different manufacturing purposes.-- Wool winder, a person employed to wind, or make up, wool intobundles to be packed for sale."
"WOOL-DYED","Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed; ingrain."
"WOOL-HALL","A trade market in the woolen districts. [Eng.]"
"WOOLD","To wind, or wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a mastor yard made of two or more pieces, at the place where it has beenfished or scarfed, in order to strengthen it."
"WOOLDER","A stick used to tighten the rope in woolding."
"WOOLED","Having (such) wool; as, a fine-wooled sheep."
"WOOLEN","Cloth made of wool; woollen goods."
"WOOLENET","A thin, light fabric of wool. [Written also woollenet,woolenette, and woollenette.]"
"WOOLERT","The barn owl. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also oolert, and owlerd.]"
"WOOLFELL","A skin with the wool; a skin from which the wool has not beensheared or pulled. [Written also woolfel.]"
"WOOLGATHERING","Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination;roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful."
"WOOLGROWER","One who raises sheep for the production of wool.-- Wool'grow`ing, n."
"WOOLHEAD","The buffel duck."
"WOOLLINESS","The quality or state of being woolly."
"WOOLLY","Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool. Woollybear (Zo\u00f6l.), the hairy larva of several species of bombycid moths.The most common species in the United States are the salt-marshcaterpillar (see under Salt), the black and red woolly bear, or larvaof the Isabella moth (see Illust., under Isabella Moth), and theyellow woolly bear, or larva of the American ermine moth (SpilosomaVirginica).-- Woolly butt (Bot.), an Australian tree (Eucalyptus longifolia),so named because of its fibrous bark.-- Woolly louse (Zo\u00f6l.), a plant louse (Schizoneura, or Erisoma,lanigera) which is often very injurious to the apple tree. It iscovered with a dense coat of white filaments somewhat resembling finewool or cotton. In exists in two forms, one of which infests theroots, the other the branches. See Illust. under Blight.-- Woolly macaco (Zo\u00f6l.), the mongoose lemur.-- Woolly maki (Zo\u00f6l.), a long-tailed lemur (Indris laniger) nativeof Madagascar, having fur somewhat like wool; -- called also avahi,and woolly lemur.-- Woolly monkey (Zo\u00f6l.), any South American monkey of the genusLagothrix, as the caparro.-- Woolly rhinoceros (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros (Rhinocerostichorhinus) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was covered witha dense coat of woolly hair. It has been found frozen in the ice ofSiberia, with the flesh and hair well preserved."
"WOOLLY-HEAD","A negro. [Low]"
"WOOLMAN","One who deals in wool."
"WOOLPACK","A pack or bag of wool weighing two hundred and forty pounds."
"WOOLSACK","A sack or bag of wool; specifically, the seat of the lordchancellor of England in the House of Lords, being a large, squaresack of wool resembling a divan in form."
"WOOLSEY","Linsey-woolsey."
"WOOLSTOCK","A heavy wooden hammer for milling cloth."
"WOOLWARD","In wool; with woolen raiment next the skin. [Obs.]"
"WOOLWARD-GOING","A wearing of woolen clothes next the skin as a matter ofpenance. [Obs.]Their . . . woolward-going, and rising at midnight. Tyndale."
"WOON","Dwelling. See Wone. [Obs.]"
"WOORALI","Same as Curare."
"WOOSY","Oozy; wet. [Obs.] Drayton."
"WOOTZ","A species of steel imported from the East Indies, valued formaking edge tools; Indian steel. It has in combination a minuteportion of alumina and silica."
"WOOYEN","See Yuen."
"WOPEN","Wept. Chaucer."
"WORBLE","See Wormil."
"WORD","Talk; discourse; speech; language.Why should calamity be full of words Shak.Be thy words severe; Sharp as he merits, but the sword forbear.Dryden."
"WORD METHOD","A method of teaching reading in which words are first taken assingle ideograms and later analyzed into their phonetic andalphabetic elements; -- contrasted with the alphabet and sentencemethods."
"WORD-CATCHER","One who cavils at words."
"WORDBOOK","A collection of words; a vocabulary; a dictionary; a lexicon."
"WORDER","A speaker. [Obs.] Withlock."
"WORDILY","In a wordy manner."
"WORDINESS","The quality or state of being wordy, or abounding with words;verboseness. Jeffrey."
"WORDING","The act or manner of expressing in words; style of expression;phrasing.It is believed this wording was above his known style. Milton."
"WORDISH","Respecting words; full of words; wordy. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.-- Word'ish*ness, n.The truth they hide by their dark woordishness. Sir K. Digby."
"WORDLE","One of several pivoted pieces forming the throat of anadjustable die used in drawing wire, lead pipe, etc. Knight."
"WORDLESS","Not using words; not speaking; silent; speechless. Shak."
"WORDPLAY","A more or less subtle playing upon the meaning of words."
"WORDSMAN","One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist. [R.]'Some speculative wordsman.' H. Bushnell."
"WORE","imp. of Wear."
"WORK","Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks,bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also,the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, ironworks; locomotive works; gas works. (d) pl."
"WORKABLE","Capable of being worked, or worth working; as, a workable mine;workable clay."
"WORKADAY","See Workyday."
"WORKBAG","A bag for holding implements or materials for work; especially,a reticule, or bag for holding needlework, and the like."
"WORKBASKET","A basket for holding materials for needlework, or the like."
"WORKBENCH","A bench on which work is performed, as in a carpenter's shop."
"WORKBOX","A box for holding instruments or materials for work."
"WORKDAY","A day on which work is performed, as distinguished from Sunday,festivals, etc., a working day."
"WORKER","One of the neuter, or sterile, individuals of the social ants,bees, and white ants. The workers are generally females having thesexual organs imperfectly developed. See Ant, and White ant, underWhite."
"WORKFELLOW","One engaged in the same work with another; a companion in work."
"WORKFOLK","People that labor."
"WORKFUL","Full of work; diligent. [R.]"
"WORKING","a & n. from Work.The word must cousin be to the working. Chaucer.Working beam. See Beam, n. 10.-- Working class, the class of people who are engaged in manuallabor, or are dependent upon it for support; laborers; operatives; --chiefly used in the plural.-- Working day. See under Day, n.-- Working drawing, a drawing, as of the whole or part of astructure, machine, etc., made to a scale, and intended to befollowed by the workmen. Working drawings are either general ordetail drawings.-- Working house, a house where work is performed; a workhouse.-- Working point (Mach.), that part of a machine at which the effectrequired; the point where the useful work is done."
"WORKING-DAY","Pertaining to, or characteristic of, working days, or workdays;everyday; hence, plodding; hard-working.O, how full of briers in this working-day world. Shak."
"WORKINGMAN","A laboring man; a man who earns his daily support by manuallabor."
"WORKMANLIKE","Becoming a workman, especially a skillful one; skillful; wellperformed."
"WORKMANLY","Becoming a skillful workman; skillful; well performed;workmanlike."
"WORKMASTER","The performer of any work; a master workman. [R.] Spenser."
"WORKROOM","Any room or apartment used especially for labor."
"WORKSHIP","Workmanship. [R.]"
"WORKSHOP","A shop where any manufacture or handiwork is carried on."
"WORKTABLE","A table for holding working materials and implements; esp., asmall table with drawers and other conveniences for needlework, etc."
"WORKWOMAN","A woman who performs any work; especially, a woman skilled inneedlework."
"WORKYDAY","A week day or working day, as distinguished from Sunday or aholiday. Also used adjectively. [Written also workiday, andworkaday.] [Obs. or Colloq.]Prithee, tell her but a workyday fortune. Shak."
"WORLD-WIDE","Extended throughout the world; as, world-wide fame. Tennyson."
"WORLDLINESS","The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion forobtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness togain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness."
"WORLDLING","A person whose soul is set upon gaining temporal possessions;one devoted to this world and its enjoyments.A foutre for the world and worldlings base. Shak.If we consider the expectations of futurity, the worldling gives upthe argument. Rogers.And worldlings blot the temple's gold. Keble."
"WORLDLY","With relation to this life; in a worldly manner.Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply meek. Milton."
"WORLDLY-MINDED","Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of thepresent life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving andpursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attentionto spiritual concerns.-- World'ly*mind`ed*ness, n."
"WORM","Same as Vermes."
"WORM-SHAPED","Shaped like a worm; as, a worm-shaped root."
"WORM-SHELL","Any species of Vermetus."
"WORMAL","See Wormil."
"WORMED","Penetrated by worms; injured by worms; worm-eaten; as, wormedtimber."
"WORMHOLE","A burrow made by a worm."
"WORMIAN","Discovered or described by Olanus Wormius, a Danish anatomist.Wormian bones, small irregular plates of bone often interposed in thesutures between the large cranial bones."
"WORMIL","Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin ofdomestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong tovarious species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle areoften infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble,and worble. [Written also wormal, wormul, and wornil.]"
"WORMLING","A little worm.O dusty wormling! dost thou strive and stand With heaven's highmonarch Sylvester."
"WORMSEED","Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, andChenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property ofexpelling worms from the stomach and intestines. Wormseed mustard, aslender, cruciferous plant (Erysinum cheiranthoides) having smalllanceolate leaves."
"WORMUL","See Wornil."
"WORMWOOD","A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having a bitter andslightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge,and to protect woolen garments from moths. It gives the peculiarflavor to the cordial called absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcoticpoison. The term is often extended to other species of the samegenus."
"WORN","p. p. of Wear. Worn land, land that has become exhausted bytillage, or which for any reason has lost its fertility."
"WORN-OUT","Consumed, or rendered useless, by wearing; as, worn-outgarments."
"WORNIL","See Wormil."
"WORRIER","One who worries."
"WORRIMENT","Trouble; anxiety; worry. [Colloq. U. S.]"
"WORRISOME","Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance."
"WORRIT","To worry; to annoy. [Illiterate]"
"WORRY","To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifestdisquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries;the horse worries."
"WORRYINGLY","In a worrying manner."
"WORSE","Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad orevil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick; -- usedboth in a physical and moral sense.Or worse, if men worse can devise. Chaucer.[She] was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse. Mark v. 26.Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse. 2 Tim. iii. 13.There are men who seem to believe they are not bad while another canbe found worse. Rambler.'But I love him.' 'Love him Worse and worse.' Gay."
"WORSEN","To grow or become worse. De Quincey.Indifferent health, which seemed rather to worsen than improve.Carlyle."
"WORSER","Worse. [R.]Thou dost deserve a worser end. Beau. & Fl.From worser thoughts which make me do amiss. Bunyan.A dreadful quiet felt, and, worser far Than arms, a sullen intervalof war. Dryden."
"WORSHIP","To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to performreligious service.Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalemis the place where men ought to worship. John iv. 20.Was it for this I have loved . . . and worshiped in silenceLongfellow."
"WORSHIPABILITY","The quality of being worthy to be worshiped. [R.] Coleridge."
"WORSHIPABLE","Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship. [R.] Carlyle."
"WORSHIPER","One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being orthing; one who adores. [Written also worshipper.]"
"WORSHIPFUL","Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect; claimingrespect; worthy of honor; -- often used as a term of respect,sometimes ironically. 'This is worshipful society.' Shak.[She is] so dear and worshipful. Chaucer.-- Wor'ship*ful*ly, adv.-- Wor'ship*ful*ness, n."
"WORST","Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in aphysical or moral sense. See Worse. 'Heard so oft in worst extremes.'Milton.I have a wife, the worst that may be. Chaucer.If thou hadst not been born the worst of men, Thou hadst been a knaveand flatterer. Shak."
"WORT","A plant of any kind."
"WORTH","To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases,woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is inthe imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative. Woebe to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent phrases.I counsel . . . to let the cat worthe. Piers Plowman.He worth upon [got upon] his steed gray. Chaucer."
"WORTHFUL","Full of worth; worthy; deserving. Marston."
"WORTHILY","In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according tomerit; justly; suitably; becomingly.You worthily succeed not only to the honors of your ancestors, butalso to their virtues. Dryden.Some may very worthily deserve to be hated. South."
"WORTHINESS","The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit;excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.Who is sure he hath a soul, unless It see, and judge, and followworthiness Donne.She is not worthy to be loved that hath not some feeling of her ownworthiness. Sir P. Sidney.The prayers which our Savior made were for his own worthinessaccepted. Hooker."
"WORTHLESS","Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence,dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean;as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman;a worthless magistrate.'T is a worthless world to win or lose. Byron.-- Worth'less*ly, adv.-- Worth'less*ness, n."
"WORTHWHILE","Worth the time or effort spent. See worth while. worthy.-- worthwhileness."
"WORTHY","A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for usefuland estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much usedin the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies;military worthies.The blood of ancient worthies in his veins. Cowper."
"WOST","2d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. [Obs.] Spenser."
"WOT","1st & 3d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. See the Note underWit, v. [Obs.]Brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it. Acts iii. 17."
"WOU-WOU","The agile, or silvery, gibbon; -- called also camper. SeeGibbon. [Written also wow-wow.]"
"WOUL","To howl. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"WOULD","Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense orin the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will."
"WOULD-BE","' (as, a would-be poet."
"WOULDING","Emotion of desire; inclination; velleity. [Obs.] Hammond."
"WOULDINGNESS","Willingness; desire. [Obs.]"
"WOULFE BOTTLE","A kind of wash bottle with two or three necks; -- so calledafter the inventor, Peter Woulfe, an English chemist."
"WOUND","imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by blowing."
"WOUNDABLE","Capable of being wounded; vulnerable. [R.] Fuller."
"WOUNDER","One who, or that which, wounds."
"WOUNDILY","In a woundy manner; excessively; woundy. [Obs.]"
"WOUNDLESS","Free from wound or hurt; exempt from being wounded;invulnerable. 'Knights whose woundless armor rusts.' Spenser.[Slander] may miss our name, And hit the woundless air. Shak."
"WOUNDWORT","Any one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have beenused for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species ofthe labiate genus Stachys."
"WOUNDY","Excessive. [Obs.]Such a world of holidays, that 't a woundy hindrance to a poor manthat lives by his labor. L'Estrange."
"WOURALI","Same as Curare."
"WOVE","p. pr. & rare vb. n. of Weave."
"WOVEN","p. p. of Weave. Woven paper, or Wove paper, writing paperhaving an even, uniform surface, without watermarks."
"WOW-WOW","See Wou-wou."
"WOWE","To woo. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WOWF","Disordered or unsettled in intellect; deranged. [Scot.] Sir W.Scott."
"WOWKE","Week. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WOX","imp. of Wax. Gower."
"WOXEN","p. p. of Wax. Chaucer."
"WRACK","A thin, flying cloud; a rack."
"WRACKFUL","Ruinous; destructive. [Obs.]"
"WRAIN-BOLT","Same as Wringbolt."
"WRANGLE","To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. [R.] Bp.Sanderson."
"WRANGLERSHIP","The honor or position of being a wrangler at the University ofCambridge, England."
"WRANGLESOME","Contentious; quarrelsome. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell."
"WRAP","To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.Lo! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves. Beattie."
"WRAPRASCAL","A kind of coarse upper coat, or overcoat, formerly worn."
"WRASSE","Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of thegenus Labrus, of which several species are found in the Mediterraneanand on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are bright-colored."
"WRASTLE","To wrestle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]Who wrastleth best naked, with oil enoint. Chaucer."
"WRATH","See Wroth. [Obs.]"
"WRATHILY","In a wrathy manner; very angrily; wrathfully. [Colloq.]"
"WRATHLESS","Free from anger or wrath. Waller."
"WRATHY","Very angry. [Colloq.]"
"WRAW","Angry; vexed; wrathful. [Obs.]With this speech the cock wex wroth and wraw. Chaucer."
"WRAWFUL","Ill-tempered. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WRAWL","To cry, as a cat; to waul. [Obs.] Spenser."
"WRAWNESS","Peevishness; ill temper; anger. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WRAY","To reveal; to disclose. [Obs.]To no wight thou shalt this counsel wray. Chaucer."
"WREAK","To reck; to care. [Obs.] Shak."
"WREAKEN","p. p. of Wreak. Chaucer."
"WREAKER","Avenger. [Obs.]The stork, the wrekere of avouterye [adultery]. Chaucer."
"WREAKFUL","Revengeful; angry; furious. [Obs.] -- Wreak'ful*ly, adv. [Obs.]"
"WREAKLESS","Unrevengeful; weak. [Obs.]"
"WREATH","An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting thecrest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of twocords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other likethe principal color in the arms."
"WREATH-SHELL","A marine shell of the genus Turbo. See Turbo."
"WREATHE","To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower ofwreathing trees. Dryden."
"WREATHEN","Twisted; made into a wreath. 'Wreathen work of pure gold.' Ex.xxviii. 22."
"WREATHLESS","Destitute of a wreath."
"WREATHY","Wreathed; twisted; curled; spiral; also, full of wreaths.'Wreathy spires, and cochleary turnings about.' Sir T. Browne."
"WRECCHE","A wretch. [Obs.]"
"WRECHE","Wreak. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WRECK","See 2d & 3d Wreak."
"WRECK-MASTER","A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrownon shore after a shipwreck."
"WRECKFISH","A stone bass."
"WRECKFUL","Causing wreck; involving ruin; destructive. 'By wreckful wind.'Spenser."
"WRECKING","a. & n. from Wreck, v. Wrecking car (Railway), a car fitted upwith apparatus and implements for removing the wreck occasioned by anaccident, as by a collision.-- Wrecking pump, a pump especially adapted for pumping water fromthe hull of a wrecked vessel."
"WREN","Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging toTroglodytes and numerous allied of the family Troglodytid\u00e6."
"WRENCH","The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a planeperpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at anypoints upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent toa wrench. Carriage wrench, a wrench adapted for removing ortightening the nuts that confine the wheels on the axles, or forturning the other nuts or bolts of a carriage or wagon.-- Monkey wrench. See under Monkey.-- Wrench hammer, a wrench with the end shaped so as to admit ofbeing used as a hammer."
"WRESTER","One who wrests."
"WRESTLE","To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling."
"WRESTLER","One who wrestles; one who is skillful in wrestling."
"WRESTLING","Act of one who wrestles; specif., the sport consisting of thehand-to-hand combat between two unarmed contestants who seek to throweach other. The various styles of wrestling differ in theirdefinition of a fall and in the governing rules. In Greco-Romanwrestling, tripping and taking hold of the legs are forbidden, and afall is gained (that is, the bout is won), by the contestant who pinsboth his opponent's shoulders to the ground. In catch-as-catch-canwrestling, all holds are permitted except such as may be barred bymutual consent, and a fall is defined as in Greco-Roman style.Lancashire style wrestling is essentially the same as catch-as-catch-can. In Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling the contestants standchest to chest, grasping each other around the body. The one firstlosing his hold, or touching the ground with any part of his bodyexcept his feet, loses the bout. If both fall to the ground at thesame time, it is a dogfall, and must be wrestled over. In theCornwall and Devon wrestling, the wrestlers complete in strong looselinen jackets, catching hold of the jacket, or anywhere above thewaist. Two shoulders and one hip, or two hips and one shoulder, musttouch the ground to constitute a fall, and if a man is thrownotherwise than on his back the contestants get upon their feet andthe bout recommences."
"WRETCHEDLY","In a wretched manner; miserably; despicable."
"WRETCHFUL","Wretched. [Obs.] Wyclif."
"WRETCHLESS","Reckless; hence, disregarded. [Obs.] -- Wretch'less*ly, adv.[Obs.] -- Wretch'less*ness, n. [Obs.] Bk. of Com. Prayer.Your deaf ears should listen Unto the wretchless clamors of the poor.J. Webster."
"WREY","See Wray. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WRIE","See Wry. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WRIG","To wriggle. [Obs.] Skelton."
"WRIGGLE","To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, likea worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats, as long asthe cushion lasted. Swift."
"WRIGGLER","One who, or that which, wriggles. Cowper."
"WRIGHT","One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business;an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a workerin wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright,wheelwright, etc.He was a well good wright, a carpenter. Chaucer."
"WRIGHTINE","A rare alkaloid found in the bark of an East Indianapocynaceous tree (Wrightia antidysenterica), and extracted as abitter white crystalline substance. It was formerly used as a remedyfor diarrhoea. Called also conessine, and neriine."
"WRING","To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast."
"WRINGBOLT","A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planksagainst the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, ortreenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt."
"WRINGING","a. & n. from Wring, v. Wringing machine, a wringer. SeeWringer, 2."
"WRINGSTAFF","A strong piece of plank used in applying wringbolts."
"WRINKLE","A winkle. [Local, U.S.]"
"WRINKLY","Full of wrinkles; having a tendency to be wrinkled; corrugated;puckered. G. Eliot.His old wrinkly face grew quite blown out at last. Carlyle."
"WRIST","The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and thearm; the carpus. See Carpus.He took me by the wrist, and held me hard. Shak."
"WRISTBAND","The band of the sleeve of a shirt, or other garment, whichcovers the wrist."
"WRISTER","A covering for the wrist."
"WRISTLET","An elastic band worn around the wrist, as for the purpose ofsecuring the upper part of a glove."
"WRIT","3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth. Chaucer."
"WRITABILITY","Ability or capacity to write. [R.] Walpole."
"WRITABLE","Capable of, or suitable for, being written down."
"WRITATIVE","Inclined to much writing; -- correlative to talkative. [R.]Pope."
"WRITERSHIP","The office of a writer."
"WRITHE","To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhewith agony. Also used figuratively.After every attempt, he felt that he had failed, and writhed withshame and vexation. Macaulay."
"WRITHEN","Having a twisted distorted from.A writhen staff his step unstable guides. Fairfax."
"WRITHLE","To wrinkle. [Obs.] Shak."
"WRITTEN","p. p. of Write, v."
"WRIZZLE","To wrinkle. [Obs.] Spenser."
"WROKEN","p. p. of Wreak. Chaucer."
"WRONG","imp. of Wring. Wrung. Chaucer."
"WRONG-TIMED","Done at an improper time; ill-timed."
"WRONGDOER","One who commits a tort or trespass; a trespasser; a tortfeasor. Ayliffe."
"WRONGDOING","Evil or wicked behavior or action."
"WRONGER","One who wrongs or injures another. Shak. 'Wrongers of theworld.' Tennyson."
"WRONGFUL","Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful takingof property; wrongful dealing.-- Wrong'ful*ly, adv.-- Wrong'ful*ness, n."
"WRONGHEAD","A person of a perverse understanding or obstinate character.[R.]"
"WRONGHEADED","Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding;perverse.-- Wrong'head`ed*ly, adv.-- Wrong'head`ed*ness, n. Macaulay."
"WRONGLESS","Not wrong; void or free from wrong. [Obs.] -- Wrong'less*ly,adv. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney."
"WRONGLY","In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, hejudges wrongly of my motives. 'And yet wouldst wrongly win.' Shak."
"WRONGNESS","The quality or state of being wrong; wrongfulness; error;fault.The best great wrongnesses within themselves. Bp. Butler.The rightness or wrongness of this view. Latham."
"WRONGOUS","Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment. Craig."
"WROOT","imp. of Write. Wrote. Chaucer."
"WROTE","To root with the snout. See 1st Root. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WROTH","Full of wrath; angry; incensed; much exasperated; wrathful.'Wroth to see his kingdom fail.' Milton.Revel and truth as in a low degree, They be full wroth [i. e., atenmity] all day. Chaucer.Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. Gen. iv. 5."
"WROUGHT","imp. & p. p. of Work.Alas that I was wrought [created]! Chaucer."
"WRUNG","imp. & p. p. of Wring."
"WRY","To cover. [Obs.]Wrie you in that mantle. Chaucer."
"WRYBILL","See Crookbill."
"WRYMOUTH","Any one of several species of large, elongated, marine fishesof the genus Cryptacanthodes, especially C. maculatus of the Americancoast. A whitish variety is called ghostfish."
"WRYNECK","Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genusJynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common Europeanspecies (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning theneck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate,snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck."
"WRYNECKED","Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck."
"WRYNESS","The quality or state of being wry, or distorted. W. Montagu."
"WRYTHEN","Writhen."
"WULFENITE","Native lead molybdate occurring in tetragonal crystals, usuallytabular, and of a bright orange-yellow to red, gray, or brown color;-- also called yellow lead ore."
"WULL","See 2d Will.Pour out to all that wull. Spenser."
"WUNG-OUT","Having the sails set in the manner called wing-and-wing.[Sailors' slang]"
"WURBAGOOL","A fruit bat (Pteropus medius) native of India. It is similar tothe flying fox, but smaller."
"WURMAL","See Wormil."
"WURRALUH","The Australian white-quilled honey eater (Entomyza albipennis)."
"WYANDOTS","Same as Hurons. [Written also Wyandottes, and Yendots.]"
"WYCH-ELM","A species of elm (Ulmus montana) found in Northern and WesternEurope; Scotch elm."
"WYCH-HAZEL","The wych-elm; -- so called because its leaves are like those ofthe hazel."
"WYD","Wide. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WYKE","Week. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WYLA","A helmeted Australian cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus); --called also funeral cockatoo."
"WYND","A narrow lane or alley. [Scot.] Jamieson.The narrow wynds, or alleys, on each side of the street. Bryant."
"WYNKERNEL","The European moor hen. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WYNN","A kind of timber truck, or carriage."
"WYPE","The wipe, or lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]"
"WYS","Wise. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"WYTHE","Same as Withe, n., 4."
"WYVERN","Same as Wiver."
"X","X, the twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, has threesounds; a compound nonvocal sound (that of ks), as in wax; a compoundvocal sound (that of gz), as in example; and, at the beginning of aword, a simple vocal sound (that of z), as in xanthic.  See Guide toPronunciation, \u00a7\u00a7 217, 270, 271."
"X-RAY TUBE","A vacuum tube suitable for producing R\u00f6ntgen rays."
"XANTHAMIDE","An amido derivative of xanthic acid obtained as a whitecrystalline substance, C2H5O.CS.NH2; -- called also xanthogen amide."
"XANTHATE","A salt of xanthic; a xanthogenate."
"XANTHELASMA","See Xanthoma."
"XANTHIAN","Of or pertaining to Xanthus, an ancient town on Asia Minor; --applied especially to certain marbles found near that place, and nowin the British Museum."
"XANTHIDE","A compound or derivative of xanthogen. [Archaic]"
"XANTHIDIUM","A genus of minute unicellular alg\u00e6 of the desmids. These alg\u00a8ave a rounded shape and are armed with glochidiate or branchedaculei. Several species occur in ditches, and others are found fossilin flint or hornstone."
"XANTHIN","A white microcrystalline nitrogenous compound, C5H4O2N4,present in muscle tissue, in the liver, spleen, pancreas, and otherorgans, and also in urine (in small quantities) and some urinarycalculi, and in the juices of certain plants; -- so called because itleaves a yellow residue when evaporated to dryness with nitric acid.Xanthine is closely related to uric acid."
"XANTHININE","A complex nitrogenous substance related to urea and uric acid,produced as a white powder; -- so called because it forms yellowsalts, and because its solution forms a blue fluorescence likequinine."
"XANTHIUM","A genus of composite plants in which the scales of theinvolucre are united so as to form a kind of bur; cocklebur; clotbur."
"XANTHO-","A combining form from Gr. xanqo`s yellow; as in xanthocobalticsalts. Used also adjectively in chemistry."
"XANTHOCARPOUS","Having yellow fruit."
"XANTHOCHROI","A division of the Caucasian races, comprising the lighter-colored members."
"XANTHOCHROIC","Having a yellowish or fair complexion; of or pertaining to theXanthochroi."
"XANTHOCHROID","Having a yellowish or fair complexion. -- n."
"XANTHOCHROISM","Abnormal coloration of feathers in which yellow replaces thenormal color, as in certain parrots. It is commonly due to lack ofthe dark pigment which with yellow forms green."
"XANTHODONTOUS","Having yellow teeth."
"XANTHOGENATE","A salt of xanthic acid."
"XANTHOGENIC","Producing a yellow color or compound; xanthic.  See Xanthicacid, under Xanthic."
"XANTHOMA","A skin disease marked by the development or irregular yellowishpatches upon the skin, especially upon the eyelids; -- called alsoxanthelasma."
"XANTHOMATOUS","Of or pertaining to xanthoma."
"XANTHOMELANOUS","Of or pertaining to the lighter division of the Melanochroi, orthose races having an olive or yellow complexion and black hair."
"XANTHOPHANE","The yellow pigment present in the inner segments of the retinain animals.  See Chromophane."
"XANTHOPHYLL","A yellow coloring matter found in yellow autumn leaves, andalso produced artificially from chlorophyll; -- formerly called alsophylloxanthin."
"XANTHOPOUS","Having a yellow stipe, or stem."
"XANTHOPROTEIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, xanthoprotein; showing thecharacters of xanthoprotein; as, xanthoproteic acid; thexanthoproteic reaction for albumin."
"XANTHOPROTEIN","A yellow acid substance formed by the action of hot nitric acidon albuminous or proteid matter. It is changed to a deep orange-yellow color by the addition of ammonia."
"XANTHOPUCCINE","One of three alkaloids found in the root of the yellow puccoon(Hydrastis Canadensis). It is a yellow crystalline substance, andresembles berberine."
"XANTHORHAMNIN","A glucoside extracted from Persian berries as a yellowcrystalline powder, used as a dyestuff."
"XANTHORHIZA","A genus of shrubby ranunculaceous plants of North America,including only the species Xanthorhiza apiifolia, which has roots ofa deep yellow color; yellowroot. The bark is intensely bitter, and issometimes used as a tonic."
"XANTHORHOEA","A genus of endogenous plants, native to Australia, having athick, sometimes arborescent, stem, and long grasslike leaves. SeeGrass tree."
"XANTHOSE","An orange-yellow substance found in pigment spots of certaincrabs."
"XANTHOSIS","The yellow discoloration often observed in cancerous tumors."
"XANTHOSPERMOUS","Having yellow seeds."
"XANTHOUS","Yellow; specifically (Ethnol.), of or pertaining to those racesof man which have yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair."
"XANTHOXYLENE","A liquid hydrocarbon of the terpene series extracted from theseeds of a Japanese prickly ash (Xanthoxylum pipertium) as anaromatic oil."
"XANTHOXYLUM","A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots ofwhich are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash."
"XEBEC","A small three-masted vessel, with projecting bow stern andconvex decks, used in the Mediterranean for transporting merchandise,etc. It carries large square sails, or both. Xebecs were formerlyarmed and used by corsairs."
"XEME","An Arctic fork-tailed gull (Xema Sabinii)."
"XENELASIA","A Spartan institution which prohibited strangers from residingin Sparta without permission, its object probably being to preservethe national simplicity of manners."
"XENIUM","A present given to a guest or stranger, or to a foreignambassador."
"XENODOCHIUM","A house for the reception of strangers.(b) In the Middle Ages, a room in a monastery for the reception andentertainment of strangers and pilgrims, and for the relief ofpaupers. [Called also Xenodocheion.]"
"XENODOCHY","Reception of strangers; hospitality. [R.]"
"XENOGAMY","Cross fertilization."
"XENOGENETIC","Of or pertaining to xenogenesis; as, the xenogenetic origin ofmicrozymes. Huxley."
"XENOMANIA","A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, foreign customs,institutions, manners, fashions, etc. [R.] Saintsbury."
"XENOMI","A suborder of soft-rayed fresh-water fishes of which theblackfish of Alaska (Dallia pectoralis) is the type."
"XENON","A very heavy, inert gaseous element occurring in the atmospherein the proportion of one volume is about 20 millions. It wasdiscovered by Ramsay and Travers in 1898. It can be condensed to aliquid boiling at -109\u00ba C., and to a solid which volatilizes withoutmelting. Symbol Xe or X; atomic weight 130.2."
"XENOPTERYGII","A suborder of fishes including Gobiesox and allied genera.These fishes have soft-rayed fins, and a ventral sucker supported infront by the pectoral fins. They are destitute of scales."
"XENOTIME","A native phosphate of yttrium occurring in yellowish-browntetragonal crystals."
"XENURINE","A cabassou."
"XENYL","The radical characteristic of xenylic compounds."
"XENYLIC","Pertaining to, derived from, designating, certain amidocompounds obtained by reducing certain nitro derivatives of diphenyl."
"XERAPHIM","An old money of account in Bombay, equal to three fifths of arupee."
"XERES","Sherry. See Sherry."
"XERIF","A shereef."
"XERIFF","A gold coin formerly current in Egypt and Turkey, of the valueof about 9s. 6d., or about $2.30; -- also, in Morocco, a ducat."
"XERONATE","A salt of xeronic acid."
"XERONIC","Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C8H12O4, related tofumaric acid, and obtained from citraconic acid as an oily substancehaving a bittersweet taste; -- so called from its tendency to formits anhydride."
"XEROPHAGY","Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dryfood in Lent and on other fasts."
"XEROPHILOUS","Drought-loving; able withstand the absence or lack of moisture.Plants which are peculiarly adapted to dry climates are termed by DeCandolle xerophilous. Goodale."
"XEROPHTHALMIA","An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva."
"XEROPHTHALMY","Xerophthalmia."
"XIPHIAS","A genus of fishes comprising the common swordfish."
"XIPHIDIUM","A genus of plants of the order H\u00e6modrace\u00e6, having two-ranked,sword-shaped leaves."
"XIPHIOID","Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cetacean of the genusXiphius or family Xiphiid\u00e6."
"XIPHIPLASTRON","The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron ofturtles; -- called also xiphisternum."
"XIPHIUS","A genus of cetaceans having a long, pointed, bony beak, usuallytwo tusklike teeth in the lower jaw, but no teeth in the upper jaw."
"XIPHODON","An extinct genus of artiodactylous mammals found in theEuropean Tertiary formations. It had slender legs, didactylous feet,and small canine teeth."
"XIPHOIDIAN","Xiphoid."
"XIPHOPHYLLOUS","Having sword-shaped leaves."
"XIPHOSURA","See Xiphura."
"XIPHURA","Same as Limuloidea. Called also Xiphosura. X ray. See underRay."
"XP","The first two letters of the Greek word XRISTOS, Christ; -- anabbreviation used with the letters separate or, oftener, in amonogram, often inclosed in a circle, as a symbol or emblem ofChrist. It use as an emblem was introduced by Constantine the Great,whence it is known as the Constantinian symbol, or monogram. SeeLabarum."
"XYLAMIDE","An acid amide derivative of xylic acid, obtained as a whitecrystalline substance."
"XYLAN","A gummy substance of the pentosan class, present in woodytissue, and yielding xylose on hydrolysis; wood gum."
"XYLANTHRAX","Wood coal, or charcoal; -- so called in distinction frommineral coal."
"XYLATE","A salt of xylic acid."
"XYLEM","That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed, orwill develop, into wood cells; -- distinguished from phlo\u00ebm."
"XYLENE","Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the aromaticseries, found in coal and wood tar, and so named because found incrude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily, inflammable liquids,C6H4.(CH3)2, being dimethyl benzenes, and are called respectivelyorthoxylene, metaxylene, and paraxylene. Called also xylol."
"XYLENOL","Any one of six metameric phenol derivatives of xylene, obtainedas crystalline substances, (CH3)2.C6H3.OH."
"XYLETIC","Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid related tomesitylenic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance by theaction of sodium and carbon dioxide on crude xylenol."
"XYLIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, xylene;specifically, designating any one of several metameric acids producedby the partial oxidation of mesitylene and pseudo-cumene."
"XYLIDIC","Pertaining to, or designating, either one of two distinct acidswhich are derived from xylic acid and related compounds, and aremetameric with uvitic acid."
"XYLIDINE","Any one of six metameric hydrocarbons, (CH3)2.C6H3.NH2,resembling aniline, and related to xylene. They are liquids, oreasily fusible crystalline substances, of which three are derivedfrom metaxylene, two from orthoxylene, and one from paraxylene. Theyare called the amido xylenes."
"XYLINDEIN","A green or blue pigment produced by Peziza in certain kinds ofdecayed wood, as the beech, oak, birch, etc., and extracted as anamorphous powder resembling indigo."
"XYLITE","A liquid hydrocarbon found in crude wood spirits."
"XYLITONE","A yellow oil having a geraniumlike odor, produced as a sideproduct in making phorone; -- called also xylite oil."
"XYLO-","A combining form from Gr. xy`lon wood; as in xylogen,xylograph."
"XYLOBALSAMUM","The dried twigs of a Syrian tree (Balsamodendron Gileadense).U. S. Disp."
"XYLOCARPOUS","Bearing fruit which becomes hard or woody."
"XYLOCOPA","A genus of hymenopterous insects including the carpenter. SeeCarpenter bee, under Carpenter.-- Xy*loc'o*pine, a."
"XYLOGRAPH","An engraving on wood, or the impression from such an engraving;a print by xylography."
"XYLOGRAPHER","One who practices xylography."
"XYLOID","Resembling wood; having the nature of wood."
"XYLOIDIN","A substance resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action ofnitric acid on starch; -- called also nitramidin."
"XYLOL","Same as Xylene."
"XYLOLOGY","The branch of dendrology treating of the gross and minutestructure of wood."
"XYLONITE","See Zylonite."
"XYLOPHAGA","A genus of marine bivalves which bore holes in wood. They areallied to Pholas."
"XYLOPHAGIDES","A tribe or family of dipterous flies whose larv\u00e6 live indecayed wood. Some of the tropical species are very large."
"XYLOPHILAN","One of a tribe of beetles (Xylophili) whose larv\u00e6 live ondecayed wood."
"XYLOPHILOUS","Of or pertaining to the xylophilans."
"XYLOPHONE","An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars,consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in lengthto the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with twosmall hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle."
"XYLOPLASTIC","Formed of wood pulp by molds; relating to casts made of woodpulp in molds."
"XYLOPYROGRAPHY","The art or practice of burning pictures on wood with a hotiron; -- called also poker painting. See Poker picture, under Poker."
"XYLOQUINONE","Any one of a group of quinone compounds obtained respectivelyby the oxidation of certain xylidine compounds. In general they areyellow crystalline substances."
"XYLORCIN","A derivative of xylene obtained as a white crystallinesubstance which on exposure in the air becomes red; -- called alsobetaorcin."
"XYLOSE","An unfermentable sugar of the pentose class, C5H10O5, formed bythe hydrolysis of xylan; wood sugar."
"XYLOSTEIN","A glucoside found in the poisonous berries of a species ofhoneysuckle (Lonicera xylosteum), and extracted as a bitter, white,crystalline substance."
"XYLOTILE","Same as Parkesine."
"XYLOTOMIST","One versed or engaged in xylotomy."
"XYLOTOMOUS","Capable of boring or cutting wood; -- said of many insects."
"XYLOTOMY","Art of preparing sections (transverse, tangential, or radial)of wood, esp. by means of a microtome, for microscopic examination."
"XYLOTRYA","A genus of marine bivalves closely allied to Teredo, andequally destructive to timber. One species (Xylotrya fimbriata) isvery common on the Atlantic coast of the United States."
"XYLYL","Any one of three metameric radicals which are characteristicrespectively of the three xylenes."
"XYLYLENE","Any one of three metameric radicals, CH2.C6H4.CH2, derivedrespectively from the three xylenes. Often used adjectively; as,xylylene alcohol."
"XYRIDACEOUS","Of or pertaining to a natural order (Xyride\u00e6) of endogenousplants, of which Xyris is the type."
"XYRIS","A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small yellowflowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed grass. There areabout seventeen species in the Atlantic United States."
"XYSTARCH","An office Dr. W. Smith."
"XYSTER","An instrument for scraping bone."
"Y","Y, the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, at thebeginning of a word or syllable, except when a prefix (see Y-), isusually a fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix, and usually in themiddle or at the end of a syllable, it is a vowel. See Guide toPronunciation, \u00a7\u00a7 145, 178-9, 272."
"Y CURRENT","The current through one branch of the star arrangement of athree-phase circuit."
"Y LEVEL","See under Y, n."
"YA","Yea. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"YACARE","A South American crocodilian (Jacare sclerops) resembling thealligator in size and habits. The eye orbits are connected together,and surrounded by prominent bony ridges. Called also spectacledalligator, and spectacled cayman. [Written also jacare.]"
"YACCA","A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpuscoriaceus, and P. Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which ismuch used, is pale brownish with darker streaks."
"YACHT","A light and elegantly furnished vessel, used either for privateparties of pleasure, or as a vessel of state to convey distinguishedpersons from one place to another; a seagoing vessel used only forpleasure trips, racing, etc. Yacht measurement. See the Note underTonnage, 4."
"YACHTER","One engaged in sailing a jacht."
"YACHTING","Sailing for pleasure in a yacht."
"YACHTMAN","See Yachtsman."
"YACHTSMAN","One who owns or sails a yacht; a yachter."
"YAF","Gave. See Give. Chaucer."
"YAFFINGALE","The yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]"
"YAFFLE","The European green woodpecker (Picus, or Genius, viridis). Itis noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle, hewhole,highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler,yaffingale, yappingale, yackel, and woodhack."
"YAGER","In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantryarmed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French army.[Written also jager.]"
"YAGUARUNDI","Same as Jaguarondi. [Written also yaguarondi, and yagouarondi.]"
"YAHOO","A modern transliteration of the Hebrew word translated Jehovahin the Bible; -- used by some critics to discriminate the tribal godof the ancient Hebrews from the Christian Jehovah. Yahweh or Yahwe isthe spelling now generally adopted by scholars."
"YAJUR-VEDA","See Veda."
"YAK","A bovine mammal (Po\u00ebphagus grunnies) native of the high plainsof Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and itsflanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is longand bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for otherpurposes in India and China. There are several domesticatedvarieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on theflanks. Called also chauri gua, grunting cow, grunting ox, sarlac,sarlik, and sarluc. Yak lace, a coarse pillow lace made from thesilky hair of the yak."
"YAKAMILK","See Trumpeter, 3 (a)."
"YAKARE","Same as Yacare."
"YAKIN","A large Asiatic antelope (Budorcas taxicolor) native of thehigher parts of the Himalayas and other lofty mountains. Its head andneck resemble those of the ox, and its tail is like that of the goat.Called also budorcas."
"YAKOOTS","(Ethnol.) A nomadic Mongolian tribe native of Northern Siberia,and supposed to be of Turkish stock. They are mainly pastoral intheir habits. [Written also Yakuts.]"
"YAKSHA","A kind of demigod attendant on Kuvera, the god of wealth."
"YAKUT","The Turkish language of the Yakuts, a Mongolian people ofnortheastern Siberia, which is lingua franca over much of easternSiberia."
"YALAH","The oil of the mahwa tree."
"YAM","A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plantsof the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly nativesof warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, andpods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, butseveral others are cultivated. Chinese yam, a plant (DioscoreaBatatas) with a long and slender tuber, hardier than most of theother species.-- Wild yam. (a) A common plant (Dioscorea villosa) of the EasternUnited States, having a hard and knotty rootstock. (b) Anorchidaceous plant (Gastrodia sesamoides) of Australia and Tasmania."
"YAMA","The king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the GreekPluto, and also the judge of departed souls. In later times he ismore exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and the tormentorof the wicked. He is represented as of a green color, with redgarments, having a crown on his head, his eyes inflamed, and sittingon a buffalo, with a club and noose in his hands."
"YAMEN","In China, the official headquarters or residence of a mandarin,including court rooms, offices, gardens, prisons, etc.; the placewhere the business of any public department is transcated."
"YAMMA","The llama."
"YAMP","An umbelliferous plant (Carum Gairdneri); also, its smallfleshy roots, which are eaten by the Indians from Idaho toCalifornia."
"YANG","The cry of the wild goose; a honk."
"YANK","A jerk or twitch. [Colloq. U. S.]"
"YANKEE","A nickname for a native of citizen of New England, especiallyone descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitantof the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also,applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the UnitedStates.From meanness first this Portsmouth Yankey rose, And still tomeanness all his conduct flows. Oppression, A poem by an American(Boston, 1765)."
"YANKEEISM","A Yankee idiom, word, custom, or the like. Lowell."
"YAOURT","A fermented drink, or milk beer, made by the Turks."
"YAP","To bark; to yelp. L'Estrange."
"YAPOCK","A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus) foundin Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet donot have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum.[Written also yapack.]"
"YAPON","Same as Yaupon."
"YARAGE","The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; -- said withreference to a ship. Sir T. North."
"YARD","A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward theends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard isusually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship. GoldenYard, or Yard and Ell (Astron.), a popular name the three stars inthe belt of Orion.-- Under yard [i. e., under the rod], under contract. [Obs.]Chaucer."
"YARDARM","Either half of a square-rigged vessel's yard, from the centeror mast to the end."
"YARDFUL","As much as a yard will contain; enough to fill a yard."
"YARDLAND","A measure of land of uncertain quantity, varying from fifteento forty acres; a virgate. [Obs.]"
"YARDSTICK","A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure ofcloth, etc."
"YARDWAND","A yardstick. Tennyson."
"YARE","Ready; dexterous; eager; lively; quick to move. [Obs.] 'Be yarein thy preparation.' Shak.The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare;whereas the greater is slow. Sir W. Raleigh."
"YARELY","In a yare manner. [Obs.] Shak."
"YARK","To yerk. [Prov. Eng.]"
"YARKE","Same as Saki."
"YARN","One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed."
"YARNEN","Made of yarn; consisting of yarn. [Obs.] 'A pair of yarnenstocks.' Turbervile."
"YARNUT","See Yernut."
"YARR","To growl or snarl as a dog. [Obs.] Ainsworth."
"YARRISH","Having a rough, dry taste. [Prov. Eng.]"
"YARROW","An American and European composite plant (Achillea Millefolium)with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers.It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odor and taste, and issometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Called alsomilfoil, and nosebleed."
"YARWHIP","The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also yardkeep, andyarwhelp. See Godwit. [Prov. Eng.]"
"YATAGHAN","A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations,usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight. [Writtenalso ataghan, attaghan.] Chaucer."
"YATE","A gate. See 1st Gate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Spenser."
"YAUD","See Yawd. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]"
"YAUL","See Yawl."
"YAULP","To yaup."
"YAUP","To cry out like a child; to yelp. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.][Written also yawp.]"
"YAUPER","One who, or that which, yaups."
"YAUPON","A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native fromVirginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as asubstitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the blackdrink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also South-Sea tea.[Written also yapon, youpon, and yupon.]"
"YAUTIA","In Porto Rico, any of several araceous plants or their starchyedible roots, which are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes, asthe taro."
"YAW","To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice inthe clarifiers in sugar works."
"YAW-WEED","A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing alongthe seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white, odorousflowers."
"YAWD","A jade; an old horse or mare. [Written also yaud.] [Prov. Eng.& Scot.] Grose."
"YAWI","A fore-and-aft-rigged vessel with a mainmast stepped a littlefarther forward than in a sloop and carrying a mainsail and jibs,with a jigger mast far aft, usually placed abaft the rudder post."
"YAWL","A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.[Written also yaul.]"
"YAWL-RIGGED","Having two masts with fore-and-aft sails, but differing from aschooner in that the after mast is very small, and stepped as far aftas possible. See Illustration in Appendix."
"YAWNINGLY","In a yawning manner."
"YAWP","See Yaup."
"YAWS","A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa,characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagiouscharacter, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants,strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of thisdisease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws."
"YAZOO FRAUD","The grant by the State of Georgia, by Act of Jan. 7, 1795, of35,000,000 acres of her western territory, for $500,000, to fourcompanies known as the Yazoo Companies from the region granted ; --commonly so called, the act being known as the Yazoo Frauds Act,because of alleged corruption of the legislature, every member butone being a shareholder in one or more of the companies. The actgranting the land was repealed in 1796 by a new legislature, and therepealing provision was incorporated in the State constitution in1798. In 1802 the territory was ceded to the United States. Theclaims of the purchasers, whom Georgia had refused to compensate,were sustained by the United States Supreme Court, which (1810)declared the repealing act of 1796 unconstitutional. Congress in 1814ordered the lands sold and appropriated $5,000,000 to pay the claims."
"YBE","Been. Chaucer."
"YCLEPED","Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorouswritings. [Spelt also yclept.]It is full fair to ben yclept madame. Chaucer.But come, thou goddess fair and free. In heaven ycleped Euphrosyne.Milton.Those charming little missives ycleped valentines. Lamb."
"YDO","Done. Chaucer."
"YDRAD","Dreaded.Yet nothing did he dread, but ever was ydrad. Spenser."
"YE","an old method of printing the article the (AS. \u00fee), the 'y'being used in place of the Anglo-Saxon thorn. It is sometimesincorrectly pronounced ye. See The, and Thorn, n., 4."
"YEA","An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, avote by yeas and nays."
"YEAD","Properly, a variant of the defective imperfect yode, butsometimes mistaken for a present. See the Note under Yede. [Obs.]Years yead away and faces fair deflower. Drant."
"YEAN","To bring forth young, as a goat or a sheep; to ean. Shak."
"YEANLING","A lamb or a kid; an eanling. Shak."
"YEAR","Age, or old age; as, a man in years. Shak. Anomalistic year,the time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelionagain, which is 365 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds.-- A year's mind (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased person, asby a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. A month's mind, under Month.-- Bissextile year. See Bissextile.-- Canicular year. See under Canicular.-- Civil year, the year adopted by any nation for the computation oftime.-- Common lunar year, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354 days.-- Common year, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from leapyear.-- Embolismic year, or Intercalary lunar year, the period of 13lunar months, or 384 days.-- Fiscal year (Com.), the year by which accounts are reckoned, orthe year between one annual time of settlement, or balancing ofaccounts, and another.-- Great year. See Platonic year, under Platonic.-- Gregorian year, Julian year. See under Gregorian, and Julian.-- Leap year. See Leap year, in the Vocabulary.-- Lunar astronomical year, the period of 12 lunar synodical months,or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds.-- Lunisolar year. See under Lunisolar.-- Periodical year. See Anomalistic year, above.-- Platonic year, Sabbatical year. See under Platonic, andSabbatical.-- Sidereal year, the time in which the sun, departing from anyfixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6 hours, 9minutes, and 9.3 seconds.-- Tropical year. See under Tropical.-- Year and a day (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an act oran event, in order that an entire year might be secured beyond allquestion. Abbott.-- Year of grace, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini; A. D.or a. d."
"YEARA","The California poison oak (Rhus diversiloba). See under Poison,a."
"YEARBOOK","A book containing annual reports of cases adjudged in thecourts of England."
"YEARED","Containing years; having existed or continued many years; aged.[Obs.] B. Jonson."
"YEARLING","An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; --applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses."
"YEARLY","Annually; once a year to year; as, blessings yearly bestowed.Yearly will I do this rite. Shak."
"YEARN","To pain; to grieve; to vex. [Obs.] 'She laments, sir, for it,that it would yearn your heart to see it.' Shak.It yearns me not if men my garments wear. Shak."
"YEARNFUL","Desirous. [Obs.] Ormulum. P. Fletcher."
"YEARNINGLY","With yearning."
"YEARNINGS","The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used a rennet forcurdling milk. [Scot.]"
"YEARTH","The earth. [Obs.] 'Is my son dead or hurt or on the yerthefelled' Ld. Berners."
"YEAST","A form of fungus which grows as indvidual rounded cells, ratherthan in a mycelium, and reproduces by budding; esp. members of theorders Endomycetales and Moniliales. Some fungi may grow both as ayeast or as a mycelium, depending on the conditions of growth. Yeastcake, a mealy cake impregnated with the live germs of the yeastplant, and used as a conveniently transportable substitute for yeast.-- Yeast plant (Bot.), the vegetable organism, or fungus, of whichbeer yeast consists. The yeast plant is composed of simple cells, orgranules, about one three-thousandth of an inch in diameter, oftenunited into filaments which reproduce by budding, and under certaincircumstances by the formation of spores. The name is extended toother ferments of the same genus. See Saccharomyces.-- Yeast powder, a baling powder, -- used instead of yeast inleavening bread."
"YEAST-BITTEN","A term used of beer when the froth of the yeast has re\u00ebnteredthe body of the beer."
"YEASTINESS","The quality or state of being yeasty, or frothy."
"YEASTY","Frothy; foamy; spumy, like yeast."
"YEDDING","The song of a minstrel; hence, any song. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"YEDE","Went. See Yode.All as he bade fulfilled was indeed This ilke servant anon right outyede. Chaucer."
"YEEL","An eel. [Obs.] Holland."
"YELDHALL","Guildhall. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"YELK","Same as Yolk."
"YELL","To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or screamas with agony or horror.They yelleden as feendes doon in helle. Chaucer.Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells. Spenser.Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round Environed thee; some howled,some yelled. Milton."
"YELLOW","Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold orbrass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solarspectrum, which is between the orange and the green.Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress. Chaucer.A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green earand the yellow sheaf. Milton.The line of yellow light dies fast away. Keble.Yellow atrophy (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in which itundergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly smaller and of adeep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium,convulsions, coma, and jaundice.-- Yellow bark, calisaya bark.-- Yellow bass (Zo\u00f6l.), a North American fresh-water bass (Moroneinterrupta) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and itstributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken blackstripes or bars. Called also barfish.-- Yellow berry. (Bot.) Same as Persian berry, under Persian.-- Yellow boy, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] Arbuthnot.-- Yellow brier. (Bot.) See under Brier.-- Yellow bugle (Bot.), a European labiate plant (Ajuga Cham\u00e6pitys).-- Yellow bunting (Zo\u00f6l.), the European yellow-hammer.-- Yellow cat (Zo\u00f6l.), a yellow catfish; especially, the bashaw.-- Yellow copperas (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; -- calledalso copiapite.-- Yellow copper ore, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper pyrites.See Chalcopyrite.-- Yellow cress (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant(Barbarea pr\u00e6cox), sometimes grown as a salad plant.-- Yellow dock. (Bot.) See the Note under Dock.-- Yellow earth, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes usedas a yellow pigment.-- Yellow fever (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile disease ofwarm climates, attended with jaundice, producing a yellow color ofthe skin, and with the black vomit. See Black vomit, in theVocabulary.-- Yellow flag, the quarantine flag. See under Quarantine, and 3dFlag.-- Yellow jack. (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d Jack. (b) Thequarantine flag. See under Quarantine.-- Yellow jacket (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of several species of Americansocial wasps of the genus Vespa, in which the color of the body ispartly bright yellow. These wasps are noted for their irritability,and for their painful stings.-- Yellow lead ore (Min.), wulfenite.-- Yellow lemur (Zo\u00f6l.), the kinkajou.-- Yellow macauco (Zo\u00f6l.), the kinkajou.-- Yellow mackerel (Zo\u00f6l.), the jurel.-- Yellow metal. Same as Muntz metal, under Metal.-- Yellow ocher (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown iron ore,which is used as a pigment.-- Yellow oxeye (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant (Chrysanthemumsegetum) closely related to the oxeye daisy.-- Yellow perch (Zo\u00f6l.), the common American perch. See Perch.-- Yellow pike (Zo\u00f6l.), the wall-eye.-- Yellow pine (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also, theiryellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common arevaluable species are Pinus mitis and P. palustris of the Eastern andSouthern States, and P. ponderosa and P. Arizonica of the RockyMountains and Pacific States.-- Yellow plover (Zo\u00f6l.), the golden plover.-- Yellow precipitate (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which isthrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding corrosivesublimate to limewater.-- Yellow puccoon. (Bot.) Same as Orangeroot.-- Yellow rail (Zo\u00f6l.), a small American rail (PorzanaNoveboracensis) in which the lower parts are dull yellow, darkest onthe breast. The back is streaked with brownish yellow and with black,and spotted with white. Called also yellow crake.-- Yellow rattle, Yellow rocket. (Bot.) See under Rattle, andRocket.-- Yellow Sally (Zo\u00f6l.), a greenish or yellowish European stone flyof the genus Chloroperla; -- so called by anglers.-- Yellow sculpin (Zo\u00f6l.), the dragonet.-- Yellow snake (Zo\u00f6l.), a West Indian boa (Chilobothrus inornatus)common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to ten long. The body isyellowish or yellowish green, mixed with black, and anteriorly withblack lines.-- Yellow spot. (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a centralpit, the fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision ismost accurate. See Eye. (b) (Zo\u00f6l.) A small American butterfly(Polites Peckius) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, witha large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings,most conspicuous beneath. Called also Peck's skipper. See Illust.under Skipper, n., 5.-- Yellow tit (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of several species of crested titmiceof the genus Machlolophus, native of India. The predominating colorsof the plumage are yellow and green.-- Yellow viper (Zo\u00f6l.), the fer-de-lance.-- Yellow warbler (Zo\u00f6l.), any one of several species of Americanwarblers of the genus Dendroica in which the predominant color isyellow, especially D. \u00e6stiva, which is a very abundant and familiarspecies; -- called also garden warbler, golden warbler, summeryellowbird, summer warbler, and yellow-poll warbler.-- Yellow wash (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in water,-- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate to limewater.-- Yellow wren (Zo\u00f6l.) (a) The European willow warbler. (b) TheEuropean wood warbler."
"YELLOW BOOK","In France, an official government publication bound in yellowcovers."
"YELLOW-COVERED","Covered or bound in yellow paper. Yellow-covered literature,cheap sensational novels and trashy magazines; -- formerly so calledfrom the usual color of their covers. [Colloq. U. S.] Bartlett."
"YELLOW-EYED","Having yellow eyes. Yellow-eyed grass (Bot.), any plant of thegenus Xyris."
"YELLOW-GOLDS","A certain plant, probably the yellow oxeye. B. Jonson."
"YELLOWAMMER","See Yellow-hammer."
"YELLOWBILL","The American scoter."
"YELLOWFIN","A large squeteague."
"YELLOWFISH","A rock trout (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) found on the coastof Alaska; -- called also striped fish, and Atka mackerel."
"YELLOWING","The act or process of making yellow.Softened . . . by the yellowing which time has given. G. Eliot."
"YELLOWISH","Somewhat yellow; as, amber is of a yellowish color.-- Yel'low*ish*ness, n."
"YELLOWLEGS","Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of thegenus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called alsostone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. SeeTattler, 2."
"YELLOWROOT","Any one of several plants with yellow roots. Specifically:(a) See Xanthorhiza.(b) Same as Orangeroot."
"YELLOWS","A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causingyellowness of the eyes; jaundice.His horse . . . sped with spavins, rayed with the yellows. Shak."
"YELLOWSEED","A kind of pepper grass (Lepidium campestre)."
"YELLOWTHROAT","Any one of several species of American ground warblers of thegenus Geothlypis, esp. the Maryland yellowthroat (G. trichas), whichis a very common species."
"YELLOWTOP","A kind of grass, perhaps a species of Agrostis."
"YELLOWWOOD","The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also,any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are theCladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the severalspecies of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian FlindersiaOxleyana, a tree related to the mahogany; certain South Africanspecies of Podocarpus, trees related to the yew; the East IndianPodocarpus latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia).All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber."
"YELLOWWORT","A European yellow-flowered, gentianaceous (Chlora perfoliata).The whole plant is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as atonic, and also in dyeing yellow."
"YELP","A sharp, quick cry; a bark. Chaucer."
"YELPER","An animal that yelps, or makes a yelping noise. Specifically:(Zo\u00f6l.)(a) The avocet; -- so called from its sharp, shrill cry. [Prov. Eng.](b) The tattler. [Local, U. S.]"
"YELTING","The Florida and West Indian red snapper (Lutianus aya); also,sometimes, one of certain other allied species, as L. caxis."
"YEMAN","A yeoman. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"YEN","The unit of value and account in Japan. Since Japan's adoptionof the gold standard, in 1897, the value of the yen has been about 50cents. The yen is equal to 100 sen."
"YEND","To throw; to cast. [Prov. Eng.]"
"YENITE","A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismaticcrystals; -- also called ilvaite. [Spelt also jenite.]"
"YEOMAN","An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters,charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores.Yeoman of the guard, one of the bodyguard of the English sovereign,consisting of the hundred yeomen, armed with partisans, and habitedin the costume of the sixteenth century. They are members of theroyal household."
"YEOMANLIKE","Resembling, or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanly."
"YEOMANLY","Pertaining to a yeoman; becoming or suitable to, a yeoman;yeomanlike. B. Jonson.Well could he dress his tackle yeomanly. Chaucer."
"YEORLING","The European yellow-hammer."
"YER","Ere; before. [Obs.] Sylvester."
"YERBA","An herb; a plant."
"YERD","See 1st & 2d Yard. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"YERK","A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk."
"YERN","See 3d Yearn. [Obs.]"
"YERNE","Eagerly; briskly; quickly. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.My hands and my tongue go so yerne. Chaucer."
"YERNUT","An earthnut, or groundnut. See Groundnut (d). [Written alsoyarnut.]"
"YERST","See Erst. [Obs.] Sylvester."
"YES","Ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; --opposed to Ant: no."
"YEST","See Yeast. Shak."
"YESTER","Last; last past; next before; of or pertaining to yesterday.[An enemy] whom yester sun beheld Mustering her charms. Dryden."
"YESTERDAY","On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, theaffair took place yesterday."
"YESTERN","Of or pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past."
"YESTERNIGHT","The last night; the night last past."
"YESTERNOON","The noon of yesterday; the noon last past."
"YESTERWEEK","The week last past; last week."
"YESTERYEAR","The year last past; last year."
"YESTREEN","Yester-evening; yesternight; last night. [R. or Scot.]Yestreen I did not know How largely I could live. Bp. Coxe."
"YESTY","See Yeasty. Shak."
"YET","Any one of several species of large marine gastropods belongingto the genus Yetus, or Cymba; a boat shell."
"YEVE","To give. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"YEVEN","Given. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"YEW","See Yaw."
"YEWEN","Made of yew; as, yewen bows."
"YEX","To hiccough. [Written also yox, yux.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]He yexeth and he speaketh through the nose. Chaucer."
"YEZDEGERDIAN","Of or pertaining to Yezdegerd, the last Sassanian monarch ofPersia, who was overthrown by the Mohammedans; as, the Yezdegerdianera, which began on the 16th of June, a. d. 632. The era is stillused by the Parsees."
"YEZDI","Same as Izedi. Taylor."
"YFERE","Together. See Ifere. [Obs.]As friends do when they be met yfere. Chaucer."
"YGDRASYL","See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction."
"YGHE","Eye. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"YGO","Gone. Chaucer."
"YGROUND","p. p. of Grind. Chaucer."
"YHOLDE","p. p. of Hold. Chaucer."
"YID","A Jew. [Slang or Colloq.] 'Almost any young Yid who goes outfrom among her people.'  John Corbin."
"YIDDISH","A language used by German and other Jews, being a Middle Germandialect developed under Hebrew and Slavic influence. It is written inHebrew characters."
"YIDDISHER","A Yid. [Slang]"
"YIELD","Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to productsresulting from growth or cultivation. 'A goodly yield of fruit dothbring.' Bacon."
"YIELDABLE","Disposed to yield or comply. [R.] -- Yield'a*ble*ness, n. [R.]Bp. Hall."
"YIELDER","One who yields. Shak."
"YIELDING","Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant;accommodating; as, a yielding temper. Yielding and paying (Law), theinitial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paidby the lessee is mentioned and reserved. Burrill."
"YIELDLESS","Without yielding; unyielding. [Obs.]"
"YIFT","Gift. [Obs.] 'Great yiftes.' Chaucer."
"YIN","A Chinese weight of 2"
"YIS","Yes. [Obs.]'Yis, sir,' quod he, 'yis, host.' Chaucer."
"YIT","Yet. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"YITE","The European yellow-hammer."
"YIVE","To give. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"YLANG-YLANG","See Ihlang-ihlang."
"YLE","Isle. [Obs.] 'The barren yle.' Chaucer."
"YLLANRATON","The agouara."
"YMAKED","Made."
"YMEL","Among. [Obs.] 'Ymel them all.' Chaucer."
"YNAMBU","A South American tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens); -- called alsoperdiz grande, and rufous tinamou. See Illust. of Tinamou."
"YOCKEL","The yaffle."
"YODE","Went; walked; proceeded. [Written also yede.] See Yede.Quer [whether] they rade [rode] or yoke. Cursor Mundi.Then into Cornhill anon I yode. Lydgate."
"YODLER","One who yodels."
"YOGA","A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in acomplete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votaryexpects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquiresuperhuman faculties."
"YOGI","A follower of the yoga philosophy; an ascetic. [Spelt alsoyokin.] Whitworth."
"YOGISM","Yoga, or its practice."
"YOICKS","A cry of encouragement to foxhounds."
"YOIT","The European yellow-hammer. [Prov. Eng.]"
"YOJAN","A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, butusually about five. [India] [Written also yojana.]"
"YOKE","To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; toconsort closely; to mate.We 'll yoke together, like a double shadow. Shak."
"YOKE-TOED","Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons andwoodpeckers."
"YOKEAGE","See Rokeage. [Local, U. S.]"
"YOKEFELLOW","An associate or companion in, or as in; a mate; a fellow;especially, a partner in marriage. Phil. iv. 3.The two languages [English and French] became yokefellows in a stillmore intimate manner. Earle.Those who have most distinguished themselves by railing at the sex,very often choose one of the most worthless for a companion andyokefellow. Addison."
"YOKEL","A country bumpkin. [Eng.] Dickens."
"YOKELET","A small farm; -- so called as requiring but one yoke of oxen totill it. [Prov. Eng.]"
"YOKEMATE","Same as Yokefellow."
"YOLD","Yielded. Spenser."
"YOLDEN","Yielded."
"YOLK","An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep.Yolk cord (Zo\u00f6l.), a slender cord or duct which connects the yolkglands with the egg chambers in certain insects, as in the aphids.-- Yolk gland (Zo\u00f6l.), a special organ which secretes the yolk ofthe eggs in many turbellarians, and in some other invertebrates. SeeIllust. of Hermaphrodite in Appendix.-- Yolk sack (Anat.), the umbilical vesicle. See under Unbilical."
"YOLL","To yell. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"YOM","Day; -- a Hebrew word used in the names of various Jewish feastdays; as, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement; Yom Teruah (lit., day ofshouting), the Feast of Trumpets."
"YON","At a distance, but within view; yonder. [Poetic]Read thy lot in yon celestial sign. Milton.Though fast yon shower be fleeting. Keble."
"YONCOPIN","A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for theAmerican lotus (Nelumbo lutea)."
"YOND","Furious; mad; angry; fierce. [Obs.] 'Then wexeth wood andyond.' Spenser."
"YONDER","At a distance, but within view.Yonder are two apple women scolding. Arbuthnot."
"YONI","The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of thefemale power in nature, is worshiped. Cf. Lingam."
"YONKER","A young fellow; a younker. [Obs. or Colloq.] Sir W. Scott."
"YORE","In time long past; in old time; long since. [Obs. or Poetic]As it hath been of olde times yore. Chaucer.Which though he hath polluted oft and yore, Yet I to them forjudgment just do fly. Spenser.Of yore, of old time; long ago; as, in times or days of yore. 'ButSatan now is wiser than of yore.' Pope.Where Abraham fed his flock of yore. Keble."
"YORK RITE","The rite or ceremonial observed by one of the Masonic systems,deriving its name from the city of York, in England; also, the systemitself, which, in England, confers only the first three degrees."
"YORK USE","The one of the three printed uses of England which was followedin the north. It was based on the Sarum use. See Use, n., 6. Shipley."
"YORKER","A tice."
"YORKSHIRE","A county in the north of England. Yorkshire grit, a kind ofstone used for polishing marble, and copperplates for engravers.Simmonds.-- Yorkshire pudding, a batter pudding baked under meat."
"YOT","To unite closely. [Prov. Eng.]"
"YOTE","To pour water on; to soak in, or mix with, water. [Obs. orProv. Eng.] Grose.My fowls, which well enough, I, as before, found feeding at theirtrough Their yoted wheat. Chapman."
"YOU","The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative,and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. Seethe Note under Ye.Ye go to Canterbury; God you speed. Chaucer.Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. Shak.In vain you tell your parting lover You wish fair winds may waft himover. Prior."
"YOUL","To yell; to yowl. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"YOUNG","The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspringcollectively.[The egg] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callowyoung. Milton.With young, with child; pregnant."
"YOUNG ONE","A young human being; a child; also, a young animal, as a colt."
"YOUNGGER","One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior. 'The eldershall serve the younger.' Rom. ix. 12."
"YOUNGISH","Somewhat young. Tatler."
"YOUNGLING","A young person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life.'More dear . . . than younglings to their dam.' Spenser.He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you as with usyounglings. Ridley."
"YOUNGLY","Like a young person or thing; young; youthful. [Obs.] Shak."
"YOUNGNESS","The quality or state of being young."
"YOUNGSTER","A young person; a youngling; a lad. [Colloq.] 'He felt himselfquite a youngster, with a long life before him.' G. Eliot."
"YOUNGTH","Youth. [Obs.]Youngth is a bubble blown up with breath. Spenser."
"YOUNGTHLY","Pertaining to, or resembling, youth; youthful. [Obs.] Spenser."
"YOUNKER","A young person; a stripling; a yonker. [Obs. or Colloq.]That same younker soon was overthrown. Spenser."
"YOUPON","Same as Yaupon."
"YOUR","The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you."
"YOURS","See the Note under Your."
"YOURSELF","An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the secondperson; -- used as a subject commonly with you; as, you yourselfshall see it; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominativeor objective case; as, you have injured yourself.Of which right now ye han yourselve heard. Chaucer.If yourselves are old, make it your cause. Shak.Why should you be so cruel to yourself Milton.The religious movement which you yourself, as well as I, sofaithfully followed from first to last. J. H. Newman."
"YOUTHFUL","Also used figuratively. 'The youthful season of the year.'Shak."
"YOUTHHOOD","The quality or state of being a youth; the period of youth.Cheyne."
"YOUTHLY","Young; youthful. [Obs.] 'All my youthly days.' Spenser."
"YOUTHSOME","Youthful. [Obs.] Pepys."
"YOUTHY","Young. [Obs.] Spectator."
"YOUZE","The cheetah."
"YOW","You. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"YOWE","A ewe. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] G. Eliot."
"YOWL","To utter a loud, long, and mournful cry, as a dog; to howl; toyell."
"YOWLEY","The European yellow-hammer. [Prov. Eng.]"
"YOX","See Yex. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"YPIGHT","See Pight."
"YPOCRAS","Hippocras. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"YPRES LACE","Fine bobbin lace made at Ypres in Belgium, usually exactly likeValenciennes lace."
"YPSILIFORM","Resembling the"
"YPSILOID","In the form of the letter Y; Y-shaped."
"YRAFT","Bereft. Chaucer."
"YREN","Iron. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"YRONNE","Run. Chaucer."
"YSAME","Together. [Obs.] 'And in a bag all sorts of seeds ysame.'Spenser."
"YT",", an old method of printing that (AS. \u00e6t, edh\u00e6t) the 'y' takingthe place of the old letter '\u00de'). Cf. Ye, the."
"YTHROWE","p. p. of Throw. Chaucer."
"YTTERBIC","Pertaining to, or derived from, ytterbium; containingytterbium."
"YTTERBIUM","A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated withyttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite.Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight 173.2. Cf. Yttrium."
"YTTRIA","The oxide, Y2O3, or earth, of yttrium."
"YTTRIC","Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, yttrium."
"YTTRIFEROUS","Bearing or containing yttrium or the allied elements; as,gadolinite is one of the yttriferous minerals."
"YTTRIOUS","Same as Yttric."
"YTTRIUM","A rare metallic element of the boron-aluminium group, found ingadolinite and other rare minerals, and extracted as a dark graypowder. Symbol Y. Atomic weight, 89. [Written also ittrium.]"
"YTTRO-CERITE","A mineral of a violet-blue color, inclining to gray and white.It is a hydrous fluoride of cerium, yttrium, and calcium."
"YU","Jade."
"YUCCA","See Flicker, n., 2."
"YUCK","To itch. [Prov. Eng.] Grose."
"YUCKEL","Same as Yockel."
"YUEN","The crowned gibbon (Hylobates pileatus), native of Siam,Southern China, and the Island of Hainan. It is entirely arboreal inits habits, and has very long arms. the males are dark brown orblackish, with a caplike mass of long dark hair, and usually with awhite band around the face. The females are yellowish white, with adark spot on the breast and another on the crown. Called also wooyen,and wooyen ape."
"YUFTS","Russia leather."
"YUKE","Same as Yuck. [Prov. Eng.]"
"YULAN","A species of Magnolia (M. conspicua) with large white blossomsthat open before the leaves. See the Note under Magnolia."
"YULE","Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of ourSavior.And at each pause they kiss; was never seen such rule In any placebut here, at bonfire, or at Yule. Drayton.Yule block, or Yule log, a large log of wood formerly put on thehearth of Christmas eve, as the foundation of the fire. It wasbrought in with much ceremony.-- Yule clog, the yule log. Halliwell. W. Irving."
"YULETIDE","Christmas time; Christmastide; the season of Christmas."
"YUMAN","Designating, or pertaining to, an important linguistic stock ofNorth American Indians of the southwestern United States andnorthwestern Mexico, nearly all agriculturists and adept potters andbasket makers. Their usual dwelling is the brush wikiup, and in theirnative state they wear little clothing. The Yuma, Maricopa, Mohave,Walapi, and Yavapai are among the chief tribes, all of fine physique."
"YUMAS","A tribe of Indians native of Arizona and the adjacent parts ofMexico and California. They are agricultural, and cultivate corn,wheat, barley, melons, etc."
"YUNCA","An Indian of a linguistic stock of tribes of the Peruvian coastwho had a developed agricultural civilization at the advent of theSpaniards, before which they had been conquered by the Incas. Theyconstructed irrigation canals which are still in use, adorned theirbuildings with bas-reliefs and frescoes, and were skilled goldsmithsand silversmiths. -- Yun'can (#), a."
"YUNX","A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks."
"YUPON","Same as Yaupon."
"YUX","See Yex, n. [Obs.]"
"YVEL","Evil; ill. [Obs.] Chaucer."
"YWAR","Aware; wary. [Obs.] 'Be ywar, and his way shun.' Piers Plowman."
"YWIS","Certainly; most likely; truly; probably. [Obs. or Archaic]'Ywis,' quod he, 'it is full dear, I say.' Chaucer.She answered me, 'I-wisse, all their sport in the park is but ashadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato.' Ascham.A right good knight, and true of word ywis. Spenser."
"Z","Z, the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, isa vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z, which camefrom the Greek alphabet, this having it from a Semitic source. Theultimate origin is probably Egyptian. Etymologically, it is mostclosely related to s, y, and j; as in glass, glaze; E. yoke, Gr.yugum; E. zealous, jealous. See Guide to Pronunciation, \u00a7\u00a7 273, 274."
"ZA","An old solfeggio name for B flat; the seventh harmonic, asheard in the or \u00e6olian string; -- so called by Tartini. It was longconsidered a false, but is the true note of the chord of the flatseventh. H. W. Poole."
"ZABIAN","See Sabian."
"ZACCO","See Zocco."
"ZACHUN","An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thornytree (Balanites \u00c6gyptiaca), and sold to piligrims for a healingointment. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants)."
"ZAERTHE","Same as Z\u00e4rthe."
"ZAFFER","A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sandor quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobaltoxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelainpainting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and isoften confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, asit contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixturesof zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc.[Written also zaffre, and formerly zaffree, zaffar, zaffir.]"
"ZAIM","A Turkish chief who supports a mounted militia bearing the samename. Smart."
"ZAIMET","A district from which a Zaim draws his revenue. Smart."
"ZAIN","A horse of a dark color, neither gray nor white, and having nospots. Smart."
"ZALAMBDODONT","Of or pertaining to a tribe (Zalambdodonta) of Insectivora inwhich the molar teeth have but one V-shaped ridge."
"ZAMANG","An immense leguminous tree (Pithecolobium Saman) of Venezuela.Its branches form a hemispherical mass, often one hundred and eightyfeet across. The sweet pulpy pods are used commonly for feedingcattle. Also called rain tree. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants)."
"ZAMBO","The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of anIndian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo."
"ZAMIA","A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of lowpalms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile."
"ZAMINDAR","A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, akind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as hepays to the government a certain fixed revenue. [Written alsozemindar.] [India]"
"ZAMITE","A fossil cycad of the genus Zamia."
"ZAMOUSE","A West African buffalo (Bubalus brachyceros) having short hornsdepressed at the base, and large ears fringed internally with threerows of long hairs. It is destitute of a dewlap. Called also short-horned buffalo, and bush cow."
"ZAMPOGNA","A sort of bagpipe formerly in use among Italian peasants. It isnow almost obsolete. [Written also zampugna.]"
"ZANDER","A European pike perch (Stizostedion lucioperca) allied to thewall-eye; -- called also sandari, sander, sannat, schill, and zant."
"ZANDMOLE","The sand mole."
"ZANTE","See Zantewood."
"ZANTE CURRANT","A kind of seedless grape or raisin; -- so called from Zante,one of the Ionian Islands."
"ZANTIOT","A native or inhabitant of Zante, one of the Ionian Islands."
"ZANY","A merry-andrew; a buffoon.Then write that I may follow, and so be Thy echo, thy debtor, thyfoil, thy zany. Donne.Preacher at once, and zany of thy age. Pope."
"ZANYISM","State or character of a zany; buffoonery. Coleridge. H. Morley."
"ZAPAS","See Army organization, above."
"ZAPATERA","A cured olive which has spoiled or is on the verge ofdecomposition; loosely, an olive defective because of bruises,wormholes, or the like."
"ZAPHARA","Zaffer."
"ZAPHRENTIS","An extinct genus of cyathophylloid corals common in thePaleozoic formations. It is cup-shaped with numerous septa, and witha deep pit in one side of the cup."
"ZAPOTILLA","See Sapodilla."
"ZAPTIAH","A Turkish policeman. [Written also zaptieh.]"
"ZARATHUSTRISM","See Zoroastrianism."
"ZARATITE","A hydrous carbonate of nickel occurring as an emerald-greenincrustation on chromite; -- called also emerald nickel."
"ZAREBA","An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes,etc. [Written also zareeba, and zeriba.] [Egypt]'Ah,' he moralizes, 'what wonderful instinct on the part of thislittle creature to surround itself with a zareba like the troopsafter Osman Digma.' R. Jefferies."
"ZARF","A metallic cuplike stand used for holding a finjan."
"ZARNICH","Native sulphide of arsenic, including sandarach, or realgar,and orpiment."
"ZASTRUGI","Grooves or furrows formed in snow by the action of the wind,and running parallel with the direction of the wind. This formationresults from the erosion of transverse waves previously formed."
"ZATI","A species of macaque (Macacus pileatus) native of India andCeylon. It has a crown of long erect hair, and tuft of radiatinghairs on the back of the head. Called also capped macaque."
"ZAUSCHNERIA","A genus of flowering plants. Zauschneria Californica is asuffrutescent perennial, with showy red flowers much resembling thoseof the garden fuchsia."
"ZAX","A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing states. [Writtenalso sax.]"
"ZAYAT","A public shed, or portico, for travelers, worshipers, etc.[Burmah]"
"ZEA","A genus of large grasses of which the Indian corn (Zea Mays) isthe only species known. Its origin is not yet ascertained. See Maize."
"ZEAL","To be zealous. [Obs. & R.] Bacon."
"ZEALANT","One who is zealous; a zealot; an enthusiast. [Obs.]To certain zealants, all speech of pacification is odious. Bacon."
"ZEALED","Full of zeal; characterized by zeal. [Obs.] 'Zealed religion.'Beau. & Fl."
"ZEALFUL","Full of zeal. [R.] Sylvester."
"ZEALLESS","Wanting zeal. Hammond."
"ZEALOT","One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, andpursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who isoverzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion toanything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan.Zealots for the one [tradition] were in hostile array against zealotsfor the other. Sir J. Stephen.In Ayrshire, Clydesdale, Nithisdale, Annandale, every parish wasvisited by these turbulent zealots. Macaulay."
"ZEALOTICAL","Like, or suitable to, a zealot; ardently zealous. [R.] Strype."
"ZEALOTISM","The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry."
"ZEALOTIST","A zealot. [Obs.] Howell."
"ZEALOTRY","The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal;fanatical devotion to a cause.Enthusiasm, visionariness, seems the tendency of the German; zeal,zealotry, of the English; fanaticism, of the French. Coleridge."
"ZEBEC","See Xebec."
"ZEBRA","Either one of two species of South African wild horsesremarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, andconspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands."
"ZEBRINE","Pertaining to, or resembling, the zebra."
"ZEBRINNY","A cross between a male horse and a female zebra."
"ZEBU","A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated inIndia, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has shorthorns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and alarge, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters varyin different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of thecommon ox to that of a large mastiff."
"ZEBUB","A large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the tsetse fly, isdestructive to cattle."
"ZECHIN","See Sequin."
"ZECHSTEIN","The upper division of the Permian (Dyas) of Europe. Theprevailing rock is a magnesian limestone."
"ZED","The letter Z; -- called also zee, and formerly izzard. 'Zed,thou unnecessary letter!' Shak."
"ZEDOARY","A medicinal substance obtained in the East Indian, having afragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste. It is used inmedicine as a stimulant."
"ZEEKOE","A hippopotamus."
"ZEEMAN EFFECT","The widening and duplication, triplication, etc., of spectrallines when the radiations emanate in a strong magnetic field, firstobserved in 1896 by P. Zeeman, a Dutch physicist, and regarded as animportant confirmation of the electromagnetic theory of light."
"ZEHNER","An Austrian silver coin equal to ten kreutzers, or about fivecents."
"ZEIN","A nitrogenous substance of the nature of gluten, obtained fromthe seeds of Indian corn (Zea) as a soft, yellowish, amorphoussubstance. [Formerly written zeine.]"
"ZEITGEIST","The spirit of the time; the general intellectual and moralstate or temper characteristic of any period of time."
"ZEMINDAR","Same as Zamindar."
"ZEMNI","The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern Europeand Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft andbrownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensiveburrows."
"ZEMSTVO","In Russia, an elective local district and provincialadministrative assembly. Originally it was composed ofrepresentatives elected by the peasantry, the householders of thetowns, and the landed proprietors. In the reign of Alexander III. thepower of the noble landowners was increased, the peasants allowedonly to elect candidates from whom the governor of the provincenominated the deputy, and all acts of the zemstvo subjected to theapproval of the governor. Theoretically the zemstvo has large powersrelating to taxation, education, public health, etc., but practicallythese powers are in most cases limited to the adjustment of the statetaxation."
"ZENANA","The part of a dwelling appropriated to women. [India]"
"ZEND","Properly, the translation and exposition in the Huzv\u00e2resh, orliterary Pehlevi, language, of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian sacredwritings; as commonly used, the language (an ancient Persian dialect)in which the Avesta is written."
"ZEND-AVESTA","The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributedto Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date."
"ZENDIK","An atheist or unbeliever; -- name given in the East to thosecharged with disbelief of any revealed religion, or accused ofmagical heresies."
"ZENICK","A South African burrowing mammal (Suricata tetradactyla),allied to the civets. It is grayish brown, with yellowish transversestripes on the back. Called also suricat."
"ZENIK","See Zenick."
"ZENITHAL","Of or pertaining to the zenith. 'The deep zenithal blue.'Tyndall."
"ZEOLITE","A term now used to designate any one of a family of minerals,hydrous silicates of alumina, with lime, soda, potash, or rarelybaryta. Here are included natrolite, stilbite, analcime, chabazite,thomsonite, heulandite, and others. These species occur of secondaryorigin in the cavities of amygdaloid, basalt, and lava, also, lessfrequently, in granite and gneiss. So called because many of thesespecies intumesce before the blowpipe. Needle zeolite, needlestone;natrolite."
"ZEOLITIC","Of or pertaining to a zeolite; consisting of, or resembling, azeolite."
"ZEOLITIFORM","Having the form of a zeolite."
"ZEPHYR","The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze. 'Soft thezephyr blows.' Gray.As gentle As zephyrs blowing below the violet. Shak.Zephyr cloth, a thin kind of cassimere made in Belgium; also, awaterproof fabric of wool.-- Zephyr shawl, a kind of thin, light, embroidered shawl made ofworsted and cotton.-- Zephyr yarn, or worsted, a fine, soft kind of yarn or worsted, --used for knitting and embroidery."
"ZEPHYRUS","The west wind, or zephyr; -- usually personified, and made themost mild and gentle of all the sylvan deities.Mild as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes. Milton."
"ZEPPELIN","A dirigible balloon of the rigid type, consisting of acylindrical trussed and covered frame supported by internal gascells, and provided with means of propulsion and  control. It wasfirst successfully used by Ferdinand Count von Zeppelin."
"ZEQUIN","See Sequin."
"ZERDA","The fennec."
"ZERIBA","Same as Zareba."
"ZERO","A cipher; nothing; naught."
"ZETA","A Greek letter [z] corresponding to our z."
"ZETETIC","Seeking; proceeding by inquiry. Zetetic method (Math.), themethod used for finding the value of unknown quantities by directsearch, in investigation, or in the solution of problems. [R.]Hutton."
"ZETETICS","A branch of algebra which relates to the direct search forunknown quantities. [R.]"
"ZEUGLODON","A genus of extinct Eocene whales, remains of which have beenfound in the Gulf States. The species had very long and slenderbodies and broad serrated teeth. See Phocodontia."
"ZEUGLODONT","Any species of Zeuglodonta."
"ZEUGLODONTA","Same as Phocodontia."
"ZEUGMA","A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with anearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another moreremote; as, 'hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;' where fuit, whichagrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma."
"ZEUGMATIC","Of or pertaining to zeugma; characterized by zeugma."
"ZEUGOBRANCHIATA","Same as Zygobranchia."
"ZEUS","The chief deity of the Greeks, and ruler of the upper world(cf. Hades). He was identified with Jupiter."
"ZEUZERIAN","Any one of a group of bombycid moths of which the genus Zeuzerais the type. Some of these moths are of large size. The goat moth isan example."
"ZEYLANITE","See Ceylanite."
"ZIEGA","Curd produced from milk by adding acetic acid, after rennet hasceased to cause coagulation. Brande & C."
"ZIETRISIKITE","A mineral wax, vert similar to ozocerite. It is found atZietrisika, Moldavia, whence its name."
"ZIF","The second month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year,corresponding to our May."
"ZIGZAG","A molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or series ofchevrons. See Illust. of Chevron, 3."
"ZIGZAGGERY","The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness. [R.]The . . . zigzaggery of my father's approaches. Sterne."
"ZIGZAGGY","Having sharp turns. Barham."
"ZIKKURAT","A temple tower of the Babylonians or Assyrians, consisting of alofty pyramidal structure, built in successive stages, with outsidestaircases, and a shrine at the top."
"ZILLA","A low, thorny, suffrutescent, crucifeous plant (Zillamyagroides) found in the deserts of Egypt. Its leaves are boiled inwater, and eaten, by the Arabs."
"ZILLAH","A district or local division, as of a province. [India]"
"ZIMB","A large, venomous, two-winged fly, native of Abyssinia. It isallied to the tsetse fly, and, like the latter, is destructive tocattle."
"ZIMENT-WATER","A kind of water found in copper mines; water impregnated withcopper."
"ZIMOCCA","A sponge (Euspongia zimocca) of flat form and fine quality,from the Adriatic, about the Greek islands, and the coast of Barbary."
"ZINC","An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extractedprincipally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, andfranklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which ismalleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moistair, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. Itis used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is alsolargely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9[Formerly written also zink.] Butter of zinc (Old Chem.), zincchloride, ZnCl2, a deliquescent white waxy or oily substance.-- Oxide of zinc. (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, below.-- Zinc amine (Chem.), a white amorphous substance, Zn(NH2)2,obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc ethyl; -- called also zincamide.-- Zinc amyle (Chem.), a colorless, transparent liquid, composed ofzinc and amyle, which, when exposed to the atmosphere, emits fumes,and absorbs oxygen with rapidity.-- Zinc blende Etym: [cf. G. zinkblende] (Min.), a native zincsulphide. See Blende, n. (a) -- Zinc bloom Etym: [cf. G. zinkblumenflowers of zinc, oxide of zinc] (Min.), hydrous carbonate of zinc,usually occurring in white earthy incrustations; -- called alsohydrozincite.-- Zinc ethyl (Chem.), a colorless, transparent, poisonous liquid,composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire spontaneously onexposure to the atmosphere.-- Zinc green, a green pigment consisting of zinc and cobalt oxides;-- called also Rinmann's green.-- Zinc methyl (Chem.), a colorless mobile liquid Zn(CH3)2, producedby the action of methyl iodide on a zinc sodium alloy. It has adisagreeable odor, and is spontaneously inflammable in the air. Ithas been of great importance in the synthesis of organic compounds,and is the type of a large series of similar compounds, as zincethyl, zinc amyle, etc.-- Zinc oxide (Chem.), the oxide of zinc, ZnO, forming a lightfluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; -- called also flowers of zinc,philosopher's wool, nihil album, etc. The impure oxide produced byburning the metal, roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is calledalso pompholyx, and tutty.-- Zinc spinel (Min.), a mineral, related to spinel, consistingessentially of the oxides of zinc and aluminium; gahnite.-- Zinc vitriol (Chem.), zinc sulphate. See White vitriol, underVitriol.-- Zinc white, a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used as apigment."
"ZINCANE","Zinc chloride. [Obs.]"
"ZINCIC","Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, zinc; zincous."
"ZINCIDE","A binary compound of zinc. [R.]"
"ZINCIFEROUS","Containing or affording zinc."
"ZINCIFICATION","The act or process of applying zinc; the condition of beingzincified, or covered with zinc; galvanization."
"ZINCIFY","To coat or impregnate with zinc."
"ZINCITE","Native zinc oxide; a brittle, translucent mineral, of anorange-red color; -- called also red zinc ore, and red oxide of zinc."
"ZINCKY",", Pertaining to zinc, or having its appearance. [Written alsozinky.]"
"ZINCO-","A combining form from zinc; in chemistry, designating zinc asan element of certain double compounds. Also used adjectively."
"ZINCO-POLAR","Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc presentedto the acid in a battery, which has zincous affinity. [Obs.]"
"ZINCODE","The positive electrode of an electrolytic cell; anode. [R.]Miller."
"ZINCOGRAPH","A zinc plate prepared for printing by zincography; also, aprint from such a plate."
"ZINCOGRAPHER","Am engraver on zinc."
"ZINCOGRAPHY","The art or process of engraving or etching on zinc, in whichthe design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest ofthe ground being eaten away by acid."
"ZINCOID","Pertaining to, or resembling, zinc; -- said of the electricityof the zincous plate in connection with a copper plate in a voltaiccircle; also, designating the positive pole. [Obs.]"
"ZINCOUS","Of or pertaining to the positive pole of a galvanic battery;electro-positive."
"ZINGARO","A gypsy."
"ZINGEL","A small, edible, freshwater European perch (Aspro zingel),having a round, elongated body and prominent snout."
"ZINGIBERACEOUS","Of or pertaining to ginger, or to a tribe (Zingibere\u00e6) ofendogenous plants of the order Scitamine\u00e6. See Scitamineous."
"ZINK","See Zinc. [Obs.]"
"ZINKENITE","A steel-gray metallic mineral, a sulphide of antimony and lead."
"ZINKY","See Zincky. Kirwan."
"ZINNIA","Any plant of the composite genus Zinnia, Mexican herbs withopposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms. Zinnia elegans is thecommonest species in cultivation."
"ZINNWALDITE","A kind of mica containing lithium, often associated with tinore."
"ZINSANG","The delundung."
"ZINZIBERACEOUS","Same as Zingiberaceous."
"ZION","A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city bythe Israelites, became the royal residence of David and hissuccessors."
"ZIONISM","Among the Jews, a theory, plan, or movement for colonizingtheir own race in Palestine, the land of Zion, or, if that isimpracticable, elsewhere, either for religious or nationalizingpurposes; -- called also Zion movement. --Zi'on*ist, n. --Zi`on*is'tic (#), a."
"ZIP","A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flyingbullet."
"ZIPHIOID","See Xiphioid."
"ZIRCO-","A combining form (also used adjectively) designating zirconiumas an element of certain double compounds; zircono-; as inzircofluoric acid, sodium zircofluoride."
"ZIRCOFLUORIDE","A double fluoride of zirconium and hydrogen, or some otherpositive element or radical; as, zircofluoride of sodium."
"ZIRCON","A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brownor gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety,used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon. Zircon syenite, acoarse-grained syenite containing zircon crystals and often alsoel\u00e6olite. It is largely developed in Southern Norway."
"ZIRCON LIGHT","A light, similar to the calcium light, produced by incandescentzirconia."
"ZIRCONA","Zirconia."
"ZIRCONATE","A salt of zirconic acid."
"ZIRCONIA","The oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, andpossessing both acid and basic properties. On account of itsinfusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is usedas an ingredient of sticks for the Drummomd light."
"ZIRCONIC","Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, zirconium; as,zirconic oxide; zirconic compounds. Zirconic acid, an acid ofzirconium analogous to carbonic and silicic acids, known only in itssalts."
"ZIRCONIUM","A rare element of the carbon-silicon group, intermediatebetween the metals and nonmetals, obtained from the mineral zircon asa dark sooty powder, or as a gray metallic crystalline substance.Symbol Zr. Atomic weight, 90.4."
"ZIRCONO","See Zirco-."
"ZIRCONOID","A double eight-sided pyramid, a form common with tetragonalcrystals; -- so called because this form often occurs in crystals ofzircon."
"ZITHER","An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has fromthirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, whichlies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses bothhands in playing on it."
"ZITTERN","See Cittern."
"ZIZANIA","A genus of grasses including Indian rice. See Indian rice,under Rice."
"ZIZEL","The suslik. [Written also zisel.]"
"ZIZITH","The tassels of twisted cords or threads on the corners of theupper garment worn by strict Jews. The Hebrew for this word istranslated in both the Authorized and Revised Versions (Deut. xxii.12) by the word 'fringes.'"
"ZOANTHACEA","A suborder of Actinaria, including Zoanthus and allied genera,which are permanently attached by their bases."
"ZOANTHARIA","Same as Anthozoa."
"ZOANTHARIAN","Of or pertaining to the Zoantharia.-- n."
"ZOANTHODEME","The zooids of a compound anthozoan, collectively."
"ZOANTHOID","Of or pertaining to the Zoanthacea."
"ZOANTHROPY","A kind of monomania in which the patient believes himselftransformed into one of the lower animals."
"ZOANTHUS","A genus of Actinaria, including numerous species, found mostlyin tropical seas. The zooids or polyps resemble small, elongatedactinias united together at their bases by fleshy stolons, and thusforming extensive groups. The tentacles are small and bright colored."
"ZOBO","A kind of domestic cattle reared in Asia for its flesh andmilk. It is supposed to be a hybrid between the zebu and the yak."
"ZOCLE","Same as Socle."
"ZODIACAL","Of or pertaining to the zodiac; situated within the zodiac; as,the zodiacal planets. Zodiacal light, a luminous tract of the sky, ofan elongated, triangular figure, lying near the ecliptic, its basebeing on the horizon, and its apex at varying altitudes. It is to beseen only in the evening, after twilight, and in the morning beforedawn. It is supposed to be due to sunlight reflected from multitudesof meteoroids revolving about the sun nearly in the plane of theecliptic."
"ZOEA","A peculiar larval stage of certain decapod Crustacea,especially of crabs and certain Anomura. [Written also zo\u00e6a.]"
"ZOETROPE","An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the insideof a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appearlike a single figure passing through a series of natural motions asif animated or mechanically moved."
"ZOHAR","A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simonben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century, a. d. Moderncritics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century. Encyc.Brit."
"ZOIC","Of or pertaining to animals, or animal life."
"ZOIDE","See Meride."
"ZOILEAN","Having the characteristic of Zoilus, a bitter, envious, unjustcritic, who lived about 270 years before Christ."
"ZOILISM","Resemblance to Zoilus in style or manner; carping criticism;detraction.Bring candid eyes the perusal of men's works, and let not Zoilism ordetraction blast well-intended labors. Sir T. Browne."
"ZOISITE","A grayish or whitish mineral occurring in orthorhombic,prismatic crystals, also in columnar masses. It is a silicate ofalumina and lime, and is allied to epidote."
"ZOKOR","An Asiatic burrowing rodent (Siphneus aspalax) resembling themole rat. It is native of the Altai Mountains."
"ZOLAESQUE","In the style of Zola (see Zolaism)."
"ZOLAISM","The literary theories and practices of the French novelistEmile Zola (1840-1902); naturalism, esp. in a derogatory sense. --Zo'la*ist, n. -- Zo`la*is'tic (#), a. -- Zo'la*ize (#), v."
"ZOLLVEREIN","Literally, a customs union; specifically, applied to theseveral customs unions successively formed under the leadership ofPrussia among certain German states for establishing liberty ofcommerce among themselves and common tariff on imports, exports, andtransit."
"ZOMBORUK","See Zumbooruk."
"ZONA","A zone or band; a layer. Zona pellucida. Etym: [NL.] (Biol.)(a) The outer transparent layer, or envelope, of the ovum. It is amore or less elastic membrane with radiating stri\u00e6, and correspondsto the cell wall of an ordinary cell. See Ovum, and Illust. ofMicroscope. (b) The zona radiata.-- Zona radiata Etym: [NL.] (Biol.), a radiately striated membranesituated next the yolk of an ovum, or separated from it by a verydelicate membrane only."
"ZONAL","Of or pertaining to a zone; having the form of a zone or zones.Zonal equation (Crystallog.), the mathematical relation which belongsto all the planes of a zone, and expresses their common position withreference to the axes.-- Zonal structure (Crystallog.), a structure characterized by thearrangements of color, inclusions, etc., of a crystal in parallel orconcentric layers, which usually follow the outline of the crystal,and mark the changes that have taken place during its growth.-- Zonal symmetry. (Biol.) See the Note under Symmetry."
"ZONAR","A belt or girdle which the Christians and Jews of the Levantwere obliged to wear to distinguish them from Mohammedans. [Writtenalso zonnar.]"
"ZONARIA","A division of Mammalia in which the placenta is zonelike."
"ZONATE","Divided by parallel planes; as, zonate tetraspores, found incertain red alg\u00e6."
"ZONE","One of the five great divisions of the earth, with respect tolatitude and temperature."
"ZONED","Zonate."
"ZONELESS","Not having a zone; ungirded.The reeling goddess with the zoneless waist. Cowper.In careless folds, loose fell her zoneless vest. Mason."
"ZONNAR","See Zonar."
"ZONULAR","Of or pertaining to a zone; zone-shaped. 'The zonular type of aplacenta.' Dana."
"ZONULE","A little zone, or girdle."
"ZONULET","A zonule. Herrick."
"ZONURE","Any one of several of South African lizards of the genusZonura, common in rocky situations."
"ZOOECIUM","One of the cells or tubes which inclose the feeling zooids ofBryozoa. See Illust. of Sea Moss."
"ZOOID","Pertaining to, or resembling, an animal."
"ZOOIDAL","Of or pertaining to a zooid; as, a zooidal form."
"ZOOLOGIZE","To study zo\u00f6logy; esp., to collect animals for study."
"ZOOZOO","The wood pigeon. [Prov. Eng.]"
"ZOPE","A European fresh-water bream (Abramis ballerus)."
"ZOPILOTE","The urubu, or American black vulture."
"ZORIL","Same as Zorilla."
"ZORILLA","Either one of two species of small African carnivores of thegenus Ictonyx allied to the weasels and skunks. [Written also zoril,and zorille.]"
"ZOROASTRIAN","Of or pertaining to Zoroaster, or his religious system."
"ZOROASTRIANISM","The religious system of Zoroaster, the legislator and prophetof the ancient Persians, which was the national faith of Persia;mazdeism. The system presupposes a good spirit (Ormuzd) and anopposing evil spirit (Ahriman). Cf. Fire worship, under Fire, andParsee."
"ZOROASTRISM","Same as Zoroastrianism. Tylor."
"ZOSTER","Shingles."
"ZOSTERA","A genus of plants of the Naiadace\u00e6, or Pondweed family. Zosteramarina is commonly known as sea wrack, and eelgrass."
"ZOSTEROPS","A genus of birds that comprises the white-eyes. See White-eye."
"ZOUNDS","An exclamation formerly used as an oath, and an expression ofanger or wonder."
"ZOUTCH","To stew, as flounders, eels, etc., with just enough or liquidto cover them. Smart."
"ZUBR","The aurochs."
"ZUCHE","A stump of a tree. Cowell."
"ZUCHETTO","A skullcap covering the tonsure, worn under the berretta. Thepope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; a priest'sblack."
"ZUFOLO","A little flute or flageolet, especially that which is used toteach birds. [Written also zuffolo.]"
"ZUIAN","Of or pert. to the Zu\u00f1is, or designating their linguisticstock. --n."
"ZUISIN","The American widgeon. [Local, U. S.]"
"ZULU-KAFFIR","A member of the Bantu race comprising the Zulus and theKaffirs."
"ZULUS","The most important tribe belonging to the Kaffir race. Theyinhabit a region on the southeast coast of Africa, but formerlyoccupied a much more extensive country. They are noted for theirwarlike disposition, courage, and military skill."
"ZUMBOORUK","A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest on the back of acamel, whence it is fired, -- used in the East."
"ZUNIS","A tribe of Pueblo Indians occupying a village in New Mexico, onthe Zuni River."
"ZUNYITE","A fluosilicate of alumina occurring in tetrahedral crystals atthe Zu\u00f1i mine in Colorado."
"ZWANZIGER","Am Austrian silver coin equivalent to 20 kreutzers, or about 10cents."
"ZWIEBACK","A kind of biscuit or  rusk first baked in a loaf and afterwardscut and toasted."
"ZWINGLIAN","Of or pertaining to Ulric Zwingli (1481-1531), the reformer ofGerman Switzerland, who maintained that in the Lord's Supper the truebody of Christ is present by the contemplation of faith but not inessence or reality, and that the sacrament is a memorial withoutmystical elements. -- n."
"ZYGANTRUM","See under Zygosphene."
"ZYGAPOPHYSIS","One of the articular processes of a vertebra, of which thereare usually four, two anterior and two posterior. See under Vertebra.-- Zyg`ap*o*phys'i*al, a."
"ZYGENID","Any one of numerous species of moths of the family Zyg\u00e6nid\u00e6,most of which are bright colored. The wood nymph and the vineforester are examples. Also used adjectively."
"ZYGOBRANCHIA","A division of marine gastropods in which the gills aredeveloped on both sides of the body and the renal organs are alsopaired. The abalone (Haliotis) and the keyhole limpet (Fissurella)are examples."
"ZYGOBRANCHIATE","Of or pertaining to the Zygobranchia."
"ZYGODACTYLAE","The zygodactylous birds. In a restricted sense applied to adivision of birds which includes the barbets, toucans, honey guides,and other related birds."
"ZYGODACTYLI","Same as Scansores."
"ZYGOMATIC","Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the zygoma. Zygomaticarch, the arch of bone beneath the orbit, formed in most mammals bythe union of the malar, or jugal, with the zygomatic process of thetemporal bone. In the lower vertebrates other bones may help to formit, and there may be two arches on each side of the skull, as in somereptiles.-- Zygomatic process, a process of the temporal or squamosal bonehelping to form the zygomatic arch."
"ZYGOPHYTE","Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes,Zygophyta, or Zygospore\u00e6), in which reproduction consists in theunion of two similar cells. Cf. O\u00f6phyte."
"ZYGOSIS","Same as Conjugation."
"ZYGOSPERM","A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similarcells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants.Zygosperms are found in certain orders of alg\u00e6 and fungi."
"ZYGOSPHENE","A median process on the front part of the neural arch of thevertebr\u00e6 of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa,called the zygantrum, on the back part of the arch in front."
"ZYLONITE","Celluloid."
"ZYMASE","A soluble ferment, or enzyme. See Enzyme."
"ZYME","The morbific principle of a zymotic disease. Quain."
"ZYMIC","Pertaining to, or produced by, fermentation; -- formerly, byconfusion, used to designate lactic acid."
"ZYMOGEN","A mother substance, or antecedent, of an enzyme or chemicalferment; -- applied to such substances as, not being themselvesactual ferments, may by internal changes give rise to a ferment.The pancreas contains but little ready-made ferment, though there ispresent in it a body, zymogen, which gives birth to the ferment.Foster."
"ZYMOGENE","One of a physiological group of globular bacteria whichproduces fermentations of diverse nature; -- distinguished frompathogene."
"ZYMOGENIC","Of or pertaining to zymology."
"ZYMOLOGIST","One who is skilled in zymology, or in the fermentation ofliquors."
"ZYMOLOGY","A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine offermentation. [Written also zumology.]"
"ZYMOLYSIS","The action of enzymes; also, the changes produced by suchaction. --Zy`mo*lyt'ic (#), a."
"ZYMOME","A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resemblinglegumin; -- now called vegetable fibrin, vegetable albumin, or glutencasein."
"ZYMOPHYTE","A bacteroid ferment."
"ZYMOSE","Invertin."
"ZYMOTIC","Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. SeeZymotic disease, below. Zymotic disease (Med.), any epidemic,endemic, contagious, or sporadic affection which is produced by somemorbific principle or organism acting on the system like a ferment."
"ZYTHEM","See Zythum."
"ZYTHEPSARY","A brewery. [R.]"